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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-04
Truth from Uncle Ehen.

de man dat keeps talkin all de
time" said Uncle Eben. is generally
dc kind of person dat amt got no
reason to be afraid anybody's gwineter
rteaf his IDEAS
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-04

Advertising in The Bulletin is profit
abIe to the advertiser because il has
the highest class circulation.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-04
JACKET FOR RANGE BOILER.
Helps Improve the Appearance Of
the Kitchen.

You can buy ready-mad> jackar
for your kitchen boiler If you want
to dress 1t nicely. This is one or the
new conveniencos which the busy
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-04

Or. ]. Il, BLACKS MAGNETIC
EYE WATER is painless, harmless.
contains no poison, and will curt
any case of sore eyes in the world
Manufactured by j. L. BLACK
MEDICINE Co, KENNETH, NO.
For sale and ruarant"ed ~
For Sale by Harry w. Schulz Drug Co.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-04
FASHIONS, MANDATE.

Silver In braids or fancy trimmings
is much used on The pale gray fab
RIGS now so much in vogue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-04

i~If you've got a boy who has lots Of
ambition. but. no capacity advised
Uncle Allen Sparks. train him I'D to
be leader in polite society"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-04

sNNUII DY EnaHCe DC lIaue upon Us.
Preparedness is the aim Of our ma
val administration u far as its resources
will 90, and undoubtedly service re-
ports will show the fleet all TO the adj
vantage on its arrival on the far coast.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-04

The Cairo Bulletin Is the only Cairo
rsDer with the service Of the Asso-
GATED Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
COLORED MAN BADLY
INJURED IN EXPLOSION
Wormly Rogers, Deaf and Dumb, May
Lose Sight Of One Eye, IL Not
Both.

Wormley Rogers, tn" deaf and dumb
negro employed by Mr.. John Il. Kim
berry. at Old Point. will likely lose
the sight of one eye, Will" his face
and head are severely burned. by an
explosion of gasoline on the launch
Jack. yesterday at noon. Wormley
had taken a shipment of goods out "a
Lammingtcr. on Back River. and when
ready to return. the engine refused to
work. While trying TO get the engine
To work. Rogers decided to examine
the gasoline tank. and without the
precaution Of distinguishing the blaze
on the engine. Just as soon as
Wormly opened the tank and placed
his face near it the explosion occur
red. Wormley Is frigmfully burn
ed about the face and head and the
sight of one eye seems to be entirely
gone.
Captain Wainwright. of the launch
Jessie Lewis. happened to he passing
near the scene of the accident and he
lowed the Jack and her crew back to
Old Point. whre DR.. Regain. of the
Fort Monroe hospital dressed Wrcm-
ley's burns.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
HAMPTON, PH0EBUS AND OLD POINT Continue:

stand forth as the most capable oil
al, the worlds navies. The specially
constructed bulkhead was a success,
and that's the full story OF the test
One OF the three torpedoes provided
Was sufficient. and the series Of tests
which was begun two weeks ago OIL
Thimblc Shoal is now ended.
Secretary Mctcalf and Taft and All
mirals Mason. Caps and other OF.
ficials who bravcd the danger zone
In the interest of naval science re-
turned last night to Washington. Al
though the Florida is in drydock ut
the Norfolk Nevy Yard for Inspect ion
and repairs, Captain Quimby. who,
with his brave officers and crew,
stuck by his post, twice under deadly
fire. declares that the ship is still
scaworthy. Give back my ship her
guns. plug up the gasl: In her side,
shove her out to sea and she Will
fight till they put her under" says
Quimby. And she will give a good
account of herself, too" Secretary
Mctcan. Admiral Mason and other
naval officials who witnessed today
the most ST sensational scientific demon
stration In all naval history agree
with the doughty skipper.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
PHOEBUS BUSINESS MEN
VISITED JAMESTOWN ISLAND
Party Of Tfty-Two Spent IT.: Day
There Sunday, Making the Trip
on the Steamer Squirrel.

Fifty-two OF the business men OF
Phoebus, including the town officials.
spent Sunday at jamestown Island,
The trip was made up James river
on the steamer Squirrel. and the
party arrived at the island Just as II
O'Clock The return trip was taken
up at 2 O'Clock with all aboard happy
and declaring that the day had been
a most enjoyable one. Officer l. IL.
johnson. who with Messrs. c. NJ.
Newcomb and Bushrod Giddings, made
up the committee on entertainment.
was forced TO do the honors alone.
as both Messrs. Newmob and Gid
tiings were unable to go on the trip.
Officer Johnson. however. covered
himself with glory" according to
the 81 other men in the crowd.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
MR.. RAY TO ODD FELLOWS.
Hounu Divine Preached to Grebie
Lodue In Central Church.

