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S OME facetious individual has de fined New Year's day as "a time when men make good resolutions in the confidence of breaking them as soon as possible." But he has much to learn to his own profit who sneers at good resolutions because some men break them. To resolve to do right does not mean necessarily that one will keep the promise, hut such pur pose, whether outwardly expressed or Inwardly understood, is proof that the individual is conscious of abiding sin of some sort It is the self-righteous individual who is in danger. Good resolutions are born of repentance; and repent ance when genuine is a cardinal vir tue. The self-righteous fellow does boc resolve to do better because his vanity tells him there is nothing wrong in his makeup. He may go along committing blunders every day and doing no end of mischief. Such a fellow is beyond redemption. Ephraim of old, he is joined to his idols and should he left alone. Doubtless there are many thought less and some insincere good resolves made on New Year's day. Neverthe less it is a good thing Jhat many men do begin the new year with re solves to strive after what is higher and better. It is a marked and glori fled improvement upon the custom once so general but now, thank God, obsolete, of men going from house to house paying calls and guzzling wine or stronger drink until before the round was completed they were hope lessly drunken. It is a great deal better for a man to resolve a hundred times and fail in each resolve than to go along con tented with his lot of sin and shame, There is hope for a man just as long as there abides in him desire for what is better, it is well to enter into argu ment with one's self only after due deliberation, but a broken pledge to do right is far better than no pledge at all. There is nothing strange in associa tion of good re3oive3 with the dawn of a new year. On the contrary, the oc casion is one that suggests just such a general practice. The old year has ended. Its memories suggest "sins< committed while conscience slept, practices that degraded the moral man. follies that brought shame and vices that weakened body and brain. But memory is not all. Body and mind tell the sensible man that such practices end in physical wreck and moral de Ncw Year's Resolves Vetter to Mike and Break Them Than Not to Mike Them it All inks " cay. The year is new and clean. The run, just risen, looks upon it for the first time. Men of business close up their pages for the year ended and begin new and fresh ones for the new year that has dawned. They figure out ac curately their losses and their gains in the old year, subtracting one from the other. As the merchant begins his year anew, why may not the moral nature of a mar. be renewed if (he memories of the past year and the physical shortcomings of the present suggest the need of a striving after what is higher and better? That the practice has been abused is no argument against its use. That some men have made good resolutions only to break them is not evidence that reform is impossible. Striving after what is right is Godlike. One may raise his standard so high as not to be able to attain it, but there la virtue in every attempt to make bettor one's life. Indeed one may find at the closing of a long life that he has tried i but to fail, and yet his very efforts to do right will be counted to him for righteousness. The objection is, if it can be called an objection, that men are too much Influenced by special occasions for special efforts. There is no more vi • tue in New Year's Day than there is in Ail Fool's Day. Ishness to wait for any such time or season for a starting period in right living. The present is the time for action, and one day is as good as an other in the sight of God, as well as of men. But the man who has put off the day of resolves to be good until the dawn It would seem lool ■r i Ska ms Cfte Rev; Vcar's growing. A m Bring fro tl»o i.'laml.t Ln tropical m a tern «•] s tlivlu pi i llkcfttflo or the tflatl New Y nows of' th'' Natl >ir; Pluck tor the I i guest iairest and Left, iia blow, Who rot tl J VI /* The liloom of tho Where i he on litre bit* Alai tiiu waters To tlie s**a* of rii With a Montf devoid ol fr Bear from the Northland'* bonarta* of pine. From ihe crest of the loftiest peak, • the *now* in the nunllcht shine, i* with lightsome tread L (s Will A "tefttli that the i Fertile New Y »Y In the "1'iiintr cold andk'rav, Old Yem nearly dead e fringe of Ills wintry waj; He hroujfht n* cheer. IMd the old. Old