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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-29

FOR SALE, Is wheel and IA
wheel Log Wagon in good condition.
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-29
Mental Cure.

10 you think bee stings c,:,'e rhe,.
matism?" NO." answered Grandsa-
Their Stubbs, but they're mighty ike
ly to make you forget you've got it.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-29
Fur an Life.

:. VI at L-IIC.
1anan life is everywhere a state
IL l.ch much i to be endured. ana
tile 20 be ioyed-lohn on
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-29

Copyright. '9o9. bv Joseph B. Bowlezo
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-29

Copyright ~ ~ Joseph r. Bowles.j
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
The spectacle of "Uncleo Toe Came

The spectacle of "Uncle" Joe Cannon,
Gear OF. the House, voting for temperance
legislation, was witnessed in the House
last week when the bill to regulate the
interstate shipment of Intoxicating liquors
was under consideration. The bill forbids
the transportation of liquors in interstate
commerce unless it is consigned to bona
fide consignees and unless the pack
age is labeled plainly with the name
of the consignee and the exact character
of the contents is shown, and also pro-
hibits shipments of liquor c. o. D.
Speaker Cannon took his place on the
floor and voted every time with the
Temperance" forces.
Uncle Joe is no statesman but he is a
shrewd politician, and in bidding for pop
ular favor with the people, since his rec
ord in Congress was so thoroughly
ventilated during the last campaign, is
making all sorts of grandstand plays.
In this instance he is confident the bill
will be killed when it goes back to the
Senate, as his love for temperance is as
strong as the devils is for holy water.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
THE vENTRILoouIsT.
Only an Amateur, but His Exhibition
Was a Success.

81 was one of house party up the
Thames" said an amateur ventrilo-
quist. "Tea had been served In the
garden, and after tea consented to
essay a little ventriloquism, and the
fifty or sixty guests grew very still.
Behind me rose superb tree.
Looking up into the thick foliage,-1
shouted in loud and angry voice:
Hello! What are you doing up
thereY
ITO my amazement a thin young
voice replied:
"I amt DOM no harm, mister. I'm
just a-watchin' the big bugs
''The guests glanced at one another,
smiling appreciatively. Pulling my
self together, went on:
"'Did any one give you permission
to climb up into that tree?'
eyes, sir. The second groom, sir.
He's my cousin
"'Well,' said 1, so far there's no
harm done, but be careful not to fall,
and don't let any one see you
"'AH right, mister said the humble
voice.
81 turned to my audience and smiled
and bowed triumphantly. They broke
into thunderous applause. They said
that. they had never listened to ven
triloquism SO superb. And they were
quite right too."-London Answers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
Kidney and Bladder Diseases

are indicated by one or more of these
symptoms, Viz: Pains and Weakness in
the back, Lame Back, Dragging sensation
in the Back and Loins, Muddy thick
Urine, white deposit brickdust deposit,
Puffness under the Eyes, Bloated appear
ance of the Face, Swelling Of Ankles and
Feet, Drowsiness. Loss of Memory,
Dropsy. Blood Poisoning and Rheuma.
tism. Rydale's Kidney Remedy is guar
anteed by us to give satisfaction to all
sufferers from Kidney or Bladder dis.
orders. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
Agents of the Express compani

Agents of the Express companies,
elected to Congress to represent the PEG.
pie, killed the provision in the postofice
appropriation bill last week, authorizing
the establishment Of experimental parcels
posts. The Express companies realize
that the parcels post once established will
soon take a large portion of their bus
mess, hence the powerful lobby that haa
been maintained at Washington year
after year>to defeat every effort to estab-
lish system that would mean saving
of thousands of dollars to the people,
now paid the express companies in extor-
tionate rates for carrying packages that
would go by mail for few cents under
the parcels post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
American Good Roads.

