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v A NEST oxE
They Are Easily Taken Down for
Cleaning and the Hens Seem
to Like Them.

Various arrangements for nesting
boxes in the henhouse have beer
suggested, but the best is, for all gen
eral purposes, the plain box hung on
two nails so that it can be taken
down easily. The g~roceryman's o
pile will furnish an abundance OF ma
terial to select from, as the boxes
do not need to be uniform in size
About II inches square and five
inches deep is what is wanted. Nail
two cleats to the back, allowing them
to project six inches above the box.
Through these bore holes by which
the box is hung on two tenpenny
nails driven in the walls of the build
ing.
The merit of these nests lies in
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DIED ON THE FOURTH,
Three Presidents Have iasseu AVA
ON the birthday of the
United states.

Three presidents of the United
States died on the Fourth of July,
two on it's iftieth anniversary. One
was Thomas jefferson, who 50 years
before had signed the Declaration of
independence. and John Adams, who
at the same time, had, after a three
DAVIS debate, secured the adoption
of the Declaration. 1t might be taken
for granted that these two repre-
sentative men were warm personal
friends, even if history were silent
upon the subject, which it is not.
When jefferson vas dying on that
day which he had so signally helped
to distinguish, his friend was also
breathing his last. Adams did not
know of Jefferson's illness, and his
last words were: Thomas Jefferson
still survives" as if there was con
ISOLATION in the thought. But his
friend had already passed from
earth.
President Monroe, whose famous
doctrine" has kept his memory
green. also died on the Fourth og
july (1s3I. OF him Jefferson said:
eff his SOU were turned inside out,
not a spot could be found on it,"
That Monroe, like his distinguished
friend and predecessor, should pass
away on the anniversary of the in
dependence of the country he served
so faithfully, is a touching coinci-
dence.
The first republican vice president
of the United States, Hannibal Ham
lin. closed his long career on the
Fourth of July, 1S91.-Detroit Free
Press.
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seen in his dream upon the magical
party of young folks received them
with joyous acclamation.
$50 on. Lance, you have made a
grand beginning. Now, when?"
Lance lifted his head and looked at
Cedoni: "At midnight, when the
clock strikes H."
''The oracle has spoken" cried the
young Creole. 'Why look so mysti-
fled, my friends? We will have a
foundering party on the night of
July the third. At midnight we col
lect around the torches-read the
Declaration, make, speeches, sing
songs-in short, celebrate the glori-
Gus Fourth. There will be no smell
of burning meat, no din of amor, no
sunstroke. Only dewy GOODNESS OF
early morn, dancing lights on gleam-
ing waters, poetry, music"
Yes" interrupted a practical mem
Der, land after we are through with
all that, we can take our founders
on shore and have a fish fry"
Eyes, indeed. And then we could
dance on the beach to the music of
a fife"
SIN our wet clothes. That would
be a 1oundering party, sure enough"
NONSENSE! We would have tents
ooh. Oh! We might as well have
lemonade and peanuts"
"No! Well use the bath houses
But where will the flag come in? p
Lets print the invitations on
flags"
"We could have little flags fastened
to our spear staffs."
"Oh, there1l be flags to burn"
And by dint of interjection, ex-
clamation and explanation, the crude
idea was developed, and invitations re-
solved upon to a unique celebration
of the Glorious Fourth; one that was
to be patriotic in the extreme, and
vet avoid heat and sunstroke, dazzle
and dust.
Through it all Lance sat staring at
his hat in the grass, and thinking in
his sober, sturdy way. Of course
it was only because he had been
reading Ben Hur" that he dreamt
of the priest and the fountain and
the magical leaf. But the answer
to his question: slow and where
would happiness come to him?" had
been: by torchlight, on the water
Why should those words, of all 9th.
ers, have appeared upon the drip
ping leaf? He grew nervous when
Cedoni was urged to join the party,
and when she consented he got UT
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
DOG. THAT Need shooting.

The greatest enemy of the shep-
herd is the good for nothing, low
down, measly, yaller dog, belonging
to a no count, shiftless, good-for-
nothing neighbor. For various rea-
sons, political and otherwise, strin-
gent laws regulating the sheep-kill-
ing dog are difficult Of enactment.
The remedy is simple: Shoot the
dog and buy more sheep. Most, sheep
men dislike neighborly ructions and
rather than fight it out with the
mo accounts they give up the bust
ness, and that's one reason why the
sheep business has fallen in this
country. What isn't worth fighting
for isn't worth having. Rural
World.
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I'm Against the Fourth.

