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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
SAVED EIGHN-NlNE LIVES
New York Pilot Holds the Record for
Rescuing Persons From
Drowning.

The recent rescue by Capt. Irving
?. Grace, pilot Of the United States
tug Vigilance, Of Thomas Owen Of
1857 Third avenue from the Harlem
river, brings to light the remarkable
life saving record Of the Grace fam
lily.
This is the th~irty-sixth rescue to
the credit Of young Captain Grace.
But the record paIcs beside that Of
his father, Capt. Patrick Grace Of
the tug Refuge, who was recently
presented by the Life Savers associ-
alton Of New York with Il medal and
huge flag having SO stars-one for
each life saved during 81 years in
the state employment He is now
s~eyenty-seyen years old, but is still
at his post, rain, snow or shine.
Old Captain Patrick is not by pro-
fession a life saver. That is an in
cidental job. His real work is as
pilot Of the tiny tug Refuge, which
daily plies between East One hum
bred and Twenty-ffth street and
Randall'8 island, carrying freight,
prisoners and passengers to and
from the house of refuge. Oven
100000 times has the captain pilot
ed his craft from Manhattan, since
he first assumed command, and it is
estimated that several million pas
sengers have been ferried across dur
ing the period of his seryice,-New
York Evening Post.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
HOW THEY MEASURE TIME
Strange Methods Employed by Various
Indian Tribes in Keeping
the Time.

To ascertain the time at night the
Apache Indians employed a gourd
on which the stars Of the heavens
were marked. As the consultations
rose in the sky the Indian referred
to his gourd and found out the hour.
BY turning the gourd around he
Gould tell the order in which the
consultations might be expected to
appear.
The hill people Of Assam reckon
time and distance by the number of
guilds Of betel nut chewed. 1t will
be remembered how, according to
Washington Irving, the Dutch colo
NAL assembly was invariably dis
missed at the last puff Of the third
pipe of tobacco Of Governor Wouter
Van Twiller.
A Montagnis Indian Of Canada
will set up a tall stick in the snow
when travelling ahead of friends who
are to follow. He marks with his
foot the line Of shadow cast, and by
the change in the angle of the shad-
ow the oncoming party can tell or
arriving at the spot about how fal
alTad the leader ia-uarper't
Weekly.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02

continued its use until Iva; made well"
Mrs. HENRY LEIsEBERG, 743 Adams St.
K~earneysville, w. va feel it my
duty to write and say what Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. l suffered from female
weakness and at times felt so miserable
I could hardly endure being on my feet.
after taking Lydi2 +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and following your
special directions, my trouble is gone.
Words fail to express my thankfulness.
I recommend your medicine to oil NY
friends. p Mrs. G. B. WaI-TNGTON.
The above are only two Of the thou
sands Of grateful letters which are con-
stantly being received by the Pinkhara
Medicine Company Of Lynn, Mass, which
show clearly what great things Lydia E.
~F!nkham'a Vegetable Compound does
for those who suffer from women's Ills.
II you want special advice write Ia
Lydia 3. Pinkham Medicine CO. Coma.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter VIII
be opened, read and answered by q
Womau aud held in strict confidence,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
WHERE IGNORANCE is BLISS
II You Are Proud Of Your Furs, Don't
Investigate, Let Il Go
at That.

IF you think YOU have furs that
are particularly fine it is sometimes
more satisfactory TO keep on think
ing so rather than to start to lnves-
tigate," a wise woman was heard to
say the other day.
"Now there is So-and-so, who has
been priding herself upon the beauty
and the excellent quality of a sable
stole and mutf she owns. She got
most Of the skins in them some years
ago and says she paid $500 apiece
for them. She went last year to a
fur dealers and he told her that the
skins could not be duplicated for less
than $500 apiece. Not long ago She
bought some new skins which looked
just as fine as the old ones and had
her furs made over. So she figured
out that her furs we're worth $780,
900.
"The other day she had occasion
to 60 to another furrier for the first
time and she asked him what he
thought her stole and muff were
worth. He looked over them care
fully and figured that they were
worth about $1,000. She thought
she had the finest sables, but he told
her he could duplicate them for
$500 apiece. Now all her joy in her
fur8 is quite gone"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
HAD PEOPLE PUZZLED,

