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1MII.V--V. KI'.KI.Y --t.-llNDAT. feu/innn. Offle*.(t. B, Mslti Slreef, jMsschi ; ii.ii"2 llnn Street, J'M...|. 116 Blshtri flt. B. Tlmei D W Carrlei Deiivery s Vlcn in Itfchmond (and suburbi), Manctie.i tn .111,1 Petersburg? (inr Wer-lt. D?||y wll . . H eenti 7. , - |).'. 10 .',-nla ; . f, cen'a Bnt.n d .i 1903, sl Richmond, Va.. a itei uniler act of .UESDAT, ["BBRUARY 23, tOOO. Vi i:t.< nill. I O HIl'IIHiiMI. i. tt . grsctoiif of Admlral n?', ? npi .. promptly and no cordlnl! thi Invltal lon trom Richmond to thi ol the returning fleet. yesti ? .1 ? the fleet anchoi ed ln Hamp? ton Roadi after fourteen months' ab f?f>nc?, and doubtless every offlcer aboard. rrom the admlral In command down to tln - ngi sl enslgn, tnusi have pr< ferred Bhore Icave w.lth tlieir friendi or tamlly to another enter tainment. We do noi know exactly why naval men should be eonsldered falf game tor wlnlngs and dlnlngrs; perhaps It ls the memory of the hard tacli ot Nelson's days. But, be that bs it may, and even were cold-storago stlll undlscovered, men who have been contlnuously fetcd and banqueted for more than s year In every quartor of the globe mlghl woll be surfeited. And so vvo think thal Richmond may property feel gratlfied al the visil bf her dlstingulshed gui Bts. , To these officers we can offer no nov? elty, But there are some old glfts thal go deeper thaii all new things under the sun. One such is the emotion Slr J'hlllp Sidney had In mind when lie wrote: "Resl after loyle, fort after stbrmy t. .?? Another la lhc welcome that awaits our 0Wn mn|i of o\lr speech and blood after a long sojourn rn allen lands. Admlral Sperry and hls fellow-offl iri have honbred tbe clty by maklng lt _,___ -. ne ni thelr firsl reception on American soll, nnd the clty honors Itself by receivlng them wlth every courtesy al ita command. \\ u \it \ i,\ mi?ui r \ot VlltGINIA. ? ? fo . ?.. .i lon of ih" world ever been more pcrsuaslve than argutnent, and Maryland'a experi xiii i.i i. oj .- tor i'i.' Ival lon I tr'n n _r to do to open thi ? ? of Virginia tli.rn ? argum .: thal has been i io beai on t his questlon iu tin last ii.-'t-. years, Also, when once tbe now bolden cyeg of Virginia are opened thore wlll be a beattng of men Borvants and maldsarvanta on the part of those who liave so lustlly pro cfaimed that the oyster industry of Virginia was belng managed by the besl pbsslble men In tho best ppssible way. an,) produclng the best posBlble rcsults. rbese protcstatlons wero also tn.-iii ni Maryland, and those'wnu sug gesti I lhat perhaps some Improve ment coi d Iji worked in the adminls tration of oyster laws of that Mai, wen derided aa Ignoramuses or at lacked sclflsb partlsans. But com? mon and naturai laws have a singulariy flxed habit oi" reasserting themselves. And so the revivification of the Maryland oyster Industry has in it much pf oomfort for Virginia. In 18 .<? UV.iltfiore handlod 7,000,000 bushi of oyfcter i ndi r practii all} the b. m? . : ti m ai thal which now 1 laitia m Virginia. in tlie same year 1 lectlcul did a business of about _.iU0,0uo on a system of oncouraging : ? plantlng Indu try, ln 1.02 Bal? tlmore only bandlcd . 000,000 bu hel Which meant a . .,,, :i.,.]s> ?-' ' ???' "? tli ni bu Inoss had grown ; '"'? U ' ? ,;" I to I.,000. Now, how - < ver, Mai j land I i ? ? -, Its feet on the firm i al l ol i tlng aud oncouraging I ' :' "?' "d .e i- every reason to I ? '? ' ?? thal tho groat naturai produc ?? tho M'u-i land bottotns and ihe ? ': ? good tiavor "t the ? " iand oyster. will enable that " ; ibei The Tlines-Dispatch 1 '" ' tervl v Itli iu. n. f. iblo n ports, ?re from the while from beds i ' vir rglnla now haii Llled naturai com Con could in- applied . pr IhM additlonu ttlon knows lioiv far this WO.Uld B. townrdu -rtvlnR- thla gtdte tho hlgh tvsya iimt ii ..... iK.reu- needs, i-'m- twenty years ihe quc.it inn n proporiy adtnlnlslnrlng tho fijtate'i Oyster re.inm-c.-r. hns been consttl nttV h.r.ue ihe atate Leglaiaittfa nf vir Biniii, and li is liiii.? thnt Vlra-lhia un dertooh to follnw th- oxamplo oi Muiyijuiii nnd other Statea whloh ap? preciate Uio eeohomid valtio of Ihe oyster by placltlg 11ml business on a titiii nii.i , ndurlria i.,i |a 'lll \T (I T i.\ STtSPito Sotnn atialogoua cuts ln ateel prlcea lll Otfacr lilll.-s glVG H f..o,| il.-al of Mghl and ie. little oncouragemonl to tho presenl altuallon, Tho last roal ? nt was in 1904, when tho Bteel Coln* pany nia.le n i-eilnclion of $."! per ton; bul. then the country hnd llved for threo an.l n half yeara under the hetilKn |n fluenre of tllO bllllon-dollar li-m-t, an.l the beneflclal offoits- nf it iowerbd prlce hy no rheahs Implled an "open market." Indoed, there haa been no open markel ior ateel slnco 1000, when the great Sleel Cprporallon wus fornird. In thal year Ihe Roor War dlsorganlzed the forelgn marUets, ?vhlch had been taklng large qbantl tlea of our nicei nml its manufactttrod products, .\s a result the domand slackaned greatly, and the market dld nol riKht Itaelf unlll the prlcea were CUl rroin $||. Ih- hlgh record, (n a. low record of $17 per ton. Then tho demand again plcked up, nnd th- steel trade revived and prospered untll the ;-? iesslon in inm. To pro further back WO flu.I Ihat the sllver panlc of ISf*;: caused a demorallzation in business, which dld nol begin to reeovrr untll tho prices for ateel products were reduced from an average of S22 per ton to $15 per ton. Thoreafter lho Iron nnd Bteel Industrios began lo thrlve, untll tlm overBtlmulatod trade ot' 1890 caused n natural rocesalon, These cvamplea conulualvely estab Hsii a connection at threo rccenl porlods ..r thls coiinti-y's history be? tween roduced pricos and revived buslnei 1 . Slnco 1906, howevei, the Unlted .