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The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
WISE DOG.
Mig Does Many Wonderful Things N
Is the Recognized Mascot of
n Fire Company.

A number of fire companies of the dis
trict are possessed of mascots in the
shape Of dogs or other pets which have
a firm hold Upon the affections of the
men and command their stanch support
in claims for superiority in intelligence
and physical prowess. Most of them are
dogs who have developed a love of the
excitement incident to the response to
alarms and usually take a prominent
place on the run to the fire. Some of
them are often noted setting the pace
for the engine or other apparatus of
their company, running just ahead of
the horses and barking loudly with Ella
ton to see the people scattering to either
side asthey come on. Usually their lives
do not cover a very long period in the
fire business, for. becoming overbold Or
lacking a trifle in a~lertness, they are
caught under the feet of the onrushing
team or are not quick enough to avoid
some falling timber or piece of appar-
atus, and their career comes to an abrupt
close. Several weeks ago the mascot of
Truck d was killed, being run owe by
the truck while answering a call.
The old Franklin Fire company O
No. l chemical has a dog mascot who
bids fair to equal the bravest, and yet
who has sufficient level-headed caution
to insure an extended life of usefulness.
His name is Mig" in consequence of
his being black all over except for a
white spot on his breast. He is a bull
terrier of heavy build, with a well-kept
coat and intelligent face, and may
nearly always be found somewhere near
Assistant Chief Wagner or Foreman
Harper. The latter goes over to George
town every day for lunch, and is almost
invariably accompanied by Mig. If 1t
happens that Mig is not at hand when
the foreman starts for home when he
does find that his friend has gone he
gives one evidence of the superiority of
his intelligence over that of the ordinary
dog. Running out on the mi he
waits for a car to stop; if it should hap
pen to be yellow it is of no service to
Mig, and he does not pay any attention
to it. But when the car is green Mig
gets aboard and remains on the car I'M
til it reaches the point nearest toshis
destination and there hops off. The men
in the company believe he can distin-
guish between the alarms to which his
company must respond and those not
in its district. At any rate, if anywhere
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
This FATHER SAW HIM."

"When he was YET a great way off. his
father saw him n had compassion.'-
luke 1920.
Thy Father sees thee, weeping one,
Returning home by sin undone;
There Is no anger on His brow,
His Heart Is filled with gladness now.
He saw thee TAX the road of sin,
And mourned to see thee walk therein:
He saw thee down among the swine,
And pitied thee. when husks were thine.
He saw thee when with tear-flled eyes
Ihine heart exclaimed: Il will arise,
Confess the sin that / have done,
Unworthy to be called a son."
o weary heart and d~esolate,
For thee doth nought but mercy wait;
returning home, what joy is thine,
And deeper yet the joy divine!
M. Oxford, in N. Y. Observer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
DOLLY TAKES TEA.

When dolly sits down to the table,
And ev'rything's ready, YOU see
With cookies and water for Mabel.
And water and cookies for me,
We nibble and chatter with dolly,
And offer her tea" from a spoon,
And often our meal is SO jolly,
1t lasts through the whole afternoon.
Till Mabel jumps up in a hurry
And says that she really must go.
And l say: "Oh, truly, I'm sorry.
And dolly enjoyed it, l know"
Then gayly we clear off the table
When dolly has finished her tea.
With cookies and water for Mabel.
And water and cookies for me.
ALBERT Bigelow Paine. in st. Nicholas.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31

which is suspended on inverted box with
a galvanized sheet iron bottom, A, and
having in its sides ventilating or gas
holes. An inch above the sheet iron is
a platform, G, on which the chicks are
placed, the space between forming a hot
air chamber, B.. Fresh air is supplied
by a shaft, H, and from the shaft passes
into the chamber, B, where 1t becomes
heated and then rises through a warm
air pipe, F, into the brooder pen, P, P.
Here it is partially confined by a cover.
D. adjustable in height according to the
size OF the chicks. along the edge OF
which is fastened a wooden curtain, E
notched so as to let the chicks run in
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
PLEASURE OF CANOEING.
Capsixing In Shallow Water One of
the Delights of This IncOmpar-
able Summer Sport.

