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The Abbeville Press and Banner. PUBLISHED WEEKLY ? AT ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. Above all, do not forget your over shoes. Codfish Is scarce and high, and a flshball trust is suspected. Ill some respects this has already "been an old-fashioned winter. And so far no one has Invented a oft spot for aviators to fall on. The English courts have small use tor hypothetical questions or brain storms. One thing Is certain, there Is plenty of room for aviators to make high-fly lug records in. \ The ideas of the weather clerk are xcellent, but the stubborn climate Trill not adopt them. The nervous wrecks in Newport are the grocers who cannot collect bills dae trom the 400. In football, as in politics you cannot *^11 TV, ^ oomn 4c trilO nf iwcya Lei x. x ac otuuc v? uv w. love and the stock markets, how ever. There are 51 active volcanoes In Japan, notwithstanding the fact that &o political campaign is going on in Japan. Pockets in women's skirts are com ing back, says an exchange, if ever they can find the place where they used to be. Dirigible balloons are dirigible only when they move with the wind. They cannot buck the wind as a real man-bird does. The statement is made by a Swiss doctor that drunkards live longer than total abstainers. But even if they do, what's the use? The population of the Philippines has decreased 25 per cent since we took them over. Does race suicide also follow the flag? That fringe of puppy dogs at a New York wedding has beoome almost as famous as the monkeys that dine with "the 400" at Newport. Canada levied no duty oh the bal loons that startid from St. Lquis and went northward across the border. It did not know how to do it. A New York judge has decided that Nevada divorces are no good. Just like a New Yorker- discarding things because they're inexpensive! V* ' * t Aeroplaning to Europe is the latest . upon the aviator's schedule. It would be well to put oil the attempt till after winter?say about fly time. Every little while somebody wins the world's championship at typewrit ing, but for some reason champion typewriters never get splendid offers to go on the stage. The man who never sees a $100 bill has no reason to worry because of that very dangerous counterfeit which the Washington authorities say is in circulation. According to statistics there are AAA AAA i ~ JLU,UVU,UUU iciepuvut; ouiuuus iu iuc "world, and yet somehow or other you can't always get the one you want when you want It Thirty-four aviators have met with fatal accidents during the past year. Still, some of them might have stepped on rusty nails If they had re mained on the ground. Somebody says that the wr:y to solve the transatlantic aviation prob lem Is to manufacture hydrogen gas en route. If he had only said hot air, now. It would be simple. Another aviator has broken the high-flight record for aeroplanes. It happens even more frequently than the launching of the largest ship or tbe*death of the oldest Mason. Horace Fletcher says that if one is to get his money's worth out of a glass of milk he should chew it. It might be asked what kind of milk Horace is In the habit of eating. Somehow, we find it almost impossi ble to get rid of the feeling that the man who married the lady who was attended by three dogs a3 bridesmaids ought to be sympathized with ev .a if he did go into it with his eyes open. A Harvard professor declares that the late and loveless marriages are re sponsib'e for the disappearance of real Yankee b'cod. Most persons have thought this was due to the wholesale Importation of other blood. A Los Angeles woman used a stick of dynamite on her washboard, sup posing it to be soap. The fact that there was no explosion indicates that the wretched makers of dynamite are adulterating It. Can't we have any thing pure any more? * rrr\ nrn'ocofir hoo /-3 i /-w? ~ i /\ iv,auuo uiotuvCltJU that women gossip because gossiping gives a pleasir.g shock to their vaso motor systems. Having discovered so much, ft ought to be possible to dis cover a substitute and thus save many innocent reputations. With 3.003 inventors at work per fecting the aeroplane it might be ex pected to solve all the difficulties of aerial travel shortly. Rut when we remember how many have been at irork on perpetual motion we are not so bopeful. A dirigible balloon that recently traveled from France to London with seven passengers has