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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-28

1t is reported that Charles E. H. Harri-
man has resigned from the directory OF
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
01nr>tl 1nall1r nj
ytua1trtal nurktlt1
BY E. NJ. coLsoN.

around polite note requested the favor the temporary Loan e
ary Monday morning appeared second polite returned the bill
with due grateful thanks.
The goodnatured paoner, presently noticing the clergy
seldom left his study Saturday. while course
shopping Sunday wondered greatly By and BY when thing
had been for he took marking the bill loaned the
When this identical bill had months longer passed
passed between them he could his curiosity longer He
bunty inquired Of his pastor the for the weekly
Because, answered the clergyman, smiling and signing i
and find formulate unpleasant truths when quite
Penness. On Saturdays my weekly Sermons Sundays
preach them With the $40 bill in my pocket have
courage think less 81 what would happen should my plain speak
ing set adrift my old age"
Sociological workers. particularly those interested in the less
wealthy classes claim cr this story good and reasonable basis
the slightest financial backing they contend helps toward
and brave independence OF thought and action Taken the
plane, the citizen with money in the
keeny the responsibilities and duties Of clean and de-
living. Of community interests Of civic and
pal Improvements and ideals Taken the lowest plane
the with however little, laid by
ue dependent upon the food work Of the tile less thirty
fellow oer Certain phlanthopic students learned much
conduct OF certain Work1nen during strikes.
Those families OF which members had saved little
enabling them their and live for week with
assistance danger Of starvation. much quietly
ageous about unfolding the principles and remaining the stand
ard Of their leaders than the families that had followed the hando
mouth method Of existence. Right wrong, the bank people
loyal that which seemed had been represented
comnendab line Of conduct than such their fellow workers and
oea had acquaintance with the saved penny Even such small
FIVE dollars found decided moral
effect.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
Outlook Very Rriaht.

The Southern Association now has a
fund of S25 900, donated direct from
bankers, merchants and other indi-
viduals, independent of the funds col
lected from other sources. 1t is meet
ing its obligations readily, and sup
port is being given it from some
quarters where it was hardly to be
expected For instance, the Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company sent in a
check a few days ago for $1,000, al
though the association is trying to re-
duce the use Of fertilizers. All re-
ports are Of most encouraging ma.
ture, and the outlook could hardly be
better.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15

| difficulty from which he can see no
way of extricating himself save by
deceiving his wildly jealous wife. On
8 journey from Kyoto into Mino he had
made the acquaintance of a pretty girl
named Hama (FloWer), and the charm
ing creature had taken SO deep an in
terest in him that she had followed
him to the capital. He had arranged
| to meet her that same evening, but his
wife was in a devil of a temper, and,
| he feared, suspected something He
bad dreams, but is derided and told
to devise some devotion that can be
performed at home.
Thus put to it, the husband chooses
what he calls "a most difficult and
meritorious sort of devotion, invented
of old by Saint Deruma,n and which
consists in covering ones self I'd with
an abstraction blanket and forget
ting all things, past, present and to
come, in order thus to train his mind
for the eternal calm of NirFana Since
the merit is the greater the longer he
holds out, he thinks he will require a
week or two, but the wife cuts him
down to day and a night. He warns
her not to come near him nor make
any noise during that time, because,
if she should, his efforts would be in
effectual "No one can practice alb
straction when there is a row in the
kitchen. .
The wife retires; he calls his serv-
ant. He is certain that, notWithstand-
ing her promise, his wife will not be
able to restrain her curiosity; it is
therefore necessary to have somebody
under the blanket. But the servant
breads mis- mistress tongue so much
that his masters stick has TO be pro-
duced to persuade him. He is finally
induced to- cover himself with the
blanket, and the husband joyfully
hastens away to keep his engagement
with Hama Hardly is he gone when
the wife peeps in to see what it looks
like It looks very uncomfortable;
and, excusing herself on the score OF
her anxiety, she proffers the ascetic
a cup of hot tea Taro, under the
blanket. shakes his head, by way Of
an answer. She suggests that at least
he take off the blanket for moment,
but Taro shakes his head more vigor-
ously than before At this she gets
angry, snatches away the blanket, and
discovers the servant. To save him
self Taro makes a clean breast of it,
and the angry wife commands him to
let her take his place. By the time the
change is effected the husband returns.
singing and slightly intoxicated. Upon
entering he sits down and gives the
supposed TaTo a full account of the
clever sayings and doings of the pref
ty Hama; how she had pressed him to
drink; how she had felt sorry for the
poor little Tarokaja left at home I'M
der nasty old blanket; how she had
blamed the heartless priests who set
the temple bells a-ringing SO early in
the morning. Finally, having finished
his story, he tells Taro to uncover him
self. There Is no response. He begs,
he commands finally he tears away
the blanket-and is driven from the
stage with resounding thWacks by his
justly indignant spouse.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
BANKERS SAY FARMERS WILL.

