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The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

l tell you, sir, there's nothing like
woman's love and devotion. / am re-
minded of an illustration of it. 1t
was given last night, when l was
taking my sweat. / had fallen asleep,
and was dreaming hat l was in the
fiery furnace with Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego, and that / was call
ing for more coal SO as to prove that
Shadrach wasn't in it with me as a
me in the side, and l heard a voice
saying:
flames
81 said: L can stand a half ton
more, anyway
"'James!'
"'Wha-what is ito
"'You bald-headed men are so care
less; it's no wonder you catch colds.
l wish you would promise me that
you will wear a hat when you go out
of doors bareheaded after this
81 promised. What would not a
man promise to the devotion that i'm
pels his wife to lie awake nights in
OIucI W CdutlOu I'LL III SuCu IL uldu-
ner as that? l have-tol de rol de
rol de roll have-Let 'er come! /
repeat it, sir! Let 'er-Won't you
come home, Bill Bail"
whats landed on you?"
"Oh, don't mind me. It's all right
ri fol de rol-That's the whisky
and quinine beginning to take effect;
always affects my head this way. My
wife says nothing is better for-too-
raj looral-better for a cold than
quinine and whisky; so she gave me
Ten little republicans in politics
for fun; mine wanted Office, and then
there was one. One lit-don't mind
me, 1 say; I'll be all right-fol de
rol de rol-woman's devotion"
The victim of his wife's love and
devotion staggered away, and there
is room for a living hope that his
cold eventually was broken.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
DOG Used as barometer.

Sailors who arrived in New York last
month on the bark Adam W. Spies tell
remarkable stories of the barometric
tail possessed by Bob" the ships dog.
The vessels barometer had been
broken, but on two occasions one of
the men noticed that just before
wa%terspouts appeared Bob's tail would
be lying flat on his back. After that
Bob was studied. 1t was discovered
that the tail pointing straight astern
heralded the approach of westerly
gales, and that when the tail dropped
it rained within the hour. When Bob's
tail curled at the end, snowstorms and
hail squalls were looked for. The
barometric indications of the animals
tail were as faithfully followed by
the captain as if his regular instru-
ment had noted the condition.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
VICTIM OF HIS WIFE'S LOVE.
Painful Experience of n Husband
Who Was n Martyr to WOm-
ans DOctOring.

81 have a severe cold" said the
man who sat opposite, writes Alfred
J. Warehouse, in the New York
Times. 1T is n of those permeat-
ing colds that begin 1T your bald
spot and work downward until they
capture your ankle joints; one of the
colds that make you feel you are a
moral outcast, with no hope of sal
walton. But l am glad 1 am it's vic
tim, just the same"
! "Why?"
Because it serves again to remind
me of gentle woman's love and devo-
ton. Sir, l contend that in that love
and devotion is found the chief hope
of mankind. 1t is the handspring of
the welfare of the race, the lodestar
of mans higher destiny, the-ouch!"
what ais you? A corn?"
mo; my foot's peeled. My wife said
there was nothing better for a bad
cold than a mustard foot bath; SO
she gave me one. Now that the skin
has come off, she admits that she got
too much mustard in the water; but
this was due to ineXperience, and not
to any lack of feminine love and de-
v~otion, which l contend is the great
est boon bestowed upon mankind,
an"
"What is the matter with your
face?"
"Oh, that's the herb tea. My wife
said that when a person had a bad
| cold nothing was better than to take
| something for the blood. So she
gave me something. 1 do not know
all of the constituents, but I thought,
as l tasted it, hat / detected sarsa-
parilla, burdock, a~safoetida, winter
green, boneset, backset, a bone that
the pup had rejected, garlic, vinegar
bitters, eucalyptus and some other
things that were less familiar. 1t
really was a sweet and almost pa
thetic sight to see my dear wife rus
Ting about the house and picking up
any old thing to throw into that
mixture. After 1 drank it these
blotches that you notice appeared.
My wife says it is the impurity of
| the blood coming out, but | lean to
the conviction that it is original sin.
| Sir, as / watched my wife bestirring
herself in tender, housewifely way
for my welfare, I deeply felt how
true it is that woman's love and de-
votion-oh! oh-h! ouch! help!"
sWhat's the matter now?"
"Just take hold of my hand care
fully and help me to move. When
sit too long in n position my mus.
tard plaster gets set, and I find it
difficult and painful to love. Thanks;
that is better! My wife says there
is nothing better for a cold than a
mustard plaster; so she put one on
me. It's drawing out my immortal
soul now. She gave me a sweat, too
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

