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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
o IAN I'd ray THIs.

Whenever an honest trial is given to
Electric Bitters for any trouble it is
recommended for a permanent cure
will be effected. 1t never fails to tone
the stomach, regulate the kidneys and
bowels, stimulates the liver, invigorate
the nerves and purify tie blood. It's a
wonderful tonic for run down systems.
Electric Bitters positively cures Kidney
and Liver Troubles, Stomach Disorders,
Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Rheuma-
tism, Neuralgia, and expels Malaria.
Satisfaction guaranteed by Hall and
Lyles. Only so cents.
The first aim of woman is to capture
a man; the second to capture another.
The man of military bearing is not
supposed to run as easy as the other
kind.
The bankrupt law may not be a fail
ure, but it has produced a lot Of fail
ures.
Some men are born great, some ac-
quire greatness and others are just
dubs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
ACT IMMEpIATELY.

Colds are sometimes more tro9 blesome
in summer than in winter, it's so hard
to keep from adding TO them while
cooling off after exercise. One Minute
Cough Cures at once. Absolutely safe.
Acts Immediately. Sure cure for
coughs, colds, Group, throat and lung
troubles. Brown and Bearden.
Isn't it a fact that you hate some
people because they mind their own
business?
The saddest moment of a girls life
is when she has a secret and no one to
tell it to,
Nothing will make a woman love
you so quickly as to find that other
women do.
The man who sticks to the truth
must content himself with catching
: small fish.
All men may be made of dust, but
some men have a lot more of the dust
than others.
Men frequently visit seaside resorts
to play mid the breakers and come
away broke.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

To have given up would have meant
death for Mrs. Dois Cragg, of Dorches-
ter Mass. For years she has endured
untold misery from a severe lung
trouble and obstinate cough. "Often,
she writes, I could scarcely breathe and
sometimes could not speak. All doc
tors and remedies failed till 1 used DIR.
Kings New Discovery fer Consumption
and was completely cured" Sufferers
from Coughs, Colds, Throat and Lung
Trouble need this grand remedy, for il
never disappoints. Cure is guaranteed
by Hall & Lyles. Price SOC and Sl.OO.
Trial bottle free.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

Set a widow to catch e widow.
Spare the bathtub aud soil the child.
Profound thoughts confound the
thoughtless.
To give should be characteristic OF
gifted people.
As a rule the moral castaway casts
himself away.
Minor defeats often equip n for
great victories.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

1t is every mans opinion that he
would have been a great man had he
lived so years ago.
The "good old days. seem best be-
cause time has removed the sting of
their disappOintments.
1t is strange how some men return
to the bottle years after they have dis
carded sWaddling clothes.
Some women are so modest that
when they are dressing they scream If
a bird looks in the window.
The bride fails to observed her hus-
bands cloven hoof until after she gets
a Whit Of his cloven breath.
A woman's idea Of a faithful hus-
band is one who will stay at home
while she is at a dinner party.
The railroad manager is always the
first to agree that an extentiOn Is nee
essary, and the last to build 1t.
If her heart is in the right place it
matters not wheather a woman is
younger or older than she looks.
1t is a curious thing about getting
fooled at the marriage game, but eth
Or everybody has or wants to be.
The reference work which a woman
most consults for information Is the
clothes line wash Of her neighbor.
1t now looks as though the service of
Pierpont Morgan would be needed to
get the Democratic party together.
About six weeks after the wolf APP
pears alta mans door, it looks to him
as If it were holding a family reunion.
What has become Of the old fash
Toned woman who used to say to her
children, "You drive me distractedl''
Some women are so innocent
they can trace resemblances in their
childrento their husbands best friend.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

A mar told three lies to save a dol
lar, and then put up the money.
Was the baby show a success? Well,
l should say, a regular screamer.
1t depends upon its state of health
whether fame is desirable or not.
Old railroad men place a high value
on their early training, as a rule.
We have noticed that prices always
go up rapidly and decline very slowly.
Some men only put on their best
manners when they dress to go out.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
THE SYSTEM.

