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You set good out of life only, warnBthe Commoner, as you put good Intoit.

It's the size of a dollar, thinks thePhiladelphia Record, that causes thesighs of those who haven't it.

At any rate, in passing the censusbill Congress has done something,chirps the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,that counts. *

Americans now go to Europe, de¬clares the Seattle Post Intelligencer,for three reasons: To consult spe¬cialists, study music or get intotrouble.

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In Dr. Eliot's list of books necessaryfor the essentials of a liberal educa¬tion, Puck says we fail to note theFootball Guide for 1909.

Mr. Maxim Jr., recently returnedfrom Europe, says that in England"they aro drilling everywhere" audthat In Germany "every other personseems to be in uniform." Evidently,remarks the New York World, thereis more work ahead for Mr. Maxim Sr.

What the human race needs, as>certs the Norfolk Landmark, is an ab¬solutely exact umpire-one as trust¬worthy as an adding machine. Whenthis invention has been perfected, itshould be clinched to all baseball andfootball games, yacht and track rac«3,gas and water pipes, etc., etc.

Why do actors so often wear longhair? Perhaps, submits the KansasCity Star, this is the reason: Thereonce waa a statute in England underwhich actors found wandering were li¬able to be branded through the rightear. The long hair concealed the dec¬oration, and thus the custom wasstarted.

At the banquets of the eighteenthcentury the man who carved neededto know words as well as the use ofknives. Venison he "broached," thepheasant he "allayed," the rabbit andwoodcock he "unlaced" and the crabhe "tamed." Dismembering a swanwas "lifting" him and the crane underhis knife was being "dsplayed." Thepeacock was "disfigured."

As a variation from the abandonedfarm idea the Vermont Commissionerof Agriculture has prepared an "avail¬able farm booklet" Including a list offarms, apparently supplied by the realestate agencies. Judging by theprices and descriptions, some mightvery well have been described asabandoned but a great many are plain¬ly first class in price, declares theAmerican Cultivator. Prices of Ver¬mont farms are supposed to have ad¬vanced during recent years, but therange of price here given shows thatthere are many cheap farms still onsale in Vermont. As for instance,twenty-five acres with a quantity ofspruce lumber, fair buildings, 4 1-2miles from Barre, price ?500. Anoth¬er farm in East Montpelier with a

good house but poor barns and 126acres of land,' advertised to keeptwelve cows and team, is also held atonly $500. Soms of the best bar¬gains offered appear to be in the line

» of higher priced farms, which accord¬ing to the description contain amplyenough lumber and wood to pay forthe farm. A study of the bookletgives thc impression that there arestill plenty of bargains In New Eng¬land farm property.

FOR MENDING IlüTTONHOLES.For meud'ug kuttonholej in the

necvbr.nds of bosom shirts, stitchpieces of ta;<e flat along each eûsoof the buttonhole, brin ,ing them to¬gether at its ends. The tape oneach side should be just vide enoughto extend to the e:lgo of the neckband,where it should also be stitched. Thisnew buttonhole will outwear the restof the nuirt.-Gcston Post.

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Afro-American CullingsSociety is 'Organized tb Colonize

Negroes.Rome, G.'i.-There has beon founded

at Aragon, in Polk county, a new or¬der that has for its object thè settle¬ment of the Negro prooleni and thotpromises to beccmo national in lt«stope. "Tho Order of the True Amer¬icans" is the name of thc organiza¬tion and efforts are already under wayto establish a lodge in Rome. Theremoval of the Negro from Amcrioaand his colonization elsewhere is theprime object of thc order. Jt declaresfor a speedy, lawful and honorablesettlement of the race problem uponprinciples of justice lo both races. Itis stand for the reunion of the northand south, for one united white Amer¬ica, for loyalty to tho American gov¬ernment and for law and eider in¬stead of mob violence.

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Negroes to Bc Trained to Teach theBible.

