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THE SEA BY FRANK LILI Where the strong winds beat and batter, bween and scatter FrOth and foam. There the ocean's somber swelling, Earth-conpelhng, 6hakes v landr.-ardooking dwelling with a summoning from honie. Where the rich earth dreams and dozes, Ripe with roses. Plowed and sown. Through the treetops' wind and thunder, 1"olilm, und3erI 6till1 hea- the world-deep wonder of my mothers monotone. LETTE3 lay F The fire blazed and crackled in the grate, the crimson curtains were closely drawn, and, comfortably en sconced in the most inviting of easy chairs, Judge Lindsey sat ruefully contemplating a huge pile of un opened letters that lay on the table before him. Letters there were of all sorts and sizes-letters in big envelopes, busi ness letters-from ladies, who, trust ing in the well known liberality of the judge, ventured to appeal to him in behalf of some pet missionary so ciety-from young ladies who had been robbed by cruel guardians from young men in need of money to start themselves in business-all mingled in one shapeless mass, loom ing up steenly, as if to szare him out of countenance should he attempt to sink back in hisiuxurioas chair and crjoy the_6,ce far niente, spoiling the f.,*er of his cigar, until with a pfevish "pshaw!" he, dr.shed it into the grate, then paused a. moment, as if to summon resolution, and, plung ing in his hand to the very bottom of the pile, drew forth a dainty little billet which he -enet and forthwith began to read. It ran as follows: "Judge Lindsey-This is strictly a business let'er and conndential. But .irst, as we have no mutual acquaint ance to perform the du::y, I must in troduce myself. I am twenty years of age, neliher pretty nor clever, but I have a heart to appreciate honest integrity of character, as exemnified in yourself when you refused the bribe of Mr. Burnette, truly a fortune in itself, rather than sally your soul by assisting to defraul a widow of the inheritance willed to her by a be loved husband. And I am constrained to write this to tell you how much I admire, and even love-not the pol ished gentleman on whose escutcheon rests no stain-but him who in an age of unparalleled corruption, holds fast his integrity, unmoved by the * clamor of friends or the promptings of interest. "I was losing faith in all mankind. You have restored it, and I, thank * you. I implore you to believe that this is no impertinent jest, but that I am writing earnestly and from my heart. . "In all probability we shall never mneet on earth. Indeed, I could scarcely wish it, for what could you think of me, save that I was bold and uinmaidenly? But wherever you may be, like guardian angels shall go with you, the prayers of, "ALTHEA." *The event here recorded transpired soon after the trial of the famous Burnette will case, where the family * of the deceased contested the will of their son, the parents protesting against allowing the whole property to revert to the young widow, on the ground that the deceased had died childless, together with the fact that the wife had brought no dower to her husband, Mrs. Burnette having been a poor girl at the time of her mar riage. Judge Lindsey had been the de ceased millionaire's legal adviser In the management of his estate, and had assisted in framing the will, the event having occurred when the son, Henry Burnette, was in sound and vigorous health, some three years prior to his death. And it was the lawyer's intimate knowledge of his son's affairs that led the elder Mr. Burnette to appeal to him to take charge of the case, offering Judge Lindsey a heavy bribe in order to in duce him to do so, and' a share also in his son's estate, should he succeed in winning the case. But Judge Lind sey had re.iected the bribe with scorn, and refused to act in direct opposi tion to the dictates of his own heart. And it was this act in his life to which the writer referred in the ex traordinary letter the .judge now held. in his hand. If some artist, engaged in a grand allegorical painting, and seeking'for a personification of aston ishment, could have transferred to canvas the expression of Judge Lind sey's face as he finished reading the 'dainty missive, his fortune had infal libly been made. Was ever a bach elor of six-and-forty so addressed be fore?