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Many Newsy' Items Gathered From - all Sections. General Cotton Market. Galveston,-easy.10% New Orleans? quiet. 10% , Mobile, dull.. ..10% Savannah, steady .vi.,. . .'..IO 9-16 Charleston, steady.IO1/* Norfolk, steady.. .... . .10% Baltimore, nominal.ll1/! ?fewYork,, quiet.. ....11.15 Boston, quiet.11.35 Boston, quiet.11-35 Philadelphia, steady.11.40 Ph?adelphia, steady.,..11.40 Houston,, quiet .. ..'.10% Augusta, steady.10% - Momphis, steady.10% St. Louis, quiet.. -.10% ? Louisville, firm..10% ? Charlotte Cotton Market. . aa&9 - iv;- ... These figures represent prices paid tOiWagous: Good Middling.IO1/ Sr^ct,-Middling.10y2 Middling.r. .v;10% Tinges...... .... .. .. . .9 to 10 i Stains....'.-..7 to il UNDEVELOPED WATER POWER. Which Are Susceptible of Producing Vast Store of Motive Power. It is "staid that tho United States geological survey is soon to have pre paredamap showing the extent to win cit tiie' water powers of this State are susceptible of development. The worli^ll show the water powers on tue Broad liver north of Alston and on,theft .Catawba river between Cam den ?anti /tlie: North CaCrolina line. 0nriho Catawba Tiver (also known belo w^vthe'.Great. J-'aUs- as the Wa tej^)F?o?t^ Cam den "and "the " State line , the fall is about 3S0 feet. The greatest fall o.c te^hxQ<shea4 o?; navigation, five 5^^.Ca^en$wn^kie';the. drop 2 fcim \five'"'miles ;. at Rocky ]\?^r^her?H:ne f?lHs" 173 feet in eight miles, and at Landsford, where the fall is 40 feet in two'miles. At each of these points small .naviga tion canals were constructed, about 75 years ago by the State. Yeiy little power is now being used at these shoals. TJie.pi?n?ipal devel oped water poweren-thc river is the neyy^plant at Rock Hill, where the dam^?n??wp'rkirg head are about 30 feetf^ " "' ' v On Broad river the -fall is about 320 feet iii the 75 mil?.s between Alston and the State line. The principal shoals are the Lockhart shoals, where the fall is 4S feet on one and a half miles and a seriesPof shoals, including Cherokee shoals; near Gaffney where the fall is 104 fet in six miles. An ex aiuipation- and report on this river w?s'in?cre- in 1S70 and 1SS0 hy the corps of engineers of thev United States anny. Palmetto News Items. The Carolina. Mutual Insurance com pany with headquarters at Columbia, has been eh: 'ered. Mr. S. L. Miller for a number of years field agent in j Squth; Carolina for thc Equitable and subsequently' general agent for the Mutual, and now for-the Home Life, is; president and treasurer. The di rectors'are'T.K. Elliott, president of the bank of Winnshoro and of the Fairfield-CottonMills;'E. H. Spark man, vice-president of the Merchants and Planters Bank of Union; J. W. Simpson^ cashier of the First Nation al Bank Of Spai'tariburg; Wilie Jones, ^riite^president Ca?olina National Bank^-<?4?mbia; and Dr. W. M. Lester of ColumGnV medical director. Congressman George S. Legare has gone to Washington, where he will meet a number of other represen tatives, forming a party who will he the guests of Congressman Wilson of North Dakota on a hunt in that State. Mr. Thomas J. McCrary, president and treasurer of the Newberry Cot ' ton Mills, died suddenly Wednesday morning shortly after ll o'clock, dur ing an attack of acute indigestion. The illness seized him at about mid night, and was utterly unlooked-for, as Mr. McCrary had been apparent ly in good health. Mr. McCrary's death is viewed by the community as ? a great calamity. A special from Orangeburg says : H. W. Boiizard, foi mer dispenser at Fort Motte,, who was arrested charg ed with -a defalcation amounting to ^TpSjSTrlsl, and who was delivered into the custody of the sheriff iii default of bail, was released, the necessary bond having been secured. Bond was fixed in the sum of #2,000 and the bondsmen are W." G. Peterkin and. Martin Keller of Fort Motte and M. CV Edwins of Orangeburg. Bouzard waived a preliminary hearing and, while the case will be called during the court of* -general sessions which convenes here Monday, the defence,. | may require more .time and ask for ? postponment until January. Gen. M. Ir/ Bonham has been con fined to his room for the past week, suffering withran intestinal abscess. As soon' as he- is able his physicians ^wj^?take-:him to a hospital to have an^pwrrioi?-'-perfumed. - County Supervisor McBride of Florence ordered en election to be held on October 3rd for the purpose of voting on thc question of dispen sary or no dispensary under the Brice law, the ^requisite number of names having b?en?secured. Several-' "merchants from other places arc going tc locate in Sum chamber of commerce to secure stores for them. Houses and stores are in great .