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INCREASE IN COTTON
CROP SHOWN.
Census Bureau Figures Show There
Were 10.588,250 Bales of 500
Founds —Georgia Among the
States Showing Most No
ticeable Increase.
Washington, May s.—The census office
today made public the final figures of
cotton production obtained from the re
ports of cotton ginners. The quanity
of cotton ginned from the growth of
1602, exclusive of linters, amounted to
11.075.852 running bales, which, as pressed
at the ginneries, are equal to 10,630,945
bales of a 500 pound standard, or counting
round bales as half bales, 10,555,250.
During the four years covered by the
ginning reports of the census office the
average crop, exclusive of linters, has
been 9,902,277 bales of 500 pounds. The
crop of 1902 shows an increase of 728,-
688 bales over this average. While the
crops of 1899 and 1901 show a decrease of
566.886 and 392,532 ‘bales, respectively. For
the crop of 1902 there has been a general
increase in all tiio states both east and
west of the Mississippi river, with the
exception of Alabama and Texas.
Drought in Alabama and the boll weevil
in Texas are responsible for the losses
in those states.
The report contains many interesting
details concerning the variation of pro
duction in the various sections of the
country. For Instance, attention is call
ed t.> the degree of compensation which
has been maintained for the past three
crops between the divisions of the cot
ton belt as made by the Mississippi river.
East of the Mississippi production de
creased in 1900 313.256 bales. This was
mere than offset by the increase west
of tii., Mississippi river of 1,090,892 bales,
or 25.7 per cent. In 1892 the territory
east of the Mississippi increased its pro
duction in a manner which largely com
pensates for the material loss west of
tin river, rhe per cent of the country’s
P 'di. tion grown in 1902 east and west
e th- Mississippi was 53.6 and 46.4, re
spective'.'.-. against 47.2 and 52.8 In 1900. I
J o show tin . xtent of the reduction in |
the vot’on crop in Texas it is shown i
tint whereas in lm«t that state produced '
84 per ent of the entire crop of the
I i o-mI States, or about one-quarter of
the cotton supplj of the world, in 1902
prowe t wa- only a little
l>v .er 23 per cent -i the entire product of
tins country. The states showing tne
■ ■ in 1902 are A r
ia n a and M
A Remarkable Increase.
ihe increase in Arkansas is remark- I
«; being 262.622 hales, or more than 37
■ ■ I for the I
8 1899 and 157.221, or
• - r If- per cent over that of 1900, the
largest crop prior to that of 1902. There
was also a targe increase in the produc
tion of Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
* combined -ro,.s of these territories
for 19”2 were ••!•>.382 hales, as compared
Wf-h 215.591 bales for 1899. an increase of
329.791 bales, or 153 per cent.
Ihe figures on the ginning industry
show that there are 36.919 ginneries in the
United States. The average number of
bales ginned per active establishment in
Texas was 663: tn Indian Territory. 8.’,5.
end In Oklahoma. 993. against 254 in Ala
bama, 292 in Georgia and 206 in North Car
olina. This great difference in the aver
age number of bales of cotton handled
per establishment is due to the extensive
employment in the newer cotton producing
states of modern methods of handling
seed cotton, and a more general empiay
m-nt of round bale presses.
The value of the crop of 1902 is esti
mated at $501,897,134, making it the second
umst valuable crop of the United States,
corn taking first rank and wheat third.
Th- ■ aiue of raw cotton exports for
19’C is given -nt $290.6,51,819, giving that ar
ticle the first place i ; value in American
exports. The export price t’>r 1902 was
i. bout 1 cent per pound less titan that of
The value ,f the cotton crop of 1992
in the states included in the Louisiana
purchase is given at $1'3.885,044. or more
than ?•■..<>" .vi’i more than the original price
paid to France for that territory with in
terest at 2 per cent (impounded to the
present time.
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seed oil Industry is represented as an
nually increasing the quantity of short
cotton saved to the commercial world by
the reginning of cotton seed for oil extrac
tion. A canvass of this industry has de
veloped the fact that 530 cotton seed oil
mills have been operated during the sea
son of 1902-03. and that they have ob
tained from the reginning of seed of the
growth of 1902 linters amounting to 196,-
223 bales of 500 pounds each.
