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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

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aisamenta from reputable business men and
arms Is % cents per inch leach insertion, SAD
business reading notices, or locals, 80 10
per line for nNt Insertion cents per
line each additional Insertion. II cuts are
us@d. % per cent additional; no wood bases.
NOTICES OF marriages, deaths, lodge sOcials,
church or other entertainments. are admit
ted free, II limited 70 10 lines. Al In excess
OF 10 lines must be paid for ct 10 cents per
line, cash for same 20 accompany the copy.
All legal notices At legal rates, payable be
fore af1davtt Of publication IA ne0
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
MAvu

This signature Is on every box OF the gent inc
Laxative BrOmO-Q uinine Tablets
the remedy that eares . Geld In enc osy
The man of loose habits isnearly al
ways in q tight place.
The bill collector comes most IN con-
tact with the promising young man.
A girl is as certain to SOW her affec.
tions as g young man is TO sow bis wild
oats.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

We believe that the very worst sight
when the weather is intensely hot is
to see two big fat women kiss.
It is said that the most unreliable
person on earth b 8 c0iored preacher
when he Is getting up 80 excursion.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
REDUCED RATES TO A. = n.

Students coming to the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, who live on
either the Southern or NJ. 80. Rail-
road, can secure a rate of &c per mile
to the College By making application
for same ct once. Those desiring re-
duced ratea should state ct what point
they will take the train, go that an or
der can be Issued on that station 10
grant 3 &c rate. Address,
]. "A. TURNIPsEED,
Agricultural s Mechanical College,
Mississippi.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

Hon. J.. A. Simpson, Secretary Of the
Board Of Education Of San Francisco,
CAL, writes:
81 have found Peruna an ideal fonic.
Some months sgO / suffered with Heus
rasfhenia (systemic caEaFrhl caused
hy too close application to office wort.
NY system seemed worn Onf and 4 heH
far from well. / found Peruna bene.
flied me very much. II bgih up the
entire system and made me feel Ike 8
new man. I believe II Is well worthy
the high praise bestowed upon II. 20.
j. A. SIMPSON
Systemic catarrh always gives fair
warning Of its approach, and can be
easily warded or by the proper treat
ment. Floating brown specks before
the eyes, mental confusion, fits OF mar
vous headache, sleeplessness, flashes Of
heat chilly sensations. palpitaton, irE1-
liability, dependency; any Of thess
symptoms OF all Of than should be
promptly met by the use Of Peruna.
CONGRESSMAN r. v. Brookshire, from
Indiana, In q recent letter from Wssn.
ington, D. O., says;
"From what my friends say, Peruna
Is 9 good tonic and a safe catarrh cure."-
e. V. Brookshire.
Gsummer Catarrh," q book written By
DR.. Hartman, President The Hartman
sanitarium, on the subject Of the ners
vous disturbances peculiar 10 summer,
sent free to any address by The PsEuna
nr.ainlnn % nlnmhua q.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

Some people can defend 3 friend in
such 3 manner as to start q new story
on MIN.
The custom OF treatingi s foolish and
vulgar-if you are not included IN q
Invitation.
If You are sincere in your desire to
avoid crowds, why don't you go often
er to prayer meetingf
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

You Know what 0 are Taking
wnen you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that It
Is elm ply Iron and Quinine In a taste
less form. No Cure, No pay. soc.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

The oily individual is usually lack
ing in grit.
In ability and not Inability is where
success lies.
The enemy Of the man you hate, can
do no wrong.
Not every clipper young man is a
poker player.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

When a man refers to the happy
days when he was q barefoot boy, IL
indicates that his bank account win
tide him to the grave. Poor men
never speak OF any happiness In con-
motion with bare feet. II Z
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

AwY0~SC The oldest, safest, strongest Ma
NV laria medicine. Not unpleasant TO
Malaria and take. A splendid tonic for all living
A6uc Cure in malarial districts. Sssss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

N@HN
Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets
cure 8 cold in one day. No cure-no
pay. Price 25 cents at Halls.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
BE en- InaIvlaaaI !. a1nany aallaa-

