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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-27

Il is unfortunate that the farmers of
the South should be unable to secure
cotton pickers of whose services they are
in such great need IA this time of the
year. Particularly does this state of of
fairs affect Georgia and Florida and to
some extent also Alabama, where the tur-
apentine ana lumber camps are Offering
better wages than the farmers can af-
ford TO pay. i begins 10 look as If the
farmers will thus lose some Of The ad-
vantage which a short crop with its at
tendant high prices had promised them
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-27
Sw w! W!
Ocean Steamship Go
FOR
ewYork, Boston
THE EAST.

Unsurpassed cabin accommodations. All
the comforts of modern hotel. Electric
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets include
meals and berths aboard ship.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-06

His Petition To the Burglar
An Evanston man whose wife carries
the pocketbook AID marriages to be in
debt every Saturday night has fixed up
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-06
WATER STORAGEC
Would Mean Great Mining
Development
UNTOLD MINERAL WEALTH
Dependent Upon Irrigation, And Fl
fort To Secure 1t Should Be Un-


Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, April "A great
share of the west is today almost as
much an undiscovered country as 1t
was before the cry of gold was heard
from California. Mountains of untold
richness lie nndeveloped and desolate,
surrounded by burning plains and bar
rem wastes. Not only gold but the
bsser metals are locked in countless
tons in the rocky bosom OF the western
sierras And why are they not mined:
Why does not capital flow in to make
the boulder and the earth unburden
their treasures for mans use? Why?
Because of lack Of water. Because of
lack of transportation. Torrents of
immense volume rush down the slopes
during the period of melting shows
and spread away in glistening
streams thro ugh the brown valleys
or over broader plains, but in q little
while their volume wanes and anon
they are but dry beds of sand, support
ing no life nor growth. Yet were the
vast bulk of this waste water stored
in mountain reservoirs it would afford
. perennial supply, capable OF irrigst-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-06

ed Analyses of the waters OF various
rivers and springs and even artesian
wells show O constituency Of certain
chemicals which form the bulk OF
plant food, such for instance as potash
aud nitrogen. From French expert
ments it is concluded that an acre OF
land irrigated with the quantity OF
water generally used in France would
receive therefrom as much potash as
would be furnished by an application
of thirty loads OF ordinary
stable manure. In some cases ex-
periments have shown that the
minersl substance supplied by the
water were ain excess of the need OF
the crop. In all water which comes
from diversions of rivers or storage
reservoirs there Is an addition to
chemical constituency of plant food,
more or less solid matter. The mud
or ooze held in suspension in irrigation
waters and supplied by them to the
soil cannot fail to add to it's fertility.
This irrigation water is constant
source of enrichment and fields which
have been watered for hundreds Of
years are as productive and fertile one
year as another, for the application of
water supplies them with both food
and drink.
Under the magic kiss of the noun
tain stream, fed By the melting SHOWS,
the brown desert of the arid west be-
comes the field of waving grain, the
golden orchard or the purple vineyard
of a thriving and populous commu-
nitV
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-06

ing millions of acres of. land whose
great fertility has lain dry and dor
mant for thousands of years. Then
would the mines be developed. In
sections where irrigation has forced its
way, there railroads have gladly fol-
lowed and with the soil yielding the
necessaries of life to man and beast in
abundance and with cheap transports-
ton at hand, mines have been de-
veloped and added millions to the
mineral output, which otherwise would
have lain dormant forever.
RECLAIM THE LANDS FOR SETTLE
NENT.
The statement that the saying, $50
west, young man." has lost it potency
and its force, could never be made for
years to come, if a policy of internal
improvement should be adopted which
would water the millions of acres of west
ern public land now lying arid. AS
"All that tread the globe are but
handful
To the tribes that slumber in its
BOSOM"
west is but a vanguard of the multi
tudes of industrious workers who
would build up beautiful homes and
rear happy families, were the waters
which now go to the sea in prOdigal
waste, but stored by the government
and used to reclaim the fertile
lands which today support only the
cactus and the horned toad. A striking
instance of what has been accomplish
ed In the west and what possibilities
lie awaiting development. may be
found in California, which with all its
great agricultural wealth, has still
$4,000. 900 acres of government land,
more than half the area of the state
and II ,O00, 900 of which are susceptible
OF irrigation. Yet the city of Chicago
has today a larger population than
California.
EVEN ARTESIAN WE'LL WATER is EN-
RICHING
The inexhaustable fertility of many
irrigated fields is a source of consider
able wonder to the farmer dependent
upon rain for his crops, and who must
each year apply large quantities OF
fertilizer to his fields in order to pro-
duce good yields If not to prevent alb
solute soil exhaustion. This pheno-
menon of irrigation is easily explain
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-06

