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?* 11 ~ ^ ? ? X|IB DEMOCHATIO I'liATFOUM, ?At Adopted by* th? National Oonveu. tlou In Session at Chicago. Wt* the Democrats of tho United States, la rational convention assembled, do ^nftluu our allegiance to those gjrat ?Moutlal princi ples of justloo and lllwrtySt^ou which our inatltutlons aro fouuded, afh* -^jrhloh the Democratic party baa udvooatod from Jeffor A son's time to our ownf frw>don\ of spoech, freedom of the prow, freedom of conaoloneo, tlio prettrvatlon o < personal the equality of all citizens before thelaw, and tho faithful observance of constitutional limits ^During all theao frenra tho Democrats Durty ban resisted tluftendouoy of aolflah in terests to tho central/Ration of government power, and stead faatly raalntolos tho ^Krl ty of tho dual acbomo of government estab lished by the founders of thla republio of re public. Under Ita guidance and toaehluK? Ihe great principle of local self-govornmout has/found Its beat expression In tho malnton aitop of the rights of tho States mid Indts as u nyrtlou of tho necessity of eynflnliw J ? V general government to tho eioreiao of tho ? oowera granted by the eonutirutlou of th Tim ^oonatitutlou of the kited States guarantees to every citizen tho rVgUtaof civil * and rellglou# llberfv. Tho Democratic party has alway? been tho exponent of political liberty and rollgloua freedom, and It renews ita obligation* and reaffirms ita devotion to tiicBO fundamental principles of tho conatitu t,0Rocogulilng that the money question i? paramount to all othera at thla }iloe, wo in vito attention to the fact that tho >dcral c.X*u.y,r.:i'.T. is2 sMte Jffi ss? & silver dollar tho monetary uult and ftdm dtted gold to froe ooluugo at a ratio bused upon 1 k> Wo 'doc la r o t h a t tho act of 1873, domonetft^, luK nllvor without tho knowledge or npnroTHl of the- American people, baa resulted In tho appreciation of gold ami a corresponding falfin thoprlooa ol commodities produced by tho pooploj a heavy increase in tho burden of taxation ami of all debts, pub lo nqd prlvntoi the enrichment of the mouey-londlng c asa at home and abroad; tho prostration or indus try and tho Impoverishment of tho people. We are unalterably opposed t<> mono- met nlllsm. whloh has locked faat tho prosperity \ of an luduatrlnl people in the paralysis o f | hard tlmes^" - tlold mono-inejalllsm is a llrltlah poltoy artd Ita adoption has brought othor nntiopa into financial sevltudo to Lon don. It Is hot only un-American hut antl Amnrlenn and It can bo fastened on tho Unltod States only by stilling that aplrit and lovo of liberty which proclaimed our politi cal independence in 1770 and won It In tho war of the Itovolutlon. Wo demand tho free and unlimited coinage of both ailver and gold at tho present legal ratio of 10 to 1 without watting for tho aid or consent of any other natlpu. Wo demand that the standard ailver dollar ahall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts nubile and prlvato. and wo iavor such legis lation aa will prevent for tl?o future the (Jo in o&e'!/.at VOjn ol any of legal tender monsv hv ortvato contract. Wo aro opposed to tho policy and practl.-o of surrendering to tho holdora of the obliga tions of the Unltod Btatos tho option reserved by law to tho government of redeeming sucli obligations in eithor sllvor coin or gold coin. Wo are opposed to tho issuing of intorest \bearlng bonds or tho United States In time \>f peace, and condemn tho trafllelug with Xauklng ayudlcatea which, in exchange for I bonds and at an ouormous prolit to thorn / solves, supply tho Federal Treasury with / gold to maintain tho policy of gold mono motaMlsm. - , , Congress alono haw tho power to coin an. Issue money and President Jackson declared thai their iiowor couhl not bo (U'Uwitou to corporations or Individuals. We therefore denounce tho Issuance of notes intondod to circulate as money by national banks as In derogation of tho constitution, and wo de mand that all paper which is made a legal tender for public and private debts or which is receivable for duos to tho United States phal I bo issued bv tho govornmontof the Uni ted States and ahall be redeemable in coin. Wo hol-i that tariff duties should ho levied for the purpose of rovonuO, such duties to bo ho adjusted as to operate equally throughout the country and not discriminate between class or soction. and that tuxatlon should be llmltod by tho noods of Itho goverfunont, homatly ami ooonomically admlnfstoro?l. Wo denounce ae disturbing to businois tho itnuubllcan