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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

ssIn 1897 had q stomach disease,
Some physiclans said Dyspepsia, come
Consumption. On1 said would NOT
live until Spring. For four years / Ok.
listed on boiled milk, soda biscuits, and
ductors' Prescriptions. conId NOT
digest anything ate; then I picked
np one Of your Almanacs and Il hap
pened TO be my ife.saver. bought
q tlfty- cent bottle Of Kodol and the
benz &c received from that bottle all
the gold In Georgia could not buy. ID
two months went back to my work,
as machiulst, and In three months
was well and hearty May you live
long and prosper. &c. N. Cornell,
Roding, Ca, 1905. The above Il only
asample % the great good that is daily
done everywhere by Kod0l For Dys-
pepsla. It is sold here BY
st. Clair Wylie Drug Co. TupeIo, Miss
and Bearden 8 King Okolona, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13
DO NOT CROWD THE SEASON,

The first warm days of spring bring
with them desire to get out and en-
joy the exhilirating air and sunshine.
Children that have beed housed up all
winter are brought out and you won
der where they all came from. The
heavy winter clothing is thrown aside
and many shed their lannels. Then q
cold wave comes and people cay that
grip IL epide mic. Colds at this season
are even more dangerous than in mid.
winter az there is much more danger
of pneumonia. Take Chamberlain
Cough Remedy, however, and you
will have nothing to fear. 1t always
cures, and we have never known .
cold to result in pneumonia when it
was used. II Il pleasant and safe to
take Children like It.
For sale by all druggiOts. s
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

The Texas legislature has exonerated
Senator Bailey, but who will exoner-
ate the Texrs legislature?
The reason bachelor never enjoys
having a good time ia because he can
have it whenever he wants to.
A woman is not going to get so far
advanced that she viii wear reformed
dresses that are not becoming to
her.
Tho public is stlll interested In the
Thaw case. but it is not reading the
testimony as closely as It was. Ali
enlist Evaps lie not nearly so Interests
ling witness Evelyn.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13
LISTEN.

and remember the next time you suf-
fer from pain--caused by damp wealth
err when your head nearly bursts from
neuralgia-try Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment. 1t will cure you. A promi-
nent business man of Hampstead.
Texas. writes: III have used your
IMMINENT. Previous to using it was
great sufferer from Rheumatism and
Neuralgia. am pleased to say that
now am free from these complaints,
am sure | owe this to your linlment.
Sold by Bearden g King Okolona. ise
and st. Clair Wylie Drug Co. Tupelo.
Mics.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

Seems to me that instead of having
a law limiting our wealth it would be
better to have one limiting mans
poverty.
Opportunity knocks once at every
door, and hurries away because it
fears it will have to sleep in the spare
bedroom.
Don't be afraid to give the girl all
your confidence along with the engage
ment ring. You can take the former
back any time you know.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13
is BOTH AGREEABLE AND
EFFECTIVE.

Chamberlain Cough Remedy has
no superior for coughs, colds and
Group, and the fact that it is pleasant
to take and contains nothing in aug
way Injurious has made it favorite
with mothers. Mr.. W. S Pelham, a
merchant of Kirksville, Iowa, says
"For more than thirty years Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy has been my
leading remedy for all throat troubles.
1t is especially successful in cases of
Group. Children like it and my Gus
toners who have used it will not hike
any other"
For sale by all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13
For sale by all druggists.

1t takes pretty good bump of equi-
librium to enable man to balance a
mouth:ul of peas on knife.
A philosopher is man who explains
something he dcsen't understand to
people who don't understand his ex-
plation.
Compare the greatest glory yon can
conceive with any good woman you
may know, and see how Insignificant
is glory.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

The appearance Of the comet was
such that the sensitive PIeiades were
shocked.
How disordered you loOk!" they
exclaimed DO stop and let US fx
your hair" ="
- Don't touch mel" returned the
comet breathlessly. This is the au-
tomobile tousle."
And with q rush Of wind and a
shower of sparks he was gone leav-
ing the gentle sisters to recover from
their astonishment as best they might.
Puck.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

