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Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04
TO THE BRIDEGROOM

You may have not noticed it but
they button in the back.
Life is discipline, and 50 you had
better take time by the foreIock and
be prepared,
Purchase from some large dress.
making establishment one of those
bulgy ladies' who have neither head
nor legs, known as dummies or dress
forms. Procure an old gown Of your
mothers or sisters, and each morning
practice fastening it down or up the
back.
Set it in rocking. chair, so that it
will wiggIe, and see whether you
can get the right button or hook into
the right buttonhole or eye. When you
can do this, say once out OF four times
have the buttons changed to a size
just too large for the buttonholes, and
begin all over again. It fairly clever
at this, try row of hooks and eye
invisible to the naked eye.
Then substitute. for the metal .ye,
few loops Of thread. well lost in the
meshes Of a Jungle Of lace,
Do not use strong light, for yo'
will often have to perform in the twi
light or early morning. Speed is re
qusite, and there should be a few
pins and needles thrust in the gowr
at unexpected points.
AT FIRST you can use the languag
that comes naturally; but gradual,
this should be discontinued, and re
placed by something less offensive
Count ten before you really expires
your feelings.
II you are able to pass through thi
course successfully, fastening tn
gown straight in three minutes with
out profanity, you may proceed to tn
next Iesson.-Success Magazine.
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04
ALFALFA LANDS A SPECIALITY
LOW ROUND TRIP FARES VIA
MOBILE & OHIO RAILROAD

Account annual Reunion, U. c, V.
Little Rock, Ark, May 1913.
Tickets on sale May l3 to Is, inc,
limited, returning, to reach original
starting point not later than May %.
1911, except that extension Of limit to
June IA may be secured by deposit
Of ticket and payment Of fee Of so
cents. For further particulars, apply
nearest ticket agent, Mobile & Ohio
R. r., or G. A. Griffin. T. P, A.. Me.
ridian, Miss.
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
B$E. C. Snyder

The wear 1911 is very likely to
show larger results from the agitation
of improving the waterways begun
more than fifteen years ago BY the
National Rivers and Harbors Con-
gress, than any one year that can be
recalled. Not only is the Engineer
Corps Of the army as beavers in uiI-
izing the money available for the fiscal
year ending June 80, next. but Gen.
Bixby and the Board Of Engineers.
charged with the duty Of passing upon
the merits Of new projects and max
ing plans for still further carrying on
the. old projects are up to their eyes
in The work which the last river and
harbor appropriation bill provided for.
Ii is also interesting to n te how the
states a.e taking hold OF the doctrine.
as old as time, making the rivers do
their share in Transporting the trade
and commerce Of the country to the
end that the remotest sections may
feel the quickening influence Of re-
duced freight rates. Governor Wood
row Wilson, of New Jersey, has signed
ed the resolution of New Jerseys As
sembIy, appropratng S500,0O0 for
the purchase Of a strip of land
across that state and deciding it, to the
Government that a ship canal may be
constructed that will help solve the
problem OF transportation and at the
same time provide ideal sites for man,
ufactories, Not to be cut done by
New Jersey, Philadelphia is seriously
contemplating the the ownership Of ;
belt line touching both the DeIewart
and Schuvlkill rivers and owning tbt
terminals thereon, in order that dis
elimination may be wholly avoided,
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04
WASH THOSE PIMPLES OFF

Use D. D. D. that mild, soothing
wash, that recognized remedy for Ec-
zema and all skin troubles. First
drops take away that awful burning
itch, cleanse the skin-wash away
every pimple-every impurity. Moth
ing like D. D. D. for the complexion.
Get a 25c trial bottle today, worth
ten times its cost 10 have a bottle in
the house. AT any rate, drop into our
store to talk over the merits Of this
wonderful prescription.
r. H. LIGON, Druggist.
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04

