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The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
GROWS ASPARAGUS IN TUBES
Frenohman's Manner Of Forcing vegs.
table Means Work, But It Pro-
cuces Results.

For some time French agricultu
rist, M. r-Fonteneau, has beer
trying new method of cultivatins
asparagus, which they grow and cook
SO well in France
Starting from the principle that all
cultivated vegetables, in order to OBJ
tain the best results, ought to be
grown under the same conditions that
they choose forsthemselves when grow.
ing wild, M. Bouyer-Fonteneau does
not allow the banking that is usually
done, which he considers harmful.
1t is easy to understand that root
OF asparagus buried a foot or more
in the ground will pAsh stalks towards
the surface for air and light, without
which it would become anaemic, or
rot. 1t is better then, to bury it only
about a quarter or a third as deep
without banking, and as soon as the
head appears to place over it tube
Oh pottery, two or two and one-half
inches in diameter and about eight
inches long, filled with earth.
The asparagus pushes up through
this tube sheltered from the light,
which is necessary, if it is to be white.
When 1t comes out at the top it is
simple matter to take away the tube
and cut the stalk with the greatest
easy and without any risk of hurting
the root or the other shoots.
M. Bouyer-Fonteneau states that as
paragus thus treated comes to matur-
ity nearly month in advance of that
banked in the old way. This is eas.
lily explained by the fact that the heat
OF the sun acts more quickly on
root near the surface of the ground
shan on one buried deeply. Besides,
the stalk once in the tube grows fast
er than in the ground.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
EMERGENCY CALL.

At diapers shop in Leeds they
employed a small boy to run errands.
The other day while he was waiting
in'the shop Il lady came in and asked
the shop assistant for yard of silk.
When it was placed in front of her
she exclaimed:
ooh, really, | must be mad. l
want muslin"
On hearing this the boy, rushed
out of the shop, and, seeing police
man. across the way, ran up to him,
shouting:
Con. over quick; there's a girl
in our shoo gone mad. She wants
muzzling. ."-Tit-Bits.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
SIvG -Lsa1 = &.

1t is related that when Sir Moses
Montcfore was taunted by politi-
cal opponent with the memory of
Cavalry and described as one who
sprang FROM the murdcrers who cru
cifcd Christ, the Jewish philanthro-
piSt, whom Christendom has learned
10 honor, called upon his assalant
and showed him tie record of his
ancestors, which had been kept for
5000 years, and which showed that
Their home has been in Spain for
1000 years before Jesus of NazafetE
was born!
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
Leara to Laugh.

Learn to laugh. A good laugh
is better than medicine. Learn
how to tell a story. A well-told
story is a welcome sunbeam in
the sick room. The world is too
b sy to care for your ills and
50. ows. Learn to keep yo1r
o vn troublds to yourself. Learn
to stop croaking. If you ea1not
see any good in the world, keep
the bad to yourself. Learn to
hide your pains and aches under
pleasant smiles. No one cares
whether you have the ear ache,
headache or rheumatism. Don't
cry. Tears do we'll enough in
novels but are out of place in
real life. Learn to meet your
friends with a smile. A good
humored man or woman is al
ways welcome, but the dyspeptic
is not wanted anywhere and is
nuisance, as well. Above all,
give pleasure. Lose no chance
Of giving pleasure. You will
pass through this world but
once. Any good thing, there
fore, that you can show to any
human being, you had better do
now, do not defer or neglect it,
you will not pass this way again.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06

place Is at or near a public sch ool
building. Our line was advanced
into Tupelo. The Fount Freeman
house, where Mrs. Blair now
lives, was the yankee hospital.
Several of their surgeons had
been left in charge of their
wounded. While we were MAX
ing this movement Gen. Forrest
with a large body Of cavalry
overlook their rear guard at the
crossing of Town Creek on
Ellistown road, and had a heavy
engagement. A report came
back that he had been killed,
but pretty soon he was back
riding around among us. He
had been wounded in one of his
feet. | am told the horse he
was riding on this occasion is
the one from which his statue
in Forrest Park is modelled, be-
ing taken from an oil painting
made Of the horse. | had never
met DR.. Cowan until at the re-
union in Richmond in 1907 since
the morning at Calhoun place.
He is one of the grandest look
ing men | eyer saw. Is kins-
man of Gen. Forrest. / asked
him if he remembered our break
fast and he said he did. II re-
member ycu, too. The men you
left with me were good ones. !"
Of course I felt it my duty to
Treciprocate the kindness he
showed me so long ago. This
was done at the Jefferson Hotel.
The doctor lives at sTulahoma,
Tenn, and has passed his 8Oth
year. His daughter, Miss Cow
an, told me at the Memphis re-
union that his health was bad.
Two or three. days after the
above occurrences we were
marched to Verona and went to
Mobile, in box cars, from thence
to Montgomery on steamboat,
and then to Atlanta, Ga, where
we starved, suffered and were
massacred on July 18th, the hor-
rors Of which / hate to think Of.
Respectfully.
C. r. Kohlheim,
Late Capt. Go, G, l1th Miss. Cav.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
interdependence,

