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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05

Some years ago gambling was pro-
hibited in a part Of Siamrand the gov
eminent did everything It could to
suppress the vice.
It turns out, however, that this
laudabIe action has seriously deranged
the labor market. The Chinese immi-
grants who labor In the mines rank
gambling among the necessities Of
life, and the prohibition kept them
away. Now the government has had
accordingly to modify its policy. Il
now enacts that where there Is a SUI.
hciently large Chinese population
gambling houses will be allowed. The
gambling is to be restricted to Chi
nese.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05

Health is a magnet which inesishbiy
draws the man to the woman In hfe's
mating time. Health does more than
tint the skin with beauty it puts music
into the voice and buoyancy into the
step, as well as happiness into the heart.
A great many wAnen covet beauty and
are constantly seeking aids TO beautify
them. Let a woman first seek perfect
health and all other charms shall be
added to her.
There can be no general health for
women while there is disease Of the
delicate womanly organism. The first
step to perfect health is to cure womanly
diseases by the use Of DR.. Pierce's Pa
vorite Prescription. II establishes regu-
lsrity, dries weakening drains, heals
Inflammation and liberation and cures
female weakness.
= used four bottles Of your 'Favorite Pre-
scnptou and one Of Golden Medical Discov-
cry. p writes Mrs. Elmer d. Shearer. Of Mount
hope, Lancaster Co., Pa, rand can say that I am
cured of that dreaded disease, uterine trouble.
Ar II better health than ever before. Every
one who knows me Is surprised to see me look
% wei In June ] was % poor in health that
e. times could not walk. Today / am cured
7 tel everybody that DR.. Pience's medicines
cured me.H
PREF DR.. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt Of
stamps to pay expense Of mailing only.
send 81 oue-cent stamps for the book in
paper covers, or 81 stamps for the cloth
bound volume. Address pr. r. V. Pierce.
Buffalo, n. Y.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05
What q Horr-Power d.

A horse power is the force required
TO lift a dead weight Of $4,000 pounds
one foot a minute. To find the horse
power Of an engine multiply the area
Of the piston in inches by the average
steam pressure in pounds per square
inch. Multiply the product By the
travel Of the piston in feet per minute
and divide that product by $4,000. If
an engine IS rated at 73-horse power
It viii raise $1,000 pounds one foot 7s
times in one minute.-Industria Jour
nal
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05
the


While there was little stir and mol
very much interest shown In the con.
gressional election throughout this
section Of the. country, the South
having practically but one party rep
resented, in other portions Of the
Nation a spirited canvass has been
waged, and the public has been look
ing forward with interest to the
result.
The meagre returns received Of the
battle OF ballots Tuesday are not suf-
fciently complete to afford positive
statements as to the details Of the
contest in the national congress, yet
they are sufficient to show that there
win be little change in the complex
ion of the next house from that of the
present body. In some sections
Democratic gains have been reported,
but the general rule is a steady pull
for the continuance Of the Republi-
can party in power, good or bad.
The Democrats probably make a
gain of FIVE congressman In New
York state, while in Ohio the Repub-
licans have increased their majority
on the state ticket and elected II out
Of the % congressman. Odell is elect
ed governor of New York by a plu-
rality of less than 10000.
In Cleveland, Ohio, where the
issues were strongly and personally
Joined between Mark Hanna and Tom
Johnson, there is q Democratic gain,
johnson claiming the city by a hand
some plurality. This is a Illuminating
set back on the boss of the Republi-
can hosts nationally, yet not such as
will be permanent or injurious since
it may be attributed to local matters
more than to national issues dis.
cussed.
The issues in the campaign just
closed were almost as varied as the
numbers Of the congressional dis
tricts. In some places the question
of local matters entered almosr exclu-
sively while in others, the trusts and
kindred ills growing out Of the vicious
inclinations of the Republican poll
cies, took first place and we're dis
cussed in a lively manner. There
can be no question of the response
bility of the immense growth of trusts
coming as a direct result of Republi-
cans misguided or vicious laws on
protection ideas, and the people will
some day discover their mistaken
notion of adhering to party rather
than country by standing up to be
counted for these destroying policies.
Yet, the country is 30 big and
strong and productive that it seems
all the assistance that a strong politi-
cal organization can give to these
growing evils car only in a measure
retsrd the progress, and it is proba-
bly, due to this strength that politi-
clans are enabled to go on year after
year inducing voters to sustain party
no matter at what cost, and since the
Republicans are in power, and adroit
enough to use every advantage thus
coming to them, are able to retain
control.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05

