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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

The new dydrOscope invented by sighor Pinos,
an Italian, it is said, enables human eyesight to
penetrate the sea to an incredible depth and for an
enormous radius. A naval official who witnessed
an experiment with this MICROSCOPE in the Mediter
ranean says that the instrument can be operated
from the deck OF a ship, making visible cables and
tOrpedOes and ought to nulliiy the dangerous char
acter OF submarine boats.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

The Vicksburg American says that the Jackson
News and publication in this city which support
ed Fox before bis demise are now supporting Critz
and adds that FOx's supporters are not going to
VaIdaman. Watch now and see il such support
does not soon run Critz off the field. We are re-
minded Of the story OF the boy who was given the
problem to find how soon frog would get out Of a
we'll twenty feet deep when he jumped up one foot
and fell back two feet After fg1ring for some
time and over both sides of the slate be announced
that If he had more slate room he would soon have
that frog in hades. If this kind Of support does
not stand Critz it will be simply from lack Of
time.-BilOxi Review.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

Rev. johnson Of Columbus, O., insists that after
earnest and persistant prayer one may receive a
real baptism Of the Holy Ghost after which he can
heal diseases and perform miricles. He claims that
by faith he cured himself Of throat trouble. He
told his congregation about these wonderful things
and now be is out Of job. This is a cold skeptic
al people. They won't bite at anything short OF
Of get-rich-quick scheme.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

A London health committee has reported that
churches are breeding places Of consumption. This
will be great news for the man whose ingenuity has
been oveTtaxed to find excuses satisfactory to his
conscience and his wife for not going to church.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

The protective tariff is designed to keep down inn
ports ana prevent the competition OF fOreighn goods
ge5 ender the Dingley law our imports have increas
ed 90 per cent. Some other excnse win have ~ ~
devised for protection.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

High liseense or low, Sunday law or no law. SAWS
the Brooklyn Eagle, it makes no difference. There
Is always enough to quench thirst in New York
FIoDaOy tnere are few towns, big or little in the
country, in which similar situation does not nre
vail. Yet nobody seems to be able to suggest anv
better way, and get it adopted. So geg 50
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

Seattle Times: the hObnObbing at st. Louis on
Wednesday Of President Roosevelt and his only
living predecessor was a conspicuous merging of
the past and the present. and must have been full Of
Teminiscences to both Of these distinguished per-
sOnages. 1t also suggests the great changes that
can take place in the life Of individual In this
country when he has the the ability and the tact to
take advantage Of opportunities as they are offered
Twenty years ago Mr.. Cleveland was Democratic
governor Of New York, and Mr.. Roosevelt was 8
Republican member Of the lower house Of the legis-
lature They we're then bosom friends, for ROOse-
velt was ''kicker' against the corrupt practices
OF bis party machine. Since then Cleveland has
been president twice; Roosevelt has been governor
of New York and is now president.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

A United States consul was sentenced - doy,g
imprisonment in a German Jail. Had the eirenn-
stances been reversed, what thunderous philippines
might not the German press have poured forth CON
cerning what American newspapers regard as 4
comic-opera episodel
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

Where new American duchess, marehionesa
countess or baroness is there her lords cheerful
creditors gathered together
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

The postOfice department seems to have been
aboutthe surest Of all the getriOh quick concerns
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

Apropos Of the statistics collected By my Mr.
r. 7. Crane Of Chicago, going to prove that col
lege education is worse than useless for business
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13
A NOVEL SALOON.

