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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-16
STRANGE USES or PICTURES.
Have Been Frequently Diverted from
Their Prime Purpose.

Though the prime purpose of pic
lures is to please and instruct, the!
have at times been diverted to othel
uses. During the recent hearing o
a case at a London police court wit
ness gave evidence that the prisoner
who was charged with attempted muir
tder and suicide, had drawn his atten
ton to couple of pictures on the
backs of which, written in pencil, was
a statement by the accused setting
forth the reason for his premeditated
crime.
Ere now pictures have been enlisted
In Hymen's cause. That celebrated
painter of flower and figure subjects,
William Hunt, was on one occasion
commissioned by a gentleman to paint
his portrait in the attitude of kneeling
and holding in his hand an open scroll
whereon was written a declaration of
love and offer of marriage The lady
to whom this unusual proposal of mar
riage was sent replied with a chalk
drawing of herself with a sheet Of
paper in her hand on which was in
scribed laconic Eyes"
Pictures have not infrequently been
chosen by whimsical testators as
hiding places for their wills. To an
even greater length Of eccentricity did
gentleman go when he gave hand
some sum to Mulready to execute
figure subject on the back of his will,
which, thus adorned, was framed and
hung in his drawing room
AS debt collectors, too, they have
proved efficacious. Etty, when young
man, received an order from certain
Marylebone tradesmen to make a
dozen caricature sketches of a resident
Of the locality who was notably averse
to settling his accounts. These por-
traits when finished were displayed
in the windows of their subjects long
suffering creditors, who refused to re-
move them from the public. gaze until
their bills were paid. Seeing no way
of escaping ridicule save by yielding
to their just demands, the gentleman,
on condition that the Objectionable
portraits were destroyed, agreed to
discharge his debts.
Soon after he settled in London Sir
Lawrence, then mere youth,
was witness to dastardly assault on
a young lady by a ruffian, who man
aged to make good his escape, not,
however, before he had been well
noted by the young artist, who at once
to his studio in Leicester
quare, drew from memory a speaking
This. which he handed to
he police, was the means OF bringing
he criminal to Justice.
That wayward genius, George Nor
and, was often sore pressed for money
Q pay his debts. On one occasion he
tayed at an inn where he speedily ran
Ip an account which he was unable to
meet. He offered q picture in pay
nent, but boniface shook his head.
'uddenly however. his eye frightened,
nd he invited the artist to step into
is yard, whore. he trusted, a means
{ settlement might be found. Nor
Ind did 80, and q few days later re-
eived his bill recelpted. The follow
IS Sunday mino host appeared At
hurch IN q truly novel waistcoat be-
- less than the painters payment,
'hish, stretched across his ample
hest, displayed to the amazed oCngre.
Axiom the picture Of q gigantic PIG.
l 2
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-16
Machine Hoe Hslpo.

The machine wheel hoe Is a great
thing in the garden. It makes garden
work real pleasure II you have one
Of the modern combined drill and
wheel hoe arrangements. They are
not costly and are not hard to oper.
ate. Any one that has q garden a.
big - . town lot can afford to have
onA, a. il will save ito cost the tirst
season and will last for twenty years.
You can do ~ much work with one
Of them as ten men with hand hooa
and do II bettar.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-16

The agonizing itching and burning
Of the skin, as in eczema the frightful
scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss Of hair
head; the facial Disagreement, as in acne
all demand remedies of extraordinary
virtues to successfully cope with them.
That Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills
are such stands proven by testimonials
of remarkable cures when many rem
edies and even physicians have failed.
One set is often sufficient to cure.
Cutlcura Soap (25c) to Cleanse the Skin, Cutl.
cura Ointment (50c9 to Heal the Skin and Cuti-
oura ReSolvent (5Oc.) Tor in the form OF Chocolate
Coated Pins 25c per vial Of 6OC to Purity the Hood
Corr, Sole Props, Boston Mass
pF-Maiied Free Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-16

without once having on shoes, my
ankles and nearly from tho knees to tho
toes being covered with virulent sores. l
tried practitioners, specialists, dermatol-
ogists, etc., tono purpose. My daughter
in-law reminded me of having prescribed
Cuticura for my grandson more than
twenty years ago. at once procured
the Cuticura Remedies and found inn
mediate Improvement and final cure,
till to-day, though well along in years,
am as though l had never had that
disease. l am well known in the vicin-
ity of Louisville and Cincinnati, and all
this could be verified by witnesses.
M. w. LaRue, S45 Seventh ST., Louis
vile, KY, April % and May IA, 1907"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-16
WORTH THE TRousLE If TOOK.
Hiram Needed incentive to Go After
Lost Money.

