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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28
TAE TALE OF A Flst.-
AZ Related to His Friends by the
Veracious Jenkins.

They had been discussing fish ana
fishing, when Jenkins suddenly added:
did ever tell you about Pitt Sing,
my pet Japanese fan-tailed goldfish?
Bought her from Jake Hope for $40,
and she is no longer than your finger.
But about her intelligence. OF course,
she comes when called and eats, out OF
your hand and all that childish nom
sense; but here's thing she did
which indicates thought, reasoning,
brainwork. One day candlestick fell
from the mantel on to the thick glass
bowl in which Pitt Sing was dream
ing. The candlestick cracked the
bowl and knocked small hole in II.
Pitt Sing, all alone in the drawing
room, saw the water that was essen
tial to her existence flowing through
the hole, and what do you think she
did? She plugged up the leak with
her tail, and In that position found
her on my return an hour or so later
She had saved her life, but the end OF
her tail, from exposure to the air, was
all shriyeled and cracked | had to
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28
Advice to wives.

Nothing is so consoling to wor.
ried man Of affairs as to know that he
can always find harhor of refuge in
his home.
Hel<e. advises an observant wom-
am, the wife should seek always to
make the home an abode of peace.
Her troubles and perplexities should
be reserved for discussion when he is
comfortable and at leisure, and not
sprung upon him the moment he en-
tiers the house at the close Of his
days work.
Many men fight their way success
fully through years of anxious toll
only to be broken down at last by the
frets and jars of ill-managed house
holds and the incessant gable of
wives who insist on deluging them
with their domestic grievances.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28
Everything depends on your point {

Everything depends on your point Of
view. You probably thought your
man running for office was the only
one fit for the place. Your friend thought
different. You are just as happy and
anEalIible as you think you are and
ust as miserable as you think you
are. since your man was defeated
EMO more, no less. But now that the
! udor Of politics has cleared away. we
rBealize that the only real things worth
having, like fresh air, sunshine, love.
health, and good disposition, anyone
can have, and they cost nothing. You
are rich. Just thank the Lord you
.sare alive, so be happy and keep busy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28
Lananese Hoover Declaration.

In the Japanese method of flower
decoration-to become a master in
which man must study for at least
ia years, seven years of hard work
making him only fairly proficient
only few flowers are used. One beau
fiful bough is considered ample
esthetic food for day The Japanese
know that only one beautiful object
sat time can be appreciated, and
they aim at placing that object in per-
feet relation to its surroundings. A
vase of flowers in Japanese house is
the principal thing in the room, near
which the chief guest OF the evening
SIS seated
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28

The lightning rod was invented by
Benjamin Franklin in 1852, to arrest
the electricity of the thunder. When
tie information of the discovery
reached Rabbi Saul Katzenellenbogen
of wilma, he said that the theory was
not new, because it was already known
s in Talmudic times, and he showed
passage in the Tosefta third century,
where it says that "On Sabbath it is
permitted to place an iron near the
3nennery to safeguard the fowls from
thunder and lightning strikes" The
Ialmud vouches that there is moth.
sing superstitious about this belief"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28
Electric Cars for 4 Funeral.

A wealthy Burmese lady having
died in Rangoon, her relatives decided
to have her body conveyed to the
cemetery by electric tram. Six cars
we're hired. and with band playiAg
"The British Grenadiers" the party
merriIy bowled along at 10 miles a.
hour, dowers were scattered by tho
funeral party as they proceeded rAp-
idly on their way, to the great delight
Of the children en- route. A Burman
never makes q nPIancholy party At
l funeral, but tlls - the first time Ia
the history Of Rangoon that electric
cars have been hired for funeral
procession.
49, ~ $3.50 49, AssS~@~
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28
W|gEAIVG THE FIELD.
MAKING GREATER OPPORTUNITY
FOR SONS OF FARMERS.
BUILDING UP THE HOME TOWN
eome Causes for Complaint Which
Can Be obliterated by the
United Efforts Of the
People.