A large crowd of Odd Fellows as
sembled in Central Methodist church
Sunday afternoon to witness the spe-
cial services arranged by Grebl"
Lodge. No. 1877. Independent Order of
Odd Fellows The occasion was the
annual sermon to the lodge. Rev.
Charles w. Ray. pastor OF the East
Hampton and Fox Hill churches. dc
livered the sermon. which was pro
nounced by those who heard it to
have been an able discourse. Mr..
Raw chose Faith" as his theme and
ne exhorted his hearers to have faith
and place their faith in Christ Jesus.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
Baltimore Market.
nv Associated Press. !


BALTIMORE. MD, June 15.-Flour
duh. unchanged.
WHEAT Firmer; spot contract
9;Ma93a Southern on grade 90a93.
CORN Dull. spot mixed 75E:a
-: No. viii Q corn 761Ga1on .:
StutIrIn white corn 1HaS1.
OATS - Easier; No 2 mixed 5iE.
a.:
I.Nr. Nominal. No. W IS g.,
c>i..it SSaS9.
EtTTER-Firm. unchanged: fancy
imitation 20a21: do creamery 26; do
.at!c 1Sa19: store packed 1861.
EGGS Steady. unchanged i:
Ce":s.
CHEESE-Firm: large September
1914: new fats 11A: new small l2H
SUGAR-Unchanged coi-sc gran
r!ated $50; fine $50.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
Money Market.
by Associated Press.)

NEW YORK. June Il. - MDn.v on
call easy, 1kaiA per can': ruling
rate IL; closing bid 1ls; offered at
1h. Time loans quiet and rasy: Sc
days 2a2A per cent. and 80 days
2Aa2A per cent: six months !,.a:&
Close: Mercantile paper 3ha4 par
cent. Sterling exchange firm with
actual business in bankers hills at
4S7 for demand and at 1885 for so
day bills. Commercial bills 1895.
Bar silver "a. Mexican dollars Al.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
ROYAL ARcANUM DAV.
Wythe Council to Celebrate the Oeea
SION Next Monday Might.

wythe Council. No. I24S. Royal Ar
canum. will observe "Arcanum Day
with a program Of music and other
features. next Monday evening
Messrs. L. y. Mears. S. II. Sayre and
G. ]. bonneville. representing Wythe
Council. last night visited Newport
News and invited the Shipbuildns
Arcanumites to attend the celebra
ton
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
All Attention Is csals'ed N The
Republican nal|oiaI Coaveoton.
DIG FAlule OFF n The SALES
Several Favorable Circumstances
Cruises Money to Continue to Work
Easier-Importanee Of Crop Reports
Total Sales; Closing Quotations.
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, June 15.-With the
delegates assembling at Chicago for
the opening tomorrow of the Republi-
can National Convention attention to-
day centers largely on political mat
ters. The chief effect was to make
operators disinclined TO enter on
market commitments at this time. The
total of the days sales shows a lapse
again into sonnet hing like the dullness
that prevailed early last week. TIL"
vast importance attached to- the out
come OF the years crop IS cOnspicu-
ously seen in the weekly interviews
with railroad officials. Traffic officials
generally. while speaking confidently
Of the crop promise. had no improve
ment TO report in the tonnage move
ment and gave nC prediction of I'M
mediate change in this respect
Money continued to work easier in
New York in response to the addition
to surplus reserves shown .y Satur-
ady's bank statement, the cessation of
the gold outflow and continued gain OF
cash By the banks on subtreasUry oper-
aticns. Notwithstanding the further
ACCOMMODATIONS III DduhiilS ItSSI NFS 'h'
investment demand for bonds Is re-
ported less and the bond market is
showing the effect of the large addi-
tions to supply through recent new is
sues. The sentimental effect Of
other issues yet to come is also felt.
Discount rates receded again in Lon
don but were inclined TO harden at
continental money centers. The
movement of stock prices was almost
a repetition of that of Saturday. De
Clines of the first hour were slowly
recovered and the days changes were
trivial.
Bends were heavy. Total sales,
par. value. s1765,0 U. S. bonds
were unchanged on call. Total sales
today $4,000 shares including: To-
baoco zoo: c. & o. 1000. L. & N. 100:
N. & w. 100; Reading 34.700: So. Ry.
500; pfd 200; U. P 49,7oo; Sioss Shelf
field 100.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
Youthful Couple Marry.

