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is '.>&* ' I' : " * lanc A .' ; * k f VOL. ixr :~7= EVILS OF THE TOBACCO HABIT.. Many States and Territories Have Laws Prohibiting the Sale ot Tobacco to Minors? This State Has a Similar Law in Regard to Cigaretts?But mo Hoys Nfill Smoke. Mr. Editor: Will you please allow me, through the medium of your paper, to give some of my views on the using of tobacco. Your correspondent has for some time been much impressed by the silence of the press and fk* the pulpit on the evils of this habit. However this is not universally the case, for in some - parts of our country the press and the pulpit, the two greatest mould ers of sentiment, are condemning the using of tobacco in thunder tones. Many stales and territories have passed stingent laws for bidding | the furnishing of tobacco in any form to minors under certain ages. Most of the states and ter 4 ritories have laws requiring in struction to be given to all pu pile in the public schools on the nature and effects of tobacco, as well as alcohol. The writer is of the opinion that were this instructionfaithfully given it would A tell largely on the next generation by the decrease in tobacco users and drunkards ; but he doea 1 f ' ? . not believe that a tojacco user will avail anythiug for good, by giving instruction to children on the injurious effects of tobacco - Neither will a whiskey drinker lessen the evils of strong drink. On the other hand a person teaches what he is. If he is dis honest, he teaches dishonesty ; if J;. he is a liar, he teaches lying; if ? he is a drunkard, he teaches K drunkenness, and if he is a tabaci co user he teaches those over * whom he has an inllueuce the vile tobacco habit. There is noth lug mure true man me old maxim, "Actions speak louder than words." If the world is to be taken for God, preachers must practice ^ what l~ey preach ; and if the next ^'A generation is to be truly induced, g teachers must practice what they f pretend to teach. To my mind, i jt" * tlie best definition I ever saw of education was, '"Education is the 'forming of good habits." l'erhaps some one is ready to ask "What is there about the tobacco habit to make it such a serious matter ?" Allow me to answer?the authority of the eminent medical men of our country, together with the . * statements of public men of wide observation, that tobacco seriously elfects the nervous system, im pairs the mental powers, creates Bm a craving for stoug drink, lowers " the moral tone, and aohnl arship, besides b'jng expensive, .a Physiologists tell us that tobac mK co checks the development of the I , brain, and unables it, at al! times, to do its best work. Krainent educators, presidents and professors Uft vf our highest institutions of learning say that of their pupils who make the moat thorough pro gress, eighty-five per cent, don't 'if use tobacco; while- eighty five | per cent, of their poorest scholars use it in some form or other. Thoy tell us that pupils addicted to this ^ habit are not only stunted in " mind, but that boys, who begin W ? ' *'V ' ?**.v * -.. ... 4v i AST E LANCASTER i . its use at an eurly a^e never ar- 1 ! rive at -normal bodily development. We are told by the highest au thority that tobacco creates a thirst to remove which alcoholic drinks are often resorted to. It is ' toirther claimed that ninety-five per cent of the drunkards were | introduced to alcohol bv the to- 1 i bacco habit. Chas. H. Stowell, M. D., author of our text books on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, sums up the effects of tobacco on the mind and body as follows: "Tobacco costs the mind its high 1 est development, and its most 1 i brilliant achievements ; the body its best development and its per i feet health." [ The authorities of our naval military schools, desiring that our ; soldiers and sailors should posess a high degree of both mental and physical development, prohibit , the using of tobacco in these inr stitutions?a great many of our , normal schools and colleges will | not admit pupils who use tobacco. The theological schools of most, if not all, denominations . take this gro'und. ( A prominet railroad man has recently thrown down the gage f of battle to the cigarette. lie is a general freight agent on a large railroad, and employs many young men as clerks. He has an, nounced that ia the future he will , not employ any young men who are addicted to the cigarette habit, and further than this, he ex, presses his intentions of getting rid of all cigarette (lends now in his department. He gives the following reasons for his decision: |"Amongthe 200 in my service, . 