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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-03
A Good Thing for Heaven.

The late Dr. Parker, of London, was arguing with a man on the prob lem of continued existence, and as MT. Parker was at the door the friend finally declared: "The fact is. I am an annihilationist. I believe that when I die that will be the end of me" Thank God for that!" declared the doctor, and banged the door.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-03

"A FOON EA&OS I in storm is cheap Umbrella. It's foolish to carry one when you can get one of strongest frame of our make and guarantee for hard service. Um- brellas from 35c up. .
 TAKE NOTICE.
 This is your last opportunity to buy the best Trunks, Bags, Dress Suit Gases at half their cost on account of being forced to vacate the premises. It will pay you to call and see us this time. Umbrellas Recovered and Re paired with the best Gloria Silk from 65c up.
 179 Bank, corner Grand street. Waterbury Umbrella ard Trunk Mfr. Trunks and Bags repaired at reason
 able prices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-03

If you want tenement or a house. work girl, The Democrat penny a word" ads will help you.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-03

Do you want situation, or clerk, CT a boy? Try our penny a word' ads. They are read by the people.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-03

methods keep our work up to the stand ard. The Most Comfortable of All Togs is a we'll laundered shirt, while badly laundered one is about the most uncomfortable. We will guar antee to do them up each week so that they will be as comfortable as possible. All classes of goods are considered worthy of the most careful attention. Ry permitting no detail to be sighted we achieve wonders in the finish of all work.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-03

l. One stroke calls superintendent to the City hall
 II. Two strokes, fire out, recall.
 1-1-1. Three strokes, 12 m. 9 D. m.
 1-1-1-1.1-1-1-1-1-1. Ten strokes quick will indicate general alarm and will call the entire force into service.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-03
THOMAS FEATON, PROP'R.

N. B.-$5.oo worth of Trading Stamps given with one pound of Best Mixed Tea, roc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

If ever it does. as rice lands are limited as to territory and climate.
 There is duty of cents per pound on imported rice. which is a great advafi. tage to the American rice producer The rice crop, however. Is the surest of afl crops; it is certainty each year. for. with extensive canals and numerous wells. no rice planter will attempt to grow rice unless assured of water from one of these sources.
 As has already been stated, the area of land suitable for rice culture Is limited, It is estimated that there are about fn- 0OO.0OO acres of land in the five States bor- dering the Gulf of Mexico well suited to rice cultivation. The amount which car, be successfully irrigated by present methods does not exceed 100000 acres of land. The balance of the land could prob ably be brought into cultivation If neces- sary, but the cost would be prohibitiva ef present prices. Three million acres there fore. is conservative estimate of the amount which can be successfully irri- gated. It has been ascertained that the best results require rotation of crops. con- seduently only the half of that amount or only 100000 acres, would be in rice at any one time. At an average yield of ten barrels, or 162 pounds of rice per acre. 1,500.000 acres of rice would yield nearly 2.000000.000 pounds of cleaned rice. It can hardly be hoped. however, that this amount will ever be produced in this country, and there is no danger of an overproduction. The rice production of this country. however. has been steadily increasing for a dozen years past. but then the demand for rice and rice pro ducts in the United States has increased faster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
IN THE SOUTH
TAE CAPABILITIES OF 1T
 CROP.
Something About the Plant Where Irrigation is Necessary.
 Prospects Bright.
w. c. Moore in Houston Post.

