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CAMDEN. S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1893 Ex' tU ?gricui jre has fl'uii of farmers coi fece 2m comple te to the Ikmiliar *'iir ?a=i tis?^ Is; l*g*" lo*; ?rl?; W scrip &uu J). At the (board *'** k ieit for yjuai6Ui8 the ,b thisfuud the i'olLovv wkh offices, ciety rooms, r^*ieeping rooms; ? *Jn, kitchen ar lor heaters; Djp jth lecture room an Mcai analysis by tea^ize to accomo ? stcdehts, me jjjjry; ' experimeii t kitchen and ^jings, stabler, cow J, silos, crib, seed jzfcitand vegitable JHjr winter vegita nps, nine 'brick I eleven framed fcSnd assistant pro fjb m cottages for Igps, dairy not com ol-the professors' i6rV hooeea are all Mings. Eanaaon has been and painted. .re all heated by om contains three all necessary fur n has a wardrobe Mhoroughly tarnished J ^^TT^roved utensils, and 3 vf we^ UP* ill jme room8 and offices I ?*ftoratory are supplied ^MDBNlrr apparatus except jyphysics which & uot hall has a 50 horse "^IngiDe and all neces ^'fwEaijach inery. Jricultural department *> wagons, machinery, ?fy^^eda of cattle und fifty ?4lflMpultural department is "Jf all necessary tools "and ?Ss, Tfrcluding a large for Spds have been largely BHj?, the uplands cleared MnitMiaads reclaimed. .Roads to ja3>DvenIently faid out aod yagplver the farm, and orchards variety of fruits have been f 8u J ^ijjSpitory halls, dining rooms, &*#, kitchen, chapel, society Ifejes and the ground around jjfl'lji buildings are lighted by 2,'S ? ^ T?3leie sy^em of water worts Jlfmt'in. The purest "of spring] Sjjjalf mile from the Allege is ?B>y underground ^pipesinto a SBtrom which it is forced int*> : . ..Re eighty feet high (upon the HB>int within the grounds,) an 1 nit is carried all over the ' 'Knd into all the public tmild Bkdraotsare placed conveu ? all ot the main buildings, m and hose are on hand for ?n against fire. Each door in Ritory and each of the public R the stables aod cow house ?lied with extra hose for fur Htection against fire. Km]pkte sewerage system baa fc^p^in, by which all gar j?ge| JSandiy has been equipped ? engine and all the necessary p&rmary is frrnished with fed bedding and other necessary Ire, cooMng and other a tensile, ines, etc. This bailding has a rooms and a ward. I- . ?HX FACULTY. I report says that President E.| kighead and his corps oi able Spent assistants are in thorough Mad sympathy with the plans Bpoees of die Board, and their Kne&t so far gives lAurance K distiactiveleafcurea m-educa |%hick created a demand for p College and called it ^ into I lee will be inaxsctsmed. Presi Hraighesd, in the delicate and patter of organizing and V Tm ceti'-ge was oreued <-.i h f'iav os. jn'y, and 44r* students i .we ; been enr? i.td! Evory county iu tU { State, is represented <:xeopt Beam: rt. : LieuJenan? T* Q f > >naldson, Jr.T ! !: ?? ?N-V.'iH'.;! t'i -^^leS 1 'uvfc t ry . ^aft4elai!^>|HpHi. Secretary < i War as <#rni?ap'kr aa<; in-.rw&ir oi rfj . ? i tar>.taet?fW' Cucferhis ?r, a i > at * ?? ?* ? ' ? f ? 4 ?? good order dnd disci jpine .'.ave prevail e<i ajDong the young me:*, and they have made rapid pr<:^re^ in drilling. MAN V feKEKlNtf A^Mf^ION. ;. Tb*-re are bow preset C asvi attend ; iog oil iegt 4-Jo )kudei: - ul.1 525 r.i iv [ are enrolled as applicant t< r } mod- in February next, the beginiiig of the next acholaanc year, a:,d this number- is being r&pi lijad< led to It is uO do<dk gratifying to the trieudx ot OJerusoa to se& so many iouii g n.eu seeking admission into lis 'walls, but it will be impo^ibie to accon)?ni;.-tf the?:> alK even though the legislature sfcojnid make an, appropriation, and direct an enlargement of the entire college plant. And yet ic is humiti atijjg to th<jse who realize in this de mand for a higher and broader edu ca^iorr the future salvation of the .State to. see so many men desiriug and seek iug-an "education turned away aud denied admission simply for the lack /? ?