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ill tKVQUXKS A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION. rho Supremo Court Interprets tho Hoot ton Itclatlvo to a Circuit <)uilgo ^ Charging tho Jury as to ICvUlcuco In u Cuso. The Supromo Court, in rendering a decision in a case that came before it it tho April term, passed upon a seo lion of tbo now Constitution, thus rendering tho finding c?f more than usual interest. Tho question involved was rolativo to oirouit judges ohm^ing ? jury. Tho disoision was in tho case of 13. 13. Norrit>, ?s oxeoutor, reBpon dont, against A. J. Cliuksoalos et al. *ppollants. A This action for claim and dolivery jAvai brought by ?Tano Estclle ClinU \scaloB to recover from tho do fond nuts certain porsonal property covered by a mortgage, of which alio was tho - imugnoo. 3 After the oo m mon o.o men t of tho auit, the plaintiff diod, and her father and exooutor, E. li. Norris, was substituted m plaiiilifff (?-"*> A Tho caao was heard brforo iludgo fiarlo and a jury at tho January torm^ of court, 1$90, nt Abbeville, and tho jury found for ho plaintiff Tho de fendants appealed to tho Supromo Court from tho rulings and decision of thocirouit judge and from tho decision " of tho jury on ton oxooptiona. Tho Supreme Court at tho April torm tieard the ease and on livo of tho exceptions revorsed the decision of tho circuit court and ordorod a new trial. One of tho exceptions involved the oonstilu tionnl question of charging tho fury, the judge having "stated tho tes timony'4 notwithstanding such Jpower li denied him by tho Constitution of 1895. . The Constitution of 18G8 deolaros: "Judgeo shall not charge juries iu re - spect to matters of fact, but may state tho testimony and doclaro tho 1 law." Tho Constitution of 1895 says: "Judges shall not ohargo juries iu ro spcet to matters of fact, but shall do cluro tho law." - - Tho first olauso in bolK iustanocs iu tho name, but tho second ehiuso haa been changed in two'iuiportaut parti o ulars. Permission to "atato tho testi mony" hiis been omitted. Tho per mission to "doclaro tho law" has been changed into a mandate. Instead of being "Judges may declare tho law," it hno been made mandatory by de claring, "Judges shall dcclaro tho law." Tho Supromo Court, in ronrlering a deoisiou on (his couBtitutiouol ques tion, has this to say in rogaril to it: "Until tho adoption of the Cdpsti tution of 18G8, under tho common law and the praetico of tho courts of this State, our circuit judges hud tho powor to charge juries upon the evidence as well as upon the law. After ..tho caso was closed on both sides thp judge summed it up to tho jury. "In this summing up ? the old tiamo applied to a judge's charge, and the name still used in tho English courts ? it was customary to etnto to tho jury the is sues involved, to explain the Jaw ap fdieuble to the pdse, and to reoapitu sto tho testimony so, as to refresh th6 minds of tho jurors tfn.! enable them to apply the lavy to tho testimony and to pass iutolligoDtly upon it.v It was competent for lho jadgo to givo_ the jury his opiuion upon the facts as well i as upon tho law, providod ho did not actually take tho decision of tho case Irom tho jury, but left it -to them to ^ find A verdict according to their own opiuions. This was tho practice for many years throu^ho^t nil tho States, and it still obtains in tho Federal ~ conrts. But this power to comment on tho testjm<Ay has at various times and in variou6 degrees been abridged in the respective States by constitu tional or statutory limitations, fro effort has beon made, however, so faty as we are aware, by Congressional lociftlni.inn fn deprive the judges of the Federal courts of this power which the States piece meal bavo taken from the jadges of the State courts. ??There is no doubt this power had been greatly abusod. Not unfrequently judges evinced partisanship in their charges and moulded verdiots to their wills;And as frequently juries shirked responsibilities and readily adopted tho opinion of tho judge, finding their ver dict aa he dirotcd." "It was to jS&UMtop to this, and to secure the constitutional right of trial by jury, and not by a judge, - that the various limitations on this common ^ lawpqwerwere imposed by constitu tions or by statutes." / The Snjireme court on the omission of tho clansa that judges may ' "state . > the testimony" s*ys: "This right has been taken away from the circuit jpdgee by the ehange mado in seotion - ^ 26 in the Constitution of 1695, the per* .. mission to 'state the testimony' having ? beet* left out, and, we mnst hold, in tentioaally left out., Itwas maaifeatly the i?inti?S4>C ib? framers