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The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28

r. HE regular army is revenged. Last
4 fall its officers had to take a Is
mile ride in the Roosevelt horseman-
ship test.
Gen. ]. Franklin Bell, chief of the
general staff, the other day, beguiled
the president to William Muldoon's
15-mile test on foot.
Both the president and Gen. Bell
were guests, after their hike, at a
dinner given by Postmaster General
Meyer. Gen. Bell was as fit as could
be. The president still was ft-for
dinner. But he admitted he had lost
all his appetite for Muldoon tests.
The president exhibited great curl.
osity as to the Muldoon system of fit
ting fat statesmen for the Washington
dinner season, since Secretary Root
and Gen. Bell have successfully taken
h curse at White Plains.
Secretary Root, to be sure, is not
fat, He was suffering from too much
Monroe doctrine and a nervous agita-
tion over the open door in China when
he surrendered himself to the hands of
the professor.
But Gen. Bell is fat, or was, until
he returned from White Plains. The
president did not pay much heed to
Mr.. Roots account of his strenuous
days at Muldoon's, because Mr.. Root
Is not athletic. He even avoids golf.
Gut when the crack horsemen of
the United States cavalry returned to
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
President Lured Into the Muldoon Test

confirm Mr.. Roots story, President
Roosevelt suggested, skeptically, that
he would like to try this stiff athletic
proposition of Muldoon's.
Accordingly, Gen. Bell commanded
the expedition, which set out across
the country. The horsemanship test
set for army officers is five miles at a
walk, five miles at a trot and five miles
at a gallop. The Muldoon test, entire
ly on foot, is eight miles at a walk and
seven on a trot.
The going was heavy, for the wealth
er was bad. Gen. Bell went over the
course easily. President Roosevelt
went over the course, but not easily.
The question as to what President
Roosevelt is to do after March 4, 1909,
has been partly answered as a result
of this trial under the direction OF
Gen. Bell.
Before he hunts tigers in India, OF
lions in the African jungle, or occupies
a house in London, the president will
undoubtedly go to Muldoon's until he
can walk eight miles and then run
seven on top of that.
He has no intention of giving up on
a simple little thing like this. But
until he has Muldoon himself to teach
him how the president will avoid fcl.
lowing the treatment with Gen. Bell.
OF course it would have been insub.
ordination, or worse, for Gen. Bell tc
have stifened the Muldoon test for
the benefit of his superior officer. Con.
s%equently no one has dared to suggest
that he did, but the boy subalterns
at the Army and Navy club are all in a
broad grin.
Fat officers who bounced about in
the saddle for the Is required miles
last fall are wearing a grin that is
broader still.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28

M ASHINGTON.-All records of IN
w te1est in Congressional kid
members are being broken by the at
tention the brown kids" from the
Philippines are receiving in congress.
They are the distinct attractions, not
only of the galleries, but of the men,
bers and senators themselves.
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson of
osculatory fame. and Nicholas Long
worth are has beens" that no longer
receive the notice of up-to-date capitol
guides. Every n in Washington ap-
pears as proud of these two resident
commissioners, Benito Legarda and
Pablo Ocampo de Leon. the Philippine
islands have sent to Washington, as
young America is of his redtops or w.
Bourke Cochran of his latest forensic
effort, They are the real congressional
oddly. for they can speak in either
the senate or house.
OF course, the senate has been kind
enough to grant these Filipinos the
same courtesies as the house, but the
commissioners feel more at home in
the informally Of the lower body than
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
WHAT THE BOOK SAID.
It Makes an Appeal to tho Careless
Little Boy.

Once upon a time a book was over
heard talking to the little boy who
had just had it given to him. The
words seemed worth recording. and
here they ire:
please don't handle me with dirty
hands. l should feel ashamed to be
seen when the next little boy reads
me.
Cor leave me out in the rain. Books
can catch cold, as well as children.
"Or make marks upon me with your
pen or pencil. 1t would spoil my looks.
"Or lean on me with your elbows
when you are reading me. 1t hurts.
Cor open me and lay me down OF
the table. You wouldn't like to be
treated so.
Cor put in between my leaves a pen.
Gil or anything thicker than a single
sheet of thin paper. 1t would strain
my back.
when you have finished reading
me, if you are afraid of losing your
place, don't turn down the corner of
my leaves, but have a neat little book
mark to put in where you stopped,
and then close me and lay me down
on my side, so that l can have a good,
comfortable rest.
Remember that l should like to
visit a great many other little boys
after you have done with me. Be-
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
BUILDING UP THE CHARACTER.
A Few Words 70 the Youth Who Would
Make the Most ~ Life.

