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MAN TO FLY LIKE B.RD. I'rofl'oHHor Hull Sajh it Hah Boon Done in Nova Scotia. Mankind is already on the threshold of aerial transportation b/ bodies heavier than the air, said Alexander Graham Hell, of Washington. "It miy coune in a few months or a few years; indeed, we arc beginning to do it now, 1 am speaking, not simply of my own eliorts but of the work of all investigators. Personally 1 do not care who docs it, so that it is done. Publicity has not previously been given to the feature of his late re suits, which Mr. Hall regards most significant. This result is success In making a kite like mechanism, unattached by a rope, moving alone in the air and devoid of any engine of pro pulsion sail forward against, the wind and rise while so doing. The rigid wing ilight of the larger birds is a tlP.rfnrma.nri> nf t.hia vrrv nnturo anH the result led Mr. Bell to r- mark: "Man will in duo time l?e able to soar very muc i after the manner of the eagle, which utilizes the onorgy of the wind, against which it llles for its own propulsion, without using its muscles other than dlrectivoly. 1 presume that the practical - employ mentofan engine or self-propelled llyh g mechanism will come tirat before men trust them.seIves to a soaring de vice but in the coming perfecting of n.eri&l transportation, both applications wity be made. "So much significance do I attach so the success already obtained with the free soaring kite that I named It the Tionos,' as the ancient Greeks st)led the 'birds (f augur,' whose soarings their prophets watched from towers of observation. Tills free moving kite t-ailed against the wind then circled around and a second time rose agalrst the current. No we have not yet attempted to put a man In this machine, tut one of the kites moored by a rope lias lifted a man weighing 105 pounds thirty feel above the ground. Mr. Hell tat just returned fromh's station in Nova Scotia, where the experiments wore conducted, and is now pieparing a report to present before tlie Geographical society, or before the National Academy of Sien ces, which will meet in Washington in April, lie **as asked if further experimental work would be undertaken during bis wk ter's stay in the capital and be laughingly replied: "Well, it Is haid for me to keep my hands oil this work, but the trouble is that there are too many newspaper men around Washington. It Is not wise to let the necessary preliminary failure be known before the tinal result la obtained. However, 1 have ome places for experiment in the neighborhood and 1 will, perhaps be able to add something to what is already available f >r publication before the April meeting. A curious incident In connection Willi tllC rxoerlments in Nova. RnnMsa. was a move by some eagles to attack one of the kites, which at a distance very much resemble a great bird. But the eagles, when close enough to note the size of the new creation, "thought better" of the attempt and withdrew^ "Will Be on Tap." While speaking before more than thiee thousand negroes In Macon, Ga. emancipation day, John W. Gilbert, of Paine collige, Augusta, urged the leaders of his race to light for a jury trial in cases before the courts, where twelve of their peeis, that is twelve members of the colored race, shall decide the matter at issue. In a very long address, he urged this change and was received with greaten thustasm. He said the negroes had the same right as the white race to the ancient trial before a jury of their peers, and protested that twelve white men could in no In stance be termed tne peer of the negro. The sugges tlon was an entirely new one, and fell upon the ears of his hearers with . a |/iuiuuuuiicno tuau rv aa nauuuu<iliiK< The matter stirred the negroes as no other similar utterance from a negr< speaker before a gathering of Macon negroes in many years. He said if the race was to judge from the progress which had been made during the past thirty yeury, the passage of an other similar period will witness a civilization that will put the race on a firmer basis than that occupied by the whites. "They will he on top" were the words that fell from the speaker under the spoil of the occasion . (jrljri la Wronu i'ince. A dinpatch from Atlanta says Fior ence Kergassner, a 15 year-old girl of Lexington, Ky., who