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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-03

Thu Land OF Contentmenti is in reach
o. ALL ississippi-an the train rum
n, g every day.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-03

Young Mr.. Hyde says the news
papers have not done him justice.
It is difficult to do full justice in
in some cases, but the newspapers
have done pretty we'll in Hyde's
case.
The recently issued report Of the
Commissioner Of Pensions shows that
during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1905, the total number Of names on the
roll was 1904, 196eshowing a net gain
over last year of 1873 pensioners
Verify, q pensioner surrenders, but
never dies.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-03

How does Nick Longworth stand on
Che subject Of race suicidep
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-03

TIE water wagon isn't doing much
bus tness here If it is New Year.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-03

d mt forges it is 1905.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

refractory convicts. The prisoners
were confined in underground cav
ems, shafts and chambers of an aban-
doned copper mine. You may to-day
travel down a tortuous path to these
one-time prison cells, where, 20 feet
below the surface, manacled prisoners
were crowded at night; their feet
fastened with heavy iron bars, chains
about their necks attached to beams
above. The caves reeked with filth;
contagious fevers were incessant. The
keeper was allowed to punish by fog
ging, putting on shackles and letters,
the treadmill, solitary confinement
and putting in the stocks, double and
treble sets of irons, hanging by the
heels, and other methods that seem
far removed from criminalist views
of the present.
But let us turn from the horrors
and inhumanities of the past to the
work for betterment In the work Of
prison reform in the United States
four great organizations have done
much to hasten progress: The Phil
adelphia Society for Alleviating the
Miseries of Public Prisons, formed in
1777; the Boston Prison Discipline So
ciety, organized in 1924; the Prison
Association of New York; the Ma
tional Prison Association of America
And, as DR.. Wines says, yeoman serv-
ice has been rendered by individuals.
Barrows, in summing up the most
important indications of progress in
penology in the past century, gives
the following points; al The higher
standard of prison construction and
administration; CD the improved
personnel in prison management; (3)
the recognition of labor as a dis
ciplinary and reformatory agent; "a
substitution of productive for unpro-
ductive labor, and to a small degree
for unrequited labor; 60 an improve
ment in prison dietaries; (6) newer
and better systems of classification
Cd the substitution of a reformatory
fer a retributory system; (s) proba-
ton or conditional release for first
offenders with friendly surveillance;
(9) the parole system; (10) the Ber-
tillon system for Identification of
prisoners; I'D the new attention
given to the study Of the criminal
his environment and history; (12)
separation of accidental from habituaI
criminals; (1S) the abandonment Of
transportation; (14) the humane
treatment of the criminal insane;
(15) the new emphasis laid upon pre-
Sentiye instead of punitive, or mere
ly corrective, measures.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

hope for reform in a goodly per cent.
Of men under their care, the reforma-
tive aspect of prison life should loom
large. Formerly the idea OF punish.
ment dominated. To-day the pris-
oner is deprived OF opportunities for
self-iadulgence. but is given what he
needs tor acknowledgment He is not
punished for what he has been; be
is to prove by labor study and good
behavior what he may be"
II was in 1777 the Englishman, John
Howard, made his famous report on
prisons, calling attention to the fact
that young and old, innocent and
guilty, were shut up together and in
idleness. Very soon England set to
work at reforms in prison conditions,
and has since continued at the task.
Experience in the world at large has
shown that stringent laws and severe
punishments do not lessen crime. At
one time there was a score Of crimes
in England which meant death II the
person were caught; to-day the only
capital offenses are murder and trea-
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
The Town Strategy Board.

Don't you recall how the towr
strategy board back home" met
nightly about the stove In the village
grocery and told about the "awfu
winter Of 1S45, or thereabouts? !
can distinctly remember one of these
tales. A fearful blizzard began az
noon, October Is, 1886. and contin
ued with slight interstices of calm
and sunshine, until the following MAY
Everything was snow bound and this
ice in the river froze so deep that the
fish wore all the fins off their backs
seraping against it. There were few
spelling bees in the country schoo.
houses that winter and the marriage
rate fell of 80 per cent The thank.
ye-ma' ans were as thick as sturgeon
eggs on caviar sandwich and be.
cause very little counting was done the
heads OF families made great savings
In kerosene bills. Snow shovels. con.
trolled by a trust. were only used as
ornaments in the homes of the rich
where the young ladies painted sum
mer scenes on the blade and stood
tllEW III AAAE pas 0A AHa4uSk ne mani
tie. II was a FEARFUL winter Ice
froze in the refrigerators and butter
and beer were kept in the range ovens
for weeks at a time Wells concealed
and cellars had to be steam-heated to
keep mas preserves from bursting.
MIX froze IL the cows udders and we
went without ice cream throughout
the long, lonesome days aud nights
Of a calamitous season. But. praise
be to Old Sol. the warmth came al
last and by July 4 the old residents
we're as busy as ever passing the time
Of day ad asking each other Well
is this no. enough for your"
p
AeSSun> lVWsonu4
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
GOOD Jokes


