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ever, is admitted to be an abnormally late one, and especially in the South Atlantic states as was shown in the last census re- turns to September 25th.
 An important point in connection there. with, is the crop as late as 1t was in 1908? If 90 the percentage of tho crop ginned to October 1sth would be about 37 per cent. as was the case that year: and on this basis, although none are of this opinion maximum estimates now being 12.500.ooO bales, the years indicated production would be about 13.500.000 bales
 on the crop by a prominent firm. the yield being placed at only Il. 100000 bales. but while Texas and the Indian Territory CT group of states were credited with only 7.s0o.0 .00o There is . possibility of frees ing weather for Texas tonight and on this presumption the market is steadying up near the close.
 Yours truly.
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Total Movement,

Total today at all ports. net 1l1,b52; tinent l3,s4l: to Japan lss: stock sls5ss.
 Consolidated at all ports. net 257.25s: shipments to Great Britain 53.736; To pan 10.233.
 Total since Sept, 1. at all ports. net r. 964. .233: shipments to Great Britain 628. Ss6: to France 114,426; to continent 4S6.6sl; to Japan 1S.5S2
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F. F. Johnstone & Co. Cotton Buyers and Warehousemen
 Cotton Bought Any Point in Alabama. Storage and Con.snmen Solicited Lowest Insurance best facilities
TnR WEATHER.

Daily Lscal Weather Report aaA Ravss
 Dullee1n. United states Department of Agriculturh . Iocai obssryeticn tCsptral Tius.)
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NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES.
 New Orleans, Oct.23-Cotton futures clos ed steady on the New Orleans Cotton Ex- change today. Quotations ranged as 1ol-
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rREAsuRY BALANCES,

Washington, Oct. 23-Todays treasury baaanca exclusive of the gold reserves show:
 Available cash balance S222.694.711 Gold coin and bullion .... 107.364, l3A
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LIVERPOOL COTTON FUTURES.
xrw YORK COTTON FUTURES.

New York, Oct. 23.-Cotton futures clos ~d steady on the New York Cotton FIX change today. Quotations ranged as 1oi-
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NsW YORK PRODCCE,

NsW YORK PRoDCCE. New York. Oct. 23.-Cotton seed oil firm. Petroleum steady.
 Rosin firm: strained common to good $4. 20qs4.30.
 Coffee spot Rio quiet: Nc. : invoice sc mild steady.
 sugar raw quiet: fair refining. 31ac: centrifugal a6-test 4c: molasses sugar 3lA c: refined steady.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON OIL. New Orleans. Oct. 23.-Cotton seed OH prime 39c; crude 2ec.
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NEW ORLEANS SUGAR MARKET. New Orleans Oct. 23-Sugar steady. un changed
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MEMPHIS COTTON OIL. Memphis, Oct 23.-Cotton seed oil; primo crude soc; choice meal 325. 50; primo mea S23 .Oo; prime caks 326. %.
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Montgomery. Oct. 2s. 1906.
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ST. LOUIS PRODUCE. St Louis. Oct. 2a.-Flour steady. Whiskey steady S1 33. Pork lower; jobbing $l6 i5. Lard higher: prime steam s9.35. Dry salt meats steady: boxed extra shorts s9,2 25; clear ribs ss.62lx short cesr S9S71a
 Bacon steady: boxed extra shorts 5000: clear ribs s1o. .621a: short clear $10.S7h.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK,

KANSAS CITY LIVE STUCK. Kansas City Oct. a3.-Cattle receipts 2l000 including 2.400 Southerns. Market steady to strong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
ST. LOUIS CLOsIN GMARKETs.