An Indiana man swears he is pursu-
ed by spook. Possibly it is jurt that
rampant restless, literary spirit of the
Hoosier State.
The Nicaragua army has captured
two Honduran towns, but it 10 not stat
ed whether they are in the nature CT
assets or liabilities.
The Negus at Abyssinia has sent a
royal gift to President Roosevelt. After
a while the White House megnagerie
may have to be enlarged.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

The Thaw trial will probably coat
the STATE Of New York hundred
thousand dollar 1t will cost the
Thaw mary times that much. If the
cost Of ~ he reporters service, news
paper tompo ition, Photographic re-
presf ntal,ou and other needless OK.
pArse ie added the cost of this trial
from the money standpoint would be
vtst indeed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

You should be very careful of your
bowels when you have cold. Nearly
all other cough syrups are constip It
ing, especially those containing op
iates. Kennedy's Laxative G on g b
Syrup moves the bowels-contains NO
opiates, Conforms to National Pure
Food and Drugs Law. Bears the en-
dorsement of mothers everywhere.
Children like its pleasant taste Sold by
ST. Clair Wylie Drug Go. Tupelo. Miss
and Bearden & King Okolona Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13
ARARY

should be sunshine in the home. and
will be il you give it Whites Cream
Vermifuge, the greatest worm medi-
cine ever offered to suffering human
ity. This remedy is becoming 9
permanent fixture of well regulated
household mother, with children,
can't get along without a bottle OF
Whites Cream Vermifuge in b 9
house. 1t is the purest and best medi-
cine that money can buy. Sold by.
ST. CLAIR Wylie Drug Go. Tupelo, Miss.
and Bearden & King Okolona, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

II Justice Fitzgerald is not sure of
the law either Jerome or Delmas will
be glad to show him.
Chicago, at any rate has three past
grand masters OF the brotherhood of
Panama Canal Chief Engineers.
The Tobacco octopus which is to
take over" the cigar business pre-
sumably works its jaws like ch:wer
and emits smoke in puffs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13
Alice RooseveIt's wedding

was something to be recorded in the
annals OF history. Herblne has been
acknowledged the greatest OF liver
regulators. A positive cure for BIZ
lious headaches, Constipation, Chills
and Fever, and all liver complaints.
J.C. Smith, Little Rock, Ark, writes:
"Herblne is the greatest liver me-
dicine known. Have used it for years
It does the work" Sold by.
St, CLAIR .Wylie Drug Co Tupelo, Miss
and Bearden & King Okolona, Miss,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder Of
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

The Texas worm has turned. Legis-
latOrs whom Bailey has been denounc-
ing - liars have at last Olucked up
courage to say, you're anotherl"
There is euccess In failure and fall
ure in success. Who fails to win fame
gains privacy. Who succeeds in ac-
hieving glory loses the resttlnese
of obscurity.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

w II yoHr chest paine and you are nm.
able to sleep bec6ueE nfN cough @ sBuS.
IA bottle OF Ballard's Horehound Syrup.
and yon won't have any cough. Get ?
bottle roW Sld that cough Win not last
long. A cure for al pulmonary dis
Gases. MFO. u. Galveston, Texas.
\ writes: 81 can't say enough for Bal.
lard's Horehound 6yrCps Ihe relief 1t
a has given me IL all that 10 necessary for
me to say" Sold by. 80
Sc Clair Wylie Drug Co. TupeIo, Mlss.
and Beardon & King Okolona, Miss. :.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

Sterling individuality is superior to
collective uncertainty.
When some men go to law they act
like woman quarling with her neigh
bors. They want revenge and the last
word
There are rose gardens in the do
main of thought, end there are pur-
lieus also. Happy he who can make
his mental promenades in the rose
gardens only.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13
idneys and lame back use
dney and Bladder Pills

'NlF bagO, rhenmailSm, bad
DIR and d ,r troubles troubles arising
rrum 49, Iood. They cleanse the
Kidneys and clean the system, Indoors
ed and sold by St. Clair Wylie Drug
Co. Tupelo, and Bearden & King Ok
olona, Mise.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13
TETTER, SALT RHEUM AND
ECZEMA.

