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The Russians Declare T Entirely Un ,RUSSIA DECLINES PROPOSITIONS Session Set For Sunday Afternoon Was Postponed at the Instance of the Japanese, Out of Regard For the Russian Reverafice For the Day and the Mutual Desire to Gain Time-Strong, Outside Influences Seek to Have Virtual Indemnity For Evacution of Sakhalin-Witte Beginning to Raise "Yellow Peril" Cry. Porthsmouth. Special.-No prog ress was made with the peace negotia tions over Sunday. They stand exact ly where they did Saturday night. The session of the plenipotentiaries which was to have been held Sunday after noon was postponed by mutual agree ment out cf reverence to the fact that it was the Holy Sabbath, which is uni K . SERGIUS WITTE, SENIOR rUSSIAN rEAcE ENVOT. vereally observed in Russia as a day of rest. , The Russians had not beenanou for a-esin and the Jiapa took th ntaie n. hog n nr fel.gi moGre hopTeful EIOn steA PE o The pleipoeias ad r enan- - itralessTion andimite Japaee too' upnthe intat, and faroason te itwor meig arr to an. Piereemwaeided mniang. Tahealitureatin theor re insrotbe ame ever.dpehaso Te reao muhtugl s that pthoed. Teain ires aore fino nearer sou tinta hnthe plenipotentiaries wl ~ ite. This pesiti re for op upon thes inct the fact astn, onfronte bigarey to ami threndicussiof itland ofSokhalinrean Jaase igo-n insedrtoutake ap tecnsdeatono the realton struggatis. onl potponed. ion assme when the Jpaenieniarese maet Tel riiave reason fo obt mimliesa ill te foun to onfromte th e boluerea of thevRs-e eiher ndmyo the crucialotstfcomes iAndo intimain comes Jaaefrom- g psurce take upr stheronusideainfu tendiaetn srkatim ro tsis and isasmdthat the mense effre-t pared toim.Teln o havisng tossi theojions ofequ ir adversarates whe PoteruStaltesHth ofmicrso Anec itiatall passees from Floih daofre tht ver ineddstrogutideinlu encs secre atewrktificatsdideifi tatfor paper fomn threo effrten- t bgier, ofthe plarne ofsigRtalr Flordeuiesrtficte. Tacksnaile Fla., Special.--smeh Simmorte, ateealthaa sofcr and Florida, han, issud his sorde Eli Sim eff, et totho apasnesfo Filedaori datenme from heeriected Thomstris must secur nerticthepesan iefdentice. cTion bodies offaro Surgeon were fourger in the MariooneHsal her ice, sa.iThed Si mmolnst wsa ho though t Heart oaful Vcarem. Simmso an wthy heaval strs nd thengroundeabot shfot from kile about it hv een sfoerently Tomas His-b ewho nter thepe ootng Te-efee sevenbleud in the pieodysna the pul lcra.eedrSimmons was as shot h backug wthehab a fl charge ofbidht teverounp about ac tfrom thenbod hainterteontn. Theia.-as Aserst atSuieonR H.a aon Ezdotf in the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, has been ordered to proceed from Colon to New Orleans for duty in the carnpaign against yellow fever. Surgen Von Erzdorf is an expert in yellow fever tmataers and has been on duty with' the Isthmian canal comn msson in that line of duty. Exports of Manufactures. Washington. Special.- Statistics compiled by the Department of Com merce and Labor show that the ex ports of manufacturers in the fiscal year just ended amounted to S-43.620. 279. "no only the largest on record. but in excess of the combined exports of all articles in the centennial year, 1876. and nearly $140.h000.000 more than the total imports and exports of the country at the close of the Civil War." The growth in the exporta tions and manufactures is shown to have largely exceeded the givwth in hat Japan's Terms Are reasonable practically satisfy Japan's claim of re imbursement for the cost of the war by the purchase of the Japanese military evacuation of Sakhalin continues to be advanced. Such a solution would per mit Russia to say she had paid neither indemnity nor ceded a foot of territo ry. RAISES "YELLOW PERIL" CRY. The debate in Saturday's conference over the first condition-the recogni /t /a /t BN e I - I s-f tion of Japan's "preponderating influ 4 ence'" over Korea. involving her right to control the administration of the t hermit kingdom, use the littoral for strAgetic purposes, etc. .