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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
459 Main So, Memphis, Tenn.
THE VOLCANOES DEADLY WORK

THE VOLCANOES DEADLY WORK
From the Fall of POmpeii 60 the
Destruction OF st Pierre, BY Prof. Chas
Morris, L. L. ID. Most intensely interesting
book ever published. Complete, thrilling and
accurate account of the greatest disaster that
ever befell the humanrace-greateT even than
Pompeii. Tells how Martinique, one Of the
most beautiful Islands in the world was sud
denly Transformed into a veritabl9 he'll
About 500 pages, profusely Illustrated with
photographs taken before and after the disas-
ter. Practically only Martinique" book in
the field for every one now insists on having
Prof. Morris book and no other. Best author,
largest book, best Illustrated, scientifically &C
curate. Price $3.50. Agents Wanted
Enormous profits for those who act quickly.
Most liberal terms. Outfit 10 cents. Don't
lose a minute. Send for outfit IMMEDIATE
LY and be at work. The chance Of a life
time for making money.
CLARK q Co., 2 8. 18th Sc, PhiladeI-
phfa, Pa. Mention this paper.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
ZOE sALE-PuRE Ia TosAooo

Besides the heavy war tax on store
tobacco, the internal trusts now tax
you to death. Now if you want to
smoke or chew pure leaf tobacco free
and untaxed and save your dimes
these hard times and help a brother
Populist who has dared much to de-
fend and propagate the immortal
principles of the Peoples party, write
for price on leaf tobacco of my own
raising. Address.
VIM L. PARKS.
Port Royal, Tenn.
THE MESSENGER uses no other to-
bacco and can vouch for its character
as the highest.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

atness is a good thing for a girl,
II she does not learn 1t while
Q she never will. It takes a great
more to make a girl look we'll
It does to make a boy look passa-
Not because a boy, to start with
ter looking than 3 girl, but his
es are of q different sort, not so
! colors 10 them, and people
expect q boy to look so pretty
girl. A girl that Is not neatly
led is called a sloven and no one
to look ct her. Her face may be
y. and her eyes bright, but II
Is q spot Of dirt on her cheek,
ler finger ends ara black with ink
er shoes are not laced or button
I'D her skirt is torn she can not
ed. Learn to be neat, and when
ave learned, it win almost take
bf itself.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

Should anyone ever succeed in hitch.
ing his wagon to a star, he would
probably have a startling experience
The young college graduate now
goes4orth with his sheepskin to pull
the wool over the eyes Of the world.
$50 the dove OF peace has alighted
in the Transvaall / tell you the English
is a great nation!"
eyes; they beat the Dutch"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

The South will soon take the palm
from the West as a cattle country.
The large packers of the country con-
template securing possession of large
tracts of land in Florida and Alabama,
hitherto considered OF little value, and
stocking it with beef cattle, to be fed
principally on the cassava plant. The
South is rapidly becoming the leader
in every line of industry.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

J announced that an extra ses-
4 the Ohio legislature probably
have to be held. The state
me court has invalidated so
of the laws enacted at it's re-
session that it will have to do it's
again. This Is another argu-
In favor of the election Of ADLER
10 state legislatures. Ohio is not
My state which is suffering from
-imcompetency. In fact, Ohio
he company Of most OF her
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
oAEsAR CONQUERED RRITIAN.

Malaria was conquered by Simmons
Liver Purifier (tin box), Protected
from moisture, dust and insects,
Clears the complexion, cures constipa-
ton, aids and corrects action of the
liver. Hall and Lyles.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

"Some men," said Uncle Eben, sis
lonest cause dey is too good not to be.
AM some men is 'onest cause dey
amt got nerve to take any chances"
"Were you a bull or a bear?" asked
the inquisitive friend.
"Neither," replied the speculator.
oI was a donkey, pure and simple"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
g Monroe Club Whisky. g

This is handmade and absolutely
pure whiskey, 5 years old, and we guar
antee the best whiskey for the money
ever shipped to Okolona,
We carry all the best grades Of
Kentucky and Tennessee WHISTLES.
Gins, Brandies, wines, etc. Send us an
order. ELLIOTT& BURKE,
459 Main St, Memphis. Tenn.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
Improved Service To The East Via
Southern Railway.

