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The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17
FIRE-wALKERS OF FIJI.
Accomplish Their Remarkable Feat
Without Any Apparent
Injury.

The fire which had been burning
f~ercely on the stones for two days
was pulled off the pile and the stones
pushed into a fat mass. Then the as
sistants stepped back. One OF the men
who is to walk over the stones comes
out of hiding and is carefully and crit
ically examined by two doctors from
Dunedin, New Zealand, who were I'M
able to discover anything out of the
ordinary. Then the natives broke into
loud cries, and along a track in the
Jungle can be seen a party of ten FL
jams, Enthusiastically arrayed in native
clothing, similar to that used in the
national meke mekes (dances).
Without hesitation or haste they
stepped onto the stones and walked
round the pit in pairs, the inside men
being we'll toward the center. They do
not seem to choose the stones to step
upon, and take from ten to Is seconds
to complete the circuit.
Immediately after the walk the men
were examined by the doctors, who
were completely at a loss to explain
the mystery. The mems feet and
hands were extremely cold, which gave
rise to some suspicion of the use of a
local rcfrigerant. Otherwise the feet
were soft, and there was no sign of any
burns.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17
CROWS PLAY PING.PONG.
1t Was Amusing at First. But the
SO~ber-Sided Birds Soon Wearied
of the Hall.

The Times of India gives an anus
ping-pong ball. The ball had been
driven out of a~window and sent
some distance out on the green. A
vigilant crow espied it, and taking it
for an egg, swooped down upon it,
seized it in its powerful beak, and
bore it away in triumph.
The crow having secured the prize,
the next thing for him to do was to
break it open; SO he flew from the
bamboo tree, where he had alighted,
to a stone post, which he assumed
was well adapted for his purpose.
On this he deposited the ball and
began to peck at it. Instead of
breaking, the resilient ball hoped to
the ground; the crow retrieved it,
and again had a peck at it with the
same result.
When he had repeated this process
half a dozen times the crow resorted
to other tactics. He tackled the ball
on the ground, but with no better
success. The elusive thing would
neither "stay put" nor break.
Suddenly a happy thought seized
him. He took the egg" in his beak
and flew to the branch of a tree and
then let it fall; but it survived even
this shock intact.
This was too much for a second
crow which had been attentively
watching the first bird. He made a
swoop at the ball and missed it, for
the first crow was in hot pursuit.
Then followed a quarrel in mid-air
between the two birds, which resulted
in the defeat and departure of one of
them. The other attacked the egg
again.
At every peck the ball bounded
away. In vain the crow jumped upon
it. Then a third crow arrived on the
scene and gaily tackled the egg with
out protest or interference from the
other bird. Before he had quite ex-
hausted his energy two more arrived
and forthwith attacked the ball.
1t was a sort of a game of ping
pong they had. The elusive sphere
bounded and rebounded~ at every
peck. 1t was here, there and away
again. Finally they gave it up in dis
gust, flew to a tree, and joined the
other crows who had had a try at it.
Then the matter was thoroughly
cawed over.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17
SCHOOL N U R
'ornell has &c fraternities.

cornell las 20 1~raUernlI1eS.
The Roman Catholic nuns in the
world are alleged by a statistician to
number 45S.OO0.
The Yale university Glee club pays
seems. Last year the total gross re-
ceipts were $4,000, a surplus of
$3,3S2 being shown. The club has
given 5000 for a scholarship fund and
$1,211 for support of the university
crew.
Some missionaries lately returned
from Japan say there is a great de-
mand for American teachers there.
Salaries ranging from $75 to $135 a
month are offered them, and houses
are provided in addition. The gov
eminent is devoting great attention
to the development of educational in
situations. There are now a number
of American teachers in the big
schools.
In the report of the treasurer of
Yale university the general funds of
all the departments is represented as
Sc, SOC, 752 assets of the whole univer-
sity. The income and expense &C
count of the university shows that
the expenses were $796,sS and the
income $77s,s92, the income falling
behind the expense $17,991. 1t is
shown in the report that under the
elective system the expense for sal
aries is much larger.
Cornell professors will be %pensioned
after reaching the age of 70 years.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars will be set aside for the pur-
pose by the university board and it
will be placed at compound interest
until 1914, when it will equal $250,00O.
Each professor retired will receive
a pension of 1880, three-fourths of
which will be paid from the pension
fund and one-fourth of which will be
contributed by the professors. 1t is
expected, however, that professors
who reach the age of 20 before 1914
will also be given a pension.
large gifts for charity during last
year are given in Appleton's Annual.
Of the immense amount given for ed
vocational purposes, five-sixths were
contributed by persons still living,
while ~six-sevenths of the total for
foreign missionary work came
through requests. The gifts and be-
quests, allowance being made for the
breaking of some wills. aggregate
SOS, 346, 7s9, divided as follows: Edu-
cational institutions, $20,1 81, 525;
church and Young Mems Christian
association work, $7,5SS.S20; foreign
missionary work, $263, 500; benevolent
societies, $4~,364,724; hospitals and
asylums, $26,4sO, 95s; museums and
art institutions, $6,372,4 22; libraries,
$2,157,0O Cooper Union, $942 ,44o;
New York Historical society, $4,000
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17