of ths " / Cdnaiitotfoa of to deprive jodgsp to atate the. testimony in . . sharping joxiea and to take from them allthe ptwejr which that phrase has a. imply. Section 24) aa it tho# farther abridges the ? mils the power of jodgaa In charging inriee which they formerly liiiM ly tt>: jiftfCowtiii^a of chargta. "We, therefore, conclude, ami hold tliat-, nu it Mould bo impossible to de clare tho 111 w applicable to a case on tiial without coAnoetlug tho legal priu oiplcu involved with boiiio etatoof facts, actual or hypothetical, it wn? tho in tention of tho fraiuoru of tho now Con* btitutiou, in amending Rcction 20, arti cle 4, that tho trial judge iu charging tho law of tho caso. should lay beforo tho jury that law iib applied bio to a suppled Btato of facte; but that in bo doing ho should carefully avoid re peating tho ovidoneo on tho faata at is sue, making no statement ot tho teeti xuouy either in whole in pari." 'As'o are clearly of tho opinion that undor sootion 20, as it now rendu, a judge may. in declaring tho law appli cable U? tho case, baoo that law upon hypothetical findings of fact by tho jurv, and instruct tho jury that if they believe fio-andeo from thy. ovidoneo ' they have hoard, then euch-and-auoh will be the legal result. In doing bo, if he bo earoiul not to repfcnt iiUy of tho testimony, nor to intimato direct ly or itidireetly what is in evidence, Ik* will bo chargeable neither with atating tho testimony nor charging in respTOt to inatterH of fact-.'' This deoiftion wan rendered by ?Judgo lionet, acting for Associate .limtico Gary who wan disqualified for bin re lation to the case. Tho opinion wan concurred in by all tho other judges of thoSupromo Com t. This section lms previously been do oided tho samo way by circuit judges, but this is the lirst decision of tho Su premo Court ou it. This in also tho first time Judge Karlo has been ro~ versed iu a decision. Annuul Mooting in CoUiml>!? on November tl? Tho Stato Pharmaceutical Associa tiou will hold its jjnnuai session in thin city 011 Novombor 11. During ilio mooting th^Sthto Board oV pharmacy will hold examinations afkl applicants for license should appear boforo then). Tho president of tho association is Dr. O. E. Thomas, uud ho is particu larly desirous that thoro shall bo a full meeting, as many matters of interest to tho profession will como up for dis cussipn. Besides thi? it will bo in tho way of reoreation for tho mnmbers, for at that timo Fair fostivities will bo in full blast. Among other mitortaiuuients>A>an quet will be sorved tho membors of tho association during tho session of tho association. Dr. Thomas has isBUod tho following oircular: CoiiDMniA, S. C., Oct. 20, 1896. Dean Sin: ? You uro especially in vited to attend tho annual mooting of the Pharmaceutical Association of South Carolina, to bo. held in Colum bia, Wednesday, Nov. 11th, 1800. Wo desire all druggists doing busi ness, whether members of tho associa tion or not, to attend this meeting; and to this end wo submit a few of tha many reasoiiH why you should come. 1st. It will bo profitable to you. 2d. A day's recrenti6n is what you, need. 3d. Your prosonco and advice is wanted. 4th. Columbia cau bo easily roKched from every fioetion of tho State. 5th. Boasonablo railroad rates are offered, and hotel accommodations aro ample. 6tb. Prominont mo'i will read papers for discussion, and intorosting subjeots will bo brought up. 7th. Officers of tho association and a member of tho Stato Board oi Pharm acy will bo cloctod. 8th. Tho State Fair boing held from the 9th to the 14th inst. offers many attractions for visiting druggists to Co lumbia during thi.s meeting. 9th. A banquet will be given for your entertainment and the officers of tbo Association will welcome you. 10th. Tho Board of Pharmacy will hold their examinations (luring tlio day, and yon can witness how they are conducted, Tho membors of the Association aro anxious to meet their follow druggists, and trust iiiat you will note tho above reasons, and strain a point to take a ,day off from business to come, making this the largest and most representa tive-, aa well, .as tho most successful meeting of the "flruggists ever held in the history uf tho Association in South Carolina. \ Your prompt rc&ponso to tho above will greatly facilitate us in making ar rangements for ouruauquet. Hoping to recoivo a favorable reply, , . Yours fraternally, O. E, TnowAH, President. J. A. Baudot, Socrotary. DISREPUTABLE MEHODS. fo Which Spnln TTah Resorted to Con vict American*. At Jaoksonvlllo, Fin., W. If. Budd alias James McCormlolc, alias J. H. Hamilton, an aliased Spanish spy and also aaid to bo in the employ of the United States Secret Service, 1? held under fl, 000 l>ond, charged with eadravorlng to incite to commit perjury, a colored man who Is alleged to have been em ployed on the Steamer Dauntless whenji .midclia JUlfcij^oi(ug trip to <Tut>a from Brtforlok, Oa., and who gave teatlmQJDjTIa' the Ubtl C909 against the boat -at Dr uotiwick recently. The evidence in the ease waetafcen before a juatloeof tbe>*ece, *p4 If true it ahaw? the dterepatabto methods to pbloh the ?tfata of the Spanlah govern meat arereeort efforts to convict needing filibustering expedltlbna to Cuba. XwJaclieaef Jaew. Theheavlest saow *torm experienced la October, siaoe IH9, prevailed Mday at Hn< roa, S. I>., and qmr the eaUrwatate. Batur day night tbete was oter tea taehea of now ua. lhe.4UM?d^J^UM the ranges %UI .nHornJf eeffev** ?aadteietraphU? vvn^onewM tiraiul .Jury I'Mnds Several important j True limp. ' \ ? I ' Thfc crtso of lv. Ij. Winaitt, the . "chief cook and bottle- wa*hor" of the \ fraudulent and now doiunct "Citizens' j Fire Insurance Company, of Colnm- j bin, S. 0, , '' who was indictod 'for , fraudulent- n^resontation of facts iu seenriug a charter from t bo hkcutur.y I of Stale for sniil ctt\npauy, wan colled for trial in tho Court of General Ses sions for llichland bounty,* at Colum bia, Tuesday of Inst work, By advice of his counsel, Col, ?lohn '1*. Moan, NVinant pleaded guilty, whereupon Judge Buchanan, tempering mercy with justice, imposed upon the culprit q !lno of $-100, with t ho alternative ol six months' imprisonment in the peni tentiary. AVinaut, who appeared to bo quite "Hush," immediately pulled a "wad" from his peeket, paid his line to tho clerk of court and obtained hi* discharge. This occurred about 4:110 in tlio afternoon and half an hour later tho notorious insurance fa kir, whoso exploits iu Colum bia havo been fully detailed in these columns, was speeding Northward ovei tho Southern Kail way at tho lato ol forty miles an hour. Tho cftHo was hi quietly managed that but few people outside of tho court house know any thing about tho proceedings until aflei Wily Winaut was well out of reach ol legid process, and so the greater num ber of)his creditors will simply havo tc charge up their bills against him tt, profit and loss account. During tho day tho grand jury re turned truo bills iu tho cases against ex-Disponsor T. A. Scott for violation of Dispensary law and broach of trust, and ex-clerk W. A, Cartlcdgo for forgery, oud also in tho eases agaim.t H? J. McCarloy and A. T, McCauIr, for broach of Vrust and obtaining money uudor false pretenses. The ac tion of tho grand jury in tho case oi Mr. MoCants occaaioncd no little sur prise, inasmuch as thNo Magislrato who hold tho preliminary hearing fully ox onorated Mr. MoCants and dismissed tho proceedings in his case. Tho Secretary of State has issued a commission to tho Paris Mountain Dfiud Co., of Greenville. It pro) out to build a railroad through Greeuville to Paris Mountain and to , 'develop' ? bo property. Capital stock, $10,000, Jivided into 100 shares. Tho corpora tors are ull of Greenville. ???* ' Dispensers Warned. The Stato Board of Control has in filled tho following circular: To Count}/ Dispensers-. At a recent meeting of the Stato Hoard of Control their attention was called to the fact that somo County Dispensers aro ig noring that section of tho Dispensary law requiring u request bo signed by applicants for liquors. This Jjito ad monish you that you miis^otrforcto the law under which you laud ofiiee, ami ,auy neglcct on your parVto seo thai caeh purchaser signs a request boforo purchnsiug, or should you sell to in cborates or minors, will bo considorod Huflieient causo for your nummary re moval from ofiico and this Board will act accordingly. Respectfully. WlIililE OqNES, Chairman. S. W. ftcnuoas, Clork. The wffe Ties. Tho export from tho factory which' makes tho wiro ties that tho Alliance exchango has been selling, after mak ing a trip to Charleston ami investi gating tho causo of tho troubjo with tho cotton compresses in that city, has 1 returned to tho factory. Ho states that ho was pleasantly received aud thinks the wholo troublo can bo easily settled by a slight chango in tho ties used. Ono of, the compress men told him ho would rathor handlo tho wiro tie, if it wero only a little moro pli able. Tho twelfth Annual conforonco of church workers among tho colored people of tho United States was held in Charleston last week. Rev. II. C. Bish.'sp, rector of Ot. Phillip's church, New York, delivered tho opening ser mon. _ . ? ok Tho legislative examining committoo has not yet completed the inspection of tho books and affairs of tho Stato Dispensary. Tho committeo is still at work, but expects to get out tho roport for tho last quarter at an early dato. Young Earnost Hnzeltine, who speculated in tho funds of the Liancos ter bank wns sent up for twenty-one months, has been received at tho pen;? tontiarv. IIo has been assigned to tho commissary department. | ? ' 1 Thetonstable of Magistrate Allen,' of Ridgeville, who was< shot by John Baxter, has died of his wounds. Bax ter has not been o.iptnred as yet. j ? r-rr***? ! The Falmer-Buckner electoral ticket 'has been completed by Mr. Nat Gist being put on it from tbo Third Congres sional District ^ f Kx-Benator M, C.; Btrt!?