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BRYAN SPECKS
In London on the White Man's
Duty to Others
TO LAT G AU * ~NCY.
Says Am:rica Has Been Moving Along
Remarkably W~dI Bobbling Along
on One Leg, and Wonders
What It Wouid have
Done on Two.
William J. Bra an w.s the centra
figure at the annu.l Independerc
Day dinner of the American Scciety
of London, Engl.nd, at tte Hotel
Ecil Wednesday night. Nearly 50)
members and guests surrcunded the
society's toard and cheered patriotic
sentiments with the peculiar zest
borne of exile. Asmbaador White
law Reid and Mr. B. an engaged is
some sharpe but goxd humored rail
lery and banter over political differ
ences, the crowd evincing its erjoy
ment of the sport with cheers ano
shouts of laugeter. Mr. Reid, in
responding to Sir W. B. Richmond's
graceful proposal of his health, said
with reference to Mr. BryaL:
"At home, as a citaen, I have
openly and squarely opposed him at
every stage of his conspicuous career.
I am reasonably sure that when I re
turn home I shall continue to do the
sams. I believe he tonight is as well
satisfied as I am, though by different
reasoning, that the country we both
love and try to serve has not been
ruined by its gold. Abicad as the
official representative of the Ameri
can people, witLout distinction as to
party, 1 am glad to welcome here as
a typical American whose wncle life
has been lived in the daylight and one
whom such a great host of my coun
trymen have icng trusted and honor
-ed."
Mr. Bryan, rising amid laughter
and cheers, said:
"The temptation to make a politi
cal speech is strong within me. I
have not had a chance to do so for ten
months. However, I will restrain
myself. V. ith reference to the am
bassador's remarks on gold, I wish to
say that *Ln I see the progress my
country has made walkmg on one leg
I wonder what it wcula have dLnd
walking cn two legs. It is pleasing
to testify that the ambassador not
only has fought me, but that he has
done it well. No American rejoices
more than I that he is three tunous
and miles from his base. Whiie
abroad I have met many good Re
publican;-Lolding c tfie-and I only
wish there were enctgn ctfices abroad
to take all.tne RepuhLcans cut of the
country."
Chairman F. W. Jones proposed the
health oa Ku~g E..wa.d, -ad Hayward
Greenwooc, pasioenL or the Canadian
society Lfna r~eber of pariatment for
the city or Yoitk, pxcptae-z the health
of President Ros.s.velt. Wnen they
arose to drink tr-e toasts the crowd
aiscovered Mrs. Keholas Longswortnr
in the gahery atd c..ered arnd drank
her health. Ftoi,'wng the passage
between An.bassador Reid and Mr.
Bryan, the imLer reaai his lormal
speech. The readrng of the speech
proved a disapponatment- to the
crowd, as they we~i~ea to bear Bry an
speak, wno is a grea actor, unham
pered by ma .ct;.pt. Tire subject
of Mr. Bryan's .odress was "Tne
White Man's Burden." The follow
ing opening pangra pas of his speech
'wl give azn ioea ui how he treatea
his subject:
The memocry cf tho evening spent
with the A-n.exican S.aciety, Taiks
giving day tw~oond a half years ago,
is such a pleasant one tnat I esteem
myself fortun-ate to be abie to accept
*the invitation so k'nely extended by
our distngurshed ambassacor, Hon
Whitelaw Rddi-,to be your guest on this
occasion. Our Eagihan friends, under
whose flag 'we meet. tonight, recalling
-that this is the a.niversary Cf our na
tion's birth, iwculd doubtless pardon
us If our rejdig centained some
thing of seli-Ceniatmtioni, for it is
at such times as this that we are
want to review those national achieve
ments 'which have given to the
United States its prommnence among
the nation.
But I hope I shall not be thought
lacking in patriotic spirit if instead
of drawing a picture of the past,
bright 'with heroic deeds and un
parallelled in progress, I summon you
rather to a serious consideration of
the responsibility resting upon those
* nations whIch aspire to premiership.
This line of thought is suggested by
a sense of prcpriety as well as by re
cent experiences--by a sense of pro
priety because such a sutject 'will in
terest the Briton as well as the
American, and by recent experiences
because they have impressed me not
less with our national duty than with
the superioity of Wcstern over East
ern civilization.
Asking your attention to such a
theme it is not unditting to adopt a
phrase coined by a poet to whom
America as well as England can lay
some claim, and take for my text
"The White Man's Burden,"
"Take up the White Man's Burden,
In patience to abide.
*To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride.
By open speech and simple,
An hunored-times made plain,
To seek another's prolit,
And work another's gain."
Thus sings Kiing and with the
exception of tne third line (of the
meanIng of which I am not quite
sure) the starnza embodies the thought
'which is uppermest in my mind to
night. lho one can travel an.:ong the
dark-skinned rects ot the Orient with
out feeling~that the white man occu
pies an Espciatiy favored position
among the children of men and the
reccgnition of this f act is accomepani
ed by the conviction that there is a
duty insepara bly connected with the
advantages enjed. T here is a white
man's burden-a burcen which the
'white man shoul not stirk even it
he could, a burom wh oh he could not
shirk eveD if e K '-iLTht no one
liveth us,.c nre-; or dictautohim
sel -.a a e. -i a ~ua an h.
are so in~i ve LLut ec.ch exerts an
intluence clrectly or inurectly upon
all othe:s.
MAE Wood declares that Senator
Platt married her and if this is true
it partly explains why the Republican
Senators hate to vote on the alormnon
*question. There may, be others in
-the sa me fY as SeaaLfr Platt
UNUSUAL OPERATION.
A Cadet's Leg Made it Over Three SO
1rches Longer.