The oily individual 4 usually laohina
In grA
A young man should ponder wel
before be Pawna bis watch.
The sting Of dsfeat does not raise .
welt on the man who Il unselhsh.
The person who points the Anger OF
scorn Justly becomes an object o. sua-
picion.
A man Il either old, or married, II
he doesn't know the name OF every
pretty girl In his town.
A single tax directed against single
young man would probably meet the
approval Of most marriagable young
ladies.
We win admit that we are so grou-
chy we dislike above all else the per-
SON who has q professionally sunshiny
disposition.
The woman who takes three hours
TO dress for q party may be vain, but
she will never wear short hair OF try
to act like q man.
During extremely warm weather
photographers should take pictures Of
men wearing o~vercoats and fur collars
out of their windows.
We have noticed that when a man
occupies the center Of q room, and
amuses the crowd, you will find his
wife of in n corner distinguished.
Most men seem to take pleasure in
annoying each other. Ever remark
how much you admire the mau who
makes you feel better after you meet
him2
There is some excuse when a father
pays for his children to take music
lessons, but can you conceive of an
excuse for the husband who gives his
wife a musical education?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

The Okolona chapter U. D. Q. has
received an appeal from the state
president, Mrs. Helen /. Bell, asking
that they assist IN purchasing 8 roller
chair for & Confederate veteran who
has been paralyzed for ten years. The
members OF the chapter and ofW. T.
Tucker camp are invited to contribute
to this worthy cause. AL contribution
will be sent 70
MRS. MAMIE CRUEK, Rec. sec'y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22
Pick Out the Best.

A saving of dollars in the purchase
of breeding stock is often false econ
omy, as this often means lower grade
of stock. The higher priced birds are
often the cheaper in the long run and
are much the better investment. There
are, of course, exceptions, but it usu-
ally pays to buy the best, if you are
going to raise poultry for market or
for eggs, for good layers are usually
the descendants of good layers.
1t will be noticed that even under
very unfavorable circumstances a few
hens in the flock will lay, while the
others seem to live for no other pur-
pose, apparently, than to eat.
The hens that lay the best should
be placed by themselves during the
breeding season, and made the founda-
tion of the future flock By forethought
and persistently following this plan,
the laying habit may be so fixed in 4
flock in few generations as to al
most double the egg yield.
One farmer built UP his egg record
from an average of sc eggs per hen
the first year to 179, then to 1856, then
1876, and his last years record was
1893. His method has been the simple
one of picking out the earliest and
best layers to breed froni.-Poutry
Review.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22

There is no one point in poultry rails
ing which requires more consideration
than the house-especially that por-
ton where the fowls stay during in
clement weather. The roosting room
need not be large, because the fowls
will huddle together any way, and the
small houses are not SO hard to keep
warm. The scratching shed should
be both large and cheerful, so that
the fowls will be contented to remain
there and hustle all day. Clean straw
or leaves should be kept on the floor
and all grain should be raheu into it.
1t is a very good plan to scatter the
grain in the evening and if the wealth
er will permit, leave open the small
door, thus letting the fowls begin the
work scratching as soon as it be-
comes sufficiently light.
In selecting grain do not forget that
whole oats will give the best results.
An occasional change will be relished,
but the principal food should be oats.
unthreshed oats thrown into the
scratching shed will furnish exercise
for the fowls. Look over the houses
carefully and see if the walls and roof
are tight and see that the floors are
kept clean.-Home and Farm.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22
The Farm Repair Shop.

