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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
One Woman's Wisdom.

Mrs. White-Mrs. Green has more
sense than gave her credit for having.
Mrs. Brown--Why, how's that??
Mrs. White-She is taking cooking les
sons now, but before beginning she per-
suaded her husband to get his life in
sured. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
Application for Liquor License
State OF Minnesota. |
City of Ely.

State OF Minnesota
City of Ely.
Notice is hereby give that application
has been made in writin To the city council
OF the city of Ely and I'll ed In the Office OF
the city clerk praying 70 r a license to sell
Intoxicating liquors for one year cOmmenc-
ing March lst 1905. an ending February
18th, 1906. and to the following Ramed
person, viz:
HOMER BE DFORD
in the lower front room o 4 the building Sit
uated on lot l. block IA. o riginal plat of Ely
Said application to be heard and deter
mined by said city coun, I'll at the council
chambers in the city hall in said city.
county and state on Tu, ssday the 7th day
of March. 1906
Witness my hand and seal of said city
"a s-iO L. EgSTE CITY CLERK.
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TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE B, 1873.
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office. Duluth,
MINI

NOTICE for Publication.
United States Land Office. Duluth.
MINI.
Dec. 3Oth, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that in COM
pllance with the provisions of the act
OF Congress OF June 8, 1878, entitled
An act Tor the sale of timber lands In
the states of California, Oregon, Neva-
da and washington Territory" as ex-
tended to all the Public Land States by
act OF August 4. 1892.
Frank l.. Savoy. OF Ely. county OF St.
Louis. State or Minnesota. has this day Ill
ca In this ONCE his sworn statement No. 1877
for the purchase Of the NWA OF NWA OF
Sec: 70 ana NEA of NEA of Sec. q. Up. SIN.
And will offer proof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for its
timber or stone, than for agricultural
purposes. and to establish his claim
to said land before Geo. Wescott U. S. Com
missioner. at his Office at Ely. Mimi. on Fri
day, the 7th day of April. 1905. -
lie names as witnesses: Ed. Robinson.
John Smerker. Matt Daniels and VIM. Crib
bon, all of Ely. MINI.
Amy and all persons claiming adj
verseiy the above described lands are
requested to file their claims in this Of
nee on or before said It'll day of April, 1905.
VIM. E. CULKIN. Register.
les
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
A Deficient Cure.

A gentleman from Kentucky recent
" told a story of an old darky down
south who was informed that II ne
were bitten by snake and drank a
quart of whisky the snake would Gle
and he would go unscathed.
"Dar's only one trouble bout dat
cure" the old man said. Il knows
whar dere's plenty snakes. but whar
/ gwine ter git de whisky?"-Chicago
Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
Application for Liquor License.

Application for Liquor License.
State of Minnesota, :.
City of Ely. I fsS
Notice is hereby. given that application
of the city of Ely Mimi. and filed in the
office of the CITY clerk prayingfor a license
to sell intoxicating liquors for one year
beginning March 1905 and ending March g.
1906 and to the following named person. to-
wit; f.
TT. CAMPBELL,
in the lower front room Of the building stu
ated on lot /. block 4 OF Cranes re-arrange-
ment OF lots and s. block 4. original plat OF
Ely. = -
Said application will be heard and deter
mined by said city, council at the council
chambers in the city hall in said city, coun-
ty and state. on Tuesday the 21st day OF
March 1905. 4
Witness my hand, and the seal Of said city
this Sd day of March. 1905.
3-3 $40 l.. j. WHITE. City Clerk,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
A Preference.

Cholly-Which would you rather be-
40 or so?
The Philosopher-Fifty.
Cholly Tin surprise)-You would
Why?
The Observation-Disclosures, while 40 IL
the old age of youth, so is the youth OF OLD
age, and I'd rather be young among the
old, than old among the young.-Ally
Sioper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
Alas! Poor Mary.

Mary had a little can,
Filled full of kerosene;
Mary lit the fire, and
She hasn't since benzine.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
Forfeited.

"Why do you insist on starting that
enterprise on Friday, the 13th?''
Well" answered the morese man,
''the chances are that anything 1 I'M
dertake won't be success. and like
to have something to blame the failure
for "-Washington Star
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Incurable.

I Consulting Physician-Good morning
-er-colonel, what is the trouble?
Irate Military Officer-I am not a
colonel, sir, am general
Consulting Physician-Ah, that is
very sad. I am afraid that can't cure
that.-Ally Sloper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
RighteouslY Indignant.

