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Don I t Your Aferve% By Dr. John EFORE nervousness I is the time to attac1 1 Z severe measures mu have to wait till the mob of emotionss mu a more wholesome after are the preach when excitement is seek to get help frou The woman who suffers from nei her life, habits, environment. tempera trouble springs. Oftenest some depar found at the starting point. It may h or have been thought so at least, or n the mischief was done. Few things will more certainly in! cbaracter than .a habit of .yielding to o all emotions. Tears for trifling pains anoes-physical, social, or what not-I weeper, but soon become a habit whic] 3essens the possibility-of endurance in -every woman to absolutely s'uppress a] within the power of every one zo make -to endure the -smaller -neeessary w( -thus aid in the acquisition of controlc I said that soften one cause-of ner tine of household -work and managel -many people inninteresting, involving n .gle with'untaught .and unteachable s with, every endeavor must he .made to Active physical exercise is-a good Ity. To acquire an interesting hobby another and -mdre'lasting form 6-dhelT made amusingcand profitable if you breeds. To make your own garden is be a mere matter -of seeding-and weed a new color in-a'familiar flower, or st -er-day a charming lady tdld me no ha -for two years,-and that sre hadhybrid vious season.-Earper's Bazar. Hunted By EdumrA HE'onter!'life - of:- soci< by Pear. .From:the the break of day, ht mal sound'of the-"l and for a pittaneetn him-no interest, no: children gone to b .weary, -Soon -retires , ing -an-d:pursuettbe-. rthus monotononE, inhuman, an'd.devo -cause he is hon-dled-to-it by the dre man, who, knowing'that his wealtsh h: the- turns and twists of the market, f< 1tself wings by the sae means; who more ways therew.:rein which he! may longing to it;s andl Ma~o .to continuail3 :flimself, forced toistoop-to all sorts 6 .mass of people th~e same :demion spee 4"Japanese en-a-a-..44.1-. F .Eropean coun triE Sgr.eatest ,progress ir O+ now inna healthy-s ment,.of the railroa * + abroaid.have been b< .The -savings of -+ +++ + manufacturing indu: abnatwater pox trial ;rposes, large Within;1he last decade the exportatic Eran$31-,400,000 to $80O,400,000. Thi home demand but ezport theavily to Ametica .*nother cause of -the metterment by rthe Italian emigrants -in the Uni1 countties. .Every year :a .large part tives rand' for investment. 'J~ne-half na~ieeoun-try after thay bate saved Somes economists se In! the Italia cosnty gaining in th&e sttde with vant, grd- they have strsong-agiration: .Africa. Business - - HE ommeretl ,woi noa atention W th T .Oceanic and Grtient ~HE Not long Mo, :fe -- -- to sell a cargs Qof Ii just al'ittle moe the T'r women of .I I up in 1siper boxezs, -e of colorecd glass sad: ly worthless, and :their cost to the r sturdy British delir will aot descentl such gewgaws; ane :as American mm a thought. the trade .is begicning to pf their accompanying 'baubles ,are put u; When I was in Zapan ths-y told m :.rrived with a new care for oprns. HI :*.11 Japan no remedy for these .inflictic no a dream of fortune, But Waen he ered that the people are a barefooted a grotesaue incident, but it is one of n cure trade .abroad simply because of -Booklovers'. Magazine Scorn for Man. The expression of serene haopp ness that is rarely absent from the faces of nuns and all womnes who have severed theirt relhtion from mian en-:rely ought to convince the skep-~tical that vwe don not owe all our enjoymen.t in lire to the patronagc ot t'e jord4 of C'-eatio':. cugtht to ch'ck saisflM iil l sh h secured~ a h~s t Let T i Get Control I. Mitchell. as been estab-:shed and became a habit c it. Once it has got possession, more t be taken to eject it-and advice wi!l war is over. To read the riot act to a alueless, and he who is wise will choose Lour for his exhortations. Before and er's hopeful occasions, not the moment at its highest and the self-control we 1 at its lowest ebb. 