Il N experiment in dealing with
~ the liquor problem is soon to
be made in New York which will
be watched with much interest
and Of which its hackers have
great expectations. These gen.
tleman, who are prominent in
philanthropic works OF various
kinds, have come to the cOnclu-
sion that they can do good to
their fellow men by eliminating,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

The department Of agriculture according to
Washington dispatch Of May 6, announces that soil
has been discovered in this country, which will
grow tobacco just fragrant and otherwise as fine
as that which comes from Cuba, Sumatra and else
where. Secretary Wilson said today that this dis.
cOVery is one Of the most valuable made by the
department In some years. The secretary has Just
returned from an investigation through some of the
Southern States. he thoroughly prObed the situa-
tion In the tobacco districts Of Tennessee and Mis-
ssippt. There he looked into the prospects in the
Mississippi delta and gulf States territory. The
announcement today is the result Samples of
some OF the soil submitted to the expert chem.
lists and analists OF the department who had been
sampling the soils Of Cuba, Porto Rico and other
countries from which the 6nist tobacco comes
These men found the same qualities in the soil of
far Southern States as they found in that from Cuba
The value Of this discovery will be better under
stood when 1t is shown that tobacco worth more
than p6O, OOO, 900 has been imported annually in
recent years. II the discovery Of the department is
put 60 practical use the greater part Of this money
Will 90 to the Southern States. Mr.. Wilson, while
In Tennessee found that much Of the hill lands now
vacant and iallOw, it is believed can be made into
some OF the fnist orchards in the United States
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13

Booker Washington should 90 straight on regard
less Of the alleged wit Of the Macon Telegraph, and
gather In two millions as an endowment fund.- or
more II ne can get 1.-THE more the better. An in
stutiOn that is filling the state with better farmers
and better workers Of all sorts, cannot have too
large an endowment. Neither the Macon Telegraph
nor the Charleston News and Courier need be con-
sidered in this connection. Tuskegee is largely an
Alabama affair, and neither of the two papers Will
De asked let uS hope, to chip in. Booker T. Wash
ingtOn is understood and appreciated in Alabama,
even If he be misunderstood and deprecated in
Macon and Charleston.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-13
A GOOD RADIANCE.

IN AIRY ELLEN LEASE had
GuJ her little day in the public
eye and faded into Obscurity.
Carrie Nation sprung into fame
over night, paraded the highways
and byways of nOteriety for awhile
and then relapsed into innOcuOus
desuetude.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07
The Local Drink Situation.

The advocates of license have strenu-
ously insisted that the adoption of
license laws in Vermont and New Hamp-
shire would reduce both drunkenness
| and the amount of liquors consumed.
They insisted more strenuously before
the laws were adopted than they have
since. Let us examine the probabilities
here in Bellows Falls for moment.
On the Vermont side there will be
five or six licensed places doing business
with feverish impatence to wipe out
the license fee and the cost of the bar
room furnishings in order to begin piling
up profits; and as m my unlicensed places
as can escape the vigilance of the COM
missionerS and the police. A citizen in
a position to know all the facts says that
up to two years ago comparatively little
liquor was sold in Bellows Falls over
bars, and that during the past two years
a large per cent of what has been sold
has been beer. Does any sane, thinking
man believe for moment that under the
new conditions a lesser amount of liquors
will be consumed than under former con-
ditions? Whether drunkenness and in
Temperance will increase remains to be
seen. OF course we shall always have
with us the man who makes hog of
himself, and so far as he is concerned it
makes no difference what kind of a law
is on the Statute books. Will the ranks
OF the confirmed drunkard be swelled
by recruits from the great body of citi-
zenS who are neither total abstainers nor
guzzlers? That is vital question. In
other words will the men of the commu-
nifty be as temperate in their drink habits
when open bars stocked with all kinds
OF liquors are easy of access as when
obtaining liquors was attended with in
convenience and discomfort?
And how about the situation across
the river in Walpole? Some have
thought that the number of drinking
places there under license would be
lessened, perhaps from six to ten to two
Not so. Anyone in New Hampshire who
has the price can secure license, and
some citizens of North Walpole expect
that the number of saloons will increase
rather than diminish.
The Manchester, n. H., Mirror recent
ly contained an editorial which was sup
posed to be inspired, in-as-much as Mr..
Little, the chairman of the New Hamp-
shire commission is engaged to be mar
ried to Editor Putney's daughter. Here
is one thing that the editorial said:
There was so much talk during the
tendency of the license law about the
autocratic powers it conferred upon the
state commissioners that the idea that
they were to say how many licenses were
to be granted and who should have them
became so firmly embedded in some
peoples minds that it is difficult to get
it out, but there is nothing in the law as
we read it to warrant any such belief
If the law means what it says the CON-
mission is obliged to issue license, for
a city or town that votes for license, to
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07
A New City Hall.

