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t Russians Declare 1 Entirely l!i ^^niSSIA DECLINES PROPOSITIONS If Session Set For Sunday Afternoon I Was Postponed at the Instance of I . the Japanese, Out of Regard For the Russian Reverance For the Day and the Mutual Desire to Gain Time?Strong, Outside Influences j Seek to Have Virtual Indemnity Tor Evacution of Sakhalin?Witte Beginning to Raise "Yellow Peril" B Cry. fc - Porthsmouth. Special.?No progress was mado with the peace negotiations over Sunday. They stand exactjjl ly where they did Saturday night. The . session of the plenipotentiaries which was to have been held Sunday afternoon was postponed by mutual agree -a..a?a?ao tn tKo foot that mem uui ui iocicuvc w vnv, it was the Holy Sabbath, which is uni11 ' ,.' v M. SBBOirS WITTB, SESIOB BCSSIAN PEACE 1 -KXTOT. vereally observed in Russia as & day of rest. The Russians had not been anxious for a session, and the Japanese tools the initiative, and. througn tne in ermediary of Mr. Pierce, it was decided to postpone the sitting until Monday morning. The situation therefore remains the same. It would perhaps noi be too much to say that the genera! ^ feeling is more hopeful, in spite ot negotiations that before next Sunday the plenipotentiaries will ream passe where a rupture will become Inevitable. This pessimistic view is upon the fact, so far as known, the twc barriers to an agreement?mdemnity and Sakhalin?remain as high and Insurmountable as ever. NEXT MOVE UP TO JAPS. The real struggle is only postponed The main problems are no nearer solution than when the plenipotentiaries met. The principal reason for voptl? mism lies in the fact that, confronted ' * * D.?a. with the SDSOIUIC reiUiittl Ul iuc sian reply to admit the discussion ol either indemnity or the cession of th< island of Sokhalin, the Japanese prov?* posed to take up the consideration o] the conditions seriatim. From this it is assumed that the Japanese are prepared to yield or have reason to believe a way will be found to overcomt the objections of their adversaries when the crucial teet comes. An intimation comes from a higt source that very strong outside influences are at work on both sides, anc that for the moment the efTort is tc gain time. The plan of having Russit Florida Requires Certificates. Tampa, Fla., Special.?Dr. Josepl T. Porter, State Health officer oi Florida, has issued an order to th< effect that all passengers from Flori da from the fever infected district must secure certificates and identifi cation papers from Surgeon Werten burger, of the Marine Hospital ser vice, stationed in Atlanta. Tore Out Heart of Victim. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?Samue Simmons, a wealthy naval stores anc saw-mill man, and his son, Eli Sim mons, were both shot and killed abou fifteen miles from here by Thomas His ler, who enters the plea of self-defence The bodies of father and son wen found in the pine woods, near the pub lie road. The elder Simmons was sho through the heart by a full charge o buckshot and the heart was found 01 the ground about a foot from the bod; it having been evidently torn out b; hand after the shooting. There wen seven bullet wounds in the body of El Simmons. He was also shot in th< back with a charge of birdshot. Fever Expert Sent Back From Pana ma. Washington. Special.?Past Assist ant Surgeon R. H. Von Ezdorf, of th> Public Health and Marine Hospita r Service, has been ordered to proceei from Colon to New Orleans for dut; in the campaign against yellow fever Surgeon Von Erzdorf is an expert ii yellow fever mataers and has been 01 duty with the Isthmian canal com mission in that line of duty. I Exports of Manufactures. SnectaJ. ? Statistic >Tacuiu^*.w?., ? compiled by the Department of Con merce and Labor show that the e? ports of manufacturers in the fisca year just ended amounted to $343,620 279, "not only the largest on recort but in excess of the combined export of all articles in the centennial yeai 1876, and nearly $140,000,000 mor than the total imports and exports c the country at the close of the Civ "War." The growth in the export; tions and manufactures Is shown t bave largely exceeded the growth i population. rhat Japan's Terms Are treasonable practically satisfy Japan's claim of reimbursement for the cost of the war by the purchase of the Japanese military evacuation of Sakhalin continues to be advanced. Such a solution would permit Russia to say she had paid neither indemnity nor ceded a foot of territory. RAISES "YELLOW PERIL" CRY. The debate in Saturday's conference j over the first condition?the recogni