-was of a re xarkable character. Indeed the posi tion taken by Mr. Witte was sensa tional in the extreme. His attitude re veals plainly the Russian tactics. They propose to raise before the world tne spectre of the "yellow peril." Russia claims that Japan's present purpose is to get a foothold on the Asiatic con tinent from which to extend her infu ence and dominion. Mr. Witte made no objection, but he declared that the words "preponderat ing influence" did not adequately de scribe what Japan proposed to do, and he insisted that the language used should show Japan's true purpose which he contended was to make a Jap- 1 anese Drovince of Korea. BASIS OF NEGOTIATION. The cession of the Russian leases to 1 the Liaotung Peninsular, omprising < Port Arthur and Dalny. t The evacuation of the entire province of Manchuria, the retrocession to Chi na of any privileges Russia may havet in the province and the recognition by Russia of the principle of the "open door." The cession to Japan of the Chinese Eastern Railroad below Harbin, the main line through northern Manchuria to Vladivostock, to remain Russian property. The recognition of the Japanese pro tectorate over Korea. The grant of fishing rights to Japan The grant of fishing rights to Japa nese in the waters of the Siberian lit- 1 toral northward from Vladivostock to the Behring Sea. The relinquishment to Japan of the< Russian warships interned in neutral ports. Finally a limitation upon the naval strength of Russia in far Eastern waters. As a whole the terms are regarded as exceedingly hard by the Russians. In addition to the two principal condi tions, w~hich cannot be accepted under Mr. Witte's instructions, those relating to the limiting of Russia's naval power I Iin the far east and the granting of fishing rights upon the Russian lit-1 toral are considered particularly of-1 fensive to the amour propro of their country, and of such a humiliating Icharacter as to be inadmissible.] ror Station at Mobile. Mobile, Ala., Special.-The contract was awarded in New York to the Gen eral Supply and Construction Company of that city for the building of a new union passenger station in this city by the Southern Railway at a cost of a half a million of tlollars. The roads using the station will be the Southern, Mobile & Ohio, Jackson and Kansas City and Mobile & Bay Shore. Japs in Pursuit. St. Petersburg. By Cable.-Gene~ral Linevitch, in a telegram to the Emper or, dated' August S. reports that the IRussian forces operating to the east ward of the mandarin road advanced August 5th towards a defile near the village of Chagon, 24 miles south of Taulu. The Japanese assumed the of fensive and turned both flanks, com pelling the Russians to retreat to the northward. The Japanese followed in pursuit and again encountered ->art of the Russian force, which halted in the Nadoulin gorge, but after a hot fusilade they returned to the south ward. The Russians in the Hailung cheng district, the general says, occu pied the village of Yulangtse after a skirmish. Charleston Sends Out Inspectors. Charleston. S. C.. Special.-Mayor Rhett has proclamed a quarantine against yellow fever points, to take effect Sunday. August 6. No pas;sen gers will be permitted to enter the city unless they can establish beyond question that they have been out of the infected district for ten days. In spectors have been detailed at all june tion points to examine the trains. Motorman Killed in Electric Car Col lision. Norfolk, Va.. Special.-A head-on coliision between lcetric trains of the Greenview division of the Norfolk Railway and Electric Light Company's system this evening resulted in the death of Motorman Sydney Thomas. formerly of Lynehburg. and the slight injury of Robert Tait and wife, of this city; Charles Gibbs. of Berkeley. and John Grimstead. all passaengers. The railroad authorities say the col ision was due to disobedience of or DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION Euci Evidence Given to Prove That There Has Been Shady Doings by Many Offcials. Th'lie .-eei leislative c('ommilttee tppointe t:; investigate the affairs of lie dispensary began its work at spartanburg the first of the week. A ,reat number of witnesses have been 'xamined and much damagiing testi nony has been brought out. Many )ersons conieited with the insti ution ave been proven guiltv of shady eon net. The whkole matter so far devel p-)' is summerized in the following acts: First. That the positions connected vith the dispensary here were barter d and sold for money, borrowed mon y or endorsements. Second. That even $50 clerkships vere bartered, and H. H. Cunningham vas paid $50 cash by the chairman of he county board to withdraw his ap lication for a $50 clerkship. Third. That the then