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The Power of Pr 0HE man who makes up finitely better chance hovering on the brin temptation to open uj mediately, for to be v shorn of most of your One of the most da dulge is that of weighii up his mind, and y< weighing all the arguments, for and at and incapable of clear judgment. Sue tors of mental power, and tlie man w b foredoomed to failure. A young man who starts out to st not become a prey to indecision. that takes rather than be forever digging u tils mind not to act hastily, or witlioi hand, but to use his best judgment in r hesitation or reconsideration of the arj It with all his might. If be finds be h conraged; he has had a new experience future, and the benefit accruing to 1 prompt, unwavering decision, will be o auecessful move would have been had reconsidered, and changed his mind final decision. Many people of great ability do no weakness of their power of decision. T ?ntly. They must see their friends and fell what to do about the simplest thing, the brain grows weary of the treadm they think it over, the more consultatic ttey to reach any conclusion. So th robbed of their strength, deprived of th ability to win. because of this fatal lad to decide promptly. & ? The Survival o By Frederick Brelthu ECORRESPOXDEXT ask the survival of the besi Xo, it is not. At tiini survival of the very woi Of course, the words and their meanings var; ti?ns. What is best ai "What is fittest under under another. In answering our correspondent's ' ttaust first state what is meant by "fitt By "fittest" we mean that which is neut. Perhaps it would do to defiue "1 to the advancement of the race. * Let us take a few concrete illustra! Of the fittest sometimes causes the be: Very often iu the intense conipetit man wins out. Though he shows his f sot the besh competitor who could liav Sometimes the man who ndulterat figure than the man who is selling the In driving the honest dealer dut of bt but does not indicate that he was the The man who weaves cotton in w cheaper and by misrepresentation sen ell the manufacturer of the real articl Judging success by ordinary stand greatest fitness by the degree of their gan type. These are far from represent In a state of nature, where 110 artif fittest generally does mean the survival tlon, suoh as we live in. with its conver of wealth, social position and opportu 1 ferent. Our present system tends to let the those who demand least. Now the man ' the fe\vest necessities, apd he is usual fore the lowest type. Another false notion which seems . the fittest implies the killing off of a 1< ? the law at all. Though the establishment- of the may appear as something which is ] very practical applications. We learn at least two things from One Is that our aim in all legislat make conditions such that the majority The second is. that we should strive . fittest who survive are the best, i. c., York American. Motives of "S By Ellen Burns Shen HIMSICAL wonder is t< W quantities, the X Y Z < woman's election of colle a certain per cent.?a creditable to such worke remaining per cent., has <??$??? Sirene naively confess 999999 | partly to show how tin Wanted to "StUd.V a nOW ment work" sounds bett" Others undoubtedly take up settlem idea that a missionary must go away, o fiat lux. over a people sitting in darkne; must "go away somewhere" to find t people have gone away from their pro the world's work lies at people's elt keeping. Men Who Do By Bliss Perry, Editt MK^gcd JADED millionaire tryi n ferred holiday in Euro] k u M tacles. For twenty or JFV H fortune with the pluck U here he is, set down in V S/ I of tlie language, the hi: 1 1 country. He is a good different. He is taking tion, sympathy, zest, b competitive struggle where his life for None of our contemporary hallucin weariness and indifTerentism than the things." Study the faces of the "men row," as yon. find them presented in strong, straightforward faces, the si mechanism. These men are the wine hu set itself to ptay. But many of th untouched by meditation. If we have ' of Bobler qualities, if the men who dc men who think and feel, surely the v ^ Act Hon. Hj (?