America is only at the beginning of
good roads building. There are $500
900 miles of public roads in the country,
of which, 10000 are of stone and mac.
adam and Io8,ooo of gravel. In many
places1here are passing good roads con-
structed of the soil at hand, which is
naturally adapted to road making.
England expends 500, 900, 900 a year
on roads, or at the rate of 5000 mile,
for all the roads in the country. The
United States expends $50, 900, 900 an
nually, or at the rate of $38 mile.
England, France and some other Euro
pean countries have the enormous advan-
tage over this country in that in those
iong-settled countries there have been
good roads for thousand or more years,
and in many instances, the admirable
highways have been as firm as a rock,
from the day the Romans built them.
In this country the distances are SO
enormous, the territory so vast, the coun.
try so new that everything is done from
the very beginning" and in spite of the
most tremendous efforts, decades must
pass before the United States may have a
complete system of good roads. But the
roads will be built aud the work will go
on from this time forth with character
istic American rapidly.
Tie argument for good roads is over
whelming. The cost of hauling per ton
mile on American roads is from % to rs
cents; in France, Germany and England
the cost is in the neighborhood of ten
cents per ton mile. In states enjoying
the advantages of improved roads the
average attendance of school children in
the country districts is II per cent. and
in the States with poor roads the average
is only IS per cent. The argument for
improved roads is strong. but there is
even stronger reason for supposing that
road building will be pushed and that is
because at last the American people now
want good roads. The energy and prom
ptiiude with which the Americans will
construct roads within the next decade or
two are likely to afford most extraordi-
nary spectacle of progress. Philadelphia
Ledger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
NAVAL DISCIPLINE.
What the Sailor Will Do to Obtain
Shore Leave.

What the Sailor Will Do to Obtain
Shore Leave.
AS illustrating how men respond and
adjust themselves to reward, or, what
comes to the same thing, the maximum
satisfaction for given amount of eff
fort, two instances that came under
my observation while in the navy are
very interesting. One cruise was made
on vessel whose executive officer was
In most respects very able man.
Discipline in general was admirable.
In arranging for shore leave of the
enlisted men, however, he managed so
to arrange matters, strange as it may
seem, that it was possible fer a man
in an infes4or conduct grade 10 get
more liberty than one of the best be-
haved men. This was Of course en-
tirely unnatural and came about from
combination Of two separate systems.
The reason was that naval regulations
compelled the giving Of at least GER
tain amount of shore leave to men in
the second grade, while the system he
was using actually allowed less to a
man In the first grade. The result was
that in short time the bulk Of the
men were in the second conduct grade
where they could get the most liberty.
At later date, on another ship, the
executive officer was an extremely
able man, who had studied this ques-
ton more carefully and was great
believer in making it worth while for
the men to behave themselves and
keep in high conduct grade. He so
arranged matters that If any man be-
haved himself sufficiently well and
did all his work with high efficiency
he could have an unusual amount of
liberty The result was that this ship
had more than half its crew in what
is known as the special first class"
far and away the largest percentage
that ever came under my observation.
Walter NJ. Mcfarland In Engineer
ing Magazine
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
Two Old Adages.

There are two old adages, Haste
makes waste' and make haste slowly"
that every one should employ when they
undertake to cure cough in few min
utes with preparations containing NOR
phine, opium chloroform or other mar
cotics. They may stop the cough and
cause sleep quickly, but they also dry up
the secretious and constipate. leaving Oft
times a far worse trouble. Rydale's
Cough Elixir is guaranteed under the
Pure Food and Drugs Law to contain no
opiates nor harmful drugs of any kind or
character. Think about it when you or
one of the children have cough. Eli T.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
HANGING THE BABIES.
Whistler's Arrangement of the Pic
lures a Joke on the Artists.

