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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-20

Il costs q round sum Of money
to builds battleship-sOme seven
or eight millions Of dollars, says
the New Orleans Item, and we
should be careful Of its life as
well as Of the lives Of the hundreds
Of officers and men who are en-
ployed upon it. And yet We have
witnessed Of recent years what ap-
pears 10 be gross carelessness 10
the navy. Ships are run into
each other, or are run aground.
Not long ago the Presidents
brOther-in-laW, Captain Cowles,
found his battleship( the MissOuri)
In collision with the Illinois.
Nothing was done, as the explana-
ton was that one Of the ships had
lost it's steering power, How it
came to lose the power just as a
naval review Of inspection was
taking place has never been ex-
planned. And now Ca plain
COwles and the Missouri have met
another and more serious accident.
The Missouri was on the target
range with the Texas and Brook
lyn, at practice, last week, when a
charge Of powder in the 12-inch
leit-hsDd gun exploded, ignited
from gases, and dropping below,
ignited four charges Of powder in
the handling room, all exploding,
and only one man Of the entire
turret and handling crew survives.
Thirty men were killed. But for
the prompt and efficient work Of
Captain Cowles in flooding the
handling room and magazine with
water, N Of the magazines would
have exploded and the ship would
have been destroyed.
A prominent naval officer gives
no explanation OF the cause of this
catastrophe. Said he; "The Mis-
souri, accident is too appalling to
discuss. But I fear that enthusi-
asm in making worlds records has
led rs pass the danger line. In
eur anxiety to surpass the world
in the rapidly of big gun firing, !
fear we have permitted enthusiasm
to get the better Of our Judgment.
1t would seem from the dispatch
that not enough time had been al
lowed to elapse between the firing
1t is only recently that we have
permitted the breech to be opened
almost the moment the gun was
fred, and in so doing there is nee
essarily a risk. Apparently all
but three men in the handling
room we're killed."
The guns were being fred toe
rapidly. It is difficult to under.
stand what the Naval Academy il
good for if it can not measure the
intervals between discharges so al
to prevent ignition Of the waiting
cartridge. Every old soldier
knows that there is danger in fir.
ing a musket too rapidly.
This accident to the Missouri
needs Investigation. Were all
precautions observed in the tur.
retsi Was the handling room
sufficiently guarded It is to be
hoped that no one was at fault,
but perhaps an Investigation viii
reveal defects OF construction that
NAV he avoided hereafter.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-20

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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-20

Elijah Dowie declares King Ed
ward will ''Only get to heaven by
the skin of his teeth" Whatever
bis judgement may be in celestial
matters, as an authority on earth
ly "skin" games DOwie is hard to
equal.
II the senate really desires to
have its proceedings in executive
session kept out OF the newspapers
it should apply to japan, who can
tell it how without any trouble.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-20

that yOu-a-ridin' in an aut0mO.
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with me and your mother spinnin'
through life in On ~Ox-eaFti''
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-20
M. WILLIAMS DEcLRATIoM.

Mr.. Williams, Of Mississippi,
added another laurel to his crown
Of popularity by the effective an
sWer be gave Mr.. Scott, Of Kansas
in Tuesdays debate. He laid
down as a basis that the South
cannot consent to the proposition
that the right Of the negro consists
10 comforting upon him the power
to govern the white men Of the
South, adding that the Republi-
can party cannot persuade the
Southern white men that it is not
a good or humane thing to purify
in the South the white mans civil
izatiOn and to perpetuate there the
two things on which that ciViliza-
ton is fOunded-the white mans
code Of ethics and the sanctity OF
the white mans family. This
declaration is unans " erable
However the Northern men may
speak in debate, side stepping in
order not to become involved In
an answer to the main question,
not one OF them will take the con-
verse Of this proposition. In their
hearts they know that the white
men must govern or leave the
the country; that the South can
not be half white aud half negro;
aud to be wholly negro is not good
for the South nor for the negro.
AS to the SOuth's obligation Mr..
Williams said:
God has given the cOlOred man
to the South as a trust, and that
trust will be kept. There will not
be a hybridized South. l want the
country to know hat l am speak
ing as a SOutherner, with the best
interests at heat Of both the white
and the black inhabitants.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-20

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S. S. S. being a purely
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-20

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BRADFIELD'S
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-20
The Human Lottery

"Ah. AZ On1y I were bsautifa1
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Many a foriorn maid has said this as she
looked into the mirror. Il is the one pos.
session in the lottery Of human life which
woman would not refuse.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-20

no bad afterefects, like the strong potash and mineral remedies, which
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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-16
The author replied as follows.
The Chinese SoIdt.r

