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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-07-15
he DIDN'T KNOW PATRICK.
But the Washington cabman Made =
Bluff Which Satisfied Him.

The genuine old Washington cab
driver is as unlike the New York
species as an orange is unlike lem
on. He is genial and companion
able creature, with a pronounced tai
ent for conversation.
He sits sideswise in his little open
carriage, one leg half the time hang
ing over the side, devoting himself
enthusiasticall to his passengers and
their edification.
He considers 1t a moral obligation
to know the answer to every question
that anybody's fertile imagination can
suggest, and he disseminates more
transformation in an hours drive than
will be corrected In lifetime
During the D. A. r. convention one
Of these omniscient jehus was pilot
ing two or three women about Wash
jngton. Apropos of some historical
preference one Of the women spoke OF
the newspaper account Of the proposed
burning, just about that time, Of the
Patrick Henry house because 1t was
infested with bats. The women com
nented on it and said it was a pity it
had~to be done. .
Yes. said the driver, taking the
part in the conversation which he felt
to be incumbent on him; yes, 1t GER
tainly 7is too bad An Mr.. Henry's
Jest ben to heap Of expense too.
reckon he's spent as much as $4,000
he last few years putin that house
In order. It certainly is mighty hard
on him.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-07-15
ITCHING CURED
With Cuticura Remedies in
Three Days After Six
Months Of Suffering.

II suffered fully six months. Tho
trouble began on my arms in little
red pimples and 1t was not long before
it was all over my body, limbs, face,
and hands. It was so bad that / could
not rest night or day and during the
six months, / did not get q good nights
sleep. / doctored for three or four
months and spent at least twenty dol
lars trying to find cure but none could
be found. Then / saw the Cuticura
Remedies advertised, and the next day
/ purchased some for seventy-five cents
at the druggists. I used them and
was relieved of the itching in three days,
and I have never had sign Of any skin
disease since. The Cuticura Remedies
are the only remedies to use for skin
diseases, they have cured me and they
win cure others in the same way. J. w.
Bloom, r. r.. Telegrapher, Holloway,
Mich. Nov. 20 and Dec. 20, 1906"
Cuticura Remedies are guaranteed
absolutely pure under the United States
Food and Drugs Act.
Complete External and internal Treatment for
Every Humor OF Infants. Children and Adults CON
Cutleura Ointment (50c) TO Heal the Skin, and Outl-
cura Resolvent (5Oc) Cor IN the form Of Chocolate
Coated Pills Csc per vial OF COY TO Purify the Blood
Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug d Chem.
Corp. Sole Props, Boston. Mass
Da-Mailed Free. Cutcura Book on Skin Diseases.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-07-15

st. Louisa boys caprice so years
ago, in thrusting steel sled runner
into the crotch Of an oak tree, on what
is now the Glen Echo golf links. Il be-
lieved to have been the cause 81 two
deaths from lightning at the base Of
the tree. Joseph J. Howard. mill
lionaire, was killed three wealxa ago
while standing BY TIE tree Three
years ago 4 boy was killed thsrp. The
metal II 30 pointed that It acls ~ 4
conductor for the lIghtning
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-07-15

possible to know,
b u t, apparently,
not ven the
prompt appear
ance Of two i'm
pressive plain
clothes men, who
called In answer
to Mrs. HawIey's
summons, had any
effect on her state
Of mind.
T b 9 plain.
clothes men asked
questions with
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-07-15

Benton Harbor Mich. Miss Fora
Inman Of this city has Just conDl eied
4 continuous attendance of III years q
school without beins absent o. lHfdg.
Al the commencement exercises tlls
ysnr tho board og education presented
Aer With silver medal "a goc6 'liQn
~ heF altAinmsni
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-07-15
IN THE KEY
OLA FLAT
UNHILDA'S Eng.

UNHILDA'S Eng.
lish was limited.
but she learned
like q fash. For
three weeks after
her arrival In the
kitchen OF the
Hawley nat moth
ing happened but
good meals and
cleanliness. Then.
one Thursday aft
ernoon. she toiled
up the back stairs
OF the building to
find herself locked
out.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Some Valuable Stones.

