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Prospects of Prosperity.

George Could. who lately returned
10 New York from an extensive west
vrn trip. echoes J. PierpOnt Morgan's
prophecy that the high tide OF pros
pcritv will not recede even with a
presidential election imminent. Mr.
Gould 5 picture OF financial conditions
in the west could not wen be more
rosy. He does MOI believe, even with
bumper crops this year, that the west
viii have to draw on the east 10
move them. as is its wont 1t will
be some time, opincs Mr. Gould. be
fore Inc west will ever need to cali
on New York for money
Senator Alison of Iowa, who repre-
scnts an almost purely agricultural
constituency. gave a most optimistic
interview in New York, the other day
declaring that the farmer is not dis
turbed by the financial fiurries in the
money market He is going right
ahead, continued The senator. We
are prosperous and we are expanding.
II is a healthy, natural and logical
growth
While many will take issue with Mr..
Gould's opinion that the western finan-
ciai tub is able to stand on it's own
bottom in the emergency of ire
mcndOus harvest. all seem agreed that
conditions were never more promising
for a bumper crop and general pros
perity The forecasts all point that
way the federal weather bureau de-
claring that the condition OF the crop
IN the winter wheat belt east OF he
H''n r. mountains is more promising
E or years. The government stat
t2rsn reports that the average con
,iition OF the wheat crop is 97.3 per
cent. as against 1871 per cent for 1902.
91.7 per cent for 1901, and an average
Of S21 for the previous ten years.
Unless nature reyerses all precedents.
so far as indications are safe at this
late season, we are reasonably certain
of an 500. 900 900 bushel wheat crop
in 1908. and a wheat crop of that di-
mansions means national prosperity,
ii anything can.
Marshall Field, the great Chicago
merchant. who has lately returned
from the Pacific coast, shares the gen
eral enthusiastic view as to the con
1jnuance OF good times in the west as
the result of agricultural success. Re
ferring To the disturbances in the
stock market. this Well-knOWn Chicago
business man says there is nothing
in the situation Il alarm any one.
On that head he thus expressed him
self:
believe and had believed for some
time that the prices of securities were
foo high They had been advanced by
great market activity To points which
did not represent proper values There
mas been a larger shrinkage as a result
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German and 1904.

The members of the Virginia iegis-
AZURE. all OF whom are democrats
were polled the other day on their
choice OF presidential candidates lor
1904 Every member OF both houses.
with the exception of three, expressed
themselves in favor OF Senator Cor
man. OF Maryland, and these three
announced themselves for Judge Par
ker. OF Now York.
This does not of course, settle the
matter by any means, but it is gust
one OF those straws in the pontlcai
wind that carries with it some signfi-
canoe. More than ordinary interest
attaches to it, TOO. because 1t is the
FIRST straw vote so far announced III
connection with the next national
campaign.
In the same connection. Senator Cor
mans ~cru.n TO his old position o.
democrat eader in the senate is not
without .i,al significance. In TINS
was ShpAn the confidence which the
leading men OF his party have in him;
while the Nirginic incident adds TO it.
TO an extent the Endorsement OF the
rank and file.
Furthermore there is no less siSniti-
cance in the TACT that the press OF both
parties seems disposed to regard Sen
ator Germans temperance in politics
AS being full OF meaning, not to say
coupled with hope for his party. The
way in which the opposition papers
nave turned thef' batteries on him
would seem to Indicate. also that they
are disposed TO regard him as the one
figure in the democratic party that
needs To be reck0ned with just now.
All this is encouraging i'll one re-
spect. at least: it demonstrates very
clearly that the party will not lack FOR
leaders when the time comes. II is too
early TO speak with any degree Of GER
.ainty about the next nomination. but
everything Indicates that the party
recognizes in Senator German pow
arful leader. whether his name heads
he ticket. or whether his hand IS at
he helm in he next campaign.
That he is the peer OF any man in
he senate has been often demonstrate
ed hat ne is a great political gen
aral is also acknowledged; that he
nas the confidence of the eastern wing
81 his party is admitted; that he can
larry Maryland and scare the republi-
cans out OF their boots in New York
Is also true: that he is a loyal party
man has been proven.
There are abundant reasons, there
fore why Mr Germans name figures
eonspicuCusiy in all the calculations
or 1904 He is. undoubtedly. one OF
he most important factors to be reck-
Oncd with.
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Let the South Alone.

