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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14

for their victims men Of wealth and prominence Their
scheme matter what the form Of the contest was to
assure their victim that the prearranged
that their to win and to induce him to bet
thousands OF dollars the result AS inducenent it
was often the that they allowed the victim to ofciae
stakeholder, andtthe swinders would put up several
thousand dollars OF their money in his hands, along
with his OF course they were careful to arrange
matters that the money would fall into their own hands
at the climax OF the swnde and they stopped nothing
not murder to accomplish the purpose
The curious phase OF the case is that the victims have
proved almost invariably to be hadheaded successful
men, many OF them with wide experience Ia the ways
OF the world who had amassed their fortunes BY the exer-
ercise OF superior prudence and judgment business
affairs. would naturally be supposed that of this
type would be quick to detect such swinde as these
sharpers proposed and that they would refuse to follow
the lead Of perfect strangers, confessed scoundres
going to strange places generally in the woods and
carrying large Of money to be placed as wager
upon wrestler whom they had never seen or
heard Of upon tine bare assurance Of rascas also perfect
strangers TO them, that the affair fixed for them to win
But strange say the victims are numbered BY scores
and perhaps hundreds, OF the most prominent men in
various communities. These latest sharpers who made
heiy headquarters at Little Rock found any number Of
credulous victims Missouri Iowa. Colorado Kansas and
other Western and Southern states Four residents of
Denver two Of them prominent bankers alone we're bum
coed out OF $4,000 in various fake macthes The ILL.,
gotten gains Of the shapers syndicate are estimated by
government detectives to amount considerably over
$lOOOOOO. Such is the creduly and we blush to say
the frailU, Of human nature.
Even more curious. is the vuous Indignation Of the
victims against those who have aeeced them In great
earnestness they demand the aid Ohe law in the recov
cry Of their money and the condign punishment Of the
sharpers. apparently quite oblyious Of their own guilty
participation in scheme to swindIe other supposedly
innocent persons in surehiuG game Their SNUG re-
spectabiy and unconscious hypocrey are most amazing
i was perfectly legitimate in their eyes to bet on sure
thing which could only be made sure BY rascay colusou
but when the reversed it became quite another
thing What queer bundle Of Inconsistencies weakness
es and deviIEies is mankind
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14

bakery with its highly specialized machinery and sanitary
appliances, makes bread better than mother used to-
make At hst the very suggestion starts tide of resent
ment in the breast but alas the bakers not only voice
this claim but are prepared to prove it. too
Bread making is Of those rare arts of domestic
handicraft that formerly the standard the very hall
mark and credenal OF womany excellence In the days
ot fathers the knack OF mixing and baking symptom
&c loaf OF bread the primal factor every girl educa
on. Not to be skilled TINS art was an most mposs
bic suggestion and would have branded tue Incompetent
as hopelessly incapable Girls Of other days were
schooled IN the hne accomplishment Of cooking en- the
other hne arts and rehnemens neglected Thus our
mothers our grandmother and back to the very roots Of
the family tree bread bakers Not ONLY we're thew
skilled compounding the ordinary yeast bread o com
merce, but they edscated that rare an delicate
connection known saltrising bread which even now
hauns the minds and the paaes Of busy generation OF
bald-l eaded money getters
Since we have the very worthy word OF the bakers
themselves there is nothing to do but yield to The ineva
bic and allow mothers golden loavcs to sink into the OBJ
vion OF treasured memories The bread Of the bakeries
declared cleaner and healthier than the product Of the
family oven, and psrhaps this is true AT any rate we
are not inclined to quarrel svh SCIENCE which has sue
cesstuly encountered and overcome manknds fondest
traditions Most Of the civ people are eating bakers
bread and generally speaking they have no fault to find
with 1t: but It has always been comforting reflection
that mother bread beat from sack to platter Per-
haps alter s the dear old kitchen white and Immaculate
the sweet minister Of its mysteries the rich aroma Of the
freshly drawn loaves brown and enisne the real butter
and perchanee honey and above ell the gripping hunger o
youth all these things may have invested mother bread
with sentiment that preiudices criticism. Anyway
the old order changeh and the modern bakery has coma
TO stay,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14

