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HALF OU/. ILLS ARE CAT Thousands of People Have Kidne I > and Don't Know lt is Catrr vvvvvvvvwvvvv^vvvvvvvvmwvvvyvw *- 3, ?lr.: David "L. Javcox, Chaplain S e- ' Clarinda; T. 0. G. Ti and Chap- f 5 lain G. A. R., SG5 Broadway, Oak * land, Cal., writes: "1 am an old icar veteran. 1 contracted severe bladder and kidney trouble. I ?pent hun dreds of dollars and consulted a host of doctors, but neither did mc any good. "Penina has proven the best .nedi cihe I ever useu. JVIV pains are qone and I believe myself to be cured. I feel well and would no? be without a bottle in time of need for ten times its cost." Hundreds of war veterans have kidney and bladder trouble. Impure drinking water, sleeping OH the ground, and all manner of exposures to wet and cold weather produced catarrh of the kidneys and blidder. Even the best housekeepe: coffee without good material. ' blended coffee such, ca unscru] counters won't do. But take th PON COFFEE, the M the coffee that for over a que welcomed in millions of homes f or a king in this way : HOW TO MAKE Use LION" COFFEE, because to get best Grind your LION COFFEE rather fine, extra for the pot." First mix It with a little c add white of an egg (if egg is to bo used as a i 1st. WITH BOILING WATER. ; THREE MINUTES ONLY. Add a lil . minnies to settle. Serve promptly 2d. WITH COLD WATER. Adi bring if -to a boU. Then set aside, i minutes ifs ready to serve. O (Don't boll it too long. " < Don't let lt stand more t D0NT*3 (Don't use water that h TWO WAYS TO . let. With Efffls. Uso part of tho white COFFEE before boiling. 2d. With Cold Water instead of eggs. . aside for eight or ten min?tes, then serve throi Insist oxa getting a packs prepare it according to this LION COFFEE in Suture. (Lion-head on - - (Save these.T ?????jt&' SOLD BYS?E??E? -< "W GUARANTEED CURE for all bowel troubl blood, wind onthe stomach, bloated bowels, pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow skin c regularly you are sick. Constipation kills mc starts chronic ailments and long years of suffi CA SC ARE TS today, for you will never get v jigfri Take our advice, start with Cascarci money refunded. The genuine tablet stamp booklet free. Address Sterling Remedy Com Air Line Haill&tciy SPECIAL RATES VIA Seaboard Air Line Railway. ATLANTA, GA. Account of Tabernacle Bible Con ference; "Atlanta,- Ga., March. 21st .April-?frd,'Seaboard announces'a rate .of "one fare and a third on certificate plan. SAVANNAH, GA. Account of Fourth Annual Tourna ment Golf Association. Savannah, Ga.. May 9th-13th. Seaboard announces rate of one fare plus 25 cents from all points. Tickets sold May 7th, S th. 9th, final limit May 15th. KANSAS CITY. MO. . Account of Southern Baptist Con vention, Kansas City, Mo., May 10th 17th, Seaboard announces rate of one fare; plus 50 cents in addition to 25 cents for validating ticke-ts. Tickets sold May 7th-llth, inclu sive; final limit May 23rd. ATLANTA. GA. Account of Annual Association of Manufacturers. Atlanta, Ga., May 16th-lSth. Seaboard announces rate of one fare plus 25 cents, i-Tickets sold May 14th-15th. final limit May -20th. with the privilege of extension. SAVANNAH. GA. Account of Annual Travelers' Pro tective Associa ti on of America, Sa vannah. Ga., May lSth-23rd, Seaboard announces rate of one fare plus '50 cents. . Tickets sold May 13th, 14th, final limit May 20th, with the privilege of extension. ?FORT WORTH. TEX. Accpunt'of General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church, Fort WortftZtTex.. May 18th-26th, Seaboard announces rate of one fare plus $2.00. % Ticlcets"soIcr May~15th, 16th, 17th, final limit May. 21st. ST. LOUIS, Mp. Account of Annual Baptist Univer sity, St. Louis. Mo., May 10th-25th, Seaboard'announces rate of one first class fare plus 25 cents. Tickets sold May 14th, 15th, 16th, final limit May 27th. ASHEVILLE, N. C. Account of South Atlantic Mission ary Conference, Asheville, N. C., May 17th-^lstj .Seaboard announces rate of onejjfare plus 25 cents for round trip. Tickets,sold May 14th-17th, final limit ?MaJy::-23rd. ' Sea"h0?rd ateo announces low sec ond-class colonist rates to Pacific Coast points until May 1st, 1905. . ..For iimo-tables, ra tts nnd reservations, aoplv to : CHAS. rf. QATTI5, -?.Traveling Passenger Agent . * RALEIGH, N. C. JAS. KER, JR., C.P.A.. Charlotte, N.C. ' i' i ~Y ? - ? JH5O? ?3. " r - in 11 ?"MI 11 i II MU i ? i in i-ggSf1 Ci;RES WHERE ALI ELSE'FAILS.,, j Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Jood, Use In time. Sold by drqggtstt. SEVERE KIDNEY ANO BLADDER TROUBLE. APLAIN D L. J AY COX. IP ARRH. y Trouble ah. They have docto re d with every conceivable drug, have c on s u 1 ted all schools c medicine. It ivas not ( until Peruna ?L. X ! < ;came into use, however, that these I o?d soldiers found a rem edy that would actually cure them. More cases of catarrh of kidneys and bladder have been cured by Pe runa titan all other medicines com bined. Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, and he will be pleased to give you thc benefit of his medical advice gratis. All correspondence held strictly confiden tial. Good Coffee rs cannot make a good cup of Dirty, adulterated and queerly julous dealers shovel over their e pure, clean, natural flavored ;ader of all package coffees trter of a century has been daily -and you will make a drink fit : GOOD COFFEE. results jon mnst use the best coffee. Use "a tablespoonful to each cap, and one old water, enough to moke a thick paste, and lettler), then follow one of the following rules : Idd boiling water, and let it boll nie cold water and set aside live S your cold water to the paste and add a little cold water, and in live .han ten minutes before serving, as been bolled before. SETTLE COFFEE. of cc egg, mixing it with the ground LION M ter boiling odd a dash of cold water, and set ig h a strainer. ige ol genuine LION COFFEE^ recipe and you\yilL<???9"??^Se*, (Sold only^Bri^?BTsealed packages.) every pac-kajfje.) , ^or-v?Tuable premiums.) IS EVERYWHERE OOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. es, appendicitis, biliousness, bad breath, bad foul month, headache, indigestion, pimples, md dizziness. When your bowels don't movo >re people than all other diseases together. It sring. No matter what nils you, start talcing /ell and stay well until you get your bowels :s today under absolute guarantee to cure or ied CCC Never sold in bulk. Sample oed pony, Chicago or New York. ' 50a Literal Obedience. A Fitchburg insurance man tells the following: A printed clause on all policies says all changes in resi dence should be made known at once to the agent. A man called at an office the other day and said: "I have painted my house yellow and fixed up the chimney." FITS permanently cured. Noflts r - nervous ness after il rst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorcr,$2trialbottleand treatise free Dr. Ti: H. KLIXE, Ltd.,931 Arch St., Phila., Ta. Norwegians employed on farms receive only from $40 to $80 .1 year and board. A G naran teert Cur? For Pile?. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Drugcists will refund money if Pa^o Ointment Tails to cure in 6 to 14 days. CO?. A stone house is not so durable as one of brick. Usn Allen's Foot-Vase. It Is the only cure for Swollen, Rmartln?, Tired, Aching, Hot. Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen'sFoot-Easo, a powder tOD8 3hakenlnto tho shoe?. Cures while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, *25c. Don't accept anv sub3tltnte. Sample sent FBEE. Addre3r, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. The trees of Finland are the money pro ducers of the people. H. H. GEEEN'S SOKS, of Atlanta, Ga., are the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the world. See their liberal oller in advertise ment in another column of this paper. The Siamese capital is the terminus of four lines of ra il wa v. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion,allay s pain,cures wind colic,25c.abottle. If you would knock a stubborn man down instead of stopping to argue with him you would save a lot of wind ami much valuable time. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen is Nature's great remedy-Cares Coughs. Colds, Croup and Consumptfon.and all throat and lung troubles. At druggists, Un., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. The :U a ru facturer*' Kr cord. A powerful factor in the present phenomenal development of the South along all industrial lines is the Manu facturers' Record, of Baltimore. . It has accomplished great things in the past, and with a progressive policy has stood always for the development of the South's exhaustiess resources by the expenditure of Southern brain, muscle and capital, aided by such In telligent investments from the outside as sought a profitable field, with no view of doing benevolence to the Southern people. The Manufacturers' Record is almost indespensible to ev ery business man. It is able, conser vative and yet truly progressive Iii' Its ideas. ?lid withal., a. very interestlu? and a^raj?liv? journal, ANOTHER ATTEMPT On the Part of Russian Nihilist to Kill High Official -* A TERRORIST'S ACT IN WARSAW fearon von Nolken, Chief ef Police, Has a Deadly Missie Thrown Into His Carriage and is Seriously In jured, But is Likely to Recover-A Bomb Had Previously Been Thrown Into the Police Station in Order to Bring the Chief to the Scene Thrower of the Second Bomb Es capes. Warsaw, By Cable.-? bomb was thrall into the carriage of Baron von Nolken, chief of Police of Warsaw, at 8 o'clock Sunday evening. According to the latest information, ithe attack on Baron von Nolken was the result of an elaborate conspiracy of the revolutionary party. Shortly before 8 o'clock tonight, an elegantly dressed man went to the police sta tion at Praga, a large suburb of War saw, on the other side of the Vistula, and threw a bomb into the court yard of the station, wounding seven per sons, two of them dangerously. The man started to run away, but was caught by the captain of the station. He was found to be a Jew, but his identity has not been discovered. A telephone message, was immediately sent to Baron von Nolken, at the city hall, informing him of the outrage. Baron von Nolken, accompanied by a police official, took a carriage and started immediately for Praga. When passing the castle where the Gover nor General resides, a man standing on the pavement threw a bomb at the carriage. Baron von Nolken, who was sitting on the side nearest the assailant, received the full charge of the'bomb, while his companion es caped unhurt. The coachman was thrown from the box and the carriage was smashed. Baron von Nolken was removed to the city hall and doctors were sum moned, who found he had received Injuries which are believed to be seri ous on the head, the right arm and leg. ^Meanwhile the police official ac companying Baron von Nolken saw the. bomb thrower fleeing, and pursued and caught up with him, but the crim inal proved stronger and tore himself away. Another policeman fired twice after him without result. Half an hour later a man was found dead in Sowia street, whom the police believe to be the bomb thrower. The police think the man shot himself to escape arrest. Would Refuse G ft. Columbus, O., Special.-Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, pastor of the First Congregational church of Col umbus, and moderator of the General Council of Congregational churches cf the United States in a sermon deliv ered Sunday, discussed the gift of $100,000 made by a prominent capital JaL-to the^Anlepican Board or Missions. He said: "The money proffered to our board of missions comes out of a colossal estate, whose foundations were laid in the most relentless repacity known to modern commercial history. "The United States government is engaged in a strenuous attempt to fer ret out and punish this injustice. And the people of the United States have a tremendous battle on their hands with the corporation's greed, which has entrenched itself in this strong hold, and has learned to use the rail ways for the oppression and spolia tion of the people. "And now, on the eve of this battle, they are asked to accept a great gift of money from the man who, more completely than any other, representa the system they are summoned to fight. "I hope they are not mean enough to take this money and then turn around and fight him. I hope they are not so faithless to their obligations as to take his money and shut their mouths or become his apoligists. "We do not want this man's money. To accept it will be to work the con tempt of millions of honest men; to reject it will strengthen our Church in the affection and respect of millions who are inclined to doubt whether the Churches love God more than mammon.^ "Our mission will be richer and stronger without it than with it, and we shall lose nothing by our loyalty to the things unseen and eternal." Killed by Trolley Car. Charlotte, N. C.. Special.-Mr. J. F. Swanney, a book-binder about 40 years of age, was run over Saturday at noon by a car of the local street car system here, and instantly killed. The coro ner's jury on Sunday found the street car company guilty of carelessness. Brakeman Killed in Wreck. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.-Brako man Walter Greer, whose, home is at Newton, N. C., was killed and Engi- I neer Thomas M. Graham and Fireman ? J. M. Nicely painfully injured in a freight wreck on the Knoxville. Cum berland Gap & Louisville branch of the Southern Railway. The rails spread beneath the weight of a 100 ton engine. Fertilizer Plant Burned. Rome, Ga., Special.-The plant and stock of the Virginia-Carolina Chemi cal Company, at East Rome, was en tirely destroyed by fire Saturday night, the loss being placed at $250,000. The insurance is estimated at about one half the total loss. The fire com menced at about 7:30 o'clock, and the only protection available was that af forded by the apparatus belonging to the company. Two men were seriously burned. The origin is not known. Deserter Arrested. Greensboro, N. C. Special.-An offi cer left here Saturday night for Nor folk with Alfred Tennyson Saylor to be surrendered to government authori ties on the receiving ship Franklin for desertion. Saylor was arrested here two nights ago for beating a ride on a train. Finding he would be put to work on the roads to pay the fine and costs, he confessed his real name, stat ing he deserted from the battleship Ohio, at San Francisco, February 13th. Investigation proved truth of the con fession and Saylor was surrender to a government agent. News of the Day. Advices from Paris are that the French cable in Venezuela has not been cut, but Castro's excuse for wishing to annul the concession ls termed specious and the French Government has been appealed to. Chancellor von Buelow, in the course of a discussion in the Reichstag on the purchase of vessels by Russia,- stated Germany's attitude to be one of strict neutrality, and accused the Socialists of trying to provoke war with Russia. The English and Irish coasts have been, swept by a storm and many dis asters to vessels are reported, 1 Tliedford's Black-Draught comes I nearer regulating the entire system | and keeping the Dody in health than any other medicine made. It is always ready in any emergency to treat ailments that are frequent in. any family, such as indigestion, biliousness, colds, diarrhoea, and stomach aches. Thcdford's Black-Draught is the standard, ne'vcr-failing remedy for stomach, bowel, liver and kidney troubles. It is a cure for the domes tic ills which so frequently summon the doctor. It is as good for children as it is for grown perrons. A dose of this medicine every day will soon cure the most obstinate case of dys-1 pepsia or constipation, and when taken as directed brings quick relief. DAJTTTLLE, III., Dec 23,19C2. Theodora's Black-Draught has boen our family doctor for Uro years and wo want no othor. When any of us ieol badly wo tafco a doro and aro all right In twolvo hours. Wc have spent lots of money for doctor bills, but get along just as troll .with Black-Draught, JR^ 2. BADER. Ask your dealer for a package of Thedford's Black-Draught and if he does not koop it scnd2?c. to Tho Chatta nooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn, and a package will be mailed to yon. FLOOD AT PITTSBURG One of the Worst Experiences the Iron City Has Had in Year6 Threatens as a Result of Torrents Pouring Down the Monongahela. Pittsburg, Special.