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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-05-13
SHORE AN
SAW WI ILL
How the Fat Engineer Was Fooled
by the UnmuSiCaI Flagman

Il was asleep in the bunk shanty
over in Delray," said the fat engi-
.neer, when awoke suddenly with
a start. l could hear a sawmill goin'
to beat the band.
"'Now that's fine layout, / says
to Hank Simms in the next bunk.
How under the canopy do they ex-
pect man to sleep, buildin' a bunk
shanty right near a sawmill?'
"'Sawmill nothin'r says Hank.
That's Jerry Day, the new aagman
for Archie Dunn, snorin' over in the
trainmen's bunk room. Amt he
pippin?'
+" If that anti-noise society gets next
to him, says, they'll hotfoot him out
of this community instanter
There was no more sleep for us
that afternoon, SO we got up and sat
in hot game of pinochle.
Gerry Day was first out with Archie
Dunn that evenin' on the first 70 n |
was second out on second 70, freight
runnin' so heavy them days that they
were runnin' the fast freights in two
or three sections.
when it came time for us to leave
the freight yards the fog was so thick
you couldn't shoot holes into 1t with a
machine gun. tell you | was mighty
cautious, movin' along on only about
notches of steam on the throttle.
Pretty soon on the heavy air l
heard sawmill goin' full blast.
Strange l says to myself, that
they're running sawmill in these
parts this time of the night
There was a peculiar sound to that
sawmill that I'd heard before. All of a
sudden it came over me like flash
what it was. That's that green flag
man Of Archie Dunn'sTit came to me;
he's just hidin' his red lantern under
a bushel of snores while his train Is
stalled on the main track
$50 quicker'n a deaf n dumb man
can say Jack Robinson got my engine
in back motion. couldn't see thing,
but from the sound Of that foghorn
ahead we'd stopped about caboose
AClSLn lAlC DlQC "a th0b WetAlAh oAAOACe
THE fog shifted for minute m
there was the tail lights Of Archie
Dunn's caboose almost restin' on the
right Of my cowcatcher. 1t was a
lucky thing for me that had recog-
nized the deep snore of that hagman.
"Mebbe | didn't climb onto that ca
boose m give that new hand brief
m pointed speech on the rules n regu-
lations Of sleepin' on duty. especially
dwellin' on the necessity Of the flag
man totin' his red n white lights II
telegraph poles back when his train
stopped on the main track.
"A week or so after that / was
second out again behind Archie Dunn.
An II was Just such foggy night as
the one Twas spealxin' Of before. She
rock Holmes himself couldn't pene-
trate the density Of that mist.
Il was movin' along again under two
speeds forward, kaepin my weather
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-05-13

goggTes trimmed "T0r '~rou~le ahead.
Just as sure as you're born there
came to me again that 40-sawmill-pow-
er snore of Archie Dunn's rear guard.
$50 says to myself: My little heart
to-heart talk with that fagman bore no
fruit, Ell? Well, I'll just give him lit
tie bump this time N see what little
scare will do him
you can just imagine l was pretty
warm under the collar, comm up on
that teller snoozin' on the breastworks
twice in two weeks. kept getting
closer m closer to the snore, but
there didn't come along any hind end
for me to bump into.
81 got little scared myself, then,
thinkin' mebbe might hit EN- too hard,
so l sot up in the air n we swung
under the lee of that warnin snore.
Well, now, mebbe + hadn't made up
my mind to write up round robin on
that careless fagman of Archie
Dunn's.
you bet what I would say in my
report would end his usefulness to the
railroad. l hadn't reported him the
first time, thinkin' he was young n
new to the business, relyin on my lit
tie talk to reform him. But 1t was all
off now. Discipline required that /
must make written report.
I'VE laid there a few minutes, with
that Teller snorin', me jawin' to myself
m mebbe envyin' him just little of
his sound sleep, when all at once the
fog cleared away as If it had been sent
for. You could have bowled me over
with toothpick! Scan that track
ahead of me as far as could see, |
could detect no tail lights of train
ahead. But off to the right in the
fields was really truly sawmill, prob
ably workin' overtime on some little
extra job.
NOW, say, mebbe didn't feel as
cheap as a pair Of ice skates in the
summer time. nearly got laid off
for ten days myself for delayin' that
fast freight"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-05-13

