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~ KSK The Future of Cuba. Savannah News. The Cuban minister,Quesada, in an interview in Washington speaks confidently of the future of Cuba. What he says is intend ed evidently as an offset to the opinion expressed a day or two ago by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, who was our Consul General at Ha vana duriug the last administra tion of Mr. Cleveland, and up to the time of the beginning of the Spanish-Americau war. Minister Quesada says that there is peace throughout the is land, and that there is a determi. nation on the part of all classes to maintain order for the reasou that they know that if disorder of a serious nature should break out there would soon be an end to Ch- ban independence. He says that President Palma has received front all parts of the island the most encouraging reports from leading men, and that after Cuba overcomes her present financial difficulties the republic will be on a solid basis and prosperity and contentment will follow. It is but natural of course that Minister Quesada should take a hopeful view of the situation.* He would make himself unpopular at home if he should express any other view, but it is a safe state ment that thinking people agree with Gen/Lee. As a matter of fact there is a great deal of dissat isfaction in the island, and it is likely to increase, for the reason that the causes of the discontent promise to become more pronounc ed. There are about seventy-five thousand names on the rolls of the Cuban army of freedom— twice as many probaly as there were Cuban soldiers actually en gaged in the war against Spain, and their claims amount to more than $70,000,000. They want the mouey which they insist is due them, and if they don’t get. it pretty soon they will, in all prob ability, make trouble. They are quiet now because they are still hopeful that a way will be found to raise the money, or at least a part of it, but just as soon as it becomes certain that it will not be forthcoming it is about cer tain that Minister Quesada will not be able to say that there is no sign of disorder anywhere in the island. , - N The revenues of Cuba are not nearly as great now as. they were during American occupation, for the reason that the merchants’ will not send thier goods to the island except *for oash. They have no confidence in the stabili ty of President Palma’s govern ment, and believe that goods sent to the island on long credits are likely to be lost. If there should be discord there would be no force sufficient to protect property, and and warehouses and stores might be broken into and looted. A great cause of dissatisfaction is the fact that there are many more people who want offices than there are offices. In fact, there is not money enough to pay the officials already appointed, and- as pointed out, there is a steady decline in the the revenues. Minister Quesada says that Cu ba will maintain her indepen dence. Gen. Lee is of"the opin ion that the signs of the failure of self-government are already ap parent, and that it is a question of only a short time when the failure will become so apparent that the question of annexation will come to the front. It is prob able that before the end of anoth er year the world will be able to determine whether the foresight nf H-ar, T.qo r\v Miiiiaf.or OnPHfl.rlfl. of Gen.' Lee or Minister Quesada was the better. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s signature on each box.25c. A state exchange is making a fight to keep the boys of|the state at work during vaoation. It is argued that it will be better to have the boy whitewashing * the back fence or mowing the lawn than having him loaf about town at the butt end of a cigarette. , j N Porto Ric i Prosperous. Laxative Chocolates cure chronic constipation and liver trouble. Pleas ant to t^ke. Purely vegetable. Guar anteed, at Cater’s Drugstore. Albond Herald. Former Governor Allen of Por to Rico has written an article deal ing with the island which shows it to ba in a very prosperous con dition indeed, and the cause of that prosperity is attributed to the reciprocal trade relations es tablished with the United States. Incidentally, Mr. Allen’s arti cle demonstrates how tariff duties figure either for or against a coun try in the sum total of its pros perity. Mr Allen attributes the present prosperity of Porto Rico and the success of the United States government in ruling the island to the fact that there is a free exchange of products between the two countries. The opening of the markets of this country has caused a revival of the sugar industry, and Amer ican capital, to the amount of severalmillions of dollars, is being invested in sugar plantations. The removal of the tariff has giv en an impetus to every industry and the results will be of benefit to this country as well as to Porto Rico. Mr. Allen says; “It is important* to note the fact that under free trade, which Porto Rico enjoys with the Uni ted States, there is a saving of one cent a pound, or 80 cents per-box, upon oranges exported from the island to the states, as oompared with those sent from Jamaica, Cuba, or any other foreign coun try. This tariff advantage is a splendid profit in itself.” This means success to Porto Ricau orange growers and cheap fruit for the American consumer. Under the improved conditions resulting from free trade with the United States it is not only seasi- ble, Mr. Allen thinks, to develop the “immense agricultural re sources of the island,” but to es tablish manufactures with prom ise of success. He points out that during every year of American occupation there has been an in crease in the amount of goods im ported , into Porto Rico from the United States, and a correspond ing decrease in the imports from foreign countries. The Live-Stock Supply. Southern Farm Magazine. Much interest is manifested in the South in the statement con nected with a shipment of sixty head of Texan cattle through Pen sacola Fla., to South Africa, that should the shipment turn out