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The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
THE OLIVE TREE.
What This Tree Mentioned Often in
Scripture Teaches of the
Spiritual Life.

Rev. DR.. Alexander Robertson, the
famous pastor of Venice, Italy, has been
enabled through the Protestant ALI
ance to go on a lecturing tour through
England. In one of these lectures in
London he drew lessons from the olive
tree, with which he is personally IA
miliar. He described graphically the
effects of the olive leaf in its perpetual
verdure, the emblem of Immortality IN
it's vivid and unfading greenness.
There was no autumnal decay to be no
ticed in an olive grove.
Few evergreen trees bore fruit, the
olive being one of the exceptions, and
the most remarkable one. Its average
crop was greater than that of any other
tree. and it would flourish on the poor
est soil. It's quality actually increased
by the struggle for life, wringing oil
out of the flinty rock, and better oil for
the hard fight. The olive never becamt
unfruitful. 1t would never stop bear.
ing. Many olive trees were bearing
richly after living 500, 600 or TOO years
Every part of the olive is useful; its
berries are wholesome. and are used az
a staple food in the east, n as a mere
relish, after the English fashion. Olive
oil is the only oil spoken of in the Bi.
Bile, and it is also spoken of in connec-
ton with hallowed purposes. it,
culinary properties are unrivaled. The
beautiful. hard olive wood is of the ut
most utility. The roots and leaves are
useful also. The leaves by their shade
promote the growth of other plants,
which cannot be said of any other
tree.
Ruskin said that the olive leaf was
for beauty without rival, and the bios.
som, though minute. was equally love.
Iy. Nothing could be more exquisite
than the simmer of the myriads OF
in hues with the color of the sky. Sn
might human character be attractive
under the influence of the Sun of Right
eousness. But most important of all
considerations was that of the grating
process. All olive trees, OF which there
were 40 varieties, must be subject to
grating. The good bud must be in
serted in the wild oleaster, a small
thorny shrub, bearing only a few poor
berries. The secret of David's character
was that Divine life had been engrafted
on his natural life. So must We all. as
wild olives. with meekness receive the
engrafted life.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
MEDICAL MENTION.

Ten beats of a healthy pulse are
equal to nine seconds.
Color blindness is, curiously enough,
found mainly among the educated
classes, of whom no fewer than four
per cent. have this defect.
singers and actors can be much better
preserved if used in theaters lighted
by electricity rather than by gas.
In 1877 only six per cent. of British
children were unvaccinated. Now the
proportion of a~bstension from ~infantile
vaccination has risen to "a per cent.
in towns and 25 per cent. in country
districts.
DR.. William Henry. an English ply
stefan, states as a result of expert
insects included, exists the taste for
alcohol. He says that fishes are the
only real "teetotalers" in creation.
THE statistics of last year. de-
clared DR.. Edward Martin, director Of
the department of public health and
charities of Philadelphia, showed
3.O52 deaths from tuberculosis, and
3.191 deaths from pneumonia. They
show also while tuberculosis is de-
creasing, pneumonia is increasing. 1t
is of the utmost Importance that the
public becomes aroused to a realiza-
ton of the gravity of the situation and
hat it be advised how to protect it.
self"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Effects of Prosperity.

In the six years of the country's
greatest prosperity, from 1897 to 1908
average prices of breadstuffs advanced
65 per cent, meats 23.1 per cent. dairy
and garden products SOL per cent. and
clothing PAL. al these were products
of the farmer and stockman who
profted more than any other class of
the commuElt.- by these advances.
The miner benefited 42.1 per cent. by
that advance IN the average price of
metals. The only decrease in the
average prices of commodities in that
period was in railway freight rates.
which decreas ed from 1893 per ton-mile
in 1897 to .7i3 in 1903, a loss of "A
per cent. The report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission shows that the
average increase in the pay of rail-
road employees in that period was a
trife above 8.5 per cent.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31

