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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20
VERY HANDSOME
HEADDRESS FOR
EVENING WEAR

n NE hardly knows whether to call
W the many elaborate head-dresses
designed for evening rel by the
name of "turban" or not. They are
turbans in reality, but developed in
new ways. Some of them cover the
entire head-most of them do but
others leave the crown uncovered and
swath themselves about the forehead.
They are extravagantly rich and i'm
mensely becoming.
A modest one so far as fabric and
ornamentation are concerned is pic
tured here. 1t is of black velvet with
rich ornament in passamenterie, hay
ing cOlored heads and gold %spangles
let in. This is placed across the
front and the velvet brought up in
folds at each side to the top Of the
light frame. Here there is the sim
plest of simulated knots.
Above this is poised a very gorge
GUS butterfly in exactly the position
that butterflies never take naturally.
We may therefore assume that this is
q butterfly of fashion. Natural or
not. she is very brilliant and beautiful,
with long black antennae of chenille
and a curious body of wound braid.
This head-dress, without the butter
fly. makes an entirely suitable turban
for street wear. With the butterfly It
viii pass muster as one Of the most
up-to-date OF new head-dresses design
ed for tho coming season. II all the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20
Cats Do Good Service
in Killing Rodents
BY C. H. BEYERS, Chicago

average, property to the value Of S. every year of its life. There are
at least 100000 rats n the United States. Figure out the damage for
yourselves. Every mouse destroys at least So worth of property every ya1
of its life. There are at least as many mice as rats in the United States
Figure out that. Now, every cat kills at least two rats and five mice each
year. How much do they save to the community?
There are probably 100000 cats in the United States. If a cat
kills one rat and two mice, that is SO to the credit Of each cat. So the
cats save to the country at large ~$9,O0O,OOO. Is the much-malped cat
worth a~nythng%
l have seen this time and again: A cat, fat or lean, will eat a rat
or mouse caught by its d~exteriy-fact! But if the cats should not eat
them, they kill them, and that is to their credit. A cat in Chicago will
destroya t least 100 sparows every year, thereby getting rid Of a little
pesttrous nuisance. Ten thousand cats land there probably are that
n nbex in Chicago) who kill about 100000 of the pugnaCOus foreign.
err Of the bird kind.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20

lTHE theater or dinner gown which
can be adapted to almost any funC-
ton, is a possession to be treasured
by women who wish to be well dress
ed without putting too much time and
money into a wardrobe. With sepa-
rate bodices which are put on over
the skirt with little coats and a vari-
ETY. Of girdles and corsage flowers,
many changes may be effected in a
single gown.
This is especially true with a skirt
of black satin, rich broadcloth or vel
vet. with bodice Of black and white
lace and chiffon, like that shown in
the picture. The hip founce of lace,
with heading of fur, may even be
taken off; the high wasted skirt pro-
Vided with girdle or sash in any color
wanted or the corsage flower dis
pensed with.
Just as it stands, the costume is
a worthy effort OF a French designer,
and shows a clever grasp of the lead
AA6 oLglO lCdbuAC VI luO OCdoOH, anu
a splendid management Of them.
The skirt, like those in many of the
newest creations, does not hang in
much about the feet, and has no train
or split. But it clings as it should,
to the figure. Small silk covered
weights (Which come in bands ready
fer adjustment) with the shaping
seams, must be depended upon to
compel the graceful hanging of the
garment.
The hip drapery is natural, and
might sag a bit more at the back to
express the extreme Of the mode. 1t
is Of fine white Chantilly, showing a
scanty and dainty covering of the
surface of net with an outlined pat
tern. A band of fitch fur-or martin
il preferred-outlines it at the top.
This decoration is sewed to the skirt
in such a way that it may be detach-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20
Felt at Home.

