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10 SOME COMMERCIAL. FACTS A BOUT ISTHMUS OF PA NAM A By Jos: Ohl. November 21.—(Special.)— The sensational developments upon the .Isthmus of Panama have brought to the department of commerce a flood of In quiries for commercial facts. While, of course, the predominating interest in the Isthmian situation centers around the construction of the canal. American tmsi r.eas men are quick to see the possib.lltios of extension of trade in that diiFf riot, j •and to meet this general desire for in formation. Secretary Cortelyou has had - th- bureau of statistics prepare a brief of the salient facts concerning the country and its present trade. There s not very much in the present .•trade for anybody, b-.it there can be no question that the construction of the • anal through the Isthmus will result in the development of the country to its highest possibilities—whatever these may he- and that American control there . ought to mean a practical monopoly of . the trade There ought. It goes without ; ' saying, be a good demand there sot . American cottons. The V'frt records at | J’ajmn.a and Colon < low :iiat American ■ '(•‘dry goods” loads th list of American , llmports. but do not show wmit propoi ■tion of the rotten goods, in view ot the ehar.o ter of the point t ry, however, .. •Is a fair a urnpiion that all. or almost th! f American cotton mills, and the samp process of reasoning wc 'seem to show that Urie greater port of tin.- U of th- character of go Ils of Geor- 'gta am’ South Carolina. And so should : the -■■.rtlv-rn n >1- S atly ' licrea .- oi .. ' . .’ lit ''../.eh may - come during the progress ami aft-r the j •roustrj- tion of i?.-'- United States Mow Has the Tie.de. ! Th-- figures show the commerce of Buna- | ma to bo cm-'ii. bn: ■>:’ tri:- tr. • J nit-d j. States ;" 1 larg eth other < -tmiir; . The importations at the port of Colon <lu: . g the ti.s --.1 year r - d Jun*. 30, ■1903. as shown by the r-port of the , I'nited States consul, amounted to 5952,- 684, of which 3614.179 w. s from the ' il'nired States. 3119.086 from France, j SI 18.322 from England. 376.386 from !. < : The figures year i 1903 show -*'■■' 1 those of 1902, in v.'l.i •!» t:ie vain-' o* the j. ,1m; t .'st Colon w-.' 3776.345. Os the ' 5614.179 imports from t Un; .-d .States j. at Coi'-'i in 1903. 3200.744 : dry gods, |5189.333 . $59,890 c'-.i, 538.642 (lumber. 332.900 keros . 830.400 Ji raors - and 531.940 hardware. The value of the , Imports i o.= ft f" the U.-si'-'d ■ J - 1 11 119C3 exceeded tho; oi 1902 by .'bout , J 8160,000. T i< 5Pm (States from Coir:; 1903 amount d to I ' 8173,370, ot wl 32 was bai -. 354.960 co = $12,472 f.mtl.t shC.s, ■ '89.400 ivory I '-. Sv. CO i:. - “I $5,924 '• From th- -.or! of Panama, th* exports to the I ■ s- « h.-- U .. --ar , -1903 a mm which 856,767 was hides. 3 327,805 cocol'.ql.. n u- ■ 316.598 i.■ ry nuts. 313.372 ■ . .. - ; 908 - " ■ . Tb- ronsui ;:t l’a: m:i . -ha-. / ■ I:. - {parted art-., -•? comt mostly f'.-.-c Eog- Tsnfi. Germany, Fran •'. Italy and tri- ; -I'nited St.i -. bat gives ;:<• F'.-ittst'.- s ; ,of the Imports The t’-ta! >i:r•* cf P.irirna nmout.ts to about 83,000.000 j • -r un , ::r - j He Cures 1 e : Makes th.? Lame Wa'k and Performs Modern • ‘U'scJes Wh?ch Astound aud -■ystray the Doctors. the Sick to Write Me,” Says it e C?eat Healer. Tell the pc jpie that mv Services are Free, So are the he " rny 20 “ZsTtinenf Specialists. Tel! C eri :hc-y can be Cured at l?ome: Thai J a n \ .; my Crest Discovery to the Woric‘ T : : ■ Be We?l and Enjoy theTru ' Jiessings cf Perfect Heaith. ■' x ***‘>*> "siv?T». ‘v?A Z-X. . 5 V '-.Z ■ . ! ’■* X\ v,/ "iC 4 ,.- X .’’-:■ ■ , I Z ’ PROF. THUS. i’’. AOF.iN. Rays I’rof. Adkiit, tl> . ■,■ . ■. . wan :is daily curing men and women - f the I very worst dtseas-'.-- ict-r ; arm „ de" tors i hav." j.renounced their < ..