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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-03-31
GET OUT OF WORRYING HABIT.
Exercise of Reasonable Amount of
Will Power Is Necessary.

1t will usually be found useless to
try to stop worrying by simply saying:
Il won't worry" That is the negative
way of reaching the trouble. Some
thing must be put in it's place. Hav-
ing assumed the general attitude of re-
sistance to it, fill the mind with
thoughts of other things. Get an in
teresting book indoors and keep out
doors as much as possible, and get
into good physical condition. People
III sound health are almost never
known to worry. A person who has
worried habitually for long time has
developed grooves into which his mind
easily slides. He can change the di-
rection of his thought veIy much by
auto-suggestion. The last thing be-
fore going to sleep or jusl after awak-
enings when the subconscious self is
said to be easier to reach, suggest new
topics, and if this is persistently done
and reasonable amount of will power
exercised, the worries will scatter.
Even if the worst happens, it will gen
orally be found not as bad as what
had been dreaded. "The sense of death
is most in apprehension" There are
few people who are not at some time
confronted with situations calculated
to cause uneasiness. Business trou-
bles threaten, disease attacks, plans
miscarry, friends prove false, but
when you have faced the cause of
trouble, whatever it may be, and de-
clded on course Of action, dismiss it
from your mind.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-03-31
DISCOURSE NOT ALL RELIGIOUS.
Secular Matters Mixed with Scottish
Minister'S Sermon.

A minister of Crosmichael, in Fife,
frequently talked from the pulpit to
his hearers with amusing, and, iT-
deed. irreverent familiarity. Expound-
ing passage from Exodus one day
he proceeded thus: "'And the Lord
said unto Moses'-sneck that door!
I'm thinking If We had to sit beside
the door yerser, We wadna be sac
ready leaving it open. 1t was just be-
side that door that Yedam Tamson,
thee bellman, got his death O. cauld;
and I'm sure, honest, man, he didna let
1t stay muckle open. And the Lord
said unto Moses see man aneath
the laft wi his hat on. I'm sure man,
ye're clear O. the soogh o. that door
there. Keep eff your bannet, Thamas.
and If your bare pow be cauld, ye
maun just get gray worsted wig,
like myself. They're no sac dear
plenty o. them at Bob Gillespie's for
tenpence apiece" The reverend gem
tleman then proceeded with his dis
course.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-03-31
REMAINS OF PRIMITIVE MAN.
Discovery That Seems to Clear Up Dis
puted Point.

The name Neanderthaloid has been
used to denote an extremely ancient
race of men, of which remains were
first found in 1856 in the Neander val
ley, Germany Since then an entire
skeleton of an adult woman Of the
same type was found in Dordogne,
France, in 1906, and only a few months
ago, near the same place, there was
unearthed the skeleton of a youth
showing the typical characteristics of
the race-strongly developed supraor-
bital ridges, powerful maxilla, large
teeth, etc. The wisdom teeth were
still in their alveoli. The lower Jaw
was prognathous to an extent almost
calling to mind the muzzle Of an ami
NAL. The canine teeth were not very
highly developed, as in anthropoid
apes. The bones Of the limbs were en-
tirely in accord with the type known
to us in paleolithic man, the femur
massive and stubby, the radius curved.
Near the human remains were found
those of Bos primigenius.
The attitude in which the body was
placed seemed to indicate that it had
been placed there for burial. This is of
special interest, as it has hitherto been
somewhat generally held that print
tive man did not bury the dead, and
that this was an indication of his en-
tire lack of all religion.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-03-31
Swelling Her All up.

Paris judge tells a lady all about
herself just before sending her up for
manslaughter. He said, in part:
you are female Apache. You re-
ceived as many stabs of the knife as
you gave, and as many revolver shots
as you fired. Two years ago q dagger
was plunged into you by your lover
and the wonde; is that you survived.
Last year another lover blew out
your eye with revolver. How you
survived this is also mystery. You
paid thi9 savage lover back by stab
bling him during sleep. He was.sent
to the hospital, and almost miraculous,
ly recovered"
Outside of that she was probably
great kid.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-03-31
Cinnamon at Communion.

