^ WORKING WITHOUT SY8TEM Laefc of Mcatal Caatrol and Conecat ration la Fatal. man who docs forcible work must dismiss n subject front bis mind when he is dono with it. This increases the grnrfp and power of lite mind and keeps It dear for concentration upon the _ thing under consideration. Nothing 'w can be nccompiishcd with half a mind; yon must concentrate or focus all your powers upon the thing you arc doing. This you can never do when things by the score arc half settled in your mind; continually obtruding themselves for consideration, and hindering the thought of present problems. I When you have anything in band, settle it. I>o not look at It, lay It down, then look at something else and lay that down also, hut settle things 1 as you go along. It is a thousand times better to make an 'occasional mistake than never to settle anything, but be always balancing, weighing and considering many tilings at a time. It Is vigorous thought which counts, i A subject which Is handled, so to ' speak, with the tips of the mental fin- ! gere, never amounts to anything. You must seise and grasp with all your might the thing you are attempting, and do It with vigor and enthusiasm, < If you wish to bear the stamp of bu- ! perlorlty when completed. Another defect In your work, which nrises front . the faults I have mentioned, is failure ; to complete things. Your work bears the Impress of incompleteness, and seems always to lack something. If you could overcome these defects > you might be successful, for you really possess great ability, but lack dcflnlteness. Evidently your mind has not been trained to exactitude. There has bfen carelessness In your education somewhere. It may be partly the fault of your teachers or your parents In not calling your attention In early life to these deficiencies. If this had been done the task of correction would have been easier than It Is now, but tho faults may still be overcome If proper diligence be used. I hope, for your own sake, that you will set about It With determination.?Success. ?. MAKING FORTUNES. Tho Moarr of the Mnrket Not For tho Matt With a Theory. Fortunes have befhi mndo In the Chicago board of trade not by men who entered the mnrket with n preconceived theory ns to Its course, which they attempted to mako good through thick and thin, but rather by those who took things ns they came, watching tho ? drift, shaping their way from day to day, like prudent merchants, according 1 to the current. 1 This Is confusing to the novice, for 1 the novice almost always conies lu t with a preconceived theory. Some time ago a young man with n Jargo j hope, a moderate fortune and consider- I ablo social prestige* was shown the t WkAtaSa ~DAMlhlli?'n-^r- ?? pork. It looked absolutely convincing, c but he called upon a great packer with t whom he had a personal acquaintance. Yes; the packer thought very well of s pork?was buying It, in fact. Tints j. doubly assured the young man bought, d The market went his way, and lie bought more. Then the market turned, t Tho young man reviewed his eonvlnc- ] Ing statistics, remembered the words of t , the packer and stood stubbornly upon | his line. Wlion lie was getting near to j the end of Ids margins, lie was Iiorrl"lled to learn Hint Ills friend the packer < had shifted to the other side of tho i market two weeks before. lie visited him, recalled their conversation and explained the situation. The packer atnrrd. "lk> you mean you've been holding 2.WK) barrels of pork all tills time?" lie demanded. "Yes," said tho young man, "and I have it yet. Now, what ran I do with it?" "I don't know," said the packer, "unless you can eat It."?Will Payne In Century. His Humble Qtisllflcnt Ion*. "The old man doesn't speak nnv foreign language, does be?" "No. He's Just a plain, downright, honest, no style,'hard workln', money maklu', family supportln* Aracrlcnu!"