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VNE* VOL.XxVII.- -- -__. ----- - - -- ;--_ _.------- --MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1916. -ELECT KIRTEN FOR THIRD TERM STATE FAIR SOCIETY HOLDS 6N NUAL MEETING AND ELECTS OFFICERS. REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGING History of the Organization Has Been Compiled and Published.-Several Vacancies Filled. Columbia.-J. N. Kirven. who has been directing the leadership of the State Agricultural and Mechanical society into progressive chanels dur ing the last two years, was unani mously reelected president of this or ganization. A. B. Langley of Colum bia, member of the executive commit tee from the Seventh congressional district, was made -ice president to succeed Ben F. Taylor, who asked that his name be not considered for this office. S. J. Summers. M. D.. of St. Matthews was made a member of the executive committee from the Seventh congressional district to fill the vacancy created by the promo tion of Mr. Langley. The secretary and treasurer will be elected by the executive committee at Its midyear meeting next February. The remain ing six members of the executive com mittee were retained. These are: First district, Benjamin McInnis, M. D., Charleston; Second, R. B. Wat son, Ridge Spring; Third. T. J. Kinard, Ninety-Six; Fourth, John D. W. Watts, Laurens; Fifth, B. H. Boy kin, Boykin; Sixth, Bright William son, Darlington. At the outset Mr. Kirven explained that the fair just now was "in the best condition financially and otherwise it had ever been," adding, "And we now have on the best fair we have ever held." In substantiation of his claims, a comparison of the attendance re cords of one year ago with those of this season was made. "The attend ance last year was the largest we ever had. On Monday of the present fair the figures exceeded those of the corresponding day of last year by 28 per cent; Tuesday they were 11 per cent in excess of that day one year ago; while Wednesday they were 80 per cent." Another interesting feature of the annual meeting was the report of the commit;,ee, appointed several years ago, to prepare and nublish a complete history of the society. W. A. Clark, chairman of the committee, explaine I that 300 copies of this 330 page history had been issued from the presses and were now being distributed. Collab orators with Mr. Clark in the task of . providing a permanent record of the 4. society were W. G. Hinson of James.! Island and D. P. Duncan of Union. In assembling data ,necessary for the publicalon of the volume, the com mittee -has collected copies of able ad dresses on agricultural subjects in ante-bellum days. 'rhe society desires *to preserve these also and an appro priation of $50 was ordered to defray clerical expenses in pressing this wrork. Thirteen life mem'-ers elected were: G. S. Boynton, Clire; Mi. S. Whaley. H. nB. Jervis, E. E. Smith arnd M. H. Columbia; H. D. Jordan, 2Udge Spring; S. 3. Derrick, New $erry; 3. P. Kflgo, Darlington; A. S. Smoak, St. Matthews; 0. Gardner, 'Hartsville; A. Hant Kohn, Columbia; 3.W. Razor, Donalds, and Dr. Jacobs. Newberry. Barrnger Heads Mayors. Columbia.--W. R. Barringer of Flor ence was elected ,resident of the South Carolina Mayors' association. The next meeting will be held in! Charleston, at a tizrs to be designated by the executive committee. Mayor T. T. Hay? could not remain for the second day of the convention. He left a letter to the mayors, ex *pressing his regrets that he must leave, and extending to the associa tion a hearty invita,.ion to meet next in the city by the sea. On motion of Mayor Barringer the acceptance was .manimous. Architects in Session. - olumba.-The South'Carolina As 'seciaton of Architects was merged with the South Carojinia chapter of the .Americanl Institute of Architects. 'This makes the South Carolina chap ter of the American Institute of Architects the largest in the south. E. D. Sompayrac vras elected presi dent;.-D. C. Barbot of Charleston. vice president; N. G. Walker of Rock Hill, secretary-treasurer, and the executive, committee will consist of these off i cers and A. W. Todd of Charleston: and George E. LeFa~ye of Columbia. KOERBER TO SUCCEED AS AUSTRIAN PREMIER. Vienna, via London.