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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04
you WILL BE A FAMOUS ARTIST

you WILL BE A FAMOUS ARTIST
/ found you starving; Ihave more than
b~efriended you. Ihave saved you. To
avoid scandal, 1 told my friends, al
ways with your consent, that we are
betrothed. You are received and
treated as such everywhere"
he compressed his lips. 90.
"You are herein ease and Luxury.
You never have a care; yet you indulge
In dreams-dresms of the past"
He was silent
"You have painted my portrait-and
several others. You have severalland-
scapes. Nothing will be finished for
the academy unless you work hard
and be done with dreams You viii BE-
. famous artist and we viii be mar.
ried."
He laughed low IN his throat.
shame and fame. Hortenss, yOuarO
very beautiful and very kind. I WiSh
you would tell me why you have de-
sired me. / was little more than .
vagabond tramp when you frat knew
me"
Her eyes grew large and DARK.
"You are q genius"
"Then you love the divine afiatua,
aot Eustace MOrley2"
"Oh, no, mol"
"The mani I am much honored
You have done all and everything foJ
me-but I cannot part with what yOU
call my dreams, not even for as fair 4
woman Is you are"
She looked at him without q vestg,
Of passion or resentment.
sAnd these dreams include another
Woman2"
"A girl-the girl / loved-in the lOnI
ego"
els abe still q girl2"
He started-Voxsd.
"NO-hardly. I am not . child my
ASlf-but that makes little diRogonea
NE IL sttl the same"
SAh-thon you knOW3"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

Senator Tinman's promised great
speech on the negro question which
was delived last week, was q surprise
to his friends az well ne to bis enemies.
There was none OF that pltchfork style
in his remarks, but a cool, compass
slonate and thoughtful discussion OF
the real situation In the South, and a
strong arraigment Of the Republicans
for attempting to disturb the peaceful
relations which have been finally es-
tabllshed throughout the country.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

Why should prejudice against 9 puf-up
medicine hinder you from trying what
has cured thousands Of suffering men
and womenf
WouIv for Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical d.
covervI think I wouid be IN my grave today
writes Mr.. Moses Miles, Of Hllard Utn.a CD
wyoming. 81 had asthma 50 bad COULD 10
sieeo Al might and was compelled % give %
work. Il Affected my lungs % that eo1gned
al The time. both day and night ny menos
eli thought I had consumption
ia helped her % much she insisted On ~
ing his Golden Medical DiscoveEy-Wnch !
I'D. I have taken four bottles end an noM 9
vel man. weighing res pounds. tnAn1 70 ~
PieTces Golden Medical Discovery.P
The sole motive for substitution is to
permit the dealer to make the little more
profit paid By the sale Of les meritoroua
medicines. he gains; you Ice.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

Did you say there would be no spec
ial session of congress2 You don't
know those roosters up at the capital.
It has been an assured certainty for
weeks, and the president has issued bis
call for a special session Of the senate
to convene on the morning after the
old congress dies.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The fellows who have been defeat
ing Addicks for senator from Della
ware for the past fourteen years, can
now 60 home and chew their finger
nails. On Monday Of this week, the
old boodler succeed in landinghis part
ner and chief supporter for the
place, ]. Frank Alice. Well, it will
be a relief to be able to rest from
reading about the deadlock.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The Commercial Appeal says the
Banda Rosa which played an en-
gagemcnt of several concerts in
Memphis last week, Is the best band
that everplsyed city and lauds it's per-
Torrance to the skies. As this is an
Italisn Band, perhaps the CONNER
clal is preiudices in its comments be-
cause Of it's special favoritism to the
Dago Governor Of Mississippi.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The way to build 3 character is to
build 1t. The way to build q comfor-
table home is to build it. The way to
build a town is to build 1t. The way
to accomplish anything Is to get down
to business and stick to il. Life is
much the same, individually or collec-
lively, and the sensible thing is to
make the best of it. It may not be
possible for Okolona to pass Chicago
within ten years, but it q pass q
good many places, with proper effort,
that will pass it easily If we do not get
together and pull together for q
Greater Okolona. We can never do
this by pulling each others hair OF
each others legs. Let's pull for
more business, new enterprises and
new spirit in everything. II anyone
thinks this Is a roast, don't let them
dream Of taking 1t of the Goals while
It is too are
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

