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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-14
THE CALENDAR.

The calendar that from the wall
Once flashed its colors gay
Now sadly droops and seems to know
1t soon must pass away.
The tints that once adorned its 1ac0
And shone with luster new
Have faded with the lapse Of time
To sickly. sallow hue.
The bulky form that marked its youth
Has dwindled by degrees
Till now its slender frame Is swayed
BY every passing breeze.
The woes that came as months few by
No hand was raised to check,
And there In mute distress it hangs
A melancholy wreck.
And yet in all affairs OF life
It e er has been concerned,
A true and ever present friend
To which we've daily turned.
No trust by it has been betrayed;
1t never told 4 lie,
And to each question that was asked
1t promptly made reply.
Through AL the seasons 1t has passed
Through weather bright and drear,
And 1t has witnessed all the joys
That came to help and cheer.
It's sympathy it e'er has shown
In times Of grief or dread,
For it has calmly pointed o.
TO better days ahead.
But now the end is drawing Rear.
For soon aside We'll cast
The calendar that thus has shown
Its friendship in the past,
And in the place where 1t has hung
Upon the dusty wall
Another friend with brighter face,
Wen carefully install.
-Pittsburg acknowledgement
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500 Reward. 8IOO.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all Its stages
and that Is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh, being a constitutional dis.
ease, requires a constitutional treat.
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally. acting directly upon the
blood aud mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and Civ
Ing the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing Its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in Its
curative powers that they offlr One
Hundred Dollars for any case that
1t fails to cure. Send for list of ties.
tim opials.
Address
F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggist, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-14
a Georgia Love Story.

\ lovClorn Georgia swain wrote to
his sweetheart:
"Nell, I'm a-lovin' Of you so that,
comm from town yesterday, l lost my
mind and 81 in silver, and this is to let
you know that I'm a-goin' to take pizen
and end my troubles"
To which the sensible girl replied as
follows:
"John, cf yer minds set to kill yer
self don't take pizcn. Jest lay down on
q railroad track and git run over. Then
yer folks Kin sue fer damages, and
mebbe I'll git enough Outen it to buy
me winter hat."-Atlanta Constitu-
tinn
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-14

passengers. Vt the close Of his regular
discourse lie pitched into the congress
men. reminding them of their evil
ways in no uncertain way. AS Il re-
suit Of this ascommittCc of congress
men waited OH Mr.. Milburn and ten
dcrcd him The chap!aincy Of congress,
which he accepted.
Mr.. Milburn was elected chaplain Of
congress first IN 1915, after which he
spent six years in Alabama. In 1853
he was again elected chaplain Of con-
gress and in 1850 was made chaplain
of the house of representatives, serving
continuously until 1893. when he be-
came chaplain Of the senate.
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Pacific Coast Without Change

In new Pullman ordinary"
sleepers, wide vestibuled and with
every modern convenience, in
charge of competent agent, from
Cincinnati to Chicago via Louis
Vile, New Orleans, Houston, San
Antonio, FL Paso and Los Angeles
to San Francisco. Rates for berths
less than half OF cost in regular
sleepers. For free descriptive mat
ter and fun particulars, address E.
A. Richter, Trav Pass. Agent,
Illinois Central Railroad, Park
Building, Plttsburg, Pa. 1I2tf
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: HIS NARROW ESCAPE

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"I have always insisted" she said
after a long, sweet silence, that l
would never marry doctor or
preacher"
He turned pale, and look Of despair
crept into his eyes.
ARTHUR" she exclaimed. what is the
matterY
With a heaving sigh, he answered:
"Can't I induce you to overcome your
prejudice? All, tell me, tell me that
your decision against doctors ana
urea cheers is not irrevocable."
Six weeks before she had written
message on an egg and sent it out into
the world. The frail messenger had
fallen into Arthur Higgleson's hands,
and there they were sitting on the bag
gage truck at the railway station wait
ing for the hack, which they had
missed, to return from town and con-
vey them to the hotel, where they had
planned to be married.
She looked up into his eyes with a
wild yearning anu crled:
"Are you q preacher?"
mo" he groaned. mot rhat-not
that!'
ooh, tell me, tell me-" she walled,
"that you are not doctor!'
He hung his head. There was guilty
look in his eyes, and she knew that the
worst had come.
At last. pulling himself together with
a mighty effort, he turned to her and
said:
eyes, Emeline. You have guessed the
truth. am Il doctor. But why should
that matter? Why do you discriminate
against preachers and doctors?"
Because they have to be among wo-
men so much" she sadly replied. Il
should want my husband all to my
self"
Love" he cried, then we may still
be happy. l am a horse doctor"
cago Record-Herald.
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sENATE's BLIND CHAPLAIN.
How Mr.. Milburn First Attracted
ConRressionnl Attention.

