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The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
Woman's Luncheon.

Women have still a great deal to
learn in the matter of economy in
food. They crowd the tearooms and
quick lunch" restaurants, and spend
in the aggregate an enormous amount
of money, in the majority of cases for
food that neither nourishes nor sat
isles them. They have not yet dis.
covered that lettuce is twice as cool
ing as ice cream, and that mince pie
is not a dish fer early summer. The
steak, fried potatoes, and coffee of the
average man would disagree with
most persons if partaken of to any
great extent. A thin soup is usually
twice as palatable as a thick one, and
is nearly and in some cases quite as
nourishing. This, with a sandwich or
some cold meat, lettuce or water cress,
and, perhaps, a simple sweet-not
pastry-makes a satisfactory midday
meal. Where there is the principal
meal of the day, more may be par
takenn of. but, especially in summer,
all rich and heavy made dishes"
should be avoided, and plenty of fresh
vegetables should be partaken OF.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
USEFUL AND PRETTY FASHION.
Plate Glass Tops That Fit Bedroom
Furniture.


Furniture.
A charming and practical fashion
has crept into vogue among. the
houses of the wealthy and might
well be followed by housekeep-
ers in more moderate circumstances.
This is the ordering of plate glass
tops to fit bedroom furniture, such rs
the dresser, the %chiffonier, the fancy
tables and desk, as well as the toilet
table, if there should be one. Various
under glass coverings are in vogue.
Specially designed French lawn or
sheer grass linen covers, some having
monograms and crests embroidered in
handkerchief fineness are laid over a
silk or satin, in color to match or har.
monize with the other furnishings.
Others again are white rep silk GOV.
ers embroidered in colors or with
.colored ribbon embroidery. Old bro
cades are a still further choice. Orna-
ments as well as silver look exceed
ingly well upon these crystal sheets,
pretty cmfw cmfwy mfwy mfwymfwy
while the great advantage of preserv.
ing these expensive covers from air
and dust adds to the real beauty of
this glass top finish. 1t is no wonder
that it has been utilized in so practi-
cal a manner and has rushed into fav-
or so rapidly.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
Cats Tenacity Of Life.

An instance of the remarkable
vitality possessed by the cat has just
been demonstrated at Herbling, near
Billingsborrough, England. A very
fine c%rossbred Persian mysteriously
disappeared from it's home, and 16
days later was found in an open field
firmly secured in a rabbit trap. Not
withstanding the animals long and
painful confinement and exposure to
the heavy rains it was still alive. 1t
was, however, reduced to a mere skel.
etoH, and vas unable to walk, but
under proper treatment it is now re,
covering. That the cat had been in
the trap all the time is beyond ques,
ton, as otherwise it would have re,
turned home to a kitten which it was
sucking at the date of its disappear.
ance. 3
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
Half of Snake FOUGHT.

Church Barley had a terrible bat
tie with a monster snake a few days
ago, says a Harrodsburg, KY, dis
patch. He heard a nose upstairs and
went to investigate, and found a snake
coiled on the bed. He fired at it with
his shotgun and cut it in two. The
part with the head, about three feet
long, made battle and tried to bite
and coil around Barkley's legs. He
had to fight it out with part of the
snake, and he says he never did faster
kicking, but finally dispatched that
part of the reptile. The entire snake
measured nine feet nine inches in
length, and had a horn, or some hard
substance, three inchhes long, on the
end of it's tail.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
The Box and the Two Covers.

which slide in the grooves. One Of
the covers has the center slightly hol-
lowed out, so that a small bean may
be glued in the hollow and slip over
the end, when the cover is drawn of,
without catching.
Now, explains the Philadelphia Led
ger. put three beans loosely in the box
and shut the lids before displaying the
box to your friends.
Hold the box loosely in your hand.
so that either side may be turned up,
and ask n of your friends to guess
odd" or Even" If he says "even."
turn the box so that the cover with
the bean glued to the under side is
uppermost, and slide it off, when three
beans will be seen in the box. If the
box is turned the other side up, and
the slid off, four beans will be
seen in the bottom, and thus you can
mystify your friends by making the
beans odd or v e at will.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
WHY SHE WAS THANKFUL.
Little One Had Reason to Approve
Fathers Choice.