z @OOb WOISy'
Old Hiram was known by his neigh
|ors as easy goin'," with occasional
hpses of native shrewdness. One
ummer evening he was sitting on
ne front porch with his wife when he
Popped a quarter It rolled with fatal
ccuracy into the only hole in the
Dor.
Hiram sat looking at the hole for
hveral minutes.
| He appeared to be turning over In
Is mind a deep problem. Then he
paved sigh:
"Ain't you going to get it?" asked
5 wife, anxiously.
tive been thinking" he said, slow
I'D have to go out to the barn
d get the Ratchet. take off those
Iards, crawl In under there in the
r, crawl out again, and nail on the
ards, and guess 1t amt worth
Pile. ] may be going In under there
something else some time. The
Iney's safe"
well, l neverf" exclaimed his wife.
hybody'd think you had money to
ow to the dogs"
Hiram knew that she would argue
n she had the last word, so he al
70 gave It to her at the beginning
the discussion. For ten or fiji
minutes longer he sat gazing at
hole. Then he got UP and dropped
fher quarter and q half dollar
1t.
Why, Hiram" cried his wife, have
gone clean, plumb crazy?"
/ We been thinking" he replied,
iflit wasn't worth while going in
A there for q quarter 1t was worth
going for a dollar" Il
4 10 started for the barn to gea
\ hAtchat.~
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-16

1T requires q very ingenious man to
be an inventor. doesn't it2''
X should say 80" answered the me
chanics, expert. Getting up al Il.
vention isn't so hard. but che ingsnn-
lty required to set 4 on the market
u enormous
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-16
LIE Modern WaY.

Advertisements on the sceneryln
exclaimed the star. That's carrying
commerCiallsm really too FAR"
ut isn't commercialism," exclaimed
the manager. I'VE want the scene 70
look like 4 real meadow. don't wei"-
Tit.Blts
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-16

Cne uOcCOrS TO the
extent of heavy
bills and an in
crease of the dis
ease and suffering,
/ recommended Gu
ticura and in a few
weeks the child was
well. He is to-day
a strong man and
a b S oil u t ely free
from the disease.
A few years ago /
contracted eczema,
and became an in.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-16
LYDIA E. PINKHAM

No other medicine has been SO
successful in relieving the suffering
OF women or received so many gen
ulne testimonials as has Lydia Il.
PlnklEam's Vegetable Compound.
In every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bene-
tited by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, anywOmananydaym
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
K. Pinkhap's Vegetable Compound.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and is whole
some and harmless.
The reason why Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is so
successful is because it contains in
gradients which act directly upon
the feminine organism, restoring it
to healthy normal condition.
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills peculiar to their
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
to restore their health.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-16
SURE NOUGE4 KNoCKER.

JC. Goodwin. O. ReidsviIle, N. c.,
TBucklen's Arnica Salve is d
enough knccker for ulcers. A
pc came on my LEG last sumner,
at wonderful salve knocked il
A few rounds. Not even a scar
he'd. Guaranteed for piles,
burns, etc. Csc. Al al drug
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30
Do
Women
Love
Scandal
By BERTHA v. O'BRIEN