BABOX KOMUBA, 8EXIOB jVtABESZ riACE ENVOY. tlon of Japan's "preponderating influence" over Korea, involving her right to control the administration of the hermit kingdom, use the littoral for stragetic purposes, etc.,?was of a remarkable character. Indeed the position taken by Mr. Witte was sensa tional in the extreme. His attitude reveals plainly the Russian tactics. They propose to raise before the world the 1 spectre of the "yellow peril." Russia claims that Japan's present purpose is to get a foothold on the Asiatic continent from which to extend her influence and dominion. Mr. Witte made no objection, but he declared that the words "preponderating influence" did not adequately describe what Japan proposed to do, and he insisted that the language used I should show Japan's true purpose? [ which be contended was to make a Jap! anese province of Korea. BASIS OF NEGOTIATION. The cession of the Russian leases to the Llaotung Peninsular, comprising ! Port Arthur and Dalny. j The evacuation of the entire province ' of Manchuria, the retrocession to Chi1 na of any privileges Russia may have ' | in the province and the recognition by " Russia of the principle of the "open L door." i i The cession to Japan of the Chinese Eastern Railroad below Harbin, the main line through northern Manchuria , to Vladivostock. to remain Russian 1 j property. ' The recognition of the Japanese pro| j tectorate ever Korea. The grant of fishing rights to Japail The grant of fishing rights to Japanese in the waters of the Siberian littoral northward from Vladivostock to the Behring Sea. 1 The relinquishment to Japan of the " Russian warships Interned in neutral | ports. [ Finally a limitation upon the naval , strength of Russia in far Eastern [ waters. f As a whole the terms are regarded t as exceedingly hard by the Russians In addition to the two principal condi tions. which cannot be accepted under > Mr. Witte's instructions, those relating 5 to the limiting of Russia's naval power in the far east an**"i?*; granting of i fishing rights upon the Russian lit toral are considered particularly of1 fensive to the amour propro of their > country, and of such a humiliating t1 character as to be lnaamissiDie. For Station at Mobile. t Mobile, Ala., Special.?The contract t was awarded in New York to the Genei^l Supply and Construction Company of that city for the building of a new union passenger station in this city by the Southern Railway at a cost of a half a million of dollars. The roads using the station will be the Southern, - Mobile & Ohio, Jackson and Kansas City and Mobile & Bay Shore. Japs in Pursuit. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?General 1 Linevitch, in a telegram to the Emperj or, dated August 8, reports that the Russian forces operating to the eastward of the mandarin road advanced 1 August 5th towards a defile near the " village of Chagon, 24 miles south of Taulu. The Japanese assumed the ofi fensive and turned both flanks, compelling the Russians to retreat to the J northward. The Japanese followed in ' | pursuit and again encountered part 1 of the Russian force, wnicn naneu iu f the Nadoulin gorge, but after a hot f fusilade they returned to the souths ward. The Russians in the Hailung1 cheng district, the general says, occue pied the village of Yulangtse after a skirmish. Charleston Sends Out Inspectors. Charleston, S. C., Special.?Mayor " Rhett has proclamed a quarantine e against yellow fever points, to take 1 effect Sunday, August 6. No passen3 gers will be permitted to enter the city unless they can establish beyond ^ question that they have been out of a the infected district for ten days. Ini spectors have been detailed at all junction points to examine the trains. Motorman Killed in Electric Car Cols lision. '* Norfolk, Ya., Special.?A head-on c" collision between electric trains of the Greenview division of the Norfolk > Railway and Electric Light Company's system this evening resulted in the s death of Motorman Sydney Thomas r> formerly of Lynchburg, and the slight e injury of Robert Tait and wife, ot this city; Charles Gibbs, of Berkeley il and John Grimstead, all passengers The railroad authorities say the?pol o lision was due to disobedience oWor Q ders. Both trains were badly dam aged. I,- : DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION > abc on Much Evidence Given to Prove That me ten There Has Been Shady Doings "by em Many Officials. ly. The special legislative committee (lut | appointed to investigate the affairs of 1 the dispensary began its work at ger of 1 Spartanburg the first of the week. A gp. great number