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CATTLE RANCHING B0031.J THE HIGH PRICE OF BEEF REVIVES A LANGUISHING INDUSTRY. dow a word 1A Grown in the southwest Changes In the Huniness-ArIZona aa Cattle-rd--Meth(IM of tie Cow boys.-Stainpeles Their Terrors. URING the past few weeks tie rise in the price. of beef has di ,.fred~ attention - . - a ii e w t 0 tire - ranchjing b i s i - A e s s. It had fallen Into a stateN of decadeice owing to the poor retarns of the past few years, but it is certain that it will now take on a boom. 'The most conservative recent esi; mates of the cattle industry of Arizona and New Mexico put the invested capital at S56.000,000. This includes the value of the ranges in-d the cost of cattle, ranch hotises. cowboys' horses, aud a thousanl and oie articles that comprise an up-to-dIate working cattle range. All grade< of cattle bring very profitable pices now, au the ranges and cowboys have seldom been in better spirits. There are a score of men, living in rr Ie adtoben houses with mud floors an i having4 few of the modern conveniences and comforts of life. who have made great fortunes in ca .!e ranching in the Southwest tU. riesin the last thirty years. About a dozen of these men Ihave property worth easily from .i, 200.00) to '2,000,00-1 each. anl seil cattle each year for $O0,) and evet $80,000. John Akers, of New 'Mexico. who sold over $90,000 -.7orth of cattle last year, and -vhse landed posses sions are over 70,0)(1 acres. lives ia an adobe house with his Mexican wife and nine childrea. He cannot read or write, and has been out of the terri tory but twice in twenty years. Stock-raising in the \Wes- began to be a business at about the close of the Civil War, when meat, as well as other kinds of food, increased so much in price. The Mexicau rauchers in Texa owned immense herds of semi-wild cattle of inferior breed, which roamed over the prairies in herds of fi-omn fifty to one huudred thousand, of little value to their owners in the absence of a market. When beef began to he scarce at the Ncrth. a few (overn ment contractors drove some small bunches of cattle from Texas over the weary trail which has since become historic, for the use of the Northeru a es. In those days steers coulI ' dollars, and sold ai ' n oths em capita More than one-hl of Arizona's ar-e . offers good grazing. There is no ind tense cold, very little building of barns or corrals is necessary, nor is it indispensable to store winter food. Black and white gamma grass, bunch and mesquite grasses, grow on plateau and valley, mesa and mountain so abundantly that after the rains of July and August the country rolls a billowy sea of living green. Gamma grass is particularly nutritious. htock-raising in the Soutiiwest ter ritories, where the conditions for the industry are so favorable, and where -so little capital is required, is an at tractive occupation. The intending stockman, supposing him to have about $3000 eapital, either t-akes "squatter's right," by building a hut on unsurveyed land, or buys 160 acres from the Government at a nominal price. A house need not cost more than $400: Provisions bought, there is no expense but the wages of the cowboys, each one of whom, for $30i monthly pay, will take care of about 250 cattle. d1owboys may be 'divided into two classes-those recruited from Texas and other States on the eastern slope, und Mexicans from the Southwestern region. Mexicans are unrivalled as cowboys-splendid riders, hardy, born to the business-but they have a b~ad reputation, and are quarrelsome and unreliable. Americans are perhaps less skilled, but they are more order ly. The cowboy tracks his animals as Indians do game; dismounting, he leads his pony and follows patiently faint tracks in the dust-which, after aUl, may prove to be those of unshod ponies. The most important matter for the stockmnan is how