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Ut .liNT St?.Mt AN ANTISEPTIC. Desi roys Microbes of Disenso-Ff feel I'pen Disagreeable Odors. Tin? custom of Uni iiuiii sugar In ti sickroom ls very current among all dusses In Franco, lint up to tho pi' oni lia?- been regarded bj Melon1 ti .. a.> . ne o' Ibo."' lia rm lu.- ?i!..? Ul '?.-ss practices which tue rather tolerated then InslsleO upon by tho medical prolesslon. Hut M Tri b>? of the Pasteur Institute now assures us that formic aldehyde is riven oil by burning sugui and is one ol lae mord antiseptic gases known. Five pia. ns ol sugar having hoon burned under a len lltei bell glass, the vap or win allowed to cud. Vials con taining the haceilli of typhoid, tuber Cubists, carbon, frc., wiro then in ti- utiiceit. within lialf an hour every microbe had succumbed, Again If sugar be burned in ti closed ves sel containing rotten eggs or putrid moat. Hu- disagreeable smell disap pears. M Trilllll .'.linns Ililli 111? formic aldehyde combines willi tho ?uses given elf bj Hie putrid animal in; Ker and render's the iii ii o l nous. - Practical Druggist. Market for old Hor.se Shoes. Old' Horseshoes lind a readj mar ket in China. one slea mei alone brought .'tun tons ot this iron from Hamburg. Chinese (ron deabM's buy the horseshoes ami sell them io knife ann tool ma nII fact m ers all over thc province ol' Shantung lt is claim ed hy the Chinese that the temper ot this class of iron makes il lhe liest obtainable for knives and cntlerj and hlso good for other tools, Tue rea son ascribed tor this ls that the con stant heating I he shoe-, have received I ceder the feet of I orscs has niven j tie m a peculiar temper absolutely ! Unobtainable in a nj oilier way, amt tba tools made inila them are MI i>perlor to ali others. Petroleum Duller. One of the very bite by-products of petroleum is Duller, lt ls far superior io mort of th? cheap so-cull < d butter that is Rob! lu corner groe, elles, and a gOOli deal better than oleomargarine. 1 hail (he exp?rience cf eating some the other tiny with i.ut knowing what it was and thought . it was excellent. I assume it is j vaseline prepared in a butler) way. Not hin? simpler or easier. What next'.' Will wonders nm er cease1? li olive od were made into sol.d cakes ami served as butter ii w.? id la ju great demand as food. People m general beltcvo it is ina,lc cul) foi salads. A few cook villi it. - N. V. Press. Inventor of Envelopes. t? 1.? ? ..<-.... ,)..,, ""A llidiill ult I ill Ol til III i^lllini lUWUCtl B re WOK invented envelopes foi- letters ni their present form. Bveu then it was some considerable lime before j .. their use became at all general, not, ' in fact, until som whore in the year J S?ll. lb-lore this dale, (as inauy who an- living now will remember) a loller, written only on oyo side, was folded in Lvvo, then lu three, scaled with a wafer ur scaling wax. and addressed on om.' of the blank *i.des. The Q.IUlolS, A Town Without Taxes. Orson, in Sweden has no taxes. During i be last thirty years the au thorities of ibis place have sold over one million pounds won h of trees, and hy means (d' judicious replanting have provided for :> similar Income every thirty or fort) years. In eoil B<M|uence ot this source of commer cial wealth lin re r.ro no taxes, and local railways and telephones a re free. a> are education and mu ny ot her thlhgs, Ti I-Lilts. A Diving Sponge lt ml. A subniar'iic >as bcci bulli Ivy a company at llizerta, frame, for npon;;e lishinj;- When sunk lt can ^,1 ravel on a short of wheel alon;.', the 'pottom ot tile .sea, being worked by two submarine oars from the inside. lt collects sponges bj in. ans ?:,[ a nie chimlea! gripper, a m has ole-? u ni s/H rehUgafS; a telephone ?nt a Speaking "i, i? bj -v iii h t can com in un lea te svtt it a hoi on it": sm fane The sun ea i,.e h. - ir'ready b- en down lo a depl h nf 330 b et. At Die Dry Inn. ^ "No use io ns!