q neat sign, which he always hangs
down stairs in the ball before he goes
to bed. His wife. by the way, 10 ter
ribly afraid of burglars and never re-
tires at night without expecting a visit
from them before morning. The sign
in the hall is:
'Mr. Burglar: If you find any mo-
ney in the house please don't go away
without waking me up. l want to see
r.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-06
Rio Grande Hotel-Las Cruces.

Mr.. G. A. Tsndy, formerly of the
Carson-Lewis hotel at Weatherford,
Texas. has assumed charge of the
above hotel. The hotel has been re-
fitted and especial attention will be
given the travelling public.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
TO WATCH The COUNT.
Both Parties in. Kentucky Preparing
for the Congregational Contests
TaylOr's and FinIey's Cases.

Frankfort, KY, Nov. lathe state
election board will meet December 8
to canvass the returns and officially
declare the result of the election in
this state. While the republican par
ty authorities have formally conceded
the election of Beckham as governor
and have announced that there WILDE
no contest, both republicans and dem
ocrats will be represented by coun-
sci at the canvass of the vote. And
every phase of the election viii be
closely watched by both sides as mat
fer may arise in the board which will
have a bearing on the prospect of
contests for congress in the two dis
tricts-the Third and Ninth, where
the vote was very close.
Gov. Beckham will be inaugurated
December IL. 1t is said one of the
first official papers Gov.-elect Durbin,
of Indiana, viii have to consider when
he takes office, will be a requisition
from Gov. Becllham for the return of
former Gov, Taylor and eX-Secretary
of State Finley to this state for trial.
Leading republicans claim to have
assurances from Indiana republican
leaders that Mr. Durbin viii follow
the precedent set by Gov. Mount in
these cases and will refuse to honor
the requisition.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
THE REAPPoRTIoNMENT
II Is ThOuRht the Next House VIII
Gain IS Members Owing to the
Increased Population.

Washington, Nov. 14.-DirectOr of
the Census Merriam was at the white
house Tuesday. He called the atten-
ton of the president to the fact that
the figures on the population of the
United States, the total of which al
ready has been announced, are in
such shape that they will be at the
disposal of congress when it meets
for any action it may desire to take
In the direction of a reappOrtionment
bill. The reapportionment following
the count of the 18th census will be-
come operative by law in 1908.
There probably will be considera-
BILE increase both in the ratio and
the total number of representatives
under the new apportionment. Start
ing with a ratio of one to every 3d.,
600 inhabitants, there were IS repre-
sentatives in the first congress. The
18th census in 1890 gave a population
of 62,622, $50, or an increase of 10, $780,
OOO The ratio was 173, 9O1 people to
each representative and the house
numbered $50 members. The ratio
under the new census probably will
reach 100000. With an increase of
13,225,464 shown by the present cen
sus and letting majority fractions of
the apportionment count for an addi-
tional member as has been the Gus
tom, this would make an increase of
Is membership the next house.
Reapportionment on this basis
would cause only four states to lose
representatives. They are Maine and
Virginia in the east and Kansas and
Nebraska in the west. These states
would lose a member each. Any RAJ
ito smaller than 100000, which would
save them their full representation,
would cause considerable addition
to the membership of the house.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
A Large Increase in Total Receipts
of UndeIivered Mail Matter over
the Previous Year.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE annual
report of the superintendent of the
dead letter office shows the large in
crease of total receipts of undeliv-
cred mail matter over the previous
year of nearly 10 per cent. The num-
Der of pieces of matter received from
all sources were 7,536,15S, against
6,S55,983 for the preceding year.
Letters and parcels held for post
age numbered 1889, and the misdi-
rected 422,793. Nearly $4,000 letters
were received which bore no addresses
whatever. The letters addressed to
the guests of hotels and undelivered
numbered 269,624.
The total number of unclaimed par
cells of all descriptions was 1SO,914.
There were 1904 pieces of mail mat
ter addressed to foreign countries
and returned from there as undeliv-
cred. The number of letters and par
cells opened was 6,676,OO3, an increase
over the preceding year of 9h per
cent.
There We're 5O,553 letters containing
an aggregate of $44,14O,f and letters
containing drafts, notes, money or
ders, etc, of the face value of ST, 1856
545. Foreign letters and parcels
found unbelievable and returned to
countries of origin, numbered 606,412.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
CHEAPER THAN A FUNERAL.
ne Concluded TO Pay the Doctors
Bill as an Economical
Move.

