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DIGNITY AND POWER OF THE SENATE CURTAILED BY M’KINLEY; GEN. 'BUTLER A BLOT ON HISTORY —Senator ftoar in "Autobiography of Seventy years" New York, November 20.—Senator . George F. Hoar's "Autobiography of Sev- [ enty Year*” was Issued today by Charles Scribner’s Sons. The two good sized volumes into which the venerable senator from Massachu setts has compressed the recollections of his long and distinguished career are, as was anticipated, a valuable and Inter esting contribution to the political history of the country, and the memories of his wide and often close acquaintance with the foremost men of letters of his time have also furnished many delightful chapters. Those who anticipated that Senator Hoar would reveal the inside se crets of the momentous events his career h*s covered will be disappointed. The thirty-two chapters of the first vol ume cover the period from .vs boyhood in Concord to the national convention of IBBS. The chapter titles, such as "Fa mous Concord Men,” “Harvard Sixty Years Ago,” "Foundation of the Republi can Party,” "Sumner and Wilson.” "The House of Representatives in 1869,” "Re construction,” "The Electoral Commis sion,” "The Belknap Impeachment,” etc., give an idea of the extent of Senator Hoar's work. In brief sketches Mr. Hoar has esti mated the more. prominent men with whom lie served in congress, paying a , friend's tribute to them. The chapter on "Reconstruction” is especially inter- 1 esting. He says: "It w.is never contemplated by them to | give the right to vote to a large number , of illiterate citizens without ample provi- ( sion for their education at the public t charge General Grant accompanied his ( official announcement to congress of the , adoption of the fifteenth .imendtne t. with an earnest recommendation of such a pro- ■. vision. Earnest efforts were ma io to ac- > complish this result by liberal grants from tile national treasury. Many liberal and i patriotic southern democrats supported it. But it was defeated by the timidity, or * mistaken notions of economy, of north- ' ern statesmen. In my opinion this de feat accounts for the failure of the policy I of reconstruction so far as it has failed. ' I do not believe that self-government witli universal suffrage could be main- < tallied long in any northern state, or in < any country in the world, without ample < provision for public education." I Mr. Hoar then discusses the negro qnes- ; ‘lon briefly and expresses the belief that reconstruction has not been a failure. j Senator Hoar thus speaks of James G. , Blaine: 1 “James G. 111. line was a man of many 1 faults and many infirmities. Rut his life is ‘ a part of tne history of his country. it will beti, r for his reputation that the ’ chapter of that history which relates to 1 him shall be writ:, n by a historian with < a full and clear sense of those faults and inflrmitb concealing nothing, and ex- < tenanting nothing. But also let him set 1 naught down In mallee. Mr. Blaine was < a brilliant and able man. lovable, patri- <■ tie, 1' :: seeing, kind.. He nei-’d in a great , way under great responsibilities.” ( General Butler Roasted. ‘ The autobiography touches with a sin- ' gularly gentle pen most of the men it ( mentions. There L; but one exception, 1 and that is when Mr. Hoar teaches Ben- ’ jamin F Butler. A chapter of thirty four pages is devoted to General Butler, f Senator Hear says: ? "His military career was, with the ex- I ception I have st ited (the war admi I a t; n of New Orleans) disgrac. ful to him self and unfortunate to the country. From the beginning of Butler's recruit! / for 7 the war, wherever ho was In command came rumors of jobs, frauds trading with. rebels through the lines, ..ml th- putU.ig of unfit persons in responsibile positions.” ' Mr. Hoar reviews General Bti'iei i nidi- ! tary career in considerable detail and with great frankness, concluding as lows: ( "General Grant got tired of him at last ' and ordered him to report at Lowell. So ! ended the military career of incompe fence, boasting and failure." General Butler's career after the war I TEXAS IS PROSPEROUS. E. P. W< st, of Dallas, T x . spent last Thursday in Atlanta. In speaking of Texas, he said; With the exception of the boll weevil ravages In some sections of our state this has been one of the best years In the history of Texas. "The grain crop was never better. There Is abundance of corn, oats and wheat to supply all local demands with a hand some surplus for the outside niarkt t. Texas shipped this season about two thousand car loads of watermelons, ean tculopes and vegetable; to the east, .-.nd is now harvesting a magnificent crop of : .< e and sugar cane. "The cattle on the western Texas I r inches are all fat and in first-class eon- • dition for the winter. Abundant autumn ■ rains have given fresh growth to the I grass and supplied the nece-sary water. , thus insuring splendid grazing facilities! it the ranchmen Evervibir.g in the I.one St ir S: ite I LET YOUR STOMACH HAVE ITS OWN WAY. To Mot Try To Drive and Force It To j Work When It Ig Not Able 01 You Will Suffer All the More. You can not treat your stomach as come i n-n treat a. balky horse, f ire- , drive or ' •■> n starve it into doing work .-it which it t t-bits. 'Die stjina-h is a patient and I faithful servant and will stand much : al-;se and ill treatment Infor. it "ii.-lks,'’ I 1 nt when it does you had better go slow ! with it and not attempt to make it. work. ! Some people have the mistaken idea that ■ u-v can make their stomachs by .iving themselves. They might cure tii ■ stomach that way. tut it would lake t i long that they would have no use for a stomach when they got through. The i nsible way out of the dillieulty is to !