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The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-19


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| ARTiST-One who has had Newspaper eSp.ri-
.nee snd sarts9n work American Newspaper
Ne-elsIl9n: =. y sl1th.
NsyxIa.5 NsAfh5h 55h-f1I<'-eiA-s barber at once ''>'
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,,,,h sahEER - Union prefsrr~f- I'll " Four
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cifsi.h1.k chfAsKhEk-H T-r week. eoari ard rom tI''
RIPEFr ---
u l:ae1s ave
| BAkBER-;i3 guaTan;se: Monday morning
."ii D-linar ave
BARRIER Good barber at once: 81 gusTan-
tee les Market st.
inz 80 Lynch =.
BsRBER-ciooi baIb-r: good vAg,s. bring
tools. ISIS Franklin
nARnEk- -liooi steady barber. 81 Trendley
az. East -. Louis. III
bARhEs ,Euer.n,.ei- y. W. corner
| HARHER- -Fifst-clas< barhrr for Monday
marnlns. ]. Fofnhofr -, olive.
BARBEE- First-cls-s taIt.r: steady woEk:
must De mat 1S@ y Twenty -nfih
| BARBER-'i,.o.i steady barter At once. union
nlan: s.: guarantee. -. : !ir,-iNay
BARRIER Good barber. steady work: s.'i
PA: nn ,9, sunday "oTk- Pail fni-r"r' Belle
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| ntAhst;E,E ~, Extert union h1i,-r; must he r.
North Mark.;
$. 81 sasfar,,-. sna 81 ..f cent. voIkerdins 4
/ Long SiS "a charles 81
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wages jehri o:srisn Boiisr works 81, Louis
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-s 81 Sali SHEi;MaS.
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o5untss SoSfs. store eanei-s' etc flo~ cHn'S
90. s.il Market 81.
CAR e.rgeni.Et fes Western Iailroai; piso-,
~ - no s'.ns. . @ 80 ~ 80
- Ngs. .2S. :, = -. -
1oMfosiIohs on Catalogue WORK loi' aior-
-. S1,;,os;-=7; =; - -
s'aI:s rrsni'1s ss on ,S. tsns Msrsan ana '0' 'N
oooK-colored second cook SIC y Grand
avenue
CooK-Na1 o- woman Bo,ioa cafe Yin-.
..sntS an: MAI.
COOK
ROsa Hotel I5ns Market.
r-n,So paI.ry 81 Ws,s,,sia5
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&c. Ns,.ss,,! IL Is..i TS.l,,h 80 C,tys ~
80 ,..S-tstes ii-e.I: ! ~ $50. 1..H.-
80, ,ghr =, S'E anu y9'ns Ia. n ns Isr
-. --. WIN ~ -lnall seiieiltlu ~ ,S ..-i-.I .
cuYK-';s..; lsIi- second cSsk: NAL: sh,;s.
Franklin Hotel Cafe Sarah and Westminster
,-,,an,sa,s h,H,.aH f's-h - Al Imperial Iauh"'S-
with re.rig-ra,.ns machinery- sSr night shirt.
give r.fefsrca III ~ RepuhiIc
FTNTSIFH - t;ra1iioiI nni.h.r ard Esb0r-r
.ssG Raymond T1ie-tav
FITfSHIS1i- Room hello i'm General Fri.d-
rnan Br5, shoe c. Pacific Fsetory Jef,crs0n
ana Madison:
FIRST-CIASS 81 ~ and Ckoc center man.
On. who untsrstands machines pr-f-Tre'i. sal
ary si5 TO ID per week. aro",dinf To aoiiity-