'Waiter Wilde, the West Point Th
fourth cla~snan who last fall had his
right leg so badly crushed that when
it mended it was three inches short
er than the other, will re-eL ter Wen
Pint this fail. To get back to he r
ncademy the cadet has sffbred agon nea
ies, allowing the doctors to rebreak cer
his leg in several places in order that %e'
by weighting it it might be restored of
to its normal c .ndition. cor
Young Wuae, who is one of Presi art
gent R osrvelt's perscnal app-lntees
entered West Point in the Fall of ad
1904. In S'ptember, last he was th
ho;rseback riding when the horse fell,
rolled over him, crushing him and St
breakirg in several places the banes em
of his right leg.
Realizicg that it would be impossi- R
bie to continue his military education
with such a handicap, Wilde consul- su
ted with anumter of eminent surge ong
who finally told him that if he would ga
submit to a very painful and unuual 0
operation his leg might possibly be re
stored to its proper length. Wilde
immediately conseated to undergo
the operation.
Accordingly the young man went
to the Pilyclynic Hospital, in Pila- ua
delphia, where the operation was per
formed. The bones in the short leg
were broken and.immediately reset.
This done, the surgeons attached a
very heavy weight to the leg, by na
means of a rope and pulley. The
limb was then drawn out from the ab
cot a1.d Wilds was informed that it -al
would have to remain in that posi- to
tion until the bones had reknit.
For two months Wilde lay upon a
his cot in the P lyclinic with the Iu
weight attacbea to his leg. N -ver
once did he complain and his fortit.ude m
excited the wonder and admiration of
the surgeons and nurses. A few days pr
ago the surgeons examined the leg wi
and told Wilde that his suffering was y
at an end. Tie weight was removed N
and Wilde stood up for the first time ar
in over eight weeks. His legs en
were the same length. Next fall he t
will reenter the academy without no
any physical defects. idi
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THRER KILLINGS tb
is
Two Whites and One Negro Shot to du
Death. in
A dispatch from Beaufort to The na
State says a white man, a white boy p
and a negro man were killed by ne- wi
groes near Hardeevilla between eun- -
set of the tyird and sunset of the m
fcurth. With one ex3eption this "
in
is the first time for over 30 years that
a negro has killed a white man in o
this srction.
Mr. Hugo Schlegelmilch of Hardes- P
vile was killed by a negro field hand re
at his plantation 17 miles from
Hardeeville at sundown on the fourth.
Mr. A. Schelgelmich was walking
through his field with two compan- su
ions and met two negroes who worked an
on the place. Without warning one
cf them shot Mr. Schlegelmilch n"
through the breast with a shotgun.di
Death was instantaneous. Mr.
Schlegellch had never had any le
trouble with the negro, but one of his
en
and had not been caught up to S
Wednesday afternoon. u.
Mr. H. G. Heyward, magistrate atH
Hardeeville, received the news Thurs.
day morning and went at once to the
scene with a posse. Mr. Schlegel- or
milch was an exemplary young man ha
about 25 years of age and a general va
favorite. He was a graduate of Ciem- fai
son and penu several yeom on ranch 1o1
es in the West. li
Charles Simmons, the 13 year old an
son of Mack Harrison of Pritchard- if
ville, was woundedhin the stomach by Te
a negro boy on tUie afternoon of the he;
fourth. The wounded lad was car- act
ried to the hospital in Savannah, and ma
is reported to be dying. The shoot- gel
ing occurred about five miles from nn
where Schlegelmllch was killed a me
|little later. The shooting was done ins
with agun and is said to have been dli
intentional. The negro escaped. yoi
On the eve of the fourth, a negro yeo
carpenter was killed by a negro team- sic
ster at Purysburg, atout two miles ani
from Hardeevilie. There was a quar- Tz
rel over whiskey at a' gathering, re- ife
sulting in a fatal knife wdund in the of
neck. The same night a negro was hui
shot in the shoulder at a negro club aft
hcuse on the outskirts of the town, yol
but not fatally injured."y
Tribute to Dr. Carlisle.
Hon. M. L. Smith, who delivered
the Literary .address before the gradu- hai
ating class at the commencement ox- me
ercises of the South Carolina Military ant
Academy paid a high tribute to Dr. hai
J. H. Carlisle of Spartanburg. The in
Charleston Evening Post in speaking anc
of the address says. Mr. Smith's ad- say
dress was appropri- 'e to the occasion, for
and when near the ,..ose of his speech ren
he declared that in the great "want sat
column" of the world the most imn- not
portant "ad," was; "wanted-a man," We
he touched the keynote of the har- hos
monious language in which his brill- in
iant thoughts were sounded, and on
brought at once to the csanter of at- ma
tention the necessity which faced thc de
young men in the graduating class to we;
prove themselves men in the battle of life
life. He showed them that the trend wh
toward materialistic Ideas, which was wa:
now so evident In this country, was
dangerous, and he besought them to
make a stand against the condition, e
which threateneci ruin to the country.qu
In closing his address Mr. Smith com
pared the characters of Napoleon and
Dr. 3. H. Carlisle. He outlined clear- ho
ly the achievements of the man of warSi
and eulogized those of the man oftu
peace, giving the palm to the Chris- .
tian knight. Thunderous applsuse ~
was accorded Mr. Smith's maguiiicent Cu
address.bu
Death of a Young Wire. i
The Columbia State say "the death alc
ot Mrs. Emma Gardner, a young wo- anc
man aged 25 years, and The wife of mg
W. H. Gardner, an electrical lineman, a
ocurred Thursday evening at about m
B o'clock at her late residence, No.
n14 Emwcod avenue. Mrs. Gardner aCt
eaves, besides her husoand, a mother,Ci
widow of Rev. John Berry of Reeves-ag
vile, and four sisters and four broth-~
ers. The remains were taken toig
Reevesville Wednesday at 3 p. mn.;
and was interred there Saturday ver
morning, the funeral being held at 10 e
o'cleck at the Reeveaville Baptist
church."