32 are eigarette fiends. Eighty five per cent, of the mistakes oc curring in the office are traceable , to these 32 smokers. Ihey fall behind with their work, and when transferred to other desks, which those who don't smoke handle easily, get along just as badly, showing that it is not the amount of work to be performed, but the inability or indolence of the per former. The natural conclusion i is that the 32 young men are holding positions deserved by better < men." From many indications I < feel safe in venturing the prediction that our coming preachers anil t^lichliru t? I 11 t\f I , , o TT <11 IIV/L I / C I WUrttXW | 1 vvorniH ; but?that in the near Injture?intelligent Christians will : I say to the would-be preachers, "Show your litness for this sacred 1 .calling by abstaining from then use of tobacco; then we will lis' len to your exhortations to others I to quit their sinful habits; and | school boards and patrons will i I say to the would bo teacher, "I'rove your qualifications for ; the high and responsible work of training the children of our fair i land by leaving ofF the vile tobacco habit; then we will consider your application.'" AXTI TOBACCOS' 1ST, Sept. 2.1, '09. Dwight. S. C. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is a scientitic | compound having ttie endorsement of eminent physicians and tiie medical 1 nrauo If- "dif?i-ota ? ? -1 r m vwu> v u i|^r rr iiai J UU rfll 211111 \ positively cures dyspepsia. M. A. Ketron, Bloomingdale, Tenn., says it cured him of indigestion of ten years standing. Crawford Bros. d-w-s K. K. Turner, Compton, Mo., was 1 cured of piles hy I)e Witt's Witch llazel Salve after suffering seventeen years and trying over twenty reme- i dies. Physicians and surgeons en- . dorse it. Beware of dangerous counterfeits. Crawford Bros. dws , A R EN BRMI-WEEKLY, ^S.CrWEDNESDA' City Cotton Crop?0,000 Bales. lion. J. M. Kirk writeB from Moravia, Texas, to tbe Sehuleuberg Sticker under date of April 19th last: "My farmer frieuds, look at every cotton platform as you pass by and you will see the present (square) bale standing on 118 head with from two to four great gaping wounds at the mercy nt those who want to pilfer. The number of bales in Texas taken from the original runs up iuto the thousands. 1 remainder during the session of the last Legislature, when the bill known as the Compress Bill was being discussed in the committee room, a gentleman from Galveston, who was opposing the measure, in answer to a question asked by me (one of the Committee) how many bales of cotton were made by the compresses in Galveston that were taken from theoriginal bales compressed there. He answered 'About six thousand b les.' " And yet there are those who decry the American Cotton Company's Roundlap bale, from which there is not one ounce of waste and which reaches the mill exactly as it leaves the press. Sept. 27. A 1 I1U (I HAilll TUn(>(JE? Could not express the rapture of Annie K. Springer, of 1125 Howard St., Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could give her no help, but she says of this Royal Cure?"it soon removed the pain in my chest and I can now sleep soundly, something I fan scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding its praises throughout the Universe." So will every one who tries Dr. King's New Discovery for any trouble of the Throat,Chest or Lungs. Price 50c and |1.00. Trial bottles free at Crawford Drug Store; every bottle guaranteed 5. A Slight Misunderstanding. This story is being told on Deputy Sheriff Guy Ellington, who was called upon to serve au at* tachment upon a handsome young widow. lie called and said : "I have an artachment for you, madam." "She blushed and said the at taehment was reciprocated. "You misunderstand," said the deputy, "you must proceed to court." She told him that as it was not leap year she would rather he would do the courting. He continued : "This is no time for trilling. Judge Grafton is waiting." "(), I prefer a minister," she said. "A squire married me the last time and I had bad luck."? Augusta Herald. If mWCV 's 11 deceptive V I \J 111 EL T disease?thouTQAI ini C famlH have it I rv \J UDLK. and don't know it. IT yon want quick results you can make no mistake hy using Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Knot, the great kidney remedy. At druggists in titty cent and dollar sizes. Sample bottle hy mail free, also pamphlet telling yon how to Mod out if you have kidney trouble. Address, Dr. Kilmer A Co., Bingham ton, N. Y. 2 Mr. George Yanderbilt will exhibit a model dairy and Berkshire hogs and dairy cattle at the (/oorgia State fair in Atlanta. Colonel Cunningham, of Tearson county, N. 0., is said to be the Urgent tobacco planter in the world. His acreage this year consists of 3,000,000 hills, nearly a third more than he planted last jrear. i TERF V, SEPTEMBER 27, li Rov Absolutely j Makes the food more Leaving Farms for Factory. Mr. Sam Aycock, of Olive, wa in town Saturday and gave quit a gloomy account of the crops ii that section, says he will mak< about six bales of cotton on 41 acres of land where he has oftei made 20 bales