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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

give assurance Of the propriety Of getting
a nat for autumn wear. The retrimfner
VIII come TO her home. make notes of tAe
changes TO be made. assert and select from.
the stock of materials and carry away the
disable v~elvets. ribbons or flowers in a box
marked with the owners name.
When they return. freshened, cleared and
adornins a bit Of millinery that has a new
lease on life. they are scarcely to be recog-
nized. In a tissue paper parcel accompany
ing are the unused materials, and also a
dainty note from the retrimmer thanking
her for the order.
Which inexpensive bit of politeness goes
far toward bringing new customers. for
each patron is sure to SPEAK a word Of
favor to her dearest friend.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
New Jersey Shares Its Fame
With Many Other States.

Tn moment the word mesquite is men
toned the mind instinctIvely replies with
the words New Jersey" and yet that
State does not enjoy a monopoly of the
gimlet-ended little beast. 1t would give
joy to the heart Of a Jersey tourist to visit
the great Northwest, where the air Is sup
posed to be pure and the country free from
insect Irritation. There are more of the
pest TO the acre along the Red River OF
the North than in the most prolific swamps
of the Jerseys. Usually the mosquito is
thought to be a warm-weather animal. be-
cause in the summer season the vacation
peopIe are abroad and more susceptible to
attack. But in reality they are not re-
speoters of climate and live alike in the
tropics or in the Arctic Circle. and the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

Special correspondence OF The Sunday Republic.
Manchester, England, July 81 have
spent the greater part of to-day In one OF
the largest cotton mills OF Manchester.
This city is the center Of the cotton spin
ming of the world and the place where more
than half of all the raw cotton we sell is
handled. The product is brought to Liver
pool or up the ship canal to Manchester,
and from there distributed over this little
cotton district of West England. The dis
trict is only seventy-six miles long and
from ten to forty miles wide, but it is SO
spotted with mills that it might be called
one vast cotton factory. Not only in Man
chester but in the hundreds OF villages and
towns near bv the spinning. diving and
weaving goes on. The very air is filled with
smoke and the streams are so discolored by
the dyes that they seem to flow Ink. In
the town of Oldham there Is a point where
you can count 600 factory chimneys with
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
Benefit to Farming Regions
and Mountain Resorts.

The values in real estate from Sandy Hook
10 Cape May would increase tenfold and
. would be open at once to settlement by
I summer colonies. And not along the shore
only. but the interior of the State, the farm
ing regions and the mountain resorts would
be greatly benefited.
This is the first time in the history Of a
state that the mosquito has been officially
recognized by a Legislature. New ofnces
will have to be created in New Jersey, for
It is the intention to form a mosquito COM
mission, whose business 1t will be to study
the subject and find out the best way %
STAY the insect
OF late years the mosquito has come more
closely under the microscope. Its habits OF
life are better known than ever before IL
vas discovered that the insect, ike the
homing pigeon, is a local bird and never
goes very far from the place of its birth.
This fact is demonstrated by the freqren-
cy with which the mosquito is found In
some localities while in adjacent places
where there are no breeding ponds and 9TH
er facilities there are no singing insects.
When the men of brains made the in
teresting discovery that the mother mos
quito deposits her eggs" in stagnart
water, running water being altogether I'M
at for her purpose, the men who act'
tried to eliminate the mosquito by filling up
all the breeding places with the shovel.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

tank on shore by a long rubber hose The
oil is forced through the hose and out OF
the small holes Of tie raft into the water
under Il pressure of air. causing the oil Je's
to descend into the water at least eighteen
inches.
In this way the oil permeatcs the water
before Il rises To The surface and forms 4
blucE scum. through which The breathing
APPARATUS Of the larvae cannot penetrate.
The grass along the pond was cut short and
The edges sprirkled with oil from sprinkling
cans
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

and It's Spinning Fac
tories-How John Bull Beats I'm
Gle Sam-Description of a Man
chester Cotton Mill and Its Fac
tory Girls-Their Wages and
Their understanding About
the Liverpool Cotton Exchange
Lancashire as a Market for
American Products-What the
British Think of Our Invasion
American Capital Under English
Names.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
"SmuGge" Fires for Protection
of Mich Cows.

