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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Husband Bravely Went Through Or
deal to Keep PIighted 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 soliloquized. Il can never do it."
For mor;e't he reflected. Then,
clinching his teeth he cried wildly
But RVS. She laughed at me and
said would not dare. must prove to
her l 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 l do. And
yet" he added fiercely, IF don't she
will taunt me with my cowardice."
This thought thrilled him with 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 sharp cry, but 1t
was drowned in the splash. Then he
struggled with the waves, striking out
wildly with his arms, and a moment
later leaped out and seized towel.
"There!" he exclaimed. triumphant
ly. Next time tell my wife I'm go
ing to take cold bath before break
fast she'll know it's no bluff"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
HATS IMPROVE WITH AGE.
Economy in the Purchase Of First
Class silk Headoear.

"A silk hat, like wine, improves
with age" said a clubman. The Oft
ener you have 1t ironed the sleeker
and more brilliant it becomes, 1t
costs good deal at the outset, but in
the end 1t is the cheapest hat to wear.
1t lasts. you see, SO long, and to iron
1t costs SO littlea dime or so. Some
folks think the topper very perish
abe. II 1t gets soaked with rain. II
some one sits on 1t and crushes it In
to an accordion, they think 1t must be
thrown away, the same as II It were q
Derby. But not at all. A silk hat can
be taken apart and put together again
like a watch. and IL 1t gets crushed.
nothing is easier than to melt of 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 IL
ironed the brighter and finer 1t shines.
Its luster Increases with time and fric.
tion like the luster Of good. antique
furniture"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
COFFEE FRAPPE IS GOOD.
Necessitates Only Little Work with
the Freezer.

Prepare a pint Of strong, black cor
fee; boil granulated sugar with enough
water to dissolve it until it almost
strings, add this to the coffee and
place the mixture in freezer. The
amount of sugar must vary according
to your taste; it should be sweetened
Z to about the same point that you like
breakfast coffee; no more. Turn the
dasher Of the freezer first to right then
to the left, alternating the movement
and scraping down the mixture from
the side of the freezer as 1t begins to
harden. When it looks like rock crys-
tai, that is, semi-transparent and show
ing little sharp points, heap In glasses
and serve Immediately with very thin
waters that are not too sweet,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

The lions name. like the human
hand, serves a 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. Ieaping on their backs
to slay them. They tear madly away,
and in their flight strive to scrape OF
the lion against tree trunks and
boqghs. But his name protects him.
without It the bumps and knocks he
receives IN that wild ride would in
fallibly make him fall unconscious to
the ground. IN lighting his name also
protects the lion, safeguarding his
throat against the longest, sharpest
claws,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
SALAD WITH THE MEAT.
Combination That Will Be Pronounced
Excellent.

Shred finely half small head OF
crisp, tender cabbage and a crisp GU
cumber, an onion. two sweet peppers;
exclude the seeds and compartments
where seeds rest a stalk of celery,
all shredded and mixed. Use the ac-
complaining mayonnaise: One cup
sweet milk, one teaspoon graduated
sugar, a dash of cayenne and white
pepper; thicken when at boiling point
with a heaped tablespoon OF corn
starch; when cooked, remove. from the
fire. Add one tablespoon olive oil,
one tablespoon good butter one table
spoonful any favorite salad dressing,
and two tablespoons lemon juice or
BEST cider vinegar Salt to taste. Keep
on ice until served. Place slice OF
tomato on top of each plate and your
mayonnaise over all
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Color AnaIvsls.

BY subjecting minerals containing
various metals to the spark of high
tension induction coil characteristic
colors are impaired to the spark by
the different metals. 1t is not the
heat that produces these colors, but
centrifugal force, which like radio
active matter, puts the corpuscles of
the molecule in motion
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
EA,.. perlen. pearIa.

