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::The::- c $ Higher Tests of Manhood i By Pichard L. Metcalfe. N THIS day when the world hears so much to the discredit of men, it will do it no harm to be reminded that "the evil that men do lives atter them; the good is-oft interred with their bones." It will do men and women no harm to have their attention distracted from the dark pictures of cruelty, Of passion and of man's inhumanit- to man to the brighter view where sacrifices are made, where burdens are borne, Where mighty obstacles are overcome-in many instances by frail men and delicate women-and all done in the name of love that "passeth all understanding." One need not go beyond the borders of his own town to find those who keeping "the noiseless tenor of their way," and unknown even to many of their neighbors, meet the higher tests of manhood. Pointing out that "heroes in history seem to us yoetic because they are there," one writer has reminded us that "if we should tell the simple truth of some of our neighbors, it would sound like poetry." There are everywhere girls of tender years engaged in laborious tasks and Using their all too small income for the purpose in some cases of lifting mort gages, in others of providing bread for the family. There are boys, pushed before their time to the line of manhood's duties, who have taken the places of fathers dead, have become protectors for their brothers and sisters and pro viders for their widowed mothers. There are parents struggling to conceal, and finally to cure, the waywardness of a son or daughter. There are wifes bearing in silence the grief that their husband's shame has brought upon them and concealing, for their children's sake, the hideous skeleton in their homes. There are husbands who, to spare their offspring woe, steel their hearts against the first impulse of manhood to destroy and close their eyes to the recklessness of wives. There are childrcn bravely holding up their heads among their fellows, although a parent has brought disgrace upon the house hold. There are men and women scriving to recover lost ground. battling with their own bad natures and with every struggle and with every triumph im ,ressed-as those who may not Know what it is to struggle with one's self can never be-with the fact that "i1e who ruleth his spirit is greater tIan he who taketh a city." The generous love and the tender sympathy, the enormous sacrifice and frail men and delicate women-and all (One n the name of that love that the mighty endeavor t1at abound in this world today need to be brought to the attention of thoSe who, seeing so much of the meanness of men, may be moving dangerously near to the line of cynicism. Bad people are the exception. it is natural that men and woni be good and do good. Love and sympatny are part of the divine plan. "That vry law which molds a tar and bids it trickle from its course-that law preserves the earth a sphere and guides the planets in their course."-The Commoner. Accuracy, a Terseness, 9 Accuracy By Prof. LV. Ripper, in Technics. HET-E are many qualities necessary to success in modern business life: but there is none of more importance to a man holding a position of responsibility than the power to make a plain, straightforward, businesslike statement, either by speech or in writing. The quality of fluency is not so much what is required as the qualities of accuracy and clearness, definiteness and brevity, tact -and judgment. If we are not clear and precise it is certain that those who listen to us will be no more clear, when we have fnished, than we are our selves-probably much less so. We must have no vague and misty ideas about the subject, but they must be crystallized and definite. These qualities of our thought and speech, however, cannot be left to chance. They are attained as the result of effort, of careful and independent thought on the subject for our selves, of looking at it from many points of view, and thus satisfying ourselves and those who listen to us that we thoroughly understand what we are talking about. It clears one's own mind in thinking out a subject to talk it over with a colleague, or to write out a statement of it, or to dictate it to a shorthand writer. Having decided what to say, and having properly arranged It, the last point is how to say it. The first essential is to speak distinctly, then to be natural, straightforward, lucidt neither to strive after effect nor to exagger ate, but to give the impression that we are ourselves convinced of the cogency and force of our own contention. & Atmosphere One Carries 4 ATURE'S forces carry