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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-14

Hickory Nut Macaroons,--Mixo one
cupful of nut meats. chopped fine
with ons cupful OF sugar. one-half
cupful OF -four and one egg, Drop
-on buttered tins and bake in quick
oven.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-14
How to Be Considerats.

Now there are some ways TO show
our courtesy 70 our friends and
neighbors whom we know TO be
moving this year. Don't be the kind
OF inconsideyate intruder who calls
within ten days or two weeks OF
their arrival in the new place IL
you do. your action win probably be
prompted by curiosity, if not II viii
be sheer inconsiderateness. And
doa't call the last minute before
they leave. Bad enough is IL 10
have 10 live in semi-denuded
house. much less to have to receive
your visitors in one. II you are in
a convenient neighborhood and want
10 be very neighborly and help
make the day endurahle, invite your
moving friends to a family dinner
or 10 luncheon. II possible take
them for the night. or-if you want
TO be really angelic-offer 10 foster
their youngsters during the fanfare
of moving day. Perhaps they are
friends whom you are always urg-
ing 10 call on you any time you can
be of help. Now's your chance.
Make some definite suggestion, such
as asking them to come to your
house for q meal or two or asking
them 70 accept little hamper
luncheon to be sent on TO the new
house il they cannot take time to
come to your house. Surely your
kindness viii be appreciated.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-14
TheCentle Art of
Diversion

Whether Your Problem Is Enter
tanning a Tired Husband or Paci-
fyine a Cross Child Your Task is
Easy II You Know How to Divert.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-14
Clean Window
Curtains

~ ERES an idea for keeping
n your lace or scrim. net or
- .swiss curtains clean.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-14
. Box of Goodies

BOX of goodies is sometimes
the most welcome gift you
could possibly give anybody.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-14
The Day We Move
Ther, ~ Never Again, Do We Need
TO Make ubs Of Tact and Manner
Iiness.

YF there is one day in the year
when most ~ us feel entitled TO
forgetting all the requirements
OF good manners and for overlook
ing all the little fine points Of de-
corum IL IN On moving day when
that moving day means our rnigra-
tion from one abode 10 another.
True IL is that we have excuse for
some of our negllgcnces on moving
day and for the days preceding and
succeeding that black letter day on
tho calendat. How can wc Observe
tho high points in table. etiquetto
when we must pcrforce dine on the
laundry tubs and the only bits OF
table silver that we can unearth In
the general melage are the nut picks
and arandmother's old salt spoonsf
And how receive first call with
all the graceful hospitality that
ought to accompany that ceremony
when tho inrt we can offer ths
caller for a scat Is rocking horse
! that the movers chose to locate IN
tho drawing room instead OF tho
nursery and we perforce must bal
ance our own weight on the top OF
I n packing barrel?
But perhaps these are the non-e es-
sentials OF manners. When II comes
TO the more important phase of
courtesy, tine part that has TO do
with real considerateness and good
heartedness. we have need OF all OF
IL that we can muster.
One Out, Another In.
In the first place in looking for
ward 70 moving day remember that
where one person moves out SONS
one else usually moves in. and thai
this applies both 10 the house gog
leave and the one you enter. A fe7
days beforehand make inquiry o.
the outgoing tenants OF your new
abode and the Incoming tenants o
your abode as TO when they eypec
to make their migrations. Rsmem-
: ber that you will be causing ex
= treme Inconvenience ig you are no
r out OF the old house before the nsv
peoye arrive.
old house in good condition whei
We vacate, with none of our old rub
bish strewn about. is not a matte
of n1anAer.. but at least II is mat
ter Of discourtesy not to do IT,
s might be considered one of tn
!. established usages OF the land
moreover, for the outgoing tenan
TO leave a. house free from rubbish
= though this does not necessitate IN
Il actual scrubbing and cleaning o
: the place.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
Mr.. Jim Jolly Killed

News reached here Tuesday
morning that Mr.. ]. ]. jolly had
been killed in Arkansas, where
he has lived for something more
than a year. Later information
brings the news that he and one
Joseph Campbell got into an
argument relative to the height
of two mules, ending in a shoot-
ing scrape and Mr.. Jolly's death.
! Campbellis in Jail at McCrory
and will so remain until Saturday
when he will be tried at Colona.
It's said that he claims self
defense.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
How Speech il Made Visible.

