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Increased Production of Gold. By New Cyanide Process Pro? duction ls Limitless. Iowa State Register. The invective genios of the world is at the present time being applied with startling results to the production of gold. Gold to-day is not confined to a few countries ; it is a world-wide pro? duction. It bas been discovered in re? cent years in places where it was a few years ago undreamed of. But uothing has wrought so large a change in che gold production as the process which is known as the cyanide process. Cy? anide is worth from 30 to 50 cents a pound. It is made from the horns and hoofs of cattle and from their refuse. It shows the infinite uses to which the American cow is put. Cyanide is said to look like powdered pumic stone, and is a deadly poison, making its use at * tended with more or less daoger. This cyanide has a wonderful attractive power for the parti?les of gold. . In a newspaper letter, Mr. Frank G. Carpenter recently described what is j - said to be the greatest cyanide mill in the world which is located in the State of Colorado, a State which is still clamoring for free silver, although its production of gold bas leaped upward until it is to-day the ranking State, producing more gold than the golden State of the Pacific slope itself. This process is bound to exert an influence in the settlement of the silver contro? versy, sooner or later. The gold pro? duct of Colorado last year was ?18, C?0t000~and this year it will be ?25, 000,000. The total gold product of j this countrjfc-kst year was ?50,000,000 j and of the world ?200,000,000 to | ?220,000,000. This is an enormous j quantity of gold to add to the world in a single yaar and the problem of gold appreciation will make but little head way against such a production. The interest taken in gold is at the j present time keen enough to warrant some reference to the cyanide process. The cyanide process was discovered to 1889 by two Scotchmen at work ia Australia. Four years ago it was first used io this country. Since that time . many cyanide mills have bseo erected I throughout the gold, producing regions. | This process is said to save 99 per cent. | of the gold contained io ore, though the gold bc no more than half an ounce to a ton of ore. The extraction of the yellow metal under such circumstances seems almost hopeless. Think of half I an ounce of gold in a ton of ore. The | problem of finding the grain of wheat ra a bushel of chaff becomes an easy j one compared with the' gold problem j How is this done ? The ore is ground j into the finest powder, io itself a won- j derful process. Then it is mixed with j water until it is like a mash. The I .... . s cyanide is latroauced into this mixture It aets upon the gold and takes it from ! the baser associations. The molten I gold becomes part of the water. The I water is drained off. It is clear as crysta!, but it contains ihe gold which the miner is after. In passing over the zinc plates ?attaches itself to the zinc. The zinc and the gold are then melted together and separated. From the ton of ore comes the one atom of yellow, but the atoms are valuable. There are j mills wbish rediuoe 400 ions of ore a day at half an ounce per ton, that means 200 ounces of gold a day and that |2;000,000 a year. Who would have thought a few years ago that ore bearing only half an ounce of gold per too would bc made profitable ? With these new processes the produc tion of gold is practical!}- limitless. By 1900 it is estimated the world's product will be $320,000,000 annually. The United States has been a hundred years ia accumulating twice that amount of gold in its circulation. But how much more plentiful is silver. The mountain ranges of the west have hardly been scraped over for the white metal, it is being produced not at a profit, in many mines, though the sell? ing price ?3 only about 69 cents an ounce. Make it worth ?1.29 an ounce, by the government guaranteeing to ? take all that is offered at that price and think of the enormous production that would follow. Do you for one moment profess to believe that this government can absorb ia tts circulation all the sil? ver that can be mined at $1,29 an ounce. In time it would be necessary to set aside a whole State to build warehouses io which to store the silver. Yet that is what the mine owners of ! the west, already millionaires, ask the i country to do and many thoughtless meo think it is going to benefit them to hare the government buy all the sil? ver in the world at twice its market value. RALEIGH, N. C , Augast 1.