Cotton bulletins are promised nt more
frequent intervals in future years. The
first report for next season will cover all
cotton ginned of the growth of 1903 up
to Setpember 1: the second, to October
IS; the third, to November 18; the fourth,
to’ December 13: the fifth will be the final
report and will cover the total growth of
the year.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured.
with LOCAL APPLICATION’S. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
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MAJOR FRENCH BEGINS WORK.
Unite I States Officei- Inspecting Com
mand: ac Savannah.
Savannah. Ga.. May 4.—(Special.)—Major
F. H. French, of the Sixteenth United
States infantry, who has been delayed
to inspect the Georgia state troops, be
gan his work tonight.
He inspected four of the colored com
panies of the city. Tomorrow night he
will inspect the Savannah Volunteer
Guards. Now until May 14 bis time will
be taken up nightly in inspecting the
commands of the city and vicinity. On
. completing his work in this section be
will go to southwest Georgia to con
tinue it there.
French says he believes that another
regular army officer will be detailed to
assist him in Georgia as it will lie im
possible for one officer to furnish the
inspection of all the state troops by the
end of June, the time by which General
Chaffee directs that it shall be completed.
i Major French said that as he unuer
i stands his instructions he is to learn
| the strength of the organizations, and
< the condition of their arms, equipment,
I and uniforms.
That Tired Feeling
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you work or not, is a tired feeling that
healthy people don't have.
It is most common at. this time of year—
upon tile return or warm weather—out it
comes with a run-down condition of the
system in which the blood is Impure or
impoverished.
I It is burdensome and discouraging.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills positively
I remove it; they purify and enrich the
blood, tone the organs, and build up the
[ whole system.
Thousands of people know this by ex
perience.
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills will make
you feel better, look better, eat. and sleep
better. Accept no substitutes.
WHO SHOT BILLY PATTERSON?
That Question Worrying the Author
ities of Kansas City.
Muncie, Ind., May 6.—The mystery of the
shooting of William Patterson, a wealthy
business man early yesterday morning
has not been chared up. The family per
sist in the story that he was shot by
a burglar who was in the Patterson home.
The police say that ten or fifteen min
utes before they were called to the Pat- j
terson house two pistol shots were heard I
in South Walnut street. about six squar-.; I
from the home. The police --.in not under- !
stand how. if a burglar did the shoot- ;
Ing. he left the house, as all doors and ]
, windows were securely locked.
RACE RIOT IN THE TERRITORY.
Whites and Blacks Not Able To Get
Along.
Muskogee. Ind. T., May 5. —Seventeen
prisoners charged with rioting in Braggs, ;
Ind. T„ ’were brought here today by. |
Deputy United States Marshal Adams. |
Their arrest was the result of trouble ■
between negroes and whites which be- I
gan at Braggs last Sunday. Three of i
the prisoners are negroes. All except
two are farmers.
tele weekly Atlanta, ga., Monday, may ii, 1903.
PAYNE CHASING THE
BOODLE GANG,
Postmaster General Alleges That the
Present Investigation Was Agreed
on Last Winter —Bristow’
Smith, Tulloch and
Others Called.
Washington. May s.—There were two
Important moves in the postofilce inves
tigation today, first the despatch of a
letter calling for the evidence in the
possession of the former cashier of the
Washington city postofilce to substanti
ate his charges against the administra
tion of the department several years ago,
and second, the announcement that the
present, investigation was agreed on early
last winter.
Postmaster General Payne in his letter
to Mr. Tulloch said lie would be pleased
to receive any statements, accounts, doc
uments or other papers confirmatory of
the allegations made.
Mr. Payne subsequently said he would
personally go over these papers and de
cide whether the matter should bo re
ferred to fourth assistant postmaster
general investigation of the department.
All Replies Not in.
The replies of Fourth Assistant P-'St
master General Bristow, Postmaster Mer
ritt, of this city, and presumably of cx-
Postmnstcr General Charles Emory Smith
have been but Mr. Payne stated
that all the replies called for had not
yet been submitted.
