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Newspaper Page Text6 ji THE COUNTRY HOME! Women on the Farm. Conducted By Mrs. IV. H. Felton. KUj— - . .„__^-^=====y f <Y=-7 ■■-■ J/J 4> Correspondence on home topics or ♦ ♦ subject* of especial interest to wo- ♦ 4> men Is Invited. Inquiries or letters ♦ 4» should be brief and clearly written ♦ + tn ink on one side of the sheet. ♦ 4> Write direct to Mrs W. H. Fel- ♦ 4- ton. Editor Home Department Semi- ♦ + Weekly Journal. Cartersville, Ga. + 4* No inquiries answered by mail. ♦ ♦ ♦ imim s•♦♦♦♦♦♦ Shall Cuba Have a Chance? It has not been so long ago that any reader of The Journal should forget the tempest of excitement in the senate of the United States when Impassioned orators hurled invective at Spanish tyrants and General Weyler’* reconcentrado camps were depicted as specimens fragments from Dante’s Inferno In real life. And was It not the wife of one of these senators who took these matters so se riously to heart that her heart literally failed her and she passed on to the great beyond? Her overwhelming sympathy for the poor Cuban women and children over came Mrs. Thurston and she left this world witn her grief and sympathy for the miserable creatures as a motor for her husband's impassioned speech before the sendW in their behalf. Senator Thurs ton was a very pronounced Republican and when he maue that pathetic appeal for Cuoa it was supposed that the major ity of the house and senate backed by President McKinley as tne executive would give Cuba all she could ask for in reciprocity and real assistance as soon as the Spanish yoke was thrown off. Doubtless Cuba thought the way was wide open after the treaty of Paris, for a valuable trade with the United States. Cuba had a fine trade with Spain in to bacco and sugar as well as other com mercial advantages, and but for the mis erable tyranny of Spanish officers Cuba could have continued to export sugar, to bacco and other salable products to old Spain. But a hitch is now discovered The reciprocity idea was for effect, it did not mean to give Cuba anything at all. except some officials who. like Neely and Rathbone, could -11 their pockets with Bold and swell in society like East Indian nabobs, clothed with authority from the United States government, to make things bum. ”A rift within the lute" was heard when the beet sugar combine uttered a few notes of warning and entreaty to the cam paign managers of the Republican party. Beet sugar, it seems, has been contribut ing liberally to politics, and beet sugar ceuVi put its finger on beet sugar repre sentatives no doubt. So Cuban prosperity is now up to beet sugar and b. s. is about Co whip the fight. Reciprocity was only a "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." It meant a foreign war with untold profits for army contractors, ship builders and mutlnudin ous appointments, and Cuba was the step ping stone to the consummation of a pro lific party success in 1900. But beet sugar woke up to the fact that Cuban sugar mills and real sugar cane would make sugar more plentiful and easier to reach the poor man’s table, and give Cuban labor a full dinner pail. Beet sugar has no idea of giving such an advantage to anybody, after It put the Republican party in the saddle to ride down any opposition to beet sugar de mands and spent its money to make sure of IL When Mrs Thurston died and her wid ower husband plead for Cuba as a moth er would plead for her child, beet sugar had not put tn an appearance and had not signed a considerable check for the McKinley ticket to protect sugar. So when Cuba was turned over to a new master and Senator Thurston comforted ihimself with a new wife, then beet sugar Skid “there must be no nonsense in this sugar business." As the old man said to his slow tAiggy mare: "What do I feed you for. Betsy?" when he laid the hickory sprout on Bet sy’s back. ’ Beet sugar has some votes as well as money that are worth having, iw a cam paign year, and the majority party finds itself between the and the deep blue sea on reciprocity with Cuba. If it re fuses to allow Cuban planters to sell su gar except at a heavy loss because of protective tari-s on American sugar, then Senator Thurston’s speech for Cuba will 'make a fine campaign document for the other or minority party. If Cuban sugar has liberty to come In with a reduced tariff, then beet sugar will spend its campaign money in another direction. Four times the grand sachems have called a council meeting, but beet sugar has some plucky servant* to work for its