North Carolina Newspapers

SECTION THREE PAGES 17 to 24. "" i . Vl J RALEIG-H. N. C, SUNDAY. OCTOBER' 1 5. 1905 tvt ' , - o J 3f INDIAN FUNERALS Strange Customs of Tribes of the Southwest Bodies in Caves. Tribes That Cremate From tho New York Sun .atever partakes ot the myster-. they have given the name of "Mas -!,v;9 arpeals to the mind of the In-i k1-" m. Superstitious by nature and 'u-.it ion and imagination to an ex- .nil thit 1 imb- j i liiiii. ia uumiown ana un- ......ltd is associated -with the mir- -lous and supernatural, and he S&J! , .'.t!i is to him a circumstance of , hi chest degree of rfiystery, says ' TC , ; " tlt.l fUKeraJ r.....il are, therefore, elaborate and l n.any cases imposing. : .,o services over the dead vary c .-; y with different tribes, and the - --Is of disposing of the bodies r.:any. Inhumation is. perhaps ' - most common method of pitting ay the dead, tut even herethere a variety of customs. Som bury ; dead in a sitting posture. Voth- ' , double 'the bo dy together and ' -:,1 It with cords, still others stand -t. and in other cases . . . A, - ithTvest practise cremation: some, f tv,,. ja,j vv , I , roe of their dead by placing the e.om? nlm 1PL t rmS: ?" 'I ..centh,m np!tu '.'i?"8 C f' - ' hllJ5r.lterS"lIdInfS; W - ":.nr ui nic -uaei lliuca S1I1K Hie Viies in the waters of the ocean. ;!.e Pima Indians bury their d"ad . , .j. i. miiately, or as soon after . death n- possible. The burial generally tikes place In the night time. The ly is prepared for the grave ty : c tied double with ropes passed ... - vv. Men the medicine man of the tribe : ounces death inevitable, the grave s prepared This is a perfectly - nvl hole, four or five feet deep, st large errough to receive the body often happens that the medicine ran makes a mistake in the diag- iosis of the case and the patient re- vers. His grave Is then left un. -led till such timers he is ready n occupy It. Should other mtembers f the tribe die first, new graves are :f" pared for them, the other being ft to vawn till it gets the one for rhom it was made. It therefore hap- r-.s that nearly every Pima eeme- i.rv contains several open' graves. The burial is accompanied by chant- bv the mourners, words lauda- :orv to the departed being improvls- M.' The grave is filled while the weird Mr.gs are being sung and a pole fence or covering is then constructed 'to protect the grave from the depreda- Mons of coyotes or other wild animals. The immediate relatives of the depart- f1 cut their hair as a sign of their .. r iming, and they cease their occu j"!tlons several weeks. Immediately after the services at -. t ie Krave tne nouse ana personal ei- r- ' t, of the departed are burned and or her -cattle and horses are a at is then made in which all mem- ern of the tribe In the vicinity take r a t. The Navajos have a horror of death jr W change is made in T arrCdeathCoccur: In "lothin. tho limbs being straigh f necessity. When death occurs in weapons of the deceas- i dwelling It is immediately abandon , household imple- -r l. and as soon as practicable a new I eu 11 f ' . 1..l1h(l i . .. , V tVl- ments, if a woman, being placed be- r: is built, in the meantime .the The male friends of the -rvMng memberrffiiewhus;d shoot the horses and cattle ,mp out or tage refuge with other fc belonged tQ him and burn hi3 r.mbers of the tribe. . aT1- orcoal AffPtcs. The female Sometimes the house where the ah takes place is made to serve ' a tomb for the dead, the doorway v. j uu -,,,, tt ir filled with sticks and mud. It rn or re usual, however, ior tne Doay hA In a era v nrenarert for the remains being conveyed to thej p ave the next day after death by . f---o perfectly naked Indians who. af- trr the funeral, purify themselves be- fre resuming their apparel The body is followed by a long pro- ; r'--?!on of friends and relatives who r arch about the grave chanting songs -1 who, upon departing, deposit each i -m the grave some article which he departed -will need in making j A. . , .,m i ci journey xo me lower unu , .- ation of the Navajo spirit" land. . .,t ! -ine iiopl Indians nave one .Duni - . , --torn for adults and another for that of the Yumas. Wh He the body H-,lren. They believe that the spirits is being consumed, certain .priests or ? the latter return to their mothers poetsingers run about the pyre chant- ! that they are born again. They, ing the praises of the departed. The b-rr fore, dispose of the dobies of incineration takes place at night, and young by putting them 'in the the ceremonies are weird and uncan ' fts in the rocks, filling the. crevice jny in the extreme. i'h sticks, stones and mud. The bod- The Achomawl Indians of California of the adults are laid in graves at have a curious custom which is part e foot of the mesa. After being burial and part cremation. They dig ' 'efuiiy dressed and prepared