Every bank in the South has been
asked by letter sent out by the Manu-
facturers Record, If the cotton farm
ers of each county will, ID reduce
cotton acreage, "a if reduced acre
age will be due to agreement among
farmers or because merchants refuse
advances. (3) t. what extent will di-
versifcation be practiced, and 90 are
farmers financially able to hold cot
ton
The results can be only briefly
stated here.
.sOf i, 07o letters, 962 bore directly
upon these topics. OF the 968, 844
Indicated a reduction in acreage TINS
year ranging from 5 to so per cent,
one Louisiana letter, indeed, stating
that the reduction would amount to
so per cent and that the growers
would return to cane culture. In los
were statements that there would pc
no reduction or that new land brought
under cultivation would take the
place of old land relinquished to other.
crops than cotton. The no-reductlon
policy seems to prevail principally in
parts OF Indian Territory Oklahoma,
Arkansas. Texas, Louisiana, MlssIs-
sippi, and in one region Of Alabama
while at 16 points west of the Missis-
sippi it is announced that there Will
be an increase in the acreage
Much of the decrease Will be ae-
companied ~ q proportlonate increase
of acreage tavoted to other crops.
So important is the matter OF reduc-
ton of cotton acreage held to be that
quite a number of the letters failed to
refer to a diversifcation. But OF the
572 answers on that point. SOB said
that the spirit of diversiiication is
spreading, and but So stated either
that it was too early in the season to
express an opinion on that point or
that the old custom OF all COTTON
would be adhered to.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
From Oklahoma and indian Territor

From Oklahoma and indian Territory.
Putting in potatoes, melons, can
taloupes, and a great many will raise
more corn and hogs to eat the corn. :.
More corn. oats. wheat. broom
corn and other products will be plant
ed this year
Farmers are disguised with the
prices of cotton and want to get into
the potato crop, corn and hogs. !"
Diversified farming IS the order OF
the day,
All the good bottom land is being
prepared for potatoes.
THE 80 per cent reduced cotton
acreage will be planted in oats and
corn.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
rrl1ssian Race Suicide.

Prussia has the race suicide question
more acutely than the United States.
The marriage rate is not lower, but the
birth rate has diminished almost. one
half in SO years. In Berlin the number
Of births per 1000 Of population has
steadily fallen from IS in 1875 to Is. In
all the Prusstan cities there has been
a decrease in the birth rate-the larger
the city the greater the percentage OF
decrease.-N. Z World.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
Some Language

Every schoolboy knows that he should
not end a sentence with a proposition.
But how about several propositions? A
man was heard to say the other day.
What book. do you want to be read to
out of. And another man, sitting down
rather an1iouslg on a chair, said to his
hostess: Is this the chair was to
be careful about getting mp out OFF,
N. Y, Globe.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
h.L.nsas Exfraets.