been bought by the British government. Englishmen agree that a craft with such interest ing possibilities calls for full inspec tion. | ALL BUILDINGS IGNORED. Secretary cf the Treasury Did Not Recommend Any Appropriations? Congressmen Angry. Washington.?Because Secretary of j the Treasury failed to include in his estimates for the next fiscal year the amount that will be needed for the construction of new Federal buildings all over the United States, authoriza tions for which were approved at the lest session of Congress, much ap prehension exists here on tne suDjeci Members of the House, including al most the entire body, are threatening to march to the Treasury Department and make request o? the Secretary that be make an uiditional recom mendation for this purpose. They say that unless this is done it will be impossible for any of the build ings authorized by the last session of Congress to be erected to be provided for this session. The matter is con sidered seriously here. The North Carolina cities that will be affected unless this additional recommendation is made are as fol lows: Charlotte, Raleigh, Washing ton, Reidsville^ Greenville, Hickory, Monroe, Oxford, Hendrsonville, Rocky Mount, Wilkesboro, Tarboro, Winston Salem. Members of Congress who have asked the Secretary for his views on the subject have come away from his office with the firm impression that he is going to stand pat and that he will not estimate for any of the structures authorized by the Senate and House. He does nci think, these Representatives say, that, the Treasury is in any shape just now lu s>uiuu du auuitiuiicLi uiaiu ui ar most $30,000,000. Consequently the members to whom these building appropriations mean a great deal, and this comprises a large majority of the House, are planning a demonstration to induce the Secretary to change his mind. KING COTTON AS AN AVIATOR. Government's Total Estimate Sends Staple Jumping Skyward. New York.?The government's an nual estimate of the cotton crop caused a very shprp advance in prices of all active deliveries, making new high records for the season in the New York market, with Many con tracts selling at 15 l-2c, or 64 points equal to $3.20 per bale above the clos ing figures of the day previous to the announcement. At this price there was sensationally heavy realizing by bull speculators, but the prospect for an American crop of 11,426,000 bales, excluding linters, seemed to be bring ing in buying orders from all direc tions and after a quick break from 15.50 to 15.13 May quickly rallied to 15.30 in an active and excited market. There was a big business right up to the last momeht and the market clos ed firm at a net advance of 37@48 points, with May contracts quoted at 15.30, compared with 14.86, the clos ing price of the neight before. Memphis, Tenn.?Great excitement prevailed on the floor of the Memphis cotton exchange following the an nouncement of the government cotton crop report. The local market leaped 60 to 70 points over the previous day's close, and advance of from $3 to $3.50 per bale. Quickest Wav to Die. Barnesville, O.?In plain sight of fifty fellow workmen, Charles Ken dall, a moulder's helper, leaped into a cupola of white-hot metal, at a foundry here. The man's flesh was entirely consumed, and only the bones were recovered. Kendall had been separated from his wife for a num ber of years. Division in Ranks of Jr. O. U. A. M. Washington.'?Delegates represent ing the Junior Order of United Amer ican Mechanics State councils of New York, New Jersey, Virginia and the District of Columbia, which have withdrawn from the national council signed articles of federation at a conference in this city and elected officers. The 2S delegates repre sented about 175,000 members, or approximately one-third of the total membership of the order. This action may influence other States. Porter Charlton Surrendered to Italy. tit?i- * ?. ?a? r? ? ... w asumgiuu. OCUBlUl^ aiiua ucl a granted the request of Italy for the surrender of Porter Charleton, charg ed with the murder of his wife at Lake Como. The Secretary holds that the fact that Italy refuses to sur render her citizens to the United States does not relieve this country from the obligations of the extradition treaty to surrender to Italy fugitives from justice from that country. The question of the insanity of Charlton. I it is suggested, is one for the courts. 