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| TOMBIGBE
Zeke Candler, representative fror
Mississippi, worships the Tomblgbe
1 river so fervently that In Washington
he Is known as Tomblgbee Candler am
the stream Is called the Caudler Tore
blgbee. *
Each year the treasury opens am
pours a mellow stream of gold Into th
Tomblgbee for Improvement purposej
and each year, In praise of this grn
clous act. on the pnrt of Uncle San:
Tomhlgbce Zeke arises In his place oi
the floor of the house and sings a son
of praise
lommgnee Candler made no speed
this yenr. Consequently when the Iter
was reached ?u the rivers and harbor
bill Representative Madden rolled i
Chicago stone crusher Into the hous
and endeavored to smash the Totnl>l?
bee's $35,000.
"TMs is an unimportant river," h
said with a grin.
"But It Is a very beautiful one?
suggested Nick Longworth.
At this point Zeke Candler nrose
that If the Tomblghee was stricken f
"Is that so?" said Jim Mann. "W
where this river Is slurrlngly referred
know whether the gentleman calls
Beckby, two names."
"Even the sennte of the United
"If it were an august body of Idiots,
of the Tombigbee, because If they i
' United States of America."
was"1 i *1 i? ii ?i
t IT LANE AND
...
of your noble ruce, uhd of the pride
all Americans."
The Indians were nil given a bad
States flag. To each of the women wt
CHAMPION
Representative Joseph Taggart o
Kansas Is quick to resent any slam a
tho Sunflower state and bristles u]
whenever one seeks to revive bewhls
kered Kansas Jokes which were pop
ulnr (outside of Kansas) a quarter o
a century ago. Knowing Taggart's re
gard for the dignity of his'home state
several of his colleagues on the liousi
Judiciary committee planned a bit o
fun.
There was a meeting before th<
committee, which Tnggart was unabl*
to attend, on the woman suffrage reso
Asution. A New York lawyer apponret
imn behalf of the "antls" and presentee
on argument against nutional enfrnn
chlseinent of the gentler sex. lie spoke
generally and did not refer to on;
state now boasting equal rights. Tog
gart's colleagues, however, told bin
the lawyer had lambasted Kansps. A
the next meeting of the committee th?
lawyer reappeared. Tnggart was or
hand and grilled the New Yorker unn
as best he could under the cross-exair
When the meeting adjourned the
bo severe. The congressman retorted
belittle Kansas. The lawyer insisted
derogatory to the western couunonwe
the people of the state.
Taggurt at this moment happened
smiling broadly. Explanations folio
Yorker, but Is awaiting an opportunit
ESTHER CLEVELAW
blinded tn the European war that.ass
more desirable, and she devoted her
| sufferers before she proffered hdjf sex
)PLE 1M
i < >
E CANDLER
n
f L& @0f,
in Ills might ami delivered the ultlmatuit
rom the bill the measure could not pass,
ell, the senate pnsr^d a bill the other day
1 to ns the Tom Beckby. Now I want to
this the Tombl^ce river or the Tom
States," replied Zoke with great dignity,
would not undertake to change the unme
did It would change the history of the
* 1
THE SIOUX
I Secretary Lane Is nearly always
dramatic and some times a little theatrical
In his dealing with the coppercolored
inhabitants of the western part
of the United States. Recently he
and a pnrty went to Yankton. S. I>., to
confer citizenship on lSd Sioux Indians.
He invented a brand new ceremonial
and did things up brown, so to
speak.
Secretary Lane told the Indians
that the great White Father had sent
him to speak a serious and solemn
word. Then each .gliosen Indian was
called from the crowd by his white
name, handed a how and arrow and
directed to .loot it. The secretary
then said.
"You have shot your last arrow.
That means that you ore no longer to
live the life of an Indian. You are
from this day forward t<? live the IIfo
of a white num. But you may keep
that arrow, it will be to you a symbol
you feel that you come froui the tlrst of
ge of American citizenship and a United
?re given a work bag and p purse.
