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" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspire our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our Deaths Glorious in thy Just Defence." YOI.. XII. I1 111 -1 NO.-8. STATIS NEWS. lIAPFISNINOSOIf INTICIIKST PAR. A<? KAPUI CALLY PO UT It A Y IOU* In Conjunction With Political Notos and Press Commont. Tho Btirvoys for tho lincB for Saluda cornily have already boon inndo. Tho diagonals for tho location of tho coun ty 6onl, however, have not yet beon run. Wl.thlh a short time now tho movors of tho Carolina Cotton Mills expoot to begin on tho additional s took that tho company is to isstio. The company ?H now Capitalized at $10l),0()(), which is being paid up on tho instalment pla?. Moro than that amount hus been nuked for and tho compnny will issue a new eorios of stock in January for an addi tional $100,01)0. A commission for a chnrtor lins been issued hy (ho Boitlh Carolina Midland company, of Barnwell. Tho corpora tors named aro J. \V. Crow, J. L. Vil lulouga and Mike Brown. Tho com pnny proposes to Blurt out with a cap ital stook of $i CO; OOO. Tho oom m is si oh asks for general power?, bul its chief business nppoars'to bo to prbmoto immigration to tho ?tuto and soil hinds to thoso who como hero. Tho managers and clerks who con ducted thc election in Sop toni bur for dolegutcH to tho constitutional coi;-* volition will bu glad to i? n o W/t?? lil i hoi t pay in in night. Mr. ?,fr W. Powers, chairman of. tho board of election eo m m ??ss i efn e rs, hus received from Conprptrollor Clenornl Norton an official ^tfipi' st for astatement of expenses in tho election. The regular warrant is oil closed tb bo lilied out, und this will be done at Commissioner Power's first opportunity, Ch'ton gb and New Yolk ure having quito ii lively lime iii their trude jor IIjibs over tho Chicago (hilton Ex position. Governor Evans luis re ceived quito a number of letters on the subject, and he thinks Unit it is a lively and interesting scramblo be tween Chicago and New York for dbe southern trude, which ho is sui isl!rd will do iiic south no harm. Ho hus already agreed to lot tho slnti-'s ex hibit nt Atlanta go to Chioiigo. Mayor Bl on ii, of Columbio, i.s Iho daily reci pient of pupers and lot ter* with refer ence to tho Chicago ]Sk posit ion and the warning lo look out for Chicago wind. Columbia's Dispensary Proills. Columbia is going lo get her phnro of the dispensary profits at last. iSev ornl days ugo a meeting of tho county ? board of control was held and the matter cunio up. Mayor Sloan was asked to appear before tho board, und between them und Mayor Sloan n res olution was prepared for tinni-mssioii to tho Hiato board of control, which it is thought will settle Ibo in nt tor. Thc resolution in substance rends: lb solved, That it is tho sense of this board that tho ol ty authorities of Co , lumbla uro honest ly doing nil in their ??LM>bwor to enforce the dispensary law, v and that it is our opinion that tho law i? heing enforced.' Wo respect fully recommend that you rescind your or der to (his board and I hat tho city of Columbia bo paid its quota from ibo profits ol' Ibo dispensary sales for tho quarters ending July HO and October SO, 1895. . _ Allin nco Meetings. Recently tlio Farmors' Alliance hus taken some interest in business mut ters und tho Alliance Exchange now bas ii considerable trade. Th oro huvo beon cfloris mudo to rovive tho Aili nn ?? spirit. In several of tho county papers culls for meetings'have been it sued, and it. may bo tho purposo to wake nj) tho Alliance lion. Ono of tho announcements reads : The County Alliances of Ibo 3rd district will hold their next quarterly meetings on tho days i nd leal od below, viz : Abbeville, Tuesday, January 7; Novdmr-ry, Fri day, January 10 j Picke?!*, Wed ii es day, January 10 ; Oeojife, Thursday, January IC; Ande'^jfi, Friday, Junu nry 17. Py ovdi'r of tho District Al yBiince. John C. Watkins, Seorotnry /' of tho District Alliance. Tho Spread,of Lynching, Detective Newbold hus reported to Governor Evan? tho result of his in vestigation into tho ('(dicion county altair, which ho wan sent to look alter. Governor 15 vii ns expresses himself ns being pleased willi (ho work (hut hus been done by (ho detective. In talk ing about tho mutter Governor Evans BU i tl that it was perhaps noteworthy that since he hus boen in office all of tho lynchings that bo remembered have been for crimes, other than tho ono that usually results in a lynching bee. There huvo been lynchings in Anderson, Greenville, Hampton mid Colinton, hut non? of ithem for th? usual crime, und in ono or two in stnnces where there was talk ol' lynch ing it was not .'or the usual lynching crime. This ought to lead pooplo to seo the danger of tho practice. \ Gov ernor Evans expects the new law to havo a decided i Ito ot on ly iichings,nml intends to do nil that he can to seo that it is curried out. ! South Os roll na and Augusta. In accordance with tho roqnlroi monts of their charter Ibo stockhold ers of tho Soil I ll Carolina und Angin ta Railroad Company mot lu Charleston a few days ugo and organized by tho election of n boil rd of directors. The following genlli men wei o elected members of I he bo.-trd ! August bel mont, I). H. ! mill., j. I>. Piobsl, A. T. Smythe, A. M. Loo, Frank B. Frost and J. Lamb Perry. Tho bon rd bold a meeting later and oleotod Mr. August Belmont presidont of tho com pany, Tho ohartor for tho South Carolina and Augusta road was obtained from the logislaturo some months since by tho gcntlomon whoro names havo been mentioned. It was gotton shortly af ter tho Louisville and Nnshvillo system failed in its efforts to obtain oontrol of tho South Carolina and Georgia road, when that oompany passed from tho hands of tho reooivor into thoso of its prosont owners. It was said at tho (imo (hut both (ho Louisville nnd NaMiyillb IIuit I ho Atlantic Const Lino Kystom wore behind tho chullor, and (lint (ho now lino , would bo built at puco? A party of surveyors were put in tho Hold and surveys of tho proposed rond wons m nd C. Jinny people bono th it (ho organization ol' tho company will result in moro work on tho pro* po sod road. Tho gentlemen who uro in (created in tho en tor pr iso Kay that thoro iu nothing now regarding it for publication. Colleton School lYoublb. Stipbrinteiwlbnt of Education May field visited Colloton several day? UKO to look into tho reported exoossivo charges for tho Toter lia! lonni Diction* aries, and In's report gives all thoro in in (ho matter and bin concilium ; as to tho payment of thu olnims. Ho re porte : lion, jain rn Norien, Comptroller Gen eral, Columbia, S. ?. Di: AU 8IK ?