-Fernand and ure being built very rapidJv. . The city of Sumter is ?stotc'ljiag out and where.a few years ago "Were waste lands or lands plant ed nr?rriow line resvlences. Another evidciice 'of the business growth of the-eily is the building o ftsores in various' sections of the cit.v hereto j?ff???0f- an. exclusive residential sec tion. The outlook for a fine fail trade i's r.akl to- bo bettor than for years. ... Brenham,. Texas. -Thc Brenham ..Gottan'i-Mills expects to double the ea-. j)acity of its plant in thc near future 'treing to the steadily increasing de fnjand .f':r Hs product. There arc at present some 5,000 spindles and 160 looms in position, to which $10,000 worth of machinery will bc added al . once,.ttl liing up all thc vacant space .available at present. --.Machinery has been installed in thc ? 'addition of the Ellawhite Cotton .;M?Ts, Uniontown, Ala., and the mill ".will begin operation September 1. :@h 10,000; spindles. ; *" '3 E NEWS OF IHTERtST Great Activity Shown in New Enter prises and Enlargements. Cohunbia, S. C.-The fourth press cloth mill in the United States will be established here. Press cloth is manufactured ?rom camel's hair and mohair, and the woven cloth is used in cotton-seed oil mills, linseed oil mills, in wine factories and other plants where thc products must bc strained hy pressure through fabric. This new enterprise will be an impor tant addition to Columbia's indus tries as well as to the textile inter ests of the South, with which it may be classed . Thc plant at Columbia will be built by the American Press Cloth Co., which is now being organ ized by Messrs. Ben j. F. Taylor,-John Jacob Seibels, E. G. Seibels, Thomas Tavolr, Jr., and A. S. Guignard, the capital stock to be $50,000 to begin with: 'outra et has been awarded to Mes.-.rs. Waring & Co., for the erec tion . of thc necessary buildings to have . a floor space of 5,000 square feet, and Messrs. Benj. F. Taylor and A. F. Parker are now in New York arranging for the purchase of the ma chinery and olhcr mechanical equip ment that will bo required. Mr. Par ker will, be superintendent of the plant. He setablished the press-cloth mill at Houston, Texas, that being one of the three now in operation in . this country. The other two are at Brooklyn, ?. Y., and North Chelms ford, Mass. Magnolia, Miss.-Sonic months ago the Magnolia Cotton Mills announced certains enlageraents arranged for its plant, and details were made public. The work has progressed steadily, and reeeutly thc addition was com piled, lt is of interest to note briefly what was done to affect thc better ments. There has been built *an ad dition which makes the company's main building 7S feet wide by 292 feet long, and the new machinery was installed. This gives the mill au qquipriient of 10,000 spindles and 264 looms, with necessary accompanying .marchinery, for manufacturing shcee ings. Thc daily output of these goods is 15,000 yards. The textile mach inery was furnished by the Whitiu Machine Works, of Whitinsville, Mass., and thc Woonsocket Machine and. Press Co., of Woonsocket, R. I. The Magnolia oCtton Mills corpora tion increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $200,000 in making these improvements. Durham, N. C.-Notwithstanding .the reports that continue of a boycott on American-made goods by Chinese buyers, the Southern cotton mills con tinue to make shipments of their pro ducts to the Far East. This is indi cated by a dispatch from Dunn, N. C., which refers to the shipment of 500,000 yeards of cloth to Shanghai by the No. 2 mill of the Erwin Cotton Mills Co., of this place. The No. 2 mill is located at Duke, near Dunn. It was planned for 70,000 spindles and 2,000 looms, but only half that equipment is in position at present, and the product is denim cloths. This is one of several recent instances of big foreign order for Southern mills. Emporia, Va.-Recent reports that the Ashby Cotton Mill Co. intends to double its 5000-spindlc plant have been verified by the company. While this is the company's intention, yet contracts for the machinery, etc., will not be awarded for some time, as a water power is to be developed first. This development will consist of ob taining 400-horse power from the Me herriii river, to be transmitted by electricity. It will develop the entire power available, au'l plans are now being prepared. T. Ashby Blythe of 114 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, is president of the mill company. Textile Notes. The Cabarrus Cotton Mills of Con cord, Ni C., contemplates building a large addition to its plant; present equipment, 8,500 spindles and 542 looms. Thc Union Bleaching and Finishing Co., of Greenville, S. C., has awarded contracts for the installation of new machinery to increase the capacity of its plant. A reservoir will also be built. . ' The Nantucket Cotton Mills will, during the coming "fall, install 5,000 additonal spindles of the Saco & Pet tee make. This plant is under the management of Mr. J. S. McAlister. A movement is on foot for the or ganization of a companv with capital stock of $200,000 or $300,000 for the purpose of building a-cotton mill be tween Hagan and Claxton, Ga. R. A. Scott of Hagan is interested in the enterprise, and invites correspon dence for information to be addressed to him. T. W. Brame, of Macon, Miss., is interested in plans being formulated" for the erection of a cotton mill in that town. . Lexington, .N. C.