'ousness must try to study for herself ment, in order to discover whence the ture from proper ways of living will be ave been unavoidable when it occurred, ore likely not thought about at all until ure a future disastrous result -upon the r cultivating to excess the expression of or loud complaints, about small annoy iay give at first momentary relief to the 1 weakens the power of self-control, and all forms. It is not within the ability o! I manifestation of suffering; it is surely up her mind-and to teach her children es of existence without an outcry, and ver larger forms of trouble. -ousness lay in the dull mechanical rou nent, work -unvarying in kind and for any small annoyances andconstant strug ervants. Since this cannot be done away supply. new interests in such live-s. corrective for ordinary nervous irritabil or two:and to ride them pretty hard is . To raise -chickens or pigeons may be raise good ones of known and valued a delightful occupation, but do mo-jet it ing. Try ftr the finest. flowers, or to fix idy cross fertilizing of plants. The oth d but her own had touched her garden ized two thousandcarnations in tthe pre kat~' ' Feeling xdes Us fl i Carpenter. ty today is animated fstand 'foremost wretched qwage-slave. who rises before rries through -sqgalid streets to the dis ummer," errages for 9, 10 or 12 hours, age, in -tonotonous work -which affords pleasslre; who -returns home to find his d;'has his :supper, and, %worn out and himself, onfl .to -rise again in the morn ame deadly lound, and wtlo:leads a life d of all dignity and reality, -simply be d of starvation; -to the big 'commercial s come to him rthroughi spieculation and ars that it ma.y :at any moment take to feels that the more wealth he has, the lose it, the tr-ore-cares and anxieties be make his position secure is,<or :thinks fmean and dirty tricks; over -the great :ds its dusky,'.wings. he -- e''~? &of urope eral Guenthe~r. Italy has, comparatively, made the the last decade. Italian finances .are Lat-e and most ,of :the bonds of govern dsand the municipalities, .etc., iheld )ught back or redeemed. :the Italian peiople show large 'gains; ;tries hiave increased amazingly. The h-er .is beginning tto .be used far :tdus - for the creation of electric energy. n rof manufactaned goods has advanced totton factoies .not only supply :the the .Levantine scountries and to .South o!fiiiy is the accumulation of property :ed States, Brazill, ;Argentine and :other f ttheir earnings is ser-t home to arela nf :the Italian emigrants return to ttheir a -coppetency. ns te. Japanese of Europe. Thley :are Tusey and other 'countries of *2e Le frgetting colonieEs in Asia Minor:and d B.Jce. E of the tUnitedI States has paid almost peculiar w:ants of the Latin-American, I peoples. Sexample, -an American eowmpany. tried ating stoves .it Para, Brazil. .Para is .n one degr'ee .south of the -aquator. ria like tio -gest rthteir cotton goods done ah containing in addition a few pieces -ilt box. Thse trinkets are practical maufacturers is ixnfinitesimia:. But the tufurther his trace by the ineclusieon of fcturers have never given the matter ss r~ Germany, w~hose cotton cloths alth pto suit the H-indu t.aste. e of an enterprising .American wh~o .had had learned by correspondence that Ia us had ever been sol-d, .an-d he conjured got to the Sunrise Kingjdom he discov-! ace a-d had no corns to cure. This is any instances of Americac- failure to se our igr ance of forejgn conditions. Servian Dress Re'ormer, The mayor of Vernats, Servia's chief watering phtee, finding his reg ulUions aginst !adies' trailing skirts of no avail, posted guardians at each enrancec to the park, with the order o mesure the length of every skirt vhoe wearer desire:i to enter, and z clse the gates on those whose ly, ho.vrr, that the order has been TEXTILE NEY8 OF INTEREST Notes of Southern Cotton Mls and Other Manufacturing Enterprises Danison, Texas. The Denison Cot ton Mill (".. will start operationis at an early day. naking Ss it) 14-s 2 ply yarn in skei;is. The vap 'ital stock is .