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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

The Duke of Roxburghe has a name
which suggests that going after the
rocks is a family trait.
Married people should take some
consolation from the fact that they
might hRye done worse.
Haven't you a right to a few Of your
own notions; must you do everything
your n~eighbors suggest2
We have noticed that in a shooting
ARRAY, one doesn't have to read far to
come across the word "Iove."
There are three scruples in a dram,
yet there are some men who can take
a dram without any scruples'
Caleb Powers is to be hanged.-tbat
is If some one doesn'tkill the sheriff
before the day Of execution.
It is said that q number Of Boston
women have contracted a skin disease
from kissing dogs. Served them right.
An Alabama woman has agreed to
sell her husband for $500. Wonder
she didn't mark him down to S499. SO.
Some men Join clubs because they
have scoldiDg wives and some have
scolding wives because they join clubs
At the age Of 81 a nan knows a lot
more about women than he eve will
at any subsequent stage Of bis career.
You can't always tell by how ripe q
w0man's lips are how much a mar
would like to see If any Of It will come
OF.
Indian summer is tue season wher
the summer girl returns to the paren'
tai wigwam with 3 choice collection Of
scalps,
The young man that idles away tbs
precious moments Of bic earlier life
won't have any precious moments Il
bis laterdife.
Whenever we use the word "accom'
plished'i 10 describing 3 bride, we arr
glad that We don't have TO tell jus
what it means
uIt's the little things that worry
man, remarked the tired husband al
be wrote ont q check for his wile'sneV
900 bathing suit.
When q mans wife makes strangl
sounding statements before compan'
is & his duty IS 8 Christian 70 dem
them, or &c q husband to keep stillf
As people get older, they find tAat /
they want q quiet seat on the porcl
they must take L on the shady side 4
winter, and the sunny side - summer
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09
Ube Messenaer
oKoLoNA, MISS, SEPT. Q, 1903


AZ have a friend in a Western city, p
said a man who visits the West fre-
quently, "Who told me a story a little
over a year ago to illustrate the mas
culine character OF some of the West
ern women Il was to the effect that
one day his female stenographer sud-
denly proposed marriage TO HIM. He
demurred, arguing that the disparity
of their ages was such as to present a
probability Of incompatibility Of tenn
permanent. The girl was persistent
and presented the matter as q cold
blooded business proposition. My
bachelor friend replied that he bore
no affection for his fair wOoer. The
young lady confessed that a strenuous
search for affection so far as she was
concerned wYuid likely fail to reveal
any. "But," she continued, 1t would
be a good business arrangement for
both OF US aud so far as the incOmpat-
Utility Of temperament Is concerned /
could easily settle that if it did develop
after we were married" My friend
was curious TO know how the settle
ment of such a vexed situation could
be accomplished and was ndiscreet
enough to make inquiry on that point.
''That would be easy, "rejOined the
girl. l would simply sue for a divorce
and make you pay me a%limony." My
friend ungallantly declined to become
a partner to this kind of an arrange
ment. l learned the other day that
this heartless old bachelor has since
married, and / have a sneaking sus
picion that he married that identical
girl who thus proposed to him, am
going to write to him and learn the
details. 1t must be a romantic story"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

Kansas BARRIERS have raised the
price of shaving a corpse to So. Is
that because they cannot talk to the
subject?
An Indiana woman is applying for a
divorce from her thirteenth husband.
Eight Of the husbands live Ia Ohio and
five In Indiana.
The man who gives a dollar to char
ity and then deducJs the amount from
his wife's allowance is the lowest kind
of a low-down h%ypocrite.
New York is Boosting of a girl vio-
linist who taught herself to play. We
knew a girl who taught herself to play
the violin, but we can't conscientious
ly boast of her.
1t has been discovered that common
swamp mud, properly dried, makes
an excellent fuel and a Mud Trust is
now being talked of by certain enter
prising promoters.
Lieutenant Psary has been granted
a leave OF absence OF three years to
discover the North Pole. The pole,
notwithstanding, viii continue to en-
joy and indefinite leave AZ absence.
Mr.. Roosevelt may not be losing
popularity, but he is surely gaining
none. In future bis popularity must
depend upon performance of genuine
value. The time is past when the
mere strenuous andspectacular phases
Of bis character impressed the people.
Now a profession at the Annapolis
naval academy is out with the predic-
ton that the bookless age will soon be
at hand, aud that the talking machine
will be the whole thing. II a few
more freak professors make their APP
p%earance we won't even need a talk
ing machine.
There is an old negro. living in Car
r%ollton, relates the BoswOrth( MOI
Sat Sentinel, who was taken i'll sew
eral days ago and called in a physician
of his race to prescribe for him. But
the old man did not seem to be getting
any better, and finally a white physi-
clan was called. Soon after arriving.
DR.. s. felt the darkey's pulse for a
moment and then examined his tongue.
Did your doctor take your tempera-
ture2" he asked. I don't know, sab,
he answered feebly; Il hain't missed
anything but my watch as yit, boss
An exchange of a recent date tells
Of a boy entering a car and leaving The
door open behind him, when an old
man sitting near him thundered:
"Were you brought up in a barn?
Shut that doorl The boy did as he
was bid, but the tears were seen to
tricBle down his cheek. ''There,
there, never mind, lad, of course you
were not brought up in a barn"
"That's just it," blubbered the boy.
81 was, and every time I see a jack
ass it brings it all back to me-"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

