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Address Munyons Doctors, Munyons Laboratories, 53d & Jefferson Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. e ,r . to-d- ay V HE United State government tire out from time to time Information on all aorta of mattera pertaining to the welfare of the people, but It la aafe to aajr that none of Uncle Sama new la ao eagerly awalteo aa la that contained In the periodical report on the condition of the cotton crop which are Issued at Interval of a mouth during the growing and harvesting eeaaon. No one need be told of the Importance of the cotton crop hot only to the people who ralae this ataple and the folk who convert It Into a manufactured form but to each and every one of a who wear cloth- - TOUGH LUCK FOR BOTH. Left Both Satisfied. on one of those few cars. surviving Oh, I Insist on paying, Gladys " said the brunette. "You paid coming It all happened down No. I shall pay, declared Gladys with equal firmness.' "What If I did pay coming down didnt you buy that last package of gum?" Let me settle the quarrel, ladies," suggested the diplomatic conductor. Why not use the denatured form of Dutch treat? Whats that? forts are kets. "Well, you each pay the other's fare." And that was the way they solved It Cleveland Leader. e of the representative of the cotad others tradings cn the stock mari every successive cotton report Is(government make the price of cot-- t - Ale sued by t down according aa It presages a Is different In any w pfrom popular anticipation) and the Kind , Old Gentleman Why, broker wli inn get a "tip" aa to the contents of the report sen a few minutes ahead of hia fel- dren, wbata the matter? The Twins (In chorus) Boohoo I lows may b enabled to make thousands of dol- Everybody ses I looks jest like him! ian. An 1mm lie army of people scattered through Hla Ruling Patalon. with the all the co u growing states The young man waited for the millgovernmei In compiling Its cotton reports and I them give their services free in ionaires reply. I dont blame you for wanting to marry my daughter," said the latter. And now how much do you suppose you and she can worry along on?"' The youth brightened up. stamI I think, he cheerfully mered, that $200,000 well Invested, would produce a sufficient Income. 1 The millionaire turned back to his papers. Very well, he said, I will give you $100,000, providing you raise 8 a ... similar amount." And the young man went away sor-- s rowing. pr crop (or a crop that COVERWtCftr JSMSEJJQR. THE BOARD CROP REPQRTlttff A . 4 70 , . 0 f u f - CLERKS AT THE ,(! us. CROP 'EPOfitma BUREAU order to help the officials at Washington compile a thoroughly accurate systems of reports which, it la recognized, la to the in terest of ail concerned. To he sure most of these correspondents who contribute their mite to Uncle Sams mine of Information on the growing cotton crop do not have to devote much of tbelr time to the task. They merely send a few linea to Washington once each month, each person giving hi frank opinion aa to the condition and prospects of the crop on his parti' cular plantation or In his Immediate neighborhood. Moat of these reports ar APE JTQRfD AS sent by mall but undet certain circumstances the used end lu each state I ncle Sam telegraph has a salaried state . agent who devotes hi whole time Jo traveling over hla tate and sizing up" the situation, sending in hla concluaion by telegraph but "taking the precaution to write hit messages In a secret code ott cipher so that no who hanperson, not even the telegraph-operatdle them, could catch their meaning and thereby a gain a hint a to what might be expected In forthcoming crop report It la at the crop reporting headquarter at Washington that this scheme of keeping watch on the maturing cotton crop Involve a task that To convey an Idea of taxes human endurance. Its magnitude it is only necessary to explain that during the cotton growing season the statisticians are In correspondence with more than sixty thousand public and private ginneries and upward of fifteen thousand banker, merchant and others who are la a position to form opinions on the cotton yield The advlcea from all these volunteer Intelligence officers" are looked up at received at Washington and kept cloaely guarded until the day appointed for preparing the monthly report Then the body of expert known a the Crop Reporting Board la locked in a room and, taking all -the arcummulated Information, goes over It and tbelr prepares a general summary that embodies 11 the re- of It were, aa findings the averfigeports received from every quarter. Condition may y W.r-grestlIn different part of the country but the general report wlllglve the people of the n tlon a birds eye view of the whole situation In a broad senses It la this report which at the apfew pointed hour la made public and inside of a minutes Is flashed to all part of the country and to foreign parts. -- Jjrrrwff up tire cvrmv crop report bg. HOLD-U-P ' MERE CROP RiPORRJ RECEIVED a climax In ceeding crop report until It reach the rase of the November end December reports. The department of agrifture uses every possible precaution to preveiA any hint of the content of a report becoming public, until noon on the appointed day when the bulletin la given simultaneously to every person who la waiting for It at the headquarters of the crop reporting bureau In Washington. Then ensues a mad race to telephones and telegraph wires and a feverish fight to be first to communicate the news to New York and other cotton trading centers and to the great cities of Europe. Thejsgnlar