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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
CENSUS BULLETIN.
Irr,etatlon i'm the United States, II

Irrietation in the United States, 1902.
 The Bureau of the Census has just published a bulletin showing the con dition of irrigation in the United States In 1902. This report was authorized by a joint resolution passed by the House at the first session of the Fifty seventh Congress, and was prepared under the supervision Of Mir. LeGrand Powers. chief statistician for agricui- ture. by MT. Clarence J. Blanchard, now of the Geological Survey. &
 The statistics presented were obtain ed by correspondence, supplemented by fieldwork In a few States and by inc formation given by State engineers and their assistants.
 The report Is introduced by a short history showing the growth and de- velopment of irrigation in this country, and the statistics are presented and dis cussed by regions, by States, and by drainage basins.
 Recent Development of Irrigation
 During the last twenty years there has been an awakening to the oppor- tunity that lies in the arid West for the farmer and the home- maker, and a re- markabla transformation has taken place in many parts of this region. Thousands of miles of canals, repre- seuting a vast expenditure of money and labor, distribute water upon more than S,o00.000 acres of land, which once was a barren desert but now is annually producing crops woroth s100.- 900, 900.
 The remotest parts of our great desert are being reached by railroads, and the introduction of facilities for transportation has been followed by a corresponding increase in irrigation The irrigstors. too, are becoming more experienced: their labors are less severe and their achievements are greater than those of their predeces- sors, because they have learned how to subdue and apply the forces of nature throughout innumerable inventions. Problems of water storage and diver sion have heen worked out to a practi- cal solution. Every available stream is now a potent force for good. The dams that hold back and store the floods also furnish abundant electric power for all purposes. and even the flow of the canals turns wheels that lift large quantities of water to fields above the level of gravity supply.
 With the development of Irrigation the range supports larger herds and focks. while in more than one valley the irrigation ditches have made pos sible the development of great mines. Populous and prosperous cities have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
A weak, . Lame, CT sn Aching Bach is Natnress Warning that the
 Kidneys are Sick.
Cure rAs. witA Des.'. Kidney r,u..

danger sisnais sent to tell you ths. the kidneys are clogged and congestsd: that the system is rapidly flling up waste that should be passed of in the Healthy kidneys filter out of the blood every day more than an ounce of pof- this nitsrins % process s is oasS sisssr M hind.rsd or suspended. 80 the body can never be well when the kidneys are i'll; and It is because 20 many people neglect causing more deaths than any other human ills.
 It is easy to curs any form of kidney trouble with Doan's Kidney Pills be- fore 1t rsaens. fatal ,a stsss s. sns shsrs you have kidney disorders. The most common of these symptoms
 Pain in the small of the back.
 hips. or sides; pain when stoop-
 Headaches and disxy spells.
 Nervousness. languor.
 Too copious or too scanty dis
 charges of urine.
 Thick, cloudy. discolorsd ana @
 iil-smeiiing urine, with deposits
 Having to get out of bed at
 night to pass urine, etc. The blood carries the urinous waste to every part of the body. It gets into the nervous system and causes neu- Eraigia or sciatica: It gets into the mus Icles and causes rheumatic pains and Igout: 1t weakens the lungs and irri- Rates the heart, causing the heart to Eiutter and palpitate; 1t crystallizes into gravel and stones in the bladder and kidneys
 You lapse into a general run n-down and languid condition and drift every day towards diabetes and Brights Dis- ease.
 You may have only one of the above symptoms. or you may have several; but danger turks in every one. and you should begin treating the kidneys at once with Doan's Kidney Pills. | This great specific is composed of simple vegetable clements which are absorbed immediately by the kidneys and act on the kidneys alone. It heals and cures diseased tissues, allays in- fiammation and congestion. and restores normal kidney action.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
WEAKNESS OF RUSSIA.
JAPAN IS REALLY A GREAT NATION
 or THE WORLD.
Some Comparisons--fo0,ooo 100000 of Rms sia's Population are Conquered ands Disloyal Looking for . Chance 4
 to get Away.