chairman of he county board of control sold liquor ,nd traveled from town to town, and hat he sold liquor by telling dispens rs he would have them removed by a riend on the State board if they did .ot patronize him. Fourth. That during the session of lie Legislature satchels full of liquor vere taken from the rooms of candi- i lates for membership of the board by dr. Mahaffey, a member of the House. Fif'.h. That all dispensaries here tave received case upon case of com limentaary liquor from houses sell rig to the dispensary, and that most ften these complimentary liquors ave been put on the shelf, and the quor sold, for personal gain, without ecounting to the State-or county. Sixth. That the Mallard Company, tichland Distillery and Bluthenthall ' Bickart made a practice until re ently of packing one of two extra bot les of liquor in each case, and these ases were complimentary to the dis >enser: that they were sold as reg lar stock. Eighth. That at least one dispenser ere is charged with the habit of hanging the labels of liquor and sell. rig as two X goods that which was ent him as one X goods, and that this anie dispenser has accumulated housands within his few years of ervice. Ninth. It was developed that the ichland Distilling Company and Blu henthall & Bickart have been paying 5 cents for empty cases which origi tally contained their goods. This is upposed to have been a method of oosting the sales. One witness testi ed that Rock Castle cases were paid or at 25 cents each, without bottles. nd that they were not returned. It as shown that these empty cases >thr than .ose sold to the shipping Louses, were sold locally to drug ouses for not more than five cents tnd often for less. Tenth. That dispensers have writ en to liquor houses for gratuitous li uor to help them make up shortages. Eleventh. That empty cases were un in the stock account and were ounted as stock on hand, when they rere entirely empty. Twelfth. That two members of the ounty board of cintrol signed cer fcates that thecy had actually wit Lessed the checking of the stocks in ispensarics. signed and approved the ~xpense acounts and breakage ac rounts, and left them with dispensa ies to use as they saw fit. Several of hese ertificates on which the dispen r were to make up their accounts vere exhibited, signed in blank, with ifficial approval of stock-taking. ex enses and the like, that weie to hap ten months ahead. Thirteen. That is Spartanburg Mr. lackwood, in particular, was used as buffet to bull the market. He was )romsed time and again a position .nd asked to file an application, and ne now thinks this was done simply to et the other fellow to raise his price o the county board, two of the mem r telling him plainly that it was matter of dollars and cents to get e ofce, and after they got the office hat they could easily take it back. Fourteenth. That one of the star ritnesses who is now absent, told Mr. 3ease, a member of the commission. hat for $100 he would not be a wit tess, having previously made a state nent to the Christensen-Lycn comn nittee. Fifteenth. That the dispensary is ;elling fives, which means that five luart bottles are sold for a gallon, vhen the Consumer thinks he is buy ng a full quart. Witnesses testified :hat Hunter's Three Feathers. Old )ixie, Hannis and other brands were Sixteenth. That until recently re luest books have not been used. The lea in defence of the non-use being :hat the dispensaries have not gotten :he books and have not had the tinme :o fill them out. Seventeenth. That the dispensaries -iave been advised to charge all break ge to the county, and that the county oses from its profit account 9.1 '>reak ige, and it is not divioed between Sate and county. Eighteenth. That Dispenser IH se nan is alleged to have said that he paid as much as six hundred dollars for a vote and then did not get it. Nineenth. That Charles 0. Smith was re-appointed on the board upon t~ent ion of members of the delegation, athough it had been called to the at ent ion o fmemibers of the delegation. riot all, that he was asking money for positions. Twentieth. Tl-at the appointment of the present members of the county board was held up until after the Mor ris election was over. The commission had been issued long before the elec Twenty-first. That liquor agents have been coming to the dispensaries to urge the pushing of their goods. Twenty-second. That goods that were not