< nu, Colonel," said the landlord. Td liku to oblige yon, hut yo., know as well as I do that Ceorgli is div. Ilowsomovor, If you slop upstairs while i put int the light jon univ st unible over somo t ii i n ' but even if you fall down stairs und br ink yian leg mind now - I don't know v hat dono ll,'"--At lanta Constitution. Military Scnools In U. S. of strictly military schools lhere are I Vii throughout tho land. New york lui?- \',?. New Jersey 0, Pennsyl vania lt. North Carolina 7, Texas '.?. Wisconsin 4, California i? and illinois h. A llcufcotiiiblo s recauden, "in order to be a regular optim ist/' said Uncle I'lbcn, "it's n good ld.eh to Stahl otll svlf yon arrange ments all made lob, lin ce square meals, a day an' de payment ol' du rent." -Washington Star, The Faying Teller Admonished, Tho Farmer See here, young man, none o' your monkey business. Them ain't the same bills I deposited here last monthBrooklyn Dlfe. Ul? AMONG THU CLOCDS. tome nt tin? Nov?*' KvperlonccK Kn* I'tniIII?'i'o-ii l>> Ihllloouistg, Ballooning, . ?-liv ht fill as :t is in mino of ils aspi -ts is liol all be -r abd skittles. Capt. Churlos De V. 'handler wiener of tie I jil h tn Cnn . . ,i one of >li" contet;tati's n Un* rb eoin luleruatioii.il race. sa/s that le* .nul his companions, In tho course il I liol 1 long 'll;; O. were tired at thirty tines hy farmers. The bal loons frightened then chickens, .-'onie of thc shot.; struck tho mil burn h *t did no du nui o? because of .iie loni* range. Pou dry even at i ga) .seemed 'o On vc a Mlllob of t In .?i sate of the iiulloou. niai.inp. ?in muer) i,f alarm willi a co Jd he bear ; ay lin aeronauts. The nun liligi ? Which prevailed .lu ri ni} the ra o prod iced beautiful elTects l>>. is thining on masses of clouds belo lie voyagers. Al! seien tl iii recor l or low teni pera ! ii re were bro ki r duriiii; the Mig ls 'rom St I.om ine instrument which reamo.I an a' 'ilude of hine milos recorded a lem ? .rat uri' Of I 1 ' dec.? ... . bi luv. /ri ac lowest natural il en roi nt cold > wundi scientists have tiny lt how) .d;;e. Leslie's Weekly. A Peculiar Niiine. There ls ll post hamlet in Casu County Missouri, with nothing pi CUllul' about it except ll* name, ami that ls Peel! I lill*. Its ol i;;.ll. IICCOI'.I Inr. io local traditions wis as tut tows: Wheil the settlement had bec uni mlllcicnllv populous to heed a |?i i lilice. oie- ul tue prominent citizc,.,-. Ipili a petition lo Wiisll illgj (III to il il 0 . ne established. Ill tine coi.rsc tin ?...ti'ion Wm- gi'?tileil ?iii '? he wa/ ash all lo Suggest a natm I hal would ?loase the jie?p?e. Ile replied, "Thc p'e'djito a'"? m.' p'O't'on ai sa Ino; a tie- mime is peenlliir.' Thereupon thc post ellice was hrisleued Peculiar, amt ?ne name lias never Peen chuaged, (.oing td a I'.'re in a Mlsscuri Town. When the edltoi starts lo i* ia ti to lire ai night and mu into a tree in ; m.- middle of ?lu- walk, and boards ll) up and bruise his shins. Comes o i sudden step off from eight lo loll indies. which sends him sprawling imo a pond of water ?uni mild where ti si iowa k ought to be, stuinblo ?vi a sudden rnlsi in the walk Iii ll? mid smashes his nose oil a broken boa lil and theil sprain? his a:>kle bj stepping lu n hole wimrn n in ar?! ist. i, he begins tu wake up and lake I lit Oles t. Wayne Count ry Journal Catani Across the Alps. Signor Caminada, ;i hydraulic en-! courses being used for J ti 1 miles, lt would allow the passage of vessels >f Gut) ions .ml the carriage of la, WO,(tup ions of cargo per an mun. Tallest Tower; Biggest ( I ck. When the clOek is placed ill Ile lower of tile .Metropolitan Lifo build lng in New York City, it will have the larges! timepiece in (lie worin. The diameter of th. dial w ill he i?" feet The letters on Ibo dial wil! be -t foci Inga, and the hands tv cv* fool long. Tin nevi largest dork iii existence is " 1 *. i JA Min.1 in West minster Abbey London which luis a dial ol 22 Vii feet in diameter IM lunary In 1008. The calendar of |908 shows a pe culiarity ill Lehna i > mu often lo be Seen The fll'Kt (li ) Ot I'V1)1'lilli')' fl?I' upon a Saturday and ibo '.as! m ihe the month happens on the sa ne dn.v of the week, lu Kobrii.irj of I HOS. therefore, lhere are live Sa i m dav s Similar conditions univ liappeii once in years, Whore Impolileness Deigns. New York nn- have just earned tin- reputation of urine lot-is point lu their treatment of women lu public conv vanees than are the men of oth er cities. R'lgur?s obtained from oilier cities show an average ol Lt per con! of tuen sealed w.'.i'e women aro standing, .-uni \e,v Vork coy i how s a Poul 7 tl i cr cent. Longevity in Tui'kej . According to Hie Medica.I Record Turkey's el I ma lo is productive of great longevity, or ni least lias Hint reputation in Kent Baghtelni (pre suinahly In Turkey) there ls said to bo now living ?it the advanced agu ot i;:-i years a government book hinder, whose fa thor was I 4 1! years old when lu- died. Charity. Charlton county has tin- most charitable citizen. While sawing logs lie ruined a saw by striking a horseshoe which was Ihiboddcd 111 one of (helli. Still. l,e sjayS I?0 hopes thc shoe brought good luck to Who ever hung lt on the (iee years ugo. Kansas City Times. l in- itiiinmagcrs. These Kur o pen a rummage sabs of I ni peen ii lo ti s titled personages will koop up just as loin; as A morion ii heiresses think that there is more tu a title ihan in a man. Poughkeepsie Slur. Lack to Lum. Mince pies are more Injurious to health P.nd morals than rum, accord ing to Lr. Wiley, the food chemist. This ls awful- to have (o go back to rum again. -Auburn Citizen. WILL FIGHT PLAGUE. PHYSICIANS WHO WI I,li WA G IC WAK ON I TIUMU'l I.OSIS. Ninnes of tho Physicians in ICucli County Who Will LooU A flor (ho Matter.. Dr. Wa) tor Uhoyue, tho vory * -11 i > i.'in and popular secretary ol' tho South Carolina Medical association, has made public Hie names of Ihe physicians, one from each county in this Stale, constituting ih< committee on formation ol' Ihe Anil-Tuberculosis longue ol thc Slate Medical associa tion. Thia league is Mu authoritative and professional organization which will luke the necessary steps l?? sun press tho spread of tuberculosis m South Carolina. h?iieh of the physicians holow nam ed who have been appointed by Dr. John 1. Dawson, tho chairman, under anthoril.v in him vested hy tho state Medical ?issoctatlon, will supervise lin propel organ I xa lion in each cou': t> under scientific aiid professiona! supervision as the representatives ol' Mle Slate Medical association. ( '"ie in i 11 < . on formation: Dr. .lohn I.. I ia w son, i lull im?n : t < ; A N'e?ifor. Abbeville; Dr. W. A Nardin, ?lr,, Anderson: Dr. I'Mlmorc Moore; Mken : I ir. T. T. GlOk lev. Dumberg : iir. K C Klrldnlid; Mtirnwoll; In-, j W. lt. I-Ae. lt? auton , in. lt. li. SI emi ly, Cherokee; I n Prank Lauder, Chester; Dr. T. t?, Waniininaker, .lr., j ( "In si?i'?l?hl : Dr W M. Hrooking ion,. Clarendon; Dr w. A. Kirby,! Colleton; Dr. William ICgglosloU, Darlington; Di*, c. .lillian Cunnii, Dorchester; Dr. lt. A, Marsh. ISdge lleld; Dr. Samuel Lindsay, Fairfield; Lr. L. Ci Gregg, florence; Dr. W. M. Gaillard, Georgetown; Dr. Lavis 1'ur niau, Greenville; Dr.G 1' Neal, Green wood; Lr. c. A. Hush, Hampton; Lr. .1 A. Norbill. Lorry; Dr, .1. \V. Cor Ijelt, Kershaw; Dr. T. L. W. Hailey, Laurens; Dr. C. W. Harris, Lee; Dr. C \V. [tarroll, Lexington; Lr. A. M. Brailsford, Marion; Lr. W. .1. Cross land, Marlboro; Lr I', c. Willson, Newberry; Lr. A IC. Hines, Seneca; Dr. L c. Shecut, Orangeburg; Dr. W. A Tripp, Dickens; Lr. A. Barle Boozer, ftlelilaiKl; Lr. ic. rt. Frontis; Saluda; Lr. G. A. Hunch, Spantan bnrg; Dr. L. M. Parlor, Sumter, Dr. L. H. Montgomery, Union; Dr. Y. li. Durant, Williamsburg; Dr. H. A. Hruttbn, York. lion of this systematic ann iniolligoin warfare against tuberculosis. While nothing luis ii ti yoi la-en actually ac complished beyond t.he prellinlmiry step: inward organization, never; he less the lad I lia t tin physicians 6f tlii.