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SERIOUS DECLINE IN COTTON MARKET Selling for Account Primarily
 Due to Large Receipts CONSERVATIVE ROOM TRADE South and West Contributed Very Lit tie Business and Speculation as
 Whole was of Settle
 ment Nature.
CONSERVATIVE ROOM TRADE

New York, April S.-A serious decline occurred in the local cotton market to- day under selling for both accounts pri- marily due to large receipts, gloomy po- litical news, talk of general curtailment of production in American cotton mills, and absence of speculative support On the first sale the feeling was easy with prices one to eighteen points lower and while there was occasional periods of steadiness later, the general course of the market was downward. Scattering sales for foreign account and fairly active Wall street selling were the features of the days transactions. The room trade was extremely conservative and sold with confidence only around the close when led by brokers operating for the outside long interests.
 The South and West contributed very little business and speculation as a whole was of settlement nature, particularly that which came through commission house channels. News bearing on the sit uation on plantations South was far from definite. Today's port receipts consider ably exceeded expectations and spot mar kets were almost dormant. The late mar ket was made additionally heavy by esti- mates for continued large port and in terior receipts. The close was quiet with prices eight to fourteen points lower.
 New York, April S.-Cotton dull, mid ding, s2so; net receipts, 677 gross, 95S9; sales, 103; stock. 157,OSS; exports to Great Britain, 4305; exports to the continent, 9S30.
 Total today: Net receipts, 15,374; exports to Great Britain, 4406; exports to the con tinent 15,63o; stock, T4627S.
 Consolidated: Net receipts, S1 ,069: ex- ports to Great Britain, 19,459; exports to the continent, 45,542.
 Total since September l: Net receipts, 6,497,715; exports to Great Britain, 2,497,- 9S1 exports to France, 5s9,43; exports to the continent, 1,990,697.
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Daily Statement.

Galveston-Nominal; middling 8; receipts 4O075; stock 143,4 42S.
 Mobile-Nominal; middling 8; receipts POP; stock 1443S.
 Savannah-Dull; middling S1-16; sales 357; receipts 1911; stock S0,11S.
 Charleston-Fifirm; middling bid; re- ceipts 2S3: stock 629S.
 ilmington-Nominal; middling s; re- ceipts 2S3: stock 6414.
 Norfolk-Steady; middling SIS; sales 10; receipts 1139; stock 1974o.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling SH; re- ceipts 475: stock 641S.
 Boston-Nominal middling S%; receipts, net, 254: gross 661. |
 Philadelphia-Quiet; middling S9s re- ceipts 176; stock 31e6.
 St. Louis-Dull; middling Sk receipts 1926; stock 73, 24S.
 Memphis-Quiet; middling Sh receipts sS6; shipments ASA; sales HOO; stock 122,- 051.
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Murphy 6 Cos Cotton Letter.

New York; April S.-In the absence of Liverpool this morning there was lit- tie to base an opinion on in the cotton market. The opening, however, was at a lower level. May contracts sold points below Thursdays close, at S.04. The mar ket ruled somewhat steady for a short time, but on heavy selling eased off to 8 cents, selling around this price until near the close, when 1t dropped off to 7.92, at which price 1t closed. Sentiment at the close was for lower prices. The estimated receipts at Houston tomorrow was the bearish feature, being $500 vs. 400 last year; New Orleans expects 2500 vs. 3500. Port receipts today were estimated at 16.- 900 vs. 1900. The close was at the lowest price and easy.
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New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, April S.-The market for spot cotton ruled quiet and easy during the day. Liverpool and Havre are still closed to business because of the Easter holidays and there is, therefore, nothing coming in from the other side to serve as guide to the buying contingent But if there is no lead from Liverpool, there is a lead at this end of the line in the shape of acontinued heavy movement of the staple into sight, and in consequence. the market Is in anything but an encouraging position to holders of the spot article. Sales of the day 2100 bales, including 800 to arrive. The cotton exchange committee revised quotations: ordinary low, mid ding and mfddling being reduced l-16. while good ordinary, good middling and middling fair were advanced 1-16. L There was fairly brisk line of trading during the day for contracts, with the advantage holding to the shorts Liver pool is still out of the running, as Easter Monday Is a close holiday on the other side; but the market did not. need the weight of English opinion to set the pace. The figures covering the movemerA of the crop into sight was sufficient guide to operators who opened by selling the market down to 10 points locally. After the first call the undertone continued easy, with decided tendency to lower prices, the market finally closing with net loss since Thursday, closing off 12 to 16 points,
 New Orleans, April S.-Cotton quiet; quotations, revised sales, 2100 ordinary 13-16; good ordinary 61a; low middling 5-16; middling SB good middling S1A; middling fair SA; receipts 66S6; stock 2s1,- 548.
 Consolidated statement: Receipts, net, 31, ,069; exports to Great Britain 19, 459; to the continent 45,542; stock 746,27S.
 
