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Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

1t would be easier TO be content with
littld if nobody had any more.
Faith draws the poison from every
grief, takes the sting from every loss,
quencres the fire of every pain; and
only faith can do it,
Meekly: "Yes, we're going to move
to Swamphurst. Doctor: "But the
climate there may disagree with your
wife" M4ekiy: "Ir wouldn't dare"
Love of preferment takes some IN.
usual turns. There was a warm con-
test, for instance, among several can
didates for the presidency of an anti
horse-thief society in Illinois
The late Gen Wheeler was one Of
the bravest men that ever lived. He
was wounded IN the Civil War, and
sixteen horses we're shot dead under
him. Yet it was not his military but
his literary achievements in which he
took most pride. He knew that this
was foolish, but he could not help it,
said an old friend He said once to
me, apologetinally, that he Wa not the
only man Who's pride was misp placed.
He said that ia certain engagement
in his youth he once heard private
swearing most frightfully. Lieut..
Wheeler, a. be then was went up %
the private and said sternly: "Whpre
did you learn to swear like that?" The
private answered modestly: "Ye can t
learn it; it's gift"
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
COUNTRY DOCTOR RULED WITT
ROD OF IRON.
Disobedience to His Orders Met with
Sharp and Decisive Action
Had Curative Methods All
His Own.

A party of men were discussing the
passing of the old-time country doc
tor before the advance of modern sci
ence, and one of them told some sto-
ries of practitioner of this type who
was the terror of his boyhood days.
"He was a curious old autocrat,
with curative methods all his own"
said the gentleman. 81 remember
once a boy chum of mine became af-
fiicted with large swelling or abscess
in his throat, which was growing rap
idly and threatening to make breath
ing impossible.
"Dr. x was called in. After ex-
amining the patient, he turned to the
mother with the command to bring
him red-hot poker. AS he was never
questioned or disobeyed, the woman
hastened to heat one in the kitchen
nrO.
when she brought 1t to the sick
room the doctor grabbed it and ad-
vanced to the bedside with the gleam-
ing point leveled at the boys head.
"'Open your mouth, sir he COM
manded.
"The boy did open his mouth to
emit a terrified shriek-which broke
the abscess and saved his life.
81 have said that DR.. K was never
disobeyed, but l recollect now one oc-
casion on which family attempted
| to set his orders at defiance. You see,
! he was really more intelligent than
the run Of way out country doctors
OF those days. He went to Holland
for ~ year of study when he was
young and brought back some ad
vanced ideas, one of which was the
eficacy Of fresh air.
"You know how country people
close the windows Of sick room
tight. On the occasion in question the
patient was down with fever. Enter
ing the room DR.. K raised both win
dows, ordering that they be left so.
"The women who were nursing
made NO objection at the time. bu
NO sooner had the doctor departed
than they hastened to close the win
dows. Some distance away DR.. X
happened to look around and behelt
what they had done.
"He turned his horse. drove back u
the house, entered the front door
neither knocking nor ringing, mounted
the stairs, walked into the sick. room
lifted the thick knobbed cane whicl
he always carried, and deliberatel!
smashed one pane Of glass after an
other, until all were demolished
Then, without q word. or so much a
look to right or left, he strode from
the room and drove away.
"The patient recovered"
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
What Do They Cure?

The above question is often asked con"
earning DIR, Pierce's two leading medi-
cines, "Golden Medical Discovery" and
WFavorite Prescription"
The answer is that UGolden Medical
Discovery is a most potent Alternative or
blood-purifier, and tonic or invigorator
and acts especially favorably in a cura-
tive way upon all the mucous lining sur
faces, as OF the nasal passages, throat,
bronchial tubes, stomach, bowels and
bladder, curing large per cent. OF catar-
rhal cases whether the disease affects the
nasal passages, the throat, larynx, bron-
CHA, stomach Gas catarrhal dyspepsia },
bowels as mucous diarrhea), BLADDER,
uterus or other pelvic organs. Even IN
the chronic or Lucrative stages OF tnese
Affections, it is often successful In anect-
Ing cures
The aFavorite Prescription Is advised
for the cure of one class of diseases
naculiSr weaknesses, arrangements and
Irregularities incident to women only. IL
g . powerful yet gently acting lnyigorat7
4nR tonic and nervin0.' EOr weak worm
out, Over-workod women-nO matter wnat
haS caused the breakdown, oFavorite
Prescription will be found most effective
IN building up the strength, regulating
kkN WumanlY functions, Subduing pain
and bringing about Q healthy, vigorous
condition Of the whole system.
A book Of particulars wraps each DOtte
giving the formulas of both medicines and
quoting what scores Of eminent med.
lcal authors, whose works are consulted
BY physicians Of all the schools ot practice
o. guides In prescribing. say Of each In
Rredient entering into these medicines.
The words Of praise bestowed on the
several ingredients entering into Doctor
Pierce's medicines by such writer's should
have more weight than any amount OF
non professional testimonials, because
such men are writing for the guidance OF
their medical brethren and know WHEREOF
they speak.
Both medicines are nOn-alcOholic, nom
secret, and contain no harmful baDit
forming drugs, being composed OF glycerlc
extracts Of the roots Of native, American
medicinal forest plants They are both
cold by dealers In medicine. You can't
afford 10 accept as q substitute for one Of
these medicines of known composition,
any secret noStrum.
Dr.. PlerOe's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate ana IN
VieoFato stomach, liver and bowels.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
4Glath'RlrIGa (GlRlllSo