How Mr.. Milburn First Attracted
Congregational Attention.
Visitors to the national capital this
winter have missed William Henry
Milburn, the blind chaplain Of the SEN
ate, who for half century has been
one of the interesting personalities of
the nations legislative halls. The re-
tirement of the blind chaplain is due to
advancing age, Mr.. Milburn having
passed his seventy-ninth birthday.
Mr.. Milburn had the misfortune to
lose his left eye when q lad OF five.
After years of partial blindness the
sight left his right eye. leaving him i'll
total darkness. He is native Of Phil
adelphia, but early in life went to Hi
nois, at that time part Of the western
frontier.
He himself tells how he became
chaplain of congress the first time. On
board an Ohio river steamer he CHARGED
to meet some congressman on their way
to Washington.
"As several of them" he says, were
known to fame took great interest in
observing them. l cannot say how
much l was shocked nor how indignant
| became in discovering that some or
them swore outrageously. played cards
and drank whisky"
When Sunday morning came, Mr..
Milburn was asked to preach to the
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Lets
You
Down
Easy!

Insurance cannot prevent
fire, but 1t can and does pre-
c.nt the ruin a-a suffering
mat would ensue ,ithout It
1t lets you down easy-sus'
tains you until you get auoth
er foothold.
l represent a score of til.
Oldest and best fire Insuranc.
companies In the land, ano
am giving very low rates just
now. The probability is tina,
they will not be so much lon
ger Better take out sui
ficient insurance without de.
lay.
AS every company now
charges exactly the same
rates why not have your prop
erty insured with a company
that Is well known In this
City and one you know has
End will pay all Its losses
promptly Here Is my lis'
and everybody knows tina,
there are no better compap
les on earth.
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A Scientific Discovery,

Kodol d es for the stomach that
which 1t Is unable TO do for itsel ,
even when but slightly disordered
or overloaded. Kodol supplies the
natural juices Of digestion and does
the work Of the stomach, relaxing
the nervous tension, while the In.
famed muscles of that organ are
allowed to rest aud heal. Kodol
digests what You eat and enables
the stomach and digestive organs
to transform all food into rich, red
blood.
Opera House Drug Store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-14

Sandy Pikes-What makes yer so
muddy, pard? Been ridin' in an auto
mobile?
Billy COalGatc-Nc; l went to sleep in
4 vestibule. an somebody wiped der
feet on my Chicago News.
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Baltimore & Ohio R, R.

