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TO FARM Tri Great Government Guy Elliott Mitchell of The Ni Washington; March ?0, 1900. ! The man who eau provide bornea j for industrious and strong-armed citi zens is a benefactor to tho race. If Representative Stccncrsoo, of Min nesota, can puHh bis swamp reclama tion measure to enactment into law ho will bo deserving of the praise of not only this but future genera tions. , Ilia bill is a practical exten sion of the old homestead idea, or 'father, perhaps, en application to the vast arcaB of our swamp lauds of thc idea embodied in tho national irri gation law. There arc in tho neighborhood of 100,000,000 ao/es of swamp lands in tho United States, nomo 70,000,000 of which have been suryoyed, and the great bulk would make splendid farms if tho excess of water wero drained off. Tho Stecnerson bill provides for the beginning of the work of reclama tion of these hugo areas. Thc meas ure ia framed after the irrigation law; it provides that tho receipts from the sales of publio lands in the non-irri gation States shall constitute a "drain age" fund to be expended by the Gov moment in great drainage works, and further, that the cost of suoh drain age shall be pro-rated among th:, land benefited and paid back by tho set tlers into tho "fund," to bo used over again for additional reclamation work. .WOULD CREATE THOUSANDS OF HOMES. This plan of developing tho inter nal rosources of tho country and mik ing homes of waste places is splendid in its scope, and appears to bo entire ly practicable and profitable. Take for instance, in Indiana and Illinois, Hero aro some 400,000 acres of the very richest of bottom lands, but sub ject to overflow. They aro worthloss except where they have boen reclaim ed through ezpensivo private drain age works, when they have become worth $100 and $150 an aoro. Yet it is estimated by the government sur veyors and engineers that the entire system oould be effectively drained at a cost in the neighborhood of $10 an aore. The same can bo said of the lands of the Bed River Valley in Minneiota. These include the finest grain and farm lands in the northwest except that they are frequently over flowed. It would be worth millions of dollars to the farmers and Bottlers ?bo would oooupy these lands in small tracts, to have a perfect system of drainage provided. These exten sive systems, however, especially ?here they rre interstate, seem to be feasible for handling only by the gen eral government. The Steeoerson bill places the en tire management of the works ia the hands of the Reclamation Service and the plan of operation follows very HE above picture of the man and fish is the trade mark of Scott's Emulsion, and is the synonym for strength and purity. It*is sold in almost all the civilized coun tries of the globe. If the cod fish became extinct it would be a world-wide calam ity, because the oil that comes* from its liver surpasses all other fats in nourishing and'iife-giving properties. Thirty years ago the proprietors of Scott's Emul ? sion found a way of preparing cod liv?f *?il so that everyone can take it and get the full value of the oil without the objectionable tafite. A'6^tt-8'Emulsion is the best tiringfmthe world for weak, backward chUdr?n, thin, delicate people, and all conditions of VJ 'Wasting andlpst strength.. 1 . Sad ita;. mw ??ts?:*.. ' .. ,(.' . ' . j s??^ A BOWKE, canara ?*-*? VVLICBXJ STBKET, KEV roue . . *--"m . . iE SWAMPS. Drainage l>ro; uional Irrigation ...s* JO. closely thu irrigation w^.k now being done by that branch of thc Interior Department. Government land?, ceded Indian lands and private hinds may be included in uny drainage pro ject, but in each case the coat of thc drainage improvement in to be borne by tho owner of thc land and no set tler can have draiuuge provided for mor. than 100 acron, thus insuring tho division of the tracts into small farms which mu-t he actually settled upon and tilled. DRAIN Ad V. W??KK ALIIKADY IN 1*110 (JHKSS. This work the Reclamation Service is qualified to do at this very moment. While primarily an engineering bu reau it has, in all its great irrigation projects, to deal directly with tho farmer. It must outline a compre hensive drainage system for each ir rigation project, since there is as rauch danger from too much irrigation as too little, and to do this* the ser vice has its own farm and soil