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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

even these figures probably give only
an imperfect idea of the relative
longevity of those who have volun-
tarily sundered the matrimonial tie,
since 1t is reasonable to believe, so he
declares, that the real suicide ratio
of divorced persons is less than 20.
But what's the difference? Anyone
who is determined to commit suicide
will probably do so, anyway, even If
he might be reconciled to life by yield
ing up the price of decree.
In the United States 70 divorces are
annually granted to every 100000 of
population. To the same number of
persons Ireland annually grants less
than one, England two, Italy three,
Austria one, Scotland four, Germany Is.
France %, Switzerland 80 and japan
215. AS matter Of fact, the divorce
ratio in Japan is probably not now as
high as our own. The ratio of 215
was revealed by the Japanese census
of 1898, since which the divorce laws
of the country have been made more
stringent Switzerland, with a ratio
of 80, comes next to us. In the long
gap between Switzerland's 80 and our
70 there is no competitor.
The question now, arises. If the
United States does not like so high
divorce rate what is it going to do
about it?
There was time when it was be-
lieved that If we had uniform d.
vorce laws the question would be set
tied. 1t was the. opinion of those who
favored this1asiaethod that large
number of persons took up temporary
residences in lax divorce law states
for the purpose of obtaining DEGREES
that they could not get at home.
But the present investigation dis
proves this theory by showing that
the proportion of divorces granted to
non-residents in any state. is insig
nificaffts Comment, is general when
some rich person goes to Nevada,
throws up a couple of boards as
home, plants a geranium in front of
them, and settles down to attain
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
FINE RECIPE FOR COLDS.

Any druggist can supply these In
gradients or will get them from his
wholesale house.
mix half pint of good whiskey. two
ounces Of glycerine; half ounce OF
Concentrated pine compound. Shake
the bottle well each time and use in
doses OF teaspoonful to tablespoon
full four times day." This prescrip
ton is said to work wonders.
The Concentrated pine is a special
pine product and comes only In half
ounce bottles, each enclosed in an air.
tight case, but be sure it is labeled
Concentrated"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

couples are annually divorced to every
100000 Of married population. Tho
rate for the whole country Is ZOO
Washington Is followed in the order
named. by Montana, Colorado. Arkan.
sas, Texas. Oregon and Wyoming.
Wyoming has an exceedingly low mar.
riage rate and very high divorce
rate. In this respect 1t is unique. But
in general 1t will have been observed
that while one is most likely to be
married II he live in the south, he is
most likely to be divorced II he live
in the west.
New York's Low Record.
New York's divorce rate, as might
naturally be expected, is low. New
York stands forty-seventh In the list
of so states and territories, with
ratio of go. New Jerseys ratio is the
same. Connecticut is thirty-ninth,
with ratio Of 1870, while in Pennsyl-
vania 100000 married couples are re-
quired to produce "a divorces in a
year.
Coming down to causes, we find
that most men who obtain divorces
assign as their grievance the deser-
ton of their wives, and that most
women give the same reason. 1t also
appears that women are more likely
to desert than men. OF the divorces
granted to men 49.4 per cent. were for
desertion. The divorces granted to
women because of the desertion of
their husbands amounted to 1876 per
cent. of the whole number of divorces
that were granted to women.
Cruelty comes second as cause
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

legal residence with which to obtain
a divorce. But such a person counts
only one In the statistics-and there
are not many such persons.
South Carolina prohibits divorce
win not grant one for any cause. But
there are many assertions in South
CaroliDa-and does anyone believe
there is more domestic happiness in
South Carolina than anywhere else?
Women seem to be getting their
courage back. Their increased cruelty
heads the list of increased causes,
and their ability to bid the home an
unceremonious and final farewell ex-
ceeds anything that men are doing in
the same direction.
Again the question arises. What is
10 be done?
Ask somebody who knows
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

table. l will never be without this
medicine in the house. Mrs. SAM'L
LEE, 1898 Fourth ST., Louisville, Ky.
Another Operation Avoided.
Adrian, Car suffered untold
misery from female troubles, and my
doctor said an operation was my only
chance, and 1 dreaded it almost as
much as death. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound completely cured
me without an operation. LENA v.
HENRY, r. F. ID. 8.
Thirty years of unparalleled sue
cess confirms the power Of Lydia e.
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cure female diseases. The great vol
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lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is IA remarkable remedy for those
distressing feminine ills from which
DO many women suffer.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
ADDED TO THE MISFORTUNE
Discarded Auto Simply Acted as De-
coy to Bring other unde-
slrables.

