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Perfectly Familiar.

Minister--Are you sure you know
your catechisn. my boy2
Boy urel Derc's four ink-spotv'
de front cover. an de backs tore y !.
I'd know It anywhere.-JUGss
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-07-25

The royal palace at Madrid is one Of
the most beautiful structures In the
world It Was built at cost OF 5000,
900, and waa intended to rival the ia
NOUS palace ct Versailles. OF white
marble, it is 40 feet each way, with q
court 24O feet square, rooted with
glass.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-07-25
ONLY 80 YEARS OLD.

81 am only SO years old and don't
expect even when I get to be real old
to feel that way as long as l can get
Electric Bitters, says Mrs. E. II. Brun-
son. of Dublin, Ga. Surely there's
nothing else keeps the old as young
and makes the weak as strong as this
great tonic medicine. Dyspepsia, tor.
pid liver, inf1amed kidneys or chronic
constipation are unknown after taking
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AHARp LoT

az :ronbles to contend with, spring
from torpid liver and blockaded bow
lels. unless you awaken them TO their
|Droper action with DR.. Kings New
Life Pills; the pleasantest and most ef-
fective cure for Constipation. They
prevent Appendicitis and tone up the
system CSC at all druggists.
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cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Ro
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
caltriumph Of the nine
teenth century, dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
Dr.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der specialist and Il
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-07-25

Merging an actress Il often % un-
satisfactory AZ any other get.rlch-
quick scheme.
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10 YOU GET UP
WITH ALAME BACK ?
Lldney trouble Makes You miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
lapers is sure to know Of the wonderful
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-07-25

The spirit Of revolt and reform
seems to be spreading even to Persia.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-07-25
HIT SAVED MY LIFE7
PRAISE FOR A FAMOUS MEDICINE
Mrs. WiIIadsen Tells How She Tried Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound lust
In Time.

Mrs. T. G. Willadsen, of Manning,
Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
81 can truly say that you have saved my
life, and cannot express my gratitude to
you in words.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
SAMUEL
PREP AIRING FOR
DRASTIC ACTION
JAP CHILDREN TO BE FORCED IN.
INTO SAN FRANCISCO WHITE
SCHOOLS.
AN INJUNCTION SUIT

San Francisco CAL Dec. lG.-Dc
velopments in the international con
troversy over the segregation Of the
Japanese school children today indi-
Gates that the United States is pre-.
pairing to take drastic acton through
the federal district at0raeys office
against the board of education EX-
actly what form this legal procedure
will take has not been made public
but it now officially intimated that It
will be an injunction suit brought In
the United States court to restrain the
board OF education from carrying out
its order
Assistant Attorney McRaynolds ar,
rived today from Washington to look
into the situation for the federal au-
thorities and he spent the greater
part Of the day in consultation with
United States Attorney Devin All
parties concerned maintained absolute
.ccrecy as to The result Of the con
ference MeReynolds left tonight for
where he VIII report 70
The attorney general on the situation
in this city.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
ENJOYED A GOOD
SLEEP LAST NIGHT
u. 9. HICKS.
REMARKABLE MEssAeE FROM
MINER BURIED t3 DAYS uN.
DER 60 FEET OF DeeRis.

Bakersfield Cal. Dec. lG.-I had a
good sleep last night" vas the mes
sage L. B. Hicks sent up through an
iron tube, from the bottom of mine
today. He has been buried for thir
teen days under sixty feet e car.h
rock and timbers. but declares he l.
comfortable. Every three hours hc
gets food through the long pine.
According to his own ory. sent u1
through the tube he is lyi g on hi
S de stretched out beside a car and
almost under tho wheels
One side OF his face g. close to
the ground and the pipe. following the
rail- passes directly to hiA. The pine
was perforated before it Ras sank in.
to the mine and through the pcrfora-
tion the en'ombed man gets his food.
The driving Of the pipe through
sixty feet Of earth was difficult. Il
was supplied with steel point and
forced downward st beneath the
ta-ge Of a track on which Hicka had
been making signals
A large force e men is working
10 reach the imprisoned miner Today
they had forty feet yet 10 GO. Il is.
hoped TO rescue him by Tuesday nlglt
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
.COWH|DEO COUNT
cregor Lays Lash Across His Back
IN BOis Boulogne. Paris
Duel to Follow.

