I XOTUS LAND IS SWITZERLAND, THE
BEAUTIFUL AND WELL GOVERNED.
Conntrr Sonaetbinc El ' Than a
anulatlon-of CJlan Peasants and Kieb.
Tilllk-iOa ofMl Seat -Knlad .Nation
' la tba World-It l All Dona Ju!tly
and Without Banble-Tho BuInea
,m'Slif Spring It "Know It
Business." '". ...
lOXAXKKVE XOOJC IN THE IAJUDOX CHR02TICLB
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F all the 'countries' Jn the world,
. surely Switzerland is the most
, businesslike. No one can con
ouer and aiuie? Swwitzerland;
fettt that is Switzerland's affair. It
" JijL nnt "narade its internal organiza
tion, though, froet a close inspection of
Tine lo'fficialnbtices on public buildings,
vne may gather that every Swiss from
f youth4 to middleageis required to prac
tice ftfiooting, and that it trouble arose,
these William Tells of a later day
would lie Denma tne snoumer ui uu juj
"mioeiit avalanche and pick the apple
irom tne mvauer s e.e.
J' But the ordinary visitor to Switzer
land is only dimly conscious of being
jn weil-governed country.- Vaguely
'lie knows that Geneva watches are fa
fnous, that Swiss milk is on the world's
market, that the native population
seems well fed, well dressed and re
markably clean, as compared with the
.JESngUsh 'peasant, who never washes
his hands, but "when they gets-'ard,
I iles vem." And in a moment of re
flection he may realize that tms is
" - a A
not a nation composed exciusivejy 01
' .hotel managers, waiters, porters and
the rest of the people that smooth their
maimers to make the tourist's path
easy.
- Bv some extraordinary combination
f rh f-n instances a motley gathering of
. Jtaliaus, Germans and French, Prot
estauts and Roman Catholics, Conser
ratives. Liberals. - Socialists. Anarch
sstp, waiters, peasants and statesmen,
have combined to form the most pa
triotic1 community in the world.
In the last weeks I have had to re
construct my ideas of patriotism while
. loitering about the shores of Lake
Leiuan and talking and mixing all the
. languages of. which I have a smatter
inzr not excepting an artful adaptation
of the ancient Greek of Oxford to the
modern Greek of Athens. No doubt
the late Mr. Buckle would have called
Swiss patriotism geographical. Thucy-
idides cave the hint when he touched
the phrase that may be translated
. has that "community of interests," and
to the ordinary tourist who spins down
to Dover, lunches on beef and pickles
as a Briton should, upon a turbine
" "V
steamer, dines in Paris, and break
fasts upon rolls, butter, coffee (such
eoffee!), and honey in Geneva the won-
der arises. -
' - How is this managed? 1 The question
iweut round the dinner table at Geneva
What is the name of the king, premier,
president or ruler of this happy coun
try? No one knew. The thing is done
without fuss or tumult, without crowns
and robes and baubles. It was only
when the Anglo-Indian shouted for a
waiter that the whisper was given
the name of the gentleman who hap
pened this year to be the head of the
Swiss Republic. .
Very businesslike is the Swiss Re
public. It has arranged its seasons.
In winter you may skate, toboggan
and enjoy many winter sports, or lie
in pure mountain air and get rid of
tuberculosis ' affections. In summer
you may crowd. Lucerne and hang in
- bunches over Zermatt on the ends of
ropes guaranteed not to snap. But
Switzerland has another line under the
counter. It has a spring season and it
smooths the way. Gently it invites
' you to the shores of Lake Leman with
promises of flowers and the. protection
of mountains that? ward off the horrid
-winds from north and east.
From the very first the way is
smoothed, for you may fill your pock
ets with a tourist agency's hotel cou
pons, and wave thern languidly as you
. dodder round the lake from Geneva to
. Evian and back again. I was rather
nervous about these coupons, fearing
that the hotelkeeper would complain
that I was not playing the game. For
me I stood on velvet. There was my
contrast between the chilly- fastnesses
and the warmth about us.