1t is through the bowels that the
body is cleansed of impurities. Con-
stipation keeps th.se poisons in the
system, causing headache, dizziness and
and melancholia at first, then unsightly
eruptions and finally serious illness I'M
less a remedy is applied. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers prevent this trouble
by stimulating the Liver and promote
easy, healthy action OF the bowels.
These little pills do not act violently
but by strengthening the bowels enable
them to perform their own work.
Never grippe or distress. Brown &
Bearden.
1t would take more than a cake OF
yeast to make some men rise in q
crowded car.
There is a vast difference In the
sticking qualities of a good reputation
and a bad me-.
While some men mount upward to
the pinnacle of fame others reach the
height of folly.
A years subscription to a newspa-
per has saved many a man the price
Of a gold brick.
Brooding over the failures of yes
terday disqualifes a man for the
duties of TODAY.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
mother Always Keeps II Handy.

MY mother suffered a long time
from distressing pains and general i'll
health due primarily to indigestion, 2
says L. W. Spalding, Verona, No.
1.-TWO years ago I got her to try Kodol.
She grew better at once and now, al
the age of seventy-six, eats anything
she wants, remarking that she fears
no bad effects as she has her bottle o.
Kodol handy" Don't waste time doc.
toring symptoms. Go after the cause
If your stomach is sound your health
will be good. Kodel rests the stomach
and strengthens the body by digesting
yOur food. II lie natures own tonic
Brown & BeArden.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

"Why don't they dig the canal?"
shouts an impatient contemporary.
Why, the weather is 700 u~nfavorable.
Wait until we have a nice, bright day,
and they will hustle out and dig it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

sediment or SET
thing indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid
neys; If it stains
your linen It is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble too
frequent desire to
pass It or pain in
the back Is also
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know It.


Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let It stand t~wenty-four hours q
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
VACATION DAYS.

Vacation tune is here and the chill
dren are fairly living out of doors.
There could be no healthier place for
them. You need only to guard against
the accidents incidental to most open
air sports. No remedy equals DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve for quickly stopping
pain or removing danger Of serious
consequences, For cuts, scalds and
wounds. Il used Dewitt's Witch
Hazel Salve for sores, cuts and bruises
says L. B. johnson, Swift, Texas. at
is the best remedy on the market. "
Sure cure for piles and skin diseases,
Beware of counterfeits. Brown &
Bearden.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order.
What to Do.

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge 50
often expressed, that Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver. bladder and every part
Of the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to hold water and scslding pain in passing
It, or bad effects following use Of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to 60 often
during the day and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-ROOt IS soon
realized. It stands the highest for Its won
derful cures Of the most distressing cases.
II you need a medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists In SOC. and 81. sizes.
You may have a sample bottle Of this
wonderful discovery E5f
and a book that tells
more aboutit both sent tttHa
absolutely free by mail.
Address DR.. Kilmer & Home OF ~swampROoa
Co, B~inghamton, N. Y. When writing mem
ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

It would be much better for the
people to pay their members of the
legislature fair salaries than to let a
corrupt lobby pay them.
"We are making you lots of trou-
ble," and "This is the best l ever ate,' y
constitute the sole conversation ofthe
average guests at a table.
The esteemed Chicago Inter Ocean
has discovered 1.-THE Naked Issue" and
at once proceeded to clothe it in half
a column of warm verbiage.
AS there is no way in which we can
frame June, 1902, and hang it on the
wall, we shall have to be content to
enshrine it in u memories.
The first month he is married he
thinks everybody is looking at him in
envy; after that a horrible suspicion
grows on him that it is in pity.
Thereiis always some one in every
crowd who remains just quiet enough
to be able to tell afterwards what fools
the others made of themselves.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
Trustworthy
Advertising.

