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k, - - - - 1.1.1 ■■ ■ I! j The wonderful richness of the Yazoo-Misslsslppl delta is well known and men with money from every sec tion of the Union are trying to get a slice of it. Of course, it is prosperous and will in the future be much more so. As to the future, a writer who knows has this to say: “In spite of politics and politicians, the South, and especially this section, is in the midst of an era of prosperity and the pros pects for the future are even brighter. The South has fully recovered from the ill effects of the sectional war, and her wonderful resources are being opened up and utilized as never be fore. Capitalists from abroad are be ginning to realize that Mississippi is the most glorious State in the Union, and conservative investments are be ing made which cannot help but work for great future prosperity. There are no false booms being made which burst like a bubble and leave a coun . try in a worse condition, as has been the case in the Northwest, where schemers succeed in overestimating to the extent that capital is invested in worthless lands which can never be made to produce anything of market value. A visitor to this particular part of the State is easily convinced that there is great wealth in the rich Yazoo delta. Loads of the baled cot ton continue to pour into the markets each day, each of them the equivalent of several hundred dollars. Surely this section plays an important part in the affairs of the world, for it helps to clothe a large portion of the people. The delta of the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers is, and will be. one of the rich est sections cf the State, of the South and of the United States.” * * * The little town of Eden, in Yazoo county, is reporting much progress these days and will soon want to be classed higher. Substantial buildings are being erected and trade increasing rapidly. It is surrounded by a splen did territory, and with energetic and wide-awake people should soon rank with the best business towns of the delta. * * * Here is a recipe for getting rid of stumps, given by the Scientific Amer ican, that may be of value; “In the autumn bore a hole one or two inches in diameter, according to the girth of the stump, vertically in the. center of the stump and about eighteen inches deep. Put into the hole one or two ounces of saltpeter; fill the hole with water and pug up close. In the en suing spring, take out plug and pour hole full of kerosene on and set on fire. The stump will smoulder away to the very extremity of the roots, leaving nothing but ashes.” * * * Why is it that more people in Mis sissippi do not raise chickens and eggs? The demand for both is far ahead of the supply. Eggs are bring • ing in the cities and larger towns ;10 and 35 cents per dozen, and hens are worth something like a dollar each. There are thousands of acres of land in the State suitable for this purpose that can be had for only a few dollars per acre, and it is fit for little else, and the man who would give the business his time and atten tion would no doubt reap a big crop of dollars. Begin to calculate what can be made on a very few acres in this way and talk about it to your friends. We will soon be in sore need of these great necessities of life, and must we get therti outside the State? There is money in chickens for the man who knows how to raise them. * * * The Mississippi Corn and Cotton Carnival Association is already en gaged in maturing plans for the fair next year. Prospects are good for a successful meeting this year, and the plan is to make it much more thor ough next year. The gentlemen be hind the enterprise are to be congrat ulated upon their progressiveness. Nothing will be of more value to the State as a whole, although it may not pay the stockholders anything direct in the way of dividends. Mississippi is ripe for a State fair, and the people will see that the want is properly sup plied. * * * Indianola is proud of a magnificent new bank building just completed and occupied. It is very gratifying, in deed, to note the many evidences of prosperity throughout the State, and especially in the way of good and sub stantial buildings. * * * * The utilizing of hill and poor lands in Mississippi for trucking and other purposes, is greatly stimulating the use of fertilizers and a number of fac tories for its manufacture are being built. Tupelo is putting in a large one, Jackson is building the fourth, and a number of other towns have these industries on their list. There is a good demand for commercial fer tilizers, Mississippi has the material from which it is manufactured, is now furnishing a big market for the product and is doing exactly right in making w'hat is needed in the Sttate, if no more. Let such