freight train going over a wooden
bridge. Jim looked over his shoulder
and saw the great ice barrier moving
down after them.
The hills of ice rose and came down
in ruins. Other hills arose at once in
their places, forced up by the mighty
pressure underneath. Great cakes OF
ice, four feet thick and a hundred feet
across, heaved themselves on end, shone
green in the sun and fell with thunder.
The ebb tide pushed behind-20 square
miles of water striving to get out to sea
Fast as the scooter sailed, the bay
men knew that the ice-shove was NOV
ing faster. Before they had sailed a
thousand feet the ice raj beginning to
writhe and billow under them. There
was only one hope, and that was to sail
straight for the mainland without turn
ing aside for anything. The least bit
Of luffng or easing off would make the
boat lose way enough so that the thou
sands of tons of ice that were tumbling
and crashing behind them would eaten
them. and that would mea the instant
end of the scooter.
So Jim sailed smack into air holes,
drove headlong at great hummocks,
wrestled through mush ice by helping
the boat along with his pikepole, and
darted over drifting foes as if the boat
were a seal.
Just as he touched the mainland he
could hear the roar of the shove" al
most in his ears. but he did not turn to
look. Quickly he gave a hand to his
father and helped him up the beach to
high land. When he turned the scooter
was gone. For an instant he saw its
mast toss in the ice. That was the last
he ever saw of it.
Farther out toward the inlet were
some black specks on the plunging foes.
They were the ruins of the shanty. Jim
Rutland had been just in time.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
GEMS OF

The truest end of Il life is to know
the life that never ends.-William Penn.
1t is dislocation and detachment from
the life of God that makes things ugly.
Emerson.
l have never had a policy. have sim
ply tried to do what seemed best each
day, as each day came.-Lincoln.
If a cause be good, the most violent
attack of its enemies will not injure il
so much as an ingudicious defense OF it
by it's friends.-Colton.
When Guthrie, as he lay a-dying.
asked the watchers to Sing a BARNS
hymn he was revealing the whole Sc
cret. The child in us is our doorway
to the Infinite.-J. Brierley.
Stars may be seen from the bottom
of a deep well, when they cannot be dis
covered from the top OF a mountain.
So are many things learned in adversely
which the prosperous man dreams not
of.-Spurgeon.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Seeking God; Not Things.

In the early hours of the Chr~istianlife
we are apt to tabulate answers to prayer,
TO measure our faith in God and Gods
fidelity to us by the number Of answers
we can claim; but with a deeper knowl-
edge of God a change comes over us.
The boy measures his fathers love by
he number of things he a get, but
with the passing years he cares more
for communion and less for things,
learns that the best gift the father can
make is himself; SO we pass from plead
ing for favors, to communion with God.
When we learn that God may be had
or the asking, we seek Him, and not
Ihings from Him.-Selected.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
.sWake Up the Minister.

The man who can see both ways that
a rule works, even if n way may point
against himself, is broad-minded and
pretty sure to possess the great, saving
ems of humor. Such a man was Henry
Ward Beecher, and the Buffalo CONNER.
cial quotes the following as IN instance
of his fairness:
A country clergyman called on tue
great minister and asked his advice
about what to do with persons who go
to sleep in church, something which had
become quite prevalent in his congre-
cation. Mr.. Beecher listened very at
tentively, admitted that it was serious
and then said:
when I first came to Plymouth
church l thought about this problem
and | will tell you the course | decided
upon. l gave the sexton strict orders
that if he saw any person asleep in my
congregation he should go straight to
the pulpit and wake up the minister"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
FOR LIFE.
How Jim Rescued Els Father from
Death in the Ice Shove by His
Staunch Little Craft.

The great inland salt sea of the
South bay was frozen over white and
smooth from mainland to beach, but
the south winds had begun to blow and
vague, ghostly noises stole over the
great expanse, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer. Sometimes they sounded like
the wall of a far-away storm, but there
was no storm; sometimes they SOUNDED
like canno fired miles away at sea, but
there were no ships off shore firing can
non; sometimes they sounded like the
peaceful long-drawn signs of a sleeper
A stranger would have been puzzled
hopelessly to say what these strange
sounds were or meant; but the bay men
knew. and all along the miles OF shore
men hurried to drag boats as far up on
the land as they could, and to secure
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31