Beginning December 18th, the
Southern Railway will shorten its
schedule between Greenville, Miss.
aud all points East. Train 3S will be
made a first class passenger train and
win leave Greenville at 4:4O p. m. in
stead of $3.50 a. M. This train makes
close connection at Birmingham with
through sleeper for Washington, Bal
timore, Philadelphia and New York.
For futher information, ticket,
sleepers reservations, ETC., call on any
agent of the Southern Railway, or
write to O. E. JACKSON,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
2O19 First Ave, Birmingham, Ala.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
AUNT LUCINDY

Always carries Hunts Lightning Oil
around with her, says it's fine for swell
lngs, t~ooth-ache, collie, weak back and
back ache, cut, burns, neuralgia,
catarrh. Aunt Lucindv has sixty-nine
grandchildren and ought to know what
she is talking about. Hall and Lyles.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

When we deserve it, we don't mind
abuse; it makes us careful. But the
trouble is, we never agree with our
critics as to when we deserve it.
We have noticed that at a celebra-
ton, at the stands where they sell
things at high prices, you find signs to
this effect: "Welcome Visitors"
A six-weeks. old baby had the collie
recently, and its mother said it had ap.
p~endicitisl Not even the poor babies
are allowed of late to have the old
fashioned diseases.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
HANoINo

Smith, Brown, and Jones hang their
hopes of recovery upon Cheatham's
Laxative Chill Tablets. They will be
around soon shaking hands with friends.
20 cents. No cure-no pay. Hall q
I Villas
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
UP.TO.DATE FABLES.

o MeNen In bis Topeka MAI and Breeze.
There was a Kansas man, a dea-
q in the church and an all
)und good citizen who was the
her OF q good boy. The deacon
ained his boy carefully and
nght him to be decent and a
|htleman. The boy grew up
thOut bad habits; he did not
ear, or smoke or chew tobacco
{ sit about the table with a gang
fellows and guggle beer. He
8 correct in his habits and his
ternal ancestor was proud of
q, but his ancestor was no
amp. He knew that some time
boy might have to go up
Z hinst a proposition with sharp
ners on it and he wanted him
know how TO knock OFF a corner
{ became necessary. The dea.
had been a physical instructor
q gymnasium when he was
niger and he gave his boy a
ming in all around athletics
made him a boxer for your
4 iskers. When the boy was 81
went away to another town to
: e a Job as a clerk, he attended
city to business, behaved him
like a gentleman as he had
n taught to do; did not drink
uss or play poker or smoke
.N1 smelling cigars. Then the
ny fellow who had an ambition
q be tough concluded that the
"a ng fellow was a gOOdy-gOOdy
tn and that they could have
fun with him. They took
Rsion to make things uRpleas.
for the young fellow and made
sarks that we're calculated to
tate him, but he went right
lg attending to his own bust
and paying no attention to
gang. Then the tOughs be-
e fully satisfied that they had
= ok an easy mark. "This is a
day school milksop," they said.
g won't do a thing to him.
they laid a plan to meet him
e was passing along on the
walk and shove him into the
D. The plan worked all right
% the point where the three Of
n came along, taking up the
lie walk as they met the young
He stepped to the edge o.
~ walk to let them pass, but
~ suFged over against him
cked him off into the mud and
gave him the horse laugh.
Ehe good young man, who had
lrm on him like unto the from
Of a horse arose from the
Juan he gathered himself together
hit the first rufian a jolt OF
point of the chin that landed
outside Of the gutter.
be second one Of the party go
IOIat the butt of the ear, wnicl
him to sleep. The third maj
lvered from his surprise sufi
lily to make a run to get away
the young man, who was
inter as we'll as a boxer, gath
MI3 him by the scruff of the neck
w him out into the pavet
et and then gathering him NJ
n threw him over into a Vacan
bn a pile of tin cans and scraI
which had accumulated there
- the young man went back t
first rufian who was Just wax
up, spread his nose over hi
ltenance, BACKED both eyes
ened six OF his front teeth an
Prated his cOuntenance wit
raj frescOes. Then he devOt
minute or two to the secOnI
and made him look as if b
been fed into a threshing ma
40 e and Just come out over th
) " carrier. Then the goo
BIZ man walked away, whis.
- softly the familiar hymn
.ss b must fight if we would win.
oral: Physical culture come
lty handy at times even iC
nan who is a Christian and
leman.
atness is q good thing for q gin
If she does not learn 1t viii
aARks p she never will. It takes a gre
49,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

E lie passing q group Of men this
ing, we heard this fragment Of
4rsation: che called him a liar,
hadn't mora'n said it until"
Idn't hear what happened, but
low; there was a fight.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
THE LEADING NEWSPAPER
OF THE SOUTH.
The Memphis
Evening SCimitar