sea. With our glasses we could see
thousands Of people on the shore and
numerous small vessels came out to see
the fight.
Every man on the kesearsarge was
given a good dinner that day and
then piped to quarters.
! was gunner on the port side, my
gun being about amidship. We we're
just spelling for 6ght-and we soon
got it. Our armour was heavier than
that Of the Alabama, but the Confed-
crate vessel carried more guns and
more mcn than we did.
We'll, when the Alabama got within
a mile of us she took long shot,
but missed widely. The Kearsarge
did not answer. Nearer and nearer
the two warships got to each .r,
and then, when only about 800 yards
separated US, we opened with a single
shot from our bow chaser.
1T struck the enemy and cloud Of
smoke arose Then we gave them a
port broadside. Pretty soon we
squared away and both ships began
circling each other firing as they
moved.
The distance was just right for us.
Our heavy armour protected us and
our shots would penetrate the lighter
armour Of the Alabama. Whenever
in the course of the battle our star
board was engaged, we of the port
watch switched to that side and
helped fight those guns.
Fight Short but Decisive.
The fight didn't last long, We
shot too straight for them, They didn't
hilus very much, but when they did onr
armor stood them off.
One OF their shells hit our stern
post. If it had exploded we would
have been put out Of business at once
as we would have been helpless.
Il guess | worked on every gun on
the starboard side, running from one
to the other as the occasion demanded
"FinaIey we saw the Alabama grad
uaIly settling and we knew the vic
tory was ours. We ceased firing anc
few minures later the En- ..lish shir
Deerhound came up and took off Capt
Semmes and some of his officers
We rescued the balence, but, Semmes
got to England
After the battle found blood o
my face and discovered that my ey,
was troubling me terribly, An exam
nation by the surgeon showed a spIlr
ter in it. | never knew when it g
there, but when it came out lost tn
sight altogether"
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04
Too Grateful.

Louise-Tom, dear, I'm a thousand
times obliged for the lovely brooch
and necklace you sent me for Christ
mas. When Bob saw me with them
on he proposed at once and l accepted
him.
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04

The most enerestinG measure-in
the line Of new Legislation proposed
in the Sixty second Congress is the
bill introduced by Senator John Sharp
Williams Of Mississippi. to create a
commission onvcommissions, to nVes-
tigate federal government commission
end providing that the life OF all
commission. shall be limited 10 SIX
months. A resolution introduced in
the House by Representative Ftzger-
ale, Of New York, calls for an I0vesti-
CATION Of facts relating to expenditures
for the National Monetary Commits
sion. The Williams bill applies to all
commissions. inquiries into the reasons
for their creation, the instructions
given them and the results or accom-
plishments following their establish
ment. Commissions have been much
in vogue during the las decade, and
the general popular impression is
that they have been made principally
to supply emoIuments OF ohce to
defeated Senators and Representa-
tiyes and other favortes OF the admin
istrat;on. President Roosevelt in the
later years Of his regime, got into the
way Of appointing commissions and
board without asking authorization by
Congress. 1t was because of this
that James A. Tawney, when chair
man Of the House Appropriation
committee, got inserted in the sundry
civil appropriation bill OF l9O9 a
provision that no puclic money should
thereafter be paid for any commission
not authorized by law, Colone
Roosevelt resented Tawney's oHort'
to impress his ideas of economy upor
the administration and actively aidec
his local political enemies to defea
him for reelection to the House.
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04

Omaha, April 26.-James Winslow,
pra5ably the last surviving gunner OF
the famous engagement between the
Kearsarge and the Alabama, is in an
Omaha charity hospital with broken
ankle, sick and without cent Of
money He is being taken care of by
the county.
WinsIow, who is a second cousin Of
the famous Commodore Winslow, Of
the Kasarge, lost an eye during the
great battle and this loss eventually
forced him from the navy, After
leaving the service he became car.
penter, drifted around the country,
passed through the San Francisco
earthquake, where his wife and two
-daughters, his entire family, we've
killed, and finally wound up in Omaha,
seventy years old, without money and
friends and too old to do much work.
Last eek he slipped on a banana
peel and factured an ankle.
Word by word the surgeons who
attended him secured his story Of the
great battle between the two ships -
the story Of the man at the gun, not
the man on the bridge.
1T was a great day for US, said
Wihslow, when about noon one day
we saw the Alabama steaming out oI
Cherbourg, France, to which port we
had trailed Ter. We had sent in
three challenges, but Captain Semmes
would not come out. None questioned
his bravery and all knew he was
acting under orders. You see the
Kearsarse had been built especial,
for an encounter with the Alabami
and Semmes had probably had order,
to keep away from US.
At Last the Fight is On.
So the Kearsarge steamed bach
and forth across the entrance to the
port, awaiting the hour when the neu
traIity laws would force the Alabamt
out to meet US. Finally, after about
three weeks watt one day about moor
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04
Additional Report.