"No, l do not need any skin plas-
ter" said Johnny's mother to the
agent at the door, who was trying
to sell her some.
"Say, is it any good if you blow
your thumbs OFF," asked Johnny, in a
hoarse whisper.
"You bet it is, my little man." war.
bled the agent. It'll make new mes
grow on again in a jiffy."
sThen, ma urged Johnny, "you'd
better get some, cause I'm a-goin
to bump up against the Fourth OF
July awful hard this year.'-Chicago
Record-Herald.
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Sore Shoulders OF Horses.

Heavy work season of the farm al
ways occasions CALLED or r Shout
ders on work horses. Here is a sim
pie and cheap way to prevent this:
Take an ordinary sweat pad and
cover the surface next to the shout
der with white soft oilcloth. Be very
careful to have it put on very smooth,
without any wrinkles or Jumps on
its surface. The cover is put on by
neatly sewing it with strong thread,
so that it will not become displaced.
The trouble with the horses Shout
ders in this respect is caused by
sweating, and as the oilcloth pre-
SCENTS a cool, dry surface and does
not hold the dampness as leather
or cloth does, it prevents the shout
ders from. becoming sore in almost
every Observation-Disclosures Farmer.
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THE FOURTH OF JULY IN LONDON

A beautiful custom in London,
which has been touchingly described
by writer's from this side, is one
which Americans have established in
memory of distinguished men of this
country to whom a niche of honor has
been accorded in Westminster abbey.
On the Fourth of July they go to
the abbey and hang wreaths of flow
ers or immortelles on the busts of
lowell, Longfellow, and the great
American inventor, Count Rumford,
who was ennobled because of his
services to science.
Other celebrations of the Fourthare
held on ships at sea, in remote col
Onies where . fem homesick people
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HANDY IN HAVING TIME.
A Dumping Platform That Saves One
Handling and Lessons Labor
in other Ways.

A Wisconsin correspondent sends
the Farm Journal a model of a con-
venience for use in hay time. In
wide mows or bays when the fork de-
livers the hay in the center in the
usual manner it must be forked Ia
boriously to the sides. To remedy
this the correspondent has a board
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Connrmation.

" wish to state" said a fresh young law.
yer, rising in court, that the rumor to
the effect that John Doe, now under
commit suicide has no foundation in fact.
/ saw him this morning, and he hasretainedl
me to defend his hfe."
THAT seems to confirm the rumor." said
the judge. Let the case proceed. "-Ldppin-
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ward to bend the grass down with
his stiff-brimmed straw hat. He did
not look at anyone as he put the
question, but the young Creole re-
piled: IT'S Cedoni."
Il have nothing to do with it,
corrected Cedoni, whose vivacity and
fun had vanished when Lance APP
preached.
"Ah, but you said it must be some
thing different this year"
"Oh, it's your Fourth of July eel
ebration, is it? The same old cry.
You are tired of barbecues and re-
gattas and fish fries and sunstrokes.
You expect me to help you with such
a conundrum?" Lance spoke with
good-natured i%mpatience, but he did
not look up. why not ignore the
Fourth? Not have any celebration at
all? That would be quite a novelty
for this hot-bed of patriotism" His
last words were drowned in a clamor
of indignant protests.
"We are going to read the Declsra-
ton" insisted the Creole, who was
the orator of the town, "but how, and
whereof"
Lance dropped his hat into the
grass and stared at it. He was think
ing of a curious dream he had had
the night before, and spoke aloud alb
sently: "By torchlight, upon the wa
ter" Such being the words he had
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
The Sapucaia.

Two thousand miles from the mouth
Of the Amazon, far up toward the
backbone of South America, is found
the s%apucaia tree, which bears the
sapucaia nut, known to the trade here
as the paradise nut. 1t grows on a
pod, very much like the Brazil nut,
and is far better in every way. A
great many nuts are In a pod, some
times $50, and when they are ripe the
pod explodes. throwing q lid of the
top and scattering the contents in ey-
cry direction. The pod is as large
as a child's head. The fruit Is scarce
and costly.-New York Press.
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His Thoughtful wife.