Colonel Grandprey. once French milf.
tary attachc In pcking. gives some
very interesting information regarding
the Chinese army I'm the Revue do
faris- He says that few eouptries
nave such excellent material as China
Tos an army, where the whole popuia-
ton OF 420000.0O0 consists, SO to speak.
OF one people, displaying the same ra.
eial qualities. The Chinese is long
lived and tenacious OF life. He thrives
IN every climate, In spite Of the heat or
cold. He Is extremely thrifty and
therefore easily supported lie mas
nerves Of stegE hs san sleep in any
positian and IN Nny place aud can do
Win u minimum OF sleep. He seldom
needs doctor AMI bears pain with the
greatest stolcism. The Chinese Is very
tcachablc, ana what he has once been
taught he never forgets. ''''
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-16
The MORlxs of Tibet.

Gyangtse, which is distant 2l3 miles
from the Indian frontier aud 1874 miles
from Lassa, is u large aud Important
town with thriving trade. The coun-
try round Is q network OF irrigation
channels. The town. which is over
two miles in circumference and con-
tains 1000 houses, Is situated about
two small hills, which lie east and
west. On the eastern hill Is the fort
captured by the British troops July
u. collection OF massive walls. keens
and bastions covering the whole sur
face of the rock, 500 feet high and 400
yards long. On the western hill Is a
monastery Of 600 monks, with a lofty
temple nine stories high, which ia con-
sidered by the Tbetans a particularly
molly place. Surrounding the edifice
Is gilt dome. and from here a magni-
ncent view is to be had OF the town
and surrounding mountains. Inside
the temple are numbers Of inches. I'LL
Ell with images OF Buddha and of
saints. The town and the surrounding
country swarm with monasteries. in
one or which Chandra Das. an Indian
traveller, found 500 monks engaged
In divine service and 200 more reading
the sacred books while on each side
or the image of Buddha were four
rows Of monks, twenty ip each, with
hundreds Of butter fed lamps burning
IN front Of them,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-16
FARE OF THE GREAT.
The FaFoFtte Dishes az some Famous
Mon and Women

The FaFoFtte Dishes az Some Fampps
Mon and Wpmcn.
Queen Victoria IL said TO have given
mutton the preference in the line OF
meats, and was nOwise offended II of
fered 1.-THE cold shoulder"
Queen Elizabeth was very fond OF
roast goose She was dining on this
when the good news was brought her
on Michaelmas day that the Spanish
neet bad been driycn back And ever
since that fowl has been To the English
feast of 50. Michael what the turkey
Is to our Thanksgiving day.
Henry VIII. was extremely fond of
beans and imported Dutch gardener
TO raise them, rs in his day they were
only used 10y the upper classcs-'a dish
~ set before the king"
Napoleon's rayerito dish was bean
salad. much cheaper I'm his time, but
equally good.
Louis Nv. was "extravagantly" fond
of n dish made of the eggs of various
birds. which cost 500.
George Eliot, while ut Brook bank,
used frequently 10 walk over 10 the
farm where she purchased her vege-
Iapies and chat with tho farmers vito
on gardening and buttcrmaking, who
was somewhat surprised nj the great
novelist's conversation on such homely
topics and afterward remarked, "It
were wonderful, just wonderful, the
slight o green peas that l send down
TO that gen .leman and lady every
week" This was the summer Middle
maFeh" was written. ''' .'''''''
George sand not only liked sauces.
but eNcelled IN making them,
Lincoln. In the days when he did his
own marketing. often stopped at o GER
tain shop for his favorite- gingerbread.
lie used TO say, ut swells up and
makes me feel rs IL had had some.
thing"
Stonewall jackson delighted In buck
wheat cakes in season and out OF sen
son.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was fond of
pie especially that made of plums.
which he called the fruit of paradise.
pf. Holmes, on the contrary, said
OF inc peach. when nature has do.
nvered 1t 10 us In Its perfection we
forget all the lesser fruits, and IL not
FOUND by the river OF life an earth
born spirit might be forgiven for miss
ing it,
CHARLES Summers private secretary
tells or the statesman's sweet tooth for
chocolate creams.
Andrew Jackson SURRENDERED to ice
eream az hrst taste when Mrs: Alex
ander Hamilton introduced it into
Washington and swore his usua. oath,
"Ry the Eternal"' he would have 1t at
ths White House, and he did-at the
next reception.
Washington was noted for his fond
ness for hickory nuts. and the amount
he could consume.-What to Eat.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-16