OF she sisters of a well-known New
York family one is married. She has
one little girl greatly petted by all the
aunts and subject to much advice
from all of them. OF this last the lit
tie lady sometimes wearies, which
WEAKNESS on a certain occasion made
itself shown in thS following reply
from her small ~ladyship:
Said one aunt: IF you were my
child l should have you do thus and
thus" Said another aunt: Were you
my child / would do so and So" The
remaining aunt made a similar re-
mark.
The little lady thought it high time
to express her own feelings. But l
have" she said, always been so
thankful that papa married the sister
he did,"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
EASILY PUT RIGHT
EQUALIZING DISTANCE NO PROB
LEM FOR TIM MOYNAHAN.
His Orders Were to Have Tool House
Half Way Between Mile Posts,
and Consequently Half
Way II Was.

About ten years before the Eastern
railroad was leased to the Boston C
Maine, that portion Of the old road
between Swampscott and Salem was
in charge of Section Foreman Tim
othy Moynahan, according to a Bos-
ton correspondent.
His strongest point was in doing
just as he was told, and doing that
with energy and accuracy. So when
he was notified from Beverly by Road
master Stevens that the section
lengths were to be changed, and that
he was to move his tool house from
the western end of the Salem yard to
half way between mile posts Is and
Is, he started out with the determin-
alton to move the house half way,
no more, no less.
To get this halfway point he sta
toned n Of his men at mile post
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
ANNOYED by Scoffers.

MI. Troxell, president Of the Bible
class led by John d. Rockefeller, Jr.,
in the Fifth Avenue Baptist church,
New York. complains that some of
the young men belonging to the class
are being "guyed" by outsiders. The
secretary of the class occasionally
sends out postal cards to the members,
a number OF whom live in boarding
houses. Other b%oarders have mani
tested a tendency to scott on seeing
the postal cards and President Trox-
ell, hearing OF this i~rreverence, is in
dignant.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
Robins STRANGE NESTING Place,

At the Crown, Cricklewood, Eng
land, the public house at which all the
motor ~omnibuses from the Elephant
and Castle and Victoria and the horse
buses from Charing Cross to Crickle-
wood stop, a robin built in a gas lamp.
The nesting place is within the
reach Of anyone standing on the
ground. At one corner of the lamp a
very small piece of the glass is
broken, and through the hole the
robin gained access to it's new home.
A family of four young robins has
been reared and a be seer in the
corner of the lamp.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
ALCOHOL IN MEDICINES.
Seventy-Five Per Cent Of Doctors
Prescriptions Call for II.

NOW mat the NdClOndl Pure FOOD
and Drugs law is in effect all patent"
medicines in liquid form bear on the
label a statement of the percentage
OF alcohol contained in them. The
average amount of alcohol is said to
be about ten per cent, some have more
and some less, but that is about the
average. Alcohol is everywhere rec.
ognized as a chemical necessity for
the preservation Of organic substance
from deterioration, and from freez-
ing and it is also required to dissolve
substances not soluble in water.
But for the use of a small quantity
OF alcohol in most ready-to-use medi.
cines those preparations which most
families keep constantly On hand
would likely be decayed or frozen
when their use became necessary.
Alcohol is an indispensable requi-
site in the fluid extracts and tinctures
which are exclusively used in filling
prescriptions written by physicians,
and these tinctures and extracts con.
tain from 20 to 80 per cent of alco-
hol. More than Is per cent of all
the liquid medicines prescribed by
physicians contain alcohol in large
proportions.
Charles A. Rapelye, a leading phar-
macist of Hartford, Conn, some time
ago examined rs prescriptions repre-
senting a fair average of those writ
ten by physicians to be compounded,
and non being for specialties. The
average amount of alcohol in the
whole number was 35 per cent; but
Of the rs. prescriptions five contained
no alcohol, so that the average per-
centage of the remaining 20 which
did contain alcohol was nearly As per
cent; or more than four times the
probable average alcoholic strength of
patent" medicines.
There is some difference of opinion
as to whether it is or is not desirable
as a stimulant in case of sickness,
but there is no difference of opinion
as to the necessity for its use as a SOL
vent and preservative in most cases.
The attention of the medical world
has recently been called to a mani
festo issued by prominent London
physicians who, while d~eploring the
evils. from the use of alcoholic bev-
erages, are convinced "of the correct
ness of the opinion so long and gener-
ally held, that in disease alcohol is a
rapid and trustworthy restorative"
and that in many cases it may be
truly described as life%-preserving, ow-
ing to it's power to- sustain cardiac and
ervou energy, while protecting the
heterogeneous tissues. This manifesto
which was published in The Lancet,
was issued and signed by T. j. Nc
Call Anderson, M. D., Regius Profess
sor of Medicine, University of Glas-
gov; Alfred B. Bars, William H.
Bennett, X. C. V. c., F. r. G. s.;
James Crichton-Browne; w. E. Dixon,
Dyce Duckworth, M. D., LID; Thorn
as R. Fraser, M. D., F. R. S.; T. r.
Glyn, W. R. Corners, M. c., F. r. S.;
w. D. Halliburton, M. D. LID, D. F.
R. c. p, F. R. S., Professor of Physi-
ology, Kings College London; Jona-
than Hutchingson; Edmung Owen,
LID, F. r. C. S.: P. H. Pye-Smith,
Fred T. Robert, M. D., B. Sc, F. R. c.
S.; Edgecombe Venning, F. R. C. S.
The Dyce Duckworth who signed
this manifesto was for many years
president of the Royal College of Ply
sicians. London.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
Gold Nuqqet in Fish's Stomach.