their -atmosphere. The sun gushes forth light unoquenchable; coals throw off heat; violets are N larger in influence than bulk; pomegranates and spices tcrowd the house with sweet odors. Man also has his atmos ~ phere. He is a force-bearer and .a force-producer. He jour neys forward, exhaling influences. Thmnking of the evil emanating from a bad man. Bunyan made Apollyon's nos trils emit flames. Edward Everett insists that Daniel Web ster's eyes, during his greatest speeches, literally emitted sparks. If light is in man, he shines: if darkness rules, he shades; if his heart glows with love, he warms: if frozen with selfishness, he chills; if cor rupt, he poisonis; if pure-hearted. he cleanses. The soul, like the sun, has its atmosphere, and is over against its fellows for light, warmth and transforma tion. This mysterious bundle of forces called man, moving through society. exhaling blessings, or blightings, gets its meaning from the capacity of others to receive its influences. Standing at the centre of the universe, a thousand forces come rashing in to report themselves to the sensitive soul-centre. There is a nerve in man that runs out to every room imd realm in the uni -verse. Man dwells in a glass dome; to him the world lies open on every -side. Each man stands at the centre of the great network of voluntary in Ituence for good. Rivers, winds, forces of fire and steam are impotent com pared to those energies of mind and heart that make men equal to transform ing whole communities and even nations. j Concerning Sinners I .. By Margaret Deland. fljrn-tgeQ ++++++ UST see how it is, in these respectable lives of ours; see how * Oe**0 almost all our trIvial shortcomings have their root back * * in this one shameful sin of cowardice. . . . Take extrava J gance, which means theft; take affection, which means un truthfulness: take worry, which means distrust--and is not * distrust an irreverence of the mind, if not of the lips? take **+++++++ concern about small physical ills, which means sel-'sh nar ~ rowness-ah, well; the list grows as long as the Ten Com mandments as we think it over. Indeed, it is a most disa greeable line of thought, and far pleasanter and easier to work out for other people, say, Mesdames X., Y., and Z., than for ourselves. For instance, we can all see clearly enough Mrs. X.'s cowardice-in her extravagance. That woman, if von will believe it, buys a new carpet, though she hasn't paid her butcher for two months, because she is ashamed of the worn spot in front ot the window! A rug would look queerly in such a place, so she can't cover the spot. but she is afraid to have people see it, so she buys the new carpet. Of course, she could perfectly well pull the old carpet up and have decent cleanboa-rds, but, heavens, no! she has not the courage for realities. Hence, Mr. X. sighs. and the butcher, whoa another month goes by and he is still un paid, swears, and Mrs. X.'s forehead takes a new wrinkle. Coward! and thief, too, from the butcher's point of view: for, of course, the price of that carpet has corme out of his pocket. (And fool, the Sinner adds, severely. For, being a woman of' more cultivation than Mrs. X., she understands the dignity awl refine.:r-et of economy.~-Harper's Bazar. One of the .:roa: sucse of the ICuh nteAt Amrcasi the : 7m.,,ins Ruhngitotetmkigca.a se'hool sys:cm. o,.! :her-e is no more odna re xhdy enc Trg zu 'gn f the beneficia: '(c- "\c;k'es W o o-: schoole Tody i -s estiate that'~'. oi Ix - I' ~ '-' v I Rushin ino stou he s o car. a Ji- c-2~c eir~a~iV"A corkn re- Whos.gt bco: ~e-~o .~l~ ~ '~ e1. --i - men.t fit temerance pledges. Whr ther-e ar rearly 40-).000 in atnac. .i fr" MORE DARING HOLD-UPS Two of the Holdups seem to Have Bean the Work o. One Man. Columbia. Special.--Three hold-ups in three different localities. were re ported to the police :eadquarters at the same time Saturday iight. About S:30 o'clock Mr. Kal Haltiwaiger, Mr. J. E. Matthevs and Mr. C. T. Helms were each held up at the point of pistols and Messrs. Haltiwanger :md Matthews were -obbed but Mr. Helms resisted and gve the alarm and the robber rani making his es Cape. The first two were robbed in North Columbia but in different parts of the suburbs. and the atempt on Mr. Hlns was on Pickens street between Blanding and T:aylor. verv near the mess hall of the Presbvteriai thelo gi-al seninarv. No arrests have beer made though ihe police are working on the cases. The robberies of Messrs. Haltiwanger and Matthews were tommitted outside of the city limits and the police were unable to do much toward making arrests in those cases but eighat men in plain cloth-s were hurried to the part of the city where Mr. Helms was attaic-k ed n(i the entijre seet.on east of Main strec. was scoured but no arrests have beeni made. BIG FAIR AT CHARLOTTE. Ths Event Will Be One of the Great est in the History of County Fairs. Chxarlotte. S;pecial..