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,,JoB-fhfSs FEs.DhshS-MefrV q NICHOLSON
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La. SDEn nELr-MFine-f man ESeesi9'
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M aHa 81 Sso, - y, p,,; s,uii.ss ;, n.
tsI5 Ea,.on ave send For csTsrosue
P.TS-TIT, - -, - = ,,, -,
ter work Calf o.fc- Merchants: Hotel twelfth
nni Olive
=, I, ,,,.,, . - = -,
Tap-r hanger Appiy sleve.fh -,olr ,'h-n1ic,l |
building between 3 and 2. m MagTus
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preferred me H0.iiarnalt Pfan..r Niiia. /
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10. 49,
HELP HANIED-MALE-
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Niscellaneous.
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| f.uIsi-: 8 w-ekly. Si's Olive
WASHERS and woman 90 wash
! diSh--: s. E--s- llIl y. Nantey-nt-r-
| DiSHwASHER-At orc.. white man dish
washer % l-sis; IN ki;chen- 20. I.,cGst
DRIvER sis ch-stnut It. Apply IN rear. -
a ~. MONDAY.
DRIVER Young G~rnlsn man 90 drive bread
| wagon syis D-lnar
| DRIvER-Exl,-rienced driver Tor heavy
| hauling - taSs ave
| DRIyER-ENI-Ti-uc.d man 10. milk wasor.
| one- milker go Easi"n ave
| FIVE HusTLERs % s-n nasazines on the
1 WORLDS Fair .rDun's. must have good aii-
penEanc-: s.'ary gtEaraui--d Apply 70 Mr.
| EgtEwelL. Postal News Company. Iis olive ST.
before a m
| HOSTLER-
| Al once. si5 y. LevaarL
HOSTLEi:-Ffrst-ciass hosti-r: I-o.-i wsge-;
nom eth.r nd .arpiy- ~, PatS ay.
! "pJSEMAN-An "zJe-i.nc,-i has.a' Iran-
:, ,iHerellnd Hotel. Maryland and Tayior-
I HoJSEWoEE- Whi'. man for general house
work Aprly - .123 Park az.
LrNCHMaN- -Fifsi-elas- uachrnln ,ni one
nrst-cla>s .yst.r man. IL =. Republic
MAN :. f-rd b5,I-- a-I nd - Fin
ues ave
MAN ., v-1-s n, iIi-cS --7I-feT- 81 yv.e,- 10
hours NJ d.r ~. oi',.
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MN NANTf.p-Ssa q see HeErts's uni0n-
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MN Ter factor "oTS u y dny Wy; -;eafT
Iilsi9- s"tN- Apply - Pln-. upstairs
M.,A; t.I.lsh isy 'Iains: s.oi .,.y .oT r. HaeIe rye
dar raiissy n.u. osne. ssSa Vainuf
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rnsn,. =, ais,an, sppii-asts. .,,s,s.I Srmana
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Pir =
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Al. I.,-u.- .,
TsoJs.rI-R-T-0- General vSc-. IN sT-,- ,,0-e
s.r Jssi,,,- t,,i.,a-a So
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POkTEE-
PORTER
first-risSS porter. : Fourth =.
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SHOPWORN AND REPAIRED seal IS
MACHINERY FOR SALE,
y. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND CLARK