came to Atlanta some time ago and has been working in a bag factory is held at the polic* station in care of the matron until some satisfactory disposition of the girl can be made. The girl was taken into custody while olllcers were investigating a row at a boarding house on lower Decatur street, which is said to have been caused by an attempt of a young man to hug the girl. This provoked anger among some of the male hoarders and a gen eral row was the result. After hearing all the evidence the recorder de elded it.would he host to send the girl hack to Lexington. The evidence was to the effect that the boarding house was hardly the right place for the girl. Some persons with curious ideas of jfi aJLuku /ent ik-rj. Moeliman of St. Marlboro?R. M. ***7aC. tlaimas Crosland, T. 8. Kvans, W. A. Rogers, F. P. B. Pegues. be* Newberry?R. T. O. Hunter, G O. 001 Hunter, \V. K . Mligh, Allen Johnson. ??r UH1KF CONSTABLL'8 REPORT. Mr. liaiuiiiot Hums Up tho Work of tho Year. The annual aud quarterly reports of Mr. U. B Hamraet, chief countable, have been til <1 with the governor and some very Interesting figures are given. K ?r the quarter ending November 30 the salary and expenses of the constables Is as follows. September $ 0 101 23 October 5 841)88 November 0,175 00 Total for quarter 818.108 11 The seizure for the quarter arc as follows: Gallons. Value. S< ptember 385 7-8 8 577 60 October 533 1-2 786 25 November 781 3-4 1,172 02 Beer. Drzen. Vaiue .September .330 1-2 8 100 75 October 178 1-2 80 26 November 228 3-4 114 37 Total vfllue. 82,908 74 a. marts wrrr? hino seized ?J* SLlilS, .1 teams and 1 821 k?all< ns in ko^s that were dumped. There were 28 persons soni to tlie cbalnuang, 100 convictions, $2,755 in tines paid and $5,215 In tines imposed There are a number of eases on appeal. The summary for the year is as follows : Total cost of constabulary .$71,854 24 Total cost of seizures 10.708 74 Fines Imposed 16 836 00 Fines collected 8,473 00 Number convictions 412 Sent to chaingang 103 Teams se'//id 8 Stills selz d Ill I ) addition to the figures preseu.ed above there have also been prepared tBbles showing the cost of keeping the constabulary in certain counties where ! the dispensary has been voted out as compared with the seizures. They are as follows: Credit. Debit. Pickens $124 22 Cherokee $ 8 27 York 68 18 Lancaster 55 32 Darlingtou 0 57 Oconee 01 00 Newberry 5 62 Union 103 53 S<o'o One Million. A dispatch from Pearia, Illinois, says the report of the Everett Audit company ou the dofa cvtions of N C. n... ? - -i?? ' ? I'nuKiu'iu/, ouo luxiuur t;u,y superintendent of schools, who pleaded guilty to a charge of the embezzlement of public funds, ard who is now serving In the penitentiary and Indeterminate sentenoa, was made pub'ic at a meet lng of tho school hoard Thursday night. The total shortage for seven years Is $541,408 50 from which will he deducted approximately $15,000 for unauthorized but warranted expenditures. Tue audit company gave out the opinion that tho total short age for eighteen years would fall slightly short of $1,000,000, stating that large amounts of forged scrip had been found In 1887 and 1880; hut no totals or estimates on these years had yet been made. BON Ah Z MINBK A fclUUIDE. Millionaire Outs IIin Throat Alter a Nights., Carotin* I. At San Francisco, Cal., Frank Piiiscator, a Klondyke millionaire, who joined the original gold stampede from Fagle City to the mines and who built the ilrst house In Dawson, is dead from wounds in the I hrnnf. whtoll Vlo Inllinfarl iuV>tln '1" v.??ww V) LIIVL1 UU IlililUliUU VT (1111; UU" pressed after a debauch. Pnlscator was like "Swift Water Kill." lie had made several fortunes but failed to keep his money. He was welcome in the Tenderloin, where he spent money with a free haud. lie had been host of two worn en In the rear room of a saloon. O 1 drinks he spent $100, and then he yave $100 to each of his companions. When ho came out he had not a cmt. A poor opium fiend begged for u quarter. Phlscator went back an .xsked the barkeeper to loan htm $5 Tho man passed out $20, but Pulsoa lor took only $5. This lie g?.ve to brci-plum fiend, who wept at l is gemr osltv. The Klondyker then went t his hotel and slashed his throat witl a razor* Pidscator was married twice, but jdlvorojd. Ills last wife wasa waiter )<irl at