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The independent., 1906-10-04
OLD CHINATOWN REBUILDING
Picturesque Portion of San Francisco
is Being Rebuilt

San Francisco-One of the first per-
manent buildings to be erected in the
old Chinatown district is now we'll un-
der way. 1t is class c structure,
with pressed brick exterior and will
comprise four stores and about fifty
rooms for lodging house. The pic
turesque old hillside, with its squalid
tenements, has been purged by fire,
but the placid Celestials will gather
on the old site in more conventional
dwellings, set up again their joss
houses and put out their cabalistic
red paper and their crimson lanterns.
San Francisco shall always have an
Oriental city in the heart of the mu-
nicipality.
The independent., 1906-10-04
PlTTsBURG WILL NOT HOLD OUT
English Writer Sees Chicago and Buff
faIo Superseding Pennsylvania
as an Iron Center

London-A curious controversy has
been started here regarding the pre-
dominance of Pittsburg as the seat
of the iron and steel industry in the
world
A we'll known scientific writer has
maintained that Pittsurg will retain
her predominance on account of the
proximity of the fuel supply.
Now another authority declares that
Pittsburg is bound to be superseded
by Chicago and Buffalo. He points
out that the Pennsylvania city has
to haul it's ore 1,500 miles and it's
limestone $50 miles.
I'm the race for supremacy in the
production of pig iron and steel" he
says, in conclusion, "Pittsburg is
bound to be beaten by Chicago and
Buffalo, for the simple reason that
there is less ton mileage per ton of
pig iron and especially as these ton
miles for the two places last named
are mostly by water"
He maintains that if the Spaniard
could only wake up to the possibili-
ties of his rich supply of iron, he
could reap princes ransom by i'm
porting for two tons of ore one ton
of coke and doing some work.
The independent., 1906-10-04
A Notre Dame LADY

will send free with full instructions. some
of this simple preparation for the cure OF Leu
corrhRa. liberation Dispiacements. Falling
Of the Womb. Scanty or Painful Periods. Tuu !.
ors or Growths, Hot Flashes, Desire to Cry
Creeping feeling up the Spine. Pain in the
Back, and all Female Troubles to all sending
address. To mothers of suffering daughters I
will explain Successful Home Treatment. If
you decide to continue it will only cost about
l2 cents week to guarantee cure Tell other
sufferers of 1t. that is all ask. If you are in
terested write now and tell your suffering
friends of it. Addre Mrs. M. Summers, Box
169 Notre Dame. Ind.
The independent., 1906-10-04

tion of Charles e. Hughes as the gov
ernor of the state of New York"
w. R. Hearst, the democratic NOM
inee, returned tonight from Pough-
keepsie, where he spoke to a large
audience, but only indirectly referred
to the action of the convention at Buff
falo yesterday. Up to the present
Mr.. Hearst has given out no state
ment of acceptance and at his head
quarters tonight it was stated that
Mr.. Hearst had not as yet received
official notification of his nomination
by the convention.
The independent., 1906-10-04
Mothers! Mothers !! Mothers!!!
Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup

has been used for over SIXTY YEARS by MI :
LIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDRI,' I
while TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS;
It SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUM,
ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLIC, aud
is the best remedy for DIARRHEA. Sold by
Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure
and ask for MRS. Winslow's Soothing Syrup"
and take NO other kind. Twenty-Five cts. bottle.
The independent., 1906-10-04

WOOD, J. c., & CO., successors to
Soukup & Wood. Expert cleaners
and dyers, 1920 N ST., Lincoln, Neb.,
Phones: Auto 1892, Bell lat. Mail
order work carefully attended to.
The independent., 1906-10-04
more RAILWAYS NEEDED
Amazing Growth of Traffic Fast Out
running Capacity of Ex-
i listing Lines