Membership in the club is limited
to the graduates Of 'Sit-and-Whitle
college. When you have taken d.
plora in this institutigh, having sue
cessfully passed the examination in
common kicking, you are then pre-
pared to take the course in advanced
knocking which the club furnishes to
it's members. But in case you are en-.
bowed with an exaggerated idea OF
your own wisdom and the Importance
of your own opinions, together with a
marked facility in shooting off your
mouth, yon can get into the club with
out any preliminary training.
The motto Of the club is knock the
password is hammer For further in
formation you must address the secre-
tary, for we have given this measly
tribe all the free advertising we ever
expect to.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-05-13

Miss Lillian Tatum returned Mon
day to Meridian after few days visit
with friends.
Largest stock and widest variety Of
high grade and medium grade vehicles
in North Mississippi.
Adams & Neubert
Senator Bailey's majority Of 10000
or Whereabouts would be a vindication
in state like Delaware, but in Texas
it amounts almost to reputation.
MIR. Bryan receives more compli-
ments than any other prominent man
in the country. He says he feels
complimented every time he is called
a demagoGue.
The Ladies' Aid Society met for
the first time for the summer at the
church. There was a good atten-
dance and an interesting lesson. It
was decided that the society would
contribute to the Purvis storm suffer-
erS.
She-"Before we were married you
used TO bring me chocolate every time
you came" He-"Yes, my dear, and
it cost a good deal less than the meat
and potatoes bring you now.
Admiral SchIey, it seems, is to be
secretary Of the navy in Mr. Bryan s
cabinet provided, of course, that
Schley will accept the appointment
and Bryan ever has a cabinet.
Nothing in the recent news reports
from Lap Porte. Ind, has impaired the
value Of Mr.. WeIler's advice. Beware
Of the vidders." Especially Of "vidders
who advertise for husbands.
Miss Annie Miller in most
charming manner entertained the En-.
tire Nous Club Tuesday evening al
whist. Everybody had a fine time
Refreshments we're served after which
the prize was awarded to Miss Lotta
Rubol.
"a Washington photographer told the
story recently Of an experience he hac
when young man in Cleveland. Mark
Twain visited the city to lecture anc
the young photographer thought i :
good idea to secure photograph 81
the well known humorist. SO at the
close d his lecture he sent up note
asking Mr.. Clemens for sitting. The
reply sent back was Characteristic
TIA sittingI'' ii said, rs thy servant |
hen that he should do this thing2'
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-05-13

EIo bison will never be satisfied Ill
the American navy is the biggest on
earth and then he will be giving out
scares about the argument Of Mars.
That may mean en- army d flying
machines.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-05-13
DINING CAR SERVICE
MOBILE & OHIO r. r.

Effective with new schedule April 10Th,
1908, the Mobile & Ohio Railroad will
restore the unexcelled Dining Car Ser
vice which was Temporarily discontinu.
ed recently.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-05-13
A NEW CLUB


est clubs in this
town, and which
has a branch in
almost e very
place, is The
SitAround, Look
Wise, T a ] k
Smart and Do
Nothing Club"
AT their last
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-05-13
NoTICE 10 our CUSTOMERS

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tax for coughs,
colds and lung troubles Is not affected
By the National Pure Food and Drug
law as il contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs. and we recommend il
as a safe remedy for children and
adults. For sale BY all Druggists
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-05-13

If it comes to question Of who
should do the legislating for this coun.
try, the president or Uncle Joe Car:
non, the constitution is on the side Of
Uncle Joe. He was elected to legis-
late. The president wasn't
Occupying such. stragetic point as
it does Hawaii is likely to demand
several millions for Notifications in
the nea~ future. These islands will
rise in the appreciation ofthe country
as years go by.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
Paper from Grass.

