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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07
Punctua1itv Promised.

HAS your husband an old suit that
he amt usin', ma'amY asked the
tramp. respectfully removing from his
head the shapeless remnant OF q hat.
Nor shortly answered the woman
Of the house, eying him suspiciously.
MY husband has only one suit, and
tin last him six months yet"
All right. ma'am," he rejoined. tax
ing from an inside pocket q soiled
scrap OF cardboard and making . mem.
orandum on It with the stump Of =
lead pencil. I'm be round ag'in six
months from today. Afternoon,
ma'am!s Stray Stories.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07

You haven't elbow-rooml That's
nothing. Make plea for yourself.
Dig up the virgin soil. Bore we'll
all the underground streams are
not apped yet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07

There are those who would cruel
fly those nearest them in order to
successfully play the role of mar
tyre for a distant friend.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07

Break your alabaster boxes on the
bleeding of friends. When broken
on dead bodies the sweet perfume
IS jeering mockery.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07

You can't cover your tracks.
Genghis Kan could be traced by
his pyramids of human skulls.
What marks are you leaving along
the highway
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07

There never was a person yet
with genius enough to insure sue.
cess without work. RI YOU ever
reach any ambition you must hit
orally work your way to IT -
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07

The man who suecesds in
business i the man who finds
out what the public will want
ok menths hence and gives Il %
them novv-not the nan Who
gives them what they wanted
elk months ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07
Nativity Of Foods.

It is surprising from whence come
the most common articles OF food. The
onion, leek, garlic and pea were IA
vorites In Egypt. rye and parsley I'm
Siberia, the citron and currants in
Greece, and radishes hail from China
and Japan. The horse chestnut Is O
native OF Tibet, the Forbidden Land.
and the mulberry tree. walnut and
peach travelled westward from Persia.
very few consider that oats originated
in North Africa at time when Egypt
was the granary Of the world. The
chestnut came from Italy, celery from
Germany. spinach from Arabia. the
sunfiower from Peru and cucumber
from India. Tobacco Is q native Of
virginia. Chicago journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07

I yho SubJoct To ItNou HSsSs
sYou talk well on the subject In
which you are most interested" said
the impairment girl.
"And what IS thatY' said the man,
smelling 1 compliment.
yourself said tho impertinent girl
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07

aPa." said the boy, looking up fron
bis book, what does mans 'betta
half mean?"
Usually, my son." replied bis lathe
from behind the evening paper, "sn
means exactly what she says" Phil
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-07
WAY TO FOOL THE
FLY BY NIGHTS"
Beat Fake Merchants BY Pat
rOnIzlng Homo Stores.
OTHERS HARM COMMUNITY.

Here Today and Gone Tomorrow, They
Generally Defraud the PubIic-Not
Entitled to Recognition by People or
Newspapers.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
Clearing New Ground.

Flowing with grubbing and pulling
out the larger stools is the only
method fully indorsed by most prac-
tical farmers in the infested regions.
The general method Is to go into the
field with a strong team, heavy plow
and two or three men. All except the
largest plants can be turned out with
the plow. The largest must be
grubbed out or pulled with horse and
chain. After picking up the plants
that are thoroughly loosened the
piece is gone over with spring tooth
harrow to loosen up and drag out the
rest. The plants are piled, and in 48
hours, If the weather is dry, all ex-
cept the largest roots will burn. Three
men with strong team will clear up
from one-fourth to three-fourths of an
acre a day.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

Only an optimist enjoys being
fooled if he knows it.
How we delight to see loafer get
his tire punctured!
The more money you have the
more things will come your way.
A man admires modest girl al
most as doesn't the other brand.
Believe only half you hear-then
proceed to forget two-thirds of that.
All men are born honest, but it re-
quires constant practice to keep that
way.
A girl may not enjoy flirting unless
she knows it makes some other girl
miserable.
Many woman whc claims credit
for her husbands success in reality
acted as a handicapped.
We are unable to recall the names
of any of our acquaintances who are
too respectable to enjoy life.
Mark Antony: II didn't know it was
so late, Cleo. l must be going"
Some men would be brighter if they
we're to reflect more and some would
reflect more if they were brighter.
No. Cordelia, an office seeker isn't
a man who runs for postoffice in
order to mail his wife's letter to her
mother.-Chicago News.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
BOTH HAD KNOWN HAPPINESS
But the Circumstances Were Not Ex-
actIy Alike, That Was All
the Difference.

