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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-12-01

LEG BRoKEN.-A colored man named
Jim Brockett had his leg broken a
Til1ery Friday evening about darl
while unloading a Car of logs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27
~NOthln6 Better Than Pe-Fu-na for
Catarrhal Troubles" Says Goa
NreRRmam &. p. nnrr.

o. P. Dorr, Hotel johnson, Washing
ton, d. O., Ex-Congressman from West
Virginia, writess
II can cheerfully recommend Peruna
to anyone who wants . safe and perma-
nent cure for cstarrh. For throat, lung
and catarrhal trouble there Is nothing
better than PerunA."-C. P. Dorr.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27
SUPPLYING POLO PONIES.
Some Sent from Colorado to CIubmcn
J In India and As~ia-BrOncOs
Do Coca work.

The business ol supplying beio
ponies u the cracA clubs OF the big
cities has grown 10 such an extent in
Colorado that contractors now make
fancy terms every year furnishing
trained animals 10 the wealthy patrons
of the sport. OF late years there has
been an attempt 10 raise the standard
of polo ponies as to blood, says Out
doors. Excellent results have been
achieved, and it is claimed that a we'll
bred pony, raised in the Rocky noun
Uains aud allowed to run until two years
old cannot be eXcelled for polo pur-
poses. Another good class is the bron-
cho that has been trained to cattle work.
A broncho of this sort Is used for pick
ing certain cattle from a herd and to
Obeying almost every thought Of his
rider. This training is invaluable to
the polo field, where a pony must act
largely Of his W accord. Consequent
~ many a cowboy, tempted by a good
offer, has parted with his dearest COM
panion, while the alert little broncho,
that has spent his early years nosing
out cattle or in participating In the ex-
elements of the roundup, wins the APP
plause of connoisseurs at many a we'll
fought field battle.
Some of the polo ponies from the
western range have been sent to m
dia, and others have gone to someo (
the wealthy English clubmen at
Asiatie stations. They rarely break
down, except from age, and seem to be
good for many years of hard polo work
IN any climate. Their good record in
this most difficult and dangerous OF
sports is a fine tribute to the quality
and staying powers Of American
horses.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27

south approach Of the new Capitol,
alighted and walked across the grounds
and ascelded to Representative hall,
where the Legislature and fortunate
guests were wedged in to listen to the
inaugural address. NJ silver or brass
tinsel adorned the person OF any
escorts with dangling swords at their
hips. The gallant son whom the wise
people OF Mississippi 50 emphatically
decided last summer to place at the
head of their affairs Of State, simply,
when the hour arrived for his Undue
zion Into ONCE, marched to the plat
form, outlined his ideas on some OF the
important questions before the people,
in an address plain and concise, and
held up his hand to take the oath
which he will hold as sacred as his
very soul. It Is q new departure,
this modest ceremony, but It lie beauti-
ful, aud suggests that the people are
as close in touch with their chief
executive as they were when be was
only q country editor.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27
FORGOT WOODEN LEG.
An Absent-Minded Customer Recent.
- Left II in n Kansas City
Savings Bank.

Lots Of funny things are left by the
c~arelessly disposed IN queer places. but
about the oldest find Of this sort re-
corded recently is that of viii Webb,
cashier Of the Missouri savings bank,
who was, until it was called for, the
unwilling custodian of a mans wooden
leg. which the owner mad left on the
banks counter, says the Kansas City
Journal.
He came in the other day said Mr..
Webb, recently, "and left an elongat-
Cd package on the counter when LIE
departed. When it was noticed and
brought to me it seemed heavy, so in
the hope Of a%scertaining its ownership
3 opened it, only to ind thai It was &
wooden legl You can imagine my sur
prise.
"My first thought was, how could
the man have walked away If he left
his leg here? But then / remembered
that It was wrapped up and concluded
that be must have been wearing an old
So I put it away until l could
trace the ownership. Sure enough,
next day in came a man who asked the
teller II he had left HIS leg here the
day before. The teller was startled,
but managed to refer the man to ne,
md ! soon put him in possession Of
his extremity.
Lots Of funny things are left here;
up 70 then the Queerest were e clari-
net. on which couldn't play. and 3
woman's p%etticoat, which / couldn't
wear. Both we're called for later On.
The people wouldn't mind 8 little
mud throwing II ID was from shovell
down on fha isthumus.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27

