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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-16

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Der 47idbrige @rbeiter SObn, 8atel
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Sd bic gln3eige DON ieinem WteiIttr
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ten Der Sabrit, 92idarb OIobp, ers
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nit einem S4rei 5uIammenseitiir5t
uno mar nah tpentseu Minuten 9es
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@eriihuna Der Shat perhdftet.
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leaenbeit bes lebten Stiergefe9tes gu
einer fiir9terlihen Scene. glls es
bem Iouperdnen 9ublitum idien, baB
Der lebte Stier ni4t genug Pferbe 5ur
Strede gebrndt hattie, fling es an gu
pfeifen uno gu ioblen, um bic Sort
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mebr 9ferbe in bic arena fiibren gu
laIieu. Der 9rGiiOent lieB iid aber
ni6t erpei6en unb befdbl bic Sort
Iebunq oes Stierssfedtes. Sm Ru
flpaen SlaI6en, Steine, 9Gnte. @sIdns
Der, ii6erbdupt 9t1es, mas Der Wlustels
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brddte bic Stierfedter in 2ebensges
fa6r, 70 baB iie iih 5uriidsogcn uno
Iid reiaerten, peiter nit oem Stier
unb benz pu6Iitum 5u iGmpfen. Seu-
lenb uub ioblenb brangen bic Wiithens
ben in bic 2lrend, I'M ii9 Oes Stieres
su bemG6tigen; absr bieIer, nod in
ieiner @oIlfraft, I6leuberte Elm 0us
beno Der 9lngreifer in bic 2iifte unb
ii6tete Iie libel gu. GnOli9 orun9en
@enbarmen in bic greno, sridOFen
ben Stier uno pertrieben bic ptloen
Soroen nit bem 9aionet; man md9te
ndmli6 I6On 8orbereitungen, ben
Circus in 8ranb gu itsden.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-16

purbe BON eiHtgen jungen Surlhen
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eini9e 3eit bienitunfdbis pirO. 3luei
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9larus abaefiibrt.
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einem SerSIdluse plDBlitb geitOrben.
Stin9en. Sier ereigneten ii9
stpei siemlib i6pere llnfGlle. Sob,
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re6ten Sanb in bic SreI9maI9tne,
mas cine lGngere 9(rbeitsunfdbigteit
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1lrbeberIhaft an benz bieiigen 8ranoi
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Gebiae Saael6bner Sobann 2iitbi, nit
beIiBer bes Sduies Der 8eIdpiIter
2iit6i, perbaftet unb benz @erbOramt
eingeliefert tporben. SerIel6e bat nun
Elm @eitGnbniB ubgelegt.
Quaern. @inem S6ldganfdll in
Der Surnbdlle auf Der WtuTegg erldg
Der bebannte SurnIe9rer Seinrt4
Stbler.
Ositerreih,llnlar1,
9riinn. @egen pie 39jGbr. 9ienits
mago 8ittorid Rosmarin aus Bpitos
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Der &r0nd ereignete ii1 Elm unfaa.
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Der Sabrt BON Ieinem 5ubrperte, tam
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ter bic &Gber. @r erlitt einen Sru9
bes linten llnterIhentels.
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anar9iIten, barunter Der Sournuliit
unb Wlaler @otiIst, Oerbaftet unO ber:
bieiigen &reisgeridt ein9eliefert.
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mann 9repeaur als OfficiersOiener
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go. 28 glnton @ibler erbdngte iih auf
benz 9a6boben. = Die beim bieitgen
@eI6Gftsmann Dilbelm Soluba be-
bienItete 9ienItmugb Qtnna 8utit bat
iicb bieIer Sage aus 8erapeiflung iiber
bic llntreue ibres Geliebten, zines
9anbpebr : llnterofficiers, nit elmer
pbospborlDiung pergiftet.
&tetn Seibenf 9 pan5. -
5euer serit0rte bas Oem 8Iaspaarens
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8obnbaus. Don ben 9abIeligteiten
fonnte nur penig serettet perben.
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Der 23iGbrige lebige Wlii9lenbeiiBer
&arl 9lonbet.
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Itorben. Der 9abingef9ieOene, cine
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gla6ts lit bic Sreibriemenfabrit BON
q. Wensel total nieoergebrannt;
IGmmtli9e Wdi9inen unb 8erdtbe
puroen perni9tet. Oas 9ebdube mar
Gisentbum bes bieiigen 8ilDbauers 5.
Sei6e.
Sef6en. Ser MdnnergeIdngz
perein bat beI9loKen, Sammlungen
fir sin SCHUBERT : 9entmal ein5ulets
ten. 9us Oentmal Ioll am 81. Wtat
1901 our 2lufitellung gelangen.
no itiS. WGbrenb zines Streites
puroe Der 6Gusler Sobann 2unger
BON ieinem Reffen Rubolf oanger ers
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,ner 5rdu getrennt uno itano unter
Sturatel.
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R Riimelingen. Der 40idbrige
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-16
2uremburg.

