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S S 1 I I Church at A By Dr. ?. /J 0HE history of "graft" The first we may cal cated," and the final The boss reserve condition has been political machinery w in industrial affairs i age. Special privileg iest and most surely age has its fetish in the "economy of practical outcomes. A trust desires fi u-i1 liner to Mi- nmnnr mmnpnsation. E " """O w tribute liberally to a campaign fund, or lay the victorious machine under obligi A solid justification of its verity is case of city bosses with otherwise in Such diversion of public wealth m< slon of public morals. The very founi In modern Anglo-Saxondom the church sequently, there should be ever mainta the natural exponent of morality and i ity while this "grafting" process is goi The church must take its place as racy, and through pulpit exposition ant lish strong currents of influence. If gc it is a "low business," it will always be seek to foster the proper point o tion of human affairs in society throuj with a view of attaining the best good 01 me nignesi 01 uumau preuwupaiivit; 'Cultured people have reached tha against using superior physical force i they are not yet to the point where t achieving substantially the same resu of Trinity College, Hartford. "I claim represents another man's loss is a bri T The Use i ? \ By Helen IL mm lif t NE of the crying sins ? miscuous use .of slan{ X X of both sexes. In fac x I I I pie alone, but is used * X better example. Eve tttllHHt a 8,ang Phrase is an ? ~i is simply disgusting. ? -.T less, and use such la ers. But. don t use i sive, but trite, or slang expressions are nor do they add to the strength of a w and refinement, such expressions are j person using them as wanting in goo slang is an offence against good mann upon by parents who have the good of Not long ago I was waiting on a < young girl stood near me. who attract In which she was dressed. Her dark ! to match, called for more than one ai hat, all charming of their kind, also cai the spell was broken when the pretty something rotten about the way these nearly five minutes. Again the speakei to wait so long," etc., but my interest At another time I heard a young n ?ery pretty until she opens her mouth." ?o girl as attractive who defiles her m , t University V When and How Shal r His Professic | By Jfrthur T. Had IME alone can show t Tto develop his profes possible, but por.tpon narrowing of his sym of contact with men Hble one. While we are wi ? we shall probably se< different universities, our large cities, where the work of tt and the life of the college for less, we tne college course?a teuaency iu aian the studies of that course and the prof and to disregard or undervalue the s carries with it. In smaller places and distinctively collegiate atmosphere,'we reversed?to see an effort to maintain t elude within it as much as possible of ?in the belief that the gain to Ameri ship resulting from the contact of differ be strong enough to resist the tendency valuable enough to compensate for any cution of such a plan involves.?The C nwi/w .: How the Imi . -; Laws By Broughton GIRL being sent to m; I I seen or sold by unscr I I poses as the daughte #1 I traveling acquaintam B I to fulfil labor contrac I V ^ 1 this count;r>' need 01 M f prospect. A cripple WMFVtfS States, to enter somi tals, need only give appearance or fairly well-to-do, a few < brother, and that he will support him himself as to his record or political be whose two children were in her way, g Ing, and for $5 they represented them little things in Cincinnati. Mow as to the plan for the elimi which I first suggested in 1903. imme A. 1 A. U from a tour abroacl as a peasant, iu iu whether a man, woman or child is fit tt only in the hom* communities of the i that truth and keep the inspectors froi service process native-born Americans Organize boards o? three, one a doctor, communes, and hold local examinatioi with photographic identifications.?Hai "Freak" Dinners. Whether Mr. Kessler (the giver of the rfcent Venetian dinner) has set an e%mple yvhich wealthy London will follow remains to be seen. In contented countries there is no danger in these displays; but when labor troubles #re threatening, or Socialism is making rapid headway, it is doubtful If they do not increase the danger by affording texts for demagogues. They are deliberate attempts to spend money rather than efforts a: hospitality.?Vanity Fair. te?. id "Graft" T L L. Gould. Is marked by three distinct stapes. 