The pastor was looking at the plans
for the new church.
1T seems TO me" he said, the
downward slope of the floor from the
entrance doors to the chancel is alto
gether too pronounced. Viewed from
the pulpit, he congregation will seem
to be sitting in tiers"
That's my wife's idea,' explained
the architect. She says it will obvi-
ate the necessity of requesting the
women to take off their hats, and
more of them will come to church. =
Chicago Tribune.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

A recent reform inaugurated at the
Illinois state penitentiary at Joliet
does away with the "lockstep." The
prisoners now are to march in mill
tary fashion. Which item of news
sets us bordering on the change in
treatment of prisoners that marks the
last century and a half Not yet are
conditions ideal, not yet is the prison
admittedly successful as reform
school; but unquestionably progress
has been made.
An authority asserts that to-day
there Is no department Of science.
whether physical or social, in which
progress is more evident than in the
realm of penology-the study of the
management of prisons The same
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

II a New Yorker couldn't have his
hing at Hoboken, life would lose half
its charms The little Jersey city is
Just across the river, and therefore an
ever-present mark for mirth. The
latest story is that of a little boy,
whose parents had determined for rea.
sons Of economy to move to Hoboken.
That night he knelt at his bedside TO
say his usual prayer, BLESS papa and
mamma. and Sister Mary" he asked,
and then he paused. Finally he re-
sumed, his voice charged with sor-
row: Goodbye, God" he said. ITO
morrow we move to Hoboken."
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

son. And yet as Barrows, secretary
of the Prison Association OF New
York, points out. though population
has multiplied and police vigilanc,
greatly increased, the number of con
victions has steadily diminished,
In the old days they USED to look
upon criminals as dangerous beasts
desperate characters, of different clay
from ordinary men and women. crea.
lures of uncanny cunning. In the
ruins of an American "Old Newgate. =
colonial prison that later became
the Connecticut state prison. one may
stili see deeply embedded in the walls
the iron staples to which the prison.
ers were chained while at their work;
and remains Of the tresdmill used 70.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

authority, writing in the Forum on
Progress in Penology." declares that
the civilization of people can now
be told quite as well by its prisons
as by its picture galleries, its schools
or its churches.
No ole can accuse prison wardens
of being mere sentimentalists. They
have practical knowledge of hundreds
of conyicts, they know the total, they
know the average. And when they
give as their judgment that there is
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
Its Prerogative.

"You are charged" said the police
justice, with violating the smoke ordi-
nance. What have you to say?'
Il have not violated any ordinance,
your honor" protested the accused.
my factory has smoky chimney, 1t
is true, but it has right to have It,
ION what ground?"
tits tobacco factory, your honor.
Chicago Tribune.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
A Modest Order

The Idle Rich One-Ya-as, I've de-
cided to go in for ballooning bit,
so you may take my order.
Agent-What sort of balloon do you
wish?
The Idle Rich One-Why, to begin
with, you might furnish me with a
high-altitude balloon, low altitude
one, touring affair, and, say run
about balloonette for town USE
Puck.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
Scattering Sentiment.

"Ah, the bugler!" exclaimed the
beautiful girl graduate. Doesn't 1t
always bring something to your mind
to here the call of the bugle?"
Yes" yawned the corpulent and I'M
romantic matron, at always reminds
me that l have a pair of scissors to
grind, and If | don't hurry the scis-
sors' grinder will get out Of sight
Chicago Daily News.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
A Poor Plan

Husband-So that new girl goes out
three nights week. I'll tell you how
to keep her in. Scare her. Tell her a
terrible fellow called Jack the Kisser
is prowling around, kissing every girl
he can catch.
Wife (doubtfully) = Well, don't
know, my dear; was a young girl
once myself. Pm afraid she'd be out
every night.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Attorney General Hadley, of Mis-
souri,, when nominated for the Office he
holds, did not seek it; in fact. did not
want it. 1t has since developed that
Standard Oil didn't want him to have
it. either, although the Standard didn't
know 1t at the time. 1t costs money
TO wake up"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
The Fiancee,s Dilemma.

A tear was on the fair girls cheek,
and wild, hunted look in her eyes.
What shall | do-oh, what shall I
do?" she cried ooh, this is awful,
and there remain only few minutes
to decide. Jack is going to call on me
tonight, and-and I've f-f-forgotten
which engagement ring is the one he
g-g-gaye ei"-Cleveland Leader. u
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
A Reasona BILE Theory.