Ex-Representative Loud, of California,
for many years chairman of the house
committee on postoffices and post roads,
and porbably a delegate of the United
States to the international postal con
gress, to be held at Rome, Italy, next
spring, was in conference witli the post
master general today concerning the in
vestigation. The postmaster general later
announced to the newspaper men that
the present investigation was contem
plated as long ago as lasi December and
that the work along the lines now being
pursued by Mr Bristow was then de
cided on. Mr. Payne said this was pro
vided for in an item in the last appro
priation act for contingent expenses of
the office of the postmaster general. Tins
item was as follows:
"For miscellaneous items in the office
of the postmaster general. $6,000."
Wily Item Was Put in.
Tliis amount was an increase of $5,006
over tile previous appropriation for the
same purpose and the postmaster general
said the item, although it has escaped j
attention heretofore, was agreed on he- I
tween himself and Mr. Loud forth” ex- ,
press purpose of investigating the postal
service after the adjournment of < ci- ■
grass. Mr. Payne said tiiat be and -Mr. 1
Loud had bad frequent, conferences on :
the subject and had agreed that an inve: - |
tigation should lie ma/1. to determine
i whether changes in methods was needed '
such as safeguarding contracts and pur
(bases, etc. Mr. Payne said it was pro-|
posed to see if any "crookedness" exist- I
ed in the department. It was a big un
dertaking. he said, to go out over the
country and take up the investigation I
and the method pursued was adopted as
most likely to subserve tile interests of I
the service. He said at. that time it was '
not believed that there was any dishon- '
Postoffice Scandal Alarms Roosevelt.
Washington. May s.—(Sneelal.)—The |
| postoffice departin’ nt scandal is rapidly '
I assuming more serious aspects. The rev- i
I elutions made by Mr S-unnnr W. Till- ,
I loch are startling in the- character, in- '
i voicing in the scandal, in greater or less i
. degree, form, i Post master G neral Smith. :
: former First Assis’ant Postmaster Gen- i
’ r.il Perry Heath, Postmaster Merrit, of
the Washington "ity postoffi. ■ and for- I
mor Assistant Secretary of the Treasury I
Vanderlip Some of these men were prob
ably led into doing things that Were Ir- ;
regular and illegal without knowing the •
true character of their actions, relying on '
I the advice of others that the matters were ]
! perfectly regular, b'ut Mr. Tulloch makes I
I t perfectly clear that when an investi- I
I gation was sot on foot by Comptroller of I
i tlie Treasury Tracewi II tli.it would have I
, brought out many of th irregularities of j
the postal service, and when an efficient •
I employee of the comptroller's office pc. ,
gan to uncover unpleasant truths the
whole matter was suddenly stopped and
tho employee of the comptroller’s office
was transferred to another bureau at a
reduced salary.
Can’t Discredit Tulloch.
It will not do for the men involved In
Mr. Tulloch’s revelations to attempt to
discredit them on the ground that they
come from a dismissed employee. Such
an attempt might have some effect out
side of Washington, but it will have no !
weight, with men who know Seymour W. i
Tulloch. The standing of the former ■
cashier of the Washington postoffice in
tho business community of this city is
one that any man might be proud to have.
He served for more than twenty years as
cashier of the postofilce under republican
and democratic administrations alike and
never a breath of scandal w’as attached
to the conduct of his office. It was only
when, about the time of the appointment
of Mr. Merritt to be postmaster, an effort
was made to secure his cooperation in
certain irregularities in the Washington
postofilce, that trouble began. Mr. Tul
loch believed that if li • made certain pay
ments as cashier either he or his bonds
men might be held responsible. In order
to protect himself and his bondsmen he
made the simple request that he have
written instructions from his superiors.
It was then that he was found to be an
"obstacle” and was removed from of
fice.
Even more serious for the Roosevelt ad
ministration, however, than the Tulloch
charges or anything else that has been
brought out, is the fact that is becom
ing more evident evi-vy day that high
officials of the administration would be
glad to have the who!< investigation drop
ped. The attitude of th” postmaster gen
eral Is such as to indicate that he is not
at all pleased by the fact that during his
absence Acting Postmaster General Wynne
allowed the investigation to take such
wide scope and that the public was al
lowed to learn something of the rottenness
that was being unci’verod. if ho could
have had his way tie w’lole tiling would
’.•ave been secret. The, might have been
some washing of diri. but none of
It would haw been bung on the line for
the country to see,
Impossible To Call Halt.