.
the business expansion of the country
will be surprise at the. situation
which now confronts the entire rail
road interests of the United States.
We have outgrown our railroads, and
at this, the most favorable season OF
the year for expeditions handling of
freight, practically the whole railroad
system of the country is so over
whelmed with business that there is
real shortage Of cars and an utter
inability to handle freight promptly.
On many railroads the running of
trains on schedule time seems to have
become thing of the past Serious
as this is, it does not come as sur
prise to those who have been watch
ing the relative growth of the coun-
try and it's railroads.
Comparing the mileage, the number
of cars, locomotives and ton mileage
VI IuC 1 dill OduS VI Lie COuuIly III
1895, 1900 and 1904 we have the fol
lowing:
Mileage-1S95, 1S0,955; 1900, 1884,
321 1904, 212,34S.
Cars-1905, 1,265,10S 1900, 1885,
253 1904, 1,770,SS4.
Engines-1S95, 36,610; 1900, 3S,065;
1904, 1858
Ton Mileage-1895, 1885,, ,770,S01;
1900, 41,162, ,109,413; 1904, 1858,
1852, ,13O.
Passenger Mileage-1s95, 1852
202,551 1900, 16,313,2S4,471; 1904,
%, ,167, ,124,1S4.
These figures show an increase be-
tween 1885 and 1904 of $1,000 miles
of II per cent, while of cars there
was an increase of $4,000, or nearly
40 per cent, and of locomotives $4,000,
or about 33 per cent. The total ton
mileage of freight traffic increased by
IS. 900. 900 tons. or just little less
than 100 per cent, and the passenger
mileage by 9,5O0,000,00O, or Is per
cent. These figures give some indi-
cation of the very great Improvement
in the traffic per car and per locOmo-
tive. With gain of only 33 per cent
in the number of locomotives the
freight traffic has increased nearly
100 per cent while the mileage of
railroads increased during the period
II per cent. Since 1904 this growth
in traffic has gone on still more rap
idly, and we are now at point where
the present railroads with their pres
ent equipment have reached the ut
| most limit of their facilities, and a
further increase in traffic would be
practically impossible unless there
should be steady expansion in the
facilities for handling. 1t is true that
the railroads are ordering new rolling
stock and improving their roadbed and
many of them are double tracking,
and some of them in places putting
down three and four tracks, but it
is well worth while considering if we
must either be a breakdown in the
handling of traffic, serious curtail-
ing of business, or a broad expansion
of railroad building, and better equip
ment of existing roads than we had
in the past
The growth which we have seen
during the last ten years, stupendous
as it has been, must of necessity be
far exceeded by that Of the next ten
years. There may be ups and downs
of business, but while we are to e.
pect an occasional slackening from
the present high pressure, each new
! burst of activity carries the country
The independent., 1906-10-04
Dyspepsia

Is an indication thdt the
stomach and other digestive
organs are weak, tired or
debilitated. Il causes no
end Of aches and pains and
is most, common where
people bolt their meals and
hurry and worry as they
do in this country.
od'sSarsaparMa
cures dyspepsia-it has "o
magictouch" in this disease.
For testimonials Of remarkable cures
send for Book on Dyspepsia. No. $.
c. l. Hood Co.. Lowell. Moss.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25
SOUTHERN = FARM : NOTES
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ropcS om7ERsS1 70 TAsPrEs sY0cNMASASS TRUCK GROVER


Connecticut have done, in defiance Of
their rigid climate and unfayorable
soil, to make their section most beau
tiful; how, through the operations Of
State Commissions numbers of villages
are connected by roads that seem but
continued parks; how railroad cuts and
fills are covered with the greenest turf
(the hay therefrom defraying the ex-
pense), and every nook of land utilized
for agriculture or ornament We know
what beauty reigns supreme in the
far West, though expense and trouble
come irrigation are necessary to make
the land produce it. Shall our favored
South with it manifold gifts from God
Of climate, soil, water and plant do less
than these?-Mrs. John Van Landing
ham, in Charlotte Chronicle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25
Destrorine Bermuda Grass.

w. F. Mel, Omega, Ala.-I want to
know how and the best way to exter-
inmate Bermuda grass. I have about
ten acres of sandy land, and there are
patches of this grass about in the field
that are from ten feet around to one
eighth acre. In places it chokes out
everything I plant. Please state the
best way to kill it.
Answer-A determined persistent
effort will be necessary to destroy Ber-
muda grass Such places as you de-
scribe should be turned over in winter
just deep enough to get underneath all
the pointed roots Then run over ii
several times with a cutaway or disc
harrow Then a spring tooth harrow
that will pull the roots to the surface.
a few severe freezes will destroy the
vitality of all exposed jointed roots. If
no freeze rake the roots into piles and
haul them away to where they will do
no harm. Plant these patches in cotton
and cultivate frequently with both cul-
tivator and hand hoes until the cotton
covers and shades the ground. Very
small patches may be dug up, and the
roots pulled out with pronged hoes and
hauled away. Next year plant in cot
ton again, and with clean, frequent
cultivation you may get rid Of it.-At-
lanta Constitution.
A much simpler and more effective
way of getting rid of Bermuda grass is
to sow cowpeas broadcast, using one
of the heavy recumbent varieties like
the Red Ripper. One crop of peas will
usually smother Bermuda grass; two
crops rarely fail to accomplish the de-
sired result besides growing pea vines
for hay is a profitable Operation.-Edi'
tor Southern Fruit Grower.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25
t. rxtend Your Life.

