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f I FORTY-NINTH DAY. The proceedings in both branches of the legislature today were rather devoid of feature for the greater part of the time, being the day set apart for local and pri\ate legislation bills. Incidental to the consideration of this character of measures the senate had a round with two that were of rather more than local interest, the one being the Bilbo bill, for the creation of George county out of sections of Jackson and Greene, a measure that had been rejected by the house, and the other being the bill to resist the repeal of the act creating the second district of Harrison county. The George county bill passed, while the re peal bill failed, owing to lack of a two thirds vote. The house completed the consideration of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege bill, after a lively light, led by Mr. Stennis, to retain the chemical depart ment revenues as college funds, instead of adopting the committee amendment reverting them to the state treasury, which was unsuccessful. The bill as it goes back to the senate carries a little over $300,000, rather more than was allowed by the Senate. Some thirty-five local bills passed both houses, the bulk of them requiring no speeches or remarks in explanation. FIFTIETH DAY. The work of the legislature today consisted largely in routine matters, with very few bills or resolutions cal culated to stir up debate or engender opposition. The senate, after some dis cussion, passed a bill providing for a special attorney for the railroad com mission, tiie bill specifying that the of ficial must be selected by the governor, as are other state appointees, and that the attorney so selected shall be under the supervision of the attorney-gen ctai« Another bill, appropriating the sum of $3,000 as a salary for such officer, was passed by the senate. The house was occupied a good part of the day with the concurrent’resolu tion providing for an elective judiciary and passing upon several amendments in connection therewith. The amendments making provision for the increase of the supreme bench from three to live mem bers, was struck out. while additional amendment, making the terms of the supreme court judges ten years, instead of eight, as now, was adopted. The two amendments in the general resolution, making the circuit judges and chancel lors elective by direct vote of the people at the same time that the congressmen are elected, or in years when there are no general elections held, were severally adopted, the resolution finally passing its first reading. The house also passed unanimously the bill fixing the punishment for se duction or attempted seduction at im prisonment for a term of not more than twenty years, and also passed the bill providing for improvements and addi tions to the executive mansion. This was a senate bill, which the house com mittee amended by cutting the appro priation down from $40,000 to $30,000. A resolution was presented and adopt ed providing for a joint committee of the two houses to investigate the matter of official salaries and prepare a bill for presentation at the next session, pro viding for such changes as may be recom mended. The house bill providing for an appro priation for carrying on the Department of Farmers’ Institutes at the Agricul tural and Mechanical College, with an amendment reducing the allowance from $7,500 for each of the two years, to $5,000, was passed, 95 to 0. The only appropriation bill that ex cited discussion was the senate bill ap propriating $40,000 for the work of re storing, repairing and improving, includ ing the building of an annex to the ex ecutive mansion. Mr. Morrison stated that his committee had studied the bill very closely and were satisfied that no interest would suffer if the amount were cut about $10,000, and that was the house committee recommendation. Mr. Yewell of Carroll introduced an amendment to cut the appropriation to $20,000 and was supported in his con tention for the reduction by Mr. Nabors and others, but their protests were of no avail, as the amendment of Mr. Yewell was voted down, and the bill was sub sequently passed by a vote of 87 to 10. The house bill appropriating money for the maintenance of the Mississippi National Guards was the next up, the original bill having aggregated $282,000 to be cut to $20,000 by the economical appropriations committee. In its emas culated form the bill passed easily. The elective judiciary resolution then came up as the regular order, the debate being long drawn out, though good na tured. The discussion of this amendment re solution continued until the hour for adjournment. FIFTY-FIRST DAY. It was a day of activity in both branches, with the evident desire of senators 'and representatives to buckle down to work and clear the calendars. The most significant action of the day was that of the senate in refusing to concur in the House amendments to the university and college appropriation bills. The senate also passed, after an inter esting debate, the bill to appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of secur ing a silver service for the battleship Mississippi, a measure that was defeated in the house committee on appropria tions. The senate, also, by a very positive vote, passed the bill to repeal the Harri son county double court district bill, which makes it final, the matter having come up on a motion to reconsider, and has already passed the house. The house by a vote of 68 to 30 adopt ed a resolution offered by Mr. Moody of Lowndes, the effect of which was to call up as a special order the house bill providing for a 2V.