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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-20
STAR BRANCH OFFICES.


II rot convenient to call at The
Star office, 18th street and Penn
sylvania avenue, leave your ecver-
tisement at any of the following
Branch Offices:
NORTHWEST BRANCHES:
Geptner's Drug Store, nth and q SITS.
Eppley's Drug Store 18th and yelling pi.
fOrtmsns I Drug store 18th ana r. aye
IIolizclaws News stand. i7o5 Pa. ave.
cris@els Drug s' Store 1'; IN ,n and sts
Postal Telegraph oalce. li26 Conn. ave-
Postal lost al TTeIIeEraph Once. yl2 Pa ave;
Postal Telegraph Office. Penn. r. II: Station
S Knnn. Sons Co. information Bureau.
Interior Dept, sth ( SITS. Telegraph oslee.
J'nfer bldg. 9TH 4 u SITS. Telegraph ONCE.
Commercial Bank bldg. Telegraph once.
Grier Grier,s Pharmacy, 9th & n Z; ave
Goidenherg's Department Store. 9l2-2s TN
81. Bureau Of lnformato~
The Ilutchins Kenner Drug Co, 18th & Que.
Butler & Field. Druggists Sd & Indiana ave.
Louis n. Castell. Pharmacist, 300 llth St
Dupont Pharmacy. Chas. S. Boston. prop.
GEoReErowN:
SS..nncnne,,,r .s Drug Store. 32d and u SITS.
Adams Express Office 1922 s2d st.
Pride's Pharmacy. 18th and SITS.
NORTHEAST:
henealy Pharmacy. N Capitol and sts
Halcy's Pharmacy. 18th and f. Capitol SITS.
Mnhurn's Pharmacy. 18th and II SITS.
Butlers Pharmacy. 4th AMI Stanton place.
SOUTHEAST:
Brlcleys Drug store, Sth and + SITS.
ODonnelrs Drug Store Sd and Pa. ave.
SOUTHWEST:
Sullivnn's Drug Store 18th and D SITS.
Eleventh Street Wharf, O'Brien & Hall
Chas. S. Walter 90l Az st.
ANACoSTIA:
{. G. Lohr. % Monroe st.
ALEXANDRIA,
A. S. Donphan. 727 King st.
BRENTWOOD D, c.;
VIM. Thomas. Brightwood ave. and Long
fellow St
TENLEYTowN. D. c.:
Andrew Burga. Druggist
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
A PRETTY SAFE PROPHECY.
De Pachmann's Humor at Expense Of
His Confrere.

Vladimir De Pachmann, the Russian
pianist, and Goldmark, the famous
opera composer, met in front OF the
latter's Vienna home short time
ago. Goldmark is most estimable
old gentleman and writer Of excep-
tionally brilliant and melodious mu-
sic, but his one great fault Is most
overwhelming conceit trait which
often gives his friends occasion for
much merriment at his expense. As
De Pachmann and Goldmark walked
away from the composers house, the
pianist pointed backward over his
shoulder and said: THAT modest lit
tie edifice will be signally distinguish
ed some day after you are dead" I'm
deed" murmured Goldmark, blushing
with pleasure. YES" continued De
Pachmann; they will decorate 1t with
q tablet" And, pray, what do you
suppose they will say on the tablet
after am dead?" asked the composer.
eagerly. ITO Let" was De Pach-
MAINS pithy reply, as he scuttled
across the Ring Strasse.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
WHEN A "AuNc4" HELD GOOD.
Chinese Laundry Ticket Suggested a
Bet on "Wing Ting"

Kay Spence, well-known horseman
of Mexico, Mo-, won $1,000 at the
Louisville, KY, race meeting short
time ago as the result of lunch
Mr.. Spence has large breeding
stable of runners" near Mexico, and
attends all the big racing events in
the country. Not long since he was
in Louisville and entered the betting
ring to see what odds were being Of
fered on the. various entries. He
found that Joaquin was the favorite
at even money, and pulled his wallet
from his pocket, intending to bet on
that horse. His attention was at
tracted by something that fell from
his wallet to the ground, and he stoop-
ed and picked it up. 1t was Chi
nese laundry ticket. He looked at
the books" again and found that there
was an entry with a Chinese name.
Wing Ting, at ten to one. That set
tied it. for he considered he had re-
ceived "hunch" that could not be
overlooked. Wing Ting won handily.
Needless to say, those who backed the
favorite considered Spence the sew
enth son of the seventh son.-Kansas
City Star.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
True TO HIS PROMISE.
Husband RraveIy Went Through Or
deal to Keep Plighted Word.

