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CHRISTMAS EXERCISES By the Lutheran. Sunday School Mon? day Evening at 6 O'clock. The?pening Service. Beading of Seriptares. Apostles Creed. Prayer. Hymn No. 9^-*'Christmas Day Song.-" v '* A little Prayer," bv Christine HnBer. " What they ?eU ns. " Little Ones. " "The Christaias Manger Hymn," by School. "The Child Jesus," Herbert Bnlt man. $ "Santa Clans and the Monee" Catherine Hammond. "Christmas Chimes,"?Toe Primary C1&3S8S. Hyam No. lia "Ring the Bells, the Christmas Bells." Address hy Pastor. Hymn No. ?S9, "Christ is Born.". Awarding, of prizes. Benediction. Distribution ot Gifts. The pablic is cordially invited to js?end. CmUSTMAS BEFORE THE WAR. _. t??ete Toney on Krismns limes on de Ol- P?antashun. Guess, i do members de krismus. tim?s wee ase ter nab. Lem;; me see; y ss, dis is de berry - weak wen all de^iggers is git de ireednm funvoli, boss, en he' tel um to go now; an. be back hean ces Mundy sho. AI ce niggers wat wus wukin furn ham come en dis week as ano de face. Dem was times; hit make me la? sumtimes now wen, I think 'bent it Nigger nab good time? Yo doan no antin. He already git fat ea tin despare rib en de back bone. Yon backras doan kill no hogs now like ol' boss. Pshaw, Ire bab hogs. < en hah hogs, en kill nm, en kill nm ali thu de |ali. Krismus .hit done j bia a froiick eher sense crop gederin J feme coi?e in* te all de nabors is nab cawn a&ackine en one thing en suther te?t niggah is almos git Sired good .rations, but 'e nab nm right on thu ;v-:?-:'-?9? krismus, Dat was de bigges time . sn darin de yeah, as moas of de mar - /riages- tek place den. Did dey bab eany supper You bet dey did. v Wasn't much? Huh ! youdon' know nctain. Waar did it come furn? Yo aholy ^ wusn'tlibiu den; way oie-mastah, he sjibum. Sa a" supper it was tba look at de pig on de table. Sho .Muff den" it us a whole roasted pig scanin np on bofe leets. Oby dem was times sho 4 ez yoit boan fe die ; good timas kasee niggah ain't habe nuttin eise to think 'bout. Ol, most ah ne fiarnieb ail de grub, all de ?fose, ea eber ting, en niggah aint got nattie to think but wuk. Money? nutto ^Wiil^^^* ?3o wid it? WeUdaaoaa^b e m &a Jdbl it ?a,?, bet some ooah k??&it en buy 'e I"freedom. Din, $B^?j5$" fecut dat, Cismas supper? No, ?ain*i gin to tell you. Jes ea, ap* et act sides dat pig ;-^ber hm room>M;^l^^lifbi ez day, kaze de waa. fires on shaffols en ' r??s OB de groan. You no niggah lub & -good fire in coal weder, en den times ^e wns plenty wood en no trouble ter ; ?nek fires wid. " I ken jes see de dance ^wine on ez I cum un fnm de big - tiouse. De boys- en cle ' gals ls jine ^ns ea3i8swia?in roan. Bab to pat OTT de dance? JSo sar, ii go by maaic. jBiowrn quills? Go tong man ; same 1 man gib as music ezjKg^""|flBte jfejkj music ;. or Uac Szy B?ao^iu. 15e wns a big tuckey goblab. En rice ; you aaa yo big pot wat dey bile close in? We?i dey i> conk it jess ez full ez it ' wiil bole. How? woe de bride dress? Ea fine ez enny fiddle, en de bride groom he hab on - a silk beaver meb- '. be. Huh! I should say de wnz.times, deb ain't bia no sich times since an nebber will be I'm afearei Bagood. ^ AN URGENT CALL. ?'or the Organization of the Chamber of Commerce. ilr. Editor: There is- a call for a meeting of the ^citizens representmg-the diversified in? terests of the city to meet at the court &ouse at 8 o'clock on the 28th inst. It as of the utmost importance for the advancement of its interests and the protection of the diversified business interests that this meeting is called, and that there should be a chamber of commerce organized by the business people of Sumter. It is hoped that every business man "^?n the city and every citizen who has the advancement and the city's inter? est at heart, will attend this meeting, and bear in mind that it is no trivial matter but a busin* ?s meeting of the Xttmost Importance, and every man represents any business interests should feel . it his bounden duty and even sacrifice any personal interest on that evening to attend this meeting on Wednesday night, the *8th inst. ^here will be matters of great im? portance brought before this meeting jand fairy discussed and it is necessary that all the diversified interests in the city should be there to take part in it. Therefore let everybody make it a special point to bc there and help this organization to get on foot on a solid Paris. Dec. 24.- Twelve persons were kiHed and forty injured in a train wreck at Lille last night. The Lille express crashed into the express from Bologne and both trains were demol? ished. The dead include the celebrat? ed chemist Berthelot to and a son of the French senator, Cuviaot Coi. W. D. Scarborough, of Dal? zell has been appointed Pension Com? missioner for Sumter county. Mr. W. D. Frierson, of Stateburg, bas been commissioned as notary pab? lic. There were a number of Clemson cadets on the streets Friday morning, awaiting the departure of their trains. The boys will have the customary ten day's holiday. The banks of this city were closed Monday and Tuesday December 26th and*|?th. _ .