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The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-16
GODS EDUCATION OF MAN.
The Ordinary Day. with Its Routine
OF Drudgery, Is the Time for
Learning.

God's fatherhood makes Him a
teacher. Mans childhood gives him
a claim to be taught. For man is not
a finished product of Gods skill, but a
product in the making. Our will, our
thoughts, u knowledge, all need
training. And because we are Gods
children one prayer we may always
make with confidence is hat of the
Hebrew psalmist long ago.: Teach
me Thy will; for Thou art my God;
Thy spirit is good; lead me in the
land of uprightness." 1t is unthink-
able hat God our Father will leave
such a childlike, earnest PRAYER unan-
swered. Yet some of US are like fool
ish children who refuse to learn I'M
less they can go to some famous
chOol and listen to some well-known
teacher. We forget that the greatest
est instructor of all dwells in every
man who turns to God with true re-
pentanee and seeks His presence with
a childlike faith. "He shall teach
you,' said the Master. The place of
teaching matters little if we have
Gods Spirit to assign and follow up
the lessons, and if we first possess the
scholars willing heart.
1t is, then, in the common circum-
stances of our lives that we are to
learn the lessons of Gods school. I'm
usual conditions and experiences are
like examinations which test and de-
clara who I Wa u oya loo ,pal m o-l.
nary day, with its routine of drudgery,
is the time for learning. He who de-
spises this common school of life. with
its little tasks and opportunities, its
frequent perplexities and it's recurring
WEAKNESS, despises the plan of God for
his education.
To recognize Gods teaching in these
experiences of common life requires
faith and obedience. Gods will for
daily work is plain enough in outline
through the revelation of the Word
and the long experience OF His chill
dren. If we use our present knowl-
edge and listen for His voice in con-
science, willing ever to carry out His
will, we shall know of His teaching.
All Christian experience is here at
one. He who desires to do shall know.
1t will not be without mistakes and
Establishments, but in experience
with Him our growth in knowledge
shall proceed along with growth in
character toward a completed
strength in Christ.-Boston Congrega-
tionalist.
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BABY GIRL ATHLETE.
Little Illinois Tots Happiest Mo-
ments Are Spent In All Sorts of
Gymnastic Exercise.

Rama Marie ue Lhorbe is a baby.
She is also a little more than that.
She is an athlete. Rama has never
been content since the day of her
birth to be a mere pink and white
bundle of no%thingness, frilled with
laces, a toy for big people to make
eyes at. Rama is strenuous. She is
certain to make an impression on the
world long before she is 81. At the
age of only four months she swung
herself OF a trapeze, held herself in
position as shown in the illustration.
and while being photographed showed
that she enjoyed the diversion. When
she was not yet n day old she
raised herself upon her bed on both
hands. She was able to sit up when
three weeks old, and at five months
of age could swing from a trapeze by
one hand.
There may be other babies just as
smart as this, just as strong, but
they had better bring out their rec
ords at once, or Roma will claim all
the laurels. She is the child of Mr..
and Mrs. William de Lhorbe, of Chilli
Gothic, Ill. Her mother is p years
old, and her father 81. The latter
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PUTTING AWAY CLOTHES.
The Woman Who Knows How Il
Take Care of Thin xs Always
Looks Well Dressed.

The woman who knows how to puS
away her belongings is not only
neat, but economical and generally
smart in appearance. When she comes
In from a walk she never hangs up
her coat by the loop inside the col
lar, if she puts it away in the closet
h uses a coat hanger-if she leaves
1t around the room knowing she may
need it soon, she disposes it over the
back of the chair that will keep 1T
in shape. The skirts of her gowns
never have a stringy look, because
they are always hooked and then
hung by two folds. For a tailor
made skirt she uses a small Goa, l.
hanger with the ends bent down a
little; this keeps the skirt in excel
lent shape and causes it to hang i'll
even folds. The strings of her I'M
derskirt are tied and the garment is
hung by the loops, thus never show
ing a hump where it has rested on
the hook. For the same reason her
shirt waists are always hung by the
armholes, unless they have hanging
loops. Handsome waists have both
sleeves and body stuffed with tissue
paper, and are then laid in drawers
Or boxes.
Shoes are easily kept in shape by
slipping a pair of trees into them as
soon as they are removed from the
feet. If trees are not available,
newspaper will do, if it is stuffed n
tight. 1t is well to roll each vel
on a stiff piece of paper; a single
fold viii often spoil the set of a veil,
and sometimes even mar the express
sion of a face. Gloves should al
ways be removed by turning them
wrong side out; they should then be
turned back again, blown into shape,
and each finger smoothed out. Ties,
especially four-in-hand or golf ties.
should be hung to avoid creasing.
Hats, of course, should be kept out
of the dust and placed SO that the
trimming will not be disarranged.
This disposition depends so much On
the hat and the available space that
each woman must use her w in
genuity. However, it is safe to say
that no hat should be laid fiat on a
shelf. Furs, also, should be protect
ed from dust, and a muff should al
ways be stood on end.-N. Y. Times.
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w NURSES A FOX.
Little Reynard Thrives Amazingly
on the NOurishment Given by
His Fowter-MO TIN eur.

