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E7WRD SWORN IN Takes the Oath As Governor rer ills Second Term :TRIKING INAUGURAL ADDRESS The Chief Magistrate Who Succeeds Himself Spoke Directly to the Mem bera of the General Assembly. Hon. D. C. Heyward was on Wednes day inaugurated Governor, the cere monies taking place in the hall of the House of Representatives. The cere monies were simple. The inaugural address follows: After taking the oath of .office Gov. Heyward' addressed the joint assem bly in an inaugural remarkable for its brevity, its directness and its evident purpose to entourage the upbuilding of the State. Gov. Heyward said: Gentlemen of the General Assembly and My Fellow Citizns: Two years ago I had tye;honor of taking the oath of office as governor of South Carolina. Standing again to day in this distinguished -presence, to pledge ryself anew to the 'svice of our State, I am even more solemnly impressed with the duties which must and do devolve upon one whom the people have selected as their chief ex ecutive. This occasion, with the for mal renewal of my oath, though it brings before me afresh the realization of grave responsibilities, fills my heart 'with deepest gratitude because of the honors which have been bestowed upon me by my fellow citizens. The past and - the future alike in stinctively arise before me, the one with its work finished. its history written; the other with its unknown tasks, with its welfare in our keeping. In the retrospect I see much for which I am deeply grateful, much that I can never forget. Esre"ially true is this when I remember .the loyal support ac corded me.by the people of our State in my endeavor to merit their confidence by advancing, as best I could, the high est interests of our commonwealth. To feel that those to whom one is alone% responsible should set upon him the seal of their approval by such a re election as was mine, is indeed a re ward than which there is none greater to striye for. If I have rendered any service to my State, if' I have served my people in some measure as I hoped to serve them, if indeed I have kept the faith, this has only been possible .because yn, my countrymen, gave me your encouragement and your help. TTnto you, then. the credit is due, and o you this day I acknowledge my debt f er. The. 'Are is frau!ht- with even greater import. Its duties must be net, its. problems must be faced, its diSculties must be overcome. In these are included for us, gentlemen, of the general assembly, individual re sponsibilities which should neither be evaded nor disregarded. You are sent bere by the soverign people and you are sent for service. It rests with you alone to measure up to your great,rye sponsibilities and I believe that you vIU not, fail to do so. The highest duties of civilization devolve upon you, for to you is entrusted the sacred duty of framing and enacting laws which shal govern an enlightened people. -Tefuture welfare and the continued prosperity of our State will be assured If your deliberations are characterized by the "spirit of wisdom and under standing,. the spirit of counsel and right, the sirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord." In the Qath which I have just taken I have obligated~ myself to uphold and enforce the laws of our State. This I shall endeavor to do with'- full'regard to the right of all our citizens; with ;jealous care for.-the .f4ir name and the unsullied reputatien of. South lina; with faithful effort to main n the dignity and honor of our monwealth; with hope and confi ence In all because of our glorious .-In the discharge of my duties governor I shall expect-rand I feel at I shall receive-the continued co ' and assistance, not only of e members of your body, but also of e law-abiding people of our State. In my annual .message recently sent your honorable body 1 called atten on. in as. brief detail as possible, to he condition,.of our various State de ents. and made therein such rec utendations as I deemed wise and eat. You are now fairly launch upon your labors and I shall make further mention of these matters Ing that what I have already said cerning them has had your carefel entlon. I am deeply interested in I that shall merit and receive your deration and I will deem it both privilege and a pleasure to assist you in any way that lies in my power. You are making laws for a growing and prosperous State. The unrivalled natural advantages of South Carolina Its great undeveloped resources, its wonderful industrial development-all 'of these are ' attracting to us, more than ever before, the attention of the outside world. Ini addition to these at fractions and advatntages, with us labor and capital are rtot in conflict, but to gether are working in harmony for the upb,'ding of our State. Thisia blessing which is denied to many States nd we should neglet no me,ns to promote its continuant e. From every standpoint, with increasing growth and influence, the future of our State is brighter than ever before in its his tory. To pronerly meet these growing de mands, so rich with promise, merits ~ur united action and our utmost en .evor. DYticulties