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

valuation for the six year period amounts to @96,
OCT 226, the greater portion Of which has been in
peraoDalty values, only realty assessmeDt has
Oeen made during the six year period, Qnadriennial
land assessment will be made this year, and, judging
from preliminary reports from some Of the assessors
ah incFeaas bf between e85 100000 and $SO OOO 600
~ compared With last years figures will not be
suTprisipe,
Mr.. Smith summarizes the property valnation In.
crease tor the six-year period. The assessment 10
1899 amounting TO s1SS, ,276,9O9, and in 1905 II
amounted 70 $2S4, ,34S, 1877. This il net increase
Of practically thirty per cent.
The personally assessment for the current year is
als0 y xpeCteds To- show substantial increase,
amounting to probably ten milli0a dollars. Espe.
ciay In the southern section OF the state Is heavy
increase in both personally and realty expected,
owing to tine marked growth Of that portion Of the
state, and the rapid advance in the price Of pine
timber lands, which BY the way, have never been
assessed at figures even approxmating their real
value
Mr. Smith also gives some interesting data con-
cerning the growth 81 the banking industry in this
state covering period oi seventeen years In 1888
Mississippi had 1851 state banks and II national
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23


skill had not already clearly indicated that as the
best type for our great work on the Isthmus
Probably no spot on the face Of the earth can
claim certain exemption from violent disturbance OF
the earths crust and the Isthmus of Panama ls not
remote from the scenes OF some OF the most destruc
tive OF these visitations To build there canal
whose locks and reservoirs would be liable to run
dry by the breaking OF walls and dams would be IN
sale investment for the scores OF millions which the
American people have already invested and are yet
to invest in the enterprise.
A canal at sea level might be benefited and made
larger rataer than injured by violent earthquake.
lt could hardly be hurt beyond the necessity for
dredging debris OF earth and rock thrown into it.,
whereas months or years might be required to re-
pair the broken locks and dams of canal resting
upon higher levels.
Even ifthere were no question of earthquakes
che advantages of sea- level communication between
the two oceans in peace and In war;, are so great
that the construction of any other sort OF canal
would be folly. The long voyage OF the Oregon
when her presence in the Caribbean Sea was ur-
gently needed should be a perpetual reminder that
quick concentration of naval forces scattered In
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, may some day be
vitality necessary to the cOuntrys salty. This STRAIT
egic advantage the committee clearly shows, can
best be obtained by sea level canal, through
which as many as hundred ships Of war could be
passed in less than twenty .f0Hr hours.
When the further fact is advanced and not de-
MED that q lock canal would be more easily dam
aged by aA enemy so as to make it useless for the
time ali question the type Of canal to be built
for strategic uses should be forever set at rest.
Captazing the cost Of maintenance, which
would be much greater for lock canal, the com
mittee shows that it would cost only about some
$50, 600, 900 more to dig sea- level than lock
canal, while the cost OF changing lock canal to one
ut sea level hereafter would be not less than $780,
OOO, ,OOO
TO the Treasury Of the United States the dlter'
ence in first cost OF the Two types would be trife,
even it the advantages OF the tide-lcvel waterway
were less than they are almost universally admitted
to be- The simple TACT that ship could 60 through
a sea level canal in eight hours, while half that
time would be consumed in lifting and towering It
from level to level in the rocks, would more than
make up for the difference in cost Of the two types
Safe, easy and unObstructed passage is what the
commerce Of this country and Of the world wants at
Panama.
It has been reported from Washington that the
Prenldent having declared for lock canal, the
Hcu cannot be induced to enact legislation author
izing the sea-level work. II is hoped that the
President and the House will recede from their
position. The country will be satisfied with moth
ing less than the best possible construction on the
IsthmUs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23
THAT LICKSKILLET AFFAIR.

e are mighty sorry to hear, says
the Washington Post, about the
accident which befell a distin-
guished citizen OF LickskilIet,
Tex, some months ago. We'd
have been sorry before, and made
appropriate mention, if we had
heard the sad news sooner. Better
late than never, is our motto,
however, when good man pulls
his freight untimeIy, and so we
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23
GREAT GROWTH OF THE STATE,

MEPUTY Etats Auditor p. j.
~ Smith has prepared some
valuable statistics illustrating
the growth and development Of
Mis6isaippi during the past six
years, compiled from the official
records.
One Oi the tables shows that
the total Increase 10 property
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23
col. FELTER'S LECTURE ON AMERICA.

