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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30
Movement of Cotton.
(By the Associated Press

New York, July 29.-The following
statistics on the movement of cotton
for the week ending July 29th, 1904,
We're compiled by the New" Y Ork Cot
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30

If you pay as you go you cat gen.
orally avoid the rush.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30

Weekly movement
Port receipts
Overland to mills
and Canada.
Southern mill
takings (est.)
Loss of stock at
interior towns.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30


week :. E.
Total crop NOV
Port receipts -
Overland to mills
and Canada.
Southern mill
takings (est.) :.
Stock at interior
towns in excess
OF Sept. 1st =.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
Didn't Know Char.

81 don't think many people Know
when they have good cigar" laid
a well-known Philadelphia. l was
riding home from Essington one day,
and the friend who was with me sug-
gested that we stop at country
store and buy smoke. had a few
good cigars in my pocket, but as my
friend said to be sure to get fifteen
centers, thought l would test his
taste. laid down nickel and got
three cigars for it. Then went out
into the road and gave my friend one
of them. How do you like it?" l
asked, after he had taken few puffs.
In all seriousness he replied: This
Is better cigar than l get at home,
and you know l always pay fifteen
cents apiece for my smokes Well,
when I told him he had been smoking
'three-for-five' he wouldn't believe
1t at first, and when had convinced
him to the contrary he was offend
ed "-Philadelphia Record.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
HE OWNED THE CAPITOL.
Insane Man Rented Various Portions
of 1t to Police Captain.

An individual who imagines he
owns the capitol visited that building
several days ago, says the Washing
ton Star, for the purpose of evicting
all officials who declined to pay rent
for the apartment they occupied.
While about to begin the work of
evicting in statuary hall the stranger
came in contact with Acting Capt.
John Hammond of the capitol police
force. He asked the captain if he was
the occupant of the hall. Being told
that he was, the stranger said to him:
well, are you prepared to pay your
rent? You will either have to pay
or get out of here"
Capt. Hammond realized that he
was dealing with crank, and decided
to humor his vagaries until he could
send for the Sixth precinct patrol
wagon.
What rent will you charge me for
this room?" he asked.
Seven dollars" was the reply, and
that Is dirt cheap. Look at the pref
ty things you will have" and he
pointed to the surrounding statues
of American celebrities.
Capt. Hammond, in order to de-
tain the man, agreed to rent statuary
hall for the figure named, although
the demented stranger did not speci-
fy whether 81 would pay for one
week, one month or one year. The
official went through the form of ma
king out voucher for the amount.
Then he rented the rotunda, the hall
of the house of representatives, the
senate chamber at 81 each for some
indefinite period, and was negotia-
ting for the rent of the dome when
the changing of bells outside an
nounced the arrival of the patrol
wagon, and the owner of the capitol
was given free ride to No. G.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
Reads Like a Miracle.

Moravia, N. Y, Dec. 12th.-(Spe'
Bordering on the miraculous. is
the case of Mrs. Benz. Wilson Of this
place. Suffering from Sugar Diabetes
she wasted away till from weighing
200 lbs. she barely tipped the scales
at $50 lbs. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured
her. Speaking of her cure her hus
band says
my wife suffered everything from
Sugar Diabetes. She was sick foul
years and doctored with two doctors
but received no benefit She had sc
much pain all over her that she could
not rest day or night The doctor said
that she could not live.
"Then an advertisement led me to
try Dodd's Kidney Pills and they help
ed her right from the first. Five
boxes of them cured her. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills were a God-Sent remedy to
us and we recommend them to all sui
fering from Kidney Disease"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney
Diseases including Bright's Disease
and all kidney aches, including Rheu
matism.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

Montreal, Nov. 15.-Major Allison
Edwards, United States Consul Gen
eral, who returned to-day from visit
to his home at Fargo, North Dakota,
said in an interview: 1.-THE proper
way to describe the manner in which
the people you are getting are the
ing over into Western Canada is to
say they are coming over in droves.
Among the people there did not seem
to be any thought Of there being a
boundary line at all. 1t is simply a
question:" added the major, "of there
not being any more land in North
Dakota and the surrounding States,
and the people are flocking to Canada
to get good farms. Naturally the
number that will come over will in
crease all the time, and l may say
the people of North Dakota are COM
best people in the west. They are
we'll supplied with money and are
we'll acquainted with the conditions
under which they will have to work"
The agents of the Canadian Govern
ment are prepared to give the fullest
information regarding homestead and
other lands.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
Grape Grating.

