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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
QUEER DISEASE IS
IN UNITED STATES
Many Here Afflicted With Odd
AiIment, Says Prof.
Munyon.
GREWSOME CREATURES
VERY COMMON,
FINDS EXPERT.

Many people in the United States are
afflicted with n queer disease, according
to a statement yesterday by Professor
James M. Munyon. He made the follow
ing remarkable and rather grewsome
statement:
MANY persons who come and write to
my headquarters at SD and Jefferson
Sts., Philadelphia, Pa, think they are
suffering from a simple st9mach trouble;
an entirely different disease-that OF
tape worm. These tape worms are huge
internal parasites, which locate In the
upper bowel and consume a large per-
centage Of the nutriment in undigested
food. They sometimes grow to a length
Of forty to sixty feet. One may have a
tape worm for years and never know
the cause Of his or her Ill health.
persons who are suffering from one
and irritable, n tire at the least ex-
ertion. The tape worms rob one OF am
bition and vitality and strength, but they
are rarely fatal.
THE victim of this disease Is apt to
believe that he Is suffering from chronic
stomach trouble, and doctors for years
without relief. This Is not the fault Of
the physicians he consults, for there Is
no absolute diagnosis that will tell posi-
! lively that one Is not a victim OF tape
worm.
1.-THE most common symptom of this
trouble is an abnormal appetite. At
times the person is ravenously hungry
and cannot get enough to eat. At other
times the very sight of food Is loathsome.
There is a gnawing. faint sensation at
the pit Of the stomach, and the victim
has headaches, fits of dizziness and nau-
sea. He cannot sleep at night and often
thinks he is suffering from nervous pros
tratlon.
1T have a treatment which has had
wonderful success In eliminating these
great creatures from the system. In the
course of its regular action In aiding
digestion, and Kidding the blood, kidneys
and liver of impurities It has proven fatal
to these great worms. If one has a tape
worm, this treatment will, In nine cases
out Of ten, stupefy and pass 1t away, but
II not, the treatment will rebuild the
rundown person. who is probably suffer,
ing from stomach trouble and a genera
anaemic condition. My doctors repor'
marvellous success here with this treat.
ment. Fully q dozen persons have .passe:
these worms, but they are naturally reti
cent about discussing them, and Of course
we cannot violate their confidence by CIV
ing their names to the public"
Letters addressed to Professor Jane
M. Munyon, SD and Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia, Pa, will receive as careful
attention as though the patient called Il
person. Medical advice and consultation
absolutely free. Not a penny to pay.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
HE HAD THEM IN A CORNER
Clergyman's Rebuke to Thouahtless
Youths at Once Neat and
Disconcertlng.

A well-known clergyman vas one
day, in a BARRIERS shop, when four or
five young men walked in whom he
knew by their voices, but who did not
recognize the man in the chair, with
lather all over his face. They pro-
ceeded to spend the time by telling
stories and using expressions which,
to say the least, were rather strong.
When the barber pulled away the
towel the clergyman, clearly shaved,
stood before them. So nonplussed
were they that no one tried to take
the vacant chair, and the barber called
several times-"Next gentleman! Next
gentleman"
The clergyman smiled somewhat
grimly as he said:
ut isn't a bit Of use, John. There's
not a man here who has the effront
cry to answer to that name"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
Family Enough.

Horace, five year old, has a BROTH
er, nine, and a sister three, and with
his father and mother, he deemed this
family large enough. When, there
fore, he was told by his aunt that a
little baby was to be added to the
family, he protested
81 think papa and mamma might bet
ter spend their money for more straw
berries and powdered sugar for me"
he observed, Indignantly.
On a certain day a doctor came to
the house and Horace thought ne
knew what that meant His spirit OF
revolt nearly got the better Of him.
however, when a second doctor came
A few hours later, after the doctors
had departed, his Aunt Ella told him
he had a new little brother. Horace
frightened, and tiptoed to his moth
er's room. ITS all right, mamma
he assured her. There's only one"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