Chicago, III.-An extensive plan forplacing teachers in tile colleges andseminaries of the south which are de¬voted to the education of the Negroesso timi the Neyroes might be trainedto teach the Hilde in their homefields, was endorsed by the executivecommittee of the International Sun¬day School Association, Lu sessionhore.The plan was the result of an ex¬

haustive investigation of the schoolsof tho south, made by W..-N. Hats-horn of Hosten, chairman of the com¬mittee. The resolutions adoptedslate that thc results secured tromthe work heretofore done by thiscommittee among the Negroes havenot been us satisiactory as was hopedfor. and that the committee \s of theopinion- that owing lo tho leliglotrs,socir.l and educational conditions nowsurrounding the Negro in the south,work through field secretaries, con¬vent lens and institutes is not themost effective in helping the race tosystematize Bible otudy and Sundayschool wot lc.

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Negro League Adjourns.Louirviile, Ky.-Morality and per¬

sonal cleanliness among the men andwomen of the black race was earnest¬ly pleaded for by speaks at the clos¬ing sessions in this city of the Na¬tional Negro Uuslne!;s League.The convention left to tho choice

of the next meeting place lo the ex¬ecutive committee and r'2-elected Itaformer official personnel, of whichHooker T. Washington is at the head,with but three exceptions. The newmen are Scipio Jones of Little Rock,Ark., foui ih vice president; W. C.Got dan of St. Louis, Mo., fifth vicepresident, and J. C. Thomas of NewYork, executive committeeman.

lt was announced that a school totrain Nesi o gil is as domestics willbe opened in Washington, D. C., Octo¬ber 14.The league oificially passed resolu¬

tions thanking the arbitrators of therecent railroad firemen's strike inGeorgia; Hie United States govern¬ment tor sending a commis .-ion vjo Li¬beria, and asked all newspapers tugrant the organized work of Negroesimpartial publicity.

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To Show the Wcrld Progress ofthe Negro.

A national exposition that will,through every style of exhibit,.brougnt from every part of the coun-ty, demonstiate the industrial, agricultural and educational progress olthe Negro since emancipation, is thcproject wherewith Prott^sor R. RWright, principal of the (JOv rgia StateIndustrial College for Negroes,ai Savannah, would celebrate the 50tlianniveisary of emancipation in 15)13

Professor Wright has just retiirnocifrom a S.UOOinale tour of the countryduring the couise of which he testedthe sentiment reguiding the cxposition of prominent leaders of th<j raceHe spent several hours in AtlantaWith every element of the Negrc

population, Professor Wright says, theidea advanced by himself is universally popular. Educators, preachersfarmers and business men generallyview the proposed exposition as imeans of spicading beiore the workwhat the Negro has done since becomlng hi'j own master, and what ho iscapable of accomplishing, regardiniadvancement achieved as earnest foithe future.Recently at Louisville, Hooker T

Washington enthusiastically endorseethe proposal, and it is an acceptéeconclusion that Negroes, irrespectiviof location or vocation, will give the!co-operatiou.,

"Logically, of course," said Profes.soi* Wright, "an exposition ot thltharacter and significance wouid »><held in a southern city. Macon, Atlanta, New Orleans, or some otherepiesentative modem city will be sclected as the site. 1 am particular!;anxious, also, that the federal goverrment should participate and I an

hopeful of success in this direction.Proiessor Wright is president o

the National Teachers' Asosciatiorwhich held its seventh annual sessioiin Asheville, N. C., June 22, whe:the idea of lUe racial exposition waunqualifiedly endorsed. Other rep«senlative bedies have extended thmovement their ¿anction."We want to obliteiate," said Pro:

Wright, "the old hitler associationthal in a measure still characterizemancipation celebrations and the erlo which emancipation gave birth.

"It is our plan to strip the occision on its flliieth anniversary of apolitical or prejudicial meaning, anplaco it purely upon thc basis of denonstrating what tbe Negro hawrought toward his own salvatioiand what he is capable further of otecting in the same avenues.

