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The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
THIRTY YEARS IN UGANDA
In That Time Fifty Thousand Natives
Have Been Taught to Read
and Write.

In all of darkest Africa there were
few regions that seemed darker. 81
years ago, than Uganda, on the north
shore of the Victoria Nyanza. Yet
there was promise in the people, Tor
all their ignorance and savagery; and
in 1875 Henry M. Stanley, who knew
them we'll and believed in them thor
oughly, declared that there was nc
more hopeful mission field in the
world. Missionaries promptly occu-
pied it.
Theirs was no olsy task at HIST
says Youths Companion, and their
converts, like themselves, had TO en-
dure hardships. Up to about IL years
ago King Mwanga would burn a sub
ject for the crime of learning to read
1t was slow, expensive work to sup
ply ne Scriptures in the native IAN
guage; in fact, the translation OF the
Bible was not completed until 1891.
But the missionaries held on, and the
people did their share, to the extent
sometimes of paying 1000 coWrles,
the cost of five weeks food, for a
copy of the New Testament.
Now has come the time OF results
Fifty thousand natives a e and
write. There are more than LOU
churches in the Uganda region, the
largest seating 1000 persons, and
Protestants and Catholics-40O,0O0 ma
tives profess the Christian faith. VI
recent years the efforts of white mis-
sionaries are exerted chiefly to guide
native instructors, who prove enel-
getic and successful evangelists -
their people.
Dark places remain in Africa. There
are some nearer home, perhaps. But
this passage of history bears hopefui-
Iy on all of them, because it suggests
that devoted men al always be found
to accept an opportunity for service.
and that there never was or will be a
situation so desperate that determined
effort will not yield a rich reward.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
THOUGHT FOR THE QUIET HOUR.

Self-consciousness is self-immolation
United Presbyterian.
Most people make their religious bar,
gain days come on Sunday.-Ram's
Horn.
The men who are surest of God dom
mate the race and lead it farthest to-
ward the Heavenly heights.
AS the man on the watch-tower has
the widest horizon. so he who is near
est God has the fullest vision.-United
Presbyterian.
There is nothing so surely smooths
the rough places in the pathway of
duty and lines the clouds hat will at
times hang over it as a heart active
in the interests of others
1t has always appeared to those who
have come nearest to Christ that in
discovering man to himself. in awak-
ening with him the consciousness of a
need of a Redeemer, he at the same
moment declares his own obligation to
supply the answer to that need in the
bearing of sin.-R. J. Campbell.
When our ambition has cooled, and
we are satisfied with things as they
are, men will expect nothing more of
us. They see that we have laid down
our arms and have gone to the e a
There is nothing before us but a crave.
United Presbyterian.
Religion ONE through men to make
man perfect. Since it does not come
to man as already perfect. it falls nee
| essarily under the law of human prog
ress. You cannot create a perfect
moral character. A perfect physical
creature may be created, but a perfect
moral character is incapable Of crea-
ton. He must act. he must be disci-
plined, he must be taught. he is made
perfect by the things which he suffers.
A. NJ. Fairbairn.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02

taste for a man to make a proposal
of marriage as it is for a woman
among us to propose to a nan
On the island of Tud, when a boy
grows into manhood, one OF the les
sons his parents are careful to teach
him is: You no like girl first. If
you do girl laugh and call o wom-
an"
The way in which a young woman
opens and conducts a courtship with
the man for whom she has taken a
fancy differs widely from the most
approved method adopted by the leap
year girl in America. When the is
land maiden becomes enamOred she
sends a piece of string to the sister
of the man she covets, which is a sign
that she loves him. The sister then
says to her brother: Brother, | have
good news for you. A woman loves
you" He asks who the woman is,
and, if willing to go OF with the af-
fair, tells his sister to ask the girl
to keep an appointment with him at
some designated spot. At the appoint
Gu llLiC ShCy = IL NoAh SAS M0SSSA
over. The betrothal often is made at
the first meeting if both parties are
satisfied.
When a man and a woman begin to
keep company" he is branded on the
back with charcoal, while her mark
is cut into the skin, because she
asked the man" They are expected
to get married, but if they don't, moth
ing can be done. If it is the man who
is unwilling he is given a sound
thrashing by the girls father and
friends.
After marriage, in spite of the fact
that the girl did the proposing, she
becomes the property of her husband.
She even is so completely in his pow
err that he can, if she should offend
him, kill her with impunity.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
LEARNING THINGS
We Are ALI in the Apprentice Glass.