-Edwin A. Alderman, professor of pedagogics in the State University was elected president of the University of North Carolioa to succeed George Winston, recently elected to the presidency of the University of Texas. Seven leading eduoators occupying professorships in institutions of learning in distant States were highly recommended, but Mr. Alderman's election was unanimous. The meeting of the trustees was attend ed by many of the most prominent ci ri zens in the State, including Governor Carr and Senator Butler. Prof. Alder- j man is 30 years of age, graduated at the University in 1SS2, and he has been largely identified with graded chools in North "Carolina. Trying to Buy Information. A Tempting Offer by Spain, but the Scheme Won't Work. i PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-The Spao ? ish government is determined to pre? vent if possible filibustering expeditions from leaving this country for Cuba. To further guard against filibusters, Spain is cfferiog a reward of $l0,000 for in? formation leading to the capture within Spanish waters of a filibusterlog expe ditio?. . Capt. Murphy of the Laurada received the following letter from the Spanish consul, Jose Congosto: "Coosulade de EspeBa en Philadel? phia. ''Ten thousaod dollars will be paid by the undersigned at his office iu Phil? adelphia, Pa:, for information leading to the capture within Spanish waters of any vessel engaged iu carrying men and munitions to the Isle of Cuba, cer? tain inhabitants of which are now in in? surrection against the government of Spain. "This offer carries with it. a promise of immunity from arrest or apprehen? sion to aoy person or persons who shall give such information as is mentioned above, whether or not such person or persons are participants in such expedi? tions. "Jose Congosto, "Consul for Spain, "July 19, 1896." This letter was delivered to Capt. Murphy by au attache of the Spanish consulate, who said that he had been sent by Dr. Congosto. Capt. Murphy, in speaking of the letter said : "Only in the most kindly spirit do 14say that it is an attempt to bribe me I wish to assure him that I am not in the busi? ness of surrendering secrets which I ! don't possess, and say frankly if I were, j 10 times ?10,000 would not induce j me to turn informer. I do not feel in? sulted by the action of the Spanish consu:, but I do believe that a man serving in his honorable capacity ought to have s higher appreciation of tho patriotism of an American citizec than ? to attempt to 'purchase bim fer cash Evidently he is only following out the instructions of his government, and ? am trying to carry out the orders of my j employers." Capt. Murphy handed the communi? cation to Capt. W. W\ Kerr, counsel for the J. D. Hart company, who will forward it with a protest to Secretary of State Olney. Capt. Kerr, in speak? ing of the offer, said : "It is an infa? mous 2ct and an insult to American citizenship. It is an usurpation of au? thority on his part to declare that those who violate the neutrality laws of the United States will receive immunity if they cu: reader certain infot'nation, even L^oU^a they be not participants in j the expedition. That is a dangerous I declaration for a mac to make just now. j Ten thousand dollars is a big induce- j ment for some people to steal secretly ! into a vessel, for instance, lying iu the Philadelphia port bound for Cuba, and place munitions of war, such as dyna? mite, on board. This individual could inform the Spanish government and the vessel would be seized the moment shs entered within the Cuban threemile limit. I shall call the attention of Sec? retary Olney to the letter." State Chairman Tompkins5 Ruling. COLOMBIA, S. C.. July 23, '96. Hon. J. Wm. Stokes, Oraogeburg, S C. Dear Sir :-Replying to your letter of the 2nd instant asking for my ruling as to whether theie is a vacancy as to the Democratic nominee to fill the remain? der of your term as a member of the Fifty Fourth Congress, I beg to state that my ruling is that there is no va caney and that you are the nominee for the place by reason of your election by the primary of 1894 This ruling however, is subject to protest and in ease any objection is made the matter j will be submitted to the State Execu- j tive Committee to be settled. Unless ! such protest is made the County Execu* j tive Committees should not hold an | election - for the piace and no provision should be made in preparing the tick- j ets for putting in a candidates name for j the Fifty Fourth Congress. Yours &c , D. H. Tompkins, State Chairman. How Awkward It Will Bei In 1900 ! Did you ever think of it? A great problem is soon to occupy the minds of j he people of the world. Io four years the sweep of time will carry us iuto a tcew century, and the figures which indicated the century of 180U will be exchanged for 1900. When this iimes comes, can we abbreviate the year in writing and printing, as we do now in 1886 ? If we may abbreviate, how shall it be done? How will it look, '00 ? Or this, '19 ? When you write at the top of your letter to the editor, March 14, "96, it looks all right, but March 14, '00 will not be at all satis? factory. Did you ever before think what an inconvenient time 1900 is go? ing be ? if so, just consider how lucky j your stars are that you will bc living ; on this mundance sphere in 2,000 ! New York Home Journal. j Four Thousand Drowner in China. Gigantic Tidal Wave Five Miles Long. SHANGHAI, Aug. 1.