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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
exItO, California

Special Tours Of Mexico and California
via ihe Illinois Central and New Orleans
under The auspices Of Raymond " Whit
comb. win leave Chicago Fridays, February
and ana 28rd, for Mexico and California,
the last u include stop-Over IL New on
leans for TIE Mardi Gras. Entire trips
made Ia special private yestibule trains Of
nnest Pulimans, with dining Car srrvlCe.
Fascinating trips, complete IA every detail.
Illinois Central Weekly Excursions 70
California. Excursion cars through to
Los Angelica and San FranciscO q toslows:
via New Orleans and the Southern Route
evoIy Friday from Chicago: every Tuesday
ffom Cincinnati and Louisville Viz Omaha
and TIE Scenic Routes every "wednesday
from Chicago.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
NO BoU0UETs FOR DEAD.
Community In Kansas Where the
Reading Matter on Tomb
stones Is Brief.

There is curious settlement in .
short grass county OF Kansas, accord
Ing to one who was in that part Of the
country looking after claims.
"The population" said the returned
collector, lis a sort Of mixture Of
Quakers and populists. OF the latter
this nest is about the only one left in
the state.
"The cemetery near the town Is an
index Of the character Of the place.
The few tombstones contain only the
names of the departed, with the date
Of death and sometimes the age. Not
line Of sentiment is carved upon q
single stone.
Il was curious to know why. A
patriarch undertook to enlighten me.
"'This town. he said, is no Hall OF
Fame. Leastwise not yet. The COM
munity has been fooled so often that
we don't take up with anything new
at first sight.
1--WE got wise after tribulation. l
doubt if you could find a man in the
town who, if he told you the truth, has
not eaten into something hollow since
he has been here. For awhile 1t
seemed as If this was the camping
place Of every fraud and skin game on
the road
After a long run of this sort Of
thing the community finally got sus-
picious Of ITSELF Then few Of the
leaders organized sort Of testing COM
mittee. One of the tenets of this com
.mittee was to say nothing about q
mans virtues, If he had any, until
he had been dead year.
Several men who had cut a con-
siderable figure in their lives died and
received lot Of notices about what
they had done. We found out later
that they had been morally rotten and
rascally on the sly.
Now, when a man dies in this
community, especially one who posed
to the good, the committee meets and
the question is asked: was the de-
ceased what he cracked himself up to
be-" II anyone present can prove that
he was we simply record that he died
and then wait year to see If any
thing turns up against him. If he
rings out all right we hold another
meeting and the deceased gets what is
coming to any good man.
BY that time the monument fever
has cooled down and one good dead
man is on level with another. Be-
sides, this sort of thing saves money.
" If the dead mans family wants to
put up a monument and smear it over
with a lot of Scripture, that's their
business. But there isn't monument
of that kind in our graveyard. If we
learn anything against the deceaseA
after he has been buried year we
say nothing, but we are very partic-
ular in any business transactions we
may have with his immediate kin for
ever after
Il asked the old man II he believed
that the community was any better for
this sort Of caution.
Perhaps not he replied, except
that it makes tombstones cheaper.
The more you put on one the more it
costs
The old man seemed so sincere in
his views that did not care to have
my faith in him weakened by asking
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
THE ORIGINAL LAxATIvE COUGH syRUP
kENNEDY'S LAXATIVE HONE .sTAR
Hsd Glover Blssson ana Hsnsy Dee . Every Bsiis.

Count BOni d saidao be very much
distressed, spending his time weeping
and cnrsing. The Gould family doubt
less think 10 u Boni's turn.
Wige Shinnnm b too smart for bic
good. Wagg--Y Yes; IL fortune ever
came to his door he would pull her III
and try TO sell her gold brick.
Some literary philosopher says that
forty IN critical age IN more ways
than One.n Yes, IL bacheIOrhoOd IL
considered Of any consequence IL life.
Nsver look j gift horse ia the mouth
The man who gets package 81 Tree
Government seed through The cOurte-
sy Of HE congressman should not ex-
pect the latter TO guarantees them TO
grow.
Now that HE wife has left him It
will bea question Of some interest
how Count Boni will be able to pay
his weekly board bill II the event BE
didn't put aside percentage Of bic
allowance.
The Steel Trust earned al enormous
sum h 1905, but somehow does not
seem % DO prosperous enough 20 keep
q president. GchWab did not last long
and Corey has been talking Of reelen-
ing to look after 40 octEesg. Tao lat.
teF iobig harder task than the one
he has, but he seems determined 20
learn Ia the school Of experience.
There u one consolation. he has
money enough to Dnv for tuition.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R,