EFORE leaving for bis home in
Springfield, Illinois, after a three
weeks visit in the South, Col. J..
s. Felter, one OF the ablest plat
form orators and most earnest
students OF his time and country in
the nation, lectured at Okolcna
Monday afternoon OF the week on
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23

year Or more beforehis death, Edwin Booth re
ceIved letter frOm prominent New York minis
ter says the Boston Herald; in which the reverend
sire to Witness Booths portrayal Of Hamlet bRt al
such an act would be contrary 20 the doctrine 81 bic
faith, he asked Booth II be could not arrange q
have him admitted by private entrance after the
performance had begun, il being bis intention a
leave by the same door, thereby escaping the notice
Of the audience. 10 this communication Booth LIZ
Piled: "Reveyend Sir: Yours received. IA reply
woali say there IL no door 10 the theatre through
which God cannot see n
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23

During the period from January % MAY 1905
there we're chartered and Incorporated ID the South
$50 banks and trusts companies, with total an
thorized capital OF $1O,O26,50O.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23

4 And now It is the drug trust. Next will come
the doctors and then the undertakers Its q tight
an down the Iiue--frOm the cradle to the grave,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-23
SEA-LEVEL CANAL FAR THE BEST.

HE majority report OF the Senate
Committee on Interoceanic Canals
draws lessons enough from the
California earthquake to decide
Congress and the President in fa-
vor OF sea.level canal at Panama,
even il the preponderance Of com
moroioI intorocta and enOineorinO
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Utilized Dog for a Fenst.

Among the employees of the registry
division of the city postoffice is man
who has travelled extensively in regions
more or less remote and unfrequented
by the average globe trotter, says the
Washington Star In his numerous
journeys he has collected large fund
of information concerning customs aud
characteristics of native races and
tribes in various parts of the earth, and
strange things that have happened to
him and the startling sights he has
seen are occasionally narrated te
groups of his associates In the Office.
One of his latest yarns was told, he
said, with view to showing the re-
markable faculty of the Samoans for
utilizing everything put in their reach.
Our party" said the story teller,
went out one day for a hunt some
distance from the sea coast. We had
such poor luck in starting game that
one of our number, seeing nothing else
TO shoot ut, killed yellow dog which
we happened to run across in our ram
BILE The party proceeded some dis
lance further and returned by the same
route In perhaps half an hour. When
we neared the spot where the unfortu,
nate dog had been slain we were
startled to see a crowd of native in
dulging in festivities. We watched the
merrymakers for some time, and finally
discovered that they were cooking the
carcass of the dog preparatory to enjoy.
ing a feast. Meanwhile. having stretch,
drum, they were beating it and hav.
ing a dance"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
A Cause for Regret.

When l was a bride in a new home
with little to do, | encouraged my hus-
ban6 to allow his clothes and personal
belongings to lie about, as had plen-
ty Of spare time to pick them up and
put them away. A stranger in a strange
neighborhood, time hung heavily on my
hands, so | welcomed the small tasks of
brushing and laying away in order the
garments left on chairs and bed. He
was busy and l idle a great part of
the time, SO l imagined myself a model
wife and felt sorry for those men
whom l occasionally saw sweeping the
front porches or busting rugs for their
wives. | determined that my husband
should never be henpecked.
But years have brought wisdom, at
least IN small measure. As long as
clothes were new and no mending to
be done, when little or no entertaining
took my time, while family cares were
slight and when time slept on flowers.
my plan worked very well; but at pres
ent look back on those days and won
der where my common sense had flown
to. X any bride is making a similar
mistake let her take warning. 1t is so
easy to form habits and so hard to
break them up. The men whom l pitied
in MY ignorance were really only prop
erly trained when they sent their own
laundry downtown, brushed their own
clothes, put away books and papers,
dressed themselves for church without
calling downstairs three or four times
for help, took hand In household
TASKS IN emergencies. and were amply
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

