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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

1t has been decided by a Chicago
Judge that a woman is not hound.
morally, legally or otherwise, to
shave her husbands neck. This should
have a tendency to clarity the situa.
ton.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
WILL NOT INTERRUPT TRADE
Cabinet Only Wants Neutrality Laws
Observed.

Washington.-Leitimate commerce be-
tween the United States and the border
towns Of Mexico now held by insurrectos
will not be interfered with. The problem
of international law arising from the
Mexican border situation was discussed
by the cabinet and the policy was laid
down that there would be no Interrupt
ton of trade which did not violate neu.
trality.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

President David Starr Jordan Of
the Leland Stanford university has de-
cided that no more baseball shall be
played by the students at that insti-
tuition. His decision came as the re-
suit Of his attendance at a game,
which he says was characterized by
systematic muckerism." That is a
phrase which sounds as If 1t might
stick.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

Boston finds that unless congrega
lions can pay more to preachers, pull.
pits, If filled at all, will be occupied
by "~fourthrate" men. Even Second
rate" sounds rather distressing and
not suggestive of active competition
with the balmy Sunday.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

A New York broker has been sued
for 100000 by the husband of an &C.
tress because her affections were
alienated. This should make 1t posi-.
BILE for the lady to dispense with the
services of her press agent.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

According to a New York court de.
cision the actor who falls into the or.
chestra pit, keeps eight balls in the
air or clouts his partner with a news.
paper of a Sunday evening is not tax.
ing part in a concert.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
SAYS PROHIBITION A FARCE
Judge of Georgia Supreme Court Pre-
sents Some Facts.

Augusta, Ga.-Discharging his petit
jury, following five acquittals of saloon.
lists charged with retailing liquor, Judge
Henry G. Hammond of the supreme
court, commenting from the bench, pre-.
sented facts to show that, despite the
prohibition law in Georgia, the people
want liquor, the state licenses the dealer,
juries refuse to convict, and hence the
prohibition law of the state is a farce
and a failure.
Concluding, the court declared that he
expressed no personal opinion, but that
he was freely presenting a few simple
facts,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

Four goats into which experiment.
ers had injected 1000, 600, 900 germs of
various kinds have escaped and are
astray in New York. This ought to
bring about a lively movement in dis.
infectants.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
Indicted as Lvnchpra.

Greensboro, Ky.-Eighteen prominent
citizens of Mclean county were indicted
here, accused of having had parts in the
lynching of the negro William Potter at
LivermOre three weeks ago. There in.
dictments charge murder. Potter killed
a white man.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
DIAz GOVERNMENT
Chances for Revolutionists' Success Seem
Certain.

Mexico City.-That it will require al
most q miracle to save the Diaz govern.
ment from complete collapse is admitted
by the most conservative men here re-
CARELESS of their political affiliations.
Justly or unjustly, the chances for the
success of the revolution seems certain.
1t is not true that all the people are
with the Maderists. There is a consid.
cradle portion who will and are giving
their fortunes and their lives to sup
port the present administration.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

A Cornell professor wants boys en-.
couraged to study Greek to take their
minds off moneymaking. But such
theory is Greek to the modern bust.
ness parents mind.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
LUTHERANS HONOR WALTHER
Missouri Synod Conducts Devotional
Service.

st. Louis.-What was declared to have
been the largest Lutheran devotional
service since the days of Martin Luther,
was held in the Coliseum, where 10000
persons gathered to celebrate the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth Of
Rev. DR.. C. F. W. Walther, who is cred
tied with reviving the Lutheran Church
in the United States.
The celebration was in connection
with the session here of the Missouri
synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church, comprising 5000 congregations in
the United States with a membership of
100000.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

A great scandal has been hushed
in England because a woman has de-
cided not to go into court and talk.
But can a scandal be permanently
hushed in that way?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

Tourists who are anxious to see the
coronation procession will be able to
do so for five dollars, says an ex.
change. We are still determined, how.
ever, to wait for the moving pictures.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
Puts Lid on Press.

