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A NEW SWEET POTATO. f& new variety of sweet potato hav great economic value has been lunated in the experimental gard? ens of Bordeaux, reports the United States consulate at that city. It is a native of Dahomey and very prolific. The leaves of the plant can be used as a substitute for spinach, and the tithers, containing a higher percent? age of sugar than beets, are fine flav |ljfed, and make an exceptionally good food for live stock. At present the authorities, have only a limited quantity of tubers, and as (these are to be used wholly for re? production, it will not be possible to obtain samples for American experi vJflaenters until next year. A few hun? dred "sprouts" have been distributed among French agriculturists. A box containing 10. of these : ""sproutss" has been placed at the dis? position of the American consul, as the representative of the Smithsonian itution, but as the young growths iare extremely fragile and very suscep? tible to changes of temperature, it is teared they may not survive transit to the United States, however well they asaay be packed. IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS. Asheville, N. C.. June 22.-The Southern College Students] Y. M. C. A. conference here. this evening dis? cussed clean athletics. A. J. Elliott, of Brooklyn, a former football and "baseball player of Northwestern uni ^rsity, declared that the only remedy for evils in collegiate athletics is for men of high moral tone to compete tor places on the teams. Speaking of distinct evils, Mr. Elliott said that the man who sold his team's signals, an ^stance of which was mentioned, ^ftght to be rotten-egged out of col l lege. The largest representations in the conference are those from Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and " Ken? tucky. Count Watsu Aura. The founder of the Japanese navy was Count Katsu Awa," who died in January, 1899, says W. J. Ballard in the New York Sun. At that time the Japan Monthly Evangelist said: "In his death Japan loses the most vener ^Btble fjcrure ir? her ou.b!ic life. It was i this statesraaii ~, no uv-came tue r>rst . cap;o.ir. of the ?app.r.e<re navy, e.-tao- } iished the :lrsi naval coi lege ir. her history, and was rn?.-'lc- first rr--in? ister of marine. More than that, it .was largely owing' to the wise and en statesmanship of this 'Bis ;k of Japan' that the restoration the Mikado's Empire was affected .hout bloodshed." 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Monday, November 13, is the exact date which Speaker Cannon is urging the President to designate for the be? ginning of the extra session of con? gress. The reason assigned by the speaker for his preference for this date is that if congress is not con? vened then members will be left free until after the November elections. Evidently the number 13 has no ter? rors for him, ?s ne is insistent in pressing his suggestion upon the President, who has promised to con? sider carefully the speaker's argu? ment. The developments of hardly more than two months of the new admin? istration make it plain that the first session of the fifty-ninth congress will be confronted with an unusual program of legislation; Long before the last session ended it was seen that the railroad-rate problem must be wrestled with as soon as the new congress assembled. Action on the Esch-Townsend bill was deferred in the senate with that end in view. Tariff legislation was regarded as something to be dealt with in the distant future. Since then the revenue problem, if not the tariff problem, has grown in prominence. The certainty that it will call for legislation by congress, if not at the prospective extra session, at the session beginning in December is admitted or. all hands. The stand? patters, vlio were scoffing at the idea of such legislation in March, now con? cede the urgency of the situation. The determined attitude of the Presi? dent and the earnest character of his supporters precludes the likelihood that long consideration of both rate and revenue measures can be avoid? ed. On top of that there has been a growing agitation for modification of the immigration laws. That is a 'sub? ject which always provokes congres? sional controversies. Neither party is altogether united as to the proper im? migration policy. Those three topics and the enact? ment of the usual appropriation bills will easily fill a session of six months, and, if the President ^presses vigor? ously for final action on all these mat? ters, the session can easily extend far into next sa rn troy. There will be great pr ?ssure tor many other meas? ures of ? general character, as is us? ual at the tlrst regular session of a congress. One of these will be the statehood bill. The injustice of keep? ing certain of the territories from statehood now is conceded, and the effort to enact some kind of a state? hood law next winter will be strong. Under whip and spur the house, as usual, can crowd through its business but the senate will insist on time for proper consideration ? of important bills. There will be a long debate on the railroad bill; another long- debate on whatever revenue bill is sent over from the house. Immigration bills or any importance never pass the senate, except after full discussion. The statehood bill will be the signal for delivery of numerous speeches on the democratic side. . Ten years ago it was nothing extra? ordinary for congress to remain in Washington till July or August. The late Speaker ^leed inaugurated the policy of dispatching business in the house, and its influence was felt in the senate, so that the long-session con? gress began to adjourn late in the spring. That policy has been followed invariably in recent years, and both parties have been free to enter upon the congressional campaign. It is ex? pected that this will not be the case next year, even if an ?xtra session be called in the autumn.