interests, so they fail to agree. On the other side, the Democrats are waiting and smiling. It is six of one and half a dosen of the other with their cam paign orators. Reciprocity and beet sugar do not giVe them any uneasiness what ever. It is none of their funeral. They are rot tn the melee, and every time the grand sachems meet and beet sugar staves off an agreement, the better they are pleased. Meanwhile poor war-devasted Cuba sees herself like the man in the fable who had an old and a young wife. One pulled all the black hairs out of his head and the other the gray one*. Between them hi* head was as bare a* a billiard ball. Poor Cuba! The Benefits of Cremation. Marion Harland in a little book titled "Home Topics." says “all sweepings should be burned, for the wise sweeper makes haste to commit the contents of her dust-pan to cleansing tires." Burning up things is an excellent plan when they are offensive or useless or im practicable. a good many year* ago. a mother with three noisy, romping children said she always tried to get through the holidays with all possible patience, but she put the youngsters on notice that they must lay their various toy* and holiday trick* afterwards. She gave them liberty to put any broken or dilapidated toys away until such a time as they were ready or willing to mend them, but all wrecks that , they left about the family sitting room. ’ for her to sweep around and pick up. had to go in the open fire after new year’s day. She remarked that they were glad to get them out of the way to the lum ber room, after she was as good as her word and Swept them in the fire once or twice. • It would seem a waste to destroy such things when they cost so much money, but they are dreadfully trying to one’* patience when children keep them under Ijp~T is It Worth 5 B I I while to risk liuh.' i ;*uin to your ' B *Ls clothes for llLy'yi Y th® salving V i ° * tew /'ycents? Sav /4r< 1/ ing so very ■ ** B little — (chance of loss so very What you could save in a year by using poor washing-powders would not pay for one ruined garment. PEARLINE costs a. trifle more—but it’s absolutely safe. - 671 * Proved by Millions feet half the time as many will do. A dear old grandmother once stepped on a toy roller of some sort, fell and broke her hip and was crippled for life. Cremation of useless plaything* does clear up the situation sometimes. And cremation is being discussed very freely as to its good effects for city garb age. Fire does destroy the baleful effects of poisons, germ-infected clothing, and all things that are unhealthy or noisome to the senses. There are much worse things in the world than burning if it is tffily properly applied in the right place. The idea of cremation for the dead 1* becoming a familiar subject with scient ists at the present time. When a dense population is forced to meet the question of disposing of corpses to protect the health of survivors, the ’burning question* is cremation without a doubt. At the first blush, the thought is painful, almost insupportable. Those who do real ly mourn their dead are anxious to keep the bodies out as long as possible, and yet the exigency is so great that burial must take place within a very few days. If the dirt was not heaped over the buried bodies the sight of the once dear ones would also be insupportable In its condi tion after decomposition has begun its open work. "Purified as by fire"; what does that mean, if it is not that these bodily elements are divested by extreme heat from noisome smells, noxious gases and the dregs of disease? And really what can It matter to the dead? Miss Frances Willard directed that her body should go to the crematory after death, and she was a devoted believer in the Christian religion. Hon. Robert In gersoll directed that his body should be disposed of in the same way. and he was an unbeliever. Therefore, it becomes a question of expedience and sentiment will in time be put aside. How the School Money Goea. My Dear Mrs. Felton: I have greatly en joyed your several articles on free schools, for I have read them all with great inter est. The state is to be congratulated that there is a pen brave enough to write down the facts and bring them before the people. I should like very much to have you know some other facts in regard to the schools in this section. There is a school in the county adjoin ing to my own county—at a place near Godfrey or Gadfrey. It has been in charge of a young lady for three or four years. She receives ISO per month, and has never had more than four or