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—dg.— The Importance Of Alaska. Harrington Emerson, writing in the Engineering Magazine for May, says that since 1896 five events have occured that wholly changed conditions in Alaska .for the better: 1st. In that year the Klon dike gold discoveries were made, and in 1897 and 1898 a great rush to and throug Alaska began, re sulting in a doubling of the popu lation and in an output of gold from the Yukon region to date of $76,000,000. 2nd. In 1898. the Philippine Islands were acquired by the United States, giving importance to the direot route along the Alas kan coast between North America and the new possessions. 8rd. In 1899 gold was discov ered on the beach at Nome, and this carried 80,000 people to this part of Alaska and resulted in an output of $6,000,000 in gold an nually, or more than twice as muoh as all Alaska previously yielded. 4. The Alaskan snlmon fisher ies, in their infancy in 1896, have grown in 1902 to great companies, capitalized for $20,000,000, and with net earnings last year of more than $2,000,000, and em ploying 10,000 men. 5. Two railroads have been con structed in Alaska, one of which in the extreme southeast, costing ,$4,000,000, earned last year over $8,000,000 net, and the other in the extreme northwest, near Nome, a little road five miles long, which earned $80,000 net. 6 Coal fields formerly superfi cially known have been explored and investigated, while new ones! of great value have been discov ered. You Oan See In Charleston, S. O. The greatest Southern Exposi tion. Three of the oldest Churches in America. Two of the historic fortresses • of the world; Moultrie and Sum-, 'ter. • The best harbor south of New York on the Atlantio Coast of the United States, Historic mansions which were old at the Declaration of Inde pendence. Streets paved and houses built with material brought from Eng land. The site of the new* United States Naval Station at Chioora Park. The most beautiful Cemetery in the United States. The only Tea Farm in America, where tea is grown for sale. The most beautiful Magnolia .and Azalea Garden inj America, Magnolia on-the-Ashley. The handsomest Goverment Billeting in the South, if not in America. The only oitydn the United States which has preserved its an cient beauties and peculiarities iptact, and having a style of ar chitecture peculiar by its own. The city which was In the past and will be in the future, the ■ great port of entry of the South Atlantic Coast.—Ex. Soiatio Rheumatism Cured After Fourteen Years Of Suffering. “I have beed afflicted with sci atic rheumatism for fourteen ybars,” says Josh Edgar, of Ger-. mantown, Cal. “I was able to be around.but constantly suffered. I tried everything I coUld hear of and at last was told to try Cham berlain’s, Pain Balm, whioh I did and was immediately relieved and in a short time cured, and I am happy to say it has not since, re turned.” Why not use this lini ment and get well? It is for sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. -CM*-**- ; The most extraordinary motor in the world is that being erected by a French doctor, in which he intends, with two students, to make a trip round, the world, It will dontain two sleeping apart ments, a large workroom and four big tanks for storing oil. It will unquestionably be the largest mo tor ever built. — • 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. Subscribe for the Homes Journal. Our Soil Needs More Fertilizers. Vegetable Until the farmer realizes the value of humus—how indispensi- ble.it is for making soil really rich—he is not likely to make the best of farming, however stirring and practicaljjhe may be. There is little or nothing to be made out of the use of commer cial fertilizers on land that is much lacking in that desirable element of fertility—humus or vegetable matter. This has been firmly established by intelligent practical and scientific experi menters both here and in Europe. There are some crops that do fair ly well on soil contaihing very little humus—wheat for instance; but by far the larger number of valuable crops require a soil abun dantly , supplied with it—that is to make really profitable crops. Now the trouble with our lands in the South is they have been under clean culture so long 90 per cent, of tfye arable soil is al most entirely destitute of humus. Comparatively little new land ha3 