Springfield, Ill.-The house bill prohib.
iting the publication of a detailed de-
scription of executions, murders or at
tempted murders, was passed by the Hi
nois house by a vote of 80 to Is.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18

Laughter will keep the doctor off
your doorstep.-Witchell.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-18
OlETZ GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE

Decrease.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-09-28
The Wicked Potato Buu.

The potato bug is probably the great
est obstacle to the raising Of potatoes,
but Notwithstanding the deadly work
Of this pest 1t Is easily controlled II
resort is made to arsenical poisons. a
good method is to hand pick these
bugs. but 1t Is a tedious task. The
most popular course Is 10 use paris
green either as dust or as part of
liquid solution. IL the bugs are taken
as soon as they appear It will seldom
be necessary to treat the entire field
The bugs. being killed on the part OF
the field whore they appear, will have
no opportunity to extend their labors
to other parts. A recommended treat
ment is one pound OF pure paris green
to $50 gallons OF water When dust Is
used one pound of the paris green may
be mixed with fifty pounds Of air
slaked lime and the resulting powder
applied by being sifted over the plants
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-09-28
Money In Peppers and Beans.

There is money in peppers, especially
the large sweet, green pepper, as 1t can
be used in so many ways from salad
to pickle. There is always a sale for
them, whether one lives on a farm or
In village. Just let 1t be known
that you have peppers for sale and see
how fast the orders come In. You
will not even have to deliver them.
These peppers sell. according to their
size, from 5 cents to 10 cents apiece.
and from one good plant one can aver
age 81 and sometimes more. The
smaller kind used I'm mixed pickles
ind ready sale too. Lima beans
are another thing that one can sell
and make money on. 3h48}
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-09-28
Notes of the Hoo Lot.

Tamworths are good rustlers, very
prolific. and the meat is Of the highest
quality.
Hogs are the cleanest animals on the
farm to bed and the easiest II given
half q chance.
II the hogs are dying and the cause
cannot be found. have an expert hold
q postmortem
The best pigs are found among the
best breeds, and 1t Is useless to look
for them elsewhere.
Mature hogs that are thin may be
made to gain half pound a day On
alfalfa without grain.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-09-28

physicians, stating that they were
among the best in the world. The
thoroughness of the medical courses
in the Scandinavian universities was
also touched upon in flattering way
by the learned French doctor. The
French physicians also visited Copen-
hagen and Christiania, where they
were given an equally hearty recep-
ton.
Abraham Lejonhufvud, formerly
minister Of the navy and recently chief
of the Stockholm Notifications, died
the other day, having attained an age
of Lightweight years. The career of
this man is long and distinguished
one, and both his military and politi-
cal record Is one which places him in
the foremost ranks of Sweden's great
men of later years. He served for
many years in both branches of the
riksdag and proved himself a very
able statesman. He was equally sue
cessful in the army. He was born in
Orebro and was a son of Baron Carl
Lejonhufvud and Baroness Sofia Lee
jonhufvud.
The national board of health re-
ceived reports from ninety-nine new
cases of infantile paralysis during the
second half Of July. 1t is feared that
the number was really much larger,
for the physicians are not required to
report such cases. OF the ninety-nine
cases, seventy-seven were in the coun-
try, and twenty-five in cities. The
pest originated in Norrland, and there
It is also most frequent 1t must be
contagious, but the manner In which
1t Is carried from one person to anoth-
er is still a mystery.
Former United States consul at
Stockholm, Edward ID. Winslew, whose
home in the States is In Chicago, has
been assigned to the consulship at
Copenhagen. This is one of the best
paying consulships in Europe, having
set salary of $4,000, besides some
other valuable features. Mr.. Wins
lows wife is Swedish and is he is him
self of Swedish extraction, his people
hailing from Southern Sweden.
The mission society of the Church
Of Sweden (Fosterlands society has
46 European missionaries, SO native
workers, 1869 coxpunicants, 81
schools, 1890 pupils and four orphan
ages on its African field, principally
In Abyssinia. In India there are 81
Swedish missionaries, 127 native
workers, LAT communicates, 80
schools and 1,09S pupils.
There are a large number OF Rus
sian Jews emigrating from Russia to
Sweden these days. In Stockholm
alone there are at present more than
$500 Russian Jews and there are a
great many Of them in Sundsvall,
Gefe and Norrkoping. Their numbers
are steadily increasing.
Pears and plums to the value of
100000 crowns were shipped into
Stockholm on Sept. 1. Most of this
fruit comes from Germany and France.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-09-28
f. 1. + + /. I. 1. + /. 1. + !. 1. 4. j. j. I.
I. DENMARK. !.