*-)tates steei company haa at tempted to enforce n policy of Inflex IblG prices. That even so powerful ;i corporation should ha.vo heen com pelled to admit Its obndlenco to the establlshed laws of supply and de? mand both demonstrates tho inherent force of those laivs of polltlcal econ omy, and, what Is more pleaslng-, presages a near return of prosperlty, AS TO "TW1STHIUNG" RACHEi.OItS. Stato Senator Ettelson, of Illlnola, has a thought. "Mrs." and "Miss'' ef fectually claaalfy the women from a matrlmonial polnt of vlew,but thore is no such titular litie of demarcatlon for the nu-n. "Mr." covers them all liltc a blanket?sheep and goats, cli glbles nnd the revcrse. lt applle: equally to tho bachelor of bovi nti - n Bummera and tho^plderly, but ttili fas cinatlng, father of twelve. The result is thal when Misjs Brown, at the Windy Clty Cotllllon Club, hears tlie retlned old words, "AIIsk Brown, I want to make you acqualntcd wlth my gentlo man triend, Mr. Itoblnson," she is at an utter loss to know whether sho is meetlng her posslble future husband or tlie certain existlng husband of some body else. From thla perplextty spring embarrassment and mlBunderstandJngs, .Mr. Itoblnson, helng of a fllrtatlOUS temperament, may falscly lead Miaa li. to thlnk him a slug-Ie man, thus wast Ing her time and Incidentally killing hor ehaiiccs with Sir. \, cinstelner, who meant business. Senator Ettolson, haV Ing cogitated upon all tiiosc mattors, is plannlng a remodlal blll for tho llli nota I/Cglslature. Ilis BChemc, whlch ia to make it a felony for a married man to uso a bachelor's title. is Imrnaculato and 1m porVious to crltlclsm. When a stun 11111K city man is presehted to Chicago's Bumincr girl.s by a "mutual" triend; say the hotel clerk. thoy must know at once whether to burst into vlvaoious conversation or relapse moodily into ilicir 10-cent inagazineh. But. what shall tho bachelor's tltle he? That, in deed, is the rub. Wo venturo to sug gcsl "Batch."?-bb Batch. Smith, Batch. Jones, etc?whlch, havlng been already famlllarized by tho comiu supplements, should waft the light of Instant undor standlng even to damsela least qulck on the uptake. Or why not omploy some materlal and vislble badgo for all this trlbe? Llcenaed opium-smokerB in Chlna aro now required to wear upon thelr cheats a wooden badgo ten inches hy eight Next year ih.- longth of thls emblem la to he increasod to two feet Would j not four square feet of omblematlc lumber on a cellbate chegt at once Identlfy the ivearer and act as a klnd of bachelor ihn Biibtly goadlng Ita tin happy wearor ln the general illrectlon of tnatrlmony? We itjavo Hu- matter uomldentty to Sonator ICttelson. If ho prefers the title deslgnatlon, is he do Ing hla full duty lo stop wlth the bach lors? What about tho divorceea? Are ot Chicago's ijodlike daughtera 10 i?. rjually proteoted from these wlnning el dangeroua fellows? lf n(. agr,._ "Mr. Blnka" aa the proper dealgnatlon fnr the roullne. marrled man, what ls thi matter wlth ln'dicatlns the divorceea as Twomlater Splnks, Threemlster Jlnka and bo on and so on? nv IXVBSTICUTB COMMISSION (inv. i*it\tiK.vr. The Times-Dlspatch |s, and haa long been, a warm frlend of anythlng that protnisea 10 .,'i\e thls clty a slmpler an.l more efflclenl form of government, 11 therefore notea wlth pieasure thi prr, posal of the Commlttee on Ordlnance Charter and Reform to lnveatlgate tho oommisslon b* ti m aa utilized In ..11.. 1 cltles, wlth a vlen to appiylng II lo Rlchmond. if the plan li to Invei tlgati. "peri iiiiltt Whlch shaii M.it Qalveaton, Houston ih-s Moinea ..mt varloua other comml not, Indeed, appears llttli lupporl ii Ther? for Bui.it ,1 ?- iir Tho.r rllle- Is.im full repnrlH, rIvIii Idetnllf-d faclH nnd figurcn rr-gnrd.ln Ihe worklngS of llielr gnvoriimon whleh they nro clnd lo supply lo nj plickfils; nnd lo Ihe luloriiiM tlon ?i nuirVd by a Miiniv of Utls lllerature "i |scrvnllon upnn Ihe ground cnultl ad llttle. IV. hardly think llmt tllO Cotltl Icii, which musi supplji the tunds, woul look Wlth npprnvnl upon ?n Invesll IgBting tour. Apaft from the hjuesMo j"r e.vpensc, however, such a trlp coul |iln nn hnrtn, nnd would dniibflcss tl SOthe llttle gond. The Impo'rtant th|ti| Iabout thls proposal, In any case, t- tlia lll |s the flrsl open rei'iignlllnti, willin thls Councli thal tho Council systeti or gpvernmenti as wo havo lt, ls no adertiinte to tho proper admlnlstratloi of UiIh cit.v's affalrs Therbfore, the members of iho Ortll tiance, Charfor nmi lieforhi Commlttoi (leserve congrattllauons and tln thanks nt good -Itlzons, n ls Imporl ant to krep tlils matter of tlie atf'eqtiacrj or tnade.uacy of our munlclpal systen prominontly before tho eyes or votorS booause few thlnifs are, ln iho i0n_ run, :io Importsm to tlicm; and tln commlttee has o.flciallj liclped In thli work. The TlmcB-DIspatch holds il a sufficlcntly dembnstrated that th< large two-chathbered Council canriol tnanage thls city's buslness as lt should bo managed. A ralrlj.ncrcte tesl ol thla system from mii' point of vlew wlll come at iho meeting on Thursday nlght. to which we havo already di ro. t i.i attenllon, if tho Council by unanlmous vote takea up the quostlon of the Weather Bureau. But what ever this meeting doas in the matter Of tho Weather Bureau, tlie illlntoriinisg and the Inefflciency of the cumbrous blcameral system stands proven on the records of thls and many other clties; aud The Tlmes-Dlspatch i* quite con fldonl that Richmond wlll sooncr or later Bweep ii away, i if courso, it Momothtng happoned now. nnd tlio llcet didn't get ln ttll aboul I o'clock Tuesday mornlng-! As Nazlmova wlll i>e lu Richmond on Thuraday next, mn- good people have Bcanl enough time to flght the whole thlng "iu and determnic by majorlty vote whether thoy shall accent Uie tady on the ponult or the antepenult. Personally, we lean to Nal-zeeo-e movahl At the Knockers* Club banquet ln Clni iniiati Mr. Taft was not allowed lo speak. Fortunatoly, tm next presi? dent of the Unltefl stat..