-It may be ac cepted as certain that Dr. von Koer ber, now Austrian Hungarian minister of finance, will succeed the late Count Karl Stuergkh as premier. Dr. von Koerber was received by the emperor and went to Budapest to confer with Count Tisza. Should Dr. von Koerber accept,- his successor in the financial ministry probably will be Dr. von Spitzmuailer, now minister of comn IMATON HEIES TOBACCO SEASON SMALLEST CROP BROUGHT LAR GEST CASH RECEIPTS. MARKETS. PALMETTO CAPITOL NEWS General News of South Carolina Col lected and Condensed From The State Capital That Will Prove of Interest to All Our Readers. Columbia. The state department of agricul ture, commerce and industries made public the annual report for the year 1916 on the number of pounds of to bacco grown and marketed in this state. In speaking of the result of the 1916 tobacco season. Commisioner Watson said: "The department, under the law, be gan to keep records of the tobacco crop in 1909. That year very nearly 28,000,000 pounds of tobacco were raised, but' the price was low, and it brought but little our $2,250,000. The two following years the croy de creased very considerably in both volume and amount of money pro duced. Then for four years consecu tively the volume of the crop steadily increased, until the maximum was reachea in 1914. the year the war broke out. The preceding year a smaller crop had sold at 12.77 cents per pound. bringing to the farmers $4,584,000. the greatest amount ever received from the tobacco crop-in this state. In 1914 'the price fell, and in 1915, while people still planted tobacco, and raised a big crop, the amount received from it was only $2,765,372. the price having fallen to the lowest figure recorded since 1909. 7.02 cents per pound. The total number of pounds raised last year was 37.995. 284. "This year, with a crop of only 20, 079,903 pounds, the smallest crop, with the exception of those of 1910 and 1911, the price went to a higher figure than ever before, 14.11 cents, and has brought to the farmers $2, 813,448.87. This year the crop was marketed early and there were no October sales at all. "During the season 22 markets were operated. Lake City led in the mat ter of pounds marketed, with Mullins a close second, but Mullins led all the markets of the state by very nearly $100,000 in the amount received from the sale of tobacco, Lake City coming second and Timmonsville third." Phosphate Rock Show Decrease. { Special from Washington. - The United State geological survey made public operations in the phosphate in ustry during the year 1915 in the United States. Phosphate rock marketed in the United States in 1915 amounted to 1,835,667 long tons valued at $5,413. 449. Compared with the production in 914. which was 2,734,043 long tons, valued at $9,608,041, this was a de :rease of 893,376 long tons, or nearly 33 per cent. and in value $4,194.592. o: nearly 44 per cent. The production of phosphate rock in South Carolina In 1915 was S3,460 long toins, valued at $310,850. This was a decrease of 23,459 tons, or 22 per cent in quantity, and of $104,189, or 25 per cent in value, compared with the output of 1914. Only land rock was mined and marketed, no river rock having been produced for several years. The output of the state in 1915 constituted 4.5 per cent of that of the entire cotntry. With the beginning,. of the war In Europe shipments of rock almost en tirely stopped and the great demand for sulphuric acid in 1915 is another reason the industry has shown a de County Agents are Busy. Fairfield County-One farmer sold $475 worth of bur clover seed and will make a bale of cotton to the acre on the same land. Orders placed for over 3,700 pounds of crimson clover seed t ogo on 65 different farms. Charleston Countv--Several farms have as much as 100 acres in velvet Abbeville County--Seven thousand pounds of crimson clover seed have already been delivered and 1,500 pounds more are ordered. Some farm ers are planning to crush pod and bean of the velvet bean and use in place of cottonseed meal. Two dem onstrationi acres of corn, one on which 20 loads of stable manure was used and one on which no fertilizer was used by corn was planed after crim son clover, when compared as to yield, showed that the latter acre was the Engine Kills Little Child. Chalesto.-Report has bceen re ceived here of a d-istressing accident at Ruffin, near Walterboro. where an Atlantic Coast Line engine run over and killed the 2 1-2 year old son of the Rev. . B. Bell of Bethel circuit. The child ran upon the racks, falling un der a moving engine. A flagman made a heroic but vain effort to res ue the child, narrowly escaping in jury to himself. Although living sev eral hours after the rcident, the little fellow, horribly mangled. had no chance for recovery. R ENGLISH CHANNEL GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT SQUAD RON STAGE RAID.-DO MUCH DAMAGE. RETURN SAFELY TO BASE Flotilla 'Reaches German Waters After a Raid Through the Straits of Dover in the Line Folkestone, Bou logne in English Channel. Berlin. via London.