How did Miss Dihbleson succeed In
getting rid of the hair that persisted
In growing on her upper lip? was
noticing her yesterday, and the mus
tache that used TO disfigure her has
entirely disappeared.
Il don't know how she managed 1t.
Perhaps she tried some kind of hair
restorer on it."-Chicago RecordHer-
aid.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
IA Rushing Bnsinese

First Rich Man-Are you having any
trouble getting your daughters mar
ried off?
Second Rich Mani should say not!
Each OF them has been married twice
already.-Detroit Free Press.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

We are now TO be confronted with
the sociological man. Oh, it is real
nice to think of ourselves being ticket
ed appropriately and filed away in a
drawer. But we will draw the line on
having pin run through us, like the
butterfly collectors treat their speci.
mems
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

IT bought your six best sellers /"
said customer in the book store.
"Ah, indeed" replied the clerk,
with a smile; how did you like
them?"
well, l think you should abbrevi-
ate your Advertisement"
What do you mean?"
why, make it the six best sells >"
Chicago Daily News.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Wifey-My dear, didn't | hear you
tell jenkins that you were going to
plunge again?
Hubby-Yes.
Wifey-Well, I'm glad to hear it.
I'd so much rather you'd go swim
ming than go to the races.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
No Danger.

Mr.. Gayboy (about to start on q,
business trip)-I'll try to write to you
every few days, Maria, but if / should
be busy and week or more pass
without you're hearing from me you
needn't be alarmed.
Mrs. Gayboy-I shant. I'll take the
children with me and hunt you up
Chicago Tribune.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
Yes. WhoP

Mrs. Jimson punished little Johnny.
and as soon as little Johnny got one
hand free he handed mamma dear a
bif in the jaw We overheard the fol-
lowing conversation:
why, Johnny Unison, how dare
you strike your mother?"
"Well, who began this scrap, I'd like
to know. "-Cleevland Leader.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
A Change.

A sailor hat I'd buy,
And don the airy gown.
Remove the patent boot,
Put on low shoes of brown.
Roll up your sleeves--so hight
The sun will give its tan.
And don't forget a FAM
Take Off your tailored suit,
Inclose your ankles slim
In screen-door socks of pearl
Then you, right In the swim,
Will be a summer girl.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
Not the Squeeze He Meant.

A bashful young couple, who were
evidently very much in love, entered
a crowded tramcar the other day.
do you suppose we can squeeze
in here?' he asked, looking doubtful
at her blushing face.
Don't you think, my dear, we had
better wait until we get homer" was
the low, embarrassed reply.-Tit-Bit
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

yes" said the plutocrst, I'VE only
work them eight hours a day. We find
that's plenty. We find it's all they can
stand and keep in perfect health" A
shabby individual leaned forward from
q rear seat and interrupted excitedly.
you old liar" he said, Il know some
Of your men what's worked 10 and 13
hours day" Pooh" sneered the
plutocrat Il was talking about the
horses"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
A Feline Bluff.

Family Dog-Did the cook give you
a licking for eating up all of the whip
ped cream.
Family Cat-No. 1t got all over
my whiskers and made me look S if
l was frothing at the mouth. She
thought l was having a fit and ran for
her life.-Detroit Free Press.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
Married Rich

Gusl hear George has married an
heiress. He's in clover now, sup
pose?
Dick-No, he's working like horse,
trying to pay his board at s40-a-
week hotel. Her father pays her, and
she won't live anywhere else.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
The Billy Goat.
when William ate the dynamite
The clock had Just struck Z.
Twas only 1901 when Bill
Made entire into heaven!

Just Fer Plum.
married man never has to go
around hunting for trouble-there is
plenty at home.
Breakers Ahead" is the title of n
new novel. Sounds like the story of a
st. Joe wedding.
Eat eggsl The packers cannot
adulterate them Ii is hardly neces-
sary to add that only good eggs should
be eaten.
A London doctor says everyone
should have an hour of absolute silence
every day But we cannot all live in
Philadelphia.
According to a Missouri paper bal
let dancer known to the footlights has
her feet insured for $4,000. Naturally
her feet come high
Madame Sarah Bernhard cannot I'M
derstand why Chicago people have all
lowed the borders of Lake Michigan to
be spoiled by the railroads. Neither
can the people-nowl
In recent survey of American lit
erature George Moore found only three
commendable writer's Poe, Walt
Whitman and Edgar Saltus. Gee, that's
tough on Richard Harding Davis and
me.
1t Is said that Horace Fletcher start
ed the chewing fad"-that is, the
thorough mastication of food. That's
all right for Horace, but what | want
TO know is, who started chewing the
rag?
An aeronaut having sailed the aerial
ambient dropped down at the White
House and called on the president
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