Year. And—Well, he ban had hi* day. Pacing Uy V Gather the wild, wild hlosmins fair That ope In the olden Ko*t— The hlonm that laugh* For the New Year'* weh'< A hardy roi A hough fro Where in tnelr i Ami Inugh a A rone For the New Year'* brow. Fresh ki ;.ed by the Winter'* flakes. Over the pnth way of tho *Ut s He conies to abide a year, HJs -mile* of peace now nothing mars, He brings us never a tear; Hark to the wild bell* In the *ky _ sic tad and low ! For the old. Old Year, just passing by, Tho New Year waiteth so; By the starlit gate* In hi* robe* he waits, With hi* *andal* in tlie * the cold sea air, itme feast; *0 from the Pilgrims' land, i the northern lake*. Ip'll t the bftreclifl'H stand the tide that breaks Jl and a hough i iii.ii im |y O bells, ring out for the welco On land and over the yea! And North ami South Fling out your hannar* free; Ha come* with *nille->and a sou* of mirth And his I* a fca-t of cheer; L«t every nation hail the birth Of the winsome, glad New Year; Let patatiH arise To the winter -kies, And all tho bells ring clearl i guest Kftst and West *|\1 T.aBARBALQB. I of the new year will strengthen him. self and work righteousness by start ing out clean with the year. He will j only hurt himself by devoting too | much time to resolving. What he j most needs is to avoid the pitfalls and | snares which formerly overcame him. He has need to change resolves into J action. It is his duty to retrospect In order to know himself. Each con quest of self is added strength for fu | ture victories, j Happy indeed is that New Year's for j the man who, having resolved in its dawn to do right, finds at its gloaming that he has been true to his promises, a i A .H 'J i —fl I V j I / j j | j Deacon Goodie—Cheer up; my man; j you'll be out on the first of the year, j Jail Bird—Yes, but what can I do j after being a thief and holdup man? the coal business, or start a plumbing shop, i i j WILLIAM ROSSER COBBB, An y Man to Hia Wife. For this brand-new yeaf # I wish you. my dear, Jus< the same old love And the same old chetr. —Detroit Free Press. THERE IS HOPE FOR HIM. ■k €> rw 1 V & Deacon Goodie—Oh, you can go into Hie Told Him. Husband—One of your New Year's would resolutions was that you quarrel with me for a year. Wife—Yes. not "Well, you are snapping at me hall the time already." "Yes." "I should just like to know what's | become of your good resolutions." "You would, eh? Well, I wanted mother to see them, and so I inclosed them in a letter to her, and gave it to you to mail, and she writes me that she never received it. That's what'* become of them."—N. Y. Weekly. the Other It is easy to pick out for the purpos* of having your neighbor swear off a list of things as long as a sidewall:.—Chi cago Daily Nows. F. Fellow. go." I.HMt Clinncf, The turkey that 'soaped Christina*' And! Thanksgiving slaughter, toow t more hurdle yet to g»— New Y T ear's is almost due. —Houston Post. Has AT 11 :.*»!! P. M. Ji ii § ///: > . mm 'i#' f sjStej. -SM' - P // w "One kiss," he begged, "before l "Well, take it; but you cannot hats another one this year." And then the clock struck the New Year. MIGHT CHECK CRIME. Sale of Firearms to Bs Controlled by National Government. 1'oNtuiflKtcr Coyne, of fill. Arm tainly In Worth) of Serloua and I in medial* Con Hide rat ion. iko. Ad it \\ lit eh Or It used to be said that crime was at its minimum during prosperous times, but the records of the two years just passed has upset this time-honored theory, in all parts of the country, but more espe cially in Chicago and other large cities, murders and highway robberies, in which the use of firearms has played a conspicuous part, have multipled almost beyond belief. Students of the problem ascribe the increase in lawlessness to the pernicious influence of slum life, hut as many of the more youthful criminals come from the so-called "lower middle class," this theory cannot he accepted without reserve. Police authorities believe that the pur chase and carrying of weapons by boys and young men and the reading of sen sational newspapers He at the bottom of the evil, and the concurrence in these views has led Mr. Frederick E. Coyne, postmaster at Chicago, to reeommand the control of the manufacture and sale of deadly weapons by the national gov ernment. "Much space," writes Mr. Coyne, "has been given in the columns of the papers to the reckless disregard for human lives as the result of the promiscuous sale and use of firearms, particularly, the magazine revolver. "The thought has occurred to me that there ought to be federal supervision