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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-15
WHYLYNCH Law GKows.

The increase in lynchings in this
country Is alarming because every
time that case Of mob Law takes
place the people become more familiar
With that method of dealing out Justice
and the easier it is to execute the
same punishment in the next case.
But those who criticise and rail
against an outraged populace for
resorting TO lynch Law to expiate some
Of the most damnable crimes known to
civilization, of which the Asotin
affair is a common example, fail to
strike at the root of the evil. The
law that is on the statute books Of
the states, court rulings Hereunder,
and INSCRIPTIONS criminal lawyers
are responsible for the increase in
lyncbings and the evil will continue
20 grow until a reform in the courts
10 had. A great crime il committed
and the criminal or his friends hire
a professional criminal lawyer to de-
fend him, or in case he has no money
the court appoints an attorney at
public expense. That attorney Is
sworn to do what? To see that his
client obtains justice. He does not
stop at that, but resorts to every
technicality known to juris.
prudence and the ingenuity of man
20 delay justice, to even free a Grimm
al whom he knows to 10 guilty. To
aid him In defeating Justice, trivial
excuses are trumped up for the
purpose Of delay and when the case
Is finally forced to trial, juries are
packed, or at least one or two jurors
are secured who will fight the major
ity and cause a disagreement. The
case drags its weary way through the
courts for months, and sometimes
years, and finally results in acquittaI
or q light sentence. That Ia why
lynch law is becoming more popular.
Reform the courts-the professional
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-15

II any one needed a demonstration
Of the fact that the town is without
adequate IRE protection, the big fire
at the planning mill Saturday, and the
marrow margin by which the Whole
business portion escaped destruction,
ought to convince them Of the truth
The disaster showed that we are sleep
ing on q volcano Of fire which may
barst forth at any minute and wipe
the whole town of the earth, while
We are poWerless TO check the flames
Saturdays fire vas not q question Of
the company furnishing water to its
full capacity. IL did all that il
possibly could to stay the flames.
Its pumps were worked 10 their full
capacity. and with the assistance Of
the bucket brigade, undoubtedly pre-
vented the spreed Of the fire to the
business part Of the town; but with
out the herculean efforts OF citizens
with buckets the pumping station and
possibly the town would now be a
smouldering mass Of ruins. We believe
the water company should be given
credit for doing all il could, but that
does not change the fact that the sys-
tenn is wholly inadequate to meet the
emergency in case Of Are. That has
teen demonstrated more than once,
and many citizens protested and talk
ed with Mr.. Monaghan to induce him
20 provide better fire protection and
locate his pupming station somewhere
outside of lumber yard, after the
destruction Of the plant = year ago.
They also asked that the intake pipes
be run out to a point where pure
water might be obtained. A deaf
ear was turned to them and the people
saw the dangerous condition Saturday
as a result Of the refusal to listen to
their appeals. The town Is experience
ing the effects Of the determination
Of the company to keep its intake
pipe so near the shore and under 4
log boom The seepage from tn,
burning refuse, which is turning tn,
water a rich brown color, is nOthinl
more nor less than a weak solution o
crosote distilled from the mass d
ruins at the planning mill site. HaG
the requests and appeals Of the peopl
been listened to, these things would
not exist today and it would not hav,
been necessary to send to Spokan
for a fire engine and assistance
Nature put big lake Of pure waite
at our feet and high hill upon it
shore, making natural advantages 70
a fine water system Possessed by n
other town on the continent W
have an idea that the Creator had tn
town of Occur d'Alene in view 70
some Of his chosen people when b
made these things and it Is an out
rage on the designer if they are no
taken advantage of and utilized with
out further delay. The town Is il
danger from fire and the health Of tn
community is at stake from drinking
poisoned water. The new waite
company must push it, construction
without delay and give the town relic
from these dangerous conditions.
Is our only hope.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-15

The governor has accepted the
resignation Of K. II. Davis as com
missioner Of inning alton. The
appointment was made to repay
political service more than for the
fitness Of the applicant and the result,
Is forced resignation to save the
state administration from further
disgraceful scandal. II Governor
Hunts administration was a failure,
Governor MorrisOn's Is proving a
greater one.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-15