-- Slut.' h'tive agreed in go imo a campaign ni education in Which Ibo masses el ile- peo pb are to receive tree inst nut ion in tho IliolllOds ol' preventing the spread Ol' ibis dread diseuse will be received with grati tude and unusual ini--resi by tho people ol ibis entire Stale. WI.\I.IM\ <<)\\ Kl. Lett n Kort tillie But Las Five Vonr*< lu S?l\e. A i'lltsbiirgi l'a . iii.- put? b sai - Howard halli ;| hnyglai serving a 7 yeai Kenlorne at lliverside peni tentiary, has fallen heir to $ Ti 0,0 OU through! the death oT mi uncle in Aile gheny I Lill hus yet live y Oil I'S tb serve, .md ha offered t<> min over all of his flew fOrtUlie tn anv um- who will get him oui Ol' pi ?sun III once. The I'itlsbiirii police and L. lt. Cook, an attorney, who ls handling Hie es tate for ihe burglar, refuse io di vulge the (lilllie <?i the (bud relative saving he made his will and died in ignorance di the fact (hal bis nephew was in tall. * 'I'd I" iii your own lunn siiocessfuM ly a I wa| speak weil of Others. Acct lt DING to ;i sermon hy tho Baptist preacher at Laurens, all merni eis ol' that church who vote for tia dispensary when tho election comes ell' this fall will he held ac countable to the church for their ac tion. Tin: President imists that Con gress shall make 4'an honest i Hort" todo something; and Congress in sists that the Presiden! shall make an honest i Hort to mind his own business. Hut no honest c flori w ill he made for reform by either party, except what the Democrats will do. Mosquito Tinnily Large. Tho mosquito family ls a largo ono, a? might he suspected. 'Ihe department experti have- captured, identified .md classified no IOSH than I2fi different species. In addition io tho simon pure, mosquito there are nny number of counterfeits. Scores Of them are no Closely allied tn the ical thing lu looks, buzz and ot lu i characteristics as to be mistaken by the amateur us a member of the original faintly. I Johnson lins No Chatte?? Col. Wattserson baa doser tod John son and is now a loyal supporter of Bryan. He has not only deserted Johnson, but he has burnt the bridges behind him. Col. Watterson says Bryan is tho man to nominate us the time has passed tor ' some one else," and with an enthusiasm that has always led Mr. Watterson to follow the d?mocratie standard bearer ho pledges Iiis support to the Nebraskan. Mr. Watterson recalls his effort to place before tho people "some one else," and reviewing the ? withdrawal <>f all the talked-of-can didates, he says, "Why, then right out of the mouth of Wall street, came a stentorian voice. 'John son.' " Of Johnson's chances Mr. Watterson has this to say: "What chance would Johnson have over tho dead body of Bry an? What chance would John son have carrying a Wall street tag? What cliance would .John si n have using tho undemocra tic two thirds rule to defeat the will of the majority, and that al tho behest of the east defying the wost and corking thesouth? The thought is preposterous." Continuing his diagnosis of the national situation and reverting back to the original fact that the great majority of democrats want Bryan, Mr. Watterson continues: "The time has passed for 'some one else,' Mr. Bryan retained the held; it is too late for'some ono else,' the conditions what they aro; and 1 confess that I am in sympathy with Mr. Bryan in refusing to he ruled off tho track hy a group of New York newspapers, whoso motives are, to say the least of them, suspi ious, which will support no ticket except one framed by themselves, ned which do not agree with ono an oiher touching the ticket to i>c nam ed. Whatever his claims may bo, or may not be, Mr. Bryan