■ ■. stomach rest if it want.- to and i-rn ; ’.-y a substitute to do its work. ■quart's Dyspepsia Tablets will do the work of your stomach for you and dig- st ■ ir food just as your stomali us d to -...ea It was well. You can prove this by pu'ting your food in a glass jar with one < f the tablets and suflicienl water and i will see the food dig sted in just the time as the digestive lluids of the math would do it. That will satisfy vour mind. Now, to satisfy both your mind and body take one of Stuart’s Dys p-l-sia Tablets after eating—eat all you want and what you want—and you will feel in your mind that your food is be ing digested because you will f-el no dis turbance or weight iij your stomach, in fact, you will forget all about having a stomach just as yop did when you were a healthy boy or girl. Smart's Dyspepsia Tablets act in a nat ural way because they contain only the natural elements of the gastric juices an i mh- ■- digestive fluids of the stomach. It nakes no difference what condition the s much is in. they go right ahead of • ci- own accord and do their work. Th. ■. know their business and surround ing conditions do not influence tin in in the least They thus relieve the w- ik =tomach of all Its burdens and give it Its rm >. needed rest and permit It to become -. r-ing and healthy. cte. art's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale • ,11 druggists at 50 cents a box. They re so well known and their popularity , ‘Teat that a druggist would as soon • ,ii < of being out of alcohol or quinine. In fact, physicians are prescribing them ell over the 'and, and If your own doctor Is real honest with you. he will tell you frankly that there is nqthing on rar tn so good for dyspepsia as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. I i ’ I ''e,j.' j * » i • - ' \; i rWW Id i . .r, * • SENATOR GEORGE F. nuert, • ’ H’s "Autobiography of Seventy ? 7 Years” is Just from the Press of • a Scribner’s. .»• * s. a .<■ 0 -i- c ••• * Is then taken up. and one passage con tains this sentence: "I repeat what I said of General Butler in his lifetime, when he was at ihe height of his power, with a full knowl edge of lii.- vindictive character, that the sueec.'s < i his attempt to use and consol idate the political forces of Massachusetts would have been the corruption of her youth, the «!■ stria tion of everything val uable in her character, and tin establish ment at the mouth of t'v Charles river of another New York with its frauds, Tweed rings and scandals." Discussing Butler's relations with Gen eral Grant. Mr. Hoar says: "1 do not suppose that the secret of the liold which General Butler had upon General Grant will ever be disclosed. Bull' r boasted in the lobby of the house of representatives that Grant would not dare to refuse any request of bls lie cause he had in his possession affidavits by which lie could prove that Grant had b"?n drunk on seven different occasions. This statement was repeated to Grant by a member of the house, who told me of the conversation. Grant replied without manifesting any indignation, or belief or disbelief in the story: '[ have refused his requests several times.’ In the < ase of almost any other person than President Grant such an answer would b Ve been a confession of the charge. Rut it ought not to be so taken in his case. "My explanation of Butler’s influence oyer Grant is to some extent conjecture. Hut I believe Grant thought him a pow erful political leader and that he was entitled to respect as representing the opinions of l:'i,;e numbers of men. Then Grant was apt. as I have said in an other place, to sympathize witli men who were bitterly who were charged with dishonesty or corruption, because r”* h charges were made against him. So without under taking to explain Butbr's influence with Grant. I content myself with stating ft and witli I.(minting it. IL led Grant to make some very bad appointments in Massa •huseits. which were totally re pugnant to the feeling of her people." McKinley Unhorsed the Senate. In a <■’: tp’.-r on "The Senate In 1877,” Mr. Hoar says: "The reform of the civil service has doubtless shorn the office of senator of a good '!■>.':! ■" Its power I think I’rcs c.'in M'-Kini y. doubtless with the best and purest intentions. did still more to curtail the dignity and authority of the | office. 1 dare say the increase in the number of senators has had also much to ; do wi'h it. I'resilent McKinley, with ( his great wi Join and tact and his de- i lightfid ind'vi.lttal quali'y. succeeded in establishing an influence over the mem- j hers of tlie senate not, T think, equal', d j I h is the appearance of business, life and i p.-1-sperltv. Texas ni.iv i-- 1 said to be Oil « boom anyway. What we need out there above ev rything else is mor- peo ple to utilize tl.e rich land and develop the mat. bless smith western part of the ' state. r l*he ’ <so:;ip«*s and Industrial pos- i siiiilities of Texas are unsurpass-' -1 by any j country in the world, and ni°:i from I all sections are fast realizing this fa n. i “Th • Southern Pacific Railwa y 1 ’<>m- - i pnnv Is bringing great e donies of Indus- I | trlons. thrifty farmers to Texas now and I J settling them on the rl- • and sugar lands . ] In th» southern part of the state. I "Colonel John T. Patrick, fur twenty , | years conne--t.