OF KANSAS
f 1
mercifully. The lawyer defended himself
dnatlon.
lawyer asked Taggnrt why he had been
I that he would not permit any inan to
he said nothing that could be considered
alth and, In fact, had n high opinion of
to look around and caught his colleagues
wed. Toggart apologized 1q the New
:y to get even with the practical Jokers.
ID AIDS THE BLIND
Miss Esther Cleveland, daughter
of the late Grover Cleveland and
known In her early childhood as tho
"White House^lahy," has been associated
with lted Cross work and Is now
aiding (he work of the allies in tho
care of the blind at St. Dunstan's college,
Regent's park, London.
Miss Cleveland was born in Washington
during her father's term as
president and there ,huve been many
false reports of her engagement since
she was presented to society.
Before going abroad to aid In caring
for the blind she devoted several
months to studying the system in usa
In tho Pennsylvania Institute for the
Instruction of the Blind, so when she
was ready to offer her services nb?
wah qualified to render service. Miss
Cleveland had previously been graduated
at a training school of uurses and
would have been e Oldest in that kind
of aid, but so many men were being
Istunce for those thus ullllcted appeared
time to learning how to ins luct theas
vIcml
THE LANCASTER NEWS,
FEW STATES if
GOING WTO DEB1
Only Nineteen of the Forty-Eigh
Are-Living Entirely Within
Income.
OTUFDC PAPC A CUODTAP
uiiibitw invk n onunmui
In Most Cases, However, Where F)
penses Exceed Revenues, Money
Is Spent In Securing Permanent
Improvements.
'
Nineteen of the 48 states comprii
ng the United Stutes ure living entirt
.y within their incomes. That is, the
are paying for all their permanent It?
provements and taking cure of all thei
Interest charges, us well us puyiug ul
their current government expenses, ou
of their current revenues. This wu
the case, at least in the fiscal yea
1915, according to Uncle Sum's figure:
A report prepared by the bureau o
ccusus shows that the 19 states whic
accomplished this feat were Ne\
I Hampshire, Ohio, Indiana, llllnoh
Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, Sout
Dakota, Nebraska, Delaware, Virginia
(leorgla, Florida, Texas, Montana. Ida
ho, Wyoming, New Mexico and Wust
ington.
| The greatest excess of revenues ove
total expenditures, $7,303,'207, wa
shown by Illinois. Other stntes li
which the excess was more than $1
900,000 were Minnesota, with $2,912
390; Texas. $2,359,070; Ohio, $2,205
229, and Washington, $1,076,107. Th
greatest per capita excess of revenue
over expenditures, however, appear
for New Mexico, $1.47; Minnesota
with $1.32 is next In order, and Illinois
'with $1.22, stands third.
New York Deepest in Debt.
New* York went deeper in debt thai
nny other state in the Union. Tlia
state spent $27,721,204 more than i
received in current revenues. Call
fornia is second in this list with ai
excess of $9,480,110 of expenditure
over receipts. Maryland is third wit!
nti excess of $4,057,310. The great
est per capita excess of expenditure
over revenues, $3.38. appears for Call
fornia; the next highest, $3.03, fn
Maryland, and the third highest, $2.81
for New York.
In 29 of the 48 states the excess o
expenditures for governmental cost:
including interest and outlays for pei
manent improvements, over revenue!
during the fiscal year 1915, was $55
283,401, or 80 cents per capita.
For the 48 states taken togethei
the payments for governmental cost:
Including interest and outlays for pei
rannent improvements, exceeded th
revenues by $30,674,487 but the r?-\
i cnues exceeded the current expouse
and interest by $58,518,312, an ainoun
more than three-fifths as great as tha
of the total outlays, which aggregate*
$05,102,799. in other words, the state!
taken as a group, are paying, fron
their revenues, ail their current ex
penses nnd Interest nnd more thai
three-flftlis of their outlays.
Aggregate Revenues $458,232,597.
The aggregate revenues of all th
states during the yeur were $458,232,
597; the aggregate .expenditures f<?
current governmental costs, includlni
interest, $390,714,285; and the aggro
gate outlays for permanent Improve
uients, $95,192,799.