St. Joseph, Mo., who ho wed clod two hours after ho first saw her. lid still owned two claims on Honanzi Creek, from which he drew a large revenue. On one of bis claims he picked uo a famous nugget, which sold for $10,044 Grand Kapids, Mich., Jan. 2.? Frank Pniscator, tbc millionaire Alaska miner who committee suicide Wednesday in San Francisco, was very well known in Berrien county, Michigan. He made annual visits to Baroda, where he had provided his parents with a fine home the luxuries of life. His brothers and sisters also nrotite 1 largely through his good fortune. His annual home oomtngs were the occasion for prolonged festivities among his friends. Four years ago he fell in love at tlrst sight with a waitress at the Hotel Whitcomb, St. Joseph, and married her the same day. His bride went back to Alaska with him. For coughs and colds no remedy If. equal to Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. It is c IT ^rent from all othlluinuo u.v?a ,4. , , id by moving that the^jiSoftlAv^Py* nmtttee instead of a warehouse da nmlttee appoint the warehouse pr sot and pay him such salary as they t? BUICIDJB RECORD. Hell-Murder And Otlmr Hindu Much Incmaeod l.?Ht Your, Unoflloial statistics of tho year show that the number of murders and suicides Id tiiis country lias greatly increased, and t hat there has been a decrease in the number '(f legel execu tions, compared with tho number o! homicides. uThe homicides and deaths by violence total 9.212, as compared with 8,482 for the year 19' 4. The startling feature cf the record Is the inoreasi in tiic number of murders coinmitted by highwaymen, being582, against 404 during 1904. Four years ago tho number was ouly 102. Jra'ousy provoked 679 murders and liquor 042. Homicides growing out of quarrels number 5,111. The record of self destruction is one of the most deplorable of the year, the number of prominent men being much larger than hitherto. The total Is 9,982, an Increase of 542 over the list of the preceedlug year. The steadiness of t he lncreaso is indicated lu the following table: In 1899, 5,340; 1900, 6 77.5; 1901, 7 245; 19u2, 8 597; 1904 9,420; 1905, 9 982. The proportion of suicides between men and women remains about the same, nearly twice as many men as women taking their own lives. Pnysicians head the list of professional men, the number being 340 The o cuses were despondency, do mestlc infelicity, disxapointment in love, ill health, liquor and business losses. Poison was report'd to in 4,732 oases, shooting in 2,861, hanging in i,022 and drowning in 868. T?^r. KU... 11 1 ' - " inu iiiuvt bUUIUSKlVta up W1 Oil Qyiiamltft and three blarvcd themselves. The legal executions numbered 133, of which 51 were In the North and 82 in the South. Seventy-three were negroes, 59 white men and ouo a Chinaman. Mrs. Rogers, of Vermont, was the one woman executed. Showing the relative changes of murderers and ex editions it may be said that in 1835 1,808 murders were reported, while the number of hangings was 108, while this year 133 were hanged or electrocuted for 9 212 murders committed. The number of lyncbings was 00, the smallest number reported since 1885 when statistics were lirst gathered by the press. Of the total number lynched 05 were negroes. Thirty four were lynched for murder, 15 for criminal assault and 15 for miscellaneous reasons. UoHdly Tornado. A dispatch from Troy, Ala., says a tornado struck the school house of of .Josie Beat Thursday and two hoys we e killed by falling timbers. The dead: Twelve year old son of Albert Pittman. Aaron Lee, aged 11. Toe allium iiuutiu was aemonsnoa and none of the occupants escaped without injury, though the woundsof only 14 are serious. Itamah (Jhurch was damaged by the tornado, the residence of (Jato Green was wrecked, and the postclllce and many outbuildings were damaged. When the wind struck the school building the sides of the structure gave way and the roof fell upon the occupants. Tito WiioAH ? lUnkor. Women are savers rather than spenders. And when they spend they spend to gcod advantage. A dollar in a woman's hands goes twice as far as a dollar in the hands of a man. If you want to save money let your wife be the banker. This is for the work Ingman, whether he labors with his bands or tolls with his brain. Tins is for the married man and for the manabouttobo married. It