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The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
GAVE HIM DETAILS.
cARuThERe' EXPLANATION OF
plscoLoRED OPTIC.
A. He Had Feared, Poole Was There
with His sympathy Working Over
time-Of Course No Offense
Was Taken.

Perhaps one Of the most embar-
RAISING experiences OF the rounder Is
when he gets the inevitable black
eye. says the New York Press. He
may escape 1t for years, but he gets
1t sooner or later, II not In one way
then in another. Caruthers got his in
the Tenderloin Saturday night. He
nursed it carefully all day Sunday,
trying various remedies, but when
night came the discoloration vas
more pronounced than aver. A friend
suggested that a piece of raw liver
left on the black eye over night was
a sure cure. He got the liver from a
neighboring butcher and carefully
bapdaged it over his damaged optic
when he retired.
Monday morning he removed the
liver and glanced into his mirror.
Yes, the black eye was gone, but in it's
place was a blue, green and yellow
one. He gave a sigh of resignation
and threw the liver away. He knew
well the jibes and jokes that the mar
with the black eye has to submit to,
and he shrank from facing the force
at the Office, but there was nothing
else for it. He might plead sickness
for a day OF so, but if the eye had not
cleared up in that time it would
make matters worse and put him
strongly under suspicion of having
been guilty Of unseemly conduct when
he did return to his duties, so he de-
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
RARE SKELETON Is FOUND.
Bones of the LoxoIophodon Secured
from Southern Wyoming.

There arrived in New York last
week for the Museum Of Natural His
tory the skeleton Of a loxoloNhodon. It
was unearthed in southern Wyoming,
where the great beast roamed in large
numbers many centuries ago, by an
expedition sent out from the museum
by Prof. H. F. Osborn and headed by
Prof. Walter Granger. Speaking OF
the success attending the search,
Prof. Granger said:
1--WE found the skeleton of the
largest mammal living at the time
and for which we made careful search.
This huge mammal was known as the
loxolophodon, a mixture Of elephant
and rhinoceros. It had six horns
two enormous ones In the back of the
skull. two smaller ones ove the eyes
and two rudimentary horns on the
tip of the nose.
I'VE obtained an interesting lot OF
the skeletons OF the titanotheres, a
smaller animal than the last; numer-
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
PREPARED own Grave.

Few men dig their own graves,
keep them in trim year after year.
and then calmly wait for the final
summons, but that is just what John
M. Clark, who died at Grass Valley.
Cal, a few days ago. did. Clark was
a peculiar genius, eccentric to q de-
gree, and had made his home at the
county institution for several years,
being too old to work. Clark dug his
own grave and seemed to take q de,
light in keeping it neat and trim. The
surrounding ground he carefully kept
clear Of grass and weeds. and would
often walk out and look at the hole
which would n day hold his body.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
AN IMPORTANT CASE
Patient Cured of Ataxia Gives the
Entire Credit to DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.

Pink Pills.
Mrs. s. C. Wellock, of ia Cleveland
Avenue. Everett, Mass, the wife of
an employee in the government works
at Chelsea, says:
II had been troubled with nervous
ness for ten years and the disease
kept growing on me. Then I learned
that l was suffering from locomotor
ataxia. l had terrible tremblings IN
my right leg which would get rigid
and when this happened in the street
l nai to stand still until 1t passed
away to keep from falling. My right
arm felt as II a thousand needles were
pricking it. The sheet touching my
knee in bed would nearly cause me
to scream out with pain and both
knees were SO weak I could hardly
stand.
81 had to use a cane and be helped
about by my son. Then the pain be-
gan to settle in the calves of my legs
and the muscles became numb and
quivered constantly. The cords I'M
der my knees seemed to be drawn up
tight and the terrible shooting pains
in my legs would nearly drive me in
sane. My toes became numb and at
times would prickle as if needles were
being thrust into them. My eyes be-
came dull and black spots fioated be-
fore them. My heart vas very weak.
"My attention was called to DR..
Williams Pink Pills and I bought sew
eral boxes right away and soon felt
relief. l was so pleased that I kept
on taking them until they cured me
entirely, and l have had no symptoms
of the trouble for over a year"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, so cents per box, six
boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams Med
icine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
A booklet. entitled Nervous Dis
orders" sent free on request.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11