These arr "A ,ses for which Cham
berlain'p Salvc IL especially valuable.
1t quic allaH itching and smart
and ~. Price 25 cents
Fol- jals by al deeA.t 80.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

"Something New" is the most power
full tonic ever discovered
Always ask more than you expect
and never expect more than you ask.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

A cross and peevish child is not nat
ural. There Is something wrong.
Usually it's the stomach. Use Casca.
sweet aud put the stomach right, and
the sunshine will return to the baby's
face. Cascasweet is beat for babies
and children. so doses 25 cents Sold by
ST. Clair Wylie Drug Co. Tupelo, Miss
and Bearden & King, Okolona, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

4 Everyh0AT i40lwAXg, trying to make
money lthodt odfnihRk. II -
II heIt1isHjSahH sSaS6npssOt acslllI
10 fall IA lpgsi With A man At'at slGn she
will. ~.- A's' Y
\ "What bore 4 all lei" cry the Bat
,tel. flies, keepiSg on with obvious
RleP. g $3.50 # as stse
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13
RHEUMATIC PAINS RELlEVEp.

B F. Orocker, Esq, now "a years of
age, and for twenty years justice of
the peace at Martinsburg, Ohio, says:
"L:: am terribly afflicted with sciatic
rheumatism in my left arm and right
hip. l have used three bottles Of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and il did
me lots of good"
For s.le BY all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

Whenever see q woman with . lit
tie pet poodle, all scented and cnrled,
IWOndor whether she has children,
and Il che has, whether thoBe chileren's
hair ID combcd.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

There" said the great magnate
when his attorney entered, look over
that dispatch"
NUm," observed the lawyer, after
reading the, story, "looks rather bad.
Sixty-seven indictments! Gracious!
don't like that"
Don't like it? What are you talk
ing about? | didn't send for you to
find out whether you liked it or not
What | want you to do is to find out
whether am going to Europe or tn
stand on my Sech2lealitiSA."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

The winds of March have no terror
to the nser of DeWitt's Carbolized
witch Hazel Salve. II quickly heals
chapped and cracked skin Good too,
for boils and burns, and undoubtedly
the best relief for Piles. Sold here by.
ST. Oair Wylie Drug Co Tupelo, Miss
aud Bearden & King OkoIana, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by OYER Work.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
1t used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

Perhaps it Is better to be bitterly dis
appointed than to have hoped never
When your money and friends have
departed Ii is just the right time to go
to work.
Those who make sword of their
tongue must expect to be cut occas :
sionally.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

A travelling mans ideo Of q good
town 10 oft+d due to the cook 20 the
hOtal #MA OWES
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

Therefore, when your kidneysare weak
or out of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to2do its
duty.
If You are sick or : feel badly, begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
as your kidneys are well they will help
all the other organs to health. a trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick You can make no mis-
take by first doctoring your Kidneys:
The mild and the extraordinary effect OF
Or. Kilmer's Swamp Root the great
kidney remedy, Is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
Of the most distressing cases, and is sold
Y on its merits by all E.E
druggistsi in ffty-cert = .:.::EE:.::ssIl
and one-dollar size
bottles. You may -. sal.. .sss
have sample bottle Home Of swamp-ROOs.
by mail free, also pamphlet telling you
\ how to find out If you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
harnton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Birghamton, N. X, on every bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

What has become of the old-fashton-
ed boy who did0't like to put on his
Sunday clothes1
A peesimist is a man who belives
that there is deceit in the wagging Of
q dogs tail.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

Little globules OF sunshine that drive
the clouds away. DeWitt's Little
Early Rlsers will scatter the gloom Of
sick headache and biliousnePs. They
do not grippe or sicken. Recommend
ed and sold here by. st. Clair Wylie
Drug Co. Tupelo. Bearden & King
OkolonS, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

Silence that should be broken for
friendships cake is worse than open
enmity.
Be funny at you: own expense, now
and then. Self castigating sarcasm is
good medicine for the soul.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

A prize should be offered for cor
rect answer to the question. ''What
was the Honduras Nicaragua war
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