According to the theories propounu'
ed recently by Dr.. Wilhelm ostWa!u
Of the University of Leipsic, IN MS
lecture before the students OF Column
hia University, the length of human
life depends upon the store of psychic
anorgy which is within the body. Inc
nrolongation of life at pleasure ac-
cording to his theory, should be mere
i, question of revitalizing the Dody
occasionally with this mysterious
force which travels through the nerV'
ons system, and which experiment
has shown to be closely akin to cleo
tricity.
Dr. OSWALD said in part:
Thinking is the most exhaustive
kind of work, because it consumes
more Of this force than any physician
nrocess. 1t has often been found, up
on stopping the process OF thought
that this energy is transformed lnIo
heat in the body, and at the same
time taere is less need Of reinforce
mont of the supply of energy. When
am engaged in severe mental lapoT'
as I have been since coming to Amer
ica / eat twice as much as do When
7 am not SO engaged. This only shows
that the brain is constantly using up
a supply of the energy, and to keep
nm brain work we must keep supply
inc the energy from the outside
Most of this energy comes ID
through food which we eat, but every
sense impression, such as SEEING
hearing or feeling, conveys a certain
amount of force into the body When
the body once receives the energy,
if acts just like any other machine
in it's transferrences. The question
If long life then is simply question
of keeping up the supply. As long as
the vital organs are able to assimiIate
properly, thus providing the body vita
the force that is used up in mental
and physical processes, a person
should remain young.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25

Getting Peaches From Picker TO Packer
Two years ago ! was confronted
with the problem Of getting a crop of
peaches from pickers and packers.
This problem had never been solved
in this region, but only bungled
through by the use Of ordinary one
horse wagons.
Although it was my first crop, bung-
ling methods did not meet my ideas,
SO set out to find a better method
and / solved the problem so perfectly
that l want to report results, after two
years experience, to my fellow grow
ers.
communicated with the makers Of
steel wheeled low down handy wagons,
and had them make me gear light
enough to be handled by one horse.
1t should be built with three-inch
tires, -four-inch front and
thirty-four-inch rear diameter. with
holsters mortised or with yokes for
standards forty-fve inches apart. Then
with ordinary lumber one inch for
bottom and three fourths inch for
sides build box to fit ten inches deep
and ten feet two inches long inside.
This will hold three rows OF eight
pick baskets each, and where the pack
house is properly located will handle a
car load of peaches a day with one
good horse and man.
The wagon is low enough to pass
readily under the trees. and with the
front bolstc built up a little the
wheels will cut under and it will turn
anywhere. No springs will be needed
if the orchard be not rough or rocky
and the soil be mellow. 1t is so low
that it is very easily and quickly
loaded
cot my wagon at a very low figure,
and it more than paid for itself BY
cash saved in the one crop in addition
to the great convenience and salts
factory service given.
Moreover, l built pole for it, and
with two horses it has proved itself
so much superior to any other wagon
for all ordinary farm hauling that it
more than pays for itself again be-
tween fruit seasons. Especially for
hauling manure, hay, cornstalks, rails,
rock, etc, it is so convenient that we
never think of using the ordinary
wagon for that purpose. If the farmer
has no fruit he still needs a handy
wagon-Dr. f. G. Freeman, Chelsea
Ga.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25

The following mixtures are suggest
ed by the North Carolina Agricultural
Experiment Station:
Bordeaux-COpper sulphate, four
pounds; lime, four pounds; water, fifty
gallons.
Weak Bordeaux-Copper sulphate,
two pounds; lime, two and one-half
pounds; water, fifty gallons.
Soda Bordeaux-COpper sulphate,
four pounds; soda sufficient to neutral
ize the bluestone; water, fifty gallons,
Copper Sulphate-COpper sulphate,
one pound; water, seven gallons.
Bordeaux, Paris Green--Copper sui
phate, four pounds; fresh stone lime,
four pounds; water, fifty gallons; Paris
green five ounces.
Sulphur Salt-StOne lime, TWEEN
ty pounds; sulphur, seventeen pounds;
salt, ten pounds; water, to make fifty
gallons.
Paris Green-Paris green, one pound;
water, seventeen to 200 gallons.
Arsenate of Lead-Acetate of lead,
twelve ounces; arsenate Of soda, four
ounces; water, fifty gallons.
Kerosene Emulsion-Kero two
gallons; water, one gallon soap, one
half pound.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25
Chlokens in the Peach Orchard.

