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16 The Port Receipts Contest. April 20th the Last Day to Send Estimates. The report of Secretary Henry G. Hes ter, of the New Orleans cotton exchange, nt.w includes from September 1 through Friday, April 10. The total port receipts of cotton for this season covered by the dates above and for exactly similar periods of past three years have been: I 1902-1903 7,162,482 1901-1902 7,018.626 1900-1901 6,583,303 1899-1900 6,187,805 This comparison is the last one the read ers cf The Weekly Constitution will have, because the contest closes on April 20, the date of our next issue. Estimates must he mailed and postmarked on or before Aprd 20 to be .Admitted in the contest. In the three weeks remaining that you have to figure on to the close of the period for which cotton will be counted by this contest you have exact figures for the three years just past Last season for these three weeks .the port receipts were 1W.553. Should the <oming three weeks tally exactly with them the port receipts to May 1 would b • 7.362,035 bales. For 1901 these three weeks : show 259, sX] bales in total port receipts, which, added to our current report, wmild make 7,422.313. The result of jsS.">‘)7 bales would give u- 7.320.f‘59. An average • of these show’s 7.3*5*'.415. This < night to make a fair basis f<«r your estimates. Th 1 source of the figures is shown and h<.w the conclusion comes. You can range your estimates above or below as you taink necessary. The figures are given merely for what you may consider them worth? The Published Statistics. We rely entirely upon the figures of the New Orleans cotton exchange for the reports of current results, and for the final figures to do ide the c tntosi. Sec retary Henry G. Hester, of the New Or leans cotton exchange, furnishes a i - port tvery Friday night, the end of the cotton week. He does not give out any other report, except at the end <*f ea< h month he publishes statistics that cover the cot ton year from September 1. There a’’*? various exchanges pubi-hhm fig.o.'s every day and these all vary among themselves and from the reports of S'-rotary Hes ter. We do not attempt to - xpl.iin or reconcile such figures. So far as this con test is concerned ihe onix figures upon which you can rely are those published as Secretary - . I'- no other to base your estimate upon. It * is useless to writ* us about the- • differ ences; we do not keep the have no control over them and cannot account, for them. We can only advise you to follow Hester. You can secure estimats in various ways with or without subscription. A payment on your daily or Sunday sub scription, or on a new subscription to BANK CLERK SIMS HAD LARGE IDEAS ABOUT EQUIPING HIS MODEL FARM Ri< hlan l. Greene County. Ge-rgia. April i d (Special Corresponded' .i Over the doorway to the dairy barn onc° owned I by G. H. Sims appears the sign, "No talking to milkers." Had Hank Exami ner respected this *njuncti«»n. perhaps Sims would not now have been , behind prison bars. If you should drop off the train any » where within 20 miles <»;' R’chland there l« not a man, worn in or child who could not tell you just where Sims’ farm is . located, how to get there, and. in fa<d. j almost anything you might want to ‘know abiut it. 5 Rich.and Farms is the title by which it *fjoes and it is not hazarding too much to sax- there is hardly a better equipped nr more extensive dairy far min Georgia than this for whi-h the Capital <’itv na tional bank has been supplying the funds The little town of Richland, ns yet in i embryo, but bidding forth. ink’s its j name from the farm and not the farm , from the town. for Sims was Us •» a town builder as wa ll as a maker of but ter. a breeder of Holstein cattle ami of Berkshire hogs. Few millionaires ever went more ex- ■ tensively into farm :ig and d nr. .ing a a ; pastime that did Sims <m his a month Richland Farm <r. a r« relation, tor innately, for tie hank. From the (h orgia railroad tr.!> k at Richland for a mile ami a half oi more dewn the va’ley of the Oconee thence, across, eastward, to •!< ar Richland cre» k, I extend the 2.00 c acres of ri’ h and roiling I ;reene county land, which Sims but re 1 rcntly railed his own. From Horizon to Horizon. From the summit of one of its huis he I ?