for a a hole in the ground of sufficient depth r tr journey a prayer offering is laid . to admit the body .standing, leaving !'h the body, to which is attached only the head above the level of the i Ions? string, and the body is then severed and a pile of stones laid on be grave. The string, which is then in a long trench running due vest from the cairn It Is the belief of the Hopis that the 'lirit of the departed, which is "nought to be asleep with the body n the grave, awakes at the expira Mon of the fourth day, when it is opposed to follow the string up out r,f the grave and along the trench, v-he:i.havihg been started in the right 'iirortion. it continues on its westward v y till it comes to the Grand Canon, the depths of which they believe lo be the house for the dead, to which The Apaches put their dead away in the clefts of the rocks, in shallow craves, and ir v. ... , ., , ir ' c vaoes 01 cnnaren, in the tre tor n the virture of the departed at the time of the burial an; lL,l . deceased give them- selves The uu iiiuurmg ior a period, t Pala Inrians of southern Cali- IOrnIa have had the advantage of more tnan a ntary of religious training. one of the early missions having been located in their midst. They have assimilated the general Idea of the resurrection of the body and the life beyond the grave, and have blended this doctrine and the burial customs of the Catholic church with the ori- ginal rites of paganism, T i ' i . " now. their belief that the body i" f.T a Cefain lensth ffj1! lnf T ?n at the GX" hJ the rude board cross or stone slab .,w i t B,-uuc w"h which they mark the gravd the exact tm at whi Bdeceased ceased to . The Ascription will state that such a person "died on the 19th day of July, 1899.at 1 o'clock in the afternoon." In some cases cheap , t . ' the hands being set at the hour and .i,,,, . , . , , In the Coahullla Cemetery. in the Colorado Desert, is a curious litter llSfd hv thfl TnrUnne tn entivpv thrir tlead ; to their last resting place. It constiSkts of two poles the nan(3ies of are cunnlngly inlaid with tiny piecesrof horn and bon tne poles e- ing joined together by stringers of horge h,d upon whlch the bodies are lald The Wal Qf the, dead is ac. companied by . elaborate ceremonies, including the chanting Gf songs and prayers and the g5vlng of fts to the departedi and he burning Cf the palm tree wh,ch was planted at the birth Qf th departed and which bore his Qr her name. , . - , The Yuma Indians of the Colorado Desert cremate their dead. A funeral ' frecte,d as sofnasvor -befor ij )la1and toe l"11 Khe body takes pIace asA soon aftfr death, ? ?f e arrangements can be ' complete The clothing and personal et ot the departed are consumed th the body, together with a quan- y of food to last the spirit on its Journey to the realm of pleasure, when U, 13 bo"nd- The hvUSe iS al o burned that those who survive ; mama' -Fw m oir oq i "rnflrMArv fa hilt gone, for, they say, "memory is but sorrow; therefore let us forget." The TJte Indians place the bodies f thej, dead ln caves, many bodies - - , being entombed within a single cav- em After each entombment the mouth of the cave is stopped with sticks and stones to keep out anima's, and the place Is not again visited till tha next interment takes place. ' a trt T,T.,' inenus, wnuso uuij n. f i - ( the body for the tomb, bear the re- L"c. . "l;."" ljttermr mains to their resting place, uttering . marcn tQ JU"- In the western part of Utah, In the Great salt Lase eseii, . vw called Skull Valley, because of the sreat number of human ekuHs and bones found there. This locality is the home o the Gosh-Ute Indians, wno. nave ial customs known. This consists in weighting the body with stones and sinking it in the mud and -water of the few springs to be found in that roiHAn of thirst. - . . , i The Mojave Indians cremate their , - j .,rnn o funeral nvre. similar to ground. The head is then cut off, the weapons and personal effects of the deceased are placed in the grave be side the body, together with a quan- 4 tity of food, and the grave is then filled. Then faggots are pjacea m tne grave and the head is burned to ashes thereon. During the burning- the friends and relatives stand about and : chont a mournful song. - The Yo-kai-a Indians practice cre mation . accompanied by elaborations of grief and the chanting of songs. They visit the abode of the departed daily for a year, springling meal upon tho ground to ser,ve as food for the srirlt. When a vbman loses her hus- . . . 