1 Encouragement at New Orleans. New Orleans.?Bulls in the cotton market received decided encourage ment from the estimate of tho total cotton crop of this season by the De partment of Agriculture. The figures were 11,426,000 bales and prices on futures were put just about half a cent a nound. or S2.50 a bale over the previous day's close. Early in the session it was announc ed that lf?3 exchange members had estimates averaging 11,501,000. The highest was 12,228,000 and the lowest 10,865,000. Tom Dixon Sues For Damages. Macon, Ga.?Deputy Clerk Ceeii Morgan of the United States district court received a telegram from coun sel for Thomas Dixon, stating that legal papers had b?eu mailed from Atlanta to be filer] immediately on ar rival in Dixon's $100,000 damage suit against two preachers and th-. city council of Americr.s, Ga. Dixcn chages thnt the Rev. L. Burroughs and Rev. R. L. Bivins entered into :> conspiracy to prevent 'he presenta tion of his play. "The Sins of the Father." Woks are good. ! Important Opinion Given by N. C. Supreme Court. 1 RAILROAD REGULATION HURT-1 j Chief Justice Holds That Require ment to Get Ticket for Mileage is Unreasonable and Void?Fight Coming in Legislature. Raleigh, IS\ C.?The North Caro lina Supreme Court in Harvey vs. Pailnnn<-) fnAm Wllcnn pniintv nrfld tically deals a "knockout" blow to the railroad mileage book regu lations requiring holders to procure mileage tickets in exchange before boarding a train in its "ruling just made. Harvey is a traveling man and attempted at Wilson three or four times to procure a ticket in | exchange 'for mileage, being stood ; aside each time by the agent in or der that he might wait on cash pur chasers of tickets. Finally the train I came without Harvey' having gotten I his ticket. He boarded the train ! with mileage which the conductor I refused to accept, putting him ofT at J the first station. He recovered $2, 500 damages. Now the Supreme Court. Associate Justice Hoke writing the opinion, approves the judgment holding that Harvey had the right, under the cir cumstances, to ride on the mileage. The court would not set aside the verdict as to amount of damages ex cessive, although Justice Brown and Walker, while concurring that the plaintiff should recover, held that the amount awarded was excessive. Chief Justice Walter Clark, in an opinion concurring with Justices Hoke and Manning in the controll ing opinion of the court, holds fur ther that the requirement, that a holder of a mileage book shall ob tain a ticket to exchange is a brejch of faith on the part of the railro.Vils at whose instance the special ses sion of the General Assembly of 1908 was held to raise the passen ger rate to 2 d-2 cents upon the proposition of the railroad corn panics that they would issue mile age books at. 2 cents, meaning. Chief Justice Clark declares, the mileage to which the public had always been accustomed, whereby the mileage had been pulled on the train by the conductor. The Chief Justice also holds that the requ'rement to get I ticket for mileage is unreasonable and void and. becoming heretofore unknown in this State and still un known except in this Slate and a few adjacent States where the prin cipal North Carolina roads extend. It is a notable fact that in the last General Assembly a bill passed the House by a large majority prohibit ing the mileage ticket requirement and that it failed in the Senate by the deciding vote of the presiding officer after a tie vote of Senators. The indications are that the ques tion will be fought all over again during the approaching session. Two Reports on Bullinger. Washington. ? The Ballinger Pinchot investigating committtee, after eleven months of work, has made its final report.to both houses of Congress. In the opinion of seven Republican members, a majority of the committee, Secretary Ballinger "honestly and faithfully performed the duties of his high office, with an eye single to the public interest." In the opinion of the four Demo crats, Mr. Ballinger "has not been true to the trust reposod in him as Secretary of the Interior, and should V 1 - J 1--. DP requesn-u jjv me |.?h?