| cd writes the music snnE " the
The diuneR bell b the swssasnt ma
sic Osoms peOpAe.
10 the aoose ais own cry b sweeb-
est. FElS . with same siagsrs. "a
~"
Why is II that woman tails funny
ssosy Ahe Same way ahe thrcws Doan
bnata catF
Many woman that amokeB cigar
rettes permits her pug deg 70 'kisG'iler.
Shall we not save our dogs?
It almost makes O man q woman
hater when he remembers it Is only
the female mosquitoes that bite him.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
PaSt,PreSentand
Future Paint

Tbs best ''past'' Pint = he
pant whieA - worA swn
svsaly. lsss - ce
resdy ftr re aintins ut
the need q ezDansive scI ns'
'busu;;i i SE"
Tho best present" paint is
the paint which is applned with
iast seysEs tIls most sun
face pr EiIhn, md looks DE
best when on. .
The best future" paint is
the paint which lasts without
cracking or peelins. aAordins
perfect protection for the great.
est number Of years.
Viewed in any Of these ways,
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

Secretary Shaw seems TO suggest that
The Americas Who pays more than the
LoIoiHnoI Ton Cur own manufactures
q lucky to have the price.
Mr. nkenelend's sins have found him
out ana he Will have several yearO in
the Illinois, nate prlOo0 10 N@dkeCt on
tho sdvantaes Of the simpls Iifs.
Teacher- whist are TIN three psy-
gonal p9oncunsi Pupil AMd ahs md
u. Give an ex4o1plu U6 tleir
use. Etpll- Husband, wilS and h1by.
"DO you'think you could Is1rn to
# lSys 70 s.s -. yo11g yS1S, 7.g q:
.Taptusvus maid. "HsraI6 7 cOuId
give lessons at t."
KieliOr-Did he rmise from nothiuae'
Bo6lE Yes you milast say that a.
tufe deGIt him from tho B0ttom OF tho.
pack. ''
1t is said that the Iace-mAking indus
try is DYING out. not only In England.
but IN Italy and France, where AlOn-
con and Chentilly are no longer made.
The Spanish industry ls dead, but Bel
Eium turns out lace Of any required
style or name.
BlobbS-He's the most anlucky fell
low know. He has jnst had his
watch stolen. Slobbs o., lots of fel.
lows have their watches stolen. B.
Yes, bat not under such distressing
circumstances; he was just going to
pawn IL.
First Boy-Say, Johnnie. did your
mother lick you for playing hockey
from school2 Second Boy-You bet
she didn't. f. BLOW did you man
age to get out of iti s. B Il told her
her il she licked me, I'd holler loud
enough to wake the baby.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

IiMr. Taft makes . miatshe il Cuha
Will Secretary LshO hatS ~ bsnr tns
blamo3
Marie COrell writes that she ''leAthe.
America ,"thus etrikin0a new nSte q
reciprocity betWsen the two snunarieps'
There is q spice Of humOr in The
apOctacIe of the Spanish editors whu
are telling ne how to manage the
CubAns.
NBut why in the world did yOu want
TO elope, Anywayr ''Well, | was In
hopes that her family would never
forgive u.s."
Paying your debts is an expensive
way Of getting commercial credit, but,
unless you are rich, 1t is about the
only way.
"You don't care much for social
former" "No," answered Mr.. Cum
rox. "It's kind of hard to get used to
1R. S. V. P.' when you've been accus-
toned to g. o. d."
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
Julius, Caesar.