throat to reftoro tho MoKlnloy law\S?Uleh has twice bcon condemned by tho people Ifi national electlo:is, and which, on ncted under tho false idea of protection to homo Industries, proved a prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies, enriched tho few at tho oxftenso of thoinaiiv, restricted tradoaml dopriviW-tko producers of the great Ameri can Btaples^NMJCCfifi ?o their natural markets. Until tho 'mouoyntfostlon Is settled wo aro opposed to any agitation for further changes In our tariff laws except such as are necessary to meet tho dollclt In revenue caused by tho ndverso decision of the SupreuiSj Court on tho income tax. But for this decision by the Supreme Oourt there would bono deficit in tho revenue under the law passed by a Dem ocrat Congress In atrb-t pursuance of the ' uniform dccbiona of that court for nearly one hnudrcd years (hat court having in that decision sunthinod constitutional oblectlons to Its enaptmont which had previously betm overr?U?l by tho ablest judges who have ovor fcftt on tho boucli. NVo declftrothftt it Is the duty of Congress to use all the cbnstitu tional power which reinnlns after that de cision or which may como from its reversal l>y tho courts as it may hereafter be consti tuted so thnt the bunions of taxation may bo equally and Impartially laid to the on<l that wealth may bear its duo proportion of the expenses of the government. Wo hold that the most elllclont way of pro tecting American bit or la to provunt the im portation of foreign pauper labo^o compete with it in the homo market and tfiat the value of the home market to our American farmers and artisans is greatly reduced by u villous monotary system which depresses the prices of their products below the eost of produc tion, ami thus deprives them of tho means \of purchasing tho products of our home n an*i racturors, and as labor creates the wealth ol ] the country, we demand the passngo of sueli laws aa may be necessary to protect it in all its rights. Wo aro in favor of the arbitration of differ ences buiween employers engaged in Inter state commerce and their employes, and rec ommend such legislation as is necessary to carry out this principle. The absorption of wealth by the few. the consolidation of our lending railroad systems | and the formation of trusts and pools require j a stricter control by the Federal government J of theso arteries of commerce. Wo demand , the enlargement of tho powers of the inter- | State commerce uommhslountid such restric- : tiou* and guarantees In the control ? ? f ruil- ! roads as will protect the people from robbery 1 and oppression. Wo denounce the proillga'e waste of tho ' money wrung from the poopio by oppressive J taxation and the lavish appropriation of ' recent Republican Congresses, which have i kept taxes high while the labor thnt payj j them Ib unemployed and tho products of tin i people's toll arc cjo.trossod in price till tho j uo longer repay the o >st of pio Miction. We demamt a return to that simplicity nn.l peonomy which bellts a Democratic govern ment and a reduction In tho number of ti?e- | less ortlcers, the salaries of which drain tho | substance of the people. Wo denounce arbitrary Interference tiy j Federal authorities in local a ff airs as a viola ! of the constitution of the I "nited States and j ii crimo against free Institutions, and we es pecially object to government by injunction ns a now and highly dangerous form of op- i presslon by which Federal judges, in con tempt of the laws of the States and rights <>f citizens, become at once legislators, i?elg<t< and executioners, and we approve the bill passed at tho la^t sosslou of the butted Mood pure and your ncrve.i strou^; iklnj; Moods Sarsaparilia The best? In f*?t Onajpr*- ftloo I I'urin r. Vood'0 pills cnrobHlousn?.'*, head no hr. ?.Vi < J Htatos Henato anil now pondlug In tho House of liepresentntivos to contempts lit Courts unci providing trials by Jury iu cer tain ce see of eonteupt. No discrimination should bo Indulged by tho government of the United Htatos in favor of any of its debtors. Wo opprovo of the re fusal of the Fifty-Third Congress to pass t ho .J'aclllii It nil road funding bill ami denounce tru^ efforts of tho present ltopublloau Cou gresa to enact a similar measure. Recognizing tho Just claims of deserving Union ftoldiorft. wo heartily endorse the rule of the present Commissioner of Pension* that no n a ares ?ha)J bo arbltrurily dropped from the pension foil; aud the fact of enlistment and service /houhl bo detuned coosiuslro ev idence ugatiist dlscu&o and