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Michigan holds title to over half a
million acres, most of It primary school
6nd tax homestead land.
' 'A' decidedly progressive step has
been taken hy London waiters in abol
ishing tips. Tho custom is considered
degrading to the waiters.
Once more tho old Wall street story
—secret speculation, failure, disgrace.
The moral is the same old moral and
will meet the same old quick forget
ting. '
It is p-c posed to raise Commodore
Perry's flagship Niagara from the bot
tom of Lake Erie and preserve the
vessel as a monument of the early
prowess and glory of the American
navy.
Statisticians are eagerly looking to
the British birth return? for that in
creased ratio of male births which fol
lowed the war between France and
Germany and that between Amerifa
and Spair. So far the ratio remains
normal in Great Britain, while it has
slightly Increased In the colonics.
The extemporaneous prayer in con
ventions and public meetings is a relic
of the past. The up-to-date minister
now prepares Ills supplication In ad
vance, furnishes It to'the papers, and
the "release" of a prayer at any great
public function takes its place with
the "release" of whatever addresses
may he made by more or less distin
guished citizens.
The Houston Post says that a
strange feature of the Galveston ca
lamity was the absolute disappear
ance of the natural scavenger of the
country—the buzzard—Just when he
was most needed. Not one was to he
seen anywhere, though It would be
natural to suppose that the bodies of
so many dead animals and human
beings would attract thousands of
buzzards from distant parts.
The proposal to crown Bunker Hill
with electric lights, so that it shall ho
as conspicuous by night as by day,
starts discussion. Ideal seutiment ar
gues that the moral motive as well as
the granite grandeur of the obelisk
should dispense with such garish illu
mination. Common sense replies that
electric lights are a beautiful adorn
ment, and that there is no desecration
in jeweling tho patriotic stone with
artificial are.
During the first year's operation of
the Chicago juvenile court 2208 chil
dren were brought before Judge Tut
litll, and of these 11(. J were paroled to
the probation officers. Only fifteen
per cent, of these have been returned
to the court for a second hearing.
Hundreds of children who have been
guilty of some little offense for tlic
first time have been reprimanded, but
not punished, and have been started
on the road to reform.
When a merchant, a manufacturer,
an agent, a professional man or other
person who depends oil the patronage
of the people shall have prepared to
do business, It will still he necessary
to the fullest success to have the peo
ple know the fact, says the Philadel
phia Record. According to the experi
ence of the most successful men
whose dealings have been with the
general public, the best and surest
way to effect tills Is by newspaper ad
vertising.
A civil engineer in Hobokcn has built
a two-horse bedroom on wheels, with
a tarpaulin extension for a kitchen, and
proposes to drive to Mexico by easy
stages. On the wagon is painted the
motto: "As we intirney through life
let us linger on the way."
A resolution was adopted recently hy
the Indiana Federation of Labor, asking
that a law be passed prohibiting the
employment by street railway companies
of conductors and inotormen who are
addicted to the use of intoxicants.
J THE DOUBLE DEALING OF MRS. SMITH.!
When my dear husband died two
years ago, leaving ine with little mon
ey and an iuvilid daughter, It was as
If a warm, protecting wall between
me and the north wind had been sud
denly removed.
Fortunately, our house, with its
pretty garden at the bach, and decent
neighbors was left us; and there was
a steady demand for our front and
back parlors, and the little room off,
that answered for a library, or dress
ing room. Lodgers e;imo and went, ana
very cheerfully added their sovereigns
to the line growing sum which 1 kept
—where do you think?—ln an empty
tea-caddy.
Well, in tho very biggest rush of
visitors they came. Tho young man
eaiao first—a good looking boy of 24
of so—who was willing to pay any
reasonable price for a comfortable,
quiet room all to himself, where he
could in the day—he being em
ployed on a big moruiug paper during
the week, and until a late hour on
Saturday upon a Sunday paper.
The next morning he came, bag and
baggage; and I must say the little
storeroom was not bad, with its clean
matting and fresh curtains at the one
window that looked on the garden.
Mr. Ivry—that was his name—said it
was all very nice, anil he drew a long
breath as If quite weary; and I noticed
his eyes looked tired and a little sad.
I always feel sorry for young people
with sad eyes.
I told him 1 truly hoped he would bo
suited, and showed liiin a cupboard
at the end of the ball where he could
keep his housekeeping supplies. There
were two divisions, with a key to
each, and I gave him tho right-hand
one. Then, thinking of his sad eyes
—and maybe Also of the tea-caddy—
I offered to furnish cream and butter
very reasonably.
