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Arizona republican., 1905-08-01
More Deaths and More FOCi at New Orleans
AUTHORITIES HOPEFUL
But the NeighbOrs of the Stricken District Become More Alarmed and More Strongly EntrenCh Agsisst Invasion.

New Orleans July 31.-New cases of yellow fever reported up to D. m numbered 21. making a total to date of 3O2. The deaths up to p. m. num- bered 5, making a total to date of 02. New foci, 5; total foci. 46.
 Of the five deaths reported above, three occurred in the Emergency hos pitaI, and all five bore Italian names.
 Another new case was discovered outside of the city, being that of an Italian who left here a week ago with several others and took up his resi- dence in Morgan City.
 Mississippi has again announced that it will accept detention camp cer- tificates issued by the marine hospital service. On the other hand, Alabama has taken a new tangent, establishing even more stringment restrictions than ever before attempted.
 By the end Of the present week the authorities in charge of the fever sit uation believe they will be in such thorough touch with conditions that they are able to speak with authority as to their ability to control and eradi cate the disease in advance of the com ing of the frost.
 Three deaths occurred in the emer- gency hospital today, the number oi patients in which has been largely in- creased
 President SouchOn of the State BoarC of health received advices today that tho Wilmot case at Morgan City had beer pronounced yellow fever. Morgan City is eighty miles from New Orleans or the Southern Pacific and the announce ment of the case there will doubles: be followed by bottling up the town No other case in Louisiana had beer reported in the last two or three days
 Much distress is beginning to ap pear among the Italian population growing out of the practical expulsion of the f.uit business from Louisiana ol account of quarantines and relief worl is one of the tasks the Italian socieue and citizens committee now have ad dressed themselves to. While the feel ing here is constantly hopeful, ther is no abatement of the excitement ant panicky feeling in the country district of Louisiana and Mississippi. Loca business houses are beginning to Tee the effects of the scare. A number O towns in the two states are cutun themselves off from the world and shot s-un ouarantines are extending Guard and inspectors are multiplying an making travel increasingly difficult.
Arizona republican., 1905-08-01
rExAs, NEw ouARANTINE.

Galveston, Tex, July S1.-The state of Texas has inaugurated a quarantine against the state of Louisiana with prospects that it will be of much longer duration than was the state quarantine of last week.
Arizona republican., 1905-08-01
THE BENNINGTON INQUIRY
The Sittinss as Usual We'll Within
 Secret Walls.

San Diego. July S1.-The board of inquiry appointed by Admiral Goodrich to hear evidence pertaining Go the dis- astrous boiler explosion of the guuboat Bennington on July 2I. convened aboard the flaE ship Chicago today. The sessions vii be secret The work wii probably require several days
 Another death victim of the eNplo- sion occurred today. making a total of deaths of siNty-five-
Arizona republican., 1905-08-01
FRENCH SUGAR FAILURES.

Paris. July S1.-Owing to the faiiure of a hign speculatOr to meet his en- gagements. which are said Co amount to S3.OO0. .000. two leading houses have suspended payments
Arizona republican., 1905-08-01
THE SANTA IFS ANSWER
What it Did was Lawful and in Self
 Protection.

Kansas City, July 31.-The santa re railroads answer to the proceedlhss begun in the federal court here chars inc if with contempt of court in vio- latine the courts injunction against giving rebates, was fled today. Argu- ments in the case will probably mot be
Arizona republican., 1905-08-01
WEATHER TODAY.

Washington, July 31.-Forecast for Arizona: Showers and thunderstoIms Tuesday and Wednesday except fair in the extreme south portions.
Arizona republican., 1905-08-01

Lodging house and furniture for sal on easy terms, a money maker Tor tn right party E. E. Pascoe, 11O Nortl Center St, Real Estate and Loans ant Insurance.
Arizona republican., 1905-08-01

$20O cash down and $70O on easy monthly miscellaneous like rent will buy a five room house with bath and fine shade F. F. Pascoe. l10 N. Center St-. Real Estate and Loans.
The Imperial press., 1905-01-28
Mules For Farm Work