* The city waa. filled with Christmas, shoppers, the stores were, crowded and the clerks. were kept on a rush from morning to night British Cotton Supply. Writing on the British^cotion sap ply, Consul Boyle, of Liverpool, re marks that without doubt tbe one great question in regard to cotton in Great Britain is that of the supply, quite apart from tbe source-a supply constant,reliable, plentiful, cheap and free from control by manipulators, it has become almost axiomatic that the American supply now fails to meet these requirements, a fact be? wailed in Lancashire. What of tbe future? Here a peculiar situation presents itself. The Liverpool cotton men do sot seem to worry mach about the future. They decline to become enthusiastic over- the possibilities of "Bri tish-grown cotton.** Some openly poo-poo efforts of the gentlemen who have embarked upon this enterprise? and the general local attitude in the trade seems to be that of indifference. For the present the American supply and the "rises** and &Us** of the American-Liverpool market are all sci??cxently abosrbing for the trade there; and of the comparatively few who are looking far ahead, the ma? jority believe that there is still suffi? cient unused cotton land in the south? ern states to meet.the,requirements of the' world for a long period ; but apart from Liverpool, there: is throughout Lancashire, and especially in Man? chester a genuine feeling of anxiety as to the future supply of cotton. There is to be noted a distinct differ? ence, as to .the point of view held by .the Liver pool middleman and specu? lator and that by the actual consumer, the spinner. Hence it is that inj Lancashire, apart from Liverpool, j there is intense interest in the possi? bilities of 4 * British gown cotton.*' There are indications that the cot? ton trade of the United States very generally shares/the views (or, as?s possibly more correct, the lack of views) of- the bulk of the Liverpool trade as to the movement inaugurated by the British Cotton Growing Asso? ciation. It may ss well be recognized, however, that this oragnization means less. It is receiving earnest-s up? front the actual spinners offLan ire and has the backing of the colonial office, with all its ramifica? tions, throughout those , portions of the British empire where it is believ? ed cotton can ba commercially grown. Recently it recieved a royal charter. So far its work has been altogether experimental, and there have been but;, meager return? to the over-en thusifistic prophecies of- some- of those interested in the enterprise. Occasion' ally a small parcel of cotton comes from Africa or the West Indies, and gen? erally the qualify is pronounced to be good JMmet?nes exceptionally so. But iBsfere in all the many places select?T^or experiment has cotton growing yet been established as a re? gular industry, and the probabilities sro that even though there bethe most favorable progress as to cultiva? tion, labor and transportation, it will be fully ten years before British grown cotton will be an appreciable factor in the Liverpool market. For some years past there have been proposition?, indefinite and without apparent real business enterprise back of them, however, for the shipment,of i cotton direct from the' American pro ducer to the Lancashire spinner. A new movemnet in this direction is just announced. It is reported that the general manager of the Merchants & Farmers Cotton Company, with large plantations between Memphis and Kew Orleans, has arranged to for? ward large consignments of cotton direct to mills in England. \ COTTON LETTER. Special by Ware. & Leland's Private Wire. -New York, Dec. -27.-Prices were about'unchanged this morning, but before long short selling start?d and before the , afternoon the low prices of the season were reached. March sold at 7110 and January broke below 2 cents. Not since the advance in cot? ton started in 1899 has the price been as low as it went today. There must be a pile of cotton for sale as" well as bear pressure of the most powerful kind. This was due to the coming re? port tomorrow and the feeling that a large showing would be made. Some looked for more than 11,500,000 bales ginned up to December .13 and this would indicate a cro? of fully 12,500, 000 bales to be ginned in the final re? port. There was no support of any kind and. the bear pressure had a de? cided effect on prices. The average trader was on the short, side. There seems to be no staying power and as bears now have the market in charge, they will doubtless ?ress their advan? tage until something comes " up to turn the market. The market gets weaker as it declines. On a further sharp break we would risk the buying side rather than sell short. Ware & Leland. NEW YORK COTTON.. Open High Low Close. Jan. 7 24 7 24 6 88 6 88 Feb. 6 95 March 636 7 37 7 04 7 05 April 7 10 May 7 47 7 4? 