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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
ALCOHOL AND INSANITY

While in almost every pert Of the
civilized world alarm is felt at the in.
creasing ratio Of insanity in the popu-
%Iatlon, there are so me localities which
seem, on the other hand, to becoming
less infested, so to speak, with the
virus o mental disease. One Of these
appears to be the state of Kansas,
which had in 1904, 56.2 commitments
to its asylums per hundred thousand
Of population. In 1910 the number
for each hundred thousand had fallen
to 1928, and in 1911 to 1873, and the
members Of the State Board Of Con.
troll ard the asylum officials are said to
credit this to the %siricter enforcement
at the prohibition laws of the state
and the consequent diminished ON.
sumption OF alcohol. OF course there
must be some leakage over the border
but it seems to be a fact that Kansas
is practically a dry" state. The
Journal Of the American Medical
Association says that it is not surpris-
ing that insanity should decrease with
the diminished consumption Of an arti-
Gle which is credited by alienjsts
With the direct causation Of at least,
10, and probably a considerably high
er, per cent. Of existing insanity, and
and which indirectly is more or less
important factor in a very much larger
percentage Of cases. The Kansas
figures come reasonably close to those
Of the expert statistician.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
WILLING TO KEEP HER.

Edgar, who had in his prisons been
making nightly appeals for a little
brother, Was sent a few evenings ago
to visit his grandparents. When he
returned home on the following
morning he was informed that the
stork had brought him a sister. Ed
gar was sadly disappointed and dis
posed to hastily conclude that prayer
was futile. After some delay, how
ever, he consented TO permit the
nurse to lead him to the basket in
which his little sister lay. He looked
at her long and earnestly, and then,
as if a great weight had been lifted
from his mind, said
well, she looks intelligent, any
how"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
HAS IT ALL OVER NEPTUNE
Maryland Town Has Station Platform
Attraction Which No Man
Should Misc.

If you ever step off a train in
Washington Junction, Nd, make the
best of your opportunities. There is
something in that town which no
man should miss. It is connected
with the business of decorating the
station platform with Its person
every time a train rolls in, and 1t is
the biggest, greatest, most marvellous
fisherman in the whole wide world.
1t has Neptune and all the other
gods Of the sea backed into the
desert.
This is the story It told one aft
ernoon when the sun was sinking be-
hind the mountains, that hour when
the thoughts of man should be on
heavenly things, that holy time when
the soul is uplifted and supernal:
"Ne and Jim went down the river
las night, and we got twenty-one
bass. And we didn't use no hook
and line, The water was muddy,
and we just rowed long, close to the
shore, and tapped our oars in the
water. The first time we tapped a
big bass jumped up out of the water
and landed in our boat. We got
twenty-one that way. Yes, suhree,
twenty-one eatable bass jumped
square into our boat. And that was
some fishing. But it's the truth,
just as true as Pm going to eat my
supper right nowP'
Then 1t did not fall dead, as
Ananias had done, but went up the
street, apparently with a clear con-
science and a great hunger.-Popu-
lar Magazine. r
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
DICKENS DUMMY BOOKS"

Dickens saw the humorous posi-
bilities Of dummy books" and for
the make believes which he had
painted on the door and part of the
wall of his study at Cabs Hill, says
the London Chronicle, he invented
some quaint titles; Rants "Emi-
nent Humbugs," 10 vols. ; Drowsey's
"Recollections of Nothing" LADY
Godiva on Her Horse" evidences
of Christianity" by Henry VIII;
HanSard's "Guide to Refreshing
Sleep" Struts "Walks," Swallows
"On Emigration" Cats 'Iives," 8
vols; Malthus' Nursery Songs
"Short History of a Chancery Suit
10 vols, and A. Carpenters Bench
of Bishops"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
NO DOUBT ABOUT ITS SAFETY.

at wish to consult you on a certain
point" said Miss Roxxe to her law
yer.
81 am at your service, Miss
Roxxe."
"Mr. Doodles has done me the
honor to propose for my hand in
marriage"
"Ah?"
'What I wish TO ask is-you know
Mr.. Doodles - I thought so.
What l want to know is, if you think
my money would be safe in my fu-
ture husbands hands?'
"My dear young woman, it would.
In fact, l can assure you that it
would be so safe hat you couldn't
get a cent Of it yourself"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
Senator Sure He Can Carry
:. State Of New York.
COULD WIN IN new ENGLAND.
Senator Gardner Of Maine indoross
New York Colleagues Visw That New
Jersey Governor Is Strong In Sections
Who're Foes Say He Is Weak.