-cent passenger rate in the state. At the morning session the bill appro priating money to the Vicksburg State Charity Hospital for the next two years, the bill for the maintenance and sup port of the state insane hospital and other appropriation measures passed. The house, in spite of ,the attendant confusion, transacted considerable rou tine business. Two very important bills were passed—the Wellborn bill, provid ing for a live stock sanitary board and for the purpose of taking steps to eradi cate the cattle “tick” and establish a quarantine system, after a clear explan ation of its authority; also the Adair banking bill as substituted by the com mittee. With Mr. Hill of Lee in the chair, this bill was taken up and ex plained by Mr. Yewell, the principal change from the original' being the change in the gradation as to the ac tual capital stock required to be paid up and certified to bunks in towns of 500 inhabitants or less are to show not less than $10,000, and above that popu lation a uniform amount of $15,000 is to be required. The bill passed by a vote of 82 to 0. FIFTY-SECOND DAY. After a four-hour spirited and vig orous fight on the floor of the house, that body, by a decisive vote, or more than two to one, passed the Mitchell 2 >o-cent passenger rate bill, a victory for the men behind the movement, agaiust whom a majority committee re port was turned into the house a few days ago. Notwithstanding the rules to take u]) a measure with an adverse report accompanying, this was done, and the bill set for the special order this morning. It was sidetracked during the day by the appropriation bills, but was taken up as soon as the house re-as sembled at 7:30 tonight. was exactly j trail wnen tne result of the deciding vote was announced. The bill fixes the rate at 2’i cents on passenger traffic over roads in the state which, in the judgment of the railroad commission, after careful consideration, will not lie subject to loss or depre ciation thereby. An amendment was of fered by Mr. Street to so arrange the rate that in the event it should operate to the detriment of the employes of any railroad, the railroad commission shall have the power to rearrange the rate on proper showing. In the senate the most conspicuous feature of the day’s proceedings was the defeat of the constitutional prohi bition amendment resolution by a vote of 21 to It). In both branches for the greater part of the day appropriation measures had the right of way, and several were dis posed of, though not finally as to either branch, as amendments impossible of se curing the concurrence of both branches were adopted, which means delay. The committee on corporations through Chairman Tyson reported action on a number of bills pertaining to the regula tion of common carriers as defined by statue, the majority of which are fa vorably reported. The only two.reported unfavorable were the senate bills re quiring the railroad commission to com pel physical connection between lines of different telephone systems, and the companion bill requiring telephone com panies to promptly remedy defective in struments, and prohibiting removal of phones under certain conditions. Then Mr. Morrison got the floor with his appropriation bills and held it for more than two hours. Incidentally the bill for appropriating the sum of $'>,000 for the two years to the Vicksburg Confederate veterans hospital annex was passed after a brief display of oratory, led by Mr. Sheffield, who did not see the necessity for maintaining a Confed erate hospital in the State. After ad dresses by Messrs. Foster and Yewell clearing up the matter in the mind of the House, the bill passed unanimously, 104 to 0. The three companion bills for the support of the branch agricultural ex periment stations at McNeill, Stone ville and Holly Springs were taken up in the order stated, each being consid ered and passed separately. The Confederate Soldiers’ Home bill, carrying an appropriation of $04,000 for two years, was passed. FIFTY-THIRD DAY. The upper House killed the bill to regulate the practice of optometry at the evening session and disposed of sev eral others, incidentally clearing the calendar of