who would have believed it? Gabre trumpet wouldn't call ont e
women aeang and humping and fighting SO as to get in and
hear a story that isn't fit to be published"
know woman who would weak aer-dav novel
wnom an afternoon OF pink would be of time and to
whom indulgence the depth degradation She is 60
Old but confessed without qam having fought her way with her
elbows bit by bit through mob of women she might secure place
IN the court room during of the Thaw trial Natural
curiosity to see the girl whose fame that of Helen of o
the girl whose beauty and whose daring talk of the world the
child who had lived hundred lives while her teens was the na
SET up by feminine defenders Papsb experience sudv doesn't
pear out the explanations Judges and policemen Detroit will fell
you that whenever trial promises be especially doncerng thew can
count upon women Hooking to the numbers that reou
special handling They fight for good they do on matinee
days IN the goddesses gallery and they fight valianty
I've heard women with claims to refinement tendency of e
o OF the modern newspapers print the divorce suits g
some murders Illicit ea that exploits dark the piabe the nm
know that editors and publishers right they say that fl isn't
the men, nor yet the uneducated and symnd women who eor
these stories Women of education avdy these documents
human sin and shame who wouldn't blocks to see GREAT n
tre or listen great symphony every woman lamen loudly
the printing of scandal but few there don't read it.
According to those the inside there shocking court
room brushes and few scandals for women Their
demands are nowhere ignored and to we have the
moral obiquy of play like "Zaz1 saacous uh of orbre
Weeks and the noisy headlines of frstpage sensation
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30
High Endowment.

One of the highest and best enjoy.
ments comes through what is done for
others. This is believed in theoreti-
cally but seldom practically. II a man
has money, he imagines that the way
to enjoy 1t is either to keep and accu-
mulate 1t or to spend It on personal
qualification; yet he misses the very
nnest of its delights when he refuses
to share 1t or its benefits with others
NO with our time, our talents and our
thoughts-kept to ourselves, or used
simply for our own delectation, they
40 not give us 1.-THE of the real en-
Joyment that they afford when we use
them literally for the benefit of the
family. or friends. or the community.
No one, remarks the New York Week
~. who has once tasted the sweets of
ministering successfully to the happi-
ness OF others viii, IL he be intelu-
gent, ever again relapse into a purely
selfish use of his advantages. what.
ever they may be.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30
slow Mental RIpsnInu.

Not infrequently those mentalities
that ripen the slowest last the longest,
and often the history Of these great
men has been persistent neglect and
worldly GOODNESS until 40 or more
years have passed before their great.
ness has been conceded by their con.
temporaries. Truly. "the life history
of great genius is almost invariably
one of a sad and somber tone. a walk
apart from the beaten path" Such are
the words of one who should know
what the doors of deeds" must en-.
dure. Be this as 1t NAV
writes W. A. Newman Dorland
In the Century. 1t is now recog.
nized that many of the finest achieve
ments In business, craftsmanship. lit
erature and in all activities have
been wrought by men long past 60.
Writes one: mo strong man win &C.
cept 60 as the arbitrary limit of his
ambition and working ability"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30

no amount of education or refinement
Or stimulating environment will make
her true lady
She may educate herself to become
very passable imitation of lady
by cultivating her sense of her obli-
cations to her brothers and sisters
in this world.
She may act the part so often and
so well that after time she will con-
vince people that she is lady; but
II she only takes the trouble to be
born one, if she will only choose for
her ancestors kindly, unselfish peo-
pie, she will be apt to start her life
with the chief requisites, and then,
no matter what her education may
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30

know that he was a coward p,,A
well he knew that he was.
And as the weeks went h.,
much lighting had been done and vet
he had not offered up his manboo6
for the cause his sweetheart grow,
impatient and asked him what kant
him at home. And he could not an
swer her. For he would not sdroi.
that he was coward save to him.
self.
Then as she importuned him IN on
ne weighed his chances. If l 20. said
he, 1 may not see actual service. hut
she cannot twit me with cowardico
| will risk it for my souls peace
And he enlisted And for manv
months fortune favored him and he
saw no active service But yet his knees
shook daily when he thought of the
possibilities of the future.
And at last he was ordered into hat
tie, and because his moral cowardice
outweighed his physical fear and he
feared ridicule more than he feared
danger he exposed himself to the fire
of the enemy. And he was unframed
but his fellows said, he is a brave
man.
And his first battle was his last
also, for the war ended on that day
and he went home. And" the papers
and his comrades spoke of his bra.
very, and his sweetheart accepted him
at his reputed valuation and thew
were married.
But his life was embittered, for he
hated hypocrisy and in his heart Of
hearts he knew that he was still a
coward.
Copyright, by James Pott & Coz
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30
Biq Glaciers.
IDAHO