You've been reading our ad-
vertising for nearly half a.
century. Have you ever been
.nisled' Every staten ent
that goes into the papers must
be exact. What we say to-
day does not have to be un-
said tomorrow. That's why
this business has grown. Con-
fdence in Macy's is a herr
tage that thousands of families
have sustained through three
generations. The children of
to-day believe in us because
their parents do, just as their
parents were won to Macy's by
the rugged steadfastness of
their parents. We still follow
the policy that has made
our friends so adhesive all
these years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
Manufacturing for
Ourselves

A single slender margin Of
profit between maker and re-
tail buyer-such is the policy
that provides greatest values.
Macy's manufacturing interests
are not approached by those
of any other store in America.
In every department the high
est standard is scrupulous-
ly maintained. The following
list indicates the diversity of the
feeders" we own from which
this great business draws much
Of its matchless sinews of trade:
A Glassware Factory in 30.
hernia
A Cut Glass Factory on our
Premises
"A Pottery Works at Rudol.
stadt
"A Porcelain Decorating Shop
at Carlsbad
"A China Decorating Shop at
Limoges
"A China Decorating Shop on
the Premises
"A Handkerchief Factory at
Belfast
"A Shirt Factory at POUCH.
keepsie
"A Muslin Underwear Factory
in New York, Brooklyn and
Carlsbad
"A Silk Waist and Skirt Fac.
tory in New York City.
"A Mattress Factory in New
York City
"A Candy Factory in New
York City
"A Baking Powder Factory in
New York City
A Harness Factory IN New
York City
A Chemical Laboratory in
New York City
where over Fifty Articles are manu-.
featured of the purest tested ingredi.
entS under the cleanlieSt and safest
hygienic and sanitary conditions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
=Forty-four Years of Macy's+l0O2
1883

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From and
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of
incident
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found here modified mphei
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
Eve,y Department Beneath the Roof
Is Complete Store.
Features of the Store.
Space

Floor space-the primary need.
Over twenty-four acres - per.
hapS that standard of measure
ment is easiest for unmathenatical
minds to comprehend. Only
those people whose profession is
to juggle with big figures can
properly take a mental grasp of
the immensely of the stores floor
area. You will probably more
fully realize il when we tell you
that if il were reduced to a shop
20 feet wide it would be nine
miles long, or a length equal to
the distance between the Battery
and Harlem River at i4ist Street.
If the strips that cover the floors
were placed end to end they would
reach from New York to seventy.
five miles beyond Detroit, Mich
igan.
1000 employees.
The total Weight of the Build.
ing is Two Thousand Million
Pounds.
10, 100000 pounds structural
steel and iron.
-2,l50.OO0 pounds ornamental
bronze and iron.
-5,34O,OOo common bricks.
-2,3OS separate columns.
is miles of brass tubing and
galvanized iron pipe in the pneu-
matte cash system.
40 miles of beams.
-73s miles of flooring planks.
~ miles of electric wiring.
10000 square feet Of window
area.
-33 hydraulic elevators.
- escalators, aggregate carry.
ing capacity 10000 persons an
hour. They step for you, stead.
lily, safely.
% massive iron and marble
stairways.
-i.4o0 enclosed arc lamps.
$4,000 incandescent lamps.
III water tube boilers, capa.
bic of developing $500 horse
power.
900 horse power engines and
dynamos.
80 electric motors.
so parcel conveyors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
Special Notice: Department of Deposit.

To facilitate purchases by customers who dol not like to
have goods sent c. O. D., we have opened Department
of Deposit. By placing money to your credit with
this Department, your purchases can be referred to
it for payment Interest will be allowed on balance
at the rate of four per cent per annun, to be COM
puted every three months with the distinct under
standing that the account is only for the payment of
purchases in the house, and not for general banking
purposes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
A Forward Look.

greater facilities better
concebut the principles changed only by broader for higher
Our Past and 1t is for the Present
the Future Neayh century reang Mistakes have been made
But the heart the has sound Errors corrected
quickly discovered Perfection been attained Human nvo
But Past bond public There shadow
period its would obscure discount
apologies has followed
improvement We lift standard higher day Every bud has had
its esSon- been umindfu it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
Our Prices Will Always Be Lowest.

This clears the Of speculation for all who have inferred
change location implies change Of policy. certainly
The Macy prices will continue to be lowest
Concentration rinmizes Representatives, outlay of money labor
and time The cocentratothe combination and cooperation
controlled by modern methodsenab take every step of
merchandising from sweeping the floors to delivering your parcel
on smaller percentage Of than when Mays Fourteenth
Street.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26
Serious Charges.