-Pittsburg is threatened with one of the worst floods in years. At 10 o'clock Fore caster Frankridge predicts over 30 feet. He does not expect over 35 feet, if that much. During the early hours Tues day, the water began to recede from the rise in the Alleghany, but a fresh im petus was given to the rush torrents by a rainfall of nearly two inches over the entire water-shed of the Mononga hela river. Tuesday night about 50 miles above Pittsburg the Monongahela was rising eight inches an hour, and at the harbor here the gauges show a rise of nearly three inches per hour. Should the river re?ch the predicted height, street car traffic between this city and surrounding towns will be almost suspended, while the railroads up the Monongahela valley will have to suspend traffic. Already a number of mills have shut down, as a resuU of the water putting out the fires. From three to five feet more of water is expected -up the valley, and a total of 20.000 men are likely to be idle. Hundreds of houses in Allegheny, on the south side, and in McKeesport and other suburbs, are surrounded by from two to eight feet of water, the occu pants living in the second stories. In some places the water has entered the upper rooms, and homes are being abandoned for the time being. No fa talities have. been reported today. Scores of business houses have their basements flooded, and the loss will be heavy. The crest of the flood ?3 expected about 9 p. m. Wednesday. LINEVITCH'S HEADQUARTERS. Directing Retreat of the Three Armies From the Crossing of the Sungari River. St. Petersburg, By Cable.--General Linevitch's headquarters have been established for the present at Chen chiawatzii, situated at the crossing of the Sungari river, whence he is di recting the retreat of the three armies and disposing of the fresh troops of the Fourth Corps just arriving from European Russia. The protection of the Sungari bridge is vital to the sal vation of the army, as the river is not fordable. below Kirin. and once the line of the river is passed and the bridge blown up, the Japanese pursuit will be effectually checked. At the same time the second army is falling back on the line of the rail road, while the first and third, with the transports, are retreating along the Mandarin road to Kirin, both de stroying bridges and roads, and de nuding the country behind them, and making it impossible for the Japanese to live in the immediate wake of the retreat without their own commissari at. The Japanese are advancing over the grand trade route 20 miles west of the railroad. 'No information ls available regarding the strength of the Japanese column, but the War Of fice says it is hardly enough to con stitute a menace with the dispositions General Linevitch is able to make of fresh troops. Cheers For Kuropatkin. Harbin, By Cable.-At the departuro southward of General Kuropatkin, crowds of thousands of civilians and soldiers gathered at the station and gave him a great ovation. Above thun dering hurrahs were heard cries of "God send you happiness," "Good-bye, brother," "Good-bye, father." As the train started, soldiers rushed forward in a surging crowd and grasped the hand-rail of the general's car, throwing their fur caps in the air and running some distance with the car. The scene made a deep impression on General Ku ropatkin, down whose face tears streamed. Removing his cap, he sa luted again and again, and stood bare headed on the platform of the car as long as the train was in sight. Residents of Harbin are uneasy, and many of them are departing. Chinese are withdrawing their deposits from Chinese banks here. Commission is Too Large. Washington, Special. - Secretary Taft made public a letter which he has written "to the President concern ing complaints made by Dr. C. A. L. Reed ' regarding the work of the isthmian canal commission. In the course of his letter, Secretary Taft said that many of the things complain ed of would be remedied by placing the control of the canal under one head, or at least under a commission composed of not more thad three members. He adds that he will sub mit to the President, in a short time/ a plan for the re-arrangement of the commission. New Troops in Good Spirits. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-A couple of brief telegrams from General Line vitch dated March 20 were given out Tpesday. They merely say that the. troops continued to retreat northward March 19, that he had allowed the men to rest March 20 and that he had in spected more new arrivals from Rus sia aud had found the troops in wcel-' lent spirits. SKINNER RELEASED ON BONO Peculiar Circumstances Proceeding Killing of Miller D. Anderson Brought Out at the Hearing. Barnwell, Special.