$150.000: W . .1nns1'on iS pres'Adent. W. R. 31 o. treaturer. '. L. CIark. Suen t endent. Plant is equ[t1ipjped writh S.0 ring and 4.000 twister spin dies antd4 operated by steam. This plant formerly known as the Ameri can Spin :ring Co.. will soon jns.l considerable new machinery in the mill. Walterboro, S. C. The town .of Walterboro S. C.. is to have a new eotton mill with a capital of $100,000 The Walterboro Cotton Mills is the name of the new corporation. The incorporators are: John F. Lucas. of Walterboro: Julian Mitchell, Jr.. and Walter Pringle of Charleston. Columbia, S. C. The Capital City mills. Richland cotton mills and Gran by cotton mills held their stockholders nieetings Oct. 19. Since their reor ganization some time ago, Mr Lewis W. Parker has been manager of the concerns, and durinni the short time a verv showing has been made. Mr. Parker was re-elected president of the three mlis. Greensboro. N. C. Two hundred ad .ditional looms are to be installed in the White Oak Cotton Mills at once, making the total in operation 300. When -the full capacity is reached there will be three thousand. The Pomona Cotton Company has awarded contracts for thirty thousandtenement houses to have from four to nine rooms each. The engine. boilers and part of the machinery for the mill is expected next month. Waxahatchie, Texas. At the an alual meeting of the directors of the Waxahatchie Mills W1axahatchie, Tex. held recently a divdead of 10 per cent, payable January 1st, 1906, was de ered and instructions were iss.ied for the enlargement of the plant as soon as the directors consider it neces sary. The mill is running 5,000 spin dles and 150 looms. on duck and towels. Graham, N. C. Incorporation pap es have been issued at Raleigh, N. C., fea- the Leota Cotton Mills Company, of this place. The capital stock being $125,000 and the propose to establish a cotton manufacturing plant, details of -which are now under consideration. J-.es V. Pomeroy, William V. White aw.a J. H. White. cf Graham are the ine~rporators. Eome, Ga. The Anchor Mills have purchased 20 acres of land as a site for its new buildings, and will begin costruction work soon. The comn pn- has decided to expend $100,000 and install 700.000 spindles; present eqipnent S,700 spindles and 70 looms Fayetteville, Tenn. A company has been otrgani:'ed to manufacture cotton ~oods: at Fayetteville. Tenn. The compan-Thre Favetteville Mill Coin pany-bms a capital stock of $110.000. The' iucorporators are HI. K. Holman, A. M. M'-Lughlin. J. H. Rees, J. H. A. M. McLaughlan. J. H. Rees'J. H. Harms :and C. T. Harms. Wilson, N. C. The Wilson Cotton Mills have declared a dividend of 7per cent ont $25.000 worth of preferred stoc and S per ct. on $ 73,000 common stock. This company operates 6.080 ring spindles on the manufacture of warps and yarns. Albemarle, N. C. The Efird Mfg. Co.. Albemrarle, N. C., contemplates doubling thre capacity of thir mills and installing additional looms. Huntsvinle, Ala. The Merrimack Manufaturings Co., of Huntsville, Ala.. it is reported will soon begin the erection of a third mill in Hunts ville. The original plans of the comn pany provide for a series of eight mills and a bleachiery and the .com pany bought enough land for that purpose, besides establishing a system of waterworks large enough for the mills and a town of 10,000 population. Shelby, N. C. Mr. J. C. Smnith.: for merlr secretary and treasurer of the Newton Cotton Mill. and a successful cotton mill man. hnas bought a le.rge interest in the Shelby Cotton Mill. and has also been elected secretary andi treasurer of said mill. He will cuter upon his duties November 3st. Alexander City, Ala. It is rumored tha! Messrs. C. E. Riley & Co., of Bos iwa, Mass., will arrange to equip and operate the Alexander City Cotton Mi~i. This plant has a capacity of 15/)0 spinkles, and has neverbe endpped wmah mnachinrery. It was built ,several years ago. Taroro. N. GC. E. V. Zoeller. treas urer of the Tarbo~ro Cotton Mills, an nounes that contra'cts are soon to be let for the work and machinery for thalingi3 the present sylstems of hreat in and wrater supply. Hagan, Ga. A movement is on foot fo a new cotton mill here. It is pro posed to organize a company v-ith a en it al of $200,000 to $300.000. R. A. Seet is at the head ot the project. Pitts. Ga. P. G. McDonald, of Vienna, Ga.. is interestedl in plans for estlshin-a a cottdn mill at Pitts: Cocrd. N. C. It is rumnored that he Colemant M.ill is to be started upj 10i withi(~' ne>ro op r's. There a -ter of the pm o that led to its ormcr disa-ter Frightful Slaughter People ii UPRISINGS AMONG PEOPLE Investigation Shows Almost Entire Jewish Quarters of the City Devas tated and Their Inhabitants Bither Killed, Wounded of Fled-Methods Employed in Butchery of Men, Wo men and Children Too Revolting For Description. Accordinr to the latest dispatches tnat have come out of Russia Count Witte is ma.king his force felt. His and is on the helm and disorders are beginning to cease. Emperor