* ? of room. ? - " " i -J L ii I to' BE THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED. The Board is not prepared to recom mend that ibe entire college "plant should be enlarged at this* time, it bfeiag far more important in their judgement tot tborpugh.lv equip and organize the institution as it is at present This will take much, time, money and labor and should be first attended to. After this has been ac complished tfte question of enlarge ment car* then be considered. The thorough and' practicSt^ education which Clemson affords, coslffug only j1 8104 for ten months' schooling, for two suits of uniform clothing and two cape, bodrd, ILes, lights, washing and medical attendance, if no tuition fees j are charged, and $40 in addition when they are ab?e to pay for tuition, makes it certain that there will be continual pressing demand for admis sion to these advantages and privileg es. THE B GILDINGS TOO SMALL. f a': : J It was impossible for;' the Board in 1 planning the buildings for the several j departments to so construct them as to j exactly meet the demand upon their j capacity. This is. particularly frue : of i the mechanical hall, one of the: finest buildinga erected, which Was*'! planned when the attendance was not 't expected to exceed 300. This building is altogether too small I and must be enlarged, or many, of the I young men who desire to take tjbe me- ; chanical course will be disapf*>inted. ' As it is of the 424 students now in attendence 295 have elected and are now pursuing the agricultural course ! and 165 are taking the mechanical j course as far as we^are able to gire it. Looking to the necessity of enlarg- j ing the mechanical hall and the erect- ; ion of two additional professors' hous es the Board has had made during the latter part of the summer 625,000 j bricks, of which are now on band and available for that purpose. The State hss paid direct 7v fr^m taxation for ibe splendid huiiiiin^s and equipment atCiems n only $(58,- [ 000. f clejison'h income. The income ot die college fir the j next year will be as follows: The Hatch furd for the experiment ; station, 315,000. ie Morrill fund uj-<d only/f.?ri ing, $10,000. Agricultural Lard Srrip, Sf)/>00 The Clemson Uqu< ft' about ?4^00 and the privileged lax Atimated at I tf about $40,000. v With these fundi, the Board will j have to run the college the next year, ; and with the increased attendance the college will have and the money ne-1 oessary to enlarge the mechanical hail, the Board will probably find them selves in straitened financial condi tions but by the exercise of a rigirl j economy they hope to get through. LAST YEARS EXPENDITURES. The total income of the college dur ing the last year, including cash from students and farm products, was $137, j 489.31, and there was expended tor i ail j purposes, $134,324.14. These amounts do not include the Hatch j I and Morrill funds The full amount of the Hatch fund, $15,000, was spent on the experiment station. * FERTILIZER INSPECTION. Every effort has been made to en- j ioice the law and prevent the sale of ^isdule&t 'fertilizers in the State. ilhinng the past season four inspec tor wtere employed by &e department. They were on the road from January 15 to April 8 visiting nearly every point in i the State where fertilizers r were delivered. They took 510 samples, which were analyzed. These analyses were reported" in bulletins Noe. 11 and 13 of the South. Carolina,1" Experiment Station which were dis tributed throughout the State. The value of this work in protecting honesty manufacturers and consumers of ferti lizers is shown by the demand for the official reports and the inquiries that have been made to that department j The feet that about $4,000,000 an nually are invested in 'fertilizers by the farmers of the State make it the j-iffiperative duty of this department to do everything possible to afford pro tection against imposition. Very lew oases of violations ot the la^h?ve been reported, manufacturer* generally complying with all requirements. The f*" - i ' /:T * : -tal jimoitiiit (.^'expenses ol the depart ment this yea if whs ! 7 4 27, iticiud i.'tif $1,1 1(5 that sh. i: ii bavcfctvu. |?ai<i I act year. r j Pi; j> I D !?: NT J."Al/s KKl'OKT. J;i his rejH-rt t ) the i>->ar;i ol '1 rus President ( 'r&ighead says there ?re erjts i:i the mechanical de part mehC and 87 in the agricultural department. j The majority of the stu are energetic, earnest, orderly - > ? ? ; j ! i ir men : a;:(i there have bte:i no serimis discard- among thern. Those ?> ere injur*J\hy t he falling gang way iiave cjii recovered. The health ol the college generally has been good, : except during the month of October a : ish* 1 many of the boys were sick with cold, mumpsi and -other slight ailments, 'i'here has bten only one death among the students, H. A. Powers of George i town. I He pays a high compliment to J>r. Re-lfearr:, tfca physician of the college, and his assistants lor the .service they have rendered and the management of the infirmary. HOW THEY LIVE, i The lauadry has been placed upon a safe financial basis. It Lakes froit? SI 75 tef #200 a month to run it suc cessfully, ah amount fully covered by charges to cadets for washing ? 