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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
THEN He ABANDONED VISIT
missionary Found Out Why He Was
Being Sent as Messenger to
Cannlbal King.

Jack London, preparing to embark
on another cruise around the world.
told In Santa Barbara of the strange
experiences of his last cruise.
"But we had no such hairbreadth
escapes as that of a missionary we
met in Samoa" he said. This good
fellow was preaching in one of the
islands In which cannibalism Is prac-
ticed, While trying yainly to make
converts he was captured by a canni-
bal king. To his surprise, he was i'm
mediately released. His release, how
ever, was made ON the condition that
he carry small sealed packet to a
neighboring king.
"The missionary was so grateful that,
meeting unexpectedly detachment of
English sailors, he refused to accom-
pany them to safer territory. The
sealed packet from his benefactor
would be delivered as he had prom
Used. But an officer in the midst of
the discussion opened the packet.
Therein, besides a number of pun
gent little onions, was letter con-
tanning these simple but significant
words:
He will be delicious with these!"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
FACE COVERED WITH PIMPLES

214 Brevard St., Tampa, Fla
Some three years ago commenced
to suffer from rash on my face and
back. Before.the pimples came on my
face there were lot of blackheads. 1t
looked as IT.. the blackheads turned
into pimplesgf because after little
while all Of theth were gone and my
face was covered with pimples. They
were small At first but gradually
grew and right at the end Of each
pimple it wastall white. / carelessly
picked them with my finger nails,
which made them spread, and I soon
discovered them on my back. My
back was covered with pimples and
my faceI the same way. AT night !
could hardly sleep on account Of tho
burning and itching sensation they
caused. l did not like to 60 out be.
cause the pimples caused disdgure-
ment.
Seeing the advertisement Of Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment in one Of
the magazines sent for a sample. I
bought some Cutieura Soap and Oint-
ment, and / am glad to be able to
say that am entirely cured Of pim-
PIES" (Signed) Jno. o. Darlington,
Jan. 25. 1918.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston. ADV.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
old People Need
A Bowel Stissss.!Gs;t
The Ideal One Is a Mid Laxative
Tonic That VIII Keep fhe BosveIs
Gently Active.


Healthy old age Is SO absolutely de-
pendent upon the condition of the bow
els that great care should be taken to
see that they act regularly. The fact
Is that as age advances the stomach
muscles become weak and inactive and
the liver does not store up the juices
that are necessary to prompt digestion.
Some help can be obtained by eating
easily digested foods and by plenty of
exercise, but this latter is irksome to
most elderly people. One thing is GER
tain, that a state OF constipation yhould
always be avoided, as 1t is dangerous
to life and health. The best plan Is
to take mild laxative as often as Is
deemed necessary, But with equal GER
tainty it is suggested that cathartics,
purgatives, physics, salts and pills be
avoided, as they do but temporary good
and are SO harsh as to be shock to
delicate system.
A much better plan and one that
thousands Of elderly people are follow
ing, is to take gentle laxative-tonic
like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which
acts as nearly like nature as is possible.
In fact, the tendency of this remedy
is to strengthen the stomach and bowel
muscles and SO train them to act natu-
rally again, when medicines Of all
kinds can usually be dispensed with.
This is the opinion of many people of
different ages, among them Mrs. Mary
A. P. Davidson Of University Mound
Home, San Francisco, Cal She is rs
and because of her sedentary habits
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
SAGE TEA DARKENS GRAY
HAIR TO ANY SHADE. TRY IT!
Keep Your Locks Youthful, Dark,
Glossy and Thick With Common
Garden Sage and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can
tell, because it's done 80 naturally, SO
evenly. Preparing this mixture,
though, at home is mussy and trouble
some. For SO cents you can buy at
any drug store the ready-to-use tonic
called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy" You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time. BY morn
ing all gray hair disappears, and, after
another application or two, your hair
becomes beautifully darkened, glossy
and luxuriant You will also dis
cover dandruff is gone and hair has
stopped falling
Gray, faded hair, though no dis.
grace, is a sign of old age, and as we
all desire youthful and attractive ap-
pearance, get busy at once with Wy
eths Sage and Sulphur and look years
younger.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17

had continual bowel trouble. From
the day she began taking DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin she has had no
further inconvenience and naturally
she is glad to say kind things of this
remedy.
A bottle can be bought of any drug
gist at fifty cents or one dollar. People
usually buy the fifty cent size first, and
then, having convinced themselves of
its merits, they buy the dollar size.
which is more economical. Results are
always guaranteed or money will be
refunded. Elderly persons of both
sexes can follow these suggestions
with every assurance of good results.
Families wishing to try free sam
pie bottle can obtain it postpaid by ad-
dressing DR.. W. B. Caldwell, 419 Wash.
ington St., Monticello, ILL., A postal
card with your name and address ON
it will do.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
WILLIE WELL PROVIDED FOR
Little Possibility Of His Getting Hun.
cry on the Way Home, but If
He Did

