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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
WAS NOT THE WHOLE THING
Sweet Girl In Error When She Imag-
Ihed Herself Sole Empress Of
"His" Heart.

She imagined his room with her
photograph smiling down at him from
yer the mantel, while another Of her
photos looked demurely at him from
a leather case on the dressing table.
She could see him often standing in
front Of her mirrored likeness and ma
king vows Of constancy and fidelity.
She knew he would rather part with
anything he had than those ~likenesses.
But they had q%uarreled and she felt
she must ask him to return her photo
graphs, and she wrote him accord
ingly.
When she received his reply she
nearly tainted. Here is what the
wretch wrote:
Dear Mabel: / would like awiully
much to return your photos, but, hon
estly, you girls all dress and pose SO
much alike for the Gamers that
can't tell any two of you apart. If
you like, l will send you over 300 or
400 photos that l have of mlscellane-
Gus girls and you can pick yours out.
Hoping this will be satisfactory, l am,
sincerely, ETC., c."-Royal Magazine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
QENERALEARN
5 s. 0TES&
Texas is now said to have the most

Texas is now said to have the most
turkeys of any state in the Union.
Turning cattle on the grass when 1t
is wet with dew will generally cause
bloat.
The weeks following weaving are a
critical time in the development Of
the eve lambs.
An old muslin blanket on the COW
at milking time will saw many a dis
agreeable swipe.
If the poultry house is an old one
why not burn 1t down now and build a
new one? Better now than in Novem-
Der.
Skim milk is worth about so cents
per hundred pounds when fed to the
pigs and more than that when to the
chickens.
A heavy foretop may be all right
on a wild horse that runs the range,
but it is no use to the horse that
works every day.
Generally a little planning will en-
able one to nov the poultry house
to a new spot Of ground and pillow up
the old. Excellent plan.
Prices of grain feeds are high and
the %poultryman must watch his feed
ing closely. Feeding has become a
science, and costs are now figured to
fractions of a cent.
L~espedeza is an annual and is es.
teemed as a constituent of pastures,
being especially valuable for this pur-
pose on poor or thin soils where other
plants do not thrive.
Where lands have been cropped
to DEATH" as some plain people aptly
term it, live stock farming is the sur.
est, cheapest and quickest method Of
| restoring its fertil'
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

breeding, but l have been reluctantly
forced to the conclusion that that is
a mistake, not only from my own ex-
perience, but because | find that in
variably when an attempt Is made to
increase the laying performance of a
flock of hens by breeding sires of
high record layers to daughters of
high record layers in the same strain,
the yearly average increases for the
first few years and then decreases.
OF course, it could not increase in
definitely, but instead of reaching the
maximum and retaining 1t, they begin
to decrease after a few years and be-
come less vigorous and harder to
raise.
OF course 1t would be impractlcable
to attempt to establish separate
standards for faneiers and farmers,
but it seems to me that farmers would
do well to keep In mind that the fan,
cier as a sport produces fowls Just
as different from a purebred farmers
fowl as a racehorse is different from
a farm horse, and buy breeding stock
from breeders who out-breed and pro.
duce utility p%ure-bTeds.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
Would Purehase Index FInaer.

One of the queerest advertisements
which has ever appeared in a news
paper was one which the other day
made known the wish Of Mrs. Regi-
nald Waldorf, a wealthy lady of Phila-
delphia, for a new index forehnger,
Mrs. Waldorf's right ~forefinger was
amputated after becoming infected by
an accidental cut with a rusty knife.
She appealed to DR.. Fred B. West,
who advertised for a finger. He names
no price, but says his patient is will
ing to pay literally.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

