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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23

overwhelming debt Of love for him. II
tortured her to remember how that very
evening she had sent him away rebuffed.
His sin was little thing compared with
aers. And then the fear That she had
.ost his love and regard for ever took
.lold on her. Thus the night wore on.
About IL O'Clock she went upstairs to
,ustain the role Of Santa Claus. BY the
glimmer of the night-light burning in
Daisy's room, she perceived that her lit
tie one was sound asleep; and so she en-
tered. and, with all manner OF childish
delights, filed up the mighty "wader'
that CAPPED greedily at the foot Of the
dainty bed. A great sadness was in her
heart, and tears blinded her In her labor
IT love. When the toys and good things
were all safely slowed in their proper
place. she leant over the crib, smoothing
the pillow and tuclAng the bed-clothes
round the cherub.
A movement behind her caused her
to turn. 1t was John, with q brown
paper parcel.
Something for Daisy" he whispered,
shyly, and uneasily. Would your
would you mind II It were put beside
your presentsi"
I she took the package from him in si-
Ience. and found room for 1t In the
'wader." A faint smile crossed his
lace.
Daisy has great expectations" he
sighed rather than whispered, bending
. down to kiss her curls.
Daisy is 90 wise,Y said Kate, under
her breath. She was standing very near
to him, and there was look in her face
that he had never seen before, not even
on their marriage day.
Now. these two dear people had both
prepared long speeches. but they were
meter delivered
'sOh. Katielr whispered John.
"Oh. John! whispered Kate.
And then they fell into one anothsf's
arms.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23
SS.PRINCE ARTHUR

leaving New Orleans every Wednesday at
400 p. m, and arriving ct Havana at SUM
riaa FridAV morning.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23

DR.. Maurice ri Egan, professor u
English language and literature at the
Catholic University Of America, Who q
regarded as one Of three reprersn(ar
Aives or the truly best IA American
Iteratnre, thinks American poetry
iaANing because not AmerlcAn III
aDiTAt.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R, R,

The Illinois Central maintains Double
Daily Services, and operates the best of
trains, with Dining Cars, Buffet Library
Cara, Chair Cars and Sleeping Cars. from
Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Louie
vile south to New Orleans. The best road
for reaching the Winter Tourist resorts Of
the South. inclndiDR
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23
new Orleans, vIthsDnrD,
Culipcrt. Miss. EanlmCad, Ia.

Mardi Gras at New Orleans Feb. 81 'O6.
GulfpoTt is . Mexican Gulf Coast resort
having the new, fine ''Great Southern" HO-
tel. Regular OCEAN steamship sailings from
New Orleans fol Mexico, Central America,
Panama, West Indies and Europe. Send
Or call for descriptive matter in regard TO
the above.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23

Special Tours Of Mexico and California
via he Illinois Central and New Orleans
under the auspices Of Raymond y Whit
comb, viii leave Chicago Fridays February
ana ana 2ord, for Mexico and California,
Ithe list % include st0p.Over at New Or
leAnh for the Marii Graz. Entire trips
made N epeoial private vsstibule trains Of
Hnest PuIimnno, with dining car srrvics.
Fascinating tripl, complete n every detail.
Illinois CentfSi Weekly Excursions 70
Calilornia Excnrai0n caru through 70
T6s Angeles and Can Fr1ncaco as f6slOws:
WIN New Orleans md tie Southern Route
evsrp Friday from Chicago: every Tuesday
frons Cincinnasi and Louisville Vie Omaha
ana thS Scanic Route, every "wednesday
from Chicago.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23
BOTH

One disease of thinness in
children is scrofula; in adults,
consumption. Both have poor
blood +; both need more fat.
These diseases thrive on lean
ness. Fat IS the best means Of
overcoming them; cod liver oil
makes the best and healthiest
fat and
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23

JOS BIG0s, ID. p A., Cincinnati.
r. w. HARLOW. D. p. A., Louisville
JNo. "A. SCOTT, a. q. p. ~, Alonp Il.
a. 81. HANSON, r. q. M Uhioago.
So. Halch, @. p. A., ChIeagc.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23

Full particulars concerning al Of the
above can W had Of agents ofthe Illinois
Central and % Meeting lines on BY address
inr ire efthsr Of TIE undersigned.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23

Daily Sleeping Oar without change
Chicago 10 Hot Syringe, with connections
It Memphis from Cincinnati and Louis
vile.
Through .sDixie Flyer" Sleeping Car
Line st. Louis 10 jacksonville via Nash
vile. Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
what Noon Mean. In Law.