now and then a great upheaval to 9
tard or modify or hasten the desired
result. One OF these seems to be inn
pending 10 the far East, and Is likely
to prove the precursor Of worldwide
changes. The great centers Of com
mercial activity and civilization have
shifted slowly, working apparently
always westward from NineVeh and
Babylon to Egypt, Carthage and Rome
then to COnstantinople, remaining
long about the Mediterranean, and
passing on to Holland, Germany,
France and England, where they were
long stationary. Now there are signs
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27


Mr.. J. Emile TaRguay, No. s9 John
ST., Quebec, il Secretary Of the Jacques
Curling Club Of Quebec, one Of the Lead
ing sporting clubs in the city. IT. mem.
bers are composed Of young men Of the
best fapilies. He writes
LAST winter I caught q severe cold
which developed into q severe case of
catarrh Of the head, affecting my hear:
ing especially. Ny eyes ran, my syS-
tenn seemed TO be generally clogged up.
I was advised by a club friend 10 try Pc
runa, and did * at once. To my delighA
l found q change set In for the better
within three days, and in eight days1
was entirely well."J. Emile Tanguay.
Mr.. Adolph Koehler, President Of the
North Side Turnerschaf5 writes from
Clark and Leland Ave-, Chicago, ul.s
at Is with pleasure that / endorss
Peruna y q hrst-clAss medicine espeei-
ally for catarrhal Affections Of the throat
and lungs. I have used Il with much
benefit and several Of my friends have
been cured Of catarrh entirely where
Peruna wa used.n-Adolph Koehler.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27

Without exception, all the people Of
Okolona mourn the untimely death OF
Mrs. Anlo Waller. whose precious re-
mains were laid to rest on Saturday
afternoon, 16, in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery, followed to their last rest
ing plsce by q large concourse OF ad-
miring and loving friends. Every
body loved Mrs. Waller, and though
she has been i'll for several months,
her death came IS a sudden shock to
everybody.
Rev. John W. MOseley, Jr., pastor
OF the Presbyterian church, showed us
the original manuscript this week Of a
sermon preached In the College hall
Of Princeton, by DR.. Daggett, then
president OF Yale College, as the com ,
mencement sermon on January %,
1890, Is years before the Declaration
of independence. The author Of the
historic document has adirect desoen-
dant 10 0kolona, Mrs. Jolia Harris,
who Is the custodian Of this ancient
and treasured manuscript.
Hon. John R. Gllfoy, Chiokasaw
c~ounty's senior representative in the
Legislature, was called to his home at
Woodland on the 18th Of January, to
attend the last sad rites to his aged
mother, Mrs. Elmire Gilfoy, who
quietly passed over the dark river on
that date ct the advanced z OF 50
years and s months. Mrs. Gilfoy was
born ct Sheridan Syringe, Kentucky,
on the 18th day Of June, 1913. After
the death Of her husband, she came %
Mississippi with her son, j. r. Gilfoy,
IN 1857. and has made her home with
him until the date Of her demise. She
enjoyed the best of health until three
or four years ago, when she FIRST
began to show signs Of failing health,
but remained mentally clear until the
last hour.
While the progress Of the world. II
indeed it be progress, which some
doubt, is &c a rule so gradual as TO be
impercep IDLE, there come periods and
events which correspond Ia sudden
ness and far raaehiHg effects to the
catastrophe action 81 which we find
such striking evidence RI The geol0Ri-
cal strata Of the earth, and we are led
to the conclusion that both social aud
physical evolution has been and Il be-
ing carried forward BY the forces nov
quletely ct work al about us, with
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27

OF their crossing the Atlantic, II in-
deed they have not already done 60,
TO tarry for awhile on our shores, and
50 accelerated has the movement be-
come IN recent years that there is 8
theory that the late and existing dis
turbance in China and japan are lndi-
cations that the center of interest and
action on the worlds stage is prepar-
ing 10 go to the far Fart
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27
Manqaer Wanted.