-; Is far better ablo to stand treatmont of thls sort than the present President of the L'niied .states. Richmond is preparing to meet the fleet much more than half-way. Why doosn't the gubernatoria! cam paign go a head an.i gubernatore? VVe'rc all ready. Mr. Taft haa Just bought liis horse for personal use In thl? State, well .- thal the loyal aml tearless of Old Virginia are the gamesl totei of avolrdupols that the world IIIIMIIK) CIUXITE. Illeli (liinllly ur Stonc Found ln Alillll iiiini-e iVeur Richmond, The opportunlties tor Investment iri tlie South, as a whole, are so inviling that tt is hard to speclalize upon any partleular llne, Sometlmes when we speak of the South it is Indeflnitc. We are upt, to think -of Ijouislana, Geor? gia. Texas or Alabama. This paper has frequontly called attention to the Bplendld opportunlties offered in old virginia in varlous llne., Her tobacco crop, of oourse, has been recognlzed, aud men who ton or flf.teen years ago began tb invest 1n tobacco proportles in Virginia and North Carollna have made thelr mllllons. Those who have gone into applo plantlng have already i-i'i'ii aplendld results, and the futuro promtses unllmlted posslbllitles, The wrltor wns recentl.v Iti Henrico county, \',-i? and had hls attention call? ed to the luarvelous granite deposits in and around Richmond. For many yeara stonc has been quarried from thls section and hus obtained a very strong Btandlng in the building- world. The Virginia granite has Ireinendous tonslla Btrength, and takes a spiendid linlsli. ... There la especlatly In this section an unusual amount and a rare Und of blue granite, such as i.s In great demand for moniiniental purposes, and sells at vory high ligiiii's. The grnnile appears ln ho over ihi. tract absolutelv In unllmlted quantlties. While the great Wesierly quarries are down from a thousand to two thousand feet, liero is h vast quarry, coyering fortv acres, ln which the top of it has not been loucli ed It would take years aud years to exhauat tlils wonderftil store of na? ture. Thla granite whows a remarkable rrecclom from tmpurities, whleh iu many granites, after belng oxposod lo the weather, catisea tliem to dlsinte grate, antl frequently mako... dlscoloru tlons, lt is a Olose.grained varietv. in which the biotite i. evenly distrlbuted. Ih,. strength; as tested by tho Unlted btates goverrimont, shows n crushlhg Mrcngth of over 2X,_00 pounds pei squara ineh.?Washington Ilerald. NO MIIIIK SMOKK. Peiin.s.vHiiiiln Rnllrond Wlll Hegln (iiiiipnlgn f?r Clean Itldc*. The Pennsyivanla Railroad has be gun 11 cainpalgn of oducation with lts englnemen aud flremen, Any cotnpe teni flreman knows that bltuminous coal will burn without smoke if the fire [a kept luiglit. and leve] over the Whole grato by the addltion of small ? i'ihiii iin-s iu regular Intorvals. By thli melliod less coal Is needed to keep up 'ii.i ui pressure. The foul gases are burned, the passengers are plnar'ed, '.ley is saved, and'the companv can nfford to devotop Intelllgenl supervis Ing officers in order ln reach ihe men, A itplrll wlll ihiiH be fostered among employes thal will mako thn present Improvldenl and recklesa flring seem iiliiiu' i crlmlnal. 1" eourse, electric rnotlve, power. wore ii nol stlll iu the eostly experl montal stage. would at once dtapoae d ok< qui iiun. The electric looo iii.iii-i < i.im ii.,1 yet dembnstrated nf 'tabillty In long-distancf '.tlon, Htni the frelght bual n?i-s musl for somo time to come n: handled by steam locomotlvea. Mean "?! II ? present example nf the Penn Ivanla Kallroad, since II. wlll be ob ed by other railroad and mann : . .iiiiiiunies, wlll work mlght. il. foi ihe chirily of the natlon'- akles, '" " N nrk Time.. I Hllll.lT (Ui. Nlneteen lumber-shlpplng tirms re 1 "i tl ? fr. Virginia, North Carnlin. ? nid Bouth Carollna for Deoember, 1008 givi ? i ni ai of :?.'., I ii-,niiu feet nhlppet comparod wlth n.^ij.s.ijiio fout cut bj i inin Kouthwestern terrltory tho ln . in Btoeks, I'.oprosentlng thi .?:!', out in oxcess ot ihlpmenti bi ilili reportlng In Doceinbor, wai 0,000 feet, the total cut tielnu r_*;*>. . 000 feet, ii it >l shlpinonta 330,085,00' fi ? ?? During the calendar i-egr 1001 ii'< quantlt) cut was 11.409,647,000 feet ' 3,tiO3,148,OO0 feet Hhlppod, re ni an Increase in stock of 191, i8,?New Voik Couiincicia.!. Borrowecl Jingles. rtiK, .loKih.iinii. . r rider tha ?'preuiltng clu-stnui trc? Tlie elly .liikoxiiiiih alta; - ""i." smith, a earaworn mnn ls he, ] I With pi iriplcaolotts wlts, And ttla not a ties in ihe ehesieiil l.m-h ? Are tVltOlO ln- mnlir... hla hlt* Wwk |rlj ?.?,.k ??,_ ,,??, ,?,?? nn niRht V..u ckii sec the ehaalmila groW; im twlal Hhd -.1.11111 nnii ir 1 | Al nll Ih. I irnrleqnlnirliig- enythttig To mafnatiie ihr dough, .! Nnw anri thsu he urokt lho club ' ' And dlnoi i.m.MH- iho mvoll. I llnt kccps h pencll by fi tn ptate To note the ih>k they fell: 1 And whlle thoy i.'.ir Ite riravely nn>?, I "I Ihlnk thal J..Uc wlll sell." I 1 1 Ir gncs nn Bundny tn Ihe u.