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A FAIR PRICE FOR COTTON (from The Textile Record, Boston.) HE recent advance in the price of I cotton has, as a matter of course, I Interested the whole world. It means an Increase in the cost of the clothing for every one of the inhabitants of the earth from the American, who is the largest consumer of cotton cloth, to the native of Senegambia whose wants in the clothing line are satisfied by a scanty loin cloth. It would be difficult to name a commodity in wider use than cotton. With the exception of the dwellers In the Arctic regions every one uses cotton cloth. It is a necessity for which there is no substitute. No other textile ma terial will answer the purpose as well, and it is for this reason that a perma- , nent increase in its cost must be borne in greater or less degree by nearly every member of the human family. The world's annual cotton crop is ap proximately 14.500,01)0 bales of 500 pounds each, a total of 7,250,000,000 pounds. This vast quantity of cotton is consumed each year, there being practically no surplus carried from one year to the next. In fact during the past three or four years con sumption has pressed close upon the heels of production and the cotton mills of England and the continent of Europe have been forced into idleness to a greater or less extent owing to the short age of raw material. Taking, then, the annual production of 7,250.000,000 pounds of cotton as a measure of consumption by the 1,500,000,000 people of the earth, we find an average consump tion of cotton per capita of about 5 8-10 pounds. The use of cotton is, however, by no means uniformly distributed through out the world. As might be expected, the American, in possession of the richest portion of the globe, finds himself able to use the most of the cotton as he uses the i most of the other <>od things of life. Estimating that our excess of cotton imports over exports is equal approxi mately to 100,000,0(» pounds of raw cot ton, we find that the 80,000,000 inhabitants of the United States consume annually 2.103,000,000 pounds of cotton, or 27 pounds per capita. This leaves 5,087,000,000 pounds | to supply the wants of the 1,420,000,000 people inhabiting the rest of the earth, or 3 6-10 per capita. We thus find that the American, as a cotton consuming animal, is equal to 7 1-2 of the other members of the human race. In other words, our 80,00ti,000 are, as cotton users, equal to 600.000,000 people outside of our ho-jers. This is merely evidence of the well known fact that the purchasing power of our people, is far in advance of that of tin" test of the world. It is a fact that should I be borne constantly in mind when con sidering propositions for an exchange of | <s • • • i • X \ iwom A X ? • / \ ///\ • i raobvenow I • <II | 0 ! of j f \ COTTOM / I Q •V /! i / r j * i THE WORLD'S PRODUCTION « * OF COTTON. ? V-■ • 0 0-.-0-.-0 0 oO' 0 00-»- 0 markets by means of reciprocity treaties with foreign nations. Such bargains are bound to be of the jug handle variety if based upon a mere balance of tariff schedules without taking into account the immense superiority of our market as an absorbent of goods. Turning our attention to the sources of the cotton supply we find even greater Inequalities of distribution, and hero ygaln we find America far in the lead. The accompanying chart shows more plainly than figures can the way in which the production of cotton is distributed throughout the world; 5,384,000,000 pounds •r nearly three-quarters of the world's cotton crop is grown > n °ur south ern states. the remaining quar ter consisting principally of In dian cotton, which is short, dirtv. md tender, fit only for the coarsest A Good Beginning If the blood is in good condition at the beginning of the warm season, you are prepared to resist disease and are not apt to be troubled with boils, pimples, blackheads and blotches, or the itching and burning skin eruptions that make one’s life a veritable torment and misery. Now is the time to begin the Tvork of cleansing and building up the blood and strengthening the weak places in your constitution. Duringthe HORRIBLY AFFLICTED WITH BOILS, cold winter months we are compelled * ad a h° rrib f° to live indoors and breathe the impure attack of boila air of badly A r entilated rooms and of- that broke out fill fices. We over-work and over-eat, and over my body and get too little out-door exercise, and our Safe- from which I n , could got no poa systems become clogged with nnpuri- Bk' Blb i e reUef unt il ties and the blood a hot-bed of germs began taking and humors of every kind, and warm your medicine, weather is sure to bring a reaction, ‘T&k. tuy and from my «x- and the poisonous matter in the blood porionoe I can and system will break out in boils and ? afo . ly Bay s ' B ' B ' pustules or scaly eruptions and red, is tho boot blood disfiguring bumps and pimples. Make purifier *° p rI J MYTHERa a good beginning tins season by taking Wytheville, Va. a course of S. S. S. in time; it will not only purify your blood and destroy the TRE BEST TON|C ANQ APPET |ZER. germs and poisons, but promote healthy Wh<l<s Hving , Jn Bhprman) Tex . t xb 6. action of the Liver and Kidneys and came n victim of impure, watery give you a good appetite at a time I?