Asa Paine, vice-president OF the
American Automobile association, said
in st. Augustine of the automobile
industry:
Cars are now made to last. The
rich man no longer finds his 1907 car
Questionable, like his 1907 coat, in
1909.
AT the beginning of the industry a
car was Anticipated in no time-so
antiquated that people laughed at 1t.
They tell story in Detront about
dealer who had, in 1900, an anti
quated 1895 car. He tried yainly to
sell this car. He put lower and lower
price tags on it--$1O0, $50, s10-and
finally he put on a tag to the effect
that the car was to be given away.
Even then there were no takers.
$50 one evening. desperate, the
dealer left the 1895 car in vacant
lot beside his shop, hoping that some
one would steal it in the night. But
when he came down to work the next
morning, not only was the old car
still there, but another one of similar
pattern had been placed beside It,"
Somehow the majority of our habits
seem to be bad ones.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

FIRST place az an increased cause with
jump of 1894 per cent, which,
barring the Utah gentlemen. goes On.
tirely to women.
Drunkenness comes second az an in.
creased cause. with general increase
of 685.2 per cent. The drunkenness
Of husbands increased 69s.s per cent. /
the drunkenness of wives 554.5 per
cent.
Desertion ranks third as an IN
creased cause. with an increase Of
569.S per cent. while infidoiity has in,
creased the least Of ail-oniy 2To.s
per cent.
Here, again, the census figures play
tricks. Infdelity among women is
represented to be increasing more
rapidly than infidelity among men.
For women an increase is shown of
299.8 per cent; for men 237.i per
cent.
Figures as to Suicide Rate.
Americans, 1t would seem, take di.
yorce more easily than do some 9TH
ers. Over In Europe the fact has been
ascertained that the suicide rate is
abnormally high among those who
have been separated from their mates
by due process of law, rather than by
death. 1t is not so in this country.
On the face of the returns one Is like
ly to have lived longer If he has been
divorced than he is If the death Of the
one to whom he was married has left
him alone. The suicide rate for the
widowed is % to each 100000 Of popu.
lation; of the divorced, 90.
The director of the census says that
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

their wives did not provide them with
the necessary clothing, shelter and
nourishment.
Combinations of the FIVE preceding
causes we're responsible for "a per
cent. of the divorces, and other griev-
ances, not here enumerated, caused
the other 81 per cent.
Some interesting facts were also
discovered with regard to the relative
speeds at which the various causes
for divorce are increasing.
In the case of women cruelty heads
the list with an increase In 40 years
of 1.609.S per cent. In the case Of men
cruelty shows an increase of 959.S per
cent. Cruelty, in fact, holds first place
among increased causes in both sexes
with a climb Of 1883 per cent. But
on the whole, neglect to provide takes
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
[jls1Ag,,


eKn red corpuscles be said to be lack.
tug In the blood of those who after
marriage want to rid themselves of
the obligations that they assumed at
tue altar
Such are the conditions that the
,sensus bureau, after four years in
VOgtigation, has found in America.
Only Hungary leads the United States
m the percentage of marriages to
manageable population. But, on the
@ther hand, no country even approach
60 America in it's tendency to burst
into the divorce court and smash the
Gomestic relation over the judges
bench. Japan was outdoing us in
1893. when the last Japanese census
vas taken, but since then the mikado,
the elder statesmen, and few others
have promulgated some new divorce
laws that have somewhat strangled
she Japanese desire to emulate the
household manners of their big neigh
bors across the Pacific.
Yet the Japanese at their worst
probably never approached Americans
In their tendency toward the divorce
courts. Before Japanese became in
. mood where he could do much
sighting he cut the domestic ribbons
and set himself free-for divorce in
AkB country was easy. But in this
eOmtry where, relatively, a divorce
10 difficult to obtain, the report of the
census bureau not only shows an
enormous amount of cruelty and a
great increase of cruelty, but it shows
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Marriage and Divorce.

