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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-08-24
Her Suspicion.

i declare for it," said Aunt Fretty
Fawlts to Mrs. Judge Tubman. 81 be.
heve old Cap'n Peggington is thinking
about marrying again. Burt Blurt says
the cap'n painted up his wooden leg
yesterday. Burt didn't tell me, but he
told Ellick Smart, and Ellick repeated
1t to his sister, Prissy, and Priss told
1t to Pheeny Partlow, and Pheeny told
1t to the sweet potato peddler, and the
sweet potato peddler told me not ten
minutes ago. So l guess it's so."-
Kansas City Star.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-08-24
There Is no Art in Taking Med
icine.

Just follow directions on every
bottle of plantation" Chill
Tonic and see how quickly those
dreadful chills will leave you.
1t leaves the liver in healthy
condition and yet contains no
Calomel. Price SOC. adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-08-24

7mor as large as a
child's head. The
doctor said it was
three years coming
land gave me medi-
lcine for it until l
Twas called away
from the city for
IS o m e ii m e. Of
course l could not
go to him then, so
my sister-in-law told
lme that she thought
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-08-24
Praise.

Epictetus, the philosopher, was
lame. When he was a young man
MS master had twisted his leg until
1t broke. Epictetus writes: do you
think that because my soul happens
70 nave one little lame leg that l am
to ind fault with Gods universe
ought we not when we dig, when we
ploW, and when we eat, to sing this
hymn to God, because he has given
us these implements whereby we may
I'll tne SOIL! What else can
90 who am lame old man, except
sing praises to GodP"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-08-24
State Of Mississippi.
Chickasaw County.

Notice is hereby given that tn
Board of Supervisors of said Coun,
and State. will, on Monday the Ill
day Of Sept, 1916, receive scale,
bids within legal hours, at the Cour
House in the Town of Houston, Miss
for the construction of the followin,
bridges;
One 3 foot concrete culvert or
Okolona-Eaypt road
One 16 foot steel bridge on OkoIo
na-Egypt road.
One 4 foot concrete bridge on
Okolona-Egypt road.
One II foot concrete bridge on
OkoIona-Egypt road.
One 4 foot concrete bridge on
Okolona-Egypt road.
One 10 foot steel bridge on Egypt
and Buena Vista road.
One 70 foot steel bridge on Egypt
and Buena Vista road.
One So foot steel bridge on Egypt
and Buena Vista road.
One 40 foot steel bridge on Egypt
and Buena Vista road.
One So foot steel bridge on Egypt
and Buena Vista road.
One 10 foot steel bridge on Egypt
and Buena Vista road.
One 8 foot concrete bridge on Egypt
and Buena Vista road.
One 3 foot concrete bridge on Egypt
and Buena Vista road.
One 8 foot concrete bridge on Egypt
and Aberdeen road.
One 8 foot concrete bridge on Egypt
ana Aberdeen road.
One 40 foot steel bridge on OkoIona
and Houston road.
One SO foot steel bridge on OkoIo.
ma and Houston road.
One 80 foot steel bridge on OkoIo.
ma and Tupelo road.
One 1854 foot steel bridge on Oko- !
Iona and Tupelo road.
One 81 foot steel bridge on Okolo.
ma and Tupelo road.
One 81 foot steel bridge on OkoIo.
ma and Tupelo road.
One SIS foot steel bridge on Okolo.
1a and Tupelo road.
One IL foot steel bridge on Okolo-
IA and Tupelo road.
One Is foot steel bridge on Okolo-
la and Tupelo road.
One 20 foot steel bridge on Okolo-
Ia and Tupelo road.
One 70 foot steel bridge on Okolo-
Ia and Tupelo road.
One 10 foot concrete bridge on
)kolona and Tupelo road.
All to be built according to /
'lans and specifications on Gle with
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-08-24
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS

Examination for teachers license
will be held as follows:
White-Fiouston Public School
Building: September l and End.
CoIored-Okolona Colored School
Building, September s and 9th.
White = Okolona Court House,
September Is and 10th.
Colored-Houston Colored School
Building. September % and 23rd
Attention is called to the change
in the time of holding the colored
examination. You will observe that
the first one will be held in OkoIona
instead Of at Houston as formerly.
Geo. D. Riley, Supt.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-08-24
The Strong Withstand the Heat o
Summer Better Than the Weak

{ Old peoplewho are feeble. aud younger
people who are veal, willbe strengthened
and enabled to 20 through the depress
ing heat OF summer BY taking regularly
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t purifies
and enriches the blood and builds ur
the whole, system. SOC.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-08-24
Woman's Growing Glory

is her hair. If yours is streaked
with ugly, grizzly, grey hairs,
use La Creole" Hair Dressing
and change it in the natural
way. Price $1.00. adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-08-24
Convenient.

Estate Agent Exhibiting property
to prospective tenants)-And then this
house Is so conveniently located. Not
the slightest need OF equipping 1t with
expensive clocks to tell the time
train passes every five minutes ON the
railroad not 80 feet away.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-08-24
HOW MRS. BEAN
met The CRISIS
Carried Safely Through Change
of Life by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Nashville, Tenn.-'When was going
through the Change of Life had tu-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEvER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give "CaIifornia
Syrup of FiuS."

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels SO nicely
a child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly Clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stOmach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See If tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of california
Syrup Of Figs" and in few hours all
the Constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
tenn, and you have a we'll child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new.
ar fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 5O-cent bottle
off"California, Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
BUTTERMILK GOOD FOR CALF
Feeding Value Is Practically Same as
That of Skim MiIk-Some Danger
of tuberculosis.

Calves can be successfully raised
with buttermilk instead of skim milk,
says one farmer. The feeding value
of buttermilk is practically the same
as that of skim milk. There is some
risk of contracting contagious diseases
such as tuberculosis in feeding fac
tory buttermilk, unless the buttermilk
is from pasteuriZed cream. For this
reason skim milk is more desirable,
Buttermilk should always be fed as
fresh as possible so that tie degree OF
acidity is the same.
Buttermilk may be substituted for
skim milk when the calf is three
weeks old. The substitution should
occupy a period of a week or ten
days, so that the calf is at least a
month old by the time the diet con-
sists wholly Of buttermilk.
Other feeds should be used with
buttermilk just the same as with
skim milk Equal parts of ground corn
and either oats or bran with alfalfa
or clover hay has given the best re-
suits. Calves will usually begin to
nibble a little clover hay when two
weeks old They may be taught to
eat grain at the same time by placing
little in the bottom of the milk
bucket after feeding
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
FROM BABYLONIAN WISE MEN
Came the Division of the Hour as 1t
Has Been Recognized Through
out the Centuries.

The division of an hour into sixty
minutes is of ancient Babylonic origin
and has survived the reforms applied
to notation in the course of the
worlds progress. Along with the dec
imal system in ancient Babylon there
was the sexagesimal system based up
on the count by sixties and originat-
ing in the discovery that there is no
number which has so many divisors
as sixty. 1t can be divided without
remainder by 2, 3, 4, s. 6, 10. IL, Is, 20
and 30.
Babylonians divided the suns path
into twenty-four parasangs, the lat
ter representing about four and one
half miles. The astronomers of that
day compared the progress of the sun
during one hour to the progress made
by good walker during the same Pc
riod of time, each accomplishing one
parasang.
The whole course of the sun was
twenty-four parasangs, or $50 degrees,
and each parasang or hour was sub
divided into sixty minutes.
HipparChus, the Greek philosopher
who lived $50 B. c., introduced the
Babylonian hour into Europe, and
carried along by traditional knowl-
edge down through the middle ages, it
survived the French revolution, which
endeavored to reduce every measure
to decimal system of reckoning, so
that the measure of time continues
sexagesimal or Babylonian.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
For Her
Sake
Copyright. 1915, by w. G. Chapman.)
BY
A. P. DELANEY