-Thxe Meekk.n br;- :air. which will be held October 24th to 27th, inclusivE, promises to be one of the best eveats of its kind ever held in the State. Each year this fair has been extended in its scope and improved in interest and attractiveness until the outlook for the coming fair promises that it will far eclipse all prev.ous ones. Mr W. S. Orr, the manager and secretary of the Fair Association has been hard at work getting everything in shape for the opening and his announcement that all things point to a splendid success this year carries with it the convincing weight of experience. The exhibits are .early complete, and will include the choicest collee tions of everything petaining to agri culture, mechanics, art, science and invention. The racing will this year be the best ever seen on a North Carolina track, the entries ineuding some of the fastest horses in the country. The midway will be a grand free at traction, clean and high-toned, such as will please, amuse and entertain, without ~shocking the most sensative. All railroads leading into the city will give greatly reduced rates, and from present appearances the erowds in attendance will be tremendous. And all who come w3ll go away feel ing that they have been richly re paid for their time and money spent in seeing this excellent fair. Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. A. W. Burnet of Camden, pres ident of the Daughters of the Con federacy in this State, has issued the followixng call for the annual conven tio to hec held in .Johnston. Novem -'men. S. C., Oct. 10. 1905. To te Unted autghters of the Con '1ederne:~ T' 0- h annut a] covention of the stat diiio 1.-. D). C., meets at Jonsa S. V.. on the 20th of. Novemn her and all 1e1.ates are urgad to be present un thIa t riay. I elued railroad rates have been .aplied fo ' yespec~t Fulily yours. HlRIifT SHIANNON BURNET, Pre'siha t S. C. Div. U. D. C. Johnston Pastor Resigns. Johnston, Special.-Rev. L. A. Cooper, pastor of the Baptist church, tendered his resgntion Sunday at the morning service to take effeet November 25th. Mr. Cooper has serv ed the church a year most efficiently. Not oni yhis own congregation but Ithe entire town had grown to be very fond of him and this step came very unexpectedly. Mr. Cooper will take up the work as financial secretary of the Greenville Female College. In the removal of Mr. Cooper and his family the town has sustained a 1oss that will effect every home. Palmetto Briefs.. A Greenville special says: Super visor Walker has calced the election to be held under the 3xrice bill provis ion for November 14. The South Carolina Temperance av and Order League, will hold its second annual meeting in Columbia Wednesday night of fair week, the Y. M. C. A. hil having been secured for the purpose. Daniel J. Sully Addresses Sumter Farmers. Sumter. Special .-Moreo than 350 fa-mexrs crowdedl into the opera nonse Saturlvy to hear Mr. D). J1. Sully, the otton kiing of New Yoi-k. He r eivd a hearty reception. He spoke aout 15 miues i s manner and gene(ral nppearanx(e inidicate the b)15 iness man-nik- oe :i-ive- phu n. lie was ixtrude by Lus . A. B. Stueiky. president of the Suu!ter Cotton As s c-a tioni. Played With a P l Anerson. Spec1!-Whibe viaying not:i' tohod an1 inust. woytimo lved in thec mill v-inge and weree STATE AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina Genczal Cotton Market. Atlanta, steady . . .. ......9-7-14 Galveston. firm.. .. .. .. ..91/ New Orleans, firm . . .. ....9% Mobile. steady............9% Savannah, (uiet........ ..97-16 Charleston, quiet.... .. ........9% Norfolk. steady.... .. .. ....911-16 Baltimore, nominal.. .. .. ....9% New York, quiet.. .. .. .. ...10 Boston, quiet.. .. .. .........10 Philadelphia, stcady... .. ....10.25 Charlotte cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wAvagons: Good Middling.... ........9.65 Strict Middling... .. .. .. ....9.65 Middling.......... .. .. .. ..9.65 Spartanburg's Tax Values. Spartanburg, Special.