-and it was a lady-the per fumed paper and delicate chirography left no doubt of that-young and fair, or she would not have denied it. The heart of the dignified lawyer beat as rapidly as that of a maiden in her teens while he began to ex perience a curious glow in the region of that organ, and a tingling sensa tion in his veins as if the blood flowed freer and faster, when his eye acci dentally fell upon one of those obtru sive communications addressed to him in a masculine hand, and he awoke from his dream. What had he to do with love--that namby-pamby passion, fit only for beardless you.ths and romantic schoot girls? Was he, a man of the world, to be disturbed by an anonymous let ter? He would have none of it, and would thrust the whole thing from his mind. He would throw the letter into the grate-no, he would keep it as a curiosity; and so the dainty bil let was locked in his desk, and the lawyer resumed his duties. From this houar a marked change came over Judge Lindsey's whole life. Wherever he went, at home or abroad, a presence, invisible to all but himself, accompanied him; a fair. HEART IE POLLOCx. I Xhere the Flying Dutchman lunges, !eels and ph:nzes C Peak and corIb, Chere before my blood pnlsatcd was fated Forth to fare with heart elated when the seas should bid me roam. r may sink. my shin unhelmed, t Nave o'erwhelmed, Wind o'erthrown: [,ut the sea can never borrow tain of sorrow. And I sail at dawn to-morrow for the magical Unknown. -Youth's Companion. AND ,.ITS SEQUEL AUL MONTEVERD. starry blue eyes-he admiried blue- t eyed women-that peered into his C at every turn. In his dreams he pur- I sued a light figure mounted on a dashing steed, that flew before h'm I .ike the wind, its rider ever lookingI smilingly back and tantalizing him by keeping just out of his reach. Ridiculous infatuation! Yes, very; 3 and we can only account for it on the I supposition that even for the wisest I of us there is a time to laugh, a time z to weep, and a time to make fools I of ourselves-and that Judge Lind- c sey's time had come. He who had heretofore been care- c less about his dress, now surprised I his tailor with an order for a fash ionable suit of clothes; and instead of I lighting his cigar, as was his custom C -the crusty bachelor!-with invita- t tions to Mrs. Jones' soiree dansante, r and Mrs. Smith's ball, accepted them, was introduced to various young I ladies of all sizes and complexions, I took them into supper,plunged boldly into the melee of the table to secure C them creams and chicken salad, till 2 the report actually gained credence s that Judge Lindsey had become one of the first "ladies' men" in the city; a whereas, if the truth must be told, 1 be was only searching for that foolish little Althea. The winter passed; still he had not Cound the ideal of his dreams. But de was not disheartened,as one might aturally have supposed; on the con trary, as the weeks passed, he grew more hopeful and sanguine in his be lif that at some unexpected mo ment he should meet the one whose letter had made so deep an im-pres sion on his mind. And so it proved, for on a bright afternoon in May, when sauntering in the park, his at tention was suddenly arrest'ed by the a ppearance of two ladies walking in front of him. From her tall form and stately bearing he recognized in the elder lady a former friend. But it was uponi the graceful, petite formof the one beside her that his gaze be- 2 caine riveted, and, prompted by some sudden impulse, he hastened his steps and was soon quite near them. And ' here one of the ladies accidentally dropped her pocket handkerchief, when a sudden puff of wirni sent it futtering almost at Judge Lindsey's I feet. Both ladies halted, evidently in- C ent on securing the prize. "Permit me, madam," said Judge 1 Lindsey, instantaneously stooping and t picking it up. C But on lifting it daintily in his fngers, what was his astonishment on beholding in a corner of the deli- E ate cambric the talismanic name, f Atheal 'C And here-introduced to him as s Wiss Westbrook-stood his ideal with t blue, haunting eyes, rosy mouth, t snowy cheek, just tinged with a faint C blush, with sloping shoulders, arch- d Ing neck and queenly air-all as he had dreamed. As these thoughts passed through his brain with the rapidity of light- ~ ning, he glanced up in time to .git- f ness the sudden start, the C.eep blush, ~ Lhe halt-repressed exclamation at the I! tterance of his name, and assurance E became doubly sure.I Presently, under pretense of exam [ning some plant or chrub, he drew 5 the elder lady a little one side and, in a low tone, said:c "Mrs. Van Dorn, I am most anxious a to extend my acquaintance with your :ousin, Miss Westbrook, and can you manage It for me without her knowl- I edge of the fact?" "Nothing is easier," she began. I "Mrs. Van Dorn, you are an angel," t he nterrupted, eagerly. t "No doubt," said the lady, with at light laugh. "But as I was about to C remark, if you will take a seat in my C carriage I will invite you to dine 1] with us." And so It was settled. ~t Not suspecting that her handker.