marvels in beauty of plumage, and
pointed out those that had won itrsts
in leading poultry shows: He showed
me four hens for which he paid $500
the previous fall. They were Golden
Laced W~yandottes and had won first
and second hen, first and second pull
let, in the last state poultry show Of
Minnesota. He said he would sell
them for "a dollar each.
Right here lies the secret Of the
farmers difficulty with purebred
fowls-the reason why SO many farm
ers who will breed from nothing but
registered stations still sticks to the
scrub cock. This fancier said that
the four hens mentioned above were
valueless to him, because when bred
to a male of his wi strain, they pro-
duced young in whose feathers the
black which should be confined to the
lacing was mixed up with the gold
center, where there should be no
black. AS soon as new blood is in
troduced into a winning strain Of
fancy fowls, the fine points in color
are lost. In the game to win, a fan
cier will sacrifice everything in the
way of utility for points; if he does
not. he will not win in the leading
shows.
The fact that o~ut-breeding always
proves fatal to fancy points makes
line breeding absolutely essential to
a successful fancier. He must breed
together fowls of the same blood or
lose the fine points upon which the
decision in the show room hangs.
A few years ago. l started out tc
produce a fancy utility fowl, quite con.
fident that l could succeed by line
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
Childish Wisdom.

Now and then the seemingly casual
remarks of the little ones plumb i'm
pressive spiritual and psychological
depths. Little Jean, for instance, list
ened to the conversation of two adults
with silent interest, until n Of the
ladies, speaking Of an unsatisfactory
photograph, remarked that few moth
ers were pleased with portraits OF
their children, for the reason that the
children did not look to others as they
did to the loving maternal eye.
Said Jean eagerly:
mo, and children don't look at 9th
er people as they look at their moth
ers, either!"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
FANCY UTILITY FOWL
Poultry Shows of Great Advan-
tage to the FanCiers.
Laying Qualities Of Chickens Lost
Sight Of In Order to Bring
Out Fine Points Of Marking
and color-Done for Sport.
(By W. I. .THOMAs.)

Unfortunately for farmers, the
standing Of a poultry. breeder is not
determined by the fat stock shows
and fairs, but by a series of poultry
shows. These shows devoted to poul-
try should be to the advantage Of poul-
try keepers, and they are a great ad-
vantage to f~anciers.
The disadvantage to farmers lies
In this: The fancy is primarily a
sport on the same order as a horse
race. The interest in fancy fowl is
like the interest taken in a horse
race; In each case the high price
paid is due to the intensity of the
struggle for supremacy among the
owners and not at all to the intrinsic
value of the animals. When a race
horse sells for thousands Of dollars,
1t is because he can beat the other
fellows with long purses. When the
Rose-combed Black Minorca cockerel
which took first place in the Madison
square poultry show a year or two
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
HANDS WOULD CRACK OPEN

about two months ago my hands
started to crack open and bleed, the
skin would scale off, and the good
flesh would burn and itch dreadfully.
When my hands first started to get
sore, there were small blisters like wa
ter blisters which formed. They
ltched d~readfully, 1t Just seemed as
though 1 could tear the skin all of. |
would scratch them and the skin would
peel off, and the flesh would be all
red and crack open and bleed. 1t wor-
rled me very much, as | had never
had anything the matter with my skin.
l was so afraid l would have to give
up my employment.
my doctor said he didn't think it
would amount 10 anything. But 1t kept
getting worseA One day | saw a piece
In one of the papers about a lady who
had the same trouble with her hands.
She had used Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment and was cured. 1 decided to try
them, and my hands were all healed
before l had used one cake of CUT
cura Ointment. I am truly thankful
for the good results from the Cuticura
/ Soap and Ointment, for thanks to them
l was cured, and did not have to lose
a day from work. / have had no re-
turn of the skin trouble" (Signed)
Mrs. Mary E. Breig, 1922 Brown
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. IL, 1911,
Although Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
Of each. with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to CUT
cura," Dept. 6 K, Boston.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
Pat Was More Than MiIHnn.