-Tweet to Walterboro, according to appointment, to investi* gate tilt? oom pl ni tit il led in my O?IV.?O nu to tho snip of Webster's International Dictionary for more than the prion agreed tin betweon (he state board of OXu m luci's anti (ho publishers, namely, $8.50 (?.0.25 willi ptit??t index) per copy, full sheep binding. I found that tho trust?es lind purchase 1 (ho full morocco binding, with putout index, tit Slo per Oppy, ll lld a stand for ?!kJ>l>, making $18 fit) for tho bjVok and stand, I further found that tho IrustOOH hud purchased a number of Appleton's rending churls, paying $12.50 caph, which/is the regular prieo. Tho trus tee.'j-liad issued warrants ill payment /f?r tho book,stand lindcharts, aninunt ing to about ?1,800, and that the school bo lil missioner had counter signed tho warrants,and that tho payee (tho agent) hud endor.-ed tho warrants and sold them to tho Walterboro bank, which hollis them as innocent purcha sers, tho warrants all being entirely regular on thoir faeo. Thoro was no evidenee before mo to show I lint (llb school commissioner wan hitorostod in tho salo of tho books, stamin und charis. Tho evidence showed (hat ibo agent hud submitted them ti) tho county board of examin era and thai benni endorsed them a< the prices nanted; tint the school coin missioner balled meetings of (lu hon rds of (r?streos, look tho agent ii his l uggy, charging him for n seat, aiid attended tho me din;:? of the (rus toes. When the school oonimissionoi eoneludctl hi? remarks to tho trustee! hp introduced tho agent and reborn in ended (hut tho trustees innke th? pu rehuso. lt appeared that only Hf toon oopici of tho luteannlional woro pu rebus?d Tho rest of tho money was spent io charts. All (his took place in tho spring nm and tho first part of tho Rummer o this year. About $100 was paid l>; tho county treasurer on theso v? <.r runts. Tina in tho school opn.nii* stoner's first year in ofiioo, and ines things happened before ho was thor onghly informell as to the duties o bin ofTloc, und I am nunblo to seo nm criminality on his part, (hough h may hnvo been guilty of imprudence Tho agent making tho sales was nb the ngont of tho publishers of tho Jr ternationnl Dictionary and therefor tho publishers are not RU ?I ty of viola ing (heir contraot with tho stuto. Tho whole mal ter, therofore, resolv? itself into this: Moro wan paid for il: dietionnry (linn'should hnvti boen pan tho claims nro regular on their fae and iii the hands ?>f innocent holdoi anti, therefore, will hnvo to bo pai? The sehot)l commissioner should hu> informed himself as lo tho articles po mit tod to bo sold in tho slate by tl st ato board of oxiiniiners und the prices, anti should not have allow? any others sold in his county. I recommend that you instruct tl treasurer of tho county to pay tho wa rants. Yours truly, j_ W. D. M?YP?BI/T>, PORT S?MTICR TO HIC RI0K1TT1C1 Tliroo Butteries to bo Built ou .Sut' van's ISlaild. A Washington special says: Fe (Sumter is to bo rehabilitated and ari oil for tho protection of tho eily Charleston. That old fortress th played such itu important part in t opening bf the war is again to be f ted with ten-inch niles and bo equi pod foi* tho defence pf Chariest ph hi bor. Tho project hus been under c< sideral ion at (ho war department 1 some timo pnst, but (lib question 1 boon brought directly to the aiton ti of the secretary of war, Gen. Mit the commanding general of the arm and Gop; Crnighill, tho chief of ? gi noora, by Representativo El lio who represents tho Charleston distri Gen. Miles has rc bb nt) y boon sou and is heartily in favor of tho resto tipil of tho < 11 fortification to a w like condition, It is not known windi tho renovation ol' Ftirt Sumter v duo to (ho (hreatencd conflict w Grout Britain, but tho propositi moots with tho eordinl endorsement nil of tho bflloors named. There something like $70,000 available Min fortifications in Charlostoh h bor, and tho si crctnry ol' war is w ing (hilt the money should bo expo ??ii upon Fort. Sumter, and u b>nd I tory on Sullivan's Island, in tho sn harbor. , Sinoo tho oloso of tho wnr Fort Si Uer hus boon ul most desortod by government troops. For many yt punt an ordnmieo sorgeant has li tlloro ne ii sort of watoher of tho raj i?Ply decnying govemmont propel .Timo hus mude but littlo impress upon its stout wnlls, but tho elemr have played havoc with tho intel and tho exposed portions of thc sti luro. It is estimated that tho fort bo placod in i<ood condition and m quito formidnblo without tho expel turo of a largo sum of money. 1 principal outlay will bo for guns. It is a remarkablo ooinoidonco I Fort Sumter, tho (lrst fortifioatioi figuro in tho lato wnr, ?B now tho 1 point of dofenso to get rondy to rt foroign invasion. Even if thoro sh? bo no oconsion for confliot, it is i tondod that Fort Sumtoi should bc stored to its normal condition, maintained with tho samo caro an delity that is pm ployed upon tho fi floatioiiB in Now York harbor. Rc Beiitutivo Elliott was highly grut at tho HUCOCSH of hts visit to tho department, and ho proposod to | tho mattor to an early soltloment. Whilo at tho war dopartmont T Elliot mot Ou pt. Abbot, who ?H in charge of tho ri vor und hurbor im provements in und around Charleston. Capt. Abbot abo ngruod with his ni ppr ?ors tluit tho fortifications in Ohurb?ton should bo rehabilitated. Io addition to 'equipping and arming Fort Sumter it diso proposed to build three battorioH on Sullivan's Island foi gu DH ami mortar*, The work on Sui? Hvail's Island has been delayed by thc dillloulty in fixing tho price for tho