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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

6Ontented labor digs the grave of
worry.
The dyspeptic would rather eight
than eat.
Even the old maid may husband her
resources.
The odds in favor Of marriages are
two 10 one.
The elevator boy should have q
good bringing up.
Nothing saddens q man like being
iollied by a woman.
A wise saw is presumably one that
has cut its wisdom teeth.
II we had things to do over again
we would probably do them worse.
Right makes might, but it's one OF
those rules that don't work both way.
Never get between a dog and his
bone Or between q man and his hobby.
Any mar can gain time by stealing
q watch-The judge win give ito him.
Things that formerly come to those
who waited now go to those who nus
tie.
Woman hates that which shsmes her
love; man that which shames his
pride.
A cold woman may burn in a mau's
Imagination as a piece of ice on his
hand.
Some cooks have nothing to show
for their work but the burns on their
hands.
People who cross no bridges till
they come to them usually get dizzy
when they do.
II a mar can hold on through March
and April, he will keep going till fall.
This is the rule.
Philosophy may be comforting to
an empty stamach, but it doesn't
quite fll the bill.
Life in a western county seat Is not
half as dull as the stories of society
found in the magazines.
Many a fellow who boasts Of being
q self-made man forgets to give his
wife any of the the credit.
A German barber wants to know II
It is possible to sharpen a razor back
hog on q canvas back duck.
A jeweler says that diamonds are
not worn as much as formerly. Oh
course not: but just wait until the
baseball season opens.
Now that the P~ennsylvani railroad
has increased its capital stock to $500,
OO0, 900 it will be recalled that the
Pennsylvania is among the roads
which has adopted the system Of
scooping up water at full speed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

From what we know about people,
the first few weeks the Departed
spend in heaven are devoted to roaring
to old friends about the way their
obituaries were written.
When 3 man gets sick the friends
who hear Of it have one Of these
thoughts In mind: Who will get his
money? Or, who will have to pay for
his final care and sicknessP
If the Oklahoma legislature has time
to pass bills to regulate the rules for
games Of ''seven-up," it is perhaps az
we'll for Oklahoma to remain out OF
tbs Union for a little longer.
The regularity with which the same
gentlemen come forward for the Office
Of mayor Of Chicago every two years
indicates that timber is scarce or that
the people r easily satisfied.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
AAAMR89HBs

Laborers are 90 scarce now that one
is occasionally allowed to work with q
cigarette In his mouth.
Mental eocentricities among great
men become fool notions when found
among ordinary folks.
President Roosevelt is determined
TO kin a bear on his forthcoming hunt,
even il he has to bite Ii.
In the spring people either have
house cleaning or fall in love or get
into some other trouble.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

It is q good plan to remember that
you have work to do elsewhere when
some one starts to tell you the 'story
Of bis Ife."
In honor Of Lent, women are invent.
ing sandwiches without meat. Why
not give up the events that call for
sandWickes1
The corporation formed to control
the profession Of dentistry from the
Atlantic to the Pacific e not the only
combine fooled into the impression
that Il had . pull on the whole thing.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

If you have little to do, in the name
of common sense remember the rights
Of those who are busy. When you
are talking with q man and he begins
looking nervously at his work, get
out.
One of the United States Fish com
experiments, that fsh can hear. It Is
= good thing they cant hear the stories
Ia which they figure IS the alleged
objects of intetest,
As years come TO the woman who is
3 wal horse in the service Of her
church she drops from the front ranks
Of pretty mattresses at church socials
back into the kitchen, whore she
helps with the dishes.
A young man was telling what he
would do II his salary we're as much as
$50 q month. 'tI'll tell you what you
would do" said his father. "You
would throw away the clothes You are
now wearing to parties"
They tell Of 8 farm hand living near
Shannon who cries because the wo-
men folks win not get breakfast earl
Ter, 80 that he can do more work. At
the house where he works they never
have breakfast before 8 o'clock.
A busy man can always think up 3
"sure" scheme whereby others could
make money. We decided IN q rush
of work today that = fortune could be
made going around selling pictures Of
Mark Hanna to the colored folks.
In the old days Of barbarism, men
we're divided into factions, as ct pres
emit. When two factions disagreed,
they collected their spears, bows and
arrows, and went to war, In these
civilized times, the members Of differ
emit factions "talk about" each other,
and invent ell sorts OF improbable
stories. Half the charges against
humanity are pure fiction.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

The Republican machine in Chicago
did not slip a cog. Il nominated lie
man and has the defeated candidate
Hanlan declaring that be Is satisfied.
Carter Harrison has always been
lucky.
Lots Of men who have self-restrsint
enough not 10 swear when they bark
their shins on g rocking chair let their
temper go all to pieces when they run
up against a postage stamp with no
mucilage on it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
rHE b Is TAE MAM.

