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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

Every young man should cultivate
the habit Of listening. Il win come b
handy after marriage.
Some people are like q river; the
only way they can attract attention 10
By going on 3 rampage.
Beware OF the man who approaches
you with the promise that he has
come 10 do you a favor.
Wisconsin win raise the limit on
young lawyers from two 20 three
years preparatory study.
That which passes for curiosity 10 q
woman is merely g spirit Of investlga-
ton when found Ia q man.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

some people take their own yearn-
lnRs 70 be 3 sign Of q poetic tempera-
mont, and those OF their neighbors 70
denote bilhousneSs.
Charlie schwab has gotten back
home and exploded all those Eldorado
stories about his personal conduct
and habit while abroad.
II any OF the senators are really try
ing to @do something for Cuba" they
are showing q nobly self-eiacing pur-
pose to do e by stealth.
When q woman refers to people by
the words "bionds," or "brunette," it
indicates that she believes In fortune
telling to q certain extent.
Which ,is harder on the nerve: to
see some annoying accident befall q
woman who dOesn't swear, or to one
who can swear, and doesY
Don't talk; II there is any penalty,
apply IL promptly, and let It go at
that. Some people never learn ex-
cept through punishment.
It Is hard for q woman to feel
offended at anything g man may do II
he can make her believe that her
beauty was responsible for 1t.
A deaf and dumb couple were mar
ried by a deaf and dumb minister at
Cedar Rapids the other day. It is re-
ported ss a "quiet Wedding"
The man who is the architect Of bis
own fortune never claims the credit
for the work unless the public shows
a disposition to admire the building.
When we are In a hurry In the bar
Der shop every customer has his neck
shaved, till we wonder that they do
not have their fur coats shaved.
When people meet you, after an alb
sence Of several years, they don't look
more closely at q borrowed book that
has Just been returned, for signs OF
age.
After a woman Ia thirty. Ave the
most she can expect In the way OF 9
compliment upon her personal APP
pearance js: "You are looking well
today" IA @
II was a great day for Chicago when
Garter Harrison located in that city.
What would the citizens have done
for 3 mayor without the Harrison
familyP
When q man comes out ct the small
end OF the horn he is said to have goi
the worst OF it-yet it's the man 81
the little end Of the horn that makes
himself heard.
"I played my last game Of poker
thirty-six years ago." says COLI
Younger. Mr.. Younger has had
mighty fine opportunity for gettiul
himself separated from his bad habits
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
cANcaR cVREp eY sLoop RALM.
All ska and BIOod diseases Cured.

Mrs. M. L. Adams, Fredonia Ala,
took Botanic Blood Balm which efec-
tually cured IN eating cancer Of the
nose and face. The sores healed up
perfectly. Many doctors had given up
her case as hopeless. Hundreds Of cases
Of cancer, eating sores, s%upperating
swellings, ETC., have been cured By
Blood Balm. Among others. Mrs. B.
III. GuerneY, Warrior Stand, Ala. Her
nose and Hp were raw as beef with
offensive discharges from the eat
ing sore. Doctors advised cut
ting, but II failed. Blood Balm
healed the sores, and Mrs. Guer-
ney Is as we'll as ever. Botanic Blood
Balm also cures eczema, itching hum
ors, and scabs and scales. bone pains,
ulcers, offensive pimples. blood poison,
carbuncles, sorofula, risings and bumps
on the skin and blood troubles. Drug
gists, 81 per bottle. Sample Of Botanic
Blood Balm free and prepaid By writing
Blood Balm Co, Atlanta Ga. d cribe
trouble and special medical advice sent
IN sealed letter. It is certainly worth
while investigating such 3 remarkable
remedy, &c Blood Balm cures the most
awful, worst and most deep -seate
blood disease.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
a REMARKABLE CASE.