He stood gazing down at the water.
1T must be cold" he thought, very
cold" He shrank back and shuddered
involuntarily, MY courage is failing
he soliloouized. Il can never do 1t"
For moiHr1t he reflected. Then,
clinching his teeth he cried wildly
"But ! rrNe' She laughed at me and
said | would not dare. | must prove to
her | am no poltroon." Again he gaz-
ed steadfastly into the water. So
peaceful, so placid, 1t lay before him
that had he been on some other mis-
sion he would have felt sense OF
calm serenity at sight Of 1t instead
of being inspired with dread and ter
ror After awhile he continued; She
will only be sorry If | do. And
yet" he added fiercely, IF | don't she
will taunt me with my cowardice.
This thought thrilled him with a saw
age determination and with a mighty
effort he gathered himself for the leap.
A moment only he stood poised on the
brink, then plunged into the cold cold
waters He uttered a sharp cry, but 1t
was drowned in the splash. Then he
struggled with the waves, striking out
wildly with his arms, and moment
later leaped out and seized towel.
"There!" he exclaimed, triumphant
ly. Next time tell my wife I'm go
ing to take a cold bath before break
fast she'll know it's no bluff.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18

They'll lose; we'll lose. Suppose we
see If we can't make them see it in
the same light"
The head of the firm threw up his
hands and collapsed
Good heavens" he gasped, why
didn't somebody think of that before?"
And the man who did things made
reply: We've been too busy plan
ming the fight to have time to think
about it."
And the head turned to the one
man and said: How in the name Of
all that is profitable did you happen to
have such an Inspiration"
And the man laughed.
That's no inspiration" he said;
that's common sense. | simply have
sat back here-not doing things
thinking And know we canasquare
it up"
And they did.
Moral: Don't do things-all the
time. Think little.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Gambling in Rain.

Like the Chinese, the natives of
India are greatly addicted to gambling.
They have, indeed, one form of wager
which is peculiar to the country, and
which consists in betting on the
weather. This is called "sutta," and
has one advantage over most forms of
gambling in that there is no possibili-
ty of cheating, since there is NO
chance of controlling the results. The
sportsmen make wagers whether it
will rain or not, and also how much
rain will fall, the latter question being
settled by rain gauges There is great
excitement on cloudy days. The
gamblers rush to the offices or "dens"
and record their bets with the book
makers. Then, If the expected dowR-
pour comes, anxious groups assemble
round the rain gauges. Even horse
racing, it is said, has not more fasci-
nation for some of the gamblers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Use of Lions Name.

The lions name, like the human
hand, serves distinct use. The lion,
without it, would soon die out. The
jungle is the lions hunting ground.
Here he stalks the buffalo and other
such creatures, leaping on their backs
to Stay them. They tear madly away,
and in their fight strive to scrape of
the lion against tree trunks and
boughs. But his name protects him.
Without 1t the bumps and knocks he
receives in that wild ride would in
fallibly make him fall unconscious to
the ground. In fighting his name also
protects the lion, safeguarding his
throat against the longest, sharpest
claws.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
RAT DOCS rRAPEzw ACT.
Walks Telegraph Wire, Bssst BY spar
rows Until the End.

A gray rat walking along an electric
wire 80 feet above the ground for
many blocks furnished novelty on
Wegt Baltimore street. The feat,
which excels that of any trick rat ever
exhibited in show, would seem q
dream of the imagination but for the
fact that the spectacle Is absolutely
vouched for by thousands OF persons
who watched the strange sight from
six O'Clock until eight Beset by q
number of English sparrows, which
seemed to take fiendish delight in at
lacking the badly handicapped rodent.
he at times varied his steady gait
along the wire by acrobatic perform
ances calculated to ward on the at
tacks of the birds. He would sit up
on his launches on the slender wire,
no larger than a lead pencil, and re-
connoiter before continuing his hap
less journey from pole to pole. After
a most gallant fight for life, which de-
served better recognition under the
rules of fair play, the unfortunate anil
NAL was finally knocked from the wire
at Carrolton avenue and Baltimore
street and dispatched by a dog. just
how the rat got on the wire in the first
place has not been satisfactorily ex-
planned, but it is thought that a dog
chased him somewhere-somep persons
say as far east as the neighborhood of
Howard and Baltimore streets-and
forced him to run up a pole.-Balti-
more Dispatch to Washington Post.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
rHE ANTS, &c TRADE.
Russian Gatherer Has Insects Help
Him In Collecting.

