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65.?75 HOW WE MAY WIN. Figures Showing Several Ways to Elect Judge Parker. MUST CARRY DOUBTFUL STATES. Names or Borne or Them that Parker May Carry. Success Depends on Appear! to Indepen dent Voters. The New York Evening Post which is an independent Republican paper, publishes the following interesting ar ticle on the possibilities of the presi dential election: Judge Parker's message to the St. Louis convention and its acceptance by that body, followed by the nomina tion of Henry G. Davis of West Vir ginia, a Gorman Democrat, for the vice presidency, were events which greatly accentuate the anticipated movement of the Democratic party eastward and gold ward. It has for months been generally assumed that the recent convention would nominate a ticket far more acceptable to the east, and less so to the Bryanlzed States of the west, than these of the last two campaigns. But the conven tion has gone further in tills direction than was generally expected. While Parker's nomination was not un expected, the dramatic way in which his adherence to the gold standard in terests of bis party was emphasized, has made him preeminently a favorite of the Democrats ol the east. Davis' nomination is in the same direction, although less so than would bave been the selection of a man ld entitled with the Palmer and Buckner movement, like Judson Harmon of Ohio. The convention insisted on making reg ularity in 189G a requisite for either place on the ticket, but having satis tied that requirement it went along way towards meeting the wi mes of the east and its conservative element. It ls generally conceded here that Parker and Davis will carry Maryland and West Virginia, States which In the last two presidential campaigns Eave been found in the Republican column. The Democratic ticket would have stood a good chance of success in these States, particularly in Mary land, without the Davis nomination, but with lt, and in view of the fac tional fight among the West Virginia Republicans, and the growing of the Democratic strength in Maryland, they will both be likely to laud In the Democratic column. This is the re spect in which the action of the cou vention has most specifically affected estimates of thc result. Before the convention these two States were placed in the eloubtful column, one with Democratic and the other with Republican leanings. Today they by common consent belong in the Demo eratic column. It will at least take an extraordi nary fight on tlie part of the Republi cans to save the State of Davis1 birth and that winch he has represented in the senate. Mr. Roosevelt personally ls notBtrong wherever the negro con stitutes any considerable part of the population. The proposed Republi can inquiry into disfranchisement in the south operates in the same direc tion. Maryland is naturally Demo cratic. lt was the German Demoorats of Baltimore, and quite conspicuously the Jewish vote which rebelled at the free-Bllver ideas of Bryan and tcok the State out of the Democratic column. Isadore Rayner, who has now been eleoted to the senate, will take the stump in behalf of the Demo cratic ticket, and few men exceed him in effectiveness as a campaign orator He will feel it incumbent to bold the Jewish vote for the Democratic ticket, now that the free-silver scare is passed, and that he has been elect ed to the senate. Evey thing is an-, parently ready for Democrat Sfccess "4?4fef??aV^^West Virginia is something of a "follower" of Mary land, although naturally leis Demo cratic. The Davis nomination will doubtless make up the difference. GROUPS THAT MIGHT WIN FOR DEMO CRATS. Tlie 13 States of the old south which are not open to real contest, cast 151 electoral votes. To these the 15 votes of Maryland and West Vir glnia may be added, making 1(>(5. Of the 47(5 members of the electoral col lege, 239 will be necessary for the Democrats to elect a president. Were the ballot to fall 23? on each side, the contest would be transferred to the present house of representatives, where with each State casting one vote, the Republican ticket would prevail by a vote of :u) to 15. Tlie Republicans thus have the trilling, though interesting, advantage that 238 electoral votes would elect their ticket, while 239 will lie the minimum required to elect the Democratic. It will he necessary, therefore, for the Democrats to get 73 electoral votes north of Maryland and West Virginia. Several combinations might do this, but for any one of them which is within reason New York State will be necessary. Should New York's::;? electoral votes he cast for