A gold nugget, weighing several
ounces and thought to contain about
two dollars worth of gold, was found
in the stomach of a yellowtail caught
by Capt Billy Graves of Long Beach,
CAL, about ten miles out at sea.
The nugget is really a piece of rich
ore, but how it came to be lodged in
the stomach of the fish is a mystery.
The fish weighed % pounds and it
is expected that every large fish
caught here for some time to come
will be examined with the greatest
care by the fishermen.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12

The shaped piece round the foot must
be made up on muslin, and Is ma
chine-stitched several times, buttons
being sewn in the scallops.
Tight-ltting jacket, open to show a
vest of white linen spotted with blue,
and fastened with small blue bone
buttons. The turnover collar and
cuffs are machine-stitched several
times.
Navy blue straw hat, trimmed with
chine ribbon and a bunch of pale pink
roses.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
Women a. Johns Hopkins.

Johns Hopkins university will hence
forth admit women as students and
after the same manner that the Ger
man universities adopted. Each pro-
fessor may admit women to his classes
If he chooses and the Baltimore papers
are confident the professors are ready
to welcome women students. This
change of attitude is said to be the
work of President Ira Remsen.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
Breaking the Stick.

back and, with an extra stick, or
wand, strikes the first stick a hard
blow exactly in the center, breaking
it neatly in half without shattering
the pipes, a surprising feat, as every
n we'll knows how easily clay pipes
break even in the gentle process OF
bubble blowing. The explanation of
this seeming bit of magic, says Good
Literature, lies in the fact that the
blow is given so suddenly that the
force has not time to travel beyond
the point where it fell.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12

shoe magnet. Away goes the crane
with them, lowers them into railway
trucks, and, the current being switched
off, the pigs" remain where deposit
ted.
Weights of, say, 10000 lbs. are thus
easily carried, and a great advantage
of the electromagnetic ran is that
it will readily pick up and carry red
hot metal, such as castings, etc,
thereby avoiding much inconvenience
and danger to workmen.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
MAKES A NICE PRESENT.
Table-Center That Has Groundwork
of White Satin.

New ideas for dainty t~able-centers
are always welcome, since there are
few presents which can be made cas-
lily and quickly at home that are more
acceptable than one of these useful
accessories for the dinner table.
In the accompanying illustration
may be e something quite new in
the way of a table-center, carried out
In soft, white oriental satin Or corded
silk, with a border cut out in seal
lops all the way round, and sewn over
with buttonhole stitches in gold-col-
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
THE MAGIC WAND.
It Can Be Made to Do a PuzzIing
Trick.

A stick about a yard long, two pins,
two pipes and another stick are laid
out on the table by the performer.
Then he requests two of the specta-
tors to stick the pins in either end of
n stick. This done, he requests two
of the others to take up the pipes,
these being of clay, and naturally
very fragile. Then the stick with the
pins in the ends is to be laid across
the pipes, the pins alone touching the
bowls. In this position, while the
spectators are holding the pipes sup
porting the stick, the performer steps
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
Not His Doc.

Think a dog has a good deal of In
~telligence," said the man with the
spaniel, sbut l am not as bad az
Browne. He actually had the cheek
to tell me that he was thinking Of
studying German. SO that he could talk
to his wife without the dog UNDER
standing every word he said" 4
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
IRRIGATION in Australia.