Ants eggs come in the main from
Russia. They are the best food OBJ
tainabe for gold fish, and canaries
and other cage birds thrive on them
wonderfully. They cost about so
cents a pint In the forests of south
ern Russia ant nests abound. The
Russian egg hunter does not do his
own collecting there-he makes the
poor ants do it for him. Selecting
hot sunny day, the man first erects
little piles of twigs, dozen or more
of them, near the thickest colonies,
and then he kicks open all the nests
in the neighborhood. The ants know
that their eggs, thus exposed to the
sun would be made sterile in a few
hours, and they take them up and
hurry to place them under the nearest
shelter. The nearest shelter is, OF
course, the little pile of twigs, and
under each of these there are soon
heaped the eggs from hundred
nests. The egg hunter, after smoke
and nap has nothing to do but gath
er up his spoil and dump it in his
sack. He ships the eggs in hundred
weight bags, all over the world.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
HATS IMPROVE WITH AGE.
Economy in the Purchase Of First.
Glass Silk Headgear.

"A silk hat, like wine, improves
with age" said a clubman. The oft
ener you have it ironed the sleeker
and more brilliant it becomes. 1t
costs a good deal at the outset, but in
the end it is the cheapest hat to wear.
1t lasts, you see, so long, and to iron
it costs so little-a dime or so. Some
folks think the topper very perish
abe If it gets soaked with rain, il
some one sits on it and cruises it in
to an accordion, they think it must be
thrown away, the same as if it we're a
Derby. But not at all. A silk hat can
be taken apart and put together again
like watch, and If it gets crushed,
nothing is easier than to melt off the
silk, straighten out the frame and then
put on the silk again. In England, the
home of this hat, / have known men
to wear the same topper for 10 or IL
years. And the oftener the old hat is
ironed the brighter and finer it shines.
It's luster increases with time and fric-
ton like the luster of good, antique
furniture"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Strenuous Medical Treatment.

Although the Maoris of New Zea-
land have made considerable strides
In civilization during recent years
some Of their barbaric superstitions
survive. One of the most persistent
is belief In the 'toAunga" or tribal
medicine man. His patients some
times succumb to his energetic meth
DDS Of treatment. The latest case of
that sort comes from Waikato. A sick
girl, after having been immersed in
cold water for some hours, was beat
en- with sticks to drive the evil spirits
out, the 'tohunga" afterward gripping
her throat to prevent their reentering.
She died the next day.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Wnman M. PIs Mishan.

One of the women members of the
Finnish diet met with a laughable
mishap recently while attending the
sittings of legal committee. Bored
by the proceedings she bestrode her
chair and rocked to and fro with her
feet clear of the ground. Suddenly
she overbalanced and fell above the
chair, with which she battled for some
moments as she lay on the floor The
equality of the sexes is coming to be
looked upon so much as matter Of
course that the male members of the
committee, not concealing their appre-
citation of the humor of the situation,
are reported to have been ungallant
enough to refrain from expressing re-
greet at the mishap.-London Mail.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Horns on Horses Skull.

A recently acquired abnormality Of
the British museum is the skull Of an
English horse showing a pair OF
rudimentary horns on the forehead.
Older specimens are portion of a
similar skull with the horns and mod
els of the foreheads of two thorough
breds having horns. The skin extends
uniformly over the horns, with no sign
of thickening or hardening. Just what
these hornlike growths signify is per-
picking naturalists, as none of the an
cestral horses or Immediately related
species were horned animals, and If
there is no hereditary influence it is
remarkable that so many freak APP
pendages should appear in the same
place.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Witness Neatly Tricked.

The chief witness against John Con-
nor for the murder of man in Cork
was the accused's hat, which was
found beside the corpse. The police
man who found the hat was cross-ex-
amined thus by Daniel O'Connell
you swear the hat now in my hand
is the identical hat you found beside
the body of the murdered man." he
asked the policeman. Il do" you
know it to be the prisoners hat?"
II do you knew it from the name
inside" said O'Connell, looking into
the hat and proceeding to spell slowly
John Common" Il did," replied
the policeman. Now, my lord and
gentlemen of the jury, just see for
yourselves how much this mans oath
is WORTH" said O'Connell handing up
the hat to the Judge. There's no
name at all inside the hat" The pris-
oner won.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
The RIessedness OF GIVING.