Trustworthy lady or gentleman Il
manage business ia 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. Expenst
money advanced position permanent.
Address manager, Go MonOn bid.
Chicago. III.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27

Professor Langley Il 3 nan Of most
excellent temper. No matter how
many unheard Of things are said OF
him, he neye files Of.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
If it fails to cure. e. W. Groves sig
nature il on each box, Price % cents.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27
REolsIRAIIoN No1IcE.

The Registration books for voters
the city Of Okolona will he open in my
Office January 3O,h, February LIST and
and End, 1905. c. A. LAGRoNE.
Regirtrar.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27
CoIds ID Do chronle catarTh.

Acommon cold Is acute catarrh, which
quickly becomes chronic catarFh If Al.
lowed to remain.
Every cold snap leaves In It's tran
thousands Of cases Of catarrh, many oe
whom for want Of an effective remedy,
will suffer from this disease the rest Of
their lives.
Is there anything that can Be done 70
prevent all thisf
In the first place, Peruna used 81 The
proper time will prevent taking cold.
In the second place, Peruna viii cure .
cold in from two to 1--WE days.
Again, Peruna will cure catarrh quick
ly in the first stages, and finally PerunA
will also cure chronic catarrh, II used
properly and persistently.
Peruna kept In the house and prop
erIy used will therefore not only acf Ra
a safeguard against the ailments which
result from sudden cold waves, bat
will also prove a sure remedy for this
class of ailments.
If you dc not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use Of PerunaD
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving .
full statement Of your case and he win
be pleased to give sou his valuable ad'
vice gratis.
Peruna can be purchased ct any first
class drug store for $1.OO per bottle.
Address Dr.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14
LoEDoN's SOCIETY SPIES.
They Are Employed to Keep Tab on
the Wealthy and Post the
Tradesmen.

The out-of-work man in the
smart set, who formerly lent him
self, for a consideration, as Il
"guinea pig" director, "toted" for
tradesmen on commission, or sold
furniture, country houses, or mo-
tor cars, has found a new profess
sion. 1t is that of Society spy"
According to a correspondent of
London Truth (who signs him
self IA Shopkeeper and a Gentle
many, the society spy" is inyal-
liable. If a West end man is in
difficulties, or his wife has over
rated his patience, the Society
spy" informs the trade at once.
ia West end man who has been
for years on the brink of bank
ruptcy wins a large sum at the
card table there are intimate
friends who profit by making the
good fortune known. At a time
when there are so many who are
rich, or appear to be rich, whose
names are unfamiliar the shop
keeper might make serious mis-
takes were it not for the informa-
ton which is so given.
The tradesman is only too hap
ply to pay for information which
enables him to avoid a severe loss.
Tradesmen in former days sci.
dom ventured to ask such ques-
tiOns; and their customers, as a
rule, supported each sther.
Now, says Truths informant
the difficulty shopkeepers have
to contend against is that
most of their customers, especial
ly if they are intimate friends,
have not a good word to say for
each other. Modern English so
ciety is to-day an association of
enemies who profess to be
friends
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14
A NEGRO AND STEAMBOAT.
River Mans Reason for Believing
Colored Man Good Roustabout
Superior to Whites.