And out on the ranches and diaries the
men who milk cows start "srludge' fires
smoking before they can milk As socn as
the cows see the smoke they come rum
ring in from the fields in search Of pro-
lection from the insects.
"Bad mosquito year has become a sort
of a proverL. Persons who profess to
know say that the mosquito is bad every
seven years. The year 1901 was a bad year,
they say. so that We need not expect a real
" severe session until 1898.
Although the insects have not appeared
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

boat. m Bismarck n. hry goods ner-
chants burn kettles of straw IN their stores
the counters to secure customers.
In these smolderinC. smoky caves the fne
ladies of the Dakota capital buy their
rIn,es and larfS
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

has the advantage OF Uncle Sam How
long he will hold it remains remains TO be
seen. but so far his grip has not loosened.
He is now producing about $500, 600. 90 worth
OF cotton manufactures yearly. and more
than two-thirds of his product is exported.
AS far as the worlds trade in cotton manu-
factures is concerned we are not in it. al
though We grow nine-tenths of the worlds
cotton ana are now putting up our facto-
rleS right in the cotton fields. England IS
thousands of miles from any place where
cotton Is grown. but it supplies its O"n
cotton goods and has 60 per cent of the
worlds exports. while We have only about
. per cent. Great Britain pays US $4,000
OD ana upward for our raw materials, but
1t sells its product Cor at least three times
the amount it pays US. so that it really
makes about twice as much out OF that
part of on: crop as We do.
Th most OF our cotton now comes :,
Liverpool. although the shipments va tile
Manchester canal ere increasing. and II j.
at Liverpool where the bulk of the Ame,!-
can product - Sold The sales are IN the
Cotton Exchange. vEere every day Jla.-
are hundreds Of buyers and sellers. The
cottOn Is taken from the shigs to the war
houses II thu various brokers. .a.h It
whom has a sample room with exhibits Of
tic grades OF cotton on hand. IL SAMPLES
are rolled up IL sheets Of brown paper
about q yard vide, 80 that they look tvr
ali the world like rolls OF cotton ba:tin;.
Eacn roll contains severIi pounds II cot
ton taken from the various Il!cs. iahcied
according to the grades Of the market.
The cotton = bought and sold ~ samples.
the SI!HnrTs sending their orders TO The
brokers. l saw scores of boys moving
about the streets of Liverpool with Suah
samples under their arms. and | stoppa!
one who was carrying two bundles form
one broker to another and photographed
him. This was or the flags of the ~
change, where, later on. | saw the brokers'
out in the open air buying and selling.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

set up the first spinning jenny, still makes
cotton. calico and muslin. and at Bolton,
where Compton invented the spinning mule,
there are enormous cotton mills and bleach
ing and dye works. The first cotton mill
was put up at Rochedale in 1895. and now
there are 5000 looms and 1,I5O.Ooo spindles
at work there.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
Exchange Court
Known as tie ..FlHCS."

ness Of Liverpool was done cur < doors.
There is a court in the exchange known as
the Flags" ard the bulk Of the cotton X
bovsh. and sold on the ''FagS' instead Of
under cover. / went through the exchange
with its secretary. He Informed me that
Liverpool has little fear of Aianch ster tax
ing It's Gotten business away from it and
that the natural landing place OF American
cotton is and always will be at the Liver
pool docks.
The cotton business Of Liverpool is very
great. II il, l am told. the largest cotton
market of the world. ! can easily believe
this from the business | saw going ~ at
the huge cotton warehouses. ana FROM The
six and eight ton leads of cotton bales. each
hauled by two of Liverpool's famous
horses. which make p steady procession
along the wharvcs and through the bus
les streets Leading up from the docks.
quite as interesting as the Liverpool CN-
change is that of Manchester. which is SAID
TO be the largest exchange building of the
world. 1t is 4 magnificent structure in The
very heart Of ths city. built in the classical
style out of massive stones. now blacksned
by the smoke of the cotton mills of the
region about. II was yesterday that [ en-
tered the great hall with one of the brok-
ers and watched the 5000 men who gather
there from the cotton towns near by to buy
and sell all sorts of goods every Tuesday
and Friday.
The hall covers almost an acre and 1t is
crowned with a dome ninety-siX feet high.
About It are hung the coats-of-arms OF the
various manufacturing towns and upon a
shield near the door l noticed the ~coat-of-
arms of the United States.
In the exchange not only row cotton bu,
cotton cloths. MACHINERY, paper and all
sorts OF goods are sold. The Manchester
manufacturers are 80 excellent that buyers
come here from all parts OF the world TO
collect goods.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