A man named Marquis Mou-
ton was arrested by Sheriff
Broussard at about 3 O'Clock
Wednesday morning at his home
in CarencrO and placed in Jail
here. The man will have to
answer to three very serious
charges made against him. He
is charged with one criminal
assault and two attempts to
commit that crime. The Cir
Gums tances under which the
offenses are alleged to have been
committed are of such a horrible
and tiendish character that they
are unfit for publication. The ac-
cused has asked through his
attorney, Mr.. Jno. L. Kennedy,
for a preliminary hearing which
has been fixed for May Is.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26
Succession Sale.
Succession of Angelo Landry,
deceased wife of Joseph
Dauriac = 18th District
Court, Lafayette
Parish, No. 225O.

By virtue of an order Of the Hon. 18th
district Court in and for Lafayette parish,
I.a., rendered in the succession of Angelo
Landry deceased wife of Joseph Dauriac.
No. 22so of the docke, of said court, and
commission issued to thereon !, the un-
dersigned, natural tutor of the minors l.au-
rent and Angelo Daur,ac, will offer for sale,
and sell for cash to- pay debts, to the last
and highest bidder, between legal sale
hours, at the last residence of SAID deceased,
in the town of Lafayette, La, ON
Saturday, May. 81, 1902,
the following described property, to-wi,:
One certain lot of ground situated in the
Mouton addition, in the town of Lafayette
Louisiana, with all improvements thereon
and ,hereun,o belonging, beng lot mum Der
loo of said addition, measuring fifty feet
front on Convent street, by the dep'h OF
I22 7sIIoo feet and is bounded north by 10,
No. oS, south by Convent street, east by lot
No los and west by lot No. Io7.
Terms, cash day of sale.
Witness my signature at Lafayette, La.
this April IS. 1902.
JOSEPH DAURIAC,
Natural Tutor
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26
Lafayette is ProsrcSSive.'

OPELoUSAS, La, April 81, 1909.
To the Lafayette Gazette:
read with much pleasure and gratifica-
ton the editorial reproduction and COM
Inent thereon in your last issue headed
ssLafayette is Progressive Both have the
ring of the true metal. Both sirikingly
illustrate the homely maxim that ''G"d
helps them that help themselves
A town cannot live the past. more than
political parties. Chancellor Kent says,
speaking of families, that they ''must re-
pose upon the virtue of their descendants
for the perpetuity of their fame. The
leader Of ar ar,ic band said to his followers:
<-Whoever sits down will sleep, and whoever
sleeps " i'll perish.'' So it will be with our
towns. This is Il law of matter, miud and
heart At this time every town not cursed
with mossbackism is endeavorng to forge
to the front and outrival its nelghbors in
commercial and material prmacy But
prosperity, like charity, begins at home.
Who VIC aid have the rose themselves must
grasp the thorn Each town must trim its
own vineyard. Your town has nobly exem-
plifed the above-in consequence of which
you forging to the front and outstriPping
your neighbors in those advantages which
in the near future are certain TO blirg to
your people health, wealth and prosperity.
There is nothing in life so successful as
s'go,ng it alone Instead of wasting your
time and energy in seeking for outside help,
your people have helped themselves, and
the success attending their several ventures
should encourage others to go and do like
wise.
s.New occasions teach new duties; time
makes ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still, and onward, who
would keep abreast of TRUTH
Yours truly,
GILBERT l.. DUPRE.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26
Fair aud Bazaar.

Able vile Herald.
Rev. Father F.. A. 3. Laforest
announced yesterday that there
would be a fair and bazar some
time during next month for the
benefit of the Catholic church.
Father Laforest says that it is
his intention to place a frst-class
pipe organ in the church at an
early date and that the fair and
bazar will be given for this pur-
pose.
There will be an English and a
French play and those partici-
pating in the English play are
requested to assemble at the
Presbytery on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at O'Clock for prac-
tice, and those participating in
the French play will meet on
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26
Southern Baptist Convention.