property needed, but it is understood that Oapt. Abbot exp? eta to luiVO thc matter adjusted so that work may oom m On oe without further ?blay. Aa to sending troop? to Sullivan's island, Gen. Milos mys ho is fully in sy'inpa thy with such a proposition, abd ho will do all itt his power to have tho new batteries garrisoned without de lay. Upon examination Of the su bj cot it was ascertained (hat lhere aro now on Sullivan's Island buildings bolong* big to the gbycrnm?nt, which may be used as quarters for tho troops. Tho site for one pf the new batteries is quito near Fort Moultrie, and thu other two aro to bo looa tod according to tho judgment of the chief of engineers, All of these bal lories will bo armed with ten-inch rifles. Some time ago Gol,Elliott asked tho secretary of war for a report on tho project contemplating tho improve ment of navigation between 0 har lesion npd beaufort by nu nus of a cul, through Fenwick's Island. Tho pro posed improv4meiit was recommended several y? ar.s ago, -but it was not pro vided for because of tho^iotigo cost in volved. Capt, Abbot has just submit ted his report on tho project, which ho says can bo completed at a greatly to duned figure RH compared with tho or iginal estimules. For from ?35,000 io ?10,(10;) a channel of from forty-five feet to ninety lin t cnn bo out between thc points named. Hacked by Capt. Abbot's report, Col. Elliott will prest tho matter before tho river and harbin oom m i I tee. GROWTH Ol? Till'] SOUTH. 'I bo Industrial Condition as Itoportod for tho Past. Week. Reports of industrial and business conditions in t ho soul h?rn hiatos for . the past week indiento that general business is fairly active, but does not inerenso in quantity, ns tile usual set tlements of affairs at this season on gugo attention; Recent variations in tho price of cotton attract but little at tention. Planters have marketed enough of tho crop to realizo fund? for their immediate needs, and tiro holding back tho rest in tho belief, which is quito general, that the prioo is sure to ad vanen agni II tu ns high a poi tit ns was reached in tho carly part of Ibo season. Textile mills continue to bo actively employed, und the out put of manufactured goods is steadily increasing. Orders aro plenty and quotations are firm. There is no ph.anuo in tho. con dition of tho iron' industry. L'urgo orders aro not plentiful, -bul. small ones aro numerous, and a good many orders received earlier in tho season aro not yet Ulled. There aro rumors of somo irregularity in prices for iron, which, however, aro not confirmed. Coal miners aro doing a very largo business. Low water in the Ohio river has prevented the transportation of much of the coal usually brought from the coal regions of that valley, and has caused a great inerenso in tho demands made in tho southern mines, which aro being worked to (heir full enpuoity. Prices nie Iii in und steady, with an advancing tendency. .Lumber mills aro running on somewhat de creased time, but the lumber opera tors aro looking forward to an early inerenso in tho demand, which is not at prosont, equal to tho full capacity of tho mills in any branch of tho bus iness. Among now industries established or incorporated during the week uro tho Thomas Oin end Much i no Works, Dillina, Tex., capital $20,000; the Paul Shean Sanitary Plumbing and Manu* | facturing company, Calveston, Texas, capital ?'25,000, and the Consolidated Water and Electric Light mid Power company, Sheffield, Ala., capital ?$'250, 000. Tho ltny-Mourns company, limited, capital $30,000, has been chartered to manufacture woodenware at New Or leans, La.; tho .Tunetion City Lumber company, capitol #31,000, hus been in corporated at Junction, Ark., and tho Norfolk Electric Light and Power company, capital $15,000, nt Norfolk, Vn. Thoro is also reported brick works nt Crowley, Tja., an electrical plant at Henderson, Ky., ico factories at Char lotto, N. C., und new mines lo bo opened at A sh boro, N. C., and Pied mont, W. Va. A sewer company has boen chartered at Temple, Tex., an oil company at Wheeling, NV. Va., and cotton mills aro to bo creeled nt Ash ville and Hossomor City, in Ninth Carolina, and lit Columbia and Spar taulmrg in South Carolina. A knit ting mill will bo built nt Charleston, S. Cv, a woolen mill nt Louisville, Ky., and a tobacco factory at Pilot moun tain, N. C. - Tradesman (Chattanooga, MK LUI) DISGUMTKI). I>u II ru von's Charges Woro All Dis proved. Tho oarl of Dunraven, accompanied by his friend, Arthur Glennie, rear commodore of the Hoynl Portsmouth Yacht Club, sailed from Now York for England Saturday on board I ho Cu nardor Umbria. Tho investigation of tho charges made by Lord Dunraven ngninst those in charge of tho Defender bad not concluded when tho earl and his hnnchman took their departure and only part of tho evidence in rebuttal had boon given when tho special com mittee consisting of J. Pierpont Mor gan, chairman; George Lockhart Hives, Hooretary; William C. Whitney, Captain A. T. Malian, United Stales navy, and Hon. E. J. Phelps, adjourned tho hear ing till 10 o'olook Monday morning. Tho Dofonder (ty nd i onto presented testimony in rebuttal of that offored by Lord Dnnravon and although tho gentlemen who worn present ut tlu in quiry rofusod to talk for publication, it was loamed on good authority that tho chnrges mad o by Lord Dnnravon woro totally disproved. Toxas Firm Falls. Evans, Groon <fc Go., gonoral mor chants at Athens, Tex,, hnvo i'ailod, Liabilities $12,000. SILVER CHA M IMO!-I ? COMMENT ON TIIIO PKliSl HUNT'S FIX AN Cl A li ?II?SS A ? IC. _ Denounced lu tho S'onuto-Clovolund's, Policy Hard Ult by tho Proas-A Inexperienced Toucher, lito. - jj The strong silver mon in tho sonata do not disguise their dissntisfuction: with tlie president's lust message. Ona of them ?aid that it was now congreso* time to go duck hunting, mid congress,' would do it. They Kuy Unit if tiicrr* is danger in thc financial situ?t ion, tho1 president should have sounded hui noto of ailinn earlier. Silver men als;' do not hesitate to say that the presi-j deut cannot got through tho senat I moll legislation us will be sn t is f lio tor j to him and Huit absolu to ly nothing" would bo accomplished by congres-., staying in sossion during tho holidays, ?