work be encouraged onH natrrmi'zpri lihprallv hv Olir DfiO pie. • « • Those who were so fortunate to at tend the meeting of the Southern Truck Growers’ League, which held its regular annual session at Newton some days since, could not help but be Impressed with the deep interest dis played by the members. They are an intelligent and energetic set of men who are developing a new industry that promises to make the State as well as themselves richer in the fu ture. The addresses were from men versed in trucking knowledge, and in many instances experiences were giv en, both personal and otherwise. It is the purpose of this organization to bring all communities in that section together for better protection in the way of prices, etc. They realize that in union there is strength, and that this saying applies to truck growers as well as any other calling. The writer had the pleasure of saying a few words to them in the meeting and esteemed it a special privilege to do so. May this association prosper in the good work undertaken. • • Another report from the coal find in Leake county states that a vein has been discovered about ten feet under ground and lying just below a stiata of candle coal, that has been tested by the Alabama, A. & M„ and pronounced only seven per cent short of the best coal found in Alabama. It is said to burn free and clear of ltlinkers, and is being used by blacksmiths with the best of success. The vein is ten feet in thickness and could be mined with small cost. Let us hope that this find will prove all that the owners antici pate and that Mississippi will at last be enabled to mine a part of the coal used here. • * * Eupora is likely to secure the loca tion of a large wood working plant through the industrial department of the Southern Railway, on which line the town is situated. A gentleman looking'for a location was there last week, and after taking in the situa tion. expressed himself as pleased with the outlook. The Southern is doing a great work for the country continguous to it3 lines through a thoroughly organized and efficient in dustrial department. Much of the prosperity in Mississippi at present can be justly attributed to work of this character by the railroads enter ing the State. Most of the States have a department of this character operating with splendid success, but as yet the law makers of Mississippi have not seen fit to provide the de partment here. * * * Great activity is being evidenced again in the matter of an interurban electric line from Jackson to Vicks burg. Gen. Wirt Adams and the oth er gentlemen interested in the enter prise have received the survey and blue prints, together with estimates of cost for»everv mile of the line, and an nounce that the project will be pushed until the road is completed and in op ciauuu. liit- tuuuu j n is already one of the most populous in the State, and this road would soon make it even more so. Indications are that the line will be built, and that soon. # * * * In view of the recent achievements of the State, are you not proud that you are a Mississsippian? If not, you should be. It now looks like there were many good things coming our way. Help the good work along. * * * Jackson is to have a pearl button factory. The company has been or ganized and will commence business in a short time. The buttons will be made from mussel shells, that are found in great quantities in Pearl river. This is not the first factory of this kind for the State, there being one at Aberdeen that has been in op eration nearly a year and is doing a fine business. This factory will not afford labor for a considerable num ber of people, but will furnish a mar ket for the shells that have hereto fore commanded nothing. Just such factories as these are worth a great deal to the community in which lo cated and there should be more of them throughout the State. * * * Arrangements are being made for the extension of the M. & O.’s branch west from Vardanian, the present ter minus. It will tap a very fine coun try and be the cause of one or more good towns being located in Calhoun county. Officials of the road were in the vicinity recently looking out the country to be traversed and locating the route. * * # The stand taken hy a number of judges and other officers of the State recently for the purpose of putting down lawlessness is to be commended by all good citizens. In times of great prosperity we are prone to become lax in the enforcement of law and let that class that will break laws become a fixture that is hard to overcome later on. Enforce the laws, for upon this lb UUliUCU uui oiflLca cauicoo. * * * More fruit trees will be planted in Mississippi this year than for any three years in the past. This is just as it should be. if * * Among the small steam laundries throughout