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MONEI IN BEET SUGAR An Industry That Would Help South Carolina. m m To the Editor of the News and Courier: I wish to call your atten t?on to an industry that catv bein trodaced with advantage in this State, and wbich it bas now been proved is suitable for the middle and lower counties, while the northern portion of the ?tate, with ita ample wajer power, is going ahead building cotton mills, the central and lower portion should look for snob new in dustries ss are .suited for their eur foundings, and being heretofore a strictly agricultural community any iadnstry that will combine agricul ? ture and manufacture is in the right direction. Tobacco being a money. ~ : crop, which sells as readily for cash as cotton, has proved in the past few years- quite successful. But the en? closed account of the success of the j first beet sugar factory in the South . shows a new resource, that is open to the Southern States, or such of | them as are wide enough awake to . take advantage of it. . . To make plain the position of this industry, in the year 1895 thia coun? try consumed 1,949,744 tons of! t angar, of which only 324,506 tons were made at home, and 1,625,238 tons were imported from abroad, and of this a large share was the beet sugar from Europe. During the past year the production-of beet sugar in Europe was over 4,000.000 tons, of j which Germany made 1,615,111 tons, France 667,853 tons, Austria and Hungary 791,405 tons, Russia 783, 489 tons, Belguim, Holand, etc, making the remainder. The new tariff bill now in the Senate places a doty OD sugars not above 16 Dutch standard in color of one cent per pound, and above that \ standard of one and seven eight cents. This will serve as a.bonos to that extent to all home producers of sugar. Heretofore beet sugar has only been produced in northern countries, ; as shown by the above lists, but the feet that beets can be g?own in New Mexico, which is on the ?ame Uti Jude as this State, and with a climate much hotter and dryer than ours, blazes the way for us if we choose to Mow. The production of beet sugar in ibis country is growing slowly but steadily It is as follows : 1887, 225 tons ; 1888, 1,640 tons ; 1889, 2,400 sons ; 1890, 2,800 tons ; 1891, 5,400 tons; 1892.12.000 tons; 1893, 16, 000 tons ; 1894. 20,000 tons ; 1895, 30,000 toni? The following account, taken from the Tex as Farm and Ranch, and writ? ten by Mr. F E. Roesler, shows that the price paid in New Mexico to ?he farmers for beets was $4.50 per ion in 1896, and. on- this basis they re? ceived from $36 to $100 per acre, the average being about $43 The average cost in labor of a we?l worked beet crop is about $22 per acre, leaving for rent of land and profit $21. Compare this with the average yield of any crop produced in this State at present, with the ad ditional advantage of being a money crop, and the opening which pre? sents itself te men of enterprise, both in growing the beets and in making sugar, is at once apparent : The first beet sugar factory of the great Southwest, the new factory at Eddy, New Mexico, on the upper Pecos River, bas just finished its first run or sugar campaign It bas con? verted into bard cash a little of the soi!, the water and almost perpetual sunshine of the Pecos Valley. With the aid of the husbandman it has brought about thc conversion of a few thousand pounds of minute sugar ' beet seeds into about 14,000 tons of sugar beets and with the further aid of machinery and intelligent labor it has converted these beets into about 130 carloads of sugar. It made . available one of the great resources of tbe country and demonstrated be? yond a shadow of doubt that the great Southwest eau and will pro? duce its own sugar It bas used up the product of some 1,200 to 1,400 acres of sugar begts, the first, and . almost purely experimental crop of 1896, and when this supply was ex hausted it shut down to await the coming of the new crop of 1897, which will begin to mature about the first of September. It has demon strated that the s -gar beet can be profitably grown and manufactured into sugar. During its first cam paign it afforded a good home market for a new and profitable crop and turned out many carloads of fine white granulated sweetness, for wbich the good people of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona cheerfully paid as good a price as they d:d for any other standard sugar The Pecos Valley Beet Sugar Fac? tory is the seventh of its kind in the United States, and is only a small en? terprise, compared with the others Its erection and successful operation has blazed the way for larger enter? prises of its kind, and within a year or two it will not be the only sugar factory between New Orleans and Chino, Cala. The factory at Eddy, N. M., m capitalized at $200.000. of which about three-fourths is invested in buildings and