? Atlanta Constitution. Vlrtoe of Necessity. Thorne?Jack Giadhnnd says he has given up borrowing money. Bramble?He had to. All bis friends bars given up lending to him.?Stray Stories. A MEASURE OF MERIT. Union Citizens Should ^ Weigh Wei I this Evidence. Proof of the merit lies in the evidence. Convincing evidence in Union is not the testimony of strangers, but the endorsement of Union people. That's the kind of proof given here. The statement of a Union citir.en: J. R. Porter, printer, employed on ,the Progress, living on .South Church Street, soys: "I havo nevor felt better in my life than I hove since 1 used Doan's Kidney pills which I procured at Holmes Pharmacy. I was a great suffereafrom backaehe for a number of years. My trouble was right across the 4 small of my back and trie pain was sometimes so severe that I thought my back would break injtwo. I have plastered it, and rubbed itjuntil it was all raw, and one mass of blisters, but in spito of all I could do, nothing seemed to help me. I road about Doan's Kidney Pills and cot them. Half a box relieved me, and the use of two boxes entiroiy cured me." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box. Foeter-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United StAtes. Kernomber the name?DOAN'S?and Uke to other. BowserC He Tries to Make His Wife Grow on Trees and, a [Copyright, 1903, by C. B Lowt> j Y George," exclaimed Mr. Bowser ns be sat smoking ' JLJk ami rending one evening in May, "but when 1 read sueli < Items as this I wonder If the writer is a fool or a lunatic!" t "What is it?" naturally asked Mrs. 1 Bowser. I "Why, it says that a little girl in 1 Ohio who was gatlierlng May apples i in the woods put her hand on a snake and went into fits and died of fright." t "Welly I "Well, in the first place, May apples ( do not grow in the woods, and in the ( nnrt i 1 " *" *' ?iv 01 me united States t do not climb trees. If the girl was F after the fruit she was up a tree, and If slio had a lit she would have fallen. ^ It is a wond? r that such asinine items t are allowed in print." "Did you ever see May apples grow- ^ ing on trees?" quietly asked Mrs. How- ' ser. | "Where else did I ever see them p growing? Of course they grow on j. trees. Do you imagine they roost on picket fences?" ! "My recollection of them Is that they . grow on vines, and they are generally m in , d< WOMAN, HAVE I I1ECOME A DKIVBL1NO ei IDIOT?" gt 'ound In old pastures or clearings Jn n{ .bo forest. The little girl spoken of vas probably on her knees on the ;round." B "Your recollections don't amount to >utty. I was gathering May apples jofore you were born. They grow on i. rees, and you will generally llnd three nit of a May apple tree when I was welve years old and break my leg?" Mrs. Bowser should have dropped tho ^ iiibjeet right there and let Mr. Bowser ;o on hugging his delusion, but she lidn't. She was linpplite enough to say: "My dear, you are thinking of thorn ipplos or crab apples or something else. May apples certainly grow on vines, 01 something like strawberry vines. 1 fathered them a hundred times as a ^ ;in." ,' "Thorn apples! Crab apples!" shoutn! Mr. Bowser ns lie rose to his feet ^ tvitli his face growing rod. "Woman, "'v ' I "WELL, DEAR, DII) YOU BR IN'J t*/\T? VT I I lmve I become n driveling idiot? Don't t I know enough to go out to the gate t and back? In one hour I can show you a hundred trees loaded with May ap- f pies, but you wouldn't know 'em from 1 cocoa nuts or pumpkins." 1 The family cat purred nml tlio family clock ticked, and there was an In- i terval of suspense. Then Mrs. Bowser said: 0 "Perhaps I am mistaken; so let us say no more about it. Did you see I about the oilcloth for the kitchen table today?" "Don't try to oilcloth me," he sulkily i retorted. "You have made certain statements here. I want you to provo them or apologize. I may bo In my dotage, and perhaps I don't know n washing machine from a bobtnlled dog, but I am going to have this May applo question settled before I sleep. Do they grow on vines or trees?" "What do we care where they grow? They nrc nothing to us." "They nrc everything to us, and I care if you don't. I want an answer to my question." "Let It go tonight." "Never! 1 want to know whether I am the biggest jackass in America or still have 'some sense in my bead. Is It vines or trees?" iETs MAD! . I Believe That May Apples is Usual, Is Worsted !Ur.J. lt.?