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1)0 THOU O HEAT Jil MK HT Y INSPIRE OUR SOULS AN 1) MAKE OUR LtV^-S IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OH OOH pWATiiS GLORIOUS IN THY JUST DEFENSE. VOL. XXL BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., W M LS DAY, JAN HA it Y 8, 1.89(5. NO. 3 STATE NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF INTIGIMCST PAH. AGKAPIIIOALLY POUTKAYIGD In Conjunction With Political Notos und Pros? Comment. Tho snrvoys for tho lines for Snludn county have already boon m a do. Tho diagonals for tho lee.ilion of tho coun ty sont, however, huyo not yet boen run. Within n short time now tho movors of tho Carolina 'Cotton Mills expect to begin on tho additional slock that tho company ia to issue. Tho company is now capitalized at ?100,000, which is being paid up on tho instalment pion. Moro than thal amount has boon asked for and tho company will issue a now sorios of Btook in January for au addi tional 8100,000. A commission for a charter has boon issued by tho Soul h Carolina Midland company, of Barnwell. Tho corpora tors named ure J. W. Crow, J. Ii. V.tl luloiiRu and Mike Brown. Tho com pany proposes to start out with a cap ital stock of $150,000. Tho com mis sion nsks for gcm-rul powers, but its chief business appen ra to bo to promote immigration to the state and sell lands to thoso who como hero. Tho managers und clerks who con ducted thc election in September for dolegates to tho constitutional cou-' volition will be glad to know.il,iii their pay is in sight. Mr. MC W. Bowers, chairman of...tho board of election commissioners, has received from Comptroller (louerai Norton an ?fllciul ~?cJtju"st for n statement of expenses in . tho election. The regular warrant is enclosed to be filled out, and this will be done at Commissioner Power's first, opportunity. Chicago and New Yolk aro having quito a lively time in their trade jour nals over the Chicago Colton Im position. Governor Evans has re ceived quito a nu ni ber of letters on tho subject, und ho thinks that it is a lively nud inlcrcidiug scramble be tween Chicago and Now York for-the southern trade, which ho is satisfied will do the Houlh no harm. Ho hus already agreed to lot the state's ex hibit ut Atlanta go to Chicago. Mayor Sloan, of Columbia, is tho daily reci pient of papers and hitters with refcr ouco to the Chicago Exposition and tho warning lo look out for Chicago wind. Columbia's Dispensary Profits. Columbia is going to get her sharo of tho dispensary profits at lust. Sev orol days ago a meeting of the county ? board bf control was hold and tho mutter carno np. Mayor Sloan wau asked to appear bil f pr o tho board, ?ind botwcon them and Mayor Sloan a res olution was prepared for trannn'ssion to thu state board of control, which it is thought will settle tho mutter. The resolution iii substance reads: Be solvod, That it is the sense of this board that tho ol ty authorities of Co lumbia uro honestly doing all in their Shower to enforce tho dispensary btw, and that it is our opinion (hut the law is being enforced.- Wo respectfully recommend that you rescind your or der to this board and that tho city of Columbia be paid its quota from tho profits of tho dispensary sales for tho quarters ending July 30 and October BU, 3805. Alliance Meetings. Booen f ly the Farmers' Alliance bas taken some interest in business mat ters and Ibo Alliance Exclu? ugo now lias a considerable trude. Th oro have been efforts m ado to revive the Alli nnoo up i ri I. In sovoral of tho county papers calls for meetings-have been is sued, and it may bo the purpose to wake up tho Alliance lion. Ono of ibo announcements reads : Tho County Alliances of tin; 3rd district will hold their next quaiie.ly meetings on tho days indicated below, ?sj/: Abbeville, Tuesday, January 7; Newberry, Fri day, January 10} Picke)fe, Wednes day, January ID ; Oooj-Ce, Thursday, January 10; Ahdovuiu, Friday, Janu ary 17. ...dt'i ot tho District Al liance. John C. Watkins, Scorotnry of tho District Alliance. Tho Spread, of Lynching, Detective Newbold has roportod to Governor Evans tho result of hi? in vestigation into tho Colinton county affair, which ho was sent to look after. Governor Evans expresses himself as hoing pleased willi (he work that hus ticen dono by tho detective". Iii talk ing about the mutter Governor Evans said that it wau perhaps noteworthy that since he luis been in oOico nil of tho lynchings that ho remembered havo been for crimes, other than the ono that usually results in