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The leader., 1905-01-28
THEORY AND PRACTICE
1t Takes COMPUTATION Of the Two
to Get the Best Results
in Farming.

So many of our farmers are yet pref
udiced against book farming, as they
term it, but with the good work that
the agricultural press and college
along with the experiment stations, are
doing, this feeling is growing less and
less each year. We believe that the
ory without practice amounts to lit
tie, but combine the two and one can
do wonders. The farmer who thinks
he can make success with his hands
only will get left. He has got to look
and study, then put the thought tc
work, when he will accomplish some
thing. We have many problems tc
solve yet in agriculture and livestock
breeding.
but it is gratifying to know that in
the last few years that our expert
ment stations and agricultural colleges
arc up to the front on demonstration
AT all Of our northern state fairs they
have won many prizes in cattle, sheer
and hog feeding. AT the late Interna-
tional stock show, which is the great
est held on this continent, the grand
champion steer was fed by college
students. A good shorthorn that was
first prize two-year-o1d and champion
grade was fitted and shown by Indi.
ana agricultural college. The Iowa col
lege also fed some prize winning bull
locks last year. Don't we know thai
this great work will be worth SC
much to the students Of the colleges il
after years.
Farmer, IL you have a son that in.
tends to make farmer. or stock
raiser, send him to some good agricul-
tural college. Let him make tbs
start right. Let us know more about
this business. We say SOW pease te
do the land good. Let us know why
it does the land good and how
When we feed the COW a balanced
ration of cottonsced meal, ensilage
pcavine hay for a great flow Of mill
and good rich butter, let us know tht
why's.
We have good books that treat o.
every subject connected with agricul.
ture, horticulture and stock-ralsing
They were written BY men who have
bad actual years Of practice and ex
perienee along the lines taught. Study
these along with the good journals de-
voted to farming agld we guaranteed
that yon viii get on better and fee
better William Lea. In Dixie Farmer
The leader., 1905-01-28
The Real Thing.

Ethel-Who was that man you just
bowed to?
Penelope-That was Dobson, the great
composer
"A composer, did you say?"
He manufactures soothing syrup
Bits.
The leader., 1905-01-28
chautauqua at Gulfport.

Gulfport will have a Chautauqua
assembly this summer, beginning
July / and continuing until the
18th. inclusive.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Eas 1t cures painful, swollen,
kmarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The leader., 1905-01-28

It has been discovered that more than
600 grown people in the United
States are unable to read. Only those
who live in such literary atmosphere as
hovers constantly over Indiana can un-
derstand what a blow this information is.
s-IndiananOlis News
The leader., 1905-01-28

The flowers that bloom in the spring,
ira la, cut a very Door figure in com
parison with the high-priced buds that
bloom all the year around in hothouses.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Laurel Liqht plant Burned.

The electric light and power
plant of the Laurel Improvement
Company was destroyed by fire last
week. Loss $4,000, insurance
$4,000. The plant caught at the
switchboard, thought to have been
from defective insulation. The
city is in darkness and many small
industries which were operated BY
electric power have been forced to
close down temporarily. The COM
pany will rebuild at once on a
larger scale.
The leader., 1905-01-28
Mississippi State News
M ApproprIatIon 20 EIsetors.

It has developed that the legisla-
ture failed 10 make an appropria-
tion to pay the mileage and ex-
penses Of the presidential electors.
The electors are entitled, under the
law, to receive four dollars for each
twenty miles travelled in coming to
and from the seat Of government,
and four dollars per day. Some Of
the electors have bills as high as $75
against the State. The next legis-
lature will be called on to make the
necessary appropriation to pay the
electors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12