-The Nokomis Cotton Mills. is now receiving 3000 . spindles and 45 looms, recently con tracted for, and the new machinery is being installed in the company's buildings. It was announced last fail that the management had decided up on this enlargement, and about $20, 000 has been expended for then ew equipment. There have been 12,4S0 spindles and 320 looms in position. FIVE SNAKES, AND WHOPPERS. Worsted in Their Battle With Two Nervy Women and a Boy. Two women and a 10-year-old boy had a ferocious battle with five mon ster black snakes at the Smith Chap .:I schoolhouse this morning, says a dispatch from Logan, Ohio. The snakes were discovered by Willie Stone, the young son of Deputy Rev enue Collector Will Stone. Three were in the water bucket, with their heads protruding, completely filling the bucket. The lad, almost breathless with fright, apprised his mother and Mrs. C. V. Woodruff, an aunt, who proceed ed to the schoolhouse, a short dis tance from the Stone home. Locking the door, they proceeded to do battle with the five serpents. The combat jaged for almost an hour, the brave women succeeding in killing all the snakes. The snakes attempted several times to encircle the women, but were fought off with clubs, with which they were finally dispatched. Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Woodruff are the heroines of the entire Smith Chapel district since the event. The largest snake measured 8 .feet 4 inches, SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department "Observer. The South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the De partment of Agriculture issues the following official bulletin of weather and crop conditions for the past week : The first of the week ending Mon day, August 28th, was hotter than usual and the latter part was un seasonably cool, with the minimum temperature at Columbia the second lowest ever recorded in August, it having been one degree lower in 1896. The average for thc week ranged from four degress, m the upper por tion, to one degree, in the lower por tions, beiow the nonnah The air was generally humid during the hot pe riod and very dry at the close of the week Excessive rams occurred in Saluda, Laurens, Newberry, Greenville, Cher okee and York counties, washing lands and flooding bottom lands to I the further injury to crops on such lands; the other portions of the State had moderately heavy rains that were generally beneficial although not needed in many localities. The soil is now well supplied with moisture over the entire State. The frequent showers during the middle of the week retarded farm work and spoiled considerable foddev that had' been pulled, and caused considerable rot ting of ripe cotton bolls, and of late fruit, but they were beneficial to late cora, peas, sweet potatoes, pastures, gardens and to recently planted seeds for fall truck crops. Froin many localities come reports that the cotton crops has deteriorated rapidly during the week due to con tinued mst, and shedding and that practically all of thc top crop had fallen off aud that on e'arly cotton fruiting had ceased; a few reports -bf improvement were received, and that the plants continued green and growing rapidly and fntiting satisfac torily, while most of the reports in dicate that there has been no material change in conditions during the week except that on sandy lands the plants were not fntiting and that thc top crop would be light. Bolls opened rapidly over the eastern half and slowly over the western. Picking made slow progress but will soon be activ? over the entire State. Cater pillars infest sea-island cotton and some rust has appeared, but the crop generally is in good condition. Tobacco curing will be finished by the first of September ; some of the cured tobacco lacks brightness due to too much rain. Early rice harvest made favorable progress. Turnips were planted extensively and came up to fair stands. Pastures are fine. Late corn generally promising, ex cept were damaged by floods and ex cessive rains. Work on the Congaree and Available Funds. Congressman Lever has received from Gen. MacKenzie the following letter in regard to the work on the Congaree and the money appropriated an available for that purpose: War Department, Office of the Chief Engineers, Aug. 21, 1905. Hon. Asbury F. Lever, U. S. House of Representatives, Sir : In reply to your oral request made this morning, I have the honor to furnish the following information in regard to work on the Congaree rivery asked for in letter to you, dated Au?'. 15, 1905, from Mr. I. L. Withers, general manager of the New York, Columbia and Georgetown Steamship company. The amount now available for Con garee river is divided into two parts. On the first day of August, there was $17,463.52 available for the purpose of clearing the channel and excavat ing the rock between Gervais street bridge, Columbia, and the dam at Granby; and $25,000 available for clearing the channel of snags and ob structions between the dam at Gran by and the mouth of the river, the latter sum being alloted in accord ance with thc term?