st. Petersburg, March 21.-The latest
dispatches from Manchuria indicate
that the retreat of the Russian army
is being conducted uneventufully. The
last few days were unmarked by any
fighting of a serious nature. Both the
Russians and the Japanese, at this
stage. are probably considering that
marching is more important than
fighting. The Russians, however, are
neglecting no precautions to impede
pursuit and hamper the construction OF
permanent japanese lines of supply.
The Russian rear guard is retreat
ing slowly and engaging in occasional
skirmishes. 1t has now reached a pO-
sition 81 miles north of Tie pass. The
japanese are slowly advancing, With
out pressing the Russians. In the
course of the retreat the Russians are
destroying bridges, the railway road
bed and highways, and carrying OIL
stores and demolishing buildings and
everything not portable. Reports OF a
wide turning movement by the Jap
anese are no longer being received.
There is increasing dlIlcuIty III SC
curing reliable information beyond the
limits within which scouting parties
are active, on account of the detection
of many Chinese to the Japanese side.
Many natives who have been employed
as servants by Russian officers nave
run away, and other consequences OF
the evacuation of Mukden are notice.
able in the attitude of the Chinese.
The Red Cross depot under the
AUSPICES of Grand Duchess Elizabeth,
widow of Grand Duke Sergius, is doing
excellent work in providing officers
who lost their effects in the retreat
from Mukden with linen and other
n~ecessaries. Some officers are now be-
ing supplied with outfits, who had no
change of linen since February %.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
I THANK THEE, LORD.

/ thank Thee. Lord, for snire unanswered
prayers,
Unanswered save Thy quiet, kindly
Nay"
Yet it seemed hard among my heavy cares.
That bitter day.
/ wanted joy; but Thou did'st know for
me
That sorrow was the gift needed most.
And in its mystic depths | learned to see
The Holy Ghost.
I wanted health; but Thou did'st bid me
sound
The secret treasures of pain.
And in the means and groans my heart oft
found
Thy Christ again.
l wanted wealth; twas not the better part;
There is a wealth with poverty oft given.
And Thou did'st teach me of the gold OF
heart,
Best gift of Heaven.
l thank Thee, Lord, for these unanswered
prayers,
And for Thy word, the quiet, kindly
NAY"
Twas Thy Withholding l%ightened all my
cares
That blessed day.
oliver Huckel, in Lutheran Observer.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
THE WRONG WAY TO JUMP.

push of their feet when they try to
jump.
Now you yourself take a turn. You
stand about two feet from the barrel
and jump lightly upon it, but the in
slant your feet touch it you jump again
and sail through the air, landing several
feet beyond the farthest mark made
by the others. The secret is that the
momentum of your first jump carries you
forward, and that when you jump from
the barrel you leap straight up in the
air, not forward, for the momentum Of
your first jump carries you on far
enough. The ground below the barrel
lends resistance from that direction,
while there is zone to keep the barrel
in place when the others leap straight
forward from it.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
AyI0LATIoN OF PAROLE.
A Russian officer, Haroled at PORT
Captured at Sinmintin.

N
Arthur. Captured at Sinmintin.
Washington. March 21.-The follow
ing dispatch from Toxic, dated March
20, was made public at the Japanese
legation Monday:
Respecting the capture at Sinmintin
by the Japanese garrison of a Russian
officer who repaired there in breach
of parole. a st. Petersburg semi-official
telegraph agency published the excuse
to the effect hat in returning home
from Shanghai to Russia he took the
route by the Chinese railway, and
therefore the Japanese report is found
ed on a misunderstanding. AS a mat
ter of fact, the Russian officers, who
were liberated upon the surrender OF
Port Arthur, had each and all sworn
in writing. according to the terms OF
capitulation. to the effect that they
would not act contrary to the interest
of japan. The Japanese government
being convinced that the returning TO
Russia of such officers through the
war zone is detrimental to the mill
tary operations, decided that they
should not in any case be allowed to
take that route, and the decision was
expressly communicated to them at the
time. 1t is therefore clear that the
Russian officers arrival at Sinmintin,
living within the zone of hostllltles,
constitutes a breach of the parole"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
Lcvce Improvement Work,

The work of improving the levees
in the Yazoo-Mississippi levee dis
trict will soon be under way. Re-
Gently the bonds of the board were
sold to the amount of $350,000, and
this will be used in the work of inn
%provemcnt. The first thing to be
done is to construct a loop levee
around Folks Landing, where some
seventv-five feet Of embankment has
caved in and the river is close to the
base of the old leYee.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
ANOTHER SHOCK TO RUSSIANS.
Attempted assassination of the Gov
ernor of VibOrS.