Popular belief credits Russia with gi- gantic power and proportions, while Japan is looked upon as a pigmy. or A curious and quiet toy, says the New York Sun. When the truth regarding each ofsthe present contestants is bet ter known. surprise will give way to respect and admiration for Japan.
 The area of Japan. irrespective of Formosa IS 27.000 square miles greater than that of the British isles. and 1t has population of 50,000, 900 or s.Ooo.- 900 more than the British Kingdom. I2.- 100000 more than France and s,00o, 900 more than Austria-Hungary. Enthusi- astic patriotism pervades every unit of the population, and the existing con- scription is not in the least degree re- auired to fill the ranks of a stupen- dous army.
 Easily fed. docile and intelligent. Ja- pan can place In the field and main tain large body of troops with great CT facility and less expense than any government in the known world. Fear less of death, which they consider only passport to paradise, and mobile to a degree, the Japanese make the best and most effective troops in any field or under any condition in this century.
 For years the government of Japan has been quietly absorbing every i'm proyement In civil, scientific. naval and military education which could be ob- tained in either hemisphere. and her young men have been trained and are now being trained In the best schools and colleges of Europe (excepting Rus sia) and America. until both arms of the service have demonstrated the abil- ity to overcome their huge adversary. As tacticians and stategists the Jap anese commanders both naval and mill itary have no superiors.
 On the other hand we must consider Russia as she actually Is. not as su- perficial knowledge represents her to be.
 Granted, the enormous area dominat- ed by the Romanoff dynasty and an ag- gregate population of 129,0O0 900. an honest dissection will show that it's huge bulk Is Russia,s weakness
 Out of the total general population, the following races, conquered and held in subjection are naturally looking for an opportunity to release themselves from the yoke:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

George Bernard. the wsli-known sruit-dealsr. of i1o Jefferson Street, says: T knew for some time that my kidneys were affected. There was a dragging pain through the small of my back. and was weak and easily tired. The pain grew very sharp and annoy- ing when worked hard for any length of time. rhssrd of Doan's Kidney Pills and got box at E. c. Fowler's drug store. They did me 50 much good that I procured another. The pills soon cured mo entirely. The aching palms disappeared and have not beer, trou- bied for some time."
 A TRIAL FREE.-To prove what Deans Kidney Pills will do for you we will mail a trial box free on applica- tion. Address Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buff falo. ". Y. 2.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

This leaves only 2o.ooO,O 10000 genuine Russians in whom unlimited confidence might be placed, were not the majority of the true Russians as dissatisfied as the foreign races held in subjection. This dissatisfaction Is evidenced by the assassination of prominent officials.
 The enormous extent to which deser- ton prevails in Russia is astounding and hardly creditable except to these who have lived in that country. While the conscript is on the road to toin
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
JOY IN
How a Bed-Ridden Woman Preached
a Wonderful Sermon by Her
Cheerfulness.

A girl belonging to a church society
went to call upon a cripple, taking
some sweet spring flowers to the in
valid. After a little conversation, the
visitor asked:
Don't you get tired Of being tied
to that bed day and night, Miss Grey.
week after week?"
Yes, l think l do sometimes; that
is, | grow bodily tired" vas the re-
sponse But | try not to think Of
that. | only want to remember that
God is good and merciful. In His love
He spared me even though | am Grip
pied, to live that l might learn to
know Him here. You see, before |
was hurt | never thought about Him
as being a real Friend and Helper.
But since | have been compelled to lie
here quiet and helpless, 1 a even find
joy and thankfulness in my affection;
| live to serve Him and that crowds
almost every other thought out" q
And the one who had come to min
lister went away feeling that she had
received more than she had given dur
ing that visit.
Truly, only those who know Him for
the loving Saviour that He is can say
this.-Ram's Horn.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
He COULD CLIMB.
Workman in an Elevator Shaft Fur
nishes Text for Sermon to
Young Men.

A man working on an elevator was
telling his experiences as a workman
in one of the large skyscrapers. He
said that he could begin working in the
shaft at the bottom, and go on up, slow
ly, climbing as the work progressed,
but that he could not go in at the top
and begin working. The height was
too great to begin there; yet he had no
difficulty if he worked his way up in
the shaft. 1t was a striking illustra-
ton of a great truth that few young
people appreciate. Most of us want to
go in at the top somewhere, and begin
to work. Not all of us are willing to
go in at the bottom and work our way
up. One of the reasons why some young
men have fallen is because they went in
at the top where their fathers were
working, and tried to work in the same
way. Perhaps they sought only the
easy places at the top, places which
Others had reached by hard working
and climbing, and they could not stand
the height-so they fell to the bottom.
1t is a good thing to reach the top in
anything; but it is not a good thing to
be carried there and placed in position
without having the experience of climb
ing, by slow degrees, until the top is
in this, that it furnishes a place to stand
on in time of promotion; it steadies n
when be reaches the tCp.-Servlce.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
When the Body Grows Weaker.

