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The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
ANOTHER AMUSING PUZZLE
How to Make a Fragile Pendulum
Which Will Prove a Surprise
to All Who See Tt.

You know, OF. course, that ii you fill a
tumbler or goblet to the brim. or a little
above the brim-for you can pile up
the water a little bit by pouring very
carefully-aud then press a large card
Gown tightly on the top of the filled glass
with ore hand. grasp the glass with the
other, and turn it upside down, you can
tai;e away the hard that holds the card
without spiliing a drop of water. The
card will stick to the edge Of the glass
a. if i it were glued there. and it will hold
UP the glassful of water.
You know. too, that.it is the pressure
of the air that supports the card and the
water. The air presses upward on the
lower face of the card with a force of Is
pounds for every square inch of surface,
and rs the top of the glass measures hVe
or six square inches, there will be a pres
sure of rs or 90 pounds TO hold up the
card and water, which weigh only about
half a pound.
1t is only the size OF the mouth of the
glass, rot the size of the whole card,
that counts, because on the outside part
of the card the air presses up and down
with equal force. and 5 % has no effect.
Now. as the force of the air is many
times STRONGER than is needed to lift the
water, suppose We make it lift some
thing else in addition. say the heavy
glass.
TO do this, press the card on the full
glass IS before, but instead of inyertlng
the glass life up the card by two opposite
corners If you are very careful and the
card is very stiff you may succeed in lift
ing glass. water. and all in this way, but
the card is apt to bend and let in a little
air somewhere, which. of course. spoils
the trick. Here is q better plan,
Make a little hole in the middle of
Che card, pass a cord through the hole,
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
An Owls Love for Music.

I'm my sons junior year at Har-
vard,' a V John Burroughs, the natn-
ralist. "it became the custom in May
and June to give frequent band con-
certs in the evening on the steps OF
University hall. Exactly over the band
was a fagpole. fastened at an angle to
the building. On the gilded ball of the
f1agpole there would come and perch,
soon after the concert began, a little
screech owl. After the music ceased
and the crowd dispersed the little owl
would fly away again. So regularly did
the owl come with his ~noiseless, mufiied
flight that M son come to look for him
and to speculate how long the band
would have to play before he would be
attracted by the music. Many persons
saw him. yet he appeared to take no
notice of the yard full of people. but
seemed to enjoy the music, as far as
his actions and attitude betrayed his
feelings, as much as did any one. Ger
tainly the love for music, so strong in
man, must find its beginning in lower
forms of life"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
ARMIES ARE NECESSARY.
a Higher Ideal Than Saw
ages Manifest.

| prefer teaching our children that
var is one Of the direst curses that
afflict this earth, and that, while all
should be prepared, if needs be, to de-
fend our independence, our persistent
aim should be to avoid all wars, says
Henry Labouchere, in London Truth.
and as was well said by Lord Percy
nations should consider, not how lit
tie they can concede to N another,
but how far they can meet each 9TH
er's views"
This is the spirit that now animates
the workingmen of France, of Ger
many and of Italy. Their leaders are
ever d~eprecating any recrudescence of
the military spirit that has conduced
so often to war in the past. 1t is the
spirit that animates our w working
men. If we were attacked they would
need no military ~tomfooleries in ma
tional schools to induce them to fight
for their country. But they know that
peace is the best of policies for them,
as never has there been a war which
has not been harmful to those engaged
in industry. Napoleon infused a mill
tary spirit into Frenchmen. What did
the workingmen of France gain by his
conquests? What do our workers gain
by our annexations of Uganda, OF the
Soudan and of the empire of Sokoto?
What have they gained by our war in
South Africa, except having to pay
more for some of their necessaries
and the knowledge that it has paved
the way for the introduction of Chi
| nese chattels to work in the T~ransvaal
mines for the benefit Of cosmopolitan
millionaires?
A tribe of savages is always culti-
waiting a military spirit. It's sole oc-
| cupation is war, and the arts of peace
| are despised as contemplate to men OF
| spirit. Among civilized men there
ought to be q higher ideal, and there
would be were it not that there are
| usually too many missionaries OF strife
among them ever appealing to the
baser passions and trying to persuade
their fellow-countrymen that there Is
| something noble and elevating in war
/ and that a soldier is the noblest OF hui
man beings. Armies are necessary
evils, but for my part I prefer a pro-
| cession of trade unionists to the
marching by of armed regiments, and
the simple and homely garb of q work.
| er to the tawdry trappings OF men OF
war. I respect a man who honorably
| fulils his calling as a soldier, but he Is
no better in my eyes than the mar
who honestly labors In other n
more peaceful avocations.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
TERRAPIN SLOW TRAVELLER
Took This One Twenty Years to
Cover a Distance of Two
Miles and a Half.