"Did the Fourth pass off satisfac-
torily with you?"
"Oh, very"
"With so large a family of boys, ]
didn't know but you might"
"Of course, OF course. There was
chance for serious trouble, but we
learn by experience, and my wife is
very thoughtful and far-seeing. She
invited our family physician to dine
with us, SO all the burns were
promptly dressed Chicago Evening
Post
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AND SO THEY CELEBRATED H FOURTH.
orators tones rang out, and then she
moved.
wait" he said. Did you hear?"
"Yes," she answered, steadily.
When the second speaker came for
ward, Lance spoke again, quietly. He
was not pleading. only stating a fact.
"This suspense is killing me-"
Cedoni's spear fell into the water
with a splash. She caught the big,
unsteady hand il both her own, and
kissed it..
Far away vas cheering, and torch
light and song, but here upon a log
half-sunk in the sand sat two lovers
talking of-well, a dream, a fountain
and a leaf. And SO they celebrated
the Fourth. Was the manner unique?
Minneapolis Housekeeper.
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After the Private View.

Tiresome Friend-Got anything In
the Academy?
Eminent Artist (peevishly)-Yes.
Tiresome Friend-Good! What do
you call it?
Eminent Artist-A headache.-Lon.
don Sketch.
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Real Cause.

Host-My wife is worrying about
there being thirteen at the table to-
night.
neutrality-suspicious., Ell?
Host-No, not exactly, but she ha
only a dozen silver knives and forks.
Chicago News.
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worlds Fair, St. Louis, 1oo4.

OF course you are going to visit the Fair.
You want to see what it will look like. We
have a beautiful bird'seye view (l8x36
inches) which will be sent on receipt Of 10
cents, silver or stamps. Address, GEORGE
MORTON, G. p. A., "The Katy" Box 9ll,
St. Louis. Mo.
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L.due. Can wear shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating,
hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c. Ac-
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
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Eyes, since Mr.. Gotrox broke a mirror
yesterday, he is convinced that it is very
u~nlucky." "How superstitious." mot at
all. It was a French plate mirror, and cost
400."-Baltimore News.
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! A Unique
|. Celebration
] By r. II. LANCASTER.

S LANCE crossed the lawn
he was hailed by a chorus
of anxious voices: Some
help US, Lance. Please
come"
He shrugged his rather
heavy shoulders, and came
slowly toward the group
under the cedars. whats
up?" he asked, lazily
throwing himself upon a
seat a little apart from
the rest and laanino for
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Never advertise your troubles. If you
have b~owlegs, don't wear striped trousers.
Chicago Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
bic remedy for coughs and colds.-N. w.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride
to the first place where he can sell the
horse.-Town Topics.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03

Mix powdered charcoal and finely
crushed bone with the soft feed for
diarrhea.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-03
CHURCHES
SCHOOL HOUSES
and HOMES

must have their walls tinted and decor.
ated with ALABASTINE, the only
durable wall coating, to insure health
and permanent satisfaction. Write for
full information and free suggestions by
our artists. Buy only in packages prop
erly labeled "Alabastine."
COMPANY,
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
and Io5 Water Street. New York City
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Their Chief Reliance.
Although the Glorious Fourth may b.
One hundred in the sun.
For orators there still rill be
The shade Of WasksfHton.
Brooklyn Life.
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visit one another and spend the day
in bewailing their Punishment from
home, and in prison yards, where the
wrong-doer sees the beauty of free
dom, in penitential mood, and in the
hospitals among the sick, the mo-
notony of whose existence is varied
by the solace of patriotism.
But, after all, IT is the children's
day, by a large majority. 'Rah FOR
the Fourth of July!-Detroit Free
Press.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-15
Two Girls I'm China.