marriage and divorce.
Perhaps the strangest feature of
the report is the fact that it shows
an unparalleled marriage ratio side
by side with an unparalleled divorce
ratio. Out in Indian Territory the
preachers must almost have to fight
them off-the would-be wedded-or go
short, of Sleep In matrimony Indian
Territory leads the world. Even
Hungary, with its ratio of 456 mar
riages every year to each 10000 of
marriageable population, is made to
look like quite cold and clammy
community. Indian Territorys ratio
iB 555. The ratio of the United States
is only 1856
If Arkansas had held another coun-
~ fair in 1906 probably it would have
beaten Indian Territory at that. Ar
kansas. with ratio of 554, came just
enc short of tying the leader.
Texas. Florida, Oklahoma, Missis-
sippi, Alabama, Utah and Georgia fol-
Row in the order named, and the ratio
.ef Georgia is 422. Even in Nevada
Abe tendency toward marriage is
greater than the average tendency of
the United States. Nevada's ratio is
7S9. In fact, one has to go down the
list to Kansas, the fifteenth in line,
before he gets to state, the people
u which exhibit what might be called
normal matrimonial proclivities. Kan
sas, with ratio of S5S. is one above
ahe average for the country.
Turning to what might be called
vubnormal communities. the people of
Connecticut, with ratio of 232, are
really at the bottom of the list. Cali
fornia Is in last place in the statistics.
MT CaIifornians are actually not as
fri9id as they are tabuIated. The fire
fhat followed the great California
earthquake destroyed 50 many rec
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
REAL NEED.

II say, old chap, will you lend a
friend dollar"
'Is he really in need of it,"
Rather. He wants to pay me with
n -
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Unusual Luck.

Unusual Luck.
$50 you've rented that haunted
house which was on your hands so
long?"
Yes; rented 1t to an actor"
did he find out its reputation"
That's the very thing that decided
him to take the house."
Rather surprising"
HE said it would be such comfort
for him to get inside of house
where the ghost walked every night"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

ahat women are increasing in cruelty
more rapidly than men. Indeed, 1t is
an astounding fact that the cruelty
81 women toward their husbands
shOVed greater increase during the
zayear period ended in 1906 than any
ether cause for divorce, the gain be.
iNg 1000 per cent.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
A Terrible Disease,

A Terrible Disease.
do you own an automobile?" in
quired the unobservant party. The
other shook his head sadly.
NO. he sighed, Il have been suf-
ferer all my life from chronic pedes-
trianism."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

4 A T E V E r e Is E
America may be do
ing, it is not dying.
Wherever the ten
dency toward mar
rage almost gives
promise of robbing
the cradle to I'LL the
cradle, there does
vitality abound. Nor
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-13
PARTY LEADERSHIP.

Representative Daniel McRae. in
casting hls vote against the Prohibition
bill, on Thursday expressed the view
that no rank and file has the right to
rise against their leaders And 20 o.
lustrate his position he added EFT an
army dlsobeys the commands OF it's
generals % o. bound to mean defeat
This S. a singular statement. lt is
extraordinary when coming from a Leg
islator on the floor OF the House IL
assumes that q political party is an
army" under the command OF gen
erals" Is it possible that this despouc
conception of American institutions
sim fingers IN the hearts of Amer-
can citizens?
A political party is not a military or
vanization under the command Of gen
erals II is a voluntary association Of
citizens who hold the same views on
current political questions and agree
on entrusting 10 the same set OF Of
fcials the execution Of these views.
But the sovereignty the command, Is
vested IN the party. and the leaders are
but its trusted servants. Their bus4-
ness Is TO take Instructions from tho
party, and carry out its policy, not 70
formulate the policy for the party. Po-
litIcal leaders are not dictators, and if
they assume dictatorial authority 70 ,s
the duty OF the party TO rise and huri
them from the pinnacles Of the temple
of state down into the Gehenna Of OBJ
llviol.
No one is 10 20 BE- a party leader
who does not listen 20 the expressed
viii OF the members Of the party on
public policy. and strives honestly to
carry out that policy. Party leaders
may be guides II they have the quail
aoations. They may be instructors. II
they are equipped, intellectually and
otherwise. for that mission. But they are
not. IN this country, commanders Of
armies authorized TO enforce "obedi-
ence" from the rank and file" The
idea IS foreign 20 American conceptions
OF popular government.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-13
NOT LOCAL OPTION.