A girl who wishes to expand her
chest can do SO II each morning after
her bath she viii stand erect, feet to-
oether and shoulders back, arms
straight down, and take IS full deep
breaths. II Is perhaps best to begin
with Is for the first week, and gradu-
ally increase to IS; If one desires to go
on to fuller perfection increase until
20 full breaths can be taken.-Detroit
Free Press.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05

About the only people in any Of our
cities who do not feel concerned over
the price Of coal or wood are those
In the towns where Aatural gas is used
for fuel. No strikes ever disturb them
IN the use Of that kind Of heating ma
terial, and there are 100000 people
IN this country who are warmed By
H.-Boston Transcript.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05
Not every sea dog is q grOwler.

A square meal is one that will go
around.
The woman who longs to talk talks
too long.
Looking for a speak-easy is a sort
of still hunt.
The blacksmith is a successful for
ger in his way.
A man can't hope to keep his friends
II he loses his temper.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05
UP-TO-DATE FABLES.

|
Tom MeNeas In Topeka Man and Breeze.
A young and verdant orator
was trying to make 3 political talk
to q crowd OF 10 persons. "This
meeting and the speaker remind
me Of 3 poem by WhitcOmb Ri
ley" said an aged Republican.
'tI mean the poem entitled, "When
the Frost is on the Pumpkin"
Moral: If the spellbinder knew
all that is said abOut him he
would probably turn the country
over to somebody else to save.
Two Newfoundland dogs we're
strOlfing by a pond when they saw
q boy struggling in the water.
"SuppOse," said one Of the dogs,
''that we jump in and save that
boy"
'If I am not badly off," said the
other dog, 'sthat is the kid who
attached q tin bucket hall filed
with stones to my tail q few days
ago and then laughed till be near
" had a ht while I was making
the run Of my life. After he goes
down another time I will see what
I can do for him."
Moral: Sooner or later the
practical joker viii get it where
the hen got the Ratchet.
A man who strOlled into q re-
vival meeting, carelessly dropped
into a vacant seat in which a lad
had planted a bent pin. Just as
the man with a smothered yell
jumped up, the revivalIst shouted,
"Another sinner pricked by bis
conscience"
fsMaybe thatis what you call
it, parson," said the agitated man,
"but if I had q grip on the young
Teller that bent that conscience, ,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05

Some oficeholders seem to forget
the time when they were ofice-seek-
ers.
No disappointment can be quite so
intolerable as disappointment in ones
self.
Go to Dean & Cox and get prices
before buying elsewhere. They want
your trade and will give you inside
prices.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05

I would make him think 1t would
have been $3.50 in his pocket If
be had never been born"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05

Prisoners are q class who do not
vote according to their convictions.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
fearful Occasions.

Representative De Graffenried. Of
Texas, who is one OF the best story
tellers in the House, was sitting at
lunch when he sampled some very
warm horseradish. The tears came
into his eyes.
THAT reminds me-" he said 10 the
Congressman who were gathered
around the table, "of the man down
in my county who sampled tobasco
sauce for the first time He filled a
spoon with the hot mixture and drank
it, His eyes at once filed with tears.
"'What are you crying forY asked
his companion.
"'My mother is dead was the reply.
"A few minutes later be induced his
companion to try the tabasco. When
his friends eyes became watery, he
asked him why be was crying.
Because you did not die when
your mother did said his companion
Washington Post.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
Cnnnibal Plants,