An infrequent visitor to st. Paul's
chapel was amazed to see three China,
men go up to the communion rail one
recent Sunday, come back to their
seats, and sit very quietly and intenty
throughout the partaking Of the COM
munion by the others.
1T is not at all strange" said the
clergyman in charge. "There are very
few nationalities that are not repre-
scented here In st. Pauls chapel
New York Press.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-03-31

or returning vigor, a renewal of vi.
tally such as have not experienced
at any other time Of the year. This
has lasted for from two to eight days,
but has always ceased some days be-
fore the anniversary. Hence 1t has
occurred to me that there may be
some connection between the approach
of the recurrence of ones birthdste
and the maintenance of ones health
Letter In London Graphic.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-03-31
Birthdays and Health.

For several years / have noticed
that In period Of from about three
to two weeks preceding the anniver-
sary Of my birth / have had feeling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
Common Sense Rules of Haafh

Instead of consuming drugs the in telligent world io beginning to take more outdoor exercise and to follow plain, simple, common sense rules of health. Clubs are teaching these rules, schools are drilling them into children, and all sorts of similar organizations are promoting this great change in the public health
 No change of recent days is of greater moment than this. It is by no means confined to tuberculosis. It ex- tends to all individuals and to all con- munities, and the secretary of a health organization at Jacksonville, Fla, shows the scope of the work in the resolutions he asks all to make, as fol- lows:
 That I will take better care of my body.
 That I will seek to know more about my body and so be better able to give it proper care.
 That I will try to aid others that they may take better care of their bodies.
 That I will plan to learn more about the conditions which affect the physical well-being of others.
 That I will give particular attention, as occasion makes possible. to condi- tions affecting the health of the poor, the ignorant and the neglected.
 That in school, church, club, lodge union or society I will encourage the discussion of health topics and the sug- gestion of plans toward better health conditions in the community.
 'That4I will endeavor, every day of every year, to
 !" Sleep in the Fresh Aair'
 " Work in the Fresh Air
 " Play in the resh Air.
 " Live in the Fresh Air
 That I will present these resolutions, if possible, to every class and society to which I belong"
 The man who walks, rows, plays ball, becomes a golfer and the like is the one who enjoys good health, while the man who takes little or no exercise and who patronizes the drug store does not A man who has no organic trouble has no right to be an invalid in these days of simple but intelligent methods. The common sense rules o health are winning followers every day, and all will observe them as soon as ignorance is dispelled and inteIli- gence is installed in the average man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31

ply and completely mistaken. He is fighting something that does not exsit. The Tennessee company is not mo- nopoly in this district. It never has been, and it shows no desire to become a monopoly in this district. The Steel corporation is not a monopoly in the Pittsburg district, and has no desire to become one.
 Every man, woman and child in this district is opposed, utterly opposed, to the Culberson raid. The transfer of the Tennessee company not only aided in curbing the October panic, but it is a blessing to this district, and through this district to the entire south. The Culberson movement is a misfit. It is bad politics. It lacks basis. It should be called off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
End of a Newspaper Man.

"A newspaper man died few days ago in Florida" said a member of the fraternity, "who furnished a striking H. lustration of the end that overtakes many brilliant fellows who have flashed meteor like across the Armament of the news paper world to sink in the mire of dis sipation and die poverty-stricken and neg lected. This man had held responsible positions on some of the largest and most influential papers in the country, but his personal habits eventually blighted his career and he drifted to the genial cline of the south, hoping to begin anew. It was the old story. He went from one place to another, eking out bare exist enee and finally died in a cheap lodging house, his life1ess body being found by accident, long after the hour of dissolu- ton.
 "A great many eastern newspaper men drift down south when they begin to de- teriorate, perhaps lured here by the prom ise of sunny days and easy work on the southern papers. A few of them straight en up but in most cases it is only matter of time before they are unfit to hold even the meanest positions and they eventually die in the most pathetic cir cumstances. 1t is heart-rending to see a man who has been city editor, managing editor, an editorial writer or star reporter on great daily lying asleep on pile of mail sacks in one corner or mailing room, pale, dissipated ana uh- kempt and nearing the premature close of an ill-starred career
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
to the world am like a drop of water, That in the ocean seeks another drop.
 Comedy of Errors.
Some Promise of YiaduCtS

