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THE KINCOF EXPORT
Is Designation Given South’s
Staple by Uncle Sam.
RECORD-BREAKING TRADE
Total Value of Raw Cotton Sent
Abroad, for the First Time in
History, Goes Beyond the Four
Hundred Million Mark,
“Cotton is king in the export r»
cord of the United States for the fis
cal year just ended." This is the in
troductory sentence of a statement
just issued by the department of
commerce and labor at Washington.
Continuing the statement says:
“The total value of raw cotton ex
ported for the first time crossed the
$400,000,600 line and exceeded by far
the value of any other article of mer
chaudise sent out of the country. The
exports of breadstuffs of all kinds ag¬
gregated but $186,000,000, those of pro
x^sions but $211,000,000 and those of
iron and steel manufactures hut $161,
000 , 000 .
‘‘The value of the cotton exported
has increased very rapidly during the
last five years. It was not until l&Ol
that it crossed the $300,000,000 line,
and in a short five years period it has
grown to more than $400,000,000, or
an increase of about 33 per cent.
Cause of Growth.
“This growth is due in part to an
increase in the quantity exported, but
in part also to the advance in price
since the quantity exported in 1006
was about 700,000,000 pounds less than
in 1905, while the value was $21,
000,000 more than in 1006.
“The exportation of manufactured
cotton was also larger in 190'6 than
in any earlier year, aggregating practi¬
cally $5o,000.000, against $50,000,000 in
1905 and *22,500,000 in 1004. The
growth in manufactured cotton has
been quite as striking as that of
raw material.
“Europe is, of course, our principal
customer for raw cotton. The United
Kingdom took last year $177,000,000
worth, Germany $101,000,000, France
$45,090,000 and Italy about $27,000,000,
while the ether countries of Europe
took about $32,000,000 worth. Japan
is also a customer for our raw cot¬
ton, but very irregular in the quan¬
tity bought, since she only buys large¬
ly of American cotton when prices
are low, relying upon India and China
in years when American prices are
liigh. The value of cotton exported
to Japan in the fiscal year 1906 was,
in round terms, $8,000,000; in 19045,
*17,000,000, and in 1904 less than $3,
000 , 000 .
China Good Customer.
“In manufactured cottons China is
by far our largest customer. The total
value of all cotton manufactures ex¬
ported in the fiscal year 1906 was, as
above indicated, $53,000,000, in round
terms, of which about $30',000,000 went
to China. Practically all of the cot
tonr goods sent to China was in the
form of cloth, the total value of cloths
exported to China in the year being
$29,641,188, and of other cotton goods
$172,887. The exports of cotton cloths
to China in the fiscal year 1906 exceed¬
ed both in quantity and value those oi
any ocher tarlier year, the value in
1906 being about two million dollars
gi eater than in 1905, and the number
ot yards about twenty-four millions
greater than in 1905. China's rank
i\v a purchaser of American cottons
is indicated by the fact that of the
'“11,000,000 yards of cotton cloths ex¬
ported in 1906, 408,000,000 went to
China, while about 133,000,000 yards
went tc the American countries south
of the United States, and twenty-five
millions to Asia other than China and
Oceanic.”
DAGOES FIGHT CONSTABULARY.
Bicody Battle With “Black Hand” in
Pennsylvania Town.
In a bloody battle Sunday even
, ing at the Florence mine, near Punx
sutawney, l a., between foreigners and
the twenty-one members of Troop D,
state con-:tnbulary, in which fully 500
shots were fired, two troopers were
lolled ani one fatally wounded, while
three othe" persons received bullet
wounds. The murderers were sur¬
rounded in a house and further loss of
life is feared, for the besieged Italians
are well supplied w'th arms and am¬
munition.
The trouble began when Sergeant
Logan went to Florence to search for
Leopold Gcdriatt, who is charged wltn
thooting hit brother-in-law
NEW MEXICAN BANK.
Directorate Consists of Capitalists of
Several Nationalities.