And the Swiss spring! "Still Swlrxe
land is most businesslike. - It invites
von to wituess the final bout between
. A
the seasons, when the snow retreats
and the flowers win. Just now you
may dig a stick into the melting snow
upon the heights above Moutreux, ana
discover the triumphant blossoms that
brave been waiting foe the moment of
. - " a
release. Thousands or feet above tne
level of the sea! But Switzerland, the
businesslike, has arranged for all that.
It is scarcely necessary to set one foot
before another. You may be dragged
by all kinds of mechanical transport
aloft. Even Wvyou ; tremble Attue
transit of the funicular railway that
takes 1 you from 'Territer to - Caux; and;
will finally convey, you to Les , AvantS:
and the neighborhood of eternal snows,:
you will see the flowers, tenderly trucu
lent, thrusting their heads tnrougn tne
stone walls that border the ascent.
Printed notices implore you not to
stretch out a hand and pluck them.
One might as well pluck water lilies
from the Thames. - Both acts - were
murder of the first degree.
Contemplating the heights and living
on the level we are a polyglot crowd
in the hotel, and most of us are here
upon a hint from some doctor or other.
Medical reputation are here spun upon
the point of an epigram. There are
Russians and French and Germans, a
sprinkling of Americans, a few Eng
lish and a Persian. But the central
figure is the Anglo-Indian, who has
been imprisoned here by doctor's or
ders for several months. He knows all
the people in the hotel their past and
their symptoms. Every, evening after
dinner, while the lake lies in glory,
and Mont Blanc is catching the final
reflex of the sun, he spreads his cards
for a game of Patience. The nations
of the earth, gather about him. . and
give advice in many tongues. Those
who speak in many languages shout in
all of them. Especially the amazing
girl who seems to talk all languages iu
one sentence all but Hindustani,
which is the final refuge of the Anglo
Indian. There was a move of the
cards. And the girl broke out:
"No, no! Tenez! Teuez! You break
me the head! Sie Gehen zu Schnell!
Ah! Ia! la! So!"
Then the hotel proprietor, having
stolen up unobserved, remarked in half
a dozen languages that the move was
right, and the Anglo-Indian went to
bed with the happiness of a triumph.
They know their business in Switzerland.
BITS
OF
MIS
ACCIDENT KILLS FIVE
BOYS
WASHINGTON.
aohn Sharp Williams, minority
lation enacted by Congress was Dem
ocratic in policy and enumerated tha
notable failures. '-"
Secretary Root decided to - mak
part of his South American tour in a
Chilian-warship.
President Roosevelt issued an ex
ecutive order making effective consu
lar reform. . . r .... . . .. :. ... .
Charles W. McWharter, assistant
cashier rf the Washington CityvPost-
oftTce, is -under-arrest -on .the . com
plaints of .City, Postmaster: John-A.
Merritt, charged-with : the embezzle
ment of $10,000.
. Robert G. , Proctor, former secre
tary to Senator' Lodge, -was found
guilty of larceny of a campaign con
tribution in Boston.
The Senate yielded to the House
on the meat inspection measure, and
the packers escape paying costs and
need not date canned goods.
Die From Wounds Received Wher
Gun Burst at VYanamle, Pa.
. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
General H. T. Allen, directors the
constabulary, returned to Manila af
tev eight months' leave of absence in
the United States.
At San Juan, Porto Rico, Arch
bishop Blenk was the guest at a fare
well dinner given by Governor Win
throp. Governor Ide, of the Philippines,
became ill after returning from his
recent journey through the provinces,
and was confined to his house for sev
eral days. He is now improving.
At San Juan, Porto Rico, a New
York firm has purchased waterfront
property for $40,000, on which it
is intended to erect a pier and ware
houses. Preliminary work on the Philip
pine Islands railroads will begin at
once. Forty engineers and physi
cians, who arrived recently at Ma
nila, started for Iloilo to begin op
erations. Business interests of the Phil
ippines will make a strong effort to
secure the passage of the agricultural
bank bill. - "" "
Sons of Miners Were Tamping
Home-Made Cannon as the
' Miners Do.
