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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
UnreasonabIy Touch.

Grimstead, who was foreman in a
New England factory, was visited one
day by an old friend from the west.
"Old man, said his friend, "how long
have you been working in this MILF"
Nearly thirty-five years." he an.
swered.
isn't 1t customary IN establish
ments Of this kind, when man has
been In its employ as long as you
have, to retire him on regular stipend
"a sort of honorarium, as it were?"
ITO put him on the pension list, do
you meanT
Eyes, If that's what you call It,"
well, yes, 1t is"
when do you suppose they'll retire
your"
81 suppose they'd do 1t any time
they thought l wanted to be retired
said the old foreman, shaking his
head with profound sadness, "but I
don't want to quit so long as I'm
still capable of doing my work.
"I've been keeping tab on myself.
and the misery of it is, Wigfall, that
/ haven't begun to let up the least bit
I'm Just as good as ever!"-Youth's
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
CHINA Fla..rInes.

Thosi who like the oddly u ths
little carved ivory figurines and orna,
ments and who cannot afford the
prices asked for them, will be inter.
ested in the clever limitations of these
which are now being brought from
overseas.
The limitations are of china, but so
cleverly done that without a placard
one takes them for the real thing.
The ivory tone is admirably pre-
served and the range Of subjects, sizes
and so forth are almost as great as in
the original. the Japanese groups and
animals being especially happy.
They cost but a fraction of the
prices of the real novelties, ranging
from IS cents to five dollars, accord
Ing to the nature of the object o.
lected.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
Treating Injured Animal.

When an animal receives a cut of
any kind the first thing to do is to
wash the wound out with warm wa
ter to remove dirt and germs that
might cause infection Disinfect the
wound with solution of carbolic acid
In ten to 20 parts of water, and then
bind up or grease the wound to keep
out germs. An animal that is some
what wild may have to be tied for
the first two or three times, but most
any animal will soon learn to know
that you are working for its good and
will like the treatment and become
tame thereafter, especially where the
wound must be dressed daily for sew
erel weeks.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
ACCESSORIES OF THE TOILET
Dainty Materials and Supplies That
Are In Favor with the DalntIly
0owned Girl.

Scented sea salt, lavender perfumed
powder and cheesecloth bags hold
ing a mixture of white corn meal
and powdered orris root for softening
and pertaining the bathing water are
included among the toilet accessories
which one daintily gowned young girl
considers necessary for sanitary safety
as we'll as for absolute physical COM
fort. On the same list are several
bath mits Of different sizes, face
cloths of softest channels and sponges
of superfine quality to be used alter
nately while the others are being aired.
dried and summed.
Fine French flower scented soaps
are used for the hands and face,
CASTLE for general bathing and tar
soap for shampooing, but there is also
a regular hair fertilizing and scalp
cleansing soap, and each one Of these
cakes is kept in an individual box OF
silver, crystal or celluloid.
Sterilized tooth brushes are kept
In stoppered glass cases, and the san.
itary tooth paste used upon them IS
sues from the top Of screw covered
zinc ti.be.
Violet and rose toilet waters are
purchased in perfectly alright glass
bottles and essences of those flowers,
as well as lavender smelling salts, in
glass stoppered phials cased in hard
wood boxes.
A porcelain jar which holds the cold
cream has glass cover which screws
on so tightly that dust cannot pos
sibly reach the preparation. In a
leather case are orange sticks, emery
boards, cakes of cuttlebone, luster and
pumice stone, tube of ointment and
q nail polishing machine to which a
buffer is attached.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
The Quick Hog.

In these days the American pig
makes a speedy Journey from far
rowing bed to scalding tub, and the
aim of the tudicious feeder is to add
constantly to the flesh acquired while
sucking. bringing, the hog up to $50
10 $50 pounds as early and on as In
expensive feed as possible. The young
animal will naturally put on weight
more cheaply than an older one, and
gains after ten months cost consid.
erably more per pound than those
made earlier. A pig which Is being
fattened should gain from one to two
pounds day and weigh, alive, $50
to $50 pounds when nine to IL months
old.-From Coburn's Swine in Amer
lea.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
sHYNEss IN THE ELEVATOR
Passengers Timid About Calling Out
Names or Numbers Of Their
Floors.

"Have you ever noticed" asked
a lawyer with Offices in large
Office building, according to the
Philadelphia Press, show people
seem to object, when they get in
an elevator, to telling the elevator
boy at what floor they want to get
of? Nine cases out of ten they
never tell until the car is flying
past their floor. At least two.
thirds seem to go by their floors
altogether.
~ have often wondered why
tbs is, and now, lately, / have found
out the reason; they are afraid to
speak out. All they want is a
leader.
"How do l know Because l
tested it, thoughtlessly, the other
day. There was a new elevator
man in our building who did not
know me, so as soon as stepped
into the crowded car / announced
my floor. Like an echo came the
calls of Five Six Ten from
every other passenger. Since then,
no matter whether the elevator
man knew my floor or not, I've
made a point of announcing it
every time as soon as / entered a
car and I've never failed to get the
other passengers to announce
theirs"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
His Mother Was a Lady.