- of the river and harbor act of March 3, 1905, which made permissable th? use on the San tec, Wateree and Congaree rivers, and the Estherville-Minim creek canal, of the unexpended balance of appro priation therefore made for a lock and dam in the Congaree river. The unexpended balance of this appropri ation at that time was sufficient to allot $25,000 to the Congaree below the dam, and to lea*e a sufficient sum to complete the excavation and clear ing of the river above the dam. The project adopted by congress, in accordance with which the money must be spent, is quite general in its nature, involving securing a clear four-foot navigation over the lower 47 miles at all stage* from the mouth to Grauby, and cleared channel 100 feet wide from Grandby to Gervais street bridge. The local officer in charge, Capt. G. P. Howell, corps of engineers, has submitted a project for expending the available funds in accordance with this plan. I have no doubt that the wishes of those interested in the navigation will receive careful consideration by Capt. Howeii in the expenditure of the funds at his disposal, and would sug gest that Mr. Withers confer with him driectly in the manner indicated in his letter. I assume above that Mr. Withers iHquiry referred to the present funds, but if he desires to know the total amounts that have ever been appro priated for the Congaree river, I may say that there has', been appropriated for a lock and dam at Granby a total of $250,000 and the expenditures there from up to the end of the last fiscal year were $204, 253.94. Of the remaining balance $25,000 was as signed to the lower Congaree,' in ac cordance with the river and harbor act of March 3, 1905. In addition to this reallotted balance, the total ap propriations for the lower Congaree have been $36,000, of which there had been expended up to July 1, 1905, the sum of $35,S75.49. Very respectfully, A. MACKENZIE, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers, U.S.A. Mexico Wants Immigrants. Mexico City, Special.-In view of the large number of European emigrants who are flocking to South America, es pecially to Brazil, Senor Joaquin Tor nes, has been in consultation with in terested parties in this country with a view to diverting the tide of immigra tion to Mexico. It is probable that ; committee will be formed for the pur pose of heading some of the desirable emigrants in this direction, as there IE a good demand on the various planta tions of steady agricultural laborers. American Seaport Towns Seriously Menaced By the Plague IT GETS HOLD IN GERMAN POETS Plague Record Stands at 51 Caaes and 19 Deaths, Two Cases Existing at Hamburg, But the Greatest Danger to American Ports is Be lieved to Lie in the Austrian Port of Trieste. Berlin, By Cable-Dr. Nocht, harbor physician at Hamburg, in reply to in quiries made by the press concerning cholera, telegraphs as follows: "The transhipment of Russian emi grants having been suspended at Ham burg, further cholera infection is im probable. "The room companion of the first case has a light attack, but otherwise all the emigrants are healthy. "Three emigrants due to sail last Thursday on the steamer Moltke, (for New York,) were landed and since then have been under medical obser vation. All are healthy. The drink1 ing water and the sanitary arrange ments here are faultless, and conse-. quently an epidemic is unlikely. "Single instance,-naturally, in spite of the greatest care, cannot always be prevented, but no danger exists for sea traffic. I am convinced that all the means for opposing the cholera are in use. We are going to meet the future with tranquility and we hold that Americans have no1 grounds for dis quietude. "NOCHT." The opinion is expressed in Berlin that the United States seaboard has more to fear from emigrants shipping at Trieste than from German ports as cholera is already in Austria Po land. The record stands at 51 cholera cases and 19 deaths, a steady increase and a high percentage of mortality. The most uneasy news for America is that a second case exists at Hamburg. It was officially, reported that a laborer in St. George's Hospital where the Rus sian emigrant died, has cholera, but it is added that the seizure is of a milder form than the previous ones. Two of the other fresh cases are in east Prus sia, indicating that the infected area has widened. The imperial health office, as shown by the statement made, is confident that it has the disease in hand. The most recently .reported vic-, tims are among the Russian rivermen. in quarantine. Professor Adolph Kafa, Prof. Koch's successor as head of the Institute of Infectious Diseases, has' gone to the infected district to direct the measures to coufinet the disease. The Institute of Infectious Diseases will be open all night examining secre tions taken from the digestive tubjs of persons who have died under cir-; cumstances suggesting cholera. From' time to time couriers arrive from, some port of Germany with portions of bodies done up hermetically. The Minister of the Interior has is sued an order covering all Prussia, re quiring physicians immediately after the death of any suspected patient to send a messenger with sections of the almentary canal to the Institute of Infectious Diseases for through exami nation. Gets Lower Duty. ' Mexico City, Special-In consequence of a treaty recently made between French and Mexico, the former country is now imposing the minimum duty on Mexico coffee shipped from a Mexi can to a French port. Exports of cof fee to France show a considerable in-j crease at very good prices. Kew Casses in Mississippi. Jackson, Miss,. Special.