machinery. Its ca >scity is about sufficient to work up twenty-four liiours. It ie now beii enlarged so as to work up 250 to per day, and will run about 150 da each year. The extraction of sug amounts to 12.13 per cent of t beets worked, and about twenty fo tons of fine white granulated sug are extracted per day. As with all new beet sugar i'a tories in the United States, more I less trouble was bad in securing sufficiency of sugar beets To yie a fair profit on the investment a fa tory raiist run at its full capacity, ai a shortage in the required tonnage beets will soon reduce profit to los The factory was fortunate in securii the crop from 1,200-1,400 acres Tl sugar beet was a new crop to ll farmers of the Pecos Valley and i cultivation but little understoo Some farmers obtained yields as big as twenty-two sons per acre, whi others met with more or lees disaj pointment It is a crop in which ii telligent and conscientious labor richly rewarded* and in which tl idle and slovenly agricultural drot meets with hi's just deserts No ere yields more willingly to intelligei cultivation and more quickly reseu neglect. The average cost in' Iab< of a thoroughly worked crop of beet per acre is figured at about $22, th; is to say, the farmer's work on tb crop and the seed, are valued at th amount The average price paid th farmers in 1896 for the beets, wa $4.50 per too, and on this basis tb farmers in the Pecos Valley receive from $36 to $100 per acre. On tb whole between 1,300 and 1,400 tor of beets were delivered to the fae tory, for which the farmers receive in the aggregate about $63,000, c an a verge of $43 per acre. The sugar content in the beeti under proper cultivation, was foun to be abnormally high, ranging as : did from 13J per cent to 21 per cern the average being over 17 per ceui This fact alone proves the country t be admirably adapted to, sugar bee culture* and assures for the futur the erection of numerous factorief At the present time lhere is un de serious consideration the propjsiti'o to erect a second sugar factory in th Pecos Valley the capacity of whic is to be sufficient to work up 700 ton of beets per day Over half a mil lion dollars will be expended in th erection of this second factory, am when completed, this factory and th one already built will consume dur ing a sugar campaign about 12 00 toes of beets, the product of abou 10,000 acres At four dollars pe ton it means to the farmers of th valley an income annually of $480, 000 for beets alone The existing small factory has hat a most salutary effect on the pros perity of the Pecos Valley Whil operating with only one-half of th? needed quantity of sugar beets, tin factory has expended approximately for labor and material nearly $100. 000, of which the farmers got abou $63,000 for beets ; laborers receive< about $32,000 and the remainder wa? paid for limestone, coal, coke, othe material and transportation An an nual disbursement of this kind wouk be welcome anywhere in these dayt of hard times Contracts are now being made foi the beet ci op of 1897, and it is reas onably certain that 3,000 acres wil be planted this year At a very lovi estimate twelve tons should ob tained per acre on the average, anc this would amount to 36,000 tons worth in cash to the farmers $144, 000, or $48 per acre The work o raising beets is in many respecte similar to that of raising cotton, ye) the cultivation of 17,280 acres in cot ton would be required to produce s value of $144,000, figuring on three acres to the bale of 500 pounds, and a price of 5 cents per pound The beet grower has nothing to pay foi ginning or for baling According tc his contract with the factory, the sale of his crop is assured before the seed is planted and the price to be paid is agreed upon when the con? tract is made Incident to the manufacture ol sugar are several important local in dustrie8, which are almost solely de? pendent on it First of these is the growiog of sugar beet seed, whieb must be carried on as a separate in? dustry All seed heretofore used in the United States has been imported at considerable cost from Germany Tbis is a seed with a pedigree, known to produce under proper cul? tivation beets carrying over 14 per cent of gugar, and guaranteed capa? ble of a germination up io 90 per cent. In Utah .and in the Pecos Val ley steps are now being taken to grow the seed at home. It is thought that a beet seed capable o producing an 18 to 20 per cent sugar beet can be successfully grown, and for this purpose some 15,000 beets, known as "mother beets," have been set aside. Each and every one of these beets will be separately ana? lyzed, and about 1,500 analyses arc made daily. All beets carrying over ls per cent of sugar will be planted again for a seed crop, those falling short being fed to live stock. The seeds obtained from the planting will be sown the following year, and the beet crop resulting