Some interesting particulars appear
in Chambers's Journal concerning can
nlbal plants and flowers, and especial
ly the species recently discovered by
Dunstan on the shores Of Lake Near
aqua. As this naturalist was walking
with his dog he was attracted by its
cries of pain and terror, and Fastening
to the rescue, found the animal held
by three black sticky bands, which had
chafed the skin to bleeding. These
bands were the branches of a newly
found carnivorous plant, which has
been named by Dunstan the land oc-
topus" The branches are described
as being flexible, polished black, with
out leaves, secreting viscid fluid, and
furnished with great number of
suckers by which they attach them
selves to their victims. This uncanny
product Of the vegetable kingdom is
known to the natives as 1.-The devils
moose"
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
UgIiness at q Premium .

In the town of Haschmann, Ger.
many, prizes are offered yearly for the
men who will marry the ugliest or the
most crippled and to the women over
forty who have been Tilted at least
twice. The money was left by big
financier, and he, realizing that beauty
is an attraction hard to overcome,
made a provision in his will that out
of the income Of the fund not less than
$50 shall go with the ugliest girl in
any year and the cripple shall receive
$50. The four women over forty who
have been Tilted by a lover receive,
when the funds will permit, $50 each,
but the trustee can vary this amount
and at his own discretion offer larger
prize to some one who viii marry an
unusually ugly girl or one to whom
nature has been specially unkind.-
nhe Taller. --A---------J
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
How 70 Look for Birds.


1. Go alone and you'll see more, De-
cause you won't be talking and you
may listen to nothing by birds
2. Go in the early morning or IN
the evening; birds rest at noon
3. Wear olG clothes and overshoes
or boots, for then you can go every
where.
4. Don't forget your field glasseS'
then the birds will be tanner.
S. Take notebook and pencil 30
that you may write down your impress
sions on the spot Your memory
might fail you.
6. Make list OF all the birds you
see and your next tramp will be more
exciting.
7. When you see an unknown bird
don't fail to see what shape its bill is.
Bills differ more than noses. Sketch
bills; that's the only way to see.
8. To arouse birds curiosity kiss
your hand; the dullest bird will crane
his neck.
g. Move slowly; quick movements
excite things
10. Keep off dry twigs-they are
noisy.
II. Go under low branches instead
Of brushing past them. A waving
branch means wind; Jared one
means life, and every bird knows 1t.
II. II the mosquitoes will permit IT,
sit down somewhere and keep per
fectly' still for half an hour Ito be-
gin With; then you may see a bird
before he sees you.
13. Think about what you see.
IA. Don't feel discouraged after
your walk II you didn't see much. Ths
walk was good for you.-Robert j..
sim in the American Boy.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
TIE PRESERVATION OF WOOD.
Many Ingenious Methods by which Tim
Der is Kept From Decay.

