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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
Cotton Warehouse at BienviIIe.

Arcadia, La: A special session of
the Police Jury of Bienville Parish
was held for the purpose of appoint
ing Parish Coroner, to succeed the
late DR., John w. Givens, for the I'M
expired term, being less than one
year DR.. A. B. Nelson was placed
IN omination, and having received a
majority of all of the members of this
honorable body, was declared duly ap-
pointed coroner of this parish, to fill
the unexpired term caused by the
death of Dr.. Owens.
Tooke & Pruitt have opened a
skating rink here, and are doing a
good business. 1t is the popular meet.
ing place for all the young people.
A cotton warehouse at Bienville
VIII soon be erected by one branch
OF the Farmers Union in this parish.
ms Will make the third in the parish,
the one here and at Ringgold are do
ing fair amount of business. Cotton
SUN comes rolling in, and the price
movers close around II cents, and it
IS understood the staple stored in the
Farmers Union warehouse here is be-
ing held for II cents.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
AbbeViiie.

Abbeyillc, La; Congressman Rob
ert +. Broussard paid this section a
brief visit yesterday and conferred
with local leaders on the subject OF
his candidacy for the governorship,
carrying ont his intention as an
nounCcd at the ThibodauX conference.
While no one speaks with authority
opinion here is divided, and the re,
suits Of his trip thus for seems to be
closely guarded. Mr.. Broussard left
by team in The afternoon for his home
in New IBERIA
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
COLONEL Had A GRIEVANCE.
Important Business That Took Him
to the National Capital.

Col. Pete Hepburn Of Iowa is one of
the few members Of the house of rep.
resentatiyCs to be found in Washing
ton just now. The other day the col
onel was sUolIin& down the avenue
wearing his deceptive permanent
crouch expression, when a friend
drifted alongside and fell in step with
him.
IN town late, aren't you, coionei?"
the friend inquired
"Umph," remarked Mr., Hepburn,
somewhat briefly
Doing chores for the boys at home,
| guess the unabashed friend con-
tinued
NO" said the colonel, becoming
more loquacious.
Then, what are you doing?"
My dear young friend" said Mr.
hepburn, ever since the winter of
1908 there has been a busted place
about as big as a soup plate in the
concrete IN front OF my mouse. Last
session made seven speeches on the
floor of the house Of representatives
on the subject of the outrageous, con
temptble, horrible. scandalous and in
competent manner in which the city
is run and the terrible, insanitary,
cowardly and inhuman way in which
the streets Of this city are neglected
Last session | made nine speeches
on the same subject ! am now pest
ering the commissioners, and have
reason to believe that by the Fourth
of Juhy III get that place fixed"
And with a parting growl Col. Hep
burn continued on his way to the dis
trict NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Tests proved that Miss Monaghan
died Of hydrophobia, although strick,
en- four months after being bitten.
Rev. A, r. Price preached ami
yersary sermon for Helping Hand
Circle, Kings Daughters.
Entries for the amteur athletic
meet closed with l70 athletes, repre-,
scnting seven cities.
Cardinal Gibbons addressed children
at St. JOseph's Church, magdalens and
penitentS at House of Good Shepherd
and left for home in the evening"
Post b. r. p. A., indorsed Powers,
of New Iberia, for State President,
and Bob for Secretary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
Crescent City Notes.

New Orleans, La. nights of Column
bus received communion in a body at
St Stephens Church, Father Ryan
preaching.
Frank sold pitcher Cristall to the
Memphis team.
City Park held spring festival and
dedicated new pavilion.
Young Mems Gymnastic Club held
annual games at City Park track.
Anglers Club enjoyed first reunion
in the new clubhouse at the Rigolets
Boston Mystic Shriners passed
through going to Los Angeles.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Close elections ore not uncommon
In any representative government, but
1t is not often that one constituency
is so closely divided for so long a
time as the parliamentary division of
North Tyrone, in Ireland. In the last
I'VE elections, beginning with that in
1892, the total number of votes cast
has varied less than 400. The largest
majority at any election was 81, says
Youths Companion Once it was 81
and once 40 Nine was the majority
OF the Liberal candidate in 1906, and
seven of his successor at the by
election in March of this year
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

President Roosevelt reads greater
number of daily newspapers at pres
ent than he was ever known to read
before. If anything, he scans their
news pages with more aVidity than
their editorial pages. The old Gus.
tom of some member of his office
Sorce clipping from the daily papers
merely such articles as in the judg.
ment of the clipper the president may
desire to read has been abolished, at
beast temporarily, and now every pa
per whole, is laid before him imme
diately upon its delivery to the White
House.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Nathaniel w Voorhees,, father Of
eX-GOV. Foster NJ. Voorhees, of New
Jersey, was delegate to the national
convention of 1860, which nominated
Lincoln for the presidency Mr.. Voor-
hees, who is now nearly so years old,
believes that he and United States
Senator Shelby NJ. CullOm of Illinois
are the only surviving members Of
that historic gathering.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
Warehouse Organization Completed.

