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iWimBIi'iIH'II Our Masculine Majority. mh §f§|| i ga 1 s Atlanta Journal; The state of Wyoming has many undesirable conditions, but probably none that is more deplorable than the great disparity between the number of its men and the number of its women. Wyoming is condemned by the census report to the unenviable dis tinction of having the smallest per centage of women in any part of this country. At the general count of the popu lation in June, 1900, it was found that Wyoming had 20,927 bachelors and only 2,437 spinsters. Such a surplus of men must be considered a serious misfortune and drawback to a state. There is a very general, though mistaken, notion that in some of the states, especially those of New Eng land, women are in the majority. Even in Massachusetts, which has the largest proportion of women, the bachelors outnumber the spinsters by more than 8,000. There are in Georgia 35,571 more men than women of marriageable age. Alabama has 104,951 marriagea ble men to 75,623 marriageable wo men. The majority of bachelors in South Carolina is only 2,804. In very few states are the numbers of men and women of marriageable age so nearly balanced. ’The figures for the United States show that there are 5,726,779 bach elors of 20 years and upwards, against 4,105,446 spinsters of 20 years and upwards. That is an ex cess of 60 per cent, of bachelors over unmarried women. It means that if every marriageable woman in the country, not counting widows and those under 20 years of age, were to be at once mated with men, there would still remain 2,931,333 unattached males who could not possibly secure wives unless they should go outside of their own country or seoure them among the widows or the girls under 20. The oensus bulletin which gives this information concerning bachel ors and spinsters reveals the unwel come faot that the birth rate is de creasing in this country. Commissioner Carroll D. Wright, of the bureau of statistics; says up on this subjeot; “The idea of limiting families has more effeot upon population than war, pestilenoe and all other causes combined.” In 3850 the average family comprised five and one-half persons; now it is only four and one-half. Families in the southern states have the most children, and in New England the familos are the smallest. Louisiana, in proportion to population, has twice as many children under five years of age as Maine. Nevertheless, a baby is born in this country every 12 seconds, and every minute in the twenty-four hours five cradles are supplied with occupants. Every 28 seconds a death odours, in the United States, and every 24 Reconds a marriage. — His Theory Was a Good One. Ex-Governer O’Ferrell, of Virgin ia, thinks there is no boy in the world smarter than his liotle grand son. He took the lad down on his farm one Sunday afternoon, after the boy had returned from Sunday school, to show him an astrakan ap ple tree that was nearly ready for the harvest. On the way to the or chard the little fellow asked: “Whom do these fields and woods belong to, grandpa?” “Why,” said the rather matter-of- fact grandfather, “to me.” “No, sir,” emphatically responded the boyj “they belong to God.” ( The grandfather said nothing till they reached the apple tree, when he said: “Well, my boy, whom does this tree belong to?” “This waB a poser, and for a mo ment the boy hesitated; but, casting a longing look upon the apples, he replied: “Well, grandpa, the tree belongs to God, but the apples are ours.” Henry L. Shattuck, of Shells- burg, Iowa, was cured of a stom ach trouble with which he had been afflicted for years, by four boxes of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. He had pre viously tried many other reme dies, and a number of physicians without, relief. For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. Subscribe for The Homs Journal. 1 Safe Place in Thunder Storm. For the benefit of those who suf fer with a dread of lightning, the following by Prof. Langley, an ex pert electrical engineer of Cleveland, O., will be of interest. He sp,ys; “There is a constant tendency on the part of the electricity in the sky to reach the ground. To do this it must have a conductor. Atmos pheric electricity always follows the outside of the conductor or agency that leads it to the ground. That’s why the middle of the room is the safest during an electrical storm. “I know of a number of instances where a bolt of lightning followed the walls of a room, burning it on all four sides, while the people in it, being away from the walls, were on ly slightly shocked. That is the only safe procaution known to sci ence. “It is a well known fact that more people are struck by lightning in the country than in the cities. The reason for this is because the builders have unwittingly safe guarded the cities. Buildings to day have tin and copper eaves troughs, and many of the roofs are of metal. Wires are everywhere. All these things are conductors. “If all the buildings in New York wore connected by copper straps it would be absolutely impossible for lightning to strike the city. That is what I mean when I say people in large cities are safeguarded. “Lightning cannot expand itself over an area. It must concentrate itself. It must find the weaker spot, But the city is so generally covered with conductors that there is prac tically no weaker spot. “In the country it is different. One tree is higher than the rest, Perhaps there is a stream of water beneath it. That, then, is the weak est spot in the wood, and the light ning destroys it. A farmhouse stands in a vacant lot. There are no other houses near. That house is the weakest spot, and there the linghtning strikes. “So my advice to people is Hvjf, they remain in the center of u •• room during every thunder Bit r •». They will be safer there than ii .