over the manufacture, importation and sale of firearms of every kind and de scription. through its internal revenue laws, has supervision over the manufacture and cale of whisky, beer and cigars and all manufactured tobaccos; it imposes a tax on all wholesale and retail dealers of rpirituous and malt liquors; and also has stringent laws against the Importa tion of opium. "Without desiring to open discussion as to the propriety or justice of the laws referred to, I simply want to call atten tion to the results and to show that the laws of the federal government are more respected and better enforced than those The federal government, FREDERICK E. COYNE. (Postmaster of Chicago, Interested in Sup pression ot Crime.) of the city, county or state, and particu larly those of large municipalities. "What I advocate is this: that the manufacture, importation and sale of all firearms be placed under government supervision, and that a suitable tax be levied on same, sufficient, at least, to cover the cost of such supervision. It seems to me that a government which can enforce a law against a citizen hav ing in his possession a copper still or worm, with which it is possible to distill spirits, ought to pass and enforce a law that will prohibit alt-year-old boy from purchasing a magazine revolver, with which he can depopulate a town if given half a chance. There should he a law requiring the impression of a govern ment seal on each and every firearm manufactured, and no one should be per mitted to have in his or her possession a firearm of any sort without having it registered at the office of the internal revenue collector of thedistrictin which he resides. I do not believe that such a law would entirely check the reign of lawlessness which seems to prevail all over onr country, but 1 do believe that more boys go wrong and step from idle ness to crime through the ownership of a revolver than from any other cause. There are laws now in different states throughout the union requiring what is equal to a license on shotguns and rifles, but those laws are for the protection of game. It would scent to me that it is time for the government to pass a law regulating the manufacture and owner ship of firearms for the protection of hu man live3." BILL NYE'S GRAVE. III if (ireat llu: betflecteri Couutr; (liurehyi >r)Nt Kent iu irri— \\ um OnerouN (< a Fault. Alas, poor Yorick! In a rural churchyard 13 miles from Asheville, N. C., lies the grave of Edgar Wilson Nye. In the seven years that have passed since his death, says the Kansas City World, the mound of earth has almost disappeared. Winter's blasts and sum mer's tains have almost leveled the earthen coverlet of the humorist. No flowers grow in summer time. Briers run riot over the spot and weeds grow luxuriantly. Why this neglect? "Bill" Nye made a great (leal of money ln the closing years of life, hut he was open-handed. He could not resist an appeal for help. He gave away almost as fast as he received. The only money he left his estate was his life insurance. That money, was deposited in an Ashe ville bank, which almost Immediately failed. Mrs. Nye was compelled to keep boarders to maintain the family. The struggle grew too hard for her and she returned to her western home. Before she left she had placed In Calvary church, In the cemetery of which Nye's body rests, a memorial window. Alas, poor Yorick! Bill Nye's was a strange nature. He was more than humorist. He was both • poet and a philosopher. And beneath the surface was the tenderness of a woman. Those who knew him best knew the rare sweetness of his soul. "Of manners gentle, of affection mild: In wit u man, la simplicity a child." THE NAVY'S FAVORITE. Comninnder I.urfen Volina Probably la tlie Moat Popnlnr Man null Officer In the Seri Ice. Commander Lucien Young, U. 8. N., who has charge of the lighthouse service on the great lakes, with headquarters in Chicago, Is possibly the most popular officer In the navy, and this is saying much. They tell the story that when Young was appointed to the naval acad emy and was undergoing his prelimi nary examination for entrance he spelled Europe "Urope," a feat which made the board of naval examiners laugh. One of the members said, however: "Look at the physique of that boy and don't let a little thing like the dropping of an "E" stand between him and a sailor's life." Young was admitted to the academy and the government has been glad of it rm f m COMMANDER LUCIEN YOUNG. (Naval Officer in Charge of Kighthouse Service on the Lakes.) ever since. When he was on his first