considerable business. The House session was devoted to ap propriation bills, including that provid ing for the work of the live stock, sani tary board and anti-tick commission, and the bill appropriating $4,000 to sup port of the Mattie llersee Hospital at Meridian. The House also passed the bills for the re-enactment of the lost chapters of the code, and on third reading the elec tive judiciary amendment resolution, which is now complete so far as the House is concerned. There was another protracted night session of the House, when several minor bills amending sections of the code re ported from the ways and means com mittee was passed. The session was en livened towards the close by a discussion of the bill to place a tax of $1 on all dogs owned in the State. It was quite a busy day in both Houses, and much work was gotten out of the way, the House holding a long night session. FIFTY-FOURTH DAY. Senator Baird introduced a concurrent resolution to provide for the sale by the State of the property known as the Parchman or Sunflower farm, which is the State penitentiary property, by di viding it into lots or parcels convenient for sale and conveyance. The House, by a vote of almost 2 to 1, voted to indefinitely postpone the bill to exempt from taxation money loaned at 6 per cent, either actual cash in bank, solvent credits or vendor’s lien. This was the Harrell bill which passed the Senate three weeks ago. The House also put a negative on the McDonald bill to reduce the rate of compensation of the State revenue agent from 20 to 10 per cent on all collections through his de partment. The House refused to place a tax on dogs, the majority holding that while in theory the matter was all right, in practice it would be a failure. The House also passed the revenue bill fixing the State tax levy at six mills for each of the next two years. It refused, how ever, to pass a bill authorizing the gov ernor to boirow money to help in carry ing on the State government. Chairman Morrison, of the appropria tion committee, then called up the Agri cultural and Mechanical College bill, for the purpose of considering the Senate amendments to that measure. He de clared that between all the institutions they have been given more than $100, 000* more than they ever received be fore, and the House committee had, in his opinion, been very liberal with all. The amendments were then placed before the House and all rejected. Mew Bills. The following bills were read twice under suspension of the rules and re ferred to committees: ! By Mr. Hebron—An act to create a special contingent fund to be used by •the governor in enforcing the prohibi tion laws of the State. ! By Mr. Hebron—An act to appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the use of the governor in suppressing the unlawful Jsale of intoxicating liquors. By Mr. Breland (by request)—An act to exempt certain postmasters from road duty where the roads are not worked by sontracW By Mr. McDowell—An act to provide for the protection of the property of the State of Mississippi at the capitol from damage and destruction by Are, and the appropriation of one thousand dollars for the year 1908 and one thou sand dollars for the year 1909, for same. By Mr. McDowell—An act to amend section 262 of the Mississippi code of 1906 so as to provide for the holding of four regular meetings of the board of directors of banks, and for the filing of a report of the directors with the \uditor. f-—^ FOR GREATER .MISSISSIPPI Devoted to the Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Development of the State's Ineomparubla Resources—OCcial Organ of Department of Agriculture and Commeroe. ^ Bt H K. BLAKESLEB, Jack sob. While the legislative bodies are in session and enacting laws for the gov ernment of our people, laws that are supposed to be both wise and just, would it not be well to carefully consider something that would tend to impress upon our people the advantages of Mis sissippi over other States that are drawing upon us heavily for the mate rial that is building them to our detri ment. For years and years the great States to the west of us have drawn largely upon us for the brain and brawn, for the development of their resources to the detriment of our own. Missis sippi has contributed largely to the building of great States, such as Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and New Mexico. These States have sent out ton upon ton of nicely printed litera ture descriptive of their resources and inviting good people to come and live with them. The railroads have given exceeding favorable rates to those who desired to go and every inducement has been offered to get good citizens. All the while Mississippi has been sitting idly by and seeing our people leave to make their homes in a section that oilers not one thing more for the man who has common sense and is willing to work. It is high time that we were