Esparto is not an agricultural prod
uct, and it seems fitting that the lead.
ing export of the Tripolitan people
should be a product of their own arid
land, wild and incapable of cultivation.
Since 1868, when the first shipIoad
of esparto was sent to England, YES
sells have borne away thousands OF
tons yearly to that country. Yor or /
pick up heavy looking novel per
chance and marvel at it's lightness,
and the reader of some London news
paper peruses it's columns and then
casts aside the finished product of the
lesparto picker.
In 1901, which was an average year,
215,155 camel loads came into the
coast towns, nearly $4,000 passed
through the gateway Of the Suk-el-
Halfa, the total export of the country
amounting to about $4,000 tons. That
from the town of Tripoli, 1890 tons,
brought G75,50O, which was over a
fourth of the amount of her total ex-
ports. Harper's Magazine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
Bachelors Comfort.

Colgate Hoyt, the president of the
American Automobile club, was argu.
ing at the end of recent club meet.
ing about the Ubiquitous automobile
law. your suggestion" said Mr..
Hoyt to his opponent offers very
cold comfort 1t is bachelors com.
fort-that is to say no comfort at all.
What, said bachelor to a benedict.
only married year, and al,
ready blue?' All, but groaned the
benedict, I never imagined that a
wife would prove so expensive. The
bachelor patted the blue married man
Oh the back in consolatory way.
Yes, he said, a wife is an expen-
sive article, but then you must remem-
Der that she lasts a very long Tina I"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15

There is a town in Pennsylvania,
not far from Harrisburg, but off the
beaten track which boasts of thea.
ter, which for luxury of accommoda-
tion would be hard to equal. The
.theater has all sorts of modern con
veniences, of kind that could hardly
be expected in a city under million
of inhabitants. This particular city
had at the last census about 10000 in
habitants.
The reason for being of this theater,
which gets all the regular road at
fractions of high class, is that there is
in the town an exceedingly wealthy
man who wants to see shows with
out leaving home. He is worth about
$1O,OOO,O0O.
He has lived in and about the place
all his life, making money out of lum
Der and manufactures. When he had
enough to retire on he didn't want to
have to go anywhere else to see
shows, and as the theater the place
boosted was a very dingy one he had
one built
He runs the theater himself at a
considerable loss every year, but he
gets what he wants. The theater peo'
pie like the place, too, because it's so
very different from the average show
house in the small town.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
Minstrel Joke.

"Yeas, Mistah Banks" said the fat
end man, 'mah sistah Jane thought
q powahful lot oh her little mouse ter
rier. Why, you know she liked dat
dog so much she put his picture in
her watchcase."
"And you mean to say, Mr.. Bones,
responded the middleman soIemnly
"that your sister thought SO much OF
the little mouse terrier that she placed
his picture in her watchcase? What
did she do that for?'
why, kase she wanted to make
him a watchdog. Ladies and gentle
men, Mr. Pink, the great tenor, will
sing that touching ballad, Bob Evans
at the Bat
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
Planting cocoanuts in samoa.

E. G. Simion, cocoanut planter Of
Samoa who is in Seattle, declares that
the German government is saving the
world from possible cocoanut fam
Inc by having the old and dead trees
7 IN the domain under it's Jurisdiction
replaced by young and healthy trees
each year. According to Simon,
there is no immediate danger of the
cocoanut supply becoming exhausted
but the market for the commodity is
growing better each year. The recent
large foreign experiments in the Guilt
walton Of copra, the dried kernel of
the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil
Is made, 1t is said by Simion to also
be an important reason why new trees
should be planted. The planter de-
clares that the United States is neg
lecting its holdings in Samoa, while
the various foreign powers are taking
advantage Of every opportunity 10
make money on the and.-Seattle
Times.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
LYDIA Z. PIN KHAN'S
VEGETABLE COMPO UND

For proof OF this statement read
the following letters.
Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman,
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
For eight years suffered from the
most severe form of female troubles and
was told that an operation was my only
hope of recovery. wrote Mrs. Pinkham
for advice, and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and it has saved
my life and made me well woman"
Mrs. Arthur r. House, of Church
Road, Moorestown. N. j., writes:
g feel it is my duty to let people
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. |
suffered from female troubles, and last
March my physician decided that an
operation was necessary. My husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and TODAY | am well and strong"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
DEATH WAS ON HIS HEELS.