&& a. HA, / ompt> Decision. i his mind quickly and firmly has an inof success than the one who is always k of hesitation and uncertainty. The [> and reconsider should be cut off imreak in your power of decision is to be strength. mgerous habits in which a youth can inug, balancing, reconsidering, and making ?t again reconsidering, balancing, and rainst, until the brain becomes confused h a habit is one of the greatest dissipaho allows himself to become its victim icceed must resolve firmly that he will he will suffer the consequences of mlsp matters de novo. He should make up ut proper consideration of the thing In irriving at a decision, and then, without cuments for and against, try to execute as made a mistake he must not be dis. which will prove helpful to him in the lira from the practice of self-reliance, if infinitely greater value to him than a he hesitated, weighed, and considered, over and over again before making a t succeed to any extent because of the hey seem incapable of acting independconsnlt their neighbors before they can They must think it over and over until ill round forced upon it; and the more ?ns they have about it, the less able are ey go through life, halting, uncertain, - ? ? ?? ti IJirgu sucrtss liifj wnu uuru uj uivu : of power to decide for themselves, and & >f the Best. it. :s. "Is the survival of the fittest always tr ?s. the survival of the fittest means the st. t "fittest" and "best" are relative terms j* according to the time and the condit one time Is the opposite at another, one set of conditions is utterly uufit very interesting question, therefore, we est" and what .s meant by "best." i best able to adapt itself to its environbest" as that which will contribute most tions, which will show how the survival st to go under. Ion of business, the most unscrupulous itness by winning the fight, surely he is e won. :es his goods can sell them at a lower genuine, pure article. He may succeed isiness. His survival shows his fitness, best who could have survived, ith his wool can manufacture his cloth It for "all wool." Being able to under* e, he may beat him out. ards, those men who have shown their success arc of the Rockefeller and Mor ing our best types of citizenship, icial conditions exist, the survival of the I of the best. But, in a state of civilizations, usages, restraints and inequalities nity, it may mean something very dlf fittest survive, but the fittest are often i who demands least is the one who has ly the least highly organized and therevery prevalent is, that the survival of )t of people. This does not follow from principle of the survival of the fittest purely theoretical and abstract, it has it. ive and other acts should be to try to r are fittest. so to organize society in future that the those most desirable to society.?New ettlement" Workers. Lmpted to figure upon those unknown of motives that lie behind the college ge settlement work. One may concede large one, indeed?of motives wholly rs. But of the composite nature of the the world any conception? ies that she "went into settlement work.'' i other half lived, partly because she type," and partly because "doing settler than "living at home." tent work under the influence of the old >r be sent away, to proclaim a beneficent >s. Beyond a peradventure, some people heir work. But there are cases where per work to find it; for a good deal of lows, and nudges them.?Good HouseThings. >r of The Atlantic. ng to get pleasure out of a too long de?e is one of the most depressing spec thirty years he has been amassing a and energy which we all admire. And Paris or Dresden or Florence, Ignorant story, the architecture, the Ideas of the fellow, but he is homesick, listless, inkis holiday too late. Curiosity, imagina,ave burned out of him in t lat fierce ces have been spent, ations leads more certainly to ultimate exclusive glorification of "men who do who do things," of the "men of to-morthe illustrated periodicals. They are gn of a powerful, high-geared bodily lers in the game which our generation ,e faces are singularly hard, insensitive, purchased speed and power at the cost , things are bred at the expense of the present American model needs modi* ** v EXPRESS AGENT SHOT. Tragedy of a Man Supposed to Be Crazv at Jacksonville. Jacksonville, Special?J. E. Stark shot and fatally wounded John F. Angel Thursday afternoon in the office of the Southern Express Company, in this city, while the latter was protecting the life of his sister, the wife of the man who fired the shot. Stark had been in Jacksonville several days and Thursday morning wired for his wife to join him. She came al about noon and at 2 o'clock they met in the office of the express company, where her brother was employed. The wife suspected that her husband meant to do her bodily injury when he endeavored to get her to go to his hotel. She desired to remain near her brother and declined to go. "I have brought you here to kill you," Stark said. Quick as a flash his wife seized him, as be was endeavoring to draw a pistol. She pinioned his arms and her cries brought her brother. The pistol was then taken from Stark before it was drawn. Words between the two men followed and blows were exchanged. Stark went to a pawn shop, where he procured