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Okolona messenger., 1904-11-02

EItmay be a woman's privilege to be
az ugly as she wishes but undoubtedly
some of them aouse that same privi-
Hepe
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-02

Eight policemen were recently sus-
peuded at Mobile. Must have laid of
the whole force.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-02

In most OF the modern novels the
hero buries bis face in bis hands. How
dirty they must be.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-02

son men are born d. Iomats and
s 'me othtrs are just erdinsry hyl 0
critics.
Okolona messenger., 1904-11-02

) because so decep
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused by
1t heart disease,
pneumonia, heart
failure or apoplexy
are often the result
Of kidney disease. If
kidney trouble is al
lowed to advance the
kidney-po oisoned
blood viii attack the
vital organs or the
The Ward County independent., 1904-04-06

l have IA head Of good work
horses for sale, just the thing for
farm work. They weigh from
1000 to 14OO ponds and are
we'll broken. Will sell them or
trade them for cattle. See G. O..
Frank at New York store or
Frank Grams at Shell Creek. tt
The Ward County independent., 1904-04-06

In the "Land of Show Me-, the
the lid has been lifted off the pot
Of political corruption by a man
who did not fear to do his sworn
duty as he found it. Joseph w.
Folk, the Circuit Attorney for
StLouis started in to get the
"boodlers"who for so long have
made the name of Missouri syn
onymous with corruption. He
found that no man was as strong
as an orgiza ton, even with the
laws Of the state to back him.
The feature which attracted his
attention was the manner in
which the state legislature was
bought and the representatives
of the people seduced into repre-
senting a certain class to the
detriment Of a large ma jority.
He soon discovered that the
true nature Of the trouble was
founded on greed and that back
OF the cheap politician was the
man Of business who
was pulling the string that
made the puppets dance.
The bribes given were in
various forms and were gwen to
influence what has been terNleu
class legislation. Those giving
them were principally coruposa
and business men Of large inter-
eStS.
Many Missourians have come to
North Dakota in the past three
years and but few of them are of
the class who could or would be
found in the ranks of the blibe
takers or g.ivers. They have
seen too much Of how it works.
Some Of those have settled in
Ward County and have fouud to
their disgust that the situation is
practically the same that which
they left. They find that the
laws of the state are good if
properly enforced: but find these
same laws nullifed by the act
ions Of few men who hold the
positions oftrust.
What are some Of the things
that 60 to make place good to
live in? Is it to have the man
aeement of public affairs il the
hands of men who have held
flee since the country wasyOung
and who make no effort to deal
fairly with allo 1t is better to
have a protected class OF things
or to drive them out and not
have quite such a wide open
country? True it might be
quieter in some circles if some OF
the illegimate business that is
now carried on were stopped,
but it would be better for all
concerned.
1t is high time for every true
citizen to get right out and hus-
tie for a reformation along the
lines OF better principles. Do
not sit down and say that, some
thing really ought to be done"
but get out and do your part.
You belong to the people and
should not shirk your share Of
the responsibility or of the labor
that will be necessary before the
up is an accomplished
fact. An organization has been
started here to clean out the
chaff and dispose OF the graft
that has SO long held sway here
and anyone who is truely a cit
The Ward County independent., 1904-04-06

Van Tuyl & Teu contrat-
ors and builders, Il the con-
tract Of erecting he elegant
new two story brick building for
Henry Auslander which will 60
up on the lots Immediately
south of the Dakotah hotel. This
building will be Of pressed brick
front with stone trimmings and
will be the neatest in the entire
northwest. 1t will have two
stories and q basement.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27
HEARD IN PASSING

1t would be like the beef trust to ex- plain that the worry and expense of being investigated will necessitate an other increase of prices. Washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27