50. cents a month to each cadet. =? Good board can be furnished at the mess hail; for $7 a toonthr'iucluding luel, lights, etc. By 'cultivating with atudeut labor extensive orchards and gardens, which shall supply the mess hall with fruits and vegetables; by run ning under efficient direction and with student Habor a dairy large enough to -sunply jtudente with milk, gutter and cheefe: jauttiag up witn -student labor abunSwlShii^ies of canned goods, t^e quality or^elftiedi uti^)- be improved and the cost considerably "reduced. i - X THE LITERARY FEATURES. -v The library has been supplied with several hundred books and the read ing room with the best periodical literature of the country. '. The stu dents ' also have the opportunity to read the daily press and keep posted on current affairs. The two literary societies are in a prosperous condition and the faculty proposes to encourage them in eyefy possible way. DEPARTMENTAL WORK. The I work done in the various de partments of the ? college has been highly satisfactory. The enlargement, of the mechanical hali is the most pressing necessity at this time. The work 'in this department has been barriered for lack of room and imper fect equipment. The work on the farm has been done by hired help and convict labor. When the farm U gotten in proper, condition it is proposed that much of the work shall be done by the students making^ the farm both a laboratory and work shop. President Craighead says: For the harmonious development of heart and mind and body, agriculture, properly pursued, offers opportunity unequaled by any other pursuit in which men may engage. To make this above all things a great agricul' tural school, to stimulate the youth of Sou & Carolina to a love for agricul- j tural pursuits, the^igvelop the resour ce of the State', have been first and last in the minds of the founders of this institution. I am in hearty ^vmpathv wilh the uin:s of the college, aitdjthe accomplishment of this great purpose is the polar star by which my fe*-t! are guided. The work of the session vv drawing to a close has ii.e unshaken faith in our final the sudents have done most of the woik in the yards for the past two or three months and the work has been highly-satisfactory. The faculty ha* not been able to use student labor to any great extent in the dairy yet but it is proposed that the students shall do this work also m the course of time. President Craig head presses the manual labor feature of the college upon the attention of the Board as of the utmVt importance and it is proposal in tinte for nearly all the work to be done by the stu dents. / THEY ARE WILI.TMi TO WORK. President Craighead says lip had been told that South Carolina boys vs*- d not work. 1 his was a mistake. "fY adents have manifested a zeal in tin t work. They have earned the raonef paid them. -Hired helj> would have been cheaper, v but this would have defeated the aims of-the college. If the students be furnished work and the college suffer no financial loss it ! is a splendid triumph. This can be done. Wl^rever the students have had proper direction they have done good work in every department. President Craighead says: -It is much easier,, however, to manage servants than intelligent stu dents. It takes a man of energy, en thusiasm, intelligence and common sense to manage South Carolina boys. There has been paid to the students about $3,000 for labor. It would have cost the greater part of -this amount to have had this work done by hfted help. The college has lost Some ??monev on student labor, but President CVaighead says it has enabled perhaps t20Q boys to enjoy the advantages of a '"fctflegiate education who otherwise would'* have gro^n up in ignorance. Was ever money more wisely expend j e 1 by the State? MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM. ? j In concluding his splendid report President Craighead says: * ?Of the students now with us, have made formal application' for i entrance next seaion. In addition to these,' there are over 500 boua fide ap plicants for ihe February session. The \ probability i? that there will be in February from 700 to 1,000 students knocking at the doors of Clemaon Col lege for entrance. We have room in i the barracks for 4?50, three boys to the ! room For <H)0, four bovs to the room. ! It would not, in my judgment, be wise to j?ut f<*R r boys in one room except temporarily. How this problem shall be met awaits the decision of your , honorable