™/* XA'To "S when you need it most. about and had to fitop off and rest a c Q imnrnveq the dip-estion and occasionally. I took 8. S. S. and bo b. Cs. ißiproxes tne aigesiion ana an to lmprovo Rt once> an a after a tones up the Stomach > and you are not thorough course became strong’ and continually haunted by the fear of s. 8. 8. the best medicine I indigestion every time you eat, or ever used as an appetizer and gon. troubled with dizziness, nervousness ei sii t Kan’road Romo, Ga. and sleeplessness. There is no reason to dread the coming of warm weather if you have your system well fortified and the blood in a normal, healthy condition. It is the polluted, sluggish blood that invites disease germs, microbes and poisons of every kind and bring on a long train of spring and summer ailments, break down the con stitution, and produce weakness, lassitude, and other debilitating 1 disorders. Eczema, Acne, Nettle-rash, Poison Oak and Ivy, and other irritating skin troubles are sure to make their appearance unless the humors and poisons are antidoted and the thin, acid blood made rich and strong before the coming F I of warm weather. A course of S. S. S. now would be 1 a safe precaution and a good beginning J J and enable you to pass in comfort through the hot, sultry mouths and escape the diseases common to spring and summer. S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable and is recognized as the best blood purifier and the most m vigoratiri# and pleasant of all tonics. Write for our book on “The Blood and Its Disaasres. ’ ’ THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., A TLANTA, GAt grades of goods. This vast product, 5,384,- 000,000 pounds, from our southern states is equal to 67 3-M pounds per capita of our population, while the cotton crop of the rest of the world Is equal to but 1 2-10 pounds per capita of the popula tion outside of this country. Summing up these sfatistiees, each American uses 27 pounds of cotton and produces 67 pounds, while each foreigner uses 3 6-10 pounds and produces but 1 2-10 pounds. This explf'ns why the sunshine and the rain in th. southern states are watched ...0.» 0.e.0.«.0.«.0.«.0'» e.«. 0.» 0-«'C'«.o'«-0 « 0 00 0 0 *•■ o■. O « O.«.0.«.0.»'0.».0-»-0-».0 e : ~ ; • / ta ® : | !g t •L- ■ iHHwlfcSlft / * *T*’ %?' . ® •L T • • ( II i®i SSI ilSb I / .t^^ ==::====^1 a | 111 W H I T AMERICAN. FOREIGN. * • The World's Great Cotton Bull and Bear. 0 i i as anxiously by the European spinner as by the southern planter himself. For each person In the United States there are, approximately, eighteen people outside. Uncle Sam, therefore, may be likened to a planter who raises 67 pounds of cotton, his family consuming 27 pounds of it. and who sells the surplus of 40 I pounds to 18 of his neighbors. These I neighbors must have the 40 pounds of I cotton. They could use more to advant- I age and each year sees their wants in this direction growing more urgent. Un der these conditions it requires no extra ordinary reasoning powers to determine whether a high or a low price for cot ton is for the benefit of the aforemen tioned farmer. The following table gives the average price of middling cotton in New York for each of Ale fifty years ending with 1902: | AVERAGE FRIGE PER POUND FOR MIDDLING COTTON. I Tear. Price. Year. rr A C o’> 1853 11.02 Ix7B H.-2 ! 1854 10.97 1879 10.84 i 1855 10.39 1880 11.51 : 1858 12.1'1 1883 11-88 j 1859 12.08 1881 10.88 —y, i .... 13.01 1886 9.28 ! ’ 31.29 1.887 10-21 I 186th’. 67.21 1888 10 0? 1864 101.50 1389 l<’-6.> - 1867 31.59 1892 •-A , 1868 24.85 1893 5 .« 1871 l«-»5 1895 ! 1873 22.19 189 - 0,) iis-73::: 20.14 5.94 j 1-75 .. 15-16 19'10 9.25 1 i57t;”’::::::...... 12.9 s 1901 8.50 I 1377 11.82 1902 8.7a From 1853 to 1861 the average fluctuated between 10 3-10 to 13 1-100 cents. The cot ton famine, due to the civil war, caused the average price during the next five years to vary between 31 3-10 cents to sl.Ol per pound. The prostration of the south following the war kept the average between 17 and 31 6-10 cents for the next eight years. It dropped to 11 8-10 cents in 1877 and from that time to 1890. a pe riod of fourteen years, a fairly uniform level was maintained. In only one year. 1886, of ithis period did the average fall as low as 9 3-10 cents. For the rest of the time the fluctuations were confined between 10 and 12 cents. Beginning with 1890 and contempora neous with the success of the free trade movement in this country a decline In cotton prices started in. carrying the 'average to 5 9-10 cents in 1898, the lowest on record. For the past three years, 1900, 1901 and 1902, the averages have been 9 1-4, 8 1-2 and 8 3-4. respectively. The present year, 1903, began with the price at the average (8 3-4 cents) for the pre ceding twelve months, and since then the tendency has been continuously and strongly upwards until In the month just THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION! ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY AUGUST 10, 1903. closed the price reached 11 3-4 cents, the highest In thirteen years, having risen to this level from 8 2-10 cents la«t Oc tober. The average price of cotton during any considerable period is, like all other prices, regulated by the Iralance of supply and demand, and as to the slate of this Ivtlance In the future one man's guess is as good as that of another. We have certain well established facts to guide us in forming a. Judgment as to what is a fair price for cotton. We know that the world has been short of cotton for three or four years; that the determined ef forts to find new sources of supply prom ise no great measure of success. The. most promising of these enterprises is In Togo, German West Africa, und no one who read the story of the work there, as told in the April, 1902, issue of The Tex tile World by 'he Tuskegee graduate who is in charge of it, can believe that Togo can ever threaten the supremacy of American cotton. We know that the con sumption of cotton will increase the de velopment of uncivilized races and the settlement of undeveloped territories. With these prospects, all tending toward higher prices, it is difficult to escape from the conclusion that 10 7-8 cents, the average price of cotton for the twelve years from 1879 to 1890. inclusive, is more fn harmony with present conditions and prospects than is 7 8-10 cents, the aver age for the succeeding twelve years from 1891 to 1902, inclusive. During the first period from 1879 to 1890 the business of the country had various ups and downs, but on the whole enjoy ed a. fair share of prosperity. During the last period of twelve years, from 1891 to 1902. on the contrary, the whole world suffered extreme business depression, and nowhere was this more acute than In the United States. This tends still further to strengthen the belief that the recent advance of cotton to 11 1-2 cents indi cates the restoration of cotton prices to the former high level, perhaps to a still higher one. The recent advance is popularly attrib uted to the work of a pool engineering a. corner, and rumor has persisted in plac ing one of the greatest individual for tunes in the country behind this pool. I’his may or may not be so, but the other conditions stated are undisputed. Assuming, then, that 11 instead of 8 cents is to be the level for the next few decades what does that mean to this country? Continuing the comparison of the country to an individual planter it means th it he will receive $4.40 for the 40 pounds of cotton per capita he ha-d for sale, Instead of $3.20 as formerly. To bo sure the 27 pounds of cotton used in the family will be valued at $2.97 instead of $2.16 as before, but then this makes no difference .to the family as a whole, sifice it is a homo product. The gain to the family results from the increased price for the part that is sold, amounting to $1.20. An individual planter doing business under the conditions stated, would wel come the. rise In the price of coVton as an toiunixed good. When, however, eighty millions are to take the place of one, the increase in the price is viewed with alarm in many quarters. But why should there be any difference in the two cases? Instead of selling 40 pounds we are selling 3,221,600,000 pounds of cotton to foreign coun tries, and instead of receiving $257,680,000 we get $.154,000,001) for it, a differ ence in our favor of s9t!,t>3(J,ooo. This is no trifle, even for the United States. We can use it in our business. In two years It would pay the estimated cost of the isthmian canal, an enterprise to which we are pledged. Turning to the domestic consumption we find that the 27 pounds per capita is equal to 2,163,000,000 pounds for our 80,000,000 peo ple and that we must charge ourselves $237,030,000 instead of $173,040,000 for this quantity of home produce, a difference of $64,890,000 or about 81 cents per capita per year. This sum is simply transferred from the people as a whole and placed in pos session of a portion of them who, under a proper distribution of such proceeds, would be in great part the Inhabitants of our southern dates. Added to the in crease in the price of the cotton sold abroad it would mean the greater part of the $161,000,000 placed to the credit of the south. A portion of this amount may be di verted into Improper channels by reason of speculation or. to be more exact, gambling In cotton in our exchanges. This, however, is another question and should not bo allowed to confuse ns in considering the effects of a permanent Increase in the level of cotton values. The change from an 8 to an Tl-tient level would, doubtless, entail incon veniences and loss on manufacturers of and dealers in cotton goods, owing to the fact that goods might not advance as rapidly as the raw material, but such in convenience and loss would be trifling compared with the ultimate advantages to the whole country, and, consequently, to the manufacturers and dealers them selves, arising from the increased income derived from the sale of our surplus product to foreign customers. There is no force in the objection that higher prices for cotton might stimulate production abroad and thus destroy our foreign market. The world