The newly organized Bank of Com
merce and Industry, with $10,900,909
capital, opened for business in Mex¬
ico City Monday. The directors include
come of the strongest local capitalists,
including Mexicans, Americans, Ger¬
mans and Englishmen. James Speyer,
of New York, and H. Clay Pierce, are
among the foreign members of the
board.
PALMA 15 AROUSED
President ofCuba Finally De¬
cides to Fight Insurgents,
ENLISTMENTS UNDERWAY
Island Government Has Plenty of Cash
in Treasury Which Will Be Spent
Liberally *in Crushing the
Rebellion.
A special from Havana says: The
hopes of those who tentatively sug
gested a project of mutual concessions
as a means of ending the rebellion
in Cuba we>c shattered Sunday when
President Palma called General Ce
bieco, one oi the proposed peace com
riissioners, to the palace to inform
l.im tnat the government had no con
cessions to offer or accept and no
intention other than fighting the mat¬
ter through and suppressing the in
surrection. General Menocal, who
headed rim list of the proposed com¬
missioners, rent word to the promot
ers of the project that he would have
nothing tc do with it unless he could
approach (he insurgents with a defi¬
nite offer ot some kind from Presi¬
dent Palma. The promoters, how
ever, are not entirely discouraged,
and another meeting may be held.
One of (he main reasons why the
government feels encouraged to pur
r ee rhe fight to the end by force is,
as outlined by Font Sterling, secre¬
tary ot tlm treasury, its abundance ot
money.
“We have $19,000,000 on hand,” said
the secretary of the treasury. “Don’t
overlook that. And we have a month¬
ly income 01 $2,000,000. The August
receipts and customs duties were
greater than ever before. We win
not need tc negotiate loans for some
time to come, at least. Yes, most of
wba.t fve have has been appropriated
by congress, but tho^C appropriations
must wai:. We shall use the money
ir> putting oown the rebellion.”
The number of daily enlistments is
not known, as the work Is being car¬
ried on in so many different places,
but the expectation is to have 8,000
men in the field, inclusive of regulars
and volunteers.
What is beginning to disturb bm?*
ress inteiests more than anything else
is the ineieusing evidence that tobacco
planting, sugar cultivation and crop
planting will begin so late as to be
luinous to the coming winter’s crop.
The planters see no prospect either of
getting men to do their work or of
borrowing money for developing the
e'ops. Much money is being received
by the Havana banks from the prov¬
inces since reports have been pub¬
lished of the looting by the insur¬
gents of town treasuries.
War preparations !n Havana are un¬
ceasing. A machine gun corps Sun¬
day afternoon left Castillo de Lapunta
and four companies are stationed, one
nx La Ftierza castle, In' front of the
palace, two at the arsenal and one
at the Vidado shore front.
• There was no cheering whatever as
a corps commanded by Americans
marched through the streets of Ha
>an»-4jAiuday afternoon. The men are
not yet drilled or disciplined.
’FRISCO HORROR DEATH LIST.
Figures Jus: Compiled Show That 452
Persons Were Killed.
In all 45! persons lost their lives as
a result or the ’Frisco earthquake dis¬
aster of April 16. The local health
department so stated in a formal re¬
port just sent to the state board of
health.
Of these 266 were killed hv falling
v alls, IT 7 perished by fire, 7 were
shot and two died of ptomaine poison
ing_due to eating “emergency” canned
goods.
The figures given relate to the
deaths proved to have occurred. Four
hundred and twenty ot the dead were
■white, the rest Chinese, Japanese and
negroes.
DISPATCHER WAS DISCHARGED.
Erdman Law Held Unconstitutional
by U. S. Commissioner.
At Montgomery, Ala., Friday, Uni¬
ted States Commissioner Elmore TcTt!
the Erdman law of congress uncon¬
stitutional and discharged FranT?
Young, a dispatcher or the Louisville
and Naghville railroad, trom custody.
Young had been charged with \TtiTar¬
ing the law in discharging members
of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers
m the employ of the road, this being
the first victory for the railroad.
FISHY BANK LOOTING STORY.
