Okolona messenger., 1904-04-13

there is no bright eldei anout hAile-
luia anyhow
Never mind II the world is round of
dat-the main thing with al OF us Is
TO keep steady on IT,
Trouble has got lie uses. Some folks
never feel like getting religion till the
rheumatism hits them.
Don't be too hard on the growler.
n il wasn't for him you'd never know
that the other fellow was happy
sFxecutive chaos at the white
house is good, il chaos can exist in q
vacuum.
Now for the 'steenth seasons intro
ductlon OF your Ave hundred dollar
Panama.
The click Of General Kuropatkin's
typewriter is heard on the frosty Man
churian air.
Spain has at last sent a minister to
the republic Of Cuba. Colombia will
please take notice and thinks less
hsrshly OF little Panama.
Ramon's Tonic Regulator is the
most popular all round medicine we
have ever handled. 1t is a gentle laxa-
tive. a healthful tonic and prompt
health restorer. Handsome, large tin
box 25cts.
While Mr.. Hepburn was addressing
Congress on the subject OF pure tood,
the FilipinCs at the st. Louis fair were
eating dog meat by preference, and
not a few Americans were probably
eating 1t because they didn't know any
better.
The adulteration and use of inferior
materials in the making of candy are
beginning to attract much attention in
England. Prof. 0oston recently lect-
ured on "saccharOmaniacs." He eX-
pressed the opinion that future scien-
lists would place the evils Of sugar
gluttony on pedestal as conspicuous
as the drink question, causing deteri-
oratiol Of individuals and races.
Representative Williams, the Demo-
cratic House leader who has been
0mentiOneu" for the presidency,
is nursing his boom with con-
siderable success. To a reporter who
undertook to interview him about il
be said: my boy, my boom is making
tremendous strides. Ny private sec
retarv is unreservedly for me, and
have hopes Of securing the support of
the clerk of the minority room"
Albert Kirby Fairfax. eldest son of
the late DR.. John Contee Fairfax, of
Prince Georges county, Md, and in
heritor OF his titles OF Lord Fairfax
and Baron Cameron, in the peerage of
Scotland, is reported to have assumed
bis title and taken his seat in the
House Of Lords. He went to England
two years ago to engage In business
and rad no intention Of following such
course. 1t is now said he has been
legally adopted by wealthy English
man as the heir to his estates and per-
suaded to assume his titles.
The late George Francis Train was
known for many hobbies, but the one
which people will most readily recall
was his steadfast refusal TO shake
hands. Trains theory was that vital
energy was transmitted from the
stronger to the weaker person by the
simple contact. Now a doctor has
come forward with a more substantial
reason for not practicing the amenity.
ga small parasite" says DR.. w. E.
Young, "attacks the palm OF the hand
and readily communicates itself to the
handshaker. The parasite carries his
family with him and be is most diff
fcult to dislodge. The doctor says
that the itching palm is epidemic on
the upper east side and is most
prevalentaamong those whose business
or social duties calls for frequent con-
tacts. So far thirty cases have been
placed under observation, and in all
of them the parasite was found pres
ent. The itching palm is rare in this
climate, but DR.. Young says it is COM
mon in the tropics.
Birth marks which mark and mar
the outside of the body are grief to
every mother whose children may
bear them. But for every child who
bears birth-mark on the skin there
are many who bear an indelible BIRTH
mark on the mind. Nervous mothers
have nervous children and many
man and woman owes an irritable and
despondent temperament to those
days Of dread when the mother waited
the the hour of her maternity. The
use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton strengthens the mother for trial
With strength comes q buoyancy Of
spirits and quietness Of mind, which is
one of the napptest gifts a mother can
bestow on her offspring. By giving
vigor and elasticity to the delicate wo-
manly organs "Favorite Prescription"
practically does away with the pain Of
maternity and makes the baby's ad-
vent AS neutral and as simple as the
iblossoming Of g flower. There is no
opium, cocaine OF other narcotic con-
tanned in "Favorite Prescription"
Democrats may as well recognize at
the beginning that they have q hard
battle before them. The Republicans
are in possession, mot only Of the ad-
minisiration and Of congress, but OF a
majority Of the state governments.
To defeat them the Democrats will
have 70 do better than they have doue
at any recent election. Nothing short
of the Landslide that carried Mr..
G eveland into the white house win be
effective. They must obtain 229 cleo
sOral votes to WIN. This means 159
from the South. including Maryland
and Missouri, 50 from New York, II
from New Jersey, from Connecticut,
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