Any company that will build a via duct in this city should be honored, aDd if the Frisco breaks ground for a viaduct there should be a public cele- bration. The City Council seems to be powerless, or at any rate it declines to show it's power in this matter, and any old switch engine with a half dozen empty cars can paralyze any of our streets. We are cut into sections or rather slices by the railroads, and there is not another city in the country that so much needs yiaducts as this city does. There is not a town ill which the people stand with so much patience the impositions and even in science of a rusty old switch engine.
 Let us hope the rumor is true that the Frisco is about to begin the build- ing of viaducts in this city. All hail the Frisco! The road that builds via ducts in Birmingham is the road al, patriotic people should travel on and ship goods over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
SCIENCE AND ANGER.


 Dr. Maurice de Fleury a distinguished Frenchman, advances the theory that every time one becomes angry his vital ity shrinks After even the most artfully suppressed signs of bad temper the vital ity becomes smaller and smaller, until finally nothing is left. Anger Is a cer tain kind of cerebral excitement, explains pr. de Fleury. The hyperstrenic subject is always on it's verge, while the neuras- thenic becomes infuriated only by sud- den bound of reaction excited from with out But at that moment when they are let loose the two are alike, save that the strong man Is a binder brute, while the weak man is somewhat of an actor and seems to aim at effect.
 Professor Lange of the University of Copenhagen has described these same symptoms with precision in an important little book, which has been the starting point and confirmation of almost all re- cent researches. He holds that ''all emo- tions are due to disorders of the circula- ton of the blood, and anger, in partic- ular to a very intense dilation of the small arteries of the brain" He de- scribes redness and swelling of the face as a constant sign of anger, forgetting the "white rage" which is so frequent and impressive.
 But he has brought into strong relief this capital fact-that anger is a state of general hyperenervation. The whole or ganism, the muscles and glands-for an- ger has it's tears, sweats and foaming Of the mouth-set in action by a superabun- dance of nervous influx, begin to work to excess. acting for the mere sake of act ing in disorder, without aim, without utility, solely to relieve overtension.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
Rivers and HarbOrS Improvement

The speedy opening of the Warrior to at least the junction of Locust and Mulberry forks is matter of deep inn portance to this district, for it means preparations for mining and marketing our products at tidewater before the Panama canal is opened.
 When the canal is opened fierce struggle between Norfolk and this dis trict will follow. Both will endeavor to supply Colon with bunker coal, and if this district does not have in 1915 an Open Warrior it will be severely handicapped in this coming conflict with West Virginia coal.
 The surest way to get speedy open ing of the Warrior no doubt lies in the adoption of the plan of the national rivers and harbors congress. Two bills backed by two democratic and two re- publican members of Congress are now before that body, and the campaign for their passage has been fairly be- gun.
 Briefly speaking, it is proposed to abandon the plan of fickle and uncer- tain appropriations for bond issue of $500, ,000 000, not more than 0,0O00O0 of which shall be used in any one year Tn this way the harbors and water ways can be steadily and intelligently improved, and the scheme of fits and starts will be done away with.
 Under this plan $2,000,O0O year should become available for the open ing of the Warrior, and that sum would speedily give this district slack water navigation six feet deep the year round. Given an open river, this dis trict could monopolize the market at Colon, and could seek with advantages in its favor the trade all along the gulf and the Caribbean sea and the Pacific coast. This would soon double our coal output, and this is why we need at the earliest moment an Open Warrior. This is why we should sup port bond issue for $500,O00,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
The BIackfriars.