illnabllit y before enlistment. We favor the admission of the territories of Now Mexico,. Arigonua aud Oklahoma as Htatcs and we favor the early admission of all the territo ries* having the necessary population and resources to Ontltlothem to Rtatehood, and while they remaiu Territories we hold that the officials appointed to admini-der tho go v ment of any Territory, together with the District of Columbia and Alaska, should be bona ilde residents of the Territory or Dis trict in which the duties are tQ. be per formed. < The Domoorntio party beliovos in home rule ai d that all puulio lands of the United Htatcs should bo apportioned to the <>t*tahlish ment of free homes for American citi/.ens. We recommend that the Territory ofdVlaska bo granted a Delegate to Cnngress aim th.it the general land and timber laws of the United Htatcs be extended to said Territory. The Monroe doctrine, as originally declared and as interpreted by succeeding Presidents, is a permanent part of tho foreign policy of the United Htatcs, ?ud niutjt at all times be maintained. Wooxtond our sympathy to the people of Cuba In their heroic struggle for liberty aud independence. Wo are opposed to life tenure In the public service. We favor appointments based upon ttnerit, fixed terms or office, aud such an ad ministration of tho civil sorvioo laws all will afford equal opportunities to all citizens t>f ascertained fitness. Wo declare it to bo the unwritten law of j this republic, established by custom and usage of one hundred years aud sauetlonod iiy tho examples of the greatest and wjsest of those who founded aud have maintained our government, that no man should be 'eligible "for a third term of tho presidential office. * Tho Federal government should care for and improve the Mississippi rlvor and other great waterways of tho republic r o n<5 to se cure ^ir the Inter'or Htatcs ?<asy and cheap transportation to tide-water. When any waterway o( the republic is of sufficient Im portance to demand aid of the government such aid should bo extended upon a definite plan of continuous work until permanent Improvement is secured. Confiding In tho Justlco of the cause and the necessity of its success at the polls, we submit the foregoing declaration of princi ples and purposes to the considerate Judg ment of tlie American people. We invite thq support of all citizens who approve them and who desire to huvo them made effectivo through legislation for the relief of the peo^ pie and thu restoration ot the country's prosperity. DUN'S HKVlKW ? tr TUADK. * t**y ~<si A Oenernllv (Juiot lousiness, Wltli u FeeUlifa of Insecurity in Stoeks. W^ft' a political convention In progress i/ilU?ytly antagonizing tho poelllon takon on Ifif) money question b/ tho conVohtlon of lost Inonth, It In natural that thoro hps boon wltli mnuy ohoiigh'uncortaluty nbout tho future to lntolislfy*tho dullnoss oxpootedcit this season Wall strnot exhibited no oxeitomont, though utooku w*ro wedl(or on Thursday and closed lo\vor for tho wcok, ilor wofe ttioro signs of alartri In tho spooulatlvo markets or mone tary ol roles. But in stooks and in other buu luoss tho wook wtis oue of waiting, with a sorViowhat prevalent fooling of Insecurity. Serious approhousion regarding Injury by droUKht in Toxas seemed justified by some dispatches published last week, so that tolo graphieiidvlso of somewhat gouoral ralu In tho Stato is wolcoine. Whether it Is In sea son or sufficient (to ensure a satisfactory yield eanuot he definitely known nor tho ex tent of Injury said to liavo beOn done by ex cessive rains in some Atlantic States. Largo sains of print cloths are reported at SU cents, sllffhly abovo the bottom nrleo but other goods have not strenKthonou . Nor have woolen gooils improved, but tho tone Is rather less hopeful and t^u demand for goods Is even more siaek than wad eipeotod. Not much can bo said of a market bo flat as that of Iron and steel products, but part of tho luutftlvity is strictly seasonable, part la due to still unsettled questions ab6ut wagefl, and much more to a general disposition to defer orders until tho futuro Is elearor. Whether prlooqj^qr llnlshod products are too high or not, thnwavorago relatively st least 10 per cont. higher than prices of pig Iron, which necessarily causes inaction wlien pig., Is Kolng lower. lWssAmer fell this Week t& $12 ut rittsbufg, and Gh?y I-'orge at tlO, but some contacts ut Importance have l>een placed, 'Oho for 7,000 to 8,000 tons for a new building oh Park How, and another for 13, 000 tons c<>st plpo for Fifth Avenue, is pond ing. Quotations for llnJshpd products are not lower, but are something cut. Failures of the week have boon 215 in tho Uulted 8tutea against 253 last year, and 89 iu l I anaga against 35 last year. TIIK CONDITION OF CROPS. % ? A Decline Shown Almost All Along the Line. Tho July returns to the statistician of tho Department of Agriculture at Washington make tho following averages of conditions: Corn, 5'2.4 per cent; winter wheat, 75. flj sprinK wheat, 93.3; combined spring ami win ter wheat, 83.4 ; oats, 9(1.3; winter rye, 89.8j spring rye, iiH.fi; barley, MS. 1; tobacco, H1.5; potatoes, 99.5; rye, 1)8.0; apples. 