- ' chief had betrayed her, Miss West- d brook was in mortal dread lest some a accident might reveal to him the knowledge.that she was the author of the letter that had been written I six months before. But as Judge ~ Lindsey made no reference to the i past, she trusted that the circum- ~ stance had been blotted from his s mind.c After dinner was over, Judge Lind- a sey begged the young lady to favor r him with some music, and she com- E plying, he conducted her to the piano. r Her playing was at first nervous and C unequal, but as the beauties of the I theme 'gradually developed, hers cheeks flushed, her rr3y lips parted, ' a soft fire burned in her eyes, and I then flashed forth golden notes, 3 choral harmonies, and soft, dying 1 melodies. "Charming! exquisite:" burst from E the lips of her enraptured auditor. "Is it not"" she said, simply. "When I play that I always fancy myself in some dim forest, and I think I hear the wind sighing amid i the pines, and the birds calling from s their green recesses." "Miss Westbrook," he returned, c gently, "I know not which most to 1 praise, your admirable genius, s or-"d "Pray don't compliment me-I do not deserve praise; music for me is a c pleasure. a recreation, a delight." t "If this lovely, artless child be not Althea" he said to himself, "I do not i cae to find1 her," S0UTHERN * ___) 7 ICS Of !NTER EST T7 7 R PLAA Dairyin. in the South. The following naper was read be fo-, zhe S:ate Farmers' Institute at Clemson College by D. Harris, of Pczen1:n, S. C.: I1r. Chairman, Lac,ez and Gentle men: I do no- see -hy Professor Harper assigned me this duty when t!ere are others who could hav3 handied this subject so much better than I. 11y :=ubjec is *Dairying in the South." Now let us consider the dairy cow for a moment and see if -we can do without her. Milk is the natural food for man and all animals. The first nourishment the new born babe takes is milk, and it is the same .with the new born calf, ih fact, this is the first food of all animals. Con sider for a moment what a very small percentage could be raised if it were not for mill:. Then, again, take. for instance, the sick, and milk is one of the most nourishing die-, that are used in the sick room. As I see it the dairy cow should occupy one of the first places on the farm. Outside of her importance, which I have already spoken of, let us see if It cannot be made profit able. One of the great beauties of the dairy cow is she does not run on a credit system. She settles her ac counts every twenty-four hours. and if properly handled will pay you a nice dividend on the money paid for her. I know of no investment that will pay as ha.ndsome a profit as a dairy cow. She will pay for herself andi all expenses in twelve months. Let us investig:te this and see iF it is not true. The average grade Jersey cow will cost you S40. She will give 3500 pounds of milk in twlve months, which is a low esti mrte. This is about 440 gallons o. milk. This milk at a low estimate can be sold at twenty cents per gal lon. Now every one knows this is ten cents below the average price paid in our towns and cities. but we mnst mane cu: estimates on a con servative basis. At twenty cents per gailon 440 gallons of mil: will bring SSS; the cost of the cow is S10, cos' of f-ed $^0, which rMakes the to'a. os: for cow and feed $70. Now we have t e cost o' cow. The 440 gal ons of mil: sells for SS, the man ure for $12. the calf S5, total grosl ircone of the co w ,105. Deduct the cost of cow and feed. $70, and -ou will have 'S-> "ef: to her credit. T want to ask you if you can make an investment of $700, which would be the cost of a herd of ten cQws and their feed. and enter any other busi ness and in twelve months make such a dividend on your investment. The quickest road to a dollar is through a dairy cow. Her cost, as well as her expenses for twelve months, you still have a profit of fifty per cent. on your investment. One man can milk, feed and take care of ten head. The great beauty In dairy farmmna is that it pays both .ways. Any dairy farmer can double the production ol his farm in ten years. This withi: itself would be a handsome profit. I have tr-ied to show you what ,seful and necessary animal the dairy cow is, and that she can bs made profitabie, and i can say to you Ithat there is no place on the globe e-e dairying can be made as prof itable as in this Southlar.d of