-After coi siderable delay, occasioned by the shipmen of the wrong kind of books last spring and the consequent cor rection, along with other matters, Spartanburg county's audkor has completed his a)stracts and the sta tistics gleaned Iherefron tell truth fully and eloquently the story of the city and county's zrowih and ad -anement. The increase in total val uations for the couiity for the year 1905 over 1904 was $Q28,245. The fig ures are: For 1904. $13,023,295; for 1905, $13.351.540. The total real es tate value of the county for the pres ent year is $5,973,293; personal prop erty, $6,691,547; railroad property, $1,1S3,700. The number of dogs re turned for taxes was 3,133 at 50 cents per head, making $1.566.50, which goes to to the school fund. It is doubt tul if any county in the State will show as nany dogs taxed as- that. Three Children Left at Home to Die. Rock Hill. Special.-Two colored children that had been left alone in the house were burned to death Sun day and the house and contects all destroyed in a fire that occurred on the farm of Mr. J.. 11. Miller at Ebe nezer. The mother of the children had spread a quilt on the floor before the fire before leaving and had placed the children there. She had been absent about 15 minutes at her du ties near Mr. Miller's home when the fire was discovered. The child ren's bodies were found in the bed in the room where they had been left and are thought to have taken refuge there. They were aged two and four years. The negroes arc respected and according to Mr. Miller, bear good reputations. Another deplorable af. fair of the same kind occurred on Th ursday on the plantation of Mr. B. F. Merritt. The child of Shaver McClure, having been left before the tire while the parents went to pick cotton. was so badly burned that it died after five nours of agony. Both cases are but repetitions of the old story that 'is told every year, that of carelessness. Landrtm Selected. Spartanburg, Special-At a recent session, the Spartanburg County Bap tist Association decided to build a Baptist high school and since that time have been looking over the field for the town or place offering the best advantages for thle institution. Landrurm has )een decided upon. That towvn has agreed to donate $5. 000 cash and ten acres of land, val ued at $1.000. There were several competitors for the school, Inman, Campobello and other points, but the advantages offered by Landirum were deemed superior by the committee. New Enterprises. The secretiry of state has issued a commission to the corporators of the Anderson Banking and Trust Company. wh.ch will have a capitali zation of $200.000. The corporators are WV. F. Co:. E. P. Vandiver, R. E. Burriss, WV. XW. Sullivan. HI. C. Town send, J. M. Evans, N. C. Bolemau, George M. To ly, T. A. Ratliffe, Jr.~ A commisson was issued to the Sardis High School Association, of Sardis, Floreme county, to be capital ized at $10,00). The corporators are W. M. Timmons, W. H. McElveen, T'. L. Belton, E. E. Hudson, J. C. Hud son, Edwin Iangston. The officers of the Bishopville Light and Power Company. chartered last. week, are: I. C. Baskins, president; George M. Stuckey, vice president. and R. W. AfeLendon, secretary and treasurer. Capital stock, $17,500. An eleemsynary charter was is sued to the WVofford College Sigma Alpha Epsibni Associaltion. Anderson's Hospital. Anderson, Special.--Willow camp, Woodmen of the World. has donated to the hospial association the sum of $500 for the establishment of a hospital in suidcrsor.. Other libera! donions h~ e benrce nt~'ly mae notably a "iji of - 1000) b) Mr. Wal ton ilail of Th-u'nan the laiesO. wh have erkI (1 f1) 'ihn!fo muh encur d wi I .n:i : PaettO Briefs. A special rom Columbia says: An atipted asault up~on a youngv lady-, a daehier o one of the welli known famiies of ;'Je coiunty. led to the ar rest of Da)n S1 cum. a white mnan who has rectntly con:" tn ol i to nCHare ini the f"'ter Y' .tin2 Copany. Miss A!jee Roosevelt an~d her party' sailed fromn lokohanma for Sant Fran eiso. BAN IS LID Quarantine Against the Yellow fever Only a Memory REJOICING VERY GENERAL I Texas Modifies Her Quarantine in Favor of People Who Will Make Satifactory Affidavits and Alabama is Expected to Act Soon. New Oraleais, Special.-Report to 6 p. m. Sunday: New cases, 2; total, 3,361. Deaths, none; total, 435. New focis, 1. Under treatment, 73; discharged, 2.S53. While Sunday was the fifth conse cutive day on which no deaths were reported, which in itself was a cause for much general satisfaction, the most gratifying information came in t the shape of a telegram from the State health oflicer of Mississippi that at 6 p. m. all Mississippi quarantine would be raised. Another source of congratulation was a telegram from Dr. Tabor. of Texas, to Dr. White. to the effect that Texas would admit peo ple froni Louisiana who would make an aflidavit that they had not been near an infected point for six days previously. It is believed that the Texas