DfSASoS arf u ;oFs. all styles ard yoIr-
sxes. for sale OF reat. buy ete~r-freI ~,
eninery- R"ssiter- sactsoyetn EiectFicai "a
Grand 81. and Victor iSfs- Compton An,i P.t:p
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For sale.

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Tor sale.
1I tIrl. II uc-k ,Iri,---- an -.
si5rS-s. Waxans. harness. tGG-i-s etc: rvo
NJ; class In Usso:.- chs'I. E-F-i I-tf'-r
sTsrisr,l -,ssii- - Is..s : r.si.-5e .asins
Z -. - - -
I E-s-. ,y'. Try horses .-fof- tuy.a= cash or on
! iIlti.-t;s r. / House islS Brosdwsy
Vt = h'rss.r- raba-r-::s,s s;laho.-- goo a,
AT a s...Iiass: ;;ltlsI.t.-s,i e1:i-uaieT .aIT-2
1.i ass ii,A.4tti '-Irii--- So. s. iar2te- Ia
! L IL . -
! !;AkHAlN; s1t = sins... .,rn.sS. new: must
- - = : 80 ------
H. h.-S- ~ coal "'Arn tvry ra-aP' -.
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( kif mare ia l''l- dr-t.HS Enrse- 8: pony.
. :. ---@l---- = :, -,,- --,2 -. -l-----
/ I;fG hrrS-. Sls- team. weight s.2'.'. sound
ca, So. wl,i,.E elaslns hu.iH.ss :ii, Diyisio5
I EI.iNp h.rs~. 81. team mares. IN faai -:
-t..-t. lI- G.l.,- ',L-,--S ---l-- - i.l-.l--
/ 'uFtl:f,. =, aoyeISiSif.: Ss.te5ter. rack.
~ iii. =tthe 's,i-- Inh-sss. u, y - -ntn
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- v.sk = ,ts: hal, e5ws ,u:iS viii 5sy
ia. ~ h'' =, .5o5 ' rssif:b. sa at once STANDARD
81. ma ''' -NPi''S NiS-"- 4i49uA.' -
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gain 20 family o. f'rt'r- 80 clok-
ff5-17TsN- T9-~e tf.-es In C5.I fatsr, - sab.-
seu sefarat-iy. SPECTATORS l~,-gain- csii
Il--nkl n
FINE buggy t"--e. : y"ars. suitable for laty
- sniilre7- Inquire between l. AM = l'- 3
j"t'-t,n-
FIVE excellent -s.s. s., o. So. large vo-t
teams. 80 s5-.'srd Feed 80. $50 iI1ras.
FN,fFP rIsr-s- tWo E5rssg- one hor,. e iSsi
Frani.I'n ave
FDCR is-S.g- SO d. 80 ea-n. r1r,l wgrkcr.:
must s.il. uo v-ors- III y Theresa
nos, ami ,.-g.iffflsrd i ,tsus 14zs \ I:r1s IVA
-..--.-T, - - -, - - -
G1-tre 80 slashirrfofi
-.zf.,y - = 65--;- F7g5 -y-j,7- -.y--,,,,
fs.i fruui-. r.ue and gentle 1859 Witaaal
--f--.----5 - - - -.Il
pf--s wIlfe---. cate-sr i5-is; wasonS Jcha
T1hiuks- i%1 y seventh Il
tfz-,,-y- -. So a.. 80, r.,,-,,, ,,..D.-
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e..Iry ,----i. .r L-t- ,b.sr,- r4,t-s- sz,t- -ect
r,.-- - : r--ls-s., a,sa
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Apply f-rt store. e@-S F>tstna ave
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Sl65, Sl85, 5000.
Three genuine ur-;S-daie, pi,nos; SO down
I Seventeenth ard Locust
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Wanted.
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BEFoRE moving sell furniture and feathers
don't want: ss1d postal Ashton. III :. I-frersnn
FEATHERS: ysry hig;h.st prices paid: honest
weight; postal GiOb. Pillow Co. ts15 F1nzcy.
FURNITURE % iour-roosn Eat: reasonable:
e.l betNe.n anG 2. m ga Eas;on-
wE Fay n;she-; cash prices for hoSs-hoIi
ssE.iiure piano: &C; also 5uy .nnre snnrrats
rr-i ar-;:oa Co. ':is-2I Olive .f-
sFoT cash raid for contents ot hotels. room.
m touSes 1r stoTes; the teiic- me quality and
Sc us before selling Diamond Sto.e. s42i
oiiye.
For sale.
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BEDS. mattresses springs. pillows b~S~Ioths.-
sl-p sigTe nAtareS 80 taTtfn-r-
IRON bed. srrinr. eottoa-ton mattress: all
new: 81 IS Dtsrund Y Store. 3;-I Olive
sIN-HoI.F: alurninaal- finish rang. stair car
Juniaia
Sewing Machines.
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SEIN'i SEM NJ Irachinss all xin.ts. parts. rs..''ea:
FOR SALE-NISGEisAS
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AMERICAN shoe Repairing co. repairs vou-
sho@s while ypu Wait. s7N-ti sgics arI ha,.Is
=: cren ey.n.nss - Market
CASH resis;er: laie>, .tyI, National. at y7a-
fNn Price. mast seii. ifls chestnut
FISHING tackle sale. eyeryti.s must 90 al
bass Hies- = each standard Tool C y: \ :
SiNfl. -
HAVE ticket 20 Chicago. will sell ch.ar-
CaH At ~ seventh St. between and .
J Rins
.TooLs--EoN - rnachiuis;'s tools Cali AZ IIIs
Nontrose ave upstairs.
TWO si1-foOt show cases: barsain- - TTcT
land Annex
DOES YOCR ROOF LEAK
Have YOU leaky tin. Shingie f.l- or ~,
rucf- Cover 70 with Nastic Roofing II ia te--
for old an! new roofs. ant flr valleys gutter
c-CsS. balconies. stc. Nastic Roof FaI-r a-d
RoCfinE Cement viii stop snail i-ak- U-i.e
for samples sri Information National ,as,t,.
Roofing Go. f>iwar6sV!l.. III
Sh0PW0Rh AND REPAIRED ScajF FS
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IF YOU LOVE MUSIC