How often do we hear 1t said that
the young man has not the opportun.
ity that the young man of score OF
years ago had. How great is the com.
plant of trusts and combinations
which control industries to the detri.
ment of the smaller ones in business,
and how often is reference made 10
business concentration in the large
cities at the cost of the smaller
towns.
Innovations in business methods
have been many. 1t may be said that
this is an era of economical methods;
that evolution is going on continually
broadening the field for individual
effort and making possible the opera
ton OF mammoth enterprises. There
can be no doubt as to the detrimental
effects upon small towns of this bust
ness concentration in the larger cities.
Pessimists deplore the lack of oppor-
tunity for the young men of to-day.
At the same time the large corpora
tions put forth the cry that there is a
scarcity of the right kind of material
for important places Of trust. How
ever this may be, there is one thing
evident, and that is, small towns being
kept from advancing narrows the
field for the young men who would
otherwise enjoy an opportunity to en-
gage in business.
Travelling to the large city for en-
ployment, the youth, perhaps, seeks a
clerKShip at moderate wages. There
are thousands of others that he must
His field is narrowed. 1t is not often
that he has fair competition and ia
voritism he finds is one of the obstruc-
tons in his way One of the cures
Tor this condition is to devise means
Of charging the scope and Importance
Of the so-called country towns.
There is no economical reason why
the la. sc city should have the bust
ness that rightfully belongs to the
small town There is no saving in
buying goods at a distant point even
though a small percentage may be
saved directly. Whenever a resident
OF community sends his money to
some other community for the neces-
sites that he requires, he robs his |
own home town of certain amount |
OF business. Employment is given to
the people of the large city instead OF
the people Of the local community.
1t has been estimated that more
than so per cent. of the trade goes
from some communities to Ia. ger
cities. If this trade were given to the
home town, 1t would Immediately dou-
BILE its business importance and give a
corresponding increase in employment
for the people. This means that the
population of the town would be in
creased and the opportunity for en-
gaging in business would be greater
Not only this, but it is an established
principle that values of farm lands to
q great extent are dependent upon the
activity OF the town near which the
farms may be located. Thus it is
plain that if the sons of farmers
would have greater opportunities open
to them for engaging in business, 1t
can be increased by closely adhering
to the home trade and home protec-
ton principle, which widens the local
field for individual effort in business
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28

Il never saw such a rubber-neck."
2 Gneered Mrs Cable Just because
the doctor stopped at our house yes
terday she Immediately wanted to
know what was the matter. Yes"
replied Mrs. Naybor; q wonder how
shed like the rest of us to be that
g=nrious about her You know the doc
'aDor stopped at her house to-day, too"
You don't say? l wonder what's the
xnatter there?'-Catholic Standard
and Times.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28

beloved state, and TO his great credit.
For myself, have endeavored to
conduct my campaign on the high
plane Of principle, and have advocated
only those measures which in my judg-
ment, after mature study and deIibera-
ton, we're and are best calculated to
advance the highest interests Of the
state and Of all the peopIe-measures
that would rebound to the lasting glory
Of Mississippi. have no feeling Of
unkindness to anyone ranking in my
soul as the result Of the election, but
join the ranks Of the
Democratic masses, ready now, as at
all times, to advance the cause Of that
great party and to aid the material
progress, upbuiIding and development
OF my native state.
EARL BREWER.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28

earnestly contribute their mite toward
successful administration of public
affairs under the guidance Of my OPP
ponent.
| have no criticism for those who
voted for him, but assume they exer-
cised their right of franchise concien-
tiously for what they believed were
patriotic reasons. 1t would be gross
aHe> tation for me to deny that am
disappointed, but | am now, and have
always been, contented to abide by
the expressed will of the people.
| have enjoyed the friendship Of Mr.
Noel for many years, and the recent
conflict has not diminished my high
regard for him, and | heartily join with
his supporters in the hope that his adj
Of the high Office to which
he has just been nominated will re-
dound to the honor and welfare Of our
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28

massage 1t with cold cream before the
poor little thing could swim again,
There was painful silence for few
minutes; then when Dumply said II
looked like rain everybody but Jen-
kinS followed him out.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28

Bill Taft is big man in many
ways but he certainly has big job
ON hand when he attempt to recon.
scile the stand pat and tariff revision
elements Of the g. o. p.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28