of witnesses have been tha $*>" examined and much damaging testimonv has been brought out. Many hai jiersons connected with the institution to have been proven guilty of shady conduct. The whole matter so far devel- $30 op?d is summerized in the following dis ... a c tacts: ad> First. That the positions connected ticl with the dispensary here were barter- spa ed and sold for money, borrowed mon- um ey or endorsements. qui Second. That even $50 clerkships ^Ir were bartered, and H. H. Cunningham ^en was paid $30 cash by the chairman of bta the county board to withdraw his ap- 'J plication for a $50 clerkship. oyThird. That the then chairman of the county board of control sold liquor ^ and traveled from town to town, and con that he sold liquor by telling dispensers he would have them removed by a friend on the State board if they did wil not patronize him. Fourth. That during the session of the Legislature satchels full of liquor were taken from the rooms of candidates for membership of the board by S'S Mr. Mahaffey, a member of the House. Fifth. That all dispensaries here 1 have received case upon case of com- co' plimentaary liquor from houses sell- get ing to the dispensary, and that most wh often these complimentary liquors me have been put on the shelf, and the SCi liquor sold, for personal gain, without 0j accounting to the State or county. j Sixth. That the Mallard Company, me Richland Distillery and Bluthenthall err & Bickart made a practice until recently of packing one of two extra bot- n< ties of liquor in each case, and these ?? cases were complimentary to the dls- S01 penser; that they were sold as reg- ly ular stock. ret Eighth. That at least one dispenser ere here is charged with the habit of hai changing the labels of liquor and sell- ap] ing as two X goods that which was for sent him as one X goods, and that this 0f same dispenser has accumulated _r? thousands within his few years of service. ' th( Ninth. It was developed that the wl) Richland Distilling Company and Blu thenthall & Bickart have been paying 25 cents for empty cases which origi- ch) nally contained their goods. Ttfis is sei supposed to have been a method of pai boosting the sales. One witness testi- wh fled that Rock Castle cases were paid Th for at 25 cents each, without bottles, re? and that they were not returned. It tj0 was shown that these empty cases jQother than i..ose soid to the shipping . houses, were sold locally to drug houses for not more than five cents po: and often for less. mc Tenth. That dispensers have writ- fibl ten to liquor houses for gratuitous li- ma quor to help them make up shortages. S01 Eleventh. That empty cases were fea run in the stock account and were th counted as stock on hand, when they were entirely empty. Twelfth. That two members of the county board of control signed certificates that they had actually wit- 'ri nessed the checking of the stocks in dispensaries, signed and approved the expense acounts and breakage ac- the counts, and left them with dispensa- "th ries to use as they saw fit. Several of jas these ertiflcates on which the dispen- no, ser were to make up their accounts wo were exhibited, signed in blank, with official approval of stock-taking, expenses and the like, that were to hap- j1 1 nen months ahead. ?s 1 Thirteen. That is Spartanburg Mr. Blackwood, in particular, was used as qiu a buffet to bull the market. He was SUI promised time and again a position ' and asked to file an application, and arr he now thinks this was done simply to fee get the other fellow to raise his price ^ to the county board, two of the members telling him plainly that It was a matter of dollars and cents to get flo< the office, and after they got the office uIa that they could easily take It back. vis Fourteenth. That one of the star im witnesses who is now absent, told Mr. an; Blease. a member of the commission, get that for $100 he would not be a witness, having previously made a statement to the Christensen-Lyon com- e mittee. 