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TRUMPET CALLS. $t? ot'i flora Souudii u W?rul?i* IfoH to thi Viiir?tfi?iaedi TIIK Kin we spare will not apAro us. Character la al wa.va tolling Houiobodj \v hat It Ih. When wo would walk with /lori wo imiat go hit* way. A Belf ? math* man a 1 w a y h HpollH iita Job moinowhoro. Whoovor hinders God's work robs tho tv hole world. Bvory reform thai conies to stay bo gins In tho heart. Tho flro and tho gold never under* Bland each other. Religion should do the most wheve It Is needed the most. Somo people would say more, If they dlan't talk Ao much. No ono 1m free from sin who is not free from tho love of sin. 1 Ttye lean wo hove, tho more It means In heaven when wo give. ?Whllo we are drinking tho bitter, Christ Is preparing tho sweet. Tho man who prays much can do much, If ho prays In tho right way. t An easy chair for tho discontented canftot be found at a furnltnro store. ? The world may kill (Jod's man, but It has never been able to hurt his truth. Tho Blblo Is full of comfort for thoso In tho dark, but not for those In doubt. Tho morq faith men have in <!od, tho nioro lovft they will have for each other. Th^ m?n who helps the weak takes God's way to gain strength for him* ?ol>k ? i Say not tljat the former tlmos were b<yttor than the present, for it Is a mis take. ' Wliqn there Is no gospel In the preach ing, what good will It do to crowd tho oM[r$> v l Wljat do you suppose angels think when thoy seo a preacher looking l'or an easy place? _ . A. >, I Fogg says that to borrow ten dollars from a frloml must be conshlercd tin ?X-ralso experiment.? Hoston Tran script. linn Done Wonders. C'KNTIIKVII.I.K, U. I.. Sept. 17. 149t. "On a rtcont Journey to Alabama 1 have hoard ti-oiu a. Jesuit Father of Mobile <'oI1uko tomo vtbuderfnl cures Ironi ee/.eina, etc., from t ho use of Tkttkhink. "I hnvo sevoral people of my conureKiit Ion t list t lire nutreriiiK from eczema, tvttor, etc., for a number of yours. ! 'lease semi mo twu ?boxes by mail. I want to tsoo what your Tkt TKiiiNK will do for them. I uiiulo.se one dol lar." Yours respectfully, . ItKV. ('. I*. dAUOtfrltY. 1 box by mail for 50.\ in stamp.'. J. T. HlUM'TiiiNK, Savannah, U?. FITS stopped froo by Hit. Ki, ink's HiiKt r Kehvk ItuATOIinu. No fits after first (lay's use. Marvelous euros. Treatise ami $'MH> trial bot tle f roe. Dr. Kline, ffill Arch St.. IMilla., I'a. .1. 8. Parjior, Frodonia, N. Y.. Rays: "Shall not call on you for the $10) reward, for I bu llovo llall'a Oatarrh Cure will euro any cntoof . oatarrli. Was very had." Writo him for par# tlcular.s Kohl by PntKtflst.s, 75c. Dlngues? Hy tlio way, Sluulholt, talk ing of those X rnys ? Khatlbolt (sheer ing off)? No ubo, DIiikuhb; you'll make iio X rnlso front mo thin time.? Chicago Tribune. Buy $1.00 worth DoliMnii Float Inir-Dorsx Heap <if jrotir grooor, srtnd wrntypsrs to Dobbins Hosp MP* Co., Philadelphia, I'ii. 'I'hey will ni?n<i >on liee of ehnifto, postage |?uld, a Worcester J?oeket Dl? - ? lonnrj, 88# pu.ros, IijiiihI III cloth. profusely il buttruted. Ofl*r pooil until AukjwI lnt only. "Paw, why do limy rail tlm custom house (ax oh a duty 7" "10 r - I >(U'"*s it la been use everybody takes stub < l?: ?llght In dodging ir.^., Cincinnati Hn> n'lilrer. Plan's Cure for Consnmntion is an A No. t Asthma Medicine. W. It. Wii.i.i amm, <\n tloch, 111;'., April II. I MM. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, KOftens the ifums, reduces inllamina Hon. allays pain, cures wind colic. 33c. a bottle. Won dorful, oxolalmoil a druggist, how I ho ih? >j?lrt ?tick to Hood's Riirpni'Briila. They all want Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Mtood I'urlller. All druvctfi.-l s. $1. Hood's Plllo cure all Liver Ills, 'J'i cents. CEO, B. HISS Oil COiiPAIJy. Productrs of Sptciil Petroleum Lubricants. Valve. Kitxine, Machine. ?>liaft injr. ('rank, f'dfo, IiOom, Spindle. Sperm, Lard. Ncat>>foot, Pastor. Harness. Hrlck. 'I'allow (JiN. etc. Wrist I'ln. t'ratik I'iti. .latcnal. Sh;iftinif, Axle belt Ureases. etc. i "? > i ! r> ? CompMind. Rubber ItoolliiK 1 't* i i? t tiradv*" Scouree. Cotton SJzine. OFF l( KS AND WAItK HOl'SFS : IT and Smith College Street. CHARLOTTE. N C 't'holle 1 Vl, 1. Olive distance connection*. ADIItli"^ WHISKY hsbltsrured. Bot?Vi sent vriwin Wr. t'r. s.l. t'OOlLM. ATLA>T4. l.J. The coolness: is*refreshing; the roots and herbs invigor ating ; the two together at/i m a ting. Yon ge t the rig It t combination in If I RLlS Root beer. WW" ?otj br Tli? Ct>?jl?i K lllf'l Cf . PluliJf'phl*. $ A ISo. p?."k?