from the second crop of mother beets will then be ready for the field Another industry arising from the manufacture of sugar is the establish? ment of creameries, dairies and cheese factories. The bee ; pulp, the i^^c^altyr^r^^^^^^^n^^^a^ of the beets worked It is a highly nutritions and fattening food for hogs, shsep and cattle, but is parti? cularly good for milk stock and is the i cheapest food that can be procured anywhere During 1896 the pulp was sold at fifty cents per ton, and the demand far exceeded the supply. Some six hundred head of rattle were fed at the factory and were fattened more quickly than by any other cattle food known. The molassee from the sugar beet can be made into a good vinegar, and considering that no country produces more cucumbers to the acre than the i western plains of Texas and New ! Mexico, there is no good reason why i this sect ?on of county should not 6up ply the United States and the rest ot the world with pickles and canned goods The orchards .of the Pecos Valley planted from four to six years ago are now coming into bearing The fruit is there, the sr^ar is made at home and nothing more is needed than a few enterprising men to start creameries, canning establishments and pickling works Can the sugar beet be grown in Texas f Undoubtedly so, and ful? ly three fourths of the area is suited for this crop. The main point is to get the factories and these require a great outlay of money, which nowa? days is hard, to get. In Germany, France, Russia and Austria they have 1,245 factories,, and a farmer in any of these countries will mortgage bis house and home, bis Sunday over? coat and his wife's relations to secure an additional factory. In Ibe United States there are now seven beet sugar factories in operation and three new ones under construction, and a dozen or more under consideration. A fac? tory of the same capacity as that now in operation at Eddy. New Mexico, will supply about 70,000 people with the sugar they need, provided the factory rims at its full capacity To supply the demand in Texas a?ot?e forty three factories would be needed, and they would find a ready market for their product. Dallas, Texas M Sublimity of Assurance. O ;e of the roany sharp thorns thrust almost daiily into the anatomy of the publisher is the request for free ad vertisiog from the roan who gets his printing done at some small job office. The Allentown (Pa ) Chronicle gives voice to a vigor?os protest against this very oom roon abuse, as follows : To-day a young man called at this office with a pile of circulars on his atm and requested us to publish the contents of the circular io the paper as a puff. The circular, which wat* a wretched specimeo of the .typographi? cal art, bad been printed in ooe of the amateur job offices with which this city is cursed, and which generally consist G? a rack of second hand type and a dilapidated hand-press, presided ; over by a genius who knows about as much of job printing aa the steward of ! a vessel koowsabout navigation. A per j son, however, bas a perfect right to have his job printing done where be chooses, but for an individual to call at a news? paper office which has a job printing department and calmly thrust a circu? lar printed io another establishment under the nose of the editor and ra quest biro to publish the contents free of charge is simply paralyzing Yet this is somethiog which happens nearly every day No one thinks of going to a store, buy a big bill of goods, and then go to a rival establishment and re? quest the proprietor to send bis deliv? ery team to tbe place where the goods had been purchased and deliver tbero free of charge. Yet the principle is the same. The worst offenders io this respect are the numer?os church socie? ties Tbe majority of them have their job printing done io amateur offices, and theo they come around and want about $10 worth of free puffiog. And a peculiar thing about it is, that these persons appear to be greatly amazed that the editor should complain at such treatment. If only some persons j would get rid of the idea that a paper I is an eleemosynary institution, but ooe j cooducted on business priociples, it would save the managers ?o enormous strain on their gray matter --???-.^mmmmm - "Alas ! Poor Octopus !' ' Charlestoo, S C., April 12.