D1lullUl0 " UulU IL IL
Ohio River Division.
Time Table In effect May Is, 1907.
EAsT BOUND.
7-O5 A; n. Accommodation
Daily except For Wheeling and intermedIAl
Sunday. points.
S:55 A. n. Pittsburg ExpresS
Daily. For New Martinsville, Mounds
Vile, Wheeling, Pittsburg, Frank
lin, Oil City, Tltusville and inter
mediate points. Runs solid Il
PittsbHrg, daily except Sunday
Daily to wheeling.
1910 p, n. Accommodation
Daily except For New Martinsville and Inter
sunday. mediate points.
2:O7P. Ii. New York Express
Daily. For New Martinsville, Mounds
Vile, Wheeling, PittsburH, Buaa
10, Washington, Baltimore, Phlla
deiphia, New York and all points
North and Fast. Runs solid te
Pittsburg. Parlor car.
1853 n. Accommodation
Daily. For wheeling and intermediate
points.
6:Is P. NJ. Ohio valley Express
DAILY except For New Martinsville, Mounds
sunday. Vile, Benwood, wheeling, Pitts
burg, Buffalo, Baltimore, Wash
Ington, New York and all points
North and East. Runs solid t.
Pittsburg. Parlor car.
WEST BOUND.
1921 A. II. Accommodation
Daily For PaTkerstuTR and interme
dlate points.
Hos A. II. Ohio Valley Express
Daily except For ST. Mays Marietta, PaTk
Sunday. ersburg, Ravenswood, MilWood
Pomeroy, Pt. Pleasant, Charles
ton, GaliipoEs, Huntington, Ken
ova, Ironton, Portsmouth, Cincin
natl and all points South an(
West. Runs solid to Cincinnati
ParloT car.
I:24 P. II. Kenova Express
Daily For St Marys, Marietta, Part
ersburg, Ravenswood. NilWooc
Pomeroy, Pt. Pleasant, Charles
ton, GallipoIiS, Huntington, Ken
ova and principal intermediate
points. Parlor car.
3:I4 P, n. Accommodation
Daily except For Parkersburg, Pt. Pleasap
sunday. and intermediate points.
SAL P. Il. Accommodation
Daily. For Parkersburg and inteTmS
date points.
S:25 P. II. Express
Daily except For Friendly, 81 Mays waVeI
Sunday, IT, Marietta and ParkeTsburR
d. B. MARTIN.
Nan'g'r Passenger Traffic.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
ROTATING X CROPS.

1t will be well for the farmer to have
his mind often dwell on the subject Of
the rotation Of crops.
The thinking precedes and produces
the practice. suggestions relating to
this feature Of all the good farming of
this day are in order.
II ought to be kept In mind as cor
rect in practice for crops that are shall
low in their system Of roofing to follow
those which loot deeply. This is, as
the occasi,n demands, to be reversed,
Of course.
Then, crops that consume and crops
that produce humus ought to come one
after the other, or occasionally they may
be grown to grown together with adj
vantage.
A ruling idea in rotation of crops is
to plaut so that the fertilizing material
left by the crop preceding is in the very
best condition for the n succeeding.
And the weak crop, If it is a desira-
bic one, is entitled to be in the rotation
when the fertilizing elements IN the
soil are in the most available form.
A way of putting this case is in the
remark that 'crops of dissimilar feed
ing habit follow each other"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

The last Of the ChOctaw Indians to
be moved out Of Mississippi were taken
last Thursday night. A special train
Of eight coaches filled to their utter
most capacity with the Choctaw braves
passed through Forest over the Queen
and Crescent road. The Indians were
bouad for Atoka. Indian Territory,
where they will be given the land set
aside for them by the United States
government. Up to the middle Of this
month all Of the Indians, not so many
years ago a familiar figure in the State
and once it sole occupant, were rsmov-
ed from Mississippi to the Indian Ter
ritory. The DAVIS commission moved
q large number to their home in the
great West, aud now the United States
government il seeing that they are be-
ing taken out Of the country and pay
ing all of the expenses Of the trans
portation. Last Saturday, the time for
the removal Of the Indians from the
state expired, and what few of the abb
origines are now in the state will re-
main here until new legislation is ia
ken on the matter by congress.-Forest
RaO4atar
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

The cool weather Of the past two
DAYS is not pushing the cotton &c
everybody would like 10 see q pushed
Just now, because Il is 3 late season at
oest, and che will require at least three
weeks more OF good growing weather
to make the crop full and good.
The w. F. Tucker chapter U. d. @.
took charge OF the soda fountain at
DR.. Davis Drug Store on Thursdny.
They were 30 well patrOnized by the
leading ladies andgents Of Okolona and
vicinity that they realized the very
handsome sum Of $3.50 which was
far beyond their expectation. An the
money received by this chapter is to
devoted to the support OF ex.Confed-
crate soldiers at Beauviod. The
Daughters extend their most sincere
thanks TO those who so literally pat
ronized them In such q worthy cause.
On Wednesday last, Miss Paida
King entertained in q most elegant
manner with q dining In honor OF Miss
Cecil Calvert of West Point. The
pleasing interior OF this old Southern
home with It's spacious rooms and
Railways was rendered more attrac-
tive by the bevy of beautiful young
ladies who graced this occasion. En-
trancing music by Mr.. Benton Buoh-
anan added much pleasure to all pres
ent who we're, Miss Adine Elliott, Miss
Willie Crowford, Annie McGhee, Ad-
die Darden, Lille McCarley, Lille
Seales May Burkitt, Ben Burkitt, Ce-
ell Calvert, Minnie and Mazda King.
A Washington dispatch Of Aug. 81,
Gays IN view Of the failure Of the Co.
lombian congress TO ratify the treaty Of
the building of q canal at Panama, Sec
of State Hay has invited sena-
and representatives prominently
connected with canal legislation to a
conference here, at which the future
of the United States is TO be
determined and steps taken that may
lead TO the abandonment of the Pana-
ma project and the construction of the
Nicaraguan canal.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
ILLIMoIs oEMTRAL RAILRoAD.