One Of the most remarkable cases Of
a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, caus-
ing pneumonia. is that of Mrs, E. Fen
ner, Marion Ind, who was entirely
cured by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure. She says: ''The coughing and
straining so weakened me that ] run
down in weight from 14S to 81 pounds.
1 tried a number of remedies to no avail
until I used One Minute Cough Gu Q.
Four bottles Of this wonderful remedy
cured me entirely Of the cough, streng-
thened my lungs and restored me TO
my normal weight, health and
strength"
Hall g Lyles.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

The newspapers of Buffalo appear
to be Ia danger OF developing aggra-
vated cases Of the iaundice.
The weather is always good for
something: when 1t isn't good for
concerts, it's good for ducks.
That negro herb noctor under arrest
In Philadelphia doesn't seem to have
been as green as his remedies.
Mother-Did you drop that medicine
for the baby9
Nurse-No, ms'am, but / dropped
the babyl And she was forthwith
given 3 letter OF recommendation and
discharge.
Some Of the married women have a
new way of signing their names. A
girl named Augusta Wayne Smith
married a man named Jones, and nov
signs her name "Augusta Wayne
Smith (Jones)."
Judge Parker has always supported
the straight Democratic ticket, des-
pite the fact that be Is now being sup-
ported by the Brooklyn Eagle. The
Judge bad better chicken-coop the
Eagle.
Strange things are happening. An
effort is being made to prove that st.
Patrick was g Baptist. II that proves
successful the next step probably viii
be to make him out q Frenchman.
The men In Denver spend &c much
money for clothes &c the women do.
The women Of Denver have equal
rights, you know. Ladies, do you like
the Denver fashion,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

A good story about j. Pierpont
Morgan has just come to light. At
the notable dinner that P. A. p. Wild
ener gave to Mr.. Morgan last winter
in Philadelphia, 1t happened, by some
unfortunate oversight, that the quest
Of honor had no oyster fork. In COM
menting goodnaturedly on this acci-
dent, Mr.. Morgan said: 81 am remind
ed OF an anecdote my father used to
tell about 3 certain Mrs. Murphy.
Mrs. Murphy, II seems, was DINING
out, and had no saltspOon. The hos
tess called her butler's attention TO
this fact. " william, she said, 'Mrs.
Murphy has no saltspoon.' I" Madam,
William answered, gravely, the last
time Mrs. Murphy dined here we lost
q saltspOon.'"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
Find Instant Relief and
Speedy Cure
In GutIGuTa Soap and GuhGWa
Ointment
When All Other Remedies and
the Best Physicians Fail.

Instant relief and refreshing sleep
for skin-tortured babies and rest for
tired mothers In warn baths with
Cutlcura Soap and gentle anointings
with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin
cure, and purest Of emollients, to be
followed In severe cases by mild doses
Of Cuticura Resolvent Pills. This Is
the purest, sweetest, most speedy, per-
manent and economical treatment for
torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning,
bleeding, scaly, crusted and pimply
skin and scalp humours, eczemas,
rashes and irritations, with loss Of
hair, Of infants and children, as well as
adults, and Is sure to succeed when all
other remedies and physicians fail.
Millions Of the worlds best people
now use Cuticura Soap, assisted by
Cuticura Ointment, for preserving,
purifying and identifying the skin,
for cleansing the scalp Of crusts, scales
and dandrutf, and the stopping Of fall
ing hair, for softening, whitening and
soothing red, rough and ore hands, as
we'll as for all the purposes Of the
toilet, bath and nursery. Thousands
Of women unhesitatingly recommend
Cuticura Soap, in the form Of baths
for annoying irritations, infiammations
and chahngs, or too free or offensive
p~erspiratiOn, In the form Of washes for
lucrative weaknesses, and for many
sanative, antiseptic purposes which
readily suggest themselves. The sale
Of Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills
is greater than the combined sale Of the
worlds product Of other skin remedies.
Sold In every part Of the world.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

Uncle PlerpOnt Morgan has started
on a tour Of Cuba. II he likes the
island be viii probably buy It.
The smoker who has 8 good cigar
and nothing to light it with knows
what matchless misery really is.
The poets lines are sometimes cast
In pleasant places, and sometimes
they are cast Ia the waste basket.
"Platonic love-" says the Manayunk
Philosopher, is 3 good bit like the gun
we didn't know was loaded"
The original Uncle Tom has Just
died again at the ripe old age Of al.
Considering the way he vas repre-
sented to have been treated some nfty
years ago he lasted q longtime.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

Lots OF men who r welded to
their art depend upon their relatives
for support.
If you say a mar lie a good husband
and father, you may praise him, but
not otherwise.
We hope the harp playing in heaven
will not sound anything like the
graphophone.
Man is made OF dust-and the aver
age girl is looking for the manufac-
tured article.
The Cuban Congress has taken a
recess out Of commiseration, perhaps,
of the treasury.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
WHAT'S IN NAME,

