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Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24

Il does not take liquor long to lick a
man.
There Is plenty Of spirit in the aver
age ghost story.
Time makes all things even-except
In poker game.
Few people know what they don't
want until after they get Il.
Speaking Of ducks, it takes green
backs TO catch canvasbacks.
The man who starts out to look for
an easy job has already struck q hard
one.
Il does not take the short sighted
man long to reach his limit.
People never think Of reporting It
70 the police when their picture is
taken.
A man must be able to melt his
hearers before he can mould their
opinion.
widows are not always as mourn
ful as outward appearances would in
dicate.
A busybody Is a person who wastes
lot OF time pointing out the duties
of others.
Train up a child in the way he
should 60, and it's dollars to dough-
nuts he will take a flyer in the oppo-
site direction.
Cov,arro, Covvac,a 90 Nroh-.,t-, l.
the first state official to issue a state
ment regarding what he will do to the
packing house combine If he finds
that the law is being violated and if
and II.
After all, perhaps the best way to
reform the tariff is to reform IL, be-
sides we might learn something by
watching it's effect on the trusts. We
are told that the trusts are in no way
dependent upon protective duties,
but the country is full of Missourians.
The strikers and the mine guards in
the coal fields have begun to kiln one
another as they invariable do sooner
or later in time of q strike, but moth
ing is done to prevent 1t beyond the
ordering out OF troops, which act usu-
ally serves to aggravate the situation.
In the Philippines beef is so cents
a pound, mutton As, pork so halibut go,
blue cod So, salmon so, pigeons so
apiece, beef tongues $3.50, geese $3.50
apiece, wild ducks S1.75 and tame
ducks 1925 cents apiece. The meats
are all Australian frozen. Butter is
81 a pound, milk $3.50 gallon.
An order for $4,000 eight horse
plows to be used for breaking up the
virgin soil in South Africa has been
received by the Farquhar Agricul-
tural works, at York, Pa, says the
Philadelphia Record. This is proba-
bly, the largest order ever sent out
for this crop compelling implement.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24

Vulgarity is doing before people
what you always do when nobody is
around.
"My wife always picks out my
Clothes" said man this morning.
He looks It.
Every man may have a lucky star,
but most men find it in eclipse most
OF the time.
A man bets on reason and loses, q
woman doesn't bet on instinct but she
wins with it.
Many a joke that is enjoyed today
has been considered funny for thous-
ands of years.
We have done most foolish things,
but we never attempted a game Of
chess by mail.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
Pastor.. Moaeut Invlt.t,o--

Phillipsburg, Kan, has an up to-dats
Baptist preacher, says the Kansas City
Journal. Instead of doing some sen
sational turn in order to attract peo-
pie TO his church he simply advertises
In the lOcalpaPer: There still remain
few vacant seats 81 the regular serv-
Ices in the Baptist church Of this city.
The pastor will, and can, preach better
sermons II the seats are all filled with
WOrshiPful attendants. Wm you not
poms9'
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24

The girl who learns to play the pis-
no well must be mighty tired.
A smile and q sneer cost the same,
but the smile does the most good.
When a baby is named for a poor
man, there is no higher compliment.
Some men think they are up-to- date
when they are merely full of prunes.
A man can stand a woman in any
role exccp pt that OF seli-made martyr
dom.
The inconsistency of infidelity lies in
its unceasing effort to indict the AL
mighty
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
The spirit Of combine and merger is

The spirit of combine and merger is
extending to the churches. The Pres
byteries of the Cumberland Presby-
terian church in Indiana and Illinois
have voted in favor of a union with
the mother church.
This is the season of the year when
the girl who doesn't know all there Is
Obtainable in a common public school
education, looks reproachfully at her
father because he can't afford to send
her to boarding school.
A woman gives birth to a boy, and,
with care and devotion raises him to
years, and makes q man of him. At
ter 25 or 80 years of her influence, he
marries, and In six months they are
saying his wife made him.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
A Sad Disappointment.