A boy in one Of the public schools was making such
slow progress with his lessons that he was finally turned
to teacher Of deficient children to see whether she
day she said. my dear" He reused Instantly That's
the first time" he said that anybody ever called me
dear His intellectual faculties had been parayzed by.
the harshness with which he had been uniformly treated
at home and away from home AS soon as some one was
kind to him his cowed mind aroused ITSELF and he learned
as readily and made good progrese other children Of
his age.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14
SURE THING BErT0RS

CURIOUS phase Of human nature is
revealed in the recent capture Of foui
men, arrested at Little Rock, Ark, in
connection with alleged gigantic swim
ding operations conducted through the
means Of fake horse races, prize fights,
wrestling matches and foot races in
various parts Of the West and South.
1t apsears that these swindlers oper-
ated in a number Of states and chose
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14

noyance Yet has stately socatons and artistist
it's Thomas Jefferson had red hair so did the MARQUIS
de Lafayette. Queen Elizabeth aad red hair Who has
not been told that Titan loved to paint that warm hue
hch generally accompanied by an unusually fine COM
plexon says the Philadelphia Record
And yet the amount Of torment that any headed boy
girl will have 60 through before reaching the ace at
which native savagefy usually covered BY veneer Of
civilization is simply incacuabe The moral effect Of
habiua teasing guying and annoyance is very serious
and redhared persons quick tempered it is less
likely that the hair and disposition 60 together than that
constant hecorng Of the hair has ruined the
temper.
Lucy Thompson Of Des Moines has red hair and bad
reputation he last time she was in court the magistrate
assured her that she Of the naughest girl in the
city and she would have to leave it for its own peace
! would have been good girl il my hair had not been
red Judge she said. Do yor have any idea Of the hu3
iation OF brick-red hair Why ever since was little
baby I've been ashamed Of it. The kids at school used to
sneer at it, Young fellows passed me up for black or
brown eodea haired girls Boys only liked me when /
did naughty things and Just had to do them or be left
out in the cold"
The Judge appreciated perhaps for the FIRST methe
moral 'RHuence Of red hair Lacy he said though,uIIy
I've known tou Tor long time believe you have been
a bad girl, and hope YOU nei try to be good Do you
know rather like your hair. lis red all right but s
er--6ne"
Il Lucy has not been hecor~d too much already she
will rsaize'the Judges hopes What he said is probably
the first auson she heard to her hair that was not
an insult One has spoken admiinaIy Of her hair,
anF the probability is thai her serespec will itself
and she will be good girl
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14


c'| him all Of our life and part his Old
Billy" Myers flashed for aeeting moment across the
horizon OF public attention when dispatch was sent out
from Columbus O, that he had run away from an nfrm-
ary there and amped to Buckeye lake forty miles away
because the nice weather had started his fishing blood
He tell into canal and near drowning but was
rescued and taken mack to the inrmary where he will be
supplied with tackle and worms and will be allowed to
fish in the Scoto under the watchfu eye Of guard
Billy" Myers is mere slip Of youngster. He has
celebrated his ninety ninth birthday and is we'll started on
century Marathon But the frosts Of years have not
blghted Blys pscaorial enthusiasm and long about this
time OF year the sap Of life begins flow through his ven
cradle veins He just has to FISH, II all the other days
Of the year delightful the shelter Of the hospitality Of
the n6rmary the first days Of spring make con6ne-
men ntoerable What if he does have TO walk forty
miles. fall into canal and be hshed out 1t worth the
struggle and the danger.
What weared city there who cannot understand
and spmpahize with this ancient angler? When the soft
Southern breeze kisses the buds and they burst their prison
houses from Joy lovers may sigh and oge the patient
moon but the yields the cry from the water
and the woods For long weary month he has podded
painfully the deay treadmil Of fe enduring the inn
pfisonmcn and accepting the blows Of the taskmaster
Bin the spring longs be free Then it is that the
actvic impulses break the thin veneer Of civilization and
seeks the inspiration Of the wind open spaces The
tang Of the woody smells the comfort Of the yielding earth
and invitation bask the soul in the wide development Of
the out-ot-doors call from the roaring cities and the
brain depressing activities OF the struggle of men, Yes
Billy, know why you ran away from the inimary 1t
was the redblood human impulse that made you run
away from school Tar back in another century Ii is the
impulse that makes tired eyes to the open
window and wonder where we put the red tail spinner
last fall The tariff bill lies before us with its arid array
of technical schedules but the only thing in il that can
hold attention tor moment after pondering the case
Of Old Billy is that section devoted to fishing tackle
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14
The CALL CT THE LONG TRAIL.