When a simple change of diet brings
back health and happiness the story is
briefly told. A lady of Springfield, ILL.,,
says: "After being afflicted for years
with and heart trouble,
received a shock four years ago that
left me in such a condition that my
life was despaired of. l could get no
relief from doctors nor from the num-
berless heart and nerve medicines
tried because I didn't know that the
coffee was daily putting me back more
than the Drs. could put me ahead.
Finally at the request of a friend
left off coffee and began the use OF
Postum and against my convictions
gradually improved in health until for
the past 6 or s months I have been
entirely free from nervousness and
those terrible sinking, weakening
spells of heart trouble.
my troubles all came from the use
of coffee which I drunk from childhood
and yet they disappeared when | quit
coffee and took up the use of Postum
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Many people marvel at the effects Of
leaving off coffee and drinking Postum
but there is nothing marvellous about
it-only common sense.
Coffee is a destroyer-Postum Is q
rebuilder. That's the reason.
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book, s"The Road to MELVILLE"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
A COUNTRY SUNDAY.

More fair than all the other days
She dawns upon our sight.
Some holy spell is in the air,
New radiance in the light
That sweeps the waking village street
And makes the dewy dooryards sweet.
Still is the rivers bustling din.
The mill wheel is asleep; z
The hands of labor filed with flowers
Pest in the silent deep.
No ruder noise Is there affoat
Than music from a robins throat.
Even the wild fields seem to know
That it is Sundays face
That beams upon them with so fair
And delicate a grace;
The smallest blossom on the sod
Seems holding some new thought OF God
The fragrant breezes whisper rest,
The Sund~y faces glow
With some still brightness from within
The week days never know.
The Sunday step is light as air,
The Sunday joy is everywher
And when the shadowy evening falls
And soft stars edge the hills
A peace tha is not Of the world
The brooding silence fills.
There is no dread of morrow's care,
The blossoms fold like hands in prayer.
And all the weary, heated week,
Sweet remnants of her rest
The heart boards softly till once more
She comes with healing best;
And the clear music of the bells
Again upon the Silence swelIs.
Susan Hartley SWEET, in Congregation
aliSt.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
A GOOD
Story of ,Cromwell's Day Which Is q
Rebuke Against Anxious
Worry.

1t would be well for many OF the people
who are worrying to pay heed to the fol-
lowing story of Cromwell's time.
1.-THE protector was sending a special
envoy to Sweden in the person of Bush
rod Whitelock, a most devout man, but
one of an extremely nervous, anxious
temperament.
AS the ambassador was about to de-
part on his journey he was detained at
Harwich by a storm. He so troubled
with the affairs of the nation that he
tossed, turned and groaned in hisbed,
unable to get to sleep.
At last his confidential servant, who
had won Whitelock's respect and con-
fidence through his faithfulness and
good sense on many a trying occasion,
ventured to say: Pray. sir, will you
give me leave to ask you a question:"
Certainly" was the answer.
DO you not think that God governed
the world very well before you came into
it?"
Undoubtedly l do" said Whitelock.
"And," continued the servant, do you
not think He will govern it quite as well
when you are gone out of it,"
ITO be sure He will" responded the
master promptly.
Then, sir, excuse me. but may you not
trust him to govern it the little while
you are to live in it,"
Whitelock made no reply to this per-
tinent question, says the British Week
ly, but he turned over and was soon
asleep; and on his return he repeated
the story of this bit Of advice with much
appreciation.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
MALAY Tree Dwellers.

The Sakais, OF tree jewellers, of the
Malay peninsula, build their houses in
forked trees a dozen feet above
ground, and reach them by means OF
bamboo ladders, which they draw up
when safely housed out of harms
way. The house itself is a rude kind
of shack, made of bamboo. and the
flooring is dashed together piece by
piece and bound securely to the tree
limbs by rattan. These curious people
are rather small and lighter in COM
plexion than the Malays, though much
uglier. They have no form of religion
at all-not even idols-no written Ian
guage and speak a corrupt form OF
Malay.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
Renewed for the Fight.

A naturalist in South America watched
the fierce fight between a curious little
creature and a snake. He noted that ev-
cry few minutes the little animal swiftly
ran away as if defeated, nibbled at a
plantain leaf, and then fastened back
into the arena, and in a short time had
conquered its vigilant foe. The reason
was that the ~plaintain leaf co~unteracted
the virus, and SO the fight could be re-
newed, and the conquest was assured.
"Here," once said Frances e. Willard,
is a hint for us; the serpent s~elfishness
fights us with t~ireless fang, but the plan
tain leaf of prayer takes the poison from
the wound, and is always close at hand;
for all of Gods best gifts, Eel Christ
himself, are to be had just for the asking.
Forward.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
The Last Man.