|< iu?k?? S (tlUn. !*<.'. I ?i tt/ ?ker?. /"% D III fUl <?< MORPHINE Ii stilt enrod ? I I VI on n K<iifsntq>'. For pHrtici lnrs n<1-1rp>i( ltj>x No. S7I. ASUFV^.t.r N ( OSDoANia's ^udtnedd C$c >//et e "Wint" r USJ^. moT*i OTWf.' f "?? ?'**? BATES ON BOND ISSUES. TIIKMTATK TRKASUKHIt MAKK9 1118 8TATKMKNT. -???- ? ? ?? ? llo Tells llow fie Came to Accept ? l?'ee of Two TUouiuumI Dollars From the fcyndlcuto. <**>? - ? State Treasurer Hut oh haw mudo tho following statement referring btriotly to his own c<mnooti<\D with tho bond, matter, aooounting fo?S^ho disposition of u little ovor 82,000 >1. tho^oojU^ missions about which thoro in so in u oil talk. Pr. Hates' statement is ?? '<?!* lows: ?'Von, it in true that 1 received front tho syndicate tha sum of $2,031. 2o, This was for noting as their repres entative in makiug settlements with their subscribers, collecting ami re mitting their premiums nud ajitondiig to their expenso account. / "For instance, thoro were' subHcri borH in Charleston for $2,000,000 of the new issue which tho (tyudicate had eontracteil to deliver in Charleston. Thane wero to bo paid for mostly ill j I Brown consols, but tho holders of tho consols naturally would require tho syndicate to deliver to them the new tssuo of bonds before they would part with tho possession of their consols. "Two courses wore thoroforo open to the Hyndicnte. One was to pay tho State Treasurer $2,000,000 in cash, ro ceivothenow bonds, and then exchange them with tho Charleston subscribers. Tho other was to secure some repre sentative hero in Columbia whom the Charleston bondholders wero willing to eutruHt with their bonds and ex change them for bonds of tho new is sue. I suggested to tho syndicate tho employment of a Columbia banker as their representative, but they preferred that I should do the work, aud at tho urgont request of tho Haltimoro .Lrust and Guarantee company, the agent of the syndicate, on or about the 21st of March, 1893, I consented to net for them, aH tho bondholders in Charles ton and elsewhere wero willing toplaco their bonds in my hands lot exchange. "Tho public 'will understand that thoro is a vast dit^'orenco betwoen: First, my accepting the money as a consideratiou for making a con tract for the sale of State bonds; and secondly, my accepting compensa tion tendered by tho syndicate for extra services as their representative long after tho contract had been made. Tho first would have been offered, of course, and accepted prior to the con tract, and would liavo deserved sevoro criticism. The second was tendered long after tho contract had boon made, and was for extra services that T could not have been expected or required to ren der as State treasurer. Tho work ne cessitated tho keeping of a spocial, dif ficult and extensive account, and in volved much responsibility and trouble. A good portion of the amount received went to pay for extra and special cleri cal work. "I am sure a reasonable public will agree that the work I did was unofficial, and did not conflict with my duties as State treasurer. Nor will I bo oxpeotod to render responsible aud valuable ser vices for a syndicate of wealthy capi talists without Boino reasonable com pensation, especially as the compensa tion was not paid bv tho State. Out side of tho $2,031.25 I did not reccivo one cent from tho syndicate or any one elso on account of my connection with the refunding of tho bonds. "W. T. C. Batkn, State Treas." After Dr. Hates had given to the press tho a bote statement, he received tho following letter from the president of tho Baltimore TNist and Guarantee company, tho former mayor of Haiti- j more, w hich ho also gave for publics- | tiou : Haiti more, Juno !