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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30
CUBAN CENSUS FIRST
STEP TO INDEPENDENCE
Chief Aim Was to Get
Voters Registered

HAVANA, Nov. -(SpeciaD With
the completion of the enumeration of
the population of Cuba there has been
accomplished the first step in the di-
rection of the termination of the Am
eriean Intervention and the re-estab-
lishment of the Cuban Republic.
While officially described as a
census, this enumeration was actually
an enforced registration of voters, the
determination of the population of
the island being of scant i'm
portance compared to that of re-
gistering all persons entitled
to the electoral franchise,
in order to insure the purity of
the election of the next Cuban Presi-
dent.
No pains have been spared to ac-
complish this, but pending the difficult
task of tabulating the results prob
ably will not be known for some
weeks. Taking precedence of all
other features of the census is the
preparation of the registration lists by
municipalities and wards These
naturally will be subject to much re-
vision, involving considerable de-
lay.
An estimate by one of the most ac-
complished statisticians in the service
of the provisional government places
the population of the island at 2,000,-
900, of which about 100000 are for
eigners not entitled to the franchise.
In estimating the voting population
the election of 1905, owing to it's
very fraudulent character, affords no
ground for comparison, but accord
ing to the registration Of the election
of 1904 there were in the Province of
Pinar del Dio ,937 voters, in Havana
81, 300, in Matanzas 29,043, in Santa
Clara S4,309, in Camaguey 14,079 and
in Oriente 1926, making a total Of
301, 593.
The indications are that there has
been no great change in the political
complexion of the provinces, with the
possible exception of Pinar del Rio,
where the influence of Pine Guerra.
the military leader of the last upris-
ing, is very great.
A singular feature of the present
situation is the utter apathy with
which Cubans appear to regard the
preparations making for the restora-
ton of their Republic. At no time
since the Intervention began has poll
teal discussion been so languid.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30
COTTON PRODUCERS
ON EVE OF VICTORY
President Jordan Shows
Why This is SO.

President Harvie Jordan, of the
Southern Cotton Association, has
issued a circular letter to cotton
producers, advising them to stand
by their guns, and that a rise in
price is inevitable, if the farmers hold
out a little longer
Mr. Jordan says
In the face of the strenuous efforts
of bearish manipulation to depress
prices for spot cotton, the cotton
growers all over the South are stand
ing firm, in their heroic purpose to
maintain the market and prevent the
anticipated panic of rush sales, so
confidently hoped for from certain
speculative sources. The records
show that the crop has moved freely,
until quite recently, and the years
obligations, due by the farmers,
largely liquidated. Every banker,
merchant, and business interest in
the South should now give every
possible aid to the growers in the
present holding movement until the
price of spot cotton reaches the high
level it should attain, and force the
payment of its full intrinsic value.
ue IGNGlb. NSlAouSH SilAiACIo ACpO1t
does not indicate a crop in excess of
100000 bales, due to the very
short yield in the Southwest.
Production in foreign countries
is reported at least 100000 bales
short as compared with last year
Exports of American cotton exceed
ed 100000 bales in the last twelve
months. and the demand continues
undated.
The money stringency is fast being
relieved and the business will soon
assume its normal level. Sell no cot
ton that can be financed, or held, at
present prices. The future strength
of the cotton growing interests of the
South depends upon winning the
victory in the present struggle. Let
every man in the South do his
full duty and the reward will be sure
and swift in the realization of high
er prices.
Farmers, merchants, bankers and
business interests generally favorable
to the holding movement should
hold mass meetings at once in their
respe ctive counties or parishes and
determine upon a concentrated effort
and an effective cooperation
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30
He Fought at Gettysburg.

