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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-05-17

The Pascadena. Memphis, Tenn.
FOR sale-Full blood Single Comb
Brown Leghorn Eggs 81. 90 per setting
Of is eggs. J. s. WILKES,
Martin, Tenn,
All owing me must call and settleby
June Is. or suit viii be fled for col
lection.
j.. N. DULANEY.
That Fancy Patent flour going a.
s5.75 all the week, is sure e money
saving Investment. At in. Dulaney'l
We are again making a full assort'
ment Of Macaroons. Chocolate, coca
nut and Caromel Crescents, fresl
every day. Try them. J. DAHMER,
Vienna Bakery
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

yet come back Three days ago We reached
again an unburnt country and entered q series
OF large lakes. and this morning had few
fish IN net. There is game in sight.
however but plenty Of fresh wolf signs the big
timber wolves are around.
Our shotgun has been our salvation. l shall
take with also my S3 Winchester and
hope further on to find ptarmigan and caribou
IN plenty.
Richards has rendered valuable aid in
the typographical work as well as geological,
and EaSton has made collection Of the fora,
and made extensive notes on the timber growth
I have done the meteorological work taking
noting winds and clouds three times q day.
and have arranged with Mir. Cotter at North
west River TO take similar readings there a.
the base station that corrections may be made
He has fine mercural barometer and first
class thermometer, the property Of the Doulin-
ION government. This scientific work vii still
the criticisms that the expedition could in any
event, result in nothing OF value 10 the world
THE Outing Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

WHAT IRVING DID FOR HIS PROFESSION.
In one respect Sir Henry Irving was especially
remarkable: he was such singular comDina-
tior of artistic and practical ability. But that
comes very far snort Of describing what ne was.
Besides being an artist and a man OF business,
he was a consummate man OF the World,
diplomatiSt and a man Of great iiltellecluat
ability. He was furthermore a very kind
hearted man. He had a kindness not often e
be met with 10 at the mead OF lat8t enter
prises, who must Of necessity say 40 many
times for once he can say Yes Win the
action. he combined great deal q lact ana
address-qualiJies. doubt all the more eTIect-
i've by reason of his Kindness Of heart
To Irving more than any other man IS que tile
change that has taken place in London IN recent
years IN the social position of actofSt cnttii &c
which has come within my memory When
I first went 70 London in 1870 there We're no
actors in society When i came back IN lsre .
there were q good many Of them % oe seen
about There was growing UP society which
rich people and the professional class. With a
snrinkling Of such Of the older society as had
a fancy for art and the theatre. In that society
the actors had only e good but dlstn-
guished place
Irving had high idea Of the dignity OF his
own profession. and lie illustrated IN hinselt
what he thought the position and the manners
Of an actor should be He had not IN the least
what has always been supposed 70 be the on
stage manner Of IN actor. he thought an
actor should be Just Ike anybody else. fancy
that is not easy thing 70 90 the actor must
ha indeed gentleman who caT preserve N
Z private life the simple and quiet behavior OF
one A gentleman should be hin7seif-that IS a
should not have any keen anxiety upon the
question Of what you think Of him. An actor 5
business on the 0ther hand. IS - be somebody
eise-CF :. Nadal. ii Scribners Nas-azine
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
AN AwAs s1NING GIANT.

SO account ot his wonderful awakening can
fail TO recognize the agency OF Chang, the
NigeTcy OF Central China q senior optimus
IN The orient classic his conversion 10 the
new school of thought was accomplished BY the
victory OF Japan ten wears age Scarcely had
the smoke of the battle cleared away when tie
wrote for his suhordiustes q book ot instruc-
tiOnS entitled .EduyatiUn. Chiua.S Only Hope"
Laid before lie Throne III had dlouE with kans
not a little share III impelliug Inc Eoung F.,.l-
peror. 10 enter on that preSipitate career of re-
form which caused his downfall Distributed
IS. imperial command. il also prepared the way
for reform on & national scale
He has Japarese drill masters - train his
troops III necessary. 10 resist JanaI ana .le mas
hl3 experts III the arts from Nir-f2ca Great
E-.taiu and Germany to prsI4Ha s Teopie for
q eoIntrciaI conflict With ne Erca. nations q
'he Wpsr The banks IF he TiTer IL f-nut II MS
C3rjtaI NuCEaae ere linal for miles Witl cot-
t5n nils hstn9 WORKS. silk flaturas e ilSslvo-ks
IRON fnurdrieS lrG gov. der III. 81 Usgse nigh
chIwusyS proclaim the eom,r- y hen
China can supply her own markets foreign
steamers Will cease 70 ascend the YaHg-Tse-
KianC
Going within the walls struck by the
great number or fine schoolhouses in foreign
style that rise above the huts OF the natives.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
THE FIGHT FOR YOUTH.

