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* i.m. GRIST & SONS, Publishers. } % jjamiln Deirspper: 4or the gromotion of the gotiticat, Social, agricultural, and <Eomm?;fial Interests of the ?outh. I ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S, C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1898. ISTO. 76. ft Marriage Do Capture. By BOBEBT BUCHANAN. [Oopyrlght, 1897, by Robert Buchanan.] CHAPTER X. Several weeks passed, and the mysterious affair which had so ominous a beginning and so extraordinary a termination was almost forgotten. Miss Power remained in England, now and then sending a few lines to Father ~ uouneil !UU (WClVuig u icmoi uuiu him in return. Wisely enough, the worthy priest in his communication alluded scarcely at all to the past. He rejoiced to learn that Catherine was, according to her own aocouiit, well and happy, and, fearful of opening up old wounds, he made no mention of the individual who had caused them. But one morning in early spring Catherine received a letter from the priest containing among other less interesting local gossip the following passage: I had Intended, my dear child, never to torment yon with any news which might remind you of what you suffered when re tiding here in Ireland. Such things are best forgotten But unfortunately 1 am now compelled to break my resolution. It is only just to you and to the unhappy man of whom i write that I should do so. You must know, then, that a few days ago. while riding at night throngh the mountains, Mr. Philip Langford was shot at by some person or persons unknown and dangerously wounded. His horse galloped home without him, and his servants, taking the alarm, went out to search for their mussing master They discovered him at daybreak lying insensible on the highway between Newport and Mulrany and carried him home. Medical assistance was sent for, and it was found that he bad been shot in the back by a gun loaded with slugs and that his wounds were in all probability ni. rtal. On hearing the news 1 could not help thinking to myself, "This Is the punishment of Ood I" Yet 1 could have wished that it had come to iha nnhnnnv man In some leas dreadful fash* in. I visited him yesterday. a3 in duty bound. I found him conscious and lying in a darkened room. He told me that he believed himself to be dying, and he entreated me to convey to you the assurance of his penitence for the great wrong he had done you. 1 promised to send this message to you and besought him to make his peace with God. At his desire he oonfessed to me, and I absolved him. Today I am going to visit him again. Dr Croley assures me that there is little or no hope of his recovery. I forgot to mention that Mr. Langford him self has no suspicion as to his assailant. Indeed he seems quite indifferent on the subject, and when interrogated by the police was unable to give them any information. 1 have my own suspicions; but, of course, they are only suspicions. But of one thing I am certain? that if the unhappy man dies his death will give rise to further trouble. The Conollys, father and sons, adore Mr. Langford, and in expressing to me their belief that the man who shot at him was your cousin, Patrick Blake, or, if not Blake himself, one of his creatures, they have clearly intimated that they will retaliate and avenge their master. Thus, you see, one evil deed begets another. Here, in Oonnaught, the peasantry still retain the savage spirit of the vendetta, and 1 dread what may shortly happen. A week after Catherine received this communication Philip Langford was still living; but, tossing in fever, he hovered between life and death. By his bedside in the darkened room sat a woman, dressed simply and plainly like a hospital nurse. The doctor, a young, powerful looking man, was bending over the bed taking the patient's temperature. After some minutes be left the room, beckoning to the woman to follow. "The fever's on the turn," he whispered outside the door. "If his strength keeps up, he may pull through after all." "Thank God 1" said the woman. "Oh, Dr. Croley, save him, save himl" "Sure, I'll do my best," answered the doctor, "but you must help ma It's lucky, indeed, he is to have a nurse like you." Several days later the fever had almost passed away. Langford opened his eyes from a sound sleep and encountered the bright gleam of two black eyes?those of Father John O'DonnelL "You're better now, my son, "said the good priest, gently patting the wasted hand which lay on the coverlet, "and soon, with God's blessing, you will be up and about." The invalid shook his head sadly. "I'm not looking for that," he said. "Don't you want to live?" asked the other. "Come, now, I wrote Miss Power your message, and, like an angel as she is, she has sent you her forgiveness. Is not that enough to put life into you?" he added, smiling. "God bless her," said Langford, answering the smile sadly and wearily. "All the time while I've been lying here I've been thinking of her, and sometimes it seemed she was by me, looking down and smiling sweetly on me. When I am gone, father, tell her that I died blessing her I couldn't help loving her. I couldn't help loving her." "More shame to you," exclaimed the priest, Deannng oenignanuy. Lioves a snare, sir, and a delusion. And you behaved like a scoundrel entirely. " "God