Every day isa palmy day to the
palmist.
TIE generally the lazy nan whose
liver won't work.
Kleptomania Is merely a lucrative
form OF Of insanity.
Some men are not &C even for them
selves to associate with.
Nell-"See Maud blushing?n Belle
-"Oh, that's just put on"
A good many Of the men hired to
help are simply in the way.
Even the ambitious oarsman draws
the line at a lightning stroke.
Did you ever notice that real
"dl essy" people are tiresome2
A man never ceases to marvel at
women who kiss strange babies.
Good advice can be put in such
shape that it becomes an insult.
Money gets tight occasionally, but
you seldom see 1t lying in the gutter.
Men are judged by their actions,
also by the things they neglect to do.
The cost OF experience depends
upon the amount OF good it does you.
It would be a terrible temptation to
take out insurance on ones mother-in
law.
Ali the world loves a lover except
those who have been disappointed In
love.
The opinion a man has of himself
isn't always of value to the rest Of the
world,
The rapidity with which some men
make money is only equaled by the
rapidity.
The young man must read and study
il he bOpes to make a success of his
a%Vocation.
Many a woman with a poor com
plexion is rich enough to afford a
better one.
Sometimes it's the sun that makes
a mans o 8 red instead of what you
think It is.
Don't look for praise; the more
praise you get, the harder the
ton will be.
It's a rare mar who dares invite a
guest to dinner without first consult
ing his wife.
We will admit it: We can't pro-
nounc Beirut, and neither can your
school teacher.
The people occasionally forgive a
giddy widow, but they never forgive a
giddy old maid.
Even the woman who can't afford
rufles on her gowns can have her
TENDER rufled.
It takes a widow to act as if she
we're puzzled to death over what being
married is like.
The average nan loves work so
much that it makes him weary to see
other men idle.
The trouble with some people is
that they believe one good turn de-
serves a better one.
There is really only one thing you
can feel in your bones, and that Is the
approach Of old age.
We don't know when it was put on,
but all underwear looks as If this ought
to be Saturday night.
Too many young fellows work just
hard enough to work some friend for
a five dollar William.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

Mr.. Hal. p. Denton, Chief Department
Publicity and Promotion Of National
Export Exposition, writes;
Philadelphia, Dec. %, 1893.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.
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aggravated no doubt by the responsible
tiles and worriment incident to the ex.
~ploitation of a great international expo
sition. What I ate distressed me and ]
would lie awake at night Fthreshing
over,' If Imay use that expression, the
affairs of the previous day.
any family physician said 7 mad
nervous proStratiOn and recOnin snded
Z sea voyage. IgraduaHy grew syOrse.
A kind friend whom I had known Ia
Ohio recommended Peruna. Though
skepficaI, / finally yielded TO his nd.
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much improved and with the fifth
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In perfect health t0-dayand ows every
thing to Peruna."
Very truly yours,
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II you do not derive prompt and salts
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write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving 9
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Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus
Ohio.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

Those who were disappointed IN
the recent election q take courage
and come again four years hence.
The man has never been born that
the world couldn't get along without
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

The women Of the United states will
probably be interested to learn that
Uncle sam is cultivatlng a beauty
plant il the experimental farm at
Washington. The women OF Algeria
eat the seeds Of this plant to make
them beautiful, and the government ex-
perts are trying to determine what
grounds they have for the faith that
is in them.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

An observant writer says that the
girl who, when she retires at night,
throws her ''dud" down anywhere,
and does not make up her bed until
after dinner, will make q poor wife.
But how on earth 10 q young man
counting. to find ont such thingsf
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

We take this method Of expressing
our apprecit ton to the friends and
Fire Company for valuable services
rendered during and after the fire.
Mr.. and MRS. G. L. RUSSELL.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

The superstition attaching to the
number thirteen received a heavy blow
from the success and popularity Of the
late Pope Leo XIII. He won during a
long and happy reign the widest res
pect among men Of every creed believ-
ing in correct living and sslutary
example.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09
NEW YORK ALARMED.

