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Love Letter Romance.

Half century ago young English man, while travelling, met beautiful girl and promptly fell in love with her.
 A few days later he returned home, and his first act was to write her love letter. In 1t he told her that he could not be happy without her, and that if she regarded his proposal favorably he would expect reply by the next mail.
 To this letter he received no answer, and so disappointed was he that from that time until his death, which Oc. cured recently, he shut himself up in his home and lived like hermit. Most of his time was spent in reading, and the day after his funeral the heirs be gan to search the books in his library, for they thought 1t quite possible that the eccentric old man might have hid. den some bank notes in them.
 They found none, but in a tattered old pamphlet they found another kind of note, the love letter which was writ ten fifty years ago, and which the writ. CT had forgotten 10 mail
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Quality in Beef

The suggestions which follow from Up-to-Date Farming are quite as ap- plicable to beef cattle in California as in the middle west: The factors which determine the selling price of the steer on any of our leading mar kets are percentage; that is, per cent of dressed weight to live weight: quality, that is, a thick covering of good flesh over the back and groin ; and proportion, which means as much weight as possible in the back, loin and hind quarters, where the high priced cuts are to be found. There is much in color; when lean meat is of a dark red shade it is not as tender as when more pale in color. Beef is better when the fat is nearer white, instead of "a yellow cast. The fat of baby beef is white, and all know what to expect from it.
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the egg, probably by inducting an in- terchange of fluids within and without the egg. Water glass (sodium silicate) has been extensively experimented with using solutions varying from ? per cent to 10 per cent. Although in the main the results have been fairly satisfactory, we are of the opinion that limewater is fully it's equal, if not it's superior, as preservative, and that this latter peservative is both cheaper and pleasanter to use there can be no doubt.
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HOMEMADE PHILOSOPHY.

Mans struggles for fame and glory remind one of the oceans efforts to wash away its rocky shores.
 Don't attempt to sing before the pub. lie, unless you are certain the public wants to hear you sing.
 When man is too old to be affected by the loveliness of women, he is too old to make laws for vigorous men.
 Virtue alone, without woolen under clothes, is not enough to keep one warm in the worlds winter of immoralities.
 Don't seek public office if you can get an honest situation somewhere else; for public office so often leads to public plum der.
 The boy who stands with mouth open will make a man who can eat just a lit tie bit more than his hands are able to produce.
 More inspiration has grown out of a mans hungering for womans love than all the signs humanity ever signed for immortality.
 Men drift into the channels that lead down through life, just the same as the water from melting snow follows little washed-out trails to the river.
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Extract Needle From His Spine

Troy, N. Y.-Henry F. Boardman, a wealthy citizen of Troy, had a peculiar experience at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City. He left the hotel to take cab. Roardman, while stepping into the vehicle, felt a sudden sharp pain shoot through his neck and down one of his arms into his hand. causing him to drop the grip he was carrying. The sensation follow ing the shock resembled paralysis, and, greatly alarmed, Boardman re- turned to the hotel, and the resident physician was summoned. He could not discover the cause and called into consultation surgeon They decided that surgical operation was neces- sary. Making an incision the physic- ian discovered needle resting on the mans spine. Boardman could not explain it's presence there.
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carrying hundreds of Chinese and Japanese fpassengers in their steerage apartments. There is rush of Orien- tals for the Orient, such as is custo- mary for the last months of the year, but the heavy proportion of Japanese to Chinese passengers is exciting comment among passenger officials It is customary for the steamship companies to carry largo lists of Chinese homeward bound aud almost invariably the returning Chinese far outnumber the Japanese.
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Harris, -"When l meet Flanders he generally has something to say about the virtues of his first wife, and my wife says Mrs. Flanders Is always talk ing about her first husbands good points," Damon-"So they both have been married beforeT Harris-"Yes. What pity that first husband and that first wife couldn't have married one an- other! They'd make an ideal match.
 Mrs. Reproductive got the dear est old darling of husband that ever happened. He has an awful temper, and about once month he gets mad and tears up my best hat" Miss Sin gleton-"And you call him dear old darling after that? How can you" Mrs. Temperton.-"Well, you see, he always has fit of remorse next day and buys me better one."-Chicago
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ORIGIN OF THE ESQUIMAUX
Dr. Franz Boas Believes All Are One
 Race
Race