This Is marvellous ago we live ill.,"
said theatrical manager. "aud its
marvelousness was brought home to
me forcibly last week.
81 had written to French tenor and
asked him what he would take to come
over here and sing next season. His
reply consisted OF letter and two
cylinders. " wv
1T win ceme sor $500 q week, the
letter said, and ! forward In another
package samples Of my voice and Of
my acting
"Fhe larger cylinder was q phone
graphic record of one Of the mans
solos, The smaller one was a moving
picture film OF him singing the solo.
~ took the two cylinders to q dealer,
and one we put In photograph. the
other In moving picture machine.
Then we darkened the room, and we
started the machine and the phono-
graph simultaneously. By Jove, sir,
the actor might have been present per-
sonally. There he was on the screen,
walking up and d9wn the stage aud
gestlcunttRs. aud there was his voice
issuing IN sonOrous notes from the big
photograph horn. I got from 1t as sat
isfactory an idea OF the mans talent as
] could have got II he had visited me-"
Washington Post.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-16

prosperity. the government is stable.
the people are contented. and In many
sections much revenue is coming I'm by
reason Of our exports. The olive grow
ers OF my own section, for instance.
are growing rich.
I'm the arts and In literature please
observe that Spain is keeping well to
the front. A picture from the brush
or our great painter, Soralla. took the
INST prize at the Paris exposition.
Among European contemporary writer's
few names shine with brighter luster
than Galdos Pereda and Valera. while
Nunez de Arce is one of the most wide
ly admired poets OF the day. 1t is a
blessing to be able to read the Spanish
language IL for nothing else than td
enjoy the works OF such great mas.
tiers. Washington Post
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-16
A NATURAL WONDER.
Ringing Rocks That Sound Like /,
Bell when struck

1850 W. rh StTack.
With all manner of legends cluster
Ing around their history and various
reasons given by geologtsts for their
presence. the Ringing rocks. two miles
n9rth OF lottstown. Pa, are the great
est natural wonders Of Montgomery
county. Although these rocks ana
powders are scattered over a large ex-
tent or territory, there is one place.
covering over two acres, where they lie
so closely together as TO suggest that
that particular spot. was the center OF
volcanic disturbance that rent Tho
earth and piled the rocks as they are
today. II Is the general opinion that
tne spot was once the crater or vol
cana
\ Fieh, hell-like tone. produced by
striking some OF the stones with ham
mer, explains in part why the name of
Ringing rocks" was given them. Vts-
itors carried Off some OF the sma,ler
stones OF unusual musical quality, hut
this practice has. been stopped.
Located some distance away from
me pain deposit OF rocks are grotesaue
formations like the Haystack rock.
looking like petrifled haystack. but
rent from top TO bottom by a conyuL
sion or nature which probably Also
made 1t leaning tower" In the
Builfrog rock a company OF soldiers
could stand. the UmbFella rock could
shelter twenty oT thiFty. and the Stone
House And Cave. rising thirty feet I'm
height aud covering half an acre OF
ground. suggests some OF the wonders
of the Yosemite.
a cave under the rocks was pene-
trated several years ago by DIR. w. r.
Shaner and ]. s. Bahr. who unon
throwing stone into an opeAtRg could
hear 1t reverberattna feE a great dis.
lance and then fah into a body OF wa
ter, ThiS Il surrounded by many leg
eAds, one Is that robbers made IL
their rendezvous and into II carried oil
their plumber. defying pursuers to fol-
low. Because OF the danger of acct
dents to venturesome boys tho en-
trance to the cave has beaA closed
New York TelegraI.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-16
A Hustiing Enporia Girl.

An Emporia girl is going to get a
divorce and try it over. Her wedding
presenta hacked seas Of paying for her
dress, the ice cream, cake. Lemonade
and chicken salad that she had put
into the wedding, She will apply for
q receiver for the groom. return the
presents aud 20 Waiting In the oil belt,
where they buy more cut glass and
fewer % cent china cups and saucers.
She believes that "love is the greatest
thing in the world" but sees the fool
ishness OF trying to do business out
side OF the trust. She has decided to
get two story buggy with red wheels,
n hat with white veil and break into
real society. Perhaps you do not know
this girl. Well, she was the girl who
when she was graduated from the high
school q faw years ago closed her
essay on "The Realities Of Life with
the quotation, LET us then be mp and
doing with heart for any fate, and IL
you don't draw heart discard until
you get club, and see what you can
do with that" -Emporia Gazette.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-16
HUNTING FOR TALISMANS.
An Americans Odd Expedition 10 "a,
East Indian rempIe.

