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The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
u Day.

The movement in favor of changing
the date of presidential in~augurations
from March 4 to a later time, preferably
April 80, lis taking on new earnestness
and vigor. There is an energetic or
g~anization working to bring about the
change. The governors of Al of the As
states have joined this movement, and
a national committee having the mat
ter in charge is arranging for a meet
ing in Washington in November, just
before the assembling of congress. The
intention is SO to present the matter to
congress as to impress upon that body
the desirability OF postponing inaugu-
ration day to a season when the weather
is likely to be less inclement than on
March 4. The idea is to have the change
take place after 1909. The good argu-
ments seem to be decidedly in favor Of
the proposition, and doubtless congress
will give due consideration.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20

OVEN AMI NUN f1OO0c.
en- pipe, with an elbow at each end to
give the turn required. Over the end
of the pipe in floor of house you will
notice an affair marked "defiector;" 1t
is a nat square piece of blue stone laid
on four pieces of brick at the corners,
and as the smoke strikes it, of course
it has to take a horizontal course and
fills the whole house instead of going
up il a straight line for the ventilator
on top. The ventilator is IL inches i'll
diameter. and has a damper which
can regulate to suit the weather con-
ditions. The basement of the smoke
house is filled with stones gathered
OFF the fields. and five inches of con-
crete on top of them, the walls being
nearly three feet under the ground
line to be below frost.
This house is built Of brick. with
shingle roof, but a frame building
would be quite safe. as there are no
sparks at that distance from the fire,
and if hickory is used there are no
sparks anyway. And l only use dry
hickory, as I think the smoke is
sharper and more penetrating than
from green wood. I cut one-inch pipe
to run across the house the narrow
way, and made hooks of heavy No. 8
wire to fit easily or the pipe, and had
a long one and a short n alternate.
SO that | al hang a big lot of meat
and yet have none touching, as l car
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
Corselet. Skirt.

The thin sister is again deferred to In
the form taken on by the new tightness
of fashion. just as she has been by her
former "dippy' and blouse effects. The
corselet skirt, which ome al a welcome
change, is a step toward returning to the
Zine heretofore obscured, but it is a
step only, as it is cut at present so as to
stop short after revealing hips and waist
line. To-day, however, the thin woman
with her small waist and moderate hips,
can appear at her best in the corselet
skirt, while her too thin arms and shout
ders are pretty decorated and luffed
out in any style she pleases, for the point
about this skirt is the contrast from the
bust downward and from the bust up
ward, unless the corselet skirt be shown
on q severe tailor model. Even then It il
generally completed by q little grace
fully cut bolero. 1t is q fashion which
looks equally well for the simplest Of
morning frocks and for the fullest dress
evenfnG gown. It is becoming to the
large but shapely figure, but must b
passed over by the woman who tends to
spread out about the hipA.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
POULTRY HOUSE.
Eor One Farmer Built One for Elm
self at Small Cost-List OF
Materials Used.

J. G. Graham, Cook county, Illinois.
one of the most progressive farmers in
this section, who previously had used
a poor building for his poultry, con-
structed a first-class house about a
year ago. He figures that the in
creased receipts from eggs have more
than paid for the building already.
Herewith, says the Ohio Farmer, are
given plans for his structure, to ac-
commodate 100 hens.
The house was made rat and frost
proof. Mr.. Graham staked out a site
12x25 feet, giving 300 square feet OF
floor, and then dug a trench a foot
wide and a foot dep all around; In
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latter until it is nearly full. Now
wipe the rim carefully, so that not a
particle of moisture remains IN it, and
replace the croSS
You can make the glass vibrate and
give forth a sound by rubbing your
dampened finger ever some part of the
exterior, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
That is why we have called it the
musical glass" but an even more
wonderful experiment may be made
with it.
Suppose, for instance. you rub your
dampened finger on the glass just un-
der one of the arms of the cross; the
cross will not move But rub it be-
tween any two of the arms and the
| cross will begin to turn slowly, as ii
by magic, and will not stop turning
until one of the arms reaches a point
Immediately over the place you are
rubbing.
You can thus move your finger
around the glass and make the cross
move as you please.
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THE CAKE AND HOW IT WAS CUT.
the top of a solid cube Of chocolate.
which extended right down to the
bottom of the cake.
The professor called his wife and
children when the cake was ready to
be served and said:
Here is a square cake; there are
ten plums on top of it, and 1t IS the
finest cake I've ever baked"
The children all smacked their lips
and wanted some, but their father
only laughed at them, saying:
you can't have a mouthful until
you divide the cake in such a way
as to enable you to each have an equal
share of a similar shape, each share
containing two Of the plums-and the
chocolate must be given intact to your
dear mother"
1t took the children nearly half an
hour to guess the right way to cut
that cake. See if you can find out
before you look at Fig. 2.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
Al Curious Candle.