u.s.
1t is said that the peasantry Of
East Anglia were much puzzled
when Canon Lloyd was made suffrs-
gan bishop of Norwich, and many a
child was held back from confrma-
ton by its parents, who objected to
having their children "bishoped" in
a makeshift manner by what they
called a "sutferin'" bishop. Once,
when this bishop noticed that the
flag on the church which he was Wis
iting at half-mast, he inquired who
was dead. He was told that it was
for him-"We only give the hull
length of the pole to the real bishop
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
SWIMMING POOLS POPULAR.

The swimming pool is greatly
gaining in favor in all cities and is,
it is needless to state, q more or less
necessary adjunct to civilization. 1t
may also be said that New York is
very deficient in adequate swimming
facilities. In London these are to be
found in every part Of the metropo-
lis, some free, some at a small
charge, and others of d more luxuri-
Gus nature. They are all pa%tronized
very extensively and most obviously
tend in the direction Of health, clean
illness and amusement. in the case
Of the young Of the poorer class
swimming baths are a boon-almost
a necessity-but it is obvious that
there must be considerable difficulty
in keeping the water fairly clean and
disinfected,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
INCREASED TEA CONSUMPTION.

Fourth place among the tea-ex-
porting countries Of the world is
taken by Java, which follows closely
after Japan. British India with
Ceylon is first and China second.
Java is rapidly gaining on Japan,
for the cultivation of tea is increa8-
ing steadily and the product is gain
ing in quality. Java tea can now be
kept for upward of two years and
even improves in flavor by the keep
ing. This has been found out already
in Australia.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
THE AMERICAN FAMILY.

The American people, almost in
stinctively, have turned away from
the old domestic policy. A large fam
lily implies a home in the oId-fash-
toned sense, but the urban life Of
America necessitates a departure
from the home as thus defined. The
cramped apartment, with those min
lstering angels. the k~itchenette, the
baker, the laundryman and delicates-
sen shop, are not adapted to
numerous children. Children often
are not wanted. In fact, a
man with a large family
finds it difficult even to se-
cure living accommodations in many
cities. Thus, in great numbers Of
Communities, the social order has
passed beyond the conviction that
the large family is a normal and nee
es8ary condition, and has adapted
itself to a scale Of living based on
small families, or on none at ALL
William S. Rossiter, in Atlantic.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
Courage and skill Show His
Fitness For Presidency
REGARDED As SECOND TILDER
PRECEDENT of North Carolina College
Outlines Career Of New Jeraey Ex-
scutive and Declares He Is the Man
Who viii Get the Most Votes In the
Right States.
By |. /. HOBBS,