The following extract from an address by J. B. Thompson before an Ohio Far mer's institute contains suggestions that certainly deserve thoughtful considera tion:
 1 will undertake to show some of the advantages that the mule has over the horse. To begin with, the average period of service of the horse, as given by vet erinary authority, is about ten years, beginning at the age of three; and al- though some horses last considerably longer than this, there are quite. as many that fail before com mpleting their their 18th year. The average period of service of the mule is nearly Or quite twenty five years. He sometimes begins to fail at twenty years old, and in other cases remains as good as ever until nearly thirty. Few of his age are worth much after that age. One mule then, in his lifetime, will ordinarily do the work of more than two horses, at an expense each year from 25 to 30 per cent less in keeping.
The Imperial press., 1905-01-28

Not only is the mule much better
 adapted than the horse to the perform
 ance of the labor of the farm, but he
 does better in drawing heavily loaded
 wagons OH the road, and is especially preferable for the movement of machn- cry, as his movement is much steadier than that of the horse. The mule is also much less susceptible to disease, and when he does fall ill the trouble is said to yield much more readily to treat ment than with the horse. Another aud no less important fact is, he is much less liable to bone ailments, such as ringbone, spavin, splint, curb, etc., his eyes are unquestionably stronger than the horse's eyes; mules very seldom lose all eye except by accident.
 In purchasing a mule the buyer will hardly expect to find a .blemish, and if he should he will not hesitate to pllr- chase, as he would were he buying horse with the same kind of a blemish. Again tile mule is convertible into cash at any time from birth to old age, and dead mule is such rare thing that the question arises-what becomes of all the old mules.-Country Gentleman.
The Imperial press., 1905-01-28
Farmers Corner
The Farmers Prosperity

American farms turned off staple pro- ducts during the year just closed having an aggregate value of $l 100000, ,OOO greater than the record of 1903. The value of farm products in 1904 was nearly double that of 1896, a period Of moderate crop return, but phenomenallv low prices. The aggregate value of leading farm product' last year approXi- mated $6,5O0,0OO, ,OOO, compared with $5 100000, ,000 in 1903 and only $3,5OO,- O00,000 in, 1896. These dazzling figures, at most ineomprelensb in their mag nitude, apply to the principal crops and live stock, and do not include tbe pro- ducts of many other farm commodities, poultry, garden truck, small fruits, flowers, etc.
 The trend toward marvellous increase in farm wealth. through the fact of gen . efally good crops and good prices, has been indicated in Orange Judd Farmers crop:reports during the season of 1904. The figures named by the Secretary of Agriculture in his annual December report, published a short time ago, fur ther reflected the stability and the pros perity of American agriculture. Re fepring to thes value of the products of the farln during 1901, Secretary Wilson said {: 'It is safe to place this amount at $4,9O0, ,000, ,0OO, after excluding the values of farm|tfdps fed to live stock, in order to avoid Implications. All the gold
The Imperial press., 1905-01-28
Do Not Suppress a Cough

When you have cough do not try to suppress it, but remove the cause. The cough is only symptom of some disease and the disease is what you should cure, then the cough will stop of itself. Tbe most, common cause of coughing is a cold. Anodynes will promptly suppress the cough, and preparations containing chloroform, opium, etc., are used for that purpose, but they do not cure the cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on the other hand does not suppress the cough, but relieves it by removing from the throat and lungs the mucus which obstructed the breathing and allaying the irritation and tickling in the throat. It also opens the secretions and effectu- ally and permanently cures the cold as well as the cough.
 For sale by Imperial Drug Go. Dr. P. s. Anderson Propr Phone 7S.
The Imperial press., 1905-01-28
New Blacksmith Shop and Big Imple- ment Store

Mr. A. Mooney, of tlfe blacksmith shop on First street between Imperial avenue and Paulin, s building himself large new siopim the same locality, 25x5O feet and one story high.
 , Into this as soon as finished, MT. Mooney's blacksmith business will be moved, and then, with the old shop out of the way, another building will be erected immediately adjoining the new shop, on the west, but much larger in every way. It will be 30xl00 and two stories high, also of frame. This is for an implement store, to be established there by the builder, This is q pretty big improvement for First street, and is quite an offset to the large volumn of new work now going OH OH Second street.-ChrOnicle.
The Imperial press., 1905-01-28
Bought Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
 and Sent it to Friends