A weak stomach weakens the man,
because it cannot transform the food he
eats into nourishment. Health and
strength cannot be restored to any sick
man or weak woman without first re-
storing health and strength to the stom-
ach. A weak stomach cannot digest
enough food to feed the tissues and re
Vive the tired and run down limbs and
organs of the body. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure cleanses, puriies, sweetens and
strengthens the glands and mem
branes of the stomach, and cures in.
digestion, dyspepsia and all stomach
troubles.
Hall & Lyles, Druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
oVERTIME.

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless, little wOrkers-Dr. Kings New
Life pills. Millions are always ct work,
night and day, curing Indigestion, Bill
business, Constipation, Sick Headache
and all stomach, Liver and Bowel trou-
bles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only
Csc at
Hall & Lyles. 5
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
APnYaIcIAM WRIrEa.

Il am DESTROYS Of knowing If the pro.
fession can obtain Herbine in bulk fol
prescription purpOsesf II has beer
of great use to me in treating cases Of
dyspepsia brought on by Oh
Overwork. / have never known it Il
fall in restoring the organs affected, tC
their healthful activity" SOC bottle a
all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
MORE RIOTS.

Disturbances Of strikers are not near
ly as grave as an individual disorder of
the system. Overwork, loss of sleep,
nervous tension will be followed by ut
ter collapse, unless a reliable remedy is
Immediately employed. There's moth
ing 80 efficient to cure disorders of the
Liver or Kidneys as Electric Bitters.
It's a wonderful tonic, and effective
nervine and the greatest all round med
icine for run down systems. It dispels
Nervousness, Rheumatism and Neur.
algia and expels Malaria germs. Only
soc, and satisfaction guaranteed by
Hall & Lyles, druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

If you call it ia grippe" the doctor
will charge you twice as much as II
you called it "the grip"
Is it possible for one woman to be
too good looking for other women to
consider her respectable?
What has become of the old fash
toned novelist who had the hero
"gnaw his silky moustache?"
Whenever we see a man on a step
ladder, we begin to calculate which
way he will go when he falls.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

When a man tells a woman he loves
her, she ought to hear what he told
the rest, and how soon he got oyer 1t.
Married men do not have dsndrufl
worse than single men, but they have
less time for brushing it OF their
coats.
If the Roosevelt Invincibles" want
to live up to the name they viii have
to lay in a supply CT Harveyized shin
bones.
You can never make 8 mar believe
that there can be any worse luck in
the world than to have a fsvorite pipe
refuse to draw.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
cHILDREN's COUGHS AND coLDs

Mrs. Joe McGrath, s27 Hutchinson,
Kan, writes: II have given Billiards.
Horehound Syrup to my children for
coughs and colds for the past four
years. and find it the best medicine /
ever used" Unlike many cough syrups,
Il contains no opium, but will soothe
and heal any disease Of the throat OF
lungs quicker than any other remedy.
25c. SOC and S1.00 at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
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A little mar is usually looking for a
big fuss.
Charity is sometimes a matter of
publicity.
The bench warrant is not easy to sit
down on.
It Decent take a dog fancier to give
1s pointers.
A man loses 8 lots Of time looking at
bis new watch.
A GRIPS ideal is often any man who
wilpropose 20 her.
The burglar takes things for grant
co, or shy old way.
One can never tell how dear friends
are going to prove.
The pace at which you are going
never suits anybody.
It's better to marry for wealth than
q chance to get even.
We never knew q man to make a
fortune on a side issue.
Pipe dreams are most numerous
among cigarette smokers.
Lending money and borrowing trou
bic are often synonymous.
Lent is pretty slow, considering the
fact that it is a fast season.
II some pieces of art work were not
antique, they would be ugly.
A nan does not have to be a horti-
culturist to run a roof garden.
Few men have more of anything
than they want, except faults.
A girl begins to "~notice'' dry goods
by the time she is II years old.
Judicious application of the brakes
win prevent many a bad break.
A mar ISN'T necessarily a musician
because no blows his own horn.
Lives Of great men remind us that
there are still q few book agents.
Ifyou are invited to a wedding, the
cheapest thing to send is regrets.
A new five cent cigar is so short
that it is a snipe when you buy it.
The Easter bonnet is begging to
loom up in the early spring jokes.
II it wasn't for curiosity there would
be no monkeying with the buzzsaw.
Rockefeller is said to have lost his
hair but no danger of losing his heirs.
The average dealer wants his books
to balance whether his scales do or
not.
There are many problems in life that
cannot be solved with pencil and pa.
per.
Many people believe it is but one
step from the two-step to the lock-
step.
When q man works because he is
compelled to, he is never a good work.
man.
Charity often begins at home, but
reform is usually practiced at q neigh
boris.
1t is always a good plan to be re-
signed to having a ccesso in a love
affair.
You often hear it said a woman has
intuition; as a matter of fact it is sus-
picion.
1t sometimes happens that q man
convinces others without convincing
himself.
A woman stops insisting on having
her own way when you insist on her
having it.
1t takes the average woman much
longer to make up her mind than to
change 1t.
The trouble is that IS people grow
older. they not only potter, but wsd-
die with 1t.
Don't think because a man misses
the mark occasionally that he isn't 8
good shot.
When a woman becomes careless,
she first shows it in her skirt gaping
in the back.
We are waiting patiently to hear OF
somebody getting married by wireless
t~elegraphy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