Crime, drunkenness, each in turn,
has been tracked back to poverty.
Now the doctors trace tuberculosis
there. 1t looks as if an economic
cleanup is needed for the health of
he race. Riches are not a protection
against the ills of economic poverty,
or the satin on the back of wealth
nay have been worked over by con-
sumptive seamstress. We are so in.
terwoven with each other that the
danger of one is quickly communi.
Gated and becomes the danger Of ALL
Detroit NewA ua+,s ia
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
Seasoning Lumber.

A workman was packing salt about
a pile of timber. Seasoning timber
with salt, eh? 1t sounds like joke,
doesn't it?" he said. 1T is often done,
though, especially in ship timber.
Ships built of salt-seasoned timber get
better insurance rate. Some very
rich woods are seasoned in boiling oil.
That's an ancient and costly process.
A new dodge is electrical seasoning.
With strong electric shocks the sap
is driven out of the wood and replaced
by solution of borax and resin. The
scheme is cheap: not half as good as
salt"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
The Table Manners {Y) Of tho Turk.

Should you dine with Turk. you
VIII observe many peculiaritieg.s to
some OF which you will find it hard TO
aceustom yourself. The host and his
guests, squatted upon little mats,
await the servants who, bringing a
tray, place it before the company upon
low stool. On this tray, in several
shallow bowls with round covers. are
the viands. Forks and spoons be.
ing dispensed with, each man. stretch
ing out his right hand, deeply scoops
up, with thumb, first fingar, and mid
Gle finger held together, one or two
mouthfuls from each bowl At the
conclusion OF the dinner the guests
file out one by one, to maze their
a5lutions at the fountain.
Adossides. in Golfers
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
The "Thirteen, surerstjtion.

According to reliable authorities the
popular superstition that attaches to
the number 13 owes it's origin to the
story of The Last Supper" For .un-
reckoned centuries the superstition
has been universal that if 13 persons
sit down to meal at the same table
one of them will die before the year
is out.\ This doubtless comes from
The Biblical feast when Christ sat
down at table with his II disciples.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
WANTS MILLIONS FOR NAVY.

Alfred Picard, named French
minister Of marine IN succession te
ar Thomson last year for tie pur-
nose Of reorganizing and carrying
ont reforms in the French navy, has
nrescnted to the cabinet an exten-
s;ve plan Of development which, not
countine rev ships, involves an cS-
,,anditurc OF $45, ,000,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
ITS OPPOSITE RESULT.

rQueer, isn't it, what a hard thing
it is to- deal with y
"What's that 2" ~
"Soft coal::p
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
CONSCIOUS CT RANK.

.e-}.rc there degrees Of rank in the
.crvants' hail.
80 be sure. MAIDS who have
hargc Of dors wont associate with
aid; who look after children. -
or;syille Courier ou;nal.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
NO ROOM FOR ONE NOR.

q see that scientific chap has
figured it out that the greatest num-
Der Of people who can stand upon
The earth's surface is 5,994 900, 1000"
"Say, I'd hate to be the next fel.
low AMI Get pushed of"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
NATURAL SELECTION.

"Papa, will you tell me one
thing?Y
aYes, SON; what is it'??.s
care the wharves on the lakes
they call loehs, what they have
named quays ?'
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
LEAVES THAT TO OTHERS.

"You have invented an airship?'
sYes, sir"
sHave you ridden in it %
'sSir, ! am an inventor, not q
chauffeur
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
W...ETc FIRST cRk.N--s.