How peculiar people are 10 oovet
money ss they do. Many win even
work 10 order to obtain Il, and then
the first opportunity that offers, they
hike out and spend Il, often for thingS
they do not need any more than half
the women need the thousands OF
kinds Of medicine they read up on and
take for their ailments.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

No wonder the rural sections of the
state of Mississippi find 1t so dim
cult to find hogs for local use this Sec
on. Turn your eyes toward the state
capital.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The Aberdeen Examiner don't
think any candidate for governor has
time on hand to maintain headquar-
ters in Jackson, and suggests that
they might better ride It ont in the
ssddleor hop of and grab root. OF
course this Is not the classic language
Of the sedate editor, but It conveys
his meaning.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

President Roosevelt writes q column
letter to the editor Of the Atlanta
Constitution In which he says that he
feels amply advised al to his Southern
policy through the council Of such
men as Edgar s. Wilson Of Mississippi,
and others appointed to office. Com
ment lie certainly unnecessary, at
least so far as Mississippi is concern
Al
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

When the butter won't
come put a penny in the
churn," is an old time dairy
proverb. 1t often seems to
work though no one has ever
told why.
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
say give them SCOTS Emul-
sion.
1t is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
SCOTS Emulsion is simply
a milk of pure cod liver oil
with some hypophOsphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.
Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be.
cause it is SO perfectly adapted
to their wants.
For all weak and pale anc
thin children SCOTS Emulsion
is the most satisfactory treat
ment.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

Our retiring member Of congress is
likely to find his "demand" 3 mite
irksome before he is able to brush bis
pantaloons against the big chair used
down in the Governors private sane
tum. In the service of the Lord, 30
many are called who never land on
the bright throne.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The Memphis police did q piece OF
quick work the other day. Two
~overcoats were stolen, captured and
returned to the owners within forty
Ave minutes. But nothing is said as
to what disposition was made Of the
thieves nor whether or not the coats
we're stolen by the police. And yet
crime continues in Memphis just Is Of
old, and few criminals are sent over
the road.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

Ash Wednesday is the day
when New Year resolutions get
their second wind.
The man who always spends
all his income manages to spend
part of somebody else's by Dor
rowing it.
A man who objects to the pay
ment OF an inheritance tax on
something he expects to inherit
does seem to be awfully short
sighted.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

That grand old man, Senator Nor
gan, Of Alabama, may v accom-
plish anything for the country, but he
is certainly a thorn in the side Of
every schemer in and around the SEN
ate who wants to omnibus things
through that body without giving
them the proper consideration.
When it comes to talk. Morgan lie
there to the full value Of his so years
of 9 well spent life.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The women's Christian Temperance
Union are diss stisfed with the plat
form adopted by the big Prohibition
Convention at Jackson a few weeks
since. Fact is 1t doesn't declare very
Vicously.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04
LOW Rates to the Northwant.

During February and March one
way second class colonist tickets will
be sold daily at a very low rates from
coupon stations Of the Mobile and
Ohio railroad to point in Oregon,
Washington, British Columbia, Mon
tana, and Idaho. Ask your home
agent or write John M. Beall, A. G.. P.
A, st. Louis, for full particulars.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