1 V I bard, she mixes his ashes with Ditch. making a phite paste, and she smears it around her head, making a white land about two inches wide, which sh wears as a badge of mourning. The Kelta Indians believe that when one of their tribe dies a little bird takes the spirit and starts with it for the spirit world. If the departed has livr d a worthy life the bird reaches the happy land and the spirit dwells there forever. If, however, the life has been an evil one, a cruel hawk catches the bird and devours it, to gether with the soul which it is bear ing, and both perish miserably. The Karok Indians of California perpetuate the memory of their de parted friends by abstaining from all mention of them. If one Is so forget ful as to mention the name of one of the dead, the others are shocked, for it is their belief that the men tion of the name causes the body or bones in the grave to turn and moan, and the spirited is halted on its jour ney toward the spirit land. In fact, the mention of the name of a depart ed friend is a deadly insult to the living relatives, and is punishable by the laws of the tribe with the same penalty as murder, a very heavy fine, known as "blood money." SWEDENS AT HOME A barber will shave you for 6 cents but you have to wash your own face and comb your own hair. Everybody trusts you and you are expected to trust everybody. This works well almost invariably. You never have a dispute with the cabman over the fare. A taxameter measures the distance you travel and shows what you owe at any minute. You get a bill every day at the hotel. This permits you to correct every mis take at once. ' ' The hotel clerk wears a gorgeous un iform, is called a porter, and is grat ified for a 25-cent tip at any time. "Women shine your shoes, shave you, and cut your hair. Men take off their hats when they meet men acquaint ances and bow law. Every third man has some kind ot a uniform on. Policemen salute the street car con ductors and are saluted by them. Everybody is excessively polite to everybody else. A servant who brings you something says "so good." You say "tack" (thanks.) You take off your hat when you L en ter a shop and return ih-3 .hopmg.n'3 low bow. They don't beleieve ii dopjirt nent stores. Every merchant sticks to his own line. ' - Although -drinking is common, one seldom sees a drunken man. The pavements are nearly all cobble and the carts running over them make a deafening din.. The city is now ex perimenting with wooden blocks. If you order ice water to drink you will be Immediately "spotted" as an "Americanster." Tips are everywhere given, but they are small. Ten ore (2 cents) is the ordinary tip to cabmen or porter. To a waiter you give ten per cent of your bill. The newspapers are numerous and widely read, but not at all up to Am erican ideas. They are often very un wieldly in size. A Stockholm newspa per manager, when there is pressure of advertising, simply makes his pages longer instead of more numerous. They use half-tone illustrations and pen-and ink drawings of an antique execution are considered very enterprising. A lady always wais for gentleman in speak, instead of the reverse, as In America. The cornelians crack jokes on the rich Swedish-American who has come home to spend his money. The point of them usually is that he has forgot tein how to talk Swedish and mixes his American up with it. , Society is so ond of grand opera that the season lasts from September 1 to June 1. The state furnishes the opera house and endows it. A government theatre is also being built. It is light all night in the summer and dark all day in the winter. The pedestrian has no rights the dri ver is bound to respect. If run over, it's his own fault and he may be sued for damages, if any. There are more telephones ln pro portion to the population than In any other city in the world. .There is a phone in every shop and office and street kiosks containing instruments are numerous. They are fond of long words. A plum ber is called a "vattensledningsentre prenor" or literally a water-pipe in troducer. Minneapolis Journal. Homeless Holmes "Wot's become of Everett Wrest?" Oliver Mudd "De poor hobo died of overwork." Homeless Homes "G'wan, I don't believe it." Oliver Mudd "It's de trut.' He was too ambitious tried to do two day's loafing'in one day!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. " - Mrs. Rice "I know you would like Miss Worriley. She is very depressing One of the kind you know, that is -always borrowing trouble." Mrs. Bruce "Oh, then. I'd be -sure to like her, I've loads of trouble to lend." Brooklyn Life. "Have you any reason to believe that our sister likes me, Willie?. Course she does, just yesterday I heard her say, 'Nobody could help likin the dear old easy mark.' " Cleveland Plain Dealer. ARMY HEALTH ! (New York Evening Post.) Washington dispatches state that Surg.