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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04
CANCER Cured

Mr.. W. W. Prickett, S~mithheld, ILL.,,
writes, Sept. 10, 1901: II had been
suffering several years with q cancer
on my face, which gave me great an
noyance and unbearable itching. I
vas using Billiards. Snow Eminent for
a sore leg, ana through an accident, I
rubbed some Of the liniment on the
cancer, and as it gave me almost in
slant relief, ! decided to continue to
use the Eminent on the cancer. In a
short time the cancer came out, my
face healed up and there is not the
slightest scar left. I have implicit
faith in the merits of this preparation,
and it cannot be too highly recon-
mended.' 25c, SOC and $1.00. For
sale by all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04
Are You RestIess q NlRht

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cure you sound lleep and effect a
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800 at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04

The only thing some people seem
willing to do for a living Is to breathe.
When a man frequently contradicts
himself he may be right occasionally.
Many a man who forged his way to
the front lands in the penitentiary.
Wise is the man who marries young,
makes a hit and doesn't brag about It.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04
MILLIONS PUT TO WORK.

The wonderful activity Of the new
century is shown by an enormous de
mand for the worlds best workers
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. For con-
stipation, sick headache, biliousness,
or any trouble of stomach, liver or
kidneys they're unrivaled. Only 25c
at Hall & Lyle's drug store.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04
Cured CONSUMPTION.

Mrs. B. ". Evans, Clearwater, Kan,
writes: my husband lay sick for
three months the doctors stated he
had quick consumption. We procured
a hottie Of Billiards. Horehound Syrup
and it cured him. That was six years
ago, and since then we always keep a
bottle in the house. We cannot do
without it. For coughs and colds, it
has no equal" 25c, SOC and Sl.00 bot.
ties at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04

When q boy walks into & house and
there is q dog IN the room he always
to the dog before anyone else.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04
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80 HANDSOME LOT - M#
. .F~G GATHERED GEMS. ES#

Some young men experience great
difficulty In living up to their clothes.
You can't always distinguish be-
tween a wise man and q fool, II each
keeps his mouth shut.
Men have been known to make
their mark In the world who could
neither read nor write.
In the drama Of life every actor
feels that he gets an unequal share OF
the box office receipts.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04

For each man who pities you be-
cause Of your misfortune e thousand
win hate you because of your success.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04

The man who is proof against dis
appointment doesn't even expect the
unexpected.
Men with small heads and pins
without any + apt to venture beyond
their depths.
The two things calculated to cause
the most loss Of sleep are q baby and 3
poker game.
A good memory is essential to suc-
cess. It enables 3 man to remember
what to forget.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04

Marrying in haste to repent ct lei
sure is bad, but marrying in fun to
repent in sorrow appears to be even
worse.
A woman's tongue is her weapon,
yet few women are arrested for carry
ing concealed weapons. The reason
is obvious.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04
es rheumatism and catafrh-
Medicine Seat Free.

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Send no money-simply write and
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Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. kills or
destroys the poison in the blood which
causes the awful aches in back and
shoulder blades, shifting pains, difficult
ty in moving fingers, toes or legs, bone
pains, swollen muscles and joints Of
rheumatism, or the foul breath, hawk
ing, splitting, droppings in throat, bad
hearing, specks flying before the eyes,
all played out feeling Of catarrh. Bo.
tanic Blood Balm has cured hundreds
Of cases Of 30 or 40 years standing after
doctors, hot springs and patent medi-
cines had al failed Most Of these
cured patients had taken Blood Balm
as a last resort. It is especially advised
for chronic. deprecated cases. I'm
possible for any one to suffer the ago
MES or symptoms Of rheumatism or ca
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rich. thereby giving q healthy blood
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief
in one minute, because it kills the mi
crobe which tickles the mucous mem
brane, causing the cough, and at the
same time clears the phlegm. draws
out the inflammation and heals and
soothes the affected parts. One Min
ute Cough Cure strengthens the lungs,
wards off pneumonia and is a harmless
and never failing cure in all durable
cases of coughs, colds and Group. One
Minute Cough Cure is pleasant to take,
harmless and good alike for young and
old.
Clifton's Pharmacy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04
WEAK AND LOW-sPIRITED.
A Correspondent Thus Describes II
ExDerieuCe.

A Correspondent Thus Describes Ills
Experience.
II a strongly recommend Herbine
as a medicine Of remarkable efficacy
for indigestion, loss of appetite, sour
taste in the mouth, palpitation, head
ache, drowsiness after meals with dis
tressing mental depressions and low
spirits. Herbine must be a unique
preparation for cases such as mine, for
a few doses entirely removed my com
plant. l wonder at people going on
suffering or spending their money on
worthless things, when Herbine is pro-
durable and so cheap" 5Oc 3 bottle at
all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04
DEWITT's WITCH HAZEL sALVE.

