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The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
SHIRTWAISTS FOR SPRING.
Something New in Collars and Cuffs
That Has Come In with
the Season.

Most of the shirt waists, unless of
the mannish type, have dainty little
cuffs to match the turnover collar worn
at the neck.
There is a wide gulf fixed between
the luncheon and afternoon waist, with
sleeves in most cases as a determining
factor. The waist designed for morn
ing wear has a very simple sleeve, while
the afternoon blouse has a perfect bal
loon of a sleeve. Both, however, depend
for chic and daintiness upon the cuff
and collar.
An attractive little collar and cuff set
which will give a cachet to a simple
waist is made of Swiss embroidery and
Valenciennes lace. The cuffs are four
inches wide and fasten with tiny crochet
buttons and loops.
Another pretty set is evolved from
footing and linen batiste put together
with feather-stitching and finished with
ruffles Of wide footing at the hand.
Sets made Of crash or flet net
worked in Russian cross stitch are very
durable and becoming. A feminine wit
has dubbed these collars and cuffs the
God Bless our Home" sets. And
they do recall in general makeup the
notices one used to see hung prom
inently In homes a decade ago.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29

dunes back of you. They were a peace
able and happy lot until n day the
medicine man warned them they must
go out to fight the Arapahoes, or all
the wild game would be killed or
driven away from the hunting grounds.
All hat night the south wind
brought me sounds of hustle and hur-
ry, and text morning, just at break OF
day, | looked out and saw the warriors
going away. The moaning of the
squaws, the walls of the children and
the bowls of the dogs foretold grief.
Half the day passed and then little
Wau-nee, the favorite son of the chief,
was missed. He had followed his faith
err. Again the moaning and wailing
was resumed, for it was feared little
Wau-nee would never come back alive.
Next day there was a terrible bat
tie and many Indians were slain, but
the Ogallalas had been victorious. And
yet, at what a cost, for among the 9TH
ers, found with his face to the foe and
a tiny bow in his hand, lay the pride
of the chief-Wau-nee.
Carefully the body was lifted and
brought back to camp, where for three
days and three nights he and the others
were mourned. Even the old chief
shed tears, perhaps the first in his life,
and in his Indian tongue vowed that
I'D from the heart of the little boy
should spring a flower which would
spread all owe the west and prove to
kLo ro~ohOoc fhof thn rooo Of tho
Ogallalas was immortal.
Then they buried the little Indian
boy, digging a deep grave by my side,
and over the mound they heaped rocks
brought from the banks of the Raw
hide, leagues away.
Summer passed, fall waned and the
plains were covered with a mantle of
snow. Under the anow slept the little
red boy. Then spring came and the
south wind melted thu snow, I watched
and one day saw a green leaf coming
u of the little red boys grave. Day
by day it grew, and then l saw a bud
forming, and l was so pleased that I
dampened the grave with dew. Anoth-
er day passed and the bud opened, and
the first wild oxeyed daisy had its
birth.
"Still another season passed and
spring came and the little oxeyed dali
sizes scattered farther and farther from
the little red boys grave. They
crept up hill and down dales-far out
on the plain, and now you can find
them growing everywhere, but, as the
old chief said they would, they all
sprang from the heart of the little red
boy."-Eugene O. Mayfeld. in Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
EASY TO BE PRESENTABLE.
It Is Just as Little Trouble to Be Or
derby in Appearance as to
Neglect the Toilet.

In these days of inexpensive clothing,
NO one can afford to leave his room until
he is in a condition to be presentable
anywhere. Neither can he afford, writes
o. S. Marden, in Success. to bother about
thinking of his clothing after he is
once dressed, but he should so clOthe
himself that he will be utterly uncon-
scious of any in%feriority. A sense OF
being fittingly and appropriately dressed
increases ones efficiency and self-re-
spect, and so adds materially to achieve
ment. If you are improperly dressed,
or badly "groomed," you will feel a
certain timidity in meeting people, a
loss of power. This results in I'M
e%asiness. worry, chagrin and a real loss
Of energy and self-confdence.
We are our own best advertisements,
and if we appear to disadvantage in any
particular, our standard, in the estimate
of others, is utdown. The great majority
of people who come in contact with US
do not see us at our homes; they may
never see our stocks and bonds, or
lands and houses; they know nothing
VI uS, uulcSSl IL NC ny lGputdllOu, Jul IL
they see of our personality, and they
judge us accurately. They take it for
granted that our general appearance is
a sample of what we are and what we
can do, and, if we are slovenly in dress,
and in personal habits, they naturally
think that our work and our lives will
correspond. They are right. 1t does
not matter where the slackness or shift
lessness manifests itself, or what it's IA
ture may be, it will reappear in your
work. in your manner, and in your per-
son. Many people form a careless habit
of neglecting some part of their tot
let, as when they black only the front
part of their shoes and leave the heels
untouched. The same incompleteness,
the same lack of finish will appear in
every letter they write and in every
piece Of work they attempt to do. 1t
will prove a detriment to character
growth. The consciousness of incom-
pleteness. or "slip-shodness," tends to
destroy self-respect, to lessen energy,
and to detract from ones general ability.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
lIDING FROM PAPA.