| often wonder how got along with
out a repair shop. The building need
not be extensive, but tight and warm.
One end should be rugged up for black
smithing. Build hearth of stone and
ordinary clay mortar, with a good
sized fiue. about nine bricks to the
round. An opening should be left at
the proper place for the admission of
five or six-inch stove pipe. Procure
a blower or bellows, an anvil, drill
press, a wise, some dies and tops, one
fourth to five-eighths inch, for cut
ting thread, hammer, tongs and two
or three sizes of heading tools. Steel
punches for hot iron are also neces-
sary, but these can be made.
After some experience, many other
tools can be made that come handy.
Much of the equipment mentioned can
often be gotten secondhand from ma
chinists or blacksmiths. Collect all
kinds of scrap iron, bolts, old horse
shoes, etc, from about the farm. Much
useful iron may often be gotten for
trifie at public sales. Old horse
shoes welded together and worked out
are very useful for making nails, riv-
cts, links for chains, etc. | have been
using for several years heavy farm
CHI IL made entirely from old horse
shoes. AS to the actual work in this
line, many valuable hints may be got
ten from b good natured blacksmith.
One may need instruction particularly
on the working and tempering of steel.
For time the novice may be dis
couraged by his seeming awkward
ness, but after he gets the set of his
hammer and the hang of his tongs,
some experience in welding, ETC., there
will be little repairing that need be
taken away from the farm.
Put in the other end of the build
ing bench or table. Provide cross
cut handsaw, nine teeth to the inch,
a square, a smoothing, jack and a
fore plane, brace with at least seven
bits differing in size one-eighth inch,
three or four sizes of chisels, a draw
ing knife, inter square and a hand ak
or bench hatchet. A supply of differ
ont sized nails and wood screws. This
will equip the wood working end of
the shop for all ordinary repairing.
Many new implements can be made
and ironed complete later. Now get
or make sewing or sadlers horse,
procure some needles, wax and thread,
harness rivets. etc, Put up a stove,
fix up the harness and gather the
plows, harrows and other implements
that need repairs.-J. F. Thomas, IN
New England Homestead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22
hoy Seasick, but Game.

He was one of three diminutive mes
senger boys hired to remain aboard
the big ocean going tugboat that fol-
lowed the yachts. There was quite Il
ground swell on when the tug got
out about the lightship and the wind,
coming up strong made nasty sea.
The dipping and rolling of the boat
made this boy more sick than the 9TH
ers. TIe lay Oh the after deck unable
to move, and groaning at intervals.
Once in great while he raised his
dull, heavy eyes to note the positions
of the yachts.
All day he lay there, refusing to go
inside the spacious cabin. When the
tug pulled it at the pier he was so weak
he had to be helped ashore.
His face was haggard and support
cd by his companions. he dragged him
self up the pier, eliciting sympathy
from all the yachting reporters.
Half way up the pier he hobbled
over to the reporter who had been in
charge of the boat that day and placed
two blue and trembling hands on the
wrist of the newspaper man. His wan
face was raised and he said in hoarse,
tense whisper:
Hey, mister! If yer want a boy
agin' termorrer, ask fur me, will yer,
mister!'
He was game.-New York Mail and
Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22
The Glasgow Student.

His life is plain and hard, and rath-
er poor in color. His class at a. m.
calls him early from his bed--how
early he who comes to it by train
from the suburbs will tell you. And
what, after all, comes he out for to
see? The tardy moon lighting him
up the college hill, the windy quad
rangle all dark, the lighted class room
windows, a brisk janitor selling the
college magazine, the college bell, clat-
tering for five short minutes after the
hour has struck, it's sudden stop, the
scramble of men to enter while yet
there is time, the roll call, the lecture.
the bent heads of the note takers, the
scraping their anxious feet lest
word be missed, the rustling of a
sporting paper. the smell of wet water
proof in the hot air. the intolerable
dreichness of Qet us say) the con-
veyancing statutes, and then-happy
reiease!-the college clock booming
out the hour, and once more the rain
and wind in the quadrangle. No hand
some reward this for early rising!
Glasses meet all day long from a.
m. till $50 p. M; and, If our friend
has a spare hour, and Is eager for
work, he goes across to the gaunt.
warm reading room, where comrade
with call" may invite him to defend
everlasting as against eternal punish
ment, or another with a foible for
jokes, may, in observation-disclosures tell
him the same story thrice in 60 min
utnS
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22