needs a new supply of cotton; civilization waits upon It. The scarcity of cotton Is a serious danger that now threatens mankind, and a new source of supply would be an inestimable benefit to the human race. If a supply should be found that would drive our southern planters out of the business it could be looked upon only as a blessing to the world as a whole. There fs, however, no prospect of such a discovery. It is practically certain that there will be no such discovery. We are tnjflng to consider tho case from the Standpoint of enlightened American self ishness and are forced to conclude that tho substitution of 11 cents for 8 cents as a permanent price level for Ameri can cotton should be welcomed by every AmaricHJl. ENGLAND WANTS COTTON. Famine Prices for the Staple Causes Serious Alarm. London, August 6.—ln the house of com mons today, replying to William Field, nationalist, who drew attention to the re shipment of American cotton from Liver pool to New York, thus increasing the famine price of cotton in England, and Invited an inquiry as to the effect of the system of future options on tho price of cotton, Gerald Balfour, president of tlie board of trade, stated that tlie informa tion of the board of trade did not indicate a recent increase in the re-export of cot ton to America. The total quantity re-exported to the end of July was 400,0000 hundredweight, compared with 459,000 hundredweight tor the corresponding period of 1902. During June and July the quantities re-exported were 72.000 hundred weight and 70,000 hun dredweight, respectively. Regarding future options Mr. Balfour said he saw no objection to the suggested inquiry. Mr. Balfour stated that tlie cot ton famine in Great Britain was becoming serious. SEN. GORMAN SUGGESTS A PLATFORM FOR DEMOCRACY Washington, August 6.—i Special.) Se:t r.ioi Gcrmii. in bl-' talk w,‘.'i il"> newspa per men on his return from Europe suc cessfully parried all questions as to his candidacy for the presidency, but his reply to the question as to what he re garded as the paramount issues for next year's campaign is being much discussed in Washington. “There's a reformation of the tariff for one thing." said Senator Gorman, “economy for another, honesty honesty in public places—is the other." In this sentence the Maryland senator suggested t, hat irany democrats believe wid be three leaning planks in next year's platform. They believe that tariff reform, economy and honesty would be three of the best battle cries with which the democrats could go into next yen's fight. Despite the dissatisfaction of many republicans in all parts of tlie country with the present trust-sheltering Dingley law, with its high taxes on the materials used by American manufacturers and with its collection from the people of $50,- 000,000 per year more than is necessary to meet government expenses, it is certain that the republican party cannot be trust ed to make any move in the direction of tariff reform. Tlie revisionists in that party are being quieted with vague prom ises of action after the presidential ele tion. When that election is over, how ever, the standpatters will find some other excuse for delay and if the country must wait for a revision of the tariff until it is made by the republican. 4 there is little prospect of anything being done for years to coma Gorman and the Tariff. In some quarters Senator Gorman's declaration in favor of tariff reform as one of the loading issues for the next campaign will occasion some surprise, for the Maryland senator has been accused by superficial observers of not being an advocate of lower tariff taxes, and his record on the Wilson bill is pointed to as justifying this accusation. Senator Gorman's course on the V\ ilson bill, how ever, will stand the closest scrutiny. It is a matter of history that that bill when finally enacted into law and emasculated by the decision of the supreme court on its income tax feature, failed to produce sufficient, revenue for the needs of the government. How much worse it would have been and how much larger the bonds issues of the second Cleveland adminis tration would have been if tlie Maryland senator had not kept the fiscal needs ol’ tile government -w at all times can only be imagined. Had the income tax feature remained in the law it. would have yielded ample revenues, but not excessive. Conditions are more favorable for a re duction of customs taxes than they were in 1894 when the Wilson law was enact ed. The expenses of the government have been unnecessarily increased by the ex travagant appropriations that have marked the past few years, but tlie reve nue producing power oi the country nas expanded in even greater proportion. A low average of tariff taxes would yield a much higher total of revenue than was the case nine years ago. I'urther than this when Senator Gorman and his asso ciates wore insisting that the Wilson bill rates should be kept up to the proper revenue producing point they could count on oniy $143,00(1,000 from internal revenue, while the internal revenue receipts for tho last fiscal year amounted to over $230,- 000,000 and they are still rapidly increas ing. Policy