DIFFUSION OF METALS
Solid Gold Send Its Atoms Through Un
melted Lead.
According to an official of the Geo
logical Survey, very wonderful experi
ments have been made in recent years
-with reference to the ."diffusion of solid
metals." It has been proved, for in
stancethat gold, without being melted,
will diffuse its atom's through a mass
of solid lead. Of cocrse, the amount
of the diffusion is very slight, but it is
easily measurable.
In some of the experiments cylinders
of lead about two and three-quarter
inches in length, with gold placed at
the bottom, were kept at a. high tem
perature, but not high enough to melt
either of the metals for various periods
of time. In three days enough gold
had passed upward through the solid
lead to be detected at tha top of the
cylinders. Gold and lead kept pressed
together for four days, without being
heated above ordinary temperatures,
were strongly united.
Solid gold also diffuses in solid silver
and solid copper.
These facts are regarded as. confir
mation of the view long held in pertain
quarters that the three conditions of
matters, solid, liquid and gaseous, prob
ably always exist in every liquid or
solid' substance, but that one predom
inates over the others.
No Better Place.
A young editor of a country weekly.,
who thought himself possessed of a
high order of talent was lamenting his
narrow fate one day to a lady who was
of acknowledged literary ability, nar
rates the Jefferson ,County (Wis.)
Union. "If I only had a city paper to
write for," said he, "how much better
' ' DOMESTIC.
District Attorney John B. Moran
was nominated for Governor by the
Massachusetts Prohibitionists.
Mrs. Caroline Archer, a rich widow
of Jamaica, L. I., caused surprise by
announcing that :;er sou was no
longer to be recognized as her agent.
Henry Alfred Short, member of
clubs and received in society, was ar
rested in New York, young girls ac
cusing him.
District Attorney Jerome arrived
"in New York and took charge of the
Thaw case.
The finrl report of the Truesdale
housecleaning committee shows that
Elihu Root, Ricnard A. McCurdy and
Robert H. McCurdy were the only
three Mutual Life trustees who re
fused to answer questions. The- re
port reveals colossal waste of the
policy-holders money.
In New York Mrs Harry Thaw
gave to her husband's lawyers an ac
count of her relations with White.
v A new Vice Squad, organized by
Commissioner Bingham, raided sev
eral gambling houses in New York,
finding evidence overlooked by In
spector Schmittberger in the Tender
loin. William Graves, Vice-President
and general manager of the Diamond
Match Company, died at Portland,
Ore., while enroute to Chico, Cal. His
wife expected him to arrive that
night. When the sad news was bro
ken to her by iriends fire started in
the rear of her residence, and it
was, necersary to hurry her to a hotel
while her home was in flames.
The battleship New Hampshire was
launched at the yards of the New
York Shipbuilding Company, in Cam
den, N. J.. Miss Hazel E. McLane,
daughter of Governor McLane, of
New Hampshire, named the battle
ship.
At Port Jervis, N. Y., Mrs. Phoebe
Gainford, a daughter of Jabez Rock
well, a soldier of the Revolutionary
War, celebrated her 101st birthday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Emma rine.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. Five boys werc.i
tilled and two fatally injured at
Wanamie,, j a mrning-tQwntetn-. miles
soutn or this city, by the explosion of
dynamite and giant; powder which,
they ihad-! stuffed - into a pipe? which?
.they had.- made into aocaunon.. The
dead are: 'Evan Long,., aged, fifteen;
John Rachulis,-( aged fourteen ; , Thos..
Rachulls, aged' sixteen;' John Saba,
aged fifteen : John SabinskyV aged
iourteen. ine rataiiy injurea are:
Alexander Shukitiz and his brother,
Frank Shukitiz, aged thirteen and
sixteen. '
All the boys worked in the mines,
and they had procured a quantity of
dynamite and giant powder with
which they had planned to give the
town a proper celebration of the
Fourth by causing a terrific explo
sion which should startle everyone.