They were talking about improving
an opportunity the other afternoon,
when the secretary Of the interior con-
tributed to the conversation.
Makes me think he smilingly said,
."of a youngster who lives In our town.
One afternoon he was invited to q
party where. of course, refreshments
were bountifully served.
Wont you have something more,
Willie?' asked the pretty hostess, to-
ward the close of the feast
No, thank you,' replied Willie, with
an expression of great satisfaction,
I'm full
Well. then, smiled the hostess,
put some fruit and cake In your peck
cts to eat ON the way home
No, thank you.' came the rather
startling response of Willie. They're
full, too"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Made a Great Blaze.

4 With face as rudy as an apple
Farmer Tullett drove along the quiet
country road in his trap.
AS he drew near the little village he
met the minister walking along. with
downcast head and very meditative
look upon his face III
I'm right sorry to hear O. the fire
at your house last night, sir he said
WAS there any serious loss?"
Indeed there was, my good Tullett."
said the minister dolefully. Ten years
sermons were completely burned"
The old farmer touched his horse
with his whip and sly twinkle came
into his merry eye.
aye" he retorted as the trap moved
off, they'd make grand blaze, sir!
They were so dry, you see!"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
. CASCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH LIVER
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biliousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box now.

Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, fermenting food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A Accent box from
any drug store means a clear head,
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
GETTING A DRINK in KANSAS.

GETTING A DRINK IN KANSAS.
A newspaper man who would not
believe that 1t was so very difficult to
get drink In Kansas determined to
investigate, for himself He took with
him friend who, IL is stated, could
find liquor In back alleys, hay mows.
and under kitchen doors He re-
lates their experiences In humorous
detail in the Kansas City Star; tells
how, after following the trail for ten
hours and forty minutes In the city
of Topeka they finally ran down an
alley cocktail, and sums up the situa-
ton thus:
Then 1t is possible to buy liquor
in Topeka? Yes. and 1t is also pos
sible to rob bank there. 1t is a
crime to sell liquor and 1t Is also a
crime to steal, and both crimes are
committed in Topeka and probably
will continue to be. But neither is
committed easily or with impunity
and neither Is respectable. AS to the
degree of ease. should say that rob
bling bank would be much simpler
matter than buying an alley cocktail,
and would involve less risk. A bank
robber can get into Topeka without
having to register his name and oc-
cupation with the authorities. Whisky
cant. Under the Mahin law the rail-
roads are required to certify to the
county attorney every shipment of
liquor laid down in Topeka, the name
Of the consignee and his address It
makes trail blind man could fol-
low, and the result is there is no
liquor shipped into Topeka any more.
What small quantity reaches there is
carried in by it's alley agents and hid
den In out-of-the-way places to reap.
pear in the manner I have described
In the shape Of alley cocktails.
Which brings me to what I was
going to say about that delectable
drink. An alley cocktail is half
pint of the cheapest whiskey obtain
able in the barrel houses of Kansas
City diluted with Kaw river water
and artificially colored with burnt
sugar 1t is then buried under the
chicken house and permitted to age
over night. When you meet a man
on the train who boasts loudly that
the lid is off in Kansas and that he
can go to Topeka or Leavenworth or
Wichita and buy drink. it means
he has had an alley cocktail When
he has had two he will boast that he
beats his mother"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Not Guilty as AlIeaed.

The man had been accused of COM
hitting an annoyance by flashing a
mirror in the eyes Of passersby.
you are quite mistaken" he said
to the big policeman. II haven't any
mirror. What these people saw was
the reflection of my shining serge coat
I'm married man and the coat is
four years old"
And, turning hastily, he threw the
dazzling reflection from his back and
elbows into the policeman's dazzled
eyes. And by the time the officer
recovered he was we'll on his way.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
AN UNPARALLELED RECORD.

