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The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

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trouble during the past severe winter.
The other tank is supplied by a ram,
and the water is so cold coming from
the ram that it will often freeze while
the ram is working. With this style
of protection you have an advantage
over any other method, as by setting
a lamp under the box you can thaW
the worst kind of a freeze out in a
very short time.
The heat gets direct at the pipe,
and very quickly lets the ice loose,
and there is no possible danger of fire,
because the iron pipes are protection.
Before putting up the pipes it is best
to paint them with white lead and oil,
which will keep them from rusting for
many years. A lamp set in this box
on the severest night in the coolest
climates will absolutely prevent freez-
ing. The chimney of the lamp should
be made of tin, and should be eight
to ten inches long, and fit tightly
through a hole in a piece of tin under
the box. Brush the wick every day,
and put in a new wick every month.
A lamp with a one-half-inch wick is
large enough.
You will only need the lamp during
extremely cold nights. In diagram A
is water pipe and w are wires to hold
pipe in center; circle is galvanized
iron pipe four inches diameter. Rest
are one-inch boards carefully trued.
Paper should be put under every joint,
and two thicknesses would be better.
1t acts as an air-tight washer. MI
merous Xxx represent the several dead
air spaces; Y is inner dead-air space,
which can be warmed when necessary.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
AN EIGHT-DAY ALARM CLOCK
Inventor Overcomes the Inconven-
fence of a Daily Adjustment
of the ~Timepiece.

The alarm clock is generally a "a
hour instrument, therefore it is a mat
ter of some inconvenience to arrange
the thing every night so that it will
get busy the next morning at the de-
sired hour. A recent improvement in
timepieces is that which is wound and
set only once a week, and yet which will
ring out its monotonous message at the
same hour every morning. This will
be a great convenience to the person
who sleeps so soundly that he must re-
sort to the assistance of the alarm clock
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
Brushes as an Advertisement.

An English manufacturer of nail and
hair brushes has a novel scheme for adj
vertising his brushes. He supplies them
to hotels for about the cost of manu-
vertisement on the handle. At the end
of each week he takes away the brushes
which have been in use and gives them
a thorough sanitary cleaning, leaving
another set in their place. Sometimes
the advertisements of other manufac-
turers are placed on the handle, such as
hair restoTatiyes, etc.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

Every orchard should have what Is
called rabbit pits. Dig a small well in
the middle of your orchard about five
feet deep, either square or round, then
cover the top with boards with a man.
hole left SO the boys can get down into
the pit; then make a six-inch square
box about IL feet long; leave an open
space in the floor of your box over the
pit with the open space just over the
well, and when the rabbits run into the
box they drop into the well. This an
swers two purposes: it destroys the rab-
bits and keeps the table in meat.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
Dilution Extraordinary.

A member of the French Academy re-
ported that 25 experiments on animals
showed each time that poisoned blood
is active ever after dilution one trillion
one million times. The strength of the
average homeopathic dose is from about
the third to the sixth decimal. This
demonstrates that those who say that
there is no medicine in a homeopathic
dose betray ignorance.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
TWO YEARS OF AGONY.
One Cake of Cuticura Soap and One
Box of Cuticura Cured Baby's
Awful HumOr.

"When my sister was eighteen months
cid a humor broke out on her shoulders,
extending clear across the back. For two
years it caused her intense suffering. 1t
would scab over and then crack open and
a watery matter ooze from it. Then the
scabs would fall off and it would be raw
for a time. We had several different doc
tors and tried everything we could think
Of, but without efecting a cure. Then
we got one cake of Cuticura Soap and one
box of Cuticura Ointment, which cured
her completely and without scar or blem-
lsh. (Signed) Lille Chase Walker, 5
fremont St.. Woodfords. Me-"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
t h Bee Stings.

Among those who are gathering bees
stings for medicinal purposes is William
Selser, of Jenkintown, Pa. To collect
bee stings by letting an indignant bee
sting your arm seems a painful, if not
heroic, method, but Mr.. Selser declares
that it is not very uncomfortable
N. Y. Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
Our Smallest Coin.

The half-cent piece vas a coin of the
smallest denomination ever made by
this country. 1t enjoys the distinction
also of being the first coin issued and
the first whose denomination was dis
continued.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
scURvY BARK LOUISE.
Pest Which Destroys Orchards and
Methods of Combating
the Evil.