is for men In every c ass of life. It is the best advioo for the average man every where. Give this a trial during the present year upon which we have just en Wed and see if you are not better olT at its beginning. Ait Old Couple. A dispatch from Wilkes Barre, Pa.., two of the oldest couples ever ra irrleri In that part of the State were weddod Toursday and Friday. Their cimbined awes are 27(5 years and the ages of the brldegrooiuH aloue is 150 years Thursday Jerome B Kelly, of Avery, Wayne County, and Mrs Annie FTv mlll, of Dunmore, were married, t.h" bridegroom being eighty and too bride s'xty seven. Yesterday Benjamin Smith aged seventy and Rjbt c oa 10. Hancock, ago tifty-nlne both of New Albany, Pa., were rnrrrlcd. t. wept by Cyclone, Serious property datnaga and lo^ of life was wrought Wednesday afternoon, shortly after 5 o'oIook, by a cyclone which swept Jacksonville, a negro settlement aoout a mlie north or Langley. The negro Baptist church whn uuuupiu' eiy wrecicea, as were also several of the best dwellng houses in the settlement. The wife of Calvin Nealer, one of the most respected and prosperous negroes in the place, was killed in the wreck cf their home and his eldest daughter seriously injured. A Bad Iteeord. The annual statement of the coroner of Charleston County shows that he ctllolatcd in 56 cases during the past year, there having been this number of violent deaths, which does not include the many sudden deaths from natural causes. There were 24 homioides and two su'cldes , both of the latter being of prominent white citizens. Cf the deaths, 30 were accidental. Eight of the nn'/ber were killed in the railroad yams. The oity superintendents of schools i Jdi-tbclr annual meeting in Columbia ,y with triplets, naming -yitefifn .that* esented him with two pairs of ter mitt. 'ara 8TERN CODE OF THE HINDUS. Ideal of Truthfulness Held High and Carefully Practiced. Absolute self-mastery Is tbo Ideal of a Hindu, writes Swarnl Abhedanauda in Good Housekeeping. Every man and woman in India struggles hard to accomplish It by practicing austerities, fasting and various kinds of devotional exercises. The householder is not supposed to indulge in the desires of the flesh. He should practice moderation in eating and drinking. Ho should hold the Ideal of simple living and practice it in his dnlly life. The Hindu men and women are not allowed to drink liquors, and the higher the social rank the more rigorous becomes tho law of self-restraint. The majority of tho Hindus live strictly upon vegetarian diet, and do not eat animal flesh. They do not kill animals for food, and they train their children to practico this virtue of nonkilling. rJ*hey do not believe that lower animals are created to sustain human life; but, on tho contrary, they hold that in the process of evolution the life of the lower animal is as important as that of the human being. There are many families in India whoso ideal is to sacrifice everyth'ng for the sake of truth, because they believe that the eternal truth cannot he realized by one who is not absolutely truthful. Feathers on Hire. Ostrich plumes are as much of a necesisty to the I .r?nrti?n v.~., vv.? fe.,l wu her outings aa are the pearl buttons to her masculine companion, and tho big trimmed hats with their drooping feathers are familiar in all gatherings of this class. Many of the girls cannot afford to keep their money tied up in useless plumes, and there thrives a brisk Industry in the hiring of these leathers. Tho loan of a single plume for a day costs but is., or for 4s. a gorgeous trio may be had for an outing, to bo returned promptly the next morning. Weather conditions determine the terms somewhat, since a wet, foggy day wo. take the curl out of tlie feathers and make rceurling necessary, for which " 'Arriet" has to pay an extra Is. un a bank holiday some shops rent out several hundred plumes, while on other occasions there is a steady trade with young women who wish to adorn themselves for an outing.?London Tit-Bits, Kaiser to Suppress Gambling. Drastic police action is, ou the initiative of the kaiser, being iaaen against the gambling clubs ot tne German capital, owing to the numerous scandals ot recent years. The tuoo Club is especially tho object of suspicion. It cost JJoU,t)UU to build, anotuer ? 