well it is the purpose of one Texan firm alone to ship at least 60,000 head to be used in restocking the depleted veldts of South Africa. The shipment from Pensacola was of high grades and pure bloods, none of them being more - than three years old, picked up in small lots in Texas and shipped to Pensacola in the same way. At the time they were collected the war against the Boers had not ended, but the shipment from Pensacola was made almost at the moment when it became no longer necessary for Great Britain to purchase horses and mules in this country for army purposes. Their purchase brought a great deal of money into the South and Southwest, particularly Missouri, between 1900 and 1902, and should the plan for restocking the Trans vaal with American cattle be car ried out, the demand upon the South is likely to add still further to the price of cattle. Events in the United States during the past two or three months have forcibly emphasized the opportunities for cattle-growerB in the South. This emphasis will be reinforced by any large draft by another coun try upon our live-stock supply. The Same Old Story. J. A. Kelly relates au experience similar to that which has happen ed in almost every neighborhood in the United States and has been told and re-told by. thousands of others. He says: ‘’‘Last summer I had an attack of dysentery and purchased a bottle of Chamber lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used according to directions and with entirely sat isfactory results, The trouble was 'controlled much quicker than for- kiI* attacks when I used other remedies.” Mr. Kelly is a well- known citizen of Henderson, N. C. For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron, Encourage the Happiness Habit. July Chaperone. The art of laughter should'sure ly be cultivated; in fact, all and everything that leads to joy, The. wish to-be happy, the love of glad ness and beauty is, I am sure, a thing to be desirpd; consequently, it is worth a little cultivation. Play is as essential a factor in men’s lives as work. Philosophers tell us that no man lives his own life until he plays. Work comes from the exigencies of life; from the “musts” of this world, whioh often push men along very differ ent paths to those, they would choose to travel by from inclina tion or capacity. Play, is, how ever, his recreation, and here at his leisure time comes out his whole soul; his power of. and choice of play, his greater or* less er necessity for it, to recuperate mind and body from the strain of daily work. t Envy. Envy is a disease whioh feeds on its own growth'. It is its own destiny. Its prevalence is its se verest condemnation. It is the one pain which we suffer. It is the one weakness which is tocf strong for all. If it were the smallpox we. would call in a phy sician and tack up a red card on the house. But as it is envy we fed that we are made that way and mistake complacency for res ignation as we submit to its pangs. As a matter of fact there is nothing of whioh we can afford to be envious. Every peach has a pit-ythough we can’t see it. Life is life, and God has no special moulds. The king upon the throne has more opportunities for bitter, galling disappointments than the peasant in the liut. Each is equally the sport of fate or the master of circumstances— as they may choose. When you are tempted to envy the fortune of others, bear it in mind that from every hilltop there looffis a valley—and that so long as the heart can desire the lot or the possessions of others there will always be others to envy. Envy is a fruitless waste of priceless happiness.—Milwaukee Sentinel. ■ ——« The Oost of a Constitutional vention. Oon- Tliose Georgians who have been talking about holding a constitu tional convention in this state would do well to refiest upon the convention of, Virginia. That body was in session 287 days at a cost to the state that will not fall below $175,000. The convention was composed of 100 members, who received in per diem and mileage an average of about $1,- 252. The printing cost about $84,000, ancl the hire of clerks about $16,000. Constitutional conventions are co ( stly,and should be avoided where it is possible to make alterations needed in the fundamental law by legislative enactment and the popular bal lot.—-Savannah News. The Pullman Company, it is stated, has recently voluntarily increased the wages of all ol its employes, except porters. It is stated, not as a joke but u cold fact, that as a rule the porters get more pay, through tips, than the conductors. How long will the traveling public continue to pay extra in tips-for services which it has a right to expect the company to furnish as a part of its trans portation contract? The article in common use as a food which has the greatest food value in proportion to cost is cornmeal; the article having greatest cost in proportion to its food value is the oyster. Sound Kidneys—Perfect Health. The use of Smith’s Sure Kidney Cuie will produce both. Try a bottle aup be convinced. 50 cents at Cater’s Drugstore. Welder, Brown, Russell and Thornhill Wagons cheaper than yon- ever bought them before, to make room and re duce storage and insurance. Sweden’s last census records the lowest death rate yet attained by a civilized nation. Daring the last ten years it only averaged 16.49 per thousand. , / Thia signature is on every box of the genuine \ Laxative Bromo=Quinine Tablets \ the remedy that cores a cold In one dgR pabm -w^.a-oisrs. MACON, GA. J. W. SHINHOLSER, MACON, GAj Vegetable PreparolicnforAs similating theFood m -.Ittegula- ■ el! “ ting the Stomachs eMitowels of Promotes Digestion,Cheerful ness ancl Rest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. Not hs-arc otic . Jtet'pe rtOMJJrSiWU&lPirCW! 1 Seed’' /Ux.Semta * lietktU* Sitl/S- yht ’\>> SiVti * JtoyeniUHt - lit Oirb</iinlKSeds> + - rtftod rtf/y/vrn ham: Aperfecl Remedy for Constipa tion , Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions ,Feverish ness and Loss of Sleep. 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