Papa's coming! Little Grace
Runs to hide her baby face.
Shall 1t be Lehind the door?
No, he found her there before.
Nor within the curtains flare,
He would surely find her there.
So beneath the lounge she's pressed
Head and hands, but all the rest
OF her dimpled person lies
Plain in sight of all our eyes.
Now he's talking in the hall:
"Where's my baby?" hear him call.
Where is papa's little Grace?
l must look in every place.
I must look behind the door.
No, she's not there any more.
Is she underneath the chair?
Dear me-no-she isn't there"
BABY giggles. In surprise,
Papa turns to where she lies.
"Oh, but that's a splendid piace!"
Oh, the raptured little face,
Sweet beyond the power of rhyme:
II was hidin' all re time"
Good Housekeeping.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
COW AND PIG WERE CHUMS.
An Odd Animal Friendship Which
Led to ALI Sorts Of Trouble
and Mischief.

A lady who has a large estate in
Brookline, Mass, tells an amusing story
of a odd friendship between two ami
mails that lived on the place. The COW
had been a resident for over two years
when q pig was added to the stable
Piggy was put for a few weeks in quar-
ters beside the cow. In May the COW was
staked out in the field to feed on grass
Contrary to her previous custom, she
seemed very uneasy, feeding a little and
then uttering a serious of mournful bel.
lows, like a cow deprived of her calf
The pig in the stable, too, kept up
series of shrill squeals.
Disturbed by the noise, the lady SEN
for the stableman, to ask what was the
trouble.
Sure, ma'am, l dunno" said he. "The
COW do seem most unhappy. An the pig
too"
Put the COW back in the stable" the
lady said. l cannot endure such noise
This was done. and quiet prevailed fol
the rest of that day. The following
morning the COW was again turned out
The lamentations began again. Again
was the cow returned to the stable, and
silence reigned. The third day the
stableman quoted the tumult by putting
piggy out in the field, too. Both animals
fed in peace and quiet. AND since the
pig did good to the orchard rather than
harm by his roofing, he was allowed the
freedom of the field with the cow.
If the pig got a few rods away from his
friend he would throw up his snout and
squeal his loudest, and then scamper
back to her as fast as his legs would
carry him. When they slept the pig lay
beside the COW Their affection was mu-
tual.
The friendship continued in this wise
until spring, when the COW had a calf
She had hen small interest in her
friend, the pig, and he, poor creature,
was consumed with jealousy, He rooted
the boards of his pen so persistently thai
he broke it down and got in with the
COW. Then he rooted and bit the cali
%viciously. The maternal wrath of the
COW was reused, and there was trouble
in the stable. The COW was hooking and
trampling, and the pig was roofing and
biting COW and calf Unfortunately
The stableman went to the rescue. He
drove the pig back into his own quarters
and repaired the pen. Piggy sulked for
two days, refusing to eat, and then he
apparently recovered his spirits and &C
| cepted the new conditions. At times
during tho summer however. he turned
jealous and rooted viciously at the divid-
ing boards and squealed forth his hurt
feelings.
Whether the COW and pig would have
resumed their former friendly relations
cannot be told, for the luckless porker,
being now in good condition, went the
way of his kind.-Youth's Companion.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
OWL AS A HOUSEHOLD PET
Favorite Roost of the Bird of Wisdom
Is on the Top of a Large
Office Clock.

