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A DIPLOMATIC SECRET REVEALED.
Russia Tried to Make Special Deal
with Greece.
Merry Norman, in Scribner

Merry Norman, in Scribner.
There is another curious incident of this
time which is not generally known, ana or
which / was made aware as soon as 1t oc-
Cured. although for long time was not
permitted TO mention it. me of the stock
phrases of those arguing in support of the
action of the concert was that isolated
action" on the part of any one of its mem
bers would precipitate most perilous sit
uation. Yet Russia herself deliberately
made an isolated" proposal TO King
George. The Tsar sent him message to
the effect that if he would withdraw Colonel
Vassos and the Greek troops from Crete,
Russia would guarantee that within six
months the island should be a principality
under Prince George. who should create
gendarmerie, scion SEES convenances-mean-
ing. of course, that he should garrison the
island with Greek troops preparatory to
coup d etat like that which gave eastern
Roumelia to Bulgaria in 1886. Friends OF
the Greek cause whom / have told this
have expressed unbounded surprise that
Greece did not close with so advantageous
an offer. Their surprise rests however up
on q failure to appreciate the state of af-
fairs at the time in Greece Public opinion
was inflamed to such an extent that this
proposal which would undoubtedly have
been accepted six weeks or two months be-
fore had come to be REGARDED, before the
arrival of the Tsar's offer, with intense sus-
piciOn.
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States of Mind.
Ieslia,s Weakly.

IeSHe'S weekly.
Speaker Thomas B. Reed, in a recent
communication said: What makes pros
perity and what makes hard times? Way
down at the base of things the cause may
be different each time, and perhaps incom-
prehensible but on the surface they are
both only the results of states of mind
And then he goes on to say that prosperity
is to have all the people at work and that
the thing that makes men work is their
own mental condition
The same point was very forcefully and
very eloQUently brought forward by
Bourl1e Cochran in his brilliant campaign
for sound money last fall. We now see how
true it all is. The people are on the march
to prosperity because their minds are fixed
upon it. The doubts, discouragements dis
asters and r,essimism are gone, and a glad
der and happier song is in the hearts and
the souls OF men, The calamity howlers
had their day and filed it with their moan
ing. but when Congress opened the road by
business legislation, and when the world
knew that the road would be paved with
solid gold and adamantine credit the mil
lions moved forward with the absolute feel
ing that success would come. And il has
been coming from all directions to all the
sections. and the states Of mind of the sew
enty millions of good Americans are the
best they have ever been in the history Of
the Nation.
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Butter, Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.zzButter- Receipts s;55o2
Bic; Elgins.. 21c; factory. sQl214c. CheeseE7Re-
ceipts 4,4S9 packages. Market steady; large
small cclored. 9kc; part SKINS 90 sS1s@5c full
Market firm; State and Pennsylvania 17gls1sc;
Western. 1SQ1Sac.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 25-Butter active and
strong; creamery, 1S@20c; dairy 12Q15c. Eggs
The feeling is not quite SO firm, owing to in
creased receipts, but the demand continues good;
CHICAGO Sept. 25.-On the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market was firm creamery,
l4@2Ohc: dairy 12018c. Cheese easy at S49c.
Eggs firm; fresh, lac.
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healthy one and was in fact, overdue. It
has served TO shake out many weakly mar
gined holders of stocks and has left them
in possession of holders less likely to sue
cumb to a casual reaction. X is felt, also,
that the advance in price had rather more
than discounted the Improvement in bust
ness and in the increase in earnings Of rail-
roads, a notable evidence of which was af-
forded by the increase during the week of
the Rock Island dividend from to 4
per cent. basis Therefore, with all the
news continuing to reflect improvement OF
business, all the elements in Wall street
have practically acquiesced in the reaction
or have interposed no strenuous resistance
to it. The declines range all the way from
three to eight points in the most active
stocks, and Consolidated Gas has de-
clined 11i2
The railroad bond market has been less
active, and only the speculative issues
showed any marked sympathy with the de-
cline in stocks.
The following table, prepared by L. w.
Louis, Room II, Board of Trade, shows the
range of quotations.:
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aiding futures ranged as follows:

Cash Quotations were as follows: Flour quiet;
bakers SS:90@42O; winter patents. s595.iO;
straights. A7OQ4.SO; spring specials. $50 No 2
No. 3 red, 94a3gc. No. corn. 2s92ol4c: No. 2 ye-
low corn. 2S@2S1ac, No. 2 oats 19iac; NO. white,
re. &c No; 2, barley ngo9mminal; No: 3 Q: b.
slO1h@1O9. Prime. timothy seed $40; Mess
pork, per bril-, $S104s.15 Lard. per 100 lbs $4.35:
shoulders Cboxedl $5.S533q56s1s short-clear sides
goods, per gal, $1.22 Sugars-Cut-oaf. $500:
granulated, SIZE
Recepts-Fiour. 1000 brIs; wheat 900 bu:
corn, 4i1,OOO bu; oats 429, 900 bu; rye 1900 bu
barley, 10000 bu Shipments-Flour, 5000 brls;
wheat, 100000 bu corn. 900 blu; oats, 403 900
hu: rye. $50 bu: barley. 1000 bu
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THE PRICE OF ASPHALT.
Competition Reduces 1t Very Ma
teriaIIy.

City Government.
Trinidad Lake asphalt at $119 per square
ward is what the property owners along
Jefferson avenue, Saginaw, Mich, will get
as a result of the fight which the Alcatraz
Company is making against the Barber
ferent times. The first letting was declared
Illegal by the courts. On the second pro-
posal the Board of Public Works recon-
mended to let the contract to the Barber
Company but the Council refused to APP
prove of this action because the bid of
the Acatraz people was the lowest. On
the third advertisement the Barber COM
bine realizing the fact that nothing but
the lowest figure would capture the con-
tract put in a bid of S1.19 per square yard
Barber people was $1.99 and the second
AS. In the comparatively few cities which
still adhere to the suspicious practice of
specifying for the benefit of the Trinidad
Bermudez combine, no such figure as $1.19
can be obtained on asphalt paving 1t is in
broken away from the monopolistic spec
iications, that the property owners will Sc
cure the benefit OF free and open competi-
ton.
The sincerity and Veracity of the Trin-
dad-BermudeZ asphalt trust must indeed,
command respect since recent develop
ments at Washington. d. c. BY act of
Congress the maximum price for asphalt
paving in Washington is fixed at $3.50.
When it was proposed to place a duty of
So a ton on refined asphalt and $3.50 ton
on crude asphalt the trust people told the
lawmakers that such tariff would be a
tax on property owners because the Wash
ington maximum would have to be raised.
At the first letting after the tariff bill was
passed, and after the above mentioned tax
had been placed on refined and crude as
phalt the city of Washington received a
bid of $1.56 from the trust
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REAL-EsTATE TRANSFERS.
Fifteen Transfers, with a Total Com
sfGerafion of S23. $50.

instruments filed for record in the recorders
Office of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty
four hours ending at p. m, Sept. 25 1897, as
furnished by Iheo. Stein abstracter of titles.
corner of Market and Pennsylvania streets In
dianapolis. Suite 90. first Office floor. The
Lerncke. Telephone. 1850:
Minnie r. Lang to George l.. Raschg, re-
cever, Lot II. Seymours subdivision.
stratford s., 800
Edward F. Claypool to Isaac H. Norman.
russell g IL i. Nesi 10 w. Richard Neal. Lots
Is and 70, Crawford & 1aylors first sub
Ellen Borgan to Charles W. Warburton,
Lot l. Tnompsons subdivision, Hills ad- ooo
Charles s. Warburton 10 Patrick Dorgan.
Lot 81 Metzger's East Ninth-street adj 20
Aaron Mills to John J. Carriger and wife,
ton. West ''l Indianapolis . 1000
John Jensen to Thomas O'Brien and wife,
Lot 27, Block 2. Wiley q Norton's North ooo
John j. &C carrieer to Samuel McGinnis. Lot
p. Miami Powder Companys addition A
Ella R. chapIain 10 Henry Latham Lot
s. Staats's subdivision OF Pratt's subdivl- ~
sion, Outlot III $500
Lots 81 80 and 81 Cooper, trustees Pros ooo
same lots 1000
half of west half of east half Of north
west quarter and part Of east half Of east
Section Is. Range 4fre 80 .-p 1900
part of northwest quarter Of Township "a, 30
Section 10 Range -; -: lSOo
Sc and IS. Block IA, Braden's Riverside 100
William H. Teffe ct al. to Charles Teffe.
part of northwest quarter of Township "a -
Section 10, Rance 4.........-.....'....''. LOU
Fifteen transfers: consideration ....... So, $50
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LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Week of satisfactory Trade and Firm
Prices the Feature.

