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The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Wouldn't Want to Sleep.

Ollie James, the famous Kentucky
congressman and %raconteur, halls from
a little town in the western part of the
state, but his patriotism is state wide,
and when Louisville made a bid for
the last Democratic national conven-
ton she had no more enthusiastic sup
porter than James. A Denver sup
porter was protesting.
why, you know, colonel" said he,
Louisville couldn't take care of the
crowds. Even by putting cots in the
halls, parlors and the dining rooms of
the hotels there wouldn't be beds
enough"
"Beds." echoed the genial congress
man. why, sir. Louisville would
make her visitors have such a thun-
dering good time that no gentleman
would think of going to bed!"
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Antidote for Loneliness.

There is an Old lady living out n
Washington Heights, who has studied
out the psychology OF, company, and
can cheer herself up at a moments
notice ON dull days when> she is all
alone.
My son, for whom | keep house, is
away on the road most of the TIME,
she explained, land | am left to ny
self. On dark and stormy days, When
| cannot get out, ! hang the big look
ing glass on the kitchen wall: then l
put the tea-kettle full of water on the
stove and place my sewing chair
where | can see my own reflection in
the mirror. The kettle sings, the
steam moves, the lady in the mirror
sews, and by and by we have a cup
of tea together. The illusion is per-
feet. It's a party.'-Minneapolis
Ledger.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
PUT END TO FOOTBALL GAME
Polar Bear May Only Have Intended to
Witness Contest, but Players
Took No Chances.

One day, while the whaleship Mar.
whal was tied to an ice foe in Bering
sea, and the lookouts were at the mast
head scanning the open water south
ward for the appearance Of whales, a
party OF the forecastlemen made a
football of rags and corn, and went
over the bow to kick the misshapen
thing around on a smooth stretch Of
ice a short distance from the vessel.
The fun was at its height and the
men were just getting the kinks out Of
their legs when the harpooner in the
crows nest called softly down to the
deck that a polar bear had scented the
men on the ice and was excitedly maxi
ing his way toward them. No warning
vas given to the football players. Be-
fore long the bear appeared close to
the edge of the foe, and he seemed to
be in a great hurry. He shambled rap
idly along in and out among the hum
mocks, and every few feet he would
pull himself erect to sniff the air
and crane his head %anxiously. Closer
and closer he came, and it was plain
that he grew more and more excited.
The men on board the ship got out
their rifles, to make sure that the bear
did no harm to the men on the ice.
The gaunt ice bear came to the last
hummock that separated him from the
field of play. One of the men was in
the act of kicking the stufing' out
of the ball when the bear suddenly
emerged into clear view. The ball fell
to the ice, the mans leg came hurried
ly down on the ice, and the man him
self broke for the ship like a deer.
There was a succession of frightened
shouts, and the ice became alive with
running men. Never was there a
quicker change of scene. Men STUN
bled and fell and yelled and fought
for a grasp of the rope ladder.
The men on deck were so ~convulsed
with laughter that they made no eff
fort to shoot the bear. And after the
first whoop the bear became so thor
oughly alarmed at the CONSERVATION
he had caused that he turned tail and
fled in a clumsy gallop down the ice
foes.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
FISH ALMOST SWAMP BOAT
Prompt Assistance Was Necessary to
Save the Craft From Weight
of Salmon.

Only the prompt assistance of an
other craft saved the purse seine boat
Elidia from swapping in Port Gardner
under the weight of chum salmon
taken in a single haul of the net. The
Northwestern came to tho rescue, and
the quantity of fish in the net was all
both boats could carry.
One of the biggest runs of chums
eve seen in this bay appeared. This
marks the beginning of the real fish
run of the fall season, but the magni-
,tude of the run exceeds all expecta-
tions.
The Elidia was one of the first boats
to get into the new run here. When the
big purse was hauled in the fish filled
the hold and the weight of these, with
the. enormous drag of the fish in the
net stilT< overheard. dragged down the
craft untif it was actually flooded
with sea water. The Northwestern
swung alongside, attached a cable
from it's winch to the E1idia and held
the craft af1oat unit. it could be bailed
out and part of the fish On board trans
ferred to the Northwestern.-Everett
(Nash.) Dispatch to the Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
SCHEMES TO KEEP UMBRELLA
Many There Are, But No One Has
Yet Devised Anything That May
Be Called Perfect.