David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y,
who lost foot at Gettysburg, writes:
Electric Bitters have done me more
good than any medicine 1 ever
took. For several years l had stom-
ach trouble, and paid out much money
for medicine to little purpose, until
l began taking Electric Bitters.
would not take $500 for what they
have done for me-" Grand tonic for
the aged and for female weaknesses.
Great alternative and body builder;
sure cure for lame back and weak
kidneys. Guaranteed by Eldridge
Drug Co. DIV
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Luca

State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
county, SIS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. j..
Cheney G Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED Doll
LARS for each and every case of ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence this 9th day of Dec
ember, A. D., 1886
(SeaD A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30
A Hard Debt to Pay.

81 owe a debt of gratitude that can
never be paid off" writes G. S. Clark,
of Westf1eld, Iowa, for my rescue
from death, by DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. Both lung were so seriously
affected that death seemed eminent
when l commenced taking New Dis
covery. The ominous dry, hacking
cough quit before the first bottle was
used, and two more bottles made a
complete cure" Nothing has ever
eQualed New Discovery for coughs,
colds and all throat and lung COM
plants. Guaranteed by Eldridge Drug
Co. SOC and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
DIV
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30
New Banking Company

ATLANTA, GA, Nov. (SpeciaD
Organization of the Guarantee
Trust and Banking Company of At
lanta was perfected at a meeting of
the incorporators here today. The
company is capitalized at a half
million dollars and has for its or
ganizers some of the best known
men in the state. 1t will obsorb the
business of the Guarantee Trust
Company of Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30
Appendicitis

is due in large measure to abuse of
the bowels, by employing drastic pur-
gatives. To avoid all danger, use
only DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the
safe, gentle cleansers and invigora-
tors. Guaranteed to cure headache,
biliousness, malaria and jaundice, at
Eldridge Drug Co. d-w
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30

"The eagle on the new SO gold
piece forgot to take off his overalls,"
saws the Baltimore Sun. Perhaps he
expects to be the one saved up for
a rainy Washington Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30

BOOKKEEPING COURSE
$500 per Month.
SHORTHAND COURSE
$500 per Month.
TELEGRAPH COURSE Unlimited
Scholarship $4,000.
Write SOUTHERN BUSINESS COL
LEGE & SCHOOL of TELEGRA-
PLY, Newman, ca.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30

There will be a further drop in
the prices of provisions and meats, .
says an Armour manager. "Furth-
err" Has any one noticed the
previous drop?-New York World.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-30

Justice Brewer and Representative
Fowler have voluntarily enlisted in
the army of undesirable citizens
Washington Post
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17
RHEUMATISM RECIPE
PREPARE SIMPLE HOMEMADE
MIXTURE YOURSELF.
Buy the Ingredients from Any Drug
cist in Your Town and Shake
Them in Bottle to
Mix This.

A well-known authority on Rheu-
matism gives the readers of large
New York daily paper the following
valuable, yet simple and harmless
prescription, which any one can easily
prepare at home:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Mix by shaking we'll in a bottle, and
take a teaspoonful after each meal
and at bedtime.
He states that the ingredients can
be obtained from any good prescrip-
ton pharmacy at small cost, and, be-
ing vegetable extraction, are harm
less to take.
This pleasant mixture, if taken reg
ularly for a few days, is said TO over
come almost any case of Rheumatism.
The pain and swelling, if any, dimin-
ishes with each dose, until permanent
results are obtained, and without in
turing the stomach. While there are
many so-called Rheumatism remedies,
patent medicines, etc., some of which
do give relief, few really give perma-
nent results, and the above will, no
doubt, be greatly appreciated by many
sufferers here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores of even
the small towns elicits the information
that these drugs are harmless and can
be bought separately, or the druggists
will mix the prescription if asked to.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17
OUIDA MEETS MATCH.
Gets Roland for Her oliver From Mrs
John EiueIoW