A curious candle is made by the In
dams on the Pacific coast OF British
Columbia. 1t Is y little fish called
"Enlanchon." or .candle-fsh.' In
length it il no Longer than one inch,
and looks like q smell In fatty ma
terial It is the richest Of all fishes.
and from this it becomes an excellent
substitute for candles. The Indians
dry 1t and then it will burn with a
bright fame. Sometimes they light
it simply at the tail. but often they
run q wick OF woody threads through
the body OF the FISH. Dried and
smoked this fish 1rakes Z delicious
food for winter uso-at least, the In
dams say 50. and the oil Is used In
place OF buttei BY The squaws.-Phila-
dnlphia Presn.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
oLD-WoRLD ODDITIES.

A Birmingham (Eng.) man named
Bachelor has just married a young lady
named Widow.
In Paris white horses are employed
for the funerals of children or young
unmarried people.
A hairdresser at Leipsic, Germany,
has built a two-story house entirely Of
cork. and fitted it up for a shop and
baths.
Four burglars, arrested in the act by
the London police the other night, were
all wearing gloves, in order not to leave
finger prints behind them.
A clock in the tower of the new Naval
college, at Dartmouth, England, will
mark the time as it is kept on board
ship, striking eight, six, four bells, etc.
A French road-mender, on a road
near the Little st. Bernard, who has
saved many travellers from death in the
snow, has been made a knight of the
Legion of Honor.
For the last 20 years there has been
employed at the Cherry Tree Inn, Old
Southgate, a blind hostler. He can tell
regular customers by the sound Of the
trotting of their horses.
An organ grinder is perambulating
the streets of London, having attached
to his organ a placard stating that he
is a whipthong maker thrown out OF
work by the automobiles.
An ~inhabitant of F~armoutiers, France,
has left a legacy sufficient to provide
prizes of 25 francs each yearly for the
two most polite scholars-male and
female-of the town. The winners axe
to be elected by ballot of their school
fellows.
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soft or wet ground a greater depth
would be better. AT the bottom OF
this he put stones from the field and
filled in the interstices with coal
ashes. A few inches below the ground
he began building a foundation wall
of Portland cement and sand, and car
ried this eight inches above the ground.
He mixed two barrels of cement with
five barrels of coarse sand and poured
in water and shoveled it over until
it was like mortar. Then he placed
boards a foot high around the four
trenches on both the inside and out
side edges, holding them in place with
stakes. The next work was to shovel
in the cemen all around, placing small
stones in the trench as he worked.
When the cement was near the top OF
the boards AKA stringers were put at
carried up the inside level with the
tops of them. The stringers were so
firmly imbedded in the cement that no
cold could get under them and no
moisture enter the dirt floor. The wall
"a feet long may cost two dollars for
the cement. Barn floors may be made
in the same way, with the proportion
of cement and sand equal for the top
dressing.
The house now was ready for the
walls. The framework was made of
2x4 scantling. Two. five feet eight
inches long. were placed at each end
of the south corners-the front of the
building-and three others were put
along the front at equal intervals, all
"toe-nailed" to the bottom stringer. At
the top of these IS feet of scantling
was nailed as a roof support, and in
the back eight-foot scantlings were
used as uprights in a similar way. with
a scantling at the top again. To hold
the front and back together a scant-
ling II feet 6 inches long was nailed
from each forward corner straight
across to a point six feet from the
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roll the pipe any distance apart, and
slide the hooks as neal OF as far from
each other as l want. l have found
the above arrangement a great i'm
provement on stationary nails driven
into cross beams. l have just finishes
smoking a batch of pork, and have it
thoroughly done, and yet only a nice
color like hams that are sold by
butchers and grocers, and not the
black half-cooked things that usually
pass as well-smoked hams among us
country folks. Anyone who has a cell
lar can make a smokehouse like this
one. with very little expense, and there
will be little or no heat from the oven.
A thermometer ten feet from my wen
stood at 40 degrees all the time l was
smoking Us days.. Some people might
think that this was far too fine a house
for them to build, but if they adopt the
underground part they can put any
kind of house on it they want. This
one is on a gentleman's private home,
and has to be in keeping with the
other buildings.
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o PLAN.