Many a boys acquaintance with ca
noes has begun with a ''dugout," a
jolly old log needing the skill of a BIZ
cycle rider to keep it right side up.
Alarmingly unsteady, it had the virtue
OF never sinking, and always promptly
righting itself after upsetting the occu-
pant. On many of the northern waters
40 years ago these dugouts were part
OF the equipment of a farmer. Now
they are kept as mementoes of nautical
evolution. To-day the uninitiated is be-
wildered by the variety of canoe craft.
Pleasure of canoeing is to choose a
small stream and watch it grow in vol
ume and Importance. One should travel
in light marching order. Flannels,
blankets and rubber sheets are indis-
pensable. On this the first trip you may
try hammocks, but you will soon dis
cover that the ground is preferable.
Sleeping in a hammock is wont to devel-
op stitches" and cramps, to say moth
ing OF the tendency to give ones neck
a set" at an u%ngraceful and uncomfort-
able angle. The commissariat should
include some substantial food, as timed
meats and hard tack, which should be
constructed on the compartment COM
bination plan with provision in the
grub" sack. A trolling line will usual
ly supply fresh fish, and farm houses
milk, if n is not quite in the wilds.
Take a field glass instead of a gun.
Every beginner should realize the fun
and acquire the confidence gained by
capsizing a canoe. Let him take it,
however. to fordable depths and there
rock himself into the water. This Is
one way by which the craft and the
man may find themselves.-Country
Life in America.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
BUSINESS AND RELIGION.
Gan a Merchant Conduct His Affairs
on Christian Principles .-The
Answer of Experience.

1t Is possible, Of course, to do BUSH
ness on Christian principles. But
would it pay? Rather, says the. Bos-
ton Congregationalist, we would like
to ask, if we could hear from our
Christian merchants, does it, in their
own experience, pay? For if men who
call themselves Christians in their
homes and in the church are unchris-
tian IN the hours of business there is
little hope of progress for the church.
We are utterly skeptical of the Chris
tianity which such men accept. They
may In some sense hold Christianity:
but what is wanted is a Christianity
which holds and directs and possesses
them. For a. true disciple of Jesus
Christ cannot be built like a modern
ocean-going steamer in watertight
and accommodating compart-
ments, n for the business and the
other for the religion of the owner;
one to be inhabited on ordinary days,
another on Sunday; one for the finan-
cial relations of life, the other for a
retreat in the wreck of earthly hopes.
The ~hindrances to the Christian con-
duct of business are admittedly great.
Competition is keen and often unscru-
pulous. Stories Of sharp practice are
common and almost every one has
frequent experience of the so-called
tricks of the trade by which men seek
to increase their profits-or often to
save themselves from loss. In some
trades 1t must be acknowledged, we
fear, that to be honest is t o be singu-
lar. Great businesses are built up by
methods which violate the laws both
of God and man, and Christians are
often partners in them. The con-
sciences of men are blunted, the prob
lens to be solved grow steadily more
complex. The worship of success mis-
leads the mind both directly and
through the needs and claims of those
who are dependent on us. 1t /: no
easy task to serve Christ and pile up
. fortune.
Yet by the acknowledgment of the
commercial world personal honesty is
he best kind Of capital. There are
countries in the world whose reputa-
ton for honesty secures them trade,
and others from whom men only buy
with caution AMI in case of need. No
man willingly goes back to a shop
where ne has once been cheated. The
u%nvarying quality of goods in the long
run is the best advertisement. Even
the great monopolies are eager to as
sert that in running competitors they
have in view uniformity and a high
quality OF product. The rewards of eff
fcient honesty, if it can secure a hear
ing, are both great and permanent.
Here is one of the great trials and
temptations of the soul. The rewards
now are for him who succeeds. honest
ly if possible, but for him who sue
ceeds. Yet the real and permanent re-
ward is not in what we win, but in
what we do and become. The business
of u lives is formative. 1t creates or
it destroys our capacity to enjoy the
higher life which is like Christ and
which some day is to become the pre-
vailing and the honored life. Can the
Christian afford to crave or to secure
any other form Of success than this?
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
Position of Poultry House.