Whit Owens was on Monday grant
ed a new trial by the supreme court,
under the charge Of being n Of the
murderers Of the Montgomery broth
erS near Oxford, for which win
Mathis and q negro have already been
convicted and executed. Owens was
alan under santence OF death.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The candidate for mayor of Ottawa,
Canada, recently won by sending
every voter a card upon which he had
had printed an original poem. Poets
may take hope, and yet there is some
difference between Canada and Amer
Zoe
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The entire state deplores the loss
sustained by Meridian, on Tuesday
last, by the burning Of the East Missis-
sippi Female College. The building
was valued at 10000, and was 3 total
loss. Everything within in the way Of
furniture and apparatus, vas also de-
atrOvad
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

People who are staggered by the
announcement that a man is speaking
in the United States senate for two or
three days without stopping, need
have no fears for the gentleman's
physical dangers, since they don't
say enough to hurt them.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

It is suggested by some that Billy
Bryan be chloroformed until the
Democratic party can decide upon g
candidate for the Presidency next
time. We don't believe it necessary,
and the gentleman has practically
asphyxiated himself pretty thorough
H.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04
Vou E5ow wat Yea are Taking

when you take Groves Tssteless Chill
Tonic because the formula Is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that It
e simply Iron and Quinine in 8 taste
- form. No Cure. No pay. Soc.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The applicant for q new trial who
makes the men dodge most to keep
out Of their way in the hustle, is the
widow who has been divorced on the
ground that marriage is a failure.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

Senator Morgan's act of blocking the
business of the senate did not cut 80
much figure after all, since there was
very little business going on there Of
interest to the general public.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The retiring congress win go down
into history as q body that did no
particular business, and confined its
deliberations to q system of general
bIuetar.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The prospects for the disastrous
flooding Of the low lands along the
Mississippi valley this spring are
more threatening than they have been
before since 1899.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

Conductor-Kesp your eye N that
BlankviIle passenger, and % that be
doesn't get carried past his station.
He doesn't travel very often.
Brakeman-HoW do you lmow2
Conduetor-He isn't . woman, and
yet he's got the window up-M. =
Wssklys
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The wise merchant is arranging to
get a hustle on himself and go after
the spring trade right, about now.
And hem get it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

After a trip through the center Of
Main street in okolona Of late almost
any old citizen would come out OF 1t
all stuck up.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04
WHEN uFE'S At STAKE

The most timid man will take any
chance Of escape. The slender rope
dropped down the precipicG the slip
perry log over the abyss anything that
offers a chance Of life, is eagerly snatch
ID at The end the man eeeks . safetY.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

II coming events really cast their
shadows befare, what sort Of q trail do
they leave behind IhemH
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

Well, q special session Of congress
cannot do less than the present
expiring one has done.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

The politician, like any other ami
NAL, who never knows when be has
had enough, naturally grunts.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
- o..

Lucas COUNTY,
Frank ]. CHKNEy makes oath that be u
The senior partner Of the arm Of + j..
cHKNKY 8 Co., doing business In the City
Of Toledo, County end State Aforesaid, and
that said arm VIII pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case
Of Catarrh that cannot be cured BY the use
Of HALLis CATARRH CURE.
FRANK =. CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me and subscribed 10 my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. d.
1888.
- A. W. GLEASON,
aEAI. NOTARY PUBLIC.
49,
HALLS Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send for testimon-
ails, free.
+. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. o..
Solo BY Druggists, 76c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

He cares nothing
for the means TO
that end.
There are thou
sands of men and
n whose
lives are at stake
who are hindaed
from accepting
the one means Of
safety by foolish
prejudice.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery has
been the e of
restoring health
to many men and
women whose hol-
low cough, bleed
ing lungs, n
citation and weak
e seemed to
warrant the state
mlent Of local ply
dcians-v There Is
no cure possible"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04

A very worthless congress dies to-
day ct high noon.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-04
JAcKSOMnO

The smaller . mans business, the
bigger his talk.
Never demand that 3 busy man stop
work to applaud you.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09