<»uld Fee the horizon me< t the - arth . nowhere but on his property, < ows migc.t i be seen grazing on other hills almost << ; mile away; corded wood pile i thick on . fresh <•'• -ared land is waiting for the cart- i man; sawn lumber is at hand just from I tlu farm’s own sawmill, sufficient to 1 stock an ordinary lumber yaid, comtoita- , ble houses with tenants or rct.dy .‘or them, dot the wide expanse; and when tne thistle blows lor dinner (the old farm bell has long since fallen into dis use) twenty-five well fed and apparently well-paid hands come in ready re.-pon: A little two-plow farm with perhaps a dozen or mere head of stock, a foreman and a couple of farmhands was the ex tent to which the imaginations of some of Sims' most intimate friends orex tne picture, yet here is a. place upon whlcn within a few months more the extent of innovation in equipment would hav- been exhausted. We have here what 1 consider as line a dairy farm as there is anywhere in Georgia," said tt ■ F. Brown, the fore man, as we reached the summit ot the bill 'upon which stood the modest but comfortable homes of Foreman Brown .and of M. C. Sims, whose duties were 'the keeping of the Itooks and gem ral superintendence of the pin.-' Mr. Brown, by the way. is a well known Atlantan, having operated a dairy of his own at Battle Hill prior to taking charge of Sims' place about two years ago. Even a Commissary. "There is the store, or commissary," .Mr. Brown continued, indicating a small, MOP A Truly Remarkable Preparation. W' W? • I Rfinws [l l ||.:/r_£-£- j| ||giaOoW«fc®r ! Mrs. Xri.i.ir. M, Carter, .Messenger House,-Ithica, A Free trial outfit of this remarkable treatment ™|B I 1 P**! BM| II J 'T'V. „ !X. V., writes; consisting of one bottle of Lorrimer’s Exclsior Hair Mt n A I ilßll MM - - The Greatest Hair Grower J . T , , . Forcer and one Bar of Lorrimer’s Skin and Scalp \® Elsi 1 M/ . - !l nn Fxrfh 1 ‘ertam now that the Ilatr borccr means bust- Soap will be mailed prepaid to any address on receipt M H I |||H|M || ue Ol> XCttrin. I ness. Mv hair is growing fast mid returning to its natural of 2c. for postage. F SpH 1 IL—Cures total or partial baldness, dandruff, scanty partings hair color. It seems almost impossible to ci edit it. . I don t falling, weak and thin eyebrows, ail irritations and Scalp hu- I know how to tell you exactly how I feel about it. I will LORRIM.ER & COMPANY, mors and restores gray hair to its original color, permanently ? go without my meals if necessary but not without’ the World’s Hair Growers JHHHHHHB’"'* M>rrl ”“ t ’ S . It 3-120 N. PACA SK BipU, BALTIMORE, MI. either edition, will entitle you to an esti mate on each 50 cents paid. An estimate i will be allowed on each yearly subscrip tion to either Weekly Constitution or The Sunny South, or two estimates with each ■ combination subscription to these papers, both only $1.25 per year. • Should you wish to enter estimates . without any subscription send 50 cents ’ for one estimate, $1 for three estimates, ' or $3 for ten estimates. After yon send $.3 i for ten estimates there is no ft><lier dis count or reduction. Multiples of ten esti mates will cost you multiples of SO. The Agents’ Contest. We have two prizes, the first for SIOO and the second for SSO, to bo piven to the agents securing the largest and next 1 largest number of estimates alone during this contest. No one has yet loomed up I with list of estimates worthy of such prizes. Many in your community are about to enter the contest. Get them Io let you send in their estimates for them. Swell your list and bring you in for one 1 of these prizes. You can secure hundreds of estimates in a day, ten for $3 or three ’ for sl. and win the prize during the short ' time remaining of the contest. Rule 6 J of the contest covers another special ad -1 vantage given the agent in lieu of any commission. Remit the full amount witli every order. April 20th the Last Day. • The last day upon which you can file i estimates in person is April 20. Should 1 you send your estimate by mail April i 20 is likewise the last day. Estimates must be mailed and bear postmark on or be fore April 20. and must reach us on or • before April 25 in order to be eligible for ■ i entry in the contest. The five days al . ' lowed between the close of the mailing of estimates and the day of their arrival here will be sufficient to carry a letter in direct line across the continent. Even i the most reinoi.* points of our territory, with infrequent mails in some se. tion.-. l will !"• 'bus proto'ued by the five days allowance. 