>, 1890. lion. \Y. T. (!. Hates, State Treasurer, ( 'olumbia, S. ( ^ Dear Sir: I understand that sonlW question linn arisen as to (lie propriety of your having accepted compensation from tlio syndicate which purchased South Carolina bonds in I8SM, and wo think it no more than fair^o state that under the rigorous terms imposed by your then governor, the lion. Heuj. It. Till man, it would have been exceed ingly difficult for a syndicate to have carried out the termsof purchase with out the constant presonce, in (Columbia, of some competent ami trustworthy person charged with the duiy of per forming the varioua acta of necessary clerical labor which were inecssantly required. It was not convenient for this company, as the agent of the syn dicate, 1o have such a representative continually on the spot, and you wero asked su to act, and the compensa tion paid yon was only fair, and said payment camo from the syndicate alone, and in no wise, even remotely, affected tho interests of your State nor the interests of tho most insignificant of your taxpayers. The payment for your services was made upon the volition and by tho sanction of the executive committee of the syndicate. It waa entirely proper, arid the engagement of yourself in J such capacity really proved to bo a j safeguard to your people, because in the execution of the clerical duties which the syndicate required you in variably manifested an unutterable zeal for tho protection of the interests of your State, and in the exerciso of this quality, we think, yon often im posed upon the syndicate conditions which would have been quite unneces sary in the conduct of any matters pertaining to privato business. These conditions, however, woro acceptcd in a cordial spirit be cause we thought wo recognized in you an officer whose crowning ambi tion appeared to bo directed only in the channel of exercising every scru ple of ptudence in tho conservation of tho duties involved by bis official ca pacity. Youfre respectfully, RoBBwr C. Davidson, President. f^oinc people arc not known as fools because their particular kind has never been class! fled. Most people thresh over the same 1 at raw too much. Mtoto lloaplttt* Director#, Tho regular quarterly meeting1 of the Ilospi tal board of directors wuh held At the Hospital in Morganton Thursday. Chairman Bawyer, of Uuu comh o, aud Director* Mall and Whit* euer, of Catawba, Harper, of jCaldwell, While, ?f Alamance, Love, i of Hay wood, uiul J. C. IMiilft aud 1. '4. Davis, of Burke, were present - J. ('aid well, of Mecklenburg, being th{> only absent member. Apart llunn routine business, Dr. C. R Hoss, one of tho assistant physicians, whoso term had expired, wa/i ro clouted for tw6 years. The board had soino permanent im provements under consideration which will be attended to later, Tho always premtnt question at this institution of more room was discussed and turned oygr to tho executive conuui^tee, with power to act. Delegates woro ap pointed to attend tho meeting at Ashe villc, Hoptember Kith, of the Associa tion of Southern Hospitals for tho in sauo. Drs. Murphy and Taylor and Dirootors Sawyer and ("aid well were appointed from thia institution. STATE NEll/S ITEMS. ik;hnri> in a iiakn. \ Young Imbecile t lie Victim of an IncdiKllnry'A Torch. . Tom Jones, a respectable liogro, living throe miles cast of Swoaisoa, lost his barn aud food by fire between '2 and :i o'clock Sunday morning. One of hit; sons, usimple-minded boy '211 years old. who slept with bis other brotho^ in the barn, was burned to dcatVi. Tho tire was evidently tho work of an \ incoiuiiary as tracks were seen leading to frotan the barn. ? ??*- - liOdROtl in .Jail. Austin Salmon, h 17-year-old boy, was carried to Spartanburg from arAAnvill- h" 11 4 .. ui ;<v ri)t)U ? UO' WJ MUVttU i and lodj.'w^. in jail, in order to overt a probatihi ly nching. Salmon is charged with murtlmng a 14-year-ohl boy named OrilUn, at I'iodinont and then throwing tho body into tho river. It seems, or is alleged, that Salmon pro cured (irittin to steal a pistol for him sometime proviously, and when the twners overtook Orifiiu in his theft, he confessed and implicated Salmon. 