five scholars. There is another in the county I live in where there are only three or four pupils, and the teacher is paid S4O a month. * How unjust this is when other* are ex pected to teach from fifty to sixty pupil* and get no more salary. Is this the "district system," where each district is paid so much, whether the children go to school or not? I know why some of our school "lords” defend the present system so vigorously. I know of one who gets SI,BOO a year, and before he made the rise he was glad to get S4O a month in a store as a clerk. I am told such high-salaried people have the opportunity for selling the school books of a book company and retain all the profit they make from them. Our people are growing restless under their taxes and these facts should be brought out. The people are with those who will bring such facts to light. Very truly. Now I do not give these facta froiri my own knowledge. I know nothing of the conditions in that section—so far away from where I live; but I do know that we are deprived of a *chool in my neigh borhood—and the idea that a teacher is allowed SSO a month to teach four or five pupils in Middle Georgia when a school of a dosen or fifteen pupils in this section is allowed no teacher at all—does not ipake some of us feel very comfortable— to say very little of the matter under re view. I took the trouble to lay the facts con cerning our neighborhood before Commis sioner Glenn, because I alm to be fair and frank in all these matters and he very kindly said it ought not to be submitted to and he would Investigate the matter looking towards a change.—Editress. Hogs Like Charcoal. We have two hogs in a large, open pen. but they have been confined to the pen all the bad wintry weather. I had a lot of dead fire-coals among the stove ashes, so I threw a bucketful over to them. They chewed up those dead coals like your chaps would chew candy. I begun to understand that live stock like charcoal as well as salt. Maybe it would do well to mix it to keep them in healthy condition. I expect cotton seed meal is good feed for horses as well as cows but I do know that raw cotton seed will kill shoats like it was arsenic. It may be the remnant of lint on the seed that clogs up their insides or it may be something else, but if small pigs chew on cotton seed because they are hungry the buzzard* will be sure to have a bait of fresh meat. But I like the charcoal idea. Cannot some of our friends tell u* more about it? DO YOU SUFFER WITH PILES? Do they protrude? Do they bleed? Do they pain you? Do you have mucous or bloody dis charges? I can cure you. I also cure varicocele and stricture. Advice free. Dr. Tucker, 1C 1-2 N. Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. t • For $1.40 we will send The Semi- Weekly one year and the Five Vaseline Toilet Articles and any one of the premium papers offered with The Seml-Weekly at SI.OO. This Is the greatest offer ever made and you should take advantage of it without delay. GIRL WAS STOWAWAY ON AN (FEAN LINER NEW YORK. March 17.—When the steamer Pretoria, which has arrived from Bermuda was a short way out from that port the purser started on his round to "check up" the tickets. He was taken aback to find a demure and well dressed little quadroon girl sitting on deck near the gangway, hugging a small, nattily packed and tied bundle and appearing perfectly at home with her surroundings. The purser asked the girl to show her ticket and found he had tackled a prob lem of bashfulness, diplomacy, cuteness and simplicity, feigned or real, that out classed utterly everything on the ingenue stage. She finally said tier name was Bertha Walman and that her mother is in the United States. She was a stowaway tn the eyes of the law but was well treated on the voyage. She could not tell, however, where to find her mother and was detained, much against her will, at Ellis Island. How the child got aboard the ship is a mystery. A Logical Triple Alliance. Los Angeles Times. Recognizing that tn blood and Instinct and mental processes and language there la a most powerful affinity between Germany. Great Bri tain and the United States, it must follow as a Divine Intention that these brethren should dwell together tn amity, and to that end we devoutly believe that the beet efforts of the best people of the three power* should be made to cement a cordial friendship between them. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOORNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MARCH 20. 