+ + + + + /. + + 4. !. + /. 4. i. 1. 1. i.
This years last whaler, the Miner
va, returned Sept. Is from the east
coast of Greenland. 1t reported hav-
ing made every effort to reach Shan
non island, in order to find Captain
Nicholson and his companion, Iverson,
but 1t was stopped by the ice six
miles from the island. No trace of
the explorers could be found anywhere
and 1t Is concluded that IL they are
alive they evidently have carried out
their plan of passing around the north
end of Greenland to Cape York. II
such Is the case Knud Rasmussen's
motor schooner will bring the news
the latter part OF October.
The national government has decid-
ed to use only vegetable butter at the
insane hospitals in Denmark, which
means saving Of at least $4,000 a
year. The minister of justice is han
ding this business in a manner which
is bound to inspire confidence 81
around. For month or so only vege-
eobiC buStOi huo pCCn On hlS ldulS anu
for three months he is going to eat
no other kind of butter.
The annual military field maneu-
vers, which are held in Bornholm
every autumn. will not be held this
year owing to the prevalence Of so
much infantile paralysis. This dis
ease has been spreading with such
alarming rapidity that the military
authorities decided to abandon the
maneuvers this year.
Professor Mittag-Leffler was hon.
ored recently by King Frederick, who
awarded him gold medal for scien-
tific research. There are only three
Scandinavians thus far who have been
accorded the same distinction-Nan-
sen, Amundsen and Sven Hedin.
All around Denmark in a barrel
carrying the advertisement of an oat-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-09-28
OF INTEREST TO
SCAND|NAVIANS
Recent Happenings in This
Country and Abroad.
GREAT EVENT TO SWEDEN

oIympian Games the Topic Of the Day
In That country-Many Difficulties
Overcome In Constructing New Ber-
gen Raliway-Last WhaIer Returns
TO Denmark Without Being Able to
Reach Explorer Nicholson.
+ + 1. + + 1. 4. 1. + :. + + + 4. !. + +
= SWEDEN. +
= + {. + + + 4. I. 1. + + I. + + !. + +
The Olympian games are the topic
OF the day at present in Sweden and
great preparations are under way, for
It will be one Of the greatest events
on record In Sweden for many years.
Several new features will be intro
duced. The start and the finish Of the
Marathon race will be from the Stad-
FUN, and this is something which is
certain to please all competitors.
Then the course will be arranged In a
triangle, SO that there can be no
chance for the runners to get an into
a heap at the finish. Another most ia
teresting feature of the games will be
the great male chorus. consisting OF
not less than 1000 voices, which is to
assist in the programs with singing.
The singing will perhaps prove as
great, II not a greater, drawing card
than the games themselves. The
Swedish singing societies from all
parts of the country will gather at the
nations capital at this time and 1t will,
Judging from all indications, be the
greatest gathering Of singers that has
ever been held in Sweden.
About thirty prominent French ply
sicians paid Stockholm visit during
the first week of this month and dur
ing their stay in this city they We're
the guests of the Stockholm Medical
association, and to say that they were
accorded hearty reception is putting
1t mildly The leader Of the visiting
party was DR.. M. Etienne-Bazot, who
Is chairman of the International Medi-
cal association and regarded as one OF
the most learned men In the world.
He expressed himself as being very
we'll pleased with his visit to Stock
holm and spoke very highly OF the
Swedish as well as the Norwegian
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-09-28

with some kind or box In which are
small holes. a good sized pepper box
is found serviceable. In such case 1t
Is better to apply the dust while the
dew Is on the vines
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-09-28

meal concern is the record made by
Copenhagen gentleman named
Poppe. He started out March rs and
has existed on nothing but oatmeal
during the entire trip.
MARION S. NORELIUS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-02
ODD FELLOWS MEET
And Put Whitewater Lodge
in Full Control.