Amity City, La: Representatives of
the Farmers Educational Unions
throughout TangipahOa Parish held an
enthusiastic meeting here Saturday
for the purpose of perfecting the or
sanitation of the stock company
which is to build the big farmers
warehouse here.
The board of directors then went
into executive session and elected
Daniel Edwards, president; George
Dyson, Vice President and General
Manager, and Wilks Bankson. Secre.
tary and Treasurer. The Board then
adjourned until Tuesday, May 7, 1907.
when all plans and arrangements will
be definitely adopted and the contract
for the building awarded. n Gillery
OF Houston, Texas, will meet with
them on this occasion to present his
plans and specifications. The land
has already been secured and work
on the building will probably begin
without further delay.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
Faculty. for Summer School,

Napoleonville La. The Faculty for
the Summer School, which will be
held in Napoleonville in June, will be
as follows: Conductor S. a. Alleman;
Charles Cot, Miss Fadra Holmes,
Miss Lillian Knot and Miss May
Breazeale A meeting Of the citizens
was held at the High School and final
arrangements for lodging the teachers
ware discussed. Superintendent Allie
man is trying to get the people in
tereSted in a lyceum course in con-
neCtion with the Summer School. A
large number Of teachers were in
town yesterday to attend the meet
ing of the Parish Teachers Associa-
ton, which was held at the Napoleon
High School. The new books for the
school library Of the Napoleonyile
High School wer received Saturday.
The Assumption Progressive League
held meeting Saturday and indOrsed
the resolution adopted by the police
jury of Ascension, wherein it answers
the protest of the Police Jury of the
Parish of West Baton Rouge against
the Bayou LabOurche locks.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Of course, a college education costs
good deal more now than formerly,
bun Just think how much Oftener and
for how much less reason the col
legians get their pictures in the pa
pers nowadays.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Admiral Dewey is preparing to
move out of the house that was pre-
scented to him by a grateful people.
Evidently the admiral has no more
presidential ambitions and is sensible
enough to do as he pleaseS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
SHAPE SET BY GOVERNMENT.
Women Employees of Uncle Sam Must
Conform Thereto.

There is considerable breezy com.
mont among certain women employees
of Uncle Sans two print shOpS-the
government printing office and the
bureau Of engraving and printing
over what is termed by some of the
fair workers the government shape"
1t is said this shape was created by
the civil service commission for the
women employees of the bureau where
the paper money and stamps are
printed, and that it is now the proper
thing for women in that branch to re-
fer to their figures as the govern
ment shape"
According to regulations of the
civil service commission the measure
ments call for women who are tall.
slender and sinuous;" height FIVE
feet eight inches; weight, 154 pounds;
bust, sc inches; waist, % inches;
hips, 43 inches, and back, 15B inches
A case Of the rejection of young
woman from Michigan is cited be-
cause she was not tall enough for
her width to meet the requirements,
although her percentage in other d.
rections was said to have been high.
1t is explained that it is necessary
for woman to be tall in order that
she may reach the notes while on the
press. A woman of short stature
could not reach the notes, while one
Of unusual girth would not have room
to stoop between the presses in the
process of printing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

In estimating the probable detri-
ment to the railroad business involved
in the hostility of American legisla-
lures, says the Providence Journal it
should be remembered that most of
the proposed statutes will never be
passed
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

A Minneapolis man spanked his
wife, after she had kicked him out of
bed, and was sentenced to five days in
the workhOuse. How, asks the Buffalo
Express can women be given more
fights when men have no rights at all?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Whales weighing hundreds of tons
sometimes rise slowly and deliberate
ly out of the water until they appear
to be dancing on the surface and then
sink slowly back. A whale has been
seen to dive over a small boat with.
0ut touching-an estimated leap Of 20
feet above the water.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Roumania is rebelling and rtoting
because Russia did. Which goes again
to show that nations are merely ag'
gregations of individuals, and that
their foundation is human nature,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

The report that John D. Rockefeller,
Jr, was seen walking through larry.
town with bundle of stspss under
his arm oughtn't to create any excite.
ment. Why, man of his income could
afford to walk through town with a
bundle Of steaks under his arm.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