A well-known North Dakota magistrate
tells the following story, for the truth OF
which he vouehes: At a small town IN the
state there were two doctors, one of whom
had a great reputation for the cures he eff
fected, and the other was not believed to be
much good" The favored doctor found his
services in great request, but as payment
was not always Forthcoming he made rule
that a certain class of his patients should
pay in advance.
One winters night he was reused by two
farmers from d hamlet ten miles away, the
wife of one of whom was seriously III. he
told them to GO to the other Doctor but
they refused, saying they would prefer his
services. Very well, ;" replied the medico,
''in that case my fee is ten dollars, the money
to be paid now"
The men demonstrated, but the doctor was
obdnrate, and shut down his window. He
waited, however, to hear what they won d
say. "Well what will we do now!' asked
the farmer whose wife was i'll. And the re-
ply that was given must have been as graft
flying as it was amusing to the listening doc
tor 1t was:
Il think you would better give it. The
funeral would cost you more"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
THE CABINET.
President Mckinley Announced That
He Desires the Present Members
to Remain with Him.

Washington, Nov. 14.-President
Mckinley Tuesday announced clearly
and forcefully to the members of his
cabinet his desire that they should
all remain with him during the four
years of his coming administration.
His wishes were made known in an
extended speech at the cabinet meet
ing in the white house Tuesday. Re-
sponses were made by all of the mem
bers present, and, while there were no
definite pledges from any of them
that they would accept the portfolios
thus rendered afresn, there was, on
the other hand, no definite declina-
ton.
Tuesdays proceedings set forth the
wishes of the president in the matter
and relieves the members of the cab
met of the customary obligation of
rendering their designations at the
end of the term unless they have
made an irrevocable decision that it
will be impossible for them to con-
tinue in office. 1t also sets at rest
speculation and slate-making for the
country's political prophets, for it is
understood generally that there is
but one doubtful factor i'll the homo
geneity of the present cabinet. That
factor is Attorney General Griggs, as
he holds his present position at a
great financial sacrifice. Still, Mr..
Griggs replied in terms of warm APP
probation to the complimentary re-
marks of the president.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
SOUTHWEST AFRICA.
Permission Given to $4,000 TRANS
VanI Beers to Trek Through
German Territory.

Berlin, Nov. lathe government
has officially informed the colonial
council that it will gladly grant per-
mission to $4,000 Transvaal Beers to
trek through the Kalasari desert to
territory in German Southwest At
RIGA.
Arrangements are therefore being
made to welcome the vanquished
Beers as a new and valuable element
for the colony. The Lollal Anzeiger
points out that Bismarck in 1898 spoke
encouragingly of Beers as an acquisi-
ton for that part of Gernany's CO.
lonial empire.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
A HUGE CASTING.
PrObS1Iy the Largest One Ever
Made in the Country in the MOIds
at milwaukee, Wis.