The Illinois Central maintains Double
Daily Service, and operates the best Of
trains, with Dining Cars, Brtiet- Library
Cars, Chair Cars and Sleeping Cars, from
Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati ard Louis
vile south to New Orleans. The best road
for reaching the Winter Tourist resorts of
the South, including
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28

Full particulars concerning al Of the
above can " had Of agents Of The Illinois
Central and COT Meeting lines o. BY address
ing the either of The undersigned.
JOS. BrGas, b. r. A., Cincinnati.
Il. w. HARLOW. ID. r. A.. Louisville
mo. "a, SCOTT, IA. q, 2. "A. Memphis.
al. III. HANSON, r. a. M., ChIcngo.
s, q. Hatch, q r. AZ, Chcagc.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
Mardi Gras.

On account of the above occasion
Queen & Crescent will sell round trip
tickets to New Orleans, Mobile and
Pensacola, Florida, for one fare plus
twenty Ave cents. Dates Of sale Feb
ruary Dist to goth limited for return
not-later than March 3rd, 1906.
For further information write, or
call on J..W. WOOD,
T. p. A. @. & O. r. r.
Meridian, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
Ect Springs, Ark. flcrIda

Daily Sleeping Oar without change
Chicago 70 Hot SPRING. with connections
at Memphis from Cincinnati and Louis
vile.
Through "Dixie Flyer" Sleeping Car
Line ST. Louis to Jacksonville via Nash
vile, Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28

Woman on her way to semi-invalidism
caused by pregnancy suffers much pain.
Ignorance prompts her to suffer alone
In silence and remain In the dark e to
the true cause motherhood.
Mothers Friend takes the doctors
place and she has no cause for an inter
view. She Is her own doctor, and her
modesty is protected. Daily application
r. the breast and abdomen throughout
pregnancy will enable her to undergo the
period Of CESSATION in a cheerful mood
and rest undisturbed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
SCOTS Emulsion
Of Cod Liver Oil


is just such a food in its best form.
II will build up the weakened
and wasted body when all
other foods fail to nourish. II
you are run down or emaciated.
give it a trial it cannot hurt
you. II is essentially the best
possible nourishment for delicate
children and pale, anaemic girls.
We will send you a sample free.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28

Havana, Cuba, 10 best reached via the
illinois Central through serviTe 70 New Or
leans and the new ocean liner, twin-screw;
ninkeen-knok
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
SS.PRINCE ARTHUR

leaving New Orleans every "Wednesday at
400 B. NJ, and arriving at Havana atsun-
rise Friday morning.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
All Run Down

6HHlS Is a common expires.
sion we hear on every
side, Unless there Is
some organic trouble, the con-
dition can doubtless be remedied.
Your doctor is the best adviser.
Do not dose yourself with all
kinds Of advertised remedies
get his opinion. More than likely
you need a concentrated fat food
to enrich your blood and tone
up the system.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28

The New York Mail discusses "Suf-
TRACE for Russian Women Wouldn't
it be better, first, to give Russian
women what they most need-protec-
tion OF life and person?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-02-28
Mothers Friend

q 1iniment for external use only. II
would indeed be shameful if the sacrifce
Of modesty were necessary to the success
full issue Of healthy children. AL women
about to become mothers need send only
to drug store and for $500 secure the
prize childbirth remedy. Healthy babies
are the result of useing Mothers Friend
Our book " Motherhood mailed free
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. ATLANTA, GA
The Washington times., 1906-09-10
FELT DEATHS HAND,
SANCTIONED WEDDING
Mother Gives Consent to Daughters
Marriage Few Moments Before
She Expires.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10.-The death
Of Mrs. Harper Smith, at her residence.
2209 Mt. Vernon street, has disclosed a
romance that eliminated amid the
shadows of death,
Mrs Smith had a premouition that
her end was not far of, and on her
deathbed her first thought was for the
happiness of her daughter, Grace Flea
nor Smith, who was betrothed to Al
fred NJ. MOhr, young lawyer. She
summoned the couple to her bedside and
almost in the thrOes Of death. sane
toned their wedding. Her dying re
quest was that the marriage should
take place quietly on the date previous
" arranged. In compliance with her
mothers request. the prospective bride
day.
Confident that she would not live
until Christmas, Mrs Smith presented
hef husband with her usual Christmas
g1It. Il won't live until Christmas, 20
she said, so / viii give you your pres
ent now"
The gift was an easy chair, uphol-
stored in leather. AS she fOretOld, her
death from heart failure soon followed.
The romance Of Mrs. Smiths daugh-
ter began some years ago, when the
prospective bridegroom was young at
The local bar. The casual ACQUAINTANCE
soon Tipened into love. Mr.. MohT IS
connected with prominent families IN
Pennsylvania He is a graduate of Le-
high University and the University OF
Pennsylvania.
The Washington times., 1906-09-10
.ANTITOXIN FAILED
TO SAVE BOYS LIFE
More Than 100000 Units Administered
in Vain to Diphtheria
Victim.

