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The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
TWO VERY SMART PARROTS
One, Called Polly, Chews Tobacco and
the Other Is Afraid of Old Glory
When It Waves.

Within a birdseye view of the Eagle
Office at Brooklyn, N. Y, are two as
remarkable parrots as could be found
in years of wandering. One chews to-
bacco, but does not swear. She is
owned by Henry Eberhardt, who runs
a hair dressing establishment in the
savings bank block at the corner of At
lantic avenue and Clinton street. She
rejoices in the simple name of Polly"
and never occupies a cage, except at
night. All day long Polly can be seen
on an open perch through the big plate
glass window on Clinton street. In
the summer time Polly flies just out
side the window when a thunder storm
m up and greatly enjoys a shower
bath. Polly, although nine years old,
has never made an attempt to escape,
and probably never will. Whenever
she sees a nan in the shop eating she
follows him around and leases him to
the best of her ability. She likes a n
dy, is fond of coffee and will pick a
meat bone clean. If she sees a man
take a chew of tobacco. she wants a
little, too, turning a bit of plug around
in her bill as she would a nut.
Polly" is a pugnacious bird if an
animal seeks close acquaintance. Mr..
Eberhardt once owned a bull terrier
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
WORDS OF D

In prayer s~elfshness is not neces-
fellow at the court that dispenses
justice to all.-M. P. falling.
For, whoever would be fairer, IL
Elimination must begin in the soul.
The face catches the glow only from
that side.-William C. Gannett.
1t is only by fidelity in little things
that a true and constant love to God
can be distinguished from a passing
fervor of spirit.-Fenelon.
Beautiful is the activity which
works for good, and beautiful the
stiffness which waits for good; blessed
the self sacrifice of the one, blessed
the self-forgetfulness of the other
Robert Collyer.
l do not in my best moods think OF
death, but of life. l would live as
though there was no such thing in the
world as death for me or for others.
I would live with my thoughts amid
things that endure, in work and duty
and love, until death itself is con-
sumed in life, the resurrection going
on day by day, this mortal putting on
immortality.-Horatio Stebbins.
Every time a man passes from re-
sentiment to forgiveness, from cruelty
to compassion, from hardness to ten
derness, from Indifference to careful
ness, from s%elfshness to honesty.
from honesty to generosity. from gen.
crosby to love-a resurrection, the
bursting of a fresh bud of life out of
the grave of evil, ~gladdens the eye Of
the Father watching his children
George Macdonald.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22

beyond the walls of his capital, Seoul.
In those eastern countries, like China
and Korea, to be ruler NEAR to be shut
up in a palace, seldom leaving 1t, and
when a ruler does go outside 1t is only on
some great and important journey, when
all the business in the streets must stop
and everybody get out of the way. Only
once has the emperor of Korea Travelled
beyond the walls of Seoul. That time he
visited the graves of some ancestors Is
miles away. One would think that a ruler
could leave his palace whenever he
wished to, but it is not always so, as We
have seen. Only five times a year does
the ruler OF Korea go outside his palace
prison. Then he goes through the main
street of Seoul to visit the temple.
The emperor does not even know the
streets of his capital. He thinks he does.
On the days he goes through the main
street it looks like a nice wide street. That
is because it has been cleaned up for his
coming. On other days it is crowded on
either side with street pedlers and their
goods. He does not know that all the
other streets are narrow and dirty.
AS one would think, being emperor OF
Korea is not all fun. He became ruler
when he was IL years old. Then, how
ever, he became only a king, for that was
what the rulers of Korea were called at
that time, which was 1864. He was not
the son of the king who had died n
whose place he was taking. The old king
had no sons so they took this boy, who
was his nephew. Now, boys, of course,
are not able to rule countries themselves,
so they did just as they'd in Spain when
the present king was a small boy-chose
some one to rule for him until he should
be old enough to do it for himself. In
Spain. it will be remembered, the boys
mother was what is called the regent. In
Korea it was the boys father. Tai Wen
Kin was his name. He was said to be a
wicked old regent. He tried to drive the
foreigners out of the country, and woull
not stop until some other nations made
him. Little can be told about the king
as a boy because little is known about
him.
In course of time he became really king,
but he had to pay money to China now
md then, as China claimed to have charge
of Korea. Afraid that bad men might
want to hunt him as they did his wife,
whom they killed, he sleeps in the day
time and is awake at night. Once he was
obliged to run away from the palace and
hide for safety. 1t was partly about
Eorea that japan went to war with China
in 1895, and beat her. Then the little
king would no longer pay money to
| China, and he told the other countries of
the world that his country was an empire
and he an emperor. 1t is clear that the
proverb Uneasy lies the head that wears
a crown" wouldt tell how the emperor OF
Korea feels.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
LOWSH