another pistol and returned. He entered the office and walked to the cage where Angel was at work with his back turned. Resting the pistol in one of the smnll steel holes of the cage he fired, the ball striking Angel in the back of the head and lodging near the brain. Angel fell. Stark looked about him and started to leave, when a"^rother of Angel appeared and seized him. The brother made an ef fort to kill Stark with a knife, but others Interfered and the police placed Stark under arrest. Angel is at St. Luke's Hospital. No hopes are entertaiaed for his reoovery. The defense that Stark's lawyers will make is that he was insane, a theory which is generally accepted by those who know him and who have been with him during the past few days. Stark was formerly auditor of the Jacksonville. Tampa & Key West road. Angel was cashier of the Soathern Express Company. Annual Pension Report. Washington, Special.?The annual report of Commissioner Ware places the number of pensioners now on the rolls at 996,454, of which 729,356 are soldiers, and 267,189 are widow and dependents. Mr. Ware announces that it is not probable that the pension roll will again cross the million line, the highwater mark having been reached a year ago. The roll shows a net loss of 2,901 pensioners during the year. Out of a total of 304,869 applications on hand during the year, 130,109 were admitted, and 113,794 rejected. The avprarp annual value of each nension Is now |133. The annual value of the Spanish war pension roll has reached $1,765,310. The total payments In pensions for all wars Is $3,038,623,690; on account of the civil war, $2,?62,240,400. The cost of the pension system per capita of population for 1905 is given a3 $1.75. The system, according to Commissioner Ware, was about the greatest as a burden to the people of the United States in 1893, since which time it has shrunk from $2.24 to $1.32 per $1,000 of taxable wealth, and in ten years, he says, the burden will cease to be noticed. fllss Roosevelt in Submarine Boat. Newport, R. I.. Special.?Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the President, went down In the submarine boat Moccasin. The boat did not leave her dock at the Torpedo station. Miss Roosevelt enetered the boat with Capt. Fletcher, of the station. The crew then closed the hatches and water ballast was taken in until the vessel settled to the bottom. After being submerged for a few minutes, that the novelty of the situation might be appreciated, she rose to the surface and disembarked. The water was quite shallow where the boat went down. Macklin Goes to S A. L. Roanoke, Va., Special.?F. C. Macklin has resigned as general store-keeper for the Norfolk & Western Railway, with officers in this city, to accept the position of general purchasing agent for the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, with headquarters at Portsmouth, Va. Mr. Macklin Is succeeded here by Herbert Scatchard, of Roanoke. Powers "lak; IV.mand Washington. Special. ? Minister Leishman cabled the State Department from Constantinople that the French ambassador has demanded the removal of the Governor of Beirut and that other forign representatives probably will do the same. Mr. Leishman is vigorously urging the sublime Porte to replace the Governor by some one more capable of preserving order and of giving more efficient protection to American citizens and interests. In this course he has the approval of the State Department. Nothing is said in his cablegram of further disorders at Beirut. Rev. Hovev Dead. Newton, Mass., Special.?Rev. Alvah Hovey, D. D., one of the best known Baptist clergymen in the coun try and for many years president of the Newton Theological Institution, died Sunday night, aged 83. He was a trustee of Worcester Academy, Brown University, vice president and trustee of Wellsley College, a member of the , board of managers of the American College and others. POSTOFFICE FRAUDS.] A Prominent Man Now Involved in the Investigation. SPECULATION AS TO OTHERS. The Desire of the Paesldent Is To Probe the Whole Thing To the Bottom, and See Who is Guilty. Washington, Special.?One of the persons indicted by the Federal grand jury in connection with the postal investigation is George W. Beavers, formerly chief of the division of salary and allowances. It is understood that the charge ot conspiracy. Another of the indictments is against August W. Machen, on a new set of facts, involving him with Beavers. The charge is conspiracy. While the officials refuse to disclose the names of the four remaining persons who were indicted, it is said that none of them is or has been connected with the Postoffice Department, and that one Is a man of some