have very li-tle regard fo- the fgEt against
Time which spends itself on a strife with gray
p.sf-s s.i .grfrF-.-s There used be a picture
,,r,F,1is-a "a ae -. advertisements I'm which eld-
e-Iv woman rad ore side Of h~r face all troned
ont smoothly. while tha other was Vrtn<led and
,--.-- The v.rtrkted sida the more pleas
ing AS -ye grow older every h1s In ths
loI5r+arlrcc should tell g story OF loving deeds
We are making for ourselves in youth ne
r-asrs We shall wear n tns very end Every
r-afrrl dieeor--rta@ dissatisfied expression
-i-es Itself upon the face 80 that the sweetest
ana -frr=- natures u5I have tho rarest lowell
-z-- Whom they grow Old 4 woman ts IS oil
ais e7- looks and as old as sra feels. sign
~ our Increased health and vitality to-day -
r.rd ~ f1el that q woman II fifty looks
4os-5 =e cd ae woman formerly lookcd a.
-1,f--,--a f. and mary a active woman of eigSty
go Tho -.fl-st1nez reef frizIten nobody.
....- people are no longer pat i'm q corner, Dor
are they expected 10 hug tha chimney corner
II is a wornar's obligation 20 bC EHsrnius TO her
latest dav-C4Iarzaret Z Ieugster. in Womana
Home Companion
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
FRANKLIN THE BENEFACTOR.

Perhaps among all the stories Of appeal for
help TO Benjamin Franklin, none viii be found
more remarkable than the letter from French
Renedictfne monk. cOnfessing that at Easter hs
was drawn into game OF cards, where he
played heavily and lost. With no possible means
OF repaying this money. he writes 10 Franklin,
fmDIoring his assistance for the sake OF his
reputation which, he remarks naIyely, Is his only
treasure. again Franklin seems reused from mis-
usual phiiosophic calm. IndOrsed on the back
in his handwriting read this curt summing
up Wants me 70 pay his gaming debts and
ne vii pray for the cause OF America"
Many are the applications from poor prisoners
most often Americans. VINO. having been captured
and impressed into the British navy. we're after
ward taken by French vessels and left to Ian
g1Iish IN French prisons. Several Of these COM
plain bitterly cf their fate among parcel OF
French thieves. with only six sous a day 70 live
on. nothing but dirt to lie on, and iron bars
through which u gaze all day long" Another
slpuIiant in describing his escape from an Eng
HsE prison before ne fell into the hands Of the
French writes regretfuIy 4 Only eat five Tneles
o. vitIies IN fourteen days
A prisoner in the AbDaye st Cierrnain applies
10 Franklin mot lyman, but as 2
fellow creature who = rsduced By a captivity oE
upward Of three wears, by sickness and every
sort Of evil 70 the last degree cf unhappiness.
He adds with true DathOs. In happier days I
had occasion to prove myself a lover Of liberty
in my present sad situation. my way or
thinking is OS little consequence. The unhappy
have no friends - Emma Repplier IN Lppin-
C0ttq Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
HoMEsrcK FoR THE HILLS