Mir. F. w. J. Fletcher, druggist in Victoria, Australia, says: "A customer of mine was so pleased with Chamber lain's Cough Remedy, which she had used for her children when suffering from colds and croup, that during fortnights time she obtained at my shop, nine bottles which she sent to her friends in different parts of the state, telling them how much good it had done and advising them to give it trial"
 For sale by Imperial Drug Go. Dr. P. $. Anderson Prnpr. Phone 7S.
The Imperial press., 1905-01-28
Devoted to the interests of Agriculture, Dairying, Stock Raising and Everything
 Pretaining to the Farm. :.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

mines in the world have not produced, since Columbus discovered America, 6 greater value of gold than the farmers of this country have produced in wealth in two years" It remains for the figures now available, fully covering the crops of 1901, to further substantiate these marvellous statements. s.-Orange Judd Farmer
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
Automobile Farming.

A new and special type Of automo-
bile has recently been put on the mar
ket in Scotland which is designed es-
pecially for farm work, and which is
not only suitable for blowing, but
may be equipped with a c%ultivator or
reaper. 1t will prepare the ground
and:sow the seed at one operation, and
IAN be operated at a better speed than
a horse. Thus, when blowing, it can
cover from six to seven acres a day.
and goes owe the field so as to leave
it in final shape for cultivation. When
not in use in the field, the motor can
be used to drive all farming machin-
cry, and when blowing, the cost OF
fuel, labor and deprecation, has been
computed at 81 per acre.. or less than
one-half the expense Of blowing by
horse. It is interesting to note that
the cost of the machine is about $500,
an amount that does not seem pro-
hibitive for a large farm, where a
thorough test of the new machine
could readily be made. The automo-
bile. unlike the farm animal, does not
have to be fed when 1t is not working,
and 1t is here that q substantial ele-
ment Of economy can probably be Sc
cured.-Harper's Weekly. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
Urine For the Aristocracy.

1t would be worth while, if we wish
The poorer classes to adopt some sensi-
BILE nourishing food, for philanthropic
ladies and gentlemen to make it the
fashion at their own tables, writes
Lady .Greville in the London Graphic.
Let them breakfast on porrldge and
milk. dine on tripe, and end up the
evening with stewed onions, cabbages,
mashed potatoes and sausages. and a
fresh paddock. "Tripe a Ia Duchess"
"Sheep's trotters q la MarQuise," or
"Haddock q Ia General" "PorridSe a
Ia John Burns" Beans q la Bernard
Shaw" might become the fashionable
dishes Of the future.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
The ALASKAN o
Wonderful AntIers of This Northern
Beast Of the Wllds.

ttOuocIIul
Beast Of the WIlds.
After all has been said about the
horns of the worlds greatest horned
animals, there are positively nome that
equal in impressiveness the gigantic
mass that crowns the head of a really
big Alaskan moose. Take them in STU,
as the biologists say, on the head OF
their rightful owner, and in length,
breadth and thickness they inspire IN
the mind of every intelligent human
being a feeling Of genuine awe. l do
not see how even an intelligent dog or
horse can behold a pair of seVenty-lncn
moose antlers without being. profound
" impressed. The antler springs hori-
zontally from an upper corner OF the
head, on a stem Of solid bone that is
like the trunk of a hickory sapling.
A foot or so from the burr it throws
off toward the front, quite gratuitous-
" as it were, two or three big spears OF
bone that are Of much use in q tight.
AS soon as there is for real de-
yelODmeQC, lue Hull otGAi WV
into an enormous slab Of bone, perhaps
two inches in thickness, from twelve
to eighteen inches wide, and from two
to three feet long. This is the palma
ton" and a very appropriate name 1t
is, too; for in the centre it is followed
like a human palm, and studded along
its upper edge with from six to twelve
fingers and thumbs of solid bone.
In sheer exuberance Of strength, and
excess of horn material, an Alaskan
moose antler occasionally throws OH
from the lower surface of its palm, or
it may be from the front of the BEAM
q big, rugged spur-root of bone' when
ALWAYS has an ra-impressive effect
on the beholder. The largest antlers
of Alaskan moose are in the Field
Museum, at Chicago. They have a
spread of seventy-eight and one-lal1
inches. and weigh ninety-three ana
one-half pounds.-From Heads ana
Horns" by W. T. Hornaday, in scrlo-
ner's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
ITO be c%ontinued.)
Voices of the Marsh.