- imp- i. -s. His | method of ti- 'tin nt is -on:".what my-:- j but 'll" t; ’ ' ’-"I- 1 •'■’ ■ nr--s the. j rick when ail else fails, wlun tiio doctors : lose hope and science despairs, is demon- I Strato.! b'vend controvor. . No matter j whether you hav-‘ consumption. Kidney ; Trouble. Rheumatism. Catarrh, Dyspepsia I or simply an ordin-u" cold or ft-’i r, they ;' er-' al! alike to l J i >f. Ah. .in H-- cures j them all, he cures you qui- ':.y. painless- ,! ly permanently at your own home. He ulso tells you a secret methr-d which | you may keep yourself In perfect health, i Without exaggeration. It -an bo r.afely ■ sa d that Prof. Adkin is ti e most inter- I citing, romarka’ble and wonderful jfliysi- I . Inn*healer of the age. His only talk, his j oifv tlmught is How to e ’.ro Incurables, i to bring hope to the hopeless, joy, sun- I shit " and happiness t<> rhe miserable I rnd suft'Ting. He Is truly carrying on a I gr.tnd work. II" is president of one of the larcest healing institutions In the world. He employs twenty eminent T>h’.'siciatis ami specialists to assist him •with his work. He spends thousands of ilollars ■ -•. cry v. .ir in g>-ing free .-idvice end help t-> th*.- > ‘k. .4" matter where ” •. best sp may 1•' yours. All you have to do Is to write a Ic tr t<s Prof. Adkfn describing lation to about 300,000, and its urea to 31,571 square miles, cr nearly equul Io that of the state of Indiana. The prin cipal ports are Panama on the Pacific ami Colon on the Atlantic side and tin-so ports are visited annually by more than 1.000 vessels, which land over 1,000,000 tons of merchandise and nearly 100,600 passengers, chiefly for transfer over the Panama railway, 47 miles in length, con necting the Pacific port of Panama with the Atlantic port of Colon. Colon, or Aspinwall, as it. is sometimes called. In s a population of about 3,000 iw-rsons. The city of Panama has a population of about 25.000. It was found ed in 1519, burned in IGT 1 and rebuilt in 1673, while Colon is of much recent, date, having been founded in 1855. The population, wfiiich, as already indi cated, amounts in numbers to about 300,- 000. is composed of various elements— Spanish, Indian, negro and a limited num ber of persons from th.- European coun tries ar.d the United States, especially those engaged in commerce and transpor tation and the operatii nos the Panama railway A cor., ider.n.ble number of the population is comp-.ised of persons brought to the isthmus as iabo-er- tor the con struction of the canal, and of their d--- - abolition of slaverj in Jarnah a a -iu shl< ■ mmber of l.la- ks and n. V-ittocs have settled on t'G i. Vilnius a : .-ni’ill dcub- rs and 1 armors, in some vlllag-.- on the Atlantic side t icy :ire sai-.I to 1..- 1 t’A- mo.ioriZ", :;»<! as a resuit the English language is much in use. -pr-cially m the .Atiaiitlc side. Some or the native population have retained their custom -. speech and physical type, '■specially those in the western part of the province, and ciatm to be descendants of the natives found Ir. that section by tile Si'Uiiards wh'ii I'uey discovered and -• <:»nqvi p r<*u i■ ,p co11 n11'?• ’• Steamship Connections. Panama i. coiim-eted with San Eranels co by a v. ekly steamer :-chedulo operated b,. the Pacific Mail Siearaehip Company a :ni with Valparaiso by *i weekly steamer o; ' i-alnd by the Pc'-iflo Steam Naviga tion Company and South American Steamship Company. Two passenger and two freight trains leave I'anama daily for Colon and Colon daih for Panama. The time for passenger trains over the 47 miles is three hours. From :WBta there !s one cable line north to American ports and one to the south '-in t». time consumed in com- municating with the United States and receiving an answer is stated by the con sul to be usually about four hours. Thera rro also ear. io lines from Colon to the United States and Europe. The money of the country is silver, the rate of exchange having averaged dv.r :.:g the post year about 150 per cent. GENERAL YOUNG UP HIGHER. Nomination as Lieutenant General Confirmed Last Monday. Vi ishlugton. November 16.