-.1 with the Seaboard Air j I Dine }•:•-• reeinilv accepted a position! I with the v..vnb. ri pm-ilie as chief of I lie | Industrial bureau. Uls bvs'ness wiTl be t> a-T ertis-- Texas ami build up t ovns, as ho has so sncces. fully done in North Carolina ’ ■•Texans are confidently expecting to | see 11 mi'iion mop people within the bor ' dors of their great state within the next • A TEA OF SOUND. I Caugbt up 1-■ i wave of sound, tossed : j into the sea. I Soon the “bort: of .very day far behind | I mo flee— Dillows after billows foaming ’noath me | i Til] my outstretched hands shall touch I star-lncriisted skies. . ! Floating through a gleaming world, one • j vast kohinoor. | ; When a incited rainbow glides from an | ! opal door. ! Dor. - nw.-v. upon the tide soft sweet I 1 s Hinds are Wn. I Some seo-m.-niph mayhap bus found a j j lost Triton's horn. I Through the nniverr-o and me tiny bells ; are ringing: Can ir be a siren voice now my dirge g singing? ; No', it is the music, of the flying spray : As it strikes against the stars in the milky way. i Distening. drifting, drifting on. 1 care not I why nor where, , Rising, floating, being, it is not hero nor there— Falling, falling, falling, soft as any met. Ah! It is a joy to blow where the wind may list. Shadows round me dripping, cool—shad ows far above— Tn a shadow of a shadow, soft and gray, I move. Distant thundruos roaring fills al! phan tom space, Si.me wild .cataract which howls in its j maddeni ig race. I I am sweeping to'aid it- Do I hold my breath ? No! It was a coward who'd fear such a. death. Rushing, flying, filing, 'tis a grand am- n. “Farethewell, bald eirth,’’ the liea-cn:; | themselves roared then! Death? Why, ’tis life; 'tis a soul re- A new existence whi 'll . . Ah. Clod! The music's <. used —.TANK HEYWARD TRENJIOI.VI. Vera Cruz Swept by Fire. Mexi o City, November 19. A great lire broke out yesterday in Vera Cruz, con suming, according to latest advices, live blocks,’ as a heavy northerly gale pre vailed.’ there were fears of a general conflagration. The lire was, soon after starting, be.\ ond control. Telegraphic communication was interrupted. TILE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1903. • from the beginning of the government, , except possibly by Andrew Jackson. “President McKinley also made one i serious mistake, of which, indeed, he did not set the example. Yet he made what 1 was before but an individual and extra ordinary instance a practice. If that ’ practice continue, it will . o far, in my , judgment, to destroy the independence and dignity of the senate. That Is, the i appointment of members of the senate ta distinguished and lucrative places In the i public service, in which they are to re ceive and obey the command of the ex -1 ecutive. and then come back to their seats tn carry out as senators a policy ' which they have adopted at the command , of another power, without any oppor ' tunity of consultation with their asso , dates, or of learning their associates’ opinions.” Tribute to Senator Vest. Senator Hoar’s tributes to his colleagues during a long service In the, senate em braces many senators of opposing polit ical belief, most of them southerners. They include Senator Vest, Senator Daniel, of Virginia; the late Senator Wal thall, of Mississippi, and many others. Os Senator Vest, he says’ "No list of the remarkable senators of my time would be complete which did not contain the name of Senator Ve*t, of Missouri. He was not a very frequent speaker, and never spoke at great length. But his oratorio powers are of a very high order. On some few occasions he has made speeches, always speaking without notes, and. T suppose, without previous preparation, so far as expression and style go. which have verv deeply moved the senate, though made up o. men Who have been accustomed to ora tory and not easily stirred to emotion Mr. Vest is a b’'.av-'. slncre. spirited and straight-forward man. He has a good n of Iho preimllces of the old south- Vn - ssinnl-'t. I think those prejudices would long ago have melted nw_av in the non of our day of reti’rm'ii ' or. fee-jo™ riod nff' Cilon. but for the fact that hl- ( hivnlroim nature will not permit him to abandon a cause or an opinion to wbl 11 bo has once adhered, while it I i m nopn’-r These tldmrs. ho-ever nrn never •n.'r-'d offensively. TTp ’’ \ so-n old cavalier who supported the knar's who lived down into the days of the Hnuso of Hanover, but still toasted 'he ’-ing OVC- the water” Hoar Refuse Ambassadorships. Air Hoar disclosed the fact that he was twice offered the English mission, once ’by ftecretarv Evarts and again bv Mr. ATcßinlry The chapter relating to this also disolos-e.s that ho suggested to President TTavo.s the appointment of P'-esidont Eliot, of Harvard, as British minister when Mr Welsh resigned and Mr. I.owoll, then minister to Spain, was reluctant to accept the appointment. 1 he following correspondence which Mr. Hoar make? public is interesting: "Executive Mansion. Washington, D. c September 13. 1898 Hon. George F. Hoar (Confidential), Worcester. Mass.: It would give m much satisfaction to appoint you ambassador to London. Will it be agreeable to you? "'.VI I.DI AM McKINDEY . "September 14, 1828.