-It nae been stated here to-day on good author? ity that the Coo6aw company, the lead? iog ooncero for tbe miniog of phos? phate rook in this State, will go out of business io the oear future The causes leading to this conclusion on the part of the compaoy have grown oot of the disputes with the State over the amount of royalty to be paid on rock. When the Coosaw company shuts dowo 1,000 men will be thrown out of em j ploymeot. ! Ir is feared that President McKinley i will appoint Judson Lyons, a negro, i postmaster at Augusta, Ga. jousrtess Is-caused by torpid liver, which prevents diges? tion and permits food to forment and putrify in t!i" stomach. Then follow dizziness, headache, ood's insomina, nervousness, and, if not relieved, bilious fever i J? al 4p> or blood poisoning. Hood's fill Pills stimulate the stomach, ? ? ? ? w rouse the liver, cure headache, dizziness, con Fighting in Turkey. Greeks Invade the Sultan's Territory at Krania. j Elassooa, Macedonia, April 9 - ? Noou-Binds of Greek brigands bave eotered Turkey at Krania, io the vicin? ity of Grobioa The Turkish troops have beeu engaged with them and the fight ba? been proceeeding since 5 o'clock this morning. At the Turkish headquarters this news is looked upon as beiog of the gravest description in view of the excitement here. 4. p. m -A dispatch received at the Turk? ish headquarters here from Grevana says that the fighting between the Greeks and Turks continues The Turks foltowing out the instructions of Eibam Pasha, have purroundsd the Greeks irregulars and a greater part of the Turkish division stationed at Gre vena auder Hakki Pasha is now ad? vancing. The situation is most serious. Edbem Pasha remains at the general headquarters awaiting news. Be bas already notified bis generals of dividions to hold tbemselvesjn readiness for in? stant action and the reserves have left the encamptment here in order to move closer to the first Hoe of defence. Greveoa is 18 hours march from here and Kracia 10 miles march southward of Greveoa. Lon doo, March 9 -A dispatch to the Eveoiog News from Elassooa dated 3.20 p. m. to-day says: "The iovad iog Greeks oumber 1,000 and are holding their owo Telegrams are pro? ceeding iooessaotly betweeo Greveoa aod Constantinople " LoodoD, April 9-The Daily Chrooick's Atheos correspondent tele? graphiog at midnight, says : "The fol 1 lowing is all that is known here of the frontier affair near Krania aod Greveoa: The commander of the frontier post at Tsoufliani telegraphed to the comman? der of the Eighth battalion at Evzones near Trikk?.?a, that the Turks, after a band of insurgents, had crossed the frontier, attacked three Greek positions, namely; those at Fonika, Prilantza and the tomb of Bimbashi. The com? mander added that fighting was still in progress. El-ssona, Macedonia, April 9 -A close investigation of the Turkish line of defense this morning revealed that everythiog is io excellent shape of preparation. The traoeport service is excellent Four thousand pack horses ard employed aod enormous masses of war stores, pontoons, tents, medicine, ammunition and io fact, everythiog oeeded for a large army has been gath? ered here. Loodoo, April 9 -The correspood eot of The Times at Grevena, says that 2 o'clock this (Friday) moroiog, 1,500 Greek baodits crossed the frontier be? tween Metzoro and Diskata, where they eocouotered the Turkish troops. The fighting lasted throughout the day with some loss of life aod a oum? ber of minor casualties Coostaotinople, April 9.-The war preparations throughout the Turkish empire continue to be steadily pressed, although there is not much change io the situation. Loudon, April 9 -The Larrissa cor? respondent of The Times will say : "I visited Volo to-day and found that the last consignment of supplies, maioly heavy ammunition, is beiog hurried to tbe front. All the preparation which cao be made are now practically finish? ed The reserves cootioue to arrive. Part of the special corps of Mauromi Chalides came io yesterday eveoiog V Loodoo, April 9-The Daily Tele? graph will publish to-morrow a dispatch from its war correspondent at Elassooa. the headquarters of the Turkish forces on the Macedonia frontier, confirming the reported invasion of Albania, be? tweeo Greveoa aod Kraoia, the corres? pondent says : "Tbe iovasioo took place early io the morniog and a desultory fusilade bas prooeeded all day long. It is, thought probable that fighting will oow break out along the eotire frontier. A Turkish council of war was held here to-day " Athen?, April 9 -A private dis? patch just received from Kaiambaka says that a baud of irregulars, who were compelled to return to Greek ter? ritory, heard a sharp fusilade between the Greek and Turkish outpost?. The official dispatches merely report that three Greek bands invaded the Turkish territory. Bot the sensation of thc in? cident is increasing here aod there is oo telling what tbe effeot of it will be in the present inflammable condition of the public mind. Forcing The Fight Invading Greeks Well Armed and Provisioned. Athens, April ll.