-Mr. Jomes H. Skinned, who killed Mr. Miller D. An derson near Dunbarton, applied for bail before Judge D. A. Townsend. The tes timony that was taken at the inquest, together with numerous affidavits, was read and commented upon by the attor neys, when the judge announced that he would grant bail, which was fixed at the sum of $1,500. From some of the affidavits, it seems that in January Mrs. Anderson was calling ?in a friendly way on Mrs. Skin ner, her neighbor; that Mr. Anderson, learning that his wife was out calling on Mrs. Skinner, wrote his wife to come home; that he did not want her to call on such people. This note offended the Skinner family who, subsequently, when they met Mr. Anderson in Dun barton,..refused to speak to him. This enraged Mr. Anderson, who used such gross and insulting language that Mr. Skinner demanded of him a retraction, .and this brought on a fisticuff, wherein Mr. Anderson was severely thrashed. A number of witnesses swore that Mr. Anderson threatened to take Mr. Skinner's life and that these threats were communicated to Mr. Skinner. Defendant states in his affidavit that on morning of homicide Mr. Anderson was at Dunbarton; that in order to avoid him he arranged to drive to his farm; that he got his gun and some shells that had been loaded by some friends who had been on a visit to him, and took his little nephew in the bug gy with him. That while on the way he saw a buggy in front of him; that he did not know whose buggy it. was until he had driven up to it when Mr. Anderson called to him and said: "You took advantage of me before; we'll settle it now," and drew his gun, when defendant fired first. Defendant's nephew swears to the same thing. Mrs. Anderson, wife of deceased, was in the buggy at the time deceased was shot. She says Mr. Skinner overtook them; that he drove close to the buggy in which they were riding and, calling to Mr. Anderson, said: "Do you want to see me," and without another word shot him. With her dead husband at her side, her lonely drive back to Dun barton was pathetic in the extreme. Numerous affidavits were produced setting out the character for peace of Mr. Skinner and the rowdy character of Mr. Anderson. At the June term the case will probably be tried. The com munity is shocked by this unfortunate homicide. Attempted Assault. Springfield, Orangeburg County, Special to Columbia State: Tis quiet little town was the scene Saturday of a sensational trial. Norris Chavis, a young white man in the employ of Mr. Connie Altman., who lives a few miles from Springfield, was arrested and brought before Mag istrate Arnold Corbett on the charge of an attempted assault upon the 4-year-old daughter of Mr. Altman. As far as your correspondent can ascertain, it was a well defined, though unsuccessful attempt, Chavis, it is said, was apprehended by Mr. Altman. After several witnesses had been ex amined, Chavis waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the higher court. He was placed in the guard house, which is a flimsy affair, ,and during the night the prisoner made his escape, and up to this hour has not been captured. ; The community was deeply stirred by the dastardly attempt, but there was little talk of violence in any forn? It is believed that the law would have been allowed to take its course. Telegrams from Orangeburg and Co lumbia have been received indicadas that a report of lynching had gone abroad, but this is without foundation. The child suffered no hurt. Some Assessments Increased. The State board of assessors ad journed until April 1st when the work of assessing for taxation the property of railroad companies will be complet ed. Some assessments were delayed on account of the opinion of the at torney general as to the application o' the franchise tax law to interstate business. The board raised the assessment for the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens road from $5,000 to $6,000 per mile; the assessment of the Lancaster & Ches ter road from $700 to $3,250, and the Charleston & Western Carolina from the Georgia line to Spartanburg was made $8.000 per mile, and from the Georgia line to Beaufort $7,500 per mile. The Southern Express company was made $100 per mile, against $85 last year. The assessment of the Pullman Palace Car company was not changed from $100 per mile, or a total valua tion of $148,643 for the State. The Postal and Western Union Tele graph companies were not changed, the assessment being $35 per mile of wire in the State. The American Tel egraph and Telephone company was valued at $90,000, against $65,635 last vear. The Southern Bell Telephone company was valued at $400,000, against $215,5&2 last year. The other ossessments remained the same for the present. There was no change made in the assessment of the Seaboard Air Line, who..; attorneys raised a vigorous protest Wednesday on the present figures. It has been hinted that this matter will go into the courts. All Balk at Indemnity. Moscow, By Cable-With the excep tion of The Moscow Gazette, practical ly all the newspapers of this city are for peace, on condition that there be neither cession of territory nor pay ment of indemnity. At a banquet a prominent merchant declared: "The happiest end of the war would be im mediate peace, but if the government consents to indemnity we will throw the bomb. Enough Russian gold has been spent in Manchuria." Japs Glad at Loomis' Success ' Tokio, By Cable.