1 anarchical. The second was "syndistage has become imperialized. s all, or nearly all, for himself. This made possible by that concentration hich has developed with concentration J ind is a striking characteristic of the :e which needs public sanction is easarranged betwesn individuals. This concentration." and here is one of the anchise privileges for which it is not ty all means the easiest way is to conwhich no accounting is had, and thus it ions to secure what it wants, the rapid accumulation of wealth in the significant means of materal support, eans an insidiofts and effective perverdations of democracy are undermined, was the parent of democracy, and, conined a fostering care. The church, as right living, cannot escape responsibiling on. a correlative part of organized democ1 parochial philanthropy seek to estab>od people keep out of politics because mu- cSnnlr) ' a "low business. me VilUlVil OWVU.M f view, which is, that the direc;h the various agencies of government of yourself and your neighbors is one 3. it degree of civilization when tht^are n getting the other man's monej^fcut hey are against using superior skill \r It," said D. Flavel S. Luther, president that any man that makes money that gand." , \ of Slang ? >atts McVey. ^ of the age is the very general and proa ; words and phrases, by young persocs" t, the evil is not confined to \pung peoby their elders also, who should set^a n when it comes from masculine lips, ything but elegant. From a woman it Many times young girls are thoughtng'.iage because they hear it from otht. girls. True, it is sometimes expres- I not in good taste, in any conversation, rritten article. To a woman of culture abhorrent, and they at once stamp the d taste, to say the least. The use of ers, and should be relentlessly frowned their daughters at heart. :oraer for a street car. A very pretty ed my attention by the excellent taste skirt, with shirt waist and Eton jacket dmiring glance, and gloves, shoes and ne in for their share of admiration. But ' lips opened to say: ' There must be cars are run." We had been waiting r asserted that "it was something fierce in her had vanished, tan say of just such a girl, "Yes, she is And this accords with my own ideas; outh with slang talk.?The Commoner. Problems \ I the Student Develop ? mal Activity. r 'ley, * ? of Yale. J whether the idea of allowing a student at ne Mrlv a npriflrf as ! 31VUU1 nvvmv; mo vm. ... r ing to as late a period as possible the pathies and the lessening of his points outside of his profession, is a practicaaiting for this question to be decided, i e two sets of experiments going on in In those which are connected "with ie professional school counts for more are likely to see a tendency to shorten e a sharp line of demarcation between essional studies which are to follow it, ocial adjuncts which a college course amnne institutions which have a more I s may expect to find these tendencies he college course in its integrity and inpreparation for the actual work of life can institutions and Amcican citlzenent types of men with one another will of such a college to'disintegration and difficulties and losses which the proseentury. ? WlrH3 migration | ; are Evaded i Brandenburg. irrv a young man whom she has never upulous relatives for immoral purposes >r or sister in some family of chance :es. A half-dozen peasant lads coming :ts made for them by some relative in lly deny that they have any work in desirous of getting into the United j one of the thousand excellent hospisome fellow passenger, who is of good dollars to swear that the cripple is hi* . A criminal or an anarchist perjures liefs. A disreptuable woman in Berlin, ave them to a young couple just departi as their children, and abandoned the nation of the undesirable immigrants, diately on my return as an immigrant e emigration centres. The truth as to \ onter the Vniteri States is to be found immigrants, and the easiest way to get m being corrupted is to select by civilwho can sneak the desired languages, to take over an apportioned number of ns at stated times, issuing certificates rper's Weeltly. His Excuse. "Ah-hah, Squire!" cackled Hi Spry, the village wag and cut-up, upon encountering the Old Codger, next morning after the date of the Greatest Show on Earth. "Ketched ve in a yarn! Told me ve was goln' to take boy to the circus, and I seen ye right smack up on the tip-top seat last night, without a single boy with yel" "Took the boy I used to be, years and years ago!" returned the veteran, crabbedly. "I'm in my second childhood."??Puck. . ..t | SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. The South Carolina section of the I climate anil crop service ol' the I)ei partment of Agriculture issues the j following official bulletin of weather I and crop conditions lor the past ! week: The first of the wee!; ending Monday, August 2Sth. was hotter than usual a'.id tin latter part was unseasonably cooi. \vi?h the minimum temperature at ( olumbia th" second lowest ever recorded in August, it having been one decree lower in 1S!)