The hen and the peach tree are
friends to each other, crd will yield
double profit to the acre if cultivated
together. The roost houses should be
only large enough for one brood. say
twelve or fifteen hens, and one male,
and should be dotted all over the or
chard in regular order. Have 1t so
the hens with broods forage all parts
of the orchard. and you will have no
wormy peaches The curculiO is a
beetle the size of a small wheat grain
of a reddish brown color. 1t can fly,
but it is clumsy and prefers to crawl
1t cuts a crescent moon-shaped scar
on the young fruit, in which it deposits
an egg. The egg remains dormant
until the fruit approaches the ripen-
ing stage, when it matches worm.
The worm subsists on the pulp OF
the fruit until it natures, when it
drops out and burrows into the ground
and there remains until the next
spring, when it comes forth transformed
the perfect beetle and proceeds to re-
new its work Of reproduction. 1t
crawls up the trees and remains there
until the cool of the evening, when it
drops to the ground and seeks shelter
under leaves, grass or anything to
protect it from the cold during the
night, and is an easy prey for Miss
Hen with her hungry Orcod in the early
morning. and she keeps on from tree
to tree until she cleans them up, and
she keeps down the borer to con
siderable extent by devouring the
moth. She is also valuable in the APP
pie orchard and under all fruit bearing
trees. and there is no other ground SO
we'll adapted to chickens as the Or
chard. They find greater variety
of insects and feed largely on the
waste fruit II. E. Shelton, Fayette-
| vile, Ark.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25
BREAD DYSPEPSIA.
The Digesting Element Left Out.

Bread dyspepsia is common 1t af-
fects the bowels because white bread
is nearly all starch, an6 starch is de
gested in the int2stines, not in the
stomach proper.
Up under the shell of The wheat
berry Nature has provided a curious
deposit which is turned into diastase
when it is subjected to the saliva and
to the pancreatic juices in the human
intestines.
This diastase is absolutely necessary
to digest starch and turn it into grape
sugar. which is the next form; but that
part of the wheat berry makes dark
-four, ana the modern miller cannot
readily sell dark -four, = natures vail
liable digester is thrown out AND the
human system must handle the starch
as best it can, without the help thar
Nature intended
Small wonder that appendicitis, peri
tonitis. constipation, and all sorts Oh
trouble exist when we go so contrary
TO Natures law. The food experts that
perfected Grape-Nuts Food, knowing
these facts. made use in their expert
ments of the entire wheat and barley,
including all the parts, and subjected
them to moisture and long continued
warmth. which allows time and the
nroper conditions for developing the
diastase. outside of the human BODY
In this way the starchy part is trans
formed into grape-sugar in a perrecuy
natural manner, without the use OF
chemicals or any outside ingredients
The little sparkling crystals of grape.
sugar can be seen On the pieces Oh
grape Nuts. This food therefore IS
naturally pre-digested and its use IN
mace of bread will quickly correct the
troubles that have been brought aDou'
Inv fine too free use Of starch in the
food aud that is very common in the
human race to-day.
The effect of eating Grape-NHls zen
davs or two weeks and the discontin'
nance of ordinary white bread is very
marked. The user will gain rapidly III
strength and physical and menta.
health.
There's a reason.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25
Tea leaves Used Again.

: "Tnere are some men," said
health officer, who buy from hotels
all their used tea leaves. These they
dry and put on the market again as
fresh tea.
"As a matter of fact there is still
a good deal Of strong tea-plus a good
deal of tannin-ln these used leaves.
They make as black and bitter
brew as the greatest tea tiend would
want to drink, But such brew Is
unwholesome, for the percentage Of
tannin in it is much larger than IN
an ordinary cup Of tea.
used tea leaves are easily made
TO resemble fresh ones. Tney are
dried on hot iron plates, the heat OF
which curls them UP nicely giving
them a natural appearance.
"A cup Of this second-table tea re-
frsshes you tremendously, but after
ward your mouth is drawn up as II
you had been sucking alum."-Phila'
delphia Bulletin.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25
How to Dlstribnts Kanlt.