RHmetingen. Der 4OiGbrige
9(rbsiter Sob. Sbommes, gebiirtig aus
Ste,aIel, ipuroe beim gusipunnen eis
nes 6ubrpertes BON bem Suiihluge ets
mes Pferbes an ben llnterlsib setroffen
unb 10 Idper perleBt, baB er baIo
barquf Itarb.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-16
GIIab=9utbrngeH

Miilbaufen. Die Spinnsrei
unb Weberei 8au9er bSannte ppllitdns
big nieber. 3tpei grbeiter tamen in
ben Slammen um.
NtIpin9en. Der % Sabre alte
2ebrer Bourbon aus &neuttin9en f9ob
ith auf benz bieiigen 8irGbofe auf oem
9rabe Ieiner berItorbenen 8ruut cine
Rebolpertugel in bic re9teS6lGfe. Der
3uitanO bes S9perperIeBten 1T boffs
nungslos.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-16
Saoeu.

MIGGbeim. Der befanntr
BIeuho Sngenieur unb So9ItapIer
g(rnolb Walter, betannt burb feline
I9pinbeIbaften 9tlumigtumfabritpl
uno bur6 ben Sauf Der Sogemiible,
puroe pom bieiigeu S90ffenseribt gu
8 Wlonaten @efdnsniB perurtbeiIt.
Had 8srbiiBuns isinsr Strufe lpiro e.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-16
ErpDlus geitfaItn.

@rpitte. Radts 1T bas Suus
bes 9lderpirtbs Rebber (Serrmiiaer)
his auf ben @runo niebergebrannt uno
ous bena9barte Saus oes Suufmunns
Stsrnbera purbs 6srart bei9Gbiatl lbaB
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-16

@erbrannt iit bic sanae bisslGbrise
@rnte, 2 pferbe. mebrere S9peine unb
RinoOieb. grbalten blieb nur bas
Mohnhaus.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-16


@6rlib b. 30 il iiseln. Sch. Ses
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bic 40 Sabre afte 0amaltpebersebes
frau Gina 9olbberg.
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rigen Sobne bss 9utsbeIiBers SOriter
gingen bic Pfsroe Our6. 60riter lpurz
be idper perlebt, Der Wagen OemoIirt.
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iuurbe ooa einem 9eI6irr Der 3 iGbs
rige Sobn bes SageGrbeiters 2a9s
mann iiberfabren uno 10 Idper oer@
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&aufba6. Sas Garl 9ottlie6
SGmiOfIts @bspaar begine oas CO.
jdbrige Gbsiubildum in t0rperIifer
uno gsiitiser Gr;Ide. Der &6ais IicB
bur6 Ya7tor 2eBmiiuer cine prib!iSs
SSubildlmsbibel iibermittsln.
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&aufmaun gtlfreb Stiasnr. geboren
1871 in 8isn, in einem bieiigeu Sos
tel.
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8aIiirsr S0libI9 pegen Der in Der
SpartaFe begursenenA ibm 5ur Gait
foaeubsn llHteridlugurfsn psr5uftst
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-11-16


0ramburg. Der llnterofficier
i'm 129. Regiment SriB 8enste BON
bier purbe am leBtsn ManDpertage in
Der glGbe Don ReeB auf Der 0OrfitraBe
BON berdniprengenoer glrtillerie gu
8open gsporfen unb ii6erfabren. Der
8erleBte, peldsr II. q. einen 8ru6 oes
linten S6ienbeines erlitt, puroe ms
2a5aretb na9 9rOmberg gebra6t.
&0sIiu. Wegen pifentIi9sn
Meineios Oiftirte ous Sdpurgerift
benz SotsIbeiiBsr @ieIs aus Sempels
burg 3 Sabre @efGngnib 5u.
ppriB. GrbGngt bat Iitb bic glrz
beiterfrau @pllermann. gluf bem
Slide fanb man einen 3etteI. lrorir
bic Selbitm6roertn angiebt, bab Tie
nidt mebr leben tDnne, ba Der SObn,
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mes Repolperi6uiIes t1otli9 perleBt
bat, gu llnreGt in StargarO i'm Sc
fdu9uiB iiBe.
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briiOsr Rateite entituub Seuer. galb
bgaagts bs2 a-.ae @ss9ft -IiatsI!eA.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