Ineffective liver medicine is disap
pointment, but you don't want to
purge. strain and break the glands of
the stomach and bowels. OeWitt's
Little Early Risers never disappoint
They cleanse the system of all poison
and putrid matter and do it so gently
that one enjoys the pleasant effects
They are a tonic to the liver. Cure
billiousness, torpid liver, and prevent
fever. Brown and Bearden.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
CRCIH

Usually begins with the symptoms Of
s. common cold; there is chilliness.
sneezing, sore throat. hot skin, quick
pulse, hoarseness and impeded respira-
tion. Give frequent small doses Of
Bsllard's Horehound Syrup, 1.-THE child
will cry for it) aud at the first sign Of q
crOupy cough, apply frequently Bal
lard's Snow Liniment externally TO the
throat. 51e at All druggists.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
Fortune FaYors a Texan

Having distressing pains in head
back and stomach, and being without
appetite. began to use DR. Kings New
Life Pills writes w. p Whitehead, of
Kennedale, Texas. land soon felt like a
new man. Infallible in stomach and
liver troubles. 25c at Hall q Lyles.
We did not start out In the world
with good luck, never having been
the only grandchild of two grand
mothers.
A real smooth person is one who
doesn't show any difference in his
treatment of those he hates and those
he likes
If once the kingdom was set up in
this country, you'd all be surprised at
the number OF newspapers supporting
royalty.
Mental science never cured a girl OF
a stitch in her side right after she had
been out on a dark piazza with her
best beau.
Speaking of pleasures, the man who
works every day thinks it would be
Joy to be able to stay at home in bed
when sick.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24

We have noticed that when g wom-
an wears q waist that is buttoned in
the back there is always a button in
the middle that is not fastened, show
ing that she couldn't reach 1t, and also
that that is the part Of her back that
she is unable to scratch.
At the close of the civil war the I'm
ion army was larger than II ever was
before or has been since that time,
containing 954 ,469 men, but the num-
Der of persons drawing pensions is
now larger by $4,000 than that army
was and is growing every day.
The people Of this country once
fought four years over the question
of alienation OF territory which had
been under the flag, and It was decid-
ed that the territory should remain
intact. Who then believes that there
viii be any surrender Of the Philip
pines. BY the time we are ready to
give them Independence, II ever, the
Filipinos won't want It,
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
FoR aALE.

so Saw Pratt Gin-with revolving
heads-F and SchOfeld
wrought iron press. All in working
order. All for $4,000.
O. @. MOORE,
Thelma, Chickasaw Co., Miss.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24

RH. Foster, 3ls S. ID St., Salt Lake
City, writer's: II have been bothered
with dyspepsia OF indigestion for q
years tried many doctors with out re-
lief recentlsI got a bottle of Herbine.
One bottle curehme, am now tapering
off on the second. I have recommended
it TO my friends it Is curing them, too.
SOC at All druggists.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
AN The world laughs at q lover.

All the WoIlu iaueue AZ ioNef'
Fame is a thing that looks better the
more distant Il is.
The low comedian manages as a rule
to make himself heard
Women play whist as skillfully as
men do tatting gracefully.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
A Parsons Noble Act.

Il want all the world to know, writes
Rev G, J. Budlong, of Ashaway, R. l.,
what a good and reliable medicine
found in Electric Bitters. They cured
me of jaundice and liver troubles that
had caused me great suffering for many
years. For genuine, all around cure
they excel anything ever saw. "
Electric Bitters are the surprise of all
for their wonderful work in liver, kid =
ney and stomach troubles. Don't fail
to try them. Only 90 cents. Satisfac
ton guaranteed by Hall & Lyles.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24

When some one you dislike uses
your name often in speaking to you,
don't you learn to hate it'll
Love is a malsdy of the mind that
swells the heart and knocks the stuff
6ng out of the pocket book.
The girls named Lille never agree
on the spelling. Some spell it Lily,
others Lilly, and others Lille.
After a woman passes 35 and still
single she begins to talk about what a
dreadful fiirt she used to be.
Probably nothing jars a sentimental
girl likes the discovery that men ever
make love as the heroes in novels.
Every one has to repeat thing a
number of times before his listeners
hear what he says, and the fault is not
altogether in his listeners ears, either.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24

Invitations to a wedding are great
deal like bills sent out by a merchant,
and there is considerable surmise as
to what they win bring in.
Many a married man who knows
enough to come in ont of the rain
prefers to stay out rather than face
che domestic storm inside.
You have no more right to make
fun of mans disposition than you
have to make fun Of his bald head, or
bis cross eyes, or his game leg.
A man occasionally takes day of
to celebrate the anniversary of his
birth, but when woman celebrates
hers she usually takes a year of.
According to statistics, out of each
1000 people in love sixteen become
hopelsssly insane. The other 9S4 are
only temporarily out of their heads.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
Eugene
ViOws on Ambition and Dye
pOpslas

Dyspepsia, wrote Eugene Field,
''often incapacitates 9 man foE endeAVoR
and sometimes extinguiShes the Gre Of
ambition" Though great despite his
complaint Field suffered from indIges-
ton ell his life. A weak, tired stomach
can't digest your food It needs
rest. You can only rest it By the use
Of q preparation like Kodol, which ~
lisves IL Of work by digesting Jour food.
Rest soon restores It 70 its normal tone.
strengthening,
satlssylnas
EHVgOPatlngs
Prepared only by E. o. DHWITZ q CO., OhicAg0
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
Beware. of the Knlfe.