-General satisfac tion is expressed at the success in plac ing the foreign loan. The domestic loan was oversubscribed several times and it is probable a portion of it will be al lotted to foreign subscribers. The for eign applications amount to several million dollars. The success of the for eign and domestic loans strengthens the feeling of confidence that Japan will be able to finance the war without difficulty or embarrassment. Stone Weapons Centuries Old. A plowman at Culmore, in the south ' of Scotland, surprised recently at the ! number of worked flints his plowshare was turning up, communicated with I the local antiquarians. Excavations disclosed an entire workshop of stone ; weapons, in every stage of manufac I ture, just as they had been left by the 'primitive laborers who manufactured ithem. There are altogether 1,000 of these flint weapons, all beautifully chirped Into leaf-shaped arrowheads or hammers. COMMISSIONER GARFIELD'S REPORT It Is Found to Be F ATO rabio to th? Great F?chers. The report of Commissioner of Cor porations Garfield on the beef indus try, after about eight inonths' ihves; tlgation in Chicago and elsewhere^ shows that there has been au enormous amount of exaggeration in the state ments that have appeared for some time past in regard to the beef busi ness. This investigation was set on foot by a resolution of the House of Representatives adopted March 7,1904, and the ascertained facts after a most rigid examination of the methods and general conduct of the business are contained in a report covering 808 pages. Its figures and tables conclu sively show that the popular belief in enormous profits made by the large packers, such as Armour & Co., Swift & Co. and Nelson Morris & Cd., and in the exclusive control ol! the busi^ ness which many think they enjoy, is really without foundation. The report made to President Roose velt by Commissioner Garfield is real ly the first official statement: of the ac tual conditions of the beef business that has been made, and as all the con clusions arrived at are based, as shown by him, upon data officially obtained, there seems to be no reason why they should not be regarded ns reliable and in all respects trustworthy. This report shows why the price of both cattle and beef advanced to the highest level ever known after the short corn crop of 1901, and ?tates tint because of the decrease in number of cattle and also in decreased weight, "the high prices of beef which caused so much complaint among consumers at this time were attributable wholly to these abnormal cattle prices/' All the figures of the live weight and live cost of all dressed beef cattle were obtained from actual killing records, and all information of every kind ob tained by the Commissioner was volun tarily and freely offered by the pack ers, all books of record and papers: connected with the business having been placed at his disposal. To make certain that the results of the investigation should be absolutely accurate, the Commissioner states that a double method of ascertaining profits was adopted, and, without going into detail here, it is found that the conclu sion arrived at shows an average profit of 99 cents per head. The Commis sioner says "tue close parallelism In the results of the two methods of as certaining the profits confirms com pletely the correctness of the general conclusions." It is clearly established that "Western packers do not control more than half of the beef supply of the United States," the conclusion of the Commissioner being that the busi ness done by them amounts to "about 45 per cent." of the total slaughter of the country. The whole report is extremely inter* esting and well worthy of careful pe rusal. As an official report it mny be regarded as worthy of confidence, and lt certainly leads the reader to the conclusion arrived, nt by the Commis sioner when he states that "the capi talization of none of these concerns ls excessive as compared with its actual investment," and that from thorough and rigid examination of original en tries in books and papers to rrhich ho had access there was also "indirect evi dence that the profits of the packers in their beef business are less than is frequently supposed," as shown by comparison between the total profits and the total amount of sales. A man who gets his pay in ad vance never works overtime. Effects of Prosperity. In the six years of the country's greatest prosperity, from 1897 to 1903, average prices of breadstuffs advanced 65 per cent.; meats, 23.1 per cent.; dairy aud garden products, 50.1 per cent, and clothing 24.3. All these were products of the farmer and stockman, who profited more than any other class of the community by Ibese advances. The miner benefited 42.1 per cent, by that advance in the nverage price of metals. The only decrease in the aver age prices of commodities in that pe riod was in railway freight rates, which decreased from .798 per ton-mile in 1S97 to .763 In 1903, a loss of 4.4 per cent. The report of the Interstate Commerce Commission shows that the average Increase In the pny of railroad employes in that period was a trifle above 8.5 per cent. ... China's Cont Fields. China's resources of coal and Iron are among the largest and most favor ably situated in the world. The extent of the great coal fields has been put at 400,000 square miles-more than sev enty times the aggregate extent of all the conl fields of Britain. 