In Broad Daylight Cashier is Bound
and Boodle Taken by Robbers.
While Cashier P. W. Vanancher lay
bound hand and foot, gagged and tied
I to a table in a hack room, two ban
dits leisurely looted the state hank
: of Rainuier, Oregon, in broad daylight
Tuesday.
It was two hours before their vic¬
tim was able to free himself, and give
the alarm and in the meantime the
robbers had made good their es cane,
taking with them between $2,< 0t 1 am
$2,590.
ENTERPRISE COVING 1 ON, GA.
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Starting Young Trees.
Newly set trees, save the cher y.
should be severely cut back. A good
start is half the race, and nowh re
does it have more significance U m
in the new orchard. With pro er
pruning, cultivation and fertilizing
you may reasonably hope for a
strong, vigorous and healthy tree
which will he able to give returns in
way of large yields of luscious fruit
—Lowell Roudebush, in the Nations.
Stockman and Farmer.
Give the Chicks Dry Quarters.
Our chicks, some thirty, have beer,
remarkably healthy and vigorous
this summer. So have those of a
neighbor, who has three times as
many as we. We are not specially
successful chicken growers, nor ars
our chicks exempt from that univers¬
al pest lice, but we have scarcely
lost a biddy yet. We attribute our
success to the dry season and dry
quarters. The fowls have plenty of
yard room, but no grass for the little
fellows to run into. If we were go¬
ing into the poultry business on a
large scale we should locate the
coops on sloping ground, and keep
the surroundings clear of weeds and
grass till the chicks were half grown,
and able to take care of themselves.
A fool hen, in a big grassy yard, can
kill more chicks than all her eggs
are worth.—Indiana Farmer.
Feeding Work Horses.
Experience and observation teach
us that horses that are at work
should be fed at regular intervals,
and after eating, a half hour’s rest
given to a tired animal, as it is hurt¬
ful to require them to work on a full
stomach immediately after eating. If
work horses are fed every five hours
the meals are digested pretty well in
the intervals between eating, and so
the horse is in much better condition
for work, A horseman says that
most people know how a bucket of
water will stop a race horse, biu few
think how the overcharged sj/omach
affects the lungs of a horse 'when at
work. A horse when fed while heat¬
ed and out of breath cannot digest
its food, and the result is diarrhoea,
or curiously enough, the extreme op¬
posite in the form of colic or indi¬
gestion.—Indiana Farmer.
Keep Cultivator Working.
Farmers have learned that the cul¬
tivator has other uses besides keep¬
ing down the weeds; true, the weeds
are destroyed by the process, but the
judicious stirring of the soil incites
growth and conserves the moisture
in the soil, which is of immense ben¬
efit to the plants later in the season
when prolonged droughts are likely
to exist. Again, cultivation means
increased crops', hence the'vCork is
one which may be done with profit.
In the orchard cultivation, very
shallow, mainly for the purpose of
conserving the moisture in the soil
and breaking up the surface which
is likely to bake, pays full as well
as with a cultivated crop, and it is
especially valuable when combined
with the cover crop, the seeding be¬
ing done in late July or early Aug¬
ust, and the cover crop plowed un
der in the spring to add humus to
the soil, something much needed by
most soils in which trees are set.—
Indianapolis News. -
Fertility Must Be Kept.
It is estimated by some of the lead¬
ing agricultural chemists that the
world's supply of phosphorus, a very
important and essential element of
plant food, and without which no
plant can be grown, will, under our
present wasteful system of agricul¬
ture, be exhausted within the next
fifty years.
The stupendous waste of soil fer¬
tility that has occurred in this and
other countries in the past must be
speedily checked. This means that
a new system of agriculture which
economizes the plant food in the soil
without diminishing the yield of the
crops produced, is being developed.
In other words, this system will take
thought of the future as well as of
the present productiveness of the
land. This means that the farmer
ot the future must be acquainted
"with the soil and understand how to
manage it so as to secure the largest
yield with the least injury t# his
land.—H. J. Waters, Columbia, Mo.
Fertilizers on Home Garden.
