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The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
TIME TO HAVE A LOVER.
The Happiest Affai1e Are Those That
Come After a Girl Has
Passed 90.

It is rather a difficult matter to say
exactly at what age a girl should have a
lover. Circumstances alter cases, and
an age which might be applicable to
one girl would be unadvisable in the
case of another, says American Queen.
One is fairly safe in saying, however,
that in the great majority of love af-
fairs, the happiest are those which are
never thought about until a girl has
passed her twentieth birthday. By that
time a girl may be said to have reached
the age of discretion. She has probably
had opportunities of meeting various
types of men, gained a clear insight into
their characteristics, and acquired that
knowledge of men and their ways which
prevents her fixing her thoughts and af-
fections on the first man who ATTRACTS
her particular attention.
She has got past the schoolgirl age,
when a maiden is apt to vote every men,
Der of the opposite sex charming and
lovable, if able to talk and flirt in a fas-
cinating manner. The sensible girl who
is well past her teens, however, probes
deeper beneath the surface, so to speak,
and does not judge a man when he is
at his best behavior at a ball or a party.
1t is quite possible. of course, for her to
make a mistake, and bestow her affec-
tons on one who is unworthy of them.
But the girl of 20 or 81 makes fewer mis-
takes in estimating a mans character
than sweet 16 or II, and consequently
saves herself much unhappiness by
choosing at the right time no lover but
'Mr. Right"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
REPORT OF ADMIRAL HOSOYA.

Partial Details of the Landing On
the Lilac Tang Peninsula.
Toxic, May T.-Noon-The report OF
Admiral Hosoya, just received gives
details of the landing of japanese
troops on the Liao-Tung peninsula,
suppressing the location of the land
ing place. The admiral says:
"Our seventh division with torpedo
boats and the Hong Kong-Maru and
the Nippon-Maru, arrived from the ad-
vance base off the Liao-Tung peninsu-
la at $50 May 5. Discovering a num-
Der of the enemy-patrols we lombard
ed them for a short time and then a
landing party of sailors, Capt. Mono
to leading, was ordered ashore. 1t be-
ing low tide it was impossible to use
the boats and the sailors plunged into
water, waded breast deep for about 4
thousand yards and reached the beach
at 1920 D. m. Immediately advancing
they took possession of \ range OF
hills without firing a shot and planted
cur flag on the hills.
"The gunboats Amagai, Oshima and
Chieokai were employed to distract the
enemy's attention. They discovered g.
hundred of the enemy and shelled
them, killing several.
'The first fleet Of TRANSPORTS, on e
ing our flag displayed on an enhance
began landing troops at 8 p. m. The
troops, who were forced to wade ashore,
u,o,o ~ biob cpirits
"In order to facilitate the further
landing of troops, piers are being erect
ed. Our division is assisting in the
work"
The report of Admiral Katacha, COM
mander of the third squadron, gives
additional details Of the landing. The
admiral reports that his squadron con-
voyed the first BATCH Of the second
army to the Liao-Tung base, and adds
that the Kara Maru grounded near the
base at three o'clock Thursday after
noon. She was assisted by the pro-
tected cruiser Akitsushima, which sue
ceeded in floating the transport, which
reached her destination safely at five
O'Clock the same evening.
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RoMPED WITH HIS SHADOW.
Jack Had a Lot Of Fun with a Strange
Puppy That Came Whenever
the Sun Shone.

Jack was a little white puppy; he had
been carried away from his mother to
serve as a playmate for a little boy.
The little boy was al the seashore, SO
Jack was very lonesome. Il wish 1
had some one to play with. Oh, l do
wish somebody would come and play
with me-" he said. as the maid put him
out in the back yard for a run. It was
a clear, sunny day, and Jack soon no.
ticed a little black puppy capering
along beside him. 1t was really his
shadow, but Jack thought 1t was an
other puppy. Lets run q race" he
barked, and the shadow bobbed and
nodded. OFF they went; round the gar
den and round the garden. but Jack
could never get n step ahead of the
little black shadow puppy. They tried
digging in the flower bed to see If any
body had buried bones there. The little
black puppy stood right beside Jack
and seemed to dig just as he did.
They didn't find any bones. but they
had a great deal of fun. and nee when
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
What Makes Papa CROSSE

A minister had been suffering from a
severe attack of sciatica, which had
worked upon his nerves making him
somewhat impatient and fretful. What
makes papa so CROSSE" wonderingly in
uuired his little daughter. Her mother
explained the cause of the trouble, add
ing: "We must be very patient and
kind with poor papa. He is suffering
very much with that sciatic nerve
The little one was thoughtful for a
moment, then she solemnly remarked:
Mamma, when | grow up | will never
marry a man with a sciatic nerve
Our Young People.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
HAD SEEN ~ REVOLUTIONS
AGED Patriarch of San Domingo, Wit
ness of Many Revolts, Is Held
in High Esteem.