Perhaps one of the oldest pets in AL
William Hill, of 81 Washington ave-
nue.. Mr.. Hill has a farm in the vicini-
ty of Greenbush Heights, and last fall
while gathering the apples from his
orchard he captured the owl and
brought it home with it.
An owl, when captured after attain
ing it's full growth, is considered one
of the hardest birds in the world to
keep alive in captivity. Yet MI. Hills
owl has never shown any signs Of
pining. Its favorite roost is on the top
of a large clock in Mr.. Hills place Of
business, where it perches for hours at
a time, like Poe's raven on the marble
bust of Pallas. On this account it has
been christened "Owl Father Time"
Three or four times during the day il
will fly around the rom.
Mr.. Hill believes hat owls can see
much better in the daytime than most
persons suppose. for his bird has no
trouble in making the circuit of the
room without colliding with anything.
Moreover, when a piece of fish is left
on a bench the owl promptly lies to it
and devours it. At other times when
hungry the owl will leave his perch on
the clock, fly down to the foot and take
his station within about two feet Of
his master, where he will cock his head
first on one side and then on the Other
in the most comical manner When he
is given something to eat he promptly
returns to his perch on the clock
Albany IN. W Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
. PRETTY INDIAN LEGEND.
Old Cottonwood Tree Tells a Little
White Boy Of the Birth of
the Oxeyed Daisy.

On the western prairieS, far from
others of it's kind, stands an old cot
tonwood tree, where it has stood for
decades-found there first by the Sioux,
but never molested. Under its branches
| Ogallalas and Brules have met many
times to plan for the chase or streak
their faces with carmine.
Near the old tree a little village has
sprung Up, peopled, in part, with
bright-faced boys and girls, who guard
the ancient landmark as carefully as
did the red men.
Up into the branches climbed one
day a little dark-haired boy, with eyes
large and round.
II wish you'd tell me a story" said
the little boy to the old tree, for they
were fast friends.
The old tree loved the little boy and
this is the story it told:
Il see you hold in your hand a bunch
of oxeyed daisies" it began. They
remind me of their birth, which hap
pened here on the plains many years
ago. am very old, you know; just
how old not even the red men can tell.
But under my shade these wild chill
dren of the west used to gather and
hold councils of war and smoke the
pipe of peace. | was always glad when
they smoked the pipe of peace, because
there was to be no war, but l shudder-
ed when they painted their faces and
dipped their arrows in new-made poi
son, for | knew the wall of the wound
ed would be brought to my ears by
the winds.
"One summer there was a great camp
of Ogallalas around the range of sand
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
BEET LOOKS LIKE A BIRD.
Vegetable Freak Found in California
Bears Fairly Good Resemblance
to an Owl.

Out in California they grow vegeta-
bles which frequently bear a remark
able resemblance to birds and beasts.
Some time ago we published a picture
of a mammoth beet which had curious
ly enough assumed the form Of an
eagle, including beak, eyes and ever
talons. This photograph, as will be
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
BUREAU
Under Direction Of KATE MARKHAM POWER

Supt. H. P. Todd, Ellisville. 5. Course
of Study for Rural High Schools"
Supt. j. r. Connell, G%ulfport.
Papers limited to ten minutes; dis.
cussion of each to fifteen minutes.
Report of high school committee, J.
Reese Lin, chairman.
Election of officers of department.
Saturday Morning, May 7.
Report of special committees.
Appointment of committees
Election of officers.
Installation of officers.
General Information.
Railroad Rates-Ail the railroads of
the State have agreed to give a rate
of one fare plus twenty-five cents for
the round trip. Should your agent
fail, or refuse, to sell you a round-trip
ticket for this amount, be sure to Sc
cure from him a certificate to the ef-
feet that you have purchased n full
fare ticket to Meridian. This is i'm
portant. Tickets will be on sale Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, May,
A, 5 and 6; good until May 9.
Boarding Accommodation and
Rates-Southern Hotel, $3.50 per day
capacity at disposal of association,
1907; Grand Avenue Hotel, 81. per day
~(caLacity at disposal of association,
1907 boarding houses, 81 per day. Ad-
dress all communications for engage
ment of board to Prof. j. R. Ellis,
chairman of committee On entertain
ment. By all means secure board be-
fore the association convenes, as it
will save delay and confusion on ar
rival.
Reception Committeeman meet all
trains arriving in Meridian from
Thursday morning to Friday afternoon,
and will assist in locating guests.
Places of Meeting-All evening ses-
| sions will be held at the Opera House.
Fifth street, between Twenty-second
and Twenty-third avenues; day ses-
| sions at the City Hall, Sixth street and
| Twenty-third n
The social reception Thursday night
will be in hall of Woodmen of the
World (third floor. Rosenbaum build
ing, 10 to 1870 o'clock. All teachers
| are cordially invited to attend.
Secretary's Ofice-In the office OF
the Public Library, Fourth street,
Board of Trade building. All teachers
are urged to report Immediately on ar
| rival, for registration and badge. The
latter will designate membership and
| secure to the holder all privileges OF
the association.
Proceedings Of the Association
| Will be printed in neat form and a
COPY mailed to each member. This
| publication will contain the minutes
of the meeting, a full list of mem
bers, showing postofice, position, etc,
| of each, and a copy Of each paper read
before the association. 1t costs the
| association more than two hundred
| dollars to print and distribute these
books. Whether you attend the meet
ing or not, you should pay your mem
bership fee and receive a copy OF the
proceedings.
Local Executive Committee. c.
FAINT, chairman; X. Threefoot, A. H.
George, S. Eastland. A. Klein.
Committee on Entertainment. X.
Ellis. chairman; w. D. Cameron. j.. h.
Woodland. J. W. Beeson, j. A. Gibson.
If further information is desired. ad'
dress any of the above at Meridian, or
T. P. Scott, secretary, Brookhaven,
Miss.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29