They were preparing the. charge on
a hill close to "the town when the
accident occurred. ' ,
The pipe, four inches in diameter
and about three feet long, had been
filled with the y explosive and they
were tamping it with stones as they
had seen miners tamp holes bored in
the mines previous to lighting the
fuse. A club and a round stick for
a ramrod, were being used in the
tamping and one was hammering
the stones on top of the powder when
It was ignited and the explosion oc
curred. It was terrific. The town was
shaken and all 'the residents alarmed,
while the seven boys gathered about
the pipe were blown in all directions
and the fragments of the iron pipe
like so many bullets were blown into
their bodies. Some of the dead had
their legs and arms shattered, their
heads crushed and their bodies
frightfully torn. Three were killed
outright and two others died a few
minutes after the people who rushed
to the scene reecbei to. mangled
group. Alexander Shukitiz had a
Leg blown off, while his brother was
horribly torn and injured internally.
A large hole was blown in the
ground by the explosion, and all
around it the injured and the dead
lay, while there was not a vestige of
the pipe left. The boys are all sons
of Polish and Lithuanian mine workers.
Wholesale Prices Quoted in New York
; MILK.
The Milk Exchange price for standard
quality is 2Uc.xper quart.
BUTTER. "
Creamery Western, extra. $
Firsts
State dairy, fancy
First.. ...
Factory, thirds to firsts....
CHEESE.
State, full cream, fancy....
. Small .... ..
.Part skims, good to prime
. Full skims....- ....
EOGS.
Jersey Fancy . . . .'
Stat" andi Pewn .
OlYeatem--Fii-sts
Southern. . .
, " BEANS 'AND PEAS
Beans-Marrow, choice
Medium. choice., ..
Pea, choice.
Red kidney, choice..
White kidney
Yellow" eye..
Black turtle soup..
Lima, Cal
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TO PREVENT PEARS
CRACKING.
The cause of pears cracking while
.growing upon the tree is. a fungus
Which develops in and on the skin of
the fruit. It rarely develops upon the
-whole surface of the fruit and thus
the growth is retarded in a- certala
secton which causes the surface to
crack. The only -practical means yet
devised to prevent this is to spray the
treefe a number of times while the
fruit is. growing with, a solution com
posed of one pound hyposulphite of
soda and ten gallons of water or five
ounces of sulphide of potassium mix
ed with ten gallons of water. .The lat
ter mixture is preferred by the great
er majority : of fruit growers. :
3 00
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Russets, per bbl . . . . . ;
Northern Spy, per bbl
Pears, per bbl . .
Strawberries, per qt.. ..
Blackberries, per qt....
Huckleberries, per qf. ...
Cherries, per lb
Gooseberries, per qt
Plums, per carrier
Peaches, per carrier..'...
Currants, per qt..
Raspberries, per pt
LIVE POULTRY
Spring chickens, per lb....'
Fowls, per lb .
Roosters, per lb
Turkeys, per lb
Ducks, er pair
Geese, per pair.
Pigeons, per pair....
DRESSED
Turkeys, per lb .
Chickens, Phila., per lb....
Fowls, per lb
Dueklihgs,' per lb....
Squabs, per dozen
HOPS.
State, 190o, choice
Common to lair
Pacific Coast, 1905, choice.
Good to prime
HAY AND STRAW.
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He represents some of the
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could I do. I would then have an au
food 'and lodging at so much per day, dience appreciative of my talent.1
and the only exertion demanded was to
tear a bit of paper from a little book.
But, the' Swiss Republic is business
like; the hotelkeeper knows that he
can make his profit out of the luxuries
of life when the necessities are pro
TitlrJ. I hear him murmuring. "The
little more, and how much it is I" And
the traveler departs without murmur
ing, since he knows that the neces
saries of life are in his breast-pocket.