lures Joke on the ARTISTS.
Late in life, when people had begun
20 realize the genius of the man, Whis-
tier was asked to arrange the annual
Liverpool exhibition, and here, in his
own words, is how he did it, according
to Heinemann's Life of Whistler"
"You know, the academy baby by
the dozen had been sent in, and got
them all in my gallery, and in the CEN
ter at one end I placed the birth of
the baby splendid opposite the
baby with the mustard pot and oppo-
site that the baby with the puppy and
in the center, on one side, the baby
I'LL, doctor holding its pulse, mother
weeping; on the other, by the door, the
baby dead-the baby's funeral-baby
from the cradle to the grave-baby in
heaven, babies of all kinds and shapes
all along the line; not crowded, you
know, hung with proper respect for
the baby.
'And on the vanishing day in came
the artists, each making for his own
baby-amazing! His baby on the line
nothing could be better! And they
all shook my hand and thanked me
and went to look-at the other mems
babies and they saw babies in front
Of them, babies behind them, babies to
the right Of them, babies to left of
them. And then-you know-their
faces fell-they didn't seem to like it
and well-ha, ha, they never asked
me to hang the pictures again at Liv-
ernoolv
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
tuberculosis Association Warns
Against Quacks.
Warns

During the last three months num-
Der of fakirs have been travelling through
the counties of Maryland selling patent
nostrums and giving alleged theatrical
performances and Wild West shows.
Some Of the patent medicines are sold to
a gullible public with guarantee that
they will cure consumption. The State
tuberculosis Association to-day issues a
statement that one and all these ''niedi-
cines" are Misrepresentation or fakes.
These so-called .cures" aredivided into
two general Glasses. The first class of
cures" includes the quack remedies and
nostrums with which the public is being
constantly deceived. These range in
kind from good whiskey" to pig
blood or ultraviolet rays. Some few of
them, for instance, are cod.liver oil, lime
dust malt extract, goats meat, corn-oil,
clabbered milk, vegetable teas, and nu-
merous inhalations of supposed germi-
cides, besides large number of we'll
known patents and proprietary medicines
and numerous disinfectants. None OF
these are cures for consumption. They
are rather for the most part of a danger.
Gus Character, and patients who take
them may be running a serious risk.
Consumption is caused by germ which
destroys portions of the lungs or other
affected tissues. No drugs, medicines,
inhaled gas, or home made remedies can,
by any means, kill the germ or close up
the cavity in the lungs, as it is so often
claimed for these specifics. Neither is it
possible to inhale sufficiently strong
germicide to kill the consumption germ.
Such an Inhalation would kill the patient
before it would kill the germ.
Another class of "cures" for consump.
ton, by which many people are deceived,
includes the secret remedies advertised
by INSCRIPTIONS doctors and "pro-
fessors'' at the heads of so called Gin
stitutes." These people advertise that
they can cure consumption at home by
means of remedies which are secret and
only known to them, or sometimes they
advertise that they can cure consumption
at the institute" through some secret
course of treatment.
These two classes Of tscures" are not
''cures" at all. Consumption is a durable
disease, however, and in some places
more than rs per cent. of the patients
under treatment have been restored to
health. The essentials for the cure of
consumption are rest, fresh air and
wholesome food. A large number of
physicians have been working for years
to perfect vaccine, or antitoxin for
tuberculosis. or to find some agent such
as tuberculin which will assist in the cure
of the disease. Thus far, the expert
ments have not furnished a product
which will either absolutely cure or pre-.
vent consumption, or render the patient
immune against the disease. Many of
these serums have proved effective in in
creasiug the resistance of the patient and
thus helping in the cure, but no scientist
of repute to-day claims to have discovered
a tunerculin which will produce cure
without the combined aid of fresh air,
rest and wholesome food.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
Separated.

"Yeme men are fond of work, and
others are not" said WILDER. .Take
Dawson, for instance. He is welded
to his work"
''Not now" said Hickenlooper. Hes
been divorced"
Divorced? What do you meanw
asked WILDER.
"He was bounced last Saturday"
said Hickenlooper.-Lipp
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26

Congress will convene in special session
on..March 18th, ten days after the close of
the present Congress, which is dragging
along to adjournment and accomplishing
little or nothing in the way of important
legislation. The object of the extra
session primarily is for the consideration
of tariff revision, which, it is to be hoped,
will be downward and not upward.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
Just Suited Him.