Maud Would yeu marry wid-
owor?
2thcl-No, / wouldn't. The man
/ marry l an going to tame myself
The Tatlcr.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
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HIS PROPER STAT {.

aIEow is that carnatien grover
on tod ne about?'
SWhv, he's il the very pink OF
condition.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
MAY SPRINKLE
 BEFORE SWEEPING
Mayor Toncy Says He Will Give the Public Some kind of Relief from the Dust Spreading and Disease Breed- ing Street Sweeper.

Mayor w. L. Toney is trying to
 make some arrangements whereby the
 city can have the streets sprinkled
 before the dust spreading street
 sweener is sent out each night to clean the downtown and residence
 streets. He has been trying 10 get in
 touch with the contractors who have the street sprinkling privilege all week. but George w. List and w. l.. Goodwin are out of the city and the latter will not return until today.
 Mayor Toney stated yesterday that if no arrangements could be made whereby the sprinkling could be done before the street sweeper is operated, that he would order the discontinu- uance of the nuisance. Mayor Toney was absent from the city when the numerously signed petition of local owners was presented to the council, asking that the street sweep ing be either discontinued or the streets sprinkled before it was taken out of the barn each night He says he will try and give the public what they want If the street sweeping is believed to be nuisance and me mace to good health, Mayor Toney says he has no desire to force it upon a suffering public. He will remedy the street sweeping evil within the next few days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
SENATOR JEFF GETS
 ANOTHER CANE

Little Rock, Aug. 20.-To add to his collection of nearly 300 walking canes, Senator Jeff Davis received one by eX-
 press yesterday which he prizes as high as any in the collection During the last session of congress Senator Davis made plea in his speech on the tariff question for the uniting of the South and West against the East and North on the tariff The cane he received yesterday came from F. C. Smith, of Lincoln. Neb.. and was sent on account of this speech. It is made of leather with heavy rod running through it. Near the head there is a section of ivory upon which bar is the name of Senator Davis, and clasped hands representing the united South and West, together with the date. The head of the cane is ro"nd- ed and is inlaid at the top with yery pretty piece of mussel shell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
FAMILY ESCAPES
 FROM BURNING HOME
I. Raftie, Wife and Children Had Thrilling Experience in Early Morning Fire, Which Completely Destroyed Their Home.

The home of 1. Raffie, local tailor, at No. COG East Sixth avenue, was to- tally destroyed by fire at o'clock yesterday morning. The tailor, his wife and four children were forced to flee from the burning building in their night clothing and none of their per- sonal effects or household goods were saved. The fire department arrived promptly and prevented the flames from spreading. The building was owned by Fred Senyard and was val
 ued at $1,2O0. He carried insurance
 with the Home agency in the sum of $500 The household goods were in- sured in the Mills agency for $400. Ratfie estimates his loss at $500 He says he is unable to learn how the fire started, but believes that it originated in the rear of the building from a gas stove or from a defective wire. When he awoke the house was filled with smoke and was enveloped m flames. He awakened his wife and children and just as they reached the street the building collapsed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
CARUsO, OF MONKEY
 FAME, IS ALRIGHT
Roman Physician United the knots in His Vocal Chords and Restored His Voice.

London. Aug. 20.-CaruSo whose voice .i:s apparently been fully restored. will tonight give his first concert of his Eng fish provincial season. The great tenor has engaged for this trip q luXuriantlr appointed train. with high Salaried
 Italian chef and other servants to wait upon his comfort and provide him with all the luyurieS which his artistic soul and physical stomach crave.
 II is an off day when Caruso does nos develop some new fad. and the very lateS, is To carry in his pockets a number of hand some and valuable diamond rings He always has from one to two dozen rings of various sizes about his person. and he jingles them as merrily as small hoy with pocket full of pennies.
 It has developed, from interview with Prof. Vedova, the Rome phy sician, who had Caruso's treatment in charge, that tbe tenor suffered from knot in the vocal cords This knot has been safe ly united, according to the learned pro- lessor, who asserts his belief that Caruso' capacities singer will, with proper attention. ultimately reach point wher" he will be able to produce from his mag" throat melodies such as the world has never heard before.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
NO MORE BASEBALL
 RIOTS AT CAPITAL