Before the Academy of Sciences,
Paris, M. Boudouin gave clear evil
dence of differences in physical and
chemical composition between grated
and nongrafted grapes which he had
obtained, and the facts observed ex'
plain the more rapid aging of wines
from grated vines, and also their
greater constituencies to pathogenic
fermentS.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
The Indispensable Aunt.

What would the world become with
out the self-sacrifice and helpfulness
of the maiden aunts l cannot imagine.
Among the brightest queens of heaven
will be those who took care of other
peoples children.-De Witt Talmage.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
Ask Your Druggist for Aliens Foot.Ease.

~ tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
~, and have just bought another supply. It
has cured my oorns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and would not be with
out it now.--Mrs. w. ]. Walker, Camden,
N. j." Sold by all Druggists, 25c.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
Must Prove Her Worth.

On the island of Himla, opposite
Rhodes, girl is not allowed to have
a lover until she has brought up GER
tain number of sponges and given
proof of her agility to take them from
a certain depth.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
Husband Was Moonstruek.

A woman in Oakland, Cali, got a
divorce because, at every full moon;
her husband would sit up in bed and
howl, occasionally beating her and
pulling her hair for a change.
Those old boys who wore armor
were the first mail carriers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
Give Base Coin to Church.

Dowlais (Scotland) Nonconformists
are getting rid Of their base coin by
putting it in the collection of the local
Free Church council. This indictment
is made by the councils treasurer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

The latest museum freak is pig
with two legs. Outside a museum
it isn't necessary to have four legs
to be hog.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
Defiance Starch

should be in every household, none SO
good, besides OF. more for 10 cents
than any other brand of cold water
starch.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

Statesmen who "also ran" are nat.
urally slow to predict bright future
for their country.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
Why II Is the Best

is because made by an entirely differ
ent process. Defiance Starch Is I'M
like any other better and one-thil d
more for 10 cents.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

Lots of people pray for the poor
and let it go at that.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

Weak solutions may be all right in
chemistry, but they don't go in poll
tics.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Qunne Tablets. All drug
gsts refund the money If It fails to cure K. w
Groves signature II on each box. 25c.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

The fellow who is always finding
other peoples faults seldom loses his
own.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

Seeing isn't believing when a man
can't believe his own eyes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

A battleship in the hand is worth
two ultimatums in the bush.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

Three great pursuits have again shown wonderful
results on the Free Homestead Lands Of Western
Canada this year.
Magnificent cmste-farmersp blowing IN their shirt
sleeves in the middle Of November.
"Allare bound to be more than pleased with the
nnal results of the past seasons harry Extract
Coal wood, water. hay in abundance. Schools
churches, markets convenient.
Apply for information to Superintendent OF Immi-
grafton Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian
Government Agent. s. Crawford, No. rs W.
Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
Please say where you saw this advertisements
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
BLOCKING INTO CANADA.

immigration From Dakota and Adjoin.
Ing States-Major Edwards, United
States Consul General at MentreaI,
Describes the Movement as Due to
Scarcity Of Land.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
rliss CIaussen Saved from Surgical Operation