awakening to what is necessary to keep our people at home aud assist in the splendid work of developing our own resources. Let’s consider this matter carefully and then act promptly. Yazoo City will celebrate the fourth of July this year in a unique and at tractive manner. Last year the Yazoo county fair was organized and an ex cellent event held in the fall. Later the best of their exhibits were brought to the State fair at Jackson and attract ed much attention as well as a liberal share of the premium money offered. It was a success from the beginning and the management now proposes to go further. On the glorious fourth a Mid-Summer Fair and Exhibition will be given with a handsome lkst of pre miums for the display of products pos sible at that time of the year. The ob ject in doing this is not only to stimu late the people of that section by giv ing a fair in the summer with its at tendant benefits, but to encourage them to renewed efforts for a prize-winning exhibit at the fall meet. It is a most unique project, and the success of this effort on the part of Manager Woller stein and others will be watched with interest. If it proves all right, and there seems to be no reason why it should not, other places will soon be following the lead of that enterprising city that has set the pace so often for others to follow. • • * The man who sets out to advise other people about how to run their business is likely to be confronted with numer ous suggestions as to how he should conduct his own. This department is not of that character at all, but is in tended as one of actual experience, from which those who read it can cull what they like and believe would be of benefit to them and reject the balance. Experience is stiid to be an especially costly school, but it can also be made a profitable one by taking advantage of what others have accomplished. The young man is enabled to begin life if he chooses with the advantage of ex perience that it has taken a whole life to acquire, and if he is wise he will do it. Write your experience and give others the benefit of what you have been able to acquire. • • • President Kolb, of the Monroe county union, comes out frankly in favor of a bond issue for the purpose of building roads in that section. He is very much in favor of building and maintaining roads, although the cost will be high. The only trouble with a large bond issue is Wiis; if it is attempted to use all at once for a general system of roads, it is likely that considerable will be wasted in experimenting. What will build a road in one part of a county would fail in another part. The writer has coun seled at all times to build only a portion each year and profit this year by the experience of the past year. We must have roads and the increased interest shown assures them in the near future. * * * Yalobusha county, with Superintend ent T. A. Early at the helm, has an exr cellent corn club organization that will be worth a great deal to that section of the State. More than one hundred boys have fallen into line and taken up the work actively. The movement is worthy of the undivided support and encouragement of good people every where. * * • Truckers in the vicinity of Gloster and Centreville are far advanced with their work and the prospects for a good yield could not be better, and this, too, despite the unfavorable weather during the month of February. The worst difficulty encountered so far has been damage to cabbage plants by rabbits. That section of the State must be some what short of the average small boy and the common dog. They are the best exterminators yet found for rab bits. At any rate, it is promised that the truckers will reap a good harvest for their labors. * • * There is a statute proposed for the inspection of coal oil. The people of the rural districts will be the greatest benefactors of such a measure. The. towns use electricity and gas but coun try people must use oil. We pay in this State the same price for oil that is paid where there is an inspector and do not get the protection. Condemned oil from other States is dumped on us and we have no means of knowing just how bad it is. j MRS. “FIGHTING BOB” EVANS. Wife of Rear Admiral Well Supplied with War-Like Relatives. Washington.