THE suggestion came out of st.
Louis the other day hat white
labor had replaced the negro on
the wharf and that after long
service the black roustabOut was
about to enter upon the decline of
his sway" said an old river man,
according to the New Orleans
Times-D Democrat. "All of which,
Imay add, / accept with a grain of
salt, as the saying goes. Some
how l can never think of the sue
cessful and really valuable rousta-
bout as anything but a black man.
"The negro seems to have been
born to the calling. He is, ais a
rule, fond of the steamboat, and
naturally takes to steamboat
work. He has always lowered
around the river. Of'cOurse, you
will find negroes back in the hills
and scattered around in the higher
attitudes, but the vast majority
of them you will find quartered
in the lowlands of the country, and
on the rivers, where he can hear
the hutter Of steamboat wheels.
There is one other fact to be men
toned in connection with the ne.
gro's peculiar fitness for steam
boating.
did you ever hear the steam
boat mate talking to the 'rous-
ters'-say, for instance, when the
boat was a little late in pulling
out and during the busy season?
Hast not, eh? Well, there is some.
thing in store for you, something
lurid and forceful, and something
that will force you to run the
gamut of the emotions. The point
is that the negro is stimulated
and urged on to quicker work by
this kind of talk. Profanity is an
essential in the mates calling.
The negro needs it. / was just
wondering if the white man would
lever get used to it. Maybe so, but
j have my doubts about it,"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14
The Only Way"
Special Low Rates via Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway.

Lexington to Dallas, Texas, and re-
turn, May 10th to 10Th, good until
May 31st, $3.50
lexington to San Francisco and Los
Angeles, Cal. and return April 23rd to
May LIST, good returning until June
sOth, $46.50
Lexington to Carthage, Mo-, and re-
turn, May 18th to 24th, good returning
until May SOth, $500.
Lexington to Galveston, Houston,
san Antonio and other Texas points,
8f5.O 0 for the round trip. Tickets good
is days going, with plenty stopovers,
final return limit 81 days. The same
rate applies to certain Louisiana
points. Tickets on sale March 10.
Special one-way ~''colonist" tickets on
sale to Indian and Oklahoma Terrific
tories. March 10th, at low rate So. so
and $1,000 to Texas and Louisiana
points.
Special one-way settlers" tickets on
sale to points in Minnesota, North and
South Dakota and intermediates to
Manitoba, Western Ontario, Saskatch-
EVAN and Asoiniboia, March sth, 18th,
Bend and Goth, and April 5th, 18th,
10Th and Goth, at low rate 5000.
Special ~"colonist" tickets on
sale to California at low rate 500. 30;
also to the great northwest at S26. 30,
,and less to certain territory, For full
Information please call on
A. s. LOOMS, Ticket Agent.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14
ONE OF LoNDoN's BRIDGES.
When the Southwark Span Was Con-
struoted There Was Something
Of a Turmoil.

At first sight there appears
nOthingrOmantic about the South
wark bridge, whose reconstruc-
ton is now being debated. But
there is a wonderful little story
behind it, after all, says st. James
Gazette. There was the inevita-
BILE fight over its construction.
Street traffic and the necessities
of pedestrianism might go hang SO
long as the traffic of the river was
not interfered with; and it was to
get over the opposition of the cor
pOratiOn and cOnservators that
The Rennies had to make such
enormous spans-the largest ever
attempted in the history of en-
cheering up to that period. This
necessitated the use of blocks of
granite greater in extent than had
ever been quarried since the days
of the a~ncients. 1t could not be
done, masons declared. Sir John
Rennie on his part swore that it
could and should. He went to Alb
erdeen, and at Peterhead found a
block of granite weighing % tons.
That he would have whole, he
said.
By excessive wages and UMPIRE.
cedented largesse of the native
wine, men were got to cut and de.
tach the mass from its mornings.
But then it had to be taken fOul
miles along the road to port
Such a thing had never been heard
OF. Sir John managed to fake VI
a carriage, and after a journey Of
a day and a half, part of which was
spent in digging the monster oui
of collapsed roadways, u or 4
horses got it to the vessel which
after extraordinary difficulties
the engineer had succeeded il
chartering. There were no crane
to lift such a weight. They hat
to build a scaffolding in the bed o
! the harbor to get the blOcl
aboard. Eventually the thing wa.
accomplished, and although ever,
mariner save the one who had I'M
dertaken the commission believe,
that the enterprise would sen,
the vessel to the bottom, the gran
lite was safely brought to London
and a new era in engineering in
augurated. One curious featur
in the history of Southwar.
bridge is that it was opened a
dead of night. AS the clock of 81
Paurs chimed midnight it was de
clared free to the public.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14
& Alton
Excursion Rates