Well. Mr. Ivry had been under my
roof for two Weeks, and giving me no
more trouble than a mouse—and not
near so much, for I am mortally afraid
of a mouse—when she came. She
came in the evening, when, luckily, I
had just finished setting Mr. Ivry's
little room in order.
She wanted a room, and .the privilege
of preparing her own breakfasts and
suppers, and she would bo always at
her work at a big milliner's during the
day.
Now every cranny of my house was
full, unless—and here the wild plan
which led to such constant watchful
ness and frightful anxiety jumped in
to my mind.
I told here I feared tho only room I
had would be too small and too plain
to suit, but if she would like to look
at it—and I led the tvay to Mr. Ivry's
room.
There was still a faint odor of cof
fee, and a pair of very manly looking
boots peeped from under the bureau.
I caught them up and held them be
hind mo while we talked.
"I will take the room," she said,
Avith a little sigh of resignation over
my flinty price, "and I will come
tomorrow evening at about seven."
"And at what time will you be going
away iu the morning?" I asked, as
casually as possible.
"Oh, dreadfully early! I must break
fast at six, and be at my place at
seven sharp. Will you kindly let your
maid call me at half past five, for
sometimes I am so sleepy."
I assured her that 1 would gladly
waken her myself, being always an
early riser. And If she Avould like
home-made bread and things of that
sort, with fresh cream and butter, I
thought I could make it convenient
to supply them—at a reasonable price.
She came, and four whole days
passed before the awful possibilities
of Sunday dawned upon me. I felt
that I had already a sufficiently har
rowing time—remodelling the room, so
to speak, in the morning for Mr. Ivry,
and clearing it up in the evening for
Miss Hardy. More than once 1 had
AVliat my dear husband would have
called a close shave. Miss Hardy fell
asleep again one morning, after being
awakened and had hardly dashed
down the front steps, without her
breakfast—except for a glass of milk,
which I almost poured down her
throat—before Mr. Ivry came up tliem;
and I made him wait in the lower hall
while, Avitli some excuse, 1 hustled
Miss Hardy's numerous belongings in
to my clothes press.
And one afternoon, Mr. Ivry lingered
so long over his refreshments—prob
ably rending or writing, for I heard
the rustle of paper, and the occasional
movement of ids coffee cup—that I
nearly fainted Avitli fear as I whisked
his possessions away and brought out
and arranged the Hardy properties in
their accustomed order. Then Mr. Ivry
left ids side of the ball cup-board ajar
on the third evening, showing plainly
a piece of cheese and the remnants
of sandwiches, for she asked 1110 next
morning'lf there were other lodgers
on our floor, and I wins obliged to
vaguely prevaricate. What Avitli a
falsehood and hard work and weary
ing watchfulness, my nerves were ill
ready becoming shaky.
And now Sunday was coming! How
to keep Miss Hardy out of her room
from linlf-past six to half-past five, or
longer, was the question. 1 thought of
several things. I had a dear married
niece living out In the suburbs In a
pretty little house. I telephoned her,
asking her us n special favor to take
my guest for Saturday night and Sun
day. She answered "With pleasure!"
But when I proposed the delightful
outing to Miss Hardy that young lady
thanked mo most sweetly, and de-
clined. The only holiday she yearned
for she said, to He in hod one long, de
licious morning.
Then I set about contriving how to
keep Mr. Ivry away. It isn't pleasant
to toll a downright lib, so 1 couldn't
invent some dreadful happening that
would make the room uninhabitable
for a day or two. I couldn't ask him
to change rooms, for there were
none to change to. And it was already
Sunday morning.
A friend was coming—and was she
H,ot a friend—to stny until Monday
morning, and I must give her a cor
ner, hoping he would not be greatly
inconvenienced. Mr. Ivr.v looked sur
prised, but answered very kindly,
Oh, yes, he would make some arrange
ment for that little time. And I car
ried up for his luncheon a nice cut
of broiled chicken. I felt so relieved
and grateful, and I am sure he realized
how sorry I was to trouble him.
but there were more Sundays—per
haps a whole summer of them—to fol
low, and hardly was his first one over,
and Miss Hardy oft to her work, be
fore the next one began to loom up.