"Impulsive Negro leaders and iladvised white friends of the race havduring the last year or two Indulgein hurtful and demoralizing demoiI strations based on purely academ!and political phases."We ask the cooperation of ou

white neighbors in the south, the beiand most understanding friends of tbrace, in arranging a worthy displawhich shall show the world what thNegro has acutally achlevetl along m;terlal lines, which shall Inspire thhumblest members of the race to iresparctical endeavors and which sha

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further harmonize tho best olomentßof theso two racer, so closely relatedIn tlie substantial destiny of thesouthern states."

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The Professional Negro."I huve no use for n professional

Negro, the one who.mak^ Ids way bybeing a Negro. 1 have no more usefor him than I have for a professionalIrishman or a professional German ora professional Methodist. I am nospecial friend to the Negro and I haveno faith in a man who claims to' 'Je.I bplievR in low and order. I believein the law being meted out to all menand races alike and this is ray specialfriendship to all races and nations?1These strong words fell from "tho

lips of the Governor of Kentucky, Au¬gustus Ii. Wilson, as he welcomed theNational Negro Business Lejague toLouisville last week. Governor Wilsonbesides being a republican and a Har¬vard mun is a brave man. He is onoof tho new school of southerners, sin¬cerely interested in the future of theNegro, because lie is Interested in thofuture of tlie south and «be future ofAmerica. His type of southerner'sfriendship is vital for the Negro's fu¬ture and in a large measure responsi¬ble for his progress ut present. Hisadmirable words ure worthy of thecalm consideration of every Negro.The professional Negro like the pro¬

fessional Irishman and the profession¬al Methodist is passing. That Negrowho traded and throve in days goneby on Negro emotionalism and preju¬dice has been driven to the outsideof work. Thc grip sack politicianwas in turn supplanted by the "intel¬lectual" problem-solve who had hisrendezvous at Boston. But both wereprofessional Negroes and of both therace has had good riddance. The racehas learned that neither legislationnor agitation .but that patient andpersistent effort in all directions willsolve his problem. The Negrothroughout this country needs nospecial friends, but defender of lawand order. He needs the opportunityto work out his own existence as allother Americans and then to be pro¬tected only aud as ail other Ameri¬cans.-New York Age.

Cabell Sworn In.Royal E. Cabell, who has been post¬

master at Richmond. Ya., was Wcd-'nesday formally sworn in by the Act¬ing Secretary of the Treasury as com¬

missioner of internal revenue, suc¬

ceeding John G. Capers, of SouthCarolina, who relinquished the officeTuesday.

Blow For Publishers.Quebec, Special.-A deputation,

all of the pulp and paper manufac¬turers and all of the Canadian own¬ers of rights lo cut timber on crownlands in the province of Quebec, havecalled upon Sir Lomer Gouin, thePremier, and asked the governmentttx prohibit t.hcvd^iL)i^-^^^iil*»A^g.d ,to the United Sfutes. '^^Wnerifans,having the righi to cut timber oncrown lands, did not join. The mfttteris to be submitted to the cabinet andthe indications nre that the expor¬tation of pulp wood Avili be prohibitedthroughout thc Dominion.

Law No Respecter of Persons.Atlanta, Qu., Special.-In denying

a pardon to Olin F harr, former cash¬ier of thc Citizens' Hank, of McRac,Gu., who has served If) months of a

four-year sentence for the embezzle¬ment of more than $10,000 of thcbank's funds. Gov. .Toe Brown over¬ruled the recommendations of theState prison tommission and made it.plain that family prominence and in¬fluential friends will avail naught inseeking pardons of him.