However, when Mr. Wynne received au
thority from tho president in person to
make the investigatf” he assumed that
it was to lie a real investigation, and be
fore the postm.'kster gw.nil returned It
was so well under w.-i; nd so much hid I
become public that, it v.as impossible to i
call a. halt without pra.-tically declaring !
to tho country that th administration of '
President Roosevelt, "tin reformer,” pro
posed to conceal wt ang doing and pro- '
tect tin wrong-doer.-. As a lonsequencc
of Mr. Wynne's zeal, the relations be- I
tween himself and I.a nwtinaster general ;
h'lvebeeii smnewliat st’ <ined ever since '
tu r turn of l a- hitter ■ > Washington a.’’d
there an indications that Mr. Payne |
v mild t” de iglit 'd to . rid of his first]
assistant postmaster ir ;> rat. it' an open I
luptutc urs hetwew tli.se two officials
it will be interesting n> see which one !
of th ni will receive tin support of Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Tile one lesson rnor. important than 1
any other that is t.wsnt b\ tin present]
I reielatlons in the po ■ t!i< . department'
iis that in tceting a p'-tmaster general!
! a m.in should !>• sei et I who has abil
ity to manage the gi. w 1 business or- i
ganization in the I nr i States and who '
lis willing to give it . personal atten- |
! Hon. Tne < xisting si it" of affairs in i
tlie department can ... ascribed almost ]
I entirely to the fact t.iat since early in;
the McKinley administration this rule has ]
' not been observed. N ' otii accuses -Mr. ]
Charles Emory Smith f any personal
! wrong-doing, and y< H is notorious
j that lie. did not give t attention to the ;
department tiiat tie magnitude of its
i operations and the ■' mount of public]
■ money expend by qtiired. lie was
j absent from Wasniu. on much of the j
i time and whim 1...ie I mind was often ,
I engrossed with otli ■■■ matters. In the ■
; sain” way Mr. Heatii was often absent I
! trom ins desk as first assistant and in.
i Iris absence Mr Beavers, who recently :
; resign, d from th” saiari. - and allowance 1
' division under a cloud, was the acting I
i first assistant. After Mr. Il’-ath left lie
was mi. ceded by Mr. Johnson, of New:
Jersey, a man with .'x'ensiv. prixate m-■
, terests which took fiillv as mma of his.
time a- his ottfi id business. Th m Mr. ■
i Smith was led by Mr. Payne, who
' w is -el’ Cled because lie was I" a veil to I
; be a man Who could manage political ■
'conventions and bring state deb gallons i
| into line 'for >h” nomination ■ . Mr. I
| Kooscceit in T'"t It is not surprising
I tti.ni things went wrong in Cuba, in
' I’orto Rico, and m th” department itself ’
. under such haphazard management.
General Investigation Ordered.
i A far-reaching extension of the present |
. investigation of tin- affairs of the post
j oinc” department to include the over- ■
hauling .if most of the large postollics I
I in the country is on contemplation. This I
statement was made to-l.iy by Postmaster
Geiier it Payne. Mr. I’.ivne said that]
: the increase by SS.OtK» of the appropria i
■ tion tor the contingent expenses of his |
, own office had been made tor the pur- j
pose of investigating the affairs of the ]
’ department along these tines, but he ad
! milted that it was not at that time
i anticipated that the investigation would |
' prove, sensational. The details of the |
i proposed general investigation, he said, ,
: have not yet bcm formulated owing to |
' the fact that all efforts, are now being,
I concentrated on the inv. stigation now j
I in hand.
It will cover all first-ciass postoffices;
! whose annual re- < ipts aggregate a half]
million dollars. Mr Payn.- said today
lhat the present administration methods:
. ; :ne p ..: rvice wei ■ put in opera- .
ti >n by former Fostni’isler General A an- ;
amak”r. fourteen years ago, and since
then tlie business of the department had ;
trebled, lie said that it might be that
some of the methods were faulty and i
tile practices irregular, and that the in- |
vestigation would lie made in the hope ,
of initiating new and better methods as ■
well as correcting abuses.
rue abstraction of papers tropi the
safe of the assistant attorney general for |
the postottlce department by Mrs, James
N. Tyner, wife of the then assistant
attorney general, ii now regarded as
practically a closed incident. The papers
were taken on April 21. and the case
was referred to the I nited States at
torney for the District of Columbia a
week later. TH? matter lias not progressed
further. Il nas not been presented to
tne grand jury, and it is generally be- .