-Surgeon Wasdin reports three new cases of yel low fever, at Gulport and states that the situation is well in hand along the Gulf coast. Dr. Labanon report one case " of fever at Pearlington, near the Loui siana line, and has taken charge .as State health officer. Three new sus picious cases are under observation at Vicksburg. Peppered the Bridegroom. Richmond, Va., Special.-John Rink er was shot and painfully wounded in the left shoulder with a shotgun by W. L. Mason, at Lacross, Va., Sunday afternoon. He went to Mason's to be married to Miss Lula A. Hirris, who was living at Mason's. It is said Ma son had notified Rinker that he would kill him if he came on to his yard. On Rinker entering the yard, Mason fired on him twice, as above stated. Rinker was subsequently married to Miss Har ris and is doing well. Mason is under arrest. Doubt Cast on Story. Fernandina, Fla., Special.-The two men from the ill-fated ship Peconic, which they say sank near this shore last Sunday, are still here, and, in obedience to orders received from New Yrok, from the vessel's owners, will ton and several thousand dollars' worth until the truth of their story is fully established. No bodies have yet wash ed ashore and no wreckage from the vessel has been seen. Bomb Explodes in Crowd.' Barcelona, Special.-A bomb explod ed with terrific force Sunday afternoon on the marine parade, which was thronged with holiday makerrs. A panic ensued and the air was rent with shrieks and groans of the victims, who numbered 21, including one woman, killed and five persons mortally wound ed. The bomb was conical in shape and was covered with cement. The perpetrator of the outrage, is unknown. One witnees states that early this morning a child was seen to deposit a bomb at the foot of a tree, while an other version Is that the bomb was plac ed at the foot of a tree this afternoon and that the man who was seen to place it there was injured Case in Indian Territory Little Rock, Ark., Special.-Major General W. H. Haynes, commanding the Arkansas militia, which is fur nishing the guards to enforce the State quarintine, was officially informed to day of the existence of a case of yellow fever at Mayesville, I, T., and imme diately gave orders to the guards to tighten the quarantine. Mississippi and Louisiana, Florida and Atlanta, Ga., have ?been-declared infected terri? torv by the gtftfa hoard oj health. . i Wine of Cardui Cured Mei?, 213 South Prior Street, ATLANTA, GA., March 2MS03. I suffered for four months -with extreme nervousness and lassitude. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach which no medicine seemed to relieve, and losing my appetite I became weak and lost my vital ity. In three weeks I lost fourteen pounds of flesh and felt that I must find speedy relief ta regain my health. Having heard Wine of Cardui praised by several! of my friends, I sent for a bottle and was certainly very pleased with the results. "Within three day3 my appetite returned and my ?fcomach troubled me no more. I could digest my food without difficulty and the nervousness gradually diminished. Nature perEormei her- functions without difficulty and I am once.more a happy and ! well woman. ' A OLITE JOSEPH, Treaa. Atlanta Friday Eight Clnfc. Secure a Dollar Bottle Wine of Cardui Today. HI FEVER IS UNDER BETTER CONTROL Kew Orleans Situation Continues to Improve-Priest Goes to Patterson to Avert Italians' Threatened Riot -Work of Salting Gutters Pushed in the City. New Oleans, Special.-Official report to 6 p..m.: New cases, 29; total to date, 2,0.^1. Deaths. 3; total death, 287. New foci, ll. Cases under treatment, 305. Cases discharged, 1,432. . For the first time in over a monti: the number of new cases was in th? twenties. With only three deaths, com ciilman E. T. Dunn is alco on the list the feeling of confidence that the fever is being wiped out is growing. Among the new cases is that of Captain B. Clayton, TJ. S. A., the quartermaster charge of this department. City Coun :'oilman E. T. Dunn is also on the list Of the deaths, one occurred at the emregency hospital. The country situation is improving somewhat, though thc discovery of new foci causes some little anxiety. The situation at Patterson where was feared the ignorant Italians con templated trouble has developed noth ing new. No overt act has been com mitted, and it is believed that danger ls over. Father Widman, the Jesuit priest went there Sunday and met the 'citizens and a number of leading Ital |; ians and proposes to make a perrsonal canvass of the town, to talk to every Italian, and convince him of the good intentions of the health authorities A heavy downpour of rain prevented the mass-meeting which it was pro posed to hold here today. Today nearly all of the dirt carts were