-Gen. R. M. O'Reilly of the army has submitted to Secretary .Taft an exhaustive report on health conditions in the army. The report says that the enlisted strength of the army, as shown upon the monthly sick-reports, was 58,740, and on the returns of, the military secretary 60,139. and calcula tions are made upon the latter figures. There were 79,586 "admissions to the sick report" during the year, 406 deaths from all causes, and 1377 dis charges for disability. v- The figures, he says, . show a steady and progressive Improvement in the health of the ar my. ' The report says that by far the most important diseases affefcting the ef ficiency of the army during the year have been those resulting from im moral habits, which caused 16 per cent, of all admissions. This class of diseases advanced from third to first place in number of admissions to the sick report. There were constantly oiv sick report for this class of diseases 715 men, equal to the loss for the en tire year of the services of eleven full companies of infantry. ' "The controf of these diseases," says Gen. O'Reilly, "lies largely in the hands of the civil authorities, and or-p of the most important steps to that end, would appear to be classing taem with other Infectious diseases, and the requirement that they shall be reported as such ( and controlled by health departments. In the mili tary service a similar course should be followed." c As to, the causes of death, pneumo nia advanced to first place and tur culcsis second. The report adds: There were 206 admissions for gun shot wounds,. with 44 deaths and 2,850 admissions for wounds other than gunshot, withl5 deaths. Twenty-one men were killed in action and 42 wounded, of the killed two were by gunshot wounds; of the wounded 28 were by gunshot. There were 43 sol dier? drowned. 11 per cent, of the to tal deaths from all causes, indicating how important it is that all soldiers should have systematic instruction ln swimming. Twenty-seven soldiers committed suicide; ten . deaths were due to homicide. Notwithstanding that a large part of the army was serving in the tropics ihere was no admission for snake bite. . The strength of officers was 3,421 from the medical department reports and 3,815 from the miliary-secretary. There were 2,276 admissions,. 27 deaths. Comparing with foreign armies shows that the highest rate of admissions is in the American army and the lowest In the Russian. The highest death rate was in the American army and the lowest in the Prussian. The highest non-effective rate was in the American army and the lowest in. tha Prussian. Regarding these facts. Gen. O'Reilly says: The very highest proportion for al coholism in the army as compared with that of the British is due to the fact that in the latter service only admissions to hospital are counted. It is notable that ? while the British have less than half the American ad mission rate for dysentrr. their dath rate is practically the same, and that while the rotio of admion fo malarla is about he same, their death rate is nearly three times as great. The American admission rate for ma laria is nearly . eighty times that of the- French, while the death rate is onl five times as great. These facts p.ilnt to difference in the method of computing admissions. The figures for measles and mumps compare very un favorably with other armies except th. Fi ench. The comparatively hirh American death rate for tuberculosis is explain ed ty the fact that in the United S'ates ermy tuberculosis patients are sent., to. a sanatorium and retained in so r. ice for long periods, while in oth er avries they are promptly discharg ed The high admission rate is ro dcubt due to the present defective system of medical examination of re cruits. The undue prevalence of ty "phoid fever in the army is partly ex plained by its undue prevalence in the civil communities where the troops are stationed, as a result of the general failure to purify water and sewage ln American municipalities. Notable is the absence of smallpox in the Prus sian, Bavarian, and Dutch armies. More care in vaccination would give like results in other services. The strength of the army in the Philippines was 11,996 and there were 20.246 admissions to the sick report and 105 deaths. The strength of the Filipino troops was 4,610 and there were 5,242 admissions and 103 deaths. A Building up Woste Places South (Zach McGhee in the Southern Work man.) It is a matter of record that in 1895 in a certain rural community in the south six acres of land sold for $13.98, or $2.33 an acre. Last year these same six acres sold for $1,660, or $276.66 an acre. Near this, another tract which in 1892 sold for seventy cents an acre sold in 1904 for $150 an acre. All ' of this land, in 1892 and 1895, was out in the country. It is out in ' the country now, and it is used for - farming purposes only. No speculators have run its price up; no "boomers" have laid off a city there and advertised "corner lots." There is xio city there and the people have no Post. intention of building one. Neither is there even a cotfbn mill or other man ufacturing concern there or anywhere in that vicinity. People