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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
THOUGHT THEY WERE STALE
Good Reason Why Playwright Did Not
Appreciate Candy"

A well-known playwright who has a
full-grown appetite and is particular
~ partial 10 caraIlels found a hand
fp! of very pretty corrections on the
top of his wifes dtesser the other aft
ernoon. He LOOKED them all over and.
selecting one encased in tin foil, ate
it. 1t tasted to him as though it were
stale.
In the course Of the evening his
wife asked him If he did not want
some candy. Tha writer of plays said
he thought ne had eaten all the candy
he cared foE that day.
You evidently buy the box because
it has pretty picture on it and let
them give you the candy" he COM
planned. You can leave that tin-foiled
stuff around the house hereafter With
safety. I've had all l want of it."
oh" said his wife, that covered
with tin-foil wasn't candy. That was
bath tablets"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
penends on Viewpoint.

Mr.. Wilson" said the head Of the
firm, Il understand that you are a
personal friend of Mr.. Spinks'
That is true, sir" said Wilson.
well, / wish you'd try to collect
this account from him None of our
solicitors can turn the trick, and it's
a long time overdue"
Wilson agreed to try. The next
morning his face wore a curious ex-
preston.
what success?" asked the head of
the firm.
"That depends on the point of view, I"
said Wilson. you see, called last
might and saw the old man. Mr..
Spinks,' l began, I've called to ask
you whereupon the old man but
ted in with:
"'That's all right, my boy he said,
you can have her. l trust you'll be
happy
"Then ne added that / should find
Alice in the drawing room, and shut
the door on me"-Judge
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
comets still a Mystery to science.

The nature of comets is still one OF
The mysteries of science. Here is a
sort of ball of wind bigger than the
earth, which rushes across the i'm
rensity of the heavens with speed OF
90 900 miles an hour, squirting out.
not behind 1t, but crrosite to or away
from the sun, smoke, Vapcr, gas, TO 8
distance Of millions and millions OF
miles. These gases may leave it and
ron, ain IN the ether. A repellant force
,,,nanating from the sun produces
these enigmatic tails, but at the same
t,re there are at work phenomena,
= echan.cal, chemical, physical, I'M
known, which imperil the comet Itself.
81 utort it, dislocate 1t. utterly change
!. electricity Is probably at work. as
sa tho radiant matter Of Cfookes tubes :
snlar heat also exerts its influence,
md these burning daughters of the in
fri-e develop in unheard-of proror-
sion as fast as they approach the sun;
SIT all Of these phenomena are taking
lace in the bosom of the ultra-glacial
cold Of space, about g0p degrees Fab
,enheit below zero. Truly we can form
no idea OF them.-CaMilia Tiamnlarion,
10 New York World.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
Benefits of WALKING.

do not think l exaggerate the i'm
poTtance or the charms of pedestrian
ism, or our need as a people to cult
vate the art. | think it would tend to
soften the natioral manners, to teach
us the meaning of leisure, to acquaint
US with the charms of the open air,
to strengthen and foster the tie be-
tween the race and the land No one
else looks out upon the world so kind
ly and charitably as the pedestrian;
no one else gives and takes so mach
from the country he passes through.
Next to the laborer in the fields, the
walker holds the closest relation to
the soil; and he holds closer and
more vital relation to nature because
he is freer and his mind more at lei
sure.-John Burroughs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
Hardshlps AyaIIed Nothina.

Two Russian sailors, wishing to de
sert from their ship lying in the Tyne
open sea, They took with them food
and clothing and 5000 in cash, The
flood tide set them inshore again and
they tried to land, but the sea was run
ming too high. For many hours they
drifted helplessly about and finally
their tiny craft was pitched upon the
beach of Manhaven, near South
Shields. Here they took refuge in a
cave, where they lived four days and
nights. until their food became ex
hausted. Hunger drove them into the
open and eventually they were ar
rested.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
MAIN THING IS GOOD TEMPER
True Secret of Happiness in Love and
in All Human Intercourse.

