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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
Greatest Irrigation scheme.


The Canadian Pacific railway has In
hand the greatest irrigation scheme in
the world. BY the end Of the next
three years 100000 acres Of land in
the vicinity of Calgary. Alberta, hith'
erto arid, win be divided into 10000
farms, watered from Bow river. This
irrigation plan when completed will be
SO per cent. larger than the next lar
gest on the American continent, which
Is in the Pecos valley, Arizona. The
water utilized in this vast scheme viii
take twoethirds of the supply Of the
Bow river at low water, The snperin-
tendent of the work states that when
ii was first started there were practi-
cally no settlers in that particular sec
ton. but since then the flow Of immi-
grafton, which has included many
Americans, has been rapid, N. X
Tribune.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the IN UZ-1-
SIBERIAN HOSPITALITY.
Cordially of the People When Trav-
elers Come to Their
Doors.

Detained at the Siberian village OF
Krivochokovo, Mons Jules Legras re-
membered that he had letter to &
notable of the place, and FASTENED to
present 1t, relates Youths Companion.
Monsieur Gautier, in his book on Rus
sia, describes, in Monsieur Legras' own
words, the cordial hospitality with
which he was received, and also tells
Of the difficulty which concluded his
charming visit
"They had detained me till ten
o'clock in the evening" he writes, "by
repeating: Why are you in hurry
and was on the point Of making my
departure when | heard the mistress
of the house say in low voice to her
husband Shall send for the car
riage?' To which he replied: No.
At this word shiver passed over me.
Doubtless this host, who had made me
send away the coachInan, was unaware
OF what his refusal meant, else he
would have said to me: mere is sofa;
sleep here
MY situation was perilous, but what
could | do? At the end OF few mo
ments l rose to take my leave, and
having asked If could get a cab, was
met with the reply that at this hour
none could be obtained.
"Krivochokovo is village whose
population constitutes the very fotsam
and jetsam of Siberian civilization
The village has neither streets mol
lights nor police. It is considered .
cutthroat spot, where honest people
shut themselves tight at night.
Il had neither stick nor revolver
and had on me large sum Of money
FINALLY, I was ignorant Of the exact
position OF my inn, situated over a mil,
away. First Of all, dogs threw them
selves upon me. shook them on and
started as best could.
"The night was inky black. AmiC
the irregular clusters Of houses there
was no regular street by which to guide
myself. AS hesitated heard who
Is that?' 1t was Waterman OF pill,
Of wood who hailed me. He directed
me, and giving me large branch tina
that would do as stick, he said You
are wrong, Barine, to go about thil
way without revolver; the place i
not safe. May God protect you!'
"As approached another cluster o.
houses Waterman sounded his RATTLE
menacingly, and dogs few at me saw
agely. When this Waterman aD
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28


preached, induced him to accompany
me. He informed me that the evening
before traveller who was staying at
my hotel, having started early to catch
a train, had been assassinated about
ten PAGES from here. Finally we
reached the inn. 1t took long time
to make them open the door, but /
finally got inside and reached my room,
trembling with fever and fatigue, and
fell down helplessly, only conscious Of
having passed an hour and a half
whose remembrance will remain with
me long. AS for my so amiable host,
whose hospitality might have cost me
my life, he will doubtless never know
Of this adventure"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
PASSING OF THE YEARS.
The Flight Of Time Is Resistless and
Nothing Can With
stand It.


The years come and go like tides
We stand upon the edge of time and
the murmuring of the waves gives us as
clear an answer to our questioning,
"whence?" "whither?" Then their
flight leaves us to our helpless imno-
bility, says the Boston Transcript We
have divided time and given those d.
visions names, but we do not know the
source nor the destiny Of its course.
All the multitudinous activities and eff
forts Of life, all the expressions of
time, yield US no clew of beginning
nor any intimation Of an end.
The flight Of time is resistless, moth
ing can withstand 1t. The flowers fade
the sun sets and life itself withers
away. And behind the years is dark
ness. But this, too. we know-thAt
all we think and all we do is recorded.
"All, all is self-recorded in the Book
of Life"-all our efforts and all our
errors, all our strivings and all our
longings, all the good and all the
evil we do is written down to our
credit.
The ways Of life differ, and 20 the
paths Of thought divide; but this, too.
we know-that there is day of reck-
oning and account is taken OF all we
ever accomplish or fail to accomplish,
OF all that we ever strive for or at
tain, Nothing can resist time but the
good we have done. All passes away
but our deeds Of kindness, Of mercy or
Of fairness. Time itself Is blank
space, absolutely worthless unless we
write upon 1t with our deeds. A new
year means new life to those who are
ready to begin one by word or act
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28