-Washington Post. Imitation Cotton. Imitation cotton from pine wood is, according to the Scientific American, it is said to be a very good imitation the latest industrial innovation, and of cotton, too. Whiskey from saw? dust, silks from cobwebs, butter from cocoanuts, bread flour from dried ba? nanas and beefsteak from the tender? loin of porpoise-but isn't this Twen? tieth Century civilization ringing in some pretty curious specialties? If in a kind of bilious mood, You wi~h an aid to digest fcod, No other pill is half so good Ai DeWit 's Little Early Risers. The famous little pills Ea-iy Ricers cure constipation sick headache, biliousness, etc. They never gripe or picken, but ici part early rising energ.. G >od for chil dren or adults. Sold *>y ?ll Hr/ig^ist*. The State Press Association will go to Portland, Oregon, this summer to take in the Lewis and Clarke expo? sition. Dying' of Famine ~ Is, in its torments, like dying of con? sumption. The progress of consumption, from the belaning to the very end, is a long torture, both to victim and friends. "When I had consumption ia ks first stage," writes Wm. Myers, of Cearfo-s, Md., "afte- trying different medicines and a good doctor in vain, I at last took Dr. King's New Discovery, which quickly and perfectly cured me." Prompt relief and sure cure for coughs, c- Ids, sore throat, bronchitis, etc. Positively prevents pnec monia. Guaranteed at J. P. W. D?Lorme's druir storr*, pi ice 50c and 81 a bottle. Trial bottle free. DESERTED IX STRANGE CITY. Mrs. J. H. Cooper, Forsaken by Hus band, Tells Pitiful Story. Deserted by her husband without money and without friends, Mrs. J. H. Cooper, of Charleston, S. C., with a five-months-old baby, is an object of pity and compassion. At the Alhambra Hotel last night the forsaken woman said that she had no means of any sort, but that she had made up her mind to work until she had accumulated a sufficient amount of money to take her back to Charleston. When asked if she had any idea where her husband had gone, she said that she supposed he was in Ports? mouth, for he had told her that he had secured a position there. "I don't know where he is," she said, "and I have made up my mind to work for my living." Mrs. Cooper, who is slight and del? icate looking, tells this story: "My name before I married was Ethel L. Johnson. I am from Charleston, S. C. and I met Mr. Cooper there. He is a locomotive engineer and he has work? ed for the Atlantic Coast Line and for the Seaboard. Three years ago we were married and he told me at the time that he was a widower. I don't know what his first wife's last name was. He always called her 'Lillian.' After we had been married for some time l found a copy Of a divorce decree in his trunk and then I knew that his first wife had di? vorced him. I went secretly to see a lawyer in Charleston and asked him to explain the matter to me, but he told me that as there were no divorce granted in South Carolina, he did not know and advised me to write to the clerk of the court in St. Louis, where the divorce was granted. I did this, but I never got a reply. "Some time ago Mr. Cooper got a place with the New York, New Ha? ven and Hartford Railway and I went to live in New Haven. "We reached Richmond Friday af? ternoon and Mr. Cooper left me in the station saying he had to go and see a man on business. I waited but he did not come back. "After a long time a man at the station told me that I could go to the Woman's Christian Association on Franklin street between Seventh and Eighth. He put me in a cab and .drove there but the matron refused to take me because I had a baby and sent me here to the Alhambra Hotel. I telephoned the railroad people and the Masons. The railroad people did not come to see me, but a gentleman came from the Masons. He looked at Mr. Cooper's card and then said: "He has not paid his dues and there? fore you have no claim upon us." "I told him I knew it, but that I didn't have anyone else to go xto." ' - Mrs. Cooper is only 23 years of age and is girlish looking. She is well dressed and is an intelligent talker. When asked if she or her husband were church members she replied that they were not, but that she was a regular attendant of St. Paul's Epis? copal church in Charleston, and that her husband often went with her. J. H. Cooper is a member of the Broth? erhood of Locomotive Engineers. He has been employed on several rail? roads, such.as the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard Air Line and the New York, New Haven and Hartford. Amongst his papers is a certificate of insurance in the Brotherhood of Lo? comotive Engineers for $1,000. This uncollectable asset and $2 is all the missing man left his wife when he disappeared. Mr. S. L. Thomas, secertary of the Railroad Young Men's Christian As? sociation, said last night that he took interest in Mrs. Cooper's case because he felt assured that she had been very badly treated and because she was young and inexperienced. Mr. Thomas stated that the police first called his attention to Mrs. Coop? er's helpless condition and that he then went to see her. "Everything is all right now," said Mr. Thomas. "I have transportation for her to Charleston and she will leave in the morning for her home. She will be supplied with money and will not suffer on the trip."