one strong objection 20 local option
for Utah is this fact. The expression OF
sentiment over the state indicates un-
mistakeably. that We're local option 70
prevail, all OF the "a counties in the
state would go dry with the excep-
ton OF Salt Lake and Summit counties
This would result In salt Lake becom-
ing the grogshop OF Utah with every
old topper about the state sending or
ders in here for intoxicating liquors TO
be shipped by the express ana railroad
companies into no-Icense, or dry
counties, thus multiplying local option.
This would be "a great thing" from
a purely sordld standpoint for salt
Lake. but az the cost of moral deteri-
grafton over the state. The finger OF
scoru would be pointed az drunkenness
iu dry counties. with the remark,
Prohibition does not prohibit" with
statewide prohibition. covering Salt
Lake as well as the remainder Of the
State, people, 10 get liquor, must send
out of the state This has given a
great deal of trouble iu the past as
I'm the case of Maine being made a
dumping ground for vile Boston
whisky, ana Georgia being made a sur
ferer in "a similar way through the
hands OF Chattanooga wholesale liquor
dealers. But there Is O. bin before
Congress which is being pushed
through, which win prohibit express
companies and railroads from being
mudo the cats paw of tho liquor n-
terests. and forbid. under severe penal
Ties, tho shipment by common care
rors OF intoxioants into prohibition
7r local option states This win settle.
things very quick
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-13

turned out by this teachers methods
I and teaching ability but % is then too
late to correct the mistake % the pro-
] duct BE- below standard The mischief
has BEEN done. The fine material has
| been spoii or blotehed and the Income
! potent teacher. ut length found out
! cln easily get something else Co do.
! Tut tho opportunities Of correct and
/ thorough training. missed boy those
under h.s charge can never De- re-
gained. the greatest of opportunities be-
| gone forever
Neither parent trustee. NOR pupils
con really ascertain which De- the bost
teacher though .he pupils come the
nearest to uudiug this out of amy u
thog0 throo agencies Tho school SUI
poriutardout, thc state board of oduca-
ton. ana trained specialists ln cduca-
ti0r, ave thc only persons that can. on
au average distinguish the able from
the inferior teacher after o. brief ac-
quaiuta1cc with his way of doing
tbirEs in the classroom 10 is the height
of folly Tor any others 20 be permitted
to pasc upon a question 30 momen-
tous % tho community.
We recall that the late Dr. John r.
Park one OF the most IL not the most
successful Of western educators Boo his
day. began az "a teacher In the small
village OF Draper. and was frequently
compelled 90 defend his unique meth
DDS anf various Innovations that were
quite incomprehcnsihle 70 patrons and
parents lie was a teacher with fcw
peers in this vocation, yet that fact was
not nscertatnod till he had taught a
district school for many years, and was
finally called 10 take charge OF the
University in this city.
We can easily judge OF the ability
Of the teacher. the builder. the pro-
visioner Tor we get their finished pro-
ducts az once and can soon decide as
20 its real value. Not so with the
finished product OF teacher-the skill.
the learning the habits IN a word
the character OF the youth committed
o. bis care. This is a product that is
not finished for inspection and use like
q coat, house. or load OF potatoes:
and even superior people often fail 20
grasp the real import OF the training
and discipline mr. the lack OF It,. inn
parted by the teacher In the process
o. education. II IS now too late In
the history Of our civilization 10 per-
init any one except an expert TO pass
upon the professional merits u a real
teacher. lt IS also too late TO think
OF paying any kind OF teachers less
wages than the minimum proposed by
the now measure. Let tho good work
go on.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-13
THE MASS CONVENTION.