Board and the Legislature of the State." FUTURK rKOfrl'KCTS far Clemson College had far -ex ceeded the most sanguine expectations of her founders and will soon be the t grandest institution of the kind on top j m the Continent The measure and ! Bower of its influence upon the f'arm | iog interests and upon the manhood of the State cannot be conceived. It stands today the crowning glory of the tanner? of South Carolina and a tower ing monument to the wisdom of those r?h? established it. The establishment such a college as thia was1; Governor iillman's hobby for years and was perhaps the chief plank in the de mands of the Iteform .movenjjwV $ Long may it live, j SHOT THE BANK PRESIDENT [&J. ; ' S 1 And Couijfcled the Cashier to Hand Over the Caoli. Walla Walla, Nov. 14.^-Yester day afternoon, three men, without at tracting attention, rode into Milton, Oregon, and dismounted at the door of the band at Milton. Two entered bank, while the third stood guarc^out side and held two horses. Prsident A. Hopson, Cashier N. A. Davis and Assistant -Cashier William Hopson ?tfgre in the bartxk at the time. /The first inti^?i*taM^L^he coming of the robbers was whenH^;it?||^ggre fired by the intruders before mafmgij any Verbal demand. Both shots took effect in President Hopson's body, in flicting painful flesh wounds. The revolver was held so close to the head of Cashier Davis that the conclusion knocked him down. The robbers then demanded the money from Wil liam Hospon. He handed them a tray containing $949. Taking this, they left, without attempting to get the cash in the vault. The noise of the shots spread the alan&r"Shd within five minutes an armed mounted posse was in pursuit of the robbers, hut all traces of them Vere lost after a short distance. "A Seven Million Power Falsehood." Under this heading the Greenville Daily News reads the reform > papers a Well deserved lecture. faear it. "The calm hypocrisy of the refawm organs of this State is truly- beautiful. They are paradmg as evidence of the i prosperity of the State under "refawm" management the issue during the last fiscal jear of charters and commis sions to corporations representing $7,-< 400,000 capital. The truth is a very lar?e proportion of this "capital" is on paper. Anybody can secure a char ter or commission for anything on a comparatively small ih vestment or con tribution of money, land or other property. The refawm organs tell us with one breath that the people are being ruined by tjie financial policy of the federal' government and with the next that the State- is on a tremendous boom under the refawm State administration. They can't show the ruin or the boom.' But perhaps these organs" did not mean to deceive any body. , Possibly they did not perceive the differ ence between a mill on paper and a mill in brick. All the same such statements are calculated to deceive the people and to leave a false impres sion upon outsiders as to the prosperi- ' ty of the State. ? Orangeburg Enter prise. Ilurned in the Smoking Car. " Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 16.? A passenger train on the East Alabama J road was derailed and wrecked near ! Lafayette this morning. The coaches I caught fire, and Thomas Driver, a j passenger, was burned up iu the smoking car. The other passengers were rescued, but many were badly injured. Among the injured are: Judge J. R. Dowdell, arm and jaw broken; injuries fatal. E. J. Mitchell, skull fractured; in juries fatal. J. i. Mitchell, badly cut about the face and chest. W. C. Hunter, internal injury. J. P. Osborne, arm broken. Child of Mrs.. Roberts, shoulder broken. 7 ' Several other passengers were slightly bruised. All- the wounded people are resi dents of Alabama. \ k I , ' A * . - ' * I V Southern Cotton Mills. j From the increase in the number of I cotton mills in the South it begins to look as if the cotton manufacturers of New England will soon have to change their business or their loca tions.^ Several counties in South Carolina, Geo^a and North Carolina now ^manufacture more cotton than they grow, and they are big cotton producers, too. In Spartanburg coun ty, South Carolina, there are fifteen cotton-mill towns, built up within the last fifteen yeans. Nearly $4,000,000 is invested in these mills, 5,000 hands are employed , and they consume near ly 50,000 bales a year. This year's produce will bring: the county fully $3,000,000. ? Si. Louis Republic. ? - ... * j PROPOSED INCOME -tAX. v- ?