II Il were not for the gaping laws q
our ferry slips, and their creased
sides, yielding to the hardest kind Of
knocks, / doubt II We should be able
ID make 4 river crossing IA less than
an hour The rounded nose Cf the boat
wheels her into the landing BY main
strength and awkwardness Imagine
The periIs o. square-ended boat
steaning into dock why Is \ slip
called slipg Because 1t IS slippery
Might as well call It : slide. for the
boat slides III. IN. Press,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
APPENDICITIS CLUB.
VICTIM or THE KNIFE CRIES 10
FELLOW SUFFERERS.
Advocates the Organization OF strick.
en- Persons and Gives Some
Facts Of Interest About
the Disease.

Il am very much surprised" said
the man who. according to the New
York Sun, had just got out Of the hos
pital, that the victims OF appen-
dicitis, the grads as well as those
who have not yet gone under the knife.
do not form club or association like
those of our fellow citizens who are
afflicted with hay fever.
II am not joking. On the contrary.
l think it practical idea, and be-
lieve that through the agency Of an
organization of this kind much might
be done to relieve the sufferings Of
the victims of this disease.
"As for its prevalence, never
dreamed how many people had been
hit by it until went into the hos
pital. 1t seemed to me that every
second person in the surgical wards
was either just getting over an OPP
Grafton for the removal of the verIni.
form appendix, or just getting ready
for one.
"Since came out nearly every per.
SON l meet either tells me that he has
had 1t or cites an instance or two OF
friends or relatives that were strick-
en-. ! have heard of cases Of whole
families, from the father and mother
right down to the youngest children.
being operated on for this trouble.
"Nor is the disease confined seeming
ly to large centers Of population or to
any particular class Of the population.
BY some it is thought that only those
who eat overmuch of rich food are
ever stricken. This is far from true.
"The poor are its victims as well a.
| the rich, the ill-fed as well as the
glutton. And it is just as prevalent
proportionately in sparsely settled dis
| tricts as in New York.
Last summer met an old collega
friend who told me Of village In
Kansas In which nearly every resi-
dent had been operated ON for appen'
diCitis. Even the children there dis
cussed the disease, and very large
number OF them, 10, u and IA years
old, had been under the knife.
"This being the case, one can fancy
what membership society Of this
nature would have. Probably through
p =
its efforts 4 cure could be discovered
that would make unnecessary the on
Grafton that so many victims dread.
1T seems strange that malady like
appendicitis cannot be reached BY
medicine. Judging by the past achieves
ments OF medical science, l think II
could If the proper amount Of re-
search was. made by some OF the great
men in the profession. All sorts Of
remedies have been found for diseases
heretofore considered incurable, and
/ the death rate from Them greatly 70
/ duced.
"The rpread OF appendicitis has beer
astonishing in the last ten years. AS
layman with ordinary common sense
/ believe firmly that there must b
some one underlying cause for this.
/ IAN appendicitis association could
| raise the necessary funds for the
proper study Of the disease, just al
the hay fever victims went at thu
whole subject, from the ground up 70,
might say, and found out at what al
titude they got relief. It is possible
too, that climate might be discov'
cred in which appendicitis is moi
known
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
nohhx,s rdea.

On South. Water street little Bobby
saw man testing eggs with lighted
candle. !.
ooh, pal" he exclaimed, with widen
ing eyes. Can ! ask just one mors
question:"
eyes, my SON. replied his father
What is it,"
"Why is that man an egoist? - Chi
eago Daily News.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
10. Ru0MAMAM,

ORNEY AT Law, Once next door ~
6e OkOlona Banking Company. OkOlO
Is. Practices IN FEDERAL and State
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28