It to well that the majority OF 70
value being we'll thought Of. Few
young men, anxious 10 make the most
OF life. care to have what is common
" known as q bad reputation" Do
you, young man, ever stop to think
that there are immutabae laws that
control the universe and all therein?
Do you ever consider that light IL
only the evidence of Z luminous body?
That the brilliancy Of the diamond Is
merely the rays reflected from the
perfectly crystalized carbon? Reputa-
ton is only the reflection from char
acter as it is v~ariously projected upon
the screen of public opinion; but rep
utation is not character, any more
than the light is the luminous body.
but is merely the effulgence, the re-
suit of character.
The imitation diamond for a time
may rival in splendor and brilliancy
the reflections of light of the genuine
gem. but this brilliancy is soon dulled.
The same with reputation, which
sometimes attaches to character
which will not stand the est Of time,
or the scrutiny of the exacting eye Of
justice. Week after week we read
in the pages Of the press of the
downfall and disgrace of men high in
public estimation. and who. until their
duplicity was exposed, were men Of
most excellent neutrality-suspicious.
reflected falsely from an unclean char
acter.
Character Is the mold of moral con-
seriousness. 1t Is the o%utgrowth Of
the heart carefully nurtured by truth
and love and directed by intelligence
solely influenced by that which is
moral in man. 1t is by reputation
that we are to be judged by those
with whom We are thrown in either
business or social intercourse. Our
own acts are the standard by which
we will be either praised or con-
demned. Our own acts are the indica-
lions of the spirit within. Though we
may be most excellent in character,
sometimes We may be falsely estimat-
ed; may acquire through some misun-
OSA w SuillolduCt d ISpuldllOu uu-
desirable. But character ever counts.
1t is sure to bring to the front its
worth. The diamond may be robbed
Of its brilliancy for a time by CRIME
and dirt, but it is nevertheless q dia-
mond. Your true worth may be OBJ
scured for a time, but 1t is sure to
become known.
Character is the greatest thing the
young man has to guard. 1t is the only
sure foundation upon which hopes can
be rightly based. He who is true to
himself annot be untrue to others.
Would you have character and repu-
tation, you must work, constantly, In
ceasingly. as conscience becomes dead
ened and degenerate when not exer-
cised, and conscience directs the
building Of character. There are
qualities in man that mark his great
ness and his superiority-the moral
and the mental, and it is by the exer-
else of these that greatness and sue
cess are gained.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Significance Of Polar Exploration.


There is now no question as to
the value and Importance of polar dis.
covery. Their objects are exploration
for scientific purposes, and the encour
agement of maritime enterprises. The
main principles have been briefly and
clearly set forth by Lieut.. Weyprecht,
who was n of the discoveries OF
Franz Josef Land: "a Arctic re
search is of the highest Importance for
a knowledge of natures laws; (2) ge-
ographical research is valuable as II
opens the field to scientific research
generally; CD the north pole has for
science no greater significance than
any other point in the higher lati
tudes. Lieut.. Weyprecht thus con.
tends, what the Royal Geographical
society has contended for year, that
the attainment Of the highest possible
latitude, or of the pole itself, is not
the object to be sought, but the a1
~ploration of the unknown area, with a
view to scientific results.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28

president and Mrs. Roosevelt and
j Miss Ethel Roosevelt attended the
circus" given the other night by the
boys of Y. M. C. A. in their gymna-
stun to raise funds for completing
their running track.
Quentin Roosevelt made his first
appearance as a clown in a turn that
was carried on the program as PROF.
Quentaene and his educated elephant,
Bolivar"
The elephant was worked by two
other boys and had on it's saddlecloth
the emblem, &c. o. p" Quentin
drove the elephant around the ring,
keeping up a running comment on the
qualities of the animal. Then another
clown came along and found fault
with the elephant because it was too
thin.
what do you feed him on" he
asked Quentin.
Dates" young Roosevelt replied.
what kind of dates?'
Candidates." said the presidents
son.
This brought great applause in
which Mr.. Roosevelt Joined heartily.
The presidential party came in just
before the elephant act and were
given a rousing reception. The boys
band played "The Star Spangled
Banner" and the audience arose and
yelled itself hoarse.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Parable Of the Foolish Citizen.


