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MEETS NEXT AT MOBILE
Lexington, May 28.—The morning ses
sion of the Southern Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly was mainly devoted to
further discussion of the subject of con
solidating the offices of the general
superintendents of Sunday-schools and
young people's societies. The assem
bly finally decided against consolida
tion.
R. E. Magill of Richmond was elect
ed secretary and business manager of
the assembly's Publications Commit
tee. The report of the Committee on
Theological Seminaries, which was
adopted, showed that the character of
■work of the student bodies at these in
stitutions had been highly satisfactory.
This year there will be thirty-nine
graduates. A board, to consist of one
professor and one trustee from each
seminary, is to be formed.
ri. W. Sommerville, superintendent of
the home and school "Ifor foreign mis
sionaries and children of deceased min
isters at Fredericksburg, Va., address
ed the assembly.
It was decided that the next General
Assembly shall meet next year in Gov
ernment Street Church, Mobile, Ala.
Augusta, Ga., was the only other place
considered.
A communication was received from
the general synod of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church, asking that a
committee be appointed by the assem
bly to confer with similar committees
from bodies represented in the alliance
of Reformed churches and consider
the matter of closer co-operation or
unity of organization among Presbyte
rian churches in the United States, the
WAS RAILROAD DAY
TRANSPORTATION MEASURE'S IN
FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
WERE TWO RAILROAD BILLS.
ONE IS DESIGNED TO GIVE APA
LACHICOLA A LINE.
Apiiliii'lilroln Now Has no Railroad.
With One, It la Conaltlered the
Town Would Heroine ait import
ant Port—Bill la Pnaaed That Will
lie Pound Favorable to the Poatal
TeleKrnitli Company—The Senate
Kllalled the Meuanre Thronsth.
Tallahassee. Fla., May 28.—This was
railroad day in the Florida Legisla
ture, and two bills were passed by the
Senate to aid in the construction of
railroads in this state.
One of the measures was to incor
porate the Jacksonville and Tampa Bay
Improved Railroad Company. The
other was a grant of land, .5,000 acres
per mile, to the Apalachicola and
Northern Railroad Company, and to
aid this company in the construction
and equipment of its road, f
This bill is of vital importance to
Apalachicola, as that city is at pres
ent without any railroad, communica
tion with the outside wnrld. The near
est railroad is the Carabelle, Tallahas
see and Georgia, thirty mtles away by
water. It is believed that the con
struction and completion of this road
will make Apalachicola one of the most
Important seaports on the Gulf.
Another important measure that
passed the Senate to-day, and is now
awaiting the Governor’s signature, is
an act to aid in the construction of
telegraph and telephone lines, and pre
scribing the mode of procedure for the
exercise of the powers of eminent do
main by them,, against railroad com
panies for the right to construct, main
tain and operate lines upon their right
of way. This means that the Western
Union Telegraph Company will have
decided opposition in Florida, and that
the Postal Telegraph Company will
construct and operate a line from Pen
sacola to Tallahassee, Jacksonville and
Tampa, with branches that will extend
to every city in Florida.
This bill was received from the House
this afternoon, and was considered of
so much Importance by the Senate that
it was read a second time by title only,
advanced to its third reading and pass
ed under a suspension of rules, all
within less than half an hour.
CONDITION OF COTTON.
New York, May 28.—The Journal of
Commerce will to-morrow issue the
results of a careful investigation of the
acreage planted in* cotton, the condi
tion of the plant and the progress of
farm work. These results in brief, are:
First, an increase of 1 per cent., In the
area under cultivation, second, a de
crease of 16.9 points in condition, i
third, agreement that the season
two to three weeks late. In other
words an increase of 224,422 acres is
indicted, while the crop’s average con
dition is 75 comparing with 91.9, re
ported last year by virtually the same
correspondents.
The returns are from 1,300 corre
spondents, whose reports bear aver
age date of May 24. North Carolina
reports an increased area of 6 per cent.,
or 68,843 acres; South Carolina, 4 per
cent., or 89,471 acres; Georgia, .3 per
cent., or 11,872 acres; Florida, 1 per
cent., jor 2,661 acres; Alabama, a de
crease of 3 per cent., or 109,769 acres;
Mississippi, a decrease of 1 per cent.,
or 22,701 acres; Louisiana and Texas,
no change from last year; Arkansas,
increase 6 per cent., or 120,418 acres;
Tennessee, Increase 2 per cent., or 12,-
150 acres; Indian Territory, an increase
of 5 per cent., or 33,685 acres.
