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On Receipt of $10 the above
of 10 Full Gallon. JKSKiSB!
April
6, 1905.
THE SUNNY SOUTH.
THIRD ¥ AGE
Ufye South’s Enormous Timber Assets;
Precedence Drifting to Western Southern States
In the Pine Forest—Locomotive and Antiquated Oxen Shown in Curi ous Contrast.
BY HILTON CASTLE.
Written for Oto Sonny South
HEX the first colonists be
gan felling the great Amer
ican forestry for the erec
tion of their log cabins,
tiien was the genesis of the
lumber industry of the
United States. Clearing
the land of Its wealth of
wilderness was a scarcely
less perplexing question to
the early settler than the
serious forestry problem
to their descendants today.
The logs being sawed,
planks were cut and dressed by means
of axes. After a while pit sawing had a
vogue, followed by the saw mill, work
ed by water power, and later by steam.
From those primitive times to this first
decade of the twentieth century is a far
cry. Today the United States leads the
world in the lumber industry and the
south stands highly among the four
groat lumber districts of the country.
The first to expand in the manufacture
of lumber were the New England states.
The white pine of the forests of this
section of New York and Pennsylvania,
because of its abundance, adaptability
and many other excellences, became
famed throughout the land. Maine, in
particular, won the sobriquet of the Pine
Tree State, because of the preponderating
bering. At about the time of the ex- |
haustion of the northern forests the mid- \
die west began to open up. Minnesota, ;
Michigan and Wisconsin, possessing mar
velous forest wealth, arose to supremacy
in the lumber and timber lines, reaching ;
the zenith of their power in the year
1890, when the output amounted to 8,-
597,623,000 feet.
THE SOUTH'S STANDING.
number of people engaged there in lum-
middle west have rapidly declined, all ;
save those of Minnesota, and the country j
has turned to the magnificent yellow j
pine forests of the south for the larger
part of its lumber and timber supplies, j
The south is the lumbering district of
today—until the far western states, Cali- I
fomia, Washington and Oregon, wrest 1
from her the scepter. i
It was Georgia that led the way in the j
lumber industry of the south, ii> 1900 j
producing more than a billion feet. To
that reas .n yellow pine is often called
Georgia pine and sometimes southern and
longleaf pine.
The yellow pine belt passes through
eleven states: Virginia, the Carolina s,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missouri, Ar
kansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tex
as the three last named being the most
heavily wooded today, and leading in
the lumber product; Louisiana, in the
thickness of timber, approximately 8,500
per acre), holding first place, and Mis
sissippi in the number of acreage.
Of the leading manufacturing indus
tries of the country, lumbering, accord-
A Typical
The Skidder Pulls the Logs Out of the Woods, Using Wire Rope Cables, and Loads Them on Logging Cars.
Will It Gure Gonsumption 7
N°
, we cannot hold ont the promise
that Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med
ical Discovery will cure con
sumption when thoroughly
' inbt if
aeated and established. We don
any medicine will then cure, although
hundreds have been cured by the
“ Discovery ” after their attending
physicians had pronounced their cases
to De regular tubercular ronsumption.
The fact is that the “ Golden Medical
Discovery ” does cure severe throat and
bronchial affections, lingering coughs,
and those obstinate, wasting, “ run
down ” conditions which, if neglected
or improperly treated, run on and
terminate in genuine consumption.
We know that thousands of men and
women although in the advanced stages
of feebleness and emaciation—j>ahd,
wasted and broken-down with all the
terrible symptoms of hacking coughs,
night - sweats, hectic fever, absolute
prostration, and even bleeding from
the Innas—have been restored by the
! of this marvelous medicine to
to per
manent health, strength and vi tality.
But it must be taken in time, before
the langs have been filled with tuber
cular deposits, or have actually begun
to break down.
