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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

ell way to the came end, that end being the good OF
humanity. While many liberal ministers Of the
gospel have paid sincere tributes TO the press
ally and contemporary instrument for good there
have been others intOlerant and that they
have mot only held deep preiudiCes against the
newspapers, bnt have preached them In their pull
pits.
Often ministers stand ID the pulpit and declare TO
their congregation that newspapers are not il .
position TO observe what is going on. Opposed %
him in this view is DR.. William AZ Quayle, now Of
Chicago, who ie not only personal friend 70 scores
Of newspaper men with whom be delights TO agaO-
ciate, but frankly admits that be Eecures . great
deal Of valuable information from them which be
press because be Il broad and generous and big
enough not to entertain petty ieaCuRy Of its alien.
ated influence.
In bic tribute 70 the press pr, FallOws says:
tsThe preacher Of today can learn many valuable
emulate it and catch It's style. The ideal newspa-
per articles are sharp, short, pungent and TO the
point The sermon ehOuld have all or these char
acteristicsv Of course, this refers mainly TO the
newspaper method Or presenting views to the pub
lie, and helps 70 explain Che bishOp's observation
thRt the press IN respects has superseded the
pulpit and now exercises many Of the functions
which The pulpit has lost.
One Oi the serious problems OF the ministers cl
tOday il how 10 get men into the church. Women
with their highly emotional mental and spiritual or
kanisms can be depended upon TO attend divine
worship, but che men-the hard, practical business
men are becoming leps and less church attendants.
ssThey stay 81 home ana read the Sunday papers, p
says one minister. Butthis may be merely by way
Or occupying other wise idle time and even the min
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

hog would lay down in the trough while the little
fellows squealed around. Today we find Uncle
Sam stopping the financial hogs and one big hog has
laid down in the trough and the little fellows are
sqOealing around, trying to regulate the big fellow
that controls the source of supply. M
remember how mad ] used to get at Shat big hog
and punch him with stick and make him get ont,
but then he would around on the other side and
upper end from the little fellows and lay down in
the trough again. OF course | was trying to regu-
late him, but he would not stay regulated. often
wondered why father did not kill him as he seemed
fat and big enough, but father said was not time
to kill him. One day when was awful mad club
bed him for keeps. Father saw me and said:
sssWhat in the Sam HilP are you trying to do!''
said "Trying to regulate the big cuss."
. Father raised bis hat and run bis fngars through
his hair and said: ARNA NH&&
"You can't regulate hog, my son."
said, 'sWhy don't You arrange it SO the little
fellows can get at the stuff" E@
Father looked at me and said: fFoh they don't
need much" s, f18R sF
And said ''Well, they have an awfnl appetite
any way sD
Father sent me to work down in the field and
went to the house. sNkNa 3s6#
When got down in the field said III wonder if
father wants that big hog to have it ALL and il he
does why does he have the little hogs III the peDf"
i tried to figure out the system Of having big
hog continually robbing the little hogs. thought
how If the little hogs had any they could put
their noses under the trough and upset it, bnt they
didn't know enough.
One morning neighbOr came over to oar house
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

lister above quoted must admit that the truants
might be doing something much worse.
There should he no antagOnism between the min
listers Of the gospel and those who make newGpa-
pers On the contrary, there should be only co op-
GRAFTON and mutual respect and tolerance. Teach.
ing the gospel OF Christ and ministering to the souls
Of men Is the field Of the clergy-a field less re-
etFicted now than ct time when there were no
newspapers. There have been small invasiOns mp
"a both Sides bat this has been without bitterness
or malicious purpose. The greater toleratiOn has
been upon the side Of the press, for while one
never hears Of representative newspaper advising
anybody y stay away from church, IL ID not unus'
ual To lear sweeping denuneiatiOn Of journalism
from representative pulpits Tbs journalistic hand
has been extended : long time, but there are evi.
denCes that IL will not Be long, now, before the
clergy as whole will seize it warmly as that Of :
friend and ally.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