Tended you, Mr.. Caruthers." he said,
backing away from him.
"Oh, no, not at all, not at ALL"
snapped out Caruthers, as he jabbed
his pen v~iciously to the bottom Of his
ink well.
Notwithstanding his emphatic de-
NAL. the impression prevailed around
the Office that Caruthers had taken Of
tense about something.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11

formaldehyde in a pocket. She looked
around for some clew to tke mystery.
On the rear platform she recognized
Damon as a man she had e e at a
house that was fumigated. She saw
the straw hamper in the car and
looked I'D her book of rules. The an
swer was quickly forthcoming.
Damon was profuse in his apologies
and promised never, never again to al
low such a thing to happen.
"It is enough to make a lady cry"
remarked one of the four aforemen-
toned, as she left the car at Cunning
street.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT.
How an Egg Can Be Kept In Center OF
Liquid Mass.

To keep an egg continually rotating
in the midst Of a liquid mass, without
ever allowing it to come up to the sur
face or to fall down to the bottom. Is
a feat which does not seem easy to
perform. Owing to q popularity OF
the composition Of the shell the ex-
pertinent is easily made, and will af-
ford entertainment as well as impart
some knowledge.
The eggshell contains a consider.
able amount of calcium carbonate, and
will evolve carbon dioxide gas when
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
Speaking Well of Him.

We were trying to teach our little
lad, aged five years, to speak we'll of
the absent. At dinner he began to
relate a personal encounter between
himself and another little boy, and
seeing reproof on our faces, he halted
a minute and then resumed, with a
deep sigh, We'll, mamma, Roy is a
real strong boy,"-another sigh-"and
he's got a good education!"-Youth's
Companion.
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Ingenious Lad.

$50 you want a position?" asked the
business man of the bright-faced
youth. What can you say in yoYr
favor?"
Sir" replied the earnest lad, g"
was given letters Of recommendation
by our pastor, by my Sunday school
teacher, by the president of the w. G.
T. u. and by my grammar school
teacher, and
That will do. I am afraid we have
no place for"
But I tore their letters up. sir. I
thought that the best recommends
ton would be to work a week and
then you could get a line on my fu-
ture speed"
"Good boy! You're engaged
Judge.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11

GUS specimens of the carvora, 1nclud-
ing the largest of the time, the mes.
onyx; many rodents, or squirrel-like
mammals; some of the earliest camel
like, even toed, hoofed mammals; an
achenedon, one of the very large. even
toed animals, with piglike teeth and
feet and an early primate like the
~lenlurs, notharctus. In all we OBJ
tanned 100 species in the Washakie
basin, 100 in the Bridges basin and 40
in the Wahsatch BASIN"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
Proved Good Man Of Business.

While preaching in Pueblo, Col. a
few years ago Rev. Edward ]. Wilcox
found himself in the embarrassing po-
sition of being unable to pay his debts.
Knowing that if he stuck to the pulpit
he would have small chance Of getting
ever with the world, he quit preach.
ing and went into the mining business.
To-day he owns mines in Colorado
worth 5000, 900, besides a great deal
of other valuable property.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
Cannot Stop k

Marysville, O.-John Fish, a farm
err living near Narrinsburg, whose
mind recently became impaired, has
been talking constantly since last Sat
urday, and is unable to stop. Sew
eral prominent physicians have been
called in consultation on the case, and
all efforts to stop him have proved of
no avail. His conversation is coher.
ent, and he seems to be sane, but can
not stop his continued talking. He
has had no sleep for i've days.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
PASSENGERS ON A
STREET CAR WEEP.

was blurred. Buildings familiar to her
since childhood no longer presented
their former aspect. She thought she
was becoming faint.
She asked that the . be stopped.
as she wanted to walk, anyway. The
conductor tried to reach for the bell
cord, but he grabbed the cash fare reg
lister and registered up 16 fares before
the fat left the car.
In a few minutes the nurse began to
think the conductor was either fumi-
eating a national bank or that some OF
the passengers had broken a bottle OF
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
Hold Their own Services.