Why not have a meeting of repre-
sentatives from each of the business
leagues and progressive unions
throughout the State at some time in
the future at some convenient point?
Much benefit could be derived from a
meeting of this kind. Experiences and
methods could be discussed and re-
suits shown. In union there is
strength, some fellow has said, and in
a union of our hustlers throughout the
State there certainly would be good
results to follow.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29

Coal of an excellent quality is re-
ported to have been found in Clarke
county near the town of Quitman.
Capitalists have taken hold under
lease from the owner and will en-.
deavor to develop the field. 1t is also
claimed that strong indications of oil
are to be found in the same neighbor.
hood. Could we only find coal and oil
to run as a side line to cotton, lumber
and other products of the State, great
er still would be the name OF Miss
iSsippi.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
Ending the Suspense.

Speaking Of the prevalence of SUI
perstitions at the present day." re-
marked Attorney Jerome, according to
the New York Times, Il know that ii
exists to a considerable extent, par.
ticularly among women. For instance.
a female member of my family lately
broke a little china cup. She was
~grieving owe it.
"Do you believe l asked her, that
three cups or saucers. or whatever IL
is, must be broken before the spell
has exhausted ITSELF?
"sBelieve in it, she exclaimed.
Well, l should think | do. So much
so that / deliberately go about break.
ing the other two things in order to
have the thing settled and the sus.
pense over with"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
Eneland,s Gold Sunnlv.

England receives every month about
S., 900, 900 worth of new gold from Africa,
and about $1,000 900 worth from Aus
traliae
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29

Reports from over the State indicate
that an ordinary corn crop will be
planted this year despite the abnor
mally high price Of cotton. The farm.
ers are to be congratulated upon their
good sense in raising what is needed
on the farm. We cannot be wholly
prosperous with our corn cribs in
Kansas, and our smoke houses in
Chicago. Raise everything that a
be raised at home and good will and
plenty will prevail.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29

Holly Springs has gone to doing
things and will hereafter try to keep
abreast with the procession OF
progress. A splendid new Ply
THAN Castle Hall was dedi-
Gated there last week, the city is
adding to the water supply and sew
eral buildings )are in course of con-
struction. Good for Holly Springs;
may she keep up the lick until her
greatness shall be sung from end to
end Of the State.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29

The Yazoo Sentinel reports receiv'
ing a sample boil of cotton from Cuba
that compares favorably with that
raised here. 1t is not at all likely
however, that Cuba will ever be a
competitor of ours in the cotton bust
ness. Conditions are such down there
that it is not practicable to raise the
feecy staple.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29

seen, is a fairly good likeness Of an owl.
but it is really another beet of what il
known as the Yellow Tankard variety,
and was grown by a farmer in Los
Angeles county. Recognizing its resem-
blance to a bird he completed it by
placing buttons in its head to repre-
sent eyes, then tied a ribbon around its
neck and placed it on exhibition.-N.
Y. Herald.
Metric System in Mexico.
In Mexican stores the metric system
of weights and measures is in general
use.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29

There are thousands of people only
waiting to be told of the great ad.
vantages possessed by Mississippi to
bring them here and interest them in
developing the wonderful OF
the State. We need good white people
to buy our lands in small lots and
cultivate it. The day of big farms.
owned and controlled by outsiders
must soon be a thing of the past.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-08-18
The "Blind Tiger

