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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-10

day to her home at Garden Grove, after
short visit in this city at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. w. H. Howard.
Mrs. J. D. Bruce returned Saturday to
her home in st. Joe, after pleasant
weeks visit at the home Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Darr, in this CITY,
CD. Kelsey, of Atchison, Kas., well
known to many of the older residents, is
here for short visit with his sister,
Mrs. Jacob Manchester, of south of town
Mrs. L. L. Douglass and nephew, G. A
Wilkerson, of Mapleton, Iowa, returned
home last Friday after pleasant visit
with relatives in the vicinity of Garden
Grove.
Mrs. A. Noble and children, Of neal
Decatur City, took the train here last
Thursday for Charlton, where they visit.
ed few days with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Otis McKern and baby left Sat
urday for Abba where they will make
their future home, Mr.. McKern having
accepted position in cigar factory in
that city.
Mrs. L. A. Blackman returned Thurs
day to her home at Blockley after spend
ing couple of days in this city visiting
friends and attending the Rathbone
convention.
WA. Brown left Monday afternoon
for Council Bluffs, having been summon
ed to serve as trial juror in the United
States court which convened in that
city Tuesday.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
NAN OF PEACE.

"The newspaper made the mis-
take of referring to MyiOr Pepper
as a tuabulent character"
"Misrepresnted him. IsuppOse9
"GrOssly. A miIder r, more
peaceable man than Major Pepper
never lived. He is as kind and
gentle as a wOmOu, SIR"
"And what did the Major do
about its Anything3
ooh, yes. When his attention
was called to the lying statement
he went round and horse whipped
the editor and wrecked his office,
and put a bullet through the
shoulder Of a fellow who tried to
interfere. Then be stepped out
on the sidewalk and told the crowd
that if it didn't like his style he
would fight the Swhole thieving
lot OF them.'
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

A New York physician has patient
who requires twenty meals 9 day TO
meet the demands Of his Specific.
He Unjust be rich enough TO make 9
most desirable patient.
Not the least remarkable Of the sto-
rles bearing st. Petersburg date lines
is the one that the Jewish population
of Russia is wild with patriotic enthu-
siasm in the cause of The bear.
A Philadelphia contemporary wants
the national democracy to "Invent g
few issues' to inject e little ginger In
this summers campaign. The repub-
licans have provided more than
enough issues to insure their defeat.
Madame PATHS complaint that the
Chicago hotels II infested with mice
is e trife captious. She ought 20 be
thankful that they were not on the
bill Of fare.
If walking on ell fours for twenty
minutes four times 9 day 10 the only
sure preventive OF appendicitis, most
OF us viii take our chances with me
surgeons and the undertekers.
A Brooklyn Eagle p~oetcloses bic Of
fusion with: aBuddha and the Christ
child meet upon the Yalu river" The
thought Of the Christ child going
thousands Of miles from home 10
quest OF plumber may seem poetic 10
Brooklyn, but elsewhere it smack
strongly Of saerilege.
There e war on again between the
Colonial Danes and the Daughters q
the Revolution over Washington's
headquarters ct .hs- old Jumel Man
sion. And the vigor Of The var ia no
discredit 70 the old lighting sires Of
these belligersnt daughters.
Il is asserted that corruption is un-
known in japanese politics. But Ja-
pan Is not e republic, nor even e
Christian nation.
We do not see Why Charley Schwab
should Be 80 disobliging as to decline
to "hght's . French duel.
Mr.. Bryan does Lot think be would
make any material change II he had
his life to live over again. And the
people would not make any material
change in the thInge they have been
doing to him.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