cruise in the Mediterranean he jumped overboard from the yard arm into a heavy sea and saved the life of a sailor who had been washed from the deck. Some years later when the U, S. S. Hu ron was wrecked off Hatteras, Young volunteered to attempt to carry a line qshore. It was midnight and there was a howling storm bowling down the coast. The captain of the Huron told Young there wasn't, one chance in a mil lion that he could reach shore alive. "I'm lucky," said Young. "I think I can hit the one chance," and saying it ho went overboard with a light line. He was nearly dashed to pieces on the rocks, but he succeeded in making his way through the black night and the white sea until he found a footing on the beach. When he gained consciousness some time afterward he learned that the line he had brought ashore had been the means of saving half the crew of tie Huron. CONFEDERATE GRAVES. Senator Ft iker of OhJi to Erect Mnrlile lleuri Mtonr* t)< Sin it Them. Senator Foraker has introduced a bill in the senate which has for its purpose to carry out in part the wish expressed by President McKinley when he made his notable tour of the south the year before he was assassinated. The Ohio senator's measure provides "for the ap propriate marking of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the confederate arnut and navy." It authorizes the sec retary of war to ascertain the locations of all the graves of confederates who died in federal prisons and military hos pitals in the north, and to acquire pos pm? ,y. m L? * HON. JOSEPH B. FORAKER. (Ohio Senalor Who Wants Graves ot Con federates Marked.) session of the ground where such sol diers are buried.' A further provision Is made that the United States shall erect white marble headstones over the graves of the confederate dead and shall care for the burial grounds for all time. Senator Foraker's bill carries with it an appropriation of $100,000 for this pur pose of doing reverence to the memory of "him who was once mine enemy." eil by Mi Fire Island, a very valuable English racehorse, has just given a most remark able proof of the healing powers of music. He lost his appetite and rel'useo to train, a condition of affairs that drove his trainer and jockeys to distraction. Ail manner of remedies were resorted to without avail till the happy idea occurred to them to place a music box in his stay. Twice a day a string of dances and "God Save the King" regaled the equine ears. The effect was marvelous. The horse re gained his spirits, and the trainer and jockey had no further trouble. Whether the horse had any previous circus af filiations to determine his musical taste is not stated. Horne In Cl lie. Haunted by Flock of (ifeie. Twenty years ago an unsuspected man in Lexington, Ind., stoic three geese from a neighbor. The despoiled farmer has just received five dollars from n resident In Washington. D. C., confessing the theft, and thus making financial renaralion. for years he has been unable to sleep well, as a flock of geese always haunt ed his dreams, no matter where he slept. He states that Hraaa Hnnd Kills a Male. Some deadly music was discoursed by a theatrical bras.-, hand ln Jackson, Mis sissippi. To advertise the show, the band paraded the streets. A mule stiffened Its ears ns it heard the wails from the brass band, dropped to the earth and gave up the ghost The theatrical man ager settled a claim made by tlie ownt t ot the dead mule. Through the kindness of Prof. J. C. Hardy, president of the Agricul tural and Mechanical College, we are ... , , ,. .. , , ' ... permitted to publish his letter in re ply to the interrogatory of the editor of the Manufacturers' Record con cerning the cotton production of the South and the adaptability of this section to a general diversification of section to a general mversincauon oi As Prof. Hardy s letter con COTTON PRODUCTION. MANUFACTURERS' DECORD IN TERROGATES PROF. HARDY. N., in the let an it "IS THESE OASCER OF 1 DECREASE?' The Alarm Over the Matter of a De cline in the Production of the Staple Crop of the South With out Foundation. crops. tains much that should be of Interest to the readers of this paper, we give it below in full: Agricultural and Mechanical College, Starkvllle, Miss., Dec. i., *903. Hon. Richard H. Edmonds, Baltimore, Md.: Dear Sir—In reply to yours of recent date, asking for an expression of my opinion as to whether the South can largely increase It cotton production, or whether there is danger of a per manent decrease in cotton production in the South, due to certain causes, will say that in my