should go to Jocmel, on the south side
of the island to remain under protection
OF the batteries there Until 'rihed guns
could be procured .1or her, and 50 we!
started that afternoon and next morn
ing were ploWlng The Caribbean Se,r. to-
wards La Vache. 1t being quite stormy
and the avery rough. Inc rain tell
In torrents until noon and then slacKed
up, ileaving 1T intensely hot and close. SO
that the watch below, unable to get any
rest after dinner had come on deck to-
get a breath{of,alr. l5was sitting by the
cabin door, and had fallen into a nap,
when Hudson shook mo and said: Let,
us go forward and look at the water
spout We went to the wheel and on
10 the bride, where Captain Williams
with two of his officers were standing
'iShe Is coming right at US, SAID no.
Hadn't you best try a shot at her t1ud-
son?' That officer ran down tile steps
and forward. had his gun cast 10 We, and
got ready to fire.
had a good look at the waterspout,
and can say that 1t resembled all the
pictures had seen of the traveller, only
that the column seemed much taller. II
appeared over half q milo h!Eh, ana
considerably larger than the diaint elr OF
sugar hogshead when we saw IT, two
miles off. The top Of 1t seemed spread
out and not as dense as the body. ana
looked as If 1t merged into the clouds,
1t canye very fast wlthsithe upper part
/, seening to sway or move more irregu-
larry than the body. It was q terrifying
sight The captain had put tho ships
head off. SO ~ to let 1t 30 TO the port
| OF u.s. and soon Hudson gave It ghell.
which he claimed passed through It. but
| ii had no perceptble effect. 1t now came
and passed about quarter of mile
\ OFF our port-quarter going directly across
| our wake. with loud, rushing noise,
1 and wa felt quite n drizzle OF water as
\ I'll went by. Williams said that It was
! larger than the average of waterspouts,
and II we had run into 1t. or 1t into
4 us, so as to break the column OF water,
several hundred thousand tons Of water
would probably have dropped on US. but
he consoled us by saying that he had
q never heard of a vessel being destroyed
through waterspout, although IN old
, times they were n terror TO small cratt,
We reached Jacmel after night. ana,
entering the pretty little circular harDor
, anchored on the flank of the battery near
the entrance. Next day the Dessallnes
was seen riding q mile or more on shore
bobbing up and down on blockade duty.
, General Hudson myself and a party
started hack over the mountains to'Mira
goanes, and, when we reached there
found the camp In a great state Of ex'
!. element 1t appeared that, after La
, Patr!ao left that point tho pessalinss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12

The United States minister to Hayti
was John NJ. Langston. mulatto from
Virginia. Now 1t is the custom Of all
nations to send their best representative
men 10 appear for them in foreign coun-
tries as ministers ENJOYS, etc negro
does not represent the people Of the
United States; he merely represents tho
colored unit, and when they see the men
sent to them as representatives of other
nations. they are led to the belief that
The United States Is controlled by the
negroes. Langston was dssipnted, and
had got into q la!son withEa Hayden
woman which gave the black president
Solomon. an advantage over him. Fur-
tkarmore,. his son had cut another darby
10 pieces In washington, and when Sol
onion heard of 1t he said TO Langston:
you are pretty fellow 10 come here
preaching peace to the Haytlens, when
your own son has killed another colored
man IN the United States, Keep peace
among yourselves. and set US the cN-
ample"
Langston, afraid that his dongs might
reach the ear of tho Washington authori-
ties, became q tool of Sololnons, and
II was openly charged that II was his
plan 10 fire Port au Prince and lay the
blame on the revolutionsts. He also
Il
er--the Ethel OF GooTons, from Merritt
md Company, the Philadelphia fru!ters,
with an armament of Parrot rifles.
When we saw this, 70 us. formidable
& craft passing up TO Port au Prince dying
the American flag, but with her arma-
nent between decks. we decided 10 fol-
low her With Ia patrine and when she
hoisted The Hayden colors to attack and
capture her.
The foreign wnrshlps in port had been
Regnnult de Jcnoully. English Fan
K bella della Catolico. bu, had been in1
creased by the American flagship Ten
nessee German training slip Freyo, Eng
Jorgejuan and American cOVsts Seva-
tara and Alliance
The Ethel anchored off Port au Prince
4. went up and had our boats all ready %
board her the moment she ho's.ed the
IIayttrn aar HNda0u he'd nharg, of
the eo-popndcr pivot gun ana ] had
charge of the broadsidsS, and we counted
nn making an easy captut9 AS We We're
anchored about cables length from
her, the captain Of the !'eyafnra sent as
word that va held d ;hrsat-nias attitude
towards an American vessel. Wa1sent
word back that we knew her pHrposeAt
ment, and we ntenisi tn take her tf
3 roon az she lioisted its co'ars. lie re-
turned answer thai we must Withdraw
would fire on W.. 10 give this eject ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
By MAJOR WILLIAM F. DOYLE.
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cleared his ship for action and opened
his ports, and although we felt aselieved
we could not help but adlnirs The Quick
and seamanlilke manne2 in which the
Sevatara got ready, running down hor
top gallant and royal yards. casting loose
her guns, putting up her splinter net
ting. and removing all deck ratings, etc.
She was alive for fourteen minutes, with
her crew flying around. and then she
was ready for fight.
X Seeing no alternative. we fell back n
respectful distance, and all that night
wo could hear boats going to and from
tho town and fleet to the Ethel. and 1t
was reported that she was transferred
that night from her American owners to
Solomon, in the presence Of the American
ninste Langston. while another report
was that seamen from the Unired
States warships were employed In get
ting Zip her guns and carriages and put
ting her IN order us warship, and 1t
was u fact that her commander was
Captain Cooper son Of Commodore Coop
er. tho American commander on the
station.
When morning dawned the Haytien flag
was flying on the Ethel. whose name had
been changed TO the Dessaines The CO.
FOUNDER brecchloading PARROT rifle
stuck its black muzZlc through the open
port forward, pivoted. and two 80 pound
err PARROTS, also breechloadlng, protruded
from port and starboard ports She was
ready for fght. but as her consorts, tho
/ Solomon and Liberle and rgaite. were
not seemingly ready, we steamed down
| the bay towards Miragoanees, to sec
| what would be done She soon came
after us. and off Logane we had a set-to,
| The Dcssalines was foaming along at u
l6-knot clip when we turned Into u little
| bay TO port, turned around and made out
| towards her thus getting within II thou-
| sand yards of her, Her bridge was COW
cred With men, all generals learned
except Captain Cooper, and when Hudson
] cut loose with his bow gum exploding
! a U-pound shell in their vicinity, they
/ let go all holds and fell to the deck.
| II was truly laughable, The Dessalines
seemed nohplussed. and welyecred, nno
! gave her thrty-twos pound shot
! whereupon she turned tail and soon pu
! distance between us. WcSthen pushed on
J and she followed firing Mt us at onl
range with her rineds guns, and rather
wildly, 30 we managed to, make Mira
goanes unhurt. With her superior speed
OF ~ knots 10 our 81 she could have
punished JUS bad y,' 4 and with her long
range guns could have sheled us gu
OF tho protection of The little fort a
MTagoanes, but she contcnted herself b.
returning TO Port IN Prince TO spreat
the news Of her victory.
a council Of war was held that night
AT which Bnzelair seemed much depress
ed. and It was decided that La Patra
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12