01.fi; peaches, M.S. Avorageof potatoes compared with '95, 93.7; of tobac^), 93.8. Tho report on tho acreage of corn, which is preliminary, shows 98.7 as compared with that of 181)5, a de crease of 1.8 points. This makes in round figures HI, 000, 000 atrain*t 82.009,000 acres pluntod last y?*ar. Tho averages for the prin cipal corn States are Ohio, 10ti; Michigan, 10fi; Indiana, 103; Illinois, 108; Iowa, 07; Missouri. Kansas, 105; Nebraska, 102; Texas, 83; Tennesseo, 04; Kentucky, 96. The a ora^o condition of corn 1* 92.0 against 99.3 In July last year. The average con dition in the principal States Is as follows: Ohio, 10fi; Sllchlcan, 100; Indiana, 11; Illinois, 9H; Iowa, 94: Missouri, 81; Kansas. 102; Nebraska, 10.1; Texas, 39; Tennessee, 90; Kentucky, 97. The condition of winter wheat Is 75.G against 77.9 in June and 05.8 last July. The percentage by States are: New York. 70; Pennsylvania. 79; Kentucky, (?4; Ohio, 50; Michigan, 73; Indiana, fifi; Illi nois, HO; Missouri, 75; Kansas, 75; California, 100: Oregon, 95; Washington, 1(H). The con dition of spring wheat Is 93:3 ftgafnst 99.9 In June and 102.2 in July, 1895. State averages are; Minnesota. 8S; Wisconsin, 97: Iowa, 9fi; Kansas, !*>; Nebraska, 90; South Dakota, 99; North Dakota, 9fi; Washington, 97; Oregon, 93. CIHtlSTIAN KNDKAY'OKKItS To Meet In Nashville, Tenii., In 1MD8. I A Kcholut Ion. At Washington, D. I'., Saturday, the In. ternatiou'al Christian Kndeavor Convention | tn'ten *uf> th *? def. r ? I matter of choking tho i heat otnhe lS'.H convention and it was settled at n i^elonged session of t he board of t rustecs of t^' t'liited Sy'li-t ies. A half do/en eltios we/> in com pet i >n for the honor. Nashvillo liiyi been hi the lead from tho start, but the tr/istecs were somewhat doubtful of tho e?ei?t of raco prejudices in tho South upon flit' Convention . White mid colored dele rates t>> the Christian F.ndi-nvor Conventions A iave always inlermltitflod freoly in tho 'eh?ircln*F, ten!a at d hotels of cities wherever tho convention is Jield. This has receive^ full consideration from the trustees a^d and 1 1t * d< cision w is made in far /fTTrTTash vl'lo. T he r> solution embodying the decision rent's i s follows: ??Wl.h tho heartiest love for nod recogni tion of tho desire* a?.d efforts ol tbe Christian Kndoavorers of tho other tHwipeting cities the toard of trustent iintmunce that they have decided unanimous!)*, aftur the most careful e^islderation, with tho <j>n vent ion ot lHiWshall ?>o held iu Nflsbvlll^, Tenti., and fer this main reason thnt n<? International (Christian Endeavor Convention has as yet boen held in. .the southern portion of the Vnlted Statett, t TILLMAN'S- . SPEECH. ^ \ 1IKFOKK Til F NATIONAL DKMO CUAT1G CONVENTION. Ho Wtia itecelvml With rimer#, .Mingled Wltli fllaaes He Whi Allowed Fifty MIouU-h. VVhen Senator lion Tillman ^of Booth Carojina mounted tho stage i to open tlio great dobato iu behalf * of fr*o coinage. A striking flguro hoswaa aa ho faced bin audience. Witli no pre-' t I'M hi oils in dress, shabby coated,' soaring a heavy silver chain across bin broaat ho inatautly drew tho eyes of tho 20,000 jieoplo present. Thoy! turned toward bim aa if ho were nu antagonist. Ilia thick not, com in u nd - ing form waa full of delinnce. Ilia head, thrown buck, wua round <?iid compact. Tho feat urea, atroag find powerful, were east in a olaaoical ! mould. Tho uoae waa straight, \ tho 1 Upa thin ftud compreaaed, the jaw square and pugnacious, but tho sunken cavity which marked liia loft eye gave to hia face a siniator exprea aion. it waa a faco aoon never to ba forgotten. On oue lapel of hia coat ho woro a Cuban Mug, on the other a pitchfork.' Oue moment tho 20,000 people hold their breath as they gazod. Then they broke fourth. Oho$rs, mingled with biases, r^nt tho air. Mr. Richardson, who Kaa wielding the gravel, with the aid of the asaiatant sergeant at-arma/ quickly auppreaaod the demonstration. Hia first