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The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
A Cheeky Beggar.

Il am disgruntled," said Senator Fos-
ter recently; I'll give money to
a street beggar again as long as live.
There was a very pitiful-looking beg
gar in the avenue a few minutes ago,
and my heart going out to him, | stopped
to hand him a few small coins. | had
some difficulty, l admit, in finding my
change, but was that any reason for the
beggar to frown at me, and say, impa-
tiently: Hurry up, sir. I've lost severa
customers while you've been muddling
OYe them pennieS.'"-ArgOnaut.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
WHAT TO ASK THE BUTCHER
Valuable Hints for Housekeepers Who
Have to S~uperintend Their
Own Marketing.

Now hat meat is the most expensive
food item every one should know how
TO talk to the butcher intelligently. The
illustration will give you some IDEAS.
No. 1 shows the loin where the best
steak. the porter-house sirloin and the
selected rib roasts are cut.
Two, the rump, makes good boiling
meat or pot roasts, and when properly
cooked is as nutritious and delicious as
any more expensive cut.
Three is the round, which is a cheaper
steak. but generally tough. 1t serves for
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
THESE Dogs Gather Up Eggs.

Dogs which hunt eggs are the proud
possession of Maj. Hadley, of Camden,
N. J. One of the CANNES carries a bas-
ket while the other hunts the eggs. The
fame of the majors dogs has carried ter
ror to the heart of a pet hen owned by
Mrs. Spencer, a neighbor, for Biddy will
not make her nest outdoors where the
other hens do, but each day comes to the
house and lays an egg on the ~settee. II
the door is not open the hen will fly w
on the window sill and remain there un-
til admitted.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
ARIsTocRATIc sWINDLERs.
Sons Of the Rich Delight in Beating
Railway Conductors Out
of Fares,

w WASH = ~ u ~ oAAA
ling you need only watch some of the
silk-hosed scions of our suburban
| aristocracy elude the vigilance of the
| conductors on the local trains. Many
people ride occasionally without pay
ing dimes. but only the wealthy or the
unusually well dressed escape regu-
larly and systematically, says the Chi
cago Tribune.
One young fellow as he rode home
the other. evening openly explained
his scheme to a young woman who
works downtown. In fact, he advised
her to practice it. He himself has re-
Gently been admitted to the Chicago
bar and he boasts that he received for
his graduating present a rug SO rich
hat he has been obliged to refurnish
his whole room.
Better buy a monthly ticket" he
advised sagely, land then if your rides
are not all used up, it's easy enough
to work them off. In the first place
have him punch the big numbers at
the start because the date is just above
them, and he can't punch them with
out seeing it. Them he continued,
carry a card case that your ticket will
go into without folding. When the
conductor comes around simply stick
out one corner of the ticket abSently,
and in 999 cases out of a thousand he
will punch it and never question" He
seemed to expect the girl to begin her
career of crime Immediately, for he
cautioned: You'd better try it at first
when the train is crowded-at other
times there is just a chance-and, o,
yes, don't try it with a ticket prior to
January. They change the color every
year, you know
The other morning a young man en-
tered a crowded coach from a less
crowded one If his, clothes could be
characterized by anyone word it was
expensive" He had just settled him.
self into his newspaper and cast one
tentative look at the girl seated near
him when the conductor from the
other coach appeared, red and irate,
and informed the youth that he haG
attempted to pass off on the railroad a
tiChCl vi duClcut udtc- Iue yOuiS
man expostulated politely, but the con-
ductor sang out more irately: Il will
stop this train"
But it was not necessary; the young
man reached into his pocket unex-
citedly and produced a dime.
Popular sympathy was against the
conductor when the young man settled
back into his newspaper. Presently
however, he espied his cash receipt on
the floor, picked it up and stuck it in
his waistcoat pocket. Then the pas
sengerS looked at one another know
ingly, for they were sure that another
time he meant to present that as evil
dence that he had paid his fare.
A singularly guileless looking man
n morning gazed at the conductor
abstractedly. The conductor passed
him, came back, and said: Did I get
your ticket?"
Yes" the man answered, without
flinching.
Where did you get on?"
AT Sixty-third street." he an
swered. Yet the young woman oppo-
site him had watched him get on the
train at Fifty-third street. Want to
punch it again." he asked, genially
producing a twenty-five ride ticket.
20, no." the conductor replied, a lit
tie embarrassed at his W insistence
and passed on.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
A Coming Financier.