prominence It was stated at the city hall that the climax of the Investigation is to come shortly, when a person not connected with the Department, but a man as well known as the Postmaster General himself undoubtedly will be indicted for complicity in the postofflce frauds. The grand Jury began hearing the ?vidence in this particular case Wednesday, and it is stated that when a report is made it will in all probability conclude the investigation in Washington. The Postofflce Charges. Washington, Special.?By direction of Presluent Roosevelt, a thorough investigation has been made into the charges preferred by Seymour W. Tulloch against the management of affairs of the Washington, D. C. postoffice. This investigation has been made by Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad, special counsel of the government in the prosecution of the Postofflces fraud caros, and it is independent of and entirely suoplementary to the report made by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow on the charges preferred by Mr. Tulloch. Mr. Bristow's report, Mr. Ccnrdd said, was simply a collection of the facts in the case as reported by postofflce inspectors, and contained no opinions as to the merits of the charges. The investigation made by Messrs. Bonaparte and Conrad will go into the merits of the charges, and will express an opinion ao to whether or not the accused persons are vindicated or are guilty of the offenses charged against them. The conclusions drawn from their * *? ?1,1 in a rpnort inquiry win uc t-muvuiw* ** % .?r which will be submitted to the Attorney General the latter part of this week. No prosecutions will follow from any conclusions the report may draw, as the offenses, if any have been committeed, are barred by the statute of limitations. The President, says Mr. Conrad, was very anxious that the whole matter should be gone over veiv carefully so that if persons named in the charges of Mr. Tulloch were not guilty they should be vindicated, and if they were that this fact might go on record. Their duty had been to act in the capacity of a master in chancery and report on the facts as they found them. It was not a party affair with the President, Mr. Conrad declared, but an honest desire to get at the facts in the case, both Democrats amd Republicjins being involved In the charges. Three Thousand at Lakeview. Lakeview, Special.?The Labor Day celebration and good roads congress held here were attended by at least 3,000 people, and was a complete success. Excursion trains from Sanford, Raleigh, Southern Pines, Carthage, Aberdeen, and Jackson Springs brought large crowds of people, and were welcomed by the Southern Pines band, and Capt. Clarke, it being the first on? on the grounds. At 12 o'clock the special train brought Leven's splendid band, and the Sanford Light Infantry, and Immediately the large concourse of people assembled in the large grove on the lake, where the speaking was held. Youth Shoots a Man. Spartanburg, S. C., Special.?Miller McKinney, a member of the firm of Sloan & McKinney, merchants at Tucapau Mills, was shot and killed Wednesday rfternoon about 3 o'clock by Unr-rv son r>f Maadstrate J. M. I Dean, of Duncan's. The tragedy is a most deplorable one, and the prominence of the families of both deceased and his slayer makes it the more regrettable. From what can be gleaned of the happening, it appears that a debt of $2.50 due McKinney by Dean caused the killing. The Elks' Hrm? Baltimore, Special.?Joseph T. Fanning, grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, said that he had appointed as governors of the Elks National Home, at Bedford, Va., Mead D. Detwieler, of Harrlsburg, Pa., to serve the threeyear term, and Thomas F. McNulty, of Baltimore, to fill the two-year term. The third governor, who will serve one year, has not been selected. TEE RIOT AT BEIRUT SUNDAY | Clash Between flohammedana and Native Christians. Washington,. Special.?Cablegrams were received at the State and Navy Departments from Minister Leishman, at Constantinople, and Admiral Cot- j ton, commanding the American squadron now in Turkish waters, respec- j tively, giving an account of the riot < which occurred at Beirut Sunday. It was stated at the Navy Department 1 that no new instructions had gone to * Admiral Cotton in consequence of the e day's report. Instructions sent to Minister Leishman contemplate that j! he kept the State Department con- a stantly informed as to the situation, that the Department may know to r what extent protection is being afford- ? ed American citizens. The President 1 was advised of the facts leported to t Washington. Rear Admiral Cotton's cablegram is dated Beirut, Sept. 7, and is as follows: "Violence and bloodshed between * Mohammedans and native Christians foccurred at Beirut Sunday. Six Greek c Christians, two Mohammedans and c two Turkish soldiers killed; three Greek Christians, three Mohammed- t ans and three Turkish soldiers wound- g ed seriously. Other murders reported. Flag lieutenant and United States consul were present Sunday and Monday in the disturbed quarter and verify details of statement. Turk- 5 Ish government willingly afforded j; facility for their investigation and * guard; promise 1,000 more Turkish soldiers. Turkish soldiers present 1 sufficient if properly disposed of to c handle situation at Beirut Well pa- ! trolled ami all quiet Sunday night and c today, Monday. Turkish Governor I nmmlsfis to do all in his Dower to re- I . store authority. Many houses closed I j and business suspended. I have prepared to land force for protection of property of American citizens If situation demands. Will act with caution. Present trouble due to animosity between inimlcable and native Christians, and failure to control crimes." The last portion of Admiral Cotton's cablegram is unintelligible and the cipher experts at the Navy Department worked all morning to translate it. Minister Leishman reports that ariot occurred yesterday at Beirut in which seven Christians were killed and several wounded. Two houses occupied by Christians were pillaged by the soldiery. The panic was general. An officer and a signal man from Admiral Cotton's fleet are now in the consulate and an investigation of conditions at Beirut is being made by t t flag lieutenant, Consul Ravendal and a another consular officer. Mr. Leishman says that the origin of the trouble is not distinctly stated by our a consul. He further says that it Is ? claimed by the sublime Porte that conditions at Beirut are again quiet, and that the force now there is suf- ( flcient to guarantee the safety of the 1 city. t Lieut. Charles L. Hussey is Admiral Cotton's flag lieutenant, and it is pre- c sumed here he is the officer making a the investigation. t r The Postal Fraud Cases. c Washington. Special.?After deliber- . ating for several weeks over a mass . of documents submitted by the postoffice inspectors, the Federal grand jury in this city returned seven indict- t ments in postal cases, involving six I different persons. All the indictments were kept off the public record and \ both the officials of the district attor- s ney's offices and of the Postofflce De- I partment refused to divulge names or 2 details of the indictments until the ( parties indicted are arrested. The identity of the indicted individuals j thus was left a matter of conjecture. c t Loss of Schooners. Mobile. Special.?Capt. Scott, of the s 3ritish schooner Bartholdi, has receiv- t ed a letter from Capt Foster, of the t British schooner Emerald, dated Isle of Pines, telling of the loss of the three j schooners at Grand Cayman during the [ recent hurricanes, which have not been mentioned in previous dispatches. These are the schooners Georgians, [ Active and Clyde. The letter also mentions the loss of many small coasting vessels. 1 Postal Clerks Meeting. Nashville,Tenn..Special. ? The first 1 business of the second day's session of the National Association of Postoffice Clerks was the submission of the annual report of Editor Scott, folowed ( by the report of Secretary Leofler. The f report called attention to the fact that Congress had appropriated funds for j the increase of salaries of several i thousand clerks and that the fund had c not been distributed on account of the investigation of the frauds in the De- ^ partmer\ Mr. Loefier said the matter a of promotions had not been given t proper consideration and advocated a I ' - mandatory ciassim.cn.iuu. " r Machinist* Strike. S Macon, Ga., Special.?The machinicts in the shops of the Central of ? Georgia Railroad qnit work Tuesday morning because they were refused an increase of two and one-half cents an hour in wages. Superintendent Kline ^ left for Savannah, after failing to ? reach an agreement with tko men. The machinists have struck, it is said, be- ' cause an advance of wages had been granted in the Savannah shops of the company and not here. Band S irroundoC Salonica, By Cable.?Twelve battal- * ions of Turkish troops are reported to t have surrounded a large revolutionary band near Ostrove, 30 miles from Mo- j nastir. Fighting is progressing. The e revolutionists have taken up a position near Lake Aniatove, in the villayet of c Constantinople. Turkish troops ara 1 bow said to be attacking them. * . VV- - . - .