A handsome reception of welcome
was given Rev. Thomas II. Campbell,
the new pastor of st. Paul's NJ. L.
church, and his wife, last evening in
the church parlors on Madison avenue
Autumn foliage in all its brilliant
and varied beauty adorned the par
lors and over the archway was draped
a magnificent aag. DIR. w. G. Waters,
the presiding elder. and his wife, in.
troduced Rev. and Mrs. Campbell ard
their eldest son, Master Hurst Camp.
bell. A large number of church peo
and friends called during the evening
to welcome the pastor and his family
One of the pleasant features was the
delightful music rendered by tn,
Sunday school orchestra. Refresh
ments we're also served, ,-Toled,
Blade.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09
STRUCK BY A TRAIN
The Wonder Is They We're
Not Killed.

Mr.. French Garwood and travel
ing man named Chapman were walk.
ing down the tracks Tuesday morning
from the Big Four to T. * o. C. sta
tion to board a train for Columbus.
They were careful to look for the
coming train and to take another
track, not noticing at the crossing,
the T. * o. c. track crossed over,
thereby changing relative positions.
On came the train but the men were
were sure it was not on the track
where they we're walking. A man
working at the Miller Body factory
seeing their danger screamed and
motioned to them. Garwood under
stood first and got of in hurry, too
frightened to call to his friend and
before Chapman got out of the way
he was struck by the cross beam of
the engine and knocked several feet
up in the air. Those who saw the ac-
cident we're sure the man was dead,
and were surprised when he picked
up his yalises and walked on.
He was badly bruised and by the
time he reached Columbus was suf-
fering so with swollen ankles, it re-
quired two men to get him into a
cab.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09
INFORMATION
For the Public About Mail
and Post Office Affairs.

| The quickest, fullest. and best ser
vice of the public being the first OBJ.
lject of the Postal Department, and
thinking this object can be better Sc
cured, where the public and postal
Off ;ials fully understand each other
we shall endeavor to lay before the
public from time to time such facts
directions and suggestions as may be
mutually helpful. AS a starter, we
ask careful attention to the follow.
ing extracts from very useful Post
Office Guide issued by our friend,
Mr.. w. 5. .Cappeller, the efficient Post
Master, of Mansfield, Ohio. Read
these over till you become familiar
with them:
DIRECTIONS AND PRECAUTIONS.
To insure prompt delivery have
your mail addressed to your street
and number.
opes at the Bellefontaine post office
with suitable printed blank in the
upper left-hand corner to fill in your
name and street number.
If you move or change your address
notify the carrier or the clerk at the
general delivery window.
Do not hold your mail until the
closing of business, but mail it at
frequent intervals during the day.
Postage stamps are neither re-
deemable nor exchangable for those
of other denominations.
See that the proper postage is
paid.
Have your letters and packages
properly addressed.
Have your business or residence
card with a request to return upon
the upper left-hand corner of the en-
velope, so that in case of non-deliv.
cry 1t will be returned directly to
you.
All letters and packages with val
uable contents should be registered.
as 1t Is almost impossible to trace
losses of ordinary mail matter.
More mail matter is improperly
handled, delayed and missent because
of imperfectly or carelessly written
abbreviations of States than from all
the other causes combined.
When addressing matter for deliv-
cry in the city, the words "Bellefon-
taine, Ohio" should be used and not
City" This will prevent the mat
ter going astray which has been in
advertantly sent out of the city.
Persons mailing packages or par.
GELS should not depend upon the
scales In the corner grocery or near
est drug store to determine the prop
er amount of postage required, as
only the scales in the post Office are
relied upon to ascertain the CORE CT
weight.
]. q. A. CAMPBELL, Postmaster.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09
ALTA CEMENT
FACTORY SOLD.