ours. Why? Beeause we aav.e more natur al advantages than in other countries which I have investigated. T, have met dairymen from all over these United States, and being intere.sted in dairying have~ discussed the sub ject fully with them, both as to feeds and the price obtai,ned for their pro duct. Why, gentlemen. we get twice as much for our milk ahd cream as the Northern and Western dairymet get for theirs. There is no place or the globe that so many varieties oi forage crops can be raised in one season as in the South. Why, we can raise two crops on our land e year-besides, we can grow many more varieties of grazing grasse! than the Northern and Western sec tions, and it is more nutritious, as i1 as a longer season in which to gro~ and mature. It is not so woody a The Department of Agriculture ai Washington sees what a great indus try the South has lying at her doo: undeveloped, and the Governmeni~ has appropriated 320,000 to help de velop dairying in the South. The de partment is ready to send men of ex perience to your farms to help yot start the industry and wrork it out o you can make it profitable. Wha1 more can you ask for? This appro priation the South should feel undei many obligatiods to CongressmaI Lever for obtaining. It means grea1 things for the South if our peopl4 will take hold of It and develop it. A, gentlemen. If the farmers o: our old State would put just one half of her cottonl fields in Bermuda grass and go into dairy farming Proverbs and Phrases. No one is bound to do impossibilitie! The cross on his breast and the dvil in his acts-From the Span And we must render account of ev ery idle werd, so must we likewise o: our silere.-From the Dutch. A coward never forgrave; it is no his naure.-From the French. Luck follows the hopeful, ill luce the fearfl.-From the German. e not arrogant when fortun sris, nor dejected when she frowns -Ansonsoi. Everybody's companion is nobody' friend.--From the Germans. No hand of strife is pure but thta which win.-Daniel. Don 't follow in the footsteps o your competitors, set the pace. TfhEe isn 't very much hope for th ar suent who is unable to draw hi ow own cluso::s. I o man can tL.!oughly ap)preciat ie b!essedne:cs ut-tii after he i The following afternoon saw h,n gain in the Van Dorn mansion. He ad given -o card, but inquired sim ly for Miss AlithCa, who, as she ree gnized hi:u on entering, became eadly pali., and trembled so violent F that it -7;as with e-:ident diiculty he reached a sofa. "Miss stbrook," commenced the udge, who, v;hile pitying her agita ion, yet wye1omed it as an omen of uccess--"Miss V.'estbrook, I ha-:e an nporzant question to ask you-but rst, I have a littile story to tell. Some aonths ago I received a letter from a -oun- lady, who signed her named Oithe. Shall I repeat it?" "No! no!" she zaid, putting out ter fair hand as if to ward off a blow. 'I was mad, mad, to do so unwoman y an act. Oh, how you must despise ne" "Despise you, my dear child? I tave no other sentiment for you than ove and admiration," said Judge ,indsey, impressively. "For years I ad closed my heart against all af ection, but your letter, so naive, so mprudently and innocently frank. hriled through my being like a ray f sunshine. And since the hour I eceived it, your tancied image has ontinually haunted me, for, try as would, I could not banish you from y thoughts. If I have loved you ot knowing you, how much deeper s my affection now that I have seen -ou! And if you could return my ove, I should consider that there was tothing further in this life worth sking for. Dear Althea, can you bid e hope?" he added, with an inexpli able quiver in his voice. Althea did not speak; indeed, she ould not, but she lifted her eyes to is, and smiling through her tears, xtended her fair hand. And Judge ,indsey, completely mastered by the utrush of tenderness at the sudden ought that this sweet young girl eally loved him, actually folded his erms about her protectingly, and :issed away the two large tears rest ag on her cheeks. Althea was not angry, but she rew back a little in timid happiness, .ad he could now sit beside her and peak less constrainedly. In half an hour he left the house n engaged man, his soul not his own, ut in the keeping of the fair young irl, to whom he had beund himself. New York Weekly. NPV3JTF'kA An alloy of sinty parts copper, cne art tin and thirty-nine parts zine is ound to offer great resistance tu the ction of sea water and has been rgely used in naval construction. ' A transporter bridge, the first of :s kind in England, was ordered Sep mber 12. It spans the River Esk, nd