Ism rrr-a5feli for tire hills.
Green clad with sp-7Ices tall
Eyfa-a g1rdert rrfzts come creeping down,
Ar5 urruta shadows fall
80 TurrE r1 -iE az Sl-nSat
U- r5Gr rIzres tHat know
Ard witch rfl rose ard crimson rush
rn0H tile banks ot snow
I'm Enruasf1k for the hills
Where Iifs is fIll and free
Where The air is Ike Il Gr5uSEt o. VINE
There's where want 70 b.
And NIX S--4tUiE- eyes look westward
A-d Iur heart with long -l-s.
For near the ts--s a---Ll-.
AID T.m FOr=-.c .cI Tor rsh- NILS
1T-rsTsr 81 GT6Iay iii LJ-EeInae- Outdoors
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
roses IL TIE snow.

j. seems almost fr1p0ssible that there should
lee plant that flowers naturally outdoors I'M
the depth Of winter But it is a fact. The
Christmas rose answers this description. From
the end OF October until February its white
flowers iaboCt three inches across may Toe
gathered an almost amy time. and eyeu when
the ground is covered with snow the Christmas
rose is producing its flowers We don't often
see them in December and January. because A. e
never think Of brushing of he snow II took az
the plant that is growing underneath. The
flowers are Of dazzling Whiteness when young
but become family tinSe6 wita pink after about
2 week-tCountry Life ii America.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
T1rCoI.N,s FIRST LAW PARTNER.

Major stuart with whom Lincoln had Joined
forces was not III his early years . Weii-Tea4
-. even al industrious LAWYER but ne was pop
mar and rad an extensive If not very lucrative
pracrics which ne was entirely willing 70 lntrust
Is his new associate zIndeed. VIXEN the hr.'
yy-zz formed he vas 50 deeply elgr0ssed il poll
tics that n gave little Or M attention 70 me
IaV and Lincoln had ro assume virtually All
responsibility for he business
~ Course il rne procedure had been c5npH-
rarad or te hnical. Hovlce -O-.d have speed
III come to Erlef but the character o. itlsetioi-
was very simple iu those days. yne pr-e@,-eI'-s
were few and for between and 'he .agat L2-F.s
exceedingly elastic. Lincoln net sieA aifEe-i-
ties as there were in his oEn way @sHi1s as
I;-+T. s5,-iEz a. uossfbla and exercising MS ,I-
scnufrv 10 bridge the gaps IL his inforrE-a ton
when his partner was not aFaiiatit for e'1s-lltt-
ZION The ha1i1 or standing on MS own feet
and doing mis- own thinking. HnieH vas thus
forced upon him at the very outset ot ms pFec-
tice became his most notable tralL one OF
fessfonal life testihes that he never asked an
other lawyers advice on any subject WAatso-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
GARDEN ~ i TUB.

Water lilies in tubs are better than EothinE At
all 4 kerosene barrel sawed In half VIII fur
ush two tubs each big enough for one plant
The tubs should ha well washed out and soaked
for some time in water. III order r. remove as
much a. possible If the Oh and the glue which
is pur on - render the vessel tight Three or
four days tc q week wiiI suffice for thtS.
lii Will he better. though ror essential. t0 have
the tub sunk about half its depth I'll the earth. So
as 10 keen the roots eo0i. Tn1DEu tlls -zaEE5 81 L
flowers love sunshine. Ehc hlaa X ouZe IN which
The roots naturally ike is always Cl1Lla1a-lteL
Magazine
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Our clever viceroy knows thar the indus ri.st
arts have their root in science and thai scielGe
must be taught in schools. lie thus pr0slallaS
from the hoUsetops his EOspel Of the new edued-
tion. He has embodied iii in a book of rhN7 mes.
which are sung by his soldiers 70 the beat ot
the drum ana committed 10 memory lE a Il the
school children in population Or fifty millions.
-oDr ". a. =. Martin, IN The WoIldss Work,
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
TRIFNDsT1P

or. friends Or miac. ask of me what yor VIII
For very loving sake
Your asking thrice ths enrtied co~ers Ill,
C7f.4nE ne more YOU take
No littIe 1oy ] send yUu Errt returns
A eladnesSz fnet enc.rcs-
Brighter tho tanlr Upcn my he2rt hSJone burns
Knowing rs li-ht war Is t0Urs
Never can I - .roo- De- while ! pray,
Share Eou nv i0Es md ste
shall be beESarl ofiy on hat daE
tT ze611s Garrison fu H7rp0r's Raz3r.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
The 81. .PENDOUS FORTUNE WE SPEND
IN LIQUOR