Da. B. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. T.:
Dtar Sir—It gives me pleasure to send you
" ilal i '
i testimonial so that some other poor suf-
' r Dr. Pierce's
a cough
I and was
■lowly failing- Could eat three good meals a
day but was losing flesh every day. Lost in
day but was losing flesh every day. Lost in
weight from 150 pounds down to 138. My flesh
sot soft and I.bad no strength- Did not say
anything to any one bat made up my mind
tbit Um end was not far off If I did not get
help soon. One day my wife was reading In
the '’Common Sense Medical Adviser ” about
I)r. Pierce’s Golden Discovery, and I said.
that sounds more like common sense than
any thing else that I had heard. I at once
bought a bottle of your famous remedy and
before I had taken half of one bottle I-felt
better. Took thirteen bottles and it made a
new man of me. I gained sixteen pounds mid
never have bad a cough since. I feel splendid
and give all the credit to your medicine.
Yours truly,
Gbo. A. Thompson.
Sheldon Are., Chatham. Ont.. Canada,
Dr. R V. Pintos. Buffalo, N. Y.:
Dear Sir—I wish to speak as to the benefit
received from Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical
Discovery. My health being run-down last
fail, I caught a bad cold which settled4n my
lungs and throat. I had a very had cough,
also raised a great deal Doctored for awhile
with our country physician and he said that
if my cough could not be broken up I would
go into consumption. I could see no benefit
from his treatment, so I purchased a bottle
of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery,
and in two weeks’ time my cough was all
gone. I am sure the "Golden Medical Dis
covery Ms one of the beet cough remedies in
in i ' “ ' ‘
existence and I also know that Dr. Pierces
Favorite Prescription la very good for the
troubles for which it is recommended, for I
have taken it.
Hoping that others may be benefited as I
) been. Ip
hare
Yours with rapect.
Good temper is
Dr. Pierce’s largely a "mat
ter of good
health, and gpod health is largely a mat
ter of healthy activity of the bowels. ^Dr.
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure constipa
tion. They are safe, sure and speedy,
and once taken do not have to be taken
always. One little “Pellet” Is a gentle
laxative, and two a mild _
cathartic. They never Upl lofc
grins. By all druggists. ■ 1 OIIwlO.
IT» mm Inmult to your Intelligence tor a dealer to attempt
to palm ott upoa you a substitute tor this wortd*tamcd
medlelae. You know arbat you want. Wm hta business to
moot that want. When he urgee aome eubatttnte, he’e
thinking of the larger profit he’ll make»not of
• Mwotd all math unprincipled dealers* '
your
ing to the federal census of 1900, takes
fourth place on the list, the estimated
capital invested in the industry being
$611.0C0.000, and the amount paid out in
wages to the persons engaged in the sev
eral branches of the industry, exceeding
annually $100,000,000. In a speech made
recently before the forestry congress In
Washington, under the auspices of the
American Forestry Association, George
W. Hotchkiss, of Chicago, maintained
that the lumber industry ranks first
among the industrial pursuits of the
country, which view was also taken by
John E. Williams, of The Lumber Trade
Journal. One hundred million acres, or
150,000 square miles, was the approxi
mate estimate of the south’s yellow pine
area in 1900, with an average per acre
stand of 3,000 feet board measure, to
taling 300.000.000,000 superficial feet.
This^estimate is thought to have been
too high. The estimated cut of that year
was 8,523,000,000. Naturally these fig
ures have changed somewhat since that
date. Nine billion five hundred million
superficial feet is the estimated output
of southern yellow pine mills for the
year 1902, with a value of $100,000,000.
LOUISIANA’S MILLS.
Of the some ten thousand saw mills
in the yellow pine belt, the major portion
6f the large plants are to be found in
Louisiana, built for the most part on her
waterways, of which she has more than
any other state in the union. North Car
olina leading in the number of smaller
mills with upward of- two thousand.
Recurring to the United "States census
of 1900 again, the number of laborers
in the yellow pine belt was estimated at
149,908. The wages of these men, less
than the rate paid laborers In the west
ern states, run from 75 cents to $1.50
per day. Most of the laborers in the
mills are negroes, while the whites, made
up of native backwoodsmen and foreign
born, predominate in the logging camps.