tional, the largest fat stock show in
the world, held at Chicago in De-
cember of 1903. In regard to same
we quote the Breeders Gazette issue
of December 8:
"A white-faced champion rose tri'
umphant from the sea Of blacks. II
was a Hereford year. The grand
champion of the show was a grade
Hereford; the calf champion was a
Hereford; the Hereford herd was
champion, and+the Hereford grades.
were champion carlot."
In 1904 we have a continuous repeti-
ton of previous, Hereford victories
notably at the st. Louis. worlds fair,
where the greatest aggregation OF
show cattle ever seen were on dis
play. At this great show, in each Of
the six different classes for fat
stock, the 'lordly Hcrefords" won
every first premium and champion
ship, both in the section for grades
and pure breeds, over all the other
breeds. The premier honors won by
the Herefords, over all competing
breeds, for these three successive
years, afford a most impressive OBJ
ject lesson as to their superior merit
and worth.
These champion steers in the grade
classes were nearly all range bred
being by registered Hereford sires
and out of grade western cows
improved by the infusion Of Here
ford blood. What Herefords have
done for the north and west the,
can and will do for the south.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
Spraying for Blight.

Spraying for blight and bugs has
come to stay because 1t pays. "A great
many potatoes have been cellared for
the spring trade, seed, etc. Apples and
notatoes seem to be adapted to Names
climate and soil, though the former
has been very much neglected of late.
In the potato belt farm lands have ad-
vauced at least 50 per cent. in the
nast five years. Some growers ART
following potatoes with potatoes,
which is a bad practice, but If you
want to grow potatoes come to Maine
and teach them to do as we'll as they
know.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
Suction Cotton Picker.

right hand. Below the box is a sack
and leading into this sack is a tube,
with a receiving funnel, which is held
in the left hand, The picker walks
along the lanes of the cotton field,
turning the handle that sets the ma
chinery in. operation and as he ap-
proaches the cotton hollis with the fun
mel the fluffy growth is sucked off and
drawn down into the bag. With this
apparatus one man. can pick as much
cotton in a day as a score can pick
" hand. -
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
q ComnIIcatIon,

Bessie found getting well much
more tiresome than being sick. She
was becoming very impatient about
staying indoors and eating soups.
When her aunt asked her how she
felt she replied that she was much
worse; that the doctor had found
something else the matter with her.
why, what is it?" asked her aunt.
IT think the doctor said Gonzales
ence,'"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
SUCTION PICKERS FOR COTTON.
South Carolina Man Invents ApparA,
tus In Which Vacuum Principle
Is Used-Works Well.

A South Carolina man has come
forward with, an apparatus in which
the vacuum principle is adapted to
cotton picking. The suction is caused
by a hand-operated device, the ma
chinery of, which is contained in g
box which is strapped across the pick
er's shoulders sapG operated by the
turning of a crank, which is held in
a position convenient to the workers
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

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, 1911-08-17
TO KEEP THE SKIN CLEAR

For more than a generation, Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have
done more for pimples, blackheads
and other unsightly conditions Of the
complexion, red, rough, chapped
hands, dandruff, itching, scaly scalps.
and dry, thin and falling hair than any
other method. They do eve more for
sk~in-tortured and disfgured infants
and children. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers throughout the world, a
liberal sample of each, with 32-page
book on the care of the skin and hair
will be sent post-free, on application
to "Cuticura," Dept. 20 L, Boston.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
Reason Enough.

whats the trouble, old man."
asked the sympathetic friend.
WELL" answered the judge, you
see, my wife and have never been
able to get along very well. The re-
lationship has become SC ~unbearable
that we both want a divorce"
II see" answered the friend. Then
why don't you get one?"
Because" answered the Judge, sad
ly, 81 have sent all the bogus divorce
lawyers to the pe%nitentiary."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
Plenty Of Stability.