from the left barrels rip through them
when they are ten feet above the wa
ter in an almost solid mass.
They dart away into the night, find
ing shelter elsewhere and the men kill
the cripples and pick up the dead. The
destruction from this kind of battery
is terrific. Sometimes $50 to 200 ducks
are killed by the three guns. 1t is
cheap meat and sells well in the mar
ket.
Getting it is little trouble and the
fire platform is a ~favorite device of
southern pot hunters. They run the
risk of being taken and thrown into
Jail, because fire-hunting wild fowl is
against the law, but there is a tremen-
dous stretch of coast and few officers,
so the risk is not great.
This hunting is done only on dark
and moderately still nights. The torch
is not effective in moonlight and moth
ing can be done if there is a storm, so
altogether the fire hunter cannot go
out oftener than five nights in a
month. When a roost has been dis
turbed by a torch and guns a new ONE
must be. found, as the ducks will not
often return to the old one
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17
FIRE HUNTING FOR DUCKS.
One Method by Which Southern Pot
Hunters Kill the Fowl by
Wholesale.

Migration having thinned out the
ducks pretty well along the gulf coast.
the fre-hunters will put up their guns
and wait for another season, but they
had a good time at their peculiar sport
while it lasted and made money. This
way of killing ducks is simplicity it
self, but owing to the conditions there
is entirely successful, says the New
York Sun.
From Mobile westward to the Rio
| Grande the mainland is fenced from
the sea by low-lying sandy islands
which run parallel with the coast.
There are hundreds of them from two
to five miles from the mainland and
| the water between is shallow, seldom
more than 20 feet in depth.
These waters are incorrectly called
bays. They are really straits. Ducks
roost on them at night in countless
thousands, being protected from the
perils of the land ponds OF the one
hand and from the heavy wash of the
sea on the other.
The fire hunters first locate a roost,
which is an easy thing to do, by watch
ing where the focks pitch at shutdown.
Ducks if undisturbed will continue to
roost on the same piece of water all
through the season.
Having found the roost, the hunters
get their boat, which is a large skiff
having a wooden platform built across
it's bows, a platform about a yard
square. On this platform they put
clay to the depth of three inches, max
ing of it an open fireplace. Then they
take the oars and start a little before
dark.
Probably they have a row of five
miles and are in no hurry. They in
tend to reach the roost about 10
O'Clock, when the ducks have become
settled for the night. Three men are
in the boat, two rowing and n steer
ing, and when the time comes they will
all use their guns.
Mallards, or teals, sleeping thus on
the water in enormous throngs, will
sometimes covey more than an acre
solidly. The fire blown by the breeze
makes a ftful light over a wide ex-
panse of water.
When a roost is approached nc speed
is made. The men row softly until
they come within shot. A final stroke
is given and then they take up the
guns.
The ducks have all been awakened
by the light, but they make no effort
to fly, being loathe to take wing into
the dark night. At 80 yards distance
the right barrels of three guns are
J fred and then they get up. The shot
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17
SO Much the Better.

But, don't you see," he urged, "if
woman proposed, it wouldn't be quite
fair to man?"
"Why not?" she demanded.
"He would have no choice"
"Why not??" she persisted.
"a gentleman" he replied, sis
taught to show great consideration
for a woman AS a mere matter of
courtesy he must accede to her
wishes. He must never say No to
her."
"Nevtr?"
"Well, not until after marriage at
any rate, and that doesn't help him
at this proposal business"
$50 much the BETTER" she returned,
cheerfully. IF woman is to propose
to man, she doesn't want him to say
No. I'm glad you pointed out the
strength of her position, for it en-
courages me greatly. win you marry
me?"
And what could the poor man say?
Well, fortunately. he wanted to give
the only reply possible under the cir
cumstances, anyway, SO no harm was
done.-Chicago Post
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17
NEVER SET FOOT IN VIRGINIA.
Sir walter Raleigh Did Not Tread the
i SOil of North America and In
teresting story Is Spoiled.