(>. The averairo for the week ranged from four depress, m the upper portion. to one decree, in the lower portions. below the normal. The air was generally humid during the hot period and very dry at the close of the week Excessive rains oecurred in Saluda, j Laurens. Newberry, Greenville, CherI okee and York counties, washing lands and Hooding bottom lands 10 tlu' further injury to crops on such lands: the oilier portions of the State had moderately heavy rains that were generally beneficial although not needed m many localities. The soil is now well supplied with moisture over the entire State. The frequent sW^yrs during the middle of the uVi ,. retarded farm work and spoiled considerable ljik"- that had been pulled, ami considerable rotting of rinv bolls, and of late l'ruit, be e beneficial to late corn, i>r covert potatoes, pastures,, l Ta.rdens and to recently planted seeds for fall truck crops. From many localities come reports I that the cotton crops has deteriorated rapidly during the week due to continued rust, and shedding and that praelically all of the top crop had fallen off ami that 0:1 early cotton fruiting had ceased: a few reports of improvement were received, ami that the plants continued preen and growing rapidly and fruiting satisfactorily. while most of the reports indicate that there has been uo material change in conditions during the week except that on sandy lands the plants were not fruiting and that the top crop would he light. Bolls opened rapidly over the eastern half and slowly over the western. Picking made slow progress hut will soon be active over the entire State.* Caterpillars infest sea-island cotton and some rust has apj>eared, but the crop generally is in pood condition. Tobacco curing will be finished hv the lirst of Septembei: some of the cured tobacco lacks brightness due to I too much rain. Ear^y rice harvest mule favorable progress. Turnips re re planted extensively and caine up to fair stands. Pastures are tine. Late corn generally promising, ex-* cept were damaged by Hoods and ex-1 cessive rains. Work on the Congaree and Available Funds. Congressman Lever has received from Cen. MacKenzie the following letter in regard to the work 011 the Congaree and the money appropriated an available for that purpose: War Department, OiVice of the Chief Engineers, An sr. 21. 1905. Hon. Asbury F. Lever. I*. S. House of Kepiesantatives, Sir: In rcpiv to your oral request made this morning1, I liave the honor to furnish the following information in regard to work 011 the Congaree river, asked for in letter to you, dated Aug. 1"). 190i), from Mr. I. L. Withers, general manager ?>t" the New York, Columbia and Georgetown Steamship company. ! The amount now available for Congaree river is divided into two parts. On the first day of August, there was $17,4t)d..">2 available for the purpose of clearing the channel and excavating the rock between Gervais street Kvwlvo 1 vdimihifl. 31 nd the dam at Gran by; and $25,000 available for clearing- the channel of snags and obstructions between the dam at Granby and the mouth of the river, the latter sum being alloted in accordance with the terms of the river and harbor act of March 3, 1005. which made permissable tb?e use on the Santee, Watcrce and Congaree rivers, and the Estherville-Min'm creek canal, of the unexpended balance of appropriation therefore made for a lock and dam in the Congaree river. The anexpended balance of this appropriation at that time was sufficient to allot $25,000 to tiie Congaree below the dam. and to lea"? a sufficient sum to complete the excavation and clearing of the river above the dam. The project adopted by congress, in accordance with which the money must be spent, is quite general in its nature, involving securing a clear four-foot navigation over the lower 47 miles at all stage* from the month to Gran by. and cleared channel 100 feet wide from Grandby to Gervais street bridge. The local officer in charge, Capt. G. P. Howell, corns of engineers, has submitted a project for expending the available lands in accordance with this plan. 1 have no doubt that the wishes of those interested in the navigation will receive careful consideration by Capt. Howell in the expenditure of the funds at his disposal, and would suggest that Mr. Withers confer with him driectly in the manner indicated in his letter. I assume above that Mr. Withers ; inquiry referred to the present funds, i but if he desires to know the total amounts that have ever been appropriated for the Congaree river, 1 may say that there has been appropriated for a lock and dam at Granby a total of $250,000 and the expenditures there from up to the end of the last tiscal year were $204, 253.94. Of the remaining flnlance $25,000 was assigned to^mc lower Congaree, in accordance ith the river and harbor net of 3, 1005. In addition to this reallottcd balance, the total appropriations for the lower Congaree have been $.30,000, of which there had been expended up to July 1, 1905, the sum of $35,S7">.49. Very