OF interest to Stockholders. Free
transportation TO attend the annual
meeting at Chicago.
Public notice is hereby given that
the regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company will be held at it's
offices In Chicago, Illinois, on Wednes-
day, October 81, 1908, at twelve O'Clock
noon.
To permit personal attendance at
said meeting there will be issued to
each holder of one or more shares of
capital stock of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company as registered on the
books OF the Company at the close of
business OF Tuesday, September 20,
1908, who is Of full age, q ticket enabl-
ing him, Or her, TO travel free over the
Company's Lines from the station on
the Illinois Central Railroad nearest to
his or her registered address TO Chica-
20 and return, such ticket TO be good
for the journey to Chicago only during
the four days Immediately preceding,
and the day of the meeting, and for the
return journey from Chicago only on
the day of the meeting, and the four
days Immediately following. when
properly countersigned add stamped
during business hours-that is to say,
between 900 a. M. and 500 p. MIN
the oficeaUf the Assistant Secretary,
MI w. q. Bruen, in Chicago. Such
ticket may be obtained by any holder of
stock registered as above, on applica-
ton, in writing, to the President of the
Company in Chicago, Each applica-
ton must state the full name and
address of the stakeholder exactly as
given in his or her certificate Of stock,
together with the number aud date of
such certificate. No more than one
person will be carried free in respect to
any one holding of stock as registered
on the books of the Company.
A. g. HACKsTAFF, Secretary.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
MARIAN

Shannon ball team came in Satur-
day and played q home boys, return
ing home with q score of 20 to 8 In
favor of OkolOna..
A number Of young people enjoyed
g dance ct the Opera House on Mon
day night.
Every time q woman paints her face
she puts another freckle on her repu
tation.
II you are really q Christian your
neighbor will know it without you
telling him.
A fellow lent necessarily 3 cannibal
when be meets 3 girl and devours her
with his eyes.
A surgical operation on , cat may
d0monstrate that q stitch in time
saves nine lives.
The Turk may be depended upon to
take out his grudge against the Gear
on the Christians.
The post Office authorities may
object to the endless chain, but the
bull dog does not.
When some men get their freedom
IN this glorious land Of the free they
are In the ex-convict oisss.
The nomination Of Tom Johnson for
Governor By the Ohio Democrats viii
make the campaign picturesque.
The humble poet loved ; star,
And be was on his uppers,
And so be bought her cavalier
Instead Of champagne suppers.
A girls wey OF letting you under
stand that che knows q lot more than
she ought to is TO let you understand
that che does not know things any
body ought to.
Male gossips are the worst Of
the breed.
Dirty streets and dirty politics
are twin evils.
The thread Of a love story usu-
ally winds up with q tie.
shads should be- pretty sure Of
anything they feel in their bones.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
BIG GIFT TO
WOmen's Department of Columbia
University Enriched 81, 100000
by Single Donor.

The announcement was made at Co
lumbia university the other day that
the sum of $1,0O0,00O has been present
ed to Barnard college, the women's
department of the university, and that
the money has already been used to
purchase land. The name of the donor
is withheld, and, it is understood, is
known only to President Butler.
George A. Plimpton, the treasurer Of
Barnard, stated the name of the donor
would not be made public in the fu-
ture, but there is a ~well-defned rumor,
backed up by a person in authority,
the anonymous friend of the institu-
ton is a woman. 1t is expressly stated
in President Buffers announcement
that the gift was made by a single
person. In some quarters the per-
soni is believed to be John d. Rookie
Teller.
The new ground of the college was
owned by the New York hospital, and
is bounded by Broadway, One Hundred
and Sixteenth street and Claremont
avenue. The property purchased is
725 feet six inches in length, by 200
feet in width, and comprises about so
city lots. Barnard's present need is
dormitories.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
STILL FEELS PANIC.
Past Year a. a Whole, In Germany
said to Be One OF OverprOduo-
tlOA and High Prices.