to get his cattle. He can buy them "on the range," which is the quickest but the most expensive way. The cattle are bought so many head, "moretor less," but this mnode leaves a good many open ings for shar p witted guile, to which the novice usay fall a victim. The best way fo:- the newly arrived settler is to make a con tract with some responsible drover for a number of cattle, breed and age specified. about sev-enty-fiv-e per cent. of the cows to have calves, the pur chaser to be free to reject any animtal~s znot in good condition when delivered at his ranch. The third way of procuring stock, which was originally the only one, is to go to Texas, Oregon, or Utah, the * three best sources from which to draft cattle. buy the animals in "bunches" from different owners, and start home ward with them as soon as the spring - sun causes the grass to crop up on the prairies. Riding on trail is aauunder taking requi:-ing the natural talent of a trapper and some of the astuteness of a commander, adroitness, firmness, a quick eye, and a quicker hand with -the revolver. Great mountains have to be crossed; vast stretches of dreary -plains have to be traversed; rivers full o.f dlangeroua quicksands it e~. regions, are terrifying to cattle. On the approach of one, the herd should be collected in as small a space as possibie, while the men shoulb con inually ride arOund them, calling to each other in tones not too loud; for, like horses, cattle derive courage from the v-oice ail presenceof man. Sune timaes. however, a steer more alarmed tha, the rest, and unable to contain his terror, will make a dash through an opening in the guiariian lhalu. His ex.ullple is sure to be foilowed, and in two miutes thme wim le he-rd will have starmpeded --a surg'ing mas of hellowing, tt fled bpeasts, ru:shiug leadlong through the storm. Once fairly started, they will run for twenty, thirty, perhaps forty uiles at a stretch, many of the cattle be-ing killed by falls or trodden to death. white "bunebes" stray from the main herd and disappear forever. It im dangerons work. and many a cowboy ha lost his life in a stampede. The run has taken the cattle far o(Y the trail. and led them perhaps into elose vicinity to hostile lndians or crafty ( reasers2. Often oil these oca sions men do not leave their saddles, except to chaiage horse:4, for thirty-six hours. Arrived at the ranc:h. the cattle are branled, and then caref niiy dis tribSted. lom ere, a few miles farther on otherM, and o on, until the whole herd is "turied out." If young steers are kept two years on the range, they can he sold as four-year ol,s at an illcreaLe in value of from ten to itteen dollars per head; thus the ranIchnman nearly doub:es his capi tal in that short time, providing his losses do nol- exceed five per cent. and Ie has I(lack on his side. .in connection with the cattle bmsi ness the truth that "ai man oat West is a miau" is asserted by the poorest cowboy. Tiat marked feature of Ameriea, social equality, must never he forgotten by settlers fresh from the East. The coiboy assers his perfect equality with all comers, and let a tenderiont' once get the namne of be ing possessed by unsocial pride, there will not be a mana in the cattle region who-while otherwise he would read ily share his last bite or sup with the tranger-will not. for his real or sup posed arroganoe, be eager to spite and injure hiul. In no bmustess is Pop. larity more iudispensable, in no waik of life i-i a man so dependent upon tho good will of his neighbors as in stock :asilg on the plains of the West. New York Post. POPULAR SCIENCE. A plan of the University of Aber deen, Scotland, is to form loan cllee tions of naturat history for instruction in schools. These will I nlied it " in last . Tisre, . less than half the hours of stdushine of inlud sections, and a lit tle more than a third of the sunshine of places