judgment, the South has -ie capacity to still further diversify its agriculture and indus tries, to raise every bushel of corn, every pound of meat, and every work animal needed in our section and at the same time to more than double its cotton production, in my opinion, there is nothing in the contention that there has been a deterioration of the seed by reason of the best seed being sold to oil mills. No one be lieves more stronglyy than I do in the possibilities of plant breed ing and in the careful selection of the seed. I was reared on a than 25 per cent by the carefull selec tion of seed from year to year. I be lieve that the cotton production in the South, under all the conditions that now exist, could be increased 25 per , .. cent by a wise and careful selection of seed for a series of five years Many of our fanners appreciate the importance of this class of work, and more of them are now selecting their seed than at any time in the history of Southern agriculture. This work is being emphasized more and more each year by our agricultural colleges, experiment stations and farmers' in stitutes, and a radical improvement is taking place, and will he felt immedi ately in increased production. Were the contention true that our seed have deteriorated by reason of selling the best, to the oil mills, this would not be a permanent danger, as it would re quire only a few years of careful se lection to bring them back to the for mer standard. ; mer standard. tie That there has been a decline in the fertility of our soil by reason of bad cultivation under the tenantry sys tem, there can be no doubt. This de cline is not of recent origin, but has been going on for years, even just as rapidly under the slave and one-crop system of agriculture, as under the present tenantry system. I think all close observers of rural conditions in the South will agree with me, that this decline is less rapid at this time than at any period since the war. In other words, a better system of agriculture is now being practiced in this section than at any lime since the war. More peas, more vetch, more alfalfa, more melilotus, more clovers, more of every thing that tends to improve the soil is now being planted than ever be fore. More fertilizers and better fer tilizers are being used each year, and the indications are that the lowest point of the decline has been reached, and that from now on there will be a steady improvement. I have great confidence in the ability of tho agricultural colleges and experiment stations to solve every problem that may arise in the field of agriculture, and in tho capacity of the farmers' institutes, to carry the solu tion out to the people and to induce them to apply the remedy. Whatever decline in the fertility of the soil that may have taken place, and it has been great, yet this has been met and more tiian compensated for by better meth ods in the last few years In prepara tion and cultivation. The alarm that the decline in the fertility of our soil offers a permanent menace to cotton production in the South is useless and without founda tion, as may be seen from statistics given In the Manufacturers' Record of December 10. These statistics show that, beginning with the year 1871-72, the average yield per acre in the cot ton belt the following ten years was 176.7 pounds of lint cotton; for the next ten years 168.8 pounds per acre; and that during the next ten years ending with 1900-1901, the average was 2)3.2 pounds per acre, an increase of nearly 20 per cent during the past ten years. This negatives the conten tion t'-iat there is danger in a perma nent decline in Southern cotton pro duction. While it is true that the industrial development of the South has driven many hands from the country to the cities and to the railroads and levees, yet there has been a compensation, to a certain extent, In the large num bers who have come in from the North and Wert to supply the places thus made vacant. Five different parties from Illinois have been in my office this week seeking information as to our lands t.nd conditions, with a view of casting (heir lots with us, believ ing that this section is upon the eve of the greatest prosperity in its his tory. There U hardly a county in our State that is not feeling tho stimulat ing Influence of this Influx of popula tion. These people, almost without exception, are delighted with the re ception given them, and will Induce h til 1 others to come. With the coming in of such citizens as this section is now receiving, and with the going out of many of our most