A special corporation meeting has
been called for next Monday evening,
The report of the committee on new
building to be located on the present
site of engine hall will be heard and
action taken there on. We understand
that this committee has plans and esti-
mates based on an expenditure of about
$4,000.
If the report of the committee IS favor
able and the p ans seem feasible, we be-
lieve that the village ought to vote to
erect the new building this summer.
The growth of any village the size of
Bellows Falls is slow, and old and I'M
slightly buildings remain much too long.
Municipal progress, like progress of any
other kind is made a step at time, and
it seems the proper time now to take an
other step in advance by tearing
down the old, unsightly, inadequate
building which has served for a jail and
engine hall for many years, and erecting
in it's place new city hall which will
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07
The Vaporinss of a Crank.

No great movement like that of trade
unioniSm can long escape the crank and
his crank ideas. OF course the crank
and his IDEAS in no way effect the merits
of the movement, but they often tend to
put it in a ridiculous and false light. We
notice in a recent issue of a trade paper
that Herbert y. CaSSon, founder uf the
first labor church in the United States,
recently took the verse found in Mat
thew $40, blessed are they which are
prosecuted for righteousness sake fol
the subject of remarks So we already
have a labor church. The old church
that Christ established is not good
enough. But what did Brother Casson
talk about? After showing that his text
cannot apply to the Christian church he
continues, according to the report:
Who, then, is doing the fighting? Who
is being nerspcltnd in these days ''for
righteousness sake?" What class of
people is being abused in the daily pa
peers and persecuted by the injunctions
of the courts, and imprisoned without
cause by tile officers of the law? Is it
not the trade unionists? Are not they
the ones who are seeking to establish
righteousness. or rightnesS, in the bnsi-
ness world of today? And are they not
enduring the greater part of the opp">t
tion from those who are making millions
out of the iniuStices of the present in
dustrial system? Very few people are
aware of the extent to which the trade
unionistS are being prosecuted by the
trusts and the machinery of the courts
W o cares if few scores of wOrkinSmen
more or less are in Jail, or if a few thou
sand more or less are in the depths of
poverty? If Senator Hoar were to be
gagged by an injunction and threatened
with Imprisonment if he disregarded it,
because he had denounced the atrocities
that have been committed in the Philip
pines, there would be an earthquake of
indignant protest that would shake the
country. If Lyman Abbott had been
evicted from his home when he declared
that every workingman should be a
member of union, he would be Landed
as a martyr to the truth and his friends
would at once erect for him $4,000
house. But when body of working
people suffer for the cause of Justice
no one pays much attention to them
They are only hun anity in bulk. What
do few hunger pains more or less mat
ter to those who have been all their lives
on the danger line Of poverty?
So it is not too much to say that trade
unionism can lay claim to the blessing
pronounced by Christ on all who suffer
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

any man over 21 years of age who has
not oeen convicted of felony, if he
aPpiies Tor one, pays the legal fee and
furnishes suitable bond. The board
may say to him, "You must not locate
your saloon IN place where it will be
nuisance or detrimental to the public
gooa, out II it says this he NAV 90 into
license territory and establish himself.
In snort the commission cannot fix the
number of licenses, cannot determine
VINO snail have them and cannot estab-
llsh the locations. Its power along this
line stops when it decides in what part
OF license city or town there shall be
no saloons.
one thing can be set down as GER
taln,-there is to be a marked increase
IN the consumption of liquors in this
community, and in addition Bellows Falls
VIII be the supply center for a thirsty
no-licenSe territory extending sever;
miles in all directions. The police and
the commissioners will earn their sala-
rles, and if the village votes to build
new city hall it might be well to pro-
vide for an extra cell or two in the cooler
department, not to accommodate local
parties, but boozers from surrounding
towns who are sure to float in and tarry
too long over their cups.
After all the only Temperance worthy
of the name is the Temperance of the
individual. We are told that out of tie
heart are the issues of life. The man
who is temperate because he has always
been kept in glass bottle and from cor
tact with temptation is not made of stern
enough stuff to develop the best citizen
ship.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07
Board of Trade Meeting Tonight.