'The record of an estimate ‘ lu re on April 25 that had bt-en mailed i ' five days prior thereto, will still close up | i ! the matter six davs h< fore the figures e.-.n ' j possibly bo known by Secretary Hester ' himself. Tills protects all the estimates now of til.' and record and avoids the pos- ; sibility of any one securing the exact fig ures and dodging them in edgeways or ■ Otherwise on the last day. 'ihe com- i pletod records will be sealed up before the i arrival of the figures and will bo held ! unbroken until Secretary Hester's eortifi-i ! eate is in our bands and a canvass of | j the estimates is mad" for the decision. i Send everything, orders, estimates, sub- , scriptions and remittane. all in the same envelope, addressed to j THE ATI,ANTA CONST I T I"!'1 ON. Atlanta, Ga. I red-painted building just in front of the dairy barn, which could not be mis taken. i Down at the commissary a dozen or more negroes were waiting witli their pass books to make their Monday morn ing purchases. It was 11 o clock and still the store was closed. The news of Sims' defalcation seemed to have spread a pall over the place and to have dead ened somewhat even the quiet activity of a country place. Baek of the homes of Foreman Brown i and Ml Sims are the extensive barns for horses, for cattle, the dairy , the com missary. Ihe bull earn, the silos for stor ing green cattle feed, the hog pens and stable, .and then a little in tlie distance <xt nslve grazing pastures where idle cattle might be seen awaiting the milk ing call. To stop a moment and put tiic story in I concrete, though dry. statistical form. I ’here are here <*i Sim-' pine, ne.u .'so | i<ad of cattle, including calve. mil ■ y<sariing»4 nearly everyone a .>4>i: . Holstein or short horn, with regi tered 1 pedigree; six bull-, two of them Ho! steins, three. Jerseys and one short horn, of which one of rite Jerseys, a. recent I pur ha: c. involved m outlay of $557, ihe $57 being freight eitaiges; 15u o: more, hogs and pigs, almost all of Berkshire or Vietoris creed; twenty mules and horses, two teams of the latter being quit* l expensive; and then barred ply mouth Hocks, turkeys, geese, guinen:- and oilier fowl which there wa : not time I to count. • When the dairy whistle blew at 3 I o'clock today to ,a II the cows to milking, visitors naturally looked around lor the proverbial old farm ell. There it lay : rusting on the ground as if it ha<l fallen from t han ■ mgei of | these •lays of modern progress. i And then 125 cows ready for milking earne. without further urging, plodding I up flic hill to the big barn, each going j direct to her respective stall, where tile I stanchion was fastene,] and site was | locked in. The milkmen in their white I duck suits had gathered for tin- after j noon's work. After seeing that each cow was housed at her proper letter nisi num ber. for. be it understood, as Herdsman A. B. Peet explained, each must be fed as the milk test.-, indicate she requires, each milkman started in on his daily task of stripping twenty- cows. Now in a scientific dairy such as Hits, they don’t milk two cows in the same pail, but when one cow's product is secured it is weighed and a record made of her day's I showing. Then a small sample is taken out from day to day and at the end of a week the centrifugal tester tells the percentage of butter fat she is yielding. In this way her feed is regulated from W'-ek to week and her daily supply is just what the condition demand. This immense barn. 300 feet In length, cont I stalls for 15. cows. XI one end are the two I great silos, cylindrical feed bins in which I are stored green fodder kept for winter | feeding. Erom the side of the main barn i projects another HIO feet in length, where ; the calves and young stock is housed. I Just beyond is the hog stable where a. j dozen sows are earing for tlieir young of all ages from two days to two months. Erom the cows now supplying milk an average of nearly 100 pounds of butter is secured per die. and the income from this product, practically all of which Is marketed in Atlanta, is between SSOO and StiOO a month. Another gon,i source of Income is In tlie hogs from which, it Is said, SI,OOO xJE WEEKLY CaNBTrrUTJOJft ATLANTA. MVJNUAX, ADKIL 13, liJUdL CURES RHEUHATISB Neuralgia, Kidney Trouble | and all Kindred Diseases. B | Swanson’s “5-DROPS” will cure | Rheumatism in any of its forms or j stages of development. Applied ex ternally it affords instant relief from ' pain. Taken internally it rids the . blood, tissues and joints of the uric acid j and other poisonous matter, which are. the causes of thedisease. “5-DROP.S” never fails to cure Rheumatism, Sciatica. Lumbago, Neuralgia or Kidnev Trouble. It has effected more K these ailments than all other combined. It is the greatest ■itier ever discovered. 