PRESIDENT or Gullford nv, " college,
Governor Wilson's career has been
such as TO reveal his powers both in.
tellectual and administrative, ana his
purse as governor Of New Jersey-a
very difficult position to fll-has been
so marked by courage and skill that
his fitness for the presidency anne into
the minds of the people all over the
country with the belief that a second
Tilden had arisen,
This was no sudden bursting forth
Of his powers, for the distinguished
scholar had risen in an orderly way,
step by step, to eminence and fame.
lie was known to the world Of scLol-
ars as a man who expressed and who
was expected to express in the clearest
possible terms the best sentiment and
the pgofoundest philosophy on all prob
lens Of education and OF educational
interest in this country. His literary
- + IT. e ,,oto--
~ =, ,rr,- e.atar n-al
as q textbook in many colleges, nave
been in & field Of learning that will be
Of the greatest use to him and the
country In case he becomes president.
cIearn9ss Of Utterancs,
Governor Wilson's Intellectual pene'
tration Is not surpassed " g.? LlaD
In public life, and his power of speech
is scarcely cqualed in this ccpN'"y
Generally cleaaneSs Of utturanco ~,
lows clearncss Of perception. The fact
that his work in life has been mainly
IN educatlona! heIds' so far IRON be
ING a hlhdF"hce' as some pFeieI" -
THINK must necessarily De he.pl" 10
hitting nm ID the adjustment OF means
to special endS' - Pft7I'.'a' "' q
great university anu as governor OF u
great STATE he mas lad Il Goee heAi W.
when 10 nSpiay MS executive "o'ilF.
Moral courage Inc PRESIDENT o. o''
great hauoh heP0S 70 pe man 81 'h'
utmost integrity Oh I~uaI"''eI' d '''"
whose ]udgllenI III feShe'[ ~ V''':
ana wrong mas Goa Ee'h ~ a we
OF uprlghthesS tla1 Is 81 we" IA''''
that tAe people VIII Nho" tuat VIXEN u.
SPEAKS ne IHeahs "n"t ue N"}S' N''''
lana Is 'ne SHINING example i"'S VIZ
tue IN American history F'Fe'".'
Wilson'S puplc anu private NE l'"si'
me 10 DelleVe ne possesses tnht S'er!ih3
integrity OF character lual "ouiu "
tne greatest IoSslpIe reilel 10 US ii luz
Gay OF VaclIIauon ana uncertainty III
respect 10 puDhc u~tleraheeS'
He Is Calm and Thoughtful.
At this time. when we behold an as
pirant to the office of president who
several years ago declared In explicit
and unmistaEabIe terms that he would
under no circumstances allow himself
to be considered a candidate and who
today in terms just as unmlstakable
announces hlnSeir 10Y n thlru tern-a'
such a time 1t would De an lnhnlte re
ller 10 nave the opportunity OF casnhg
q ballot lor d man VINO Is CAIN and
thoughttuI ana VINO cannot De moved
from tAe PAIN OF Slulp'e honesty ant
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
RIVALRIES.

"Why do so many musicians speak
,disparagingly Of instruments that
play mechanically"
81 don't know" replied the gentle
man with Circassian hair. "But 1
don't e why We should be more
generous toward a mechanical instru-
ment than we are toward each
other"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02

Links-What about that gold mine
proposition you made to me once?
Would you like to part with a little
of the stock?
Winks-Not much! We discov-
cred after all that that mine had
gold in it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
THE PEOPLE LIKE WOOD
ROW.
Lsharpsburg (Ky.l World

3 LSharpsburg (Ky.) World
; Hero are some Of the eason
z why tho people like Governor
; Woodrow Wilson, who ought to
Z be nominated for president by
8 the Democrats:
, He is democratic.
Z Believes in the rule Of the peo.
s pie.
, Practices what he breaches.
z Is man enough to acknowledge
: his mistakes.
B Not afraid to change his mind.
Z Wears no man's collar.
5 Broke tho power of both poIit-
2 ical machines in New Jersey.
Z Refused the aid of Wall street.
5 Declined to "pIay politics" with
z Henry Watterson.
< Cannot be bought, bluffed or
, frightened.
? Calls a spade a spade.
8 le thoroughly progressive.
, An honest man.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02

"f | can Just squeeze through the
Glory Gate up yonder I'll be satitfed.
| don't want 'em to question me, fer
too close i~nquirements might send me
de yuther way."-Atlanta Constitu.
ton.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
HIS CHOICE.

City Guest lat breakfast)-What
fresh fowl have you?
Waitress-Apple sass, currant iell
fnd prunes,-Harper's Bazaar.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
SUFFERED
EVERYTHING
For Fourteen Years. Restored
To Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Elgin, Ill.-"After fourteen years OF
suffering everything from female corl-

plants, I am at last
restored to health.
Il employed the
best doctors and
even went 10 the
hospital for treat
ment and was told
there was no helpf fox
me. But while tax.
ing Lydia z. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound | began
to improve and !
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
APPolNTM EMIT,

"Did she get her d~ivorce?"
ooh, yes, but she was terribly dis
appointed in a way. You know he
didn't contest it,"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02

A bachelor shouldn't feel sad as he
sits and thinks Of the beautiful girl
that was. So many more bachelors
have no girl that wasl-Lippincott's
Magazine,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
THE FASHION.

Stella-Is it a one-piece frock?
Bella-No, she told ne herself
that it includes three pieces Of her
tro'a-''- r -3-Ta.f c;'- Ha-.~,
The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
By JACK KNEIFF.