No profession has advanced more of
late than surgery, but it should not be
used except where absolutely neces
sary. In cases of piles, for example. it
Hazel salve cures quickly and perma-
nently. Unequalled for cuts, burns,
bruises, wounds, skin diseases. Accept
no counterfeits II was so troubled
with bleeding piles that lost much
blood and strength. says j. G. Phil
lips, OF Paris, Ill. "DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve cured me In a short time. -
Soothes and heals. Brown and Bear
den.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
Dsyoured bv Worms.

Children often cry, not from pain, but
from hunger, although fed abundsntlY.
The entire trouble arises from mani
tion, their food is not assimilated but
devoured by worms. A few doses of
Whites Cream Vermifuge will cause
them to cease crying and begin to
thrive az once, much to the surprise
and JOY Of the mother 25c at all
druggists.
You should never make a woman
believe that all the angels don't have
nice crinkly hair.
1t is difficult for a woman to under
stand a man who prefers a glass of
beer to ice cream soda.
It isn't what a woman doesn't know
so much as why she doesn't know it
that counts with a MAJ.
Ever think how many times a man
escapes punishment, and how few
times be is greatful for it.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
TUITION FREE

to men and women, except in Law School.
All expenses very low. Attractive location
Complete water, sewer, lighting and heating
systems. Perfect sanitation. Purest deep
well water. Enlarged scientific equipment
in new buildings. Special accommodation
for women students. Special opportunities
for students Of limited means.
Session of 1902-0S opens September 18th,
1902; Summer Term, 1908, opens Juno
10Th.
For catalogue of special information re-
agrding courses or expenses, address,
r. B. FULTON, Chancellor,
University, Miss.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24

Don't let a cold run at this season.
Summer cotds are the hardest kind to
cure and if neglected may hnger along
for months. A long siege like this will
pull down the strongest constitution.
One Minute Cough Cure will break up
the attack at once. Safe, sure, acts ct
once. Cures coughs, oolds, Group,
bronchitis, all throat ana lung troubles.
The children like it. Brown and Bear
den.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24

What has become of the old fash
ioned man who gave his children
board and clothes, but who thought
that giving them spending money was
helping them 60 to the devil?
The esteemed Washington Post has
an editorial article entitled, Another
Blow to the Mosquito" 1t has been
our experience that one good swat,
accurately delivered, is sufficient.
Uncle Sam has s12s, 100000 loaned
to the banks and the banks have loan
ed to the trusts according to Secreta-
ry Shaw who says that the big cor
porations owe the banks S450, 900, 000
Those who believe the sultan is fac.
ing a crisis in his financial affairs
should not become excited. The sui
tan has faced so many crisises that the
appearance of a new one only makes
him yaWn,
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
A Bov,s WlId Rlde for Lie.

With family around expecting him to
die, and a son riding for life, Is miles,
to get DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption. coughs and colds, W. H.
Brown, Of Leesville, Ind, endured
deaths agonies from asthma, but this
wonderful medicine gave instant relief
and socn cured him. He writes: 81
now sleep soundly every night Like
marvellous cures of consumption, pneu-
monia, bronchitis, coughs, colds and
grip prove its merits for all throat and
lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles 505
and S1.OO. Trial bottles free at Hall &
Lyles.
The time comes terribly soon to peo.
pie when they quite staying out late
nights, and Join those who lie wide
awake in worrying over those who are
out.
SO many improvements are being
made in labor saving farm machin-
cry, that you will be hearing next of
farmers dying of nervous prostrs-
ton.
whats the matter with your friend
Bill; he looks so badly2" asked g man
Of another man this morning. "Oh,
he's all right, said Bill's friend; she
has just been away on his vacation"
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
UNIVERSITY
OF
MISSISSIPPI.
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Next Session Opens September IS, 1902.
900
Next Session Opens September IS, 1902.

TWENTY FIVE SCHOOLS IN DE-
partments of Science, Literature
and the Arts; Professional courses
n in Law. Electrical Engineering,
Civil Engineering, Mining Engi-
neering, Pedagogy,
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
Raised from the Dead

c. W. Landis, porter for the Orient
al Hotel, Chanute, Kansas, says: Il
knew what it was to suffer from neu
ralgia deed did, and got bottle of
Ballard's Snow Liniment and l was
raised from the dead I tried to get
some more. but before / had 'deposed
of my bottle l was cured entirely. l am
tellin' de truth too. 25, SOC and 81. 90
at all druggists.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
Try ONE TON

OF my Cahawba coal. No Cinders,
clinkers, slate, or rock, but clean
burn. Cheaper than any other coal on
the market. Try it and be convinced
]. W. MCCARLEY.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
CASTORIA
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
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A Pure vegetable Preparation.