There are some secrets which are no
secrets, and the experience of years
mas shown me that the art of butter
making may be known and read of all
faithful and persistent men. A few
of the points that every one who as
pires to good butter making must OBJ
serve believe to be as follows:
The man or woman who sets out to
be dairyman must love his work.
Unless he does failure lies just before
him.
There must be the essentials of
good COW in every individual of the
dairy. No man can succeed with poor
cows, any more than a carpenter can
do his best with wornout, rusty and
dull tools.
Good water and plenty of it must
be available. Impure water has more
to do with our failures than most of
us are inclined to admit. Roily, stag
nant or bacterial water never should
be tolerated in the dairy. This applies
to the source of supply in the pasture
just as much as that used in washing
the butter. We might better be to the
expense of drilling well and putting
up windmill than to attempt to get
along in the dairy room without pure
water.
Every man, woman and child who
has anything to do with the work of
butter making, from COW to package,
should be cleanly and neat Unclean-
liness is the rock upon which thou
sands go down. 1t is possible to do
something in slovenly manner and
yet succeed fairly well. This is not
true of butter making. Every pail.
can, churn, ladle. package, cloth and
worker must be scrupulously tree from
anything which will impart taint to
the finished product.
The hands especially must be clean.
1t does not seem as if it should be
necessary to speak of this, and yet
it is not week ago that saw man
who would resent it quickly if / told
him he was not neat sit down to his
COW, milk on his hands, and wet the
teats of fine Jersey before he began
to take her mess into the pail
We look to the Danish people for
our pattern of cleanliness, ana we'll We
may, for if there be any secret with
them it is the secret of neatness. Gil
mate, pasturage, water, care, all pass
for nothing without cleanliness.
Finally, the care given the COW large
ly determines the quality of the butter
made. Good food, cleanly quarters.
kindness, freedom from all that might
give the COW discomfort, these all en-
ter in to bring about success or fail
ure in butter making.
Many other things have bearing on
the art Of butter making. They may
be said to be adjuncts and not abso-
suite essentials. The principles in
volved are not many, but they are in
valuable. They must be taken into
account by all who would win in the
beautiful science of good butter maxi
ing-E l.. Vincent, in American Gull
tivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22

Soil for crops under glass is the same
as that in the field. 1t is merely part
Of the field which has been covered
with glass, and it's superior mechani-
cal condition is owing to extremely
high manuring, which with the decay
of plant roots renders the texture very
loose and light. Fresh land, however.
may be used at once for greenhouse
crops, and such soil is usually free
from blights and disease germs for a
year or two. The soil is manured and
forked over before every crop.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22

of regard for conventionalities often
played havoc with the hearts of young
girls and drew them into elopement
parents are much more sensible
than they used to be. The craze for
securing rich sors-in-law is dying out,
and few men of means object to a de-
cent and persevering young fellow pay
ing his addresses to their daughters.
providing the affection is reciprocal.
They argue. with wisdom, that power
ty in the outset is no great drawback
to girls career provided he possesses
integrity and intelligence. This in it.
self is powerful reason for rendering
elopements comparatively uncommon.
But more than all other reasons
that operate against elopements by
the girls of today is that the present
conditions give them an opportunity
to meet many men, to study them and
understand them, and when they de-
eide to marry they usually select men
who are in every way worthy of them
and to whom the parents can make no
valid objections. And, even if they
were inclined to object, they will not,
for the idea has become generally pop
ularthat marriage is thing which con-
Germs most the young couple who wish
to become husband and wife, and that
If they are satisfied no one else should
say anything to the contrary, and q
wedding of the orthodox kind is per-
mitted to take place without the nee
essity of secrecy and elopements'
Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22
One Way to Keep Cabbnges.