A wonderful new invention called
the liOretgraph enables one to make ac-
curate traeIngs upon parchment rec
otds Of the actual vibrations of sound
In artlculate speech, The instrument
Is worked by motor power.
When vowel sound is uttered the
room becomes full Of vibrations. and
each different sound gives vibrations
of different shape. In the presence
Of the lIoretgraph a person saying
"Ah" would record upon paper a
wObbly. symmetrical line. The princi-
pie involved is similar to tl.ut Of the
monograph. but by means OF delicate
mechanism, the effects Of speech are
enlarged an enormous number OF
times.
II is believed that with the new in.
ventlen. aided by mathematical fOrmu-
las already in use, It will be possible
ultimately to read and translate any
foreign or unknown tongue Of which
these lines are the recOrd-Ex-
change.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
African Tourist-And to think I
used to feed peanuts to the migrate
full brutes in the ZOO at home.
METEnR sTATIE:: z:
tr.~t M@ EEE SiNiE
'rN3ttt 49, ri d. - ~ ySfts an cy,s

/ ''Ts.f = - g. a ~. et,I gs,,..
More falling meteors hit North
Carolina than any other state in the
Union. DR., Harrington Of the
Field Museum Of Natural History,
Chicago, an authority on meteorites,
is reported as saying that circle
with a radius of 500 miles drawn
about Mount Mitchell, N. c., rs a
center includes nearly half the
known falls in this country.
Scientists have very little infor-
nation about metcors-as to what
they are, where they come frcm and
why. They have many theories, and
there is a theory that meteors con-
centrate this bombardment on North
Carolina because of some extrsor-
dinary magnetic or gravitational
force at this point on our planet.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06

Writer in wori4j 4j"'work msoazino
Makes Asaqrti3 Iin Answering
QUESTION, WNaa is China?

Because this famous question.
most recently posed by 3ir. Steed
of the London Times, coGld bo
asked at all was one Of tie princi-
pal reasons for calling tie CENTER
ence, remarks the Worlds Woyk. It
indicates a country with Il glorious
past, q potentially brilliant future
and an uncertain present On pa
per, China is a republican empire,
Of definite geographical li3;its, d.
yideA Into la .plotac2s rt,led n
governors appointed by tllc prcsl-
dcnt in Peking. Ii practice, China
is IN indcterminate lard mass, pco-
pied BY a great variety Of races
sreaking different languages, divided
lnto II military districts, each ruled
bv general in command Of IN
AMY Of rerpnaries, each engaged
ia guerrilla boundary warfare with
all his neighbors and all acknowl-
edging loyalty to the central gov
ernnent at Peking only to the ex-
tort necessary to share IL the diyi-
sion Of the receipts Of the maritime
customs and the salt monopoly,
which arrive intact at Peking be-
cause they are collected by Foreign
manned bureaus. American, Brit
isRy French, Italian and Japanese
troops patrol parts of the capital
and the railroad from that city to
the sea. British and japanese troops
patrol railroad lines in Shantung.
American gunboats patrol the
Yangtse river, to protect mission
aries and keep down pirates, as far
inland as Pittsburgh is from tn.
Gulf of Mexico by the river route
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
rLAsTINc WITH STEAM

In a paper read recently before
the Institution Of Mining Engineers
the substitution Of water for gun
powder in blasting cartridges used
in coal mines was suggested.
The plan is to fiji the cartridge
with pure water, insert it III the
drill hole and then turn the water
into high pressure steam by means of
an electric current Of low tension.
A cartridge made to resist a pres
sure Of i5O pounds per square inch
could be caused to burst, according
10 6ne experts calculations, within
one minute after the turning on Of
+. the current.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
why called aaIue lave"

"Blue laws are, ID general. any
laws which impose veNatious restric-
tions Oh The members of IL community
and Interfere with their ordinary habits
or which ~s.e.. u regulate their private
llG:sllS TAe Aame rane 70 be applied
specifically to a set uf laws of This i'd
tire Supposed 10 have been III force in
the colonr Of New Haven. Conn., about
the middle Of the Eighteenth century.
The supposition is based upon the we'll
known fact that iii the Puritan days
the personal conduct Of citizens was
often subject to close judicial super
vision and that the sin Of Sabbath
breaking was especially odious to the
magisuucy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
YoKoAAMA's GROWTH

'When Yokohama was first
opened to trade in 1885," accord
ing to Torso 0ita, passenger traffic
manager Of the department Of rail-
ways Of Japan, visiting in this coun-
try, sit was a fishing village Of 100
huts. Today it has a population Of
more than 100000 and two-fifths of
Japan's foreign trade passes through
it, It has as many natural qualifi-
fations for port as New York city.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
NICKNAME is WELL DESERVED
How the AppeIation "Human Birds''
Came to PC Bestowed on the
Penguin Family.