Thirty years ago, visiting San Domin-
go in an official capacity, he was taken
in hand by a newly appointed minister,
who undertook to show him round,
writes Henry Lucy, in the Cornhill.
Coming to the courtway OF a prominent
building, the guide pointed to a door
way and remarked, as %complacently as
if he were indicating the name of a
street: That is where our last en-
peror was shot"
In the course of his sOjourn he came
upon an aged man, held in high esteem
by the community, because he had been
witness of a quite exceptional number
of revolutions and lived to tell the tale.
How many have you SEEM" the Wis
itor asked.
"Forty-two," the patriarch modestly
replied.
1t appears that, when a boy, the old
man had seen Louis XVI. and Marie
Antoinette carried to the guillotine.
Emigrating to San Domingo, the tale
of revolutions rapidly ran up till it ex-
ceeded 40.
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they found a scrap of meat that cook
had thrown out of the window the
black puppy's nose went down to it
just the same as Snowfall, but Snow
ball was sure he never took a bite, for
it was all there for the little white dog
to eat.
When the play time was over John.
who took care of the horses, came to
the door and whistled. The black
puppy ran right beside Jack, as if he
had been called, too. Sure, your little
master has come" John said. picking
up the puppy and carrying him into
the house.
Jack was glad to see the little boy to
whom he was to belong, and you may
be sure the little boy was glad to See
him, but the puppy felt grieved when
he found that the little black dog had
not come in the house.
He did not come in that day, and he
never came. Jack found that II he
wanted to have a romp with his
shadow he must go out into the sun
light. And so you will find it, too
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
k Apple Sauce.

Baked apple sauce is a very differ
ent dish from the ordinary stewed
fruit. The Boston Cooking School
Magazine gives a good recipe for the
former. Pare and core the apples, cut
in quarters, and put them in a deep
crock with a cupful of sugar and half
a cupful of water to two quarts of
fruit. This is less sugar than stewed
apple sauce requires, but the long cook
ing develops the natural sweetness OF
the fruit. Cover the crock closely and
cook for an hour and a half, or until
the apples are a deep red color. II
they cook too fast, they will be mushy,
but cooked slowly each piece will be
left while in a delicious cidery syrup.
Let the apples cool in the crock. Serve
them with cream and hot biscuit or
cake for desert. For the filing of pies
this sauce Is considered very fine.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
SILENT BRIDES OF KOREA,
Newly-Made Husband May Not Hear
His Wife's Voice for Months
After His Marriage.

Here is a picture brought from the
far east only a short time ago which
shows exactly how the silent brides"
as those of Korea are called with so
much reason. look on the wedding day.
1t may be said that although the robes
depicted therein remind mi somewhat
of Japanese garments, the broad girdle,
with it's enormous knot at the back,
which is found on the island girls
kimona. is not a part of the Korean
bellies decoration. while the sleeves
edged with deep white bands are much
larger than those worn across the
straits.
The headdress, a most important
part of the quaint outfit, is peculiar to
Korean brides. Made of heavy cloth,
carefully quilted and stiffened with a
sort of canvas lining, it covers all ex-
cept a very little of the hair and rises
about a foot above the head. The large
wooden pins at the back hold the head
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13