An excellent way to keep cabbages
together, roots in the ground, and
cover them, SO as to protect them
against rain, first placing salt hay or
straw over the heads. BY this plan
the cabbages will keep until late in the
spring, as the stalks will take root and
throw out sprouts or greens, after the
heads are gone. By burying the heads
with the roots up the frost prevents
their use, and when the frost leaves
then the ground is damp and the heads
rot 1t will be found of advantage to
If for no other purpose than to secure
Lne early green's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22

The recent developments in the tests
as to the possibility of mosquitoes CON
veying contagious diseases seem to
have effectually proven that they do
SO, and though it has cost some hui
man lives, it may teach us lesson
that may save more. Experiments at
shore resorts in covering swamps and
stagnant waters with kerosene or some
cheaper form of the petroleum product
have proven that the mosquito can be
greatly reduced in numbers if\not en-
tirely eXterminated by this method,
and though undertaken with view
to the comfort of their present and
prospective guests than as a sanitary
measure, the fact that it will also
serve that purpose is an additional in
centive to it's general adoption. But
we want to see the work go farther
and reduce the number of flies as we'll
as mosquitoes. We know their favor
ite breeding places, the manure heaps,
the droppings of the cattle, dead ami
mails, or fish offal, places where kitch-
en- waste is thrown out, swill barrels,
and almost all the receptacles of filth
and decaying matter Let it be a rule,
or even enact law that all such places
shall be saturated every day with some
form of petroleum, and let the oil
companies learn what form will do the
most effective work at the least cost.
and send it out for public sale, and
health. comfort and cleanliness, that
we are robbed of by these flies that
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22
ENCkE'S COMET A HERALD.
Has Appeared Before the Assassna-
ton of Three Presidents.

Encke's comet has heralded the
death by assassination of three Presi-
dents of the United States. President
Lincoln was assassinated on April Is,
1865: Encke's comet appeared Janu-
25, 1865, and was visible five months.
President Garfield was the victim of
the assassin's onslaught on July 2,
1881. and died September 19; Encke's
comet appeared August 20, 1881. and
was visible to the naked eye. Presi-
dent Mckinley was attacked on Sep
tNmber 6, and died September IA,
1901; Encke's comet appeared on Au-
gust Is, 1901, and was visible for sew
eral weeks.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22

places, to invade our sleeping, sitting
and dining rooms or pantries and dali
ry rooms, to torment us and our do
mestic animals, would soon become SO
rare that we should wonder how we
ever endured them so long. The an
nual loss by other insects has been
computed at millions of dollars in
some cases, but who every undertook
to compute the loss from the plague
Of flies.-The Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22
A Unique Subject.

Difficult as it is to believe says the
Liverpool Post, King Edward has an
aged subject in these islands, who
Miss Mary Stewart Ga descendant of
the Stewards of Appin), and was born
at Ardnamurchan, Argyleshire, in 1871.
so that she has seen five sovereigns
on the throne. She has been So years
in service at different places between
Appin and Inverary district. She is
still hale and hearty, and able to get
up and about. The old lady does not
know any English, but speaks Gaelic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22

There is more Catarrh in this section of tho
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For q great man. Years doctors
pronounced 1t local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment pronounced it in
curable. Science has proven catarrh to be
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney Il Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to tesspoonful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials Address F. CHENEY 4 Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22
The Largest and Smallest County.

San Bernardino county, Cal, with
an area of nearly 10000 square miles,
is the largest in the United States,
and Bristol county r. l.. with an area
of only 81 square miles, is the small
est. 1t Bristol county were in the form
of square man might walk across it
in a little more than an hour; but San
Bernardino, in the same form, could
not be crossed by an express train
In two hours. 1t is larger than Yer
mint and New Hampshire combined.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-01-22
ARMY POST AN ISSUE.
Des Moinea Citizens Provide Site,
but Council Blocks 1t.

1t is probable that the question of
United Statets army post may be
considerable factor in the Des Moines
city election campaign next spring.
The business men of the city nearly
year ago contributed the funds nee
essary to purchase a site for the post.
but the city council dallies. One condi-
ton the government insists on before
establishing the post is that the city
shall annex the territory comprising
the proposed site. 1t is generally de-
sired that the post be inside the city.
In order that the more stringent mu.
nicipal authorities may prevent the
gathering of resorts about the govern
ment property.