ordered, other than intr-oduc tory, were shipped to the dispensa-, Tenty-third. That the tie-up of the decision of the State Supreme Court as to the force and effect of the con current resolution, tinder which the committee is working. is most emibar rassing and hurtful. Witnesses. get. ting to believe that the committee hadt no legal rights, are disposed to refuse to ans questions, and the whole sir nation is clouded and in doubt because of the unsettled condition as to the status f the law. Twenty-fourth. That three of the miost important witnesses could not be found in the city. Warrants have been laced in the hands of the shceriff for these recalcitrant witnesses, and the are expected later. Should they not appear, statements are on hand from tem ut . thersidnce is desired. Mr. Cole Blease grew quite mad about what he thought were reflections on hir and made a personal state nent. and insisted that Messrs Chris ensen and Lyon were his politica! en rmies and were fighting him political y. and insisted that any one who sug testel that he had not done his ful! lutv was a beautiful liar. Twentv-fifth. That the committee is ,eiting prty nearly an itemized list >f the contributors to the fund for The Spartanbutrg Journal, it was shown :hat the local dispensers contributed $25. and that the clerks gave $5. Mr. Husenan. a beer dispenser. is said to lave gone to Columbia to secure aid o this newspaper fund. The evidence ndicated -:hat $400 was to have been -aised for this purpose. and that about 300 had Ibeen raised. One of the chief lispensers here insists that he made i contrac:t to use the space as regular idvertising space, and that he had ar icles writen for publication in this pace. The arrangement was for a col imns a day. The testimony is given juite freely, with the co-operation of MIr. John K. Aull, and it will ve of in :ense interest to the people of the tate. These eounts were a.l sastained by .idence glven at the exzaminatioin. vhich ;utsed some breezy ;cenes. The -omnitt" elosed its work on Satur lay. It is not known what action vill be lakea. GIFTS IN PROPER SPIRIT. Significance of Recent Benefactions to Colleges. After all, the principal use of the college is as a place where the next generation is to get right ideas of what is worth while in life itself. The mere facts which, to the ignorant, seem the advantages of education, are of minor importance. We hear much in the periods of college commence ments of the necessities of the mod ern university in the way of enlarged endowments and increased equipment. Some of this talk is, of course, rea sonable enough. It is addressed main ly to the rich as a demand for the recognition by them of a duty of gen erosity, one which in our days has had a most remarkable response. But apparatus is an impossible substitute for ideals, and the best endowment of a college is the character of its graduates. The $2.000 bequest, for example, to his Alma Mater, which the will of the late William H. Bald win contained, was small if consider ed as a me:-e matter of money, but his character and the ideals of public ser-vice which his life expressed form part of thaL permanent endowment which alone makes a university great. The memory of a railroad president ready to sacrifice, if need be, his pcsi tion, rather than lose an opportunity fo usefulnes on an unpaid committee of citizens banded together for im portant civic service, is a rarer and more precious contribution to the fiber of university life than any mere material bounty from ravenous iin gers unclutched by hypocrisy or the fear of death.-George W. Alger in the Atlantic Monthly. LIVES BY CHARMING FLIES. rade Pays Well in West-Insects Meet Painless Death. "There Is a summer occupation in the Vest," said the traveling man, 'that has proved profitable for the last three years, and many men are now getting ready to drop their other work and take it up, for the occt.pa tion of a fly charmer pays $5 a day to a man with a high-class clientele. It is said that several enterprising west erners are going to introduce their iueer occupation into Gotham this summer. "In his business the fly charmer is armed with a canvas fan about four feet square. With this he slowly drives the swarms of flies from the attic of the house down through ev*ery floor, never missing a fly, and accum ulating the insects in every apartment visited. Every room in his wake is immediately closed to gua'rd against any homesick flies that might try to get bach .