Of the total revenues, $.365,513,797
or about four-fifths, represented re
eelpts from the various kinds of taxes
About half of this amount, $185,870,
319, was derived from the genera
property tax, made up of taxes on rea
estate and personal property. Of th
remainder, the largest item, $82,870,
882, was contributed by special prop
erty and other special taxes; $57,931,
110 was raised from business taxe
other than on the liquor tralllc; $20,
799,071 came from the liquor traflic
$14,808,254 was derived from llcensi
taxes other than on business; und $3,
198,155, from poll taxes.
Much 8pent on Roads.
The total outlays for permanent im
|?u*i'ui<'ius uggregaicu It
this amount $30,247,593, or nearly one
third, was spent for the constructloi
j of now roads and the permanent lm
provement?such us macadamizing oi
paving?of existing ones. In addition
'$12,476,122 was 'apportioned by th<
states to their counties, municipalities
j and other minor civil divisions for us?
; in the construction improvement, am
maintenance of roads; and a con
siderable portion of this sum woi
1 employed in construction and per
| manent improvement. The greutes
outlays for roads by individual stutei
were reported for New York, $9,393,
750; California, $6,575,260, and Mary
lund, $3,773,223. The greatest pel
capita expenditure for construction unc
permanent improvement of roads, how
ever, $2.82, was nmde by Maryland
I Only 23 states?the six New Englum
states, New York, New Jersey, Penu
sylvania. Illinois, Michigan, Wlscon
sin, Minnesota, Maryland, Arkansas
(xiuisiana, Ida))o, New Mexico, Arizona
j Utah, and the three Pacific coast statei
I ?expended money directly on the con
' ,<t ruction pnd improvement of road:
; luring the fiscal year, but a number o;
'he other states apportioned sums t<
ountles, municipalities, etc., whicl
wore spent In the construction and im
provement of roads. Fourteen states
however, reported neither outlays noi
apportionments for this purpose.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1916
PROFIT IS UNCERTAIN
I Little Encouragement Given
Would-Be Drug Growers.
Uncle Sam's Experts 8ay High Prices
Will Not Justify Extensivs Production
of New Crops.
The high prices that have prevailed
Efor many drugs since the Kuropeun
war sturted huve led mauy people to
consider the possibility of muklng
large protits by growing the plants
from which these drugs ure obtained.
Uncle Sam's drug specialists, however,
have been Inclined to dlsohunii?? m?.?o >
of these plans and have replied to inquiries
that it is doubtful whether the
inexperienced grower can grow these '
?- plants successfully, or, if he succeeds, 1
J- will find a sutisfuetory market for
y his crop.
'* The raising of such plants, they
r point out, Is u distinct specialty ami 1
! calls for exuct knowledge and skill
lt ' comparable to that needed by the tlor
s ' ist who, to satisfy his market, not only (
r i must raise flowers but must produce
* blooms at certain seasons and with unf
usual characteristics. Of even greater |
h importance, however, is the fact that (
v the total amount of drug plants that {
t, can be consumed in this country in ^
h tiny year is very small compared with
i, our consumption of any of the staple '
i- crops. Overproduction in the case of (
i- drugs is more serious than iu the case
of staple crops because staple crops j
r such as corn and grain if not sold can
s ' be used at home for food or for feed- |
n ing stock or chickens. The drug plant,
. however, is profitless to the grower
_ unless a drug manufacturer will buy
it for use in medicine,
e It is entirely possible, for example, (
s to grow belladonna from which is de- j
s rived atropine and other alkaloids very (
lt valuable iu medicine. The total amount
of belladonna plants the entire coun- '
try uses, however, could all be grown (
on a few hundred acres. Because of f
the present interruption in the supply ,
a of belladonna, a few domestic growers j
^ have made a profit recently from this j
* crop. A slight expansion of the Indus- ^
l" try would quickly increase the supply
11 beyond the demand and this, together 1
s with importation, wlien resumed, |
'l might soon glut the local market and (
* leave little or no profit to the raiser,
s unless an expert market were developed.
