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The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
MADE 0 M OF SECRECY
Therefore Caller Could Only Guess
Who Had Taught Youngster to
Stand on His Head.

'The venerable countess of Cardi-
gan, the author, you know, of that
wicked book of memoirs, thinks the
modern girl is too athletic and hoy
denish," said an English visitor to
New York.
1.-THE countess of Cardigan often
tells of a young mar who was drink
ing tea with a beautiful girl when her
little brother slipped into the
"tMr. Mannering,' the boy asked,
can you stand on your head?'
"'No, said the visitor laughing, L
don't believe l cam
"TWell, l cam said the boy. Look
here
"And he stood on his head very
neatly in the corner.
"sHa, hal laughed Mr.. Mannering.
And who taught you that?
1.-The urchin frowned.
"'Sister,' he said, told me l must
never tell"
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over the body in the t%hroneroom at
Buckingham palace. They were re-
lieved each hour. With simple cere-
mony some one of the visiting royal
ties entered the room every now and
then, and the widowed queen went
there frequently.
Body in Magnificent Tomb.
The body of King Edward lies with
that of his immediate ancestors in the
magnificent mausoleum at Frogmore,
in the Home park of Windsor castle.
In this structure, erected by Queen
Victoria at a cost of 81. 600. 900, Prince
Albert Edward. father of the late
king, was laid to rest in 1861. In the
same yea Queen Victoria's mother,
the duchess of Kent, was buried in an
elaborate tomb in the grounds near by.
In 1901 Queen Victoria herself was
buried in the mausoleum beside her
husband.
The structure is probably one of the
most elaborate of the kind In exist
ence. It was planned in minute detail
by Queen Victoria as a memorial to
the prince consort. The general pub
lie is not admitted to the chamber
where lie the royal bodies in two i'm
mense sarcophagi, but the spot is a
great magnet for tourists, dozens Of
whom inspect the marble mausoleum
daily.
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would have been able to enter. The
chapel was draped with violet hang
ings.
Violet was the predominant tone OF
all the funeral drapings and public
decorations, 1t being well known that
King Edward greatly disliked the
gloom given by black ~draperies.
The service held In Westminster
abbey did not form any part Of the
royal funeral, 1t was q memorial
service held especially for those mem
bers Of the house Of lords and house
Of commons. who were unable to go
to Windsor. x
Electric standards we're fixed around
the place in Westminster hall where
the ~catafalque stood. The public was
admitted until ten o'clock at night.
The catafalque occupied the spot on
which Gladstone's catafalaue stood.
The Court at Windsor.
The court removed to Windsor the
day before the funeral. The arch
bishop of Canterbury. assisted by
Canon Wilberforce. conducted a short
service at Westminster hall on the ar
rival Of the body on May II. The
members Of both houses OF parliament
attended this service.
Neither M. Loubet, M. Delcasse nor
M. Clemenceau formed part Of the
French mission to attend the funeral
of King Edward. Premier BRAND in
tended to go. but also gave up the
idea, owing to the fact that Emperor
William was there. Under these cir
cumstances the mission was purely
formal. 1t consisted OF M. Pichon.
minister of foreign affairs; General
Dalstein. military governor OF Paris;
Admiral Marquis and an attache rep
resenting President Fallieres.
Roosevelt Among the Monarchs.
Ex-President Roosevelt, who was
named as special envoy of the United
States to attend the funeral Of King
Edward, was presented to King George
soon after his arrival in London. Mr..
Roosevelt occupied a place with the
visiting monarchs in the funeral pro-
oession and attended the burial at
Windsor.
Jackies Drew Carriage.
King George being SO closely
identified with the navy, the naval con-
tingents took a prominent part in the
ceremonies. B~luejackets drew the
gun carriage to Windsor. as they did
the carriage which bore the body Of
Victoria, although on that occasion
they did so because the horses be-
came FESTIVE.
Soldiers from the kings company.
grenadier guards, kept sentry watch
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
FertiIizing Cotton.