Lady Betty standing there, and she in hst
turn was confused and annoyed to be
found there.
She instantly recognized him as the
man who had interrupted her interview
with Gerald at Mil Cross Court.
II have brought a message from my
husband to Sir Gerald" she said, as cold
ly as she could.
George Stanton answered her without
any hesitation.
Can 1 be the bearer of your message,
Lady Bettyf' he asked. Il expect Sir
Gerald to arrive this evening. although /
fancy he viii not come here, but viii
probably go to a hotel"
Not till this evening - Lady Betty re-
peated. Dear me This is very annoy
Ing. i hate this man." she said to her
self, "and he's got such a funny look
about him. He looks so white, and his
eyes shine SC brightly. What can have
induced Gerald to have taken him for
secretary? There is something about this
man 1 don't understand"
Immediately she was in the street she
started walking swiftly away from him,
which was exactly what George Stanton
wanted. He asked for nothing better.
The moment he was by himself his smile
went, and hunted, worried look spreod
over his face
What brought her here?" he said, be-
tween his teeth, "and at such a moment,
too Had she remained she might have
heard more. l must be quick. / don't
trust Gerald. He's a coward at heart,
even though thera iS en- much or cfoLav
He hailed hanson, gave an address
hurriedly to the driver, and ratified out of
she street, passing Lady Bettys elegant,
black robed figure as he went.
Ito be continued.l
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

SO much to ask 1t was good of Hubert
TO send you to me-"
He would have come himself" said
Ben; but you know what keeps him
back"
Ben was walking shyly beside Antonio.
1t seemed to him that Hubert's declara-
ton that she was more an angel than d
human being had actual truth in it.
Out in the park Antonio led him to her
favorite tree, and there they sat and talk
ed, needless of time, and the happiness
Of the girls heart was deepened and
made certain, now that she assured her
self that Hubert would not fight alone.
1T ought to be so easy" she said to
Ben, when they had discussed everything
''and yet we must be prepared for difficult
ties. Gerald Tenby will not give up what
he holds without great struggle"
mr.. Hubert will win, miss" Ben said,
stoutly; but now I'm thinking l must
leave you. Mayhap the lad will be back
at the hotel waiting for me-"
As he was crossing the road Lady
Betty's very smart carriage rolled swiftly
by. Antonio did not notice it; but Lady
Betty leaned forward and looked keenly at
Antonio and at the girls strange compan-
ion.
To Lady Betty, OF course, Ben had
rough and common air. A frown con-
tracted the pretty, babyish face.
THAT must be Hubert Tenby's friend"
Betty Marchmont said to herself. ''She
has met him already. He looks as if he
could fight. Gerald must see me. / shall
go to his rooms this afternoon. He will
have got my telegram early this morning,
and will in all probability have left by
the first train he could catch; that would
bring him to his chambers about FIVE. AT
any rate, will risk it. If l go quickly
on foot no one will recognize me, and he
will thank me when he sees me, for there
is not a moment to be lost"
But the best plans are apt to go awry
sometimes, and Lady Betty's plans receiv-
ed an unexpected check when she reached
her house, for her husband was waiting
for her return.
81 have just had this telegram from
Marchmont, my DEAR" he said. HE is in
town, and is coming here this afternoon.
/ thought / had better tell you, as he
will expect to see you"
Lazy Betty's face had pinched look.
Lord Marchmont does not come to see
me-" she said. HE comes because An
tonia is here. | cannot possibly be at
-lome."
Then Edward Marchmont demonstrated
for the first time in his married life the
fact that he had a will of his own.
Whether my brother comes to see his
daughter or not, l expect you 90 be here
to receive him." he said, coldly, and with
that he went away.
Lady Betty stood and watched him 60
y strange kind of chill crept into her
veins, and yet she seemed to be in fever
She mounted the stairs slowly.
1t was a strange thing that her hus-
band should have chosen this moment out
of all their married life to let her feel
that the freedom he had allowed her was
not real-a strange coincidence, and one
designed to carry very dark meaning to
the man Lady Betty had married.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