In Home and Farm a subscriber
wants to know how to distribute
KANT to prevent rust in COTTON. 1t
can be distributed as any other fer.
tilizer = in centre of furrow. If the
land was in cotton last year, distribute
in water furrow. then run a bull
tongue pillow so as to mix the KANT
with soil. 1t can be applied after the
cotton is barred of and chopped out
by distributing it in barred burrows
on one side of the row and covering
it with pillow. Results will be salts
factory in preventing rust and as
fertilizer. Old bottom land that has
been in cultivation a long time is the
worst lard to rust cotton in this part
of Mississippi.-I. Peeler.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25

THERE'S more Catarrh in this section
country than all other diseases put tog
and unit the last few years was suppo
beincurable. For q great many years q
pronouncpdit a local disease and pres
local remedies, and by constantly fail
cure with local treatment, pronounced
durable. Science mas proven Catarrh
constitutional disease and therefore re
constitutional treatment. Halls Z
Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutions
OIL the market. 1t Is taken internally il
ron 10 drops to a teaspoonful, 1t acts
IN on the blood and mucous surfaces
system. They offer one hundred doll
any case it fails to cure. Send for cii
and testimonials. Address +. j. Che
co., ToIedo. y.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Take HALLS Family Pills 10: "ol5.ts
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25
Th rolnt d lh. rrnrerI,.

An old proverb advises the shoe
maker to stick to his last, II means
that a man always succeeds best at
the business he knows To the farmer
it means, stick to your plow; 10 the
blacksmith, stick to your forge; to the
painter. stick 10 your brush When we
make experiments out of our line they
are likely TO prove expensive failures.
II Is amusing, however. to remark
how every one Of us secretly thinks be
could do some other fellows work bet
ter than the other fellow himself. The
painter imagnes he can make paint
better than the paint manufacturer:
the farmer thinks he can do a JOB or
painting better, or at least cheaper
than the painter, and so on.
A farm hand in one OF Octave
Thanet's stories tells The Walking Del
egate OF the Painters Union, ANY
body can slather paint" and the old
line painter tells the paint salesman
s'None of your ready made mixtures
for me; ! reckon l ought to know how
to mix paint"
The farm hand is wrong and the
painter Is wrong: Shoemaker, stick
to your last" The fancy farmer"
can farm, of course, but it is an ex-
pensive amusement. If it strikes him
as pleasant to grow strawberries at
fifty cents apiece. or to produce eggs
that cost him five dollars n dozen, II
is form of amusement, to be sure, If
he can afford it, but It's not farming.
If q farmer likes to slOsh around with
a paint brush and can afford the time
and expense Of having practical
painter do the job right pretty soon
afterward It's harmless form Of
amusement. If the painters customers
can AFFORD to stand for paint that
comes off in half the time it should,
they have a perfect right to indulge
his harmless vanity about his Skill in
paint making. But in none Of these
eases does the shoemaker stick TO his
hast
There is Just one class Of men in
the world that knows how to make
paint properly and have the facilities
for doing 1t right; and that Is the paint
manufacturers makers of the
standard brands Of ready-prepared
paints The painter mixes paints; the
paint manufacturer grinds them to-
gether III a good ready-prepared paint
every particle Of one kind Of pigment
is forced to join hands with particle
of another kind and every bit Of solid
matter is forced. as 1t were, to open its
mouth and drink in it's share of llnseed
oil. That is the only way good paint
can be made, and IL the painter knew
how to do it he has nothing Mt hand to
do ii with. A paint pot and a paddle
ara a NOR substitute for now pr- m Xprg
buhr-mllls and rolier-miils.
The man who owns a building and
neglects to paint it as often as 1t needs
paint Is only degree more short
sighted than the one who tries to DO
his own painting or allows the painter
To mix his paint for him. Z. G.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-25
sanatorlum and sanItarium.

The most modern dictionary au-
thority gives sanatorium and SAM
tariIm as to all purposes synonymous
and takes cognizance of sanitorium
as a corrupt form Of the latter. To
the etymologist there is visible a
slight underlying distinction, which,
being altogether too fine for common
use, is negligible; thus sanatorium
may be a place which is capable OF
giving health, sanitarium is place
where the conditions are healthtul'
the result to the sufferer being the
same in either case.