of Democrats. Tariff reform, economy and honesty. The three arc closely Interrelated. Tariff taxes which take from the people money in large excess of the needs of the gov ernment afford a constant temptation to extravagance and dishonesty. In the opinion of many democrats the party can do no better than to take its stand for a policy that will not take from the pockets of tlie people more money than the gov ernment needs and will see to it that the money collected is economically and hon estly administered. The record, of the re publican party since the close of the Spanish war makes the time very oppor tune for the adoption of such a policy by the democrats. The Dingley law has taken from the people and piled up tn tho treasury hundreds of millions of dollars that the government has not needed. De snite the wasteful extravagance and the downright, dishonesty that has prevailed On available cash balance of more than $300,000,000, which by skillful book keeping is reduced In the published state ments to $230,000,000 has been piled up in the treasury, while Seoetary Shaw and Secretary Gage, before him, are on record as saying that $50.W",000 would form a sufficient’working balance for the treas ury. It is not strange that republican senators and representatives in the inter ests of the beneficiaries of the Dingley law have appropriated money in tlie most xviidly extravagant manner in the vain effort to cut down the growing surplus. It is not strange that men of little moral stamina in the government’s service have taken advantage of the opportunities af forded by the lavish extravagance of the government and have sought to enrich themselves bv divisions with favored con tractors. Senator Gorman's declaration for tariff reform, economy and honesty is most timely. CLEVELAND TO MEET HANNA. They Will Discuss the Labor Problem from Platform. Chicago, August 4.—Announcement has been made by Ralph N. Easley, secretary of the National Civic Federation, that both Mr. Cleveland and Senator Hanna will discuss tho labor problem from the same platform early in October. At that time a convention will be held for tlie purpose of inaugurating a movement in the west to bling capital and labor into closer relationship. Teller Robs Bank of Canton, Ohio, August 6.—A shortage In the funds of the Cuyna.l bank, which, it is stated, may reach $22,000, has been dis covered. The officials of the bank declare that it will not affect the concern, as ft has a surplus and undivided profits of $50,000. Albert AV. Deibel, teller at the bank, has been removed from his position and a warrant Issued for his arrest. Wealthy Man to Poor House. Binghamton, N. Y., August 6.--Pos sessed of property said to be worth thousands, and denied admission to ho tels and hospitals because he is suffer ing from cancer, Andrew Murray, ot Brooklyn, has been admitted to the coun ty poor house here. His pockets were •lined with bills when he entered the in atitotion. KNOX ASKED TO MAKE DECISION, Root in Doubt As To the Violation of Law by Littauer and There fore the Opinion of the At torney General Has Been Requested. Washington, August 3.—Secretary Root today made public all the papers relating to the investigation into the government contract for gloves with E. R. Lyon. This contractor secured the gloves from Lit tauer Bros., the senior member of the firm, L. N. Littauer, being a member of congress. Secretary Itoot has referred the case to the department of justice in order that it may be ascertained if the law has been violated and that appropri ate measures may be taken in the prem ises. There is a statute rTiicli prohibits contracts for tlie government being made directly or indirectly with a member of congress, and this was the basis of the investigation by tho war department. Colonel Garlington, of the inspector gen eral's department, was directed by Secre tary Root to make an investigation of the whole matter. This was done and his report referred to Judge Advocate Gen eral Davis, who made an exhaustive re view and submitted an opinion to Secre tary Root. Littauer and the Contract. In the course of his report and opinion, General Davis says: "It appears from the testimony that a contract was awarded to Lyon for 3,000 pairs of muskrat gloves at $1,50 per pair. Later a second contract for 20,000 pairs was awarded to Lyon at $1.70 per pair, a stipulation being inserted that deliveries under it could be Increased ot) per cent, at tin- discretion of the officer making the contract. The government took advan tage of the stipulations of 30,601 pairs were actually called for, and delivered under the last contract. Some discus sion having arisen as to the price which Lyon was to pay for gauntlets, an agree ment was entered into between Littauer Bros, and Lyon to th* effect that an ac curate account of the cost of manufacture was to be kept, and it, after the contract was completed, it should prove that the cost of manufacture should not equal $1.65 per pair, Lyon was to receive one-half of the profits. There was a profit of $3,537, one-half of which was credited to Lyon on tho books of Littauer Bros. A ease falling within the piovlslon of