have s lived , there for nearly two hundred years, ! and tilled the soil, and that is what j they . are doing now. The difference i is that for the first time they are learning how to farm, -how to bring from land formerly considered waste, crops which sell at a big profit. And along with this, and in consequence of this, they are learning how to live comfortably in the country, how to build themselves homes, how with , others near them to build up a com munity life and enjoy those intellec tual and social pleasures which they are wont to consider possible only in the town. Some "new blood" has been introduced into this community, peo ple who came down from the north west to engage in truck growing, or any other kind of growing the land was capable of; but the natives, too, have been stimulated, and, thus, assist ed, have gone to work to better nity. A LONELY MONARCH (From the New Orleans States.) It has generally been an accepted fact that the principal trait in the character of the Sultan of Turkey is cowardice, but the wonderful cour age he exhibited when recently an at tempt was made upon his life must give the impression that he possesses more courage than he is generally credited with, says Tit Bits. As a youth he was courageous to reckless ness,; and if he now suspects all those who came near him, is it only because" the lonely life he leads, often speak ing to no one but those who bring him food for days together, has made him dread his own shadow. No monarch in Europe works hard er than he, for he rises at 4 in the morning, winter and summer, and gres to his white-tiled bath room for his bath; after which he sips a cup of coffee, brewed by. his cafedpibachi, or chief coffe-maker, and then, with a cigarette between his lips, he goes straight to his desk. He works ti? midday, when he adjourns for prayer; then more coffee and an entree, an hour's siesta, and work again till dih ner, which is served at 4 in the after-j-oon. During these hours he signs some hundreds of documents for in addition to governing affairs at home, he is praciirally his own foreign min ister. 1 The SuUan is chiefly afraid of the darkness, and it costs him 140 per night to have his private bed room guarded. This sum is split up be tween the eight generals entrusted with -the work, and their supernum eraries. Two generals take the long watch every1 night outside his door and receive 40 apiece for it, beneath them is a colonel, who is paid 30 a night and a guard receiving smaller amounts. All they have to do to earn . their princely salaries fs to tramp ; up end down the corridor with their. eye? on the beautiful satinwood door; , inland with mother-of-pear, which took ' an expert two years to Inlay. ! The Sultan is not a great eater, for he kills his appetite with the number of cigarettes he smokes. He takes his meals wherever he happens to be, and they are prepared in the imperial kitchen, situated to the right of the main entrance . to the palace. This kitchen might also be called a. fort ress, for it has an armor-plate door unci it fitted with locks, which can on;y be opened by one man. As each course is prepared it is placed on a silver dish, which is sealed with red wax by the Kelardjhi, the official re sponsible for his soverign's food, and then a black velvet cover is placed over the dish to keep it warm. Scores of people from the kitchen follow the meal In procession into the imperial chamber, the seals being broken in the Sultan's presence,' and often the Kelardjhi is requested to taste some particular dish. The cost of the Sultan's food does not exceed 1,000 a year; for it is mostly entrees and boiled eggs, but to feed the thousand members of his household and pay all domestic ex penses costs 14,000 a week. But, as the Sultan's income is 2,000,000 a year, this is not exorbitant. The Sultan reads a good deal, but his tate in literature is curious. He will never read anything but fiction of the most sensational order. He loves French literature, and . has read all the novels of Gaboriau several times over and he prefers to read himself rether than be read to,. Ir spite of his love for fiction he has found time to speak five langua ges perfectly since he came to the throne, for as a youth he never imag ined he would become Sultan, and so did not study. It was only after he had declined the crown several times that he allowed himself to be invest ed with . the sword of Osman when his brother's lunacy had been proved. He has always hated sovereignty, but , as a ruler he is headstrong and cour- ageous and a master of diplomacy. "Did you turn that last applicant down?" said the junior partner in surprise. '"Why, he known eight lan guages." "That's Just the reason," said the senior partner. "A man with that many languages in his iead hasn't room for anything else." Detroit Free Press. Jay