- Newe? of a ter? rible disaster, involving a great loss of life, has just reached here. A tidal wave, estimated to have been about five miles in length swept iu from the sea on Sunday last, and in? undated the coast of Haicb.au, in the northeast of the province of Kiang Su The damage done was very great. Many villages were destroyed and it is estimated that at least 4,000 peo pie were drowned. In addition, an immense number of cattle perished, the rice fields were submerged and almost totally destroyed, with the result that a famine is feared in that district dur? ing the coming autumn Haichau is situated opposite Yu Chau island, on the coast of the Kiang Su province, which is on the Whang Hai or Yellow sea. The country ie mostly level, which raay account for the great loss of life. Kiang Su is one of the most fertile provinces of China and imports more silk than any other part of China. The Ting Ts Kiang enters China through this province, the principal city of which is Nan King. Death of Niagara Falls. Fifteen hundred years ago the ter? restrial movements raised the John son barrier to the Erie basin so high that the waters of that lake reached not merely the level of Lake Michi? gan, but the point of turning all the water bf the upper lakes into the Mississippi drainage by way of Chicago. But the falls were then cutting through the ridge, ?rnd whe.i this was accomplished, before the change of drainage was completed, the surface of Lake Erie was sud? denly lowered by many feet, and the falls were re established for some time longer Slowly, year by year, one sees the cataract wearing back and suggesting the time when the river will be trimed into a series of rapids: but another silent cause is at work, and one not easily seen-namely, the effects of the cbang'ng of hvel of the earth's crust. From the computa? tions already referred to it was found that for the first twenty four thousand years of the life of the river only the Erie waters flowed by way of the Niagara River, and for only eight thousand years have all the waters of the upper lakes been feeding th? falls If the terrestrial movements continue as at present, and there ap? pears no reason to doubt it, for the continent was formerly vastly higher than now, then in about five thousand years the rim of the Erie basin prom? ises to be raised so high that all the waters of the upper lakes will How out by way of the Chicago Canal. Thus the duration of Niagara Falls will have continued about thirty seven thousand years But the lakes will endure beyond the calculation of the boldest horologist -Apple? ton's Popular Science Monthly. Death* in the Pot. Does poison lurk in the mouth of beer bottles purchased from the dis? pensary ? There is one young man who certainly thinks so, and no amount of money can iuduce him to drink again a bottle of beer from the dispensary. Yesterday about noon the young man, whose name is withheld by re quest, purchased from one of the dispensaries a bottle of beer and drank it He did not use a glass but drank from the bottle. A few min utes later his lips began to burn and sting as though they had been bit? ten by some' poisonous insect. Fi nally they began to swell all out of shape and were a source of much pain. Ointments and liniments of every description were applied, but failed to relieve the pain or cause the swel? ling to go down Ile says he is done with beer forever.-Spartan burg Herald. -MtC?-??--!!!? ? - flie Discovery Saved .Ki* Life. Mr. ti. Cnillouette, Druggist, Beavers ville, Iii., says: "To Dr. King'.* New Discovery I owe ruy life. Was taken with La Grippe, ?ind tried all the physicians for miles about, but of no avail and was given up and told ? could not live. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in my store I sent for a bottle and began its use and from the first dose began t<* ^ct better, and a'ter using three bottles was up aud about again. It i* worth its weight in gold We won't; keep store ur house without it. Get free trial bottle at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug ?tore 2 -mi ?-???- mm? - The New York Sun tells young la? dies that it is better to marry a man without a pretty moustache, than a pretty moustache without a man behind it With reference to secret marriages it gives this wholesome advice. ''If you can't marry on broad day li^ht principie?, don't marry at all." 'i ne South's Gain in Wealth Remarkable r.rcentage of Gain per Capita in the Last Decade. From the New York Sun. Not only is the aggregate wealth of tho Southern and many of the i Western States increasing by larger ; percentages than the percentage of: ; increase of the Eastern States, but : ! the per capita wealth of the South : i and West is doing likewise. The : South loft enormously in both aggie ' j gate and per capita wealth by the ! i war and by the abolition of slave ! I property, though, of course, this was; j in part only an apparent loss, siiiGe | the freeman was as valuable to the ! community as the bondman. Thus; it came about that the census of 1ST0 j showed a great loss in aggregate i and per capita wealth throughout the ! South. The panic in