W. c. Moore in Houston Post.
 The history of rice culture in this coun- try is said to date back to the colonists in Virginia. but 1t does not appear that they made any great headway n cultivating the cereal, for to South Carolina belongs the credit of being the first State to grow rice in any considerable quantity. It is said tc have been introduced into that State as early as the close of the Seventeenth Century. A vessel driven by stress of weather into the harbor of Charleston IS said to have left the seed there.
 The rice-growing section of the United States Is limited to the South Atlantic and Gulf States. For nearly two cen turies after the introduction of rice into this country South Carolina and Georaa produced the principal portion. and Ala bama, North Carolina, Florida and Mis- sissippi grew only small amount Now Texas and Louisiana grow three-fourths of all the rice grown in the United States. It is interesting to note, however, as we'll as comforting to the rice farmer, to know that the production of rice in the United States is considerably less than the con- sumption.
 Now is to the conditions of production. it Is no doubt known that the crop must be irrigated. Not only muSt the crop be irrigated. but to attain It's best develop ments it must be m a moist climate. such as Is found in Southern Louisiana and the gulf coast country of Texas.
 With an abundance of water for irriga- ton and moist climate. 1t is observed that the best rice lands are underlaid by an impervious subsoil, as they must he satisfactorily drained at harvest time in order to permit of the use of improved harvesting machinery. Therefore, it can
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

was brave soldier in Mexico, and as a reward for patriotism and gallantry his people elected him Justice of the Peace. soon thereafter a man was brought be- Tore the Squire for examination on a charge of murder. Joe associated another magistrate with L-mself. and the trial proceeded.
 It happened that the accused had re- turned to his home late one afternoon and found his eldest son. a young man of 20. running amuck He knocked his mother down and dragged her around by the hair Of her head. leat his brother and sister. and when the father came on the scene the ruffian attacked him and at- tempted to carve him with an ugly butch. CT knife, The father picked up an ax and orained the young man, and was now on trial for murder.
 When the witnesses had deposed, Joe consulted his associate and then deliy- cred the following judgment:
 Tt Is the opinion of this court that the defendant De enlarged and go hence with out delay and the court would remark that If there is any other gentlemen in this presence who has at hi. home rude, refractory boy given to such practices as the testimony in the case just concluded discloses that the deceased young man was wont to indulge in, it is the advice of this court to that gentleman to re. turn to his home and immediately dis patch his offspring and surrender him. self to this court for examination and trial, and the judgment will be the same. |"
 If Mir. Bryan makes the issue in 1904- and that is what he Is resolved to do- the judgment will be the same"
 If. however, the Democratic Party, chastened and penitent. shall have the courage of it's Democracy. and discern ment enough to keep in the middle of the big road. there will be an independent Populist ticket in the field headed by Bryan. or Allen. or Weaver. The issues will be the issues of 1892. And the chances good that the result will be the same as in 1892 Will the Democratic Party be Democratic? There's the rub. Or will it again suffer itself to be crucifed between the insolent knavery of a Robber Repub. lican tariff, on the one hand, and the chattering Populist vagary of fiat money on the other? And there is the rub, too.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

be seen that the amount of land. where rice can be successfully cultivated, even in rice-growing country, Is necessarily limited. Therefore. as the best results in growing rice require a rotation of crops 1t ran be readily seen that there is nc danger of an overproruction of rice. which is a matter of valuable information to the prospective rice farmer
 The sail best adapted to rice cultivation is medium loam. with a heavy subsoil of clay. and therefore the prairie lands of both Louisiana and Texas have proven to be admirably adapted to the growth Of rice It seems almost incredible that less than dozen years ago rice had at- tracted no attention in the gulf coast country of Texas, where experience has shown that some of the best rice lands in the world are located. At that time our prairie lands were being offered at from g to 5 per acre. with very few buyers. In the year 1890 l visited Crow ley and Jennings. being then employed in the land department of the Southern Pacific, snd l became very much interest ed in the rice industry. I Investigated the soil and the methods of cultivation, as we'll as the climatic conditions, and recognized that as to soil and climate there there was great similarity existing
 