restrictions will be entirely re moved in a short time, and that Ala bama will also remove all restrictions t in a short time. The removal of !he Mississippi quarantine is the cause ot the greatest satisfaction, because of the close relation between this eity and the Gulf Coast, which is regarded as practically a suburb of New Orleans. There were no repxrts of new cases or deaths from the country parishes Those places which did. report had no new ecases. Houston. Texa. Special-The State of Texas lifted hs qjuarantine against all points in Louisiana except those which are infected. Persons who en te' this State will be required to take oath as to point of origin. but no health certificates are required. Be fore making the order, Dr. Tabor sounded the sentiment at Orange, Beaumont anid Houston, the places nearest he border. Wheat Crop Short. Mexico City. Special.-The short ness of the wheat crop is greater than was estimated a few weeks ago and millers are looking for the entire re moval of the duty on Amnerican and Canadian wheat by the first of next year. The city bakers have reduced the size of their loaves, asserting that it is impossible to give the same weight as formerly. There are some stocks of wheat in the hands of large farmers here, but not sufficient to brine down the price, which is stead ily rising. The price of corn is also rising, the advance being~ over fifty per cent. as compared with the prices of August. This causes hardship among the poor~. There is a pro babi lity- of the duty on corn being abated. Five Drowned Off Yonkers, N. Y. Yonkers. N. Y.. Special -Five per sons, the body of one having been re covered. are believed to have been drowned by the running dowvn of a cat boat by a tug off South Yonkers. When assistance reached the boat there was found aboard it a list of the party who had zcone sailing. There were: Zdward Nelson, his son Ed w-r:d. Benjamin Benson. Faward Simpson andi Carl Thompson. an of South Yonkers. Later the bodyv of Benson was found. $60,000 Fire in Ridgeway. Pa. Ridgeway. Pa., Spee'al-Incen1diary. fires n'the central part of the hor onah late Sunday night destroyed sev eral buildinzs, an op ra hu.i-e. the finst in this section, being burned wih $60.000 loss on the buildurn m surance $14,000. Rep'rts of suippos e2 house breakings rasulted ai -he calling out of the militia. No ar rests have been made. Holding to Hang. .shville. Special.-A ..pecial from Sylva says- Judge Neill has senten ee John Hlolden, convicted at this term of Jackson county court, in ses sion at Webster, to b~e har.ged be-:i tween the hours of 11 and 12, Decem-! ber 6. for the murd.?r of his wife, Re be:eai Holden, last August. \Will THodni. son of the inurdcred woman. was acounittLed. The evidence was circumstantial. The condemned man claims that he is innocent. Riis Supporting MicClellan. New York. Speial1.--Jacob A. Riis. friend of P resident Roosevelt, and worker for reformi in the poor dis tets of the East Side. declared that ie hould .upport M-iyor McClellan "uttil he is elected. beeanse he has made a god an honest, an elliciert and a dismilled mayor: because lie is George B. MeClellan and dleserves and will get' the thank.: ot the people ot New York anid ih 2 's Stockholders Sue Land Company. Japr Ala. Speci--' 111 was filed in the (Chancery C')wrt here by\ . . I Hayes. a minor~ty stockholder', gaiist the Jasper Land CcnmPany an L. B. Magrove. seeking to have a receiver appo!inted for the land ompany and a general accounting of its affairs. The company has an au hrized capital stock of j,5o0.000' divided into 5,000 shares of' a liar enau of $100. A BOND TliU rhe Graft Microbe Penetrate! to South Carolina's Capital -iE WORKED SMOOTH GAMI )aniel .Zimmerman, Fcrmer Employi in State Treasurer's Office At Co humbia and a Member of An Oh South Carolina Family; is Char ,i With Fradulently Abstracting $12, 500 Plus Interest. Columbia, Special.-A warrant wa ssued Tuesday afternoon for the ar -et of Daniel Zimmerman, forme >ookkeeper and conidential clerk ir h- State Treasurer's office. upon at Lfdarit sworn to byv State Treasure 1. H. Jennings. charging him with I >reacl of trust with fraudulent inten. ion and the theft of State bonds oJ he value of $12,500. which, with ac nied interest, aggegate 31(,403.75. Zimnmernman. who is a member o: mne of the oldest and most highly re peLted families'in South Carolina, i tout 62 years of age, anid has resided n Columbia with his family qinel >1, coming here som Orang ebiur; :onty. Hte se-rved in the canacity o: .!'Ikkeeper from 1S92 until 1902. nn ir three diffrenit State Treasurers . . C. B.ates, W. TH. Timmerman