The Emperor Fran is Joseph owns
the FlOTentine, which has an event
ful history. To the King of Portugal
belongs the Star of the South, valued
at G3.000,0O0; while in the Russian
gceptre is the Orloff which once
adorned a Brahmin idol, says Home
Chat.
Such stones as these are So large
that they are pract calIy unstable.
No one person is rich enough to pur-
chase them. Again the expense of
cutting is enormous. The Cu!linan
diamond will require at least G10, 1000
to be spent on it for this alone. Even
then, the gem now 3.024 carats, will
weigh some 1900 carats, while the
sections cut away will themselves
form valuable stones, ranging from
twenty carats downward.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
THE MARINERS COMPASS
Influences That Draw it From It's
Allegiance to the Magnetic Pole.

Nothing in the nav cation equip
ment of a ship has been the subject
of more anxious scientific research
or receives more jealous care than
the mariners compass.
The popular notion of the compass
needle always pointing north and
south is-well, more inaccurate than
even popular notions usually are. No
more unfavorable position could be
found for a compass than on board
of a modern steamship, which is a
complicated mass of steel, all tend
ing to draw the compass needle from
its allegiance to the magnetic pole Of
the earth, warning influences which
must needs be cOunteracted by all
sorts of devices which hedge round
the instrument by an invisible wall
of conflicting currents of magnet
ism.
And as if this were not enough,
there ere now huge dyamos to be
reckOned with, producing electric
currents for all sorts of purposes on
board. In the midst of these mystic
currents the poor little compass
needle, upon which the mariner de-
pends for his guide across the track
less deep, hangs suspended like one
shrinking saint surrounded by leg
ions Of devils.-WindsOr Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
HE DEFENDS TIPPING.
Man Who Was Once a Waiter Con.
siders Others Standpoint.

Somehow / don't approve these
wholesale kicks on the tipping sys-
tem." said a business man who is
fairly prosperous u was a waiter
myself once and know how it seems
from the other side.
'Oh, no, l wasn't a regular pro-
fessional, merely one of the college
brand. Many college men, of course,
help themselves through college by
working as walters and bellboys and
boatmen and other things at sum-
mer resorts, and if they are sQueam-
ish about taking tips, why. 1t isn't
worth while taking such jobs.
''It came hard at first to take tips;
gave me a sort of feeling that was
unclassing myself. But 1T wore off.
In fact there was certain amount
OF satisfaction, after a while, In get
ting a tip that had been earned by
giving more careful service than the
Job really demanded. I remember
now the pleasure it gave me to re-
ceive a gratuity, and the thank you
was always meant.
$50 now when life lies in less ard
uous places I find pleasure in giving
q tip. do not regard it as an over
charge or an extoTtiOn. merely a
little reward that l can well afford
to give to one who will appreciate
it.
IF more persons would only look
on that side of the question, the
pleasure that a gratuity gives the
recipient, / am sure there would be
less kicking Surely there is joy in,
kindness, at least I have found 1t
so.''
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
A Club for Dandy Dogs

There has just been opened in one
Of London's fashionable streets a
toilet club for dogs. Here the pets
Of the smart set can have their hair
dressed and their coats trimmed to
Immaculate perfection. For three
shillings they can be bathed. If
their teeth are imperfect they can
be st Opped or extracted, and if their
claws protrude too far they can be
daintily manieured. Thus groomed
according to the Mayfair mode, their
coats put on, and their goggles at
tached, these exquisite creatures are
taken for their afternoon ride.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
THE WINDOW SILL MIRROR.
Rarely Seen i'm New York But Plenti.
tifuI in Philadelphia.

Every once in a while y0u see one
of them in New York bGt not often
They're compOner IN Brooklyn,
but are nowhere seen in the ~ro-
fusion that you find them in Pm la
delphia Meaning o. course. those
mirror devices peOr q have on the
sills of the second foor windows TO
give a tip on who is coming up the
street or down the street, or more
important, who IS at the front door
They strike the ayerG ON~erYer as
rather provincial in idea because he
thinks instinctiveIy of the shut in
person who's only pleasure is in see
ing who's on the street But
they're very helpful in telling when
q caller is getting near, so that the
woman of the house has time to
make a hurried toilet and be calmly
waiting in her very best when the
visitor comes in. Also they give a
chance to sound the not at home
warning to the servants.-New York
Sun.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Singing Pigeons

The queer Chinese change pigeons
into song-birds by fastening whistles
to their breasts. The wind of Their
flight then causes a wierd and plain
tive music that is seldom silenced in
the pigeon-haunted cites of Pekin
and Canton. The Belgians, great
pigeOn-fyers, fasten whistles be-
meath the wings of the valuable rae
ing carriers, asserting that the shrill
noise is a sure protection against
hawks and other birds of prey As
= similar protection, reeds, emitting
an odd wailing sound, are fixed to
the tall feathers of the dispatch
bearing pigeons of the German army.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
The Speed of Steamships.