A woman always speaks of her ser
uant in the plural even II she hasn't q
einpla one
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

Never swap horses when crossing a
stream-nnless you know that the
other fellow dosn't know much about
horses.
Optimism is what leads rs to refer
glowingly to the "political career" Of
a man who has been nominated for
assessor.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

UII 10 HIHIEAto " ~
druggists in ffty-cert
and one-dollar size
bottles. You may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-09

on the last Friday of the year, about the
middle of June, when the senior examina-
tons are over, the fence is formally
transferred to the juniors with unique
ceremonies. The entire undergraduate
population form a procession, headed by
band, and march from point to point on
the campus, cheering each recitation hall
ana dormitory and other buildings OF the
college, and saluting the president with
the college yell Then they pass to the
senior tree-each class plants tree in
its freshmen year-and there another
solemn farewell ceremony takes place
Then the seniors lead the march over TO
the fence and take possession OF 1t while
the other classes gather around in groups.
The senior orator chosen for the occasion,
with an address that Ia sometimes humor-
Gus and sometimes serious, and repre-
sentative of the Junior class makes
speech Of acceptance. Then the seniors
perch themselves on top Of the rails wnlie
the other classes pass between them with
bowed heads, chanting a hymn appropriate
to the occasion. AS the last freshman goes
by the seniors climb down. form a column
two by two. and follow the line. which is
led by the juniors, around the common
until they reach the fence and take pos
session Of ii with boisterous cheers. After
a few moments to celebrate their final
other part of the campus where the seniors
have prepared a treat for the whole COL
lege in the form of lemonade in barrels,
with tin dippers to drink from. The
sophomores always endeavor to prevent
! the freshmen from getting their share.
Being the last scrap between the two
classes, II is often very strenuous, usually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-09

before the mast on vessel that was bound
for voyage around the world. Arriving in
Europe he Joined John Paul Jones and
fought with him.
He took a cruise with Capt. Cook on the
latters third voyage to the south Pacific.
At Paris he became acquainted with
Thomas Jefferson, the ambassador of the
American colonies who befriended him. and
tried to secure passports from Catherine
the Great OF Russia, SO that Ledyard could
carry out a Wild plan of going around the
world by way of Siberia and Boring
straits. Having failed to get the passport
he started without it and was arrested and
imprisoned as a spy, but was released
through Jeffersons representations and
continued his explorations in different parts
1873.
John Ledyard was the first American
explorer; his BOOKS are still live matter"
They contain instructive and entertaining
accounts of his discoveries and adventures
in Turkey, Bapylonia, Syria and other
parts of Asia; in the valley of the Nile, in
the interior of Africa. in the islands of the
south Fac.9c, and some of them contain
the first knowledge ever given to the world
of the regions they describe.
Last year the alumni of Dartmouth
erected a granite shaft at the point on the
bank Of the Conn scticut where John Led
yard mace his canoe and placed upon IL
the follovtns inscription:
"JcSu Ledyard, a fl .shman in Dartmouth
College on this spot in 1I72 felled a giant
rims fropa which he made a canoe and IN
it dscc-ndrd the river to Hartford He
was d travel.r Ctnong the Indians. an as
sCcnie Of John Paul Jones and an officer
under Capt. Cook, traversing all oceans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-09

can he obtained in that town. This solved
tnn nrohlem and when the present license
eyn,res Prof Taylor expects to secure
renewal. -.
A few miles below Hanover. by TO
mantle roadway, which leads through the
woods for nearly half the distance. IS the
r,tle town of Meriden. the seat OF kimoali
Union Academy which used to be famous
as a preparatory school and sent bat
TALON OF freshmen to Dartmouth every
fall 1t sits at the top of a very steep MIL
and the present building Is comparatively
new having been erected with modern con-
veniences within the present generation Dr.
Cyrus Richards. principal for half cen.
fury. who gave the school Its fame, oiea
about fifteen years ago and was succeeded
by Dr. George ]. Cummings. who is now a
member of the faculty OF Howard CnlVer-
sty at Washington. Mertden is one OF the
few places where young man can prepare
for college at a cost OF S1OO q year. 1t Is
not only one OF the best but one Of the
cheapest schools in the country.
The Senior Fence.
Dartmouth has It's peculiar customs. like
every other college, and fenoe on the
common Is sacred to the seniors. The
common was formerly entirely iaolosed,
and when the barriers were takcn away
a part Of the old fence was placed under
the shade OF some grand old trees, like
parallel bars. and none but mighty seniors
are allowed TO roost there. The three un-
der classes may sit on the grass nearby
and learn wisdom, but they cannot sit on
| the rails This custom has been passed
down from year to year, end attes supper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-09
THROUGH BELMONT TUNNEL.
Three Engineers Walk Across the
River in South Tube.