1 Tho latter is said to have t hroatcncd j his life in < tonscquenco. They were seen ascend i t tg the river in a boat and a few days th irooftcr the body of (Irif tlv, as stated, was found in tho river with two ^iin shot wounds in tho head by n shet guu, It is assumed that he will bo carried bnek to Greenville for trial at court, which convenes there soon. ? -5*0 Tho Kra. of Cotton .Mills. Tho authorities of the several rail roads in tho State, particularly tho Southern, soy they are now being kept busy running extra sidetracks to new cotton mills. N'o sooner do thoy get through with one Such sidetrack than another cotton mill starts up and makes application for n sidetrack. The roads arc disposed t<> help such entorprisos along as much os possible, aud just now severol now sidetracks ,'aro being ; put in. Tho Secretary bt tho State hns granted a charter for tho Enterprise Cotton Mill Co., of Orangeburg, of which .T. W. liowioan, Jno. W. Foiney, Thomas M. ltayior, II. H. Moss and Samuel Dibble are tho incorporators. Fifty per cent., of tho authorised capi tal stock of $f?0,0()<> lias been paid in, and a board of directors and otlleors have boon elected as required by law. -4*? The Southern Koad is having a sur vey made for o side tracCk or rather a three-mile railway near Spartanburg. They diverge from the main track a mile cast of tho station, ruu out to Whitney and then up to tho coal shuto two mile# above town. This will givo Whitney a depot eloso to tho mill, uud opon up some valuablo sitoM for ma chinery plouts to be run by stcaui. Prof. (J. li. Durham, of Furmau, Iuib | ^ust received notice of his election to a fellowship at Cornell University, in Latin and Clreek. This is a high lionor, j hh only two f<\llowships ri*o awarded. ! The other fellowship was awarded to a graduate of Cornell, who is now at Athens, Greece. ? A charter has been issued to the Charleston .Fire and Marino Insurance Company. The company h?v? fleeted j tho following oftlcora: Directors, 1 1. C. Brown, Honry S. MeFall, K. S. Mar- I tin; secretary, Henry S. MeFall, nn?l | treasurer, llenry S. McFallA Tho Adjutant Oouoral of Virginia j has written a characteristic and invit ing letter to tho soldiers of tho tttnto, I unking thom to participate in tlio sixth I annual rounion of tho United Confed erate Veterans at Richmond. - ? M. II. Mobloy, county dispeusor for : J Fairfield, has resigned in obedionce to j the recent order of tho State board of ; control, which requires all disponsers \ who aro candidates for county otlicos \ to vaeato their positions. - . Tlie now?])apcr fraternity in South j ' Carolina is to be represented in tho . approaching olectiouH by Maj. Mc I Sweeny of the Hampton (Guardian, T. , C. Robinson, of Fickons, and (ion. ' Rob II oirtpbill, of the Abbeville Me- I ! dium. On Mr. J. 1*. Shaw's place, about, j three miles from Williamsburg, stands ! a giant pecan tree, HO feet high or ' more, HO foot across tho spread of its i branches and 22 feet in girth of f trunk. tn/ ? Winthrop College, Rock Hill offers a scholarship in each county in the State. A competitive examination will be held July 30th. -<?? Capt. Geo. H. Walter, an honored citizen and gallant Confederate Vet eran, died at bis home in Charleston j Friday. There a heavier influx of Sonth Carolina delegate* to the St. Lonia convention than from any other State in the Union. A State Medical Association of col ored physicians baa been organizfd. CHiU) LABOR IN COTTON MILLS. UKV. I J. I>. CLAYTON DIHCDSSKS ITS ItKUVlATlON. Synopsis ofM l*??|>?r Item! Before the I'nlon for I'rMCtlonl I'rogreim iu Coliimblu. * ? PisouKsion of human righta lia? beon u prolific tliomo; but iutliction of | huuiuu wrongs has boon an almost uni versal practice in tho world's his tory. '/bo Declaration of Independence holds hh self ovident truths that all men aro oreatod equal-- not physically or mentally, of course, but in regard to naturul rights? and that they nro endowed by the Creator with ablo rights, among which are lifo, lib erty and tho purimit of happiness. 11 lui>ks to no avors in his commenta ries that in a state of of nature every ouo has tho right to judge in his own case, and tho right also to onforce his decision. .Hut lack of powor by the in dividual to enforce his dcoision, led to the formation of tho social compaot, in which the individual surrendorod to "tho body politic" tho n^ht to judge for him. inasmuch as through hi# ina bility to enforce it? decisiou ho might secuTO tho ou joy incut of his rights. This investure of society with high ly important rights also imposed [upon i it equally imjmrtuut duties. Ono ol I thofco auprcmc rights with which socie ty in invested, i ? the riglit to demand of every indvidual mombor that he shall, to the utmost of his ability, cou tribute to tho promotion of tho com mon