Thomas S. Stadden, a prominent resi-
dent of Vaudeville, Clarke county, and a
former resident Of Winchester, was in
this city recently and brought with
him a terrapin which has rather a re-
markable and certainly a most unusual
history, says the Winchester (Va.)
News.
Just 80 years ago, in 1874, Mr.. Stac-
den came across the terrapin on his
farm, and on the bottom of its she'll he
Inscribed the date. Every time since
then that he has seen the terrapin he
has cut the date on the shell. and the
entries are as follows: 1874, 1875, 1879,
1880, 1881, 1882 and 1884.
On the latter date Mr.. Stadden car
ried the terrapin to a spot near Stephen
sons, fully two and one-half miles from
home, and then turned it loose. Mr..
Stadden has always held to the theory
that terrapin and turtles will endeavor
to wander back to the spot of their
birth, and to test the theory the terrapin
was taken to Stephensons.
That was 20 years ago, and during
all the intervening two decades Mr..
Stadden never saw his pet. In fact. he
had forgotten all about it until one day
recently he came across a %terrapin 80
years old. Turning the terrapin over,
he was amazed to find that it was his
long lost pet. There were all the dates,
the initials that had been placed there
from time to time. grown larger, of
course, with the terrapin, but just as dis
tinct almost as the day they were cut
there.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
SONG OF SOCKS AND SHOES.

The little pink pigs have been roofing
around,
Roofing around all night,
Though warned them they must SUM
Der sound
Till the blink of thomorning light;
warned them well. as the owner | gowned
And snugglcd them warm and tight.
But though / told them they mustn't peep
out,
The little pink pigs rave been roofing
about;
I warned them one. and l warned them ten.
So row they must go in the sock-and-shoe
pen,
The pen of the sock and shoe.
FIRST the sock and then the shoe: it's nearly
eight o'clock.
Lock the little pigs in the sock,
shoe the little pigs in the shoe.
Den the little pigs in the pen,
TIE pen of the shoe ard sock.
Ire little pink pigs. with a wiggle and
dive,
An under The gown they run.
willie the owner watches me coax anG
drive,
N.d Eisg;es a gale at the fun,
HrG squeals as 1 swoop on a drove OF five
Asa capture TIE five in one.
on. he Httie pink pigs have been roofing
about,
TAcugh ! varied Them well the5 mustn't
peep out.
50 capture i've, ard I capture ten
Ard drive them into the s~ock-and-sEoe
pen.
~ pen Of the sock ard shoe.
First the sock and thea the shoe. and then
the shoe and seek;
Lock the iittIe pigs in the sock.
%ban the LITTLE pigs in the shoe,
ncn the little pigs il the pen,
IT'S almost eight o'clock!
Edmund Vance Cooke. in Youths Com
ramon.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16

MISS CARROLL AND HER PETS.
her. and rented a cottage, where she
lives alone with her cats and kittens.
The seed of the trouble was sown two
years ago, when Miss Carroll, who then
lived with her aunt, was presented by q
friend with a pretty Maltese cat with
green eyes.
The green eyes were the particularly
| fetching feature of the cat, and they
appealed at once TO Miss Carroll.
Miss Carroll was more inclined to-
ward kittens than she was toward
grown cats, but she cid not confide this
to the donor of the cat until she learned
the next day that the green-eyed tabby
was the mother of kittens.
Miss Carroll chung to her preference
for kittens.
The result was that she took one OF
the infants, leaving the mother to care
for the others until they, too, became
ratters and could care for themselves.
SNOWFALL might have lived out her
traditional existence of nine lives in the
Taylor domicile had she continued as
| she started out. but one morning she
made her debut as the proud mother Of
| several kittens.
She had cause to be proud, too, be-
cause it was as finely assorted a family
as any mother could wish.
Among the number were a tortoise
hsell. a Maltese, a tiger. and several
that were mixtures of all kinds.
The kittens and the trouble came at
the same time.
Mamie" said Mrs. Taylor to her
niece, a few days after the kittens had
arrived. and after she had had a score
of narrow escapes from stepping on the
small specimens that were wandering
around the house, edo you not think the
condition of affairs has reached one of
too much cat
Miss Carroll was not slow to resent
this reflection on her pets.
mo. indeed" she answered. "The
Egyptians were a highly cultured race,
far advanced in learning and civiliza-
ton. and they held cats high above all
other animals in esteem, almost wor-
Shipping them"
THAT may be" replied Mrs. Taylor.
"but l never was in Egypt in my life,
and l do not intend to have my house
filled with these nasty. crying, fighting,
fiea-covered cats a day longer.
"You may get rid of the cats, or you
may 60, taking them with you"
"If You love me. you should love my
CATS rejoined Miss Carroll.
Mrs. Taylor assured her niece that
while her affection for her never had
faltered. she firmly refused to so far ex-
tend her love as to include a family of
kittens.
Then" s~teadfastly announced Miss
Carroll. Il shall take my cats and go"
The Cincinnati Commercial says that
Miss Carroll Immediately rented a
small cottage on the Groesbeck road,
| College Hill, and with her pets moved
into it.
She lives there alone with her cats and
kittens.
The family nov consists of 10 cats Of
all ages and kinds, the only likeness
among them being the fact that each
and every one is a common, ordinary
cat.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
ADVENTURE OF LADY GRAY
Pet Cat, Intent on Securing a Taste
of Rabbit, Falls Into a Pail
of Water.