experts. Somo of the irrigation projects have distinctively drainage features, in fact are almost as much drainage as they aro irrigation projects. In tho Klamath project 11-10,000 acres, or more than half of tho area of tho total project, is rich tulo land oovcred by eij-ht o/ ten feet of water, and is to bc drained and converted into over a thousand farms. Tho topographic branch of tho Geological Survey, of whioh thc Reclamation Service is also a branch, has already run its lines over many of tho great swamp areas of the eastern States and as soou as the Stccnersoo bill becomes law the Geo logical Survey engineer" will bo ready to launoh out into immediato activity in drainage projects. WOULD START WITH A MILLION DOL LARS. The fund provided by tho bill would be small an .ooinpared with the irri gation fund-it would approximate half a million dollars a year and would start off with about $1,000,000, the receipts from the sales Tor tho fiscal joar 1905 being included-but on the other hand the cost of drainage would not be so groat as that of irriga tion. The importance of this work of wholesale drainage, in order to provide homes for increased population, is scarcely second in importance to tho Irrigation work. It means that tens of millions of sores of the most fertile land imsginable, whioh bas lain idle for ages, may be oonvertod from dis mal and pestilential swamps and use less bogs into highly prosperous bornes, to become the garden spots of the nation. The Dutch have reolaimcd vast areas in Holland from, the encroach ments of tho ocean. Thousands of families live and farm below the sea level, gaining their seourity by mag nificent foats of engineering and per sistence. They now contemplate the, drainage of the Zuyder Zee, reclaim ing some 1,350,000 additional acres of meadow land. American drainage in most cascB would be far more simple andJe&B expensive; it is simply a quebii?? ?B i\> ni4Q?.?i?? ib? &St?OC W?ll see the wisdom of setting its hand to ibis work. . ' 1 AN0??1?R INLAND EMPIRE. In Florida the everglades alone almost solid muck beds-would af ford an empire of gsomo 7,000,000 acree; in New Jersey and Virginia are vast swamps, among them the famous Di8mal[Swamp. In Illinois, which is generally regarded es a well-settled agricultural State, there are 4,000,000 acres of Bwarnp land; in Michigan there are nearly 6,000,000 acres. Fer tile Iowa bas about 2,000,000 acres of Bwamp land.J In Minnesota there are almost 5,000,000 acres of rich survey ed swamp? ilands and Luge areas not yet surveyed.? Arkansas has tremen dous swamp arcas which could be drained and made habitable and in all there is a swamp area in tho eastern' half of the United States whioh is equal in extent to the great agricul tural States of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, wit h.[three or four smaller eas tern States thrown in. If the Steencrson bill demonstrates that the government can transform Bwampo into fertile farm land and that the settler or owner will pay back to the government tho relatively small oost of the improvement, there scorns to he no reasoniwby.tbis work of cre ation of value out of worthless waste should not go on indefinitely and pro* vide homes forsmilUons more of rural population. . : _-j - m m. ? - .. It is folly to tell a girl that bard work will enhance tho beauty of ber ST. v. ' ' i', >...' ' w ?' ~ According to indications, ittakos a quart of liquor to'drown a spoonful of troubled Hobbed of $432,000 In Cash. Moscow, March 20.-Tho Credit Mutual, one of tho largest banka io Moscow was mysteriously robbed by masked men at du?k tonight, thc rob bers securing ?432,500. It waa an extroiuely daring job. Tho facts al ready developed ruiso the question that the robbery was coin mit ted by, or under tlie direction of, some one at present or previously employed in tbc institution. The bank is situated Iiiuka street, in the heart of tho city. The last of the clerks had just departed, leaving an inside guard of three men. wbilo under the porte cochcre outside were a policeman and tho house porter. Tho street was crowded with people hurrying home ward. According lo the story ui the guards, in the twinkling of an eye they were confronted with revolvers in the hands of twenty masked men, who entered silently by the matu ir, which had been locked when tho office force left. After a command to thc guards to hold up their