I tried to send Mr. Ivry out to my
niece for Sunday, telling him of the
quiet, the refreshing lake breeze, and
the benefit of even a brief respite from
the heat and uproar of the city. And,
almost to Miss Hardy's words, ho
replied that the only respite he needed
was a few hours of solid sleep, and he
could sleep at home, and lie pleasantly
thanked me.
Then I resolved to east myself on
Miss Hardy's compassion. 1 told her
that a friend of mine was coming to
spend Sunday with me—a person very
much in need of rest —and 1 had no
quiet corner—nothing, in fact, but my
bedroom, and the kitchen—and would
she mind giving up her room just for
the day—and as early in the morning
ns possible—as a special favor to me?
Miss Hardy promptly answered "Yes."
I felt myself grow red with shame,
thinking ol' my deception, but 1 con
fess I was greatly relieved, with no
confiicting Sunday to consider for 111
days to come.
However, I had a sufficiency of
scares during that time. One morning
MISS Hardy, running back for a hand
kerchief, and finding me wildly re
moving her effects as If engaged in
a fire drill, and only able to stammer
something about "sweeping day;" and
one evening catching me just outside
her door with the last armful of Mr.
Ivry's things (fortunately the evening
was dark and rainy, and the hall lamp
not lighted and Mr. Ivry finding a
thimble and a hat pin which I had
clumsily overlooked, politely handed
them to me, without even a thought of
suspicion.
The time fled swiftly, and soon an
other unarranged Sunday confronted
me. It was Mr. Ivry's turn to be di
verted front the room.
Now I would take a bold stand, and
say to him that, owing to our cramped
quarters, my daughter's illness, and
the fact that we were to have a guest
every Sunday—and weren't we?—he
would be conferring a great favor if
he would find some other room for
just that day, and I would gladly make
a suitable reduction in his rent, and be
so much obliged.
I made the suggestion to him with
fear and trembling—for there was the
chance that he might take leave al
together—and my voice faltered, and
the tears came into my eyes, in spite
of my effort to be calm and business
like. The dear boy! He had nothing
for me but instant compassion and
ready compliance. He said he could
manage somehow, he was sure; and
his room, which had began to seem
like home to him, would seem all the
plcasanter for these brief absences.
The next Saturday afternoon, at a
quarter to six, Mr. Ivry went away
with a handling anil umbrella and a
smiling good-by, and I flew to my
work of reconstruction with a light
heart. No more threatening, dreadful
Sundays, and only the little minor
risks of week-days to look out for! No
wonder I hummed as I placed Miss
Hardy's lamp and books and work
basket and fans, and slippers and
dressing case, and calendars, In their
usual places.
I was sitting In our own little room
one evening when the blow fell. Latch
keys had already admitted the first
floor people, and so, when I heard the
hall door open and close, and a quick
step came b binding up the stairs, I
knew the end had come.
Evidently Air. Ivry has hastily re
turned for some important forgotten
thing, and, thinking that my guest
was not to arrive until the next day,
had returned to unlock the door. I
heard Miss Hardy utter an exclama
tion, and bound to the door, which
she must have opened quite violently,
for it banged against the table and
made the plates rattle.
The hall was dimly lighted— for I
cannot afford a dazzling outlay of
gas.
"What do you mean?" cried Miss
Hardy's voice in startled intensity.
"I bag your pardon, but I left"— be
gnn Mr. Ivry.
"You are mastaken! This is my—"
"Excuse me, it is my room—"
"If you don't go away this minute
I'll cail Airs. Smith!"
"Will you listen a moment? I left
some papers here—"
"Mrs. Smith!"
"111 the side pocket of my mackin
tosli—" ,
"Mrs. Smith!"
"That hangs—or did hnng an hour
ago—in the corner of the—"
I got to my feet, but weakly sank
Into my chair again. By this time
they must have taken a look at each ;
other, and there came a little cry from
Miss Hardy.
"Philip—Mr. Ivry!"
Then there was such a confusion of
exclamations that I could distinguish
nothing for a few moments. Finally j
came a few sentences In Miss Hardy's
clear, but slightly trembling voice: j
"I am hero because 1 am at work, i
Papa died u year ago. He lost all his J
money, and he couldn't get over it. 1
am as poor as you are now."
"Thank Heaven!" said Mr. Ivry very
fervently.
"At the last papa was very sorry
for—for everything. He told me to
see you. But you had gone—l did not
know where, and I—"
"Oh, this is splendid! I"—began Mr.
Ivry.