It is usually preferred to have the
front of the poultry house face the south,
vet the sun does not send the heat into
such houses in winter until quite late in
the morning A poultry house should
face the southeast, and then the heat and
light will enter as soon as the sun rises,
warming the interior at a time when
the fowls desire warmth the most, which
is when they first come of the roost in
the morning. says q writer in an ex-
change. In the winter the sun is in the
south the greater portion of the day,
and hence, II the house faces the south
east, 1t not only receives warmth early,
but the sur will send rays Of heat into
the house until about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon.-Prairiie Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31

When the grass is allowed to produce
seed 1t exhausts the crop more than
when q crop Of hay h cut before the
seeds are permitted to appear. When
seed heads form then the plant has full
filled its mission. and has stored in the
seeds q larger proportion Of the mineral
elements than remains in the stalks Of
the plants, In many cases. as the green
plants, when cut down early consist
largely of water. A grain crop and a
crop Of seed from grass deprive the soil
OF q proportion Of all the fertilizing sub
stances existing therein.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
Fight on Trolley Fender.

I The spectacle of two game cocks fight
ing on a trolley car fender was present
ed to passengers on board a car in Pitts
burg recently. AS the trolley was speed
ing down a steep hill Motorman William
Hahn saw two roosters in battle on the
tracks. Hahn attempted by clangs of
the bell to brighten of the fowls, but
failed. Both birds were in the air when
struck by the al When they came
down they were on the fender. The bat
tie was renewed, and it was not until
several blocks had been passed that the
fight ended in the death of one rooster.
The winner flew away.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
why willie was Excused.

The following note was recently re-
ceived by a Higginsville (Kan.) school
teacher: Respected Miss: please ex-
cuse Willie for absents. He fell down
stairs just before school time and we
feered his internal insides was hurt at
first, but they amt. The Doctor says
that no part Of his Anatomy was hurt
but the brewing Of the eppyredmis of
Of the outside hide and also his hipp
hurt m But he narrowly escaped
fatal death. So kindly excuse
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
IN cEYLoN.
Although OF Flimsy Construction
They Are Able Il Do All Sorts&
of Queer stunts,

The illustration shows a Ceylon surf
boat, which is also used for fishing pur-
poses. This is the case not because the
craft offers any peculiar advantages for
the purpose for which 1t is used, but be-
aus Of the fact that, as Ceyion is al
most entirely surrounded by reefs and
there is constantly a terrific surf, moth
ing short Of surfboats would be able to
get out to the open water. The fisher
men in Ceylon are a very peculiar lot.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
HOMEMADE
A Hint That Comes a Little Late for
This Season, But In Worth
Remembering.

send herewith description Of a
we have used three years and
| know it to be all right. 1t does not
cost much to make 1t. For a hundred
chicks a base measurement of two
feet by four will be sufficient; for 200
chicks, three feet by six is recommended.
Two dollars and a half will buy the ma
terial.
Fig. / shows the outside and I think
1t Is so plain that 1t will need no ex-
PLANTATION. Fig. 2 is a cross-section.'
Heat is supplied by a lamp, L, over
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
strong Habit.

Cumon-Did your friend Tanker sue
ceed in breaking his terrible drink
habit?
l Bangs-No; the habit succeeded in
breaking him.-Baltimore American.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31

Keep the sunshine Of living faith in
the heart. Do not let the shadow of
encouragement and dependency fall
upon your path. However weary you
may be, the promises of God will, like
the stars at night, W to
shine. to cheer and to strengthen. The
best harvests r the longest in ripen-
ing. 1t is not pleasant to work in the
earth plucking the ugly tares and
weeds. but it is as necessary as SOW
ing the seed. The harder the task the
o need Of singing.-Royal Path Of
Life.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31

They form a caste of their own and ap-
pear to think themselves better than
the people upon whose purchases their
daily bread depends. They are able to
do all sorts of stunts with these surf
boats. and, considering their f1imsy con-
struction, it is really remarkable how
few accidents occur.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-31
Never Materfalfxes.