respectfully, A. MACKENZIE, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers, U.S.A. ,.y? iWoiiM' Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. UNDEVELOPED WATER POWER. Which Are Susceptible of Producing Vast Store of Motive Power. It is staid iliat the United States preoloirical survey is soon to have prepared a map shoving the extent to which the water powers of this State are susceptible of development. The work will show tin water powers on the Broad river north of Alston and onthe Catawba river between Camden and the North CaCrolina line. On the Catawba river (also known below the Great Falls as the Wateree) in the SO miles between Cam uen and me oiaie une me ism about 580 feet. Tbe greatest fall occurs at the head of navigation, tive miles above Camden where the drop is 52 feet in live miles; at Rocky Mount where the fall is 172 feet in eight miles, and at Landsford, where the fall is 40 feet in two miles. At each of these points small navigation canals were constructed about 75 years ago by the State. Very little power is now being used at these shoals. The principal developed water power on the river is the new plant at Rock Hill, where the dain and working head are about 3? feet. M On Rrond river tbe fail is about 520 fleet in the 75 mil"* between Alston and the State line. The principal shoals are the Lock hart shoals, where the fall is 4.8 feet on one and a half miles and a series of shoals, including Cherokee shoals, near Gaffney where the fall is 104 fet in six miles. An examination and report on this river was made in 1S70 and 18S0 by the corps of engineers of the United States army. Palmetto News Items. The Carolina Mutual Insurance company with headquarters at Columbia, has beeu chartered. Mr. S. L. Miller for a number of years field agent in South Carolina for tne Equitable and subsequently general ageiit for the Mutual, and now for the Home Life, is president and treasurer. The directors are T. K. Elliott, president of the bank of Winnskoro and of the Fairfield Cotton Mills; E. H. Sparkman, vice-president of the Merchants and Planters Bank of Union; J. W. Simpson, cashier of the First National Bank of Spartanburg; Wilie Jones, vice-president Carolina National Bank of Columbia; and Dr. W. M. Lester of Columbia, medical director. Congressman George S. Legare has gone to Washington, where he will meet a number of other representatives, forming a party who will be the guests of Congressman Wilson of North Dakota on a hunt :.n that State. Mr. Thomas J. McCrarv, president and treasurer of the Newberry Cotton Mills, died suddenly Wednesday morning shortly after 11 o'clock, during an attack of acute indigestion. The illness seized him at about midnight, and was utterly unlooked-for, as Mr. McCrary had been apparently in good health. Mr. McCrary's death is viewed by the community as a great calamity. A special from Orangeburg says: FT \Y. Bonzard. former disDenser at Fort Motte, who was arrested charged with a defalcation amounting to $2,271.81, and who was delivered into the custody of the sheriff in default of bail, was released, the necessary bond having been secured. Bond was fixed m the sum of $2,000 and the bondsmen are W. G. Peterkin and Martin Keller of Fort Motte and M. C. Edwins of Orangeburg. Bouzard waived a preliminary hearing and, while the case will be called during the court of general sessions which convenes here Monday, the defence may require more time and ask for a * postponment until January. Gen. M. L. Bonham has been confined to his room for the past week, suffering with an intestinal abscess. As soon as he is able his physicians will take him to a hospital to have an operation performed. County Supervisor McBride of Florence ordered an election to be held on October 3rd for the purpose of voting on the question of dispensary* or no dispensary under the Brice law, the requisite number of names having been secured. Several merchants from other places are going to locate in SumchaAber of commerce to secure stores for them. Houses and stores are in great demand and are being built very rapidly. The city of Sumter is stretching out and where a few years ago were waste lands or lands planted are now line res'denees. Another evidence of the business growth of the city is the bui'ding o ftsores in various sections of the citv heretofore of an exclusive residential section. The outlook for a tine fall trade is said to be bettev than for years. Wise Sister Mary. Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow; it strayed away one summer day where lambs should never go. Then Mary sat her down and tears streamed slowly from her eyes; she never found the lamb because she did not advertise. And Mary had a brother John, who kept a riling store: he sat down and smoked his pipe and watched the open door. And as the people passed along and did not stop to buy, John still sat down and smoked his pipe and blinked his sleepy eye. And so the brokers seized his stock, but still he lingered near, and Mary came to drop with him a sympathetic tear. "How is it, sister, can you tell why other shoppers here sell all their good's so quickly and thrive from year to year?" Remembering now her own bad lack, the little maid replies, "These either fellows fatten, John, because they ad' vertise."