The Occur d'Alene Press is out
with a hOwl-a characteristic boul
bon howl.
''All this is because, with the
changing conditions Of the county,
and the upward tendency Of valua,
tions under republican prosperity,
the county commissioners have seen
1t to raise the assessment valuations
Of property In number of instances,
particularly in the case of timber
lands, large areas of which are owned
by rich lumber syndieates,
The position assumed by the Press
is eharacteristieally bourbon. While
always bowling about the trusts and
the syndieates, yet as soon as a
republican administration attempts
70 make these concerns pay their just
share Of taxation, II Immediately flies
to the other extreme and slObbers
over the trusts and syndieates.
Everybody knows that timber
lands have been assessed ridicuIously
low. Because the county commission
ers have raised their valuations, the
Occur d'Alene Press pretends 10 see
a political job"
The above is from the Kootenai
Herald There is an old and true
saying which fits this case so nicely
that further comment Is unnecessary
:" A burned child breads the fire.'
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-15

criminal lawyer is beyond reform
50 that speedy justice may be obtain
ed. and the people will cease taking
the law into their own hands.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

What has become Of the old fash
toned woman who tied q white rag
around her head when 1t ached2
There Il kind Of advertiser, who,
when be has q few bills ''stuck on,
thinks he has set the world ahre.
A girl Of twenty will look contemP-
tuously at a girl of eighteen, and In
quire; "Did I ever act anything Ike
that2"
The incest girl in the world would
hate 70 have to tell what she 10 think
ing about at somebody else's wedding,
Baston, the Earle murderer, heard
that his death warrant bad been sign
ed with his accustomed GOODNESS.
81 have heard" said the office poet,
ga poem In 19 stanzas called THE
Forest Tree" "Oh, cut Il down.
exclaimed the editor, unfeeIingly.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

When a man can tell the difference
in whisky by taste, he lie close TO the
danger line.
They say that every man is cracked
on some subject. Look yourself over:
what is your speciality.
What has become Of the old fash
Toned man who said, 81 thought l
would name it to your"
They say q PsnSma hat will last for
years, bat looks pretty tough at the
beginning of the second season.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

Nell-"Why do you think he would
make q desirable husband? He is
neither handsome or rich" Belle
"Perhaps not, but I've heard that he
talks in his Sleep"
The only thing that causes more
unhappnless than telling lies when
they ought not to be told Is not telling
them when they ought to be.
When a girl is sitting in 8 hammock
on q dark night and 3 man starts
toward her and then sits down some
where else it makes her feel Just the
way g man feels when the horse be
has bet on bolts right in the middle of
the race.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
CHEAP RATEs 10 TExAs,

On the first and third Tuesday Of each
month, the Cotton Belt will sell round
trip tickets to Texas, Arkansas, Louis
ana, Oklahoma and Indian Territory at
one fare plus $500 for the round trip.
Tickets will be limited to three weeks
for return and will allow stop v on
the going trip. For full particulars
and for handsome illustrated pampb-
lets Homes in the southwest" and
Through Texas with g Camera" write
to W, @. Pasler, Dist. Pass. Agt. 3O7
Main Street. Memphis, Tennessee.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
III%6@8
#0 HANDSOME LOT Of" MS
81 ~" GATHERED GEMS. Gl1&
HANDSOME LOT OF
Tight man, loose tongue.