Parker there would remain necessary for Dem ocratic success only :tl more electoral votes. To carry New York and to pick up these 34 extra votes, besides saving Maryland and West Virginia, is tims the problem that confronts the man agers of the Democrtic campaign. These 34 votes might come from either of the following combinations: Group one-New Jersey 12, Dele ware 3, Nevada 3, Montana 3, Indiana 15; making 30, two more than necces sary, or 211 in the electoral college. Group two-Indiana 15, New Jersey 12, and Connecticut 7, making an even 34, restoring the "solid south (expect Deleware), New York, Indiana, New Jersey and Connecticut." This would be victory on the old battle ground, with lines unchanged. In each of these groups Indiana has been placed. Democratic victory in that State will, from ordinary appear ances, require a hard tight. In pro portion to population the State gave a larger Republican plurality in inu2 than did Massachusetts. Fairbanks is on the Republican ticket. No Indiana man Is on the Democratic ticket. There has been a large migration of negrees to Indiana of late years, par tlcularly^iu the cities where they Help to swell the Republican totals, but are not sufficiently numerous to drive white men out of the party, as would be the case further south. A consider able section of the Indiana Democracy is poullstlc in this tendencies, and can not be expected to warm up for the Parker ticket. For these and other reasons along the same lines, many Republicans herc maintain that Indi ana should be excluded from these groupings. At all events, Parker's tight there will be an uphill one. Let us see where the 34 votes can be had without this State; Group three-New Jersey 12, Cou? neotlcut 7, Deleware 3, California 10 and Nevada 3; total 35. Group Four-New Jersey 12, Con necticut 7, Deleware 3, Montana 3, Nevada 3, Utah 3, Idaho 3; total 34. But many observes here think Con necticut, which tigures ic both groups three and four, an unsafe State for Demccratio caculatlons. Its vote for governor in 1902 stood 09,000 to 85, 000, with 5,000 votes scattering. The Republicans then received 53 per cent, of the total vote, and tbe Democrats slightly less than 44 per cent. The vote for congressman-at-large stood: Cum mings, Democrat, 70,590, and Lily, Republican, 83,000. lt .will obviously require a very considerable overturn in popular sentiment to carry the Nut meg State for Parker, but that this is in progress there is considerable evi dence. With either Indiana or Connecticut the best combination would be this: Group Ave-New Jersey 12, Dele ware 3, California 10, Colorado 5, Ne vade 3, Montana 3; total 30. But why should California be In cluded in these lists at all? Many Pa cido coast people Insist that lt is a doubtful State, in spite of the fact that the imperialistic Issue operates about as advantageously for the Re publicans there as an aggressive naval policy would for New Jersey, If all ships for the navy were built at At lantic City, California has donc a large business in furnishing supplies for tlie troops lu the Philippines. Its people seem mad with the lust for empire. The uniform of the army ls a passport to almost everything that is most coveted in San Frisco. The State gave McKinley In 1900 a majority over Bry au of 40,000, the largest even given any presidential candidate in the his tory of the State. If it were to go Dem ocratic now it would be an unparal leled overtured. Whence arises the hope or expectation that it will do so? Two years ago the Republicans bare ly saved the State on the gubernatorial ticket, because the Democrat? had made a combination with the union labor party by which tlie latter were given the congressional nominations and the Democrats the State ticket, each side supporting tl ie other \s candi date. That alliance has since been to a cons'derable extent broken, and the un iou labor tide seems to be receding. That such a combinat' m, or anything like lt, should this year offset the ad vantage in that State which the lt? publlcans derive from the imperialis tic eraze is hardlylexpected, although there ls a strong conservative element which has become very weary of Roosevelt. The canal which has been pushed under his vigorous, if question able methods, would seemingly be a Republican asset. Colorado it will be necessary to in elude iti this last group if the Demo crats should perchance have to get along without both indiana and Con necticut, lt ls too early to say how the reign of lawlessness there in which the mine owners have become iden'.i lied with the Republican State ticket and the Western Federation