7 16 718 June 7 25 July 7 60 7 61 7 28 7 29 Dec 7 16 7 16 6 85 6 85 New York spots 25 down; mid? dling 7.35, sales none. CHICAGO MARKETS. Opening. Closing. WHEAT -May, 113- - 114 4 July, 98 6- 99 2 CORN May, . ' 45 4- 45 5 Dec, 46 2- 46 4 ? July. 48 - 46 - OATS May., 316- 315 ' Dec, 29 4- 29 3 July., 31 5- 31 5 PORK May., 12.95 12.87 Jan., 12.65 12.57 LARD May, 7*15 7.12 Jan., 6w?> 6.87 RIBS May., 6.77 6.72 Jan., 6.47 6.47 There was no local cotton market today, there being no receipts, but on the basis of the New York quotations cotton would have sold for fyi for middling. Ml TO MEET THE ENEMY. JAPANESE WARSHIPS HAVE LEFT PORT ARTHUR. Admiral Togo Announces Withdrawal of a Majority of the Blockad? ing Fleet. Tokio, Dec. 27.-Admiral ?ogo re? ports the withdrawal of a majority of the Japanese fleet from Port Arthur. This is presumed to indicate that the vessels are going south to meet the Baltic fleet of the Russians. London, Dec. 24.-Baron Hayashi reports that the Japanese yesterday stormed the heights one half mile south of 203 metre hill and now prac? tically occupy the eminence. The Rus? sians made a fierce counter attack but wen? repulsed with great loss. The Press despatches from Tokio report that two Russian generals were killed in the fighting. Is Mark Twain Immoral? "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn," so Collier's f orDecember 24 tells us, "have been removed from the free shelves of a certain public library,, and are now given out to those per? sons only on whom, in the librarian's opinion, the effects will no be deleteri? ous. It would be a pleasure to know personally that librarian, or to see him at his work, casting his pene? trating eye upon successive urchins, deciding whether or not they shall peruse the greatest boy's stories yet written ia America. In our own variegated youth a clerical uncle took us out of the house behind some bush? es and cautioned us against the in? sidious effects of reading Mark Twain, but the warning fell on barren soil. We wished to be good, but not at the price ol losing Tom or Huck. Mr. Clemens is the biggest literary figure in America, and he is muchgtoo big for some of the librarians to un? derstand; His laugh is kind and most entirely virtuous when they imagine it is destructive of society. 'Honesty,' says'bey'isthebest policy. I know, for I have tried both.' There are^ fpeople in the world who are grieved* by a jest like that. Heaven rest their souls. Mark Twain is open to criti? cism, for he is one of the most un? even of our writers, as well as the greatest? of them. Sometimes - when be swings his good right arm at the' evils or the mysteries, the supersti? tions or conventions of this universe, he is as mistaken as poor Don Quix? ote. His attacks, for instance, on the greatest periods of art, because they do not speak the language of today, failed to lessen oar admiration of the Italian masters, and reacted, some? thing like a windmill upon the critic. But to show timidity about the influ? ence of such masterpieces as "Tom Sawyer* and 'flucleberry Finn* is to give to tbe angels one of. their too frequent opportunities to weep. ' ' Tbe Remaining Territories. "The territories of the mainland of the United States have probably held their last election as territories," writes Charles M. Harvey in the Lon? don Statist. "It is likely that the next ; time they vote it wiU be as states, and they will choose represen? tatives in each branch of Congress. A bill which passed the House of Rep? resentatives last April proposes to ad? mit Oklahoma and the Indian Terri? tory is a single state, to be called Ok? lahoma, and to let in Arizona and New Mexico jointly as the state of Arizona. The bill is on the Senate calendar, and it is expected that it will pass that body early in the ap? proaching short session. It is pro? vided, however, that the proposed state of Oklahoma shall not be ad? mitted till March 4, 1906, which is the day that the tribal relations of the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws and Seminoles) are to be dissolved, and their members are to be merged in the mass of the citizenship of the coun? try. Until -1901, Guthrie, in the pres? ent territory of Oklahoma, is to be the capital of the state of Oklahoma, and Santa Fe, in the present New Mexico territory, is to be the capital of the stare of Arizona, while after that date a majority of the electors of the respective states may determine the capital's permanent location. In the interval