TITS. ST. PENDOUS FORTUNE WE SPEND
IN LIQUOR.
According to figures furnished By the gov
eminent Bureau Of Statistics, there con-
stunned IN the United states IN one year about
4U.G000UU barrels OF beer. 99000,000 gallons Of
proof spirits and 30.50gn09 gallons Of vine These
drfnkables, sold a retail take out OF the pockets
OF consumers in single tWelyemonth the sum
Of ST +54 1lqS5S. IT ~ 4 good deal OF money, and
one is tempted 70 consider what ft could accom-
pISh if il were put to really useful purposes, in
stead 0f being practically thrown away
II would provide 100000 families. or 2,5o0.000
pe5rIe-nore than the entire population OF the
states Of New Hampshire, Rhode Island. Yer
mont Maine North Dakota and Montana n
comfortable homes. clothing and provisions for
twelve whole months. To each FAMILY II would
give $3.50 for provisions $50 Tor clothing $50 for
SnOes S10 for nevvSpap per7. maya zines and books
$50 Tor church and charitable purposes. and
ly0ul6 build FOR each family house costing
ST 500 with $500 IS furnish Titus bestowlng
tp0n each one Of the 100000 families $3.50 and
leaving = balance Of S2641l9.0O0 to erect 52,S1S
ri
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
3ezt 0dzqs G2aa vm tic z7ao1zcnu Haqnz6es for &anu

ever He listened TO his associates and con-
suited with them but ne worked out his own
problems and there was never anything OF the
..brain Taper about his relations with the
bar
Thesfnfuerce OF this early training Is plainly
CisCernibIe in the remarkable self-reliance and
resourcefulress which ne exhibited IN his later
years New questions did not confuse him: he
faced emergencies with perfect serenity. and
he had long been accustomed TO responsibility
when he was called upon 70 decide questions OF
ma atioraI import Frederick Trevor Hill. in Ths
Century Magazine
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
CLIMATE AND CO. st MPTIoN.

We are today learning the truth tnat there
is no particular climate for consumption. Wher-
ever can be found pure air-the less moisture IN
II the better-there WiI the sufferer from tu-
hercuIosis De able TO fight his disease, some
times to a successful finish, II he car az me
same time obtain the proper rest and food
Two generations ago this doctrine would have
been hootsd AT 3 the delusiOu Of a ma oman, yer
Il IS the truth The mountain sana5oTla q
Switzerland the pine woods Of Prussia, oL
Canada and Of New York the ice nelds OF
Alaska bear witness to il. Tuberculosis IS
stopped by the pure air Of all these Varied
climates; and Il has been accident far more tLaLl
design experience far more than theory th@l
found this out. One generation ago the "hoie
Southwest would have been at the North Win
the picturesque Bowie Or Colt had any one
dared openly 10 assert. much less 70 insist on
such a perniCious doctrine. but TO-DAY those
Who are seriously studying the facts feel com
pelIed 10 acknowledge the truth OF T. WINE
the advocates Of climate per &c are neglIlIii.-s
10 say-nay are eager TO nave US understand
that their climate Is not everything, tidt y
won't work miracles. and thai there re soi..s
ca ses or consuurp ptIon that their glorious c-l-
mate will not cure: and-That a cnange-
there are 10 be heard protests. here feeble there
vigorous against The unhappy habit long ago
rIanted bv the Southwest. now firmly rooted n
North and East OF sending all sorts and coHdl-
tons of tuberculosis patients BY tens by thoQ-
sands bv tens OF thousands, into that climate
Is be cured -(AIbert Hale, in Ito Reader Masa-
zine
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