'NV fcs &-T.O j UPON iß.iii.- aixl .’••l'i i •• < -.’.postpaid. (TRADC ZWAfUfI g ROPS” is not obtainable in your I •dor direct from us and we will J •l aid on receipt, of pric. sl.<!o per | arjre Size Bottle (300 Doses) SI.OO I For Sale bv drup; l .ists. I ONRHEUMATItimfCO.I ,ake Strset. CHSC/aGO. J • worth of ine-nt Ims been sold this y ir. Then, too, -om- eo.tle are .cold and cord wood is sent to market. I "W'c have .'lml.''in cCs of wood cut I and ready for mark' ting." My. Brown | sa id, "alid a bout im.i" fe' t of sa wn , lumber practically ready for bidding pur- Sims' dairy farm operates its own saw mill, planing mill anrl every other im plement u' to a well-ordered es tablishment. Mr. Brown could not toll tlie exact in come of the farm, but. estimates put it someys here in tile neighborhood of .yl.'HlO a month. But the ■ utgo. that is another ques tion. The expenses ior labor alon*-. in cluding the building that has been in progress for some months, have been siitl'mient to use up the entire illcome as lure esiimated. Bills for cattle teed in i De, ember. January amt February ranged | from ?1.2W to $2,203 a month, though It ; is said the summer s supply was piir- I chased during Illi- period. Il appears, so far as can be gathered, | that the diffemneo between the income | and Dm outgo is in the neighborhood of $l.(H’O. decidedly in favor of ihe latter. ,' This is evidently where much of the ; Capital City national bank's money has I d'.sa PI'O.I red to. I It is said Sims first became interested i in stock farming through aeriuaiu'. inee ! with 1.. M Orr, wh" own' d a. -m il! : farm in Gr on county, part of tlie pres l ent Sims place. Sims went into partm-r --' ship with liini about three years ago., his venture having begun about that time. I Within a year Sim. had bought 'mt Orr ; and adtlod to his pureli.-iscs io th ■ x I tent of l.'J'X) :i'T> l/itor ho bought un- j other farm of xw acres adjoining bis. | making his total 2JHM a -ree, ~i more than I' 3 square miles. Money Went Rapidly. It was then that Mr. Brown wont there as foreman, ami then began the cxtvm-. sic- expendii iirm that hastened Sims' ’ downfall. Instead of being a source of I revenue to him. as he fold his friends, i tile farm lias boon a constant expense, [ a drain upon the revenues of his etn- I players. - Sim.- must h.nv. spent, fl'st and l.rnt, | upon Riebland Farms S.IO.nnO; perhaps a I groat deal more. The original outlay for I the land was something like sFJIW to i sl2. 'Kill, and I'm' im i'i'o\. nu : 11.. the stock i ami th" exp'-nses hare- boon four or live I times that amount. I Sims wa- P"t content with dairying I rilime: he aspired to build a town. Per > haps be saw visions of the future win n I lii. liland might, be the leading town of , Gr, one county. surpassing even ~.,1i.l a. d i well • slablisii. il Greeneebmo. A short i tim" ag" he invested sl.l'lo in a side track I which tile Georgia railroad put in at his I expense, and Hie Hi' lilam! depot is imv. i about complete. I The introduction of chickens on the, ■ farm is a new depart are, but like other I features, it lias been siartod on a lavish I scale, nothing but the best breed ot i’lymouth H 'cks or imr liner armies of chick'ns being allowed on the place. I About 100 dozen eggs a month are being secured rmw and Hie product is steadily increasing. $2,000 for Telephone Line. A $2,000 telephone lino from Grennos ! boro to Richland Farms, built, at Sims' I expense, is nearing completion, or was I when the crash came, ami now ami more ma.gniiieent r. ddenci - were in con templa t ion. On Sunday last Mr. Brown stood wait ing at tlie Richland depot for the morn i ing train on whi'-h Sims was expected, but instead of Sims lie secured a copy of The Constitution which told the story of the defalcation. Surprised, shocked, , griev'd, b'- knew not what to do or say. Returning to the farm he told the em ployees what had liai | nod. They could seareo believe what they heard, bu.t Mr. Brown's men know him lor one who does I not jest on sui li subjects. - I "We were very fond of Mr. Sims hero.” i Mr. Brown said. "He was a young man < of line disposition and seemed in every I way above reproach. None of us knew where the money spent here was coining i from, but we bad no thought but it was I all right and harbored no suspicions. {PROFITS OF THE { STEEL TRUST. ; Net Earnings Were $133,308,764 i and After Deductions Are Made for Sinking Funds and De preciation, $56,052,867 Is Paid Out. i i I New- York. April 7.