Paris. Dec lG-Alexandpr Creg5r
former secretary ol the Ru an am.
ba-sics at Washington and Rio de
Janeiro. today in the Bose Buuloene
horseWhiped Conn R0delle Du Por
zics. The count sag ihat be- vas Il
hurt in the enenunte-. a duel g. ex-
pcstei 10 follow. ~ GreCor sonc
time ago Will a guest OF the Coaas
and Countess R0deiiec Du Torzics at
ker-Steras castle Britfanil was a.
CIf ID By he Countess of having
stolen a yaiuable diamond fr m her
It vas found In a bottle of tooth p1H-
der in a hand box belonging to d.
Creg1r. "a
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
ARABS DISPLAY UGLY ATTITUDE
TOWARD ENGLISH AND AM
ERiCAN WOMEN.
REVOLUTION FILLS AIR
lndiscretions of Visitors in Cairo is
Mairly Responsible For Dis.
position Of Native PopuIa-
tlon.

4 Lsndon Dec lG.-There Is a grea'
deal more in the tale of the growing
unrest of the natives of Egypt than
the general British public is aware OF
Private letters received from Caro-
state that the natives are becoming
more arrogant and Insulting to Eng
lish and Americans every day
The Caro- season will soon be in full
swing and Lord Cromer intends 10
ltart a crusade against certain go
ings on which contribute very largely
to the attitude adopted. especially by
the Arabian races. toward English
aad american women.
II Is useless, according to hose who
regularly visit Cairo dgring the win.
ter to conceal the fact that whites
have bcen anything but discreet Ia
hcir ques, for local col r." The
cases fortnnately have been rare. nut
the result has been that white wo-
men Of perfect responsibility are lia.
BILE to be insulted by donkey boys ANA
others, and that the native races are
losing respect for the tourists whom
they once held in such awe.
In addition to this cerious state Of
affairs the propagation of rebellion
carried on by two or three native
newspaper proprietors is causing ser
ious apprehension to the authorities
ana no one would be surprised to
hear Of a serious revolution in the
very height of the Cairo season.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
OSCAR NO BETTER
Hearts Action lrreeular.Temperature
and Condition of Lungs
Unchanged.

Stockholm, Dec. Ga bulletin is
sued at ] o'clock. this morning, says:
King Oscar slept about five ho IS
but his rest was somewhat disturbed.
His temperature and the condition cf
his lungs are unchanged, his hearts
action is somewhat irregular"
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
STEAMER IS STRANDED.

Caarlesvoix. Mich. Dec. 1G.-A
la-ee steel steamer IS stranded On
reef north Of Garden Island. Owing to
the gale. her name could mot be as
-eriained- The report II the wreck
va cabled from Beaver Island.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
BOMB TEARS OFF LEG.

Radon. Russian Poland. Dec, 16.--A
bomb vas thrown ar Colonel Plorta
commelder Of the aenfarmeri today
One leg was torn of BY The explosion
a student Of the technical school
threw the bomb. lie was arrested.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17

a luminous 10 the front dosr OF his
home
Witho.t a word Of exploration. q
yonng woman, who stood in the
shadow Of the doorway, dashed the
c n ents Of a bottle of cafbolic acid
into his face and then hurried away
Blinded hy the burning acid and suf
ierins intense pain, Pedriek gropad
his way back into The house. There Is
danger thar he may lose :he sight of
Nne eye
Pedrick and his wife separated
some weeks after the birth of a child.
Pedrick returned to The home of his
mother while the woman said to be
his wife went to live with relatives in
Philadelphia.
People in Clifton Heights say that
a sh3rt time after he separation Ped
rick became infatuated with a Phila.
deIphla trained nurse in hospital.
and il was generally understood that
they were to have been married on
December r.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
INVALID MOTHER
LEADS ANGRY MOB
THAT STORMED HOUSE or Alb.
DUCTOR OF A MISSING
DAUGHTER.
HIS REVOLVER FAILED
When He Attempted to Fire on TVS
Detectives Who Lured Him Out
Under Pretense of Being
Reporters.