Jesse P. Morris, of Shippers, Va,
had close call in the spring of 1906.
He says: AN attack of pneumonia
left me so weak and with such fear
6ul cough that my frienps declared con-
sumption had me, and death was on
my heels. Then | was persuaded to
try Dr.. Kings New Discovery. 1t help
ed me Immediately, and after taking
two and half bottles | was a well
man again. found out that New Dis
covery is the best remedy for coughs
aed lung disease in the world" Sold
under guarantee at all drug stores. SOC
and 81. Trial bottle free.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
HE GOT WHAT HE NEEDED.

Mine years ago it looked as if my
time had come, says Mr.. c. Farthing
of Mill Creek, Ind. Ter. Il was SC
run down that my life hung on a very
slender thread. 1t was then my drug
gist recommended Electric Bitters.
bought bottle and got what need
ed strength. had one foot in the
grave, but Electric Bitters put it back
on the turf again, and I've been well
ever since" Sold under guarantee at
all drug stores. SOC.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
THE, HAPPY FAMILY CIRCLE.

Father and mother, sisters and bro
theirs, soon get to know one anothers
intimate affairs, and the little bowel
and liver disturbances soon become
household comment. II is we'll to re-
member that in constipation and indi-
gesticn, and other troubles Of the stom-
ach. liver and bowels quick cure can
Be had By the use Of Dr.. CaIdweII,s
Syrup Pepsin. Take It tonight and
you will feel perfectly we'll in the NOR
ming. lis absolutely guaranteed to 40
what il claimed, and Il you want 70 try
il before buying. send your address Ecr
a free sample bottle to Pepsin Syrup
Co, 119 Caldwell Bldg. Monticello,
III. Sold BY all druggists al soc and
ST. bottle
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
PLENTY OF TROUBLE

Is causedlby stagnation Of the liver and
bowels. To get rid Of it and headache
and billiousness and the poison that
brings iaundice, take DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, the reliable purifier that do
the work without grinding or gripping.
25c at all drug stores
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15

Mr.. Roosevelt says he is accustom
ed to weighing his words. He weighs
them honestly. no doubt, but it is short
waits between deliverance.
Madame Paderewski paid $500 for
four chickens. This seems like reck-
less extravaganza until we reflect how
easily her husband makes that amount.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years lydia R. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
MozLEY,s LLMoN EElxlR.

have been great suffer from dys-
depsia for about fifteen years; my
trouble being my liver. stomach and
bowels, with terrible headachs. Lemon
Elixir cured me. My appetite is good
and am well. had taken a barrel
Of other medicine, that done me no
good.
Charles Gibhard
1915 Jefferson ST., Louisville, Ky,
All druggists sell DR.. Monkeys Lemon
ExiIir.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
Polite Amenities.

He (brusquelyl-I cannot under.
stand why so many foolish women are
80 fond of dogs.
She (sweetly)-Nor ], that so many
foolish women stick so to ours.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
"ONE TOUCH OF NATURE
MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD
KIM"

When rooster finds big fat worn
he calls all the hens in the farm ysrc
to come and share it. A similar trai
in human is to be observed when /
man discovers something exceptionally
good-he wants all his friends anc
neighbors to share the benefits Of his
discovery. This is the touch Of nature
that makes the whole world kin. This
explains why people who have been
cured by Chamberlains Cough Rem
edy write letters to the manufacturers
for publication, that others similarly all.
ing may also use it and ohtain/relief
Behind every one Of these letters is q
warm hearted wish Of the writer to be
used BY someone else. This remedy
is for sale BY all druggists.
The peevish, complaining, impossi-
ble-to-please man is only the cry-baby,
sulky lad grown up. And he is as
thoroughly despised BY his fellows to-
day as he was BY his boyhood assoc
ciates years ago.
The woman who can pass through
the housekeeping period without dis
playing an unusual Bit Of temper need
lave no fears regarding the future. ST.
Peter will pass her in without ques-
ton.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
A SURGICAL
OPERATION

If there is any one thing that q
woman breads more than another it
is a surgical operation.
We can state without fear of a
contradiction that there are hun
dreds, yes, thousands, of operations
performed upon women in our hos
pitfalls which are entirely unneces-
sarY and manY have been avoided by
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
"A TWENTY YEAR SENTENCE

j have just completed atwenty year
health sentence. imposed By Buckien's
Arnica Salve. which cured me Of bleed.
Ing piles Just twenty years ago" writes
O. S. Wcclever, Of LeRaysville. N. Y.
BuckIen's Arnica Salve heals The
worst sores. boils. burns, wounds ana
cuts in the shortest time. Use at all
drug stores. Y. sS. IN
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15