knows I did, father. It was in this very room that 1 kept her a prisoner, and to be lying hero, where she was once, is like lying in the light of heaven. " "You're a profane man," returned O'Dounell, with an expression that belied the rebuke, "and I'm shocked at you. Will you promise to get well now if I overlook your depravity?" "There is nothing left to live for. She was the light of my life, the pulse of my heart, tho breath of my breath, and I loved her better than God. May he bless her now and forever, but I wish to die." As he spoke he heard the sound of a low sob, and turning his face to the bedside he saw a woman near him, with her eyes tixed on his. "Catherine," he murmured, gazing at the vision like one in a dream, but as he spoke the word two loving arms were thrown around him, and a warm cheek, wet with tears, was pressed against his arm. "Yes, Philip," said the voice of his beloved. "I am here besido you, and you are going to live for my sake. Don't you remember what I once told you? that there was something charming in the old days, when marriage by capture was the fashion, and the strongest man won?. And how* I said, too, that I would never surrender to any man unless be made me?" "Yes, 1 remember." "Well, dear," continued Catherine, sobbing and laughing together, "I've come back to tell you that you were the strongest, and that, if you don't mind and promise to get well quickly, I'm going to marry you after all " THE END. gHisccUancou? gUading. YORK COTTON MILLS. Some Interesting Facte About an Important Enterprise. At a meeting of the stockholders of the York Cotton mills, held in the office of Mr. John R. Ashe, secretary and treasurer, last Friday afternoon, there was nuanimously adopted a resolution asking for authority to increase the capital stock of the compauy from $75,000 to $150,000, and also for auHKR^HDSL. Bfl IN TH Here is the father, secretary and treasure work in his office. Mr. J. R. Asjte was he exception of about five years, during whii 187G, been an active factor in the busines business experience he has been an exte ous to 1889, when he removed to Kersln friends that it was the ambition of his li he investigated the local field with that and then another, his plans were prevei the York Cotton Mills company, lie coi to subscribe the sum of $10,000. This attention of local capitalists, and after a the project took shape as elsewhere outl Mr. Ashe was made general manager of has been proven by subsequent develop that now owned by the company, with t as was the earning of the remarkable div first year's operations. From the first h mill and selling the products to advant manage the business in which he had b< of work that Mr. Grimes does in the i turns out the very best product at the rr this product briDgs on the market eve more faith in the York Cotton Mills I subscription of ?10,000, he is now owner mills, ucquired by purchase since the or operation, a few shares of stock changed has been at a premium. Mr. Ashe's first purchase was at 122A. He is thoroughly ei the capital stock of the company to ?150,(H a money maker, the plant of the York ( similar enterprise in the state. thority to conduct, in connection with I the cotton manufacturing business, a general merchandise busiuess. This resolution is merely an initial step looking to the still further devel-l optnent of the most iinportunt business enterprise that has been estab lished in Yorkville during the present generation, and its full significance can be best appreciated by those who are more or less familiar with the record of York Cotton mills up to the present. Although, during the past 15 or 18 years, there has probably been enough Yorkville capital invested in cotton mills elsewhere to build at least one big mill, until within the past few yeurs Yorkville has not been in the list 01 COl I Oil nun iu? ur*. y <11 lull.-' efforts have been made from time to time to organize companies ami build mills at this place; but for various reasons not necessary to explain, these efforts failed, one after another, until the matter was taken up by the enterprisiug capitalists who compose the present company. Indeed, several of these had given attention to the matter before, and with some of them success at last was only with the third or fourth attempt. The circumstances under which the York Cotton Mills company was organized, amply prove the determination of the projectors. The latter part of 189o and the early part of 181K5 were not especially favorable to the promotion of big industrial enterprises, especially those counected with the manufacture of cotton. It will be remembered that this was the fug end of the panic period. So far as most people were able to see at the time, it was the very midst of the panic. Several large mills?weavers and spinners? unable to pull through the squeeze, hud fallen into the hands of receivers, and the outlook was anything but en couraging. To put money into a cotton mill under circumstances like these required faith, and this, maybe, in a measure, accounts for the subsequent success of the venture. The York Cotton Mills company was organized in March, 1806, and in January, 181)7, secured a charter authorizing a capital stock of ?75,000. Although the projectors were at the time desirous of raising a considerably larger amount of