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TALKS OF FAIRVIEW f t ORANGEBURG MAN RETURNS t FROM NOTIFICATION MEETING. Mr. Brantley Says That Mr. Bryan Thoroughly Understands Southern Conditions. The Orangeburg correspondent of The News and Courier says when seen at his office on his return from Lincoln. Neb., where he represented South Carolina on the notification committee. Mr. T. F. Brantley had the following to say when asked as to his trip to Lincoln: "Yes, he said, "I had a very pleasant trip and enjoyed It immen sely, especially in meeting members of the notification committee and re renewing old acquaintances. I ar rived in Lincoln the day before the notification was to take place, and. therefore, had the opportunity of paying my respects to the great Com moner the day before the notifica tion ceremonies. I found Mr. Bryan at his home, 'Fairview,' about two and a half miles from the city limits. After talking over the political situa tion. I was shown by Mr. Bryan over his farm. of which he seemed very tproud. His home, which is a very attractive and commodious one. is beautifully located on a most con manding point overlooking the city of Lincoln. It is very properly named 'Fairview.' for from this high location, surrounded by fields of al falfa and clover, the view is truly grand. and well calculated to inspire the lofty ideals and pure life s6 characteristic of the great Common .er. "During our conversation I was impressed with his grasp of the political and social situation in the South in its every detail. He seem ed as familiar with political condi tions and affairs in South Carolina as if he were one of our own citi zens. and I wish to say further that he feels kindly and grateful towards the South for the loyal support he has received at her' hands. Th. South has no truer friend." "How were you impressed by the notification ceremonies?" "The notification, which took place in the front of the Capital in the open air, was a splendid tribute to Mr. Bryan as a man and neighbor, re gardless of party affiliations in the past. All, Republicans and Demo crats alike, were unstinted in their praise and admiration for their great citizen, and the thronging multitude which surged in front of the Nebraska Capitol told by their sboitV and c-leers how loved and honored the man whom the De mocracy of the nation hailed as its standard-bearer." "What is your opiinon as the chances of Democratic success?" "I am more 'pleased at the pro spects. In talking, over the situa tion with the various delegates and citizens of the Western States I find that the concensus of opinion is that 'Bryan will sweep the West.' It seems that Nebraska and Indiana are as safely Democratic as are the Southern States. The Pacific slope and the Rocky Mountain States are practicaily assured, with good fight ing chances in Ohio, Kansas and Illi-. nois. - The Eastern representatives claim that New York will certainly: go Democratic, owing to a united fight by the Democrate in New York against a lukewarm and divrided fight by the Republicans. "There is a factional fight in the North, East and West among the Republicans. There is no fight any where among the Democrats. Ii fact, they are more united and have a more perfect organization than at any time since Cleveland's first elec tion. I see no reason, why Bryan should not, in the. words of the Western people, 'sweep the entire country.' His speech of acceptance. owing to its conservatism and strength, has won him thousands of votes, and if the Democrats of the South will only .realize that victory is in their grasp.. and by a u@ effort on their part assist In f doubtful States of the East and Wes. by eqntributions, there will be no doubt of succes. "How much campaign fund will they need and what suggestions would you make as to contribu tions?" "No campaign can be conducted successfully without cdiitributions. and I was informed that the De mocrats' will need between a half million to a million dollars to con duct an aggressive campaign And one that will insure victory. And I would say that with the prospects of victory it behooves the Democrats of the South to heed the request of Mr. Bryan and his national chairman. Norman E. Mac". of New York, to *gather popular subscriptions for a1 aggressive campaign, which will he waged from now on. Demoeratio contributions must come from small popular subscriptions. It is clearly a campaign between the masses and the heretofore favored -classes, and the campaign slogan by Mr. Bryan in his speech of acceptance "shall the people rule" appeals to us. and if the people are to r uie- now is the time to begin by every Democrat contribbutinig his mite toward a cam paign which is to secure to us that right I spoke to several gentlemen of other States. among them Con gressman Clayton, of Al..bama and Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina, and I find that the following plan has been adopted in several of the -States: "The State chairman Is to call upon the various county chairman. and they in turn are to call upon the president of each Tmocrath" eliil in the county for cont'e~tion,.. *'hi plan has been successfy 1'emn and in some of the countier 'h South they are contributing n~ om $250 