! There always has been and doubt
less will be much discussion as TO what
qualities are most to be desired in a
husband and wife. From time to time
symposiums on the subject have been
held by popular family magazines, In
which hundreds of votes Rave been
pretty evenly divided between the vail
Gus virtues of mankind, domestic and
heroic, not forgetting the practical de-
sideratum Of a comfortable bank ae-
count For even romantic Tom Moore
has told us that
Lips, though blooming, must be fed
And not cen Love can live on flowers.
But of all qualities which are condu
Give to happiness, not only in the close
companionship of married life, but ID
human intercourse in general, there
are few to equal-none to surpass---"
the homely one of good temper, which
has been well called the parent of the
virtues, since il is the foundation Of
peace and kind feeling for ones fellow
man.
nSlC 10 HOlulh5 WliNH 81 AlSiSi'
makes for the misery not only of its
possessor, but of all who are so I'M
fortunate as to be intimately associat'
ed with him or with her, as an ungov.
ernsd and unreasonable temper.
No one On earth, excepting perhaps
an ill-tempered woman, is so difficult
to live with as a really ill-tempered
man; and the worst of an evil temper
is that, being INDUCED, it grows worse
as its posscFsor grows older.
Ill-tempered people not only poison
their own lives, but also those of all
who are ot;ised 5-ate those lives.
One ca never o.! when tempest Ct
temper may descend like a bolt 4rom
the hlue, ard life under such conditions
oftea b eco ae5 almost uabearable.
Unfortunately people who are in love
usually fer the t.Me being bid al Ell
to common seas. dad reason. 1t was
not wi hdut ScoN cause that the an
cient Greeks pa.l.ed Cupid blindfold-
ed The portrait would have been
truei to life had hey instead given
him rose-colored spectacles. Lovers,
in the first ecstasy Of passion, usual y
lose sigEt Of everything excepting each
other, whom they behold in halo Of
roseate light that wholly obscures all
defects.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
rh. lmportanea Of Lanauaaes.

Literature Is not only a mirror OF
life as 1t is, but mirror of life as we
would wish 1t to be. A book is not only
meant to state certain facts, and to be
written in certain style, but is meant
to give glimpse of the human spirit
which prompted it.
Here is where languages are of pri.
mary importance. Through them only
can We get at the human spirit They
are In other words the instruments
with which we test the expression OF
the human spirit as we'll as means Of
understanding the spirit itself.-From
an Address Made by President Wilson
Of Princeton.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
An Elective Remedy.

A Boston physician, in paper he
recently read before congress of
medical men, told how DR.. S. Weir
Mitchell accomplished a marvellous
cure by means of treatise on psy-
chotherapy. To DR.. Mitchell there
had come a young lady afflicted WITH
hysteria Being much occupied a.
the moment, he said to her: you can
cure yourself Just let me give you
this book on the subject; you viii
find the directions III it really admir-
able" The young lady departed and
after fortnight DR.. Mitchell received
a letter from her, saying, in effect:
"That book is prize The. ether day
/ had an attack of the old sort
laughing and crying together-ard
the trouble was brought to an end in
two minutes simply by the use of the
book. Mamma spanked me with it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
EvMoa IN STUDENTS PAPERS.
Some Good "Howlers" Sent TO Us
from England

An article on Examination Humor''
ia an English periodical called Nor
NAL Echoes" contains some good
"howlers." They are none the less
interesting for coming from students
IN training for teachers. A criticism
OF William Blake that "as child he
was prccocious In poetry, but in later
years 1t developed into dogmatism"
Ia lesson In the art of being inarticu-
late, while the remark that ';he worHs
of the tine were mostly Satyrs" is
quaint though obvious. The transla-
ton of "Cayiare to the general" as
they gave the best Of fish 10 the
servant is worth thinking out, and SO
is the note on Wordsworth's great line
in The ode, the winds come to me
from the fields Of Sleep" as found
in Old Immortality, means that the
wind blew across the flowers" OF
course, there is begging over proper
names. There is nothing, indeed, SO
5ood as the description of Cromwell
rs "a man with coarse features and
having a larse, red nose with deep
religious convictions beneath" or
the case of the LAP sed man" VINO, hav-
ing By way II l,-eption attended
church, admitted 10 he rector's wife
that he had b. .Gted, for he had
learned that Sodom and Gomorrah
were two cities. whereas he had al
ways thought they were man and
wife.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
Humor rnere. Somewhere.

Here is another story about Taft In
the far east that Is tod by Frederic S.
Isham, the novelist:
Two Cinnamon in Shanghai were
discussing the lesident-elect's visit
to that place shortly after the depar
ture of the Taft party.
"Mr. Taft is certainly a very big
man. said ore, making gesture that
implied a large circle as he spoke.
HE is that" answered the other.
I'VE have certainly had consider
able sphere Of ,aerican influence in
our midst recently
And yet they say ChiDamen have
no sense of hurlor.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
Determining Physical Condition.

