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to play al banquets, receptions and

to play at banquets, receptions and
teas.
it has not been two years since
Edna first handled a cornet. Until
Is months ago she showed no sign
whatever of possessing extraordi-
nary musical talent.
Edna worked faithfully for over an
hour. Coming quietly into the room
Mr.. White was astonished to hear
his daughter play Yankee Doodle"
''Home, Sweet Home" and Nearer,
My God, to Thee"
This was the commencement of her
musical career She took weekly
lessons and was allowed to take her
w time in learning a selection. At
the end of six months she made her
first appearance at their home church
in Brooklyn, using her fathers cor
net.
She is familiar with most of the
great cornet ~soloists of the day,
quantity discussing the merits of
their rendition and of their instru-
ments, of which she is herself capable
of good judgment. OF comets she
has a decided opinion, formed by
testing and using the various makes
on the market. Her present instru-
ment was purchased with the first
$50 earned.
She is able to accompany the hu-
man voice in difficult selections and
but needs to hear a piece once to be
able to play it. 1t is marvellous how
readily this. little cornetist can trans
pose. She can follow at sight a class
instrument.
She is wholly unaffected and child
ish. Small, with much dark hair and
intellectual brown eyes. She is quite
pretty.
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MfHaI55E1l1zgN
|a25lNES5@2
MRS. ANNIE BESANT.
English Prophecies of T~heosophy
HAS Not Yet Lost Her Hold ON
Her London Followers.

The end of Annie Besant is not yet.
This seems to be the feeling which has
been created in England, where the
most famous of living t~heosophists
has been making a three months visit.
Mrs. Besant left England n few days
ago, on her way to India, where mat
tiers connected with the school for
natives which she founded at Benares
several years ago claim her attention.
She is going by way of the continent
and viii hold t~heosophical meetings in
Germany, Switzerland and Italy
evidently sailing from a southern
port. Mrs. Besant will return to Eng
lane in june and pursue her calling as
a latter day Blavatsky in the vicinity
of London.
A few years ago it was prophesied
fully that Annie Besant was about to
be ignored by the world at large and
England in particular. But this proph-
ecy has not been fulfilled. In fact,
the little part of the universe repre-
scented by this island, at least, thinks
more kindly of Mrs. Besant than it
ever did before. She seems to have
lived down much of the antagonism
her earlier life aroused and to have
inspired a kindlier feeling among her
countrymen than they were wont to
show her. While in England Mrs.
Besant held many lectures and it was
only a few days before her departure
that she spoke to 50. great audience in
London.
She retains her marvellous charm
and while she does so she will not
cease to affect multitudes visibly;
while she pursues her present discreet
and intelligent educational methods
in India she will not cease to win the
appreciation of a large portion of the
English people.
1t is now Mrs. Besant's annual pro-
gramme to spend nine months of the
year in India and the other three in
England strengthening the theosophi-
cal society with the learning she
brings fresh from the birthplace of
theosophy. Mrs. Besant is the power
of her cult in England, to-day, say
what else people may of her. She it
is who arranged for the various
courses of ~theosophical lectures which
leading English th%eosophists are this
winter delivering in America. In fact,
every missionary influence the society
is eXerting emanated primarily from
her.
Mrs. Besant thinks theosophy ought
to be assimilated rapidly by the Amer
leans, because she considers Ameri-
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QUICK AS
A Rapid Recipe for Making Soda Bis
emit, Together with Other
Kitchen Hints.