-At least 11 out post steamers and two or three tor redo boat destroyers or torpedo-boats were sunk or damaged by a German torpedo-boat squadron in the English Channel between Folkestone and Bou loagne. according to an official com munication issued here. The communication says: "Parts of our torpedo forces moved from a German bay Thursday night, through the straits of Dover and Cal ais to the line of Folkestone-Boulogne, in the English Channel. "According to the report of Com mander Michaelsen at least 11 out post steamers and two or three de stroyers or torpedo-boats were sunk, patrially or totally. near hostile ports. Some members of the crews who were saved were captured. "Several other guarding vessels and at least two destroyers were heavily damaged by torpedoes and artillery fire. Also the English post steamer Queen was sunk south of Folkestone, the crew having time to leave the ship. "In the channel near the Farnel Lightship there was a striking ac tive traffic by hospital ships. "Our torpedo-boats safely returned to German waters without any loss." FORCE OF 11,000 TROOPS NOW GARRISON CIIHUAHUA CITY. Five Aeroplanes and Two Aviators Ready For Use Against Villa.-Rail road Bridges and Tracks Torn Up By Bandits. El Paso, Texas.-Chihuahua City is now garrisoned by a force of 11,000 men. according to a Carranza official who arrived here from that city. He said General Maycotte recently arriv ed at Chihuahua City from Torreon bringing five aeroplanes, two English aviators and a force of Carranza troops for use against Villa. An ore train was burned, railroad bridges were destroyed and the track of the Mexican Central Railroad cut by bandits near Artis. The American also brought a re port that Villa's troops were planning to attack Parral. Jiminez. Santa Rosa lia and Torreon soon. Bandits - under the command of Villa are operating trains on the western division of the Alexico North western Railroad. between Santa Ysa bel and San Antonio. a report received by government agents here stated. Villa. ac-cording to the same source. now has approximately 4.000 men. some of whom arec not armed. LETTERS MAY GO BY AIR. NEW YORK TO CHICAGO. Buffalo. N. Y.--The United States Army. Navy and' Po:-toffice Depart iients are vitally interested in a pro posed non-stop mail-carrying flight between Chicago and New York to be attempted by Victor Carlstorm. Amer ican aerial pathfinder. The Army and Navy Departments will take official cognizance of the flight because Carlstromi will use a Curtiss biplane like those being tried out by the Army aerial corps. LIQUOR ADS IN PAPERS SOLD AGENTS FiNED. Jackson. . 31iss--Two local news agents. charged with selling copies of a Chicago newspaper containing a liquor advertisenment were fined $50 each by the police .iudge here. but the fines we-re remitted on the promise of the agent that in the future they would delete such advertisements be fore offering the papers for sale. VILLA GETTiNG ARMS FROM U. S. IS CLAIM. Atlantic City. N. J.--Reports 'hat arms and ammunition had been smug gled into Alexico fr-om the United States andi inistanre of the Mlexican represetatives that the United States Government take steps to check the assistance they declare Villa and other bandits are reveiving from persons on this side of the hor ler featured the discussions of the 3exican-American Join Commission at the close of the month's conference. $.000,000 TO PREPARE TROOPS CAMPS IN WINTER. San Antonio. Texas.-MIore than a million dollars has been made avail able by the War Department for pro vding winter' quarters for troops on the border. Southern department headquarters was advised to this ef fee anad ordered to lproceed with work at once. Cantonmients are to be erete~d for troops of the regular army engag.'tin horder duty and prey; ion has been made for fram'inlg and i~hur 'ng the tents of .-na ~uard tr-oops. OVEMBERI TO STUDY VITAL PROBLEMS Southern Commc.. .-l Congress Is Called to Meet in Norfplk Decem ber 11-14, by E. J. Watson. Columbia.-E. J. Watson, president of the National Association of Com missioners of Agriculture, has called a general conference of the members to- be held in Norfolk, December 11 14, during the convention of the Southern Commercial congress. Mr. Watson, in making the call, said to the members: "I have the pleasure to announce to you that the Southern Commercial congress. which is to hold its eighth annual convention in the city of Nor folk. Va., on December 11-14, has sug gested to our association the advisa bility of holding a conference of the members of our association at Nor folk during this convention. "It is the purpose of the gathering in Norfolk to devote its sessions to the practical consideration of vital questions relating to agriculture and