between their admission and the next national census, in 1910; the state of Oklahoma is to have five members of the popular branch of Congress and Arizona two. "Thus Oklahoma, when she enters the Union on March 4, 1906, will come in with a much larger number of representatives in Congress than any newly created state ever had. ' That is, of course, because she will have a much greater population. Each of its constituent parts had a small fraction less than 400,000 in? habitants in 1900 (Oklahoma, 898,331 ; the Indian Territory, 392,060). As Oklahoma increased 544 per cent, and the Indian Territory 117 per cent, in toe'decade ending with 1900, as there has been a large influx into Ok? lahoma since 1900 on account of the opening of several reservations to set? tlement, and as the Indian Terri toy is also growing with great rapidity,their 790,000 inhabitants oM900 have pr - - ably passed the 1,000,000 mark by this time, and they will reach 1,200,000 by the time they are eligible to state? hood in March, 1906. In area the new state will be not far from the average of its neighbors, having 70,430 square mileaf?s compared with 53,850 for Ar? kansas, 69,415 for Missouri, and 82, - 080 for Kansas. "New Mexico had a population of 195,310 in 1900 and Arizona had 122, 931. Each claimed at the time that many thousands of its inhabitants in mines, on remote ranches, scattered through the mountains and in other out of the way place were overlooked. In area the proposed state of Arizona will be of imperial dimensions, having 235 600 square miles, or much more than any of the present states except Texas, which exceeds them by 30,000 square mites." __ The "Murray's." j When you've got a bad cough just say "MURRAY'S." If a druggist gives you anything but Murray's Horehound, Mullein and Tar you're not getting the best and surest cough remedy. Make him give you Mur? ray's. Acts quicker and you get a 50c. size bottle for 25c. .Every druggist has it. V THE COTTON SITUATION. Harvie Jordan Writes a Letter Con? taining Important Suggestions. From Walter Parker, News Corres ; . -..i r? ,,, poadentr New Orleans, Dec. 25.-Secretary Henry Mayor of the New Orleans Pro? gressive Union has received a letter from President Harvie Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Growers' Protective Association, thanking the Union for the tender of its hall for the meetings of the association,' Jan. 24, 25, and 26, when the subjects of great moment to southern cotton growers will be dis? cussed and an amalgamation of va? rious southern agricultural associa? tions formed. The letter is as fol? lows: Monticello, Ga., Dec. 19, 1904. Mr. Henry M. Mayo. Secretary Pro? gressive Union, New Orleans. Dear Sir : I beg to acknowledge re j ceipt of your very kind favor of 16th inst., tendering the use of the rooms of the New Orleans Progressive Union for the meetings of the Southern Cot? ton Growers Association, Jan. 24, 25, and 26, 1905, and to thank you most cordially for your interest and kind? ness. We expect to have a large at? tendance, from every cotton growing section of the south and am sure every delegate will appreciate, as I do, the courtesy of your great civic or? ganization. "The Shreveport convention accom? plished much good, and at New Or? leans we propose to follow this up with a sane and business like organi? zation, free from prejudices and ope? rated solely in the* interest of the se? curity of the cotton grower. We will come to New Orleans prepared to bring together the various agricultu? ral organizations of the south and weld them into a strong central body and upon this united body will rest the responsibility of organizing the bureau of statistics and information which is expected to be of direct and lasting benefit to the farmer. In this connection I must repeat what I have said before. The organization of this bureau is not intended and will not be used in criticism of the bureau of statistics of the United States depart? ment of agriculture. It is projected for the purpose of supplementing the work of that bnreua, bnt with informa? tion coming direct from our own mem? bership, and in addition, giving facts concerning the spinner and manufac? turer which will tell the producer what is being done with his commod? ity. "The statistical and information bureau will furnish the producer with reliable information as to the acre? age, the average condition of the growing crop, the prospective yield and the actual yield. Also the actual cost of delivery of his cotton to the spinner, the prices at which the man? ufactured goods are sold, the consump? tion of American cotton by the mills of the world and the amount of sup pins carried over, if any. "Other questions of economic in? terest will be discussed and none is of more importance than the South's labor problem. Fortunately