We, the Grand Jury, being further
interested in the EulGllment of the law
and the protection Of the law-abiding
citizens Of our county, respectfully show
to the court that there are certain par
ties in our city who are violating the
law with reference to the handling of
coal without first having procured a
privilege license therefor as required
by law.
So we ask that these matters be
called to the attention Of the Sheriff,
who, we think, should investigate the
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04
Get Il Out Of You.

II YOU are angry against man,
write him a letter and abuse him ana
his ancestors, say every mean thing
Won can think of--and then burn the
yetter-Rev. DR.. Frank Crane in Chi
cago Post.
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04
Value Of Products.

speculation or Tor use during a Su0Se-
quent period
Value Of Products.
The value Of products used was
S80,555,000 in 1909 and S5745l,-
900 in 1904, an increase of S23.104,-
900, or 40 per cent. The averag
per establishment was approximately
$4,000 in 1909 and $4,000 in
1904.
Tne value Of products represents
the product as actually turned out by
the factories during the census year
and does not necessarily have any re-
lation to the amount of sales for that
year. The values under this head
also include the amount received for
work done on materials furnished by
others
Value Added bv Manufacture
The value added by manufacture
represents the difference between the
cost OF materials used and the value
Of products after the manufacturing
process have been expended upon
them. The value added by manufac-
ture was S43,629,000 in 1909 and
S31, ,650,000 in 1904, an increase Of
S11,970,000 or 80 per cent. The
value added by manufacture formed
54 per cent of the total value Of pro-
ducts in 1909 and SIS per cent in
1904.
Miscellaneous expenses include
rent Of factory or works, taxes, and
amount paid for contract work, and
these items, as we'll as such office and
other expenses as can not be else
where classified, will appear sepa.
rately in the final reports. The
amount was S9,360000 in 1909 anc
$5,856,0G0 in 1904, an increase oI
S3,504,000, or go per cent. The
aversge miscellaneous expense pei
establishment in 1909 and 1904 was
approximately $4,000.
The salaries and wages amounted
to S22,42l000 in 1909 and $l7,417,
900 in 1904 an increase of S5,004,
900, or 20 per cent.
The number Of salaried official
and clerks was 3,403 in 1909 an,
2,688 in 1904, an icrease Of us o
II per cent
The average number of wage,earn
ers was 50,384 in 1909 and 1880
in 1904 an increase Of 1864, or 8
per cent
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04

matter, since the law requires all par
ties or corporations who deal in coal
to pay license so to do. and we cite
him to the following sections Of the
Code of 1906 with reference to same,
to.wit: 1894, 1894, 1900, 1904, 1908.
7. NJ. DEAN, Foreman.
MANUFACTURES IN MISSIN-
SiPPI.
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04
PROCEEDINGS OF CIRCUIT
COURT

tinucd uotl the next term.
State Cases
State vs. R. B. Summer, A. & B.
to K. & NJ. mol pros.
State VS. JAS. Brandon, murder.
jury and verdict Of mansIauehter,
sentenced to 5 wears in the pepiten-
tary, appealed.
State vs Fonie Ford, c. c. W..
moi pros
State VS. Fonie Ford. retailing,
jar, and verdict Of not guilty.
State VS. .Jia Ecbford, A. & B. to
K & M. .ilr, and verdict Of A & b.
fined $5000
STATE vs. Tom Tree, retailing. il y
and verdict Of pui.t,, fined 5000 and
80 davs IN iajI
State vs. Tom Buchanan, Henr,
Harris, Dithe Hays, Gene Do5bs,
and Porter Sykes, gaming, pleas
Of guilty, each fined $500.
State vs. Henry Harris, A. & B. to
K & NJ, plea Of guilty by consent to
assault ined qooOo'
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p'ea u Su'''' '' CONSENT SEM 10 pe"'
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Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04