The amount of their wages combined
reach something like S3S.000.000 an
nually. _
While the price of standing Umber in
the sooth is on the mcreaer, the timber
land is being bought op by companies
and individuals in large tracts, thus les
sening the numbers -of owners.
As her grand old forests grow less the
south must yield supremacy at the head
of the lumber industry of the- country
to the Pacific coast states; and it is not
too much to say, at the rate her forests
are disapearing now, that within two
decades her commercial importance as
a lumber district will be proportionately
reduced.
This question of the cutting down of
American forests -is well put by a for
eigner speaking through The Lumber
Trade Journal, published In New Or
leans:
"What astonishes me in this country,”
said he, "is that the lumbermen cut
everything and leave nothing for future
generations. If that continues in forty
or fifty years from ufiow the United
States will be dependent’ upon foreign
countries for its lumber .supplies. I have
asked a number of lumbermen why they
cut everything as they do, and they tell
me they have not time to look after
posterity. As rich as the south Is in
yellow pine, that wood will be scarce
in twenty years. At the rate cutting is
going on now I would not be surprised
to see the south importing lumber from
Europe. It i3 not uncommon in this
country to see plaees_,in great forests
thijt are perfectly bare. In Europe it is
different. Every European country has
forestry laws. There is so little lumber,
there that it is necessary to
what there is. In some parts of Russia
and Germany, • when certain woods are
found in very great abundance, it is per
missible to cut everything, but in most
parts of Europe the laws provide that
enough must be left to allow another
cutting in thirty years. Kor some woods
fifty years is provided, but for all or
dinary woods the limit is thirty years.
EUROPEAN METHODS.
"The European system is rather com
plicated. The law provides that all trees
over a certain diameter can be cut. Lum
bermen also, as a rule, spare those trees
of especially fiiq| growth, and permit
them to stand for one hundred years.
“Of course, in Europe land is much
more valuable. If a man owns a forest,
he makes it pay, like any other business.
He does not go in and cut everything
in sight until nothing is left, as is .done
in this country! He establishes his bus
iness on a permanent basis, and it de
scends from father to son, and is main
tained through several generations, just
as it was in the beginning. He keeps up
the price of his land by cutting judicious
ly, and replanting where he has cut. Of
course, the profit is not as large as it
is here, but it is permanent It is seldom
that a timber operator makes over 2 1-2
per cent, but that continues practically
forever. He figures his profits on a
thirty-year basis, because every thirty
he cuts over the old land again.
THOUSANDS HIVE KIDNEY
To Prove what Swamp-
will do for YOU, Every Reader of The Sunny
May Have a Sanfple Bottle Sent Free by Mail.
8aw Mill of Bggenaive Proportion*—Bague Chutte, Miss.
Plucky American, Woman Makes
Lone Trip Among Indians of Labrador
IBS
CRAIG, lec-
exjfjorer, ip at
n't living fn Brooklyn,
he-is engaged in revising
an®f arranging the inter
esting material she col
lected during Ker canoe
trip in southern Labrador
last!, sumtjMr.
^Mlss Craig is not a mis
sionary. Her object in
going Into file Indian
country ‘ and living among
the. various Indian tribes
is to familiarize herself with their man
ners and customs and to collect their
traditions.
"The only way to get reliable inform
ation about the Indians is to get it first
” is Miss Craig's belief. She, says:
“I go to the Indian, not to teach’ him,
but to ask him to teach me. I want to
find out what he-is trying to express in
his life. I desire to know his ideals and
how near he can live tbp to them. What
he thinks of life and death and the fu
ture; what are his impressions of the
white man and civilization. This in
formation I have obtained from many
chiefs and medicine men and the well
known expression of the white man ‘that
the only good Indian is a dead Indian
is mild when compared with the Indian's
appreciation of his white brother.
Weak Kidneys
To any Kidney sufferer who has not tried my
remedy I offer a full dollar's worth free.