ST. LOUIS CLOSIN EMARKETS. St. Louis. Oct, 2S.-rhe St, Louis grain markets today ranged as follows:
 Wheat Dec 71%@% range 71h to 71%. May 76k e $ bid: range 75A to 76A Cornt- Dec. 40k asked. May 41%qh bid.
 Oats:- Dec 33 bid: range 32 < e 33 to 3S May 34h bid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24

NEW YORK CLOSING s.ocK LIST.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01

China Of a place In one % the corps Of
engineers organized BY that country
for the development % It's railroad
system. The Odfer came. too. from q
young Chlnaman Who vas taking a
graduate course a. Cornell while she
vas there. The graduate stndent vas
sent here. q Is said. not only 10 In
crease his technical knOwledge % en-
cheering. but % obtain for his eoun-
try the best engineers 90 be had Tie
watched Miss Blatch's WOTk closely
and offered her a place.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01
SUCCESSFUL SCULPfRESS.
Miss Evelyn LOnemaH Of Chicago
Awarded Fifteen Thousand
Dollar Prize.
To Carve Bronze DooRs q Annapolis
NaSalAeoasmy-Iias Attaissd Fame
Through tier Flsuse % " Victory"
&C 50. Louis Fair.

when the new bronze entrance doors
Of the Annapolis Naval Academy are
completed and hung in place there will
exist another monument 20 the skill
Of American women. Colonel Robert
H. Thompson. who PFesepted these
doors 20 the academy as a memorial
Of the class % 'sS. stipulated In making
the Ofer that the design selected for
the doors should be awarded by cOmpe-
tition the winner 60 receive a prime %
ti5.O'o. There we're thirty three CON-
pe,i,Ors for this prize. an unusually
large number. and the designs submit
ted are said TO have been Of a high
degree of excellence. The votes Of all
i've jurors we're east for the model pre-
sented b. Miss Evelyn d. Iongman. Of
Chicago
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01
Greatest Natural Disasters If
History.

POmpeii and Herculaneum de-
stroyed by eruption Of Mount Nesuvius
A. d. -; more than 2p.0o0 lives lost.
Earthquake In Cunstantinople. thou
sands killed year $50.
Catania. Sicily. $1,000 persons killed
by earthquake, year 1871.
Syria. 2Ug"y killed by earthquake:
year HISS
CIlicia. 2o.ooo killed by earthquake;
year less
Palermo. earthquake. 5000 lost veal
i79s.
Canton. China. I.O00. O00 los, BY
earthquake. November -. iT3i.
Knchan. North Persia. $1,000 lOst:
earthquake. year 1855
Lisbon. city ruined by earthquake.
Is. 900 killed November. 1855.
Aleppo. destroyed by earthquake,
thousands killed. year ls22
Canton earthquake. 5000 lost: May
%. 1890
Calabria. earthquake. 10000 lost:
year 1867
Island Ut Krakatua volcanic erup
ton. 1913 lives lost: May 20. 1854.
Eruption IT Mauna LUa. Hawaii. "a
killed: year 1850.
Isle u lschia. earthquake. 2.OUo lost;
year 1850
Charleston. s G.. earthquake. 81
lives los' Augusi % 1856
Bandalsan volcanic eruption. 1000
killed. July 1855
Island Of Hondp Japan earthquake
I0.O0H killed October. 1891.
Venezuela. earthquake. 1880 Killed:
April "a 1894
Guatemala. earthquake. great loss Il
life. April $50:
81 Pi.rr" Nariiniqu" Mont Pclco
May. lsJs. loss II life. t0.p1u.
Vcsuyian tuNus destroyed 10y erup
ti0n - volcano. April. 1855. i00 ~
nore killed.
san Francisco. April rs. 1906. earth
quake. followed By frr.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01

in the already hardened shell that sur.
rounds the inner mass. That shell
must give gay n some point. Aside
from the CuniTactiOns Of the earth 3
surface. another cause l. given that
might affect the changing Of the sur.
face Of given part Of the world This
cause Is the accumulation Of a vast
weight Of sedimentary deposit brought
down by rivers. For example. the Mis-.
sissippi River b. entirely made up %
the deposits u the streams Washing
down from higher lands The weight
u that depUsIt would b. difRcult To
calculate. and resting upon a portion
of the earth's she'll. might occasion It's
sinking This theory Is held by some
scientists iu cunnsctiOn with the Cali.
fOrnia disaster. for the Sacramento
River Il The drpusitOr Of vast weights
u sediment in the Pacific waters near
San Francisco
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01
THE SURGERY OF THE AN
CLIENTS.