lias his rights and no thoughtful man elect ed, tho ipso dixit o(jnally of the un thinking, the interested, and tho prejudiced to tho contrary being of no weight whatever, in American politics anything is possible. As suredly Mr. Bryan may be elected; as an affair of dinner pails, if emp ty, he will be." Wauls to Kat 'Km Alive. Senator Jeff Davis, closing his f?ire-eating speech in the Senate, the other day, said. C?o. damnable imps of ]>elf and greed. I defy your taunts! Tear to fragments my political career. Lash my poor form into insensibility. Gnaw from my stiffening bones every vestige of quivering llesh. Howl in ...?nf?i. ^ri iv.,..t;.>i;?.r wK ?>-... uno HIL- ,N LUUIUIH jr yu. AiuCi ?cu. This excoriation was directed at the magnates, who "have robbed us nf billions- billions, sir, 1 repeat. Methuselah could not haye counted ii by dollars in twice his lifetime, Adam, indeed, had he survived till this tia? and had computed a thous and dollars every minute since his expulsion from Paradise, must have lived 50.OOO other years to have completed the tasK." Having thus demolished the trust magnates tho eat-'em-alive Senator reached for the scalps of the trust editors, big and little. Hear him; "Diminutive editors in parox ismo of frenzy, grimaced and gesticulated as though there had been committed an unpar donable sin against the Holy (?host. Puniest of creatures, misnamed man, pressed trous ers and all, slinking carvens at the golden feet < f Mammon, frothed madly upon seeing my words, their little, weak bodies trembled, the limbs twitched and jerked as in spnsams; the eyeballs rolled nervously and the eyes omitted a greenish light, while the poor, brainless creatures snarled and snapped aimlessly, as do ordinary dogs, as it is said, affected with hy brophobia. Such seems to have been tho first effects upon y plutocratic press." As we do not Hock with the pluto cratic the Senator's remarks does not touch us, but really exhibitions hs? om?de of himseif does no good. ?ryan Will Bo lilccted. Thc Augusta Herald says tho Hon. (Mark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, has just returned from a visit to tho North. As the natio nal democratic committeeman for Georgia, the editor of the leading morning paper in tho state, cx-prcsi Opnt of the state senate and one of the best informed mon in Georgia it was natural that ho should be ask ed for an expression of his views on thc national political situation. In speaking of the probable nomination of Mr. Taft and tho expected nomi nation of Mr. Bryan, Mr. Howell ox pressed himself as being confident that the Democrats would win should these two gentlemen be pitted against each other. Mr. Howell's view, that Mr. Bryan will beat Mr. Taft, if these two mon become the i candidates of their respective par ties, is .shared by many weil inform ed men. Tm: disct very that there is one divorce lo every twelve marriages in Maine l< i\ ls the Washington Posl to suspect that love doesn't take very deep root in a dry state. A hundred years cannot repair a niomout's loi s ot honor What Watterson Say?. The country in always interested in Mr. Watterson's utterances, ile re peated Saturday that there is now no question about it, that Bryan is the nominee. To quote him further: "If the Courier-Journal can get to Bryan, surely the most disaffected ought to he able to reach him with out much trouble, in case they be democrats and not republicans. We fought a good fight against, lum. and wc fought it to a fl nish. We fought it to unite, not to divide, the party, and wc fought it whilst there was yet time foi* parley. Wc fought it sincerely, openly, frankly, unspar ingly. Not until money, mysterious and unexpected, took thc field-af ter the Courier-Journal had plead and plead in vain foi" some intelli gent, disinterested, popular re-j spense-did the newspapers of New York City begin to open their eyes, I