Only to-morrow's sin holds even the
semblance Of pleasure.-Ram's Horn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-05

Ihalf-brother, Max Beerbohm. The
kings Jester" cannot deny an italian
name in Dan Leno.
In literature there is the same alien
prominence. The most widely-read au-
thor is Miss Marie Correlli, only half
an English woman, and the other half
an Italian. ZangwiIl is full blooded
Israelite. Sensational William lie QueuX
lis French by birth and English by
adoption. Even Rudyard Kipling is
not purely English; he has Dutch blood
in his veins, not to mention Irish and
Scotch.
How the children of Israel, headed
by Lord Rothschild and Alfred Belt,
play great parts in British finance and
commerce is sufficiently known. The
lord mayor of London for the time be-
ing is Sir Marcus Samuel, a Jew of
the Jews. If Lord Dalmeny follows in
the political steps of Earl Rosebery,
he will bring Israelitish wisdom to the
premiership, for his mother was Han
nah Rothschild.
In less prominent spheres Of life the
Anglo-Alien is equally to the fore. The
simple Englishman or Scotsman may
wax Wroth at such pre- eminence, and
pride himself in the purity of his blood,
but it is a fact, we'll authenticated by
scientists, that the offspring of mixed
marriages are more forceful and brainy
than the children of people of the same
race. A strain of genius is begotten OF
the fusion of blood-Marconi,- the son
of an English wife and an Italian hus-
band, is a notable example-even as
Iintermarriage between relatives con-
trarily tends to becility.-London
Correspondence New York Commercial
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-05

teer regiments, and that even the reg
ulars were not so we'll qualified In this
respect as they should have been.
Every soldier ought to know how to
cook as we'll as how to shoot. The
British army authorities have come to
realize this and have an army school of
cookery at AIdershOt, where about for
ty non commissioned officers, who are
being trained as cooks, can always be
found. The course extends over pc
riod of four months and then the forty
students go back to their regiments
and are succeeded by forty others.
Thus a constant stream of good cooks
is kept going into the ranks of the
army. There is no regulation COM
pelling the soldiers to take course at
the school, but those who do take it get
special privileges and a slight addition
to their pay. Soldiers of the militia
and volunteers, as well as regulars, are
encouraged to go to this school, from
which great benefit to the service has
been derived. It is an unquestioned
fact that a large part of the discom-
fort, and even privation, which our
soldiers in Cuba endured might have
been avoided had the soldiers known
more about the elements Of cookery
New York Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-05
A Day Without Rest.

It may be asked if American domes-
tic habits have not something to dc
with the frequent breakdown of Amer
Jean nerves.
In our civilization there are three
systems Of living out the ordinary
working day. There is the French
system, which is that of the continent
Iof Europe in general; there is the
English system, and there is the Amer
Iican system.
The Englishman goes to work late
and comes away early; but during
working hours he works all the time
His luncheon is light and eaten hastily
perhaps at his desk. For this he
makes up by a leisurely breakfast and
Ia leisurely dinner.
The Frenchman goes to work early
and works hard till noon. The Amer
lean is apt to underrate the energy
with which the Frenchman works
while he is working. But at noon
work ceases, and he sits down to an
abundant meal, we'll cooked, we'll serv-
ed, and eaten with appetite and in
peace. After his dejeuner he has his
petit verre, his smoke, and perhaps a
discusses politics, the arts, or the topics
of the day.
Even the laborer, who In America
eats his cold midday meal in a ditch or
behind pile of boards, generally sits
down in Europe to a decent table
The American system, as we have
said, combines the chief features OF
the other two. The American goes to
work early, like thesFrenchman; like
the Frenchman, he works hard; like the
IFrenchman, he works late; but, like
the Englishman, he takes no time tc
himself at midday.
AS for any intellectual repose OF
Imental distraction from the grim facts
lof :work-not only is it not thought of
but the very idea would be laughed
to scorn. It is scarcely strange, there
fore. that Europe Should be rich in ele-
giant American widows and orphans
and the churchyards at home too fun
Iof young mems graves. = Harper's
Weekly 5
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-05
What Drug Clerk Must Know.

A drug clerk in a drug store must, in
order to be capable of holding his job
know what the weather indications are
for tomorroy; know how many stamps
it takes on anything that is to be mail
ed at the postofice; know when the
sale of tickets opens for theatrical at
fractions, and how many rows back in
the balcony the 50-cent seats begin;
how often the cars pass, and what car
one should take to visit a friend at 1902
Park avenue; know whether lady
wearing a black hat and brown dress
relieved with a pale-pink satin yoke
over which was shirred dainty pink
chiffon, had as yet called and asked for
a friend; whether muriatic acid would
really take the grease out of a stopped
UP sink, as claimed by the Ladies
Home Fireside; know whether sugar
or milk was all the baby needed al
first; know when the first train left
for the East, and what changes of cars
would be necessary between here and
New York; know whether the fish were
biting at the lake; know what time
services begin at All Souls church
Sunday morning; know when Harper's
with that last chapter of Lady Har-
rington's Granddaughter" would be in
etc. In addition to this he must know
how to compound prescriptions-At-
Gibson Globe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-05
IGREAT BRITAIN OWES A
GREAT DEAL TO ALIENS
Many of Her Distinguished Statesmen
and Authors Come Under This Head,

