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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-07
LONG RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS,
An interesting Document Issued by
the Department,

The observation of the phenomena o
nature has engaged mans attention
from remote antiquity. His early effort!
TO interpret the wonders of the heav
ems, and especially the intricate ant
apparently arbitrary changes in the at
mosphere, resulted in the acceptance
of the supernatural rather than the
true explanation Of things. Thus arose
the first crude sciences, the oldest Of
Observation-Disclosures causual
connection between the stars and con-
functions of the planets and mans
actions, both individual and collective.
Although these first efforts to under
stand nature were honest, the appar-
emily natural love Of man for the mys-
terious, and the mental slavery result
ing therefrom, ultimately formed a Sc
rious hindrance TO the growth of real
knowledge concerning the phenomena
of nature. the baneful effects of which
have hardly yet been overcome ir
sometimes of thought.
One science, Meteorology, the science
of the weather, which has made Its
chief advancement only during The last
fifty years, is still retarded in its prog
less by the trammels of superstition.
We still have grounding experts.
weather sharps, and long range fore
casts, people who pretend to believe
that they have an infallible system Of
predicting the weather, storms, floods
or droughts for months or. even years
ahead, and who foist their predictions
upon the public for the benefit of their
own pockets. Like the charlatans who
not long ago swindled some people
with a process of obtaining gold from
these weather fakes also
keep their methods secret, and strange
to say they find some people willing to
believe their preposteTous claims, the
publication of which is calculated 10 be
positively injurious to agricultural, |
commercial and other industrial inter-
ests.
The Weather Bureau, department
If the National Government whose SER
ices are ior all, bases it's forecasts
Iron actual instrumental observation
# weather conditions throughout the
United States, and is scientifically IN
,estigating the laws controlling at
{ ospheric phenomena. It's forecasts are
or definite time and place. and are
ssued for only two or three days in ad-
'ance, rarely more. because the expert
of the bureau understand |
he futility of attempting long range
in the present status of the
cience. Though occasionally missing a
orecast, the Weather Bureau rarely
ails to give timely warning of radical
'eather changes which are of practical
Importance to the interests OF thea|
ountry. s47,
eminating harmful long raflggeeR OF
orecasts Measurements by private
veather forecasters should be entirely
Impressed: weather forecasts In anna
,acs, ETC., are worthless. AS true
.nowledge of meteorological phenom-
ma is of great Importance to man IN
II the activities of life. people should
,ather place their faith In the Weasnet
bureau, the operation of which can an,
lot fail to be of. greater and greater
,enefits to the people as the science VI
n neteorology advances-C. F. Won her
mann, Weather Bureau.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-07
Killed BY Neighbor.

Memphis, Tenn, special.-A dispatct
from Sumner, Miss, says that Smitf
Mummy. one OF the richest planters II
the Mississippi delta, was killed there
hv Terry Robinson, also wealthy
nlanter The killing, it is said, is th'
result of an old feud. originating sew
oral wears ago in the shooting OF
negro whose services were claimed o! o.
hofb men. Robinson surrendered I'm
mediately to the sheriff. He is 2l year
old. his victim was 30.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-07
ARMED AT:1HE Mine
Stockade Established and Bad Times
Arc Expected
STRIKERS INDIcT JOS. LETTER

Charge of Bringing Armed Men Into
Illinois Preferred Against Officers Of
the Zeialer Mining company-At.
tacks on the Mining Settlement De.
scribed BY the company's Attorney
as Desperate-MachIne Guns, Aided
by searchIishts at Night, Hail RuI.
lets Into the Bushes in Answer to
Shots From AmbusI'--Miitary Call.
ed Out.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-07
100000 BALE CROP
Government EstimateShows Enormous
Yield Of Cotton
A SENSATIONAL DROP IN PRICES
Greatest Surprise Of Any Government
Estimate of Late Years, Few Bears
Having Even Talked as Much as
100000 Bales.

