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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
DONE WITH oREENBAcKs.
Little Trick Of Mind-Reading That
Is Easy When You Know
How.

A group Of men were sitting In a res
taurant the other day when one Of the
number offered to tell the serial letter
Of any Of the bills just handed another
Of the party by the waiter. The other
man read of the blue numbers and
was surprised to find that the other
called the serial letter almost as quickly
as the figures had been read.
After he had sufficiently mystided his
companions he gave away the trick.
which was simply to divide the numbers
by four and read the letter according to
the remainder. AS 100 is always divis-
ible by four, the calculation is performed
only with the tens and units. II there
is a remainder Of one the letter is A.:
two stands for B, and three for G. II
there Is no remainder the answer Is d.
The notes are printed in sheets Of four
and each plate is engraved for reference
with these four letters so that in case q
defective bill is found the exact plate
may be known. AS the bills are num-
bered consecutively 1t will be found that
the result is always the same. The en-
tire number is read off to mystify the
onlookers, but should the figures be 3d.
569, 532 only the 80 is retained and, being
exactly divided by four shows the letter
to be D. Where the bills have small
letter in blue stamped before the figures
this is discarded since it has no bearing
on the result. The series letter appears
twice on each bin and is engraved
thereon.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10

point OF Wow Of people who live
Ia the cold climate, but they &C.
complish something if they live
their lives so as to taste some por-
ton OF contentment and happl-
ness. We do not know but the
result in their case is better than
the result in the caee OF the ever
busy Northerner.
At any rate, the situation in the
tropics is different from that in
the temperate zone, and the inhab-
itants have their own way OF doing
them, and we may not expect to
change them unless we find some
way to change the climate. Even
10 the Southern states OF our own
republic there is q noticeable dif-
ference in customs, due, we be.
lieve, to the long summer OF this
region and the comparatively
brief period Of cold and invigOrat.
ing weather.
Residents of the upper zone are
much inclined to regard the inhab-
itants OF the warmer regions as
lazy and shiftIess, and their first
thought In coming into the tropics
is to infuse some .'ginger" into
those .happy-go-lucky natives.
This appears to be the cause Of the
trouble in the Philippines. Such
course is on a par with that OF
American merchants who insist
upon sending goods to the tropics
packed as for American customers,
whereas the tropicals want the
goods packed as they are accus-
toned to handle them. No allow
ance seems to be made for diff
ference in climate, and the conse
quent difference in customs and
activities. Our yankee officials In
the Philippines are determined to
make those brown-shinned Filipi-
nos over into imitation Of white
men and women, and to do 1t al
once, using the methods Of the
New England "sch o lmarm.H
Governor General Wright, who ID
a Southern man Of broad Observa
tion, sees very clearly that this
will not do. He is, however, at .
loss to find adequate means fol
correcting the mistake that th'
enthusiastic nation builders are
making.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10

told agonies for four years, and tried
different physicians and all kinds Of ONT
ments. Icould walk only with crutches.
1t is sixteen months ago since / began
using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for
my limb and foot. The first two
months the Cuticura Remedies did not
seem to work, but / kept on using them
both. In two weeks afterwards saw
change in my limb. Then ! began using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment often dur
ing the day and kept it up for seven
months, when my limb was healed up
just the same as if / never had trouble.
ut is eight months now since l
stopped using Cuticura Remedies, the
4 best on Gods earth. ] am working
at the present day, after five years
of suffering. The cost of Cuticura
Ointment and Soap was only 80;
but the doctors bills were more like
5000. You can publish my name and
refer any one to write to me about
Cuticura Remedies. / viii answer all
letters if postage is enclosed. John M.
Lloyd, 718 S. Arch Ave-, Alliance, Ohio,
June 81, 1905"
Complete External and Internal Treatment for every
Humof from Pimpes to 6crofula from Infancy to Age.
cons;ng Of CgcHEe sCap 2c oi3%psnt &c. EesGii
of M may be had Of ell druggiS single set often cures
Potter Drug 4 Chem Corp, Sole Props, Boston, .
nS-Mailsd Free, How 70 Cure Skin and Blood Humor~
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
Temperament of the FillplnOs.