There is q quality in the frogs sere-
made that strikes in ones mind the
chord Of sadness, in another the chord
Of contentment. To me it is the chant
of the savage, just as the boot OF an
owl or the bark of a fox brings my
mind back to the wilderness.
We have been occupied with Thoughts
of the world when out Of the night
comes the soft croon Of a little screen
owl and We are brought back to nature
at once. Our cities are new-this cry
is almost as ancient as the hills. 1t
belongs with the soil beneath our
towns. 1t is the spirit Of the past cry
ing to us. Old books carry US back to
our racial periods, but this cry takes
us back from all books. So the dirge
Of the frog is the cry Of the spirit OF
river and marsh land. That old bulps
croak, how old he must be, probably
greatgrandsire Of the lesser fry. He
must be ancient. At least he is the
chief exponent of the ancient order OF
things.-Walter King Stone, in Recre-
alton,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
A Tin Fruin the Bench.

"When Judge McCay was on the
bench for the Northern District or
Georgia, the attorneyship of which the
President has offered Representative
Carter Tate" said a Georgia represent
,tative, "a young lawyer secured the
attention of the judge and told him
that he wished a postponement of a
case in which he was to appear for the
defendant. The case was n Of SIM
pie moonshining, but the lawyer con-
tended that it would take several hours
for the argument.
~ can understand all you will have
to say in all hours time" said the
judge.
- am satisfied 1 shall take fully
. eight hsurs in my argument contend
ed the lawyer.
Every well; have your own way;
but it will take the prisoner about
three years to tell why he employed
you "-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
An Austrian Custom.

One of the oldest Of the Austrian
customs is the result Of legislation.
According to law every house must be
closed from 10 o'clock at night until q
o'clock the following morning. During
that time each house is in charge OF
an attendant known as the "Hausbe-
sorger," or caretaker. In large apart
ment buildings this Hausbesorger is
usually a uniformed porter. Every
person entering the house between 10
at night and 6 in the morning must
pay to the Hausbesorger twenty he'll
lers -four cents.
This gives rise to/a curious cond1-
ton. Naturally the man who comes
home at early hours need not necessa'
rily pay anything. while the mar who
habitually gets in at 2 OF 3 in the
morning is a frequent. contributor to
the Hausbesorger's bank account. In
quiry of the Hausbesorger concerning
Mr.. A. may result in the startling in
formation that he is a most d~isreputa-
BILE. mean sort of man, while the night
hawk MI. B. will undoubtedly be laud-
ed as a splendid fellow of excellent
reputation. AS a conservator of the
public morals, therefore. the Hausbe-
sorger can hardly be called a success.
Outlook.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
ScbfIier's Mean Revenge.

When Schiller was a boy at schooi
he vas tormented by a Swiss tutor
named Kuplig, who came from the
Grisons canton. Years later, wnen
the poet wrote THE Robbers" he re-
venged himself on Kuplig and n
Grisons by introducing his httle
speech: "To be a scamp you
have genius. Moreover, a speciai ci.
mate is needed for the growth OF
scamps. and to prove this L recon-
mend you to visit the Grisons canton.
It is the veritable Athens Of modern
rascality." In the later editions Oh
"The Robbers" this quaint pit of spleen
does not appear. 1t is suggested that
Schiller was not moved to expunge II
by any remorseful feeling, but by a
very forcible protest from the resi-
dents Of the abused canton against
this calumny.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
III.