We guarantee the Complexion Beau
tiier 20 give satisfaction and respect
fully ask the ladies to give it a trial.
BEAUTIFIER MANUFACTURING Co.
For sale by all Okolona druggists.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24
Not Doomed for Life.

81 was treated for three wears by
good doctors" writes w. A. Greer,
McConnell'sville, o., for piles and fis-
tula. but when all failed, Bucklen' 8
Arnica Salve cured me in two weeks. +"
Cures burns, bruises, cuts, cerns, sores,
eruptions, salt rheum, piles or no pay
25c at Hall q Lyles.
Okolona messenger., 1902-09-24

Governor Savage, of Nebraska, il
the first state official to issue a state
ment regarding what he will do to the
packing house combine If he findl
that the law is being violated and if
and II.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-16
Bret-Harte

Ha fallecido en- Inglaterra, donde
ejercia I'm cargo consular desde hace
muchos af1os el escritor norteamericano
Bret -Harte.
Era TN temperamento original1simo
que consigrio merecida notoriedad en-
el mundo. Case frecuente en- la raza
anglo-sajona; fue TN hombre de accion.
apto para las empresas mas energicas y
tenaces, al nismo tempo que pensador.
Como pudieron unifcarse dotes tan en-
contradas? Ell mismo ha confesado en-
cartas a Mark Twin que, mas que a los
libros, deDfa su vocacion la vida. Ma
clio de familia humildfsima, trabajo CO.
mo peon en- las minas de California, y
posteriormente h1zose quito COZ el es-
f.lerzo de Ia voluntad. La prlmera eta
pa de su existencia fue drrlsina, pero
fructffera. Sin luchas nj sufrimientos,
Bret-Harte hubiera sido TN escritor ado
cenado. La vision certera de la mise
ria humana en- la nifIez dejo en- Su al
ma sedimentos de amargo humoriSmo,
que luego suro transfundir a sus es
critos.
Ha muerto viejo y considerable Sus
libros Sc traducen todos los idiomas,
hecho que atestigua su merito. En-
trabajo mas extenso nos ocuparemos de
su personalidad, tina de las mas origi-
males en- las letras contemporaries.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-16
D { 7 { A 7 R 0 s

Electra" y 'El Terremoto de la Mar
tinica" fueron las obras escogidas por
la direction artfstica de la empresa Lui-
sa Martinez Casado para las funciones
de sabado y domingo.
Anoche, sobre todo, hubo TN 1leno
completfsimo la triste actualidad que
ha adquiiido el drama que Sc puso en-
escena llevo al teatro TN ptblico numero-
so, que volvera esta noche otra vez.
Como para nosotros la obra no es ex-
treno, nos abstenemos de haCer el estu-
die superficial que dedicamos siempre
a las que nos son desconocidas.
La sefiora Martinez Casado Leon y
Manolo y Fort y todos los artistas de
Ia simpaattiG2e lmlgpaattieados con 9 SIS fgbelgs res
pectivos.
El p6blico aplaudio repetidas veces
dando pruebas de sincere entusiasmo E
hizo salir a escena a los artistas que re-
cibieron muchas ovaciones.
La sefiora Martinez Casado como
siempre que toma parte en- una obra,
logr6 conmover hondamen.e al p1blico
tan admirablemente finge el dolor.
Celia Adams estuvo deliciosa en- ell
sinpatico papel de Electra la noche del
sabado.
Y todos los artistas que forman Ia
Compaf1ia Dramatica de Ia sefIora Mar
tinez Casado completan el exito de las
obras que suben a la escena, con gran
satisfaction de los inteligentes.
+ Que lastima que sean tan breves las
temporadas teatrales en- San Juan. Aqul
que hace falta por todos conceptos un
sitio donde distraerse, donde refugiarse
para vivir aunque sea por dosissdiarias
Ia vida sublime del arte immortal.
DOMINGO OROZCO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-16
de Ia coronation

