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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-29

over this. and the woman who came home
a wreck from her days ordeal energies
for evening pretty and fully rested.
There is another remedy for shoppers
headaches. and this is found in a little set
of gymnastic exercises.
The corset must be taken off, for the
special feature of these exercises is that
the back is free and the spinal column not
compressed in any way.
These exercises arc. performed without
implements Of any kim but the arms
alone.
The arms are uplifted. thrown to one
side. then to the other. then the body is
bent and the arms thrust downward.
The exercises are very simple and can
be performed by anybody the first time
trying.
A SET OF EXERCISES.
The tired shopper must not make the
mistake of doing these exercises with too
much violence. for she must remember
that she is already tired in body and that
five minutes work is about all she can
endure.
And she must be careful of another thing
and this is to remove her shoes before get
ting TO work, for many of the nerves Of
the body communicate directly with those
of the feet. and il the feet are tired it
means n gradual spread of that tired feel
ing right up to the back of. the head.
Changing the shoes will often rest a per-
son beyond belief. and the Christmas shop
per who comes home at noon to take Off
one pair of shoes and put on another is a
wise shopper indeed.
Specially do the shoes rest the feet if the
heels of the relief pair happen to be OF
different height from those of the old pair,
and a still greater relief is obtained if one
pair be buttoned and the other laced.
Pressure in this case is brought to bear
upon a different set of nerves and muscles.
with results that are more than good for
the tired shopper. .
The Christmas shopper can take precau-
lions against the shoppers headache as
we'll as remedies afterward.
II she will observesa few of the laws OF
dress hygiene she will be much. less apt
to come home with a case of brain flag.
The laws. though. simple. will be found
productive of the best results.
SHOPPERS LAWS OF HYGIESi
The most important of these law = that
of leaving the waist as unconlned 50 pos
sible.
The corset should be unstrung n the
strings allowed to hang until the corset
adjusts itself to the figure.
All the bands should be loose. giving
plenty of breathing room as far as the
ribs are concerned.
The shoppers second law relates to the
collar band, which should not be tight nor
tall.
Neither should it be too stin. 1t is a
mistake. however. TO wear a very soft
ribbon on such an occasion for the neck.
being accustomed to some support. quickly
grows tired If not held up in its usual
way. But the band should be loose and
IN no way such as to press upon the cords
and the muscles. thus setting the nerves
q 'tingling.
The shoppers third law concerns her
shopping hat. which should neither, be
tight in the head band nor heavy in its
pressure upon the head.
A very light hat should always be worn
for shopping and the shopper should see
that it Is we'll pinned to her hea to avoid
the disagreeabie slipping which often
gives annoyance to the nerves.
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feathers. or a little down. for rose leaves
are not always soft enough and sweet
grasses have stiff. hard stems.
A little inner pillow of down. or a few
%handsful of down added to the leaves,
the balsam. the lavender. and all the rest,
will make the pillow light and fluffy.
A certain woman who makes down pill
lows every year has Il fashion of purchus-
ing her down in little paper bags.
She does not unite the bag. but slips 1t
whole into the pillow.
Then she puts her hand inside. gently
breaks the bag, and as gently pulls 1t
forth, leaving the Town inside
1t is a nice little trick. well worth the
trying. by the woman who is going to
make a brain-fax pillow.
The pillow must be filled with every
sort of, sweet thing. all nicely dried and
rolled with the hands.
Rolling the leaves and the grasses with
the hands tends to powder them and make
them softer and more easily packed.
The first breath of the pillow Is that of
herbs. 1t seems a little like a pine pillow.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-29