education, and the industries, to com merce, and most particularly to an in terpretation of the relation of the United States economically to interna tional reconstruction and readjust ment, following the close of the world war. It is the general purpose to re view existing conditions as brought about by the world war situation and to endeavor to outline a program that will meet the demands of the future. "The suggestion having appealed to me most strongly, particularly in view o fthe fact that present day conditions are thoroughly abnormal, and read justmnents will be forced. I have deem ed it wise and timely that such an in formal conference i-c held. While this is not intended to call a regular meeting of our association. I do here by call a general conference of the members of our association, for the purpose of discussing these things among ourselves, and participating In the general sessions dealing with the general subject. In doing so, I wish to earnestly Impress the ho-_ tQ:-t each one of you will make every pos sible endeavor to be in Norfolk in at tendance upon this general conference, which will be held on the afternoon of December 11, and also of partici pating in the general sessions cover ing the four day period indicated above." Cooper to Be a Candidate. Columbia.-Robert A. Cooper of Laurens, after an informal conference with personal friends, announced that he was in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1918. Mr. Cooper's announcement arous ed much interest in political circles. Numbers of people. from various parts of the state, after his decision became known, called on him and assured him of support. Mr. Cooper is well known through out the state. He 'ias served as so licitor of the Eighth circuit for 12 years and prior to his election to that office he represented Laurens county in the general assembly. Mr. Cooper was in the race for gov ernor in 1914 and came within a few votes of getting in the second race. He ran again this year and polled over 0,000 vote. Mr Cooper is a splen did speaker and has a large personal following. He stands for all that is progressive in the democracy of South Carolina. Some of Mr. Cooper's friends are planning for a big rally .some time in the spring in Colu-.abia, when plans will likely be laid to begin an active campaign for him. SOUTH CAROLINA N3EWS ITEMS. G. B. Wingard of Lexington again this year rec-eived first premium for the individual farrm exhibit at the state fair. This is the third year in succession that this prize of $123 has been awarded to Mr. Wingard. Griffith T. Pugh was unanimously elected president of Columbia college, at a meeting of the trustees South Carolina Wesley Bible Class federation wvill meet in Columbia with Washington Street Methdist Episco ~al church, South. about April 1. 1917. Earle Harris. son of W. D. Harris. plunged into 30 feet of water and seed Charles Purcell from dr-owning at Neal Shoals. Work on the 28 foot channel up the Cccoper river to Charleston to the navy yard will start shortly, as a big h-edge belonging to the contract ing comnpan.,. has arrived to com mence the digging task. The 31st annual sessicn of the Woman's Synodical Missionary society mt at Johnston last week. Enterprises having an aggregate of Icapital stoc-k of $278,000 were author ized by the secretar:: of state one day last week. T he campaignl in Spartanburg to Iraisce $5.000 for Wofford college result ed in $14.346 being raised the first day. The 100th anniversary of the Co 'numbia Bible society. organized simul taneously with the American Bible Isoiety. was (-elebrated October 22d Iin tile auditoriunm of the First Baptist Ichurch Laurens County-Cotton planted June 2 after crimen clover was bet ter than cotton piunted two weeks earlier on which e side dressing *of 10 pounids of nitrate of soda was used. Orders have been placed for over 12 tons of clover seed. Sonmc idlea of the varied work that the county farm demonstration agents are doing in the various sections of the state may be gained from the followIng brief summary of activities In half a 'dozen counties as reported by Celson eilege . Union Cour~ty--Orders placed f three cars Of reelk phospbate. L16 and 17, WW. MOORE W. W. Moore, adjutant general, at tended the national rifle matches at Citadel class, which represented South citadel class, which represented South Carolina finished in Class A. - Hall Appointed Cotton Breeder. An important step in the car paign by Clemson college and the fari#. de monstration forces to combat the boll eevil was taken, with the announce ment that E. E. Hall, farm demon strator for Richland county, had been named to devote his entire time to cotton