The immense advances recently
made in the power and speed OF
transatlantic steamships have not
yet. in the opinion of Mr.. J. J. O'Neil,
a Scotch engineer, been carried to
the limit. Addressing the Institu-
ton of Engineers and Shipbuilders
in Scotland, Mr.. O'Neil said that the
lengths Of the present liners warrant
the belief that greater power can be
obtained with the same dimensions,
the present speeds with shorter
lengths. Investigation shows that
the variations of form involve rela-
lively small gains. and Mr. O'Neil
thinks that If the same attention had
been devoted to the development OF
of the screw propeller that has been
given to the form of vessels greater
advantages would have been secured,
Youths Companion.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
spottIng smokeIess Powder.

German military authorities are
experimenting with device by
which the location of troops using
smOkeless powder may be easily dis
covered. By this device it is pro-
posed to survey the landscape
through pale red glasses. The flash
of smOkeless powder appears strong
in red light, while ordinary objects
are dimmed. BY furnishing field
glasses with the device in question,
which l. provided with screens of the
roper tint. The position of conceal
ed marksmen can be detected
Washington Herald.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Poor Material For British ARMY.


II there be any doubt that .physi-
cal deterioration In the submerged
classes is more serious than 1t used
to be the report of the Army Medi-
cal Department pins one down bet
ween that opinion and the conclu-
sion that the army is recruited from
a lower social stratum Average
British recruits" the report states.
''are not only the youngest but in the
poorest physical condition Of those
In any civilized army. They cannot
stand work which did not injure well
fed cOnscriDts of twenty years OF
age: still less can they face exercises
which would do harm 70 robust
men" They are in fact from want
of food and from cigarette habit such
miserable specimens of humanity
that 1t takes two years to make men
of them. The report confirms what
we said the other day, to the effect
that a British army is painfully pro-
duced from the army of the British
unemployed; as many as 95 per cent.
of accepted recruits are hopeless
"out of works" There is a good
deal amiss with the conditions that
make these degeneTates and the re-
port gives one to think furiously;
but the larger question raised by il
is whether any amount of training
and selection can produce an effic-
lent army out of such material.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
SUGAR MAKES YOU GROW.
Americans and BFItOns Increasing
in Height and Weight.

English and American girls just
reaching womanhood, and the next
generation in its early teens. are IN
usually tall, stand Lg head or
more above their mothers This has
been remarked on over and over
again, and has been the subject Of
learned disquisitions. Yet no gem
orally accepted cause for the fact has
been given up to this time.
Now comes a London physician Of
note and says hat it is simply a
case of heightened sweetness. By
sweetness in this particular case
the nature of the young ladies is
not referred to, but their diet. In
fact, statistics of recent years show
that Americans and Britons of both
sexes are increasing in height and
weight. Why? The physician re-
ferred to says it is sugar.
Great Britains and Americans are
the sugar eating nations of the world
and have quadrupled heir saecha-
rine consumption in the last score If
years.
This is now the best explanation
Of an accepted fact, and 1t will have
to stand until a better one comes
alOng.-LOndur Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