It Is Just as easy and much more pleasing
to read fresh news, as printed in The Mem
phis Evening Scimitar, than to wait ten to
sixteen hours and read the aame news in
morning papers.
Closing quotations of the Markets of
the World. The ScimitaF WINS exclu-
sive day Assoc ated Press dispatches; has
$50 correspondents in three states; uses 3
battery Of six type-setting machines; runs
the fastest and finest press in the South; em-
ploys a large corps Of experienced editors
and reporters, and in general Acknowledges
no superior in this section.
Agents wanted in every town. no matter
how small the place. If there is no agent in
your town, send. amount for the time de-
sired, and The Scimitar will be mailed di.
rect.
Subscription rate by mail:
One month ......,.....S 30
Three months 49,. l.5O
Six months. 2 30
One year. ....... 500
A special rats win be made on order Of
five or more in one town. Send for infor-
nation about this SPECIAL RATE.
Sample copy sent OF application.
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Memphis. Tenn
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

nma-"You mustn't bowl your
in the front on Sunday. You
20 into the back garden"
my-Isn't it Sunday in the back
b, mammal
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09

1 guarantee every box of Interna-
tiOnal Poultry and Stock Powders. 1t
saves feed, and feed costs money now.
Let me show you. WARD DAWSON.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
Weekly Pullman Tourist Sleeper

THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE, 10 Los
Angeles, via Avondale, by the same route
and train, leaving stations, Cairo to Durant
THURSDAY, and stations from Good
man south YER Ticket rate
AS LOW AS BY ANY OTHER ROUTE.
Tickets and full information as to rates and
train time can be had Of agents Of tho Central
Route and connecting lines, or by addressing
F. B. BOWES, Asst Gen'l Pass'r Agent,
New Orleans.
TO CALIFORNIA g. NEW ORLEANS
in connection with the Southern Pacific
Through Weekly Tourist Sleeping Car
leaving Cincinnati and Louisville on 1. O.
R. R. fast 'New Orleans Limieed' train
EVERY THURSDAY for Los Angeles and
San Francisco without change. The Limit
ed also connects at New Orleans daily with
express train for the Pacific Coast, and on
Tuesdays and Saturdays with the
Sunset Limited Annex
of the Southern Pacific, giving special
through service to San Francisco. All
Round Trip Tourist ricketts, to California
reading via Illinois Central r. r. permit Of
stop over stNew Orleans. Tickets and fun
information cO2csrning the above can be
had Of agents Of the Central and ard OF
ing lines.
A. H. HANSON, G. P. A, @ hicagO
w. A. KELLOND, A. @. P. A.,
Louisville. KY.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-07-09
Illinois Central
RAILROAD.
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPER
In connection with the Southern Pacific Co,
is now running q weekly

To connect direct at Avondale (suburb Of
New Orleans) with the Southern Paeiac'a
new, fast, solid vostlbule train the 'Sunsel
Limited" for Houston, San Antonio, 4
Paso, Los Angeles and San p ,ncisco This
car for
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
Erectlve. hut Dangerous.

To cleanse glass vases, carafes or bot
ties Of any sort nothing Is better than
little muriatic acid. a Tablespoonful
rinsed slowly around in vase or de
canter will cleanse II thoroughly, re-
moving from the glass every particle Of
foreign matter The acid can then be
poured into another vase 10 perform
the same office and even then returned
to the bottle of supply for service on
another occasion. After the acid Is out
OF the vase or bottle the latter must
be rinsed inside thoroughly first with
hot soapsuds and then in several clear
waters Muratic acid Is a deadly poi
son and must L sed with great eau
ton and only by IN intelligent adult.
a child or servant should never be In
trusted with It's use. New York Post.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
plcKlNos FROM FICTION.

The time for repentance is in adj
vance OF the crime. Abroad With the
Jimmles.
IL is less futile to consider our past
than TO predict our future" Philip
LonEstreth."
IL man admircs girl at all, he will
want 10 marry her as long as she treats
him badly "Myra OF the Pines"
Wen il is 70 be able to read runes.
but better yet 1t is 20 know what the
Lord has written in mems cycs.-"The
Thrall OF Left the Lucky"
People are seldom man and wife half
their lives without wishing 10 impart
their sufferings as well as their pleas
ures 10 each othcr.-"The Kentons"
Tears and laughter well compounded
make the sweetest JOY. grief and joy
the truest happiness, happiness and
pain the grandest soul.--"Dorothy Yer
non Of Iaddon Han"
BE she right or wrong woman win
not permit a man 10 question her mo-
tives. Being a woman is of itself a
good and sufficient reason for what
ever she may do or say.-"Graystone. "
"Ets er long lane that amt got no
turnin' whatsumever, an I've noticed
this all my life-the longer she Is be-
fore she does turn the bigger turn she
makes when she finally gifts TO it,
THE Silent Pioneer"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
Holland.