Senator OGOrman Of New York de-
clares that Woodrow Wilson if chosen
the Democratic nominee can carry tnat
state against any Republican.
A weightier comment on present day
politics has not been made. 1t brushes
the aimsy p%retension that Woodrow
Wilson's candidacy would lose or i'm
peril the party's chance in New York
state and indicates his strength IN the
strategic center Of the east rs we'll as
in the west and the south.
Coming from a leader of Senator
O'Gorman's prestige and farsighted,
ness, this estimate is particularly sig
nidcant. He is thGtitular head OF the
Democracy of New York. IL state that
has ninety votes in the nominating
convention and forty-Gve votes IN the
electoral college, the state for which
both parties strive most vigorously in
presidential years as the key to ma
tional success. He has the support Of
TammaIy Hall, but he is immeasura-
by beyond and above the system with
which Tammany is identified in the
public mind. lie is versed in prac.
teal politics, but he is also Il states.
man Of spotless record and OF rare
ability, so much so indeed that wLpl
he va called to the senate the people
as q whole, regardless Of party COZ
Deotions, rejoi ri that tho d@ties Of tie
Office had fallen upon a man 50 EN-!
nently fitted to bear them,
OF all the Democratic nominees yet
suggested Woodrow Wilson would not
only stand the largest chance to carry
New York. but, according to the recent
testimony of Senator Gardner of
Maine, he is the only Democrat who
could win portions Of New England.
From tie clear beaded testimony OF
these two eminent Democrats, Syna.
tor O'Gormau OF New YorA and Senu-
tor Gardner Of Maine, It is evident that
Governor Wilson Is particularly strong
in the very places wherein his foes
would have us believe he is fatally
weak.
When to this fact is added the conf.
dence and the following be has won
over the country as Il whola there can
be no fair minded doubt that Of al
the aspirants in the field he is by far
the best fitted both as q statesman and
n candidate.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
KING WANTED HIM TO SING
Dlsagreeable Circumstance Under
Which S%evertceatt Century MUS.
-, clan Practiced Ills Art,

1t IS probable hat on no occasion
mas any other musician had to prac'
tlce his art unde- more dlaagreeable
circumstances than that IN which
Abel a singer of the Seventeenth
century once found himself.
1t appears that while Abel was
rambling through Poland he was
sent Tor to 60 to court, and after
eyadln9 the request by excuses for
a short time ne was commanded to
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
GREATEST CANALS IN WORLD
Most Important In Economics OF
Transportation Are Those of North
Country OF America.

The greatest canals in the world
are in the north country of America.
By greatest" is meant the most i'm
portant in the economics of trans
portation, for these canals are not
the longest or the deepest or the most
costly, nor did their construction
involve very unusual or spectacular
feats Of engineering. But in point
Of tonnage passing through them
and in their influence upon freight
rates throughout the country no arti-
fetal waterways ever made approach
them, even remotely. 1t is a sur
prising statement, but true never
theless, that these important canals
carry a far greater commerce in
eight months of the year than is
borne by the Suez canal, the Kiel
canal and the Manchester ship canal
combined in an entire year. If the
commerce of the Erie canal, the
Welland and the canals Of the st.
Lawrence system be added, the ag-
gregate will still fall short of reach
ing the enormous tonnage hoated by
these inland waterways. 1t reached
in 1910 a volume never dreamed Of
by the early navigators-namely,
62,363,218 tons, an increase of a.
468,069 tons over 1909. The figures
that tell of the prospective tonnage
of the Panama canal, when opened
to the commerce of the world, seem
insignificant when compared with
these. In fact, it is hardly probable
that the commerce through Panama,
in present generations at least, will
in a single year equal the commerce
of these inland canals at present.
Casters Magazine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
TELL US, MAN.
Are you advertising

Are you advertising
In the same old foolish way
That your grand-dad did before you
And persist, 1T doesn't pay?"
Think the whole world knows your
address
Cause it hasn't changed in years.
Wouldn't the pathos Of such logic
Dive a billy-goat to tears?
Just a card ia all you care for
Hidden, lonesome and unread,
Like the sign upon a tombstone
Telling folks that you are dead.
Wake up, man, and take a tonic,
Bunch your hits and make a drive.
Let people know you want their bust
ness,
Advertise and keep alive.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02

An ant is a wise creature for llsstis
but 1t Is a shrewd thing In an orchard
or garden; and certainly men, who
are great lovers of themselves, waste
the bile, divide with reason between
self -ove and society; and be SO true
20 thyself, as thou be not false to
others, especially to thy Ring and
country. 1t is poor center OF mans
actions. himself.-Bacon-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
FEEDiNG TIE QUAiLs.