The big glaciers are among the fea.
lures which make Switzerland "a
nous and attractive to tourists. Visit
ing and inspecting these vast accumu-
lations of ice are invariably on the
program of the more hardy men and
women who seek diversion in that
picturesque country, and along with
mountain climbing give ample oppor-
tunity for adventure and for testing
endurance and skill. Recently fears
have been expressed that the glaciers
would disappear in time, since, as was
alleged, they gave strong evidence of
melting away. But the scientists
have been investigating carefully and
the result is comforting assurance
that the glaciers are all right, and
likely to stay indefinitely. The APP
parent changes are explained by the
fact, as alleged. that glacier action is
variable, being subject to periodical
changes which cause the icy masses
to expand and contract at intervals.
The glaciers, say these learned men.
may be SO extended for space of so
years or so as to cover ground from
which there had been recession. and
then In turn may show plainly per-
ceptible shrinkage. There is not like
~ to be much variation on the aver
age, and the glaciers are pretty GER
tain to remain permanent features for
ages to come. The same principle,
says the Troy IN. " Times, APP
plies to some famous glaciers Of the
western hemisphere. including the
mighty Muir glacier of Alaska, and
the world bids fair to remain in pos
session Of the present supply of frigid-
'ty' Even the ice trust cannot collar
al OF the product.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30

THE majority of men that l know
look forward to the time when they
are not to take any pleasure in thi!
life said old Linn Jucklin, and hii
neighbors who were standing about
the horseback whereon the old mar
had just taken his seat looked at hin
In establishment.
Il don't see how that can be-" spoke
up sam Niles, goat-whiskered, squint
eyed, and liar on most occasions
but like most liars, the inheritor of a
sort of engaging wisdom.
Old Linn cleared his throat. "And
the reason you can't see it, Sammy. is
because you are morally blind. The
average man looks forward to the
time when he won't have to work. and
when this time comes he almost al
ways finds that for him there is no
more enjoyment Next to the enjoy
ment of work itself, we get the most
pleasure out of rest and"
And when we rest we are enjoyin'
ourselves" Sam broke in.
Old Linn nodded YES, but when
we haven't worked we can't rest for
rest means the luther side of helm
tired. After climbin' hard to reach the
top of the hill we take long breath
and 1t is as sweet as spring water
and the reason it seems SO deem and
fetchin' is because the breaths comm
up the hill were short. But If we set
down on the top of the hill and stav
there the breaths amt so sweet. After
While they get to be like the breaths
down in the valley. To make 'em
sweet you've got to climb for EN- In
this life all the way through it is al.
most impossible to get any real good
out OF thing you don't work for
Ihats the reason the gamblers money
don't amount to anything. It hasn't
any sweat value. And even if he
hadn't done anything to cause him TO
be driven out, Adam couldn't have
stayed much longer in the Garden of
Eden. He never had worked II is
true, and he didn't know what It was
but the fact that he had nothin to do,
had, aceordin' to my notion. begun IN
make him wish that Sunday was over
with
But the happiest man | ever saw
was the LATEST" said Sam, and the
old-timers looked at one another and
for no matter in what rev
srence country oracle is held the in. |
grained envy of his neighbors an.
'laud the threat of his overthrow.
I'm not here to deny truths. but 70
BRING EN- out" replied the old man
I've known lazy men that appeared
o enjoy themselves simply because
hey want at work, and l can 90 a lii.
lie further and say that the happiest
eller ever saw was an idiot. All he
lad to do was to Jolt himself and he
vas uckled mighty nigh to death. The
ight OF a dog scratchin of himself
vas better to him than the keen Joke
Il a wise man. But when I smoke of
he average man meant the man
With a mind"
But one Of the smartest men ever
aw was lazy" said Sam.
Yes, that may be fact, and Soma
I the plainest truths have been told
y liar, but the liar amt the man
hat fills the world with truth. But
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30

There is, probably, no human fac.
ulty that is more in need Of faithful
and patient cultivation than the iuds.
ment, for there is none that has more
complications to deal with or more
difficulties to overcome Nevertheless
there is. perhaps, none which receives
less systematic discipline. or upon
which people are generally less will.
Ing to expend labor and thought. They
train their children's memory, exer-
else their powers Of expression.
school them in habits of Industry. en-.
durance. patience and self-control, but
seldom discipline their Judgment or
teach them how to draw correct CON
clusions. That, they suppose, saws
the New York Weekly. is something
which time and experience will do for
them. yet, when they see what hasty
opinions and ill-advised Judgments are
continually formed by older people
they might infer that some definite
education in this respect was neces.
sary for both young and old.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30

The people of the United States are at enpb roaizn + ~
have country out Of which make or little as thew please
1t requires three things make naion-peope institutions and
land. - W
heretofore Americans have reasoned that they will always have
national resources This logic played havoc with the
resources of Spain, northern Africa and Palestine
Forestry is TO be big problem in America Rather should saw
is big problem for to-day tomorrow future In tbe east
e timber held largely under ownership steps we have
taken 70 repnlsh the timber supply national out west will
not make up Tor the wanton ruin that is being done east
The forest service endeavorng cooperate with eastern timber
owners every possible to teach them economy umberng
stop the dmnution OF that will additional disaster
m relation to its effects upon the supply our rivers and the
purity Of those waters
However rigid the public may consider Administrations forest
'o to be- 1t will be maintained And there very important
point that has been gained.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30

] still insist that I'm talkin' about til,
average man, and l don't think tn,
average man is lazy. The brightes
minds have had the most beautiful
thoughts, enjoyed mebby by the few
but 1t is the work Of the average minC
That has built up civilization. If every
mind had been as great as Shake
speares, the world would have been 9
Wh1rlWind of ideas, like light'nin' bugs
IN a swamp, and there wouldn't have
been anybody to stoop low enough tc
dig food out of the ground There
wouldn't have been anything to learn
and the universe would have been a
great mental starvation. There is
more happiness in bein' able to enjoy
the wisdom of the wisest than to be
the wisest. Wisdom is sometimes a
sort OF savior, crucified for the bene.
fit of mankind"
A lout wearing one suspender a
hickory shirt and a white cotton hat
came up, grinning, and with an air of
confidence and Importance such as
nothing save the consciousness of a
momentous mission could lend. blurt-
ed out; Gentlemen, Tiers goin' to
be transaction in feathers over here
In Atcherson's stable. 1t has been
lowed that little red rooster from
up the creek can put outen business
a black innimy from down in the
holler, and"
But he had said enough. Old lin,
got up and busted the seat of his
trousers. Out of his mouth he threw
MS quid of tobacco, as if he had been
invited to eat of some delicate dish
his nature, and his reading. taken nm
long after the children had ouit
scnooi' told him that to fight chickens
was wanton cruelty. But he argned
mat they were going to fight ANYWAY
ana that the mere fact of his looking
on would not add to their SUFFERING
man suffered for man and If was
called heroism. Man killed chickers
and devoursd them. He gave them
no chance for their lives. To no
conqueror was the greatest JOY of the
male portion of the animal lfinodoro
10 De Killed in fight did not render
the chickens unfit for food If anvono
wanted to eat them, and, besides n
an opportunity to die qamo
and that ought to be looked mon os
me GROWING glory of any life. OLD
squire Brizintine looked at Linn. Tbev
belonged to the same church or a.
east formed part of the same CON
having married religions
women They both of them had On
many an occasion announced their
'ellet in the Book from "eend 70
END And old Brizintine looked ~
lin and said: a.
'Limuel, is it possible you are po,n,
'' 'sl mere to see them ROSTERS fight?o
=. Wen Squire, my goin' won't make
'm nit none the harder"
But your presence will lend on.
engagement" Gnu GU
lhey don't need no ENCOURAGE
lent' Squire. They'll fight n~;oS
nough as it is" qnoA s
mean that 1t will lend encourage
unity" N Vi the com I
wei wen don't think they need anv
nuther. And, bes,des 7
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-30

THINK it was
Zangwill who said
that, like a poet,
a gentleman was
born, not made.
The same aphor-
ism can be APP
piled to the op-
posite sex. A true
lady is born, not
made.
Being born a
lady she can be
improved by edu-
C a tt o n and by
refining infiuen-
ces, but she will
not suddenly be-
gin to be a lady,
she will always
have been one;
while If she was
not born a lady