consists of a car, suspended by ables from rails worked by electric otors, in towers on each side of the iver. A pocket telephone is uset by the ~iena police. In every street of im otance in the city special call boxes ave been placed, and every oZcer on uty having occasion to communicate Tith his station has only i.o pull out .is pocket apparatus, adjust it to he wire in the box, and com:nuni ation et once is estalished. An automobilist of great dxperi noe suggests that it is a good Idea or the driver of a car to show his ompanion on the front seat how to witch off the ignition current In case he driver suddenly became incapaci ated. By this simple operation the ar can quickly be stopped, and the amage it Is liable to do if it runs rild will be reduced. Gregorio Lecca, of Villadama, Nue o Leon, has invented a new machine or the extraction of fibre from plants hch, according to Modern Mexico, said to be very successful and eco omical In its operation. -A model iachine at work at the Golondrina acienda is said to have demon trated with maguey fibre, that, while Is considered one of the most diml ult fibres to extract, the machine andles it with ease. When the whole of the twenty-one ew lines now proposed are complete, ~ondoners will be able to make jour eys from twenty to forty miles en Irely by light railway and tramcar, raversing the metropolis from north south and from east to west, with ut using either train,, omnibus or ab for assistance. The London Ex ,ress makes ' this claim with satis action, and adds the statement that he total length of line that will ulti iately become available to th.e Lon oner with a desire for travel will be t least 400 miles. Richard Weinberg takes up once 2ore, in the "Biologisches Central latt," the question of the origin of arious pygmy races of mankind, and heir relation to the earliest repre entatives of the huma~n species. Be ause the dwarfs of Africa appear to e superior In intelligence to sur ounding negro races of greater stat re, some have argued that they rep esent the primitive type of human iferentiation. Weinberg thinks it 2ore probable that the pygmies are imply a variety, and that they no iore represent the original type of ian than do the taller races. Even 'et it is found that the human stat re is subject to notable variations, nd that these variations have an iffect upon heredity. *Parliament of Man. "To be or not to be, that is the uestion!" cried Hamlet in a loud oice, but it was destined that he hould proceed no further. "Mr. Chairman, I rise to a point of rder," interrupted the Ghost, who ad been sitting in one of the rear eats, "the motion to adjourn is not ebatable." Confronted thus by Robert's Rule f Order, the Noble Dane paled, mut ered incoherently and sat down. Lterward he had his speech inserted a the Congressional Record.-Wom n-= ome Companion. NHIIIN EDUAYO NOIRS DECEMBER SIXTEENTH. What Truth Has Chiefly Appealed to You from Our Year's Lcss.ns? OSjects of the Scripturc.-2 Tim. 3-14-17. Christ proclaimed.-John 20:20-31. Sin rebuked.-Heb. 4:113. Saints built up.-1 Cor l.:21-2S. Li.es c!Zansed.-Isa. 0:1-3. The unchangeable Word.-Rev. 22: 18-21. From the shepherds of ;ethlehem we learn how heaven may gorify our common worl. From the wise mcn ol the East we learn that the height of w.-nc is to bow at Jesus' feet. From the boy Jesus in t0e temple we learn that the onlyr bus.'nass of our life ought to be our FaLter's busi ness. From Christ's temptation we learn that whoever has his Bible in his heart is armed against the devil. From the calling of the disciple we learn that the first duty of a Chris tian-as of a soldier-is to obey. From tl:.e Beatitudes we learn that if we seek what the world o'.lls happi ness we shall never find what Christ calls happiness. From the parable of the two foun dations we learn that the most im portant thing in life is to start right. From the paraable of the sower we learn that not even Christ can teach us unless we listen. From the parable of 1he tares we learn that the only way -o cutwit the devil is to watch by night as well as by day. From the healing of the Gadarene demoniacs we learn never to despair of any one. From the death of John the Baptist we learn how glorious a failure may be. From the feeding of the -Ee thous and we learn that our success does not depend on the size of our gifts to Christ, but on our giving what we have. From the Syro-Phenician woman we learn that Christ rejoices to be com pelled by human faith. From Peter's confession we learn nbt to wait to be perfect before tGsti fying for Christ. From the transfiguration we learn that heaven with all its glories is close around this earth. From the parable of the good Samaritan we learn to "do the next thing." From the rich young ruler we learn to pray to be delivered from the temp tation of wealth. From Zacchens we.learn that a lofty soul is better than a tall body. From Christ's trial we learn to fear the terrible power of fanaticism and selfishness, lest it seize upon our own hearts also. From the crucifixion we learn how God loves us. From the resurrection we learn to live "by the power of an endless life." ERORTH [[AGOE LESSON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16. Missions-A World-Wide Responsibil ity.