depending entirely upon the size iand.
attachments; best .by test. We have
sold hundreds of them wlthoutIa single
complaint. In fact, we have a list Of
names to which wo are at liberty to
#refer you. The outlay need not worry
YOU Just a littleSt down and little
each week or month. You pay for IT.
while you are using and enjoying it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
MOBILE, JACKSON AND
 KANSAS CITY RAILROAD 1.-THE NEW WAY. Timber Landsl Farm Lands!
 Trucking Landsl SawmiIl Sites Factory Sitesl

Splendid lands for peaches, cane, small fruits and all kinds of truckage: :: to say nothing of cotton, corn. oats. peas and alfalfa, which can be sue cessfully growE on the entire line of four hundred miles.
 Good climate, good water, good lands and fine forests of long leaf yellow pine and harwoods over the entire way offering every inducement to the manufacturer of lumber. both for ex- port and domestic markets. Fine opportunities offered for nak- ing slaves, headings, spokes, boxss mantels and all kinds of nigh-grade furniture.
 The M, J. & K. 0. Railroad shorters the distance from the North to the Gulf, putting Memphis, St. Louis, Nash vile, Louisville, Cincinnati, IndianaD- eHs and the great West in close touch with Mobile; insuring quick deliveries to Tampa. Havana, Bluefelds. Colon and all Central American ports. Care and caution in handling freight and quick transportation at moderate cost. is our motto.
 Full information will be given. L. L. LAWRENCE, Manager l. 6 I.
 Department, Laurel, Miss. w. L. ODWYER, General Freight
 Agent, Mobile, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30