bits of stone. These can be found on
the beach where they have been pol
ished by the waves. or if pebbles are
not desired, break up with a hammer
any ordinary rock and use the pieces.
By the way, l always prefer rock in
the rough for houses for truly people,
but l won't express an opinion in re-
gard to houses for dolls.
The fat roof can be covered either
with sand or with sanded paper. A
chimney can be made of pasteboard
and covered, if desired, with red paper
marked off to represent bricks. OF
course, a slanting roof can be had if
preferred. This can be made of a bent
piece of pasteboard. The house can be
set in the cover of a large box. This
will serve as a lawn, and can be COW
cred with green moss. Walks can be
laid out over the lawn. A piece of
mirror will serve as a pond.
The house can be built of a paste
board box, but it must be very stiff
to support the weight of putty and
stones and maintain its shape
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
GRANDDAD.s RocklN. CHAIR.

homely built, old"fashioned thing, its
- joints in every part worn loose,
rs arms OF strong, Imprinted wood well
pollshed from an age of use;
AIS creaky rockers seemed to cry as in
excruciating pain,
Aho noisily protest against being put to
such a trying strain.
ror generations 1t had stood upon the
~ Iootworn floor beside
Old fireplace from which the flames
licked upward through the chimney
wide,
And Young and old through years of time
had loved and venerated it,
mat old spiit-bottomed rocking chair in
which her g~randdad used to sit.
one told me all its history, that maiden
of the rosy face,
AS We would sit on winter nights before
the CHEEKY old fireplace,
FROM when it left the builders hands
and sat as If in silent pride
"ithin a humble cottage when her grand
mother was a bride.
Town through the generations till her
sire inherited the prize,
ana as she talked the reverent light that
lit the azure of her eyes
~hhchalned my heart in willing bonds,
and l, too, pinned my love to it,
mat old split-bottomed rocking chair in
which her granddad used to sit.
she told me how the good old man would
seldom leave that honored seat
when weight of passing years became too
heavy for his tottnring feet,
Ana how he'd sometimes sit for hours
held as If in q heavenly spell
Upon his knees al open book, the Bible
that he loved so we'll.
How she, a toddling youngster then.
would kneel before she went to bed
And say her prayers at his knee, his
withered hand pom her head,
And as she talked her lovely eyes with
holy inspiration lit
AS rocked she slowly in the chair in
which her granddad used to sit.
Twas only built for one. and yet we
found it strong enough for two
AS in our hearts the spark of love into
a flaming passion grew.
And, spite it's loud protesting creaks, l
n night pressed her to my heart
And spake the glowing words of love
that made her mine till death shall
part.
And as l sit and watch her as she rocks
our bouncing boy to rest,
His curly, golden, sleepy head soft pill
lowed on her mother breast,
l felt that mine, if possible, is greater
than her love for it
That old split-bottomed rocking chair in
which her granddad used to sit.
Denver Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
STONE HOUSE FOR DOLLY.
A Hint for Little Girls Which, If They
Carry 1t Out, Will Give Them
Much Pleasure.

The most picturesque houses are of
stone in its natural form. Since moth
ing is too good for the d~ollies, such a
house would be just the thing for
them. There are comparatively few
among truly people who can have such
houses because of the cost. But you
have an advantage over others, my
little girl mothers, for you yourselves
can build a stone house for your dol
lies.
Use for a framework a wooden box
as near the shape of a house as it is
possible to find, letting the bottom of
the box pass for the fiat roof. Get
father or brother to cut in your house
holes for windows on the front and on
each side. Also in the center of the
front have cut a door. Paper bearing
appropriate designs to represent
stained glass can also be put into the
window openings OF isinglass can be
used for this purposethe sashes being
painted in white.
Now cover the entire outside of the
house with putty, and uponthi fasten
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
His Word for 1t.

Mrs. Brown is a woman equally
remarkable for kindness of heart and
absence of mind. One day she was
accosted by a beggar, whose stout
and healthy appearance startled even
her into doubt of the need of charity
in this case.
"Why," she exclaimed, "you look
well able to work."
"Yes," replied the suppliant, "but
have been deaf and dumb these seven
years."
"Poor man! What an affiiction!"
exclaimed Mrs. Brown, opening her
purse and handing him a quarter.
On returning home she mentioned the
occurrence, and remarked, what a
dreadful thing it is to be deprived of
such faculties!"
But how" asked the daughter,
"did you know that the man was
deaf and dumb?"
"Why," was the innocent answer,
she told me so.'-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
Cbief obstacle to success.