The semi-annual meeting of the Board
of Trade will be held in Banquet hall
this evening. There will be free lunch
and smoke talk and all members are
urged to be present as an important
question is coming up for decision. The
question will be the adoption or the re-
lection of the proposition of remod-
eled depot as submitted by the railroads
centering at Bellows Falls. This prop
osition was given in full in last weeks
issue of this paper. If the Board of
Trade votes to accept the proposition the
depot as outlined would probably be re-
modelled during the coming year. If the
proposition is turned down the only
hope of the community depends on what
the railroad directors may decree after a
full hearing. This depot question is one
that vitality effects the community
and deserves and will no doubt get care
full consideration at the hands of the
Board of Trade.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

Cheshire county, $500. Nor will the
commissioners have anything to say
about the location of a saloon so long as
it is not in the districts forbidden by
law. If a town votes for license May II
it will be a wide open license community.
On the other hand, if a town votes for
no license it will be a restricted license
community, for even then licenses will
be issued to hotels, drug stores, hard
ware stores and depot restaurants for
certain restricted purposes. The ques.
ton is therefore between restricted and
wide open license"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

The saloon interests in Keene have a
shrewd way of doing things according to
the Keene Sentinel which says: "All the
saloons and clubs rooms in the city were
closed up tight Saturday morning for an
indefinite period, as result, apparently,
of an understanding arrived at by tie
proprietors. 1t is said that the object is
to make the town SO dry that all who
wish for beer or other liquors will vote
for license May 12." Keene will never
be able to weather two weeks dry
spell.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

They are counting the drinks up in
Burlington. Licensed saloons were opened
May 1 and it is reported that during the
first day single saloon on Church street
made 1115 sales, and yet there can be no
abnormal thirst in Burlington for all the
world knows that there has always teen
saloons enough there.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

The Vergennes Enterprise thinks Ve!-
mont has become thoroughly Cainized.
1t says: 'Vermont has ceased to be the
guardian of the tippler; he must take
care of himself and keep sober. Other
wise he pays the piper"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

contain modern jail and ample accom-
modations for the different branches of
village government At any rate there
ought to be large attendance Monday
evening and careful discussion.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

AS business proposition which would
you rather do, run saloon in Bellows
Falls and pay license fee of $3.50 or one
in North Walpole and pay $500?
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07
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Dental parIorS.

t~Aldrich Block. Bellows Falls VI. DENTS
try nall its branches with special attention
to theipreservation Of natural teeth. Office
hours. 8 to II and to 5. Telephone 29-2.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07

There has been a noticeable increase
of arrests for drunkenness in Montpelier
since licensed barrooms were opened.
This increase is explained by the Argus
in this way: Under the new law, when
man gets drunk in Montpelier he is ar
rested without waiting for him to make
disturbance. Under the old law if a
man could get along the streets without
causing trouble he was not molested and
it was the usual custom to send drunk
en- man home if possible instead of ar
resting him. The increase of arrests is
due to changed policy. There has been
no notable increase in the amount of
drunkenness
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-07
Spring Medicine

There is no other season when good
medicine is SO much needed as in the
Spring.
The blood is impure, weak and
iimpoverished-a condition indicated
by pimples and other eruptions on the
face and body, by deficient vitality,
loss of appetite, lack Of strength, and
want of animation.