There is a very amusing anecdote
told about the famous writer, Ouida
who is now living in straitened cir
cumstances, and Mrs. John Bigelow OF
New York.
When Mr. Bigelow was United
States minister to Italy, Mrs Bigelow
accompanied him to Rome. During
her stay there she decided to know
Ouida, although she had often been
told that the authoress loathed Ameri-
cans. But that made no difference to
Mrs. Bigelow. She was a woman OF
very determined character, and when
she made up her mind to do certain
thing nothing could stop her.
So one afternoon she called upon
the authoress At first the footman
would not admit her, but finally con-
scented to take up her card to Ouida.
Mrs. Bigelow calmly followed him into
the hall and stood waiting.
Ouida hearing the discussion at the
door, was leaning over the stairs. and
when she read the name on the card
said, loudly:
Tell her don't care to see beast
ly American"
Mrs Bigelow, of course, heard the
remark, and She marked majestically
to the foot of the stairs and called up:
We'll, you had better see me. The
Americans are the only people who
read your nasty books"
Ouida was so astounded that she
came promptly down, and shortly after
Mrs. Bigelow left in triumph After
that they saw much of each other and
became very good friends.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17
The Good ProvIder.

Though Mrs Mckinley" said a
Canton clergyman, left an estate OF
about 100000, she was one of the
most charitable women in Ohio. Her
experiences in charity work were in
teresting I used to like to hear her
talk of them.
'She once told me about a colored
widow whose children she had helped
to educate. The widow, rather late in
life, married. A few months after she
was married Mrs. Mckinley asked her
how she was getting on.
Use a-gittin' on fine, thank ye,' the
bride answered.
{" And is your husband a good pro.
vider?" said Mrs Mckinley.
Deed he is a good providah,
ma'am,' was the reply. He got me five
new places to wash at dis las week. "
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17
Important TO Mothers.
MILLIONS OF OPIUM SMOKERS.
China Frightened at Her Own De-
moralization as Result.

China Frightened at her own De-
moraization as a Result.
The casual observer may think that
the opium traffic-smuggling opium,
smoking opium, and eating Opium-is
a minor trade, and INDUCED in by
ONLY few reckless habitues who want
to be waited to other worlds. This is
not so. The stamina and the charac-
ter of the entire Chinese race have al
ready been so Slapped by this drug
that the resulting decentralization has
frightened even the degraded victims
of the habit. To-day China, drugged,
debauched. frightened at her own des-
perate condition, is graphing with the
vice that has her by the throat. No
such heroic effort at moral reform has
ever before been made by human
government And the Christians who
debauched her are looking on, skepti-
cally, questioning China's sincerity"
At Tien-tsin, where the Chinese of
ficials had closed all the opium dens
in the native city, Mr.. Merwin found
the dens in the foreign concessions
licensed for revenue by the foreign
consuls, running wide open. In vain
the Chinese officials protested that
this laxity completely nullified the eff
fort of their own prohibition. The
consuls could not see their way clear
to give up the revenue. Truly, it is an
extraordinary story.
The most conservative official esti-
mate of the opium-smoking population
in China is 100000, 0OO-only 16,OOO,-
O0O more than the entire population of
the United States. Many officials
place the number at 10000, 000.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17

of stables has also been the subject of
much discussion, but it is certainly a
fact that the art of milking has not
received the attention it deserves, at
least not until very recently"
The bulletin records experiments to
determine the loss due to failure to
secure in the process of milking all of
the milk secreted by the COW, being
primarily trial on the university
her of II COWS and on two private
herds of the Hegelund method of milk
ing, recently tested and described by
the Wisconsin station A comparison
was also made OF this method and of
careful stripping as ordinarily prac-
ticed.
The Hegelund method of milking,
which is really a series of manipula-
lions of the udder, is described by
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17
CONTROLLING THE COLORADO.
How the Southern Pacific Company
Repaired Break