(, Was Shakespeare's mothers family
one associated with gentility?" Mrs.
Charlotte Slopes has been infinitely
examining the Stratford records, and
thinks she has discovered deeds which
answer nat question in the affirma.
tive and which show that Halliweli-
Phillips was not sufficiently thorough.
going in his examinations and conclu.
sions. Her gleanings are but scanty,
and do not mean much, save possibly
In the implication that Mary Arden's
family was one in which education
was valued and books were available.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
STORY WON A BIG BATTLE
Lieut. Hebson Tells How Manuscript,
Fired from Cannon, Com
PEELED Surrender.

Lieut.. Hobson lectured at New
Kensington, Pa, recently, and
after the meeting entertained the
committee with the following
story:
"a war correspondent once
wrote an article which enabled
the army with which he was tray-
cling to win battle. Things had
been quiet for some days, and the
correspondent devoted his time to
writing an account OF the stirring
incidents of the war, in which the
officers and men about him fig.
ured as heroic characters. When
the narrative was completed he
passed it among the men for a
reading, and its excellence was
sounded in many mouths.
"The next day there was a bat
tie. The correspondent never
again heard from his story. An
artilleryman needed wadding,
seized the bulky manuscript, and
with a great roar it passed from
the lannon's mouth.
"The' fort surrendered, and the
correspondent saw his country's
dag float proudly over the ruins"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
Teach Rapid Walking.

4 horse that will walk at the rate
of four miles an hour is much more
valuable than one that makes hard
work of going three miles in the same
time. Teach the colts the necessity
of rapid walking gait until it be-
comes a habit
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
New Process for Peat Fuel.

1t is reported from France that ie
is proposed to manufacture fuel from
peat under new patented process IN
the peaty district on the borders Of
the Charente Inferieure and DeuA
Sevres departments. The fuel pro.
dnced experimentally is said to. be o.
good quality.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
Lost opportunIty:'

Wifey-I remember the night you
proposed TO me. I bent my head and
said nothing.
Hub (comfortingly)--I know It wor.
ies you. dear. but never mind; you've
made up for It since.-Boston Tran
script -
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
undermining II.

Teacher-Willie, how did Washing
ton follow CORVALLIS?
Willie-I suppose he subscribed to
the paper for which CORVALLIS was
writing the exclusive story" of the
fight.-Puck.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
ParIa Haa Now Fancy.


Bread and butter plates are no long.
or used on formal occasions. but are
too convenient to be dispensed with
at family meals. They 60 to the left
Of each plate above the plates. and ths
glass Of water to the right
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
The TRIPPING Tongue.

Friend-I understand, Mrs. Stern.
that your daughter has married since
we last met.
Mrs. Stern-Yes, and been divorced.
Friend-Ah! And who Is the happy
man?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
Increase In British Population.

The estimated population Of eng.
land and Wales is s5.350.OO0. a.
against S1.517.O00 ten years ago.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
GIVES TOUCH OF SHARPNESS.
Empire GirdIe Adds Much to Attrac.
tlveness of Either Plain Cloth or
silk Frock.


A smart touch Is given to an other
wise plain cloth or silk frock by the
addition of an empire girdle.
It is made usually of soft, finely
corded black silk or satin, and comes
well up under the arms and across
the bust. The satin Is arranged in
soft folds on a fitted foundation, and
there are two sash ends of uneven
length finished with deep silk fringe.
The sash ends may be embroidered
In floss silk or a design worked on
them in cut steel or tiny vari-colored
beads; any odd, barbaric buckle in
silver or hammered copper or an elab-
crate jswsled one 70 worn at the left
side.
Such a girdle will be most attrac-
i've worn with embroidered and lace
trimmed lingerie frocks when these
make their appearance later on.
Paris Has New Fancy.
Paris has o fancy-which may well
be Initiated hereof finishing all sorts
Of tussore gowns with tiny bands OF
black satin. Gowns Of pale tussors
will have q band Of black satin at the
hem. This Is q great protection to
the gown, ana the touch Of black 10
very smart.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15

When Humility Dies.
AS soon as you are proud of your
humility it dies.-Chicago Trib
une.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
CoNFEssEs HE SLEW COUSIN.
Man Who Murderously Attacked His
Aunt Tells of Graver Crime.