Barber uggestively1-Your hair is
very dry and harsh, sir.
Customer (wrathfully)-And one of
your ears is a good deal bigger than
the other, but you don't care to have
people twitting you about it, do you?-
Tit-Bits. -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
Wanted Information.

Doc Jones little boy is forever LOSING
his personal belongings and calling on
his father to help find them, and the doc
tor is very absent-minded."
''All right, I've got that down"
We'll, the other day a rich patient
asked the doctor: Where shall go fol
my health?' I don't know replied he;
where did you have it lost? Houston
Post. .--. -
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The Latter,

Howell--The Cowells have moved
into a scandalous neighborhood.
Powell-What is it-very poor or
very rich?-Town Topics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
THE GREAT NORTHERN.

Leave Arrive
$50 am lSt. Paul and MinneapolisIT 9:25 pm
3:45 pm Gopher State Express" 200 pm
*11:l5 pm st. Paul and Minneapolis = 1:lO am
st. Cloud.
D go am Wlllmar and Sioux City 9:25 pm
Grit North'n Flyer
Crookston, Grand
$3.50 am Forks. Helena, Butte, 7:10 am
Spokane Seattle and
2:2o pm Swan River. Hibbing and 1920 pm
Virginia
= 3:4S pm Sioux City Express 200 pm
Crookston, Grand
8:15 pm M, potks, winnipeg. $3.50 pm
kota points.
*Daily. daily except Sunday
Twin City Sleepers ready at 900 p. m.
Duluth City Office, Spalding Hotel corner.
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without Delay.

He fervently)--I would go through
anything for you.
She (sweetly)-Well, let's begin with
your bank book.-Casselrs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-03-10
Her Answer.

Her Answer.
He--And why do you think / am a
poor Judge of human nature?
She-Because you have such good
opinion of yourself.-Chicago News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
Glories of n Dakota Winter,

From out of the haymow echoes the
homely cackle of busy 'biddies" lining
their nests with two-cent eggs. The
wheel tire creakS a shri!l melody on
the frosty track, while the roadside
wires, linking the farmstead to the
throbbing heart Of the great, busy
world. keyed to Aeolian pitch, fill the
air with rhythm. The bouquet of rich,
pure ozone is in the air. 1t races
through the veins, mounts to the brain,
sparkles in the eye, and bursts from
the lips in laughter and shouting.
Sing. if you please, the beauties Of the
tropics, Of teeming, swarming life, Of
perennial foliage. flowers and fruit;
extenuate the "lukewarmness' Of more
temperate climes, and endure the pen
etrating chill Of lower altitudes-if
you know no b%ctter-but give me the
CHEEKY, ~rejuvenating, glorious Dakota
winter.-Howard Is. d. Spirit.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The Porto Rican Executive Council
evoked q 100000 franchise granted
20 an American firm for an electric
:ailway.
Order prevails throughout Porto Rico.
Governor W. H. Hunt reports. Never,
since civil government vas established,
las there been a call for the military
,'orces. We have relied upon the Porto
2ican insular police, which Is well able
o meet any situation that may arise.
The Committee on Interisland Trans.
oortation of the Philippine Commits.
sion, headed by Commissioners Cameron
Forbes, has recommended that the use
If army transports be discontinued as
;apidly as commercial steamship lines
Ire extended to cover the points now
served by the transports. The new
commercial lines are to be subject to
Government regulation as to rates, in
spection and quality and frequency Of
service. The committee also recon-.
nends the withdrawal of several coast
guard vessels which are now used for
carrying freight and passengers, IN
.:avor of commercial vessels.
Government control OF the opium
rafic in the Philippines and its abo,-
shment after three years were recon-
nended by a commission in a report to
Secretary Taft. ~,
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Mrs TCWMdsen MiuMalfiie Henry