- their old quarters. "As the buzzing swarm in frornt of the immense fan accumulates they follow their leader, much like a swarm of bees, until they are finally whisked into a small unused room, where their conqueror sets fire to some smoky preparation that soon sends them off to a land where there are no bald heads to tickle, no soup to drown in and no danger of untime ly burial in the table butter."-New Ycrk Sun. Lawson and the Wind Clock. Thomas W. Lawson recently re ceied a shock at his own specialty. He was driving a spirited horse to a light vehicle. Having occasion to eae it in order to enter an office building, he called to a street urchin. "Sonny, hold my horse?" "Cert." was the pert reply. "What do I git?" "A dollar an hour," said Mr. Law son laughing.. "By that clock?" continued the lad, pointing to a street clock in front of a jeweler's. "Yes," said the financier, much amused. "All right," assented the boy, with a sudden alacrity in contrast with his previous hesitation. Mr. Lawson performed his errand and emerged again from the officc building. "How must do I owe you?" he asked the boy. *.Two hundred and seven dollars." "What?" "By the clock, mister." Mr. Lawson glanced at the clock an advertisemfenlt. It contained no works, but was operated by currents of air, and the hands were revolving with the rapidity of a pin wheel. "I thought WVall streeters could tdo more business on wind than anybody -lse" gasped Mr. Lawson, "but this takes my time!"-Success. THOSE BOSTON GIRLS. Nette-What do you think of tho Spooners, anyway? Edith-Well, I don't know. When Im mad with Lizzie I find myself thinking what a splendid man her husband must be to put up with her, andi when I'm miffed with him I be gin to look upon Lizzie as an angel. _nnosan Transcript. 12KILLED ON TRAIN Terrible Loss of Life Caused By a Ilead End Collision STRUCK FREIGHT AT FULLOPEED Collision on the Nickel Plate Road. Near Vermillion, 0., Causes the Passenger Engineer and Eleven Passengers Mostly Italian Laborers, and the Injury of 25 Others, Eight Fatally-Badly Hurt Passengers Were All in Smoker-Freight Engi neer's Watch Said to Have Been Slow. Cleveland, 0., Special.-A fast east bound passenger train on the Nickel Plate Road collided with a west-bound freight early Sunday at Kishman, 0., near Vermillion, resulting in the death of 12 persons, while at least 25 others were injured, eight of whom will prob ably die. The wreck, according to the officials of the company, was caused by a misunderstanding of orders or neglect to obey them on the part of the crew of the freight train. The Dead. Charles W. Poole, engineer of pas senger train, 60 years old, Conneaut, Ohio. Joseph Alexander, 24 years old, Newark, N. J. Frank Weaver, 35 years old, Findlay, 0. Domenico Pomodoro, Italian, 30 years old, laborer. Antonio Grillo, 25 years old, Italian laborer. Joseph Paraci, 38 years old, laborer. Frank Burcini, 26 years old, laborer. Natale Dirmora, 24 years old, labor er. Antonio Achille, 24 years old, labor er. Galagus Travola, 24 years old, labor er. Calgono Caglina, 22 years old, labor er, hurled through car window; died in Loraine Hospital as the result of his injuries. The Injured. John W. Long, 31 Rayner street, Cleveland, right leg broken. Richard A Long, son of J. W. Long. right leg amputated, hip cut, head and body contused, may die. Mrs. John W. Long, back sprained and head cut. Louise Reinbolt, Bascom, 0., com pound fracture of left leg, foot crushed and body bruised. E. E. O'Hara, 213 Milan street, Find lay, 0., right leg amputated. B. L. Kerr, Grafton, 0., contusions on both legs. John W. Murphy, West Haven. Conn., right foot bruised and body lac erated. Philip Baskimn, Tiffin, 0., back sprained. Floyd Turner, Ada, 0., left leg brok en, face badly cut. John Dexter, Tiffin, 0., three ribs broken and scalp wound. Frank Phillips, Findlay, 0., left shoulder broken. John Jafa, back sprained. Lenordo Siracusa, back sprained and body bruised. Charles Buccufusu, back and both ankles sprained and bad cuts about body. Veona Leonardo, two ribs broken. Charles Dumont, left hip and back contused. Joseph Dumont, two ribs broken, back cut and internal injuries, may Tony Trevalli back and both ankles sprained. Charles Degar, right hip and back sprained. Albert Jama, right ankle sprained. Frank Gallia, ankle sprained. Tony Veranca, ankle sprained