In condition North Carolina reports a
decrease of 10 per cent, South Carolina
of 17 per cent., Georgia 22 per cent.,
Florida 10 per cent., Alabama 5 per
cent., Mississippi 9 per cent.. Louisiana
12 per cent., Texas 21, Arkansas 13,
Tennessee 10, and Indian Territory 20.
DOES NOT BELIEVE IN
MOSQUITO INFECTION.
Mobile, Ala., May 28.—The quarantine
board of Mobile haa* refused to ap
prove the recommendation of the
Louisiana state Board of Health to
• onllnr disinfection of vessels from
<’uba to soiled baggage only, the board
adhering to the rules adopted at the
Galveston conference. In effect the
board is opposed to fhe theory of la
fed ion by mosquitoes.
Srhoorn tttell.
Buffalo, N V., May 28. —Tarry Mc-
Govern and Abe Attell have been re
matched to agb< twenty rounds si Fort
*-u Oil June IF
conference to be held June 24. It was re
ferred to the Foreign Correspondence
Committee for report to the assembly.
The report of the standing Commit
tee on Education was adopted. Rev.
Dr. J. W. Lumkin of Memphis was re
appointed secretary of the Executive
Committee on Education, with the fol
lowing committee: Rev. Drs. Mcßae,
treasurer; Neel, Curry, Akers, Caldwell
and Scott, and Messrs. Wellfor, Read,
Davant, Albright, Johnston, Hunt,
Wolt and Mason.
The report of the Standing Committee
on Home Missions showed that more
money had been contributed, more men
were at work, and more churches and
schools were established during the
past year than any year during the
past ten years.
A resolution was adopted providing
that a committee be appointed, with
Rev. M. M. Morrison as chairman, to
prepare and present to the President
of the United States, a memorial set
ting forth the rights of the missiona
ries from this country in the Congo
Free State under the Berlin treaty and
showing how these rights are disre
garded by the government of that
country. Our government will be urged
to ascertain and correct the wrongs
complained of and secure the rights to
which our missionaries to Africa are
entitled. Senators and representatives
from the states under the jurisdiction
of the assembly are requested to as
sist the committee.
At the night session of the assembly
a popular meeting was held in the in
terest of negro evangelization. An ad
dress on this, subject was made by
Rev. Dr. D. C. Lilly of Tuscaloosa,
Ala., secretary of the Executive Com
mittee on Negro Evangelization.
PLAN OF FRATERNITY
Pleased the General Asembly of the
Northern Chnreh.
Nashville, May 28.—The general as
sembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church was greeted on assembling to
day with a message from the Northern
Presbyterian Assembly, which read:
"The general assembly at Los Ange
les receives with cordial congratula
tions your message, announcing the ap
pointment of a Committee on Presby
terian Fraternity and Union, and has
appointed a similar committee for the
same great purpose.”
A resolution providing for the ap
pointment of a Committee on Perma
nent Location of the General Assem
bly was tabled, as w r as also a resolu
tion to repeal Article 64 of the Con
fession of Faith.
The report of the Committee on
Church Government was adverse to the
overture from Mount Vernon presby
tery, asking for a change in church
government, so as to form a sort of
court of appeals. The report was
adopted.
The report of the Committee on Sun
day-schools was read and adopted. It
contained a provision for the creation
of a “board of Sunday-school and
young people’s work,” with headquar
ters at Nashville.
The assembly then adjourned sine
die.
HURT BY*AUTO.
Amertran Ambassador Was Injured
In Italy.
Rome, May 28,-United States Am
bassador Nrtyer was slightly hurt to
day through an accident to his auto
mobile. The ambassador was driving a
motor car coming from Civita Vec
chia to Rome and w r as going at a
pace of twenty miles an hour. Mr.
Meyer, on passing- through a dust
cloud, suddenly found himself con
fronted by a long line of wagons on
one side of the road, while the other
side was obstructed by heaps of stones,
not leaving room for the automobile to
sass.
