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a Question os Economy.

mere Is no question OF domestic
economy OF wider practical interest to
nh agricultural. commercial or n
manufacturing peopn than that Of
good roads and how to procure them.
IL enters. directly or indirectly. into the
'aiue or c"cry commodity taken to
market. either through the cost of
transportation or it's influence upon the
tlme chosen for that purpose. and SO
AFFECTS the interests Of the producer OIL
The one hand and Of the dealer or con.
sumner Oh the other.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-18
KOnI NOfca

with muddy reads horses and wag-
ohs should be included in the farmers
sinking fund.
turnpike toll roads before the inven-
tion OF railroads were common I'm this
country ana even now i'm some districts
are still to be found
Muddy roads arc an invitation for
you to stay away from community.
And are you speaking good word
Tor Wide tires wherever 1t will do good
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-18
HIGHWAY PROGRESS.
Five Years Work In New Jersey.
Width of Tires,

Through state aid there have been
built I'm New Jersey about 45O miles
OF hard roads. Counties, boroughs,
townships and other municipalities
have constructed as many more. Each
year since 1895. when the state began
to aid I'm this matter, the milcn Of road
improved have increased, and the out
look, according to the recent annual
report of Henry l. Budd. the commits
siOncr of public roads. is for a steadily
widening interest. In 1895 the con
struction Was 4G miles. in 1896 so
miles, in 1897 30, in 1898 50 and in
1899 about 11G. while the total addi-
tional mileage petitioned for is 5O5
For the year ended in October last the
cost per mile was somewhat larger
than in the previous year because of
the higher price of labor and stone
and delays in transportation due to the
shortage I'm cars.
The increase in the state appropria-
tion from 100000 to $1oO,O00 enabled
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-18
THE PENALTY OF MUSIC.
Players who Arc Forced to Quit BE-
cause OF Deafness.


cnusc OF Deafness.
"Few realize how many musicians
are obliged to go out of the business
on account of Deafness" said an old
musician to n reporter. Only Il few OF
the thousands of players in the coun-
try become famous. The great mass
of them plod along day after day in the
same old path. When one of us drops
out, no one cares TO inquire why, but
many times the reason is deafness and
nothing else.
"Loss Of hearing is particularly the
afIliction of those Who play brass in
strumcntS. y cornctiSt who has play
cd In Kansas City orchestras for many
years has stopped playing now be-
cause lie is losing his faculty Of hear
ing. lie went out of the business be-
fore II was too late. Many Of the old
players hang to their instruments until
the loudcst strains Of an orchestra or
clamor of Il band sounds to them like Il
mere hum. Then they are forced to
stop. Their usefulness is gone.
"Thc musicians dea fness is undoubt-
cdly caused by the injurious effects of
the constant vibration of musical notes
upon the delicate machinery of the ear.
a man who blows cornct or from
bone or Il horn of any kind for several
hours will notice queer buzzing in his
ears. When the playing Is kept up ev-
cry day in the week and every week in
the year for n long number Of years.
it's no wonder that deafness comes.
Some musicians play without effort.
Their skill is natural. They pour out
music as free as breath. But the skill
of others is acquired only by hard AMI
constant labor. In addition to their
regular playing in band or orchestra
oh"S "no H'sv rnvif ilrai DDS r'ri,s'aiiS,i,
out of sight unnoticed." kansas City
Star.
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FOR SALE.

we VIII sell ona or more horses NJ
price Dti"w their real worth. We viii
swap horse wagon for feed
''-' MILLER BROTHERS
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keep the system clear morbid matter. This poison
through general circulation deposited in the joints al
attack with such suddenness and severity
person helpless and ridden with distorted limbs and
developing with slight wandering pains Just severe TO
Like blood diseases Rheumatism is often inherited and
food clothing anything calculated to impair the he
carly life often not until middle later III wi
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-18
D1StOPtS MuSCleS,
Skaters Nerves,
StIffeDS joints.
is Strictly a Bloc

inhcr ed 7THGHHNda6ES"
external the trouble
the doctors always
ruin the digestion nandb break down the constitution.
health the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
DOCTOR UNDER cHLoRoFoRM.
The Cork Comes Out of a Bottle and
He Loses ConScIousaesS