The only positive cure for blind.
bleeding, itching and %protruding piles,
cuts, burns, bruises, eczema and all
abrasions Of the skin. DeWitt's is the
only Witch Hazel Salve that is made
from the pure, unadulterated witch
hazel-all others are counterfetts. De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve Is made to
cure-counterfeits are made TO sell.
Clifton's Pharmacy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04

Wives rule the husbands, children
rule the wives and the cook rules the
whole bunch of them.
Instead Of improving with age, some
wine turns to vinegar. It s much the
same with some people.
Ifsome types Of beauty were more
than skin deep they might prove fatal
to the possessors thereof.
A woman knows you love her when
you deny that q woman whose rivalry
she fears is good looking.
Pedsgogues should remember that
they can't teach the young idea how
to shoot with blank cartridges.
The Washington times., 1903-04-26

There is not a character in the book
that IS trite or commonplace. and not
one that rings false. Uncommon thew
are, hut not impossible. as the story
itself is. and whatever may be its faults,
it strikes a note which American fiction
needs-the note Of the ideal. the poetic.
If one were to critiCfse, there is a
vulnerable point in the implication of
Mr. Payson that such q publisher as
Matthew SteeIe--a man who caters to
the uncultfvated class of the reading
pubhc-demands Of his writer's not only
trash but immoral trash. This IS not
true For the sake Of the plot one
may admit the supposition that LIovd
in yielding to his temptation. debased
his genius by writing stuff which was
not only artistically but morally bad;
the contrast Of the two influences is i'm
measurably heightened by this touch:
but in real life it is not so. The Steele
OF actual New York life floods the mar
ket with fiction which Is artistically
atTocious, but morally as harmless as
Infants food. The shop girls magma
ton is corrupted by cheap fiction. not
because II treats OF immortality, for she
is much more shy of such subjects than
are more fortunate women, but because,
as a rule, 1t treats wealth as the only
end of life, and luxury as the only good
The heroine marries rich lover, or
comes into money somehow. She never
finds content in being poor. Even
Ouida, the apotheosis OF her kind is
careful not TO transgress the unwritten
law which Furnishes vice and rewards
virtue. Those who outrage the con-
vsnJions in fiction do not find their
readers among the Iaborlng people OF
the community Matthew Steele would
have rejected "TriIby'' as unsuited 10
his clientele. not that the lesson Of the
book was bad, but that his business
policy commanded him to avoid even the
appearance of evil However, there are
had books among the cheap fiction. ana
there is margin for the situation Il
Enoch Lloyd. It Is not impossible, but
it is not typical.
One Of the best points OF the book
is its epigrammatic quality An attrac-
tive volume could be complied out Of
the brilliant, cIear-cut bits of idealism
with which it is spriukled They gilt
ter like stars on a frosty night. or dew
on summer grass. Mr. PaysOn may in
time take his place among the best Of
our novelists. tNew York: Harper <
BrOs-J
The Washington times., 1903-04-26
.ELN Jew Letters aud Memorials of

kLN TEW Letters aud Memorials of
N Jane Welsh Carlyle" an
notated by Thomas Carlyle
and edited by Alexander Carlyle, with
an introduction by Sir James erich
ton Browne. must fairly be called
one of he notable books OF the season.
There are two volumes OF the letters,
containing. besides the uncommonly in
teresting text, portraits and other Illus
trations of scarcely less interest.
amounting i'll all to sixteen. The work
has all been carefully done, and the book
should he one of the features of the
Carlyle revival which is predicted for
the near future.
Little good can as a rule he the result
Of raking up old scandals and contro-
VERSES many years after the partici-
pants are dead, and the publication Of
private correspondence is seldom justt-
fed by anything but commercial rea-
sons: but in this case there are eKcep-
tional circumstances which make the
action good. Those who read The letters
and journals of Mrs. Carlyle as edited
by James Anthony FToude some twenty
years ago will remember the storm of
criticism which they aroused and the
unsparfng condemnation OF Carlyle by
many critics as a cold. unfeeling. and
even brutal husband. If we are TO have
keyhole biography in any form it should
at least be undertaken in a spirit of
kindness, and the dragging of the do
nestle disagreements of the Cariyles
before the world was felt by thoughtful
and right-minded readers to be nothing
less than an outrage, whatever the mo-
tive There we're many even then who
believed that something was the matter
= with the editing of that morbidly fas-
cinating volume. and that FToude's point
Of view was somehow biased; but the
cynicism which lends its countenance to
almost any scandaIous report on the ap-
parent ground that nothing is too bad
to believe of poor human nature caused
a more or less general impression that
the domestic life of the Carlyles was
seriously unhappy. and that the wife of
the philosopher was to a certain extent
q martyr TO his dyspepsia and peculiar
temperament It is not an e1aggeTation
to say that the publication of Froude's
memoirs and other books connected with
the Carlyles made blot on the Teputa-
ton of a great man. in spite of the fact
that the more sagRcious element of the
reading public discredited the testimony.
The comment OF many readers was that
If the little tiffs and triGls of the aver
age married couple were all to be col
Aected and published with minute care
they would make quite as formidable an
array as those of Mrs Carlyle; and yet
the position Of Froude, as an intimate
The Washington times., 1903-04-26