Mr. Meyer, seeing the danger, tried
to stop the car, but it ran Into the
stones. None of the occupants of the
car were hurt except Mr. Meyer,
whose face was somewhat lacerated.
REYES VINDICATED.
Governor of Neuvo Leon Came Off
With Flying Colors.
City of Mexico, May 28. —The Cham
ber of Deputies to-day had a hearing
of the impeachment proceedings
against Gen. Bernardo Reyes, Gover
nor of the state of Neuvo Leon.
At the conclusion of the hearing to
night, by unanimous vote, the pro
ceedings were dismissed and Gen.
Reyes was fully vindicated.
The impeachment was sought in
connection with a combat between the
police and citizens on April 2 at Mon
terey, the capital of the state of
Neuvo Lbon, during a demonstration
of supporters of the candidate who op
posed Gen. Reyes for Governor of the
state, in which several persons were
killed.
The instigators of the impeachment
proceedings charged that the firing
was done under order of Gen. Reyes.
Cotton Statistics.
Liverpool. May 28.—Following are the
weekly cotton statistics: Total sales
of all kinds, 21,000 bales; sales, Ameri
can. 17,000. English spinners’ takings,
■>o,ooo. Total export, 9,000. Import of
all kinds, 44,000; import, American, 41,-
060. Stock of all kinds, 365,000: stock,
American, 541,000. Quantity afloat all
kinds. 64,000; afloat, American, 39,000.
Total sales on speculation, 700 bales;
total sales to exporters, 800 bales.
Herrick Indorsed.
Cincinnati, May 28.—Republicans of
Hamilton county in convention to-day
indorsed Myron T. Herrick of Cleve
land for Governor. No action was
taken on presidential preferences.
THIRTY YEARS AWAKE
Then He Quit Coffee and Found Re
freshing Sleep,
Coffee causes insomnia and physic
ians are agreed that this is one of the
most distressing of all nervous com
plaints. It is seldom indeed that a man
who has reached the advanced age of
81 years is entirely cured of insomnia
of 30 years' standing. An old gentle
man of Philadelphia says: "I have been
a great sufferer for many years from
insomnia. I am 81 years of age and
can truthfully say that until I quit
coffee and commenced the use of
Postum Food Coffee I had mot known
real refreshing sleep for more than 30
years.
•’Postum was prescribed for me by
my doctor who made me quit coffee. I
have now used Postum for more than
two years and Its good effects are both
wonderful and permanent. I regard it
as a good'triend not only as a remedy
for coffee ills, but ss a pleasant and
nourishing food drink, with a line fla
vor. Several of my friends are using
It to great advantage and think It much
superior to coffee.
"When the directions for making It
are followed closely it cannot fall to
give satisfaction." Name given by
Poefutn Cs„ Bailie Creek, Mb h
gu< h evidence supports the scientific
theory on which Pustum Is baaed.
2bi* t* a lessor
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. MAY 29. 1903.
EXPLOSION AT BRUNSWICK.
Honses Destroyed and Several Per
son* Injured,
Brunswick, Ga., May 28.—An explo
sion occurred in this city shortly before
10 o’clock this morning, injuring four
or live negroes, one of them probably
fatally. The explosion was at Ander
son's planing mill, and signs of the
explosion can be seen for blocks away.
The trouble was in the engine room
of the mill, and the large boiler, from
some cause unknown, exploded with a
terrible noise, scattering pieces in every
direction, tearing down houses from
twenty-five to seventy-five yards away,
and throwing the boiler, which weighed
about 6,000 pounds, high into the air.
It landed some fifty feet away. While
in the air it was turned completely
over, and now stands on And a few feet
from the trax:k of the Southern Rail
way.
Three small houses, about fifty feet
from the scene, was almost completely
demolished, and some of the occupants
were slightly injured. On another
street, probably 150 yards from the
mill,, two more houses are badly dilap
idated. A large piece of iron from
the boiler, cleared the other houses for
this distant, and came down with ter
rific force on the houses across the
way. Still another, a few, yards from
these two, was also badly damaged,
and an old colored woman residing
therein was painfully injured.
When the explosion first) occurred, it
was thought that a number had been
killed outright, but upon examination,
it was found that not a single life was
lost, and only one man, Howard Hill,
colored, would probably die.