No, not alone. I'd cross life's ocean wild,
But close beside Thee as a little child.
/ yearn to go:
Leaving each step to Thee, forsaking prfde,
Cleaving to Thee, my Counselor ana
Guide"
Nor fear the foe.
Never a dread of what the dawn may bring,
Never a doubt that Thou wilt do the thing
Thy Word has told;
Never a doubt that Thou for me wilt care,
And mid the Mansions one for me pre-
Within the fold.
The lilies of the field are clothed in white
There shines upon them rays so wondrous
bright
That eyes grow dim:
And to the sparrow Thou Thy care dost
lend,
And food in plenty cen TO these doth send.
Because of Him.
No fear of hunger then, for Thou Will ieeu'
No lack of raiment, Thou suppliest each
need
Above demand;
NO yearning after things of earthly bound.
Only In Thee my hearts desire is found.
Lord, hold my hand!
Miss Ruth ]. Winant. in N. Y. observer.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
Work Not a Medicine.

Some things are not as easy to do as
some other things-yet they must be
done. How shall a d~isagreeable duty be
changed into a delightsome thing? Are
there not some things that will always
be disagreeable? Perhaps there is an
answer at hand that may help some
what. Is the disagreeable task a duty?
Then go at it, make the best of it, let
it be thoroughly done, just as though
you really enjoyed it, because you de-
light to do the will of God, whatever
it may be. After awhile you will dis
cover a change in the thing itself, as
we'll as a change in you. That which was
burdensome will become a delight, and
it's disagreeableness will all be gone, for
the pleasure of service will have swal-
lowed up the duty of service; and at that
point will you have peace and gladness
of heart. Do not make medicine of your
work; few people can take medicine
without making a wry face. But when
the service is life-bringing, joy-impart-
ing, the most d~isagreeable task will have
q halo about it. Try it.-Baptist Union.
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who attempted too great familiarity
one day. Polly made a rush and slit
the dogs nose from top to bottom with
her beak. His dogship never ventured
near her again. This parrot whistles
and talks and sings a little in Span
ish. She initiates the crying and laugh
ing of children. In addition she has a
stable vocabulary, saying Hello Hen
ry!" Cher owners name) and Hello
Doctor!" with startling ~distinctness.
She rolls on her back and does such
odd stunts as picking among the hairs
of Mr.. Eberhardt's head, as if they
were her own feathers. Polly has new
er seen a sick day.
Another parrot, equally remarkable
in it's way is Hopkins" owned by Mr..
| Williams. who keeps a furnishing
goods store at 100 Court street. He is
called "Hoppy" for short and is II
years old. He eats potatoes, bread and
butter and %sunlower seeds regularly
and has walnuts and cranberries for
delicacies. He does not like the water
except to drink, and bathes only under
compulsion. Some years ago he was
i'll, but was brought around with a
mixture of whisky and paragoric. The
whisky, by the way. made him so tip
sy that he kept falling Off his perch.
Hopkins does not like small boys
and if he sees them coming will hustle
into his cage as if it was a cyclone
cellar: While liking his wire prison
he looks forward to the hour when
the gas is lighted, for then he is al
lowed to walk along one of the glass
showcases. If the clerks delay in TAX
ing him out he will yell Hurry up, be
quick" "Peek-a-boo," PUSSY cat"
and Goodbye are among the plain
est words he repeats. Whenever he
hears the fire engines tearing by he
will cock up his head and inquire,
whats that" He also repeats the
words bad, naughty boy" occasional
ly, particularly when he has done some
piece of mischief. A knocking or any
strange noise causes him to screech
pussy cat" 1t takes him about a year
to learn a new word. He does not
hesitate to attack a cat or dog coming
hear his cage, but is rather afraid of a
United States flag. if waved in close
proximity, although there is red silk
on the screen around his cage.-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
When Storms Are Stilled.