--To the President, iCi;■. ton. I> '1 am highly honored bv lour "nfidenee, f>r which I am ; ;r:itef,:l But I believe I can better serve mv country and belter support your ad ministration by continuing to discharge the legislative duties io which I have been accustomed for thirty years, than | bv undertaking new responsibilities at my : age now past 72. If it were otherwise, j 1 cannot afford to maintain the scale of ; living which the social customs of I.on don make almost indispensable to an am- j bassador. and I have no right to impose i‘:poi my wite, in her present tate of health, tj. burden which would fall upon bar. Be assured of my warm personal r' <? ird and my d ire t-. stand by you In tii" difficult and trying period which is before you. "GEORGE F. HOAR.” ; Mr. Hoar reviews the Philippine ques i tion at length, defending his attitude and | restating his position. He pays a lofty ! tribute Io President McKinley and ex- I pres •:«». regrt t that in this great matter principle cOmnelled him to depart ■ from the belief of his party. i LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE On With the Canal. i Editor Constitution: The writer begs j space in your columns most heartily to Indorse and commend tlie strong and i timely editorial, "The Canal n Para ; mount Question." which appeared in Sun | day's Constitution, 15th instant. I Through long y-ars, patiently, hope- : I fully , confidently, tlie country generally. ' ! the s'outli particularly, have waited for j ' the opportune hour that would guaran- , j too either the Nicaragua, or isthmian I canal. ! A recent, and very unexpected, occur ; renee bos made absolutely possible tho rma survey. Noth ing Is lacking now but prompt action on the part of the national congress in conflrncbm the tre.ity negotiated a day ago by Secret.-tw- Hay. As you so pertinently suggest, the ques tion is in no sense a party question. It is a great economic question, because it ‘ , is more closely telated to the prosperity i I and the world-power-quality of tlie I’nit i ' IA DOCTOR’S ; SERVICE FREE.: j Also a valuable b <on ncariv every I disease of tne human bony, telling | ht.w io cure yourselt of chronic, ail- , ments at home. Send fo r the Book You Want. Men and women i who are continual- ' ; Z 1V ailing and know I 2 Vv.-'T? not what is the : matter with them. | j 7A as well as those | I j.-'D’?’ who do know i V’-' 'V-X4’ what disease they have, but can't find a permanent cure. ! arf> advised to I > :. write at once to > Hathaway. 42 in- I ' DR. HATHAWAY. man building. 22 1-2 j • S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga., who is in pos- ■ session of a most wonderful home method that quickly cures any chronic disease ; f.kev' r. He sends you the treatment and I you can cure yourself nt home. ' The doctor wants to get into Imme diate correspondence with all who suffer ; <rom any disease of the heart, liver, 1 lours Stomach, throat, bladder, blood, ,i, k'.-.lncys, rheumatism, nervous I<b ity, sexual weakness, emaciation of i parts, stricture, impoteney, weak back. ' proslatit trouble, and ladles who suffer ; at the montr.ly period and have womb. < ovarian, uterine or nervous troubles This I gr- at s< I- .list's treatment is marvelously ' ein-, a. safe atid quick, instantly steady- I lug Hie nervous svstem. toning the blood, to'rtifying Ihe heart and creating manly energy and womanly warmth. Write Dr. Hathaway how you suffer ' and he will till you wl at your disease Is and the quickest way to be cured. Ho has medical books on al! of the above diseases which he will gladly send free of charge to any sick person whose name and address he can get. Write him this very day and It will surprise you how easy it is to be cured in your own home when the right means are used. Modern Merchandising e.'itilr , iMl! i!!H! r Have you ever stopped to think about the question of getting your household supplies to the best advantage? Are J ■ i you perfectly satisfied with the way things are running—with the prices you pay, the quality of the goods, e ran E e ’ —-• _■ ■ 7 A of selection and the general question of making both ends meet? Perhaps you buy your supplies from the croos-rca s sugm?? store, just because your grandfather did. Perhaps you are tied up to the general store because you can trace in your I ! /'''' I- butter and eggs at a low price and take il out in trade at a high price. Possibly you have never thought abou i one •5,:. Away or the other. It is time to think. You have got to live and support your family. Your income is Hmi e 1 A'M *° so many dollars per year, and you have got to figure out the expense account so that things win come out ng . - i I : ‘ 1 at the end of the year. If you can make both ends meet nicely and lay asice a tidy sum for a rainy cay. you "bAsAJ- t 'A, nS' are only doing what every head of a family should endeavor to co, and if you don't do it you are simply inviting ■ ■- - - misery for the next time the crop fails, if a dollar looks as big to you as we think it does, we want you to think tve ■ '' over question of modern merchandising and see just what it means. It means different things to different pecpi®. u.( • : xlt c ; To some it moans buying everything on credit, then mortgaGng the farm when s.n’.k-ment d.-.y cn- arourd Ott-.-r.-s tht..k cheango--. t e •SV'F j.isTTW'-'"- "A [j-v . 1 '»■ . ’-W. pathway to economy — the cheap, wcrthless trash that is advertised so brazen'v at " tiie loweet :c . n earth ' '' pe^' '* “T a . j /-./-tv’i.- 'AR■ .1 •’V city and get a jack knife at a25 cents saving, and then fall back into the cd rut in tuyi.,/the > a snee f iheir supp es. ' /: .T. H ■I fi X merchandising is to supply all your wants—everything you eat. wear or uso-for yourself, your family and the hired man, a* “* f ® I g-.u.... .1 W .a- : • M.. A flsto 40 cent( which means that if your yearly purchases amount to S2OO, you can save something like or S.OO if .'l, I ILOI ' S4OO a year to live. Are you so well off that SIOO. or even SSO does not interest you? Then again, consider the advMUgM. Ata»lutely I I I I ‘ reHable merchandise of the very test quality, and an unlimited rang* ct se o c?ion. New gooes. 