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Odd Fellows Hall build
ing association last night, complete
reorganization was effected in the of
ficers and board OF trustees. AS the
Whitewater lodge is the largest
stockholders, five of the directorships
and all the officers are from that lodge
They will have the active management
of the building from this time on, al
though there will be no change in the
policy. Lawrence Handley gave the
annual report showing a profit of II
per cent.
Forty two years ago the members OF
the various Odd Fellows lodges sub,
scribed $4,000 worth of stock During
this time the amount paid to the bene.
fit Of the stockholders for dividends
and improvements has amounted to
$101, 900 which is about 6 per cent
profit on the investment.
The officers for the year are Demas
S. Coe, president; Lawrence Handley
secretary, and E. D. Neff, treasurer.
The board of trustees is composed OF
the following: D. S. Coe, o. H. Me-
dearis, ]. C. Darnell, E. D. Neff, Geo
w. Alvey from the Whitewater lodge;
w. A. Bond, Woodward lodge; w. A
Johnson, Richmond lodge; Louis
Crome, Herman lodge, and L. D. Hand
ley of the Oriental lodge.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-02
Stone in Bladder Removed
Without Surgical Operation

In the Spring Of 1904. I was confined
to my bed with kidney trouble and
thought that would never recover.
took lot Of medicine but did not rea-
lice any benefit from anything. l final
ly saw DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root ad-
vertisement and sent for a sample bot
tie and thought the sample bottle
helped me. 90 bought more of the
medicine from my Druggist. and after
using few bottles discharged very
large stone from my bladder.
After passing this stone my health
was very much improved and have
been able to continue my business
without any serious sickness.
]. L. KNOWLES,
Headland, Ala.
Personally appeared before me this
Sth day Of September. 1900. j. Lotus
Knowles who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the
same 10 true in substance and in fact
J. w. WHIDDON,
Notary Public.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-02
THE DEATH DICE.
A Murder Case In Which They Re-
turned q Just Verdict.

A Murder Case In Which They Re.
turned q Just Verdict.
The German emperor some time age
presented to the Hohenzollern museum
the death dice" with which one OF
his ancestors decided a difficult case
in the seventeenth century. The his
tory Of these dice is generally given as
follows:
A young girl had been murdered
Suspicion fell upon two young soldiers
Ralph and Alfred. who were suitors
for her hand. They both denied their
guilt, and even torture failed to ex.
tract a confession from either.
Then Elector Frederick William de
cided to cut the knot by means OF the
dice box. The two soldiers should
throw for their lives and the loser
should be executed as the murderer.
The event was celebrated with great
solemnity. Ralph had the first chance
and threw SKIES, the highest possible
number. The dice box was then given
to Alfred. He fell on his knees and
prayed. Then he rose to his feet and
threw the dice with such force that
one Of them was broken. The whole
one showed six, the broken one also
gave six on the larger portion. and
the fragment split of showed one
This was total of thirteen. one be.
yond Ralph's throw. The audience
held It's breath in amazement.
God has spokenr cried the prince.
Ralph. appalled, by what he regarded
as a sign from heaven. confessed his
guilt and was sentenced to DEATH
Chicago Record Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-02
HELLO" GIRL is AN
ANONYMOUS HEROINE
r (National News Association)

VI National News Association
CHICAGO, Aug. Am anonymous
heroine-a telephone operator did her
best to save man from being muir.
dered shortly before midnight.
Through the instrument she heard
two shots which felled John Dalzell
and sent the police to Matthew Strons
saloon, where he was employed.
Dalzell had $500 in the cash register
when two men entered. They demand.
ded the money and ordered him to
throw up his hands. He leaped for
the telephone and asked for Main Is
Police headquarters.
An instant later both men fired at
him and the girl heard the shots. A
patrol wagon was sent to the place
and found Dalzell probably fatally in
jured. The robbers escaped.
When Strons called the West ex.
change and asked for the name of the
operator, the chief in official tones
replied: Its against the rules to give
out names. 1t was all in a nights
work"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-02
TO SWAMP THE LORDS.
A Threat That Always Brings Eng
lands Upper House to Terms.