The habit of skimming, of doing
things in a careless, superficial man
ner is one of the greatest stumbling
blocks to success, and it is a habit
to which young Americans are
especially prone. In the hurry to
rush ahead and achieve in one year
or two what it has taken others,
perhaps with more ability and more
power, years and years of patient
toll and waiting to accomplish. they
commit blunders and fall into errors
which retard, and, perhaps, indef-
nitely postpone, their advancement
O. S. Marden, in Success.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
CLOCK FOR
Tiny Mice Mark h Hours and 9
Hungry Black Tom Cat Tops
the Whole.

A clock calculated to attract the
children's attention is row displayed
in a jewelers. window.
To make this clock the first pur-
chase should be some strong millboard,
prepared for oil painting. The mill
board should cover the face of an or
binary open clock and project about
an inch all around. On the top of the
squares should be cut the figure of u
black cat. The cat and square are in
one piece.
The cats should be painted in black
oil color, with yellow OF green eyes.
and the whole clock face painted
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
INSPIRES ARP.
Remembers a Bit of Rhyme He
Learned When a Boy.
Some Interesting Facts About h
First Month of Spring-A Little
April Fool MISREPRESENTATION
for G Memorial

April has come again-a blessed
month, for it is the first hat follows
the long and dreary winter. How in
spring is the earliest breath of spring,
when nature, like a blushing maid, is
putting on her pantalets and prepar-
ing to bang her silken hair, what bar
monious feelings spring up in our bo-
som and gush forth to all mankind.
The chambers of the soul are filled
etry that is not expressed. The sweet
south wind is breathing upon the violet
banks. Nearly. 1900 years ago Solo
mon felt its genial influence when he
wrote: THE winter has passed-the
rain is over and gone-the flowers APP
pear upon the earth-the time for the
singing of birds has come and the
voice of the turtle is heard in the
land" Now, boys, you must not i'm
agine that the turtle that Solomon
heard was this ugly, crawling hard
shell thing that lives in muddy water
probably a tortoise. The turtle of
Egypt and England is the same as our
dove. 1t has a plaintive, affectionate
note and is devoted to its mate. In
the Scripture it is a sacred bird and an
emblem of the Holy Ghost. I would
read recently where some hunters in
south Georgia killed 400 in one day.
The English poets always say turtle
when they mean dove. Goldsmith,
speaking of love, says it is son earth
unseen, or only found to warm the tur-
ties nest"
But Solomon couldn't write such po-
etry on spring as | used to know. l
think that mine would suit the boys
better:
"Hark! l hear the bluebird sing.
And that's a sign of coming spring;
The bull frog bellers in the bitches
He's throwed away his winter britches.
The lizard is summing himself on a rail,
The lamb is shaking his newborn tail.
The darby is blowing his stubborn mule
And gayly hollers: Gee, you fool!'
And all the dirty little sinners
Are digging bait and catching miners"
And so fourth and so fifth and so
oA. oolOlIOH ] 1 NllCe tHdt, Dul IL >
a fact nevertheless. .
But what about April? Two thou
sand years ago it was the second
month in the year, but Julius Caesar
got proud and vain and stuck another
month in and called it July, and his
adopted son, Augustus, thought he
was as good as Julius, and so he stuck
n in and called it August, and that
gave us II months, or $50 days, which
lacked five days of making a full year.
So they had to give one more day to
each of several months. April didn't
have but 30 days and they made it
30, Later on old Nero, the tyrant and
fiddler, came along and said he was
just as great a man as any of the Gaze
sars, and so he changed the name of
April to Neronius, and it remainedth that
way fer 30 years, until he died, and
then it was put back to April again.
April was named from the Latin
word aperire, which means to open.
for then the earth begins to open and
the grass and the flowers to spring up
and the little leaves to come forth
from the buds on the trees. The old
Anglo-SaXons called it Oester or Eas-
ter month. The Dutch called it grass
month. The foolish custom of April
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
Kindly Directions.

Footpad-Hold up y'r hands!
Lone Citizen-I haven't a cent with
me. Just loaned all / had to a friend.
Footpad Tin disgust)-Go ahead.
You'll find the idiot asylum three
squares to tn left.--N. Y. Weekly.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
Enough,

"Why on earth did you elect to
take up the study of Spanish rather
than German?" inquired the visitor.
"Oh,' replied the coed, "the Spanish
professor is so handsome."-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
After.