the State and the success attending their operation, the one at Winona is brought forward as an ex ample of what can be done if the ef fort is made. This laundry has been running for some years and with the very best success. Announcement has been made that it will be enlarged right away to accommodate the busi ness, which is still increasing. A town of 2,000 people or over should be able to support a laundry and thereby largely solve the problem of getting family washing, as well as finished work, done. * * • The Aberdeen Sand and Brick Com pany has been organized with a cap ital stock of $70,000, for the purpose of manufacturing building material. The company is largely composed of home people, who see in the invest ment a liberal return for the use of their money. • * • West Point is to have a wholesale tobacco company with a capital stock of $15,000. The charter has been se cured ana uusmess win uegiu m a short time. It is believed that this is the first wholesale tobacco house for the State, but there will likely be more in the future. * * * Jackson has organized the second wholesale drug house, and the sixth wholesale grocery house has just be gun business. The Capital City is fast becoming a wholesale center on account of its location and the splen did railroad facilities enjoyed. • • • French Camp reports that a great deal of trucking will be done in that section next year. Ten thousand fruit trees were put out this fall and one farmer has planted eight thou sand stalks of sugar cane and con tracted the crop at sixty cents per gallon. The people are beginning to diversify their crops and the commu nity is especially prosperous. * * * Senatobia is experiencing trouble with a congested condition of the bus iness streets, on Saturdays especially. That must mean that the town is do ing an unusually large business this fall. * * * W. A. Young, a Jefferson county farmer, gathered eighty-three fully developed pumpkins from a volunteer vine that had grown on his place. It would appear from this Instance that pumpkins might be grown more gen erally for feed. If the number stated will grow from a volunteer vine with out attention, what might we expect from a vine that was cultivated? Some one give the pumpkins a trial. * * * Syrup mills in the southern section of the State are being operated day and night to grind the enormous crop raised. There will be much sweetness for use during the next twelve months. * * * Newton has organized a business league and will make a systematic campaign for the betterment of that splendid little city. A substantial improvement is already noted and the recently organized league will only tend to make the improvement faster. • * * An immense lumber mill is being established at Clarksdale and will be gin operations soon. Messrs. Wade & Dodds are the proprietors and contem plate using the fine hardwood timber found in that section. * * * The Red .Snapper Sauce Co., of Centreville, the only manufacturers of red hot stuff in the State, was success ful in capturing a medal at St. Louis. This should be gratifying to the gen tlemen who are behind the enterprise. It is said to be a paying business and that operations will be enlarged in the near future to handle a fast increas ing trade._ Freedom in Russia. A dispatch to a strongly pro-Rus nVi naner stated that the press censorship had practically been abolished by the new prime minister of the interior. This plainly belonged to the “important if true’’ order of news, and confirmation of the intelli gence was instantly sought at St. Pe tersburg. It turns out that nothing whatever has been done in a legal or official way to recognize the dignity of the press or enlarge its freedom and op portunities. The restrictions stand in all their galling and paralyzing varie ty and weight, but it seems that in formally the newspaper publishers and editors have received a tip to the effect that considerable freedom of comment and criticism will be toler ated—for the time being. In other words, the press is enjoying "actual but not law-sanctioned and guaran teed freedom. Well, any kind of freedom is grate fully received in Moscow, but no en lightened Russian will congratulate himself on the press reform of Prince Sviatopolk Mirsky. The string is there, or, to change the metaphor, the sword is still suspended over the pub lisher’s head, and it may come down at anv moment. It is true that the Russian editors are making hay industriously while the sun shines and the censor is look ing the other way. They are now di cussing internal and foreign questions with remarkable frankness and can dor. Some of them are vigorously de manding real freedom for the press: others are advocating the extension of local autonomy; still others are crit icising the war and navy departments and hinting at possible defeat in Man churia and at the expediency of mak ing peace on terms now obtainable, in short, a decided change has come over the spirit of the St. Petersburg and Moscow press, and the reader has a taste of independent and sincere journalism. Rut this pleasant interregnum may come to an end without a word of warning, for Mirsky may fall or be b .. bln r\ L'-nni n t t a m Afl 1 f 1’ Vi 1 C policy. As even the opportunist No voe Vrevrna says, reform which de pends on one man. or on the mood of one man. is not reform. There is no sign yet of that “spring” for which liberal Russians have been hoping through the long winter of reaction and repression.