A Kansas City man Is suing for q d.
vorce from his wife who left him sew
enteen years ago. It took him & long
time to discover he could survive
without her.
A Texan remains q tsetotaler be-
cause he took an oath to never take
another drink until W. j. Bryan is
elected president of the United States.
This was much more commendable
than letting his hair and beard grow,
and, II generally followed, would settle
the prohibition question In Texas.
China informs Russia and Japan that
she will maintain strict neutrality so
long as the sanctity of the tombs Of
the ancestors of the Chinese dynasty
is respected by the belligerents. China
will stand anything but that, Could
anything be more characteristically
Chinese?
The scientists do not need to tell US
that radium wonderfully stimulates
the imagination.
The Philadelphia Inquirer revises 1t
thus: GAN things come TO him who
stops waiting and goes after them"
The Standard OIL Company has OBJ.
tanned control Of the New York ice
trust. Deacon Rockefeller is gstherin'
'em all in.
The cotton markes is now e pendu-
lum, happily, the farmer lie out of the
game.
The country will now wait with in
terest to see whether the President
will make the Panama canal outfit q
digging machine or q political ma
chine.
Russia claims she was not pre-
pared for war. From all reports,
it is a cinch she was not.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
c. 5. CLARKE
FRISCO SYSTEM.
The asv. IN q. hicks 1904 Almaaae.


The Rev. ri R. Hicks Almanac for
1904 is now ready, Il will be mailed
to any address for 30 cents, It is sur
prising how such an elegant, coetly
book can be sent prepaid 80 cheaply
No family or person is prepared to
study the heavens. or the storms and
weather In 1904, without this wonder
ful Hicks Almanac aud Prof. Hicks
splendid paper, Word and Works.
Both are sent for only one dollar E
year. Word and Works is among the
best American Magazines. Like the
Hicks Almanac, It is too well known
to need further commendation. Few
men have labored more faithfully Tor
the public goo OF found q warmer
place IN the heart Of the people. Send
orders to Word and Works Publishing
Co., 2201 Locust st., st. Louis, No.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
Cured Consumption.

Mrs. B. W. Evans, Clearwater, Kan,
writes: "My husband lay sick for three
months. The doctors said he had
quick consumption. We procured a
bottle Of Billiards. Horehound Syrup,
and It cured him. That was six years
ago and since then we have always
kept a bottle IN the house. We cannot
do without It. For coughs and colds 1t
has no equal" 25c, 500 and $1.OO at ell
drug stores.
You cannot drive a tenpenny precept
with q tRckhammer practice.
Common sense lie better than I'M
common education it is rarer.
He cannot be fitted spiritually who
is too lazy to at himself mentally.
Most astonishingl A Chicago man
has swelled Uncle Sans conscience
fund $3.50.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
aIves HeaIth. YIror and Tone.

Herbine is a boon for sufferers from
aneamia. By its use the blood is quick.
ly regeneratsd and the color becomes
normal. Fhe 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,
ILL.,, writes: Il have been troubled
with liver complaint and poor blood,
and have found nothing to benefit me
like Herbine. l hope never TO be with.
out It. I have wished that / had
known OF it in my husbands lifetime. "
SOC at all drug stores.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
Ancient and Modern Ideas on
These Interesting
Subjects.
UP-TO-DATE METHODS
FOr Purifying and Beautlfying
the Skin, Scalp, Hair
and Hands.

Socrates called beauty a shortLlved
tyranny, Plato q privilege Of nature,
T~heocritus, a delightful prejudice,
Theophrastus q silent cheat, Carneades
a solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious
gift of nature, Ovid a favor OF the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters Of rec
o~mmendatiOn in the world, and yet
none Of these distinguished authorities
has left us even a hint Of how beauty
is TO be ~perpetuated, or the ravages OF
age and disease dehed. Time soon
blends the lily and the rose into the
pallor Of age, disease dots the fair face
with cutaneOus Designations and
crimsons the Roman nose with insight
~ hushes, moth, II not rust, corrupts
the glory OF eyes, teeth, and lips yet
beautiful by defacing the complexion,
and fills the sensitive soul with agony.
II such be the unhappy condition Of
one afflicted with slight skin blemishes,
what must be the feelings Of those in
whom tOrturing humors have for
years U riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous elements to be-
come q part OF the system until deathP
IL is in the treatment of torturing,
disfguring humors and affections OF
the skin, scalp and blood, with loss Of
hair, that the Cuticura remedies have
achieved their greatest success. Orig
inal in composition, scientifically COM
pounded, absolutely pure, unchange-
able in any climate, always ready, and
agreeable to the most delicate and sem
sitive, they present to young and old
the most successful curative5 OF mod
orn times.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