Every time it rains, according to
one observer of city life, the grow
ing popularity of r%aincoats is demon
strated by the increasing number of
them to be seen. Yet the umbrella
holds its own, too, and the manu-
facturers and sellers of the latter
have an unfailing market because of
the recognized propensity of the UNI
brella for getting lost.
Il used to lose two or three umbrel-
las a season." said the observer above
quoted, until l hit upon the device
of carrying one with a crook in the
handle just the size for fitting yer
the arm so that by hanging it there
| can use both hands without putting
the umbrella down and going Off and
forgetting it," Another scheme of the
same sort is to carry either an UNI
brella or a cane all the time, so that
you get used to having something in
your hand. Then when you feel that
your hands are empty you will re-
member your umbrella and go back
and get it, providing, of course, that
you go back in time, before some one
else has seen it first, as is apt to be
the case i'm rainy weather.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Trustees Sale Notice.

Pursuant to the provisions of a GER
tain deed of trust executed by j. L.
Wilson on the 9th day of February.
1911. to secure a certain Indebtedness
therein mentioned to C.. B. Kirkpat-
rick, and by him transferred to the
FIRST National Bank of Tupelo. which
deed Of trust is duly recorded in the
chancery clerks office of Lee county.
Mississippi. in deed record book No.
"a, page 584 | will as trustee in said
deed of trust on. the 9th day of Febru-
airy, A. d. 1915, at the Court House
Door in Tupe'o, Lee county. Miss,
within legal hours offer for sale at
public outcry to the highest bidder for
cash the following described property,
to. wit:
Lots 10 and Is, in the tDwl of Sal
tito. In section twenty-one (2D, town
Ship eight (S). range six (6). One
parcel Of lard in the southeast quarter
OF section l6. township g, range 6. be-
ginning on the section line, between
sections sixteen and twenty. at the
southeast corner of w. G. Kitchener
lot and run east along section line to
corner of L.. A. Ellington land; thence
north 70 yards, thence west to the
IlVi iiEACL Otilt VI W. u DliAh1lEtiEl
lot, thence south to the point of begin
ning. Also seven () acres in the
southwest quarter of section. sixteen
aud bounded by a line beginning at a
point on the NJ. & o. Railroad Co.
where said road crosses the boundary.
line of said section Is, and running
west along said section line 420 feet,
thopra poVtb ON ftxUn brpdrad md topA
feet, thence west 1470 feet, skip ing
the NJ. d O. K. K. Co. thence sruth
210 feet, thence west 1850 feet, skip
and three quarters 90 acres, bounded
Nv a line beginning between sections
16 and 81 in township 8, range S, at the
southwest corner of j. r. B0lding's lot,
and running north 70 yards. thence
west to the first branch known as the
Ames Cassidy branch, thence down
SAID branch to section line between
sections 16 and q, thence east along
said section line to the beginning point.
except one acre decided to Burrow. All
in the town Of Saltillo, in Lee county.
Miss. Also the following personal
property: One No. 2 Austin All-Still
well drilling outfit. including engine
and boiler ard all machinery and tools
and equipment connected with and
used about the well drilling plant, the
same being the plant and outfit now
owned and possessed by the said John
T. Wilson.
Will CONVEX such title as is vested in
me as trustee.
This the l4th day of January. 1915.
43 At. D. w. ROBINS, trustee.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
TOOK PIGS TO HOTEL IN TAXI
Panama Banker Got Them in New
York and VIII Take Them to
His Southern Home.

A taxicab drove up to the Wolcott
the other day, and a man jumped out,
says the New York Times. From the
vehicle came a succession of short
~squeaks, which caused George Dunn,
the head porter, to hurry out and re-
gard the occupants with amazement.
They were six small pigs.
The man who had accompanied
them was Ramon Arias, one of the
leading bankers OF Panama. who has
been spending several months in the
United States.
Il want YOU to take care of them
for me- said Senior Arias.
'But we draw the line at pigs" pro-
tested Dunn.
Then take them somewhere else"
suggested the banker, "only have thea
well taken care Of"
Dunn did not know of any hotel
that takes pigs, or any boarding house
for porkers, so he decided to try the
livery stable men of his acquaintance.
Finally he found one who said that
for proper compensation he might
house the unusual visitors, so a stall!
was partitioned off, and there the
pigs have been boarding. They are
to be shipped to Panama.
Senior Arias bought them in the
West Washington market, and they
viii go to his big farm near the city
of Panama, where he hopes to aston
ish his fellow citizens with the results
he will achieve. These pigs will have
cost some money by the time they
reach Panama, for the board has
been about two dollars a day at the
livery stable, and the hotel carpenter
has constructed an artistic crate for
their journey to Panama.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Industry Worth DEVELOPING.

