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sOUTHFORD.
LOCAL NEWS,


 The family of Robert Burns were sad ly afflicted by the death of their only child, January 29. Interment was in ! the SOuthfOrd cemetery: Rev MT Schaetfer otticiated. MT and Mrs Burns have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement. Mir and Mrs William Nadollney have returned from Norwich and are board ing with Mrs Fred Kemp. MT NadoIl- ney is working in the mill again.
 Mrs Amos filling is in very poor health.
 Miss Estella Curtiss has been staying with Mrs Burns as nurse the past week.
 Among the sick in the neighborhood are Mrs Fred Wheeler, Mrs Robert Burns, and Mrs Harry Paine.
 Representative William H. Wakeley was a guest at The. Pines, Saturday evening.
 Mrs c. N. Curtiss of Bridgeport was the guest of her sister, Mrs F. P. Stowe, over Sunday.
 Mrs Lida Wooster and Miss Lura were at Mrs J.U. Strong's for few days.
 F. P. Stowe spent Sunday, January 25, with friends in Waterbury.
 Waldo Spalding has severed his con- nectiOn with the Diamond Match Go. and has left SOuthford with his family.
 Elsie F. Stowe, who was severely burned three weeksago, is still con fined to the house, though improving slowly. It is rumored that the Capt Perry place has been sold to Derby parties. Fred Kemp entertained his sister a week recently.
 Miss Mary J. Pinkerton is at home.
 MT and Mrs Fred J. Wheeler have named their hotel "The Diamond Inn." At present there are about 20 boarders stopping there.
 Mrs Fred J. Wheeler, who has been ill, is somewhat better
 Mrand Mrs George H. Austin of Wa terbury were guests last week, of MT and Mrs w. c. Wheeler. Henry FOurnier, the blacksmith who has leased G. L. Minors new shop, is an experienced workman, doing all kinds of blacksmithing, wal gon and car riage repairing, also all kinds of wood work. MT Fournier makes speciality of shoeing lame horses, and all work done by him is fully guaranteed.
 Manager c. M. Weller of the Dia- mond Match Co. was in New York on business, last week Friday and Satur- day.
 The Diamond Match Go. have been receiving large quantities of coal the past two weeks. They have unlOaded over 30 cars.
 K. w. Eberlee, operator at the sta tion, took trip to New Haven, last Saturday.
 w. M. Spaulding, who has been en- gineer at the Diamond Match Go. $ works, has resigned his position and left town. William F. Smith has talk en his place. Mrs Robert Orr is ill., ---~-<~\-- OXFORD
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GEORGETOWN,
CHURCH AND PERSONAL JOTTINGs.

CHURCH AND PERSONAL JoTTINGs.
 Fred Foster is still confined to his house by illness, but is reported to be gaining in health.
 Frank Williams is confined to his home by severe attack of the grip.
 The grip is very prevalent in this vi- cinity, aswill be seen by the mum Der of cases reported in this issue.
 Clifford Mills is suffering from the grip.
 Cards are out for housewarming at MT O'Neil's on Thursday evening of this week.
 Wilkie Patterson is still on the sick list.
 Mrs Frank Patterson and her son, Arthur, are confined to the house by sickness.
 Howard Castle is out once more after about weeks illness.
 Mrs Edith Foster was able to pre- side at the organ at the Methodist church, Sunday.
 Mrs Michael Martin is very ill at her
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NEARLY FORFEITS Ills LIFE.

A runaway almost ending fatally, started horrible ulcer on the leg of J. B. Orner, Franklyn Grove, III. For four years it detied all doctors and all remedies. But Bucklen s A rnica Salve had no trouble to cure him. Equally good for burns, bruises, skin eruptions and piles. 25c at R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; W. B. Hawley, Sherman: Taylor, Curtis & Co.,, Sandy Hook; A. w. Twiss, Bethel; w: N. Noble and Albert EvittS, New Milford; Connery Bros., Georgetown: Allen Joyce, Roxbury Station; George D. O'Dell, Cornwall Bridge: R. F. Smith, West Cornwall, drug stores.
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MIDDLEBURY.