Trea. yourself - rare bit - pleasure by
coming wareruuna and listen 70 -Es
beautiful PACKARD u!sno This make OF piano
has reputation Ter singuiariy exquisite tone
and deliEhtful touch-ard de-erves IL We con-
s,fer e the arfre of Perfection hut want
YOUR opinion Come and bring your musical
frieuds-ail are welcome S.id very liberal
terms considering merit r Bsysr < Son. Sew
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LOST AND FOUND.
.EOCSD-The place TO get goO5 Shoe for
Sa5e- harris Sho. Co. irs y sth. near LnSjst-
GgIT-Ilo%,. party gvh" found rrp cont.,ii-
ing American f,ar. T1t-ipck "ilatalfif': ii.if >
g, Frank J MeE;il nrst l-ast. T-iuffi n -
= T~eli-h =. and get reward. also Indian Wig
Ee,urH S.ys. book. Letters and flag. II nothing
else. ana get reward.
MONEY Lost s. I'LL On TayIsr Is.eles.s
SJiHdzy sfternron- LIBERAL reward " r.
turned so 2S1 y Taylor
RING-i.ost. coral cameo ring ar Fair; liberal
reward 5133 WestmiHstor.
slit CASE-Lost. taken Ny mistake from
Eighteenth ear. suit case. containing Ia
dies clothing. marked II W l.. 1lsp lost.
case containing ladies' and boys clothing. Re
turn i5s2 Westminster place
WaTCH-Iost gold watch and chain AZ Tn
Ton Station. Five dollars reward .5tsA Eeh"rt-
=ATCH-F0und watch. Far grounds
=. ednesd1y. :. l.. FuGua. laiconia- NJ Pay
'.s,tice. description.
--ATCH-Lost. sentieman's soli watch ANA
'liain. saturday. at Government tEiidil;.
World. Fair Liberal reward Return A. La
-ieie ave. II possible. today.
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WHEN IN DOUBT

About what piano TO buy. come 20 us aai 10:
J. assist IN n selection. We are in n ro<i-
tion to help. not only with our experieuc~. hut
with assprtru.n. u pianos that carrr. b.
duplicated in ~. Louis. Ueaufifui fancy eas.s
- all kinds and sfvlsS .'an h- seen our beau
fifui wsr.roon-- Its well worth Vsur whil. 10
INSPECT these instruments Terms : reasonable
= srv. r Beyer & son. Seventeenth ani
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GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