trifling negroes, the productive power of our people will be greatly Increased. One of the greatest losses the South has Is tho low productive capacity of her colored population. By Improving the intelli gence, industry and skill of her farm laborers, the South can double her cotton production, with every other condition remaining the same. To be come convinced of this, one has only to examine the statistics of the last census which shows the following facts: Lowndes county with three negroes to one white man, hav ing 21,972 blacks and 7,1Z1 whites, requires 3.15 acres to make a bale of cotton, while Jones county with three whites to one negro, having 13,156 whites and 4,670 blacks, requires 1.98 acres to make a bale. The fare# lands of Jones county are valued as found in the census report at $2.85 an acre, and the farm lands of Lowndes county are valued at $9.38 bill ap the Is it of t an acre. Yet the poor lands of Jones county, under Intelligent cultivation, produced nearly twice as much per acre os the rich lands o* Lowndes county, wnen culti vated mostly by negroes. Nox ubee county with more than five blades to one white, having 26,146 blacks and 4,699 whites, requires 3.50 acres to make a bale of cotton, while Union county, with three whites to one black, having 12,380 whites and 4,142 blacks, requires only 2.66 acres to make a bale. The farm lands of Noxubee county are vulued at 97.12 J. per acre, and the lands of Union are valued at $4.81. Hinds county, with ! three negroes to one white man, hav Ing 39,621 blacks and 13,037 whites, requlreB 2 50 acres to mako a bale _ while Perry county, with more than two whites to one negro, requires only 1.96 acres to make a bale. The farm lands of Hinds are valued at three ,lmes as much as are ,hose of Perry - ]n (he countles of j^flore, Bolivar and Washington, where they have about eight negroes to one white man, but almost without exception the negroes are under white managers, they make one bale to every acre and a half: while in Lowndes, Noxnbee and Mon roe, where not many White managers are employed, they make on an avera age about one bale to three acres. While this difference is partly caused by a difference in the fertility of the two groups of three counties, yet the principal reason is due to the supe rior Intelligence used in the manage ment of the first group. This is proven by the fact that In every com parison made between a white county and a black one, the black was the most fertile, yet the white was nearly twice as productive. I claim, therefore, by improving the character of our labor, we can greatly increase the production of cotton in the South. Should conditions demand it, the South can greatly increase her cotton production by reducing her corn area, and depending, as she form erly did, upon the North and West for corn, mules and hogs, should not he thought of, except to meet certain conditions that might arise at some time in the far distant future. It is interesting to note that this was one of the methods used by the South from 1850 to 1890 (except dur ing the war period when the markets . of the world were closed) to increase j ber production of cotton, This course In 1850, the [ cotton area of the ten principal cotton producing States was 6,764,030 acres, while the area devoted to corn was 14,877,806 acre3. Beginning at this time, there was a decided tendency on the part of the Southern planters to Increase the area in cotton at the sacrifice of that in corn until 1889, when the cotton area of these teu States exceeded that of corn by 1, 145,567 acres. But under the intelli gent leadership of the agricultural colleges and experiment stations dur ing the next ten years, stimulating diversification, and the raising of more and better live stock, the corn area was greatly increased until in 1899 it exceeded that of cotton in these ten States by 2,094,316 acres. Should circumstances demand it, this process can be reversed, as it was in 1850. a The area of improved lands in the United States is increasing at a more rapid rate than the national popula tion, even though the urban popula tion is increasing more rapidly than that of the agricultural districts. The last census shows that had the area of improved land increased at no greater rate than the population, it would have been 42,915,891 acres leas than it actually is. This fact is due to use of improved agricultural machinery, by means of which, one man in many instances is able to do the work of from five to twenty. The South has felt the influence and ef fects of this machinery less