1t isn't that coal is not cheap
enough, but that dealers charge too
much for It.
Nobody can hope to get into good
society who doesn't call ones salary
ones income.
II a mans wife owns a pug dog he
always imagines it looks as II it were
sorry for him.
The Kentucky gentleman who shot
himself in the saloon doubtless aimed
ct his stomach.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

A two billion-dollar congress does
not brand Uncle Joe Common as a very
fierce watch dog.
Experts are guided in their iudg-
ment Of liquors by the smell: those
who taste IN more OF less misguided.
An old bachelor says that a mar.
riage dowry lie a lump Of sugar intend.
ed to nullify the bitterness Of the
H0aa
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

Aunt Carrie Nation met a man in
California the other day and knocked
a cigar out Of his mouth. The man at
once grabbed the old lady and tore
her corset of.
Probably one reason a woman en-
joys having company for dinner is
that the company compliments her
cooking. Do the members OF the
family ever do that2
There is some lamenting that q
Nashville audience was unable 10 sing
Dixie, having forgotten the words.
Anyone who has ever heard q Nash
vile audience sing will hardly join In
the lamentatlon.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
TRACEpY AVERTEp.

Just in the nick of time our little
boy was saved" writes Mrs. w. Watkins
of Pleasant City, Ohio. Pneumonia
had played sad havoc with him and a
terrible cough set in besides. Doctors
treated him, but he grew worse every
day. At length we tried DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, and
our darling was saved. He's now sound
and WE'LL" Everybody ought to know,
it's the only sure cure for Coughs,
Colds and all Lung diseases.
Price SOC and 81. Trial bottle free.
Hall & Lyles.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
Sd sweet and PIeaaInn In Taste /.

Mrs. G. Peterson, 625 Lake street,
Topeka, Kansas, speaking of Billiards.
Horehound Syrup, says: ut has never
failed to give entire satisfaction, and Of
all cough remedies, it is my favorite,
and l must confess to my many friends
that it will do, and has done what is
claimed for tito speedily cure a
cough or a cold; and it is go sweet and
80 pleasing IN taste" csc, SOC and
S1.OO bottles at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
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P. A. Danforth OF LAGRANGE, Ga,
suffered for six months with afrightful
running sore on his leg; but writes
that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly
cured il in five days. For Ulcers,
Wounds. Piles, it's the best salve IN the
would. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cts.
Sold by
Hall & Lvlas.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

Congress died hard. But it would
have been harder on the country II 1t
had lived longer.
The old saying that two heads are
better than n doesn't apply to the
head Of the house.
Cotton and balloons r alike, be-
cause they rise after they leave the
produeersi hands.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
cnrea seIatIe Rheumatiam.

Mrs. A. E. Simpson. SOC Craig st.
Knoxville, Tenn, writes June 10, 1899
II have been trying the baths Of Hot
Springs, Ark, for sciatic rheumatism,
but I get more relief from Billiards.
Snow Eminent than any medicine or
anything / have eyer tried. Enclosed
find postof1ce order for $1.O0. Send
me q large bottle by Southern Ex-
press" Sold by all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

If your watch needs doctoring, or
your clock is dyspeptic, bring il. send
It or railroad it In and let Us cure Il for
you. That Is our business. MAIER's
JEwELRY STORE,
Aberdene, Mics.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

sediment or set
Ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid
neys; II 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, 1903-03-18

Improved farms at 8 per cent. per
annum. Terms and payments to suit
borrower.
L. P. HALEY, Attorney-at-Law.
Okolona, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