sentence ahowed that he had a-^ood, well modu lated voice, but aa hd ]>roeeoded ho pitehed it iu a key so shrill that it grated like a tile. Ho wua characteris tic from tho beqiuuing.' Ho realized that, ho far aa the galleries woje con cerned, ho facod an audience which ho felt waa largely liostilo. Ho intoduced himself to them by saying that ho camc beforo them aa ho waa not aa "tho lying nowapapcra had represented him to be." A round of applause fronj. the pit greeted thia announcement, bit\ it | was drounded in tho atorm of biases ! from tho galleriea which were increasoil to a perfect whirlwind of sibilant 1 aounda aa he said: *'I como from a State which waa tho home of seoeasiom " Senator Tillman turned defiantly and I fiercely aurvoyed the vast congregation I who woro biasing him. Then with a contomptuouB tons ol Iuh build In) looked dowu ut tlty* Bilvei delegntoB beforo liiin, his cyea Mazing, und Kind with a Hiieor: " I horo arc only threo things that Iubf," Raid lie with a curl of his thin lips, "A goosC, a Borpont and a .man." liaising hit head and addressing tho galleries he shouted that tho man who hnsod South Carolina, forgot tho history of the rovolntion whon that State kept alive tho fires of liberty. This provoked n wild demonstration from tho Bilvci man. MSouth Carolina iu 18G0," he Hold, "led tho tight iu tho Democratic party which disrupted it. Disruption, ho continued, while tho gallon'o^ hissed, "brought about thoTVfcr and the war emancipated tho black slaves. "Now," ho added, swooping hia arm through tho air "abovo his hoad, 41 we aro. loading tho fight to emancipate the white sla\OJ." This time tho silver men had tbeir innings but they did not applaud vory lustily when ho declared that with conditions revorsed ho was willing to agaiu seo the Democratic party disrupted. Repeatedly, aa ho proceeded, the gab le/ies hisftod aud several times tho ser jeant-at-arms throatonod to clear the galleries. Tho silver men had a ehaucc ' to shout their approval whon ho de clared that they were adopting a now declaration of independence, "1G to 1, or busts" Tho storm of hisses issued from thorn again when ho repudiated the donial thut this was a eoctiottal coutost. "I say it is a sectional issuo," ho cried, "and it will prevail." Aftor.theso pyroteohnioal expres sions, no characterise of the man, ho drifted into statistical show the bond age of tho South and West to tho East, and these dry figures gave the hostile galleries anothor opportunity to cry him down. "Timo, time," they shouted. This aroused the Senator again to angry resentment. He paoed tho platform like an enraged lion. "X know, X know," ho oried with arms aloft, "you are against uS. Thore is not a papor in this city that is not in tho power of tho money inlluonces. Tlioy will not givo us a fair ahow. They characterize us bb howling der vishes and silver lunatics." Many of tho delegates orowded up the aisles and stood at tho foot of- tho stage, studying intently tho features of tho remarkablo man boforo them. Continuing, Senator Tillman de clared that tho ouly way to avert revo lution would bo to select a man whoso record would tit the platform. Soon tho hissing began again at sonio raili ea) utterance, and tho South Carolinian took ocoasion to say tbat "Four years ago the Now York Senator was hissed and I am How. Whero is Now York's loader?" From tho gallery camo tho cry, "Xn tho soup," which brought down a wavo of cheers for Hill toppod with a foam of hisses. Senator Tillman stood waiting for the noiso to subside, and then using his hand before his mouth for a spooking trumpet, called liko a fog horn his defiance: "You can just as well understand that I am going to liavo my say if I stand hero until sun down." Ho was permitted to go on with comparative quiet after tho chairman had pleaded with the audi ence and threatened to clear tho gal lories, aud thon ho surprised his hear ers by an attack on Senator Hill be cause tho Senator from Now York had refused to mako tho first speech on the platform and give tho Sou^Carolin* man tho reply. Incidentally ho said of Hill: "Hs despised tho Presidont of the United States in 1892; since thon ho has bad cauHo to more than despiso him," and pcorod mil for assuming tho role of apologist for the administration. "But ns Grovor Cleveland stands for flol'l, , ho began, whereupon a "Hurrah for Clovoland" was shouted whioh drew quite a hearty response from the gal lones. The attack on tho President which followod did not find any mark eel demonstration of approval. J'Now, 1 want you all to listen," shouted Sena tor Tillman, and then read tho substi tute resolution, which is as follows: "Ws denounce the administration of President Olevolaud as undemocratic uutl tyrannical aud a?la departure holla those principles which jure ctybi?aho?4J^y all liberty loviug'Aiuefieant*. Tbo Veto power Iihh hue a used toUhVAwrt tbo will of the people at* e*pno?