A society has been formed in Cali.
fornia to promote ideal marriages.
But unfortunately for it's success the
members will first have to secure per.
feet husbands and faultless wives, and
here again the old, old obstacles to
Utopian schemes bob up in the shape
Of original sin and human nature.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Two men have invented great fuel
savers within the last few days, but
SO far no one has come forward with
q self-running lawn mower.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
WELSH P'T'G. CO, Ltd, PubA

Ambassador White and his son are
The talleSt members OF the diplomatic
corps il Paris.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
AN EPlTOME OF THE MOST I'M
PoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
a Carefully Digested and Con-
densed Compilation Of Cur
rent News Domestic
and Foreign.

| ,or+ort nations ,F tba rorII In otfnnd
anno tho Iomoetow, tor.cnr tonniaI az.
na.ition Mill ho ,hrou,r oman n tho
nuh1ic
victor poyIord O,Shn, con of y
,romiror, cnicono attorney was mt
IN trial for tho rrird limo for tbe
rnnrdor Of his vornr wife more than
4vo voors 400
win. o..f,,;,,,. g., Tho orroe+ &C Gov
oraI nav, na,,.aa, nn.,,,, ,tarsb.I lanes
T,,,r.a 81 pfo s,riros rav was l,fr,od
roIrowfnn tho lirIfno Of RnrI,a tho
o;tf,,r. ,,.n,,hr,I IN r,,.s naot;no
onI rotif.d All r.,.oos who oro with.
ant r~onnrt,. IN tno town 70 r,ova a.
onoo
,,o.sano was r,coivod in Denver
70 tbo orroc+ tho- tho fa,nors Pablo
nana 20 h,e,lo,a' % III, rrotbooa vac.
mite, i, ,1o,,o,o bad boa, cold 70
uo Coro3;,, oororor,or+
3;ro +o4,ll,, do.+rovad 1.-Two yvieco,.
Gin CorfroI froioht demo. Of ,1innaan.
oIis coneirg lose If s4OO OOo
rrodoricI, G Tocr,sor ATTORNEY oon.
oroI Of Koneos orronrcod thot &C
coon nc no "a, socrra tho ovidanco
+,o4 Will, ,.orror+ n~osooution no
will ;rs+rvc+ como courtv attorney n
hoair Tho nrosocr+ior If . TRAVELLING
ooIocr,or Saline, ,icror IN Ko,oos
Tho t,ro, roco;rors ornofrtod NV
tbo stoto snrromo corrt for tho nron.
ortv &c ofoLt hrou.orv cornonins and
I,1,o 11oir, Pol Ee+oto % !, Ka,ooc
oro,ifo1 and ordors riv;no them tho
,ta1,+ 80 .oI.o oboroo Of oil rro,er4,,
- +bo s+oto ho,o,gi,c r. tno aofend.
onts roro iss,,,d
ro,n w coo,on y wor,.1,,owr min.
,rr man If Cora,no Sonora Nov has
,,,rstor;ors1r disornoarod and Il &c
NOW horfovod that no has bonn mrr.
dorod a., u.ho, Ioe. coon TON dave oco
bo had - LARGO e,ro Of money on him
/ torran+ia1 rain foodad many snc.
tio,s of Now Orleans Water VOC
r,oro +bor foot doom !, ror+c IF
Cono, .+noo+ n,horo tho h;o storos oro
! footed
balloon which loft pb;IodeInbio
~ 1o.45 o,c,ocl, landed at Na+waD
N az ok HAVING covered the ca
r,i,os in IN h orr ard . hair
uonrv wottoreon met bac1, from,
r,rone discusses the no1it;caI situ4-
,ion and sove cheon o,.ain and MA ones
orIv can snnII homo for democrats
Iob, Orso, Iobreton nrnsidopt ond
oororaI rroragor of the CoInmbus Gas
ord FroI n Co},,o,bus q fell dead
at tho teIpnhonn in his residence inst
&c no had finished = conversation
with his family nhvsician making an
o.4,o;rtro,+ for oorfo~o,oo
pe,odfc+ Cin,heI . wealthy pbirada,.
NH, merchant was arrested in Now
Work ON the doublo charge Of oyprting
,,rnroror inaunrcn over Ivor Clorl, =
1c.voor-oId hoy ard oftemntcd hriher,.
of tba county detectives who made tho
arrest and lies in s.. Mary's hosnitaI
uobolen n 7 unconscious from
wounds believed ~. tbo poIice n have
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Vienna dressmakers have won a
strike for higher wages. We kno"
who will foot the bills.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
GETS Ill on PURPOSE
Boston Man Is Dog on Whom
Certain Medicines Are T,ios