The game warden of the quail COW
eys near PASSPORT, Long Island, util-
ICES wheat in a unique way as a
source Of food supply for the birds
during the winter months. After
the first heavy snow, sheaves of
wheat, one sheaf to a tree, are tied
upright around the trunks, the tops
bent over, and loose food strewn in
all directions to attract the birds.
When a new snow comes, the birds
go underneath the bent-over tops
and find the food, the snow never
completely covering it. This has
been done on a 10-inch snow, fol-
lowed by a 12-inch snow, but inves-
tigation proved that there was plenty
of food left, and always one side of
the sheaves uncovered.-PopuIar Me-
chanics.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02

In the eighteenth century the tine
ing OF a beauty's face and the nice
adjustment Of the patch was one Of
the serious businesses of the day, and
occasionally il my lady or her firing
woman could not agree on such 9
momentous question then were my
Iady's gallants called in to decide
whether these important patchea
should be so placed as to draw az.
tention to the mischievous eyes, 10
the leeting dimple. or to- he ex,
quistte turn of snowy throat.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
The Charter of In
corporation of
Prairie Lumber Company

l. The corporate title Of said com
pany is Prairie Lumber Company.
z, The names Of the incorporators
are:
Walter Smith, PostoGce OkoIonp,
Miss,
A. l. Jogoe, Postofce Okolona.
Miss,
D. F. Morgan, Postolice ,OkoIona.
Miss.
M. E Leake, PostoGce TupeIo, Miss
R, F. GoodIett, PostofGce TupeIo.
Miss.
3. The domioile is at OkoIona.
Mississippi.
4. Amount Of capital stock Ten
Thousand Dollars, with the privilege Of
operating and doing business when
$4,000 is paid in.
5. The par value Of shares is One
Hundred Dollars.
s. The period Of existance (not to
exceed fifty years. is fifty years.
I. The purpose for which it is
created: To buy and sell lumber and
materials used in all kinds Of building
or construction work. Also to manu-
%Eacture such materials, contracting for
the construction Of or furnishings for
any building or construction work
generally. To buy, own, and sell real
estate and personal property of any
and all kinds. To keep and maintain
a comnissary and to do general com.
missinn business.
8. The rights and powers that
may be exercised by this corporation
are those conferred by the provisions
Of Chapter a, Mississippi Code,
1906.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
CASE LIKE HELEN KELLER's.

Vera Navel Cannon is the name
of the little blind deaf mute who IS
often spoken of as the Helen Keller
Of Minnesota. She was less than A
when she became blind and less than
a year afterward she lost her hear
ing. When placed in the state school
FOR the deaf in Minnesota she was
believed to be without the average
intelligence. Her teacher is Miss
Blanche Henson.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
N0I ICE!
To the tax payers OF the city Of Oko.

To the tax payers OF the city Of Oko.
Iona.
Notice is hereby given that the
Council Of the City of Okolona pro
poses to issue lhe bonds Of said city
in the sum Of Fifteen Thousand DOL
lars, at It's reguIer meeting on the
Third Friday, the 17b day of May,
1912; for the purpose Of constructing
repairing, improving and maintaining
public roads, streets and avenues
within the limits Of said City.
By order Of the Council Of the CITY
of OkoIono; this 18Th day Of April,
1912. j. H. Davis. City Clerk,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
GOV. WILSON'S CANDIDACY.