before cotton-maRing by ma
ch:nery began. and it got its start through
its natives being the inventors of the foun-
dation tools for cotton weaving and spin
ming. The business grew more, however.
through the advantages of the climate.
The mill men here tell me that there is no
place in the world where the conditions are
30 favorable to the making of cotton cloth.
The air has Just TIE right amount Of moist
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
-rrE FoR TIE srSpAY REPuB1Ic.

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Suffering Jersey is prepared to spend So
600 to be able to say "Good-by" to the
noxious mosquito. BY a recent act of the
Legislature she appropriated that amount
toward discriminating the pest.
And that the work might begin at once
during the summer season, when the larvae
of the insect are Matching out In the swamps
and stagnant pools, Governor Murphy or
dered that $1,000 be taken from his "emer-
gency fund" and applied Immediately, in
tending to reimburse the fund when the
grasp of the legislative red tape had been
removed from the original appropriation.
1t Is intended that a systematic, intelli-
gently directed, vigorous crusade shall be
waged upon the small insect which Is re-
sponsible for low values of real estate IN
some of the ~loyeliest sections of the State.
The $1,000 appropriation is regarded as
only a start along the right lines, and the
war will be carried into the enemy's coun-
try year after year until there will not be
peace. It is to be war OF determination,
and no quarter will be given. The State,
in appropriating money, has declared That
the mosquito army is too large TO be han
died by individuals, or even by municipal
corporations, and has expressed Its belief
that II can only be subdued by bringing
against It the whole resources OF the Com
mouWealth.
A crusade is to be inaugurated which VIII
redeem the entire New Jersey Coast from
the mosquito plague. The economic results
uouId he great.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

As a result the cotton industry has stead
lily grown. and 1t is to-day bigger than ever.
The increase of the trade of 1900 over that
of 1899 amounted TO more than So. 900. eco in
value. and new mills are still being built.
It Is in the cotton trade that John Bull
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
English Spinning Girls

NV LCuI uCU LIP
Some looked like the finest of outing fan
nels and others had all the sheen and soft
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. G. H. Barwick of Adrian was at
the Pulaski last night
Mr.. j. A. G. Carson is at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, New York.
Mr.. T. H Jackson, Wrightsville was
at the Screven yesterday.
Mr.. j. H. Thomas of Columbia was
at the Pulaski yesterday.
MIR. E. c. Monaghan of Jacksonville
registered at the Pulaski
Mr.. Leroy Edwards of Daisy stopped
at the Screven yesterday.
Mr. M. Altman, of Folkston regis
tered at the Screven yesterday.
w. r. Dickerson, Ratio, Ga, was a
guest of the De Soto yesterday.
Col. William Rogers is at the Hotel
Lafayette, Saratoga Springs. N. Y
Mr.. w w. Wagner of Charleston
registered at the Pulaski last night.
Mr. Louis f. Husson of Fitzgerald
is in the city, a guest OF the Pulaski
Mr. Andrew Ross and Miss Kate
Ross of Brunswick are visiting friends
in the city.
Messrs. M. Lonsberg and S. Fleisher
and sons were registered at the De
Soto yesterday
DR.. w. z. Fitch returned yesterday
from New York, where. he has been
for some time. During his stay there
DR. Fitch took advantage of a course
III a post graduate hospital Mrs. Fitch
returned to North Carolina, where she
viii remain during the remainder of
the summer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
THE TRANSIT OF MARS.