<vser bad walk.?.! Into the trap ami must take the consequences, Imt when driven to it she replied that May apples grow on viues, and she ?oukI prove It. j "Now let inc tell you something," mhl Mr. Dowser after a long glare at icr. "One of us doesn't know enough to >ound sand. If it turns out to he me hen I'll go to the idiot asylum tomorrow." j "But where are you going now?*' she iskod as lie started down the liall. "To investigate matters. If it he- ( onies necessary I'll go ten miles Into he country and pull up a May apple j ree by the roots and bring It back to ! iliow you." Mr. Bowser's family butcher came ! roni the country ami lias always coninued in touch with it. add It was likcy that lie knew all about May apples. iVl'.cn questioned on the subject in a 'lifeless way ho replied: "May apples? Why, my dear man, very six-year-old child in the country ' mows what the; are," "How tall are the trees they grow n?" cautiously asked Mr. Bowser. "How tall are the trees pumpkins ml squashes grow on?" laughed the " Utelior. "You are not foolish enough 1 5 think that May apples grow on ' rees. I hope. You meant vines, didn't , ou?" "No, sir. I meant trees. I know , ley grow on trees." ^ "Then mandrakes and leeks must row In your hat. You are on a false r 'nil and had better give It up. Might ^ sk the plumber, though, lie owns n irm yet, 1 believe." Mr. Bowser asked the plumber y lictlicr lie had any May apple trees on t Is farm, and the man of solder looked T t him in a curious way and replied: r "No, not any. If I had 1 should pre- v lit tlieiu to a museum. When May *.< lples take to growing on trees I shall n ipeet to see corn growing on vines. ?( ou'd l?etter"go out into the country q ir a day and look around." Mr. Bowser was not satisfied. In his bid's eye he eould see bushels and ishels of May apples growing on i/ons anu dozen* of trees as lie walk- * 1 In the direction of hi* family drug c ore. lie could almost taste the fruit 1 i he entered. r "Well, Bowser, what's up?'.' was the " eetlng of the druggist. "Nothing much. Didn't yon used to re on a fa rm ?" "I did. my l?oy, and I wish I was g ick there." ?T "As well as I know what grass Is." L "And what does a Muy apple tree T ok like?" ?, The druggist laughed a long, loud s >rse laugh and then sobered up and ^ ild: ? "Better go home and call a doctor, d man." ^ "Why?" / "Because you've got 'em, and got 'em \d. You'll be seeing rats before morn- i ig." 1 "Sir, you are u fool and a Mar!" ex- i aimed Air. Bowser as he turned away \ \ ME HOME SOME SAND TO D?" uitl started for Louie, with Lis oars witching. lie tried to open the front door so loftly that Mrs. Bowser couldn't hear ,iiin, hut as he closed it she stood In [lie door of the sitting room and asked: "Well, dear, did you bring me home ionic sand to pound?" He waved his arms about his head, hut did not answer. "And hnvo you got to start for the Idiot asylum In the mori.Jng?" He choked and gasped and gurgled, but as the words would not come he ilodged into the library and locked the door. iu yuAu. Discontent. I knew a fellow onto that had a horse That trotted at a very merry clip, Unt he was very sad at heart because He hnd no whip. I knew a fellow once that found a whip, Rut he was not content with It, of course, For after that he wished and wished and wlr.hcd He had a horse! Now, If the two had met and made a ewnp Each would have, got the thing he so desired, fhit neW her would have been qulto satis* fli-l- , Which makes me tired! . ?Baltimore News. , - w +VS, Your Hair "Two years ago my hair was falling out badly. I purchased a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and toon my hair stopped coming out." Miss Minnie Hoover, Paris, 111. Perhaps your mother had thin hair, but that is no reason why you must go through life with halfstarved hair. If you want long, thick hair, feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor, and make it rich, dark, and heavy. g $1.00 bottle. All drn*?l??? 8 B If your <lruc}?ist cnimnt mn>i>ly you, D semi us ouo dollar and wo will express tj I you a hottlo. r.o oiiio and pivo tlio mono I of your liourost pxi>r<">? oflu^e. Ailtlr*?, 1 LxMuvuinBMMMiiBMaHawBaaMMliaal : : llosiilta'i'e I'nt. A certain sport sir..,n took a shooting In