Little use is being made of the floss
from the inside of the pods of the
silk cotton tree in the West Indies.
In the Philippines the collection of
this product-known throughout the
East as "Kapok'-forms an industry
of considerable promise. 1t is being
more and more used in the manufac-
ture of patent life-belts, and agricul-
turists in the British West Indies
might with profit turn their attention
ITO the collection of this floss. The pro-
duction for 1913 was 245, 009 pounds,
as against SO, SOC in 1901. The de-
cline in 1912 is attributed by the
IMindanao Herald to increased local
consumption. Most of the kapok for
imerly went to the Netherlands, either
direct or via Eongkong; but in 1912
13 it was exported chiefly to the Unit
ed States, Germany and Australasia, IL
the order named.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Trustees Sale Notice.

Pursuant to the provisions of a Ger.
tain deed Of trust executed by Peter
Coleman and his wife. Mary Coleman,
on the Goth day of January. A. D.,
1918, to secure certain Indebtedness
therein mentioned to Bonds, Young
b'ood d Co., which deed of trust is
duly recorded in the chancery clerks
office. of Lee county, Miss. in deed
record book No. 112, page 1913, wall,
as trustee in said deed of trust, on the
9Th day of February, A. d 1915. at
Bank of BALDWIN, BALDWIN. Mis-,
within legal hours, offer for sale at
pubic outcry to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described property:
Forty acres of land of the south half
of the northeast quarter of section a.
township Z, range z, that lies west of
the ditch. said strip contains forty
acres, more or less; and the northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of
section 4. township Z, range Z, all in
Lee county. Miss, and for a more
definite description see deed from w.
VI. Enos to Peter Coleman dated Nov.
s, 1902.
Such ii lie conveyed as is vested in
me as trustee aforesaid.
This 14th day of January, 1915.
43-4t L. L. O'SHIELDS, Trustee.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
"War Lord" in the Field.

Wilhelm II when in the field has
two comfortable tents, OF huts, in
which he is we'll protected from cold
and damp. Each is composed of
wood and iron, and, being easily taken
to pieces, is capable of being trans
ferred from place to place without diff
6culty. The partitions between them
hre Joined so perfectly as to be i'm
pe~rvious to damp or air, and the floors
are of oak, while the furniture is of
wicker. One of the two huts serves as
a living room, the other as a sleeping
compartment. His meals are provided
from a motor kitchen, furnished with
a stove and with a freezing apparatus,
and covers" for a dozen people.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
SNAKE CAUSES GOLF PROBLEM
Reptile Knocked Ball into Cup. and
Player Mas PerpIexed as to
What to Do.

At this season of the year the
greens on the golf courses are gen.
orally wet and the tender grass is
much liked by the green garter snakes
found in this section of the country.
They probably use it as a breakfast
salad.
DR.. Gates, a charter member of the
Ravenswood Golf club, is an early
morning player. Several days ago he
made a short pitch to the third green,
his ball stopping close to the hole.
He had visions of a par four. On ap-
sproaching the hole he found a snake
close to the ball. The reptile, fearing
the good doctor was about to operate
,on him, started to retreat, but in its
haste knocked the ball into the hole.
The doctor wants to know if he
should claim a three or take it for
granted he would have holed the putt
and claim a four. This question has
Tcreated quite a controversy around
the nineteenth hole and the members
are seeking an official ruling.
A look into the rule book reveals
that he should have replaced the ball
and tried for the putt, which, how
ever, he did not do.-Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
LESS HOSTILE TO FOREIGNERS
Comparatively Safe-Work is
Going On.

Tibet continues to hold it's special
fascination for explorers, and it is
therefore interesting to learn from
the experiences of Captains Bailey
and Moreshead, who recently cleared
up the long-standing mystery concern
ing the connection between the Tsang-
pc and Brahmaputra rivers, that a
noticeable change has como about in
the attitude of the Tibetans toward
foreigners. These explorers encoun-
tered no signs of hostility or distrust,
Except when they were mistaken for
Chinese, who appear to be held in
great dread. No objections We're made
to the surveying operations, and Capt.
IMorshead asserts that 'it is now pos
sible to traverse the country from end
ito end, openly, with plane-table and
~theodolite, and without even the for
mality of a pass from Lhasa." APP
~parently the Tibetans have learned
that the British are their best pro-
pos Of the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, the
current number of Petermann's Nit
~teilungen announces that the Austrian
explorer, A. X. Gebauer, who is now
travelling north from Burma along the
Chfnese-Tibetan border, intends ulti-
mately to strike west to the Tsangpo
and follow this river through the
passes of the Himalaya.- Scientific
American.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Artificial DAYLIGHT.