% Silver 31 on Aro Con tout. '] Tho silver mon, both in tho holism end senate, ure perfectly content, ni they fully realize that nono of Mrf Cleveland s recommendations can bil carried out, and that his message is tho greatest boon that tho silver sido bus hud for tho last three years. "These reeommendutions havo shown to tho world just whut tho silver men have been claiming all along," said a woll known congressman ; "that wo have placed ourselves nedor financial England, and (hut until wo become in dependent financially wo cannot hopo to cope with foreign powers, either in tho diplomatic or moro serious con tentions. Tho silver mon in tho son ate doploro the message, but they real izo that what lins boen predicted by them must inevitably oome to puss if Mr. Cleveland hus tho buekbono to sustain the aggressive foreign policy which Mr. Olney has inaugurated'." ?** ls tho President Piililc-Sl ricken? The president's llnaneiul message to congress was denounced at lust Satur day's session of tho senate by Messrs. Stewart ami DllUois, That ni essa gp, in Mr. Stewart's opinion, proved that the prOHidoht was panic-stricken. But all that tho president had to do to Bils tein the national credit was to pay tho government obligations according to the contract. '.Let him announce that," Mr.Slow art exclaimed, "and thoro will bo no raids on the treasury." Mr. DuBois also condemned the message and declared that it was "ut terly, absolutely impossible to ex change financially in accordance with the president's recommendation, *' and that all that tho mossngo hud dono was to precipitate a financial dbcu^sion. Nobody, be said,wanted to have bonds ishiied, and nobody wanted to have gi cciibnokij retired. Tf.i iWrirWnV.cJ ' $? boliof that tho Yest resolution would bo agreed to on tho next legislntivo day, if fi voto upon it was not prevent ed by tho notion of tho president's friends. ??? A Tributo from Gold I tos. Tho Memphis Scimitar and thc Chattanooga Times aro pronounced gold standard newspapers, and it is n rare thing for them to pay a tribute te a loader on the silver side of tho house. But in tho ciiBe of ox-Speaker Ct isp they mako an exception. His si in dy loyalty and tlrmness, and tho ability with which ho administered his higli (lillee made Blich an impression upon our contemporaries that they do nol disguise tho high esteem in which Ihdj hold tho Georgia congressmen. Tin Scimitar says : Tho Scimitar if) diametrically opposod to thc financial Vagaries of Mr. Cli p, hut it lain1 pkasnio tn makin;* i'B com pl monta to bini ni a lea 1er of tho minority ia iii o homo, lio i cool, roMOur?o ul au I Skilled in specoli, and will ho of Kreut service to Iiis parly on tho floor. Tho Times recently closed an edita rial taking issue with Mr. Crisp's sil vcr policy by saying: Amt in H ?eying this wo do not intend to si (hut Orin)) is not a considi-rablo personado i our politic. Ho lu. Ho has HOIIIO ?nialltb that pertain to a great leaper. Ho is galil) and adroit in dehnte, and ono of tho readlai nu ii in tho house. II . is o ?ol as well as quiet always has tho fini use of lils faculties, ali withal ho ls a clean and upright man in h private H'o. lt also compliments him upon pul ting an extinguisher on Hist ono ar. then another of tho republican rust lights of the house, and predicts th? he will continuo tho good work an {bus make suro of tho exposnro i The Record of republicnn folly un dishonesty. It is a pleasure to seo our gol standard neighbors making this vohu tary recognition of tho sterling mer of a man who is ono of their strongoi opponents, so far ns tho finonoinl issi: is concerned. But Mr. Crisp is one < those fortunato men who cannot 1 ignored or pushed into tho bnol ground. I Io possesses thoso soli< staying qualities which never foil 1 bring a man to tho front, and timi who differ with him are tho llrst i admit his commanding ability.-E chango. An Inexperienced Teacher. Secretory Smith is evidently bi dd i I for the position that Secretory Mort< has oar nod-that of funny mun of tl present administration. Hp says th ho does not believe that up to 1802 1 know how many grains of gold ai silver Ibero woro ina dollar, and th ho doe? not believo that up to th timo ho know what tho rntio was. this is true, tho wonder is that t! prcsidont selected snob an ignoram to bo a member of tho oabinel. And it is also wonderlul that a mi who says ho so recently know abe lutely nothing about tho duane quostion, should now undertake to i struot tho Gooroo legislature on t Bubjoot. Mon who did not km thoir alphabot ?breo years ago fi not onpoblo of tenohing yot. This Scorotary Smith should kno Ho should study tho quostion ton flftoon years longer before ho und tokos to sot up a financial soho Scorotary Smith was on earnest adi cato of tho froe and unlimited ooinn of oliver in 1803, or, in other wor< up to tho timo when ho ontored Pu dont Cleveland's, cablnot, and so may think that ho is only protondi to havo boon ignorant beforb lib i A tho Behool of Profossor Ult vo id. It must bo admitted, howovor, vlint Ibero is much in Secretary j Smith's speech boforo tho Georgia legislature thnt goos to show thut ho is entirely sincero in his assort ion (lint ho know nothing of tho (Innnoial ques tion in 1892; and that would also have ! borne out tho assertion if ho hud mada i it, that ho had not learned much tinco thoo. Boerotary Smith says that Alexan der hamilton und Thomas J? fforsoii favored tho ratio of ?6 to 1 a century ugo, boca mo it was thou tho commer cial ratio. Ile says ho agroes willi them-that is, ho favors tho present oommorciul ratio, which ho afterwards, ill ? ff ?.ot, niys is ?l'.? to 1. If ho had not ?tated how ignorant ho Was throe years ugo, the man of average i niel li genco would h itv.) thought him uiicnn did, for the mun of averngo i n tell i - -genoe knows thnt about Hf tuon to ono was tho ratio when gold and silver were treated ii) j ki'*, und thnt tho ratio of thirty to ono hon prevailed only nineo tries having nearly two-thirds of io Coin