l
mere - " man A'inS IN a Boston
7'''.' " ..' 'i''"'5 himself sick in =
'"'''', %. way" III order that he nav
.'' WV '."''''.- powers oI the medi
''". '".'.',''''' '.'''' 70. me company
Nv - ''''''''' '''''
'''a.''' o." "''.'- d Nhahy wreck
II "'i '"''S. '''.. '"''.-'nce in foods
,""''' '.. ''7'''S III" '''"F"N" disorders
''''' '''.,'' '.'' .' '"''N'S soothing
~ .'.,' '''''', ''' '"''H. Indigestion
,'''.'''' ''''.' Oil" '''." cures IS hale and
~ at > " .".' we. man past middle
49, ~ d S''''''7. ''"'si'.a0lc temper
'''',,"'.
'',' ','''' j. "''' vi me best of all
at '"' "''uN,'aI''LN Oh The company
NAV '''I'"} "''''. mere are oil paint
,"~,' sum Ca ~ ""' I"fHlSh rugs;
Ut, ',"@ " '.'.'i' %. ".'dIraI volumes
'''''' , ,.'''.' "'.. '''"'IS' and pro
'"s."'' %. ''''.''. ana crucibles
r..,... III. H.
@ '''' ~ w.. "",'..''. accord
'.. "' Sis IN
BE-. .''.'',a' 10 enuce
,'''. '...' ID, .. '...'.' "''''SeH with
'.' ~ " violent
'.'..',..... 81, .o ..' '"e encacy
- 700 '.''" Ia u Oe put
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o,.,,,.,,:.... a.. ..:.., " con
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I,-,,,.. 49,. .,...,.'... ''' vi " Ie"
Mains I'm IN, boaJ 1o Inn. no, -. '"'
ob,9ir 7naa bn ,ai,as d. oe
medicine that &c haino ovrorir,a.t ,-V
with and watches raerIrs ooros,,r.S
rotine, pvorv affacr in . boo,, -
dor n mako his roror, rron :.
Often he has ~ rnrtract oohor A.,
aren't headaches II NAV no tbot
new medicine is to he h,.o,cbt
for INDIGESTION or the scores of die
orders resulting from dysnensia
The manufacturers desire to raro
2 practical test Of the formn,a 70.
their own satisfaction. The German
tester goes TO = restaurant late in tbo
evening and gives an order that mskos
! the walters eyes bulge
at aat n 1ohStar calad tho, 5u;r,
milk, which is usually prohibited with
such a salad" he SAYS. cheerily. in
telling about it. TO make il more
certain l have vinegar mixed with the
milk, and follow it all with a Welsh
rabbit. After that, the only thing
/ have to do is wait for the results.
They are usually not long in CON.
ing. Soon have violent pains in the
! chest, feeling as OF heavy weight
| lying upon it, with sharp pains shoot
ing across my body every second. OF
course 1t is agony while it endureS,
but take a dose OF the remedy TO re-
heVe II.
IF 1t gives me relief, note all the
circumstances of my sensations to the
minutest detail, and if it doesn't
do the same. You have no conception
OF what a delightful feeling 1t is to
experience the contrast of intense
pain and quick relief | know that
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

1t Is sometimes difficult in Central
America to tell where one war ends
and the next begins.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Japanese may land in Canada,
which has no impossible barrier sep
aratng ii from the United States.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

I LleCjrlC halfway 20. 10 lne IpIc51
/ City Electric Railway Co.
Nine negro inmates Of the parish
jail at New Orleans were used by the
state board of health in five weeks
test TO learn whether sugar molasses
as it has been manufactured in Louis.
ana is injurious to health.
Fire damaged to the extent Of $780,
900 a G-stOry building at 100000 Wa
Dash avenue, Chicago. Twenty girls,
employed by the Healy Music Co.,
we're obliged to leave the burning
building by means of the fire escapes.
but no one was injured.
Boxing is to be resumed in Chicago
again. under certain restrictions, after
peing under the ban for over two
FEARS.
~ the capsizing Of the schooner
Eben in the Delaware river, Archibald
Mcbride. George Edger and Edward
/ Murphy of Philadelphia were drowned.
+ The Rev. Dr. William W. Lord, one
Of the Oldest cIprgvmen of the Prot
estant Episcopal church in this coun.
try and the minister and friend Of
Jnrrorson Davis died in New York.
agod S.
/ Ahort son mon nrInIovod at the
I,arimpro coke ovens Of tie United
States steel carnor9tioo struck for
a 10 ror cent raise in wages.
Forr million. of husrpry 0f coal
waro cnf,nol Jou.n III. Ohio river
from pftsl,I~u which is one Of the
/ Iarrost ehfrmrn-s KNOWN q, This time
of wear
/ Ca,.,u,o,. r,,.ur,s b,r,r,d o. roori.
ofl;rn - I,a a,,..r,,n, nr rr-rofs for
+Lo o,..od,. 81 C,rI ,1frof ruroans
1 danrt,. or.rr. or III, ,,rri.-roI court
| - Chia,o,, ,,,,I,... o,.,,.+ m Now Yorl,
80 al,an..,I n,;I, l,,fn. ~rn,, :, nis
oaoonntc
Chio.ro Fodorotior IF Labor oaonts
.ooaI,+io,s .cor;rr proeido,t Rooea-
,.oIt Gov hi, foi1,ro ~ ror,v 70 tba
oroditod statements ra,atino n Mover
and Haywood tho convicted miners
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
One Niuht Session Assured,