—The first annual report tn the stockholders of the United I States Steel Corporation for the fiscal i year ended December 31, 1902, was issued i today-. I The income account for tlie year shows i total net earnings of all properties, after deducting expenditures for ordinary re ' pairs and maintenance, also interest on • bonds for Hie subsidiary companies of $733,309,761; less sinking funds on bonds of . subsidiary- conipiaiiies $624,064; deprecia | tion and extinguishment funds $4.534.710; i xtraordinary replacement funds $9,315,- 1115; special funds for depreciation and 7mpro\ement $lO, til 10,009; total $24,774,389; T>:ilance of n< I earnings for Hie year SIOB.- 534.374; interest on t’nited Slat's Steel Corporation bonds for the year $15,187,850; sinking- fund on t'nited Slates Steel Cor ; poration bonds for the year $3,049,000; to- I tai $18,227,850; balance $90,306,524; divi i dends, 6 per- cent preferred ,-toc.k $35,730,177; common 1 per cent $21',332,690; total $56,- ii. 53.567, leaving undivided profits or sur plus for the year $64.253,557. i'ri vious surplus 620,940; total surplus September 31. i!D2, $77,874,597, which in cludes the capital surplus of $25,000,000, provided at date of organization. Tile physieal condition of the proper tm liaie been fully maintained during i!i" year, Hie cost of which has been ■ Harg' ,1 to inr "nt. expenses, ami the amount expended by ah properties for mat nl■ ma nee, renewals aim extraordinary ri-iJ icemeut.s aggregated 529.J57.ii11. Pro visional eliarges were made monthly to eperations fm sinking fund and to estab lish funds for depreciation and for re -1 :'.'"s lor extraorumary replaeemcnls. The volume ot business doti'' by all companies during the year, including .-ales between Hie companies and the gross ii eipts ot transportation and mis ■ellaneolis properties, aggregated ss6o,- : .11'1,4711. Tiro produetion of iron orc mines for I the year was 16.1'63,179 tore; coke, man i ui :i -turei| 9, .21.56, inns, coal mined, not j in. luijing Dial used m ipaking coke, 709,- I , ton.-; blast furnace products 7,9i5,53<) I 7oa.- , s;. el ingot p'oduetiun 9,713.918 tons, i 'l'lital tonnage ol rolled and other finished Ipi I'liiet.: for .-.it'e i‘.)7.: :J2 tons. I The aggregate iiivniory of all proper ( lies o’i I > < ir.oe; 21. 1902. equaled the to i lai sum of $1"1.3'.‘ ; 1A66. About one-third i "! this urn is represented by Hie value of 'iron ore on hand. Total capital stock of the corporation issued ami outstanding on December 31 was $505.302.500 common .-lock a n 1 $510,281,- loa prclerr.'d stock. The bonded and mortgaged debt of the t'nited Stales Steel Corporation and subsidiary compa -1 ides in tlie h.'iii'ls of the public at tlie I !'■ ginning of tile year was $366,097,698. I Issues made during the year by several I i empames, $2.370.335; total, $368,468,036. I a I lai lionds and morigagi s paid and eau- < eled during Hie year, $1,1.98.577; bonds j purchased bv trusters o;.' sinking funds I for investment. $3,115,000. leaving th " bond'd, debenture and mortgaged d"bt Dee.'inber 31, 1902, $263,655,459. a net de i roasi during th" year of $2,412,239. Purchase money obli ■.H ions and hills payable paid off bet wi on April 1. 1901, l and December 31. 11ml. amounted to sll.- I "17.271: paid off dining 1902, $13J8'2,368, a I lota! reduction of $.’1,700,339. • The funds for the payment of these l liabiliti, s w. re proviri-'-d entirely from ■ Hie surplus not -iirnings of the organiza- 1 Hun, iin new capital or bonded or other liability having been create'! in lieu tli'-reof, although pr.i et iea ll.v ill of such : P'lvmonts might properly be funded. > Tli,' oxpenditinos made during- the year iby all Hie properties and charged to • property account were $16,586,532, j Tlie avi'i'ago number of employees in i the so-viee of all properties during tlie i entire vear was 168.127. receiving for sa, ■ari, s and wages $120.528.34.1. Total num , her of stoekholdei in March. 