of Min ers with the Democrats, wiil affect a national contest. Before this strike began it was acknowledged by leading Democrats of the State that Colorado would support Roosevelt. Its three congressmen are now Republicans as are the county ofiioers nearly every where in the State. Tlie Republican majority in 1902 on the State ticket was 7,000. The "three-vote" States of Montana, Nevada, Idaho and Utah were all Ri publican, except Nevada, when their political photographs were last taken. They ohange their appearance fre quently, however. The labor issue or the Morgan issue between now and November might turu their faces squarely around. A t ?S*^ t? rou pings will, of course, be fSSsak by enthusiastic claimants. Many of them may be described as possible, but not probable. Wisconsin, for ex ample, will be claimed by the the Dnmocrats on account of thc fac tional warfare between the two whigs of the Republican pt?rty and the ditll cluty in marking the Australian bal lots correctly under the existing com plications. No one supposes that In a straight tight between Parker and Roosevelt, with other issues complete ly removed, that Parker would stand any large chance of success. In these circumstances lt would seemingly re quire heavy blundering on the part of the Republicans to permit the Demo crats to take it now, but that is of course possible. Illinois has 27 electoral votes, enough to upset the balances com pletely should it get over on thc Dem ocratic side. Rut conditions there are today unfavorable to the Democrats. They are badly manned locally. Their recent State convent ion instructed for Hearst, lt was run by the Hopkins ring of "reorganizers" with a defiance to fair play and decency that has sel dom been equalled in the politics of this country, independent voters are not likely to bri attracted toward a party whose State orgagizatlon is in sucli hands, unless they think that Parker's election would mean an over turn and a restoration of better leadership. Twelve y e.'i rs ago, with Judge Alt geld making an appeal te the labor vote such as few men of this genera tion have ever made, with Cleveland at the head of the ticket attracting the high-grade vote; with the genuine Strength of the tarli!' reform issue among the independents, and the tight of the German Lutherans over the school question, the State was swung Into the Democratic column by a pluralit y of about per cent, of thc total vote. That is the only time the State has ever gone Democratic ona presidential vote since 1850. It does not yet appear that there is to day any sufficient approximation to the conditions of 1892 to bring the Parker electoral ticket near enough to the level reached hy the Cleveland electoral ticket in 1892 to Insure Dem ccraric success. Rutil the campaign ls pitched on a high plane, prospects may improve before November. IlKl'Uni.ICAN KIOI1T VOR NKW YOUR. The Republicans Intend to centre their light squarely on New York, turning their heaviest artillery upon the Democratic stronghold of the urban end of the St tte. If it becomes clear that they eui bring out a suffi cient up Stato majority for Roosevelt to offset what will obviously he a very strong Democratic tide in the city, the election will be over. Rut if the Republicans lose New York, they will still require the opposition to show one of these li 4-vote combinations, and that may not be au ea^y thing to do. A study of these groupings shows that the Democrats must put, their best foot forward if they are to stand any chances of winning. If they rest content hi getting out the Democratic vote which has habitually gone to the poles for the last ten years, they will be hopelessly beaten. It ls only by lifting the campaign on a high plane, appealing to the independent vote of the country, that they oan hope to overcome the odds agalnbt them'at the start. That the campaign will be pushed along lines resembling those of 1892 there is considerable evidence. The same elass of people who supported Mr. Cleveland then are, with almost as much unanimity, falling into line for Parker now. This means a new alignment of States and of electoral votes. Without this new appeal, the D?mocratie cuise would have been hopeless. Its success today depends upon the thorough and earn est work, convincing country that tbe restored Democracy means a clean and progressive national administra tion THE WEATHER AND CHOPS. Section Director Bauor's Report for tho Past Week. Tiie following ls the weather report as issued by Section Director Bauer Wednesday: The week ending 8 a. m., Jilly 25, bad a mean temperature of 80 degrees which is