used in the work of salting the gutters. It has been found that since the mosquietos have been deprived of their ,favorite breeding places, the stagnant gutters on cross streets are filled with wiggle-tails, so special ef forts are being made to render these unsuitable. Over a thousand tons of salt have been used so far and the work will continue. There is much interest in the case of Dr. Philip Borge, the physician Avho was arrested late Sunday night on the charge of failing to report three cases of yellow fever. He was paroled by the inspector, bm; will have to answer to the charge Monday morn ing before the second recorder. He says that he reported the cases by mail, but the Marine Hospital Service has no record of them. There has been a recrudescence at Tallulah, in Madison parish, not far from Vicksburg, three cases having been diagnosed by Dr. Krauss, of thc Marine Hospital Service. A report from Leeville, under date of September 1, shows that there have been 312 cases there so far, and 29 deaths, with 145 cases under treat ment. To End Oil Inquiry. Birmingham, Special.-H. M. Beck, of this city who is representing minori 'ty stockholders of the United Oil and Land Company, df Columbus, Ga., states that the final hearing in the in vestigation proceedings against the of ficers of the company is to be given in Columbus, Ga... on September 7. A temporary injunction has. been in force since last fall which restrains the majority stockholders from disposing of the company's properties at Moki trick, California, in the Bakersfield district. The Associated Oil Company, which is the largest prroducer in California, now operrates wells which oil daily and the companiespra ocr turn out about |,000 to 1,500 barrels of oil daily and the officer!; of the Asso ciated Company are the majority stockholders in the United Oil and Land Company. No Spread of Disease at Notchez. Natchez, Miss... Special.-This is the fifth day since the promulgation of the report of yellow fever in Natchez, since which time no new cases have been re ported. All of the patients are doing well, the fever being of an exceedingly mild type. Fifty-three volunteers made a house to house canvass and reported very littlt sickness. Lost $15,000 by Fire. Albany, Ga., Special.-Captain Boyd, of Lear, Ga., was the victim Sunday light of one of the most disastrous In cendiary fires ever known in this sec tion, suffering the loss of a modern barn, stockade and other outbuildings, together with 23 fine mules, twelve milk cows with calves, ten bales cf cot ton and several thousand dollars' with of wagons, buggies, farm implements and foodstuffs. Captain Boyd estimates bia loss. a$ $15,000, without Insur ance, CUTICURA GROWS HAIR Scalp Cleared of Dandruff and Hair Be* stored by Ono JBox of Cutloura and One Cabo of Cuticura Soap. A. W. Taft, of Independence, Va., writ? ing under date of Sept. 15, 1904, eays: "1 have had falling hair and dandruff for twelve years and could get nothing to help me. Finally 1 bought one box o? Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap, and they cleared my scalp of the dandruff and stoppod the hair falling. How my hair is growing as well as ever. 1 highly prize Cuticura ?Soap as a toilet soap. (Signed) A. W. Taft, Independence, Va."^ A Fellow-Feeling Kinship. Mutual difficulties not infrequently precipitate love between those 1 who are mutually in trouble. An amusing instance of how taking a wrong train won a wife for a young suitor is told under the above caption by Francis Lynde in the September Lippencott's Magazine. Mr. Lynde's work is well thought of by those who are fond of a rapidly moving short story. Uso Longman & Martinez Faint. Don't pay .$1.50 a gallon for linseed oil, which you do in ready-for-use paint. Buy oil fresh from the barrel at 60 cents Ser gallon, and mix it with Longman & tartinez L. & M. Paint. It makes paint cost about $1.20 per gallon. James S. Barron, President Manchester Cotton Mills, Rock Hill; S. C., writes: "In 1883 I painted my residence with L. & M. lt looks better than a great many houses painted three years ago. Sold everywhere and by Longman & Martinez, New York. Paint Makers for fifty Years. A sensible man never has. any spare time to attend to other people's bus iness unless he is hired for the pur pose. FITSpermansnt ly cured. No Ats ornervous? ness after finit day's use of Dr. Klins's Great NerveRestor?r,$2trlai bottleand treatise fr ea Dr.R. H. KLINE, Ltd.,931 Arch St.^Phtla.