HERE is reason to believe that the
North pole will be discovered within
life Of the present generation. The
South pole also, though more impreg.
nably entrenched behind its vast ice
barriers. will not battle the curiosity Of
the world much longer. in the historical
reckoning Of time.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14
"MoTHER's BREAD" OUTDONE.

Ne after another our most cherished
institutions have fallen beneath the on
sloughts Of scientists and other heavy
thinkers until the very citadel Of our sa-
cred traditions has been subjected to
ruthless assault. The Master Bakers
Association of America has asserted
bodily, even dehantly. that the modern
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14
SHE OF THE RED HAIR.

HlLE red hair is exceptional, it is not SO
rare as TO explain the ridicule to which
it is subjected Children will terrotize
any one Of their number who has red
hair. and il is only in well. bred society
that adults so endowed can escape an.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14
CASE OF OLD BILLY MYERS.

UR editorial synpathies go out in one
burst Of feeling to Old Billy Myers.
We admit that until the other day we
had meyer even heard Of "Old Billy"
but now we feel that we have known
him all Of our life and part his. Old
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-14
THE TAX OF IGNORANCE.

HEN the Lusitania sailed to America
Immediately after the 2-cent postage
rate between the United States and
Great Britain went into effect. she car
ried many thousands Of letters to people
| this side Of the Atlantic. thres-fourths Of
which we're prepaid at the old Scent
rate, when they might have gone for 2
cents. The advent Of cheaper nterna-
tionaI postage had been widely herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
"The Blood is The Life"

Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement of scripture. But
Il has Illuminated that statement and
given It a meaning ever broadening with
the increasing breadth of knowledge.
When the blood is Ubad or impure it
Is not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
ciouded. <he mind and judgement ara
Effected. and many an evil deed or impure
Thought Nn@~be directly traced to the
tmpAqfey of the 6fcGdS Foul, impure blood
lPierce's Golden Medical Discovery. DC
cprIches and pnEi6es the blood thereby
curing, pimples. blotches, eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema.
letter, or salt-rheum, hives aud other
manifestations of impure blood.
O O O @
In the cure of scrofulous swellings, en-
larged glands. open eating ulcers, or old
sores, the Golden Medical Discovery " has
performed the most marvellous cures. In
cases of old sores, or open eating ulcers,
it IS well to apply to the open sores DIR.
Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos
sesses wonderful healing potency when
used as an application to the sores in con-
junction with the use of uGolden Medical
Discovery" as a blood cleansing consti-
tutional treatment. If your druggist
don't happen to have the rAll-Healing
Salve" in stock, you can easily procure it
by inclosing fifty-four cents in postage
stamps to DIR. R. V. Pierce, 663 Main St.,
Buffalo, n. Y, and it will come to you by
return post. Most druggists keep it as
well as the uGolden Medical Discovery"
O O O O O O
You can't afford to accept any medicine
of qI1ikTloaD7e composition as a substitute
for uGolden Medical Discovery which is
= medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION,
having complete list of ingredients in
plain English on it's bottle-wrapper, the
mame being attested as correct under oath.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and lnviRorate stomach. liver and bowels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
ADVOCATES A BIG PURSE.
Westerner Thinks Golf Men Should
Attract Foreign Players