_|i|ii;l>?en admitted to practieo before the Su preme Court of the Unifed Stoiw Imagines Himself * Monkey. Wtlliaaa Koow?ib?b, n?r Kokomo, Ini, tiji^l^M.t'tiiUin haatarned into an animal. k week a*o fee cart off all bto elotblo* and wont about Ms farm entirely node under the belief thai bis body weald seen be covsred 'Mt* * frg?tb er^^aaap?ut?itgB^rn>t the weather, la this eondWonhe stayed on the roof ol thohoaae several alctt* to avoid] SSS52JCTf?r^of air. rlaau : " . Ol'KMMi ( ) !' COUiKK.IKOI.I.KliM ' I (,)\or St s Enrolled - From 1 Many HovitUorn siytov. Tho Orangeburg eorreHpoudentyol < tho ColutnVii.i Jitato sends that journal tho following iioemilit of tho opening of (bo colored college at that place latst Wednesday: This 1ms boon a red let tor (lay in tho history (/Ntho Colored Normal, i luduatt ial, Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina, or tho State Colored .college. Tho an nouncement wan made in August dial tho college would open hi all its do purtnu'iifs on. this (liiy, hut tho mofll' sanguine friend of tho institution did not droanop> that , I heir otVurtfi would havo bocu crowned with no groat a sue com; for on July 2*1 th thero was not a fcinglo foot of lumbor on tho ground with which t?> build and today 100 and inoro are enrolled. Every class in the collegiate department also tlioso ol tho normal and oollego preparatory, with eight classes in tho model Kebool or English i'o artmont t r > orj a i:ied; All of tho industrial departments, iu eluding tho agricultural, are equipped and havo been matriculating student; fcr tho last throe month.;!. Ileueo any young man or woman coming hero oan get, in addition to a literary t mining, any of tho following trades : Sowing, dressmaking and millinery, cooking and domestic economy, oar-' pontry and woodwork, bricklaying nod plastering, architectural, mechanical drawing and painting, iron wot king ami machinery, housekeeping, farm ing, upholstering and cabinet making, saddlery, harness-making and shim making, saw-milling and manufacture of hard and soft lumber, typewriting, printing brass band music, orchestra and tailoring. At 10 o'clock tho trubtees, faeulty and students couvened in tho chapel. Tho devotional exercises wero conduct ed by Dr. i'almer, after which tho president addressed tho body, review ing tho history of the struggle for the school, making assurances for tho fu ture and pledges for its support ami eoutiuunnco tho two races of tho Htato iu a united phalanx. At tho close of his speooh Major ?T. SValkor Floyd, of Kershaw; Hon. Ar thur Kibler, of Newberry; l>r. Low man and Hon. C. 1). Kortjohn, of Orangeburg, made fittiugand eloquont addresses. Tho oooiuion was enlivened with instrumental music by MisB How euu E. Andrews, professor of iustru mental and vocal music, and tho sing ing was grand, glorious and soul stirring. Students aro hero from nearly overy county in the Stato; four are from Georgia, and by tho IriHt of this week Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, JKou tucky and other Southern Htatos will bo represented. Correspondence of tho faculty shows that members of tho Into Constitutional convention, ? the State legislature, circuit judgos, solici tors and State ofHeore lmvo all beou at work to Bocuie students from their ro~ spectativo localities. Can uuy ono wonder at the largo attendance ou tho opouing day whou tho best whito peo ple of tho Stato havo been working for the echool? All of tho daily and week ly papers of the State, for tho last flvo months, havo rendered great aid aud support to the institution. Tho Stato canvasser, Dr. W. It. A. Palmer, left no stono unturned to, arouse and eu tliuso tl^o colorcd.j)eoplo in tlio inter est oJ tho school, and they have united ly responded to his eall ft bin overy portion of tho SlalC. At the .close ol tho exorcise the 480 ntudonts, with tho preside! t and facul tv. formed in line and pnradod the principle streets of Oringebnrg. it was an imposing and grand spectacle. AFTKB 31 K. THOMAS. The