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Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
THAT WAS ONE TOO MANY
Providence Did a Whole Lot for HIM,
But Sort Of Twisted
Things.

"Speakin' Of what they call dispen-
sations of Providence" said the old
farmer, "I've had some experience in
that direction. once mad $500 barn
insured for $3.50. After few days
heard Of man who had q kicking
COW. She was warranted to kick over
any human being who sat down to milk
her. went to see the man and the
COW.
How much?' says I.
Take her for $1O,' says he.
II paid the cash and took her home
and says to my hired man:
" Jim, you needn't milk the kicker
until after dark. Then take lantern
with you
All right says Jim. And he fol-
lowed my instructions.
"And he was kicked over, the lam
tern was smashed and the barn
burned| was Queried.
Exactly"
"And the insurance was paid?"
''That was where Providence took q
turn" replied the farmer. Providence
got me the Insurance; Providence sent
me after that kicking COW; Providence
burned the barn, but, durn my hide, IL
Providence didn't twist things around
so that had to take 5000 insurance,
and was almost three years getting
i'll"
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
Army Desertions.

The war department has recent
Expressed it's deep concern and per-
plexlty over the numerous cases OF
1esertion, amounting last year to
more than 10 per cent Of the army's
total strength. Officers, more or
ess prominent, have written .
Iumber Of articles for newspapers
|end magazines, commenting on the
Ivil and suggesting remedies,
more or less impractical and alb
urd. Neither the war department
lor the army officers seem to be
bile to trace the trouble to it's
ource, or to recognize any NOV
ing cause in the present methods
nd manners Of the service.
\ And yet anyone who talks five
minutes to an enlisted man, espec-
ally q deserter, cannot fail to find
be source Of the trouble which is
Increasing the number Of deser.
ions year by year. To illustrate,
lieutenant Roy /. Taylor, OF the
past artillery, has just been con
icted by q court martial and re-
uced twelve numbers in rank>for
squesting sergeant In his own
pmpany to vacate a seat in q New
Ondon, Conn.,, theater because it
as too close to his own. The
Drgeant bore an honorable record
i'd served his country longer than
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
DEcEITFuL AccoMPLIcE.
Would-Be smuggler Was Fooled, So
Were the Customs
Oficers.

George w. Whitehead, appraiser Of
merchandise at the port of New York,
was talking about smugglingg, says the
New York Tribune. -
"No, great amount of smuggling 10
DONE" he said. ITO smuggle extensive
". it is necessary to have accomplices.
These accomplices cheat you, or you
cheat them, and then they betray you.
Altogether, in the end, you lose rather
than gain"
Mr.. whitehead smiled.
s'Not 30 long ago." he said, "a certain
skipper hailed a fisherman of the coast,
and asked him If he would smuggle
ashore for him cask Of brandy.
"The fisherman agreed, and two casks
Of brandy were lowered into his boat.
cone said the skipper, lis for your
trouble and risk, my man.
'Well, q week or so later the skipper
called with a team at the Jersey fisher
mans house for his cask Of brandy. II
was night. He got the cask, and started
ON the dark and lonely way back home.
"But the custom house people have
sharp eyes and ears. They lay in walt
for the skipper. They caught him q
mile outside of the tisherman's village,
and there was the cask Of brandy in the
wagon.
"He said nothing. There was moth
ing to say. The cask was opened.
Gwen sample this fine liquor, said q
customs officer.
"And he put his mouth to the bung,
and then drew back, amazed. The skip
per was amazed, too. The cask con-
tained nothing but water"
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
CHINESE AWAY FROM HOME
Treatment Of Them in Foreign Coun-
tries Arouses Retaliatory
Spirit.

Most English-speaKing persons think
that the best place fora Chinese is in
China. He no sooner migrates to .
country inhabited by users Of English
than they begin to tell him how unwel-
come he is says Youths Companion.
The history Of Chinese immigration
In the United States is familiar. La.
borers were needed on the Pacific coast
and the Chinese came, or were brought,
IN large numbers to supply the demand
Then the white men began to protest
against the competition of the Asiatica
and after time Chinese laborers wera
forbidden to enter the country.
The situation in the gold-mining re-.
gion Of South Africa to-day is similar
to that In California when the Chinese
began to flock there. The mine owners
have not been able to get white on
black labor enough to work their mines
to their full capacity. A year ago the
Importation Chinese coolies began,
and now there are $1,000 of them in
the district. They were admitted
against the protest of the British colo
mes in the Southern Pacific and in spits
Of the objections Of public men in Great
Britain.
Already the question of discontin.
ing the policy has become party is
sue in england. The liberals, who hope
to come into power, declare that the
condition of the Chinese is practically
one Of slavery. Moreover. they assert
that the Chinese have made life unsafe
In the mining district; that men are
afraid to leave their families alone, and
that is has become necessary to barri
cade the doors and windows Of the
houses at night and to sleep with IRE
arms within reach.
All this is denied by the adherenta
Of the government, who maintain thai
the situation is exaggerated or wholly
misrepresented, and that the introduc
tion Of Chinese labor has made South
Africa prosperous,
A most serious phase OF the situation
Is that the 100000. 600 or 400, 900, ,O0a
Chinese at home are beginning to take
note Of the treatment Of the Chinese
away from home. and are resorting ia
retaliatofy measures against Foreigners
IN China.
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
OF SIBERIA.
BELIEVED TO BE WORLDS GREAT
GRAIN PRODUCER.
Il Is Land Of Promise Where Polar
Lights Make the Night Beau
tiful-Great Fur
Country.

"West Siberia will be the America Of
the future. In spite of the adverse con-
ditions wideawake people of foresight
will settle and encourage settlement in
that part OF the country and Its great
advantage will soon be felt and appre-
ciated"
This, says the New York Sun, is the
prediction OF Oscar Eden-Zeller who
recently returned from an exploring
tour Of the west, east and north Siberia
extending through year and half.
He bases his assertion upon the vast
extent of Siberia, the adaptability Of
west Siberia for grain raising and the
great practically untouched mineral de-
posits of east and north Siberia.
West Siberia promises to become
the grain belt of the world" Mr. Eden-
zeller says. "The land is suited for
grain raising and because Of its vast
acreage it will ultimately produce
grain for all nations.
"Of course, for the time being, only
the rich tracts Of land situated on both
sides of the great Siberian railroad will
be considered by settlers. 1t is splen-
did tableland, awaiting only rAe thrifty
farmer to bring 1t into prominence.
"At the beginning of September last
year l arrived In Yakutsk, the most
important town in northeast Siberia
and the principal headquarters Of the
northern fur trade. 1t is also the most
northern telegraph station in the world
situated at 62 degrees north latitude.
The place at the time of my arrival
contained 800 Russian political prison.
ers.
"The steamers on the River Lena
run from May to September and during
that time Of the year things are very
lively in Yakutsk. But in the winter
months everything is very quiet in
deed. The only hotel in the place was
sold at auction while was there and
institutions of that kind are seemingly
out Of place in Yakutsk.
From Yakutsk went to Wercho.
jausk, the coldest town in the world.
The first part of the trip was made on
horseback. We then went as far as
the Altan river on Russian peasant
sleds and from there over the mountain
range of Werchojausk by reindeer con-
veyance. There was no path, no trail
no indication of q road, only the end
less white glittering snow-plains, in
terspersed very seldom with little
scrubby trees or bushes.
I'VE arrived at Werchojausk at mid
night, October 81, having left Yakutsk
October 10. The place is hardly larger
than the smallest American village.
The roofs Of the poor-looking, tiny log
huts are merely frozen snow and for
windows blocks of transparent ice are
in use.
"The place is situated at 81 degrees
north latitude and 133 degrees 81 min
utes east longitude. The polar lights
scintillate there with q splendor and
beauty seldom seen by human eyes. A
light vapor Of ice crystals hovers q
short distance above the ground con-
tinually."
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17