When God is God, gain and growth
need never cease in one of His chill
dren. There is no dead line" here, no
matter how far back into physical youth
the gossip of the world may try to force
that line. Many an aged saint has real
lied. as no younger person can, that
while the body is daily growing weaker,
the life within is daily growing strong
or. And there are things that are worth
more than bodily strength. Those who
are most possessed of physical strength
are usually least noted for intellectual
or spiritual power. And those in whom
the physical powers are waning, after
a life of service in Christ. may rejoice
in saying with Paul: Our citizenship
is in Heaven; whence also we wait for
a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; Who
shall fashion anew the body of our
humiliation, that it may be conformed
to the body Of His glory."-Christian
Work.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
FRUITFUL HAlF-HOURS.
The Momentous Results to a Young
Man of Taking Time to
Mediate.

An old mar lay on his death-bed.
and beside him was his son, a
worldly-minded youth. The father,
who had long yearned for his Boys
conversion, now asked him to- grant
a favor ere he died; and the dying
request could not be refused. This
request was a strange one:
Promise me-" said the old man,
that for six months after my death
you will retire to my room for a
half-hour every day and think"
"And about what?" said the son.
That I leave to yourself" answered
the father, and soon after died.
The youth kept his promise, and for
some time had no difficulty in passing
the half-hour. But Dol the thought
of eternity and tho condition Of his
soul came up before his mind. His
father had taken care that the lad
would have time to think; and ere
long the half-hours had heightened
into hours, as he sat thinking of his
eternal well-being. Thus he was led
to the Bible, to believe on Jesus, and
was saved.
Could you bear to be alone for half
an hour, bordering the great question:
where will / spend eternity ?"-
Rams Horn.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
RAMS HORN SPEAR POINTS.

There are no swordless saints.
Yesterdays remedies cannot work to-
days reforms.
1t is the gifts we use and not the ones
we have that make us.
David's brightest thoughts came to
him In his darkest days.
Right relations with God is the first
duty of every young man.
Nature study is empty without the
study Of our own natures.
When a mai brags of his virtues the
devil is the first to applaud.
Faith is a telescope; the vision comes
from looking through 1t, not at 1t.
Prayer is simply our expression when
we become conscious OF Gods presence.
The worst thing in this world is not
dying; it Is being dead and not knowing
1t.
A minute with the Redeemer in the
morning may saw an hour of regret at
night.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
Will Advance Rates.

The truck growers in the section
around Jackson are very much wor-
ried over a well-defined rumor that
the Illinois Central road will ad-
vance freight rates on fruit and veg
etable shipments next spring. Sew
eral OF the most prominent truck
farmers in hat section were recently
called to New Orleans to discuss the
situation with the traffic department
Of the Illinois Central, and the init
nation was given them that an ad-
vance of rates is in prospect. They
are unable to understand why such
action should be taken in view Of the
fact that there will be a largely in
creased acreage devoted to fruits and
vegetables next year, and they be-
lieve that the logical result Of the
enlargement of the industry ought
to be a reduction instead of an in
crease Of rates.
On the other hand the railroads
held that they have been giving the
truck farmers an exceedingly low
rate merely to encourage the grow
ing Of fruits and vegetables, and
now that the business is beginning
to assume some proportions they
think that the railroad is entitled
to a share of the profits.
The news has had a somewhat
chilling effect on some Of the truck
farmers who have been made thor
ourghly ~conversant with the situa-
ton, and it may have a tendency to
cause some Of the farmers to limit
their plans for the coming season.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
IN HIs NAME.