One Of the last official acts Of Sen.
ator Burkett, Of Nebraska, before his
tern expired on March 4th was to
recommend new postmaster at a
place called Schuyler, in his state.
On the day the old postmaster, whose
name is Donald Mcleod, was sup
planted by his successor, he seat to
Burkett, who had by this time become
an Ex-senator, this message, MISERY
likes company" Senator Burket,
who takes his retirement philosophi-
caIIy replied with this quotation from
Addison, "A misery in not to be
measured from the nature Of the evil
but from the temper of the sufferer.
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04

Luck.
Doubtful ills do plague US worst
Seneca.
Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04

fuel, rent Of power and heat. and mill
supplies. The cost of materials, how
ever, does not include unused mate
rials and supplies bought either for
speculation or for use during subse-
quent period.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-04
Morning Cable Report
Continued from Page One

cotton schedule, providing for duty Of
yesterday by the House in the face OF
ned opposition from regulars and insurgents.
The Republicans failed line for the bill
their attempt
dsapove of the bill They
seeking a combination with the insurgents
Underwood forced the placing Of lemons on the free list
the Senate this session
4-Iieutenant Brilliant, United States Navy
hotel here yesterday The coroner pro
a o known for the deed
John the American mutimiionaire had
rallied immediate danger
NEW YORK, Aug -Vc the Japanese
in night Southampton
In spite welcomed
departments and the Japanese
chairman the Old Boys Association
the OF this city ia
be taken
a the United States Supreme
southern district of New York
enonng American Tobacco Company from
combination.
pending the tobacco trust
consistently proceed
4Fre broke in the wing of the Par
yesterday with
little
AT the annual convention of the Western Fed
reelected president OF the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-04

maintenance of schools, by stating
that the county has this authority
and that it has, as a matter of fact,
already received $4,000 on this ac-
count, but that all these sums must,
of course, be used as a special fund
for the purpose of repairing school
houses only, and must not be used
for other purposes.
Approves Washington Expert.
In regard to the county engineer
question, the governor writes that he
thinks the commission acted very
wisely in deciding to send to Wash
ington for an engineer to take
charge of the belt road work, but on
the other hand, he believes that the
county should retain the county en-,
gineer, as much money in county
road and building construction can
without doubt, be saved through his
assistance.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-04
SMALL CHARGES.

BY some twist of the election an
old negro had been elected to the Of
flee of Justice of the Peace in little
backwoods district in Tennessee. His
first case happened to be one IN when
the defendant asked for a trial by
jury. When the testimony was all in
the lawyers waited for the Judge to
give his instructions to the jury. The
new Justice seemed embarrassed. FL
nally one of the lawyers whispered to
him that it was time to charge the
jury He webstered one hand into
the front of his coat, calhouned his
voice and said;
"Gentm'n oh de jury, sence dis am
a putty small case, Ah'n on'y charge
yo' a dollah N a half apiece. IN A.
r. d. Notes
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-04
WARNS HAWAII
Continued from page one.)

not capable of handling this appro-
priation, as from some of his re-
marks l take it that the Territorial
officials have no confidence in the
present board of supervisors of the
County of Hawaii, and so would like
to ignore them in their effort to serve
the people. However, you are the
Judge in this matter.
I am seeking information to serve
the needs of the county, and if we
are ignored by the Territorial Off
Gals, it will be up to the electorate
to consider the matter at the next
election and legislature.
The present board of supervisors
have economical in order to pay off
the old indebtedness incurred by the
past boards; they have not been
given a chance to serve the people
yet, and now our Territorial officials
pass slurs as to their being incompe-
tents, etc.
7 believe the County of Hawaii is
the only county where such slurs
have been made, as shown by the
outcome of the meetings of the loan
fund commissioners.
The County of Maui has proceed
ed with it's work under its belt road
appropriation; the County of Kauai
and City and County of Oahu are
probably doing the same, and the
County of Hawaii may not be able
to proceed till competent engineer
is imported from Washington; when?
You know best how long it will take
for a man to be imported; however
that is up to the board of commits
sioners. Since county organization
the County of Hawaii got along with
out the services of a county engineer
knowing that the funds were limited
with which to conduct the road work
LEGISLATURE after legislature has
added responsibilities to the several
counties which have increased the
expenditures, but they have not re
ceived the funds in the same ratio
and have left the county with hardly
sufficient funds to continue roaC
work correctly; therefore, we asked
the last legislature to allow a LOAF
to build our belt roads with; thu
county will have to pay the interes
and sinking fund and with that u
view the present board of supervis
ors employed a county engineer t.
conduct this work in conjunction witt
the commissioners, and the commits
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-04
PARASITES oE LITERATURE.