1t being ascertained that there was
In the whole country a citizen in hid
ing who had boosted in an idle me-
ment that he had never applied fer
a pension, a body of patriots started
out in search of him.
When finally ~apprehended, the man
appeared logged and defiant.
81 am the possessor," he declared,
"of a robust constitution, and none
of my ancestors, so far as | know,
ever took part il the War of the Re-
bellion. Why should | rob the public
treasury"
And is this" exclai ned the head
of the party, your only excuse'
Have you no regard, sir, for the Gus
land? Don't you know that for yedrs
every lawyer and every political party
In the country, from motives - pure
patriotism, has labored to get every
man. woman AMI child on the ,ension
list"
The culprit hung his head in sha,:.e
MS the full enormitv of his )"enSe
burst Upon him.
Now, that recall the fact" he OBJ
served with a cunning smile. my
third great-aunt on my mothers side
had a stepfather who caught the grip
while shingling a house on the out
skirts of the battle of Gettysburg"
I'VE thought as much" exclaimed
the crowd triumphantly. hurrying him
on to Washington.-Smart Set.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
"OSSY," THE QUEENS KITTEN.

orally makes himself scarce when the
king is about.
Sandy" as we'll as Monarch" and
"Ossy," the two cats-also Persian
which come next to the favorite in their
mistress affection, sat for their photo
graphs at Buckingham palace recently.
They also have sat at Windsor and
Sandringham to Louis Vain, the great
cat artist, who declares them to be about
the best and most patient %sitters he ever
has had. According to the lowest esti-
mate the royal cats now number so. Her
special pets are always in residence
where the queen is for the time being.
They have a groom all to themselves;
they have a bath every morning and
their toilet is carefully attended to twice
a day. On the slightest sign of illness
the royal wet" is summoned, who
makes a careful diagnosis, and the re-
suit is Immediately communicated to
her majesty. There is a specially pre-
pared room called "the cat hospital" IN
the stables attached to Buckingham
palace, and here pussy reclines-when
indisposed-in a bed sufficiently luxuri-
Gus for the baby of a marquis. Its tenn
perature is taken and the ~stethoscope ap-
piled as regularly as if the fate of al
empire were depending on the cats ex-
istence.
For her cats, when in health. the
queen has prescribed a diet of fish and
milk. and as she is quite unwilling to
trust the discrimination of the ordinary
London milkman as to the quality Of the
latter, the royal cats are fed on milk
which comes fresh from Sandringham
every morning, while a fishdealer of re-
pute is intrusted with the supply of the
fish known to be the best for feline con-
sumption. When the queen first took to
cats she knew nothing whatever about
their tastes or habits. She was also ig-
norant of the points of the different
breeds, but Louis Vain. whom she had
presented to her for the purpose, was
able to convey so much information that
now the queen can discuss cats with the
greatest expert in Europe.
Among other fashionable cat cultiva-
tors may be mentioned Lily, duchess of
Marlborough, the duchess of Wellington
and viscountess Maitland, each of whom
has a more or less elaborate "cattery."
There is a lot of money made out of fan
cy cats. Five hundred dollars is no I'M
common price to pay for n and some
have fetched as high as 81, 500. In con-
sequence there are not a few women in
English society whose devotion to aris-
tocratic tables is purely, though for the
most part secretly, a pecuniary one.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
CARE OF THE FINGER NAILS
Any Girl Who Will Devote a Few Min
utes to Them Daily Can Have
Pretty Hands.