Dealmy Lihning-. the
Thursday afterimoon during a severe 500
thunderstorm the three little girls of Ma;
H. P. Humphrey of Mayfield, Ga., joul
were in the yard under a tree. Light- nigi
ning struck the tree, killilng two of no
the children instantly and the other afte
Is so seriously injmred that there is I forc
THE CATTLE TICK.
Some Facts About It Not Generally
Known to All.
The common cattle tick is a famil.
lar sight to all our people but very
few outside of thcse engaged in the
cattle business realize the Important
part it plays injhindering the develop
ment of the cattle industry in the
state. The cattle tick carries the
"germ" that causes Texas fever, a
disease very fatal to grown cattle.
Cattle that are raised on land infest
ed with ticks are inoculated with the
germ by becoming infested with ticks
immediately after birth. At this age
they suffer a very mild attack of the
disease with no visible external symp
tomu and after they have passed
through it they are then proof against
the infection and can be exposed to
ticks later in life without harm. But
if cattle are raised on land on which
there are no ticks and are afterwards
moved to tick-infested lands, they
will become infected with the disease.
They will also suffer from the disease
if they remain on the land on which
they were raised and tick-infested cat
tle are introduced among them.
Because of these facts the Federal
Government has established a quaran
tine line across the country dividing
the regions infested with tacks from
these in which there are no ticks N
cattle can be moved from the tick in
fested regions across this quarantine
line except when they are being ship
ped for butchering to a slaughter
house which has direct railroad con
nection. South Carolina is placed be
low this quarantine line among the
tick-infested regions. Hence, cattle
cannot be shipped from this state t0
points above the quarantine line ex
cent for immediate slaughter. Cattle
for dairy purposes, or for feeding or
breeding are barred. Thus, the market
for the cattle produced in the state is
considerably restricted.
Some of the states include within
the tick-infested area, notably Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Texas and Ok
lahoma, which had within their boun
daries an area in which ticks exists d
only on a few farms or ranches, have
succeeded in having such areas placed
above the quarantine line, thus open
ing new markets for the cattle raised
therin. This was acco mplished by the
passage of a law by the legislature es
tablishing a state quarantine dividing
the slightly infested area from the
other part of the state and the eradi
cation of the ticks from the infected
places in the slightly infested area.
When these conditions were brought
about the state quarantine line was
then adopted by the Federal Govern
ment and made a part of the national
quarantine line. This plan is just as
feasable in South Carolina as in any
of the states mentioned. In a great
part of the state since the passage of
the stock law the estale tick has be
come almost extinct and exists only
on a place here and there. The first
step in the matter, however, must be
taken by the legislature.
How to ba' Happy.
"We are a restless people," says
the editor of a Kansas exchiange,
"Every thin woman longs to be fat.
Every fat woman wants to grow thin.
Every town man longs for the time
when he can retire in the quiet of the
country, and every farmer hopes to
come day quit work and move to
town, when he can take life easy.
Country newspaper men would like to
try their hand on a city daily. The
fellows on the big dailies dream of a
time when thiey can own a paper of
their own. In youth we long for ma
turity, in age we yearn for the happy
days of childhood. There is no ex
cuse for It other than that we seem
to be built that way. The grass
seems to be jest a little bit greener
and thriftier most any direction from
the place you occupy right now. Con
tentment is as Dear to happiness as
you can get In this world."
Benson iBolen Dead.
The Columbia State says Benson
Bolen, who was shot at Livingston
sometime ago died Wednesday night
of last week at the Columbia hospital
as a result of a wound in the skull.
Bolin was brought to Columbia the
Monday night before and although
two operations were performed on
him It was realized Wednesday -that
nothing could be done to better his
condition. His brother, William
Bolin, was present at the time of his
death and arrangements were made to
send the body to the home of the de
ceased. The funeral arrangements
will be announced from that place.
Bolin, it will be remembered was shot
by James Wilimsn and others as a
result of a row at a church Sunday
morning week ago. All of those im
plicated are In the Orangeburg jail.
Killed by Live Wire.
The machinery of the Clover Cotton
Manufacturing Company at Clover, in
Yo k county, is operated by electrici
ty, furnished by the Catawba Power
Company. James A. Hedgepath, en
ginee and general overseer at the
mill, was' killed by an electrical
current. Superintendent Thomas B.
Williams, Boss Machinist H. B. Max
well and Mr. Hedgepath were engan
d in cleaning the lightning arrester
in the transformer house at the time,
the current having been cut off from
the arrester by means of a switch,
when. without warning, Wr. Hedge
path tell dead. He is supposed to
have unthoughtfully touched an unin
sulated live wire ebove the switch.
Broke His Leg.
While playing in a game of base
bal at Saluda Thursday afternoon
Mr. Smith White, a young man of
that town had his left leg broken
about hall way between the knee and
ankle. The larger bone was broken
squarely off and the smaller slightly
shattered. He was making a run
from first to sscond base and just as
he was In the act of touching second
the ball from the field was delivered
to second baseman and White to avoid
being put cut attempted to slide in
feet foremost but coming in contact
with second baseman had his left leg
doubled under him. The break was
distinctly heard by the umpire and sev
eral of the players.
F'irst Bale.C
A dispatch from New Orleans says
the first bale of cotton to be shipped
from the 1908 crop in the United
States was Wednesday night reported
on its way there from Brownsville, a
Tex. It was consigned to the New a
rleans Charity hospital.