cupital, they real.zed the dilliculty of their task and placed their figures low. It was only after strenuous effort that t ley were enabled to secure subscriptions to the amount of $52,000, and at the same time induce all of the subscribers to uudertake the enterprise with such a limited sum. But finally this was arranged, and as the result of extraordinary business management, not unhampered by frequent outside predictions of failure, in May, 1897, the plant was put in operation. The original plans contemplated a plant to cost not less thun $150,000, and when the impracticability of at once raising this amount in home capital developed, the management, instead of building a smaller mill, changed their plans only in so far as to provide for the ultimate carrying out of what was at first proposed. The means at hand were ouly sufficient for a few more than 3,000 spindles. Power was provided sufficient to drive at least 12,000 spindles, and the main building was constructed so !* * " ' CIS' *v i > ^r"' >"** * '*- /' " ' [ E OFFICE. rand manager of the York Cotton mills at irn and reared in York county, and with the ;h he resided at Kershaw, S. C., has, since s affairs of Yorkville. From his earliest usive dealer in cotton, and for years previtw, it was a well-known fact among bis fe to build a cotton mill. Several times purpose in view; but for first one reason ited fiom fruition until the projection of limenced his last effort with a proposition brought the matter to the most serious great deal of quiet, but earnest exploiting, ined. Because of his recognized capacity, the company. The wisdom of this action ments. The building of such a mill as he means at hand, was as difficult a task idend that was declared as the result of the e took to the business of managing the :age, as readily as had been his wont to een engaged all his life. The same kind mill, Mr. Ashe does in his office. One linimuin cost, and the other sees to it that ry cent that it is worth, and no man has ;han has Mr. Ashe. From his original of over 40 per cent, ol the stock of the ganization. Before the mill commenced hands at par; but since then every side purchase was at 105, and his most recent ithusiastic over the proposition to increase K), and believes that when this is done, as ,'otton Mills will not be surpassed by any as to accommodate 6,000, and so located with reference to the power that another wing of equal size may be added, when desirable, at comparative, ly smull expense. On the 30th of June last, the mill completed its first year's operations, with results that have been surprising not only to the stockholders, but to mill men throughout the country. During the year it ran night and day e The above cut of the York Cotton Mil drawing. The main building is 100x178 the original plans contemplate the additi the left, leaving the power in the centre, rock. It is provided with water and elect been possible to provide for the operative.' ......i. .iattf.ru uitv t horn is not a better, mo the stnto. except Sundays, consumed 1,192 bales of cotton and produced 440,000 pounds of yarn. At the annuul meeting of the stockholders, it was found that the profits on the work of the year warranted a dividend of 35 per cent., and this dividend was declared?5 per cent, in cash and 30 per cent, in stock,? with the stock at a considerable pre miurn. It was this splendid record which induced the stockholders to take the acLion mentioned at the beginning of this article. As to whelh er it is their purpose to really increase the capital of the company to the amount stated, just at this time, has not yet fully developed ; but it is settled that they themselves will at once subscribe for enough additional stock to increase the number of spindles now in operation to 6,000, filling up the main building. The business logic of this proposition lies in the fact that at present the average cost per spiudle is $23, while with every additional spindle this average is reduced, the earn ing capacity remaining unchanged. It is calculated that wbeD the mill is filled up in accordance with the original plaus, the average cost per spindle will be only $15. So much for the organization of the York Cotton Mills company and the earning of dividends for the stockholders; hut there is another feature of the enterprise that is even of greater interest to the community as a whole. Kunniug, as it does, night and day, the mill gives employment, all told, to 98 people, and pays out to them in cash about $525 every two weeks. Including labor, fuel and other articles purchased here, exclusive of cottou, it turns loose in the community in round figures, about $20,000 a year, every dollar of which, of course, comes from abroad, and to that exteut adds to the local wealth. Another significant fact that will be somewhat surprising to those who have not investigated the matter, is that of the 98 people on last Saturday's payroll, two-thirds were born and reared in York county. The same is true in pretty much the same proportion with all the other mills in thisscction. Still another matter in this same connection. Factory operatives used to have the reputation of being a very inferior class morally and mentally. As to whether that reputation was ever deserved, the writer cannot state ; but it is au unquestionable fuct that