1902. AN AFTER-DINNER CONFESSION. A STORIETTE. "Well, did you enjoy the dinner, little woman?” Ensley asked his wife as she threw Off her evening wrap and leaned back in a large chair by the fire. "It was a pleasant company, and Mary Harwell is always the Ideal hostess, but somehow,” she hesitated a second, then hastened to add; "yes, I suppose I did en joy it,” and sighed a wee bit of a sigh as if in contradiction of her speech. "Your enthusiasm is rather tame to night. I am afraid reminiscences with your old friend John Marston must not have proved interesting. Were past asso ciations too much for you?” She gave no answer to her husband’s bantering, but looked wistfully into the bright blase of the fire. He gazed at her for a second, then stooped to her side and gathered her small hands in his own large ones. She smiled down at him affectionately. “Something is troubling you. Won't you let me share it?” he asked her. "It is nothing. I am just a little tired tonight, though I may as well confess that I fibbed when I said I enjoyed the dinner. I didn't I was never more bored in my life, and—shall I tell you frankly all that I was thinking when you ques tioned me?” "Yes, let me be your father confessor for a while and tell me all that troubles you.” "I was thinking how I hate dinners and all those formal affairs where you never say what you think, and think a great many things that you could never say: how I hate most of the people you meet at these affairs who say good evening so cordially and are at the same time mak ing mental note of the fact that your hair Is arranged in a hopelessly out of date style—a fact that they will gladly recall to some friend the next day. I was think ing, too, how much more delightful are our little dinners here at home with no one present but you and me, when we may if we like, remark that the soup is good, without being considered hopelessly tn 'bad form.’ Slnco our marriage I have mustered all the enthusiasm I could for these dinners and supper parties, because I know that you like them, as they have been a part of your life for several years. But I am afraid I cannot keep up the pre tense of enjoying them any longer. I have never cared tor them myself, and I have often wondered how you chanced to love a girl whose tastes differed so from yours in these social matters." He raised her fingers to his lips and kissed them softly. "I am hardly less surprised at your con fession, dear, than I have been to see you apparently so pleased with the many so cial functions we have attended in the three months since our marriage,’ he said. "You have told me a secret, now I am going to tell you one. Do you know why, of all the women of my acquaintance you are the only one I ever loved? It was be cause you were unlike most of them and for the very reason that you held yourself aloof from the frivolities that seemed their very life. You were a being apart from them, nobler and better—a woman a man might strive for all his life, and then not ije worthy of in the least. I soon tired of ballroom and dinner acquaintances, but you wefe different. And you have mistak en me when you think I am fond of par- •••••••—— - - - THE SPLENDID STUDY OF A SPLENDID GENIUS | Is Watsons Bonaparte.” Hon. Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, seems to have again startled the literary world by his "Napoleon Bonaparte," which has just been issued in one volume. Hi* “History of France,” which appeared some months ago, aroused a great deal of Interest, and firmly established the dis tinguished Georgian as a historian of the highest ability. The public was not un prepared, therefore, for something equally notable in his pen-picture of Napoleon, and on account of the romantic interest attaching to the great soldier there was even more pleasure In anticipating Mr. Watson’s treatment of hl* subject. Praise of the book ha* been universal, but decid edly one of the highest tributes ever paid to the effort of any author is paid Mr. Watson by the New York Journal, which devote* a pace to a review of the work, together with a leading editorial in which it pronounce* it “the most readable, most intelligent, most genuinely American study of this great character obtainable." On account of the great interest Mr- Watson's many friend* and admirer* throughout this state and the country will feel in this work. The Journal reproduces this editorial herewith. The New York Journal says: ’ Thomas E. Watson has completed a his tory of Napoleon which he describes as “a sketch of his life, character, struggles and achievements." This