This story would have never been
written il Tom Jones had not gons
hunting the week before Thanksgiving
and shot two rabbits. They were sleek
and fat and so large that Tommy was
very proud of them. After they had been
admired to his hearts content he hung
them up in the shed until he could tino
time to dress them.
While they dangled from the rafters
along came Lady Gray. Lady Gray was
not. as you might think, a grown-ur
lady, nor was she a dear little girl, but
she was a diginfied old Maltese pussy
who belonged to Myrtle. Long age
when Lady Gray was just a kitten, bub-
bling over with fun and mischief, the
family called her Kitty Katt.
A~fterward, when the blue eyes turned
to topaz and she left eff playing with
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
AN ESKIMO SALMON-TRAP.
Simple Continuance by Which Many
Large Fish Are Easily
Taken.

The Eskimos along the Yukon river
have an odd method of catching salm-
on, which is described by Mr.. jeremiah
Lynch in Three Years in the Klon-
dixie"
THE E.skimos take boards a foot
wide and an inch thick, and nail them
together le~ngthwise in a triangular
spout. a little wider than a good sized
salmon. This is submerged in five
feet of water a foot from the surface
and 90 yards from the shore.
"The salmon. swimming along the
side of the shore against the strong
current, go straight into this simple
trap and cannot get back. and those in
the rear press on those in front.
1--WE saw IS large salmon taken from
one of these spouts in a few minutes,
and the Indians said they caught
scores every day while the run on
tinued.
"At an old Russian settlement we
observed how the natives live and pre-
pare for the winter. The fish were
running plentifully, and every Indian,
even TO the little children, was busy
bringing them UP from the bank, open
ing them and hanging them on the
trees. or temporary scaffOlds, or tops
Of huts and cabins, in every conceiv-
able place where a salmon could be put
to dry out of reach of the dogs.
The run lasts about six weeks, and
in that interval the natives must pro
vide food for their families and their
dogs until next season. Very few
wild animals exist on this lower fu-
kon. and with the addition of geese
and ducks, salmon is the only food
that the country provides for its in
habitants. No grain is cultivated
The Indians buy flour and light sup
plies from the traders, paying in dogs
ard furs, for they trap all through the
long winter"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16