nearly two below normal, due to excessive heat during the first bait and abnormally low temperatures dur ing the last half. The extremes were a minimum of 5(3 at Greenville on the 21th and a maximum of 104 at black ville and other places, on tbe 21st. There were numerous damaging high winds and hail storms accompanying thunder storms, but the resulting in jury to crops was coullned to small areas. The sunshine was deficient, and the relative humidity below nor mal, causing corn and cotton to wilt, during the fi rs?, half aud was above normal during the latter half. Numerous and well distributed showers occurred In ull parts of the State, materially reducing the extent of the droughty areas, but there are still a number of widely scattered sec tions where crops are suffering for the waut of moisture and where the need of rain is urgent. Tho week's rainfall ranged from *. trace" to 8.14 inches, the latter lu elstern Chester field county, where laud? were bad'y washed and lowlands Hooded, destroy ing the tii e crops on '..hem; lowlands were also ll jotted in paru; or Spartan burg county. Wells and streams con tinue very low In the central Savan nah valley counties, but generally stock-water ls more plentiful. There ls need of more fresh water for flood ing rice fields, as the lower reaches of the rivers are very low. As a rule all crops have been laid by although excessive rains in a few localities delayed the work, and In some sections cotton is still small enough to be cultivated. Generally fields are clean, but there is an in creasing number of exceptions, espec ially in the northeastern ounties where the ti Ids are grassy. The high temperature early In the week uuised corn to wi t and lire, but the fall in temperature and the ac companying rains checked the dam age before it had become serious. Old corn was too nearly ripe to be much benefited by the improved weather conditions, and in the driest sections Is nearly a failure; young corn ls gen erally promising. Cotton continues to make satisfac tory growth and ls fruiting well. The middle crop gives indications of being a heavy one. There ara numerous re ports of cotton shedding leaves and squares, but as yet the injury is not serious. The crop as a whole con tinues very promising, with le3s com plaint of insets and disease than last week. Sea island cotton is small, of .good, .cplor and blooming,pro^.?-??'ly- - Tobacco curing made only fair pro gress owing to the numerous showers that hindered the work. En ly rice is heading well; late needs more fresh water for flooding than ls available. Melons are plentiful; peaches fairly plentiful, with shipments of both still heavy; apples are generally scarce; pear trees are bearing well. There is a general improvement in pastures, gardens, peas, sweet potatoes and other minor crops. Ground ls being prepared for small truck, in the coast districts. POISONED WATERMELON Iv i UH Ike Dickson, a Negro, Near Columbia. ike Dickson, a negro who bas lived from "hand to mouth" for a number of years, and has been giving the country people a lot of trouble between Columbia and Gadsden hy pilfering and stealing from the fields, died Thursday In Columbia as a result of partaking of forbidden fruit. Ike is only 20 years old, but beyond fishing In a desultory fashion for a living lie has never worked, it is said, and has been ordered oil a dozen farms on ac account of his habits as a vagabond an 1 his nightly pilfering* of the crops, gardens and fowl houses. Several farmers have threatened to shoot Ike if he ever returned lo their farms. lt was reported Thursday night that Ike's career had ended, that several nights ago he had stolen a watermelon from a patch near Sims' station, and that the melon was loaded to the rind with deadly poison for Ike's benefit or for others of his Ilk. Poor, trusting, confiding Ike carried the enticing and bewitching object of his natural and hearty appetite to his den and there did voraciously satisfy his yearning for "watermillion." Shortly afterwards ike was given a rude physical start and then he knew he had done lt once too often, hut he was stoical and "kept his muof shel and sed mithin.'" After a while the agony was too much for easygoing Ike, and he went to a physician and '"fessed up." He was brought to Co lumbia and there he died. More WhlHkoy Hold. Chief Constable Hammett In his quarterly report last Thursday says: Hy reference to the previous report you will find that tiiere is a consider ai. le decrease In the value of the seiz ures made and a very heavy increase in the sales of the dispensaries throughout tho state. This, 1 think, is attributed to the better enforce ment of the law. Certainly, th reis not as much liquor being brought into the state as formerly. Quite a num ber of persons who have been engaged in retailing liquor have gone out of the business and you will note that 27 illicit stills have been closed up, The attention of the be ard of directors has been called to a number of cases in which parties, who have been granted a permit to distill, have violated the law, and favorable action hy them is anticipated. 