Green "I had a ride in my cous in's automobile, while I was up t city' Aaron Allred "Ye did? How'd it seem?" Jay Green "Wa-al, it felt a good deal like fallin' into a deep well, only you dropped straight ahead instead of downards." Puck. EUROPEAN LABOR FOR WE COTTON FIELDS A Practical Suggestion to Divert thi Surplus to the Natural Resort of the Cotton Industry . i ..: : From the Manufacturers' Record Coming close upon the heels of an-,-mal, representing, as ft does, onlv one. nouncements from England of the rev- olution that was to be made in cot ton growing under the auspices of the ...vuvuiui.o n men, wim me aiu ui certain bureaus of the United States government, have been used in this country in attempts to depress the price of raw mttnn , i,k the Manchester Textile Mercury of September 23 an "urgent appeal to spinners, manufacturers and opera tives" from a committee of the - Brit ish Cotton-Growing Association for financial ai t,u- woirw T,a nnAr 1n air ,rti thon' J v.,,.. vfnrmi.' r! ct.on,a threats against Southern cotton-grow- PH. ntatAs that tl-io ruennnoo in tVio many , appeals has been most inade- quate, and that out of the $2,500,000 capital asked for, less than $1,000,000 has be take; upi lnrtrconse: quently not only have expenditures on new developments been stopped, but the outlay on wotk already commenc - j . ed has been curtailed. Referring to the several fields of experiment the appeal reports that In . the West In dies this year's crop will amount to more than 5000 bales of the best Tcinr, ant,. i,,t r, Island quality, and that further funds are urgently needed to provide gin ning factories and to assist plant-' rs! that in Tndin. PYfPllArlt gn.mnis of the better staple cotton have been produced, both of Egyptian quality and from the perennial and other va rieties, hut i that nn ftirthpr p-srnpH- ments can be started until further capital is provided; that about 20,000 acres in British Central. Africa are under cultivation with an estimated crop of 500 to 10,000 bales, but that British East Africa, the Egyptian Soudan, Uganda. Rhodesia and South Africa had to be left almost untouch ed for want of funds; that this seas on's crop on the ' association's planta- tions in Sierra Leone. Lagos, the Gold Coast and Southern Negeria will; prob ably be more than 10,000 bales, but in spite of contributions by the Colonial the situation. Now and then an un governments of more than ' $30,000 a exampled season, like that of 1904, year toward the work, the amount of may apparently create an impression money available is altogether inade- that the south , has a sufficient supply oiiit: and if lax funds are not lm-1 of lar for lts cotton fields- The lm" mediately forthcoming some of the work already under way will have to be relinquished. Tn rtf thA rpaiiv small results, 25.000 or 30,000, bales, from so much agitation, it is almost pitiful to find the appeal suggesting that Northern Nigeria, with an area of 500.000 square miles and a' population of : 10,000,000, could produce all the American cot- ton Lancashire requires, and that there are other fields, Borneo, British Guiana, Ceylon, Cyprus,' Mauritus, where cotton could be grown. Tn spite pointed to by President MacColl of the of the claim that the association' had New England Cotton Manufacturers practically proven that in the Brit- Association, when, because of an in ish Empire cotton of every grade can crease of America's population at the be produced in sufficient quantity to home market for the output of Amer. supply all the meeds of Lancashire, lean mills will have, without any ,ab it Is difficult to understand how there normal growth of foreign trade can be great enthusiasm for the pi ah brought the volume of the output of proposed bv the association of raising American mills beyond that of Great within the next five years something Britain. Steady expansion of .the more than $1,000,000 through contribu- home market is a vital fact not al tions from the spinning mills, the ways given Its due weight In discus weaving mills, operatives, managers, sions of the market for American clerks, warehousemen and others. The cotton goods, but it is a fact which appeal as a spur to such enthusiasm ' .English investors may well ponder syS. upon in the possibility that they may So' long as the Lancashire cotton find greater returns by building their trade is dependent On the United mills in the south than in enlarging States for the bulk of her supply, so textile -operations at home. The Inev lo"K will it be subject to the vagaries itable part of wisdom seems to be a of the weather in one particular spot concentration of capital, upon both of the world and at the mercy of the cotton-growing and cotton-manufac-most able and powerful clique of spec- turing in the south. ulators the world has ever seen. Not-, withstanding the