The New York American of Mon
day last contains vigorous editorial
calling upon the country to let the
south alone in it's effort TO solve the
negro problem.
This is what The Constitution has
demanded time and time again; but,
of course. anything Oh that subject
from this side OF the Mason and Dixon
line is discounted TO begin with.
AS strange as it may seem. the very
people who know the most about this
problem. because they are brought
into contact with it every DAY, are the
ones whose testimony is least desired
and seldom listened to by those the
orists who for want OF something bet
ter 10 do perhaps. nave seemingly De
voted themselves TO the task OF Solv-
ing another peoples problem for them.
Occasionally, however. some man or
some newspaper, with a little more
common sense or d greater spirit OF
fairness than the rest does arise and
try to set them straight. If, then, they
will not listen to those who are on
the ground. let them at least give
ear to those on their own side of the
line who cannot be charged with pref
udice or OF entertaining a motive.
We have reason to believe that the
north will take this view OF the mat
ter in time Leading men and leading
newspapers of that section are al
ready beginning to see the point. We
doubt not President Roosevelt him
self has had his eyes opened to a
certain extent He would be blind,
indeed ii he now fails to see the
matter in Il clearer light than he did.
AT any rate. he has not recently shown
any disposition to press the question
The American says it is not unrea-
sonable to expect that at least one Of
his speeches while out west Will be
devoted to the negro problem. 1t is
to be hoped that the president will
steer clear Of this question ii he can.
Even President Roosevelt must see
by this time that the application Of
strange ideas to the solution of the
sOuth's race problem only goes 10
make bad matter worse. He is stub
born, indeed. if he is not now willing
to admit that the only remedy lies in
letting the south alone. AS the Amer
lean well says, it is the country's
duty to do so.
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will be free from their blight, and it
has been suggested that the kidney
cotton must be exterminated first.
This the coleoptera expert considers
impracticable, as one would well mag
inc, since the wild cotton is about as
common as the commonest weed. Mr..
Schwartz says there is yet a long eX-
Derimentative period before Cuba be-
fore cotton planting can be under
taken on considerable scale with
any degree of security. EXPERIMENTS
will be undertaken, however, under
government auspices. though it is OBJ
vious in advance that their success
must be largely if not wholly contin-
gent upon the determination OF the
weeyil. There is no tone of encour-
agement in Mr.. Schwartz's reference
to the proposed official experiments
along this line.
There is, furthermore, much differ
ence of opinion, says this authority,
on the proper season to plant cotton
in Cuba, whether at the beginning or
the end of a rainy season, and this
question will have to be answered by
careful experimenting before many
will venture to embark in cotton
planting enterprises. The time OF
planting will bear relation not only
to the productiveness, but it is believ-
ed will be factor in enabling the
plant to resist the weevil.
incidentally Mr.. Schwarts feels con
strained to utter this warning:
Cuba has an abundance of land which
is admirably suited to the growing OF
cotton. and in all parts Of the island
they are discussing the possibility or it3
Introduction. but the natives have Meth
CT the money nor the Inclination to eX-
pertinent. and their talk does not produce
results. American land spectators are
finding many dupeS in the United states
who believe that it will be an easy thing
to start a cotton plantation III the favor
able climate and soil of Cuba Those
who have been approached with TINS
scheme should investigate most carefully
before spending their money
Prospective American cotton plant
ers in Cuba would no doubt do well
TO heed this advice before making in
vestments in the island on interested
representations.
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where, and on fifteen-year-old girls
chasing the streets with messages
would be one good place to draw it.
Promoting Good Roads.