Switzerland knows well enough that
the spring visitors to the lake are not
intent upon climbing, or, indeed, upon
aDy physical exertion that can be rea
sonably avoided." There is just the
hint of peaks to be surmounted, and
from , the middle of the Pont du Mt.
Blanc at Geneva the old gentleman on
crutches surveys the snowy summit he
las no hope of reaching. He is a type
of the spring visitors to the Lake of
Seaeva (which you may call alter
nately the Lake Leman.) We lounge
n deck chairs before the hotel at Lau
sanne and comment on the extreme
.blueness of the lake, while one or two
remember that Tyndall grew almost
furious at its blueness, aad insisted
upon a cross-examination. But we do
. not worry ourselves as to why the lake
is- blue. We place ourselves upon a
comfortable steamer and contemplate
it The comfort is increased by the
sight of the jagged horror of the Dent
du Midi crowned with snow and the
steward tells a complicated story of a
salamander in an icebox. It appeals
to the visitors who are practical and
retain the touch of idealism. As we
lounge about the shores of the lake, or
ikirt it in steamboats, we welcome the
The lady looked at him for a moment
and said: "My dear sir, you are making
a most serious mistake. If you have
talent and are ambitious of distinction,
why don't you give evidence of it in
the columns of your own paper? Your
audience is appreciative enough, if you
will but give them something to ap
preciate." There is no better place for
$rst class editorial work than the coun
try newspaper, and it is a pity that the
men who control its columns do not
see that it is the actor, not the theatre,
that marks the character of the play
and in reality attracts the audience.
Fattened Oysters Dangeroiii.
When oysters are removed from
more saline water to that which is less
salt, says Dr. William K. Brooks, pro
fessor of zoology in the Johns Hopkins
University, who has made the oyster
a life study, they absorb water quickly,
and become plump, or "fat," but the
fatness is nothing but water. The
"fattening" is usually carried on in the
mouths of rivers, which are always
near towns and polluted by sewage.
Every "fattened" oyster is too sus
picious to be eaten raw, and the out
breaks of typhoid fever which have
been traced to oysters most clearly bave
been traced o "fattened" oysters. All
the fresh water that a "fastened",
oyster has absorbed is at once extract
ed by cooking, so that the "fattening"
of oysters that are to be cooked is
not only an unnecessary expense, but a
fraud on the consumer, who is sold
filthy, water from the harbors of cities
at the price of oysters. New York
Times. - -
Roosevelt Appeals For Firmness
and Fairness With Evildoers.
New York City. President Roose
velt, in a stirring speech to his Oys
ter Bay neighbors, made a . strong
plea for common sense and tne
avoidance of hysteria in dealing
with wrong and wrongdoers, and
making individual excellence of
home life the basis of good citizen
ship. He was drenched by a heavy
shower, but did not permit it to m-
terupt his address. In the evening
there was the usual fireworks party
at Sagamore Hill.
Tha American Society gave its an
nual Independence Day dinner in
London, at which Ambassador Keia
and W. J. Bryan exchanged some
goodhnmored raillery relating to
politics. Mr. Bryan read a speech
on "The White Man's Burden."
At Tammany Hall's Fourtn or
July celebration the assembled
braves, headed by Charles F. Mur
phy, cheered the name of William
Jennings Bryan when congressman
Robert L. Henry, of Texas, predict
ed" he would be the next President
of the United States.
An unusually small number of fa
talities and injuries was caused by
the celebration in this city. ' Parks
and amusement resorts were crowd
ed, and the sale of fireworks broke
all records.
.FOREIGN.
Japanese steamers are carrying a
large part of the Philippine-Australia
business each way.
Violent speeches against the Gov
ernment were made at the session
of the Russian Parliament, and the
belief that a conflict cannot be long
delayed seems to be gaining ground
It was reported from Tokio that
the control of railways acquired by
Japan in Manchuria would be divided
between the Government ana the peo
ple. . . ,
The revolutionary forces in South:
ern Guatemala are said to have been
victorious in two engagements.