hands not a v/ord waa spoken. The guards were quickly bound and gagged and thrown into a dark corner. Tho rob bers then took up positions at all the outrances and tho curtains of tho windows were lowered. The chief of the robbers, who directed the opera tion of his associates by gestures and without speaking, showed thorough familiarity with the location of the vaults. When all was ready he went to the heavy burglar proof safe and, with a few whirls of the knob, threw tho combination of the look, the heavy doors swung open and the treasure of the bank was rovealed. The plunder, consisting of gold and silver and notes, was speedily thrust into Backs. When a clean haul of tho money had been made, not a kopeck being left, the robbers departed as silontly as they came, making their exit through the main entranoo and leaving no trace behind thctn. They had been tn tho bank less thun half an hour. Twenty minutes later one of the guards bucoeeded in freeing him self and gave tho alarm. The dumb founded policeman and houao porter who had been standing io front of tho bank throughout claimed they had Been no one entpr and lepvoit. Contests Ku Mid Air. Several applications have been made to the Jamestown Exposition manage ment for permission to operate dirig ible balloons and uirahipB at the cele bration in 1907. For the first time in the history of aerial navigation, air vehioles will be used oommeroially, that is to oonvey passengers. Hitherto all attempts to conquer the air have been mere spec tacles and havo subserved no useful purpose GHcept in so far as demon* strating tL*i ^osaibilitics of levitation and dirigir?ity. Only trained aeronauts have occu pied places in the balloons or vessels and ?no general public's interest in the matter has always been that of spectator. At the Jamestown Exposition, if the Company is satisfied that the air conquerors are entirely safe, passen gers ?ill be carried from the shore to the ships and elsewhere through the air. The aerial navigation is quite dissimilar to the ascension of captive balloons, whiotrbas hitherto' been the only form of asoeosioo in which the publia has participated. Santos Dumont and several others have proved the possibilities of direct ing airships almost at will, and an American inventor, Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, has perfected an airship until it is almost as easy to navigate as an ordinary yacht. In connexion with Capt. Baldwin's effort to subjugate tho air, there are two men who have been brought prominently into publio notice as in ventors of these oratts; Lincoln Boaohy and Roy Knabenshue.. Wheth er these famous air captains will eaoh command a Baldwin ship at the Jamestown Exposition or whether they will he engaged by rival con* struotoiB, cannot now be ascertained, but both of them will be present at the celebration and will direct air ships. That they will contest for prizes in speed and directness of course is oerrvn, whether they are employed by the samo concern or not, but a far greater elements of sport will be added if rival constructors eaoh scour o the 9 cr vico a bf ooo o? these men. . Baldwin is not to bo the only in ventor. There is another air copi queror who has tiled already his ap plication for a concession, ind prob? ably there will be several others, so rafe** andvcontests cf every sort over; head. aro assured as?- features of tho Tercentennial. ~ It's easier for a man to marry 4 woman for her beauty than it is to live with har for tho same reason. / -'liven the mau who objects to stepping on tacks would liko to /waljk all over tho tax-collector.' -- When speaking of Amusement circles it is proper to include cirons nags. , , . - 'fte*tfi?;clothes; > wornani gsti ^^^B^^s^^ion out of old lot^ Southern Chivalry. Maoy 6tories have been told of Southern chivalry, but the palm ap. pears to go to a btory told by a former Governor of Kentucky while visiting in this city recently. Accordiog to tho narrator a genuine Kentucky Colonel boarded a street car, which was very crowded, and somehow he stepped on the foot ot a very pretty woman. Of course the womau expected the Colonel to a pologizc, just as did everybody oise wno heard her give a mouse-like squeal when the Colonel's foot carno down. And she looked as though she ex pected aa apology, but the Colonel, divining her thought, doffed his hut and said: "No, madam, I'm not going to