flatter of the Fertilizer Hates lit This State. In view of tho coming hearing on tho question of fertilizer ratoa in this Stato, tho fallowing from tho oflleial organ of llip Stall Allianco will bo of interest: ^ "Commissioner Thomas, in a labor ed attempt to defend hia u warranted opposition to tho just roduction in tho fertilizer f? eight rates last year by tho railroad commission, seeks to draw in to tho controversy not only Manager l>uuccm of the Alliance exchange, but Tho Cotton Plant as well. This paper pleads guilty, with a good deal of pleasure, to endorsing this reduction, and whilo wo havo no moans of know ing Manager Duncan's viows upon tho matter, wo toko it for granted that ho favors it, as it is manifestly to tho in terest of tho^armois, for whom ho has been faithfully working. Wo do know, howover, that ho would uot bo influnccd in taking such a position becAuso, as Mr. Thomas says, "ho sold $/>0,000 worth of fertilizers a 3'oar. " Mr. Thomas should know, if ho does not, that Mr. Duncan in soiling this fertili zer, simply acta as the agout of tho Alliance of the State, and that the only interest he can have in the matter is subaerviog tho interest of the farmors of this State; "Mr. Thomas was eleoted upon the Iiailroad Commission as A Reformer, and whito no ono oxpoots him to re duce rates upon any commodity in t?o face of justieo and right, he is cer* fainl y eipocUd to aecond the efforts of iCo other members toward correcting rates discriminating against the farm* er. Wecanodt understand thejper sistenco xrith which ha has ewried oa this Igbt in the board/ and his en dorsement of the action of tho railroado is disregarding * legally given order of onr State Commission and forcing the matter into the courts. "Mr- Tinmis' argument that this | dacfaoa ia^jot oladvantage to. the farmer is too fallacious for ar<L, aod its Justice is best defended by com pari soa with the charges for similar as rv ice in adjoining States., fsrnisri rtf thlrBw jgf wmttfjtf Wr\ some better XtMOU tban yon Ute . ?? ' . "j I - / AN IMI'OIMANT (>1*1X1 ON AS t\> ??; I > I (ATtONAl. MAT 1 KJvS \ -* ?; - T (?i\ t'n l>.\ i In' Attai'ijcy (?ou.evul- l)nly\j Clerks ot? Court CftA t;.su?\ C'hurtevH tor Colleges. A quotation hna boon raised in *omo counties as to whether tho diploma of ft ny collogo chartered by tho Stato <ti?l not entitle tho holder thereof to a cer tificate to teach in tho public #ohoolsO( tho Stato. The Superintendent- of Kd ucation pay a that all diplomas of rcoog tii/.ed PollogPH aro aoeeptod in lieu of an examination, but only diplomas of a full course in any college will bo ac cepted. A graduate who has passed in only crrlain branches, for which ho gets a covtitioato, ia not onlitlod to a touch, urn' certificate, unloua on examination ho proven himself prepared. In connection with colleges another interesting question Ih\h recently aris en, It ia aa to who hat) tho power of incorporating them. From a decision of tho Attorney-General it will bo noon that tho Secretary of State has no light to issue swell charters, but that it ia within tho power of Clorka of Court. Following ia the opinion on that point: /In)). II'. !K Mttt/Jk-M, M<t(< S'nprr\ iufciii/* n( of f 'ltm'a f ion ? .1>kak Siu:J 'I'll t; letter of H. Y. Culbortson referred / to thin oOlco has had attention. / Tho now Constitution in Section 31, \ Act 3, provides tint, tho General As sembly shall provide a general law, by which to incorporate educational, ro ligiouB, charitable, social, nmnufaetur ing or banking iiibtitutioiiB notoundor tho control of tho State, etc. At the lout session of tho General Assembly an Aet was passed in pursu ance of this Constitutional require ment "to provide for tho formation of certain coi poi at i-?ns und to define tbo powers thereof. " This Aet only pro vides for manufacturing, mercantile, banking, railroad, steamboat and other industrial business or businesses. Other Acts wero passed for tho incorporation of fraternal beneficiary societies ami mutual protection associations, but no Act was passed to incorporate educa tional, religious and ehaiitable iubtitu lions. There was nn Aet passed in 18G8 providing for the incorporation of charitable, social and , religious societies, which is incorporated in ucctions 1,631 and 1,535 of tho Revised Statutca, wbnh is still in force. Section 10, Article H5, of tho now Constitution provides "all laws how in forco in this State and not repugnant to this Constitution shall remain .and bo of forco until altered or repealed by tho General Assembly. " This Aot'ia not repugnant to tho Con stitution. Tho General Assembly having failed to provide h general daw