Readers of the Journal have been made
somewhat acquainted with Mary II. Krout
through her writings. She is an Indiana
woman and has travelled extensively writ
ten much for newspapers and published
some readable books. Her latest, 1.-TWO
Girls i'm China" is intended for young read
ers. Four years ago. preceding the Boxer
rebellion. Miss Krout spent several months
in China, visiting Peking and the adjacent
provinces and taking pains to observe and
record such facts as might prove interest
ing to young readers. She spent nearly
three months in the capital of China and
made Journeys TO many interesting points.
accompanied by an American lady who
spoke Chinese fuently and through whose
assistance as an interpreter much informa-
ton was obtained that could not have been
otherwise Out of this experience Miss
Krout has produced book relating the ex-
periences of two girls in China, which
unites instruction with entertainment and
the pleasure OF sightseeing with the charm
of story. The book Is interesting enough
to attract young readers, and they cannot
read IL without getting much information
regarding the geography and scenery of the
country and the manners and customs of
the people. 1t is published i'm the Eclectic
school readings series by the American
Book Company, Cincinnati
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-15

Those who read 'The Real Latin Quar-
ter" by F. Berkeley Smith. son of F.
Hopkinson Smith, will want to read this
new book on life in Paris. Mr.. Smith has
an intimate. personal, sympathetically
human way of presenting his subject that
makes whatever he says of living interest.
He is at no time egotistical, at
no time assertive of final authority but
says. in spirit, This is the way
see Paris and the Parisians
this is the way / enjoy them Come. lei
us have a good time together, If you can
enjoy them as / do" And he makes his
readers enjoy everything as he does. He
presents the key to the city and then pro-
panion, showing us the byways where is
most local color as well as the highways
travelled by the majority of sight-seers
Readers visit with him the theaters, the
cabarets, the fetes foraines, the boule-
wards, gardens, ateliers, balls, cafes and
circuses. They go to the quiet little supper
rooms and all the little hooks of jolity
probation of all these the book contains
l35 illustrations by the author and by Gal
anif, Saucha, Cardona, Michael Perenet
and other noted French artists. For q
literary journey through Paris, take this
book, Richard Whiteing's Paris" Brown
ellis French Traits Richard Harding
Davis's About Paris" and Eliot Greg
ory's essays. But one gets the essential
spirit of the city from Mr.. Smiths books
and camera combine in How Paris Amuses
ITSELF 10 make vivid and intimate pic
ture of Parisians at play. Funk & wag-
nails, New YORK.
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The Chameleon.

The happy combination of good qualities
in 1.-The Chameleon makes it one of the
most entertaining novels recently issued.
Those variations of personality which Ribot
discusses in his treatise on diseases Of the
personality have occupied considerable
space i'm modern nove-making, and have
been utilized by such writer's as Meredith
in 1.-The Egotist," Hope in "Quisante." and
Barrie in Tommy and Grizel." This path
illogical element enters into 1.-The Chame-
leon in the person of it's hero, whose dis
ease is, however little more than a SUPER
ficial irritation compared with the deep
seated variations of many people. The au-
thor uses as his theme that trait in human
nature which leads men and women to seek
the lfmelight-to court appreciation even at
the expense of truth. He studies that most
interesting and pertinent type in modern
life-the sentimentalist-the man whose
emotions are interesting to him merely as
matter of experience. and shows the de
velopment of such a character when he
comes into contact with normal people.
Since Blackstone says very few people are
absolutely sane the use for purposes of art
of those who decline a little from the strict
ly normal may be considered justifiab
But there is this to be said for Mr.. Linn.
the author-that he shows his hero's failings
with less irony on his part, and consequent
ly with less of that disagreeable feeling on
the readers part at witnessing weaknesses
Barrie. While the discovery of weaknesses
may be justifiable, the making fun of those
weaknesses at the same time is very bad
taste IL it is not bad art And there are
those who consider ii bad art on reasonable
philosophic grounds. The action of 1.-The
Chameleon" takes place in a college town
of the middle West, which is typical and
very true to life. Carfax, which is the
name of the town. might be identified with
Chicago, with the young college life as the
phase chosen to be represented. 1t is not
too much to say that Mr. Linn has writ en-
one of the strongest novels of the year;
that, while his book is psychologicaly
much in the line of Tommy and Grizel
it is superior to Barrie's story in several
very essential respects. While dealing with
subtleties fully as elusive, Mr.. Linn treats
them more sympathetically, more honestly,
with greater convincing power, and with
quite as much elucdation. If this novel
fails to make impression IL will not be
because it is less worthy than 1.-The ten best
sellers" Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New
York
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-15

woodmen of America fourth. with over
10000 members last year and considerably
more now. All of these societies and others
OF the same class have very effective busi-
ness organizations. handle large sums Of
money and disburse large amounts in bene-
fits. Many of them since their organiza-
ton have disbursed benefits running high
up into millions of dollars. The Modern
Woodmen's fraternity was founded in 1sS3
and since that time has disbursed about
SIS, 900 in benefits. In it's last fiscal year
it dlsbursed s5.270.OOo. 1t takes good busi-
ness management to carry on such an or
ganization as that. and as far as the Jour-
nal knows there has never been any scan-
dal connected with it. A fraternity which
n twenty years can attain membership
of over 10000 must have intrinsic merit.
and this lies in the special and beneficial
objects of the society.
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SOME OF THE new BOOKS