Children differ in development. and
DR.. 7. NJ. Rotch has pointed out that
the present method of regulating child
labor by age is unscientific and unsat-
isfactory. One child may be as well
developed and capable of endurance
at 13 as another several years older.
He proposes that the X-rays be used
in estimating The capacity of the young
and immature, as sufficient study will
make it practicable to gauge physical
condition by the state of development
OF the bones of the body, and thus give
q raticnal basis for determining what
work may be permitted.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
The Lisht Of the Funeral.

An Irish cook one day informed
her mistress she was about to be
married.
And who is he?" inquired the lady.
And I'm sure you'll remember the
burial in the spring, and it's the hus.
band of the corpse, MN, and you'll
be sure that was the very first tonne
he honored me by saying that was
the light of the funeral Toledo
Blade
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
Afahanlstan Grows Opium.

According to the Sind Gazette the
cultivation OF Tie opium poppy is ju't
starting in With a vim in Afghalistan,
where it was supposed that unde-
governmental pressure poppy cu'-
fiyation was growing less Throughout
India. The first Imports of Afghan
onium into India were received last
wear and it was pronounced better
fban Maiwa opium Consular Re
ports.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
Out Of His Misery.

She's terror" 80
Yves, they Soy she worried her hus-
band to death.
We'll, 1t might have been worse"
How could 1t be?"
she might have permitted him TO
live. Houston Post.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-02-17
prnfe sslonal Ieslnuax.

Young Student-That pretty woman
dacior is certainly duck Of a crea-
ture A
OLD Laetor-I 90 Gu She
IS some, ~
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
NEW RECORD DUE
TO PRIMARY LAW

A new registration record is
the direct result of the enactment
or the direct primary election
law. More electors have qualified
for participation in San Francis
cos first direct primary election
than have qualified for participa-
tion in any general election since
1895.
when the registration for the
primary election closed at mid
night yesterday all primary cleo
ton records had been broken and
all general election registrations
save one had been ecIipsed.
The registration Indicates that
the people of San Francisco ap-
preciate the fact that the direct
primary election law gives them
an opportunity to select their
own partisan candidates, free
from boss dictation, and that
they purpose to embrace the op-
portunity. The Indications are
uor primary vote of apprOxI-
mately double the usual vote for
delegates to nominating conven-
fons and that the total vote cast
August Ia will exceed 10000.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
APARTMENT HOUSE
Scene OF TROUBLE
Different Claimants Air Their
Grievances in the Police
Court
One Side Holds the Fort With
Aid of a Detective
Agency

mixed up fight for the possession
OF an apartment house at 216 Fourth
avenue was aired In Police Judge
Shortalfs court yesterday, but after
nearing the evidence the matter was so
complicated that the judge took until
Monday before rendering a decision.
Daniel Y. Iddings, manager of the
enterprise realty investment company.
says he is the owner of the place, but
his claim is disputed by r. Spangen-
ourg, who asserts that he is the owner
oy virtue of trust deed executed by
the courts f. w. HOLMAN. 327 Kearny
street, member of the Olympic club,
claims an assignment of the rents given
to him by Spangenburg. There are
IL tenants in the house and they have
not been paying any rent for some
time, pending a settlement of the own
ership.
Iddings has been living in the house
for the last two years Monday Spang-
enburg, Holland and two of Morse's
patrolmen went to the house during
1ddings absence and removed all of his
personal property from his rooms, plac-
Ing it on the sidewalk. Some one
notified Iddings and he rushed home
and moved back his effects to his
rooms. The other parties again took
possession of the house as soon as Id
dings left.
When Iddings reached home that
night he found himself locked out.
He got a crowbar and smashed in the
door when Holland rushed at him with
a revolver, telling him that he would
use 1t if Iddings did not stop destroying
the property. A telephone message was
sent to the Park police station and
Iddings was arrested on a charge of
burglary; but after explaining the po
sition of affairs he was released.
Holland continued to hold the fort.
and Tuesday he had Iddings arrested
on charge of malicious mischief for
breaking the front door That was the
charge heard by Judge Shortall yester
day. AS they left the court Holland
was heard to declare that he would
still hold the fort and Iddings retorted
that he would not.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
BILLYGOAT DEFEATS
POLICEMAN FENNESSY
Stalwart BIuecoat Forced to
Take Shelter in Saloon