An Americans Odd Expedition tn nm
East Indian Temple.
When the late Professor SommeryilIe
OF the University OF Pennsylvania. the
learned collector OF gems, charms and
mascots, had set his mind on Some
curfo heard OF I'm one OF his meetings
with orientals. nothing could bar the
way Were IL I'm the center OF the
ueSert or Sahara or on the topmcst
pinnacle of the Himalaya mountains
he would go after IL and keep up the
search until the treasure was found
purchased and placed on exhibition nj
the university museum.
American gold was Professor Som
merville's magnet wherever he went
He thus described its effect on one of
bis expeditions:
ION one occasion we desired IN visit
the Famous Dtlwarra temples In India.
ana Tor that purpose engaged two lin
riklshas and a number of natives 70
draw them, about twelve In all. The
temples, as you know, are set In n mag
nificent grove OF mango trees on n
mountain top and surrounded by great
Nils With fair measure of tact and
money l hoped to secure from the peo-
pie OF the vicinity some of their odd
talismans and rings. I said to the
chief rickshaw man: Now, Lala. what
VIII you do for me II / double your
payf ! want TO make this Journey in
half time. and If you accomplish It you
shall be doubly paid
He went to his helpers at once and
informed them that 1 was a prince
we started out under the contract. He
ran ahead of the convoy, raising both
hands In the afr and crying to the as
founded people; Here comes a prince,
Down with you. Here comes q prfnce>s
AND during the entire twelve miles
ride was treated TO the up.Amertran
experience of seeing the people cover
their faces and drop abjectly to the
ground In obeisance and salutation. on
~ daring to look atme through their part
cd myers. But my amusement at thus
being treated as a prince was uothfns
TO the qualification I experienced ia Sc
curing from this people-who did not
Dare to refuse so august a parsonage
"a i-some OF the most interesting IN.
scrfoed talismaps that I have IN INV
collection. "-Booklovers' Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-16
FlRsT AMERICAN COINS
Copper Half Cents Were Issued From,
the Mint In I703

es@"a IN
The treasurer OF the United States
on May q. 1908. redeemed two half
cent pieces. This is the FIRST time in
the history of the country that any
such coins have been presented for
redemption. 1t is more than a century
since the first half cent piece was
coined, and it is nearly ffty years since
the government discontinued mintinR
them.
Possibly not one person in thousand
now living in the United States ever
saw half cent piece.
The last annual report Of the director
OF the mint, page 81, shows that
1882 of these coins, representing
$39.4T611, We're issued. For almost
half a century ea& annual report of
the treasury department has included
them among the outstanding" obliga-
tons of the government
The half cent piece was the coin of
the smallest denomination ever made
by this country. IL enjoys the dstinc.
ton also OF being the first coin issued
and also the first whose denomination
was discontinued, Tho United States
mint was established In 1902. aud COP
per half cents and cents were issued in
1893. Half the total number OF half
cents issued were coined previous to
1910. after which year their coinage.
with few exceptions, was limited.
None was coined for circulation from
1912 to 1923. nor from 1896 to 1913.
Finally. In 1857, their coinage, with
that OF the big copper cent. was dIscon-
tinued. On account of their limited Is.
sue In the last years of their coinage
they practically had disappeared from
the channels or trade.
The needs OF adopting the half cent
as the lowest value computing factor
for coin were made in the early days
OF the republic. Colonial half cents and
British farthings of the same CONNER
cial value were then in circulation and
many articles We're priced and sold i'm
half cents. With the progress Of the
nation values rose and the needs for n
half cent disappeared. and their use
following the first decade OF the cen
tury was almost entirely confined To
multiples.
While all other discontinued types
and denominations OF United States
coin have found oblivion, the half cent
is the only one of which the treasury
reports do not record some portion OF
the issue redeemed. This singular
and unexplained fact has been one of
frequent comment and inquiry from
mint and treasury officials.
Large quantities OF half cents are
to be found in the stocks of coin deal
ers. The most common dates are sold
at n good premium and the extremely
Fare ones are worth their weight In
gold,
Fcrran Karbe or 81 Louis was the
man who sent the two half cent pieces
TO Washington for redemption. He
now prizes highly the little voucher
calling for zone cent" which was sent
to him with that amount of current
coin in exchange for the two half cent
pieces he had forwarded.-Gateway
To.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-16
An Odd Court Incident

Sensational Incidents are not uncom-
mon In the closing stages OF famous
criminal trials. One OF the most re-
markable occurred in Melbourne on the
last day OF the trial of Ned Kelly,
known as the 'IfaAclad bushranger Of
Australia" a knife dropped from a
gallery overhead and fell at the feet
or the desperate In the dock. He had
every temptation to grasp 1t and put
an end to his existence. for there was
not the slightest chance Of bis escap-
ing the gallows. Bpt It was promptly
packed pp by bailiff. and it's owner
was arrested and brought before the
judge. He pleaded that the occurrence
was purely accidental. and the explane.
uon was accepted by the court.