good, . Another is tho light to demand of every member that ho shall contribute in ovory manlier in his power to the promotion of good citizenship. A third is tho right to euforoo the other two demands by ovory judicious and judicial means at its command. Ah to the duties of society. If it has tho right to demand Uio promotion of the eommou good; and also tho pro motion of citizenship, it follows that o:.a of its most important duties is to >1.1(100 within tho reach of every one lh? aids necessary to t ho satisfaction or these demands. Inseparable from the performance of this duty is tho pro tection of the mentally and phymoally weaker from oppression by tho stron ger. . tlV??i 4 An important question is What hearing these rights and duties named should have ou the sochd conditions id ready operatives to a oonBidoroblo extent among us, increasing operation of which is foreshadowed in coming events hopefully anticipated by our people as soon to occur?" ^ That portion of tbo "body politic embraced within our Ktiite boundaries should soo to it that no individual, combination or corporation shall placo uny impediment in the pathway of any present or prospective mcnibor of society, the tendency of which is to hinder his progress towards tho goal of good citizenship. A self-evident proposition is what ever tends to woakou or dwarf the physical system or tho mental power is n hindrance to tho child's progress m the race for tho attainment of good eiti/.euHhip. ...in I think it ii sound proposition that ho w ho most nearly approximates tho per formance of every duty ho owes to society is the best, because tho most useful or profitable momber of socioty. This bciug ho it follows inevitably that he who is best equipped, physically, mentally and morally for the perform ance of all these duties can best exem plify all the qualities of good citijsen ship. This being so necessitates the concluoion that society forbid that ob structions or hindrances bo placed iu the path of childhood, tho inevitable result of which is tho prevention of those thus handicapped of tho attain ment of the qualifications essential to the enactment of tho role of good citi zouauin. / If tin bo stafemdhtH an to duties ol Hociety bo sound, then my conclusion i? that eocirty is in duty bound to for bid tho initiation of any course of ac tion, ^tho inevitable tondcnoy of which ih to tho prorogation of ovil. That which in wrong in tendency in wrong in l?rincip)e, and hence eauuot bo right fully reduced to practice by individu als lior by communities. That the employment of children in factories, especially for long hours, ik deleterious to them, and lionce to the; public good, has been made too plain by investigation to admit of doubt in the mimln of anyone who ban tnkon any trouble to inform himself, or who bah had any observation rclntivo to its ef fects. Having no room for extenbive array of statistics, I will just givo the result of one examination of children thiiH employed. The examinntion was oflicially mado by a committee ap pointed for that especial purpose. Of 1 children employed in one estab lishment, only 7 2 were found suffi ciently normal to bo allowed to con tinuo work. Health certificates were refused to Ml ? 2<> per cent, of the number employed^ Of that .14 there wero 11 with spinal nurvatnre, 12 with heart murmur, 6 with lung trouble, '24 with enlarged glands, '25 with defective sight, <? with defective hearing, and 2f> with defective teeth. Taking no ao count of defective teeth, wo fiqd that I'J of the 3-1 had each thrco diseases, while tho other 15 had two each. Should a physician in a hospital for children administer medieinea to the inmates proditciug such results what should be dope with him? What courno should bo pursued with emyloy ecs of child labor, who will work them uador conditions known to produce such results as are given here? Wonld itnot boamildoonrssof procedure and eminently just to the children to say to such eip^loyers, You mast stop tUfst^~ y The evils of this system have beoome io notorious in tho mai^nfaotnripg States of the^forth that they have, many of them, enacted stringent laws against it; Massachusetts, hithorto the greatest manufacturing State, so far as textile fabric# _?ro .concerned, have gonc?.l. believe, further thsu his any other Htate