On the frozen ice fields about the
South pole live the penguins, called
by explorers human birds" because
they play just as children play, are
friendly to their strange human WIS.,
itors, and live in colonies.
Penguns are quite tall, a full-grown
bird standing two feet high. Their
wings aie-s5 short they cannot fly,
but they use theW as fiappers TO help
them hurry along over the snow. Their
strong legs are far back ON the body
aad are SO placed that the bird stands
1pright The penguins are as much st
home In the water as on the land.
one remarkable habit of the pen
gums is the way they talk" to one
another dozen birds will meet
on one of the beaches, and gathering
in groups of two OF three, spend Ia
or 20 minutes in animated conveE-
sation--utterlng cries distinctly DIFF
ferent In tone.
Penguins are fond Of games, a fav-
orite play being to force one another
into the water. They dive deep and
swim under water, sometimes coming
to the surface more than 80 feet from
shore.
Another sport Of the penguins is a
snow slide. They pick out nice hilly
spot near the shore of an icy bay, and
then pack the snow very hard by
throxvin1 fhnuspIvpS IN n Then thnv
go to the top Of the slide and one
goes down to test 1t. If 1T is all right
the others follow.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
The Morgan-Kinney Infrmar,

The Morgan-Kinney Inhrmary.
although only in its infancy,
feels pardohable pride lin the
number of successful operations
performed there. Also words of
praise showered upon them by
gratefulpatients. and OkoIOnians
sneak with pride of .';Onr hos
pital' which is indeed a long
felt need By the town. Okolona.
a town always among the first
in progressive movements, has
never had any thing of this
kind before. but with two such
men at the head of It its success
is assured. Xxx
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
WY Eat starchy Eooes2

Why do we cat starchy foods fried
in fat when we know that the fat sur
rounds the starch grains and prevents
the digestive fluids from reaching
them? Starches are carbohydrates.
Their digestion is started by diges-
tive juices IN the mouth. Fats are not
digested until thoy reach the intes-
tines. Hence the layer of fat which
surrounds the starch particles in fried
foods is not broken down until it is
too late to digest the starch.
Butter ard olive oil are fats which
are emulsifed in the stomach. and
foods fried in them are not considered
indigestibIe.-- Science Monthly.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
HERE'S POINTER FOR HUBBY
Wise Cid Bird Had His Own Reason
for Making Monday Day for
Dividing Surplus.

The newlyweds were having din
ner with the family Of Mr.. Newly
we'd. After the meal the men-folk
pulled contentedly at their cigars.
1t was Mr.. Newlywcd who broke
the silence.
"Say, dad" he said, "there's
something / want to ask you. How
do you work this budget system? !?
I'm always broke, while Helen seems
to have plenty of money"
"Hum," remarked dad. blowing
a small ring coilingward; 'when DO
you divide the money! Each Sat-
urday?"
"Yeh; but what's that got to do
with it?"
'Plenty, my boy, plenty. Satur-
day you put aside your rent money,
insurance money and savings, and
then you and Helen divide what's
left as your weekly allowance. Over
the weekend you go to a show,
have dinner out once or twice and
maybe. take in a tea dance. Monday
you're broke.
"Divide the money Monday. You
spend all your money taking Helen
around over the weekend. By your
system it doesn't cost her a nickel.
Whereas if you divide up what's left
Monday she has to pay her half Of
the expenses"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
How Matohes cause PoIeonIna.