and more, lb says nearly all of the white far mers have left their crops am gone to the Lockhart mill. Ib says he is afraid the rabbits wil take the country, to which tin reporter observed that culTy wouh attend to them if we had a 6hov or two this winter. But he say the difficulty will be that cuff; will not have the shoes to wea to catch them. "Heat on the market for coughs am colds and all bronchial troubles; fo croup it has no e<|ual," writes Henr R. Whitford, South Canaan, Conn , o One Minute Cough Cure. Crawfoi Bros. d-w"The Old Farm House on th Hill." We have just received a cop; of t his pretty home song, one of th greatest ever written, aud it cai be played either on the piano o organ. The words and music ar< by Mr. J. W. Lerman, the com poser of the now famous "Couch ee Couchee Dance." The song i being sung in all the large the atres in the cities of New York Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia etc., and it is received with grea applause and making a decide< hit. FIRST VERSE. There is a farm house I remember, 'I was m childhood's happy home, And I'll never forgot ils scenes while lif shall last. Oh' 1 often wish that I could cros-. it threshold as of yore, ami live once more the life that now i past With father, kind and iron tie, and dea sainted mother, too, Wno always tried their duty to fulfill. ' 1 would that 1 were young again and had thei with me now In that dear old roomy farm-house on th hill. ciioRrs. To tne it was a palace of grandeur unsurpasM-. 1 loved it when a child, I love it sti 1. Ami no greater joy 1 covet than to v.sit one again And live within that farm house on lii hill. j The resrulnr price of this sou j is r>() cenI^. lull if our readers wil be sure to mention the name <i this paper, they will receive copy hy sending 15 cents to th LTiion Mutual Music Co., No. 2 I. Quf 1 .11 I. Si V...., V..-I. ?i%iiV i I VII ? m . , iirn i UI i\, There's always hope while there I One Minute Cough Cure. "An attac | of pneumonia left my Inngs in ha stiape anil 1 was near the first ?tag? of consumption. One Minute Cong Cure completely cured me," writ* Henen Mcllenry, Bismark, N. I). Givf instant relief. Crawford Bros, d-wChicago uses 40,000,000 pound of soap every year. No wonde St. Louis objects to having th Chicago sluices turned into th river from which she draws he drinking water. >RISE. 399. NO 5 5 k? ftaking ^ Powder f Pure delicious and wholesome > POWPCff CO., HtW YORK. [For The Kntkrpkisk. A Meetingol the Farmers Called. e A meeting of the fanners and planters of the surrounding connfrtr ia nnl l/>r1 Kl ? --? * I T ? ? iL n t 10 v<aucu. iu anacuiuic ill llCUiil e rj Springs, on Saturday, the 30th of ^ September inst. The meeting will convene at Heath Springs school house at 3 o'clock, p. m. j The marketing of the cotton crop; the renting of land, and other I interests of farmers, will then be considered. It is desired that e j Liberty Hill and surrounding country be represented as well g as farmers ot Lancaster county. ^ We hope a full meeting will assemble, and an organization will be effected, that will protect ? the interests of the farmers. S. N. Hammond, r Magill's, S. C. v f ? ^ Chester H. Brown, Kalamazoo, Mich., says: 'Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cured me of a severe case of indigestion ; can strongly recommend it to all 0 dyspeptics. "Digests what you eat without aid from the stomach, and cures dyspepsia. Crawford Bros. d-w-s e Dr. Price, while persuading II Governor Roosevelt to sneak nn r President McKinley's policy to 0 the Methodists at Ocean Grove, pointed out the rather remarkable fact that the presiding officer of 9 the convention that nominated * Mr. McKinley was a Methodist, > that he himself was a local i preacher ; that the man who nom t inated him was a Methodist; that 1 the man who seconded the nom ination was a Methodist; that a large number of the delegates 1 were Methodists, and that when the house of representatives were s chosen 208 of the members were Methodists.?Ex. r A Hint to Delinquents. "I ~ ,. | An exchange published a long I obituary of a man who had died in the community, closing with the statement that "a long pro'? cession of people followed the ? remains to their last roasting place." The family real the ~, notice and discovered the supj posed error and asked the editor '' to make a correction in the word a "roasting," hut lie said he could (> not do it until seven years back subscription had been paid. The following are some of I)a? vid II a rum's quaint Raying?: <! "The's as much human nature 's in some folks as th' is in others, if not more." "Kv'ry hoss c'n do a thing better 'n' spryer if he's ben broke to it as a colt." '* "A reasonable amount of 11 eas r is good for a dog?they keep him e f'm broodin' on beiu' a dog." 6 "Do unto the other feller the r way he'd like to do unto you? an' do it fust."