There are still few benighted in.
dividuals who believe that charity
should spring from the heart and not
the head, and that there can be no such
hing as a scientific charity If we want
to relieve not alone the physical but
the spiritual wants Of our fellows in
distress.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

1t Is exceedingly cruel and very bad
ly misplaced finance for United States
Treasurer Treat constantly to be harp
ing on the fact that we need more
ones and twos. Just as if everybody
didn't know it!
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

The country should not be ashamed
to go to Toledo for the lesson that
anti-monoply laws, with provisions for
Imprisonment, We're not made merely
to scare people. They are for practical
application, and they can not have it
TIL somebody is really hurt.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
Not Quite CLEAR

She-While in the country lAst sum
mer l learned to milk a COW, Just for
amusement, you know.
He-For the cows amusement or
for your own?-Chieago Dail5 News.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

II the car keeps up his stunt OF
moving from Peterhof and back again
to elude the bomb thrower, he is liable
to get q reputation as a sprinter that
may be valuable to him some day.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Can 1t be that complete set OF
European coronation ceremonies has
been pulled off without some individ-
ual Of anarchistic tendencies butting
In in time to play a prominent part in
the festivities?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Say, mister" pleaded the unlaun-
dered hobo, would youse mind lendin'
a pore unfortunit helpin' hand?"
Here's dime" answered the man
about town as he produced a coin.
THAT will buy three fingers Chs
cago Daily News.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

The old idea of charity was to re.
leve suffering and distress, no matter
where you found it. The new one Is
TO record Impressions in notebook
and then call a sociologist.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

1t is great bit of testimony to hui
man consistency that respectable
citizen has come forward with the
claim that he is Dowies father at the
present low ebb of the prophets"
fortunes.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

: Paderewsks Is to return to this
country in the near future. AS If the
American BARRIERS did not have enough
work on their hands Already
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Every time an unmarried man says
he is lonesome, the women regard II
rs equivalent to an admission that he
Is looking for a wife
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30
Their Ultimate 40

Husband--What has become of those
indestructible toys you got fast week?
Wife-They are out on 1.-THE scrap
heap along with the inAestructible
kitchen utensils.-Life.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Even the fact that she is queen of
Norway does not relieve the wife OF
Haakon VII of the terrible RESPONSE
bility for that name Maud
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Another sign OF age rs when you
like the old furniture in your house
so well you uont want any that Is
new.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Castro boats Pennsylvania railway
clerk in 4 walk Out of a salary of
S35, 900 per annum he has saved 49,
100000 in five years
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

A new dairy combination Ia to have
a capitalization of s20,O00,00O There
will be something very creamy about
1t. and possibly a good deal of water.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

While Mr.. Rockefeller says ne has
nothing to do with Standard Oil, he
has not made the statement under
oath
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

During the latter portion Of his life,
declares writer in Everybody's Mag
ezine, Emerson seemed to live much
In the world OF souls, and came back
with difficulty TO take cognizance Of
physical affairs. One very hot day Or.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was standing
at the corner Of fremont and School
streets, mopping his brow, holding his
hat in one hand, with the mouth up.
Emerson coming along, and seeing a
venerable man with his hat thus out
stretched dropped a quarter in it,
and walked on, without recognizing
The autoerat of the breakfast table.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Mr Roosevelt remarked, dryly, that
aeyer before had he received a caller
rom an air ship. Many had come
with air castles, but none, prior tc
that, with an airship.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow.
Knicker-Does your wife pick an
expensive mountain resort hotel?
Boeker-Yes; it is the alimony for
summer separation.-N. Y. Sun.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Secondhand saints,s is the vivid
phrase a New England thinker has ap-
piled to the Christians who get their
spiritual experiences at secondhand,
from sermon. and book, and from the
general spirit Of Christianity about
them. To such souls frst-hand relig.
lon usually has to come through some
shock, some sorrow, some awakening
experience that brings struggle. aud
throe, and actual casting upon God.
II trials are necessary TO develop US
into firstelass disciples. are they not
really blessings in the end, no matter
how agonjzing in the process7
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

According to Missouri paper bal
let dancer known to the footlights has
her feet insured for $4,000 Naturally
her feet come high
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Just Fer Plum.
A married man never has to go
around hunting for trouble-there is
plenty at home.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Eat eggsl The packers cannot
adulterate them Ii is hardly neces-
sary to add that only good eggs should
be eaten
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

London doctor says everyon'
should have an hour of absolute silenc,
every day. But we cannot all live il
Philadelphia.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

Breakers Ahead" is the title of n
new novel Sounds like the story of a
st. Joe wedding.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-08-30

ambient dropped down at the White
House and called on the president