Mr.. Noel has been selected BY a
majority Of the Democrats Of the state
as their standard bearer. Ii would be
Improbable and improper for a loyal
party man to speculate upon any Of the
causes which in his opinion may have
contributed to his defeat; but it is the
plain duty of all democrats cheerfully
to accept the verdict Of the people.
In no other way in Mississippi ex-
cept by solidly united party can white
supremacy be maintained, and that is
paramount and above everything else
with all true Mississippians.
For the thousands of noble friends
who supported my candidacy so ar
IDENTIFY and untringly | have no words
to express my emotion. My deepest
regret is for their disappointment, but
they are loyal and true. not merely to
me, but TO Mississippi, and will all
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28

v. sWsIen we were children" said the
head OF big department store, do
you remember how delighted we were
with new toys and how quickly we
r kjred of them? l don't suppose that
rye tired of them quite so quickly as
Ane children do nowadays, for we
didn't have quite SO many of them,
But tire of what we had we did
Ms only human nature, you know,
10 regard thing as of diminishing
&mportance when once it is in our
possession.
"The application of what I'm say
r ing is in relation to the same trait
!, ag shown by men and women. A trait
switch in my business life I've had
J. ulenty of opportunities to study. It's
4 / all a fallacy about our growing up in
ssRery way; there are lots of child
Tah things that we don't outgrow, and
!. never will, and this getting tired Of
boys is one of them The toys change
mats ALL One of the secrets Of es-
establishing successful trade is recog-
milton of this fact. People don't
want novelties so much because they
ARE novelties as because change is
vwelcome, whether in wearing apparel,
articles of ornament, house furnish
Sings, or means of conveyance.
Il hate to think what will happen to
4 ne automobile business when air
!. mhips come in. When we are used to
y 7m thing, we can't get in the least ex-
cited about it, and pleasurable excite.
sment, think, is what most Of US
sHOung and old are after in this day
mnd generation. don't know that,
m the last analysis, we are very much
II worse than our ancestors in this par.
SECULAR. but this age moves more rap
naIy than any previous one, and natu.
v ~nlly. we show the effects. We simply
Mnwe more chances to be on with the
.srna and on with the new, and It'll
.rnEne 70 be point Of honor to avail
gelyeS Of these chances W 70 III
60 o. our Dursaa
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28
HELPS FOR TOWN BUILDERS.

Strangers 10 a town form their
opinions as to. it's people by the APP
pearance Of the business places and
the residences. In town where the
buildings are dingy and dirty, and the
show windows of the stores are care
lessly arranged, it is evidence that
there is lack of enterprise. 1t pays
the business men of town to be care
full as to the exterior appearances Of
their places of business. III
Small towns usually contain but few
expensive residences. 1t matters little
how inexpensively built residences are
If the buildings are kept well painted
and the yards neat and clean. This
- evidence Of the good taste Of the
people.
In many towns in country districts
there are hitching posts placed here
and there before the stores. 1t is gen
orally the case that where the hitch
ing post is found, unless the street is
well paved, there is a mud hole.
Every town that is incorporated
should have regulations as to the
placing Of hitching posts indiscrimin-
ately in the streets There shoNld be
Get aside some side street that Is con
venient to the business portiot of the
town, where the farmers and others
can hitch their teams instead OF IA
front of the stoTes.
Good sidewalks give the strangers
TO town a favorable impression Or
the place, and also they are an advan-
tage in many ways and may prove b
matter Of economy through the pre-.
vention Of accidents that might give
cause for damage against the town
corporation.
Nearly every small town has ita
public park. It n often noticed that
these parks are little cared for. They
are public pastures and serve NO good
purpose % places whore the people
Of the town can meet evenings Tor
social intercourse. People OF towns
should take pride IN keeping the pub.
Iie parks IN gced condition. They can
~ made beauty spots with but little
abort and exnense.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-08-28

Getting His Salary.

A colored preacher who had only
n small share of this worlds goods,
aEnd whose salary was not forthcoming
aOn several occasions became exasper-
ated. At his morning service he spoke
TO his church members in this way:
zBredern and sistern, things is not as
eEhey should be. You must not 'spect
can preach on with you an boa'd in
l.Aeben.."
"A Childish Trait That cIines to Us in
Later Years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20
CAMP AT DESPLAiNEs.