Little Rock, Auy. 20.-Anticipating another attack on Umpire O'Brien, a large crowd went to West End Park yesterday afternoon to see the sec ond Little Rock Memphis game. They were sorely disappointed for Umpire O'Brien was on his good behavior and made no close decisions in way they could be questioned. Little Rock made a number of costly errors and permit ted Memphis to get on bases, after which the visitors would take hit ting spell and score the runners. The Travellers won the game, to ,, by working hard in the first four innings, getting all of their runs and nine hits in these innings With this command ing lead Buc'.anan eased up and the Turtles touched him for eleven hits altogether, four being doubles, Mem phis did all it's scoring in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Dick pitched for Memphis and was very easy. Berry, formerly with Helena in the State League, caught for Little Rock and filled Casey's place very well, making a hit each time he was charged with a time at bat, Dick walking him twice also.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
ltsos GUST 1909
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VALUE OF PARKER ROAD.

The city of Pine Bluff has raised the amount of bonus required by J. M. Parker to secure the Arkansas, Louis jana and Gulf Railroad. We all ex- pect Mir Parker to begin work at once on his line of road from Hamburg ;o Pine Bluff. Everybody who has sense enough to pick geese admits that this route offers the greatest advantages to a railroad of any other in the state It runs through the greatest timber belt now to be found. It's line passes over the famous fruit lands of south eastern Arkansas. and along it's line are many large gravel beds, which will supply all the ballast needed for a century or more. Another advan- tage in favor of this route, there are no large streams to cross and no dan ger of the roadbed getting washed away or overt1owed This line is about equal distance between the Iron Mountain railroad on the east and Rock Island on the west, and about twenty-five or thirty miles from either. This road when completed will traverse a very fine farming por- tion of Ashley, Drew, Lincoln and Jefferson counties and the produce from the farms will add greatly to it's freight traffic. When Mir. Parker fin- 1shes his road from Hamburg to De- valls Bluff he will have from Monroe, La, to that point one of the best pay ing pieces of railroad property in the South. It will be big thing for all the towns and the whole country where it runs. It is a road badly needed and one that We now feel cer
 tain will soon be built.-Monticello Monticellonian.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21

spent greater part of last night i> an effort to locate more of the stolen gems. A coat, taken from the home of J. w. Crawford. was also recov- cred. One solitaire diamond ring, val ued at several hundred dollars and stolen from the home of H. B. Strange, was brought back from Memphis where it had been pawned.
 James admitted last night robbins number of Pine Bluff residences. He says he robbed the home of a negro mail carrier and when he learned that it was "colored mans house" he sent him all the articles back.
 Charles, alias Hickory" Hull and Bell Davis, the pair who were arrest ed Tuesday night by Assistant Chief Francis and his men and from whom two of the missing rings were taken. are also in the county jail. In the ar rest of the trio the police of this city and Memphis believe they have bro:z- en up gang of daylight robbers, who made speciality of cutting screen doors and windows and stealing val uable gems and fine clothing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
LEAVE THE ACADEMY
 IN DISGRACE
Sad Scenes Marked Last Day of Dis.
 missed Cadets at West Point.

New York. Aug. 21.-An unusual and rather striking incident charterized the last hours at the West Point Military Academy of six of the seven cadets who were dismissed from the institution for hazing Rolando Sutton, the fourth class. man and brother of the late Lieutenant Sutton of the marine corps, whose death was lately the subject of investigation ii Annapolis
 Having packed up their belongings and settled their accounts with the post otfi- cers, the six young men apeared on the parade ground just before evening parade. The bugle sounded and the cadet corps marched forth upon the field, at one >lae of which stood the diSSraccd youths. ui- happily watching the scene
 .AS the line broke into columns of pla- toons to march in review, the six young SterS came to a smart attention. When the companies Were marching back into the streets of the camp. the former cadets slowly followed to have last look 1t their tents.
 When the ranks were broken, the mem- i bers of the corps gathered around their dismissed comrades. shook their hands. patted them on the back and uttered ali manner of encouraging words. The six youths were uncertain whether they could enter the mess hall at supper ] tiihe' put their former companions insist ed on their eating last supper there.
 It was mixture of sadness and at times Jocularity, for the dismissed men were
 among the most popular at the academy.
 They were accompanied to the railroad
 station by dozens of sympathizlng cadets
 when they left for New York.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
Curbing and Guttering District No.
 (Pine Street.
Special Assessment