/ Philadelphia, Pa. Dec fG.--After a
sensational scene in which he was
threatened wi h violence by an ex-
I cited crowd, Or. Rclando Keuhu today
was taken forcibly by the police from
the residence of Miss Ida May Miller,
missing heiress to $500 600, on South
rest. He is heId on a warrant sworn
out by Mrs Elizabeth Miller, the
young girls's mother, who has been
confined in sanitaIium for many
years, the victim OF an ncurable ner-
Yous disoreder, and who was brought
from her secmsion as an instrument
of last resort by distracted relatives.
The technical charge in the warrant IS
assault and battery, ana Keuhn was
held in 81 COO bail
Accompanied by a dozen of Miss
Millers relatives and lawyer, the |
mother mounted tho steps of the !
daughters home This afternoon The !
crowd which has daily surrounded the
house since the strange disappearance
became known, grew in an instant
and joined them Keuhn answered the
summs rs al the door in person.
Retreated in Terror.
When he saw the relatives he at
tempted 10 shut the door Mrs. Mil
Ter, however had half entered, but
with an oath Keuhn p shed her out
sending her into the arms Of hose be
ow, There were angry roars from tn
,rowd, and Keuhn retreated in terror,
slamming the door A hurried consul.
aticn on the pavement led 10 de-
erminetion on the part Of Mrs. Mil
er's attorney 10 swear out a warrant
or Keuhn. While he hurried in a caD 4,
o a nfagistrstf e's gaffiess~fhe ofowd
urged upon the f~belnent, inviting
<euhn To come ouf"MThe latter ap- ,
feared at a front window aourishing :
revolver When the party return $
u augmented by warrant and two
the problem was how 10
et the man Representing them /
elves as newspaper men, the two u
leuths ured Keuhn to the back q
ence, and then tried to pull him over.
Ie drew his revolver and they re-
reated. Finally, the front door was >
roken in, and Keuhn after trying
ainly to discharge his revolver, which II
'as subseq emily found to be loaded u
as overp0wered. +
Notes Fluttered Down.
At the hearing the prosecution caus- i"
] sen alton by declaring that =
aighbor, liyiag two doors below the o
iller house, was ready to swear that a.
{ Thursday Miss Miller was seen y
leave the house shortly before mid. -
sht with keuhn and drive rapidly
way Keuhn, according TO his story. T
turned next day alone II was also y
'clared that several notes had fuy. |
red from the th'rd-story window.
1t that Keuhn was always on the
CT TO intercept them Keuhn denied
is.
Miss Miller is we'll and happy"
said tonight She viii return in
70 weeks and then we win be mar.
I'd Ii il had not been for meddling
latives this scandal never would NJ
We taken place. They say that
mt her for her money but that is
liculous. ! could have married
lwaiian Princess when was in Hon
Ia, ana was very well received by 20
ISIS Emma Spreckels. but | did no. sa
We ihen- Miss Miller I love" ira
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
BLINDED BY ACID
Won DHsres Carbolic Acid into
Face Ct Man Separated From
Wife.

Chester. Pa Dee 1G.-Unco- SC. Gus
.of The warm reception that awaited
him Nathan PeGriek. a young married
man Of Clifton Heights. responded .
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
START FOR COPENHAGEN

Befln. Dec. licking Haakou.
oneen Maud and Crown Prime Olaf
started today for Copenhagen
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17
CURTIS THUMB
BROKE W|NDP|PE
OF HIS VICTIM
Alleged Slayer OF Dona Gilman Ger
tain to Be Subjected to Grard
Jury Inquiry.