Sieved that tlie grand jury would not ]
be likely to take action because of lack |
of proof that tlie papers taken were
government property.
CHURCH CLINGS TO OLD NAME, j
episcopalians of Pennsylvania Ate
Averse to Change.
Philadelphia. May C.'—Tlie proposition to
change the name of the Protestant Epis
copal church was reported unfavorably by
tlie committee at today's session of the
Protestant Episcopal church of the dio
ces .• of Pennsylvania. Bishop Whittaker
in his address yesterday opposed a change |
of name and appointed a special commit- I
tee to consider the question and submit ,
their conclusions to tlie convention. Th
committee recommended tlie adoption of
the following resolution:
"Resolved. That in the opinion of tlie
diocese of Penn : vlvanin any change of tlie
name of the Protestant Episcopal church
of til” United States would be inexpedi
ent."
Father Walser Released.
Lorain, 0., May s.—Father Ferdinand
Walser, arrested last Saturday morning
in connection with the murder of Agatha
Reichlin, was brought, to this city tonight
from tlie county jail at Elyria and dis
charged front the charge of murder which
was plated against him at that time.
Prosecuting Attorney Stroup said:
i "After having listened to the evidence
presented at the inquest today, I can see
that there is not sufficient evidence to
hold the defendant. The action taken
on tlie part of the officers in arresting
Father Walser has been in accordance
with their duty. A terrible crime had
been committed and if the suspicion of
MEN OF NATIONAL FAME
USE PE-RU-NA FOR CATARRH.
Pe-ru-na Cures Catarrh Wherever Located.
Consul Barnes Says: “Pc-ru-na Is
a Most Excellent Tonic tor De
bilitated Systems."
Hon. Almont Barnes, late United States ]
Consul to Venezuela., South America, ex- i
Chief of Bureau of Statistics of State De- '
partment, now in Bureau of Statistics in I
Agricultural Department, Washington. D I
C., writes:
“Peruna is not only a remedy for
catarrhal troubles, but equally as ef
fective for colds and aches arising
from the same. It is a moat excellent
tonic for debilitated systems.
•‘Many of my friends have used
it successfully, and I have no hesi
tation in giving it my recommenda
tion.” —Almont Barnes.
Congressman Mark 11, Dunnell, Na
tional Hotel, Washington. D. C., writes:
"Your Peruna being used by myself
and many of my friends and acquaint
ances not only as a cure for catarrh, but
also as an admirable tonic for physical
recuperation, I gladly recommend it to
all persons requiring such remedies.”—
Mark H. Dunnell.
We have letters of recommendation
from over fifty members of Congress, i
besides scores of other letters from men ]
of national prominence, attesting to the
virtues of Peruna as a catarrhal tonic.
Among the prominent men who rec
ommend Peruna are General James
Longstreet, of Washington, D. C.; Regis
ter of the Treasury, Judson W. Lyons;
Hon. J. M. Morgen. United States Con
sul to Australia, and VV. S. Smythmeycr,
Architect of the famous Congressional li
brary of Washington, D. C.
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HON. ALPHONZO HART. X X
Hon Aiphonzo Hart, ex-Lleutjmant Gov- I
: ernor of Ohio, in a recent letter from i
j Washington. D. C., says;
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,
Ohio:
Gentlemen —“I have been using !
Peruna for catarrh, and can cheer
j fully recommend it to all as a cure
for the same, and it is also a good ]
: tonic." —A. Hart.
I Charles B. Scott, County Clerk. Floyd ,
county. Indiana, writes from New Al
bany, Ind.:
"I have tried Peruna a.s a tonic and
i have found it of inestimable value to in
crease the appetite and induce healthful
i sleep. It seems to relieve the system of
■ all waste matter and to tone up and
i strengthen the nerves in a remarkably
■ short time. In comparing it with other
nerve tonics on the market, I consider
‘ It vastly superior, and so do many
others who have tried it."—Hon. Charles
B Scott.
Peruna cures catarrh because It reaches ;
the source of catarrh.
Peruna keeps the system in a fin”.
| healthy condition, because it wstores the]
functions of every organ, and brings vigor
,
I guilt had been placed against any other !
I persons I can assure lie would not have I
been treated as the defendant.”
Mayor King then stated that as th.-'
prosecuting attorney had remarked there
was not sufficient evidence to hold th '
accused there was nothing to do but to
discharge him from custody.
MRS BURDICK GETS CHILDREN.
Buffalo, May 6.—By a decision of the
I county surrogate. Mrs. Alice Hull Bur
| dick will get the custody of her three
! children. The surrogate today ileclaTed
null and v.jiil the provision in Mr. Bur
i dick's Mill which directed that the ehil
l <lren should be under the guardianship of
i nis executors.
I
Schwab Is Reelected Prsident.
Now York, May s.—Charles M. Schwab
was reelected president of tlie United
States Stool corporation at a meeting of
the directors hold in this city today. AH
tlie other,outgoing officers were reelected.
John F Dryden, of Now Jers. y, was i
I elected a director in place of the late
] Abraham S. Hewitt. No otlier business
of importance was transacted.
Theological Students Graduate.
Princeton. N J.. May 5. The nin>’: -
first commencement exercises of the
Princeton Theological seminary wi re
held in Miller chapel today, J. A. Mi -
C’.ure, of Front Royal, Va., was among
those who received the degree of bachelor
of divinity. J. E. Wallace, of Iva. S. <’.
was awarded the Scribner prize. Ni w
Testament exegisis of SSO.
CASTOR IA I
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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si to the organic '
f nervous systqm. ;
' C. I>. Taylor, '
Supt. of Health, i
Clerk City Board ;
of Health, Jack
sonville, Fla., I
writes;
"The health
of the poor of
a large city is
always a. ques
tion of vital in-
net only
I to the city off’ *i?i.s. but to c’/tTy ciii
i zcn. It has been a source of much sat
: isfaction to me to find that so large a
: number of working people in mod-rate
: clreunistanee.’; have :icceptod Peruna as
: their family medicine. It lias cured a
i large number of cases, especially ~f
| tarrh of the head, lungs and stomach
i and for building up the genera! in Rth it
; cannot fail but prove a h"ip ilr -i a
i ing to any community wh-re it. is gen
| erally adopted and used. ] have four 1
it an honest, reliable remedy, and -.'m
: pleas 'd to indorse it." D. Tavlor. Clerk
, Board of Health.
J- It Hippiegate, sup-'rlntcnibnt (•’
Public Works. 61 West Si :;i ; s'Lex -
ington. I<y , writes:
' "I find that Peruna is an ex- ■!■ at
medicine, especially for catarrhal affec
tions and al! diseases leading to con
sumption, bronchia! troubles or stmach
troubles. It. .also acts as .• preventative
a'id keeps the sv stem ir. a healthy con
dition so that it easilj throws off dis
ease. It is an excellent tonic and a
' great appetizer, and ns a large number
j of those who have been using it speak
] very highly of its curative powers I am
satisfied that my opinion of it is corr’et
! BOTH PRISONS WERE BURNED
i
Tragic Life Ending of Georgia Boy
in Oklahoma.
Carrollton. Ga.. May 6.—(Special.) -The
death of Will Westbrooks, of Carrollton,
which occurred at Temple, Okla., last
week, had some of the most tragic feat
ures ever witnessed. The young man,
who was a prosperous and industrious
man, had the habit of drinking occasion
ally, and on that unfortunate day was
taken in custody by officers and was in- |
earcerated in the city prison. Shortly |
(hereafter it was discovered that West- ■
brooks had set the building on tire. •
Speedy relief .succeeded in saving him. 1
but the building was binned. lie had ;
to be placed then in the county jail. '
i where he was left by the sheriff w het h
went to supper. On his return he found ;
the building in flames and when the res- j
cue party broke op,, n the col : dor th y
found the Hames burning at such a rale
as to be past control and nothing couai be
done for the prisoner, who was perl .i|
(lion .'Already dead, and the building , odd
not. be saved, but burned down on dm.
thus completing the second chapter ot' i
the day's horror for this young man. The
remains were charred beyond recognition
and were buried there by relatives. Mr. i
l Westbrooks had only been west for a ;
tew months.
Anti-Race Suicide Evidence.