The young teacher had just given
them one of those dry lessons in Ro-
man history. Now, Samuel" she said,
gazing e~ncouragingly at the smallest
lad, "tell us what followed the burn
ing of Rome"
"All the insurance companies bust
ed,' responded Samuel, with startling
promptness.-Tit-Bits
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
Not Lost on Her.

By a desperate effort the man with
the cowboy hat saved himself from
falling on the slippery crossing.
His impulsive exclamation, however,
was heard distinctly by the eledrly
woman of severe aspect who was just
behind him.
81 beg your pardon, ma'am," he said,
raising his hat, my foot slipped"
so did your tongue, sir" she re-
sponded frigidly.-Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
Can't Trust Him.

Carrie-Oh, it's all very well for you
to talk, but l know he's a deceitful
thing.
Bessie-Why, Carrie! How can you
say such a thing?
Carrie-Did you ever hear him say
anything against the weather?
know you didn't. You can't trust such
q man as that.-Boston Transcript.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
In Good Trim.

~Cityman-So you are going to plant
q garden again this year. Were your
vegetables last year a success?
Suburbanite - Great! Why, my
neighbours hens took first prizes at
all the poultry shows, and they ate
practically nothing but my vegetables.
Judge.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
Ingratitude.

Uncle Ephr'm was trying to sell his
mule. m
"No, suh," he said, dis mewel
wouldn' kick nobody. She's pufickly
gentle. Amt got no bad tricks. Any
woman kin hitch 'er up an'-Whoa,
dar, you %ungrateful beast! Quit dat
cavortin'! DON yuh heah Use lynn
about yuh?"-Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
Proof Positive

She-Do you still adore me, George?
He-Didn't l stop reading the base
ball news to hear about your new
waist?-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

This is the time of the year for col
leges commandments, and the sweet
girl graduates and male cyclopaedias
are turned loose on the country. The
sterner duties Of life are before them
ana from now on all time will be en-
ployed by problems more difficult than
those attendant upon college days.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

The piney woods section of the
State can boast of some pretty strong
soil. The Poplarvifie Free Press &C.
knowledges the receipt OF three onions
that weighed more than a pound each.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
Kerosene Removes Rust.

Rub all rusty places on iron with
kerosene oil.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

Senatobia turned on the light a few
days since and the citizens can now
get around at night with some degree
of comfort and safety. And.t by the
way, that is not all that Senatobia is
doing by any means. The Contract
for several buildings have been let
and other improvements are noted.
The. town is experiencing a healthy
growth.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03
large showing in the way of bar

A large showing in the way OF bank
deposits does not always denote a
healthy condition of affairs in a COM
munity. There may be a lot of money
or deposit by a few individuals and
NOT a cent invested in manufacturing
enterprises, which benefit all.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

Mississippi never was more prosper
GUS in a base ball way. Some amuse-
ment as we go along is necessary, and
a clean. snappy game of ball offers
much to lovers of the sport, and they
are legion.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

AS an evidence that Mississippi is
now engaged in putting up good and
substantial buildings, it is noted that
four large brick manufactures were
chartered last week. Hardly a week
passes but that one or more like lnsu-
buttons are chartered. The improve
ments being made are of a nature that
forebodes good for coming generations
as we'll as the present.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

Hattiesburg will not let the candle
burn low without an effort to rake
up an oil spot. Work will be renewed
on the Rawls we'll that has been aban-
doned for some time. and there still
fingers a hope that something valu-
able may be struck. Those people
have pluck, anyway, and deserve
something good for the expense OF
their energies.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

The streets are being numbered IN
Creenwood and name plates erected
on the corners in preparation for free
mail delivery. There is no practlcal
way to keep uD with the RAPID au-
vancement of that little city on q
banks of the Yazoo.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

The increase in land values in the
State during the past few years has
been phenomenal. The demand is
growing stronger, there being a tend
ency by all to a piece OF lane
whether they cultivate it or not. Law
yers. merchants, doctors and every
body seem to want some land to fal
hack uDOn.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

The First National Bank OF Laurel
took $4,000 worth of city bonds Is
s,1ed for water works purposes a few
DAYS since. 1t begins to look better
when our Mississippi banks can take
such large bond issues against the
competition of the Northern money
t~centers.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

One Biloxi oyster canning scoRcern
has sold 10000 cases so far this a
son. Figs are being canned now and
then comes something else. Great is
our gulf coast, and brighter still the
future.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

The Illinois Central Railroad offers
to import Italians to work the cotton
fields of. Mississippi. Several large
delta farmers have been trying them
and find that they work well and are
little trouble. At the same time, it is
a change in conditions that our people
will be slow to accept. There is moth
ing like the negro and the mule to
raise cotton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
Genesis of Life Insurance.