newspaper correspondents vie wltlYone another In their efforts to be first to get the cotton forecast on the wire." but even more strenuous than their ef- - OF FICTION AND nothing differs more from real west- Theres e . The breathless reader see vividly the lying In wait along the edge of the mesa bluff" Is too common a vord to use while the ach tolls up from the arroyo so Is gulch out-'aw- t S t 7' a the leader, well masked in his poncho likewise la cloak carefully surveying the doomed vehicle. Then comes the attack, the killing of the leader driver, the wild pursuit, the slaying of the ho "of the hand by the brave yoong has thrown himself In front of the beautiful millionaire daughter Just In time to save her life and get a bullet In his arm that she nurses marriage,-ththrough-trepulse of the outlaws, etc., all plentifully garnished with mongrel Mexican terms that are never heard except on the melodrama .stage or aeon outside the tale aforesaid, ,, Now In real life there Is seldom any shoot fag robbery. One thing fc certain, f, a stage-coacthe driver never gets shot The driver I never even shot at, for he very sensibly puts up Ms hcid".. knowing how suicidal would be any at-- t t at remittance against f fined outlaws, and nitiung-cngliieer.--w- e h i- OF FACT nt tised view to correct detail. said an old fronAnd Of all the tales tiersman of the seventies. jf western life theres none that differs ao widely from the real thing as, the tale of the stage-coachold-up- HOLD-U- P he sitting up there aa pretty a target as one ever saw In a shooting gallery. Furthermore, the last man they want to ahoot Is the driver, for that would mean a runaway team of all things what, the robbers-dowant; they've goteneugh te keep them busy, as It I. Perhaps I cannot lllus-tralbettervAhat occurs at a real stageTobbery than by giving you my experience when 1 was driving stage through southern Idaho In the early elghtlcs, I wna driving from Shoshone to Boise City, about dusk one evening was going down the canon road that leads, from Camas prairie to the headwaters of the Payette not a settler for miles around. There was only one passenger aboard, a young woman from New England. Now, uhlle the country she had come from and that she was going to sere civilized all right. ' Ihe s trip tn 'Sou tiu-ri- i M alioWe werr'Then trav" eling over waa pretty slid. But I didnt say a word to her about it for fear of frightening lbs little thing. She was sitting up on the box with me and admiring the sunset tints la the western sky when, as we swung around a bend In the canon, a man standing in the middle of the road about fifty feet ahead, with a Winchester rifle lying In the hollow of fcia arm. flung up his hand to me. He waa the first human being we had seen since w left Shoshone at daybreak that rooming though that wasnt the reason I threw my leaders back on their haunches, flung on the brake and fcame to n sudden stop. . ern life thau the tale of real western life, pa told oy writers who claim to have taken part and, played the star role In most of the adven-'mre- t they sa carefully descrlbor with an adver- She congratulated him warmly. Your It la very good, she said. play is very good, Indeed, and I shall send all my American friends to see It," In that case, said the playwright with a very low and courtly bow, my little piece will sell 90,000,000 tickets." MORPHINE RELIEVED 1 or - Throw out the m&ll sack, ordered the man with the rifle." 1 -- the reached down and flung the sack into road. "'Better throw out the I guess," he added. "I kicked over the Wells-Farg- box, too, treasure box aa ordered. Drlve on. all, skid the man, curtly. bowling n touched up the team and we went was not a word merrily down the canyon. There Then the young spoken for a full ten fotnutes. woman, turning to me, said, guilelessly: to That looked Uke a mighty lonesome place bars a postoffice! That A Young Philosopher. Time la a relative quantity. Some minutes seem like hours, and some hours seem Uke minutes. How to control this flight la beyond most persona, but the little boy mentioned below seems to have progressed pretty well for a youngster. The teacher waa surprised to see that he remained perfectly Idle all through recess, and accordingly asked him why he did not play. " Cause," he said, slowly, It makes recess too quick If I play, and 1 want It to Youths Companion. t! Seats of the Mighty, those HaVe you Investigated charges against Blggun yet? asked the Intimate friend. Not yet," answered the distinguished statesman who was a member of the investigating committee. All-w- e have done Is to hold an informal meeting and decide that he isnt guilty." Lifes Varied Interests. The weathers rather bad, Isnt It? said the young woman.' Yes," replied the nonchalant youth. Lucky thing it Is. Helps conversation. It would be a deadly bore to go on for ever saying lta a pleasant day. GOT IT. Got Something Else, Too. -- "I liked my coffee strong and I drank It strong," says a Pennsylvania woman, telling a good story, and al- PAIN 6REAT KIDNEY REMEDY V. ri M Now It happens that it la only the national overnment that baa the necessary facilities for ueping tab upon the progress and development f each year cotton crop. Cotton la raised In to tnanyitate and over so wide an area that no tlngltrSrm or Individual has the facilities for Informing himself of the yield In all sections of the cotton belt." And yet accurate advance information aa to (be state of the maturing crop la of the utmost Importance to tens of thouavnda of American citizens and other tens of thousands of people over seat