Ireland. Ho was assured that It was a good sporting territory. When lie arrived this was corroborated by tlie head keeper, a typical Toddy. The latter declared that the country fairly bristled with pheasants. So they went out after tlmm and in a day put up five. The next day the tenant inquired ifter partridges and was told the same tale. The shoot yielded about six. (Voodeoek, grouse, capercailzie and very kind of game, Paddy told "ids onner," were as thick as leaves In auunin, hut they could not lie found. At ast he said angrily, "Are there many 'ldnoeeroses on the estate?" "Share, er 'onner," drawled Pat very slowly, 'not many, not many," but brightening ip. "you may put up two or three round lie lake in the summer." Long before he summer, of course, the tenancy vould lie at an end. "You confounded ascnii" ronml the tenant. "What do on mean by telling mo all these lies?" Shnre," said I'at, with a true Illberilnn grin, "an' wouldn't I he glvin' yer anner a pleasant answer?"?London "atler. In Company. Husband (in an aside to bis wife)?If ou can't think of some more anecdotes if our children's smartness let's go tome ri. " t away, for they're getting eady to tell us tilings about their own. -BaKlmoro American. Too Prnctlcnl. Bess?Why did you break off your enogemcut with Jack? Nell?I asked liim to guess my age, r.iftVyW-HV WJ?u?-Au.?j?r fp from the land of the red, white, blue o the gate of heaven a lawyer Mew. Whether nwake or In dream I'll not tell, lut truthfully narrate what to him befell, t. Peter sat In his easy chair tear to the portai slightly ajar, ,nd with never a smile, but sort of grin, aid, "You arc here and would like to | get in?" Vith a doff of his beaver and low salaam laid he, "St. Peter, you're right. I am, md would be pleased, If it suits your grace, ( i >t ,u nave il si'ii I in linn uvu u 111 ui piucc. ind the prelate changed to a look so grim That for a moment it withered him. 'A lawyer, I take it," he replied, 'And ready to take up either side. Jut of this tako note: I swear by my sword [*hcrc '11 he no graft on the Ainds of the T.ord." 'Apostle, soften and listen, I pray, Vnd give hepd to what little I have to say. [ see sitting yonder by the garden wall \ brother lawyer, the good St. Paul." 3uch a sorrowful look did the pleader bestow That the gate had moved an Inch or so. When suddenly?so my story salth? ??t. I'eter caught a whiff of his breath. "Keep back!" he said, with eyes aglow. "And away from this placo I want you to go. Not at Cana's great feast was the wino so tough As the fumes I get frorrr this villainous stufT. * The saints have had trouble with your kind of people, As reports come to me from many a church steeple." And he slammed the gate shut with this report: "I'll continue your case till tho next term of court." ?Andy Stevenson in Mansfield (O.) News. Easy Pill ^ Easy to take and easy to act is 0 that famous little pill DeWitt's Little Early Risers. This Is due to the fact that they tonic tho liver instead of purging It. They never gripe nor sicken, not even the most delicate lady, and yet they are so certain In results that no one who uses them is disappointed. They cure torpid liver, constipation, biliousness, jaundice, headache, malaria and ward off pneumonia and fevers. PRBFAWE. BY X. O. DeWITT A CO., CHICAGO ^ Don't Forgot tho Namo. ^ EARLY RISERS Dr. K. M. Horsey Specialist to diseases of the EYE and EA ?and? OPTICIAN. Successor to H. ft . Goodell. Vlexander's Music Ilall, Spartai kurg, 8. C. 47-1 j A GE " JS IN JAIL. Von SirmcnK' Flr*t Patent Wtm A|iplird For From u l'rlnon. Von Siemens applied for his iirst patent from the cell of a prison. After graduation from the artillery school in Berlin the young man, then only twenty-one years old, was attached to a regiment in Wittenberg. It was tin re lie began ids experiments, to the great horror of his landlady, who upbraided him day after day for staining his clothes, furniture and the window panes with gold, silver and arid spots. She could not see the u -e of "wasting money for such things." ltut Von Sic jiiens went on with his experiments and with staining his furniture and clothes. He became, too, tin' life of the garrison and one of its most popular members. His popularity, however, led to his taking part as second in a duel between two of his comrades. As a result lie was sentenced to live years' imprisonment in the fortress of Magdeburg. The landlady was the c.n'.y per SOU in Witf I?nl?i>v?r wltn ","1 41 ? ? ....