Once there was a good man who
labored hard on the farm, and on
each Sunday went religiously to
church. In time he gained sufficient
wealth to move into a nearby town,
where all his children were afforded a
chance for acquiring an education.
For all his supplies he sent to a dis
tant city. He opposed every proposi-
ton to pave the streets of the place,
to improve the very schools his chill
dren attended, and when the assessor
visited him he was verify a pauper
for taxation purposes. This man was
a highly moral man, a pillar in the
church, and even worked q soap-club
deal in order to secure for the Sun
day school an organ. At last he died.
1t is recorded that he entered the
pearly gates for which he long hoped
and prayed. The streets were golden,
and there was beauty on every side.
He marveled; became enraptured
with all he saw. To some angels
standing by he spoke: This place
must have cost a pile of money!"
Yes" replied one of the white-winged
attendants, but it has been paid for
below. Each n coming here must
help bear the burden of taxes Just
then a saintly-looking man approached
with a book, and the new arrival from
the farm took one look at him, and
believing him to be the assessor, bolt.
ed out through the gate-and then
woke up.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
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MICROSCOPE WITHOUT A LENS.
You Can Make One at Cost Of Little
Time ard Trouble.

Nearly everyone has heard of the
pin-hole camera. but the fact that the
same principle can be used to make a
microscope, having a magnifying
powered eight diameters ga times) will
perhaps be new to some readers.
To make this lensless microscope,
procure a wooden spool, A Ca short
spool, say one-half or three-fourths
inch long, produces a higher magni-
flying power), and enlarge the bore a
little at one end. Then blacken the
inside with india ink and allow it to
dry. From a piece of thin transparent
cellulOid or mica, cut out a small disc,
B, and fasten to the end having the
enlarged bore by means of brads. On
the other end glue a piece of thin
cardboard, C, and at the center, D.,
make a small hole with the point of a
fine needle. 1t is very important that
the hole D should be very small, other
wise the image will be blurred.
To use this microscope, place a small
object on the transparent disc, which
may be moistened to make the object
adhere, and look through the hole D..
1t is necessary to have a strong light
to get good results, and, as in all mi
croscopes Of any power, the object
should be of a transparent nature.
The principle on which this instru-
ment works is illustrated in Fig. 9.
The apparent diameter of an object is
inversely proportional to it's distance
from the eye, i. e., if the distance is
reduced to one-half, the diameter will
appear twice as large; if the distance
is reduced to one-third, the diameter
will appear three times as large, and
so on. AS the nearest distance at
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
AUTOMOBILES FOR THE FARM.
TiiIers of the Soil to Bee on Equality
with People of Towns.

One of the large companies en-
gagged in the. manufacturing of farm
machinery proposes placing on the
market at an early date an automobile
especially designed for farm use. This
machine will be sold at a reasonable
price, and will be put out in various
styles ranging from a runabout to a
heavy farm truck, which the farmer
a use in transporting his grain and
other produce to the markets.
Transportation Of farm produce to
the railroad stations and the markets
is a question of economy. 1t is esti-
mated that at the present time it
costs the farmer about nine cents per
hundred pounds to carry his grain a
station or market place. 1t is ex.
pected that the installation of auto.
mobiles for hauling purposes will de-
crease the expense to three or four
cents per hundred pounds. Tho com
ing of the farm automobile means fur
Their improvement of roads. Already
the automobile and the rural deliv-
cry OF mail has worked wonders in
the way of stimulating interest in
road improvement. Once the farmers
become automobile users they will
be more energetic workers, in fact,
enthusiasts for hish-class highways.
Another use of the automobile in
agricultural districts is its employ
ment by merchants for delivering
goods to patrons in the country. In
a number of eastern states enterpris-
ing merchants send out their clerks
with automobiles in the morning to
solicit the orders of the people resid-
ing on the nearby farms, and use the
automobile for delivering goods in the
afternoon. Merchants who have
adopted this plan have found it prof
liable and their business greatly in
creased, not considering the adver-
Using received by this innovation.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
AduIterated Foodstuffs.