A correspondent at Altoona, Pa.
writes the Country Gentleman: please
tell me if the Enclosed twigs are in
tested with San Jose scale. My entire
orchard looks like that, and last sum-
mer many trees turned yellow and
died"
The twigs are badly infested with the
common pest, scurfy bark louise, Chic
naspis furfurus Fitch, a species which
is sometimes quite abundant upon trees,
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
Electricity Will Purify Air.

When the transformation of cities by
electric power and light is completed,
we may expect the air to be practically
Is pure as that of the country. 1t is
estimated that the carbonic acid ex-
hailed yearly by the people Of a city OF
Q .000, 900 is about 450, 900 tons, but that
this is less than three per cent. of that
from fuel combustion.
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Economical.

Mr.. Brown-Shall we have to buy new
wooden underwear for all of the boys this
year?
Mrs. Brown-No, dear. Yours have
shrunk SO they just fit John; Johns
shrunk to fit Willie and Willie's are just
snug on the baby. You are the only one
that needs new ones!-Detroit Free Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
Assistance Needed.

The realestate man was doing his best
to sell an undesirable lot.
IL guess you're a good deal like the
man who caught the bear said his pros
pective victim, who was pretty foxy.
What do you mean!
"You want some one to help you let
po."-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

That American heiress who refused to
pay $40, 900 for a count may have rea-
soned that this was an overcharge of $685.
500. 70.-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

Whether it is a misfortune to go to the
qualifications of the s~inGer.-Smart Set.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

About the most terrific combination
that has developed up to date is an in
toxicated chauffeur and an automobile
Boston Transcript.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
Rapid Transit.

It takes about three seconds for 4
message to go from one end of the At
lantic to the other.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
HY,oropfoed Cure for pi1ea

a Guaranteed cure TOT P1IeS.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Your druggist will refund money If PAzo
OINTMENT fails to cure in 6 to ID days. SOC.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
Big Investment.

The capital invested in the mineral
water industry in Great Britain is near
ly SIS, 900, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure.
L. w. Groves signature is on each box. Csc.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

A small cottage here on earth is bet.
ter than a castle in the air.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spokeno of
as a cough cure.-J. w. OBrien, 322 Third
Ave-, N. Minneapolis, Mimi, jan. 6, 1900.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

The cynic gets his opinions before the
mirror.-Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

In Manchuria they blow up magazines.
In this happy land of peace and plenty
they simply blow up the writers.-Cln-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-29

Mrs. Nelson A. Miles. wife OF the
distinguished soldier. died ut West
Point recently, where she was on a
visit to her son. Sherman. who Is n
student Mt the military academy. Mrs.
Miles was a daughter OF Judge Charles
Sherman and niece OF the late Sena.
tor sherman. of Ohio. and OF Gen. w.
I. Sherman.
In Washington society Mrs. Miles.
while her health remained uninipaIred.
took leading part. She was most
popular and her parties were select
affairs. She Is survived by Gen. Miles.
her son who Is at West Point, aud one
daughter. Mrs. Reber. wife OF Maj
Reber. who was on Gen. Miles staff
when the latter was commanding gen.
eral OF the army.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-29

Of the bar to the United stairs. Or oa-
&c every fss Of The popuiatioa. Accord
Ing to th- census % 1910 The total
number was fis.Tuo. or one to every
go OF the popalssion. since itso
theirs has be~n a very considerable sd-
dition to the namb~r Of lawyers
Ons Of the riches, bachelors IN Eng.
land. and the richest peer tn tho
house OF peers. the Msrgui. q Rate.
hn. Just celebrated hls twenty third
birthday. and there. not a yoanx
<plnstsr % high degree whose fsnssiv
would no, like 10 have her capture tho
matrimonial pefz~. whosvsr the yutnrs
is abe mus, b. q Catholic.
and this obligation has lnsrrf~r-i sfsh
his ierdship's choke
The officials Of the ws.'~1sn sunisy
s.hool. swiaion. England. lay elalsn
10 hsv--s s<z-a LICK register the old~st
sunday school tssrhrT N yl6S.ss >ir
no, In the raifrd klaxiom. gsarsa
posey. who i now IN bio eighty ~ishth
rear. has been . teacher sfaty-ein-
Tears. aud holds the rsmarkahi- record
hat for half century BE- vas ass~r
't's-n, from school. and duriaz forty
f~ar- he was never oucv isfr Thonsi
tightly years Old. BE- l. abls To
'cad without The aid Of spscsacies
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-29
lYfRljNg{Klglzgg