ANASS
 New York-Basing his opinions upon data collected by several ex- plorers sent out by Morris K. Jessup of this city, Dr. Franz Boas, curator of ethnology of the American Museum of Natural History, has announced his belief that previons theories as to the origin of the American and Asiatic tribes around the Arctic sea are founded on error. The curator de- clares chat the tribes around the Behring sea and east Greenland are subdivisions of one race and that the Esquimax position, as distinct race, so long conceded, can no longer be sustained.
 "It seems clear" he says. "that the isolated tribes of Eastern Siberia and those of the northwest coast cf Amer ica form one race, similar in type and with many elements of culture in common. The invasion of eastern tribes in America have disturbed the former conditions but enough remains to lead us to think the tribes of this whole area must be considered as a single race, or at least that their culture is a single culture, which at one time was found in both the north eastern part of the old world and the northwestern part of the new world. !"
 Heretofore the dwellers of the Arctic regions were believed by many scien- lists to be the oldest existing race and to be of pre- glacial origin.
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE UNSAFE
Structure is Reported to Be Worn
 Out

New York-In report to the mayor Bridge Commissioner Lidenthal rec ommends the rebuilding of the Brook lyn bridge, which was opened to traffic in 1882. The commissioner says the structure from anchorage to an- chorage is in a wornout and weakened condition, requiring constant and expensive repairs to keep it safe. The rebuilding of the bridge, he asserts. has become imperative.
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Thrilling moments: Johnnie called the mother, T want you to go to the store for me-" "Wait second maw," replied the youth, who was absorbed in a fve-cent volume; "Pepperhole Pete has thirty-seven Injuns to kill, an it'll only take him about two minutes."- Columbus (Ohio) State Journal.
 The dentist was kind: Did the den- tist hurt you much, Elsie?" asked her mother, solicitiously. "Yes, mamma" replied the small girl; "but he was very nice every time he did" Very nice? How do you mean?" "Why. he always said 'Ouchv before I could."- Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
 Anxious Wife-What do you think of my husbands case? Is it serious? Physician-Oh, he'll pull through all right. What he needs Is rest, so I have prescribed an opiate. Anxious Wife-How often shall l give it to him? Physician-Don't give it to him at all; take 1t yourself.-Chicago News.
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Limswater Keeps Eggs Fresh

The price of eggs at this time, De- cember 8, will help poultry people to see the need of some way in which they can keep eggs fresh when the hens are in mood to lay them, and it may seem worth while to try the way which Professor Shut tells the Montreal Herald and Star he has found good. Make lime water as fol- lows: One part lime to seventy parts water; in other words, one pound of lime to seven gallons of water is re- quired. However, he says, owing to the impurities ill commercial lime it is well to use about one pound to fifty of water, or five gallons. The method of preparation is simply to slake the lime with small quantity of water and then stir the milk of lime so formed into the five gallons of water. After the mixture has been kept we'll stirred for few hours it is allowed to settle. The supernant liquid, which is now "saturated'' limewater, is drawn off and poured over the egg, previously placed in crock or ter-tight barrel.
 As exposure to the air tends to pre- cipitate the lime Gas carbonate, and thus to weaken the solution, the vessel containing the eggs should be kept covered. The air may be ex- cludod by covering of sweet oil, or by sacking upon which a paste of lime is spread. If after time there is any noticeable precipitation of the lime, the llmewater should be drawn or siphoned off and replaced with a further quantity newly prepared.
 It is essential that attention should be paid to the following points First, that perfectly fresh eggs should be used. Second, that the eggs should throughout the whole period of pres ervation be completely immersed.
 Although not absolutely necessary to the preservation of the eggs in a sound condition, a.temperature of 40 to 45 degrees. Fahrenheit will ma terially assist toward retaining good flavor. or rather in arresting that "stale" flavor so characteristic of packed eggs. Respecting the addition of salt, it must be stated that our ex- eriment-conducted now throughout hree seasons, do not show any benefit to be derived .therefrom; indeed, salt appears to impart limey flavor to
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Where did your daughter and her husband spend their honeymoon, MT. Goldbug?" "Blest if I know. I can't even find out where they spent all the money they did."-Washington Times.
 "He had three days of grace left in which to pay the note, and he moved at once to the Arctic regions. I won- der why?" Well, you know the days there are six months long, Town Topics.
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1ngenulty's reward You say Bur- ton is leading q double life? Pm as- tonished He's the last man in the world I'd suspect of anything of that kind. "Yes, his wife's in Europe, and he has to stay down at the office near ly every evening to copy with his own hand the nice, gossipy letter his type writer has written for him during the day. He says it's a great scheme, though."-Ex
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Great Domestic Harmony,