wo, northeast of Port Arthur, is offic-
tally confirmed. 1t is expected that he
railroad connecting Port Arthur with
Mukden and Hardin will soon be cut.
The departure Of Viceroy Alexief
and Grand Duke Boris from Port Ar
thur was hurried owing to the posi-
bility of the interruption of railroad
communication.
The Japanese landed in sufficient
force to discourage the few hundred
Russians watching at Pitsewo from
offering any resistance.
While the landing was proceeding on
Thursday, Japanese battleships Mikasa.
Hatsuse, Shikisshima, Yashima and
Full, and the cruisers Iwate, Idsumo.
Adsuma and Asama, made a demon
stration off Port Arthur to prevent the
possible egress of Russian torpedo
boats. A number of Japanese torpedo
boats were also observed off Pigeon
bay.
1t was because he was convinced that
Port Arthur was about to be cut on
that Viceroy Alexieff, accompanied by
his staff and Grand Duke Boris, left
hastily. On Thursday several train
loads of sick and wounded and other
ineffectives were dispatched north
ward.
Entrance Completely Sealed.
1t is reported that the Japanese
ships bombarded Port Arthur early on
the morning of May 6, and succeeded
at last in closing the entrance, but no
official confirmation of the blocking
report can be obtained.
The exact hour at which commune
cation with the Russian stronghold
ceased has not been established.
The strength of the garrison at
Port Arthur is not revealed by the au-
thorities, who will only say that it is
adequate for defensive purposes. 1t is
not believed that the force there ex-
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
RENTS OUT HIS HENS.
Enterprising Manayunk, Pa, Liv-
eryman Finds It More Profit
able Than Chicken-Raising.

Renting out clucking hens is the new
business venture of a well known Mana
yunk liveryman, and he finds it more
profitable than embarrassing, says the
Philadelphia Record. The liveryman.
finding that his hens were beginning tc
set very early, and not having had first
class luck in the poultry business in
former years, posted a placard announc-
ing the rental of his 'cluckers" at ~
cents for the season. The scheme was q
great success, and in a short time the
demand was greater than the supply.
He fed all the hens with food mixed with
red pepper to make them set, and finally
took to the woods for more "cluckers."
He travelled up through Montgomery
county purchasing laying hens at low
prices, and at present has rented out
nearly 100. In calculating his profits On
the scheme he claims he saved the feed,
gets rs cents a head for the hens use
and will have them to sell in the fall.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13

ceeds 10000 soldiers.
A larger force is not regarded az
necessary. as was shown from the re-
cent withdrawal of some of the troops
who were simply a drain on the re-
sources of the garrison.
The fleet must now take a secondary
position, and the sailors will be used
to man the shore guns if necessary.
Will Go to V~IadivostOk.
Vice-A6miral Skrydloff and Vice-Ad-
miral B~ezobrazoff can not now reach
Port Arthur, and will probably go to
Vladivostock to join the cruiser squad
ron there. Rear-Admiral Wittsoeft.
who was left in charge of the fleet by
Viceroy Alexieff will direct operations
at Port Arthur. Wittsoeft is a good
officer, and it is believed he will render
excellent service.
Despite the greater number of jap
anese. the general staff believes that
their formidable Notifications still
leave the defensive superiority with
the Russians, whose staying qualities,
it is confident, will insure their hold
ing out as long as necessary. While
the outer line of Notifications extends
to Kinchow, unquestionably no determ-
lined effort will be made to hold them,
nor it is expected that a desperate at
tempt to retain Dalny will be made,
The main defense will be of Port Ar
thur, where, since the harbor has been
occupied by the Russians, steady work
has progressed to complete the system
of defense, which is just as effective
on the land as on the seaside.
Lieut.-Gen. Stoessel will have SUI
preme command at Port Arthur. He is
described as a high class commander.
His recent proclamations show that he
is imbued with a determination to hold
Port Arthur until the last man is kill
ed. Officers of the general staff say
that the landing of the Japanese army
on the peninsula and the investment of
Port Arthur clarity the military situa-
fiOO
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
JUST A WORD OF WARNING.
Indiscriminate Kissing of Babies Is
a Cruelty for Which There
Is No Excuse.

There are many mothers who give
themselves infinite trouble about the
big and obvious things connected with
nursery management, who strive brave
ly to be UP to date in the matter OF
plumbing, ventilation and infectious
diseases, but who fail wofully when it
comes to certain details. One of the
most important of these is the disgust
ing and dangerous habit of allowing
every conner to kiss and maui the baby.
A baby, no doubt, is a delightful OBJ
iect and almost irresistible, but that is
no reason why advantage should be
taken of his helpless condition to Of
fer him hygienic outrages. Mothers
should know that promiscuous kissing
is a bad and vulgar habit, productive
of much danger to adults as well as to
children. Adults can protect them
selves if they like, but infants cannot,
and so it is the duty of the mothers to
protect them. | know of a case where
a visitor left with a clinging kiss or
the lips of a three-year-old girl the
quick germs of mumps, from which the
guest had just recovered.
Ones individual breathing apparatus
may be precisely suited to his own use.
But it may be that there Turks some
where in his system something that
would foul his neighbours we'll of life
were it directly conveyed into it. This
conveyance the breath accomplishes
more swiftly and surely than the n.y.
podermic needle could do the work,
These things happen daily and hourly.
where indiscriminate kissing is toler-
ated.-American Agriculturist.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
FRANKS OF A MONKEY PET.
Acted as Laundress and Performed
the Duties of Assistant to
the Family Cook.