>?yf-d by their i-eproaeutativea iu Congress. 'ibo up P4>iative power has been Fused to (>ab ?tidlvo 'tho press, to dvbik'uch C'ongross ! und to overawe and control oitizons ia | the free oxeroiso of thoii: constitutional rights as voters. A ply.tooratio despo tism ia thua Bought to 1^ ^established oa thoruius.of the jropubiio. Wo ropu? diatoltho i coastrufction ' plaood oa the ( linaatiml plank of tho*iast Ueuiocratio National ' Ooaveatioa by I'rottUleut Cleveland 1 aad nonrotary ?,Car/lisfrt as ooutrwry'to tho plain moanjtogiof, Eng*. liab words ami as boing aujuott of bad faith.^desorvhig tho soverOstMioiisuro. Tho issue of <bonds ia time tof 'peace, with whioh to, buy gold to rooMa^coin obligatioas payable ia silver H>r/f^6ld at tbo optioa of tho govornmoi^ti'itfid tho uso of tho procetxla to defray tb#) ordi- I ufi' v expenses of tho govomnWut, aro both unluwful andkusurpatioftyiiof au thority deserving impeachment?" Tbe'drat sontenco was a(flre/gbraud which' ignited a great bluzo of [f hisses and a couuter llamo of olfloors / which could not equal tho hissos audrthe oa tire reading of tho reaolut&su was fiercely biased. He clpsod with a warning to tho delegates "Ihut thoy must unito tbo jealous aud rival; ele ments of tbo ailvor forces or .victory for Peutograoy would bo impossible. "You*ro ao Pemoorat," shouted some one la tho gallorios. Senator Tillman ponoludodby plodg 'ing'tbo solid voto of tho Houth to any gOod, straight, silvor candidate. CIIANCJK1) A8MKS8MKNT8? V'tluo of llullroad Properly In YAtrioua Counties. v'Tho following chaoigoB for <1896 in tho, iaxab|o) value of*r?ilroft(l# property in tho coxurtioH^iamod, as compared with' 1895,' havHHhpon miulo hh a result of tho action, ofWo Railroad Hoard of Equalization us to railroad nsBeua mentH : Aiken, $1,022,700; decrease, $21, 000. Audorson. $532,850; dccroase, $20, 430. . ./ Berkeley, 81.27&8UO; dooroftso, $127, 550. "? \ ('heritor, $059,003; -docroAso, $19, 087, Clarendon, .'130,000; decrease^ $43, 050. Charleston, $(>78,130; inereaso, 8119,100!. Choatatr field, $53,725: inereaso, $9, 100. Colloton, $1,141,21 ; increase, $10, 440. Darlington, $212,465;. inoroaso, $4, 700. Edgofiold?> $630,250; decreaso, $15, 150. Fuiriield, $710,155; ineroaso, $19, 680. Greenvillo, $573,025; increase of $550. Hampton, $093,850; inereaso, $4, 300. Korshaw. $255,250; decrcaBo of $100. Lancaster, $237,975; doereaso of $4, 300. Laurens, $740,175; inereaso of $0, 100. Marion, $1107,910; inereaso of $5, 310.. Marlboro, $207,930; inereaso of $23, 720. Nowborry, $005,330; doorcase of $38,200. Oeoneo, $180,520; docroaso of $24, 600. Orangoburg, $1,461,785; inoroaso of $101,300. Spartanburg, $1,128,725; inoroaso of $13,000. Bmntcr, $1,003,825; increase of $22, 155. Union, $393,910; inereaso of $35, 320. Williamsburg, $72G,310; inereaso $1,000. York, $889,497; decrease of $0,000. THIS ASYLUM RKGKNTp. The Hoard Arranges for Additional Quarters for White Women. The board of fogents for the State Hospital for thd Ifisano tyold their reg ularly monthly meeting at tho institu tion in Cplumbia Thursday. AJ1 the members were present with tho excep tion of tho president, l>r. B. W. Tay lor, and the cow member, Mr. Glenu. The board carefully examined the ro ports.os to tho population of tho ineti I tntion and find that 850 is the present average population. Patients hovo been admitted for the opening months of tho ptresent year at the rate of about ono a cfll; y. Thirty-fivo were admitted during 'tho past mouth. Numerous discharges on trial wero granted. Tho groat problem which is tho samo an that now tronbling tho North Caro liua institution, is tho rapid increaso of tho number ofwhito wbmon. When ono of tho cottages on tho now proper ty is completed it will supply quarters for twenty *11 vo white women; tho houses on tho now property will givo accommodations for about forty white womon in all, thus rolieving tho pres ent crowdcd condition of the Wards. Fifteen patients wero discharged Wed nesday. Tho board was much plcaso-1 with tho progress mado in tho work of en closing tho rocently acquired property. Tho old "Asylum road" has been closod, and now Klmwood avenue is' being olosed up. Tho old historic iron nail which formerly fronted on Elm wood avonuo will bo removed and throwu aokfeas tho avonuo whero it is crosscd by Bull street. Thr asylum was founded 'tin 1921 and this wall was ono of tho first things erected. Tho regonts And that there is a sad lack of information about the early history of the institution and as thoy aro desir ous of getting up an accurate histori cal sketch, they ask all who may bavo in their possession any pamphlets or other document* containing suoh in formation to scrtt} them cither to Dr. Taylor or Superintendent Babcopk. Decline In Conditldtf of Cotton. 