them with the other collection Of let
tiers and decide for himself
The introduction is certainly an of
set to all Froude's extrava sauee,
though. considering the circumstances.
it is probably very near the plain truth.
The author explains FToudes attitude
in this trenchant piece of writing:
1T was deeply rooted in his mind
that Carlyle had, throughout their
whole union. behaved badly 10 his wife.
and had deputed him, as a sort Of
literary undertaken, TO superintend a
posthumOus penance in the publication
Of his confessions No wonder that
Froude has been described. in his edi-
toriaI capacity in relation to Carlyle
as like a man driving a hearse. He had
been captivated by the prismatic wit
and charm Of Mrs. Carlyle; he held her
in affectionate remembrance. and he was
Mortified to discover, as he imag ined.
that her days had been darkened by
the harshness and neglect of the man
he had been accustomed to venerate. He
would not balk that man, toweringly
great though he had become. in his
expiatory abasement, and so he pro
ceeded to represent him as an infirm
and Iachrymose transgressor. Carlyle's
modification was, in Froude's opinion,
but justice to the memory of his 0R-
pressed wife-and so the whole truth
must be told. It never occurred 10
him that if the publication of the papers
was an act of penane it ought to have
been performed in the lifetime of the
penitent. and that Carlyle. who had
admired JohHson's self-imposed pillory
in Uttoexeter market, was not likely TO
desire the postponement of his own
discipline until after his retirement TO
EccIefechan kirkyard. No! The pre-
conceived idea was dominant, and he
was blind TO everything that did not
harmonic with it. The striving of the
guilty Carlyle by the virtuous Froude.
as described by that spiritual director
in the Life IN London would be Iu-
dicTous if it were not so mischievously
wrong"
There is another reason for the in
fuence Of the Froude view on the imagi-
nation Of the public. besides the ones
which have been mentioned. and while it
Is not taken into consideration by the
writer Of the foregoing paragraph, and
possibly was Of less account on the
other side of the water than here It
may be called the theological reason.
Twenty years ago the dogmatic type of
theology was making what may with
some justice be called its last struggle
for existence. Darwtnism had been &c
cePted. TO the overthrow Of the literal
acceptance of Genesis; various other
scientific facts had undermined the old
system, and It was recognized. OF be
ginning 10 be recognized. openly. that
The Washington times., 1903-04-26
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
information for Bank Officials and In
VeSIoTs

Information for Bank Officials and In
vestoTs.
A little book entitled Government
Bonds" has recently been issued by the
National City Bank of New York, and
contains much valuable information on
this important subject. The infoTma-
ton is grouped under the heads Sta
tistieaI Data Treasury Regulations"
Market Quotations. 8" Typical Calcula-
lions" Official Forms" and ''Tele-
graphic Code"
The object Of the book is thus stated
in the 'Foreword:"
1T is the purpose of the National City
Bank of New York, in presenting this
volume to bring together all the es-
sential information which bank officers
OF investors are likely 10 require in re-
gard to United States Government
bonds. and in relation to all Treasury
regulations affecting Government bonds
and currency The data regarding Gov
eminent bonds viii be found TO include
detailed information in regard to the
character Of all issues. and the Treas
ury Departments rules in regard 10 as
siguments and transfers, together with
information concerning interest periods,
amounts outstanding. opening and clos
ing of transfer books, and range of both
prices and investment values. There
will also be found typical calculations
showing the relative value Of the va
rious issues of bonds as a basis for cir
cuIaton or for public deposits. The cal
culations herewith presented have been
made by the Actuary of the United
States Treasury Department, and are as
of January /. 1868, at current market
quotations of that date The National
City Bank will at any time furnish
without charge. similar accurate cal
cti!atioIs showing the relative value OF
the var aus issues Of bonds at the ruling
market quotations
New York: The National City Bank.)
The Washington times., 1903-04-26
A Story and a PLAY.

.waIda. By Mary Holland Kinkaid
had an unusual experience while in en-
bryo It was intended to be play, and
was made novel primarily for the pur-
pose Of being dramatized for an actress
who was a friend Of the author But in
course Of the story the character Of
Gerson Brandt, one Of the chief mascu-
line characters, developed SO abnormaIly
as 10 take the center OF the stage away
from the heroine, and the story was no
good any more for the actress who had
intended 20 "staF" in it Thus we are
spared another dramatIzed novel.
The Washington times., 1903-04-26

one of the EeVo Good Stories of Nezu York Life.