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personal damage cases.
There is foundation Of strong common sense IN
this attitude Of Judge Brumback which other iursts
must admit whether they follow the same principle
or not. Justice is often defeated by food OF OPP
perfume tears from the eyes Of some fair plaintiff,
for no jury earth can be quite immune from the
influence Of dewy eyes of pretty woman IN dis
tress. Probably no woman ever existed who was
not past master Of the delicate art Of s0bbing II
is her best weapon. IL is an aEtifce that has not
failed to move the hearts OF men since Eve shed
some snatural tearsv while leading the way ont of
the Garden of Eden.
EmOtiOnalism in the grim business Of admins.
tering justice is losing it's vogue. There was time
when the lawyer who cOnld paint verbal pictures OF
his clients sufferings that would fairly satuRate the
court room with saltiness until everybody glared in
red eyed horror at the defendant, waa considered
the best advocate prOcurable. Many 3 man has
been hanged on the testimony Of tears Those Ia
miliar with court room procedure have learned
many things about the mysterious feminine prOpenr
sity to weep at the psychological moment. The
thing is an instinct of the sex. woman can do 1t
without ever having to learn, just as she can sit on
her feet, or lab amaliciO1s and terrifying hatpin
through f0rtysdOar creation without scrapiDg the
scalp or eat candy before breakfast, or talk With
her mouth full Of pins, or dance with twenty pounds
OF draperies swirng about her heels, or any other
OF the catalogue. Of weird Accomplishments with
which nature has endowed her. a.s. al zassa
That the Opportune sob is of powerful persuasive
influence every man can testify, hutthe melting
tear as trial asset 10 court has reached its highest
development. plaintiff will sit ,unmoved while
the jury is out during strictly legal argument but
let that jury return to the court room and the fair
plaintiffs expression will suddenly change and she
will glance from eye to eye OF the men in the box
and the effect upon their faces will be that Of q
brisk wind passing over a.ield Of npening grain.
On the stand she will sOb-just enough. This is
part Of part OF the art. She knows at just what
1,oint sha il nrettiAet and AxaCtlV when her nose
will become red and her eyes look soggy. There is
no real anguish back Of it. It is just artful de-
signing, ely, crafty, pretty feminine manenver that
tangles mems Judgment and makes them no more
fit to render unbiased opinions than though they
were full Of strong wine. What chance has rail
road company against \ woman claiming extortiOn.
ate damages If she can bluSh sob, glance prettily
down her and hypnOtize alOt Of whiskered jelly
fshin the Jury bOxf
JudEe BrumbaCk does well to place tears under
legal quarantine and introduce an element Of re-.
tionalism into court trials.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

members have an idea that they must make speech
or their constituents will think they are doing not-
ing. They remind one OF the members who, ac-
cordiDg to Speaker Cannon, took this view OF the
case, and without really knowing what he was go
ing to say, finally caught the Speakers eye ana
opened up as follows: ssThe generality Of mankind
10 general, Mr.. Speaker, is generally disposed to
impose upon the generality ol mankind In general"
whereupon fellow member jeEked the tail OF his
coat and advised him to sit down, as he had come
out OF the same hole he wentin, says the Birmingham
News. 'ta
According to the official stenographers Of the
house Of representatives oyer four million words
have been recorded during the present session OF
congress-, aud it is expected that net less than TWO
million more will be recorded before adjournment.
Presuming that the record made by the senate will
equal this and adding the v0luminous hearings
of the committees lin both branches, it is conserVa
tive to estimate the total from asOurces as twenty
million words Doubtless half of these, and prob
ably threefourths, could have been suppressed
without any loss to anybody.
Congress appears to have wonderful tendency
towards loquacity. Young members delight to
spout and many Of the older members talk for the
purpose OF killing time aud delaying the passage OF
some measure. Still others pour out food OF ora
tory to be recorded in the Congressional Record and
mailed under frank postage TO their constituents to
impress them. Luckily most Of the intelligent con-
stituents are not impressed BY this sort Of thing
Most Of them are too busy 10 read the Congressional
Record in oil its pOndercsity
OF course, some questions are OF great impOr-
tance and should be inteligeny discussed. Still IL
seems to be pretty we'll demonstrated from year to
wear that the great trouble with large proportion
OF the members Of congress is they do not realize
the difference between having something to say and
having to say something. 4gs
q
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30
THE PRESS AND THE PULPIT.