If hot biscuit are fancied for tea
or luncheon, the following good
recipe saves bringing out pastry
board and rolling pin after the kitch-
en- has been cleared up: Grease the
muffin rings slightly and put them
on the creased baking pan. Rub into
a quart of flour, sifted, with a small
teaspoonful of salt and two heaping
ones of baking powder, a scant half
cup of half-and-half arc and butter,
stir to a dough with enough milk to
make it just too thin to roll out;
if too thin the biscuits will not De
faky. Drop from a spoon each mIf-
fin ring nearly full; it should De
double in rising: Stir the dough to
mound shape with tip of the spoon.
By stirring a w~ell-beaten egg into
this dough and rubbing a generous
tablespoonful of sugar into the -four,
a nice tea cake, to be cut In slices
with a hot knife and eaten hot with
sweet butter, is made. Bake in
round pans; a quart one should give
eight slices, fluffy within and brown
of crust.
Hot cake may be cut with impu-
nifty, and even fresh brown bread NAV
be sent to table in nice slices if the
knife is thrust into boiling water or
otherwise heated before using. When
beginning to make brown bread this
season don't fail to insist that your
grocer sells you old-fashioned mid
dlings," which now comes to market
in bags from seven pounds upward.
If bread made from this is kneaded
as carefully as white and a little
sugar or molasses added mot
enough to be detected), it will at
once become a family favorite. When
a day old it makes delicious "nutty''
sandwiches, and if sprinkled into the
"eye" of boiling water with the right
hand, while stirring with the left
until of proper consistency, then
cooked for 90 minutes, it is a deli
cious Observation-Disclosures Star.
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CHOICE EXTRACTS.

The tongue of scandal is harmless
Presbyterian.
Self-denial and self-government are
necessary to the friendship. both of
God and ~man.-George Walker.
Learn to commend thy daily acts to
God, so shall the dry everyday duties
of common life be steps to Heaven and
lift thy heart thither.-Edward b.
Pusey.
1t is a strange utinfexible spiritual
law, that those who aim at anything
short of the best according to their
conception, as God has given them
light, will sooner or later come to
grief. 1t is merely a matter of time.
Charles H. Brent.
Real growth in character ONE as
so many of the best gifts OF God come
by the way. In doing what we be-
lieve to be Gods will for us, many
things lie in the straight line of that
fidelity. Every unselfish act makes I'M
s~elishness more possible.--H. w.
Foote.
Hurried results are worse than non
We must force nothing, but be par
takers of the divine patience. . !.
If there is one thing evident in the
worlds history, it is that God hasteth
not. All haste implies weakness. Time
is as cheap as space and natter
George Macdonald,
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PLANTER
IMPROVEMENT OF SWINE.
Need to BE EducaIed In the
Handling of the Improved
Breeds of Swine.

In mixing with farmers at fairs this
fall such remarks as these were fire.
quently heard: Il want to improve
my hogs ! think / will cross my
hogs with swine breeds of larger and
coarser bone" "Our hogs have been
Improved until there is no vitality
left in Them" and SO on; it is always
the hog that is at fault and never the
feeder.
While there may be some reason for
the remarks quoted, yet it should not
be forgotten that the breeding and
feeding of the last half century have
developed a hog with a better form
for the block, greater digestive ca
pacity and quicker maturing powers.
The intestine of the wild hog is nine
times the length of his body, that of
the razor back is 10 times, while in
the improved breeds the relation of
the W. is about 81 to 1. Virtually
equivalent to adding that many more
tiues to the boiler, always a fuel saw
er.
1t is natural that the new hog re-
quires more skillful feeding and care
than the old one, as the new boiler
requires more skillful firing than the
old one but we submit that there is
nothing in the situation to warrant
the going back to the old type of hog
than to the old type of boiler. 1t is
much more sensible. and will prove
vastly more profitable in the end to
educate feeders in the handling of
the new type than to teach that the
best method is to go back even a
step toward the old type.
There is nothing in the situation to
justify the demand for a reversion of
a type of hog that for more than half
a century we have been industriously
striving to get away from. When
the new type is fed and handled as it
should be, and as it can be very east
ly, it is as prolific as was it's progeni-
tor, has bone enough to carry it's in
creased weight, and vitality enough
to stand the strain of quicker matur-
ing. Retrogression of the hog should
not be the demand; but progression
of the feeder! And to this end all in
structors should work.-Farm, Stock
and Home.
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LANDOWNER AND RENTER.
The Long Versus the short Term
Lease and the Advantages
of the Former.