on that line. Many manufacturers wonld cheer* fully acquiesce in such a law, bat til) A a pobitiro proJiibUiooizeuacted against employing chili) run under certain ageo in any manufacturing establishments, competition being., so sharp 04 it is, lho unscrupulous competitor would havo a decided advantage over tho moro humane man; uud this fact com pels tho humane man to employ tbo children, or else oompoto with his un scrupulous rival at a disadvantage. Fico tbo muuufucturcr from ta.xn tiou for a series of yearn, if you will, albeit tlu'ir proftfoiu tho South roudet* them Abler to j>ay taxes tban are tbo farmer#, but havo tbo oliilflron from the cupidity of lounging, loafing, lazy meu, who claim to bo parents without an j tint claim to that suered appellation, and save them to society and State. I know parentfi who nro industrious uud work bard themselves, who put their children in fac tories to work. This in all well onougb after a certain Age, but not iu moro childhood. Many of tho bo*t and moat thoughtful meu aud women, who have made a careful study of tho situation, now claim that the child should be taken while quite young into tko kindergurteu depart ment, and it^*powers drAwn out there till old enough to go to a higher de partment. Of oue thing 1 feel quite sure aud that is that tho State should provide atoj^lo opportunities for overy child in its borders to obtain a fair English education, placing a good moral training^uot a sectarian one? at tho very foundation of tho educa tional fabric, and thorn compel tbo paronts to acoept and utilizo tho pro visions. Tho State lias a light to claim a good citizenship, both in its own pros out interests and tbo interests of fu turo generations. It is poor states manship to build with an eyo only to tho present omorgonoy, ignoring the future. I know many thoughtless porsons say, "Tako care of tho present and lot tho futuro provide for itself." Where would wo be now had tho meu of 1770 acted upon that foolish sug gestion ? Will anybody say, "Wo shall ficare ofl' Northorn capital if wo undertake to protect tho children?" Stop and think a infinite. Do you remember that on ly the other dny one youth of 20 and another of 18 years wero arraigned iu Waltham, Massachusetts, , for incen diarism, and ploaded guilty to tho charge of kindling various fires, which wo owro told bad consumed one and one-half million dollars worth of prop erty "just to seo tbo blaze"? l)o ydu think Northorn capitalists will stay away from tho South becanso we assure thorn that we intend to twwn our boys to better behavior than that by putting them in school as soon as they aro old onougb, aud keeping them thcro till they oro fixed iu better hab its? k But to cIobo, with ouo other idea about preserving the littlo ones from tho cruel bondage of tho factory slave. You enact luws for tho protection of horses and oxen from tho cruelty of ownors, and therein you do well. Is not a child of moro valuo than a horse or on ox? If so, why not protect them?" Tako heed that yo despise not one of thoso littlo ouos; for, I say uuto you that in heavon their augels do al ways behold the faco of the Father whioh is in heaven, '.said tho Master. COTTON CHOP CONDITIONS. Unusually Cood From Alabama to the Indian Territory. Tho consolidated returns of roports to tho statistical division of tho Department of Agriculture for the month of Juno shows tho State percentage of cotton as compared with last year to bo as follows: Virginia 107, North Carolina 117, South Cflrolinu 111, Georgia 113, 'Alabama 113. Mississippi 114, Louisiana / 100, Texas 116, Arkansas 130, Ten nessoo 1*28, Indian Torritory 161, Mis souri 103, Oklahoma, 19i Tho general av erago Is 11G;2, being 1,3 per cent, lueroaso over tho May statement. Tho average condi tions of tho crop for Juno 1 was: Virglniufll, ; North Carolina 99, South Carolina 97, (ioor/ ght Do. Florida, 65, Alabama, 103, Mississippi 104. Louisiana 94, Texas 92, Arkansas 102. Teu nessoo 118, Missouri 92. Tho general acreage is 97.2. Iu tho Atluntlo States, iu spite of dry weather in early spring, the crop is u lit tle earlier thnu usual, l'oor stands on ac count of drought, aro reportod from two counties In North Carolina and South Caro lina and from seven counties In Qoorgla; but tho plants are in lino condition as respect