Attempts to Kill Doctor.Birmingham, Ala.. Special.-Fol¬

lowing the confession of his wifethat she was suffering from a criminaloperation, William McIntyre Fridaymorning went to the home Dr. P. L.Hagler and shot him through thegroin. Four of the five shots werefired without effect. McIntyre wasreleased on bond in the sum of $200.Hagler was carried to a hospital andlater removed lo his home. Mrs. Mc¬Intyre, who had been ill severalmonths, is said te bo in a dying con¬dition.

Relief Work at Monterey.Mexico City, Special.-The State

governments are contributing liber¬ally toward the relief fund, and it isbelieved that $50,000 will be rcaisedfrom these sources. Thc first esti¬mate of property loss of $:i0,000,000and of 2,000 .fatalities as a result ofthc floods may bo under thc mark.The highways o ¿-er the northern endof the State have been destroyed andit may be weeks before the telegraphsystem is restored to its normalstatus.

Window Glass Works Close.Pittsburg, Special.-Reports re-

ccived from towns in tho Pittsburgdistrict were that 5,000 men employ¬ed by the American Window GlassCompany are idle as the result of thcstrike inaugurated Sat unlay to ob¬tain an increase in wages. Noticeswere posted in six machine blowerfactories ot' the lilas* company thatthe plants won!;! he closed forthwith.The tuen have asked for an advanceapproximalinu- 20 per cení, this be¬ing refused tb« ri i"; r>ny.

MAT POR ULM BRELLA JAR.If you dread your umbrella jar will

Oe broken from careless ^handling,try putting a rubber mat in the bot¬tom. One housewife has Inside ofhers a circle of rubber tubing on

top of which Is a Oat tin plate withslightly upturned edge. The tubingkeeps this from resting on the bot¬tom, and lt can easily be emptiedof drippings.--New York Pres.

PALMETTO HAPPENINGSNews Kotos of General Interest

From All Tarts of tho State.

C., 0. & 0. Train Kills Two Men.Sparlauburg, Special.-Thc fir:«r.

fatal accident on thc Carolina, Clinch-field and Ohio Hoad since const ruc¬tion work was begun occurred Wed¬nesday morning when a constructiontrain carrying a train load of steelrails and a gan:; of workmen runover Home YVilsou, tho foreman, and.loo Henderson, a colored laborer,killing both instantly, and seriouslyinjuring an unknown negro laborer,(.utting off one leg. The bodies ofWilson and Henderson were fearfullymangled by Ibo car wheels. Thetrain pulled out from Pacolot Rivercami) this morning at 0 o'clock withthe workmen and rails, and had goneabout three miles Inwards BroadHiver when the accident occurred. Amil slipped from tho front car be¬tween it and the second, and theworkmen thought that the entiretrain would bc wrecked and jumped.Henderson jumped between the firstand second car and was almost cutin twain. Wilson, in trying to leapto a place of safety, fell benoni h thecars and was crushed lo death.

Prospects Good For New South Caro¬lina Railroad.

Greenville. Special.-Messrs. J. P.Charles and Brondus Martin have re¬turned from a trip over the routeof the proposed Givenvilli, Green¬wood & Augusta Railroad, which isto be built within the near future.They report that rights of way forthis new rom! have been practicallyall secured as far as Greenwood. Theroad will run over tho (dd grade ofthe Carolina. Knoxville & "WesternHallway ns far as Cokcsbury, atwhich place if will leave the gradefor Greenwood. The road will runrbrough Princeton, Ware Shoals andCokcsbury to Greenwood, thence toAugusta. A (burier bas been appliedfor and subscription kooks will bcopen September 17.

Spartanbrrg Will Celebrate.Spa rtanbury. Snotia1.-At a meet¬

ing of the cbamber of commerceThursday night preliminary arrange¬ments were mad:» to give one. of thekigrest free entertainments ever giv¬en in this Slate upon (ho occasion ofthe operation of the first train overthe Carolina, Clinehficld & Ohio roadinto the city. The plans are to givea free barbecue to people from nilseel ions of tlv» State and especiallyto those livia? alon J: the line of thenov/ sMm4h^^^^^^£^^^^^urjus ; afree (iiT'.viirt^ H<>t andci little oratorv in^r^Qp&HH""- Theidea is to make the oerasuW a gen¬eral holiday and próvido free attrac¬tions and good things to eat tothose who come.