New York, Jan. IA suggestion
has been made by a western golfer not
entirely i'll accord with the ''ali wise"
policy of the United States Golf asso-
citation to the effect that the parent
organization might put it's funds TO
better use than hoard them up year
after year. At present the association
has about 81, 900 in its treasury, and
the amount continues to grow.
The latest suggestion is that when
the national open championship ques-
ton is discussed at the annual meeting
now in progress in New York a de-
mand should be made that the United
States Golf asso citation spend some of
its surplus by offering $1,000 as first
prize for the open championship, thus
making it sufficiently attractive to
bring Braid, Vardon, Massey, Herd and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
strone civ Has SD. 600 Fire.

Strong City, Kan, Jan. 12.-Early
Monday fire broke out in the rear OF
James O'Reilly's grocery, a frame
building on Cottonwood avenue be-
tween Third and Fourth streets in this
city The grocery and four other frame
buildings occupied by Chris thinner
man. pool room; Davidson's grocery,
Kabler's barber shop, Brecht's shoe
shop and Newman's barber shop were
entirely consumed. Estimated loss is
SIS, 900 to $4,000, mostly covered by in
surance. The origin of the fire is I'M
known
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
HAS FINE SCHOOLS.
Cawker City's Educational Facilities
Are of a High Order

Cawker City, KAN, Jan. 12.-From
an educational point tCawker City will
rank with any Town in the state with
an equal population, barring places
where colleges are located. Besides
there are no less than tWenty-six of
her young people away at this time
attending the several colleges of learn
ing in the state, including Bethany and
Washburn in Topeka, the Campbell
college in Holton, State Agricultural
college at Manhattan and State uniyer-
sity. Two of her young men are at
tending a dental school, while one of
her young ladies is attending u violin
school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
WOULD Paw a RoNIrs

PRESIDENT Murphy Wants to Distribute
$4,000 Among His Players.
Chicago, Jan. 12.-President Muir
phy OF the Chicago National league
cIuD stated that if the national com
mission permits he will distribute a
ponus OF $4,000, among the worlds
cnahi pIonshiD team on the day that
the league. pennant is raised at the
VEST side grounds. The only thing
standing in the way of the plan is rule
- OF the articles governing worlds
games, which prohibits
the giving of bonuses either before or
after series, to the players of a team
winch may participate in such series.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
Masonic Home Not Exempt.

Wichita. Kan, Jan. 12.-According to
the decision rendered late Monday by
Judge Thomas c. Wilson. in the Sedg-
wick county district court, the Kansas
Masonic home located in this city must
pay taxes. He refused to grant a per-
manent injunction against the county
to prevent it's officials from spreading
the assessment of the home on the tax
rolls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12

be used in construction is all here
excepting one carload.
1t will likely take several months
before the plant could be expected to
be run at its full capacity Of 100 tons
daily of soda ash. The machinery is
all new and it will require several
weeks before everything is going
smoothly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
Death of THOMAS NfcGannon.

Great Bend, Jan. 12.-Thomas Nc
Cannon UIlery died late Monday at his
home northwest of town from an at
tack of pleurisy. Mr.. ULery was one
of the pioneer settlers of Barton coun-
ty. coming here in 1880 and locating
west of town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
\. w. Webb Is Injured

Wichita, Kan, Jan pa. W. Webb,
division superintendent of the Wichita
division of the Missouri Pacific, fell
from the steps at his home and suffer-
ed q broken shoulder bone. He was
leaving the house and slipped on the
snow that had fallen On the steps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
Mrs. Myrtle Reed Released.

Abilene, Kan. Jan. 12.-Mrs. Myrtle
Reed of Kansas City, charged with
numbering Thomas Glenn at Herring
ton. has been freed, the case being dis
missed. The county refused to pay for
an autopsy to determine the presence
of alleged poison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
SNOW HELPS The WHEAT
Entire State Covered With From
Three to Five Inches.