The work of the Georgia experiment
station shows plainly that phosphoric
acid is the most important element in
any fertilizer mixture for cotton. Next
in importance is nitrogen and finally
potash. Best results have been Sc
cured when all three of these ele-
ments have been combined in one
fertilizer in the proportion of 31-S
parts phosphoric acid, one part nitro
gen and one part potash, or in the pro-
portion of 1000 pounds acid phos-
phate, Is pounds muriate of potash or
800 pounds of kainit and 700 pounds
of cottonseed meal or los bushels of
cotton seed. The ingredients should
be mixed and applied in such a man
ner as to secure from 200 to 400
pounds of the acid phosphate ger acre.
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way, except that 1 have thought 1t
best not to split the stump in halves.
but rather to one side of the pith, and
in ase of large trees making a sharp
er angle. not splitting the wood too
much, and putting in more than two
and sometimes four or five scions, as
shown at above cut. In this climate
grating may be done any time before
the tree is out in leaf if the scions are
kept in good condition. In top-graft-
ing a lot of apricot trees to peaches, l
cut the trees back severely, and then
budded the young growth in July.
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Trim the Horses Feet.

Take care of the feet of the work
horses. The writer prefers, unless his
horses have to stand considerable road
travel, that they be unshod, but that
does not relieve the farmer from the
duty OF keeping them properly
trimmed. A set Of tools is q good
thing to have, but lacking that one
can get along very well by using q
sharp chisel, a good knife, and a rasp.
The added comfort that from
properly trimmed feet ear added
work, or its equivalent. less feed and
better flesh. Keep the feet In the
best Of condition.
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Very Fishy.

She was a fisherman's daughter, she
wore her hair in a net, and she pre-
ferred love in a piscatorial way.
MY love-" ne whispered, you hold
first place in my heart! Although L
founder about in expressing myself.
my sole wish is that you will save
me from becoming a Grabbed old
bachelor. l shall stick to you closer
than a 'limpet,' from you a 'winklp
be the road to guide me. Together
we will skate over life's rocks and
when l look at your hand beside me
1 shall say to myself: Fortune was
mine when / put herring there!"
And then the lady dropped her eyes
in sweet confusion, and murmured:
"Pass the salt"
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No Distinction Shown.
Tragedies Of the Sea.

AS -essels starting from ports thou
sands of miles apart pass close to each
other in the naked breadth OF the
ocean. nay, sometimes eve touch. In
the dark. with a crack Of timbers. 2
gurgling of water, a cry OF startled
sleepers-a cry mysteriously echoed u
warning dreams. as the wife OF some
Gloucester fisherman. with coastlns
skipper. wakes with q shrek. calls Inc
name Of her husband, and sinks BACK
to uneasy slumbers upon ner ione'
pillow widow.-Doctor hoiln
professor at the Breakfast Table.
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Inquiries Regarding Bonds.

A great many inquiries are being re
ceived as to the 100000 bond issue
that is to be sold on June 16, and the
prospect seems very good that the
entire issue will be taken up at once
and at the same time at a good pre-
MUM. These bonds are being sold on
the authority of the leg Stature in or
der that the state may be enabled to
make the improvements at her col
leses and other institutions at once,
build her proposed state charity hos
initial at Jackson and do other things
that are necessary to be done il the
very near future. -.~
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eoina to Temperance convent.o on.

Mrs. Harriet B. Kells, long known
az the leading White Ribboner and the
most persistent worker for the cause
of temperance and prohibition in the
state. has started on her long journey
to attend the great world convention
Of the Womens' Christian Temperance
Union at Glasgow. Mrs. Kells will sail
on the steamer Celtic from New York,
accompanied by Miss Madge Montgom-
ery of Starkville, and expects to have
a number of American delegates on
the same ship.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
e FARM NOTES

Refill the salt box in the pasture.
Set the strawberries in rows four
feet apart and two feet in the row.
When desired to hatch ducklings
early in the season it will be best to
use the incubator.
Remove the brood SOW to a place
where she can be free from noise or
other disturbance.
If the pump bucket leaks take it
to town with you today. The timer
will fix it while you wait.
A good dairy cow usually has bright
intelligent looking eyes-just the kind
that the successful man has.
Hellebore sprinkled on the currant
and berry bushes while wet with dew
will destroy the currant worm.
Overcrowding, poor ventilation and
improper feelings are the things that
play havoc with brooder chicks.
The special purpose buttermaker is
quite as essential in the creamery as
the special purpose COW in the dairy.
Never use grease or oil of any kind
to kill vermin on sitting hens, as it
will close the pores and ruin the eggs.
A good creamery in a town means
prosperity for the farmers and the
business men. The COW is the cause
of it all, too.
Remove all the trash from along
the fences. There are insects that
will destroy some of your crops in the
dry grass and weeds.
Devote a short time with the women
folk figuring out improvements for the
front yard, then spend a longer time
putting the plans into execution.
From 5000 to 5000 pineapple plants
can be raised on an acre of land, each
plant producing n pineapple. They
bring about 20 cents each during the
winter months.
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WORLD GATHERS
At KINGS BIER
Funeral Ceremonies OF Edward
VII. Attended by Representa-
tives of All Nations.
THOUSANDS GAZE ON COFFIN
For Three Days Subjects Of the Late
Monarch View Remains Lying in
State-Flnai observances at
Royal Palace Of Windsor.