1 am pleased to report that matters In this department/ are progressing very satisfactorily and 1 am receiving assistance and encour agement from citizens all over the state. THE BULES F For Governing tue Membership/of Democratic Clubs, THE QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS, And the Conduot of Primary Elec tion* of tho Demooratio l*urt y ! r ? ol South Carolina, as . , Adoptad LiHBt May. ; \ The following rules shall govern the membership of the different au ordi nate Demooratio Clubs of this ' ate, the qualification of voters at tb pri mary elections held by the part} the conduct of the primary election !? be held on last Tuesday (the noli jay) of August, A. D., 1904, and thu sec ond primary held two weeks later, if one ie necessary. Rule 1. Tb? qualifications for mem bership in any subordinate olub of the Demooratio Party of this State, or for voting at a Demooratio primary, shall be as follows, viz: The applicaut for membership, or voter, shall be twenty one years of age, or shall become so before the succeeding general elect lon, and be a white Democrat, or a uegro who voted for General Hampton lu 1870; and has voted the Democratic ticket continuously since. Provided, that no white mau shall be exclude-! from partlclp ition In tbe Democratic primary who shall take the pledge re quired by Ute rules or the Democratic party. The managers at each box at the primary election shall require every voter in u Democratic primary election to pledge h niseif to abide the results of the primary, and to support the nominees of the pu ty, and to take the following, oath and pledge, viz.: "I do solemnly swear that I am duly qualified to vute at tbis election ac cording to the rules of the Democratic Party, and that I have not voted be fore at this election, and pledge my self ba support the nominees of this primary." Rule 2. Every negro applying for memembersbip in a Democratic Club,1 or offering to vote in a Democratic primary election must produce a written statement of ten reputable white men who shall swear that they know of their own knowledge th;i.t the applicant or voter voted for General i lampton in 1870, and bas voted the Demoeratic ticket continuously since. The said statement shall be placed In thc ballott box by the managers, and returned with the poll lists to the County Chairman. The managers of election shall keep a separate list of the names cf al! uegro voters, and re turn it with poll Hst to the County Chairman. No person shall be permitted to vote unlcs> he bas been enrolled on a club list at least Uve days before the said primat y election. Provided, that in Charleston County the voter must have his name on the club list at least sixty days before the said primary electiou. The club lists shall be Inspect ed by and certified to by the president and secretary and turned over to the man agers to be used as the registry ^Ust. Rule 3. Each County Execqtlve ' Co mmittee of the Democratic I^^ty I in this State shall meet ou or before the first Monday in August of J?ich election year, and shall appolut [bree managers for each primary election precinct in their respective Counties, who shall bold the primary Ol,4tlon provided under the Democrat Icon stitutlon, in accordance with tt. Acts of tbe General Assembly of this i^tate regulating primary elections, the Con stitution of the Democratic Party of this State, and the rules bereit} set forth.* T^ie'n?^rV-'.i?SY&lV .mangers may be published by the Chairman of each Cunty Executive Committee In one or more County papers at least two weeks before the electiou. Rule 4. Each voter in said primary shall vote two ballots on which shall be printed the name or names of the candidates voted for by him for each of the offices to be filled, trgether with tlie name of the office. The tickets to be voted shall be furnished by the State and County Executive Committees respectively, and shall contain the names of all candidates for the representative otllces and no other tickets shall be used. The tickets to be voted shall be In the following forms, oue for I'tuted States Senator. Governor. Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State. Comptroller General. State Treasurer. Adjutant and Inspector General. State Superintendent of Education. Attorney General. Railroad Commissioner. The other with spaces to suit the different Counties. Kor Congress- District. For Solicitor -Judicial Circuit. State Senator. House of Representatives. Sherilf. Judge of Probate. Clerk of Court. County Supervisor. Coroner. County Superintendent or Educa tion. Treasurer. Auditor. Magistrate. Master. County Commissioners. No vote for House of Representa tives shall be counted unless lt con tains as many names as the county is entitled to representatives. Knie 5. The malingers of election . shall open the polls at 8 o'clock A. M., and shall close them at 1 o'clock P. M., provided, that in the city of Char leston the polls shall open at H o'clock A. M., and shall close at <> o'clock P. M. After tabulating the result, the managers shitll certify the same and forward the ballot box, poll list and all other papers relating to such elec tion, by one of their number of Exe cutive Committeemen, to the Chair man of tlie respective Democratic County executive Committees within forty-eight hours after the close of the polls. Rule ti. The County Democratic Executive Committee shall assemble at their respective Court House on the morning of the second day after the electiou, on or bjfore 12 o'clock M., to tabulate the returns and declare the resulta of the primary, so far as the same relates to members of the General Asseniply and County Ollices, and shall forward Immediately to the Chairman of the Stal e Executive Com mittee at Columbia, S. C., the result of the election In their respective Counties, for U. S. Senator, State of ficers, Congressmen and Solicitors. Ku le 7. Thc protests and contests for County OfllcersShall be tiled with in ti.ve days after the election with the Chairman of the County Executive Committee, and said Executive Com mittee shall hear and determine the same. The State Executive Commit bee shall hear and decide protests and contesta as to United States Senator, State Officers, Congressmen and Solici tors, and ten days shall ba allowed for tiling the same. Rule 8. Candidates for the General Assembly and for County Officers shall file with the Onalrman of the County Executive Committee a pledge in writing, to abide the results of the primary and support the nominees thereof. Candidates for oilier o?loes shall Hie such pledge with the Chair man of the State Executive Com mittee. Provided, That the pledge of such candidate shall be tiled on or before 12 o'clock, meridian, of the day preceding the day fixed by the County Executive Committee or the State Executive Committee for the first campaign meeting of the County , or State respectively; providei, fur ther, that in Charleston County the candidates for congress, solicitor and county officers shall file their pledges and pay their assessments within tue time fixed by the County Executive Committee. No vote for any candi date who has not paid his awessment nor compiled with this rule shall be counted. The following is the form of the oath: "As a candidate for the i nice of-In the Democratic primary election, to be beldon the last Tues day lo August, 1004, I hereby pledge myself to abide the results of such primary and support the nomiuees thereof, and that 1 am not, nor will 1 become, the candidate of any faction, either privately br publicly suggested, other than the regular Democratic nomination." If tue candidate is runulng for the United State? S ?nate, or ;for the U bi ted S sate* llou&e of Representatives this additional pledge shall be lequirdd: "1 will support, the political pinclples aud policies of the Democratic Party during the term ot Office for which 1 may be elected, and work in accord with my Demo cratic associates in Congress ou all par ty questions." "This toe-day Of-, 11104." Rule t?. In the primary election herein provided for, a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to nomi? nate candidates. A second primary, when uecessary, shall be held two weeks after the Urat, as provided for under the Constitution of thc party, aud shall be subject to the rules gov erning thc tirt>L primary. At .said secoud p Imary the two highest candi dates alone shall run for any one ollie ?, bub if Ibere are two or more vacancies for any particular office, then double the number of candidates shall run Tor the vacancks tobe tilled. For In stance, In a race for SueritT the two highest shall run. Rule 10. In Hie event of a tie be tween two candidates lu the second primary, the County Chairman, if lt is a County' Office, and the Stat.; Chairman, if it is for U. S. Senator, State Officer, Congressmen, or Solici tors, shall order the third prim try. The question of a majority vote shall be determined by the number of voles cast for any particular otllce, and pot by the whole number of votes 'cast in in the primary. .. -. Rule ll. Etch County Executive Committee shall tarnish the managers ab each precinct" two ballot box s, one ?