"Don't you mind now, mamma,"
whispered my daughter. "They're so
happy they'll forgive you everything." j
And so they did.—Waverly Magazine. j
THE SCENT OF THE ONION.
By Any Other Name It Would Ise as Far 1
from Sweet.
It is Interesting to make Inquiry into ;
the cause of this unfortunate quality
of the onion. It is simply due to the j
presence in some quality of another '
mineral matter in the bulb—sulphur, j
It is this sulphur that gives the onion j
its germ-killing property and makes
the bulb so very useful a medicinal
agent at all times, but especially in
the spring, which used to be—and still
is in many places—the season for tak- \
ing brimstone and treacle in old-fash
ioned houses before sulphur tablets ]
came into vogue.
Now, sulphur, when united in by- !
drogen, one of the gases of. water, '
forms sulphurated hydrogen and then
becomes a foul-smelling, well nigh a j
fetid, compound. The onion, being so
juicy, has a very large percentage of
water in its tissues, and this, combin- !
ing with the sulphur, forms the
strongly scented and offensive sub- j
stance called sulphurpt of allyle, which !
is formed in all the alliums. This sul- |
phuret of allyle mingles more especial- 1
ly with the volatile or aromatic oil of I
the onion; it is identified with the i
mnlodorant principle found in asafoe- \
tida. which is almost the symbol of
all smells that are nasty. The horse •
radish, so much liked with roast beef !
for its keen and biting property, and !
the ordinary mustard of our tables ]
both owe their strongly stimulative I
properties to this same sulpiwrot of
allyle, which gives them heat and acri- j
dlty, but not an offensive smell, owing
to the different arrangements of the •
atoms in their volatile oils.
This brings us to a most curious
fact in nature, that most strangely, j
yet most certainly constructs all vege- j
table volatile oils In exactly the same |
way—composes them all, whether they
are the aromatic essences of cloves, j
oranges, lemons, cinnamon, thyme, ,
rose, verbena, turpentine or onion, of
exactly the same proportions, which
are Sl% of carbon to 11% of hydrogen. |
and obtains all the vast seeming di- )
verslties that our nostrils detect in
their scent simply by a different ar
rangement of the atoms in each vege- j
table oil. Oxygen alters some of the
hydro-carbons; sulphur others.—Cham
bers's Journal.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Adoption Is so general in Japan that ;
it is 110 uncommon thing to find half |
a dozen children in n family who are
no relation to each other or to the
father or mother.
Singular coincidences always are In- !
teresting, and here is one from ling
land : At Cross Keys, near Aberearn,
Monmouthshire, Elizabeth Jones, land
lady of a local hostelry, died suddenly
at her daughter's wedding breakfast.
The wedding had previously been post
poned for a month owing to the simi
lar sudden death of the bride's broth
er just before the time fixed for. the
marriage ceremony.
There lias takeu place according to
Spanish reports at the Circus of Se
ville a wrestling match between a
man and a bull. The man is a cham
pion Spanish athlete named Bomulus,
and the bull was a powerful beast
rising five years old. Amid the dell
rous plaudits of an immense crowd
Bomulus succeeded in bringing Ills
four-footed antagonist to the earth.
Morocco lias the smallest navy In
the world. It consists of just one ves
sel—the Hassan!. Until recently the
peculiar feature of this warship was
that it had no guns; but the Sultan,
Abdul Aziz, lias now purchased at Ca
diz four of the lightest pieces of ord
liance'leftto Spain by the United States
at the close of the war. and lias had
them mounted. He is thoroughly sat
isfied that in the event of a war with
any of the Bowers the " reorganized"
navy would be able to sweep the seas.
The towering Washington monu
ment, solid as it is, cannot resist the
heat of the sun. poured on its south
ern side on a midsummer's day. with
out a slight bending of the gigantic
shaft which is rendered perceptible by
means of a copper wire, 174 feet long,
hanging in the centre of the structure,
and enrrylng a plummet Suspended In
a vessel of water. At noon in summer
the apex of the monument, 500 feet
nboV,- the ground, is shifted, by expan
sion of the stone, a few hundredths of
an inch toward the noftli. High winds
cause perceptible motions of the plum
met. and in still weather delicate vi
brations of the critst of the earth,
otherwise unperceived, are registered
by it
A MAN'S WIFE'S LETTERS.
What His ltights Are as Decided by Ges
man Law.