NEW YORK, August 9.-Three engineers
st. John Clarke Robert A. Schailer and
Charles Robbins-climbed down into the
Belmont tunnel in Long Island City yester-
day afternoon and began walking west. A
thousand feet out forty feet under the bed
of the East river, they came to the shield
which started west from the Long Island
shore two years ago. At 3 o'clock they
pushed open shutter in the tip Of the
shield, swung through into the shield
which has been nosng east and kept on
until they emerged from the bore in Man
haitian. This was the first trip from shore
to shore in the south line.
The last spoonful of dirt was removed
late on Tuesday night, but the engineers
had agreed that one should go through
until all three could get around TO IL Clarke
is chief engineer OF the New York and
Long Island Railway Company, the branch
of the Interborough company which is to
operate the new subway. Schailer is chief
engineer of the Degnon Construction Com
pany, which dug the tunnel. Nine hundred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-09


In 1872, the second year in Dartmouth's
history, q young man named John Ledyard
drove into town in a sulky, the first that
was ever seen in that part of the world
He drove a spirited young horse. and,
dashed to the axle. was shallow chest
which contained few books and several
theatrical costumes, one of which was
made for an actor who took the part or a
Numt1ian prince in the classical play Of
Cato" This was John Ledyard's lad and
in 1t he introduced the drama into the
wilderness, probably the first classical rep
reservations that were ever given in
America The chronicles of the time rep
resent Ledyard as a brilliant student with
wonderful memory and intense enthus-
iasm for everything he undertook, but he
was very irregular and had the eccentrici-
ties of genius to such degree that he
kept the students in an uproar and the
faculty in q chronic state Of anxiety and
apprehension In the spring of 1773 he cut
down a tall pine on the banks Of the Con-
necticut river hewed from it a canoe fifty
feet long and three feet wide, and in the
early summer-bade goodbye to hts in
structors and felow-students and started
down the river with a supply Of provisions,
a bed of bearskins, copy of Ovid and
a Greek Testament He came very near
losing his life among the rocks in the rapiCs
at Bellows Falls and lost his provision;
through the upsetting of his fraii craft
but was able to retit and conttvGs Ms Voy-
age. At New Loa6on he sa'ppst a. sailor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-09
STRIKE ON GREAT NoRTHERNp
Machinsts Make Demands and Settle-
ment Is Not In Sight

ST. PAUL August o.-On the Great North.
ern railroad complications have arisen be-
tween the machinists and the executive
officials which may result in a strike. Com
mittees representing the Brotherhood Of
Machinists have been meeting in this city
for nearly six weeks and repeated confer
ences held by the committeeman and car
service officials have failed to effect a set
tlement.
The machinists ask an advancement in
wages ranging from 10 to - per cent and
union shop conditions They have made
demands at various time in the last seven
year and have obtained concessions nearly
every year. They wish principally recog-
milton of the union with closed shop con-
ditions A walk OF the 1900 machinists
would disable the whole road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-09

employees met Mr.. Schailer at this end and
gave him silver service and Masonic
charm. Mr.. Clarke got loving cup. y
1t was announced that by October / tho
tunnel will be ready for cars from Park
avenue, Manhattan, TO Van Alstyne avenue
in Long Island City, and that trains VIII
possibly be running by November l. The
digging began little less than two years
ago. TWO months ago the north tube was
completed. The work could have gone on
several months longer and still have made a
record for subterranean boring In these
parts.