^a. Great Britain is barely holding her own in trade with Argentina. Mrs. Winslow's Soo thins: Syrup for Children toethlng.soffcen tho gums.reduces Inflamma tion,allays paln.cureswlnd colic, 25<:.a bottle, In 1893 Japan had only 167,000 tons of merchant steamships. Piso's Cure for Consumption Is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, lflOO The population of Bangkok is estimated at 500,000 souls. _ The Great A ntiseptic, Sloan's Liniment, for all mosquito bites. It kills yellow fever and malaria germs. Two thousands vessels of all descriptions disappear every year. PUTNAM Crier in<-re*cctl8 Lr>Khrer and iasttt . olors linn 0D isBlts. i\?Ji??rnlei orv* TfiJlicna pcttpnia at Kc s j* When We Are Old. When we are old, thu fair world ls BO young, Re-echoing with song we left unsung Our laughter lifting on another's tongue. When we are old, there is no lovely thing That speak:? not youth, that bodes"not of thc spring Of that keen dawn, thc.t now no dark can bring. Allen to Maytlme, whither shall we turn? Need we the Tear's antiphonal to learn? Fared we not where Its purple torches burn? tn the world's matin have we yet no song? Is not the old-time melody as strong? Do only echoes to the heart belong? When we are old . . . Love, love a dream it is! The summer's song, th' illimitable bliss, The flame, the flower, is love's, is ours, is this . . . -Virginia Woodward Cloud, In June Reader. Fickleness of Woman. Gray-"Hello, Smith, old boy! And BO you are married, eh?" Smith-"That's what the parson told ?ne." Gray-"And, of coarse, you are hajh py?" Smith-"Well, I don't know about that. To tell the plain, unvarnished truth, I'm just a little bit disappoint ed." Gray-"I'm sorry to hear that. What's the trouble?" Smith-"Well, you see, during the courtship stunt she used to tell me how strenuously she loved me, but we had no sooner got spliced than she gave up her $10 a week job as type writer thumper. That goes to show how much you can bank on a Woman'j lOVfl." _ On Your Kneen, Court Said. Fourteen-year-old Joseph Porter of 65 Willow avenue, Hoboken, was ar raigned before Recorder Stant' . re cently for running away from home. "I just hopped a freight train to go up the road," he said. "I didn't know I had gone so far, and then I was afraid to no home." His mother told the recorder that the boy had no reason to leave home. " She said she took good care of him. "Get down on your knees," said the recorder to the runaway, "and don't you get up until your mother has for given you." He was on his knees five minutes before his; mother said the word. Then the recorder told him to go home and Stay there.-New York Times. OUST JHE DEMON. A. Tussle With Coffee. There is something fairly demonia cal In the way coffee sometimes wreaks its fiendish malice on those who use it. A lady writing from Calif, says: "My husband and I, both lovers of coffee, suffered for some time from a very annoying form of nervousness, accompanied by most frightful head aches. In my own case there was eventuaHy developed some sort of af fection of the nerves leading from the spine to the head. "I was unable to hold my head up straight, the tension of liie nerves drew it to one side, causing me the most intense pain. We got no relief from medicine, and were puzzled as to what caused the trouble, till a friend suggested that possibly the coffee we drank had something to do with it, and advised that we quit it and try Pos tum Coffee. "We followed his advice;, and from the day that we began to use Postum we both began to improve, and in a very short time both of ns were en tirely relieved. The nerves became steady once more, the headaches ceased, the muscles in the back of my neck relaxed, my head straightened up and the dreadful pain that had 60 punished me while I used 1:he old kind of coffee vanished. "We have never resumed the use of the old coffee, but relish our Postum every day as well as .we did the for mer beverage. And we are delighted to find that we can give it freely to our children also, something ve never dared to do with the old kind of cof fee." Name given by Postum Co., Bat tle Creek, Mich. Postum Coffee contains absolutely no drugs of any kind, but relieves the ? coffee drinker from the old drug poison. | . There's a reason. I Shapes the Destiny o? i Healthy Woman Cam Seven-eighths of the men in this world marry ft woman because she is beautiful in their eyes beaause she has the quali ties whioh inspire admira tion, respeot and love. .There is a beauty in health whioh ls more at tractive to men than mere regularity of feature. The Influence of women glorious in the possession of perfect physical health upon men and upon the civilization of the world could never be measured. Because of them men have attained the very heights of ambition; because of them even thrones have been established and de stroyed. Wh at a disappointment, then, to see the fair young wife's beauty fading away before a year passes over ber head ! A sickly, half dead-an d-alive woman, especially when she is the mother of a family, is a damper to all joyous ness in the home, and a drag upon her hueband. The cost of a wife's con stant illness is a serious drain upon the funds of a household, and too often all the doc toring does no good. If a woman finds her energies are flagging;, and that every thing tires her, dark Bhadows appear under her eyes, her sleep is disturbed by horrible dreams ; if she has backache, head aches, bearing-down pains, nervous ness, whites, irregularities, or despon dency, she should take means to build her system up at onoe by a tonic with specific powers, such as Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. This great remedy for women has done more in the way of restoring health to the women of America than all other medicines