-iiim And sits among Ih" Iiiiim; 1 Ile lioni-H them :.....->? descrlpttve tonsU?* Aml obelty Inya hla ptana; | '.i..i vvhri. aornn wag inv. nta n pun ' j lio rnbs unlK.lv imti.K I QuihliiiiiR. aerlbbllng, piarketlng-, ?I Onward through iifc hc ?-... i, Vlewlng man and beasl RllUfl l-"roin n hlgh gj.rrlpnlc poss, , And trirkiim th.* benl ..f us Io smilc j At tho ler.gih -f hla ctirloui i.okc. For .-.il la grlal ln the lokeamlth'a twlst, 1 \n,| nnne pt-ova nllhl: ? ~,\,n ever-aprcn linR .'hestmit trec | RHeltnra nn Am a <-.< isi riotaa our rolblei whllo W? Ilve And rntiats ua ?> 'len wc dle. D. li. m.-c. in Now Yorfc Sun. MBItKt.Y .TOK1NO. A Mean Mnn. "Waittlhgtoii'i hoth.in--." declared M 1 Ichtu-ail, "li. in-. favorltn liollday." "Why ao?" "ll cntls fnr nn violets, .-.-indy. turkey . gifts. Ynu can ffet tfiroitslt H verj nlee l>v rearilng Ihe prrlnrfltk-n of Indeper rlrnee."?Htlal.ur- r-o"l. Qulle Sn. -Wnshiitglnn attained the picsldcney 1 overcomlng diffi. ultlei." '"Anil hc had i-:iny nf them. ITc -rnnti even nn Ohlo man."?Houston Chrnnlrle. Money Mnkcs n Nolse, Th" daushter r.f hoi nioth-r was doins slutit iii the plnn-.. "My (laughter"a mualc." ??;.) thn prot parent, "coal lt* n Int nf mnncy " "Tiirtcoil," ro1 .in-'d the vlsilor. "riid irrn nelghbor auc you?"?Chlcago News, ( Irnn Minw. "We hope," aaid tho spnkesnian of H commlttee, "tc eiilUI your aupport ln ia-.. of a. elean stHgc." "Vnu have lt," respotided thn tllOatrlc r-annger. heurtlly. "Why, alm..: t svei r.f|e of my play* openi with -i sri> i duatln evorythlng ln atmht."?Phlladelshla Ledga (.rncrous. ??Y..ur wlfe Inalsla thal w..mcn are a v-iivr superlnr lo men?" "No.-- anawered Mr. Meeklon; "ih.. othi tin;- llcnrlctta waa real nffal.le an.l patlei toward a man nn the street ?-nr who atoi up and tonk It for granted that sh" wasn I aa well able tn hang nn to a strap as I ts."?Waahlngton Star. c WISDOM IN SMAM. DOSliS. >NdnESSMA^" WIU.ETT nc.l n. deapalr uitt-i-ly. howevor Whllo Hh-i Is a rhmitauq-uii cip-iilt In eilatcnc ? ls still h.tpc, we auapect.?Wa'shlni llcral.l. Mr. Eryan has dlsrovcrid that he ? r.>nihl"s Noal bul there are a larg. numbi nt Democruia ?h,. ihlnk bi must mca .buiali.?WA^Idngl-.n T'osl. ?t p<-..plo seeni tn t'nink that If thi b a iliiiir in a loud slo.ut they needn lee h even in a famt whlaper,?Ne its ln K"ntii.-1, , - i to rnnk" chl| n legal tendcr.?F-hlladdlphtn Inquln i. There la almost no triitb ln tbe r?p? Ihat tlie Manreianla wlll rc-run Its trip Hadlson Square Garden,?Nnw l'orh Mail. ? ? ? A? an all-round sintlor and diapenaer i nmlahllltv nmom; the quarrelsnme, Kdwai VII. ll .?ntltlcl to rnnk as tho Wlllta.1 Iloward Taft of Europc? Provldcnco Bulli tin. I'KRSONAL AND GBNEKAL. J^lltle dld "Father" Urent, when at 8 Stephen'a, Boston, Mass., lu the ninetle imaglne that h.j would bo pmalding sun day at an iiiicrnatlonal conference Hhanghal as thiei' rcpresenialtvo' ot tl United .staies 6t Ajnerlca, at a gatiicrh to settle a. great cconomlo and ctlilci A>iatiu problem. , ln antklpiutlon of tho coming of E. ] Harrlman and party, who will spend sevor ii onths in lh? vtoiuity of tjan Antonlo hun Ina: and (lahliic, a snug little tolited i-il has sprung up at the Hot Woll, Tex? who the boadquartora ot the party v lll bc .stal llahod. Tho tented vlllage will be linht< by electrlclty and both telegraph anl toh phone wirca havo beon run. It is roportod from Waahlngton tlu .If hn \V. Weeks, or Massachusctts, is to I lho aucccaaor of Charles Ni Eowlei- as chal man of the House Banking ai.d Curreni Ccmmittee. "Th. re aro two men i-i r'oi gress to-day," Speaker Cannnn is quoti as say Ing. "who are golng to be the leade of Congrcas at a tlme not ra:- illatant, ni they ,-uc Weeks, ot Massachusctts, at "Denby, ol Michlgan. One of tho best and most belovcd men Ihe Baptlat dcnninlnation, the Bo'v, H. i Weston. 1). D? of Crozier Theoloalca.1 Hem niiry, has just died at the a?c of eight: three years. Since ISIUI ho lia.J been col nected wlth thls Middle States tralnlr bi-hool fr.r tho elergy, oxertliiK an Irenic Ir.fluencn when theologlcal disputatlo nrose. and shaping mlnlstorial Ideals I hls beauty of charaetor and high qxatnpl The most valnable work ln exlstence sald to bo a copy of the Kornn, now trea Ired in the Mohammedan clty of Ispnni Kuza. Persla. The coveis. nlue and on half Inclies by four inches, aro nf solld gol bte-olghtli Inch thiok, while precloua aton ;et In symbolic designs Hgure ln lho cent and at each nf the corners. The. book wrltten upon purrhment, and this part the work alone ia valuod at '10,000.?Loi ilon filobe. Miloh enws aro few in Qreece, cow's bult h. hin known only to tho forelprn roaldon ai .1 bucIi of tho more wealthy Greoka have llved nbroad. Gonts anil aheep fnrnii rearly nll the mllk of tho country for hon conaumplloii and thn maklng of choei Tl.essaly has amplo meadows nnd plenty waier, liiit supports few- lnllcb cows. ns tbe ls no demand for their product and the has been no effort made to export butter.. The MitMl BlBhl nrm, which pnrchaHcd I ieee of land of about 6,0'iri.OOO tsul (about :,,noo acrea) nt Torokn, ln Fornins e;iri\- in l!)0S, is now construd Ing a pap itIII there. The flrpi has dec.ded to Imv j,r.nn,nn(i sold for tha presen*:, Kelchiku >.i rt of bamboo), which grows extansive In Um vlclnlty of Toroku, wlll bo us.ol lha iiianufactuTe of paper ai ihe mlll. is cxpeoted thal the mlll will he able. open operatlons by July or August nosl. PASSBD ITS tlSKFl-'bNUSSt Prohlblil?nl?t Makea Vuuiiual Slat uicnt About Hls Fnrty. ls the Prohibltlon party srolng out buslnoss? Are ita daya of usefulne over? lt certainly begin.i to look th