The question as to whether a hus
band is entitled to open his wife's let
ters is a very interesting one to people
of both sexes, both before and after
marralge. It is not a question of open
ing letters in general, as no doubt the
circumstances of the case regulate this
point In every family and in every coun
try in a manner suitable and accep
table to both sides. There are, how
ever eases In Which it may be very im
portant for a husband to know the eon
tents of a suspected letter. Chivalry
would, with most men of a sensitive
and honorable nature, induce them to
avoid directly breaking the seal of such
missives themselves, but they would
demand that the letter should be open
ed in their presence, and forthwith
shown to them. Women, it is safer to
suppose, If of a suspicious and jealous
bent of mind, would be restrained by
no scruples, but would act according
to the suggestions of passion. The
framers of the new Code of Civil Law,
that holds good for the whole German
empire, perhaps thought they had bet
ter not probe Into the probabilities of
feminine action in the matter of let
ter-opening; or that the women of the
Fatherland were better trained than
to presume to claim the right of peer
ing into the written secrets of tlieir
lords and masters. Anyhow, the rights
of women on this point are not men
tioned. while it is very distinctly laid
down how far a husband is or is not
entitled to open his wife's letters.
The Code confines, in cases of differ
ence of opinion, the husband's rights
to decide on matters affecting the mu
tual conjugal living together, such as
the prescribing of the hour when din
ner shall lie served and how it shall
be served, and the direction of other
matters connected with household ar
rangement, the number of servants to
be kept and so forth. lie may also de
fiue how far lie and his wife are to
mutually support one another in cases
where the assistance is required. A
letter addressed to a man's wife, how
ever, does not affect their mutual con
jugal life, and therefore he is not en
titled to open it contrary to bis wife's
wish. With regard to ids wife's letters
to third persons, the possibility is ad
mitted that tlie letter may contain mat
ter affecting his conjugal existence
with his wife, and he is entitled to
claim obedience from his wife if he
asks to be informed of the contents of
the letter. But the law does not allow
the husband to force his wife to obey
him In tills particular, lie may forbid
his wife to write a certain missive or to
despatch it if written, but lie cannot
prevent her doing so if she Is bent
thereon. And he lias no right to open
the letter in order to find out its eon-
Urn ts.
If, however, lie suspect his wife of
infidelity or other penal offence, and
should he presume that the contents
of a certain letter would afford liini the
required proof of bis spouse's guilt, he
may apply to have the correspondence
in question seized by a magistrate, pub
lic prosecutor, or a pollc, man, ami have
tiie letters opened, by one or other of
these functionaries, in his presence;
but lie may not demand from a post
man or a postoftice that the letters in
question should lie handed to him per
sonally instead of being delivered to
his wife. Most Germans, however,
think that In practical life the jargon
of tile law would in tlie above cases
stand a poor chance of being attended
to. If there were real reason to induce
a man to forcibly open ids wife's let
ters the Interpreters of the law would,
beyond doubt, deal lenftntly with him,
or would openly admit that lie had act
ed justifiably In safeguarding Ids own
Interests. —London Telegraph.
Women Kttrmhanilll ill tlie Went.
Among the new fields in which
women are competing with men is that
of farm labor. It Is said that In Kan
sas out of the 17,000 farmers in the
state, 5000 are women. In Oklahoma
an almost similar condition prevails.
Some of the women work in the field,
while others act as overseers. Many
of these are Germans. In many parts
of Europe, and particularly In France
and Germany, women have long been
accustomed to work in the fields and 011
the farms, and when they come to this
country this aptitude for field work
serves them in good stead. The Ger
man women are much preferred by
the farmers to tin- lazy shiftless farm
hands which form their ordinary float
ing labor supply. They say the women
are much more reliable, and tlie work
they do is better done, Kansas, with
its immense wheat fields, draws thous
ands of harvest hands evi rv year. But
even these have been unable to meet
the prevalent dearth of labor. Tlie sit
uation was recently so serious that the
farmers were in a state of semi-panic
over the prospect of losing a part of
their crop. A meeting of young women
was called to discuss the situation, and
resulted in the formation of n club
composed entirely of young women,
who will go out Into the fields and
help the farmers to get in their wheat
crop. Tliey will receive for their labor
regular men's wages. The Idea some
times held that farm work unsexes a
woman has been controverted too often
to need discussion.—Chicago Record.
Cultivating a Hobby.