The Cork Comes Out of a Bottle and
He Loses ConSciousaess.
CHAMBERSBURG. Pa. May 24--AI0ne
in his buggy OF dark mountain road. and
under the influence OF chIoroform. was the
experience Of Dr. y c. Schultz, Of Con-
cord, this county. Tuesday night
Dr.. Schultz is the village surgeon al
Concord He was called 70 Spring Run.
a small place about twenty miles from
Concord, Tuesday. TO assist IN an cpzration-
i was dark when he started 10 return
home. carrying il q small satchel a pint OF
chlorofOTm- The cork in the bottle be-
came loose and the anaesthetic ran out ints
the satchel. satUratng il thoroughly
The doctor was overcome by the fumes
and fell into q stupor. His horse wan
dered on for miles until the animal lest the
way and fell over an embankmeat. taking
buggy ard doctor with him The shcck Of
the fall awOke the doctor. who realized how
near he bcd been 10 death
Afta= a search OF an hour he found the
mountain road. and, unhitching his horse,
he left the buggy in the mountain and
walked I've miles to Concord. meanwhile
overcl ming the effects OF the drug. He
said that il his horse had not fallen he
would have been dead man, as be had
lost Consciousness.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
DoWTEs EFFORT FUTILE.
He Fails to Cure IN insane Girl d,
Casting Out Devils.

He Fails to Cure an Insane Girl by
Casting out Devils
CHICAGO. May 24--After Dowie. the
alleged healer. had east out the devils
Of suIIie Logan, who had been adjpdged
insane. Mrs. Y. T Bone. the girls mother.
told the story Of her daughters experience
in the Dowie home She said she found
her lying on the floor Of a small room in
one Of DOwie's auxiliary homes, bound with
cords that cut into the flesh. and crying
from the pain. The girl was taken yes
terday afternoon to the insane asylum
Mile Logan was ordered by the Insane
Court 20 be taken 20 the asylum q week
ago, but elders Of 'DOwie's Zion" induced
the mother 20 leave her with them for
treatment few days ago the girl stood
upon &c platform before one OF the taber-
nacle audiences Is an Illustration Of
Dowie's ability to cure madness by cast
ing out devils"
The alleged healer declared that the girl
now stood before the tabernacle audience
completely healed. But the excitement Of
the event caused a return Of the ualady
and resulted in the girls removal from the
place.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
THURSDAY. NAY. "a. 1900.
Work for Mr.. Smith,

Nothing could be more positive. virtuous.
ind direct than Postmaster General Smith S
instructions TO the gentleman whom he
has sent to Cuba 10 replace Rathbone. and
It may be stated with emphasis that Mr..
Bris,ow has his job cut out for him. He
may have almost said in parting:
But good my brother,
DO not as some ungracious pastors do.
Show me the steep md th0ray way 10 heaven;
Whilst like a pun = and reckless hbertine,
Himself the primrose path Of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede."
The shining road TO truth lies as straight
before Postmaster General Smith as it does
before Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Bristow. Some things which the lat
ter cannot hope TO learn At Havana are
open to Mr.. Smiths investigation in Wash
ington. For instance:
Who made Rathbone Director General of
Cuban Posts?
Whose recommendation and influence Sc
cured the appointment of Nicely?
Who is responsible for Reeves and
Thompson?
Who Of Mr.. Smiths official slbordinates
knew of the Rathbone-Neely irregularities
if they did not actually profit by them2
Surely no enquiry into the Cuban postal
frauds will be complete without answers
to each and every one Of these questions.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
Renping as They SOxved.