ernOr of NibOrS.
Viborg, European Russia, March Il.
Gov. M%iasorodoff was shot and seri-
ously wounded, Monday, by a boy
about Is years old, who obtained an
entrance to the governors office ard
fired three times at him, one bullet
inficting a serious wound and the oth-
ers slightly wounding the governors
legs. The governors clerks were I'M
able to stop the would-be assassin,
who reached the street, where, how
ever, he was arrested without a strug-
gle. The governors condition is crit
ical.
The youth who shot the governor
has been identified as Matti Hjalmar
Reinikke. who admits that he is a rev.
olutionist. He halls from Kurikke
parish, in the northwestern part OF
Finland. but recently has been living
ing Stockholm to avoid arrest on ac-
count of his known revolutionary
ideas.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
For Boys.

One of our great American leaders
says a boy should learn:
To let cigarettes alone.
To be kind to all animals.
To be manly and courageous.
To ride, row shoot and swim.
To build a fence scientifically.
To fill the wood box every night.
To be gentle to his sisters.
To shut a door without slamming.
To sew on a button.
To do errands promptly and cheer
fully.
To have a dog, and make a companion
of him.
To get ready to go away without thf
united efforts of mother. grandmother
sisters, chambermaid and cook.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
cotton Domestic for china.

The McComb Cotton Mills have
just closed a contract with a New
York firm for $4,000 worth of do
mestics to be exported direct to Chi
ma through the port at New Orleans
as fast as the goods can be turned
out at the mills. Tt is believed that
as soon as the Japanese-Ru russian
war closes the Southern cotton mills
will have more orders from the ORR
ent than they can possibly fill, even
if they run on double time.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Will Investigate Depot Fires.

The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
railroad during the past few weeks
has suffered from quite an unusual
number of depot fires, and depots at
the following places have been
burned: Tchula, Bee Lake, Itta
Bena, Gwin and Morehead. The
railroad officials are making an in
vestigation of these fires to ascertain
if any Of them were of an incen-
diary origin.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Experimental Work Progressing.

Prof. w. i. Hutchinson, director
of the Mississippi agricultural ex-
pertinent station, made an inspec-
ton trip to the branch experiment
station at Mcneil last week. He
reports that the work on the various
experiment farms is progressing
nicely, and some important expert
nent ventures are to be undertaken
during the year.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
After the Beef Trust.

The government officials are quiz
city and diligently conducting their
investigation into the workings of
the Beef Trust in this State. Moth
ing will be given out as to what has
been discovered, but it is expected
that considerable information will
be gathered.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Bonds for Street Paving.

The mayor and board of aldermen
of Greenwood have given notice of
their intention to issue $4,000
bonds on the first Tuesday in April
for street paving purposes. An
election will doubtless have to be or
dered as a protest against the bond
issue will be filed before the board
on the above date.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
MISS BULL RECEIVERS
FEARFUL DECLINE OF STRENGTH
COMPLETELY ARRESTED.
Medical Skill Had Almost aus ITSELF
in Vain Attempts TO Relieve Her-A
Remarkable Result.

IN vain AtUempts oAcN
Remarkable Result.
The recovery of Miss Gertrude L. Bull
is of great interest to the medical world.
A very bad cough followed a severe at
tack of pneumonia. 1t seemed impossl-
BILE to break it up or to restore her
strength, which had been sadly under
mined. In spite Of the best efforts OF
| the doctors and the use of several adver-
| tised modes of treatment her condition
daily grew more serious. She finally
discontinued all medicine and gave her.
self up to despair.
"What was your condition at TINS
| time?" she was asked.
my stomach was so weak 1 could not
keep food down. I suffered from con-
slant nausea. My kidneys were IN ter
| rible condition. and ankles We're
swollen so badly that it panied me even
to stand on them. I was very bilious.
| MY heart was i'll bad shape SO l could
not go up and down stairs or stand any
exertion or sleep in a natural position"
sit seems q wonder that you should
ever have recovered. How did 1t
happen?"
"You may well call it q marvel, but
DIR. Williams Pink Pills wrought it.
None of my friends thought / could live
many months longer. My parents had
no hope. Just then a pamphlet adver-
Using DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People was thrown in our door 1t was
q great event for me. These pills saved
me from the grave. Within a week from
the time I began to take them l felt bet
ter, and in three months | was entirely
well. I cannot praise DR.. Williams
Pink Pills too highly and 1 dearly hope
that my experience may bring good to
some other sufferers"
Miss Bull, who was so remarkably
cured, resides at Union Grove, Illinois.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills act immediately
on the blood, purifying and enriching it.
In all dehilitating diseases, such as
lung troubles, grip, fevers, and in all
cases in which the system is thoroughly
run down, these pills perform wonders.
They are sold by all druggists through
out the world. A valuable booklet on
diseases Of the blood, will be sent free
to any one who applies for it to DR.: VIII
Hams Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Z.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Paw Taxes by Telephone.