A very pretty girl who recently re-
turned from Ireland tells of an en-,
counter with an Irish cabby in Dub
lin. She had started out from the
hotel to do some shopping, but de.
cided instead to make a tour Of the
city on a jaunting car. Arriving at
the first car stand, and having Sc.
lccted the smartest looking vehicle,
she told the driver that she wanted
to engage him for the day" Pat,
never backward in paying homage to
beauty, earnestly replied: "Begorra,
ma'am you are welcome. l only wish
1t was for life!"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
Rlsked Punishment for pon

A pleasing story of a prisoners love
for his dog m from North Yaki-
ma, Wash. Michael Short, sentenced
to the street chain gang to work out
his fine, escaped with two other men
recently, but somewhat to the surprise
Of his overseers turned up again for
work the next morning. Mike ex-
planned to the officer that acts as fore,
man that he had left his little dog
tied beneath his bed at home and that
he had stolen away to liberate it, as it
had been three days without food or
water.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

Miss Mary Garden, at a supper tn
New York that preceded her depar-
ture for Europe, praised a new tenor.
He is one of those tenors," said
Miss Garden, who have to shut their
eyes when they sing"
why so?" asked a young million
aire.
Because" she replied, smiling, he
goes so high it makes him dizzy"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

cause then the chickens might get
into the yard, so l devised a self
opening gate for him that would keep
out the chickens, but still let him
in and out as often as he pleased. The
contrivance is here illustrated. 1t is
a light, swinging gate and 1t did not
take Shep long to learn how to
work it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
WIRE FENCING

Pittsburg Electric Welded fencing
for cattle, hogs, poultry, garden and
lawn. ROOFINGS of galvanized iron,
corrugated and crimped; also rubber
rooflngs S1.00 square and upward.
Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., 1896 N.
End st., Memphis. Tenn.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
CONVENIENT GATE FOR DOGS
Continuance Allows Animal to Go In
and Out as He PIeases and Keeps
Chickens In.

l used to have considerable bother
In keeping my dog satisfied. He would
get inside Of the yard fence and when
l would start to the field of course
he would want to get out, says a
writer in the Farm and Home. | did
not like to leave the gate open, be-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
BrainIess Farming.

Whatever there is of the unprofit-
able state Of farmers is due largely
to a lack of the use of brains. Brain
less farming, contempt for what sci
ence can teach, will rapidly reduce
the farmers in any section to pow
erty.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
No Wonder.

why is it all these anti-kissing
crusades fail?"
principally for the paradoxical
reason that nearly all the young folks
set their faces against it."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

"They say that people, through as
ISOLATION, grow to look fike each
other"
Then l must decline to be engaged
to you, Mr.. Wombat, even for a
couple Of weeks"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
ASK ron ALLEN,s rnor.EAsn

the Antlseptic powder to shake into your shoes. Re
leyes Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Nails, Swollen and
Sweating feet, Blisters and Callous spots. Sold
everywhere, Csc. Don accept any substitute. Sam
Pile FREE. Address Allen s. olmsted, LIE Roy, NY.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
ANOTHER SIMILAR CASE.

Cornwallville, N. Y.-"I have been taking
lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
some time for Change of Life nervousness and
a hbrOid growth.
"TwO doctors advised me to go to the
hospital but one day while I was away visiting
I met a woman who told mo to take Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. did SO and
know it helped me wonderfully. 1 am very
thankful that 1 was told to try Lydia e
Pinkham's Vegetable COmpOund."-Mrs. v
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

Just set to work and do a thing,
and don't talk about it. This is the
great secret Of success in all enter
prises.-Sarah Grand.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

Rheumatism, Neuralgia and Sore Throat
will not live under the same roof with
Hamlins Wizard Oil, the worlds best
liniment for the relief of all pain,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

Natick, Mass, -"T cannot express what I
went through during the Change Of Life before
II tried Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
pound. I was in such a nervous condition I
could not keep still. Ny limbs were cold. +
had creepy sensations and could not sleep
nights. 1 was finally told by two physicians
I had a tumOr.
81 read one day of the wonderful cures made
Sby Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
land decided to try it, and it has made me a wen
.woman. MY neighbOrs and friends declare Il
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

When a man proposes to a woman
his words have a double meaning.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

Not Much Of a Water User.
Hewitt-Gruet spends money like
water.
Jewett-I thought you said he spent
1t freely.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

has worked O miracle Tor me. Lydia 10" F1nkhanB vegetables
Compound is worth its weight in gold for women during thtR
period Of life. If it will help others you may publish this
letter."-Mrs. Nathan b. Creator, 81 No. Main St, Natick, Mass.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
Horse Sense

Horse Sense.
"He has plenty Of horse sense"
why so?"
"He never bets on one"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA

ITO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
mi BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing IT is simply Quinlne and Iron in u ~tasteless
form, and tho most enectual form. For grown
people and children, 80 cents.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

Mrs, Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma.
ton, Gllays pain. cures wind collie, 26c a bottle,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
Get Positive Proof.