1 There are hundreds of other drugs, |
' oils, and spices which are imported (
and which it is possible for this couuf
try to produce for itself. In the ag- 'i
* gregate, tin? value of these imported
articles Is rat tier imposing, as /he ligures
indicate that this country has
been bringing in and using about
ooo,not) annually of the various drugs,
p, oils, and condiments. Much of this
t, | money undoubtedly van be kept at
-1 home. The mistake made by most poo- |
e 1 pie who consider raising these crops ,
r- is that they are inclined to consider
s I hem as staple crops, whereas the
t ' domestic demand for them is relatively
t : small, and no foreign market lias been
d developed for them by Americans,
i. At the same time those in charge of
11 the work realize that here and there,
> where soil and climatic and other cona
ditions are right, there is room for certain
small industries. For many years
ihore lias been a distinct tendency for
agriculturists to direct their energies
8 I
along limited lines. This is indicated
most clearly by certain types of agri- <
culture prevailing in the South, where
If
the farmers have confined their efforts
very largely to the cultivation of a single
crop. These small crops may therefore
otTer to a few farmers opportun
ities in highly specialized lines of pro
duction which will divert to a certain
' degree the activities of capital and labor
from some of the crowded indus'
i tries and also supply peculiar products
' i for which the country lias been spende
lag money abroad. The drug speclal*
ists point out, however, that prices of
K these articles prevailing under the
* present disturbed conditions are abs
normal and therefore should not he rer
garded as a safe basis on which to es
tlmate regular returns from such acB
tlvltles.
BUSINESS MEN TO BE BUSY
?
- Germany, Preparing for Expected Acf
tlvity After War, Proposes to Fit
Up Offices in Train*.
Great business activity is expected
i in *tiTinany Hirer ine y T, according j 1
, to Talbot .T. Albert, Uy-.o Sam's con- ^
s will nt Brunswick, GoA.nnny, and the , 1
i, question Is being discussed In the 1
i Brunswick press as to the advantages *
1 of having special compartments In the 1
- cars of express trains for business j '
h men. It Is suggested that these com- '
- partments be fitted up with a table '
t covered with green cloth, suitable 1
* chairs, writing materials and other tip
proprlate articles, this special service i f
- being analogous to sleeping and dining f
r car service. It is believed that there *
I will be a demand for such cars, and
- that business men will gladly pay an , '
. ; extra fare for the conveniences fur- 1
1 J uislied. i '
- j The chambers of commerce of two '
- | cities have already sent the wi Ulster (
, | of public works petitions for the intro,
ductlon of tills improvement, the rull- 1
4 roads being under national control. '
\
4 Alum Output Grows.
f The report of the United State*, bu- *
> reau of the census on the production
l of alum in the United States shows J
- that the total output for 1914 was 313,i,
712,000 pounds, valued nt $8,407,009 I |
r compared with 270,294,000 pounds, v>.vl ]
ued at $3,022,356, ?n 1909.
Miumtional
sunmsoiool
Lesson
(By K. O. SELLERS. Acting D rector ol
the Sunduy School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago.)
(Copyright. 1S16. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR SEPT. 3
KAUL, THE HEKO.
WESSON TEXT?II Cor. 11:21-12:10.
GOLDEN TEXT?My grace is sufficient
.'or thee; for my power is mailt perfect
In weakness.-II Cor. 12:9.
This letter raises interesting questions
for research and discussion, such
as:
1. Whul is the difference between
i'aul's heroism and that of a soldier?
2. Is war essential to the development
jf heroism? 3. Which courage is hightr,
moral or physical?