Everything is in the name when it
comes to Witch Hazel SalYe. =. @. De-
Witt &Co., Of Chicago, discovered some
years ago. how to make a salve from
witch Hazel that is a specific for Piles.
For blind bleeding, itching and protru-
ding Piles, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises
and al skin diseases, DeWitt's Salve
nae no equal. This has given rise to
numerous worthless c~ounterfeits. ask
for DeWfft'e-the genuine.
Hall A. Lyles, Druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

Perhaps those Delaware people who
want to have senators elected by di-
rect vote prefer to deal with Addicks
face to face.
The most incOmprehensible thing
about man Is the ~recklessness with
which he often lnhlcts suffering upon
those he loves.
Editors Of Republican organs are
always busy figuring out the impossi-
bility Of the Democrats carrying the
country In 1904.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

The fellow who tells you disagrees-
BILE things about your neighbors will
tell your neighbors the same things
about you.
When the girls in a family are left
old maids on their parents hands, the
mother has a hard time trying to look
reconeiled.
II you must go to law, hire the best
LAWYERS available, for the best lawyer
will win, without reference to justice
or the facts.
In turning down woman's suffrage,
the Kansas legislators may have had
In mind one Mrs. Carrie NaUion and
/ her Ratchet.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

It is the little things that tell. A
man who is facing bankruptcy and die
honor with g courageous smile will fly
into Mysteries when he can't get his
collar buttoned.
"When g woman wishes to retire
from the world" says the Manayunk
Philosopher, ''She enters a nunnery.
All a man has to do is to marry g
famous woman"
There may be no extra session.
The United States Senate can do a lot
OF business In the last fifteen minutes
II no one insists on seeing what kind
Of bills are passed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
A"PHYeIcIAN WRITES.

II am DESTROYS of knowing if the pro-
fession can obtain Herbine In bulk for
prescription purposes3 It has been
of great use to me in treating cases of
dyspepsia brought on by excuses OF
overwork. 1 have new known Il to
fall in restoring the organs affected, to
their healthful activity" SOC bottle at
all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
NOM mono,

Disturbances OF strikers are not ear
" as grave as an individual disorder of
the system. Overwork, loss Of sleep,
nervous tension will be followed by ut
ter collapse, unless a reliable remedy il
Immediately employed. There's moth
ing 90 efficient To cure disorders of the
Liver or Kidneys as Electric Bitters.
It's a wonderful tonic, and effective
nervine aud the greatest all round med
icine for run down systems. It dispelt
Nervousness, Rheumatism and Neur
algia and expels Malaria germs. Only
soc, and satisfaction guaranteed by
Hall & Lyles.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

If your watch needs ~doctoring, or
your clock is d%yspeptic, bring it, send
It or railroad it in and let Us cure 1t for
you. That is our business. MAIER's
JEWELRY STORE,
Aberdene, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

SO many women are killing men Of
late that the newspapers must be In
teresting reading to the equal suffrag-
lists.
There has been q great deal Of
"Allce-in Wonderland" Hteratur re
current lately relative to thermome-
ters.
Senator Hanna overlooked his hand
when he didn't make the proposed
pensions te exslaves payable In pos
sum.
The only thing that makes q woman
madden than being talked about Is
being considered IS not worth talking
about.
A love affair that lie proper and
sensible isn't very entertaining, either
to the parties concerned, or to the
gossip.
It was so cold In Chicago recently
that q pickpocket who happened to
touch q $40 gold piece Immediately
froze to It.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
n HIa Nd.

P. A. Dsnforth Of Lagrange, Ga,
inferred for six months with afrightful
INNING sore on his leg; but writes
that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly
cured it in Eve days. For Ulcers,
Wounds, Piles, it's the best salve In the
world. Cure guaranteed. Only IS cts.
Sold by
Hall &Lyles.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
Money to Loan.