There IS very little doubt that every
possible effort will be made to kin pro-
hibitive legislation I'm the senate. Both
threats and promises will be tried. Il
is very important, therefore, that the
rank and file OF the Republican party
throughout the State should b. strong
ly represented at the mass convcn-
tion that has been called by represen-
tative members OF the party The
meeting is % be held in the Salt Lake
thester on the 24th OF this month. The
sentiment Of tho party for prohibition
should be so emphatically expressed
that there can be no excuse Tor a doubt
as to what the overwhelming majority
want. Some Of the Senators are re-
ported TO have expressed themselves
10 the effect that they do not believe
the people really want prohibition. The
best way TO meet this fallacy Is 20
make the mass convention a decided
success.
The people do not want local option
We have local option now. and the sa-
loon has fastened itself like a putrld
cancer upon the very business center
Of our cities. The people do not want
regulation. They know that a criminal
saloon cannot be Regulated. They do
not want licensed saloons any more
than they want licensed brothels. and
their representative may just as well
know that any attempt 10 fool the peo-
pie by the liquor interests. viii be
resented 10 the last The people ask for
an effective law abolishing the saloon
traffic, or outlawinR g. Just as the
opium den and the brothel are out
lowed. Nothing mr,l enable. moth
ing drastic, is asked for. Lot the peo-
pie come together and express their
views clearly and with emphasis Then.
If the Legislators refuse 20 listen 20
tho people, the responsibility for the
consequences viii rest upon them and
their foolish advisers
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-13

"Tbe Herald is informed that they
arc planning, f they have not already
arranged. for 20 continuance of the
alliance with the brewing and LIQUOR
interests. while they hope 90 be able
as well tn wear tho mantle OF the
dominant church and pose as lts
political representatives, salt Lake
Herald.
That is ono Of the e,l consequences
of the alleged dead with the liquor lu-
terests. We have expressed doubts
as 90 the truth of the accusation. and
uc have shown by Tho election returns
that even 81 tho bargain was made.
the liquor dealers dld nor keep the
agreement But true or not true. one
of Che results is that the Church H
frequently being mentioned ln conncc-
zion with. ana sometimes represented
as party 90 such am informal COM
pact
For mat reason we aay now. 0s we
have said before. that boo ono hua ever
boon authorized to represent the
| Church in ans such deal as that rc-
ferred ,0. and. Furthermore r. Anyone
bon alliance with the brewing and IIqu0f
/ Interests tries t0 pose as "pou-
uoll representative" of the Church ho
/ wiz be ropgd.aicd. Tho Church h1s
uD political aims or aspirations. and
haf therefore. no political ropresen-
/ tauyr' anywhere. But If t bad. IL
would NOT Boz anyone FOO alliance with
| the saloon and nntheL THE church
/ has fought Those. and H other .m-
moral agencies with au Che moral force
at .H Command. % iH suu ir the ngId
of battle against 60u and H.GuIv boo
/ matter what form BE- takes And mo-
on. Don tae church Doe his position h.sh
/ or lou. Haa authority t0 do anything
but what s ushr Let chat be- clearly
] Understood
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-13

The Retail Merchant of Feb. 10. gives
o. Dot of periodicals that refuse 10 print
liquor advertisements Among Salt
Lake publications the following are
mentioned. Tho uesarat News. the I'm
pr9yement FRA, tho Young Womaus
Journal the Juvenile Instructor ana
fhe inter- Mountain Catholic. au af
Them. tha Retail Merchant Says. papers
and magazines of local Importance.
which NOT only refuse liquor advertise
ments. out tobacco advertisements as
urn
Among other publications are these.
AIi-st'y American Boy American
Magazine. Argosy Century Circle. Cole
Ners Country L.fa n AmoHoa. Cur-
r0uf Literature. DeIHeatar Designer
Every 1ody.s Magazine. Garden NaFl-
aun Good Housekeeping. Houaekcener.
Housewife. Ladies' Homo journal. la
dies. World Literary Digest Living
hFe MooIurr Maaz.nc Modern pns-
e..a Mmseya Magazine. New idea
W1mufs Magazine. New England
Magazine, Ocean, Outlook. Railroad
Mans Magazine. Review ri Reviews.
Saturday Evening Post scrap Book
sf Nicholas Suburban IIfe. Success
Magazine. Uncle Remuas Magazine