We are becoming very tired Of Baron
Hayashi. A man whose name sounds
Ike clearing the throat should not Der
come too prominent.
England IL confronted By q deficit Of
e15, 000, 900. The Beers were conquer
cd, but IL will beyears before the Brit
ish taxpayers forget them.
It is stated that President Roosevelt
will not have . grand naval review
from the veranda Of his Oyster Bay
residence this summer. Not this sum
mer.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

"Just In the nick Of time our little
boy was saved" writes Mrs. W.
Watkins Of Pleasant City. Ohio,
pneumonia had played sad havoc
with him and q terrible cough set in
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 now sound, and we'll. Z
Everybody ought to know lis the only
sure cure for COuges, Colds and all
Lung diseases. Guaranteed by all
druggists, Price SOC and 81 90. Trial
bottle free.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

Lysander John Appleton says that
his electric light bill has increased one
third since some one told his sixteen
year old daughter that she was pretty.
The dowager empress Of China has
again been compelled to officially deny
that she Is dead.
Boston is experiencing q footpad
reign Of terror right ct the height Of
the "culohaW" lecture season."
China is giving her Dankeen shirts q
few bitches preparatory to running
amuck In Russia's direction.
"RoOsevelt luck" will meet the Wa
terloo Of that other "Man Of Destiny"
when the frost lie on the pumpkin
next November.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
me Nnme WItch hnreL

The name Witch Hazel Il much
abused. +. @. DeWit & Co. Chicago,
are the inventors Of the original and
only genuine Witch Hazel Salve. A
certain ure for Cuts, Burns, Bruises,
Eczema, letter, Piles, etc. There are
many counterfeits of this salve, some
of which are dangerous, while they
are all worthless. In buying Witch
Hazel Salve see that the name E. G.
Dewitt q Co, Chicago. Is on the box
and cure is certain. Sold by ell drug
gists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

One result Of the rise IN cotton val
ues is the organization Of q company,
with 81, 25O,0 900 capital, TO raise cotton
IN the British colonies.
A girl has an idea Il win hurt her
reputation to have It known che wears
fannels as much as q business mar
that bets on horse races.
There are q number Of American.
making dollars from the manufacture
Of scents and yet they are pursuing 8
legal business-they r perfumers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

One of the most remarkable cases Of
& 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 I ran down in weight from 14e
to 90 pounds. I tried 3 number Of
remedies to no avail until ! used One
Minute Cough Care. four bottles Of
this wonderful remedy cured me en-
tirely Of the cough, strengthened my
lungs and restored me to my normal
weight, health and strength, Sold By
al druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

Japan scored heavily morally when
she gave Korea the treaty assurance
Of independencein the event of Japan
ese victory.
Most people Hnd IOts of comfort in
a sick doctor.
When a baby is cross, no one but the
mother Is really allowed 70 say so, and
when 1t is good, the whole neighbor-
hood ie permitted to be proud.
II q girl can get over love for q man
who drinks occasionally, and promises
to become q drunkard, It is greatly to
her credit.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

A friend is a man with whom you
can go camping twice.
Cuddlesome winter girls have no use
for warm weather.
Man subsists upon other animals
including other Q
A girls favorite writer is the author
of her first love letter.
Be true to your convictions regard
less of'the consequences
One animated statute lie better than
q dozen dead letter laws.
God does not cease to be because
he stands behind the scene.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

Every youth should form at the out
set Of his rec the solemn purpose
to make the most and the best Of life,
and to turn to the best possible ac-
count every outward advantage within
his reach.
"Blessed be the man who invented
the typewriter, " says the Manchester
Press. "Itaenables the man who uses
It 20 do twice the amount Of work in 6
given time with the expenditure of
half the effort. Many men would
rather give up their wives than their
typewriter. We refer, Of course. to
the machine.U
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

Il is generally conceded that Jno.
N. Stone was one Of the Wisest gov
ernors that this state ever bad. He
said Of the Union Central Life lnsur~
auce Company; HIt writes the most
liberal c0atract fsny company n the
state.n G.. q. HOWERTONs
District Manager Tupelo, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
Manuaer Wanted.