The reason that pearls bring In such
enormous prices is that fine specimens
are scarce. First, they must be per-
fectly round, Ehen they must match.
Not one in a thousand is perfectly
round. Then necklaces are usually
made so that the pearls are large In
front and taper off gradually at the
back. This ads to the difficulty OF
matching them. To make up a really
well matched necklace may take
years.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
hand.om. Advice.

An Atchison expert in flirting says
that when you take hold Of girls
hand, and she doesn't say anything,
but gets that cold, steel gray look in
her eyes, as II she had sick headache,
you had better let loose and run. But
If the girl grabs her hand away, and
says: Now, you stop!" the expert
says keep right on; it's all right
Atchison Globe.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

the sores with Cuticura Ointment onsott
bandages after washing with warm water
and Cuticura Soap, and gave him the
Cuticura Pills. In two weeks he was al
most cured, and after the steady use Of
Cuticura Remedies for two or three
months / can now say that have one Of
the finest boys in town, and tell allmy
neighbors that he owes his health to
Cuticura. Later my little daughter was
all covered with sores on her face and
body. | didn't waste much time or
money with doctors, as / had done when
my boy was sick, but used the Cuticura
Remedies on her, and now my little girl
is entirely cured. / send you her photo
graph to show how she looks after we
used Cuticura. I know Of several
other cures which Cuticura Remedies
have effected, including that Of our.
domestic, Miss S., whose face was
covered with mosquito bites which she
scratched until they became mass Of
sores and which she cured In no time with
Cuticura Ointment. Cur whole family
Joins in sending their thanks and praise
FOR all that Cuticura Remedies have
done for us. Mrs. Rose Floss, 1906
W. Madison ST., Chicago, I'LL, Nov. q
and Dec. 8, 1906, and Jan. "A, 1907
Complete External and Internal Tfsssnept iag
consists Of Cuteura Soap (25cl 20 Cleanse The skin.
Cfitlcura Ointment (5Oc'l 70 Heal the skin, f10
CutieuFa Res0lyent tB0c). On the form 81 Chocolate
Sold thfoaSho1t tic world, Potter nius Chem.
Corr. Sole Props. Boston. Mass. .fIt
- Mailed Free. CutIcuIa Book On SIM nlsea,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Artificial Grouse REARING.

Both to sport and culinary purposes
there is no game bird that flies that
can beat the fully matured and fully
fed and feathered grouse, and it would
therefore well repay little more at
tention than it has ever yet received in
the way of artificial rearing and feed
ing.-The County Gentleman.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
LnfallihIe for Earaohe.

Here is remedy for earache never
known to fail: Take a bit of cotton
batting, put upon it a pinch of black
pepper; gather it UP and tie it; dip
in sweet oil and insert in the ear.
Put a flannel bandage over the head
to keep warm. 1t will give immediate
relief.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

PRIVILEGED Barristers.

The barrister in England is the very
salt of the earth. He it is who makes
the laws, who goes into parliament,
who sits on the bench, who considers
himself seven or eight degrees higher
up in the social scale than any other
poor middleclass mortal; and with
all this he has absolutely no RESPONSE
bility toward his clients.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
oratorx and stimulants.

When a member of the Belgian
parliament is making long speech
the government furnishes his hearers
with brandy, so that they may be
able to stand the strain. We think our
scheme of permitting our statesmen
to retire to the cloakroom while ora
tors are in action is better one.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Woman Is Hard Worker.

There is one woman in Georgia
who should disprove the common be-
lief that Newcomer of the south may
be fascinating, but certainly are indo-
lent. She is the manager of a large
farm and in addition to her work on
it is a carrier for the rural delivery
Of mail, covering 40-mile route three
times a week.-Boston Herald.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
rhrne Anea of nIrIhood.

T.i.ee ages of girlhood were illus
t,at,i the other day by trio Of de-
2ure maidens. The first, girl Of
about ten, pushed go-cart in which
sat a tvo-year-old baby. The second,
child of seven. wheeled doll car
yiage in which lay huge doll. The
third. tot Of four. propelled a diminu-
tive cart from which huge Teddy
bear smiled blandly.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Tobacco AmbIyopia.