Charles Dickens, the immortal Boz"
whose fame among readers Of fiction is still
as great as II was when he first began to
weave his spell around them, is so uni
versally thought of as novelist that it is
almost a surprise to be reminded that he
was also quite a prolific writer of verse.
Dickens was by no means a great poet but
he wrote good deal of clever verse, all of
which is collected in 1.-The Poems and
Verses of Charles Dickens" edited by F.
u. Kitton. The work represents the first in
telligent attempt at bringing together all
of Dickenss verses. 1t includes the poems
from his novels; lyrics and prologues from
ms own plays and from plays of Westland
pieces from 'The Village Coquettes,'
comic opera, 1895; other verses from The
1874, from The Daily News of 1916. and
from other publications. None of the
verses rise to the dignity of good poetry.
out they contain a good deal of fun, humor.
satire and pathos of the Dickens kind. The
compiler and editor of the volume is an
authority on Dickens, and he has added
materially to the interest of the work by
explanatory notes telling under what cir
cumstances the different verses were writ
ten and published His account of The
village Coquettes.' comic opera written
Dy Dickens and played in London for the
first time on Dec. 6. 1885, is an interesting
bit of literary history. The music of the
opera was written by Hullah. a popular
composer Of the day and a personal friend
or Dickens: The opera enjoyed a run or
nineteen nights in London and was then
transferred to Edinburgh, where 1t had a
brief run. Dickens not proud of his
connection with it, Many years later, when
IL was proposed to revive it. he expressed a
hope that it might not be done. Il did it,
he said. lin fit of damnable good nature
long ago, for Hullah, who wrote some very
pretty music to it. 1 just put down for
everybody what everybody at the st James
Iheater wanted to say and do, and what
they could say and do best. and / have been
most sincerely repentant ever since About
year before the authors death, when a
friend asked him whether he possessed a
copy OF THE Village Coquettes," he re-
piled, mo, and if L knew it was in my
house, and If L could not get rid of it in
any other way, l would burn the wing OF
the house where il was. The versified
parts of it are published in this volume,
and they are a literary curiosity, though
the verse is mere jingle. Readers of Dick
enss novels will remember that he some
times introduced original songs, and he
also contributed verse to different news
papers. They are all included in this vol
ume, which is distinct contribution to
Dickens literature. New York: Harper d
Brothers.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-15

1t would be a pity If the revered name
of George Washington should become the
slogan of UNCONVENTIONAL war; but there
seems to be some danger that it may. The
question at issue is whether Washington
was an Episocpalian or Baptist. About
the date OF last St. Patrick's day a minis
ter in an Eastern city preached a sermon
maintaining that ST. Patrick was a Prot
estant. AS no person has seen fit to an
swer him, the discussion ended then and
there.
The controversy regarding Washington's
religious belief grows out of a movement
to build a memorial chapel on one of the
hills at Valley Forge. where the Revolu-
tionary army passed the memorable winter
Of III. The movement originated with an
Episcopalian church at Morristown. New
Jersey The money has been raised, and
ii Is proposed to lay the cornerstone of the
memorial chapel on the 18th inst, that be-
ing the l25th anniversary of the departure
of the army from Valley Forge. Tradition
says that on one occasion while the army
was encamped there, Washington was seen
in the woods praying. AT first ii was pro-
posed to erect chapel on the spot where
Washington is supposed TO have prayed.
but as the ground is now owned by the
State of Pennsylvania and is to be con-
verted into a park. another site was Sc
lected. For several weeks past the pro-
moters of the memorial movement have
been holding meetings to raise funds in the
village of Valley Forge. in a hall owned
by a lodge. many of whose members are
Baptists. When these members learned
that memorial chapel was to be erected
in honor of Washington by Episcopalians,
they objected to the use of the hall for that
purpose on the ground that Washington