the decade of j 1870-80 made the showing by the i census of 1880 stiii worse, but the I South made remarkable progress in j the decade 1880 1890 The increase ! j of population throughout the Sou?h ; in that decade was large, but the in- j ; crease in aggregate wealth was still j j larger, so that the per capita increase j j was remarkably large in proportion j I to the showing by the census of I 18T0 I Meanwhile the great and wealthy j j States of the East, though they j ! gained enormously in wealth, in- j j creased also very rapidly in popula- j j lion, so that their percentage of gain j per capita was often less than that in j poorer and less populous States of j the South. Massachusetts, which! I has for some decades led the Union i in per capita wealth, gained only i about S|- per cent during the last j decade, while Mississippi gained ! I over 32 per cent, Louisiana nearly j j 23 per cent ; Georgia, 35} per cen t j ! and Florida over 104 per cent. Even ! j North Carolina gained neat ly 16?- per ? j cent in per capita wealth and South j ': Carolina nearly 32 per cent. I New York, meanwhile, gained les? ; j than 12 per cent in lier capita wealth ; j j New Hampshire less .than IS per I j cent ; Pennsylvania less than 29 per ! cent, and Rhode Island less than 1 , j per cent, while New Jersey showed j i an actual per capita loss of nearly ; ? one half of 1 per cent The only | J southern state to show a loss of per ; j capita wealth was Maryland, which I ! by the way stands fourteenth in that j j legarcl, being one place ahead of I ! Pennsylvania. Parts of the middle west increased I Hf tie per capita wealth. Iowa, for I example, gained only IO 3 4 per cent I but this wa6 more than the gain of j j Massachusetts. Ohio gained a small j j fraction over i per cent, and Illinois j ? lost nearly 40 pe. cent, so that her j ! per capita wealth was ?ess than in j 1860. Wisconsin Michigan and Mis- ! souri showed substantial gains, as ! did Arkansas, Kentucky and Ten nessee. Rapidly as population grew in the far west it seldom outstripped the in crease of wealth so far as to reduce the per capita wealth of any elate Washington gained nearly 110 per cent per capita wealth, Colorado gained i-OJ- per cent, Oregon 76 per cent, California 35 1-2 per cent and Utah over 190 per cent. So rapid was Wyoming's gain in population that her per capita wealth decreased j about 2 12 per cent, though her aggregate wealth vastly increased ALABAMA DEMOCRATIC, ! MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug. 3- Re-: ports from the State are to the effect that everything passed off quietly. In many localities a light vote was polled. All the black belt counties have given round Democratic ma j joritics. The Democrats have made heavy gains in a number of white counties which have heretofore given Populist majorities, and also gained a number of representatives in the legislature. It is impossible to give anything like an estimate now The ticket is a long one containing not only State officers, but legislature and county of?iceis. Idications now point to a Democratic victory in the State and both branches of the legis? lature Democratic. BIRMINGHAM, Ala , Aug. 2 -Re? turns rece'ved by The State-Herald up to 2 o'clock this morning indicate the election of Capt Johnston by a majority of 40,000 to 45.000 The; legislature is safely Democratic. Bland and Bryan. LEBANON, Mo., Aug 3 -Richard j p. Bland, leaves to-day for Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. Bland will accompany Mr. Bland. They will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs Bryan during their short 6?av in Line?lo. The party will leave Mr Bryan's borne Friday evening on the journey to New York, where Mr Bryan and Mr. : Sewali will be notified of their nomina- ! tioo as President and Vice President of, the United States. Mr. Bland accom- j pa??es Mr. BryaD on the latter's trip ( by request Their train will make but few stops, hut everywhere an oppor? tunity is given they will make short : talks. Mr. Bland will present Mr. Bryan to the people along thc route of their 1,500 mile journey from Nebraska to New York. Disinherited. Cornelious Vanderbilt Jr., Throws Away Millions. New York; Aug. 3-Despite the determined opposition of Iiis family and and in defiance of the threat of disinheritance, Mr. Conelius Van? derbilt, Jr., was married to-day to Miss Grace Wilson. Mr Vandeibilt, Sr , warned the young man that if he Contracid the marriage he would have to depend upon his own resources for a liveli hood and he need expect no share of the Vandetbilt fortune Thus the son, J by disobeying his lather's wishes, ! threw away his prospects of inheri- ! ting a large lump of the $100,000,- ? 000 which Mr Vanderbilt, Sr, is j estimated to be worth Not a meaiber of the Vanderbilt | family was even invited to the wed- j ding, which was notable for its sim? plicity. Perhaps never in the his tory of the Vanderbilt or Wilson j families has such a quiet wed- j ding been solemnized. It was j 11:15 o'clock when Mr. Vanderbilt, j Jr.j reached the Wilson house at No. ! 