1t is gratifying to know that the
national movement for improving the
condition of country roads is gather
ing momentum right along and results
were never more tangible. 1t is stated
by those who assume to know that at
least 20 per cent more improving is
now under way or about to begin on
the highways of the country than ever
known before. The legislature of
Pennsylvania, recently adjourned, ap-
propriated the enormous sum of
$6,500,000 for road improvement
throughout the state for the next six
years. 1t matters not whether the
bicyclists and automobilists or the
farmers are urging this legislation, it
is in the general public interest, and
the appropriation, honestly and judi
ciously expended, will do wonders for
the development of Pennsylvania.
Good roads may be said to be the
basis of agricultural prosperity, and
agriculture is the basis of all pros
perity.
Next week the International good
IOduS VIII % Uclu III o.
Louis. and 1t is confidently predicted
that the gathering will be impressive
enough to convince the country that
the good roads movement represents
a majority sentiment very much in
earnest. A number of prominent men
are on the programme as speakers,
among them President Roosevelt.
This convention should and doubtless
will exert a strong influence in be-
half of the salutary reform it seeks to
further The federal government is
evincing good deal Of interest in
this question, and its literature and
practical demonstrations on the sub
ject have borne fruit. There is al
ready strong sentiment in congress
for a national good roads law some
thing on the lines of Represen tative
BTOwnlow's bill.
The success of the great interna
tional good roads convention in St
Louis is much to be desired.
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IIliteracv in the South.

DR.. w II. Page, one Of the gentle
men prominently identified with the
southern education movement,
made the statement in an address de-
livered recently that there are more
illiterates among the negroes OF the
south today than there were in 1865.
lllteracy among the southern ne
groes, he said. has increased faster
than educational facilities could be
provided for them.
OF course. any one who Is at all
familiar with the south can see the
absurdity of this statement at once,
for it is no eXaggeration TO say that
ten negroes in the south can read
and write today where one possessed
these accomplishments at the close
of the war
But The Manufacturers Record has,
trovert Dr. Pages statement with
some figures that are absolutely con
elusive The Record makes it very
clear that The many millions OF dol
lars spent by the southern whites
for it is upon the whites mainly that
the school tax has fallen--in educat-
ing the negroes have had a better re-
suit than DR. Page believes The Rec
ord shows that in the former slave
holding states, excepting Delaware
and Missouri, while the colored peo-
pie of the south 10 years of age and
over increased during the twenty
years from 1861 1913 to 5,612.225, or
Al per cent, the illiterates of that age
decreased from 2.996,922 to 2,699,370,
or 8 per cent. At the same time the
colored population OF that age III the
rest Of the country increased from
1921 to 1086.6S1, or 50 per cent,
while the iliterates among them in
creased from 31.76l TO 40, 299, or %
per cent. Meanwhile, in New Eng
land the native white illiterates in
creased from 31.761 to 40,299, of 26
per cent. There was an increase in
white illiterates in New York state
alone of as per cent. While the popula-
ton increased 40 per cent.
The south very much appreciates
what those who have interested them
selves in the cause of southern edu-
cation are endeavoring to do. but it is
well that they get their facts straight
before they begin. AS much as we
value the help that these gentlemen
offer us. we prefer that they give us
Justice first
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WISE AND OTHERWISE.
Knew Her Opinion.

"Bre'r Williams. what does you think ev
de devil. anyhow?'
u dunno Better a my wife but wait
till I'm fur fun home-kaze | don't want
ter lose my temper"
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of the recent reaction. but this. believe,
is for good. 1t has operated beneicially
in that, in my opinion. it has merely
placed prices at levels normal and COM
mensurate with conditions and true
values.
1t is a matter of national cOngratu-
lation that the basis of our much
Wanted prosperity seems SO secure
and normal
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-27
The Old Man "Treed y

This is a Georgia boys account OF his
fathers entrance into politics:
Dad has took the Stump. dunno who
run him up it.-but he's on IT. Jest the
same. Dad Is after offs One paper
says he IS a born liar; mother one says
he stoled . boss. an nuther one says he
run off with 3 wilder. When ma heard
all them things she said she thought that
she knowed him before; but she's glad
she's done found him out al last an jest
wait III she ketches him again!'
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-27
An Important Difference.

New York Sun Madge Don't YOU think
girl should marry an economical man?
Dolly suppose so. but it's Just awful
being engaged to one.
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What's It for ANYWAY?

Chicago News: THE cranks who object
to kissing make me weary" rema rled the
lavvile philosonher Gone would think
to hear them talk that q "irl's mouth was
merely hole in her face for pie"
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-27
The Whole World To Him.