for tho incor poration of educational institutions, I am of tho opiuion that such eon bo in corporated tinder tho Act of 1808 which is ombodicd iu Sections 1J53-1 and ], 635 of tho Revised SlatuttW Yours very truly, C. P. Townsknd, Assistant Attorney Gouoral. CHANGE FOIl THIS BETTER. . l'ho Sultan of Turkey Coming to Ills SCHRCB^ ^ Xb? latest from Constantinople, Turkey, pnya thntslnoo tho rocont visit of Hio llusslan Ambassador, M. Do RelldofT, to IhoSultau nnd tho long and important nudie^nco that followed, il lias boon notfcoablo thai another charigo for tho bettor has tnkon plpco la tho attitudo of Abdul li^mld and his advisers towards tho Armenians In particular and tho reform policy [in general. It is known thnt M. Do Nelidoff usod very plain languago to the Bultau, and It Is apparent that tho latter was convinced that tho Itussian Ambassador wna In earnest. This, supplemented by grave reports recelvod bythoHultan from the Turk ish Embassies at London and Paris, pointing out tho distrust and Irritation caused by tho attitude of Turkey, has brought about eager professions upon the part of tho Turkish gov ernment of doslro to noneslly push tho work of reform, and, as a commencement, flvo Christian deputy governors have been ap pointed in Armnnin, and it Is probable that thorfe will bo changoa shortly in the composi tion of tho Turkish ministry. A TALK OF HARDSHIP. Willi ling Httrk KetAu-ns After Thirty One Months of Absence. Tho whaling Imrk John Wintbrop has re turned to Ban Francisco, C'al., after ou ab ftonco of thirty-one month* during tho great er portion of which time she has been within the arcclc circlo. There Is not a barrel o'i . oil In her hold, or n pound of whaf&l^no nn?? her logbook shows only hard luck^*TJbelJ Winthrop brings additional particulars of riots last winter among tho whalers. When a party of twelve left llerchcll Island for tho m In <>* last March they stole all' of tho Wln Ihrop's dogs, sleds and firearm*. A search ing parly wont in pursuit and was mostly i rnado up of ofllcors, tho bark's crew was bo j mutinous that the oflk?r? wero obliged to ' stand tfro out of threw watch and it becamo necessary to doubly guard tho fttore-house. Bevora' deeortors wero captured and brought back; at lonjt one frozo to death and awful hardrhips wereencountered. Captain RlmmoDB nays sailing veasels are uselem in the Arctic roglcmfe bocniujo th$ currents aro 99 tiirrrrrff that ttm ?Mp m Hainan ngonblo . la. the bale of wind. -? - Will Not Clianae It. Ron. Tbomai E. Watson wfres the Atlanta (Oa.) Jourr.sl lo regard to his letter of ae-{ capUact, Acknowledged by Senator Butler to hAve'lSoeo received Saturday night After eight days of delay: ?Tuoiiwir, 0?., Oet ?, Voon received. Id reply, I Mjf toy letter re el lei from fcere Octobe^M, with obHLR-rS I O. I do not Care to My whether I think tfctf ii?r Amii? waKift ? .A -- AIM'IOAI. TO I IIK WOMKN. loul.V I'ltyHirliHt m I He MospMal t^or t Jio Insane Makes u Kcipicst. ll'o/^ru of Motif Ji ( 'tirofhw: \ I wonder how many ofyou ever give tii thought to your idateru shut out from homo, l'?v?. *l ouvh, bbarty and all i.h it nmkoa life b*?nuliiul f> yoh. l>ot\s the HoHpital tho I nsune i i> t throat you? T'onv hundred ft ml thirty- tlvo women of your own Stale voh, many of your own blood ? aiohcio for safely to IheniHcl von n ml others art* here hecauso t l:o hand of (loil I; an fallen | upon them and blighted their intellect*, I tlio most procioua of all endowments, i Canyon conceive tho nuutteiahhi nail* liOf.u of a bring \\ !n> ft drt that lit* r in- J tolhiot in going Irom lu*i i that, as Mio , ii)ty (nil Ton, through hoiuh fancied ain nil o in here douuto I to iuannity anil ' oftptivity forever. i'nn you imagine 1 nuother, a clunuio maniac, whoso j never certhin^^^vhi, "1 want lo go j homo to my 'M"' '"n\' even . when bruin ami life lu'cm idiroudod in ' tlai Kucmh, cornea the child cry for! mother ami home, fancy our littlo | girl* hero, hoi n with imporfeotly de veloped bruina, unable to talk even, \ but exquisitely Honaihvo to aurround* ! iuga and k imlncKH. 