Mail, sir reported the Office boy,
and placed a pile of miscellaneous
letters on the desk of young Gordon
Leith, manager of the importing
house of Waltham & Co.
Leith only nodded He was in a
pleasant dream and did not want to
be disturbed In four days he was to
marry Vera Merriam He had every.
thing to be thankful for, Her father
was wealthy and stood high socially.
Recently WaItham e Company had
raised his salary. Everything was har-
monious and lovely. Even gruff, digni-
fed prospective fatherin-law was
seemingly pleased at the approaching
wedding. Was he not coming in that
afternoon to talk over the final ar
rangements for it with Leith?
Routine" observed Leith, at length
arousing from his happy reverie. All
right-there will be only three days
more of it. Then for two weeks de-
lightful honeymoon"
In perfunCtory way Leith took up
the paper knife ana slit the envelopes
before him. Then he began taking
out their contents.
Order" he tailed them off-"com-
plant, request for new price list" and
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

of points across the top of the pic
ture, and another series along one
side, spacing them exactly one-half
inch apart Then rule lines from the
top to the bottom of the picture, and
from side to side, starting each line
from one Of the points. When the
picture has been squared off in this
way, mark off similar series Of
points along the top and down one
side of a sheet of drawing paper, but,
instead of one-half incl, space them
one inch apart Zig. 81. Then rule
lines up and down and from side to
side, in the same way that you did
across the original drawing Letter
the ends of the up-and-down lines, and
number the ends of the cross lines,
so it will be easy to locate correspond
ing squares on both the small and
large drawings
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
YELLOW CREAM AND BUTTER
Experiments Show Popular Belief
That Color Indicates, Richness
in Quality Mistaken.

The belief that bright yellow color
in milk means richness in quality is
not true. Experiments conducted at
the college of agriculture of the Uni
versity of Missouri show that the
change from the white cream and but
ter in winter to yellow cream and but
ter in spring and summer does not in.
dictate an increased fat percentage.
The very highest colored milk that
cow can give may have the lowest fat
percentage. Such a condition is found
in the so-called colostrum milk, the
first milk that a cow gives after Civ
ing birth to calf,
The explanation of the wide differ
ence between the results of the ex-
periments and the popular belief in
regard to the relation of color to rich
ness lies in the cause of tie natural
yellow color of cream and :-D-~r. 1t
was found that cows were not able to
produce the yellow coloring matter for
their cream and butter. The coloring
matter must be derived from the feed
The yellow coloring matter of milk
was found to be identical with vel.
low coloring matter that is widely dis
tributed in plants and fresh grass
This coloring matter is called carOtin
1t takes it's name from the carrot
where it is very abundant, and where
it was first discovered by scientists
more than one hundred years ago.
The difference in the color of cream
and butter in winter and spring was
found to be due to the fact that the
winter feeds contain little or no caro-
tin. No marked increase in the fat
percentage accompanies the increase
in color when foods rich in carotin are
fed. 1t has been shown that the aver.
age COW gives higher per cent of
fat in it's milk during the winter than
in the spring and summer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
Last Manly Riuht Usurped,

The steady progress of equal suf-
frage continues to deprive men Of po-
sitions once thought to be so peculiar
ly tneir own that the opposite sex
could never assall their right to them.
The case of Mr. Smithers would indi-
cate that about the last position once
thought to belong to the male sex al
most by right of eminent domain has
been wrested from him. 1t was the
dead Of night in the bedroom Of Mr..
and Mrs. Smithers when she was
awakened from her peaceful slumber
by Mr. Smithers, who was shaking her
by the shoulder and saying:
"Oh, Maria! Get up, quick There
is a woman under the bed!"-Kansas
City Star
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

side of the glass of the frame, you
will see the reflection of the picture
to be copied, in the glass, and the
piece of drawing paper on the other
side OF the frame will be seen as a
background to the reflection OF the
picture. Keeping the same position,
it will be but simple matter to draw
out on the piece of drawing paper
each line that you see reflected in the
glass.
A very simple and exact method Of
making larger or smaller drawing of
picture is that known as "enlarg-
ing and reducing by squares We
will suppose that the picture of the
rose in Fig. 4 is to be enlarged twice
each way as shown in Fig. s. With a
ruler and pencil, measure off a series
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

