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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-11

LUZ 1OuI VI hfC OcS .
at a I'll m e every
month, and SO weak
/ could hardly walk
/ cramped and had
backache and head
ache, and W a s SO
nervous and weak
that I dreaded to
see anyone or have
anyone move in the
room. The doctors
gave me medicine to
ease me- at those
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-11
CHAPTER XVII.
A Hunter of Butterflies.

L love men. not because they are men,
but because they are not women--Queen
Christina
There was at that time in Montreal
a sort of news room and public ex-
change, which made a place of gen.
eraI meeting 1t was supplied with
newspapers and the like. and kept up
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-11
In the Blood.

WILTSHIRE those Kentucky horses
you bought scared of autos?
Gillis-No. indeed. They never no
tice a train, either, but l can't get
them used to sprinkling-cart to save
my life,-Puck.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-11

The trouble is that were we to de-
velop the art of keeping still we should
Immediately begin to talk about it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-11
SEVEN
YEARS OF
MISERY
Ali Relieved by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.

Sikeston, Mo. -" For seven years ]
suffered everything. I was in bed
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
LOST MEANINGS.

"Those who care for the begin
nings of things may be glad that the
quill pen survives to remind us that
the original pen was plucked from a
bird" observes a writer. "Germans
and Frepchmen are in no danger of
forgetting that, thanks to their re-
Spective words 'feder' and plume; ;
but the English pen suggests a
feather only when one chooses to
think about it and recall the Latin
'penna.'
almost all our writing materials
are no longer what etymologically
they profess to be, Paper is no
longer made Of papyrus a pencil is
not a little tail "penicillus,' like a
camel's hair brush; the lead of a
lead pencil is not lead; and the in
dia rubber with which we erase its
marks does not, and never did,
come from India.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
HIS BRIGHT IDEA.

When he examines in civics the
pet question of a New York teach
er is; "What would you do to cut
down the expense Of running the
city," That question appeals to
youthful patriots and embryo fnan-
ciers, and civic r%eformers evolve bril-
liant schemes for Looping several
millions of dollars off the annual
budget. But at the last examina-
ton the problem was tackled by an
unimaginative youth who was I'M
able to save the city by spectacular
methods. Hard facts had a grip on
him and he finally wrote: run err
rsnds for the mayor and not charge
anything for it"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
Wednesday night
THE JUBILEE MEETING

The 50th anniversary Of womans
work in Foreign Mission Fields was
most beautifully celebrated by Presby.
terians, Baptists and Methodists Of
the town on Sunday afternoon in
the Methodist church.
The program for the afternoon con-
sisted Of music by choir, and papers
by ladies from the different churches,
bringing out mainly the great work
accomplished by woman, and the
responsibility resting o n her.
A splendid program had been pre-
pared by the children for the eve ming
service.
The recitations, songs and little
missionary drills, together with the
bright faced beautiful little girls who
took part, made the evening n long
to be remembered.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
AN ANCIENT FINNY FREAK
African Mudfish lie Most Ancient Fish
In the World-Has Lungs
and Oils.

The most ancient fish in the
world, that has survived since the
carly ages of history, is the African
mudfish, so functioned and 80 hab-
tied as to make ordinary nature
taking seem puerile. The scientists
call it Protopterus a I'd its most sur
prising feature is the possession of
lungs as well as gills, which enable
1t to live in the water as we'll as out
Of 1t. Just as the bear selects a spot
where he can blissfully hibernate
during the winter, so does the mud
fish, on the approach of the dry sea-
son, select a spot in the mud, and,
after following it out cuddles up in
its retreat and, without access to wa
ter, rests for several months. Its
gills are resting also, but its lungs
come into service, taking in air.
While incased in the mud home this
piscatorial oddly may be dug up
surrounded by earth and survive a
journey Of thousands of miles, dur
ing which the mud becomes dry and
hard.
One Of the mud blocks was re-
ceiyed in the Firth college, Sheffield,
England, some years ago, and in the
presence Of the students, Professor
Denny placed the hard block of mud
IN some warm water. The disinte-
grating process was slow. for it was
nearly two hours before the mudfsh
that went to bed many months be-
fore in an African mud flat awoko
to life in new environment in a
tank in the laboratory of an English
college.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES

The annual district meeting Of the
Woman's Home and Foreign Mission
Societies will be held in Aberdeen
June LIST and End.
Mrs, Emma Lagrone was elected
to represent OkoIona Home Mission
Society and Mrs. Will Pannnel dele
gate from the Foreign Auxiliary to
this meeting
A full representation from all Aux
i%Iiraies in the district is desired
All the voting tickets in the dia-
mond brooch contest at the Star
Theatre must be placed in the box
each night or without fail on. Saturday
night,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

Some nice rooms to rent.
j. M. HALEY.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
NIS|SISSlPPI,ALABAMA FAIR

Meridian, Miss, May 16.-The
premium list of the Mississippi-Ala
bama Fair has been completed and
within the next few days will not
only be distributed among the farmers
and business men of these two states,
but of the entire south, as it is the
purpose Of the directors Of the e~ssocia.
ton that it shall have a most far
reaching effect, and that the Bi.State
Fair shall be by lar the biggest ever
held in this state.
Some conception of the magnitude
Of this Fair can be gained from the
premium list Just compiled, and a
study Of it will reveal that S15,000.00
in cash premiums will be given.
This is many thousand dollars more
than has ever been offered by any
other Fair held in the state. A
wilderness Of premiums has been
offered, from a simple prize Of fifty
cents 10 a possible grand capital prize
Of S250.00. Absolutely no feature
has been overlooked and excellence
in any line will surely be rewarded,
if exhibited next fall in the show
window Of the great states Of Missis-
sippi and AIabama-tbe forthcoming
"Bi.State' Fair
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
J.. b. e..

W. F. Tucker Chapter u. D, C.
will observe our Chieftain, jefferson
Davis birth, at our next regular meet
ing, which will be with Mrs. Ed Eden
Thursday. the LIST day Of June.
Several papers will be read on his
life Appropriate recitations and the
sweet melodies of the sixties will be
sung.
Chapter business will be transacted
at 4 and the social meeting at S.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
BASE BALL

Last Saturday the Okolona Base
Ball team played a match game with
Houston. The score being 19 to 6
in favor of Houston.
Notwithstanding the OkoIona boys
did some good batting, the special
feature Of the game was the fielding
done by Houston.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
OSTEOPATHY.

DR.. Kidwell, Osteopath, Of TupeIo,
will practice in Okolona Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. Leave calls
with Porter Davis.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
Local News.

Mrs. Dr.. Davis was a TupeIo visitor
Monday.
Go with the crowd to the Star
Theatre.
Mr. c. V. McClesky spent Sunday
in Vardaman,
Mrs. Seymour Jones has returned
from Memphis.
Mr.. Will Tison left Sunday for a
visit in Georgia.
Mrs. A. D. Gay visited near Aber-
deem last week.
Mrs. J. A. Rowe left Saturday for
Hot Springs, Ark.
Mr.. W. j. Thrift aud family have
moved to Memphis.
Miss fannie Lyles has returned TO
her home in Memphis.
A number Of young people enjoyed
a hay ride Friday night.
The pictures are fine at the Star
Theatre.
Miss Bessie RandIe spent Saturday
and Sunday in Houston.
Mrs. Tom Cole left Tuesday for
Hattiesburg to visit her sister.
Miss May Cole returned home
last week from Calhoun City.
Mr., B. F. Abbott and Mr.. Billy
Cook are attending the reunion.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. R. Waller are
attending the reunion at Little Rock.
Co. James Gordon left Saturday
to attend the reunion at Little Rock.
DR.. T. J. Campbell visited in
AIgoma from Saturday until Monday.
Miss Margaret Goan, Of Corinth,
is the guest of Mrs. Dave Creighton.
Rev. and Mrs. BowIin, Of Amory,
Miss, visited relatives here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. L. BramIett and
Miss Mary BramIett spent Sunday in
Van VIeet.
Capt. Frank Burkitt is attending the
meeting Of the Knights TempIars at
ClarkskaIe.
Mr.. E. j.. Henson has returned
home after a week STAY in jackson
and Meridian.
Mrs. T. j. Chambers, Of Meridian,
was the guest last week Of MIR. and
Mrs. Chambers.
Mr.. Oliver Shell came home last
week from jackson where he has
been attending school.
Mr.. jeff Busby, candidate for coun-
ty attorney, was over from Houston
Monday seeing the voters.
Mr.. F. j.. Mcdonnell and Miss
Elizabeth Mcdonnell! are attending
the reunion at Little Rock.
Mr.. Harry Moore and Miss
Florence Moore, Of SedaIia, Mo-, are
guests of Miss Edna Kelley.
Miss Edna Summers left Monday
night for her home in Texas, after
spending the winter in Okolona.
Go to the Star Theatre and vote
for your choice in the diamond
brooch contest, one hundred votes
free.
DR.. Davis, we are glad to note, has
SO far recovered from his recent ILL.,
ness as to be able to visit his son at
McCondy.
Miss Mary B. Long was in from
Buena Vista, for a few hours Thurs
day, spending the time with H. E.
Kings family.
Chief Of Police Lyons and wife, Of {
Meridian, spent a few days here and {
with relatives a few miles in the coun- i
try this week. {
EGGS-Finest Strains Buff Ply |
mouth Rocks and White Wyandottes. s
Soc per setting. Mrs. j.. M. Haley, t
Okolona. Miss.
Mrs. E. j.. Edens, with her two ,
dauohters and son laft Monday for :
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
STANDING OF CONTESTANTS