and leg badly larcerated. Aside from the engineer, the men killed on the passenger train were all riding in the smoking car at the head of the train, and were mostly foreign laborers in the employ of the Standard Oil Company, on their way from Fort Seneca, 0., to Brookfield, 0., in charge of a foreman. Engineer C. C. Poole, of the passenger train, was killed at his post, while trying to reach for the air brake, after seeing the headlight of the freight train. His fireman, Haefner, saved himselZ by jumping. Two Coaches Telescoped. The high speed of the passenger train threw its locomotive and first three coaches over on the enginpe of the freight train, telescoping the smoker and the car following. The f or ward cars of the freight train were splintered to fragments. Of the passengers in the smoker, none escaped injury. Fortunately there was no fire, but the heavy timbers of the wrecked cars pinned down many and prevented them from getting out until assistance arrived. As soon as possible after the wreck occurred doctors were sent on a spe cial train to the scene from Lorain. The injured were hurried to Lorain and placed ini the hospital there. The dead were conveyed to the morgue at Lorain, awaiting identification and disposition. &eamer Aground. Philadelphia, Sepcial.-The steam hip Peconia, Captain Jones. from New Orleans. with a cargo of sulphur, went aground in the Delaware river, about six miles south of this city. The vessel was released Saturday from the State quarantine station at Marcus Hook. Pa.. where she had been etained owing to the prevalence of yellow fever in New Orleans. Two tugs made repeated efforts to float the Pecnia during the day, but with out success. Bishiop Smith Critically Ill. Ash-:ille. Specia!.-Bishop A. Coke mith. of the Southern Methodist Church, who is seriously ill here. assed a restless day, though his con !ition Sunday evening is reported as being slightly improved. Bishop Smith is suffering with auberculosis, and while there is little hope for his ltimate recovery, there is hope that he will recover from the relapse in. cident to his visit to Norfolk. Va., and again be able to leave his bed. Mrs. Smith arrived Sunday afternoon from Norfolk and is now at the bedside ot her husbnd. ANCIENT WAR SHIPS. - Large Vegseii of the Eziyptians. Phenl cian,; and Grceks. The inventionls of the Ale.:andrian age re both numerous and varied. Under the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt ships were built of lengths varying from .312 to 420 feet. the latter carry ing 4000 rowers. 404) sailors and 2850 soldiers. altogether more than 7000 per aons in one vessl. Deimosthenes men lions a ierehant ship which. besidesj the eargo, slaves and crew, carried j more than 300 freemen as passengers E (Boackt. 691. Archimedes built a ship N for Hiero. of Syracuse. which was pro- E vided with dining rooms. galleries, P gardens. fish ponds. stables, mills. baths, eight large towers and an engine for hurling stones of .100 pounds weight and spears thirty-six feet long. Its L decks were inlaid with scenes from the Iliad. and it contained a temple of Ve nus and other wonders. Although this huge vessel may have been more use fu1 as a pleasure boat than a man-of- S G war. yet the Greeks of this age con S structed fighting ships of scarcely less ;N gigantic dimensions. Not only this. T but they accomplished in them the S most distant voyages. That of Pytheas to the Baltic has been already men tioned. They also sent ships to the In dies. and several around the Cape of Good Hope. which. after having made N the voyage from the coast of Spain. o were found wrecked on the shores of s Arabia. Eudoxus also made the same voyage. though in the opposite direc tion. However. this feat had already c been performed by the Phoenicians un- v der Pharaoh Necho. G11-005 B. C., and by the Carthaginians under Hanno. The art of sailing on a bowline, or "against the wind," if not also anx ci- b pated by the Phoenicians. belong :o a the Alexandrian age. The invention s of an inclosed basin or dock. for ships, is also of the same age. Philon con structed one at Athens. which har bored 1000 ships. The 'Maritime Code and the Colossus of Rhodes were of the same age.-Seientific American. a WORDS OF WISDOM,; f ti The noblest mind the best content ment has.-Spenser. The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.