to $500 per county, according to their -ability. "It might be well for South Caro lina to follow this plan, each county contributing through its county hairman, and if each will contri bute from $200 to $500 it would mean a respectable campaign fund from South Carolina. Mr. Bryan and the Democratic executive com mittee are in earnest, and they ex pect South Carolina, together with other Southern States that have no internal fight, to arouse themselves and thus assist seve'ral doubtful sis ter states in the splendid efforts they are making for Democratic success. I trust every Democrat in South rolin will contribute his one to ve i.:,uars, as he may feel able, to I 'i igt,-, which is bis. and -which to eide whether or not the people r the corporations and classes are > rn for the next four years in ais nation." CHARMS AND INCANTATIONS. How Some Pennsylvanians Use Then fer Remedies Against Ills. Witchcraft superstitions are still wide:>- prevalent in Eastern Penn sylvan a. according to William W Neifrrt. who in the Pennsylvania. Ger:.an. cites a number of favorite charms and incantations: To .tire snake bites: God has cre- o ated --11 things and they were good. N Thou only, serpent. art damned. c Cur: be thou and thy sting, Zing. e Zing Xing. To ,revent accidents. Carry with p you. '.ed to your right sleeve, the righ ---e of a wolf. Se:. rity against mad dogs: Dog, hold thy nose to the ground. God has r..:,de me and thee, hound. To banish the whooping cough: Let a w child drink out of a blue glass tumbler. (This disease was knowa. as the "blue cough," and on the pr :iciple that "like cures like," the a .ld drinks from a "blue glass" to cure a "blue cough.") To cure baldness: Rub the scalp with h' hemisphere of a divided on ion. This was a strong charm if the 'w ;etable was fresh.) To .-:ire fits: Take off the child's shirt. airning it inside out w'hile do- F Lug s".. and then burn the garment. To lestroy warts: Stick a pin throus., the wart. and give away the pin, when the wart will follow the t pin. To mnake the best - cider vinegar: t After .he cider Is put into the cask 3 call upi the names of three of the I crosses' and most -sour-tempered old women in the community, and in : a loud voice utter their names Into z the bung hole, and immediately cork !t up. a nd you will have the best and strongest vinegar in the neighbor hood. A remedy against slander: If you are calumniated or s'andered to your very ri n, to your very flesh, to your very bones, cast it back upon the false tongues. Take off your shirt, and turn it Inside out, and then run your two thumbs along your body under the ribs starting at ,he pit of the heart, thence down to the thi:hs. To bring a thief to confession and nake him restore stolen property: :?rom the door sill over which the .hief has passed take three spllnters a the name of the Trinity. Fasten hem to a wagon wheel removed .rom the spindit. and through the ox or hub, pro{tiunce the following irayer: "I ,rat thee, Thou Holy Crinity. to consain the thief who as sto!en my ('ame of the article stolen) to be stnang by remorse and -estore 't to tWl. rightful owner." ibis done, the feel Is to be re lced by fasten5lng it to the wagon, when i was given three revoluttons, and the' stolen goods were expected to be returned. A New Gunpowder. There has been invented in Ger nany a powder which is said to give no fareback whatever, even In guns of the largest calibre. The compo sition of t'he powder is not known, but it is supposed to consist of nitro glyerin, nitro-cellniose and vase 'ane. The prevention of the flare back, however, is believed to be due a* the incorporation. In the powder a a small amount of some chemical wmich has proved'to be thoroughly efectiva. E id Gloves From Rats. In Paris there Is a rat ound. It s a deep walled pit in which some thousands of rats are kept. A dead horse Is thrown Into the pit at night 'and rats strip the cartss of its flesh. Once a month there is a general slaying of rats by gas. The rats ar sleek and, plump and their bodies are in excellent condit'on. Their skis are removed and treated and eventually are made into "kid"' gloves. Dog Has Bank Account. Bluff, a bulldbg, is heir to a for tune of $L,00, left by his master, William E. Butta, a, wealthy resident ~Chin'ago, who diec. recently. Bluff, a far as is known, is the only dog in the world with a bank amcount. A little bank book will be issued in the name of Bluff and checks against h account will be signed "Bluff" y the administrator of the estate, who will look after Bluff's future. Les Miserables. The 'most unhappy beings on the face of the earth are professional polItIcians. FOUND HIS WIFE A SUICIDE. Alabama Woman Dies by Her Own Hand in an Asheville Hotel. Leaving a note to the effect that she was weary and tired of life, Mrs. A. J. Abrahams, of Huitsville, Ala, a guest at a Asheville, N. C., hotel, fired a bullet into he'r brain early Wednesday morning and end ed her life. The deceased, who came to Asheville three weeks ago, had been in poor health for many years. The suicide was not discovered un til 7 o'clock the next morning. when her husband arrived on a morning train. He found his wife lying dead on the floor, dressed in full street costume.