Worlds Fair, St Louis,
Mo-, Agril 30 to December
i, 1904. 1915 for round
trip Dates of sale April 25
to November 20, Limit 90
days from date of sale.
$40, 40 for round trip, Dates
of sale April IS to November
is, limit to December 18th,
For full particulars apply to
S. A. vermillion, Agt.
Higginsville, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14
CANAL is $500 YEARS OLD.
At Least the Corinthian Was Under
Contemplation as Long
Ago as That.

speaking of canals" said the
engineer who had been talking
about Panama, "a very interest
ing canal, and one not much heard
of, is that connected with the gulf
of Corinth and the gulf of Aegina
in Greece.
"It's some older than any we
have in the western hemisphere,
also, for Fernandez, tyrant of
Corinth, proposed to cut through
the isthmus as long ago as 800
years before Christ. Superstition
stopped him, however.
Julius Caesar and Caligula
took it up again when Rome had
hold of Greece, but it was too
much for them. Then came Nero,
and he went at it with vigor, but
the work stopped when he died.
"Others kept pounding away
at it for the next several hundred
years, but it was not until 1881
that real work of the Nero en-
ergy was put upon it. Then Gen.
Turr, aide-de-camp to Victor EN-
manuel of Italy, organized a com
pany and worked on till the mon
ey gave out in 1890, the chief oh
stacle being some kind of flint
which dynamite couldn't break.
about $4,000 900 was spent
up to 1890, and then Mr.. SyngrOs
took hold. organized a new com
pany, with $965,000 working cap
ital, and finished the job in 1899.
1t is only about four miles long.
but it is 60 feet wide at the bot.
tom. about so feet wide at water
line, 26 feet and three inches
deep in water, and it is cut nearly
all the way through solid rock
rising at some points for 269 fee
above the canal.
at is like a canyon, and ships dc
not take kindly to it, the entrance
being bad, a strong wind blowing
through it as through a great ali
shaft, and there is at times {
strong reverse current.
at is an interesting tril
through the canal, and it saves II,
miles Of very rough water and q
hours Of time; but SO far skipper.
profer to 90 through the peninsula
rather than through the canal
though with some changes whicI
will be made it is believed tn.
canal will become of general us
as soon MS a few ships begin TO us
it and remove the prejudice nov
existing against it."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14
Kite-Flvine Animnls.

Animal locomotion sometimes
shows itself in forms not unlike
kite-Aying and parachuting. The
"parachuting animals" are mann
mals-aying squirrels of various
kinds-birds (the pigeon)s rep
tiles, flying fishes. Among the
"kite flyers" are spiders and flies.
Natural History Of Animals.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14

WANTED-SeveraI persons Of char
acter and good reputation in each state
Zone in this county ~requred)to repres-
emit and advertise old established veal.
thy business house of solid financial
landing. Salary S21. 90 we ekly with
expenses additional, all payable incash
direct every Wednesday from head
offices. Horse and carriage furnished
when necessary. References. Enclose
seIf-addressed envelope. Colonial, S32
Dearborn St., Chicago.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14
Queen Mary's Harm.

The harp of Mary, Queen Of
Scots, has been bought by the So
ciety of Antiquaries Of Scotland
for $500.