"DEAR Mrs PINKHAM: 1t seems to me that
all the endorsements that have read of the value
of Lydia E. Pinkhams Compound do not express
one-half of the virtue the great medicine really
possesses. know that it saved my life and l
want to give the credit where it belongs. l suf-
fered with ovarian trouble for five years. had three
operations and spent hundreds of dollars on doc
tors and medicines but this did not cure me
after ALL
However, what doctors and medicines failed
to do, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound did Twenty bottles restored me to per-
feet health and feel sure that had known of its
value before, and let the doctors alone would
I, 1,o haap oil tho ,1oin ond that
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16

frutess operations the who Suffering and
the doctors them, will try Lydia Pnkham Vege
Compound they will not be disappointed with the results
MISS CLARA CLAUssEN 1907 Penn St. Kansas City, Mo.
hstItIu ' dia Co..
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-16
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES

s % ;:: ; :i % acc % VIZ. ne. Sc :' %
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-02-17
EXERCISE AND HEALTH.
Purity of Blood and Tissues Results
from Activity of the Elim-
NATIVE Organs.

Activity is essential for health. Stag.
0ant water becomes foul, while the run
nlug stream remains pure and clear. The
issues of person VINO neglects mus
:ular exercise become filed with waste
matter in consequence. Exercise slim.
ulates the activity and vigor of every
organ of the body, says Good Health.
The energy of the heart and the activity
OF the lungs are increased four or FIVE
fold by exercise. Through the in.
creased activity of the heart, the move
ment of blood through the body is
FASTENED, and through the increased ac-
t1Vity of the lungs the quantity of oxy-
gen is increased to purify the blood
and vitalize the tissues. Thus the tide
OF life rises higher. The activity of the
liver, kidneys, skin, and all other elirni-
native organs is greatly increased, thus
securing purity of blood and tissues.
AS directl result of deficient exer-
else, the body is predisposed to numer-
Gus diseases. especially rheumatism, in
digestion, diabetes. obesity, neuralgia,
insomnia, constipation, and premature
old age.
Exercise may be classified as gentle.
moderate and violent Gentle exercise
is that which does not produce either
fatigue or breathlessness. Moderate
exercise produces fatigue, when sufi-
GENTLY long continued, but not breath
lessness. Violent exercise produces
breathlessness, which is one form of ia
tigue; and if continued for any length
of time, produces exhaustion.
Gentle exercise is adapted to invalids
and very feeble persons. Violent exer-
else Is permissible only to young ger
sons and to adults who have been accus-
toned to vigorous exercise all their
lives. Moderate exercise is the sort
which is especially indicated for health
in all classes. 1t must not be considered.
however, that exercises are harmful
that cause person 10 breathe deep.
Deep breathing is one of the most bene-
fetal effects derived from exercise.
There is nothing better than physical
labor for promoting muscular develop
ment and securing the advantages which
come from exercise. But care should
be taken continually to keep as nearly
as possible in correct poise. Igno-
rance, carelessneSs, or WEAKNESS, often
leads person to assume unhealthful
positions while engaged in work, which.
In consequence of the irregular muscu-
lar development thereby induced, be-
come fixed deformities
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-02-17

tute for coal and wood. The steadily
growing consumption OF coal and the
rapidly disappearing forests have
created alarm for future generations
In many countries stringent measure,
have been taken for the protection OF
the wood and timber supply, but even
with careful outstanding of fuel re-
sources. there clearly was a limit
While the new method of utilizing
peat will not solve the question abso.
lutely, it will, if successful, defer tina
crisis.
BY the plan devised, the peat is cut
and excavated by machinery. 1t is
loaded into dumping cars and tal-en to
the plant. where it is packed into cy-
finders. which rotate at high velocity.
The centrifugal pressure. aided by an
interior device, excels nearly all tina
water Electricity is then passed
through the dried peat and the mass il
carbonized and disintegrated into
black elobules, retaining all the val
liable original elements.
The peat is then passed into ma
chimes which knead it into a puttylfka
mass. This is pressed into briuuettes.
which. when dry. are brolren into
Jumps like coal. 1t can be graded into
various sizes and treated like our IA
miliar fuel The briquettes are prac-
tically smokeless and leave no clink.
ers.
The cost OF producing one ton of
peat by this process is stated by United
States Consul General Mason, of Der.
lin. as $1.21 This cost can be materi.
ally lessened by the use of water
power.
The invention is to be put into oper.
alton first in Ireland.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-02-17
DON'T WANT TO LEARN.
Spaniards Spend More to Support Bull
Rings Than the SchOOls-A
Significant Comparison.