BAKER KELLY IS A PHILOSOPHER.-
 SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD WORRY LESS
 ABOUT EARTHLY THINGS.
 Baker Thomas Kelly is a philoso- pher. That the price of coal and flour is high does not agitate him to sleeping nights. Said he: II notice that oil has gone up a cent or two a gallon. l used to pay 65c a gallon for oil and we had no idea in those days that it would be so cheap as it is now. A few days ago received a telegram
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OXFORD.
BRIEFLY NOTED,

MT and Mrs w. D. Davis expect to start for California sometime this month. They will be absent several weeks. M. J. Cassidy and Albert Pope are contemplating opening wood yard in AnsOnja
 It is reported that F. w. Hubbell and family will return to their home in the spring.
 M. 5. Cassidy is having his barn en- stables and stancllions. B. II. Davis, the veteran carpenter, has charge of the work.
 Mrs John COndOn, who has been in Stamford, has returned home
 Samuel Hubbell had the misfortune to lose horse, last week.
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MONROE.

EAST VILLAGE AND VICINITY. Mrs Minnie Bristol and children are spending a few weeks with MT and Mrs Charles Green.
 Mrs Charles Green and Mrs Minnie Bristol spent day, last week, in Hunt ington with their mother, Mrs David LabOrie.
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REDDING.

MT al and nd Mrs Cornell Cornelius 5, M; M n Dorgan home at 27 Westport avenue, Norwalk, January 8, the occasion being the first anniversary of their marriage. About 30 couples were present. The evening was spent in music and dancing. They received many rich and costly presents. Guests were present from Norwalk and RridpepOrt.
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THE HOME CIRCLE.
OEO0R FlNANCIERlNG

There was once man from Nantucket. Who kept all his cash in a bucket; But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man. And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
 -IPrinceton Tiger. But he followed the pair to Pawtucket- The man and the girl with the bucket; And he said to the man He was welcome to Nan, But as for the bucket. Pawtucket.
 -[Chicago Tribune. Then the pair followed Pa to Manhasset, Where he still helC the cash as an asset; But Nan and the man Stole the money and ran, And as for the bucket, Manhasset.
 -[New York Press But they came to the river Shetucket,, And they still had the cash in the bucket; Twas a sad, sad affair; Nan left the man there, And as for the bucket, Shetucket.
 New Haven Register.
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WHITE HILLS AND VICINITY.

Mrs George Walters and infant son are spending few weeks on the Hill at the home of her uncle, Henry Wheel CT. Mrs Walters is somewhat out of health but is improving.
 Mrs Ellen Buckingham of Lakewood, N. J.. is staying with her niece, Mrs D. A. Nichols, for few weeks.
 Mrs N. B. Nichols, while still suffer- ing with bronchitis, is isimproving slow ly.
 Mrs B. O.. Wixom, in company with Mrs Bennett French, is visiting with
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CITCHFIELD COUNTY.
WASHINGTON.
A MOUSE RAN UP HIS BACK.


 Joseph Bader, the enterprising young marketman, had an exciting and peculiar experience the other day. The day previous with one of his brothers he had unloaded some of his cornstalks, where there was quite a colony of mice. A blanket was left on the stack and the next day Joseph went after it. Placing the blanket in the market wagon he started for the Green to deliver orders. When pass ing over the bridge he was surprised to see a good sized mouse jump out of the blanket and run up the leg of his trousers. When Joseph next located the mouse it was playing a game of ping pong on his back, while Joseph wriggled about in terror. Grabbing the mouse he endeavOred to squeeze it, but it managed to elude his grasp. The young man kept on the road and delivered his orders, but on landing at home he threw off his overcoat and rushed wildly to his room, where he disrobed No trace of the mouse was found, but on coming down stairs the mouse dropped out of his pantaloons quite dead. He says he never passed through such peculiar sensation be- fore.
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Get Ramon'S Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets for biliousness and ''cut out. calomel and other drastic drugs. A months treatment-25 doSeS-for 25c. Betts S Betts, Sandy Hook: $. J.. Park, Trumbull; W. B. Hawley, Sherman; E. A. Honan, Gaylordsville.
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LITCHFIELD BRANCH