rhey laughed at him. a soulless. cherries
laugh.
And made a smile with pretense to be
bland,
Because he stopped and raised a beggar's
staff
And placed it In its owners hand.
And dropped a coin within his thriftless
cup,
To comfort him-that he might drink and
sup.
They said: "Ah, me! What next? One dare
not guess"
And saw him stop to soothe a child's dis
may,
To brush the soil from off its Sunday dress.
And send 1t comforted upon Its homeward
Not much. tbs true, yet dimly one may
The Christ and catch a glimpse of far-of
Galilee.
Eccentric to extreme! He led a drunken
boy
Out from the crowd, away from laugh
and jeer.
Beyond the reach OF them who would de-
stroy.
And dropped upon his hand a kindly tear,
To let him know that one walked by his
side
To save him from himself and evils that
betide.
Absurd beyond belief! 1t merits jest and
Sneer!
Tha he in open day would thus himself
dernean-
To give a bunch of flowers without a sign
of fear,
TIC one who walked the path of erring
Magdalene.
Her eyes welled with her tears-tne flowers
she reverent prest
Against her heart-and God knows all the
rest.
S. 3. McManus. in RAMS Horn.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
Mississippi State News
Good for Farmers.

In order to stimulate potato grow
ing by the farmers along the line OF
its road the industrial department
of the Frisco system has made an
exceptionally liberal offer. +. 5.
White, who has charge of the indus
trial bureau, with headquarters at
Memphis and Birmingham, states
that he has made arrangements to
furnish the farmers along the road
with all the seed potatoes they want
next spring and that he will buy all
crops when gathered, paying full
market value in cash when delivered
at the nearest point for shipment.
If the farmers desire to do SO they
may defer payment for the seed po-
tatoes until they have harvested
their crops. 1t is very likely that
this generous offer will be accepted
by many farmers, and that there will
be a large increase of acreage de-
voted to potatoes in that part Of the
State next spring. The Irish pota-
to is easily grown i'll the northern
counties, Invariably makes Il good
yield and a comparatively small
amount of labor is required for their
cultivation as compared with the
time and trouble expended on the
average cotton crop. Some fertili-
zation will be required, but the crop
is one that is easily handled and all
WAYS commands remuneratiye prices.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
THE LORD VISITED HIM.
Remarkable Instance Related by a
Western Preacher Of Gods
P~rovidential Care.

A pastor Of a western church relates
this incident which he considers a spe-
cial Providence to him, although some
people think it was only a coincidence.
He says he was recently called to a new
p~astorate and had exhausted all his
ready means. 1t was getting late in the
autumn and was cold. His supply OF
wood was nearly exhausted, and he had
not enough to go over the Sabbath.
This want troubled him SO much dur
ing the week that he could not prepare
his usual (He had never tried
to repare two sermons in a week but
once, when the sermons were no very
valuable.) On Saturday afternoon he
ment into the village to see how he
could get a load of WOOD to last over
the Sabbath, for he had a family and
could not go over the Sabbath without
wood. He thought he would try and
borrow five dollars from his deacon,
who lived on a farm a few miles in the
country, and came into the village
every Saturday afternoon.
When he reached the village he went
into the drug store of one of his mem
bers and asked the privilege to write
a note to the deacon. Stepping behind
a desk he took a sheet Of note paper and
began to write. He got as far as to say:
Dear Friend" when a hand came
around the desk with a %fve-dollar bill
In it, and he heard a voice that said to
him: Take that; l have heard you
preach" The voice came from a man
who stood behind the desk, not a mem
Der of his church, who never gave him
a dollar before. The pastors eyes filled
with tears, and 1t seemed like the Lord.
He was thrilled all over. He caught his
breath and managed to thank the gen.
tleman.
AS he opened the front door he saw
a load of wood standing on the street
lear the door. He stepped up to the
wagon and asked the man who drove 1t
if the wood was for sale. The man re-
piled that it was, SO he bought the wood
and got onto the wagon, as the man
asked him to do, and the next Sabbath
his family was comfortable. He says he
did not need any notes to preach the
next Sabbath, for his heart was SO full
that he preached eXtemporaneously with
great liberty, and some of his members
came to him after the sermon and asked
how he preached SO effectively. He re-
piled that "the Lord had visited him,
DIR. John D. Parker. in Herald and
Presbyter.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
Mississippi Stands Second.