The following dispatch was sent
out from Washington, D. c., one Mon
day soon after the new excise law
went into effect:
The national capital awakened to-
day to find that during the thirty-one
hours from midnight Saturday to 7
o'clock this morning 1t had been a
'1agless' town. Not one arrest for
drunkenness had been made by the
police In that time, and the police
court docket was a lonesome sight.
The new and rigid excise law passed
by congress was responsible for the
wave OF Sabbath purity.
Where are the prisoners?' de
manded Police Judge Pugh when he
assembled the bench and cast his eye
around for the usual Monday morning
array.
There amt none, yer honor said
the bailiff, almost sadly. We amt
got 80 much as plain drunk
"The record, so far as the police
have been able to ascertain, Is I'M
paralleled In the annals of the de
partment."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Mosquito Pest Overcome.

Fighting mosquitoes was one of the
construction problems of the power de-
velopment at Stave Falls, British CO.
lumbia. Two years ago the pests were
SO annoying at the height of the mos
quito season that for two weeks work
was suspended altogether. 1t is re-
ported that this season there have
been practically no mosquitoes as a re-
suit of the fact that man was de-
tailed to spend his time putting oil on
pools in the neighborhood. Engineer
ing Record.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17


John Purroy Mitchell of New York
was talking about new defense Of
Tammany.
1T is ridiculously naive defense"
he said. 1T reminds me of Paint
Rock.
"A visitor to the retired village of
Paint Rock remarked to a native:
Mr.. Scribbler was charmed with
Paint Rock. In his book he calls 1t
the quaintest, sleepiest town
But here the native, biting vicious.
ly into a plug of chewing tobacco,
growled
Wall, Paint Rock may be quaint,
all right, all right; but don't zee
nothin' sleepy about place whar
everybody's up at four in the morn
in, rain or shine"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
To swell the sunday collection.


"Uh-well, sah," triumphantly said
old Brother Bulginback, de church
wasn't never so prosperous befo' in
de Twin world. Yo' see, sab, we all's
got wild us Brudder Nick Smash, de
cullud p'liceman. On Sundays he
shucks of his blue unicorn and takes
up de election, and II brudder don't
pungle up bout what Brudder Smash
considers a fittin' amount. on de fol-
derin' Monday, when he's uh-repre-
sentin' de magnitude o. de law he
dusts dat brudder's head wild his club.
Yassah!-de church am sho'ly rollin
in clover SINCE we done took Brudder
Smash into de fold!"-Kansas City
Star.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Husbands.

Miss Helen Travers, the president
Of the Bachelor Girls club of Duluth,
said in a toast, "The Men, at the
clubs nineteenth anniversary:
"And now we come to the man as
husband. Man as husband may be d.
vided into two classes-he whose
meals disagree with him, and he who
disagrees with his meals"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Terrible Thouqht.

The baby was slow about talking
and his aunt was deploring that fact
Four-year-old Elizabeth listened anx-
iously.
"Oh. mother" she ventured at
length, do you think he'll grow up
English? We couldn't any of us I'M
derstand him if he turned out to be
French! "-Lippincott'
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
inefficient.

The young man approached the mag
nate, resolution cleaning in his
eyes,
While was calling on your daugh-
ter last night, sir" he said, your dog
growled at me-
did he bite your"
mo, sir; only growled."
"Humph! Then I'll have to get an.
other. Confound these dealers guar
antees!'
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
ELIXIR BABEK A GOOD TONIC

ELIXIR BABEK A GOOD TONIC
And Drives Malaria out of the System.
Your sBabek' acts like magic; l have
given 1t to numerous people In my par
tsh who were suffering with chills, ma
laria and fever. I recommend 1t to those
who are sufferers and in need of good
tonic."-Rev. s. Szymanowski, st.
Stephens Church. Perth Amboy, N. ].
Elixir Babek SO cents. all druggists or
by Parcels Post prepaid from Kloczew-
ski & Co.. Washington. d. C..
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
POSITIVELY HARMFUL.

English and German psychologists
have demonstrated beyond Question
that the continued use OF alcohol In
any quantity is not only useless, but
positively harmful, and on the basis
of experience l appeal to my col
leagues everywhere to abjure its USE
The fittest use a doctor can make
of alcohol are to preserve dead It's
sues, cancers and the like. and to de-
hydrate sections of tissue for the
microscope.
1t may be classed as a drug and a
poison. and has no rightful position
as a medicine.-Dr. Howard A. KEEL
ley.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Kind to Expect

Il see where the fat women are in
Weighing against the present fashions
as utterly unsuited to them"
We'll, they are qualified to put up
a stout resistance"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Mo. SIX.SlxTY-SIx

This is prescription prepared es-
pecially for Malaria or chil!s and
Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case. and II taken then as a tonic
the fever will not return. 25c.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
IN SAME CLASS.