LOGANSPORT. md, Sept lo.-Three
hundred and tmee thousand units OF
antitoxin is the enormous amount OF
this costly serum that was administered
IN the case of Fra.sSis Tolen. the two
.ycar-old son Of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Tolen, who died here yesterday follow
ing a severe attack of diphtheria- Local
physicians say tive largest amount OF
antitOxin ever known TO have been ad-
ministered was I17,O0o units, and in chill
dren the dose is usually from 5000 to
20 600 units Despite the heroic treat
ment. however. the life of the child
could not be saved.
A series of misfortunes seems 10 have
followed the unfortunate lad for several
weeks. A month ago he took dose Of
Paris green accidentally and while re-
covering from the effects Of 1t he was
taken il from cholera morbus. After
recovering from this illness he became
a victim of diphtheria. He seemed to be
doing well under the artitoXin treatment
when suddenly he took a turn for the
worse and death resulted from heart
failure, a condition which Is always
feared by physicians while administer
ING the antltoXin treatment.
The Washington times., 1906-09-10

dollars is a liberal amount, even
to a man of Mr.. Bryan's power
to make money upon the platform,
but undoubtedly the prize will not
tempt him to the encounter. If he
declines TO accept, Mr.. Wilshirl will,
he says, regard him as having
changed his mind about argument
being the best method TO meet
socialism"
This business of naming terms
however liberal, and condemning IN
advance those who do not subscribe
to them, viii hardly frighten Mr.
Bryan. But there are a number OF
the plain people who would like
nothing better than 10 earn Mr..
Wilshire's money in clocks Of $4,000.
The Washington times., 1906-09-10
TEN YEARS,
NOW SEEKING DIVORCE
Cleveland Machinist Also Thinks He
Is Entitled to
AlimOny.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 1O.-Harvey
Schwind. a machlnist. has brought suit
for divorce and petitioned the court for
alim0ny-
The Schwinds are well 10 do and own
considerable property in the East End.
Schwind alleges that he has been a
henpecSed husband for ten years, in
that his wife would allow him only 10
per cent of his earnings during all that
period. He says once he managed to
keep out from his wages enough money
10 buy a suit of cothes. and then she
cut him short on his food supply to
make w for what he had 'lavished'
upon himself
Schwind claims that for ten years Mrs.
SChWind has kept her cousin in their
home as a servant; tina for six years
mast his wife's mother mas made her
home with them; that his wife, he,
mother and cousin wiz not speak 10
him. and that Mrs SChWind has tried 10
induce his children to treat him with
contempt.
The Washington times., 1906-09-10
POOR OF GREAT BRITAIN
A MENACE TO NATION
Nearly a Million Paupers Registered
in England and Wales
Alone.

LONDON. Sept. 10.-There are nearly
million paupers I'm England and
Wales, excluding Scotland and Ireland.
The problem OF pauperism is one OF
the most difficult confronting the new
Liberal government
As the population Of England and
Wales Is roundIy about 100000 the
number OF registered paupers-925.741-
gives an approximate percentage OF q
IN 1900. or about one in 37
OF the S26.7n paupers 1889 are reg
istered IN London. The ratio of pau
peTism 10 the total population Of the
country grows steadily. The "unem-
ployed' problem will be more serious In
London next winter than ever before.
Parliament has not been able success
fully 10 deal with the general problem
Of pauperIsm- nor with the specific one
Of London. It IS probable that paTlia-
ment at the forthcoming fail session
VIII be compelled 10 adopt some Tadi-
cal measure 10 deal with the menace of
pOyerry-fOr II has become a menace 10
the whole country.
Radicals hope that IN seeking to miti-
gate the evil Of poverty the unjust. feu-
dal land laws Of England viii be re-
formed
MANY economists attribute All Of zhe
woes Of the submerged tenth" in Eng
land 10 the present oppressive land
laws which relieve the landlords of
their fair proportion of the tax burden
OF the country. and enable English and
imported milliOnairCs To maintain vast
estates for hunting purposes. prevent
ing the cultivation Of the land.
The Washington times., 1906-09-10
A Liberal Offer.