"I read in the paper this morning about man wbo bought wife for $5."
 Another case of man with more money than brains"
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Making progress: "Wiljams have you named the baby yeti" Almost. We've got the two grandmothers to agree to arbitrate the case."-Chicago Tribune.
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Japanese arc Going Home
 Seattle, Wash.-Steamships .leaving Puget Sound ports for the Orient are
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16

singular and Unexpected Method -
E~nfOrelnE the Game laws IN
neM nnmRahlra.


A Yopng New YORK fisherman who
vent into northern New Hampshire 70
~ Als luck early last summer ran
across a new way 81 enforcing game
laws. The New Hampshire statutes
make II an onense to have in ones pos
session q trout under six inches in
length, but the New Yorker didn't know
this, says the Sun.
He wa returning by train from q good
days sport, when the conductor, after
taking up his ticket, strollee back and
started a conversation. He asked the
fisherman what luck he'd had. and finally
asked to see the catch.
The conductor locked long and care
fully at the FISH. Finally he said:
Young man, I'm a game warden Of
this state, an some o. them fish are
under size. I'll have to measure them"
And measure them he did, finding that
i've were under length. II cost the young
ster $25 and costs to settle the bill with
the state, and a part Of that sun went
10 the game warden conductor.
The fisherman didn't know the trick
Of the native, who, when he hauls out a
trout that's under length. cuts on the
tail and dehes the warden to tell how
long It was when caughH
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
c0LD sT0RAGE a RLEssINo.
Regulates the Market Prices Of Per-
ishable Commodities, Especially
IN the Line OF Frait.

Few hougeh0lders appreciate the
debt they owe to the cold storage sys-
tenn now so generally in use through
out the country. It has become a nee
essary adjunct to the rapidly develop
ing commercial orcharding OF the
country. It is the reservoir n which
the temporary o%versuDply Of fruit Is
placed and from which Il may Be uni
formly distributed throughout the
year. From the earliest times Il has
been recognized that some provision
must be made to store up the temper
airy surplus and distributs Il n time
Of greater need II an industry IL to
grow into permanency and stability,
and If violent fluctuations an supply
and demand are to be avoided, says
the Chicago Chronicle.
The danger Of ~so-called o~verproduc-
ton Is greatest in an industry when
no provision is made to equalize the
distribution Of the products through
out the year. There can be no general
oVsrproduction when the majority q
the people Of the world are suil under
supplied, and an industry becomes
safe and attractive when man masters
the art Of handling the temporary
o~vsrsupply and Of converting II into
q steady uniform supply 70 an Lnereas-
ing number Of people.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
v MILITARY RIDE.
Condition Of the Horses 4 COunt
More Than Speed In New
Contest.

Sir Evelyn Wood has invented a mill
tary ride under new conditions. which
are to be tested over Salisbury plain,
reports Country Life.
The conditions are Is miles OF dis
lance to be covered. the riders steering
by compass. and horses to be brought
In In such good condition az to show no
spur marks and be able to eat a feed
Of corn within half an hour of coming
TO the winning post.
Among the most important Of the
minor conditions attached to this ride
Is that which provides that the horse
ridden shall have been the property of
his rider for at least a fortnight, or II
he be a government horse shall have
been ridden regularly by the man who
mounts him in the competition for g
D~poviauo forfnioht
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
nora Plots.