- ! A REVENUE OF FIFTY MILLIONS EX PECTEO THEREFROM. ; i A - ; The Exemption to lie Mfuta iligh-K&ouuli lo I " I Exclude the Laboring Masses juul \ .1 Pe?jp?e cm i>mal l SaJla?"i?*?I Taritt' Talk. Washington, Nov. 14. ? A revenue of fifty million dojlars is expected by the Democrats of the way^and means committee fiom the moderate income tax which they propose to incorporate in the new revenue bill. The rate of the tax will probably be 2 per cent., and the exemptions wljl be high en ough to exclude the great mass ot laboring men and people on small sal aries. The limit now under discus sion is from ?3,500 to 5^,000. A great many statistics have been pre }?ared by the Treasury experts on the .incomes of the country and the rates of revenue obtained under (jiHerent plans, and ^ is believed that jft 2 per cent. rate will }ield a handsome addi tion to the revenue of the government. If the increase in the revenue should prove insufficient, after a year or two, to meet the demauds of the' Treasury, the rate might be slightly increased, or the limit of exemption lowered. One of the attractions of the income tax to those members of the committee who are advocating it is* that it allows changes in the rate to meet the de mands of the Treasury, without dis turbing the industries of the country, as in the case of changes in the--tariff. If the income tax is adoj^ed in the form now under consideration, other changes in the internal revenue lawfr, will not be necessary. - There will be no increase in the beer tax, the whis | Jjgvtax, the tax on manufactured to on cigars. The ques open one, but it is not u'nlikel/Siw-j duty will be imposed of about 1 per cent, per pound on both raw $nd re fined sugars. Thia will enable the committee to abandon the bounty now paid the Louisiana and Nebraska growers, without leaving them abso lutely without protection against foreign competition. It is also desired to strike a blow at the sugar trust by making the duty on refined sugar substantially, the satoe aron raw sugar. The reciprocity section/ which deals with sugar-hides, tea and coffee, will probably b^ stricken from the law, but without ntecessarily abrogating the existing reciprocity arrangements with Germany, with Spain regarding Cuba and with theSouth American coun- 1 tries. The art ii named will remain free of duty from aAcountries, unless a small tax is imposea on sugar, and it is not believed that the countries now having reciprocity arrangements will ?desire to abrogate them, becaose the retaliatory duties against Venezuela, Colombia aud Haiti may be be aban doned. ^ ' ? The treatment of bituminuous coal is auother open question with the Democrat? of the committee. Coal wa3 on the free list in the original draft of the tariff bill, in accordance with the pledge of the Democatic na tional platform to modify/the McKin ley law in the. direction of free raw materials. The protests from the coal districts of West Virginia, Pennsyl vania, Tennessee and Alatmma has been so strong, however* that some of the members of the^wmmittee are weakening, and may vote to retain a small duty. Chairman Wilson hopes to present the completed bill to the Republican members of the ways and means com mittee by the-latter part of next week, so t}>*t they can have their minority re^qj^ready upon the meeting of Con gress in December. He is not in favor of a party caucus to pass upGn the bill, but believers that it should be fairly considered by the House as pre sented by the committee. This was the course with the Mills bill, and no caucuses were held until debate beg&u^ under the five-minute rule, on the separate schedules. Mr. Wilson be lives that the bill will be more syme j trical and consistent if taken up as it I comes from the committee, ami that general debate in the House will solve some of the problems which might cause an interminable discussion in a party caucus. Most parents are shamefully inat entive to the requirements of health in the clothing of their ' children. Girls as well as boys should wear suspenders passing over the shoulders .where the weight of the lower garments should be sustained. By this arrange ment the hips meet all the weight of I the trunk and clothing at their junetion with the spine where nature has provided for this task. The waist should be uncinctured and the shoes light and without any heels,. | The feet and stomach should ; be clad iu flannel next to the skin, for it is the best material to use | as a safeguard against the ill effects continually arising from suddeff change of temperature. Health, physical health is the prere quisite to normal development of mind, body, or undertaking. ? Teachers' G>1 ! umu in Enterprise. " Appropriation .by the President. j Washington, Nov. 16. ? The Pres ! ideut today appointed D. M. Kilpat2 rick, of Louisiana, Assistant Treasur er of the United States at New Or leans, in place of Andrew Hero, Jr.; and John D. Stacker of Georgia, >Sur~ veyors of Customs at Atlanta. ' 5'i :?