been brought into cultivation in thjB past twenty-five years and little attention has been given to rational rotation whereby vegeta ble matter is restored to the soil at proper intervals. Cotton . and corn, corn and cotton, a little grain being the extent of the av erage rotation. Instead of turn ing under any vegetable matter that happened to occupy the land in the early part of the year it was, for convenience, burnt off— another humus-destroying crop went in" This system has left the land in a very famished condi tion. As is well known, humus well distributed in the soil enables it to withstand drouth much better; it attracts oarhouio acid, and the humio acid renders potash and phosphoric-acid soluble. Thus the humus has a , varied or compound action. It is absolutely essential to fertile soil. Prof. Ladd of the North Dakota station observed that a pile of compost exposed to a long drouth lost but a little of its moistur . showing the tenacity with whion the organic matter held to moist ure. It so acts in the soil. How oan we supply this humus? S.A.C. Midway, Ga., May 9, 1902* The Galveston News (Dem) sug gests some of the different brands of Texas Democrats as follows: ‘ ‘There are among them all-around expansion Democrats, hemispher ical expansion Democrats, Cuban expansion Democrats abd South- Americun expansion Democrats. There are among them tariff-for- revenue Democrats, protection Democrats and Democrats who, while not favoring protection, yet, as long as it is extended to, certain interests,' ..demand it for those in which they are inter ested, hence may be called want-, a-bite Democrats. The fact is that the? party may be called an allied party itself.” . No .Loss of Time. I have sold Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea \ Remedy for years, and would rather be out of coffee and sugar than it. I sold five bottles of it yesterday to threshers .that could go no far ther,, and they are at work again this morning—H. Eh Phelps, Plymouth, Oklahoma. As will be seen by the above the threshers were able to keep on with their work without losing a single day’s time. You should keep. a bottle of this ReiHedy in your home. For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byrons According to the New York Tribune,a negro collector of garb age in Orange, N/ J., styles him self a ‘‘Professor of Decomposi tion.” A negro barber’s sign in the same town reads: “Prof. J. H. B—. Tonsorial Artist. Crin- icultural Abscission. Phrenolog ical Tripsis, Hydropatcliical Sha ver of Beards. All Work Physi- ognomically Executed. ” Such, it appears, are the fruits of the higher education of the negro in New Jersey, ■V V • This signature is on every box of the genuine \ Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets; the remedy that cores a eold In one day Great Disasters. The New York World, in view of the Martinique volcanic disaster, publishes the following list of great disasters in the world’s history: Lives Lost. 79 A. D.—Eruption of Vesuvi us, which destroyed Pompeii ............... 2o,ooo to 3o,ooo 1168—Earthquake in Syria.. 2o,ooo 1268—Earthquake in Sicilia. 60,000 1456—Earthquake in Lisbon 3o,oop 1626—Earthquake in Naples 7o,ooo 1703—Earthquake in Jeddo.2oo,ooo 1731—Earthquake in Peking loo,ooo 1764— Earthquake in Grand Cano 4o,ooo 1765— Earthquake in Lisbon 60,000 1421-Flood at Dort (Neth erlands) 100,000 1530—Flood in Holland.... 4oo,ooo 1617—Flood in Catalonia... 60,000 1889—Flood at Johnstown. 2,142 1871—Fire in Chicago 2oo 1876. .Fire in Brooklyn 296 1900—Fire in Hoboken.... 3oo 1902—Eruption of Mt, Pelee, Martinique 4o,ooo 1900—Galveston Flood .... lo,ooo This list is specifically and histor ically correct, so far as it goes, but there is an omission which we would scarcely have expected a paper like the World to make, especially when its list of disasters was suggested by an earthquake or volcanic eruption. We allude to the eruption of the great volcano on the island of Era- katoa, in the straits of Sunda, be tween Sumatra and Java, which oc curred M!ay 23, 1883. Dust and mud were thickly deposited over an enormotiB area. Nearly the whole island was blown away, and the re sulting tidal waves, whioh were from 60 to 60 feet high, swept to death 30,000 people on the shores of the neighboring islands.