Following is the vote cast for the
contestants in the piano contest at
Bearden & Kings Drug Store up to
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
SMALL VICES NOT so BAD
Beware of the EmlnentIy Respectable
Says Judge Ben Lindsey
of Denver.

Beware of the eminently respect
able citizen with the immaculate
personal habits. Beware of the man
who has no small vices. Beware of
the person in public life who neither
smokes, chews, drinks nor beats his
wife.
Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver
gave this warning to the women of
the Archie club in a lecture recently
at Abraham Lincoln Center and,
revolutionary as it was, the remark
was received with applause. It is
the goody-goody boy, said the Judge,
who usually proves the weakest in
the presence of temptation.
The judge used the goody-goody
man to illustrate his idea of the diff
ference between vice and sin. A good
many small vices, he said, are not
necessarily sinful nor indicative of
sins that may be hidden. On the
contrary, an absence of the small
vices is a psychological evidence of
character weakness, rather than of
%austerity. The judge didn't say, of
course, that a collection of small
vices is always a concomitant civic
virtue; the idea he desired to en-
phasize was that as a criterion of
righteousness the lack of small vices
was entirely misleading.-Chicago
Record-H Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1911-10-26
What the Other Fellows Say,

Reno has declared against the affinity game in open court. Finel Now for g sound, straight-from-the-sh blow at the short residence law.-Waterbury Republican. .5...-.. r. '.....s .4
 The attempt to dynamite a railroad viaduct in California, just in advance oi the train in which President Taft was riding, is characteristic of that country and of certain elements in its population too conspicuous for the good of the state Bridgeport Standard.
 Director Chittenden of the Sheffield Scientific school meets the rowdv prob lem with characteristic energy. It is 8 tough punishment for the boys but the lesson of respecting other peoples prop erty had to be taught in direct man. ner.--New Haven Journal Couries.
 Blacklist are biting exceptionally we'll at present and some large catches have been made. One of the boats came in Saturday with over 700 pounds. This is some fish for two men to catch in two slacks. They were caught around Gull Island. New London Day.
 Confirmed liars may be cured by ''sym- pathetic interest" according to a Holy Gross college professor. Try It some time - Bridgeport Post.
 Look at this; the price of tea is likely to advance, The trust should not touch society in just that way. What will bridge" parties doa-Hartford Post.
 "If know anything about the/ psy- chology of boys and girls, know we cannot compete at the Sunday school hour with baseball" says the Rev. Dr. Johnson, of Hartford, Conn. The good doctor is right. It is pretty difficult to complete with baseball at any hour Pittsield Eagle. .f...-
 The ground will hardly freeze up dry this fall, and water supplies should be good throughout most of the winter. The rainfall this fall has been heavy, but not too much so to overcome the effects of long period of dry seasons.-Lake vile Journal. t
Connecticut western news., 1911-10-26
Letters From the People
A Shame to Uncle Sam.
iditor of The News