SchoolhOuses are very scarce in Spain.
More money is paid TO support bull
rings than the SCHOOLS. 1t is estimated
that more than $5.O00,000 is expended on
Quill fights during each year, while in
1901 only $1,611,3 was expended for
public education, says William E. Cur
It's. in Chicago RecCrd-Herald.
There were more students in the uni
versity of Salamanca alone 400 years
ago, during the reign of Ferdinand and
Isabella, than are enrolled in all ct me
nine universities of Spain to-day, and.
by the census of 1896, more than 68 per
cent. of the population is illiterate. The
exact figures show that 6,1O4,47O can
neither read nor write, 3,417, $50 can read
little, while 2,686.615 can read and
write little.
The act OF July, 1902, requires school
for every 500 population, AID the min
lister of education is required to ex-
anime teachers to see that they are
qualified, and to inspect the schools for
sanitary reasons and for discipline, but
the law is not enforced.
A few days ago Senior Silvela, recent
ly prime minister, in expla. ming his re-
tirement from political life, declared
that he had reached the melancholy
conclusion that his country was not in
terested in agriculture. industry, trade.
public works or public instruction.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-02-17
WORLDS FUEL SUPPLY.
Recently Discovered Process of Car
bombing Peat Will Prove of
Worldwide Importance

In view of the gradual but inevita-
BILE exhaustion of the coal and wood
supplies of the word, the discovery in
England Of quick pl ocess of carbon
izing peat is most important. 1t prom
Uses to give to the world vast supply
of new fuel.
Peat contains 80 per cent of water.
Heretofore the methods of eliminating
the water have been primitive and te-
dious. Air drying was the principal
means employed. A German method
was to cook peat in retorts. This
seemed a practical way, but now an
electrical process has been invented,
whereby the gaseous elements are ex-
PEELED and the peat conl erted into coke
or coal at cost below, or not far in
excess of, the average price of btu
minous coal.
The Chicago Journal says that the
import of this discovery may be judged
when attention is called to the fact
that there are in New England and the
middle western states immense beds
of peat, which have lain neglected, as
useless. In Alaska and vicinity the
supply of peat is practically unlimited.
and its quality is said to be of the best.
In Ireland the peat supply is enormous
Ireland itself has an area of &c, 393
square mnes, and there are 1880. 900
acres of peat. Other countries have
great peat beds.
It has been chiefly during recent
years that scientists have been cast
ing eyes on peat as possible subsu-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-02-17

port; but Mr.. Hector Macpherson, in his
Herbert Spencer, the Man and His
Work" puts it very tersely when he
says: %The problem which he set him
self was, to discover the laws by which
from diffused nebulous state, Matter
has increased in concentration and COM
pleXity so as to result in the world we
now see, while MIR. Spencer himsel
formulated famous law of Evolution,
which is as follows: Evolution is an
indignation of Matter and concomltant
dissipation of Motion, during which The
matter passes from an indefinite, inco-
herent homogeneity TO definite CO.
herent heterogeneity; and during which
the retained Motion undergoes parallel
transformation
The purpose of his volumes was TIC
trace the application of this law
throughout all the phenomena of the
universe-as tronomic, geologic, biolog-
1c, psychologist, socioloeic. He read
comparatively little, always declaring
that if he read as much as other people
he would know as little: but his mind
was stored with knowledge which he ac-
quired somehow, and indeed the lists OF
authorities cited at the end of his vol
umes show that he was familiar with
the writings of those whose works bore
on his subjects.
With the theory OF evolution Darwin's
name is more widely associated thar
Spencer's, and it is generally held that
his doctrines are more soli6ly built and
thoroughly proved But Darwin's work
covers far less ground-namely, biology
and some problems of psychology. He
worked within his own ground 1t was
impossible that Spencer should have
an equally sure knowledge at first rand
OF all the vast regions that he ventured
to explore. If it be said that in that case
he should not have ventured, the reply
is that philosophy couli aever have ex-
listed upon PRESIDENTIAL maxims. 1t is es.
sentially daring. AS Aristotle says, we
must not listen to those who advise u.
as mortals to be content with morta,
things. The worst a philosopher can do
is to prepare the way for others even by
his own failure. But it would be afro
ciously unjust to call Spencer's specula-
lions failure
Spencer's social ideas are not popu.
lar; he was an extreme individuaiist
He believed that compet;t;c :. is tie only
means of insrring that the best men
shall come to the front, and that the eff
f1ciency and happiness of mankind de-
pend upon the survival of the fittest.
For some time, in comparatively re-
cent years. he lived in ST. Johns Wood.
but he subsequently moved 20 Brighton,
where he died. He was offered innum-
cradle honors and decorations. includ-
ing the Prussian Pour lie Merite," but
it was one of his principles to decline
them all, and he also refused title when
offered by Queen Victoria.
AT his death on December s, 1908. he
was SO years of age.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-02-17
Real Pearls