Monkeys are the most initiative of all
the lower animals, and sometimes this
propensity for initiating the doings OF
their bettevs gets them into rare mis-
chief, as the following experience of a
London lad with a pet monkey, whose
inquisitive and initiative nature made
him the pest of the neighborhood, bears
amusing testimony.
One day this monkey observed the
maid washing the lace of her mistress.
He very obllgingly offered to help her,
but was angrily repulsed by the maid.
The monkey stopped for a few minutes,
at a safe distance, to give the maid a
we'll deserved scolding for her rudeness,
and then started out evidently intent on
finding other laundry work to do. The
result of his sudden intrusion into the
field of John Chinaman's labors can best
be told in the lady's w words:
Unfortunately" she says, 1.-The win
dows of my Don were invitingly open,
and he entered with the idea of the
washing still fresh in his head. He soon
discovered two small drawers contain
ing lace, ribbons and handkerchiefs. All,
here was the washing all ready to his
hands! In a moment all of these ar
ticles were out of the drawers and into
a foot pan, together with all the soap
and water that happened to be in my
room, and the laundering began. He
must have washed away with great
vigor. for when | returned to my room
after an absence of an hour or so, | found
him busily spreading out to dry the torn
and disfigured remnants of my lace, rib
bons and handkerchiefs. He was we'll
aware that he had done wrong. Without
my speaking to him he made off the mo-
ment he saw me. going very quickly and
hiding himself in the case Of the kitchen
clock in his own home"
Another time this same monkey saw
the cook at work preparing cartridges
for dinner. This looked like an amusing
and interesting operation, and he deter
mined forthwith to put it to the test.
There were no more cartridges; but ah,
yes, his mistress had some pet bantam
fowls! Doubtless one of them would do
equally we'll. At the first opportunity
he hurried out in the yard, seized n
of the hens, quickly returned to the
kitchen and then coolly began pulling
out the feathers, just as he had seen the
cook do, utterly regardless OF the
squawking protests of the poor bantam.
The servants heard the noise and hur-
ried to the kitchen, but they found the
hen in such a pitiful condition that they
were Obliged to kill her.-N. Y. Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
AS TO NERVOUS COLLAPSE.
Not Enough Good Physical Exertion
on the Part Of Modern Young
Women.

Commenting on the nervous break.
women, DR.. j. H. Mcbride, in the Alien
list and N~eurologist, points out why they
occur most frequently among the classes
that apparently have the least to worry
about. and increase apparently as we get
away from the plain living Of our an
cestors. He says:
THE girls OF the present day who are
brought up under more comfortable con-
ditions than their grandmothers, have
gained much. no doubt, in the change Of
conditions; but they have lost some
thing, in that in many homes there 10
less of healthy exercise, less of that kind
of work that developed the body and
also developed simple and healthy tastes.
There Is, as a result of this, poorer phys
ical development, less feeling of respon-
sibility in the home on the part Of the
young ladies, and not so great a n
Of duty. When every member Of tho
family had everyday work, specific du-
ties, work to do that had to be done,
work that exercised the body as well as
the moral sense in discharging a duty,
such life, dreary and harsh as it some-
times was, and often barren of most Of
those things that we regard as common
comforts, had at least the great advan-
tage of providing work that furnished
physical exercise, and that was also
done under the sense Of obligation.
There is a moral and physical healthful-
ness in such a life that goes to the maxi
ing of strong and simple characters
and that puts purity of blood and vigor
of constitution into descendants. j..
The number of young women who soon
after marriage break down from the
unexpected strain of new duties is very
large. The mother of a young woman
who had become a nervous invalid with
in two years after marriage said to me
that there was no apparent cause for
her daughters illness, as she had been
shielded from everything from child
hood. . Why, indeed, should any,
anyone be shielded? Was it ever the
case anywhere that a person who had
been shielded grew to be a forceful char
acter or proved a success in presence Of
the swift and onerous demands of life?
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13