Holland. known as North and South
Holland, forms part Of the northern
part OF the Netherlands. These prov
inces are composed OF land rescued
from the sea and defended by immense
bikes. Holland was inhabited by the
Batvi In the time Of Caesar, who made
a league with them. II became part
OF Gallia Belgica and afterward OF the
kindgom OF Austria. From the tenth
20 the fifteenth century II was gov
erncd by counts under the German EN-.
perors Holland was at one time a
Dutch republic. II was created 6
kingdom In 1906. and Louis Bonaparte
father OF Napoleon ILL.,, was declared
king.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
Black aud white.

Every crow is said TO think its own
nesting the whitest, but a white cat
that had four kittens, Of which three
were white and the fourth was black.
gave the first place in her affections
to Sooty. Once they were all brought
into the drawing room TO be shown
off," Besides the humans the room
contained great Newfoundland dog.
Hitherto cat and dog had been on
friendly terms. but now pussy showed
much anxiety lest the dog might harm
her black pet especially. AT last she
seized IL by the neck and bore ii be-
meath the lowest piece OF furniture,
where the dog could not possibly crawl,
but she merely mewed 10 the others 10
follow her MS best they could. The
black kitten owed all this care TO its
color. more happy in this respect than
the black sheep which is said TO be IL
every flock Exchange.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06

Yet I,- Complicated A a.,ni-n Co.
He Tended BY : OF
The most highly dev1 10 Of mn


c,'-n e., Ii Is tiS ss:'. ny ~ y ma
md ne s} "A ensi-
ir'.~rNr for =. N.ie i.aor, ~ i'4;. = is
New a...s.:.. Il 4. deveiopiAe-t or
the ol,i.aery steel working lathe, the
intermediate step being the monitor
lathe. In which the various cutting
tools pro.rude from the side of a steel
turrct like thirteen inch guns from q
hattleship turret. In the nonautomatic
screw machine the turret Is revoIved
by the operator SO as 20 bring each tool
into play, just as the turret on the old
Monitor was revolved 10 bring one gun
after another into action. But in the
automatic machine the work is done
without human guidance.
In making screws, nuts, bolts. studs
and other small pieces that must be
turned drilled or threaded for watches.
clocks, typewritors. electrical instru
menis and other mechanisms al the
operator has 10 do Is 10 feed the
''stoc,i"-a 4ong, thin rod OF steel or
brass 10 the machine. The feeding
mechanism carries the rod slowly for
ward into the field OF action. The tur-
ret advances and puts rs first tool al
work on the end OF the rod. When this
too has done its task. the turret with
draws IL. turns and advances second
tool into action Each cutting tool
around the turret has It's distinct work
20 perform-one cutting a thread. an
other shaping Il head. another putting
on point, another drilling a hole, still
another putting on knurling The tur-
ret automatically brings each OF per-
haps six tools into action. and when
the work Is finished the completed
screw drops into pan. while the
stock" Is automatically fed forward
TO begin the complex operation again.
A stream OF machine oil pours cOntin-
uously on tie work 10 carry away the
heat. and the little metal cuttings col
lect in heap under the machine
Hour after hour this wonderful au-
tomaton goes through its cycle OF oper-
atoms, the turret clicking every mo-
Sman brass pieces. on which but one
tool cuts are dropped az the rate OF
four second. Large screws Of com
plicated design upon which whole
turrctfnl OF tools must work are cat
from steel rod az the rate OF one or
two minute So perfectly are these
screw machines constructed that IN TN
skilled workman can operate row OF
them. All he Is required TO do is 10 keep
them fed with "stocE" IN some shops
girls tend the machines. Success.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
paper Hunting.