Dayton Ono. Dec 1G.-David Cur.
tis, he alleged slayer Of Dona Gilman
who on the night of Nov 90. while On
her way home to Arlington Heights
subub b, was assaulted and mur-
dered, cannot G cape grand jury in.
uuiry. so stsong is the conviction of
Coroner Walter L. Kline, County De
tcctive Frank Mcbride and the detec-
tiyes who have been delving into the
seeming mys eri of the tragedy.
Curtis is reputed to be simple
minded and harmless by his friends
The officers who have been inquiring
into his record declare that he is an
adept at clutching victims by the
throat and declare the belief that he
was he assailant Of other women
tha so far has aroused the community,
undetect d and unmolested.
Man Called Depraved
The windup of the preliminary ex-
animation held belorte Magistrate
Dave Ferry Saturday brought out in
the man who is called and classed
a harmless and simpe-minded street.
character. II was ,hJwn that in his
ca.eer he has been engaged In prac
tices sugges i've of the last stage Of
moral depravity In the argument the
character OF tn man was compared
to that of the Pittsburg Jack the
Ripper" who assailed and knitted
women but. when run down and !
Identified. proved to be typifed |
harmless degenerate such as Curtis, |
the accused q, sailant Of Dona Gilman I
Is said TO be-
How Girl Was Slain.
In the summing of evidence point /
ing 10 Curtis as the slayer of the girl /
me proof consisted OF the verifica
ion of statements in the confession
made by Quits. One OF ne stronge
IF these is the manner in which Cur
is described tn method of strang.
ing the girl when he said he sank his
humb into the girls throat until the
zones cracked.
The confession w9s made before
he second autopsy and thu lat er d
.loscd that the hvoid bone was
rushed and the wind pipe broken
Iown. Such breaking cf lone and
artilage could have been accom-
llished physicians say only by the I
troug arm of a Fl nd bent on murder /
The grand jury viii meet in Jan
AIRY when the charge against Curtis ;
iU be- prohed By that body.
Holding tha the evid dance while
ossess'ng a face value did not war
ant holding the accused. Magi tTate
'erry discharged the prisoner Inasi
luch a. the November grand jury is
ow iu session g. Isl asserted BY tie
roeceution that they viii yet secure ,
1fici nt evidence t3 Prove beyond a
oubt hat Curtis murdered the girl
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17

A BAD WEATHER DAY is the very
best day for you to 90 shopping, for
then you will have the store and the
clerks and the bad weather. bargains
all to- yourself. Read the advertise
mcnts and learn OF the bargains.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17

THE MOST INTERESTING Of al
the Christmas stories Of the day 10
ever eighty columns Tong and is pub
lished in The Bulletin this morning.
Read the advertisements.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-17

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GaIIows Is Being Prepared.

Cullman. July 21.-(SpeciaL 1.-The GAL
lows upon which John Williams. who
murdered Senator Hip last spring, is to
be hanged, is in course of erection and
will be in readiness by July o., the date
fixed for the hanging. The governor has
named Monday, July %, as the date he
will hear the application for commuta-
ton of sentence to life imprisonment A
number of lawyers from Cullman and
Decatur, representing the prosecution and
the defense. will appear before the gov
ernor
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Columbus Receives News of Death.

Columbus. Ca, July A.-(Special)-in
formation was received by relatives in
this city today of the death at Seattle.
Wash, OF Mrs. Fila Iumpkin of Auburn,
Ala Mrs Lumpkin had been the guest
of her daughter. Mrs. Robert Noble. She
was the widow OF DR.. n. Lumpkin, who
was one of Alaba mas most prominent
educators, having been at different times
a member OF the faculties of Vanderbilt,
Greensboro. the state university Tusca-
loosa and the Alabama Polytechnic in
stltute. Auburn. The remains will be car
ried TO Auburn for interment.
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NEGRO Taken Away for Safety.

Meridian, Miss, July 21.-(SpeciaL)-
Charles Hall, negro ex-convict broke
into the room of Miss Bette Davidson
at Energy across the Clark county line
last night for the admitted purpose of
committing criminal assault. Hall was
employed for the past three years by the
girls father and was recognized by him
as he was leaving the house. Hall was
arrested this morning and confessed his
purpose in entering the lady's room. The
negro was removed to the county seat
to prevent his being lynched by the angry
citizens.
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Tattered Banner Is Received.

Jackson Miss, July 21.-(Speeial)-The
department of archives and history has
received the tattered banner carried dur
ing the war between the states by the
Macon Blues, one of the bravest little
bands that entered the service of the
confederacy, though the members there
of were mere boys, few, II any of them
being more than IS years of age at the
time OF their enlistment. The old flag
is presented to the state by Capt. II. ID.
Foote, the leader of the band 1t will be
given a front place in the Hall OF Fame
and carefully preserved in a glass case.
where neither moths nor thieves can
break through.
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Negro Boy Is Drowned.
Change In officials Of Armour plant.