tho statute is clearly shown in the testimony, which in the opinion of this officer charges the department with the per formance of the duty set forth in section 3739 of tlie revised statutes; and it is therefore recommended that a demand be made by the quartermaster general upon the firm of Littauer Bros, for the repayment of whatever sum is found to have been paid in consideration of the contract winth E. R. Lyon, as extended, in accordance with its terms, by tlie quar termaster's department. Opinion of Attorney General. "Having regard to the high penalties of the statutes above cited, which requires it to receive a strict construction at the hands of the department, it is recom mended that the opinion of the attorney general be obtained as to whether, in view of tho fact that the contract has been completely executed, that the entire consideration has passed and that the ar ticles stipulated for have been delivered to, and have become the property of the United States, the whole or a portion of the consideration shall be made the sub ject of the demand. “The fact that a member of the con gress was an active officer of the firm which made large sales of gloves and gauntlets to contractors with the quarter master’s department, should have caused the officer in charge with the making of such contracts to scrutinize their execu tion with a degree of diligence, measured by the likelihood of an attempted viola tion of the statute and should also have caused him to be on his guard for evi dence of financial weakness on the part of the principal In the performance of the agreement. The fact that, it was perfectly lawful for the bidder to make purchases of any firm engaged in the making of gloves', whatever their composition, made it difficult for the contracting officer to ascertain whether a corrupt intent exist ed, so long as the terms of the contracts xvere carried out In apparent good faith; and it made it similarly difficult to ob tain information of a positive character In respect to the execution of a particu lar contract that would justify a formal inquiry. It was the first duty of an of ficer charged with making purchases in behalf of the United States to see that, the articles procured were of standard quality and that the prices paid were rea sonable. The testimony elicited during the course of the investigation showing tlie prices paid, the profits realized and the, numerous rejections of goods which fell short of the standards established by the department shows that this duty was thoroughly and conscientiously per formed." ■ ■ - ' The South’s Negro Regiment. (From The New York Press.) The war department has unearthed a bit of forgotten history. When the uncivil war broke out New Orleans had a negro population of 26,000. ‘»f whom ne.arlj* half, or 12.000.. were free. The free negro population had been as high as 25,000. but tho growing excitement had driven many mulattoes and quadroons to France. They had French blood In their vc-iiia Tightly Loched From Nervous Spasms. Physicians Could Not Prevent Fits. Dr. Miles* Nervine Cured My Wife. Dr. Miles' Nervine has been successfully tried in thousands of cases of nervous disor ders, but neverlhas it made a better record than when used in the treatment of fits or spasms. Thousands of testimonials prove this, and in nearly every instance the writer has stated that the fits ceased after the first dose of Ner vine was given. The statement is repeated in the following: “Seven years ago my wife commenced having spasms or fits and 1 called in my home phvsician and he said she was para lyzed. He rubbed her with salt water and gave her calomel and she eventually got some better, but in a short time she had another attack. She was confined to her bed for three months and the doctor could not help her. She had fits frequently, some times very severe. Iler hands would cramp so we could not open them and she finally got so her jaws would become locked. Finally I saw the doctor was doing her no good and ordered a bottle of Dr. Miles’ Re storative Nervine. She received so much benefit from the first bottle that I got some moie. She has taken a number of bottles but has never had a fit since taking the first dose. She also thinks very highly of Dr. Miles’ Nerve and Liver Pills and is never without them. If there is any way of mak ing this testimonial stronger do so because of the good the Dr. Miles Restorative Nerv ine did mv wife.” —Wm. Y. Allen, P. M., Elkville, Miss. All druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. Miles’ Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Addrest rir. Miles Medical Co- Elkhart, Ind. ROYS t ' ■ ,' , , ■ ' ■ . ! -L I K I A r nx-x-vr who is willing to work a few hours I W I JOO J' after school on Fridays and on I K I Saturdays can earn many dollars by selling D I THE SATURDAY | EVENING POST L H | among his neighbors and relatives. You can i Et i begin at once. Absolutely no money K \ g , m I needed to start. Write us to-day and we \ I i \ g H g will send you the first week’s supply "A'ja H S of ten copies free. This will provide nCcJ ! ■ S fifty cents capital with which to start , | I | after that all the copies you require A g ! at the wholesale price. 