-Albany Herald. Won't Follow Advice After Fay- . lug For It. , In a recent article a prominent physician says, “It is next to im possible for the physician to get his patients to carry out, any pre scribed course of hygiene or diet to the smallest extent; he has but "•>« roaort left, namely, the drug treatment.” When medicines are used for.chronic constipation, the most mild and gentle obtainable, such as Chamberlain’s Stomach & Liver. Tablets, should be employ ed. Their use is not followed by constipation, as they leave the bowels in a natural and healthy condition. For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. ——- No matter how much money you may have, if you are poor in charac ter, that means poverty foreveiv— Ladies’ Home Journal. A GOOD PLAfclE. Notice is hereby given to ladies and gentlemen who visit Macon that Mrs. W. H. ilouser is now running a firfit- clnss Boarding House at 755 Oherry St. which is very near the buainees center of the city, and she will be pleased to serve them meals at 25 j. eaoh. Too muoh housework wrecks wo men’s nerves. And the constant care of children, day and night, is often too trying for even a strong woman. A haggard face tells the story of the overworked housewife and mother. Deranged menses, leuoorrhoaa and falling of the womb result from overwork. Every housewife needs a remedy to regulate her menses and to keep her sensitive female organs in perfect condition. mnivzmmi is doing this for thousands of I American women to-day. It cured ||Mrs. Jones and “ that is why she writes this frank letter: Glendeane, Ky., Feb. 10,1901. I am so glad that your Wine of Cardui I is helping me. I am feeling better than I have felt for years. I am doing my own work without any help, and I washed last week and was not one bit tired. That shows that the Wine is doing me good. I am getting fleshier than i ever was before, and sleep good and eat hearty. Before I began taking Wine of Clardui, I used to have to lay down five or six times every day, but now I do not think of lying down thr ou gh the day. Mbs. Richard Jone3. 91.00 AT DRUGGISTS. All TOT WE SELL Barvesting Machinery, Disc Plows, Barrows, ! Hay Presses, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, * Whips, Laprobes, &c. We can quote you some mighty low prices now. A big lot Second-Hand Buggies, at your own price. THE WILLIAMS BUGGY COMPANY, ¥ ‘ MACON, GEORGIA. W«lJ m OFFER!! ;' NEE35EL : WHISKEY; tho money ir not * an represented. I wholesale Price with ovory qnnrt bottle of our fambufJO year old Queen UtyClub Pure Rye and one box of our Justly coicbrktod genufno Cuban Hand-Dado 10e •ran Katana Cuban Specials,wo will give ABSOLUTELY FREE ono of tho hand- somest open faco, oxtra heavy nickel Gent’s Watches mada.fno ladys) stem wind and sot, genuine American movement and case, best tlmckoopor on oarth, does not tarnish and will last a Ilf otlme, 1 oxtra fine Vionna Meer schaum Pipe, I genuine Meerschaum Cigar Holdor, 1 genuine Meorsonanm Cigarette Bolder, 1 pretty leather Tobacco pouoh, 1 elegant extra heavy nlckol match box, 1 pair poarl cuff buttons, 1 hall top collar button, 1 neck tie holder, 1 pair sleova buttons, 1 double oholn and ono beautiful charm. All Jewolry heavily 14k gold plated. All these 14 plocos with one box of onr famous Cuban Specials and one quart bottle of our famous 10 year old.Qucap City Club Puro Ryo ennnot bo bought for less than $12.00. We j soli the ' ' C. O. D. with prlvllogoof ax : ' He Whiskey r Whiskey is r ONLY $3.97 amlnattpn, whllc^ Whiskey and Cigars In-. chiding tho 14 prlres fort _ _ and Cigars alone cost moro than wa dsk for tho entire lot. Onrt ibuolntoly Pure 10 yonr old Rye and our Cigars gennlne Cnbnn hand le,elenr Havant.,mado In our own factory., Theca cigars aro far better 1 anything evcradvortlsodbeforo. Wo Ouarnntoe tho goods and rerandOa An Extra Premium of on elogaut Pocket knife with two blades, 1 c glass cutter, If $3.07 Is sont In advance with order. Goods sent Liquors _and' Cigars. _ Responsible agents wanted. Order Write tor wupiosaio rrwo liisis or Liquors and Cigars. Responsible oganta wanted. order U. H.DISTUXEK’S raSTIUCBUTING GOr-Dept. O., 431 North Clark St., Chicago, I1L KEEP POSTED -: CONCERNING:- Houston County Affairs BY READING The HOME JOURNAL. THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 1 ' t i ? ■ s. . . r'Y 1 • We strive to make the paper a welcome visitor to every household, thereby deserving patronage. 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