The chemist in charge of the labora-
tory of the department of agriculture
at Chicago has been paying careful
attention to the purity of foods. Re-
Gently he made a statement that one
great spice company annually ground
up 600 tons of cocoanut shells and fla
vored the same with essential oils and
then sold the powdered stuff for pure
spices. He related about another con-
Germ which sold 500, 900 worth Of
spices annually, only five per cent. of
which were pure. The common arti-
cles used for adulteration of spices
are sawdust, brick dust, burnt grains,
c%ocoanut shells and other kinds Of
shells and barks. 1t is the aim of the
United States government to put an
end to this adulteration of foods.
Since the government has become
active in tracing down such frauds a
number Of INSCRIPTIONS grocery
houses have been compelled to go out
Of BUSINESS.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
HOMEMADE FIREWORKS.
A Form of P~yrotechnics Which Is Good
at Any Time.

Take a strip of stiff paper, 3R
inches wide and II inches long. Cut a
hole in one end and paste the two
lengthwise, edges together. forming a
hollow tube. Then pin up the open end
nearest the hole, like Fig. 1. Cut Fig.
2, making it about 4 inches across at
the widest point. Slash the lower
edge and pin this pipebowl in funnel
shape by bringing the two sides to-
gether. Fasten it ON the tube over the
hole In the top by gluing the flaps
down on the pipestem like Fig. 3.
Half fill the pipe bowl with brilliant
bits of colored paper, including scraps
of gold and silver tinsel cut very
small.
Make a good supply, so that you
can refill your pipe several times.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28

MICE white bread is not so nice,
Az maybe, as bread that is not white.
And then maybe again it is. Anyway
this is a question which Uncle Sam
has set about answering.
Bread baking, therefore, is the or.
der of the day. An oven has been set
up in a corner of the chemical lab
oratory, and when DIR. Wiley is not
busy feeding soft drinks to his
poison squad he as attending to the
making and baking of bread.
1t is all to determine the effect of
"bleached" flour. Is bleached -four
just as good as flour which is not
b~leached? That is what the pure food
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Prince Rupert's Drops.

Prince Rupert's drops are made by
letting drops of melted glass fall into
cold water. These drops become oval
in shape with a tail or neck re-
sembling a retort. Their peculiarly
is that when a small portion of the
tail or neck is broken off the whole
bursts into powder with an explosion
and a considerable shock is felt by the
hand that grasps it.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Presidents Son Plays Part of Clown

Later on the program Quentin took
part in a turn in which larger clowns
beat him with bladders and slapsticks
and almost made a football of him.
One of the hits of the show was the
refusal of a big polar bear to answer
to the repeated call of Teddy and
his dignified response to the name
Theodore"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Kitchen Knife Rack.

for holding large butcher knives, there
is no danger of dulling them as when
they are thrown into a drawer Or
knife box, and they are also out of
reach of small children. 1t is sim
ply a notched piece of wood, explains
Prairie Farmer, fastened to a board
of any desired shape, for a back.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Dots Worry.

Teacher hear your hen has ten
little chicks, Dot, is that so?
Dottie-Yes; but, teacher, could you
Tell me how the old hen can battle all
those babies?
Teacher dare say she'll have her
hands full.
Dottie-She amt got no hands! She
only has wings, and what can she do
with them, poor thing?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Her nilemma.

Lady-We are all vegetarians and
should expect you to become one
Have you any objection?
Housemaid (hesitatingly) - Well
mum, 1t depends. II beer = vegetable
mum?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
SOMEWHERE LAND.

BY MARIE LOUISE WARD.
Can you show me the way to Somewhere
land?
A very strange place 1t must be.
Fol- there we would fird all the things we
mislaid,
Perhaps growing fast on a tree.
1t can't be so far. far away. after all
For Teddie, five minutes ago,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
W0MAN'S


The back Is the handspring Of
woman's organism. 1t quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. 1t
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part of
the body, that a woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy. normal condition ia
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
LYDIA r. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Will Young, of 6 Columbia
Ave, Rockland, Me-, says:
81 was troubled for a long time with
dreadful backaches and a pain in NV
side, and was miserable in every way.
/ doctored until / was discouraged and
thought l would never get well. L read
what Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided to try It; after taking three
bottles I can truly say that I r never felt
80 well in my life"
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl.
Pa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
II had very severe backaches, and
pressing-down pains. Icould not sleep.
and had no appetite. Lydia E. PINK.
hams Vegetable Compound cured me
and made me feel like a new woman"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear.
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness. or neryous ~prostration
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Most important,

When Dorothy was travelling with
her mother in England she was shown
q number of relics.
This" proudly explained their
guide. "is a inc captured from the
Americans at the battle of Bunker
Hill, in 1775."
Eyes, but we've got the hill,' was
Dorothy's immediate response.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Johnnv's cake.