Taxes are paid by telephone in Hick
CRY county, Mo. A farmer calls up the
collector, learns the amount of his tai
bill, and deposits the money with the
operator, who, having listened to the
conversation, is qualified to issue a re
ceipt. Farmer saves time and trave
expenses; county gets its money with
out delay.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Beauvoir Home in Good Condition.

State Auditor Henry, member OF
the executive committee of the
board of directors of the Beauvoir
Home, reports that the institution
now has a capacity for sixty veter-
ans, and is filled to the limit. Prep
arations for the spring gardening at
Beauvoir are well under way. An
examination of the books and ac-
counts shows that the home is in
good financial condition, and is
Prospecting in every way.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
To Make 1t Still Better.

The officers of the Chautauqua
Assembly at Crystal Springs are
getting their plans in shape for the
assembly this summer. Plans are
on foot to make the Chautauqua
much better than it has ever been
before, Notwithstanding the fact
that it has for many years been re-
garded as one of the best in the
South.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
FACTS FRESHLY FoUND.

One woman in every six in England
earns her own living.
A full-grown eagle can dispose of two
young lambs at a meal.
Firing a ships guns affects even the
best watches and clocks.
A ton of oil has been obtained from
the tongue of a single whale.
One hundred thousand tons OF apples
are grown on British soil yearly.
Every penny in circulation changes
hands on an average Of nine times q
week.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Mississippi Medical Association.

The various county medical socie-
ties in Mississippi are now holding
their final meetings preparatory to
the annual session of the Mississip-
pi Medical Association to be held
on the 10Th of April. Nearly all
the county societies will meet early
in April, and some of the papers
read at these meetings will be
brought to the State association.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Webster County Land Assessment.

Notice has been. received by the
State auditor that the board of SUI
pervisors of Webster county has de-
cided to make a land assessment for
the year 1905. This is the sixth
county in the State to order > land
assessment, and it means a very
neat increase IN the State assess
ment roll for the coming year.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Arrow Points.

The atheist cannot find God for the
same reason that the thief cannot find
the policeman.
When a mans heart is in Heaven it
does not suffer from palpitation every
time it sees the collection coming.
The extent of your friendship depends
not on the people who love you, but on
the number of people you can love.
It's not much use talking to the hun
cry about the Kingdom of Heaven until
you show them the kindness of earth
Rams Horn.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Will Issue School Bonds.

The hustling little town of Wig
gins, in Harrison county, has given
notice that it is going to issue its
bonds in the sun of $4,000 for the
purpose of erecting a sc%hoolhouse.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
IN Trial for wife Murder.

Peoria, ILL.,, March 20.-The trial OF
Otis Bolts, charged with the murder
of his wife by ~strangulation, is pro-
ceeding here. Bolts has beer In jail
since he committed the deed. The evil
dence against him is mostly circum-
stantial.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Extremes.

Clipper-It isn't safe to think a man
a lrnatic merely because you don't un-
derstand him.
Flapper-That's so. He's likely to be
either a genius OF a magazine poet
The Crank.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Know More. Yet Inferior.

President Faunce, of Brown universe.
ty, declares that while the freshmen OF
to-day know more than their fathers
knew at the same age they are inferior
to their elders in logical strength, power
of concentration and the faculty of sus-
tanned thought.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-03-31
Greenwood's Cotton Receipts.

Greenwood's cotton receipts to
date are about 5000 bales in excess
of last years total receipts. Re-
ceipts to September ] will very like
" reach the 100, 900 mark.