They were riding into town in a
subway train, these two married men,
says the New York Times. One
seemed occupied with his own
thoughts, the other was engrossed in
his copy of the Evening Piff1e, from
which he eventually glanced with a
superior smile. 81 always read what
Betsy Bumstuff has to say in her 'Twi-
light Twaddle' column" he said. "She
generally hits us off pretty we'll, but
she isn't always right. Now, this eve
ming, she gets on the subject Of elope-
ments. She says elopements never
turn out happily. I don't agree with
her" Neither do l." said the man
who had been occupied with his own
thoughts. 'I am glad to hear you say
It," exclaimed the Evening Piff1eite.
Il eloped with my wife, and I've been
happy ever since" $50 have 1 ever
since some fellow eloped with mine"
remarked the other. Betsy Bumstuff
Is away off"
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
RACING DATES IN THE East
Belmont Park and Saratoga Plan to
Hold Events as in Previous
Years With Longer Meets.

The principal race meetings this
season will be held at Belmont Park
and Saratoga. This does not mean
that Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend,
Aqueduct, Jamaica and the Empire
City tracks will not offer purses and
stakes to horsemen. They will. But
the Belmont Park and Saratoga
tracks will hang up the most valuable
purses and stakes and their meetings
in number Of days will be greater
than at the other tracks.
The brunt of the racing battle, if so
1t may be called, will be fought out by
Belmont Park and Saratoga These
courses are better equipped in many
respects for long siege. They are
the richest and are situated in COM
munities favoring the sport. None of
the race tracks anticipates making
fortune this year. Officials believe
the tracks may run at loss. But
the two associations will run long
meetings and offer big stakes to prove
to the public that racing is not con-
Quoted at their courses for the money
At Belmont park work will COM
mence shortly preparing the course
and the grounds for the meeting which
Will begin early in the spring. When
the aviation meet was held last fall
the jumps were razed and the fences
torn down. This gave rise to the be-
lief that the coure would be used 10
longer for racing. But the terms of
the lease to the aviators called for the
return of the grounds in the condition
in which they were found. All the
jumps will therefore be erected and
the fence rails marking out the vari-
Gus courses will be built The contract
for the work has been made and the
carpenters will start working in a few
days.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
IRRIGATION OLD AS HILLS
Nature of Crops so Varied That
Amount of Moisture Needed Must
Be First Ascertaned.
Ill

CBy r. L. PARSHALL, Colorado Agricul-
tural College)
irrigation is as old as the hills,
and is artifcially supplying moisture
to the soil for the growth of plants.
In all these years the science of ir-
rtgat1on has not been made exact.
Nature is so varied that irrigation
must be made to meet the existing
conditions.
SOIL is composed Of minute parti-
cles, irregular in appearance, and,
when collected into a mass, there is
a certain part of this that is space,
and In this space water may be
stored. 1t Is this water so held in
the soil that is useful to the growth
of plants. A certain crop must have
certain amount of moisture for
It's needs; too much may be detri-
mental; not enough may cause the
loss Of the crop, but fortunately the
limits are wide. The particular ques-
tion always arises: What is the re-
quired amount Of water for a maxi
mum yield?
We first find that soils differ in
their makeup; different subsoils; the
slope OF the ground varies in differ
ent localities, and general climatic
conditions may be different All these
considered, 1t may be said that what
would be the proper amount to
supply in one case may be too much
or not enough in other cases. Eff
c1ent irrigation consists in supplying
the requisite amount of moisture to
the soil, and this may be accomplished
by adding water to the ground, or
regulating the drainage. 1t has been
said that good plant growth will re-
suit II we have one pound of free
moisture in the soil to about ten
pounds of soil. This, of course, is
general, and depends upon the kind
of soil and the kind of crop.
You might make a test and deter
mine for yourself the right amount
for your farm and particular crop
First, select a place in your field
where the plant growth seems to
be best. Take from the roots of the
plants a sample of the soil, which
should be an average from the top
root to the lower roots. Place this
sample Immediately into sealed jars
of known weight. Weigh the jars
and contents and the increase will
be the true weight of soil and moist
ure. Put the soil in pan and
place in an oven of moderate tenn
perature for several hours When
cooled to the temperature of the
room, weigh again. The difference
between the weights of the damp soil
anG the dry soil will give the weight
of free water, or moisture that is
available for the growth tof plants.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