Policeman William j. Fennessy, at
tached to the southern district. insulted
billygoat while on his way home
Tuesday night and swears that if he
should ever meet one again he will give
it a wide berth. Fennessy lives at
1889 Florida street. While passing
vacant lot at Bryant and Twenty
third streets he saw the billygoat tied
by ROPE to a pole.
Fennessy, moved by desire to have
some fun with the goat, walked up to
it and shouted in it's face, 'Ba-a-a-a-a,'' -
He repeated the insult and the goat.
with an effort broke the rope and
jumped at the astounded Fennessy with
lowered head. Fennessy seized hold of
the goat by its horns and was backed
into a corner, where he yelled for help.
A large crowd gathered and backed the
goat against Fennessy. who clung to
the horns with tenacity.
The struggle continued for nearly
half an hour, the crowd augmenting
so that car traffic was suspended. FL
nally Fennessy broke away from the
goat and ran into a saloon on the
corner, chased by the angry billy" to
the door. Fennessy slipped out of the
rear door and made his escape.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
CALHOUN CASE
CONVERSATIONS

STANLEY MOORE: (attempt-
ing to show the jurors prejudice:
"NOw, what papers do you make
habit of reading, Mr.. Haass"
HAAS; II read The Call.
MOOREi "Ah: And why is IT
you read The Call and not other
papers, or some other papers"
HAAS; "Because I have dis
covered that The Call always
speaks the truth. 1t does not try
TO twist things around to suit its
purposes, but gives true accounts
of everything. i have found In
many cases that The Call speaks
the truth even If ii hurts it's own
cause by doing so.-
STANLEY MOORE, $50 you
know District Attorney Langdon,
do yOu.,
JAMES E. WATSON. plumbers
helper: "Yes, sir. He taught at
tue 1dtultNOn SCHOOL W0en Il went
there
MOORE. "And would the awe
with which you then regarded
Mr. LangdOn embarrass you at all
In serving In this case9"
WATSONf s.Not at ALL"
MOORE, "Have you an opinion
regarding the guilt or innocence
of the defendanfs"
WATSON; "You bet.s
MOORE; "YOu say you bet,'
do you, when you notice your old
teacher sitting here."
LANGDONi "YOu didn't form
that opinion on looking at me, did
you, Mr.. WatsOn!"
JUDGE LAWLOR: "What did
you mean, Mr.. O'Dea. in saying
yesterday that you needed the
money when I asked IL there was
anything 10 prevent you serving
in this case.-
O'DEA: 81 meant the two COL
lars per day. yOnr hOnOr.-
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
The California Promotion Committee

THE State Central Organization organized In
l902-An association for the commercial and
industrial development Of California.)
PROMOTION: The act OF promotion advance
ment, encouragement. Century Dictionary
The committee has for its object the PROMO
sell. II fosters all things tending 70 the AD-
FANCEMENT OF California. IL IS authority
on all matters relating to California. It EN-
COURAGES the establishment OF new industries
and fosters those already established. 1t invites
desirable immigration. II presents the oppor-
tunities and needs OF all fields OF business and
professional activity. It IS supported oy popular
subscription and makes no charge Tor any service
rendered. Ii has affiliated with It 200 CONNER
cfal ORGANIZATIONS OF the state, with combined
membership Of more than $4,000. Meetings OF
represe ntafives OF these organizations are held
serniannually In different parts of the state,
where matters OF California's interests dis
cussed Headouarters OF the committee are main
fained In California building. Union square. San
Francisco. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
PEDDLER BEATEN AND
ROBBED BY TWO men
Relieved of VaIuabIes While on
His Way Home