Repaired Break.
Mr. Hartman promptly took COM
mand of the forces of man against ma
ture. With feverish energy the South
ern Pacific company's laborers set to
work to repair the Lower Mexican
Heading break. Twentyfour hours at
a stretch they worked. Every freight
car for miles around was pressed into
service, hurried to the scene, and
pushed back and forth, dumping loads
of rock and gravel into the stream
Passenger trains even were held up
time and again, while engineers Dor.
rowed their locomotives for help in
the struggle.
In fifteen days from the time that
the work was begun, the break had
been closed and the Colorado hurled
back into its proper channel Seventy
seven thousand cubic yards of rock.
gravel and clay had man expended in
the fight. With this he had patched
up break which the steady onslaught
of the river had opened to width of
LOO feet in the soft earth banks. The
fight was won.
Day by day swarms of workmen
are making the great dam stronger
and higher. One hundred and forty
thousand cubic yards of material, go.
900 of which will be solid rock. will
be used to withstand future onslaughts
of the river. The great wall, when
completed, will be sixty-five feet high,
ten feet of which will be above the
level of the water. And the Colorado,
as ii laps this unyielding barrier,
must realize that it's destructive wan
behring's are over for all time.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17

In recent bulletin of the New
York Cornell station, dealing with
this subject, Professors Wing and
FOord say:
Milking the dairy COW is such a
simple operation and one that occu-
pies in the aggregate SO much of the
dairyman's time, that it is easy to be-
come careless about it and to look
upon the operation as one not requir-
ing skill nor demanding scientific in
vestigation. The feeding of the herd
has received careful attention, both by
Investigators and farmers, until it is
now probably correct to say that the
dairy cow in the hands of the pro-
gressive dairyman is more scientif1cal-
ly fed and nourished than most chill
dren. The ventilation and sanitation
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17

OIL pound of butter fat. The results
were slightly in favor of the Hegelund
method as compared with stripping,
"but the difference was so small that
definite statement in favor of either
method can hardly be made"
All the milk secreted by COW
should be drawn at each milking. If
necessary, manipulation of the udder
and stripping should be resorted to in
order to accomplish this end. The
after-milking should be done by the
regular mixer and need take but little
extra time. 1t is probable that such
clean milking is an incentive to secre-
ton; and will increase the total yearly
production of the animal
1t is the opinion of the writer's that
the stripping as well as the milking,
except in unusual cases, should be
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17

Prof Woll, of the Wisconsin station,
as follows:
First manipulation.-The right quar-
tiers of the udder are pressed against
each other (if the udder is very large,
only one quarter at time is taken)
with the left hand on the hind quarter
and the right hand in front on the fore
quarter, the thumbs being placed on
the outside of the udder and the four
fingers in the division between the two
halves of the udder. The hands are
now pressed toward each other and at
the same time lifted toward the body
of the cow This pressing and lifting
is repeated three times, the milk col
lected in the milk cistern is then
MIXED out, and the manipulation re-
peated until no more milk is obtained
in this way, when the left quarters are
treated in the same manner. Gig. -
Second manipulation.-The glands
are pressed together from the side.
The fore quarters are MIXED each by
itself by placing one hand, with fingers
and the other hand in the division be-
tween the right and left fore quar-
tiers; the hands are pressed against
each other and the teat then MIXED
When no more milk is obtained by
this manipulation, the hind quarters
are MIXED by placing hand on the
outside of each quarter, likewise with
fingers spread and turned upward, but
with the thumb just in front of the
hind quarter. The hands are lifted
and grasp into the gland from behind
and from the side, after which they
are lowered to draw the milk. The
manipulation is repeated until no more
milk is obtained. Gig. %
Third manipulation-The fore teats
are grasped with partly closed hands
and lifted with push toward the
body of the cow, both at the same
time. by which method the glands are
pressed between the hands and the
body; the milk is drawn after each
three pushes. When the fore teats are
emptied the hind teats are MIXED in
the same manner. Gig. 80
In trials of this method on 142 COWS
of the Wisconsin station herd the av-
erage amount of residual milk OBJ
tanned was about one pound per head
daily, the average butter fat in the
milk Oh pound. The average fat con-
tent of the herd milk obtained in the
regular milking was APO per cent, of
the residual milk 1892 per cent, or "a
times as large as the former. The
time required for after-milking by the
method was from two to three min
utes.
One man can readily after-rnilk 20
cows an hour if there are no extra
weighings, sampling and recording of
weights to be done. We pay at this
station Is cents an hour for milking.
This may be considered a rather high
price under present conditions in the
northwestern states. The after-milk-
ing Of 20 cows would take man
about two hours a day and would
therefore cost 80 cents. We have seen
that we obtain on the average an i'm
mediate increase of about one pound
of milk and one-tenth Of a pound of
butter fat per COW by the process of
milking, or from 20 cows, two
pounds Of butter fat. If butter fat is
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17
THE GOOD MIXER
MAKES THE GOOD COW
what the I1egeIrnd What It Is Claimed
hat

