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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-13

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, small,
safe, sure little liver pills. Sold by
Buckingham pharmacy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02

How many Georgia CoIonels hav,
learned to drink their water straight
Nothing now remains to Harry K
Thaw but an eminect career as {
Chautauqua lecturer.
Most disisaring skin cruptions
scrofula, pimpIes, rashes, etc, are due
to impure blood. Burdock Blood
Bitters is cleansing blood tonic
Makes you clear eyed, clear Drained
clear skinned. AT all druggists.
Wall street and Tom Lawson seem
to have arrived at an amicable agree
ment by which Lawson is to work the
other side Of the street
That Illinois man who swears he
will not paint his house until Bryan
is elected has originated fine move
ment for bursting the paint trust.
You cannot always tell when and
how an airship will start nor when
and where ii will stop. With these ex-
ceptions airship flying is a noble sport.
Stops earache in two minutes;
toothache or pain of burn or scald in
FIVE minutes; hoarseness one hour;
muscleache two hours; sore throat
twelve hours DIR. Thomas Electric
Oil, monarch over pain, At all drug
gists.
Mr.. Higsden says the country will
snow Mr. Bryan under so deep that
microscope will be powerless to find
him. Mr.. Bryan regards Mr.. Higsd9n
as frost.
A Chicago court has ordered man
to talk to his wife. Now if it will or
der that he be given at least half
the time the Injunction will not be SO
hard to obey.
The ambitions Of Aguinatdo seem
to be rising. A few years ago he 1e-
sired to be merely a sound George
Washington. Now he aspires to be-
come Manila alderman.
DeWitt's CarboIized Witch Hazel
Selve is recommended as the best
thing to use for piles. It's, Of course,
good for anything where salve is
needed. Beware of limitations. Sold
by all DRUGGISTS.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
Queer Fiiian Plant.

There is nothing under the sun quite
so quaint, so weird and witchlike as
the pandanus prairies of Fiji The
pandanus, or screw plant, as it is
called, is most grotesque specimen
of the vegetable kingdom even at the
best and in the early stages of it's
growth In it's very young days It is
Of an extraordinary screwlike shape,
and looks as though some kind of
hand had taken hold of its long,
swordlike leaves and twisted them
round and round. Later it straight
ems out bit, and from it grow a
number of tall wooden stills. It's TO-
iiage is simple, number of dropping,
ragged tufts for all the world like
mops, and very mournful looking.
Among these mops hang the fruit,
in shape like pineapple, made up of
hard red and yellow kernels, woody
and fibrous, and quite uneatable from
a Europeans point of view.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
"omar khayyam" Room

Literary faddists, before this, have
"consecrated" rooms to some favorite
authors, making such place Long,
fellow or a Dickens room, or a Scott
room, with many editions of the par.
ticular author and as many relics as
it is possible to buy. Now there is
an Omar Khayyam room in Washing
TON. 1t belongs to woman whose
home is near that of the Persian min,
lister. The room Is patterned after q
living room in Persian home. The
walls are covered with rugs and fine
draperies and in rustic frames are
scrolls containing favorite quotations
from THE Rubaiyat.' There is an
idealized sketch Of the poet keeping
watch with the lion and the lizard.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
The Changing Missouri.

The food has been kind to one
town. For years Missouri City, about
Is miles east of Kansas City, in Clay
county, has been of The river map and
the steamboats, couldn't get within
miles of it because of change in
the channel But recently the high
water began to flow through an old
channel and in few days it had cut
so deep and so fast that Missouri City
awoke the other morning to find it.
self on the main channel of the river.
A few hours later the steamer Chester
passed the old landing and Missouri
City's cup of joy was full.
Becausel of the change of channel
the boat line company will now take
freight and passengers from Missouri
City.-Kansas City Star.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
THE coLoNNAs PART AMERICAN
Oldest Family in Europe Has This
Unique Distinction.

At Newport luncheon diplomat
discussed blue blood.
you Americans have the best OF
everything" he said 1T is but nat.
uraI that the bIuest blood in all Europe
should be part American
"The bluest blood in Europe, the
oldest European family, is the great
Roman house of Colonna. Without a
break the Colonnas trace their descent
from one powerful prince to another
clear back to Julian the Apostate.
mo royal family of Europe equals
this. The Romans of Burgundy, the
descendants Of the old Burgundian
kings, alone approach it.
and this Colonna family, better
family than the kaiser's or King Ed
wards, is now part American; it half
belongs to America, for its head,
Prince Maffeo, is the husband of that
beautiful American who was Miss
Mackey."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
LARGE Pu1s sout.

The hair dressersj are advising their
best-dressed clients to avoid the puff
as they would the Merry Widow hat
says the Philadelphia Public Ledger
1t has had its day. it became too com
mon for its own welfare.
The quarter yard of small puffs on
a string pinned around the back of
the head are now out of first fashion,
AS we'll as the last three puffs worn
just below the crown.
1t is not amiss to make one or two
soft fiat puffs of your own hair in the
center Of the head, but the rows Of
puffs are as second class already as
the pointed pompadour.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02

Recently in Norway was discovered
a viking funeral ship at least LOO
years old. It's mortuary chamber con-
tanned the bones of two women who,
Judging from the size of the craft and
the elahorateness of its appointments,
belonged to some noble and wealthy
family. The vessel, which is 20 feet
long and JIG feet 6 inches broad, was
dug out of tumuIus, two and half
miles from the shore, near Tonsberg.
1t contained an extremely valuable
collection of historic remains, inclu-
ding four-wheeled chariot, richly
and quantity decorated, four sledges,
three of them curiously carved, sever
al beds, lintels, mill, spinning
wheels, and a variety Of kitchen, uten-
sils. A diligent examination of these
has led to the conclusion that the fu-
neral ship belongs to the ninth cen
fury
\ Many of the ornaments, mostly of
carved wood. are unique The ship
and its strange cargo, constituting one
of the most important archaeological
finds ever made in Scandinavia, after
being carefully restored, will be placed
In the Christiania museum.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02

The worries Of d weak and sicl,
mother are only begun with the birth
Of her child. By day her work is con-
stanfy interrupted and at night her
rest broken BY the wailing Of the peev-
ish, puny infant. DR.. Plerce's Favor
lite Prescription makes weak women
strong and sick women we'll. 1t light
ems all the burdens Of maternity, Civ
ing to mothers strength and yigOr,
which they impart to their children. In
about 40 years practice Dr.. Pierce and
his associate staff 81 physicians have
treated and cured more than half a
million suffering women. Sick women
are invited to consult DR.. Pierce BY
letter free Of charge. All correspond
ence is strictly private. Address Dr..
r. v. Pierce. lnvalids Hotel and Sur
cicsI institute. Buffalo. N, X.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02


The manager OF one OF the Cleve-
land burlesque houses tells this one
on himself. A few days ago he had
the dire misfortune to cut finger
or was it thumb? Anyway, the An
ger or thumb got pretty sore and
blood poisoning or something set in.
He had to go to doctor about it.
I'll have to perform slight opera
ton" the doctor told him. May be it
won't be necessary to put you to
sleep, though. How about you? Can
you stand much pain?"
Can | stand much pain?" repeated
the theatrical man Well, should
say I could Pains my long suit.
can stand anything. Why. doctor, I'm
the manager of burlesque theater
and see IL shows a week
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
HOW DISEASE STARTS.

Nine times out of ten chronic dis
eases like rheumatism. kidney trouble
heart disease, skin disease, etc, start
with d disorder Of the stomach Of
bowels, To cure constipation, liver
trouble. Indigestion, sour stomach
heartburn, etc, take DR.. Caldwells
Syrup Pepsin, which cures and pre-.
vents these diseases. It's absolutely
guaranteed to d. what we claim. and il
you want to try il before buying. send
your address for afree sample bottle
10 Pepsin Syrup Co, l19 Caldwell
Bldg, Monticello. III. It's sold By all
druggists at Soc and 81 bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
A TRAVELLING MANS

! Il must tell you my experience on
an east bound O. & r. train flom
Pendleton to LIE Grande, Dr." writes
Sam A CARRIER, a we'll known travel
ing man. Il was in the smoker with
some other>traveling men when one Of
them went out in the coach and came
back, saying:
There is a woman sick unto death in
in the car. | at once got up and went
out, found her very i'll with cramp collie,
her hands and arms we're drawn up
SO you could rot straighten them. and
with deathlike look on her face. Two
or three ladies' were working with her
and giving her whiskey. | went to
my suit case and got my bottle Of
ChamberIains Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy Il never travel
without III, ran to the water tank, put
a double dose Of the medicine in the
glass, poured some water into it and
stirred it with a pencil; then had
quite time to have the ladies to give
it to her, but succeeded. could at
once see the effect and ! worked with
her, rubbing her hands, and in twenty
minutes | gave her another dose. By
this time we we're almost into LIE
Grande, where was to leave the
train. ! gave the bottle to the husband
to be used in case another dose should
be needed, but by the time the train
ran into LIE Grande she was alright,
and received the thanks of every pas
enger in the car" For sale by all
dealers
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
Perhaps if Harry K. Thaw had not

Perhaps if Harry K. Thaw had not
Como into bankruptcy he might have
gone into insanity yet.
Itching piles provoke profanity, but
profanity won't cure them. Doan s
Ointment cures itching, bleeding or
protruding piles after years Of suffering.
AT any drug store.
For the benefit Of the curious we
will say that the epidemic Of the BIZ
furicated garment known as the sheath
gown, is accompanied by elongated
necks.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
TO BE HAPPY

you must have good health. You
can't have good health if your liver is
not doing its duty slow but sure pois-
oning is going on all the time under
such circumstances. Billiards. Her
bine makes perfectly healthy liver
keeps the stomach and bewols right
and acts as tonic for the entire sys-
tenn. At all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
Our Real Army.

No nation ever can or ever did main
tain at all times a standing army suf-
ficiently great to defend itself against
all other powers. The strength and
the dependence of every government
is in her citizen soldiers, and is in
exact proportion to their bravery and
effectiveness. The state militia or
national guard" in our own country,
the auxiliary reserve in England, the
Landwehr and the Landsturm in Ger
many, stand behind and form the great
military reserve Of the regular armies
Of these nations.-Army and Navy
Life.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
Wearing Five Buttons

Girls have gone in for many Chi
nese fashions, such as the mandarin
jacket, the kimono sleeve, the chrys-
anthemum embroidery, but the wear
ing of five buttons on the coat or
jacket is new idea, unknown to the
many.
The Chinese wear these five buttons
to remind them of the five moral vir-
tues which were recommended by Con-
fucius. These are: Humanity, just
Ice, order, rectitude and prudence.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
Has Risen DESPITE Handloan

Prof. p, d. Campbell, director of the
chemical laboratories in the Univer-
sity Of Michigan, lost his sight 1S
years ago through an accident. In
spite of his affection he has taken a
high place in education and has made
original researches of much value In
the chemistry Of iron and cement.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
A BURGLAR IN TOWN

His name is bad cough" He doesn't
care for gold or silver but he will steal
you. health away. II he appears in
your house arrest him at once with
Billiards. Horehound Syrup, it may
mean consumption if you don't A
cure for all coughs, colds and chest
troubles. Price 25c, SOC and S100
per bottle. AT all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02

English Scholars Honored.

DR.. James Augustus Henry Murray,
one Of the great scholars OF England
and famous as editor of the Oxford
New English dictionary, has been
made a knight by King Edward.
Percy William Bunting. editor of the
Contemporary Review, who has
reached the age of 70, was made a
knight on the Kings recent birthday
anniversary.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
BEST OF TREATMENT FOR
A BURN.

If for no REF OF, Chamberlain S
Salve should be kept in every house.
no on account u its great value in
the treatment Of burns. 1t allays the
pain almost instantly, and unless the
injury is a severe one, heals the parts
without leaving scar. This scar is
also unequaled for chapped hands,
sore nipples and diseases of the skin.
Price, Is cents. For sale by all deal
ers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
aas4el Gown Popular

The pastel gown is particularly pop
ular. In the daytime it has quite
pronounced hue, but in the evening its
tint is scarcely noticeable. 1t gives
the effect of white save in certain
lights when light violet, very
transparent blue or an almost invisi-
Die pink can be detected The lighter
and setter the tone the better.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
THE NEW PURE FOOD
AND DRUG LAW.

We are pleased to announce that
Foleys Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
BY the national pure food and drug
law, as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as a safe remedy for chill and adults.
All dealers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
HAVE YOU A BABY?

Then watch it closely. And above
all things don't let it suffer for any
length of time with worms that is
fatal. If its complexion gets yellow
and pasty, if it is listless. cross or
peevish, gets thin, suffers with Aatu-
lence give it Whites Cream Vermifuge
The only cure that never fails and has
no bad effects. AT all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
Newest Buckles.

There is always room in the jewel
cabinet for one more ornament in the
shape Of breast pin or buckle, and the
newest buckles are made of initiation
stones set in dull gold or in gilt. The
largest and showiest of purple stones,
Jade, sapphire and rhinestones are set
In gilt and worn with gown of any
pastel SHADE.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
GOOD FOR BILLIOUSNESS.

4 took two Of Chamberlain's Stom.
ach and Liver Tablets last night, and
! feel fifty per cent. better than | have
for weeks" says S. j. Firestone, Of AL
legan, Mich. They are certainly
fine article for bilIiousness." For sale
BY all dealers. Sample free,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
The Black Cat ParasoI.

The fashion for carved and jeweled
animals has not quite died out. The
novelty of the midseason is a bright
green silk parasol with stick of black
wood, at the end of which is carved
Jet black kitten. 1t has huge green
eyes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02

Just little Cascasweet is all that
is necessary to give your baby when it
is cross and peevish. Cascasweet
contains no opiates nor harmful drugs
and is highly recommended by moth
ers everywhere. Conforms to the
National Pure Food and Drugs Law.
Sold by all druggists,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
HAD SHE HEARD "DIXIE!"

In defense of her offspring moth
er rabbit attacked colt belonging to
Charles MiEe- Of Jamaica, suburb
Of New Yor' ana sinking Ler teeth in
the horses Ioreleg continued the strug-
gle until she ID.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
FOR A SPRAINED ANKLE.

A sprained ankle may be cured in
about one-th;-d the time usually re-
CURED, by applying Chamberlain Pain
Balm freely end g'?iag it absolute rest
For sale by Il dealers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
,,c,sn,l4. -ccs ftr L. -s1r.t CON-
m.i- re-. -lt-eG.

Sctentiats III :. amy iands lave been
giving an ine,e sins amount Of attan
tion 10 The mc4 EN- Of producing from
the plant1 word substitutes for The
ibers and fabrics. now generally in
use. To find new cotton plant or a
new flax straw or fiber which shall
take the place of wool or silk, or to
put among commercial possibilities a
new material from which to manufac-
ture fine paper, are among the aims.
-Four inventors have. recently reached
what they claim to be success, each
in his own particular search, and de-
scriptions Of their products showing
how widely varying results are being
attained are printed in the Technical
World Magazine.
From ramie, nettle which came
originally from China, but which
grows well in various countries. is
made fiber which rivals cotton for
usefulness, and has some Of the
beauties of silk. From the huge cac-
tus leaves of our American deserts a
kind of fabric called cactus-leather is
manufactured, which while not sub
stitute for cowhide is useful for many
of the purposes for which genuine
leather is used. Pine needles are also
being made to furnish a fiber which
has qualities of usefulness in cloth
making, even clothing being success
fully manufactured from it. And,
finally, the Guayule shrub has been
found to contain rubber to an ex-
tent which makes it commercially
worth farming.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
Carbon.

"A geologist says the coal trust
will be forced out of business in the
Cw4nty-first century"
What good is that going to do me-
~ be coal myself by that time. -
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02

traced 10 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, 1908-09-02

Kodol will, in We y short time, en-
able the stomach to do the work it
should do, and the work it should do
is to digest all the food you eat. When
the stomach can't do it Kodol does it
for it and in the meantime the stom-
ach is getting stronger and able to take
up its regular natural work again.
Kodol digests all you eat. 1t makes
the stomach sweet and it is pleasant
to take. 1t is Mold here BY all dr. 6
gists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02

APennsylvana coal nine has yield
ed petriGed human leg. 1t is Of no
use to the owners for it cannot be
pulled.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
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, 1908-09-02

Therefore, when your kidneys are weak
or out of order, YOU can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kilmer'st 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 docroring your kidneys.
The mild and the extraordinary effect of
DR.. 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
on it's merits BY all f.A
druggistsin ffty-cent FgfIzJ
and one-dollar size ~;
bottles. YOU may 1911 aIl h.ls.ssalsl@
have sample bottle Home of swamp-Root.
by mail free, also a pamphlet telling you
how to find out if YOU have kidney or
bladder trouble Mention this paper
when writing to Or. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hamton, n. Y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Bingha1s.on, N. Y, on every bottle
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02

Oh Ils HINI W = 81
druggists i'll fifty-cent
and one-dollar size
bottles. You may
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
ITTLE SERMONETTES
BY THE PASTOR.

cording to that fact. Every man s
work shall be manifest. The corrodipg
hand of time. the fire, the EARTHQUAKES
VII test your work and the prosperity
! OF inc country, the morals of society.
of the church, will reveal the integrity
and honesty Of the individual life.
God is pure. and holy. and inst. and
good. and that which he approves will
be right. Jesus Christ, conscious of the
9lVine approva! because he came not to
father, could say with confidence. ~
have finished the work which tbou
gavest me TO do Paul, fully realiz.
ing INC diVine presence, could say, ''I
nave finished my course, l have kent
the M 1alth Remember this. "We must
Christ" Then let us study to show
ourselves approved of God. workmen
that have no need TO be ashamed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

ouS text says, "study 70 show
o,ora rvpI'vsd unto God. - IT is not
h o. man. this were impossi-
w. VINO tries to please ali men
ns - oue: Remember ''Thou God
shd shape Your conduct ac-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-14
Santa In Grass Valley

one town in the United States has a
practical and apparently perpetual
Santa Claus. In Grnss Valley. Cal.
everybody gets Christmas gifts. There
Is no child so poor as to be dtsap-
pointed when Santa passes his boun-
ties around, and. for that matter, no
grown person either twenty-five years
ago Mrs. Hansen OF Grass Valley was
an Invalid. confined to her chair at the
window of her cottnge. She watched
the school children troop by. some-of
them were scantily clad and looked
Ill nourished. The good Woman for
got her own misfortune i'll her com
passion for the unfortunate little ones.
She suggested that ON the last day
of school before the Christmas hoii-
days each child should bring TO school
something To give away to others. 1t
need not be anything big or costly
Just whatever the child could spare.
A committee was to distribute the
things Thert. they were most needed
So many Ilttle ones and their parents
were made happy the first Christmas
that Grass Valley adopted the idea per
marently. Now for 4 quarter OF 4
century Airs. HanSeil's improved Santa
Claus system has been in working or
der. though long ago the good woman
herself was released from her chair OF
pain and laid to rest in the town GENE
terry
When the last day OF school in the
old year arrives-called Donation day
in Grass Valley-eSery child of the
more than 1000 in the schools is seen
trudEiuE teacherwarI with an Offering.
Later the towns brass band heads the
procession, dispensing appropriate mu-