The courts of several states have
dealt with an odd question, none of
them agreeing upon similar answer.
When is it legally noon? Fire insur-
ance policies expire at noon and the
word is admitted to mean exactly II
O'Clock, midday. But standard time
has not been adopted in all commune
ties. Many small towns cling to sun
time, which may be from a few min
utes to nearly an hour earlier than
standard.
In one state fire occurred at two
minutes past noon, sun time, and the
insurance company held that the policy
had expired before the fire. Sun time
Is used in that town, but the insured
sued the company, holding that local
customs did not rule the policy and
that he was entitled to his insurance
The state courts sustained him.
In another state similar contention
was taken to the courts and just the
opposite decision given. Several con.
f1ictlng precedents have been establish
ed in state courts, and it Is said the
question can only be decided for good
and all when a case has been carried
into the United States courts and pass
ed upon by the Supreme Court.-New
York Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
1T is THE RICHEST HILL.
Big Black Quite" Was Once the
Laughing Stock of Miners.

Big Black Quite" Was Once the
Laughing Stock of Miners.
Under the title "a Billion-Dollar
Mining Camp" the city Of Butte, Mont,
which is built on what is probably the
richest hill in the world, is described In
"My Business Friend" 1t is interesting
to note how long the big black butte
was the laughing stock of miners who
wandered that way in search Of gold,
and always failed to find it, until at
last some man, wiser than the rest,
seized upon the possibilities of the In.
exhaustible supply Of copper and the
result was the development of the
wealthy community which makes merry
industry in the fissured hills and val
leys to-day.
1t is only during the last twenty
years that Butte took its stand with
the copper camps of the world, and dur
ing that time it has produced one
fourth of the entire supply. So largely
does the world depend upon Butte that,
should its copper mines shut down for
a period Of three months, copper fam
Inc would be experienced and every in
dustry depending on copper would be
paralyzed until Butte could catch I'D
again. At the three Montana towns of
Anaconda, Basin and Great Falls. the
latter said to have the greatest power
next to Niagara. great smelters are
busy day and night, thus taking from
Butte small percentage Of the smoke
which has made it strangling town
for the unacclimated. In Butte there
has lately been completed stack $50
feet high, which will carry off tho
smoke from the Butte reduction works
to such an elevation that 1t will not
fall again, black cloud, on the town.
Butte may yet have smoke law which
will compel these high stacks to be
erected at all Of the mines, and while
it will not make the surrounding coun.
try more esthetic, still it will be DOS.
sible to breathe there and to have the
pleasing sight Of trees, shrubs, flowe,
gardens and grass plots.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
WORTH KNOWING.
Women Are Prone to Collect Little
! Bifn of Information.

Women Are Prone to Collect Little
Bits of Information.
For centuries women have put way
all sorts of odds and ends because
"they will come handy some time"
This practice no doubt began with the
first good housekeeper of primitive
tribe, and has gone on through the
ages, until it is now one Of the peculi-
arities of women's education. A man
learns what makes for the particular
end he has in view. A woman tucks
away in her memory any interesting
bit of information, and some day pro-
duces 1t, to the surprise Of her mascu-
line rival.
This habit makes women especially
valuable as librarians. Here Is an ex-
ample Of the actual worth Of a scrap
of knowledge.
few years ago 9 shabby old book
was sent from a parish library in Eng
land to be sold by auction in London.
1t was seven inches long and five wide.
1t consisted of thirty eight leaves Of
vellum, on which were inscribed the
four gospels. 1t had four illuminated
illustrations, representing the evangel-
lists, each seated on stool, holding his
gospel, and each having a circular gold
nimbus.
The book was bought by the Bodle-
ian Library for six pounds. Months af-
terward when it came to be cata-
logued, poem was found written on
the fly-leaf, containing reference to
the rescue of the book from the bed Of
stream, where it had been dropped
by a careless servant, and where it lay
until discovered by a passing knight.
OF course the poet attributed the re-
covery of the sacred volume to mir
acle.
The verses casually referred to the
fact that when the book was lost 1t
was being conveyed to the king and
queen"
What king and queen, l wonderT
mused the librarian.
why, a story like that was told of
the gospels belonging to Margaret Of
Scotland" said his woman assistant.
Sure enough, little research showed
that there was scarcely doubt that
the book had belonged to Margaret.
Queen Of Scotland, who died in 1893.
This book was fully described by her
confessor more than eight hundred
years ago. He related its being lost
in the brook, recovered and conveyed
to its royal owner, and used by her for
many years.
So the worn old book which the
Bodleian bought for song is now one
Of the great library's priceless treas
ures-ldentified by a girls knowledge
of queer story in the life Of queen
who was also a saint.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
SHORT CUTS TO RICHES.
BY Rev. Polemus II Swift