While the trade Of last week hardly up
10 the volume OF that of state fair week, II fully
reached the expectations of the wholesale mer-
chants and Indications to further improve
raent as the fall advances. stocks are low
money is becoming more plentiful and everything
favors a big iall and winter trade. Prices in all
lines carry a firm tone and in many lines an ad-
vancing tendency. Sugar advanced twice during
the week and all staple groceries carry firm
tore. coffee excepted. Dry goods market is ac-
tive and in the early part OF the week prices ad-
vancea on several lines. Druggists had busy
week at unchanged prices. Provisions move free
" at easier prices. Tie leather market Is very
active and prices advancing. Hides active
and steady. On Commission ii a fairly
good week. The supply OF fruits and vegetables
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TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, baltimore
Cincinnati and Other Places.

ST. LOUIS, Sent 25.-Flour dull and un-
changed Wheat lower. closing with September
Ilte and May 1c under yesterday. December
opened &c lower, recovered that and subsequently
declined lc. closing heavy with buyers at the
bottom. Spot lower; No. 2 red. cash, elevator
sc bid track. 9eqtgslzc; No; hard. cash. S7l4
6fSSc; September, e65sc bid: December 963Sc bid.
Nav s5I5c Corn-Futnres declined and closed at
the bottom. with buyers of December &c below
Yesterday and sellers Of May sc lower. Spot
dull, weak and lower; No. 2, cash, 2SskQ27Ac;
December. 27lsc bid; May 30Mc. Oats declined
on a light speculative demand and closed lower
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oils.

SAVANNAH. Sept. -25-spirits Of turpentine
firm at 29s4c. Rosin firm sales, 2,061 brs; re-
cepts, S.462 brls; quote A, b, c. D. $l;ZO; r. Sl25;
S1.55; N, $50; window glass. $2.25; water white.
$2.15.
firm at 29429ihc. Rosin firm at Sl.10Q1.l5. Crude
tIrpentien steady at $1.S0, $3.50 and $780, Tar
firm at ST.
NEW YORK. Sept 25.-Petroleum quiet;
United closed at 7215c bid. Rosin quiet; strained,
common to good, $l42121l.4712. Spirits OF turpen-
tine steady at 31A@3z4c
OIL CITY, Sept; 25.-Credit balances. zoe; Ger
tificates sales 900 brlS 7212c sale at nc;
shipments. 1925 brls; runs S6,646 brls.
SAL Sent. 25.-Spirits of turDentinA
firm at csc. Rosin firm.
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NEW ORLEANS Sept 35.-Cotton quiet: sales,
1850 bales. ordinary. S-lse good ordinary
midding. 7-16c; fair. 11-16c; receipts, 7,1l2
bales; stock, 67,206 bales.
MEMPHIS. Sept. 25.--Cotton steady: midding.
3-16c receipts 32S4 bales; shipments 2,271 bales;
stock IA, 545 bales; sales, 1850 bales.
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Metals.

NEW YORK, Sept 25.--Pig iron quiet; South
ern, S10612; Northern, $l0.5G012. Copper easy;
lake. brokers. sc. Lead strong; domestic, brokers.
INC. Tin plates quiet.
ST. LOUIS, Sept 25.-Lea1 strong at 4.15D4. Zoe.
Spelter firm at Aloe
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Wool.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25.-Wool firm medium. $50
n12c; lisht fine 12Q16c; heavy fine 9Q13lsc; tub
washed, 210314c.
NEW YORK, Sept 25.-Wool firm; domestic
heece. 2O@2zc: no. 2 extra. 21Q40c: Texas. 10G16c
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DETROIT SLEEPING CAR
VIA
Pennsylvania Lines