breeding work. The announce ment of the appointment was made after a conference between W. W. Long, state farm demonstration agent, and Bradford Knapp, head of the United States farm demonstration work in the south. CATTLE AWARDS AT STATE FAIR. The following awards have been made in the cattle department of the state fair: Ayrshires. Bull three years old and over: First prize $20, S. V. Skinner, Oxford, N. Y.; second $10, T. J. Kinard, Ninety ix. Bull two years old and under three: First prize $15, S. V. Skinner, Oxford, N. Y.; second J. D. W. Watts, Lau rens. Bull senior yearling: First prize $10, S. V. Skinner. Bull junior yearling: First prize $10, ". V. Skinner; second $7, J. D. W. Watts. .Bull senior calf: First prize $7, S. V. Skinner. Bull junior calf: First prize $7, S. V. Skinner. Cow three years c'd and over: First prize $15, T. J. Kinard; second $10, S. V. Skinner. . Cow two years old and under three: irst and second prizes $15 ahd $1.0, s. V. S::inner. Heifer senior yearling: First prize $10, St V. Skinner; second $7, J. D. . Watts. Heifer junion yearling: First prize $10, S. V. Skinner; second $7, T. 3. Cinard. Heifer senior calf: First prize $7, . D. W. Watts. Heifer junior calf: First prize $7, . V. Skiriner; second $5. J. D. W. atts. Graded herd: First prize $25, S. V. kinner. Breeder's young herd: First prize $15, S. V. Ekinner. Durhams. Best bull three --ears and over: First prize $20, George T. Stallings, addock. Ga. Bull junior calf: First prize $7, eorge T. Stallings. Cow three years old and over: First ad second prizes $15 and $10. George '. Stallings. Heifer senior yearling: First prize $10, George T. Stali-ngs. Heifer junior yerarling: First and second prizes $10 anid $7. George T. Stallings. Heifer senior calf: First and see nd prizes of $7 and $5 to George T. Stallings. Heifer junio'r calf: First prize,- $7, George T. Stallings Gradde herd: First pi'ize. $25, George T. Stallings.. Breeder's young 1.erd: First prize, $15, Geo. T. Stallings. Heref'-rds. Bull two years old and under: First prize, $15, A. S.. Smoak, St. Matthews. Bull junior calf :. First ptize, $7, A. S. Smoak. Cow two years old and under three: First and second prizes, $15 and $7, A. S. Smoak. Heifer senior yearling: First and second prizes, $10 and $7, A. S. Smoak. . - Champion bull any age: First, .$25, Geo. T. Stallings. Chapion cow*- heifer, and age: First prize, $15, Geo. T. Stallings. Special P'-emiums.. These preimiums w-ere difered by the American Hereford Cattle Breekers' association: Bull, three years c1 and over: First prize. $6, L. I. Guien,- Lugoff; second. 4' J.' N. Kirven, Darlington; third, $2.50. L. I. Gu4ion. Bull, t-vo years orfd and under three: 1r-st prize. $G. A.. Z. Smoak; second, $4, L. I. Guion - third. $2.50. S. D. RUMANIANS FALL BACK FROiDANUBE TEUTONIC ALLIES CROSSING DANUBE ON MANY PONTOON BRIDGES. FRENCH GAINING IN SOMME On the Transylvania Front the Rus sians and Rumanians Are Apparent ly Operating Successfully Against the Teutonic Allies. London.-Aside from the continued progress of the Teutonic Allies in the Dobrudja region of Rumania and fresh gains by the French and British in the Somme region of France, there is little if any change in th~e situation in any of the various theaters of the war. The Rumanians and Russians in Debrudja are still in retreat before the German, Bulgarian and Turkish troops who are now endeavoring to make their way across the Danube at various points on pontoon bridges, ac cording to the Sofia War Oiffce. On the Transylvania front the Rus sians and Rumanians apparently are operating successfully against the Teouton-ic Allies near the junction of Bukowina, Transylvania and Ruman ia, and to the south near Campulung and in the Jiup Valley have gained successes over them. In the Aghting in the Jiul Valley the Rumanians are declared by Bucharest to have cap tured two Howitzer batteries which latter were turned aganist the Aus tro-Germans. According to Berlin the Teutons have made additional gains south of Kronstadt and in the direction of Campulung. Following up their advantage of Saturday the British captured anoth er German trench Sunday northeast of Les Boeufs in the Somme region. BORDER CONTROL CHARGES DENIED; INCIDEN' CLOSED. Administration Officials Relieved to Receive News; Alleged Author of Criticism Says He Did Not Author ize Statement. Washington.