md the inemnbent. The Ofliecis an iale for any shortage during thei: ermns of oilice, the liabilities beint bfut as follows: V. T. C. Bates. $1.20C - W. H rjuernla, $10,500; and R. H. Jen I ng s. $ 1;4 0 0. is alleged that the fraud wa: 10ommi1tted when a party having bond! night prefer "State stock'' in ex :hanige. The prpers would be pre iItei and the transfer made. Then sad of canceling the boud. th< 1rk in charge anparertly would taki >u one of the bonds when ther< vould be larze packages and at som< Jonvenint date would put it en th narket as if it were negotiable in :trlruet instead of a bond. Th )>Ondls of ;,he State are payable t earer, julst as a bank note or othe: urrenev, and the stock being payabl :o order only. It ;s said the irregularities wer ieovered some time ago, and effort and been made to get Zimmerman t splin them, but it is alleged tha ie failed to keep several engngement :o visit the office and clear up th natter. Just before issuing the ,warran rI'uesday two of the former Treasurer isited Zimmerman 's home to prepar ur for what was comiing, and t< nake a last effort to settle the matte: utside the law, if possible. Reachin: us home, they were informed tha ue wvas at a local insurance office, ii xhich lhe is now emlkod. Going tV us ohice, they were told that Zim mmermanl had just left. Un to a late hour the warrant haa not 'heen served. the Sheriff bein; nable to locate Zimmerman. Lumber Men Meet. Norfolk. Special.-The North Car linla Pine Association controllin; ll the big lumber mills in Easter: Virginia and North Carolina. met her td elected E. C. Fosbury, of the Fos ,urz Lumber Company. of Norfol] n Berkley. president. and R. .1 ?amp. of Franklin. Va.. first-vie resident. Mr. Fosburg succeeds Joli: . Roper resigned. The associatio: atjid the detailed plan for the eon olidaton with the South Carolin: Pine Lumber Association, and the tw, anzatonls meet in Columbia. S. C rember 16th, for final act ion. Caroin~a-Northernl Sold. Emnbrton. Special.-The Carolin: orthern Railroad, extending frot Lmberton to Marion. S. C.. a dis :ace of. 42 miles. was sold here Tues lay at public auction1 and~ was bough .nhv a committee of first mortgag >omid holders. of which Howard S 3raha. of Philadelphia, is chairman or $268.0O00. Supplies Prohibited. )f arms, ammiunition and munition: t war of every kind from any part o. he United State and Porto Rico tV mi port of the Dominican republi s prohibited by a Presidential procla a4. ion. In an explanatory mnemoran lum to the effect thia this action ha een taken after consultation wit] he Dominican government, with thei ocurrence, and is intended to as ist thenm in the enforcement of thei elations designed to prevent th 'evolutionists of the island fronm get ing warlike supplies. ?lan Not Decided On. New York, Speial.-The steame :Iavaa~ arrived from Colon havin n ~aard the Isthmnian (anal com nission and the hoard of consult ini .g iner returning from their tou ifispci. The chairman of en issidthey lhad miade a carefu nsetion but have coe~; to) no de isioi as to the lock or sea level piai md can say nothin-. about it until th' 'eport is made known. Gen. James D. Glenn Dead. Rqleigh, spcial.- st afteri mid might \0Wenesday era~ l .Jmneys D) .len. brother and~ pr'ivat e secretar' Itovbernor Ohenn. dieda thle resnl If :n et::wk of -rut' 'indirxstion sat Six Burned to Death. St. Lou'is. Speca! .Mrs. Alice Iiart nan an er five~ childrenc wereC bun dto death and their hime was des oyed by fire at Port Royal, a vil w~e in Frankhin ecunty. Need For Good Iligh'wars. ,A ;HE good roads question continues to attract wide O spread .ubllc interest, T ljudging from the exten-. sive discussion of the sub4 J jeet -in the public press& The proposi tion of Federal support in this respect; seems to be gainingggngth in the country 'at large, and the good roads propositions as presented to recen Congresses are being earnestly exam ined by many interested citizens, a the demand upon the Capitol documen rooms at Washington attests. Th bills seek to enlist the financial sun port of the Federal Government in t improvemerit of the wagon roads o the country, the plan being for Uncle Sam to supply a sum equal to the sum any. State wll, suppy,7 up to the maxi nrum provided for.. Congressman Browni&, in explain ing the provisions of his;bill, said that Federal co-operation ipg ite premises was but just inlorder to fairly distrib ute the burden of taxation necessary to..impro.e thepggic-highways. He' makes this telling point: .,S6 long as we pursue the original method of taxation the entire burden of cost for highway improvement falls