tastes is loss of happiness and may pos sibly be injurious to the intellect and more probably to the moral character by enfeebling the emotional part of our na- ture.' Do you wonder that Darwin. who wrote such sentences as these, could let the spiritual part of his life become atro- phied as well as the aesthetic and the love for the beautiful? And so, young people as well as older people. as you develop along physical and moral lines 1 want you to develop along the line of the spir- itual. l want you to develop in Christ and through Christ who Is the highest model for all spiritual development.
 But" says some one, "I have never tried to develop myself in and through Christ" Then. my brother, Is that any reason why you should not start now? When an enemy one day taunted the great preache Esprit Fletcher be- cause of his humble birth and because Dr. Fletcher replied, Yes. my sphere in life used to be very humble. but in all probability had you begun life as 1 began it you would have been candle maker all your lifen Because some of us are warped spiritually Is that any reason why, in Christ we cannot be- come Hike a tree planted by the rivers Of water, that bringeth forth it's fruit In It's seasonY Oh. my friends in Christ and through Christ will you not splritu- ally start anew? Then, by law of the survival of the fittest with God you shall prosper and live forever and ever VIII you not, here and now. become one with Christ for the highest of all develop ment?
 Copyright 1905, by Louis Klopsch.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
WHO WINS
Not One in Ten Men Succeeds In Beat.
 ing Ponies.

From Public Opinion.
 { Not five men in fifty who bet on d horse race win. If this were not so the bookmakers could not live, for their expenses are heavy. Until near the end of May it cost a member of fbe Metropolitan Turf associataion about $lOO day to make book. It was nee cessary, therefore. for the eighty mem
 CTS of this body who booked" regl- larly to take out of the pockets of the public $8000 each day in order to quit even. The 100 outside layers with their daily expenses of s55 each had 10 win another $5500, while the 30 back liners, whose expenses were S30, were forced to mulct the followers of the turf to the extent of s900 more, and the 40 field layers, with their $40 out lay. had to collect from their golden geese $1600 Thus the 250 gamblers who habitually do business at the tracks had to win s16,OOO daily in order not to lose money, and it was rarely that they failed to do so. The mean ing of these figures is that the 10000 persons who on an average attend the race track were forced 10 lose SLIGO each in addition to the payment of s2 admission fee, car fare, programme. etc.
 Jf .s ;mpossible to obtain exact fig ures as to the daily losses on the New York race courses. but that they are large can be readily understood from the foregoing. An ex-bookmaker tried io make an estimate for the writer. but finally gave up in despair, saying All that is positive is this, that a layer, member of the Metropolitan Turf association. who has not net profit at the end of the season of $20.- 900 considers the season to have been a bad one" This meant a loss by the public to the Metropolitan Turf asso- ciation alone of $3.12O,OOO, the s1 ,6OO,- 900 net profit and the s1,52O,O0O of ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
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penses based upon the old order of doing business. This is daily winning of $205 man, which is undoubtedly low. The ex-bookmaker admitted this, and said that during his career as layer he had cleared as high as $200.- 900 season. The boollmakers that lose, he said, are those who, not satis- fled with making winning book, try 10 increase their rolls by betting on their judgment in other books.
 When rich men lose from s10,000 to $2U,000 on race, as certain Wall street plungers have been known to do, it is easy to realize that the esti- mated winnings of the members of the Metropolitan Turf association are placed, if anything, below the real mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30

When 1t prints good, 1t is a good cut The Gawk Engraving co,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30

PORTLAND, Ore, and return $o7.5o Account of the Lewis & Clark Exposi- ton. tickets will be sold to Portland via any regular direct route retu-., .ng via San Francisco or San Francisco and Los Angeles and regular uircct routes therefrom or vice versa, Inn ited 10 ninety days with stopover priv iliges at certain points within final limit of ticket.
 IIOMESEEKERS tickets to Texas, Ar kansas, Indian and Oklahoma Territor- ies will be sold on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at one fare plus s2 for the round trip, good for twenty-One days.
 SUMMER TOURIST RATES to all sum- mer resorts are very attractive. Tickets will be sold daily until Sep .ember S0th. with final limit October 3ist 1905.
 For further information, call on or write.
 P. SID JONES. D. P. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
RAT ES
 VIA
|cSl.Egs5s!l||,
A. c. s. R. R.