A western mining %prospector was
paying his first visit to New York.
What do you think of it?" asked
the proud Gothamite as he pointed
ont the skyscrapers.
WALL" replied the miner, ut looks
like a permanent camp all right
Success Magazine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
Color Of Eggs.

In Boston brown eggs bring from
one to two cents more per dozen than
whites, while in New York the reverse
ia the case. Chicago isn't particular
about color, but likes them good sized.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
Vacation Scheme.

81 have gotten a great deal Of pleas
ure from anticipating the trip"
More pleasure, possibly, than
you'll get from the trip itself"
That's what l think. So I've de-
cided to stay at home and save the
money"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
A Mystery.

He during the spat)-Well, if you
want to know 1t, l married you for
your money.
She-I wish l could tell as easily
what l married you for.-Boston
Transcript.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
DON'T BE MlSLEAD

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, 1911-08-17
On Second Washing.

1--WE just washed out a suit for my
little boy-and now it cen too tight
for him"
He'll fit 1t all right, If you'll wash
the boy."-MeggeGdorfer Blaetter.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

Take every possible chance to be
kind, because, some day, there may
be no more chances.-Margaret De-
land.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
TO DRIVE OFT MALARIA rnr ovsrr,,

T.r. Tho ola ~ s,andaTd GGItSoyRsh TEsTfBiIi MS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking
The formula is plainly printed ON every bottle,
showing It is simply QpininS ana Iron T IN IN a ~ sesT Tfs
and the Iron builds up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 20 years. Price 80 cents.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

Bfrs. Winslow'a Soothing syrup for Children
teethIng, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
lion. allays,pain, cures win collie, 25c a bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

He who fights and runs away
doesn't always have to buy a return
ticket.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

The here is he who is lmmovably
centered.-Emerson.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
Keep Out the Weeds.

Do not permit weeds and grass to
use the plant foodsi In the soil,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

Our highest religion is named the
worship Of sorrow"
Douglas Island news., 1911-01-11
The N0rthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody,

Seattle experienced a 50-mile gale last Saturday night.
 Bishop Rowe is expected back to Alaska the last of the month. The jail at Eagle burned December 18th. The one inmate was rescued.
 The steamship Bertha made the run from Cordova to Juneau in forty-fve hours.
 During 1910 the Seattle assay office received 21 tons of gold, mostly from Alaska.
 Two of the three papers published in Cordova are booming the city wharf question.
 The claim that the Iditarod will pro duce six millions this yearis frequently reiterated.
 The expected weekly mail service for Iditarod this winter has simmered down to one mail month. H. Kimura, Wrangell Jap, will await the action of the next grand jury on the charge of selling whisky.
 A claim at Sixtymile has an immense ledge of gold bearing quartz and seV- eral large veins of very good coal, side by side.
 Will Atkinson, formerly editor of the Valdez Prospector, has written book of poems. Will is the author of "Alas- ka's Call"
 E. c. Hasey, of Keystone canon fame, has completed his sentence at McNeils. In justice he should now be in line for promotion.
 Henry iscotty) Henwood was found frozen to death in his cabin at mile 145 of the Copper River railroad, on De- cember 18th.
 The Tanana district, with S4,414,- 727.33 gold yield for 1910, retains it's title as the richest Alaska district. Nome follows with S3,572,O6743.
 Hawaii now wants to be admitted as a state; and Alaska is knocking, gently knocking, at the national gate for rec ognition of it's territorial rights.-Ex.
 B. M. Behrends, the banker and raer- chant of Juneau, went south on re- cent boat to San Francisco, where, with his wife, he will embark for a trip to Honolulu.
 The proposed incorporation of the town of Iditarod is vigorously opposed by the Nugget. J.F. A. Strong, editor of the Nugget, is strong on home rule for Alaska.
 Five stamp mills will be crushing quartz at Cordova and in it's vicinity next summer, says pr. R. D. Reese, of that city, who is in Seattle, staying at the Arctic Club.
Douglas Island news., 1911-01-11