There may be no atmosphere of cul- ture" in Chicago, yet where can you find city that as an atmosphere so palpable, so readily defnable, as that of our own proud burg ?-Chicago Even ing Post.
 The republican party is just finish Ing up it's flftieth year of business and 1t Invites thorough investigation of its record. It has done nothing to apologize for.-Norwich Bulletin.
 The Spanish premier, who was shot at by forty men, but who escaped un- hurt, is evidently convinced that Span ish marksmanship has not improved materially since the war with Ameri- ca.---Houston Chronicle.
 Tn many respects the behavior of Governor Odell evinces a conviction on his part that he has reached the end of his public career. A politician with a future would never have been quite so reckless as to take the chairmanship of his party committee while continu. ing 10 hold officn of governor. The thing is unheard of and scandalol1s.--- New York Times.
 Objecting to corporal punishment in schools, the New York Tribune eK' presses the opinion that ''the instruc' tor who has not the authority and the magnetic qualities to enforce discipline without the use of the rod is out oi 1 place as a teacher" And yet there are some cases of schoolboy perversity which nothing fits quite so well of cures quite so quickly and completely as licking.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27

At a meeting of q literary club in Chicago woman presented a paper setting forth methods of reading char acter' by voice. Only short time be- fore another woman in the same city had expounded the details of a system of using the finger nails as an index to moral, mental and physical qualities. Of course, the shape of the nose has long been recognized as an infalIible indicator. Also the cut and angle of lhe ear If this organ is small and close to the head it means one thing, and If it is large and Hops it means another. All the student has to do is to learn which is portrayed by which. The fact Is not to be forgotten that the color and texture of the hair is also q revelation of the inmost thought and the measure of capacity. Ditto. or practically so, as to the eyes. while the palms constitute a complete life story, plot, climax and all. The list might .e extended to embrace every human fea- ture and attribute. According to the New York World, the person who ac, cepts these claims as valid, and who is conscious of having a character not lending itself well to the purpose of display, will feel an impulse to take tc the woods.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27
 LOOK OUT FOR YOUR TEETH

Keeping the teeth in good condition is very simple matter, yet perhaps more people sin in this particular point of cleanliness than in any other. know young men. and young women, too. who dress very we'll and seem to take considerable pride i'll their per- sonal appearance. yet neglect their teeth. They do not realize that there could hardly be q worse blot on ones appearance than dirty or decaying teeth, or the absence of one or two in front. Nothing can be more offensive in man or woman than foul breath, and no one can have dirty or decay1ng teeth without reaping this conse- quence. We all know how disagree able it is to be anywhere near person whose breath is foul. 1t is positive ly nauseating. No employer wants a clerk, or stenographer. or other em- ploye about him who taints the whole atmosphere of the room in which he is Nor does he, if he is at all particu- lar, want one whose appearance is marred by lack of one or two front teeth. Many an aplicant has been de- nied the position he sought because of bad teeth.
 How easy 1t is to preserve them when they are naturally good. Anyone can do 1t. Brush them after each meal with brush stiff enough to re- move all particles of food, but not so stiff as to injure the gums. Warm or tepid water should be used, with a little powdered orris root, which helps to keep the breath sweet. Any other good tooth powder may be substituted or the occasional use of little fine salt will be found beneficial. If fibers of meat, or particles of any other food that cannot be removed with q brush, lodge between the teeth. they should be removed by wooden toothpick. On no account use a pin, or q penknife, or your fork In passing. let me add, do not use toothpick at the tables, on the street, or anywhere else in pub l lie. Nothing can be more ill-bred or disgusting. Do not try to crack nuts or to bite any hard substance with l your teeth. This causes the enamel 1 or outer protective covering to break, which is the same as if you were to break the skin on any part of your I body. When the enamel is broken the tooth begins to decay, and severe pain and an unpleasant breath are the re. l suits. Violent changes of temperature such as from ice cream to hot coffee also cause the enamel to break. If. in l spite of proper care, your teeth trouble you, you should immediately consult a good dentist Do not go to q pool one because he happens to be q little cheaper. You will find that a most pernicious sort of economy. Make any reasonable sacrifice rather than g6 about with front tooth Or two miss
 ing. for, besides seriously interfering with ones speech, grinning vacancy where tooth should be has a most in
 furious effect on one's appearance. Il is a wise thing to have your teeth ex
 amined at least once year by good I dentist.--Success
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27
WILL IT PAY TO GO TO COLLEGE