"The Blackfriars of the University or Alabama, which will produce Mac beth here on February 19 is young club" said a university boy yesterday Tt was organized two years ago by students in Shakespeare under Dr. Losey. and soon drafted all the good dramatic material In the school. The first purpose of the club is the an- nual production of some great dram atic work, and with this end in view The Tanning of the Shrew' last year, and Macbeth this year, have been put on.
 NO road trip vT.A made in 1908, but performances 9fIscaloosa took place, both in ta1NsElng and at commence ment. ~ out of doors performance was AF given at commencement, and eli, I'M much praise.
 nother purpose of the club is the
 sudy of the drama in general. Month ly meetings of the club are held at the home of Professor Losey, at which papers on topics connected with the growth of the drama are read, in dividual plays studied, and scenes de- livered, in costume and with the &C., tors made up.
 "The work in this line has been es- pecially good and of benefit to all, and such plays as Sheridans Rivals, and Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer have been thus handled"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
Judes Taft At the lSthmus

William Howard Taft is not vision ary or egotistical man. He has not gone to Panama believing that he can determine there difficult engineering problems. He knows that he can not. He knows that he can not either there or elsewhere say what the plan of building the canal should be-where the waters of the Chagres river should be dammed-where, in fact locks. if any, should be built. He knows he is not competent to decide such ques- tions.
 It was therefore arranged between him and President Roosevelt that he should take with him six eminent en- gineers who will study and consider the problems mentioned. These en- gineers are Arthur P. Davis chief en- gineer of the reclamation bureau John R. Freeman, Providence, R. l.; Allen
 
 Hazen, New York Isham Randolph, Chicago; James Rix Schuyler, Los Angeles, and Frederick P. Stearns, Boston. These men are capable of judging the great problems involved in the construction of the canal, and they will no doubt present their con- clusions to Congress by or before March 4.
 The canal can be changed to a sea- level canal without any loss of work already done, and if change in plan be desirable now is the time to make it. The President-elect goes to further the work of examination, knowing that the full responsibility will soon be his, and desiring above all else to make no mistake at this stage in the construc- tion of the canal.
 Let us patiently await the findings of the six engineers, every one of whom stands high in his profession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
JUNGLE JoE's" NEW STORY.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Speaker Cannon has added to the lit- erature of the wordy war between Con gress and the White House. Uncle Joe' is credited with a story that has set all Congress to laughing. It deals with a member of the House who went home after a late session at the club rather wabbly as to legs and somewhat thick as to speech. At o'clock in the morn ing Mrs. Congressman dug her snoring spouse in the ribs with her elbow.
 John" she whispered excitedly, John, wake up!"
 Ugh" he grunted.
 John, for merey's sake, wake upl' she whispered again, emphasizing her appeal with a second vigorous dig, Another grunt was all that greeted her.
 For Heavens sake, John. wake up." she whispered franticallys there are rob bers in the house!'
 You're mistak'n. m dear" said the congressman, composing himself for sleep "Ain't any robbers In the House. They're all in the Shenate."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
Transfer of the Tennessee Company

Politics is politics. The game calls for moves whenever one party can gain an advantage, but Senator Culberson has certainly made move in the mat ter of the transfer of the Tennessee his party, his section or anybody or anything else.
 In the first place, he is wrong in assuming that the transfer in question created or promoted a monopoly. The Steel corporation has never crossed the 60-per-cent line, and no one has ever accused 1t of an attempt to crush or limit competition. On the other hand, it desires and promotes competi- ton, acting in that respect in direct contrast with the Standard Oil and the Harvester trust and numerous other trusts in this country.
 These facts could readily have been ascertained by Senator Culberson, and he should have ascertained them before he began a movement based on the pro motion of a monopoly and the restraint of trade. He played politics, in other words, without a basis and without proper consideration.
 His entire effort is obnoxious to the state he was born into the section he no doubt thinks he is relieving of an nnnressive corporation. He is sim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
Rirminnham Roomer.