the little village out at the York Cotton mills is composed of intelligent, respectable folk, who know how to treat people civilly, who demand that kind of treatment for themselves, and who attend to their own business much more closely than do many who may be inclined to look upon llieiu with suspiI eion. FIN LEY AND BARBER. Wlint the 1'uperH Are Saying About the KeHult of the Race In the Fifth. Greenwood Index. Attorney General Wm. A. Barber was defeated in his district for congress. We are quite sure that be would have made un able representative and would have been an orna meut to the national assembly. But the voters of his district have seen fit to elect Mr. Fiuley, and we hope at least he will be an improvement on some of our congressmen. He is a good man and will serve his people well. Mr. Barber is yet young. There is no more promising man in these neighboring states than Wm. A. Bar her. He has made an enviable reputation and will yet be called upon to reflect honor upon a state he has already served so faithfully and well. Columbia Record. D. E. Fiuley's ambition has at last been grutifled. He has won the seat in congress to fill which he has for years aspired. His last and winning fight was his greatest, for in W. A. Barber he had a foeman worthy of his steel. Twice before Finley attempted to go to congress, and each time he was defeated because of the apathy of those who should have supported him. Finley has been a Reformer in state politics; but he has always been his own man. Looking back now over the days of strife and bitterness since the March convention of 1890, The Record unhesitatingly affirms that no mlilio mnn in the Palmetto state kept J'MW,,V ?? his poise better and was less swayed by partisan prejudice thun D. E. Finley. The factional whip never lushed THE YORK COTTON MILLS. II building was made and engraved for Ti feet, and the "L," in which is located the i on of another wing extension to the right, The building is well lighted and well ve ric light plants along with every other inoi i. Experienced mill men who have a right re substantial, convenient or more scientil him into line. If a man or measure received his approval, he voted for him or it ; but never cast his ballot simply because the man or measure was labeled with the name of his faction. He was a South Carolinian first and a Reformer second, and throughout his I legislative career he voted and worked] I on the high plane of what was best | for South Carolina. The editor of The c Record has disagreed with him at i times; but always did honor to his i sincerity, honesty and fidelity. He did 1 that which seemed to him right, f Moreover, there could never be a mo- i meat's doubt as to where Finley stood, t Extre nists denounced him as a "mug- c wump," hut they always knew where i to find him. He uever dodged, he t fought fair and his critics knew it. ? Finley voted for Hampton's re-elec- ( lion, lie voted against the dispensary, he voted against the metropolitan po- j lice and he was au organizer of the 8 Forty movement. These and many r other things which might he mentioned c * - ? -i J ? rpu?.. demonstrate nts muepeuueuee.?rrrey^ were acts which should have secured y him the hearty support of the Conser- { vatives of his district as against an ( extreme Reformer, and yet in both of j his former races for congress he was y defeated because of their apathy, their y failure to take the trouble to vote for | him. Somehow or other, they seemed t AT THE Y, According to the writer's kodak, in tl of Mr. P. M. Grimes, superintendent of th ly rcponsible for the splendid results that h Grimes has the reputation of being one o] the south. By birth he is a Marylander, Carroll county farm. His parents were i young Grimes was still about nine years o one day and destroyed home, barn, stock premises. This sent the family to Granite < five years afterward another disaster can freshet, from which the family escaped onl secured in the big duck mills of Win. E, ning as a band boy in these mills, Mr. G years. He worked in almost every poss when he received promotion to third hand Clipper mill. Afterward he becime secon was made overseer, which position he helc the superintendency of a big mill at Grov serving as superintendent of a mill at Moui and on May 25, 1896, he came to Yorkvi became acquainted with the manangenien one of the best testimonials to his efficie years ago, two Yorkville gentlemen inv< with a view to buying. Recognizing that was a cood stiDerintendent, they applie acquaintance for assistance in finding tb< assured them that if the venture secured tl be a go. Mr. Grimes was not favorably i The same gentlemen subsequently becami and without hesitation recommended Mr. G Since his residence in Yorkville, Mr. Grii welfare of the community, and enjoys, to a of our people. In the management of his t; of surrounding himself with the best, most to be had, and thoroughly understanding tb employer and emplpye, he has been able to least amount of friction. Besides drawing he is also a stockholder in the York Cottor view, stockholders, directors, operatives sider him the right man in the right place Methodist church, Yorkville, and is also a i to wake up this summer to the injus- c tice of their treatment of Finley and 1 desired to make amends. This, coup I t t . - --j j 1 I