'sMiss Pansy, yo' suhtingly has got
well developed aims, eff yo'll pahdon
ma sayin' So"
"Ah developed dem aims workin'
ovah de washtub, Mistah Rufus"
Um-um-er-Miss Pansy, will yo'
be ma wife?-Denver Post
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
Rydale's catarrh Remedy

was invented by Physician and Chemist
of Atlanta, Ca, and was used in private
practice for many years with most mar
velous success. The Rydale Remedy Co.,
have secured control Of this great remedy
and are now placing it on sale. Every
bottle is guaranteed by US. Eli T.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
Free to all subscribers of this paper

Every reader of this paper who has
any trouble with either Stomach or Liver,
can get free sample of Rydale's Stomach
Tablets or Rydale's Liver Tablets or both
if needed by writing to Rydale Remedy
Co., Newport News, Va. These two
remedies are not cure alls, one is for
stomach troubles only, the other solely
for liver aud bowel troubles. Guaranteed
by Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1909.

Booker r. Washington makes this
strong statement concerning the effect Of
the temperance movement in the south:
"Since the emancipation proclamation by
Abraham Lincoln there has been no
benefit conferred upon the negroes of the
south equal to that conferred by the
closing up of the bar.rooms throughout
these southern states"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
Tho EntomoIoaist,s Boon.

Professor Ito his aged cook)-You
have now been twenty-five years in
my service. Regina. AS reward for
your fidelity have determined to
name the bug I recently discovered
after you.-Fliegende Batter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26

Speak with contempt Of no man.
Every one hath a tender sense of rep
lutation.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-06-09
HER STARE IN THE OWNERSHIP.
Something Proud Young FatherSeemed
in Danger of Forgetting.

He picked up the baby, he hoped
just as if picking babies up were az
every day occurrence. In point of fact
he remembered that an elderly lady
had told him in his youth that cats
when lifted, like to be supported with
hand held underneath, and he
thought that this principle would work
out with babies, and it did. And hav-
Ing awakened Louise, he handed her
back, triumphant, to Constance, diffus-
ing an air OF competency, as though he
could help rear any number of chill
dren at once. At any rate, she was
comforted. Whether he knew much
or little. he stood back OF her.
1t may be that Johns success as a
father led him to seem vainglorious
when he was not. He certainly put
on airs about the baby. 1t was not
long after this that he lured two old
friends ostensibly to dinner. His in
vitation did not include a visit to
Louise, and, Of course, It was merely
an accident that she should have been
awake at the time when they were
there. Az . matter Of fact, she usually
awoke at that hour. but the men didn't
know this-or perhaps they wouldn't
have come. Men have becoming shy
ness about babies, and these were
bachelors.
John had arrived ct that state Of ar
rogance when no actually went over
to the crib, and asking NO ones per-
mission, picked Louise up and dis
played her to the two men, who were
as embarrassed as dog In the pres
ence Of June bug. He laid her down
again with an expert hand, and osten-
tatiously changed the subject, to show
that he was not among those fathers
who pushed their children down other
peoples throats. Bot his manner
said:
This Is my baby; and when you fell
lows can show me anything as inter.
esting you will be OF value to SO
ciety."
1t was after they had gone that Con-
stance came up. and put her hands ON
Johns shoulders, and said:
AFTER all. you know, it's my baby,
too."-Woman's Home Companion.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-06-09
CALLS FOR LARGE SACRIFICES
Ministerial Work Means Giving u;
Idea Of Worldly Advancement.