The worlds total supply Of platinum
during the year 1904 was about 1880
pounds, 1S.2OO pounds Of which came
from Russia. The United States pro-
duced 200 ounces, valued at $4,16O All
Of tAis came from California and Ore
gon, the Wyoming mine having sus.
pended operations. The price Of pla-
tinum increased ten per cent. during
the year. According to DR.. David +.
Day, Of the United States geological
survey, the outlook for. an increased
production during 1906 Is good. The
present price Of platinum $CO.5O an
ounce lis the highest which this metal
has reached in recent years electrical
World.
IN breach Of promise suit Mon
lreal man has included two dollars an
hour spent in the young lady's com
pany. His prospective mother-in-law
certainly must have fingered long 10
the parIor.
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17

the lieutenant, but the latter felt
1t was beneath his dignity to per
init an Inferior In rank to sit be-
tween the wind and his nobility.
The court-martial stated in itA de-
CisiOn that the facts liz the case
warranted q severer sentence than
the one given. The American
public will pretty unanimously
agree with the court-martial upon
that point, however much it may
differ as to the moral courage Of
that body In not fitting the sen
tence to the offense, as it confess
es it did not. Expulsion from the
army would not have been too Sc.
we're punishment for such an out.
rageons piece Of Snobbishness. A
cad like this Lieutenant Taylor
should not be permitted to wear
the uniform which has been hon
ored by Lee, Jackson, Grant and
a host OF heroes, some Of whom
wore the shoulder straps and
many Of whom did not. Lieut..
Taylor is too hazy in his views OF
the rights OF American citizens to
be intrusted with military author
ity, and he is certainly unfit to be
a commander Of men.
And yet Taylor's case lies at
the root OF the army desertions.
Enlisted men constantly complain
Of the dullness Of army life, but
they complain still more that they
are treated as servants; some say
as dogs, by their officers. It is
only fair to say that q vast major
ity Of army officers are gentlemen
and that they have the kindest
feelings toward their subordinates.
But there is in the army too much
Of the snobishness Of rank and too
little respect for the privates, who
are after all American citizens,
outside Of ranks the equals Of the
President Of the United States.
Discipline is necessary, but the
sort Of Ofsuperiority which constant
ly proclaims itself is as insuffera-
BILE as it is largely imaginary.
Teach the enlisted men to amuse
themselves, provide them with
the means for rational entertain
ment and mental Improvement;
treat them with decent considera-
tiOn and respect, and army deser.
tions would soon be q thing Of
the past.
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
WISHES SUCCESS TO
CUTICURA REMEDIES

0
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1nent, and Pills, I am very glad to say
humor Of the head and scalp which ]
was bothered with quite a length of
time. l did not use the Cuticura Rem
edies more than three times before /
began to get better, and now am COM
Pletely well. Isuffered with that humor
on my head, and found no relief until /
took the Cuticura Remedies. / think
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three boxes of Ointment, and two vials
of Pills. am doing all can to publish
the Cuticura Remedies, for they have
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others the same. With best wishes for
your success" Mrs. Matte jackson,
June l2, 1905. Mortonsville, Ky.
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
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the Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and
/ was cured sound and well with one
cake Of Cuticura Soap and one box of
Ointment. Ihave confidence in Cuticura
and / would not take ten dollars for one
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more" D. M. Robertson,
Sept. 20, 1905. Newton, Miss.
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Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
Running NO Risk.

Hardup-l1l never 50 TO that res
taurant again. The last time was
there q man got my overcoat and LETT
his IN its place.
Weloff- But the proprietor wasn't to
blame, was he2
mo; but might meet the other
man. Tales.
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
Old aavinr Annliad

II am agreeably surprised ct the
room you have given me- said the
manager Of the theatrical troupe, with
a patrOnizing air. 1T IS really first
class"
"Ah, :" replied the proprietor OF the
hotel, ''your room is better than
your company. Philadelphia Public
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17

II Buenos Ayres dreams OF becom-
lng another Paris. in fact as well as
In theory. It WIN and itself bankrupt
Ia grim earnest long before such I
dream can be even partially realizoa
i--Buenos A7res Herald.
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17

cures made by Dr..
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covered after years Of
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Or. Kilmer, the emil
nent kidney and blad-
der specialist. and Il
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17

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dealing and honest business methods, We al
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Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17