Cases pf poisoning from safety
matches seems to be common in Den
mark. Dr. c. Rasch reports to the
Ugeswrifr for Laeger (Copenhagen)
on 13 recent cases in his own practice.
The trouble took the form Of a severe
inflammation Of the skin on fingers.
neck and face. with badly swollen eve
lids. In men 1t appears below the
pocket in which the matches are car
ried; in women OH the fingers with
which they light their cigarettes. DR..
Rasch aScribes it to the use of phos-
phorus sesquisulphide when amor
phoIus phosphorus was not to be had.
Detroit Free Press.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
Railroad Men
On Strike
Every Man Here In These Glasses
Walked Out Saturday

Last Saturday at 10 O'Clock,
the hour set for the strike OF
certain classes of railroad men,
every man here on these jobs
went out. This laying down of
tools was most peaceable and
seemed a holiday affair rather
than aserious difference between
the parties at interest. Up to
this time, Wednesday evening,
no trouble has developed, and
trains are moving on practically
on time. We hear that some of
the engines are getting in rather
a bad way and something will
have to be done about it in the
near future if the trains are to
continue moving. 1t was report
ed the Houston train would not
be able to go out this morning,
tot it did. 1t Is hoped that this
srouoe vii, pe ssliIed in lhe
next few days, yet thers are
sons features which make it
iook like fight to lhe finish.
Should such be the case it is diff
ticuIt to tell ui!a, may happen.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
Why Egyptians Are Hopeful.

Egypt is looking for better times on
the strength of tradition that pros
aerity always comes after seven lean
years. She has just gone through the
proverbal seven years and return
Of prosperity Is anticipated in flood
of tourists. In these seven years, how
ever, great changes have taken place
in the matter OF the water supplies of
some of the larger cities and also in
the matter Of transportation. Travel
ers will find 1t much more comfort
able TO get about than heretofore. The
motor car has been extensively in
troduced ard the main roads have
seen hapr"vaa tor them.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
Boy Killed by Train

Saturday -4Leinoon the city
was shocked when it was learn
ed that Dana Parchman, young
son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. w.
Parchman, had been killed in
the railroad, yard here. 1t seems
that Dana was loafing around in
the upper yards and perhaps
was jumping upon the cars as
they moved about. So far as
we are able to learn. no one saw
the accident happen but a negro
workmsn claims to have seen
him only a few minutes before
he was struck, and also claims
to have cautioned him of his
danger.
When he was found he was
still alive but only spoke a time
or two, calling his mother. He
died in a very short time, and
was taken home a corpse. His
remains were Inferred in the ].
O. 0. F. cemetery Sunday after
noon, H. B. Wade conducting
the services. The Messenger
extends sympathy to the bereav-
ed family.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
MISTAKE MADE BY AUTHORS
Grille Points Out That characterc in
Modcrn Fiction DO No! Attract
Readers kdr,iraton.

So far as melu6T5 serves, no mag.
NATIVE book has ever stood the test
Of time which did not portray at
least one character who attracted
some favorable emotion Of the read
er 1t might be only pity or it
might be admiration. In the most
successful works it has been real
affection.
In view Of this seeming truism,
it is singular that so many writers
today exhaust their talents upon
characters and situations that can
rot conceivably evoke any sympathe-
tic response in the normal human
heart. The excuse of many Of them
is that they are social reformers.
Probably two of the most success,
full social reformers by way OF liter
ature we're Charles Dickens and
Harriet Beecher Stowe, but they
managed to combine with their in
dictment Of society a proof Of the
worth.of saving it by depicting char
acters who were worth saving from
the evils that surrounded them.
The excuse Of the Others seems
to be that any picture Of any cross
section Of life is a work Of art, and
that art ESQ defned) is its own suf-
ticient justification. 1t rs a lame
excuse. Worlds Work.
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
How Airplanss Aid Exploration.

Several hitherto unknown lakes and
river valleys have been discovered in
Jasper park. Canadian Rockies,
through the use OF government air
planes. says the Montreal Star. This
work was undertaken by the High Riv-
er air station, Alberta, and three ex-
perimental flights were carried out
over the region for the purpose Of ex-
poration and reconnaissance. The Ca
madam air board report states: "A
flight was made on each Of three sue
cessive days with gratifying success.
and the possibilities of the use Of air
craft for exploration in mountain
regions and in the administration and
the general maintenance of the park
system was proved without doubt"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
Nations Birthday
Celebrated Here
An Old Fashioned Basket Dinner
With Barbecue was Served

The 4th was largely given over.
to exercises in keeping with the
spirit of the day. An old fash
ioned basket dinner, with barbe-
cue as a side line, was served on
the school grounds where there
was plenty for everybody. Some.
we understand were not served,
but there was barbecued meats
and bread in bounteous supply
and to spare. The Okolona
Band rendered good music
throughout the day, except when
something else was in progress.
This band was a revelation to
many of our people. The patri-
otic selection were we'll received.
The feature of the occasion
was the fire works put on in the
evening by the American Legion.
Many Of the signal nevices used
in the war were shown, including .
a red cross which brought forth
rounds of applause. This dis
play was a treat to many Oko-
Iona people. The community
singing was splendid and was
we'll received. In all, it was a
day we'll spent.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
Why She Got Mad.