-Bacon'-. The seed sown in the ground con- ir tains in itself the future harvest. A The way of the world is to make y laws but follow customs.-'3ontaigne. C A rude jest will sometimes create an ei unfavorable impression which never t is wiped out. To carry the head above one's sta tion denotes ambition and a pride that c. is dangerous. Finding fault over trifles is apt to s blind the sight to errors of greater consequence. t Economy that ciitr ils suffering a shows lack of sound judgment and r brings few rewards. Words, smoney. all things else are Ic comparatively easy to give away, but si when a man makes a gift of his daily al life and practice. it is plain that the b truth, whatever it may be, has taken-0 possession of him.-Lowell. To say, then, the majority are wick ed, means no malice, no bad heart, in t< the observer, but simply that the ma- a jority are unripe, and have not yet c1 come to themselves, do not yet know a their opinions.-Emrson- t I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty and s joy to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. It is my service to think how I can best fulfill the demands that each day makes upon me, and to rejoice that others can do what I cannot.-Helen Keller. The Get-Rich-Quick F'afacy. T In this commercial age when a man a1 gets on to some scheme that will make C a wagon load of money he does not da hunt around for some other man to is get the profits, but he goes straight- b< way and takes them in for himself. tc The only protection against these al sharpers is to be suspicious of all in- og vestments promising very -large re- T turns. b<4 Any business man of standing can i cheat his customers if he has a mind to do it, because they have confidence in him, but these same customers would at once become suspicious of a stranger who should offer them an in, a1 vestment that promised 100 per cent. t< profit in six months, because they is would know that if the man had such a -sure investment any good bank s; would advance the money on it for a b' reasonableinterest. c] Anything as safe as Government tI bonds' always brings small returns. r< The man with the swindle and the get-rich-quick concern does not look for the man who is willing to invest in Government bonds, but for the man who wants to speculate and make large profits. Almost any man without money thinks that if he only had a few e thousand dollars he could make fabu. ti lus sums in a very short time, and o: when he gets the money he is ready a to buy a gold briek.-Witchita Eagle. a The Louvre Threatened. n A new danger threatens the Louvre. The great palace of art has for years been imperilled by the presence of the u Colonial Office in the wing on the river r; front, and each session the Minister i of Fine Arts vainly, asks that the Col- p onis shall be provided for elsewhere. The Colonial Minister objects to the demand, but professes an equal solici tude for the safety of the picture gal leries. Now, however, it has been C discovered that the Colonial Minister t has had a room fitted up for his auto-s mobile exactly beneath the Rubens t gallery. An explosion of petrol might d occur here any day. and then the o far-famed collections might be burnt hi up.-Lodon Chronicle. Frayed Cuffs. . Among the minor arts of life of whih we have lately given some in stauces is one which is sadly neglect ed. It relates to the treatment of shirt cuffs that show the first pretest ainst hi ie laundry's handlinge. The laundress e is. erl but thne man who plares hi s!rt eufrs with scissors hc.aps follyr upn brutality. With the first toneh of te the cutE is ruined. Lighit a matchC an pllass it round thne frayed ed-re's l) no't burn your- wristi. Th.' cl":ans ing tire wvill remnove the diroes and leave inita't the pure gloss of the <:uff. A cuff tre-ated with fire will last laiundry genieratinsl lonnzcr than the cuff treat-a ed nvit eeai.-tanan Chronice.m j )UR MINOR AFFAIRS Iccurrences of Interest in Various Parts of the State. General Cotton Market. al-eston, steady ......... .... 9-16 ew Orleans, quiet ..............10% obile. nominal .......... ....10% avannah. quiet ..............10% orfolk. quiet ...... ............10.75 altimore, nominal .............10% ew York. quiet ...... ..........10.75 oston. quiet ...................10.75 hiladelphia, quiet ..............11 :ouston,steady .............. ..10 9-16 ugusta, firm ....................10% Lemphis, steady ........ .....