| am 20 years of age, and bave been
both renter and owner OF land. The
greatest curse, according to my view
and experience, is the short-term
lease. If l were d large landowner l
would adopt this plan: [ would not
rent or lease a farm for a less term
lease if the renter did his part. That
than five years, with the understand
ing that it would be a continuous
lease if the renter cid his part. That
would give the renter encouragement
to do his best, for it would be to his
W as well as the landlords ad-
vantage to do his best. The renter
under this plan would see to it that
all the manur would be saved and
applied to the land; there would be
no waste of anything; the fences and
buildings would be looked after and
kept in good repair, and there would
be neither the skinning of the land
or landowner.
A person with one eye can tell when
passing a farm whether there is a
long-lease man on the farm or a one
year man. When l pass a farm where
the fences and buildings look like a
cyclone had struck them some years
ago, | say to myself: There is the
one-year-lease farm When I pass a
farm with all fences in good shape,
and the buildings shining with fresh
paint, machinery all housed, with fine
trees and rose bushes, lawn kept
moved smooth, and her an organ or
piano, then | say: There is either
an up-to-date landlord or a long-lease
renter on this farm"
Some will say it would never do to
lease a farm for so long a time; sup
pose the renter was a poor farmer
and manager; just think what a loss
it would be. Just so; but there are
many good, young farmers who are
keeping a lookout for any and every
chance of the kind of which l speak.
Before one of these chronic one-vea
lessees could wake up and make up
his mind about tackling a five-year
lease, n of those hustlers would
take it.-M. III. W., in Farm and Fire
side.
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HERE N THERE.

The feeding value of alfalfa hay
as determined by its market price is
quite high just now. A Texas grower
has recently refused SIS per ton for
his crop of past summer.
There is no doubt that crossing
highly bred hogs on the razor-back
improves the vigor and vitality of the
progeny. But this vigor can be had
without going down grade for it.
The profit from fruit growing de-
ponds on the quality of the product
more than on anything else. Extra
fine fruit can be sold anywhere at a
good price any day in the year. Then
why waste money and energy trying
to grow good fruit from inferior va
rieties.
implements not in use need shell
ter as much as horses or COWS or peo-
pie. The ancient custom of putting the
wagon under a tree prevails on some
farms to-day. Also the ancient Gus
tom of leaving the plows against the
field fence and storing the c~ultivator
on the north side of the barn.
-Bermuda grass does not do so
well from the seed. 1t is safer and
cheaper to plant the roots. These
should be planted in the spring or
summer. March or April are the best
months. The roots can be had from
the seed dealers or from any farm
where it is growing, at a small cost.
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we can from springtime until harvest?
e. L. Vincent, in Farm and Fire
side.
MARKETING COTTON.
When the Farmer Raises Cotton as
a surplus C-oD He'll Get a
Fair Price for 1t.

The trusts and spectators have
succeeded in holding down the price
of cotton, regardless of the short
crop and the government reports. It's
not the first time the cotton
have been beaten out of their hard
earned money by false estimates. But
the growers, by their foolishness have
contributed largely into the hands of
the spectators themselves by selling
their cotton in the seed as fast
as they could get it out, regardless
of the price. OF course that forces
the ginners to put the cotton in order
to continue the buying. On account
of the round bale system the square
bale ginners are now forced to buy
cotton in the seed, or let their ma
chinery stand still. But when the
round bale system drives the square
bale men out of business, they will
then have the thing their way. Later,
when they get the bulk of the cot
ton seed in, they put up prices on
hulls and meal, but will sell them
to the large cattle feeders about 25
per cent. cheaper than to the man
who raises the seed. But it is nat
ural for big fish to eat little ones.
They have always done it, and / sup
pose always will. But the plan for
the farmers is to unite and hold the
trust magnates down. But the farm
ers under the slip shod way of doing
business, are the subjects of all
trusts. Their produce is priced by
the other fellows, and all manufac-
tured goods they consume + priced
by others; hence, they are not in it.
except to do the work. And, it will
continue thus as long as men con-
tinue to wear their muscles out and
never exercise their brains. We ought
to make an indepedent living at
home, and raise cotton as a surplus
crop, and then put a price of ten
cents per pound on it, and never turn
a bale loose for less. But as long as
we pick out a bale and run to the
gin and sell it regardless of the price,
we will never be anything but hewers
of wood and drawers of water. The
capital of the country is becoming
centralized like u government;
hence, it takes organization to COM
pete with organization.-B. E. Mas
terS, in Farm and Ranch.
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GARDENING ON THE FARM.
The Pea Crop Considered as q
Money Maker For the Farm
ers of the South.