FLOOR PLAN.
ground on the rear upright. Three feet
from the south side of the west end al
upright was nailed to make a place fol-
the door, three feet wide and six feet
high. The framework now was com
pleted. Tarred paper next was put on
the outside of the scantlings and the
siding nailed fast over it. Hemloch
boards a foot wide were used, those
16 feet long being cut in two for tbs
back and those II feet long being oil
yided for the front. The back was
nailed on at once, the paper being
stretched tightly under it, and a win
dow four feet high was placed in the
middle, at the top. In the front four
windows were used, being placed IN
pairs as shown in the plans, and an.
other was put on the west end neal
the door, as shown in the Illustration
All we're arranged so as to slide, thai
they might be opened on warm days
Three boards were nailed together and
used for the door, ard no window was
left in the east end.
Six scantlings were used for the root
supports and the roof boards, 10 feet
long. were placed crosswise. Tarred
paper made for the purpose was used
to cover them and at the back and
front of the top, where drafts would
have entrance. the chinks were covered
with pieces of board.
Lath was used to batten the cracks
between the side boards and the house
was air-tight, or as nearly SO as it was
possible to make it. To provide ven.
tilation a hole a foot square was cut In
the roof, and boards making a box
were run through it to within two feet
of the bottom. An inverted trough
was put over the top to keep out the
rain and snow. A visit to the poultry
house in the winter. when 100 fowls
were in it, showed the air was as pure
as in a dwelling.
After the house was finished Mr..
Graham banked up the dirt on the out
side to the top of the wall and emp
tied sifted coal ashes on the floor. Then
he whitewashed the walls and the
house was bright and cherry on the
darkest days.
This would be the cost of the house
from new material, according to fig
ures submitted to Mr.. Graham:
Foundation
Two barrels cement .......... $500
GA running feet AKA s%tringers.. 1.5a
Frame
50 running feet 2x4 stringers.. las
500 running feet 1-foot siding. 900
Roof
40 running feet Aka s~tringers... ~
800 feet boarding ............. $50
Roofing paper .............. 2.40
Fittings
Six windows 600
Tarred paper, lath. hardware. zoo
Total Observation-Disclosures .3s
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to make; all the materials needed would
be a few odds and ends of silk or muslin,
some bran, and a small doll. Fhe legs
should be cut off at the waist, n a
round cushion substituted. This may be
sewn or glued to the body. Having
dressed the doll in the fashion Indicated
with volumincus sleeves and skirt, the
edge of the latter should be gathered
and drawn closely together beneath the
cushion. Small cushions should also
be made to place round the arms to fill
out the wide sleeves. which are gathered
below the elbow to form a frill.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
THIN BLOOD-WEAK NERVES
One Follows tie Other, but Or. VIII
Hams Pink Pills Quickly
Cure Both.