WRITTEN o H SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Christmas joy may lie in the heart these
days. but there are tired lines around the
eyes.
Thu woman who goes out in the morning
TO get rid of her money comes back with a
set of crows feet which add to her years
ard make her feel even older than she
looks.
Usually there is a headache also.
This condition can be called brain flag;
and the headache is shoppers headache.
1t comes from looking steadily at objects
above the level of the eyes and by strain
ing them to see things at varying focus.
1t is also the result of the many colors
which the eye must assimiiate and of look
ing at the waving articles which hang sus-
penGed over the head.
These conditions will tax the endurance
Of the optic nerve and give one a sharp
nervous headache.
TIT circles which appear under the eyes
may also come from mental strain. for It
is certainly very trying to make one dollar
do the work of two.
Sweet scents do a great deal to drive
away the holiday ache. and the woman
who will go shopping armed with n tiny
glass bottle filled with violet ammonia has
taken a step in the right direction.
But she should add fresh air to the am
monia, and after she has been in a crowd
ed shop an hour she should go out to the
doorway. sniff her ammonia and fill her
lungs with the invigorating ozone. To
those who like lavender 1t is a very fine,
inspiring odor. ard a little bottle of laven-
der salts will do a world of good. g
There can be a little lavender poured
into a tiny scent bottle into which there
have been placed a few squares of am
monia.
Women who suffer from weak heart and
fainting spells need something of a spicy
order. and for them there is nothing bet
ter than a good sachet bag filed with the
Very spicy odor of pinks.
To this can be added a dash of powdered
cloves. This, made up into a neat bag.
can be worn in the corsage. against the
moment when one feels faint.
Often the odor, rising from the bodice,
will keep one strong in nerve and in spir-
it through the ordeal OF shopping in the
holiday season.
KEEPING THE FACE NICE.
The necessity Tor Christmas buying n
the undoubted bargains which one finds
at this time are undoubtedly a sufficient
incentive for going forth, no matter what
may be the result. still the wise woman
will take all necessary precautions not to
come home with a new batch of crows
feet and a new set or parentheses around
the mouth.
Immediately upon arriving home the
wise Christmas shopper will anoint her
face with n good cream. which she has
made herself, or has bought of reliable
dealer.
If made at home. it can be a pleasant
compound of mutton oil oue-half, white
v~aseline one-half. melted together.
To this add a quantity equal to both. OF
the pure oil of sweet almonds. This should
make a creamy paste which can be spread
upon the face and left on for fifteen min
Aes.
is now taken of with a bit of old linen
he face is bathed in glycerine and
Nazel.
rse a little good powder Is busted
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Yet no, as. YOU sniff it again It Is lavender
very like lavender.
No, another sniff brings forth the sweet
grasses and at n third and Il fourth you
begin to scent the mint. the thyme. the
sweet marjoram n what not?
Late in the season. when all the rest
have begun to grow dim, you get the scent
Of the rose leaves.
They pervade everything upon which tho
pillow lies. and even your own pretty hair
and your " II You have lain upon the
pillow. will smell like rose leaves
That is the popularity of rose. II Is very
clinging.
You may rip. you may shntter that pill
low. II you will. but tho scent OF thase
rose leaves remain In 1t still.
REAL ROSE PILLOW.
II you want it to be req! rose you can
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qua a drop OF altar OF rose and ten drops
OIL oil of rose geranium.
snake 1t through the leaves before you
put them in the pillow. let dry OF u lit
TIE TO take OF the oily feeling. and then
you VIII have a scented pillow that is a
scented pillow.
Now. the pillow is not for ordinary use.
1t Is not for show. but for headaches.
1t Is kept put away In the locker. or high
IN the clothes press. where the silk quilts
lie.
But 1t is brought forth at times. And.
oh. what n treat 1t Is!
When tired the owner of the brain-fug
pillow. breathes It long ard deeply and
sometimes she falls asleep.
| The sleep may not be more than five
minutes long. just the forty winks of
! beauty sleep.
But what arc the results. - $
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-29

Bright eyes. quick. good -natured brains
and such Il u OF strength and spirits.
1t is worth while having n bra.n-,as pill
low In the house.
And how often a woman Is called upon
to loan the pillow to some one else.
The man of the family comes home with
brain fag. He has been shopping. but not
In the shops. His cargocs have gone OUT
10 sea and have not come back.
He has spent and spent. AMI he doesn't
see the returns. His shopping l. terribly
uncertain and hard. He has brain flag.
aud brain flag for keeps.
h b~rain-fag pillow does wonders for.
49,.
Sometimes he falls asleep upon II.
sniffiing It's scent. as tired brain workers.
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A pillow should be
specially made for use
when one is weary. 1t
may be of silk or of
satin and must con-
tain a small slit, just
large enough to admit
the hand. Into this
openlngemptythe con-
tents of a rose jar.
scented grasses AND
Sweet Marjoram.
When tired, rest your
head upon it, breathe
the perfume long and
deeply and you will
fall asleep.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
THE POPULATION OF CHINA.
Eighteen Provinces Have 426,OOO,OOO
Souls, Says the Very Best
Authority.