must be overcome (to ac'hieve the ends desired, but this should nerve ,us to stronger and more determined eifort. Unnecessary legis lation is un~,Iie legislation and unwise legislation hinders and retards the ad ancemenit an4 progress of a people. Fewer laws upon our statute books and their better en'forcement will undoubt edly bring iniproved conditions gen erally and this would then be accom plished with less friction. A law should not only be; necessary, but it should 'be capable tf enforcement because if disregarded, this leadt to the disregard of all laws. thus striking directly at the very foundations of government. It is your providence to direct the ex penditure of the funds collected from The people and this should always be done with regard for proper economy. In your official capacity you should always exercise the same judgment and foresight that you do in your private business, eduntinlg the cost but never losing sight of the object to be attained. Economy in public-as in prvate affair's-meanls doing what is necessary, what the great neecds of the State require. A growing and progres sive State necessarily means increas g expense in the conduct of its gov wisely made, we can, with confidence, look for greater results. I have briefly given you some of the thoughts that stir you on this occasion, deeming it unnecessary to add to what I have already presented for your con sideration in my annual message. We are here, commissioned by the people to work for the best interests of South Carolina. We can have no higher priv ilege and should strive to prove our selves worthy of their trust by meas urirg up to our responsibilities. I have made reference more than once to the honor and the duties which are ours, but the full measure of success can never crown our efforts unless we have in all we do the co-operation of the people. I have tried to express to you some of my feelings upon assuming, for the second time, the office of chief magis trate of South Carolina. In main taining the honor, the integrity and the dignity of their State, South Caro linians have ever done their full duty, and it is this which has done so much to make the glorious history of our State. Our people have never been wanting In the past and they can be safely trusted for the future. Let us, then, all strive to do our part to prove ourselves worthy of our herit age, which is indeed a great one. * * * "Be just and fear not; Let all the ends thou aims't at be thy country's; thy God's and truth's." May this animate and inspire, us in all that we do. and thus faithfully striv ing may we together consecrate our selves anew to the service of our native State. to our own, our beloved South Carolina. When Gov. Heyward had concluded, there was tremendous handelapping on the floor of the house and in the gal lery likewise. When quiet had followed, Senator Manning presented the lieu tenant goverrur-elect. Col. John T. Sloan, who also took the oath of of fice. Accepting the gavel from the presiding officer, Lieut. Gov. Sloan an nounced that the Governor and his escort would retire. The joint assembly was then dissolved and the senators returned to their chamber. FOREIGN ITEMS OF INTEREST A London jeweler has made a collec lion of ancient forks used in Englan( At the French penal colony. Noumea, New Caledonia, the convicts have or ganized, a band. There are about eighty ships in the British navy which are too weak to fight and too slow to rin away. One of the guests at a recent golden wedding at Danzig. Gerrmany. was the bride's mother, aged ninety-one. In 1903 smallpox occurred in fifty de partments of France, out of seventy seven from which returns were re ceived. Belguim. w.ere public libraries are almost unknown, enjoys 19,000 public houses. or one for every thirty-six in habitants. The world's largest dredger is now Aocked at Liverpool. It is 200 feet long, and can raise 1000 tons of hard material an hour. ,Capital punishment still a xists in Switzerland. but all -death sentences imposed within the last half century have been commuted. For various misdemeanors sixty-four schoolboys In Berlin were condemned Inst year to imprisonment for ' from two to ten months, It is reported that owing to the losses suffered at the hands of ticket scalp ers several Mexican railways have de ided to issue no more round trip tick ets. London is in the midst of alarms ver its "undergrounds" and "tuppeny tubes." There is fear that, the city is being unde-.mined in the interest of rapid trans. The Cork County Council has re named the George IV. and Wellington bridges after Peter O'Neill 'Crowley and Thomas Davis. Crowley was a Fenian leader, who was shot during the "rising" of 1867. Davis was the geebrated "Young Ireland" poet. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Elibert Hubbard is now a Socilist. The King of Portugal is a devoted] isherman. J. Pierpont Morgan has just pald $6000 for the oldest piano in existence. Michael Jenkins has given to Biti mre a site for the Maryland Institute. John Hay, Secretary of State, is a graduate of Brown University, class f 1858. Jose Echegaray, the celebrated Span ish writer, has p)ubli.shed mnore than twenty dramas. Count Cassini, the Russian Ambassa o, has just completed his fiftieth year in the Russian diplomatic service. A pension has been granted b)y the Government of Sweden to Pierre Ib sen. brother of the dramatist. He is a lighthouse keeper. Former Judge Alton 1. Parker has lost the first case argued by him before the Court of Appeals after returning to the practice of law. Mine. Le Bargy, who is regarded in Paris as the natural successor of Mmne. Sarah Bernhardt. has been on the stage only three years. The late ex-Governor C;aflin, of Mas sahusetts, was one of seve?n ex-Gov ;rnors of that State who wero,born in. 1818. These were Boutwell, Clafin, Andrew, Gardner. Itice, Talbot and Butler. John Mackintosh. LL.D., tihe leading uthorily on Scottish history, wvrote his *isory of Civilization in Scotland" n tL.e counter of his tiny stationery store in the early morning before cus toer.s came. Marconi's thirtielh birthday is due n April 25. The inventor began his xperiments wvith wireless telegraphy n his father's estate near Bologna nearly twenty yedrs ago. He was still boy when he succeeded in sending; his id't wirel~Ss signals a dlistance of Take Your Pillow Alor'a. Many people when away from home find it difficult to sleep well in a strange bed, and arise in the mornirig| with a sense of having passed a de cidedly unsatisfactory night. Vice President Knowlton of the Raymond & Whitcomb company, who ought to know, says the trouble is all in the pilow. It's the pillow first, last and always. He has slept in many lands and under all imaginable conditions, anl years ago came to the conclusion that with one's own pillow at hand it mattered little about the bed. On an extended tour he always takes his pil low with him, stowing it carefully at the bottom of the trunk for future reference. "If I could start life over again," he says, "I would learn to sleep without a pillow (the only proper way), but the art must be acquired during childhood. The next best thing is your own pillow wl-erever possible. WILL CUT ACREAGE Reduction of Oe-Fourth is Suggested By Cotton Convention THE SENTIMENT WAS UNANIMOUS A Comprehensive plan Adopted to Se cure the Support of Every Grower For an Equal Decrease in Acreage. and Commercial Fertilizers. New Orleans, Special.-What is firmly believed will be the solution of the cotton situation was reached here Wednesday, when the cotton conven tion without a dissenting vote declared in favor of a 25 per cent. reduction in acreage and an equal reduction in commercial fertilizer, and backed that action up with the adoption of a com prehensive plan to secure the support of every farmer, big and little, in the cotton belt. An overwhelming majori ty of the delegates were present when the report was received and acted upon. At th opening afternoon session for mer Senator McLaurin, of South Caro lina, spoke along tbe dines of national protection for the cotton growers, say ing that heretofore the, cotton planter had been sacrificed to the doctrine of free raw material. A reference to President Roosevelt's kindness to the South provoked a fa vorable demonstration on the part of the audience. Former Lieutenant Governor Jester, of Texas, from the committee on "holding and financing the balance of the present crop," pre sented a report setting forth that each State and local section seems amply able to finance its present holdings. The committee believed that the cot ton now in the hands of the producers should remain on the farm or be stored in local warehouses, protected agains: weather and fire, and said that the banks. and commission men evidenced a willingness to aid in mar keting the balance of the crop so as to hold in check any disposition to *ush in cotton unduly and break the miarket. Belief was expressed that 25 per cent. reduction in acreage and 25 per cent. reduction in fertilizers will solve the cotton problem. After the conventiol had voted an invitation to Capt. Richard P. Hobson to speak, R. H. Jenkins, of Texas, *as recognized to read the report of the committee on the acreage, which the convention had voted to be of para mount importance. The report fol lows: To the Hon. Harvie Jordan, Chairman Inter-State Cotton Growers: "We, the committee on acreage and fertilizers, do recommend that acre age planted in cotton in 1905 shall be 25- per cent. less than in 1904, and that there shall be a reduction of 25 per cent. in the use of commercial fertilizers' in growing cotton. We recommend the following plan for the accomplishment of said reduction: "First, That the vice presidents of this association call -a meeting of all persons interested in cotton on the 11th day of February, 1905, in the county seat of each county not al ready organized, on the plan herein after set out, at which meeting there shall be elected a county chairman and a chairman for each school dis trict or other small political subdi vision of the county. "Second. That there shall be held in each school aistrict or other small political subdivisions of the county on the 18th day of February, 1905, at 1 o'clock p. in., a meeting