One or more "blind tigers, the NOR
tai foe and the incorporating enc
mics of prohibition and local option,
appear to have made their appearance
in the thriving little city of Johnson
City, and as a result there is great
stir amoung all sorts of people. The
trouble at johnson City seems to be
that, although it is known that illicits
whisky selling is going on, the officers
of the law find it next to impossible to
get the positive evidence of it. 1t is
the same old story over again. The
evidence would be easily obtainable if
the officers wanted it so, and the off.
GERS would want it so if the majority
of the people demanded it in the right
sort of way. Indignant resolutions
and highly colored speeches at mass
meetings have been the instruments
employed by the prohibitionist to ac-
complish the reforms they demand
and they are the things that do not
count. Organization in leagues with
distinct and definite purpose Of sup
porting only men who will enforce law,
regardless of party, is the only known
way of securing absolute enforcement
of the anti-liquOr laws. In Johnson
City isis hardly seems possible. Dem
ocrats would come very near to dying
before they would supporta republican
aud republicans regard it as next to the
objectionable sin to support a dem
ocrat, and there you are. The blind
tiger" has no politics, but helps both
sides or either side, as his interest may
require. The "blind tiger" futhel
knows that the fellow who wants a
drink bad, " is going to have it il he
can get it, and that after he gets it ism
going to tell where he got it, except to
some other thirsty fellow-citizen And
strange as it may appear, there are just
lots of these thirsty citizens in every
community, and many of them are oft
en- found in the front seats of the in.
dignation meetings." The ''blind ii,
ger" knows all this, No wonder, there
fore, Johnson City is having an excit.
ing time with its local option expert
ment. chattanooga Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-08-18
In MemOriam.

The angel of death has visited a
home and robbed it Of q jewel. "While
in life we are in DEATH" A daugh-
ter, sister, so young to die. 1t seems
as though life had just begun for. her,
but it is not for one to say. The an
gel has passed by homes where there
are broken hearts longing to go, but
no. He has stopped at home where
all was life and out of that home has
taken one Of the youngest. During
her illness she was like lilly-so
white, so fragile and the fragrance Of
life flower, spreading its sweetness
over home and the world in which she
lived. The ones who are left and NOT
the ones who go, are to be pitied.
Think of the suffering she has been
spared. But think also with love and
sympathy of those who mourn the sep,
sration on earth below until their lives
are ended and they go to dwell with
her in life everlasting. E.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-08-18
W. C. T u. Meeting.

July 2nd was a notable day in W. G.
I, U. circles at the st. Louis Exposi-
tion. The beautiful W. @. I. U. foun-
tain was dedicated. After a dedicate
ry prayer by DR.. Palmore, President
Francis was introduced and to him,
Mrs. E. B. Ingalls,, as w. G. T. U.
commissioner, presented the fountain.
In accepting the fountain for the ex-
position, President Francis expressed
his satisfaction that it had been erect
ed on the peaza at the head of the
Grand Basin, the choicest location on
the grounds. He also spoke in recog-
milton of the W. G. II. U. work, say
ing there is no one who does not re-
spect your organization or admire the
results you have accomplished. An
advanced public opinion is elevating
citizenship. Temperance and total
abstenance is advancing and no other
force has done so much to bring about
this condition as has the W. G. T. U.
Mr.. Taylor, of the Board of Public
Works, spoke with great appreciation
of the beauty of the fountain and of il
as type of the W, G. T. u, "the
cornerstone of whose organization is
its works, not for gain or hope OF re-
ward, but to uplift humanity and bless
the world.
The fountain which cost the union
$4,000 was designed by Miss Elsie
Ward, of New York. 1t is of greer
bronze upon pedestal, is decorated
with lilies and water pours from a clus
ter of lilies at the corner. Aroand th,
basin is the following inscription
"Woman's Christian Temperate
Union, for God and Home and Nativ
Land" The ladies of the johnson
City union may we'll feel proud tina
they have contributed to the fountain
fund.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-08-18

to be met in johnson City. THE COMET
is unalterably in favor of enforcing
every law as long as it is a law. If it
is not good one, or its workings not
satisfactory, it should be repealed. The
man who buys from a tiger" is party
to the commission of a misdemeanor
and should be equally guilty, The
"blind tiger" must go, the law must
be upheld.