'itzr e. »n .o . ~ . l b I' R • LbRA N ? land the certain knowledge that absolute satisfaction is the keynote to every transaction. To rnakeFading wit li ns possible we lssue ® lIISA-- logueof 1 128 pages, in which almost everything imaginable, including Vehicle - and :am Implements, is i.ius ..a. u. sc ” c ,\ fu .. r n a nd ... —3"' This catalogue can be absolutely depended upon and enables you to select your entire btl of merchmd.se withcu hurry or cnnffislon and *7 with the certainty that everything w.ll be found exactly r describe.' or y;. nc... r.t Keep I'. >"/e a : j 'V. / - give our methods a trial. V/e satisfy others and w.ll sansfy y : Tl re never was a bet-r tim-t an rwl PC Y^ m t7 t h an to fifi ou .A ' ; 2 J Issued a new catalogue full cf the things you wi.l need to see you through thl - w.nter and ycu cm make r' t - .n in/estm nt than to n t out ? this coup- n and send it to us new while the subject is in your m od. V/e ask 15 cents, merely as an evidence of good faith on your part. 'i, •’•I (jT If you will risk I 5 cents, we will risk sending you a catalogue that costs us M j ever half a dollar to print and is so big that It requires 26 cents postage. —— “ ~~ It is our 76 cents against your 15 cents. Will you do it? Write today. Mont ™ omery W ard C- Co., Chicago Laving In Supplies: Living from hand to mouth Is oneway of living, but why not get ycur supplies on a wholesale basis and avoid Ro p nr i-,..d fnd 1 5 -en's fcr partial postage on Catalogue petty annoyances of retail buying, to say nothing of making four dollars go as far as flvedollars used That s the grocery list yousee hanging 7 - . . r- - ••'•••irt. onthewall. Supplied with loops to hang up with. A postal will bring it. Nothing like groceries for a foundation fora 100-lb. freight shipment. No. 7z, as advertised in At-anta C.n.tttution. Montgomery Ward Co. Michigan Avenue. Nladison and Washington Streets, Chicago b Thousands cf leaders cf this paper noticed our advertisement last month and sent in their application for our Catalogue No. 72. A new edition f? ou . e w o CountyState i is Just off the press. Requests will be filled in order of their receipt. Do not deiay. | A ' li—iwii'." m— r-rr- "linn 1 ■■■ xm— » c<l States than any issue that has com manded public attention in half a cen tury. Tile south is deeply interested in the speedy settlement of the pending question —in a favorable settlement of that ques tion of supreme importance—for. thus settled, tlie south will have it in her power, at least, to reap advantages of the highest character from the proposed greatly needed water highway of com merce. Southern congressmen kt: tv their duty in this crisis. 1 believe they will, to a man. meet it promptly. < . rtainly, Geor gia -senators and represent; tives will be found at the foreiront the day this commanding issue is to be ta* t and wisely disposed of. 1 repeat, the south, above all other portions of this country, is profoundly interested in a prompt at.d statesman like settlement ot the canal question. The isthmian ■ anai will touch ' ar cotton mills in Georgia and the south witli a new and continuing prosperity as with a wand. it will make easy the way to that "’open door" in the Orient, about which public men love sometimes to talk. The south ought to conti .I the cotton goods trade of China and mr own "is lands of the sea.' She ought now to be cultivating that trade mm assiduously than she, is doing. Ther ■ are difficul ties in the way. We know that. You mentioned a few of them tit'' editorial already referred to. The isthmian canal will remove every one oft! .se difficul ties, and bld Hie south enter In and pos sess tlt.it whieli belongs t . the wide awake and diligent among men. If Georgia could be polled today on tills question, tlie people won j deciare as one man that there should lie no unrea sonable delay in legislating finally and favorably on the Isthmi.m canal ques tion. -MARTIN V CADVIN. Augusta. Ga . November i7, 1903. School Books and Common Schools. i-'ditor Constitution: Tin old blue back sj'’Tnq book: its name Milkes a tender and responsive chord Ju the hearts of those who knew it in 'he days gone by. Years ago the wrimr got hold of a standard work on orthography. Anxious to know and find out for himself, ha studied closely and Hied to fix In Ills mind some thirty-odd ■ ules for spelling. After working and poring over these rules for some time liis eye caught, a foot-note that ran something like this: "But, after ail, these rules are so nu merous that even supposing a person could retain them tin . would tax and cumber lie mind, and could not be read ily used In practice. It would seem that a L'Oif'iCt and ready manner of spelling is best acquired by i ■ te, through the spelling bbok and dictionary. Anotio.r very practice work tells the student at th- slant t’nat "This useful art is to be ehielly acquired by studying the spelling book and actionary,” then goes on to give tlie rule : “By role, going ov r and over again, turning down, going 'b> liead—what a stimulus' Two Os the b.-st sp'-ii rs I ever knew learned to spell in tii old blue i>ack and Walker. One had • . old field educa tion. He filled positions of honor and trust, and could::' -lump him on a word’. Tlie other, an Hderly lady-not college bred -she could hat e spelled down a dozen gradua - t be count! y has been Hooded with • 'ks. I'he ever lasting changing of b’ -s works confu sion in tii mind. The '• ery page ot a tcx’-boolc li’ ii's to fix t subje< tin tne mind The way to 1' anything is tn leirn it. in most of our schools the teacher has a complex job before him. The books Im uses teach that there is nothing good south of tne line. Tim children get the Hull • - 'ion tlmt :he sou'!’ tn soldier was a traitor, that Mr. Dincoln was a much .-renter man than Washington. '’v'exi thing tier arc t-ud to march in lin,. Momorml -my, or t ■ bring flowers J , m , c, lg of am in tm< nt to the ir tv/ad'. Hard or them to un- Fii’l there is hope and light ahead. Our ,rd of ' duration nbe trusted ;*■ 1,, the prmmi tiling. The resolutions 7, enthusi i Wally ado,.’ -I at the late co- federate reunion have th” right rin_. am ovc -'. old eonf'der.F v'teran ought ' !o teach the southern W Iren that they can love 'h"’r enemies FY wav? Crawfordville. Ga. heals wasting lung tissue. Sure Cure for Pulmonary Consump tion Discovered by Russian. Moscow. November 19.—Remarkable enrc« of consumption ha\ ' recently been effected tn Russia by Kl.'-el Zigoranski, formerly a mining engine'r now specially licensed by the Russian medical depart ment to practice medicine in cases of tuberculosis. Zagoranskl thirty yVirs ago was sent to Siberia to superintend extensive min ing works. An old foreman of a mine there always took care of the tuberculo sis cases and almost invariably cured them. The foreman died several years ago confiding his tuberculosis specific to Zagoranskl, who continued to use it. Hearing a rumor that John Rockfellcr, of the Hnited States, had offered an im mense prize for the discover:.' of a con sumption cure he consulted American Consul Smith who with his brother, be gan a systematic observation ot tlie cases of several patients, one being that of an English lady, -vho had b. mi given up by the doctors. She submitted to Zangoran skl's treatment, which w.m given under professional medical observation. At the end ot a week tlie tuberculosis and bac cili in the saliva had be n ''lueed 10 per cent and a* the end °f six weeks tlie patient had gained 22 pounds and there was no trace of b.te'iHl observable. From being unable to walk across the room the patient regained her normal strengtn. This occurred last spring and the cure appears to be permanent. Yngoranski's treatment, according to Consul Smith’s brother, consists merely in the drinking of his specific in Jarg quantities, together with life In the open air and the observance of a careful dietary. Zagoranskl says that so far as he is able to observe the treatment does not renew wasted lung tissue but arrests the disease At whatever stage of the disease the treatment is begun ; t , kilts tlie tuberculosis germ. leaving the ' system clean so that it may be built up : by a careful diet. The Russian police nt one time made a strong effort, to prevent Zagoranski’s practice, but W. E. Smith securde him a special license from the Russian govern ment under which he is now operating. Ground Rock as a Medicine. The rich people of the cities go to the "sprirgs” to be cured of various ailments. They take hot and cold baths in the Min eral water and drink it, gallons of it, and go home relieved, if not cured. Most peo ple cannot afford to do this and necessnr ( ily suffer and bear it. The mineral form ing such a large part of the water comes fr”m the mineral ore at the bottom of the spring. Professor Theo Noel, a geol ogist. now living in Chicago, discovered a mine of this Orc many years ago while prospecting in the southwest and is now grinding and selling it under the name of Vitn.e-Ure and as such the medicine has become well known to Hie readers of this paper. Tin' ground Ore. as sold for market, is mixed with water by the purchaser, and has then the same p-i'opertics as the wa ters of the springs, only in a highly con centrated form, rendering it much more effective as a medicine. It contains free Iron, free sulphur and magnesium and will do for the tired and worn-out system and vital organs what no man-made med icine can. Almost every one is a sufferer from some disease caused by impure blood, but only here and there one recognizes that in his blood lurk the seeds of disease, ready to manifest themselves at the fiist oppor tunity in some of the innumerable ways so dreaded by everybody. Every ncigh norhood bn.; its afflict' d, many ; ‘mil:qiy | incurable, with complaints that have I gradually made their appearane'’, grow- I Inga little worse wi ii each change of the ' season until Chronic .Ailments, such as Stomach, Elver and Bowe! Troubles ira I well developed. Each takes one or more : forms peculiar to such diseases, but all i tire due to impure biood, to the- absence from the blood of some necessary vital force, or tlie pi' sence of some foreign ele ment. which impairs its power to faithful ly pi rform its: duties, causing a long list of complaints which yearly drag thou sands to the grave. To purify the blood, eradicate disease, build up the system. Vitac-Ore Is without a peer among remedial agents. No other remedy can equal it as a constitutional tonic, a blood vitalize. , renovator and re generator. It contains elements need' 1 bv the blood, which are al sar’oed by It and. taking th-dr proper place in the cir ' eu'.ation, expel all foreign secretions that I have been undermining tne health. It ; supplies the wants "f nature and can no I depei'ded upon to do its woi’k und* r ill conditions. Prof. Noel, th discoverer of the min i oral, has formed the Theo. Noel Com pany, of which he is the p: ■■.- ?'■ nt in I . principal stoelfliolder. v.hieh company o - I , copies the large Vitac-Ore Building at 527, 529 a 1 d 53' ’■ . Nort 1 Ihi- i cago. Ills’. The comp'iny wants to send ' every reader of thi: paper and their | friends and relatives a fu” One Dot. jDr p:.. k 0..0 of Vi’l".O'- thll't ,' dGS I trial, '.lie receiver to pn.v nothing unt- ss I satisfied and lie or she is to be tlie Jnoge. ■ Rend their magnlfi-out f'dl-IF‘K ! ; J'" 1 ' 1 ' - n , I this Issue umler the heading. ' rou Ai ■' ■ n, -he ,Tudg< id for a I • ■ | on trial, mentioning this paper. Many Messages Over One Wire. Mane southern railroads are preparing ■ to Install the long distance telephon.