on the soutth coast. The distribution of seaweeds is v-ery eneral. Thfre found in Arctie seas, in temiperate 7relirth the equator: they grow along shore. east and west. aud they are fond- fr-ee floating in the oceau. So common are they indeed andl so low in the seale of vegetable life that thete was a time when no one paid any attention to them. They were looked upon as worthless, if not noxious, and were regarded as unworthy of attention eveu by botanists, who gronped and ec-assed themt with ferns, mosses, lichens and fangi. Even Linuat-us so treaedl them, and the sea itself seems to cast thenm on the beachi as refuse. They were the playthings o~f children, but nothing more. In British Central Africa, although it was supposed that giraffes were to be found along the Loaugwa River, noi authentic information had been watained util recently, when a giraffe wssoby a European prospector in the Marimba district, and its skin was sent to an army otticer, whlo shipped it to the British Museum. The exist ece of the giraffe in Marimba is (con sidered remarkable, the area in whkich they are found being v-ery limited, and the number of animais seemis to be very small.- When the one in ques tion wvas shot, a herd of about thidly five was seen. The nearest distance north of Marimba in which giraffes are known to exist is north of Mareres, while on the south, Matabeleland is the nearest giraife country. The Maryland Geologie.d Survey, which has enjoyed a reputation for carrying on scientifi:: work of a high order, has recenitij~ started a series of investigations ini forestry in co-opera tioi with the division of forestry of the United States D)epartmtent of Agri euttre. Alleghany County has al ready b~ieen examined for this forestry snrvey. aind the work will be extended through the State as fast as the topo graphie maps are completed. A biolo gical investigation of Marylantd has also been commeniced as an adjunct to tme State survey and the Department of Agricutuire has assigned members of its scientific corps to examine the distribution cf the fanas and iloras of the western part of the State. Re ports on the life zones and0 areas will be published from time to time by the State geologist. Triboluminescence i nneltl given to the em ~ t ihu heat that occurs substacee, hke' non has been f j 3. Pope. to be pL saccharin unde' the bluish-white adp ! m nt e HOWN HIDES ARE TANNED. rroceir of Leather Making From the Fresh -iin to tie Finished Article. The leather manu was lasv hoisting binnales of leather up from the cellar by means 6f a pulley rope, weighing it and loading it on the Cart which: stood at i be door ready to carry t lie load to the shoe n.anulaeturers. lie looked up, howet er, at a question and paused to wipe the perspiraiwn from his brow. --Tell von albout leather? Well, that's a Iong story. You see, there are tifty different kinds of leatl"-r if there is one, antd the pruveeSes through which the ides go between the time they leave the stock vsrds and the time when the shoe man gets them are iuany and varied. There are steer hides, calf skins, goat skins and others, which are prepared each in one certain way. "The green skins comc from the reat stock vards in hicago and kansas City to the tannery, which is enerally Ibuilt on the bank of a pure stream ~and nlear woodland. At the tannery.tike hides are at once placed in great vats tilled with fresh cold water, and left there to soak fo-: two or three days. The water tends to soften them. Then the skius are put in a long trough and run through a sort of slide, while heavy hauinerS pound them to a greater softness and pliability. Water is played on thema in a steady stream. When the work in the trough is finished the hides are placed back in the vats, and they soak there a little more: for a day or so. The next move is to keep them four or five days in the sweat pits. The sweat