The great American hog and his con-
geners the eorned and timed beefs, have
received blpe eye at the hands of the Ger
man Reichstag. which not all the eloQuen-
tial unguents of Root and Lodge defiance
will be sufficient to cure. Our Ambassador
at Berlin tells us that the compromise"
meat bill which has just passed the i'm
perial lower house is worse than the orig
inal. Our corned beef. he says. is viz
tually excluded. Sausages and chopped
meat in tins or other packages are barred.
Picked or prepared meat Of any kind.
hams and bacon excepted, is prohibited,
and fresh meat can only be imported in
whole carcasses. with the exception Of
hogs. which may be biseeted.
Thus one OF our -best business inter
ests." and one which is investing some of
its Army rotten beef contract profits in the
Republican campaign barrel, is stricken in
its tenGerest spot. There will be weep
ing and wailing in the abattoirs Of the wild
and woody West. and dismay and rage at
the Hanna headquarters. The Admins
tratiOn VIII be called upon to take action.
or risk losing the important stockyard
vote next November. The missionaries and
Armenia and even the canteen prohibition
eranksi may be forgotten in the panic The
packers are kind of people whose inter-
ests and demands cannot be ignored.
We are sorry for the American meat in
terests. and should be sOrrier if it had not
brought opprobium upon itself and upon
American food products generally. through
the hideous crime of some Of its opponents
during the Spanish war. Whatever else
the AIger- Relief Commission may have ac-
complished. in the way Of smothering the
truth of those fiendish and murderous out
RACES upon unfortunate American soldiers
/ in the field. it did not succeed in obscuriEg
/ TO foreign representatives in this country
/ certain sickening facts. Among them we
may mention the evidence that what was
4 supplied to the Army as timed roast
! beef, was in truth the pulp residuum Of
meat from which ninety-eight per cent OF
nutriment had been boiled in the prepara-
ton of beef extract. We have in mind.
also. the testimony that certain packers
used carcasses OF animals afflicted with tn
/ bercuIosis. or which had Cied ON dis
I ease. suTOcation. or otherwise in transit
/ to the slaughterhouses.
These revelations. never disproved. and
universally believed in this country today
naturally gave the meat products of the
United States bad name abroad. But for
that. the German and other prOtectiOnists
who offer Us the hattery OF imitation in
demanding monopoly for their Infant in
/ dustries," would never have had the handle
/ by which they have managed to discredit
/ the American hog, COW, sausage. ard ham
/ We feel pity for honest men who suffer
/ for the sins of the miscreants among them
/ But they had their day in court. and could
/ have saved themselves by honest denun-
/ citation and exposure of men whom they
all knew to be guilty For the latter class
/ there is no sympathy. II they are hurt
now. it is less than they deserve Had
( justice been done them in 1898 they would
/ have been trieC by summary eourt-martial
! and hanged.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
THE WORK AT PINEHURsT.
Eclipse Data Being Gathered by the
AsfrOuOmOrS

PINEHURST, n. G., May 24.-WOrk at
the John Hopkins party's eclipse station
here yesterday consisted Of collecting ma
terial for the final report on the expedi-
ton.
The director OF the station, Prof Skin
neT. has a book known at Pinehurst as
the red book" in which are carefully
noted all the details of each portion of ap-
paratus. whose construction is described
and its situation accurately noted. All
these facts will be Of great help in pTepar-
atoms Tor any future eclipse. and already
several improvements have been suggested
Tor the eclipse of next year. The book
contains all the astronomical calculations
as to the path of the moon across the SUI s
disk, the exact seconds at which the four
contacts will take place, and all the phe-
nomena which can be submitted 10 mathe-
NAUTICAL treatment.
Every night as soon as the stars appear
an uninterrupted telegraph circuit is open
ed with the Naval Observatory at George
town Heights. d. c.. and, If the night -
clear there also signals are exchanged for
several hours This is done in order that
the exact latitude and longitude Of the
Pinehurst station may be determined
II was 70 help in this work that the West
ern Unicn Telegraph Company opened a
special Office in the observatory buildings
here and detailed a special operator from
its Richmond Office
1ne time signals are received every day
at noon. ALI work is suspended shortly
before loon, as each observer at the sta
ticn herries up 10 compare his watch with
the standard time.
As next Monday. the day Of the eclipse.
draws near greater and greater int; st is
being taken in the work at Pinehurst. The
station here is unique in one way. because
only here are any polarization experiments
to be tried. DR.. \. E. Dorsey. of the Johns
Hopkins University, has arranged 10 make
observations with different pOlaTiscOpes,
by which he hopes to decide how much OF
the eorona's light is due to light reflected
from the sun itself
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
FORMER BANKER MISSING
c. y. Packer. of Chicago. Charged
With MisnpprOpriating Bonds.