NE OF the most generous concessions
to the press as an instrument OF
moral uplift has come frcM Bishop
Samual FalIOwG, OF the Reformed
Episcopal church. For years the
cO.iOined words "prese and pull
pitt have stood in rather vague
association as meaning two dis
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

The conference committee Of the two houses OF
congress have agreed on the bill giving Alaska
delegate, the difference having arisen over the ma
cbinery OF election. II the report is accepted, two
elections will take place in August, one OF . dele
gate for the unexpired part OF the Fifty ninth con-
eress and the other for the full term Of the Sxtieth
climatic conditions governing the choice OF the
election date. Alaska, although ia our possession
for almost forty years. s not yet in the full political
sense q ''territOry." It has been ruled directly
from Washington through the governor, appointed
bv the president. It has never had legislative
assembly Of any kind, and it is not proposed to
create one now. As matter Of neighbOrly cOmity
the representatives Of the state Of Washington have
usually acted for Alaska It's people coming to the
capital have ordinarily EasoFted to the Washington
senators and representative Tor advice ana as
sistanCe This condition has been due to les re.
markedly slow growth in white population. Gold
will usually draw white men anywhere. It is the
great attraction Of Alaska but the white population
is still much below the figures that might be ex-
peCted. The governor In his last report pat "the
total permanent white population" at proximately
56 900 persons averaging about one ird1vlduai t0E
every nine square miles, He expressed the opinion
that it had not increased to any appreCabe extent
during the year reviewed.
Alaska is still great lone land, but with con-
siderable railroad building In progress, It may be
on the eve Of great change People prefer 20
travel to gold fields by rail to tracking over moun-
tains and wastes, and We may vet sec considerable
towns develop there for those in exintence are
il many instances little moro than hamletn. ANY
place ii Alaska having 900 inhabitants can become
an incorporated town. Even these cannot ee M
merOns In this vast region. Congress has negecte1
Alnnl /. me schools are smallAand struggling ana
their condition deters many traneients from becom
ing home. makers. Az cOmmeroial proposition
Alaska has madeaa good showing, but the visions
Of the great Arctic commonwealth which we're en-
tertained at the time 81 it's acquisition have not
materialized.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

Has It ever occurred to yOn, victim Of hard luck,
that 1t may be mainly yOur own faulN The devil,
Won know, likes to tease as well as to torture his
victims Il il absolutely true that ninty five men Of
every hundred who complain Of hard luck, can
trace the cause to their own imprOvidenCe. One
man works for wages and saves part Of his eaFnings.
Gradually be owns his home and gets money ahead.
re owes no debts and can defy hard luck, or at
least is fairly we'll fortified against it. Hard luck
doesn't waste much time on that man, bnt turns TO
the fellow who can do nothing bat kick and sQurm,
with whom be can play as cat plays with mouse
before giving it its finish. The first fellow did not
reach Easy street BY being close or stingy. He
spent money legitmately 60 be Conld afford II; bad
more pleasure than the man who works and turns
his wages over TO people who are 10 no way entitled
70 them The fear that be might not be regarded as
I good. fellow or might De minus . standin, had no
terrOrs for him. he simply had 'wtte' enough 70
realize that the battle q life is in measure one 81
vita. and he adopted habits and measures 81 self.
profession. The Devil and Hard Luck ore general.
" seen hand III hand.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

Not SO much icc water, little less oi the ever
lasting hurry, not SO much worry, an occasional
snif o. country cir and the hot days 20 come WON'T
seem quite 50 hot
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