CE), to prevent the rubber band from work
ing.
A second smaller rubber band Cr) Is fas-
tened TO this catch stick Cd, running from
there to a small nail (n). This tends to pull
the catch stick CD out from under the notch
in the body part (B) at the slightest provo
cation. The sensitivenesS OF the whole
scheme to the nibble OF the fish depends on
the adjustment OF this small rubber band Cr).
From this you can easily see how the
scheme works. When all Is set the rubber
band IRl is pulling back with full force on
the body part and trying TO perk the fshpOIs
up, It is prevented from doing this by the
catch stick III. The catch stick 1T in turn
is all but pulled out OF the notch by the rub
Der band III.
When a fish nibbles and pulls down on the
pole ever so slightly. the end push Of the body
part TT on the stick 1T is lessened and i'm
mediately the rubber band [rI pulls the stick
1T out OF the way. This releases the fun
force OF the rubber band IRI, which imme-
diately Jerks the body part back, swings the
pole up from the water, whirIinE the fish back
on to the dock. All that remains for the
youthful assistant Of the mechanical IEaak
Walton to do IS to unhook the fish, bait the
The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
Wired In for More Cars.

About this time a manufacturer located
down IN Indiana came 10 me with a PROPOSE
tIon 10 take his output Of cars He was man
ufacEuring a car that could easily be sold for
$1,000. At this time, although prices had
decreased somewhat in the auto mart. $500
represented about the minimum price. Itook
q long time TO think the matter over. and
finally agreed 70 put In ten cars at zach Of
my branches and pay cash for same. provid-
ing he would give me a ninety day option on
a twelve month contract for his output. He
agreed and put IN the stock.
Full page Newspaper announcements IN
every town appeared simultaneously. With
In three days OF the advertisements appear
ance nine Of my branches wired in for more
cars. We had struck a new strata OF auto
buyers-we had reached the people with
81 600 TO spend. That season firmly estab-
lished me. I'm busy now and have been fo-
the last three years keeping just a little
ahead OF the other fellow. I'm doing bust
ness on what the public want buy for all
my stores and the public buy because I buy
what they want. That's the whole story.
Simple enough, wasn't ItF'
The Washington herald., 1912-06-23

-Ew boys are too busy TO make . IT.
- tie mechanical figure which will DO
their fishing for them. In fact, some
may become more, interested IN the
mechanism than II theywere doing the
hshing themselves
The drawings illustrate such toy, which
can easily be made out OF scraps OF board or
thin wood, and when the device is fastened
to the dock on the lake shore and set like q
trap II will pull in fab in IIfelIke manner
provided the ash are thsrs to bite.
The main part Of the apparatus consists
Of hgure OF a man arranged as though
seated on the edge Of the dock, with one
leg hanging over. The body part is pIvoted
at the hip on a nan O) so that It Is free to
move backward and forward. The arms are
fastened to this piece as shown,
A rubber band CR) is arranged as shown
between the body part and the nail CN) to
act as a Strong spring, tending to draw the
body part back and thus raise the hshpole,
which Is fastened to the arms as indicated,
jerking the fsh out of the water.
When the apparatus Is In operation, how
ever, the hook baited and all set ready to
catch the unWary fsh the body part Is showed
forward against the tension OF the rubber
band Qsl and = small stick CFD arranged as
q catch between the body part and Dashboard
The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
FiOWDidYOuG GctYOurMOnCy?
THE AUTO ROUTE TO RICHES

the rebuilt car business In earnest
at wasn't long before the Insurance CON-
panIes' adJusters were giving me nrst chance
at every wrecked or burned car that came
under their control. I paid better price
than the other fellow and guess q little per-
sonal liking entered into the matter, too.
One day aWoke to the fact that three
second hand automobile dealers were selling
practically nothing but my cars. BY this
time had over sevsnty-nvs men working In
my shops. When discovered this state Of
affairs decided that the difference between
what the dealer paid me and what he got
from the buyer was worth having and under
another name started a store Of my own to
retail my rsbuilts. Naturally my store han
died the pick Of what came IN and, almost
before knew It my entire output was being
distributed through my own store.
That fall, when business got dull, took
my retail manager and went to Minneapolis.
We found a nne location and started another
store up there. It was an instantaneous sue
cess had TO enlarge my shops to take care
Of the new business, and when q slow spell
came found myself with q part Of my sx-
penSivs shop pay roll unproductive. This
led to opening another branch at Kansas
City, and after that they came fast and furi-
Gus. until We were represented IN practically
every large buying center in the country.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
Automatic Acts of Great AID.