William Emmett, a peddler living at
Washington and Sansome streets, was
held up and beaten by two men in
Jackson street between Sansome and
Montgomery Tuesday night while on
his way home. They took from him
purse containing $3.50, a handbook
of the EIibernia bank, and gold chain
valued at $50.
Wesley King, carpenter, living at
1913 Elizabeth street, while on a
Twenty-fou street and Hoffman ave-
nue. car Tuesday, was relieved of 500.
r. t. Callahan, 1868 Phelan building,
while on a Union street car Tuesday.
was relieved of a grip containing a
revolver, personal effects and private
papers.
The residence of F.. w. Judson 204
Frederick street, was entered by bur-
glars and jewelry stolen.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
For Baby's Skin

nomical method of preserving. purifying
and beautifying babys delicate skin.
scalp and hair is the constant use OF
Cuticura Soap. assisted. when necessary.
by gentle applications Of Cuticura ONT
ment. For rashes. itchings, inhamma-
tions and chafings of infants, children
and adults. as well as for shaving. sham
pooling. sanative. antiseptic cleansing
and ell purposes OF the toilet, bath and
nursery Cuhcura Soap and Ointment
are unrivaled
cutieurs Soap t25c.,. cutcura Ointment t6or)
and Cuticura Resolvent t50c). tor in the form Of
Chocolate Costed Pills. 25e per vial OF 60} are sold
throughout the werld. Potter Drug Chem. Corp.
Sole Props 125 Columbus Ave. Boston, Mass.
ay32-raEe Cuticura BOOK. mailed free. giving de-
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS FOR FORAGE AND STRAW
san Francisco. Cal. July l. 19O9-Seaied pro
at the offices OF the Quartermsstsrs until n
a. N, July 81, 1909. and then opened for fur
and Presidio OF Monterey. CAL. during the Pc
Rod beginning October I. 1909. and ending
June So 1910. Also at the same time AT fbIs
office only. for forage and straw for the sane
period for Forts Baker, Barry Mason, MileY
Presidio OF San Francisco. San Francisco. ana
Y. 3. Army General Hospital. Preside OF San
Francisco. Cal. Also at same time al this office
for oats and hay In San Francisco for shipment
TO Honolulu. h. T.. and IN Honolulu TO be
opened there at a. m. July 81. 1909 for said
oats and hay. Preference given to articles OF
American production. conditions OF quality and
price lineiuding in the price Of foreign produe-
tons the duty thereonl being equal. and such
preference given to articles Of American prod,lc-
tion produced on the Pacific Coast to extent OF
consumption required BY the public service there.
Information furnished on application 70 quar-
termasters at Fort Rosecrans and Preside OF
Monterey. and Depot ouartermaster, Honolulu.
Quartermaster-
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
CUNNINGHAM HELD ON
CHARGE OF MURDER
Plea of Insanity Will Be Made
at His Trial

James Edward Cunningham. who shot
and. killed Miss Carolina Brasch, book
keeper for Gray Brothers, was held for
trial before the superior court by Po-
lice Judge Deasy yesterday on charge
Of murder.
When the case was called Attorney
z. L. Kirk, representing the defendant,
said that the case was submitted. inti-
mating that no witnesses would be
called for the defense, and the Judge
promptly held the defendant for trial.
Kirk said later that when the case
comes up before a trial jury in the
superior court he will make the plea
that at the time of the murder Cum
ningham was temporarily insane. He
was examined by two alienists in the
city prison, but Kirk declined to give
their names.
Try Murine Eye Remedy
For Red, Weak. Weary, Watery Eyes. .
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
GEN. FRISBIE'S GRANDSON
DIES AT INSANE ASYLUM
Typhoid Fever Affected Young
Mans Mind

News has been received here of the
death of Dennis Mccarthy Jr., a grand
son of the late General John B. Frisbie,
in the Stockton insane asylum a few
years old, had been in i'll health for
several months before his mind became
affected.
Young Mccarthy contracted typhoid
fever nearly a year ago and failed to
rally mentally from this disease.
BY the terms of his grandfather's will
Mccarthy was left an estate valued at
about $4,000. He was also bequeathed
considerable property in Vallejo. The
young man was unmarried and his
property will go to his father, who now
lives in Syracuse, N Y
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-29
Experience of a
Foolish Advertiser

In the first place, he had nothing worth adver-
tising.
His advertising literature was worse than the
thing advertised.
He prepared advertisements that didn't give
any idea Of what he had to sell.
He placed these advertisements in any old pa
per that solicited his business-while his money
lasted.
The few inquiries he did receive he didn't
know how to handle.
He couldn't see any excuse for enlisting the
aid Of any one experienced in advertising and in
the solving of advertising problems, for he knew
it all himself.
Now the sheriff is in possession of his business
And he's quite convinced that advertising
doesn t pay.''-Mail Order Journal