Emporia, Kan, Jan. 1.-THE first
real snowstorm of the season fell
Monday and Monday night. 1t will be
a great help to winter wheat.
AT Newton.
Snow has been falling over this sec
ton and lies about four inches deep
on the level.
At GaIena.
Southeastern Kansas was visited by
the most severe blizzard in many
years. A binding snoWstorm ragged
all Of Monday. Eight inches of snow
service. Hundreds of zinc and lead
mines have been shut down because
of the cold weather.
At Pittsburg.
A heavy snowstorm has been raging
in this section. A six-inch fall of snow
is estimated at this time.
At Hutchinson.
Three inches of snow has fallen
here. The weather is very cold.
At Abilene.
Four inches of snow covered wheat
fields, greatly helping crop prospects.
AT Wellington.
This section is again experiencing
zero weather for the second time this
winter. The snow has been falling
nearly all day, with considerable
wind.
A blanket of snow about five inches
deep lies over all the northern part
of the wheat belt. The fail was severe
in the western part of the state, and
all of the trains from the west were
delayed from one to three hours.
At Canton.
There was a big drop in the tenn
perature in this part of the state and
the thermometer went down to zero.
Most of the stock is sheltered and
very little suffering will result and the
snow will be fine on the growing
wheat.
At Independence.
1t has been showing here although
the fall has not been heavy. Two
inches or Whereabouts is the extent
The lowest the therm ometer has gone
is five degrees above zero. The cold
est weather here last year was ten de-
grees above.
At Ashland.
From springlike weather yesterday
this section is in the throes of a hard
storm, the wind blowing a rs mile
gale from the north and the therrno-
meter standing at 5 above. With the
exception of two days last week the
weather has been favorable for cat
tie.
At Wellington.
This section is again experiencing
zero weather for the second time this
winter. Snow has been falling with
considerable wind. The railroads are
suffering severely and the movement
of trains is greatly hindered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
Piles Cured in 6 to IA Days

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case pitching, blind, bleeding or protruding
piles in to IA days or money refunded. soc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
SODA ASH PLANT.

Hutchinson Is to Have an Important
Industry.
Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. 12.-Within
a month this city is to have the soda
ash plant ready for business. 1t is
understood that all of the material to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12

PPosslply other leading professionals of
GIeat Britain and France to these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
Murphy and Moran Matched.

New York. Jan, 12.-Tommy Muir
ply. a local lightweight, and Owen
Moran, English boxer, have been
matched TO meet for ten rounds at the
next stag of the National A c. in two
weeks Immediately after Murphy
had beaten frankie Madden, johnny
White, manager of the club, hunted up
Johnny Oliver. manager of Murphy,
and offered him inducements for the
match, which Oliver accepted without
delay Moran has been eager to meet
Murphy in a limited round bout.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12

I'VE find the prisoner not guilty by rea-
son of insanity But the plea was not
that of insanity" remarked the Court
That's lust the point we made rejoined
the foreman. I'VE decided that any man
who didn't have sense enough to know
that an insanity plea was the proper
caper must be crazy.'-Philadelphi
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CONTINUED from Preceding Page.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
At Ashland.

From springlike weather yesterday
this section is in the throes of a hard
storm, the wind blowing a rs mile
gale from the north and the thermo-
meter standing at above. With the
exception of two days last week the
weather has been favorable for cat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
At Wellington.

This section is again experiencing
zero weather for the second time this
winter. Snow has been falling with
considerable wind. The railroads are
suffering severely and the movement
of trains is greatly hindered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-12
At Independence.

1t has been showing here although
the fall has not been heavy. two
inches or Whereabouts is the extent
The lowest the thermometer has gone
is five degrees above zero. The cold
est weather here last year was ten de-
greeS above.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-13

The largest line Of wealth,
cred Oak China Closets anu
Bullets in the city from
$3.50 up.