&-ttHftf?te Officers, an i the other for Congr.ssman, Solicitor and Coun ty Oilicers. WII.IK JONES., . Chairman State Democratic Kxcutive Committee. J. T. PAHKS, Secrebary. THE COLUMBIA HOSPITAL. Additions to Bc Made Which Will Greatly Increase It Facilities. For some time tho e in charge of bhe Columbia Hospital have contem plated an addition to t he present struc ture, which ls inadi tpiate to the de mand almost daily made upon it. After consultation it has been decided to make an addition which will in crease the facility for accomodation fifty per cent. Also an operating build ing will be erected. The plans were inspected and Shaud and La Faye were chosen as the architects. The present main building now used for private patients will be the nurses' quarters. This building is very com fortable and is titted willi hot water heating apparatus, electricity and sim ilar conveniences. The two wards, wooden structures, which ran south from the main building and are con nected by corridors, will be moved bo the west of the block on which the hospital is located, in the expectation that IQ the future they will be replac ed by more modern buildings of brick. The plans now decided up:,n are al most ready for the contractors to bid upon and it ls hoped that advertise ment for these bids will be made in about three weeks. Connected with the-main bui'dlng (.which as said will be used for the nurses' home) by a stone corridor, running tx) the east, will be the oper ating building. This building, which will have the same frontage as the present main building on P.ainstreet, will bc 48 by 38 feet In size and in ad dition to a large operating room will have an anaculhebl/.lng room, a sberl llzing room, a stuck room, a surgeon's room, ebc. Another corridor will connect the operablng building with thc new wards to lie erected, and which will be located with a frontage Of SI feet on Plain street and 124 feet on the Harden street side of thc hospital. On either side of the entrance will be an olllje and a reception room. Bunning south a corridor extends the length of this building with room on eibher side. There will be twenty-five rooms, each of which will be provided with a full length window to the lloor. These win dows may be opened and patients re moved to the terraces just onside of the rooms will be connected with pri vate baths. At the. rear of this building will be a semi circular solarium or sun parlor constructed almost entirely of glass and for the use of convalescents in the winter months. The cst of the operating building will be about $4,000 to ?."?,000. The pluns were furnished by C. C. Wilson, architect, and the contract, has been let bo Geo. W. Waring. Ground for this building will he broken In a few weeks. Its beginning has been de layed by the fact that the location of the other new structure had not be?.u definitely decided upon. This latter LJldlng will cost about, * I."i, OOO and as already said ls hoped bo leb bhe con bract In about throe weeks, lt ls probable that the additions will be completed and ready for occupancy by January first of 1805, The Co'umbia Hospital ls an institu tion which has struggled through many vicissitudes yeb ls dally more appreciabed. The besbimony of lbs pa bienbs is Its best adverblsement. The superior board of heul bli of Mexico Clby, reporbs no new cases of yellow fever In the hob country and in the coast bowns and cities. Men an net DR. HATHAWAY. SS Recognized as the Leading and 't[ Most SucceisfuS Specialist lu the His line in the United State*. I** OA *_x? My cure for this disease ls g ?V?I tnTll PR no cattlin; or dangerous nur luiui v? uaiattenMon, and treat lt? < lion unit porenesi la allayed unit the canal henil i s ?_ ? c, _ _:_| _ This disoaso U the enlorn V ririCOCGlG vitality- lt weakens! wui iwwv??w lorin certainly Just?s quit any other disease, an<l their M nooth ld being dru pd, and learn the cause ot your trouble. Send foi BlOOd PoiSOn knlV'jinwhS'my't UIUUU ? bones, falling, hair, oi I will tell you frankly whether or not you aro an rlruRM.ln an quick, if not quicker, time than any k will be eradicated from the system forever. Sene Diseases of Women ? to health thousand! ol Buffering women. Scud f Chronic Diseases S ls equipped with tlu> most approved X-Ray and e Home Treatment ~S mu?irles. U?