The Alta Portland Cement com.
pany has passed into new hands.
The terms have not been given out
but many of the old tookholders have
stock in the new company.
The name will be changed from the
Alta to some name not yet decided.
II will be chartered under the laws ol
New Jersey and capitalized at 500, 600,
and have a working capital OF so. 600.
The new board OF directors will be
made up as follows: J. L.. Bsllinger,
ID. II. Kerwsn, Plain City, Ohio; ID.
G. Kenyon, William Lehrer, Rushsyl-
vania; J. H. Leonard, Larue, NJ. ].
Gottsohalk, Ashtabula, and Charles
Letter, Marion. ]. l.. Ballinger will
probably be the general manager.
The company will install the dry
process for making cement and in
crease the output to COO barrels a day.
The general offices will remain in
Rushsylvania.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09
Death of Samuel Hoover.

Grocer Samuel Hoover suffered a
second attack of paralysis Thursday
morning, and passed away at 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
Mr.. Hoover was a member of the
Methodist church, prominent
Mason and member of the Tribe OF
Ben Hur.
He leaves a widow and two chill.
dren, Jay and Earnest, the latter is
attending Wooster University.
Funeral services will be held Sat
uriay afternoon, at 9 o'clock, at the
h Dme on West Sandusky street. The
Masonic Order will have charge OF
the services.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09
Soul Health.

A friend met John Quincy Adams,
our sixth President, on the streets of
Boston with, "How is Jonn Quincy
Adams this morning." He replied,
"John Quincy Adams is well, very
well, but the building: he occupies ID
becoming dilapidated and he expects
soon to move out. as he does not
think the proprietor intends making
repairs"
"For we know that If our earthly
house of this tabernacle were dis
solved, we have building of God, a
house not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens" 2Cor. 5, lst.
n
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09
Rural Free Delivery.

West Liberty Banner.
The report of the four routes from
the West Liberty post office for the
month of September shows an in
crease over the previous month ot
4,64i pieces of mail handled. The
report of each carrier was as follows;
Route No. /, Charles +. Downing
carrier, delivered 400, collected $50
total $3.50.
Route No. 2, ]. o. King, carrier, d,
livered 3S43, collected 277, total 1920
Route No. 8, Rudy Detweiler, car
rier, delivered Ass, collected 456, TO
tai 49ii.
Route No. 4, ]. A. King, carrier, de-
liyered 5664, collected 603, total 6a67
Total delivered 1882, collected
ZIG, making a grand total of u, sos
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09
PROF. LANCLEY'S
AirShip a FaiIureand Dropped
Into the Potomac River.

Whitewater, Va, Oct. THE sixty
foot steel built flying machine, the
climax of years of exhaustive study
in the efforts of Professor Samuel F.
Langley, secretary of the Smithson-
ian Institute, to solve the problem of
mechanical flight in mid-alr, was
launched today and the experiment,
carefully planned and delayed for
some months, proved complete fail
ure.
The immense airship sped rapidly
along its seventy-foot track, was
carried by its own momentum for 100
yards, and then fell gradually into
the Potomac river, whence it emerged
a total wreck.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09

Teachers Bi-Monthly tomorrow.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09
Mr. Davies Knows the Man.,

In Tuesdays REPUBLICAN we pub
lished clipping from the Chicago
Record-Herald about a young man
who carried 5000, 600 in a suit case
from Washington to New York for
the Insular Department. Rev. G. Z.
Davies knows the gentleman well who
was trusted with this great amount
of money. Mr.. Beall is Presbyte-
rian minister who was at one time a
missionary in Mexico. Mr.. Davies
knew him when he was editing a
newspaper in Fort Wayne, Indiana
lie is translator of languages and
holds responsible government posi-
tion in Washington. A Presbyterian
minister Presbyterian editor = OF
course he can be trusted.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-09
EMBROIDERIES.

We bought recently from
a manufacturer 2,7S1 yards
of Embroidery at a very low
price. There is a great va.
riety of widths. The values
range from Sc to 25c per yd.
There is in each and every
piece AZ yards. The entire
lot will be placed on sale
tomorrow morning at 9
o'clock at 25c per piece for
cash. None laid away.
ALFRED BUTLER.