In contemplating the age statis-
tics made by Che department of COM
merce and labor in its latest bulletin
some statistical figures are quite
surprising. In a table of the re-
ported c%entenarians in a population
Of 100000, of known age, this State
holds second to the highest place out
of the fifty States, Territories and
the District of Columbia. The num-
Der of centenarians in 100000, Of
known age, in Mississippi, is twenty,
and there is only one State that
shows a higher record, which is Ar
iona, with t~wenty-one centenarians.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
HAD LEARNED TO OBEY.
Incident in Life of Gen. Havelock
Which Showed His Strict
Fidelity to Duty.

It is told of Gen. Havelock that one
day, when a boy, his father. having
some business to do, left him on London
bridge, and babe him wait there till be
came back.
The father was detained and forgot
his son, not returning to the bridge all
that day. In the evening he reached
home, and after he had rested a little
while, his wife inquired:
Where is Harry"
The father thought a moment.
Dear mel" said he, Il quite forgot
Harry. He is on London bridge, and
has been there for eight hours waiting
for me-"
He fastened away to relieve the boy.
and found him just where he had left
him in the morning, pacing to and fro
like a sentinel on his beat.
The strict fidelity to duty which the
boy gloriously displayed on this occa-
sion showed itself in after years and
was the means of winning many a ia
nous victory in battle.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06

NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY.
Where four-leaved clovers-deary me!
She yawned until she could not see;
So warm, and, oh, SO sleepy She!
How could she say her lesson?
Back, nodding to her seat she crept,
And dropped her curly head and slept.
Then, with a little bashful pause,
Sweet April came, and cried because
She couldn't quite remember
How many days to her belong,
Or where the bluebird learned his song!
December prompted, which was wrong;
But he was grieved, the gentle lad,
To see his little playmate sad;
And in her place, quite trim and neat,
With braided hair and slippered feet,
Came studious young September.
She knew her lesson like a book,
And said it off with serious look.
Twas all of sunshine, cloud and haze,
And golden hours aud shortening days,
And sheaves of gathered knowledge;
She spoke in French, of course, with
ease,
In Hebrew and in Japanese,
In Spanish. Dutch and Portuguese;
And "ologies" and 'ographies'-
AS much as any college
She seemed to know; but, bold and spry,
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
Fifty.Eiqht New Banks.

A careful investigation and exam
nation Of the records in the office
of the secretary of State for the past
year reveal the fact that during 1904
there have been chartered in Mis-
sissippi ffty-eight banks, with an
aggregate capital of s2,41o,0o0, and
during the same period banks al
ready established have increased
their capital stock to the amount Of
$185,000, making a total amount of
capital stock invested in banks of
$2,595,000 for the past year.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
is ALWAYS WELCOME.
The Christmas Saint Finds a Hearty
Reception Wherever and How
ever He May Come

It matters not whether youscall him
st. Nick, Kris Kringle or Santa Claus;
or whether he comes by sleigh and
deer or in an automobile, he will be
welcome. Can you imagine the patron
saint of Christmas cheer finding any
door barred against him?
And how good it is. forsooth, for ua
to give to this jolly st. Nick the free
dom of the world. and a r~ight-of-way
ven eve u house-tops and down
our chimneys.
Some men segh at the annual sea-
o OF holly and mistletoe. and groan
at the thought OF the Christmas tree,
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06

and the night-before Christmas stock
ings. but those same men would miss
the gift time. and the feasting, and
the fellowship, and the good cheer.
1t is the season when the children
are happiest, and who. at that time.
Is not a child? s.Men are but children
of a larger growth" says Dryden, and
God pity the man who ever fully out
grows his childhood.
Let US all fill the bumper, figurative-
ly speSking, and drink a health 10
Christmas time-to the gathering OF
the family and friends at the firesids
and at the table grooming with its
roast turkey. it's chicken pie. and its
fat plum pudding. steaming hot.
Let us all be children for the time
being-even if. with soTe OF US, il
has to be a second childhood.-Four-
Track News.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-06
Has No Jurisdiction.

Attorney General Williams has
advised the railroad commission that
it has no jurisdiction in the matter
of the complaint of the Vicksburg
Compress Company against the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley and the
Alabama & Vicksburg railroads for
compelling them to sign contracts
for freight. The petition will be
dismissed, therefore, at the next
meeting Of the commission, and the
railroads will continue to require
the contracts, no doubt.