In gardening as in farming, the four
main questions regarding any prod
uct is: First, can it be raised easily;
second, is it a good keeper or easily
saved; third, is it very. desirable for
home use, and fourth, does it COM
mand a ready sale for cash? This last
is the most important one, as consid-
cred by the majority. Now the
white of Table Pea" gives a favor
able answer to all the above four
questions. We once heard of a man
who was known as potato Sam
We would not mind being called the
Pea SAM" of our section. We can
not go into a history of it's Latin
name, its origin in India, etc. How
ever glorious its past, we are most
concerned about its future. The
south's money crop, that commands
the cash all the time is: First, cotton;
second, ~cotton-seed, and third comes
peas. We can get 81 per bushel for
all the white peas W. can raise. We
have simply been too negligent about
them. They are easily raised and gath
cred. Two crops a season, as they
mature in 60 days. They are delicious
green, and are gooddry, in whichc con
dition you can use them all the win
ter. They T one of the most nu-
tritious foods We have. Now all this
We are telling you is known by all,
and it is but repeating the ''old story,
yet we southerners do not live up to
u knowledge and opportunities. If
the northerners had such an heritage
they would make full use of it.. Peas
as a food for man and beast should
stand in the list of southern products.
Every farmer should plant more of
them, and they would find it greatly
to their interest to plant the first
crop in May, which would mature in
July, when they do not come in con-
fict with cotton picking, and it is
easy to nave them gathered. We plant
ed one gallon this spring, from which
we saved ten bushels. Have sold over
50 worth, and have plenty to eat and
plant for another season. This beats
all cotton and gives us money in the
summer to help make our cotton
upon. We have found the early
Blackeyed" variety the best. 1t has
all the flavor of the "Crowder,'' and is
much more prolific, and does not run
so much. 1t is much superior as a Ia
BILE pea to the small all white ones.
More machinery, more diversified
farming is the plan upon which we
-..-& x-~-1- e x.D -.-l> - .-s-
C. f. Hannunt, in Dixie Farmer.
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cans "a very psychic people" She
says, however, in the same breath:
F'Your materialism is against you.
Too many of your religions seek the
support of the spirit to enrich the
body, rather than the body to enrich
the spirit"
Mrs. Besant is u%ndeniably clever"
he said, land her theories on the sub
iect of education are sane and schol-
arly. Moreover, | think her object in
founding colleges in India is the single
one of giving the Indians what she
considers England owes them, namely.
assistance in developing their method
of study"
This last summer in England has
proved Annie Besant to be more than
ever the friend of the London Door.
These same poor always have and, [
believe, always will, love her. Her
charity has been too practical, her
sympathy too frequently put to the
test by the needy, to permit of their
doubling her. A matter of minor
Importance to a hungry man or rag
ged beggar girl is the changing relig-
ious beliefs of the woman who be-
friends him or her. No one denies
chat Mrs. Besant has tried nearly
every religion from strict evangelical
doctrines to her present liberal faith
in theosophy. No one forgets her
brilliant defense in court against the
slanderer which sought to rob her of
her good name. Her avowed dislike
of her husband, her separation from
him and his priesthood in the Church
of England, are details in her life his
tory long since written. Her children
are grown and married, but both of
them now yield their mother the low
atty and affection which in youth they
were forbidden to show her.
Sir Walter Besant cordially disliked
his sister-in-law and changed the pro
nunciation of his name that he might
not be called by hers. But she has
moved on in her chosen path, solitary
and scorned much of the way, but
keeping always as her guiding star an
abiding trust in the necessity of being
true to herself. Perhaps Mrs. Besant
will live to see her complete vindica-
ton and the cordial recognition of the
work she has sincerely attempted to
do. Those of us who have seen her
this summer, are agreed, as / have said
above. that the end of Annie Besant
is not yet.-From a London Letter.
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RECORD Of THE PAST.