Tight man, loose tongue.
The shooting Of hrecrackers lie not
American; 1t Is Chinese.
A man wants TO know II g woman
loves him: a woman why he loves
her.
At the end Of a hard day, when you
look over your work, how little you
have accomplished
Isn't it about time for the new Noah
to send out q dove and see II the dry
land can be found anywhere?
II You are a married woman don't
drag your tired husband to unimpor-
tant and tiresome social affairs.
Contracts have been let for the re-
building of the cotton mills destroyed
at Gainesville, Georgia.
After a woman has told 3 story Of
what happened to her the second time
she can't recognize 1t herself.
The prudent girl never wears hair
combs when she has got to say good
night at the garden gate.
A woman smoking q cigarette is
about much at ease as a nan prepar-
ing she baby's sterilizNd milk.
When the office is hampelled to
seek the man it's dOughnuts to fudge
that there is no salary attached.
II a woman retains any romantic
notions after marriage they crop out
In the names she gives her children.
The girl who graduates without
breaking down, and marries well be-
sides, puts two bright spots into her
mothers life.
Probably the worst thing about
poverty is it's monotony; there is
little or no change In connection with
1t.
When they are q gift from q girls
sutton they are bon-bons; when she
buys them herself they are plair
candy.
"You didn't order a roast for din
ner," said q woman after scolding bel
husband, "but you Q that you goi
one."
1t is found since his assassination
that King Alexander was a pretty
good husband. He chung to bis wife
in face of all opposition.
A man has nothing to fear so lonf
as his old sweetheart and bis new one
never become great enough friends Il
exchange condolences.
The kind of insurance that is great
est in demand is that which will insure
a newly married man against losing
his job before the honeymoon haI
ended.
When a man makes a change anC
finds he has made q mistake, he doe
not admit IL for three months: b.
keeps saying that be sis we'll pleaseI
with the change.
We have yet een a pictur
of a mother and her baby that didn'
make q graceful picture, and hsvl
decided that 1t is because of the senti
ment about q woman and q baby.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
RRuTALLY

A case came to light hat for persist
ent and unmerciful torture has perhaps
never been equaled. Joe Golobick,
of Colusa. Calf, writes. For 10 years
l endured insufferable pain from Rheu-
matism and nothing relieved me though
l tried everything known. I came
across Electric Bitters and it's the
greatest medicine on earth for that
trouble. A few bottles of it complete
" relieved and cured me-" Just as
good for Liver and Kidney troubles
and general debility. Only SOC. Salts
faction guaranteed. For sale by all
druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
cATARR OF THE STOMACH.

When the stomach is overloaded; when
food is taken into it that fails to digest,
it decays and infames the mucous
membrane, exposing the nerves, and
causes the glands to secret mucin, in
stead Of the natural juices Of digestion.
This is called Catarrh Of the Stomach.
For years I suffered with Catarrh OF
the Stomach, caused by indigestion.
Doctors and medicines failed TO benefit
me until fused KodolD Dyspepsia Cure
J. R. Rhea, Coppell, Texas. Sold by
eli druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

When 1t is necessary to do a thing,
do you co 1t, or call q directors meet
ing2
Here lately a cloud no larger than a
bed sheet contains enough water to
float church steeples.
A French woman who had been in a
trance for twenty years woke up the
other day and died. Some people
don't know when to leavs we'll enough
alone.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

France lie to have q 1900, 900 worth
OF nickle coins, worth i've cents each.
They win be useful in purchasing
cigars.
The average man Is such q good and
indulgent father that he huds poverty
confronting him In old age.
With the pOcketless gown of today,
the chatelaine bag is an absolute neces-
sity to womankind. Let us interest
you in some real fine steel bead ones
which are worth $3.50 for q 50 90 bill
Only a few left. Money back If not
satisfied. MAIER's JEwELRY STORE.
Aberdeen, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

is always dangerous-do not submit to
the surgeons knife until you have tried
De Witt's Witch Hazel Saive. It will
cure when everything else fails-it has
done this in thousands of cases. Here
Is one Of them: / suffered from bleed
ing and protruding piles for twenty
years. Was treated by different spec
lalists and used many remedies, but
obtained no relief until Ivised DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. Two boxes Of this
saIve cured me eighteen months ago
and I have not had a touch of the piles
since.-H. R. Tisdale. Summerton, s.
c. For Blind, Bleeding, Itching and
Protuding Piles no remedy equals
Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by
al druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

When q note goes to protest the
holder does q little protesting On his
own account.
Some art critics are willing TO over
look a painting by an old master IL the
frame Is new.
The average man says it's hard to
lose. his friends: the s'goOd things"
say it's impossible.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