The Prince Of Monaco Ia hr.l
class lecturer on deepsss life.
Lord Justice Vaughan Williams
owns nourtshing butchers shops
The catalogue OF orchids In the Kew
Gardens Of London describes 23o spec
linens.
Tho North German Lloyd has atty
one steamers on fourteen lines In kss,
Asiatic wgiefs.
Before uuntiey Wright became a
leading comedian he was a hay VII
lain in melodrama.
Contracts have been let BY tho
Grand Trunk Railway foe new
3co-foot ferry to be used at Toledo.
In the Brazilian State Of Rio Gruuds
do Sui about 10000 cattle are annual.
~ slaughtered for lcrked beef alone
Sir Gilbert Parker. the eminent nov
eiIst. has been clergyman. professor
In deaf aud dumb institute. deacon.
editor and playwright.
Italy has 100000 trees bearing
oranges. lemons and pomegranatcs. OF
last years crop sit.32D hundredwcirht
went to Great Britain. T26.327 TO North
America.
King Edward VII. once wrote In n
confession book that the person he fis.
liked most was the man who points
Mt you with his umbrella and shouts
out. There he is"r
II l. estimated TINT about $500 trav-
elers from the United States have Wis
tied Greece during each Of the last
four years. and have annually lett
about 100000 In the kingdom.
A German photographer. Kunwald.
when taking picture OF n woman "
age places sheets OF cclluloid
between the negative and the printing
paper. thus producing very softeninx
Eject. which hides the marks Of age.
The Australian government has or
ganized an expedition under Captain
Barclay to explore the region. com
,rising 10000 square miles. between
Eyre lake and the western boundary
II Queensland. II IL q desert OF the
worst type, which has cost the lives Of |
'everal explorers.
A Russian ophthsImologist afilrms
hat contrary TO generally received |
pinion the electric light Is less preJm-
icial TO the sight than the other varis-
les Of artificial light He bases this
Hirmation on the fact that diseases
nd affections OF the eye are directly
proportional to the frequency OF wink.
ny. Now he has shown that winking
ccurs with candlelight SO times a
minute; with gasllght, 2.s times: witIi
90 times. and only 1.3 times
nth tho electric light.
The largest station for wireless
Biography Is being placed near Pisa.
tally. ON Its completion. by the end
this year. II Is expected to afford
irect communication with all coun.
Hes Of Europe, Ms well as the United
tatcs and Canada. and with all YES.
'ls on the Mediterranean. Indian and
tIantic Oceans.
According to the United States con
- In 1890. there were 5000 members
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-29
LAcE-MAKINo ~ BELGIUM.
Hordes of Women, Children and Grown
Up Boys Found In the Vocation.

hofues VI " omeus (nfldreu and Grown
Up Boys Found In the Vocation
Belgium has indeed become the
great lace-making center of the world.
With its one thousand lace schools and
one hundred and fifty thousand work
ers-chiedy women, though tiny chill.
dren and even grown-up boys are by
no means exempt from this dainty
duty-it Is turning out millions Of dol
lars worth of handmade lace each
year. The women hce-makers are
called dentellieres.
Though the shop In the Belgian city
is the mecca OF the fair purchaser. ii
Is the lite town with its horde of
lace-makers that also interests the
tourist 1t Is common all over Bel
GUM, in fact to see the humble lace
maker working away in front of her
cottage door. Usually there Is a row
OF them-probably a score-who have
gathered from one street before one
particular house, where all day long
the needle plies its busy task Be
tween turns OF the needle or twists of
the bobbin the worker sings a song
commencing Saint Anne, patron saint
of the dentelIieres, which concludes.
after declaring work a burden. with
the wish that every day was the fete
of Saint Anne" 1t Is as natural for
these poorer women in Belgium to
make lace as to eat, and even the ba-
bies are brought up on the bobbin.
as 1t were. The little ones are placed
in low chair at one end OF the row
Of lace-makers, and given a simple |
pattern to do, that perhaps another
franc may be secured for the family /
There they work, day after day. at
exceedingly low pay. From seven in
the morning until seven at night the
ioiler bends over the pattern, usually
receiving daily one franc and twenty
I've centimes-the whole amount equal
o about twenty-five cents In Ameri-
an money-or even less, only nifty
,ent1mes a day, or ten cents, being
lot uncommon Wom-
ms Home Companion.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-29