'ano > OPPor mouse 10 orrn8.
To override the veto of the house o.
lords by a wholesale creation of peers
IS plan that has been often threat
ened. but hardly ever put into prac
tice. 1t certainly places the king In q
very unenviable predicament-so much
50 that in 1719. after a crisis Of the
kind. GeoEge l. caused to be intro
the power of the sovereign to create
peers, a sort Of royal self denying or
dinance.
The measure was twice passed in the
lords. but twice rejected by the com
mons, which was lucky. for had i,
been carried 1t would have made the
house of lords an almost Interchangeable
body. entirely beyond the control OF
king or minister or commons.
The nearest approach that was ever
made to ''swamping the lords" was in
1882. when the fate of the great re-
form bill trepbled In the balance Over
and over again the measure had beer
passed by the commons. only to be re
jected by the lords. The country was
furious. Payment Of taxes was re
fused. Riots broke out everywhere.
The prime minister. Lord Grey. went
to the king and begged him to create
new peers to carry the bill. His maj
esty refused. and the ministry re
signed The king. however. presently
changed his mind and. fearing revo
luton. agreed to the creation of hun
dred new peers. cor more IL necessary
Then. very reluctantly. the upper house
gave way. and the bill became law
London Family Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-02
|STOCkHOLD ERS OF
| OIL CO. WORRIED
Fear They Will Lose Mil
lions in Distribution of
Standards Stock
National News Association,

NEW YORK, Aug. 2-Fearing that
they will lose millions in the distribu-
ton of Standard Oil stock, as was or
dered by the United States supreme
court in dissolving the trust, share
holders will get together for their own
protection, it was learned today. APP
prehension is also felt by brokerage
houses which are carrying shares of
the Standard Oil company of New Jer-
sey or subsidiaries for customers.
The secrecy which has always char
|acterized the Standard is being main
tanned and no explanation as to the
distribution of shares will be made
by officials of the corporation or it's
counsel.
While nearly all, If not all, of the
5000 shareholders are at sea, espe.
cially in the matter of fractional divis.
ions based on relative values, the
Standard only reiterates it's first briet
announcement OF its attentions to dis,
tribute it's stock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-02
The Uses Of Rubber,

It Is probable that no other com
modify ever came into such varied US,
within SO short period as india rub
Der. First employed practically fos
footwear and other waterproof apparel
rubber has come to be employed III
electrical Insulation. hose pipes for the
conveyance OF water. steam. air and 50
on: pneumatic and other tires for ali
sorts OF wheeled vehicles. balloons and
the planes Of aerial machines. innu
neral articles for the comfort of In
valids. household conveniences and
what not. Thus far rubber has never
come into use to an important extent
for any given purpose to which 1t is
not still devoted. In other words. its
advantages are so marked In many
uses that when once introduced no
substitute can be found for it.-Cas.
sier's Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-02
FIANCEE ATTENDS
HER WOUNDED LOVER
National News Association

CHICAGO. Aug. miss Helen
Jones Of De Pere. Wis. is at the bed
side Of Gerald Doyle. her fiance to-
day and declares that she will marry
him Immediately and disprove the
assertion Of the police that Doyle at
tempted to end his life on the eve Of
his marriage to her. Doyle who for
merly lived In Detroit, and Miss
Jones were to have been married to-
morrow. The young man, who Is a
lawyer and q graduate of Detroit
law school. asserts he was ambushed
and shot.
He denied charges that he had forg-
ed a check with the name Of d. =.
Boone, his partner.