for the cotton planter, the world seems to nave produced a man who has taken a great step forward in solving this vexed question, and while I did not witness the test of the Lowry picker at Shreveport, I note from the press reports that the result was so satis? factory that some sixty-five or seventy of the most responsible cotton planter and business men of North Louisiana, many of whom I have the pleasure of knowing personally, passed resolu? tions unqualifiedly endorssing it. This is a tremendous victory for the cotton grower, for the reduction in cost of labor and production will be immense, as the picker is asserted to do the work of from three to five men a day. At Shreveport the accounts show that each one of the four arms of the machine picked an average of 126 bolls a minute. This is at the rate of 3,000 pounds of cotton per day per machine. "If this machine of Mr. Lowrys' caa do such things as theee, half the battle has been won for the farmer, for this picker will take rank as the greatest improvement in the cultiva? tion of cotton since the invention of the cotton gin. "Since the Shreveport meeting dis? banded, its members have scattered all over the south and have spread the watchword," Hold your cotton",to such purpose that the farmers every? where have fallen inline and announce that they will await better prices. In this work of conveying word to the farmer we have met with the hearty and liberal co-operation of the south? ern press and but for their prompt and generous assistance our work would have been clogged and slow. Southern editors arose to the occa? sion and from the biggest of our city dailies to the humblest of our country weeklies, they have thrown all their intelligence and activity into the task of helping their own people and giviLg voice to the southern planters letting each community, each state, know what the other is doing and a most remarkable unanimity has been the result. It is a current belief that the farmers will not stand together that they cannot be welded into a caordinate body. There bas been much foundation for this belief, but the physiological moment seems to have arrived when a spontaneous demand has gone up for the object upon which we are now working, and the New Or? leans meeting will have a work cut ont for it, the importance of which has not been equalled in the cotton history of the south. "Assuring you of my hearty appreci? ation of the kindness of the Progress? ive Union and anticipating a closer personal acquaintance with its ener? getic membership, I beg to remain, Very sincerely yours, Harvie Jordan, Pres., Southern Cotton Growers Protective Association." NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the health of the people of this county is in imminent danger and must be taken ".are of. It bas been decided that every precaution be taken to prevent prolonged cases of pneumonia, grippe, etc. The best thing to do is to give a good cough mixture as soon as the cough starts. Get MURRAY'S HOREHOUND, MULLEIN AND TAR. Only 25c. a bottle. At all druggists. HESTER'S. WEEKLY STATEMENT For the Twenty-Three Days of Decem? ber a Decrease of 14,000 Bales is Shown. New Orleans, Dec. 23.-Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement is? sued today shows for the 23 days of December a decease under last year of 14,000 and an increase over the same period year before last of 213, - ooo. For the 114 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the same days of last year 1,082,000 and ahead of the same days year be? fore last 1,273,000. The amount brought into sight dur? ing the past week has been 380,476 bales aganst 412,688 for the same seven days last year and 364,134 year before last. The movement since Sept. 1 shows receipts at all United States ports to be 5,637,194 against 4,882,953 last year. Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 455,491 against 384, 308 last year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the com? mercial year 649,278 against 468,139 last year ; southern mills takings 83, - 000 against 767,856 last year, 770,092 year before last. The total movement since Sept. 1 is 7,584,963 against 6,503,256 last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 263,324 against 322,036 last year, making the total thus far for the" sea? son 4,073,175 against 3,545,788 last year. The total takings of American mills, north, south and Canada thus far for the season have been 1,934,179 against 1,736,472 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading interior southern centres have decreased during the week 12,081 bales against a decrease during the c?rresponding period last season of 57,523. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop the supply to date is 7,496,930 against 6,671,055 for the same period last year. DUN & CO.'S REVIEW OF TRADE. Demand for Holiday Goods Has Ex? ceeded Expectations-Trade in Merchandise Seasonably Quiet. New New York Dec. 23.