The noise of the explosion was heard
for blocks away, while the shock was
felt almost over the entire city. In
a short time hundreds of citizens were
on the scene, viewing the ruined en
gine room and demolished houses.
Manager Anderson of the mill is at
a loss to understand the cause of the
explosion, and while some seem to
be under the impression that the fire
man was carrying too much steam,
Mr. Anderson says the usual water
gauge pressure was in the pipes and
that the engine was carrying ninety
pounds. Mr. Anderson estimates the
damage in the neighborhood of $3,000.
The South Atlantic Towboat Com
pany, former owners of tug Vigi
lant, which was sold to a New York
company this week, has leased the Sa
vannah tug Dandy to work in this
harbor and she will arrive here next
week. The Dandy will be used by
the company until it purchases anew
tug.
The public schools of Glynn county
have closed for the term, and the grad
uating exercises took place to-night.
To-day the schools made exhibits in
the auditorium, while the Excelsior
Literary Society held its last meeting,
and the day has been a very pleasant
and busy one with the schools. Ex
cellent work has been done in all
branches during the year.
OBITUARY.^
Charles A. Lengniek, Beanfort.
Beaufort, S. C., May 28.—After an ill
ness of four months, Mr. Charles A.
Lengniek died at 12 o’clock in Green
ville, S. C., last night. Mr. Lenghick
came to Charleston from Dresden, Ger
many,in 1857, and lived there over twen
ty years, finally coming to Beaufort in
1881, where he has since resided, one
of rhe most respected citizens of the
community. He joined the Confederate
army at the beginning of the war, and
served to the end in the Washington
Light Infantry. Mr. Lengniek was 69
years old. He leaves a wife and five
children, Messrs. J. Marion Lengniek,
Emile Lengniek, Albert C. Lengniek
and Mrs. J. C. H. Wilson of Waynes
ville, S. C., and Mrs. J. T. Burdell of
Camden, S. C. The funeral will take
place from St. Helena Episcopal
Church Friday evening.
SEYMOI It W. TI LLOCH.
Sketfb of the Life of the Mnn Who
Milken the roNtoiflee Charisea.
From the Washington Star.
Seymour W. Tulloeh, former cashier
of the Washington City postoffice, who
has brought serious charges of malad
ministration of postal affairs, is a
wealthy citizen of Washington. His
father was at one time the postmaster
of this city, appointment clerk of the
Treasury Department, and Collector of
Internal Revenue. Mr. Tulloeh was
born at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1865.
He was graduated from Phillips Exe
ter (N. H.) Academy, and later from
the Van Rensselaer Polytechnic Instit
ute, at Troy, N. Y., receiving a degree
as a civil engineer.
Following his graduation, Mr. Tul
loch went to the University of Wiscon
sin as a professor. He remained in the
West until 1882. At his father’s request
Mr. Tulloeh then came to Washington,
and was made cashier of the posteffice.
In 1883 his father died, and Mr. Tulloeh
took charge of his affairs.
For twenty-one years, through many
changes of administration from Repub
lican to Democratic, and then back to
Republican, Mr. Tulloeh held office.
When John A. Merritt of New York
was made city postmaster, under Post
master General Smith, Mr. Tulloeh was
removed. At this time he made charges
of irregularities, but they were not
seriously considered by Mr. Smith.
Mr. Tullocb. who is one of the largest
taxpayers in the District, has many
business interests. He has stock in sev
eral large mining companies, and main
tains a New York office at 52 Wall
street.
He is treasurer of the Episcopal Dio
cese of Washington, a member of the
Board of Directors of Washington Park
Seminary, and also of the Washington
Board of Trade. He is a married man,
having four children, and makes his
home at Forest Glen, Md., a suburb of
Washington.
COCKTAILS. MAST, FLATTERY.
All Most Be Shunned by Business
Womnn, Says One of Them.
Chicago, May 14.—" Cocktails, man
and flattery - are the three evils that
the professional woman must shun just
as completely as the ambitious man
must turn his back against “wine,
woman and song,' She is susceptible
to them all, and each is a barrier to
success.”
This declaration has been made by
Miss Grace Noble, who is to manage
a New York play house next year, at a
meeting of the Hull House Woman's
Club.