New York World: Uncle Sam has pur-
chased 25oooo pounds of Richmond tobac-
co for his blue Jackets" This recalls
the old story about Jack Tar's three
"lshcs-all the 'bacy in the world. all the
rum in the world, and for the third "a
little more 'baccy."
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-27
A Song o. the Picnic.

High mp in the bluest heaven the clouds
OF April hoat,
But-'A blizzard from the west sir" Is
the latest weather note;
tiang up my linen duster-hand ont my
OV"rcoat.--
/ m goin to the picnic in the morning.
1 hear the breeze a-blowin' all the velvet
wales along,
An the birds are maxim music like their
souls We're in the song
Yet they p"ophesy a blizzard an It's
comm mighty strong
l m goin' Ia the picnic in the mornin!
But never heed the frownin OF the stormy
April sky
The winds that toss the lilies as they
GALLON howlin' by;
Wen soon be shcin' melons in the red
deeps of july.
An we'n all take in the picnic in the
moTnin',
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DO NOT FORGET to make your renewals in
tire Watch your direction Tag ana see
when vouf subscription expires. The next
six month wi be full OF interest. and you
SHOULD rot miss q single cops of The Con
stt.tiop emu vour orders a least a week
in advance 10 make sure. 1t may not 'she
a week in every instance. as we use the
greatest diligence to set them ON OIL mail
m, iisI.
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Ought To Be Something Comm

Kansas City Star; It is certain now.
since the car of Russia has proclaimed
religious liberty throughout his empire,
that he is deserving Of a boy baby.
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Chicago Journal: Kind Lady--Why are
you crying that way. little boy?
Little BoyrCause dats dc only way
knows how to CRY.
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Don't Monkey with an Undertaken.

Chicago News: The Doctor-.tre you
sure Won never buried any one alive?
The Gfndertaker-Well. none of your
patients, at least
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Identifying Him.

Punch; Estate Agent Ito Laborer's SOM
-Here my boy. where can | find your
father?
Boy--1n the pig sty, sir. You'll know
i'm by is brown at.
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An April Protest.

He dunno what he dom
He projick all erbout;
One minute burn de rose ter red,
De next-he drown him out!
lie storm de fier en- river
En- promise sunshine, too;
He make de Lily SILVER
De Violet look blue.
Hits riches, en- hits ruin.
Hits blue sky-den de gray;
He dunno what he doin',
But wander come Miss May.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-27
A Pat Hand.
The Only Way He Knew.

Puck Mike Well. what how yez got7
Pat-Four trowels and a black sham
rock
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'l0eekIy CONSTITUTIONS Zig Jhree"
frank II. stanton.
To the Summer Winds.

Blow in. @. winds, from summer banks
of volets drippin' dew.
And whisper all the secrets the summer
sings to you!
From groves where starlight shines
On honeysuckle vines,
And wildwood vineyards Keeling with
rpening muscadines!
Blow in. 0, winds, from meadows green.
where soft the moonlight dwells.
And watt us dream-sweet echoes of tink-
ling cattle bells:
From rivers cool and deep
That seward sing and sweep.
And rlls that ripple sunshine and rock
the flowers to Sleep
Blow in. o. winds, with blessing for all
the stormy years.
And he your breath the breath of Love,
In light that shines through tears,
And blow the blossoms sweet
From many a dim retreat
And Irvine them in Loves tresses and
lay them at Loves feet,
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Trouble in the Sun.

Some folks seq de Sun got people in IT,
des lax dis worl''' said Bre'r Williams.
you reckson so?''
"WeH. I amt sayin' it is, en- I amt
sayin' it amt, but dem black spots dey
sees on it looks mighty suspicious.
What you reckon makes EN-"
dc race problem. Ever time dey ia ok
les it. it filings de niggers sky-high, en-
dey heads hits de ceiln',''
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Going to the Bottom of It.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: you say your
leading detective fell into a quarry while
endeavoring to ferret out the murder
mystery?'
Yes.
Il wonder why he did t?'
Il suppose it was because he didn't
want 10 leave stone unt2Ene0"
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A Song Of the New South.