Deadly BoL'
During a thunder storm at Mar- a
un, Fla., lightning struck a tree a
nder which three men had taken f
shelter and Thomas Ward was in- b
stantly killed. Samuel Green was J
fatally injured and George Cave was t
eft nnsncious for some imen. e
BRYAN VIEWS.
Does Not Regard Actions of Va
rious States as Binding.
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AS TO NOMINATION. ch
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He Is Averse to "flome.Coming" Recep- pr
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tion Being Regarded as an Endorse
ment for the Nomination. A
Thinks Others Should A
Have a Chance.
P3
Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings
Bryan arrived in London from Nor
way one day last week, and was given t'
a big reception by the Americans liv- ra
ing or visiting in England.
-They landed at Newcastle and re- at
mained there over the day. Mr. Bryan st
desiring a chance to quietly complete t
some writing. Arriving here, Mr.
Bryan went to the Hotel Cecil, where di
he soon was besieged by callers. John p1
Burns, William T. Stead and M:s. ai
Stead came early in the evening and 2
paid an-extended visit. Messrs. Bry
an, Burns and Stead engaged in an an
imated discussion of economics and of t
the social and labor questions. Mr. ti
Bryan received a great mass of Amer.
can mail. When he had finished read- a
ing his letters he received a deputa- hi
tion of newspaper correspondents and p(
dictated the following statement. hi
"The first suggestion of a reception
for me at New York came prior to the I
action of any of the State conventions cc
and before there was any discussion u
of the next campaign. It came from a]
the Commercial Travelers' league, of
which Mr. Hoge is president. I assur
ed him I should be pleased to meet
the members of the league, suggesting .
that the reception be characterisad by e
simplicity.
"Now that the actions of some of 9x
the State conventions have raised a e1
question as to the politicalsignificance in
of the reception, I am glad to say that h
it must not be regarded in the light gi
of an endorsement for the presidental
nomination. While I appreciate the h;
compliment paid by the various State a
conventions, I do not regard their ex- a
pressions as binding upon them or up- sc
on the party of their State. I shall i
not prosecute them for breach of
promise if they transfer their aff c- ta
tions to another; I will not even pub P1
lish their letters. To allow the recep is
ion to be regarded as an endorsement s
would in the first place be unjust tc
others who may be candidates.
"I have seen the names of several
mentioned as possible candidates, A
among them Congressman Hearst,
Senator Bailey and Governor Folk,
who have all rendered conspicuous ir
service to the party and the country, C8
and their claims should be considered.
The party is entitled to its most avail e
able man, and the question of availa- 9
bility cannot be determined so far in ~
advance. Circumstances and issues a
may strengthen the claims of some dl
one of the gentleman mentioned and i9
the list should be an open one until
the time comes to choose.
"I may add that It woaldi not be as
just to me to be put in the attitude ci
of annoning my candidacy or ad. *.
mitting the certainty of my being a p1
candidate. It is two years before the :a
convention meets, and I am not will :-i
ing to sit on a stool and look pretty IE
that long. I prefer to be in a positioi!
to say what I think ought to be said. og
write what I thin~k ought to be writ- se
ten and do whatlIthink ought to be be
~one. 1 am advancing in years and gj
cannot spare two years out of my life of
just at this time. p
"I shall be glad to return to Amer
ica, although every day of my trip at
has been enjoyable. I shall be glad at
to meet my friends in Amdrica, and a
after I have met them they will be i-,
just as free as before to do what they a
think best on issues and candidates." at
Died in Tool Chest.
Little "Jimmie" McCallum, 6 yeara tl
old, after playing with his spade. in sa
the back yard of his grandfather's ac
home at 354 West 44th street, New ei
York, rummaging among some old ly
boxes and barrels in a corner of the lIs
yard. Finally.he pulled out a big tool er
chest that was empty. It was just so
big enough for a little playhouse. The th:
boy climbed inside and sat down. In
moving about he shook the box and
the lid fell. The hasp dropped over
the staple and when "Jimmie" tried
to raise the lid he found it was fast. dc
The child struggled to raise the lid, y
but could not and af ter a while he
was stified. "Jimmie" was not miss
e1 for two hours. Then his grandma
started to search for him. He wrs
not in the house and she went to his
parents' home at 500 West 55th
tree;, thinking he had gone there.
Tle neighborhood was searched in en
vain. Fmnaily an aunt, quite by acci- in
:lent, lifted the lid of the tool chest. cl1
here she found "Jimmie," dead. TI
rhe child had been dead only a short sic
while. Several physicians from Boose- ob
velt Hospital worked over him for an se.
aour, but it was in vain. sa:
An Eloper Killed.
At Bristol, Va., as a train was pull- to
ng out from the union passenger sta- gia
ion bearing Mrs. Nita Orr, wife of rui
rohn W. Orr of Bristol, and George
i. Jones, who were about to elope,
she husband appeared upon the scene
Ld with deadly aim deliberately shot ye
Fones in the back three times, all tol
ihots taking effect, from which hesa
lied some hours later. The tragedy Cul
reated considerable sensation and C
vas directly due to the alleged Inti- of
nacy between Jones and the pretty m
roung wife of Orr. Tne Orrs former- at
y resided at Johnson City, Tenn., so
and Jones is from Greenville, and a ma
tone mason. Orr was arrested andda
s in j il in Bristol, Va. To a cor-ho
espondent of the Associated Press, sui
Le told the story of his wife's past',t
,d said that Jones hati robbed him
if his wife's love, and ruimied his thl
ime, and he had killed him in conse- e
uence. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Four Drowned.
A dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla., HIE
ays four men were drowned in St. Th
on's river at a late hour Thursday but
Ight in attempting to cross the riv
in a small rowboat. The dead
re: James Robinson, Charles Rich- ]!
rdson, Adam Hill and Shed Greer, sale
11 employes or the Armour fertilizer Chi
Lctory. There were six men in the for
oat overloading it, and it ca~psized. tic,
on Ha'l and Babe Sargent clung cut1
>the overturned Doat and were sav- bod
SHORT ITIMS
nLed Together for the Benefit of
Busy Readers.
We are told by the bug men that
,re are 200,000 different kinds of in;
ts. We believe it.
Some brands of coffee are now adul
rated with sawdust. Let us, hope
e sawdust is clean.
No man has any right to stay in the
urch baby carriage when he might
pushing its bread wagon.
When a man takes pride in being
nsidered a rough diamond it is
etty certain that he would not be
rt by a little polish.
Mary had a little lamb,
ad when she saw it sicken
She shipped it off to Packingtown,
ad now it's labeled chicken.
Little Boo Peep has lost her sheep,
id don't know wher filn] 'em;
'obsbly up to the packing house,
th some dirty cuss to grind 'em.
N1xt we will be hearing about the
vernment prowling around trying
fnd out what the cheap restan
nts have been putting in the hash.
A man in Pallidelphia allowed 100
kgry bees to sting him to prove the
ings cured rheumatism. At least it
iculd prove a man can forget rheu
atism.
it is hard for a married man t.) un
;rstand how his wife can find any
easure in watching another womar
she enters into the bonds of matri
.ony.
Science informs us that it is the
male mosquito that does the sing
.g. It has been observed, also, that
te singers are quite expert with
heir stingers.
Steve Elkins notes that poor men
histle more than rich men do;
nce they are happier. But the
for man frequently pays dearly for
a whisale.
It must not be supposed that the
anufacturers of black pepper are
infined to the use of lampblack and
,pioca. They can make an excellent
tile cut of ground cocoanut shells.
As soon as it grows easy for a man
p get along without friends he be
us to find that their numbers in.
ease without any effirt on his part.
A New Jersey girl weighing 260
funds in her hurry to greet her by
,tripped and fell on his neck, break
g it. Seven doctors could not save
a life. Baware of the heavr-weight
ris.
The cost of ifving cannot be fixed
r any standard. It varies from $300
year for some preachers to $300,000
year for some stock gamblers; but
me happiness is not in proportion to
,come.
There are no orphanages in Aus
alia. Every child not supported b;
gents becomes a ward of the state,
placed in a private family and pro
dad with board and clothes until
e fourteenth birthday.
Dr. E -asmus H ,lt of Maine says the
gaest possible value of any human
ang.is exactly 830.344 68. The doc
r is not optimistic enough, regard
g the human family, to make a suc
ssfal life insurance agent.
The publisher of several agricultur
papers advertises the rural field as
e "only one unspoiled left for the
lvertiser." The country press might
e notice of the fact and impress
>on advertisers that the local home
~per Is the best medium for this
~ld.
Hasten the day when'our intellect
1 life has so far developed that a
an paper will be in greater demand
ian a sensational one, when the
iblic shall eat of the meat cf knowl
ge, rather than feed on the aroma
t husks that excite the passions and
ater a national life.
Here Is where Cupid Is put out of
siness. Tne little god is no audi
r of accounts. When he draws his
iwstring he shuts his eyes and If
e loosened shaft lodge In the heart
a plutocrat or the breast of a
asant It Is all one to bim.
Tue world is full of wiat, but of
tual starvation there is little. Want
id need are by no means synony
os. It is a nice q'aestion whether'
ere are not more peo3ple who have
ore than is really good for them
an people who have not enough.
It is estimated by Darwin that
ee are one hundred thousand
rthworms quietly at work for the~
vantage of the upper six feet of
ery acre of earth. They continual.
turn over the soil and drag down
ves and grass, and thus they loose
the soil and fertilize the ground,
that the necessary air can reach
e roots that spread and grow.
The meaning of the wor d luck may
fully explained in the following:
auck means rising not later than 6'
sock In the morning, living on a
lar a day If you earn two, minding
ur own business and not meddling
th other people's. -Luck means the
potments you have never failed to
ep, the trains you have never failed
catch. Luck means trusting in God
d your own resources.
The Standara Ol Co., has discover
a way to avoid building sidewalks
front of their business building In
,ies and towns all over the country.
ey simply deed the land allowed for
Lewaks and the cities and towns are
liged to build the sidewalks them
yes. The Waterloo Reporter, (Iowa,)
s that Is what they are doing there
6 other places also. Bockefeller
id give the Devil pointers on how
run the infernal regions and then
re some advice how to keep them
ming. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Young Man Drowned.
L dispatch from Greenville says
n Cureton, aged 22 years, proprie
of a soft drink and quick lunch
oon and son of Mr. Thomas
reton, a well known police officer
the city, was drowned Thursday
rning while In bathing at the lake
aick Spring, the fashionable re- C
t near Greenville. The young
n drove out to the springs Thutrs
n orning and registered at the
el. L'ster he rented a bathing
b and went swimming by himself.
isers-by noticed clothes in one of ~
dressing rooms and no bather in
water which led to the organiza
of a searching party, which drag
t the lake for the body and found
Cureton is thonght to have been
3d with cramps while in deep water.
body was brought to the city e
arsday afternoon and prepared for ~
ial.a
Cat His Throat.
'.IN. Woodruff, aged 36, traveling c
sman for Marshall Field & Co., of 81
cago, who sailed from Liverpool s
New York on the steamer Majes- 'E
committed suicide on ,Tuly 2 by a
hng his throat with. a razor. The n
y was buried at sea. The reasonb
t knon.n _j
THE ART OF ACTING.