Washington, Special. = Preliminary
returns to the chief of the Bureau OF
Statictics, Department OF Agriculture,
show total production of cotton in the
United States in the year 19O4-19O5, of
l2.1e2, 900 bales. Round bales have been
included in this estimate, and reduced
to their equivalent in square bales.
The estimate does not include linters.
fheiestimated production by States will
be made public Dec at II a. m.
IN. the preparation and issuance Of
the cotton report, Secretary Wilson
gave demonstration of the precau-
tons taken to avoid advance informa-
tio1 leaking out. Representatives Bur-
CESS, of Texas, and Ransdell, of Louisi-
ana, were invited by the Secretary to
witness the preparation Of the esti-
mate. The party was locked in the
private Office of the statistican. and
the reports from all the cotton dis
tricts were taken into the room. The
doors were locked from the outside,
and the Secretary then gave orders for
the opening of the report The esti-
mate OF the crop for the year 1904-1905
wSs then prepared and sent out, before
any person in the room was PERMITTED
to feave. or communicate with any per-
son from the outside. "In this manner
the cotton estimates are invariably
made" said Secretary Wilson. "and all
human INGENUITY is used to prevent
leakage of information"
New York, Special-The govern
ment estimate of the cotton crop, plac-
ing. the yield at 12,162, 900 bales, issued
Saturday, was surprise to more peo-
pie, perhaps, than any government re-
port OF recent years. While few of
the more extreme bears had been talk
Ing 100000 bales or over, the aver
age opinion even in bearish circles To-
caily, was that the government esti-
mate would be under that figure.
The announcement was followed by
another sensational break in prices.
The decline that has been in progress
now for over a month and carried the
market down from II cents to S1a cents,
proved insufficient in the estimation of
be trade to fully reflect the new con-
sSite of covering bflaes serdas9 af the size
" half cent in less than an hour OF
trading. January, which was sola
around S.56 during the forenoon, was
depressed to about $40 and other
months suffered in like measure. Inc
market was very excited, with trading
exceedingly active.
The official close was barely STEADY
at a net decline OF 50 to 81 points, with
January, which had closed on YESTERDAY
at $50. quoted at cents, and March
at 800. The business was enormous
and, in spite OF additional wires secur-
ed for the day by some Of the houses
there were many orders remaining un-
executed after the close of the mar
ket when sales put it up about 6Ooooo
bales This, it was said, led to a. con-
siderable volume of trading in an un-
official way after the noon hour. quo
tations on these transactions, so far
as could be learend, ranged within
abont points of the closing figures;
March, it was reported, sold around
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-07
FOR THE Open SHOP
Movement Among Employers Against
Labor Organizations
A NUMBER OF TALKS ARE MADE

Citizens Industrial Association Takes
Steps to Fight the Boycott, Limita.
tion of Apprentices and Other Labor
Union Measures-WilI Discriminate
Against Neither Union Nor Inde-
pendent Labor-steps Looking to
Organized Effort-President Roose.
Welt Alleged to Have Assented to a
Remark That Responsibility Must
Be Put on Unions.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-07
End OF GREAT FAIR
Worlds Exposition Goes Out Ia Blaze
IS CT 6lsry
MANAGEMENT HIGHLY GRAIIflED

Closing Exercises Held in the Plaza
of St. Louis, Exposition President
Francis and Gov. Dockery Deliver.
Ing the Principal Addresses-Mr.
Francis Says the Fair Has Consumed
His Entire Time For Four Years and
Is the Work i. His Life-Final Day
Designated @Franeis Day" in His
Honor-closine Scenes Impressive.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-07

Col George B. NJ. Harvey speaking
IN Charleston, S. c., advised the South
10 tsSe the loadership ps tho Demo
cratic PARTY
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-07

James Lindsay Gordon. virginia..
ond Assistant Corporation Counsel or
New York, died at his home In that
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-07

Peter Nissen, who started across
Lake Michigan in canvas bag. was
believed to have been frozen OF SUI
focated.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-07

Some striking figures are contained
in the annual report OF Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-19
Making the Deaf Hear.

DR.. Marage Of Boug la Refine, France,
has made experiments on developing
the hearing Of deaf mutes. and his re-
suits have been communicated to the
Academic de Medicine. Twenty-four
stone deaf children were divided by lot
into two parts and those Of one group
were submitted every day to the vibra-
tions of a vowel siren" which he has
invented for this massage of the
tympanum or drum Of the ear. AT the
end Of six weeks all the subjects could
hear sounds Of musical instruments for
the first time. three heard phrases
spoken near the ear and two heard
conversation carried on over yard
distant in the ordinary voice. The
siren also enables the hearing to be
measured with precision.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-19

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-19
MARKET is BROADER.
Shows Brighter Outlook in Financial
Circles.