-Luke 24. 45-47. Daily Readings. This the signifioance of the life of Christ.-Luke 2. 30-32; Rev. 5. 9. We are his representatives in this work.-Lukte 24. 4S. The Church's baptism not given for a local, but for a world-wide con ques.-Aets 1. 8. The Missic\ary Program -Acts 28. A missionary hymn.-Psa. 9G. Prayer and promise.-Psa. 23. It is to be feared that many pro fessed Christians read John 3. 16 thus: "For God so loved the Anaglo-Saxons." But the missionary enterprise stands for the opposite. Its watch word is: "The World for Christ." Anything short of this is unworthy the name of Christian, for Christ died for "the world." His last command, given just before he left the Judean mountain top, to be seen no more, was: "Go ye into the world and preach the gospel to every creature." There fore, we must go or send, or be re creant to our trust. "'Ours not to reason why," but to obey. We are not to stop to consider whether or not the heathen can be saved without the gospel; nor are we to question whether missions are a success or not; or demur on any account what ever. There is the unqualified, un conditioned, naked, "GO." In a cer tan bank where this writer has done business there is, hanging over the barrier behind which the bank Offi cials are, the picture of a masked man who holds in his hand a pistol which is pointed at the customer or visitor. It matters not that he moves to the other end of the room, Dr anywhere within the room, he will still be looking straight into that d1eadly tube and into those unrelent ing eyes. The "Go ye" of Jesus is like that, only it Is full of the urgency of a love and yearning for lost souls that stopped not at death itself. Let the church shirk the obligation to go, and her light will go out. The missionary spirit is her light. It is sad that the leaders of the church for so many centuries were so un bl to realize their solemn duty. Japanese in San Francisco. As to the schools, the Japanese Government perfectly understands that the people of this State are not under the slightest obligation to tas themselves to teach Japanese the Eng lish language or to admit Oriental pupils at all into our sdhools wherE their presence may be distasteful tC our'own people. In view of the fact that we have not In this city sufficieni buildings to 'accommodate our owI pupils, the Japanese Government wIl see that our provision of s-pecia schools for the instructions of Orien tals is an act of the most kindly con sideration on our part. The Japan ese Government also knows that ii view of the restrictions placed on oui people in Japan and its dependencies it is in no position to complain i: we should conclude to exercise th< right which the Japanese have formal ly recognized by treaty to- exclud< those classes of their people whosi pr-esence here Is certain to result Ii conditicns and acts which would it terrupt the friendly relations betwee: the two nations. - San Francisci rARM 10 TES. rF3, SyOCKMAN rP 'RJC:Y ORCI ER, she could make just as many bales of cotton as she is now making and the cro: is costing the farmers to-day by using the manure from their herds and f.ccls. Think fo:- one moment how it would change the loo":s of t:is coun try and maake a good impression on the stranger as he passed through our Southland, to see these old red hillsides covered with green grass and nice herds of cattle and Eocks of sheep grazing on them. Gentle:nen, this kind of farming is the hi *est type of agriculture. I know there are men sitting in this audience who are ready to say dairy ing and stock raising cannot be made profitable in the South. Thirty years ago was the South a cotton manufacturing country? No. I a man had predicted then that twenty-five years from then would see South Carolin'a one of the lead ing cotton manufacturing States in the country, there were people who would have said that man is crazy. Now, gentlemen, why is South Car olina one of the leading cotton man ufacturing