Gaylord Wiltshire, a well known
socialist leader and publisher. in
New York, believes that money
talks. Mr.. Wiltshire wishes to meet
William Jennings Bryan on the pub
lie platform and debate with him
upon the subject of socialism. He
is very earnest in his desire to
tackle the Commoner, and is conf
dent that he can overwhelm him
with argument
Mr., Bryan is a good orator and
convincing, but it is hardly probable
that, as a candidate for President.
he would care to accept Mr.. Will
shire's challenge, even though the
offer is a liberal one. 1t is in two
parts. The socialist leader viii give
$1,000 20 Mr.. Bryan as soon as he
appears for debate, and $1,000 addi-
tional if the audience decides in
favor of Mr.. Bryan as the superior
debater.
Already $1,000 has been deposited
with a national bank in New York
to cover the first half of the offer.
Mr.. Wiltshire will wait one week for
a formal acceptance. Then he viii
withdraw the money. Ten thousand
The Washington times., 1906-09-10
REGENERATION PROBLEM
RAISES DIFFICULT POINT
Mexican Uprising, Could Not Be Suppressed If
Literature Were Against Home Government

The request Of the Mexican govern
meat that the United States stop the
publication. I'm St Louis, Of a revolu-
tionary newspaper. the Regeneration,
puts a difficult question before the law
officers OF the Postofce Department.
II the Regeneration were an Amer
lean paper, publishing iu St Louis the
same sort Of literature about the Gov
crnment OF the United States that it
prints about the Diaz government it
would not De lnterfered with II isn't
any more radical cor revolutionary than
various newspapers or periodicals in
this country with which nobody thinks
of interfering. 1t is hard to formulate
% rule under which "a publication could
reasonably be stopped because some
foreign government doesn't like IT,
That might lead to such "a situation as
European government asking that
some American daily pape- be sup
pressed because il had criticised the
European government; and THIS IS
hardly possible concession even for
the most amiabIe foreign minister 10
contemplate
The government did. indeed. once
deny the mails 10 publication Will
shire's Magazine. because II was a
socialist paper. IT was alleged 90 be q
purely advertising affair. which was
not true Driven from the mails. IL
moved 10 Canada. and from Toronto.
availing itself Of the privilege granted
The Washington times., 1906-09-10
FATHER SUES SON
FOR NON-SUPPORT
Judge Quashes Case When He Finds
Old Man Had Been Given
Ticket to Cuba.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept lo.-AfteT
hearing the stories Of the complainant
and defendant Magistrate Kochersper-
ger. I'm the City Hail police court. per
mitted Joseph r. Bequer. of Crescent
willie to enter his own recognizance on
tie charge of nOn-support of his father
Joseph r. Bequer, seventy-four years
old.
The elder man said that he had been
living with a niece in Cuba and had re-
Gently returned to the city, where ne
had made Intellectual appeals 20 his son
for assistance
The defendant declared that his faith
er's return to this city from Cuba was
a surprise 10 him. The accused had just
borrowed money from his employers to
pay his fathers steamship fare back
TO Cuba The employers VOuched for
the mans hlial care for his pIrent and
added that he had a large family 10
support
Tho magistrate informed the prose
cutOr that the money which he had
spent on steamship fares 90 and from
CUBA would have kept him many weeks.
Beauer said that he could not obtain
employment in Cuba. At one time he
was a planter and wealthy.
The Washington times., 1906-09-10
Smashing Precedent.