Asheville. N. G.. May 9, Ioo2.-For the
above occasion the Queen & Crescent Route
will sell round trip tickets to Asheville.
c., at one first class limited fare for the
round trip, on May g, 7, 8, 9. and 10 with
final limit May Fl, with further privilege of
extension to June 2, provided tickets are
deposited with joint agent at Ashville on Or
before May IS. and upon payment of fee of
Fifty cents. This arrangement will give dele
gates and visitors attending this convention.
as we'll as the public generally, splendid
opportunity to visit Asheville at exceed
ingly low rate.
The Qeen and Crescent Route offers
double daily service from and to New
Orleans.
Trains leaving New Orleans o:Io n. M,
and 7:,o p. M, daily, arrive at Ashcvilie
s:so a. M, and o:I5 p. m., respectively. The
o:1o a. IN. train carries sleeper and dinnng
car TO Chattanooga; sleeper Chattanooga to
Asheville. The evening train carries through
Pullman sleeper to Morristown; day coaches
Morristown to Asheville: dining car, Alfalfa
to Morristown.
The 3:Is p. M, train leaving Shreveport
arrives at Asheville next evening o:I5 This
train carries Pullman sleePers to Chatta
ns,oga and Morristown; dining car serving
meals.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26
Mr.. A. B. DenbO, who has been

Mr.. A. B. DenbO, who has been
connected with the Lafayette
Refinery since it's foundation,
is now member of the firm OF
Denbo & Nicholson, having en-
tered into partnership with Mr..
w. V. Nicholson. the hardware
dealer. During the time that
Mr.. DenbO was connected with
the refinery his relations with
the public were always of the
most pleasant character, his
splendid business qualifications
winning for him the confidence
of all who dealt with him. We
bespeak for him a full measure
of success in his new business
venture.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26

The latest government report
shows that the poultry and eggs
of the country are worth more
every year than the combined
value of corn, oats and hay. The
following is one Of the many good
reports from international POul-
try Food Il am pleased to say
that International Poultry Food
will do just what it is sold for,
and that it has cured many cases
of diseased chickens for me. -
Twenty five cents for a large box
at the Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26
Stole n.

;. Stolen.
In Lafayette, La, on March IS, 1902,
one brown stallion, unbranded, three years
old, very tall for age. short coupled, long
name and tail; has white spo; in forehead
only white about him: has a slight furrow
on left hip rs if caused by dislocatcd joint
and a car above ankle of left leg.
Any seeing .'r taking up this animal,
or knowing anything concerning him, is re
quested to communicate with the under
signed, who will pay reward of $40 for
his recovery.
JAS. w. MONTGOMERY,
Apl. 26-2t. Lafayette, La
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26

improvements at the OIL Mill.
The Peoples Cotton Seed Oil
Company is making number
of improvements to it's plant pre-
paratory to an increase of busi-
ness next season. A seventy five
horse power boiler and an attri-
ton mill will be added to the
machinery. The company has
commenced making ice and eN'
poets II big trade in that cOmmO
dity. The ice factory was 4
great success last year and vii
no doubt do much larger
business this summer.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26

Is order to make room for II
general line of hardware, Nichol-
son is Offering buggies, surries
and plOw goods at very low
prices. Come in and see for
yourselves.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26
Notice of Filing OF TableaU.
Succession of Frederick Otto,
No. 2214, 18th Judicial Dis
trict Court, Parish of La
fayette, State of
Louisiana.

Whereas Anna Christina Dttmar, of the
parish of Lafayette, testamentary eNecutriN
Of the above named estate, has filed a final
tablcau of classification and distribution of
funds of said estate, accompanied by her
petition, praying for the homologation of
the same. And whereas the prayer Of said
petition has been granted by an order OF
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to
all persons interested TO make opposition to
said ,ab!eau, in writing, in my Office, in the
town of Lafayette, La. within the time re-
qured by law, why said .ableau should not
lie homoloCateei and confirmed.
ED &. VOORHEES,,
Clerk of Court.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26
Constable Sale.

by virtue of the stock law and the au-
,hority vested me, will sell for cash, to
the last and highest bidder at the Office Of
Judge Parent, in the fourth ward, between
legal sale hours, on Saturday, May, 3. 1902,
the following described property to-wit:
One calf, about years old.
kOSSUTH BIANCHET,
Constable.
The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-26

At DeBlanc'S Grain and Feed
Store you can find: Oats, Corn,
Wheat Bean Hay, Corn Chops,
Cracked Corn, and ready mixed
Feed for horses, cows hogs and
chickens. Cum berland Phone %.