NOTICE - hereby given that the stock books
% :hs United Railways Company oi - LOUIS
VIII he closed during business hours beginning
September I9 1874. 20 the close % October =,
1aoi. account OF special stockholders meet
kr- bs held on October 20. 1854 Iiy oris:
Z. the Board Of Directors
MURRAY CARLETON. President
Attest James Adkins. Stcrsta-J-
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.ANN.E NEWLANO

Private licensed home for ladies before and
dt.rifl- coIIfinenls mt. Oldest and most reliable
institution in TIE STATE established over forty
years. kome comforts. rotneriy cars: infants
adopted: irregularities successfully frea-f- sat
isfsetiol guaranteed; ladies' IN trouble call OF
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RUBlCAM SHORTHAND COLLEGE

Established u years Our Instruction n ac-
know iesge 20 h. the complete aii4 IL NJ
ough in the West Write for business mems
testimonials: also for the marvellous fgsl.li. az,
tanned since the installation OF Charters I:I.e
tric Slif rthand. the wonder Of tn. age
NIGHT SCHOOL OPENS SEPT
Nannl building a..i ilIi,a
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

STcj- HOLDERS MEErI\G-The annual
meeting Of the stockholders of the Con i. cur
an Printing Company. fo- the cleo ton Of three
directors. to serve during the ensuing year and
>pr the transaction - such other business as
fnay TTVy,srly come b-.lr. the meeting Will he
held at TIE office OF tn. company. 45i-to5 y.
THIRD It. g. Louis. Mo. the first day OF
october. 1874. at 70 a. m.
coz p. Cr-ERAS. President
z u. o'FaIlon. Secretary.
..-als. Sept. u. isoi
STEcI.I. meeting of the stockholders OF the
MerclIants'-laci'de National Bank Of 81. Louis
will be held AZ It's banking rooms. Fourth and
Olive streets on w.1neeiay October s. 1875.
to vote. first. a proposition 10 be then sub
fsttel TO amend the articles Of association So
provide for t-,snty-four directors instead
- tv enty-tro. as at present, and. second. for
the election Of two additional directors % serve
during the ensuing year Polls op.n from 10 .
n. 10 / y. n GDO. Z HOFFMAN.
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DOCTOR HOGAN, 2215 OLIVE.

Medical and surgical diseases Of women .
specially. operations skillfuily performed
Patients received a. any time. before and
during confinement: Infants adopted II de-
sired: trained nurses: home comforts: ladies In
trouble. call or write: terms reasonable Con-
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BARNES BUSINESS COL LE6E

Board Of Education bldg. Ninth and Locust,
opens fall term ard twenty fourth yeai Nom
day. September . Catalogue free
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FINE rlilch con. gives four gallons: We
cheap Mrs. Cones. 1.l5 Morgan -.
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Mrs. Variance and Radga GTaTms.
MRS. DR.. SMITH, a043 EAsToN.

Absolute seclIlsi1n h..fore and During ronfre-
Iuent. terms reasonable Beaumont. sis4a. Kin
loeb. 1ssp.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-08

& Co.. where most of our observations
have been made, the ants are by no
means widely distributed, and the Guilt
walton of cotton Is confined to very mar
row limits, where 1t is planted year after
year In closely adjacent places, or even
on the same ground. In one instance the
same Indian has planted cotton on the
same hillside for upward of forty years,
with no failure to secure a crop except
in one year, as he explained. when he
was sick and did not SOW. Such facts
preclude, of course, any explanation
based on the theory of temporary immu-
nifty secured from burning over the land
or by planting In a new place in which
the beetles have not had time to congre-
gate.
Sowed During Rainy Season.
The cotton is sowed in October or Mo-
vember a very rainy part of the year,
when land cannot be cleared by burning,
and the weeds are pulled out and thrown
with the dead cornstalks and brush Into
piles, which would protect the beetles
rather than destroy them. The perennial
tree cotton also furnishes permanent
breeding places, so that the conditions are
most favorable to the propagation OF the
beetles in large numbers. The ants.
however are evidently able to hold
them in cheek, ana tnuS permit tho
regular cultivation of an annual variety
of cotton by the Indians.
Practlced Many Centuries Ago.
chronological data shows that the weav-
ing of cotton cloth was practiced in trop-
ical America for many centuries before
the arrival of Europeans, and the prob
ability is great that the plant itself Is a
native of this hemisphere. In being car
ried to other countries 1t was taken be-
yond the reach of both the friends and
the enemies which had developed with
It, The boil weevil has migrated north
ward with the extension Of the area OF
cotton cultivation into Mexico and Texas,
but the. ant has not yet followed The
question now is, whether 1t can be in
duced to do so. The Mexican entomolo-
gists seem not to have found the ant in
that country, In the northern states Of
which the weevil has been reported as
very destructive.
That the ants are so localized in their
distribution in this part OF Guatemala has
undoubtedly served the better to demon
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-08