Nicholas has signed the manifesto granting practical au thority to the Finns and it has been dispatched to Helsinfors, where a grave revolution was threatened. and battleships had already reached that port with 10,000 troops to quell the insurrection. Count -Witte has practically settled the railroad strike by giving in com pletely to the strikers, with whom he had a conference. Dispatches are brief rom the riot centers. An Odessa dis patch says "It is believed that the worst is now over. In several towns the en tire Jewish quarter has been devastat ed and the inhabitants killed or wounded." Wholesale Massacres. A London newspaper's St. Peters burg correspondent estimates that in the leading ovincial towns of Rus sia 1.000 pe s have been killed and 10,000 'serio y wounded in the last 24 hours. The revolutionary move ment in Finland is unchecked the Fin nish national guard opposing the ad- 1 vance of Russian troops ind compell ing them to retire. Odessa. By Cable.-A dispatch from Kisineiff says: 'A horrible massacre has occurred 1 here. Hundreds have been killed. All the hospitals, pharmacies and hotels are full of wounded and mutilated per sons.' A telegram from Nicolaeiff says: "The whole town is in the hands of bandits who are devastating the Jew ish houses and shops and beating Jews to death without the slightest hin drance.' The authorities here have similar ne from other southern cities. Odessa, By Cable.-The troops wreaked terrible vengeance on the residents of three houses from bal conies of which shots were fired by unknown persons upon the soldiers. The latter immediately stormed the houses, and with udheard of harbar tv massacred all the inhabitants It is persistenly asserted that the unknown persons who fired on the troops were disguised policemen who purposely provoked the troops. The city is a dismal sight. , The streets are filled with Cossacks patrols and flying detachments of the Red Cross, which follow the hands or mur erous rioters. The firing has been 66 Casualities at Sevastopol. Sevastopol, Russia, By Cable.-SiX persons were killed and sixty were wounded during the rioting Friday. All the banks, schools and stores are closed and the houses throughout the city are boarded up. The Black Sea Squadron, with Vice Admiral Biri eeff's pennant flying, arrived here from the Tuirkish coast. Per Capita Wealth $31.69. *Washington, SpeciaL-Thle constant inrease of wealth in the United States, outstripping even the growth of poptlation, is shown in the state ment of the amiount of money in cir elatior., issued by the treasury de partment. The circulation per capita on November 1st was $31.60. which is the highest point yet reached. A year ago the per capita was $31 .3S; on November 3. 1903,, it was $"29.99; in 1902 is was $29.36:- in 1901 $2S.73; ad November 1, 1900,. but $-27.S2. . *Died of Burns. . Dunn, N. C., Special.-The two year old daughter of Mrs. B. B. Jernigan died a the result of being seriously burned a few days ago. The accident wa a sad one because the mother is seriously injured also. The little child was'playing wijth matches and he lthing caught on lire. The moth er. who was never able to etingmish the blaze. was seriously burned in heereforts to save the child. Shaw In Alexandria. .ie xarlia. SpeciaL-.Secretary~ of e TeaTiryl Shiaw opened the Repnh lienu canu:i.n at Alexandria by an address in the Opera~ House. Hon.I J1aB Heneron J... to Aleanri Icop e andii rendered lively llrsc m the .ncrd ot th .ecche. I SLAIN kmong The Jewish i Russia ninterrupted the whole day aIind still oltinlues as this dlispatll is nied. Ia:ny hundreds have ben killed or Vonnded. The Cossacks eagerly attack the tudent militia, which is couargeous y trying to stem the bands who are nassacreing and pillaging. priincipal y in the Jewish quarter. The loot rs openly divide the goods. the Cos acks in many eases participating in he prot-eeds of the robberies. The rector of the University has ent a telegram to Count Witte im )oring him to immediately disnmiss Jovernor Reinhardt, who is held re ponsible fur the outbreak, as other rise catastrophe is unavoidable. ,ount Witte's answer has not been eenived The city is in a dreadful state of >anic. Even the telegraph offices vere closed most of the diay for the irst time since ther opeiged. ARREST JUDGE AND CONSTA BLE. Tharged With Killing Colored Wo man Near New Orleans. New Orleans, Speeial.