Leaves Indianapolis daily 1926 night. Ar
rives Detroit 9:35 a. m. Returning, leaves
Detroit 1920 D. m. Arrives Indianapolis 1880
a. m. The only through sleeping car line
between Indianapolis and Detroit Tourist
tickets to st. Clair river resorts, Niagara
Falls, Canada and New England points.
Equipment and service first class in every
respect. Full particulars may be obtained
by calling on ticket agents, No. As West
Washington street, Union Station or adj
dressing.
W. w. RICHARDSON, d. p A.,
Indianapolis.
E. A. FORD. G. p. A.. Pittsburg, Pa
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tin. best brands. &c. 14x2o s425Q475 2ox2s, $3.50
6I9 so; &c. 202g old style. 49, block tin in pigs.
lcc block tin in bars. Use; zinc, sheet &c; copper
bottoms, 2lc: planIshed copper. 21c solder, f1G
l2c: iron 27B, $3.50; &c, So; iron, best bloom,
galvanized. 75c and 10 per cent; lead. pressed
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Kansas city Journal.

Mabel Crawford, of Columbus tried to
cut off the head of a chicken with hatch
ct and severed her thumb slick and clean.
There is no more frightful combination on
earth than a woman and a Ratchet.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-The dry goods market
has shown altogether quiet results this week,
with no prospects of any immediate advance in
the amount Of trading. Prices generally firm
in all grades. Except in print cloths there is
weakening of market perceptible. and in some
lines both cottons and wooens agents are
looking forward TO advances when heavy supple
mentary trading begins In staple cottons the de-
mand is limited both for brown and bleached
goods. Bucks and Osnaburgs f1rm and quiet.
Wide sheetings steady. Export goods in very
quiet request at very low prices Coarse colored
cottons are without change or feature Printed
goods are less dull than other grades of cottons.
Staples are very firm and in fairly steady de-
mand. GinghamS and other woven cOlored goods
firm and steady Mapped fabrics in good demand.
Wooden and worsted goods in steady request
at fairly weli-sustained prices.
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bulk OF sales. sss5Gss5: heavIes. s3.soQ3ss;
packer s. ses s2s; mixed. 9 s5s54; lights. $3.50
Sheep-Receipts see. Market steady: lambs
S2.6QQ5.35. muttons. S2.b09l5.60.
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s9So&s Tax S2s sasy no No. Shise sssse
meal lower at si5Odi55 Bran quiet. but steady;
s as east track 45e az mill 4Sc EaxTe sS
steady 10 firm: prairie, no sales reported; tim
dairy. iiGi6c Eggs Arm at i21sc Whisky. sL2i.
Cotton ties and bagging unchanged, Pork dull;
Steam. s .s choice. s4sis Baeon|Boxed lots.
extra short clear and ribs $6SIla' shorts 500.
short-clear and ribs. s5sl'a shorts. So Receipts
bu: oats. IS, 600 bu Shipments-F1our, 6.000 brls;
wheat 1000 bu: corn. 1900 bu; oats. 5000 bu
weseFn Rn3a s ss at s Sg St red Norr red
ern spring steady at SIS I'd. Corn American
at IS ED futures quiet: September, IS iid
qct96er Is isd N9 9,sl o s. zd ElouT9 ,s
Pork frm: brine mess s. fine western sos; prime
cut. II to l6 lbs, $685. Bacon firm: shcrt-rihs, 34s;
heavy. Sis Cd: short-clear middies. heavy, stocks
exhausted; clear bellies, S!s. Shoulders-Square
Sd., cheese-Finest American white and ,ecoiored
dull at 45s. Tallow-Prime city firm at 1Ss
BALTIMORE Sept. 25.-Flour dull; receipts.
1850 brls;, exports, Is, S29 brss; Wheat dun and
easy No red spot s5 G9Sl3c; l9ecember Stg
1Ol146 bu; Southern wheat by sample, s0QS6c;
mixed, spot and month, 234Qs3lac; November or
December, new or old, 34o bid receipts g. 55l bu;
yellow, S7ss@SSc. Oats fnm; No white, 25@
5tia05sc: receipts ii. 1872 bu exports, 1857 bu.
Hay steady; choice timothy, slSQ1S.50. Grain
freights steady and unchanged. Butter firm and
unchanged Eggs firm and unchanged. Cheese
steady and unchanged.
9 CINCINNATI Sept. 25.-Flour dull Wheat
quiet; No. red. 9315c Corn easy: NO. mixed.
Sic. Oats firm; No. 2 mixed, 2115c Rye easy;
No. ?. 47c. Lard quiet at S4.35 Bulk meats easy
at S5.45 Bacon easy at $50. Whisky firm at
sl.21. Butter firm Sugar active and firm. Eggs
firm at 13c. Cheese firm.
TOLEDO Sept. 25.--Wheat dull and lower No.
Corn weak and lower; No mixed, 2912c. Oats
steady; No. mixed. zoe. Rye lower; No. 2, cash.
7lao Glover seed active and lower prime, cash
and October, So. 6215.
BUFFALO, N. Y, SEPT. 2s-wheat-No. /
Northern old, spot, $1.053s; new, $500 No
Northern, spot, 935se; No. ? red winter. S6c Corn
No. ), 3215e, Oats-No. white, 26c Rye-No 2
Sic.
DETROIT. Sept 25.-wheat-No red, ssc :
December 95ssc. Corn-No. mixed, SOC. Oats
No. white, 23l2c. Rye-No. 2. 4SAc
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At Chica go-Clearirgs 1854 500. New York
Posted rates. SASS and A.S6.
SS45, 655.
At New Orieans-Clearings, S,211, $50.
At Baltmore-Clearings. $2,462. 166: balances.
1851. Psi.
AZ New York-Clearings, s1s4.515572: balances.
At Phiadeipria-Clearings s1o.4725S5: balances.
- At SIemphis-clearings. s27oS74; balances.
$72.375. .o
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LIVE STOCK,