* MOB AFTER NEGRtO. Attempted to Assassinate Merchant' in Mississippi. A posse is searching the swamps at Concordia parish, Louisiana Fri day in an effort to capture Henry Walker. a negro. who Friday at tempted tr assassinate Robert Clay ton, a merchant, in his store at Clay ton Station. The negro fired on Mr. Clayton with a shot gun but the bullets went wild and he was not injured. A fight between the negro and the posse is anticipated should he he found it is probable that he will be lynched. Should Have Been Stopped. The postmaster at Hopkinsville, y. has been oficid2iy informied that the postcards mailed cat of Hopkins vlle and other towns recently. show ing the four bodies of the negroes lynched at Russelville on August 1. should not have been allowed to pass through the mail. The card pre INTERESTING LETTER KRTTEN BY COL. JOHN D. FROST OF COLUMBIA. .> the Farmers of South Carolina Better Methods of Caring for Cot ton. Col. John D. Frost, of Columbia, -ho has handled thousands of bales f cotton annually at Columbia, has -ritten an open letter that is of ex eeding interest to the cotton grow rs of the state. The letter follows: Columbia, Aug. 25. 1908. Ion. B. Harris, President. Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union, Pendleton, S. C., and Hon. E. D. Smith. President, S. C. Div ision, Southern Cotton Associa tion. Columbia, S. C. Gentlemen: The time for picking otton having arrived, has it ever ,ccurred to you to look into the *uestion of damage brought about y a lack of care for the staple from he time it is ginned to the time of aarketing? Having lived on a lantation for twenty-one years, and .t present owning and operating one, .s well as being in the cotton busi tess for the past ten years, I thought ossibly that my observations along his line might tend to show the treat amount of money lost to this otton producing country. 1 desire o impress upon the farmer the iecessity of caring for his cot on after laboring hard all the -ear to make it. and thereby lessen friction between producer, buyer, Lnd manufacturer. A large portion >f the farmers, as well as the car iers, treat the staple as though it ere coal, allowing it to lie on the ,round for months after ginning ;ubject to climatic conditions; which 'esults in rot and country damage. When the cotton is ready for mar cet it is picked up and offered for ;ale. the damage, as a usual thing. )eing disregarded until subjected to he buyer's inspection, who, in pro tecting his interests, will either lock for the damage or have the cot t a picked- resulting in great loss to the farmer. Unquestionably It is to the farmer's interest to store his cotton in a reputable warehouse rhereby protecting himself from loss by fire as well as damage, and in ad dition he can secure warehouse re ceipt for same which is prime mer cantile paper, and can be discounted at any bank, allowing the farmer to sell his cotton when he desires to do so. My object, however, is to impress upon the farmers to house their cot ton as soon as it is ginned, whether it be in a warehouse, or in their barns, or dwelling, thereby reducing the element of damage to a minimum. To my mind, one of the most im portant things the Farmers' Union and the Southern Cotton Association could handle is the caring for cotton after it is ginned, and up to the time it is marketed. Having personally handled, during the past ten years, about 300,000 bales of cotton of ail grades and staple, this cotton being shipped here from Texas and Oklaho ma on the West, to North Carolina on the East, I do think I am In a very fair position to speak intelfl gently of the item of damage, large. ly caused by carelessness. In addition to the rotten cotton on thousands of bales, varying from five to as much as three hundred pounds per bale, all of which has to be picked off before settling for and which is caused by allowing the cot ton to sit on one end or lie on one side in the n.ud and rain for months before offered for sale; there is an other element of damage whic'h is not so easily detected, but which has for more reaching effect on the buyer, as well as the manufacturer. I refer to what is called country damage. When cotton is allowed to stand in the weather after being ginned for an" length of time, although the owner may turn it about from side to side to keep it from rotting, the staple of the cotton on the outside of the bale is affected just in pro portion to the time it is allowed tc remain exposed to climate conditons. To illustrate.. a bale cotton ginned and packed December first and'\al. lowed to remain in the weather until the first of March. will have about half as much country damage as the same bale would have if it remained in the weath" until May the first, and wi manufacturer opens this bale, '1e will find that the cottor sticking to the bagging and extending inward is practically without any strength of staple, and as a result all of this affected cotton will go in waste, or be found in the shafting overhead. Should the buyer de tect this country damagY the farm er is the looser: should the buyer not detect it. the buyer is the looser; in any event, dissatisfaction is the result ,all of which could have been avoided by housfng the cotton. The