—Several pe titions p;-.'testing against Senator Smoot retainiiig his seat were presented in the senate toda.y and referred to the com mitte < privileges and election.--. After an exeeiitivo session the senate adjourn ed. The s'-nato In rx -cuiive f':<sion c--n --flrmcd the following nominatior..': John Bi ri -tt, Oregon, minister pitnipotentiary t- Aryei: ti. i. John E. ,-kson. New Jer sey. i. .i.-i-i' nipotentiary io Gree-i-e. ■ ■" i p.■'.-.-. o i ex.pl ’in th- proper •(•id-, niil not cost Vol";! smgle cent. No y js aslt'-d f<>: this service, none is I, n If you s> and w. nt ro make :. do-. ii,m ;■.-:■ pure -■" of .’.'irrvlng - n th" w .ii . :■ . 1 will be Hi: Pkfully ro ' ■ !’■. 4. I’rof. Adkin will also send ev<--ry •" ,i v.-'i i wilt .-■ him. w'o.hin the n st thirty days, a ;r..- copy of bis won derful m w b-.'ok, i-niitl' d "How to be ci:r-d and How to euro others." This book is highly indorsed by lerMlng physl <-ia: c, i' contaom !:>v :’!• al i.- information I i- g.ird : > <h.-'. as-'-s ::d what tn do In .as .-■• of emergence. It rhourd bn In rr horn' - . Rerivmd -r it . - -ts you noth it •: if you wrile to Pro)’. Adki i now. Mrs. <’ A. Brownell, o l ' IYn.no, Okla homa, writ' .-: "1 v e '■ tortui' d tor months by tm-rible mlns In my ur-'l, and this t- .tether with loss of si. '■■;>. began to iff. i t my mind. Your treatment has, d.me won-lers for mo. I sleep well nights n d tfins'- t rrlblo pains in my liead are w! : ei, Gi,d. hope fins taken tho Mace of dospondenev and 1 have a now ' of HU'” Ab v. .Uott'.'it, of 338 Brown St.. 11.>.-h<-«- r. ?-!. Y., writes: "Wh n I applied to -■’ treatment 1 was ns 1 mir-ht rc'-y a phy.ci a! wreck, suffering from pains In ‘ho .-Ims!' ami stomach, also poor <ll - and on tie verge of nervous i'rosiration. 1 had tried most overvthiug and had about glv'n up when I tried your trnatm.■■>;:. My pains have go-*.-, my nerves are strong and 1 feel like a new man. I wish you snocess in your noble V.. wri s "I have boon ■ offering from rover.' r-tricturo ami bladder trouble for over throe years'. I was given up !.- my physk-i m as Incurable. My urine had to .be drawn from me and the scalding and burning was luP-nso. My suffering was i'.lnio.-t im.beai Jo. I took advantage of vour off- r. and to my er.-at astonishment I was relieved the second day. Yom* miros are certainlv wonderful.” Mr.'. ?-!. A. T.vnch, of 1522 Girard Ave . T.os Angeles, Cal., writes: "Two months ago T was almost prostrated with in somnia ami general il-bility. from wh’eh I had suffered sixte n years. T could sleon at most only two O” three hours out of the twenty-four T suffered with severe henda.che and neuralgia could scarcely i ndure a sound. I f,-el like a now being. The results of Vihionathf ■ treirtment tn mv ease have certainly br-i-n wondorful." If sick be sure to write Prof. Adkin ni once for frr-o help. B P sure to state the loading symptoms of vour disease, how l-msr you have been sick. cte. Y-mr letlcr will he trcrited v-Hfi th- strictest emfid-n- ■■■ and r • iv-' Im-'ieili ite .-.’icn •lon. '.(ld: ss Prof. Thomas F. Adkin, Office 232 13, Rochester, N. Y. THE WKKKJA’ OO:NSTiT(JTIOK# ATLANTA MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1903. I j oil POSITIVELY CUREiS BY VIBRO DISCS, f; j SEND IODAY FOR FREE TREATMENT, j Vibro Discs cure Rhenmntism. They cure it ! quickly’—they cure it thoroughly—they cure it to ; stay cured absolutely and forever. These are broad , clanns, bul you don't have to take my word for them. I will give you n. chance to prove every one Os them I could till this entire page with truthful i statement* '■.!)<-ut mv wonderfu? new euro lor Rhen- I 1 rnrti hi. but you will be fur hotter satiailed to have and try the remedy yonrsidf. Therefore, I am go ing to'nmil you n full i ' i of Vibro Discs absolutely free, If you ioinplv send mt' jour name and address. Vibro ld.es cure Rheumatism in a totally different wav from any roniedy or treatment ever known be fore. Thev loosen th * <i».