THAT is a pretty big buckwheat
cake for a boy Of your size." said papa
at breakfast to Jimmieboy.
ut looks big" said Jimmieboy; but
really it isn't. It's got lots of porouses
in it."
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
The Heart-to-Heart Talk.

sides. you will want me again some
me looking old and torn and soiled.
Help me to keep fresh and clean, and
| will help you to be happy"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28

Was tossing his cap, and It landed
somewhere
But where is somewhere. do you know?
And Dorothy's mittens can nowhere be
found,
sure that she laid them away,
If only we knew where that Somewhere
land is,
We'd find where the missing things
stray!
Detroit Free Press
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Public Utilities Commission.

DR.. Jacob H. Hollander. the noted
economist of Baltimore, is advocating
a public utilities commission as the
only logical solution of the municipal
ownership question.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
A Suggestion.

Papa" said Willie, little brother
is a month old tomorrow, isn't he:"
Yes"
Lets you and me give him a biyf-
day present"
Every well. What shall lit be?"
Lets buy him a wig. He needs that
morn anything"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
The Pipe.

Place the open end of the tube to your
lips ami blow vigorously, and note the
result.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
KNIFE RACK.
Handy Kitchen Article Which You
Can Make for Mother.

BY using a rack similar to that
shown In the accompanying sketch
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
ESS.

eSSary.
TIA Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullen is Natures great rem
edy-Cures Coughs, Colds, Group and ON
sumption, and all throat and lung troubles.
At druggists, 25c, SOC and Sl.00 per bottle.
Inspiration.
Little Willie-Say, pa, what is an
inspiration?
pam inspiration, my son, is the
sudden recollection of someone who
will probably stand for a touch"
WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.
From October to May, Colds are the most fire.
quent cause Of Headache. LAXATIVE o
QU1NlNE removes cause. Z. W Grove on box 25c
1t is up to TIE dental student to take
drawing lessons.
The evening world., 1908-10-23
A BAPTIST ELDER
Restored to Health bv VinoI.

Il was run down and weak from In
digestion and general debility. also
suffered from vertigo. | saw cod
liver preparation called Ninol adver.
tised and decided to give it a trial,
and the results were most gratifying.
After taking two bottles regained
my strength and am now feeling IN.
usually we'll" Henry Cunningham,
Elder Baptist Church, Kingston, \. c.
Vinol is not patent medicine
but a preparation composed of the
medicinal elements of Gods livers,
combined with tonic iron and wine.
Vinol creates a hearty appetite, tones
up the organs Of digestion and makes
rich, red blood. In this natural man
ner Vinol creates strength for the
rundown, over-worked and debili-
tated, and for delicate children and
old people. For chronic coughs, colds
and bronchitis Vinol is unexcelled.
All such persons In this vicinity
are asked to try Vinol on our offer 20
refund their money II 1t fails to give
satisfaction.
Park Row, l2Sth St and 7th Av., t25th
81. and Lsdlox Az. l4oth St. and % Az,
,SSA S. sas s sax Az 4a ie 81, a s'
Broadway, and ga Fulton St. Brooklyn.
RIK EHs DRUG STORES. 9th Az. and
2Sd ST., broadway and 9th ST., West 34th
81. OPP. waldorf: l4th ST. and TN Az. 9th
Az, and l.tn St In Brook'yn $50 Fulton
Sumner Sur Az. 527 toiunsia St. '
KINsNIANs DRUG STORES. l25th ST.
and 9th Az, Broadway and Soth St, Both
j. yUNoMANN, 1920 Sd Az. 42s Co.
lunaeus Av.. East 42d ST.
And at every drug store where a Vino
sign Is displayed.