London. Eng.-with all the pomp
and formal o~bservances BETTING the
~obsequies of the ruler OF a great ma
ton, King Edwards funeral pageant
on May 20 is classed as the most i'm
posing ceremonial in the history OF
Great Britain's capital.
The streets through which the pro-
cession passed were lined with upward
of $4,000 picked troops of the British
army, and among the mourners were
the rulers Of every country in Europe.
or their representatives. In this as
sembly ex-President Roosevelt rode as
the special envoy Of the United States.
every honor being accorded Americas
distinguished representative.
At a conservative estimate zoe, 900
persons passed through Westminster
hall to look upon the coffin Of the king
lying in state. Barriers were built, by
means Of which the people were
ushered through in four lines at the
rate Of is, 1000 an hour. The body of
the late king was not exposed to view.
The mourners saw only the coffin.
with the official regalia and heaps OF
flowers.
Queen Mother Chose Hymns.
The hymns sung at the service at
Windsor were all Of the queen moth
er's choice. They were my God, My
Father, While l Stray Now the La
borer's Task Is Ger" and Il Heard a
Voice From Heaven"
Scotland yard had all its detectives
on duty, and these were reinforced by
a hundred more from continental
cities. All visitors were watched, but
there was little real fear of anarchistic
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Action Of Nitrates.

Nitrate of soda, being a combina-
tion of nitric acid and soda, not only
acts chemically on the soil, but the
nitrogen therein contained enters di-
rectly into the composition of the
plant, while the soda is also appro-
priated by the plant to a limited ex
tent. Nitrate of soda contains about
II per cent. of ammonia. In buying
this article the farmer gets a proper
ton Of soda, a fertilizer Of itself on
some crops. 1t comes from, Chile, and
is known as Chile saltpeter. There Is
another saltpeter, much higher In
price, known as nitrate of potash.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Noel Appoints Delegates.

Gov. Noel has appointed as dele
gates at large to the June immigration
convention a number of prominent and
well known active members the Mis-
sippi Travellers Association located
at various points throughout the state.
This is a timely movement, as there
are no better or more fully equipped
or representative men in the state
than the men who get about its con
fines and whose business it is to make
a close study of existing conditions
and the opening that ex SITS for a heal
thy to encourage the tide
of immigration this way.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Provide Feed for Cattle.

Next August the best pastures are
apt to become dry and the grass
short. Plant an acre or two of sweet
corr this spring to furnish green feed
when pastures do become short. 1t is
said that an animal well summered Is
half wintered. To summer the animal
we'll it must have all the green feed
it will eat during all the summer and
fall months. A patch Of early sweet
corr will solve the summer green feed
question. If there is any to spare it
can with profit be fed to the work
horses.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Cows in Pasture.

1t is not advisable to turn the cows
on the permanent pasture till the
grass has made a good start There
are at least two good reasons for this.
One is that the young grass is Inn
mature, watery and lacking substan.
tial nutritive qualities. 1t Is relished
by the cows. yet they cannot get a
full iiow of milk on it alone. Another
reason for not turning them on the
permanent pasture early Is that they
will injure the soil by walking on 1t
while 1t Is wet and soft
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
. West viruinIa Snake Crop

The snake crop in Cabell county IL
said to be unusually good this year,
and farmers report It Is no unusual
thing to kill nine or ten In the course
of p~loughing a field. They are prin.
cipally OF the black snake variety and
have not been SO numerous ii many
years.-Huntington Correspondence Of
Wheeling Intelligencer.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Rules on Levee Fund.