than any other section of the country. But un der the teachings of the agricultural colleges, the experiment stations, and the farmers' institutes, this condition is being rapidly changed, and it is only a question now of a few years when the cotton farmers will be using as many improved agricultural imple ments as any class of farmers in tho land. With a few more improvements that are sure to be made, the cotton picker will be an entire success. Sev eral pickers have been in operation this season, and our Textile School has demonstrated that the cotton mill machinery has no trouble in removing the extra trash gathered by the piclcer. The cotton picking machine can rua at night as well as in the day time, which will enable the farmer to oper ate a double force of hands and save the great loss of cotton caused by uad weather. With the improved disc plows that are now being made, by which one man and team can break six acres a day, with the improved cultivators by which one man can do the work of three, und with the cotton picking machine a practical success, by which one man can pick six bales a day, there in no limit to our increase in the production of cot ton, even though our industrial de velopment along other lines calls for a larger number of additional men who are now doing agricultural work. The South can increase and will increase her cotton production not only by more Intelligent selection of seed, not only by improving the fer tility of her soil by every scientific and available method, not only by the improvement of the intelligence and skill of her laborers, not only by the use of more and more of improved agricultural machinery, but by tho opening up of new lands to give em ployment to thousands who are com ing from other sections as well as to our fast increasing population. To realize the vast possibilities for ex pansion along this line one has only to examine the census report, which shows that less than 50 per cent of tho farm lands of the South are improved. The report shows that is Mississippi only 41.6 per cent of the farm land Is improved, in North Carolina only 36.6 per cent, in South Carolina only 41.3 per cent, in Georgia only 40.2 per cent, in Alabama only 41.8 per cent, in Florida only 34.6 per cent, in Louisiana only 42.2 per cent, in Texas only 15.6 per cent, in Arkansas only 41.8 per cent, and in Tennessee only 50.4 per cent. By opening up this undeveloped territory, almost every acre of which is good cotton land, tlie South's ability to indefinitely expand her cotton produc tion cannot be questioned, and, there fore, the alarm about sufficient cot ton supply in the future should ha permanently dismissed. Respectfully, J. C. HARDY, President Mississippi A. and M. Col lege. _ Not Negotiable. "Which do you consider the more desirable art, painting or poetry?" "Painting," answered Mr. Cumrox, without a moment's hesitation. "I have heard of pictures being used as collateral to a limited degree; but there is no department of finance, however humble, that provides for the hypothecation of poetry."—Washing ton Star. OBEYED INSTRUCTIONS. _ - Photographer Planted Hl* Camera Where Hr Waa Told To and v There Waa Troablr. The cilv editor aummoned the photog rapher of his staff, relate* Youth's Com panion. "Col. Weiligun'a house is burning,'' he said, "and I want a picture of the tire. Get out there as quick as you can with your camera und take a view of what'a left of the building, from the inside of the fence corner." "But," said the photographer, "if— ' "That's the point I want it taken fr right in the corner:" "But I think there' "1 don't care whether there's a better point or not. You know what i want. Hurry up! You are losing time." The photographer took his camera and departed. A few hours later he came in with the proof of a picture he had taken from the desirud l>oint of view. "What is thiar' asked the city editor. photograph of the ruin* of Col. Welligau's house from the inside cor ner of the fence, near the street." "I can't see anything of the house." "I can't, either," responded the photog rapher. "I tried to tell you there was a big tree standing between that corner and the house, but you wouldn't let me." "That is a Mr. Grover's Case. Frederika, la., Dec. 28— Mr. A. S. Grover is now 74 years of age. For the last 30 years he has suffered a great deal of sickness, and, although he is a temperate man and never used spirits of any kind, his kjdneya had troubled him very much. He said:— "I was told I had Diabetes, and my symp toms corresponded exactly to those of a young man who died of Diabetes in this neighborhood. My feet and limbs were bloated quite a little. "I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and at last determined to try them. 1 took iu all ten boxes before 1 was well, and now 1 can truthfully say that 1 am all right. The bloating is gone from my feet and legs. I have gained eight pounds in weight, and can sleep well at night, and every symptom of my trouble is gone. "It is some time now since I was cured, and I have not had the slightest return oi any symptom of the old trouble." Not at Home. Mr.