{ ' r LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS, j Many Matters of General Interest fi Short Paragraphs. Down In Dixie. Hon. H. A. Gudger, the minister t<> 'auama, nsKS a cuauge iu auhuci y. Gov. John W. C. Beckham, of Kenucky, opened hi3 campaign for rejection at Winchester, that State. The A8heville, N. C.. Gazette, the eading Republican daily of the South, >as been gold and publication suspend"Silver Creek" Sam Pearson, a well mown character of Burke county, N. I.,, was shot and killed in a bar room it Morganton on Tuesday. Ex-Gov. William C. Oates, of AlabaDa, says the people of that State fear Secretary Shaw's extension of privieges to banks gives those institutions oo much power. At The National Capital. Correspondence between Secretary litchcock and Philip C. Garrett, presient of the Indian Rights Association, oncerning alleged frauds on Indians is nade public. The agitation for a general staff for he navy is to be revived when Congress meets. ? At The North. President Roosevelt returned to Jagamore Hill Tuesday after making lis labor day speech. It is expected that Seth Low, fus? onist, and George B. McClellan, Dem>crat, will be the opposing nominees n the coming New York Mayoralty :ontest. "Big Joe" Grimes, who is said to lave weighed 754 pounds, is dead at Cincinnati. It is rumored that the life of Gov. r. H. Peabody, of Colorado, has been inonymously threatened because he jrdered troops to Cripple Creek. The Chicago Chronicle urged the lomination of Grover Cleveland for he Presidency by the Democrats. The International Congress of \ctuarles in New York chose Berlin , .. 'or the place of meeting in 1906 and idjourned. A Baltimore and Ohio passenger rain broke the world's long-distahce peed record, running from Chicago function, Ohio, to Garrett, Ind., 128 niles, in 125 minutes. From Across The Sea. The situation in the Balkins is fast ipproaching open war between Turkey ind Bulgaria. The British Government appointed i commission to inquire into the tatemcnts that the English people, as i whole, are deteriorating physically. Lionel Carden, British Minister to !uba. warns Enalish manufacturers hat they are In danger of losing Cuian trade to the Americans. Theodore "W. Myers, ex-Comptroller if New York clty.was quoted in Pari? is saying that Richard Croker desire? he nomination of Senator A. P. Gornan for the Presidency by the Demorats. Dr. Ladislaus de Lukacs declined tho notation of Emperor Francis Joseph o form a Hungarian Cabinet. The Chinese authorities agreed to he trial of the ^formers on the new3laper Supao by the mixed court. Bishop Hendrick. of Cebu, P. I., who vill leave Rome today, expressed his atisfaction at his reception by the >ope and confirmed Mgr. Pablo Singion ,a Philippine priest, as VicarJeneral of the Diocese of Cebu. Pope Pius- X represented to Emperor x Panels Joseph the advisability of an igreement among the powers to end Via mocMurM In Vlnnpiinni#, Lawlessness, according to the latest idvices, prevails at Beirut, Syria, and he lives of foreigners are considered insafe. The Bank of England's reserve is beng drained to supply foreign demands or coin. It is expected that an official lnvesti;ation will be made of charges agains, he Italian navy. Yellow fever is raging at LinartS; dex. Francis M. Bengue. who seat a lumber of annoying letters to Secreary of State John Hay, was arrested n New York. Mitcellrnfous natters. The secretary's report of the New Jrleans Cotton Exchange gives figures mcouraging to the South, both as to aising and manufacturing of cotton. It was reported that plans for buildng operations aggregating $180,000,000 vould be abandoned until the condition if labor was more stable. Senator J. Frank Allee, of Delaware, n an interview, justified his request or the removal of Postmistress Todd it Greenwood, Del., by saying she had )fen rccommenuca uy a laciiuuai \jy icnent. The monument on Lake George comnemorating the battle there September I, 1765, will be unveiled tomorrow. Gov. W. H. Hux-t, of Porta Rico. Is ipoken of as the itepublican candidate or Vice-President. A cow caused the wrecking of a paslenger train in Ohio. Three men were injured in a freight rreck on the Pennsylvania roilroad, lear Altoona, Pa. In a race riot at Bridgeville, Del.,'a vhite man was stabbed and several "negroes beaten. Three girls were drowned in a pond lear Albany, N. Y., in sight of more han 100 friends, who were unable to iave them. Commander Robert E. Peary has :een granted permission by the Presllent to make another attempt to find he North Pole, sailing April 1 next The Government has refused to adnit a consignment of white wine from Bordeaux, France, because analysis ibowed the presence of salicylic acid. A State Department officia} practl:ally admits that hope of the Colum>ian Congress ratifying \he canal reaty Is abandoned.