—Had Mrs. Evans, wife or "Fighting Bob,” been born a boy, she likely would have chosen a mili tary or naval life. Her father was a stancb union man, although not a fighter; her brother, Harry Taylor, commanded the Indiana during the Spanish war; another brother is attached to the ordnance department at Washington; another, now dead, was a captain of artillery; her son, Frank Evans, Is In the navy; her two daughters studied to be nurses for the Red Cross service, and '.v y n'" jvps- ozt&onrirm?) her husband is the foremost fighting figure in this country to-day. Her great-grandfather was Capt. Daniel Morgan of revolutionary fame Mrs. Evans’ maiden name was Charlotte Taylor. She was the sister of Evans’ chum, and the sweetheart of his boyhood days. They were mar ried in 1871. While their home is in Washington, owing to Mrs. Evans' wishes, they have lived much of their time at their cottage on the govern ment reserve just outside the sea front at Fort Munroe. Mrs. Evans is a woman of culture and mistress of many accomplish ments, not the least of which is play ing hostess with charming grace. She was born and reared in Wash ington in an atmosphere which ios tered her inherent patriotism, a pa triotism which prompted her to say to her only son, whom he chose the naval life, “God speed you. May you be as brave a sailor as your father.” Probably no woman in the world is so plentifully supplied with war-like relatives, and she glories in them all. Mrs. Evans’ father for years was the proprietor of a book store on Pennsyl vania avenue, in Washington, a schol arly man, a lover of books and a keen student of human nature. He pur chased the first bond issued by the government in connection with the civil war, and this bond, appropriately framed, is one of the dearest posses sions of Mrs. Evans. WOULD CHANGE OLD GLORY. Philadelphian Submits Design Putting Stars in a Circle. Washington.—The field of stars on the United States flag is becoming overcrowded with stellar emblems. As new states are added the difficulty increases of placing the stars in a graceful manner on the field and still leave room for others to be added. A bill has therefore been introduced in congress to rearrange the stars so as Vogt’s Flag Design. to make it possible to add the stars from time to time without disturbing the general plan. This idea has been anticipated by a private citizen, Henry Vogt, of Phila delphia, who has designed a flag for which the thanks of the war depart ment have been extended. Mr. Vogt would place the stars in a circle, with a keystone design in the center, leaving room for the addition of stars around the circle. Request He Couldn’t Grant. One of District Attorney Jerome’s chief assistants in New York has a young son who occupies almost as much of his time as does the office business. “Just now,” said the prose cutor, “I divide my leisure daylight be tween the menagerie in Central park and the Bronx zoo. While I always try to grant any reasonable request, there are times when I give up. The other day he wanted a lion, and I pro duced one. Then a monkey, and I lugged him Into the monkey house. The next demand was for an angel, and I quit. And I couldn’t explain that in my business I wouldn’t know an angel if I saw one.” Humoring Him. “Oh, I forgot to tell you to bring down my scissors, too," said the spoiled wife. “They’re on the table in the bedroom. Won’t you get them for me?” “See here,” complained the indulgent huBband, “I'm tired of wait ing on you in this way—” “Are you, dear? Well, Just be patient and I’ll let you wait on me in some other way.” Effective Cyclone. The cyclone .is anything but a builder, but it can raze a house Quick er than any carpenter. HURT HOME TRADE WHAT GREEDY, SHORT-SIGHTED PEOPLE DO. WAYS THAT KILL CUSTOM Fair Treatment by Tradesmen Assists In Building Up Towns and In creases Business for All. One of the troubles In small towns seems to be that petty jealousies keep the business men from working in har mony. There is just so much business to be had, and it either goes to the home stores, the mail order houses, the department stores or some near by city, or perhaps is let go to a more progressive neighboring town. It should be the aim of every town to make its trade territory as large as possible. It is the attitude of the business men that counts. One good, live man in business in a small town Is a benefit to the whole place. He brings trade to all. People are swayed to and fro by opinions that are formed sometimes without careful reasoning. It is the best policy, to treat each and every one fairly and honestly. Get the average tarmer think that he has been given the worst end of a bargain, and he will ponder over the matter for years. It is not a good idea for a merchant to have a scale of prices for different customers. Charge John Jones $12 for a suit of clothes, and sell the same suit to his neighbor, Jim Smith, for $11, and Jones will find it out and feel that he has been treated unfairly, and Jones is right about it, too. There is one town, a county seat, in a western state, a place of nearly 3,000 popula tion. Its trade territory extends for a dozen miles in each direction. The country has a large foreign popula tion. They are the best classes of customers, liberal buyers and not quibblers over prices. Still, they de sire just treatment. A few years ago thousands of dollars in trade was di verted from the town through a deal er in agricultural implements being a poor business man. A wealthy Ger man purchased from him several hun dred dollars’ worth of agricultural