The storms of life are only stilled
after they have accomplished their
mission. The life that does not have a
storm is unconscious of its strength,
as well as it's weakness. The time of
storm is the time of revelation. The
place where we seek refuge, and the
way we act in these times of testing,
are more important than the stilling
Of the tempest. We need to know our
weaknesses, and the source of strength
available at such times. When we
have learned these things the storms
cen be stilled-and they will be stilled
Baptist Union.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
FUN IN THE GARRETT.

We're having a lovely time to-day!
We're all of us up in the garnet at play!
We have three houses under the caves
Not real, you know, but make-believes.
Two we live in, and one is a store, f,
Where a little old screen makes a truly
door.
Warren keeps store, and Joe Is his clerk,
And Betty and / stay at home and work.
Joe comes around and knocks or rings,
And we order potatoes and steak and
things;
And sometimes we go to the store and buy,
Or send the children for ribbons or pie.
It's lots of fun-just try 1t some day
When it rains too hard to go out and play.
Emma c.. Dowd, in Youths Companion.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
KOREA'S LITTLE. EMPEROR.
He Has But Little to Say About the
Government or the Future Of
His Country.

The little emperor of Korea Is neither
him, nor so wise as the mikado Of Japan,
on the other side. His country is little,
SO when his big and powerful n%eightbors
on either side begin to fight each other,
as they are doing now. he is like a grain
OF wheat between millstones.
A look at the map will show how easy
1t is for the soldiers of his neighbors to
tramp acrosg lis small country. And this
is what they are doing, without feeling
badly about doing it. Surely the little
emperor is in a peck of trouble. He might
as we'll be a plain, everyday American as
an emperor, because as an emperor he is
no more able to stop them than if he were
an American. When we think OF an en-
pire We think of a great, powerful nation
like Germany, and not a little, weak lane
like Korea, but Ii Hi, Ii Hsi, Ii Houi, vi
Hieung, Ii Houi, or whatever the emper-
or's real name is, likes to think OF his
little country as an empire. No one needs
to bother about learning to pronounce
any of these names, because so little is
known about his true name in this coun-
try that all of them might be wrong.
According to the New York Tribune
there are many queer things about this
ruler, who is said by those who have seen
him to be short and stout and to look as
If he were not well. They say he always
looks good natured, but does not look as
If he knew a great deal. When persons
are allowed to see him they always see
him alone, in the midst of a big room, and
that makes him seem smaller still.
Like the midako, he asks many ques-
tons and knows a great deal for a mar
who has never been further than Is miles
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
IN A NEBRASKA BLIZZARD.
Terrible Experience of a Girl Heroine
Who Tried to Save the Lives
of Three Children.

The following story of the heroism
from an article in the Woman's Home
Companion, entitled True Stories of
Heroic School Teachers"
Louise Royce, the youngest of the
three girlish heroines, had but three
small pupils in attendance at the little
country school house, three miles west
of Plainview, Neb., over which she
presided that day. When the storm,
previously unnoticed, suddenly broke,
in the middle of the morning session,
her first thought was for her charges.
Wrapping them in every warm gar
ment that could be mustered, the brave
girl attempted to carry them to tae
nearest house. But the storm was al
ready so severe as to render the task
impossible. Blinded and beaten by the
singing, whip-like snow fragments,
tori and tossed by the bitter wind
blasts, confused and imprisoned by the
wagering, Shooting, but impenetrable
snow curtains, the way was speedily
lost. All day and all night did the
heroic girl wander, never letting go
her grasp of the helpless children, un-
til-the end came.
Zone of the little boys died in the
night, despite her frenzied efforts to re-
lieve and save him; then the second
boy succumbed to the horrible cold
and exposure, and at last, just as the
day broke, the little girl breathed her
last. Then the poor teacher, LONG
since stripped of every available gar
ment for the sake of the children, sank
down, utterly overweight and ex-
hausted in the tempting, up-piling
snow. Daylight and the partial cessa-
ton of the tempest brought help from
a nearby farmhouse-the farmhouse
she had striven so long and so vainly
to reach-but she was terribly manned
and frozen, and it was necessary to
amputate both legs"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
Making Things sunshiny.