piis are (aig out inl the sides of the hills and the skins are hung up ill rooms inside. It is daugerous for a man to stay in one of these 'pits. ow ing to the fames of ammonia which .te fronm the hides after~.they have been contined for a little while. They are powerful enough at times to over C0oe a person. Utit the workmten know what they are about and do no imperil their lives by reiaining too long in the place. "After the turn in the swear pits the hides are ready for scrat)piug. 1! takes a trained tanner to know just ho w long to keep them in the sweat pits. When the thing is done right the hides should he just about at the point of Iecomiposition before they are taken out. Then ibare-armedIll men stand ready vith long, sharp knives, which they work over the skins witn both hands, removing all the hair and the small partieles ef flesh so that there is not a shred of it left. Eazi skin is gone over thoroughly and tossed into still another vat tilled with a liontid in which there are smal strips of h en k. The hemlock tiO::. it o a on want. arkj icermeae skin throuo ea~. t eraThe D t procss isgh every pore. The n dry hid thiat of drig -Thn ofs oisps dOrit to give it the pee liar 'k over i gotiee in ea her. two b' 1ieietstrd~ t for shipped to the '.c..'her sellers in New York and other cities. We have nothing to do here but weigh thema and send them off to the shoemeen. That is the way that sole leather is prepared. "--New York Sun. IPlants That Sem to Reason. "Do plants think?" said a St. Mary planter. "Have they powers of rea, son or any way of determining what is going on acound themns The ques tions seem rather fantastic, I admit, but they are prompted by sonme very curious observations made at mcy home only a few weeks ago. "My daughter, who is very fond of lowers, has a morning glory vine growing in a box on her windo w leage. While watering it recently she no teed a delicate tendril reaching out toward a nail in the side casing. She marked the position of the tendril in penil on the wood, and then shifted the nail abotut an inch lower. Next day the little feeler had deilected it sef very noticeably. and was again heading for the nail. The marking and shifting were r'epeated four or five times, always with the same re sults, and finally one night the ten di, w hich had grown consideralbly, managed to reach the covete-1 sup port, and we found it coiled tightly around it. Meanwhile another bun ch of tendrils had been making for a hook that was formierly used for a thermometer. Just before it reached its destiuation my daughter strnng a cord across the window sash directly above. It was a choice, then, be tween tbe old love and the newv. and as a morning glory ailways seemis to prfra cord to anything else, it wasn't lon~g in making up its mind. Ina very few hours the pale, er'isp little ~tendrils-which, by the way, convey a satrprising sugg'estion of human fingers-had commenced to lift toward the twine. Next day they reached it. and took such a firm grip that I don't believe they possibly ould have been disengaged without breaking the fibre. Scientists are n-> doubt familiar with sneh phenomena, and, if so, I wouldl he very glad to learn whether they have formulated a theory on the subject. To me it seems imply inexplicable."-Newv Orleans T iaeA-emocrat. Giant Music 1r01. The greatest musical inistramient, or rather music box, ever constracted, will be cxhibited for the first time at Maris exhibition in 1900. Its in - tor and builder, Antonia Zibordi, an Ialan, devoted fifteen years of onstnetit.He has be sepeethe ima hi~'ez bton oyhn The First S1M-JE" In an English newspaer of the date Df Jan. 16. 