 New Orleans, April S.-Cotton futures quiet and steady; April 7.s7@9 May 7.S1@ fS2; June TAO. .76; July 7.71@7.72; August 7.45a7. AS: September 7.2o@7.25; October z. 7.0597. or; October 710@7 IS; December 7.O1@7 .02.
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Comparative Statement.

New York, April s.-For the week end ing Monday, March 8: Net receipts at all United States ports during week, ll4,S6S bales net receipts at all United States ports during same week last year. S2.s47; total receipts to this date. 6,466,64e; total receipts to same date last year, 6,O06, ,64s; exports for the week. 10s,044; exports for same week last year, 18l,222; total ex- ports to this date, b,013,520; total exports to same date last year. 4,750, ,469; stock at all United States ports. 7S4,o66; stock at all United States ports same time last year, 644 669; stock at all interior towns, 651 ,1S4; stock at all interior towns same time last year, 274.606; stock at Liver pool, 775, 900; stock at Liverpool same time last year, 6a9. .000;i stock of American. af1oat for Great Britain, 170.00 stock for Amer lean afioat for Great Britain same time last year, 162,000.
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Dry Goods Market.

change in the market for brown bleached or coarse colored cottons, a quiet demand being freely met. Regular and other nar- row print cloths also unchanged but the market for wide grey goods Is decidedly firmer Prints are quiet throughout No change in ginghams White goods firm for fine goods, low qualities irregular Silk fabrics firm with fair demand.
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Money on Call.

New York. April S.-Money on call firm at 31k@6 per cent. Last loan, BE- Prime mercantile paper. 31k@4h per cent.
 Sterling exchange weaker with actual business in bankers bills at s4.S7B for demand and $4.84ss@4. S4% for sixty days. Posted rates, I4.S51z and s4.S9. Commercial bills, $4S40l4. .S41k. Silver certificates, 5S@ 5s cents; bar silver. 5sls; Mexican dollars, AS cents. Government bonds strong; state bonds inactive; railroad bonds irregular.
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Total Net Receipts.

New York. April s-The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1, 1900
 Galveston, 1.Sc9,551 bales; New Orleans, .6o5; Mobile, 122,6s6; Savannah, Sel 74S; Charleston, 2l1,S51; Wilmington, 252,537; Norfolk, 351, ,94S; Baltimore, 57,150; New York, 14s05s; Boston,, 18o0ss; Newport News. 1s,l1s; Philadelphia. 1s,556; Bruns- wick, 69.Ss9; Port Arthur, 20,654; Pensa- cola, 112.263. Total. 6,466,646 bales.
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Metal Market.

New York, April S.-Tin firm. $S6@26. .s5. Pig iron warrants quiet, s9 9.5O@10.50 Lake copper dull, ST. Lead unchanged $4.Sh. Spelter quiet, $3.9063.95.
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DR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY
 Physician and Surgeon.

Three-fourths of the persons who come to me to get cured of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Structure. l. 0 8 t Manhood and other private diseases have tried to get well by using oth- CT means. Why not come as soon as you find that you are afflicted? It
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WorId,s Visible supnIx

New Orleans, April S.-Secretary He's ter's statement of the worlds visible sup ply of cotton for the week ending Friday,
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Chicauo 'Chanoe.

Chicago, April S.-The grain markets re- stunned their normal appearance today, ruling fairly active and firm. May wheat closed 15c and May corn b@Ac higher May oats a shade lower and provisions from 21sc lower for ribs to 35c lower for pork.
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The Coffee Market.

New York, April S-spot Rio easy; No. i7 invoice, SIS cents. Mild dull Cordova, 8AQSh. Futures opened dull with prices unchanged to points lower and ruled inactive all day with narrow fluctuations. A holiday in European markets, indif- ferent news from Brazil and dearth of investment orders served to give the market barely steady undertone Closed steady, net unchanged to points lower. Total sales, 8 ,750 bags. including June. $50; September, 5.75; December, 595Q6. %; January, 6.0O06. .O5; March, 6.10.
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Bonds.
Treasury Statement.