|jci uuuiui ilies lo resign his office." Mystery is Cleared. Lynchburg, Va.?T. J.. Burns, a well known electrical contractor, has cleared up the mystery sur rounding the bullet which was fired into the office of the Anti-Sa loon, League and which would have killed Rev. J. D. McAlister, had he been, at his desk. Burns states that he was repairii a revolver, and the cartridge was accidentally dis charged. He paid no attention to the matter, for he did not dream until told that the bullet had pass ed through the door. Louisiana's New Senator. Baton Rouge?Judge John R. Thornton, of Alexandria, was elect ed United States Senator by the Louisiana General Assembly, sit ting in separate bodies, to succeed tho late Samuel D. McEnery. Judge Thornton is a native of Louisiana ?nd was for a number of years a district judgp in the State. In an address before the Legisla ture in support of his candidacy for the Senate he took a positive stand in advocacy of a protective arifT on sugar and rice. Sins of the Father in Life. Washington?The possession of one-sixteenth of negro blood brings I a person under the classification of i "colored," according to the decision I of the district court of appeals in l the case of Isabel Wall, S years old, j against the board of education. Justice Wright in tne juisrrici su j preme court upheld the action of the I board of education in barring the child from the school. The case was hard fought. Fortune Tollers Must .Move. Now Orleans?Fortune tellers in j Jefferson parish, just across tin* ! river from New Orleans, have been 'given the I ask. of predicting what ! Iliejr next move will be. The police | jury of |he parish adopted an ordi nance making il unlawful for the 1 soolh-sayers l<> operate after Janu ary I. Scores of fortune tellers, not allowed to operate in New Or leans. had solved the problem of . continuing their business by simply I moving across th?? river. TEXT OF THE MESSAGE. o President Taft's Recommendations to the Congress of the U. S. Are Sound and Comprehensive. Washington.?'The features of I President Taft's message are these: He declares it is time to stop leg- , islaling with reference to regulation ~r 1:? 1 t ? ihn ui uurpurciuuns unu lu yviuicss mc effect of a vigorous execution of the laws already on the statute books. The activities of the government, in addition to enforcement of the laws should be directed toward j ecenomoy of administration, the en largement of opportunities for for- 1 eign trade, the building up of home industry and the strengthening of ' confidence of capital in domestic investment. 1 Mr. Taft recommends strongly | some form of ship subsidy to in- ' crease American shipping, especial- ; ly to South America. 1 Mr. Taft says he will not recom- ( mend any tariff legislation until the 1 new Congress convenes in Decem ber, 1911. J He urges that the tariff board be | made permanent and that all future j revisions be made schedule by schedule. He vigorously opposes 1 another general revision. Thp Panama eanal should by all [ means be fortified. An appropria- 1 lion of $19,000,000 is recommended ! I for this purpose. 1 There must be no more "pork bar- 1 rel" methods in river and harbor ! and public building bills. The latter ' should be based upon the report of ! a commission of experts. ! Recommendation for anti-injunc tion and Federal incorporation laws are renewed. It is proposed that second class <' mail rates should be re-adjusted so as to charge magazines a much higher rate on their advertising sections. I Strong representations are made i for the establishment of a new ( banking and currency system. . i , Two new battleships and several | auxiliary vessels are urged for the i navy. t I Eestimates for government ex- i penditures during the next fiscal < voar have been cut. to $630,9-49,013.12, , which is $52,96\.887.30 less than the ( actual appropriations for the cur- | ront year. The estimated receipts , for the next fiscal year were $680. 000.000. ? , The President urges the extension ( of fhe civil service. ? There should be more officers for | fhe army. The engineer corps should | he incroasnd by sixty. Interstate railroads should he ( prevented from owning or controll- ( inp ships trading through the canal. | Regarding the courts the President declares the crying need of the Uni ted States is cheapening the cost of litigation by simplvfying judicial procedure and expediting final judg ment. The Supreme Court should be relieved from unnecessary ap peals. The salaries of Federal 1 judges should be increased. A parcels post on rural delivery routes is recommended. Postmaster ' General Hitchcock is given hiph 1 praise for putting the Postoffice Do- \ partment on a self-sustaining basis. : The President recommends that Congress give some fitting recogni- ! tion of the Polar discoveries of Com- ! mander Robert E. Peary. 