 Capt. W. N. Lazier, manager of the International Fisheries Company's plant at Tee harbor, was taken to Juneau hospital Sunday suffering from a mild paralytic stroke.
 The first saloon was opened recently at Flat city, in the Iditarod country. Fourteen hundred dollars was taken in the night of the opening and the saloon closed at midnight to let the boys cool off.
 The Gulconda Hydraulic Company is the name of corporation organized at Valdez with capitalization of SlOO,OO0. The company has leased eighteen placer claims on the Gulconda river and has a complete hydraulic plant at Cordova ready for shipment to Chitina.
 The supreme court of the United States has refused to reopen the case of the Hum boldt Steamship Company vs. The White Pass & Yukon Railroad Go. This confirms the decision Of the interstate commerce commission that it has no Jurisdiction over common car. riers in Alaska.
 That twenty-five drills will be boring for oil in the neighborhood of Katalla before the end of next summer is the opinion of the people of that section. Some half a dozen drills are already operating there and rumor has it that some of the largest oil people ia the country are silent partners with those who are doing the actual boring.
 That he would not hesitate to mine Alaskan coal despite the government, and that it would take the armed force of the federal government to stop him from so doing if he were the manager of an Alaskan railroad, was the opinion expressed by Col. w. T. Perkins, presi- dent of Northern Securities Company, and secretary of the Northern Exploit ation & Development Go.
 The report of the United States geo. logical survey upon the mineral de- velopments of Alaska during the past year is notable principally for the show ing which it makes of the expansion of quartz mining in the great northern territory. There are now thirteen pro. ductive gold lode mines in operation in Alaska; but in addition to this there are more than fifty gold prospects be- ing rapidly developed into mines, many of which, indeed, have already pro- duced some gold as an incident to the development work.
 As far as is known at present, the steamer Olympia, owned by the Alaska s. S. Co.,, will be a total loss on Bligh reef, where she stranded during storm Dec. P. The underwater and salvage association have decided that it would be waste of money to send an expe- dition to the scene, and surveyor and divers will not be dispatched. It is be- lieTed that their report would be un- favorable and in any event salvage operations will be impossible until spring. The Olympia was insured for about S155,0Oo principally at Lloyds and with foreign underwriters, al- though small part of the risk was carried in San Francisco. It is expect ed that the wreck will be abandoned to the underwriters within short time and that the claim will be met as soon as proof of total loss is presented.- Railway < Marine News.
Douglas Island news., 1911-01-11

President Taft has received from Fal- con Joslin, president of the Tanans Valley Railway Company, of Fairbanks, Alaska, a 5000 word letter which urges upon tRe president the validity of the Cunningham coal claims in Alaska and what he considers to be the laudable efforts of the Guggenheims to open the coal lands of the territory.
 One of the ancient and heathenish customs that still clings to the Alaskan native-eVen to some of them who are English speaking and supposed to be ciVilized-is that of selling their girls into wifehood. Since the first of Sep tember we have learned of no less than six girls whose parents or other rela- lives have made attempts to sell them to men for wives. Four of these girls were former pupils of our school and we are glad to say that three of these absolutely refused te be sold into this form of slavery. Although the parents cajoled, then threatened and in one case, at least, resorted to physical viol- ance, these three girls stood their grounds and finally came out Victori. ous Ia one case step s were taken by the legal authorities to punish mother who chastised her daughter in endeav- bring to make her go to her buyer, but the daughter refused to testify against her mother and she was never brought to trial-Thliuget.
 Tue report of tbe secretary of con- merce and labor, covering the manner of dealing with the fur seal herd on Pribilov islands, gives fair idea of the enormous profits which have been made in the past through the system of leasing those islands, with the privilege of killing seal, to private companies says the P.-l. Since the lease was can celed the department has taken direct control of the seal herd. During the season killing was limited to the excess males in the herd, with care, however, to preserve the most vigorous and per feet specimens of the bachelor seal for future breeding purposes. Even with the limited amount of killing done, and with the precautions taken to preserve the best breeding stock, the govern ment will realize about S450,0o0 from the sale of skins, as compared with S15OG00 a year formerly paid by the lessees for the monopoly of killing seals in sanctuary and the protection afforded by our laws forbidding the importation of seal skins from other sources. There is question whether the serious decrease in the size of the seal herd may not have been due, in part, at least, te the practice of the for mer lessees of the islands killing ot the best specimens of the vigorous young males, whose skins naturally were the best, leaving the propagation of the future race entirely to the ancient bull seals, whose skins were zalueless. Under intelligent conduct of the seal killing, with the principal idea the preservation of the herd and if possible it's improvement, with killing limited to the surplus young males of inferior stock, it is quite possible that the herd may increase from this time forward. Therew still be some, how ever, to cling to the idea that all killing of seals on shore, in sanctuary, is wrong in principle, and that when the herd reaches the islands it should be left iE peace, at least for long term of yAars
Douglas Island news., 1911-01-11