othe~s t. do that which he would not
do himself Those who know the
man know that he would do no such
thing. Does anyone doubt his sim
Cerity when he reiterates his Repub-
i;canism? Let us not Sead into Sen-
ator Foraker's statements any more
or any less than he has intended to
convey. Let US not charge that he
has advised the Negro Republicans
who follow him to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket. His name should not be
used as an excuse for you when you
follw this curse 7 that curse, but in
fairness to him and yourself be man
ly enough to act upon your own re-
5ponsibility, brave enough to seek no
shield behind which to hide.
The Negro Republicans who were
fer Senator Foraker for President are
an honest set of men. They can be
relied upon to do what, after mature
consideration, seems hest for them to
do. They will not be coaxed into the
Democratic party By the candy-like
promises of the Democrats nor will
they be driven into the Democratic
party by the clique of jealous and
narrow -gauged federal office-holders.
If they 90 into the Democratic party
it will not be out of vengeance nor in
a spirit of vindictiveness, but it will
be because they believe in the prin-
ciples and endorse the policies of the
Democratic party But they do not
believe in its principles nor endorse
its policies and they will not throw
away their opportunities to use the
ballot by staying at home, and it can
be safely concluded that they will
identify themselves with the majority
of the right-thinking people Of this
country and vote the Republican tick
ct
This does not involve any sacrifice
Of honor or integrity. No one who
admires Senator Foraker is asked to
forego that admiration and as far as
this League IS concerned, no one viii
be asked to do any such thing. We
advise that any colored Republican
who admires Senator Foraker can
consistently and conscientiously vote
the Republican ticket and We think
that he ought to do so..-Washing-
ton, D. c. Sept. p, 1908.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Girls Allowances.

Parents should give their girls an
allowance, however small. from their
earliest years. To learn economy it
Is necessary to spend. and how can
one spend what one mas not got?
Keeping accounts is an admirable
practice. though the great DR.. John
son scOffed at it. You won't eat
less beef to-day" he said, because
you have written down what 1t cost
you yesterday. Lady Violet Gre
vile in Black and White
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
For the KnCCkPr.

A new method by which the audi
ance at theatre can show its ap-
proval or disapproval of play with
out disturbing the performance is
being introduced by the Italian dra-
matist, TraVeTsi. Before leaving the
theatre every person is to drop a
ticket into one of three boxes mark
ed good" Indifferent" and bad. -
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Women Detectives.

In Paris, shoplifting has become a
fine art, consequently watching has
had to become a fine art also, and
the Partisan shopkeepers are finding
thai it pays them to employ proper
women detectives to watch their
stock, so now every house of import
ace has its own woman detective
Womans Life
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Wise Horses,

A writer in the London Daily
News, giving some experience dur
ing dense fogs, says he was once in
a bus which stopped suddenly on
Waterloo Bridge in a fog. The driv-
er urged the horses to move, but
they would not, and when the con-
ductor went 10 investigate, he found
them looking over the parapet
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
The Ian ouRoeS.

According to MulhalTs estimates
100000 persons speak English,
and 84,0OO,U0O German Russ an
is spoken by upwards of S5,000.O00,
but these numbers are far exceeded
by the 360,OOO,O00 to 40O,O00,O0O
Chinese and 14O,O0O,OOO or more
HindUstani
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
DOOnSdaY Book,

A book of the general survey OF
England, commenced in the reign Of
William l. (the Conqueror), about
1880, some say about 1885 It was
intended to be a register to deter
mine the right in the tenure OF
estates, to discover the extent OF any
mans land, to fix his homage, and
to settle the question of the military
aid he was bound to furnish.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
A Fine Distraction.

While a small boy was fishing one
Sunday morning he accidentally lost
his fOothold and tumbled into the
creek. As an old man on the bank
was helping him out, he said: How
did you come to fall into the river,
my little mann I didn't come to
fall into the river. | came to fish, !"
replied the boy.-The Argonaut
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Long Terms in Supreme Court.

Few members of the Supreme
Court have exceeded the time Justice
Harlan has seryed-thirty years.
Justice Field served about thirty
five years, Chief Justice Marshall
about thirty-fOur and a half years,
Justice Bushford Washington, thirty
one years, and Justice John Mclean,
thirty-two years.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
An Ancient Robe.

The Fobe which John Wesley wore
when he was christened over 200
years ago Is now the property Of
Miss Emily Pashley of Worksop,
England, it having come to her from
her grandfather at whose house
Wesley lived for time when but an
tEfant.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
England Adopts French System.

The French gardening methods by
which an acre of ground is made to
yield, S2,433 to $2.92O per annum
by the forcing hot bed process has
been introduced in England. Vege-
tables are produced all the year and
are forced by a steady temperature
OF 80 degrees.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Ace of Animals.

The whale. elephant, swan, tor
toise, eagle, raven and camel are all
long lived animals, and have been
known to exceed the century mark.
There are Well-authenticated in
stances of elephants. whales and tor
toise living to be more than two hun
dred and fifty years.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
A HEAVY Penalty.