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 14.-Proba-
bly, the biggest casting ever made in
the country was sent into the molds
Tuesday at a local foundry. The cast
ing is to be the bed plate for blow
ing engine for Pittsburgh concern
and it weighs 10000 pounds, all in
one piece. In making it the work
men were required to pour 10000
pounds of metal. The plate will be
% feet 10 inches long, feet 91s
inches wide and 5 feet deep in the
center. The cylinders of the engine
Will be two of 40 inches, one of IS and
the other of &c inches, with a stroke
OF 60 inches.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
THE NEGRO VOTE.
A Bill Introduced in the Georgia
Legislature Similar to the
North Carolina Law.

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 14.-Representa-
tive Hardwick introduced a bill in the
general assembly Tuesday providing
for an educational and property quail
ification for suffrage of this state.
The bill is similar to that enacted
in North Carolina. A bill similar to
the one introduced Tuesday was pre-
scented at the last session of the leg
islature by Mr.. Hardwick but failed
of passage by vote of 172 to 3.
The bill is expected to raise the is
sue of a constitutional convention for
Georgia and is said to be presented
for that purpose. If the measure
should become law it would great
ly restrict the Negro vote of the state.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
President of the United States
By That Body.

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 1.-THE Georgia
legislature, being unable to adjourn
November 6, unanimously elected
Hon. W., J. Bryan president of the
United Statesp Mr.. Bryan has ac-
knowledged the compliment and a
letter from him was read in the SEN
ate Tuesday by order of President
Clark Howell. Mr.. Bryan says:
"While the returns show that the
decision rendered in my favor in
Georgia has been overruled by the
higher court, which includes the en-
tire nation, yet 1 beg to express my
appreciation of the confidence and
good will expressed by the members
of Georgia legislature.
Yours truly,
w. J. Bryan"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16

the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable For a great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j.
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address f. j. Cheney & Co., To-
ledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
1t is Reported In a Satisfactory Con
dition in the Philippines.
A system of Inspection. Has Been
maUgurnted in the Archipel-
ago That Meets All the
Requirements.

& Washington, Nov. 13.-Special Agent
j. w. Erwin, of the post Office depart
ment, who has just returned from
an investigation of the postal service
in the Philippines, has reported to the
postmaster general that the affairs
of the department of posts there are
in most satisfactory condition, par
ticularly as regards finances. The re-
port says that Director General Vail
lie personally receives all stamped pa
pers sent to the department of posts,
and counts it in the presence of two
witnesses. In addition to the regular
ledger accounts kept by the cashier,
Mr.. Vaille keeps a private account
of the receipts and issues of stamped
papers This is perfect check on the
cashiers account and enables him at
any moment to know for himself the
condition of his postal accounts.
No one has access to the principal
stock Of stamped papers but the di-
rector general. Mr.. Erwin says the
system of accounts kept by the cash
Ter is entirely satisfactory, the books
being well kept and posted daily. The
? director general exercises a careful
personal supervision of the accounts
of all the Offices and stations through
out the archipelago and has inaugur-
ated a system of inspection to meet
al requirements. What impressed
the inspector the most, he says, was
the simplicity Of the methods adopted
and the conservative character of the
supervision.
1t has not been deemed necessary
to organize numerous bureaus and the
work of the department has been ar
ranged so as to secure the best results
with the least expenditure Of money.
There were 3O5 natives, Filipinos and
Spanish, on the payroll of the postal
and telegraph service in Manila at the
time of the military occupation. The
entire service in the archipelago now
employees only SIS Americans and 55
natives, exclusive of the soldiers de-
tailed at military stations, where the
work is wholly performed by the mill
tary forces. The services of the ma
tives are reported satisfactory.
The Inspector reports that the sal
airy allowances are moderate, not
greater than would be paid in the
United States, although the cost of
living is greater in the Philippines.
He says there is nothing to at
tract people after the novelty
wears off, and better allow
ances may have to be made. The
postal service in the Philippines is
absolutely dependent for transporta-
1ion of mails on the military service
and the report says that higher mill
tary officers favor active cooperation
along this line. this is not secured
sufficiently to insure good service.
The report says under present condi.
tions it is not advisable to increase
the number of post offices, there be.
ing now of post offices and p sta
tiOns
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
He snored i'm Two Keys.