The marvellous success Of Hoods Sarsa-
parilIa Is based upon the corner stone Of
absolute merit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-08
HOW THE ANT KILLS
TERRIBLE WEEV|L
Inserts Its Sting and Injects
Deadly Poison
EFFECT SEEN INSTANTLY
Mexicans Cultivated Cotton Many
Years Before the Advent of Eu-
ropeans and Now Employ
Primitive Methods.

Washington, June 7:--(SpeciaD-Mr. Q.
t. Cook. botanist in charge of inyesdga-
lions in tropical agriculture for the
bureau of plant industry has the follow
ing to say Of the Mexican art which he
claims is a deadly enemy Of the boil
weevil
In this part of Guatemala the present
season has been much more reainy than
of 1902, and the cotton is much larger
Well-grown plants bring to maturity
from ten to twenty bolls of fair size, and
even more. A thorough search shows
that the weevil is present and able to
injure the cotton. but reveals also an
active enemy which keeps 1t in check
This is a large reddish-brown ant which
is attracted to the cotton by the food
which it secures from three sets of
extra-foral hectares. Each leaf has a
nectary on the under side of the midrib,
from one to two centimeters from the
base.
Each Of the large bracts of the involu-
ere has a circular or broadly oval nectary
close to the stem, and there is a third
calynx, between the pair of small bracts
alternating with the larger divisions OF
the involucre. of which they seem
to be, morphologically speaking. the
stipules. Nectar is also to be found
between the clynx and the corolla' but
no bees, flies, or other winged Insects
were observed visitig the flowers except
beetles, sometimes the bool weeyil, but
much more often a small black staphy-
lined Of very active habits. To these ana
to the very small black ants which are
also occasionally present in numbers on
the cotton, the large brown ant pays no
attention, but the weevil is attacked on
sight and bcomes an easy prey.
MandibIes Are Large.
The ants mandibles are large enough
to grasp the weevil around the middle
and pry apart the joint between the
thorax and the abdomen. The long hex-
ible body is bent at the same time In
circle to insert the sting at the unprotect'
ed point where the beetles strong armoi
is omen. The noison takes effect instant
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ly; the beetle ceases to struggle, and with
It's legs twitching feebly is carried away
in the jaws of its captor. As with many
other insects when stung by wasps, the
paralysis is permanent; even when taken
away from the ants the beetles do not re-
cover The adroit and business-like man
ner In which the beetle Is disposed OF, In
very much less time than even the brief
est account of the operation could be
read, seems to prove beyond question that
the ant is by structure and by instinct
especially equipped for the work of de-
struction, and is, in short, the true ex-
PLANTATION of the fact that cotton Is sue
cessful1y cultivated by the Indians of
Alta Vera Paz In spite of the presence
of the boil weevil.
Instead of eongregating in large num-
bers on the cotton In the immediate vi
cinity of their nests the ants have, as It
were, the good sense to spread themselves
through the field. from two to four or
five usually being found doing inspection
duty on each plant. In some places there
seemed to be not enough ants to go
around, and here the beetles were more
numerous. Rarely too, certain flowers or
branches seemed to have been overlooked,
beetles being found on the same plants
with the ants. In such instances. indeed,
the young flower or boil was generally
riddled with punctures as though many
beetles had awaited themselves of a rare
opportunity of feeding undsturbed.
Something Of an Art.
Cotton growing among the Indians Of
Alta Vera Paz is something of a special
art, the community being supplied by a
few men aware, as 1t were. of the secrets
of the business They know nothing about
the weevil and its ravages. and ascribe
such damage as occurs to other harmless
insects. or even to superstious causes,
such a s the failure OF the owner to alb
stain from salt at the time of planting.
The ant, however. is definitely associated
in their minds with cotton. and they do
not expect TO secure good crop unless
these insects favor the plants with their
presence. Some OF the Indians give the
ant a special name, kelep. not applied 10
any other species: but it is also referred
TO as "the animal Of the cotton"
In the neighborhood OF the Secanquim,
on the coffee estate Of Messrs. Champney
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How Armour Got Rich.