Contrary to all precedent, il looks
as if the looters of the Real Estate
Trust Company, in Philadelphia,
from the highest TO the lowest.
might be brought to justice. Al
though the head Of the institution
committed suicide, and an obliging
coroner concealed the fact until
men on the inside could withdraw
their holdings from the rotten in
stitution, the district attorney in
tends TO follow those criminals who,
still alive, are within reach Of the
law and can be made TO dIsgorge.
That. of course, is not according
to program. Before the district at
torney stepped in, plans were al
most completed for a "reorganiza-
ton" Some of the directors had
agreed to restore part of the loot,
and probably some of the others
were willing to lend their assist
ance in placing the Real Estate
Trust Company in a position where
later it would be available for more
business.
But the district attorney seems to
have decided that the best way to
make bank looting unpopular is to
go after all Of the hooters, and he
does so. Already the truth is com
ing out in volumes. Already it is
known that no less than a dozen
people knew that President Nipple
was plundering the company, and
kept silent while he. did it.
The Philadelphia disclosures are
on a scale Of exceptional magnitude.
For that reason, among others, it
is gratifying to know that the dis
trict attorney is a man Of excep-
tional devotion TO duty. In almost
every community where a bank is
broken strong efforts are pant forth
by prominent citizens TO protect
other prominent citizens who are
equally guilty with convicted and
imprisoned officials. That such eff
forts have not prevailed in Philadel-
phia may serve as a warning TO
those elsewhere who are helping
trusted bank officers to exchange
stolen funds for worthless securi-
ties.
The Washington times., 1906-09-10

by the international postal agreements
mailed IT'S publication back 10 this
country without trouble. The Postof-
Zee department finally got ashamed II
itself and permitted the magazine 10
come back tJ the United States.
Half the extremely radical literature
Of Europe is printed iu London, and
England has uniformly declined to in
terfere with IT, For centuries England
has been t5Ip refuge OF cEpatriated rad
icals from all over the continent. Eug-
land calmly declines % interfere.
The Mexican revolutionary Junta
with headquarters ar ST. Louis. has un-
d0ubtedIy been responsible largely FOR
the recent agitation in -hat country,
and Tor the impression ia the United
States that serious situation exists
iu Mexico il is hard 10 get al the real
facts concerning the Mexican situation.
ON the one hand the insurEenJ eles
meuts insist that there is deep-seated
and serious unrest which may yet de-
velop force enough gravely % menace
DiaZ and his ministers insist that theirs
is no danger at all FuDiiCIsts Wnu
know most about Mexico generally taxa
q middle ground.
That Mexico VIII have anything ike
a dangerous revolutionary movement
during the life of DiaZ Us everywhere
thought improbable. But that Diaz
enough hand 90 continue the stable
government he has ipaugurated Is like
wise doubted.
The basis Of Mexican disanection
seems 20 be the vigorous and on the
whole enlightened effort Of DiaZ 10 get
foreign brains and money interested in
his country.
The Washington times., 1906-09-10
CREATORE PLEASES,,
PROGRAM NOT NEW
Italian Bard Leader Has Eliminated
Many Of His Objectionable
MauneTisms.

Craatcre and his band came 90 wash
inzt0u for the first time this season last
night Ga the National Theater. and the
work OF 1he organization, under the ef-
fcctive leadership Of the Italian band
master was. as usual. interesting and
most entertaining.
In his program last night Creajore in
cuded few novelties. but his reading OF
the compositions. which have been heard
SO many times. offered advertisement
sufficient The intricate score Of the
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodie No was
given with precision and delicacy and
a sureness that meant everything for
,he success OF its reading. in the
william Tell" overture each familiar
strain was listened TO with friendly in
terest. and the 'Taunhauser" overture
proved the same inspiring selection as
Of old.
A new march by Creatore opened the
proeam. and proved interesting. and
Sbubert's serenade as a cornet solo, by
Sfgnor Pierno. was one OF the gems of
the nrogram. He supplemented this with
''AIlce. Where Art TlOu?' Signor Pesce,
harpist, took unto himself many Of the
honors of the evening by his series or
solos.
Creatore has aged somewhat since he
was IN Washington, and, happily. is fast
Kidding himself of many Of his objections
able manncrisms. He has manifestly
come 20 know that what an audience
wants. after all, is music, not gymnas-
tics. and he has also learned that his
hand is in itself of sufficient merit 10
please the public.
The Washington times., 1906-09-10
COLUMBIA.

Hail Columbia" star sublime,
Queen art thou of every cline,
Ger every strand thy banners wave
In every sea thy crafts may lave.
Where'er the hounds Of battle" bay,
The nations own thy regal sway.
Hail, VI sOble sons and true.
Hearts of oak meath coats of blue:
In the chaplet OF her fame.
Loving hands will weave your name
For in your shadow low there tread
The phantom footsteps Of our dead.
Beyond the carnage-tainted field.
Where friend and foe alike must Yield
Prophetic vision sees afar
The gleam of one transcendent star,
And in its wake where slaves have
tTOd--
"One flag. one country. and one God"
Margaret n. GOodnoW.