1 ' A bureau of health should be established. Heavier fines should be imposed 1 against steamship companies for ' violating ine lmiriigrauuu Immigrants arc needed in the ru- ] ral districts. ; Some provision should be made for, retiring superannuated gov- 1 crnment clerks. Gold Miners Returning Rich. Seward, Alaska.?Several persons, including one woman, the first to ] come out over the winter trail, , have arrived from Inoko and Idita rod districts, having made the J trip in 19 . days actual traveling lime. The party reports that more than five hundred people are com- J ing out this winter, bringing sev- , oral hundred thousands in bullion. J Several consignments of gold from ( Tditarod district for Seattle banks j have already been dispatched by . dog sleds. Baby Brings Papa Home to Jail. New York.?It was a longing to i hold in his arms his baby which he ( never had seen that brought Walter ] A. -Hall, a defaulting bank teller. ( back to New York and prison. He < surrendered himself and confessed a theft of $44,000 from the Herald ( Square branch of the Greenwich < bank, and was remanded for sen- | tpriffp . , Hall, who is 24 years old, flet from ( New York last, July. When he heard ] I hat a baby had arrived his longing ( io see the child overcame him. Gen. Johnstone is Dead. Tuscaloosa, Ala?General George D. Johnstone, aged 78. one of the last surviving generals of (he war be tween the Stales, died at his home in this city. He was born in Hills boro, N. C.. and came to Alabama with bis parents in 1831 At the outbreak of war be served as a lioy lenant and rose rapidly to a briga dier general, serving in many bat tles. being wounded several times. After peace was declared be return ed home and practiced law. Georgia Coal is Short. Washington?The total produ Iion of eoal in Georgia in 1909 was i 211.19G short tons, a decrease of < 53,026 short tons or 20 per .cent. I from the proaucuon ot lyun. nr- i cording to a report of the United 1 Slates geological survey. I The value of tin* production is 1 given at $208,792. a decrease of Sr>5.'i87 or 18 per cent, Irorn lhaf of i tlii* year previous. There has been general decline i in Ihe production of ccal in Georgia 1 since 1003. EXPENSE ACCOUNT.! It Will Take $748,414,861 in 1912. | UNCLE SAM MAKES ESTIMATE. Appropriations for Current Year Were.j $805,294,^513, Which Covered Cen* sus Work, Postal Deficiency ana Other Deficiencies. Washington.?The estimate of ^ap propriations required for every branch of the federal government luring the fiscal year ending June 20, L912, aggregating $74S,414,861, were submitted to congress by the secre tary of the treasury, MacVeagh. This ?rand total stands against estimates 3f $745,067,197 and appropriations of J805,294,513 for the current fiscal pear, which appropriation included aver $10,000,000 for the census and aver $10,600,000 for the postal defi ciency and other deficiencies. . The estimates were distributed as follows: War department $205,25-7, 546; interior department $189,151, ^ <t1 41 KQCj . 5/o; Lreasmy uciim liucui, )97; agriculture $19,681,066; navy de partment $128,942,158; commerce and labor $16,276,970; district of Colum bia $13,602,786; legislative ($13,426, 3S6; justice $10,063,576; state $4,875, 576; independent offices including in terstate commerce commission $2, 538,695; postoffice department proper f 1,697,490; deficiency in postal rev enues, no estimate yet-; .executive >998,170; territorial governments 5202,150. % ? V ' : TO PROTECT TOBACCO. Senator Bob Taylor Would Place - Safeguard Around It. Washington.?Senator Taylor of Tennesee, has introduced a bill to ex tend the provisions and regulations of the National Pure Food law to tobac io, in whatever form it may be of fered for sale. His bill is designed to prevent the mislabeling or branding >f domestic tobaccos so that they can be offered as imported stock; to pre sent the adulteriation of tobacco with any other substance; the treat ment of tobacco with any poisonous )r deleterious substance; or the of fering of packages upon which the .veight is not correctly stamped. Senator Taylor will urge the con sideration of his bill at this session of Congress, and expects it to have con siderable support, irrespective of party. In addition to specific defini :ion of the standards by which tobac co shall be judged, the measure seeks to prevent the substitution of another ;rade or kind of tobacco in a box or package. GIXNERS' REPORT. There are 10,139,98(5 Bales to Dec. 1, 1910. Washington?The cotton ginning report of the census bureau, shows 10,139,986 bales counting round is half bales, ginned from the growth of 1910 to December 1 corc lared with 8.876,886 for 1909; 11. )08.661 for 1908 and 8,343,396 for 1907. The per cent, of the last three jrops ginned to December 1 was $.1 for 1909 ; 84.1 for 1908 and 75.5 for 1907. Round bales included this year ire 101,652 compared with 134,393 Tor 1908; 201,480 for 1908 and 154, 336 for 1907. Sea Island cotton gined for 1910 ^as 66,634 bales, compared with 77. 