ordinarily we would have exported at least 15,OcO bales, when in reality we have ex- ported less than 5000 bales, and of the bal ance of 22,G00. more has gone to southern than to northern mills. It Is true too that the southern mills have, by their competi- ton. fixed the price on all the cotton handled. and forces northern and foreign spinners to pay $1.50 more per bale than is customary thus aiding our immediate vi- cinitv so far this season to the extent of $37,5O0. Proving the above figures: Cotton in Birmingham generally brings one-half cent under New York quotations; this season 1t has sold never lower than one-quarter cent under New York, and sometimes at New York prices. The southern cotton mills are the salvation of the southern cotton farmer, and are this season very largely responsi- ble for an advance in the price of cotton, that on the bales sold to date, has brought into the south an increase value of $10- GOO 900
 In reckoning the vast power these mills wield in fixing prices, 1t must be remem- bered that in order to make a price 1t is not necessary to pay the figure for the to- tai crop, but only for the surplus. and that if during three months 100000 bales are sold and the south buys 1000, 900 bales at cents per pound other spinners needing supplies are obliged o pay the same price for their needs, or take the chances of waiting and risking a short supply and hav- ing to pay cents or cents per pound.
 Truly, the south with her iron and cot ton. both in such demand in the markets of the world, should this November be de- yout in her Thanksgiving.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
REPUBLIC IRON
 AND STEEL co. Its Great Properties in the BirA mingham District.
TWO NEW IRON FURNACES
the Most Extensive Iron and Steel Manufacturing Con-
 cerns in the South

The Republic Iron and Steel company Is one of the mammoth industrial organiz4. tions of the United States, and has posses- 1t Is only within the last seveh 6r eight months that Birmingham people have felt any interest in Its affairs.
 During the first half of the present year the Republic Iron and Steel company cathA into possession of the two blast furpaceS of the Pioneer Mining and MAnufaqturin& company at Thomas, three miles fron Birs mingham, the Alabama Rolling mill at Gate City, six miles from Birmingham, and the Birmingham Rolling mill at Eighth street and Avenue B. The ooqfpany a1sp acquired several thousand acres of valu$- ble mining land in the Birmingham districk
 The furnaces and rolling mills have been kept dn constant operation, on full time, by the Republic company since they got con. trol of them, and now have their capa cities taxed to the limit to meet the demands for their product.
 The officers and stockholders of the Re7 public company have the greatest faith 10 the future of the Birmingham district and contemplate additional Investments here aggrega ting several hundred thousand doll lars. This company will Build two mora blast furnaces at Thomas which, when blown in, will increase their pig iron out put by over 800 tons per day.
 The manufacture of steel at some point in the vicinity of Birmingham is also con- templated by this company and unless their plans undergo a change construction work wfll before many more months have pass- ed, begin on one of the greatest and most modern steel plants in the country This matter will be taken up by the company of. ficials just so soon as they shall have got, ten the new blast furnaces under way. The steel mill will be on the basic open hearth plan and will have nothing but the best and most modern machinery.
 The Republic company had no property in Alabama until the present year, but their possessions now include some of tho largest and most prosperous plants in the state. Their employees, at present, number something like 2,500 men, with monthly pay rolls aggregating between $75.O00 and s10O,s 900.
 The company has a small steel plant with two furnaces and a daily capacity of about 70 tons, in opera ton at the Birmingham rolling mill. Steel of the very best dual ity has been made at this point for over two years, the output being rolled into ----~-~~--~<>~->> >------>~-~>- -~>-e~->-----~----~-
 lContinued on 39th Page.)
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
SECRET SOCIETIES OF BIRMINGHAM The Different Orders Are We'll 2 Represented.
 nAas,xs -1. r.,--
MANY SPLENDID LODGES
Masons, Pythians, Knights of Honor, g Odd Fellows, Elks, Red Men and
 Other Fraternal Organizations
 Have Large Membership

