Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-01-25

senator DepeW SPEAKS OF "tho vast
interests that represent" as q senator
Of the United States. This is q thor
oughly characteristic New York view
to take Of corporation representation
10 oongrsss, but what about the
people?
The supreme court of Nebraska has
affirmed the decision OF lower court
declaring Nebraska's beet sugar boun-
ty law Unconstitutional The system
Of States bounties &c manufacturers
has broken down from one cause or
another wherever 1t has been tried.
The Washington Post scores the
"yellow magazine and laments that
the truly literary magazine Is pass
ing Would the Post expect the
modern day magazine to print above
the head of the age ? Necessa-
riiy, the magazine has a business
flee.
Last year the productions Of leaf
tobacco In the United States anon nted
to neary 700, 0O0, 900 pounds and the
American tobacco crop OF all kinds
waa worth sos, 0O0, 600. More than
seven billion cigars we're made, EN-
playing 100 900 cigars makers. The
entire industry has grown up under
the %protectivo system.
It will not in the least surprise the
south, which grows the cotton and
ought to know something about cot
ton conditions, il it is discovered on
the showdown a little later in the sea-
son that the crop falls short of 12,000,-
600 bales. The phenomenally early
harvest season may have fooled the
the theoretical experts, as the statisti-
cal presidents of other %yearscouut for
little this year,
A story comes from Michigan Of the
finding Of a diamond ring on the tail OF
a family cat. and Of steps being taken
to release a man who was sentenced to
the penitentiary two years ago for the
theft, When the spring sur begins to
melt the snow from the Michigan bills
we may expect other installments of
this story dealing with jewels found In
the crops Of chickens. stop watches In
the stomachs of COWS and the faithful
dog saving the family from death In a
burning house.
Another great artist has passed into
the unknowable beyond, and thousands
| of New Workers mourn his loss, even
as David mourned for Absalom "The
only William" the leading mixer of
drinks ia America, is dead. His artis.
tic connections, "The Dream OF &
Thousand Angels" and the Essence Of
JOY" have done more to chase the
shadows out II mems souls and add to
the population of the sanitarium than
the combined work of all the painters,
puets and singers Of the metropolis.
OAd things are continually cropping
up in the divorce courts. For instance
in a New York court the other day a
man wanted to be separated from his
wife because she wore her boots, cor
sets and skirts in bed. He said she
was afraid the house would catch ahre
hence went to bed prepared to jump
out and make her escape at the slight
est alarm. The court reserved its
opinion as to whether this should be
considered an adequate ground for
setting aside the marriage contract
There is no superabuudanoe of cot
ton-simply an assured supply for the
mills with reasonable guarantee OF q
surplus that will protect the miller
against the perilous contingency OF a
short crop next season. This is what
would be called a healthy condition Of
affairs in reference to any other prod
uct, andit lie a particularly happy con-
diti0n of affairs " regards prOduc4 rs,
in as-much as it is about the agricul-
tural product except hemp, that can
DEFY all destructive agencies except
fire and water, and can easily be safe
guarded against these.