This is the season of the year when
it is more than ever difficult to keep
ones nails in order. Living out of
doors, practicing many sports, works
havoc to the hands. unless a girl is
careful. To go regularly to a manicure
is expensive, but with little time and
by simple means it is possible to do
much toward improving the nails, says
the ST. Louis Republic.
The skin at the base is inclined to
grow over them, but that can be easily
prevented. Fill a basin with nice hot,
soapy water, and soak your hands in
this for at least ten minutes. By that
time the skin will be soft, and with a
blunt stick of orange wood (obtainable
at any chemist's) can be pressed gent
ly back into its proper position, so that
the pretty half moons at the base of
the nail car be seen in all their glory.
But remember that too great pres
sure or ungentile treatment of any
kind will probably result in a crop of
those little white spots that are so dis
figuring.
After pressing back the skin and
thoroughly drying the hands, take half
a lemon and keep digging your fingers
into this until the nails are saturated
with the juice. There is nothing like
it for improving and identifying them.
Wipe off the lemon with a soft rag,
roll a corner of your towel up into
a hard pad, and with this give the nails
a brisk rub to restore the polish.
This treatment once a week and a
time the hands are washed will soon
bring about a marvellous Improvement
in the appearance of the nails. To
polish, rub briskly on the palm of the
other hand.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
WOMEN DO THE PROPOSING
In the Islands of Torres Strait the
Girls Go Counting and Also
Pop the Question.

How would you like to live in a land
where the women have the privilege
to propose not only n year out of
every foul but every year?
In Torres strait, between the north
ern extremity of Australia and the
southern extremity of New Guinea,
there is a labyrinth of small islands
and coral reefs, so complicated and
dangerous, it is said, that Torres, the
original discoverer, required three
months to get through.
These islands are inhabited by a
Melanesian race of the Papuan type
inhabiting New Guinea, among whom
it is not only permissible but obliga-
tory for women to propose. In fact.
Prof. Haddon, who first visited the
islands and made a careful study of
the customs of the islands, says that
among them it is considered as bad
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
An Uncertain classification.

A carter vas shipping some packed
furniture at Glasgow quay the other
day, and he stood watching curiously
the next package leave his lorry.
What is this, now?" asked the
stevedOre.
I'm hanged if ken whether it's
live stock or a ped mattress!" was the
reply, for I've counted six mice leav-
ling it since / left the warehouse, and
it depends on how mony mair there's
left to say what yell book it as
Scottish American
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
Simply OutcIassec.

Stranger" said Alkali Ike, tower
ing above the little man and speaking
in an awful voice, Il hev kilt my man
i hev kilt sixteen galoots durin' mo
career"
The stranger bent a contemptuous
look upon the ferocious bad man.
Sir" he exclaimed, fade away. l
am a New York steamboat inspector"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
Proof Enough.

20, George sighed the romantic
girl, Il wish you were like the old-time
knights; | wish you'd do something
brave to show your love for me-"
"Gracious!" cried her fiance, haven't
/ agreed to marry you, and me only
getting $40 a week." Philadelphia
Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
Cauliaower with Roast Lamb.

stead of. or in addition to the orthodox
green peas, fried cauliflower is good.
Steam a cauliflower and when cool
separate it into fiorets. Saute a few
pieces at a time in a little olive oil, or,
if oil is disliked. in butter. Season
with salt and pepper and pour over in
the dish a little melted butter and Par
mesan cheese.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
Queens Namesake.

A schoolgirl of Deventer, Holland,
named Wilhelmina. on her twelfth
birthday SEM Queen Wilhelmina a
large cake which she had baked. She
ornamented it with the queens name
in letters of chocolate. The queen &C
kn%owledged the gift in an autograph
letter. which was accompanied by her
photograph, bearing the inscription:
"yrom Wilhelmina to Wilhelmina, on
her twelfth birthday"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
New Combination for Salads.

Try combining cucumbers and leeks
in a salad. Cut the leeks in very thin
slices and chill both cucumbers and
leeks before pouring over them a
French dressing. The rule is equal
parts, but If a strong onion taste is dis
liked a smaller quantity of leeks may
he uSed.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
Too High and Mighty.

Gentleman Ito burglar)-I say what
are you doing in my house?
Burglar (coolly)-YOur house! Is ii
your house? thought you only rent
ed it.
Gentleman (quite taken aback)-Why,
yes, but pom my word, of all
well, don't you be SO Ugh and mighty,
night."--London Tit-Bits.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
How to Keep Things Clean.

Lining a bureau drawer with paper
fitted by folds in the corners is an
easy way of preventing the dust from
settling in the Jennings. On each sweep
ing day, or at such other times as pest
suits ones individual convenience, the
papers may be renewed.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
Chance Right There.

Gabber-You ought to meet Dyer,
Awfully clever imitator. He can take
off anybody.
Miss Duncan (wearily)-I wish he
was here now.-Stray Stories.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
Where the Honest Man Is Needed.

If there is a mai on earth whose
character should be framed of tho
most sterling honesty, and whose con-
duct should conform to the most scru-
pulous morality, it is the man who adj
ministers public affairs. The most ro-
mantle notions OF integrity are hero
not extravagant.-Henry Ward Beech
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
Not Much.