Irrigation has probably been prac.
ticed more extensively in Australia
than anywhere else on the globe. In
New South Wales alone more than g.
DOC, 900 acres have been reclaimed by
the development OF the ground water.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
WORK OF ELECTRIC CRANE.
Immense Weights and Red-Hot Metal
Are Easily Handled.

For lifting heavy masses of metal,
magnets actuated by electricity are
nov used.
The picture shows a steam crane,
travelling upon rails, that is working a
large electro-magnet. A pile of iron
pigs" has been unloaded from a ship
on to a quay, and the electro-magnet,
with the electric current switched on,
is let down upon the pile. The pigs"
of iron then, six to ten at a time,
adhere to the electromagnetic, just like
a needle does to a child's toy horse
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
Instinct, Perhaps.

Small and hungry Julia climbed to
her seat at the tea table the other
evening and exclaimed in eager, de-
lighted, caressing tones:
ooh, jelly! We are going to have
jelly just love jelly-but, mamma,
what makes it SO nervous ?'-Royal
Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
MYSTERY OF THE BEAM
Trick Box Which You Can Make In.
Have Lots of Fun With.

Every boy likes to do tricks. but
when he can easily make his own
trick his JOY is doubled. Here Is q
neat one and is made thus:
Get some thin pine strips and whit.
tie out two sides the shape Of those
shown in an illustration. cutting
grooves for the covers at the top and
bottom, as the box has a cover above
and below. Next white out the end
pieces, which are square, just like the
ends of any box. Nail the sides and
ends together, and fit in the covers,
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
a Man story.

The Big Fish (boastfully)-Yes, sir,
he was at least ten feet long and must
have weighed 500 pounds if he weighed
an ounce, but the line broke and / got
away from him.-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
FIRE DRILL.

The chark or fire drill consisted
merely of a piece of soft, dry wood
with. a hole drilled in its center, into
which a rod of hardwood, ash or oak,
was placed, and caused to revolve
with rapidity, either by the hands or
by a cord passed round it and pulled
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
Drew Tears n PLENTY.

A physician in Portland, Ore, esti.
mated that 2,04S teaspoonfuls of tears,
or two gallons in all, were shed in one
night by the audience that heard
Madam butterfly" in that city re
Gently.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
TO BE MADE UP IN SERGE.
Severe Style Peculiarly Appropriate
for This Material.

This is a capital style for serge,
either white or navy. The gored
skirt has all the seams stitched on
the right side, the front breadth being
trimmed with buttons and cord loops.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
A Great Favorite.

The German ambassador, Speck Won
Sternberg, has won the hearts of the
Roosevelt boys by teaching them
horseback riding and jumping. The
baron was a private in the Franco.
German war.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12

New ZeaIand's White Population.
The white population of New Zea.
land is now 800, 900, having increased
lit, 900 in the last five years.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
To Improve Canned Fruits.

A chemist advises that canned
fruits be opened an hour or two be-
fore being eaten. The oxygen of the
air is then restored and the taste is
improved.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12

Years may come and years may go.
but the time will arrive when =
man will sit up and patch his wife's
clothes after she is asleep In bed.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
PRIVILEGES OF A GENTLEMAN.
Youngster Probably Will Change Ideas
in Course of Time.

There is a small boy in this town,
says the Baltimore American, the
son Of a rather distinguished lawyer,
who has decided opinions on what
constitutes true ~aristocracy. One day
recently a friend called upon his
mother, and, while waiting for the
hostess, was entertained by the small
boy.
What are you going to do when
you grow up?" was the stereotyped
question she propounded in the effort
to start the conversation.
ooh, / am going to smoke"
"Yes?"
"And chew"
"Oh!"
"And gamble"
Indeed"
"And swear"
Really"
"And drink CORE whisky"
"And why are you going to do such
things?" asked the visitor aghast.
"Oh, all southern gentlemen do
them"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12

ored thread. Forming a trellis-work
across the middle, there are straps of
gold ribbon, each strap finished at the
end with a little bow, while the de-
sign is outlined by a similar arrange
cnent carried out also in gold ribbon.
Single sprays of roses embroidered in
pale shades of yellow complete the
decoration, which might be carried
out, of course, in other colors, and
with other flowers if preferred. Pale
pink ribbons, for instance, with an
embroidery of forget-me-nots, would
be very pretty, while pale green rib
bons might be used if primroses or
daffodils were chosen for the en-
brofdery.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12
"soap Butsle Hanging from a Reed