Ujggjlf ;! I | j IfflPsSp^- ; C- - -< >.. >fi J s lik Enqitibkr from a carefully prepared . lower, is 40x80. As elsewhere described, 1 exactly like that which now extends to ^ ntikued, and almost as staunch as a solid tc lern comfort and convenience that it has to he considered as competent judges of [ ically constructed cotton mill building in g t n led with the fact that Finley split the d Reform vole at least evenly with Bar- h her, brought about his election. Mr. p Barber's defeat is no disgrace. He is r not made a back number by it. If he g desires further public life, he will win s office yet, under more favoring circum- h stances than attended his race this h year. Congressman Finley, Tbo Rec- si >rd predicts, will win fauae in Washngton and be such a satisfactory representative of the Fifth district that le will continue to receive its suffrages 'or many years to come. Finley'svote n his home county is especially flatering. In York he polled 2,675 out >f 3,026, or nearly nine-teuths. A man n active public life must muke some memies, but Finley's appear to be icarce in York. ,'hester Lantern. Each of the candidates for congress n the second primary has good reaons to feel complimented by the vote eceived in his own county. When a nan, as in the case of General Barber, jets the support of 1,410 out of 1,713 rotes of his own county, and that .gaiust a man of an adjoining county, f good executive ability and irreiroachable character, who had many varm personal friends in the county, vho during two previous campaigns lad gathered around him a good numler of staunch supporters, and who ? .. ? ' - ' I pIMHH (VRN TESTER. he above picture is a good photograph e York Cotton mills, and who is largeave been obtained up to this time. Mr. f the best allreund cotton mill men in bavin? first seen the light of day on a in well-to-do circ-^otances; but while f age, a stroke of lightrilnif-c^'y along and almost everything of value oh tdo Cotton mills at Ellieott City, Md. About ie along in the shape of a tremendous y with their lives. Next a position was , Hooper <& Sons, of Baltimore. Beginrimes worked for Hooper A Sons for 20 ible capacity about the mill until 1872, in the spinning department of Hooper's d hand in the Meadow mill, and then he 1 for nearly 10 years, when he accepted eville, N. J. Next he came south, first it Holly, N. C., then at Reidsville, N. C., lie. The manner in which Mr. Grimes t of the York Cotton mills is probably ncy as a mill superintendent. Several jstigated a mill in an adjoining county one of the important requisites of success d to a well-known mill man of their 3 right kind of a man. The mill man ie endorsement of Mr. Grimes, it would impressed and the scheme fell through. 3 interested in the York Cotton Mills, rimes for the position of superintendent, mes has become interested in the best high degree, the confidence and esteem nill he has all along pursued the policy intelligent and efficient character of labor le rights, privileges and interests of botti i secure the best possible results with the a fairly good salary as superintendent, 1 Mills, and from every other point of and the community generally con>. Mr. Grimes is a steward in Trinity irominent leader in church work. :ould point to a record iu the state egislature which was not only clean ?ut which required a man of strength o maintain it during a period of facioual strife?in such a case General Sarber cannot be considered vain if he eels that he is a popular man in Cbeser county. Mr. Fjnley has even more o flatter him. His county stood up o him even more closely in propori<>n, he hud us uu opponent one of the uighlest public men in the state, who las a character above suspicion, a 'ceonl equal to the best, aud a reputainn much wider than this state, and vho can pack his thoughts into the mallest space and present them to he greatest advantage. 'hostor Correspondent- Columbia State. The primary election is over now, ind York county has triumphed over Chester county iu the Fifth congresioual district alter one of the most ixcitiug aud hard fought political hatles ever kuown in this section. The state's correspondent had a conversa ion today with Attorney (Jen era I Barber about the recent primary. iVhen asked what he had to say about lie congressional race, Mr. Barber re died : "Well, Mr. Finley bus the tiomi lalion hy a good majority and after a laid fight. I tried to conduct an ubolutely clean and fair campaign and elieve the people of the district know t. I greatly appreciate the support ;iven uie and am under obligations to oy friends throughout the district." 