Bethel-Leave lO.50 m, sos p m. Sunday, 7.e am. Arrive $40 a m. 4.oO p m. Sunday. 6l0 pm.
 Hawleyville-North, 1l:& m, ssspm Sun , p m. Sunday, 5;S m. +s. 13 a m. South, 9lj ID. a B m Sun Rexbqry Falls North. +n,Sa m. ss p m Roxbury North. m.ss m. $50 m. Sunday. sSS m south. s.56 q m, 3l6 p m. Sunday, Judas Bridge -Nor,h -rl.a a m, +a5s D m. Sunday. +5.G pm.
 Washinston-North. u50 m, 6O7 D m. Sun
 day. 9G m. South. s.3s a m. s-5s p m- Sum New Prestan"North. Ills. m. ell m. Sum
 gay ao m. South. s-Si m. sai p n Sun Ro.nfordI North. -Ia os a m.+ 6so pm. Sunday.
 sls m South, +s .a5a m, s4S m- Sunday, Wordsworth. ,1sos a m. +as5 m- Sunday e.2s m. South. 1920 m. s.4o p m. Sunday ',snNs SIS m South. M si. m % ss m sunday. L4ks0Ser'n sy % soash $ S @. n sunssaS: saS Li'ski,sjs AT5,Es a,;,S F : pm; m Sunday. $50 pm.
 HIGHLAND DIVISION.
 Danbury-East, TBS. 1IH m. 7o5 m. wes, 9.l5 m, ,. g, s.25 D m. leyyille-East, 7.5e u.49 . m, 7l7 m. West, 900 a m. 2.43, 7.u m. North Newtewn.East, +7.54 a ID, 72 m.
 West. S54 m. 2.36. 7.06 m. West $50 a m. 2.3O, 7.Ol D m - southburyMEast so7. 1s.os, 7a6 ID. West southford. sig m. 1s.14. 7.ls p m. Wet. S36 a m. 2.l5. 6.a6 m. WaterbuEy.Due. as6 . m, le.sA. aoa n West. SIS n, l.5o. 6A p m.
 Trains stop when s.gnaled only.
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GRANGE NOTES.


 Installation ofIofficers of Washing ton, Grange No. Il, took place Friday evening, January 30, by Worthy Depu. ty Johnson, assisted by F. U. KilbOrn Worthy State Master Patterson was al so present and gave an interesting ad. dress. Lunch and social time followed The officers are: Master, E. c. White. head; overseer, s. B. Smith; lecturer, Mrs E. c. Whitehead.
 Carl Bader, the popular local mar ket man, butchered pair of fat oXer bought of John M. Black, weighing 396O pounds.
 MT and Mrs Solomon Ryden, Jr, are the happy parents of son, born last Saturday morning.
 This Friday evening (February 6 the Calhoun street school will give ar entertainment for the benefit of the school library. The admission will he l5c; children under 12 years, lOc.
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HUNTINGTON.
A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

. A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.
 Saturday, January 10, about 15 friends gathered at the home of Mrs Charles Miller to give a surprise to Mrs Mary Buckingham on her 18th anniversary. The occasion was very pleasant one.
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wATERTowN BRANCH.

waterbury--Leave. GAS, SIS. 1L17 a m. 1-so. 3.45. 5.l0, 612, 6.5S, S.s3. IL 20 p m. Sundays, 9.53 m, SOS p na- Arrive, 6.4o, 7.45. 1O.4s m, Loo. 2.56, 4-3O. 5.5l, GAS, 7.45, u-l6 p m. Sum Watcrtown-Leave, 6as, .-sS. 1os5 a m. 1s.&3 a.4o. 4-15. 5.34. 63o ..sa, HOO p m. Sundays. 6.5 m. I. .40 D m. Arrive. ..0ss. 45. II -34 m l.i:. I.dr,. 5.s7. 6-27. 7.lO 9Io, ll.36 m. Sun days, l0,J.l a m, S aQ ID m,
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The Travellers Guide.
NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HART
 FORD RAILROAD.
BERKSHIRE DIVISION.