Bridegroom-Well, I'm glad that's
over.
Bride-Yes, isn't it nice? Now we
a get a divorce any time we like
N. Y. Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
Friendly Comment.

He-What a beautiful picture Miss
Pinkem makes, standing there by the
piano.
She-Yes; she certainly is most ex-
quisitely painted.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
where 1t Stops.

~"Education," remarked the argu-
mentative man, 'does not stop crime"
NO." said the practical citizen, but
it stops convictions for crime.'-Towu
Topics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-01
Dreamss of Peace Allure to Death

Brooks Adams in November Atlantic.
 Dreams of peace have always allured mankind to their undoing Human des- tiny has been wrought out through war. The United States are an illustration. Little of the soil which now acknowl- edges the sovereignty of the Union has not been subdued by arms. The first settlers slew the Indians, or were them selves slain; next the Americans and English conquered the French; after ward the Americans turned on the Eng fish and. with the aid of France, elected them. In 1912 We again, fought the Eng fish to defend the National unity, and subsequently tooA California from Mex leo by the sword. To consolidate an ho- mogeneous empire we crushed the so- cial system of the South. and lastly we cast forth Spain. The story is writ ten in bleoda and common sense teaches us that as the past has been. so will be the future Nature has decreed that an-
 mals ehall compete for life. or, in other words, destroy or be destroyed. We can hope for no exemption from the common lot
 The tale of Rome is threadbare; that of England is still new. If our people would know the price which Great Bri- tain is now paying for defeats a century old they may learn it in MT. Chamber lain's manifestoes, or in the report of the inspector general of recruiting on the degeneracy of the British army,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-01
ALLREGISTRARSNAMED
SKATE BOARD HAS COMPLETED
 ITS WORK.
Sixty-seven Counties Have Been Supplied With Registrars Who Will Begin Their
 Work Next Year.

When the State Board of Registrars ad- journed yesterday afternoon registrars for all the counties in Alabama had been appointed. The six remaining counties were supplied at yesterdays meeting of the Board.
 The general election law under which the county registrars were appointed pro- vides that all appointments of registrars shall be made within sixty days after the adjournment of the Legislature. The time limit, fixed by the law would have expired December 3.
 The State Board has, from time to time in the past thirty days, appointed resis- trars for various counties until when it convened yesterday only six counties were to be provided with registrars.
 The appointments yesterday were as fol- lows:
 Blount-J. K. Daffin, Blount Springs Uriah Tidwell, Robert Steele.
 Calhoun-C. w. Quinn, Anniston; w. H. Nunnally, Middleton, D. F. Shuford 2 Oxford. J.
 Geneva-T. J. Ward Malvern; Allen Mills. Martha; H. c. Yarbrough Geneva
 Greene-Joel T. McLemore, Boligee: J. C.. Coleman. Eutaw; A ID. Tulke, Union
 Houston-E. R. Register, H. Purcell Columbia; J. F. Edmondson.
 Washington-R. E. Blount. Hawthorne F. c. Turner, St. Stephens; E. M Slaughter, St. Stephens
 The State Board which made the ap- pointments. is composed of Governor JellSs. Auditor Thomas l.. Sowell and Commissioner R. R. Poole
 The. registrars will begin their work next July. They will receive g a day while in the discharge of their duties
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-01

sailed for Bremen: Nutfeld (Br.) Payment, Pensocalo. and sailed for Rotterdam and Tyne; Cento tBr.). Adams Port Arthur: Emma tBr). Martin, New Orleans. Sailed, steamer Chatton tBr). Leisk. Tampico; Tripoli (Br), Barber, Colon. e "a s[
 KEY WEST-Arrived. steamers Miami, White. Miami and returned: gunboat Eagle, Bahia Honda; Olivette. Turner. Port Tampa and sailed for Havana; bark Antioch, Parker, Sierra Leone
 NEW ORLEANS-Cleared, steamer Esther, Stevenson, Bfuefields ,-- ~
 PORT EADS-Arrived. steamers Marselis- borg tDan.l, Andersen. Barry: Colombia (Nor.) Hertzberg, Livingston: Breakwater. Rivara, Puerto Cortez; America (Nor). Evjenth, Ceiha Proteus, Halsey. New York; bark Emilia El- vira Port(.' Soares, New Orleans, for Lis bon returned leaking. MOBILE-Arfived. steamers eEspana (Nor) j. Daniel Puerto Cortez; Habiis (Nor.), Gund, mundsen, Puerto Cortez:. Malm (Nor.) Salve sen. New Orleans; Joseph G. Ray (Am.) Vii. mington. Del Cleared. steamers Ancobra (Br.I Herd. Liverpool; Nedenas (Nor.) Svenning sen. Cienfuegos Cuba: schooner Josephine lAmO. NeMberrY. Cardenas Cnha
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-01
N RINE NEWS.