-Judze T W. tdams, city judge of the town of Ken ifir. in Jefferson parish. aboit ten niles above New Orleans, v d John Ledoux, constable of his court, have >een arrested by Sheriff Marrero. -harzged with the murder of a negro rvoan, Stella Stallwood. and are now cked up in the parish prison. On undav a week ago a shc-oinz aifrav )(:cu red in a negro bar-!ocm in Ken er, in which !'eia Stailwood., a ne o woman taading just outside of he saleon, was ir.stantiy killed and our negroes severely. two of them fa ally, wounded, one beinrz the husband 'f the d:ead w:>man, Glasgow Stall vood. A coroner's jury was summon d to investigate the afsir, but Al hough the shooting was witnessed by , nIumber of persons the jury conten ed itself with a verdict declaring that stella Stallwood had come to her heath from gunshot wounds, and nak ng no suggestion as to who had inflict Ad these wounds. Sherif Marrro then ~isited Kenner and reported the case th the result that the judge and nonstable of- the town, charged with ~resring the peace, are now in -ail iner the accusation of murder. Secretary Taft at Panama. Panama, By Cable.-Secretary of Var Taft, accompanied by General torey, ex-chief of artillery, retired: oonel Black, Engineer Corps; Colo el Edwards, Chief of the Bureau of Ensular Affairs and W. W. Michler, irrived here. Mr. Taft says that lie omes to discuss a number of affairs with the Panamans. He wishes to e what has been accomplished this ear, so that he can compare it with ast year's work, so that he can tell ?ongress where the money has gone. Ele will remain at Panama vntil the Bank Examiner Discharged. Washington, Specia.-Comptroller he Currencv removed from offie Bank Exami'ner R. H. Mattern, of the WVestern Pennsylvania District, for Failure to discover the conditions ex isting in the recently wrecked Enter rise National Bank, at Alegheny. Mexican Ambassador Returns. Mexico City, Special.-Amibassador Cassius. wife and seven children, with is physician, Dr. Albert, left here Saturday night for the United States 'ia Laredo. Several stops along the route will be made and the ambassa hor will attend a banquet to be given in his honor at St. Louis. He is now Fully recovered from his recent attack f illness. Skull Fractured From Fall. Wilmington, Special.-P. McCarson 5 years old, an itinerant plumber, said to be from Nashvile, Tenn.. fell from the northbound train out of Wil ington near Burgaw, Saturday night and suffered a fracture of the skull and a number of contusions about the ead. He was brought to the hospi tal here and is in a dangerous condi tion though his condition showed im provement. Two brothers in Asheville have been notified of the accident, and aer on their way to Wilmington to be with the injured man. Four Shot at Negro Dance. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-A spe cial from Huntsville. Ala., says that four persons were shot, one being kill ed, at a negro dance at Shelsey. a nek~ tro village near Huntsville. early Sat rday. San Ruffin, a drunken negro. >ened fire on a crowd of dancers. A laughter of Peele Branch was killed nstantly. Cliff Branch was wounded Fatally 'and two others, a man and a oman, were shot and are expected to ie. Rufin escaped. Employes Baraly Escaped. Newv York, Speciatl.-Two)liii hudre' -rls and 50 men at w..rk at ini and renvich streetIs YfV were i)hrownf mi he ''I fire!~ whit rom w - roe the uildiC mn. Sod 'ie STANDARD WEIGHTS FIXED Each County Should Have the Offi cial Measures. Colulia State. . There is not a little discussion in sone c'iouitie" a.s it) the <;(in(1 0 f wei~hs and ieasures. The issue sveeis to have been joinid at first by two rival concerns which sell comu tinz seales. Governor Heyward ha; received perhaps a dozen letters from clerks of court in reference to the standard measures which should be in the court houses in compliance with an act passed in 1842. The acts of this State declare that wei&ghts and measures must be regu lated by-a standard fixed by the con gress of the United States. that the w(eights furnished by :he federal gov ernment must be kept by the State treasurer and by such shall all weights in the State be regulated. Section 1614 says: "The clerk of court in each county shall furnish and i's required to keep in his office the weights and measures established by