What Amateurs Who Would Become
Sters Must Learn.
It is surprising to discover how ver
differently people who have player
parts all their lives deport themselve
before the footlights. I was acquain1
ed with a la dy in London who ha
been the wife of a peer of the realm
who had been ambassadress at foreig
courts, who at the time had been
reigning beauty and who came to m
longing for a new experience and in
ploring me to give her an opportunit
to appear upon the stage.
In a weak moment I consented, ant
as I was producing a play, I cast he
for a part which I thought she woul
admirably suit-that of a society w,
man. What that woman did and didn
do on the stage passes all belief. Si
became entangled in her train, si
could neither sit down nor stand u]
she shouted, she could not be persua<
ed to remain at a respectful distanC
but insisted upon shrieking into ti
actor's ears, and she committed all ti
gaucheries you would expect from a
untrained country wench.
But because everybody is acting I
private life every one thinks he ca
act upon the stage, and there is no pr
fession that has so many critics. Evei
individual in the audience is a crit
and known all about the art of actin
But acting is a gift. It cannot I
taught
You can teach people how to act ac
ing, but you cannot teach them to at
Acting is as much an inspiration as tl
making of great poetry and great pt
tures. What is commonly called actin
is acting acting.-Richard Mansfield:
Atlantic.
OLD ROMAN BATHS.
They Held Theaters, Temples, Feasw
ing Halls and Libraries.
The ancient Romans were extrav:
gantly fond of bathing. They got the
notions about the bath as a luxua
from the Greeks, and at one time the:
were nearly 900 public bathing .esta
lishments in Rome, some of w .
the most beautiful and elaborS i
tures in the world.
The baths of the Emperor Diocletis
covered more than half a square mi
and contained, besides immense basil
and thousands of marble recesses, th
aters, temples, halls for feasting, prof
enades planted with trees, librarle
schools for youth and academies fi
the discussions of the learned. TI
bathers sat on marble benches belo
the surface of the water, around ti
edge of the basins, scraping ther
selves with dull knives .of metal ax
ivory and taking occasional plunges I
to the water.
Dissipated Romans would sper
whole days in the bath, seeking reli<
from overindulgence in- eating at
drinking the night before.- Everybod
even the emperor, used these bath
which 'were open to every one wi
chose to pay the price of admission.
It was not usual for the old Romai
to have baths in their houses, thous
at a date 1,500 years before that, o
3,500 years ago, the noblemen of a
dent Greece had their dwellings u:
plied with baths of terra cotta.
Blood From a Stone.
The open terrace in front of the D
wan-i-Khas consists of two throne
the black one of which, facing the ri
er, was cut out of a single slab 4
stone in 1603. This black throne, whi<
is about eleven feet long and suppox
ed by octagonal pedestals, was 'bui
by Akbar in recognition of his son
title to the empire. Here Jehang
used to sit occasionally and see ti
fight of wild anials arranged for h
amusement The crack on the throz
is believed to have been caused I
Lord Lake's bullet falling upon it du
ing the attack of 1803. According1
tradition, however, it- cracked whe
the Jat king of Bharatpur sat on ti
thrne. for it was meant to be used 1
none but the real descendants -of ti
great moguL. Then. again, when Lox
Ellenborough sat on it durIng the K
bul war in1S42 blood is supposed 1
have come out of it - East Indis
World.
Fish For the Brain.
Replying to a "Young Author," Mar
Twain wrote: "Yes, Agassiz does re
ommend authors to eat fish, becaum
the phosphorus in it makes brains. E
far yoare correct. ButlIcannot he]
you to a decision about the amount yc
need to eat-at least not with certali
ty. If the specimen composition ye
sent is about your fair usual averag
I should Judge that a couple of whalh
would be all you would want for ti
present-not the largest kind, but sin
ply good, middle sized whales."
The Kitehen Autocrat.
"Yes, mna'am, an' now that I'm go3
to take hold here I'll settle th' perm
busness firstof all. You see, IcarZ
me own fountain pen. There, take thi
an' don't lose it"
"What is this'?'
"That's a permit, ma'am, for you 1
visit th' kitchen. It entitles you to or
visit a week. If you come oftener ti
permit will be taken up, an' don't 30
forget it."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Where the Rub Comes.
"Well," said the good natured boarl
er, "there's one thing about our boari
g houseyou can eat all you ik
there."
"Of course; same as ours," replie
the grouchy one. "You can 'eat all 7o
like, but there's never anything yo
could possibly like."' - Philadelphi
Depends on the Man.
"Wat good is experIence?" walle
the man who was looking for a jol
"You can't cash it."
"Some people can,"~ said his frieni
"I bought some experience once the
tst me $3,000."-Detroit Free Press.
Quits she Race.
Col. W. W. Lumkln has withdraw
rom the race for the United State
enate, as will be seen from the fol
owing statement which he gave on
u Wednesday:
"On account of the change of con
Itons surrounding the senatoria
ace, I deem it best to withdraw from
be contest. I have endeavored ti
onduct my campaign in a manly
traightforward way up to this tims
nd retire feeling that I have not in
entionally wronged any one.
(Slgnd) "W. W. Lumpkin."
A Peculiar Suit.
One of the most novel law suits wi
ver heard of has been recentl1
rought n Atlanta. Mrs, Bale Yar,
orough is suing the Georgia Balway
nd Elecric Company for $20,000 fox
ie loss of her appendix resulting shE
ams from a jar she received In a
reet car accident. In her petition
me states that in this accident she
as so shocked that an operation fox
ppendicts and several other surg
1 operations resulted. Her bus
md also sues for $5 000 on account
Blind JuutJCe So-Called.