1903, was .58.629, in lIKT'-asc of 15,61'1. This doos not include Hie subscriptions for pre red lock by the 27.379 - mployors vvho I were granted the opportunity I" parti.-i --| pate in Hie profits of the organization through the purehas'- of the stock "f the J , "ip i.Hii'ir The t innage of ’.infilled or [ dor on tiio books at (lie close of 1902 I' q i.Hcd 5.217.".'8 tons of ail kinds of man i I.'ai-t IV . I ;irc.-nets agahi-n 1.457,719 tons i i the .-or’-osiinnding period In l9ot In' I 1,1.1'H ~f tbc classes of heavier products, ind tructura 1 matorlal, ; a-I et i-all y the entire ■ '.i i>l "it y of the mi'l i ;'sold up until nearly the end of 1903. An Interesting Story. : The story of Hi" discovery of \'itao-Ore, Hie pceidiar mim r.il re ii' dy now being >o . rli; d and t ilk( d about in Hie I public PT' S as tobl by IT"!. Til'-". .X'oel, ■ : ' ill Ihe hill: of Ilin southwest, first brought I it to light, is "lie of great interest to al! who read for knowledge and profit. It is in full det:iil in the 64 page booklet : \'i!:i. -■. • . led free liy le Theo. Noel ■ C impure, of Clijcago, whose large advci | ti •mi ui will be found on page 17 of this j Tins mineral, a magnetic ORE. is a subtle eonihina Hon or blending "I elo» ■ ments. a formation pc uli.ir to tlie locality of its dis-overy. as it Iris been found no- I where else, that requires but the addition | of hydr .gen and oxygen -an addition ob- 1 ta.inod by mixing the ore witli water-to | make it a nmst powerful and effective I renu ily, as hundreds of Hie readers of I this paper have found it. I The offer made by the company to tlie i sub: rlbers and readers of this paper is i almost as remarkable as the Ore itself. T!i"> do not ask for cash, but desire each | person to use the Ore for thirty days' i time before paying one cent and none I need pay unless positively benefited. The off' ■ , who'll is headed "PERSONAL TO i SI'BSCRI BERS." is certainly an original i one and ' .in lie road and accepted with I profit by every ailing person. The com- I pany is reliable and wilt do as they agree. i Atlanta National Buys Capital City- National Bank. I The Capital City national bank has been < amalgamated with tlie Atlanta, rational I hank. | By the transaction the Atlanta national buys not only the stock of the Capital i City , but pays a certain specified sum for ; the entire assets of th" institution. The ■amount of the payment is as yet unan- I nouneed. JW'Ci'w ' j L 11. SSI J..-?'; ' 11 - . A Delicately formed and gently reared, women will find, ■ ' '?• 'V ’ n seasons of their lives, as maidens,wives,or moth- : t ; Etl ers, that the one simple, wholesome remedy which acts r /ij gently and pleasantly and naturally, and which may be use d wit h tru ly beneficial effects, under any conditions. when the system needs a laxative, is—-Syrup of Figs. It xjsjrfflkXi 'A \ is well known to be a simple combination of the laxative A . and carminative principles of plants with pleasant, aro- j' '■■■ '« matic liquids, which are agreeable and refreshing to the E' ' A )} taste and acceptable to the system when its gentle .V . * v- ’'"V v cleansing is desired. U"V-' qfi W k~'" } Many of the ills from which women suffer are of a tran- , F-W 1a * X'7’ ? •-' sient nature and do not come from any organic trouble / ■'••yl*'. r and it is pleasant to know that they yield so promptly to the beneficial effects of Syrup of Figs, but when anything ? , r ’f.’-’ j more thana laxative is needed it is best to consult the t \• 1 family physician and to avoid the old-time cathartics and - ; . : 4’\*• ■■/ . • 7A* v loudly advertised nostrums of the present day. When 77 . yX XI . .TWq one needs only to remove the strain, the torpor, the con- '• j?Z' : \ j-' gestion, or similar ills, which attend upon a constipated Z-X ' V condition of the system, use the true and gentle remedy— \ ? Syrup of Figs—and enjoy freedom from the depression, 1 • i the aches and pains, colds and headaches, which are due A - to inactivity of the bowels. U i,: ' A Only those who buy the genuine Syrup cf Figs can hope Vy fie p to get its beneficial effects and as a guarantee of the ex- 'Z-' . y cellence of the remedy the full name of the company— .. V 5 California Fig Syrup Co.