States? Because she has put brains and capital into the in dustry and because she has more natural advantages than the New England States. To-day the cotton mills of the South are paying the largest dividends of any other State. I- hope that I may live to see the day come when' our people will quit say ing that we cannot raise as fine cat tle, hogs, sheep and horses in South Carolina as can be raised in Ken tucky or the Northern States, for I teii you it is not true, for history tells us that the South has produced as brilliant men as any country and if it is true of men, why cannct it be the same with producing fine ani mais. The fault is not in the con ditions around you, but in your own selves. I hope to see our own men ele vated above a cotton patch, a mule a.nd a free negro. Gentlemen, this kind of farming, I have been speak ing about, a free negro cannot do; but he can ralse cotton and comue in competition with you and his cotton bale will bring on the market just as much as yours. In fact he has bsen pricing your cotten for the last twenty yearZ. We hear 'Far-:rs say there is no -market for dairy products. Why should a man say that, when there are at least $400,000 or.$500,000 worth of butter shippe.d into South Carolina every year and sold to our people? I tell you every dollar's worth of that butter can be raised by .the farmers of South Carolina. Now, brother farmers, we will have to change our method of farm labor and the sooner we begin it the better off we will be. How are we to do this? By diversification and rotation. The farmer who rotates his crops, improves his soil, improves his surroundings, improves himself and makes it easier for the next generation to travel life's journey. He is a race benefactor, making, as he does, this world better and better the longer he lives in it and contin ues his good deeds. The farmer who rotates his crops will feed, clothe and educate his children better than his one crop neighbor. His children will love him :,etter and he will love them better. The community will speak well of him while he lives and go into true mourning when he is gone.-Columbia State. Cotton, 'Hog, Hominy. - Colonel J. B. Killebrew, in South ern Farm Magazine, says: In the cotton growing districts of the South It is all important that the farmers should practice a diversifica tion of crops, at least to such an ex tent as to make their own breadstuffs and provisions. Hon. M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, declares that cot ton may be rais'ed at six cents per pound when the planter makes his own hog and hominy, or his bread and meat. To buy these important necessaries with the proceeds of the cotton crop will make the cost of pro ducing the cotton not less than eight cents per pound. It is a most oppor tune moment when the cotton plant ers have risen otit of the slough of despond in which they have wallowed for years to enter upon a line that will make them always independent. There is no better money crop on earth than cotton, and yet all this money may be required to supply the ordinary comforts and necessaries of life. Nothing will compensate the planter for the loss of independence. By raising his own supplies he will be able to hold his cotton for a good price. The raising of these supplies will also diminish the acreage of cot ton and so increase its price by a re duction in the size of the crop. This Is a practical problem that may be easily solved by the harmonious ac tion of the great army of cotton growers. R eflections of a Bachelor. Some giL! are so immodest they protelid they haven't got any ankles. There is always somebody groan ing about the mortgages; it used to be the farmcrs; now it's the automo bile owners.. No matter how bad anything turns out, there is alwayvs comfort in it for a lot of people who are able to say they told you so. When you hear a woman bragging -about all the things around the house her husband can do to perfection, that ' her way of not fretting because he can 't make much of a living for tthema. I Mainy of our anticipated pleasures are an'ything but pleasures after we A evnic is a person who says hate Sful i.ngs because he is unable to attraer attention in any other way. A man never realizes how homely ite really is ur.il he has his picture tak.ca in a nroJu? Late Jees : ~In7'Brief A MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST The death of Charles Francis Wy man, Russian vice-consul for New England. was announced. It is stat ed also that Mrs. Wyman is in a critical condition. Mr. Wyman's ser vice as Russian vice-consul extended over 22 