The Triumph of Life" new novel
by William Farquhar Payson. is among
the most remarkable books of its kind
in some respects. The author is still
young. and while this is not his first
novel he has produced nothing like it
before. The title is rather unfortunate.
giving 10 adequate idea of the real ma
ture and originality of the book, which,
while il has its crudities and faults, Is
original from beginning to end. It IS a
story of a young writer, Enoch Lloyd,
who possesses in high degree what is
called sometimes the artistic tempera-
ment and sometimes genius. The fact IS
that the two terms are more or less in
terchangeable The artistic tempera-
meBt may develop into genius, or it may
not. It consists OF an extraordinary
constituencies to all the Impressions and
experiences of life. and when accom-
panied by creative power and a strong
bent toward some one of the arts the
result is good work of some sort or
other IN the present case the writer's
strength lies IN his ideaIism, which
tskes the form OF an almost Arcadian
Two women, one Of whom appeals 70 all
that is best in his nature. the other to
all that is unworthy. The latter is &
French gFisette translated into Ameri-
can characteristics and coIored with the
life OF New York: and, IN fact, one Of
the minor good points Of this novel is
that it is one Of the few good stories
of New York life as yet written. 1t IS
vivid and dramatic without being either
journalistic OF theatrical; it has a plot.
and its character drawing is tremen-
deus. There IS nothing merely smart
about it; its sincerity is its strength. Il
is likely to appeal particularly TO read
eTs who have some sort OF shop OF
their own; who can appreciate the vital
importance of honesty and good work as
opposed 10 commercialisra Its strong
dramatic quality will hold another class
Of readers. and whether one likes the
book or not it will be found impossible
to lay it down until the denouement is
reached.
It Is full of contrasts It reminds one
OF those musical, mystical lines of Poe
about
the angels in heaven above
And the demons down under the sea.
The soul of Enoch Lloyd hangs poised
between the two. We have Stephen Lee,
the lovable. whimsical, gentle old pub
Usher, unconscious instrument of late
for Enoch's undoirg; over against him
Matthew Steele, the debaser Of literary
standards. cold bIooded. loose ointed.
and loose moraIed. q man with an In
anitesimaI soul given over to money.
We have the men of the Millennium Club,
with their clean. high ideals; and the
French restaurant keeper and his wife
without any-and both are convincingly
human And finally, We have Celeste
Moreau. the incarnation of the feline
rather than the feminine. subtle, aTtfuI,
elusive, woman of hslf-lights and
gruesome shadows; and on the other
hand-at the other pole OF woman-na-
ture-sfaTion Lee, full OF the sunshine
and breeze and blossom breath of Ar
Sadia, the purity of innocent girlhood.
The Washington times., 1903-04-26
a KAILYARD BROWNIE.

Wee Maegregor," by J ] Bell, IS the
latest thing in Scotch fiction to make its
appearance before a satiated world.
While handicapped by the amount of
kailyard fiction already published, the
book is really clever and amusing. and
viii find many readers among those who
enjoy unpretending humor and studies of
real life
Wee Macgregor-' is a Glasgow urchin
of tender years, gifted with his full share
Of Scotch wit. and blessed with a big.
good natured father, who pets and spoils
him. and mother who adores him. but
whose conscience impeIs her to keep up
at least a show of discipline There is
another child in the story. Wee Jean
ME" the baby sister. but she takes little
part in the action. 1t is Macgregor who
is the object of attention.
The book is not a novel. and it has no
plot. 1t is merely a series OF sketches of
Glasgow life, told mostly in dialect SC
cIeverIy managed as to be ineligible
even to the uninitiated. II deals with the
unimportant happenings in the Robson
family, with their visits to the Zoo, to
Rothesay. to Aunt Purdie." and to the
photograph gallery But it is as clever a
piece of work OF its kind as has appeared
in some years.
We find Macgregor IN disgrace because
he has taken a piece of putty away from
"WuIIie Thomson which. in spite of the
fathers protests. the mother insists that
he shall return. giving Willie by way OF
penanee the tablet" OF stick of nut
candy. which is his Saturday treat. After
an absence so long as TO cause Uneasi-
ress Macgregor returns serene and smii-
ing with the news that he has given
Willie the tablet and the putty. Re
warded by another tablet he vouchsafes
the further information that Willie gave
him a big lump of putty. and that they
shared the tablet. The reader is left to
imagine from his knowledge of Macgre-
gor's character how this result was
brought about.
In truth, the youngsters canny wit. to-
gether with his fathers conniyance. gen
orally brings TO naught whatever meas
ures OF discipline may be afoot. but, for
all that, the young scamp is too lovable,
too childlike. too human. not to win the
heart of any reader who likes children
Altogether II is a capital bit of work.
this book New York: Harper & Bros }