Not a mere sample—but a regular dollar bot
tle—standard size and staple.
There Is nothing to pay, either now or later.
I ask no deposit—no promise. Tou take no
risk. The dollar bottle is free—because mine
is no ordinary remedy, and I feel so sure
of its results that I can afford to make this
offer.
In the first place, my remedy does not treat
the kidneys themselves, §<ich treatment Is
wrong. For the kidneys are not to blame for
thtlr weaknesses or irregularities. They have
no power—no self-control. They are operated
rnd actuated by a tiny shred of a nerve
which alone Is responsible for their condition.
If the Kidney nerve is strong and healthy
the kidneys are strong and healthy. If the
Kidney nerve goes wrong, you know it by ths
inevitable result—kidney trouble.
This tender nerve is only one of a great
system of nerves; this system controls not
only the kidneys, but the heart and the liver
and the stomach. For simplicity's sake I have
called this great nerve system the “Inside
Nerves.” They are not the nerves of feel
ing—not the nerves that enable you to walk,
to talk, to act, to think. They are the mas
ter nerves and every vffltl organ is their
slave The common name for these nerves
is the "sympathetio nerves”—because each
set is in such close sympathy with the
others, that weakness anywhere results In
weakness everywhere.
This is why E4reat not the kidney that .»
weak, but tbe Ailing nerve that MAKES it
weak. This ip the secret of my success. '
i ■ is 's why Phehn afford to do this unusual
thing—to give-away FREE the first dollar
LC.Ue. that ANY STRANGER may know bow
mv remedy succeeds.
The offer Is open to every one. everywhere,
whe has not tried my n rawly. Those who have
tried it do not need the evidence So you
t- ust write ME for the Tree dollar botti»
order. I will then send you an order on
veur druggist for a full dollar bottle, standard
size and staple. He will pass it down to
you from his stock as freely as though your
dollar lav before him and will send the bill
to me 'Write for the order today.
For a free order for Book I on Dyspepsia,
a full dollar bottle Book 2 on the Heart. [
vou must address Dr. Book 3 on the Kidneys. ,
Snoop. Box 4901. Ita- Book 4 for Women,
cine Wis. state which Book 5 for Men. .
Sik you want Book 6 or. Rheumatism, j
often cured by a single
Mild cases are
bottle. For sale a*, forty thousand drug stores.
Br.Shoop’s
Restorative
“I generally find when I have gained
their confidence' that Indians 'speak to
me ‘ freely and prove original and Inter
esting companiohs.”
The southern coast of the Labrador
peninsula la about 700 miles in length
and peopled by Montagnle Indians and
fishermen of the old French Acadian
stock. The fishermen live summer and
winter in their little frame cottages,
built generally close to the sheme, but
the Indians spend the winter in the in
terior hunting the fur-bearing animals,
and come out in the spring and early
summer to trade their furs with the
Hudson Bay Company. A few of the
Indian women and hunters remain in the
villages to take care of the aged, sick
and children.
After leaving the mail steamer at Min-
gan Miss Craig journeyed with her two
Indian guides, Na-pi-sh and No-ho-po-
no, along the coast and went up the
Romaine river, which is one of the larg
est streams on the south coast of Lab
rador. Traveling in this country Is slow
and difficult, as there are numerous
falls and rapids and frequent portages
are necessary.
Miss Craig took a plentiful supply of
provisions in the shape of flour, bacon,
sugar, tea coffee, and dried fruits. This
was supplemented by the finest salmor
and brook trout and game. The cook
ing was done by Na-pl-sh. of whose
skill and kindness Miss Craig speaks in
the highest terms. He was the only
Indian she met who could speak the
French language. All the others spoke
tlie Cree language. Na-pi-sh acted as
interpreter when Miss Craig wished to
converse with the hunters she happened
to meet.
Miss Craig's tents were of balloon silk
and weighed only 6 pounds each. One
of these suspended between two trees
by abridge rope and carpeted with fra-
grantJjalsam was her summer home 1 . It
could be put up or taken down in a few
minutes. Tents, blankets and provis
ions were packed in waterproof bags to
secure them against moisture and facili
tate transportation.
helps in -Trapping bears.