Freedom for a man who pleaded
guilty to selling merchandise valued
at nearly $100,000, which did not be
long to him and appropriating the
I money and six years in prison for
3 another who stole 25 cents, were the
portions meted out to two prisoners in
a New York court a short time ago.
Henry Hirschman was a member of
the firm of Hirschman Brothers, Job
e bers in men's furnishings, in 1903 and
1904. It is alleged that by deceit the
y firm obtained a high commericial rat
ing on the strength of which they
bought *100,000 worth of goods on
r credit, disposed of them at a-forced
d sale for cash and invested the proceeds
, in real estate.
.e Then they sailed for Europe. Ac
e tion taken by the creditors forced
, the firm into bankruptcy and last
- year the brothers were indicted for
. grand larceny. When Henry was ar
e raigned and entered a plea of guilty, a
e representative of the creditors appear
ed, in court and asked that sentence
n be suspended, as the pri oner and his
n brother had made partial payment
- and promised to make complete satis
y faction. Henry's brother, Joseph,
e probably will not be brought-to trial.
The man who went to prison
was John Clark, who has no home. He
is 45 years old and had served two pre
t vious sentences in Sing Sing. Clark
e was walking up the Bowery a week
- ago when he saw a barber standing in
g front of his shop , flipping a- silver
n quarter in the air. Clark sprang upon
him seizing the coin and started to
run away. He had gone but a few
steps when he ran into the arms of
, a policeman. "I had to do this or
starve," Clark told the -judge, when
L- he was arraigned for sentence.
r "Whenever I try to get honest work
7 the cops knock me out.
Trust Busting Pastime.
e All that has so far been done against
L- trust plundering is merely scratching
- the surface. Not a trust has been
a forced to reduce its enormous profits
e and indeed the cost of living has
" greatly increased since the so-called
trust- busting began. fDoes not this
, show that the Repablican politicians,
>r although making faces at the tist in
to public, are secretly allowing them. to
W continue their predatory warfx on
* the people. If the. Republican party :
really wished to prevent the- trusts -
'selling their products cheaper abroad
than here, the leaders in Congress
d would have allowed some sort of tar
f if revision bill to .pass. But all the
d bills for that purpose have been voted
. down in committee by a party vote
5, even the bill to reduce the tariff to
1O 100 per cent on those articies that are
taxed over that enormous percentage.
h The fact is the trust bustingcampaig
>r is intended to just scare the'trusts
i- and combines enough so they will
r 'come down with the dust". The
campaign fund in that way is replen
ished and the corporations.and the
Republican leidfrs are combinedfora
new lease of lifeZ"That pleasantpas
. time is rather expensive for the pe.
f ple for all they buy baas adymce& or
a an average 47 per cent sinc e pres
t- ent tariff law was enacted.
AThe Big Plah E!scape.
A dispatch from Kansas, City an
e nounces that four big paocing compa
Ls nies, one railroad company and two
e individuals have been found guilty of
Yrebating and duly punished.
!.Swift & Co , $15,000; Cudahy Pack
Sing Company, $15,000; Armour Pack
iing Company, $15,000; Nelson, Morris
eQuincy Railway, $15,00. The maxi
d mum fine was 220,000.
t- George L. Thomas, of New York,
a was fined $6,000 and sentenced to tour
a months in the penitentiara .
L. B Taggart, of New York,'was
fined $4,000 and sentenced to three
k months in the penitentiary.
The corporations, that Is,.the inm '
e who compose the corporations, wr
o just as guilty as the little fellow
P who went to the- penitentiary.~
U They are criminals of the very worst
' stamp, and yet, under the law n-ade
U by a Rpblican C n , they keep
"out ofjailand run ltical partieis as
e usual. Judges adjuries may do
e their duty faithfully, but Republican
: politicians ire Congress make It im
possible to jail the big criminals.
Jim Oullespie Dead.
,The Spartanburg ,Tournal says;
"Jim Gillespie, colored, who Is known
y to hundreds of former Wofford- Col
t legs students throughon~ the se
died Friday in Grenvillea~he hoine
of a relative with whom he resided
* since leaving Spartanbuzrg where'Fie
e lived for many years.' The announce
(ment will cause sincee regret on tae
I parbof many, especially those -men of
South Carolina, who have attended
Wofford College during the' past
quarter of a century. Gillespie for
1- 30 or more years held the position as
t- caterer at the well known Methodist
e institution and In that capacity cams
in daily contact with the student
i body. He was an upright, honorable
a colored man and was well liked by al
a the college boys and thefaculty. He
% was about 57 years of' ags.4
long Lawsuit Enji
The two villages Lucerauind Lin.
a conque, in the-Alpes Maritimes, have
. just held a-celebration In honor of the
ending of a great lawsuit which has
L kept the two villages divided 'ever
t since November 14, 1462. The ques
tion In dispute was the prminof-a
piece of land at Lava, which each vil
lage claimed. A .foe days agc the
1 court at N:c, definitely settled th'e
a matter by dividing the land equally
-between the villages. I'e total cost
Sof the lawsuit during the 444 years
amounts to about 8150.000, while the
value of the land in dispute was about
82,000. -T?ue legal documents which
bad accumulated mn the course of the
centuries were docketed in 1,856 par
cels, which weighed 16 tons, and were
stored in a large disused church.
Weevil Spreading.
Professor Hunter, the government
entomologist, has issned a special re
port on the boll weevil in Texas, in
which he states that the weevil is
numerous over the whole of the cot
ton territory: and that much. damage
Is sure to be done In eastern Te-xas.