Adam may have had his troubles,
but he didn't have to choose between
3 lot Of breakfast foods.
Fathers suffer by cOmparisonlWhen
their daughters fan IN love, but the
husbands do all the suffering In COM
parisoh with the father later on.
Blobbs-"Harduppe reminds me Of
the Ten Commandments" Slobbs-
stIn what way2ii Blobbs-"He's
always broke"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
ausT BEDTIME

take a Little Early Riser-it win cure
constipation, biliousness and liver
troubles. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
are different from other pills. They
do not grippe and break down the mu-
cous membranes Of the stomach, liver
and bowels, but cure by gently arous-
ing the secretions and giving strength
to these organs. Sold by all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
CURES sCIATICA.

Rev. w. l.. Riley, L. L. D., Cuba,
New York, writes: cater fifteen days
Of e%xcruciating pain from sciatic rheu-
matism, under various treatments, !
was induced to try Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment, the first application giving my
first relief, and the second, entire relief.
l can give it unqualified recommends
ton. CSC, SOC and $500 at all drug
gists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

What the negro is chiefly concern
ed about these days Is not so much the
right to vote as the right to die q
natural death.
Miss YellOWleaf-"I don't believe
you have the nerve to propose. What
are you afraid off" Oldbach-tsYOu
might say YES"
TOmmy-"Pop, what is con-
science, my son, is a still small voice
that tells 3 man when his liver is out
of order.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
the FOUNDATION OF HEALTH.

Nourishment is the foundation of
health-life-strength. KOdol Dyspep-
STA Cure is the one great medicine that
enables the stomach and digestive
organs to digest. assimilate and trans
form all foods into the kind Of blood
that nourishes the nerves and feeds the
tissues. Kodol lays the foundation for
health. Nature does the rest. lndi-
gestion, Dyspepsia, and all disorders OF
the stomach and digestive organs are
cured by the use of Kodol. Sold by all
druggists
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

We have noticed that the death no.
tices sent to this office which say the
most about the ''Grim Reaper are
the most ambiguous as to facts.
We are waiting for some one to
write q song called "You Promised
Me-" to be sung In a pathetic and re-
proaehful voice by the bride after tax
ing.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

Existence Of friendship depends
upon reciprocity of esteem.
, A cynic is a mar who admits there
are worse men on earth than himself.
Women sometimes their
happiness by their ability to make
men miserable.
A man is sometimes bis own worst
enemy, but he is more likely to be
his own best friend
Some women always have a place
for everything and put it therertben
proceed to forget the location the
place.
The man who complains that life
isn't worth living lie always the first to
make an effort to save himself when
danger threatens.
Statesmen work for future genera
tons; politicians for future elections.
Mans duty according to his own
idea lie not in accord with his neigh
boris
As you grow older, do you get rid OF
bad habits, or accumulate additional
ones?
The college graduate now goes
forth to show the world how little II
really knows.
Employment agencies T probably
called bureaus because a man. has
trouble finding anything he wants in
bureau.
After q man passes forty his only
hilarious time is in counting up the
blessings he has to be thankful for.
Men are again talking land instead
Of water. We heard two men dis.
GUESSING q real estate deal this morn
ing,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
10 PITY aHoWN.

For years fate was after me con-
tinuously" writes f. A. Gulledge, Yer.
bena, Ala, II had q terrible case Of
Piles causing "a tumors. When all
failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me.
Equally good for Burns and all aches
and pains. Only % at al drug store.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. These pills change weak
ness into strength, listlessness into
energy, brain flag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building up the
health. Only 25c per box. Sold BY all
druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

II your watch needs doctoring, or
your clock is d~yspeptic. bring it. send
It or railroad it IL and let rs cure It for
you. That is our business. MAIER's
JEwELRY STORE,
Aberdene. Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

The pretense that you amount q
more than you really do will causI
YOU trouble. Modesty Is not onl1
very rare, but very profitable.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