Phil Armour once said to me: II got
rich when comparatively a young man
by watching the coal and iron miners.
Whenever they were employed l packed
ever ham / could get my hands on. My
partner would say, Phil, you will break
us up. | would answer No they are
working now. But when I saw the coal
and iron workers quit, sold every ham
we had"
The farmers of my state understand
this fully. 1t has been taught in every
shoolhouse, In tent meetings In all groves
and from the platforms of all towns, and,
as result, more farmers came to our
recent Republican State convention than
ever before, and every one of them came
determined that the American wage
Garner should be employed In other
words, the Iowa farmer went to Des
Moines on May Is, 1904. to protect his
market When wage-earners understand
this interdependence as thoroughly as the
Iowa famers understand 1t, they too, Will
go to republican conventions to protect
their market
And what is the market of the Ameri-
can wage-earner? 1t Is the American
consumer-artisan, farmer, freight hand
Ter, business man and capitalist. The
republican party insists that the Ameri-
can producer, to the limit OF his ability.
shall supply the needs of the American
consumer. The democratic party seems
to think 1t of no consequence who pro-
duces that which we consume, providing
only 1t Is cheap. The republican party
insists that it is measurably unimportan Mt
what price we pay so long as we pay the
rrice to ourselves
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HLouNT SPRINGS HOTEL.

Open all the year. Recommended by
all physicians for all diseases Of the
Stor- ach Liver and Kidneys and a Power
full Alteration Tonic. First-class hotel ac-
commodations. Own Dairy and Livery
Stable, Hot Sulphur Baths Bowling AL
ley, Tennis, Croquet, Pool and Billiards.
Rates per day. 500; per week, $685. ex-
cept July, August and September, which
are $1050 to $3.50 per week.
ROBT. McEWEN.
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Value of Higher Prices.

Higher wages mean more and better
1000 Tor the wage-earner, more and bet
ter clothes Tor his family, and better roof
for the home and therefore a better mar
ket for the farmer. Higher prices for
cattle and corn, mean more lumber for
farm building, more barbed wire for fem
ces. more and better clothes for happier
FAMILY. more and better furniture for
the home. better carpets, better carriages.
and more and better implements of aeri-
culture. and therefore a better market
for the wage-earner.
In other, words, both the wa ee-ea rner
and the farmer-yes. the business man
and the capitalist as well-spend in one
way or another about all their income
1t is spent either for improvements on
the farm, or for little home in town
or in the education of children or in the
construction of a railroad, or In building
ship; and ninety per cent Of II goes
directly or indirectly for labor or for the
products. of labor.
Whenever the republican party is in
power and its policies are in operation.
when public buildings are being erected.
when rivers and harbors are being dredg-
ed. when railroads are being graded and
widened and doubled tracked when
canals are being dug. and when the home
market is protected III the interest Of the
American producer, artisan and farmer.
then are all men fed and all families
clothed. But may the good Lord deliver
us from another period when living ex
penses are cheap.