*/ una gimi vi luv young nontenant's departure. In the cell in tba fortress, however, he was allowed to fit up a laboratory and there continue his experiments. There, too, a month after his incarceration he perfected his method of galvanic gilding and applied for the patent from the prison cell. It was granted and with it a pardon. \ pardon in all probability was never received with less glee. Siemens bad other experiments under way in liis prison workshop and begged to be allowed to stay awhile longer and complete them. But the keeper sent him away with tlie declaration that such a course would be an in ailt to his king and commander. Catarrh of the ^ When the s'omac.h is <>virioaded: when food is taken into it that fails to digest, it decays at <1 inllan.es the mu eons membrane, exptsing tha neivc.und canst s the glands to secrete mucin, instead of t lie natural juices of digestion. This is called Cataiiii of the stomach. 1 For years 1 suffered with Cat in It of t.ie Stomach, caused by indigt stion. , I) vtois and all medicines failed to benefit me until I used Kodol Dyspepsia t.'ure.?J. H. Biiea, Coppcll, 'JVx. Sold by F. Ihiktr, I Frlendii, j Put your heart into tt.r. c-,-.n..,.t. < ? - friend, freely offer assistmice to anv of j the crowd who needs it. and. sooner or * inter, you will find a hand outstretched toward yours, and your soul will meet Its likeness, ]>o not Imitate those who. < shut up in their Individuality as in ? , citadel. Indifferent to all passers !>y, vet 1 send forth on tlie four winds of heaven i tlie melancholy cry, "There are no l friends!" They do exist, lie sure of it. < but only for those who seek, for those f^mi Vrtil-- 4? - .i^.1 f? r ^ like a spider's web, intended to eutcfi t happiness. 1 s Modenty of Grpntne**. c Here tlie eminent statesman who was dictating the particulars of his early career to the reporter paused for } a moment. "This will he tlie place, I think," he ( said, "to insert the statement that I don't like to talk about myself and that I mention these facts with evident reluctance."?Chicago Tribune. The Best Thin*. What do you mean by kissing me, Ilerr Frlscli?" "My aunt told me to. She told me to come and help myself to the best tiling I could find in the kitchen."?Fllegende Blatter. Wherever there Is authority there Is a natural inclination to disobedience. Cures Eczema, Itching Humors. Especially for old, chronic cases lake Bonnie l'duod Balm. It, gives a healthy olood supply to ti e afhe ed putts, heals ill the sores, et upturns scabs, scales; slops the awful iLehing and lam ing ol cz ma, swellings, supnuia'i- g, wnteiy ..i? 1 \ ...? .iota CI VJomtt'ii frpn B) 1*9, (i:u. jstugiiiDb:?, ,u.d prepaid l?y writing blued balm Co., Atlanta, On. Desciib* trouble and free nudical advice sent, in sealed ktler. An A|lt llpnprlp t Ion. "Why do they call the camel the 'ship of the desert?'" "Never could understand It myself until I rode on one of 'cm," said the yoring uian who had just been abroad. "Never was so seasick in my life."? Washington Star. Pnrentnl A?*Ik| rinoe. ltnrnes When 1 was young my mother always used to sing ino to sleep. Sheilif?Yes, women are good at that sort of thing, but it takes the father's voice to wake a fellow up in the morning.?Boston Trail si ript. RnlihliiK It In. Rejected Suitor Oh. well, I don't mind. There's something I don't like about Nell, anyhow. Accepted Suitor- What Is It, my ^ arm? Toledo blade. | He Wiim AVInc. ' "Pops your horse shy at motors/" "Well, yes, he (loos rather. You see, lie's dragged so many of 'em home he's j getting n bjt wise." Driven In Drink. "What ales the porter?" i? "His young daughter wines nil the time, and he is going home to liquor." ?Princeton Xlgcr. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bremo (Quinine Tablets n- All druggists refund the money if it fails -r, to cure. E W. Grove's signature on each box, 25c. 6-ly iFARMOUCHAKtW IcopyR/GHT, /to 3 , ?a?gX J.S.TRIGG. ROCKFOR.D,1A.