Farmer Nye, of Hopbottom, Pa,
last fall discovered that something
was carrying off his poultry. He set
a trap and caught a fox. He prompt
ly killed it.
Hardly had he done so when a baby
fox came out from the brush and
moaned piteously around it's dead
mother. The farmer took the young
ster home. Refusing the food Of
fered it, the little fox was in a fair
way to starve to death, when Mrs.
Nye had a bright idea.
One of the ewes had been robbed
of her young by wildcats, and the
little fox was carried to the bereaved
eve to receive nourishment.
The fox throve amazingly on
sleeps milk, and the strange foster
mother formed a strong attachment
for the little fellow. Before other
animals, and to all human beings ex-
cept Mr.. and Mrs. Nye, the fox is ex-
tremely shy, but it sleeps side by
side with the eve, and the farmer
can handle the baby fox as he might
a house dog.-N. Y. World.
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A REMARKABLE SHOT.
One That Was Fired in the Dark and
Injured Three Men a Mile
Away.

Zone of the best and most remark
able shots made during the late war
with Spain," said a gentleman who
made an effort to get into the thick
of the fight, relates the New Orleans
Times-Democrat, twas. in my judg-
ment, made at Miami, and the man
who fired the shot was a Louisiana
boy doing duty as a provost guard at
the time. 1t was late at night when
the soldiers were reused by the
quick, clear crack of a Krag-Jorgen-
sen on the outskirts of the camp. No
particular attention was paid to the
matter at first, as only one shot was
fired. But with a couple of officers
we went out to where the guard vas
stationed, in order to find out just
why it was hat he had fired at hat
time of hight. He explained that he
had seen a man slipping through the
bushes some distance away, and had
called on him to halt. He failed to
obey the command and the guard
blazed away at him, more to brighten
him into a stop than anything else.
OF course. the fellow never halted.
He was probably too badly fright
ened to stop at that time.
while we were talking to the
guard we heard a fearful noise at
least half a mile from the guards
station, and we made a break for the
place to see what the matter was.
We heard several people screaming
as if in great agony. Down the road
va want nf full ctNaa1 a,I - - -IN-&
while we came upon a little cabin
which stood on the roadside. The
noise was in this cabin, and | never
heard such groaning and waiting in
my life. We found three men in the
house. They were in great agony,
and we asked them what was the
matter. we have been shot they
said, and sure enough they had been
shot. One was shot in the right arm,
another in the back and the third in
the hip. They had all been wounded
by the same bullet. The man who
was wounded in the arm was lying
on his right side. The ball passed
through his arm. Next to him one of
his companions was %sprawling out
on his back, and the bullet split the
hide of this part of his anatomy as
smoothly as a knife. Then it passed
through the feshy part of the third
mans hip and sped on. We could not
find the ball. 1t had passed through
the side of the house, wounded the
three men in the way indicated,
bored through the wall on the oppo-
site side and kept on going, and
there is no telling how many trees
the ball had passed through before
it reached the cabin. Now, that cabin
was fully half a mile from the point
where the guard was stationed, and
yet the shot fired had wrought all
the havoc we found. The ball had
plowed its way through the woods
and into and out of the cabin, and [
suppose it is going yet. 1t shows
what kind of guns we fight with in
these days"
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MANS SEWING AND WOMAN'S.
One Cardinal Difference
Them, That Is, WOman's
Way Is Better.