Miss Noble declared that society
women are victims of the cocktail ag of
ten as professional women. "But,"
she declared, "the society woman has
not a career to ruin. Bhe may rest
at home and recuperate, while the pro
fessional woman has to continue with
her work, no matter how unfit her
mind is for It.”
Miss Noble declared that success to
the professional woman entailed great
er privation, longer study and more
suffering and disappointment than lo
the professional man.
Secured a Illruree.
lndon, May 2*.—Ellis Jeffries, the
actress, has been granted a divorce
from Hon. F. Cl. curson on the grounds
of brutal treatment and misconduct.
Curson is a son of the tats Lord Hows,,
BOUGHT OUT BANK
ATLANTIC NATIONAL. SECURES THE
FLORIDA NATIONAL.
LARGEST BANK IN FLORIDA
WILL BE THE ATLANTIC. RECENT
LY' ORGANIZED.
Savannah Men Are Anions Those
Interested In n Btv Deal That Has
Been Made at Jaekson vtlle— E. W.
Lane. President of the New Bank,
Will Go front Valdosta to Jack
sonville—Business Deals in Y'ul
dosta.
Valdosta, Ga„ May 28.—1 tis reported
here to-night that thA Atlantic Na
tional Bank, which was recently or
ganized at Jacksonville, has purchased
the National Bank of the state of Flor
ida, the assets of which are about sl,-
000,000. All of the property of the Na
tional Bank of Florida becomes the
property of the new Atlantic National,
which has a capital of $350,000, and
wijl be the largest bank in that state.
The president of the new bank is
Mr. Edward W. Lane of this city, and
prominent among its stockholders are
Mr. Mills B. Lane of Savannah and
Mr. J. A. Cranford, formerly of Sa
vannah, both of whom are directors in
the new bank. It is understood that it
will open for business in a few days,
when the property of the National
Bank of the state of Florida will be
transferred.
A. H. Succeed* E. W. Lane.
Another deal of a good deal of in
terest in this section grows out of the
fact that Mr. Edward Lane is to leave
this city to take the presidency of the
new bank. It is the sale of a large
block of stock in the Valdosta Ice and
Manufacturing Company to his broth
er, Mr. A. H. Lane, formerly of Bruns
wick, who becomes president of that
concern, with Mr. B. W. Bentley as
general manager. This is one of the
largest enterprises in Valdosta and
owns the ice factory, as well as the
electric light and power plant.
Roberts liny* Wagon Works.
Another large mercantile deal was
reported here to-day. It is the pur
chase of the large wagon and harness
busiftess of the Roberts-Cranford-
Dasher Company by Mr. John T. Rob
erts, formerly a leading stockholder in
the concern. The old corporation also
owns a large interest in the Henderson
Crand Buggy Company, which it re
tains. The recent deal only involves
the retail buggy and harness depart
ments.
. .
MADE IN GERMANY.
Field Gnns Const meted for the
I’nlted States Abroad.
Washington, May 28.—Some time (ago
the War Department ordered fifty 3-
inch field guns of the new design and
type to be manufactured In Germany.
These guns are now practically com
pleted. and Capt. John W. Joyes of
the Ordnance Department has been des
ignated to receive them at Dusseldorf,
Germany. A quantity of ammunition
will be shipped at the same time.
The reason stated for ordering these
field guns from a German manufacturer
was that the manufacturers in this
country w-ere too busy to fill the orders
of the War Department.
FOR NAVAL DEFENSE.
*
Washington, May 28.—Division of the
coast line of the United States Into
thirteen naval defense districts has
been ordered by Acting Secretary Dar
ling on the recommendation of Admiral
Dewey, president of the general board.
The line of defense extends the entire
length of the Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific
and Great Lakes, coasts, and is
the first step in an elaborate
scheme of defense for the United
States in time of war in which the
general board has been at work on for
some time.
To the command of each district will
be assigned a naval officer of high rank
with the title of commandant.
BABY’S FUTURE
Something foi Mothers
to Think About
Lives of Suffering and
Sorrow Averted
And Happiness and Prosperity
Assured by
Cuticura Soap, Ointmentand Pills
When All Else Fails.
Every child born into the world with
an Inherited or early developed ten
dency to distressing, disfiguring hu
mours of the skin, scalp and biood,
becomes an object of the most tender
solicitude, not only because of Its Buffer
ing, but because of the dreadful fear
that the disflgu ration is to be lifelong
and mar Its future happiness and pros
perity. Hence, it becomes the duty of
mothers of such afflicted children to ac
quaint themselves with the best, the
purest and most effective treatment
available, viz., The Cuticura Treatment.