Write us for a free sample Of
Bonds Pills, a genuine and gentle
Liver Stimulant. One of them will
promptly relieve Headache, Bilious
ness, Constipation, Indigestion and
Torpid Liver. State where you saw
this offer and give us the name Of a
reliable dealer. Bonds Pharmacy Co.,
Little Rock, Ark.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

Always strive to practice what you
preach, but do not stop preaching If
you sometimes falls. Eldon.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07
DON'T Be MISLEAD

by the claims of unknown makers or
the testimonials of unknown people
about the wonderful" merit Of some
untried medicine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

UOrnWaHVl1e, N. Z - UI55H9 ~
The makers Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Gone
pound have thousands Of such letters as those above
they tell the truth, else they could not have been obtained
for love or money. This medicine is no stranger - it has
stood the test for years.
For 80 years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable EEGSMSSA-
COMPOUND has been the standard remedy for UVA%N%EMNM
female Ills. No sick woman does justice to WW EAM
herself who will not try this famous medicine. II Va
Made exclusively from roots and herbs and RN " III
has thousands Of cures to its credit W z IL
Esmw~ Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women CM %mETQ nv
M&y to write her for advice. She has WMEIEW%W
guided Thousands to health free of CHARGE GRS MvSHSk
Address Mrs. Pinkhams Lynn, Mass ~TER 5 TTNKA1N
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-07

ugly, grizzly gray halrs. Use fla CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-06
EDITOR IN IRONS.
Nicarauuan Publisher and Brother Arrested and Placed In
 Jail.

New York. Sept. 5.-Bluefielol, Me. Aug. 31. Via New orleans La. Sept. 5.-Because of alleged political activity Carlos Bravo, editor of El Diario De Bluefields together with nis brother and Santos Abella, former official of the customs house, was thrown into prison yesterday. Today they were placed in irons and sent to the interior aboard the govern ment gunboat San Janito.
 other Spanish residents of Blue fields are said to be invoked in the So~crnment's charges and additional arrests are looked for Another ey- idence of ure interTil disturbance which has been expected to break out almost any moment. is shown in a clash between President Diaz and Governor Leopoldo Rosale6 of Bue- fields. President Diaz it is said. ask cd for Governor Rosales' resignation but the later emphatically declined to vacate the office.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-06
TWO HELD FOR MURDER
Morrlton, Ark, Couple Held on a
 Serious Charge.

Morfilton, AN1, Sspt. 5.-John QualIs, farmer living near the city, and Moslie Windberry. a woman with whom he is said to have been in fatuated for a long time, are in jail tonight on charge of having caused the death of Mrs. Qualls last April by the administration strychnine which Mrs. Qualls was being nursed by the Windberry woman. The wo- man had preliminary trial today and was committed without bail. The mans trial is set for SEurday.
 The principal witness in the case is a 16 year cd daughter of Qualls who claims that she heard the agreement between hdr father and the woman to administer the poison and that she saw the woman when she procured 1t from drawer where she knew it to have been kept.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-06
WANT SCRAP IRON.
Many Bidders for Governments Big
 Junk Pile.

Washington. D. C.. Sept. 5.-- Eleven bidders today competed for the scrap metal. relics of the ma chinery used by the Frencn Panama Canal Company in it's attempt to dig a canal across the isthmus and which the United States government wishes 10 clear away before the wat eryway is completed. The highest bids came from the Chicago House wrecking Company of Chicago, rang ing from s215.00o to s7Oo.0O0 and the Phoenix Iron and Steel Company of Galveston, s66250 to s246,250.
 The scrap scattered along the can al line, consists of locomotives. dump cars, tanks, barges and miscellaneous junk. weighing from i5.610 to is5.' OOD tons. The successful bidder must remove it within three years.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-06
TWO STRIKES
 IN DEADLOCK
NEITHER ILLINOIS CENTRAL NOR SANTA FEE ROADS ANY NEAR
 FER A SOLUTION.
Instead of Calling a Strike, IlInois Central Employees Committee Dispatches Letter to the
 Officials.