ma chinery, wagons and other goods. The farmer wanted a harrow. A price was made—$33. A few days later the farmer was at a town where there were but two stores and an ele vator. He saw the same kind of har row and was told that $28.50 would buy it. He visited the county -seat a few days later, called on the man from whom he purchased his imple ments and again asked the price of the harrow, and was told the same as before. He then stated that the same make and kind of harrow had been offered him for $4.50 less. After some talk he was told that he could have the piece of machinery for the same price. He did not take it, but secured the one offered him by the man in the smaller town. He did not like the style of the dealer in the larger town. In fact, he concluded that the other storekeepers of the place were of the same caliber. He quit trading, and not alone was his trade lost to the county seat town, but the trade of a score of his neighbors, and even they changed their post of fice addresses to the smaller place. The trade of this one farmer lost to the county seat was the means of building np a healthy trade in the smaller town and bringing to it other business places. D. M. CARR. Nonprogressive People. A commercial club, a business men’s association or whatever it may be called, that is useful in furthering the interests of any city or town is a highly useful organization. The field for work is unlimited. Its extent is only limited to the power of the mem bers to act and accomplish. One of the chief aims of all such associations should be to advance the varied in terests of the towns in which they are started. Sometimes these organiza tions fail in their purpose because they are not started rightly. Some person who has nothing to do but col lect rent, pay his money for supplies to some mail order house, and collect interest from the bank, or the ones whose property is mortgaged to him, is made the president, or given a place on the executive board. What is the result? The club goes under. Its use fulness has been destroyed even be fore its organization. The only suc cessful clubs are the ones that are under the control of the live busi ness men of the towns, who have made their money by their business connections and who depend unon the growth of the town for their continued success. Keep the knocker out of the commercial club. He is sure to be a disturbing factor. His place in the club affords him a place to further his own selfish interests, which in ninety-nine cases out of the hundred is in keeping back every enterprise that will possibly increase his taxes. Co-Operative Scheme. One of the latest grafts to gather in tba farmers is the co-operative store game. The field for this work is pro lific; the west has had prosperity that has filled the pockets of many farm ers, and it has made them greedy for more, and easy victims for the man who has a scheme that promises a field for investment and the saving of more dollars. The co-operative store is a plan that takea, and everywhere a success has been made of a co-opera tive elevator or similar enterprise that may be in the farmers’ line the promoter of the co-operative store gets busy. If only a little stock is sub scribed for, all the same, as it gives the promoter and his backers a better swing, and the jobbing houses that are behind the movement will have things their own way. The big rake off is in the supplying of goods at from ten to fifteen per cent, more than the legitimate dealer would be required to pay, and Belling at a smaller per centage of profit. The salary of the manager end the clerks takes up the big share of the "profits,” but as Ion? as a showing of earnings can be made the scheme succeeds, and the regular stores find business dull. Dozens of stores of this class have failed with la the past few years. PRICES OF COMMODITIES. "Labor Should Reap Its Reward” Is the Key-Note of Commerce. The matter of prices and prsflt Is always Interesting, not alone to retail ers of merchandise, but to consumers as well. There has been nothing that has been so troublesome to every class as the matter of prices. It Is all easy, there Is no great problem to solve, and It all rests in the little phrase, “labor should reap its reward.” Cost Is an all Important thing In every product. There is the raw material, the expense of putting the manufac tured article in mercantile form. It matters not what the product Is, it is the expenso of preparing it for the consumer, the price of the raw mate rial, cost of manufacture and distribu tion that counts. Allowance must be made for an equitable compensation to all having a part in the production of any article of commerce. We hear of cut prices, of cheapness in this or that staple, but when it i3 given con sideration, where is the cheapness? Every article has or should have a standard value. There is no good reason why the worker in the shop should not