He had been around from church to
church trying to find a congenial con
gregation, and finally he stepped In a
little church just as the congregation
read with the minister;
1--WE have left undone those things
which we ought to have done, and we
have done those things which we
ought not to have done"
The man dropped into a pew with a
sigh Of relief.
THANK goodness" he said, I've
found my crowd at last" Ladies'
Home Journal.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20

The popular impression
that cats do a service in
killing mice and rats is alb
solutely true, the statement
of noted authorities to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
Every rat DESTROYS, on the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20

are the daily torment of thousands. To e.
fectually cure these troubles you must re-
move the cause. Foley Kidney Pills begin
to work for you from the first dose, and ex-
ert so direct and beneficial an action in the
kidneys and bladder that the pain and tor
ment of kidney trouble soon disappears-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20
Rn0ElMGS

We believe that we carry the, largest
stocks of roofings in the south, in painted
and galvanized steel, rubber and compo-
sition. in all prices, from soc per square,,
complete, and up. Try "Paroid," the
King of Rubber Roofing. Ten years with
out a brush. Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Com
pany, Iron. Steel. Railway and Mil Sup
plies. Memphis, Tennessee. Adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20

When SOMEWHAT less than
300 years ago Governor
Bradford first called the
people from their rough
hewn cabins to join in
Thanksgiving there is no
reason to doubt that the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20
Easily Seen.

Your minister is a good man, but
he'll never make a great preacher"
"Why not?"
Because anybody can understand
everything he says"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20

A good watch can now be
purchased for one or two
dollars, and there is no ne
cessity for factory whistles
to awaken several thousand
persons in a city in order
that a few persons employed
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-11-20
WHENEVER YOU NEED
GENERAL TONIC TAKE GROVES
The Old Standard Groves Tasteess chilli Tonic is Equally
Valuable as a General Tonic because It Acts on the LIVER,
Drives OCT Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up
the Whole System. For Grown People and Children.

You know what you are taking when you take Groves Tasehss chill Tonic
as the formula is printed on every label showing that it contains the we'll known
tonic properties of QULNINE and IRON. 1t is as strong as the strongest bitter
tonic and is in TaNeles Form. 1t has n 10 equal for Malaria, Chls and Fever,
Weakness general debility and loss of appetite. Gives life and vpr o Nursing
Mothers and Pale Schy Children. Removes BiHousnes without purgng
Relieves nervous depression and low spirits Arouses the liver o action and
purihes the blood. A True Tonic and sue appetizer A Complete Strengthened.
No family should be without it. Guaranteed by your Druggist We near il sc
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-28
WHEELING IN 1918