*u'ly poison by Galvanic Vibratitui and then draw U. out through the soles of th.) fact by a »'ew and v onderful j rocess of ab borpiioa. It is the only treatment that effectually J cures, because it >• tie? only treatment that dis- . lodges and -xpr.ls the lt» the last particle. | ( 11 you pii'ter from ThU cruel «lis« ase ■■ on need suffer | f> no longer i will euro yon* Khrnniatif in just »s I : Js r.i’A as you write me. And r< member you don’t • J P have to send any money not one cent. Yon have J ■ only to give your name and address and this ma.- vol- ■ : S out'treatment will bo forwarded to you at once and I B ’• itbo’it.cost. M ith it will go an cb .rant lilnstrab d I ! J book on llheumntisni, which explains the cause and | I H etho ls <>t’ the diseatie as it never was done before, ( j 3 (‘an you eflord to endure the agonies of Rheumatism j ■ B and risk being crippled for life wlu n you can get this j B wonderful Vibro j'refitment simply for the asking! S Write me tod?y and you will receive it promptly. I ■ FROL S. MALCfiIM WITSOf, Dept. 53, Battle freet, Mi- li. j tns! -sci B .... I-t'Ov-nnnl-i ai:'..l t-.-ivi i, diplomatic agent in • j Bulgaria; S.'infor-l N- well, Minnesota, j . minister plenipotenti ry to the Nether- | lands and L-ix-'-rnb-.ii;: g; 11-. I Fing. Jlidl- 1 ■ igan. mlni'-U-r pj-'.-nipoteiitia ry to Siam; ; S. i’. F'.iiF . Illinois, .- -. ereiar.v of tho etn- ! bassy . t St. l'< tei .-burg, llii.-sia; !.■ wis ; Eiii. t'-ii.. New York, third s • rotary of ; ■ th'- tt ibas: ;- at Paris; Philip M. Frown. ; ' McsstehiiS'-'ti , seci-'-tary of tin- Jega-ion ' ' t-> Guatemala anil Honduras; James G. j 1 Bailey, Kentucky, secretary of trie lega- | tlm: tn NitCc--ta JUca and Salva- ■ dor;-John \V. Garii-n. Maryland, secretary I of the ii'ga.to the Netherlands and i Lux-mbourg; f’eti-r Aagmtue Jay, Rhode . Island, S'-cri.'ary o' tlm legation at. Can staniin.inle; Si.inton Si -kl<•«, N< w York, I i seeretar.v of legation at Brussels: Robert M. W in'lirop .Mme-;, .-.hr.-ctls, s-- r.-tary of legation at Madrid; 11. P. Fletcher. Pi-tm .'vi.aniu, sei'n<i .-' ■■ • t.-iry it’ legal!.m at j'.'.-J-at; C. l.'irilbud Riiod- Isiatid, second s-. , r-tary "f ligation at Havana; ■ U. G. Smith. Penns;. Ivanla, second secre tary of l-g;‘tion til. '' -tunttnoplo; H I’ t.;:f-r-‘. Minnesota, s-rviee i -mm!;- ] . sinner; 11. .'-I. ''l li- '-a.-b. Maryland. clil--f ■ : jti-tlce i-f the s.'.pi-'-mn • c-r; ut the ths- i tii.-i. of Colii.'nlna ; .i. C i'rlt' imrd, North I'.-it-ollil.-l, - - ci 1 -■ , ■ i>; iiie .-.i.ipreme ■ court of the Disiri'.-t of Columbia'; S. N. i Hext'-:’ Nor'h, Massaei-iiisi.-tts, director ot , the v'ltsu.s; P. S. Giner, New Y-rk, assis- j laid seori-tar. i-.f war: J. Il Vreeland, at torney lOf Hi'- dl.-triet <y New Jersey. To be- lieutenar.t p.-?m-ra!, Major General Sat uel B. M. your; , I'nlt'-d States army. To b" major g--i i.il. Brigadier General S 'lnui-I S. f-m-iivr; i ’olom I (h-orge 21. Fi li nt, I'nited Stat-s m.-irme corps, to be ! brigadi'-r >:.■ -.u-ral, comm.im! int of tile ma- I t Also a number of army, »-a\y ma- ; ; rim- -"-!>« p:.)niotio,i: and appointments. - » » Wit- ;: you buy Rye MTa. kv you want i •it p-.iru You get it when v<.-u buy the I .K< llcrsti . Ry-j. Re td tii-.ir adv.-rtF' - i incut on the last page. j TOM HORN HANGED. X I C'l . - . ’- Lom |l!m Sioux In.liar. m’--i.Ar al: d ‘■attic de- I I tective. today went .- uiiling to tile gal- i ; lows to expiate the (-rime of murder- ■ i in« Willie Nickell. 14 y- :irs old, whom ' | Horn si.ot and ki.'l. d on Julv 13. 