law which shall be the standard of all other weigrhts and measures in the county and to which any person shall have access to test the same. The frOvernor of the State is authorized and required to purchase such stand ard weights and measures out of the fines and forfeitures incurred in their respective counties." To begin at the beginning. Gover nor Heyward wrote to the department of commerce and labor at Washington, stating the case and asking if this State has been supplied with the offi cial weights and measures of the fed eral government. In regard thereto, Mr. F. B. Ross, acting director of the bureau of standards, has written to the governor as follows: "'ln reply to yours of the 13fli ul timo I have to state that a complete set of customary weights and meas tires was furnished to the State of South Carolina prior to 1842 and that three balances to be -used in connec tion with the standard weights were delivered July. 184S. all of this ap-. paratus being delivered at Columbia. "Our records further show that a set of avordupois weights. a set of capacity measures from 1-2 gallon to 1-2 pint and a 1-2 bushel measure and a vard were delivered on July 24, 1566, to the governor at Columbia. This set was to replace the former one which was destroyed. These measures are doubtless somewhere in Columbia at the present time and we would suggest that a search be made for them and that if found, they be returned to this bureau for repair and verification. "In regard to the weights. and measures for use in the several coun ties. I wvould suggest that you corres pond with W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, New York. who have gone into the business of making sets of weights and measures suitable for county and city sealers. They have several dif feent grades of standards, all of which have been constructed in con formity wvith specifications prepared by this bureau. "'The bureau is very much interest ed in the question of the proper mn spection of commercial weights and measures throughout the country and arranged for a meeting of State scal ers which was held last January. The p)urpose of this meeting was to discuss the question of uniform laws and in spection throughout the country and the discussion which took place at this meeting . ertainly illustrated that there is great necessity for co-opera tion in the different States. "It is proposed to hold a second meeting in the near future and it is ooed that the state of South Caro ina will send a delegate. As soon as the minutes of the first meeting has been published we shall forward you a cop.'' While it would be costly and well nigh impracticable at present to sup ply each of the 41 counties with the official weights and measures. yet it might prov'e a saving in the end. If scales record weights imperfectly. there is a loss incurred by somebody every time a transaction or an ex change is made. Palmetto Points. Petitions asking for an election on the question of dispensary or prohibi tion have been in circulationi m Ches ter county. and an eleelion will be or dered at an early date. Activity prevails at Great Falls of the Catawba. the seat just now of the work of the Southern Power company. Grading is being pushed on the rail oad to. be built from Fort Lawn to the falls. several hundred laborers be ing employed on the work. Warrenville has recently installed lectrie lights. The State board of dispensary di rctors will hold a :net ing on Novem ber 14th, and it is expeted that sever al matters of imp)ortanice will come tup. The board will consider the matter of makig purchases for the Chjristmais AXnother putblic~ meeting was held in the narlrs of the Batesburg einb) on Monilav evening in lhe inter.Ft of the prpsdtri-counity fair' to be located at Batesburir. Anderson's Dispensary Vote. Anderson. Special.-In acranIce ita agr ~!eement reached some time az between the county snpervisor :man t central prihibition~ committee InC dipesriShiy elect ion for Anderson coun t has been formally ordered for the pee tait the nill vo!e will beC ma:n GIVEi _THANKS. Thursday, November 30th is the Day Set Apart THE PROCAMATION ISSUED Reciting the Origin of the Custom Among the Early Settlers, the Pres ident Asks That The People Ob serve the Day by Thanksgiving For the Past and Prayer for the Fu ture. Washington, Special.