to tit up and take notice, lt is too! late. In.short and fine, democrats' of thc anti-Bryan habit, lt is Bryan ? or nothing. Rxcept that too many | fools got to tho front, the party m ight have been saved in 189(5. lt can he saved now, if too many fools j do not get to the rear. There must, be a change of parties in thc gov ernment, else there will never come a change of policies short of r?volu-j lion, tia? one-party power, next af ter the one-man power, being fatal to liberty. In a contest of this sort thc ad hominem argument should disappear from thc minds of men like dewa before the morning sun." Willing to Make a Change. Speaking of the reasons why the country is tired of thc present ad ministration, and is willing to make a change, Mr. Watterson says: "But among democrats who know why they aie democrats there ought to be other and higher considera tions; some arrest thc break-neck speed on thc highway towards thc centralization of power; some real, and not spurious purpose towards tari IV reform; some sure separation of thc politics of the country from its partisanship with high finance and the high financiers; some break ing up of groups and rings, of wheels inside of wheels, always in volved by a change of parties, even when made only for the sake of a change. The Courier-Journal is a democrat, not a republican, and standing by the sincerity of its re cord, it will support the ticket to bo headed by Mr. Rryan as activelvand as earnestly as if it represented its V O* bli Ci V* V*? I, ti?ftCi OO 1,-lUOO 111.'!!' ry," as thc Augusta Herald puts it, has abandoned bis "stilt hunt" for a "dark horse," ami, alone willi thousands of other good democrats lias awakened to the realization that the logical man for the nomina tion is thc Nebraskan. The strength of Bryan has displayed a:; evidenced by thc actions of various "uncer tain" states, has been a surprise even to his friends. Today he stands more immovably fixed in the favor of thc public than ever before, and it is more than likely that the Den ver convention will again decide to crown him with the honor of the nomination. Democrats who have not been Bryan i tes always, like Mr. Watterson, realize that under pre sent conditions no other man named could poll the ?strength that Bryan would command, and rapidly thc Bryan sentiment is crystalizing into a mighty force. In thc opinion of men w ho think, men who have stud ied thc situation, Bryan is the,safest and surest candidate to match against the nominee of the republi can party who will likely bc Taft. Makes lt Plain. Thc Charlotte' Observer says that it is unable to make out of thc con fusion resulting from thc diff?rence of opinion between The Columbia State and Charleston News and Cou rier whether or not South Carolina Democrats have voted for an in ?trueted delegation to Denver. Thc Charleston Post comes in and de jillos thc matter as follows: "The facts are that twenty of the forty mo counties elected de!? g?tions iiound to vote in tho Stat inven tion for Bryan instr1' ... to 'ho national delegates in, ' more than me hali cf tho rei,..tining counties mssed r?solu . endorsing tho candidacy ? : . Bryan. Tho State ?onvenM' ?ii practically by a two thirds '. instruct tho national ;lel .. . lo support the candidacy M an at Denver. There is no un why Tho Observer should bel ? . zzlcd any moro." A CRADLE costing $1,000 has just i., en imported for a Chicago baby, luit a baby in tho hext block may sleep as well in a 60-cent crib ami got to tho White House first, says i ho Birmingham Ago Herald. Tlier,> is no disgrace in playing tho CCOlld liddle if you play is at well au you can. Brynn ? ... Only Hope. Col. Henr\ waitersou is, us usual, talking goo?, sense in his discussion of thc politieal situation, asconcerns Mr. Boyan and thc Democratic par ty, especially. His latest review of the conditions as they appear today to a veteran obheiver of political events is well worth the careful cogitation of all Democrats. In The Louisville Courier-Journal Col. Wat terson writes: Well-advised observers . know al ready that the lines of the approach ing Presidential campaign are laid and the leardcrs as good as named. The nominating convoitions will meet only to record thc ascertained will of the constituencies, Mr. Taft is as sure of the Republican nomina tion as Mr. Bryan of thc Democrat ic nomination. Those who q moule in cither camp are either politicians paying for their own advantage, or else emmies in disguise. With the Republican camp we have noth itg to do. Por the present, at least, it does not concern us, To the Democratic dissentient.- we have only to say that, if they c*-u.d work the two-thirds rule to doie.it the will of the majority-under ?nc plea and pretext that Mr. Bryan docs not represent the preference of these who will go to Denver to vote for him-they would wreck us whilst yet in port. If we can not elect Bryan wo can elect nobody. Thc time for alternatives went long a?o. There i i but one course open for sensible men and good Democrats to pursue, and that is to unite their splitting, to close ranks, and to rally round thc donkey and the flag, on which still appears thc Democratic legend, "Equality for all men, ex clusive privileges for none." If The Courier-Journal can get to Bryan surely most disaffected ought to be able to reach him without much troublo in case they be Demo crats and not Republicans. We fought a good fight against him and we fought it to a finish. We fought it to unite, not to divide, the party, and we fought it whilst there was yet time for parley. We fought it sin cerely, openly, frankly, unsparing ly. Not until money, mysterious onH n nev spec ted. took thc field-af -did the newspapers of New York ('ity being to open their eyes, to sit up, and take notice. It is too late. But what matters it? most of these newspapers wore long ago committ ed to Taft. Not ono of them is a Democrat by principle, by predilec tion, or by habit. In short and in fine, Democrats must get down to business and out of the anti-Bryan habit. It is Bryan or nothing. Except that too many fools got to the front the praty might have boon saved in 1896. It can be saved now if too many fools do not go to the rear. There must be a chango of parties in the govern ment, else there will never come a change of policies short of revolu tion, thc one-party power, next af ter the one-man power, being fata) to liberty. In a contest of this sort the ad hominem argument should disappear from the minds of men 'ike dews before the morning sun" That Has Ileon Pixed. The Charleston Post says: "Wheth er it be wise or otherwise, the Dem ocratic State convention is going to instruct the delegates to the nation al c Dnvention to work and vote for the nomination of W. J. Bryan at Den ver. That is not a matter of opin ion hut of fact. One-half the mem bership of the convention has been definitely instructed bv the county conventions to vote for instructed delegates and at least one-half the remainder w\\\ voluntarily vote to instruct. On principle, we think it would be hotter not to bind the delegates to any particular course, but partically thc pledging of the South Carolina representatives in the Denver convention to the Ne braskan will fairly interpret the sentiment of the Democrats of the State." _ "CAN'T some ono write a tribute to the mule in front of the plow?" asks the Augusta, Ca., Chronicle. Wo presume so, says the Washington Herald. Certainly it ought to bo easier in front of thc plow than be hind it, TlIK directors of tho bank at Way cross, Ga,, declared themselves ono hundred per cont dividends out of tho money of the depositors and then the bank failed. Tho board is n )w facing a jury. Don't sit down at the bars and wail for thc cow to como and b? milked. Go got the cow.