A draft horse is always in demand.
Feed all animals balanced ration.
A good brood SOW should be well
kept.
Do not feed the horses all the hay
they will eat.
Ample feed should be always kept
before the sheep.
Turnips, carrots and sugar beets
make fine feed for sheep.
See that the live stock have careful
attention and plenty Of feed
Keep the sheep pens clean. Dirt
and foul odors affect sheep quickly.
Do not allow tho brood mare to
stand in the barn without any exer-
cise
Water is cheap, but it is a neces-
sity for sustaining the life of the
stock.
While the work horses are not do
ing heavy work, their feed should not
be very heavy.
Do not neglect to give the sows
chance to eat some clover hay or corn
stalks each day.
Feed that will keep the bowels open
is the best for this time of the year.
Wheat bran helps to do it.
Pure bred colts will sell for more
at one or two years of age than will
grade horses when fully mature.
Keeping animals on the farm
that do not pay profits is a poor way
to succeed in accommodating prop
erty.
Perhaps no other kind of animals
on the farm are so likely to be neglect
ed in regard to exercise as brood
sows.
Oats are considered by many horse
men to be most valuable They are,
however, very expensive, and many
other feeds have taken their place.
Be sure that the pigs are not lousy.
Kerosene oil rubbed on a hogs back
is good for lice. But look out and
not have 1t too strong, and do not rub
too hard. or you may make a blister.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
10
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G0gSZR2f4

Sammy Strang, the former big
league star. is studying music in
Paris.
The latest foreign star in the wrest-
ling line to break out with title is a
chap named Krsck.
The National Sporting club of Lon
don is offering Packey Mcfarland
$4,000 10 cross the pond to trim Matt
Wells.
The sale of First Baseman Eddie
Sabrie of Buffalo to the Topeka club
in the Western league has been an
nounced.
Harry Howell, the veteran pitcher
of the st. Louis Browns, will get a
berth as an umpire in the American
association.
Detroit may solve the first base
problem by switching George Moriarty
to the first corner. In that case Lath-
ers would cover third
The only fault sportsmen have to
find with Coach Stagg is that he is
too lenient to those who attack him
in order to gain a little notoriey for
themselves.
Eddie Hahn, former right fielder of
the White Sox, will play with the Up
per Sandusky team the coming sea-
son. He has a garage in that city and
now lives there.
When Kid Nichols won pennants
for Boston he received $2,400. Now
adays a pitcher from the minors
wants that much money when start
ing in with a big league team
The only trouble about building
handsome clubhouses in the National
league parks is that ball players who
are not used to marble floors, nickel
fixtures, etc., never will take a bath.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
The Pronress of Music

A German baker in West Philadel-
phia has young hopeful who is be-
ginning in youth the study of the VIC.
lin. He takes weekly lessons and the
parents are sanguine of his becoming
a great musician.
A friend strolled into the bakeshop
the other day and inquired of the
genial German what progress the boy
was making.
He pretty good gets along" came
the bakers assuring answer, with an
elevation of the chin and a swelling
chest. He play Home, Sweet Home
with such sweetness that makes you
wish for the Faderland. And, by
golly, you ought to hear him play
that Nearer, My God, to YOU"
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
A Fair Return.