'ol Fifteenth. That the dispensary is sw selling fives, which means that five wh quart bottles are sold for a gallon, wh when the consumer thinks he is buy- goi ing a full quart. Witnesses testified a(?i that Hunter's Three Feathers, Old arf Dixie, Hannis and other brands were ^ fives. . Sixteenth. That until recently re- ; quest books have not been used. The *c plea in defence of the non-use being that the dispensaries have not gotten the books and have not had the time , to till tnem out. Seventeenth. That the dispensaries cei have been advised to charge all breakage to the county, and that the county Tg loses from its profit account all break- lea age, and it is not divined between bu State and county. Eighteenth. That Dispenser Huseman is alleged to have said that he ^0 paid as much as six hundred dollars for a vote and then did not get it. Nineteenth. That Charles O. Smith 3 . was re-appointed on the board upon tention of members of the delegation, P? although it had been called to the attention o fmembers of the delegation, not all, that he was asking money for air positions. * Twentieth. That the appointment of a j the present members of the county pn board was held up until after the Morris election was over. The commission had been issued long before the elec- 3n tion. , bu, Twenty-first. That liquor' agents have been coming to the dispensaries th< to urge the pushing of their goods. Twenty-second. That goods that ' then i n t mti 11 f?. < were moi orueieu, umci , tory, were shipped to the dispensa- ; ries. . an Twenty-third. That the tie-up of the wc decision of the Stale Supreme Court , as to the force and efTect of the con- . current resolution, under which the wl committee is working, is most embarrassing and hurtful. Witnesses, getting to believe that the committee had els i no legal rights, are disposed to refuse tal . ' to answer questions, and the whole situation is clouded and in doubt because i of the unsettled condition as to the , status pf the law. 3 Twenty-fourth. That three of the gp [ most important witnesses could not be f found in the city. Warrants have been ,, ' placed in the hands of the sheriff for * " [ these recalcitrant witnesses, and they tb' . are expected later. Should they not hu . appear, statements are on hand from an . them, but their evidence is desired. gii dr. Cole Bleaset grew quite mad J mt what; he thought were reflections J him and made a personal statent, and insisted that Messrs Chrissen ana Lyon were his political en- , ies and were fighting him politicalarid insisted that any one who sugited that he had not done his full y was a beautiful liar, rwentv-flfth. That the committee is ting pretty nearly an itemized list ( the contributors to the fund for The ' artanburg Journal, it was shown t the local dispensers contributed i. and that tne clerks gave $5. Mr. 1 seman, a beer dispenser, is said to re gone to Columbia to secure aid this newspaper iunci. ine evidence icated that $400 was to have been sed for this purpose, and that about 0 had been raised. One of the chief pensers here Insists that he made ontract to use the space as regular rertising space, and that he had ares written for publication in this ice. The arrangement was for a coins a day. The testimony is given te freely, with the co-operation of . John K. Aull, and it will ue of inse interest to the people of the ,te. These counts were ail sustained by dence given at the examination, ich caused some breezy scenes. The nnittce closed its work on SaturIt is not known what action 1 be taken. GIFTS IN PROPER SPIRIT. jnificance of Recent Benefaction! to College*. Mer all, the principal use erf the lege is as a place where thelnext leration is to get right idea^of at is worth while in life itself. re facts which, to the ignorant, >m the advantages of education, are minor importance. We hear much the periods of college commence nts of the necessities of the modt university in the way of enlarged iowments and increased equipment, me of this talk is, of course, realable enough. It is addressed mainto the rich as a demand for the :ognition by them of a duty of gen>sity, one which in our days has 1 a most remarkable response. But paratus is an impossible substitute ideals, and the best endowment a college is the character of its iduates. The $2,000 bequest, for tmple, to his Alma Mater, which i will of the late William H. Balda contained, was small if consideras a mere matter of money, but his iracter and the ideals of public vice which his life expressed form rt of that permanent endowment ich alone makes a university great, e memory of a railroad president tdy to sacrifice, if need be, his posin, rather than lose an opportunity usefulnes on an unpaid committee citizens banded together for imrtant civic service, is a rarer and ire precious contribution to the er of university life than any tomtu .terial bounty from ravenous tin's unclutched by hypocrisy or the r of death.?George W. Alger in s Atlantic Monthly. LIVES BY CHARMING FLIES. ade Fay* Well in West?Insect* Meet Painless Oeath. There Is a summer occupation In i West," said the traveling man, iat has proved profitable for the t three years, and many men are iv getting ready to drop their other rk and take it up. for the occupan of a fly charmer pays $5 a day to nan with a high-class clientele. It said that several enterprising westlers are going to introduce their ?er occupation into Gotham this nmer. 