1737. appear thaolowng: "John Hetherington, haberdasher, of the Strand, was arraigned before the lord mayor yesterday on the charge of breach of the peace and-inciting a rot, and was required j'give bond in the sum of ?500. If as in evi dence that Mr. fHetheri'n, who i well connected. appeared u n the pub lie highway. wearing up0 his head what he ra!!d a silk hat (which wa= >ffered In evidence). a t structure having a shining luster ani calculated o Frighten timid people. '.s a mattr fact, the offleers of the down stated hat several women fainted at the un asual sight, while children screamed. logs yelped. and a young s1 of Cord ainer Thomas. who rag returning rom a chander's shp was thrown -lown by the e:-owd whi&had collected and had his right arnrbroken. For :hese reasons the defenant was seized by the guards and taken before tho lord mayor. In ex'en1ation of his :-rime defendant claimed he had not violated any l::w of the IngdioYm. but was merely exercising a ight to ap pear in a headdress of hl own design -a right not denied to any English man." Start Right 5oW And guard agaitet winter's trials. Kintg' Emulsion will give voui 1h and Bone. You'il feel difterent. 5Oe ad $1.00. All dealears sell it. in:irantd. 1VnwrLL Drs Co.. Charlotte. N. C. The original thirtees States con tained 3!,785 squitre oiles, or 208. 502.400 acres. u .1898 the United States containe-d 2.72 (16( s'tlrE miles, or .1,588373.:>I5 teres, in or ganized states. ]t alq coutainei 886,271) square miles. 0 567,212,801 acres of territory not rganized a. states. This does notineluide th new fcreigin l)&Issessioi aqutired b the war with Spain. A lPoctor's Advie Free! Abort Tetterine. DrM. L. Fieldei of Ec!ectic P. 0., Elnme Co., Ala. says: "I know it to be radical cur< foi tetter, !alt rhenw, ezenia and al kinired diseases of the a fd scalp f never prescr1'.e anytlng else in ai .kiin troubles." Send )e. in stanp for a box of it, postpai to the man factarer, T. T. Shuptrie, Savannab Ga., if your druggist 6esn't keep it The motor-paceul bi'-e rYeLA ar increasing in popularit all the time Eveu in fees5 of plrelihysical spee and endurance. meebai's are mad to enter in more and Prre, and th change will throw ont, eployMel various vor.ng men thai sel to ("ur -livelihood k making th rAi star rides. But the ned to tb i.d held their tongues, $csh~ould knoe nothiung aboutd tzie circulati'on of the bloo If/ i were not for ithis jndvertisemenzt miht nc-ver kno'w !te Hood's Sarsap. rila is.thle best blood mecdicine. Overdoing It. Hicks-It's all right indulging in little hyperbole when you are mais ing love to a woman; but there's suc a thing as overdoing it. Wicks-As fc eample? Hicks-Why. Dubleupp. H has been married three times, and h told Miss Kwarry the other evenin that she was the first woman he eve loved.-Boston Transcript. Drus COUCH SYRUP Cures Group and Whooping-Cougi Unexcelled for Consumptives. Give que, sure remus. Re~fuse sub~stitutes. Dr. Dui lis cueBiues 73 jal,:ofor~d Treen That Lire on Bardsq. On the enttlying spurs of the Sierr Madre mount:;.!ns in Mexico a tree wa recently discovered which catches an eats bIrds. The tree was long. sle: jer limbs, which dorop like the 2am. lar weeping willow, (ut the momer i bird alights or. the trees the branche iurl upuutti~ and silently encircle th trd and crush It to death. A botanist who discovered thIs ri narkabie tree touched one of th imbs with his hands. The brane closed upon his finger.s so 3rmly the it tore the skiui when he wreched away W. D. Howells savs that genius: simpy hard work. But that is n<4 the reason why every man who thini he is overworked regarels hitnself a genius. T1he trouble w ith mxo. 'genises" is that they (don't knv how to work. A TTENTION is facii tated if you mnentin Mthspaperwhen wvritingadlvertisers. So. 4 . A TD nergetic masn as Couty .Si perntenldent to manage our busines in your own an:d ad.noining, co"unties': no car a-sing: straight aslary. S$1.0 per week a expenes. Yearly conltratct. rahI pr'oot ici Exceptional opportunit y. Add eF Manuifa turers, P. 0. 