The assessment of the war tax has
given the Chinese government an OBJ
portunity Of obtaining with approx
mate accuracy a general census of the
empire. The data now given will, no
doubt, cause much surprise, inasmuch
as the figures go to show that the
present population Of China is COM
%paratively very little in excess Of that
recorded by various European statis-
ticians half a century ago, says the
London Standard. We know, however,
that at that period, and even later, it
was a matter Of infinite difficulty, II
not a sheer impossibility, to obtain
anything like authentic information
concerning the population Of China.
By some writer's this was given as $780,
100000, by others as 400, 900, 900 and
45O,OO0OOO. We now learn, on the
very best authority, that the Chinese
population Of to-day numbers about
l26,0OO,O 900 Of souls, including s,5O0OOO
in Manchuria, 2,5s0,OOO in Mongolia.
6,4SO,O20 in Tibet and 1900 900 in Chi
nese Turkestan.
shantung, with q population Of So
247, 600, is the most densely inhabited
province Of China. Kiangsu, in which
Shanghai is situated, has a population
Of 1,39s,2S5. In density Of population
Shansl with so inhabitants to the
square klometer, may be compared
with Hungary, and Fuken and Hupeh
with England, Chill with France and
Yunnan with Bulgaria. On an average,
China proper. e, the IS provinces
Is not much more thickly populated
than the German empire. The four
great Chinese "outlands," consisting
chiefly Of steppe and wilderness, are
very sparsely populated.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

When a woman is a particularly
good cook, there is always some n
to say: "Wel she ought to be; she has
everything to do with"
When q literary club is formed Of
girls, those who hold out longest
against turning it into a card club,
with young men invited, r the ones
who viii be old maids.
A man was fined In Kansas City yes
terday for striking a woman. "Tbere
is only one thing to do when you get
in trouble with q woman" said the
Judge, "and that is to run"
We suppose that when q new shade
appears at the gates of the next world
bearing an odOr OF camphor, the an
gels at once excIaim that bis folks
must be very old fashioned.
Mrs. Muggins-"Did you hear about
Mrs. -BjonesP She was overcome BY
coal gas" Mrs. Buggins-That's just
like those BjOnesl ! suppose they
were afraid people wouldn't know
they had coal"
President Roosevelt signed a law
the other day with g quill pen secured
by Mr.. J. G.. Pratt, OF Honolulu, one
OF Senator Warren's former cOnstitu-
ents, and possessing peculiar associa-
tions. It was an eagles feather,
plucked from the war bonnet Of an
Arapahoe chief. Ex-Governor Rich
ards, of Wyoming, now land commits
sioner, first obtained the feather,
which is said to be rated among the
Indians as Of the value OF Eve OF six
ponies. He gave It to Mr. Pratt, who
had the pen made therefrOm. Il was
used 10 sign the Hawaiian fire claims
bin, appFopriating $1,000, 900 out OF
the federal treasury. The feather
viii now be taken TO Honolulu and
preserved in q museum.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