Intehgeneer today publishes the special edition. Wheeling
IN 1918 to which II Is perhaps not necessary 10 call the attention Of
us readers In this edition. will be found a complete historical re-
sumo OF many OF the most important industrial. business and social
activities OF the city of Wheeling and OF much Of the State of IVES,
virginia. An edition Of this kind is justified and frequently desir-
able on account Of the more or less constant change in business con.
dionS. IN the establishment Of new industries and in the more
'horough development OF older ones. Wheeling in 1913" can look
oaek with SPECIAL pride on the progress in every line Of effort. of
the development of its social educational and artistic life and upon
ITS Advancement IN all things that make tor the welfare Of It's citizens
II can look forward with hoTe and inspiration because IL has built
upon a solid foundation. The industries. the business houses and
the banking institutions of Wheeling are on hrm footngs. ana well
Sme 10 meet all the possible storms Of business. Whatever the future
may have 10 store for the country at large, We may be assured that
the enter7nsIng business men of Wheeling will maintain their position
and command their share of the general advancement and prosperity
Wheeling IN 1913 Is a splendid record Of honest and sound
industry. a forecast of a greater and more splendid DEVELOPMENT
in the future
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James n Mason. who was one OF
the two COMMISSIONS Of The ConfeI-
crate government who wer. taken ur
from the British steamer Trent nr
'aptain Wllkes. of fte United States
navy. IN the fall Of 1851. was one OF
The most loyahIc Of men. said bred
"flck W Seward 10 me once when
he was speaking IN some OF mis-
reminiscenCes OF tho days when Dec
was assistant secretary Of state IA
%" cabinet OF President Lincoln.
You may remember what a ire
mendous excitement tho removal os
Mason and Sli1cll from the Britisn
stcau"r and their subsequent imprIs-
ouutnt ia Fort Warren. Boston.
caused There was for a time tho
FrHvest DANGER that We might be- M
vulvct I'm "a Va with Great Britain
on account az that accident.
The difficulty was happily ended.
partly through tho kindly offices or
queen Victoria o. her husband. fhe
prince consort. and partly through rre
tarti.l disposition OF the case wnicn
was made by President Lincoln ans
father.
All this. however. i7 q matter ot
OF H.
But what always Interested ne
particularly In tho case. especially
1HtA H'tah'AN WIN '4A N".A
over 10 the British government. was
tho remarkable difference 90 person
dllty between tho TWO men
John Slid"ll was a Northern man.
2 native OF New York state and my
father knew well some OF those wro
Wer" near Of sin 90 Rim lie went
from New York Iu early manhood 20
LOUISIANA and there La'ned great o..
htcn'" both as e. lawyer and as a
Democratic politician suppose
Their" Was nor a. more intensely t"-
voted and Jealous supporter or sa-
De--ion and tho establishment OF rt.
'~ouied"rat" government than John
~lid.I was
Tie was "a very stern man It was
said OF Liu that ls Thought ~ ra.
meath biz dignity 90 -m.in lie looked
uuou DO" very seriously and .o
Thought hi- own dignity was tho mos.
serious thing To llf"
Mason. pm the other hand. was q
native of Virginia art was One OF
fh- %Joiile-f and -.utI,-t OF men. ilo
wouldn't hurt "a fy he was ruI OF
Fun and Dee bad O. very keen sense
~ tuuur Tie was "a larEe consumer
% tobacco and was not always care
mi about The direction iu which re
"N-r',fur9tcl 30 so that 60 frequently
happened that lis linen was spotted
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win tobacco juice He was confined
"lil Slluell In Fort Warren. but ne
.ad not been in tho fCrt an hour De
TOT" De captured by has kindly gooI
L@llr" every one who was brouCrt
'l touch with him. II was soon dis
covered that he was Immensely lu-
USED ny the stern maun~rlsms Of MS
'olleaEue SIldeil. OCCASIONALLY %.
Noci9 slit Ntdell mp 20 irritation SD
mat Zoe might enjoy the spectacle
Captain Fox. the assistant secrr-
iafy or the navy. told me that Wusu
tL' order came FOR the rplpase ~
Mason and Slldell and the delivery
oi them TO a British vessel wrtcu
was waiting for them near PROVING
town. Massachusetts. SlideII refus 4
20 pudge an inch lie said they uar
taken hiu there by force and they
would have 90 take han out by force.
Mason stood by. with difficulty sup
pt"-.lnE his sense % rii-iculousnas-
OF Sldell's attitude lie caught toX
looking az him and D. slyly wiuked
h' mat p" might thereby CONVEX 20
'aTtaln Fox his sol az the humor
Of the situation.
But u was when they were cross
ing Massachusetts bay i'm a little
steamboat IN "a high sea and a heavy
WIND that Mason's sense rof mo best
OF nm Poor Slid-ll lay on his buns
VAN rfN"AN NNNf~~. NNH wa
iu despair and .ntimafrd that go
would be pleased ~ they would throw
ilW into the SEQ
Mason himself was not very sea
siDk. but le attributed his immunity
70 his sense OF che ridiculous ana
rrut"squely pitifuI appearance Of ms
~coli"asu" as hp lay roaming with
rho fortunes OF his nausea and e-
pecIni.y ar such ume as be- yielded
TO it,
SO when Mason boarded the Brit
i-h vessel tr" officers ~precolvod that
Do" was I'm excellent good humor. ale
though they We're particularly ca--y-
tu- tl" almost pro-trare SIid,II IRON
The I'tl" steamboat to tho deck ut
tho Brush vessel
Vow. ! should nav, said that tna
Ne" Yorker would have had 90.
~'u.o of humor and that the Nlr.
....au would have stood uruu ms
dignity But b reverse was M"
case Those who knew senator
Mason well told uo that I'M hI- ner-
suualify. his ,or!igHtv. Dis un,l-
-wtnd"duoss and bis kindness of heart
a" was % of fhe MOST Ioyaui. cd
men
O|roryIltt. 1913. o.. Mason.
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some thing forceml and striking 20
weld all these clements into "A com
mon fighting body. For the time be-
ing they have laid aside other jcal-
ousies and other interests and have
apparently united IN a determination
that tho grip o.; Tammany 90 Sew
York city and upon the state shall
lc broken.
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
By f. ]. Edwards

"-e%a%sx
James VI. MasOn'S Sense of the Ridiculous
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trHE INTEILTGUSCER. embracing
its several editions. - entered Ga the
po.tofHcs a. Wh"e'-g " Va. as Sec
ond-cla-s matter
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That's the way We want YOU
20 Judge the merits of our lines
Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
ARMY CHAPLAIN HAS
VERY BUSY LIFE
Holding Religious Service Is But
Small Part of Minister'S
Work