Disturbances of strikers are not near
" as grave as an individual disorder Of
the system. 0verwork, loss OF sleep,
nervous tension will be followed by
utter collapse, unless q reliable RENE
dy l. Immediately employed. There's
nothing so efficient to cure disorders
Of the Liver or kidneys as Electric
Bitters. It's q wonderful tonic. and
effective nervine and the greatest ell
around medicine for run down system.
Il dispels Nourvouseess, Rheumatism
and Neuralgia and expels Malaria
germs. Only SOC, and satisfaction
guaranteed by all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
me Rsv. Irl 2. HICKS 1904 Almanac.

ANe NV - ~ AAAeA ANNN HAuAaHeea
The Rev. Iri R. Hicks Almanac for
1904 is nov ready. It will be mailed
to any address for 30 cents. Il Is sur
prisiug how such an elegant, coetly
book can Be- sent prepaid 50 cheaply
No family OF person is prepared to
study the heavens, OF the storms and
weather in 1904, without this wonder
full Hicks Almanac and Prof. Hicks
splendid paper, Word and Works.
Both are sent for only one dollar 8
year. Word and Works is among the
best American Magazines. Like the
Hicks Almanac, it is too we'll known
to need further oommendation. Few
men have labored more faithfully for
the public goo or found 8 warmer
place IN the heart Of the people. Send
orders to Word and Works Publishing
Co, 2201 Locnst St., st. Louis, Nc.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
colds Cause pneumonla.

One OF the most remarkable cases OF
a cold, deep seeded on the lungs. caus-
ing pneumonia, Is that Of Mrs. Ger
trude e. Fenner, Marion. Ind. who
was entirely cured By the use Of One
Minuete Cough Cure. She says. 1.-THE
coughing and straining 50 weakened
me that / ran down il weight from i4s
70 80 pounds. / tried a number Of
remedies to no avail until ] used One
Minute Cough Cure four bottles Of
this wonderful remedy cured me en-
tirely Of the congh. strengthened my
lungs and restored ms TO my normal
weight, health and strength Sold by
all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16

Herbine is & boon for sufferers from
aneamia. BY its use the blood Is quick.
" regeneratsd and the color becomes
normal. The dropping strength is re-
vived. The languor Is diminished,
Health. vigor and tone predominant.
New life and happy activity results.
Mrs. Belle H. Shirel, Middlesborough,
H., writes; y have been troubled
with liver complaint and poor blood
and have found nothing 70 benefit me
like Herbine. I hope never to be with.
out It. / have wished that 4 had
known Of It IN my husbands lifetime. :
50c ct all drug stores.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
General Dlck LII b Dc It, man

General Dick will be the fret man
Of moderate means whom Ohio has
sent to the United States senate since
the days of Senator Thurman. He
has no fortune but his well balanced
head. Dicks has been a busy life, and
he lie g great student. His ehoats have
not been toward money. Mis- career
hss been q remarkable one. Fifteen
years ego, when he wa about 30 years
Of age, he was proprietor Of 8 very
small -four and feed store IN his home
city Of Akron.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16

back thrObbed withpain. Butths worst
pain Of all was to see my poor little
boy burning with those nasty sores.
At last ! was persuaded by . friend
across the street TO try the Cuticura
Remedies. She gave me some CuticurA
Ointment think the box was about
half full-and piece Of Cuticura Soap.
I followed the directions, bathing
Charlie and putting that nice Ointment
on the sores. Little by little, but so
surely, Charlie and I both got more
peace by day and more sleep by night.
The sores sort Of dried up and went
away, and nov Charlie is cured com
pletely."
ayes, that fat little boy by the win
dow Is Charlie, and his skin is as white
Is q snow fake, thanks TO the Cuticura
Remedies. I think everybody should
know about the Soap and Ointment,
and II II is going to help other mothers
with sick babies, go ahead and publish
what / have told you"
Sold throughout the world. Cuticurs Resolvsnt, 800.
Ointment, SOC, Soap, use. Depotst London, q Charter
house So, Paris, 5 Hue de Ia Paixi BOSTON, lN Columbus
Ave. Potter Drug a Chem, Corp, Sole Props.
Send fox An Abouthe skin, Scalp and aGT,"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16