of all citizens of said district or other small politi cal subdivision w|ho are interested in the growing of cotton, which meeting shall elect a committee of three on acreage and membership. "Third. At said precinct meeting the farmers and land-owners present shall be asked to sign the following agreemnen: "We, the undersigned farmers or land-owners, living in school district or precinct No..... county of...., State of...., hereby pledge our-selves to reduce the acreage planted by us in cotton and to reduce our consumption of fertilizers in grow ing cotton as showri by the statements set opposite our names.' "Fourth. That said committtee on are ige and r-?emt ship shall imme diar.ely canvass said district and ask all farmers an'd land-owners in said district who do not attend such meet ing, to sign said pledge, and said com mittee shall return said pledge to the chairman of said precinct. "Fifth. Said precinct chairmen shall preserve said privileges, and they shall immediately report to the county eairman showing .the total number of acres planted in cotton in said pre cinct in 1904. and the total number to be planted in cotton in said precinct in 1905, the total amount of fertilizer used in growing cotton in said pre cinct a-v the total amount to be used in said 1:1 ecinct in said years. Fire in Russian Navy Yard. Savastopol, By Cable.-The vast ad miralty works here caught fire Mon day. The fire broke out immediately after the second signal for beginning work was given at 7 a. m. The flames burst simultaneously from different parts of the works, and the whole building was so quickly involved that ren in the modeling department barely escaped by jumping out of the windows. Energetic measures prevented the flames extending to the docks. The fire es under control at 1:30 p. m. The cause of the fire is unknown. Bad Fire at Union, S. C. Union, S. C., Special.-A fierce fire which started in the plant of the Bailey Lumber and Manufacturing Coin pany, at 2. 30 o'clock Wednesday, was gotten under control at 4 o'clock, after assistance from two companies from Spartanburg, which came down on a special train. This proved to be the most destructive fire the city has wit nessed since about 1888, when almost half the town was burned. The total loss is variously estimated at fram $25, 000 to $50,000. Strikers Quiet at Moscow. Moscow. By Cable -Tl-e day passed wvith complete quiet, the strikers gen crally remained quietly indoors and rot visiting the heart of the. City. The Tverskal has resumed its no,rmal ap pearance. Scveral milis are reported tc have offered an increase of wages t their emnployes In the indstrial 1istrict, no factories are in operation in the whole regirai south of the river, with the exception of one large estab lishment. which was amply guarded, r order to prevent possible intimida tion of workraen; b)ut there was no attmpt at enu-1 intimirdation. LIFE ON A SK~YSCRAPER. o itheSofb of Tall Building Are Uti. ized by Dweller.. The tops of some of the big skyscrap ers are broad enough to accommodate a game of baseball and one may oftei see representatives of the younger generation of roof dwellers indulging in the delights of one, two old cat. For hide and seek and tag and a score of other games dear to the childish heart the opportunities afforded by the chim neys and pipes and columns of the broad roof could not be excelled. It is odd to see little girls giving their doll parties here in midair above the bus iest part of one of the busiest streets in the world. Some of the roofs have hammocks and swing.z and croquet grounds and all the other equipment of a thorough outdoor playground. To the older folks, too, the roof of fers as many seductive attractions as it does to the children. The women have tea here out of doors, unmindful of the hubbub that prevails below them in Broadway. The men smoke their evening pipes and chat with vis iting. friends in calm seclusion when the pulsing life of the busy streets has calmed to silence and the moon is hanging high lbove the Brooklyn Bridge. A deserted village is hardly more quiet than lower New York in the evening and night hours and the roof dwellers are far less likely to have their slumbers disturbed than are the residents of uptown streets and avenues. Not all the dwellers of New York's cloud kissing heights are janitors and superintendents of big buildings. There are a number of other eases where citizens have learned the advan tages of these lofty dwelling places and have adopted them as their homes. The great square tower of the Produce Exchange building houses several families; a number of well known New Yorkers' have found the Madison Square Garden tower a pleas ant abiding place, and in various spots about the city others have set up Lares and Penates on the roofs, fif teen or twenty stories above the street. Mr. Osborne. a writer of prominence, has for many years held a loft in the tower of Madison Square Garden, where all his best known works of fic tion have been produced. Mr. rich ard Le Gallienne is another author who has learned the use to which a roof may be put by a literu'"r man who requires quiet, and all this sumarer he has virtually lived upon the roof'bf a New York hotel. "On my roof." says. "I have been in the midst of the city's activity though not of it. The roar of the streets reaches the roof dwellers as a subdued note and be- I sides one is freer of callers, for a man l desires to visit a. man very much to clamber to a roof to see him." This up-to-date adaptation of the chief fea ture of a prehistoric civilization adds one more to the many unique features of modern city life.