"up1ands are being planted IN 1rull
trees. principally peaches, StfaWoer
rtes are receiving attention, ana Inls
is getting to be quite poultry cen
ter ,,a-a
money raising fruits and berries than
= Fruit. Pr small grain and truek-farrn-
ing a,ass fa,. bav
po Farmers quit cotton almost entire entire.
u aftar the low price Of several years
a d aud turned their attention Il. 70
Strawberries and early vegetables
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
REDUCTION OF COTTON ACREAGE

What do you think Of the proposed
reduction Of cotton acreage for the
year 1862" is an inquiry frequently
made by farmers, but not so easily
answered. It depends on conditions.
Ii the object is to reduce the acreage
| in order to put more labor on the area
cultivated in cotton, and thus produce
better crop, the policy is wise and
should be generally followed. II the
object is to cut down the acreage
solely for the purpose of increasing
the price Of cotton, it is questionable,
and especially as this request is ac-
companied by a resolution to reduce
the amount of fertilizers used by 25
per cent. It looks like a suggestion
to make a poor crop to increase the
price.
This Roor crop policy is one of the
most damaging lines Of advice that
could be given to the public. No
farmer ever made any money by fol
lowing the poor crop system of agri-
culture. A large number Of reports
were secured last year from reliable
farmers in Louisiana and Texas COW
ering an average cost of lint cotton
per pound, where the crop averaged
a bale per acre. was AS cents. Il the
product fell half a bale the cost of
production Increased to Z cents per
pound. and the same reports show that
where one-third OF a bale, the average
/ or of
bale the cost is IL cents: when it
reached one-eighth Of a bale the cost
was Is cents per pound, at one-sixth
bale the cost became sc cents per
pound.
In these estimates of cost everything
is allowed at q reasonable cash value
tools, ETC. These costs are only
averages. Some farmers may make
cotton at less and some at greater
cost
The practical lesson to be needed is,
let every farmer raise the best cotton
crop. possible, because this is the only
line Of profit. If you average less than
half a bale per acre, better go out OF
the cotton business. This applies to
every farmer who is making. cotton on
MS own account att0 waits W pIo5-
per. To men who are renting their
lands for a share, it is of the highest
Importance to secure & good crop, and
the tenant must make a better average
than he has in the past ten years or
his future is not very brilliant. There
are certain fixed charges in the pro-
duction of all crops that are praetl-
eaily the same whether the crop is
large OF small, such as rent Of land,
breaking. seed, blowing or cultivating.
and, in general all items incident to
the production Of a crop, except mar
vesting.
TO these must be added family ex=
penses where a man works his own
crop. From a money standpoint the
most essential problem in farming IS
now to make q large crop econimie-
ails, and the larger the crop the
er&ater the economy, as a rule.
1'Glere is no more profit in reducing
the acreage two-thirds and producing
a tale to the acre, than in planting
the whole land and harvesting one
third OF a bale The difference be
tween planting 500 acres to cotton ana
getting one-thord Of bale per acre,
or planting ice acres and getting
bale per acre IS $2,150 in favor OF the
less acreage and the larger crop.
s. A. KNAPP.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15

The youthful lord on such stupendous
May never gaze unmov'd. With bitter
wall
The fathers sleeve he clasps. Naught
may't avail,
Ie weeping cries, cen should the deed
be done,
For / will slay myself if falls thy son.
Kauzhiyr-But It's the rule-a rule
of good renoWn--
That for his lord a warrior must lay
His lesser life.
Bijiyau-But cen If lesser, yet
He, tao, is human; neither shouldst
forget
What shame will e,er be mine if / sur
Nabamitsu-Alas! alas! and It's for
death they strive.
Kauzhiyu-Me deign to hear.
Bijiyau-No! mine the truer word!
Nakamitsu-Ah. this is my child!
Kanzhiytt-And there behold thy
lord!
MISUNDERSTANDING the two see
Nakamitsu stand.
Chorus-His own brave life, an
'twere his lords command,
Were freely giF'ns but now, in sore
dismay,
Fen his fierce courage fades and
droops away.
Bijiyau-Why heed a life my sire
holds cheap?
Naught may thy pity do but sink more
deep
Ny soul in WTetchedness
Kauzhiyu-Mistake me not!
Think not It's pity moves me, but a
blot
The martial honor of our house will
stain,
If, when / might have bled MY lord
be slain
Chorus-On either side It's infancy
that pleads.
Nakamitzu-And yet how well
they've learnt where duty leadsl
Chorus-Dear is thy lordt
Nakamitsu-And mine own child
how dear.
Chorus-But Nakamitsu knows full
we'll that ne'er,
To save the child his craven heart
ador'd.
Warrior yet dar'd lay hands upon his
lord.
He to the left. the trembling father
cries,
Was sure my boy, nor lifts his tear
stand eyes;
A flash, a moment, the fell saber
CLEANS,
And sends his infant to the land of
dreams
fNakamitsn reports to his lord that
Bfjiyau is slain and that Kauzhiyu has
in grief retired to monastery Some
time is supposed to elapse when
Weshin, abbot of the monastery, calls
On Mitsunaka and explains all to hin)
Weshin-Ah. my lord, It's that, It's
that | would discourse of. Be not agi-
tated. but graeiously deign to give me
thine attention while I speak. Thou
didst indeed command that my lord
Bijiyau's head should be struck off.
But never might Nakamitsu prevail
upon himself to lay hands Oh one to
whom, as his lord, he knew himself
bound in reverence through all the
changing scenes of the Three Worlds
Wherefore he slew his own son. Kauz-
hiyu, TO save my lord Bijiyaus life.
And now here I come bringing Biiiyau
with me. and would humbly supplicate
thee to forgive one who was 50 loy'd
that a man hath given his own son in
exchange for him.
Mitsunaka-Then he was a coward
as | thought! Wherefore. If Kauzhiyu
was sacrificed, did he. too. not STAY
ninself7
Weshin-My lord. put all other
thoughts aside, and, If it be only as
an act Of piety towards Kauzhiyu's
soul, curse not thy son.
Chorus-As thus the good man
speaks.
Tears Of entreaty pour adown bis
cheeks,
The father hears, and cen bis ruth
less breast,
soStning at last, admits the fond re-
quest,
ABSTRACTION: 4 FARcE.-rhe
husband announces that he IS in a
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
Texas Turns TO Truekfr1a.