Chicago. Aug Arrangements
have been made to open camp al
.Desplaines for the strikers. Ii will be
called Camp Stick. According to the
strikc officials 70 per cent OF the
strikers are unmarried All who can
will be urged to stop at the camp
Food aud shelter will be given until
the strike IL ended.
President Small in his speech to the
FeaisiEEaaiFlsaqtll aisiEEaaiFlsaqtllnqt II aAfallHn AfallHniAIasf NJ kf65f
ly'' said ne. 'and the outlook ls se
bright that we hardly know we are II
d fight. We have come to ASK yon "
aid us by Voluntary contributions. We
viii begin campaign OF education II
every city Of the country. The Amerl
can Federation of Labor Will send
speakers to the meetings of all Unions
for the purpose of acquainting the
members with the true facts as to
whv we struck No other working
men or women have suffered as great
~ as the operators. We expect to
raise $2,c00001 within the next sixty
days"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20
WOMEN STRIKE BREAKERS.

Chicago. Aug 19-The Western
Union Telegraph company imported
Saturday SO strike breakers from New
York City The nonunion operators
27 women and men, arrived at 9
o'clock p. m They were accompanied
by one of the company's managers
The party was given accommodations
AT the Grand Pacific Hotel, directly
opposite the offices OF the telegraph
company on jackson street, between
Clark and Iasallc streets, The ut
most secrecy surrounded the recep
ton of the strike breakers. They were
all assigned to the fifth floor of the
hcstelry. 1t was denied by one OF the
hotel clerks tonight that any strike
breakers were lodged there. The
main register does not contain. the
names of the Western Unions guests
Women members of the Teleg
Iaphors' union will present in person
"a memorial of their grievances to
Helen Gould. chief stockholder OF the
Western Union Telegraph company
New York City. A meeting exclusively
for women will be called in Chicago
during the present week Prominent
Industrial workers and women identi
fed with womens progress win bt
present at the gathering and will de
liver addresses
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20
EX-AT IACHE OF
j. 5. EMBASSY
IN JAPAN ARRESTED ON CHARGE
or FORGERY IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
WAS A HEART BREAKER
Squardercd $25o,00o in Few Months
Owned Much Mining Stock
and Property in
Buffalo.

San Francisco, Aug, 19.-When w
prison last Friday night, the police be
llieved they had made a mest import
iant capture. They had The man
they had caught In the act of passiny
/ bogus checks was more than d clever
( confidence operator He was formerly
chief attache IN the United States am.
/ hassador's service in Tokyo, Japan:
owner Ct immensely valuable business
/ blocks In Buffalo. mining operator In
| Tonopah and holder Of large blocks
lof Nevada mining stocks; correspond
ent IN the famous Davis divorce case
now pending in Buffalo, breaker OF
the hearts Of the fair and lately ar.
dent suitor for the favor OF Mrs. E
kaufman a wealthy and handsome
Iproprlctress Of prosperous Tonopah
carayansary He proved to be all this
besides being a Princeton graduate
globe trctter aud clubman How he
came to be reduced to the extremity
|ct passing spurious checks aud pawn
ing his iewelry is something that is
not Known at present except to Nor
gan himself. who VIII not tell.
The theory of the police department
that Morgan was George S. Davis.
whose wife IL now suing for divorce
in Euffalo, and that under the name
ot Morgan the truant husband had
jumped $4,000 bonds aud left New
York state was knocked In the head
by no less authority than Mrs Kanf-
man herself, who arrived here Friday
night and pepned her name In the
1t4rs, sttu5 ra,scs lsrv.snls stfsua f,ssyHr iss
tbat hotel, was being led AWAY 10 A.
prisen cell.
Mrs Kaufman met Morgan About
throc years ago in Tokyo At that
time he was in the ambassadors
office, and was an important person
age politically and socially in the capi-
tai of Nippon. They were friends
merely, and when Mrs. Kaufman re
turned to America she forgot all
about the handsome government Off
cial she had met in Tokyo.
Morgan returned to America later
and led I-rid pace for while, 1t Is
said, landing eventually in Buffalo
where his parents and his property
We're. Then came the divorce pro
ceedings brought by Mrs. George S
Davis against her husband who de
stroyed her affections. she declared,
by his wasteful expenditure Of large
sums of money In a few short
months he had squandered more than
$3.50, coo
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20
NATION GIRL
IS KIDNAPPED
BY FISH PEDDLER, BUT HE
DROPPED HER AT COMMAND
or FARMER AND MADE HIS
ESCAPE.