-Pilgrim. WORDS OF WISDOM. E Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune.-Cotton. * The people never give up their lib erties but under some deinsion. The soul that suffers is stronger than the soul that rejolces.-E. Shepard. Accuracy is the twin brother of hon- I esty; inaccuracy, of dlshonesty.-C. Simmons. People will not look forward to pos terity who never look backward to their ancestor's. I will chide no brother ini the world1 but myself, against whom I know most faults.-Shakespeare.r Few people disparage a distinguishedC acstry except those who have none of threir own-J. Hawes. The ultimate result of protecting men from their folly is to fill the world I .ith fools.-Herbert Spencer.f All government-indeed, every human benefit and en.ioyment, every virtue 1 and every -prudent act-is founded on compromise and barter.t A Foot Warmner. "Persons confined to the bed fre- t quently suffer with cold feet," saysa the Modern Priscilla. '-To such a foot t muff is a great comfort. Make tw'o cases , about seven-eighths of a yard square of fine, but not heavy, un bleached muslin. Fill each case with I feathers enopzgh to make the cushion plump, but not stiff. Cover each cush Ion with any soft material you choose. Join the cushions securely by three sides, leaving the fourth open, for the I admission of the feet. It is a good c ian to make a loose lining of flannel 1 or something that will wash easily; this can be basted in, when the muff is in use, and taken ont for washing as of ten as necessary. To some persons this large muff, coming r.p to the knees (as it should do,, is a more satisfactory 13 foot warmer' than either bed socks or the hot water bag." Church Music in Rusin. "Since I came home from Russia a year ago it' makes Ine feel quite like a roue to go to church and listen to the warblings of frisky sop)ranos and con C raltos," confessed a mani who passed ~ over- a year in the land of the Great ~ White Czar. I: I was privileged to go to many of fi the most famous cathedrals in all Rius asa country which countenances no t instrument of wood or brass, nothing except the human voice. The music is of the most spiritua!, a sort thait is closely allied to prayer, ranging from angelic sweetness and delicacy to te'rrl- J fying randeur. It fairly sweeps you t off your feet. The church choirs are E composed of meni and boys only, the female voice being banished asatoo'en t'ing and suggestiv-e of the snares of t the world."-PhiladlphEia Rlecord' ~ The satislactory Car;:o. There has been .just one branch of the transatlantie freight tratfie satisfac tory to the steamship agents of Bos ton this year, namely, the shipments of live-stock and fresh beef, these two, more than anything else. having kept freihters pir'ing to and fro between this port and Eur'ope, w"heni otherwise the. must have be:Pu w.ithdraw'n, or retained in the servi~'e at a big loss. For Irra:ation:. Irrigation plans alr'eady outlined in California, Oregon and the Dakotas will involve the expenditure. in round numbers, of $27.000.000O, and reclaim a million of acres of land, capable of amsupotn. a poatiaon of 500Q.0. RUSSIpS_IIOPEFUL Better News From the Seat of War Simplifies Matters at Home BRACES THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES Cen. Kuropatkin's Repulse of the Jap anese Advance is Expected to Have the effect of at Least Partially Dis tracting Attention From the Strike Situation-No Longer Any Doubt That the Strike is Practically Brokeh at St. Petersburg-Workmen Re turning Unconditionally. s St. Petersburg, Special.-The news of General Kuropatkin's successful re pulse of the Japanese advance comes most opportunely. The belief exists here that Field Marshal Oyama sought to take advantage of any depression prevailing in the Russian ranks as the result of the news from St. Petersburg to launch an attack against General Kuropatkin's right, but the Russian commander-in-chief seems to have nicely turned the tables, inflicting con siderable loss upon the Japanese on Thursday, and taking several positions westward along the plain of the Hun river. The authoritics are receiving the news from the front with great satis faction, being convinced that it will .erve to at least partially distract at tention from the strike situation and Internal affairs generally. At the same time, the strike situa ion generally is improving. In St. Petersburg, there is no longer any doubt that the strike is practically bcken. Fourteen establishments al ready have resumed, and an entire tarting up of factories seems to be tssurcd for next Monday. A remarka ble feature is that the men who are returning to work are not asking con ditions of employers. They have eemingiy turned their backs upon pol tical agitators and accepted the gov Finment's prormuses in the matter of shorter hours and an equitable ad justment of their grievnnces at their race value. Kuropatkin Takes Offensive. St. -urg, By Cable.