—Chicago Record-Her ald. _____ A Bad Place for Poets. An English tourist was lamenting the late Herbert Spencer's aversion to poetry, says the Baltimore Evening Herald. “Mr. Spencer,” he said, “called po etry ‘sentimental caterwauling.’ Some of it, to be sure, he excepted from this class. There were parts of Shake speare that he liked, and he liked Longfellow. But the average poem was caterwauling to him, and the av erage poet was a caterwauler. "One day I called on Mr. Spencer, and during my call I read to him a po em by W. B. Yeats. The beauty and the dim splendor of this poem im pressed even the scientist. “ ‘That, I'll admit, Is not caterwaul ing,’ he said. “Then, with a dry smile, he took a newspaper clipping from his pocket. “ ‘I have been saving this,’ he said, ‘to show to you. It is from an Ameri can newspaper, a paper published in the town of Manunkachunk. I think I shall remove to Manunkachunk. The people set a right valuation on poetry there.’ “I read the clipping. It said: “ ‘Original poetry is published on the same terms as advertisements.’ ” Where He Differed. Representative Richardson, of Ten nessee, tells of a campaign conducted by Governor "Bob” Taylor in that State. Meeting for the first time a delegate from one of the eastern counties to the State convention, Mr. Taylor said: “I am glad to meet you, sir. I have known your father for a good many years, but this is the first time I have had the pleasure of seeing you. I see, sir, that the son is a better looking man than the father.” "Oh. come, Governor,” replied the delegate, banteringly, "you needn’t try to jolly me that way, for I’m for Barksdale all right,, even if the old man Is for you.” Governor Taylor smiled in a reflect ive way. “My dear sir,” he added, “I merely said I found you a better look ing man than your father. I did not say you had half as much sense.”— Harper’s Weekly. Would Never Do. Stranger—I want to buy a good watch dog. Dog Fancier—Here’s the one you want, sir. Trained by an expert. He can tell an insurance agent a mile off. “And what will he do then?” “Do? He’ll chew him into soup bones.” “Well, he won’t suit me.” “Why? Most people want a dog like that.” “Yes, I know: but I’m an insurahce agent, you see.”—Chicago Journal. “Mary” was amusing the baby. He is 10 months old. “Now you be still,” she said, “and Mary will read to you. Now be still,” she added, as she turned the pages of The Star, “and Mary will read the ‘sniplights’ to you.” The baby was still. He appeared to enjoy them hugely. f-----• Mississippi State News j t >■ ^ . —m December Weather For Sixteen Years. The following data, covering a period o'f sixteen years, have been compiled from the weather bureau records at fifty-two observation sta tions in Mississippi. They are is sued to show the conditions that have prevailed in the State during the months in question for the above period of years, but must not be con strued as a forecast of the weather conditions for the coming month: Mean or normal temperature, 48 degrees. The warmest month was that of 1889, with an average of 60 degrees. The coldest month/ was that of 1903, with an average of 43 degrees. Some of the highest temperatures recorded were as follows: Eighty-three at Port Gibson in 18 92 and 82 at Louis ville hi 1889. Some of the lowest temperatures recorded were as follows: Zero at Holly Springs and Ripley in 1901. Average rain fall for the month, 4.81 inches. Average number of days with 0 01 inch or more of rain, 6. The greatest average monthly pre cipitation was 8.54 inches, in 1897. The least average monthly precipi tation was 0.94 inch, in 18R9. Some of the greatest monthly ■imminfc nf nropinitatinn rppnrrlpd were as follows: 14.78 inches at Ed wards, and 11.86 inches at Jackson in 1897. Some of the least monthly amounts of precipitation recorded were as fol lows: 0.30 inch at Batesvilee in 1889, and 0.29 inch at Greenville and 0.31 inch at Water Valley in 1896. The average snowfall ranges from about two inches in the extreme northern counties to a trace in the Gulf counties. In December, 1894, snow fell to a depth of six inches in Clay county. Average