1901, at ■ | Iron Moam- in. The trap dropned at > : I i ;08 <>•< Io II: vas nr-.i, 1 ■ Bud six! - i. miiiii'i-- lie war I'l’p- j non need dead. | Peter Moitc-nzen Shot in. Utah. i ; Salt I. ke. Tiah Novi-inin'r 20 —Peter i I Mort the slayer of Jam<s H. Hav, j ' was shot to death in the slate yenltt-n- ti: . ird at 10:31 titis morntim. Main- i t'linii’g his isiw-i-e.io the last, he walk j i-l to the chair j.dni'-l against tl,o heavy j . stone wall of the ja ison yard without | i v jiia and bid tb.e guards and di,i.itt . I el.'riffs goo !.y with no ti -nior in hi." , i volMori, nz.cn was killed instantly, i i four bullets from the rilles of the execut- I i Ing- satm-i, coi -d behir-tl a think cur- 1 l tala in th'" "'r of the blacksmith shop | : 12 yards distant, pler-'ing tile white target j pinned over ills heart. M rt'-nzea r« ;u-cd to see ministers, - . of his own lie’-ot', the .Mormon, or I i of : ay otlie: <1 -nomination and also re- I ■ fus'd stimulants, saying ho needed i neltiior. The choice of death by shooting I or hai’ging Is given comF-mned in Utah, ! i and Mortee.zo.i eltose to meet his death by I • the bullets of his prison guards. HANNA SACKS SUBSIDY BILL, ; i Says He Made It an Issue in the I Ohio Campaign. , ' N-w Yi. rk, November 20. -S. na.tof : ' llu.-ina, of Ohio, was one of the speakers ■ ; at the. annual banquet of the Society of ; Naval Architects -tonight. Among those 1 i present wa-- R. A. Post, of the Newport j ■ News Shipbuilding Company. Mr. li-inna ' defended the shipping bill. The senator d-1 lared that during tho i i campaign lie made tin- shipping bill an ; i.e-.i'., and every where ft. was well re- ! I ceivcd. "l did tl,i-.” hr said, "that the public | ; might know the bill was not dead. The '.-harga was made against mo by the op- 1 position bi Ql;h> that I supported this ; bill. I told my constitiiei'ts that if they j * sent me back io th-'- f nate I would try j ■ again to pas- the si iiying bill, and that j ' l would keep on trying until 1 got it i through, Om. "f the most Important things we I -i- ■ a tud-'v," be continued, "is an auxil iary to oit m-vy. Those of us who had ! .riem-e in the Spanish war discovered Out- farmers did not know or ap pr< ci.-ite our n---d In ibis direction. I told them ti'.tt if there should ba it war be tv.’ - ti any any other Important mari time country tltr-ir grain would rot in - thill" graincries without an auxiliary to our navy. Ju your educational camjriign, m< ■ the .-■ nae is all right. Itegin : 1 on the house." They IVill Meet at Nashville. « ■ T. . i-vil'-'. No- <-;m . r .8. The next all - ic'd reunion of tlm United <'oufi'der.ite j Veterans will be held In Nashville, Tenn. ' This d- -Is.'on by 'B - \- ulivo commlt j tt-> of the m.-iation, al’t'-r ii was report : <d to them that: Nm liville would with draw its invitation on aeco.mt of alleged i difi'renees in the state organization of ; veterans, earns as a surprise. It was the ' re ult, however, of a m.-w coup on the I part of N.-islivl’le, that city sending i t night, i This delegation made its appearance be fore the committee this morning, and after stating tli.it their Invitation to the veterans was not withdrawn, cast its ■vote in fn.v.'r o' Eouis ville. Missouri followed suit and Ixiulsville stood in great I dinger of being chosen until the chair- I man. Colonel Renm-tt H. 1 (>ung. announc , cd that this city had before it the bi'm , j nlnl encampment next summer of the Knights of Pythias and that as It would . i O'T.ur near the time usually selected by i ih- veterans, for their meeting, the local I camp did not fee] that It could assume I the responsibility. .... | Bible Earned cy Mandamus. i Lincoln, Nvbr., November 20.—-The mt- I preme court of Nebraska, today issued a : writ of mandamus against tin teacher cf ' district ; -hool No. 21. in Gage county. I ord-'rirg Imr not to rc id the Bible to her t pupils Th. oise was tried some time : ago. th. supreme court deciding that sec tarian knowledge should not be imparled j In the public schools. BLIZZARD HOWLS IN THE WEST At All Points the Mercury Has Ta ken a Tumble. Chicago. .November 17.—A cold wave— i the first of the seoson-is general through- i out tho west today, temperatures in lowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and in tho neighboring states being but little • above zero. The mercury in most cases dropped from 30 to 40 degrees over night. Snow and some delay of trains is report ed from western Kansas. Omalta, Neb"., November 17.—The mer cury registered 5 degrees above zero ut 7 o’clock this morning. The low tem perature is general over Nebraska and western lowa and several points report zero weather. Kansas City, November 17.