book. Is published by the Macmil lan company, of New York, in one volume. We earnestly advise readers of this news paper to read the book. There shall be no attempt here to review in detail this new history of the world's great lawmaker, organiser, philosopher and fighter. Watson studies the man sincerely, hon estly, with a mind free from bias. He presents his character to his readers from the point of view of the modem mind. He analyses splendidly the genuine dem ocracy, sincere gatltude, originality of thought, physical courage and profound knowledge of human nature that make up the character of Napoleon who was per haps the world’s greatest executive genius. In this column hitherto an attempt has been made to interest readers tn the char acter, especially in the mental processes, of Napoleon. Those who have read our series of editorial* on "The Wisdom of Napoleon” are earnestly advised to read the book which Mr. Watson ha* produced. There does not live a man who will not be enlarged in hl* thinking processes, there does not live a boy who will not be made more ambitious by honest study of Watson's “Napolson." A colossal genius Indeed was this short, broad-shouldered Corsican. The trip-hammer of a thousand tons, able to crush a bar of steel or to crack a filbert, can alone be compared to Na poleon’s genius. He could meet and defeat a million men; the opposition of a dozen kings and a dozen nations aroused only his courage never his fear—for that was not in him. He was capable of ths broadest, most gigantic achievements, and on the very day when his mind planned the successful crushing of an empire the same mind dealt exhaustively with the most minute details affecting the happiness of the French people. To his marshals he would say: “Thus I shall crush the generals of Austria.” His prediction came true. To other* he said, holding between fin ger and thumb a small lump of sugar: “This sugar I have had made from the juice of the beet. That means a great deal to France, a great deal tor the world, more than the work of an army." And that prediction came true. Napoleon lies in his black marble tomb, and over here, in a nation whose great ness he foresaw, that tiny lump of sugar has grown into a vast industry which threatens the prosperity of Cuba and the good faith of this nation. Napoleon was the most complicated of HI IZi LURES WHERE All ELSE fAILS. Ej |uJ Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use tn time. Sold by druggists. |g| ties and entertainments. Several years ago, when I was very hard at work gain ing a foothold in my profession, I found these affairs a recreation and rather pleas ant, but they soon became boring. How ever, I learned that the habit of accept ing invitations was Larder to break off than I had imaginea it could be. Then I met you and, after many months, you made me the happiest of men by consent ing to become my wife. You were my ideal, and fate somehow won you for me, un deserving as I was. My thoughts were ail centered on the joy of having you with me in a home all our own where the world of frivolities might not intrude. What was my surprise to find after our marriage that you seemed to grow suddenly fond of society and gayety, so I put away my hopes and Ideals. It has been the one lingering disappointment of these three months. Thank heaven for your confes sion that your sudden fondness for the gay world has been a sham! And it was all for my sake, little woman?” But the little woman’s throat was strangely choked, preventing her answer ing save to throw her arms about his neck. "You have made me very happy, dear." she said when she found her voice again. “We have both been misunderstanding each other sadly for three months, but we have a lifetime to make atonement.” There was a new tenderness about this big man and a new happiness in his heart as he gathered the little woman into his arms and softly kissed her brow. o A. 01* O 3FL 3C A.. th* The Kimi You Haw Always Bought Signature , .