amount of country damage varies in proportion to the time the cotton lies out in the weather. and will vary from three to twenty-five pounds per bale. I have- carefully estimated that on every 11,000,000 bale crop produced, the producer, the carrier. and the compress together, allow 250,000 bales to be destroyed by rot and country damage, and' when you figure this at ten cents per pound it amounts to $12,500.00, all of which could be served to the pur ducer, the buyer, and the manufac turer, should they exercise the pro per precaution against damage. Three years ago a farmer brought twenty hales of cotton to the warehouse for storage in March. which bad been out in the weather since it -was gin ned in the fall. Some of the bales were so badly damaged and water sobed that they weighed one thous and pounds per bale. - T asked him why he allowed his cotton to get in that condition? He replied that he was so busy making preparation for another crop that he had not cared for what he had already made. When this cotton was conditioned for market. he had about ten bales of merchantable cotton left out of the twenty. A bale of coton ginned dry and housed until marketed will hold out better than one allowed to re main in the weather suhbiect to cli mate conditions, and will not possess the element of damiag" and will also retain its strength of staple even to the bagging. Travel where you will, and you will see cotton sitting at the railroad ations in the mud and rain, or you vill see it lying on the ground around farm houses. where it will .emain until ready for market, and rhen marketed, the bagging will be ;o rotten that you can not handle , :he cotton. Owing to the seeming negagence lisplayed in the care of cotton after ;inning, the buyer, when purchasing 3 lot of cotton, has to take into con sideration the element of damage, )r he would rather send his classer to receive the cotton, thereby estab lishing the amount of damage be fore payment is made. Where you find a section of country where great care Is taken with the cotton, after : ginning, and before niarketing. there you will find cotton sought after by the buyers, and everything else/being equal, a premium will be paid for same. The manufacturers will pay bet ter prices for cotton free from rot and country damage, because his percentage of waste will be decreas ed. The point I desire to impress is. take care of your cotton, handle it as though you thought something of it. If you cannot put it in a ware house where it is insured and you can use the receipt, put it in your barn, or shed room, or anywhere to keep it from climatic conditions un til you market it, and by doing this every pound will be spinnable and no dissatisfaction between producer, buyer, and manufacturer will result. There are some places in South Carolina where warehouse facilities are adequte, but are unfortunately not utilized. My own experience is that four lots of cotton out of every five shipped from places where cotton is not warehoused are badly dam aged, due to the fact that it Is allow ed to sit on one end for weeks and months in the open before it is of fered for sale, and as a result, heavy claims are made, and yet the best character of cotton, so far as body and staple is concerned, is produced at these places, and would be very much sought, were the element of damage eliminated. In conclusion, I would strongly urge that this matter be brought to the attention of all concerned, and thereby save twelve and one-half million dollars per year to the southland. Very truly yours, John D. Frost. VOTE FOR GOVERNOR IN 1906. Votes Received by the Candidates for Governor. As there is some speculation as tc how the o.,we .or's race wit ti:rn. out, the following figures may prove interesting. There were seven can didates iinning in 1906, th&r vnter in the first primary being as follows: Ansel 39,131. Blease -16,972. Brunson 10,465. Edwards 565. Jones 838. Manning 23,208. McMahan 2,222. Sloan 3,370. The vote by counties for the two men who are running this year was as follows: County Ansel Blease Abbeville..... .....997 508 Aiken.. .... ..... 817 1,173 Anderson.. .......3,657 632 Bamberg... .. 239 142 Barnwell.. ...... 816 216 Beaufort ..>~ .. .347 19 Berkley............296 ,383 Charless'on.. ......1,624 123 Cherokee.. ......1,011 476 Chester............735 366 Chesterfield........360 171 Clarendon.. ... ..407 123 Colleton........739 297 Darlington.........975 252 Dorchester. .. .. .. 488 428 Edgefield.. ....... 719 208 Fairfield.. .........401 306 Flrence . .. ..... . 579 131 Greenville........,72 764 Greenwood.........903 341 Hampton.. .........659 178 Horry..........--258 577 Kershaw. .. .. .... 475 320 Lancaster.... .. .. 931 129 Laurens............967. 1,188 Lee........ ....----303 587 Lexington.......---- 760 767 Marion .- .. .. 867 119 Marlboro..... .....598 103 Newberry......... 843 1,020 Oconee.. .. .....1,765 308 Orangebulrg.........74 424 Richland.. .......1,020 938 Saluda......,......377 809 Spartanburg. .. .. ..3,835 920 Sumter... .........378 99 ~Unon.........-1,059 470 Williamsburg. ...1,291 334 Total.... .....39.131 16,9'72 Mr. Manning carried: Chester field, Clarendon. Florence, George town, Horry, Kershaw. Lee, Lexing ton, Marion, Orangeburg and Sum ter. In the second primary Ansel got 43,000 in round numbers and Man ning, 32,000.