of tho world lisvo stopped th? ireo boinngo of silver und cont inned tlio coinage of gold, Countrios that coin over ono hundred millions a year iii gold, and that will coin any amount that is offered at tho mints, now coi II no silver except for small chango, and buy tho silver they coin for this pur pose nt the lowest pried nt which n suf ficient amount is not offered. If Sec retary Smith hud not told how ignor ant ho wai?,ho might have booti accused elf insincerity hi igmiring tho effect that this di ito rc h oo of ono hundred million dollars, or moro, in demand, would make eui tho market price of tile two metals. Tho average man would readily understand that this discrimi nation is the only reason why tho comm er?la I ratio is now thirty to ono, instead of sixteen to ono, but a niau who dbl hot know in 1 Si)2 what thc ratio was might no! understand it. The secretary says it costs ouly 50 cents un ounce to mino silver, und nSuety-(Ivo oonts on tho elollar or about $18. (50 per OU ll CO, lo mino gobi. How does Secretary Smith know this? As a mutter eif fact ho thies not. lt all depends on tho richness of tho minos. Thorti is not ns much uniform ity in tho cost of mining, us is in thc size of hoilHCH. From begin ii ing to end Si-crotary Smith's speech is full of arguments which go to prove tho sincerity of his statement that only three years ugo he ?ii?l not know what the ratio was betweon gold and silver. As no ono disputos his statement, however, thor? is no need til' argument, to provo its truth.-Fla. Times Union. ? * I'"Tho lieut und Sensible Cuni." .'Tho ital IIIHI sbusibl' otu o foreur r^otir? ring i roubles ?jan ?nbj bu i ff .toled hy a completo cliuii?c in oar llnniielid Boheme."-Tho FIOH? ilont's S|i?.ci.\l Mi tungo. Mr. Ulcvolnnd's Inst messngo io con H****>?, i--ca on ?ii* j-o-iicKy feeling in Wall street, caused by tho unloading of Allier lon ll securities by British cap italists, foreshadows a strong effort on the part of the administration and the gobi monometallists to force through congress a bill retiring tho greenbacks ami treasury notes. In other words, Mr. Cleveland seems to desire to maka tho ruinous o (Toots of tho british gold standard an excuso for fastening it more securely on tho pooplo and per petuating it in our system. It will bo i inpossible to carry this scheme through, Pressure from Wall slK'ot and other financial centers may causo the republicans in tho house to commit themselves t?> tho contraction policy, but it will provo tho ruin of thoir party with, tho people. More over, tho scheme will bo callod to a halt in tho senate. Tho freo coinage men in that body have tho nervo tc stand between tho pooplo and ibo ruin ous contraction of tho currency pro posed, und they will do so. Thon will lie little discussion of tho question in that body. Tho bill will bo kille? by the (bianco oonmiitteo. Tho situation is on ti roly different from that which accompanied tho un conditional repeal of tho purchasing clause of tho Sherman act. Then Mr Cleveland's financial policy was no dearly known. His most inlimati personal friends deoiarod to congress mon that ho was a bi m ota Dist. I?vei Senator Voorhees, who had charge o tho unconditional ropcal bil), relyin? on informal ion that ho received ellrob from tho while house, deoiarod Ina tho unooiulitional ropeol of Ibo silvo purchasing clause was tho first step te ward freo coinage. lint fi-i" that declaration and tho as suranoes of men who had tho conlhlene of Mr. Cleveland that ho was not i favor of g?)ld monomotnlism, tho r? poul could never havo booh coinpnsKC? Tho timo is pant when tho silver me could bo dragooned into support!I) measures contrary to their views an ruinous to (ho best interests of tl people So that Mr. Cleveland wi LaVO to Boole some qthor remedy f< preventing a premium on gold. I will have to go on issuing bonds ai getting tho pooplo dooper and (loop into debt. But in tho course of his special mr sago to congress, ho makes a SUfifgC lion that we hear lily indorse Ile d (dares that "Ibo real ami sensible on for our recurring troubles omi only 1 ?.lYootod by a completo bitango in o financial scheme." This in so true th wo wondor at the porsistenco wi which Mr. Cleveland insists on a mo modification of our system, T greenbacks and tho treasury notes II promises to pay und rest on tho ore? of the government. To rot ire th? and rest tho responsibility of issui and redeeming paper notes on t banks is simply a modification of o syslom; wo shall have tho same di culty in maintaining specie pay nie if tho bank notes aro to bo made i doemablo in gold. Tho substitution, thoroforo, of bn notos lor govornmont notos is not oomploto ohango in our fi nant scheme," but only modification modification that is suro to ourry t astor and ruin in its wako. Thoro only ono remedy that will eflfeot Mi roal and Bonsibloouro for our rcourr: troubles," aud that romedy invol "a comploto ohango in our (1 liant scheme" It is (ho r?ni?>?ly bimetallism ; it is tho rom! ol' rostering silver tn its obi pl in our Msohcm?i"-^-a pice . lr whloh it ttfts rudely Uhd rai nor thrust by republican conspirators ? ing in concert with tho ngonts of tho money power. Th tit is thc rou) and But) Bi Gio euro for our recurring trou bles"-(roubles Unit never occurred nor recurred until after tho demonoti Kittiotl of silver. "What ia needed ?H to restore Kilver to it? pluoe ns n port of tho stnndurd and fundamental money of tho country. When this is done wo shall have a restoration of prioes nnd values, a restoration of business und individual prosperity and a re storation of industr.jl notiyity.-At lanta Constitution. 8A15BATI1 SCHOOL INTJ? It N ATI ON A Tj MCSSON F?It .JAN tJ AK Y V?. Lesson Text: ?? rho Hoy .Jesus,?' Imho lt., ?10-52-ti ol ?len Toxi: huko H., (J'2-Commentary. 40. "Ami tho chilli rrnnv abd waxed strone, it) Hnlrll, Ulled with xvijsulom, ami tho ?race of Hod was noon Tili?." ia our recent i,,!;oytir..ifi'l?S.SOiyiyJilri.h -est still hi quilo frosh In mir 'rnmil?; Ave"'hail' th?