'In his business the fly charmer is ned with a canvas fan about four < (t square. With this he slowly ves the swarms of flies from the ic of the house down through every 3r, never missing a fly, and accum ting the insects in every apartment ited. Every room in his wake is mediately closed to guard against v homesick flies that might try to : back to their old quarters. 'As the buzzing swarm in front of i Immense fan accumulates they low their leader, much like a arm of bees, until they are finally isked into a small unused room, ere their conqueror sets fire to ne smoky preparation that soon ids them off to a land where there ? no bald heads to tickle, no soup drown in and no danger of untimeburial in the table butter."?New rk Sun. Lawson and the Wind Clock. rhomas W. Lawson recently reived a shock at his own specialty, s was driving a spirited horse to a ;ht vehicle. Having occasion to ivo it in nrdpr to enter an office ilding, he called to a street urchin. 'Sonny, hold my horse?"# 'Cert," was the pert reply. "What I git?" 'A dollar an hour," said Mr. Lawl. laughing. 'By that clock?" continued the lad. inting to a street clock in front of a veler's. 'Yes," said the financier, much lused. 'All right," assented the boy, with sudden alacrity in contrast with his jvious hesitation. Mr. Lawson performed his errand d emerged again from the office , ilding. ] 'How must do I owe you?" he asked 1 i boy. i 'Two hundred and seven dollars." What?" 1 'By the clock, mister." J Mr. Lawson glanced at the clock? J advertisement. It contained no j irks, but was operated by currents , air, and the hands were revolving ( th the rapidity of a pin wheel. 'I thought Wall streeters could do >re business on wind than anybody ie," gasped Mr. Lawson, "but this ies my time!"?Success. ! i THOSE BOSTON GIRLS. j Kettle?What do you think of the ooners, anyway? Edith?Well, I don't know. When ' l mad with Lizzie I find myself Inking what a splendid man her sband must be to put up with her, d when I'm mifTed with him I be i to look upon Lizzie as an angel. Boston Transcript 12 KILLED ON THAI rerrible Loss of Life Caused By Head End Collision STRUCK FREIGHT AT FULLQSPEI Collision on the Nickel Plate Roa Hear Vermillion, 0., Causes tl Passenger Engineer and Eleyi Passengers Mostly Italian Lahore] and the Injury of 25 Others, Eig Fatally?Badly Hurt Passenge 'Warn All ir> Smntrar "FrAirrLifc Pni WW V* V 4MA AAA ^/iUVIkVA A ' -"*3 neer's Watch Said to Have Be Slow. Cleveland, O., Special.?A fast ea bound passenger train on the Nicl Plate Road collided with a west-bou freight early Sunday at Kishman, < near Vermillion, resulting in the dea of 12 persons, while at least 25 otht were injured, eight of whom will pr< ably die. The wreck, according to t officials of the company, was caus by a misunderstanding of orders neglect to obey them on the part the crew of the freight train. The Dead. Charles W. Poole, engineer of pi senger train, 60 years old, Conneai Ohio. Joseph Alexander, 24 years o Newark, N. J. Frank Weaver, 35 years o Findlay, O. Dompnirn Pnmorinrn Italian years old, laborer. Antonio Grillo, 25 years old, Itali laborer. Joseph Paraci, 38 years old, labor Frank Burcini, 26 years old, labor Natale Dirmora, 24 years old, lab er. Antonio Achille, 24 years old, lab er. Galagus Travola, 24 years old, lab er. Calgono Caglina, 22 years old, lab er, hurled through car window; di in Loraine Hospital as the result his injuries. The Injured. John W. Long, SI Rayner stre Cleveland, right leg broken. Richard A Long, son of J. W. Lot right leg amputated, hip cut, head a body contused, may die. * Mrs. John W. Long, back sprain and head cut. Louise Reinbolt, Bascom, O., co pound fracture of left leg, foot crush and body bruised. E. E. O'Hara, 213 Milan street, Fii lay, O., right leg amputated. B. L. Kerr, Grafton, 0., contusio on both lefs. John W. Murphy, West Hav< Conn., right foot bruised and body li erated. Philip Baskim, Tiffin, O., ba sprained. Floyd Turner, Ada, O., left leg br< en, face badly cut. John Dexter, Tiffin, O., three rl broken and scalp wound. Frank Phillips, Findiay, O., 1 shoulder broken. John Jafa, back sprained. Lenordo Siracusa, back sprain and body bruised. Charles Buccufusu, back and be ankles sprained and bad cuts abe body. Veona Leonardo, two ribs broken Charles Dumont, left hip and ba contused. Joseph Dumont, two ribs brok* back cut and internal