some OF our public men were unanl-
nous In declaring that retributiye
fate had oyertaken tyrant The act
was not applauded. bur seemed TO be
regarded as melting out OF justice
which even the victim himself had
looked for. Won Plehve was man
OF ability and strength OF character.
whose efforts should have been direct
ed In humane channels He bore the
reputation OF being the oppressor OF
Finland and the Jews. and a traitor to
his own people.
His murder was crime. violation
OF divine and human law. Yet II Is
significant. and does his memory no
honor. that IL evoked little sympathy
for him or condemnation for his slay.
er.-Utica Globe.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-29

I sSalt maekerel run from 20 TO 20
cents. according TO size" said the gro
reryman. "The big fat ones cost more
than the little thin ones. They're as
easy TO catch, but they cost more just
the same. No, 25 cents amt a big
price when you come 10 think how few
there are OF 'em. A pair o. maekerel
don't raise more'n 100000 young
ones In the course OF d year. and that
naturally makes 'em scarce. As for
the market reports. you don't want TO
believe everything you see In the pa
pers."
'You needn't trouble about the
maekerel." said the pretty cook. III
have TO pay that price for 'em. l
don't want EN-"
Take some anchoyles, then" sug-
gested the groceryman They're Just
as hshy. and they taste as salty. and
you get more OF 'em. No? Well. just
as you say. | wouldn't wsns to force
you TO take 'em II you don't want 'efn.
The only kind o. nsh I've got any use
for Is AN oyster cracker. II you eat
an oyster cracker with cheese you
don't hardly notice the taste. Want
any berriesf'
''What have you gotf'
'.Straw. rasp. black. blue. ersn or
mul. All fresh except what's canned.
I've got some nice raspberries at IS
cents"
"a boxf"
'No. can They come at 10 by
the box-iO cents apiece. Peaehesf
Plumsf
Il wish you'd stop talking min
ute and let me think what want"
said the pretty cook. GROSSLY.
Il was tryin' to help you" said tho
groceryman. I'VE don't any OF US
know what We want until We see Il
or somebody tells Us about II. Until
saw you | hadn't got the least
ides>-"
''Oh. hushF' said the cook. knitting
her brows. What are peaehesf"
They're suthin' about the size OF
a apple" explained the groceryman.
They grow ON trees. ike apples. only
they've got harder corr. Every 4
spring the crop grts killed OF by frost |
regular. and along about now you enn
buy all you want OF EN- Tor cent.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-29
III d&1pnpsx

because they amt good an ripe. aud
YOU don't want many. They've got
nice compilations, and the men nj the
fruit stands make 'em wear pink wells
] 10 keep 'em from gettin' freekies.
That's one kind o. peach. There's an
other kind wears blue stripe eslieker
dress with the sleeves rolled up an
has got -four ON her elbows and little
SCOT on the side Of her nose"
The pretty cook applied the corner
OF her apron 10 the feature referred
TO and the groceyman laughed.
Its on now" he said. You've
moved II over 10 your cheek. Here.
let me show you where IL Is.
you keep away from me" said tho
the pretty cook. threatening the young
man with her rolling pin. You can
send me half a peek OF peaches. aud
want a bunch OF parsley. two pounds
OF creamery butter ses: ssereund
can OF lard. want some potatoes.
too Have you any good onesf''
Sure answered the srOeeryman.
Put up Ia fancy baskets. tied with
brown silk ribbon. and every potato
Wrapped In paralfin paper and tia
foil Say. l can remember the time
when potatoes MAS a. eofnfn0n as
oranges. Almost any family fell az II
they could afford 10 eat potatoes
Down ON South Water street you'd
zee 'em piled up In saeks aud bushei
baskets without any protection 81 all.
and nobody would think Of wanting 10
steal en-. Why. you could get whole
bushel Of 'em for from y, 10 ~ cents.
and they served 'em in tho restau-
rants with a meat order without any
extra charge"
How much are they this nsorninkfr
~forty a peek. A p~rka All right.
be careful how you peel eta say.
Evelins. to-m0rrows Thursday
what about itf~ asked tho PRETTY
cook.
We'll. it, our afternoon 90. fhsrs
all. and I've got the pAss~boards for
a picnic at Downrr's Grove Want 10
goY'
-Se. thank YOU said The cook.
-rye got an engsg~m~nf~
Too bad" commented the sroe~ry-
man. 4 Was hoping ! corid sell you
my tickets. "-chieaso Daily NsTs
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-29