4 ^ , The July returns for oottoc to the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington maMi the aversge oonditlon of ootton 93.5 against 97.2 In June, a decline oft. 7 points. The con dition JuU 1st, 1898 was 03.00 per oent. The average* for to* States are 4$ follows: Vir ginia. 8, ; North Carolina, 100: tooth Caroli na. 98; Georgia 04; Florid?, 90; Alabama, 00; Mississippi. 100; Louisiana. 100: Texas, 00; Arkansas; 100: Tennessee, 107, Missouri, 00; Oklshoma and Indian Territory, 92. ^ . v J KVANS, DUNCAN AND KAliLK CAN % ?t , D1DATKM FOK ThK 8KNATK. THE STATE BOND COKIOSSIOVS. The Minor It Mnl?l an 0 Done by iboui Day by Day, TUB NUMTKK MKETINO, Tlio Htuto campaign wan robumou ut Huintor, after a tou days recess, aud there watt but ouo now feature intro duced. This now featuro was Judge ljlarlo, Mho mado a forcible speech that was heard with uttoutiou, but that olioited uo applause, nave thut when he said ho had ubxolute faith iu tho honesty of 1). R. Tilliuau. Tho creator part of tho speooh w a/i dovotod to a discussion of tho fiuuuoial question on whioli ho took strong grounds. Ho is for freo silver at ltl to 1, and t> tho demonetisation of sil vor attributes' all tho industrial dis tress of this eouutry aud tho oivilizod wotfd. , \Taken as a wholo Judgo Earle'a speech was tho best of tho day and uppoarod to make a more decided im< pression than uny of the other?, but tho same spoaker has wade much bet ter speochoH from tho eamo spot. , Mleneral John Gary Watts reoeivod a stnall quota of applauso when ho told about gettiug drunk in Washington, aud this frauk admission sooraed to ptoaso eomo of tho hearors. Tho remainder of tho speakers wore listonod to respectfully, but had to bo oontquted with a hearing, for they got nothing more. Mr. Dunoan would havo nothing to say about tho bond deal owing to the absoaoo of Governor John Grry Evans, who, with others, did uot reach here from upioago in time to attend. G. Walt Whitman tuado an exhibi tion of himself and shouted himsolf hoVs? Tm mooting was o ailed to order at 11 o oIock and was oponod with pray er by Dr. N. W. Edmunds. Mr. R. O. Purdy, county chairmau, prosidqd aud introduced tho Bpeakors iu tho following order M. R. Cooper, candidato for-, lieu touant govoruor; Altamont Moses J. ,Wm. Stokes, |or congress; Joseph II. Eorlo aud J. X. Duncan, for United HfatOa tennto; G. Walt Whitman and Jdn'n R. Harrison, for go'vornor; R. N. Richbourgh and John Gary Watts, for adjutant and inspector general; W. D. Mayfiold and T. Q? Robiniou, for superintendent of education. Can-' <Hd?tqs for seoretary of Btato and at tor'noy gonoral aud treasurer woro not prosent. MANY 11IULKS IN CHINA. It lias Ilccn Translated Into More Thau Tlilrly Chineso Languages and Dlnleo'a. Tho Rov. Jolin 11. "llykes, ngctt of the American Bible Hocloty'-ltf Chinn, has pro pared atnblo showing that tho Bible, or porta thereof, has tcoa translated Into more than thirty Chinese languages and dialeote, whilo tho number of difforout versions usod Id these translations is almost countlcss. The Bible has boon printed liot only In Chineso charac ters, but In Romnp letters as well. Iu one Instance tho phohotlo ohnractor has boon made use of aud a portion of tho Scriptures in characters for tho blind has been published In Mandarin. The first part of tho Bible to bo found in tho Chineso Inngiingo was tho Now Testa ment. translated by tho Nestorians between tho years 627 aud G50. This wng-Bffbwtol. Nestorlan version. In 1301-2 ft ,4t)py of tn"6 Now Testament and Psalms published In Mongolian, and a Bible In ttiotsmp language was found in China in 1335, accordi^tf tor a letter written by Popo Benedict Xlf . Tho first-translation of thH Berluturea In tho classical lauguago of Ghlnft'WtA begun in 1804, by Joanness Lassar, and was completed In 1805. It comprised a part of Genesis and Matthow. Tho first portion ofihe Scrlptuies to be translated and published In Mandarin was the Now Testament, iu 1855. Mr. Ilykes