Had we ministers trained and worked
for a business life as we train and
work for the ministry, and lived as
economically as we have In the min
istry, many Of us could have accumu.
lated fortunes ere this ! should like
to know if mere is any class Of men
on earth who get more out of the use
OF their money than the ministers
Show me any other class of men on
earth with an average salary OF $12
week who dress so well, live so well
educate their families so well, give so
much and save so much for a rainy
day, md will yield my point. Bust.
ness men rA'elv realize the sacrifice
ministers maze. once tried to per
suade man of large possessions, who
is making $4,000 year, to give up
his business and accept position in
our UNCONVENTIONAL work, which would
bring him in $4,000. He almost had a
fit at the very suggestion. We do not
envy our business classmates who
have won fame or accumulated wealth,
for in 80 doing they have had to forego
the heavenly privileges which we have
enjoyed We do not waLS to be pitied,
We are not objects of charity, and we
are contented with our lot-Rev. DR..
Curtis Lee Laws, In Leslie's Weekly.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-06-09
KOdol
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Kodol supplies the same digestive
juices that are found In a healthy
stomach. Being liquid, it starts
digestion at once,
K6dol not only digests your food,
but helps you enjoy every mouthful
you eat.
You need a sufficient amount Of
good, wholesome food to maintain
strength and health.
But, this food must be digested
thoroughly, otherwise the pains of
indigestion and dyspepsia are tie
result.
When your stomach cannot do its
work properly, take something to
help your stomach. Kodol is the
only thing that will give the ston-
ach complete rest.
Why2 Because Kodol does .Ae
same work as strong stomach, AID
does it in a natural way.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-06-09
Milwaukee, Wis.
hams Vegetable c

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
me well woman and l have no more
backache. l hope / can help others by
telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
mt" - Mrs. EMMA lMsE, SS3 First St,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond doubtthat
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound trial before submit
ting to an operation or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. PinkhaIn, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
fhousands to health and her
advice Is free.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-06-09

This Office is in receipt OF the an.
nual cotton acreag estimate OF Latham
Alexander & Co., of New York City,
bankers and cotton commission mer.
chants. Their views are based on
5000 letters Of banks, cotton com
mission merchants and planters from
every cotton grow ing country in the
south. A 6 per cent decrease in
acreage IS claimed for Mississippi.
the acreage for 1908 being 3.415,000
and estimate for 1909 is 3,210,100.
The average planting of the crop this
year is about eight days later than
last year.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-06-09
Writer Takes lssoe with Man Whs
Says keep a.Smi!;ns."

A fav0Tite motto with many peopfe
In :hese latter days, when the whole
some gospel of cneerfulness is being
preached 50 extensively, is, Keep d,
smiling. 1t Is very good motto
within limitations. In SO far as its
adoption as rule of conduct prevents
the wearing of lugubrious counte-
nance when M overwhelming grief or
calamity is being endured or IL Inn
pending, in 50 far as it overcomes the
tendency to look on the dark side and
anticipate evil. in so far as It enables
one TO look for the best In all situa-
tons and to keep up his courage when
troubles threaten-in all these re-
spects # Is a maxim worthy of COM
meRdation.
But It should not be interpreted toe
literally; it's spirit rather than its let
ter should be observed. Its spirit
means a persistent hopefuIness, a re
fusal to be cast down by discouraging
or unfavorsble circumstances, a sturdy
defiance Of adverse fate. Its literG
observance may include these things.
but It means also perpetual grin, and
a perpetual grin leads to thoughts Of
crime on the part Of beholders. No
enc becomes 40 irritating or has sUeF
q maddening effect upon sensitive az
socIates as the man or woman who
wears the 'smile that nevsr coInsr
"a --Indianapoiis stae
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-06-09
Rochester, May 81

dent Telephone Company. stipulated
today that the testimony given last
week in the preliminary examination
should stand in the case. brought
against the same defendants by Julia
Defendorf. of Bro, klvn. 1t disclosed
a story of high finance. involving the
formation of two telephone companies
each capitalized at S50000000. the
pri ncipal assets Of which were a
Chicago manufacturing plant, capital
ized at $4,000, and a burglar alarm
franchise, in the city of New York,
valued at $4,000. OF the seven de-
PENDANTS, two are presidents OF banks
in this city, one is the Democratic
State Committeeman from Monroe
county and the other four are promi-
nent 6nanciers OF Rochester The
examination failed to show, however,
what became of several million dollars
in cash, which had been subscribed
for the stock and bonds of the two
companies. The testimony did reveal
that large blocks of stock we're given
away to various persons interested in
the deal. One OF these was w. j..
Corners, of Buffalo. who got $1,000
600 worth of stock without paying a