Baltimore, Aug. 1S.-Oliver Herman
Harris, who some days ago acknowl-
edged having murderously assaulted
his aunt Mrs. Clara Harris, has con-
fessed that he murdered his cousin,
Henson Poole, whose terribly decOm-
posed body was found in the little
cabin in which he lived near Rock
vile, Montgomery county.
The confession. which followed two
hours sweating" by Baltimore de-
tectives, was signed by Harris. In 1t
he says that he went to Poole's cahiu
about . q. III. July % to buy some
whisky and that quarrel arose over
the question whether he or Poole
should put water in the liquor The
confession continues:
He came toward me, and ! knocked
him down. When he got up he grab
bed for the rifle. Then | grabbed the
rifle and shot him and hit him with Il
hammer. shot him twice more while
he was on the mattress. ! then drag
ged him to the closet and shut the
door"
Harris further said that he took So
In money which Poole had.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
PERSPECTIVE OF PLANK DRAG.

tiles. still, in order to have good
roads the farmers must 500 to it that
they are kept in good condition. TO
accomplish this there are numerous
devices some satisfactory, some ether
wise.
One that has been tried out in the
DakoIas and that has created talk
in the western agricultural districts
is known as the "king drag" The. ac-
companyinge the one showing Il
plank drag, the other a split log drag,
will give an idea of the device.
The drag is made of heavy plank or
n split log. AS shown in the picture,
these are attached three feet apart
and dragged dagonal!y along the road
In this way they do the good work Of
road scrapcr without its faults.
They do not plow, as the road ma
chine often does, but scrapo and level
Roads are ruined by leaving ruts and
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
Hints For Stock Owners.

Shear the sheep early.
Dip the sheep Immediately after
shcaring and again in about three
weeks to destroy eggs and all ticks
that may have escaped at the first dip
ping.
The lambs should be dipped at the
same time, for when the ewes are
shorn the ticks flock on to the lambs.
DO not leave them out in the spring
rains.
When a COW is n little off never put
her milk in with the rest.
Apply the Babcock test and be guild
cd by it's teaching, and thou shalt have
gold both-to spend and to lend.
If the young pigs should show signs
Of looseness of the bowels, shut off all
feed to the SOW but dry oats for a day
or two, and the trouble will usually
disappear.
Blind tie hogs that have the habit
Of eating chickens by hanging a strip
Of tin four inches by eight inches in
size from their ears. This will stop
them when almost everything else has
! failed.
! The newborn colt must have milk
during the first half hour Of its life or
the chances are that it will die.
See that the colt Is strong enough to
start the milk. If 1t is not, help 1t.
The first milk is necessary, as 1t
causes the bowels to move naturally.
If there is any serious constipation,
give little castor oil or give injec-
tions Of soap and warm water.
Keep the mare quiet and feed care
fully for week or ten days, when
she may be turned in pasture, but only
for short time at first.
If the mare does not have milk
enough, cows milk may be given to
help out, but 1t must be done with
common sense.
Very rich milk should not be used
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
REDS REPULSED.
Invaders. Attacking Boston.
Fail In Attack.
BLUES WCTORS IN ENGAGEMENT
General Pew Protests Action Of
General Bliss, Declaring That
He Violated the Rules of
the War Game
BLUES WICTORS IN ENGAGEMENT

Boston, Aug. 17.-Anothcr clash be-
tween the red army of invasion that
is attempting to capture this city and
the blue army of defense, the latter
composed wholly of Massachusetts
militiamcn, occurred near Wareham,
near the base Of Cape Cod.
The engagement was IL skirmish be-
tween Il detachment Of the cavalry Of
the invading force and the Second
( brigade of Massachusetts infantrymen,
which had been pushed forward at the
extreme left of the line of defense.
Brigadicr General William \. Pew,
commander OF the blue army at
Bridgcwatcr. sent his second brigade
across the Colchester brook, along the
east side of the great cedar swamp,
through Halifax to East Mddcboro,
with the extreme left resting ut Ware
ham. The front of the Second brigade
left had hardly reached Wareham
when Il detachment of the red army
cavalry appeared and Il sharp cncoun'
ter began.
The object of the attack was to draw
the blue troops away from the vicin-
ity of Middlrboro and thus give Cen
eral Bliss an opportunity to push the
main strength of his red army up
through Lakeville and Middleboro and
on to Boston.
The Second brigade of the blue army
resisted the attack of the cavalry,
eral Pew was not going to throw his
strength Oh his extreme left and allow
q breach at Lakcville. Instead he still
kept his headquarters ut Robins pond
Bridgewater. and moved his First bri
gade. in command of Colonel Pierce
through Bridgewater Center and start
ing them down the west side of Great
Cedar swamp. the brigade front rest
ing at Titicut. a village in Bridgewa
ter. The brigade had outposts sta
toned well down to the Taunton
branch of the Old Colony railroad
With his front extending from the
Taunton branch of the railroad on the
extreme right to Warcham on the eX
treme left General Pew kept in re
serve his first and second corps OF
cadets, the entire field artillery and
his machine guns to protect his divi
sion headquarters at Robins pond.
General Pew Of the blue army tOda.
forwarded to Major General Wood
chief of umpires, protest against tn
alleged action of Brigadier Genera
Bliss of the invading force in moving
his force earlier than n. m. today
General Pew claims that General Bliss
movement of his force prior to 5 a. n
was a violation of the rules of the wa
game and gave the invaders an unfai
advantage.
1t was evident that Brigadier Ger
eral Tasker II. Bliss wished to strik
the blue army at NIiddleboro. He ha
sent a small detachment Of cavalry t
the blue army extreme left at Ware
ham, hoping, it was supposed, to dray
away from the vicinity of Middleton
and Lakeville the main body of Ger
eral Pew's forces
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
AGAINST NEGRO SOCIETIES.
Georgia Law Draws Color Line on
Grips, Badges and Ritual.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. IS. - Governor
Brown has signed the recent act of
the Georgia legislature which prohib-
its the use by negro secret societies Of
the insignias, ritualistic work, grips,
etc, of orders composed of whites.
1t leGislates out of existence the
negro organizations of Elks and
knights of Pythias, hut the negro Ma
sonic and Odd Fellows organizations
may continue in operation by changing
their badges, rituals, grips, etc, ms the
latter have names slightly different
from the white Masonic and Odd Eel
lows organizations.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
Value of Humus.