With wet weather there will be cor.
siderable lr jary over the whole belt,
while with dry, hot weather there
will be a minimum of damage.
"I have done the state some ser
vice," the politician began, "and I-"
"Yes shouted one of the dekcgates,
"and you charged the state abont sev
enteen times as much as it was worth."
P.EPL WARNED.
3E EACTS ABOUr THE COTTON
STALKS PAPER COMPANY.
e Tradesman Cautica Intending
Investors to Look Carefully
into the Business.
['he Chattanooga Tradesman in its
t issue will call attention to a re
:tly organi.d company that has
n heralded by its promoters as one
great value to the South, in that it
averts a hitherto waste product into
cles of daily consumption and
gat commercial importance thereby
ling many millions of dollars to
a productive wealth of the South.
Phis company is styled the Cotton
Liks Products company, and was in
rporated under the laws of Maine
h a capitaiz :lion of $15,000,000 as
6ted in the original announcements
.de concerning it, although another
tement from one of the promoters
ve the information that this capi
ziion was on the basis of $3,000,
3 of 7 p--r cent. preferred stock and
1,000,000 of common stock.
[n reply to a letter from The Trades
in to Mr. W. P. G. Harding, of Btr
ngham, president of the First lNS
inal bank of that city, and who was
med as one cf the directors cf this
npany, Mr. Harding makes the fol
ing statement:
"The understanding, however, upon
ich I authorz :d the use of my
me as a director, is distinctly that
ly so much of the stock, probably
out $300,000, shall be offered for
e at present, as may be necessary
build, eqrp and finance one mill,
be locawd at some eligible point,
d that future stock cff frings to the
,lic are to be based entirely upon
e actual results obtained by this
i."
n the announcement made of the
)motion of this company, together
th an explanation of its plans, and
ich appeared exclusively in the
w York Commercial, such details
a given as would indicate that the
terprise had passed the experimen
stage, for in the body of that an
uncement, Harvie Jordan, its pres
ant, is quoted as saying: ' Paper
mnufac.ured from cotton stalks is of
e strongest texture and softest fin
1. Several plants will be erected
ring the next few monthsia certain
,ons of the South, which will be
full operation by January 1, 1907."
F:om this statement one would
turally infer that the company was
ssessed of abundant capital already
tb which to inaugurate its plans,
Mr. Jordan distinctly says "seve
plants" are to be erected in the
xt few months, and yet Mr. Hard
x says in effect that the company is
thout money and will rely on sales
stock to secure funds to erect an ex
rimental plant and on the practical
ults of which all future sales of
:ck are to depend.
From these co.filcting -statements
:e Tradesman feels warranted in
gestirg to the cotton producers
d people of the South that they de
.nd frcm the officers of this compa
the fullest explanation of its plans
d how Its capital stock has been
triuted and for what an iquIya
r ; and we re quest the press of the
utth to a'd us in this matter to the
d that no stock cf this company
all be sold or offered for sale save
der the conditions set forth by Mr.
1rding.
A Word to Wives.
Yen are a wife The whole making
mrring of your husband Is In your
nds. A woman can seldom be ele
ttd by a mau, but a man seldomx
is to rise -or fail to the woman he
res. Home springs up at your feel
e fio.wers at the footsteps of rain
d sunshine In the Spring--that is,
you are the right kind of a wife.
n thousand men, however brave of
art, noble of purpose, true of char
.er, and genercus of soul, could not
.ke one home. But one pure, loving,
ercus, tachiul and industrious. wo
a can make a home for a thousand
n. Home making Is husband mak
Sand child blessing and this is the
oe distinction that opens before
as wife and mother. But have
i entered into the spirit of this isi
n with all the depths of your soul
all the enthusiasm of your heart?
is is the "holy of holies" of married
. You are to lose the consciousness
your own existence apart from your
sband-you and he are one. Never,
er the day of your marriage ought
i to think or speak of "mine" and
ours"-all Is now ours.
mlake Home HapDy.
dany a time a cheerful home and
ppy faces do more to make good
and women than all the learning
elcquence that can be used. It
been said that the sweetest words
our language are "Mother, Home
I Heaven," and one might almost
the word home includes them all,
who can think of home without
embering the gentle mother who
.ctfied It by her presence. And is
home the dearest name In heaven?
think of the better land as the
ne where brightness will never end
ight. Oh, then, may our homes
earth be the centers of all our joys;
y they be as green spots in the
ert, to which we can retire when
ry of the cares and perplexities of
,and drink the clear water of love,
ler we know to be sincere and al
vs unfailing.
Alcohol rrom (iarbage.
Lt a meeting of the city council re
t1y a resolution was carried re
sting City Chemist W. Lee Lewis
make an investigation into the
sibility of making denatured alco
from the garbage collected In
u City, the alcohol to be used as
I to operate light engines, in tbe
rbuildings. Alderman Exiener
sequently declared that with
mIst W. Lee Lewis he tcok two
kets of garbage from his bakery
hen, and they made a Quantity of
>hol fully equal and to all appear
es as good alcohol as was ever
e from any kind of "wood." As
i inmventions are ::ompleted to
te it possible to use alcohol to run
Jight plant in the city building
library building, the city of Sioux
y proposes to dispose of the garb
of the entire city by converting
to fuel fluid. The potato peel
and biscuits, chicken bones and
le cores, old rags and cherry seeds
all be boiled up together and con
ed into power for thousands of
Chxicago's Curse.
t Chicago an ordinance limiting~
umber of saloons to one for every
persons became a law without
for Dunne's signature at the ad
nment of City Council Wednesday
it. By the terms of the measure,
new saloon licenses will be Issued
r July 31. LIcenses which are In
e on t hata may be renewed or