Harrisburg (Pal Patriot: Hon.
James O'GOrmnn, who left the bench
of the supreme court Of New York to
become u senator of the United STATES.
shows political acumen when he eX-
presses the opinion that Woodrow VII
son could carry New York and by n
larger majority than any other man
who has been mentioned for the DEM
ocratic nomination for president"
Corsicana CTex.l Sun: LOOKS us
though the more fight made against
Governor Wilson the stronger his sup
port grows. Governor Wilson knows
the political game as well as those
who are in 1t with him"
Bradentown (Fla.) Herald: United
States Senator n. p. Bryan has declar-
ed for Woodrow Wilson for president.
Senator Bryan doesn't make any grand
stand plays. but his sympathies are
with his constituents"
Montrose (Colo.l Enterprise: "The
Democratic party will make u grave
mistake if it fails to place Woodrow
Wilson at the head of its national
ticket-a mistake which will more than
likely cost it the presidency"
Rockford (Ill.) Star: ut is Woodrow
Wilson against the field and against
Wall street too"
Gaffney Is. C.) Ledger: "It's pre-.
cious little comfort the boomers of
Messrs. Harmon, Clark and Under
wood are receiving in this state. To
Re perfectly frank about it, Governor
Wilson seems to have the goat tied
OUT
Hartford Conn Post: Governor
Wilson Of New Jersey says that our
tariff Is a mis6t-that it's a child's gar
ment. Perhaps that's Sc. Somehow It
does pinch terribly, and it's getting
worse all the time"
H
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
County Of Chickasaw

VI FllCDlODi- : l
County Of Chickasaw
This day personally appeared be-
fore me, the undersigned authority,
Walter Smith, AL Jagoe, D Morgan,
M E Leake, R F GoodIett; incorpora.
tors Of the corporation known as the
Prairie Lumber Co., who acknowledge
ed that they signed and axecuted the
above and foregoing articles Of incor.
poration as their act and deed on this
the 23rd day Of April, 1912.
A. c. Rowe,
Notary Public
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
Hanu to II,

All men have wandering impulses,
fits and starts of generosity. But
when you have resolved to be great
abide by yourself and do not weakly
try to reconcile yourself with the
world.-Emerson.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
GOVERNOR WILSON'S
CHANCES.
New York World

Tho World is unable to epree
with its friend Colonel Waiter
son that "tho Woodrow Wilson
presidential boom has started on
tho down grade"
Viewing the situation without
prejudice, we should say that the
governor Of New Jersey is etilI
the leading Democratic candidate
for the nomination and that he
is still the only candidate who
has shown strength in all sec
tiona Of the country.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02

Customer-Why do you call this
a common-sense diary?
Stationer-After the first few
pages it's ruled like a memorandum
book.-Judge,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-05-02
Mike-A word to the wise is suf-

Bill know; but the trouble is
you don't get a chance to say a
word to the wise guy.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-20
Anderson 25c Gingham l5c

We made the above offer the first time
last Friday and Saturday. As result
we sold more gingham than ever before
in two days. We're going to make it
stronger this time and offer them for
Friday and Saturday and all next week.
Never before could You buy these high
grade, long wearing ginghams so cheap
Good new patterns this season but we re
overstockcd and rather than carry them
over make this ridiculous offer. To make
it more interesting we put IN % pieces
more Of "Ivanhoc" 1Sc gingham. Choice
Of either during the balance of June, l3c.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-05-17
DELICATE CHILDREN
Made Strong by Vinol

81 wish I could induce every moth.
or who has delicate, sickly child, to
try your delicious cod liver iron tonic,
Vinol.
1T restored our little daughter to
health and strength after everything
else had failed. 1t tastes 30 good she
loved to take it-not a bit of cod liver
oil taste.-Mrs. c. w. Stump, Canton.
Ohio"
The reason Vinol is so successful
in building up puny, delicate, ailing
children, Is because 1t is a combina-
ton Of the two most world.famed tom
ics--the medicinal bodybuilding ele.
ments Of cod liver oil, aided by the
blood-making and strengthening
properties Of tonic iron.
II we can induce you to try bottle
OF Vinol as a body-builder and
strength-creator for your child, and
you do not find it is all we claim, we
will return your money on demand.
Wikle-Hodges Drug Co.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-05-17
RESPECTED BY MINE OWNERS
superstitions Among Men Who Wors.
Where Daylight Never Penetrates
Are Rather Quaint.