From the New York Sun.
A chaplain with troops being a non.
combatant, although thare have been in
stances of valor and heroism by men of
their cloth, a doubt has arisen in the
thrifty legislative mind whether money
could not be saved by dispensing with the
army chaplain and calling local minis
ter in post towns to hold services,
This view of the matter displsvs s,,oh
a dearth of information about the d,,t;as
and usefulness of army cbaplains tbat
one OF them, Capt. Joseph Clemens of the
fifteenth Infantry Ito give him his rank
III the service), has answered in a letter
TO the Army and Navy Journal the oues
tlon not infrequently asked by member.
OF Congress: OF what use are army cha n
lains? f
Conducting religious services is a small
part OF the army chaplain's work
MINOR part perhaps. IL he is the riaht
KIND or chaplain he collects a library fo,
.he regiment, distributes the books and
taxes care of them. He obtains the books
py personal solicitation they are = nor
poushr with government funds One regi-
ment eve suspect it is the Fifteenth In
1antry) has a library of 1000 volumes
and when the regiment is ordered TO the
philippines or anywhere elese the chan
stereoptcon and lantern slides. popular
games, an organ and music scores for
the entertainment of the troops overseas
i1o ihust ma a place to display the
BOOKS and also a reading room for the
men, which is sometimes a tent. "A chan
iain on duty in China--we suspect it was
.hapiain Clemens--acquired moving pic-
lure outnt by the sale of photographs
ne was the entertainer and lecturer The
cnaplain it must begin to appear. has
otner duties and occupations besides
preaching and praying.
ne nolds Sunday schools for the SOL
diers and officers children when there
are children. He superintends a most
scnooi Tor part of the year, with one
.edcner Tor every fifteen men and one
teacher all the year. for all soldiers NAV
attend school at least four months If
tney wish. He prepares notices. plans
services and entertainments and supports
ms own work even to securing his own
lynn DOCKS, because Congress cannot
AFFORD to authorize such expenditures.
Inc right kind of chaplain has no idle
hours He visits the hospital every day.
,iot only TO soothe and comfort the sick,
put 70, read to them--not homilies and ex-
nortations to lead better life, but chief
numor IN prose and verse. Sometimes
Tic chaplain recites to the patients Of a
waru- Daily he goes to. the post prison
Win words of cheer and an armful of
,nasazines The dying soldier calls for
niIi'' and ne bears the last message to the
mans family and receives mementoes to
20 sent home. The chaplain is the friend
ana guide as Well as the religious adviser
~ soldiers who respect the cloth. He Of
ten saves them from themselves and
Keeps the secret. There are nights for
lectures and moving pictures as we'll as
night for prayer meetings. There are
ND ~
social that the chaplain performs for the
soldier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
For Rough, Wrinkled,
Freckled. Pimpled Skin

tFrom the women's Home JournaD
AS March winds, flying dust and dirt.
are art to injure any complexion, this
information will be of special value
right now If you have any cutaneous
blernish. don't use paint, powder or
anything else to cover It up. Too often
this only emphasizes the defect. Be-
sides. it's mich easier to remove the
disfigurement with ordinary mercol- :
ized wax Applied nightly. the wax will
gradually remove freckles, pimples,
black heads. moth patches, sallowness,
red or yellow blotches or any surface
ernptions. The affected cuticle is abb
sorbed little each day. until the clear,
soft, youthful and beautiful skin be-
meath is brought wholly to view. Ask
the druggist for an ounce or mercolized
wax and use this like you use cold
cxeam. Remove in morning with soap
and water. Many who have tried this
sin Nple and harmless treatment report
aste Wishing results.
IL bothered with wrinkles and fur
rows. a wash lotion made by dissolving
an ou nee of powdered saxolite in a
half-pi vt witch hazel viii prove Won
derfuIly effectual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

ford and the castle itself is surrounded
by magnificent wooded demesne. Lord
Granard is now taking an Influential part
IN the agricultural and Industrial develop
ment OF the country. Lady Granard will
give series of house parties at which
many prominent visiting Americans will
be given acquaintance with Irish life at
its best.
\ sudden windfall of $4,000 inherited
from a broker who Won a fortune out Of
copper mining in Montana. proved the
precursor to a series of mental worries
to Patrick Duienan. an elderly Mayo
farmer. Duignan was 81 years Of age
when his legacy was paid TO him. Up to
Chen he had managed to get along In SIM
gle hlessedness. No sooner was he rich
In the worlds goods when ali tine Mayo
matchmaking mothers laid traps in which
to catch him. He consulted friendly
school master. The latter suggested that
the best way TO put a stop to his annoy
anees was to get married as quickly as
possible, and he added, Just put one
over these women, let's advertise for a
BRIDE
Pat jumped at the idea. His ADVERTISE
ment was inserted and answers kept pour
ing in by the hundred. With the aid of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
SURELY TAKE SYRUP OF FIGS" IF
HEADACHY, BILIOUS, CONST|PATED.
Sweeens your stomach cea your head and thoroughly
ceanses your liver and 80 feet of bowels OF sour ble
foul gases and clogged-up waste