gear securely in place, the ribbon fall
ing over the left shoulder being decora-
tive only.
Dressed in this costume the young
wOman who, since her parents have ar
ranged all her marriage affairs, per-
haps never has seen her future huS-
band, is led before the priest for a cere-
mony which probably has no equal for
simplicity. At a word from the priest
the contracting persons bow to each
other slowly and solemnly and-all IS
over! Then the bride goes home to
await further orders, while the hus-
band. gathering about him all his
friends and acquaintances, departs Tor
an elaborate feast, which he gives IN
honor of himself. E.
Once married the brides family iden-
tity at once sinks before her e name
and she is never known except as So
and-So's wife. Her chief duty is to
attend strictly to her own business,
not speaking except when necessary.
So firmly is this virtue impressed upon
the young girls mind that several
months often pass before her husband
hears his partners voice, and where a
father-in-law is M of the family
whole years of almost absolute silence
are said to elapse. Since the son has
no say in choosing a wife or a daugh-
ter in choosing a husband. the parents
are held responsible by the community
for the proper marriage of their chill
d1en. If a mar allows his son to reach
the age of 20 unmarried. his neighbors
consider him sadly lacking in his duty
to his son.-Kansas City Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13

but who want to shine at summer
camps. where the gentler sex is not
present.
Good, plain, old-fashioned fare is
prepared and the dishes are made up
in the most appetizing manner. Ev-
ery kind of vegetable and fruit that
grows in the garden, bread, biscuit
old-fashioned buckwheats, stews, roasts
and soups are prepared by the boys.
The fact that the good things cooked
are eaten by the chefs, sitting comfort
ably at a table where the lady teacher
does the honors, is one of the reasons
why the boys enjoy their novel les
sons. and a larger number of boys
than can possibly be instructed are
c,amoring for admission.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
n LITTLE WORDS.

You'd be surprised, I'm sure, to know
How far a little word can go,
How many miles 1t run away
Up hill and down, a single day:
How many angry hearts 1t wakes,
How many pleasant friends 1t makes;
What very wise things 1t can tell,
What very simple ones, as well;
How very busy, brave and true,
How very false and lazy, too.
So, take good care before that word
By anybody else is heard
That it shall truly worthy be
To join a happy company
OF helpful words, that march with grace,
And bear sweet sunshine in the face.
Frank Walcott HUT, in Youths Com
DaniOn.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13
TALES OF THE THEATEF
Some of the Funny Things Related
by an Actor of Long Ex-
perience.

An old actor, telling some incidents Of
"the road" remarked:
while we were in Cincinnati, a party
of young men from away back some
where, being in the city, became pos
sessed of the idea of going to our show.
They decided to make up a pony purse
and send in one of their number, who
should shortly come out and report
whether or not the show was worth their
time and money. This committee of one
happened to get in between acts, and
while the orchestra was playing an err
tre-act selection. The committee did not
tarry long, but went out and reported
to the full house that he could not see
anything in thar 'ceptin' a lot of fellers
a iddlin' befo' a big picture an some
folks a settin' around a chinnin'.'
cat another place l heard a man say to
another: I'D err liked the show pooty
we'll eff the main Teller hadn't er stopped
two or three times to boiler at a Teller
down the road, askin' him to light an
to fetch him a newspaper, eff he was
goin' to town.
at was a nasty, chilly night when we
played at Moline. The theater was on a
back street, surrounded by a flood that
reminded me of southwest Chicago in a
spring thaw. There were but few per-
sons in the auditorium. and l heard one
comedian ask the heavy man what he
supposed those folks were doing there,
or how they happened to come in.
"'Probably anne in to get out of the
rain and warm their feet the villain
replied"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-05-13

lens in the Visayan tongue, speak the
Tagalog lingo, besides Spanish and
some hnglisn. Even in their own
country they were regarded as
freaks" in the showman's parlaHce.
and spent several years giving exhibit
lions of native and Spanish dances and
the acrobatic feats of the southern
tribes. About a year ago they went
to Manila, where they made their ap-
pearance at the American theaters be-
fore the soldiery of the United States.
Soon after their arrival they were Sc
cured for the Philippine exhibit at the
st. Louis worlds fair. They were
brought to the United States a few
weeks ago., in advance of the fair, that
they. might become acclimated and ac-
customed to the food and water of this
country. They are spending the inter-
val before the opening of the exposi-
ton in California.