- : I equipment in their olfices to tv- used i.. : conn'' :.ion with theii regular telegraph I service. A device has been perfected by which both telephone and telegraph mes -1 sa.g'.s may be s'mt over the -ame wire at i the same time with””: Interfering tlie •' on*? v.ith thtr nth’-r. Pho S* j*<l Air | Bine road is already o: rating this double ’ service ow r its lino- from Ailantn to I Athens, and it is said to h- working por ! felly. The Atlantic Coast Din - also ; has a. line of this dup "X arranymont in i j operatmn bet we n Wilmington, N. | I and Florence, S. C., a distance of lio ! miles. Both of these linos are operated : over No. 8 iron wire, and both arc now carrying messages by both telephone and I telegraph. <4 " fi ONE FULL QUART OF e sS;4. w/HISKEY FREE! shipments Wle Your ittention is directed to the above headline. We know the meaning of words and will do as we 2, i’i l> mn N Pw-oav. N;w read carefully We claim to be the lowest priced Whiskey House and the Largest Mall Order ¥!! Whiskey Concern in the South, We ship more whiskey to customers residing in tlie southern states M CONTENTS the Morill Carolina whiskey we sell Is good there’s no had. People hereabouts don't know what adulterating means, and wouldn't adulterate if they knew how- they are too honest! The tiouble with most whisk y sellers nowadays is their greed for Lg.- -..-..r*.' :<iing and watering. We give our patrons more genuine old whiskey /Ky- O’'•<’ ’ water than an\ known < mp ’iu o Casper's 11 Year Old whiskey is a liquid -J joy 1 It'i made by honest " L'arhed 'ia the mount ...i- • ” North Carolina, boded g&;>s '-hj , ——l - J over open furnace wood fires, in old->tyb: c r stiU , just as it w<’smaie by our grandfathers a century v irst-rat' xvhi>k’ i sold at $5.00 toSS.CO per gallon, gl 3 but it's not nnv better than "Casper.- I 1 Y .ir Old. It is the best made and must HsssM N _i ea e ever y customer or we will buy it back. We are incorporated under thelaws 11 YEAR Oil) of North Carolina, with a capital of $100,000.00, and the Peoples National Bank H and ‘he Piedmont Savings Bank of thiscitvwill tell you our guarantee is good. To yTv/iIT Ij.'S? *C. JSt’ introduce this old, honest, mild and mellow whFkey, we offer 4 Full Quarts of Mis :<i ‘ "Casper sll Year Old”— two sample bottles, on: 15, one lb year old— a corkscrew H; « and a drinking glass -all for $2.95. If $5.90 is.sent, we will double the above and K'.Sr Di ' 'dSsraisLJ2J putin free One Full Quart extra. We have some of this whiskey only 7 years old and M w ‘H send sgallon keg for SIO.OO or 20 full quartson receipt of $ll.OO andgive free Lb V H corkscrews, drinking glasses and samples, making this whisky cost less than $2.20 maß is j?.-.- -s ri\'^- psr gallon delivered. We ship in plain boxes withnomarkstoindicateconlenfs, and Ml Prepay all Express to any point East of the Mirsissip-jt River. Customers residing west of eOls | said river will please write for confidential price list and learn how to save money, wil y'"Hone st £ Address THE CO. winstcn-saleni'/n. <£ North CAROLINA PEOPLE in Largest and Lowest Priced Stan Order Whl»key House in the South. BANK PRESIDENT KILLED: CASHIER THEN SUICIDES Charleston, S. C.. November 16.—The suicide of E. Zomp, cashier of the Farmers' and Merchants’ bank, of Cam den, shocked the people of the town to night, a few hours after the accidental self-destruction of Colonel E. Miller Boy kin, president of the bank. Shortly after receiving th' news of the death of Colone] Boykin, Mr. Zcmp left his home, ostensibly to go over to Mr. Boykin's nearby, but instead went to his barn and committed sui'-ide, shooting himself with a pistol through the mouth. Few men were held in higher esteem in Camden than Mr. Zemp. If there is any shortage in tlie bank's accounts, it is not known, but a meeting of tlie directors will be held in tlie morning, and a thor ough investigation will follow. In view of the death of the presi dent and cashier, the bank will neces sarily be closed for a. day or so. when it is thought its business wilj be resumed as usual. Boykin Meets Tragic Death. Charles ton. S. < 'r, N< ember 1 6.- < '<ilonel E. Miller Boykin, Fnited States mar shal for this state under Clev' land and a leading banker of Cam.l, n, k .led him self accidentally this afternoon. After leaching home lie picked up his gun. which had a complicated reversable action, and went out to shoot a hawk. He was discovered an hour afterward-' lying' dead, while his gun was found leaning on the opposite side of the I<-nce. The supposition is that 'is he started to climb the fence he set the gun over the fence at the same lime making a. motion to get over himself, when the gun was discharg'd, and such was the verdict of the coroner’s jury. LIFE IN LONDON. Some Interesting Statistics of the Great English Metropolis. (William Elroy Ca-tis in Chicago Record- Herald.) According to the latest census. In the spring of 1903, the population of Imndon within tlie bounds of the metropolitan po lice district was 6.580.616. an increase of 307,746 ov r April, 1901. Tlie popula tion has doubled within the last fifty years, being 2.363.274 by the census of 1851. The city is now 14 miles in length. 8 miles in breadtli and covers 122 square miles of ground. There are 8.000 streets, which, if continuous, would form n line 7.000 miles long; 571.768 registered buildings. 