A license TO marry was issued yes
terday by Clerk Of the Courts Harry
VI. Holt to Mr.. Charles Louis Lgps"y
agd 20. and Miss Ever Payne Watson
aged 10. the Wedding taking place
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Lrpsey Is
employed by the Chesapeake & Obic
Railway Company.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
Qualified as Administrator.

Walter Thuragood yesterday quail
fed before Clerk Of the Courts Harry
H. Holt. as the administrator of the
estate Of Edmund ThuragoOd.
Messrs. r. L. Sclater. L. M. Gliding
and c. S. Booker are the appraisers.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
Thinks " Saved iis Life.

lester ". Nelson. Of Naples. Maine,
says IN a recent letter: u have used
D. Kings New Discovery many
years. for coughs and roIds. and
thinks n savrd my life. hag" found
u a reliable remedy fGT the throat
and lung complaints. and would no
moro DO without a bottle than ] would
b. without food" For nearly forty
years New Discovery has 'stond n
the head Of throat aad lang remcdirs
a. a preventive Of pneumonia, and
healer ~ weak lungs 10 has no equal
Sold under guarantee At all druggists
SOC and 800. Trial bottle free.
Take your prescriptions to Halls
Cus Rate drug store.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
phoebus Fire Department Meeting

The Phccbus Fire Department will
hold meeting tonight to make fur,
thor arrangements for The trip 10
nnsyIyania.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-16
Death Of an Infant.

Master Frank n. Dunton. the two
weeks odd son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
II. Dunton. in Holt street, died at
the home Of his parents yesterday
morning.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
BY OUR HEAD OFFICE BOY.

say. Boss, did you eve stop
think-I mean about umpires. why L
think they rave a cinch when it ZONES
to a Job. l wish Mister Tiger Stallings
would let me have a chance caihng
them at Wiedenmayer's i Sunday l
know a fellow down my way VINO can
umpire like a brick. His name is NC.
Canley. Gee, what sand he's got:
That's all you need, Boss, to be an
,mp. MY brother Jimmie used to pf
an ump in the Hudson River League.
Never hear tell of that league, Boss? II
was owned by two fellows, Dlckey
cogan, of Paterson, and Bill McCape
df s~.Pokeepsie.' Well, my brother was
telling the old man at home the other
nirht about that league. He said a nan
mad TO have a cast iron nerve ana a
couple of bottles of Nervura, whateVeI
kind of stuff that is, to be an umpire IN
thai league. Well, this McCauiey mas
that kind of a nerve. You Know my
name is McCauley. But that don't mat
ter, does 1t? ue
We'll. about that brother of mine ne
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
.sssf'S O VII IUVWI6'''
Smith Tournament.

Totals, ...757 1876 1853 Totals. -. $50 $50 76o
Rollof-Eastern Star, 50; Nutley, IS.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
T@%@%%%Hnm THF RFHT SPORTING PAGFH IN NFw ,FRXEY T%%%%%pm
HEAD OFFICE BOY TELLS
OF HIS BROTHER, UMPIRE
And After Several Spasms He Hands Out Verses
Which He Calls Poetry, and Says His
Bio Brother Jimmie Told Him So.

comes home one night, and he says
"Say dad (tlat is my father and MS
tool. I've got a job" The old man
eiggled and turned to my mother ana
said: Mary. Jimmie has a job. He Is
going TO travel and he will be the real
kind of a gentleman. He is going 10
st6p in the best hotels and he will get
s6 a day. | say. Mary, fill that can
again" and do you Know dad got full
of ioy and some other things that
night. Well, my brother went away
and he came back again, and he didn't
have anything new but a new forty
nine sent shirt. Here is what [ heard
him tell dad; IT have been among ROD
bers and thieves, and like the prodigai
boy I'm burned glad to get home" ana
dad he SAYS, boy you are the pride OF
my heart; slay at home, but get a 1op'
Now that is why I'm boosting my
brother. He needs the job, and II lie
wasn't good enough for Dickey Cogan
and Bill McCabe, he might be goou
Down Neck way. What do vol think,
Boss. Say. tell me, did the Prodigat
fellow ever play in any league? well,
I havenu't told you yet all my brother
said He said that they were so mean
in the league he umpired in that they
wouldn't use the new balls. They
white washed the old ones, and because
he said it was foul to do so he was
bounced.
Anyway / wish Mister Sallings would
give my brother a chance, / could get
in to see the games then, couldn't l? l
haven't any more to say now, but will
tip you when Wagner. Waddell and the
others come here. Say. Boss, that April
fool story was all to the mustard. You
killed EN- dead. What do o think
of my practical "effersions?" Here
they are:
I must go to that game tomorrow
If a quarter I have to borrow.
Tigers need me, that / know.
There I'll shout n make a holler;
No cop dare make a collar
Fly Cop Farrell told me SO.
Boost the Tigers every minute;
Don't knock tomorrow-nothing in 1t.
Tigers need us, don't you know.
Arouse the bleachers with u screeches,
And Rause-mit Connie Mack's peaches
Sergeant Tom Connell told me so.
With fans a-cheering, Quakers fearing,
The Tigers lair will be aglow;
UP and down, the rag achieving,
That's our work tomorrow, Bo
If we win it, there's something in it.
Tiger Stallings, he says so.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
QUAKER CITY TEAMS
LOCK HORNS TODAY
Cold Weather Prevented Meet
ing Of Phillies and Attn
letics Yesterday.