Der ts Kept From Decay.
On South street are several concerns
whose business is the preservation OF
wood. Each has its own favorite
method and each experiments more
or less toward obtaining better and
cheaper systems. The problem is very
involved, and is full of rich reward
for successful invention. II have
bsSn in the business twenty years"
said member Of one of these houses
"aDd although in that time the trade
has progressed considerably, yet still
much remains to be done, and whoever
does it efficiently will make large
fortune. In spite of the substitution
Of iron and steel for wood in house
and bridge building, and in the con
struction of ships, piers and other
structures, the consumption of wood
increases yearly. All wood decays,
and its value depends chiefly upon
its durability. The element of decay
is only one factor in the durability.
Beside decay there is the destruction
of wood by teredos and other marine
creatures, and in tropical countries by
the white ants and other forms of in.
sect life The simplest method of
preservation is charring. Every old
farmer knows that if be burns the end
Of chestnut post in the fire until II
IL covered with a thin coat of char
coal, it will last from ten to thirty
years longer when set up in the
ground than II put there in its normal
condition. Next to this are the paints
which do excellent work In cold and
temperate climates. A piece of wood
painted every two or three years will
last centuries, but this does not apply
to wood employed on ships or In the
piles of wharves and bridges. Marine
animals bore through the paint and
attack the wood beneath ii, The paint
acts as a protector, but the protection
Is small and limited. In this field the
best results have been obtained by
the use 9f goal tar copper paint, ar
senic paint and nlercurial paint.
When you reach the tropics. paint is
almost worthless so far as preventing
the attacks of white ants is concerned.
They bore hole through the paint,
go into the interior of the log or timber,
and eat out all the tissue without dis
turblng the paint-skin on the outside.
The only process which seems abso.
lutely efficient is TO charge the wood
with some poisonous fluid, which is
antiseptic, non-volatile and permanent.
Solutions Of zinc, iron copper, arsenic
and mercury have been tried, and have
all given good results. The best were
obtained by forcing through the pores
Of the wood a strong solution Of the
double chloride Of ammonia and mer-
curry. After the wood was charged
1t was laid aside to dry, during which
operation the ammonia and the water
evaporated, leaving the corrosive sub
Innate uniformly distributed through
the ligneous tissue. This made the
lumber proof against any form of ami
NAL life.
why is it not universally used?
The cost. 1t requires n heavy pres
sure and expensive apparatus. and the
mercury itself is worth something like
half-dollar a pound."-New York
Post.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07

Watch for a town, Congress Heights
D. c. H.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
Train, Need Not ssvp.

Among the patents which have been
recently granted in the United States
may be mentioned one issued to John
W. jenkins, New York City, for an In
teresting system whereby passengers
are to be discharged from train with
out the necessity OF stopping at sta
tions. The characteristic feature of the
invention resides in the employment
Of a number OF saddle cars" which
are successfully taken up and dropped
from the moving train, and through
the medium OF which passengers may
enter or leave a train without inter-
rupting It's movement
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
- -
SPECIAL NOTICE.
zoz II street.

7o7 n street
By direction of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Calver Universal Power Co.,
at a regularly called meeting, held on
MAY 10, 1902, under the provisions OF the
bylaws OF said company and through its
regular constituted officers, general
meeting Of the stockholders of said
company is hereby called to meet at the
temporary Office of said company, No.
7c7 II street. Northwest, in the City OF
Washington, District of Columbia, on
Nav a. 1902, at 3 o'clock P NJ, for the
purpose OF filling the vacancy existing
in the Office of president of said company
and transacting such other business as
may be properly brought before said
stockholders.
TI4E CALVER UNIVERSAL POW
Err COMPANY.
By LEE CRANDALL,
Vice President and Acting President.
Attest;
JOHN T. CUPPY,
Secretary
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
"MALARI0."

This is a new discovery in medicine.
Ono dose of WYCKOFFS MA
LARIO will cure any case OF chills and
fever.
This medicine will be furnished free
of cost for any test case applied for
within ten days from the date of this
issue.
MARLARIO speaks for itself
The effect is immediate, Call and see
us.
WYCKOFF MARLARIO CO.,
I4s2 New York ave,
Washington. d. {.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
Election of Officers.

AT general meeting Of the stoekhold-
ers of The Calver Universal Power
Company, held in this city on the 5Ist
ultiro. Lee Crandall, Of Arizona, pres
ident; Charles Ncwbcrg, of Wisconsin,
yicc-president John T, Cuppy, OF Hi
nois. secretary; G. w. Wilcox, OF Wash
inpton. treasurer; and George A. Kahn;
Of Idaho, were elected as officers and
members of the Board Of Directors OF
said company.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
inntruotlonrt, sub.erlhsra.