Admission. July 21.-(Specjal.)--A change
of officials at the local brench Of the
Armour Packing company took place to-
day, c. f. Uffner taking charge as man
ager, while e. G. McIAn became cashier.
Mr.. McLin is former newspaper man,
having been connected with the reporter
ia1 force of the Nashville American for
several years. The enterprise has been
operated for some time under the name
of Admission Produce company. but from
today 1t will be run directly by Armour
Packing company. The Admission Produce
company. Mr.. c. G. O'Bryant, manager,
will continue to transact business from
the same old stand for thirty days when,
1t is said, they will move into a building
of their own.
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Bio Barbecue at eurIey.

Huntsville. July H.-(Special.)-Th
largest political barbecue yet held in Mad
lson county took place yesterday at Cur
ley where speeches were made by DR..
r. NJ. Cunningham. candidate for COVER
nor. Fl. c. Compton. candidate for asso-
ciate railroad commissioner n. NJ. Rowe.
A. D. Kirby, Capt. John w. Grayson and
Earl Smith. candidates for the legisla-
ture Railroad rate reform. state politics
and the local dspensary question were
thoroughly threshed over.
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sections of the county. The corn Is in
the roasting ear state and spells very
easily. It is impossible to even save the
fodder, as 1t Is scalded by the hot sun
and is covere.s with mud. The Coosa river
is now falling slowly.
Negro Boy Is Drowned.
Andrew Gamble, a 14-year-old negro
boy, was drowned in the back waters Of
the Coosa river late yesterday evening
Gamble and two other little negroes were
caught in the act Of stealing watermelons
belonging to the Waterman of the Louis
VILE and Nashville bridge. who started
to chase them out, Gamble ran into a
ravine filled with back water and ii proved
too deep for him. and he drowned before
assistance could reach him.
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CLUBS ARE INDICTED.

Montgomery, July 21.-(Special)--
The grand jury has indicted the
Beauvoir club and the Standard
club, the leading social organiza-
lions of the city, on charges Of yio-
lating the Sunday law by selling in
toxicants on Sunday.
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def1Slon, however, II you say ne Is going
to lose his own county.
The race for alternate senator is still
looming up and In many sections it is at
tracing more attention than any other
contest The most of the candidates have
been in North Alabama the past week and
have plans laid for the coming week that
will take them over much of the other
sections. Friday Capt. j. H Bankhead
was in Mobile, the home of both Mr..
Fits and Mr.. Clarke, Of his opponents.
Mr.. Fits seems to have resented the
position that Captain Bankhead has done
much while in Congress for Mobile by his
service in waterway promotion and is
undertaking to rfute the proposition. Cap
tain Bankhead will be in North Alabama
all of next week. having arranged to
speak at number of places.
Something of an interesting contest has
come up in the race for criminal court
judge of Montgomery, technically known
as associate judge of the city court OF
Montgomery. Alexander Troy has let 1t
be known that he will oppose the present
judge. William H. Thomas, before the
senate which meets in November. Judge
Thomas has taken very decided stand
for law and order since he went on the
bench and has made a national reputation
as a man who desires to see n better OBJ
SRTNAIct Ol the Criminal SAdAhtSs R9pNNit'i-
ly. Mr.. Troy has beeen secretary Of the
Alabama Bar association for some years.
and Is well known in every county OF the
state.
Thomas Mcclellan. who weeks to be
made member of the supreme court OF
the state has been here this week. Fie
has a strong friend in Vice President Paul
Leosrand of the First National bank. who
entertained him while in the city. Judge
Thomas w. Coleman, another aspirant Tor
the same honors. was here during the
week He went to Mobile later. He feels
confident that he Is going to have no
trouble in making the landing all right.
All three of the candidates for auditor
have been with the dear people" most OF
the week Neither w. w. Brandon or
Brooks Smith came In at all. Hood was
In for a day or so, but later "hit the
road for the balance of the time. Capt.
William W. Selden peeped in one day
from his race for commissioner of agri-
culture but none of the other farmer
office" men were about.
IT Is a matter of regret to many that
Judge A. d. Sayre of the Montgomery
CITY court did not enter the race Tor
supreme court honors. That he has de-
cided not to do so. Is proof positive that
he will seek his old place at the proper
time No man has ever intimated that ne
will run against him.
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Gentle Reminder.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
$50 soon forgot" murmured the visitor
sadly.
"Oh. brace up. What are you thinking
about?"
THAT five I lent you last week for
day"