The practical fertilizer questions
that the amateur wants answered
are just these: What to use, in what
quantities?
Most of the articles and all the
books on fertilizers lay special stress
upon the food values and costs.
Though of great importance to the
farmer, these details are only of mi¬
nor interest to the amateur. The
great problem for the home gar¬
dener is how to get earlier, larger,
better fruit, vegetables and flowers
There are three great plant food
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash,
The one most likely to be deficient
in the soil is nitrogen. The trouble
is that the salts that are available
for the plant are so soluble that they
arc quickly washed out of the soil
Stable manure gives nitrogen in
small quantities over a comparative
ly long period, and is valuable on
hat account. Its vegetable matter
(giving humus and holding water
s also an important factor, render
C,a ^ Va ‘ Uab,e ° n Hght or
sand v seils
Many people have a notion that a
black soil must of necessity be a
rich one. But, on the contrary, it
may be almost devoid of' nitrogen,
and so stands in need of some fertil
izer. Whilst it is true that garden
soils in general have a sufficiency of
both potash and phosphoric acid in
them, the chances are that these two
food materials are to a certain extent
“locked up”—that is, they are not
immediately available to the plant,
and are only , taken , , out by slow de '
grees.
Therefore, the amateur gardener
will find that the best all-round fer¬
tilizer for him to buy is one with an
abundance of nitrogen, and moderate
quantities of the other two sub¬
stances. Of course, for large opera¬
tions, special compounds of fertiliz
ers are an economy, and, xvhile the
same thing holds good in theory on
the small scale, yet in practice, as
the amount involved is so little, it is
wiser to have one all-round fertilizer.
Succulent vegetables particularly will
thrive on nitrogen. It makes them
grow rapidly, and that means ten¬
derness. Potash is used to improve
the quality. Phosphoric acid helps
to build the tissue of the plant. What
a fertilizer contains can always be
ascertained by reading the analysis
which must accompany it. Look
only for those three terms. Don’t
regard anything else.
How much to use? Of course, the
answer largely depends on the grade
of the fertilizer. Stable manure can
be spread on three inches thick. . A
pound of nitrate of soda is sufficient
to cover from eighty to 100 square
feet.
Cabbage in the Garden.
The farm housewife wjio spends
some time cultivating cabbage and
less over pastry will be ahead at the
end of the year. Hoeing, even, is
not such hard work as some imagine,
if the ground has been properly pre¬
pared. It has been well said that
freshly turned sod is good ground for
cabbage, and soil in which it was
grown the previous year is about the
poorest; the latter clause should be
emphasized if clubroot has invaded
the premises. The old German rule
of “two fertilizers to one dirt” still
holds good; for cabbage ground can
scarcely be made too rich. And to
economize this fertility it*is best to
manure in the hill, thoroughly mix¬
ing it with the soil. Any well rotted
stable manure is good, but nothing
is better than poultry droppings.
For winter cabbage the seed may be
best planted in the hill, putting in
four or five seeds, and reserving only
the most thrifty ones as the plants
attain the size for transplanting.
This will usually give a surplus for
filling vacant places, and perhaps
supply a neighbor. For early use it
is best to start seed in boxes. Trans¬
plant at evening or on a cloudy day,
letting the boxes in which the plants
are be thoroughly wet for several
hours before, in order that the stems
may become full Of moisture. With
these precautions they seldom suffer
the check in growth that becoming
badly wilted is sure to cause. Plant
deep, and firm the earth about the
plants. Hoe often enough to keep
the weeds down and the soil light.
Earth kept light and porous absorbs
more moisture and is less susceptible
to drouth than when compacted. If
the heads incline to burst, tip them
partly over, thereby breaking some
of the roots. Should this not avail,
use them at once. They will soon be
fit orfly for stock.
When the white butterfly appears
it is time to guard against cabbage
worms. Soapsuds sprinkled over the
plants are often effective. Wood
ashes are a still more forceful rem
j edy. Hellebore and paris green are
said to he harmless until the cabbage
begins to head, but I’ll go without
cabbage rather than use any that has
been so doctored. Destroy all co¬
coons found; they are frequently
seen clinging to board fences or un¬
painted buildings in the vicinity.