Miss Matte Henry, Vice-President OF
Danville Art Club. 429 Green Street,
Danville. Va, writes:
ssDear Mrs. Pinkham:-Many years SUI.
fering with femaleweakness Inflammation and
a broken down system made ne more anxious
to die thar to live, but Lydia e. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound has restored my health
and I am 30 grateful for it that I want every
suffering woman to know what Lydia e. II
hams Vegetable Compound will do for her"
When women are troubled with
irregular, suppressed or painful men
situation, weakness. leucorrhea, dis.
placement or liberation of the womb,
that bearing-down feeling, inhamma-
ton of the o~varies. backache, bloating.
Tor fatulencyh general debility, indi-
gestion. and nervous prostration, or are
beset with such symptoms as dizziness,
faintness, lassitude. excitability, irri-
liability, nervousness. sleeplessness,
melancholy, "all-gone" and "want-to-
be~-left.alone" feelings. blues, and hope
lessness, they should remember there
is one tried and true remedy. Lydia
E. Pinktam's Vegetable Compound at
once removes such troubles. No other
medicine in the world has received such
unqualified endorsement. No other
medicine has such a record of cures OF
female troubles. Refuse to buy any
other medicine, for you need the best.
Alightheart, a cheerful couutenance,
and all the charms Of grace and beauty
are dependent upon proper action OF the
bodily organs. You cannot look we'll
unless you feel well.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. Her advice and
medicine have restored thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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varies greatly from year to year. This
death rate is greater in the south thar
in the north; consumption claims thir
ty-one per cent. in the north and TWEEN
ty-eight per cent. in the south. About
thirteen per cent. Of the deaths are
from accidental causes, chiefly drown
in. In 1901 about eighty-four pei
cent. Of the population sustained them
selves by sea. catching. fishing and
hunting. The remainder are connect
ed with the administration, missions
and trades. Since 1884 there has been
a tendency to replace the Europeans
by natives in the subordinate positions
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
STEEL TRUST ATTACKED.
Sells Amor Plate Abroad Cheaper
Than Here, Says Mr.. Lucking.

Sells Amor Plate Abroad Cheaper
Than Here, Says Mr.. Lucking.
Washington. D. c. In the course OF
the House debate on the Naval bill Mr.
Lucking Dem. Mich.) opposed the
measure as in the interest Of the Steel
Trust, which he said sold its armo1
plate to other countries cheaper than
it did to the United States.
The Steel Trust" said he, is sell
ing and furnishing materials to build
up the British Navy and other foreign
navies for about one-third less money
than it gets for furnishing materials
to Dur navy. l believe in putting a
stop to that some way Or other"
As'he sat down Mr.. Lind Dem,
Minn.) arose and added: The late
Chief Constructor of the Navy, AID.
miral Bowles, appeared before the
Claims Committee Of this Congress and
testified that claims were pending by
contract; that after these contracts
were let the Steel Trust compelled
the contractors to pay $40 to $3.50 a
pound for steel forgings, which they
were selling abroad for, and which
were worth in the markets OF the
world, $1.2O."
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' DOMESTIC.

Joseph McGrath, New York City's
oldest voter, died at the age Of 107.
Max Fiddler, a ouiltmaker, of Brook
,yn, N. Y, fell heir to S250.000 a part
If a $500, 900 estate accumulated by his
lncle as a professiones besgar in RUS
ia. 49,
The officers of the Joy Liner Larch-
mont on her arrival at Providence. r.
t.. reported to the police that John A.
Hart, i passenger, had been murdered
IN board in the night.
Governor Higgins sent a message to
the New York Legislature recommend
Ing immediate action to create continu-
JUS water-sHpply commissions for New
York City and the State.
The opening of the Hall Of Fossils at
the Natural History Museum, of New
York City, was celebrated with a tea
and reception.
A bill to prohibit the sale or manu-
cacture of cigarettes in New York
State was introduced in the State AS
sembIy at Albany ..
Three children of Frank Pearsons
were burned to death at Boyne City,
Mich. and the father was badly
burned. ~ ~ r@
An important measure was intro
duced at Albany, N Y, by Senator
Stevens, designed to regulate the In
gestments Of all savings banks Ill the
State.
The body of General Lew Wallace
lay; in state for public view during an
entire day at his late horne, in Craw-
louisville, Ind.
"A resolution was introduced in the
New York State Senate calling for a
Joint legislative Investigation Of the
Telephone Trust. .
Goodness and quick action in a New
ark IN. j. theatre prevented 4 possible
fire horror, the audience quickly and
quietly departing when told there was
danger. y:
James n. Hyde. Of New York City,
was reelected Fice-President Of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society a,
also Chairman Of the Executive aud
Finance Committees. from all of which.
positions the Alexander faction desired
to GUST him.
l. Harrison F. johnson, a Brooklyn CN.
" lawyer. died from q drug taken in
q resort. Two women were held.
W. G.. Smith. Of New Yorb City. the
Woerz hold-up man. was sentenced to-
twenty-five years in State prison:
The senior class Of the Massachu-
sets Agricultural College at Amherst,
Mass. voted to withdraw because OF
the suspension Of three Of its members.
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Irrtfsyaacies.