The four words, Damp, Dark, Dirty,
Drink, always 60 together, We have
looked upon dampness, dirtiness,
darkness as preventable causes Of
disease. Why not consider drink in
the same light?-Mrs. Ella A. Boole.
President New York State w. c. T. U
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
WASHINGTON, D. c., GOING DRY.

WASHINGTON, D. c., GOING DRY.
The new excise law of the District
Of Columbia, which went into effect
July /, will in is months from that
time have abolished one-half Of the
drinking places of the capital city.
Among its provisions are: A dry zone
OF 400 feet around every public school.
college and university, and round
every church. dry zone Of 1000 feet
round the marine barracks, navy yard,
war college. and engineer barracks;
absolutely dry Sundays; not more
than three saloons, other than hotels
or clubs, on one side of block, nor
more than four on both sides; liquor
in residence districts sold only In
sealed packages; all SALOONS closed on
Inauguration day. The total number
of saloons, including bars In hotels
and clubs, must be reduced to 300 by
November I, 1914.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
FeIIlno TRAGIC.

Hamlet Fatt is a real tragedian.
He puts genuine tragedy into his act.
ing"
Anybody could, playing, as he
does, to an average of $35 night"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Wonderful Resemblance.

"The violin resembles the human
voice"
Eyes, notice that when my son
practices. 1t sounds like the voice of
some poor human being who is suf-
fering horribly"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Several WaYa.

Several Ways.
Il am working along intellectual
lines for the suffrage"
Il see," said the mere man. What's
your speciality? Do you throw acid or
do a barefoot dancer"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
COSTLY HABIT.

COSTLY HABIT.
A large automobile factory in Micht
gan discovered that after the biweek.
ly paydays. Governing a period OF ten
weeks. 1870 men lost s765 in wages
through absence because of drinking
habits, TO say nothing of the money
spent In the saloons while drinking.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
His PHOTOGRAPH.

You say this fellow draws funny
pictures?"
Yes, and occasionally he sits for
one"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Naturally Qualified,

why can't they get along with that
stock?"
1T wouldn't hold water
Then they ought to be able to float
it all right"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Natural Result.

"Binks is broke"
That's why he looks all gone to
pieces"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17

Don't neglect a cold. 1t means Consump-
ton or Pneumonia. Deans Mentholated
Cough Drops check colds-5c at Druggists.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
PROFITS oE ARsTAINER.

Four reasons why 1t profits man
to be an abstainer: First, his head is
clearer. Second, his brain Is better.
Third, his heart is lighter. Fourth.
his purse Is heavier.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Mixed Metaphor.

Hey, links, where are your"
Cant you see. you fool. that I'm
lnder the machine"
We'll, links, that's a horse on you'll"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Many Children are Starving

Many ChIIuren are StdrVIn9
not from lack of food, but because
parasites--worms--a feeding upon
what ought to 60 to nourish the child.
Frey's Vermifuge will quickly correct
this. 25c. at all dealers.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
An lnarate.

"Tightwad says that he owes his
success as money-getter to his wife"
Yes; but he does not appear at all
disposed to pay her anything on &C.
count"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17

IL there is any frankness about a
woman 1t shows when she is sea-
sick.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
MUCH INVOLVED.

Every moral and social cause, thu
prosperity Of every trade. Is involved
In the victory Of the temperance move
ment-~Rt Hon. Winston Churchill
NJ p.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Too Needy

A friend in need generally needs too
much.-New Orleans Picayune.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17

You can't measure the enjoyment of
others by your own.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17

And most men are stockholders In
the Good Intentions Paving company.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Foley Kidney Pills Relieve

promptly the suffering due to weak. In
active kidneys and painful bladder action.
They offer a powerful help to nature
in building up the true excreting kid
ney tissue. in restoring normal action
and In regulating bladder irregularities
Try them
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17

Where Hard Work Comes In.
It is easier for man to acquire o
reputation for being clever than 1t is
for him to keep 1t up.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
RUB.MY.TSM

VIII cure, your Rheumatlsm and all
kinds of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie, sprains, Bruises. Cuts.
Old Sores. Burns. etc. Antlseptlo
Anodyne. Price 25c.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17

Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union)
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17

A poor imitation Of wickedness is
usually better than the real thing.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17
Point Of View.

Point Of View.
Have you got good cook?"
"Yes, very religious, but her cook
ing's diabolical'
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-17

W. N. u. MEMPHIS. NO. 42-,s,s.