The steady use of a particular set OF
muscles tends to chronic fatigue. which
produces faulty or difficult motion,
trembling, cramps and even paralysis.
Writers, telegraphers, tailors and seam.
stresses are among the classes most
threatened in this way with the loss OF
their power to earn q living. The fol-
lowing instance shows that nerve power
may be recovered after it seems entirely
lost, if the right means are taken. Mrs.
o. S. Blacksten, Of No. 584 North Bow.
man street, Mansfield, Ohio, says:
"For years my hands would become
80 numb at times that l would drop
anything / attempted to lift. Later
they became so bad that l could not sew
any longer, and at last l could scarcely
do anything at all with my hands. At
night the pricking sensations would
come OH worse than ever, and my hands
and arms would pain SO that L reade
to 90 to bed. My family doctor gave me
some nerve tablets. They helped me a
little. but only for a short time after l
had taken them and if / happened to be
without them for a day or w l would
be as bad as ever or ven worse. Finally
I got a box of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
and began to take them.
"The result was surprising. By the
time l had taken the last pill i'll my first
box / could see a gain. Thanks to DIR.
williams Pink Pills, / am now all right.
1 can sleep undisturbed by pain, and for
two years I have been as well as ever
DR.. Williams Pink Pills feed the
nerves by making new, rich blood and
in this way have cured nervous diseases
of every description from simple rest
lessness to paralysis. They have BAN
ished the fortunes of neuralgia, the
weakness of nervous prostration, the
disability and awful pain of locomotor
ataxia. They are sold by all druggists
or direct by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
A PLUMcAkE PUZZLE.
The Learned Professor Bakes q Cake
That Causes His Family Much
Study to Cut.

Here is q very interesting puzzle
about the father Of five children vino
was a professor of mathematics at q
big college, and who was also a fine
cook. as told by the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Now, this very talented
man wished to bake his chill
dren and his wife a cake. 50
he took a square tin and soon
created the strange looking affair.
the top OF which is shown in
Fig. 1. The ten black spots represent
ten plums, and the shaded square Is
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great elegance ard had an air OF
boundless' wealth. 'rDts girl. who was
very sweet and attractive In manner.
had a fatal chronic habit OF amiable
borrowing, and was very slow In pay
ing her debts. She gradually used up
the patience Of most OF her classmates,
who learned to be shy of listening to
her honeyed ~pleadinas. But Myra did
not know her and was rather fiattered
when Lucy came flying In impulsive
and smiling, begging for a loan which
took nearly every cent from Myra's
little hoard. The money was to be re-
turned in a day or two, but weeks
passed and Lucy said nothing about
reimbursement. Meanwhile Myra, the
honorable, was in The depths of de-
spair and in the greatest inconveni-
ence She never forgot afterward to be
very careful to whom she made loans.
One more suggestion. 1t is as much
a duty to give to those who need 1t as
1t is not a duty fooiishly to loan mon
ey. Every young girl should have her
charities. There are other girls In the
world who need assistance. There are
causes very dear to us. We wish as a
matter of course to use money in our
church work. To 90 this in the best
way we must do it according to sys-
tenn, and a fixed pr portion OF every
ones allowance should be put aside
and held as a sacred trust because 1t
is to be devoted to some unselish pur-
pose. For the rest. beware OF having
holes in your pockets. Some people
have a purse which is very much like
what the Bible describes as a bag with
holes. Do not let cutgo creep beyond
income. Be just first and afterward
be generous. Regard money as an OPP
portunity which must be put to good
accOunt
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20

Ing, just unhook the nest and take It
out of the house.
This is a great advantage when
whitewashing or scrubbing the walls,
says Farm and Home. and is an adj
vantage in that the nests will always
be cleaner than where they are nailed
fast. The three-inch hook and screw
eyes needed for this nest will cost
eight or ten cents per dozen. and the
nest material is as cheap as that for
any other form.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
A TALKING MACHINE.
How a Toy Trumpet May Be Macs
to Talk-An Instrument Made Out
of a Spool and Rubber Band.

Would you like to make a talking
machine? If you have a toy trumpet,
put the small end in your mouth and
your two hands over the large. or
funnel end. Now blow through h
trumpet, and open and shut your
hands once quickly. The syllable
ma" will be sounded, and if you re-
peat this in a quick succession. the
word mamma will be spoken by the
trumpet. 1t may have a strident sound.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
A MUSICAL GLASS.
Some Peculiar Results Obtained with
a Tumbler of Water and a
Paper Cross.

This pretty experiment should be
made with a thin cut glass goblet, and
it would be all the better if the glass
should have a high note when you tap
it with your finger nail.
Cut out of stiff writing paper a cross
with arms of equal length. and. laying
1t on the top of the glass. turn down
each end of the four arms so that the
cross will not slip off.
Having thus fitted the cross, take 1t
off the glass and pour water into the
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that l was laid up
four months. L
had nigh sweats
and fainting spells
and dropped to 90
pounds. The urine
passed every few
minutes with in
tense pain and
looked like blood.
Dropsy set in and
the doctors decided
/ could not live.
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Ny wife got me using Doan's Kidney
Pills, and as they helped me l took
heart, kept on and was cured SO thor
oughly that I've been well three years"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20

that is easily re-
moved for clean
ing is a great adj
vantage. A nest
constructed Xix {
sketch Is very con-
venient. l have
used them now for
seven years and
would use no 9th
er kind. For clean
The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
GIRLS ALLOWANCE
GREAT MISFORTUNE TO DE
ABLE TO SPEND MONEY
FooLIsHLY.