Not so long ago Henry E. Ives de-
vised and patented a method by which
artificial daylight was secured from a
Welsbach mantle, and more recently
the following announcement comes
from Europe: "A screen which can be
used with an ordinary inverted mean
descent mantle to produce artificial
daylight has been invented. This
would seem to be the first time that
the method has been applied in a prac-
teal form of gas. The apparatus con
sists of a box receptacle whitened in
side, which receives light from the in
verted mantle within the dome-like re-
Hector mounted above it. Underneath
this reflector there are two double
plates of glass, the color of which is
selected with a view to securing an
exact imitation of a natural north
light"
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Justice Stephen johnson Field.

okt
Stephen Johnson Field, of the family
which has figured so prominently in
American history. was born in Had
dam, Conn, November 4, 1916. He was
graduated in 1887 from Williams col
lege and then spent several years IN
Athens and the Grecian islands. He
read law with his brother, David Dud-
ley Field, and with John Van Buren,.
He removed to California in 1S49 and
was a member of the first legislature
of that state after it's admission to the
Union. He was for years a justice Of
the supreme court of his state until his
appointment as an associate justice Of
the Supreme court of the United States
by President Lincoln in 1868, and for
many years was the senior associate.
His decisions affecting individuals. and
affairs in his state incensed many per-
sons and two attempts were made to
take his life, one by an internal ma
cline sen through the mails and again
by e~x-Judge Terry, who attempted a
murderous assault, but was shot and
killed by a deputy marshal detailed to
protect Justice Field.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Read Character by the Tongue.

Before the war broke out Paris was
interested in the new science of
glossomancy, which consists in read
ing peoples characters by the shape
and size of the tongue. Thus, accord
ing to glossomancists, a long tongue
shows frankness; a short one, dissim-
ulation; a broad one, unreservedness;
a narrow one, concentrations; a long
and broad tongue, inclination to gos-
sip; a long and narrow one, frankness.
Those who possess short and broad
tongues are untruthful; those whose
tongues are short and narrow are sly
as we'll as bad tempered. Hold out
your tongue!
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
fKlTCHENERS KNOWN TO FAME
English Military Leader is the Third
of His Name to Have Won
Distinction.

Kitchener of Khartum is not known
first but the third Kitchener known
Ito fame. The first was DR., William
iKitchiner-the variation in the second
vowel counts for nothing-a London
literary man who died at the age or
%Efifty-one, in 1927. He inherited a for
tune of $350,000, was a noted epicure,
land even wrote a book entitled The
Cooks Oracle" in which culinary in
Istructions are given with such entic-
ling pleasantly and clever anecdote as
ITO win the dullest reader. The second
Kitchener was a noted Jockey, who
rode in the year 1914 the horse Red
Deer for the Chester cup and won,
says an exchange, He had weighed
lin at two stone twelve pounds tforty
pounds, and four years before he
went to scale at Ascot weighing only
two stone seven pounds. Having
spent many years in France, he came
back to England in 1864 and won the
Northamptonshire stakes on a horse
named Dollar. While the great Kitch-
ener is now a central figure in the
European conflict, it was the Franco
herman war of 1870 that proved the
undoing of the great little Kitchener.
THAT wal drove him back to England,
where he died in 1872 at the age of
forty-three years. Johnny Reiff, the
little American jockey. who achieved
glory on the English r~acecourse on his
first appearance, weighed four stone
two pounds. and was eighteen pounds
heavier than his diminutive p~redeees-
sor.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Trustees Sale Notice