20,000 was spent in equipment, and the club's coinmission on the stakes changing hands amounts to ?.'>,000 a month. Ah this conunisiou is small, the sum reveals that the money changing hands in lite club in a year must be reckoned-at hundreds of thousands of pounds. A systematic inquiry has been instituted into the affairs of this and other clubs, the principal points raised being: Has any member lost his fortune by gambling? Are members suspected of being professional gamblers? I)o guests take part in gambling??The London Globe. Ambassador Reid in England. It is estimated that if Ambassador Whitelaw Reid shall keep up the social pace he has set in England his term ns American representative there will cost him about $500,000. He is laying plans for a social and diplomatic campaign such as none of his predecesors thougnt of undertaking. Dorchester house, the London mansion whicu the Relds ha\e taken, cannot be fittingly maintained under $75,000 a year. West Park, a country place he has engaged, will cost $25,000 more, exclusive of elaborate entertainments planned there. Then there are the opera, trips to the continent, etc., which will orlng the total up to or beyond tho formidable figure mentioned. In Printing a Newspaper. Tn how short a time a tree can bo converted into a newspaper was tried recently. At 7:35 a. m. three trees were felled and taken to a nearby paper factory. Ily 9:34 t he first sheet of paper issued from the machines. The pnuting works of the nearest newspaper were about two miles distant. The paper was carried there in a motor ear at full speed, the presses set to work and at exactly 10 a. m. the newspaper was ready to be printed. The wholo process from tho forest to the reader thus only occupied the space of two hours and twenty-five minutes. The Steam Watering Wagon. The excellent results obtained with the steam watering wagon in the streets of Paris, have induced the Municipal College to order an automobile combined watering and street-cleaning machine, in which all the motions are given by an oil engine, at a cost of 12,000 francs (?480). Trial have shown that 15,000 squaro meters, 16,666 square yards of road, can bo cleaned mechanically in an hour, thus amimntiuhino W ? four times the work of a horse road cleauer.?Loudon Engineer. Bathing in Berlin. A Berlin landlord has not only sued a tenant tor loss sustained through her excessive use of water for bathing purposes, but has promulgated the extraordinary theory that "no respectable woman takes a bath every day." Poverty in Japan. Real destitution is rarely seen In Japan. Though some of its inhabitants are very poor, yet all seem to bo fairly well fed, clothed and' housed and are Nearly all the i coming ashore. '" Wu Terrible Tragedy. At Caledonia, Minn , Matthew Styler, infatuated with Pearl Wheaton, dauphtt r of S. N. Wheaton, a wealthy farmer, brckelntothe Wheaton heme >hot 8nd killed the ?lrl and wounded her sister Huth her mother and himself. Styler Is a dental student at the University of Minnesota. P<-arl Wheaton had refused to marry i 1 m. Unable to secure en ranee through the dot r, Slyer broke hrouph a window and was met by Ruth Wheaton, who, armed with a r<volvtr attempted to protect the family. Slyer wrestled the revolver from her aud shot her twice through the breast and then turned on Mrs. Whr at-on, shooting L er lu the thre at and aims. lie ran upstairs to Pearl's 'O.ru. Breaking in the cm or be shot ?er through the heart and then shot jQiself. Wheu ue ghb ?rs rushed In St>< r was fccLid with his head on the girl's br? aw t. She wa^- dead and he "as barely living. The only other inmate of the bouse, a child, escaped y leaping through the window Styer rcke. Mr. Wheaton was away from ome at the time. I r?vo M*n Hi wkiilod. As a reward for defending the poet(tllce at Ex ma, N. C., h ur years ago, r.gairst four hurdlers, President Roosevelt las waived the civil service regulations upon the r6c mmendailon cf Post master General Corteilcu and promoted S. 11. Alexander frcm a laborer to a clerkship in the department. Not only has the brave North Caroieulan been promoted but to accentuate the honor an < tliolal state ment was issued which i/lvcs a full account of the deed. The attempted robbery took place on the night of February (5, 1901, and the ctllolal account allows that Alexander, although of small stature, ei g rgui