—A cold wave swept over this part of the south west l ist night and in western Missouri, throughout Kansas and in the territories today the thermometer averaged 14 degrees above zero, the coldest of the season. Des Moines, lowa, November 17.—The mercury dropped 35 degrees in the la- st twenty-four hours, the weather bureau reporting 10 degrees above zero at 7 a. m. Bloomington. Ills., November 17.—At 6 o’clock this ntvni:ii ff the temperature 20 degrees above zer-., a drop of 40 de grees in twelve hours. SIOO REWARD, SIOO. The reader;- of this i- will be pleased to learn that there is at buic*, one dreaded disease that science has be*si.ie to cure m all ita and that is Cmarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only pesiih cure now known to • lie hi" li'-ai fraternity. Catarrh tie!ng a uonstl tu-.i nii’i 'disease, mqur i constltulonal treat :ii«'i.i. Hall - Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon tbu blood and mucous <«f :?.«• sy.- te.ru, i •*r’ , by destroying the f i;n l,ittciH iff the dis' and giving the pa tient treng'.h by buiMing up the nst.lt'i tima and as. l ung n it : • Jn doing itj work. 'l’.ie propri<’ oi’p have much faith In its curativ'* pov. t-rthat *;.- y One Hundred V. Pili s for 'iny case th.o. it fails to cure. Send f.. l'st of testimonials. Adilrr-s F. J. CIICXET & CO, Toledo, 0 Fold Druggists, 75c. Holl’s Family I’lH-’ the beat ACRE DISPUTE IS SETTLED. 1 Terms of Treaty Signed by Brazil j and Bolivia. Rio Janeiro, No-... her 21.—8 y Hua! treaty settling th< Acre dispute, which , was signed yesterd-'i;• 1-y th- represen- : Brazil . la, Brazil re- I tains :Acre ’ ■ -•.-■ a i far ■ s the : I Ith degree of latii. H -, in rot :rn for the p.".yment to Bolivia of S 10.000.000, the • building 'f a raiit' A to Bolivia and the cession to Bolivia ot three thousand : square kilometers of the territory. Iu- . der tlie treaty" Bravl obtains about 160 - 000 sque.r.-- kilom-.'t'• ■ In the upper Acre, ( upper l’u< - is and -pper -I irita district"', so far ns the ob veuth degree of latitude ■-.outli, wldie Roli'"- gets 3.000 square , kilom- ters on the : der of Matto Grosso ; and the River Mad- i".i, besides the $ 10,- | 000.000. which is pa'. able 1n installments ; and comn" i‘"i d fe dittos. The amount ■ Brazil pays Bolivia will be employed in . the constru -fton e,f a railroad to faclli- t-- -onii.i'-: a- an>: Br.iz.il will construct I ■'■ ■ ■";■ fr< n the M-i ih-lr.i. r!v- ! -r to the Stiver Mamoro. i Opium. Morphine, Free Treatment- , Painless home .re guaranteed. Fres i trial. Dr. Tucker. Atlanta. Ga. Rode on Bad. of Bull Moose ; Duluth. Minn.. N-vember 21. 1. D. ■ f'arnpb'-11, a promiii'-nt and w- .iltny clti- : »-n ot Duluth, had hi <xi itinr. ride on , the bac k of a huge -- dl moosi- 40 mib's ■ north <»:' here. < nipl" 11 and :. !-.’ty of three were | Hunting in the big - nip when suddenly j they < iine upon ’ mcose. Cample 11 ' mounted its back wa. a single leap, ana I •i wav wont th- i' i u animal through j ii thicket and bri: . Campl 11, wl itlclpated no seri- . ous d ing-'r from r,fe a . tormance, clung : - peratel; to his [josi ton thf animal, i which, aft -r a wild run of a. mile or ■ more, plunged ii.i.i i slough, where the : Tno-ist- sank to Its How and Its rider dis- | mom t--'l in safety, finally killing the : .-ii'ii'i • with one w-11-tireq shot. . Confirmed by the Senate.. V> a.’hlngton, N---.. inbt'i 19.—The s-'iate , i't r-xi i-utive session today confirmed the f. 4io wing nomin.it ions: J din Russell, MisslssU.,l, collector of, (■■■stums for the cllrtri -t o: Natch'.z. Miss.; ' S. T. I-’, hd'-r, postmaster at Spartanburg, i s. c Thousands of Sheep Freezing'. j Sidney, Nebr., Novemler 20.—Passen gers on east bound Union Pacific trains I report 50,000 or more si.cep freezing to ! d. ath In deep snow <i> i't ■ north of Evans- ' Ville. Wyo., on the Oregon Short Line. A New Cure For The K«eys, BLADDER, RHEUMATISM, Bright’s Disease, Dropsy, Gravel, Back ache, General Weakness. Nervous. Urin ary, Liver anti Stomach Troubles. 