13 von the feeblest intolleotn nhow tho wnnmii M pride in * j now dreiw'or pretty picture. And no, wijh Iheno on your hcaitti, j and your faces turned toward Hun | who chuHteiuth v h tin Ho lovcth, ?o aak your co operation in furnishing a ! building for certain eaani whone quiet j ami gentlo naturoHviiro injured by eon taot with tho noiBO'aml ruYingsof the more Actively insane. The nJnlo legialut uro of I NiMi author ized th/ purchase of a tract of Jaml UiljtHpihg the hoHpital. On thiH?danda ! a largo house,, to bo called the I >i x eot tage, iii tnWrnny of that philanthropio womau, who had donu more than any other individual for the comfort of tho itiHftm>; and tho thought came to mo that it would bo a beautiful tribute to her, an well an a loving duty to our aflliotcd, to furnish thin womait'u home in memory of a woman by women. Contributions of money, picturea or hooka In ay bo sent to any of the bil lowing liiditM, or to me at the Stnio hoHpital by Nov. 15. Youra faithfully, Sarah ('am emeu Am.kn, M. D., AkM.' Physician in charge Woman's Department. M ih. Kdmuud Kuvenel, Spartan burg. Mrs. J. 0. McMillan, Marion. Mia. Ja?. Allan, !2'2'2, liutlodgo ave., Ch.\rh'?tou. Mian Isabel Martin, Columbia. Mihtt liello Laohieotte, Waverly Mills. NKWS KKOM WASHINGTON. Tho section of foreign markets of tho Do* Imrtinont of Agriculturo hos Issued lis eireu ??r, No. 10, oil tho course oT wheat produc tion and exportation in tho United States panada, Argobtine; Uruguay, Russia una British India from 1880 to l*?i>5. It showa (ho auutlal avorago production of wheat by quluqunnnlal periods, and tho very decided ludronse In tho wheat productions Of tho United Statos.fCnnndn, Argentine and Russia during tho last fifteen ycnrs. A slmular growth woul<) also bo shown for Uruguay woro tho fltatlstlos available for tho ontlro period. India alono of tho nix countries him <MifTored ft decline. Tho circular also pre sents a tablo containing tbo annual avorago exports of whoat and wbont (lour, expressed In bushels of grain by quinquennial periods, of tho Kfimo countries, which indicates In a striking manner tbo marvelous growth which has occurred since 1880 in tho voluino of wheat distributed by some of tho principal wheat exporting countries. Tho average yearly oxport of wheat and wheat flour from tbo Unltod Btatcs Increased ?10 per cent, from IS HO to 1895; Russia mndo noflrly nn equal gain; Caunda,, although rotbor unimportant when compared with the Unltod States and Itussla, showlj a growth which Is proportionately ovon more rapid, the avorago net shipment per annum having tripled sinco 4881 '85. Hut tho wonderful growth In exportation is oxfll tilted InArgOn tlno and Uruguay. From the avorago of ,1.000,000 bushels in tlie quinquennium 1831 '8*, Argentina'* shipments Increased to nn nv*>rnge of nearly 35,000,000 in iBBl-'D&.Wli He lu the same period Uru^uay'snot exports poi annum advanced from about 77,000 bushols to more than 1,000,000 bushels. Tbo total quantity of wheat exported from tho six countries during the flvo yfcftr period, 1881 '85, averaged a.38,000,000 bushels, an<l o( tbo flvo years 1891 -'0?, 352.000.000 por annum, a lotnl gflin of 11 1, 000, 000 bushols. Tables are also given allowing the wheat area, produc tion aid exportation of the fix countries from 1880-'1W lu detail. It is stated authoritatively at the State De partment Hint Consul (ieneral Lee's roturn to thin country at this time Is without any other significance than that the stato of af fairs in Havana is now so satisfactory that his presence there la not urgently required and that he has been nMo to leave his oflloo In the hands of Vico Consul Springer. flen, Leo has merely seized this opportunity to visit his family as well as to see Ills son, who Is a cadet at West 1'olnt, and possibly to tako his family back to C uba with him next month. V 1 ?v> O^u. Oralghil), chief of eugincurs, in his annual report says that detailed projects Jiavo been npproved for tbo artillery defense of Hamilton Roads, Wilmington, N. C. ; Cliar leston, Savannah, Key West, I'ensacola, 3To lijle and New Orleans. Complete projecta for the defense of fort itoyal, H. and Tortu ga?, Flr?., are under consideration. In these projoits use Is mndo of the existing old typo fortifications, which are either strengthened and cflvcn in part modern armament or util ised as ail adjunct of tho nev/or and stronger works. ThoTrCAMuy Pepartmont has in*trnetod Dr*. Benser, commissioner at New York to l<ind 218 Armenians on their giving bond in (100 each. Those Armenians bad Mon (lo< fained ss likely to becomo pu'ollo charge#. l'ho President has .denied a pardon to fiUtber A. Hull, of Georgia, sentenced (a January, 1891, to IraiprJsoncnt for life lo tho Ohio j?AU?ntfary to piracy and mur vTli'O rr.vldcot appointed Isaac M. Elliott Of Sow York.coasul at Laduavra, Veae*nela? and Horace L. Washing, of Texas, consul at A'o?aw4rotU. Hyrla.