One Of the most exciting OF all rid
Ing gamcs Is paper hunting, or follow
Ing trail made by dropping pieces ~
paper IL can be made rs dangerous
as stceplechasing or no more SO than
an ordinary gallop over the fields The
danger Is IN the fences to be ridden
over. says Country Life In America.
There IS no limit 20 the pace but the
speed Of the leading horse and the lie-
ccssity Of kceplH thr rgn Tile hare.
as the man ah0rsebnck who lays the
trnil Is called Is expected 20 foii his
puruers the hounds" as often ~ he
can by The arts Of the fox on by bis
own ingenuity, only restricted by cor.
tain rules Of The game.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
ALIASES OF TIE PEANUT.
There Are Many kames For the
Toothsome Palate Ticker.
Considering It's universal popularity
and excellent standing In agricultural

circles. n r. re-r risatlc hoT many
alIases s.asi .....f wnie.. thc pea
nut tratcts. iacncxer il is introduced
10 new community the to0thsome
Offering OF the sod adopts new name
and comes forth with mn additional
sobrianef which makes IL almost un-
recognizable 20 it's old acquaintance.
liz the edible frult"-as the dictiona-
riea call it--had ever done anything 20
be ashamed of. the public might under
stand but az things ARE the ccccntrici-
ties OF peanut nomenclature are abso-
lutcly astonishing
Here In Virginia we designate our
little friend principally az the peanut.
but quite often we likewise allude 10
him as ground pea and occasionally
as "goober." over in England they
call the same fruit ground nut. while
IL IS yariously known elsewhere az
''earth nut" Manila nut" 'jurnut"
and "plndar." The scientific patro-
nymic, as we understand il. Is Arachis
pypogma. and the family belongs 10 the
genus Of leg' nous plants.
But 4 ame what It may, a pea
nut peanut the world over, 50 far
as It's virtues 90, and few are the hu-
man palates which decline 10 receive
an Introduction 10 it, Richmond Dis
patch.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06

A Pennsylvania physician tells a
story about his servant wh"h reminds
one In 4 vague way of the skinny side
out and the wooliy side I'M rhyme lie
had Just hired servant who, says the
philadelphia Telegraph, had some Of
the "ould dart" still clinging 10 her
boots.
one morning be noticed his Office
windows were rather dirty, and. call.
ing BRIDGET he instructed her 10 clean
tiieiu Uo. ~ he returned AZ the same
time he told her tilat he would stop
and purchase new chamois skin and
send II home. and with this she was 70
clean the windows.
After he Ind gone his rounds he re-
turned TO his Office. CHANGING M the
windows. he found them thickly
streabcd with grease. lie called Brldg-
ct, and the following coiloQuy took
place
Bridget. didn't | tell you TO clean
the wlndowsY
eyes, sor"
"And didn't tell you TO use the new
chamoisY'
eyes. sor'
"Well. did you use t2"
"Sure, ] did sor Z"
"Let me see The chamois," said the
doctor. and Bridget promptly brought
Il. Then for the first time he learned
that his wife had left the house half
hour before him and had sent home
some tripe.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
t,nrr nnh cIlmnte.

Tie American climate with its rS-
trem q hort ard cold, Is very trying
upon ivory and ivory backed mirrors
of European manufacture almost In
variahly cnck across the bnck after
q few months OF use upon thls.side ~
The Atlantic The American manufac.
turcts have hlt upon the cxpcdiont o.
leaving a space between glass and
frame IN order TO allow for contrar.
ton and expansion.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
Diplomacy.

81 always endeavor," said the matri.
monial philosopher, Ito take the wrong
side OF an lnconsequential argument"
with what object IN viewT" lie was
naturally asked.
at gives my wife a chance 20 prove
me wrong, and this so delights he-
that ! find her generously tractable ~
all the more important mattcrs."-Chl.
cago Post.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-06
DULUTH
SOUTH - '''s4
and Atlantic Railway.

Youcan wn one in Northern Michk
gan or Wisconsin on the Duluth, SOUTH
Shore and Atlantic hallway for one
year, rent.
Thousands of acres OF fertile lands
open FOR settlement.
There are good uDening Tor farmers
laborers aud manufacturers.
Their are good sites for saw mills, girls
mills, pulp mills and tanneries.
Splendid opportunities for -rrek rails.
inn, dairying aud diversified iarsnig
Work can be found on Iarms. IN
numerous mills and on the rivers IN
summer and during the wiDrsr in the
woods.
Soil il good.
Wood and water are plentiful
Stock ia ising and dairy farming. The
aDunuapce OF water, the certainty Of
grass aud other food for cattle and
natural shelter make this natural
stock country.
snail fruit. small fruit culture has
proved remarkably successful.
Gram Wheat, rye, oats. bailet, peas
Hint corn aud buckwheat can be raised
ia ploIu-ion and the hny crop j. most
abundant.
Home Markets. The mining AMI mill
ng towns az this region furnish splen-
did market md ~ best prices for an
farm products.
IIOMRSEEKERS' EXCURSIONS
can be- arranged az any time. One fare
for round trip from all points On Our
lines.
For further Information apply TO
r. w. MACPHERRAEs
Land Commissioner.
Marquette. Mich.