number of clear days 13; partly cloudy days, 5; cloudy days, 13. The prevailing winds have been from the north. W. S. BELDEN Section Director. Vicksburg, Miss. Realizing a Fact. Gradually the people of Missis sippi are coming to a realization of the fact that the soil of their State is as fine as can be found in any State in the Uniofn, and that all that lias to be done to make it yield an abundant harvest is to give it the proper sort of culture. The men who are engaged in farming in Mis sissippi are using their heads to some extent. One of the most valu able contributions to the farming literature of the State is a little pamphlet which has been issued by Richard Inglis, of Longbeach, Miss., entitled, “Truck Farming in South Mississippi.” The following ex tract is taken from the pamphlet, which shows what can be done in Mississippi when an intelligent ef fort is made: My experience in growing truck for myself and shipping to the Northern market is connned to tnis season. 1 was encouraged to try it by reason of my immediate neighbors*’ success. I owned five acres, and believed it was all the land I would ever want, and offered it for sale at $150, containing a house, barn, well and one and one half acres of cleared land, when I settled here. I would not today take $500 for it, and, like my neighbors, am buying all the land about my home at a price five times what it was form erly sold for. My first effort at grow ing truck was a success. Air. Inglis is connected with the Gulf & Ship Island railroad, and recently made a tour of the terri tory on his road, organizing truck ers’ associations, and assuring them that the road would provide quick transportation to Northern markets. Will Be an Experience Meeting. State Superintendent Whitfield is receiving a number of letters from teachers and county superintend ents of educational different parts* of the State, assuring him that there is going to be a large attendance of teachers at the State meeting, which the superintendent has called for December 10. This meeting is go ing to be u sort of experience meet ing, at which the best methods of reaching t le people on the educa tional pro? osition will ber discussed. Matters o± great importance to all sorts of teachers will copie up for discussion;'and experiences general ly will be discussed. The State su perintendent and other- prominent Mississippi educators hre to deliver addresses. < , Municipal Elections Next Week. All towps in Mississippi, operat ing under the code chapter on mu nicipalities^ will hojld elections for mayor and municipal officers on De cember 1$. ( -r Corjnth Freight Rates. The Cofmth manufacturers and shippers have filOd with the railroad commission a ') statement of the freight r^tes tjaey desire to have made effective, additional to the original complaint filed several -weeks ag®, anil which is pending be fore the Commission for final hear ing at the first meeting in this month. Notjf.ce of the rates re quested have/been sent to the traffic officials of the various roads. Afteir ffclore Rural Routes. Petition^ have been started at Carrolltcu% asking for two more ru ral free tfclivery routes out of that town. Senator Money is interest ing hiu^s&f in the establishment of these rilra'l free delivery routes, and will do aft in his power to have them put on. “’'The number of rural free delivery routes in the State is con stantly increasing, but Mississippi is still ’;^hind a good many South ern iltatM. ih A Good Idea. The proposition to establish a Stute fair as a permanent institu tion is being discussed quite freely by the press of the State.The Aber deen Examiner has probably taken more advanced ground on the sub ject than any other paper in the State. The Examiner, which is ed ited by Maj. S. A. Jones, one of the untiring workers in behalf of indus trial 'Mississippi, makes this sugges tion in regard to a permanent State fair: We would like to see a permanent fair established by the State on 1,000 or more acres of State land, with State buildings and supervision, even to the extent of State purses, pre miums, medals, etc. There is a good deal of sentiment in the State for a fair every year, which would show the resources of the State and would partake of an official exhibit. At the last legislature a. piupu&iuuu oi ims 1 was uiauc by some, but the legislature did not have the time to consider the matter, and it went over. It is hardly prob ably that the matter will be taken up at the short session of the legislature, but in three years from January, when the legislature meets, it may do some thing of the sort, and it would be an act that would be indorsed by the people generally, as it would build up a healthy State pride. M., J. & K. C. Work. From officials of the flew Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City