Many of Her Distinguished Statesmen
and Authors Come Under This Head.
AT the present moment, when the in
creasing settlement of foreigners in
Britain is being regarded with much
disfaVor, 1t is only fair to remember
the great services rendered in all de-
partmentssof our national life by many
of such alien Immigrants or their chill
dren. The instance of Disraeli, the
Spanish Jew, who raised himself from
obscurity to the premiership readily
Springs to mind. But there is no need
to go back to even the lastt generation.
Among the first rank of people today
the semi foreigner is prominent.
Lord Goschen has just published the
life OF his grandfather, who a century
Iago shook off the dust of his native
Germany and emigrated to London
According to his own account, no one
would employ him as a clerk on ac-
count of his eXecrabIe handwriting, so
he was obliged to establish the house
Iof Fruhling e. Goschen. The grand
son of this German emigre, as chanceI-
lor of the eXcheQuer, remodeled the ma
PA to 215 per cent, now coming into
force, and subsequently for six years
administered and rebuilt the royal
navy.
Lord Reay, ex-governor of Bombay
and chairman of the London school
board, is of Dutch birth and parentage
Lord Miner, pro-consuI of British
South Africa, is the son of a German
husband and English wife. Both Lord
ILansdoWne, eX-War secretary and now
la foreign minister, and his Liberal
brother, Lord Edmond Fl Emaurice, M
P, are half-French. Their mother was
the Comtesse Emile de FIahault.
The name of Sir Henry Drummond
Wolff, so long British ambassador to
many countries, betrays his German
Iorigin. The greatest British scholar OF
the last century was Lord Acton, whose
mother was the daughter of the Duke
lof DaIberg. Sir John Day, for long the
terror of all criminals as Mr.. Justice
Day. was born at The Hague, and the
son of a Dutch woman.
Oxford and English literature will
lever cherish the name of Max Muller
the German who made England his
home; Hubert Herkomer, the founder
of school of British painting, only re-
Icently renowned his Bavarian birth
and became Briton by naturalization
Philip Calderon is Spanish, as Sir
Alma Tadema is Dutch, and the late
Sir Edgar BOehm was a Hungarian
Solomon ]. Solomon's name "betray-
ieth' him.
Who is the foremost British drama
fist Arthur Wing Pinero, half italian
Ihalf-English. His most vivid inter
prefer, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, has the
same fusion Of blood. The teutonism
of Beerbohm Trees name cannot be
lgainsaid, and is yet more. evident in his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-05
A Cooking School for Soldiers.

Every one who has had anything tc
do with actual military operations
agrees with the maxim that "an army
marches on its belly" Feed your sol
diers well and you strengthen your
fighting arm; starve them and you
weaken it. The revolt of the men al
Fort Slocum the other day because
there was too much soup in their bill
of fare is an example of the trouble
which is caused, even in time of peace
by neglect of the soldiers dietary. 1r
the Spanish war it was found that
there was a plentiful lack of cooks
among the enlisted men of the volun-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-05

Therefore now rests in the
ability of the powers to keep down the
political-mainly Pam Hellenic agita-
tors-and prevent them from forcing
disturbance, more than it does in the
failure of the Porte to at least honestly
try to carry out the desired reforms
Abdul Hamid is very apt to do his
very best on this occasion, however
Imuch it may go against the grain, foI
he knows that his neighbor Ahab has
his covetous eye on his VINEYARD and
will lose no chance to appropriate il
when circumstances permit.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-05
TeIeoraphIc Service DELAYED

DAWSON CITY, Alaska. April 4-The
new Wire to Nome will not be in perma
Temporary service will be had about
May Is.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-05

That reminds me! BY paying one
credit for 700 votes in the Globes popular
voting contest. I must go to the Globe
office. today and vote for one of my
friends.