>i lespoudcuce confidential. J. NEWT 28 Inman Building, 21* S. Broad S THE GUATEMALAN ANT. Government Will Nurse the lOxpcr! liicnta Closely. There ls a great demairl for the Guatemalan ants from the cotton plantera of Texas, says a Houston let ter; but the government entomologists are to kep the imported cDlooies earefully during the remainder of the season and through the winter to see what their habits are. The ants are In the govQFUSBQ^i j laboratory at Victor b> tinder the di rect charge of Dr. Hunter, In charge Qi C??at brach of the government work in Texas; Entomologist Cook, who] brought the insects fri m Guatemala, and Prof. Low ton, curator of Hie civic museum of Philadelphia, wno is at present engaged in the government work in Texas. Thc ants were brought into Texas iu bottles, the heart cf the nest with the qusen cell having b en carefully encased and Guatemalan dirt placed in the jar. The co'onics have multi plied greaf ly since the ants were put j in tue bottles, and Entomologist Co ;k arrived with about ii,ooo healthy specimtus, di ?'iced into eighty-nine | colonies. Several facts have already been de termined in the experiments whiob are being conducted, lt lias been found that the ants will not seek the weevil, but that when they run across a moving lesec they will at once at tack. The weevil plays p issum, and so long as it stays perfectly still the ants crawl over and around lt wit hout any attempt, at molestation. Wben a weevil moves it is seized at once and an eifort mada to force hack its bead that the ant may get Its sting on the exposed flesh of the neck, the armor of the weevil prutecting its body else where. If one ant is not sutllciently strotig for this work It is assisted by a fellow, Lhere appearing to be perfect harmony between them and an under standing as to bow to work together. So far no weevil lits beni found to escape when ouce attacked. There being a fear that perhaps the Imported ant would not be able to bold lbs own against the native red ants, which are generally considered as being vicious, a number of them were procured and p'accd in a nest of1 the Guatemalans. The result was ascertained within a very few seconds, the Texans being wiped out and put In storage as food inasmuch as the Texas ants are generally regarded as a nuisance by Hie farmer, Hie Cuate inalans may prove a relief from them as well as from the weevils. li bas been further ascertained that the ants frequent the cotton plants for the nectar thereof. They appear to be very fond of this secretion, and so are the boll weevils. The ants swann over the cotton plant and at tack the weevil as quickly as found, seeming to prefer the ititseet food bo the nectar. lt is proposed to establish colonies of the ants OU the farm near Victoria controlled by the government, for ex perimental pup oses. 'Hie plan is to luciese a place about 12 feet tquare and to establish a colony at each corn er thereof. The nests now c mtalned in the bottles will be taken therefr ra and set in the ground, it being the hope that tho ants will at once resume their normal babils and go to house keeping without loss of time. Thick stakes and sheets of tin will be sunk Into the ground to such depth as will make it as certain as may be lhat the ants cannot burrow henea* h them, and Hie tin will be extended upward to prevent them crawling over the top of the stockade. Herc they will be fed on cotton plants within tbe In closure, so that the ants may be at liberty to attach them with out hav ing the task forced upon them. The. study of thc- habits of the Insects will be maim un d at al) times and an accurate log kept. They will be observed at night as well as by day bo determine as to their nocturnal habits. lt is expected that they will hiber nate during the winter, ns do tho na tive varieties, but the latter have some bad habits willoh will be looked for in the visitors. Arrangements will be made to so construct at least one of the colonies that a portion of its in terior may be observed from time to time. There will be nothing further done about the injunction asked by Rois Clark. Dr. Hunter has given his per sonal pledge that there shall be 119 liberation of Hie ants until lt has been definitely determined that there is m danger of their becoming a pest, and as that was the sole point in Mr. Clark's contention he rests satisfied. A largo number of applications are The specialist 1? now Indispensable. 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