Shows Brighter Outlook in Financial
Circles.
New York. June 1.-THE stock mar
ket has been broader and more active
this week. but fluctuations have not
carried prices far from last weeks
level. The proposition to authorize
500, ,oo0, 900 OF per cent preferred
Southern Pacific stock and to issue
$40, 100000 to stockholders at par, has
been the leading event OF the week in
financial affairs. An unsettled feeling
has followed and opion is much con-
fused as to the merits Of the plan and
the results to be expected. Crop con-
ditions were favorable and kept the
undertone firm. Railroad traffic and
oritnarde conditions were not satis-
factory and were drug upon the
market. Great improvement in the
investment demand was reported as
consequence Of the redundancy Of
money.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-19
THE FAIR ROUTE.

via Chicago or New Orleans to St
Louis, is one that gives you the most
for your money, and the fact that the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL offers unsurpas-
sed service via these points to the
WORLDS FAIR, and in this connec-
ton to all points beyond, makes It tC
yeur advantage. in case you contem
plate trip to any point east, to write
us before making final arrangements
We can offer the choice Of at least
a dozen different routes,
B.. H. TRUMBULL. Commercial Agent
142 Third street, Portland, Oregon.
J. C. LINDSEY. t. F. & P. A.
142 Third street, Portland, Ore.
F. B. THOMPSON, f. & P. A.
Room /, Celman Bldg. Seattle. Wash
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-19
Driven to Desperation.

Living at on out-of-the-way place,
remote from civilization, family is
often driven to desperation in case Of
accident, resulting in Burns. Cuts,
Wounds, Ulcers, etc. Lay in supply
of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, It's the
best on earth; 25c. At chas. Rogers
Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-19
ACCIDENT
AT CIRCUS
Many Are Injured by Collapse Of
Tent and Seats During Perform
ance in Chicago.
BOYS CUT THE PROPS
During Excitement Treasurer
OF the Show Disappeared
With All Available
Cash.

Chicago. June 1s.--Nearly 100 peo-
pie have sunk In struggling. yelling
mass through splintered board in a
collapse Of a reserved section Of seats
during the performance Of circus
here. It Is known that one man, six
women and two children were serious
Iy hurt, and II is supposed that scores
more were injured whose names were
not reported to the police.
The panic among the 1000 people in
the tent was intensified by the plung-
Ing OF two horses that broke from the
ring in which they were performing
and ran into the crowd. During the
excitement the treasurer disappeared
with over $500 Of the shows money
II Ii supposed the accident was due
to the removal of the back props out
side the tent by boys. The side props
were found TO have been broken off
and some Of the were rotten.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-19

If it is worth while to do business
at all Il is worth while to do lot Of
it-and this means, always, a proper.
tlonate amount of newspaper spaes.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-19

The Grotto handles nothing but
straight liquors; no blended goods in
the house.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-19
First National Bank
OF ASTORIA,

at Astoria, in the state Of oregon. at
the close OF business, June .. 1904.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. $342, ,435 64
overdrafts, secured and un-
secured ..... ...... 1890 OS
U. S. bonds to secure cir
culation ...... $3.50. -. 1880 90
Stocks, securities, etc.,. 72,7OO 90
other real estate owned. 5000 90
Due from national banks
(not reserve agents)., 1882 OIL
Due from state banks and
bankers -. ..... 80. 76,13O 81
Due from approved reserve
agents 49,. .".. -. 125,s5S 40
Checks and other cash items 65 50
Notes of other national
banks ...... ...... .... 1926 90
Nlckels and cents. ...... sS4 81
Lawful Money Reserve in
Bank, Viz:
Specie ..........$120,700 90
L 6 a tender
notes ........ 10 90 12O,S1O 90
Redemption fund with U, S.
treasurer 6 per cent cir
culation) ......,.,..... 625 90
Total ,...... ........,s76S, ,4O6 SO
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.....$ $4,000 O0I
Surplus fund. ........... $4,000 90
Undivided profits, less ex-
penses and taxes paid.... 2s,O7S II
National Bank notes out
standing So. ."....... 1880 90
Individual deposits subject
to check. $5O5,10S 62
Demand certificates of de-
posit -. ...., 127,2O6 60
Certified checks. SIS 90 6S2,SSS 22
Total ,...,........'. ....$16S,4O6 ~
State of oregon. County Of Clatsop, IS:
!. S, S, Gordon, cashier Of the above
named bank. do solemnly sweaAr that
the above statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
S. S. GORDON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 14th day of June, 1904.
V. BoELLING, Notary Public,
Corect--Attest:
w. f. McGREGoR.
GEO. c. FLAvEL.
Directors.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-19
NORTHERN PACIFIC