Trustworthy lady or gentleman Il
manage business in this county aud ad
joining territory for well and favorabl,
known house Of solid financial stand
ing. $1,000 stright cash salary and ex
penses, paid each Monday by check di,
rect from headquarters. Expense
money advanced position permanent
Address manager, 61O Monon bid.
Chicago, Ill.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
Ash fer tickets vie u. 8 0. r. 2.

Korea is bound to suffer the fate OF
the innocent byStander.
A good way for democrats to get to.
gether is to stop fussing.
II Emperor William does meet Ad-
miral Evens, the Kaiser viii hear
things he nevr heard before.
The explanation der artments Of
Russia and japan seem 20 be kept
about as busy as their ammunition
factories
A Kansas man who is both physician
and undertaken ought TO nnd no diff
Guilty IN building up 8 large business
through bis profession.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
8M HANDSOME LOT OF - MS
q rR" GATHERED GEMN. go

Whether or not q woman promises
to obey 10 the marriage ceremony, she
doesn't do II.
Most books appearing now are writ
ten TO please the people, and not the
writer's Of the books.
II takes two to make a quarrel IN
I'll you have one OF your own, and
then it is always the other one who
makes IL.
After people pass forty they and
they have no place to wear their new
clothes, unless they 60 TO church.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

The people who are unable to make
3 living r most expert at making ex-
Cuses.
The girl who reads books has them
for companions; the girl who reads
men has them.
Seine men never discover that they
r on the wrong tack until they sil
down on it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

p. A. Danforth Of Lagrange, Ca,
suffered for six months with q fright
ful running lore on his leg; but writes
that Bucklen's Arnioa Salve wholly
cured IL In Eve days. For Ulcers,
Wounds, Piles, it's the best salve in the
world. Cure guaranteed. Only . cts.
Sold by ell druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
5858ETE36BM A~-

Keep square with the world and you
win be happy.
After q mighty lie has prevailed,
men call Il the truth.
What you pray for you ought to be
willing to pay for.
One saint on a street a lie worth 8
dozen In a chariot.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

Roosevelt has congress for an
appropriation Of 800, 900 with
which to build new stables and
furnish other cOnveniences for the
horses at the White HOuee. This
strenuous life !
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
fanny. HeaIthY ChIIdren.

Any child can take Little Early
Risers with perfect safety. They are
harmless, never grippe or sicken, and
yet they are so certain In results tne'
robust constitutions requiring drastic
means are eve disappointed They
cannot fail to perform their mission
and every one, who 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, 1904-03-09
Invaluable for

/ have been suffering for the past
few years with a fevere attack of rheu-
matism and found that Ballard's Snow
Liniment was the only thing that gave
me satisfaction and tended to alleviate
my pains March oath, 1909, John o.
Degnsn, Kinsman, Ills. 25c, SOC and
41.00 at all drug stores.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
Notin tho must.

Why pay trust prices for your life
insurance when you can get amore
liberal contract from the Union Central
Life Insurance Company FOR lees mon
cyl
g. T. HoWERToN,
District Manager, Tupelo. Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

When q man wishes TO write he il
careful to 9 that his pencil has 6
point to It. He should do the same
thing when be goes to prepare IN ad-
vertlsement.
After Q man has been in q red hot
love affair and got out Of It, he is toe
suspicious of women to believe that
his own grandmother is not trying to
marry him.
Hereafter when Chicago hears OF
the construction Of an tan absolutely
hreprOof theatre" she win proceed 81
once to turn Of the hose without wait
ing for the alarm.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

The Houston Post notes that "dis-
quleting reports Of tendency to large
ly increase the cotton acreage comes
from all over Texas, particularly from
those sections where the boil weevil
has done the greatest damage
No matter how severe the winter Is,
a man can always thank God it is a
season when there are no family pic
MICS.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
no Ynn Wanf Strenrth7