^ Ma fcu*dxed operative? !? Maarara's olfl** factory truck at^wap^ Wt beeawe tWr tof m tmvnm* IS*. rUKK.N'KKS (SO NOlcptf i'O STttAb UHIUKS, What l?iil (ho <???vornor of Jiouth (iiioUnii Sii\ to the Northern .Mahl c ii , or 1 1 <?s II * t fir Spoken Vet '* "Ami tho little birda goyoujh, also," ThiugH huvo ohnuged/ounHidt.iably ftinoo tho wnv cloncl. An the dnya at *4 > I (ho Northern ih^Kihmh ninl wiilorH went South to hatfTo with thoir Houth ?mii b rot hr ensoul nowadays (ho gul lnn(, go**tfW<a>]'ing and gentlemanly Young Soufhoi iuth cdiiio North io steal (In) daurtutein of Northcrncra and lake (hi/ife (o tln ir far away hotnea (t> becoudb (hoir blushing and happy hridea. I (?'or flm-vul montha a tall, good looking Xoung nuui hits been paying frt;i|iU)jJ viniU to tho IhasH Cily. .for Homo yimn Wn(i* rhuriatm wondered who ho wan, but ^wey dually learned (lint ho wiiii John.jfTary I'lvana, (lover nor of RouIIkOih'oU nfa and one of tlio brightest and moat ])romining young met} in the Palntolto Stato. Ho i?< (ho kind of a man that tho ladieH would eiiU very ^andfloiuo, as ho in tall, well formed alul oarrics himself uko anol dier. i ? Ab ho on as it wan diwooverod (hat tho stranger wtin Mteh a dinlinguit-hod man ho found that ho had his hands lull nl (ending to tho culls of soeiety and im aworing tho <|ucHlioiin nuked by inquiH itivo and onter]>riHing Watorbury iiowh l>apor ino'j. Aliir.it tlx* Governor kept tho ob joct of liia frequent vi?itH a profound seerct; in fact he does not as yet publicly declare why ho enmo to Wntorbury, but tho ovor ready gossips soon discovered why ho name, and thoir wagging tongues have already mapped out bin Kxoelleney'rt future yearp, and I hoy are sure t hat ho will spend them < ah tho husband of one of ^.Waturbury's fairost daughters. rft 4 When tho Governor ll rbt oamo to town it was noticed that luy practically made tho I). I<. i'Jumo homestead )j is abiding spot and most ol his time was spent in the rebidouco of that well known citizen. Now tho gossips Bay that Mr. Plume's daughter, Kmily, oneofylho belloaof the Brass City society, \yil become Mrs. (Jury Kvuub bofofo thy iitiow Ili oh and that along with tho l/ttlo birds sho will go South to spend. l>f?o wintry months under the blue aftics of the good old State of South ('art^ina. Tho engngemont of the young South ern statesmen mid Miss Plume has not, uh yet, been announced publicly, but it is understood tlmt the affair in sottlod and society, tho upper ten portion of it, - are on the qui vivo, auxioufdy awaiting the ovoid. Clary Kvons coiuoh from oome of tho beHt old timber in tins Southern States and ho is every inch a gentleman. His j>roHpectH in life aro said to booxoecd iugly bright, lie in a clever fellow and flinoo ho lias govorned South CaroJipft tho pcuplo of tlmt Stato haVO had it provon to them that they hud a chief oxecutivo worth having. Miss JSmily Plu'mo iH po very well known to Waterbury people that it is hardly nccosflory to say very much in rogard to tho lady. Sim ban always boon considered ono of tho brightest and most popular young woiriou who have. graced Brass society during thg last foW years. P. Pi. Plume's fortune. Js estimated to bo away up in tho mintpns, and hor *hare, united with what? tho }oung Goyornor has in hia own right, will kOt>p all tho wolves a way from this hap py conplo'a door ovon if Conneokiout and South Carolina do go' for Bryan y ond froo Silver. Tho Watorbury y&ung inon should fool ashamed of tho fact that thoy have allowod ii etranger to como from awny down South and carry back homowith him ono of the faircut of tho fair daughters of a Northorn citizou, but1 wo aro glad to soo another union bo tween the North and tho South. Thoeo weddings will heljv^onsidorabiy to further asnist tho flood feeling that now exists betweoa/tho two groat coun tries tlmt onco fpright under two Hafts, but now onjoy perfect p<mco uuYler the graud old start and stripes. It was thought, at ono time that Minn Plumo would marry a Waterbury gen tleman, but it has boon proven that for once, at any rate, tho know-it-alls woto somewhat off tho track. Tho wedding ceremony* will undoubt edly bo tho event of the year an.t will, satisfy that craving Waterbury society peoplo bavo for excitement and bon ton cvouttf, owiug to tho fact that they have such a small number of them from ouo New Year to the other. ~... ,rV What did tho Governor of Soath Carolina say to tho Northern maidou, or hasn't hojipoken yet, is a question all interested peoplo fli$ Mktug. ..But what tho Governor di<J dfr-didn't Bay is his btnriness and wo'll-draw th? cwr ? Uin.-~ Water bur,)/ Even I tiff Democrat. Shot Her Son and Husband. Mr i J: W. yoat., whot ?l her husband with a rlfttf, but mtasod- torn ?n?i kitted her , twriTe-ycar-otd - then fired .two more shots at her one ball fracturing tho tkull and. bMaUo* fete arm, ? ItowUl i>rOW. fcjrg rtf|| K^-*- ll"lw4i karmi A)ltm whipped hfe p*> u?. .. ? ? sis :o Mi' 4*y*#4 MiMfntnt IW ? ?yirwww ?