worth Is cents pound Tan average
figure), the value of the increased
yield would be so cents--that is, there
would be a gain of 20 cents day per
20 cows, or about $50 year, as the
direct and immediate gain from prac
ticing the manipulation method.
1t is pointed out by Prof. Vol that,
besides the immediate gain in milk
and butter fat secured, the method has
the decided advantage of stimulating
milk secretion and thus prolonging the
lactation period.
The results obtained by the New
York Cornell station bear out in gen
eral those of the Wisconsin station.
The gains from after-milking varied
from or to 1874 pounds of milk per
head per day containing from 0.079 to
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON.
In Torments with Terrible Sores on
Face and Body-Tore at Flesh
Cured by Cuticura.

my little son, when about year
and a half old began to have sores
come out on his face. They began to
come on his arms, then on other parts
of his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. At the
end of about a year and a half of suf-
fering he grew so bad had to tie his
hands in cloths at night to keep him
from scratching the sores and tearing
the flesh. He got to be mere skele-
ton and was hardly able to walk. l
sent to the drug store and got cake
of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura
Ointment, and at the end of about two
months the sores were all well. He
has never had any sores of any kind
since, and only for the Cuticura Rem
edies my precious child would have
died from these terrible sores. I used
only one cake of Soap and about three
boxes of Ointment. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don, r. F. D. No. 1, Woodville, Conn,
April %, 1905"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17
Woman Runs Bio Farm.

Mrs Ida Webster of Pratt county,
Kan, has harvested 5000 bushels of
wheat and 5000 bushels of corn from
her SOO-acre farm this fall. The place
was cultivated under her personal SUI
pervision, and twelve men work for
her all the year around, with many
more in harvest time. Her husband
died twelve years ago and left her the
place and its mortgage. Since then
she has paid off the mortgage, and
is now supposed to be worth about
$4,000.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17

Jack, I'm going away"
Going away, Madge?"
Eyes. going away. But before l go
I have something to say to you"
Something to say to me, little
wife!"
eyes, something to say to you Don t
send me any poker stories in lieu of
the weekly remittance. That1l be
about ALL
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17

A certain nobleman, we'll known to
his stables, came ACROSS his coach
MANS little boy on seat, playing with
his toys. After talking to the young
ster a short time he said:
"Well, my little man, do you know
who / ann" ooh, yes replied the
boy; you're the man who rides in
my fathers carriage!"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17

EveIyn-Only think! Maud got her
new bathing suit wet through the very
first time she wore it!
Myrtle-Mercy! You don't mean, to
say she went into the water?
Evelyn-The idea! Of course not.
A drenching shower came up all Of a
sudden.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-17
A Terrible Possibility.

Little Lucy came home from school
crying piteously. 1t was some time
before the family could learn the
cause of her trouble, but finally the
sObbing grew less violent, and she
walled out:
Teacher says-if 1 don't get my
spelling lesson-shes going to make
an example of me, and-she puts ex-
amples on the blackboard and if she
puts me there, I'm afraid the scholars
will rub me OUT