way. Nlno yeara ago John O. Wooh ran for President of the United Stat on the Prohibltlon nationa.1 Llcket. few flays ago Mr. Wooloy, at Omah made thls dcolaration, after saying th Ite was out of tbe T'rohlblllon party f. good und all: "1 bollove tho party hi accompUahed all the good lt cuu, ai liiirii now on tho most effeotlve woi can bo carried on outstde tta llnes. T! purty roaohfld U? purpose ln brliiuli tho llquor ciuestlon to u. natlonal last nnd ita ubofulnoHS endod thero. havlng passed Its usofulnoss, timre no further nCH-CHHlty for It belng ke nltve." That tnouns, if it means nn ihliig-, that, ln Mr. Woolc-y's oplnlo tho Prohibltlon fiffht must liru-euftnr wagod within tlio HnoH of tho old pa tteu. Tho old purtlos sonni to tblnk ? tQO.?Jiiivunii-ili MolUlllg Auwa. ne L^ourts ! of JEuropc By La Marriuise de Fontenov. A llo.ml Npeiidllirlfl. PltiNci:.ss i_ot.I8i3 of in.i.-iii:: Hiiesi daughter ,,f Kiug I.pol ? gottlng dobpor ,111,1 .per nn Ui<- mii time .mo .sl cpem -hl ge,| I,, leaVo I'urla to oaca) "?i crodltors thore, nn.l, aficurdlligl i '".< u?? her res.?,,. tt( Alx-la-Cin I " ' "? " luid been rumorcd that ..i j iM mado tlils ci.ang,- i,, tioforohce i tie wislies of her father and us a pr< 'me to their reconclllatlon, under u 11 I'lllS Ol whleh |?- wns to allOW ln ?"', ".Uly siilllelentlv largn l? nuiti "i.lii her In enuilorl, lf n,.| |M luxnr uiiH uhnouncomorrt, u seoms, was pr. i nature, ror sho has managod wlthl ho pasi year to rtm up al Alx-h 1'. hitpell- ii pih- of debta sufflolent] ? iirge io have oreated ?> i.ni.n.- scandi , ihorc. in fact, the loadlng news.lei oi thls nnciont clty, so dear to Charli m.igne ni-,. loudiy demanding tliat il | niuiili'iunl authorllle. should take in uednite Bteps tO CXpel her, ln nr.b to nvoil ihe dlsgrace which she ! "inging upon il, aud to put a stop I he eiite) frailda Whleh It I.s nllege "'al .li- is pi'i-petrntiuK at th "i petty tradespeoplo, serva -an., etc. Mennwhllo her father, Kln booppld, refuscd to -lo anything f. iier,iiii,i flhc is innklng froquent irlr I ?<> Berlln ii, ti,,- hopo of Induclng tn ? -aiBor to Interveno ln her behalf, i \ Yi . ,>no m,'",lf' Improbable, howeve jnaj ihe oerman governmont, havln ?found Klng Leopold aa obatlnato n usual antl a.s indlfferent a. heretofot ! concernlng scnndals m hla famlly, ma .! Hui lt politlc to cause her expulslo . [ by tne pollce frmn tlerman terrltory. I Prancla de pressense, who has ju; I'-i.i so lierce an oncounter wlth th r ??rench premler, George plemeneeai was rormerly attached to'tho Frenc Memoassy at Washington, and spent I'l.nsiderahle time in thls country. espc ''?. Ily durlr.R- th.- inesi.I.neie.s of t.ai .x ?' ld an.i of Choster Arthur. A Kugiu . "ot by ancestry, be retired ln i.ss tlon, tin dlplomatlc servlce, with th l ; rank ol minlster plenlpotentlary, eti /?"?I JournallSm, and for seventce " e forelgn edltor or tli wnting tho loadlng artl wspapcr day by day, an ',",' |"?i " Bjeai :, lournullstic au '"' ' mat the forelgn press grei ,,' ,' '"'. 'iP?n blm IU.gfioUt thli "<? >??? tbeir bosl eallmate of rollabl ?nch opinion, Thls was cspoclall "' '"?? country atld fi, Bnglarti !, J'V .".'I1","', ' ?V("',odingly Intlmat ith \\ . !.. Gludalone, whom he ylslte i london. and al Hawarden Caatli d v hon h. entertalned at hls ow .'.''' " I an . \ man of phllo ophl ii antl somewhal myattca! turn c ,'e?V"!i V,j|""'.Pjn'ons havo f,. ii nn:, undcrgone radlcal ehangc . \ ' 'h0 I'l-ev fUS llrti.il- ne r, hmd????:?--3_!_-^5_a-_.l_*ww?*iiai Clcm fh'iV",;: *m> r* i,a -...-.. ,.jj.. ... . ''?ui Temr .i lhat l fr< etne [ncome, and ',','.''i",].'~' ,A'"""-? Subsfifluently h t-.mg. K,,,- t been : tlon t ?n, howeve Wa ihool io Cardinal Man last ten years be ba n .ui nt-detit bociajfst, and, in add >mC the ,.,, .,,, | I"1...1.'"' '?""?".? <-i tne Rlghts of Man. !, ?;,,"KI!" was prlmarily founde simUar" Ina'tlnces '/,', ?B ??,*!??* [ !"^<><-e. i, Includes In a ipMSlaen the intellectuais of ti..- Iibre pense. ?',".'? n",'1 ls' "" ""' whole, tiostiie't i atnoucism as such. v : '.'" "ther ,i?-. ,,?. m,. !?'.'.';'.';" ,l'"''l",','rV '""1 Pronirer Clemeii l fo having dlsclplinarlly tranis , '?;'?; '?';?<"??> offlcera of thi I been presentlt* , ' '' ' [ .''; "ii"' /'/".':i' u''?,'' ? *"h< :? thi blsho j ,,.,.,,,/,,'""". ?'?"' aesalled ii.i jm 1 hu^iV^igS* aSTeSd^ C the leaguo, came forward in defeni f the otticers. ctalmlng that Mberty c and pf opinion were a "??-? <?< life. Thls ed to a partlcu 1 ! iv,,,.,', J oratorlal encounter wit 1 changed. b ln*u!la w,^ri-' ox The eii.in,. waa reachod when rcl . ? , \ V". ll,;t'iL la ll"; fill-"t t-bat, o i-o-i,;i occaslon, ctemenceau hu i acted aa aecond to De Prossense ln - ? ". w, Maui:Jca Barres, the novetli ana acadornlcian. Clemenceau Imme dlately i xciuih.e.j that it would be we in ressenso to refraln from rn cau.ng lhat affalr, Intlmatlng ti.at h had acte,i on that occablon ln a quba Fres'",'s mahnne,r' " ?'oul,i .seem'tha rressense, having vlolently assallc oarres wlth opprobrl.ous eplthets, an eyen( wlth threats of personal chastls? .1 In due courso u chal ?ii-i.ii 1 ! 'rL'"*L': , Vyheti the tlmo, however, cai: 1 [or tiS'liling. lie pressonse announce , tnat. owing to a chronic rheumatln at I fection of hla rlght arm, he was unabl u to wieid a sword or to correctly aii "ja pistol, Qenoral Picquart, now Min > istor of War, who waa actlng as hi . "''"-r second, endeavorcd during th jast hair-hour preceding the oncounte ?