"Soap Blu! 5le Hanging from a Reed"
Our life is but a soap bubble hang
ing from a reed; it is formed, expands
to its full size, clothes itself with the
loveliest colors Of the prism, and even
escapes at moments from the law Of
gravitation; but 500 the black speck
appears in it and the globe of emerald
and gold vanishes into space, leaving
behind 1t nothing but a simple drop
of turbid water. All the poets have
made this comparison, it is SO strik-
ing and SO true. To appear, to shine,
to disappear; to be born, to suffer and
to die; Is it not the whole sum Of
life. for g butterfly, for q nation. for .
star?-Henry Frederic Amiel.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-12

Envy is an awkward homage that
infeTiority pays to merit-LaMotte.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-21
GOATS LIKE HIS PORTRAIT.

Entertainer at ST. Johns NeWfound-
land, Has Bad Luck With Posters.
Life during the winter months at ST..
Johns, Newfoundland, is, in the ma
ture of things, dull, but occasionally an
American theatrical or variety COM
pany risks the passage across and
does something to enliven the inhabit-
ants.
Some years ago a well-known Eng
lish entertainer arrived at st. Johns,
and his agent had the whole place ex-
tensively litho-portraits. The next
morning not scrap of billposting was
to be seen. Furious, the entertainer
went to the billposter and demanded
what had become of his printing. Its
them black goats replied the bill
poster. "The goats?" Eyes; they
likes my paste better than anything,
put I'm going to put up another lot,
and my boy will go round with bill
and keep 'em off till they gets dry"
Up went fresh lot, but the goats
did not give them an opportunity of
getting dry and the entertainer dur
ing his walks saw his portrait being
licked off the walls and fences by the
hungriest and most audacious goats
he had ever met in his travels.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-21
DENVER HAS A HANSON CAB.
City of Mountain and Plain No Longer
Jay Town.

City of Mountain and Plain No Longer
Jay Town.
There's hanson cab in Denver.
A really, truly, slippy-go-dippy, hap
py-go-luclky, bunch of violets, a bird
and a bottle hanson, and it smells OF
patchouli already. Bless its knowing
lamps and the smart tilt to it's wheels!
1t nearly scared a couple of cow
punchers half to death yesterday says
the Denver Post.
The hanson hiked up on Capitol hill
and created the sensation of the week.
Every other window in town flew open
when the car bowled past.
1t belongs to one Burke, an old cab
man, who's been in dear old London
himself, don't yer know, and they do
say he hasn't had a wink of sleep since
he took the hanson out for it's first
drive in Denver.
Denver is past the country town
hack and the automobile has set the
pace for some time.
Now there's a real live hanson all
ready any time things begin to feel
like a rare duck and a glass of some
thing dry that loughs way down in the
stem of his goblet.
Denver isn't a jay town any longer.
It's city.
There's a hanson in sight.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-21

If you are Constlpated, dull, or
bilious, or have a sallow lifeless
complexion, try Lax-ets just once
to see what they will do for you.
Lax-ets are little toothsome Candy
tablets-nice to eat, nice in effect.
No gripping, no pain. Just a gentle
laxative effect that is pleasingly de-
sirable. Handy for the vest pocket or
purse, Lax-ets meet every desire.
Lax-ets come to you in beautiful
Autographed metal boxes at 5 cents
and IS cents. Sold by R. S. Free
man & Son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-21
"GOT A MATCH, MISS"
Women Carry Matches and in Match
Boxes Also.

Women Carry Matches and in Match
Boxes Also.
81 have suspected it for some time, y
said the man of experience, "but !
didn't want to say anything about it
till was cocksure. Now that know
it is true am at liberty to speak out.
Women are carrying match boxes.
They carry the matches as well. Dur
ing the past few months l have seen
scores of women take the little fancy
trinkets out Of their shopping bags or
purses while searching for loose
change. 1 wondered and suffered for
a long time in silence, but finally the
suspense was too much for me, and |
asked a woman friend who, l had dis
covered, was also addicted to the
matchbox habit, what use her sex had
for the sulphurous little implements.
She answered Yankee fashion.
"'Why do men carry them? said
she.
"'To light their cigars, said |, and
for various other purposes.
It's just that way with the wom-
en-, said she. TO light their cigar
cites and for various other purposes.
Which applies to your case" said
l. Cigarettes or miscellany"
Both said she, and she's mighty
fine woman, too