PogrAeE-The postage to all pArts OF tho
wnitsd States and Canada Is paid by the
DNblishcrs.
REMrrrANcxs OF small sums may be made
nth comparative safety In ordinary lettera
bans OF one dollar or more must be sent by
registered letter or poet-of1ce money order
baherwise, We cannot be responsible for same
OHAN0E OF ADDREss- Subscribers wishing
Dhsir address changed must invariably give
Meir former as well as new address.
MIssIso numbers 1t occasionally happens
shat numbers Of our paper sent 70 subscribers
Gre lost or stolen in the mails. In case yon
ea not receive any number when due, write
0a a postal card, and we will cheertully fur
RssE duplicate Of the missing number.
MoFr IMPORTANT OF ALL--Tn every letter
that VOC write US, never fail TO give your ful
address plainly written. name, post-orioe
county &nd State.
The suburban citizen., 1902-06-07
MALARIA.

Malaria can be cured by "Wyckoff's
Malaria" This remedy is almost in
s:antaneous in its effect, and rarely fails
10 make complete cure Of the most
stubborn case Of ohills and fever, and
malaria in all its forms. If not found
at your druggist, can be obtained from
The Wyckoff Malario Co., 1922 New
York. Ave.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-03-19

ter, and the two had often watched an
eagles nest in the top Of dead tree.
Many years afterward he was called to
attend his former playmate, now a
married woman, when she was desper-
steiy i'll at the lowest stage Of typhus
fever.
Upon entering the room," he says.
II caught her eye and with cheer.
full tone said only, "The eagles nestl"
She seized my hand, without being
able 70 speak, and I discovered strong
emotions Of pleasure in her oounten.
ancs. From that time she began tc
recover and che is now living"
30 there is power Of healing that
resides IN the mind and often it is
through thc abiding memories oi
childhood thaS its power is manifest
ed.-Garrett P. Serviss, in New Yorl
Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-03-19
Sayings Of Little Folks.

1.-Two men got into fight in front
of the bank to-day" said e local
tradesman at the family tea table,
land l tell you it looked pretty nasty
for one OF them. The biggest one
seized great big stick and brandish-
ed it. felt that he was going to
knock the others brains out and 1
jumped in between them"
The family had listened with rapt
attention, and as the head paused in
his narrative, the young heir, whose
respect for his fathers bravery is un-
measurable, proudly remarked:
HE couldn't knock any brains out
of. you, could he, father?"
The head of the family gased long
and earnestly at the heir, as IL to de-
teot evidence Of dawning humorist,
+! but aa the youth continued With great
innocence to inunoh his bread and
butter, he gasped and resumed his tea.
There is man who fanoies he is the
head Of the house. This particular
man has several small children, and
it pleases him to discourse great deal
on the training Of the young.
A few days ago he had friends Wis
iting him. His two little sons began
to play about noisily. It is one Of
his theories that children should obey
implicitly, aud he wanted his friends
to see how he carried it out in the
training Of his own family.
Johnny" he said, sternly, "stor
that noise instantly
Johnny looked up in surprise, then
grinned little.
ooh, Freddy" he said to his broth
er, as they went. on with the noisy
romp, "just listen to papa trying tc
talk like mamma. Chicago journal
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-03-19
A Terrible Elistake.


A celebrated German physician was
once called upon to treat an aristo.
cratic lady, the sole cause OF whose
complaint wss high living and lack Of
exercise. But it would never do to
tell her ae, go bic @eaa;;ss! advice ran
thus:
."ATise at 8 o'clock, take walk in
.he park FOR one hour, then drink q
CUP Of tea, then walk another hour and
take q cup of chocolate. Take break
Fast at g."
Her condition improved visibly un-
til one morning the carriage Of the
baroness was seen to approach the
physioian's residence at lightning
speed.
The patient. dashed up to the doc
tors Office, and on his appearing on
the scene she gasped or.. ooh. doc
tor, I took the chocolate frst!"
"Then drive home as fast as you
oan," calculated the astuts disciple of
Aesculap, rapidly writing prescrip-
tion, "and take this emetic. The tea
must be underneath The grateful
patient complied and continued to i'm
prove.