Warm baths with Cnticura Soap, to
cleanse the skin and scalp of crusts and
scales, gentle applications of Cuticura
Ointment, to allay itching, irritation
and Inflammation, and soothe and heal,
and mild doses of Cutlcnra Resolvent, to
cool the blood In the severer cases, are
all that can be desired for the speedy
relief and permanent cure of skin tor
tured Infants and children, and the com
fort of worn-out parents.
Millions of women use Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for pre
serving, purifying sod beautifying the
skin, scalp, hair and hands, for annoy
ing irritations and weakneases, and
for many aanative, antiseptic purpose*
which readily suggest thetnselrea.
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ACKED up by over a third
] | I of a century of remarkable
. . 13 4 and uniform cures, a record
[j t such as no other remedy
j ? T for the diseases and weak
*e44ufu|t4jt nesses peculiar to women
ever attained, the propri
etors and makers of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite
Pres<#iption now feel fully warranted in
offering to pay SSOO in legal money of
the United States for any case of Leucor
rhea, Female Weakness, Prolapsus, or
Falling of Womb, which they cannot
cure. All they ask is a fair and reason
able trial of their means of cure.
No other medicine than Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription could possibly
"win out” as the saying goes, on such
a proposition. But they know whereof
they speak. They have the most re
markable record of cures made by this
world-famed remedy ever placed to the
credit of any preparation especially de
signed for the cure of woman's peculiar
ailments. This wonderful remedy, there
fore, stands absolutely alone as the only
one possessed of such unrivaled curative
properties as to fully warrant its makers
in publishing the remarkable offer above
made in the utmost good faith.
They- financial responsibility is well
known to every newspaper publisher and
druggist in the United States, with most
of whom they have done business for
over a third of a century. From this
fact it will readily be seen how utterly
foolish it would be for them to make the
above unprecedented and remarkable
offer if they were not basing it on cura
tive means having an unparalleled record.
World’s Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, Proprietors, Buffalo, N. Y.
WHEN LOVE INVITES
The woman follows the man of her
choice though the path leads out of
Eden into a world untrodden and un
tried. What is her reward? Many a
time when her health is broken by "the
burdens she has borne for the man’s
sake, her reward is to see him turn from
her to seek rosier cheeks and brighter
eyes. It is man's nature to crave beauty
in the wife as in the maid. And what
woman is there, who would not be hap
py to keep her maiden bloom when
motherhood has crowned her wifely
happiness? Some women seem to have
found this secret of perpetual youth.
$28.40 Washington and Return
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Southern Railway
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Pullman Drawing-Room Sleepers.
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THE SMALLEST DISTILLERY.
A Moonshiner's Outfit Carried In a
Satchel.
From the Washington Times.
“City bred people who use whisky,
even if it is for medicinal purposes,
have their favorite brands, and a bot
tle without a label would find slow
sale, no matter what the quality,” re
marked Commissioner Yerkes, of the
Internal Revenue division of the Treas
ury Department recently. “But —and
now I am going to tell you something
you will scarcely believe —there is more
wiilsky without labels manufactured
in New York city than in all the moon
shine districts of Kentucky, West Vir
ginia, Tennessee and Georgia com
bined.” t
Commissioner Yerkes tells many in
teresting stories of experiences of rev
enue officers in the big cities of the
East, where a still may run for years
in some back room without the gov
ernment agents locating it. The trou
ble In finding an illicit still in a city,
the collector says, Is that the class of
people engaging in the manufacture of
the whisky are more intelligent than
the mountain class. They run their
still for profit, w'hile the average moun
tain moonshiner operates his for the
little money he makes out of fifteen or
twenty customers near his home. He
sells hi* product cheaply and makes lit
tle beyond what he needs for his own
use.
From the amount of unlicensed whis
ky which finds sale in the North it >s
presumed that some of the city stills
are built on a scale that would do cred
it to an incorporated distillery which
has three or four special brands on the
market, but in the country and moun
tainous districts of the Southern states
the stills are usually crude indeed.