Treasury Statement.
 Washington. April s-To-day's state ment of the Treasury balance in the gen. eraI fund. exclusive of the $150.0 900 gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows:
 Available cash balances, s1s1. .o75, ,77s; gold. 1a,232,62S.
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N resident; w. P O. Harding vicePresident; w. w. Crawford Assistant 
 DREcToRsT T. HIman, Tutwiier B. F. Moore D. Nabers P M Ii. Mohon Wm A. Walker. W. N w. p. G. Hardng
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Local staple croce erIes.

"lour-Best patent. N.75; Hugleys best, s5; Tennessee patent. $40; half patent, .S5 Sugar-Granulated bHc, Y. c. 5Ac
 Coffee--Green 10@13c. Arbuckle's pack es s12so. Lion packages $12. 30.
 heese-New York full cream, 1s1kc. Lard, 10c basis.
 Meats-Clear rib sides. Sc; baco bel lies 10Ac; dry salted bellies, sMc; best hams. 12c; four x hams. 11Ac; California hams, SIC; breakfast bacon, 121kc. Molasses-C Centrifugal. 15@s5c: sugar. house. 20@s5c; Georgia cane. s7Kc.
 Rice-Per pound, Hxc: fancy, 10. Corn-Mixed 59c, white COG.
 Meal-Jim Dandy 98c, Joe Darter s4c. Hay Per Ton--Choice timothy. S2o0o. No. 1, $500; clover mixed, $1s.60: prairie s11 50.
 Oats--Mixed 39c, white 40c. ~-s,sy. Bran-Mixed $2o 100, pure wheat a. .oo I Cotton Seed Meal-Per ton, $2z.oo.
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Birmingham City Bonds.
Fruit and Produce


 Butter-Ciover hill, pound prints, 27c: Elgin (standard). 23c: best creamery. 2c: Mississippi. best grade. 2oc: good country. l4@l6c. mixed country. 1oc. Irish potatoes. s5c. Sweet Potatoes-White. $1.5o per barrel: yams $2.25 per barrel. Apples-Per barrel M.259450. Bananas. Per Bslnch-c>ills. 50@75 cent. straights, $1.2501.50. Lemons-Per box, S3. 25T3.50. oranges-Per box. E. 75@S %. Eggs. 13c. Poultry - Best friers, 25@S5c: medium. 1sc: hens, 27k@30c; Pekin ducks, S0@ssc: puddle ducks. 2O@26c; turkeys on foot. SO sc: drawn, head and feet on. i21kc. Onions, at 3lkc.
 Cabbage-Per pound, 2c; per crate, g. co. Lima Beans-Per pound, 7@7hc. White Peas-Per bushel, $2.5o. Dried 'Apples-Per pound. 3k@5c.
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LIve Stock Mafketa.

Chicago, April Seattle receipts 10000 including 200 Texans. Strong to 10 cents higher; active. Good to prime steers $5Q 5.10; poor to medium s. .9014. .95; stockers and feeders g. 75D4. .75; calves steady, 4. .7b @6; Texas fed steers $4 25@5. 80; Texas grass steers 8 .5094: Texas bulls $275@4. Hogs-Receipts 1S,OO0; active to cents higher. Mixed and butchers $5.S506. 15; good to choice heavy $6@6. 20; light $5.750 GOTH.
 Sheep-Receipts 22,OoO; strong active: good to choice wethers $4.8505. 10; exports S. 26; fair to choice mixed s4.5014. 90; na- tive lambs M. .75d5. 40; western lambs, in- cluding clipped, S@5.4o.
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Only limited number of maps left. Subscribers should avail themselves of this opportunity to secure house hold, office and school room necessity.
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Ala. Great Southern R. R.
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Shortest and quickest line to Cincinnati, Louisville and the North; also to Shreve- port, New Orleans. Texas and all points Southwest.
 s Schedule in effect December 9, 1900.
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DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO GIN CINNATT. LOUISVILLE AND
 LEXINGTON
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No. 1 from Macon. Albany. Columbus. opelika, Americus. etc.. $40 ?. m. No. from Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Columbus, etc, 12:20 D. m. Elegant through sleepers between Bir- mingham, Columbus, Macon and savan- nah on Nos. g and l.
 Connection is made at Savannah with the fast freight and luxurious passenger. steamships of the Savannah Line from and to New York. Boston and the East For more detailed information, beauti- fully illustrated matter write or apply to SOLON JACOBS, Commercial Agent. w. D. HAMMET. Travelling Passenrer
 Agent, 1921 First Avenue.
 JACK w. JOHNSON. Union Ticket
 Agent, Birmingham, Ala.
 J. e. HALLE. General Passenger Aren't D. H. HINTON. Traffic Managsr, na. yannah. Ca.
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Ry Private Wire to H. p lcothran 6 Co.
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F. s. Cannon, Third vice-President and General Manager, Washington. D. c. s. H. Hardwick, c. P. A.. Washington. D. c. c. A. Benscoter, A. c. P. A.. chattanoo. ga, Tenn
 c. B. Jackson. T. P. A.. Bi-mingham. Ala
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'No. l. Fast Mail, Gin. i s:z5 ami s.s5 am sNo 3. Fast Mail, Gin. . s:z5 pmf 4:e6 pm
 No. to Montgomery 5.8 am
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New York Cotton. Futures.
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South.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-08-21
primitive Writing Materials.