1,019.546 residences and tone merit. . 1,500 churches and 14,353 saloons, or one satoon to every 460 Inhabitants The poorer the section of the city the larger the number of saloons. In Hol born there is a saloon to ev< ry 277 Inhab itants; in Stepney one to every 294: ir Westminster one to every 600 .it. i out i the Hyde park district they run as high as one to every 2.400. In a certain part of the Whitechapel district there is a saloon to every s venteen houses, and in Marylebone for every twenty-two houses. As a consequence the n.verng number of paupers relieved !>)' tlie charities of the city during the winter months of 1902-03 was 105.251 daily. The im'i t.se of late years has been very great. In IS9O l’ie average was 96,580. Th. number of pa tients in tlie charitable hospitals aver ages 108.000 a year, and the number of smallpox patients has averaged 3.923 for the last three years. There are in I.onrl-.n mire Scotchmen than in Aberdeen, more Irishmen than in Dublin, more .’■ •.vs than in J’destine, more Roman Catliolics than in Rome, and min e than 15,000 A in-ric ins. The dlri-e.tory contains 3.350 There are 2.000 different chariiit-.;, in cluding hospitals, asylums, orolrii homes for Hie poor, invalids and a .. 4, missions. dispensaries. which expt nd alien’ $25,000,000 a y t. or more than $4 for every man, woman and child in the city. There are 493 clubs, societies and asso ciations tor social, scientific and literary purposes. The day public schools number 452 and accommodate 891,000 children: there are ilso 395 evening schools and 730 private schools. Tiie ni'-n teachels in tlie public schools number 3.669, tlie women teaeh '■rs 7.756, and they are assisted by 1,700 pupil teachers. Tl -re ire 16.000 policemen, 1,200 fire men. ninety-one land fire engine and ight river engines. Eight companies supply 220,000.000 gallons of water daily, of which 170.C00.C00 gallons, or 28 gal lons per capita of the population, are usd for domestic purposes, and the g;-"<s income of the water companies I* 310.360.000 from regular rate payers. Five gas companies supply 36,000.000 feet of gas daily to about 2.000.000 differ ent customers, who pay them $26,500.- 000 a year. This is in addition to tha electric lighting companies, which be long to the vestries of the several par ishes into which the city is divided. Tin’ total cost of running the govern ment of London l ist year was as follows: Care of poor and aff1icted....522.473.073 Schools 16.525,830 Permanent improvements.. .. 30.217.240 Public purposes 22.895.000 Police 7.621,790 City government 6,575.530 T0ta15106,308,463 The municipal debt is $252,800,000. ‘'A Fair Customer.” Those of our readers who are interested in knowing all about whisky; how ft Is made, stored, matured and shipped to consumers from a model distillery, should send for a. copy of “A Fair Customer” to the Distillers. Myers & Co., Warehouse No. 128, Covington, Ky. Every step i» fully described and illustrated with pho ; tograpiiic reproductions. Myers & Ci. own and operate Distillery No. 22. Sixth District of Kentucky, where the famous “Fulton” whiskey has been made ac cording to th" very best and most ap proved methods for tlie past 86 years. 1 An interesting chapter In the booklet is ■ headed ' Bargains,” and it cannot fail to , Jnt'rc-. t. "A Fair Customer” is a beau . tifi.l booklet of 32 pages, and it present* , many facts that very few people know about Whiskey. It will bo sent free to any of our who wil] mention tills publication when they write. Who Owns the Railways? i (From The Chicago Tribune.) Total mileage 202.471 Total capitalization.s6.o24.2ol,29s Total f .nded debt 56,109,981,669 Total stockholders. 400.0C0 Total bondholders 400.000 Total emplovees 1,189,315 Total holders of securities (approximately) 1,000 COO "Holders of railway securities in tho I’nltcd States marly equal the number o’ c'nployees. The people own the roads.” This deduction was made recently by Sisson Thompson from figures collected ‘Tom railway officials. The question was .soggnst"'! by tlie recent statement of I President Stuyvesant Fish that the stock 1 of the Illinois Central is held by 8,647 j s*■ .■•••k'n-dders. of w !iom a”, overwhelming I majority own less than 100 shares ap’. ; a A Yankee Trick in Matches. (From The New York Times.) "Will you let me have a few mat- lies?"' ask. d the cigalette smoker at a b ■ r up in Connecticut the other day, i and ’I:" 11passed out a long i-'X containing matches twice the usual "What are these big sticks for?” asked "To wak the ma.t‘!'.es awkward ta : carry away.” explained the bhrtender. L.crv smoker who spends a. nickel for kn.k u■ ■ d to fill his vest pocket with • matches. :n. i ir. cost me a pretty penny. I tried ’safety matches,’ and each one i weul 1 i.'ik'’ 'I box of them. Then I . aright . , in t!i: ; v'l'ik trick. These matches ! won't go into a vest pocket, and a box i of them l:u. ts a ’ long as a gross of the ' Oth' :-s. My match I J'! amounts to almost I nothing now.” He Was Too Late. (From The N- w Y ork Commercial.) i C"k i"1 V,'': ::a.m ( lien Bryant, the i Brooklyn newi-qiaper man. Is sr onsor for | the ’ iliowmg :•!■'■ y of British iitcralnessi > A vounc. Briton pri -omt ,1 inmeelf one day ; at "the offii r ard i a;-' ■ l"i i F porter » , posji’.m. Tic- ‘ liitor deterno.ied to glia i him a trial, so ii. sent him out for the de i q ; -: s a wun’.an's suicide. Some time i'11,.,- H . young man returned to the edi ! tor’s .ii.-k. j "\v. where’s your story?’ queried the I editor I "i haven’t any,” said tho youth, "for i when I ’•eacli'-J ’’.Tre ii was 8 o'clock and i the woman was dead.” 7