The wives of two western repre-.
sentatiVes were lunching together in
the house restaurant. MY husband
is working very hard" said one. Il
shall be glad when congress adjourns,
as these night sessions are pulling him
down dreadfully."
Might sessions" exclaimed her
companion in surprise. 'Why-er
didn't you know that there have been
no night sessions this session."
"You don't say so! Ny husband has
been out at least three night every
week, saying he had to attend night
sessions! Well" she added, after a
moments pause "he will have one to-.
night, all right" Washington Post
Secretary Cortelyou Hard Worker.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
works more hours day than any
other member of the cabinet.
How poor are they that have not pa
ence!-Shakespeare.
We are all equals when we are
asleep.-Don Quixote.
Every noble activity makes room
for itself-Emerson
The dainties of the great are the
tears of the poor Horace.
Advantage is a better soldier than
rashness.. Shakespeare.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
Secretary Cortelyou a Hard Worker

We are all equals when we arr
asleep.-Don Quixote.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Every noble activity makes room
for itself-Emerson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
Roosevelt on River Improvement.

From Leslles s Weekly.
 President Roosevelts acceptance of the invitation extended to him by the gov ernors of sixteen states to take a trip down the Mississippi next October as the guest of the inland waterways commits sion will give a new and wide interest to the improvement of the countrys rivers. The Presidents letter of accept ance points out the significant fact that the governors of Maine, Florida and Ore gon were among the slgners of the invi- tation. Those states are outside of the Mississippi watershed, but they realize that the work which the President is promoting Is of national scope. No other President has shown anything like the in- terest in the extension of the means of internal communication which MT. Roose- welt has displayed. One reason of this is that no other President has given such intelligent study to tie country's re. sources, activities and needs as the pres- ent executive has done. and no other President has traveed so widely through out the country as he has, or has met so many representatives of all interests and all sections. There are 1s,000 miles of nayigable waters in the Mississippi val ley, and the length of the navigable streams east of the Alleghanies and west of the Rocky mountains is at least as great When the President appointed his inland waterways commission he told It that the improvement of all those water ways was the work which he desired 1t to plan. There is nothing sectional in any of the Presidents idaa2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
LURE OF THE CITY
 ENTICES THE BOYS
NEW YORK STATE ALONE HAS 12,ooO ABANDONED FARMS AND THOUSANDS OF BOYS ARE IN THE CITY.

New York state reported 170,621 warns In 1850. Only two other states reported over 100000 farms. and they were Ohio, 143.S07, and Pennsylvania, 127577. In 1900 New York with 226,- 720 farms, stood seventh in list of fifteen states reporting more than 20O.- 900 farms.
 Nine states reported, in 1899, farm products valued at more than S200 000. New York was fourth on the list, with $245,270,60O, leading Texas by nearly s6,000, 900. The gross farm income of nine states exceeded $50, 900 that year. and New York, with s1S1,8 APO. was fifth on the list.
 These figures represent the glowing side of a picture. Details for the dark side are these: That even the high re- ports of 1900 for New York show a dis couraging fall from conditions of the early sos; that the number of males engaged In agriculture in this state fell off 25 ,000 in 1S90-1900; that the nation al department of agriculture has just reported in New York 12000 abandoned farms and a menacing decrease in land values.
 There is no trouble with the acres In the state. They are fertile as ever. Migration to the west has done part of the mischief of rural depopulation; :; the lure of the cities has done more. Villages and school districts have grown poorer, while certain professions and congested urban society have grown not certainly richer.