WORST FORM.
|SpIotches All Over Face
duced Severe itching Years
btment by Physicians Did No
and Became Despondent
cited Parts Now Clear as Ever
Alabama Lady's
!: BY THE
CUTICURA REMEDIES

ut four years ago ! was afflicted
lack splotches all over my face
few covering my body, which
bed a severe itching irritation, and
caused me a great deal Of annoy
I'D suffering, tosuch an extent that
orced to call in two of the leading
ans of my town. After a thor
examination of the dreaded COM
they announced it to be skin
in its worst form. They treated
the same for the length Of one
tut the treatment did me no good.
hally / became Respondent and
h to discontinue their services.
" afterwards, my husband in read
copy of a weekly New York
Saw an advertisement Of the Cuti-
Remedies. He purchased the en-
|itfit, and after using the contents
first bottle Of Cuticura Resolvent
neCtion with the Cuticura Soap
|intment, the breaking out entirely
pd. continued the use OF the
Ira Remedies for six months, and
hat every splotch was entirely
nd the affected parts were left as
Rs ever. / have not felt a symp-
Ethe eczema since, which was three
ago.
he Cuticura Remedies not only
me of that dreadful disease,
"a, but other complicated troubles
IL; and / have been the means OF
J being cured of the same disease
! Cuticura Remedies, and / don't
% in saying that the ReSolvent
best blood medicine that the world
er knowR." Lizzie E. Sledge,
$40 Jones Ave-,
B, 1905. Selma, Ala.
throughout the world. Cusicura Soap, 2Sc., Olni.
pc., ReeOlyent, SOC. Gin form o. Chocolate Coated
L. per vial OF COZ, may be had q all druggists.
rug and Chem. Corp, Sole PFOpe., Boston, AlhsA
Allied Free, 1.-THE Cuiicun bkla Beck" aaa
) Cure Disdguzing HnmogS."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28

Few people seem to know that the
saturday halF-holiday Il really the re-
vival 81 AZ ancient custom. II was
King Edgar Of England CA p. 1881
who nfst obtained that there should
be cessation of labor from Saturday
noon until Daylight cn Monday.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28

will ensy the worst forms Ct Female cG9rlsnt AZ osFn
Womb Spinal Weakness ana peculiarly adopted e the
of Life
Bacachs than ang ots re
diea epels tunors from the Uterus an early stage q ar
Painful Aenstrus0n weakness q the stp%ssh
@ yield to Il Womb troubles causing pan weight and basashs I'M
~
nvgoratss The female system end + haErlss e ater
END feeling sxtepy iEribisy nervous S
hadashe These ere s indications q Eea some
Of either the Vegetable Compound always
anything else rewarded hundred
for they set what te wentA Hod by Druggists
Refuse al aubeHutoa
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PROFESSIONAL MEN.

aa Professional & Business Men.
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|derfulIv successful in promptly curing
n BACK. kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
ana Brleht's Disease. which Is the worst
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liver 81 bladder trouble twill be found
| Inv remedyyou need lthas been tested
many ways, ia hospital work. In private
me. among the helpless TOO poor 10 plr-
relief and has proved So successful ii
" case that special arrangement has
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Ave not already tried Il, may have =
SIC bottle sentfree BY mail also book
W more about Swamp Root and how 70
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writing mention reading this generous
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|ont make any mistake but r..
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4 your address 70
Kilfnef & CO. Bing
Alen. M Ihe
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cures made BY Or.
Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
II IS the great medi-
cattriumph Of the nine
teenth century dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
Dr Kilmer the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der sneciallsi. and a
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-24

one OCCASION, rolloWed by certain mag
isterial proceedings which were re-
ported with justifiable gusto and huge
headlines in the newspapers aforesaid.
and this was all one knew of Reuben
Rosenthal! up to the time when the
old Bohemian club, having fallen on
evil days, found it worth its while
to organize a great dinner in honor
Of so wealthy an exponent of the clubs
principles. l was not at the banquet
myself, but a member took Rafles,
who told me all about it that very
night.
Most extraordinary show l ever
went to in my life" said he, LAS for
the man himself-well, was pre-
pared for something grotesque, but
the fellow fairly took my breath away.
To begin with, he's the most astound-
ing brute to look at, well over six
feet, with 4 chest like q barrel and
a great hook ncsv and the reddest
hair and whiskers you ever saw;
drank like a fire engine, but only got
drunk enough to make US a speech that
I wouldn't have missed for f1O. I'm
only sorry you weren't there. too, Bun
ny, old chap"
I began to be sorry myself, for Raj
fes was anything but an excitable per-
son, and had I seen him so OK
cited before. Had he been following
RosenthalPs example? His coming to
my rooms at midnight merely to tell
me about his dinner was In itself
enough to excuse a suspicion which
was certainly at variance With my
knowledge of A. ]. Raf1es.
"What did he say?' I inquired me-
chanically, divining some subtlcr ex-
PLANTATION Of this visit and wondering
what on earth it could be.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-24