for, be It known, the whole world s largely upon America for Its cotton. The business, commercial and financial world likes to havo a peep ahead with reference to any agricultural crop In order to make plana accordingly, but in the case of cotton such foresight la eape- dally vital. For, you understand, the condition of a crop aa reflected In the eountry-wid- e ment reports tells everybody whether there la to be a good yield or a poor yield of cotton and this In turn Indicates to the grower whether he will get a high price or a low price for hla fluffy white product And as the iorecaat hints to the manufacturer whether he will get hla cotton cheap or not, so It signifies to him what he must charge for the completed goods as It cornea from mills. And o all down the line to the ultimate consumer" the cotton crop reports carry in tbelr hidden meaning a message of low prices or high prices. As the summer and autumn season advances Interest grow more and more intense In each sue- - Wfere All Her Friends. pretty story of Miss Ellen Terry and a gallant young playwright has gone the rounds of the Players club. Miss Terry attended In New York the flret night of this playwrights latest work and at the end of tha third act he was presented to her. A THE RE- STORES TO HEALTH For the past few years I suffered great ly from what three physicians called neuralgia of the stomach. The doctor treated me without any tucceea and I called in a fourth doctor, who pronounced my diw ease gall stone. I suffered intense pain and the only relief the doctor could give me was by injections of morphine. I waa so completely discouraged that I had almost given up hope when a neighbor told me about Dr, Kilmer's Swamp-RooI decided to try it and began its use at once and after talanf nine bottles was completely cured, not having a spell of sickness in over two years. I have ao much confidence in Swamp-Rothat I never fail to recommend it to my friends who may have kidney trouble of any kind. I feel certain that Dr. Kilsaved my life, why mers Swamp-Roo- t should it not do likewise for other who take it in time? You are at liberty to use this testimony t. at any time. Your truly, MRS. ELLA HENRY, 810 Schaefer Ave. Kansas City, Mo, Stats of Missouri 1 County of Jackson J On this 28th day of Jnly, A. D. 1900, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for said County and State, Mrs. Ells Henry, who subscribed the above statement and made oath thak the same is trne. HENRY C. EMERY, Notary PubUo. K lUasr A ."Tr Cn Prove What Swamp-RoWill Do Fof Yoa Bend to Df. Kilmer A Co., Bingham- ton, N. Y.j for a sample bottle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling all abont the kidqeys and bladder. When writing, be cure and1 mention this paper. For sale et all drug stores. Price fifty cents and ot one-dolla-r. Old Women In Mains. Gray has a quintet of ladles whose though I bad headaches nearly every age Is over ninety years. Mrs. Enoch day I Just wouldnotbelieve there Merrills age Is ninety-nin- e years and was any connection between the two. eleveh months, while Mrs. Lois B. I had weak and heavy spells and pal- Small reached hey ninety-eightbirthpitation of the heart, too, and al- day on November 6, and both of these Mrs. though husband told me he thought It ladles are bright and active. waa the coffee that made mp so poor- Mary A. Frank was ninety-allast ly, and did not drink It himself for he September, and la In her usual health. said it did not agree with him, yet I Mrs. Hannah T. Rowe Is ninety-one- ; loved my coffee and thought I Just Mrs. Mary Leighton also Is ninety-one- . couldnt do without It. Kennebec Journal. "One day a friend called at my home that was a year ago. I spoke Had Been In a Worse Scrape. about how well she was looking and Damocles saw the suspended sword. she said; "Thats nothing," he cried, "I've sat Yes, and I feel well, too. Its be- betweeg twqwomen with hatpins! cause 1 am drinking Postum in place Thus they saw he could not be of ordinary coffee. scared. I said, What la Postum?" "Then ahe told me how It was a Quick aa Wink. food-drinand how much better she If your eve sche with t smsrtina. burnfelt since using It In place of coffee or ing eenaation use PETTIT'S EYE 8 LVE. tea, so I sent to the store and bought All druggists or Howard Bro.,Buffalo,N.Y. when It drfis made aca package-en- d What Happened. cording to directions It was so good I have never bought a pound of coffee ' Fate Did you call? Opportunity Yes, but she sent word since, I began to Improve Immediateword by her servant she wasnt in. ' ly. I cannot begin to tell yon how Harpers Baxar. much better I feel since using Postum Constipation causes and aggravate many and leaving coffee alone. My health venous cured by diseases. It la , better than It has been for years Dr. Pierces Pleasantis thoroughly Pellets, The favor- and I cannot say enough In praise of ite family laxatn. this delicious food drink." The wealth of 'a man la the number Take away the destroyer and put a rebullder to work and Nature will of things ahlch he loves and bleesea, do the rest. Thats what you do when which he Is loved and blessed by. Postum takes coffee's place in your Carlyle. diet. "Theres a Reason. Mm Winskrwfl Sooth luff Bym. Read the little book, "The Road to For children teething mfienethe gnei. redoeecte fcCftbOlU . .iarowi aUa(amia miraaeimlsstiUL Wellvllle," In pkgs. read the skn letter T A aew Em aa apaeara fraai tlate ta tlave. They The test of piety comes not in th ara aeaatae, trwe, aa (all af ksasa pews but In the press of daily life. tatereet. h x -- k -- - v J |