5225 in extra V SATURDA * 1 | i cash prizes were distributed last month gfes EVENING I among boys who did good work ; the same I amount will be distributed next month among f POST I ! those who sell five or more copies a week. This is in addition to the profit on every E copy sold. -O ) I Don’t Delay—Write To-Day : || lfyouwilltryitwewilltakealltheri.sk. Just ra write saying that you will do so and everything ' necessary will be sent. f H The Curtis Publishing Company. 411 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. g and all spoke the French language fluently. Those who remained In New Orleans were gen erally men of property, or mechanics. Some had received a good education abroad. Many were slave owners. These caught the war f»*- ver and organized a negro regiment of eight companies for the “protection of the sou tn. They were under negro officers commissionei’ b> tlie governor and styled themselves the Na tive Guards of Louisiana! 1 The south was suspicious of these troops, and they were never allowed to go to the front. Butler called them to arms when tie held the city and enlisted them on the federal side as the First Louisiana Native* Guards. Colon-.! Bassett wa« placed in comman l. witn ail the oilier oflicers negroes. You remeiv ber the familiar cry- -“-\n>l the color, d troops fought nobly at Port Hudson.” They were the Native Guarl*. One of the captains, i Andre Caillioux. lost his life and became the hero of the negro soldiers It Is known, of couree that In the last -lay of the contederacy Mr. Davis’ cabinet seriously discussed the ad visability of arming the slaves to drive back the northern invaders. Mr. Davis himself favored the plan, but abandoned it becatwe it w;ls pointed out that to take the negroes from the farms would deprive the south oi its food supply. The Bible Suits All. The Premium Bible came three or tour weeks ago, hot do not think It is lack or appreciation that I have not expressed my thanks sooner, for 1 assure you that It came in good time, as I was wishing tor a new one. and one of that size, it is the nicest I have ever seen MRS. A. E. HUDSON. Paris, Tex., January .21, 1906. SEVEN YEARS FOR BOODLEF’. Former Councilman Lehmann Sen tenced at St Louis. st Louis. August 3.—ln the circuit court today Judge Ryan sentenced Ju lius Lehmann, former member of the house of delegates, to seven years' Im prisonment in the penitentiary on the charge of bribery in connection with the city lighting boodle deal. On request of Circuit Attorney Folk the parsing of sentences on Charles I'■ Kelly, former speaker of the house and former Delegates Edmund Bers-h and ChXs Denny was deferred. Kelly was convicted of perjury and the others of brib Ty in connection with 'the same deal. Boodle Charges Against Solons. Jefferson City, M 0... August A spe cial grand jury to inquire into legislative boodling w.as impaneled today by Judge Hoztll. In the course of his charge to the jury. Judge Ilazcll said: “The impression widely prevails in this state that dishonesty was practiced in bills pending before the legislature; that 'sand-bagging' was indulged in; that 'hold ups’ were common; tluit legislators re sorted to questionable methods and crim inal acts by accepting money from those who were financially interested in cer tain legislation. ft is further the im pression that these rnatters have not been probed to the bottom. "AVe now, charge you to make a thor ough investigation of these charges against the legislative department of our state government, as well as against all bribe givers, and if any one is believed to be guilty, so as to warrant a con viction. yoq should bring in a bill or an indictment against him. No good cit izen should submit tamely and quietly to such proceedings as are charged against the receni general assembly and others." UNIVERSITY IS LOSING MONEY. President Harper Refuses To Pay Chicago Water Bills. Chicago. August s.—The superior court has been called upon to decide whether the University of Chicago is operated for gain or is it a purely religious and char itable institution? The city of Chicago takes one view of the case and the university the other. It all came about over a bill for water. The city has been supplying water to the university without receiving any pay for it, until the bill ran up to $2,800. Then It sent a collector to call on Dr. William R. Harper. The collector came back without the cash, and then Superintendent Nourse threatened to shut off the water, where upon the university management petition ed the court for an injunction to restrain the city from carrying out Us threat It is based upon the city ordinance ex empting from the payment of water bills religious, charitable or educational insti tutions not operated for gain. President Harper avers_that the university is run ning behind at the rate of $200,000 a year. _ FROM CHICAGO TO BRAZIL. The Little Steamer San Salvador Will Sail. Chicago, August 6.