8100 Reward. 8100. The readers o? this paper will be pleasedto learn chat there is at least one dreaded dis ease that scioQce ka? besa able to cure in all it83ta?e3, and that ls Cat arr J. Hall's Catarrh Cure is tho oaly positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, require? a constitutional treatment. Hall's CatarrhCureistakoninter nally,aotia?dlre3tly upon the blood and mu coussurCaoe.} ot tho system, thereby destroy ingthe fouuditioa ot the disease, and glvla ; the patieat streagth by building up the con stitution aad asslstiag nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith ia its curativo powers that they olTer One Hun dredDollarsforany case that it (alls to eura. Send for list ot testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for coastlpatloa. Knew What He Was Talking About. A reader asks where the characteri zation pf Washington as "first In war. first in peace and first In the hearts of his countrymen" comes from. It ap pears in the oration delivered by Major Henry Lee nt the request of Congress in 1799.-Springfield Republican. FACE LIKE RAW BEEF Barning Up With a Terrible Itching Ec zema-Speedily Cured by Cntlcnra. "Cutieura cured me of a terrible eczema from which I had suffered agony and pain for eight years, being unable to obtain any help from thc best doctors. My scalp was covered with scabs and my face was like a piece of raw beef, my eyebrows and lashes were falling out, and I felt as if burning up from the terrible itching and pain. Cu tieura gave me relief the very first day, and made a complete cure in a short time. My head anti face arc now clear and well. (Signed) Miss Mary M. Fay, 75 West Main St., Westboro, Mass.'' Two-thirds of the mp Ie population of the world use tobacco. To Cure a Cole In Ono Day Take Laxative Jlromo Cainino Tablets. All druggists refund money if lt falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on box. 25c. A bec that works only at night is found in Tndia. PJBO'S Cure cannot be too highly spoken ol usa cough oure.-J. W. O'BniBX, 3?12 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6,1903, There are, on an average, 200 pigeons in every German fortress. Itch, cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never Fails. Sold bv all druggists, $1. Mail orders prompts filled by Dr! E. Detchon, Crawfordsville, ?nd. A doll whose head is lopped off with grass, ia a new toy in Paris. This Statement Has Beer Modest Women Eva? Male Physicians. Airs. J.H.Farmer An eminent physician says that "Women are not truthful; they will lie to their physician." This statement should be qualified; women do tell the truth, but not the whole truth, to a mtle physician, but this is only in re Sard to those painful aDd troublesome isordera peculiar to their sex. There can be no more terrible ordeal to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman than to be obliged to answer certain questions when those questions are asked, even by her family physician. This is especially the case with un married women. Is it any wonder, then, that women continue to suffer and that doctors fail to cure female diseases when they cannot get the proper information to work on ? This is the reason why thousands and thousands of women are now corre sponding with Mrs. Pinkham. To her they can and do give every symptom, so that she really knows more about the true condition of her patients, through her correspondence with them than the physician who personally questions them. If you suffer from any form of trouble peculiar to women, write at once to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., and she will advise you free of charge. The fact that this great boon, which is extended freely to women by Mrs. Pinkham, is appreciated, the thou sands of letters received by her prove. Many such grateful letters as the fol lowing are constantly pouring in. Ask Hrs? Pinkhan's Advice-A Woma UfATfcTTE STOCK Rf M, J. CROUCH & SON, PROP'S. LARGEST G rea Co Tile Best Hoi EVER: The Coming lu 108 Stallions arri era! terms made, needs a stallion i To better advertise the South's Leading It ucl ness College, four scholarships are of fered young persons of this county at Issi than cost. WRITE TODAY. &A-ALA, BUSINESS COLLE&Ej MacoDj (fa Potash as Necessary as Rain The quality and quantity of the crops depend on a sufficiency of in the soil. Fertilizers which are low in Potash will never produce satisfactory results. Every farmer should be familiar with the proper proportions of ingredients that go to make thc best fertilizers for every kind of crop. We have published a series of books, containing the latest researches on this all important subject, which we will send free ff you ask. Write now while you think of it to the GERMAN KALI WORKS % New York-93 N'nspau Street, or ^ Atlanta, Ga.-"2.% South Broad Street. Nature's Great Remedy -FOR DYSPEPSIA SICK HEADACHE Stimulates the Liver, regulate* the Bowels and keeps the entire system in a healthy condition. A Natural Product with a record of a Cen tury. If afflicted try it. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. GRAD ORCHARD WATER 00,, LOUISVILLE, KY. Y WATERPROOF OILED C? 'WP -iVED THE Hf?HE'? POSSIBLE AWARD AT THE ST. LOUIS WORLD'S PAIR. Send us the haines of dealers in your town who do not ?ell our goods, and we will ?end you & collection of pictures, in colors, of famous towers of the world, m ? A. J. TOWER CO. ESTABLISHED 1636. BOSTON. KIW YOWl. CHICAOO. TOWER CANADIAN CO, imu. TORONTO CAN. 56t DEMOREST Self-Feed SHINGLE Machine. For SPECIAL BARGAIN PRICES Add ess DEMOREST FOUNDRY & MA CHINE WORKS, DEMOREST, GA. you oan make big money in SMnglet on ?malloutiMni TRUTHFUL i Unjustly Made, Because de Questions Asked By Mrs.Ella Lee, Frankford, Ind.,writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: : ? ' I want to thank you for what your medi cine has done for me. u Three years ago I had inflammation of the* ovaries and ulcers on my womb. I was under the doctor's care for about three months, and the only time I was not in pain was when under the influence of morphine. The doctor finally said I never would be better, and would be an invalid the rest of my life. I had given up in despair, but one evening I cama across one of your advertisements and decided to write you for advice. I did so and com menced to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound. Ibegan to improve at once, and to-day I am a well woman, and I know it is all due to your advice and medicine. Mrs. J. H. Farmer of 2809 Elliott Avenue, Bt. Louis, Mo., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: " I cannot thank you enough for what your advice and medicines have done for me. They have done me more good than all the doctors I ever had. * *' For the last eight years I have suffei-ed with female troubles; was very weak; had nervous prostration, and coula not do my work; but I am happy to say Lydia. E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has made a different woman of me. I am in perfect health and have gained in weight from 98 pounds to 122 pounds." No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unquali fied endorsement. No other medicine has such a record for actual cures of female ills as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women tp write her for .advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. n Best Understands A Woman's Ills? IMPORTERS IR AMERICA OF THE t German ach-Stall ions : AO to Cross on Small Southern Maret. ? COLT A HIGH-CLASS ONE. jrae for the South. Our last importation of ved Feb. 20th. All Stallions guaranteed; lib Catalogue on application. If your country vritetis. j; CROUCH & SON, Nashville, Tenn. You want only the best C otto n Gin ?chinery Ask any experienced Qinner about Pratt, Eagle1Sm?th We would like to show Jrou what thousands of ife long customers say. Write for catalog and testimonial booklet. Continental Gin Co Charlotte, N. C., Atlanta. Ga. Birmingham, Ala. Memphis, Tenn., Dallas, Tex. SSS? $3.50 SHOES ??. W. !.. Douglas makes and sells more Men's 93.00 shoes than any other manufacturer In the world. S10.000 REWARD ta aa y ont who caa disprove thu atattmtnt. W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes aro the greatest sellers in the world because of their excellent style, easy fitting and" superior wearing qualities. They are just as good as those that cost from 85.00 to S7.O0. Tho only difference ls the price. W. L. Douglas 83.60 shoes cost more to make, hold their shape better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other 83.50 shoe on the market to-day. W. L. Douglas guar antees their value by stamping his name and price on tho bottom of each shoe. Look for it. TaUo no substitute. IV. L. Douglas S3.?0 shoes are sold through hisown retail stores In theprin cipal cities, and by shoo dealers every where. >'o matter where you live, YV. L. Douglas shoes aro within your reach. EQUAL $5.00 SHOES. " / hate tcorn H'. L. Douglas (3?0 shoes for years, and confider Hiern equal to ant/ fSJOO shoe noa on the market. They have gwen entire satisfaction." - Wm. H. Anderson, Beal Estate Agent, Kansas City, Mo. Boys wear W. L. Douglas $2.50 and $2.00 shoes because they fit better, hold their shape and wear longer than other makes. IV. L. Douglas uses Corona Coltslin in his ?J..50 syoes. Corona Cult is conceded to le the finest patent leather produced. Fast Color Eyelets will not wear Brassy. W. L. Douglas has tho largest shoe niall order business In the world. No trouble tn ?et a lit by mall. 16 cents extra prepays delivery. if you desire further information, tcritefor Illustrated Catalogue of Spring Styles. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton. Man. NO MORE BUND HORSES! For SPKCIFIC OPHTHALMIA, MOOtf BLINDNESS and OTHER SORE EYES, BARRY GO., HAVEr,A0SURETC?RE: So. 13. fi MPttf lABD THICK. Five cards hold at M nen the tips of Angers instantly disappear; Card? Immediately produced again from any place performer def 1res. Full instructions sent by mall for tl. Address, J .H. Vftnd?rkavao,Tov?rc?.Fl?. CURED G?V98 Quick Relief. Removes all swelling in S to 30 dav j ; effects a permanent cure in joto Co days. Trialtreatment iVB\ given free. Nothiugcan be faire! Write Or. K. H. freon's Sons, .'I. Specialists, Box M Atlanta, GQj