Salt and water or flour dusted over
the plants when the dew is on are
standard remedies. Early cabbage
will be out of the way in time to
make room for celery. Even where
a second crop is not expected from
the ground it is wise to feed the
stump and refuse leaves to stock and
remove the entire plant, which may,
if left, oecome a harbor for insects
of fungous growth. The main thing
is to start right. i> ertilize and culti¬
vate to induce rapid growth, and in¬
sects will do litt.e harm.—Bessie L,
Putnam, Conneaut Lake, Pa.
Farm Notes.
Anything which checks the growth
of an animal for a single day is a
loss of a day's feed and a day in the
time of maturing.
Remember, to grow bone, muscle,
feathers and flesh a varied diet is
necessary, and the food must be of
' the very best, whatever is used.
Do not >' our ho ? s by placing
' *- kem a ramshackly old pen. Make
i the pen good and str ong. After a
aog once gets out > jt is nard to keep
in '
Be sure to have suitable? gutters
around the upper side of the coops
that will prevent all possibility of
water running in the coops during
heavy sudden showers,
Hogs and growing pigs may be
turned into the orchard where thev
will have shade and can eat the early
falling fruit. Hogs are abom the
oaly stock that can be turned into
an orchard without doing some Cam
age.
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Our Language.
Against sense and analogy
Our tongue is always sinning;
For when his outing takes a man,
He says it is his inning. American.
—Baltimore
Sometimes Different. #
Mr. Wise—“You can’t judge a
man until you hear him talk.”
Mrs. Wise—“At home, or out in
company?—Detroit Free Press.
He Knew Wlnit It Was.
Medium—“I see a large dark oh
stacle rising suddenly in your way.”
Railroad Magnate—“I guess that's
my coal stock.”-—Baltimore Ameri
can.
That Tired Feeling.
tLe weit “'
"
“Yes, because I don’t.”—Philadeh
phia Press.
Why You Laugh.
“Why does a human being laugh?”
inquired the naturalist.
“Usually,” answered the man with
the weary air, “to avoid offending a
friend.”—Washington Star.
Fortunatus.
Knicker—“Has Jones got any
luck?”
Bocker—“Yes, he is the kind of
fellow who can sow the wind and
reap a cyclone cellar.”—New York
Sun.
Loving Her Neighbors.
“I thought you had decided not to
call on Mrs. Sniffleigh.”
“I did think I wouldn’t at first,
but I see they have an automobile
that holds six persons.” — Chicago
Record-Herald.
Weather Forecast.
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Driven From Home.
“Jinx had to put up at the hotel
last night; he had quarreled with his
cook.”
“Why, the Idea! What was Mrs.
Jinx doing, to stand for such a thing
like that?”
“Mrs. Jinx is his cook.” — Fort
Worth Record.
Facts in the Case.
“Love is blind, you know,”
quoted she with the curls.
“It is color blind, at least,” re
joined the fussy bachelor, “A mar
ried friend of mine tells me he used
to think his wife’s complexion was
genuine.”—Chicago News.
The American Youth.
' “My boy is beginning to take an
interest in the inalienable rights of
the American youth. I told him to¬
day that he might be President some
day.”
“Yes? What did he say?”
“Wanted to know what salary the
job paid.”—Philadelphia Press.'
Natural.
“So you’re going fishing with Bob
next summer. Well, he’s a great
story teller.”
A es, and his stories get bigger
every summer.”
“How’s that?”
"Why the fish he's caught grow
during the winter, I suppose.”—De¬
troit Free Press.
A True Patriot.
“Hair cut, sir?” asked the barber.
“Nope.”
“You ain’t the kind of man to ~o
around with shaggy “
hair ”
“Neither am I the kind to yell for
a hair cut on Saturday afternoon
with seventeen business men behind
me waiting for shaves ” :
And the seventeen applauded him
—inwardly, at least. 1
Trouble Centre. i
The small boy had just smoked
his first cigar.