150x 7.3 Philadel phia. Penu. A Close Shuve. Custoerl-Is this a shave I'm ge Barber-Why, certainly. Customer--4)h. all right. But rhought it seemed more like viviset Saiving Himself Trouble. "He seemsw to lbe an nutnarnal fatl er. IHe nevetr goes near thec baby." 'Tht's only bee'nuse Ihe's afraid 11 might learn ahow to 19%~ cre of it."' 4oklynl Life. *, ico hats 7.500 miles ot' raiiroad ikc uadded4 440 durui i.S1 R Mexico's puoc debt has been re fanded in New York city at an interest rate that will mean a saVing of $1 ,000, 000 a year. The Mexicans bate dis coveied that the .oney center of thc world has shifted from Europe to Auerica. Festored and the eyes cured by usi: Fit.diey's Eye Salve. No pain. ture cure or .oney - ' :. box. A' aruggLsts, or by mi, per Lf. J. P- HAYTren, Decatur, 1 ex. I h cu-e fo - :unptio:; aved witv ho:. li e inst Itr: 1mer.-M r-. A Is l 1 LL: Eoy. Meh.. Octoberfd, R0 . Me ermanetly cured. No fits or nervous seas after first days uso of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.-$2trial bottle andtrettsG fre. STATE OF 010. Ci(,ir T&LDO, 56. 1XCAS CorT. FsA J;.. CH EN EY m.kes onth that he is he renior partner Of te trm o' J. F. CHEnY & .doar thugtness in theCity of'olodo.' oun tv and :Rate .voressid.and thatsald ftrm will ~av the sniW of ).i HUNDRED TjoLLARS for e ih and every e Ie ot CATARI that cannot le cured by the use of HALL'S CATAaaI a C U R E. 'FRANK J. CHEYT. S4wi-ra to before me and subscrbed in my . : presence. this 5th day of : eeember, 1 I a.L - A. l 1W. A. . (;L-ASO ' SI- Notary Public Hall' .Catarrh Gure is taken interr-ally.and I acts directIl on the llood and mucous sur faces of the -ystW. send for testimonlsl free. F. J, ('i EE & Co., Ioledo, 0. ;old by Druggists.~5o. Hall's Family k ills are the best. Sick headache. Food doesn't di gest well, appetite poor, bowels con stipated, tongue coated. It s your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills, easy and safe. They cure dyspep sia, biliousness. 25c. All Druggists. want your mouti.ne or beard a beautiful brown or rich il ack Then use ~ ~ ~T' DYEfor the iBUKW W"A WS D Y E skers i I_ 4 rT-. o n~t~r~tT..f~t . AL A. Co. IIAsw.A. N~. H. Price, BoubleValue. About Novemuler Anst semse wile-r.wake merchant in tils town will have on sale 350 ;airs samples of Red Seal Shoes iThese ein be seid about half price. and whle they last wiil PrTe -picki's f'or casn S! buers." We only havrenlrfesSosel hose can be reserved now. Merchants in terested ca-i address 3. K. ORR SHOE CO., * ATLANTA, GA. e Send your name and address oni e p ostal and we wtil send you our Ic .e o page illustrated catalogue free. 0 WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMSA * 176 Winchester Avenue, New Haven, I WILlL GIVE Sf0.00 Oofor the best written 5-inch advertisement I of MRS. JOE PERSON'S Remedy. This offer closes Nov. 15.Write ;1~Mrs.JOE PERSON ,Kiaal .(.. cARTER'SINK Makes milons think. ar T SIPcl ALTY: sell to every ne. E gro:Il big moniey: dead easy: no fnk: $0 pidforevey cseproven thatou g ods ion nt glve satisfa.1tion iii every x es..eCt; agents coining money: everything legitimate; op n and above board; send 15 eents stampe or siver for agentS' oust and guarantee. Boston Chemical Com pany, ilchmcn'I. Va. cured at home with out pain. Book of par ticulars cent FREE. R.M.WO0LL EY, M.D. .stanca. eaa. Office 10.4 N. Pryor St. SCURE YOUR HORSE -of Spavin, Curb, Splint, Capped - Hock, Sore Tecndons., Cuts, kKks, SBrtuie, ec1., by uing Also an invaIlabCInccreed for man. 9 IVWhen taken interniliy' it cureis ! Cramps andl Coli. It is the &est qantisef/ic known. ~Every holl tte is wrr..nted. Colti bv deatlers and druggsts rnerfl. nFAm1iy size, 25c Ifrse siz c.:and $t.o. F-ard by EAPL S. SLGAN, Bosin, Mass 0 HAIR SWITCHES 60c M s inS.;. HusxtN isit i'Wrr' H11t. cuseeS any hir. frese. 