Young people often ask us, Will It nav. to 20 to college if one is going to berone !, merchant, druggist, a far- mer, etc.
 Whether or not q liberal education nays. depends upon the ambition or the inquirer. De you want to be Just as much of man as possible, or do YOU want merely to get us much mon ey as you can!
 If your ambition is. simply to see how many goods you can sell and now much money you can rake together; II yuu have no desire to reach out into the broad fields, to be known as :l man who amounts to something i'll the world, who carries weight i'll his community; if you have no ambition to be man of broad, liberal, progressive ideals; If you do not wish to know anything about your goods before they reach your store, where they are made or the conditions of. the people who manufacture them, and have no desire to better their conditions; if you have no ambition to make the world Il little better than you found it, then Il col lege education will probably not do you much good If it is simply going to increase your capacity to grasp, seize and hold material things, to get little more away from others by your longheaded methods; if it is only going to increase your shreWdness, your ability to scheme ways and means of piling up more dollars. then do not advise you to go. But if you want to be of real help to your gener. ation; if your ambition is to be just as much of man as possible. to be larger, truer and nobler; if you wish to make the most of the material the Creator has given you, then get all the knowledge you can transmute in to real power.
 I notice that 1t has been the broad i ly educated men that have enlarged and improved the spheres into which 1 they have entered. As Il rule, it has been the boys who have been to col 1 lege and gained q liberal education who have mixed brains with the soil who have developed marvellous pos abilities of agriculture by their know ledge of chemistry and botany, bJ
 their ability to study the effects oi 1 climatic conditions upon crops-wht have brought fruits and vegetable!
 and cereals to greater perfection bJ
 their superior knowledge. e.-Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27

A prominent physician in Chicago has been testing the sanitary effects of corsets by applying the test Of tight facing on monkeys, says a Boston paper. Miniature monkey corsets' were constructed and applied to se> lected specimens of our female pro- genitors. The V-shaped corsets of our fashionable women when tightly laced were found to be fatal to the young monkeys and some of them died under the pressure in few days. But in general the monkeys lost flesh, moped and were attacked by gastric and other internal disorders. The hardest of them died within a few months and the doctor reports that in every case the stays were the cause of it. How ever, our Simian relatives might not thrive if tAey had to wear htgh-heeled boots, goloshes. altitudinous collars plug hats and ulsters; consequently the monkey argument is not conclusive against the corset. Indeed, it would be q sad experiment in evolution if a human being, after surviving the ef fects of prehistoric ancestry, could not defy so small a thing as a corset.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27
FOR THE EXPOSITION.
The Irish. American Historical SOCi-
 ety Wants Contributions.

The following circular has been sent to the members of the Irish American Historical society in this city and e&- plains itself:
 Dear Sir--We desire to call your at- tention to a loan collection of Irish American memorials which we are now assembling for the exposition Ill St Louis,
 Articles loaned to use should be sent within the next two weeks. to the com mittee's address, 56 Pine street, New York city, the expense of transit to be defrayed by us. The afucles VIII be promptly receipted for upon thelr arrival in New York and will be ln- sured against loss by theft, ire or other causes, while in transit to ana from St Louis and while at the exposl- tion.
 This Irish American exhibit we are engaged i'll getting together for the purpose mentioned, will be placed ID the Irish section of the worlds talL along with the splendid display that has arrived from Ireland. 1t Will De historically illustrative Of the part taken. early or late. by men and Wo men of Irish birth or extraction Ill the up-building of the United States. Every article loaned us for our ex, hibit will be described in the official catalogue, wherein will also be se' forth the name and residence of the owner of each article This will be lastinr memorial of the great exposl ton and will be. Of much personal II terest to all contributors to the lrlsh American exhibit
 The following list will give you al idea of what the committee Woule like to have in the loan exhibit, or oD iects at one time owned by. or posses sing some relation to, Irish -Amerlcahs | of prominence in civil, military, indus traI. religious or political life: Auto | graphs, authors manuscripts, badges l battle flags. books. busts, buttons, mil l itAry or naval, chinaware. clocks, com l missions, army or navy, cutlasses, en Cravings, glassware, guidons, military l guns household articles, 5eWeiry l lamps, letters, locks and keys, meudls medallions. miniatures, f1uskets, mus 1 ical instruments, newspapers photo
 graphs. plate pistols, portraits, pos I ters. recruiting, spinning wheels, stat
 ues. swords. uniforms, and many othe articles that could be mentioned. l Anything relating to the yarlou
 wars in which the republic has beer
 enoa oed will be Of special interest.
 D, H. Tierney and pr John r Hayes are members of the supefVls
 ory committee and any persons haYih'
 articles they care to donate can sel' them to either of them and they VII 1 be carefully handieds
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27
THUMB PRINTS.