The London Express mentions the
ease of a private who for failing to
recognize and salute his officer. was
condemned to march past and sa-
lutte barrack pump for two hours
each day for a week.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Automatic COrnet-

The increasing popularity of the
self-playing piano has induced in
ventOrs to extend this style of music
to other instruments. The most re-
cent is an automatic sheet music cor
net, patented by a Chicago man. Like
the piano, the music is on q perfor-
ated roll
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Canada's Fuel supply.

A serious problem for the people
of Canada to solve is the fuel sup
ply Of the future No coal of any
kind has ever been discovered in On
tario. In the older part of tie prov
ince the timber is practically ex-
hausted
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
The PhiIosanhn of Folfx.

They say" observes the Philoso-
pher Of Folly, that it takes nine
tailOrs to make a man. I always
acknowledge the truth of this old
pToverb when one of these dudes
boasts that he has patTOnized the
same tailor all his life.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
The Christian Brothers.

The Christian Brothers, a religious
congregation of the Catholic Church.
founded in 1880 in France, is build
ing a large business college at Port
land, Ore, an entire city block haV-
ing been purchased for the school
AMI q large playground.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
silence the Healer.

The value of silence as a factor
in healing cannot be over estimated,
and, apart from consideration of
health, it is a weIl-known truism
that the one who talks the least US
ually accomplishes the most
Health Record.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
An Unusual Happening.

A mill at Great Darlington, Mass,
was shut down in a most unusual
manner a few weeks ago, when wa
ter bugs, crowdi1E into the space
around the engine stop push button.
produced a short circuit and the con-
sequent stoppage.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Shoe Fly!

You can put a mat in front Of
every plate but you can't. make a fly
wipe his feet before he walks on
your food. The only safe course
with regard to the fly is to exclude
him from the house.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
COIor;ng Brass.

A color resembling pewter may be
given to brass by boiling the casting
in a cream of tartar solution con-
tanning a small amount of chloride
of tin.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Norwax,s Mooden Churches.

Norway are fully Zoe years old and
are still in an excellent state of pres
ervation. Their timbers have sue
cessfully resisted the frosty and al
most arctic winters because they
have been repeatedly coated with
tar
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
An Ancient Industry

The industry of fiint-making still
thrives in Brandon, England. The
fints are sent TO Africa and other
countries where the guns of 100
years ago are still in active service
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
The Philosopher OF EoIIy.

Il wonder why it is" muses. the
Philosopher Of Folly, that when a
'f1reproof building catches fire. they
always send in three alarms"
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Irish Linen

The linen industry is the greatest
manufacturing industry Ireland pos
sesses. There is invested in it some
thing like 915. 100000, and it gives
employment to 10000 people
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Sin1nFu IunnnssihIa

Big with the Importance of a new
discovery, q London preacher says.
''Never cheek the flowing tide OF
Woman's talk" We never heard of
anybody who ever did
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
HOttentOt Women.

Among the HottentOts women
hold a better position than they do
anywhere else in Africa. The mar
ried woman .reigns supreme mistress.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Firenlen In the MetropoIis.

There are more fremen killed and
injured in the performance of their
duties in New York City than in any
other city in the world.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Talk a Nile.

The conditions of the Arctic at
mosphere are so favorable for the
transmission of sound that it is pos
sible for two persons to converse
through a mile of space.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Large AppIe Tree.

What is reported to be the larg-
est apple tree in the United States
IS at Southington, Conn. 1t yields
so bushels.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Progressing Chinese.

The Chinese are getting interested
in the method of raising water b.
means Of windmills for irrigat.ng
purposes.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Trade Unions in Germany.

GeTmany's trades un Ons number
about 2,215. 900 members, which is
25 per cent of the total strength of
the labor organizations of the civil
lied world
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
The Sawed OF.

Laplan1ers are the shortest peo-
pie in Europe. the men averaging
4 feet, II inches. the women 4 feet
8 inches.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Long Lived Swan.

Among the birds the swan lives to
be the oldest, in extreme cases reach
ing 800 years. The falcon has Deen
known to live over 162 years.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

Glass telephone poles reinforced
Dy wire are being used in some parts
Of Germany.