MONTEAGLE. .TENN.-And return N.2b; tickets on sale June % and 30. July 1. 14, Is, r. 2S and 24. August 5. 6, and T; final limit August S1; ;sriviledge of exten- sion.
 ALL points in Texas Indian territory and Oklahoma territory, one fare plus s2 for round trip; tickets on sale first and third Tuesday O. each month to Decem- Der; final limit 2 days from date of sale. PORTLAND. ORE.-Also Los Angeles and San Francisco Cal. account Lewis and Clark exposition. For rates and par ticulars apply to undersigned. Summer tourist rates to lake. moun- tain and seashore resorts will be in ef- feet via Queen and Crescent Route after June 1.
 For rates, schedules and other informa- tion, call on or add.ess
 A. B. FREEMAN.
 T. P. A.. o. &s c. Route.
 Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
Survival of the FIttest.

If you do not beleiye in the physical survival of the fittest, sound the chests of some of our successful men, When the great Henry Ward Beeched for the first time entered the office of Dr. Orson Fowler, the phrenologist exclaimed to his partner, My, what fine animal!' Mr. Beecher was a fine animal As you look upon the picture of that magnificent head you are not surprised to hear that young Henry Ward Beecher was the finest foot ball kicker of his class in Amherst col 'lege. But as l look upon long row of pictures of the past generation find that almost without exception they were all good animals. 1t i- almost an impos- sibility for any man to stand in the front rank of the ministry today without be- Ing a physical athlete. The Rev Robert Collyer. the poetic preacher of New York graduated from the blacksmith's forge, but many ministers who are preaching i1 our large cities today could easily step from the pulpit to the blacksmith forge and strike a herculean blow, so great Is their physical as well as mental stamina
 enter the law offices of the late Sena- tor William NJ Evarts. MT. Choate," say, why did your partner make the wonderful success he did? For years he stood at the head of the New York bar Our late ambassador to England answers: Because Mir. Evarts was a good animal. He could sit down at his desk and work on a case day in and day out for eighteen hours out of every twenty-four. He had mental equipment and he had also un- limited physical resources" William M. Evarts was able to succeed when others failed because his backbone was strong az if made of steel. What is true of the inwver and minister is also true of the uhysician, the inventor and the merchant. The reason one class O men fails and the bother succeeds is often due not more to great mental strength than 10 physical stamina.
 '"The survival of the fittest' Oh, yes, we find 1t in the law of physical equip ment. Young men, young women, In this struggle of life are you going to allow yourselves to be trampled under foot merely because you do not look after your physical health? Are you going to let the great opportunities of life slip from your grasp merely be- cause you have not taken the, proper physical exercise and food and sleep for your lungs and heart and stomach? oh" said William T. sherman to General Grant one day, "I feel just as able to carry on. another war as I did twenty years ago" You may feel so, Sherrnain."' answered General Grant, but feeling so does not make you able. We may be mentally as bright as we ever were, but we could not stand the physical strain" The civil war was fought and won just as much by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30
Fair DeaIina.

The merchant who Is successful in the true sense of the word Is not the man who cheats his customers, but the man who will give his customers more for their money than any one else will give
 A great merchant builds up his businesss by winning the confidence and the re- spect of a community, not by selling them shabby goods. The story is told that many years ago a new trader went out to live among the Indians No soon- CT had he landed and opened his store tban the Indian chief came to him and bought some goods. The chief sad. q pay you tomorrow" The next day inc Indian chief returned with many mem bers of his tribe. Then he commenced to pay the trader for h-s goods. He gave him one otter skin then another skin. then another skin, then another skin ,ln- til he had given to him four skins. The goods were worth just four skins. Then the chief drew out a beautiful otter skin and offered 1t also He offered this ffth skin to test the traders honesty. "chief |" said the trader 'I do not want that ffth skin. You have pai- me enouph.n The Indian chief said: No, no. White man
 take this skin also. Again and again
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-30

P. SID JONES. D. P. A R. G. PIERCE. T. P. A. .. R. FEELEY, c. P. 4. Both phones s25
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-28
rheumatism Cured in "a Hours.

T J. Blackmore. of Halter & Black
more. Pittsburg. Pa. says: "A short
time since | procured a bottle of Mys-
tic Cure. II got me out of the house
n "a hours. | took to my bed with
rheumatism nine months ago and the
Mystic Cure is the only medicine that
lid me any good. had five Of the best
physicians in the city. but I received
very little help from them. ! know the
Mystic Cure To be what il is represent
ed and take pleasure in recommending
il TO other poor sufferers" Sold by
Otto Grotjan. 1901. Second avenue.
Rock Island; Gust SchlegeI & Son
22O West Second street, Davenport