able to keep track of their belongings.
And there is no time like the first days
of married life for fixing such helpful
habits. Many time my husband in
sisted upon helping me, but / was too
particular and did not like to have my
own ways disturbed.
At first the husband may be buster
than the wife, but time brings about a
charge and the home duties crowd thick
and fast. Ny husband is doing his
best to correct the effects Of my fool
ishness, but it is hard for both of u.s.
My ideas of neatness nave fixed in me
a rooted dislike to awkwardly-f folded
garments and bureau drawers left open,
which is hard to repress. 1t is hard
for me to have anyone help, though
am trying to overcome that feeling.
have come to the conclusion that the
henpecked husbands are those unfortu-
nate men who have no share in the
wocS of the home, thus making them
like guests in disorderly house, where
one pair of hands tries To do every
thing, instead of partners in a delight
tul place where mutual help brings in
mutual enjoyment-Mrs.K E, in Ladies'
World.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Hahor Notes.

Bricklayers in Japan receive daily
wage of 81 cents.
q Winnipeg (Can.) holders have struck
for an increase of pay to SD week
new union of steam6tters and help
e,s has been formed al 8csdville, Mass.
During 1905 there were 1,143 mine
workers killed in the coal mines of Penn
sylvania.
Amsterdam IN. W spinuers have gone
on strike TO enforce demands for an in
crease of 81 cents a day.
The International Brotherhood of Book
binders will hold its convention in Wash
ington this month, when the eight-hour
day will come up for disposal.
The bill making it illegal to employ
children under rs years of age after Z
o'clock is now a law in New York, the
Governor having signed the law.
Child labor is attracting the attention
of the working people. The leaders of la
boris forces see in child labor n menace TO
civilization and oppose the evil on human
itarian grounds.
The last seven open-shop contractors
in Sacramento, Cal, have unionized their
shops, and Sacramento is now strictly
union city as far as the building indus
try is concerned.
Four hundred and thirty-fve unions
are now working under the eight-hour
schedule of the International Trpocraph-
ical Union. The local unions of the coun-
try are making favorable reports every
day.
The bureau of labor at Washington has
begun an investigation of the beneficial
feature of labor unions and is row gath
ering statistics on sick and death benefits
paid and the old age pension system
WI ch some of the unions have adopted,
The long strike of iron molders in Ciu-
cinnati, Coyington and Newport has been
settled. The men, about 1000 10 num-
Der, gained the nine-hour day and the
minimum wages will be: For floor mold
ers, $500 day; bench men, 70 day,
and coremakers. S2.75. THIS struggle
lasted nearly two years.
Labor organizations assist sick mem
bers by paying sick benefits ranging from
So to SO per week for periods covering
from five To twenty or more weeks Of a
year, and it is not a rare proceeding for
labor unions to assist the sick and needy
who are not members. All manner of
deserving charitable enterprises number
their we'll wishers and generous contrib
utors among the labor unions In sick
and death benefits alone the amounts paid
out by labor unions aggregate a vast sum
yearly,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
stevens Urges Lock Canal.

Chief Engineer Stevens Of the Panama
canal told the House committee en- inter
state and foreign commerce some of his
reasons for favoring the lock canal. He
said the sea-leve canal when completed
would look more like a sewer than canal
and the channel would be deep, narrow
and sinuous. He further argued that it
would be impossible to control the Chag-
res river il flood time, and that the rush
ing current would tear away the banks
of the canal. He estimated tina. the addi-
tional cost of building a sea-level canal
would be at least $13J,00000O, and the
work would require FROM fifteen to twenty
years 20 perform. He advised the use of
laborers from several different countries,
favoring the Cinnamon, and he thought
the eight-hour labor provision entirely
impracticable
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
A DOMESTIC CATASTROPHE.
Harry and WHEY Do Not Know How
TO Cook the Soup.