'Have you anything to say about your uture plans?" was asked. He replied : I shall serve out my time as attorney ;eueral, and then devote my atteution o professional work. During my term f office I have tried to do my whole luty to the people of the state, who muored me with such a responsible iositiou so early in life, and I should egret to feel that my defeat for conress could he attributed to any disalisfactiou with my public service. I ave spent four years in unusually ard work as attorney general, and I hall gladly transfer the work to my worthy successor, Mr. Bellinger. Whether I shall ever serve in any other official capacity rests entirely with the people." Sumter Herald. D. E. Finley has beaten Attorney General Barber for congress. Finley is an able, level-headed man, and the people of the Fifth district made no mistake when they elected him. He is well worthy of the honor. Camden Chronicle. Iu eleeliug Mr. Finley, of Yorkville, to congress from the Fifth district, we do not believe the people made any mistake. Mr. Fiuley is a man of ster nng qualities aua id mm ine nun congressional district will have an able representative. For those who did not favor his election we do not believe Mr. Finley entertains any ill will or hard feeling. Their interests will be protected as carefully as those who worked for him, and so well will his work have been performed that in the next congressional race we believe there will be none to oppose him. In retiring from congress, Dr. Strait can do so with a clear conscience. He has done his work well and faithfully, and his not being returned to congress is regretted by many strong friends ami supporters. WANTS LUZON. The President Outlines His Philippine Policy. Special Dispatch to The Globe-Democrat. Washington, September 14.?The president has formulated bis policy with regard to the Philippines. No acquisition of territory for colonization is desired. Whatever territory U demanded will be taken because its possession is necessary for the trade expansion of this country. The president and his cabinet are a unit in favor of that kind of expansion. The question of how much territory in the Philippines was needed to give the United Slates a permanent base in the far east is one which has caused the president and his advisers much worry. The president at first was inclined to think that Manila and Manila bay would answer all requirements. Upon further consideration it became cleur that to defend Manila and Manila bay the United States would have to hold a certain zone of territory around Manila. For the Uuited States to take auy less than the whole island of Luzon would mean the establishment of another and perhaps inimical government on the island. Compli- * cations threatening the United States' authority might at any time arise. Such a condition was not to be thought of, and so it was concluded that the ?~njy proper boundaries for the United States' antinomy in Luzon wrtuld be the natural boundaries famished by the ocean itself. With the whole island in the possession of the United States, a stable government can be easily established, tranquility assured and the progress of the people rapidly promoted. At the same time, th6 fact that the island is under American control will give American capital seeking investment in the far east an assurance of protection, and American trade will be certain of an open door in China, with a splendid base from whiiih to onerate. " ? -I When the president and his cabinet had settled upon what was desirable, the other phrases of the situation were takeu up. What was to be done with the rest of the islands? The revolution in the Philippines has so far been confiued almost entirely to the Island of Luzon. The remaining islands of the group are as much under Spanish authority now as they ever were. The allowing of Spain to retain these islands does not involve the difficulty which there would be in seeking to reestablish Spanish sovereignty in Luzon. If the United States were to withdraw from Luzou, it is very doubtful if Spain could ever restore its authority there. Iu view of the existing conditions, the administration is inclined to allow Spain to keep all of these islauds except Luzon, provided Spain will agree to graut the population all reasonable reforms and bind itself at the same time that in the event of Spain's desiring to get rid of the islands the Spanish government will not dispose of them to any power other than the Uuited States. These can with certainty be set down as the terms which the administration is prepared to offer to Spaiu. It is not to be doubted that the peace commission will start negotiations in Paris with the assertion mat we nave conquered Spain in the Philippines, and that Spanish sovereignty over all the islands has been forfeited. Whatever Spain gels out of the negotiations she will get through the grace of the United States. The president has bound the commission only so far as insistence upon the cession of Luzon. Everything else is to be left to the commission's discretion. If Spain, for instance, should refuse to maintain sovereignty over the other islands of the group under the conditions which have been outlined, then it would be left to the commission to determine whether the United States should annex the whole archipelago, or what should be done. The administration, as a matter of fact, has very little information about conditions of any of the islands except Luzon, and it was to afford the commission proper enlightenment on this subject that General Merritt is journeying to Paris. Dead Shot For Bed Bugs.?For bed bugs make a strong solution of hot alum water, putting in as much L.i il. ? ...sii uium as me water win utssuivc, nuu wash the bedsteads. If one application is not enough repeat the process. Benzene sprayed with an atomizer into every crack and crevice is also effective; but the alum is more agreeable in the house, and quite as disagreeable to the bugs. 8The greatest river in the world is I the Mississippi?4,100 miles long.