put together. It is the safeguard of woman's health. Following we publish, by request, a | letter from a young wife. Mrs. Bessie Ainsley of 611 South 10th Street, Tacoma, Wash., writes : Dear Mrs. Pinkham: " Ever since my child was born I have suf fered, as I hope few women ever have, with inflammation, female weakness, bearing-down pains, backache and wretched headaches. It affected my stomach ao that I could not en ?y my meals, and half my time was spent j bed. Lydia E. Plnktam's Ye?etnMe Corni Aits. F ADELE J-ctkcrdye. One If? J ot ii pe ? rios tilV. -vvrol and cott cttge. nilli Jwirecl'oolUet-How to Dje, Blench nae I N C "NUBLACK" Bl The ? Nublad: " i good in construd and sure primer, the best brands o: favorite among h black powder si uniform shootinj and strength 1 ALL D E A L I Shakespeare and Hiawatha. An American schoolboy has written an essay on the ""Merchant of Venice," full of original matter. This is his view of Portia: "Portia was a kind and true-hearted young lady; she was very good-natured, especially to some of her gentleman friends, when those young men was going to choose their coffins." But the gem of the article relates to Shakespeare himself. "The story was written by Shakespeare, who married Hiawatha. He was born in Venice, where he and the merchant shot arrows cf the same fly when boys. It was here that he learned to season mercy with justice." Anne Hathaway turned into Hiawatha is a really interesting case of derangement. -London Chronicle. A WOMAN'S SUFFERINGS; Weak, Irregular, Hacked With Pains Made Well and 36 Pound.! Heavier. Mrs. E. W. Wright, of 172 Main St, Haverhill, Mass., says: "In 189S 1 was suffering so with sharp pains in the small of the back and had such frequent dizzy spells that I could scarcely get about the house. The urinary passages were also quite ir regular. Monthly periods were so distressing I dreaded their approach. This was my condition for four years. Doan's Kid ney Pills helped me right away when I began with them, and three boxea cured me permanently." Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers, Price, 50 cents per box. ~ NOT QUITE CLEAR. Green-Jones was run over by a trolley car yesterday. They say he cannot recover. Brown-Who said fie couldn't re cover, bis doctor or his lawyer?-Chi cago Daily News. Positive, Comparative, Superlative, w I have used one of your Pish Brand Slickers for five years, and now want a new one, also one for a friend. I would not be without one for twice the cost. They are just as Jar ahead of a common coat as a common ooo is ahead of nothing." (Kama on ippllcatlon.) KC-HEST AWARD WORLD'S FAIR, 1904. Be eui* you dont get one of the com mon WiKl-thlw ls ths ?^jrjWSgg mark of excellence? j A. J. TOWEROO., ^ , BOSTON, U.S.A. *l??fJgEf&' TOWER CANADIAN CO., LIMITED, TORONTO, CANADA. 35* Makers of Wet Weather Clothing & Hats. CUBIS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Beit Congn Srrup. Taste? Good. Ut ' time. Sola br druggists. - TO FARMERS ANI ? you cannot spend years and do! buy the knowledge required by cents. You want them to pay t them as a diversion. In order to handle thing about them. To meet this want we of a practical poultry raiser for (Only 2i a man who put all his mind, and time, a en raising-not as a pastime, but as a bus ty-five years' work, you can save many C earn dollars for you. The point ls, that Poultry Yard as soon as lt appears, and h teach, you. It tells how to detect and eui fattening! whioh Fowls to save for bree rou iihould know on this subject to make Avo (ants tn stampo. BOOK PUBLISH!?* Wen-The Influence of lot Be Overestimated. "Lydia E. Pinkbani's Vegetable Compound" mode me a well woman, and I feel so grate ful that I am glqd to write and tell you of j my marvelous recovery. It brought rn? J health, new hie and vitality." What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will do for every woman who is in poor health and ailing. Its benefits begin when i ts use begins. It gives strength and vigor from the start, and surely makes sick women well and robust. Remember Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound holds the record for the greatest .nurober of actual cures of woman's ills. This fact is attested to by the thousands of letters from grate ful women which are on file in the Pinkham laboratory. Merit alone can produce such results. Women should remember that a cure for all female diseases actually exists, and that cure is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Take no substi tute. If you have symptoms you don't understand write to Mrs. "pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for special advice-it is free and always helpful. towri Succeeds Where Others Fail. SS DYES ?".n equally nell ?nA 1? ?mnrontee'l to nive perle >t re? i Mix Colon. MONROE Dil UG CO., UniouvUle, Mo. ESTER -AC K POWDER SHELLS 1 s a grand good shell. It is | tion, primed with a quick p and carefully loaded with 8 f powder and shot. It is a I . .unters and other users of ft nells on account of its I g, evenness of pattern B to withstand reloading. 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