sled is built, so it may be drawn over
the ground quickly, One or two NOR
tars may be entrenChed in a snow
fort for the use of the defenders, and
others may be used by the attacking
party to batter away the walls of the
fort. With practice you can become
expert in handling a SNOWFALL mortar,
and you will declare this methoi of
hurting snowballs far more fun than
that of throwing by hand,
The runners CA, Fig. q are made of
2-by-4-inch material about 4 feet in
length. Their bow ends are curved
like sled runners, to make them run
over the ground easily. Cut the up
rights B Gig q out of 2-by4-inch ma
terial, making them about "a inches
long, and nail them to the sides of the
runners, 16 inches from the bow ends
as shown in Fig. 9 Nail them secure
ly, because the connections will be
placed under Considerable strain
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

when the mortar is fired" The
board c Gig. y fastens to the top
edges of the runners and holds them
at the proper distance apart 1t
should measure about II inches wide
and should extend from the rear ends
of the runners close up to the upright
pieces b.
The top beam D Gigs and A.
should measure about feet long and
or inches vice. A board inch thick
will be better than a heavier piece,
because it will be springy and will
thus increase the throwing power of
the mortar.
Pivot top beam D between uprights
B, at point about 30 inches from one
end CE, Fig. b. TO pivot it, drive a
long nail through each upright b into
the edge Of the board. 1t is necessary
to place the nails at exactly the same
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
SALTS IF BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS TROUBLE YOU
Eat Less Meat If Your Kidneys Aren't
= Acting Right or If Back Hurts or
Bladder Bothers You.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney 9gion
it generally means you have been eat
ing too much meat says well-known
authority Meat forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter it from the blood and they be-
come sort of paralyzed and loggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
body's urtnous waste, else you have
backache. sick headache, dizzy spells;
your stomach sours, tongue Is coated,
and when the weather Is bad you have
rheumatic twinges The urine is
cloudy, full Of sediment, channels oft
Ell get sore, water scalds and you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night.
Either consult good, reliable physi.
clan at once or get from your pharma-
cist about four ounces OF Jad salts;
take tablespoonful in glass OF
water before breakfast for few days
land your kidneys will then act hne.
This famous salts is made from the
Aacid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bned with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean and stimulate
-, sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize
acids in the urine so it no longer irriI
Gates thus ending bladder weakness
Jad Salts is a life saver for regular
meat eaters. It is inexpensive, cannot
injure and makes delightful, effer-
vescent lithia.water drink.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

height and to drive them straight, in
order to have the beam swing perfect
ly. By careful work you will have
no difficulty in pivoting the beam.
The handle-bar f Gigs and A.
should be a piece of 2-by-4-inch ma
terial about 80 inches long The illus
trations show the ends of this shaped
round to make them easy to grasp.
The pocket for snow balls is made
out Of a tin can. A tomato can will do.
Fasten it to the long end of the top
beam with several nails driven
through the Tin bottom.
Figure | shows the position of the
mortar when ready for loading with
a SNOWFALL, and Fig. 4 shows how, by
bringing the handle-bar forcibly
against runners A, the snow ball is
Hurled forth from its pocket.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