It is reported that the negroes Of
Panama are threatening to precipi-
tate q race war because they have
been ignored almost entirely In the
distribution Of the little republics po-
litical pie. Teddy ought to be able to
do something for them.
The extraordinary debates between
Congressman Bankhead and Captain
Richard Pearson Hobson, over in the
9Th Alabama district, continue to bring
ont the "yells," ''tears," ''shrieks, +"
"hisses," and other emotional signs OF
the district voters, according to the
STAFF correspondents.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16

The meanest trick Doc Lambert
ever, to my knowledge, played was the
one that popped into his head the day
he met a farmer walking to town
with a big basket Of eggs on his arm,
says a writer in the Brooklyn Eagle.
How much for eggs today?" Doc
asked, refining in his horse.
The farmer named his price, and
Doc said he would take them all pro-
vided they stood his test. Alighting
from his buggy he made the farmer
stand with his hands clasped in front
Of him, while he (the Doc) took the
eggs, three or four at a time, from the
basket and, pretending to weigh them
in his hand, laid them upon the farm
er's arms.
Soon the farmer had to lean back to
keep the eggs from rolling of, but Doe
still piled them upon his front. until
the poor man was bent back almost
to the point Of topping over.
whats this?" said Doc, with well.
assumed indignation. He held an egg
up toward the sun and looked through
1t. "You said they were all fresh"
Thereupon he leaped into his buggy
beside the friend who told the story
to me, and the two drove away, leav.
Ing the farmer perfectly helpless, with
nearly his entire stock of eggs piled
upon his stomach and chest and both
his hands engaged in holding them
there.
Whether the farmer got out Of the
scrape without breaking = lot q the
eggs. deponent, after the manner q
Senator Plat, saith not.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
ID Yon W. sfrenrfh7

II Won want to increase your strength
ven must add 70 and not take from the
physical in other words, the food
Won eat must be digested, assimilated
AID an afopriat-d BY the nerves, blood
AM i-sues before being expelled from
the iatestises. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
adds 90 the physical. i gives strength
to q . builis up strength 10 the human
system. Il is pleasant 70 the taste and
peal stable and Tie only combination Of
d%iz--ianis that viii digest the food and
enalls the system 10 appropriate All
fta health and streBgth-givtng quail.
asa Sold b al druggist.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
"a HANDSOME LOT OF F" MB
~" GATHERED GEMS. 80

German iron and steel manulactuf-
ere recently met and although no hnai
agreement has been reached, the or
~ganiEatiOn Of the syndicate - now
practically assured.
The gold contained IN the medals,
vessels, chains and other objects pre-
served IN the Vatican would make
more than the whole Of the present
European circulation.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16

"Just In the nick Of time our little
boy was saved" writes Mrs. w.
Watkins Of Pleasant City, Ohio.
aPneumonia had played sad havoc
with him and e terrible cough set Ia
besides. Doctors treated him, but he
grew worse every day. At length we
tried DR., Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, and our darling was
saved. He's nov sound and well. =
Everybody ought to know it's the only
sure cure for Couges, Colds and Ell
Lung diseases. Guaranteed by eli
druggists. Price SOC and 81 90. Trial
bottle free.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16

There is much in Japanese heathen-
~ that shines in comparison with
Tartar savagery.
Ikous and amulets seem to be more
relied upon by the Russians that their
fighting qualities.
Be patient; when Richard Harding
Davis reaches the front we shall get
the real thing In war news.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16

Trustworthy lady or gentleman K
manage business IL this county aud ed
joining territory for we'll and fayorabls
known house Of solid financial stand
ing. 5000 stright cash salary and ex-
penses, paid each Monday BY check d.
rect from headquarters. Expense
money advanced position permanent.
Address manager, $40 Monon bid.
Chicago, I'll.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
Happy, Healthy Children.

Any child can take Little Early
Rissrs with perfect safety. They are
harmless, never grippe or sicken, aud
yet they are so certain in results that
robust constitutions requiring drastic
means are never disappointed. They
cannot fail TO perform their mission
and every onelWho uses DsWitt's Little
Early Risers prefer them TO all other
pills. They CURE billiousness. Sold
By all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-16
working Overtime.

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
~tireleas, little workers-Dr. Kings
New Life Pills. Millions are always at
work, night and day, curing Indiges-
ton, Billiousness, Constipation, Sick
Headache aud all Stomach, Liver and
Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe,
sure. Only Csc. at all drug store.