Truth win out but It does not not
get out before the victim Of
falsehood has been executed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

convincing proof that the kidneys n blad-
der are out Of order.
what to DO.
There Is comfort In the knowledge so
often expressed. that Dr.. KilmeF'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. Il conects inability
10 hold water and scalding 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 It's won
derful cures Of the most distressing cases.
nyou 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 Ef
and q book that tells
more aboutit both sent
absolutely free b msil. -
Address Dr.. Kilmer & Hons Of swampRo0a
co. Binghamton, N. 7. When writing men
hon reading this generous offer In this paper.
-Don't make any mistake. but re-
member the name, Swamp-ROot, DR.
Knmer'g swamp-Root. and the address
pinohamton New York, on every bottle
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

The chief advantage n the high
heeled slipper Is the fact that Il make
q no. 8 foot leave g No. 2 track.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

Shamrock III is going to be so slim
that If one Of her sailors puts a chew
Of tobtcco in his mouth the boat will
turn over
What has become Of the woman
who made a vinegar stew for 3 coldP
II you here Of one, lock her up till we
get there.
The beauty of reading a tiresome
book Is that you can turn over two
leaves at q time without realizing the
difference.
It makes no difference how tnde-
pendent q man is there are times when
be wants some one TO "PoOr-little-
lamb" him.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know II.
unw 70 Find Ont.

Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and LEI it stand t%wenty-four hours 3
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

The best pills meath the stars and stripes;
It cleanses the system and never gripes.
Little Early Risers of worldly repute-
Ask for DeWitt's and take no substi-
tute.
A small pill, easy to buy, easy to take
and easy to act. but never fall
ing in results. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers arouse the secretions and act as
a tonic to the liver, curing perman-
emily.
Hall & Lyles,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

A flyer In the stock market often
convinces q man that riches take unto
themselves wings.
It Is a tragedy when any one gets
too fat, or stiff with age, to be able to
take care Of his toes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

The trouble with the fellow who
knows 1t all lie that he isn't satisfied to
keep It to himself.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

One of the most remarkable cases of
a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, caus-
ing pneumonia, is that of Mrs, E. Fen
ner, Marion Ind, who was entirely
cured by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure. She says: 1.-The coughing and
strainiug so weakened me that I run
down in weight from las to 80 pounds.
1 tried a number of remedies to no avail
until I used One Minute Cough Cure,
Four bottles of this wonderful remedy
cured me entirely of the cough, streng-
thened my lungs and restored me to
my normal weight, health aud
strength"
Guaranteed by Hall & Lyles, Druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

The foundation Of the Christian
religion can never be moved by Oar
wins monkey" wrench.
II there is anything more contrary
than a woman it is a right-handed
lock on g left handed door.
Some artists seem to paint for
money, some for glory, and others
Just out Of pure cussedness.
A woman never realizes how many
men she could have married until she
finds herself left at the post.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
wHAI,s IN NAME.

Everything is in the name when II
comes to Witch Hazel Salvt. E. G. De.
Witt &Co., of Chicago, discovered some
years ago, how to make a salve from
Witch Hazel that is a specific for Piles.
For blind bleeding, itching and protru-
ding Piles, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises
and all skin diseases, DeWitts Salve
has no equal. This has given rise to
numerous worthless counterfeits. Ask
Cor DeWitt's-the genuine.
Hall & Lyles' drug store.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18
what to DO.

convincing proof that tn
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-18

wonderful discovery
and q book that tells
more aboutit both sent
absolutely free BY mail
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-19

Normal Glass Nellie Stouphton,
Blanche Phillips, Margaret Marso,
harvey Best, Belle Waugh, June
Taylor, Florence Phelps, Louise Har-
rlson, Mary MacLean, Glen Great
trax, Frank E. Stahl.
Music-Lila Ewart, Marjorie Ruth.
Grace Conner, Irma Walker.
Elocution-Leo. M. Doyle, Blanche
Davis, Wauneta Ferris. Glen Great
trax, Levi N. Tillotson.
Art-Grace White, Charlotte F1ei-
tag.
Commercial-Karl j. Kundart. Otis
+. Anderson, William X. Fortune.
Cecil Braught, Thomas J. Bailey,
David E. Jones, Lloyd A.. Gardner,
Dallas j. Coursey, Mabel o. Rogers,
John II. Shipton.
Shorthand and Typewriting-Alma
lnlagen, Jess Litsey, John Kingdom.
e. B. Thompson, Nettie Jarvis.
David E. Jones, Lillian Mcdonald /,
Rose Wang.