“Boss,” he gasped, with a trouble T3
look, “w-where was dat cigar made? :
“That cigar, my lyjy,” replied the
man who had given him the weed,
* « . was made in San
“Gee! Domingo.”
I thought so.”
“Why did you think so?”
I “It—it started a half dozen revo
lutions in me stomach.”—Columbus
Dispatch.
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HIS PICNIC.
“Pop!”
“Yes, my son.”
“Are you going to take 05.
tncek on the picnic?”
“No, my hoy. You can cm
in the trees and fall ° ut of ty
WORN TO A SKELETON,
A Wonderful Restoration That Cm E
a Sensation in a Pennsylvania 1
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Mrs. Charles M. Preston, 0! ;
land, Pa., says: 1 hree years ag
found that my housework sJ t
coming a burden,
tired easily, h a j
W ambition and 1
failing fast. Mj a
9 plexion and I lost got over yej
pounds. My a
was terrible,
there was sugar
the kidney seeretid
My doctor keptm
a strict diet, but as his medicinei
not helping me I began using Dm
Kidney Pills, They helped e
once, and soon all traces ot j
disappeared. I have regained
former weight and am peri
well.”
box. Sold Foster-Milburn by all dealers. Co., 50 ceiij
Bn
N. Y.
A Viscount’s Wager, I
A marvellous story is being til
Paris of a peer painter’s pilgrim
Ten years ago, according to the d
Viscount Jacques de Gruart isl
wager of £12,000 with some 1
panions that he would accompanied make theij
of the world on foot,
his --fiancee, whom he was to ml
on the day of his departure, n
and wife subsisting exclusively
whole time on the viscount's earn
as an amateur painter. There wa
stipulation as to time. The pair a
just reached Paris on their tea
after successfully accomplishing 'J
undertaking and winning their 1
They have traversed Europe, As
ica, Afrioa and Australia, living
nothing but the meagre profits of 1
viscount’s brush.— London Globa
TOO MODEST.
“Please send a stamped and
ed envelope with your manusffl
said the magazine editor’s circuit
sional “No, contributor. thanks,” replied “I’ve heard the 0 ? j a
pie so conceited that they wrote!
ters to themselves, but I’m
of them.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
HRR REASON.
“Why,” asked the judge, “did
deliberately get in the way a!
man’s automobile?” j
‘■’Because,” muttered the describedl u ' : i
crone, “I wanted to be
being young and pretty once
fore death.” gratifi
Doubtless her wish was
GOOD AN1) HARD
Results of Excessive Coffee Dria^
It it remarkable what suffer
some persons put up with just to sh
isfy an appetite for something !
A Mien, woman nays: "I ha<^q
using coffee since I was old eno«
have a cup of my own at the tri
am 1 from it I have suffered
hundreds of times in the V ear5 H
“My trouble first began in DM
of bilious colic, coming on e vcr! |
weeks and almost ending ffi ! I» J
At every attack for 8 >e ars
fered in this way. I used to P ran
death to relieve me from nv .
ing ache, ’ 1 and had began also a <- to tacks sufier „ of “Lj'j t J
tarrh of the stomachl and ° " '
awful dyspepsia. crafl
“ For aad about water a year ® eli . ,f 1 l!! that
PrS ’ su^
WaS tbe cau 3 e ° f a this
n to¬ ;
T 1 finall >' quit , f it and be be D a a ^
P with ?^ um m > r F stomach, °° d ?trouble’* m,«
left me and I am
health under its use. ^
“No wonder I condemn c0 sJ
tea. No one could be in a ® uf i
critical condition than I was fro® P
Some doc ( 0
use of coffee. , sr jtll
nounced it cancer, others 5.
but none gave me any r p \ m
since I stopped coffee and t’ e ? If
turn I getting well so. 8
am all , »
-heartily recommend it for
suffer as I did.” Name girea *’
Postum Co., Battle Creek. R0*
Read the little book, «The
Wellville.” J'There’s a rea# 014.