At IL he was thrown upon his own
resources and going to London, with
barely penny in his pocket, deter
mined to become an actor. Utilizing
his spare moments and what little
money he had he began to prepare
himself for a dramatic career. He
was playing small parts in a theater
when Is and three years later he stud
fed and played twelve characters a
week. His first attempt at managing
a theater was a failure, but later he
met with success as the lessee of diff
ferent London playhouses. The great
epoch Of bis life opened when he be-
came manager of the Princess Thea
ter and here founded the great school
of modern melodrama.
In 1884 he gave London his new
Hamlet Startlingly original in his
conception, Barretts performance of
Hamlet became topic of discussion in
two hemispheres- As joint author of
several Of his melodramas he gave ev-
idence Of considerable genius as a dra-
matist Mr.. Barrett gave up the lease
Of the Princess Theater In 1886, but
remained the lessee Of theaters at
Leeds and Hull, and began the con-
struction Of theater Of his own in
London which became the finest In the
great metropolis.
Mr.. Barrett's advent in New York In
1885 was something like an invasion.
Three ships brought the scenery. A
big Atlantic liner transported the COM
pany with its ninety monumental bas-
kets Of wardrobes, and more than fifty
people comprised the dramatic army.
1t was failure, however, and resulted
in losing him his London theater and, |
indirectly, his foothold in the great |
city.
His financial failure was followed |
by his scoring big success In the re-
Iigious play. THE Sign Of the Cross"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-29
spEnceRs Love srcsY.
The Great Philosopher Had @ ys.y
Human side.

Herbert Spencer never msrr.cf
When he was twenty years old he had
something like tender anaIr and he
tells about u In bis autobiography.
The young lady's affection. had al.
ready been placed elsewhere aud .he
was only playing with the budding
philosopher. One dsy her Young
man" called and they all went out for
walk. Spencer says. "she. taking
his arm. looked over her shoulder
smiIlngiy and rather mlschIevoustr TO
sec what effect was produced on nc.
there being nm evident suspicion that
should not be pleased. Tho revpia.
ton was not agreeable to me. but still
u did not give me a shock OF a .e-
rious kind"
spenccr's only other affair coscerus
George Eliot His account Of II dn.>
not reflect credit on his Tsllsntry. lie
snys: "Of course. n. We were fro
quently seen together. people drew
their differences. Very slight evidence
usually suffices the world for positive
conclusions and here the evidence
seemed strong. Naturally. therefore.
quite definite statements became cur.
rent There were reports that was
In love with her and that we were
about to be married. But neither OF
these reports was true
Farther on Spencer says; Physical
beauty Is q sine qua non with me. a.
was once unhsppIIy proved. where the
traits and the emotional
traits were OF the highest" AnsIyz.d.
these passages can only mean that ths
reason the friendship between them
did not ripen into love and marriage
was that the author OF Adam Hedcv
was not beautiful enough TO suit The
ruthor Of First Principles" The m
ference Is that she would hive had
him" II he bad asked her.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-09-29
Married or Unmarried.

At the restaurant: The curious on'
Il suppose you have lots Of married
couples come In here and couples that
are not married.
Waiter-Oh. yes.
"And how do you tell one class from
the otherT'
THE man who brings In his wife
says: I'm going to have steak, Mary;
what do you wantr When the woma n
is not his wife the man asks: What
are you going to haver "-Bosto1
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