The night clerk of pleading hotel of Wash
ington, D. c., says that last winter south
ern congressman came to him and demanded
that his room be changed. When asked
what displeased him, he replied, angrily:
''Well, that German musician in the next
room and don't get along well. Last night
he footed away on his ciarlonet so that |
thought | never would go to sleep. After l
had caught a few winks was awakened by
a pounding at my door. What's the mat
ter? / asked. If you please said the
German, dot you would schnore Of der same
key You vas go from b fiat to G, and it
spoils der moosic.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
A New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

A scientist suggests that milk be used to
extinguish the flames of burning kerosene,
because milk forms an emulsion with the
oil, which makes it accomplish its object
more quickly" The best medicine to quickly
cure constipation, Indigestion, dyspepsia,
biiousness or hatulency, is Hostetter's
stomach remedy, and has a record Of over
stomach remedy and has a record of over
fifty years of cures. Try it also for malaria,
fever and ague, and be convinced.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
COLOSSAL TELESCOPE.
Prof. Pickering Begins the Erection
of an Observatory at Wood
lawn, Jamaica.

Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 13.-Prof.
Pickering, of Harvard university, has
begun the erection of an observatory
at Woodlawn, near Vaudeville, for his
colossal telescope.
He hopes TO take observations of
the planet Eros early in December,
and will, subsequently, undertake OBJ
seryations of the moon and Mars.
Important results are expected.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16

You ought to have known that
when you ceased to be regular IN your
courses, and you grew irritable with
out cause, that there was serious
trouble somewhere.
You ought to know that indigestion,
exhaustion, womb displacements,
fainting, dizziness, headache, and
backache send the nerves wild with
alright, and you cannot sleep.
Mrs. Hartley, of 221 w. Congress St.,
Chicago, ILL.,, whose portrait we pub
lish, suffered all these agonies, and
was entirely cured by Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; her case
should be a warning to others, and
her cure carry conviction to the minds
of every suffering woman of the I'M
failing efficiency of Lydia E. Rnkham's
Vegetable Compound.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
Died while TaII1ing to a Friend.

Springfield, H., Nov. 14.-James
Meldrum, of this city a veteran pas
scnger engineer on the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad, died suddenly Tuesday
night at Gilman, aged IS years. He
was sitting in room, talking to a
friend, when he dropped to the floor
dead. He leaves a wife and large
family. Meldrum ran the first con-
struction train out of Springfield
when the Illinois Central was build
ing.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
TO PRESERVE WOAEANEY BEAUTY

At all the of life
remedy shown
medicine builds grief
the
consult Dr. Greene freely
Nothing they possibly strong
pair the exhaustion from illness nothing
preservation Of beauty the heatgng
IS West 14th Street, New York City, where
DR.. Greene free
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
Secretary Root in Havans.

Havana, Nov. 14.-Elihu Root, Unit
ed States secretary of war; arrived
here Tuesday evening on the Ward
liner MORO Castle, which left New
York Saturday afternoon. The steam
er made the passage in three days
and four hours
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
Cbarred with EmbezzIement.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 13.-Chas.
w. Schneider, until recently auditor
OF the Brainerd q Northern Railway
Co., has been taken into custody on
a charge of embezzlement. The Off
GERS of the company refuse to state
the amount of the defalcation.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-16
win Accept the Challenge.

Chicago, Nov. .13.-Chicago yachts
men will accept challenges for the
Canada cup issued by the koyaI Ca
madam Yacht clnb Of Toronto. Ac-
cording to President Tlorne, of the
Chicago Yacht club, a syndicate viii
be formed just as soon IS the official
challenge arrives, for the purpose of
getting a cup defender ready for the
race next summer.