vogue among the bellies OF the old
world for giving expression to the eye.
The most reckless of them were wont
to place a single drop Of that deadly
poison, prussic acid, in the bottom of
a wine glass and hold 1t against the
eyes for two or three seconds, or, more
rashly still, they would take a small
quantity-a piece not larger than a
grain of rice-of an ointment contain
ing that mortal drug, atropia, and rub
it on the brow. Each of these was sup
posed to give clearness and brilliancy,
expand the pupil and impart a fasci-
mating fullness and mellowncss to the
eye. Certain slightly pungent and vol
atile perfumes, such as Oil Of thyme,
were occasionally Worn on the hand
kerchief, causing the eyes to glitter
and sparkle. The eye was made to ap-
pear large, full and almond shaped by
the use Of Il fine pencil dipped in anti
monial sulphur or Egyptian black,
rubbed upon the lids along the angle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-24
ITO BE Continued
PIONEERING THE FAIR,
The Way This Custom Is Said to Have
Originated.

Originated.
The custom of powdering the hair
dates back as far az the sixteenth
century and was first Introduced iy
the nuns in French c%AnTcntS. Those
who had occasion to leave the cloiSters.
for any reason We're wont to powder
their hair so as to make it appear s,ray
and give them a venerable look. The
fashionable danes were so struck with
the novel effect Of white powder on
dark hair that they soon appropriated
the device as one of the arts Of the
worldly toilet. Out Of this grew the
use Of tints in the hair. The Roman
women often used blue powder, and
later, in 1850, Empress Eugene set
the fashion of using gold powder.
Rome under h empire and Greece
during the time of Pericles were seized
with a mania for golden hair. The
bellies and fops Of the day devised sew
eral methods whereby black locks
might be changed to golden yellow, but
bleaching did not always succeed. Con-
sequently quite Il trade was establish
ed with the fair haired tribes beyond
the Alps, who sold their locks to Latin
merchants. to be worn on the heads Of
Roman dandies.
Many Il dame dampened her raven
tresses in the strongest of muriatic
acid and sat in the sun to bleach her
hair to the coveted yellow. Others
used I've and afterward anointcl their
heads with oil made from goa rat,
ashes Of the beech tree and certain
yellow flowers.
The itinerant barber, who passed
down and out when people ceased to
use powder in their hair, was quite a
parsonage in his day. He went from
house to house, armed with a soap
bowl to fit the chin powder boxes, 10
mhtum and puifs, was always q news-
mong"r and also a g%rntuitous scandal
bearer.
When wigs were in vogue the Ro-
man dunes had in their wardroDcS as
many Wigs as costumes, and when the
cloicc or Il wig was made 1t was nee
csSlry to arrange the eyebrows, laslles
ana complexion In harmony. II was
llieii mat the slaves were specially
charged with the makeup Of the face,
IL d"licltc operation called by Cicero
"M~cdlrhinents candoris at ruboris."
lhcr" were some cunning DEVICES n,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-24
Bits of Wedding Tradition.

Knives formerly formed part of the
accouterments Of a bride. This is east
~ accounted for by the fact that an
GENTLY it formed part of the dress for
women to wear q knife sheathed and
suspended from their girdles. a bride
says to her jealous husband in Dek-
ker's match Me In London" 1851:
See, at my girdle hang my wedding
knives.
With those dispatch me.
The use Of bridesmaids at weddings
is of remote antiquity. Among the
Anglo-SaXonS the bride was led to the
church by a matron, who was called
the brides woman. and followed by Il
company Of young girls. who were
called bridesmaids. 1t was at one time
the custom for the bridesmaids to lead
the bridegroom to church and for the
bridegroom's men to conduct the
bride. This is clearly alluded to in the
Golfers Wedding:'
Two lusty lads, well drest and strong,
Step'd out to lead the bride along,
And two young maids of equal size
AS soon the bridegroom's hands surprise.
The bridegroom's men were ancient
ly called bride knights, which was an
appropriate name at the period when
they actually fulfilled that office.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-24