Santo Domingo demands a parti
tion of the funds accumulated under
the quasi-receivership of the United
States.
As a sequel to tlie recent conver
sion of Italian rentes a reduction in
the. taxes on sugar and salt will short
ly follow.
As a result of the recent catas
trophe at the Courrieres Colliers in
France, it is expected the 1906 out'
put will be 900,000 tons less than
last y.ar, when 2,372,499 tons were
oduced.
Russian exiles at Rome have -received
information from friends at
home that the moment has come
for them to make a desperate effort
to free Russia. Som? are preparing
to return to their native country.
.Commander Booth-Tucker married
Miss Minnie Reid in the. Salvation
Army's Citadel, South Tottenham,
London. General Booth officiated.
Only relatives and high officers of the
Salvation Army were present.
' As a movo v to relievo London's
noor the Salvation Army plans to set-
I tie 10,000. persons in South America.
ROOT SAILS FOR BRAZIL.
POULTRY.
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and other DRUGS, and nervous di.
eases treated.
Charges more reasonable than other
like institutions. $25.00 per week pays
for treatment, remedies and board.
Results absolutely the same.
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The Carolina Sanitarium,
Greenville. S. C. .
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No. 1, per 100 lb
No. 2, per luu id.........
Clover mixed, per 100 lb.
StraAV, long rye. .... .... ...
VEGETABLES.
Potatoes, So. Rose, per bbl 2 CO
Chili, ner bbl 1 5
Sweets, per basket ......
Tomatoes, per carrier.. .
Egg plant, per dox
Squash, per crate
Peas, per bag....
Peppers, per carrier....
Lettuce, per ddi
Cabbages, per 100.. .:.
String beans, per oasKet.
Onions, Jersey, per basket
N. O.. ner bag
Carrots, per 100 bunches..
Beets, per 100 bunches....
Turnips, per bbl...
Xninaeh. uer bbl.. ..
Watercress, per iw oucues x w
Okra, per carrier -
Cucumbers, per basket lo
Asmnraous. Der doz. bu'ehes 7a
Jlxint. per 100 bunches..... 1 00
Corn, per 1UO w
Celery, per doz. bunches... l-
Cauliflower, per bbl 5
CP.AIX, ETC.
Flour Winter patents ...
Spring patents
Wheat. No. I N. Duluth..
No. 2 red
Corn, No. 2 white
No. 2 yellow.
Oats, mixed
Clipped white
Lard, city.... ..
LIVE STOCK
Beeves, city dressed.. ..
Calves, city dressed
Country uressea
Sheep, per 100 lb
Lambs, per 100 lb..
Hogs, live, per 100 lb
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CAPITAL PABD IN S5OO.O00.
The Cruiser Charleston, Bearing
His Party, Gets Under "Way.
New York City. After some sim
ple ceremonies, including the boom-
Ins of a few guns, the interchange
of nolite compliments between the
representatives of - the Republic of
Brazil Secretary of State Elihu
Root sailed away on the U. S. cruis
Ler . Charleston for the Pan-American
conference at Rio de Janeiro and
his unique round of visits to the re-
nublics of South America. The Sec-
retai'y was 'accompanied by Mrs
Root, Miss Root, his youngest son,
Edward Root, a secretary and two
maids. ' '
The. Charleston's itinerary Is as
follows: Arrive San Juan, P. R.,
Sunday, July 8; leave San Juan,
Tuesday, July 10; arrive Rio, Wed
nesday, July 25; leave Rio, Monday,
August 6; arrive Montevideo, Fri
day, August 10; leave Montevideo,
Monday, August 13; arrive Buenos
Ayres, Sunday, August 14; leave
Buenos Ayres, Sunday, August 19;
arrive Valparaiso via Straits of Ma
gellan, Thursday, August 30 ; leave
Valparaiso, Tuesday, September 4;
arrive Callao, Sunday, Beptemoery;
leave Callao, Saturday, September
15; arrive Panama, Saturday, Sep
tember 22; leave Panama, Tuesday,
September 25; ihe Secretary and
party arriving in New York Monday,
October 1.