Governor Luke 3. Wright,
speaking about conditions in the
Philippines, says: zone of the
greatest troubles that is in holding
he restless energy Of the Ameri.
ban administrator, either public or
private, somewhere within speak.
ing distance Of the easy going in.
difference and slowness Of the ma
i've Of the tropics" This indif-
erence and slowness is what the
New York Sun calls the "temper-
.ment" Of the Filipinos, Il is
subject worth considering. In.
aabitants Of temperate climes are
ambitious, restless, pushing and
believe that industry lie next to
sodliness; and they do not under
Itand how it happens that people
Who live nearer the equator have
ifferent ideals. As George w.
Jable says in the "Grandissimes,"
sit is dose climade !" The climate
orbids excessive activity, and
lissuades even the restlessness
rhe people WIN inhabit tropical
Eegions are not in . hurry; they
10 not undertake work that de-
hands incessant activity; they be-
ieve that there is something else
n life than mere money getting.
Di course, they do not accomplish
much, il their actions and the re-
sults are measured from the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10

mand. The interest Of the spot
holder is not considered. The
great desideratum is paper con-
tracts and hot air. Thousands Of
people read this sBearish Dope'
scattered over the South daily and
know it to be false, yet they trem-
BILE in doubt and surrender their
honest convictions and Southern
manhood before the edicts which
emanate from the fine Italian
hands OF their enemies. The crop
can no more be compared with
past yields in the matter OF pick
ing, ginning and selling than could
the enormous production OF 1904.
Let every man in the South stand
pat on the actual conditions which
confront him. 6purn these Jug
gled statistics as you would an ad'
der invading the holy precincts OF
your home and remain fixed and
unalterable in your determination
to secure higher prices for the
balance Of this crop, which will
unquestionably prove to be one OF
the smallest grownin a number Of
wears.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
Tabloid Tea.
years.

Tea put up in tablet form, and
to be carried in the vest pocket, is
the most recent gift Of conscience
The United States department OF
agriculture has made successful
the manufacture OF the tea tablets.
It may not be known generally
that tea is grown in this country,
but it is; and it is good tea. The
tea farm OF the bureau of plant In
dustry is located ct Summerville,
South Carolina, and tea culture
there produces tea leaf that Is
said to be as good as any that is
imported, and is cleaner in every
way, being prepared by machinery
and not by hand. After the leaves
are dried and relied, they are put
through q boiling process, and
then forced into tiny molds, q
pound Of tea being compressed to
one twenty-fifth Of it's usual size,
making twenty tablets, each about
the size OF o copper cent. The
twenty tablets are packed in q case
the size al q small match box.
One tablet is enough for q cup OF
tea, and the beverage is made IN
the usual way, by pouring boiling
water over that and letting it stand
for q few minutes. No added
quality is claimed for the tea ex.
cept that which the leaf itself
possesses. The process d Zoe 9
nothing but make the tea more
convenient for use, and especially
for the use Of the army when in the
field. The soldier will find it very
handy when he can have a weeks
supply Of tea 10 his pocket and OF
less weight than his pOcketknite.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
N1isstatements Of Actual Facts


Never before in the history OF
the cotton trade has such a multi
tudinous amount Of "Bear' dope
and intentional Misrepresentation
Of actual facts been given to the
South through paid advertisements
in the columns Of the press and by
the distribution Of circular letters
through the mails; says Harvie
Jordan, President Southern Cot
ton Association. Operators who
are moving heaven and earth to
depress future contracts and the
prices Of spot cotton are cudgeling
their brains In the modern art OF
Juggling figures and making new
high records In, distorting statis-
tics in the supreme effort to make
a small yield Of American cotton
take on the appearance OF a'plenti-
full supply. Hundreds Of thous-
ands OF dollars have been expend-
ed In the past two months in cable
grams, kilograms, paid articles in
newspapers, postage and market
letters in an herculean undertake
ing to deceive the public, discour-
age the farmers and local spot
holders into rushing the remnant
Of this crop on the market, unset
tie public opiDion in the south
temporarily so as to break the
market and induce liquidation.
The spinners have threatened TO
with draw from the market, which
is an absurdity in the tace Of their
enormous commitments Of the en-.
tire output Of their mills for Che
next ak to eight months. Prom
inent 'sBear'' leaders take pecu-
liar interest in daily publishing
comparative estimates Of this crop
with years that have gone before.
These tangled and m1chly jnggled
statistics emanate from the Offices
III gentleman who breathe the at
mosphere Of a climate one thou
sand miles from Southern cotton
fields and whose eyes have not
witnessed the actual condition Of q
single cotton field 10 the south
this year. The siatistics and
daily reports which they putOnt
| ii the stupendcus effort for priv
ate gain are simply the nightmares
Or overChatged brains rejecting
lindividual views In the iorlorD
hope Of changing at least tempo
rarily the laws d supply and de-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
A Very ingenious Man.