--10% . Louis, quiet ...............10% ouisville, firm ..................10% Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid t* -agons: trict middling...... ............10% ood middling ...............10Y trict middling ...............10% iddling ........... .........102 inges .....-...............9 to 10 talus ............ .........7 to 9 The Farmers at Clewson College. Clemson College. Special.-There ere over 500 farmers present at the pening meeting of the farmers' in ;itute Tuesday night. This is the brgest first night's attendance on re rd. The attendance this year will ery likely reaeh 1,000. The general verage of intelligence seems to be igher, and certainly the farmers are etter dress ed and more hopeful than ny set that has yet been at Clem m. There are rore young men pres at than usual, though there are many ray heads to be seen. The first ses on was held at S o'clock. Dr. P. . Mell made the address of welcome id made the farmers feel at home. e spoke of what the State is doing >r the cause of agriculture. Out of e 620 applications already on file the president's office ISS have se cted the agricultural course. He ated that the college is elosed to .1 outside of the State and that many i the State were shut out, but that ith their assistance the time would At come when the doors of Clemson ollege would be thrown open to ev -y boy in South Carolina who wanted > come. Dr. Mell then introduced rof. J. N. Harper, the new head of ie agricultural department, who has 1arge of the institute. Dr. Harper on the farmers in his short earnest eech, and introduced Senator Till n, whose subject was raising hogs. ntrary to what everybody expected ie senator had written his seech ad, after a few intrductory remarks ad it in a cool deliberate way. He ated that he had asked to be al wed to talk to the farmers on this ibject; that he knew something out it, for he had read several oks on the subject and had put up 000 pounds of fine meat from 20 >g. The senator then read his eech, telling the best breeds, how Sselect, how to care for, the best ad cheapest feeds, how to kill and re and preserve it, etc. The speech as full of interest and was atten vely listened to. OT BY KERSHAW POILCEMAN . T. Catoe Seriously Wounded in Di1culty With Policeman Jeff Gregory. I Kershaw, Special -In a difleulty ~tween Mr. Jeff Gregory and Mr. W. Catoe Mr. Catoe was seriously shot id was carried to the sanitarium at ~ester for an operation. His life is ~spaired of. Mr. Jeff Gregory, who one of the town marshals, was on at and undertook to arrest Mr. Ca a. who had a double-barrel shot gun ad a pistol at the time of Mr. Greg ~-y's a-tempt to make the arrest. ais is the second time Mr. Catoe has en shot i>;: Mt. Gregory. as they id trouble two years ago. Brings Large Income. The committee which was appointed the last session of the Legislature examine the books of State offices.. at work in the State House. Sena tor T. B. Butler, of the committee, aid last night that the committee had een at work checking up the fran ise tax. The State will realize from ie tax about $62,000. Of this the rail ads pay about $20,000. Judge Prince's Successor. Anderson, Special-The election >r the vacancy in the Legislature m Anderson county caused by the Levation of Judge Geo. E. Prince to e bench has been set for the 22nd August. The time for filing pledges ad paying assessments has expired. ad the following gentlemen are an unced as candidates: Hon. E. M. .ucker, Jr.. of Anderson; Mr. H. M. rince, of Williamston, and Mr. E. J. :ay, of Honea Path. The county exec tive committee decided not to ar mge any campaign meetings, and it probable that a light vote will be Extra Court For Aiken. A letter has been received at the ovrnor's office from Solicitor James .Davis of the second circuit asking iat a special term of court of general essions be held in Aiken couinty for so weeks commencing the first Man ay in September. The accumulation E cases on the docket has become so eavy that the extra session is neces ary. The request was referred to the bief justce and the session will very robabv be ordered. New Power Oompany. Anderson, Special.-The stockh olders of the new Hatton's Ford SCompany met in the chamb amerce office and affected al organization. Director ihosen as follows: Maj. A. f Charstonl: Thas. B. P o.a.a and F. G. Brown. .S. LigOn. .J. J. Fretw lc~rayer, of this city. ten met aud elected t eCrs: Mr. R. S. n~d treasurer; Mr.