//iJrf-t—M- of PHILLIP P. REED DEAD; WAS GALLANT CONFEDERATE Philip B.Reed died Monday morning at 7 o’clock at the residence of his son-in-law, John F. McWaters, 447 East Fair street. His death resulted from paralysis, with which he had been ill. Mr. Reed was 82 years old. He had been a rebident of Atlanta since 1846, with the exception of four years and five months spent in the civil War. ‘ Mr. Reed was a Confederate soldier and served gallantly throughout the war. He left here with Wash Lee’s company, which was one of the first volunteer companies to go to the wqr. Mr. Reed is survived by three children. They are: Mrs. J. 8. Holland, Mrs. J. F. McWaters and Mrs. E. F. Day. He was well known in the city, where he had many friends who learn with deep regret of his death. THE CROCUS CUP. Though trimulously sweet since spring's first stir. The bird call* never ring to me quite true. Till from the yellow crocus thirsty beak* Have drained a delicate delight of dew. Thus perfected in all the lore of Joy, At dawn, above some swiftly-budding bank. The robins chant their orisons in tones As golden as the chalice whence they drank. —Lucy Van Name Morris, in March Er*. | Watson s Estimate of Napoleon. | With a grand requiem chant, the funeral ends; but the silent procession of >»• •fr mourners coming in endless lines to view the coffin’lasts more than a week, + ♦ bringing people from all parts of France, from Belgium, and from other -fr lands. ♦ + Nor has that procession ended yet. Around the great man. lying there in his splendid tomb, with his marshals near him and the battle flags he made fam- ♦ <• ous drooping aboqt him, still flows the homage of the world. The steps of ♦ those who travel, like the thought* of those wbo are students of human af fairs, turn from the four quarter* of the earth to the tomb of this mightiest <• 4» of men. ‘ t * His impress Ilea upon France forever, in her laws, her institutions, her Indi- + vldual and national life, but his empire does not stop with France—is cramp «> ed by no “natural limits” of Rhine and Alps and Pyrenees. 4* 4> By force of genius and of character, by superior fitness to do great things, ♦ he was the chief usurper of his time. He is the usurper yet, and for the same + + reasons. He did the work kings ought to have done—doing it in spite of the + + kings. He does it yet, in spite of the kings. ♦ 4> His hand, as organizer of the revolution, which was greater even than he, ♦ 4> is at the loom where the life-garments of nations are woven. Listen to the ♦ ♦ voice coming out of Italy: “Within the space of ten years we had made 4> + (under Napoleon) more progress than our ancestors had done in three centu- ♦ 4> ries. We had acquired the French civil, criminal and commercial codes, we 4* 4- had abolished the feudal system, and justice was administered with improv- 4> 4» ed.methods." ? 4> So wrote General Pepe; and what he said of Italy was equally true of every 4> 4» other portion of continental Europe which had come under the imperial 4> 4> sway It was this work Napoleon was doing from the very first day he + 4. grasped the reiris of power; it was this work the allied kings, dreaded; it was + 4* this work they meant to Stop. * 4> In that he strove for himself and his dynasty, Napoleon failed miserably, 4* for to that extent he betrayed his trust, was false to his mission, wandered ♦ + from the road. But so far as his toil was for others, for correct principles, for 4- 4> better laws, better conditions, productive of happier homes and better men <• 4> and women, he did not fall. ..... ? 4> No Leipsic or Waterloo could destroy what was best in his career; no Wil- ♦ 4> liam Pitt could pile up sufficient gold to bribe into the field kings strong 4> 4> enough to chain peoples as they had once been chained. In vain was Met- 4> 4> ternlch's Holy Alliance, his armed resistance to liberal ideas; his savage -fr 4. laws, his inhuman dragoonings—the Immortal could not be made to di® ♦ human beings—in his character there ex isted the highest peaks and the deepest valleys. “No mountain without a valley,” the Germans say. Only the surface of our dead moon, with its monstrous mountains and deep craters, presents such contrasts as the extinct giant Napoleon. Soldiers whom he had were fleeing across the ice. Napoleon's cannon was thundering aimlessly in the rear of the flying troops. Each bullet meant a FEW deaths. Napoleon's plans and am bition demanded more deaths. This order was given: “Change the aim of your guns, fire on the ice, break the ice and sink them.” The heavy round bullets crashed tnrough the ice: it broke from shore to shore; three thousand miserable creatures perished in the icy water. This wholesale destruction of life Napo leon watched, cold and indifferent; he was taking pawns from the board of his rival. But hours afterward, on that same scene, he saw one single soldier almost ex hausted clinging to a plank amid the broken ice. One of his best officers, at the’ emperor’s request, plunged into the freezing water and rescued the dying soldier. Napoleon was not happy until he had had the man brought ashore