Many persons will sympathize with
Clement K. Shorter in his dislike of
the organizations which claim to be
associated with literature and science
ard manage to bring in certain cele-
brated names to bolster up their pre-
tensions That sort of cadging is a
universal human weakness. Even per-
fectly legitimate organizations are Of
ten taTred with this brush. Was there
ever one to which every petty scrib
bier did not rush in the hope of hav-
ing his name mentioned in the same
breath with a real author? Vanity of
this kind is not altogether harmless,
since it sometimes deludes a pathe
ically uncTitical public. Mr.. Shorter's
ire on this occasion is aroused against
the Royal Society of Literature, which
seems to be, in The words of James
Douglas, "a burlesque of the French
academy" Such institutions are not
unknown on this side of the Atlantic.
There is, for example, an American
Academy designed by Professor b.
Matthews and some of his friends for
their own glorifcation. A few per
sons, more or less eminent in their own
conceit, meet and resolve, and choose
associates, and so constitute "A nice lit
tie self-perpetuatng body for the de-
1 light and wonder of the age. 1t is OBJ
vious that they have no more authority
in combination than they have sepa-
rately; and that is not much.
Even the Immortals of France, were
they a creation of yesterday, would be
slightly ridiculous. Indeed, certain dis
tlnguished French authors-Daudet
and lola, par eXemple-had good rea'
son to deride their pretensions. A body
that would not admit the author of "LC
Debacle' to the circle must be regard
ed as somewhat unTepresentative, tC
Iput it mildly. Yet the French academy
has a historical standing that none o
it's imitators can ever hope to attain. i
represents an idea not without value
and it is capable of distinct service t.
literature. The Royal Society seems
to be largely a case Of lucus noT
lucendo. While it may not be strict,
|, true that anyone who can command
, ink and paper may be an author, the
, fact remains that literature is of to-
wide a scope to be restricted within
academic lines Mr.. Shorter says tina
the English institution might just a
we'll adjudicate upon pickles as upo
books, and probably has more qualiil
, cations for dealing with the forme
article" This is perhaps a harsh judg
ment to apply to the American acad
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-04
INNOVATIONS At
KAAI CONCERT

The Kaai concert is named for to-
morrow night at the opera house and
the seats are in great demand because
it is to be a homecoming affair for
the best club in the Territory. Mr..
Kaai will present the program that
was so enthusiastically received by the
on the recent visit of the
in the colonies.
New songs have been added to pro-
grams presented by the Kaai Trouba-
dours i'm Honolulu and will be in Maori
and Fiji. These will be an innovation.
The music is sweetly weird and the
steps in the "Haka," of the Maoris,
are picturesque. If for no other reason
the concert should be well patronized
because these dances and songs have
never been seen and heard here. Mr..
Kaai was wise to have his singers
learn both for they will increase the
interest of the people of Honolulu in
his productions.
The seats for the concert are selling
rapidly at the Territorial Messenger
Service office on Hotel street. BY the
time the doors at the opera house open
tomorrow night there should be none
left for the latecomers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-04
ANTIsEPTIC IMMINENT.

Cuts and bruises may be healed in
about one-third the time required by
the usual treatment by applying Cham
berlains Pain Balm. 1t is an antisep-
tic and causes such injuries to heal
without maturation, This liniment also
relieves soreness of the muscles and
rheumatic pains. For sale by all deal
ers, Benson, Smith & Co., agents for
Hawaii.