Life insurance originated in 17O6 in
London. In that year there was form
ed the first life insurance company. 1t
was called the Amicable Society For a
Perpetual Assurance Office. 1t was a
mutual benefit concern.
Each member, without reference to
age, paid a fixed admission fee and a
fixed annual charge per share on from
one to three shares, and at the end of
the year a portion of the fund accumu-
lated was divided among the heirs of
those who had died, in accordance with
the number of shares each dead person
had held. Out of this company, with
its crude and imperfect methods, life
insurance as it exists today has grown.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
A Defense of Dancing.

It is not necessary in. these days to
defend the claim of the dance to a
place among the arts. AS soon as we
have got rid of the Puritan prejudice
on the point (and one may hope that
this no longer exists for the intelligent
part of the population) the claim is too
overwhelming to need apology, for if
we take art to mean the production of
beauty then the case only needs stating
to be conceded, while if we understand
it as self expression in some concrete
form we shall find that the dance,
which is a kind of fusion of music,
painting and sculpture, is pre-eminent-
ly capable of giving expression beyond
the possibility of words to the basic,
and therefore largely inarticulate, parts
of our nature-the hunger of the spirit
and the joy of life.-London Outlook.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09

The Forsythe model I have illustrated
for you is onelof the most popular and
universally becoming ones. Expressing
distinction in every line, this waist is
made of all white fancy madras. 1t
shows a group of plaits from the Shout
der seam to the waist line. The simple
shirt waist sleeves are finished with a
smart stiff cuff.
For wear with these smart spring
shirt waists nothing is in better form
| than the stunning white pique croat,
| which is brought around to the front
and crossed in the style of the English
| square. The simplicity of this style is
most becoming to some faces, but for her
| who finds it too severe there were shown
with these waists some pretty little con-
| ceits in embroidered linen and Japanese
| drawn work.
| Ny other illustra ton shows one of the
| latest models for my mlladv's neghgee
| wear. 1t is one of those bewitching
| little garments that are taking the place
OF the once regal tea gown, expressing
sweet simplicity rather than elaboration.
Composed of robins egg blue peau de
| crepe it makes particlarly attractive
little kimona, and while the colorings in
| this lovely material are exquisite, par
ticular1y in the creamy pink, pale gold
and champagne shades, cream and oyster
white are equally enodish, and have the
additional virtue OF being washable.
Just now the fashionable woman's
| figure is at its best a triumph, owing to
the straight front corset, which in con-
sentative models, such as the C/B a la
| Spirite. have assisted women to correct
Dame Natures disposal of surplus flesh.
| The fashionable waist is not too small,
but is supple, and while it has straight
| front line shows a well defined hip and
| back curve. ELAINE ROZE.l
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
The Maids.

Mrs. Ascum-Im surprised to find
you looking for another servant.
thought you engaged one yesterday.
Mrs. Hiram Offen-Oh, she's a lady
maid. She merely waits on me. I'm
looking for another one to wait on her.
Ca tholic Standard.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
The First Corset.

The first corset-not counting ancient
notifications of the Grecian zone and
girdle-was introduced into France by
Catherine de- Medici. 1t was strange
affair and fashioned after the style of
a knights cuirass. The framework was
entirely Of iron, and the velvet, which
decorated the exterior only, served to
hide a frightful and cumbersome ar.
ticle Of torture.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
The Best Endorsement.

Baxter's Mandrake Bitters is sold and
guaranteed to cure the diseases for which
it is designed, by every druggist in the
United States, or money refunded.
What better Endorsement can be given
a medicine. It cures constipation, sick
headache, biliousness, dizziness, jaundice,
expels all poison from the blood, and
makes you well and strong. In liquid or
tablets, 25 cents. Try it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
svinging Round the circle.