Pursuant to the provisions of a GER
tam Deed of Trust executed by G. ID.
McGill and wife, Mrs. Lee McGil, on
the 21st day Of January. A. ID. 1918, TO
secure certain Indebtedness therein
mentioned to NJ. M. Miller, Executor
of estate Of w M Morris. which Deed
OF Trust is duly recorded in the Chan
Gerry Clerks office, of Lee County.
Missis-ipp IN Deed Record Book, No
104. page l22. | viii, as Trustee in said
Deed of Trust, on the
9Th DAY OF FEBRUARY. A D. 1916,
at the South Door of the Court House
in TuI elo, Lee County, Mss. within
legal hours, offer for sale. at public
cutlery. 10 the highest bidder for cash,
the following described property:
Two acres Of land off Of the south
end of Lot No. 81, in the town Of
Shannon. according to the plan Of lots
laid off of said town alang the Mobile
& ONO Railroad Company, in the North
West Quarter IN. w. u of Sect on
Nineteen Cl9) Township Eleven an
Range (6) East, in the County Of Lee
and State Of Mississippi.
Also 20 acres (20) west side of South
West Quarter OF Section SO. Township
IL. Range g.. East, in Lee County, Miss.
Said deed of trust being = renewal Of
the deed Of trust executed bv G.. ID.
McGiil 10 w. NJ. Morris on The goth day
of November. 1910. as recorded IN Deed
Record Book No. l02, page Il of the
records of Lee County, Miss
Such title conveyed, as is vested IN
me SIS Trustee aforesaid.
This 14th day of January, 1915.
40 At j. NJ. THOMAS. Trustee.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Placing Rat Traps.

There are some important points
about placing rat traps. They should
be placed wherever rats have been
accustomed to coming for food sup
plies. They should be more or less
concealed by scattering dust, flour or
corr meal on or about them. Conceal
the cage traps by pieces of sacking,
straw or rubbish, leaving only the
opening free. But above all, success
full trapping can only be expected
where all food supplies are absolutely
cut off other than the bait in the trap.
To the rat the question of food supply
is a matter of availability, not OF pref
erence.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
The Potato In Scotland.

The potato, the decreasing use of
which in Ireland has been deplored.
was a long time finding favor in Scot
land. When Macdonald of Clanranald,
in 1743, bought seed potatoes for his
tenants in South Ulst they objected
TO planting them because the tuber
is not mentioned in the Bible! At a
much later period George Bachop, one
of the Ochtertyre tenants, when told
by his wife that she had potatoes for
supper, cried contemptuously, Tat
ties. Tatties. Inever suppit on them
a my days. and never will. Gle them
to the herd and get me sowan."
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
MUCH LIKE THE PRESENT DAY
Walpole Complained Many Years Ago
That Rulers A~brogated Law
of Nations.

In a letter to Hon. Henry Seymour
Conway, from Strawberry Hill, Of
July s, 1888, Horace Walpole made a
number of observations in regard TO
the European situation of that day
which are amazingly, c%uriously Apo
site to the existing situation.
"The invasion of Portugal by Spain
in the last war, and the partition OF
Poland, have abrogated the law OF
nations" writes Walpole. Kings have
left no ties between one another.
He is a good king that pre-
serves his people; and If temporizing
answers that end, is it not justifiable?
"Dr. Joseph (the emperor of Aus
trial and DR.. Frederick Frederick
the Great of Prussia) with 400, 900
commentators are reading new lee
tures-and l should say, thank God,
to one another, If the 1000 COM
mentators were not in worse danger
than they. Louis XIV is grown a
casuist compared with those part1-
TONERS.
We'll, let us simple individuals keep
our honesty. and bless our stars that
we have not armies at our command.
lest we should divide kingdoms that
are at our ~bienseance! What a dread
full thing it Is for such a wicked lit
tie imp as a man to have absolute
power
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Tells Farmers to Taste Mud Pies.

Speaking in the Boston chamber of
commences agricultural course the
other day, Prof. S. H. Haskell of
Massachusetts Agricultural college
advocated the tasting of mud pies
as an aid in determining productive
soils.
taste the soil and rub it against
the roof of your mouth" said he.
Make mud pies out of it, and soon
you will be able to know the right
SOIL"
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29
Dancer SIGN.

The National Affiliated Safety organ
i~zations, New York and Chicago, have
designed a metal floor type danger
sign which includes three signals. The
first is a red plate with the word dan
ger and an arrow pointing upward to
give warning of overhead danger. In
the second signal the arrow is covered
by a red plate. If there is no danger
the two sections of the sign, which are
hinged at the top, are folded face TO
face, thus displaying blank surfaces.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-01-29

War Wounds.

Doctor Osler, the enemy of old men
as he was once classified, says that
the carnage from the present war is
not so great as it seems. With 500
wounded men in the hospital at Ok
ford, only n death occurred, and that
from lockjaw. The doctor thinks that
this wal will establish a new record
for low rate of mortality from wounds.
He attributes this to the antiseptic
effects of h~igh-speed bullets and. to the
efficiency of the field hospitals. He
says also that he has seen no wounds
caused by dumdum bullets. Field sur
geons have said the same thing.