3 Remedies Free. The Pupe Kidney Clinic ' 11l send on trial, by prepaid mail, to any r illercr, uhethtr man . nr - >«iu/i, a complete M-i. -y course oi their three new remedies th t > .-nntly relieve ami quickly cure all forms oi Kt-Jney, Bladder, Urln- . ry D I tb< tii’ins. No money Is wan ed just write and tell them where to eend th.- in- FAATfHxY' xa-'T t alvl j It hat This Jb'ree g f aeM»c l ontama. One large cowce of Fort la A-—Reconstructs : the broken-up tissue, ret. alizes the muscular ; filler, revives the te?-l lire, -moves obstructions that cloy rl’riier--:-e ■:, aating waste matter, < 1. aii.-cs nil tin- poms, buib: - upand strengthens the weak and feeble KMneys, re-establishing complete, natural, henltiiv function. One Ic.i-qe course of Ferm/ I ''. 71.—Strnhis out Os tho blood nud system uric a. id and other kidney poison. cause of JUu ec: tn.in. Urine is neu tralized. Mm'ous.ciitiirrbU passes offandout. The Bladder F li'-aled, jnllmnmatiou and irritation subside, j;- unt-ion. Frequency, (espeeially at night), ] lim'iil and all Urinary dif ficulties are permanently o’.< rcome. Gravel and grauular deposits are di solved, the urinary passages nre restored to a healtny condition. And a large course of Formula C—to immediately arrest the undermining consequent upon Kid ney I>iscases. Kegularesth" diver, Stomach and digestion, relaxes constipated Bowels, purifies the Blood, nourishes tissue, bone, muscle ami spine. Aches and pains are instantly relieved. Is unfailing in tonin-gthe general system. In fuses life and vigor into cviiy vital organ and Strength all over the entire body- This is the most exhaustive, thorough and complete treat ment ever formulated for the cure of these de structive diseases. 'J'hrre is rot one sufferer in the, whole v'orht who can afford to Im re these, reined les un tried. Write at once to the Pope Kidney Clinic, H Sixth St... Covington, Kv., telling where to send them, and that you want to b° convinced ot a permanent cure before spending it penny, and the complete :>o-day course each of the For mulae, A. Band C, will be forwarded by prepeid mail ivithout one cent of expense to you. “Songs of the Soil” |. By TRANK L STANTON Before a Fire. The red sparks up the chimney race Ab it they’d never tire; My chair—my slippers—all In place:— Thank heaven for a fire! A fire—end just a book or two, While walls the wind the black night ; through! I am not rich—as Fortune goes— Though riches I admire. But—peaca to all my friends and foes!— Thank heaven for a fire! A fire—and just a book to make Night sweeter for its own, dear sake! A corner, free, from tongues that rail, , Is all that I desire! No bitter wtanglings here assail:— I Thank heaven for a fire! Sweet, silent friends—a book or two— | And Night Is Bight, and skies are blue! | * • • • • Dictated. "Put down dar, in de letter, dnt she sweet ez honey," said the colored brother. "All right." "En sugarcane—w’en it’s done turned t.er morlasses.” "I’ve got it." "En 'possum—fat, ’possum—w’en bacon is 12-cents a pound!" | The Wind's Question. De Winter Win’ say—"Whar is you?— ' Whar you at. en yo’ fa.rnbly, too?" En I up en tell him—"Go yo’ ways! I lef dis place in de Summer days! Dey ain’t no use fer t r projick roun', , En Aake d. shutter, en freeze de g-.oun'; ! "You'll never seo me open dat do’ ’Tvvel Springtime come, en de ’A inter . go!" Good Times in Georgia. - Old Georgia’s in the saddle, an’ the ride ; is not in vain: Away go lads an' lassies to the grindin’ of the cane! The gray frost on the meadows—the , moonlight in the. lane— Good times in Georgia, now, believers'. The squirrels jest a-bark!n' 1n the hlcK 'ry- trees aroun’; The rotton-wagons rumblin' on the breezy road to town; The trees a-wavin’ welcome; the red j leaves dancin’ down— Good times in Georgia now, believers’ i What care we for the cornin’ o’ the win ter-wild an’ drear? i Within, the hearth is blazing. a.n’ the skies of Home ar" fair; 1 Th' re’s dancin’ in the cabin, an’ you’ll swing your svveethear'n there ' Good times in Georgia now, believers! • 4 * * Holiday Notes from Billeville. I 'Uli.