 First Rice Pamphlet.
 In 1898 prepared ana the firm of which I was then a member issued the first rice pamphlet that was ever issued in Texas dealt altogether with the culture of rice in Liberty County as a paying crop.
 On March 1. 1893, contributed an ar ticle to The Houston Post on the subject of rice, which Is particularly interesting now in view of the developments of the rice industry since that time. beg to quote as follows:
 "All that territory traversed by the Southern Pacific Railroad between Hous- ton and Eagle Lake south to the coast embraces Orange. Liberty. Jefferson Chambers, Tarris, Fort Bend. Wharton Matagorda. Brazoria and Galveston coun- ties, constituting an area of territory adapted to the cultivation of almost any thing grown in the United States" I also added: The writer would beg to intrude with a rice talk in this connection, and would like to have this subject given ] some consideration. After carefully not , ing for the past two and half years the wonderful developments in Southern Lou isiana by the cultivation of rice. I have concluded that this is the crop for South. east Texas Our. elevation and water ia cilities are identical. and all that is necessary to make this crop a success Is little study of the subject by our far mers, and they will readily perceive the great advantage 1t possesses over any other crop planted in this territory, and while these lands. termed rice lands are somewhat ignored by the present class of buyers, 1t will only be matter of a year or two until they will be the most sought for" Since the issuing of this first pamphlet 1t has been followed by thousands of others. until this firm has printed and distributed during the past ten years 100000 pieces of advertising matter. 80 per cent. of which called spe- cial attention to this section as being bet. ter adapted to the cultivation of rice thar any other crop. especially the bulk of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
Only Midalin, b

A story is being told of a young minis- ter who on his first charge was called upon to preach funeral sermon over a woman. It was his first funeral ser mon. and he laid himself out to mako an impression and succeeded. The wo- man had had her faults. out the minister forgot them. This was to be expected. but he extolled her so highly that the poor, bereaved husband. sitting there list, ening. couldn't recognize her by the de- scription. Finally the husband could stand 1t no longer. and. Ieaping up. in- Corrupted him with beckoning hand, gasp ing out: No no. sir; not thatI She wee only bout middlin'"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
The sapucaia.

NeW York Press.
 Two thousand miles from the mouth of the Amazon. far up toward the back bone of South America, is found the sap ucaia tree. which bears the sapucaia nut. known to the trade here as the paradise nut. It grows on pod very much like the Brazil nut, and is far better in every way. A great many nuts are in a pod. sometimes 150. and when they are ripe the pod explodes. throwing a lid of the top and scattering the contents in every di- rection. The pod Is as large as a child'n head. The fruit is scarce and costly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
Intelligent Remaining of the Indians

Intelligent Remaining of the Indians | Southern Worwman. Judging by the comments of the press, considerable misapprehension exists as to this movement on the part of the Gov ernment, and it has been somewhat cen sured. but there are good reasons for ask ing the Indian people to conform to our system of naming. They are begining to own land and cattle. and the matter of inheritance is as important to them as 1t is to the white people. As most our readers are aware, there has been hith- erto no sytem or family names on the issue and allotment rolls of tho Indian agencies.
 MT. Hamlin Garland. at a recent meet ing of the Sequoya League. gave an illus tration of the Indians feelings in regard to this matter. He says: Mir. James Mooney, who Is at present among the Ki- owas and Commanches. was approached one day by an intelligent Ktowa, who said. My friend, I want you to do some thing for me; want you to ask the agent to let my children who are at school bear the names my wife and l have given them. I do not like the names the white
 teachers have given to my children. MT
 Mooney promised to help in the matter On investigation he found that the chill dren had been named Betsy Kuhn Burt Heidsick' Labonia Bentley and the like without any regard to their wishes or their relationship. The agent readily
 gave the order to have the real names substituted and this is the pleasant re- suit The fathers name was Gunavi, the
 mothers name was Doan Gunavi. the daughters were Halli. Tsuma and Imguna Gunavi, and the sons Inalli and Zapko Gunavi. Here we have a Kiowa family treated properly and a group of really beautiful names is the result. Our lan- guage is enriched by so many new beau tiful sounds. and lastly and of more inn portance, the requirements of our laws are met and the family relationship is es- tablished."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