ga good seamstress never takes
long threads
THUS Mrs. Billtops," said Mr.. Bill
tops; land if anybody is qualified to
speak on such a subject, she is" re-
lates the New York Sun.
NOW, l have done more or less
sewing myself in the course of my
life in one situation or another, and
l always took, as L still do, a long
thread. l believe that most men
would do just the same thing, take
a good big needleful.
But women it seems, or good
seamstresses, anyway, never take
long threads, and l am informed
that, besides finding in the short
thread certain specific advantages,
they can sew as long a with q
short thread as a man can with n
long thread.
This they accomplish simply by
greater accuracy in their work. The
man with a needle and thread takes
in cloth on either side of the a
regardless. In one stitch he may
take in just the right amount, in the
next stitch he may exceed hat limit
by a sixteenth or an eighth of al
inch, or more, and the way in which
that manner of sewing uses up
thread is astonishing.
"The woman never does anything
of that sort. She takes in just
enough cloth and no more, and so
gets over as much ground with a
short thread as a man does with a
long one.
But the specific advantages of the
short thread over the long one are
many and great. There is less liza
bility of a short threads linking;
there is less likelihood of the short
threads blight catching on a fold or
bunch of the cloth.
1.-The arm of the sewer doesn't
have t. be swung so far in drawing
the short thread through after the
needle, and so the sewing requires
less physical exertion. Finally, and
greatest advantage of all, by sewing
with a short thread more work can
be accomplished in a given time.
$50 as between the long thread, or
mans way, and the short thread, or
woman's way of sewing, there can be
no doubt which is the better"
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he is mentioned by Helen Hunt jack
son in her books and takes a prom
inent part in some of the western
scenes she depicted so well. Tourists
7 fond of b%estriding the docile old
animal to have their pictures taken.
A local photographer is swiftly be-
coming a magnate by selling pictures
made of visitors and the burro. He
keeps IN hand a supply of SOM
breros, which he loans to those who
wish to assume a wild western atti-
tude and aspect, and after the pose
is properly made levels his camera
at the subject and the work is done.
Old Dick is a prime favorite and
when he shall finally pass over the
great divide it is quite likely he will
have an imposing monument to mark
his last resting place.
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is an actor and athlete, well known
throughout the middle states. Her
mother is a little woman with no
special athletic training. In her an
cestry. though, she counts direct de-
scent from Nathaniel Hawthorne and
the G~iddings, of Puritan fame.
The baby came into the world just
about the same as other babies have.
She was perfectly formed, blessed
with a good appetite and a sweet dis
position. That she was athletically
inclined did not become conspicuous
until her w actions indicated that
she desired to do things most babies
do not. She showed that she had a
spine of more than ordinary strength,
good lungs and strong arms and legs.
She made use of them freely, almost
from the moment of her birth.
Oriental children often show this
activity, especially Chinese and Jap
anese children and those of India,
but in this country tie examples are
few Rana's case has attracted a
great deal of attention, and many Of
fers have been made to her father to
exhibit her, but none has been ac-
cepted. The home life seems to be
the best for her, and there she is
likely to remain. Her father was
born on a farm, and is strongly built
himself. The mother has always had
good health. The child seems to have
taken the best from both parents
Chicago kecord-Herald.
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yalue Of the American Hen.

The growth of the poultry industry
in this country is one of the wonders
of the time. AS a producer of wealth
the American hen is a marvel. To illus
trate the increased earning powers of
this Industrious autocrat of the barn
yard, it may be stated that in Missouri,
during the last fiscal year, the sum
derived from the sale of poultry and
eggs ran $4,000 ahead of all the other
products of the state combined. The
totals show that the old hen, neglect
ed and left by the farmer to forage
for herself while he devoted his atten-
ton to the field crops, outstripped
them all, including corn, wheat, oats,
flax, timothy seed, clover seed, millet
seed, cane seed, castor beans, cotton
seed, tobacco, broom corn, hay and
straw.-Leslie's Monthly.
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RAG DOLL.
Ia Played Quite n Part in the Closing
Scenes of dhe War Between
the States.