?London Tit Bit*, I TEXTILE U Of llil * Great Activity Shown in New Enterprises and Enlargements. Columbia, S. C.?The fourth presscloth mill in the United States will be established here. Press cloth is manufactured from camel's hair and mohair, and the woven cloth is used in cotton-seed oil mills, linseed oil mills, in wine factories and other plants where the products must be strained by pressure through fabric. This new enterprise will be :.:i imjHtrtaut addition to Columbia's industries as well as to the textile interests of the South, with whieh it may be classed . The plant at Columbia will be built by tlie American rress Cloth Co., which is now being organized by Messi-s. Benj. F. Taylor, John Jacob Seibels, E. (J. Seibels, Thomas Tayolr, Jr., and A. S. Guignard, the capital stock to be >50,000 to begin with. Contract lias been awarded to Messrs. Waring & Co., for the erection of t lie necessary buildings to have a floor space of 5,000 square feet, and Messrs. Benj. F. Taylor and A. F. I'arker are now in New York arranging for the purchase of the machinery and other mechanical equipment that will be required. Mr. Parker will be superintendent of the plant. He setablished the press-cloth mill at Houston, Texas, that being one of the three now in operation in this country. The other two are at Brooklyn, X. Y., and North Chelmsford, Mass. Magnolia, Miss.?Some months ago the Magnolia Cotton Mills announced certains enlagements arranged for it's plant, and details were made public. The work has progressed steadily, and recently the addition was complted. It is of interest to note briefly what was done to affect the betterments. There has been built an addition which makes the company's main building 78 feet wide by 292 feet long, and the new machinery was installed. This gives the mill an qquipment of 10,000 spindles and 204 looms, with necessary accompanying marchinery, for manufacturing sheeeings. The daily output of these goods is 15,000 yards. The textile machinery was furnished by the Whitin Machine Works, of Whitinsville,. Mass.. and the Woonsoekct Machine and Press Co., of Woonsocket, R. I. The Magnolia oCtton Mills corporation increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $200,000 in making these improvements. Durham, N. C.?Notwithstanding the reports that continue of a boycott on American-made goods by Chinese buyers, the Southern cotton mills continue to make shipments of their products to the Far East. This is indicated by a dispatch from Dunn, N. C., which refers to the shipment of 500.000 veards of cloth to Shanghai by the No. 2 mill of the Erwin Cotton Mills Co., of this place. The No. 2 mill is located at Duke, near Dunn. It was planned for 70,000 spindles and 2,000 looms, but only half that equipment is in position at present, and the product is denim cloths. This is one of several recent instances of big foreign order for 'Southern mills. Emporia, Va.?Recent reports that the Ashby Cotton Mill Co. intends to double its 5000-spindle plant have been verified by the company. "While this is the company's intention, yet contracts for the machinery, etc., will not be awarded for some time, as a water power is to be developed first. This development will consist of obtaining 400-horsc power from the Meherrin river, to be transmitted by electricity. It will develop the entire power available, and plans are now being prepared. T. Ashby Blythe of 114 Chestuut street, Philadelphia, is president of the mill company. Textile Notes. The Cabarrus Cotton Mills of Concord, N. C., contemplates building a large addition to its plant; present pnninmpnt. SJ500 snindles and 542 looms. The Union Bleaching: and Finishing Co., of Greenville, S. C., has awarded contracts for the installation-of new machiiiery to increase the capacity of its plant. A reservoir will also be built. The Nantucket Cotton Mills will, during the coming fall, install 5.000 additonal spindles of the Saco & Pettee make. This plant is under the management of Mr. J. S. McAlister. A movement is on foot for the organization of a company with capital stock of $200,000 or $300,000 for the purpose of building a cotton mill between Hagan and Claxton, Ga. R. A. Scott of Hagan is interested in the enterprise, and invites correspondence for information to be addressed to him. T. W. Brame, of Macon, Miss., is interested in plans being formulated for the erection of a cotton mill in that town. Lexington, .N. C.?The Nokomis Cotton Mills is now receiving 3000 spindles and 45 looms, recently contracted for, and the new machinery is being installed in the company's buildings. It was announced last fall that the management had decided upon this enlargement, and about $20,000 has been cxi>ended for then ew equipment. There have been 12.4S0 swindles and 320 looms in position. "I A Attorney General Sues Roads. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?AttorneyGeneral Hart, for the State of Georgia, today filed suits against the Southern Railroad Company, the Central of Georgia Railway Company, the Georgia Railroad Company, and the Atlanta & West Point Railroad Company, and the Seaboard Air Line, for refusal to accept for shipment stoves and hollow v/are under a circular of rates^ssued by the Georgia Railroad comipssion, which reduced rates on those commodities. NEW SOl'THEItNRdAD Prospect Good For Opening a Great Trunk Line FROM CHICAGO TO CIIARLBS10S Cincinnati, Hamilton ft Dayton Management Announces Contemplated Great Undertaking-Rich Kentucky Coal Fields to be Traversed. New York, Special.?The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton system is to have a through line from Chicago to Charleston. S. C.j traversing rich coal fields in Kentucky and making the Cincinnati, Hamilton, Dayton and Pierre Marquette system a coal and iron orecarrying road. rresiutini Zimmerman siuu: "Work has been undertaken on the construction of a bridge from Asheland to Ironton. We propose building a railroad 125 miles long into Kentucky, where we have acquired 350,000 acres of coal lands and will build coke ovens and other development work. We expect the output of these mines to be from two and a half to three million tons a year. "Work on improving the coal and ore docks at Toledo is under way, and we are building a fleet for carrying coal and ore on the Great Lakes." Mr. Zimmerman said the plans for financing the project had been completed. Birthplace of Lincoln. New York, Special.?Abraham Lincoln's birthplace in Kentucky, which was purchased at public auction by Robert J. Collier, of this city, is to be restored and preserved. Mr. Collier said recently that he had not decided exactly what course to pursue with regard to the estate. It could be, he said, turned over to the national government and the farm counld be maintained as a park. The surrounding country is beautiful and the place is not far from a railroad. Perhaps one of the patriotic societies may be interested enough in. the property to assume the care of it, in which case I would make it over to such an organization .The cost of maintaining the place should not be large. For Eateras Lighthouse. Washington, Special.? Specifications and drawings for the light house and sation which Congress authorized Albert Eels and associates, of Boston, Mass., to construct at Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras, N. C., were filed at the office of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Under the act of Congress authorizing the construction of the light house the engineers had six months in wh'"h to file plans. The time would have ^pired on September 3. The plans were referred to the government light house board for approval. Fire at Eflard Efland, Special.?A saw mill located about three miles north of here, belonging to G. W. Albright, was destroyed by Are at an early hoar this morning. A large lot of Ane oak lumber. belonging to J. H. Slippen, of Southerlin, Va.. was also destroyed. The Are was Arst seen by Rudie Holly, a young man who was up during the night looking after a barn of tobacco. He aroused his neighbors but the Are was beyond control when they reached it. The Ices will probably be between $3,000 and $4,000. Georgia Railroad Project. Beaumont, Tex., Special.?The Bainbridge & Gulf Railroad Company received a charter. The company proposes constmcting a railroad 52 miles long from this pice, where it will connect with the Atlantic Coast Line at Bainbridge to Fairchilds, Ga., the Chattahoochee river. Ultimately, it is said, the road will be extended to some point on the Gulf coast. J. L. Hand, J. W. Everett and D. C. Barrow, of this city, are prominent among the incorporators. They propose beginning construction at an early date. Boycott Exhausted. Washington, Special.?Consul General Rogers, at Shanghai, cabled the State Department that the position there as to the anti-American boycott was improving. The officials of the State Department have come to the conclusion that the boycott has prac tically exhausted itself, the Chinese merchants finding that they themselves were the principal losers. * Korean Officer Dismissed. Seoul, By Cable.?John McL. Brown, who for 12 years past has been at the head of the Korean customs, is to be dismissed. This is probably due to the fact that the customs administration has been undertaken by M. Megata, the Japanese advisor of the