\- where else. Roosevelt by Acclamation. The New York World announces that it has the best authority for stating that President Roos&velt ex* peots to be nominated in 1904 by acclamation. According to the in formation received by the World, Mr. Roosevelt expects the support of Senator Hanna, Governor Odell, Senator Platt and Senator Quay. If there were no reason for doubting the administration’s sincerity in its professed attack upon the trusts,the very fact that at this moment Mr. Roosevelt has good grounds for be lieving that he may be renominated without opposition would justify the suspicion that the trust magnates are satisfied with the Roosevelt ad ministration. Does any one believe that the powerful influences that have manipulated the republican party to the advantage of the trust system would permit Mr. Roosevelt to be nominated by acclamation if the trust magnates had any griev ances against the president?—The Commoner. A Cure /’or Cholera Infantum. “Last May,” says Mrs. Curtis Baker, of Bookwater, Ohio, “an infant child of our neighbor’s was suffering from cholera infantum. The doctor had given up all hopes of recovery. I took a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colioy Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to the house, telling them I felt sure it would do good if used according to di rections. In two days’ time the child had fully recovered, and is now (nearly a year since) a vigor- onr, healthy girl. I have recom mended this remedy frequently and have never known it to fail in any single instance.” For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe ,Byron. The Rev. Jacob Weller, a Mary land Dunkard who died recently, had preached in one pulpit for more than 40 years. In all that time he would never, take a cent of salary or allow a “collection” to be “taken up” in his church. It must have been popular.'—Exchange. The Only Guaranteed Kidney Cure is Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. Your drug gist will refund your money if after tak ing one bottle you are not satisfied with results. 50 cents at Cater’s Drugstore. Tenant Farming on the Increase. Macon Telegraph. It is interesting to know that in the country at large there is a com parative decrease in the number of farmers who own their farms and a marked increase in tenantry, thus revealing a tendency leading away from early American and toward European conditions. It is shown in a volume of agri cultural statistics recently issued by the government that while in 1880 about 75 per cent of the farms of the United States were operated by own ers and about 25 per cent by ten ants, in 1900 the number of farms operated by their owners had fallen to 64.7 per cent and the number of farms operated by tenants had in creased to 35.3.per cent. The sig nificance of these comparisons is not affected by the fact that the actual number of farms owned by their op erators is not much greater now than twenty years ago, for the num ber of tenant farmers increased near ly 100 per cent during the same two decades. The falling off in independent ownership is noted in all sections. In the North Atlantic division it is given as about 6 per cent, in the South Atlantic division 8 per cent, in the North central division 6£ per cent, in the South central division 12£ per cent, and in the Western di vision 2$ per cent. And this falling off has been more rapid during the first decade named than during the second. That there has been a greater increase in tenantry in the South Atlautio and South central divisions than elsewhere is no doubt explained by the cutting up of large farms and renting the parts to ne groes on shares. Such a develop ment, taken by itself, is desirable, for the larger percentage of negroes employed on rented farms, where they cannot buy, the better. It is stated that about 75 per cent, of the rented farms in the United States are owned by persons living in the same county in which the farms are located. Some 15 per ••.lit. of them are owned by persons iiii!: in the same state, *but not in inn same county, and only 5 per vdut, or farms to the value of $316,- 000,000, are owned by persons living outside of the state in which they are located. This shows that the conditions are still very far removed from the lard tenant system and “absentee landlord evil” of Europe, although it is stated that a certain typical Irish landlord also owns many thousands of acres of farm lands in the United States and leases the same thrhough agents to Amer ican tenants. In Chicago there is a mosquito sharp who says the insects have no use for certain colors. If You Oan't Sleep A.t Night use Smith’s Nerve Restorer. It is a true Nerve Tonic. Will cure auy case of Ner vous Prostration ;does not ooutaiu opium in any form. Ai Oater’s Drugstore. eumaiism and all Diver, Kidney and Blad der troubles caused by uric acid in the system. It cures by cleansing and vitalizing the hlood, thus removing the cause of disease. It gives vigor and tone and builds up the health and strength of the patient while using the remedy. URICSOL, is a luminary in .the medical world. It has cured and will continue to cure more of the above diseases than all other known remedies, many of which do more harm than good. _ and endorsed California Remedy S never disappoints. It cures in- f fallibly if taken as directed. • Try it and be convinced that it is a wonder and a blessing to suffering humanity. • Price $1.00 per bottle, or 6 bot tles for $5. For sale by druggists. Send stamp for book of partic ulars and wonderful cures. If URICSOL CHEMICAL CO., Los Angeles, Col. or the LAMAR & RANKIN DRUG CO., Atlaata^Qa.. Distrusting Agents. J JL-Jl JUXXXX.V..- ~ — J Cor, Second and Poplar Sts., MACON, GA, &©ES*§©¥ FOR THls AMEHGAN au, ©TEEL WOVEN WISE FIELD FENCE S4IRCH Made of large, strong wires, heavily galvanized. Amply provides for expansion and contrac tion. Only Best Bessemer steel wires used,- always of uniform quality. Never goes wrong no matter ^ how great a strain is put on it. 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