That a Mohun Of Yatton should so
far lose himself US to fall in love with
q young woman in the position of Jane
Grand, vas one Of those alterations
concerning which the high moral sense
of county society, generally, could en-
terrain but one opinion.
When 1t became known las every
thing becomes known within twenty
four hours in a village) that Clifford
Mohun had been seen in Yatton woods
with Miss Grand on the evening of his
birthday-instead Of presiding, as he
should have done, at the public parish
reioicings-and that he had called at
James house early the next morning
and had accompanied Jane and Miss
Lynch in their walk upon the same
afternoon-when these things became
known, many and bitter were the
things said about Miss Grand by all
the matron-tongucs within five miles of
Chesterford, many and plying the re-
marks as to that poor silly lads fool
ishness, and the danger in which he
stood Of becoming seriously entangled
with so designing and forward a young
person as his immediate neighbor.
Could any one interfere? Could any
one open his eyes for him? Would it
not, at least, be ones duty to let him
know that Miss Grand had been con-
sidered as living under a cloud ever
49, ol>n E,,.+ {nDIy nm l,np ohn1n in tho
parish of Chesterford?
There was a mystery about her.
What was she ever sent into that part
of the country for, at all? What real
relation was Miss Lynch to her? Was
there, in reality, any relationship be-
tween them? What did they do when
they went to London once in three
years? They had no visitors; they had
scarcely yer any letters; there was
evidently something exceedingly odd
about them; and they had a small in
come.
Perhaps it was that last sin Of onis-
sion which threw out all their other
transgrcssions and shortcomings into
such f~carfully strong relief. One fact
| was certain; good society in general
had not a dissenticnt remark to offer
whenever the names of Miss Grand
and her governcss were mentioned.
They were rot visited; they were living
under q cloud.
But you are taking a desperately
bold step in asking me TO your ball,
MIR. Mohun. l suppose you think no
one will be angry with you, whatever
you do, but 1 can assure you I hardly
think Mrs. Tenant and her daughters
will be able to breathe through the
evening with me in the room. Jane
Grand at Yatton! the very idea is too
shocking"
"Do you think 500" said Clifford, in
his tender, melting tones. "Now to me
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
RESOURCES OF THE MIKADO.
Japan is Not an Agricultural Country.
Says Mr.. Willard.

Says Mr.. Willard.
First among the natural Of
the country are its agricultural prod
ucts. An impression has gone abroad
that the Japanese are remarkably skill
full agriculturists, who cultivate up to
it's utmost productivity the arabic land
of their national domain, and not a
little Of the present sympathy Western
peoples feel for the japanese desire to
acquire new territories is based upon
the prevailing notion that the country
cannot support its present population.
1t will probably surprise many people
to learn that there is now only about
one-half the arabic land Of Japan in
cultivation. Some time before the war
the Japanese Government appointed a
commission to inquire into the state Of
agriculture In the realm, which in due
time reported certain facts bearing
thereon. Commenting upon the find
ings of this commission, one Of the
leading and more conservative native
journals had this to say:
According to the latest statistics
compiled by the Geological ~1nyestiga-
ton Bureau of the Department of
Agriculture and Commerce, the pres
ent total area of cultivated fields in
Japan forms only 10 2-3 per cent. of
her total area. Comparing this with
the ratios Of cultivated land in foreign
countries it will be seen that the land
cultivated by countries in Europe cev-
ers from one-third to one-haf Of the
total land area. = From the
above (fgures) it will be seen that ia
pan still has forty-eight per cent. Of
the total land area which cal be turned
into cultivated land. There is at pres
ent about 100000 O cho "a cho is equal
to 2.45 acres) of cultivated land in the
country, leaving some 100000 cho to
be still cultivated. Should efforts be
made to turn this arabic land to ad-
vantage, the increase of population is
little to be feared"
Not only is it true that half tho land
in Japan which might be made produc-
tive is now producing nothing, but
even that which is in cultivation does
not produce what it should. Here
again I come in conflict with existing
popular impression. The average tour
list in Japan, observing the tiny fields
and generally neat aspect of agricul-
tural conditions, jumps at once to the
conclusion that the Japanese are ex-
pert farmers. Nothing could be fur
Their from the truth.-"The Financial
Prospects Of Japan" by Thomas F.
Willard, in Scribner's.