-R. G. Dun & Co's, weekly review of trade tomorrow will say : Demand for holiday goods has ex? ceeded expectations, but trade in staple merchandise is seasonably quiet. Business conditions are satis? factory, however, manufacturing plants producing freely, except where in? sufficient water supply restricts ope? rations, and a large volume of option trading was recorded for the week at the leading commodity exchanges. Dispatches from the leading cities are encouraging. Traffic returns continue favorable, railway earniugs for December thus far exceeding last year's by 7.6 per cent. Conditions in the cotton goods market are calculated to induce con ! servatism and trading is restricted ? to immediate requirements. Prices ! are fairly well maintained. Failures, this week numbered 251 ! against 284 last year. JEALOUS AND TOOK POISON. A Rochester Husband Killed Himself Because Oner Men Were Atten? tive to His Wife. Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 24.-Jealous over attention paid his wife by board? ers in the house they lived in on North Fit Vu ugh sreet, William Crow? ley, forty seven years old, committed suicide by taking poison this morning. Before drinking the deadly stun7 Crowley threw carbolic acid in his wife's face after making unsuccessful efforts to force it down her throat. She is twenty-eighth years old and an attractive woman. Washington, Dec. 24.-The war de? partment has received a dispatch from Maj. General Corbin, command? ing the department of the Philippines, stating that the natives in Samar are on the war path in considerable num? bers. He reports that the natives on December 16th killed Lieut. Stephen K. Hoyt and thirty-seven enlisted men. He mentioned several other minor clashes between the natives and the troops. New York, Dec. 24.-Judge Thomas of the United States cii?cuit court handed down decision over-ruling the demurrer of E. A. Barnaby, Pres? ident, J. K. Atknson, Secretary, and F. G. Dexter, a director of the com? pany owning the steamboat, General Slocum. These officers were indict? ed for responsibility for the condition of the boat previons. The great disas? ter last summer demurred on the ground that they were not the owners of the craft. San Francsicc, Dec. 24.-Steamer San Jose brings the story of the hold up of the Mexican Culiancan stage, which was robbed by bandits a short distance outside of Mazatlan and sixteen thousand dollars taken. Marseilles, France, Dec. 24. Lieut. Bobrinski, of the Russian crui? ser Sauvaroff, which was among the Baltic fleet which fired on the Hull fishermen, arrived here today on his way to Paris to testify before the in? ternational commission. In ta inter? view with your correspondent today be said: "I was on the bridge during the trifling and will positively affirm that there were torpedo b?ats with masked lights among the English fish? ing boats. Hnzelton, Pa., Dec. 24.-The Morea Colliery, operated by C. M. Dodson & Co., which caught fire last night ass m ed. dangerous proportions this morning. It is one of the largest in this region. Straight Facts. A whole lot of fancy phrases eau be written about remedies, but it takes facts to prove anything-good straight facts. And the strongest fact you ever heard is that Tannopiline is the bebt cure for piles on the market. It cures absolutely. Has a healing, soothing effect from the start.'t ?fig "All druggists have it for $1.00 a jar. Ask for Tannopiline and don't dare take a substitute. SOME P-OIXTS ABOUT BEAUTY. Good I joks Only Possible When Care ls Taken o? ?ieaith. In France, says The. Chicago Re? cord-Herald, they will tell yon abont the wonderful -sehools ?> o? beauty in * America where, for the sum of $100 and the investment of a few weeks time, the ugliest woman is made ador? able. Here in our dear Amerca we drink in fables concerning the won? derful beauty shops of Paris, where youth, beauty and Titian locks are to be had for the asking and the price, and where enamled faces are the pro? per caper. The truth is no such marvelous, miraculous revolutions from ugliness to loveliness ever take place. One's tbonght dome covering can be dyed, bnt that does not bring general beauty. Wrinkbs can be rubbed away and the skin freshened, facial blemishes can be removed to a large extent, and cutaneous irritations cured, but when you start ont to make of yourself a truly beautiful wo? man yon have the task of years before you. It means that you must take care of your health, which is the foundation and structure of good looks. It means that you must chase away from the habit of "saying things" when you feel out of sorts. It means that you must take the straps and buckles of prejudice and petty