*. Newrich had been describing her trisit to Turkey. Friend-Then, of course, y< Dardanelles? Mrs. Newrich—Why, no, we didn't. They called, but we were out—Cleveland Plain Dealer. *aw the For tSOe and Thin Notice the John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lu Crosse Wis., will send free 1 pkg. May 1st Carrot. 1 pkg. Earliest Green Eating Onion. ..10c. 1 pkg. Peep Of Day Tomato. 1 pkg. Halzer's Flash Light ltadish.. .10c. 1 pkg. Salzer's Long Quick, Quick Rad ish . 1 pkg. Salzer's Queen of All Radish... 10c. Above six rare novelties, the choicest and finest of their kind, have a retail value of 70c, but they are mailed to you free, together with Salzer's big catalog, well worth $100.00 to every wide-awake gardener, all upon receipt of but 30o in postage and this notice.* [K. L.J ....10c. . lit I. . 10c Cruel Rejoinder. Cliolly Nimrod—Aw—and when is the rea son 1 can't shoot? Guide-Three hundred and sixty-five days in the year.—X. Y. Sun An English Earl Opinion. The English, next to the Americans, are the greatest travelers in the world, and while they as a rule insist upon having the best there is to be obtained, they appreciate good service and beautiful scenery. The Earl of Shaftesbury, having, with his wife, spent some little time in the United State, during the summer, speaks most enthus iastically in regard to what they have seen. A few days ago he said to a gentleman iu Buffalo: "Our stay in New York was a delightful one, and the picturesque grandeur along the Hudson and its surroundings was a source of much joy to us all. "It has seldom been my good fortune to pass the time in such excellent sport as that furnished in your enchanting Adirondack Mountains."—Albany Times-Union. "That young man," .aid the visitor, "be haves as if he knew more than yon do," "Naturally," replied tlie merchant. "Why 'naturally? " asked the visitor. "I am merely hi. father."—Philadelphia Ledger. Nothlnic More Dniiucroiin. Than a neglected cough," is what Dr. J. F. Hammond, professor iu tlie Eclectic Medical College, says, "and a preventative remedy and a agent, 1 cheerfully recommend Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum anil Mullein. At druggists, 2oc., 50c., anil $1.00 a bottle. _ Governess—"Oh, Kitty, you careless child! There are not two r's in 'very.' Rub one of them out." Kitty—"Ves. But which one?"—Punch. I' •illative Rheiiinntlam'a Killing I'nln left in quick order after taking 10 doxes of Dr. skirvin's Rheumatic Cure, in tab let form. 25 doses for 25c, postpaid. DR. SlvIRVIN CO., La Crosse, Wis. [k. l.J Some men regulate their chivalry by the quality of the clothes a woman nas on.— % Y. l imes. The doing of a duty sows the seed of A delight.—Ram's Horn. p , h? fy [\ Y 7 / ■Mrs. Fairbanks tells bowne-l gleet of warning symptoms will soon prostrate a woman. She thinks woman's safeguard is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. " Dear Mrs. Uixkiiam : — Ignorance and neglect arc the oause of untold female suffering, not only with the laws of health but with the chance of a cure. I did not heed the warnings of headaches, organic pains, and general weariness, until I was well nigh pros trated. I knew I had to do something. ivc Compound faithfully, according to directions, and was rewarded in a few weeks to find that my aches and pains disappeared, and I again felt the glow of health through my body. Blnce I have been well I have been more care ful, I have also advised a number of mv sick friends to take Lydia E. Plnkham'B Vegetable Com pound, and they have never had reason to be sorry. Yours very truly, Mbs. Mat Fairbanks, 210 South 7th 8t., Minneapolis, Minn." (Mrs. Fair banks is ono of the most successful and highest salaried travelling saleswomen in the West.) — fSOOO forfeit If original of about letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. Mrs. Plnkham invites all sick women to write her for ndvico. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. I did the right thing. I took E. Pinkham's Vegetable