I.Paul, the Hero (11 :121-122). To a ma*?
of u sensitive nature, craving perfection,
sarcasm stirs up the deepest bitterness
of the soul. We do not believe
I'aul primarily desired to n fuse these
false charges?they were unworthy of
tiitn?but the knowledge of his sufferings
for the cause of Christ and the
truth of tlie gospel would augment his
power to serve the church. For vhe
sake of those whom he had reclaimed
from heathenism he was willing to
joem to he boasting. Literally he
'ays: "I speak by way of disparagement
(of myself) s:s though we had
jeen weak," yet he adds: "Whereinsoever
any is hold, I am bold also." Paul
tiafl as much to boast of as any one
">{ his Jewish opponents (v. 121). "Are.
they Hebrews? (Of the purest blood,
at" one nation and language?) So am
[." Are they Israelites, worshiping
inly one God? Are they of the seed of
Abraham, inheritors of the ministry of
lie promise and the Messianic hope
itul tlie kingdom of God? Are they
ministers of the Messiah, seeking to
iring all men into his kingdom? "I
(peak as n fool. I speak as otic beside
tilmself. I am more." In labors he
ivas inor< abundant: lie had occupied
i largo! field with great'r results. In
stripes above metisur*.?those inflicted
l?y the heathen were not limited to
forty blows?besides other beatings referred
to in this list. In prisons oft
(Acts lb ITeipi tdiy exposed to
death and to the perils of robbers by
land ami sea (v. 124). "live times I
received forty stripes, save one, from
the Jews" (v. "Thrice was I
beaten with rods; once was I stoned"
(Acts. 11:13). "Thrice I suffered shipwreck,"
evidently uol record d in Acts,
for bis shipwreck on the way to ltoi.ia
was later. "A night and a day in tlie
deep," this not otherwise recorded.
"In journcylngs often," suffering from
tlie perils of hard travel, often on foot
lu uncivilized regions. "In perils of
ivutor," literally "In rivers." I'.ridges
tvere rare, and lloods sudden and fro
[pient. "In perils of robbers." Every
road In Asia Minor then as now was
'nfested with robbers. "In perils of
lis own countrymen"In perils by
lie Gentiles;" "In perils in the city;"
'In perils in the wilderness;" "In perls
in the sea" from storms, rocks, plntes;
"In perils amnio; false brethren"?Judnlsing
touchers who were
telf-seekiiig instead <>f making the gos>el
first (Gal. 2:4; II Cor., 11 :1b). "In
veariness end pamfuiness," literally in
alior and travail; "In watching* oftm;"
repeated nights of sleeplessness
Iue to anxiety or pain. "In hunger and
hirst, in fastings often," hunger unsatistied
for a long time. "In cold and
lakedness;" in the mountain passes
>adly shod and badly clothed. Besides
hose tilings which were without, initlinerablc
other trials such as the
are of or anxiety ov?t the churches
:vv. rut).
II. God's Sustaining Grace (12:1-10).
To Paul God gave < no of the greatest
asks over committed to man, viz.. the
limiting of the gospel in heathen
nnds; founding churches; teaching
hem tlie gospel truths of the l.ord Jems.
He wrote to these churches twelfths
of the New Testament, thirteen
>f Its twenty-seven hooks, and this
vork was accomplished under the
;rcutest difficulty, trials and suffering.
To sustain and guide, the Lord gavo
tlm "visions and revelations" (v. 1).
Those rpvpliitiAna ptitoo
lie very beginning of bis Christian life
mil continued in every great crisis,
riie first was given at bis conversion,
rwenty years before this letter was
vritten, when he saw Jesus In Ilis
tlory and received his marching orlers.
Again (vv, 2-4), fourteen years
lefore, or about A. I>. 43. when he was
n Antloch and first entered upon his
'oreign missionary work. He obtained
lis gospel directly from the Lord. Subicquentiy
lie had other visions to sus.ain
and guide him.
Teachers ought to siudy tliis en'iro
section beginning at chapter 10. Paul
says that as an apostle be did not la)or
In the fields of others (10:14-l.r?).
He was not nnicli concerned by what
lis enemies might say.
As to his opinion of them, read
hnpter 10. Ashamed to boast, yet for
h( Ir sakes he meets tlieir foolish
tliarges by giving us this record.