Erring Gaffney Couple Arrested inAtlanta.

Gaffivy, Spci ia'l -Somo weeks agoM. C. Green, who has a wife and fam¬ily, left Gaffney, accompanied by aMrs. Kirby, n young married woman.A warrant wn«* issued for flic arrestof Green and Sheriff Thomas receivedinformation that he had been cap¬tured in Atlanta, and was in ci«s-todv in that < itv. SI .-riff Thomaswill send f.n of.lccr for Green. Thowoman wno fled wilh Green left a

young baby about six weeks of age.Green wns cmrnired in conducting a

bottle establishment hero before howent away and was thought to bedoing a geed business.

Mr. Jennings Accîp*""?.Cokeshurv. Sp-'ial-afr. J. S. Jen-

nines of Greenville has been electedrector of the Cokesburv Conferenceschool and has nccepted tb« position.He is meeting with a srood deal of en¬

couragement in his canvass for pupils.Newberry is A/rainft Bonds.

Newberry. Special.-Li tl ls interestwas shown in the election in thiscounty Tur«f!av on the question ofissuing $300,OCO worth of bonds forrend improvement. With all but twosmall boxes heard from the countygives for bond 110: against bonds1,2.10. About half of the vo'.o of thecounty was polled.

Popular Tr.ivclirg Men Lease theHotel at Newberry.

Newberry, Spacial. -. Messrs.Charles P. Pelham and HaskellWright, of thir city, have leased theNewberry lintel and took chargelast week. The Newberry was underthc mnnnsoment of Mr. A. T. Brownup untM fhn time nf his death aboutthe midrib ol' Amrnst. Beth Mr. Pel¬ham and Mr. Wrizht are well knownthroughout Ibis and other States,Mr. Pelham having I raveled tho Has¬ten! portion of the country, and Mr.Wright having traveled the WesternStates.

Fair to be Held at L-Igefield.Edgffield, Special.-Thc Edgefield

County Hair Association decided tohold ¡heir first fair on Wednesday,Thursday and Friday, Octol.-r 27. 28and 29. Every effort will be put forthat once to make this first annualevent a signal triumph. The Ladies'Chrysanthemum Association will holdtheir fall festival in conjunction withthc fair people. A novel and gratify¬ing succès? is thus assured tbo townand county.

THE GRAFT CASES"Attorney General and Associates Will

Soon Be Ready For Trial..Columbia, Special-Active prepar¬

ations are being made by AttorneyGeneral Lyon and his associate attor¬neys for trial of the dispensary"graft" cases nt the coming tenn ofEOurl, which convenes Tuesday, withJudge Memminger presiding.The attorneys have beeil at work

for-some time gathering up the looseînds of the evidence obtained at in-lervals, and the cases brought up are

expected lo be o£ interest throughoutthe entire country.

lt is not known yet when the caseswill be called, although it is thoughtthal some of them will be taken upluring Hie second week of court. Allmay nul he brought up at the presentterni as each of the trials may con-sumo several days and it is customaryto clear Hie jail of prisoners beforethe other eases are started.Those now under indictment in¬

clude das. S. Parnum. duo. Black, doeR. Wylie, Jno. Bell Tnwill, L. W.Boykin, W. (). Tatum. .M. A. Good¬man, dollie M. Rawlinson, W. A. By-ars and others.