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 New Newtopwmn-Sorth, Q m Sii. io4o a m. HIS. AS. so. M SIS. s4ss %i ss senaay S: 4os. & s.o % GA % m: sun. day. 60: p m -, u.oxm sss. s,Io n: Sunday, zsl n; south. sso s,G, 9,s7, n.ls a m. S57. 6.oO. 6.S6 m. Sun Brookfeld pJnnction-North, 6.s7, s0a. n.Is, m: ' south, 6.io. .5.ss. s:s. lilo . m. s4s. BsoolssappSGrsS. N; sHHcsy; S sss sR Ram, F. ,s sa 7s4 pm; Sunday, SOS; South. 6.;sss. 7.O7, 75s, @ R; and and si s % snsSaz s n m S sanday 3s %; nsGs% sSdsh sS5 % soa,R h. .S m So saniS l1e ss ssS ss sls % is4s sasaaS \. 4 E MerwPpsniiiis"Sosih, Mi soHaSl S s h.a m. 1. sss pm; Sunday, s.s5. a m; South, 1oss a m, 4-lo- Ke1tNori%, @ nnsaS sis, His n.ss % m s1s eos m; Sunday, s.ls m; South. i0.ss m. s.o4. s.ss, cornwall R IT. Bridse@Norsh. S I sc: % 1s.o. m, ssz. 6-23 p m; Sunday, 9Gsa m; South. 10.u m, wsss 6a7npnaiisS"raS mi sSa@aE IS mn % a s m; Sunday,9.lo a m; South. lo.o3 a n. 3o6. 5.20 m; Sund ay, Al p m.
 m; Sunday. SIS m; South, s.55 m, ss7 sE pm; Sunday. i.33 D m-
 BorsFoRD TO BRIDGEPORT. Botsford-North, 7.sS. 1c.3l, M.os 2 m. A53. 6-ss pm; Sunday, 7.S3 m; South. s.G. s23 1l.36 am. 4-14; 6-5s p m; Sunday, 6-I6p m- See stepneyN North. 7s4. 1911. 1o.ss m. IA aks m; Sunday. s.al a m: South. 7.l5. s.a uL45 "a m. 4-ss. I.0i m; Sunday, 6S pm las s.ss m; sunday. IFS % m: south zso. sss. rrumbaii- 5 North. f!is: icoc ic!S .m, ta, 6.ao p m: Sunday. f7-l2 m; South, 7-s. s.&s. Bridgeport-North. 7.eo, e.5o, ic,oe a m. 4so. an m. lsGS ;s. sss n: Sunday. sis !. m.
 DANBuRY DIVISION
 9.uo a. m. s..5 m. Seuth 6oo s.sa. Il. $ m 6.a5. Sunday s.G5 a m. 6-l0 p In. Sunday, White 1S !ss, Ss5'n; '@'- snnssx lSS; an, m South 7-ss, 9.3s. ll.H m. 100. 6is
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 Bethel-North. s1.la. lO..s m. soa. $50, F.aa 6.06. ..3o. s.s6. a.45, Il. 5s m. 4-o6. 7-0l m- Sunday SIP a m. 6-l7 p m. Reddine-North :.a>. q m, s.o3. 6.3., 1.S3 m sanford"Nor,R, :.os. a m. isa. 6.a. 7.ss p m Sunday.a.5s m. s.lo p m. South. 6l6 s36 a Branchville-North. 6.5: io.s a m, LsA 5so. e. ..S m Sunday. s.5s m- sc3 pm. South.6-2i. !.iS, sii. le-oo m. ls-os. 4-so. Georgeiown-N 6.5s. a m. 'I.4s a.sa. 7ss p m. Sunday. 9+9 n In, ..5g p m. South, 6-ss, s.45 m. l2.l .-2i m. Sunday. s-3l m. 6-s6 pm
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ADVERTISING RATES :