injuries, m die. Tony Trevalli back and both ank! sprained. Charles Degar, right hip and ba sprained. Albert Jama, right ankle sprain* Frank Gallia, ankle sprained. Tony Veranca, ankle sprained a leg badly larcerated. Aside from the engineer, the m killed on the passenger train were riding in the smoking car at the he of the train, and were mostly forei laborers In the employ of the Standa Oil Company, on their way from F< Seneca, 0., to Brookfleld, O., In char of a foreman. Engineer C. C. Poo of the passenger train, was killed his post, while trying to reach for t air brake, after seeing the headlig of the freight train. His flremj Haefner, saved himself by jumping. Two Coaches Telescoped. The high speed of the passeng train threw its locomotive and fli three coaches over on the engine the freight train, telescoping t smoker and the car following. The fi ward cars of the freight train we splintered to fragments. Of the passengers in the smok< none escaped injury. Fortunately the was no fire, but the heavy timbers the wrecked cars pinned down ma and prevented them from getting c until assistance arrived. As soon as possible after the wre occurred doctors were sent on a si cial train to the scene from Lora The injured were hurried to Lora and placed in the hospital there. T dead were conveyed to the morgue Lorain, awaiting identification a disposition. Steamer Aground. Philadelphia, Sepcial.?The stea 3hip Peconia, Captain Jones, frc New Orleans, with a cargo of sulpht went aground in the Delaware riv< about six miles south of this cil The vessel was released Saturd, from the State quarantine station Marcus Hook, Pa., where she had be detained owing to the prevalence yellow fever in New Orleans. Tt :ugs made repeated efforts to flo the Peconia during the day, but wil out success. Bishop Smith Critically 111. Asheville, Special.?Bishop A. Co Smith, of the Southern Method: Church, who is Sriously ill he: pqssed a restless though his cc dition Sunday evenMg is reported being slightly improved. Bish Smith is sufferina^'ith auberculos and while there is little hope for 1 ultimate recovery, there is hope tb he will recover from the relapse cident to his visit to Norfolk, Va., a again be able to leave his bed. M Smith arrived Sunday afternoon frc Norfolk and is now at the bedside her husband. u T . ? ^ ANCIENT WAR SHIPS.' Large Teueli of the Kzrptlanf< Plan' clan* and Greek*. Tlie inventions of the Alexandria 3 age were botli nnnierous and variec Under tlie rtolemale kings of Egyp ships were built, 'of lengths varyin from .112 to 420 feet.#the latter earrj ing 4000 rowers, 400 sailors and 285 iD soldiers, altogether inore than 7000 pet sons in one vessel. Demosthenes met tious a merchant ship which, beside <1. i hp enriro slaves and crew, carrie lie more than 300 freemen as passenger 8n (Boackt, 09). Archimedes built a sbi for Hiero, of Syracuse, which was pr< ,r8' vlded with dining rooms, galleries ht eardeus. fish ponds, stables, milli rs baths, eight large towers and an engln for hurling stones of 300 pounds weigh and spears thirty-six feet long. It decks were inlaid with scenes from th Iliad, and it contained a temple of V< nus and other wonders. Although till 3t_ huge vessel may have been more us< ful as a pleasure boat than a man-oi war, yet the Greeks of this age eoi nd structed fighting ships of scarcely les 0-. gigantic dimensions. Not only thii ith but they accomplished in them th >rs most distant voyages. That of Pythea )b. to the Baltic has been already met jjg tioned. They also sent ships to the It . dies, and several arounj the Cape c 8 Good Hope, which, after having mad or the voyage from the const of Spaii 01 were found wrecked on the shores < Arabia. Eudoxus also made the san voyage, though in the opposite dire ls tlon. However, this feat had alread ut I been performed by tbe Bnoentcians ui ' Pharaoh Necho, 611-GOo B. C., an ld.Jpy the Carthjyclnlans under Hann * The art of sailing on a bowline, < Id, "against the wind," if not also antic pated by the Phoenicians, belongs 1 30 the Alexandrian age. The inventic of an inclosed basin or dock, for ship on Is also of the same age. Pbilon coi er structed one at Athens, which ha er" bored 1000 ships. The Maritime Cot or. and the Colossus of Rhodes were < the same age.?Scientific American. or WORDS OF WISDOM. or" The noblest mind the best conten 3r ment has.?Spen3er. ed The best part of beauty is that whit of no picture can express.?Bacon. The seed sown in the ground co tains in itself the future harvest, et, The way of the world is to mal laws but follow customs.?Montalgn 1 z nd \ rude Jest will sometimes create i c unfavorable impression which nev ed is wiped out. To carry the head above one's st tion denotes ambition and a pride th e(* is dangerous. 