511 Fifth avenue. Ile was dressed ! in a black frock coat with light striped trousers. Ile found awaiting him his I bride elect, Mr. and Mrs Orme Wil? son, Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, Mr. R. T. Wilson, Jr., Mr Robert Goelet, Jr , and Mr Frank Polk of I Boston, one of his classmates. This i comprised the wedding parly. ; Shortly before noon, the Rev W. II j Pott, assistant to Dr Brown, rector j of St. Thomas church, entered the j house. The rear drawing room had j been daintily decorated with a few choice cut flowers early in the morn- j ing, at noon everything was in readi- ! ness for the ceremony when the Rev. \ Mr Pott took up a position at the j eastern end of the room A moment1 later young Vanderbilt entered the room accompanied by his best man, ; Mr. Polk. Tho few guests then 1 grouped themselves to the left of the j minister. Soft strains of music from a stringed orchestra announced the ! coming of the bride. Miss Wilson, I solely attended by her father, marched j down the main hali and through the j centre archway leading to the rear j drawing room She looked the pic? ture of beauty in her pure white wed- ? ding grown, a creation of'French art. I She wore a veil of extreme old En- I glish lace, reaching to the bottom of her gown It was fastened by a I magnificent wreath of diamonds, j surmounted by a bunch of orange j blossoms. As soon as Miss Wilson \ entered the room, the groom stepped forward, and taking herby the hand, j they both stepped before the ofiieia ! ting minister In fixe minutes it was ! all over and M?ss Wilson was the j wife of the sou of one of America's ! greatest millionaires There were no : ushers and many of the convention? alities attending such weddings were omitted. After the ceremony the small gathering offered their congratula? tions to the young couple. No wed? ding breakfast having been prepared, Mr and Mrs Vanderbilt retired to apartments upstairs and donned their j traveling apparel. At 12:35 p. m. the bride and groom, followed by a shower of rice, left the house and entered a coupe awaiting at the door. The groom looked pale and worried ; the bride's face was radiant with smiles, and as the car? riage drew away from the door, she threw kisses to the little group of wedding guests who had assembled to see the c-. iple off. Where tho bride and groom will spend their honeymoon was not given out, but they were driven to the Grand Central station and it is under? stood will go to Saratoga. It is said they have no plans fer the future They may go abroad for a year, but this has not been decided, nor has the place they will make their permanent home. Hardly had the ceremony been j finished before telegrams of con ? gradations began arriving. They were principally from friends of the Wilson family, but some of Mr. Vanderbilt's chums remembered him. From across the water came cable- j grams of congratulations from the | Prince of Wales, the Duke and ; Duchess of Marlborough, the Earl ! and Countess of Pembroke and others j of the nobility. 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CITADEL VACANCIES. OFFICE CHAIRMAN BOARD OF VISITORS S. C. MILITARY ACADEMY.. BAimvsr,:., S. C., July ?.. 1396. rrUVO (2) BENEFICIARY VACANCIES J_ exist in tbe South Carolina Military Academy frcm Sumter County. Persons desiring to compete for the sam will apply promptly to the Chairman Boa:'": of Visitors for Forms and Instructions. No applications wi!' be considered no*, duly r.ied and rfc iv d before :he 31st of August next. JOHNSON" HAGOODj Chairman Beard of Visitors. July 22. U8LLEGE, m Spartantog, S. C, Jas. H. Carlisle, L. L. D., President. Seven departments. Two courses leading to A. B. A new and we!! (-quipped Gymna? sium and competent directer. W?FF0H0 FITTING SCHOOL, A. G. Rembert, A. M., Head Master. Ti:** Fir:inSchool bas btreo moved to tue Alumni Hall. The Second Master. A. Mason DuPre, A M., and the Matron live in the building'. Several cf the College professors teach in the Schoo! and the students receive instruction in the Gymnasium. Session ne gins October i. For catalogue, address J. A. G AME WE LL, July I -:: Secretary of Faculty. NOTICE OE APPOINTMENTS. OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA? TION* OF SUMTER COUNTY, SUMTER, S. C., April 27, 1836. THE BOARD OF REGISTRATION will open their books in MAYESV?LLE. Tuesday, July 14. SHILOH, Wednesday, July 15. NORWOOD'S X ROADS. Thursday, July 16 LYNCHBURG, Friday. July 17. ST. CHARLES, Wednesday, July 22. MT. CLIO; (Reid's Mi!!.) Thursday, July 23. CONCORD, (Gordon's Mi;-.) Monday, July 27. For the purpose of registering all qualified electors. J. D. WILDER. Chairman. J. M. KNIGHT. W. S. JAMES, Clerk. June 17. le Lanes! an? Most Complete Establishment M 1 eo. S. -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. Office and Wardrooms, Kiog. opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ?z?~Purchase our make, which we guarantee superior to any sold South, and thereby save monev. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 36-o