Probably the most remarkable of any
of the moonshine stills ever broken up
by government agents was one cap
tured In Georgia in September of last
year. It was so small that the moon
shiner carried it about in a valise and
had plenty of room also for several bot
tles of mash. All he had to do when
he found a customer was to find a se
cluded spot under cover of some bushes,
set up his still and serve his drinks.
It came to grief because he failed to
select a thick enough clump of bushes
and was not select in his custom. The
operator fell into the hands of revenue
agents at the same time the still was
captured.
The Georgian who owned this re
markable still was sent up for a term
of years, but the property was thought
worthy of preservation. It now has
an honored position on a mantel in
t'omtnlssinner Yerkes' office The stilt
Its. If Is* m!sd<- of sn ordinary quart
milk can, lilted with a cope Shaped top
and a long copper worm, which is ruo
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"Age cannot wither them.” They have j
learned that fairness of face and form ;
depend upon the health, and that the
general health depends upon the local
womanly health. They establish regu
larity of the periods. They dry the
disagreeable drains which draw the lus
ter from the eyes and the vennillion
from the lips as well as sap the body’s
strength. They quench the internal
fires of inflammation in which the very
elements of beauty are consumed. They
heal the ulcer which gnaws into the
very life.
ILLS THAT VEX HER.
They Walk the world as wonders—
women exempt from the sacrifice to
love. How have they done this? By
the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre
scription, which makes weak women
strong and sick zuomen welt. It nfatters
not how weak the woman is, or how sick
she is, " Favorite Prescription ” will cure
the womanly ills that vex her; will
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into a gallon paint bucket. There are
streaks of dry paint which cover the
outside of the bucket. The inside is
not much brighter. The mash was
boiled in the milk can and the operator
could make about a gallon of whisky
in a day.
The average moonshiner requires few
utensils or materials to make drinkable
whisky. A still similar to the one de
scribed, a coffee mill to grind up the
corn used for the mash, and a cake
of yeast as a fermenter, will do the
business. The principal requisite to
make the moonshlnlng a success, how
ever, is a quiet place in which to set
up the stfl! and a class of customers
that will protect the owner.
Most people imagine that Kentucky Is
the Ideal state for moonshlnlng, but.
strange as it may seem, in view of the
capital made of the business in the
state sixty-four of the 119 counties in
the state are local option.
CASTOR IA
For infauta and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
round out the sunken curves of her
form, put light in her eyes, tint her
cheeks with health’s carnation, and
make her a glad and happy woman.
Hundreds of thousands of women testify
to the truth of these statements.
" A short time ago I was almost dead
with nervous prostration, general de
bility and female weakness,” writes Mrs.
I,<yretto Webster, of 317 Virginia Avenue,
Lexington, Ky., Worthy Treasurer, In
dependent Order of Good Templars.
"Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription was
recommended to me as a sure cure, and
I found this to be true, for I obtained
splendid results, securing fine health.
Women ought to be grateful to think
that there is one safe and sure cure
offered to them for their troubles. I
advise every sick and suffering woman
to stop spending money and wasting
time with doctors’ prescriptions, when a
few bottles of your remedy is sure to cure.
I am the happy mother of two children,
boy aged sixteen, and girl, eight years.”
Power of Swan’s Wing.
From the Philadelphia Record.
"Swann, ’’ ss id John Lover of the Soo.
“have great strength of wing. It is
said that with a blow of its wing a
swan can break a man’s leg, and I
have no doubt this is so. A doctor told
me one day, as we stood together by
the Zoo lake, that one of his first cases
had been that of a man whose arm a
swan had broken with its wing.
"The accident occurred In Arkansas,
on Swan lake, a body of water where
these birds abound, A huntsman was
'fire-hunting,' when a swan, making for
the light, flew straight at his head. He
put up his arm to shield his face, and
the powerful wing of the big white
bird struck him like a club. Both
bones In the forearm were broken; it
was a compound fracture.
"If a swan, accidentally, ca: reak
In this way a man's arm, there ie, in
my opinion, no room hi doubt that It
could, if it desired, break, with a well
directed blow, a man’s leg.”
—The anonymous Individual who
some time ago gave a handsome sum
to Bryn Mawr College for the erection
and equipment of s bacteriological
hospital proves to have been Clement
A Orlscorn of Philadelphia, bead el
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