Have you I've had your day sud-
denly turn sunshiny because of q
cheerful word? Have you ever Won
dered if this could be the same world,
because some n had been unexpect-
eddy kind to you? You can make to-
day the same for somebody. It's only
a question of a little imagination, q
little time and trouble. Think now,
what can | do to-day to make some
body happy?-M. D. Babcock, d. d.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22

text is taken
from Paul's letter
to the Galatian
Christians, a n d
C o n y S m :
mendation for well
doing and then re-
buke for having
turned aside o
obeying the truth.
They had been pro-
crossing nicely in
the Christian life'
following faithful
" the teaching and
doctrine of the
great a p o s e i,
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
The Hand at the Helm.

Men are wearing out their lives in
worry, not in work. We must begin
to live for God more thoroughly.
Whose hand is on the helm Of the uni
verse? Not ours. Many of us are try
ing to carry the labors of the deck
pilot. Drop them! God asked
us to do more than we have time and
strength for.-Rev. Ozora S. Davis.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22

A ND having tarried by the roadside.
y and given the wicked prophet time
to Overtake him, the man OF God was
! ready to take the next step in the d.
rection of positive disobedience to his
Lords commands. The prophet was
not willing to disobey God. Oh, no! He
knew what Gods command was and he
repeated it to the Bethelite who had
overtaken him, but he was ready to lis
ten to a lying voice, and willing to be-
lieve that God had changed His mind
and had sent him a message by some
one else. This reveals to the Christian
one of his greatest perils. Not willing
to deliberately tr~aLsgress the command
of his Lord, and knowing what that CON-
mand is, there come lying tongues within
and without to make him believe that
God had changed His mind in his par
ticular case, and that he may return
to Bethel and eat and drink and have
a good social time. Analyze the reason
ing which your subtle and hayward
heart has used when you have turned
aside from the path of duty, and you will
find that you led yourself, or were led
by some false prophet. to believe that
God did not mean what He said. The
devil knows that there are many, many
| Christians whom he cannot get to DO
wrong unless he can make them believe
that for some reason or other God has
not meant what He said, and in the guise
of an Angel he brings a new message
which is directly counter to Gods COM
mand. The prophet believed this lying
Rethelite, because he wanted to. He
wanted to go back to Bethel. He wanted
to partake of the goodthings which were
70 be had during that festival occasion.
All the time he had been sitting I'M
der that oak he had been LISTING for
the forbidden food, and wondering why
Cod had been so cruel as to deny him
thus. when he had served Him SO faith
fully. And so when Mr.. Lying Propnet
came I'D he was glad to hear and receive
his message and return with him.
Turned asidei What a sad spectacle.
Such splendid service, SO well on the way
back to the place where God could COM
mend and bless. But lettering under the
shade of s~elf-ease, longing for theforbid-
den things, listening to a voice other
than that of God, led to failure. And SO
it will you and me, dear Christian work
81. How often we are turned aside, just
as the prophet of old. "Ye were run
ming well; who hindered you that We
should not obey the truth? This per-
suasionscame not of Him that calleth
YOU" Take heed! Learn the lesson OF
the prophet Of old. Be constant. Be
faithful.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
A Blessing to Others.

We become heavenly-minded by liy-
ing to make others happy. If it is the
aim and work of your life to be 2
blessing to others. you are living al
ready the heavenly life.-E. n Sears.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
Strong Paper.