On Sunday afternoons the children
Of Oakley M. E. church, New York
city, hold services of their own. :
This innovation was started by Rev.
H. A. King, the pastor, who believes
in beginning early to train young peo-
pie in religious work.
He decided to give the children an
opportunity to hold services of their
own. not conducted by older members
of the congregation, and found the
young people willing and enthusiastic
to take up the plan.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
TOO MUCH FOR THE BOY.
Youngster Wanted the Pony, but
There Was q Limit.

The Episcopalian bishop of a New
England diocese was about to make
his annual visitation to the parish OF
a country rector. In the latter's fam
lily was an o~bstreperous boy, whom
the father thought to bribe into good
behavior while the biAop was the
guest at the rectory.
So the anxious parent told the
small boy If he would behave well
while the bishop was there. the fol.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
YOUNG MANS RACE FOR
LIFE OVER A TRESTLE
Caught on Structure with Bicycle He
Rides Ahead of Train to
Safety.

Chicago.-At Elgin, ILL.,. the c., M.
& st. P. railway has a double track
trestle which runs along and directly
over the Fox river. In the days when
bicycles were a fad, l with other boys
of my sge would spin up the narrow
walk which ran between the two
tracks. We could get up more speed
on this stretch than any other place
within the city limits. and, being a
mile long. it was pretty good sport.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
Bismarck's premonition Of Death.

Bismarck's anticipation of the date
of his own death is not generally
known. About 10 years ago, during
a debate in n OF the great military
schemes, he refused to interfere with
the Septennate bill on the ground that
he expected to live another three
years, but to die within even. In
other words, he calculated on living
till 1890 and on dying before 1894.
AS a matter of fact, his prediction was
not wrong. for. though he actually lived
until 1898, he was politically dead as
soon as he went into retirement at
Friederichsruh.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11

l sold a Chicago newspaper in Elgin
at that time, and usually took my
stand at the station, which was direct
" at the head of the trestle. One
summer evening, 1 was lettering at
this station after my papers were
sold, when a brakeman remarked that
a freight had broken on the grade
north of Elgin, and that part of the
train was travelling back to town as
a runaway. l jumped on my wheel
and started for the old familiar spin
along the trestle.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
LARGE Churches.

st. Peters, Rome, will accommo-
date $4,000; Duomo, Milan, $4,000; st.
Paul's, Rome, $4,000; st. Sophia, Con-
stantinople, $4,000; Notre Dame de
Paris, 81, 200; the Duomo Of Florence,
10000; the Cathedral of Pisa, 10000;
st. Mares in Venice, 1000.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
Egg Rotating in the Jar.

an hour. The bubbles on the top Of
the egg gradually dissolve in the water.
while they increase at the bottom,
which is nearer the acid. The double
process continually raises the center
of gravity of the egg, and it's rotation
Is due to this continued alteration.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
Has Heavy Liabilities.

Herr Johann Strauss, a nephew Of
the eminent composer, has been SEN
fenced to a weeks Imprisonment for
debt in Vienna. His liabilities are
said to amount to $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11
AUTOMATIC JUSTICE IN ITALY.
Robber Meets Death While Trying to
Steal Copper Wire.

A few days ago a robber tried to
steal copper by cutting down the
wires from an, iron pole outside Of
Naples. The wires were carrying a
high tension current of 5000 volts.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11

HE used to want to kiss me every
time we met, now he never kisses
me-"
Ibid you marry or :~uarrelfi
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-11

Another statue has been stolen from
the Louvre. Some cities have all the
luck. No n steals any of our Lon
don statues.-Punch.
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r OF THE CASE.
Fig. 1.-Section Of Base.
Fla. II.-Base Complete.