and restored. Ip Egypt, when his world chess game demanded it, he butchered remorsely thousands of caotlves. And this same wholesale butcher cried like a girl at the death of a friend; he courtmartlaled and shot his own soldiers because they had failed to take care of the enemy's wounded. Note premium list in this issue, make your selection and subscribe at once. A rich American who divorced his first wife In order to marry one with millions, then when she died tried to defraud her other heir* out of their rightful share, and afterwards bought with her millions a young woman of 20 to cheer his declin ing years, went all the way to the Holy Land to be baptized In the Jordan. He ev idently realized that he needed the very best brand of baptismal water to be had. The Semi-Weekly Journal’s .' Seed Offer for 1902. We have arranged with a reliable seed firm of Atlanta, Ga., to supply our subscribers with their vegetable seed. These packets are the regular five-cent packets offered by reliable dealers, but by agree ing to use a large number we are enabled to secure for you a very great reduction in price. The following twelve varieties of seed are included in each packet: Heatings’ Improved Blood Turnip Beet. The most popular variety. Color a deep red with flne form and flavor, very tender and free from etringlnes*. Early and very uniform in size and shape. Hastings’ All-Head Early Cabbage. It !■ well named, having but a few loose leaves. It is an extra early fiat-headed va riety, flne for an early medium sized cab bage for family use throughout the south. It’s a sure header with half a chance and always gives satisfaction. Improved Long Green Cucumber. A standard variety for southern family garden*. The onbumbar* are extra long and of good rise, holding the dark green color until well matured. They are ten der, crisp and free from bitterness. Fine for slicing and make excellent pickles if picked when 8 or 4 inches long. Hastings* Drumhssd White Csbbage Lettuce. A favorite wherever known. Large, solid heads, weighing two to three pounds. Crisp, tender and free from bitterness. 'Leaves outside are a light green, inside almost white. Has but little tendency to run to seed. Fine for family use. Ponce de Leon Cantaloupe or Musk melon. j Os rather large size. Strong vigorous grower, medium early. Melons are of the finest flavor. Flesh very thick and of light green color. Melon* regularly rib bed, densely netted. Skin green but turns to a beautiful golden yellow when fully ripe. For sl.lO we will send you Th© Semi-Weekly Journal one year and in addition eend the twelve PaP Now yonr garden ..ed for early planting. We invite your attention to what the firm says regarding th® quality and quantity of the seed. 5 OFFER— The Semi-Weekly Journal one year SLOO The Twelve Papera of Garden Seed • • •» I s!.<» Our Price for All LlO A Saving of 50 cent* TO YOU. The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. WORLD’S FASTEST TROTTER WILL EXHIBIT IN ATLANTA TOLEDO, 0., March 17.—George H. Ketchum, owner of Cresceus, the great trotter, is home from the west and ha* given out his itinerary for Cresceus’ cam paign this coming season. The champion will make hie first public appearance at Indianapolis on August 21st; August 28. Dayton, O.; September 4, Al bany, N. Y.; September 11, Syracuse, N. Y.; September 25, Philadelphia; October 2 and 9, open; October 16, Memphis, Tenn.; October 28, Blrminbham, Ala~; October 30, Atlanta, Ga.; November 6, Montgom ery, Ala.; November 13, Mobile, Ala.; No vember 27, Havana, Cuba. At all of these places, Cresceus will be paced by the runner, Mike The Tramp. Thus far Mr. Ketchum has been unable to secure a race. THRIFTY WIRE FENCES. Evidences of Prosperity Multiply on the Farm* of Our State. A sure sign of thrift and prosperity in a rural community is well kept fencing. Evidences of thrift are accumulating throughout the state on many farms where ready-bullt'Tenclng. known as the Ellwood Steel Wire Fence has been or is being erected. The neat ■ appearance of the fence, its all-’round usefulness, its economy, durability and convenience make it the fence of today, the proper fence for farmers who appreciate the fact that they are living in the age of steel. Ellwood Fences have more than the strength of steel, because the best Bes semer steel Is used in the wire, and this is protected by heavy galvanizing which makes the fence practically everlasting. It is woven in a diamond mesh and It can be erected perfectly over hills and hollows, fitting the surface and crossing small