1(j_ Finding fault over trifles is apt blind the sight to errors of great ,ns consequence. Economy that entails sufferii 2Q, shows lack of sound judgment ai ac brings few rewards. ck Words, money, all things else a comparatively easy to give away, b 3k. when a man makes a gift of his dai life and practice, it Is plain that tl ibs truth, whatever it may be, has tak< nnssossinn of him.?Lowell. To say, then, the majority are wic ed, means no malice, no bad heart, the observer, but simply that the m Jorlty are unripe, and have not y ,tij come to themselves, do not yet kno )ut their opinions.?Emerson. I long to accomplish a great ni noble task, but it is my chief duty ai ck joy to accomplish humble tasks i though they were great and noble, is my service to think how I can be fulfill the demands that each di les makes upon me, and to rejoice th others can do what I cannot.?Heb ck Keller. 3(j The GeNBlch-Qnlck Fallacy. Tn this commercial age when a mi nd gets on to some scheme that will mal a wagon load of money he does n en hunt around for some other man all get the profits, fcut he goes stralgl 3^ way and takes them In for himse The only protection against the sharpers Is to be suspicious of all 1 vestments promising very large i turns. 8? Any business man of standing a le, cheat his customers if he has a mil at to do it, because they have conflden he in him, but these same custome bt would at once become suspicious of stranger who should otTer them an J in' vestment that promised 100 per cei profit in six months, because tb< would know that if the man had su ;er a sure investment any good bai rst would advance the money on it for of reasonable interest. Anything as safe as Governme bonds always brings small returi or* The man with the swindle and t! re get-rich-quick concern does not lo< for the man who is willing to inve er, in Government bonds, but for the mi ,re who wants to speculate and make lar, 0j profits. Almost any man witho , money thinks that if he only^had a fe Q> thousfnd dollars he could make fab ,ut lous sums in a very short time, ai when he gets the money he is reai ck to buy a gold brick.?Witchita Eagle. The Louvre Threatened. "A new danger threatens the Louvr llD The great palace of art has for yea been imperilled by the presence of tl Colonial Office in the wing on the riv front, and each session the Minlst it. -i. iv. rti. of Fine Arts vaimy asss xuai iue w onies shall be provided for elsewher The Colonial Minister objects to tl m- demand, but professes an equal soli< ?m tude for the safety of tlflfe picture ga ir, leries. Now, however.Bt has bet Jr> discovered that the ColRiial Minist has had a room fitted up for his aut a*' mobile exactly beneath the Rubei gallery. An explosion of petrol migl o{ occur here auy day, and then tl vo far-famed collections might be buri at up.?London Chronicle. Frayed Caff's. Among the minor arts of life < which we have lately given some i stances is one which is sadly neglec ke ed. It relates to the treatment of shi ist cuffs that show the first protest again re> >he laundry's handling. The lauudre m- is cruel, but the man who pares h as shirt cuffs with scissors heaps fol op upon brutality. With the first touch < is, steel the cuff is ruined. Light a matt 'i3 and pass it round the frayed edgi 'at (do not burn your wrist). The clean ing fire will remove the dross and leat intact the pure gloss of the cuff. )m' cuff treated with fire will last laundi oi generations longer than the cuff trea ed with steel.?London Chronicle. _ ?|OUR MINOR AFFAIRS n Occurrences of Interest in Variofll 't Farts of the State. " The Fanners at Clem son College. v Clemson College. Special.?There '* were over 500 farmers present at the j opening meeting of the farmers' ing stitute Tuesday nighf. This is the p largest first night's attendance on re> cord. The attendance this year will ' very likely reach 1,000. The general g average of intelligence aeems to be it highei, and certainly the farmers are s better dress ed and mo?