soSed by kyrle Bellew.
Rings on the dozen, diamonds by the
score.
Yes, | remembered both cases very
we'll. To think that he was their au-
thor! 1t was incredible, outrageous, in
conceivable. Then my eyes would fall
upon the table, twinkling and glitter
Ing in a hundred places, and incredu-
lily was at an end.
"Hnw came o to begin?" T asked
ue curiosity overcame mere II
and a fascination for his career grad
ually wove itself into my fascination
for the man.
".Ah, that's a long story" said Raj
fes. 1T was in the colonies when l
was out there playing cricket. It's too
long 4 story to tell YOU now, but l was
in much the same fix that YOU We're in
tonight, and it was my only way out.
l never mean it for anything more.
but I'd tasted blood, and it was all
over with mc. Why should l work
when l could steal? Why settle down
when excitement, romance, danger and
a decent living We're all going begging
together: OF course it's very wrong.
but we can't all he moralists, and the
distribution of wealth is very wrong.
to begin With. Besides. you're not at
it all the time. I'm sick of quoting Gil
bert's lines to myself, but they're pro
foundry true. l only wonder if you'll
like the life as much rs l do"
Like it:' l cried out. Not I. It's
no life for me! Once is enough
You wouldn't give me a hand an
other time:"
Don't ask me, Rattles. Don't ask
me, for Gods sake.."
yet YOU said you would do any
thing for me. You asked me to name
my crime. But l knew at the time
you didn't NEAR it. You didn't go
back on me tonight, and that ought to
satisfy me, goodness knows. l sup
pose I'm ungrateful and unreasonable
and all that. | ought to let it end at
this. But you're the very man for nc,
Bunny, the-very-man! Just think
how we got through tonight. Not Il
scratch-not a hitch. There's nothing
very terrible in it, you see. There new
er would be While we worked together"
He was standing in front of me With
a hand on either shoulder. He was
smiling as he knew so we'll how to
smile. l turned on my heel and plante,.
my elbows Oh the chimney piece and
my burning head between my hands.
Next instant a still heartier hand had
fallen on my back.
Cali right. my boy. You a"a quite
right, and I'm worse than wrong. I'll
and come again about midday for the
cash. There was 10 bargain. but of
course III get you out of Your scrapo.
especially after the way you've stood
by me tonight"
was round again with my blood
on fire.
"Ill do it again." l said through my
teeth.
He shook his head. mot YOU" h.
said, smiling quite good humorc1ly on
my insane enthusiasm.
81 will!' l cried, with an oath "IIl
lend you a hand as often as you like.
What does it matter now? I've been
in it once. III be in it again. I've
gone to the devil anyhow. l can't 20
back and wouldn't if l could. Moth
ing matters another rap. When you
want me Pm YOU man."
And that is how Rafies and | Joined
felonious forces on the ides of March.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-24

was just then
talking Of one whose
name is already Il name
and nothing more. Rcu-
ben Rosenthall had made
his millions on the dia-
mOnl fields Of South AZ
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-24

RIGA and had come home to enjoy them
according to his rights. How he went
to work viii! scarcely be forgotten by
any reader Of the halfpenny evening
papers, which revele1 in endless ancc-
dotcs Of his original indulgence and
present prod.gality, varied with inter,
esting particulars Of the extraordinary
establishment which the millionaire set
up IN st. Johns wood. Here he kept
a retinue Of katiirS, who were liter
ally his slaves. and hence he wouIt!
sally, with enormous diamonds in his
shirt and on his finger. in The convoy
Of Il prize fighter Of hcinouS reputc.
who Was not, however. b! any means
the worst element l.. the RoScnli0ll
mcnag". $, sold gossip, Tut th"
fact was sufficiently cs ablISlic,l by the
interference Of the police on at least
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-24
For Sale.
Houses, Lots and Farms.
My former Residence on Main Street
of LangdOn.

My former Residence on Main Street
of Langdon.
7 Rooms, Good Cellar, 5 Closets
and Pantry, Wood house, Coal
house, barn accommodating 16 head
of stock. Two wells. cistern, Shade
trees. Large detached Lot.
Also the Golf residence in 2nd Ward
l%angdon.
Contains 6 Rooms, 1 closets, Gel
lar and Well Large Lot.
My 633 Acre Farm adjoining City of
Langdon
About $50 acres under cultivation
abundance of good water.
This farm will be rented to anv
responsible tenant subject to a
sale. | prefer a cash rent.
Also Ne quarter 3O-l6O-62. About
l2O Acres
under cultivation. 4 miles from
Weaver, p, o. IL miles from Al
sen. a choice farm.
Also Ne quarter 2~2-l63-64. About
Is Acres
under cultivation, about 3 miles
from Sarlcs.