- NhftaScs Charged
With MisnpprOpriating Bonds
CHICAGO. May 24-C. p. Packer. leader
in church circles. clubman. fnancier. and
former president of the defunct Park State
Bank. is missing from his home in Ken
wood and city detectives. armed with a
warrant charging him with misappro-
priating 1885 in bonds. are looking for
him. The bonds are the property of Will
lam Worthy, brother of the late John
Worthy. Packer called >on Lieutenant
Wood at the Hyde Park police station Sun
day morning and confded to the officer
that there was plot against his life.
Al am afraid l will be either kiduaDed
an carried away or murdered outright ..
he said Lieutenant Wood promised Pack
er protection In the meantime Detective
De Roache and several OF his men from the
Central Station were shadowing Mr.. Pack
er's korne.
The climax came at O'Clock last even
ing. when Mrs. Packer noticed men prowl-
ing around the house. She drove TO the DO
lice station. The men who want to kidnap
Mr.. Packer" she gasped, ARE around the
house. and are trying to get in Several
policemen were sent to Packers residence.
They were astonished to find the kidnap-
pers were Central Station detectives.
Packer had escaped.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
MONUMENT TO ISRAEL PUTNAM.
ConnectIeut's Tribute 90 the Revo-
IutiOnErS- General.

iutiOREry- General
GREENWICH, Coin, May PA huge
pink granite bowIder. SIzz4iizz51z feet and
weighing nine tons. arrived here yesterday.
1t was taken to the small park on the brow
OF Puts HnI'' ard placed on Foundation
prepared for it.
The bOwlder Is to serve as monument
in honor OF Gen Israel Putnam. who. &C
cording 10 the popular story. whsn pur-
sued b the British in Revolutionary days,
rode a horse down a hundred stone steps
which then stood there. amid a shower Of
bullets. and escaped to Stanford A bronze
tablet viii tell the story
4 steel fagpOle ffty-five feet in height
was also placed in position. This pole was
the gift Of E C Converse. Of New YORK.
and its filings were given BY James Nc
Cutcheon, also OF New York.
Putnam HUI Chapter, Daughters Of the
American RevolutiCn- vhcse Efforts 10 per
petuste the story OF General Futram's
ride resulted in ITS purchasing TIE Tow q n.
has arranged fOr a celebration 20 take p ace
June y. when the monument viii b. de1i-
Gated Speeches will be made By promi-
neDt men and women and handsome flag,
the gift % Mrs. Henry H Adams, regent
of the chapter, Of New York, viii be flung
TO the breeze.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24

The SO-calIed Gold Democrats sorm an
interesting tea party They have gathered
again in a room in an indianapolis hotel as
is their wont. There. in solemn conclave,
they have agreed that violation CT the
Constitution by the Mckinley Administra-
ton, combined with its sins of Hannaism.
AIgerism. Eaglnism. and servility to trusts
and monoPofies render its continuance in
power is a menace to the people and to
free institutions. Having so decided
unanimously. the Gold Democrats declare
that they will help TO perpetuate the
Hanna-trust regime by refusing 10 support
the regular Democratic candidate Their
next meeting should be behind locked doors
in St Elizabeth's Asylum.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
MISSING MANS FORTUNE.
Keyes Left $1,000 in Bank Twenty
five Years Ago.

Keyes Left $1,000 in Bank Twenty
five Years Ago.
NEW YORK. May 24.-Wiiliam Keyes.
who disappeared in 1875. it is now known
left nearly S2,CC0 in a city savings bank.
This has been accommodating with interest
till now. The officers OF the bank. having
become pretty well satisfied that the man
is dead, recently sought cut his heirs
They spent considerable money in adver-
Using. and last week found several neph-
eWs of Mr. Reyes in San Francisco. Their
heirsbip was properly established. and
then the bank tried TO prove Keyes' death
but could not and will have to rely on the
principle of the law supposing "a man dead
after seven years A clerk Of tie bank
made a careful search OF the morgue rec
ords yesterday and similar searches have
been made IN Brooklyn and other cities.
The bank account. now amounting to
about $4,000. viii be turned over to the
heirs
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
New Industries I'm the south.

n
Among the more impoItant Of the new enter
priSes reported by the "Traaesmau'' during the
week ended May 10 are brick works in AIabaua
Georgia, and Kentucky; a canning factory in
Georgia; coal MINIS in North. Carolina. Tonnes
see, and West Virginia; COGpGrage works and a
copper and zinc mining company IN ArLansas.
two cotton mills each in Alabama and CeOrpi,
anc one each III South Carolina and Virgins.
COT :onseed oil mills in Alabama and Texas: an
electric light plant in Mississippi; az electric
machinery works IN Nininia; a fertilizer factory
in Florida; filter company in virginia aourias-
mills in Arkansas and Kentucky. a hardware
company in Virginia; harness factory in North
Carolina; iron mines in West Virginia. land
and development comp3Eies in Georgia, Louisi-
ana, and Virginia: a SI00.OG0 lumber mill in
West Virginia; 100000 mandatory Of crush
ing machinery in Virginia; oil and paint works
in North Carolina; q s., 0O0.O0O oil company in
West Virginia: paper mill in Georgia; a sta
TONERS supply, glue, and ink mandatory in
South Carolina; stave factory in Louisiana; a
sugar mill in Texas; telephone companies in Ar
kansas and Kentucky; water power company
in North Carolina, and yarn and knitting mill
In Georgia.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24