-The Presi dent has issued his proclamation naming Thursday, Novemher 30th next as a day for thanksgiving. The proclamation follows: By the President of the nited States of America, a Proclamation. When, nearly three centuries ago, the first settlers came to the country which has now become this great re public, they fronted not only hard ships but terrible risk to their lives. In those grim years the custom grew of setting apart one day in eaeh year for a special-service of thanksgiving to the Almighty for preserving the people through the changing seasons The custom has now become national and hallowed by immemorial usage. We live in easier and more plenti ful times than our forefathers. the men who with rugged strength faced the rugged days;. and yet the dan gers to national life are quite as great now as at any previous time in our history. It is eminently fitting that once a year our people should set apart a day for praisu and thanks giving to the Giver of good, and, at the same time, that they express teir thankfulness for. the abundant mercies received; should manfnlly acknowledge their shortcomings and pledge themselves solemnly and in good faith to strive to overcome them. Daring the past .year we have been blessed with bountiful crops. Our business prosperity has been great. No other peple has ever stood on as high a level of material well-being as ours now stands. We are not threat ened by foes from without.. The foes from whom we should pray to be de livered are our own passions, ap petites and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war. Therefore, I now set apart Thurs day, the 30th day of this November, as a Day of Thanksgiving for the past and of prayer for the future. and on that day I ask that through out the land the people gather in their homes and places of worship, and in rendering thanks unto the Most High for manifold blessings of the past year, conseefate themselves to a life of clenliness, honor and wisdom, so that this nation may do its allotte~d wrk on the earth in ia manner worthy of those who founded it and of those who preserved it. In witness thereof, I have hereunto~ set my hand and caused the seal of the 'United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hndred andfive, and of the independ ene of the United States the one hundred and thirtieth. (Seal) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. By the President. .ELIHU ROOT. Secretary of State. The woman whose torso was found in a dress-suit case in Boston- har bor and whose arms and legs were picked up in another case was identi fed by means of rings on the fingers * as Miss Etehel Durrell, a chorus girl from the "Shepherd King'' Corn pany. Five minor officials of the W'.y moreland Coal Company were killed by an explosion when thev entered - the Hazel Kirke mine, at Hazel Kirke. Pa., to ascertain whether a fire started some weeks ago was out. Two hundred natives were killed by Portugese troops whom they aimbush ed in Portuguese, West Africa. President Loubet was welcomed to Lisbon, Portugal. Navy Unfit For Battle. Washington, Special.-E~ear A dmir al Charles W. Rae, engineer-in-chief of the United States navy, in his an nual report calls attention "to the critical condition of engineering in the United States navy'' and points to the explosion on the gunboat Ben nngtoR in San Diego harbor, whice. - he says, most forcibly emphasiz.es the9 necessity of serious and iimdiate at tention.' The report says: "Were the country suddenly plunged into war the navy would find itself in no condition o win battles. Current Happenings. The Lake Mohionk Conference of Friends of the Indians and Other De pendent People opened at Lake Mo honk. N. Y., Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott presiding. The Federal Court in Chicago sus ained the demunrer of the meat pack r. to the five indiet-nents chargin monopoly, hut dismimsd the demur er to the five alleging conspiraey. .i The Columbia on the Way. Norfolk, Va., Special.-The cruiser 'olumbia passed out the capes at 10.15 * 'lock Tuesday morning flying the pennant of the Secretary of War, and earing that official and the accom paning party who left the national capital bound for the Isthmus of Pan amn. The Columbia is cxpected to .e, ca early nec.<t week sad See retarv .Taft u iU;gnda. c. eek or ten ays'on the isthmus returnmug to wasintn about November 15th.