Patients suffering from Tobacco poi
soning often notice that they have
difficulty in distinguishing between
gold and silver coins. Another com
mon statement is that they see bet
ter in the dusk of the evening than
in the bright light or sunshine. Lon
don Hospital.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Maori Women's Greeting.

The native women of New Zealand,
the Maori, when they greet rub noses,
or, rather, touch noses, allowing them
selves to stand in this position several
moments, making sort of purring
sound And, taking into account the
germ theory, it is much more sensi-
BILE custom than kissing.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
MORALITY the Basis Of ereatness.

/ believe there is no permanent
greatness to a nation except 1t be
based upon morality. do not care
for military greatness or military re-
nown. l care for the condition of
the people among whom l live.-John
Bright
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

Every nation must have its own art
as distinct and separate from that OF
other countries as its language; and
If ever Ireland Is to find her soul and
found her own school of art it can
only be done for her by her own
artists. A teacher from England OF
abroad would be most dangerous ex'
periment.-J. B. Yeats, in the Shan
ACHE.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
poIeful Women Poets.

It was the late Mary Mapes Dodge
who said that no sooner does Pegasus
feel a side saddle on his back than he
canters to the nearest graveyard,
meaning that women poets are al
ways more or less doleful in their
strains.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Raatine.

Ragtime may be described as the
time between supper time and bed
time when the parlor windows are
open and all of the pianos are working
overtime on both sides of the street
up and down the block.-St Louis Re-
public.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
boy AND GIRL
CURED OF SORES
Which Broke out on Face and Body
Medical Treatment Did Them
No Good Mother Cured Both Her
Little Ones and Now The
WHOLE FAMILY JOINS
IN PRAISE OF CUTICURA
"My sons trouble was running sores
which first appeared on his face and

gAAOAA ~ 0AANN WV 49,
over his body. /
had tried doctor
after doctor for
three months but
none helped him.
Then / was adj
vised to try Cuti-
cura. My drug
gist said that he
could give me q
salve that would
help him, but / de-
nanded Cuticura
Ointment and after
using it for a while
/ was surprised to
see an improv-
ment. I treated
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
NAUGHTY Puss.

Marjorie was playing with the kit
ten and received severe scratch.
She looked at the ugly red line, then
she stretched out her hand toward
the kitten and said sternly: little,
dive me dat PIN"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
In. caddle,s SUFFERING.

Macfoozler (playing an absolutely
hopeless game) Here! What are you
lying down for? Are you tired?" Cad
die-'Im no tired O. carryin', but
I'm sair weary O. countin' !"-Punch.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Cultivate Virtue.

Let us every day cultivate some lit
tie flower of virtue so that in the end
we may have a garden of character
bright and blooming, solace and a
comfort to ourselves and a delight to
our neighbors DR.. Madison c. Peters.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

Jim writes from Texas" said the
old lady, that one O. the biggest Of
fees in the state has been seekin'
him fer some time, but he don't speci-
~ just how much he owes it!"-Atlan-
ia Constitution
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Fa4erlnu win.

II thou falter in thy will, and be not
found there, thou wilt run hobblins
and hating all the way thou FUNNIEST,
and also to be sure thou wilt fall short
at last. The Lord give thee a will and
courage.--John Bunyan.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

A Tennessee woman returned from
a summer resort to find her husband
married to the Gook-and then got
mad about it. Possibly the fellow
knew no other way of retaining her.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
IncompIete.

Old Scotch Farmer (having spent
sixpence on rattle ticket for a pony
and trap value $50, and having won
it, is shown the prize After gazing
critically at it for some minutes)-
But whaur's the whup?-Punch.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
One Mans Error Causes Others to Err.