The tremendous benefactions Of
Carnegie and Rockefeller are having
the effect, we are told, of giving the
small-fry philanthropists cold feet and
soaring them out of the game, until
it comes to pass that the man who has
only the beggarly 100000 or so, to
bestow, evinces decided disposition
to buy fun less expensive, If likewise
less intense with his money This
goes to suggest that, philanthropists
are but flesh and blood, after all, and
banker not to enter in a race where
they are to be not only beaten but
distanced at the post. The widows
mite is unexceptionable, of course,
and 1t seems a pity that nobody hears
the widows name laundering down
the ages.-Puck.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Cured Hay Fever and Summer
Colds.

A. j. Nusbaum, Batesville, Indiana,
writes: Last year suffered for three
months with summer cold so distress
sing that it interfered with my business
| had many Of the symptoms Of hay
fever, and doctors prescription did
not reach my case, and took several
medicines which seemed to only ag-
gravate my case. Fortunately | insist
ed upon having Foley's Honey and
Tar in the yellow package, and ii
quickly cured me. My wife has since
used FoIey's Honey and Tar with the
same success"
Sold by Bearden & King, Okolona,
and St. Clair Drug Co., TupeIo.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Affection Between Senators.

There was sincere affection be-
tween the late Alabama senators, Nor
gan and Pettus 1t Is said that Pettus
adored Morgan. He looked up to him
as few men look up to other men.
When Morgan passed away the fading
old veteran lost all interest in life.
These things sound unbelievable, per-
haps, to a skeptical modern time, but
Morgan and Pettus did not belong to
a modern time. They were relics OF
an elder age. They passed away al
most together. The death of one pre-
ceded and, the Alabama men say,
brought about the death of the other.
Together they lie in Selma, where,
side by side, they lived for 40 years.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
THINKS WHILE he WORKS.
One Man Who Saves Money for the
Firm.

There once was man who did not
do things He was running a certain
section Of certain large firms bust
ness, and people began to talk of him.
What's the matter with that fell
low?' said they. DO you notice how
he does nothing? All he does all day
is-nothing, or, not much, at all
events. How does he manage to hang
on?"
The other fellow made reply to the
effect that He does not hang on.
He's anchored here. If he wasn't, he'd
be let out, But he'll never get any
further up. Watch him"
And everybody watched.
One day this certain firm happened
to have a certain something on its
hands that stirred everybody up. 1t
was big contract, and there was
something wrong with the wording, so
the firm had to win big lawsuit or
lose a lot of money. And all the peo-
pie in the firm, everybody who did
things, began to run around and say:
What are we going to do? What are
we going to do?"
And the man who did not do things
sat at his desk and smoked.
Finally everybody had turned in
their suggestions and the firm was 60
ing To begin to fight the ease, for none
of the suggestions suggested anything
else. And then the man who did not
do things spoke.
Suppose | go over and see the
other firm and try to frame up COM
promise" said he. We'll both lose
MONEY! If Il goes into the courts.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Another Kind Of infant.

She had been looking around the
drug and toilet goods department of
one of the big shops for some time
when a clerk approached her.
Haven't you anything harder than
these?" she asked, holding up rub
Der teething ring
None" responded the clerk. chose
are the hardest that come"
ooh, dear" said the woman; "he
has chewed up three Of those al
ready"
"Chewed them up?" exclaimed the
clerk. Il don't see how baby"
"Oh, it isn't a baby" she explained.
Il want it for my little dog"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
A SNAP FOR THE MICE.
"Beads" of Rice Furnished Forth an
Appetizing Luncheon.

The wind shook the Japanese cur
tain of bamboo and glass beads, and as
the strands divided the beach was
Visible-the white beach, the blue sea
and the bathers bobbing up and down
in the sun-warmed pillows. These
Japanese curtains" said the host, ARE
a fraud, some of them. No wonder you
can see through them. They get thin
ner and thinner. For the glass beads
disappear The mice eat them" Mice
eat glass beads? Impossible!" so /
thought at first. But, finding the beads
on all my curtains disappearing, l in
vestigated. And l found that these
pretty pale beads were not made Of
glass at all. They were made of rice.
They were translucent rice kernels
strung beadlike between the bits of
bamboo. No wonder they disappeared
SO fast They made a fine lunch for the
mice"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Atmospheric CHANCES.