both cultivation aud growth through this region. In Florida the crop Is loto and stands aro poor on account of tho excessive drought. From Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Indian Torritory, the roports aro unusually oncouraging. in Texas the conditions have been less favorable thau In tho Atlautlc and Gulf States. DICCLINK OF *T1IK ItlSSKRVIC. The Silver TluIIIon In (lie Treasury an<l Its Coining Value. T)i 9 gradual decline of tlio gold reserve ol tho Treasury, which, under Iho last bond Ihsuo, reached Its maximum figure of *128, 000,000, on April 13lh, has now fallen to <?104,288,751. Friday's witndrawlh were ?r'.J, 136,800, most of it for oxport. Of tho silver bullion purchased under the act ol July 14th. 1800, then) aro now on hand 132,098.4&2 lino ounces ;tho cost of this Million Is *110,041,055; its coluing value *172,511, 414. Tho total number of sllyer dollars coined from bullion purchased \indur tho not of July 14th, 1890, to Juno 1st, 1890, was 40.044,051. Upon this coinage tlioro was a seigniorage i r prollt of tl0.117.rJ0. The Secret Died With III i>> . The /.ingg l'aint and Varnish Company, of Now York, has applied to tho Supremo Court for tho voluntary dissolution of tho cor portion. Tho company was orsranirod to utilize the Invention, a process of Mr. Zingg, In tho manufacture of paints and varnishes. An important part of tho praciicnl appliea tion'of tho process was a secret with Mr. Zlngg. Healed a few months ago.and nobody knows his aecrot. Tho others in teres tod in tho com pany wero unable, therefore, to carry out the work, and so they decided to have Uih company wound up. Decided Against Knglaml. Tho Egyptian Mixed Tribunal formed for the purpose of deciding as to the legality of tho advance of money from tho Egyptian treasury for the purpose of meeting the ex penses of tho Qoudan expedition tin- for mally pronounced judgment against tho pro posal to draw upon the Commission of the Pubtio Debt for the sum asked or any part thereof. This aeUoa of the tribunal was taken despite the refusal of the British and Egytlan Government* to recognise tho com petence of the tribunal to decide tho ques Debrlog Sea Commission. Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of Stan ford University, has received a telegram from Chan. F. Hamlin, acting secretary of the treasury, notifying him of bid appointment a* president of the Behring sea ccfcmbsion. wbicfa'lTl 1 (fo 1? AlasHtT WlWri !h feW days on tM iM's ? "A'Mriosto &.**<# IB et hsuative study oflhe question. The telegram , wild hs would hatSraS associatea on the com mission Dra. Stscsaetger and I. i*\n of the .Smithsonian Institute. *> ? ItAliuOAl) HGVIVAL, Tlie Muuufueturer?* Jtecord Keports a I>cddei| Movement. Tho Manufacturora' Record, .reviewing Southern business condition* for tho week, reports that despite tho political turmoil, tho past week Ima seen tho (,-onsumuiatlon of more im?'>rtnut contractu for iodustrlal ami railroad enterpriacs than havo been closed in anyone week for many months. Kvory undertaking reported iu this num mary In of tint juost substantial character,' tho capital fur which has been provided ami nothing is included that la dimply prft " looted, It in true that nogotlal(oii8 have been ponding lor inAuy of thefo under takings for some months, tho preliminary work, as In nil cases, taking much thno, but. tho coniraots for all of them havo l>eeo re ported during tho j?n*t week. Tho aggro gu to of contractu closed for the week for railroad construction la over 600 miles, in cluding the building of aeverai huudrod in ilea in South Carolina and Georgia, whioh. In connection with existing short linos, will oevelop a COO-mllo ayatem, controlled In tho interest of Charleston. Ono huudrod and forty miles have been let to contract In Tejms on tho extension of tho Kaueaa City, Pitta burg and tiulf nm.li three contracts havo been olosedon the Charleston, domicilii) mid Button road in West Virginia, and a contract for 20 miles In Tennessee. Serious Compilations. From l'ie Star, I'ortfmouth, Va, An cxporionoo that in *oldom rooorded by any newspaper 1? that of Mr. Oabrlol I*ovy, of Oil Crawford Btreot, Pof^moulb,, Va., I who, nt ono tlino, was a aufforer from a oom pUoatlon of almost liyiurAble diseases, an l by tho use of a very simple romody to-day 