Usually complacent New York is
having its serenity disturbed by the
aggressive fashion in which New Or
leans is reaching out after the export
trade. The proposal of he New Or
leans Board of Trade to establish a
Grain Exchange. similar to the one ex-
listing in New York, is the latest phrase
Of the activity of the Crescent City
merchants.
New Orleans is the second port in
the United states in amount Of tonnage
and is Increasing its tIade at a more
rapid rate than any other port. The
increase mas bsen so great and the cam
paign Of its merchants so vigorous that
New York, which has heretofore smiled
contemptuously upon the struggle of
lesser places, has been moved to appre-
hension. The development Of the
South and West, for whose export
trade New Orleans is the natural out
let, combined with the enterprise and
spirit of cooperation of the leading
men Of that city, are the factors which
give just Of alarm to New York.
Commenting upon lhe growth Of New
Orleans, tue Washington Post makes
this sensible comment:
The capital of the New Orleans
banks has been doubled in twelve
years; here bank deposits have more
than doubled in four years, and her
bank clearances have increased 70 per
cent since 1899. The entire South and
West are sharing in this prosperity.
and New York is certainly justified, in
view of the facts and Conditions, In
becoming alarmed over the cumulative
evidence Of the strength and energy of
Ter S1uthern rival in the export
trade"
TIE South is at last coming into her
own. At last she is richer than IN 1860
Her resources at last are being devel-
opeo and port and inland city and
village and hamlet aud farm are feel
ing the magical end quick ening impulse
of industry and euergy.-Birmirgham
News.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

The state of Georgia has taken a fer
ward step in tie rightful solution of
the convict problem. The legislature
has just passed a bill putting all the
state convicts who are serving five and
less than Eve yer sentences upon the
public roads. The convicts who are to
be apportioned among the various
counties which are to work and pro-
vide for them, and the distribution is 10
be made according to population. This
is a significant move towards the solu
ton of two important problems, the
convict problem and the public road
problem,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

Residence on Adams Street.
MRS. KFENFY-EZELL.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09
Hall Rates to baltimore.

One fare plus s1.OO for round trip
via Mobile and Ohio Railroad on Sep
TENDER IS 1920.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-09

SI0hr months subscription entities to one estimate
For estimate blanks and f1 Particular see palyo Weekly Enquirer
Address I'll estimates and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TE ENQggER PROHT.SHARl0 BUREAU p O BOZ ia CINCINNATI 2
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-23
Poor To ns n WOrd&in F m n n :.

The westward march of civilized labor has effected no change more re- markable than the conversion of the hitherto lazy, shiftless Indian ''buck" into workingman at $1.5O a day. Large gangs of them are now em- ployed by a western railroad in track laying, and they seem to like the work better than prancing around on ponies. decked out with feathers and war paint. Perhaps the strangest part of the new condition is the fact that it is the men and not the women that are doing the work, complete reversal of the old way. Thus has the long, suffering squaw been emancipated.- Chicago Chronicle.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-23
TCO SWIFT A PACE.
Increase of Insanity and Crime as Result of ExtravnEnnt Habits
 and Diss ipation.

Some startling conclusions are set forth in report drawn up by Dr. Ar thur Mcdonald, specialist to the Unit ed States bureau of education, for the information of congress. One of them is that "within the last 90 or 40 years there has been an increase, relative to population, ip crime, suicide, in- sanity and other forms of abnormal lty." In giving his opinion O: some Of the causes for this increase, says a Washington report, Dr. Mcdonald says:
 "The rapid development of society, as we have suggested, is possibly one of the main causes of the increase of crime and abnormality; it includes great number of new inventions, in- creased opportunities for travel and the enterprise of the press enabling us to read all the news of the world at breakfast. It was quite otherwise 50 years ago.
 "This haste of civilization puts an abnormal strain upon the nervous sys- tenn as compared with the muscular system. Thus the electric car, auto mobile and the telephone tend to make people exercise less and think more. reaction has set in already through the development of systems of phys lcal culture. The less cost of living and the increase of wealth. with the
 luXures of the table, have tended to
 overeating, which, in connection with lack of exercise, has had its evil effects and doubtless produced an additional reaction on the nervous system. When the nerves are unstrung by overpressure the will may become
 weak, depression and pessimism set in and loss of self-control follow with its consequent abnormal actions lead ing on to crime and other social evils. "In the statistics of crime some spe- cial points may be noted. The youth. as compared with adults, have com mitted more crimes as society has de- veloped. Suicide among children has greatly increased; this might be re- garded as a symptom of diseased pre- cociousness.
 "The recent rapid development Of ! women by entering more and more into the work of men--a transition in volving great strain-seems to have some unwelcome accompaniments. In Vienna, for instance, general paral- | ysis, a mans disease, is increasing | among women. In Belgium insanity
 and suicide have been growing rtla | lively faster in women than in men. | In Austria it has been found that the criminal influx into cities is relative | ly greater in women than in men and the effects of heredity are greater | upon women than upon men.
 If we shake the tree the bad apples fall first. So, in periods of rush and | strain, the weaknesses of human na- ture become more apparent. But this
 increase in evil may be only tenn | porary one, due to the necessary pres
 sure of adaptability to modern civil ization. The increase in crime, for in
 stance, is not necessarily proof that
 the world is growing worse. Periods
 of decline in history show that the
 world does not grow better in a
 straight line upward"
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-23
E. C. Westlake's Comment from the Realm of Athletics