^voi'wlrOiW " r story of His hirth and were. I trust. profited ' by tho faith and testimony of thu ahephords. Then followed the visit of tho wise men. tho presentation lu the I om pto. the flight Into K y pt and return to Xnv.nroth. After which xvii know nothing of Illth till His haptlsm itt thu ago of thirty beyond what is recorded in this vers? arid io this lesson. In the quiet retirement of Nnxurctli Ho g re xv holli iii physical and Iii spiritual sta* ure ami llveil lu Ute favor of (?o l. He hail ii ho ly of jloxh and Mood, snell ir* we have (Heh. il., M), hut Ile had ho sin (Heh. vii., 2(3; lt (.'or. v., 21). 41. ''Kow His parents xvent to Jerusalem every year at ihn fen ft of the passover." While only Ihn males wore commandedto ut temi the roasts (Rx. xxiii.. 17) lt would seem that women also went to the feast of the pas sover (I Sam. I., 7). When we c. uno to n pas sover story, il is always well io think of Dm safely of those who aro under thu blood and Ihn fellowship of. those who obediently feed upon the Lamb, Salvation depends upon [ho blood alone, hut fellowship and growth lopoiul upon our eating Him eoti?liiutilly. whoso blood ive are redeemed. His own tes- ( imotiy is, file that unteth Me, even ho shall Ive hy XIo" (John Vi., f)7). 42. "And when Ho was twelve years old. hey went lin lo Jerusalem after tho custom >t tho feast." Wo would like to know His ' llOUVhtS Oonooriithg this, His first visit to ho Holy (Jlty. We may heit gi no Hint as Ho ,vus not taken up willi seeing tho elty when [fe got thorn, so He was not overinueh ocou- t dod,willi sights atom; Ibo way, Whatever j >f Old To-tamont story was associated with ho places they would pass (brough we may ' >o suro Ha would think ami perhaps talk ot t hem, for Hi) was well versed in tho Borte? t urns 43. "And when they h nd fulfilled tho days, " is they returned the child Jesus tarried he- 1 lind ill Jerusalem, and Joseph and Hts t noiher Viiow hot of U." Jeriisaleiii is called , ho Holy (hiv. and tho City of thu 0rout Hug (Math, tv., 5j v., 96)} by its great sin A t ls calle I tho olly where our Lord ivas I ;runi lind (Kev. xt..*8), hut lt shall yoi bo , ville I a Citv of Truth, und fun Throne'of tho Lord (Zeeh. Viii., il; Jnr. lil., 17). That Lord ?hall provo to bo none other than this sumo f resits without whom Joseph und Mary start- 1 vi from Jerusalem for Nazareth. Did they ( bink enough of Him? II. "But they, supposing Hlin to havo bsoii c II tho company, Xvont a day's .journey." Sun- ( losing and wondering ure not thu roads to { peace and assurance and aro apt to cause us . nany sorrows. Just think what dismay it night work if xve .should attempt to travel fl Dy train or .slimmer supposing that xve knew J L<'V mu ? ?jr r-i--<!..?,. i,-t r>rt ono tn mattera norna! rest In anything short ol an assnr inen well founded. 45. "Au I when (hey found ninx not, (hoy urned hack again to Jerusalem, stalking * Him." Any one who has ever had a child >lray aw ay for ii longer or shorter ti ne can sympathise somewhat wltb Marvin this ex perience. Did they confers to flo.I their I negligence and us'; Him to guide thorny Did f they remember Pj?, xxxll., 8; Isa. xxw. 21, ( ind Vs, )., 15'/ Perhaps they will toll us , ibo ut it so ino dav. 1 40. "And it caine to pass Huit nitor three I lays they found Him In tho temple." Not j seeing the sights of tho groat olly, hut in His Path or's house at a Bible study. We may J Hi fol y think of Him assaying to these teach ers. "What is writtenV" "How reddest thou?" 1 t'o Joseph and Marv ono hour's neglect hud -j nought Ihren days'anxiety. 'J'o many an . iiouv's neglect has often brought a lifelong t mrroxv. T? neglect tho soul's welfare xviii ? iring eternal sorrow. Soe Joh xxxvl.. 18; i Elub, il., 8; 47. "And all that heard illili xve re aston- ') shed nt His under.standing an I answers." f If John (ho baptist xvas Ulled with the Spirit i from his hirth, how much moro ll) ll si Jesus j liave boohsto Oiled! And xviii not the phrase ''Jesus knew from tho beginning (John vi?j 1 ?l) reach buck lo this Bingil of His life us r well us to tho beginning of Ills mlnlslryV itu would understand tho Seri pl ores better than those xvho questioned Him, noil many would doubtless re?oive some new light that day HS they heard Ibo Script u ros quoted in all < llietr simplicity and beauty. 48. "Son. why hast Thou thus dealt wit li us? Behold, Thy father and I have sought Thee sorroxvlng." This xvas His mother's ! t grouting after tho throo days' search. Ho '?? might have replied, Why did you go without ' >Ii>; parents look after children, not elli I- * ilren after parents, In chapter 5 of the Song i of Solomon the loved ono has a sorrowful , search because she did not cure enough for tier Beloved to Iel Him in promptly when Ho , jaded 40. "How is it that yo sought MeV Wist ye not that X must bo n' ont My Father's business?" This is His answer. The revised version gives "in My Father's house,or "in [hothings of My'Fal hor," Taus otirly in I Itu iltd He understand and speak of His great j mission. 51). "And they understood not the saying ! Willoh lin spake unto thurn." They did not j know ICim, even His mother did not under ?iuml llini, and just before He died Ho ha l ; to say tu one of the twolvo, "Have I been so i long limo With von nnd yet hast thou not known MO, Phillp?" (John xiv., 0). Un known and misunderstood .>,? n hoy and as i mr.n. how strangely lo ,.y xvns all His life. Does any boy or girl, young mau or young woman, foo! bi thom movings of the Spirit which even father and mother cannot recog nize, ihink of Jesus und xvait Clod's time, blessed aro they that xvait for Ulm (Isa, xxx., 18). 51. "And Hu went doxvn xvlth them and came to Na/.iiroth and xvas subject unto the il." And this covers tito next eighteen years. Whore aro the young men and women of to-day xvho aro thus cheerfully ?uibjcot? WU ero aro (ho older ones who aro iilxx'ays cheerfully subject to all our Ho iv- j nilly Father's plans and appointments? blessed aro all such, for (hey a rp in tho. , greatest mission on earth-that of submis sion. 52. "And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature end In favor with fled and man." Almost thu same words aro used of Samuel (1 Sam. H., 2(1), and we think of David, of whom lt ls written that "David xvont on and grew great (going and growing, margin), and the bord (tod of Hosts was with him.1 (II Brinn,v., 10). Tho words of Ezok. xii., 7, oft come IO mind in reference to tho dally life, for wo rea I there of an enlarging and n winding about, but il is always "still up ward." and "hy the midst" may "still up ward" bu our motto and "Jesus in tho midst" our inspiration.