,st enough labor to give one an ap-
lie for leisure; then enough leisure
the appetite for labor-that
I'D be ideal,
h. reason why men take so long q
G to repent is because they wish to
&c it a first-c!ass. careful job.
writer should have a feminine
meet: first. to inspire him TO pro-
!, and. secondly. TO console him for
rejection Of the production!
g good turn deserves an encore,
10 encores al nauseam.
S foolish to sleep or your rights;
to sleep on your fancied wrongs.
b day of human life is made up
mile, a song and a tear. And 4
y Of years can add nothing to
three simple elements.-New Or
CimeS-Democrat.
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FOREIGN.

Peru has protested against the recent
Chilean Bolivian treaty
The strike in Warsaw. a special cable
dispatch reported. has extended to al!
chemists assistants.
Martial law has been declared at
Tsarskoe-Selo. many threatening let
ters having been received at the pal
ace
Ba1four summoned tine Cabinet to
consider the situation caused by Red
mond's attack on the government or
Ireland.
The Belgian Supreme Court of APP
peal las decided in King Leopold's IA
vor in the suit brought against him by
his da lighters
The report that the engagement Of
the German Crown Prince and tho
Duchess Cecilia has been broken. was
dfscredited at Berlin.
Even Goyernor-G General Trepof, who
has all the troops, police and secret
service men in st. Petersburg under
his command, feared to show himself
outside the seclusion Of his residence.
The students. professors and direct
ors of the University at st. Petersburg
held Il meeting. voted to close the in
stitution until fall and passed resolu-
tons demanding q constituent assem-
bly,.
A special cable dispatch from 3D.
ventor of wireless telegrnphy. and
Lady Beatrice O'Brien will he married
in London March 1G and visit New
York until May.
ReEorts have been received in Odessa
representing the whole Caucasus re
gion as being in rebellion. Armed
mobs have stopped the railway traffic.
cut the telegraph lines and looted the
arSenl!E.
-Four men were killed and fourteen
injured by two explosions on board 4
British submarine boat il the Earbol
OF Queenstown.
Forty thousand men were locked out
in Lodz. a specia! cable dispatch stated.
Japanese newspapers commented ir
sympathetic terms Oh the death OF
Grand Duke Sergius.
Mr.. AsQuith's resolution demanding
immediate submission Of the fiscal
question to the voters OF Great Britain
was defeated in the House Of Com
mons, the Government obtaining 4 ma.
jority of sixty-three.
Mr.. Theodore NJ. Davis, a special
cable dispatch from Cairo stated, has
discovered a royal tomb near Luxor,
containing intact s%arcophagi and a
beautifully preserved chariot.
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Kse.n. A,sA.sTusaous

~ E rr - 49,. y
In Jtne 81 last year a season OF as
sassination opened Tor Russia. Amons
the crimes against persons OF mgf
rank have been the following:
June 16-General.. Bobrikof, Cover
norsGeneral of Finland, fatally shot at
Helsingfors by eugene Schaamann,
Finn. ~
July t7-vice-G overnor of the Cor
eminent of Elizabetpol, a~ssassinated a.
Agdshakent.
July 2s-M. Plehye. Minister OF tht
Interior, killed in st, Petersburg by &
bomb thrown by a young studen,
named Sazonof.
August 1-LieutenaatGenera Bogus
iaysky, chief administrators OF dis
trict in the Caucasus, murdered as
IEdir. . q 2 IA
November 5-GeneraF Tcherrfo, Gov
.erner Of Warsawssthe target for thret
rife shots, fired from a troop train
They missed him. but Killed a gem
dafme who, was standing near him.
Januaryy19AAsct inrge OF case-shof
fred from a. .salating battery at thu
Car during the ceremony Of blessing
the waters of the NeVa.
February 6-Soininen Solsaion, Pro-
curator General { Finland, shot and
killed in his oi.e at Helsin. 'ors b5
Karl L. Hohenthal, a political fanatic
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ELECTRIC ENGINE BURNED.
Only One of It's Kind in Existence
Tests Delayed.