Attorney General S. S. Hudson has
Instructed the tax collector of Goa
homa county TO pay over all moneys in
his possession belonging to the levee
board to Guy P. Clark since the de-
cision of Chancellor Denton dissolving
the injunction and holding that Messrs.
Cutrer, Clark and Collier are now the
officers of the levee board. 1t is I'M
derstood that the tax collector will
comply with these instructions.
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AnricuIturists Protest.

DIR. TAFT Butler, of Starkville, presi-
DENT of tie Mississippi Live Stock and
pairy Association, has called a special
meeting of that board to be held at
~starkville on next Saturday week, May
%. Among other matters to be con.
sidered is the recent removal of Arch
ibald Smith from the position of pro.
lessor of animal husbandry at the A.
and M. College and ex-offcio member
Of the State Live Stock Sanitary
Board.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
MANNER OF CHERRY GRATING
cess by Adopting Old Method
lof "Splitsthe-stump."

MY experience in caring for fruit
trees is that, excepting the peach and
young nursery seedlings, the proper
and best way to change tops of stone
fruits is by grating. writes Horace G.
Keesling, in Rural New Yorker. |
have grated cherries. various kinds
of plums, prunes and apricots with
good results oyer a period of IS years,
and have found that they take as
readily as apples. My method has
been usually the old "split-the-stump"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
just a Little Exercise.

The elevator conductor of a tall OF.
G building. noticing that the colored
janitor had ridden up with him sew.
eral times that morning. remarked:
SAM. this is the fifth time | have
taken o up, but you have not come
down with me-" well. you see..
Sam replied. "Ah been washin' win.
dows> on de 'leventh floor. and every
now and agin' All misses nah hold
and falls out."-Success Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Scott Gets Respite.

Governor Noel has respited Jess
Scott, a white man who was to have
been hung at Indianola, till after the
September term of Sun1ower county
court. The judge thought the testi-
mony of Scott might be needed aga INST
Mrs. Embry, who is jointly indicted
for the same murder, and without his
testimony the case against her would
have to be abandoned.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Of State News Items Gathered By Our Special
Correspondent at Jackson.
Cotton Acreage Reduction Small.

According to President G. H. High
tower, OF the Mississippi division of
the Farmers Union, the cotton acreage
reduction In this state, as compared
with last year, will not exceed 2 per
cent.
This is the smallest estimate that
has yet been made by a crop expert.
PRESIDENT Hightower bases his figures
on information received at Farmers
Union headquarters in this city, and
personal observation during his trav-
els over the state.
1t should be borne in mind that we
had a very heavy acreage reduction
last year, and, naturally, should not
expect a very heavy decrease this
year, says President Hightower.
Crop prospects IN some sections of
the state are gloomy, but not so bad as
they have been reported in many in
stances.
1T will take a series or neavy rains
to bring out the cotton planted shall
low, or in cloddy ground. Practically,
all r~eplanting work has been finished,
but the cold nights and lack of moist
ure have retarded termination.
The cotton crop, generally speak
ing, is about three weeks late. With
ordinarily favorable weather conditions
during the summer, it is not too late
to make a fair-sized crop. The late
ness of the season is the principal
drawback. Cotton %chopping ought to
be in progress right now throughout
the state, but l will venture the state
ment that not one per cent of the
crop has been chopped out"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Whitfield Has Not Decided.

Although Hon. H. L. Whitfield, pres
ident of the Industrial Institute and
College in Columbus, is being insist
emily im%portuned to become a candi-
date for governor, he has as yet given
no intimation that he intends entering
the rac In a special recently sent out
from Jackson it was stated that the
distinguished president of Mississippi's
famous college for girls would proba-
bly, be an aspirant for gubernatorial
honors, but asserts most positively
that the statement was unauthorized.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
New Charters Granted.

The list of charters CT incorporation
for new enterprises continues along
about as usual for the past several
months, and while there are few UNI
dergoing publication designed to pro-
mote extensive manufacturing indus
tries, there are a number for mercan-
tile organizations with capital stock all
the way from $4,000 to 100000. The
following have about completed their
usual course of publication as provid-
ed under chapter "a of the code OF
1906:
Choctaw Grocery Company, Canton,
Miss; capital stock, 100000.
w. B. Harrington & Co., Belzoni,
Washington count ;capital stock, $1o,-
000
The Peoples Bank, Georgetown, Co
piall county; capital stock, 100000.
The Cleveland Land and Improve
ment Cimpany, Cleveland, Bolivar
county: capital stock, $4,000.
Howe Lumber Company, McLaln,
Greene county; capital stock, $4,000.
Burnside Lumber Company, Burn
side, Neshoba county; capital stock,
100000.
The Country Club, Leland, Washing
ton county; capital stock, $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
SILK Robes for Judges.