apologize. When tho good Lord was so gracious as to make women so beautiful and charming and with such wonderfully small feet that a mau bas to tramp on them to find j them, then I dou't think that an apology-" Tho compliment was too graceful for tho woman to resist, and all that followed was a smiling^ acknowledg ment of the Colonel's gallant spceoh. -Philadelphia Record. He "Stayed In " A loyal constituent of Senator Till man's named Swate came to Washing ton to see the Senator. He met him just at noon on Monday. The Sena tor had something to nay about Presi dent Roosevelt and was in a hurry. "Come around to the Senatorial gal lery, Swate," Mr. Tillman said, "and I will get you a seat there. After I have finished on the floor I will come out and we will have a visit." The debate ran for two hours, Swate sat patiently and listened. At the end of that time he got up and said to the gallery doorkeeper: "My came is Swate. I am a friend of Senator Tillman's. He brought me here, and I want to go out and look arouna a bit. I thought I would tell you so I can get back io." "That's all right," said the door keeper, "but ? may no-, bo here when you return. In order to prevent any mistake I will give you the password so you can get your seat again." Swate's eyes rather popped out at this. "What's the word?" he asked. ''Idiosyncrasy." ..W'-haiV "Idiosyncrasy." "I guess I'll stay io," said Swate. New York World. A Business Transaction* Ooo day a stranger went to a horse dealer and wished to hire a horse and a trap for a day's outirg. Not know ing the man, the horse ?stier declined tv trust shes is Ms haads: Tba Btrsoger was determined, however, upon having his drive, and proposed, therefore, that he should pay the full value of the horse and trap nu condi tion that be sold them back at the same prioe iu tho evening if he brought them back safe. To this the other dould see no objection. The hor?o and trap were returned in good time, aud after receiving back the sum paid for them in tho morning the stranger turned to go. "Hold on," exoiuimed the dealer. "You have forgotten tb pay for the biro." .. "Bfy dear sir,'\was the cool reply, ''obere is no hiring in the case. I have been driving my own horse and trap all day." And the astonished dealer was left to think the matter over. - i o mt i ' - But the day worker acquires more coin than the dry dreamer. - Lven iosuranoo grafters think politicians are a bsd lot. - It i s tho man who has only half achieved who makes the most fuss about it. THE PLANET JUPITER. There Are Practically Wo Season* In Thin Distant World. Taking tho earth's mean distance from the Bun at 92,70<>,050 mile?, *ho mean distance of Jupiter from tile sun will be 482,803,070 miles. The eccen tricity of its elliptical orbit being .04825, ita dlstnuee from thc sun at perihelion is 450,507,700 milcB and at aphelion 500,100.180 milea. Between Its greatest and least distances, there fore, there is n difference of 40,592,420 inil^s, or about one-half the earth's niean distance from the sun. The In clination of Jupiter's orbit to the plauo of tho ecliptic bellin only 1 degree 18 minutes -li Kecoiids, or less than that of any of tho other lnrgc planets with the exception of Uranus, tho planet never departs much from tho ecliptic, nnd hence lt was called by the ancients the "ecliptic planet." Its period o? revolution round the sun ls ll years 314 8 days. The inclination of Its axis of rotation being nearly at light angles to the plane of its orbit, there are practically no seasons lu this distant world, and the only variation lu the heat and light, nt any point on Its surface would be that due to the comparatively small variation Ia its. distance ?rcm the ?ur? referred to above. Its mean distance from the sun being 5.2028 times the earth's mean distance from the sun, it follows that the heat and light re ceived by Jupiter are 27 times {6.2 squared) less than tho earth receives. Tho amount of heat received from the sun by this planet Is very small, and were It constituted like tho earth Its surface should be perpetually covered by frost and snow. Far from this be ing thc case, the telescope 6hows Its atmosphere to be In a state of constant and wonderful change. These extraordinary changes cannot possibly be due to the solar heat, and they have suggested the idea .that the planet may perhaps be in a redhot stale, a miniature sun-in fact, glow