Improved farms at s per cent. per
annum. Terms and payments to suit
borrower.
L. P. HALEY, Attorney.at-Law.
Okolona, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

Nell-"How do you like the young
doctor9" Belief think he's per-
fectly killing"
No, Maude, dear; the person who
shutters doesn't necessarily speak
broken English.
"sky Scraper" Is the pet name
given a girl who threatens to be taller
Than her father.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

We should think the last place on
earth to get married would be on your
death bed.
There isn't a note of difference be-
tween borrowing money and borrow
ing trouble. 20
The worst thing about being good
natured is that you are apt to be inn
posed upon.
Women forget q lot Of things they
never would forgive il they remem-
bered them.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

II q girl has 3 long head, she viii
postpone the marriage indefinitely
rather than 60 to live with his folks.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
MoRKINo oYERTIME.

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless, little workers-Dr. Kings New
Life Pills. Millions are always ct work,
night and day, curing Indigestion, Bill
BUSINESS, Constipation. Sick Headache
and all Stomach, Liver and Bowel trou-
bles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only
Csc at
Clifton's Pharmacy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

AS soon as q man gets rich his wife
begins to hire q girl to do the cooking,
and he doesn't fare as we'll as when
they wer poor.
To interest a man talk about him
self; to interest q woman talk about
somebody she wishes YER talking to
her instead of you.
We notice that the newspapers are
lately showing : disposition to attack
elOcutionists, and advertised them to
quit boring people.
Had Diogenes visited this country
while on his famous still hunt some
get-rich- quick promoter would have
swiped bis lantern.
Too many politicians, observes a
Kansas philosopher have their pictures
In the editorial columns at the begin
ming Of their careers and 10 the patent
medicine columns at the finish.
This Is the way q woman looks at
Il: II Q friend is dying who hasn't
your doctor, It is criminal ca~relessness
that ls killing her; II she Is dying and
has your doctor, the ways OF Provi-
dence ere past finding out.
Putting food into a diseased stomach
Il like putting money into q pocket
with g hole. The money is lost. All
lie value goes for nothing. When the
stomach Il diseased, with the allied
organs Of digestion and nutrition, the
food which is put into It is largely lost.
The nutriment is not extracted from
IL. The body is weak and the blood
impoverished.
The pocket can be mended. The
stomach can be cured. That sterling
medicine for the stomach and blood,
Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, acts with peculiar prompt
ness and power on the organs Of d.
gestion and nutrition. It Is q positive
cure for almost all disorders Of these
organs, and cures also such disease Of
the heart, blood, liver and other
organs, as have their cause In 9 weak
or diseased condition % the stomach.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

AZ HANDSOME LOT OF - M#
. .G~G GATHERED GEMS. N1#
80

No, Maude, dear; q mans shirtmak-
er need not necessarily be his bosom
friend.
II your neighbor talks too much,
then you are In the same boat II you
say 90.
Reports 10 the contrary notwith-
standing, Elder Smoot is not on the
carpet.
In a quiet little game Of poker the
money Is permitted to do most Of the
talking.
The best pills meath the stars and stripes;
1t cleanses the system and never gripes.
Little Early Risers Of worldly repute-
Ask for DeWitt's and take nc usubsti-
tute.
A small pill, easy to buy, easy to take
and easy to act, but never fall
ing in results. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers arouse the secretions and act as
a tonic to the liver, curingsperman-
emily.
Hall & Lyles, druggists.
The greatest passion In the world is
vanity; the most powerful weapon
hattery.
There's nothing like leather-with
the possible exception Of a Welsh
rarebit.
There are only four letters In love,
and many q man wishes they had been
burned.
II Shamrock III is as good q ship IS
its owner Is a sportsman the cup is In
danger.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
TRAoEpY AVERTEp.

Just in the nick of time our little
boy was saved" writes Mrs. w. Watkins
of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneumonia
had played sad havoc with him and a
terrible cough set in besides. Doctors
treated him, but he grew 0 r every
day. At length we tried DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, and
our darling was saved. He's nov sound
and we'll" Everybody ought to know,
it's the only sure cure for Coughs,
Colds and ali Lung diseases.
Price SOC and 81. Trial bottle free.
Hall & Lyles.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

The perpetual hot times Of the In
habitantB Of Santo Domingo ought TO
open up q broard neld for an Ice trust.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
is THE NAN.