The tinger-print method of personal identification seems to be coming to the front. It has long been used as all adjunct to the Bertillon system of measurement, and now we are told that in England it is superseding that system, being regarded as both simpler and surer The trouble with any meas. urement system is that the measure ments of the same man taken by diff ferent persons or at different ages will differ slightly, and so the Identification may fail. Finger-prints, on the other hand, tell their own story and are sub. ject to no personal equation;" while their systems of ridges and whirls re. main the same from infancy to man hood Tn recent European case re. ported in a French paper, a murderer was detected through the agency of q thurnb-print on the rail of broken sash-so slight a mark that 1t was scarcely visible--but photography en abled 1t to be studied slifaciently fol identiication.- June Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27

Mexican labor is not always cheap There are mines in Mexico that do not pay dividends; rubber trees will not grew on the cold plateaus, and there are sections of the country that have had droughts There exist also un- scrupulous people who are willing to paint Mexico as a lang of milk and honey for their own selfish ends, says an exchange. Every man who is brought to Mexico under q misappre- hension as to it's resources and the pos abilities for profitable investment that exist for him, eventually harms the re- public more than he is personally in- jured. The opportunities for agricul- tural and industrial investment and trade expansion in Mexico are many and varied in character, but the, truth should be frankly told about these openings. There are many chances for investment of large capital compara- lively few for the man of small means. and no room at all for the poor man. There are plenty of poor people al ready in Mexico. The American la borer cannot compete in wages or the standard of living with the native peon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27
COLD TREATMENT.

George Ade, at recent banquet, was asked to speak oil success. T suppose that failure is more familiar than success to all of us" he said. .SWe work away. Four things fail. The fifth thing succeeds. The hard est workers have the most failures, but then they have the most success es, too.
 'One of my early failures was a melodrama that I travelled all the way from Chicago to New York to sell to manager. This was ill my youth, when I had confidence ill myself. The manager returned my 1nelodranna. He said he didn't care for it.
 'I pointed out the merits in it which he had overlooked. I proved that he would make a great mistake if he should not accept this work. But he shook his head.
 Can't you use it at all?' asked, desperately.
 "'Well,' said he, T might grind if up and use it for snowstorm.' "--- June Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27
WAS A FATAL SESSION.
Of Nineteen Members of Fifty-First Congress Only One Is Now
 in Service.

The Fifty-f1rst congress was a fatal one for new senators, says the Wash ington Post Of the nineteen men who began their services in the senate dur ing that session, but one, Warren, of Wyoming, is now member, and his services have not been continuous, as he was out for two years while the state was represented by one senator owing to the failure of the legislature to elect. Nearly all of the remaining IS are still living, though four or i've have "crossed the divide" Many of these men became we'll known, several were once reelected, but the larger number served only one term, or even less.
 The IS who entered the senate during 1889 and 1890 and who are not mem- bers of the body now are: Wolcott Colorado; Higgins, Delaware; McCon- nell and Shoup, Idaho; Carlisle, Ken lucky; McMillin, Michigan; Washburn Minnesota; Sanders and Powers, Mon tana; Pierce and Casey, North Dakota; Dixon, Rhode Island; Moody and Petit grew, South Dakota; Barbour, Vir- ginia; Allen and Squire, Washington; and Carey, Wyoming. The number oi new senators who entered that con- 1 gress was due to the fact that six new states were admitted. Twelve of the l 19 were from those states.
 There are IF senators now In the sen. I ate who were members previous to tho Fifty-fir congress, but two, German 1 of Maryland, and Mitchell, of Oregon have not served continuously.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27