strings and settled down to mouse
catching, they one and all decided that
it would never do to call such a staid old
cat such a kittenish name. So Myrtle
named her Lady Gray.
AS she grew in size and strength ii
seemed to fit her perfectly. She had
beautiful fur of soft silver maltese with
a tiny bow of white under her chin and
a touch of it on one slender paw. She
was very proud of these marks and took
great care to keep them spotlessly
white.
Lady Gray considered the shed her
special property. There was a hole cut
through the wall so that she might come
and go when she pleased and her basket
and saucer were always kept in this
room. When she strolled in after
Tommy went out, she spied the rabbits
the very first thing.
"Ho. no." she thought. so Tommy has
been hunting. has he? wondered
where he was going when saw him go
through the corn field. He frightened
away the gopher | was watching and
never so much as said he was sorry.
How would he like to have somebody
scare away his game when he had it al
most caught?"
Lady Gray was an honest cat. She
was proud of the fact and so were all
the family. They often left her alone
in the kitchen within easy reach Of the
most delicious smelling dishes and she
never once had touched them. But nov
she was hungry and disappointed over
the loss of her gopher. She looked wist-
fully at the rabbits.
They are very fat she thought.
81 wonder if Myrtle will save some for
me. Rabbit stews are very good, so are
rabbits raw"
She moved a step nearer and licked her
chops. 1T is a long jump. | never
could make it. There is nothing to cling
to but the rabbits themselves. If | fell
| should hurt my head"
Sniff. sniff. she anne a little nearer
and a little nearer, until she stood be-
Meath them. Then she gathered herlithe
body together. just as If she were going
to ounce on a mouse and jumped. She
caught the bodies of the rabbits with her
sharp claws and there she hung, swing
ing back and forth, for all the world
like a canary in a cage. Before she had
time to take so much as a bite, the doo-
opened. and there stood Myrtle.
why. LADY Gray!" she said, 81
thought you were ar honest pussy!"
Poor Lady Gray was SO ashamed she
did not know what to do. She wished she
could crawl away under the barn and
hide. Without ever locking TO see
where she was going to land, she jumped
and went head first into a pail of water.
She was a sorry sight when she
scrambled out. Tiny rivulets Of water
dripped from her pretty fur coal and
she shivered with the cold. How she did
wish she had left those rabbits alone,
When Myrtle saw how cold she was.
she stopped laughing and took her into
the kitchen. Then she rubbed her until
her fur was quite dry. But not until
many weeks afterward could she be in
duced to go into the shed and she never
has touched a rabbit since. If Tommy
hangs them within reach she p%retenGs
not to see them.-Pearl Howard Camp
hell in Chicago RecOrd-Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
RELIABLE FASHION NOTES..
| Nine. Baker Chats About Toilet Kinks
and Describes Two New
Shirtwaist Suits.

Nine. Baker, the famous fashion ex-
pert, chats interestingly about The lit
tie things that stamp the costume as
good or bad, in the American Dress
maker. Among other things h says
that the short skirt should set out a
little in the back as our old godet
backs used to; this effect is only given
by the narrow crinoline facing across
the back. The skirt must always tilt
up a little; if cut the same length all
around it will have this look.
1t has been thought that the long
coats or redingotes could only be used
with the sweeping skirt, but if they set
out well in the back they can be and
are worn with style. These long coats
seem to call for lace cravats, and the
latter are very p~rettily made OF wide
net lace insertions, either tied in loops
or knots drawn through finger rings.
Belts are of every shape-wide or
narrow, as best suits the figure.
Winter gowns will have the same I'M
lined collars, cuffs and small yokes that
have beer used this summer, and sep
arate yokes and collars Or chemisettes
and undersleeyes have come to stay.
Isn't it a comfort to have something
for the neck that is easily removed and
cleaned?
No more pendants are used, even on
elaborate evening coats, but stiff, fiat,
old-fashioned velvet bows are on
everything.
Many skirts are following the lines
of the apron overskirt. and ruffies are
put on as in former years; low in front,
running high on the sides and then
down in the back again.
Pinked ruffies and plaitings should
stand up now instead of lying down;
this necessitates lacking edges to hold
in place.
Do not attempt to make a plated
skirt from a circular pattern. A gore
for every plat is the safest and best
rule, and when a 21-gored skirt is men
toned, it is not a skirt in narrow
strips, but laid in plaits.
A pretty trimming is made of satin
ribbons plated all n way on one
edge and reversed on the opposite side.
This is used to separate bands, to head
lace and as scrolls.
Do not put lace on long or short
coats, unless very elaborate ones for
evening wear; and, finally, let me adj
wise you to train your eye to detect
every slight change in fashion. In
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
To Remove Dust from Eyes.

Any foreign substance In the eye is
very painful, but to remove it is, after
all, an easy matter. If the dust lodges
on the lower lid press the finger gently
but firmly against the lid. pulling it
down and telling the victim to look
up. This exposes the inner lid and
the dust can be removed upon a tooth
pick or a hairpin. about the end Of
which a bit of cotton has been wound
to avoid a scratch or bruise. II the
upper lid is affected take the eyelashes
firmly between the f~oref1nger and the
thumb. ask the patient to look down,
and with a quick movement turn the
eyelid up over the point of a stencil,
or, better still, the edge of a card,
which should be pressed against the
eyelid, just above the stin part. This
causes no pain and the dust can be
wiped OF as from the lower lid, says
an exchange.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16