-General Kuropatkin telegraphed as fol ows to Empero icholas: The advance has cotmenced of our iight flank against the enPmy. We iave occupied Khailastosa and Khei ,outaya." General Kuropatkin adds: "No de ails have been received of the losses, Lt Khailatosa and Kneiyoutaya, which ire seven versts southwest of Sande as. We occupied Khailatosa without ring, the Japanese being bayoneted, ~heigoutaya was bravely defended, put we finally occupied It at 10 o'clock t night. Our cavalry pursued two egiments of Japanese dragoons, which led southeastward. On our left flank detachment repulsed the Japanese Lnd occupied a defile between Khandi nsan and .Expansan."' -. Supplementing the foregoing Gener 1 Kuropatkin says: "From later re orts, it appears that in capturing hese positions, we made prisoners of .00 Japanese. We' also occupied the illage of Weheitaits, on the Hun 'iver, losing 50 men. On January 20, iur troops continued the offensive Lganst Sandepas. The Japanese at acked our position near the village om the south and southeast. but rere repulsed. Our cavalry partici iated, maneouvering against the left lank, and attacked the Japanese in e rear. Our force then attacked anderpas, and at 7 p. in., after a des ierate fight, with the assistance of appers, we surrounded the strong en renchments and occupied the large Illage. "The same day our troops occupied e enemy's entrenchmnents at Shakhe nd repulsed Japanese attempts to re ,ke them." Fall River Cloth Market. Fill1 River, Mass., Special-Sales or the, week in the print cloth market ill reach a total of 75,000 pieces. rading in the local market has been if a very light character for all class s of goods. Wide and narrow do not how any change from last week's irices, remaining at a basis of 2 3-4 ents for regulars. BIdding for goods as not been as brisk as reported a ek ago, but manufacturers are still iidisposcd to offer any concessions. McCue Must Hang. Richmond, Va., Special.-The su reme court of appeals has denied he supplementary appeal in, the case ex?.iayor McCue of lharlottesville, ovcted of wife murder. Hewas sen meed to be hanged Jan. 20 and was espited by Gov. Montigue until Feb. Charlottesville, Va., Special.- J. amuel McCue was informed in his l today by the Associated Press orrespondent that the court of appeals *Virginia had- refused a rehearing 1 his case. He took the news calmly r a few milnutes, and then saying, I will get justice above." burst into ears. lie gave way to uncontrolla le grief for five minutes. Asheville Gets Convention. New Orleans. Special.--President ordan presided over a meeting of he executive committec of the South rn Cotton Association. Most of the imbers of the committee remained ver to attend. John M. Parker, for ser president of the New Orlear-3 Cot m Exchange, who was elected treas rer of the association by the con cntion, was present. The committee ecided to hold the first annual meet rig of the association at Asheville, N. . on August 15th. Shorter Hours Promised. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-GovernloI eneral Trepoff and Minister of Fi ance Kokovsoff issued a proclamation hich reveals the government's plant or breaking the strike, not only here ut throughout Russia. The proclama lon is couched in a paternal tone, and oints out that honest workmen, whc want to better their condition, should have brought their demand% to thf government, Instead of being mislead by agitators into affiliation with a novement which is not confined tc conomy aspirations. A shorter work av Is nromised BAN ON GUESSING TESTS: Postoffice Department to Bar Them From the Malls. The day of the guessing contest is numbered, for the Postoffice Depart ment is preparing to exclude this class )f business from the mails. After a recent Cabinet meeting Postmaster General Wynn announced that the task >f weeding out the objectionable en terprises would be begun in earnest, and as fast as possible, those that are ilegal will be separated from those that are legitimate. Few contests, It is believed, will survive the sifting process, for practically all of them are held to be within the scope of the an ti-lottery statute. Newspapers that conduct political guessing schemes for the purpose of booming their circulation: magazines that find new subscribers by inviting estimates of the -number of nmigrants 2oming into the country within a given time; private companies that ope:. their books to receive, at so much a chance, forecasts of the atte lance of a big exposition or football game, or votes in an election-all these concerns will be brought under the scrutiny of the department, and if 'they cannot prove their methods to be those of legitimate business enterprises will be barred from the use of the mails and must necessarily quit business. Postmaster - General Wynne said that several sample cases were submitted