in a deeper ate sti uggle with the men, one of whom shot him in the abdomen. Alex ander, however, continued to tight, and shot two men, seriously ir jurlng them. He called for a&lstar cs and was found lying weak and faint in a pool of blood. Tne two accomplice# who were waiting on the outside car ried away the wounded hurdlers to the hcu.se In which they were arrested the same night. Two of them were uangea, February 20, 1902, while the other two received life teuier.ces. Moloriiiaii Attacked. At Brooklyn the police reserves ! were called out Wednesday night to disperse a mob wh ch was threatening Charles Krepp, a motorman, whose car had killed sevtu year old Anna Owens, in Brooklyn. The child was crossing the street with her Christi mas doll, when she drop pea the play | thiug. In turning to pick it up she stepped in front of the car. lu a few miLU es se\eral score of people had gathered, and when they learned that the girl was dead they attempted to drag Krepp from the front of his car. lie took rtfuge Inside, locking front {and back doors. Stones and sticks were hurled through the wlutows at him. Finally the police reserves were called out, but it was only after using their clubs tbat they rucceeded in dispersing the arnrrv A'ftu/H r- --OW V Wf?U. IhhiUlc nth l>< <! The Spartanburg Herald says State Constables Miller, Mulligan and llayes returned Wednesday frc m a two days' set ut In the Dark Corner, where they were accompanied on their rounds by Revenue Ottlcer Aiken and Constable Bell, of Gretnvliie. They destroyed three large 111 c t distilleries and live thousand callous of still beer. The ctllcers alt-o cor floated thirty-live gallons of whiskey. No-arrcsts were made, and the moonshiners did not attempt to molest the intruders. The constables state that two of the distilleries were located near Luther Durham's place, and the ether near a man's named Pit mly. The stbls were destroyed in or?p day, and the men put in a l aid day's woik destroying the plants, i WlfpjWon't Htiy. R v. J. Stevenson recently resolved to face a week's ircarcernation rather than pay U e churoh tax In Scotland. He had no pr< perty which could be distrained upon, and on the form which he received on wb ch to state what he was willing to hand over to be sold he wrote: "Self." In the next column, in which he was r? quired to state the va'ue of the goods, he in sorted: "Wife won't stay." The soot hit gar.d comforting f tTrct.s of DoWltt's Witch Hazel Sa va, wheu applied to Piles, sorts, cuts, boils, etc. tubriues pain almost irsiantly. This Salve draws out the inilamrration, reduces swelling and actbasa rubefacient, thus circulating the blood through the diseased parts, permittie g or alalng Nature to pei nr anently remove the trouble entirely. Sold by Conway Drug Co. Rilled by lvockcr.i A dispatch from Union says Clarq rw?A n ? J - 1 iiui/o iWl/UTBltT urto & SK y T( CR^tr iC' cidenially at his friend, Sweet Thorna*, killing him instantly. Both are white, and the affair occured at Zabella, Union county. The sky rocket was unusally larKe&nd pierced Thomas' breast like an arrow, producing death In a few momenta. Evidently Japan means to be i ready for all comers in the future. I m. . - - - ? nne is building five immense battleships. having a total displacement of more than 68 000 tons. Two, which have justbten extracted for In England, will weigh 19 000 tons eaoh being the ^eavbst iu d largest fighting rhips yet planned. Japan is also having built two g^eat armored cruisers, each cf 13 500 toes displacement, ?/ ~~ ; MANY CALAMITIES Predicted by "<S|)?nxl< r, ilic IiiHt of the Prop beta. For several years the annual pronhsies of Lee Sp&ngier, of York, Pa., have attracted considerable Dotice. Formerly a merchant, of that city, lie gave up a lucrative business in order to devote himself to evangelistic w oi k. At first he traveled among the country folk of southern Pent sylvsnla. He claimed to have the prophecy, and declared that Ids prophecies were messages to the pi oplc which he received In conversations with the spirit of the Aim ghty. lie gave himself the title of "Sparkler tie last of the p-ophets. "Knowledge of t vents that ere. tn occur," ho declarr a are unfoldr d to ri'e at times 'when 1 am alcne in the woods, on the street, or in my he me with no c mpanion but Gods spirit. Spaogler says