Country's Best Fiscal Year.
The two large mercantile agencies,
In their weekly review of the busi
ness conditions prevailing throughout
the country, unite in saying that the
fiscal rear just closed has been the
most successful in the country's his
tory. Crop Situation Good.
The crop situation as a whole is
good, in fact, excellentand will com
pare favorably with any similar
period in the country's history.
FARM PRODUCTS TRUST.
Giant Combination to Control Milk,
Butter, Eggs and Chickens.
New York City. Backed by unlim
ited 'capital and supported by many
of the most prominent financiers of
the country, another trust has. been
planted on American soil, known a3
the American Farm .Products Com
pany and established for the Purpose
of taking absolute control of all dairy
products, chickens and eggs.
Differing from some other great
combinations of the kind, it is as
serted by those who control tbe
American Farm Products Company
that it will bring about an increased
and uniform price to the producer,
a diminishedprice to the consumer,
giving him a superior and purer grade
of dairy products, and greatly im
proving present methods of distribu
tion. The commission merchant s
k eliminated ana tne
great corporation will take the re
b ,. ,1.1 jirarin? Tuitter ana
Kfrom the hand, ot the farmer to
the hands of the consumer.
Behind the great enterprise are a
score of the wealthiest men in Amer
ica, who have already put in 'about
$20,000,000, and are prepared to
"chip in" additional millions as tney
are required.
Cora and Cotton Prospects.
The prospect for corn is favorable.
There are sections wuc "
two -weeks behind, but the plant is
healthy, and a hot July and August
will work wonders in bringing It out
Cotton is in much the same condition
2 Srn Th farmer is prosperous,
and'the good crops wJUeh he has en
joyed for the past five years have
given him a surplus. -
. Prosperity Continues.
Business is most satisfactory and,
as long, as prosperity continues on
anything like tha present scale, the
SOLD AfiD CA??ARITEED B
BLY BROS.,
Hcndersonvillc, N, G
TEANSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.
General Offices, Brevard, North
Carolina.
WINTER SCHEDULE
Effective Monday, October i 1905.
No. 8 Eastern Standard Time No.
Daily STATIONS Daliy
P.M.
3:25 Lv S. Ry. Asheville S. Ry 12:15
2:30 So. Ry. Biltmore So. Ry 12:10
Ilender-
4:25 Ax S. Ry. sonville S, Ry 21:1a
4:30 Lv Hendersonville Ar 11:11
Yale
Horse Shoe
Cannon
Etowah
, Blantyre
Penrose
Davinson River
Pisgah Forest
Brevard
Selica
Cherry field
Calvert
Rosman
Quebec
Lake Toxuvvay
Station.
Parlor Car daily between Lake Tox-
away and Asheville.
4:44
4:50
4:53
4:53
5:03
5.10
5:20
5:24
5:30
5:43
5:50
5:55
6:00
6:18
6:45
10:56
10:50
10:47
10:42
10-37
10-30
10:20
10:16
10:10
9-55
9:50
9:45
9-40
9:22
9:00
Sonthern Railway Trains
Effective Monday, Oct. 9, 190o.
Trains on the Southern Ranaj
leave Hendersonville as follows :
No 14 No 1 i
East Bound East PonJ
west do i-
West Bound
8:10 A. M.
No. 9.
West Bound
5:15 P. J-
No. 13
West Bonn
6:35 PM.
Sandforall the standard products 12:50 r.M.
of Mother Earth will, iff general, Connects ; at f"-"r; of tba
turnpike ljine w j
Sapphire Country and Highland
Hendersonville with Southern
way for all Points North and bou
T. S. BO SWELL, .
Superintended
grow at an increasing rate.
Record Crop of Wheat Predicted.
If a prediction made by H. V.
Jones, a conservative crop expert, is
fulfilled, the United States this year
will harvest the greatest wheat crop
in its history. , .
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