Professor Burbank, the CalifOr-
mia plant wizard, now has q rival.
The sudden jump in the price OF
potatoes called attention to a re-
cent patent awarded M. D. Darst
Of Montana. By his process he
asserts he can easily raise 10000
bushels OF potatoes to the acre
every sixty days and that he is
satisfied that a much greater yield
can be secured at cost Of ~ q ton.
Darst declares the secret lies in
the composition Of the preparation
that takes the place of sell. 1t is
upon this mixture that he claims
to have secured patent. He says
that LAYER OF this mixture, three
or four inches deep, may be placed
10 q box, with potato eyes scatter
led through it; and so on, one layer
on top Of another until the box
has been filed.
Then the mixture may be heated
he declares, and growth OF pota-
toes viii commence and progress
rapidly 10 each Of the numerous
layers. He claims that al that is
necessary is to keep the mixture
At growing temperature, and to
water it every two weeks and that
within sixty days from the time
Of planting the eyes there will be
. crop 81 perfect potatoes in each
layer in the box, 81 the tubers be
ing 81 about the size Of q hens egg.
All this he claims, will result
without a vine or sprout appear
ing above the surface.
ria man is q benefactor who
makes two blades Of grass grow
where one has grown, what shall
We call Mr.. Darsti Nh
= b
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
Forca e. Hahit

Waiting on a street corner, giving
precedence to a heavy red motor car
that was lunging, pnfing and trailing
its odor past them, stood small Freddy
with his hand thrust confidently into
his fathers. The license number on
the rear caught the little fellows At
tention and he said:
Father, why do they always leave
the price marks on automobiles 7''--
Lppincott's Magazine
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
Cockroaches Wanted.

Wanted, cockroaches In large num-
bers," is unknown as an advertisement
In American papers, but It Is said to
be not unfamiliar in England. Its mys-
terious meaning was made evident in
an advertisement in q Wimbledon
CEngland) paper: WANTED. 10000
ceckroaches by tenant who agreed to
leave his present residence in the same
condition as 1t was when he took it,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10

who had charge Of me
was trying to sew up
the side Of my foot,
but with no success.
When he found out
that wouldn't work,
he began trying to
heal the wound with
all Kinds of ointment,
until at last my whole
foot and way up
above my calf was
nothing but proud
flesh suffered IIn-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
mhalera in New Redford.

The extent Of New Bedford's interest
III tie whaleships that are believed to
Be caught In the Arctic Ice trap. be-.
tween Bailie island and Point Barrow,
can be measured By the fact that Of
ire 44O men on the whalers, about 100
live ii New Bedford and neighborins
towns.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10

Church Well. Il looks as II Phila-
deIphia did wake up, after All.
Gotham mo, she only turned over.
Yonkefa Statesman.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10

SedlInont OF SCI
Ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
tor Of the kid
neys; If It stains
your linen It Is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass 1t o. Sain in
fhA hack IL allen
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
or are out Of order.
What to DO.
There Is comfort in the knowledge 50
feen expressed, that Or. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfIlls every
gish in curing rheumatism, pain In the
hack, kidneys, liver. bladder and every part
i the urinary passage. lt.corrects inability
B hold water and scalding pain in passing
or bad effects following use Of liquor,
vine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to 60 often
huring the day, and 10 get UP many times
Raring the night. The mild aud the extra
Irdlnary effect Of Swanp-R0ot is soon
called. II stands the highest for its won
erful cures Of the most distressing cases.
fyou need medicine you should have the
Best. Sold BY druggists IN SOC. and ST.. sizes.
You may have a sample bottle Of this
tonderful discovery fsl
I'd 4 book that tells n :sss: y: a ~
lore about II, both sent MI
bsolutely free BY mail. - -
.ddress DR.. Kilmer & Home Of swamp Roos
~. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mem
d reading this generous offer IN this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but re-.
emher the name, Swamp-Root, DR..
ilmer'sH wamp,Root, and the address,
Inghampton, New York; on every bottle,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
SUFFERED AGONIES
! FOR FOUR YEARS
Whole Foot Nothing But Proud Flesh
Tried Different Physicians and
All Kinds Of 0intments - Could
Walk Only With Clutches = Ohio
Man Says:
4" CUTICURA REMEDIES
THE BEST ON EARTH "

"In the year 1899 the side Of my
right foot was cut off from the little
toe down to the heel. and the physician
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
okOlona Professional 3 Business Men.
PROFESSIONAL MEN.
TT. BUCHANAN.

A TTORNRY AT Law, once next door 20
IA the OkOlOna 4nktng Company, Okolo
ma. Miss. Practices IN Federal and Stats
J curtis
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
pnY aoops ANp uLorH1Na.
rs. ELLloTr 4 SON.

nRY GOODS. Clothing. Boots and Shoes
~ Flats. etc. Our prices. quality of gOOdn
considered, are the lowest In the city. BY fair
dealing and honest business methods, we al
ways rely ON holding customer when he has
once favored US with his trade. Ok0lona.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know It.
How 20 Find Dat.

Fill bottle Or common glass with your
water and let II stand twenty-four hours; q
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-10

IA Canadian bank defaulter has ab-
seconded and fed to this country.
Turn about 4 fair play,
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-10

they have been. More and bet
ter buildings, books and appara-
tus have been literally provided.
Means and methods of teaching
have improved and multiplied.
Our schools and colleges are
becoming, or have become, ex-
cellent institutions of learning.
Are we resolutely, steadily and
wisely working to make them in
stitutiOns of power? Both learn
ing and power are needed: but
the power is wen more i'm
pOrtant, and far more difficult Of
attainment, than mere learning.
A football captain said of bis
team, 1T needs more pounds in
the rush line" | know of no
better statement of our present
needs in our schools and colleges
or in the men and women who go
out from them. The prophet
who fOresaw that a king should
reign in righteousness and
that IA man should be as an
hiding place from the wind. and
covert from the tempest; as
rivers of water in a dry place, as
the shadow Of a great rock in a
weary land" The goal of ed
ucatiOn, as of evolution, is to
produce a generation of such
men and women. The State has
made us teachers the dictatOrS
If the twentieth century, and has
oidden US see to it that the
'epublic receives no harm. -
Talisman.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-10

patty and professional regard, to
port to a plan that will afford pro-
lection against want and suffering. to
public school teachers incapasitated
for active se,viee by old age, s5eknes
or physical intimities, | hereby agree
to contribute the sum of ........-- .
annually toward a Teachers Pe3siOn
Fund, to be administered primarily
for the benefit OF INDECENT publ school
teachers in Lafayette parish, by a
Board of Trustees to be composed of
the Parish Superintendent of Edrca-
ton, the President Of the School
Board and the President of the POkTse
Jury. The said Board of Trustees
shall be authorizes, at their dis ere
ton. to appropriate an amount not
exceeding 20 per cent of the funds In
their hands, towarGia Louisiana State
Teachers Pension Fund which Emy
hereafter be formed under acceptable.
regulations in accordance with a reso-
luoiOn adopted by the School Board
OF New Orleans, proposed by MIR
K@hn, a valued member of the Board.
further agree to pRy my contrilR-
tien herein pledged to- the Parish
Superintendent of Education in
equal monthly
in5tallEentS of -. he
SAilitig--.
Name.
Present L. o. Address:
Permanent Home Ad&resS:.........-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-10
A ~COMrENDABLE ACT.