OHC WHIT IITOT NdUSOS ONI'NT . 70 =
AS often happens in great crowd
of men when people press against
each other, no one falls without draw
ing another after him, and the fore
most are the cause of the ruin of those
that follow So it is in common life:
there is no man that erreth to himself
but is the cause and author of other
mems error-Seneca.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Golf costs.

It costs from ESQ to $50 per an
mum to remove the, wormcasts by
rolling or sweeping them from the
green's of a golf course, before any
thing approaching accurate play is
possible-Golf Illustrated.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
souree d Good Government.

Good government generally begins
in the family, and II the moral char
acter Of people once degenerates,
their political character must follow.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
poctoras ldea d oratltude.

Grateful Patient'D Doctor, how can
Y | ever repay you for your kindness to
meT Doesn't matter, old
man Check, money order, or cash !"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

In great actions our only care ought
to be to perform well our part, and
let glory follow virtue Jacques
Benigne Bossuet.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

A baby: That which makes home
happier, love stronger. patience
greater, hands buster, nights longer,
days shorter the past forgotten, the
future brighter.-Rupert's Magazine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

The automobilist would really get
along very well as a rule If there
weren't SO many pedestrians clutter
ing up the highways
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Useless Fear.

Many woman has been Jealous
Of man who couldn't succeed in go
ing wrong even if he were the only
fellow at summer resort
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

A man likes to be told that he Is in
his prime, but a woman always thinks
1t a reflection on her age,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11
Humanlty,s InuratItude.

Life gives us so many beautiful,
wonderful joys and rewards, it's
strange we cannot more bravely bear
the little ills and burdens.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

'Wtc " SS' 1i'SHe 'N~t'NSbes
When a woman invites you to some
thing that is very informal. you
know" she is always insulted II you
don't wear your best clothes to 1t.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

Lendon's Many Clubs.
London has 300 clubs with . mem
bership Of 100000.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

Most men are apt to believe what
they least understand. Montaigne.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

In France the bill Of physician Or
druggist cannot be collected II more
than two years old.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

Enormous Post ONCE Receipts.
Manhattan's post once receipts
amount to s54,s7O daily.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-11

Maker,
Seller,
Advertiser.
a. ''+'''' ne e.
Xxx q Gently visiting
- s. . ' 70, &, :
purpose of gathering Ameri-
can ideas to infuse into his
business. When he showed
an interest in the adding ma
chine in use in a noted Chica
go business house he was
asked if he had them in his
establishment. No he had
none. "This machine" his
host said, examining the
plate, twas invented twenty
years ago. How do you ac-
count for the fact that you
never bought one ?" He re-
piled, II supposeit is because
the manufacturer never tried
to us one" This serves to
bring to mind the improve
ments which have been intro
duced into every line OF bust
ness within the last twenty
years-improvemNnts in ma
chinery, enough to stir the
dullest imagination improve
ments in system. method,
manufacture, merchandise,
custom, organization, and
everything because some
body had something 10 SELL
and had argued down every
outgrown tradition and pre-
iudice that stood in his way,
and had made a place for his
product among the equip
ment OF the world. 1t brings
the inventor, the maker, the
seller, the advertiser,in their
true light as substantial
bcnefactors Of the human
race. Civilization owes much
to the man who has some
thing to sell.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-14