Okolona chapter U. d. O. working
for a monument to be erected in hOn-
or of the Confederate soldiers buried
in this city deserve the n
enlargement of every citizen in every
Southern state. They have published
in neat form a roll of names of the
known dead and are selling this sou
venir for thd benefit of the monument
fund at ten cents a copy. A number
of veterans have ordered copies
thereby assisting the monument.
DR.. Scudder, OF Issuquena county has
sent five dollars in exchange for the
roll. Copies OF this souvenir may be
had by sending ten cents and stamped
envelope to Mrs. Oscar Denton, Chair
man Roll Committee, Okolona.
In the passing away of Grandma
Green on Wednesday last, Okolona
paid the last sad rites to the last to go
of n Of the most beloved couples
that ever lived in the city. She was
but the helpless survivor of her late
husband, DR.. Hal Green, who passed
over the dark river September 9th
1901. From the earliest days of
Okolona, DR.. Green and his estimable
wife we're near est to the heart of
every resident tran any other couple.
Samaritans amongthose around them,
every child born In the city learned,
as it grew up to honor aud love them.
For several years Mrs. Green has been
an invalid, and was q source of the
most kindly concern to the DR.. and
the entire family, and the messenger
of death came to her like restful
peace. All mourn her death, even
though they feel that as a relief from
her sufferings, it was for the best.
The Grander Age, a warm paper
from a warm county. The Grander
Age will be established at Biloxi,
Mississippi, in a few weeks. It was
published in Mississippi four years
previous to 1896, and was one OF the
Populist papers In the South Of Ma
tional circulation, that refused to in
dorse the fusion at St. Louis, and that
placed the Socialist ticket at its mast
head Immediately after that event.
1t will be just as thoroughly Socialis-
tic now. The South needs such q
paper, and we ask each reader Of this
notice to send ten cents for q trial
subscription, and get one of the
Warmest Socialist papers ever printed.
It will be eight pages and strictly up
to-date. Old readers of the GrandeF
Age will not need to be told that the
paper win be intensely interesting.
Sumner w. Rose, the former editor
will still be editor in chief. Address
Grander Age, Biloxi, Mississippi.
Old Arkausaw, at the TupelO. Opera
House next Tuesday night, is one of
the finest attractions that visits this
section of the country in many months,
and will draw many from the neigh
boring towns to see it. A number of
Okolona young people II arranging
to make up a big party from here and
attend.
Okolona is in a fair way of getting
started in the right direction this
spring by the addition of acotton seed
oil mill and a spoke factory.
Prof. w. D. Shue, well known TO
Okolona people, al be was once super
intendent of u public school, died at
Oxford on Friday last.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

E.. s. Elliott q Son haze n0W
opened a beautiful line of Ham
6urGS, LaceS, SWiSS EdgingS and
Insertions at Popular prices, also
rash goods for W~aiStingS aad
dresses for early spring weaT, ia
the latest designs. GiUs Us a
call, ladies'. Remember ue Will
not be uRderSOld. These goods
are all bran Re10, haUing sold out
eUergthing in this line in our
clearing sale.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

Civil suits are rarely inspired by
civil motives.
The man who says he feels a friend
" interest IN our affairs is a good bit
of q nuisance.
Two heads are said to be better than
one, yet we are told that too many
cooks spoil the broth.
Wigg-"Is he 8 man Of nerve?"
Wagg-"Well, he wears the neckties
bis wife buys for him."
We wish that we were still Of that
age when we could settle all old scores
by mailing a valentine.
People can tell when a woman blon-
dimes her hair, and they can tell when
manufactures sentiment.
Excuse Us from this kind Of weather
right at the time when we ought to be
making garden.
The country roads are getting no
better fast, and boat riding on Main
street is still not an impOssibiity.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

UToMEN should beware Of contract
w ing catarrh. The cold wind and
rain, slush and mud of winter are espe-
cially conducive TO catarrhal derange-
ments. Few women escape.
Upon the first symptoms Of catching
cold Peruna should be taken. 1t forth
hes the system against colds and ca
tarrh.
The following letter gives one young
Woman's experience with Peruna;
Miss Rose Gerbing is a popular society
woman Of Crown Point, Ind, and she
writes the following;
"Recently I took . long drive In the
country, and being too thinly clad I
caught Q bad cold which settled on my
lungs and which I could not seem TO
shake OF. I had heard . great deal Of
Peruns for colds and catarrh and I
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

With the pocketless gown of today,
the chatelaine bag is an absolute neces-
you in some real fine steel bead ones
which are worth $50 for q $500 bill
Only a few left. Money back If not
satisfied. MAIER's JEWELRY STORE.
Aberdeen, Miss,
The trouble is that when you see
girls these days with -four on their
noses, they didn't accidentally get it
there while cooking.
The trouble is, you can't pick out q
fool until be has cost you a great deal
of money or trouble.
A man need not be a glutton to pre-
fer Lamb and Bacon in bis reading.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
BACHELORS IN LEAD.
More Single Men Than Spinsters In
the United States.
interesting Facts and Figures On the
subject Cleaned from the
Recent Census.