Mattoon. ILL.,. Aug l9.-Miss Stella
Orndorff. student in the Mattooon
High School, was kidnapped on the
street and with handkerchief over
her mouth to prevent her from
screaming for aid driven from the
city by supposed peddler.
Hurry Smysor. a Windsor farmer.
while driving two miles west Of the
village saw the buggy rapidly ap-
preaching with the girl struggling
frautically.
As the vehicle came abreast Mr..
Smysor commanded the girls oaptor
tc release her. Evidently fright
cned. the man dropped his captive
and she fell. TO the ground senseless
while the buggy in which she had
been held a prisoner was driven on
ward at a reckless pace.
The girl says she thinks the man
vas a peddler. who had sold some fsh
AT her home She said she became ae
auainted with him when he borrowed
brtcher knife one day several weeks
ego
lie came along in a buggy AM
asked me to ride out to the house
with him. said Miss Orndorh after
she had been brought to her home IN
lihis city
"When We reached the house he re
fused TO stop and whipped up MS
horse and when I attempted to scream
he knotted a dirty handkerchief oveI
M mouth.
Prom the girls description the 10
lice hope to sppreheBd the man
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20
.LABOR'S DISPUTES
VIII Be Reported On BY Executive
Council OF American Federation
Which Met Yesterday.

Washington. Aug. 19.-The execu-
tive council Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor representing nearly all
the large labor bodies Of this country
aud Canada. began a three days scs-
sicn to-day at the general headquart-
cry in this city for the purpose OF
hearing the final representations con
corning the labor disputes Of the year.
At the close OF the session the council
zili proceed 10 Norfolk by boat. and
while on route viii reach its eonclu-
sions and prepare its report for sub
mission at the annual meeting of the
Federation in Norfolk in November.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20
A PAT ON THE BACK.

Cincinnati. Aug 19.-Mr. Harry
Horn. third vice president of the G. T
4. A.. al a mass meeting of operators
yesterday. spoke in part as follows;
To the women and men teleg
raphers who stood bravely at Their
posts III the San Francisco earth
quake. to those who faitfully worked
night and DAY continuously for week
aiter the great St Louis cyclone N
1896. to those gallant operators who
y orked during national political con
yentions for DAYS and nights &c
those who worked continuously dur
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20
WOMAN O|SROBEO
BY Live Wire in Atlanta, Ga, Sues
Electric Company for Ten
Thousand Dollars.

Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 19.-Alleging that
she was almost completely disrobed
by a live wire, Mrs. Maud S. Orr
prominent in Atlanta, has sued the
Georgia Railway aud Electric com
pany for $4,000 damages.
Mrs. Orr was shopping in Whitehall
street when the broken end of guy
wire which had been charged in some
way touched her feet The current
tore her belt off and also other por
tions of Mrs. Orr's attire until she
stood almost completely nude in the
crowded street
In addition to the humiliaticn
caused by her clothing being stripped
from her in public Mrs. Orr also al
leges that the shock also caused hei
serious physical injury.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20
Telegraph Companies Have n
creased Forces Most Strike
Breakers by Western
Union are Women
Commercial Telegraph Operators on Strike
Will Camp In Tents--Women Strikers
Will Appeal to Miss
Helen Gould

Chicago, Aug. 19.-1he latest de
IveIopments in the strike situation
lapprise of the calling out Of the
leased wire men In six brokerage
offices and the issue of number of
conflicting statements regarding the
progress of the strike by officials of
the union and the telegraph com
panies Both sides claim they have
won the strike The telegraph com
panies arc increasing their forces and
today have larger number of oper-
ators working ut the Board of Trade
office than they have had at any time
since the strike started
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-20
STEEL PLANT BURNS.

Cumberland. Nd. August 19.-The
plant Of the Cumberland Steel CON.
pany was tonight totally destroyed by
fire of unknown origin. Tho loss r.
estimated at sssa.o00. with Insurance
of 100000 The plant produced ac-
curatc steel castings and Is said 70
have been the only one Of the kind in
the wcrid.