-What promised to be a new source of serious friction be tween the United States and the de acto government of Mexico apparent y was cleared away through formal -epudiation by Eliseo Arredondo, Mex an Amnbassador designate, of a state nent issued here under the name of Luis Cabrera, assailing the American overnment for prntt.ing aid tio :each Vtilla and other bandits from :ts side of the border. Mr. Arredondo went to the stats ie;artment with the explanation that he statement was put out by an em 'loye of the Mexican news bureau, he de facto government's semi-effi ::ial publicity agency, without the -nowledge of consent of either the Thmbassy or Mr. C rera. This was accepted by the ::grtment and tire iNVASION OF BRITiSH ISLES IS POSSIELE. London.-Field Marshal Viscount hench, comman .er-in-chief of theI armies in the United Kingdom', ad dressing the volunteers at Derby, said that an invasion of the British islesI was not a mere suppenition, hut a pos blity. 'lhisu they must be perpared to meet. PROMINENT FtAIIRADI FIN:ANCIER DEAD.: Chcag.-Charles Wilcox Hotchkiss well kIora in finaneial and railroad crcles is dead at Dattle Creek, Mich.. of organic heart discas;e. He was 53 vars old. He w:'.s hairman of the board of drec.t ors of the Virgiirian Itailronad. NORTH CAROLIUA CAVALRYMAN KILLED. El Pasn. Te:c::.- i'rivate Lee Furtic of Troop A North Carolina Cavalry, ras killed in his tant ;7hile writinjg a letter, by the accidental diischarge of his pietol. i te uniisted at Mount Island, N. C. 0 '. E. CHiURCH SOUTH NOCT TO BARGAIN AWAY INHERITANCES. Atlanta.-Thie Bishops of Southern Methodist Episcop:0 - :-rch. in "view f some thirngs thr h-nve he a s;aid a : repeated on pub1~l)e :ter-s ~l public print.:. ent : tin forth pa.:rho quest ion of a other Methodist bed e idelr away any oft " *y 1 eitne and gicri.: c re;o other years f-r any icon::Iea t :n meetig y~c:,1 -cC '-mick there were gat>i *e ab., 20t aen, repres eting tLe t:ankers. the merchants and the fara~&rs of~ h' --ounty. . .Twety one f. .. -s of Privateer tovnsip. h:-: t- -anized a Farm Loan /Aso id I1 r1 will make appli cation fo: :':11.000 The S3e;:2:' h-' ber of Commerce, through :U' :: ::gresrrman A. F Lever i::s ;arit ceded in st curing ar. c:-Tr and Lfsnterested .goverUr~!nt cotton gracgr for the Sumter cottonl man-et for a part7 of the 1916 cotton selling season. Worth Cae Do you read the h your baking Dowder of tartar or, on the ot or phosphate? Royal Baking PE cream of tertar, deri adds to the food only Other baking por phosphate, both of used as substitutes because of their chef Never sacrifice C ness for low price. ROYAL BAKIN New GOOD HINTS ON STRAWBERR Most Profitable Varieties are Those Not influenced by Differences In Soil and Climate. Professor Lazenby gives the follow lug summary of essential points tb be kept in mind: The most profitable varieties for the commercial grower are those not-eas ily nfluenced by differences of soil and climate. Those which succeed well on wide areas are usually better' than those which have a mere local reutation. Pistillate varieties when properly fertilized are more productive than the sorts with perfect flowers. The value of a variety for fert'tlzing pistillate flowers does not depen 'so much upon the amount- as de-tnl1 potency of the pollen. The flowers - ot.-piflato ,a;iet 9 are less liable to be injured by frost than the flowers of perfect varieties. Varieties that are neither very ear ly nor very late in point of maturity, edgerow System Permits Plenty of Sunlight to Get at t'he Plants. a the most productive and have th~e logest fruiting season. As a rule, varieties that have the most vigorous and healthy foliage are ia most productive, while those with weaker growth of foliage . and a grater susceptibility to leaf blight a usually more prolfie. Winter protection mnay'be dispensed wth upon well-drained sandy soils, bt appears to be a necessity upon hevier oni's. Lost Liness. It seems incredible that a ship conld uterly vanish, but that such an oc crrence is possible is shown by the log list of liners that have been lost wth all hands in the wide Atlantic. There was the President, with 136 sols on board, which utterly vanished n1841; then the City of. Glasgow, ith her 480 passengers and crew, which disappeared .without trace In 154; and two years later the Pacific, hich sailed from Liverpool with 240 aoard and was nevermore heard of. he Tempest, another big liner, van ised in 1859, the City of Boston in S'0, the Huronian in 1902, the Wara ta six years ago, and of the fate that efell them the world has never yet ained tidinas and probabl'y never How to Sharpenl Razors. Cutlers have certain rules for sharp eing razors, pocket knives, etc. "A rar," said one of the craft, "must be lad flat on the hone, because it is hol lo ground and requires a fine edge. ut a pocket knife requires a stiff ege, and the moment you lay It flat ena stoner so-as to touch the polishj sie, youl injure the edge. 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