Humus in the soil has seldom been
taken at its full worth. The mission
which it fulfills is second in impor-
tance only to that which Is fulfilled hy
the presence of plant food in the soil.
Humus is helpful in keeping soil in
soils that are much prone to blow, in
Increasing the power of soils to alb
sorb and hold moisture.
When The humus is exhausted in Il
soil its mechanical condition suffers.
1t becomes more impacted, less easily
aerated and less easily penetrated BY
the roots of plants. Some soils so light
as to lift with the wind can be kept
from blowing, at least in q great meas
ure, by simply keeping them stored
with grass, roots or other vegetable
matter buried In the soil. The increase
in the power of soils to hold moisture
Is very great when well stored with
humus. When commercial fertilizers
are sown on land they will fail to re,
spond properly unless the land Is sup
piled with humus.
Such being the case, every effort
should be made to store the land with
humus IT would be possible to have
an excess Of humus, but In practice
this seldom happens. Humus may be
put into thessoil in the form of clover
roots, of grass roots, of buried catch
crops ana barnyard manure.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
AFRICAN BILL PASSED.
Ex-Premier Bafour Calls It a Wonder
full Epoch Maker.

full Epoch Maker.
London, Aug. 1T.--After Il notable de-
bate the house of commons unani.
mously passed the second reading of
the South African constitution bill.
In the course of the debate EXPIRE
mier Balfour said that the house In
dealing with the question of consti-
tuition for the federation of South
African colonies-thc Transvaal, Cape
Colony, the Orange River State and
Natal-was discussing one of the most
British empire.
The bill, he declared. was most
wonderful issue from all the contro-
versies, battles, bloodshed and Difficult
ties to peace. and he believed the
world could not show anything like it
The race problem, Mr.. RalfOur said
was but fractional part of the great
questions parliament WIS now decid
ing. He strongly denied that ii was
intended to give the colorCd races
equality with Europeans, declaring
that SO far as the government. society
and the higher forms Of civilization
were concerned ii would he impossible
to give equal rights to- the cOlorcd
races without threatening the whole
fabric of civilization.
In the opinion of Mr.. Bnlfour the
best hope for the solution of this great
problem was to place absolute anC
implicit confidence in the representa-
tive Institutions the South African,
now are creating and for the home
government not to mcddlc with ii. HC
added that he desired to do nothing
that would hamper the government il
carrying out a measure 50 essential It
the future of South Africa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
Public Sale of Personal Property

Take notice that on Friday, Sept.
3rd, 1909, at 1880 o'clock a. m,
the New York, Ontario and West
ern Railway Company will sell at
public sale for freight and storage
charges, on hand goods, wares,
and merchandise, consisting of six
bundles of one dozen chairs, con-
signed to NJ. j. Connolly, at its
freight station or depot in Clinton
township, Wayne County, Pennsyl-
vania, known as the Forest City
station of said company.
New York, Ontario and Western
Railway Company, By
JAMES E. BURR,
It's Attorney.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
BRYCE sNUBS LUMBERMEN
Declines to Receive Delegation With
out Premier's Consent.

st. John, n. r., Aug. II. - james
Bryce, British ambassador to the Unit
ed States. declined to meet delega-
ton of lumbermen who called upon
him here until he obtains the consent
of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the premier.
the lumber mill owners was because
the international commission which is
hearing evidence in the case of the st.
John river dispute is still in session.
Ambassador Bryce came here to ad-
dress the Canadian club.