Almost every little girl in this coun-
try has at one time or another rejoiced
in the possession of a rag doll which
was quite the dearest thing she had.
lust as mother ducks show the ugly
duckling the most attention, so do
make believe mothers think most of
their plain rag babies.
You would hardly believe it possible,
however, that a full grown man would
care for a rag doll, al least care enough
for it to keep it always locked up in a
safe deposit vault with his gold and
most valuable papers. No, it is not a
doll that once belonged to the mans
little daughter and precious on that ac-
count. There are a hundred men who
would like to w it and would give
several hundred dollars for it.
"Whatever makes the thing so val
uable?" you ask, and here is the an
swer: This particular rag doll is a
historic doll. With its eyes of ink it
saw Gen. u. S. Grant draft the terms
for the surrender of the confederate
army, and the same black eyes saw the
courtly Gen. Lee place his signature to
the papers. All this happened at APP
pomattox, when the army of northern
Virginia surrendered on April 9, 1865.
Except for the signing of the dec
laration of independence this is, per-
haps, the most important event in the
history of the nation.
The conference over the surrender
was held at the McLane house, one of
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seeks gain and forgets character, that

seeks gain and forgets character, that
seeks objective results and neglects
health of mind or body, that work has
at its heart selfishness. And in the
Christian life it has as its result spir-
itual loss and failure. An examination
of life's activities will reveal ito throb-
blng commercial spirit. 1t has gained
our country a unique position in the
eyes of the world. 1t has character
lied our age as materialistic. And it
has forced a warning from the lips
and pens of thoughtful men. Our age
is in danger of running itself out of
breath and dying of heart disease. In
It's chase for wealth it may run away
from God; and in it's fight it may
throw of those moral principles that
] n together strong government and
that are the sinews of normal nation
al life. If the trend of the times is
away from the Sabbath as. a day of
rest, then the first day of the week is
vital problem. Somewhere and some
tim under Gods providence a halt
must be made. Let us pray that it
come not too late, when our resources
have slipped through our fingers and
our strength is exhausted! For we
cannot afford to disregard the time
element in true progress. We cannot
neglect rest that is essential to true
growth. God rested and proclaimed
it necessary for life. Nature observes
it, obeying the law of her Creator.
Nations have deliberately set aside
some stated period for rest and grown
vigorous and powerful. And in the
individual, spiritual life develops and
strengthens by communion with God
apart from the confusing activities of
busy, distracting work. The prayer
closets have nodded the characters
that have welded the greatest infu-
ence upon the religious life of the
world. A knowledge of the SOU life,
ITS weaknesses and dispositions, and
a consciousness of Gods intimate fell
lowship with the soul, His provision of
strength in weakness and guidance for
all dispositions develop living testi-
MONIES to His power and prepares for
consistent, vital Christian life.
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Clock Made of Crumhs.

There exists at Milan, Italy, a clock
which may justly be said to be one
of the most wonderful in the world.
This masterpiece of human ingenuity
is made entirely of bread crumbs, and
has, naturally, a history. About 100
years ago an Italian workman wished
to try his hand at making a clock,
but had not the means to buy the
metal necessary for the construction
of the works, and was at a loss what
to do. Determined not to be beaten.
he conceived the ingenious idea of
saving his bread crumbs from day to
day and solidifying them with the
aid of strong salts. At length, by
these means, he managed to obtain
a very hard matter which could not
be dissolved in water, with which he
constructed the clock. 1t was a per.
feet one in every way, and is nov
one of the curiosities of the capita,
of Lombardy.
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MISS ETHEL DICKENS.
Granddaughter of Famous NoveIfs
Runs Typeyvriting establishment
OF Her Own in London.

Probably if Miss Ethel Dickens,
Charles Dickens granddaughter, had
happened to be his daughter instead,
the novelist never would have won the
reputation which he did for mon
%strously bad penmanship.
This characteristic of the author of
"Oliver Twist" might have been re-
vealed by him in a private letter now
and then, but Miss Dickens would have
seen to it that his business letters
and, above all, his manuscripts, were
typewriter just as neatly as'possible.
For typewriting is the business of this
particular granddaughter of Charles
Dickens, and she presides over an I'M
commonly busy little establishment
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HYMN.

Thy grace benign sustains my earnest
quest,
Thy shadeless light unveils the perfect
truth,
very greatness is my fullest rest,
And, beauties my spirits primal youth.
Civ me to rise on mornings wing to see
Beyond horizons rim, the city fair,
And peer through pearly gate on CLASSY
sea,
On wealth untold in lasting beauty rare.
Unblemished CLEANS from lofty lucent
lucent sphere,
Tell of a feast where kindred spirits
throng,
The pure in heart shall see the vision clear.
And hips anointed chant their thrilling
song.
Rev. II. T. Miller, in N. Y. Observer.
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AFTER TEA.