1t is stated that the members Of the
supreme Court are about to change
from the unconventional and demo
cratic to the very conventional; that. in
fact, the measure of each man has
been taken and that the result will be,
some Monday morning five figures
wearing flowing robes of black silk,
will emerge from the ante-room and
ascend the bench. This has been de
cided upon, and it will constitute new
departure, as from time immemorial,
or within the memory of the Oldest
followers of the court or the stucGnts
of the supreme court justices have sat
on the bench CARRIED and habited in
the same manner as in consultat, on
room or library. This decision is the
result of the bar association meeting
at Natchez, whereat a resolution was
adopted recommending the change.
Three members of the court consulted
over. the matter and decided to acqui-
esce and all necessary steps have been
taken for compliance with that deter
minat.on.
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Corn Clubs Spread Rapidly.

Prof. P. P. Garner of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, and who is
now devoting. his time to the inspec-
ton and general oversight Of the coun-
ty agricultural high schools and the
development Of the corn club system
throughout the state, reports that he
club sysem has spread rapidly through
out the state. The United States gov
eminent is assisting in the growth OF
the corn growing movement by OFFER
ing attractive prizes to the best ten
ear display by any county,
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In 1850.

did he object to his wife's getting
into PRISON."
mo; he only said it wasn't the jail
where his mother used to go."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
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Fair Is Chartered.

Gov. Noel has approved the charter
of the Leake County Bolatusha Fair
Association. The object of the organ
ization is to hold a county fair in
Leake county, offering premiums for
farm and garden products, manufact-
ured articles, cattle, stock and hogs,
and transact other business necessary
in connection with a county fair.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
James Wins Drainage Suit.

James wins drainage Sults
The supreme court Monday handed
down an opinion in the case OF L. u.
James ct al. VS.. the T~allahatchie Drain
age Commission, deciding for James
and his associates in that the proposed
bond issue, which they were fighting,
is tied up Still, but not passing upon
the final constitutionality of the act.
The decision reinstates the INDUCTION
and remands the cas- to Chancellor
Denton. None of the 100000 bonds
authorized for the Tallahatch;e drain
age project can be issued as long as
the i%njunct on stands.
The cast was a holly contested one.
The legislature two years ago passed
what is known as the Tallahatchie
drainage act. 1t was intended to form
a system of drainage for Coahoma, Tu-
MICA and Quitman counties and that
portion of Tallahatchie, Pamela, Tate
and Desoto counties lying in the delta.
The governor apo nted eleven COM
missioners and they organized by elect
ing DR.. H. w. Crenshaw president and
Oscar Carr secretary. It was stated
at the passage of the act thai the main
drains would cost probably not to ex-
coed S1,000,G00.
When the plans began TO be formed
there was some uneasiness in the low
er part of the district from fear that
they would be overlooked, but there
was no organized opposition to the
scheme until the first engineering re-
port came out, showing that the main
drains would cost $4,000, 900. When the
commission adopted this, the opposi-
ton was c~rystalized. Subsequent plans
to cheaper the work have not lessened
tbia oooocition 3
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attempts, because it was known that
every one under surveillance would be
deported from England If any trouble
we're caused on this occasion, and II
was not likely that the persons OF the
anarchist type would give up volun-
tarily their safest refuge in Europe.
The procession to Westminster hall
May II for the lying in state was al
most on as great a scale as the fu-
neral procession. The cortege included
King George and all the foreign SOW
ereigns on horseback, and the queen
mother and the royal ladies in car
riages.
When the funeral procession started
every street car in London came to a
standstill for a quarter of an hour. All
the public houses in London were
closed while the procession was pass
ing.
No Distinction Shown.
There was no distinction as to per
@ nor were there any ticket privi-
leges for the lying in state in West
minister hall. All had to take their
turn in line.
At st. Georges chapel. at Windsor,
from whence the body was carried to
its final resting place the carved
stalls were removed in order to give
place to timber seating. Otherwise
net a tenth of those entitled to attend