fact that last year's crop was over 13.500,000 bales, the price' of cotton has been forced up during tho last fow months, and legitimate business has consequently been almost entirely stopped. The only .possible ll owimo.t nf other sources of supply in our own empire, i t Di,5,.a .h,. tn riPfeat America's monopoly and manipulation, she can do so, but at present her spinners and manufacturers ore con- tent to stand by in apathy and oy not providing the necessary funds cripple the only movement which of fers any permanent remedy for the prosperity of their industry. The time has now; come ior lan rashlre to decide finally whether the work shall be fully developed to remain In its present more or less ex perimental state even if it has not to be given up entirely. If this movement is allowed to die for the want of funds, it is Improbable that any further effort will be made for a generation, to the , irreparable injury of the cotton trade of this coun try. !It is estimated that over 100,000,000 capital is Invested in the spinning and weaving mills alone, apart from the many other kindred Industries. According to Mr. Macara's estimate, if the mills had been stopped for a strike the loss to the country would have been not less than 800,000 a week. In comparison with these fig ures the sum of 500,000 is infinitesi f - W A A w . nalf Pe" cent.1 on th capital Invested, andjve feel sure that as soon as these facts are fully appreciated the whole of the capital will be willingly and The most significant part about this PP 13 th? J, making it. " .... i. .Lra wun: xj. mo "wmg ui voiion wnnin the "sn dominions to satisfy the needs of Lancashire was a practical business' proposition the long-headed, alert and aggressive capitalists would have sub scribed to it over and over again. Iti earnest promoters would have at their disposal more millions than they could use- Operatives, orks, etc.; would have no chance to get into it, even on the top floor. But , there is a way for the invest- ent f ltish apit Britis energy in the' matter o cotton which will remove all possibility of the $59V ?T "f mf lrl 1XUle lnlU9?7 through a lack of supuiy of the raw , , ' , . This way was clearh ohown in the address of Mr. SamuMi S. Dale of Boston at the recent- rucetng o the New England Cotton Uanufacturers' Association While he "recognized that there must be a limit to the vast re- sources of the Arnericnn cotton belt, he viewed the efforts ef foreign na tions to grow " cotton elsewhere as merely experiments fa the good of rem Prosperity. He therefore gave aeiisiuie auvice Liiai cwtion m&iuiac- turers should concentrate their ef- forts. "pon the cotton lands of tho foutl1' nasmuch as cotton-raising in less favored districts could not be a commercial success untn all the Amer- lcan POssiDinues nave oeen exhausted As a practical means to carrying: out his suggestion he advised that the manuf acturers should, give support to plans for relieving Europe of its sur plus of labor by directing that surplm the . southern cotton fields, whore there Is a shortage of labor. That is eminently a sane view of Pressiori : would be false. The normal condition there is either an absolute shortage of labor in the fields or em- barrassment in other lines of-activ- lty. caused by the attraction of their labor to the cotton field. It must e remembered, too, that the world 'demand for southern raw cotton sc tends to increase that additions to soumern laoor ior me collou ue.u cannot be to the disadvantage of the labor already there, and that siieh additions can only hasten the time' Newspaper Waifs A young girl should rememcer mat ... a. t Mnlra tha Krillii " -.. - (Philadelphia Record. ."I went home to se e the old folks recently and introduced mysef as them as the prodigal son wouldn't mistake you for for the fatted calf ?" (Life.) "John, I simply must have anothei "For what occasion?" "The gown. new ook is coming tomorrow and I have nothing to receive her in." (Cleveland Leader.) Charity at Home. "Do you believe in accepting tainted money for for eign missions?" "Not I; I don't be- lleve in spreaamg imecuon , wneu . . - M il 44 can he connnea io. me hucclc-u trlct."-i-(Baltlmore American.) "Snooks says he would never wear ready-made clothes." "Possibly. But he spends ready-made dollars. If hi? father hadn't left them to him h wouldn't have enough to buy a second-hand suit." (Detroit Free PresR.? "Willie, will you tell your sister 1 am here?" "She knows you're here. She told me to say she wasn't homo, but I knew you wouldn't give me s dime If I told you that." Willie got the dime. (Cleveland Plain Dealer. ) Distinction with a difference. Dum-; ley"W"hat they call preferred sto"V is the stock that pays dividends. iv't it?" Wis'eman"Not at all;. '.but .fho stock that does pay dividends i - ! ways preferred." (Philadelphia Pr-: