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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. Tee rapid (b . - lopn,- nt of the cotton ——t —— =■! f== —^»^UMC3ggSS^4 t^i3 . W f I/"XH jpaMg’fej' .-._v_jr.zN A^ ~ tv ‘v^ — i\ '* - ; --:I1 W -* ' * ! fr k One of the essentials of the happy homes of to-day is a fund of information as to right living and the best methods of promoting I health and happiness. With proper knowledge, each hour of zy/ Vai MyK I recreation, of enjoyment and of effort may be made to contribute to that end and are of not less value than the using of the most \ wholesome foods and the selecting of the best medicinal agents jiWH when needed. With the well-informed, medicinal agents are used J orfly when nature needs assistance and while the importance of / vis i \ * cleansing the system effectually, when bilious or constipated, has " 7 A long been known, yet until within recent years it was necessary qK&jf to resort to oils, salts, extracts of roots, barks and other cathartics f J A which were found to be objectionable and to call for constantly i( 2Z | increased quantities. V\ '"agi ' Then physicians having learned that the most excellent laxative V, '/Y* J ' ''' and carminative principles were to be found in certain plants, SZ 1 principally in the leaves, the California Fig Syrup Co. discovered \ J / / a method of obtaining such principles in their purest condition and \ j ■ Ifr | / / of presenting them with pleasant and refreshing liquids in the form \ I '})/'/ most acceptable to the system and the remedy became known as- Y | i,■ // Syrup of Figs—as figs were used, with the plants, in making it, ,Jf A iffi T| because of their agreeable taste. . / \\/f " ■ 7m This excellent remedy is now rapidly coming into universal use as the t \\ 1 A I best of family laxatives, because it is simple and wholesome and cleanses \ 'Kir Zy- \Y U \ and sweetens the system effectually without disturbing the natural iR >O •'■/A i functions and without unpleasant after effects and its use may be discon- Vy | /I tinued when it is no longer required. _ VI ,\/ V ,7 > X» All who would enjoy good health and its blessings should remember w J that it is the one remedy which physicians and parentswell-informed t.. z /a approve and recommend and use and which they and their little ones alike enjoy, because of its pleasant flavor, its gentle action and its /l beneficial effects. _ _ / £ -.S ffj! ft Syrup of Figs is for sale by all reliable druggists, at the regular price i \- fl K of fifty cents per bottle,-in original packages only, having the name of I the remedy—Syrup of Figs—and the full name of the Company— | I California Fig Syrup Co. —printed on the front of every package. y JI San Francisco, Cal. fl Louisville, Ky. New York, N. Y. || "•"■" rt " ißK=ai 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 tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must t.qke internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best phy sicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best- 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 That you have day in and out. whether 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. . . fl WAW Xr EZ-'Sf iiw/ 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 ■ . - '7 Z 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 5