a lynching bec. There have been lynchings in Anderson, Greenville, \Ilampton and Colinton, but none of Ithom for tho usual crime, and in ono or two in stances where there was talk ol', lynch ing it was not lot tho usual lyVnohing crime. Thin ought to lead popple t< seo the danger of the practice. \ Gov ernor Evans expects tho now law to havo a decided t ff cot on lynchings,und intends to do all that ho cnn to see that it is curried out. South Carolina anil Augusta. In accordance with tho require ments of their charter tho stockhold ers of tho Soul h Carolina and Augusta Kai I l'oad Oom puny mot In Charleston a few days ago and organised by the ?leotiph of a board of directors. The following genii, men wei o elco! dd members of tho board ? August Bel' mont, !>. If, ; miil>, .1. P. Itrobsf, A. T. Smytho, A. M. Loo, Prank lt. Frost and J. Lamb Perry. Tho board hold a meeting lator and olectod Mr. August Belmont president of tho com pany. The ohartor for tho South Carolina and Augusta road was obtained from the logislaiuro Homo months sinoo by tho gontlomen whoro namos havo boon mentioned. It was golton shortly af ter tho LouisvilIonnd N?n,hvillo Syrern fuilod in its efforts to obtain oonlrol of tho South Carolina and Goorgia road, when that oompany passod from the hands of tho reooivor into thoso of its prosont owners. It was said at tho tuno Hint holli tho Tjouisvillo nod Nashville nml (lio Atlantic Coast Iii ho system woro behind tho chullor, ami that tho now linn , would bo built nt on co. A party of surveyors wore put in (hofloh)anilsurveys of tho proposed road worn made. Many propio hopo tint tho organization ol' tho company will result in moro work on tho pro poned road. Tho gentlemen who aro interested in tho onlorpriso Kay that there ia nothing now regarding it for publication. Colloton School IVoublo. Superintendent of Editent i on wray field visited Colloton several dava nuo to look into tho reported excesivo chargea for tho Internal ional Diction aries, and lu's report given nil lhere ia in tho matter and his conclusions aa to tho pay mont of tho claims, Jin re porta : lion. Jit in cd Norton, Comptroller Gen eral, Columbia, S. C. DK?U ?Sin : - I wont to Wal tor boro, according to nppointinhut, to investi gnto tho complaint tiled in my pffl?? aa to tho anio of Webster's Inter national Dictionary for moro than tho prioo agreed on between the stato board of examiners and the publishers, namely, 88.50 (69.25 with patent index) per OOpy, full sheep binding. I found that tho trustees had purchased the full morocco binding, willi patent index, at ?15 per copy,and a stand for $&s60y making 818 50 for tho book and .stand. I further found that, tho trustees had purchased a nu nj ber of Appleton's reading charts,' paying $12.50 each, whichihi Hie regular p'ieo. 'Tho trus tee;;-had issued warranta in j my nient for the hook,stand and charts,amount ing to about $1,800, and that tho school commissioner hud counter signed the warrants,and thal, tho payee (tho agent) had endorsed tho warrants and sold them to tho Wu Herborn bank, which holds them as innocent purcha sers, the warran I? all being ent irely regular on thoir faoo. There was no evidence before mo to show that the school commissioner wa? interested in tho Milo of tho books, st linds and charis. Tho evidence chowed that tho agent had submitted them to tho county board of examin era and ti nt board endorsed them at the prices ii a tired; that the school com . missioner called . meetings of tho boards of thistrec?--, '1fcok-j|iie agent in. Ina l uggyj charging him for n seal, and attended tho me -tiIIK#$?>f tho Irns toes. When tho sj^liool com mission or concluded-hisremarks to tho (r?steos he introduced tho agont and recom mended that tho trustees make tho jin reliase. Ii appeared that only fifteen copies of tho lnteanationul were purchased, Tho rest of tho money was spent for charts. All thia toole place in tho ?pring and and tho first part of tho summer of this year. About $100 was paid by tho county trensuror ou theso war rants. This i? tho school oonimii. siorior's flrnt year in oflloo, nod theso things happbnod boforo ho waa thor oughly informed HR to the duties of bia office, and I am unnblo to see any criminality on his part, though ho may havo been guilty of imprudenco. Tho agont making tho aalea was not tho agent of tho publishers of tho In ternational Dictionary and therefore tho ptiblishors aro not guilty of violat ing their contract, with tho stnlo. Tim whole matter,therefore, resolves itself into this: Moro