|ESA5 ? CORRE>PONDCMCE. JOUCITtp. kHoV' When wo nolo how useful an animal tho nmlo is wo sometimes wonder whv he was not made in tlio lirst place instead of a jackass. If it were only practicable it wonld be a good idea to make every owner of a farm responsible for the condition of the highways bordering his laud. The Kansas experiment station lias realized $11.00 per acre from rape pasture and $'24.10 from alfalfa pasture when fed to hogs iu connection with a light feed of grain. It is now said that the oleo fellows are coloring their product with the yolks of eggs. They are bound to get that steer butter into the gizzards of the American i>eople somehow. And now the distressing Information comes from an Iowa town that one of Its citizens is in a bad way as the result of eating a package of bird seed, mistaking it for a new brand of breakfast food. The hog. bringing more than ordinary good prices for the past rear, has enabled tho feeders of beef cattle to pet out without serious loss this season. If it had not been for the pip they would have been In a hole. Where milk is set In deep cans in " old water and the cream thus raised the farm separator will step In and ;lve the dairyman about lit) per cent nore cream. You can do some flgurnp yourselves with this fact to start 'rom. The time is here now when the farmer with a $15,000 corn and hop farm drives into town and pays 50 cents for two boxes of strawberries, when he might raise the luscious berries by tho bushel just as easily as he raises tho corn to feed his hogs. he house like" eiif?rhrth~tftO?tf. -*/??<>?? lave a lot of cute little ones, and tho urplus may be sold and not killed oft ^ in the home place to get rid of them. The difference between butter which jcores 07 anil that which scores 07*4 is 30 small as not to be detected save by \ butter expert; still, the 07V4 fellow walks oil" with the gold medal, gets his picture in the dairy Journals and like enough has a brand of salt named after him. The payment of the road taxes has for many years been loaded on to tho tenant ot tue iarni?tnat is, ne nus boon roqniml to work out that part which could bo paid in that manner. The payment of all the road taxes In cash lots the tenant out and makes the landlord kick. Wo have a friend who has so keen a love for the birds that ho can find all the birds' nests in tree, shrub or grass wherever ho goes, and then we have another friend who can never see a bird's nest until the leaves are all off the trees and the birds flown to the south. Men will find the thing which they love and look for, whether It be birds' nests or good qualities in their neighbors. We count a strawberry bed and an asparagus hod properly cared for as foremost among the cheapest and most desirable luxuries for the family. To have those two things in abundance is to solve the problem of good living from the 1st of May to the 1st of July; then have the green pens follow tho asparagus and the rod and black raspberries, the strawberries, and who cares whether school keeps or not? We just hate to come across a man. or, worse yet, a community, which la on the hog to that extent that it will take no interest in any matter of public Improvement unless it brings dollars into its pockets. Even the Sioux Indian would decorate ids tepee, nearly, all birds will use art and refinement in the building of the nest, while thousands of so called civilized human beings will care as little for their home surroundings as a fox in his den. We have altogether too much civilization which does not civilize. There is n lot of vegetation which will thrive and grow at a temperature of from 55 to 65-for instance, peas, radishes, onions, potatoes, turnips, barley, wheat, rye, cabbages, cauliflowers, apples, currants, gooseberries, and In flowers violets, tulips, crocus, sweet pens, but n temperature of 80 to 90 la essential for the growth of com, melons, cucumbers, tomatoes, peaches and grapes. The difference between a temperature of 65 and 1)0, only 25 degrees, determines wlmt shall be the cereal, vegetable, floral and fruit products of ? country.