-Chester Lantern. CHAFIN NOTIFIED. Made a Short Speech Saying That He Would Accept. A dispatch from Chicago, says a meeting at which Eugene W. Chafinof Chicago was formerly notified of his nomination as the prohibalion candi date for president was held Tuesday evening. The notification address was made by the secretary of the temperance committee of the Presby terian church of America. Follow ing the notification, Chafin delivered his speech of acceptance, in which he outlined the policies for which prohibitionists will make the cam paign. COLLOPSES UNDER BRYAN. No One Hurt and no Panic, But His Speech is Interrupted. At Des Moines, Iowa, while Mr. Bryan was speaking in the ball park Friday afternoon the temporary plat form on which were seated several hundred people, collapsed. Nobody was hurt, and there was no panic. but Mr. Bryan was interrupted for were made for him to continue spealh ig from the grand stand, where he fnished his address. -* Murderer Ad~judged Insane. At Pensacola. Fla. a lunacy com mission Wednesday adjiudged Clifford Touart insane. Totiart is the man who shot and killed his wife at Bag dale. Fla. several weeks ago. Since the tragedy he has become a raving maniac. He is a printing pressman and a member of a French family here promnent on the Gulf coast. * SHOT BY MINERS. ONUNION NEGRO FATALLY WOUNDED FRIDAY NIGHT. negro Shot and His House Dynamit ed Wednesday Night-Fired Upon From Ambush. Anthany Davis, a negro non-union niner, whose house at Pratt Citty Ala.. was dynamited Wednesday light, was fired upon from ambush fear his home at Pratt City Friday aight and fatally injured. Quite a number of shots were fired into his body indicating that a band >f men were lying in ambush. Davis has been working steadily since the declaration of the strike and imme diately after the house was dyna mited claimed that he had seen and recognized the men who committed the deed. Governor Comer has not yet de cided what action to take in the matter of throwing the troops into the district, although great pressure has been brought to bear upon him to augment the forces. Apprehension of further throuble continues keen all over the district. The big mass and barbecue of strik ers which will be held at Lewisburg will be made the occasion by the strikers leaderrs of urging their men to stand firm. Among the speakers will be Vice President White, of the national or ganization, and W. R. Fairley, na tional executive board member. WILL BE ELECTED. Tillman Suys Bryan's Chances of Win ning This Time Are Good. A dispatch from London, say Senator Benj. Tillman of South Caro ina, who has been traveling it Europe for some time, sees demo cratic success in Bryan's nomina tion. "It may be that the wish is fath er to the thought," said Senato Tillman, when encountered at th office of the American Express com pany, "but it looks to me as if Brya has a powerful good chance o cleaning-up the other crowd thi time. "In the first place he has bees nominate in spite of the best organ ized newspaper fight against, hit ever known, thus demonstrating hi innate strength with the rnak an file of the democratic party. Tafi on the contrary, has been nominate solely at the dictation of Rooseveli and against the wishes of the masse in the republican party. Whil Taft is a lovable character in ever way, and I don't wish to be constrt ed as saying anything against hih as a man, his self-obliteration an what I' should call -the element c subserviency, shown in his visit t Oyster Bay to get his speech revir ed, are not in his favor." .Teni Reported Kill'ed. At. Grafton, W. Va., Ten persor are reported to' have been killed an many others injured Wednesda when a . passenger train on the Pet nsboro and Harrisville 'e zad, be aring excursionists, fro ce Rich: County Fair, one mile fism Penni boro, broke down. - Trip to Last a Year. The round the world cruise < the Atlantic fleet began from Ham] ton Roads on December 16, 190' and the opinion of the naval author ties is that the cruise will have las ed a year when the fleet bellows fort its reply to the welcome that wi be tendered it by the shipping an forts in New York harbor. Rattler victim stil Alive. A dispatch from Washington sa3 battling grimly for his life again: the deadly virus df a diamond r-a tIer, Rodney Rose, the Zoo keepE who was bitten on the left hand Moi day, has not yet passed the crist despite the fact that the venomC the diamond generally either kil: or is nullified in 36 hours. Greenville Court House Deamaged At Greenville during an electri storm Tuesday the tin roof of til County Court House was partial: torn off, . one :ide being rolled u like a scroll. The building we empty at the time, the officers bein at a political meeting in the couw Negro Boy Killed by Train. At Anderson, on Tuesday Henm Moore, a negro lad of 12 year: while stealing a ride on a Charle: ton and Western Carolina Railroa ngine, fell beneath the trucksC the engine and received injurie which proved fatal. The negro wa trespassing at the time of the acc dent. Bridge Expert Killed. Mike Scobia, of Cleveland, Va., bridge expert, fell a distance of 18 feet from a bridge which lhe was er gaged in examining. Friday and wa instantly killled. His body wa mashed into a pulp. Practicall every bone was broken, and his fles was little more than jellylike mask. 