When Eloise looks up the street,
Puts down her work-starts-fus
And turns away that face so sweet
Lest 1 should note her bushes,
l wish that 1 were young again,
But soon she's blithely humming,
Forgetting me and all-and then
l know the Captains coming
When Eloise with downcast eyes
Once more bends DER her stitching
And looks, as her bright needle flies,
(If may be- more bewitching,
You'd say she wastes no thought on
men,
But oh, her cheeks are CHASING
The red geranium near!-and then
l know the Captains passing.
When Eloise looks down the street
With eyes wide-set and wistful,
Her cheeks as pale as any sheet.
Her dear mouth drawn and tristful,
I wish that I were young again,
For as l lift her sewing
She signs, o such a sigh!-and then
l know the Captains going
Edward w Barnard, in the Public
Ledger and Philadelphia Sunday
Times.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
To Begin Building of Navy Dry Dock
at Charleston.

To Begin Building of Navy Dry Dock
at Charleston.
Washington, Aug. 25.-Rear Admiral
Endicott, chief of the bureau of yards
and docks, has advertised for bids for
the construction of a stone and gran
lite dry dock for the new naval station
at Charleston, S. c.
Specifications for the work will be
sent out in few days, and the bids
are to be opened at the Navy Depart
ment, on Oct. IL. The dry dock
structure proper and the entrance to
the same are to be built of concrete
with a granite facing and coping, with
continuous waterproof course of felt
laid in asphalt, unless during the prog
ress of the work it is found preferable
to use piles under the entire bottom
of the dry dock proper and entrance.
The dimensions of the dock are 643
by IA in length and breadth, with a
greatest depth of AZ feet The limit OF
the cost Of the entire work, Including
pumping plant and other apparatus
is Sl,200,0o0. The amount of appro-
priation available for the work under
the specifications about to be issued
is $3.50, 900.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26

is represented among the devotees of
the art. Pratt institute the Teachers
college and a large majority of the
noted institutions of learning of the
country, as well as the public schools,
have introduced the art within the last
three years. the summer schools for
teachers include courses in basket
making, and two years ago the expert
ment of placing the art in the summer
and vacation schools for the poor in
New York and other large cities was
tried with splendid results.
Society has gone over, foot, horse
and artillery, to the reigning fad, and
the summer hotels present the inter
esting spectacle of eager groups of
daintily dressed women busiIy at work
over raffia and rattan, fashioning some
pretty and graceful basket. The work
is not difficult, though sometimes a
trifle hard on the hands, but the re-
suits are altogether so delightful that
all minor discomforts are counterbal-
anced for the sake of the finished
basket.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
PEACH GIRL FOUND.
Young Man Calls and Finds Maiden
to he Pretty.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
w j. Montgomery, a Princeton grad
uate student and well known foot
ball player, who Thursday found
note in a big Jersey peach which ex-
tended an invitation to the young man
who found it to call on the young wo-
man, a Miss Carolina Hunt" has
discovered that Miss Hunt is a daugh-
ter of Job Hunt, a thrifty farmer liv-
ing two miles east of Kingston. In
company with another student he rode
to the farm yesterday afternoon to
see the maiden who had in such a
unique way hidden him to her fathers
house.
Upon arriving the students found the
house partly hidden beneather a Gus
ter of healthy pear and apple trees.
Inquiry was made as to whether Mr..
Hunt had any peaches for sale and
receiving an affirmative reply from the
latter, who stepped out of the orchard,
the two curious students brought up
the peach letter. and the story of its
finding
Mr.. Hunt lighted his pipe, and then
said in a good natured tone:
Il told Susie-her full name is Susan
Caroline Hunt-that just as like as not
some fellow would get hold of that let
Mrs. Hunt appeared at the front
door, and he called to her to bring out
Susie and let her tell the story. The
writer of the epistle came out in a
moment, followed by two younger
sisters and two little brothers. In
the midst of the family group, Miss
Susan Caroline, who is a pretty. black
eyed girl of rather slender build and
only eighteen years old. briefly told
her story of the letter, which ran as
follows:
Some time ago 1 heard an Episco-
pal clergyman from Trenton, who
called at our house, say that he had
read piece in the newspapers about
note being found in a peach, or,
perhaps, it was a pear and so on
Wednesday, after pa had picked the
peaches and was getting them ready
to take over to Princeton, 1 wrote the
note and hid it in the pit of one of
the big peaches. AS the pit was split
| knew some one would find the note,
but l hardly thought it would be a
young man."
AS she concluded her story she
dropped her eyes and blushed deeply.
Montgomery will call again.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
Arguments for Vegetarianism.
From the Detroit Tribune.