pher. starting him as secretary. to re-
sp0nsible grades. from which he reason
ably may hope some time to reach the
highest place. or a bright clerk. step by
STEP trying him out as he advances from
one grade TO another. than man IN any
operating department.
Lucius Tuttle. who succeeded Mcleod
as president Of the Boston and Maine,
which post Mcleod held when his Read
ing scheme seemed going through, began
as q local ticket agent, and became gen.
eral ticket agent for a small line. r. B.
Thomas, president of the Lehigh Valley,
was at one time a coai weigher. at which
he received less than $40 a month. Ac-
cording TO HIS theory, it would be I'M
possible for coal weigher to-day to
aspire successfully TO an executive post
tion.
The late Sam Spencer began as a rod
man on the old Memphis and Savannah
Railroad. after being graduated from the
University OF Virginia, and was qualified
BY abundant practical experience fer the
Job when Morgan wanted him for the
president OF the Sou iern. There still
Is plenty OF opportunity for the civil en-
gineer to reach the presidents desk,
since civil engineers do not have to join
unions
stuyvesant Fish. lately ousted from the
presidency OF the Illinois Central, start
cd as clerk in the Office of that road
not because he WAS poor, for his father
was rich, but because the elder Fish in
sisted that the younger man should learn
how 70 earn his own living There is
plenty OF chance for a young man like
him TO fight his way to a railroad presi-
dency
Hill. as everybody knows, trained him
self in the wood and coal business on the
river front at ST. Paul. He never had
worked on anybody else's railroad when
he began at the establishment of his
own. but he took severe course OF prac-
teal self-instruction in everything per
tanning 10 practical raiiroaalng from tie
tamping and firing 10 floating stocks
and bonds as soon as he had a road Of
his own on which 20 study
Hartman isn't supposed by some folks
20 know much about practical railroad
operation. but he actually does lot Of
watching the right of way" from the
rear car window when on any of his
roads. He knows al about rails, cars,
and engines too. and also ths practical
side Of locomotive running. He learned
It at Ogdensburg, \. Y, where he used
70 run a switch engine for amusement
after hours, once IN a while. when tenn
porarily working there as a clerk. It
was at Ogdensburg that he first met Miss
Mary AveriH, who later became Mrs
Hartman.
Copyright. 1907. by Dexter MarshaH)
The Washington herald., 1907-04-14

more than thirty years residence in
Ohio. but by birth and training, until
past thirty he Is a New Englander, Maine
being his native State. He went to Ohio
IN the interests of a client, and became
the receiver of the old indianapolis, Gin
einnau and Lafayette, with the idea of
building up a sound road on its ruins.
He did we'll as receiver and was made
the roads president, but the resuscitation
was premature, and period of bad busi-
ness, which he could not forosee. came
along and the line was wrecked again.
From the resultant chaos the present Big
-Four eventually emerged. When the
Vanderbilts got control of the line IN
gals remained its president, and in 1880
succeeded Coils P Huntington, builder
of the Chesapeake and Ohio, as head Of
that line. Despite the ability OF Mr.. Hunt
ington in big railroad problems-and he
was near the head OF his ciass-Ingalls
succeeded in doing what Huntington did
not IN the campaign which gave the
Chesapeake and Ohio a through route
from the Lakes to the sea at Newport
News.
Must BE Good Takers.
The man who, like Hill. thinks out
great system and then. link by link, ere
ates it without ever taking the public
snto his confidence; the man who, like
Hartman, binds together a lot OF more
less unrelated lines into one great CO.
diuated system; these men must have
nagination as well as executive ability
Sinagination equal to that Of him who
writes great epic poem or a great series
'of novels, or who creates masterpiece
in plastic or graphic art.
They must be good takers, too. at least
the beginning, able 10 tell the story Of
cir imaginings In such a way as to en-
in the attention Of men who possess
money needed to crystallize air cas-
into reality and the lawmaking pow
81 to give them legal standing Both Hill
id Hartman are good takers, and Hill
ways has been willing to talk for pub
3tion. Hartman rarely was known to
x to the press until the recent inter-
e investigation, and most OF the in
Jews he gave out for years were care
~ veiled.
lie IS credited generally with being al
bst inhuman in his lack OF regard for
subOrdinates, but his friends say he
A t, his mind Is filled up with the gigan-
schemes he has imagined. and the best
10 carry them out; he doesn't think
n about his subordinates one way or
ither
At they say the real Hartman is as
lan as anybody else. when he gives
lseif half chance, and they some