'Diplomiacy. "I always endeavor." said th< matrimonial philosorbher, "to taki the wrong side of an inconsequental argument." "Witt. what object in view?" he was naturally asked. "It g:.ves my wife a chance *C prove me wrong, and this so Jde lights her that I find her generous ly tractable in all the more im portant matters."--Cai tge Post. Blame the Make-Up Man. A newspaper cannot be too careful In printing news. A W estern paper ran two paragraphs recently like "A baby hippopotamus was born at the Zoo, last Friday." "At the present time it loks more like Bryan than an:- one else. Local .and editorial paragraphs should be separated. The Way of a Cat. Bill: "'Near Wolentt. N. Y.. light ning struck a house and killed a cat 4 child playing with the cat ran awa: *nhurt." will "S did th e at 1 nnnos?' ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. Woman While Cleaning Room Acci dently Fires Gun. Miss Mary Brinham, 18-year-old, daugther of Robert Bringham, of as 3Iapleville, Md., was shot and al- pE most instantly killed by the acci- ha dental discharge of a snot gun at her w] home Friday. The load entered her o> breast, tearing a great hole in her o body. al Mr. Brinham had used the gun is and re-loaded the weapon, and plac- In ed it under the bed. His two daugn- di ters were cleaning the room, when bE the younger one attempted to pull N he gun from under the bed. The dis- h< charge killed her sister. * P H h, TRAITS OF WILD BEASTS. h ti eteran Trainer Says They Are Much d Like Human Beings. o Some one said once that the more , o. he saw of dogs the lower opinion he a had of men. After thirty odd years C a ith pretty nearly every quadruped a that ever has been in captivity, says ft George Conklin of the Barnum and tl Bailey Circus, I'd change that saying f) a bit. I'd say, "The more I see ) P men, the better I understand ani- n mals," for in every way the four- a footed beasts have the traits and are 1 moved by the same passions that ' move their two-footed brethren. n Love. hate, fear, courage, treach- b ery, viciousness, jealousy, anger, a belfishness, generosity, greed, self- t sacrifice, every passion of which men are capable, the animals have, though of courre, they are intensi t-ed. No matter how good tempered an fi animal may be, no matter how plac- h id, how tractable, he is liable at any ti moment to change. to a. dangerous, h bloodthirsty creature,. intent only on slaying his trainer. In the very S tractability of an animal lies the s' greatest danger to the trainer. It h makes him careless. The watchful ness which 1e will use with an ani- " mal of which he is uncertain is al- d lowed to lapse, and it is that moment - of carelessness for which the animal e is ever on the alert. To such lapses a are due 95 per cent of the accidents - and attacks on animal trainers. I A lion will work himself up into a frenzy of rage througk jealousy. - There is cne trainer I know who was 1 a'most kill'ed by a lioness who was f jealous, not of another animal, but o' a woman. The trainer was in the cage at the time, when he saw his 1 1 daughter outside the cage. He smiled 1 at her and the lioness saw it. In a moment she changed. Her docility Schafiged to fury and she sprung at him. He was terribly torn before he 1 was dragged out of the cage. Animals get used to strangers looking at them from outside. the I cage, but a stranger inside the cage I would have little show of escaping I e with his life. Even experienced trainers hesitate about entering a cage until they get the beast used to seeing them and to hear their voices. d Animals will nurse a grudge for years and wait for an opportunity to 0 have revenge for some real or fan cied ill treatment by man or mate. rhis Is particularly true of elephants. We had a helper once-it was fif teen years ago-who used to tease s Jug, an old bull, 'n. every chance he got. The man was with the show y only one season. Ten years later - that man was nearly killed by Jug - in a little town In the West, where e ibe man lived and the show visited. ;-The animal remembered his old ene *my and reached out from the street parade, seized the man and badly crushed him. The most treacherous anirals are the leopards and jaguars. You hear 'people, particularly women, call , hem "poor pussy" as they lie blink - mng and ' purring. Let them get - (elose and they would find that h "pussy" would scratch. Their sly I ness and cunning are wonderful, and d hey will spring at their trainer the mnstant his back is turned. No two animals are the same., They have individualities and char acteristics like people. Lions par t t:u.larly, are like men. They are sow to anger, but when their tem per Is aroused, they are furious. rFor- children elephants often form a strong attachment. They take In sstinuctively to some people, while for others they always hold bitter ani s mosity. All this talk about the power of the human eye is tommyrot. It's nerve, pure and simple, that makes a man a trainer. Let a trainer lose e it only for a moment, and the ani y mrals