Some wrapping papers are made as
strong as cloth OF a proportlonate
thickness.
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when certain conditions II influences
and individuals had combined 10 uid"
I them away from obedience to the truth
And Paul goes on to tell them PLAINLY
that they have not been persuaded Oh
Christ who had redeemed them anu
called them into His service. IL was
something counter to the Will ana pul-
pose OF God which was hinderlnS thelh
in the Christian race they were run
ming. He is concerned for them, ana
longs to guide their erring feet back into
the way marked out by the Lord. Inc
Callahan Christians to whom Pau sent
this message have passed away pul
Christians to-day manifest the same
tendencies which troubled the inspired
apostle. and the message which he wrote
to the Christians of that early day is as
much needed now as then. 1t is GOD S
Word-convicting, convincing. authorl-
tative-for Christians of all time. And
how often God has to say to the Chris
tain: "Ye were running well; who him
dered you hat ye should mo- obey the
truth? This persuasion came not OF Him
that calleth you" 1t may not be that
Judaisers are busy among us leading us
into error as they were among the Gala
tians, but the Judaisers of the apostolic
days have given place to a multitude OF
other conditions and influences which
operate with exactly similar results in
hindering the Christian in his obedience
to the truth. and in turning him aside
into sin and error. How many, many
Christians there are who have run well
and then been turned aside into the way
of disobedience and disloyalty to the
Christ. There is hardly a follower of
Christ but has had such experience. Per-
haps wen now you, who have run well
and faithfully. have turned aside and are
not 0 treading the pathway of obedi-
ence and truth. Who hindered you
that ye should not obey the truth? This
persuasion came not of Him that calleth
you"
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D UT the Christian, regardless of the
u Lords commands, sits himself down
under the shade of the worlds tree,
and reasons on this wise, much as be-
lieye the man of God reasoned that
busy, and eventful, and fatal day. He
was conscious of having done good
service, but instead Of reporting back to
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-11-11

INDIAN DUEL ON CROWHEART.
Two miles from the Jk ranch house
Is Crowheart Butte. n landmark ia
nous all over Wyoming. Situated
near the centre OF the Shoshone Res
ervation, IL is visible for many miles
in every direction. Many years ago 1t
was the scene of a great Indian fight.
There are Shoshones living along the
creeks now who were in that battle,
and this is what they tell about II:
One fall several hundred Crows came
down from the North on 10 the buffalo
ground OF the Shoshones. They got n
supply OF meat and had started home.
when they met large Shoshone party.
There was running fight for many
miles The Crows cut their horses
packs. but still the Shoshones over
took them. When some Of the fleeing
Crows reached the rim-rocks around
the big butte they made a stand, TO
give the others a chance 30 get away.
Finally a lot Of the Crows took refuge
on top Of the butte Here the Sho-
shones could not dlslodge them, but
they formed a Gordon around the butte,
and kept the Crows there for three
lays without water. Then the Crow
-ilief came 10 the edge and dared
Washakie. the Shoshone chief, 90 fight
duel. II Washakie was killed, the
Crows were TO 80 home In peace.
Washakie. with the advantage Of
food and water within him, went mp.
and with him his warriors 10 see fair
play. On the fiat top Of the butte
leaguered Crows. across from them
their enemies The two chiefs fought
with knives. and Washakie killed his
opponent With yells Of delight the
Shoshones fell upon the poor Crows,
and not one on the butte escaped. The
Shoshones cut out the heart Of the
dead Crow chief, hung it on a pole and
danced around n, and finally cut IT
into small pieces which they ate, TO
give them the courage OF their depart
II foe.
At one end Of the butte n little
monument OF nat stones - piled 10
commemorate the Shoshone victory.
Washable lived until very recently.
and when he died. he was given. at
the fort which bears his name. q cap
tain's funeral. The Shoshone Reserva-
ton will soon be thrown open 20 set
tlement and It's valleys Will be pen
cilled with irrigating bitches. But a
thousand years from now. when Crow
heart Butte perhaps shall have lost
It's name, the eagles above II will have
seen no more stirring spectacle than
Washakie's victory Of long go.-From
In the Big Dry Country" By Fred.
eric Irland, in Scribner's.