In the journey of life we often travel
in circles. Therefore do today the good
that is in you. Plant your blossoms.
You will come back to them by and by.
1t is the beauty of the things that you
do today that has most to do with
making beautiful your tomorrow. One
of the blessings of the sunset is in
reaping the memories of what was
planted in the morning.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
Danger Signal,

Everyone knows that cough is the
danger signal of consumption, and yet
some will go carelessly on in the danger
Gus way, although the signal bell is con-
tinually sounding the alarm.
Downs Elixir is the safe and only ref
uge when a cough has become at all
severe. Downs Elixir will cure any
cough, cold or throat trouble, and even
consumption has many times been cured
by it's timely use. Do not neglect a
cough, and especially at this season of
the year. Get Downs Elixir at any
drug store.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
Ingenious and Effective.

f"Three new families have moved
into the neighborhood, she said, "and
I want to find out who they are, but it
would be beneath my dignity to go
chasing about. the neighborhood. I'll
Just invite Mrs. Gossip to dinner
Chicago Post.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
Great Millinery Opportunity.

If taken before April LIST I will sell at a
great sacrifice the only millinery and
fancy goods store i'll Danville, VT, doing
a profitable business, open to fullest in
vestigations. Best of reasons for selling.
Address,
MAUDE E. KENNESON.
&c Kempton ST., Boston, Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
when woman I. Growing ola

When woman gets so she doesn't
care about the size of her feet and
turns her attention entirely to her
soul, you can set it down that old age
Is creeping on.-Pendleton (Ore.) Guide
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-09
Elalne Roze,s New York Letter.

The Correct Shirt Waist-House Jack
ets-The straight Front Corset a Tri-
umph in Figure MouidinE.
It is logical proposition that tremen-
dous popularity usually leads to revul-
sion in the taste of the fastidieus, but
the vogue of the shirt waist no such
revulsion isyet in sight. In fact the shirt
waist is more universally favorite than
ever before.
As to the correct cut, Forsythe models
show longer shoulder seam than last
season. A snug fit over the chest is
insured by the narrow plaits which are
laid on either side of the middle plat
from the shoulder down to the bust line.
The release of the goods below allows
for tie slight pouch which extends down
to the waist line.
Okolona messenger., 1904-07-13

Papa-How did Won gp+ your clothes
80 terribly torn2 rOmmy-Iryin' 70
keep q little boy from hein' licked.
Papa-Ah, a brave deedl Who was
the little boy9 rommy--Ne.
In the center ~ Rildine, an i<land in
the North Sea, is perhaps the MOST
curious lake in the world. The surface
of its water is quite fresh and supports
fresh water creatures: bu' deep down
n is "a salt as the greatest depths oi
the sea, and salt water fish live IN It.
Some splrituous minded Kentucky
colonies saw flock of angels rise from
wheat field like covey Of quails
It is much pleasan'"r to sea Angels
than snakes.
Okolona messenger., 1904-07-13
4 FEW BARGAINS;

QO0 acres miles northwest OF Okolona, 2
OzO room house, stables, outhouses plenty
OF water Nearly all In cultivation. Price $40
per acre.
XIX acres This is o ine stock farm, 4
ONO miles east OF OkO,Ona. Has dwelling
house and other Improvements on II. Price
$4,000
R1O acres, one mile east OF OkOlOna, 6
OLU room house. OuthOuses and stables,
plenty OF water, 7 acres IN new orchard
acre In berries. The whole place in good
fence Price 800 per acre.
OO0 acres adjoining the City limits of
OAO OkOlOna, large house and OuthOuses,
plenty OF water This is q very desirable
place. Price SIS per acre. This is a bargain.
400 acres, fine farm for cotton and corn
lou and grasses good house and out
houses, cabins. All in cultivation. Price t25
per acre.
seversl vacant lots in the City of okolona
for sale cheap.
1have for sale a s4OO.0O mortgage on real
estate; said mortgage bears 10 per cent In
terest per annum.
Okolona messenger., 1904-07-13