LIzARD-Passed. Kroonland for Antwerp Rotterdam for Amsterdam.
 LIVERPOOL-ATrived Armenian. New York; ; Cymric. Liverpool; Tritonia Montreal: Roman Montreal: Winifredan, Boston.
 MOV1LLE-Arrived. Parislan, Montreal.
 MAIIN HEAD-Passed, cardinlan for Glas- gow.
 sAvANNAH-Arriyed. steamer Basuto (Br.). Redde. Lisbon. Cleared. steamer ForestbrooIS fBr), Hunter, Havre and Hamburg; ship Kaiser (Ger.). Tessel. Glasgow. Sailed. steam CTS Elswick Hall (Br.). Bremen; Forest Brook (Br). Hunter. Havre and Hamburg.
 PUNTA GORDA-Arrlved. schoners Medford, Richardson, Mayaguese.
 PENSACOLA-Arrived steamer Jupiter Ger ) Mathersen. West Hartlepool: Cluden (Br.). Trattler. St. Lucia; La Croma (Aust), Par rovich, Philadelphia; ship Dora Port), Vil- lsyo. Lisbon. Sailed. ship Hildegard tGer.G Strattlan, Bremen bark Kosmus CNor.), Lar sen, Buenos Ayres.
 PORT TAMPA-Arrived, schooner Edwin R. Hunt. Cgowel. Galveston.
 F'ERNANDINA-Arrived. schooner George Gilkey. Gil6ey, Barbadoes Sailed, bark Con corda tGer1 Peters. London
 NORFOLK-Arrved, steamer Katadin. Chic holm; Rosefeld CBr.), Cassap, Mobile and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-01
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
 HAS $41,491.85 FOR BUILDING

I
 surprises. If some subscriptions have been smaller than we might have ex- pected, some also have been larger. fn the main. the giving has been good and we are able to report a very encouragins total There can now be no reason why any. member, or friend of our church should doubt the feasibility and success of our enterprise.
 Tt is interesting to note. as matter of history. that the first donation to our enterprise was the cornerstone by Messrs. Curbow & Clapp of this city, and the first contribution in money by Mrs. M. A. Waller in a cash donation of u,0Oo. Since then, by a slow but healthy progress. our list of subscriptions has at- tained to the encouraging figures given below:
 'In our labors we have been greatly stimulated by the helping hand of our two ladies societies and encouraging words from members and friends.
 Our subscriptions have been sprung on the plan of one cash payment and the balance in one and two years, though many have been paid in full in cash or reduced to shorter time.
 Already the beautiful lot on South Perry Street has been paid for and plead- ingly awaits the erection of our contem- plated house of worship. No small num- Der of. our subscribers have put down only the minimum of what they expect to give, and a few subscriptions have been made for specific purposes which will be submitted to the: church at some future date.' D.
 Figures Was a Revelation.
 Following these words of the report. came the list of the names of the sub scribers and the corresponding amounts of the subscriptions. It was revelation to the congregation. The subscriptions ranged in amounts from $6,5O0 to $5, and the total. as reported by the committee, was S3S, ,922.S5.
 After the reading of this list. which was composed of members of the church and congregation. the pastor read list of names and subscriptions representing out side friends of the church who have man. ifested sympathy with the movement. Though 1t was expressly stated that no general canvass of the city had been un- dertaken. these subscriptions, aggregated, as reported. q ,3S0.
 On the completion of the report, the pastor proposed supplementary collec- tfon. which was taken at once. Some of those who mad already subscribed, in creased their subscription while many new subscriptions were added to the list, aggregating the sum of 1,2s9. The grand total was $41 ,491.S5.
 It was red letter day in the history of the church. Dr. Stakely said that the new building will not cost less than $50, GOO. It is expected that work will begin in January or February.
 The beautiful lot on Perry Street, the block between Scott and Alabama Streets, 1 is paid for. as the site of the new church. member of the subscription commit tee said that 1t was the fine spirit of Dr. HtQkAIV Q {rvrn n Of khn a,-.,xk | that had been the principal factor in the promptness, generosity and abundance of l the results; and that the women of the church. as represented by the Ladies' Aid l Society and the Working Circle, respond ed nobly and had subscribed splendidly