ycars. Ednund D. Fiske, a traveling sales man of Chicago. was found dead in his room at a local hotel, and it iA believed that he committed suicide, Telegrams in his pockets would seem to indicate that Fiske took his life because of family estrangement. The railroad commission has re fused the application of the Hocking Valley Railway Company for an ex tension of time within which to com ply with the provisions of the act re quiring all railroads in Ohio to so equip their cars that 75 per cent of the cars in all trains shall be operat ed and controlled by airbrakes. A traction car on the Dayton and Xenia line, filled with suburbanites and persons from Xenia. was struck by a Cleveland, Cincinnatti, Chicago and St. Louis (Big Four) freight en gine which was backing out of the Union station about midnight, and 18 passengers were badly injured. None of them will die. The subtreasury transferred $1, 550,000 to San Francisco. William D. Carver, aged 30 years, local manager of Makeever Bros., mine owners and developers, of New York and Chicago, shot and killed himself at his home, 322 Melwood street, East End. William E. Tillotson, aged 64 years, a woolen manufacturer and one of the wealthiest men in Pittsfield, died following a strcke of apoplexy. He was unmarried and is :a large prop erty owner in Chicago. Sir Edward J. Reed, formerly chief constructor of the British Navy, is dead. He was born in 1S30. William Geer, of New London, fire- - man on a Central Vermont freight train, was killed in a headon collis ion between his train and a north bound passenger train, near the Montville station, and several passen gers were shaken up and bruised, but none fatally injured. A training squadron of three cruis ers, under command of Rear Admir al tomeoka, late president of the Na val Cadets' SchQol, will start from I Yokohama January 5, and, it is ex pected, will arrive at San Francisco on February 18. On the appeal of the Goldsmith's Company the Appeal Act decided that old or silver cases of all foreign made watches, whether with or with out works, must be assayed and hall marked before they can be sold in Great Britain. The jewelers intend to appeal to the House of Lords. Three steamers which arrived from the Mediterranean - brought 4,670 steerage passengers. The Slavonia brought 2,008, the Konigin Luise 1,24 and the Moltke 1,2SS.' J. Pierpont Morgan and many oth~ r noted financiers will attend the funetal of Samuel Spencer, which will take place in Washington Sun day. Offiials are making a search ing investigation into the wreck at Lawyer, Va., in which seven persons lost their lives. President Roosevelt heard the views of Senator Flint, of Californ ia, and Dr. Benjaimin Ide Wheeler, on the Japanese problem. 'The death of President Spencer, of I the Southern Railway, has postponed an important case in the Court of' Ap peals. Rear Admiral Converse recom mends that no marines be assigned' to service aboard ships of the navy. A Norfolk negro preacher defends President Roosevelt's dismissal of ne gro troops. President Roosevelt is to sendspee ial messages to Congress urging cit izenship for the Porto Ricans and praising the administration of the Panama canal. A Kentucky woman left over $30, 000 to relatives 'in .Hardy county, West Virginia. Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco, was arrested on his way home after crossing the California border. William R. Hearst modified the statement that he would never again be a candidate. Ten prisoners escaped from a Long Island jail,having cut the bars. It is believed with saws concealed in a baby visitor's clothes. A~ fine of $1S,000 was imposed up on the American Sugar Refining Co. for rebating. Judge Linebarger, who has just re turned from the Philippines, favors free trade with the- islands and re gards war with Japan as inevitabl.. In the course of a hearing in New York before the Interstate Commerce Commission the charge was made that The prosecution in the case of Cor nelius P. Shea, of the Chicago Team sters' Union, on the charge of con spiracy, sprung a surprise on the de fense by having three of the defend ants turn State 's evidence . Th edirectors of the Pelgram & My ers Silk Company at Paterson, N. J.~ voted an increase of wages to all the mill hands. The incease, which van es from 5 to 15 per cent, was made voluntarily and was a surprise to the emnployes. The Kobe correspondent of the Lendon Standard cables that a float ing mine, a legacy from the Russo. Japanese war, has been driven ashore a Akita, on 'the west coast of Hon do, where it exploded, killing 10 vil. laer and wounding 56.