What Il known to modern dentists
as bridge work vas familiar 90 the
Eiruscans. Ne extant specimens attest
according Co an interesting article In
the British Medical Journal Plaster
ears. noses and lips were common
among the Indians where the cutting
on % these features was a punishment
much In use and Greek and Roman
veterans Who had lost a leg % an arm
In war tried e. make good the de-
hciency By artificial substitutes Il IL
stated further:
What Is said 10 b. the oldest artih-
Cial leg In existence b nov In the mu-
scum Of the Royal College Of Surgeuns
Of England Ii Was found In a t0mb
AZ Capua Pliny speaks Of a Roman
warrior Who. a CENTURY and a half BE-
fore the birth Of Christ. wore an arti.
manipulate a sword IN the Middle
Ages artificial limbs sometimes r.
paired the disablements of gar The
iron hand Of GOetz Won Berlichingen
vas an ingenious piece Of mechanism
made for that famous knight in 1894
4 century later an ARTIFICIAL hand Was
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01

frum the south wing 81 the Capitol,
with which IL u To be- connected ny
an underground passageWay. through
which members % Congress may pass
hack and forth from the legislative
hall TO their Offices. There are 40
once rooms. providing a rom for each
Representative In Congress and Dele
gate. and leaving vacant nineteen
rOOms for a future grONth in the mem
bership e the HIuse through a reap
pOrtiunment % districts oT the admis-
sion % neW States. The House annex
and the senate Ofice building. also
under construction AZ the opposite end
&C the plaza, are being put up To pro-
vide for the members % ihe National
Legislature. quarters absolutely needed
for the efficient transaction u public
business The great growth In size
81 bojh branches % Congress has
caused the Capitol building 90 be en-
larged. but this was only SUFFICIENT 20
provide the necessary space for the
assembly halls Of House and senate
and the committee ru1ms. the latter
In many cases being sman and lady
ventilated Under present conditions
individual members tunless they hap
pen 20 De- chairmen % c0mmitteesl
have M Offices and a badly cOngested
condition exists. Realizing the need
~ une great Legislative centre where
Senators and Representatives may
cunceutrais their activities aud be
comfortably CHARTERED Congress three
years ago authorized the construction
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01
seulvtrsss 10 Already Fsmous.

The best known wOrk of Miss Long
man Is the bronze figure Of Victory.
which was carved for the Festival Hall
at the 81. Louis Worlds Fair. For
this she was awarded a silver medal.
AZ the close Of the fair the original
vas brought To the Chicago Art lnsti-
tute. A bronze reproduction has been
purchased by the Union League Club
and will adOrn the entrance 10 the club
rOoms.
Another one Of Miss IIOngman's
works which has won communication u
a bronze figure Of Death" which she
recenily completed. and which Is 10
be placed ON the Story monument In
the cemetery az Lowell. Mass.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01

from the effect Of the Capitol itself.
The exterior design for the buildings
Is classic. suggesting Ia It's general a.
vision % parts the GaTde Meuble in the
Place De Ia COneorde. Paris. while the
pavliOns are modelled ON those Of the
COlOnnade De Louvre INTELLECTUALLY
the front II divided into two parts. the
lover corresponding 10 the first story
Of the building constituting a 'rusti-
Gated base. on which. extending
through the second and third stories,
Is the colonnade. surmOunted by It's
entablaturc aud balustTade. II Is be-
lieved that the effect % the two flank
ing buildings will BE- 10 give unity 20
the whole scheme and To emphasize
intellectually the great beauty % the
Capitol. all VI the lines leading up 70
and centering In is dome.
Work Progressing Rapidly.
Although the digging % the trenches
for the House once building vas be-
gun less than a year ago. the structure
Is nov up 20 the first floor line. To
hasten the work Elliott Woods. Super
intendent % the Capitol. directed that
construction begin before all the speci.
fcatiOBs and contracts we're complete.
This vas done through letting out the
stone contract first. by authority % the
House Building Commission. u is cal
culaiesi that both buildings will DC
ready for the Sixtieth Congress.
In accordance with Masonic tradl.
tiOns. the ceremony vas conducted IN
the open air. In a simple. unOstenta-
tious manner. 10 every detail Il cnrre-
spOnded As nearly as practicable with
the historic ceremony in which Presl.
dent Washington participated. The
articles placed In the cornerstone we're
largely identical in character With
those deposited In the original CAPT
toll stone by Federal Lodge. and. a.
both President Roosevelt and Speaker
Cannon are members u the Masonic
order. the occasion In every way bar
m0niEed with the spirit u the cere-
mOny directed by the Virginia iurisdic-
ton in laying the cornerstone u the
Capitol.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01