-Rich? mond Times-Dispatch. President Roosevelt has suspended the orders relieving Lieutenants Har? ris and Walker from duty at the Charleston navy yard and has ordered the navy department to investigate the trouble. News reached Newberry Wednesday evening of the drowning of young Robert Langford in Saluda river near Kempson's ferry, about 2 o'clock. Thc- Southern and Seaboard roads may "oe asked to put a drawbridge across the Congaree river below Co? lumbia. The contract for building the new school house on the Wofford College Fitting school premises has been let by the board of trustees to W. S. Hicks, of Greenville. The style of ar? chitecture will be classic, and the building will be of brick, two stories, containing five recitation rooms, an auditorium and a basement. GEN. HAMPTON'S SWORD Has Been Discovered in the State of Illinois. The following taken from the Ma? con (Ga.) Telegraph will be read with interest by South Carolinians: "Dr. S. W. Lakin, of Eureka, 111., is at the Hotel Lanier. He is represent? ing the Gregg Mining and Investment Co., of Denver, Colorado. "He is a most interesting conversa? tionalist and in the lobby of the hotel has often entertained his acquain? tances with facts from his fund of in? formation. "One of the most interesting of these talks was listened to by a reporter of The Telegraph when experiences were being told and the subject of the re? turn of battle nags was being dis? cussed. Dr. Lakin held the attention of the coterie that gathered around him for some moments when he made this assertion: "I have worn the sword of General Wade Hampton while taking part in private theatricals in Eureka, 111., in the winter of '76. I took a character in the 'Lady of Lyons,' and the role of Claude Melnotte was assumed by Dr. H. O. Ereoding. who is today one of the most brilliant pulpit orators in the state of Iowa. "I had girded on my sword which had been borrowed from Capt. Joe Major, and as I pulled it from the scabbard I saw on it the inscription: 'General Wade Hampton, C. S. A.,' but at once Mann Clark, a nephew of Captain Major's, who was standing by exclaimed, 'For God's sake don't unsheathe that sword again.' "It was at a time when things were a little more bitter between the sec? tions than now and really it did not make the Impression upon me then that it has since. It was an exclama? tion from a man Who wanted to keep the matter quiet. "In the light of the restored friend? liness and brotherhood between the North and South, the return of battle flags and the exchange of fraternal greetings, I have often thought that it might be of interest to some of General Hampton's descendants to know that his sword was in existence and where it was located. Some day they may learn of it and recover it. "General Hampton and his aides, I am told, had stopped at a farm house for dinner and had laid aside their arms when they were surprised by a detachment under' Captain Majors and in their flight left their weapons. I regret that I do not know just where this event occurred, but never think? ing that I would be called upon to re? peat the story I did not inquir e. Capt. Majors also lost his sword during the war but has isince had it returned by 'his friend, the enemy* who captured it. When Dr. Lakin had finished The Telegraph's reporter asked if he could uote him. "I wasn't speaking for publication," he said, "but you are welcome to use the facts that I have just stated, and further more you can say that I am more than gratified to meet with the liberal spirit that pervades the South. It. is not only misunderstood North, but it cannot- be thoroughlj- under? stood until a trip South is taken. I understood Georgia's governor. is in favor of the erection of a statue of Grant and Lee on a pedestal at Wash? ington representing those two great heroes closing ha*nds in eternal peace -that will be the climax." Exports Increased. Brazil's exports increased $12,50 0. 000 gold in 1904. Of this $?,400,000 was for coffee. The coffee planters got about $1.000,000 more for their crops than in 1903. American capi? talists are scouring Brazil for profit? able investments. They are buying tramways and other properties free? ly, besides securing large slices of Brazil's vast land areas. China has recently issued an edict prohibiting, except in the treaty ports, the sale of metal rimmed spectacles. Tan shoes are also tabbooed, and any one dealing in them renders himself liable to decapitation. This latter drastic regulation is due to the fact that yellow is there the imperial col? or, to be worn by none save members of the royal family. No Secret About lt. It is no secret, that for cuts, burns, ul? cers, fever sores, sore eyes, bods, etc.. nothing U so effective a? Bucklen's Arinca Salve. 4iIt didn't take long to enre a bad we I had, and it is a.'l 0. l\. for sore eve?," writes D. L. Gregory, of Hope, Tex. 25c at J. F. W. DeLorme's druu; sto.-'e. 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