In the City OF OkOlona;-A large 7-rOom
twO-story house, built on the colonial style.
located on Main street within two blocks Of
the business part OF the city and one bloch
OF he depot. There are acres In this lot;
has large stables; carriage house, wood house,
smoke-hOuse. and Is well fenced with fine ali
hard pailings new. There are lots Ia this
place, and faces three streets, and Is In one
OF the most desirable residence portions Of
theacity Terms. $4,000; half cash, balance
on terms TO suit purchaser. House lighted
by electricity and has water WORKS.
In the City OF 0kOlona:-A modern two
story, seven-r0Om residence on Monroe street,
with all modern improvements, water
works and electric lights bath, and the
grounds are all tiled. There are two tenant
houses on the place. stables aud Out-hOuses; /;
a garden In q high state of cultivation, with
a large number of fins fruit trees. The front
yard we'll set In Blue Grass and Bermuda.
Tern s, s3250O0; $3.50 90 cash, balance In one
and two years
100 acres of land, two miles n. W. OF OkO-
Iona. Well set in Johnson erase. No build
ings on place. Terms, eS0O.00 cash.
Okolona messenger., 1904-07-13

A certain man was nominated
for constable in a certain township.
The total revenues Of the office
amounted to something like four
dollars and six bits per year, but
the man made a red not campoign
and managed to see every voter in
the township before election, Aft
er election a friend met him and
asked, ''Bill, why in thunder did
you work so hard to be elected to
that dinky little Office that would.
MT pay your board for more than
8 aweekf""Well, "saidthe other, elf
I was runnin'fOr governor or some
thing OF that kind and got beat no
body would think much about it,
but it would be a tarnel disgrace
if the kids in this neigbborhoOd
should have it to say to my kids,
s'YOur dad is so blamed unpOpu-
lar that he can't even be elected
constable"
Moral: The size OF the Office
isn't the thing that counts always.
Okolona messenger., 1904-07-13
UPTO-DATE
FABLES.
Ton Mcneil IN topeka Mal.Bree1e.

A man who was wearing a
beard OF about q weeks growth
was sitting on 3 store box giving
his opinion Of John d. ROckeiel-
Ter. ''That man Rockefeller, /"
said he, els a.rObbin' the poor
people OF this country and the peo-
pie ought to rise up 10 their might
and wipe him out. It's all wrong
fur any one man to have the mon
opoly on the wealth OF the country
that be has" just as he finished
his wife came by carrying basket
ful OF clothes that she had washed
and was taking home, AMI heard
what her spouse had said. Well,
she said as she sat the basket down
and wiped her brow, "I don't
know much about Rockefeller, hut
I'm pretty tOlerably certain that if
he had set 'rOune aud let his wife
take in washin' ther wouldn't have
been no general complaint in this
country about his mOnopOlizin'
the wealth of the country"
Okolona messenger., 1904-07-13

lated poisons, Eczema at
tacks with redoubled vio-
lsnce, and the sufferer is al
most distracted by the fear
fulitehing and burning. It
is the most uncomfortable
and aggravating of all skin
eruptiOns and a terror in
warm weather.
Localremedies give tenn
porary ease, but as Eczema
is not due to outside causes,
but to a disordered condi-
Okolona messenger., 1904-07-13

Senator Fairbanks does not smoke
and does not drink. A few years ago
be ives thrown out Of q carriage and
was prevailed upon to take mOuthful
Of whisky, and he says he tastes the
horrible stun yet What's the matter
with the Pr0hibitionists nominating
Mr. Fairbanks for the presidency
The Birmingham Alabama) Ledger
says there ars millions Of dollars
worth Of gold IN the mountains Of
Talledega, Clay, Cleb0rne, Randolph
and Coosa counties. fact we'll known
since the days when the Indians sent
Desot0 and bis SpaniardE to search
for It.
Okolona messenger., 1904-07-13

Eczema drives its victim almost to the verge
Of distraction BY ts intolerable itching, singing
and burning. Il seems to Set the skin on IRE,
and the tormented sufferer rubs and scratches
till the flesh is raw and the skin Is torn and
bleeds Nothing applied externally does much
good, for the disease is internali the blood is
@aaue With acid Y,oiaons that are forcing their
Okolona messenger., 1904-07-13

A man was the father Of son
who lacked considerably in good
gray matter. The old man repea-
tedly set the boy up in business,
but each time the boy lost the
money through some fool specula.
tiOn or else he allowed some
smooth CRATER to beat him out of
it on q trade. About the fourth
time the son came to the old man
for help the sire grew impatient
and complained. swell, father, "
said the boy, "I have been per.
fectly honest in these deals"
'Maybe so, my son, maby sO,"
said the old man reflectively, "but
it is getting to be a serious quesI
tiOn in my mind as to which is the
worse-to have a son who is a ras-
cal or one who is q fool"