Cattle Scarce and Quiet-Hogs Scarce
and Steady-Sheep Steady.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 25.-Cattle-Receipts
light; shipments light There were but few fresh
arrivals The market was very quiet at
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per ID: domestic swiss i5c; brick, lie; limburger,
Lemons Megssina, ehoiese5 900 70 box 81 fancy.
800 to box, $3.50; fancy, go 10 bcX, S343.50
Manifestations grown, S0695oc per blu.
Greea Beans-35c per bu; wax beans, 40c per
Watermelons-s5QS per hundred, according to
Grapes-Basket, 10 lbs. 12Q14c. per pound.
pStatoesseaz,29 Der pr; .9Q soc per 5u. =.
Peaches Michigan peaches sl.25G2 according
= cantglopes- 4o@5Oc per crate; 75c9a per brl.
Pears-$1Gl.25 per bu.
Plums-Damson SSW3.50 per stand.
Quinces-Sl.25 per bu.
Nails and Horseshoes.
steel cut nails. sl.75i wire nails. from store.
per. keg, ss.56; mule shoes per key. $500 horse
nails S4q5 per box Barb wire. galvanized. 81;
Provisions.
=, Hamse-sugar-cured, e to 20 lbs average. go
iHf61ic; 10 ie lbs average. ioseSilEc; Block hams
l012d1lc; all first brands; seconds, Zee less.
[ard-Kettle. rendered in tierces. csc; pure
shoulders-l6 lbs average, 724c; l2 to IA lbs
Pieklea PoIk-Bean sgcrk. clear per brl, 200
lbs, Sl4a0; rump pork, Sll.
80 o g us . 8 g to 80 Ss saer
7.se bellies; p lbs average 59cj u to y lbs aver
Is 70 p lbs average. &c, 10 to "A lbs average
7lkc; 10 IDS average, sc. IN dry salt, re less
window GLASS.
Price per box of 50 square feet. Discount. 8
sxS TO lOx15-single: AA, 81; A, $3.50: B. 1925;
c. ST. Double: IA. $50; A. $3.50; y. sS.25
I1xlA and 12NlS TO lex24-Single: IA IS; A
1925; 3. 81. Double: "A, 5000 A. $685. s.
isx2O ana 2ox2o to 2oxsO-Single: IA. $1,000; A,
$780, b. 50. Double IA, sl4; a, Sl2.75; y. SO.
l5x36 TO 2ia-S0-single: "A, s1:50; a. sl0 3.
1926. Double: A, Sl525: A, 1919; b. So 25
Z6x2S TO @4x36--sinsle: "A. Sl2; A, $1,000. r,
$3.50. Double: IA. SIC; A. $3.50 h, SIS. IS.
26x34 10 2S6l32 and 30xS0 10 26xff-Single AA
sl2.T5; A, $l,75; Il. I025. Double: Ak. SIZES
2sxss to Sox5o-single: "A. SIS; A, $3.50; b.
So Double. "A. Sl9.75: a, SIS: b. SIC.
34xsS to s4xcO~Single IA. Sl725 A. $i5.75; b.
sls.51 Double: IA, s22.75; A, Ssi.25 B. $50.
Timers Supplies.
Best brand charcoal tin, &c, lOx14 l4x2o l2x12
ss.5096; TX, l0xl4 l4x20 l2xl2. S675Q7E0; roofing
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The Negro.

