Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-02-24

There ought 70 Be some way %
torpedo the boil weevil while be is
not on the alert.
It may be safely asserted that
there will be no march On MOSCOW
during this campaign.
The new vagrant Law to be enacted
at the preeent session Of the State
Legislature ought TO be amended
90 60 include the knockers.
Baltimore lost heavily in build
ings and goods, but she saved her
people and her ready money,
and is prepared to pick right mp
again.
The postmaster down &C jackson
the other day received q letter
addressed to the "MOst Prominent
Citizen" and every man in town
claims it.
The Japanese soldiers live on
dried fish. This may be we'll
enough for peace PrOvender, but
it hardly seems to be a sturdy
enough diet to 60 against blubber
with.
When a man Of Senator Hanna's
calling dies at less than sixty-seven
NOT a great age for q statesman
IL really seems that men can be
disposed Of fast enough without
having wars.
Perhaps the American people
could enjoy the great benefits Of 3
parcel-post il Senior Platt Of New
York, President Of United States
Express Company, would smile on
the proposition.
This country cannot have much
use for San Domingo, but the fell
lows in charge there should be
careful about how they fire on our
vessels. They could do the world
more service shooting themselves.
Stationery is cheap. II the war
between Russia and Japan can be
limited to a narrow zone, or stop
ped altogether, with a few paper
wads from our State Department,
Mr.. Hay should by all means write
them.
One of the difficulties the Rus
slams have encountered so far is
in the fact that the Yellow Sea is
too wide for their horses to swim.
When the Japanese land on Rus
sian territory and encounter the
COssack cavalry they will know
more.
Here is the way an Oklahoma
editor gets even: "Our contempt
rary down the street is in bed with
whOoping- cough. He has been
trying to whoOp up something for
a year, and now that his chance
has come, we hope that he will
make q success Of it."
The willing worker who under
stands how to do one thing we'll
! never goes begging for remuuera-
tive employment. The man who
knows how to do several things in
a hali-hearted way never attains
TO that degree Of efficiency neces-
sary to command a good salary.
Speaker Cannon is reported to
have said, when told that RoOse-
velt's nomination would probably
lose those states to the Republic
cans: sIt isn't New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut that I am
worrying about; what troubles me
Is Illinois," Perhaps the Speaker
did not say that, but a Chicago
dispatch says that that is a very
common sentiment among repub-
licans. Illinois has a pretty large
independent republican vote; il
was that which enabled MI. Cleve-
land to carry the state in 1892. A
man representing the principles OF
thee Cleveland administration would
get that vote away from Mr.. Roose-
welt, and would hold all the demo
cratic vote.
Secretary Shaw, in a recent
speech, manifested a good deal Of
concern In the democratic search
for issues for the Presidential cam
paign. He does not think that any
phase Of the money question can
become q paramount issue, and he
does not appear willing to admit
that the democracy a have IN
!, terest in any other question that
Is now or may be before the c0un.
try. Perhaps it is Just as we'll for
|, the democratic managers to keep
Tue accomplished Mr.. Shaw Ia ig-
noranoe 8 while longer SIS to what
they are going to dgbt about. They
ah1ul1 not allan him ~ Hanw than