—is printed on the front of every A : ’■ : package and without it any preparation offered as Syrup ' of Figs is fraudulent and should be declined. To those X 7\ A ’ I'• who know the quality of this excellent laxative, the ' ■ 7 ■ ' ZX" " V-’ offer of any substitute, when Syrup of Figs is called r, " for, is always resented by a transfer of patronage to a some first-class drug establishment, where they do . /'S: a < \\' V W not recommend, nor sell false brands, nor imitation . ‘‘•’X * ~ ii* V remedies. The genuine article may be bought of all ' / J\', reliable druggists everywhere at 50 cents per bottie. - F 1- MUUIWNIAFKxWPV? 77 . JL_ 1 /. ■ /i The Hell of Little Debts. New York Press; A business man in New York who has posed as a millionaire for fifteen > ears, is writing an article on success. The chief advice he gives in ills screed is. "Avoid worry." He owes at. this day something approaching $4,0d0.- 009. yet. lives in luxurj-. and is one of the high flyers of Hie community. There is a spot in a man’s indebtedness where worry ceases, and it depends entirely upon his style of living. It is those "darned little just debts” that drive most, mon to death. I moan honest men. The little bills for household expenses that cannot be paid on the first of the month are all the hell that some good follows can stand up under There are others, however, great financial ge niuses, who thrive on debt. They- never pay when they can avoid it. and manage to live On the fat of the land. Ashes of Glory. Fold up the gorgeous silken sun By bleeding martyrs blest, And heap the laurels it has won Above its place of rest No trump-'t's note need harshly blare— No drum funereal roll- N'or trailing sables drape the bier That frees a dauntless soul. It lived witli Lee and docked his brow From fate's empyreal palm; It sleeps the sleep of Jackson now, As spotless and as calm. It was outnumbered, not outdone. And tho.v shall shuddering foil Who struck the blow; its latest gun Flashed ruin as It fell. Sloop, shrouded ensign! Not the breeze That smote the victor tar With death across the heaving seas of fiery Trafalgar. Nut Arthn’-'s knights, amid the gloom, Their knightly deeds hate starred. Nor Gailic Henr.v's ma. .io=s plume, Nor peerless, born Bayard. Not all that antique fables feign Vnd Orient dreams disgorge, Nor yet tlie silver cross of Spain, And lion of St. George— Can bld thee pale, proud emblem. Still Thy crimson glory shines Beyond tlie lengthened shades that fill Thy proudest kingly lines. Sleep, in thine own historic night, And be thy blazoned scroll— A warrior's banner takes Its flight To meet a warrior's soul. —A. J. Requier, formerly of The Mobile Register. Around About the House. A good way to kill unpleasant odors arising from cooking is to sprinkle gran ulated sugar either directly on the stove or on a shovel of hot coals. This gives a . elicious scent, permeating the rom. To remove dirt from porcelain sinks, lathtubs, and marble washbowls, damp en a woolen cloth with gasoline and rub over the places The dirt will instantly disappear, leaving the surface clean and polished. Another use for gasoline Is in the '■leaning of dainty ribbons, lace or chif fon, which will not bear washing. Place the articles to be cleansed in an air-tight vessel and pour enough gasoline over to Now that the winter season Is upon us, and houses are tightly closed, great precaution must be taken to keep rooms and bedclothing well aired. Frequently expose tite bedclothing to the direct rays [ , of the sun; bythls menas toe;,- ar , sweetened and given a sense of fresh- ; ness that is promotive of rest and sleep. ! ! Coffee sprinkled on a. hot stove will fake away with it every vestige of bad odor. To prevent dis agreeable fumes from rising when anything hols over! onto the stove, sprinkle salt quickly over ■ ’ L.e place. Best of all. though a trifle ex- ! ‘ pensive, is to put a few drops of oil ot ] ender in a. cup and pour over it boiling 1 water. There is nothing sweeter than Hr fragrance of old-time lavender 1 Glassware should be washed In hot i soapsuds and well rinsed in clear water. : then wiped with a fine linen towel. In i ' washing cut glass lay three or four thick- ■ noshes of a towel on the bottom of the | pan. which will make a soft support for I . the glass and render it less liable to be j broken than when it comes in contact ' with a hard substance. Use a brush to ■ remove particles of dust from the deep cutting. A little blueing added to the , water in which the glass is rinsed wilt ■ enhance the brilliancy of the crystal. OUR BR’OTHERS IN BLACK. (An Address of the South to the North.