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Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17

EURNITURE and Undertaking. Stock larger
than In any neighboring town. and kept
fully up-to-dates Fine line Of wall paper ane
decoration supplies Undertaking and Hmt.
balming with modern equipment
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17

Almost everybody who reads the news
Ipers Is sure to know Of the wonderful
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
okolona Professional = Busines. Men,
PROFESSIONAL MEN.
T,J. BUCHANAN

A TTORNHY AT Law, once next door %
"A the OkOl0na Banking Company, OkolO
ma. Miss. Practices IN Federal and State
Okolona messenger., 1906-01-17
% YOU GET UP
WITH LAME BACK 2

dney TrOubIe Makes You MIserabIe.
The Washington times., 1906-11-11
HAU KEEPS HOME
IN THE HIGHLANDS
Washington Friends Assert Belief
in Him and Await
Letters.

Prof. Carl Hau, the Washington
lawyer and instructor. who is held in
Londo,. for extraditiOn to Baden-B Baden
on the charge of having shot 10 death
his IN mother-in-law. is not yet so sure
of fong detention in Europe that he
sees ft to give up his handsome apart
ments at the Highlands. His apart
ments there are still held in his name
Up to a late hour last night the pro-
fessOr's friends here had received no
news from him. They are expecting to
get at any time a cablegram or let
ter from him.
They stick TO their view that, IL Prof
Hau committed the crime of which he
is accused, he was temporarily insane.
They do not admit however, that he
did commit it. They argue that there
must be some mistake about the whole
matter They poOh-pOoh the idea that
he could have had as a motive for the
killing desire for wealth, as he was
well off in his own name.
The Washington times., 1906-11-11

from the management the control
of the surplus. They are not to
be accommodated. By issuing new
stock the management keeps the
huge bunch of cash inta t, and at
the same time makes permanent
provision for absorbing more exor'
bitant earnings in future.
The Pullman Company's financial
methods are probably beyond regu
laJion under any existing laws; but
its charges are not. The Interstate
Commerce Commission ought TO re-
duce its rates to a proper basis, and
give the public the benefit of some
of fhe prosperity that has made the
surplus so big as to be an en-
barrassment.
The Washington times., 1906-11-11
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER Il. 1906.
Here and in Massachusetts.

Washington will feel that year.I-
ing which Walter Pater described
as the antithesis of homesickness
when it reads of the ship canal
projected by the citizens of Massa-
chusetts. Ii is, in brief, Il water
way which will bisect the State,
eliminate $50 miles of dangerous
sea travel between Boston and New
York, save the greater number of
fifty vessels year wrecked off Cape
Cod, and free the cities of Middle
boro, Brockton, Whitman, and Hol-
brook from the commercial oppres-
sion of the railways to the West.
This is no small enterprise. The
estimated cost in money is $4,000;
in time, seven years; in work, the
digging of a trench $50 miles long.
Obtaining a charter required gem
uine fight in the State Legislature
anC the approval of a majority Of
the citizens of fourteen towns. An
opposition project to build a canal
across Cape Cod TO connect Cape
Cod bay and Oyster bay. less than
ten miles apart, had to be overcome.
And now S1,OOO,O 900 must be in the
treasury before work can begin
But former Governor Douglas
and his fellow-shoe manufacturers
were not dismayed. They have the
S1,OOO,OOO practically in hand Popu-
lar subscriptions to the stock at
500 "a share are offered from all
parts of the State. which is an indi-
cation that such public enterprises
are regarded in Massachusetts as
good investments. Every preIimi-
nary to the shoveling of dirt is be-
ing overcome with true Yankee
thrift of time.
The Capital has a corresponding
opportunity in the Potomac river
and "a water front owEed by the
Government. II has had that oppor-
tunity ever since the city was found
ed Developing il viii require vast
~ less money and energy than Mas
sachusetts must put TO use To build
the Brockton canal. And yet not a
foot of modern wharfng has been
Euilt, and when the ferry to Alex
aI.dria was discontinued not long
ego it remained for single busi-
ness man TO re-establish it.
We smile at the Massachusetts
voice. down here in Washington.
Eut we don't smile at the Massa-
chusetts commercial hustle.
The Washington times., 1906-11-11
.LUTHER'S BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATED TODAY
Special Services at Luther
Place Memorial
Church.