-Noon accouots ' are very conflicting as to what really ! happened last Friday when the frontier j wa* crossed by the insurgents At I Laiissa it was ascertained Saturday j that the iuvaders numbered upward of i 3.0U0. Among them were Amilicare j Cipraoi and his Italian volunteers. ; The entire force was unt?er the com maod of three ex officers nf the Greek army, Kapealopoulas, Mylanos aod Ziepetror, and four Macedonian chiefs, Zermas, Davelis, Vrakas and Sarau tio. The rendezvous was at Koniskos, a village near Kalabaka. The men were all fully armed and wore the national costume, their black fur caps bearing the badge aod initials of the Echoike white, "with the words "En Tooto Nika" crossi?g the initials io black. On Friday a mook from Mouot Athos, assisted by bis abbot- aod two deacons, held a religions service at Koniskas, at which all members of the iovadiog body partook of the sacra? ment and registered the oath of the order, "Liberty or Death." Io addi? tion to large quantities of ammunition and provisions the forces had ?3,000 gold. During Friday night foliowiog the services the fronrier was crossed, moving io the direction. of Sebuik. While this movement was io progrefS a second baod, the oumber of which is yet unkoowo, had a rendezvous a* Nezeros, on the frontier, gpo at 35 kilometres north of Larissa and near ! the coast This band was similarly j equipped, had a simiiiar mission and took the same oath It was command? ed by the Macedonian chief Srosinikos D- crossed the frontier on Thursday night, marohiog oo Karya. As every? where in the vale of ths Tempe, oo this portion of the frontier, the roads and bridges, are io a condition of thorough repair. This (Sunday) morning the roar of artillery can be plainly heard at Lar? issa from the direction of Karya, where Sins?nikos is evidently forcing matters Gen. Makris and his staff, with some knowledge of the movements afoot whioh they were unwilling to impart, left yesterday for Tyrnavos, the most important Greek position near Elas sooa. Four batteries of reinforce? ments followed to-day for the same point. At headquarters they declare that notbiog is known as to the raid and will nay nothing as to the probable character of the raiders However, gome additional light bas been thrown on the subject to-day by an interview given by a prominent Greek who is evidently io close touch with the league and its plans The Greek" said : "The movement of the?e bands is all in accordance with a clearly de? fined programoje. For years thou? sands of Greeks, even little children, oo receiving a shilling have been in the habit of putting half of it into a na? tional box io the cause of pao Hellen? ism. For many months it has beeo the plan of the league to stir up all the pao-Helleoio people by means of arm? ed bands. Now that a great moment has come in Greek history we have seized upon it Our aim at present is to get behiod the Turkish Hoes and to stir up ali our bretbreo "Whether or not Europe insists upon the iotegrity of Turkey, Greece is oct animated by selfish views nor by a de? sire for annexing territory to the king? dom. She demands .not only a true and complete independence for heroic Crete, but the same independence for Epireaus, Macedonia and Thrace. She demands this also for the subjugated populations of Asia Minor. "Therefore Greece will face any dan? ger ic order to reach that end Years of frightful suffering and unoumbered crimes aod tyranny have been forced upon those who are our kinsmen by faith and blood io those countries, and we are pledged in the most solemn way and inspired by the most sacred and en? nobling principles of liberty to do all in our power to lift from them the curse which burdens them." When the attack began strict orders were sent to all tbe Greek outposts on the frontier to preserve neutrnlity and not to open fire until actually attacked by the Turks. - ? ? - JOHNSON'S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever In One Day. News From The Greek Frontier. Troops Suffering From Cold -Snow Storm Prevailing . Greak Officers in Com? mand of Invaders. Trickhala. Thessaly, April 12. Midnight-The iosurgeots are planning to occupy Baltioo on tbe frontier of Macedonia in order to preveot the Turks from taking advanced position. Directly the Greeks crossed the front? ier and their leaders issued a procla? mation calling upon the Macedonians and Epirotes to rise for freedom. Tbere ie ao unconfirmed rumor here at this hour that the iosurgeots are con? tinuing their advance unchecked by thc Turks. Twenty-five of the Italiao vol? unteers have returned here, being un? able to stand the cold weather. London, April 12 -A special dis? patch from Trikhala says that the Turkish garrison of Baltioo, numbering about 800 men, which was beseiged by the Greek insurgents and cut its way through the Greeks with a loss of 30 killed [t is added that fighting was stubborn. It was only at the fourth at? tempt that the Turks were able to i> t-ue from their barracks. The insurgents, the special dispatch further states, continued their march into Macedonia aiid have captured thr town of Krania Further they pur sued ; he Turks to Cipria, which is ooly two hours distant from Crevena. Throughout the operatioo.