501 for 1909: 68,396 for 1908 and 55.299 for 1907 and distributed as follows: Florida, 23,649; Georgia. 55,405, and South Carolina. 7.580. Naval ..Commander Passes. Washington.?Commander Robert Piatt, U. S. N., retired, died at his liome here, following an attack of jerebral embolism. He was born at Soufhport, N. C., 76 years ago. He entered the naval service in the volunteer navy, March 1. 1863. as a lieutenant. For his skill, coolness md intrepidity, he was specially jommended by Admiral Dupont serving upon the vessel which led Ihe admiral's fleet into Charleston iiarbor, April 1, 1863. Four Men to Be Electrocuted. Raleigh, N. C.?C. B. Plyler of Union county, convicted of the mur ier of his brother-in-law, Carter Parks, June 15 last, is to pay the ieath penalty in the penitentiary electric chair here January 20. There are three others awaiting electrocution. Phillip Mills, Tran sylvania county, is to die February 10 for wife murder; Norman Lewis, olored, January 5, for killing the 'hief of police of Spring Hope; J. FJ. Allison, Buncombe county, is un ier sentence to die February 24. Brilliant Railroad Career. Atlanta, Ga.?Henry W. Miller, formerly of Raleigh, N. C., where ie was assistant to First Vice Pres dent A. It. Andrews, of (lie Soutli ru Railway Company, has arrived 11 Atlanta and has taken up his luties as assistant to the President ?f the Southern, succeeding J. S. Harbour Thompson. He lias spent twenty-five years in iif service of the Southern Railway Company and its predecessor, the Richmond and Danville. Undermining Business. Seattle. Wash?No man has :\ right to make a pauper of anybody else by interfering with his em ployment, and if this is done, the person so meddling is liable to lamages through the courts. This l>road decision was laid down by Ihe Supreme Court of the Slate. Jones seeks *3.000 damages by reason of his discharge by a trans fer company al the alleged behesl ?f the Seattle Cracker and Candy The ease is remanded to the lower court for re-trial. POPULATION 21 STATES. Great Increase Shown in Southern States?Texas' Great Growth? Chicago Helps Illinois. I Washington. ? The population of the State of Pennsylvania is 7,655,111, according to statistics of the 13th : census. This is an increase of 1,362, ' 996, or 21.6 per cent, over 6,302,115 in j 1900. The increase from 1890 to 1900 was 1,044,101, or 19.9 per cent. West Virginia is 1,221,112. This is an increase of 262,319, or 2\4 per cent, over 958,800 in 1900. The in crease from 1890 to 1900 was 196,006, | or 25.7 per cent. Virginia is 2,061,612. This is an in crease of 207,428, or 11.2 per cent over 1,854,184 in 1900. The population of the State of Cal I ifornia is 2,377,549. This is an in i crease of 892,496, or 60.1 per cent | over 1,485,053 in 1900. , South Carolina, 1,515,400, an in ; crease of 175,084, or 13.1 per cent | over 1,340,316 in 1900. The increase | from 1890 to 1900 was 189,67, or 16.4 ; per cent. I Arkansas 1,574,449, an increase of j 262,885, or 20 per cent over 1,311,564 ! in 1900. The increase from 1890 to 1900 was 183,385, or 16.3 per cent, j Kentucky 2,289,905, an increase of 132,731. of 6.6 per cen{, over 2,147,174 ! in 1900. The increase from 1890 to 901/ was 288,539 or 15.5 per cent. Mississippi 1,797,114, an increase of j 254,844 or 15.8 per cent over 1,551,270 j in 1900. The increase from 1890 to ! 