streams. It stands heat and cold without sagging or snapping, and it defies hogs, mules, horses, sheep, boys and horned cattle. It is made in six heights, from 18 inches to 58 inches, and In styles for all purposes, for fencing orchards, pastures, crops, lawns and chicken yards. Florida Favorite Watermelon. A splendid melon for family use in the south. Medium size to large and very prolific. Early and of the finest flavor. Melons weigh from 20 to 40 pounds and •re of • dark green color, slightly striped with lighter green. Flesh red, crisp, ten der, melting and very sweet. A sure and heavy cropper. White Velvet Okra. A splendid variety for home use. Our special strain of this is especially desira ble witn its medium size, round smooth pods, free from ridges and not prickly to the touch. Very early. Hastings’ Yellow Globe Onion. Splendid variety for early plantings in the south. No prettier, or larger finely shaped onions than this can be grown. Color, a very light yellow or straw color. Flesh flrm and good keepers. Early Long Scarlet Radish. A favorite in moit home gardens. Root* long and of a bright scarlet color. Flesh crisp and tender and when rapidly grown Is entirely free from pungent taste. Mammoth White Bush Squash. ‘Every one know* the White Bush or "Patty Pan” squaMh, grown so generally in the South. This is identical with that variety except in size, our Mammoth, be ing nearly double the size of the other, giving twice the quantity of squash from the same vine. Our Best Offer. TWO LOVELY PICTURES FREE 1 ’wK \ r mH A -wM A. I fl every new subscriber who will send us $ 1 , .. 1 -< for one year’s subscription to the Semi- 1 Weekly Journal we will send post paid one picture of our martyred President and one of Mrs. McKinley; renewals to count the same as new subscribers. The pictures are mounted on black velour mats 11x14 inches and are beauties. Now is the time to get two good pictures free. , , Send at once before the supply gives out ’ Address • The Journal, Atlanta, Ga. TWO PAPERS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! BARGAIN FOR ATLANTA JOURNAL READERS We have a special offer for all readers of the Atlanta Journal by which ws are able to give them. THE MISSOURI VALLEY FARMER A whole year free. The Farmer is one of the best agricultural publications in the Southwest, it employs a staff of the ablest writers in tne country and has carefully edited LIVESTOCK, POULTRY. HORTICULTURAL, VETERINARY and other departments of Interest to the farmer and stockman. It is THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER in the families of 200,000 American farmers. - it! has readers in every state in the union. It contains an intei'esting PAGE FOR THE FARMER’S WIFE, a corner for the children, and a department of breezy comment on current event*. The regular subscription price of Th® Farmer is Fifty cents per year. OUR OFFER! Semi-Weekiy Journal . . . SI.OO Mo. Valley Farmer .... .50 $1.50 Both one year for only . . SI.OO Address THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. CA. New Stone Tomato. The heaviest yielder of all tomatoes It* th!* section. Fruit very large, smooth |j and flrm and of the finest quality. This variety does not rot or split easily and lasts well into summer. Good for either slicing raw or for canning. - ■ ■ H. G. HASTINGS & CO., WnCLKbALE AND RETaJL SEEDSMEN, NO. 4 WEST MITCHELL STREET. . . ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 15, 190$- Atlanta Journal Co., . : Atlanta., Ga. Gentlemen: . In reply to your Inquiry as to the col lection of seeds that we are furnlahlnc you for premiums with the Semi-Weekly we would state that we hereby guarantee that j the seed used in these collection* 1* the eame that we furnish our own customers and that the packets are of full *l*e *»a that the seed contained therein Is of ths very highest quality obtainable. This col- J lection of seeds that you are furnishing vour subscribers is identically the same that they would have to pay us « cents for if they sent orders to us direct or purchased same in person at our store. Through you. they are not only getting the best there .« , . to be had. but the full quantity that they would get it purchasing for cash. Your* truly, _ aJ Signed. H. G. HASTINGS A CO. Early Red Top Turnip. ; 1 One of the favorite spring varieties to come in before everything else tn ths garden. A quick grower, flesh very fine grained and sweet flavored. The dark red i or purple top extending down to whers the bulb rests in the soil add* greatly to its appearance.