this way you will always see which
way the wind blows and be able to
keep abreast of affairs, instead of be-
hind.
The descriptions of the two suits
here illustrated are also furnished by
Nine. Baker. Fig. l is a shirtwaist
suit of fancy checked wool in black,
red and white. 1t has black pipings
and belt, Irish lace yoke and red vel
vet embroidered outlines yoke and
forms cuffs. The second is a shirt
waist suit of reseda cashmere; silk
of same shade tucked and arranged in
squares for vest, collar and cuffs; vel
vet of darker shade for collar, lacing
buttons and belt.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
LEAVES LUXURY FOR CATS.
Cincinnati Girl Forsakes Residence
of Aunt and Rents Cottage
for Feline Pets.

Because Miss Mamie Foster Carroll
preferred the possession and company
of her 10 cats to the home that had
been hers with her aunt, Mrs. Frances
A. Taylor. in Highland avenue, in the
pretty and aristocratic suburb of Col
iege Hill, Cincinnati, she has left that
home for one on the Groesbeck road.
The love of cats and kittens of Miss
Carroll was not shared by her aunt.
and the result was the declaration by the
latter that her niece must either dis
pense with the cats OF take them with her
elsewhere.
Unable to part with her pets, Miss
Carroll accepted the alternative offered
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
Plea for the Old Sheep.

Small Harry was saying his prayers
at his mothers knee, and she was
helping him out with a few sugges-
lions. 'Bless and take care of the III
tie lambs of the flock" she said. Now
Harry knew that he was included
among the lambs. and he reasoned
that his parents should not be forgot
ten. "Bless and take care of the lit
tie lambs OF the flock" he repeated,
then added: And, Lord, l guess you
had better keep an eye on the old
sheen. too"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16

In order to get back to his usual feed
ing place under the mulberry tree from
Stepheusons the terrapin had to cross
several streams, traverse wooded bluffs.
treacherous ravines and cross fields.
Twenty years had been required TO
make the journey of two and one-half
miles. but. guided by an unerring in
stinct, the little terrapin had at last
reached home-a living object lesson
of what perseverance can accomplish.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
Russian Cows Wear Glasses.

Over 10000 cattle in Russia wear
s%pectacles. They are of smoke-colored
glass, and are used to prevent snow
blindness. Through the snow of the
plains tufts of grass force their way,
and on these the cattle feed. The
glare of the on the snow causes
blindness, and to protect the animals
the spectacles have been fitted over
their eyes.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
Helning Him Out.

SIN going to ask you for your daugh-
ter's hand before long, Mr.. Rocks; is
there any chance for me-"
"Humph. Why not ask now?'
Il don't think a man ought to marry
until he has saved $4,000, and I've onl,
saved three so far"
That's all right, my boy; I'll give
you the other two. Take her and MAJ
the Lord-er-that is to say, take hel
and be happy."-Houston Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
Kettles Made of Thin Paper.

Kettles made Of thin paper are used
by Japanese soldiers. When needed
for boiling. 1t is filled with water, and
then water is poured over it. 1t is hung
over the fire, and in ten minutes the
water is boiling. The kettle can 3e
used eight or ten times, and the cost
of it is about two cents.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
French Society Fad.

Trained cats are the latest fad Of
French society women. Fashion de-
crees that the animal must be "edu-
Gated entirely by Its owner, and sew
.ral Of the best-known women IN
Partisan society are giving an hour
! day to training their pets.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
Neddy's Evening Tribulatioh.

On summer evenings on the lawn
It's always lots of fun;
We sit and talk Of many things
And watch the setting sun.
But when l want to listen most
To everything that's said,
Some one Is sure to say to me:
Come, dear. it's time for bed"
ST Nicholas.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
ssToo Skeerv.v

faint good to be too skeery," said
the old mar. 81 once knowed a gem
man dat got his mind SO tore up bout
germs an bacilluses dat he didn't look
whah he were goin'. an got u ober
by . t~ruck."-Washington Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
Accustomed to Carriages.

Old Lady-Why do you call your car
rage when you are going such a short
distance?
Miss Upperten-Iti is unnecessary, per-
haps, but | think of walking. We
have always had a carriage, you know.
Old Lady-Yes, l remember. Your
grandfather Kept his carriage. too. He
peddled milk from tn. Y. Weekly.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-16
Expert.

sMy wife is the most economical
woman | ever saw"
"Really?"
ayes. she makes money fly SO fast.
IT can't help going a long way before
it Detroit Free Press.