was man of nerve, but sickness left
its mark and he became aged before
his time. Sickness is often caused by
a torpid liver. Herbins will regulate
your liver and give you health. Mrs.
Barrie Austin, Holton, Kan, writes:
"I consider Herbine the best medicine
/ ever heard of. Il am never without
it. Sold by st. Clair WILEY Drug. Co. ,
Tnpelo, and Bearden dEKing,. OkolonA.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
Lest We

forget-baby is restless, can't sleep at
night, won't eat, cries spasmodically.
A bottle Of Whites Cream Vermifuge
never fails to cure. Every mother
should give her baby Whites Cream
Vermifuge. 80 many times when the
baby is pale and fretful the mother
does not know what to do. A. botte oF
this medicine would bring color to his
cheeks and laughter to his eyes. Give
it trial. Sold by st. asfair- WILEY
Drug Co., Tupelo, and BeaSden 6SKing,
Okolona.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

"It's dreadful queer, said the house
wife. "that the potatoes you bring me
should be 30 much bigger at the top OF
the sack than they are at the bottom" )"
~6'Not at all, num-" said the honest
farmer. "It's just this way. Po..
tatoes is CROWN so fast just now thet
by the time I dig q sackful the last
ones dug is ever so much b'gger'n the
fust ones"
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
A Most Worthy Article

When an article has been on the
market for years and gains friends ev-
ery year, it is safe to call this medicine
a worthy one. Such is Ballard's Hore-
hound Syrup. 1t positively cures
coughs and all pulmonary diseases.
One of the best known merchants in
Mobile, Ala, says: "For five years my
family has not been troubled with the
winter coughs. We owe this to Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup. l know Il
has saved my children many sick
spells" Sold by st. Clair Wylie Drug
Co., Tupelo, and Beardeu & King,
Okolona.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

Fighting Bob" Evans may yet be
in position to drop some thirteen
inch epithetS OD the bellEgerent fact
ions Cuba.
'fWhen is trust not trnst?" asks
the Newport News Times Hera ID +,
When it can be trusted not to squeeze
the public if 1t has the power.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
Collier
Pure White Lead
CAGada by tAs Old DutcA ProOeu.l
HEado By the Old DutcA PrOOsssD

mixed with Pure Linseed OIL is
best. Good painters all say so.
Send for our free book. 1t tells about
paints, thoroughly yet simply, and gives
you q test for paint purity.
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY
CLARK Ave. and 10th ST.. St. Louis. Mo.
For Sale by first cIass dealers.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

TOR twenty-five years DR.. Kings /
n Royal Germetuer has been q !
- household word in thousands
of households for the quick, certain
and absolute cure of Malaria, Chills
and Fevers, Female troubles. Broda-
chial and Lung troubles, RheuuaAA
tism, Scrofula. Indigestion, NeuF.
algia, Catarrh. Nervous Debility and
all Blood, Skin, Liver. Kidney, and
Bladder troubles. 1t is the only
remedy that thoroughly eradicates
germ life from the system. thus re-
moving the cause of disease and by
its superior tonic properties builds
up and gives perfect health. Its
action is entirely unique. 1t makes
the weak strong and the aiIing
and despondent bright, cheerful
and happy. In this way it occupies
a place peculiarly its own, and has
carried to thousands Of homes bene-
fits and blessings which nothing else
could bestow. Thousands Of certifi-
Gates from the best known people in
America attest its marvellous virtues
for the cure of diseases for which Il
is recommended. 1t is as pleasant
to take as lemonade, and cures
when all else fails. For weak and
debilitated men, women and chill.
dren it has no equal in the whole
range of Materia Medica.
Send for book of wonderful cures,
which will satisfy you that it is
worthy of your utmost confidence.
Price 4l.O0 per large bottle, or lO8
doses. Six bottles for $500. II
your dFuggist cannot supply you. It
win be sent prepaid on receipt OF
price. Address,
0ERmETUER mEDlCAL CO..
alOmPhls, Tonnosse0.
4 AAeRAAN NtIANh atf.tN
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

II an article is initiated, the original
is always best Think it over, and when
YOU 20 to buy that box of saive to keep
around the house get DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. 1t is the original and the
name is stamped on every box, Good
for eczema, tetter, boils, cuts, bruises,
and especially recommended tor piles
Sold by st. Clair Wylie Drug G., Tu'
nalo.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

A cold is much more easily cured
when the bowels are open. Kennedy .
Laxative Honey and Tar opens the
bowels and drives the cold out of the
system in young and old. Sold by st..
Clair Wyley Drug Co.,, Tupelo.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
..I SUFFERED .AWTuI.HAn

tnmy womb andOVariss, )" writes Alrs.
Naomi Bake, of Webster Groves, No..
''and my menSeS, were very painful
and irregular. Since taking. Car6ui !
feel Rke new woman, and DO not
suffer as did,
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
WRITE US A LETTER!