montlons 2C8 publications -of tho Scriptures In the Chinese. TIIK ARMY WORM. Tlio Pest Is Devastating the Fields In New York Stato. Tho farmers throughout Western Now York are greatly alarmeu over tho arrival of tho army worm. Tbo^iiltfo pests havo tuado their appearance In the Southwestern coun ties of tho State. They aro deetoying thou sands of bushels of grain every hour, and thoro is no known way of killing them with out destroying tho crops at tho same time. Entiro farms aro being devastated every day, and ninny of tho grangers whose farms aro mortgaged will bo rulnod. Tho fsrmere throughdbt the neighborhood aro greatly alarmed. The worm has mado its appear ,ance In Dutchess County also and Is march ing over grain fields In groat numbers, leav ing them bare. Mr. John Ham of Washing ton Hollow noticed a fow worms In bis spring ryo Held, and twenty-four hours later they hod destroyed tho fifteen nc roe of rye. Tho pests aro cleaning out rye, timothy and clo ser. A <?uinhlliig Debt Is Legal. As a result of a gamo of poker in the Plaza Hotel last avlntor a suit to recover *28.60 from Burton G. Wager was tried Ic Judge J. B. McKoan's Court in New York last Friday^ Tho plaintiff was Mortimer M. Singer, a sou of tho sewing machine manufacturer. Singer said that ho had loaned Wagor tho amount sued for on Jauuut? 25. Wager claimed that , tho monoy was lost In gambling. 8inger' admitted that Wager had lost 922 of tho amount borrowed. Wager's counsel asked that tho suit bo dismissed on the ground that a gambling debt Is not legally collectable Tho justlco gavo a doclslon in Singer's favor for $6.50 and cost. Hurled By ?* Lund Slide. A special from Nashville, Ten\v, says that on a branch of t io Nashville. Chnttanooga and fit. Louis railroad, near Controvlllo, n'x mon working on the road were burled by a ?lido of rocks and dirt caused by recent heavy ridnr. M'n wero at onco put to work rescu ing tho burled .neo Tfaftin two hot rs three wero takon out njlvo but seriously injured and tbroo othejs rtro supposod to be dead. To Suspend for Awhile. 8c<<??t?ty -Raiinstitille, of the Fall River Cotton !8 an u facta re re' Association, of Fall River, Vam., baa ' received a letter from a Southern eottoo^nanofacterer in whfeh the writer state* that 1.918,000 oat of ? total of 2,600,000 spindle* in the South bare agreed to shut down 38] ? per eeuf . of the time be tween Jnly and Ootober. fingtey? "In It good to cnt n't nlglit Ixv fore going to bod?" . I^nabcy? "Bo def "tntte, roan. In vhfljfgwd to ent?*;? JiQX: bury Ga*ette. I TRUMPET CALLS. Qvut'i Horn Bounds u Waraluf Note *? thA Unreiltcutod. ^ T Is Impossible tov live any higher than wo look. A c U 1 1 1 v atod dev ilbastlie sharpest cluwa. Overcoming a dltlk-ulty, cbaugea It luto a blossln?. Tho rlgUt cross for lis Is tlio first ono wo come to. MdM troubles wlU run when w? look them squnrely in tlio face. CJoil in h 1 1 1 1 looking for people who cau be trusted with uiouey. *? It Is hard to tlud a poorer man than tho rich man who never gives. When Bin runs to hide, It forgets that it cannot cover up Its tracks.' ? Wo cannot pick out the Lord's own hy locking over a church register. Whenever a man gains a victory ovtyr himself, tho Lord has helped him. ?' Govl never made a law without also tun king u penalty for Its violation. There la hypocrisy In praying for what we are not willing to work for. No man can glvo his best service where he has not tlret given his heart. Wo must kuo\v God with the heart beforo wo can praise him with tho lips. Wo are all tho tlmo making charae tor, whether $ve are doing anything ^ not. Christ may bo as certainly rejected by lndllTcreueo, as by crying "Crucify hluir It takes close acquaintance with many other pcoplo to lntroduco us to ourselves. An awful thing about sin is, that it Is posalblo to fall Into the pit from henv? en's doorstep. . Ar? You Sittiflti) With What You Know* Or would you gladly improve your atook of knowledge? You may not have 1 60 or MO you can spare for k 10-volume encyoloptedla, out you cau afford to pay nfty cents for a Hand Jlook of General Information. You won't want to pay even th!s unlws you are desirous of improving your mind ana believe that a Ave* hundred-page. book, filled -with a Condensed mass of valuable knowledge, will be read by you. This valuable Enoyoloptodia will be sent Cbxtukville, K. I., March 8, 18W. "I enclose two dollars to get somo of your Tkttehink. It has done wonders on three persona to whom I had given a little of iuy email sunplv. 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