political personages In Washington. in
blocks proportioned to the administi alive
power or Administration influence of the
grantees This information may not be
within the ability Of Plat Of Connecticut
to furnish; but it ought to be possible to
secure il by means of a joint resolution
providing for the examination of the Trust
Company's officers and books.
A final word to Platt on the subject of
mud! He should cease worrying himself
on that score The Administration is SO
deep in it that the superlmposition of a
few Thousand tons more would never be
noticed much less felt
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
VIRGINIA TOWN FIRESWEpT.
Five business Buildings In Purcell
willie Destroyed by FLAMES

WIG destroyed by Flames.
LEESBURG. Va. May Z4.-The most dis
astrous fire that ever visited a community
in this county occurred yesterday In the
town Of PurcellviIle. a prosperous village
on the Southern Railroad. about nine miles
west of here.
The fire was discovered about 3 o'clock
in the morning by John Nichols clerk in
w P. Paneoast's general merchandise
store. who was sleeping over the store.
and was aroused by the meWirg az two
cats that were shut up in the building.
He found the entire lower part Of the
building. large two-stoTy frame one. in
flames. and had TO make his escape through
an upstairs window He aroused the citi-
Gems. but little could be done 20 check the
flames
Pancoast's store was Immediately joined
on the east by the hardware store Of Cal
win Forbes, in which was the pOstofice.
and next to this was the dwelling and Jew
elry store Of Joseph K. Janney. and next TO
this was w2reroOm belonging - John Z.
Benedum. ard then an alley Everything
was consumed clear to this alley. \ stOr-
age room for lumber and q large lot OF
lumber belonging TO Edgar Hurst. whose
lumber yard adjOined Pancoast on the
north and west, was also burned Indeed.
almost the entire business centre Of the
town VAS destroyed, ard had there been
any wind the entire town would probably
have gone. The citizens had but a few
months ago purchased a chemical Ere en-
CINE, but fer some reason il could not be
operated This compelled them 10 depend
upon buckets and few hand chemical aD-
paratus with which the fight the flames
The losses are estimated as follows. W.
p. PaneOast- from 81 0OC to S15 600: Cal
win Forbes. s.. coo 10 $1,000: Joseph 4. JeD-
ney, $500 to $500; John Benedum, 500
10 $500. Hurst's loss not estimated.
All carried insurance. but 81 what
amount has not been learned. II is prOba-
BE that immediate steps 20 rebuild VIII be
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
NORTH CAROLINA LABOR
Great Decrease i'm the Employ men {
of Children in FactO-ies-

of Children in FactO-ieE-
RALEIGH. y c.. May 2i.-Tke report
Of State Labor Commissioner Lacy shows
that there is a strong and rapidly growing
sentiment in North Carolina in favor OF
compulsory education. Cotton mill people
show great interest in such education.
There are private schools at a large ma
jority OF the mills 10 which the owners
contribute literally and In some cases they
bear all the expense. The report shows
great decrease IN child labor in factories
Il has diminished 30 per cent in the past
three years
TIE report shows that average farm
wages are for men SS-9I q month. women
S5-27. and children. S3-5S The house rent
and the free use Of land for gardens are
considered to be worth 50 more per month.
The cost Of production of the chief crops
is shown to be: 4 500-pound bale of cot
ton. S2456, a bushel Of wheat 81 cents:
Of corn. Il cents; Of oats. % cents. and 100
pounds tobacco, 1851. The increase in the
prize Of fertilizers may this year slightly
add 20 the cost OF producing cotton and to-
bacco. In scme parts Of the State there
is also an increase in the price OF farm
labor Negroes are the persons who chiefly
hire themselves and these are leaving the
rural districts in large numbers Most go
to the towns, many leave the State