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'Newtown, Friday, February o. 1905
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Telephone call, 248 32.
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RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN. ASIA.

w. G. Jameson Reid in, Gunton's Magazine
The march Of Russian aggression has
constantly gained ground through four
centuries marked by no serious setback.
ForeyearS Russia has had to force her way
in the face Of general European oppose
ton, notwithstanding Frances recently
manifested friendlinesS. But Slowly and
surely her diplomatists have worked out
a plan of intrigue and coercion, until at
the present time Russia holds strong
hand over Europe, and with the other
menaces the whole of Asia. with the pos
session of important interior ports and sea-
ports in China, Russia would be able to
nullify any advantage that. England might
enjoy from her superior naval armament,
while it would be comparatively easy
matter throw thousands Of we'll trained
troops across the Siberian frontier and
with bases of supplies in strategic points
of Central Asia and China, to let loose the
semi barbarous and Anglophobist tribes
of Turkestan, Afghanistan and Thibet
upon the fertile plains Of India, Persia aud
China. These are the conditions as they
really exist. Can England stem the tide
of Russian aggression, and il so for how
long? How long. the future alone can
tell, but it is to be hoped that selfish in
terests alone, if none others prompt, of
the great powers interested In trade rela-
lions with China, will upraise such col
lective sentiment in support of England's
policy as to check the further growth OF
Slavonic dominance in Asia beyond its
present Limitations. For, if eventually
successful such an untoward condition
as the paramountcy of Russian interests
in Asia would prove, commercially at
least, world calamity.
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And now it is estimated that Alaska has
room for 100000 people. It is the new
west.
Faulting the Aldrich Bill.

Objection has been made to the terms
of the Aldrich currency bill on the ground
that it provides for the payment for the
Panama canal rights out Of the proceeds
of the United States canal bonds. It is
charged also that the special feature of
the measure-that the secretary of the
treasury may receive as security for the
deposit of government moneys in the ma
tional banks other bonds than those. of
the United States, viz, first class state,
municipal and railway bonds-is in the
interest OF the Standard Oil group Of
bankers.
These objections are frivolous. It: is
true the canal bill provides for the pay
,nent for canal rights out Of any moneys
available in the treasury. This money,
some $50, 0o0, 0O0 goes to the Panama Canal
company and the United States of Col
embia-s4O, 0oO, 900 to the former and s1o,-
600 900 to the latter, and instead Of taking
It directly out Of available circulation, the
latter possible under the terms Of the
Aldrich bill, it would certainly be better
to. issue bonds as was at first proposed
for the payments above stated, thus adj
ding to the now failing supply OF govern
ment bonds ayaila BILE security for na-
tional bank note issues
AZ to the other objection, it makes no
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The Hugo Bill,

This week the lower house of the 1egis-
1ature will consider the bill Of Repre-
sentative Hugo of Duluth, providing for
the payment to cities and villages out of
the gross earnings taxes of the railways
sums equal to the special assessments for
railway properties would
pay if subject to taxation in the same
manner as other property In some cities
the frontage Of railway property on streets
that are improved in various ways by as
sessment on the abutting property is very
large. The cities cannot assess this rail-
way property, and SO other property own
,ers have ito pay higher taxes. The. theory
is that the railways have met this as well
as all other taxes in the gross earnings
tax. But the fact is that the whole Of
that tax goes to the state, with the result
that railway property is a burden upon
villages and cities. If the gross earnings
tax is a substitute for special assess
ments, as well as other forms of taxation
it is plain that justice demands that that
part Of it which represents special assess.
ments shall be returned to the local treas
uries.
OF course, this opens the way for an
argument that the entire gross earnings
tax, except about the same proportion of
1t, as the state gets Of other taxes, ought
to be divided among the countless villages,
cities and towns of the state. But we
have been educated up to look upon rail-
way taxation in this state as the special
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MONDAY EVENING,