The Girl with an Allowance Learns
to Be Practical and Independent
The Sum Should Be Moderate, But
Ample to Cover Necessary Elk
penses-Handle Your Allowance in
q Business-Like Way-The "Ami-
able Borrowing" of a Boarding
School Girl-Every Girl Should
Have Her Charities.
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Force of Circumstances.
Mack-I notice that Higbee no longer
walks with a stoop.
Wyld-Probably he is in Strengthened
circumstances.-Town Topics.
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A NOVEL ~PlNcUSHION.
Nav Be Constructed at Little Outlay
of Money and the Result Be
Quite Satisfactory.

This is a quaint little cushion for the
toilet table that would make ar accept
able present. and would find a ready
sale at bazaars. 1t is quite inexpensive
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A CONVENIENT NEST.
Those Constructed Separate from the
Hen House and Can Be Re
moved Are Best.

It is a great bother to clean the hens
nests in many houses, SO that 3 meet
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RAISED FROM A DEATH-BED.
Mr.. Pitts, Once Pronounced Incurable,
Has Been Well Three Years.

E. E. Pitts, 60 Hathaway St., Show
hogan, Me-, says: "Seven years ago
my back ached and l was so run down
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-12

Meeting Arkansas Travelers asse
eaton. si.t Springs. Ark. May to
/. 1905. For the above occasion The
f,.,l9wing round trip rates and at
faugpments are authorized tG, aef
Springs. Ark: Rate, one fare pl.7
- cents for the round trip, DATES .
sale Nav >, 4. 5 and 6, 1905. ReHfH
! unit. ten days from date of sa,e.
Special one-way second class eo.o
nt,t rates to California. The follow
i1g rates and arrangements are q
| rhorized for the sale OF one-WaT sec
ond class cclonsts tickets to Sa'
| Francisco. Sacramento. Los Angeles
sna San Diego. California. Ogden arc
sat Lake City. Utah. Granger, NY
anine. also to Prescott and phoenix
Arjzona. and all intermediate point
on di,ect lines to which the re4t|a
second class rates are higher. 4
same rates will 9pply to such braNs
:Ya 3eints as ordinarily take
california common pont rate. Rate
t7~on} Pine Bluff $50 via TeSarka.
and s31.s5 via St. Louis. Dates
saja-First series. Daily March !
Nav Is 1905, inclusive; second
r;es. daiIy September Is &c ocEeb.
< 1905, inclusive. imits-All nc
| cts to be limited for continuous pa
age stop-overs-By special ar'et
ment between California tef.t
: lines stop-overs will be allow u
;rorria AT all points Oh the San
; system and the Scathsn Pa'''.@
7any, except san Francisco an +
Angeles. a.sc at Ash Fork B5ns-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-12
AMUSE M ENTS.
r 4++++++ + + +++ +
A Captivating Comedy.

Al the F,lks theater tonight. hN ar
,angcnent with Charles y. Dillin&-
ham. Alberta Ga.latiu and her cOmpa-
nv will present the ori@ina' MttlSCn
SQUARE theatcr production of K. {.
Cartons caplivating comedy hil. \
Clcan Slate. Miss GalIatin's charm
inc personality. surrounded with an al
tractire Broadway success. coupled
with a unanimous New Work press
and public endorsement for this mef-
1iesi OF cOmpdic<-thc title OF which
is said to convey no th1u9hj of the
rare charm and real drltcacN Gf he
l,lav-should prove the best and Most
magnetic attraction of lhe season at
is said that he humol is SO perfecf!s'
tclsehtfu and the high comed2 Sc well
sustained. rhat the public would noi
stay away from the rhester and
GoNded the houses during the Lou
con and New YGlk=f7lns