To the Editor of The News:
 Dear Sir: wonder why it is there is no pension or benefit for mail carriers that are disabled for life. It seems as if there should be plan considered and enacted by Congress for those injured or disabled in the service of the Govern ment. no matter if. they are contract carriers. They are under bonds and un- der oath to put the mail through, rain or shine, and 1t makes no difference about storms, they are obliged to make an effort to get over the route even if they have to turn back again, Some may say, if it storms hard don't go out. That will do sometimes, and they lose pay for these trips and have to make up for it and bring the mail left over. How would it be if it stormed nearly every day, as it did the winter of 1904, up here, when I was carrying mail between Drummond and Two Harbors, l had 8 hard time all that winter. It was the hardest experience in my life. l was frozen so bad in hard storm that lost my feet and hands-my left foot was nearly all taken of, my right leg IS of six inches above the knee. My right hand is off at the wrist, my left hand f1ngerless. They saved part of the thumb. do all of my writing with this crippled left hand. Twas determined to write. wrote letters before this hand was out of the bandage. I wrote to the postmasteu general and asked him why there was not any, pensions or help for mail carriers I told him I thought they deserved help in case of this kind, as much as sailors, soldiers, life saving crews or any civll service employe. He answered me and said there had never been any provision made for mail carriers. In these times nearly every concern has some insurance, pension, or help for their employees, and think our country has something to consider on this question if it would be as liberal as other countries.
 What do you think about this, readers of The News?
 Respectfully yours,
 e..-.~-- ~ CHAS. A. HARRIS.
 Two Harbors, Minn., Oct. 20.
Connecticut western news., 1911-10-26
BUSINESS MEMS SMOKER

President Lyles. of the Business Men E Association, has appointed Al. Wiggles- worth chairman of the smoker" com mittee, to arrange for the smoker and feast in Odd Fellows Hall, next Thursday evening, NoY. 3, with power to appoint his own associate committee members, Chairman Wiggleswoth has named Eugene Williams and Allyn Fuller on the committee, and it is safe to forecast an enjoyable layout for the occasion. This will be the first regular monthly meeting of the Association, for the win ter season, and every member of the organization should be present. not only to enjoy the festivities of the initial meeting, but to encourage the officers and committees in carrying out a pro gram of interest and profit to the com munity during the winter. A number of plans for the coming season will be brought forward for consideration, and committees will be appointed to arrange for the annual banquet of the Association to be given this winter, which it is planned to make the most successful elaborate and memorable in it's history.
Connecticut western news., 1911-10-26

by the learned Geographical Society a. conquering hero, only few months agol
 How are the mighty fallen
 However, he has one consolation left. That learned scientific body, the Tam. manyite board of aldermen. who hailed him as the only genuine discoverer of the North Pole and gave him big din ner and certificate of character, even after the universities and philosophical societies had begun to shie bricks at him, have not yet discovered that there is reasonable doubt about his finding the Pole, and have not demanded the return of either the square meal or the elaborately engraved and illumi- mated Freedom of the City" which they conferred upon him while he was still hrassing it out.
Connecticut western news., 1911-10-26
Newspapers and Homicide.

At the recent meeting of the National Academy of Medicine in Los Angeles, a report was submitted setting forth that newspapers, in printing stories of vice and crime are reinforcing criminal ten denoies, that they are "accomplices in homicide" The power of suggestion, in constant repetition of these stories, is dwelt upon. The reality of this power of suggestion cannot be denied. No man of city newspaper experience has failed to notice that when wide publicity is gwen to 8 startling or unique crime, similar crimes soon follow in the same neighborhood. A case of acid throwing in Chicago, which the papers. |" played up," was followed within the year ty eleven similar cases. The only question left is whether any useful purpose is served by the printing of such news. Certain it is that 1t, has a commercial value. If the dramatic element in the crime is seized upon and given promi- hence, the public likes the story and wants more of it. The publishers then give the public what it wants. But is this sufficient justification for this actual complicity in crime? The Pacific Printer believes that it is not. It be- lieves that public taste and the public morals may be educated by clean and wholesome newspapers. The spread of such poisonous suggestion is one of the evils for which commercialism, i'll the rush of competition, has to answer. Certain it is that if newspapers would cooperate, such news could be reduced to q minimum. ublishers' Auxiliary.
Connecticut western news., 1911-10-26