Be sure to write to Harris Busine1
College, Jackson, Mise, If you are ID
terested In a business course.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

Skilled practical accountants aE
employed to teach in Harris Bushes
College, Jackson, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

The wise weather prophet never
bets real money on his predictions.
Muggins-"My wife is a great stick
er for the harmony of colOrs." Bug
gins-''Is that son Muggins-HWhy,
! cae't buy 8 new necktie that she
doesn't want g new carpet or wall
paper or rug to match It."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

We would like to know q man who
can make things go right.
When a man works hard, and does
q thing, the loafers say it Is easy for
him.
When a great calamity befall one,
how it lightens it to talk about It after
It Is Overl
II a single man knew how much less
interesting be becomes by marriage,
be would never do It.
When a horse stumbles, most driv-
ers hit him with the whip. Any sense
In it2
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
rRAMs 100 rRoM ruPELo.

Southeastern Limited daly......... A5Ip %
Memphis and New York Limited .... e:46 g 2
Memphis s Tupelo Accom-, daily,.....6: N
TRAINS EAST FROM TUPELo
Southeastern Limited daily 1000. 1870 g E
New York Limited. tbrO sleeper dy 1880 g 2
Memphis & Tupelo Accommodation
daily, arrives Tupelo. .......-. 100 p .
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
The Boss WoRM MEDICINE.

h. P. Kumpe, Druggist, Leighton,
Ala, writes: Zone Of my customers
had a child, which was sick, and threw
up all food, could retain nothing OF its
stomach. He bought one bottle of
Whites Cream Vermifuge, and IL
brought up 1l9 worms from the child.
It's the boss worm medicine In the
world" Whites Cream Vermifuge is
also the childrens' tonic. II improves
their indigestion and assimilation Of
food, strengthens their nervous system
and restores them to the health, vigor
and elasticity of spirits natural to child
hood. 25c at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
REPuLslNE

Blackheads, pimples, greasy faces
and muddy compilations, which are so
common among women, especially girls
at a certain age, destroying beauty,
eisiguring and making repulsive, feat
ures which would otherwise appear
attractive and refined, indicate that the
liver is out Of order. An occasional
dose Of Herbine viii cleanse the bowels,
regulate the liver and so establish a
clear, healthy complexion. SOC at all
druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08

We are al ashamed not to be
ashamed Of things that should not
shame anybody.
chow do you like my coming out
gown, papa?n asked the sweet young
thing. $50 that's your coming-out
gown, eh2" remarked papa. 9Well,
you look as though you were coming
out Of it,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
NIoHT Vas HER &

II would cough nearly all night
long" writes Mrs. Chas. Apologize,
of Alexandra, Ind. land could hardly
get any sleep, had consumption so
bad that if | walked a block I would
cough frightfully and spit blood, but,
which al other medicines failed, three
Sl.OO bottles Of DR.. Kings New Dis
coVery wholly cured me and j gained
So pounds" It's absolutely Ruaran-
teed to cure Coughs, Colds, La Grippe,
Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung
Troubles. Price SOC and S1.00. Trial
bottles free. For sale by all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-08
Politics may not pay, but most can
didates are compelled to put up.

Tenderness is all right in its way,
but It seldom weighed out by the
butcher.
The man who has the least charac-
ter is the one who is continually try
ing to have 1t vindicated.
A man can never understand why 3
woman should be jealous of him.
It Is claimed that 9 German woman
was never known to neglect her hus-
band for q card party.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-11-14

This is the time of the year when
the farmer and ranchman should
see that his sheds and barns ire in
shape for the winter months that
surely come in this section. It
does not pay to put off from day
to day the making ready for win,
ter. Judging the future by the
past, this country is not exempt
from storms. We have them here
as in other sections, and they gen.
orally come without warning and
stock suffers. Two years ago con-
siderable stock was lost on account
of the appropriateness of the barns
and sheds. It is better to spend {
a few dollars in the fall getting
things in shape than to suffer {
heavy stock loss, running into the
hundreds of dollars. Make hay
while the sun shines" may we'll b
applied here"