have fair and equitable compensation for his labor. The man ufacturer who has thousands of cap ital invested should have interest and pay for his time; the man who places the product in the hands of the re tailer is entitled to pay according to his ability as a salesman, and the retailer should have equitable inter est on the capital he has invested and compensation for his time and labor. Here you have all in a nutshell. The elimination of the middleman de stroys one of the established customs and industries. When any article of commerce is placed on the market at a lower price than cost of manufac ture and the expense of placing it be fore the consumer, somebody is the loser. Here is food for reflection, and it behooves the merchants and con sumers to think the matter over. THE OLD HITCHING POST. It May Be Useful, but Is Unsightly and Generally a Town Nuisance. That good old hitching post! What a familiar object to all of us who had the good fortune to be reared near a country town. Still, while tender memories hang around the old post, there is much about it at times worthy of condemnation. There is nothing that makes a main street of a small town look so shabby and thoroughly countrified and back-woodish as a row of rickety old hitching posts on each side of the street. Constant tramping and pawing near them makes holes in the ground, unsightly mud-hole3 in damp weather and ill-smelling and of fensive in numerous respects. It may appear a bit of enterprise on the part of the merchant to erect a number of posts in front of his store, but does ho gain business by it? How often do you see Farmer Shortcrop drive in, tie his team to the post in front of Smith’s store and go over to Green's to do hi3 trading? As long as hitching posts are allowed to occupy places in front of stores on main streets it will be Im possible to keep the streets in the neat and good condition that they should be in. Far better to have on some unoccupied street within easy reach of the business sections posts where the farmers can hitch their teams. Every town which has the power to control its own affairs should make regulations that will keep tho hitching post from “ornamenting” the main streets. Live Towns vs. Dead Ones. A country town may be a country town, but there is a distinction. There is the live town and the dead one. The live town is filled with progres sive people, the other kind with the fabled “moss-backs.” In the live town will be found clean and well paved streets, tidy business places, fine sidewalks, ample shade, well con ducted schools, prosperous church or ganizations, an adequate fire depart ment and all the conveniences that goes to make up a thriving modern town. The stoics will represent the enterprise of their owners. The show windows will be clean and well ar ranged. The appearance of the busi ness places of a town is indicative of the life of the place. The exterior of the stores is attractive and the interiors stocked with goods well dis played. In the dead town the opposite io found. The streets are in bad con dition, mud holes here and there, there is a dearth of sidewalks, sanitary con ditions are poor, and the business places bespeak the dullness of the place. Intelligent people give their patronage to towns where there is life and activity. Such towns are mag nets that draw the maximum of sup port from the country surrounding. The dead town is a negative thing. People turn away from it as they would from a plague. But towns are what people make them, and there is even hope for the towns that are almost dead if it is only possible to liven up the business men of the place to the activity that means success. If your town is not the progressive place it should be, you can do won ders for it if you will only rightly work. Stir up your fellow- citizens. Organize for a campaign of improve ment. Let the people of the surround ing country know that you are alive. Let the merchants make the proper effort to secure trade, and with the coming of this trade will begin a new era for the town. Giving Bonuses. The giving of a bonus to gain trade is prima facie evidence that the deal er is selling goods at a price which af fords the giving away of a portion of his profits. Would it not be better to reduce the price, and with the sav ing to the customer he could buy what ever he wants? But the peODle want something for nothing, and think that they are getting it when they pay ten or fifteen per dent more than they should for goods, and in recognition of their deals receive a coupon or ticket for some article valued at about half the extra money they paid the dealer. As long as people figure this way, it seems that their wants must be satisfied. A Tip. Never do any worrying to-day that can be put off till to-morrow. I QUARTERLY I REVIEW I Sunday School Louoa for March 22,1908 I Specially Prepared for This Paper f SCRIPTURE MEMORY WORK.-AII In John, 1:4, 11. 