Two little boys we're playing s'railroad" recently.
'One vas ChOctaw and the other Rock leland, says
the El PasO American. The game was arranged
90 that each train should 60 around certain nun
bar 81 blocks md meet at : certain corner. The
Ch0ctaw bay started ont and vent chOOchoo-
iua On hio way. When he arrived ct the 'Atation''
The Rock Island train WAS nowhere In sight, 90 he
kept % going TO the plane Oi.staIting, where be
iOnnd the other bow cnlmly sittinG be left him.
sSamattef with ye9sa yelled the ChoCtaW lad angFi,
~ Amt ye goini g plngia'a aCourusaK AMI
replied the Rock IsIand train, ''but Pm mine houEl
laEe.,s
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

To give an idea ol the elaborate spread Madrid
viii make over the marriage 81 King Alfonso L i
announced that the hotels viii fleece the yisiting
public. This Is sure sign
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

In connection with Father Eherman's attempt %
dnDlicate bic fathers march sirOm Atlanta TO the
aea a old cavalry officer recalls how report got
abroad some twenty years ago chat Phil Gberidan
VA about to revisit the scenes Of his trinmphs in
The Shenandoah valley. IL was said he intended TO
take 4 troop 81 cavalry with him and when the OK
Confederates heard 81 IL they sent him word "COme
along and wen shoot you full Of holesN The gen.
aral Tenli.d II had 30 intention Of making sHch
trip but am glad to see that the gallant foes Of
former day have some Oi the old spirit left in them
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

What would We do for something to get excited
about II It were not for poIitisi sTbis year il 10
railroads, III the preceding campaign Il was other
trusts. little farther back Il was imperialism.
wa the tariff Farther back still it was The bloody
shirt And there were many issaes which have
been forgotten. or alI the issues that have dis.
turbed the public mind at election time, only two
have been worth while: Tariff reform and making
the trusts quit robbing the peoplen
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30
TEAR IN COURT TRIALS

MISSOURI Judge has inst dis.
charged two juries in the same suit
because the plaintiff, q woman
burst into tears while on the wit
ness stand testifyingin her own be-
half. The Judge declares that he
will have no tears in, his court, be-
cause they are bound to prejudice
q jury. This is especially true In
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

Ii Il should pan ont that Elijah Dowie has the di-
vine authority he claims to have, what he would do
to Yoliva in the next world would be plenty.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30
LoQUACI0US. CONGRESS.

HE'American congress is nothing II
not loquac;ous. II the average
member Of congress we're held &C.
cOuntable for every idle word he
spoke, in accordance with Scrip
tnral INJUNCTION, he would be in q
bad fix.aaA large part Of the
speechifying in congress is utterly
useless to anybody and is time con-
sntned only. A great many new
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

nThe Lion and the Moube,v an American play
Il the American spirit, has Just made tremendous
M ~ London, the first Instance oi the sOrt0n rec
oTd. EnpIish progress has thus taken on another
boost.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-30

I is said that the intestines Of the
hog. resembles those OF the man more
than any other animal. Who that
is acquainted with, both cares to
dispute about point sOi resem
blance. You that have slOpped
4, ~, v,3.s !. q 81 y. .s..ja " q - ~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
KNOCKS BRIDGE DOWN.
Steamboat Causes 500 Feet span to
Collapse.

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. 11.=At 1
o'clock this morning the steamer Troy.
5000 ton steel package freighter.
collided with the span of the interstate
bridge and precipitated it into the
channels en- either side of the center
pier. The wrecked bridge lies in such
a manner as to block the channel on
both sides of the center pier so that
it is impossible even for a tug to pass.
Street railway and team traffic be-
tween Duluth and Superior is cut off
and Will be for some time to come.
The bridge IS owned by the Great
Northern railway. The draw span was
500 feet in length, one of the longest
in the world
Forty steamers now in the upper har-
Dor are cut off from returning to the
lake or to the Duluth side of the har-
Dor.
Most Of the coal docks are on the
upper harbor. also many Of the grain
elevators. merchandise docks and the
ship yards on the Superior side. Water
communica ton with all this is cut off.
The greater part of the tonnage of the
Duluth-S Superior harbor, originates in
st. Louis bay where the docks of the
Duluth, Missabe and Northern road are
located. Therefore many thousand tons
of ore will be held up until the channel
is cleared
The steamer was badly damaged, her
bow being stove in. Captain Murray of
the Troy declares that the bridge tender
was asleep and that repeated blowings
Of the steamer whistle failed to arouse
him. It Is ascertained that the bridge
can not be put in commission again this
season. although the span now blocking
the movement Of many steamers will be
removed within two days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
HE STANDS BY TRICKETvr.
DR.. Glasscock Says He is Driving out
the Joints.