Collier’s Weekly: A Philadelphian, >n
raged at Dr. Roosevidt’s prescriptions to 1
a suicidal race, cites, as evidence that |
tlie wisest men do not rear big fam- i
Hies, these characters in history; Wash- |
i ington. Jefferson, Hamilton, Paine. C|.iy. j
. Webster, Emerson, Whitman. Phillips .
I Brooks, Plato, Aristotle. Shakespe.ir
| Goethe, Carlyle. Spencer. Alexander. <’.,•■
j sar, Napoleon. Coufucius, Zoroaster. Bud
dha. Moses and Mohammed. It is an im i
posing list, though hardly fair in some of ’
its details. Napoleon certainly did th" '
best he could, Washington s infecundiiy ;
was no conclusion of his wisdom, and the |
citation of Jefferson and others shows a. i
certatn innocence in the historian. Op- !
posed to him is another great thinker,
who. instead of compiling names from
tho biographical dictionary, invents his I I
[ and that it is deserving of high praise.’
i —J. H. nipplegate.
i Charles F. Jenkins, X'enerabie Council
j of Garland ('amp. 2922. Modern Woodmen
I of America, writes from Aurora, Ills.,
i Beacon Office, as follows:
••I endorse Peruna because I have
‘ found by personal experience that it
is not a common patent medicine, but
a scientifically prepared medicine
which simply cures catarrh and
cleanses the blood of its impurities,
keeping the system in a fine, healthy
condition.
I consider it as rather a careful 1 - pre
pared physician's prescription, and i "•-*
never found any which acts promt
and permanently as Peruna.
"It deserves the highest praise, -.nd 1
know that those who have tri-d it havo
p-rfect faith in it.”—C. F. Jenkins
Peruna cleanses the blood of its Im
purities because it regulates those -i: -.s
th,nt make blood.
Mr. Jenkins is right. Peruna Is a earn
fully prepared prescription. prepared
by one of the oldest and best k iov n
physicians in America. This is v.hy It
acts promptly and permanently.
A book containing testimonials '
prominent men and women who u • P—
runa sent free The Peruna M
Co.. Columbus, Ohio.
If you do nQt derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Perttn.i.
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he w! '
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vi-o gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman. president of
The Hartman Sanitarium. C lumi-.j,
Ohio.
I characters himself. Emile Zola wrote a
i novel to which he gav,. the c'.i ourag:rt
title of "Fecundity." In this work t:>”
greatest villains have no children, th
minor villain.- two, thit -or evet 11
Moderate virtue begins at six. but th
only attractive character lias sixteen.
Charm goes with goodness. The wom>-u
with small families are plain feature,
sausagelikc in form and gawity, w’.i.'e
as the heroine, with each recurr-nt
spring, acquires not only another 1; ■ .
but a fresh beauty in herself. "As th
earth, making a pew r- volution ib < 1
tn. sun. emerged in vernal green r; ■
with grain and fair with il so did Ma
rianne.” is about the style, and if Hi
book is sufficiently read, all ITance wi
realize, that a woman with two children t’
hideous, and a fiend with one squints
and has one leg shorter than the otlv”'
llere is a theme that shoo'd be im
tated by the great Atmrie.ia novelist
The A'an X’orst book is not enough, even
reinforced by President Eliot and Pn -
ident Roosevelt. I.ef us hav. , r-al epic
in which Fifth avenue shall be in
habited only by excessively ugly women
in gorgeous earring, s filled with dogs
whereas McFadden's flats, with stork®
flying in at. every window, and waiting
in long rows in the alley beneath, shall
be peopled bv women whose radiant
lieaiitv is exactly proportionate to th*dr
re... rd in the family Bible.
Chinese Leper Breaks Prison.
SI. T,ouis. May ■ Dong Gong, the Chi
nese leper, wh > has been kept in close
confinement at Quarantine, about 2 mli."“
below Jefferson barracks, for the pas:
yoa r and a half, has escaped. ColonE
Woodruff, superintendent of tho quarir
tine hospital, at once ordered a search
for the dangerous patient, who is still
at largo. Dong Gong's condition has not
materially changed since his ostracism
from society, and ho is too dangerous a
patient to he at largo. Every effort will
be made to apprehend Him.
Painkiller
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