2 The secret societies are we'll represented in Birmingham, nearly half the adult male Population belonging to one or more of the organizations. The membership Is composed s Of the leading men of the city, who mani- fest much interest and zeal in the work of these bodies.
 ! The Masons
 The Masonic fraternity has nearly doz- en. lodges in and around Birmingham, and their combined membership Is, perhaps, larger than that of any other ssecret organi- Eation. The names of the lodges in Bir- mingham and vicinity are as follows:
 King Solomon lodge, No. 46O; Birmingham Fraternal lodge, No. 3eS; Miles J. Green lodge, No. 630; Woodlawn Fraternal lodge, No 525; Avondale lodge, No. 476; of the Roy al Arch Mason. Mineral City Chapter, No. 101, and Elyton Chapter, No. 76.
 Other branches of the fraternity that have good membership in the city are: Sam Thompson Council, Mo- 43 and Zemora Temple, No. 10: Ancient Arabic Order No- bles of the Mystic Shrine; Cyrene Com- mandery, No T. Knights Templar.
 The thirty-second degree Mason are repre- scented in Birmingham Lodge of Perfection, NO. 2, Ancient Arabic Scottish Rite Masons.
 Knights of Honor
 There are five lodges of this order in , Birmingham and vicinity They are: Col den Rule lodge, No. 963; Magic City lodge, No, 400l;. Jefferson lodge, No. 4142 Demere lodge Mo- 3s45, and Avondale lodge This order has grown rapidly in Birmingham, and now has large following.
 About the most enthusiastic lodge men in Birmingham are the Pythans and they have built up several splendid lodges of that order. Two local lodges have the dis tinction of having larger membership than any other lodges in the state outside of Birmingham. This honor belongs to Jeff ferson and Phoenix lodges The local or ders in and near Birmingham are: Jeffer- son Valley lodge, No. H.; Phoenix lodge No. 25; Fidelity lodge, No. 55; Dirego-Hines lodge, No. 76; Birmingham lodge, No. S5; Bellevue lodge, Mo- 9S; Triangle lodge. No. 126; North Birmingham lodge, No. 6; Avon-
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

dale lodge, No. 103; Ruhama lodge, No. 9S; East Lake: Endowment Rank, section 124, There Is also one division of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythlas.
 Knights of Pythias There are several lodges Independent Or der of Odd Fellows in the city with large and growing membership. The local lodges are: Birmingham lodge, No. 112; Magnolia lodge, No 121; Mineral City lodge, No "A; Jones Valley lodge, No 1O5, East Lake; Tri- pie Link lodge, N.150, North Birmingham; Avondale lodge, No. 10S, and two Rebekah lodges, Myrtle No. S3 and Christine, Mo- +.
 odd Fellows
 The Birmingham lodge of Elks is one of the most flourishing societies in the city, and has larger membership than any oth- CT lodge of that order in the south. Birming- ham Eks have reason to congratulate themselves on their work in the past. One of their number, B. M. Allen, is the grand exalted ruler of the Grand Lodge of Eiks, to which position he was elected at the an- nual meeting in St. Louis last spring.
 Red Men
 There are two tribes of the Independent Order of Red Men in the cfty-Agawam, No. 42, and Tecumseh No. 21. This order only established tribes here in the last few years, but in that time it has built up a splendid membership.
 The Woodmen of the World have two fourishing camps in the city, of which Mag ic City, No. 4, has the larger membership.
 White Shield Regents The order of the Regents of the White Shield was organized in Birmingham, and this city is the national headquarters. The local order is Washington Conclave, No. l.
 Hibernians The Ancient Order of Hibernians has a large membership in Birmingham and vicin- ity, divided between divisions No. and 3, in Birmingham, and division No. at Pratt City.
 The Catholic Knights have local coun- ell with a good membership.
 other Orders
 number of other orders have local lodges, among which may be mentioned the following:
 Bon-Ami Ruling. No. 497. Fraternal Mys- tic Circle.
 Portia Mystic Circle, Fraternal Mystic Circle.
 Davidson lodge, No. 31, Ancient Order of United America.
 Evening Star lodge, No. HOO, Knights and Ladies of Honor.
 Luckie Tent, No. 2, K. O. T. M. Empire lodge, No. 7S, Fraternal Union of America.
 Damascus Council, No. 99, Order of the Orient.
 Union.
 Birmingham lodge, No. 12, Knights and Ladies of Honor.
 Lodge No 241, Order of the Golden Chain.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
HANDLING OF. COTTON
 IN SOUTHERN STATES
Now Competing With Other Coun- tries Offering CompletedPr
 uCtS to Markets of World.