--Lesson Helper. TOO MUCH Ol.ASS. Manufacturers Decido to Shut Down Temporarily* As tho re ;lt of a meeting in Chioa? go, overy ..ndow glass manufactory in tho tl ii I tod States v. ill oloso doxvn January ll tb and romain olosod for four wockc, tho obj cot of this aotion being to ourtail tho produotion, Tho prioos and di?oountB aro to ro main the shmo. No othor business was ttansnoted by the association, whioh xvas oallod for tho express purposo of limiting the proluoiion, xvhich for soines time has far exceeded tho do? maud. This aotion moans n caving of 81,000,000 for tho mnim?aoturora and tho throwing out of employment o? thousands of mon, INCUKASl? O?*' FAILURES. IJr?ulstroot?8 Hus Reeoidod 13,018 fur tho Your. Brailstreot'a roviow of business for tho pant week, Kuy?: As is tho rulo in Christmas wot k. wholosalo Irodo bas hoon quiet. Tho holidays, tho oloso of tilo your and stock-taking toud to niako business slow, mid promise only a littlo trade until after January. In various cities, notably Now York, Bos ton, Baltimore and Chicago, anticipa tions os to tho character of trude curly lil the coming year, uro hopeful but it remains to bo seen whother tho down ward movement ot demand and prices and tho delay in putting tho onrronoy on a sound basis, all of which havo be llin to show themselves in trndo con ditions, will permit of ns corly and marked gains in Btaplo lines of trndo in J8(JG no has been confidently nntioi pated. Busiuoss failures in this country for a completed year number 18,013, an increase iu number of failures aro at tho west, northwost and in tho middle slates, decreases being.ehowp ir England; wtho 4youth, tuj.d-bn Pacific ooabt. The quotation for coko lias boon ad vanced, as well as those for mohair, wheat, indian oom, oats and for sugar, while for leather, hides, lumber, coal, wool, oolloo und print olotha quota tions are" unchanged. Eraotionul re actions are reported in prices of refined potroloum, cotton, pork, Hour, iron and steel. The week's features in oommorcial linea are a rathor bettor trade in Christmas specialties than expected, smaller business at tho wost from long continued rains and light stock of goods in hands of retailers, and tho pronounced movemont of fuuds from tho west to tho east, not only to pay interest but becau^o of tho hotter de mand for curronoy at tho largo finnn ?ial contera. WILL SPARK NONK. Turks Ordered to Kilt Mon, Womon and ChUdi'on. Anoflleial I ?l pgr a in received at Con itantinoplo from Z td ton n reports that tho Turkish forco< which have boon ulvancing for somo time upon tho lat er placo made a successful ambusondo md wcro victorious, but withdrew to Vlornsh, which placo offored botter facilities for tho encampment ot tho Toops. Other reports of tho engago nont havo it that tho Armenians von a victory over tho Turkish roOps and took about a hundred ir honors. Letters received in Constantinople rom tho interior show that orders mvo been issued to the Turkish sol li?rs to spare neitbor man, woman nor diild. A Protestant olorcyinun, pastor )f a church iii Zojtouti, hus neted in ho capacity of envoy in tho parleying hat has taken plano between tho Turks ind tho Armenians at that place, tho utter being in possession of tho town. VAN?>I'J??7H7FS PA LACK. Vcnr Asheville, N. C., Oponod with Gorgeous Ceremonies. Gcorgo Vf i Vanderbilt, tho youngest nalo member of tho great Now York ami ly of millionaires, formally opou id his country homo near Asheville, C., Christmas day. All immodiato nembcrs of tho Vanderbilt family now ii thiscountry aro guests at "Biltmoro ?OURO." Among them aro: Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, mother of tho owner of !iiltm??re ; Mrs. Bromloy, Jus aunt; Mrs. Ki san in, Miss Kissnni, Mr. and '.Irs. V. W. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. V, Seward Webb, and their daughter md sun ; Cornelius Vanderbilt and aniily, W. K. Vanderbilt, W. 1). ileane and family lind others. All of hese persona have como in their pri mto cara and brought with thom nn trmy of servants. A BIG FIGHT ANTICIPATED When 1ho Wngo Question llotwoon Minors nuil Operator* Comos Up. A special from Col unibus, O., says: A long light between tho miners and )porators over tho vages question foi ho new year is promised. Both the .oprosontiitives of tho miners and the 'oprosontatives of the operators were n separato sessions Friday, gotting .cady for tho fight which will oom o up n tho joint convention. Tho trunk lystem is tho bono of contention. Thc ni hers are dotcrminod that tho compa ?y storos shull bo abolished, and will leniund that whoro these storos aro op iroted and miners aro paid in atoro or lors 20 cents per ton shall bo added o tho prico of mining, This means ol sourso that the stores will be abolished f tho miners suoeei d. Tho oporators lay they will novor ngreo to tho do nand. ENGLAND MAKR8 THREATS. lays Unelo Ram Can Got No Moro British Gold. Tho London Standard, ooramontiug >n tho now Amerioan tariff bill, says hat it can only offer tho British in lustries, by tho prospeot of a height mod toniY, tho consolation that it ;annot hold Bway in Ibo United Btatos ,'ory long unless tho conditions of ;rado improvo very much. It is legit?malo to tell tho Amorioan people that they cannot havo moro British money so long ns thoir trado is conduoted on lines calculated to do Btroy tho productiveness of all capital or which it is impossiblo to know whother thoir debts will finally bo paid in gold or in paper worth from 20 to 25 conts on.tho gold dollar. HUNTING ALLI KS. Salisbury ^Vants Assistance Against America. Tho London Baily Nows publishes a dispatch from Vionna stating that Lord Snlisbury,tho British primo min ister, is negotiating with Franco and Holland with a