60C '.' S3.25. she eqgual .r nay iutehe.. that reftaia ..,U io 65.00. QJ..EE :t o,;t thsat r. senflo; wewi e I s t h' .y ;r~a.) p vI . atAd if ro satsl . tr. aer td '0:t 5 -, ..t:d ye';r snneyr. 0,. ~aiPe~~area ar frem . i for fre. 4ati.->*' ,-f Ha-r I. .(s atnd ael if!.Mlnroe sm.. Clajenzg0. Patti's Finar.c'a! Cleverness. It is j ust forl y years since Madame -Patti coml00tokxoJf arnot ii?840000gvho .oa triumphs, acc.Grdinfg to the Wes' ri Mail. The fair mistress ,;f Craig -Ncs may hec t:u'y sa~id reve: to have Iknown failure. She had no ear y - struggies. When only 16 she began to captivate the world, and she has kept h er scedenlcy evr since. Patti was a 'bine operatic airs. and the. tale Is told that the future prima denna, standing -on a chalr, and being promnised sIx pence for an encore. repiled that she culd rnot do It at the price. but w:-u d ithrow in two encores for a s al ng What DO You Wat ? There is nothing thaL money can buy ibat we do not sell- ex cept bocomotives. bcats -- and live animalS. WeC . . can saVe you Monet: On. everything you buy at al seasons of the 3 ear. Our general Catalo e contal ns30 ags as' 1 rncy Chairs, 75c to $3.0 10,00o ilustrtions.and quotes wholesale priceWs to consumers on over 100000 different artIcles. In this Catalogue .-: 1 yWillfindevCrythling . to Eat. Wear and Use, everything found In a homne. in a hotel, in an ome, in a church, on a rarm, mn a barn. and ;alg Il e, $40.?5. every kInd of merchan dise for every .possible reed. WP 1s41 a Lith o1graphed Catalogu9e which sh(wTS Car pets. Rugs. Art Squtares. .-. Portieres and L.co Curtains in their real colors. iarpetts sewed free. IIning furnished free and freight. prepaid. Our Made-to-Order clothing Catalogue il'adclies, 6c to $75. sIm ples ofeloth tached, offers suits and overcoats froM 5.5 to *2'.OO. ,eUt C. x. D-1 xpres age paid oit clotlung everywhere. We lo issue a Cpeclal Catalogue of Pianos, r us, Sewing Machjineo and BIcycles. ere is nothing you buy that you cannot tuy ought here as cheap as your dealer ca1. All talogues are tree. Which do yOU want? ddress this way JULIUS HINES & SON, .U.TSmORE, 3D., U. S. A Dept.2l4 RICE'S GOOSE GREASE URE HFX.1M1T16M T.P-N1 % I lAt K.I.aGRIPPF. CRO'P anl 4 0lA!$. Granmother umnd it. why atlyou? It's the gresatest nirdi ine knowa. Sod 1) all arugglots and general stort's. Mad on by 000SF. (3REAE JIEt o. ( c'lE*swu0K L% l' We again offer the cleanest seed wheat on the market, and from probably the largest crop yield in the State, If not the United States. We had 55 acres In wheat this year, and the crop averaged 20 bushels rer aere. Where we had a goed stand, not winter killed, we had over4.0 bushels ;er acre. One hundred busheis of our wheat will contain less cockle seed than one bushel of ordinary Eeed wheat. F. ice 91.15 per bushel or cars at Charlotte. Bags hold two bushels and are new, nc charge for bags. Terme: Cash with order. Al1-I011 l lllze o. Per FRED OLIVER, Pres't. F ' ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES --TitF. GEStIKE hav W. L. Doustas' same and star on bottom. Take no substitute claime - to be as good. Largest maket of g13 and q3.ti0 shoes in th 9-world. Tour deaier should kee them-If not. we will send yo - - a paIr on receIpt of price. Stat kind rf leather, size and width. nlain or cap to Catalogue C Free. W. L DOUGLAS SHOE C.. Brockcten. M T B R.IMOH1 E ETI . Costsonly 25Cets. A guaranteed Cure for Catarrlb, con uplon - n-i IHayFever. All druggists *1.00 W. L.SMITh & 60.. Buffsle.N~ Y.. a o BASK EVI TO SAVE THEIR1 The Tin Tags taken and R. J. R. Tobacce~ all of this list of desirable 'have your good chewing i Every man, woman and child they would like to have and can b Write your name and address tioning the number or thte present: dIfferent kinds of tags mentioned 1 Match Box. quainlt dlesign.iiniport 471 Ciz. S K.44rle, ork an pon 5 3 ealt an.. P'epper, 'ene each, ijuad ri il 1.1 ete on white mn'tal....... 1 SIazi~r, hlelow ground. Sine Engh'sht R ute ri!''ri; le plae h~t -- Sigar }tii trel pl'. fl~t (115.t.E y Scamp Box, cterimg silver.....0 ina Enife, t wo lel.................10 11 Butcher Knife.8-inch blare......0 12 tlhears', 8-inch idekol.... ..........1 1.