Fine Card Of Trains
PORTLAND.
Leaves Arrives
Tuget Sound Limited.T:iB m s:S m
Kansas city-St Louis
Special ...........u:ie Q m s:& p IN
North Coast IAmited $50 m TOO q m
Tacoma and Seattle Night
Express ...........ii:l6 . m s:Os y u
Take Puget Sound Limited or North
Coast Limited for Gray's Harber points
Take Puget Sound Limited for olym-
ola direct
Take Puget Sound Limited or Kan.
sas city.st. LOUIS Special for pointa
on South Bend branch.
Double daily train service on orays
Harbor branch.
-Four trains daily between Portland.
Tacoma and Seattle
Evening journal., 1904-12-22
AxMEN's TRIeoNoMETRY.
low a Woodsman Can Determine the
Height of n Tree.

low "A WoOdsmnn Can Determine the
Height OF n Tree.
Young students Of trigonometry who
regard the solving OF the right angle
triangle as a mystic art would be sur
prised TO see the ease with which a
rough, uneducated axman in the North
woods solves the perpendicular with
only the horizontal line known. He
does It in a way characteristic of his
practical life, and, while the results
are not accurate to hairs breadth,
they serve all ordinary purposes and
save time.
The axman does not know anything
about extracting square roots or about
the relation Of one side of a triangle
to another. but he is practical. and
when he wants TO measure the length
of a tree from the ground up he does
it in the shortest and easiest way with
out climbing the tree.
For instance. suppose he is told TO
select and chop down a tree which
shall give sixty feet clear OF the first
NAuolSA VI hAuhNhNof a. - NAN'h NA'
case when masts Of ships or yachts
are especially ordered. 1t would per-
haps take all day for him to measure
the trees by climbing up with a tape
line. Instead OF that. he selects a tree
which his experienced eye tells him
is likely to clear sixty feet under the
branches.
Then, measuring from it's base sixty
feet, less its own height, he sticks a
pole in the ground flush with his head
at the point measured to. After this
he lies down fat on his back, with his
feet against the upright pole. so that
his head is just sixty feet from the
tree, and sights over the top of the
pole.
Wherever the imaginary line from
his eye and the top Of the pole strikes
the tree the axman knows is about six
ty feet from the ground.
As an illustration, assume that the
axman Is six feet tall. He measures
of ffy-four feet from the tree and,
after erecting the pole six feet high,
lies on his back behind the pole and
lets his eye glance over the top Of the
pole to the tree.
This expedient OF the axman not
only demonstrates the ingenuity Of the
Yankee, but is a good example Of the
value Of practical knowledge in gen
rraI
Evening journal., 1904-12-22
.BrideeviIIe'

Special to The Evening Journal.
Bridgeville, Dec. 22.-Miss Margaret
II. Collinson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
James A. Collinson. and Frederick
Jones, both Of this town, were married
at the home Of the brides parents last
evening. The bride wore a handsome
brown cloth suit and was attended by
her sister, Miss Emma Collinson. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
William r. Mowbray. A reception was
held from until II, to which were pres
ent about one hundred guests. They
were the recipients Of a number Of
handsome presents. They will reside
here.
Miss Sara Sudler entertained a num-
Der of her friends on Wednesday even
ing. The time was spent in games and
music.
Mrs. Johnson. of Denton, Nd, is the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. William r.
Mowbray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Brown have re-
turned from North Carolina and Nir.
ginia, where they spent several weeks.
Luther G. Welch has returned from
Wilmington and Philadelphia.
Mrs. w. r. Mowbray has returned
from Philadelphia
Misses Alma and Mae Knowles were
Seaford visitors on Wednesday.
Colonel II. w. .Niven has returned
from Philadelphia.
Ed Sudler and Ralston Sudler. OF
Philadelphia, are the guests Of theii
parents. DIR. and Mrs. w. T. sudler.
Ed Layton has returned from Will
mington.
Evening journal., 1904-12-22
Newnorf