WOrn by Christian. Duke q Brunswick.
Ambrose Pare devised artificial limbs
With movable joints. which were made
for him by artlhcers. &C whom LOr.
raine. q lOcksmith. vas the EsOst
famous. Pare devOies a special chap
ter 10 the means &C repairing or sup
plying natural az accidental defects
In the human body. lie describes ar.
tificial eyes and noses. an artificial
tongue and an artificial palate. AZ q
later period Father Sebastian. Car.
melite monk. made movable arms and
hands In the earlier part q the sey.
enieenth ccntury Peter Lowe. In bis
'DiscOurses on the whole Art 10
Chirurgery.' gives representations q
artificial legs. About the middle u
the same century Falcinelli. Flown
tine surgeon. mentions the use % ar.
tihcial eyes % silver. gold and crystal
painted In various e0lors.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01

are never caused by volcanoes. but by
faalting plains. This II particularly
true Of both seab0ards of the United
States. Mr.. Walcott and other sciea-
lists 90 the Geological and Geodetie
Surveys agree that scientifically the
recent Disturbances we're caused By
conditions identical with those pertain
ing during the earthquake which De-
molished Charleston. 3. G.. on August
81. 1855. Volcanoes occasionally cause
shaking % the earth's crust. bot the
Disturbances occasiOned BY pent-up
gases seeking % escape are felt 0aly
locally.
The cause generally attributed 10
earthquakes Il the gradual cooling u
the earth. which h known 20 still be .
mOlten mass inside. when any object
eoois q contracts. and 50 vii the earth
~ Il grows colder. This contraction
would unavoidably cause . dlsturhance
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01
LAYING CORNERSTONE.
Impressive Ceremony Incident "a
Construction Of New Capt
toll buildings.
Prssldeat Roosevelt and Spsaksr
caanon. Both Masoas, Are PrsnSi-
pal Actors O.OOO.O Cor Sen
ste and lt0ase.

When President Roosevelt. on April
itth. laid the cornerstone % the neS
uffice building for the House % Repre-
sentaiives. u marked the beginning 81
improvements on Capitol Hill which
will make that section Of Washington
comparable with the ancient hills Of
Rome and Greece crowned with mag.
nihcent buildings In which met the
solOns Of ages past
This new building occupies . square
and e about q hundred yards distant
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01

% the House and Senate once
buildings.
senate csremoay Nerd Pan.
The House annex vas started FIRST
and II In a more advanced stage %
CONSTRUCTION than the Senate building.
though the cornerstone Of the latter
may be- rcady IN pat In place next Fall
Il II estimated that the twO buildings
together Will Involve On outlay %
about ten million dollars. In size ana
design they are identical: they occupy
Positions balanced In their rclatiOa to
the Capitol and are planned 20 a. into
a general architectural scheme. The
height Of the buildings has been re-
stricted that they may not OyerpOwer
the Capitol. and they have been kept
simple In design. without pedimenis.
d0mes or other accentuated points 20
prevent their detractlng In any way
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01
WOMAN CIVIL ENGLNEER.
0rasasasshtsF si EiFs. Stanton lias
Of1sr % % % China.

Miss Nora stanton Blatch. grand.
daughter % Mrs. Elizabeth Cady stan
ton. II now q member u the Americas
Society % Civil Engineers. She h the
first woman admitted 20 membership
and. Il II said. there was not a dissent
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01

Taft. She Il rather proud OF the fact
that she has never studied abroad. and
also that she has been able 10 meet
all the expenses VI her artistic edu-
cation herself.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01
Lee this $500" Gravity
Washind Machine do
your Washing Free.