instinctively feel It and attack p him. .s An animal knows. when you're afraid of him, and he'll take advan L- tage of your fear. The only thing he respects Is pain, and the truest fr :end a trainer has is a heavy raw h. .Ie whip, with one end loaded with y iad. ~'Building Walls With Bags. The practice of constructing break waters and submerged parts of piers fwith concrete inclosed in bags has '5 been largely developed in Scotland. The concrete is prepared as near as -possible to the place where it N to be used. It is inclosed in bags to protect It temporarily from the ef fects of contact with the sea water wh ile it is lowered into place. The ) bss are placed in a box suspended . directly over the spot where they are Sto lie. The touching of a trigger opens the box and allows a bag to .drop out. A line of bags having been deposited, the longer axis of each bag in the next series is so ar ranged that the meeting edges of two of the bags in the lower row will be covered. Thus a regular wall Is built up and as the concrete hardens It becomes solid and Immovable. Youth's Companion. Married One Hundre4 Years. From Vienna comes the story ofi an aged couple who have been mar- t red one hundred years. They live in the Hungarisin village of Isonbol gi. The husband Is said to be 120 years old and his wife 116. They have no fewer than 712 descendants. *The old couple live In a modest cot tage; they are atmost blind and spend most of their time sleeping. The patriarch can still smoke his pp. however, and from time to time he drinks a glass of wine. The cou ple have never seen a railway train. Aged Lady Commnits Suicide. Mrs. Peter Phillips. 60 years old. the wife of a prominent farmer at, Hanson, FIa.. committed suicide ~ Tuesday at Madison. Fia. The daugh- a ter awoke at three o'clock that morning, and found her mother mis *sing from the roomi. "i" Phile , was found int a well, with he'r neck e ren. THE HAPPY FARMER~. any People Thinl. He Has Nothing To Do but Enjoy Life. A certain class of newspaper men sert that a farmer is the most inde ndent man on earth, and that he .s nothing to do but enjoy life. That ien winter comes and the blizzard's L the wing he toasts his feet in the en and reads the local newspaper id the only thing that disturbs him a banquet of mince pies and other wries. It is a mistake. The in istrious farmer begins work long ifore the sun thinks of getting up. ith his sould shrouded in gloom proceeds to build a fre and soft his boots with a sledge hammer. e then takes a lantern and shovels a way to the barn and feeds the gs. It is then time to feed the ewly arrived calf, which seems to light in butting a pail of milk ver the tiller of the soil and fe sly needs to be stamped to pass for package of oleomargarine. He -awls through a barb wire fence ad digs the hay out of the snow, ,eds the cows, cleans the ie . stable, gathers up the ozen chicks, chases a stray ig worth 25 cents, for four iles and does not catch it, doctors sick horse, freezes his fingers, gets icked by a one-eyed mule. and hen the gloaming co ans and quiet ess broods over al ti-" earth he as a single half 3 ': W meditate nd wonder how b %il pay his xes.-Antwerp, N ., Gazette. Heaven and Kan as Mixed. Mabel, aged !, had just' returned ith her mother from a visit to -lends in Kansas. She was enthu stic over her trip, it being the first me she had ever been away from ome.: Upon being asked a question at unday School. the following Sunday he was unable to answer and hung er head. "Why, Mabel," said the teacher, where did your brother go when he led?" Mabel looked up quickly. Her yes brightened. "He went to Kan as," she said. "Oh, no," sa.d the teacher. "Didn't Le go to heaven?" Mabel looked away in disgust. 'Oh, yes," she said; "I always get leaven and Kansas mixed. Presence of Mind. When Mr. Daniels went down 2o :he c'ub he left Mrs. Daniels with a riend whose abilities as a' scandal nonger and mischie f naker are pre minent. When he returned he just poked his head into the drawing oom and said, with s sigh of relief. "That old cat gone, I suppose?". For just an instant there was a ..eadful silence, .'or as he uttered 2he last word he encount-:3 ed the stony glare of the lady who had been r his mind. Then Mrs. Daniels spoke quite calmly: "The old cat?" she said "Oh, res, dear! I sent it to the cat's home this morning!"-Tit-Bits. His Failing. "What an exasperating old . uss Rew gious is in the. matter of bor rowing money!" "Why, I thought he was well ixed. didn't suppose. he eves had occa sion to borrow any." Great Scott! He doesn't. What I mean Is that it is exasperating to- get turned down every time you try to ~orrow from him."-Chicago Trib THE ENDLESS CHAITN. Messenger-What's best after satin', Napolegn?. Napoleon-Cigaroot. Messenger-What's the best af ter cigaroot?. Napolean-Eatin'. In Chicago. -Mrs. Dearoorn:-"What . is that hammer hanging outside of your Lurea?" Mrs. Wabash :--"Oh, haven't you ever seen that before?" "No, I don't believe I have." "Why, I cut a notch in the handle every time I get a divorce."-Ton kers Statesman. Comforting. Ella-I'm to be- married to-mor row and I'm terribly nervous. Stella-I suppose there always is a. chance of a man getting away u~p to the last minute.