road it is learned that the company expects to he operating through freight and passenger trains from Middleton, Tenn., to Mobile, Ala., by the first of March. The various contracting forces have been urged to push the grading work with all possible speed. Forces are at work on both ends of the line. Adams Wins the First Round. Judge D. M. Miller, of the Sev enth Circuit Court district, a few days ago rendered a decision affirm ing the right of the State revenue agent to collect from the Gulf & Ship Island road privilege taxes at the rate of $10 per mile, assessed under the legislative act of 1888 on roads claiming exemption from tlu supervision of the railroad com mission on maximum and minimum freight rates. Will Issue School Bonds. There was an election in the hus tling little town of Ackerman a few | days since, and the result is that the municipality will issue bonds for the purpose of erecting an up-to date school building and tor provid ing school facilities for the children of the town. New Railroad for Greenville. v L. J. Buckner, of Minneapolis, interested in railway construction, is surveying the new line that will connect Greenville with Alexandria, La. Mr. Buckner declares that work will begin on this road almost immediately. Hop Ale Doomed. Hop ale and other drinks of a like nature, possessing an alcoholic effect w/th a soft-drink name, have been doomed in Columbus. The Circuit Court judge has charged the grand jury to indict every time it discov ers a vendor of these concoctions. Beginning to Pinch. Brookhaven continues to be stirred up over the action of the grand jury concerning the whitecappers. It is said that a big bunch of indictments was returned last week against some of the well known citizens of the county. _ Aberdeen’s Sand Brick Factory. Among the new enterprises which it is proposed to establish in Aber deen is a sand brick factory, which is to cost about $25,000. It will be put in by a corporation composed largely of local capitalists. Charter is Approvea. The charter of the Mississippi Undertaking Company, domiciled at Jackson, with a capital stock of $10,000, has been approved and filed for record in the office of the secre tary of State. _ Big Corporation for Poplarvilie The charter of incorporation of the R. E. Wilkinson Mercantile Company, domiciled at Poplarvilie, Pearl River county, with a capital stock of $30,000, has been submit ted to the attorney-general for legal examination. _ The End Was Death. Will McCracken chopped John Moore to death with an ax on T. L. Boydston’s plantation, six miles west of Water Valley, a few days ago. Although hacked eighteen times with an ax, Moore managed to slash McCracken with his pocket knife in the head and neck before he died. Both were prominent in Yalobusha county. The fight was the result of a dispute over lighting a pipe when the men were drunk. Will Move the Collection. Dunbar Rowland, director of the department of archives and history, has made arrangements for the re moval to the capitol at Jackson of the valuable historical collection now installed at the University oi Mississsippi at Oxford. This cob lection includes the famous Clai borne papers, which deal with the early territorial history of the State. It will prove a valuable addition ts i the department. 4 SHORT STORIES. Rev. Dr. Rainsford, the New York preacher, was arguing with a youth of his parish about the evils of young men smoking cigarettes. “What would you think," he said, “if you met an angel coming along with a cigarette in his mouth?” “Well, doctor, what would you think if you saw an angel with an umbrella and a pair of patent leathers?” One of Sir Archibald Geike’s stories tells of a funeral party at a railway station and is typically Scotch, as showing the proverbial caution of those canny folk. A gentleman asked one who seemed to be a mourner if he were with the funeral. “Man,” said the person addressed, “I’m no just sure that it is a funeral, for the corp has missed the train connection.” Some merchant in Paris hit upon the novel scheme of advertising hair tonic by painting the name of the tonic on the heads of bald-headed men and hav ing them walk through the street bare headed. But Paris has a law that all advertisements in public places must have a revenue stamp, and the men kicked against having the stamps pasted on their heads, so the plan has failed An old Rhode Island farmer was try ing to convert a neighbor to socialism. He explained his idea of it, and pro fessed his willingness to abide by its tenets. “Why,” said he, "under social ism, if I had two heifers, I'd give you one; if I had two horses. I'd give you one.” “If you had two pigs, would you divide with me?” asked the neighbor. “Ah,” said the old socialist, reproach fully, “there ve're gettin’ too near home. Ye know I’ve got two pigs.” The latest story of an Englishman’s inability readily to grasp the meaning of American slang tells how one of them saw a man knocked down by an automobile in Fifth avenue. New York. He helped the man to his feet and said solicitously: “Did the auto hit you?” The victim thought the stranger was guying him and replied gruffly: “Oh, go chase yourself.” The Englishman, in telling of the incident, said: “Most remarkable request, don't you know, for how could I chase myself unless there were two of me?” FLOATING FUNNYISMS. “He is going into the Russian army to make a name for himself.” "What is the use?” said the young man with a mono cle. “No one can pronounce a Russian name after it is made.” “What is love?" asked the sweet girl. _1 . 1 r,rvl-! iy o oVionoo to lnon ‘•Lcve,” replied the old bachelor, "is a kind of insanity that makes a man call a 200-pound female his little turtle dove.” “My memory annoys me greatly,” re marked the newly-elected candidate. “Oh, John! Is it failing?” asked his life. “No, indeed. That’s just the trouble. I can't help remembering all my ante-election promises.” “Does the baby take after its father or its mother?” “Neither,” answered the small brother. “If you look at its head and eyebrows, you think it’s a Japanese, and if you hear it trying to talk, you think it’s a Russian.” “William, wake up!” she whispered. “I’m sure I heard a burglar down stairs. You’d better go down and see.” "My goodness, woman!” he replied, sleepily, “what a low opinion you must have of me. I’m not in the habit of hobnobbing with burglars.” ’’What possessed you to choose such a dull novel as this, my deag?” “Well, you see. it had 467 pages, and all the others had less than 4C0, so, as It was only 98 cents, I thought it was a good bargain. I didn't see any others for less than one dollar.” Willing to Compromise. "Suppose some one left you a million,” said the imaginative man, “would you jive a quarter to charity?” ’T’m not sure about a quarter,” re plied the close chap, thoughtfully, “but I’d be willing to give 20 cents if they put my name in the paper.”—Chicago Daily News. MB ____nr I I ThisW ashing Machine y NP^ y y To introduce the Improved ■■ ftr ■■ ■■ Favorite Washer in every home ■ ■ m HbB ■■ in the D. S. I will send a machine,frelghtpald, to the first to write. Iwillsenil two machines. Sell one and keep the other. You don't have to act as agent in order to get MACHINE FREE. Machine washes anything that can be washed by hand, and is the lightest running machine made. _ Tried for 16 years. Write to-day. R^^ALLjMfrMRooins8toll^allBlocMllijncl^ EVERY WALK IN LIFE. A. A. Boyce, a farmer, living three and a half miles from Trenton, Mo., says: “A se vere cold set tled in my kidneys and developed so quickly that I was obliged to lay off work on ac count of the aching in my back and sides. For a time I was unable to walk at all, and every makeshift I tried and all the medicine I took had not the slightest effect. My back continued to grow weaker until I began taking Doan’s Kidney Pills, and I must say I was more than surprised and gratified to notice the back ache disappearing gradually until it finally stopped.” Doan’s Kidney Pills sold by all dealers or mailed on receipt of price, 60 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. MEDICAL MENTION. A practical folding umbrella con structed on the telescopic plan has been evolved. The 28-inch size folds up to 18 inches, and the other sizes in proportion. The number of medical journals in Germany is extraordinarily large and still on the increase. At the end of 1903 there were 230, and ten more were add ed in the nine months following. A French physician. Dr. Foucault, has found that in 11,0-1S deaths investi gated by him, 759, or seven per cent., resulted from cancer. He could not find that heredity was a factor in the cause of the di^gase. Dr. Eaw'ard Smallwood strongly ad vocates motoring as a positive cure for sleeplessness, and also as excellent for phthisis, for neurasthenia, and for all complaints of a consumptive nature. ! it is a splendid thing for asthma, and a | better cure than any yet devised tor that j widespread disease, business worry. The British Medical Journal states that the legacy of $125,000 left by the late Prof. Puschmann, of Vienna, to the University of Leipsic is to be ap plied to the study of the history of medicine. It is proposed to found a historical museum of medicine, and a special seminary for training persons in medico-historical research and in historiography. f TEe Pills That Cure Sick Nerves Mrs. Dora B. Frazier, No. 140 Althea St., Providence, R. I., has been cured of Nervous Prostration by the use of Dr. Williams* Pink Pills For Pale People. 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