Labrador is the home of many fur
bearing animals, and Miss Craig accom
panied her guide Na-pi-sh. and a num- ]
her of hunters on a bear-trapping expedi- |
tlon. The hunters take their wives and j
families with them into the forest, and so
well do they understand the art of camp
ing that they manage to live comfort
ably in this land of snow when the
thermometer is for months below zero.
Indeed, they tried to persuade Miss*
Craig to remain with them all winter,
telling her that they would make her as
comfortable in the winter snows as they
had done in the summer sunshine.
The Indians build their wigwams in
circular form with the fire in the cen
ter and an opening at the top to let out
the smoke. “Even if we had not tents,”
said Na-pi-sh, "we could make you a
nice sleeping place in a snowbank. You
would find yourself very warm and com
fortable.”
The religious warfare of the fishermen
and Indians of southern Labrador seems
to be very well looked after. The French
language is spoken and. a number of
the priests and sisters of charity sta
tioned on the coast have come from
France. Each priest has a certain sec
tion of coast, and makes trips usually
in a sailboat to visit isolated families.
Borne of the customs here are similar to j
those observed in Normandy. The priest j
is the village father, he is consulted !
on all occasions and gives advice on all j
subjects. In the village where he lives
he usually visits every family once a day
to administer a word of counsel or cheer, j
When the fishing is bad the fishermen I
congregate in the little chapel and the !
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for more sickness
and suffering than any other disease, therefore, when through neg
lect or other causes, kidney trouble is permitted to continue, fatal
results are sure to follow. ,
Your other organs may need attention—but your kidneys most,
because they do most and need attention first.
If you are sick or “feel badly,” begin taking Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, because
as soon as your kidneys begin to get better they will help all the
other organs to health. A trial will convince anyone.
The mild and immediate effect of | liver and bladder troubles, the symptoms
Swamp-Root, the great kidney and blad
der remedy, is soon realized. It stands
tbe highest for Its wonderful cures of
the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root
will set your whole system right, and
the best proof of this is a trial
of which are—obliged to pass your water
frequently night and day, smarting or
irrltatjon in passing, brlckdust or sedi
ment in the urine, headache, backache,
lame back, dizziness, poor digestion, sleep
lessness, nervousness, heart disturbance
due to bad kidney trouble, skin erup
tions from bad blood, neuralgia, rheu
matism. diabetes, bloating. Irritability,
worn-out feeling, lack of ambition. lose
£Z2£2t 3 of flesh, sallow complexion.. or Bright's
53 COTTAGE ST., MELROSE. MASS.
DEAR SIR: JAN. llth. 1904.
"Ever since I was In the Army. I had more
or less kidney trouble, and within the pest
year it became so severe and complicated that
T suffered everything and was much alarmed—
wrote asking for advice. I hesran the use
of the medicine and noted a decided Improve
ment after taking Swamp-Root only a short
time.
J continued its use and am thankful to say
that I am entirely cured and strong. In order
If your water, when allowed to remain
undisturbed in a glass or bottle for twen
ty-four hours, form s a sediment or fet-
Uiai i Min eiimtJiy cureu aim euung. iu uiuut _ _ .. ,
t' be very sure about this. I had a doctor. .tling or has a cloudy appearance. It is
examine some nt my water today and he
pronounced It all right and In splendid condi
tion.
I know that your Swamp-Root Is purely veg
etable and does not contain any harmful
drugs. Thanking you for my complete recov
ery and recommending Swamp-Root to all
sufferers, I am.” Verv truly voure.
I. C. RICHARDSON.
Swamp-Root is not recommended for
everything, but It promptly cures kidney.
evidence that your kidneys and bladder
need immediate attention.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
for sale at drug stores the world over In
bottles of two sizes and two prices—fifty
cents and one dollar. Remember the
name, Swamp-Root. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-
Root, and the address, Binghamton, N.