upon the owners of agricultural lands and the persons living-in the rural dis tricts. When the - great mass of the people lived in the rural-districts this was a just and equitable distribution of taxes for.,such purposes, but with the changed conditions' of,the present day, when one-half 'of the people live in cities; and much more than one-half of the wealth is concentiated in these cities and in the corpoirations that ari so powerful at the present time, it is - absolutely necessary that some means should be devised *hereby the reven nes requisite for the great improve ment that is called -o;should be de rived from all of the people "-i i+ sources of the country as nearly as pos sible, and not-rest. as heretofor.e, upon. the farming classes, who are the imme diatsTors by WVffK1?dre of crops and suffer by every decline in price of. agricultural products." Another Amp6otant consideration is that, in the last analysis,;Abge cities ande towns benefit froi good roads just as much as do the people living along them. It is to the interest of the mer chant as well as of the farmer to have an improved system of roads in every.( part of the country. ..The deivelopnxnt-of.--the rural free 5 delivery system has served to bring > the geople-of -the country into closer t touch- with not only the towns, but a with the Federal Govinment. than ever before. The Gioveriment, speak ing and acting for the country at large, thas, therefore, ~a direct-interest in the Swelfar-e of the people living in the rural Ssections, and the benefits to be derived from good roads would~ be shared not Smerely by those living ufion them, but by all the people.-Atlanta Constita- - tion. The M1ovement's Progr~ess. - That the good. roads. movement is popular and has coniet to 4tay is evi Idenced by the attention. non given to good roads engineering in our educa tional institutions. Thie Rhode Island College of Agriculture an& Mechanic Arts has recently issued a, circular con cerning its course of.- Highway Engai - neering, which circular: can be ha'd from the president by addressing him 1 at .Kingston, R. L Thbis mnedium is to e call the attention of any y'oung men -who are thinking of doing eniering Swork to tiie advantages of. including education along good roads lines. This Slast addition is badly "nceded and will Sbe of immense value in the Southern SStates of the Union where less atten -tion,. perhaps, has beeni given to this, . than in those further. nor;'h. That it seriously concerns us aml'is evident without any argument, and the action of President Butterfield, of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture, is to'be highly commended. -In addition to-this-we-iearrn that in the Iowa State ,College at Ames, Iowa, the' Iowa highway commission has es tablished a road school in which every - piece of the work, including class work, - work, field work, modern road machin t cry, cement in highway improvementsl.. .etc.. is taught. Plans are being made~ to build model sections of earth, gra vel and macadam roads, and practical men have been engaged for the schools, and it is thought that the results wlli be very flattering. Certainly the Iowa people deserve 1 great credit for their enterprise in this ~ ;direction. Of Speeil Value. In Southern Louisiana the good roads movement is of special value from the * fact that our great crops of cane and rice weigh more in proportion to the area of land on which they are grown ~ than do the crops of any othrers of the States of the Union. Thlousands of _ acres oL sugar cane have been lost in Louiiana during rainy harvesting sea sons from the practical impa'ssabilli! of our roa4 , and while no good road movement can change our climate, we can unquestionably change some of the efects of our climate by reiterating the imortance of road drainage-and other physceal ameliorations, as w-ell as sug gest the financial and politico-economic methods for road imnprov'ement.-LouI It Made a Direrence. A story' is being told of a Sibley young lady who found a package of love letters that had been written to her miother by her father before thee were married. The daughter saw that she cound have a little sport and read one of them to her mother. substitut inlg her own name for that of her -mother an i.that of a Six Mile young1 man for :that of her father. The mother seemed utterly disgusted and forbade her daughter to have anything to do with the ycungR man who 'would write sch nonsensical stuff to a girl. When the young lady handed the letter to her mother to read -the house became so still that one could almost hear the grass growing in the yard.-Oak Grel