Special to The Evening Journal
Newport, Dec. 22.-Mrs. w. p. Hicks.
who has been the guest OF the Misses
Johnson for some time, has returned to
her home in Arkansas.
Miss Estelle Washington, Of VIII
mingotn, has been visiting her father.
William Washington.
Miss Dora Myers, who has been
spending some time at Huntington, w.
Va, has returned home.
Miss Laura Morrell has been enter
tanning Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bunting,
Of Appleton, Nd, and Miss Elsie M.
Guthrie, OF Philadelphia.
Miss Nellie Weldin, Of Philadelphia,
is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Atwood
Weldin.
]. L. Deakyne has returned from a
business trip to Philadelphia.
William Stewart and son are visiting
relatives at Lansdale, Pa.
Ephraim Myers is III at his home on
Market street.
Mrs. Owen Carton is also quite III.
Evening journal., 1904-12-22

has returned to her home after visiting
friends in Kenton.
Harry Lord. Of Prospect Park, Pa.
has returned home after visiting rela-
tives in this city.
Mrs. Titus and Miss Price Will give
la Christmas dance in Sacred Heart
Hall on next Monday evening.
Miss Carrie Foxwel has returned
from a visit TO Townsend.
Edward J. Dillon who has been
studying az Salesenum College, at
Eighth and West streets. has gone to
his home in Boston for the holidays.
Dennis Ryan and Miss Blanche Ryan
OF Chester. are visiting in Middletown.
DR.. Frantz has returned from OK
ford. Pa.
Miss Helen File has returned from
Chester where she took part i'm a
musicale given by her cousin, Miss
Anna File.
Miss Elizabeth Carlisle will spend
the Christmas holidays with Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin r. Morrison in Newark, n.
j.
Miss TomlSinson. Of Mt. Carmel, Pa,
is the guest Of her aunt, Miss Hay
man.
Mrs May Parvis Of Townsend is
visiting friends in the city.
]. A. Roney is home from a school
in Baltimore TO spend the Christmas
holidays.
Francis Lally and James Garner OF
st. Charles College Elliott City Nd,
are home for the holidays.
/. NJ. Beaston. a student I'm the Uni
versity of Virginia at Richmond, IS
spending the holidays with his parents In
this city.
Evening journal., 1904-12-22
POETRY VERSUS SCIENCE.
Effective Manner In which sydney
smith Settled a Bdre.


For Sydney Smith to joke was no
great effort, but not even he could al
ways joke so effectively as in the in
stance mentioned in Memories Of Half
a Century" He was the guest at din
ner OF an archdeacOn, at whose table
there were others Of the cloth. among
them one who was greatly interested
in natural history. AS the man rode
his hobby to death he was the prince
Of bores, and his entrance was there
fore viewed with something like con-
sternatlon. He was unknown 70 sgd
ney Smith. but his popularity was
soon laid bare.
''There1l be no talh at all unless you
can manage to floor him." said one OF
the men to Smith. "Can't you manage
itT'
Il can try" he returned gallantly,
although with some doubt. for there
was no telling 10 what branch of his
crotchet the bore would turn.
The dinner began. The one or two
customary toasts. such as "The
Queen" and ''The Church." had been
honored, and there came a lull which
was the bore's opportunity.
"AIr. Archde0con," said he, "have you
seen the pamphlet written by my
friend, Professor Dickinson, on the re-
markable size Of the eye in a common
house iyT"
The archdeacon courteously said he
had not had the privilege, and In spite
Of the discouraging looks on the faces
Of the guests the bore pursued his ad-
vantage.
IL can assure you it is a most inter
esting pamphlet. setting forth particu-
lars hitherto unobserved as TO the usu-
al size of that eye"
Il deny the factg" said a voice from
the other end of the table.
All smiled save the bore.
"You deny the fact. sir?" said he.
''May / ask on what authority you con-
denim the Investigations Of my learned
friendg
II deny the fact" replied the voice
which was Sydney Smiths, "and
base my denial on evidence welded to
immortal verse we'll known to every
scholar, at least, at this table"
The emphasis laid on scholar nettled
the naturalist by its Implication "WeIl
sir" he said as calmly as he was able
twill you have the kindness to quote
your authorityT
"I will, sir The evidence is those
well known, may say immortal, lines
Who saw him dieY
T. said the fly,
With my little eyer
The guests roared, and during the
rest OF the dinner nothing further was
heard on the subject Of natural history
New Orleans Pieayune.
T. B. Cartmeil has Palmer, Wrights
and Lunberg'S PerfumaS.