Y., on every bottle.
EDITORIAL NOTE .—In order to prove the wonaerrui merits of sswamp-ttoot
you may l.a . a sample bottle and a book of valuable information, both sent abso
lutely fre by mail. The book contains many of the thousands upon tnousanas or
testimonial letters received from men and women cured. The value and success of
Swarop-Roo: are so well known that our readers -are advised to send for a sample
bottle. In sending your address to Dr. Kilmer & Go.. Binghamton N r be sure
to say you read this generous offer in The Atlanta Weekly Sunny ’sou’tn. The gen
uineness of thts offer is guaranteed.
the waters. When drying on the sands
the codfish are sometimes infested with
files, which Injure the quality and con
sequently the price. Again the fisher
men resort to the priest, and he walks
up and down the sands, waves his hands
amtecommands the pests to depart. The
priest on this coast is the doctor and
teacher. He counsels the living and of
fers consolation to~the dying. In many
places where there is not a resident
priest a chapel has been built, where a
mission is held once a year, when the
hunters come down from the interior.
MISSION A GREAT EVENT.
The mission Is looked forward to by
the Indians as the greatest event of the
year. Having sold their furs, their
money is spent .avishly in adorning
themselves for the occasion. Not least
among the functions is a procession
through the forest to an elevation called
Calvary, surmounted by a cross.
Miss Craig was wrecked off the Labra
dor coast on the rocks at English point,
where the steamer St. Lawrence, on
which she was returning, was grounded
and remained a total wreck. On this
same reef seven warships and 7,000 men
were lost in a storm during the reign of
Queen Anne. They had been sent by
the English against Quebec. The out
line of four of these ships can still be
discerned on the sandy bottom, not far
from tbe shore.
Miss Craig looked surprised when asked
if she did not fear to travel alone in
Labrador without any woman companion.
"Not in the least,” she replied. "As
for being afraid of Indians, the idea
never entered ray mind. Speaking from
my own experience, not only do I find
them honest and trustworthy. but
polite, considerate and interesting com
panions. I say companions, far the In
dians whom I take with me are not my
servants; they are my friends.
"Have I any trouble in selecting my
men? No; after I have talked with
them a little I can usually tell if they
will suit me, for I have invariably found
with savage- and civilized man alike that
a man who is a gentleman in manner
is also a gentleman at heart.”
EXPLAINING THE MENU.
(From the Youth’s Companion.)
An easterner on his way to California,
was delayed by the floods in Kansas and
obliged to spend the night in a humble
hotel—the best In the town. The bill of
fare at dinner time was not very elab
orate, but the traveler noticed with joy
that at the bottom of the card, printed
with pen and ink, was a startling varie
ty of pies.
He liked pies, and there w.ere custard,
lemon, squash, rhubarb, Washington,
chocolate, mince, apply and berry pies
and several other varieties. He called
the waitress to him.
""Please get me some rhubarb pie,”' he
said.
"I'm afraid we ain’t got any rhubarb
| pie.” she drawled.
i He took another glance at the llsC
“Well, get me some squash .pie. please.”
"We haven’t got any of that either.”
“Berry pie?”
“No.”
“Lemon pie?”
“No.”
“Chocolate pie?”
“I’m sorry, we—”
“Well, what on earth are they all"
written down there for? On todays
bill or fare, too!”
“Well. ’Ill tell you,” said the girl,
apologetically. “That list is always writ
ten down there for show when we have
minee pief because when we have mince
pie no one asks for anything else.”
If you want these two pre
miums cut out this ad., said it
to us with your name written
plainly. Both Pin and Rinf
set with pure Hakt-Ossan
SiMiailon DIAMOND Sims
Write
They are beauties,
to-day. ♦
THE ROBINSON PUS. C0„
24 No. WiUlan St. NewYeikCHjr
priest says a grand mass and asks the
Great Father of all to fill the nets.
When the fishing reason opens the J
priest goes out in the first boat to blesr]
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