Minister (arousing himself In bar
ber's chair)-All through yet?
Barber-Aye, lang syne.
Minister-Then I must have been
indulging in quiet nap?
Barber-Ye wis that, sir.
Minister-It was very good of you
not to waken me. 1 am very thank
full for what has been a most refresh
ing sleep.
Barber-Hoots, mon, haud yer
tongue; it's only fair return I slept
all through your sermon last Saw
bath.-London Tit-Bits.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

Keep an eye on the man who tries
to flatter you.
More people have the gift of gab
than the gift of silence.
Don't go too fast, young man, even
If the road is smooth.
If a man has a bad reputation, it's
easy for him to live down to it.
The essentials to domestic strife are
a fussy husband and a nagging wife.
It makes mother mad if her sons
wife is deeper in the social swim than
herself
While steel band may be stronger
than a brass band, the latter is more
successful in holding crowd.-Chi-
cago News.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
Asparagus Seed.

Order asparagus seed now and start
your own plants. 1t pays to buy seed
from special growers who sell selected
seed from rust-free plantations. Make
ground rich so the roots will be
strong at the end of one season.
Asparagus is a good-paying crop. It
brings In cash early in the season
when there is little else to sell. Clean
tillage and high fertility are essential
to success
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
Eeedino Cows.

l always feed after milking and feed
grain or cut the feed or silage, says
writer in an exchange. Cows stand
better to milk and pay whole atten-
tion to milking and give down much
better, knowing that they get feed
when through.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
DISTEMPER

In all its forms among all ages of horses,
as well as dogs, cured and others in same
stable prevented from having the disease
with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE.
Every bottle guaranteed. Over 100000
bottles sold last year $50 and $l.OO Any
good druggist, or send to manufacturers.
Agents wanted. Spohn Medical Co., Spec.
Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
Scientific Management in Business.

Scientific Management in Business.
In his paper on "The Human Side
of Scientific Management" in the
April Century, the second in the'aeries
on ''The Awakening of the American
Business Man." Will Irwin has writ
ten equally for employer and en-
ploye, maintaining that the present
and permanent tendency of this new
scientific management" sis all to-
ward Improvement in the lot of the
employe, as well as toward i'm
provement in the ouput of the en-
ployer."
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

1t is exactly 125 years since Baron
Munchausens book was printed, which
fact is paraded for the edification Of
those who insist that the life of a lie
is short.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

The mayor Columbus, Ohio, has de-
clared against fat policemen. Is there
nothing in public life a fat man can
do in Columbus except become an
alderman?
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

Hostess (anxious to make an effect
on the new curate)-Dear me, Janet.
cook has surpassed herself in the bor-
der round the pie! How did she do it,
Janet-Please, mum, she made il
with her false teeth.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

1t is complained that official reports
never are read. If they are marked
confidential" and a desperate effort
made to suppress them, there will be
no more such complaints.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

San Francisco-probably to advertise
that city's wide highways. Tetrazzini
takes up considerable street-room
when her lungs are expanded.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

The worst feature about DR.. Cookies
confession is that it may lead Walter
Wellman into telling a detailed story
of his brief flight toward the North
Pole
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
True to Her Nature.

Maud-Did you hear the news?
Madge has eloped
Jack-Madge always was a flighty
sort of a girl
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01
BILL COUGHLIN BUYS CLUB
Former Star Third Baseman of Detroit
Tigers Secures Franchise in
Tri-State League.