> Hark you. my Puritan critic.-! Forget you tlie Cavalier's pride? And know yon the black Ethiopian? Tlie leopard- the spots oil his hide? You sold us the African chattel-; You tempted our ca.sc and our greed. And then yon got. zealously righteous And w arred on the law and our nee i While we made the savages Christians And paid for the sins of us both Now, counting the good and the evil. We blush not, and nothing are loth. We forged, too. a bond of affection. Mor" firm than the title you gave | The weal of the served and tlie serving The love of the. master and slave. Wc suckled the breads of their ma.mmies- Tlvv fed from th" fat of our store; And. called to the far field of conflict. We loft them on guard at our door. Wc bowed to the God of tlie battle—■ We own He was wiser than we - And patieirtlj took up the burden Os teaching the bond to be free. For wronging if wrong was committed— The rod had been laid to our back; Yet, stricken, wo know it was ours To guardian our brothers in black. And, you, in your heedless ambition— Forgetting the Cavalier's pride, Forgetting the rule of the Saxon. i For which you yourselves would have | died— , With bricks without straw you endeavored i To fashion new pillars of state And sea! up the house of our fathers With sectional, partisan hate. Instead, you made wreckage of statc- ( hood; You loosed us the terrors of race, ; And only our God and our virgins 1 Know what we were called on to face. At last by the right of the Saxon, ' By strength th’at was bred in the. bone, By law that is higher than statute, ' We came in the end to our own. ' Again we gave cheerful compliance We took up the burden with care. We give them the blessings of learning: We pay—they receive—share for share. And full opportunity opens To black man ami white man the same j AN OHIO PREACHER I WISHES TO BE OF SOME BENEFIT TO SI FFERING Hl MANITY. He Offers to Furnish Information Free How Consumption Can IE Cured at Home Without Drugs. This is Nota Faith Cure, but an Actual Personal Experience. i Gibsonbcrg. O. I was saved from the clutches I ot th" most dreaded of diseases, consumption, by a simple home treat ment. If any of the readers of this paper are ( s"'" 80 unfortunate as to ha ; \ -A j , suffering from this tcr- rihle disease, and will A 1 - o'jSjfe. write me, I will gladly ’liriiTOlOt tp!l them without cost. How i t was done. I do ■' notwishany money to ,L/r - t> e sent to me. My sole I o object is to he of some Hrv Mei nx 1,. PrnF.v benefit, to humanity. Address Melvin L. Peden, Pastor Church of Christ, 523 Stone Street. Gibsonburg, Ohio. To follow the bent of his genius To fortune and culture a.nd fame. By parallel lines they a.re treading The highways all peoples have trod, But. socially ther" is a chasm Dug deep in the wisdom of God. To sp'ari it wore death to both races: But. drunk on -.our meddlesome brew, They reel to the. rloom of the foolish. Or madden nn wormwood and rue We know them t.hox know ns Between is knowledge you never can know. We know, for the centuries taught us, Tlie;. know, for they lear'ied it in woe. So, hands off! The burden is ours; And, faithfully plodding along, V\e'll move through the night to morning And answer to God for the wrong Go. ponder thus rule of the ages. Writ large on the scroll of the skies; The white man will govern with Wisdom* And chaos, will reign when be 'ties. —CI,ARENCE OUSLEY. Hens Must Lay Egg- a Day. Belvidere. Ills,, April 11.—(Special.)— Ono of the oddest contests over inaugu rated by Illinois farmers is that which ! has been going on near this town for the | last two months. The object is to pro | duce as near as possible an average i of an egg a day by some of the blooded j poultry stock of the farmers. During the month of March a flock of twenty-two liens owned by Ben Lear produced til eggs, an average of twent - eggs to the hen for the month. A flock of nineteen Wyandotts owned by George jI- ry produced an average of nineteeri j eggs to the hen during the same month. I fen barred Plymouth Rock hens belong | mg to XV. H. Church ran the average up to twenty-three eggs per hen during the month, tn February the same flock produced an average of only a fraction over fourteen eggs to each hen. These are considered wonderful accom plishments in production, and poultry mon are hopeful that they can produce stock that will lay an egg a day in the | longest months of the year.