But when he greeted NE at Peterhof only a few
weeks since ne did not seem 10 have aged a
day since l bade him gcOdby AZ Tsarskoe- Selo
on the eve OF The Hague Conference in 1879
His step light his carriage as erect
his expression as alert His brow bore
lines Of aggard care. / could not see a gray
hair on his head HIS spirits as high, his
courage as calm and his outlook as cheerful as
ever The last time l hal seen him was on the
eve OF the great test victory OF his reign | was
now meeting him the morrow Of his worst
reverse But the man was exactly the same
He might simply have returned instantly from
the door that had been closed six years before
10 repeat his adieu.-(W. T. Stead, in The
World To-day
The Washington times., 1905-07-16

Or otherwise at bed or board
Offended each other in deed OF word;
Or since the parish clerk said Amen
Wished yourselves unmarried again;
Or In twelvemonth and a day
Repented not in thought any way,
But continued true and In desire
AS when you join'd the holy Quire
II 10 those Conditions, without all fear
OF your own accord you will freely
swear:
A whole Cannon Of Bacon you shall re-
ceive,
And bear it hence with love and good
leave,
For this IS our custom OF Dunmow
we'll known:
Though the pleasure be ours, the
Bacon's your own.
After having subscribed to this quaint
oath they are carried on chairs through
the grounds that those who could not
afford to pay the price Of admission to
the tent may get a good look at them
Then they are free to return to their
homes with the flitches Of bacon. And
there. perchance, when they recall the
words Of the Dunmow oath. they NAV
have tough time Of 1t with their con-
sciences for spell
The Washington times., 1905-07-16

fiat cap profusion Of lons n;lrIed locks.
such IS no yeoznan or farmer had ever
warn.
Prior he said, in requitaI of thy
courtesy, l hereby assign and -give to
thee, in this manor. land enough to
give thee two hundred marks a. year,
on condition that whenever any bride
and bridegroom shall come hjther to
kneel on these stones where we have
knelt this day, and shall swear that
for q year and day they have been
true lovers even as we are now, they
shall receive each such a fitch of bacon
as this which thou hast given us"
The seeming yoeman.'' according to
old historians, was Sir Reginald FitZ-
walter. lord Of the manor. and the title
deeds to the prfory and the surrounding
land were handed to the worthy priest
on the morrow. And thus, according to
the legend, originated the giving of the
Dunmow fitch. The first application
for the Glitch of which there is any
record. was made in f445, by one Richard
Wright, a 1aborer of Badesburgn. near
Norwich, and the bacon was. after
proof" delivered to him by J5hn Can
non. prior OF the convent. Toe old GUS
tom continued long after the dissolution
of the n1onasterfas by Henry VIII. as
compliance with it still constituted part
of the manor!al tenure.
The Washington times., 1905-07-16

has remained as potent as ever. and no
reichstag speaker commands more at
tenton. when he taxes the tribune. than
''siEyer-tongued Eugen." as he is fanlil-
larry known
or IeonIne cast of countenauce and
rugged frame. Richter looks the fight
er he has always been. He had an in
tense dislike for Bismarck, and opposed
him tooth-and-nail For years Richter
specialized in financial legislation. and
lie caused more trouble for Bismarck 5
military and naval budgets than all the
rest OF the reichstag put together He
was a recognized authority on govern
ment finance, and his voice was so per-
sistently lifted in favor of economies
that he ranks easily as Germanys S
watchdog ot the treasury Had his
parliamentary strength been heavier, the
haiser'S army and navy woutti never
have attained their present splendid
proportions For he has fought appro-
priauon after appropriation for the in
crease of the fatherland's land and sea
armament
Richter is a Rhinelander, having been
born in Dusseldorf, the Pittsburg of
Germany, III 1888 He was graduated
from Heidelberg and Berlin uniyersi-
ties. and While at the latter spent more
time studying parliamentary matters
than over his books and theses. He en-
tered the Prussian diet in 1861. and was
elected to represent a Berlin constitu-
ency in the first reichstag formed after
the establishment OF the German en-
The Washington times., 1905-07-16
"Why Are You Happy ?"