Many and quaint are the supersti-
lions existing among coal miners and
each OF them is respected by the wise
mine owner
For example, it is an old-estabIished
custom in the mines in the north of
England and South Wales to close
down mine for one day when a man
is killed in the workings. In some
mines the closing day after fatal &C.
cident is the day of the funeral. but
more usually 1t is the day after the
! accident
In some mines it is considered an
omen of i'll luck for a miner to carry
his lantern in his left hand; and in
others, curiously enough, it is regard
ed as unlucky to carry the lantern in
the right hand
One OF the Oldest customs among
, miners is that known as parting"
When batch of miners in England
| get to work on new seam. or cutting.
for the first time the first miner to
strike the coal with his pick leaves a
bit OF the clothes he is wearing at the
place where he strikes the first blow
A miner always tears a bit out of his
coat or trousers for this purpose, and
,, in mining districts where this custom
prevails you may see many wearers
of clogs going about with several torn
patches in their clothes, telling of the
number of times they have fulfilled
the custom Of parting in the mine. 1t
is considered unlucky to have such
rents in cloths mended.
Every miner on taking on work at
mine in the north of England receives
a cardboard leaf, containing the regu.
lations prevailing at that particular
mine, which he must scrupulously OBJ
serve. 1t is considered an unlucky
thing for miner to lose this card, and
in many miners homes you may see
the regulation card hanging on the
wall in glass frame.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-05-17
FATE OF THE OLD CHURCHES
Eighteen From New York City Have
Been Sold and Moved to Small
Towns.

Eighteen stone churches which were
on Manhattan Island from twenty-five
to two years ago are now scattered
over New York state, New Jersey and
Connecticut, says the New York Sun.
These structures were taken down to
make room for mercantile buildings.
The congregations moved uptown and
built new edifices. The old buildings
were sold and the buyers took them
down, carefully numbering each stone
and making full detailed drawings for
sale with the materials to prospective
purchasers.
There is good market for second
hand churches taken down hereabout
and that can be moved by low cost
water carriage to places within two
hundred miles. Old New Workers.
journeying upstate, through New Jer-
sey or in Connecticut often come upon
a church that looks familiar. and on
making inquiries find that the build
ing formerly stood on Manhattan Is
land and after being taken to a new
site was sand-blasted so as to give
the stone fresh appearance.
In the last dozen years an enormous
business has been done in taking down
orownstone houses in Manhattan and
re-erecting them in many places. One
fine facade by a famous architect of
sixty years ago is in Boston, another
in New Haven and a number are in
New Jersey cities. More than thous-
and fine brownstone houses were taken
down in Manhattan last year and the
stone and good deal of the timber
were worked into houses and apart
ment houses. hotels and halls within a
hundred miles of this city.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-05-17
Flaeeed Train With Shirt.

Tearing his shirt from his back an
Ohio man Tagged train and saved it
from a wreck. but H. T. Aston,
Raleigh, n. c; once prevented wreck
with Electric Bitters 81 was in a
terrible plight when began to use
them," he writes, my stomach, head /,
back and kidnys we're all badly affected
and my liver was in bad condition, but
four bottles OF Electric Bitters made me
feel like new man." A trial will
convince you OF their matchless merit
for any stomach, liver or kidney
trouble. Price so cents at w. A. Sans
drug Store.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-05-17
A Hairs Breadth.

A hairs breadth" is 100000 of an
inch. For the purpose of such fine
and delicate measurement tool makers
use what is called a micrometer cali
per- The hairs breadth is something
that has to be taken into consideration
in the Manufacture of a laousand and
one things in the machine makers art.
Close calculation of this sort must be
done on the doors of bank vaults, for
example, where every part must fit to
the incest degree Harper's Weekly
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-05-17
KENNESAW MOUNTAIN.
LAST weeks Lottery


The entertainment given at Mr..
John Gloer's Saturday night was
highly enjoyed by all present.
Mr.. Robert Guffin of Washington
is visiting his parents here this week.
Several from here attended the
singing at Sardis and also several
at Midway Sunday.
Married-0n last Sunday after
noon at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Crook, Mr..
Joe Kirk, of Rome, to Miss Mamie
Crook. We wish the happy couple
a most prosperous lise.
Messrs. Lem and Robert Guffir
and sister, Miss Altha. visited rela
tives at Lost Mountain and Macland
Sunday and Monday.
The farmers in this section are
very badly behind with thesr Gro D,
on account of so much rain.
FARMER BOY.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-05-17
Eye strain.

OF all the misfortunes that could be.
fall human being, the loss OF sight
Is probably the greatest. and yet no
organ Of the body is SO constantly
abused as the eye. The trouble IL
that the possessor Of the normal eye
does not take into consideration that
in all near work. as in reading, writ
ing, sewing, ETC., the eye is actively
engaged as well as the hands and
brain, and that the eye only is at rest
when looking into space or when
closed.