bushels of American grown rice to seed an acre. Rice stools more than any other grain planted and it has been known to put out 125 shoots from single grain. Tn fact, 1t will average thirty or forty shoots It is better to plant rice in cuts every fifteen or twenty days apart. SO that 1t will not all ripen at the same time, and one farmer can harvest more by having more time to do 1t in. Rice may be planted all of April and May and up to the middle of June. Rice may be planted with drill or with a disc harrow with seeder attachment. or where the land is muddy it may be sown broad cast. followed by heavy harrows to cov- CT up the seed.
 Irrigation Season.
 June is the beginning of the irriea- ton season for rice. The water on the field may be six inches in some places and in others only about an inch. but the desideratum Is to cover the entire field with sheet of water, Rice requires a thorough saturation of the land with wa ter. but when this is done no excessive quantity will profit the plant or injure jt. Unless there Is plenty of rain. the pumps of the irrigating plant must be run night and day for three months.
 The rice farmer Is not competitor as regards other farm products. Tn fact, he Is a great consumer. for he grows noth- ing but rice and buys everything he uses One hundred thousand acres of rice will exceed In value 3O0000 acres of wheat and the irrigated rice lands of Texas will no doubt become the highest priced farm property in the State.
 In October the harvesting and threshing of the rice crop begins. and the method Is very much the same as harvesting and threshing a crop of wheat.
 Rice straw may be baled and when not injured by rain 1t makes very fine forage for stock of all kinds. Rice costs to raise 1t from s to SIP per acre. This does not include. however, water and land rent If tenant adds these two items the total cost is about $20 per acre. The tenant. therefore, clears from SIP to $20 per acre. and one man can cultivate 100 acres. Rice varies in price from g to $4.50 per barrel. according to grade.
 A good, hard. finty rice will mill 100 pounds of clean rice to the barrel. and this would be divided about as follows: Sixty pounds of hard rice. twenty-five pounds of No. and fifteen pounds of brewers rice. After the outside hull has been taken from rice there is a bran very much resembling wheat bran, which is very fine for stock of al kinds. Next to the bran comes 800 pounds of polish. This re- duced to a sack would give twenty pounds of bran and twelve pounds of polish.
 Rice polish resembles very much buck wheat flour and is used quite extensively for food in foreign countries. Rice polish is also used in manufacturing numerous kinds of trinkets. such as small buttons used in shirts. and which very much re. semble the bone button. It is also used for making keys lor pianos, and resem- bles ivory so closely that an expert can hardly tell the difference. White door knobs are also made from rice polish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
The Well suatsm

Returning for moment to the methods of irrigation, I would like to say that the we'll system has proved to be highly sat- isfactory. The great advantage of we'll ir- rigation is that it will bring into culti- vation thousands of acres that canals can never reach, on account of the great dis tance from streams of water. The charge for boring an eight-inch well is 8 per foot and for six-inch we'll g per foot. The depth varies from 60 to 200 feet. These are not artesian wells, and a pump and engine costing $500 are required to pump water from the well onto the land. An eight-inch we'll will water from 100 to 14O acres of rice. according to the season. What the result of continually sinking new wells and the vast amount of water drawn therefrom will have on the supply below is as yet not determined It is the general opinion, however, that the supply is inexhaustible. and that parties who want to embark in rice cultivation by this system of irrigation need have no appre- hension as regards the water supply.
 The farming methods and earnings are the same as those of canal farming
 The outlook for rice culture was never brighter than at this time. The United States is a heavy importer of rice and will be for years to come. as t will De years before the yield equals the consumption.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

Tn Pulaski County Kentucky. there dweit . character, one Joe Porch. He
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
A Thoughtless Druggist.