fermenting food and clogged up waste
matter is moved on and out of your
system-no nausea--no gripins--no
weakness.
You simply can't have your liver in-
active and your thirty feet of bowels
constipated with sour, decaying waste
matter and feel we'll. The need OF a
laxative is a natural need, but with
delicious Syrup of Figs you are not
drugging yourself. Being composed
entirely of luscious figs, senna and
aromatics it can not inJure.
Ask your druggist for the full name
Syrup of Figs and Elixer of 5enna."
Refuse, with scorn, any of the 500
called Fig Syrup limitations. They are
meant to deceive YOU. Look on ths
label. The genuine, old reliable. bears
the name, California Fig Syrup Cons
pany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

bestir themselves, cherished ideals of
chivalry will be dead in another genera
tion." Lord Roberts thinks His lordship
Is greatly disappointed at John Bulls
manifest unwillingness to arm and pre-
pare He continues lecturing the cabi-
net. parliament and the people on the
inevitable need of conseription, and the
people of the towns and farms who have
to toll hard for their living having de-
elined even to give the veteran field mar
shal a polite hearing, "Bobs'' has turned
to the flower of the nation,'' or the idle
spenders of the West End.
The spectacle of the venerable soldier
thus appealing to the weak-ehested repre-
sentatives of the ruling houses is path
etc in the last degree. ''Bobs' has owed
his long-standing popularity to democratic
leanings and eminence won in spite Of,
rather than by the aid of family pride"
and aristocratic connections. 1t is very
evident that England is becoming less
and less a. nation Of warriors
But, as Canon Henson, the brilliant
peace parson,'' observes. "a decrease In
the warlil1e spirit does not necessarily
mean a decline in chivairy. Real chival-
ry has no relation to slaughtering ones
fellows
According to Canon Henson chivalry
Is now being put to a sore test by the
war of the women Women implanted
the spirit of chivalry in mans heart. She
nav" says the canon, through mis-
guided abuse of the power and influence
generations of her sex have bequeathed
to her, undo. in the course of few years
that which has been accomplished for
her own and the worlds veal In the fight
of civilizing centuries"
At last, the lawmakers of England
have decided to take a step which will
put the lesser courts of the country on
much the same plane as the federal
and state courts in the United States SO
far as concerns fitting the punishment to
the crime. A government bill is to be
pressed through in the course of the now
session standardizing sentences.
FOR some time past the attention OF the
home office has been directed to the wide
differences in the nature of the sentences
inflicted by different magistrates for SIM
liar offenses. While still granting to local
Jusuciaries that latitude in the adminis-
tration of punishment which is essential
the new bill is destined to indicate rather
more clearly in what instances offences
merit hard labor flnes-in short it will
do something towards co-ordinating pun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

the schoolmaster Pat started a thorough
CANVASS by mail. IoVe making By letter
became an absorbing pastime. Pat soor
outgrew the arts Of 1he schoolmastar. N
last. he lost his beart 10 a young colleen
of i who he had never seen. He jous
neyed to her home at Bantry and mar
ried her. No sooner did the other sweat
hearts br mail discover this perfidy tha1
demands poured III for damages foi
breach of promise.
Pat decided to take all the cases to eour1
in a bunch TO the number of 113 thsJ
were listed before Lord Justice FitzgiDs
bon. His lordship was amazed at this
wholesale lovemaking and sternly asked
Guiguan what he had to say for himself
SURE said Duignan. 1t was little eiss
could do but play up to the deiudherera
loved them all. one after the otheH
your 1ordship.'
.'But you never saw any OF them.s pro-
tested the Judge
''That.'' replied Pat with a knowing
wink, was why loved themj'
A fifth of his legacy has gone to pae
damages and lawyers costs. The young
wife had induced him TO settle the balls
ance OF his estate upon her to protees
him from woolng women by mail"