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o. - m possr. - mah. % vush 80
yuar6a t.3-tlLs u.se-r = 80 th-a of4SitI.
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The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01

An ostrich eGE weighs about three
and a half pounds. u h les delicate
In favor than = hen's eeg. although
perfectly eatable. u 10 q curious faet
that osiFich egss win keep fresA fog
TOO o. three m0aths TIE ncsh % tie
ostrich Itsslt Il edible. being not unllks
veal In EaNor.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-01

Miss JSngmans design has two pan
els representing Peace" and War" On
the pcare panel ts q figure symbOlixing
science. an old man In an attitude Of
dep thought. explaining q dificult
problem To Two students Of the acad-
envy On the var panel patriotism II
rrprrsented By a female figure. sym
bolical also Of the home. the protection
Of which IL assumed Ca be the reason
far the existence Of the navy. Under
her drapsTies u a coat % aTmOr. and
with one hand on a cannon she points
With the other 10 the distance. where
mEsts Of ships skOW the destination Of
the marching hgures In the back
ground.
In the upper panels Of the door arr
fesiOOns supported BY shells-Of Oak
leayes over the war panel and olive
over thar Of peace In the lower panels
Wreaihs % the same leaves inclose the
names q naval heroes. In the transoni
L. the dedication 90 the class of %.
and above the transom II q group rep
resenting fame-tWo laurel-crOWned
hgures O1 either side Of an altar-like
pedestal With an inscription 90 John
Paul Jones. whose bones are TO res,
In the crypt Of the chapel. The Pedes-
tai l. surmOunted by q tripod. frOm
which issue flames. symbOliEing endur-
ing fame.
Award % Wo@sa Uapre1sAsaaea.
The award Of this prize 60 a woman
h said To b. an unprecedented event In
the artistic history % the country. and
a bright future Is predieted for the
young srulptrcss.
Il consider Miss IIOngman 20 Be one
Of the must promising of our yoHnerr
sculptOrs." said Mr.. Daniel G. Preach.
whose assistant she has been Tor the
last four years.
Miss LOngman Was bSrn In Win
chester. Ohio. her father. Edwin n.
l0nEmah. being q musician and an ar
list Drawing was one % her childish
amusements. and she began modelling
without instFurtiOa On the art depart.
ment Of Ollvei COIlege. Her work there
attracted the aftentioa of dorado Tar.
Who invited her Co enter the Chlcaeo
Art Institute ~ his pupil She ala 70.
81 during the hrsi year paid her en-.
p.9ses By dOlng library wOrk. Then
she Vas made an assistant Instructor
In thu school and q year az two later
she came t0 New FORA. where shs
econ after became N assistant % Mr.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-15
DAMAGE is DONE BY
The BUGS IN FIELD,
Loss Amounts To Thousands
Bales.
sUMTER's FARMS ARE RAv4cED
Thousands of Bales VIII Sc Lost
Here as Result of Attack of Wee
Vil-On Some Farms Loss Amounts
To- Fourth or Half

a tiny bug, little larger than an or
binary fes, ID costing the farmers OF
Sumter county thousands of dollars
many thoueands-in the destruction oil
their cotton. Already the loss has been
very great, and viii be etupendous be-
fore the crop season is ended.
The insect is not the boil weeyil of
Texas infamy, but as rose is ''iust as
sweet by another NAME" so is the de.
straction wrought in the fields just as
great by this unknown but deadly bug.
1t is here, probably to stay, and
ruin lies in its trail.
Already the Times Recorder has told
of the general prevalence of this insect
in the cotton fl aids here, but the dam
age done and the danger still impsnd-
ing is greater than supposed Thous-
ands of bales of cotton will be destroy
ed here this season.
One of the largest planters of the
county stated yesterday that the loss
on his farm would be not less than
twenty five bales, while another would
lose four times that number.
Another extensive planter thinks his
entire crop will be cut one fourth; pos~
sibly more than that.
The little bugs are all over the coun-
ty. On every plantation where careful
examination of grown bolts is made
they are to be found in countless num-
bers. And wherever they appear it
means the destruction of a goodIy por-
ton of that farmers crop
Some of the little bugs were exhlb-
tied in bottle here yesterday.
They are Matched out from eggs laid
upon the boil in it's younger stage,
and when fully grown they bore into
it. For some time thereafter the boil
appears perfectly sound, outwardly.
but already it is rotten inside and will
amount to nothing
As the rRvRges of the insect is so gem
eral in this section of Georgia it means
the loss of thousands of cotton bales
this season.