1h rendered fully cainblo of attondlug to Ida duties and is an atrorig as ever. Following is what Mr. Levy says: "Yes, It Is truo that not long sinoo I was a lufforor from aovon different diseases, either ope of which has proved fatal in nyiny eases. I tfas laid up In bod for months, not able to do tho slightest thing for mysolf, as many well kuown phyjlolans who nttendodmo can attest. To-day I ant well and hearty, as you can aco. "I was In Ccflumbus, Qa., when first at tained, aud we\jt to tho city hospital for treatment, I feli some llttlo improvement, but not enough to warrant mo In doing mau ual labor. My limbs woro' so wteak that I experienced great difficulty iu got* lug about. I grew rapidly wor^t and at tlmea would ex po lonce tingling sensations through my t'ltitjr*?, tliC uiuUrO o' yVhtCh I CialiuGt Tho pivlns wero torrlnio. and rollof I sought iu evorv conceivable sh^pe. I tried physi cians, who were ppiine;it in thoir profession, without avail, and ilniijly boglnto lose hope, when l)r. Mitch*) I. of Columbus, (la., ad vised me to uso Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo Pooplo. . ' "Having taken, so much medlcino without rocclving any boiy>Qt 1 was loath to take such n simple thiug as pills. Ilowover,|after being persuaded I resolved to givo them a trial. Within a few daya I began to fool a little bottor. As tl:m> wont on 1 gradually Improved, and, to-dajl lamas healthy anu strong as any one. J attribute my com plot o euro to tho freo n.w of Dr. Williams' Pinlc Pills foe Pale People." Mr. Levy also says /hat ho bolioves if ho had not used tho pills ho would never have been able to roach his homo in Portsmouth; that tir?y proved a .blessing to him. lie cheerfully recommonxln them t~> tho public. To confirm his statement beyond all doubt Mr. Lovy made tho following affidavit. ?'I swear that thoni?o?vo statement ot my Ciisu and tho uso of I)r. Williams' Pills to bo true." (Signed.) Gaujiiel Lev*. State ok Yiboinia, ) ClIY OK PoHTSMOufrif. ( * Subscribed mid sworn to l #oforo mo I his 8th day of January, 1898. Geo. J. lJnooKs, Notary I'vbli ?. Dr. Williams' Pink Pilja contain all tho olomonts necaswry to glvo now life and rloli noss to the blood and restore shattered norvos. ' They are sold in boxes (i cover in looso form, by t no ?lo7.on or Ivindraai at 50 cofits a box. or six boxes for and may bo had of nil druggists or dirtttly by mail from Dr. Will iams' Modicino Ci>., H.'honootady, N. Y. Oorn fs a vigorous feeder and ref sponds well to liberal fertiliza lion. On corn lands the yiel( increases and, the soil improve: if properly treated Avjth-"1etv tilizers containing noiundei actual Potash. \ ' ? # 0 A trial of this plan costs but little and is sure to lead tc profitable culture. Our pamphlets are not n<ivertjftinR cirfulnrs boom iilg ?petial fertilizers, but are practical works, Cfjniaiti ilig latent researches on the subject of fertilisation, and ?rc really helpful to fanners. 'Ihey arc sent free for UKaskioc. GERMAN KALI WORKS, oi Nassau St.. Jv'tw Yodb j pa \ i \ < - i N dkm N I'ri JBB? The Unite*! States Squaring Up Scorca Injuries I>ono to Foreigner* \ The United State* government performed an not of justice uuder it* tronty provisions In paying some indemnities fur Injuria dona 4 subjects of foreign nations by American citizens. Heerctary Olney gnvo to Itaron Fnva, the Italian ambassador, a cheek for ?10,000 to be turned over to tho faitdlleM ot the four Italiaus who wore killed hy uu American mob at W&lsoburg, Ool., Inst July, and Hir Julian Pauncefote, tho British am bassador, was given a chucV for *1,900 for the relief of the l>awson Himi'f, uriiina ?>-b jecta, who were bndly iaodlnd io ]N*br*s)'.a, and M.OOO for one Jtain, tho pur&v?r ct ait Uugifeli ahij>, who was .shot In the it k ctyrlng tho levee rlotrin New Orleans hut fall. The money was appropriated by Cougreg*. ltouaa Memorial Wattle Abl:ej\ 3 The oommlttee at Nashville, Tenn., to inisu funds for tho ltouas Memorial Battle Abbey, in case it should be located at that city, fcms Atartod to work. Gen. W. II. Jaofcfion, ownor/of Belle Meade, started oil the list with #3,500, It is the purpose to raise $100, 000 lu addition to the <1116, 000 alrea.lWaisod , there, this latter sum Including the bill*. 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