Mrs Newlywed (Profoundly)-"I cooked that dish myself s.'
 Mir. Newlywed (after tastinR) -"And you are going to cook the contents next time ?'-Puck.
 Brown-"That is one of the worst behaved kids ever saw. Do you know his parents ?h
 Jones-His father is one of those scientific management experts. Puck.
 "You admit that you are first in her affections, yet you seem cheerful."
 "Oh can't expect to compete with the pug dog and the rubber plant. n-- Washington Herald.
 "How did she manage to get SO many offers of marriage ?'
 'She had her picture taken with a frying pan in her hand. "- Birmingham Age Herald.
 First doctor-.I advised Jones to submit to an operation year ago and now it's too late"
 Second doctor-'tWhat l is he dead ?r
 First doctor-"No lost his money" Exchange.
 Life is full of contradictions. Why is it that the bashful, quiet man always wears shoes that squeak ?-New York Times. NN#
Connecticut western news., 1911-10-26
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2e. 1911
THE LIQUOR PROSECUTIONS.

E ].
 The wholesale prosecutions of liquor law violations have been the sensation of the week, locally, and those who have been clamorous for the enforcement of the law and the punishment of its trans gressors are given opportunity to see the thing done.
 Whether one approves, or not, of the methods employed to procure convic- tions, it must be admitted that they nave been thorough and effective so much so that in every case thus far ad- judicatsd, the defendant, on being con- fronted with the evidence against him, has recognized the futility of making a contest, and pleaded guilty and taken his medicine
 There is disagreeing opinion regard ing the ethics of state police work, as opinions disagree on every other matter of public concern. There are those who maintain that desirable end will justi fy any means adopted to attain it, and that it is mawkish sentimentalism to affect to hold in contempt the methods of the law whereby an official, in pur- suit of transgressors. insinuates himself into the good graces of suspected class and gains their goodwill, their friend ship and their confidence only to betray them-an argument that is met by the retort that an individual who tempts and bribes another to commit crime even III the interest of iustice-1s no better than the criminal, himself.
 But these are nice, academic distinc- tions in the ethics of the problem, which the moralists and theorists must settle for themselves. The raw facts in the case appear to be. that the community had come to the conclusion that there illicit business, and that public senti- ment and the public interest demanded their suppression that the difficulty of securing evidence by local authorities made it necessary to procure the ser vices of the agency officially constituted and maintained for that very purpose, and that it was no concern of the critics how that evidence was secured, so long as it was secured. s
 The results would seem to indicate that the job was thoroughly done. and it is probably safe to venture the opin- ion that the evil which it was desired to. remedy will be somewhat less boldly and fiagrantly Haunted, for some time  given the credit for so directing the pro- eedure that by reasonably moderate pen alties, appeals have been obviated and thus the fines revert to the town treas urY whereas, if the cases were to go to the superior court, and convictions en- sued. the state would get the fines, and the town receive nothing.
Connecticut western news., 1911-10-26
NORTH CANAAN HAS

A population of 2,171, Census of 1910.1 Two railroads
 National and Savings Banks. Trolley railroad extending through the Berkshires to Pittsfield and beyond. Up-to-date High School and flrst-class school system.
 Five churches.
 First-class hotel
 Fire department. including chemical en- zine.
 Six miles of State Roads, Electric light and power plant, Complete Sewer System. Never-failing water supply and the best water In the state.
 Wide-awake Business Mems Association. Extensive lime and iron industries. Fraterna and benefit societies. Brass band.
 Up-to-date department stores. Pure air and wholesome climate.