to Attorney-General Moody recently, with the request that he ren der an opinion as to their right to transact business through the mails. It was not announced exactly what concerns were taken as samples, but it is understood that one prominent newspaper which has made a good deal of money out of political guessing con tests and a concern that has been con ducting a big business in selling chances on an $85,000 list of prizes In connection with the number of persons attending the St. Louis Exposition, were among those handed to the legal adviser of the Cabinet. Mr. Moody declared emphatically that the "samples" were clearly lotter ies'within the meaning of the law. In each the" Attorney-General held that "thousands have invested small sums in the hope and e:pectation that luck would enable them to secure large re- 1 turns. A comparatively small percent- 1 age of the participants will realize heir expectations. Thousands will < get nothing. They are in effect lotter- 1 ies, under the guise of guessing con- 1 tests." Attorney-General Moody then went on to quote a unanimous opinion of the New York Court of Appeals, handed down on August 5, 1904, which said i that "where a scheme lacks the ele ments of a legitimate business enter prise It is a lottery within the mean ing of the statute." 1 Mr. Wynne said that the department 4 heretofore, actir:g under the opinion of .oimer legal advisers, bad allowed i conecps to operate guessing contests in whik some amount of skill played a part in Zving the problems pre- - sented. For instince, where the guess- 4 er could use a '-form book" or historic records to determine the probable performances of horses or of baseball eim, with a view to telling correct ly the result of big races, the standing I of clubs at the close of a season or the 4 attendance at such races or games, it, hatd been held that the scheme was not a btter-y. waalastedtr "But chancewaawastede mining factor, after all," said the Post- I maste-General. "A horse entered in I the race might tail and break his leg. A baseball player on one of the teamis I might be put out of the contest by ill- 1 ness or death; the gr-andstand might be 3 blown away or burned, and thus cur. I down the, attendance, if the guessing were upon the number of persons wit- 1 nessing the performance of the horses I r men. No amount of study devoted to the 'dope books' or histories could efface the element of chance. But since the old ruling, which held that 'calcul&tion, ,foresight, knowledge, in- t uiry and information enabled the i partaipant to approximate the,. cor rect result, was- believed to be good law, the New York Court of Al%eals - has ruled that cases identical in print- o iple ire 'guessing contests,' and 'guessing contests' are lotteries. The ~ iepartment will take up each calse ong its merits and dispose of all that come i under its notice as rapidly as possible. t Some of the schemes may be legiti mate. I do not wish to declare that all K are bad. Those that are not ob.jection- p able will not b' made to suffer fo: the z sins of those that are."-New York Tri- E bune. ' c ,. Slow at Chores. Pr-esdent Palmer. of the World's air Committee of 1803. inl one of his speeches at that time told a story about boy whose father was a stern man, who used the boy very harshly at times. One night he sent the boy to he woodpile to get a backlog. The boy ent out. but lie did not get the back log, for lie took that time to run away, Ten years la':cr he camne back af'ter ~ nany voyage:s, He felt sure that he ad not been a dutiful son. so he thought he would go hom!e and see his! old father and beg his torgiveness. As e neared the old familiar place his eyes filled with tears. The thought oes urred to him to look in at the win- ~ ow. and there sat his father in the ame old place, just as he used to sit. so ong ago. The old scene rose to the sons mind. and going around to the woodile he picked up a backlog. and, 4 puttig it on his shoulder, he wvalked I in. saying: "Dad, here's the backlog'" The old man looked up and said cnlmiy: -Well. Bill. you'-e been a good while1 bout it."-Kansas City JournaL A Street )nsor. A featur-e of low street life in Tokio Is the "'kuisha."' or m:oxa doctor, wiho applies s:nall pads made of certain dried ierbs to the ,skin, then setting them alight, the ensuing bisters being suposed to be mo.st effective ais a cure for various ailments. Among the doc tors' remedies, too. are rilinoceros piis, warrated a aure cure for- tightness of the chest, gnashing of the teeth and depression of sp)irits. and '"furidashi.," a popular remedy for coughs and colds, which is said to expel the devils and promote circulation; while musk pills are prescribed as an infallible cure for every ill, from a red nose to sea sick, SOUTI'S LAR iST OAIN It Has Been in Controlling and Driving Out the Whisky Traffic. From the Saturday Evening Post. OR a decade a remarkable -- change has been going on F in the South. The mani festatipns have been local, but the results bear the semblance of a great move ment. After the war the South had almost.as n'any drinking places as it had stores. To-day more than