- Nnt Set. Cracker. .4 Picks, zsilver.... 14 SIx Reprs Tatem .Sprrns...... 45 15 t Stxsach Roger.- K ires- and For ks .59t N Relier.32;:5 libre ..... 110 17 Bse1a!1,".utt o."..... .... 5t 15'i a'ch, cnemi wine'l and '.t, gularer. teed good. timle 1-e..... . ..t 39e Ai.:m Clock. rii ke-]. waerrsamed... 200 .j (arers, 1.uckhcrte 1:andle, greed S This offer expires N Address all you r Tags and th R. J. REYNOLDS TOBM4 p0900 eijhan 5xxxxxxxx xxx -x xxxxxxx OF EVERY DESCRIPTIOY. Mav be you do not need anything in our line now. tut if you should, now or later, consult your interest by writing us for prices and estimates before placing your orders. Now is the time to buy a Rice Huller or Rice Thresher. We sell the BEST. W. H. CIBBES & CO., COLXMLUAI. S. C. I Meet All Competition I Will place with re sponsib!e parties. organs or Pianos on trial and pay freight both WayS if not . found as represented. OR6ANS S;"uo frim MAN $185up Write for cata logue. .M. A. Maloe,. Columbia, S. C. GINNING MACHINERY. Tbe imith Pneumatie Ruction Elevating. Givning and Packing System is the Simplest and Mo!st Emelent on the Blarket; Forty eight Complete Outilts in S.*th Carolina; EAh One Giving absolute Satisfaction. BOILERS AND ENGINES; Slide Valve, Automatic and Corliss. My Light and Heavy Log Beam Saw Mills Cannot be equniled in Design, Effeiency or l'rice by any Dealer or Manufacturer in the South. Write for Prices and Crtalogues. V. C. BADHAM & CO., 1326 Main St., COLUMBI. - - - S. C. Why take Nauseous Medicines? IAre you suffering with INDIGESTION? Are you suffering witih KIDNEY or BLADDER TROUBLE? Are you subject to COLIC. FLATU' LENLY or PAINfS in the BOWELS? Do you suffer frcm I ETION Er sUPPRESSION UJRINE . Do you feel L &NGUOR. and D, ITATED in the morning. WOLFE'S Aromatic Schiedam SCHAPPS CURES TNN Pleaant teltati,8t' '" StoiaaIs A . s SOUTH DAROLIRA Free. Dr I.E GREEN 50s51. Box ta eBr. Ricord's Esseuco of U(r~ ?.7 2 ard, no.er-feiling reedy fnr alcaes of. nervenas m entalhysical debi ivy, los nalahty and nwe mature decay n.bh'sexe.; positive. permanent cuere: foll treatmcent 65, or ir a betrle: -stamp o - crtular. J. JAifQUES, Agent, 1763B~~s EITTS A. B. Stroud,liraetville,Gia, NI.Wrote: You have given the ..baby world a price:es~s boon in your TEETHiNA (Teething Pow. - der-). Thanks to- ourai .ktte darln gto-wnom wheg TEEHI'MA, .s fatark<d OETT", M D, St L0 & o Plans or$195. Duy areet from the manufaucturer. Satisfae ona guaranateed. Sanueauer EN.er to LLE,, ~RYBODY FIN TAGS FOR YOUI. from SCH NAPPS s will pay for any one or and useful things, and you obacco besides. 'an find someting on this list -that ve-FEE. laily and send the -tags to us, men o want. Any assortmnent .f the boe will be accepted. 21 Si.. Reer'1 Teaspoons, bes' qua!; 50 :': ies and Fcr ., 'im each, Uuck nrni handles................... .. :nCcek. a-day. Calendar. Therinona eter. Baromieter.............. M 24 lennngton Rifle No.4, 2?r 32 al .1000 Tool Se:. no-. playthings, but real c ICI... .... .........~O very h'andsomxe.... ~7~at.h.slidstier, tli ,i.. ....;.MIW 6 Sewing lischiine, first class, with 5'.! attac.hment ..................2C 9~ n Le.hester liepeating bhot Gurr, 12 guage........... ......... ....25 - So3 hin.fe. Winches er, 16-shot;: -esl...20 Sitot Gun, double-barrel. hammere 1l9...... ........... .-..... .-.00 3 Giar rosewood. inlaid withimoth ers f-pearl............... ......2000O 38 Bcycle, stant'ard mrake, ladies or gents.......:..... ...... O0 34 After Dinnier Coffee Spoon ic1!d silver, geld t ow!.........3 ri riar weed P1,...............?4 ovember 30th,.190.O correspondence about them to c0 CO., wiNSTON, N