- .IJflf';u" blm to use bis eword wlth th left hand, but wlth llttlo success. u ressense expressed himself porfectl it ready -to light under these condltion: . - '>ut Maurlco Barres, ou loarnlng of th ; cxient to which hls adversary wa ,11 nanulcapped, wlthdrew hls demand fo d | satisfactlon, declaring that the con _. i liict would be unfair. Of course, U ?t! tressenso had no alternative, but t j '"I. i an applogy for the. epithets whie j he luid applied to Hnrrea. Prlino Min , ister Clemenceau now explalns that tli ji reason he recommends to De Preasehs !. noi to rocali that duel is bocauso li -. 'H"':; not ...iislder it consouaut wit i.jine laws uf honor such as prevail i B 'oiitinental oountrios for a man to iu ii ; only g-rossly insult another person, bt ii- even to threaten hlm wlth physlci (y maltreatmont, when he knows that, b u, i reason of inlirmlty, lie i.s preciude i.s from complying wlth any demands f< ,. i-atisfactiiiii aud from backlng up i i- a duel the truculency of his attitude. As usual, Clemenceau has had th a. i Dest ol it ln iiiH encounter wlth IJ ?a . I lesseiise. ]|e jH a wonderftll old mai co ,N.i one. likos him, Ha offends every is MJotiy, oven his colleaguos. They a ' lear his mordant lro.iy and hls savag - longue. No one Is safe thorefrom. li i would have fallen long ago had it nt jr boen lor two thinga. The first of thei ls I 1-1 ir , li l!? hnposslble to brgaulzo is stutlclently large party in the logistu I" ture who aro united on the subject c _ I tao sttu.-sman who is to take hls plac us premler. of courae, thero aro plent oi polllic.ians who aro anxlous for tli preuilersliip, but they cannot tiud sutliclent number of thelr colinagur Wlio aro sallalied ns to thelr suitabllil tor ihe offlce. T^.0 other reason 1 that ihe pooplo at large, eapecially tli land-ownlng clasa among the. aristoc racy, all tho commercial and Inaustrlt iuterests, nnd llkowlse the big an small bourgeolsie, and, in fact, over one who owns any property in Franc whether lu land or iu governmer bomis, is ilrmlx convinced that Clemer ceau's premiershlp is the prlnclpal an only bulwark of law and order. tli sole kifeguard of life and propert against the attacks of soclaltsn anarchy and chaos. Clemenceau, ln sptte of hls age, : stlll a wonderfully clover fencer, frequenter of the Salle d'Ai-mes. t fenclng room of the Senate. Many t the Sonators are skliled ln the art < tterco and carte?ln faot, n>ost ? Franee's leglslators are men pOssesse of varled accompllshments. Thus Ser ator Mellne, former premler, and leac or of the ultra-protectionist party, : a. most glfted vlolonoolllst, and Generi Picquart, tho Minlster of War, in a oqually clever planlst, devoted to Wa_ uorian iiuislc. i.eon Bourgeols, ln tur premler, Miniater of Forelgn Affalr president of tho Chamber of Deputb and chlof delogate of France at tl Peuco Congressea of The Hague, ls m only a palnter, but a aculptor, Anotht larnoua promier, the late Waldoe Rousseau, waa a most talonted artli wilh pencll and brnsit, and M. Bartho tha Minlster of Publlc Worlcs, dovott all his spare tlmo to hallooning. Still another cabinet offloor, namel tl.e present Minlster of Flno Arta, wl be found represented each vear at tl J.fc:alot. by mllltary palntlncs of tl Metssoiller order, nnd CHtiillle Pelll-tiin. tho former Mlnlster of Marlne, Is eml nent a;i a carlcat iirist and as an nars ttiKn. I mlght go on Indeflnltoly, for I nearly all the leadlng publlc men ln France ahlne ln other llnea than m< e polltlcs. indeed. no matter how much one may tako oxceptton to thelr po-l tltlcal vlews, tt ls Imposstale to deny that they are for the most parl glfted and taiented men, and aa such more fitted to asfilut In tho dlrOCtion of tli.'l destfnlea of thelr eountrymen than ig norant porsons and fools. (t.'opyright. 1909, by Ihe Brentwood \ STATE PRESS Interesls of tlr)U?r -Men. II there is any oppohltlen i" thi De; Icidtio io..-ai opiion nomlnea roi Governor [thla jear lt wlll b. madi by M alllaace of I Rcpubtlcana and prohibltloniati on a. piat. Iform oi ".siaio-widc" probtbtllon. The Re II ubllcans are too amart lo espiXise tha llquor i i attse ln what would CSrUlnty bo a lusing Bght, and In a Hlate-wide prohibltlon flgai the llquor pcop i would 'l'i>l tlunl n.e.r l-ial aiate would bc worac llian their fii-st. Tlie Inturetrta and uafety of the llquor dealcra wlll be best promoted in a Ir?ir,r and Ityal adhcrence to tho Democratle party und its nomlnoe, This fact is ioo plain foi hrcument, umi tea earnestl rjeaiora to recognlne the fact and accp. tlu: altuatlon, N'dhlng would aa ultra-prohlbltloninis more ihan .. ? ., nf war at tbls time by tha llquor Intercata. i: would give them a atrooi argumeni in a light for a prohibltlon I>glBla:u . | nol fall lo avmll tt un clvea I eti-rsburg Index-Appeal, It.ntrmnj- lo lirrnl NorlliweM, Th^ D l . out that In a Jlrect llni It ia m,i i a one aeventy mlles from Chfesgo to ' than it Is trom Chlcago to New York. As lonlshlng a* ihls atat. can vt-rlfy it by apreadlng OUt .. mup and v.ilh a compica drawlng eoncentric llnea i ii..m Chlcago aa .. eemn i ? ? .. w . . nr.d Norfolk llefnre th.- Kre.u rlr* st Nor? folk ln I7*J". that JTOUng clty hi.l fair to e-. ceed New Tork In r?mmw!?! ImportaU land thnt creat eoograpber a i Matlhew F. Maur)'. has glven many strnr.g reasona foi- bellevlng thal thla Virglnla por-l must in the fuU-re beeomi ., ??;< ? ll and populnus commerclal emporlum. tl al and Its slster port of Newporl News are ihi rntuml outlets of the prodrJCC nf the North v.tst.?Dally Prosrras. .Mining I.awa Not Hnfnrrcd, Thnt there hB* been Inx ndr.m latnttton Of the laws proyldlng for the paraonal aafoty of men engaged In mlmni; mal In r-i-a.-tl ratly all ihe Kt.-u<-? whero thi. eommodltv I* brought up from ben^nth the earth's sot fnt-n alwaya haa teen known. The laws of the vnrlnus States, If hon eatly enfor-od. | robably would havo pre? vented the aaerlflee of thousand? >>f ItVM durlng the past decnde,?Neuport K?vr< Dally Pren. How They K? id II. Mr. Br-'nti has given out the^foltowing: "The Dcmocratic party cannot hope to wln except through educaticnal work, and lt cannot do edtratlonal work unlena thu llterature can bo brought to tlio attentlon of the voters." Thla is how the publlc ls largely eoti strtilng hls rneaning: "The Democratlo party cannot hopc to v.-in (for Mr. Bryan) excop; through edu catlonal work tfor Mr. Bryani, and it can no longer <!n educntlonal work 'for Mt. Eryan) unless th-i llterature ifir Mr. r*--yai>> i-un be brought. to thn nttc-v.lnn fhy Mr. Bryani of th,i voters (for Mr. Bryan)."?? .iblngdon Vtrglnlan. Iklatorlcal. In 1SH6 the Tenrh CongrcsstonaJ Conven? tlon met nt Amherst to nominato a candl? date fo'r Cohgresj. Thls writer wus a dele gate from Augusin. Inatrueted for Karrj FI. G. Tucker. Vl.e nlglil b.-lere tbe con ventlon a caucus of tbe Tucker delogatlona was held for the purposc or nrgaplsatlon. Mr. McAlllster, of Alloghany, aroao and stated that rum'.rs had raached hlm tlial Mr. Tucker was not "sntiiid" on the 16 to 1 p.aiform. As everybody at thal periml was moro or less "bu3 house" on tli.it parttcular pelith-al IJIosyncraay. such an Inslltuatlon naturallv causerl great confiiaion, oml.l vblcb Mr, Tucker cnlmly arose anil In a stralghtforwnrd. manly way stated that whlle he w-as reluctant to dlaagreo with so large a proportlon of hls party, candor and c.-riHclence as well compollcd hlm t,. sny tliat he. dld nnt bfllove ln the freo oblnage or sllver nt the raJ.Io nf IG in l. Mr, Tucker was at that tlme tbe ropresenlfltlvo ol Lho, Tonth Dlstrlct in CoiiRrrss. and hnd hc ? fnllnov, or even remalnerl sllent reHpectlng| It. no'mnn In Ihe dlstrlct coulrl have beaten.] hlm for the nomliiatlon. And ye", this man j rteliberately nnd wlth full knowledge oT Lho irsult. gava up thn nomlnatlon for Congress j "fnr consclencft r.ake" rnthrr than aworvo ; from ti Ih honest convlctioim. The next day be appeared ln the convenl ion nnd an pr.-uni-ed hls rellrement as a. candldate.? Waynesboro Valley Vlrginlan. OVSTBRING THK\ \.\n NOW. NnrrnmniMcll Veleran Tells of ChuugeN tn Cirenl, Urnwlim lndii?tr,v, The old oysterrnen lu the vlolnHy of Warren wonder at Dr. Connolly's huc cesa ln a fleld In which he ls porapara tlvely a novlce, and in whlch sn many old-ttmorn havo gonc upon tho finan clal shoalf. "Tho oynter businesH tsn't what it used to be," lamented a veteran who has retired. "I remember thirly yeara ago. when l was ln the businesti, had control of about thirty-fivo acres, and was looked upon aa belng a pretty hlg oysterman, there wero not many doo torB or ohaps that could got an easy llvlng throwlng up their sofL JobH to go Into tho oyster businoss, "Thore wacin't any. such monoy in the i bualneas ln those days as thero is to day, malnly "becauso wo dldn't know that wo could raiso seed oysters in Narraennsott Bay. We used t0 buy all our BOOd down ln Virginia along In tlie. late spring or early summer, and brlng up lmndreds of bushols. and dunip them into tho beds in the bay. "Wa always had to plan to get tho last of the oysters back u?? out of the beds hoforo tho flrat of tlie next March, becauso tho Virglnla oyster would not llvo through the winter. Wo'd pay anywliore from 8 cents to 80 cents a bushel for tlie seod oystors, and than had to pay thn freight. on thern up tho coast. "The Virginia oysters grew fast, and we tigured on having them increase ln size In the COurse ..f the rall and witi ter, bo thal we',1 i.e able to take up about twl.e aa in.inv bUSheTi ns we put down. Uni tha prjce we recelved wat aboul th,. same as it ln now. it used in go down aa low ar, _i a gallon some tiiii.s, and I've seen II up as hlgh a i .1.60, "And llicn our fleld. our market, waa a greai deal smaller than now; we'd never think ol lendlng oul a drummet or trylng i" gei orders anv farih?r \v>at than New Ivondon. The tronbio w?? that foiks inland were not edu i -i'e.1 up io Ihe tasto or ;) good frei.ii "?? it< i the way they are now, Tbo growera down ln Virginia were s-uding ?"" ?".-?!. tei In . .i" th.it had ?II 11 . i. ..I flav.r wa-i . d pUl Ol th' Rl, and !.:?? consumsra dldn'l know iho ?| rcmember "ne order i got from Worcester along lu ihe nineiie:.. for h iMiinber nf gallona or oysters. i sent them Bome that (VIn rlcht i ? "f I',.' shells. Jum as good - wer< ever opened, and the next mornlng r got. n, . whole .hlpment liark. with a tetter 'ram the firm saylng ther thougiit ' er wlth them. i t..,,k ini in and soused them through half it waehlngs of fresh water. fired ? ? ' ibe, .-.nd sent them back, wit;, :. lettep -aying I ha>I sent tn-,,, ? dlfferent brand which they mlght Ilke better. ?a i oupie ..! daya later the firm sent ' '?' letler wlth a check for tho " ' -? ? i profltablo e found that we coulds ing Island .Sound andj ees ln New Bngtand] itera did not grow aaj ono.. from Virginia, hiuI ?il 1 I.,.. .... .u-_ _._ . 1 lor had ln wall two or three years be ? i v uere ready for tlio market. "Then we liegan to have no end of """!-1'"' Wlth the hlarfisb. The onlv method then known for gettius tho '| ? flngere off the b.-.i. wa.-, to ga out and apear them ?r rake them offJ lt waa mlghty slotv work, and we lo t lotB aml lots "f good oysters becausq '?'?' COUldn'l get the flvc fingera offl Cai i enough. 'When the ntOps wort; introduced, atij arrangemenl II al looks a lot liko tho] ola-fa Itloricd buah the farmers usedj tn work the giain Into the ground. ..