AsCV. IOlcluuS 4. oW1IL.
One Of the most subtle and dangerous
temptations Is that which inclines us
to seek perfectly legitimate and worthy
ends by unJustifiable and soul-destroy-
ing short cuts. One has a desire to
make money. That Is not an ignoble
desire in itself. Quite the contrary.
But when he yields to the temptation to
do dishonorable things to get rich
quickly he has wronged himself beyond
power of words to describe.
These short cuts are many. They
are questionable or unrighteous busi-
ness methods; the adulteration of food
products; the making of gain of other
peoples necessities; the boosting of
prices because people must buy your
products, gambling, political chicanery,
the abuse Of public or private conf
dence, the employment of unholy means
on the theory that the end justifies the
means. A hundred others will readily
suggest themselves.
But remember that the man who
takes the short cut sells himself to the
devil. The gains that are reached by
short cuts will not profit. The king
doms will still belong to his satanic
majesty.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
She Didn't Sleep Well.

A woman who lives in an inland
town, while going to a convention in a
distant city, spent one night Of the
Journey on board steamboat. 1t was
the first time she had ever Travelled by
water. She reached her journeys end
extremely fatigued. To a friends who
remarked It she replied:
'Yes, I'm tired to death. don't
know that care to travel by water
again. l read the card in my stateroom
abotu how TO put the life preserver on,
and l thought | understood it, but l
guess didn't Somehow 1 couldn't go
to sleep with the thing on."-Ladies'
Home Journal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14

A. G. Jewett, lawyer, politician and
man of sarcastic wit, was once trying
a case in the supreme court in Belfast,
Me-, his home city. The judge presid-
ing. before being called to the bench,
had tried many cases against Jewett,
who did not entertain a very high opin-
ion Of his ability.
in his closing argument, Jewett, in
defiance of the rules of the court, start
ed in to read some law to the jury.
The court pounded on the bench and
said: "Mr. Jewett, you must not read
law to the jury in your closing argu-
ment" Jewett kept on reading, with
out SO much as a glance at the court.
The court in thunderous tones ordered
him to stop.
Jewett, who had by this time read
all he intended to read, turned calmly
to the Judge and said: did your honor
address mel"
II said" roared the judge, you must
not read law to the jury in your closing
argument. l will give the law to the
jury. What do you suppose the court
Is here for?"
"What Is the court here forT re-
sponded Jewett in high falsetto. 81
suppose you know, sir, to keep order
with the aid Of the sheriff, sir, with all
due respect to the sheriff, slr."-Boston
Herald.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
Dealing with Deadhesds.

Willie Collier, the actor, was asked
II he was much annoyed by requests
from deadheads.
Il receive them in shoals" he re-
pliod; but generally manage to put
them off politely, but firmly. The 9th.
er day, for instance, received letter
from man, who wrote that he had
had the pleasure Of meeting me in Cal
ifornia sometime ago. 1 had never even
heard the mans name before. How
ever, he added kindly that he was
much pleased with my play, and may
be could send him two seats for the
next matinee"
"Did you answer the letter."
"Oh, yes! l sent him postaI-cart
saying maybe l couldn't"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
THOUGHT.
By Rev. Henry F. Cope.

"Come, now, let us reason together"
saith Jehovah.-Isaiah /: 18.
There are temperamental types which
never reach any conclusion by pure rea-
soning; lntuitions, emotions and in
spirations take the place of Intellectual
processes. 1t would be the height Of
folly to attempt to make such natures
reduce their religion to syllogisms, or to
ask them to bring to the bar of the head
all the findings of the heart.
The emotional nature does not CON-
prehend the manner In which the aver
age mind must wait for Its own light.
These souls that move by great tides
often reach sublime heights. The world
would be poor, indeed, without their all
compelling enthusiasms, their glorious
visions, and their dominant convictions.
But such ones must not forget that
there Ia no royal road to truth; that
human nature Is not cast in one single
unvarying mold; diversity is not neces.
sarily heresy.
There are other natures, not less
necessary to the world, not less glori
GUS in their records Of leaders, martyrs
and masters of men. These are the
natures that find truth by the slow steps
of reasoning; that seek the way ol
right, with hearts of reverence and
feet of faith, in the light of the facul
ties heaven has given them. They de
not feel, they do not understand the
winds that, signing round them, con
vey such mighty meaning to othel
souls; they cannot buy progress at thu
price Of blindness. They are the In
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
Short Meter Sermons.