II You want to increase your strength
you must add to and not take from the
physical. In other words, the food
YOU eat must be digested, assimilated
and appropriated by the nerves, blood
and tissues before being expelled from
the fntestines. KOdol Dyspepsia Cure
adds 10 the physical. Il gives strength
to and builds mp strength 10 the human
system. It is pleasant 70 the taste and
1alatabls. and the only combination Of
d~ieestants that viii digest the food and
enable the system 70 appropriate ell
it, health and strength. giving qnali-
ties. Sold by al druggist.
IL g an easy malfer for q man 20
break ont Of the unknown class after
fnheriting 8 big fortune.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

The secretary of the treasury hav-
ing classified frogs legs rs dressed
poultry, dutiable at the rate Of 5 cents
a pound, another nail has been driven
in the coffin of Canadian reciprocity.
A bass the Canuck frogl Vive the
protected American croaker.
A Kansas widow lost q hog. We do
not refer to the death Of her husband.
She lost a real live hog, and adver-
tised for it. The editor says the hog
must have read the paper, for 1t came
hiking home on a dead Iun as soon as
the paper left the p~ostofice. Mote
This Is not the first instance where q
hog read a newspaper and incidental
ly forgot to pay for it..
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
Beware Of OImtments for Catarrh that
Contains Mercury

As mercury will surely destroy the sense
OF smell and completely deranCe the wBOle
system when entering it Through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do Is
ten fold N the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu.
featured BY F. ]. Cheney q Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. In buying
HALLS Catsrrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. It is taken internally, and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by r. j. Cheney & 90.
Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists,
price Zoe. per bottle.
Hall,s Family Pills are the best.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
You Know what You Are raEInu

You Know what You are Taxing
when you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula lie plainly
printed on every bottle showing that it
Is sim ply Iron and Quinine in 3 taFte.
less form. No Cure. No pay. SOC.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

The person who swindles an editor
win never reach the happy landi be
win certainly 60 where the IRE never
goes out.
1t Is the things children g and
bear about them that mould their des-
tiny. Then what responsibility rests
upon their parents.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
Working Overtime.

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless, little workers-DF. Kings
New Life Pills. Millions are always ct
work, night and day, curing Indiges-
ton, Billiousness, Constipation, Sick
Headache and all Stomach, Liver and
Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe,
sure. Only 25c. at all drug store.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

With the ~poohetless gown Of today
the chatelaine bag IL an absolute neces-
sity to Nomanhind. Let ne interest
YOU IL some real fine steel bead ones
which are worth $3.50 for $500 bill
Only q few LEFT. Money back + not
satisfied. MATER's JEWELRY STORE.
Aberdeen, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
The Best Cough Syrup.

S. L. Apple, ex-Probate Judge, Otta-
wa Co., Kansas, writes: This Is TO
say that I have used Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup for years. and that I do
not hesitate to recommend It as the
best cough syrup I have ever used"
25c, SOC, and $1.00 ct all drug stores.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
loss Of Flesh

When you can't eat break
fast, take SCOTS Emulsion
When you can't eat bread
and butter, take SCOTS
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something aIittle more
nOuriShins, take SCOTS
Emulsion.
To get fat you must eat
fat. SCOTS Emulsion IS a
great fattener, a great
strength giVer.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all BODY
tissues, not only fat. SCOTS
Emulsion increases them all,
bone, flesh, blood and
nerve.
For inVaIids, for con-
valesCents, for cOnsumptives.
for weak children, for all
who need flesh, SCOTS
Emulsion IS q rich and COM
Portable food, and a natural
tonic.
SCOTS Emulsion for bone,
flesh, blood and nerve.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

Civilization compels the savage to
work for his daily bread.
If things fail to come your way, go
around and head them of.
The world needs religion that is 9
passion rather than a pastime.
When a man lie old enough to know
better, he is too old to do it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09

Money to loan on improved farms
8 per cent interest and easy terms.
l. P. HALEY.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets, All druggists refund the money
If 1t fails to cure. E. w. Groves sig
nature lie on each box. Price 25 cents.