12, 14. 16. 29: 2:16; 3:1, 8. 14-16; 4:13, 14, 24; 6:27, 35; 7:37; 8:31, 38; 9:4, 5. 25. GOLDEN TEXT.—"In Him was llfo and the life was the light of men.”— John 1:4. CHRONOLOGY.—Outline of events of Jesus' life, covered by the first quarter's lessons: Previous existence with God as re vealed by John 1:1-3. Birth recorded by Matthew and Luke. Youth at Nazareth. Visit to Jerusalem at the age of 12. Continued service In carpenter shop at Nazareth up to A. D. 26, when l.e left home to take up his public work. John the Baptist’s ministry. Jesus’ baptism. Jesus' temptation. First year of beginnings, including: First Disciples. First Miracles. First Reform—(Cleansing of the Tem ple). First Discourse. First Tour. Second Year—A Year of Development, Including: Epochs of Training Disciples. Development of Concerted Opposition. Parables. Miracles illustrating the Gospel. Third Year of Ministry in Galilee and Perea, Including: Death of John the Baptist. Feeding of Five Thousand. Visit to Region of Tyre and Sidon. Feast of Tabernacles. Blind Man Healed. Comment and Suggestive Thought. The places where Jesus taught and worked the miracles recorded in these lessons should be pointed out on the map by every scholar, together with what occurred In each place, and as nearly as possible the order ef time. Also the routes of travel. The three great divisions of Pal estine. The banks of the Jordan, Cana, Naz areth, Jerusalem. The Sychar Well, Capernaum, pool of Bethesda, Bethsaida. Plain of Gennesaret, pool of Siloam. JESUS THE LIGHT AND LIFE OF THE WORLD. As Shown By His Teachings. 1. The revelation of the nature and character of Jesus as the Son of God, who and whence. 2. His mission of grace and truth as “he dwelt among us.” 3. The Lamb of God. 4. His Father’s house a house of prayer. 5. The marvelous love of God. 6. Salvation from sin to eternal life. 7. Faith as a means. 8. Jesus the water of life. 9. True worship. 10. About the Son of God. 11. The bread of life. 12. Communion with God. 13. Freedom by the truth. 14. The light of the,world. Signs and Events. His coming to this world. His baptism by John. Pointed out as the Son of God. Gaining his first disciples. Miracle at Cana. Cleansing the temple. Reform. Conversation with Nicodemus. Conversation at the well. Heals the nobleman’s son. Healing at the pool of Bethesda. Feeding the five thousand. Healing a man born blind. A Scripture Biography. Once, while I lived in the City of Destruction which Bunyan describes, there came to me John 14:26, who troubled me greatly because he 16: 8-11. At first I 11: 10, because I 20:9. Then came voices saying 11:27; 12: 35, 46; 17:17. Then I joined the noble band described in Acts 17:11. Here I saw a vision of 14:2 and Rev. 21, and found there not only Rev. 22:1-5, but John 14:27, and 15:11, and 15:12, and 15:15. And my soul longed for these things. Then I said: lVhere is the path? And a voice answered 14: 6; and I said: Wrho shall guide me? And the voice said 16:13. Then I said: I am not fit to go there. And the voice said: 3:3, and 3:5, and 15:3. And I said: What do they do there? And the voice said: 13:14, 15; 14:15; 15:12; 17:18, 21. And I said: Lord, how shall I do these things? And the voice replied: 15:4, 7. Then the voice asked me: 21:16 (f. c) and I replied: 20:28 and 21:16 (m. c.). The Source of Life. In Paleozoic times, then, it was the earth itself, not the sun, to which plant and animal primarily stood be holden for existence. This gives us a most instructive glimpse into one planetologic process. To the planet’s own internal heat Is due the chief fostering of the beginnings of life upon its surface. Thus a planet is capable of at least beginning to develop or ganisms without more than a modicum of help from the central sun. We talk of the sun as the source of life; and so it is to-day in the sense af being its sustainer; but the real source was the earth itself, which also raised it through its babyhood.—From Prof. Lowell's “The Evolution of Life," in Century. Observant Stanley, aged four, is one of a large family. Besides numerous sisters and brothers, there are aunts and uncles galore and many cousins. The only very young people, however, are those in his immediate household. At Thanksgiving dinner Stanley gazed solemnly around the table for a while, and then announced, oracu larly; “My mother and the cat seem to be the only people in this whole fam ily that have any children!”— Harper's. Coins of Aluminum. Nearly 32,000,000 coins made of alu minum have just been struck from the British royal mint for circulation it Urganda end the Nigerian protec torates. Each coin bears the value either of one cent or of two mills, and is perforated in the center, like Chi nese coins, in order to permit the na tives to string them together. The advantage of aluminum as a coin is dtie to its light weight and the fact that it is the best nongerm-bearing (petal known.