in strictest confidence, telling US allt
your troubles. We will send free adj
vice Gin plain sealed eHvelOpe). Ad-
dress: Ladies' Advisory Dept, The
Chattanooga, Medicine Co., Chatta--
nOoga, Tenn.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
Trne and trIai friends Of the family

True and triad friends of the family
-DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Best
for results and best to take. Rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes follow the
use Of these dependable little pills.
They do not gripe or sic&en. Sold BY
tSt. Clair Wiley Drug Co., Tupelo.
A mouse staMpeded wOman's club
jim Alton and SO frightened the mem
'bers that they had to tahe tea to re-
store their nerves. A. nero man in
the same company wouad have pro-
voksd only scorn.
American COuSin-I recon the sons
of our millionaire have pretty hard
problem to solve when they can't de.
eide whether to go into business and
live up to theiT fathers populations, or
go into society, and live them down.
Cuba hiss $4,000, 1000 in her treasury.
That is about enough TO pay her pre-
sent tuition in the sGhOol of ex7,
perience.
With the pure-fooG, law operative,
we shall now live better lives.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
Napoleon BOnaparte

showed at the battle of AusterlitZ he
was the greatest leader in the world.
Billiards. Snow Liniment has shown
the public it is the best liniment in the
world. A quick cure for rheumatism,
sprains, burns, cuts, etc. A. B. Pitts,
Rodesss, La, says 81 used Ballsrd's
Snow Linlment in my family and find
it excellent for sore chest, headache,
corns, in fact for anything that can be
reached by liniment. Sold by st.
Clair- Wyley Drug Co., Tupelo, and
Bearden & King, Okolona.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

eau you win2 You realize that to
win in anything these days requires
strength, with mind body in tune. A
man or woman with disordered diges-
tive organs is not in shape for days
work or days play. How can they
expect to win? Kodol for Dyspepsia
contains the digestive juices of healthy
stomach and will put your stomach in
shape to perform its important func-
tions of supplying the body and brain
with strength building blood. Digests
what you eat, relieves Indigestion, dys-
pepsia, sour stomach, palpitation of
the heart and constipation. Sold by
st. Clair Wylie Drug Co., Tupelo.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

"Pop!!" "Yes my son." "What
do you mean when you say man is
saving wood?" 81 mean that he is
saying nothing, my son." IA woman
never does saw wood, does she, pop?"
Ecuador, toe is threatened with in
ternal trouble, but Uncle Sam will not
feel called upon to act as chief of po-
1ipca there
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

"My dear, what are you burning2"
"The letters I wrote you before we
were married" "You heattless man
have you no sentiment, no. "Now,
be qniet. I'm doing this for your
sake. I'm trying to fix things so that
i'll die, nobody can break my will on
the ground Of insanity.
According to the Hogwallow Ken
tuckian, the mail carrier has put Q
large cowbell on the mule he drives, in
order to drown the screaking OF his
cart. Also, Columbus Allsop is having
his shotgun made two feet longer.
y This is done so that hell not have to
tiptoe when be shoots at a squirrel.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

You do not Judge horse by his
blanket. Why, then, make a mental
estimate of a woman from her cos
tune?
A woman may admit that she isn't
as pretty as she once was, but she will
never live long enough to admit she
snores.
Kansrs has bevy OF women black
smithsl 1t is presumed when shoeing
a horse's hind leg they ride sidesaddle.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17
The Mark OF Good Printing

At this particular time it is well to lay renewed
upon the fact that this paper crcuates in the
home.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

When horse is so overworked it lies
down and in other ways declares its in
ability to 60 further, you would consid-
er it criminal to use force. Many q
man of humane impulses, who would
not willingly harm kitten, ia guilty
of cruelty where his own stomach is
concerned. Overdriven, Overworked,
when what it needs is something that
will digest the food eaten and help the
stomach to recuperate. Something
like Kodol for Dyspepsia that is sold
by St Clair Wylie Drug Co., TupelO.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

A London society woman sues a
handorgan grinder because his playing
gives her Indigestion. In America we
call it pain.
Girls, reform the young men. Many
a lover has refrained from entering q
poker game and remained in the ham,
mock to hold ore queen.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

The esteemed Chicago Record Her.
aid says women are succeeding as
breakmen on the railroads. Yes, and
elsewhere!
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

Thousands OF young folks have just re-entered
school. Their needs many. Their mothers
read this paper.
Okolona messenger., 1906-10-17