A. J. Daly, democratic national com mitteeman of Alaska, wants another committee of congressman sent to Alaska next summer to investigate con- ditions. It would be fine trip for the poor congressman.
 Because "Cariboo Bill" Detterich has acquired the reputation all over Alaska for making strikes on hilltop in every camp struck in the Northlaud, he went to the Iditarod determined to uphold his fame and the latest information from the new colorado is that Bill has fulfilled his ambition by making new and rich discovery on the hill at the 1 head of the famous Flat creek.
 A narrowing story of how Emil Maurer, the German count who left Fairbanks last spring for hunting trip into the Mt. Mckinley district, shot and killed an Indian when he thought the native was fumbling for a rifle; of how he and his wife lived for three months on moosemeat and dog meat, without bit of bread; of how they ate up their entire dog team; of how their cabin was footed by the same Indian that Maurer shot; of how Mrs. Maurer, when alone and without fire for period of 36 hours, gave birth to baby boy, is related by T. J. Knight and R. T. Berry, who, after more than eight months spent in the Susitna dis trict, returned to the city last night Fairbanks Times.
 Speaking of the storm that visited Nome in the fore part of November, the Nugget says: The pathos which marked yesterdays disaster can be described in few words, but to those who lost their homes and all, the story of the raging surf, the homeless children and old folk is fixed indelibly on their minds and in many chapters. Men, who had strived for years to build up little place for their wives and children that they might call home, saw the efforts of their years of toll dashed to pieces be- fore them. Mothers, with small chil- dren clinging to them, braved the surging waters in their efforts to reach places of safety. Some, more fortun- ate, saved their homes, but not until after the salt water had swept through tue house running all, and leaving be- hind a path of destruction. Today, many have returned to their homes to start furnishing their houses anew. When they entered their doors and saw the rooms in which they used to live, swamped and practically ruined there was feeling of dejeetion which stole over them. Curtains and comforters, which mother had spent many weeks knitting and clothes closets filled with what represented a geodly share of fathers earnings were destroyed and rendered useless. Then there was the cellars and caches, which contained the winters supply of coal and edibles. They were washed clean by the surf and the provisions were destroyed. Che man, who had invested his savings in furs with the idea of speculation, lost his all when the skins were carried away by the water. Truly, no one bat those who had homes on the Sandspit can realize the destruction wrought by the heavy surf. Little can one imagine the extent of the damage done, unless i he or she has lost all they possess in a like disastar.
Douglas Island news., 1911-01-11

A. J. Daly, democratic national com mitteeman of Alaska, wants another committee of congressmen sent to Alaska next summer to investigate con- ditions. It would be fine trip for the poor congressman.
Douglas Island news., 1911-01-11

Treadwell Camp No. IA, A. B. ARCTIC BROTHERS MEET EVERY TUES DAY NIGHT, at SOC, at Fraternal hall.
 C.. E. BENNETT, Arctic Chief R. MCCORMICK. Arctic Recorder.