PHILADELPHIA, April =
weather prevented the opening OF the
snte-season baseball series between fne
phillies and the Athletics yesterday, anu
Also nnointed thousands of lovers OF the
Sa,,e who have been anxiously await
ing the meeting of the two teams IN
.hs contest for the local championship
Wssther conditions permitting. the
,aar,s will meet this afternoon on the
Ath,et,cs, grounds at $3.50 o'clock, with
,ha came line-up as announced for yes
terday.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
TIGERS SHARPEN
CLAWS FOR THE
FRAY TOMORROW
Newark Team on Edge for First
Home Game with Ath=
letics.
BY SAM MURPHY.

WILMINGTON. Del, April 4.-Those
~man-eating Tigers will be with you in
few hours, for tomorrow at Wieden-
mayors Park they will line up against
Connie Mack's Athletics. Connie prom
Uses to put the best team he has against
the Tigers. and you can bet the fur will
fly at the end of Hamburg place.
The boys are fit. Today's game will
help round them into condition. and
don't be surprised if they hand it to
those Quaker boys who have been con-
%ditioning down South in the Dixie
camps for a month or more.
Manager Stallings has obtained the
services of young Bell. the giant out
fielder of the New York Americans, to
help him out in the exhibition games.
Stallings can have this outfielder, if he
wants him, but whether " not he will
keep him is a question 10 h big boss's
mind. / am under the Impression that
the Yankee recruit will stick. though
more experienced men may also be got
ten for the Tigers.
Bell is q right-handed hitter, with a
free swing. and car lay them down nice,
too, and get away with them. He is an
excellent ba%se-runner, and led his league
in batting. With such a combination
as Keller, Stahl and Hemphill, there
seems to be no chance for him with the
Yanks.
The line-ups of the two teams for to-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
SKATING AT OLYMPIC PARK.

The patrons of the Olympic Park ron
Ter skating rink who have failed to
witness the indoor balloon races at
this resort will have their last oppor-
tunity tomorrow to see the final balloon
race of the season. Starting Sunday.
April II, the final series of amateur
races will be held, to continue for six
weeks. These races are open to all the
amateur skaters in Newark. The entry
list will remain open until next Satur-
day. The series will cover distances
of one mile, two miles, three miles;
five-mile handicap, unlimited Austria
races.
: The first prize will be a silver loving
cup; the second, a diamond stickpin,
and h third a gold watch.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
KIDDO SPRINGS YARN
WITH PETE CASSIDY
And the Old Reliable Tells How He Came to Leave
This City When Tom Burns Was at the Base
ball Helm in Atlantic League Days.
Memories Of Olden Times.
BY KIDDO.

l played under him ana Wouia De siau
TO be with MIN in any other town.
In His Old Town.
Now l am here with my old own
boys"
do they ever roast your l asked
Pete.
sure they do. Did you ever see any
town that 1 was not roasted N? Well,
it is rather shaky business handing 1t
TO me down here. There was a u
slipping some hard words at me n
day when suddenly he was hit over the
nut with a bottle. 1t nearly put him
to the sod for keeps.
Don't forget to give them my re-
CARDS when you get Jack to Newark.
Tell them, Kiddo, Pete Cassidy hopes
they win the flag. If he can't be with
them on the team he can give his best
wishes
Guess Pete is not shy on good will,
either.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
BOWLERS REACH
WIRE IN NEWARK
LEAGUE O8 RACE
Parks Beaten in Final Series and
Finish Third-0fficial
Averages.