Vegetarianism has been reinforced
by fresh supply of testimony from
Germany and from Japan. In re-
cent walking match from Dresden to
Berlin, a distance of over 124 miles
The first six to arrive were all vege-
tarians, the winner covering the entire
distance in less than twenty-seVen
hours-certainly a very extraordinary
performance. An eminent European
physician says that the soldiers Of
Japan, who are entirely vegetarian
nave far more endurance than Euro
pean troops, and that this was abun-
dainty evidenced during the recent
military operations in China. The
diet of the Japanese soldier is entirely
composed of barley, rice and beans
On one occasion he knew a company
of men to trot a distance OF twenty
five miles daily, in the heat of the
sun and bearing a load of IFS pounds
After the expiration of fourteen days
one of the men had gained a pound in
weight. He then supplied them with
a little meat, which they rejected aft
er three days trial.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
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CROPS BELOW AVERAGE.
Percentage to Average Less Even
Than Last Year.

Than Last Year.
Atlanta, Aug 25.-The State Depart
ment of Agriculture issued to-day it's
fall report. 1t shows the condition of
the crops is away below the average.
Cotton, for instance, as compared to
an average. is 70 per cent, against 70
per cent. last year. and even that was
considered poor showing.
According to this report the condi-
ton of the various crops as compared
to an average, in the southern section
is as follows:
Cotton, 81 per cent. corn, II per
cent; rice, SO per cent; sweet pota-
toes, so per cent; tobacco, 81 per cent. );
COW peas, SO per cent; ground peas,
81 per cent; forage crops, such as
shredded corn, hay, etc. SO per cent;
number of hogs, 81 per cent; condition
of live stock 90 per cent; sugar cane,
70 per cent.
The total average of all these crops
for the whole state is as follows:
Cotton. 70 per cent. corn, 68 per
cent; rice, 81 per cent; sweet pota-
toes, II per cent. tobacco, 81 per cent:
cow peas, 76 per cent; ground peas,
70 per cent; forage crops, such as
shredded corn hay, ETC., II per cent;
number of hogs, 81 per cent condi-
ton of live stock, So per cent; sugar
cane IS per cent
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
LESS OF PRECIOUS METALS.

Loss in Country's Production of Gold
and siIver-Georgia Gold Worth
$i2I,5No.
Washington, Aug. 25.--George e.
Roberts, director of the mint has is
sued his final estimate of the produc-
ton of gold and silver in the United
States during the calendar year 1901.
Mr.. Roberts statement shows that
during the year the United States pro-
duced 1905, 800 ounces Of gold, valued
at $7s666, 700; a decrease Of $504 300. or
0.636 per cent, as compared with the
yield of 1900.
The silver yield for 1901 amounted to
55,2i4, 900 ounces, Of the commercial
value of $33, 1928, 400, which was 2,433 900
ounces. or per cent. less than 1t was
in 1900
The total value of the precious metals
produced by the United States in 1901
amounted to Sill, 795, 100, which was ST.
1854, 100, or 2 per cent, less than the
yield for 1900.
In 1901 the gold production of Geor-
gia was valued at 124,5O0; silver. s240;
North Carolina, s55, 500 gold and $12 $50
silver; South Carolina, $4,000 gold and
$40 silver; Virginia, $1,000 gold and
$420 silver
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-26
GAMLING-RoDGERs.

An approaching wedding of much in
terest, says the Atlanta Journal, is that
of Miss Stella Lois Granting of At
lanta and Mr.. Carlos Walter Rodgers
of Savannah. The event is set for
Sept. 8, and will be celebrated at the
home of the brides mother, Mrs. Lois
Josephine Granting, on South Pryor
street. A number of out Of town
guests and relatives, and intimate
friends from Atlanta will witness the
ceremony
Miss Granting comes of distin-
guished family, being a descendant on
her mothers side of John Adams, the
second President of the United States.
She is an only daughter, and is quite
popular, making friends wherever she
goes by her charming manner and
lovable traits.
Mr.. Rodgers is a leading young bust
ness man of Savannah, holding an
important position with the Central OF
Georgia Railway. He has great
many friends in Savannah who will
welcome his bride among them.