Among the North American Indians
picture writing on stones, horn and
buffalo robes was common, but bark
was also largely used. Then much
writing has been done on bone. Pre-
historic man used it, of course, FOR his
imperfect picture-writing, and the
Koran was first written on shoulder
bones of mutton, and kept in q chest
Of one of NIohammed's wives.
Something akin to bone is ivory. and
writing on ivory, as enrly n practice
as writing on bone, has persisted to
the present day among Oriental ma
tions, for the reason that ivory Is q
beautiful and expensive material, Mt
ted for the reception Of important
ceremonial writings. The edicts Of the
Roman Senate were written on plates
of ivory. These plates were called
"libri elephant" by way Of acknowl-
edgement to the elephant who had pro-
vided the article.
The Eskimos, too, In their cooler
climate, have used walrus ivory for
records of hunting and fishing expedi.
tions. Their bone implements also are
covered with such picture-writlng.
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Fsoi1 9 ots9ef ffanzaSe north side or'-
tile river. IN ~. : -
The island was first owned by hfsJh,
John Dougherty, Of Liberty, Mo-, the
father of the present Congressman
from that district, who in his day was
n famous trapper and member Oh
the American Fur Company, and spent
many years among the Indians. The
fur company had number of trading
posts on the upper Missouri, where
they kept merchandise which they ex-
changed with the Indians for furs.
Major Dougherty laid off the town OF
Iatan, named for an Indian chief. 10
then had bright prospects, and was ios
Gated on the banks of the river, but Is
not as large now as it was forty years
ago. It died with the navigation OF
the Missouri. Cow Island, too, is gone.
Like many smaller islands in the river,
it has been swept away by the rapa-
cious current Of that stream, until now
not an acre is left, and the fact that
such an island ever existed is un-
known to the present generation. The
old Missouri has cut some high CO.
pers within the last half ceIcury, and
the channel is not where 1t once was:
At the foot of lie bluff at Weston,
where stood Warmers warehouse.
from which the bales of hemp were
rolled directly on to the bows of the
boats, is now an immense willo-! sand
bar, and the river is half mile av ay.
Iatan, the once promising city, is now
an inland village two miles from the
river bank. Such have been the
changes in this part OF tie river in the
last fifty years that should one ct the
old river pilots return to-day he would
Tot recognize single landma-k.-Kan.
sas City Journal.
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5 Provisioning a Trans s
8 8 Atlantic Steamer. s
: Observation-Disclosures

Not by any means the least impress
sive evidence Of the huge size to Which
the modern transatlantic steamship
has grown is to be found In the gra-
phic representation, reproduced from
the Scientific American, Of the bewil-
dering amount of provisions that have
to be taken aboard for single trip
across the ocean. Our pictorial rep
resentation is, Of course, purely imag-
mary, particularly as regards the live
stock; the beef, mutton, game, etc.,
received Oh the ship in the dressed
condition, no live stock whatever
being carried. The drawing was
made up from list of the actual
amount of provisions carried on a re-
cent eastward trip on the Deutschland,
and the number Of live stock which
contributed to meet the supplies for
one voyage was estimated from the
actual number OF cattle, sheep, etc,
lnat would be required to make up
the total weights in dressed meats
given in the table. With the excep-
ton of the live stock, the provisions
are shown in the actual shape in
which they would be taken on board.
The dimensions of the vessel are:
Length, CSC feet; beam, sixty-seven
feet, and displacement, $4,000 tons;
her highest average speed for the
whole trip is 1886 knots, and she has
made the journey from Sandy Hook
to the Lizard ir five days, seven
hours and thirty-eight minutes.
The total number of souls on board
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LOST MISSOURI ISLAND.
"Ile de vache"-How It Got Its Name:
It's Disappearance.