- is 111. season win •: the turkey goh- I i files, but very few of ns are able to gob ' ble tit'' turkey. One has more fii'iMs ’long about Christmas than any other tim- in the ‘ year: and some of us never torg't how j mu- li they cost us. 1; is providential that holiday? ‘ come only once a year. Very few ol ; us could stand them any oft -aer. ■ If there were just one day in a lif' j ■ linn- hi which to I'" happy, it would sti'i ; be something to live up to. If All Times We*re Love Time. If all times were love time, And work time were i-luy; ; If Winter clasped ever A red rose of May, i How sweet, then, to love ; c:— To love you alway! : But Dife hath its duty, And Time will not stay; The blight and the beauty .Are I.rive’s—day -by day; But sweet—sweet to love you, To love you alway! •»• « • A Victim of Government. made corn enough this year." ea!<] ' the Georgia moonshiner, "to keep all the -1 moonshine distilleries in the deestrlck r uinin’ till spring; but jest when 1 wuz I a-gittin’ ready fer business, ’long come ' the revenues an’ bagged the tvitole ; “Too bad I’’ "You’re right it wuz. Oh, that 1 lived 'in a country whar people is free, an’ don't know no more of government than ’ what’s set down in the dictionary! ’ Fixing For Christmas. ’ They're Axin' for the Christmas time, an’ countin’ all their joys— Bushels big of sugarplums an' wagons full o’ toys; Just as they used tn figure it the old an’ gray-haired boys— An’ blessings on their bright dreams in the mornin'! They're Axin' for the Christmas time— just as we did of old When we hoard the reindeer runnln’? | with their tinklin’ bolls of gold; An’ the good J.ord send ’em Christmas- ■ all their rosy arms can hold— An’ blessings on their bright dreams in the morn In'l Wintry Notes From Billville. j The big oak fires are blazing bright as the Hereafter to a sinner’s vision. Rabbits, three for a quarter, and 'pos sums plentiful as a poor man’s troubles. Three Literary Suppers lust w.-,-k. Wa have to feed our authors at least once a year. Several predictions of the end o' the world for December —so it’s no use to lay In an extra supply of firewood. I? one didn’t have an almanac he could I still toll that Christmas is close at hand: I The moonshine distilleries are running i night and day. I De Li'l' Chillun. Bless dem Hl' chillun— Each curly IST head. Dreamin’ er do Chris’mus En de reindeer on de shed; Axin’ w’en dey coinin’, Ez you tuck ’em up in bed— Sleep, 11’1’ honey, 'twel de mawnln'! Bless dem 11T chillun!— Dey talkin’ night en day 'Bout Mister Chris’mus cornin' What been so long away; En dey ruther have de Chris’mus Dan de mockin’birds er May— Sleep, UT honey, 'twel de mawntu'l Where He Missed It. "Well, suh,’’ said the disappointed col ored brother, "de longer I lives, de bigger fool I gits ter be!" “That'S pretty much, the way with most of us. 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While-, tin- iaili.'s a: ■ | preparing to look quaint and charming in : round skirls, ptlerine bodies and demui- • bonnets ,atld art cultltating as I>--t th y : may the bottle-neck shoulder that was I deemed the height of elegance seventy I years ago, the dandles of today aii,- grad ually but surely adapting their appear- * ance to a- .semblance of the same period. Averse as they are from startling cliau.'U'.s. men I’-ako the concessions I" I si .vies first of al! in small but effects • Items, one of the most notieealxle will In- observed as an accompaniment of the dress suit. The newest watch guard for evening wear (watch guard is an older term Ilian watch chain) Is so quaint that. It carries those who behold it back in Imagination to the early days of Count d'Orsay and Hord Disraeli. It Is a narrow band of black moire siik ornamented at the en 1- with delleatcly fashioned diamond bu-klcs. 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