Korean government, and is part of his general plan to reorganize Korean finance. Under the new arrangement the customs service will cease to exist as a separate organization but will be arranged on a plan similar to that of the Chinese mairitime customs. Director Brown improved the harbors during his long service in the department which was the only honestly administered in the governmep*. Advance Announced. Beaumont, Tes., Special.?The Southern Lumber Manufacturers' Association has announced a general advance of one dollar per thousand feet on pine. Statistical information shows a decrease in stocks during July of 26,000,000 and an involuntary curtailment in the same month of 86,000,000 feet among 149 mills. Demand is so brisk that more of the mills throughfVm torrftnrv .ir<i wnrkinff double shifts. Brenham, Texas. ?The Brenham Cotton Mills expects to double the capacity of its plant in the near future owing to the steadily increasing demand for its product. There are at present some 5,000 spindles and 100 looms in position, to which $10,000 worth of machinery will be added at once, filling up all the vacant space available at present. Machinery' has been installed in the addition of the Ellawhite Cotton Mills, Uniontown, Ala., and the mill will begin operation September 1, with 10,000 spindles. Properly Seasoned. It made the young recruit hot; No wonder he was flustered. The foeraan peppered kim with shot Eight after he was mustered. '. ?.Philadelphia I'rese. SI f t ' A Woman's Privilege. Nordy?"I never fight with my wife." \ . Butts^?"It doesn't pay, eh?" ^ Nordy?"No; win or lose, she alwaya gets an indemnity." The Umat Exception. George?"For a society woman, she is very high minded. She is steadfast- | ly opposed to everything low." Gerald?"Except gowns." Freeh Gnns. Reporter (to the zoo superintendent) $ ?"Any fresh news this morning?" Superintendent ? "Oh. yes, indeed! "j The horned horse's wife had twins last ':j night." $ Taking So Chancea* Mrs. Nordy?"So you're not going a away and leave your husband this summer? 'Fraid he'll be lonesome, eh?" * Mrs. Butts?"No: on the contrary, I'm afraid he won't be." Undoubtedly. "You shouldn't treat your boy so bars. 'y. you'll break his spirit." "Wc'l, he'll probabiy get married M some lay, and he might as well have -;';H it broken now."?Houston Post.. -.jj Almost Hainan. McFlub?"Do you think that domes- *1 tic animals have any intelligence?" Sleeth ? "Undoubtedly. I've got a flock of hens that never think of laying an egg except when the egg market is glutted." S A Home Parallel. 1 Blinker?"How would you like to be In Warsaw and be mixed up in those terrible mobs of infuriated citizens?' yh] Clinker?"Tut, tut! Don't I cross the Brooklyn Bridge every evening during .$9 the rush hour?" , J Hit Benevolent Aim. HSBMft "Would you lend money to a per^^^H in rbal need of it?" WH . "Certainly," answered Mr. Pincht^HH "The more a person needs money bigger tbe rate of interest be is wl^NM ing tfc-pay."?Washington Star. wBfl Perfectly NatnraJ, I Tired Tiffin?"It's queer dey can't gitu.^ nobody to accep' de throne of Nor-^Sfl Dusty Rhodes?"Ain't nuthln' queer ,1 j about it. Everybody knows dat a klnft |5 i is de hardest worked of men." Definition a. The Simple Life-"Doing your own J work." * /I The Strenuous Life ? "Doing some i other fellow's work." 1 The Modern Life ? "Getting some other fellow to do your work."?Smart ^ Poor Han. Cooper?"Did you ever travel on ft personally conducted tour?" Hooper?"I've traveled on one ever J| since my honeymoon."?New York. Evening Mail. Getting Wise. Yeast?"Do you believe retiring early makes a man healthy, wealthy and J wise?" . , 1 Crimsonbeak?"Well, I'm sure if I had always retired early there are certain thincs I'd never cot wise to."?Yonk ers Statesman. f His Method. Penner?"What, then, do you consider the best method of keeping books?" ^ Burroughs ? "There's only one sure way." ^ Penner?"What's that?" Burroughs?"Forget to return them." ?Philadelphia Press. t The Fltrtatiou* One. "That man is trying to flirt with me," she exclaimed indignantly. "There is no use of getting angry," said one of the other girls. "I can't help it. He has evidently | mistaken me for the chaperon of the ! party."?Washington Star. ; .1 Hid Last Wish. "What are you doing with th^t $beet of paper, Orville?" sharply usked hia wife. "I am making ii wish," answered Mr. { Meekun. "A wish?" -*j "Yes, my dear. In ypur presence I . j shall not presume to call it a will."? ^ Chicago Tribune. Modern Habit. \ Plato had just given an example o?jM| his wonderful wisdom. pm "If you lived ages hence," said an-' h ardent admirer, "ttoe people oould not t;.f help but call you a wise man." "I am afraid not," replied Plato, "3 "Then what would they call you?" -9 "A wise guy." ' Which goes to show that Plato knew BAinMhini. e\t dinner lllmaplf?DetTOit^dHi Tribune. ? V J