81 understand the wife Of this pro
fessional hulndrist resents the way he
pokes fun at feminine foibles."
Hasn't the fellow tact enough to
convince her that she's an exception
to the ruler
"He may nave th@t much tact, but
what makes her maG Is the fact that
he doesn't take The trouble to eyer
else it, B'rrin2',&!a Ag. i.e:u,G
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
SOME EVILS OIL BRINGS
~ e4, r-S
&c. - us..~

r.. Al ~
Oil cast upon troubled and un-
troubled waters is making lot of
mischief. 1t has become a Nuisance
in many ways, 50 much Of it being
thus disposed Of that a proposal has
been made to skim it Off some harl
5ors and BY treatment render it util.
izaNe.
1t is death to fishes. 1t suffocates
them and poisons their blood. Oil
that finds its way into rivers pre-
vents many fnny species from run
ming up the streams to spawn. Along
the seashore it drives away the mi
grating schools when they approach
The coast, depriving the fisherman
Of his prey. 1t sickens or kills oys-
ters, and destroys the floating egg
and swimming lakvae of shellfsh.-
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
.sALAskA's MINE OUTPUT DROPS

AIaska's mineral production dur
ing the year 1921, according to pre-
Iiminary estimates made public By
the geological survey, was valued at
sl6.lOO, 900, compared with $685.
SO3,757 during the previous year.
The decrease shown is accounted for
by a loss Of about $S,OOO,OOO in the
value Of cOppsr mined, s57s,oOO loss
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06

in silver, 100000 in lead, $155,OOO
in platinum and $4,000 in petro-
leum. An increase of about $780,
600 was shown in the production of
c0al.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
Anproxlmstelv.

HokHs-W who wrote "Ten Nights in
Barr0olnl"
Pokus- Aren't you thinking Of
Twelfth Nightr
Pokus-What difference did a couple
Of nights, more or less. make in those
days7
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
THAT MUCH SETTLED

'T'n sure that fellow carries liq
lor in his fountain pen"
"Rah, it contaihs writing iluid. f"
".}ll right. Thea. 4 saw him tax
ra a Ggirt of nk."--I.o4istilir
louri+r,irr uni
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06

Il hate to hear a man talking to
hlmself don't your
"Eo. II he's talking about his rrou-
bles I'd sooner have him talk 70 h!in-
self than 10 me"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
UNcEE EsEN

"Sum Of desc folks" said Uncle
Eben, "dat mentions two or three
lillion dollars offhand, sounds to me
Ike dey was usin' big words dey
ont exacklv know de meanim' Of.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06
EaaN for sonne Peonle.

a New York woman ls said to earn
more than S5,WM year designing fa-
Sore ana bon bUh boxes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-07-06

HOW IT
DEAF MUTE MAKES SURE
OF NOT OVERSLEEPING.-
\ deaf mute was seen buying an
} alarm clock the other day in u
department store. He conduct
ed his negotiations by mods and
; shakes OF the head and by writ
;s.sy on his pocket slate. He eX-
pEl!ncd tho cloc1s carefully and
.ilIiiy selected one.
Asked later If the clock was
g,r i.S own Use he replied that ii
oi,S and tiien explained, ON his
@t;iH. VI course. how he uses il.
- ia, Il shell above the head
OF his bed which is held'in place
! By q trigger. On top OF the shelf
ne pats Il piliot, 80 that when
lhe shelf, which is hinged. drops.
~ ...lt1H i.l,o 0A h.,, H,,tu.
A string attached to the trig-
ger is tied to the winding he? M
the alarm. SO that when ii sounds
the string is wound up and tlIe
trigger is sprung. In order To
avoid disturbing the Others III
the house the cOnsiderate deaf
mute removes the bell from the
clock.-New York Sun.