less on credit, and consequently saved more. During these five years another agent has been working rapidly and surely In aid of the southern farmer
 Tte ,otton Mill
 The southern cotton mill was daily dis proving the claim that the southern climate was suited to the spinning of only the course yarns; and daily proving at the same time that the proper place for the cotton mill was fin the cotton field
 Thus two strong forces have grown ana developed until now Europe awakes to find that again American energy, resource fulness and pluck have, as in the past, ris- en supreme to disaster and instead of ask ing as a favor that the old world use our cotton we tell her that she can pay the price we ask or we will, for the present. at least. keep it: while our own cotton mills spin 1t, selling the cloth to her customers.
 This Years Market
 The change in conditions between '95 and 99 Is strongly illustrated in the course of our cotton markets this year. The prophets of the foreign spinners in August declared we would make an enormous crop of cot ton, and that therefore there would be more than the world needed: and all they had to do was to sit down and wait till the south had to again sell to them at 5 cents per pound; and wait they proceeded to do. Many foreign firms sold to their mill customers cotton to be delivered in September and October, expecting to buy it cheap when the auction started. F They overlooked, however, two agencies; the lessons learned in 95 and the southern mill, doubled in capacity since that time; and the auction has not yet occurred The foreign spinner has said: "I won't buy cot ton now" The southern spinner replied: Alright, will, and send the manufactured product to your customers in China and the east"
 We can pay these prices and make money on our output, so we will take the cotton The farmer has thus obtained fair price fer his cotton sold to date, and has thus been enabled to pay his bills; and with little help new he will not be forced to push his cotton on glutted market, but can sell it gradually at reasonable prices. The crop is not nearly so large as those who wish to buy cotton would have the world believe, and when this becomes an ac- knowledged fact, the producer can sell his cotton at prices that would only have come after he had sold, had 1t not been that the southern cotton mills were here to absorb the receipts when Europe refused to buy, To show what an extent our cotton has been used at home, I give the following figures for Birmingham's business, taking it for granted that other cities similarly situated have had the same conditons:
 Europe takes annually about GOT, ,0O0, 900 bales of our cotton, or about 70 per cent. bales received in Birmingham this season,
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

With many wars in progress, waged for many reasons, we are apt to lose sight of struggles waged just as fiercely, and with equal determination, and lacking only the flare of the bugle call and rattle of mus ketry which mark the contending lines of Boer and and Briton, commercial America, since the dark days from 1893 to 1895, when prices for nearly all commodities and for labor went below the figure at which man could with his toll earn his living, has been in training As the athlete for his con- tests trains off his surplus flesh and puri- fies and strengthens his system with nutri- tious foods in limited quantities. so indus trial America has for six years, reduced unnecessary costs, cut off useless expenses, and hunted for highest markets for her pro- ducts of best workmanship, thus reduced to lowest cost, till the world is astounded to find that we no longer are producers of raw materials, to be sold to our manufac- turing neighbors at bargain prices but have become their competitors in offering completed products to the markets of the world.
 Cotton Selling
 In no line of industry is this change so marked as in the handling of our cotton In '91-95 the south had it's first 10 100000 bale crop. Prices went below 5 cents for the first time in the history of the exchanges cotton piled up at gin houses, ware rooms and wharves. Europe made the price, and 1t was take the price thus named or keep our cotton. The English spinner and buyer argued that America had raised 10000 900 bales, and sooner or later would have to sell at the price fixed by them. This was only too true. The farmer having gone In debt for supplies, was forced to sell at the prevailing price, which, being low, made necessary, in order to pay guano notes and supply accounts, the delivery of nearly double the number of bales required in pre- vious years. At this auction sale the for eign spinner bought his supply below the real market value, and there was no help for it. But the farmer learned his lesson, and In line with the balance of industrial America went into training. On scent cot ton he could not get on credit as raany sup- plies as he could when cotton promised a return of cents. He could not buy so much guano. He learned, therefore, that he could do with less clothes, and when he could not buy bacon and corn on credit from his merchant, he raised potatoes, hogs, and hominy at home It was a hard les son, but scent cotton in '95 was a blessing in disguise Each year since has seen the cotton farmer of the south raise cotton at less cost than the year previous; and each Christmas has found more hams in his smoke-house, more yellow yams in the po- the barn. He raised more to eat, bought