-.I- insterfd .-f bushes wt had thu frayod ends "f ropes to which the ti\. fingera would cllng; It helped a lotj hui w,? uaed sallboats Instead uf thi power boats, and it was pretty aWWj work a* that. i've gono un and dowiJ over my beds tititll I had cleaned ever-. atarflsh <,ff them. aml ihe next day I'd go nut .uni the oyatera would be s,, complelety covered wlth tho five fiu-j gers that you couldn't aeo an oyster. "Th.si fellows that are ralsn,u oystera to-day haven't any idca of tl... way the starflsh wouhl destroy a bodj li was just Ilke a fire ln a field oi graln. Vou'd clean your bed all up nml begin to think you could bavo a da? "f rcst, when along would come aboufl a million of five flnggra, settle down nn \ i.iii- bed, and in a day or two you wouldn't have an oyster. Nowmliiy the eiitlre bay is being mopped rlght] along, and the five fingera dori'1 get a chance t" do a great deal of damagc. "Tln- oysternien ux^ the power boat;--, aud can gei over a bed in a tenth 01 ihe tlmo thal lt used to take ns. atiq they uso dredgea now Instead ot tong to g"t the oysters up. aml that savea ;? lotof tiiiieand money. Whero we uscdl tn take up thlriy bushela years ago. thd suine gang ol men now tako up "on. "A few veaifi ago the ovslermerj f.iiind that thev coiihl keep tln- slielbj of tho oystors thev opened. stack thei ui) in the yard until they had beooinr dry, and thon along in July brlng then out and dump them down on the bed for seis. Tho sheii becomes sort oj porous, Hke n. brlck, so thnt it wll readlly ahsorh water. ln July) whei Ihe oystors are spawnlng, you cau aei a sort of whttlsh _ubstan.ee in tln water over the oyster beds. When tli dry ahells are pitched ovorboard, UUh partlclcS nf thls mllky appearlng sub Btance cllng to the shells, and ln ; few days, if vou took up some ol' them you would f'ind the old shells all co-# ered wlth little spots, Thoso are ydUhj oysters. "Suppose llioro were only twenty p Ihese to each shell. That means tha you would be able to tako up fom tlmea as many as you put down wttb.lt four years, and If tbe men didn't tak* lliem up, tho bottom of the bay or rlvoi would be all erusted over wilh oyster,' so thlck that you wouldn't hc able tt pry them off. "8o you ajee IhaH Ihe oystermon lo day get Ihe sets for praclically nolh Ing; they don't havo to uso aa muul labor to gei rid of the starflsh; I doesn't cost lliem so inuih lo handh them; they get abcHit. thn same prle.?? and they have a much largor markel They send oysters to nll of the West ern States, and r tinderstij.nd that thej can sell all of the Narragansett Bh_ oysters they are able to ralse,"?rrovl denoe Journal. Ideal Life Is Happy. CJult coffee and for ten days driuk POSTUM The jny of rcturniug health wlll tell its own lale "There's a Reason" [Frertti New Vork World, Aprll 8, tOOB.J LAST TWO MONTHS ENJOYED LIVING FOR FIRST Tfflll Tho follow Ing Btntcinonl won mndi hy Mr. 8. .1. KlmpHon nn Tliurnday nfternoon ln cnnnoation with tin- Cbop ei- iircpanitloriH, wlilch havo created 1 sepsatlon throughout tho Wost ahi now belng wldoly dlscussed In Now York. .Mr. Slmpson, who Ilvea at No. !>"' Presldenl stroet, Hrookiyn, sald: "ACcordlng to my expo-rlenei', thli man C'oopor ls Juntlfli-d in hls clalmi thnt his medieine wlll actually put th; Ktoinacli In good condltlon, t have hai chronto atomach trouble rnr fev??ru years paat My etomach soomed t. glvo out COmpIeloly iu August, IflOii nnd I have been able tn nat next to nothlng Hlnce. "I havo not Inknn tlio sllgntetft on Joyment lu llvlngi I hnvo. hoen mi <l< prcssed by rny condltlon. rfalthoi physlclahs.nor tnodlclna helped me and il was only by tho moSI enreful di.t thnt. i waa able to retnln any t.i whatevar. For the pael sever. months l havo nol eaten n partlclo ol meat. In tho most skeptlcal frame1 ol mind poasible i called lo see Mr. Coop? er nbout two months ajjo, whlle ho wan ln Brooklyn. 1 Imd n?t the gmallcnl hopo hls medieine wouiri help me, ai I had glven up liope durlng the past year. i ohtalnod itftne of the medi? eine aud began Its use. To-day I am Spparontly ni woll ni ever. 1 obtalnoil rcllnf ..o rapidly Ihat ll I;; posltlvely wonderful. 1 n.m in good 5i>iri?', cal Iicnrtlly. Sloep WOll, nnd am battot i every uay. i mu convinced thal th jiiccesi this mu,, ia imviiig i? Me, I'-rlt ls rlchly descrved." ln a short Intorvlow Mr. Cooper rhio "I have l?en |n Now Vork a llltto len than two months, So far a* i <-i,i judge thero aro now rtboul nn..,- ttipti saiid people taklng my proparatlotii BOforo i leave thero will i... not tea than ono hiindrcl tlioiismid, iih Ih number lv Increaslng very rapldly, an people aro Jusl beglnnlng tolearn whs my preparatlon docH. i ovpect to full prove before i leave Now y,>r|< n, .-laiui i mad.- when l arrlved, narnely thal Btomai h trouble la lho great. cufi ol the twontleth century nniong liighl clvlllzed races, nn.i that it is rosponsl bli; 'for 90 por cent. of all lll health. "My metlicliio doi-s nothlng but rogu lato tho atomach; yet i havo peopi como to me dally and lell mo that 1 has relloved Ihom ?>f many and va ri....);. lillmoiits nol gnnnrnlly rccognlze n." .in.- to stomach trouble, "11 li easy ohoiigh to verify thi atatement. An hour spent ln llstenlhi to whnt people who call lo Hec mo ar saylng, who obtalnod my medlcln somo titnn ago, wlll prove what I sn boyond a doubt.'! Cooper** Mew Dfscovery ls the modi clno which made bui-Ii a wonder/u record ln New Tork. Ml l.i o? salo h leadlng dragglsts overy where. Bhoul your drpgglsl nr.i havo It. notlfy Th Cni.por Modlclne Co? DaytOn, Ohlo