Among the questions which the candi-
dates are required to answer are these:
'In what particulars are your tastes
in common?" ''In what particulars do
your tastes differ?'' What has occur
red during your married life which has
furnished proof of your attachment to
each othsr-difnculties surmouneed, or
unpleasantness avoided, etc?" What do
you consider the secret of your happi-
nesSY Then they have to give the
names of two persons who are prepared
to testify that they have really led a
turtle dove sort of existence. The two
couples who have emerged triumphant
from the grand 1ury's sitting process
are an Anglican clergyman and his wife
and an engineer and his better-haIf
The trials take place in a huge tent
capable of seating two thousand specta-
tors! Those occupying the front rows
pay CO cents and the rest of the crowd
are admitted at % cents a head There
are seldom any vacant seats. Finan-
cialiy the quaint little Essex village
makes very good thing out of its
commemoration of the custom which
has conferred such worldwide celeb
The Washington times., 1905-07-16
Head of the Older Branch.

Prince Leopold was taken I'll suddenly
at the palace OF his son, while attend
ing the crown princes wedding festivi-
ties. and died Of heart failure TIE same
day. He was the held of the older but
not reigning branch of the house OF
Hohenzoilern. Politically the deceased
prince was prominent only when the
Spanish parliament made him an inter-
national character in 1870.
He was married TO the Infanta Antonia
of Portugal, aunt of the reigning King
Don Carlos, in 1861. Through relation
ship on his mothers side with the courts
of Germany and France. the Spanish
cortes thought him ideal candidate
for their throne. Immediately. however,
the French under Napoleon III. began
10 show signs OF disapproval. Prince
Leopold placed the matter in the hands
Of King William / of Prussia for de-
cision, who telegraphed the Madrid legis-
lators positive refusal soon as the
Paris government intimated that they
would make the Hohenzollern candida
ture "casus belli' against united Ger
rD2nV.
The Washington times., 1905-07-16
a Few Real Indians Left

There are plenty OF real Indians still
In the West, despite the generally pre-
valent idea that they are rapidly disap-
pearing. in fact. have already disap-
peared." remarked c. w. Burbridge. for
merry Of Fort Worth. but now of Colo
RADIO Springs. Col. when in Houston re
Gently en- route for home from a visit TO
the east Texas oil belt. There IS j
large Indian reservation just over the
line in Utah. he continued, and with
the advent Of every hunting season the
saYaZes break the bounds OF restraint
and go after the game So many of
tLeIn so at times that from seventy-five
To one hundred can be seen in parties,
and chance passers-by feel just little
bit skittish, and with some reason, per-
haps.
at IS against the law TO shoot deer
without horns or TO take more than one
buck but their contempt for IL IS some
thing grand. If they fail To land any
deer the worst OF Il is they do not
scrupie at taking a fat beef or two
from n nearby rancner. OF course. ther,.
are what is called game wardens'
there but the Indians simply hoot and
laugh at them and go on hunting. This
-angers the game wardens and they kick
The Washington times., 1905-07-16

10 the governor for troops and do not
get them, and the next heard Of the
matter is that complaint is lodged be
fore the department at Washington and
then the Indian agent proceeds 70 con-
sumo dozen or 50 sheets OF paper tell
ing just how st all happened. and here
tofore, just about the time stage has
been reached that the Indians are back
Oh their reservation but with their ston-
achs fail and with FAR less deer than
eyer behind them. In this way the deer
are steadily being wiped out ana the
time. so far as the West is concerned.
is steadily drawing near when an ante
lope, deer or other fine specimen OF
game Is going to be Just as scarce as
the buffalo is todav. Ny attention to
this matter has Just been drawn by
reading little Washington dispatch
telling that some regular troops had just
hecn ordered from Salt Lake to the
reservation to assist in holdi- the In
dams in check. / was might lad To
see that, for 1t is only the Federal Gov
ernnIent that can do anything with
them, and ! am not exactly prepared to
say that stilI another Indian fight or two
of considerable proportions VIII rot
eventuate before the work of --e rcgu-
lar army in the subjugation of the
sayages can be said 10 have been
brought to a, conclusion. Houston Post