ing with Inherent heat. The great bril liancy of Its surface, the "albedo," ns it ls called, and its small density-less than that of the sun-are facts in favor of this hypothesis. As the attraction of Jupiter's enormous mass would ren der the materials near Its center * of much greater density than those near Its surface, the latter must be consider ably lighter than water and may pos sibly he in tho gaseous state. TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS Let tho child choose his ideals from the many that are presented to bim. Boys and girls saturated with low lit erature form low ideas, which cling to them through life. To tench concentration should be the end and aim of all school instruction. New York World. Study the mild, find out what his capabilities are and show him that ypu take an interest In him. Let thp children see how ugly low ideals are aud then encourage them to study the lives of great men. The whole life and future usefulness of a child depend largely on the way his mind ls trained at school. Many a child's life ls ruined by hav ing parents or teachers who do not take the trouble to understand his capa bility. "! It ls mora Important for the mother to superintend her sous reading than to Bee that ho wears the latest thing In collars. The character depeuds upon the Ideals, and the ideals are the Btandard which the parent or teacher sets before the child. Tho Minor's Inch* In California the miner's inch IS the flow of about 8,700 gallons of water per minute. Fifty miner's inches are equivalent to one cubic foot per sec ond. The most common measurement is, under a mean, pressure ot 'four inches, through au aperture two inches high and two inches above the bottom of the box, tho plank being one and a quarter inches thick and the height of water above the.aperture three inches, giving a mean pressure of four inches; Each square inch of tho aperture* rep resents one miner's ittcb, or about L2 cubic feet flow per mrnute.-r-Maxweirs. Talisman. - Eve o a cheap skate may dbfigure much good ice. S, - Be good and you?Fbe happy maybe.'' .' . -The good old sumner time is coming by degrees. ? -. If you would avoid; the fire, keep out ol the frying pan. : - Ope seldom - realises how much worse the world is growing until he heard twofold Bettlers exchanging ire TODEUeATEW?? m? 1 It Makes Pale Cheeks Pink I la a pure, harmless, medicinal tcnlc, ni sd o frou vegetable ii Ingredients, which relieve fema?o pair, and distress, such a*he*dsc1*ey?aH backache, bowe! acho, dizziness, chills, scanty or orofuse rnenstru- gi ation. dragging down pains, etc. " |g| i , ^rliit?b\?W medicine fer women, tho only 9 medicine inst is certain to do you geed. Try it B _Sold by ?;ve-ry drugget in $1.00 bottles. .'^^P: B WaiT? ?S A LETTES **YOD ARE FE?KB?D? ~*V 8 freely and frawtty, in sirius cc??i4- ti s?n^/v^tM Mrs. F. ? jon^. of B tnce, telling us ail yr?r tyruptoias and Gallen, Tenn.; :B ^^^^ ^j^^S^^^^^^^^^^^ Legend of a Musket. Mark Twain telle ?he following story, related by a fellow passenger, wbo, being bantered about his tim idity, said be had never been soared Ginee be loaded aa old Queen Anne's musket for his father oooe, whereupon he gives the following: You see the old mau was trying to learn me to shoot blackbirds and beasts that tore up the youog corn and ouch things, .so I could be of some uso about the farm, because I wasn't big enough t J do much. My gun was a singlc barreiled shot-gun and the old man carried an old Queon Anne musket that weighed a ton, made a report like a thunderclap, and kioked like a mule. Tho old mau wanted me to shoot the musket sometimes, but I was afraid. One day, though, I got her down and so I took her to the hired man, and asked him how to load her, because it waa out in the field. "Hiram," said he, <cdo you see thoco marks on the stock, aa X sud a V, on each side of the Qaeen'a crown? Well, that means ten balls and five slugs-that's her load." "But how much powder?" "Ob," says he, "it dou't matter; put io three or four handfuls." 