There are a great number OF automatic acts
and conditions In a mans LIE that are OF the
utmost assistance to him because they go on
without his having to think Of them at all.
II we had to give our minds to every step
we took where would we get? But men do
give their minds every day to relations that
ought to be as automatic as walking and no
more taxing upon the brain
The daily round OF tasks Of which vemay
complain ought to release our minds for
higher things instead Of Fostering It AL the
tremendous ciTcuIatoEy things Of Life Ike
the round of day and might and the round or
associations IN the world keep men CON-
fortsbIy anchored, a. It were, but you can
not anchor the mind and hope to get any
whepA
A favorIte s1rnfle for the mind Il that Of
storshouse. Since q man tnhsrits this pLsoS
Of property. couldn't he always md some
better us for Il than as q racstrack for q
fsv small mice Of ideas. which can hardly
nnd q thing In the sTpsDse 10 make nest Off
n It aIwayS . good plan for him to look
about q bit 70 see how other men are uEing
their GtOrehouSes and to note for further oon-
sIderation what IS the best use bsing made Of
his storehouSs By this or that particular nAn7
The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
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hook again. and set the little wooden heur,
ready for another strike.
In making this noVel toy, make all the
frame work OF thin wood from a cracker box.
The model may be any size which is handy.
although nothing under six inches high will
be efficient
Make the pole at least three or four Ieet
long and fairly stiH, so that the least nfboIs
will be transmitted back to the dgura. The
arrangement Of the parts is shown in a
small sketch on the right above, the two
side pieces Q0 being fastened to the base
CE) BY small brads or nails from beneath
through the base. Space enough should be
LEFT between them so that the body part
can ship In easily without stretching. The
sides and holes through which the nan CD
hts are made large enough SO that easy bear
ing is formed at that point The arms are
nailed solidly to the body part In the most
convenient position to hold the pole as at A.
Arrange the rubber band CR), as shown,
giving It plsuty OF strength 80 that the me-
ehaniSm can land good sized fish.
A statsd before. the stick CD should be so
arranged with the tension Of the band Cr)
that II viii Be pulled out from under the
notch on the slighteSt release Of pressure
from above, thIs being dstsrmined By expert
mental arrangsmsnt OF the tension OF .hs
band Cl
The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
Man1 others LiEe Peasant.

There are some business men, and even
teachers, who go over a matter In much the
ways OF these Russian peasants. II they
could only see themselves as others See them
they would notice that when their mind got to
q certain place It seemed automatically 70 go
right back hom where II started, Just as the
peasant could not tell what coat unless be re-
visved eve-y detan Of the finding 81
Thsre are other men who must carry the
nrst paint and the second point. and the Sec
ond point and the third point. on with them
In q sort Of " This h the house that Jack
built style, or they are lost IN either case
there Is sverlRsting repetition, ss II the mind
were squirrel cage. A thought or idea Is the
squirrel. A squirrel Will Jump Into his merry
go-rouDd and run his legs almost on In a foot
and q half OF space The thought In the case
cited does not get out Of similarly contracted
limits, end yet VIII keep the mind in q Beazi-
some WhirI TO keep II exercised.
This Is . different sort Of thinking from
that which strengthens itself. AntRUs fash
Ion This giant was reputed To have acquired
new strength evsry time he touched mother
earth We may come back about every 50
often and see how We are thinking, what the
mind Is doing, what are some Of our relations
to the world because OF the way We are
thinking, but We ought to come back by In
tsntion and not mWfttingiy. II we have
got It into our head that some one is injuring
US this thought or one like II will WhIrI around
and perhaps dust every other thought out
much to our loss. II We are allowing our
minds to toss over and over some OF our IN
healthy desires we are bound to lose ground
a living