The Sunday closing recently
inaugurated by the BARRIERS OF
Lafayette deserves cOhmenda
ton, both because it pays re
spect to the Sabbath and con.
forms to the intent and purpose
of the Sunday law. which, aside
from religious considerations, is
designed for the good Of the vast
army of men and women all
over the State who. urless BUSH
ness was forbidden on that day,
would have to work day in and
day out, without pause or rest.
Six days OF labor per week is and
ought to be sufficient: one day in
seven belongs of right to every
man to be his entirely to spend
with his family, to cultivate
those higher things which are
largely, if not entirely, excluded
by the struggle of the wOrk-a-day
world. or to spend it in any man
ner his conscience may dictate.
The closing Of the shops may for
a few weeks prove awkward to
some Of the customers who have
been accustomed to Sunday SER
vice; but they should ~cheerfully
submit to the change and join in
commencing the BARRIERS for
their decision to observe the
Sabbath, carry out the spirit of
the Sunday law, and take for
themselves one day out of the
seven.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-10
Prepare to Fight for Ideals.

We must prepare the child for
a life Of bOundless opportunity,
of vast complexity. and of sud
den changes. 1t is a world of
telegraph and telephone, of rush
and drive. of great enterprises,
and one in which the uneX-
~ ected and incalcuable is al
Was happening. Our fathers
suffe, ed from isolation and lone
liness. md longed for neighbors.
We are crowded together, and
the crowd is too often ruled by
the crowd spirit and by conven-
tionality. If anyone will main
tain his individuality, and hold
fast his ideals, he must be pre-
pared to fight for them.
Let us glance at the brighter
side of the picture, and not dwell
too long on the shadows. Hope
full signs are tenfold more
numerous and clear than dis
couraging symptoms. Men are
everywhere awakening to the
responsibilities of wealth and
power Fraud, graft. child
labor, and oppression of the
poor. can no longer flourish IN
the dark; they are exposed on
the pillory. Never was charity
more broad. active and wisely
directed. Never was the soul
hunger for something sure, true
and lofty, stronger and deeper
The heart of the people is set OF
Justice and righteousness. Their
is more genuine religion in tn
world than ever before. Soone
than most of US believe it wi
assert it's power, and assume
fairer, more compelling form
What we need is leaders, an
our schools must furnish then
We have a great body of vel
trained, earnest, devoted an
efficient teachers. We have wis
superintendents. They wi
never be content with the GOO
while the better is attainabl
1t is a matter for wonder an
gratitude that our schools ha'
been adjusted to the changes
the last fifty years as well
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-01-10
A Teachers Pension Fund Gre
ated

One of the very good things
coming out of the teachers in
stitute held in Lafayette last
week was the forming of an or
g%anizatiOn to provide aid for aged
and infirm teachers. DR.. N. p.
Moss. president of the Schoel
Board of Lafayette parish, in
itiated the movement by securing
the support of the teachers of
the entire parish for a permanent
plan of raising funds to be used.
in pensiOning teachers incapaci.-
tated for active work. DR.. Moss
explained that there was pres
sing need for such action in view
of the reduced circumstances,
lately brought to public notice.,
of two aged teachers in this par
ish no longer able to do duty.
He said that 1T was a reprOach to
the State and to the nation that
no prOvis ION whatever had ever
been made for the. care and sup-I
port of the men and the women
who gave the best efforts of their
lives to- THAT most important of
all works. the training of chill
dren-the future. citizenship. of
the cSuntry-aiter labOring for
a lifetime under mGst trying ex-
periences and difficulties. He
had faith. however, that some
day American manhood would
rise tothe plane Of this higEaduty
and privileges. but. i'm the mean
time, the teachers themselves
should give all the succoxr pOssi-
BILE to those of their number who.
had to drop by the waSside ON
account of advanced age or bod
lily intirmities, and whCaha d no.
body to depend upon for support.
The appeal, which is more fully
Explained by the subjoined form
of agreement, met with prompt
and cheerful response on the
part of the teachers present, and
others who were nSt teachers,
and the sum of $12N was pledged
on the spot. All persons inter.
ested in the success of this good
move are invited to become con
tributors to this fund. Sub
scrptions will be received by al
three members of the Board O
: Trustees, and will be duly &C
knowledged.
I Following is. a copy of thu
! agreement explaining the objec
for which the organization ha!
been formed:
TO CREATE A TEACHERS PENSIOl
e FUND IN LAFAYETTE PARISH LA.
Uate:........ ........... ..
s Being desirous, in q spirit OF sym