VIII plant more corn, oats, alfalfa
and other hay crops; and peanuts and
potatoes.
Attention will be turned chiefly TO
grain and stock-raising. =
Some onions and potatoes being
planted, but most of the diversified
ton is IN hogs for own use and poul.
try TO q large extent
Acreage that would otherwise have
been planted in cotton viii be cult.
waited in vegetables and ribbon-eorn. =
Our principal industries this year
will be rice and sugar-groHing and
sTnekfarmins.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
Fertilizer Sales Decrease.

From the decrease in the sale Of
commercial fertilizer in ALBANIA. 1t is
quite evident that the acreage of cot
ton is going to be reduced without
even organization
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
canne,ia Gltarantees.

considerable preparation IS al
ready being made for a heg-and-hom-
~ .F alp are preparing to make
4,,aiz farms self-supporLing by raising
ali kinds of foodstalffs. -
:. .s,rha demand for seed oats has not I,
haa, 81 ~ heavy as now for ten years. {
Up s.t3afsina corn, hegs, cattle and fruit
trees. ;..;,,,, .o,,1tr,,
and eggs are having a growing ~
terest.
cantaIoupes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
THE STAGE IN JAPAN
MANY ADVANTAGES THAT ARE
NOT FOUND IN OTHER
COUNTRIES.

Features in Which japanese Theaters
surpass All others-The mo"
Lyric Drama of the Eighborn
Played Without Scenery IN Homes
as Well as Theaters-Interesting
Example OF Mo" Tragedy : a
Family Faro
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
MIDNIGHT Defamation.

How did you cure your insomnia ~
+ made list of insomnia cures. and
get to sleep trying to Gecfte IT,. Detroit
Free Press
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15

An authentic story is
told of 4 certain clergy
man. poorly paid, bur
conscientious, who was
wont Friday evenings To
borrow a $40 bill from a
good natlrred, favoritc
parishioner. Regularly
- Id o..a....... $1,000
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15

Hundreds of war veterans have kid
ney and bladder trouble.
Impure drinking water sleeping on
the ground, and ali manner of expo
sures TO wet and cold weather produced
catarrh OF the kidneys and Bladder.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
HALF OUR ILLS ARE CATARRFl.
Thousands of People Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know It is Catarrh.

found a remedy that would actually
cure them.
More cases of catarrh OF kidneys
and bladder have been cured BY
Peruna than I'll other medicines com.
bined.
Address DR.. S. B. Hartman, Pres1-
dent of The Hartman Sanifarium, Co
1umbus, Ohio, and hewitt be pleased
to give you the benefit of his medical
advice gratis. All correspondence held
strictly confident ial.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-31
HE COULDN'T COMPUTE.