\ song OF the So0th. IN new glory
fronting a day that IS bright
The shadows fall back from her forehead :.
she stands in the light, the light,
She heard, in the tempests Wild warning,
the prophets that prated of DOOM
Rut Jared, with her face to the morning
to starred heights OF beauty and
bloom.
To beautiful valleys enchanted, she
passed from the thrall of the night
Bv the dust Of her grave, all undaunted
she lifted her brows to the light;
On seas of the thundercloud riVen, and
tossed of the wind and the foam.
She saw. where the black wrecks were
driven, the glimmering shoreline nf
home
She stands. with fair Faith FOR her hci-
met, in the strength Of high purpose
and trust;
Dea d hopes to the dead past forever, and
the red sword of Hate TO the rAst'
Strong showed, answering and loyal,
she fearlessly faces the years;
In the white path of Peace and Progress
DER landway and seaway she fares.
From her fields III the Towering valleys,
all strlfes and all discords retreat;
The summers sing to her; the harVe5l9
roll golden and rich at her feet
White-risen from the wrath and rum, an
autumn exultingly swells;
The dream s the deed RS she listens 10
the chime OF the liberty bells.
onward! to highest cndeavor, crowned Of
the sisterly states:
Onward! and, faltering ncver-the world
st her welcoming gates
Onward! in grace and in giory-Veliing
the past and its scars,
Onward. till splendid her story Is VIII
in the roll of the stars,
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS When ordering ad-
dress OF your Paper changed always give lne
cd as we'll as the address. Always give
> ssstoffice. county and state. If your paper
- ,ceiyed regularly. notify us ana we
tighten the matter.
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-vr<ttU SEND US AN ORDER for new sub
scrihers please allow us week to get the
names on she list and paper started hefore
YOU write a complaint we are very much
DIVIDED now
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WE WANT YOt-The Constitution wants an
agent at every postoffice in America. AGENTS
outfit free and good terms. If you are not
in club. want you &c act as agent at
YOUR office. Write Us
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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. only S. per
annuni. Clubs Of five, each; clubs of ten,
81 each and copy TO getter-up OF club.
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A Rural Romance.

Yes said the BillViIle citizen, 1.-The
old man went to sleep on the river
bank an made pillcr of what looked
to him like a bunch of green moss; but,
whilst he WIZ a-dreamin' of ketchin' fish
Weighin twenty pound each he felt the
piller a-slidn' from under his head on
he riz up, an rubbed his eyes, an look I'd
roun', stupefiedlille. an To- an behold, .
the piler WIZ nuthn' but ten foot
water moccasin. An the old man wuz so
skeered that he jumped squar' into the
river, jest in time to be swallered by 81
hungry alligator that had been awatch-
in OF him: an
BILL" interrupted one of the listeners,
what have you been a-drinkn' Of this
mornin %
Well" drawled the story-teller, "hit
tasted like ginger-an' -cider.''
The Old Boys idea.
Your hat has trimmins on it,
But tell you. don't keer.
Gimme the old-tIme bonnet
That the old girls use to wear.
They lest looked so bewtchin',
Love read his titles clear
Gimme the old time bonnet
That the old girls use to wear:
Ent the good old times have left US;
The girls-they still are dear,
But oh! fer the old-time bonnet
That the old girls use to wear
\ southwest Georgia darky Is suing a
preacher who baptized him for holding
him under the water until he didn't have
breath enough to hoiler haleluyax"
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-06-15

eVitar que algunas gotas de gonna
calasen ell papel. E'tss gotas de-
jsron sus huellas = Rocnm b )le ha.
10 dos hojas pegadas 4 nna tercera
y ademas observe que i1abfa slgu.
mas manchttss de aqua Ga ell per.
gaminO. II Me han robado! excla
mo. Y cogiendo una plegadera de
marfil despeg5 las dos hoias y halo
unos pedazos de papel blanco en-
vez de los documeotos Que husca ba
lOhI murmur0. SOLO Veutlra IS
capsz de heber d8do ol golpe.
ahora 90 me cabe la menor duda:
Ventura y Ell cochero que arrastra
Ia pierna derechs no son mas que
una sola persona.