—One of the longest trips ever undertaken by a steamer of its size and construction will be that of tlie little Brazilian steam ship San Salvador, now in Chicago. The vessel has just come from a ship yard at AVinthrop harbor, near Waukegan, and it will be necessary to follow a course of nearly 6.000 miles long to deliver the boat In Maranhao. It will go through the Illinois and •Michigan canal and the Illinois and Mis sissippi rivers to New Orleans. Thence it will go through the Lake Borgne canal to the coast and skirt the coast states and islands until it reaches its home port. The San Salvador will bo commanded by Captain Jake Chapman, of Concago, and its owner, Robert Wahl, a Maranhao merchant, will make the trip on the craft. LIGHTNING EXECUTES PERFECT PHOTOGRAPH Blackshear, Ga., August 6.—(Special.)— During a thunder storm about half-past 1 o'clock this afternoon the home of John D. Riggins, about one mile west of town, was struck by lightning and his little 12- year-old son, Harry, instantly killed. The house is a three-room frame structure. The center room is the family living room, while immediately in front of this is a bed room with two beds. Between these two rooms is a large trrick chim ney. In the room were Mr. and Mrs. Rig gins and four small children, Miss Ora Barnes, a sister of Mrs. Riggins, and two small children of C. Leon Johnson. They had just finish'd eating and were dis cussing the approaching storm when the discharge which brought such terrible ha voc occurred. The bolt struck the chim ney. tearing it down, hurling bricks all over the room. One hit Mr. Riggins on top of the head, cutting a deep gash and stunning him for about a second. Mrs. Riggins was stunned, but not seriously injured. It is here the mysterious side of the affair comes in. Little Harry, who was playing fully 60 feet distant under a pecan tree, was instantly killed, while Ray Rig gins. still further away, was sever> iy shocked, but otherwise uninjured. On the body of Harry is perfectly portrayed a 1 pecan tree. The picture is as perfect nr- \ a photograph and there is absolutely no ./ other mark on the body. / SCHWAB QUITS STEEL TRUST. He Is Succeeded as President by William E. Corey. i New A’ork. August 4.—The resignation of Charles M. Schwab, as president of the United States Steel Corporation, was tendered and accepted at a meeting of the directors today. AVilliam E. Corey was unanimously elected his successor. Mr. Schwab's resignation caused no surprise in financial circles, where it had for some time been foreshadowed. The new president was for years one of Andrew Carnegie’s ablest lieutenar.ts and is now president of the Carneg’e Steel Company, one of the subsidiary rjn. erns of the United States Steel Corp ration. It is sear.-.'ly more than a month .igo that Mr. Corey was made assistant to I the president. Mr. Schwab, h t tse of tho latter’s continued ill health. Mr. Schwab attended today's meeting of the directors, coming to town, it was said, for that especial purpose He ap peared to be in good health and s: irits. and seemed rather glad to be relieved of the duties imposed on the chief ex ecutive of the “billion dollar" < .rpora tion. The formal announcement of Mr. Schwab's resignation says ill health was the cause. How the Sporting- Editor Reported the Sermon. The theological reporter of an exchange being out of the city, the sporting . litor was sent to church, witli instructions to carefully review the sermon that was to ba preached by an eminent visiting di vine. says The Buffalo Enquirer. The sporting editor was up against a hard proposition, but he proceeded to make good as follows: “The weather was perfect and the grand stand and bleachers were packed. The Rev. Dr. Blankety-blank was in the box for the Unitarians, and he certainly had everything in the book. AVhen he tackled the New Jerusalem he used, the slow ball artistically, but when U warm ed up on hades he had speed to burn and whipped them over like a shot. He had swell control, and never lost sight of the plate for a minute, specially after it had been passed around. “The choir did a good deal of rooting from the players’ bench, and occasionally a voice from the bleachers yelled 'Amen!' Although it was an extra inning game he never let up for a minute and had the vis itors properly hook' d up thiough cit. put ting some of them to sleep. If he can only keep up the pace the big league is open for him next season Survivors of Company C, Eighth Georgia. Editor Constitution: AVIH you kindly inquire it there are any survivors of the Httie band that were captured with me 8 miles below Hlchmond on the Darla town road’ There were eighty-seven of us skirmishing AVe were cap tured by Butler's forces. A deserter from our C'Uc.pany had Informed Butler of our move ments. AA’o were put under a negro guard at Dutch Gap: were worked ten hours a day on one-fourth rations. Lee found out we were there, pent a nag of truce and offered to ex -hange prisoners, but we were sent to Point Lookout, where we were kept six months, guarded by negroes all the time. Ours was company C, Eighth Georgia, would like to hear front any one who was with me In that dark *l me - „ NORMAN STRATH AM. Abbeville. Ga. ■■ ♦ - CASTOR 1A For Infants and. Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough. Bears the Xy Signature of 7