A weak stomach Weakens the man,
because It cannot transform the foodhe
eats into nourishment. Health and
strength cannot be restored to any sick
man or weak woman without first re-
storing health and strength to the stom-
ach. A weak stomach cannot digest
enough food to feed the tissues and re-
vive the tired and run down limbs and
organs of the body. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure c~leanses, purihes, sweetens and
strengthens the glands and men,
branes Of the stomach, and cures in
digestion, dyspepsia and all stomach
troubles.
Guaranteed by Hall & Lyles, Druggists.
It was probably too much to hope
that the ship subsidy men and the
beet sugar interests could both be
kept out Of the congressional trough
at the same time.
Should q woman believe IL when her
husband says be saw whales swim
ming up the street, When q woman
knows her husband is deceiving her,
what should she do9
Here Is q chance to worry: they say
that Helen Gould is ~overworked, and
must have q long rest. Miss Gould
rises every morning at 8 O'Clock and
devotes two hours Of every day to
charity work. It is slowly killing
her.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
3 sweet and PIsasInq IA Taste

Mrs. c. Peterson, 625 Lake street,
Topeka, Kansas, speaking Of Billiards.
Horehound Syrup, says: cit has never
failed to give entire satisfaction, and Of
all cough remedies, it is my favs=ite,
and I must confess to my many friends
that it will do, and has done what IL
claimed for tito speedily cure 8
cough or a cold; and It is 90 sweet and
90 pleasing IN taste" csc, SOC and
S1.00 bottles at all druggists.
There is no age ct which 9 woman's
heart win not melt to the man who
smiles upon her.
A clarion voice In 8 novel means
something very disagreeable in real
life-a loud talker.
When q woman has 3 poor servant
girl, che is pretty apt 10 say, "Wel,
the girl is willing"
The third son Of the President is GO
ing 70 give 3 musical recital Just as Il
the President didn't have enough
troubles to keep him worried.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25
cHILDREN's COUGHS AND COLDS

Mrs. Joe McGrath, 1927 Hutchinson,
Kan, writes: 81 have given Billiards.
Horehound Syrup to my children for
coughs and colds for the past four
years, and find it the best medicine /
ever used" Unlike many cough syrups,
it contains no opium, but will soothe
and heal any disease of the throat or
lungs quicker than any other remedy.
25e. SOC and S1.OO at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-25

Mrs. A.. E. Simpson. 500 Craig st.
Knoxville, Tenn, writes June 10. 1899:
II have been trying the baths OF Hot
Springs, Ark, for sciatic rheumatism,
but I get more relief from Ballard's
Snow Eminent than any medicine or
anything I have eyer tried. Enclosed
find p~ostcflce order for Si.00. Send
me a large bottle by Southern Ex-
press" Sold by all druggists,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-08
MT. CARMEL.

A Happy and prosperous New Year
to you all.
Catholic services will be held at Dres-
den by Father Wilhelm next Sunday,
the 18th inst, in the forenoon at eleven.
At Christmas time the members OF
Mt. Carmel parish remembered Father
Wilhelm with we'll fattened turkey, and
we'll filed purse.
Keep clear date for February 18th
and take in the grand basket social and
entertainment at Dresden. 1t will be
one of those jolly good times that every
one can find enjoyment in.
We are glad to be able to state that
lately our mails have been coming and
going with much greater regularity.
With a continuance of this fine weather
the stage driver should be able to keep
it up for awhile.
On Tuesday Of next week, January
18th will occur the marriage of Soloman
Diemert and Miss Helena Hill, both
we'll known and respected residents Of
of this vicinity, who have the we'll wish.
es for future happiness of every one.
The Mt. Carmel tent of Maccabees held
a successful basket social and dance
at their hall on the Monday after Christ
mas. The boys realized good sum and
the affair went off in good order to the
qualification of the crowd. "Louis do il
again is what the boys all say.
Quite little local interest is found to
be manifest among the good people Of
Mt. Carmel in the st. Johns academy at
Jamestown. A visit not long ago to this
settlement by two of the sisters brought
the educational advantages of this insti-
tuition to our immediate attention.
Father Wilhelm, held Christmas SER
vices in the parish church at Mt. Car
mel at six, eight and ten o'clock on
that morning. The church was nicely
decorated and as everybody was out to
attend these services the church was
crowded to its full capacity. A very
nicely arranged crib had baen placed
within the altar rail and greatly interest,
ed the younger children, who came in
large numbers to view it. The choir
and musical selections were especially
praised and it is little enough to say
that the choir was at its best.