opin? ions off your heart and your brain, and that you must be great and big of soul, loving humanity, appreciat? ing life, enjoying, studying, working, achieving, dreaming and making each day better. The word beauty covers a multitude of goodnesses, fine qual? ities, sympathies, affections and hon? esty, ?t is not merely matter of bombarding complexion ill?, wearing a dip belt and growing a pompadour as big -as a Hubbard squash. It is by creating a definite goal of perfection toward which every good impulse will help you. In the majority of cases a complete chagne in one's appearance means an entire reform in habits,, < bringing the daily regimen into con- i formity with hygienic laws. Clean- j liness. fresh air, good, substantial , food and cheerfulness are the greatest of all cosmetics. Concerning the beauty of the neck, ^ arms and thoulders there is mucjr-^to^ be said. This is a triumphal -flour of physical culture and there is no need of an all-bony condition or the too-fat product. The arms of Sandow, con? sisting of great knots of muscles, are not to be desired, for that style of loveliness should be monopoliied by the sterner sex. We are not professional athletes. . What woman should seek is strength and flexibility, combined with lithe, soft, effeminate loveliness. A beauti? ful arm is round, smooth, white and plump-not fat or thin. There should be a delicate wrist with an adorable curve. Many pretty arms ean be made from scant material if the beauty candidates i persistent and does not over exercise cr forget. Panama. Canal Routes. Tbcfe bas recently commenced a re? newed discussion in regard to the Panama canal, as the actual work upon it appro aces commencement un? der complete American control, and the commission and engineers connect? ed with the job are confronted with the difficulty of deciding upon the route, which appears to contsitute a greater swamp tban those of the Onagers river. There are, it seems, four contingen? cies, a ninety foot level with dams and locks, a sixty foot level with dams and locks, a thirty foot level with one dam and a sea level canal with only one tidal lock to overcome the difference in high tide between the A tain tic and Pacific Ocean. Of course in the de? scriptions of these, there are infinite minor details that mean nothing to any but the technically trained, but the expense of constructing and time employed, roughly speaking, are about as follows : For the ninety foot level would cost about $200,000,000 and take twenhty years to complete ; the sixty foot, $223,000,000 and ten years ; the thirty foot $200,000,000 and fifteen years ; the sea level as much as $300, 000,000 and twenty years. The final settlement of the ques? tion will be left, we trust, as a matter of course, to the highest expert au? thority obtainable, and there is noth? ing, therefore, that the watching pubilc would want to do-if it could. Generally speaking, however, in all relations of life the highest priced ar? ticles are the cheapest, the end, to say nothing of a sea level canal impressing the common sense of the nation most strogly. Moreover, if captain Hobson's bill is carried out aud the year 1925 is to see the United Statees navy at its strongest-wheth? er "supreme." or not-it would seem that a good date for opening the canil was that in which we were best pre? pared so control it and insist upon its neutrality being observed. Still there is a great difference be? tween ten and twenty years. There are many of us who might count with confidence upon witnessing the con? summation of anythng requring the first mentioned lengh o? time to con? struct, when we would regard aught that took twenty as belonging entire? ly to posterity, and wholly unconnect? ed with ourselves and interest. f It is a matter of .such immense im? portance, however, to the nation in the abstract and the south in the con? crete, that-much as a the notion of a sea level canal appeals to our fancy -it is to be hoped that it will be give the most careful consideration aud undoubtedly the wisest selection made. Since the constitutional convention only three new counties have been formed under the provisions made by that body, as we recall. The smaller county sentiment seemed at that time to be quite strong, but if it was it has since materially weakened. A num? ber of new county schemes have been proposed, but generality have failed becanso there has seldom been any good reason for them. The movement, as a rule, starts in some town ambi? tions to be a county seat and opposi? tion in existing counties has been too strong for dismemberment. With very few exceptions our couuties now are not too large, and to split them up iutosmaller, results in littlemore than making two sets of county officials to be paid, when, one was entirely suffi? cient.-Columbia Record.