Reviewing Germany's commercial
record for the past year, Consul GEN
eral Frank H. Mason, at Berlin. in a
report to the state department, de-
clares that while a few branches Of
manufacture and trade experienced q
partial recovery, the year as a whole
belonged to the period Of o~verproduc-
ton, collapse and panic, which began
IN the summer Of 1900, and has caused
the condition still prevalent, wherein
prices of food and raw materials are
above all logical relation to the market
value Of finished products.
Bank dividends and balances, the re-
port says, show a decided improvement
for 1902 over the previous year, and
textile industries, especially the wool
branch, also make . favorable show
ing. Depression Is noted in the iron
and steel situation, though this IN
some degree has been relieved by heavy
shipments TO the United States during
the autumn and winter months.
Referring to German trade with the
United States, the consul general calls
attention TO the notable Increase in the
German exports TO this country,
amounting TO s14.s7s.7 40, distributed
through IS consular districtA
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

Mrs. x. Schneider, 2lO9 Thirty-seventI
Place, Chicago, ILL., writess
"Aher faking several nsmedfe
without result, I began Ia January
1902, to take your valuable remedy
Peruna. was q complete wreck.
Had p~aIptfafion Of the heart, cold
hands and feet, female weakness, n0.
appetite, trembling, sinking FEELING
nearly al the time. You said 4 wal
suffering with sySfemic cafarrh, and {
believe that 4 received your helm "a
the nick Of time. I followed your.
directions carefully and can say to-day.
that I an well again.. IcannOf thank
you enough for my cure. IWiHafWayS
be your debtor ihaVe already recon-
mended PerunR to my friends and
neighbOr8 and they al praise H.
wish that ali suffering women would
try IT, I testify this according 10 the
truth. "---krS. X. Schneider
Mrs. Fanny Klavadatscher, Of Sum.
mitsvtlle, N. Y, writes rs follows
"For three months I suffered with
pain in the back andin the region Of the
kidneys, and q dull, pressing sensation
In the abdomen, and other symptoms d
pelvic catarrh. . o
"But afte. taking two bottles Of Peru
na / am entirely well, better than I ever
was."-Mrs. Fanny Kavadatscher.
Send for "Health and Beauty" writ
ten especially for women by DR.. s. b
Hartman, President Hartman sanitaE
ium, Columbus, Ohio,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
MARRIED.

At the residence of the brides pa
rents, on Adams street, Okolona, Au-
gust oath 1908, Prof. W. III. Board,
of TullahOma, Tenn, to Miss Mazda
Smith.
A typical "home marriage" the cul.
Mutation Of a three years engagement.
No cards were issued; the occasion
graced only by the presence of near
and dear relatives.
Elegance, refinement, culture and
good taste, marked each and every
appointment.
Promptly at $3.50 O'Clock the guests
assembled in a parlOr, tempered to
twilight radiance, by subdued lights,
and redOlent Of the perfume of flow
ers. The delicate strains Of Mendel-
sobn's Wedding March pealed softly
on the night, and seemingly borne on
waves OF melody, q couple appeared
before Rev. M. D. Fly. A solemn,
brief ceremony, and 1.-THE twain were
made n hesh," according to Gods
holy ordinance.
The BRIDES groom, in faultless ev-
ening attire, with conscious, intellect
ual pride, though blissfully aware that
he had stolen a heart, looked ga king
for the beautiful realm called home"
The bride, beautiful as a poets dream
Of loveliness, in billowy clouds of white
silk and lace, chef d'ouvre Of art,
looked a fitting queen for the dynasty
Of heart and home.
Congratulations, Bon mot, repartee,
music, and delightful refreshments
daintily served were pleasant features
Of this "home. wedding" Praying for
them 3 long, useful and happy life and
a crown In the blissful Beyond, / sub
scrioe myself, A. FRIEND.