-e hopeful than e any set that has yet been at i;iem* son. There are more youitf men pres?. ent than usual, though there are many f. gray heads to be seen. The first seai sion was held a* 8 o'clock. Dr. P. is H. Mell made the address of welcome y and made the farmers feel at home, e He spoke of what the State is doing is for the cause of agriculture. Out of l- the 620 applications already on file l- in the president's olfice 1SS have serf lected the agricultural course. He [e stated that the college is closed to a, all outside of the State and that many rf in the State were shut out, but that ie with their assistance the time would > yet come when the doors of Clemeon ly College would be thrown open to eV-' a* ery boy in South Carolina who wanted d to come. Dr. Mell then introduced o. Prof. J. N. Harper, the new head of >r the agricultural department, who has it- charge of the insntute. Dr. Harper, won the farmers in his short earnest; in speech, and introduced Senator Till? s> man, whose subject was raising hogs. % n* Contrary to what everybody expected r* the senator had written his speech' ,e and, after a few intrductory remarks ^ read it in a cool deliberate way. He stated* that he had asked to be allowed to talk to the farmers on this subject; that he knew something it- about it, for he bad read several books on the subject and had put up :h 5,000 pounds of fine meat from 20 hogs. The senator then read his n. speech, telling the best breeds, how to select, how to care for, the best .e and cheapest feeds, how to kill and e cure and preserve it, etc. The speech was .full of interest and was attentively listened to. SHOT BY KERSHAW POLTCEMAW a* at W. T. Catoe Seriously Wounded is to Difficulty With Policeman Jeff er Gregory. Kershaw, Special?In a difficulty ld between Mr. Jeff Gregory and Mr. W. T. Catoe Mr. Catoe was seriously shot and was carried to the sanitarium at re Chester for an operation. His life is ? despaired of. Mr. Jeff Gregory, who is one of the town marshals, was on beat and undertook to arrest Mr. Catoe, who had a double-barrel shot gun and a pistol at the time of Mr. Gregr orv's artempt to make the arrest. This is the second time Mr. Catoe hat a" been shot by M?. Gregory, as. they had trouble two years agp. w _ 15rings jjargo xxiuuuic. 1(j The committee which was appointed as at the last session of the Legislature It to examine the books of State offices. 8t is at work in the State House. Sena?y ator T. 3. Butler, of the committee, at said last night that the committee had ?n been at work checking up the franchise tax. The State will realize from the tax about $62,000. Of this the railroads pay about $20,000. in ke Judge Prince's Successor. ^ Anderson, Special.?The election lt. for the vacancy in the Legislature If. from Anderson county caused by the se elevation of Judge Geo. E. Prince to n- the bench has been set for the 22nd. '?* of August. The time for filing pledges and paying assessments has expired in and the following gentlemen are announced as candidates: Hon. E. M. Rucker, Jr., of Anderson; Mr. H. M. rf Prince, of Williamston, and Mr E. J. a Kay, of Honea Patn. Tne county ?w ?* utlve committee decided not to arit range any campaign meetings, and it ey is probable that a light vote will b* ch polled, 11k a Extra Court For Aiken. A letter has been received at the Governor's office from Solicitor Jamea ' E. Davis of the second circuit asking that a special term of court of general 3l? sessions be held in Aiken county for 'St two weeks commencing the first Monin day in September. The accumulation ge of cases on the docket has become so ut heavy that the extra session is neces,w sary. The request was referred to th? u. chief justice and the session will very lcj probably be ordered. New Power Company. Anderson, Special.?The stockholdholders of the new Hatton's Ford PowP er Company met In the chamber of rs commerce office and affected a for? ie mal organization. Directors were ' . er er chosen as follows: Maj. A. T. Smyth?, jj. of Charleston; Thos. B. Paine, of Ato"'' ^ r: rrown j. a. Brock. ' R. S. Ligon, J. J. Fretwell and D. P. *e McBrayer, of this city. The directors ,. then met and elected the following of* fleers: Mr. R. S. Ligon, president and treasurer; Mr. J. A. Brock, viewer president; Mr. J. G. Green, secretary, o 13 Bluebird Nest in Mail Box. A bluebird which took possession o! ie a mail box on the South road in Woodut stock last year and successfully raised two broods of little ones promptly returned this -spring, rebuilt her home, deposited five eggs therein and is now n. waiting patiently for the appearance t. of her little family, rt The owners of the box have abdist cated in her favor, putting up another ss box for their own accommodation.? is St. Albans Messenger. Iy '...J J - _ TOO MOUNTAINOUS. ?s Slangey?Yes, I tramped through s. Switzerland once. ,e Newitt?Come off* You never did. ^ Slangey?Sure I did; on the leveL y Newitt?That proves you're lying. It's simply impossible to tramp through Switzerland on the level.-* . Philadelphia Press.