Prof. Milne, the great British seis-
mclogist, has demonstrated that at
least part of the weather and changes
in the atmosphere's temperature
seems to come from below instead OF
directly from the sun. He has been
in the habit of leaving an ingenious
Photographic arrangement in quarries
at night The Photographic paper,
when examined later, was found to be
marked from time to time by dark
bands, black spots and what are called
singeings. Some of these markings
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
How to prevent Appendicitis.

Most victim Of appendicitis are those
who are hab;tually constipated. Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic
constipation by stimulating the liver
and bowels, and restores the natural
action Of the bowels. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or grippe
and is mild and pleasant to take.
Refuse substitutes.
Sold by Bearden & King. OkoIona,
and St. Clair Drug Co.. TupeIo.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
occurred al the time OF earthquaKes,

occurred at the time or earthquakes,
but by no means all. Scientists say
that most minerals become luminous
at frequent intervals. The cliffs Of
Doyer have been seen suddenly to
CLEAN and hilltops become visible In
the darkness. The conclusion is that
the disturbing forces which go on
even at the very center of the earth
are converted before they reach the
surface into heat and light and make
all manner of difference in climate
and weather.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
copp.rhsad,s HIdlna Place.

While picking corn from barrel
Mrs. irwin Showers thought the corn
was being moved Of its own accord,
but upon closer investigation she ais
covered some shiny object in the bot
tom Of the barrel. Suspicion was
aroused and Mr.. Showers attention
was called to the moving contents OF
che vessel. A pair Of pincerS was 60
cured and q large copperhead snake
vas drawn from between the ears or
corn. Mrs. Showers had been picking
close 70 danger. 49, Punxsutawney
Spirit
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Futur. sanI.hm.rt q pI,e,,e.

am certain it is safe to prophesy
that the time will come when hos
pitfalls for infectious diseases will be
empty and not wanted. also look for
ward to the time when It will be az
anomalous for persons to died Of scar
let fever, typhoid, cholera, and diph-
iberia as 1t will for q man to die Of
VOLTS bite in England. Very little.
however. can be done BY the Iegislat-
ure. but everything BY the progress Of
medical science. and IN q much larger
degree by the Intelligence Of the peo.
ple- Sir Frederick Treves. a Lealie's
MaKaslna.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18

Some absurd clauses have found
their way into certain acts of the
British parliament. One statute en-
acted punishment of IA years trans
portation for a certain offense, land
upon conviction one-half thereof
should go to the king, and the other
half to the informer." Then there is
an act of parliament for the rebuild
ing of Chelmsford prison which stipu-
lated in one clause that the prisoners
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
Shy on Mythology.

Says San Francisco bank presi-
dent: This spring / entertained a
prominent banker from Tucson. Ariz.
| invited him to the Merchants asso
citation dinner. My friend listened to
the many speeches very attentively,
and said, afterward: / noticed that
almost every speaker said, This city
like Phoenix, will rise from her ashes"
Now there is some mistake about that
have lived in Arizona all my life,
and | know for fact that Phoenix
never had conhagration.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18
New Pure Food and Drug Law.

We are pleased to announce that
FoIey's Honey and Tar for coughs
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law as ii contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend il
as a sale remedy for children and
adults.
Sold BY St. Clair Drug Co, Tupslo,
and all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18

One Of the worst features Of kidney
rouble is that it is an insidious disease
and before the victim realizes his dan
ger he may have fatal malady. Take
FoIey's Kidney Cure at the FIRST sign
of trouble as it corrects irregularities
and prevents Bright's disease and
diabetes.
Sold by Bearden & King, OkoIona.
and St. Clair Drug Co., Tupelo.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18

should De confined an the old prison
until the new one was built and in
another-an amending-clause, that
the new prison should be constructed
out of the material of the old one.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-18

Healthy kidneys filter the impurities
from the blood, and unless they do
this good health is impossible. Foley's
Kidney Cure makes sound kidneys
and will positively cure all forms Of
kidney and bladder disease. i
strengthens the whole system.
Sold by St. Clair Drug Co Tupelo
and Bearden & King Okolona.