Ever since emancipation the white people
have to a more or less extent felt an interest
in the moral and spiritual welfare of the col.
ored race.
All sorts Of opinions are expressed In the
newspapers. Some think the negroes are go
ing to the bad and that there is little good in
them at best.
Others think that the negro is improving
along all the lines Of good citizenship.
The Press and Banner believes that the ne
groes have made wonderful progress in edu
eating themselves and impro wing their con
dition.
The negroes Of this section seem 10 be striv
ing for the betterment OF their condition as IL
evidenced by their effort to secure better
houses in which to live. Poverty and living
In crowded houses initiate against virtue
and morality. When people have sufficient
house room for their families a great ad-
vance has been made. When people learn
the importance OF having sufficient and com
Portable house room they have gained
much. To live in poor hut Of one room is tc
raise family under very great disadvan
tages.
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OUR DEEP WE'LL.
Am Abundant Supply of Water-2OO
Gallons n Minute. q.

The final test at our deep we'll is abundant.
ly satisfactory, both as to quantity and quail
lily of the water.
The reports vary as to the capacity OF the
pump some say 1t Is $50 gallons to the min
ute. Others say II is 20G gallons to the minute.
Either figure would make more than we need
and more than we expected. At first, we be-.
lieve, 1t was thou ght that 35 gallons would be
the minum. When the we'll had reached
depth Of $50 feet q test was made, and IT. was
found that the flow was 70 gallons to the min.
ute. But the Water Commissioners bad 8
head or two of their own, and instead OF
stopping or digging another well. they simply
ordered the contractor to go to depth OF 5OO
feet The test has now been made, but no.
body really knows how much the flow Is, the
pump was run seven hours right straight
along, and the supply OF water never dimin-
ter but we know that $50 or zoo gallons q min
ute has been pumped out for seven hours.
The actual flow is not known 10 anybody
But 1t was estimated that IS gallons a minute
was enough. Some of the cotton mill owners
were scared for fear that the town would
want TO borrow too much from the branch,
and thus incon gGnience the mill. but II turns
out that the we'll affords enough surplus TO
run the mill. We sometimes get scared too
quick. We will have enough water for all
conceivable purposes-bath tubs, gardens, oil
mills, cotton mills-to say nothing OF house.
hold supplies. If apybody's cry for six long
weeks In the month OF August should be
"warther, warther, warther,'' we can quench
his thirst and duck him. too.
Our people are very proud OF the great sue
cess which has attended the digging OF our
we'll.
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*Daily. +Daiy, ex. Sunday. tD.ily ex. Monday

*Daily. +Daily, ex. Sunday. tD.ily ex. Monday
Nos 403 and 402 "The Atlanta Special" Solid YES
tibulcd Train OF Pullman Slcepcrs and Coaches be
tween Washington and Atlanta also Pullman
SIrcpers between Portsmouth and Chester, s. q.
Nos IL and IS, "rhe s. A. L. Express" Solid
Train Coaches and Pullman Slrcpcrs between Ports
mouth and Atlanta. Company sleepers between
and Atlanta.
Both trains make immediate connections ut ATTAIN
tn for Montgomery. Mobile, New Orleans Texas, Cal
linrnia, Mexico, Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis
Macon FLORIDA.
For Tickets, Sleepers. apply to
b. A. NEWLAND. Gen. Agt., Pass. Dept.
Kmball House. Atlanta, On.
GEO. Nc. L. Bate, Trav Pass Agt.
Charlotte, n. G.
+. ST. JOHN. Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Mgr.
V. +. MCBEE. Gen'l. Superintendent.
". w. b. GLOVER, Traffic Manager.
Il. j. ANDERSON, Gen'l. Pass. Agent.
General Offices: Portsmouth, Va