Services commemorative the birth Of
Martin Luther, the liberator OF mod
ern thought" will be observed this
morning at the Luther Place Memorial
Church, by the pastor, the Rev. J, C.
Butler. Much preparation has been
made for the occasion. and invitations
have been extended 10 every Lutheran
pastor in the city.
In preparing the sermon for this oc-
casion DR.. Butler has made a careful
study of the circumstances surrounding
the life of the great reformer. HIS sub
ject is. Luther. Restorer Of the Cos
PEI"
At the evening celebration the follow
ing pastors have arranged to deliver
sermons: The Rev. DIR. Henninghausen,
OF Baltimore. Luther in the Warth-
burg" the Rev. John Weidley, Church
of the Reformation. Luther in the
Family" the Rev. John T. Huddle. ST.
Paul's Church. Luther in the Pulpit"
the Rev. c. II. Butler, Keller Memorial
Church" Luther in the World"
In all probability there will be a large
attendance OF other pastors. This Will
be the only Lutheran celebration today
Ia Washington.
The Washington times., 1906-11-11
Ditch-Feelemyer Wedding.

As clocks In the steeples tolled forth
the hour OF noon. on Tuesday, Miss
Clara Vernon Feelemyer. OF Arlington,
Baltimore county. Nd, and Calvin Os-
car Ditch. OF Baltimore. were quietly
married at thSe parsonage OF st. Paul
Methodist Episcopal Church. this city,
by the Rev. NJ f. Snyder. The bride
VAS unattended and was given away
by her brother. Griffith Feelemyer. The
ceremony was witnessed only by Mr..
and Mrs George y. Numsen. OF Bal
timore. who were spending some time
a the MarlborOUgh-B -Blenheim, and are
friends Of The contracting couple. and
George P. Rogers, of this city. an old
friend Of Mr.. Feelemyer. A wedding
breakfast was served at the Marlbor-
Ough- -Blenheim Immediately after the
marriage, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ditch left
in the afternoon for a trip through New
York and pennsylvania. They will
make their home At "Feiseneck," Ar
Ington, the home Of the brides brother.
ct the conclusion of their wedding
tourney
The Washington times., 1906-11-11
A Place to Take Hold.

The Pullman Company is going to
issue "a stock dividend as a means
of giving its shareholders slice Of
the eXorbitant profits. 1t viii be
recalled that the most powerful
fight that any single interest made
against inclusion within the provis-
ions of the Interstate commerce law
was made by the Pullman Company.
1t was finally included.
This company is on the whole
about the meanest monopoly in
America. 1t charges outrageously
fer its accommodations, and then
compels the public to pay the wages
of its employees by the petty-larceny
process of tips. According to the
last report at hand. it had S74, ,0Oo, 600
capital and its financial history is
tale of melon-carying from the be-
ginning. 1t paid per cent per an
mum for many years, and in 1soS
paid an extra cash dividend of 20
per cent. A few months after this,
the surplus still being unwieldy and
there being a clamor for more of
the melon, the capital was increased
S1S,O0O,OOO out of the surplus
assets" That is. the new stock was
issued and given to the stockhold-
crs. one share to each two previous
~ outstanding. Dividends on the
Increased capitalization have been
put up TO the per cent figure. and
at that the company has stacked up
a surplus of almost $50, 100000, Now
the stockholders want this divided,
and the company is going to com
promise with them by issuing an
other stock dividend Another new
issue of S35.OOO.OOO viii be made.
and. like the stock already outstand
ing, it will draw S per cent. The
public, il need hardly be said, Will
pay the freight.
BY this process of manufacturing
capital the managing coterie of the
concern retain the S30.OOO,OO0 cash
surplus in their hands. TO manage
as they please. The Pullman Com
pany in this regard is almost as
good as a life insurance company
The minority stockholders. instead
of new stock. want the surplus dis
tributed IN cash, so as TO take away