ONLY thoughde druggist would offer preparation without dnat
 of Chaa Fletcher when Castoa is called for; dca faint au1 dckerng light that ens babs H its devoted being sore to the seRrespecing druggist to be traed with &
 For thirty Mr. Fletcher has g and still gives personal attention the preparation of Oa has confidence mothss and physicians everywhere harmed tho ne babe This be said of limitations Comtefsi and the Jussasgood rot A
 The thoughts druggist only offers the counterfeit few pennies profit Any preparation be but experiment. and they expe irrespective of what their sponsors may say ths experience of thirty years against wild and uds experiments
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

When a Chicago girl tramples a fellow g affections he Is out of t for good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

Mir. Bryan has simplified things. There he stands, the Bryan of 1SS6-the Bourbon who does not forget and who cannot learn. The Democratic Party must make a choice. If it is still for Bryan 1t must continue Bryan in the leadership. If it Is going to put Bryanism in the plat form, then Bryan is the logical and tlAe inevitable candidate. As we'll eat the devil as to drink his broth.
 It is vain to talk of harmony between men who think as William J. Bryan thinks. Either the Ideas of John G. Car lisle or the vagaries of Jerry Simpson must prevail in the Democratic councils. They will not fuse. Oil and water will mix sooner. Fire and water will blend as soon
 The South must decide. Bryan can gaze on the monday July sun longer than he can exist in a Democratic convention without support from the South. If the South thinks Bryanism worth it's cost crushing defeat alienation of New York, government by referee, and not very rep utable referee at that-Mr. Bryan will control the next Democratic Convention, dictate its platform and name it's ticket. If the South is much in love with the administration of Theodore Roosevelt the South can give four years more of lease to that administration by sending Bryan delegates to the next Democratic National Convention.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-01
robson on BASEBALL MIDDLE.
Differs From Pulliam. and Says Hermann
Was Right in Davis Case.

CINCINNATI, June 3O.-President Hermann
of the Cincinnati Club to-day received a
letter from President Robson of the st Louis
National League Club. which uphods Herr
mann's stand in the Davis case. Robson
also inclosed a copy of his letter to President
Pullam In answer to the latter's letter to Ban
johnson relative to the case His letter to
Hermann follows:
fully concur in everything you have said TO
Mr.. Pulam, The fact y that Elberfcld was awarded
to the Detroit club. This was unanimously agreed
to by every member OF the National and American
leagues This made Elberfed an asset OF the Detroit
Elberfed to any other club, either a member of
the National League or American, provided the
consent OF Elberfeld was obtained TO the transfer
George Davis was awarded to the Chicago American
League Club. and Is the asset OF that club until
there Is disposal OF his release. and the New York
National League Club has no right 10 the services
OF George Davis until II secures them through
the proper channel
Robisons letter to Pulliam states that he
entirely disagrees with Pulliam's position in
the Davis-Elberfeld case Regarding the
charge that Herman treated Pulliam dis
courteously in giving out for publication his
letter of protest against Pulliam'S ruling in
the Davis case, Herman replies that Mr..
Pulliam carried the johnson letter concern
ing Davis in his pocket for seven days without
notifying the Cincinnati club of his opinion
in the premises and also gave It out Cor pub
LEGATION before notifying johnson that he had
written such a communication, or that it was
on its way to the president Of the American
League
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-01
Lou Dillon a Marvel. Says MIR. Killings

CLEVELAND. June so-~Lou Dillon, 2Oi9t,
now the worlds champion wagon trotter,
md John A. McKerron, 2:o5i, are candidates
for the crown of Cresceus, 2;02H.
"She has done more than | asked of her.
and she has left nothing more to be done TO
wngon," said MIR. Billings Of Lou, Dillon 10
dny There is only ono other laurel that
wifi do her credit now, and that T. the worlds
record to suky She deserves an oppor-
tunity to win that honor, and it shall be given
her She will be turned over to the eXclu-
eive care Of Trainer MiIlard Sanders. and he
may handle her ns he likes
"His object will be to demonstrate that
Lou Dillon Ia the fastest trotter in the world
and | have abundant faith that he will sue
coed.
Lou Dillon is marvellous. | believe no
other horse ever possessed such flight. OF
can keep her from the greatest triumph
mat II trotting horse could gain"