Does wealth bring real enjoyment
Nav. They won't lei you eat the
grub YOU like, or wear the clothes
vol consider classy cr listen to The
music you understand. 81 even put \
SastiIon DOC Oh The lawn.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-04-15
NORTH BOUND
SOUTH BOUND

No. I Express daily leaves Hos m
No. 3 Express daily leaves 1908 m
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-13
TALK OF The TOWN

Frank Moore went to st. Johnsbury
to-day to visit relatives,
Red stamps given with groceries. j. e
Brown, 3S7 North Main street.
George W. Mann took i party to East
Randolph in his Stanley touring car to-
day.
4 g, A. Brown went to Burlington this
afternoon, making the trip with Mont
pelier party in y. *. Lilies automobile
\ Miss Beatrice Holden, who has beer
visiting at the home Of II. NJ Houston
returned to her home in Northfield to.
day.
/ A full line Of screen doors, window
screens, NY wire, wire MEETINGS, at the
n. d. Phelps Co, and the prices are
right.
! Some more of those luscious ripe
blackbcrries aud nice strawberries com
ing in to-day at the New England Fruit
lCo.
Heyl Mr.. Fisherman Rexall Skeeter
Skoot win keep them away 50 that you
can give you whole attention to the
festive trout.
Cash paid for dairy butter and fresh
eggs. All goods sold 5 per cent. discount
for cash. J. +. Brown, 337 North Main
street. Tel lila.
Constable VI B, Nichols was notified
yesterday afternoon that there was d
dead COW in the vicinity 81 Edgewood.
Upon investigation, Mr. Nichols found
the carcass Of a cow just over the line
in Barre Town, and it was reported to
the Town authorities.
Some yandal OF yandals pulled up the
plants in the flower beds on Il. j. Boil
ster's lawn last night. They shook the
dirt from the roots and threw the plants
In heap. Mr.. Bolster says be viii
give a reward Of SIS for the arrest and
conviction Of the ones who did 1t.
Church Of the Good Shepherd tEpiseo-
pail, Rev, w. it M. Beattic, rector. Holy
communion DIT $3.50; morning prayer and
sermon at 1880; Sunday school after
service; evening prayer at o'clock; the
independent Order of Odd Fellows, Man-
chester Unity. and ladies connected with
the order viii attend the I o'clock ser
vice.
The Theatorium, after having been
closed for three days, opened last night,
entirely remodeled The inside was very
pretty, while The front with its four
doors, etc, added greatly to the beauty
of the place. with several electric fans
and the new ventiators open, the place
was very cool and comfortable. The
program was q fine one and one of the
best ever seen in this pretty picture the
atre.
"Trip Van WinkleD in moving pictures
delighted the usual large audience at
the Comique last night. TIE continuing
scenery in the pictures is excellent. and
very capable actor plays Rip, giving
decidedly charming performance of
this splendid play. Daniel Roach sang
"0ld Lovers Lane" Mr.. Roach is add
ing nightly d large circle Of friends that
come Just to here him sing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

Try Lander's Havana leaf Sc cigar
Auction sale tonight at the City Auc-
tion rooms.
Ladies' white primes suits in extra
value at Abbott's.
Red Stamps given with groceries. j. Z.
Brown, 1851 North Main street.
Frank Plumley " Mortified was a
visitor in the city last evening.
Tickets for the Goddard prize speak
ing viii 90 on sale at Hendricks drug
store, Monday morning at o'clock.
The rehearsal for all the children of
the Congregational Sunday school. except
the primary child ZEN, will be held at the
vestry Saturday afternoon at three
o'clock
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-13
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

FOR sALE--eio- cart at f2 Elm street, up one
hight over Sewing Machine Office Inquire OF
MIS-. A. G, Bradford 77tG
wANrED--A position as housekeeper by
widow with two children. Address Mrs. Nora
StraiFon, 30 Barre, Vt. T7t6
8 WANTFD-G Girl for general housework. None
hut competent girl and good cook need apply.
NO Academy street. TTtf