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Samuel j. Taylor, retired carpenter,
residing at 312 South Third St, Goshen,
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Jacob C. Mann, notary public, stating
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passed gravel and suffered ~excruciat-
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market that I heard about, and some
gave me temporary relief. 1 began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and the
results / gave to the public in the state
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on the 10th day of July, 1902, l make
this further statement, that during
the Ave years which have elapsed I
have had no occasion to use either
Doan's Kidney Pills or any other med
icine for my kidneys. The cure effect
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The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-02

and His train filled the temple, and the
voices cried, saying: "Holy, Holy,
Holy, is the Lord of Hosts; the whole
earth is full of His glory" from the
day of Isaiah to the last days of the
Apostle John, who said: "Truly, our
Fellowship is with the Father and with
HIS Son, Jesus Christ" TO the day of
Augustine, who prayed: Lord, Thou
mast made us for Thyself, and our
hearts are restless until they rest in
Ihee;' to the day of Luther, who
wrote: ~ have much work to per-
form to-day, / must spend four hours
IN prayer, that l may be strength
ened for it," ever to the present time.
there have been countless thousands,
great and little, who have testified that
they knew God, and received from
him guidance and consolation. Some
OF these l knew. One was my own
mother. And when her testimony and
theirs accorded with my reason-I
could not be an agnostic.
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THE GAMBLERS WIFE.
"A SAD story That Hlustrat es the SOr-
row Sin Brings Into the World
A FOrgiving Spirit.

She lay with her thin, white face
against the pillow, in the last throes
of the great white scourge." She
was alone-eXcept for the presence
OF the negro nurse. Her gambler
husband had deserted her in the
death agonies of consumption. She
was dying a double death. Her
strength was fast failing; but worse.
her faithful heart was breaking.
After the words of comfort-'the
exceeding great and precious prom
lses'-and the few simple words with
the Father about His forsaken child,
says Everett Gill, in the Baptist
Union, l turned to go. She begged
me to return next morning. When
L explained the impossibility Il was
going that night to another state)
she called me back, saying: Il want
to tell-you something" Then fol-
lowed, between gasps and pauses for
breath, the saddest life story that
ever fell upon my ears.
Rena, a foolish girl of IS, had mar
ried Frank against her parents
will. They had disowned her; but
later relented. Many a night she sat
and waited till early morn for
Frank" to return from the gaming
table. She could hear the shouts and
ring of the money. When, at length.
Frank" did come she only gently
chided him. She came to want
1onlxa1 nrnnar nJA+IAe Iol 80 Lo,zo
her heart and love he trampled
upon-he deserted her. During these
bitter experiences two sweet boys
were born to cheer her saddened
heart. After seven weary years
Prank" brought her (only a few
weeks ago. to our city and deserted
her for the second time, leaving her
penniless and friendless, with her
baby boy-a dying
Can | ever forget that feeble, pitt
full voice, that gathered up into itself
all the pathos of unrequited wifely
devotion, as she said: "I-loved
Frank-I-gave up all-for him-my
home-everything-. He didn't mean
to be cruel-I think. The doctor
says cant get we'll. l don't want
to die-now-I want-my own sweet
home.-I want my-older boy-and
my mother. Oh, when you pray
for me-pray for Frank-just as you
pray for me-" Those words of
deathless love will ever ring in my
ears: Pray for Frank just as you
pray for me-"
That night at IL the gamblers
Christian girl-wife died-without a
home-without a husband to hold
her hand and say endearing things
to the last-without a mother to
smooth her brow and say daughter,
| forgive all'-without her darling
boy to say in response to- her fare
well: Good by, mamma, where are
you going?"-died alone with a ne
gro nurse standing by her bed.
Oh, but she was not alone. Invis-
IDLE Father-arms EMBODIED her; and
as sweetly as a child she fell asleep
in Jesus. She is now in her Gown
sweet home"
Somewhere out in the world is a
murderer-husband, with blood on his
soul, who by neglect slew her who
loved him 'even INTO death" / now
have a new understanding of Father,
forgive them; for they know not
what they do"