A careful reckoning of the num-
Der of men in the various states OF
the union who are available matri-
monially has just been finished by
the census Office. II finds that in
the aggregate there are 6,72o,77s
bachelors Of 81 OF over, and makes
record Of the remarkable fact that
there are at present in the United
States 2,5OO,0O0 more single men than
single women Of that age and above.
The exact figures T 4,195,446
maidens, so that the latter are in
the minority Of 2,5s1,33s. In other
words, says the Cleveland Plain Deal
er, there are 2,531,333 unattached
males who could not possibly get
wives unless they fell back upon the
widows or girls under 20.
New England has always been sup
posed to be ov~erburdened with sim
gle women, and yet the census reck-
oning shows that there is not a
state in the group which has not
more bachelors than s~pinsters. Even
Massachusetts,, long declared to be
the chosen home and resort of the
old maid, has a slight overplus of un-
married men, the figures being esq.,
9s2 single males, against 277,711 fe-
males similarly situated. Maine has
COSTS bachelors, against 1890 spin
sters; New Hampshire, ss,713 bach
elors and SO,554 spinsters; Vermont,
99,132 bachelors and 1870 spinsters;
Rhode Island, 41,e45 bachelors and
s9,4O5 spinsters, and Connecticut, a.
1853 bachelors, against 74,731 spin
sters.
II is clear from a glance at the
census figures, however, that the I'M
married women of the east ought to
migrate to the great and growing
west, where the available supply Of
husbands is relatively enormous.
Just think Of California, for example,
where there are 239,5O4 bachelors
and only ss,755 maidens Of 20 and
upwardl
But the opportunity in Idaho is
much more attractive, the single men
numbering 2s,421 and the spinsters
only $3.50. Montana is another state
rich in chances of marriage, its bach
elors numbering 5S,457, against 1850
~spinsters. Oregon has 60,525 bach
elors and 1918 maidens, while Wash
iAgton claims 9O,014 single men and
1888 women But the banner state
for bachelors is Wyoming, which has
2,347 spinsters, against 20,927 unmar-
ried persons Of the sterner sex. It
must be very difhcult for a woman to
become an old maid in Wyoming.
The excess of bachelors over spin
sters of 20 years and upward in
Massachusetts, is nearly 2 per cent
In Rhode Island IL is 5 per cent, in
Connecticut rs per cent, in Maine
80 per cent, In New Hampshire 20
per cent. and in Vermont IS per cent.
New York shows a surplus of % per
cent, New Jersey 20 per cent, Penn
sylvania 3s per cent, Ohio 3s per
cent, Indiana go per cent. and Ili-
nois 6s per cent. Kansas rises to an
excess in bachelors of 1Os per cent,
while Missouri shows a surplus of ~
per cent. Michigan has an excess Of
n per cent of single men.
In this country the males outnum-
Der the females "a in every 1000, and
thus it is obvious that, if all of the
women do not get husbands, it is not
for lack Of available material.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

About the only people IN any Of our
cities who do not feel concerned over
the price Of coal or wood are those
IN the towns where Aatural gas Is used
for fuel. No strikes ever disturb them
a. the use Of that kind Of heating ma
teriaL and there are 1000. 600 people
90 this country who are warmed hY
H-Boston Transcript.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

Buy what you don't need and later
on you will sell what you do need.
A lazy man is always anxious to
get busy when there lie nothing to do.
Moths must be cold bloOded crea-
lures; they frequently appear In
overooats In August.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
Low Rates 70 the Northwsst.

During February and March one
way second class Colonist tickets will
be sold daily at q very low rates from
coupon stations Of the Mobile and
Ohio railroad to point in Oregon,
Washington, British Columbia Nom
tana, and Idaho. Ask your home
agent or write John NJ. Beall, A. G. P.
A, st. Louis, for full particulars.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

There will be a call meeting of the
Okolona Chapter United Daughters Of
the Oonfederacy, Wednesday Februa-
ry II, at 10 O'Clock B.. m, at Mrs. w.
G.. Stovall's. All members are re-
quested to be present.
MRS MAMIE MOVER ORUNK,
Recording Secretary.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18

I will prosecute to the fullest extent
of law any and all persons cutting tim
Der for any purpose, either stave tim
Der or coon trees, or for trespassing on
the following lands:
Township IA, range 1 east, Calhoun
comfy.
All of section 20.
North east 1 4 section 10.
South l-2 section IS.
South east Ia section II.
South east Ia section 10.
S. SAMPSON CARSON.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-18
5000 sao.oo.

One way second class colonist tick
cts will be sold daily during February
and March ct above rate from all
main line coupon points on the Mobile
and Ohio railroad, st. Louis to Meri-
dian, inclusive. Ask your home agent
or write John NJ. Beall, A. G. P. A.,
st. Louis, for full information.