DR.. S. S. Glasscock. of Kansas City.
one of the leaders in the last legislature
who was defeated for Reelection by
his negro constituents because he favor
ed the separate high school bill for
Kansas City, is in Topeka today to
talk over speaking dates with the Re-
publican state committee. DIR. Glass
cock will put in considerable time on
the stump after the campaign opens.
Mayor Rose is not making any
friends by his stubborn fight against
the Kansas supreme court said Mr..
Glasscock. I do not believe that he
will win his fight, and I think that his
friends realize that he is in a very
tight corner He is losing prestige.
Meantime the assistant attorney gen
eral c. ". Trickett, is closing up the
joints, and driving the jointists out of
town. By the time of election he will
mess IN Kansas City, Kan Things are
practically shut tight now. Trickett
had succeeded where others failed sim
ply because he is man of nerve and
ability, and knows how to go to work.
He has really closed things up tight,
lust as could be done in every big town
of the state.
do not believe that Trickett's work
VIII hurt the Republican party. All of
the jointists and their friends We're
Democrats anyway, and consequently
we don't lose their votes
What Is going to be the effect of the
Stubs campaign"
Il don't think it will amount to
much replied Dr. Glasscock We,
who were in the last legislature know
that conscientious effort was made
10 pass primary election law at the
last session, and it was defeated be-
cause we couldn't suit everybody The
anti-pass law which was offered in the
last session was beaten in the house of
representatives, and W. R. Stubs was
one of the men who made the fight
which beat It. I was a member Of the
committee which had that bill under
consideration, and I know that Stubs
was opposed to 1t. Anybody who is IA
miliar with the work of the legislature
knows where Stubs stood on that mat
ter, and his record will be explained to
the people Of the state if It is deemed
| best to make that kind Of a fght,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
COOLIES TO DIG IT.
Two Thousand Five Hundred VIII Be
Secured at Once on Canal.

Washington, Aug. 11-Chinese labor
viii be given a thorough test on the
Panama canal. Contracts calling for
$500 Cinnamon for canal work have
been prepared, and advertisements will
be issued by the isthmian canal COM
mission in a few days, asking for pro-
posals from labor agents.
President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft
and Chairman Shonts, Of the canal
commission, and other men prominent
" identified with the canal work, are
known to have delayed employing Chi
nese until it became evident that the
other help available was not equal to
the demands.
It is the intention of the commission
to ask for bids from labor agents, who
will arrange with the Chinese govern
ment for the expectation of labor,
transport the Chinese to the isthmus
under contract to work for fixed
wage, and ship them back to China,
thus relieving the commission of all de-
tail work and all responsibility. A
bond viii be required Of all contractors
for a satisfactory fulfllment of any
contract they may enter into with the
commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
IT'S ANYBODY'S RACE.
Governor BaiIey's Comment About
Senatorial Contest.

Ex-Governor Willis J. Bailey is in
Topeka today to attend a meeting of
the Monarch Crude Oil company, Of
which he is one of the directors. He
has been making some speeches for
the various old settlers picnics this
week
Il don't know anything about state
politics. said Mr.. Bailey in response
to a question. Il am entirely out of
touch with things here at Topeka.
expect to get out and make some
speeches for the ticket this fall. if the
committee wants me, and they have
said they do. We have not nominated
our representative yet, but I expect
1t viii be S. r. Myers. I don't know
how Myers will be on the senatorial
proposition, but I don't think he is for
Curtis"
what do you think of the sena-
toria1 outlook ?"
1T is anybody's race" replied the
ex-governor.
While in Topeka Mr.. Bailey had a
conference with Chairman drummer
of the state committee about the
speeches which he will be called upon
to make during the campaign.