Fig. IIi.-Details of the Lower Shelf.
double thickness, but has an inch
square strip screwed beneath it, a lit
tie back from the edge, to which the
upper ends Of the corner strips are
screwed. The top should be a little
larger than the shelves, to afford the
required projection.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-16
Egs-Eating Birds Cured.

There are several ways of handling
egg-eating birds. They usually be-
have all right as soon as they get
out where they have more room and
fresh air, and the shells grow harder,
so that all works together to effect
4 cure. Pending this, darkened nests,
raised so that the birds cannot stand
and look into them all the time, are
helpful. A cloth bottom is some
times placed above the real bottom
of the nest, having a slit for one egg
to pass through. In extreme cases an
egg has been smeared or mixed with
bitter aloes as a lesson of let-alone,
which is said to be effective. We
have this difficulty occasionally to-
ward spring, but seldom do more
than to provide abundant exercise,
good food and dark nests. If the
sinners can be spotted it is well to
coop them by themselves for time,
as such vice spreads rapidly, espe-
cially in an idle flock. Nests may be
effectively darkened by tacking a bur-
lap curtain at the top edge, to hang
four-ffths of the way down, just so
the hens can push them aside easily.
&C. S. Valentine, in the Tribune
Farmer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-16

minology OF the geoiog;st alone. or
by the rules OF the algehraic fOrn1u-
lac But Il has its own laws. Its
own characteristics may be scientific
ally tabulated. Its experiences may
be classified Its reality may be in
vostigated and proven by any open
minded open-hearted man who viii
place himself within the realm of its
manifestations and permit himself
to be moved upon by its influences.
It Is spiritually real.
Then. too. the true religious life
such as has been revealed unto us
In Jesus Christ is ethically inhuen-
tial II takes hold of the conduct
OF the man, and whereas he was be-
fore satisfied with lax and easy reg
ulatlons for the ordering of his per-
sonal and social life. it leads him past
all that is superficial and insufficient
and less than wholly righteous, step
by step into such recognition OF
the claims of God and of humanity
upon his life that he is soon satisfied
with nothing but the best in manners
and morals. and Is continually test
ing himself by an increasing measure
to find whether or no lie is worthy
OF the approval of Almighty God,
was practiced by our Lord and Saw
lous Jesus Christ is a life that is
militant In the life Of the man seven
DAYS a week. IL is no weekend
religion 1t is force from the first
stroke of the midnight chime on
Saturday night to the precise moment
when another week having gone ring
ing down the grooves OF the past the
bells shall boom again another mid
night note. It declares to men the
reality of the divine authority and
the insistency of human accountable
ity to Him. IL leads the soul into
a larger recognition of the claims OF
personality and inspires humanity to
square itself with the claims Of So
ciety upon the individual life.
The true religious life in Jesus is
as vital in national affairs as 1t is in
individual We do not need in our
times more churches or a larger or
ganization. What we need most is
that the present organization and the
present churches shall make the re-
ligion of the Lord Jesus Christ to be
felt and realized as a vital force in
all departments of our national life.
The true religious life is the med
ium whereby comfort, joy. hope and
courage are mediated in divine fash
ion to the human soul In no other
life is comfort so satisfyingly given.
In no other life is the Joy that hui
manity so largely needs so truly
ministered. Here Is our highest hope.
Here we drink deep of courage and
are most endued for conflict against
principalities and powers and pan
oplled effectually for the 'conquering
of sin.
The greatest mistake in the world
is for a man to reject the privileges,
the prerogatives, the appeals of the
religious life. For the soul without
God is not alive. Only in the con-
sciousness OF His reality and in will
ing subsection of self to Him do we
live. The live man is the one who
lives within God through the grace
and love revealed and mediated in
our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-16
Thirty Things to Remember
sv JOHN TRArNon.