The tax books for the collection of special assessment upon the real property in Curbing and Guttering District No. 1 (Pine Street., in the city of Pine Bluff, has been placed in my hands.
 All owners of real property lying n the district are required to pay their assessment to me within thirty jays from this date.
 If such payment is not made, acticn will be commenced at the end of that time for the collection of such as- sessment and for legal penalties and cost
 Given under my hand this 18th day of August, 1909.
 A. G. RUSSELL. City Collector. Office City Hall, g a. m. to 12 m.
 August 19, 1903. S-1S 3ot
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21

Specimens of Arkansas river rice from the rice farms of w. E. Massey near South Bend, Ark, are on exhibi- tion at the Hotel Jefferson and are at- tracing much attention. The rice is far superior in quality and quantity to that taken from the now famous rice fields in Arkansas county MT. Massey has 160 acres in cultivation forty acres of which will yield 12O bushels an acre.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21

MT George H. Adams, who has q paper at Pine Bluff, one at Hot springs and one at Helena, speaks of starting another at Little Rock. The latest venture is to be live evening daily and Mir Adams is the man 10 push the enterprise. Little Rock has one evening paper now-the Daily Democrat.-Monticello Monticellonian.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
SAYS THE COTTON
 IS BURNING UP
Supt. Pitcock of Penitentiary Says tue Crop Is Cut Not Less Than 25 Per Cent,

Little Rock. Ark. 20.-James A. Pitcack superintendent of the Arkansas Penitent- iary, returned yesterday from the Sta< farm in Lincoln County and reports great damage done 10 cotton by the heat of the past few days Superntenden Pit cock says the black land cotton is stand ing the dry heat mNh better than that on the sandy land. but that all is being damaged materially.
 He is of the opinion that not less than p per cent of the crop that was confi- dently expected for this year three weeks ago can possibly be made now, and that if the heat without rain continues many days longer the damage will be still great CT in proportion.
 The hot winds of the past few days are charged with the greater part of the damage
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
SATURDAY SPECIAL.
 AT MARK. .BAER'S

houseKeepers will note with pleas ure the Saturday Special" of season. aDie vegetables offered by the Marx oaer Grocery Company through the eoiumns or the Graphic today. This nfin aiWays supplies the best and at the right prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
RAINS ARE NEEDED
 ALL OVER STATE

Little Rock, Aug. 2o.-Reports com ing from all sections of the state now have the crops crying for rain, and in many sections the crop is so far gone that a rain would do it no good. Some of the crops fear a rain, par in the rice fields after cut ting time. which will be on in a few weeks
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
lYNCnlNC AT
 FITZGERALD, GA,

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.)
 Fitzgerald, Ga, Aug. 20.-Henry Taylor, charged with assaulting and murdering Mrs. Joseph Vickers and her baby. was taken from the sheriff tonight and 1ynched.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
FALL RACES AT
 LEXINGTON, KY.

uIearst News Special to the Graphic)
 Lexington, Ken. Aug. 20-The fall race meeting of six days will be given here, according to an announcement of the Kentucky Racing Association today. No date is set.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21

We sell the old reliable Studebaker buggy. Few as good, none better. Come let us show you what we have and how cheap they are, too. D. A. Caldwell. tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21

We trade new buggies for old '" second hand buggy. D. A. Gala onss' Talk to us If ysa want . new well. \.
 .>.. .~i.n. lns "
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
= = = = = ' BASEBALL.
 = = = = = =
National League.

New York, 3; Cincinnati, II. Brooklyn. l; St. Louis, (eleuen nnings).
 Brooklyn, 0; St. Louis, ?. Boston, 3; Chicago, ,. Philadelphia, 3; Pittsburs, 1.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21

There's nothing vo good for a sore throat as Dr. Thomas Electric Oil. Cures it in few hours. Relieves any pain in any part.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
Southern League.

Atlanta, 3; Montgomery, l. Little Rock, 8; Memphis, ,, Nashville, 6; Birmingham, l. . Mobile, 3; New Orleans, ?,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21
DIAMOND THIEF
 RETURNED HERE

{Continued From Page One.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-21

American League. Detroit, 3; Washington, 1. Cleveland, 0; Philadelphia, }.