*, which have hitherto been so successful for the in? surgents, the latter lost ooly three chiefs killed and four men wounded, according to the special dispat cb. I from Larrissa says tbe fighting at Bal tino lasted throughout Saturday and lace that afteroooo the Turks were re? ported to have cayituUted The casu? alties on both sides were under 100. There is no news in regard to the Turk? ish prisoners. The Arta correspondent of The News telegraphs that the war preparations of the Greeks there are being fiaaliy per? fected. Troops have beeo advanced to the frontier and the military depots have been moved back to a position of safety in the rear Thirty Eaglish volunteer? have arrived ac' Arta. They include among their number young Karris, the son of tbe British admiral in Cretan waters. He bas offered his s?vices to th? Greek army. Loodoo, April 12.-The Daily Chronicle's correspondent at Kalamaka says that at 2 p. m. to day fighting was still going on a few miles west of Bal tino. Maoy of the irregulars are returning to the frontier for food. Thia afternoon a Turkish captain and bis men, after a heroic resistance, es? caped from B?ltico Lv?t evening there was a heavy fall of snow and the irregulars were much exhausted with the intense cold. Elassona, April 12-The Turkish staff officer who was sent to Viraoia by Edem Pasha to ascertain definitely with respect to the invasion reports that the presence of tbe Greek regulars among the invaders has been positively proven and that there is also good reason to be lieve that Creek officers of the regular army were in command, He states farther that the bands lie bidden during the day time and sally forth at night to fire upon the Turkish troops. Edbem Pasha's staff is greatly puzzled by these attacks. The Turkish forces here continue io excellent condition. The soldiers are expedient aod willing, while the officers are actively engaged from sunrise until late at night. Many of tbem are in the saddle 20 hours out of the 24. CANAL OPENING. The First Cut Has Been Completed. To morrow the tug W. P. Congdon will take quite a large party of prom? inent citizens down to the canal which the U S Government is dig? ging to connect Winyah Bay with Santee River. The first cut of about four miles, forty feet wide and six feet deep, has just been finished, and this expedition is in celebration of the event. The party will go from Winyah Bay through the canal into the Santee River. This canal means a great deal for Georgetown, and already parties on the Congaree and Wateree rivers have written here inquiring how soon the canal will be ready for business, as they are anxious to come here with some new business.-George? town Times, April 8. "Train loads of celery," says tbe Philadelphia Record, "are arriving here from F.orida. Heretofore the succulent plant has come exclusively from New York and Michigan. These reoent consignments are the first that have ever come from the South. Tbe celery is grown near Port Tampa, and its culture is something tew The shipments will be larger io the future, owing to the superiority of the product grown in the South over that in the North, large investments having been made at other points along the Gulf coast by those interested in promoting its culture." Note the superiority of the Southern te the Northern product, and that the first shipments ever made from the South are being made tbis year South Carolina is farther North than Florida, but it js father South than Michigan Some of our truck farmers should try celery in well-drain? ed swamp lands -The News and Cou? rier. It is announced in'Londoo that the Veoezueian treaty will shortly be rati? fied by Parliament. The New York legislature has pass? ed the Greater New York charter bill over the veto of Mayor Strong, of New York City. :"> '? * A trial of a STIEFF PIANO will leave you in DO doubt ns to itS merit. Toe rich and elegant cases give an added charm to them. Possessing a delightfully sweet aud musical tone and clearness and purity which extends to the uppermost note of the scale, is it aoy wonder that the STIEFF PIANOS are in such demand to-day. Many pianos are high priced, but none are superior and few are equal to the STIEFF, if one may judge by the unsticted Drai.se from all patrons who have used a StierT fe:- nearly I a qunrter of a century j Terms to Suit. Send for c-ttalogue. CHARLES M. STIEFF, 9 N. Liberty Street, Baltimore. 416 Main St., Norfork Va. Notice! rrV!K copartnership existing between j Paterson & Cuthbert has t?eea dissolved t., m ut nt I co<..?'-nt Nod Peterson will oon ij?i;e -tit1 business at the simo ?ta??. With ! ii i . ..eruTicc <?f twenty-eight years in the j Cit>i'**M Shop nt Mr. J. I). Craig, be is well j qua!;ti.'<i to conduct a business of ibis kind. I Gleaning and repairing furniture a specialty.. The preparing and dressing of dead bodies ior bunal will be promptly and carefully at teoded to. Sbop opposite the Episcopal Cburcb. NED PETERSON.