Seminole Cases Will Bc Pushed.Columbia. Special.-The proseen- '

lion in lite indictments brought andafterwards to be presented to theîrand jury in the case against thoseinvolved in the organisation of thcSeminole Securities company, will bepushed by J. W. Thurmond, an attor¬ney of Edgof'eld. and former solicitoraf this circuit when Richland was in¬cluded in the Lexington-Edgefield ter¬ritory. The cases will come up at¡he coming- terni of court if possiblemd it is very probable that oilier ill-lictinents will lie brought then. Theprosecution as planned by thc recciv-?rs was not pushed, according to Mr.\V. F. Stevenson, who was in thc citySaturday, because of the difficulty insecuring the service of some of thelawyers interested in the receivershiphearing, to continue in the criminalwork. Mr. Stevenson is busy in thedispensary litigation and could notserve. Jt is thought, however, as aresult additional warrants will bosworn out. ;

Water Route to Columbia.Columbia, Special.-lt is a wei-

come announcement which comes toColumbia, Georgetown and othertowns along the water roule betweenhere and Georgetown in the form ofa letter from Chief Engineer Adamsto Commissioner Watson and others ?

interested that the report of the in¬vestigation of (he Congaree, Santceand Wnteree recommends securing adepth of six feet and a width of onohundred feet from Winyah bay tothe Santce, and a channel depth ofnot less than four feet to Columbia jby the Santce and the Congaree and ;not less than four feet tb Camden bythe Wnteree, mid the raising of thcdam at Columbia two feet. Thismeans water freight business fromPaltimore and New York to Colum-bit by Georgetown all tiie year roundtmd placing this city on the samewater basis as Augusta.

Child Drinks Coal Oil.Rock Hill, Special.-Havwood, the

2-year-old son of Mr. F. H. Moore, a 'prominent liveryman of this city,while playing around their home inWoodlawn Park Saturday afternoon,managed in some way to get bold ofa vessel cntniaing some kerosene oiland drank a lot of it. fotrunately a«physician happened to he at the nextdoor neighbor's and was called in andadministered antidotes and afterworking willi the little fellow forsome time brought bini around all-right. He is said to have been a sickchild for several hours.

Drought Unbroken.Orangeburg. Special. - The dry

spell continues here and the cotton isgoing back every «lay. Owing to thiscondition the cotton is opening rapid-.ly and the market here bas been flood¬ed. On Saturday 340 bales were soldhere and about 250 were marketedSaturday. Most of this cottonbrought 12 cents per pound.First Saturday *n November For

Farmers' Competition at Gaffney.Gaffney. Special.-The first Satur¬

day in November has been fixed forthe Cherokee county exhibit of thecolts which will compete for the valu¬able prizes offered by the NationalBank of Gaffney. It is probable thata tremendous crowd will be in Gaff¬ney on thal date, as a large numberof farmers and «tock raisers are com¬peting for the prizes. The prizes of¬fered by the Merchants and PlantersBank for thc best yields of coltonand corn and the prizes offered by theNational for the best stock is an in¬centive to farmers to do their best.

Hamrick and the Improvement BondsWin Out in Gaffney.

Gaffney, Special.-Full returnsfrom the senatorial election giveHamrick 820 voles and Hardin 040,n majority of 180 for Hamrick. Whilethis is not official, it is approximatelycorrect. The vote for sewerage andwater works as given in the specialwas not quite correct. The voie infavor of water works was 3.10 against10. In favor of sewerage 335 against13.

SNAPPY AND BRIEFItems Gathered and Told While

You Hold Your Breath.

SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS

Lively and Crisp as They Aro Gar¬nered Prom the Fields of Actionat Home and Abroad.