"Ile de vache"-How It Got Its Name.
It's Disappearance.
One of the most noted localities on
the Missouri River in the palmy days
Of steamboating on that stream was
Cow Island, an island located in tie
river about seven miles above Weston
and opposite the old town Of Iatan.
1t then contained about 1000 acres,
and was densely covered with a pri-
meval forest Of cottonwood. 1t ac-
quired it's peculiar name from the fact
that at an early day-some time in the
last century-a French trader in as
cending the river, found here q soli-
tary cow, the first ever seen so high
up and the only one then within huns
dreds of miles. She had been stolen,
doubtless, by the Indians from the
white settlement on the Mississippi
near st. Charles, driven up the river
and placed on the island to prevent
her escape. The French gave to the
island the name "Ile de Vache," the
English meaning of which was "Cow
Island"
The island was in former days
place of historic interest, and was q
noted landmark, not only among the
early voyagers and steamboatmen, but
tthe early explorers as well. Lewis and
Clark landed here and replenished
their larder with several deer on July
3, 1904. They found at the head of
the island a large lake, now called
Bean Lake. containing hcaTer a-s..
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Of the vessel when she has full pas
senger list is tG17, made up of ACT
first cabin, 300 second cabin, 800 steer
age and crew of $50, the crew COM
prising officers, seamen, stewards ana
the engine-room force. Sixteen hun
dred and seventeen souls would con-
stitute the total inhabitants Of many
an American community that digni-
fies itself with the name Of city"
and it is fact that the long process
sion which Is shown in our illustration
vending it's way through the assem-
bled provisions on the quay, by no
means represesents the length of the
line were the passengers and crew
strung out along any great thorough
fare. If this number Of people were
to march four deep with distance
of say about q yard between ranks,
they would extend for about q quarter
of a mile, or say the length Of four
city blocks.
To feed these people for a period of
six days requires, in meat alone, the
equivalent Of fourteen steers, ten
calves, twenty-nine sheep, twenty-siX
lambs and nine hogs. If the flocks Of
chickens, geese and game required to
furnish the three tons Of poultry and
game that are consumed were to join
in the procession aboard the vessel,
they would constitute contingent by
themselves not less than 1900 strong.
The ships larder Is also stocked with
100 pounds of fish, 400 pounds of
tongues, sweetbreads, ETC., 100 dozen
eggs and fourteen barrels of oysters
and clans. The 1700 dozen Of eggs
packed in cases would cover consid-
erable area, as shown in our engrav-
ing, while the 1000 bricks Of ice cream
would require 100 tubs to hold them.
OF table butter there would be taken
on board 1900 pounds. while the 22OO
quarts of milk would require sixty
four cans to hold It, and the 300 quarts
of cream eight cans.
In the way Of vegetables there are
shipped OH board 175 barrels of pota-
toes, seventy-fve barrels OF assorted
vegetables, twenty crates of tomatoes
and table celery, 200 dozen lettuce;
while the requirements Of dessert
alone would call for four and quar-
ter tons of assorted fresh fruits. For
making up into the daily supply of
bread, biscuits, cakes, pies and the
toothsome odds-and-ends Of the pastry
cooks are, there are taken on bonrd at
each trip ninety barrels Of aour, each
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detail that the moment war was de-
clarcG the whole country would come
under the jurisdiction Of the war de-
parment in the conduct of nearly every
function Of government and public ser
vice. This military law of Switzer-
land has been in force since 1874, with
very slight changes. 1t has been
studied by nearly every military e1-i
pert from other countries and Is looked
upon as practically perfect. Under
this law Switzerland Is converted into
a single military organization, which.
at the first alarm, can turn warlike
face toward the world. Such q state
of effectiveness is made necessary by
the geographical situation Of the
country, and the Swiss people do not
appear to find anything obnoxious In
this all-prevailing military organizes
tion. One reason for this is that it Is
communal, q feature Of the entire
Swiss government in. the exercise of
all its functions. 1t would not be-
necessary nor would it be possible to-
secure the adoption Of the Swiss sys-
tenn in any country of the character
of the United States, but In the mill
tary law Of Switzerland going as ii
does into the most minute detail Of the:
organization of a people for the In,
slant defense of the integrity Of their
country, many valuable suggestions
can be secured for a uniform organiza-
tion which will necessarily be effect
ed sooner or later.