saThough born in Mississippi and blown north by cyclone to spend 20 years as a Philadelphsan. I am glad to say that am from Birmingham" said Charles z. Daniel, advertising manager for Blachs s yesterday. Tn fact, people get the i'm pression that I am local product be- cause I cannot see anything but this city when 1t comes to placing towns on the roll of honor for hustle, real progress and response to advertising.
 This latter feature is especially inter esting, I think, because it indicates a spirit of fairness, a broad-minded appre- citation of honest efforts. Men and women here do read ads, and they read them closely. And they come for what you ad- vertise and spend money.
 "This again has meaning which ar gues well for the Birmingham business world. 1t is well established that Bir- mingham's population Is largely composed of those from all points of the compass. In this cosmopolitan gathering there Is certainly wealth of experience gained in the largest cities, discrimination sharp ened by trading in the mammoth, metro politan retail establishments of these places consider 1t distinct tribute to the stores here which get the crowds to satisfy such patronage.
 "Yesterday was an Ideal winter day. A little breezy, but from reports else- where we ought to be glad we live here. Five years experience has made me so."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
PHYLLIS AND CORYDON.

By Arthur w. Colton. Phyllis took a red rose from the tangles
 of her hair Time, the Golden Age; the place-Arcadia,
 anywhere Phyllis laughed, the saucy jade: sir
 Shepherd, wilt have this. Or"-bashful god of skipping lambs and
 oaten reeds!-"a kss?" Bethink thee, gentle Corydon! rose
 lasts all night long. A kiss but slips off your lips like
 thrush's evening song. kiss that goes where no one knowsl
 rose, crimson rose Corydon made his choice and took-well,
 which do you suppose?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
New General Superintendent.

assumed the duties of general super intendent for the Hardie-Tynes Manu- featuring company, the industrial and social forces of this city have received an acquisition" said well known man last night. MT. Wells is col lege man and a graduate of the Bos- ton School of Technology. His techni- cal education has been secured by much practical experience in large shops in the east and north, which build Corliss engines and specialize in the construction of machinery of the heavier class. He has already demon strated his ability and made a number of friends"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
CONTINUED ON FACE sO.)

NO GUTTER. Golden-heart was all undaunted- Said he when the tempest broke, Though by fortune still I'm Haunted, Life at best is but joke. while the cup of rue I'm quaffing, Draining to its bitter dregs, Seems as if I can't help laughing At the slave who whining begs Pity from the fates that jeer him, Servile pleader, In despair; Better he when luck would fieer him, Smiles smile and doesn't care!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
CHEER-UP LAND.

CHEER-UP LAND. Cheer-Up Lands land where trouble Never is allowed to come; Where 'tis said that lifes a bubble And 'tis foolish to be grum; Where sweet blooms are always blowing And dear Love is ever true, And no cloud at all is showing
 In the skies serene and blue. Cheer-Up Lands land where castles, Blithely builded in the air. Decked inside with golden tassels, Purple cloth and jewels rare, May not be by wild winds shattered Only languid breezes blow And the rose her leaves are scattered Down the lanes of long ago. Cheer-Up Lands a land where laughter Hath for blithe comrade song; Where no fear of what comes after Vexes hearts that lit along; Where each morning dawns more brightly Than the one that went before And past sorrows, held but lightly, Rise to haunt the soul no more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31

The trip from New York to No Mans Land on the Republic satisfied many of the male passengers, but good many of the women are getting clothes to- gether preparatory to another trip on a proffered White Star steamer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31

Congressmen can be "dry" at home and wet" in Washington, where pro- hibition is unpopular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
BELATED.
From .Indga.

I IT
 The New -"Boohoo! I did not get any Christmas presentp' Father Time.-"How could you, my 1 son? You weren't born then"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31

The battleship fleet is rendezvousing in Morocco, preparatory to a dash across the Atlantic to Hampton Roads, its starting point over a year ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31

The Republic stayed afloat 40 hours despite great hole in her side. Water tight bulkheads did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31

The American fleet is in Tetuan bay, but it is there to suit it's own convent ence and not to meddle with the Mo roccan nrohlem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31

The Kinney bill before the Missouri legislature provides for the taxation of both bachelors and widowers. Let no guilty man escape. is it's motto.