-Brooklyr. Life. Times Have Changed. "Was Croesus a very rich man. "For his time he was, but to-day i wouldn't be considered worth in iiting."-Judge. Laborers In an Ohio town picked Ip an empty nitroglycerine can and .sed It to heat water. Yes, you gessed right.,. It did. Vanishing Diseases. Typhus fever has practically been itinguished in this country, and is 'tending" toward extinction in Ire and. Phthisis is diminishing in are'at Britain and elsewhere, but is nreasing in Ireland, coupled with he relationship of famine to the pread of typhus, give the key to the >robeer..Hospital. Via Siberia. "Kindly indorse your envelope 'Via lberia.' Such is the request made y eople in the Far East to their orrespondents here, and there is no ub. that the trans-Siberian route Las proved most regular and satis act'ry since It got into proper work eg order.-Syren. Japan's Mining Production. apans mining- production last ar according to returns from the aanese Department of Agriculture nd Commerce, amounted to $52, 3,88+. In 1586 the corresponding aue was $5.000'.0000. The value apan's mining output is trebling NOT TIME TO SELL AYS PRESIDENT HARRIS OF T , FARMERS' UNION. ssues Address to Holders of Spt Cotton and Urges Them to Hold For a While Longer. [o Holders of Spot Cotton: Now is the time to ,hold, and vie. :ory is yours. Farmres, do you re Mize that cotton is scarcer in the- - world today th.n it has been for 25 -ears? If you do not, the sooner rou realize it the mor eyou will thnk f the spots you have on hand, and the crops you are growing. Now remember that it all depends on you t. make it bring the minimumpriced L5 cents. If y-u can be scared out of your cotton for less than the mini num price I c'' not blame the feL w' for scaring you. I would do:=te ;ame thing if [ were in his plae ut you, the Polder of spot edtton have all under -hold In this fight, -id if you give up it is because you have not the nerve t' stand the fl'eoft h . battle. Let me -'ty to you the ei %s& -f Spots: Hold to them,- for te''. next two months is th most fti cal period, a' both the. spinner and the European 3pnll , -s about out of -cottonut ii p1. . vou, the Holer of r sell, there -wil! be many S will have to.close down choice, but for. the wanto Conditions are ;l in your__ r titp erv, the backbone -Fogy6r o do not say you. eannot Bd We ave plenty of bonded J eS' ---es k" in our State and you .:sue ottcn in them and ro*4 nY 6 on your receipt Lei ey to this, and do Dot pnt2canyYC ,ttO in the' market uni? is reached. Let me tell you fhe uraa- -, mills are snow om ;of, ott and 0 they have;contracts sotd - have to come and- they will have t once. Th i-s'th ofr,.1. . cause for alarm. knw ide of cotton .i o bear the ma on to sell t'-e e ldz crop, .The- ~ewlo~~ o up back to -2 cez think you wiw thtetss I know .sor t reaches 12 yo woztdte' , the, same thing that to 12 ill if tso bring the mn Mumn, Now as to the- . l 908 -cro from ever cot h* There, cannot t o :dunt than e'he 4sZU __ an: get up- urepo rts :frox States is.ots first place, toq wuchA Gt'!., ~he. early m oor preparat 1ko n i~ the preaat m is .7 cannot make rainsW west ofth continued, uni uyQ?a cotton grewd s not fruite ~2 ~ -ry weathe ~sst $ h . ' nd much da e g K - n oterw average .ro p be 3~ May En ue laia and- it en sun without a this 100io h- ln ~ ~ - ng yellow' rdh trom it2 l~ o diany of.h ttu ffD.W$ ' .ore than tle~ 9nd -remembe~'_ __ ear's crop 4Ol}G~~e du& remember cet 4-n a n~- ~ spun. ~ - . STRIKE C KE'SO Three Itaa- ht Zh-ar -c, Three Italiz~s wee ously iniui-ed ria ji-- 3 tion boss: at Dai bte Ohio- river- eo~Whbig- w The Italians at w kh 2 A .struck - ford-angnerease when their deptds wr is said, they ti gto ~ p~ the completed 'ork. OAne -t&~ constructiond b'ssesopend /Pj the strikers wa a rvolvr1 them away and woundithre them. 'j . -- - . NEGRO ASAVTR AL . Arkasas Negro urel'Tida 2 a. m~ O'C1o*. After being rried. and convicted o an attempt to assault a ypunlg'white woman and sentenced~ to went one years in- the penitentiarYrat hurried session of cou rte lgat - Augusta, Ark., at 2 o'clock .Thurs day morning and' after- aro~l~ - caping from a mob at -August8e by traveling a p'rt of the disance-I a gasoline boat and .the 'ri-eainlde on fast trains. RandoiphgYoun negro, of Augei. arrivedxlt~ Rock in the custody' of S'j9dp'Y sheriff and wes immediatefrly p in the penitentiary. - TRIED TO WMCAN h English Expert Swimmer Stay in Nearly 23 Houns. At Dover, 'iangland, T. W. Burgess the English swimmer, Friday made his sixth ineffectual attempt: to swim the English Channel. He started at Dover at 1 o'clock in: the- morning, and was taken out .of the water- at 11:45 o'clock that night, having swam fpr twenty-two hours and for ty-five minutes, a new record for re maining in the water. Burnied to Death. A dispatch from 'Marshall, N. C., says the home of Wofford Tweed, on Laurel Mor::3tin, was destroyed by fire, and his wife. th.'r thr.e cchildren and Mrs. Murray T-ed ere burned 'o death, and their h~dies cren1ec. in the flames. Mr. wed wa 't Marshall attending court when 1be heard of the tragic event and ic-t at once for his- farm, which is located fifteen miles a-way. Cold casir warms a marble heart but th effects is only temporary.