9" tell you these ice trust magnates
will get their reward in the next world
for their avariciousness here
That's right; they won't cut much lea
over there. Houston Post {,
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-02
A Ban on Trailing Dresses.

Trailing dresses are banned In
Prague, Bohemia. BY a vote of six to
five, the magistrates of that city. have
ordered that all women who wear
trailing dresses in the street shall be
arrested and fined.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-09
COMMENCEMENT
At WALLA WALLA

wAiI.A wALLA. Wash. June ?.
The twentY=aecond annual con-
meueement exercises Of Whitman
college begin here tomorrow and
continue until next "Wednesday. the
18th. The following IL the pro
gram.
Friday. June 10. s D m.-The
graduating exercises of Whitman
academy.
Saturday. June ii-Anuual col.
iege picnic ut Walllatpu. .. m.
Pupils recital. conservatory OF
music.
Sunday. June ~. n a. m.-Bac-
eaiaureate service. Sermon b.
President Penroae. b.30 D. m. open
air prayer meeting; .. m. sermon
to the Christian associations By
Rev. MyTon Eells. u. -.
Monday. June ". 10 a. m.-Ten-
mis- tournament: y. m. nesting Of
the Alumni association. p. m.
sophomore play. she stoopa to
Conquer
Tuesday. juno ~. 10 a. m.-Ten-
nis tournament. annual meeting of
the board Of trustees. .. m. class
day exercises. p. m, concert by
the Choral union.
Wednesday. June rs, 10 n m
Tennis finals. p. m. meeting OF
the council of whitman college: {
D. m. exercises of the twenty sec
ond annual commencement. $50 y.
m, council dinner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-09
TO ORGANIZE
BALL LEAGUE

The organization OF the Puget
sound Baseball League Will be
completed at Everett tonight Al
that place a meeting of the dele
gates from the baseball clubs OF SIX
cities will convene. at which time
the bylaws governing the league
viii BE- arranged Frank Newman.
manager OF the Manuel Lopez
team. will enter his club In the
league. He will change the name
Of the club 10 Seattle. with tho ad-
dltlon OF another name to dlstin-
guish II from the professional
team.
Delegates will be present from
che following cities Everett. Sc
attic. Bsllingham. Victoria. Sno-
homlsh and Mount Vernon. New
man has secured the use OF the
grounds a. Recreation park for all
open dates.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-09
CELL WAS FILLED
With STEEL SAWS
NO LESS THAN TWO DOZEN POSSESSION JAIL.
BREAKERS MARSHALL AND ALLisos-THEv BEAT"
TANK GUARANTEED AGAINST HACK SAWS AND FILES

James Allison aud Edgar Mar
shall. the prisoners who broke out
Of the county jail yesterday morn
ing but we're recaptured. did not
lack for tools with which 20 make
their escape. This wan discovered
this morning when a Chinese trusty
In the Jail. Who had been ordered %
tear down two wooden shelves In
the empty cell occupied until yea
terday by Allison and Marshall
found that the boards had been
neatly followed out and literally
filled with fine steel saws Even In
cas- uf a shake down" the plan.
would probably not have been dis-
covered
The holloxa In other shelves con
tained In all about rs saws Nearly
all showed that they had been uaed
An improvlsed blow pipe was also
found hidden In the cell yesterday
afternoon. and another aaw was dis
covered In Marshalla hat band In
all. the men had AZ least two dozen
saws
NJ W. NAAA NlfAN8fH az ~ 81
In dark cells today. and for ten
days will be given only bread and
water. Marshall has talked guard
ediy 20 sheriff Cudihes lie claims
that Il took Allison and himself
only tao daYa 20 saN through the
two steel bars OF their cell. bat
Cudihee believes u took them AZ
least a week Allison. since his
capture. has refused 10 aay a word
To any one. Ills head. which Was
hurt BY stone hurled at him By
Night JAller Hippo, il evideutly
palninK him considerably.
The new tank from which the
tx0 men effected their escape was
put In BY the Norris safe aud Lock
company at a cost OF more than
81 zoo. II was guaranteed. before
the county commissioners accepted
the tank. to be absolutely file and
saw proof An expert vas employed
to test II b. the sheriff before the
prisoners were put into Il. The ex-
pert tried 10 cut through the bars.
but could not. He broke a dozen
saws in the effort.
when Informed that the ten.