Ilecauseof these sufferings (v 10) he
akes pleasure in infirmities, repron oil's
and persecutions; "For when I am
veak" (in my own strength) then }
un strong tlirougii Clirlst who
strengthens nio"
He may ho n fool in glorying, cotn
lolled to as he hud been, yet his work
ind been accompanied by the sigtfs of
in apostle, and he was not to be beilnd
the very chlefest. although him
?elf he was nothing.
Ill
FARM *
ANIMALS
HOG CHOLERA RECOMMENDED
'
Device le Paying Proposition and WliS
Save Trouble?Animals Soon
Learn Its Use.
There seems to ho very little said
about the hog oiler and yet It la
1 something that has beeu used ou a
' great many farms for the past year or
t\w. I have hRd experience with oilers
of different kinds and find thnt
the use of a good oiler, that does not
I viu^ up, is quite worth while
and is a paying proposition, us it will
sure n great deal of trouble and neglect,
says a writer in an exchange.
A great ninny farmers neglect keeping
their hogs free from lice and
mango simply because it Is so mucb
trouble ami annoyance to get them up
in n pen ami sprinkle or dip them.
The hog oiler not only saves time
and trouble, but also saves oil, since
mueit oil Is wasted when the sprinkling
can is used.
There are two distinct kinds of oilers
on the market: The cylinder oiler
and the upright or post oiler. The
oiler that does not waste oil by leaking
or overflowing and one that operates
easily Is one of the best Investments
a hog raiser can make; while
the oiler that leaks or clogrf up Witt*
dirt is almost useless.
If the oiler is set up in n placewhere
the hogs congregate every day,
such as the feeding pfoce, they will
almost invariably use it when they
smell the oil.
FENCING FOR HOG PASTURES
Material Slump in Profits if Animals
Are Confined to Pens?Make
Barrier "Pig-Tight."
The raising of hogs calls for the
fencing in of a field or two for hog
pasture, for every liogkeeper well
knows that there is a very material
slump In the profits in pork-growing
if the hogs are kept in pens or small
runs, obtaining no food except that
given them. Of the three prime essentials
in a hog pasture?namely
pasturage, water supply and feme?
the fence is of more importance than
most of us realize until a stiff bit of
experience sets us thinking. The hoglot
fence, of all fences on the farm,
needs to bo built substantially and
"pig-tight." Any hog pasture fence
that is put up lnfrriedly and somewhat
Indifferently is n detriment to all concerned?to
the rest of the farm, to the
fanner and to the ln.gs, even.
Si-iORTHORN BREED IN FAVOR
Country Church in Northwest Missouri
Is Center of Community Devoted
tc, Breeding.
(By PRANK D. THOMSON.)
A country church near Ravens wood,'
in nnnmvcst .Missouri, Is the center of
n community devoted to breeding
Shorthorns. In the past three months
the lid members of the organization?
and to l<e eligible to membership in
this special effort one is required to
Prize-Winning Shorthorn.
.lve within five miles of the church?
have acquired 100 registered Shorthorns
and 2tx? high-grade cows.
Twelve registered bulls have beet*
aervK-e. i ne latter, however,
arc owned privately by this group of'
iiullviduals within the circle. The matter
of convenience determined this|
Item.
The community is known as "Harmony."
The Shorthorn circle is but
one of various interests which the community
is encouraging.
? $
j KNOWLEDGE HELP TO FARMER
Good Judge of Stock Offered Many
Opportunities to Mingle With
Experts and Breeders.
The farmer who "has been a goocf
i Judge of stock through careful, sysvj
tcmntlc study will have a degree of
! recognition and influence in his comI
inunity that may offer many opportnj
nitles for him to meet and mingle with
the best informed live stock men, expert
Judg?s, prominent breeders nn?.l
officials of shows and other agrieul- , v
turnl organizations. He may ilnr*.
come in touch with the best methods
of breeding ami handling stock,
and with men of affairs, ,and hl?;
Increased knowledge broaden .
flnonce and usefulness to