-t: - l(iREAT IS the COLUMBIA.] | WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT Of OUR j city's Namesake. ? r The Sew Commerce Destroyer, ui an lu oiiict.t! r?iitl Trip, Develop l;u-' / 1 iwvcftu ninl ,S[V.e?l of Twrilty Six Miles an lloiir. / Boston Nov. 14.? The United States cruiser Columbia, in an unofti ciai trial over the measured course be tween Cape Ann and Cape Porpoise, a ] distance of a fraction less thau 44 knots, averaged the hitherto unprece dented speed of 22.87 knots an hour/' The Columbia vis_the tirst tripple senjw wax ship built for the United Stales. There are only two war ships like Vr in the world ?tile Kaiser. Au gusta, of the German navy, and the Dupuy de Lone, owned by the French government. Both of theaeare small er than the Columbia. The cruiser was launched July 17, 1892, and was given her preliminary trial trip on September 7 of this year, when she developed** speed of 21 3-10 knots." Returning to the yard her sponseus were pfit ou aud early iu October she was given another trial, w^en her speed was increased to a fractwn less than 21 1-2 knots an hour. The con tract calls for a speed of 21 knots an horn-, with au allowance of $50,000 for each quarter knot over that limit j The latest addition to Uncle Sam's I navy is best described by Henry W. Cramp, treasurer and secretary of - the company that built her, who writes as follows: \ "To combine high speed with large Coal endurance in unarmored or pro tected cruisers has been for several years the grand desideratum of naval I architects. High speed was realized MUSWMSC5SS to carry the coal weights required the extraordinary endurance sought. 1 Hence a step in advance was resolved upon, and in the act approved June 30, 1890, provision was made for a vessel of about 7,000 tons fjdkpl&ce ment and 21 knots spegl; toooet, ex clusive of armamei^-jiot more than $2,750,000. On this basis a design was developed, officially known as] "Cruiser ^LlyJr' whose construction the CramppJCompany undertook by c01^raj^gued . November 19, 1890, ? ''Th^ReareJ^now knowiyas the Co lumbia, -U2 feet long </ii the load water lin$t$8 feet extreme beam, 22 feet f>A inches normal draught, and displaces 7,^0 tons. Her power con sists of three%ree-cy Under vertical in verted tripple-eipamyon engines, hav iug about 22,000 collective indicated horse power, and driving three screws, } one on the middle line, as in single j screwships, aud the other two under the counters as in twin-screw vessels. This power is calculated to produce a speed of twenty-one knots an hour. "The engines are in three separate water-tight compartments, the two driving the counter screws being j placed abreast^the same as in twin* screw ships, and the one driving the center shaft just fcbaft them and lap ping each . for one- half its width. Steam is supplied by eight four-fur nace double ender boilers. "The weight of all propelling ma chinery, including water in the boil ers, is 1,950 tons, The coal supply on her, normal displacement is l'^OO tons, but her maxtmum bunker capac ty is 3,200 tons, which will give herJ at the most economical cruising speed] a radius of action of about 16,000 knots. I "The application of power through tripple screws in large frhips is an in novation, and its results in the Colum bia are watched wjth intense interest] by the entire civiltzed world. Essentially and avowedly a com merce destroyer and not a fighting ship, the armament of the Columbia -J&jjl be comparatively light." On Trial. . Thai's a good way to buy a medicine, hut its a pretty hard condition under which to it. Perhaps you've noticed that the ordinary hit or* mis# medicine doesn't attempt it. The only remedy of its kind so re markable in its effects that it can be sold on this plan is I)r. Pierce's Gold-* en Medical Diseovery. As a blood cleanser, strength restorer, and flesh builder,. there's nothing like itJinowiL to medical science. In every disease where the fanlt is in the liver or the blood, as Dyspeptia, Indigestion, Billiousness, and the most stubborn Skin, Seal j), and .Scrofulous, affections, it is (jvxvraiUced in every case to bene fit or cure, or you have yous money back. \ To every sufferer from