view to adopting oom mon action against tho polioy of 1 res idont Clevohmd. Spain, tho dispatch ftddn, baa already ast-ured Groat Brit ain of her agreement with tho latter on tho question. It is boliovod that Great Britain, France, Holland and Spain will form a quadruple alliance to proteot their Amorionn pohst^sions against tho United State?. WHEN n man and woman aro married their romaneo c'oasoa and their history oommonoo?. CAPITAL KOTES. OOSSIP OK WASHINaiON IN Ult IK F PA11AOUAPH9. DolnK8 of tho Chiefs and Hoad? Q? tho Various Depurttrionts, Seorotary Horbort has praotioally coneludod to award tho ooutrnot for tho construction of battleships No. ? and 0 to tho Nowport Nowa Dry Dook and Shipbuilding Company, of Vir? ginin, at their bid of $2,500,000 for eaoh ship. A soaroh of tho records on, tho flin at tho navy department hau brought to light tho fact that Grover leland, in Oamdon oounty, Georgia, is tho prop ory of tho Unitod Stotos, For nearly a hundred years titlp to tho island Ima boon in dohbt. Itocord? show that jtho, island was ortnvoyed to tho Unitod States in 1779 by Josiah - Tattnal and Wife, but titi') no vor assorted. ''''''TlV??|Vosiofioh department b:>>.? .;.i,uV! tho i>rivilogo of tho mails to Ovo omi aerns conducting fraudulent entor* prises. Tho Mexionn Lottery Com pany, of San Louis Potosi, which Avas declared a fraud nomo timo ago, adopting a now method ?to scouro tho transmission of its matter through tho United Statoo Mails. To deceive tho postal authorities it frnnkod its ; envelopes as tho 1'Mexican-American Oonoo Culturo Company," but tho post?nico inspectors disoovorod tho decopliou. A. V. Yagor, of Nashville, Tenn., who has boon working tho old "fortuno in Fugland" sohomo on Amorionn oitizons, waa also oxoludod from tho mails. Minority JAat Completo. Tho domooratio stooling oommittoo hos completed tho assignment of tho minority roprosontotion on tho Sonato 3ominittoes. Tlio minority ohairman ?hips havo boon assigned as follows: Donforonoo room, Mr. Gorman ; on jrofisod bills, Mr. Cookrcll; epidomio lisoaso, Mr. Vest; Nicaraguan oana), Mr. Morgan ; privato lauds and olaimB, Mr. Harris; revolutionaryolaime, Mr. Pugh ; Potomno river front, Mr. 3oorgo; woman's suffrage, Mr. Call ; tdditiounl aocominodations for tho li brary, Mr, Voorheos; flvo oivilizcd ribos, Mr. Gray; transportation and iain of moat product?, Mr. Blackburn; jorporations in tho District of Colum bia, Mr. Jones, of Arkansas. Bond Hill Amended. Tho opposition to tho bond bill svhich devolopod with unoxpeoted rapidity among tho ropublioons ia tho liouso resulted in its amondmont Friday morning so .as to provont tho retirement of tho legal tondor notes. Tho impliod retirement of thoso Liotos in tho bill ns orginally agreed ?pon furnished tho inspiration for ouch of tho hostility to tho measuro un on g certain of tho ropublionna, ?yU/v, ucloug to wiiat is termed "tho sound nouey wing of tho parly." Tho ac tion of tho oommittoo nidifies this Hostility, and, in tho lnnguago of Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, through whoso .'fforta tho bill was amonded, "insures ts passage through tho honno." "VVhon tho ways and moans commit :oo mot Friday morning tho omond nont prepared by Mr. Hopkins was oner ted in tho bill ns a part of seotion I, and tho ohairman was directed to .eport tho nicaBuro to tho houso in dint form. Section 1 as amondod aftor giving m thor Hy to tho secretary of tho treas iry to soil com bonds boaring interest it 3 per oent, rodeemablo aftor Uvo rears, reads as follows : "And tho seorotary of tho ironsury ihall uso tho proceeds thereof for tho redemption of United States legal ton ier notcHand for no othor purpose; provided, that nothing in this aot shall bo construed to ropeal or modify tho not npprovod May 1, 1878, ontitled an fiot to forbid further rotiromont of United Statos logal tondor notos.'" Thon follows tho romaindev of tho ?eotiou with roforonoo to advertising tho bonds for salo. Another amondmont iusortod by tho oommittoo in sootion 1 pr?vidos that tho bonds shall bo payable in ilf teon years aftor thoir ?6ano. Seorotary Sinltl^s Uoply, Seorotary Hoko Smith sont to tho rouso Tuesday a reply to a rosolution nlroduoed by Mr. Flynn, of Okla homa, and ndoptod by tho houijft, call ing for information rolnting^tJHho al lotment of Wichita Indiioi lands in Dklahotna. Roplyhigyto the section '. af tho ro?olntioix^'*'1'0>?o I'OUHO of tho delay in op^tfiig tho lands to sottlo? ment tlitf"iscorotnry says that tho mat tor of ownership of tho landa is not ret definitely sottlod, arid ho is of tho opinion that it would bo unwiUo to - throw thoso lands opon to settlement ?viiilo tho claims of tho Ohootaws and Ohioknaaws orounsettled, lt. is un necessary, ho says, to disouss tho seri ous complications whioh might nriso involving tho Bottlers, tho Indians and tho govornthont by. snob notion. Im plying to that part of tho rosolution asking if any of Seorotary Smith's rob atives aro interested in delaying tho opening of tho lands to sottlcitiont, Seorotary Smith says : "Ono of tho oounsol for tho Wiohi tas in tho litigation is tho husband of tho second oousin of my wife. It will bo soon that tho' compensa lion of this oounsol is to bo a porcontftgo of tho monoy dorivod from tho sn(o of nurp Ins land in oaso it is dcoidort xthat tho Ohootaws and Chickasaws havo no ro versionary intorest in thoso lands, f am not nwaro of any intorost Whioh tho oounsol of tho Wiohitas can have in dolaying tho allotment and salo of tho Burplus lands. Noither has evor sug gested an intorost or doBiro on their part or thoir olients' part for dolay., No conncotion or relation by blood or morriago of mino is ootlng aa attornoy for any purly or parties interesteiLUL delaying tho opening of thoso landa to settlomont. No party or pnrtioK havo prisontedto tho tntorior department any ohjootion lo tho full and immortb Ito execution of tho aot of March,2, ..805, which provided for tho opi ning the InhiK" . wnoNO inrnRSfliONo. ?^ndy Guost~I felt c?rtalo thcrowas a man tn tho house last night. WannH LtUftt a Bhnngo fancy ? lloatoiw-Ou, our nook U a now I wotoan, you know.