Ell trono en- ell cual Sc sentarA el rey
Eduardo VII, de Inglaterra, en- el acto
de su coronacion, es de enormes dimen-
clones y de roble preciosamente escul-
pido, y debajo del asiento, que es una
tabla lisa de robe tambien, Sc halla CO.
locada una gran 'edra sin pulir.
Seg1n la leyenGa, esta piedra es la
misn1a en- que Sc sento Jacob, en- Betel,
1000 afIos antes de Jesucristo Sc igno-
ra como fu6 a parar q Irlanda y Sc en-
contro Ell la celebre Iona de Tara, men
cionada en- las baladas del poeta irlan-
des Moore.
En- las cercanias de dicha Iona Sc
dio en- 5000 la sangrienta y decisiva la
talla de Boyne que puso 1rlanda bajo
el dominic de la Gran Bretafla, y en- la
cual, segdn la leyenda, tanta fue la san
gre derramada, que desde aquella fecha
todas las flores que nacen en- la Iona de
Tara, son rojas.
Esta piedra sagrada que fguro en- al
coronation de todos los antiques reyes
de Irlanda, Sc pretende que gime clara
y distintamente cuando el rey que Sc
corona en- ella es de sangre real y ha
de reinar muchos afloS, permaneciendc
al contrario si!enciosa, cuando es TN
usurpado 6 ha de ser, ,corto su reinado
Sobre esta piedra que Sc trajo de r.
landa, en- la epoca de la conquista, Sc
han sentado desde entonces, todos loi
reyes de Inglaterra en- Ell acto de su co
ronacion, y siguiendo la tradicion, sobre
ella Sc sentara Eduardo VII; con este
motive, Sc ocupa va la atencion rdblics
en- tratar de averiguar 81 gemira 6 nc
la piedra habiendose concertado algu
mas apuestas de consideration sobre di
cho aSurto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-16

y sus glorias; 81 el ha tartamudeado 81
servilismo otros muchos han proclanla
do en- el mismo idioma el uso de todol
sus derechos individuales, polfticos yso
ciales.
No nos oponemos a que Sc estudie
aquf el ingles; es mas 10 creemos eee-
sario, mas todavia deseariamos yer en-
cada habitante de Puerto Rico un hona
bre adornado con las vestiduras precio
sas de las ciencias de las letras y de las
artes, porque asf serfa esta terra de
nuestros afectos, el rincon mas digno y
mas grande del Orbs:
Temerarias son no dudarlo; absur;
das, degradantes, propias de I'm cere-
bro desequilibrado; repugnantes al SEN
lido comt1n, al sentido 1ntimo, a la sin
derisis, y todo el orden existente de
cosas las ideas emitidas por Memo refe-
rentes a la conservation del idiona cas-
tellano, legado el mas piecioso que re-
cibimos de nuestros antepasados.
Abogamos nuevamente por la aso-
ciacion de la prensa y por la asccia-
cion de escritores y artistas, asociaciones
que contrib,liran poderosamente al pro-
greso y civilization de Puerto Rico
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-16
Medidas contra la propaga-
ci0n de la tuberculosis

Cuando en- Francia todavia Sc mega
ba en- absolute que la tuberculosis fue,
Sc contagiosa, hacfa muchos afios ya
que Sc considerable tai en- Espaf1a e TIA
liza. Efectivamente, desde 1850, reinan-
do Fernando VI, es decir, ciento Gin
cuenta afios atras, Sc quemaban todos
los mrebles, todos los objetos que ha-
b}an servido los contaminados y con-
denabase a cuatro af1os de destierro q
cuantos dejasen de quemar 10 que pro-
cedfa de tuberculosis. En- 1880 el Rey
condenaba a tres af1os de castillo al me-
dico que no denunciase Ia expresada
enfermedad
No Sc habfa perdido at1n muchos
afios mas tarde tradicion popular seme-
jante, pues Jorge Sand, que acompafio
en- ST. viaje Mallorca Chopin enfer-
mo de isis pulmonar, nos dice que, pa
sando por Barcelona, tuvieron que pa
gar el irnporte de la cana en- la cual
Chopin habfa dormido, pues, conside-
randola infestada, seg1n los reglamen-
tos, habia de quemarse. La misma es-
critora af1ade que, llegados Mallorca,
cundiendo la voz de que el enfermo era
tfsico en- grado dltirno, Sc considero a
ambos viajeros como 81 fueran apesta-
dos Como Sc We, pues, en- tai materia,
Francia ha permanecido durante mu-
cno tempo atrasada con resEecto a la
nacida esrs5ola
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-16
PRECAVEOS DE LOS FRAUDEs
E IMITACIONES

Aceptar solamente los remedies,
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CATARRO, FIEBRE, DISENTER1A,
GONORROEA, ESPERMATORREA,
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El tratamiento, en- forma Hquida, para
un mes, que curara positivamente el
case mas rebe1de, cuesta $500, orc
americana, 8 SD equiva1ente en- none
da de ese pals, por cada botella.
Su droguista debe tener esos rene
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