Bill Coughlin, manager of last sea-
sons Williamsport team, and George
Cockill, first baseman Of the Montreal
club of the Eastern league, bought the
franchise of the Reading team of the
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

Garfield Tea stimulates the liver, cor
rects constipation, cleanses the system and
rids the blood of impurities. All druggists
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

Many young man earns living by
working his father.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

While the camera never lies, the
average retoucher ought to have
front seat in the Ananias Club.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
as candy.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

A well digger always gets in his
work.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

He Was a Judge.
Geraldine-I am just twenty-five.
Gerald-Verdict set aside.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

"Son, I hear you have joined the
Boy Scout movement
eyes, dad"
well, suppose you scout ahead and
see II your mother is sitting up for
me-"
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

PILES CURED IN TO IL DAYS
Four druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT
hENT fails to cure any, case of Itching, Blind
Bleeding or ProtrudinG Piles in 6to IA days 6Gc-
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

1t must have been a spinster who
said that some widows wear heavy
wells to conceal their JOY.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

Tri-State league from the Reading
Baseball association The price was
not given out Coughlin will be the
manager and play third base. Cockill
will cover first base.
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01

>, Women suffering from any form Of
illness are invited to promptly COM
munlcate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass. All letters are received, opened,
read and answered by women. A wo-
The Winslow mail., 1911-04-01


man can freely talk
of her private ill
ness to q woman :
thus has been es-
tablished this con-
fidence between
Mrs. Pinkham and
the men OF
America which has
never been broken.
No.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-07
Stuffy Mo. .nnis
 Welcomed Home
First Baseman of Athletics Greeted by 10000 in
 Gloucester, Mass.

John Stuffy McInnis. member Of the world champion Athletics, arrived at his home in Gloucester from .Phila- delphia last night on the 7:30 train About 5000 fans gathered at the rail- road station and when McInnis alighted from the train he was nearly mobbed by his admirers, who would have pulled off his arm in handshak- ing had he not prudently held out of range the injured member which kept 2 him out of the worlds series until the last inning of the last game
 A procession was formed and headed by a platoon of police, under the marshalship of William E. Tucker. proceeded through the principal streets which were lined with people, it being estimated that nearly 10000 were out to honor the popular young athlete.
 Stuffy rode in an automobile in the rear of the band with Stephen McIn- his, his father, Mayor Patch, the Rev. Dr. W. H. Rider and John A. Rad" cliffe.
 All along the route quantities of red fire were burned and the modest base ball player was repeatedly cheered. Ar irving at his home on Warner street the members of the band and friends of the family were Invited within, where Dr. Rider and others made few brief remarks, pr. Rider extolling the value of clean athletics. The as- semblage dissolved with three times three cheers for Stuffy and his future success.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-07
FOOTBALL TAKES DAY OFF. International Egg-Laying Match Keeps
 Connecticut "Aggies'' Aroused.

Storrs. Conn, Nov. 7.-FootbaIl has to give way to the poultry show at the Connecticut State Agricultural College. The institution has started the first worlds egg-laying contest. Twenty-three States and six different countries have entered. and every thing else except the egg-laying match has had to take a back seat. at the college.
 Several of the players of the foot ball team are members of the poul- try classes, and they have broken their own training to aid in training the biddies and keeping them in con dition during the competition. The other members of the team have found the egg-laying match more ex- citing than gridiron practice, and have omitted it. It was finally neces- sary to cancel the game scheduled between the college and the Fort Wright team because of the excite ment created by the hens.
 The curtain will be rung down on the egg-laying match before the next scheduled gridiron game, and some of the hens which are competitors will be served on the football training table.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-07
Punler IS Badly
 Needed at Harvard
Crimson Must Dig up Somebody
 to Take FeltOn's Place

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 7.-A1l the Harvard football regulars were al- lowed a rest yesterday; but at that Captain Fisher. Wendell andBlackau journeyed to the Stadium and spent a hard half hours work in bunting.
 The situation in regard to the de- velopment of a good punter is a critical one, now that Felton and Potter are out of the ranks Although the Crimson coaches have despaired of Potter's return to the squad, the lanky quarterback himself believes that there is a chance that he will be able to get into the Yale contest. To- day physicians wild make a minute examination of Potter's knee and his true condition will be known.
 Gardiner, whose broken arm has put him out of commission, is at his home in Boston. Leslie will probably be moved over to tackle, and Keays and Mcguire tried out. at left guard. Two new men were taken on the varsity squad in Bradley, a quarter back, and Willetts. a fullback.