one-halt of the counties below Mason and Dix on's line prohibit the sale of liquor. For instance, almost sixty per cent, of Texas, nearly eighty per cent. of Geor gia, ninety per cent. of Mississippi and all of- Tennessee except eight cities have voted out the saloon, while even in Kentucky thirty-seven counties are under prohibition rule. There Is nothing of particular polt [cal Importance In these facts, but there is in them a vast deal of social sn. personal significance. In litera ture pretending to represent the life of the South the mint julep figures as con spicuously as the genial sunshine or the climbing roses, when, as a matter Af fact, ice water or lemonade might be more realistic. The Southern "majah, sahr" with some of his old manners, still hangs on, but the Southern man of to-day is quite another kind of per son. This may be a loss to romance, lor, even to the abstainer, there is 'ragrance in the mention of mint which emonade fails to suggest, and the major with his large nianner and con tempt for statistics fills more of the itmosphere than thequiet,agile worker vho thinks of crops, cotton mills and stock quotations instead of the lost :ause and Its battles. But the same qualities of grit, endur ince, fidelity and cheerfuiness which nade splendid records in war are )ravely at work solving the problems )f peace. In most cases fhe liquor iuestion has been handled as a plain )usiness proposition. The saloon alked enterprise, reduced the labor ;upply, increased lawlessness and kept 'ommunities poor; worse still, It played iavoc with the individual. In more han four hundred counties the good itizenship of all parties arose and ban shed it. Behold the benefits! This year the south has made more money than it ;as ever known, more money for spend ng; so much of it, in fact, that three >f the great cities of the North have ormed special business organizations :o secure Soathern trade, while the ities of the West have met the com etition by the most dluring Induce nents. But the larger gais is in the general uplift of the population. De. pite the occasional outbreaks of crime. -in most cases where the saloons still xist-the whole trend of the South s steadily toward wise and safe col mervatism, and the evolution of South rn personality Is pro.dueing broad ninded Americans, who live -eiean ives, do good work and carry no chips i their shoulders. It has -been said that had it not been whisky there would have been no lv War. Hara drinking, both North -_ md h, inflamed the passiorft en ~endered by slavery. It follows as a topeful fa that In the consideration f the race question, whieh lingers sng after the HItion of human bond g, the work e coclatIon and ad ustment will bce ,~r by men of tem- ~ perate habits and- temperate minds. n the new conditions being - iy the South itself there must come migher character and achieve:nent than ts oldest and finest chivalry could how. Doing His Best. "Yes, we're going to move," she said o the agent. "We simply can't stand "Have ipatfence, madam," he argued. "Patience has ceased to be a virtue." he retorted. "We complained twice f that woman in the fiat above us rho pounds the plan, and sings 'both .ay and iright, and you said you weold et her out. Instead of doig that you ave calmly let the flat next to her o a man who plays the cornet." "But that's part of the scheme," he - rotested. "We put him there on par ose. His instructions are to sfake so 2uch noise she ean't hear herself sing. the h a lease,. you' know,. and the uly way to get her out Is to discour ge her."-Birmingham (Eng.) Post. The Turkey and the eN 'Weeyi. It has been demonstrated that thi, rkey Is a fine destroyer of the boll reeil, the tobacco worm and the to cto worm. They get fat on that sort f diet and keep so with a bit ef grain. brown in once in a while and atten on to their sleeping quarters. The ol weeviL gets busy in the spring, nd so do the young turkeys. The to into worms are about ,the fields at be time the young bin-ds are most ealous In satisfying an appetite that as no bounds. The boll weeril and. - te worms go Into hibernation in the all just about the time that there is demand Yor fat turkeys that can't be atiated.-Houston Post. Source of Ivory Supply. Drng a recent visit to the London locks the queenk of England was in rmed that the stock of ivory then - hewn represented,. on an average, the nual slaughter of some 2A000 ircan elephants. This statement has een contradicted, Otne importer states that at least 85 per cent of the supply s "dead ivory.* mainly obtained from 1ar'dedi stores of African chiefs, who re shrewd enough to put their comn miodides on the market only in drib Lets. The most interesting part of .he letter is, however, the statement that the great bulk of this hoarded ivery is obtained from "elephant c'meteris"-pets met with here and there in the Jungle, where elephants have resorted for centurIes to die. Mu~ch of the ivory that comes to the market may. theref'ore, accrdir.g to this letter, be several hundired years Danced Teo Vigorcusly. William Jackscn, a church organist. cf Norfolk, Conn., dIslocated his shoul er while dancing.