Thousands of homes weekly reached by it-al-
ways convenient to the housewife
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The late Alfred Belt, the famous dia-
nond magnate. had a small. handsome
house on huge lot in Park Lane, Lon
don's most fashionable street, and
here. he gave occasionally very elegant
dinners.
An American, at one of Mr.. Belts
dinners, asked the millionaire what
quality he considered most essential to
success.
siAstuteness, provided that industry
goes with 1t" Mr.. Belt replied. 1.-THE
power to see quickly and to seize every
advantage, large and small alike. is the
quality that above all others insures
success.
''Mr. Carnegie" Mr.. Belt went on.
''tells about a little Scotch boy who
had this quality of astuteness highly
developed.
The boys grandmother was pack
ing his lunch for him to take to school
one morning Suddenly, looking up in
the old lady's face, he said:
Grandmother, does yer specs mag
nify?'
A little, my child she answered.
'Aweel then, said the boy. Z wad
just like it If ye wad tax them an
when we're packin' my loonch.' FIX
change.
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The sight of real money, unclaimed.
lying beneath a circular manhole IN
the pavement in front of d bank on
Chestnut street, below Fifth, drew a
large crowd yesterday afternoon,
though the money was only a Decent
silver piece. It was in plain view,
scarcely more than three feet down,
but the manhole had an iron grating
across it, which could not be lifted.
Staid IniddIe-aged men gave advice to
several boys who were nearest to the
center of excitement as to how the
sunken wealth might be raised and the
method finally decided upon was chew
ing gum on the end of a cane. The
chewing gum was Immediately forth
coming, and so was the cane, but just
as the coin was raised nearly to the
surface, n jar against the bars caused
the money to fall back. This happened
twice more by which time the gum
was so dusty that the coin could no
longer adhere to it. This necessitated a
re-chewing of the gum, which was
cheerfully performed by one of the
boys. but Just as it was readjusted to
the end of the cane, which was once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
AREzoNA KrcKI.ETs.
some Autumn Weather. Items From
the Vest.

autumn Weather Items From
the Vest.
Mr. George Frayne. Of Lone Jack.
9lea Dir. Jim Harper, of the same
y on with bullet in the shoulder
s-s other day. Cause of the shooting
Aiio@n and Of no particular interest.
Colonel Davis says that on sunday
49, me thermometer marked 130 de-
stess in the shade at his ranch. and
ma SIX saddles lying next 10 an ice
toase were destroyed by spontaneous
combustion.
"A fellow known as Judge" Thomas.
MAo was hanging around this town
most or last winter and who was final
y ofoered to move on by the vigilance
-tlt.tt1AtJee, was lynched In New Mex
leo the other day. He was quite happy
over the idea OF being dispatched to a
cooler retreat.
While we have thrown open our pri-
Nate editorial graveyard as public
PARK N summer. there are citizens VINO
90 not take advantage Of IL to get a
2realn of fresh air. They say that
4oOAlng around on the seventeen head
stones makes them lonely.
Editor Blackman, OF the Blue Hills
banner, called us a liar in his last is
sue and last Sunday we rode over 10
10y -4-+A q AIleuQlY call ana see now MS
cucumber plants We're getting on. We
were still six miles from the town
when he mounted his cayuse and left
1o- the mountains at a pace that set
the trail smoking.
Some Of our friends want to launch
our presidential boom at once and get
the people used TO the sight of the bar
rel, so that they viii not shy later on.
We thank them kindly, but we refuse
70 be killed of that way. Any candi-
date doomed six months in advance Of
nomination is a dead duck.
The town of Lone Jack has organ
lied a Wife Providing club and is go
ing to send east for 100 women who
want husbands. If the 100 women
come along we shall extend our hearty
sympathies to ninety-nine of them.
The odd one viii probably be able to
WELD an ak and hold her own.
Five weeks ago a stranger named
Jim Hicks came here from Montana
and announced that his errand was to
shoot the hands OF the postOfice clock.
As postmaster, we sent him word that
II he tried II we would shoot the eye
brows of his face, and there the mat
ter rested until Wednesday afternoon.
Having first taken a look all around to
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70 WHOM n n.y. covcEyRv.

70 WHOM IT MAY CONcERN-Bs i
known that my application is now on
file in the Office Of the probate court Of
Shawnee county. Kan, asking for per
NIT to sell intoxicating liquors according
to law al No. $50 Kansas ave, in the
second ward Of the city OF Topeka
shawnee county, state Of Kansas Hear
ing Is set for the 18th day of October
1906 at a. " F. LAKE