At a dinner given to Sir Alfred
Harmsworth in commemoration OF his
knishting, one of the editors of the
Daily Mall said of the guest OF
honor:
Cur friend Harmsworth, as a
schoolboy was shy and quiet. One
day, to his horror, an inspector called
him up before the class.
"You appear to be clever lad, >
the inspector said. "What do five
and one make?"
1.-The little fellow made no answer.
Come now," said the inspector
Suppose I gave you five rabbits and
then another rabbit; how many rah,
bits would you have?'
"'Seven,' said Harmsworth
".How do you make that out?'
"I have a rabbit of my own at
home.'"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-31

they are harmless. A pony almost
never gets hurt. Then the riding off
is interesting, one player forcing an.
other away from the line of play.
have seen a game at Meadow Brook
where cne side was four goals to the
lead and Only few minutes of play
left. The spectators left, feeling
sure it was all up. But the other side
knocked out five goals and won. 1t
takes pony less than thirty seconds
to get from one end of the field to
the other, so you will see a game.
where all the play is near one goal.
completely changed within half min
ute. Of all games, it gives chance
for the quickest reverses and most
surprising changes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-31
YOUR CHOICE OF ANY SUIT
FROM $40 TO SIS FOR $3.50. kAS.
TOR AND BLUTHENTHAL.
THE SILVER TEST.

A correspondent of highly esteem
ed contemporary has established a
new test of the simon-pure in pro-
ductsof the poets art. She has the
books of a modest American singer.
that at ''every page or two l get that
chill down the spine which signals to
me that | am in the presence of
poetry At last we have real stand
ard of value Poetry heretofore has
been judged by individual taste and
appreciation. AS a consequence two
opinions upon any particular work in
versifcation have seldom been the
same. With judgment reduced to
the basis of a common spontaneous
chill conditions will be simplified.
Every magazine and every publishing
house will have it's susceptible test
medium, and the poet who can not
produce a shiver with. his lines need
not stop to argue The waste basket
or the Office cat for hiS.-New YORK
World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-31

spare, says the Garden Maea7ir.
There are two. kinds of waterloo.
bottoms-cement and clay-and ths
latter is not cheaper unless the cI.,
&C SITS nothing and the hauling can ho
dore by ones cwn teams. It is rare,v
safe to have this clay less than A
foot thick. Every bit of it must ha
tamped, while wet. and it is best IN
ram it every time the weather il
favorabl for a period of three or
four weeks. The ideal pend. so far
as avoiding trouble is concerned il
one with a cement bottom. and if YOU
have no gravel or native stone on the
place with which to make a four.i=ch
layer cf concrete. you should figure
on brick Whatever the concrete, il
has to be faced with an inch layer Of
Portland cement If there is danger
that all the water will freeze solid,
the masonry must be protected from
cracking in winter by six inches Or
mere of litter, such as autumn leaves
or any other non-condnctins material
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-31
CBEYING ORDERS.

Gen Necley was a strict discip-
linarian. During enc of the winters
of the civil war he concluded that a
certain guardhouse was altogether too
comfortable quarters for prisoners and
ordered Col Marston to build a dun
eeon without so much as a crack or
opening anywhere, so that it should
be perfectly dark The dungeon was
built with four solid walls. One Gay
Gen. Nesley came over to inspect it.
He was accompanied by Col Mars
ton. Where is the entrance" said
the general, " and how do you get
anybody into it?" oh said Col.
Marston, that is not my lockout.
simply obeyed your orders. kansas
City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-31
QUICKSILVER PRODUCTION.

The production Of quicksilver in
1904 is estimated at 1891 tons, not
including the output of Mexico ana
Russia of which no statistics have
leen received as yet. In 1903 these
countries yielded 100 and 1862 tons,
respectively. The production in 1904
of the United States, Spain, Austria
and Italy was .4S0 tons, 1,020 tons,
$50 tons and 355 tons, respectively.
Counting the output of Mexico and
Russia. the worlds production for
1904 will probably amount to 1900
tons.-United States Consular Re-
port.