If you happen to be the happy owner
of real pearls, wear them constantly, for
thus you will prevent the ravages of a
wicked little Inicrobe which often at
tacks pearls which are laid aside This
minute parasite eats through the outer
covering of the pearl. thus entirely de-
stroying its beauty. Some women wear
their pearl necklaces always, even at
night, in order to project them from their
unseen foes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-02-17

.ETA death of Herbert Spencer
Y Nv, y, removed from the world the
NNHZE last of that great band of
SfS74K7Ra English thinkers who made
the Victorian reign memoir
able IN the realm of letters. Among the
list Of great names that preoeceased
Spencer, and each of whom have lett
splendid legacy to the world of
thought, may be mentioned Darwin,
Rus.in, Carlyle and Mill. But it is
doubtful If any of them accomplished
any thing of so much importance to the
world as Spencer's System of Syn
thetlc Philosophy" which planned in
1860. was completed after four decades
OF unoeasing labor, and this in spite of
every hindrance offered by poverty and
i'll health.
Born at Derby on April q, 1920, the
same year as George knot and Tyndall,
IA years after Darwin, and five years
before Huxley, Herbert Spencer, at the
age of II, was sent out to learn the bust
ness Of engineering, but after eight
years he abandoned engineering for lit
erature, and, in 1S4S became sub-editor
of the London Economist. 1t was while
on this paper Tin 1851 that he published
his first book, Social Statics," follow
ing it in 1856 with THE Principles of
Psychology" which ultimately took it's
place in the great system of philosophy
to which he devoted his life.
Even at this early period his health
was bad, and he suffered from serious
hrn n 4 Il
somnia and dyspepsia Slapped his
strength, so that three hours work a
day was all he could accomplish. W lille
his slender means made him over and
over aSaln e0espair of continuing the
colossal task to which he had commit
ted himself. Three tlAes, however. be-
quests OF money came 10 him, which en-
able him TO proceed. NO publisher.
however, would risk a penny on his
books, and he at last, III the desperation
of despair, printed them at his own ex-
pense. and every one left him a poorer
man. Seven hundred and nifty of his
first books were sold in IA years. At
the end of Is years he was thankful that
he had lost no more than $11 900. "All
this time" Mr.. Spencer once wrote, with
something of pathos, 1.-The 40 COO 900 of
people constituting the English nation
demanded of the impoverished brain
worker free gratis copies tor the nation
al libraries.
A Darwinian-or. at least, an evolu-
zionist before Darwin-he applied the
doctrine not merely to organic life, as
did the great naturalist. but made it
an integral part of his whole philosophy.
He profoundly Influenced not only all
the scientific thinkers of his generation,
but novel.sts as we'll. while his works
have been diligently studied by artisans
and by the girl of the period. and quoted
so often that those most familiar with
the catch phrases of heredity and en-
vironment are apt to forget who it was
who first made their import and influ-
ence on everyday life so clear. Those
who talk most slibly about his ph.loso-
ply. however. would many of them be
nuzzled to give briefly the main pur-