Schenectady, n. Y.-The big electri-
cal locomotive. built for the New York
Central terminal service, was nearly
destroyed by fire at the sub-station at
Hoffman's Ferry, four miles west OF
this city.
The fire started from ar oyerheated
stove in an adjoining shed, and the
flames spread rapidly, destroying
everything in1ammable in the locomo-
tive, and the high winds which pre-
vailed carried sparks to the farm
buildings owned by James Wyatt, a
quarter of a mile away, destroying five
barns. in which fifteen COWS were
were burned to death. -
The. locomotive is the only Il of the
kind in existence. and. although mo-
tors. armatures and wires were melted.
the big machine will be oyerhaulc1
and put into running shape at once.
The accident to the locomotive will de-
lay the final tests, which were to have
beer Leld this week.
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the New York State Assembly of
ers, q prominent New York doctor
he 500 women present thathealthy
lean women were SO rare as to be
st extinct.
is seems to be a sweeping state
Of the condition of American
IN. Yet how many do you know
e perfectly well and do nothave
trouble arising from a deraDge-
of the female organism which
tests itself "a headaches, back
5, nervousness. that bearing-down
ng. painful or irregular menstrual
leucorrhna. displacement of the
as, ovarian trouble, Indigestion or
,lessness? There is a tried and
remedy for all these ailments.
ia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
I'd has restored more American
len to health than all other RENE
: in the world. 1t regulates,
ngthens and cures diseases of the
ale organism as nothing else can.
thirty years it has been curing
worst forms of female COM
nts.
,ch testimony as the following
lid be convincing.
rs. T. C. Willadsen, Of Manning,
writes:
r Mrs. Pinkham:-
can truly say that you have saved my life
I cannot express my gratitude to you in
ds. For two years spent lots Of money
octoring without any benefit for mem
al irregularities and I had given up all
g Of ever being well again, but I was
uaded to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
Compound and three bottles have re-
ed me to perfect health. Had it not been
you I would have been in my grave
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
From the Seat of War.

Admiral Togo hoisted his flag on The
Mikasa at Kure.
Marquis Oyama reported skirmishes
In which the Russians were repuised.
General Baron Kaulbars has taken
command OF the second Manchurian
army.
Reports from General Nogi show that
Port Arthu; was fairly well supplied
with ammunition. z
General Kuropatkin reported that
Russian scouts had surprised and bay
oueted fifty Japanese on the Iaitsa
River. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-15
JAY COOKE DIES.
At One Time Greatest Of Tinanciers ir
America.

At One Time Greatest OF Tinanciers ir
America.
Philadelphia. Pa.-Jay Cooke died at
10 o'clock at night at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. Charles D.. Barney. at
Ogontz, Pa. He was In his eighty,
fourth year.
Jay Cooke was regarded at one TIME
as the greatest f%iuancier in America.
Of him Grant saiG in 1865:
without Jay Cookies aid the money
to finance the Federal war loans could
not have been raised, aud the rebellion
might. have succeeded
Born in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1921, OF
ancestors who came oVerhin the May
flower. Jaw Cooke was identified with
philadelphia since 1883. In 1S46Ehs
was a member Of the famous banking
house Of e. ". Clarke & Coz of Phila.
delphia, and negotiated the Govern.
ment loans for the Civil War.
Later he established his own banking
house and he founded the First Ma
tionaI Bank of Washington. and the
First National Bank Of Philadelphia
Among many. great enterprises he IN
dertook and began the building of tbs
Northern Pacific Railroad.
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a E. plukham's Vegetable COMPOUND Succeeds Where Others Fa
Ono Of Pa-nell's superstitions.

The daughter of Mr.. Justin McCar'
thy gives some interesting rcminis'
cences of Dir. Parnell. She mentions
one curious instance of his superstition
Zone evening Parnell was talking tc
me at the coffee stage Of dinner, and
I. gazing at him with rapture. was
vaguely stirring mine and going to
drink it, when he said: "You must not
drink that; you have stirred it the
wrong way, and it would be unlucky.
Get another cup "-Leslie's Weekly.
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|, Formulation OF Greenland.

ling &c tie census Of 1901.
are I1,S93 inhabitants in Green
increase Of 1877 since 1890.
crease Includes Al EskimoS.
cd by Captain Holm in 1894.
-.opean population was d.. No
y exists il Greenland. The
villages are Sukkertoppen with
Julianshaab with 3a3 inhabi-
The census shows thar the
'eenlanderS are Of pure Eskimo
The remainder OF the pO2Ula-
viewer, is greatly mixed. The
i'd the death rate Of Greenland
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Manufactures Hold We'll.

Iron furnaces and steel mills operate
close to their full capacity, and the
quarterly report of the leading concern
showed an enormous tonnage of bust
ness OH the books at the end OF the
year. despite the fact that the closing
months of 1904 made very good e2hib-
its. Wooden mills maintain records
IF activity, but there is still much to
be desired at cotton plants, and shoe
factories have only a moderate amount
If business i'll sight.