In almost all telephone and tele- graph offices, and in many electric lighting and railway plants located in regions traversed by high potential transmission circuits. the chances of fire throug-- the crossing of low and high-voltage wires are So great as to warrant most careful investigation Of the situation by skilled engineer. says T. H. Bunnell i'll the Engineering Magazine. This is an outcome of the rapid multiplication of power circuits throughout the country in the develop ment of the long distance trapsmission of electrical energy at potentia1s rang ing from 5000 to 60,0O0 volts. Special overhead construction for the proven ton of such crossings is now being in stalled at many danger points, but tue work has hardly been begun as yet. A high tension ''cr6ss'' on low tension line may easily start fires at many widely scattered points, to say nothing of the risk to human life. Ordinary protective devices in the way of fuses automatic cut-outs and circuit break. CTS are usually effective up to 5000 volts, but beyond this potential the only safe course appears to be the ab solute prevention of any contact what ever between circuits which literally carry chained lightning and those oi lower pressure. The latest rules of tho national board of fire underwriters art suggestive in detail as to how to avoid these serious dangers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27
sapltng Hits False Teeth.

A peculiar accident happened to c. C.. Walker, a farmer at Columbia, Mo. While cutting bushes in field sapling, forced back suddenly by the weight of the chin, shattering the lower set of false teeth and forcing them up in such 8 way as to cut his tongue in two. Physicians sewed the parts together, and say MT. Walker will not have his speech im- paired.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-27
WHO INVENTED THE p1ANo?l

It is not known who invented the piano, the credit being variously given to Christopher Gottlieb Schroeder of saxony, Marius of France, and Bartol- omeo Christofa1i of Italy. The latter had completed four instruments in 17O9, and two dated TYPO and 1726 still exist.--June Success.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-29
DALE MEETINGS..

Judge David NJ. Dale, fusion can
didate for governor of the state Of
Kansas, will address the people Of
Cherokee county, at Columbus, Oct.
IL, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon; and
at Gaiena at $50 in the evening.
Judge Dale's candidacy for COVER
norship is in the interest of all the
people of the state, and particularly
in the interest of the taxpayers.
Cherokee county's state tax for the
year 1903 was 81, 74S more than II was
for 1902, an increase of more than
sixteen per cent. Go and hear what
Judge Dale has to say about such
matters, as well as other matters of
which he will speak.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-29
PUBLIC SALES!

On Tuesday, October 4, at the
Elizabeth Ray place, one and half
miles west of Peoria, l. T., on Craw-
fish Prairie, J. ". Bowser will 'sell
at public auction, II horses and
mules, 8 cattle, IS hogs, and lot OF
farming Implements, buggy, sad
die, ETC., on twelve months time.
W. T. HARTLEY, Salesman,
NJ. DoTY, Clerk.
On Tuesday. Oct. IL ]. 7. Chap.
man will sell at public auction, at
his farm, four miles north of Bax-
ter Springs, and six miles west OF
Galena, known as the Painter place,
% head of fine cattle consisting of
mich cows, young steers and heif-
ers, thoroughbred Short Horn bulls,
etc. a lot of farming implements
and numerous other articles on II
months credit. ". T. Hartley, sales
man. NJ. Doty clerk.
AT the Marcellus farm, two miles
north and two and three-fourths
miles west of Baxter Springs. ]. p
Marcellus and S. NJ. West will sell
al public auction, on Thursday, Oc'
tober 10, 5 horses, 2 mules, II head
of fine cattle. lot Of farming imp
lements, stack of millet hay. heat
ing stove, etc, on II months time.
Also a fine 80 acre farm for sale
on easy terms. ". T. Hartley, sales
man. NJ. Doty clerk.
John Luckey will sell at public
auction, at his farm a mile and a
half west of Baxter Springs, on the
Chetopa road, on Tuesday, Oct. IS
9 good brood mares, 4 mules, 20 fine
we'll bred red cattle,2 sows and II
extra fine pigs. a lot of farming
implements, about 10 dozen chick
ems. household goods, etc. on l:
months credit. W. 7. Hartley, auc
tioneer, II. Doty clerk.