China and Japan have readied auamicable adjustment of their compli¬cations in Manchuria.Kew Jersey is considered u mos¬

quito state hut Prof Smith, who luisput his theories to a practical tost,Jins rid much of the mosquito terri¬tory of lite pest by drainage. Hulinds that the eggs are laid in softmud and if I he mud is dried theycannot hatch.Near Hutte, Montana. Tuesday, a

grizzly hear carried "if a ruth« childof a Mr. Doolittle. Ile pursued withdogs and gun. The hear (hopped thechild little hurt, killed ono doy: andput the other to flight. M-. Doolittlewas thrown from lin: horse he was

ridinir and had a leg broken, which,put him at the mercy (d' the grizzlywhich mortally wounded him beforerescurcrs killed the hear:

In Costa Rico in the late presi¬dential election the fight turned fromballots to bullets.A lone bandit held up an express

train Tuesday near Lewistown, Pa.,and robbed it (d' bags of money."When he sent the train away hepicked up a bag of Lincoln penniesmistaking it for gold and the goldwas recovered. Ile got very little.

Washington, New York, Chicagoand St. Louis are hiildimr for theworld's aviation contest in 3010.

Mrs. Fredrica Hcrnshcim died inNew Orleans the last day of August,lacking only a' lew months (d' 100years old.The President ol' France and Mme.

Fa ll ¡oros entertained Mrs. Roose¬velt and . daughter Miss Ethel, lastTuesday.A Reading. Pa., dispatch says thc

present drought is the worst for ~>0years.

St. Michael's Home for Childrenin New York, was partially destroyedby fire Tuesday and sewn childrenunder five years old perished in theflames.

Disciples of the "Unknown Ton¬gue" are disappointed at tho exis¬tence of Tampa. Florida, which ac¬

cording to their prophet, was tohave been wiped off the face of thuearth on September 1st.William Mitchell, a wealthy and

prominent citizen of Thomasville,Ga., committed thc great criminalfolly of assault on a pure woman. Hodid not succeed and his punishmentwas fixed at one year's service on thechain gang. All efforts for commuta¬tion of sentence to service on peni¬tentiary farm have been rejected byGov. Brown. He must undergo theponnlty.The Nashville, Tenn., police are

worried over many cas/.'S of "drunk"from which there is no odor. Theycan't find out "Howeomc you so."Ten deaths from cholera have oc¬

curred recently in Rotterdam. Thereare 17 cases and 74 suspects.Two masked men robbed the Mills

County German Rank of $1,500 stMineóla. Iown. Wednesday in openday.The steamer Lucania of the Cun¬

ard line, which was burned and sunknear Liverpool last week, will prob¬ably not he repaired at all.

Mrs. Sutton has obtained permis¬sion to have the remains of her son,Lieut. James Sutton, exhumed hutshe abhors the presence of I he of¬ficers that she thinks are responsiblefor her sons death.

Seven deaths from, cholera are re¬

ported from St. Petersburg and 33new cases within 24 hours.

Count Zeppelin made a successfulsail in his airship Sunday fromFrederichshafen to Berlin. He was

enthusiastically applauded.The total number of victims of the

explosion at Roca Chica, near KeyWest, Fla., was 'JO. 10 dead and 10injured. All the injured are in afair way to recovery except JamesGallagher, whose condition is serious.His back is broken and his ribs andchest terribly crushed.

Dispensaries are again open inSouth Carolina except several coun¬ties in dispute. Tn the countieswhere the dispensaries were votedout they will renn.in open till thc pe¬riod allowed for closing out thestock.The international cup of aviation,

known also as the Gordon Bennettrophy, was won Saturday at Reims,France by Glenn H. Curt ¡ss, theAmerican aviator, in the fastestaerial journey of 'Jil kilometres(12.42 miles) ever accomplished byman. His time, 15 minutes 50 3^5seconds was only 5 3-5 seconds fasterthan that, made hy Bleriot over thesame course.

The cave-in of an «dd mine didgreat damage to two blocks of thecity of Scranton, Pa., last Sunday.The surface sank from J to 8 feet.Manv houses were injured and a fewruined. The loss is set at $300,000.The Spaniards last week set land

mines for the Moores and blew up100 While engineers were placingmore mines in the night the Mooresattacked and killed .r>0 engineers.The Mahdist rebels in Arabia blew

up the Turkish barracks and wound¬ed 240 men.