"Walter Raleigh never set foot in
North America Yet so pernicious is
the legend connecting him with Vir-
ginia that 1 doubt if anyone even
in this learned assembly is not salts
fed that he did,"
. So spoke Edmund Gosse, the leading
authority on Elizabethan literature,
before the Royal Geographical So
ciety on the tercentenary of Queen
Elizabeth's death. MI. Gosse added:
But in spirit he was there,
through good and evil estate. His
was the brain that planned, the per-
sistence that carried out, the courage
that would never relinquish the de-
sign, and the promised land, Virginia
is in history, although he only gazed
at it from the fringes of the cloud"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17
ODD FEARS OF SOME MEN.
Those Known to BE Brave Are Afraid
Of Some Things and Can't
Tell Why.

"Some of the most courageous and
least superstitious men / have ever
known show the greatest fear OF
trifing things" said a well-known
South side doctor the other day, &C.
cording to the Chicago Inter Ocean
81 am not particularly a brave man
but l am not a coward, yet there is just
one place in Chicago where 1 I'm seized
with terror every time l pass. l can't
explain it, and there is no reason on
earth why l should be afraid.
81 live in a large apartment-house,
and I enter the building at the door
nearest the alley, which Railways have
to pass in going home. From the very
first time / went to the building my
hair has always stood on end whenever
l came within sight of the dark passage
way. The neighborhoodi is thoroughly
respectable, there has never been a
hold-up or an assault within a block
of the place. Within the last few
months I never approach the building
at might, without walking in the middle
of the street, and then I am so fright.
ened that my heart thumps tremend-
ously. I am not afraid of any other al
ley in Chicago, but I've always expected
to see something CHASTITY there near my
own doorway. I've tried to throw of
the feeling, but it is growing on me
and I'm going to move. / will not re-
main and suffer the mentaltorture any
longer.
II have a friend, a thoroughly prac.
tical, hard-headed lawyer, who is
afraid to board a street car at a certain
corner. He walks a block out of his
way every morning because of some in
describable fear he has of that corner
The other day he and I left his home
together to go downtown, and wher
he had walked as far as the street-cal
line he asked me to walk down the
street a block further. He told me OF
his feeling and I told him Of mine. He
said he feared he would be hurt if he
ever tried to board a car at that par.
ticular corner. There has never been
an accident there as far as I know.
Il have found that nearly every ons
has a dread for some particular spot
/ am a psychologist, but I cannot figure
out the cause of the fear"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17
HUMOROUS.

What Did She Expect?-Mrs. De
Style-"One of those eggs 1 bought
here this morning had a chicken in
it," Grocer-"Vell, madam, dit you
oxshpect to find a hooking pird in
it?"-N. Y. Sun.
Miseries of High Life.-He-"You
look tired" She-'I have been to
my dressmaker, getting fitted. But
you look tired, too" He-'Yes. l
met my tailor and he gave me fits"
N. Y. Weekly.
Golden Harvest.-The Druggist
"Did old Bullyon's case yield to your
sreatment?" The Physician-'It did.
1 treated him for six months and his
heirs paid me $1,5OO."-Chicago Daily
News.
Beryl-"Such table manners! Why,
| fear that Jim eats the pie that his
wife bakes with a knife" Sibyl-"If
you saw the pies you'd imagine he'd
have to a them with a saw, a chisel
and a stone crusher."-Baltimore
Herald.
"A Bust .Sure.-"I don't expect a
bust in Westminster abbey" said the
youthful poet. NO." replied the old
man. THAT would be too fur'reach-
in; just keep on with the writin'
business. an you'll bust nearer
home!"-Atlanta Constitution.
More Like TT was thinking"
said the humorous barber, "of hang
ing out a sign, Hair cut while you
watt" "But that's misleading"
protested the victim. Casually it's
some other fellow who gets his hair
cut while you wait."-Philadelphia
Press.
"Clara," said my aunt to her little
daughter, who had been spending the
day with a little nejghbor, "were you
a good girl during your visit to-day?"
81 don't know, mammal; l just had so
much fun that 1 forgot to pay any
'tention to myself" replied Clara
The Little Chronicle.
Jilson-"Do you think Mercer
knows anything about parliamentary
law?" Brown-"Oh, he's all right,
He's the model presiding officer. ]
saw him in the chair at a meeting
once, and instead of rapping on the
| table for order he hit the man who
was making the disturbance owe the
head with the gavel."-Boston Tran
script.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17