A well known physician advises his
friends and patients to cultivate a
hobby, for recreation and mental
health. Collecting any tiling, fioiu
walking sticks to old postage stamps,
is suggested for those who have no
fondness for special studies, such as
geology or astronomy. He believes
that the entire system is benefited by
the complete change of thought from
business to a "bobby."
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
the fire is
l 'L'Mar I extinguished in dear
th. the gold will re
- WbJSe Tlie 1)1331 heart
purifier is to be filled
tinNA with thoughts of
VftraVl The hghts of the
Ift \Wjgf yorld need focusing
l\ k \ A in the lens of
ItSVN. Christ's love.
' [ t ig praiseworthy
IT ' to aspire to the
stars, but you must also plan to drop
on the earth.
Education may furnish you a" head
light, hut only the grace of God can
help you make steam. j
It takes two to make a quarrel, but
one may mend it.
; AHe in its own clothes is always
j impotent.
Easy preaching comes from hard, <
! preparation.
i It is impossible to put off sin till you
! put on Christ.
God's laws of giving are as fixed as
His laws of giving.
A sincere man is nine-tenths right
| and 99 per cent .pure.
There are no dead saints.
Love only can lighten labor's It ad.
A long prayer may rise from little I
piety.
Tapering off a bad liablt is but spin- I
nlng out a rope to hold you till the
next seige of the temptation.
Too many preachers are thinking
more of salary than of service.
He who groans most in prayer fre
quently loans the Lord least In char
ity.
The spirit of the meeting Is not
greatly helped by the people who say, a
"I will be with you in spirit." *1
The Christian who knows Gcd, will
praise Him every day of his life, whe
ther he feels like it or not.
The raven who failed to return to
the ark is a picture of many Christians
who, being saved, never look back tn
say so.
Our indebtedness to God 13 due to
man.
The. better days will come only as
you do your best today.
The more intensive your faith the
more extensive your influence.
The church without a prayermeeting
Is a body without a heart.
If you give no place to the devil you
villi not go to the devil's place.
While we are close to Christ we nev
er find any weight In his yoke.
Growth of Golf.
Six years ago there wero only fiva
clubs in the United States Golf Asso-
elation. Now there are twenty-five
associate and 225 allied clubs on the
roll. There are now in existence
about twenty state or other branch
leagues subordinate to the United
States Golf Association, and that in
many instances a golf club Is content
to remain only a member of its local
organization is shown by the record
in Newman's Cflicial Golf Guide for
1900, which gives a list of nearly 900
regularly organized clubs. New York
heads the list, with 153. The same au
thority estimates that there are at
least 200,000 golfers in the United
States.
The Rllicrbu Railway.
The British commercial agent la
Russia, Mr. Cooke, has just Issued a
very optimistic report on the great
trans-Siberian railway. Siberia, he
points out, is no longer a mere Rus
sian penal settlement, but a young
country with a great future before it.
The railway has already diffused hun
dreds of thousands of settlers over the .
vast domain and is opening gold de- *
posits which it has not hitherto been
possible to work at a profit. Siberia
already ranks among tlie leading gold
producing countries and other import
ant Industrials are expected now ts
develop rapidly. In many respects tho
history of Siberia is curiously like that
of Australia.
A petroleum motor costs about 7
cents per horse-power hour.
fifhere to Locate?
WHY. IN THE TERRITORY
TRAVERSED BY THE
Louisville
Nashville
Railroad, >
-THE-
Grcat Central Southern Trunk Lice,
KENTLCKY, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, i
MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA,
WHERE
Farmers, Fruit Growers,
Stock Raisers, Manufacturers,
Investors. Speculators
and Money Lenders
will And the greatest chances In tho United
States to inuko "big money" by rw.ison of th*
abundance and cheapness of
Lund and Farms,
Timber and Stone,
iron and Ccal,
Labor—Everything.
Free site*, financial assistance, and free
dom from taxation for tho manufacturer.
Land and farms at $1.0(1 per acre and up
wards, and 6"0,WJ0 acres in Florida that;
can bo taken gratis under the U- S. Home*
stead laws.
Stock raising In the Gulf Coast Distrlot
will make enormous profits.
Half fare, ewurslons the ilrst and third
Tuesdays pt each month.
Let us know what you want, and we will
tell you where and how to get it—but don'f
delay, as the country is filling up rapidly.
Printer/ matte?, maps and all information
free. Address
R. J WEMYSS,
Banerai Immigration and Industrial Agsnl y '
Lou tfvllle. Ry, j