Chicago, Sept. 5.--Instead of or 1lering the Federated Shop Employes Iof the Illinois Central Railroad to |strike, representatives of the nina in .ernational organizations involved to- might. after an all day conference de- |cided to send reply to the letter in which c. H. Markham, president of the road, flatly refused to recog nize the officers of the system fed |eration.
 The reply was signed by w. K. Kramer, secretary of the Internation- |al Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers, to whom President Markham |iadd iessed his nefiAte communpca- tion yesterday. In the letter the internatlonal officers, through MT. Kramer, who acted as chairman Of tha International Committee, tok is- |sue with President Markham in ais claim that the unions failed to com- jply with the 30 day notice clause of congress desired in working condl- tions. ! The communication mailed by spe- eiaI delivery about ten o'clock tonight also contained another possiba strike threat, concluding as follows:
 Until equality is realized justice
 cannot manifest itself and should
 your attitude be persisted such trou-
 bles as may result will not be the unions desires, but theI seeking of
 yourself and those whose interests Iyou represent. There are too many people teaching sdetds of conduct
 who do not even understand the first principles"
 After the letter had been dispatch
 ed the international officers remain ed in conference until late hour,
 though Chairman Kramer announced
 he felt assured no decisive action
 would be taken until some future day. :
The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-06
OHIO CITY PRIMARIES
 |
VETS AND DRYS BREAK ABOUT
 { EVEN IN THE VOTING OVER ; ENTIRE STATE.
Ex-Mayor of Newark Who Sought vindiestion for Lynchina of
 White Man Was De- flfet feated.

Columbus, o. Sept. 5.-Westher conditions in Ohio today were m,s- efable for the municipal primaries. The vote was perhaps the lightest ever cast.
 The liquor question was the princl- pal issue in the larger cities. The "drys" won out in some of the cit- ies. which had beeh under sontrol of a wet" mayor and the "wets' were victorious in several of she dry" cities. In Columbus Mayor George Marshall conservative, won over two oether republican candidates who were liberals. The democrats nomi mated George J. Karb, liberal. Tn Cleveland, Newton Baker, protege ot the lata Tom l.. Johnson, va snomi- mated by the democrats and Frank G. Hogan was named to head the re- publican ticket In Cincinnati Hen try T. Hunt, democrat and Louis |Schwab, the present mayor. repub- |lican, were named. The liquor ques !tion was not involved in those two cit 'ies.
 Tn Toledo early returns indicated that Alvin C.. Jones, the 'dry' can- didate mad won; complete returns re- versed that forecast and state Sen ator Carl H. Keller, the "wet' can dldate won the republican nomina- ltion for mayor.
 The liquor fight was more severe in some of the lesser cities. Spring field, dry town. will have dem ocfat ~wet' candidate opposing g "dry" republican. In Newark, tht scene of the llygching of white man a year ago, Herbert Atherton mayor at the time of the crime, anc who was impeachad by the governor attempted to get yindication at the polls and was defeated by big majority by r. M. Schwartz, in the democratic primary.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-06
MEXICAN ROBBERS ACTIVE.

Torreon. Mex, Sept. 5.-Organiz- ed bands of robbers haveI free hand in this section of the republic, de- spite all efforts of the authorities to rout them and a reign of terror exists among haciendados. Proprie- tors of Guayule and cotton planta' tions-they report raids and the loss of their crops. The robbers operate in bands of twenty to thirty and hide in the mountains by day, where they
 find little troutle in eluding pur- suers.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-06
REVOLUTION THREATENED.

Vera Cruz Sept. 6.-colonel Aos- ta, an ex officer of the Madero rev. olusion, who with several hundred men announced an intention of start ing new revolution and captured several towns in mortimer Vera Cruz, is prisoer In Tuxpam according to inaormation reaching here tonight He was taken with several of his men by federals under Colonel Sanchez Mo ina near Ozuluama.