1900 was 261,670 or 20.3 per cent. With an acctual population of 5, : 638,591 and a gain in the last' 10 years of almost 17 per cent. Illinois is as sured continuance as the third State j of the Union. North Carolina, 2,206,287, an in j crease of 312,471 or 16.5 per cent 1 n r\ rt 01 rt 1 1 AAA rpu A I n oft j Over J.f0y?3,01U 111 lUUU. 1UC muicasc from 1890 to 1900 was 275,863 or *17.1 per cent. Nebraska is 1,192,214. This is an increase of 125,914, or 11.8 per, cent cent over 1,066,300. The '/in crease from 1900 was 7,390, or 7 per 1 cent. Maryland is 1,$94,450. This is an increase of 106,406, ofe-9 per cent over 1,188,044 in 1900. The increase from 1890 to 1900 was 145,654, or 14 per cent. The population of the State of Texas is 3,896,542. This is an increase of 847,832 or 27.8 per cent over 3,048,710 in 1900. The increase : from 1890 to 1900 was 813,187 or 36.4 per cent. Only New York, Pennsylvania, Illi nois and Ohio surpass Texas in popu lation, while Missouri drops back to seventh place, having been passed by Mnaaarhntsptte Murine last ten years. North Dakota 577,056, an increase of 257,910 or 80.8 per cent over 319, j 146 in 1900. The increase from 1890. to 1900 was 136,427 or 74.7 per cent. South Dakota 583,888, an increase of 182,338 or 35.4 per cent over 401, 570 in 1900. The increase from 1890 to 1900 was 72,762, or 22.1 per cent. Colorado 799,023, an increase of 259,324, or 48.0 per cent over 539,700 in 1900, when the increase over 1890 was 127,502, or 30.9 per cent. Idaho 325,594, an increase of 163, 822, or 101.3 per cent over 161,772 in 1900 when the increase over 1890 was 77,385, or 91.7 per Cent. Nevada 81,875, an increase of 39, 540, or 93.4 per cent over 42,335 in 1900 when the population showed a - decrease ,of 3,426, or 7.5 per cent from ! that of 1&90. Oregon 672,765, an increase of 259, 229, or 62.7 per cent over-413,536 in 1900, when the increase over 1890 was 99,769, or 31.8 per cent. The population of the State of Lou isiana is 1,656,3SS, an increase of 274,763, or 19.9 per cent over 1,381,625 j in 1900. The increase from 1890 to j 1900.was 263,038, or 23.5 per cent. "Daughter of Confederacy" Married. Colorado Springs, Colo.?Miss ! Lucy White Hayes, granddaughter of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and v/h'o, following her ! mother's death two years ago, be ! came Daughter of the Confederacy, i was married in St. Stephen's Epis copal church to George Bowyer j Young, of Placerville, Colo. Mr. Young is the son of the l i Harvey Young, an artist, who d' j here about nine years ago. Rev ! H. Taft, rector of St. StepiK* j church, officiated. Predicted Exact Time of Death. Marshall, Mich.?Confident that he was about to die, Robert Schley, a veteran of the Civil war, informed his aged wife he intended to write his autobiograph. After correcting it. he told his wife he believed he would expire about 6 o'clock Wed nesday morning. He wished to bid his neighbors farewell and so called them in and took leave of them, informing them he was about to die. After he had retired he got up and wrote his will. He died at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning. Girl Almost Buried Alive. New York?Just as the under taker put out his hands to lift the body of 3-year-old Lillian Viand to I r_ _ 1 1 U ; IA prepare iier mr uuruii. im.- l-uuu sat. hold upright in her winding sheet, opened her eyes and cried. "Mamma! I want my mama! I'm eold!" The undertaker fell back in a chair nearly fainting, but re gaining presence of mind, snatched up blankets, wrapped the child in I I hem and rushed down stairs with her to the parents. Masonic Home For Widows. Montgomery, Ala.?A bond issue of $50,000 was authorized by the Alabama Masonic Grand Lodge to supplement $60,000 in hand for the erection of a home in Montgomery for Masonic widows and orphans. Chinaman C;ni;|!i( SintuiHliwj Opium. New Orlcan>.?Charged with at tempting: (o sinnu'iric a quail!i!y of opium. valuer! al fr?>m aboard : l!it? steamer Abaj'irai*"/. five Chinese. | members of I!h* rtvw <?f thai vessel, i were anvsld by -.'osiom ofiicr.-- hero. So Weak He Could Not Philip Huber, 351 Cummunipaw Jersey City, N. J., says: "Three ago I was compelled to sell my ness. Kidney trouble had made me 6ick that for months I was weak to work and most too miserable live. I began Doan's Kidney at that critical riod and the were beyond my pectations. bought back my business sionally work 18 hours a day ill effect Doan's Kidney Pills" made this possible and I cannot ommend them too highly." Remember tne name?uuau a. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents ft box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. As Time Passes. "Before you were married you used to send your wife flowers." "Yes," replied Mr. Meekton. "Now it takes a diamond necklace to make her as enthusiastic as she used to be over a five-dollar bunch of roses." 