80 I loaded her up that way, and it was an awful charge-I had sense enough to see that, and started out. I leveled her on a good many blaok birds; but every time I went to pull the trigger I shut my eyes and wink ed; I was afraid of her kiok. To wards sundown I fetoped up at thc house, and there was the old man rest ing on the porch. "Been out hunting, have ye?" "Yes^ air," said I. ? "What did you kill?" I "Didn't kill anything-didn't shoot her off-was afraid she would kick (I knew blame well she would.") "Gimme that gun!" the old mai said, as mad as sin. - And he took aim at a sapling 01 tho other side of the road, and I bega: to drop baok out of danger. And th next moment I heard the Queen Ann whirling end Over end iu tho air, an father spinned around on one bec with one leg up and both hands on hi jaw, and the bark flying from thc sapling like there was a hail ?torn The old man's shoulder was sot bac three inohes and his jaw turned bloc and blue, and he had to lay up fi three days. Cholera nor nothing ell can soaro me the way I was that tim Rheumatism is quickly relieved. acid prompt oured by Dr. Drummond's Rheumat Remedies. The internal remedy pleasant to take, sots immedistel does not disturb digestion, abd is f rheumatism only in all its torturii forms.. The external preparation 1 stores sim jolutSi draws cords si hardened muBoles. If your droggi is not in stock with thom, don't e sept something elfe and bo cheat cst cf s eure. Writs ta the Drat mond Medicine Co., New York, j their direct, mail proposition. D01 delay and suffer. You sra entitled health. Moody's Wit in the Falpit. Rev. Dwight L. Moody onoe called on a ministerial brother in'an eastern* town, desiring to spend the next day,. Sunday with bim. The minister wa? agreeable, but said. that he wasjj ashamed to ask Moody to preach. "Why?" asked Mr. Moody. "Walli" was the reply, "our people* have got such a habit of going out be fore the olese of tho meeting that it would be an imposition on a' strang er." "I will stay and preach," saicb Mn dy. When Sunday arrived, Mr. Moody opened his meeting and, then encour agingly said, "My hearers, I am go ing to speak to two sottu today, thc sinners first, then the saiats." After earnestly addressing the sup posed Binners he said that they could now take their bats and go. But thor whole, congregation waited and heard, him to the ead.-New York World* An Unlucky Experiment. If the story told in Life is true, Mr; Brown made one telephone test he would like to take baok: He had just had a telephonic con nection between his office and house,, and was very much pleased with it, "I tell you, Smith," he was saying,, "this telephone business is a wonder ful thing. I want yea to dine with me this evening, and I will notify Mrs. Brown to expect you." Brown (speaking through the tele phone)-"My friend Smith will dino with us this evening." . "Now listen and hoar bow plain her reply comes b/mk." Mrs. Brown's reply oame back with startling distinctness: "Ask your friend Smith if be thinks we keeps hotel 1" Eat What Don't Starve or Die*, but usa ft j-o na and Cure Your Stomach Trou* Wes. The average treatment of stomach troubles consists of ; a rigid diet list, which of ton half starves the patient. Of course it would he foolish for any one, who knows that some foods aro positively harmful Sud,poisonous to con tinue eating them, even white fol* lowing the Mi o-na treatment, but in ordinary oases of stomach troubles it is/act necessary to starve or diet if Mi-o-oa is faithfoly used, a tablet be fore eaoh meal. , */ I This eciontifio remedy, for the ours of eiomaoh troubles, sets upon the whole digestive system, and strength om? ?he organs so that they are ?bie la digest soy food that ie eaten with out fear or distress. Evans Pharmacy hive GO much ooo* fldonoo in the vower ot Mi-orna to cs rc stomach troubles tfe& resultlo ills, that : they give a guarantee, wit every 50 cent box to refund the mon ey unless it cures. Thia Establishment lias been Selling . J???2?^nw?mer, Miatakos will sometimes occur, and if ? inv t?mi .? Jouna^ata^Bt?mer^ .?8? ?"? ^ say whh. pr.se, bat without boasting: that?&h^?^thW?^ ?onooof tLe p?opio of tbi sold Fnrnitttravat as OIOBO a margin of Sprent as wo w d?i?ir?oW^Sg projenbytbo^ minty b*t in every Town in tbVtfHed^ Daron?, saved money by buying from ua, and you and your oWWra? ?an B! money by baying ^ ? - . -.?'"?'???"*"*.? ""'1 1 ..?.. . '"? *'? S<S*:*%fij0???ff* ? :W^^^0'?^^im ela ?v TfV '-vJ^Jk TO* menV ?* PW**** The first .moa? :V'?llM^^if?P^K V <dJj ^??fe^ E?r? ie caa eat ? Irfr ? ! ****** tytf??Uxta?ted sa^ed ie .^rf'-^^^/g: Yo\i?e^in^e jf?.coc'd ,t|ir<l, eft Come in to.eeo na, and let us te? jorrie abbat H. We to?.so?d this Pains for m^y*^^ oU ^ bsen pleased ? ?t?V to Stak