=, pei a.. ais ~sad You .emand a
thousand dollars from him"
Honestly owed. yes"
you made a provision" went on
Leith steadily. that he can have his
revenge. Does that hold?"
The gamester studied his visitor
keenly. Then he replied:
"Righto!"
Il know but one game of cards, /"
proceeded Leith.
And what is that?"
Whist. will stake one thousand
dollars cash against those |. o. us.
game ten points"
The gambler smiled. To his point
Of view this clear-eyed. respectable
appearing Leith seemed easy prey. He
was, too, nettled at the manifest con-
tempt evinced by Leith and longed to
give him a trimming.
And if you lose?" questioned Dave
nal cOolly
Then give you a check for another
thousand dollars and redeem the /.
o. us"
"Done!" and the fellow produced a
pack of cards and began shutting
them.
A strange expression came into the
eyes of Gordon Leith. He drew his
coat closer to conceal a dangling or
nament attached to his watch chain,
as If that might betray a vital secret.
1t was a prize given to the champion
OF leading whist club in his college
days. He had not touched a card for
two years. but in the old days!-a
memory of his conquests gave him
nerve and confidence.
Only the click-swish of the bits of
pasteboard, the quick breathing of the
gamester as, two points scored for
himself and nine for his opponent, he
threw down his hand, confessing de-
feat, and passed over the |. o. us.
Silently Leith walked from Number
~, From beyond the drapery of Num-
Der 20 stepped-Mr. Merriam!
'Deceiyer! Gamester! Hypocrite!"
he voiced, his eyes flaming, his scorn
whitening. Il have traced you to your
haunts! You are unmasked-and
Vera shall know"
Gordon Leith paled Startled, he I'M
consciously dropped the bundle of |.
o. us from his hand. With bowed
head he passed from the place. Mr..
Merriam picked up the papers. One
glance and he staggered back. over,
come. The facts were revealed-he
read the name of his son and knew
the truth.
What's the row, governor" chirped
the gamester, appearing on the scene
Il have wronged true and noble
man." uttered Mr.. Merriam. Tell me
all of this affair and l will reward
you"
The gamester glibly, coarsely stated
the facts as he understood them. Mr.
Merriam guessed the vast sacrifice
that Leith had made, even in the face
of being disgraced accepting mutely
the onus of degradation not his por-
ton.
Vera Merriam-within four days
Mrs. Gordon Leith-never knew of the
episode. Harry Merriam knew of it,
for his father charged him with his
misdemeanors when he returned to
the city.
But Harry Merriam was a changed
nan, and a realization of the brave
loyalty of a true friend strengthened
his determination to forever evade the
pitfalls that had nearly engulfed him.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

good and hope every suffering woman
will give them a trial"-Mrs. ANNA
KELLY, 10 Chestnut Street, Burling.
ton, Wis.
The many convincing testimonials con-
0tantly published in the newspapers
ought to be proof enough to women who
suffer from those distressing ills pecu-
liar to their sex that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is the medicine
they need.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs.
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and today holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we knowof, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact. M
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
Glass of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open sluiees of the system each
morning and wash away the
poisonous, staanant matter.

Those of us who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when we arise
splitting headache, stuffy from a cold.
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom.
ach, lame back, can, instead. both
look and feel as fresh as a daisy always
by washing the poisons and toxins
from the body with phosphated hot
water each morning.
We should drink, before breakfast
a glass of real hot water with a tea.
spoonful of limestone phosshate in
it to flush from the stomach, liver.
Kidneys and ten yards of bowels the
PREVIOUS days indigestible waste sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweetening and purifying the en-.
tire alimentary canal before putting
more food into the stomach.
The action of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
is wonderfully invigorating. 1t cleans
out all the sour lamentations, gases,
waste and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast and it
IS said to be but a little while until
the roses begin to appear in the
cheeks A quarter pound of lime,
stone phosphate will cost very little at
your druggist or from the store, but
IS sufficient to make anyone who is
bothered with biliousness, constipa-
ton, stomach trouble or rheumatism
real enthusiast on the subject of in
ternal sanitation. Try it and you are
assured that you will look better and
feel better in every way shortly
Adv
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

inches long is of the best size if you
can get it. The boards A and B should
be about one inch longer than the
picture frame, and they should be
square or nearly square. Place the
pieces upon the pair of crosspieces G
and d, with the edge of the picture
frame slipped between them, as
shown, and nail them to the cross
pieces.
To make copy Of picture, place
it upon the left-hand side of the frame,
and piece of drawing paper on the
right-hand side. Then, standing so
that you can look into the left-hand