the year will* bring both blessings and calamities. Woe unto Russia. She is fast approaching her doom. The people will ovhrthrow the Empire. The royal family and the leading members < of the nobility will be murdered and subjected to worse cruelties than they have inllicted upon the Russian people. The country will be divided up Into small rrpublics aud elective monaichlos, and ihfs* will be constantly quarreling ai d !n a state of war until the end of the world comes in 1908. Re warned o': The isstshiuation of the Czir of Russia. The violent death of the Sultan of Turkey. There will be a general uprising of the pro; le t f Spain and general dtsturbancevS all over Europe. Boston will stlY^i f.oMQ two great flics. A hot and sultry Summer Is or dained for the tempera'? z me. ^ A great increase In the death rate from disease accld ;nt, murder, suicide, disaster and work t f the elements Is promised. The spread of a great rellgous movement throughout England ai d the United States will show that the people are awakening. The dissolution cf Russia and Turkey's clearly indicated. The United States will continue to be a great world power. A bloody race war lu the Southern States c f the Union. Antlcipato the averting of three wars by tine intervention of President Roosevtlt. Re assured cf a continuation of prosperity in the United States. Re prepared for destructive Sprlng freshets; eartl quskes in all t arts o the world; nurnerr us ^canic erup tlons; the eruption r f some volcanoes now supposed to be extinct. There will be an especially destructive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, of Mt. Pelee and i f Popocatepetl. T??ii Cent Cotton, A revolution in the. life, of n # .!-? i?#i r>t ...w WA M vim Vi \?/1 j the United States in bound up in three words, "Ten Cent Cotton," says Arthur M. Page, in the World's Work for January. After describing the desolato condition of the South before the rise in the price In cotton, and some of the contrasting oynditlona that came with the rise, he adds: A similar change has taken place all I through the cotton belt. The fanners are building new houses, buying betj ter tools, educating their children and putting money in the bank. What has made the change? Tne cotton crop in the last two years has brought the South more than enough money i to pay c IT the uatloual debt. In 19023 for the titst time in thirteen years I it brought more than ten cmts a pound. That was the year of the second great emancipation. It meant tij nai c'al independence to in ire than j 11,100,000 people. The proclamatU u was just the three words, "ten-cent cotton." How striking is the char g". is shown by the figures tnat Mr. D. a. Tompkins, of Charlotte, N. C., presented j in his sp'ech before the Shreveport j Convention in December, 1904, "Speakii g roughly and in average * tigure , the production and grosi inccme from cotton sires the civil war I lias been: First decade, 3 500,000 bales at 24 j cents a pound, equal $200,000,000. Second decade, 5,000.000 halesatl2 | cents a pouud, equal $000,000,000. I Third decade, 10,000,000 bales at 6 1 pprit.u u " wv. vu u }/uuuU| i IUI ifiiUU,UUU,000. Fourth decade, lo.uuo ouo biles at 10 cents a pound, (q lal $500,000,000. The change In tne price m- arm a Kaiu of $200 000,000 a y-ar to the Southern people. It Is tne difference between prom-ss and poverty. How to IjIvo itlclit. This Is the season of the year when a Kreat many people form new resolutions for the future. This Isriyht ? * auu yruper, out it these new formed resolutions are to amount to anything we must remember tlytt right thinking Is the foundation of ^ght living. To live the highest life of which we, as human beings, are capable, we must llrmly believe and and live up to our oelief that we should and* must resolutely master our thoughts as well as our actions; and that wo must control^ the mentai pictures in which we Indulge as much as the words whloh issue from our lips. As a man "thinktth in his heart, so is he." Thoughts generate feeling. When discouraged and depressed lift up your chest, take an attitude of courage and speak these words several times slowly and earnestly: "Faith, hope, courage." When sensitive over ill treatment, take the correct physical attitude and say several times, slowly ai d earnestly: I' oatleDce, forgiveness," and v >