!. Remember that work Is only u
means, character is the end.
2. That sincerity is the foundation
of all honest work.
3. That sorrow is the price most
men pay for lasting attainments.
A. That you label your own work.
8. That no one can hold you down
If you are determined to succeed.
C. That every man is destined to
do something worth while
Z. That seven roads lead to Rome.
8. That most people judge you by
first impression.
9. That few men succeed until they
try.
10 That hard work is no small
part of genius.
II. That It takes no longer to say
kind words than those that cut.
10. That the only way to keep
your credit good is by paying your
debts.
10. That it is easier to do good
work than poor, If you once learn
how.
IA. That the more difficult things
are to accomplish, the more worth
while.
Is. That a sensible employer is
more anxious to push you ahead than
to hold you down.
16. That you are one link in
great chain.
II. That ambition develops, self
ishness thwarts, body and mind.
,.,,1n 20 n
business as laws are for right gov
ernment.
10. That you can't learn anything
in day.
20. That the fact that you are
being employed is promise of good
work.
21. That your boss often appreci-
ates your work, but does not find
time to tell you so.
90. That time progresses and
methods change.
23. That it is legitimate to talk
about your goods as long as you tell
the truth
"a. That there is only one way to
sell goods; place them in the market
to advantage.
25. That many a man might seek
you as a customer if he could find
you out.
/ 26. That only towards are afraid
to venture.
81. That even angels are impatient
once in a while.
3S. That it is foolish to bear
a grudge. Unkind feelings are not
marketable.
20 That 1t pays to dress well, even
in business.
80. That every workman thinks
that if he were the boss he would act
differently Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-16
rIumus in the Soil.

Professor Whitney, of the Bureau
of Soils, says humus acts as a sponge
in the soil and absorbs toxic poisons
which are given off by the plant
roots. However this may be, the
farmer must add humus to his soils
to make them produce good crops.
There are several ways in which hu-
mus is increased in the soil. To
make the matter clear to those who
do not understand what humus is it
might be well to state that humus is
the dark-colored mold left after or
ganic matter or vegetable matter has
decayed. Then in the light of this
explanation farmers will understand
that any organic matter turned un-
der and allowed to decay will form
humus. Barnyard manure, straw,
stalks, ETC., the plowing under of
green growing crops, such as clover,
cowpeas, rye or any other crop used
generally for green manuring will
add humus to the soil The lack of
organic matter is usually noticed by
the soils becoming out of condition.
They run together and cake after
heavy rains. When such a condition
occurs the farmer should spare no
pains to add this highly essential
part Weekly Witness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-16
WIN Makers Whims.

The late T. Bevan, one time M. p.
for Gravesend, who directed in his
will that his body should be cremated
and "the ash residue ground to pow.
der and again burned and dissipated
in the air." is one of many men (and
women) who have made equally re-
markable arrangements for the dis
'posal of their mortal remains.
An angler who died recently di-
irected that his ashes should be car
ried in bait can and scattered from
a boat over the surface of his favorite
stream; Mrs. Ernle-Erle-Drax directed
that her body should be embalmed
and placed in glass panelled coffin,
for the reception of which a circular
mausoleum with stained glass dome
was to be built; while, at his own
wish, the body of one OF the Lords
Marlborough, after twelve months
interment, was exhumed and reburied
in Bardsey Island, the reputed rest.
ing place of 10000 saints.--West.
minister Gazette.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-16
Saved the Situation.

She raised her head from his shoul-
der for a moment.
"Do you believe that exercise and
lotions and toilet preparations will
improve a woman's looks?" she
asked.
He pressed her blond curls back
upon his chest.
"They couldn't improve the looks
of some women" he said.
"Whose?" she asked
"Well, yours and Violet Cochrane's,
for instance" he replied, thought
lessly.
Il don't understand you," she said.
raising her head for the second time
and chilling him with look. "We
are not at all alike"
II mean," he replied, turning her
head for the second time and think
ing quickly, that your looks couldn't
be improved because they are perfect
as they are, and that hers couldn't
be improved because no amount of
work could make her pretty"
And the freight flickered know
ingly as she sighed great sigh of
contentment and relief, while he
drew a deep breath.-Penny Pic
torial.