When Sue studies. mother sews.
AND father takes his evening 6oze,
l shyly tie a ribbon blue
around my neck, and then In Sue.
i life my dress high from my feet,
And cross this muddy, muddy street
10 this large sofa-it's a store;
I've been here many times before.
l want to buy some finger rings,
Ana dolls and books and pretty things;
az take whole lots of candy, too,
For little sister-I am Sue.
Ihanks! here's your money, l must go.
This rocking chairs my carriage-Whoa!
There! now, at last, I'm safe inside,
And off l go to take a ride.
whip my horses, It'll at last
Ihey gallop very, very fast;
Then up and down the streets. I so,
Until Sue says, in tones quite low:
Look out there, driver, you'll be killed,
And all your goods and candy spilled"
Ihen jump down and hide my head
In mothers lap-then go to bed.
Mary II. FlanEer, in Good Housekeeping.
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FAMOUS OLD BURRO.
Ne Is Sturdy and Sednte and the Mos
Venerable Specimen of His Kind
in America.

Visitors to the seven falls in the
South Cheyenne canyon, near Colo
RADIO Springs, Col, always find inter
est in 'Old Dick" said to be the, old
est burro in the United States. Stur-
dy, white and sedate, the animal
ways his enormous ears contentedly
as the visitors pet and coddle him
and seems to enjoy the notoriety he
has gained. For AZ years he has been
a resident of the vicinity and in that
time has climbed many mountainous
miles. He assisted in carrying a par
ty of p~rospectors up the mountain
30 years ago and during his lifetime
has carried many notable people.
This burro figures in literature, for
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PRACTICAL AND HELPFUL.

If you have a bad story to tell, don't
tell it.-United Presbyterian.
The space between a mans ideal and
the man himself is his opportunity
Margaret Deland.
He who wanders from the path of
rectitude will find the grave of his
manhood near by.-United Presby-
terrain.
Probably the most of the difficulties
of trying to live the Christian life
arise from attempting to half live it.
Henry Drummond.
How often in this world actions
which we condemn are the result of
sentiments which W. love and opin-
ions that we admire.-Mrs. Jameson.
Let us leave anXieties to God. Why
need we bargain that our life should
be a success, still less that it should
not be a success purchased by sacri-
fees and sufferings?-James Hinton.
should say that perfection of mind,
like that of the body, consists of two
elements-of strength and beauty;
that it consists of firmness and mild
ness, of force and tenderness, of vigor
and grace.-W. E. Claiming.
Soberly and with clear eyes believe
in your own time and place. There is
not, there never has been, a better
time or a better place to live in. Only
with this belief can you believe in
hope.-Phillips Brooks.
1t is God that speaks in secret
promptings. The Spirit will leave
you If you refuse obedience; every
warning disregarded is a door closed
against future progress. If you do
not now the good which you can, the
time will come when you cannot do
the good which you would.-Frederic
III. Hedge.
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THE BABY'S FLANNELS.
Their Comfort and D~urabili Depend
Very Largely on the Way in Which
They Are Washed.

The baby's underwear should be of
flannel, as soft and fine as the purse
can buy, and kept in the best posi-
BILE condition by washing it proper
ly. A careless laundress can ruin the
best wooden garments in two or three
washings, making them SO shrunken
and rough that they irritate the ten
der flesh almost beyond endurance.
The following method has been used
for years with unvarying success, the
little garments retaining their soft,
feecy look until worn out.
Use water that is as hot as you can
bear your hand in comfortably, for
flannel cannot be boiled and hot
water cleanses and purifies it. Dis
solve a little borax in it, and add
enough soap to make a strong suds,
wash the flannel through two waters
prepared in this way, plunging them
up and down and rubbing gently be-
tween the hands. Rough usage
thickens the texture. Soap should
never be applied directly to the fan
mel. Borax softens the water, MAX
ing very little soap OF rubbing neces-
sary. Rinse through clear water OF
the same temperature as that used
for washing and press through a
rubber wringer. Then just before
hanging them out pull and stretch
every piece in shape, for if this is
neglected, the tiny wool fibers inter-
lace, causing it to become badly
shrunken. Place them smoothly on
the line in the sunshine where a gen.
tie breeze will blow through them.
Every part of the work should be
done as speedily as possible.-New
Hampshire Farmer.