difference whether f1rst-class giftsedged
railway bonds are owned by a bank inter-
ested in Standard Oil or not. II they are
offered as security for deposits of internal
revenue and customs receipts they are as
good as any others, and could not be re-
fused. The Aldrich bill allows the gov
eminent to loan the banks on unimpeach-
able security all the surplus funds in or
der to keep the money collected by taxa
bil1ty of severe money stringency during
the autumn. when crop moving makes
special demands for funds.
Last autumn there was objection raised
to the acceptance by Secretary Shaw of
f1rst-class state and municipal bonds as
security for internal revenue deposits, on
the ground that section 5153 of the re-
vised statutes, referring to repositories
of public moneys, does not authorize such
bonds. The plain language of the statute,
However, is: 1.-THE secretary Of the treas
ury shall require the associations thus
designated to give satisfactory security,
by the deposit of United States bonds and
otherwise, for the safekeeping and prompt
payment Of the public money deposited
with them The term land otherwise
means nothing else than ''by other means
or in a different manner, and such .tother
means obviously refers to bonds other
than those of the United States. -
II the expression land otherwise is a
stumbling block to congress, let the fed
eral supreme court interpret it. The
the Aldrich bill are fighting a measure
which would obviously remove. or at least
greatly modify, the inconvenience Of the
usual autumn money stringency.
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Sugar Bounty Unconstitutional?

Sugar Bounty Unconstitutional?
To the Editor of The journal:
You We're good enough to insert let
ter from me on the sugar bounty in your
issue of Feb. 16 and you also did me the
honor to review it, but I am afraid you
me, for you seem to inti-
mate that because I am against paying
that sugar bounty that / am against a
square deal. am quite the reverse, be-
cause believe in a square deal. Therefore
l ask little more Of your valuable space
to vindicate my position on this sugar
goodly number in this matter. My posi-
ton is. that the state Of Minnesota does
not and never did owe these people one
cent as the legislature had no right or
power to make such contract, or pay
out taxes collected by the state Tor any
such purpose. The legislature has power
to levy taxes for public use only. See ar
ticle 8, section 2, state constitution. That
section defines clearly the powers Of the
legislature In taxation, ''for powers not
delegated to the legislature are reserved
to theh people," See also article 3, sec
ton SO, from which I quote in brief as
follows: THE legislature shall pass no
local or special law granting to
any corporation, association or individual
any special or exclusive privilege, immun-
ity or franchise whatever, or authorizing
public taxation for private purpose"
NOW, is 1T not a special and exclusive
privilege" to be the only recipient Of a
state bounty on agricultural products7
And is not the giving of this bounty by
the legislature donation from public
taxation for a private purpose?" It is
evident from the above that the legislature
had no power to make such contract
hence it is void. Nor is the beet sugar
company to be pitied in the least, for any
company that is rich enough to invest
100000 in an undertaking ought surely
to have sense enough to employ good
enough attorney to keep it on legal terra
firma in making contracts. 1t surely, does
not need lawyers education to under
stand that quotation from the constitu-
ton, which every intelligent school boy
should be able to understand, and how
that beet sugar law ever got through both
houses, composed Of supposedly intelli-
gent men we fail to comprehend. Each
house has a committee on constitutional
law; did it go before them? T am afraid
it smells woodchucky, and to say the
| least 1t does not reflect favorably on the
intelligence of either house, for there
must have been a number Of intelligent
lawyers in both houses. Now, we wish it
understood that it is not the loss of the
| little money to the state that we object
to-, so much as the palpable violation OF
our basic law, and If this is allowed to
go by without objection, it would open
the treasury of the state to all sorts of
| jobbery and corruption.
| - : = -. '.s james Arnold.
VeSta, Mimi ...--4,z
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The worlds cotton crop is $4,000, 900
bales. OF this the United States pro-
.duces about 1o5oO,oo bales. Viewed in
the light of the hold we have on it's pro-
duction cotton certainly is king. It is not
strange, therefore, that Russia, Germany,
France and England are encouraging cot
ton cultivation in their colonies in order
to make themselves independent Of Amer
lean supply and to fortify themselves
against the American policy Of converting
all these 1O,5O0,00O bales into cloth at
home.