16 YEARS OF SKIN DISEASE "For sixteen long years I have been suffering with a bad case of skin dis ease. While a child there broke x)ut a red sore on the legs just in back of my knees. It waxed from bad to worse, and at last I saw I had a bad skin disease. I tried many widely known doctors in different cities but to no satisfactory result. The plague both ered me more in warm weather'than in winter and being on my lej^jolnts It made it impossible for me to walk, and I was forced to stay indoors in-the warmest weather. My hopes of rec^fM^^ ery were by this time spent. Sleeplfea ^1 nights and restless days made lifeitt unbearable burden. At last I wab advised to try the Cuticura remedies [Cutlcura Soap, Ointment and Pills] and I did not need more than a trial to convince me that I was on the road of success this time. I bought two sets of the Cuticura Remedies and after th^se were gone I wasva differ ent man entirely. I am now the hap piest man that there Is at least one true care for skin diseases. Leonard A. Hawtof, 11 Nostrand Ave., Brook lyn, N Y., July 30 and Aug. 8, '09." Repentance as a habit would keep j one turning in a circle. Constipation causes many serious eases. It is thoroughly cured Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a three for cathartic. It's no use praying to be from temptation unless you want be divorced from sin. For HE A. D ACHE?HI eke' Whether from Colds, Heat. Nervous Troubles, Capudlne It's liquid?pleasant to ately. Try it. 10c., 25c., The man who -thinks more pigs than he does of bis babies is the devil's idea of husband and father should be. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy infants and children, and see Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 The Kind You Have Always Some Consolation. Mrs. Gramercy?My ' husband anxious to get rid of me. Mrs. Park?Don't cry, dear.- In case he won't haggle over the ali mony.?Smart Set. Lady uses leiierine rur taenia. Edgar Springs. Mo., July 15, 1908. The Eczema on my face usually appears In the spring and your salve always helps It. I use no other preparation but Tet terine and find it superior to any on the market. Respectfully. _ Elsie M. Judvine. . Tetterlne cures Eczema. Tetter, Itching Piles, Ring Worm and every form of Scalp and Skin Disease. Tetterlne 60c; Tetterlne Soap 25c. At druggists^by mail direct from Tbe Shuptrine Co.* Sa vannah, Ga With every mall order for Tetterlne we give a box of Shuptrine's 10c Liver Pills free. May Be Wooden-Headed.' Caller?I didn't know your son was at college. Is this bis freshman year? Mrs. Bnnderby?Oh, no, indeed; he's a sycamore. MIX THIS FOR RHEUMATISM Easily Prepared and Inexpensive and Really Does the Work, Says Noted Authority. Thousands of men and women who have felt the sting and torture of that - r?1 OTl*<s%Vk im dread disease, nueumauom, nuiv,u ? no respecter of age, persons, sex, color or rank, will be interested to know that it is one of the easiest af flictiqps of the human body t^, con quer. Medical science has proven it not a distinct disease in itself, but a I symptom caused by inactive kidneys. Rheumatism is uric acid in the blood and other waste products of the sys tem which should be filtered and strained out in the form of urine. The function of the kidneys is to sift these poisons and acids out and keep the blood clean and pure. The kidneys ! however, are of sponge-like substance, the holes or pores of which will some times, either from overwork, cold or exposure become clogged, and failing in their function of eliminating these poisons from the blood, they remain in the veins, decompose and settling | about the joints and muscles, cause | the untold suffering and pain of rheu j matism and backache, often producing | complications of bladder and urinary disease, and general weakness. The following simple prescription is said to relieve the worst cases of rheumatism because of its direct ac tion upon the blood and kidneys, re lieving, too, the most severe forms of j .bladder and urinary troubles: Fluid i Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; j Compound Kargon. one our.ce; Com ! pound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three I ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bot tle and take in teaspoonful doses after each meal and at bvltime. The in gredients can be had from any pre scription phrrmacy. and nre absolutely harmless and safe to use at any time.