Harry and WHEY Do Not Know How
TO Cook the Soup.
This young couple were newly mar
ried. She had attended a cooking
school, and he had watched the culin-
airy stunts of mother, but neither of
them was much further advanced in
cookbook education than fried eggs
and boiled potatoes.
Naturally the monotony of this linn
tied menu soon began to pail on their
appetites, and after many suggestions
and lots or thoughtful debate the fond
young husband rushed into the happy
home recantly with can of patent
soup.
The little wife was delighted In fact
she was ecstatic. She had eaten eggs
so often that soup seemed like an oasis
In the great desert of a perpetual
Easter.
How do you cook it, Harry?" she
joyously ascked.
You don't have to cook it," respond
ed the sanguine Harry. There b
where it takes the gold medal in ten
expositions. 1t is cooked at the soup
factory, and all that you have to do il
to put 1t in the oven and warm It.
Skidoo for the gas stoye!"
The little wife soon had the gas
stove going at full swing, and the hus-
band put the can in the oven without
even hustling to the insurance Office
around the corner to take out an acct
dent policy.
This done, wiley dragged Harry out
into the back yard to see a flower that
had actually pushed a few broken
bricks, lime, plaster, etc, aside and
oozed to the top of the earth 1t was
well that she did, for a few moments
later there was a rumbling sound as
if some one had dynamited postoffice
safe, followed by squawkful shouts of
murder on the part of the excited par
rot
Earthquake - cried the little wife
in trembling tones, as she looked for an
easy place to faint.
Soup" exclaimed Harry, making q
dash for the house.
And soup 1t was. Steam had gener-
ated in the sealed can, and since 1t
was not equipped with a safety valve,
the only logical thing it could do was
TO explode. Needless to say that it had
given full sway to its emotions.
The oven door was blown wide open,
the whole kitchen was painted Fourth
Of July in large and splashful spots,
and the poor cid parrot was frantically
trying to scrape his face on the bars
| of the cage. 1t was a sight to make
the heart of paperhanger rejoice
"Oh, Harry what shall we DOR
asked the little wife tearfully.
Haul out the eggs again, 1 guess, /"
said Harry with sigh.
You had better send for mother ~
was the piteous wall Of the parrot
Some time later the usual dinner of
fried eggs was served, and Harry could
not help remarking how much worse 1t
might have been If he had brought
| home two cans OF patent soup instead
Of one.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
owners of the Unftcd sto,es

Cleveland Moffett, writing in Success
of the misuse of wealth in the United
States, estimates the 5000 principal for
tunes Of the country as follows: Ten
aggregating $2,00O,000,OOO 400 aggregate
ing $3.000,W0,000 and $500 aegregating
$4,000, 100000 The figures Indicate
that 5000 men actually own oue-sixtll
of our entire national wealth, including
money, land, buildings. mines, industries.
everything. AT the same time. it is point
ed out that more than 100000 families,
or near.y one-third of the nation. get
along on incomes of less than 800 a
year, and twO-thirds of the families on
less than 5000 year. while only one in
twenty families gets $4,000 or over. Mr..
Moffett concludes that if present condi-
tons continue, things will be worse nor
better; and every year will show more
painful contrast between the few who
have everything and the many who Iaek
everything"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

is contents for a month In one news
paper would be instructive reading for
women. Club quarrels, which begin
with abuse and end in tears; discus
sioas of long fnger-nails; the edicts Of
beauty DOCTORS" and the perennial
servant question-these testify to the
limit of the horizon of women as it APP
pears 10 the experienced editor.
BY and by, when education shall
have had little better chance at girls,
and when women shall have found
themselves" they will accept the home
with its problems as a matter of course.
The woman will regard it as the man
regards shop or factory-as place for
work, but also as a place which COM
mands, even in work hours, an utlook
upon a larger world.
When that happy day arrives, the
things "Of Interest to Women" will in
clude the English education bill as
well as the local school committee, the
Russian douma as well as the Rainy
Daisies" the regulation of railway
rates rather than the latest divorce.
and the abrogation Of the concordat
by France rather than the petty jeal-
ousies Of the village denominations.
1t Will not then be IS easy to bound
the average girls horizon, and life for
both men and women will be both more
interesting and more Tseful.-Youth's
COMPANION.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
0N~~N~~~N~~

The legislature Of New Brunswick
has passed law admitting women to
practice law on the same terms as men.
The twenty-ffth woman admitted to
practice in the Supreme Court Of the
United States is Sarah Herring Sorin
of Tucson, Ariz.
London leads the world in the matter
Of women's clubs. Twenty-one years
ago there was not single institution
of the kind. Now the total membership
is over 10000
Mineola IL. ~ Trinity church of
Roslyn is to have a new building to
cost $4,000, that amount to be given
by Mrs. Clarence 7. Mackay. She re-
Gently established a parish house to