The Lords lambs do not need to look
sheepish.
The forethought that sows Is the
faith that reaps.
To be genuine is long step towards
being godly.
Nobody talks much about the back
doors ON Easy street
He Is false to his God who fears to
be true to himself.
The dogmatic mans bark comes out
of toothless mouth.
The rewards Of faith are not given
for the service Of fear.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14

into a chronic case. At one time 1 had
to use crutch and cane to get about.
My back was lame and weak, and besides
the aching, there was distressing re.
tention of the kidney secertions. Twas
in a bad way when 1 began using
Doan's Kidney Pills in 1901, but the
remedy cured me, and have been well
ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
Alfonso Hands in a Petition

The King of Spain not long ago went
on strike. According to the Paris FL
garo, his majesty handed his prime
minister a sealed petition, with the re-
quest that 1t be granted uncondition-
ally.
When 1t was opened 1t was found to
be in the kings own hand. He was
often obliged, he stated, to work
twelve hours or more day. He there
fore demanded for himself an eight
hour day, and no work on Sundays and
holidays.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14

will interest the thou
sands Of veterans who
came back from the
Civil war suffering tor
lures with kidney
CO m p plant. Capt.
Ely says: 81 con-
tracted kidney trouble
during the Civil war,
and the occasional at
tacks finally developed
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
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eSiicSludl type.
The conclusion that the emotional
type must, after all, be the right one is
common one. This is because 1t
makes the most noise and the most
easily apprehended demonstration. And,
therefore, some tell us that the man
who seeks to find the way of truth by
the light Of the intellect must, without
fail, wander into the pit Of error; that
the only way to come to religious truth
is to shut the eyes of the mind and
yield to emotion.
The thinker constantly is being warn.
ed that he cannot apprehend God with
MS Intellect; that he cannot see the
way to heaven with the eyes of reason.
lie Is urged to give up the use of his
head that he may develop his heart.
lie even Is told that faith is incom-
patible with reason, and love with logic.
SO strong is the emphasis on this that
he Is led to suspect that Incidence is
seeking to defy ignorance, and that
men whose intellectual faculties have
atrophied by their subsection to the
emotional now are envious of those who
retain the power to think clearly, and
would have them also deprived of these
powers.
Nothing could be mose clearly op.
| posed 10 the way OF truth than the no
ton that religion can be bought only at
the price OF reason, or that the conse-
quence Of using the intelligence is the
losing of the power of affection for the
divine, the good, and the true-of the
warmth of heart and feeling that often
determine character and conduct.
If the faculties are God given they
are given for working purposes. If
man has mind and yet may not think
concerning the deepest and highest
| things Of his own nature and destiny.
then the giving of that mind or the per.
mitting it to develop is the most cruel
mockery known to human history.
But the simple law of nature that
every faculty has some purpose, that no
power is without its duty. is the an
swer to all this. The mind is as sacred
as the heart; it is as much a sacred
duty to think as it is to aspire. There
Is nothing too holy for men to think
about, to reason about. The mind must
serve the truth-must with reverence
lead to larger truth.
No man Is religious who represscs
any of his reasoning faculties. Every
one Of the higher powers must be
brought to their greatest perfection. Not
by dwarfing, denying, but by develop
Ing do men glorify their Creator. just
as the finest tree in the forest speaks
most eloquently of the bounty and
beauty Of nature, so does the gigantic
intellect glorify the intelligence that
ordered its being.
Fear not to think Of sacred things
nothing is sacred because it is mysteri
GUS; reverence does not dwell apap,
from reason. Faith does not reach ifs
perfection In the fool; 1t shines most
glorious where wisdom dwells. There
still are the superstitious souls who
confound darkness with divinity; who
cry aloud against the light of knowl
edge. But they can no more stay tn,
discovery of truth than the bats car
hold back the dawn.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
II Was UnbearabIe,

Towne-I hear you've got first
class cook now.
Browne-Yes, but I'm going to get
rid of her. She's making my life un
bearable.
Towne-How2
Browne-Oh, my wife is always both
ering me to get her gowns as swell al
the cook wears.-Philadelph PRESS.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
Edited Ont.

"John," said Lorna Doone, you ought
not to come and meet me by stealth. It
isn't right. My family wouldn't like it."
"All's fair in love or war, Lorna"
chuckled John Ridd, 'and this is both"
But Mr.. Blackmore, fearing that this
light play G.; the intellect was not suited
to so heavy man as Big John, omitted
all mention of the incident in writing the
story.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14

"How do you dispose of your garbage
here? asked the stranger who was gath
ering data for purposes of publication.
I'VE always throw ours in the garbage
can" said the man with the chin beard
but don't know, of course, about the
neighbors. Chicago Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
ANYTHING but. FriendIx.

You astonish me. Your engagement
with Miss Welloph is broken, is it? Are
the relations between you still friendly 2"
Il should say not! The relations be-
tween us are her relations, and they're
my bitter enemies"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR.

Thousands of Soldiers Contracted
Chronic Kidney Trouble While
in the Service.
The experience OF Capt. John L. Fly,
of Co. E, 18th Ohio, now living at 500
East Second street, Newton, Kansas,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-09-14
His Good ReasOn.

why does Smithy visit his wealthy
aunt so often"
"If he didn't he might have to visit
his uncle Houston Post