Mr.. Gilbert Lawrence made his an
pearance there. He. said he had
taken his vacation earlier than usual,
but Mr.. Norton Tin whose law Office
he was employed as assistant, and
where he hoped some day to be
taken into Partnership had told him
he could be better spared now than
later, and had better take the oppor-
tunity. He had heard Of this nice
quiet place from an acquaintance,
and decided to ONE. 1t was strange
tina he did not seem more surprised
to see Helen here! The fact is, he
had inquired as to her whereabouts,
Inc came here on purpose to become
more thoroughly acquainted with
her.
Never did the world seem more
bright and beautiful to Helen than
when she returned home, both her
mother and herself greatly improved
in health, and with the memory of
the kind regard and esteem in Mr..
Lawrence's honest eyes when he babe
her good-by.
AT home one genuine grief touched
her-for she was SO happy and light
hearted herself that she didn't like
anyone she had known to be In
happy She learned hat Winfield
Barton and his father had had a seri-
quarrel. 1T seems that Win, be-
ing in temporary need of money to
buy some fine stockNat a bargain,
had sold a piece of land that he and
his father held jointly, without
speaking to the latter about the mat
ter, being so ''sure that father
wouldn't care when he knew about
it." 1t happened, however, that this
piece of land was particularly cher
ished by Mr.. Lawrence, and that he
would not have let it go under any
consideration. He had never been so
angry and bitter against his son in
all his life, and among the passion
ate. reproachful words he spoke were
these: You were always doing
things without caring what I
thought. You and your wife married
without caring enough to try to win
a fathers consent and blessing" 1t
was Wins wv wife who had impru-
IDENTIFY repeated these words, seem
ing to think they would create more
sympathy for her. 1t may be said
that he and Win became reconciled,
but that he never again was known
to trust Win in his business affairs.
DC you know, Helen" said Mrs.
Stockwell, one evening, "Mr. Law
renee said he didn't know what it
was to have a mother. He said his
died when he was too young to re-
member her. His aunt always took
care of him and kept house for him
and his father. And he said-that he
wished--he had a mother like me-"
Helen was apparently too much alb
sorbed in her book to have heard.
Perhaps" went on Mrs. Stock
well, with a secret delight under her
calm manner, perhaps he may, some
day"
Perhaps So" said Helen, with APP
parent unconcern.-Farm and Home.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17

All glory 20 the old boys in blue,
who fought III the cause of freedom!
All glory to the younger boys in
blue who took up arms against Span
ish tyranny and misrule! Let Deco
ration day be fttingly celebrated and
with flowers bespread the graves of
those who have joined the mightier
hosts. But let us learn from the day
the lessons of peace, knowing full
we'll that her victories r more pro
found than wars, for they make for
the kingdom of Heaven on the earth
and the universal brotherhood of
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17

Practically all OF the first year Of the civil war was marked by de-
several campaigns of minor Importance, but all had been attended with
der command of Gen. Curtis, left Rolla, Mo, to drive the confederate forces
Pea Ridge, which occurred on March Z and 8, 1862, nc which ws a de-
|cded victory or the federal troops. The last hour OF this battle was
marked by very sharp fighting when the union division under Gen. Franz
|Sigel advanced to retake the position at Elkhorn Tavern, the success of
which led to the defeat of Price and his retreat into Arkansas.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-17
THE OLD scHooLAouse.

E4 -
The little red schoolhouse is open again:
The door stands ajar. and the shutters
are down,
The windows thro' many a newly-washed
pane,
Like the specialized master, gaze up the
Ion; lane,
And with much the same stern schol-
The little red schoolhouse is open, 'tis
clear
By the newly-trod path from the stiles
10 the door,
BY the two little paths Leading round to
the rear,
Where truant feet scamper when books
time draws near
To snatch from grim duty just one
minute more. sbt@ sA ~
IT'S clear by the paper that litters the
lawn
All, perhaps, that's immortal of states
man or bard, se
Strewn recklessly, ruthlessly hither and
yon-
BY the footprints in mud the worn door,
sill upon
And the ball-bats and p1ayhouses cum
bring the yard.
The little red schoolhouse is open, I say,
But the faces that wistfully peer thro'
the door,
So weary of work and so hungry for play,
And the voices that lisp the old lessons
to-day
Are never the faces and voices of yore.
The little red schoolhouse is open: but
where, -tt E~EikE tF
o brother of mine, are our comrades of
old;
The s~tout-hearted lads and the maidens
so fair,
We fought with and played with and
idolized there,
With valor and ardor and love all I'M
told?
The boy who could never just learn how
TO SPELL
o, what was his name? and what has
been his fate?
The good boy, the bad boy, the boy who
would teal, NJ
The boy who could mimic the master so
we'll,
And the boy who could wondrously
draw on his slate!
And the girl whose initials were carved
on the beech
In the yard, and so deeply engraved in
my heart
Who could write so, and sing so and say
such a speech,
And no tongue could relate and no teach
er could teach
o Time and Change, where have you
buried her art?
The little red schoolhouse is .open-alas.
We may not return to our desks, as of
old
Up the rough path ad astra no longer
may pass
All their lessons forgot, our mates sleep
meath the grass
And their names, aforementioned, on
stones are enrolled.
e. o. Laughlin, in Indianapolis Jour-
nal.