The curtain dropped on the Newark
League bowling season last night. The
West End bowlers won the champion
ship by 2 four-game margin, Park A..
A. had a chance to tie the First Ward
Republican Club for second honors, but
tripped up in its final series with the
Republican Indian League last night,
Dick Erler. of Roseville, won the high
individual average prize and Con Leick,
of the ,Kruegers, the high score prize.
being the only bowler in the league to
reach the 800 mark during the season.
The scores of last nights games and
the official averages follow:
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
THREE NEW YORK TEAMS
WIN THEIR GAMES IN DIXIE

aged to get one safely over second pase.
lie took third on d sacrifice hit because
Manager Griffith left the bag uncoV-.
cred and then scored on Pitcher Cunl-
~,nings's lucky single. Outside OIL
Glade's grand pitching, the fielding ana
base running of Chase was the feature.
He was a shadow on the path ana
took care of the hunts and hard hit
ero,,nders in a amer which aston
ished the spectators that braved the
cold weather to witness the contest.
. y = f
DALLAS, Tex, April 4.-Just TO snow
that there was no i'll feeling on the ,iay
of departure, and to prove to the Daiias
team that the instruction III hlghef
class baseball that Manager McGraW
has volunteered to them during the
past ten days was valuable, when
learned, the Giants, by playing fast m
side baseball handed the home team
a crushing defeat yesterday as a me-
mento OF their. stay in Texas and TO
signalize their leave-takfng. Score,
to 0. The pitching Of George Wlltse
was highly gratifying to Manager NC
Graw. Although the t~left-hander de-
clined to make any great effort in the
chill wind and occasional sprlnkling of
rain. he held the nome team to six
hits in fve innings. but kept the
| Texans in a safe place all the time.
MONTGOMERY. Ala. April 4.--The
Brooklyn team took the third game
of the series yesterday with the Mont
gomery team, 8 to Z, winning out in
the ninth inning in a game marked by
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
Tim Jordan, Brooklyn First
Baseman, Lines Out Two
Home Runs.

ATLANTA. April fired Glade
went the full nine innings o the New
York Americans yesterday afternoon,
M the Georgians were helpless before
his cross fire II barely escaped a.
shutout. The Yankees counted thrice,
while Atlanta could get u one maj
over. Glade held them hitless until the
fifth inning, when big Jim Fox nam
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
FOOD FORTHE
FANS

Frank Gotch is the worlds cham
pion.
The good thing about it-Gotch is
an American.
Wonder what the Russian Lion will
say when he returns home.
He might say that he lost his heart
and had to accept defeat.
Well, forget it all. sports. Tomor-
row will be another day for you
The Tigers viii be in their own lair
and every rooter ought to get out and
shout for the Stallings aggregation.
Five of the headquarters detectives
were hunting last night and they freed
a coon on High street. Tuite, the
sleuth, is a pretty good shot.
Pete Cassidy tells a yarn of his base
ball days here, but he didn't tell about
the milk bottle. Pete Bye could tell
that story.
Say, Buck CARING, where are you go
ing to jump this season? Not in the
Union League, are you? Let us know,
Bill.
Here is hoping that the Tigers will
have no bad lick in the way of acci-
dents until the season is we'll on its
way, at any rate. Then for the pen
nant.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04
Imperial Tournament.

The Young Peerless will open its season
this afternoon. 1t would like to arrange
such rs the oxford and the Clifton Juniors
Brown. right field; Billy. centre fed
stop; W. Redice. first base: Jim Cecere,
second base; Maske, third base; Jackson,
catcher; Kid Willis, pitcher aud left field;
Send challenges to Manager James Cecere,
50 Eighth venue
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-04

Will Hans Wagner make good IL he
comes back next year? Looking back
ward several of the stars of the gam
are recalled who retired for a year, only
TO return as mediocre players. Included
in the number are Jimmy McJames,
Baltimore's greatest pitcher; Billy Lau-
der, the ono sensational third baseman
of the Phillies; Mike Griffin. star centre
fielder of the old Brooklyn Club, and big
Amos Rusie. of the New York Giants,
king of twirlers of his time.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.

During the engagement of Pollard
LiIliputians, smoking will be prohib-
tied in the Orpheum theater.
Southern California men are still
working on the scheme TO get direct
steamship connections with Honolulu.
IF the person IN possession Of the
Hawaiian Gazette Co.'S James Fight
ing Ships of the World" will return
the same to this office, he will confer
a favor on the management.
The Occasional News Letter of the
local Y. NJ. c. A. is reproduced in this
months issue of Association Men, the
international official organ of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
The editor commends it as good idea.
McBryde plantation expects big re-
suits soon, according to Manager Stod-
arts report submitted yesterday. The
recourses of the property have been
very materially developed and strength
ened in spite of some adverse condi-
lions.