"f I2aak Walton. "The states protect pIh', packerel, trout, and bass, but let the musky take care of itself. There IS no restriction upon the size at which the musky may be taken and little reStflctlon on the time. The deteriora- 14oh of this game fish, both as to num- hers and physically, has proceeded to ah acute stage, but there is yet time to do something for the musky. Legal safeguards would be thrown up if the legislatures of the states affected were to be bombarded by anglers with ap- peaJs Tor this valuable fish.
 "A great many dams have been built in the lake country, at the outlets and across rivers which connect these lakes With the Mississippi river, but of course the big numbering companies must conserve the water to make it possi- ble to get spring drives of logs. The musky has to suffer, for while he is strong and gamy, he cannot get to the retreats he likes best when his way is blocked by multiplicity of dams. Like the beech tree, which resents the in- roads of civilization, the poor musky IS bound to suffer. No dam will be low cred or removed to please the anglers. If the commercial progress of the state were to be obstructed to please fish ermen, the solons would be called to account by their constituents. Butthe reasonable supposition is that the leg iSlatures might be successfully ap- peaIed to in the matter of checking the capture of small muskies.
 What is more pathetic to the fish erman than the news of the capture of solitary warrior of many battle in the old days with novice fisherman a great musky scared by spoonhooks and the radiance of the tisherman's > face as he exposes the 35-pound bucca- neer of the lily pads to the wondering critics? It's rare sight nowadays, although it is reliably reported that Iomahawk lake last season yielded a 1o3-pounder. This giant was taken by the fish-hatchery people and returned to the water. The fish had never been hooked and doubtless is too wary to get in the way of a whirling spoon. When it does perhaps some gifted fish CT poet with the pathos of William Cullen Bryant, will dedicate an elegy to the last of the muskies.'
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-23

"Who ever heard of the United States cake-walking championship" asked the sporting editor. "Humph!" re- piled the office boy; "they have been holding these championships for ten years"
 Strange as it may seem, the office boy was correct. In no sporting almanac published is there to be found a record of these championships, yet for decade some bright colored girl and her male partner has carried off string of badges five feet long and medal weighing nearly pound, all emblematic of the premier honors of the United States in this sport of cake walking. The medals are of bronze, and it is not likely that any were ever pawned. Like imperial Caesar turned to clay, the badges may have done fanciful duty in stopping up cracks in some cabin.
 The recent eleventh annual cake walking championship of the country was witnessed by 5000 people in Mad ison Square Garden. New York Fifty two colored couples, representing 20 states entered for the gala event, and the spectators were entertained with the most astonishing exhibitions of fancy and straight walking. Back and forth, circulating about the amphitheater, the gorgeous spectacle wound its way. Colored contestants rigged out in fantastic colored cos tunes fitted, danced and "rag- timed" to the music of an orchestra of 50 pieces. It was not unlike one of those endurance siX-day bicycle races that have been held in the same arena and on the same dusty plank saucer-lke tracks that are the cyclists merry-go- rounds.
 There must be something wrong with the physical makeup of some of the entrants from the south, for the winners of the championship of 1903 are 'city colored people," William ''Pickaninny'' Hill and his partner, Maggie Taylor, reside in New York. Last year they captured premier honors from a big field and their suc- cess this time was due to the deep and keen judicial appreciation of the merits of the dancers by such high salaried young men as Winnie QCon- nor, who draws $3O,000 year for rid. ing race horses in France; Milton Henry, another rider whose income is about $25,000 season; Jockey Sul- livan and Jockey Gene Carr.
 Second honors went to Earl Thomas and Emma Miller, of Atlantic City. N. J., while third prize was captured by Walter Robinson and Nettie Robin. son, of Brooklyn. M
 k. G. WESTLAKE
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-23
The Pc-ru-na Almanac.

The druggists have already been sup piled with Peruna almanacs. There is sure to be great demand for these al ogy which they contain. The subject oi astrology is a very attractive one to most people. The articles on astrology in the Peruna almanac have been furnished by very competent astrologist, and the men tai characteristics of each sign is given constituting almost a complete horoscope A list of questions and answers on astrol ogy sent free upon request. There vii be great rush for these books Ask your druggist for one early before they are all gone.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-23

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