catarrh no, matter how bad the case or how long stalling, the proprietors of I)r. Sage's , Catarrh Kennedy say this: "If we cariTcttrtr ivj^rfectly and permanent ly, we'll pay you $500 in cash." Sold by all druggists. International Farmers' ConjjrcM. We publish this week the program of the International Farmers' Con S gress to be held at Savannah Decem ber 1 2, 1 893. The object of this con gress is to advance the cause of agri culture and producers . generally, and secure legislation, national and State, looking to this end. We are in hearty sympathy with its objects, and ijrish it mucii Buccess in its laudable purpose. THE MINTS READY |T0 COfjfil?HG tkecoiHa^e. mv : ' " " ~+'J\ . & Waiting tor Secretary 'C*rl}yl? tcMfcMlfc Wonl? The Soi#nor&?g . to Bo lBp>fl iSwwi '; to Iutreiiwtbe Trt'*aOry AaaeR It;.. Washington, Nov. 14. ? Secrtflttj Carlisle stated. today that bopta) made uuaduujgc iu bis aunouncetkjtf ten lion as to the coinage of stand?! I silver \ dollars. The original I nouncenient, made by diredUonofM retary Carlisle, stated that whlle^S actual coinage of standard silver ? lars had not been comrqeooed, o j/M had been issued to the mint* Orleans and Sai? Kranfcisco tojJH the ingots and blarikt so aa to feiuN for coinage at a moment's noticfe*^ mints are now in read i&is, and wm only the explicit orders to ben AVhea tliese will be given ?SCfe?| V'ar lisle does not care to say, IB \ay not be given ^at alitor tbey 9 be given afcy day.' He willbe^ukM as he expresses it,. by t^e emeJKjj of the situation. jHe sii^ljjfJr be prepared, . ? The object of the proposfa as waAtaied at tjhe time, wH ; y > lize the seignorage arisir^J ; coinage. This seignorage, mintage faoiliupi available^ amount to more than |fe month, at present ItVas (Mull increasing the j coinage, to ru^n seignorage np $1,000(000 a month The coinage qf th&aeignomgt tb| obtained is no innovation. It M been going on under this adminiJR tion as well a/ former ones. 3RB matter of fact, $4o,000 , the profit* ^ seignorage, arising from tbtf^xrfJS of subsidiary silver coin, was last f jJj put into the i Treasury assets, af ; Jj ijeen done from time to time'fbr fjij At uptime has it been the into of SecSkfry^kdU^ofi is it raj tention now, to toll oOlMHM|3 and coin it . He is oobvinoed^^^l Secretary of the Treognry baflj Ip? authority to ,do so, and tfl only be <$one by an act ofm ' This matter will probably beV ! will engage ithe early atteJB : Congress in December. j As the subjBct is now nndeiYtd|||l the. "Treasury ^Congre* wjttMirflBg to give the Secretary of the TiJfi0 this power io toll off the seigmj , and coin it* as be may in his BB tion decide. . .Compulsory Coinage 1 the seignorage is not desired. . ' B] coining this jwiguorage, the Treasury it % is pointed out, would gain froa $500,000 to $1,000,000 in titor m month. At present the TreaeofTK balance hovers about the $100J|L 000 mark, and for the post. ten JB or so has been one the next day below it Recei|rtfl tinue disappointing, and fears aBB pressed that from now on the aBB once will j continue below llOfl 000. This balance is ttazfaJPrT $85,000,000 gold and $15,Qf|ffl currency. It is no longer a of gold, but a question of bsommE proportion to the net balance, thJBfej ply Qf gold is greater than it hasH for some time; and even if *11 thJpl ance was iu gold, it would smgj have to be j)aid out to meet cu|Hj expenses.. No uneasiness is, bofgH felt in Treasury circles, as untlF| net balance becomes so lotf as toT j stroy public confidence, no ettt: c~ 1 can result s The net Treasury balance todayJ clined to $98,876,170, of SWL $8^,454,151 j as gold and $14,^J^ %Y BLOODHOUNI mon -onM Night before Ult > I itched, the rail* A Doapfmtc ?ang of Tr?l? Wi I O tared in Texas. in, Tex., No* past attempts have been ?'trains of the, and Groat Northern railroad Houston was ditch pulled up and fishplates J. Ray, the superintendent, deputy sheriffs and two b~ went at once to the wreck, wreckers had taken precan all the telegraph wires. The dogs at once took' a five miles run brought camp in the woods, w bayed the wrecker^. of them, brothers-?. , and Lee 8elph. They covered with pistols and chance to get their were taken completely, and no difficulty was bringing, them to they were "placed in jaiL In the camp were tools the railroad, and the railway tracks their boQts. The they are a hard wanted in several charges. 8el?cUxrtl 1. The areaofrfa eqoi angle is 50. sq. rods, wiu&k of one of its sides?* 2. A man sold a .1 bought it back sold it fot $10% j*j I of dollars gained.