waa paid for tho dictionary than should have been paid, tho claims are regular ott their face and in tho hands of innocent holders and, therefore, will have to bo paid. The school commissioner sh?itld havo informedhimself as to tho articles per mitted to bo sold in tho state by tho stale hoard of examiners and their prices, and should not have allowed any ot hors sold in his county. I recommend that you instruct tho treasurer of tho county to pay tho war rants. Yours truly, FORT SI'SIT lilt TO BR Rl?lCITTICD. Titree Batteries tn bo Hutu on Sull? A Washington speeial nays: Fort Bli ht ter is to bo rehabilitated and arm ed for "*tho prelection of tho city o.. Charleston, That old fortress that played such an important part, in tho opening of tho war ia again to bo lil ted with ten-inch niles and bo equip ped fot" tile defence of Charh ?lon har bor. Tho project has been under con sideration at tho war department for some limo pant, but tho question hun been brought directly to tho attention of Hie secretary of war, (len. Miles, the commanding general ol' the army, anil Cen. Craighil), tho chief of en gineers, by Representative Elliott, who represents the Charleston district. Ooh, Miles has rc co Illly been south, ami is heartily In favor of t ho restora tion of tho < 1 I fortification to a war like condition. It is not known whether tho renovation of Fort Sumter was duo to tho threatened coullict with (heat. Britain, but tho proposition meei? with tho cordial endorsement of all of tho officers named. Thero is something like $75,000 available for the fortifications in Charleston har bor, and tho siorctary of war is will ing that the money H li ott ld be expend "il upon F??rt Kn ni ter, and ? howl bat. tory on Sullivan's island, in tho samo harbor. ?Sinoo tho oloso of tho war Fort Sttm govornmont troops, For many yearn past an ordnanoo sorgeant has lived Inoro an a ?ort of watcher of tho rapid? idlly decaying govornmont property. ,Timo lias made but littlo impression upon its stout walls, but tho ?l?ments have played havoc with tho interior and the exposed portions of tho struc ture. It is estimated that, tho fort oan bo placed in good condition and made quito formidablo without tho expendi ture of a largo sum of inonoy. Tho prinoipal outlay will bo for guiis. It is a romarkablo coincidence that Fort Sumter, tho first fortification to figuro in tho lalo war, ia now tho first point of defense to got ready to resist foroign invasion. Evon if thero should bo no oconsion for conflict, it is con tondod that Fort Sumtoi should bo ro storod to its normal condition, and maintained with tho pamo oaro and fi delity that is omployed upon tho forti fications in New York harbor. Repre sentative Elliott was highly gratified at tho BticocBs of his visit to tho war dopartmout, and ho proposod to push tho mattor to an oarly settlement. While nt the war department Ooh W. D. M?Yi'iRim, van 's Island. Elliot met Ou pt, Abbot, who is in charge ot ibo river lind harbor im provements in and around Charleston. Capt. Abbot nb o agreed with his su periors that (ho fortifications in Clmrb ?ton should bo rehabilitated, lu addition to 'equipping and arming Fort Sumter it Wiso proposed to build three batteries on Sullivan's Island foi guns and mor tur?. Tho work on Sul livan's Island has been delayed by the di 111 oui ty in fixing tho price for thc property needed, but it is understood that Capt. Abbot expects to have thc matter adjusted SD that work may commence without further delay. As to sending troops to Sullivan's island, Gen. Mile? niy? he j? fully iu sympa thy with such a proposition, and he will do all in his power to havo tho now balli ries garrisoned without de lny. Upon e xu m i mi ti on.of tho subject it was ascertained that there uro now on Sullivan'? Island buildings belong ing to tho government, which may bo used as quarters for the troops. The site for one of the new batteries is quito near Fort Moultrie, and thu other two aro io bo ioeated according to tho judgment of tho chief of engineers. All of thcf-o but (erica will bo armed j with ten-i neb Hilos. Sumo time ago Cel.Elliott asked the secretary of war for a report on tho project contemplating the improve ment of navigation betweon Charleston and Henil fort by nunns of a cut through ^Fenwick's Island. Tho pro post d improvement was recommended Several ye in s ugo, hilt it was not pro vided for because of thel.ii-ge cost in volved. Capt. Abbot bas just submit ted his report on the project, which bo says eau bo completed at a greatly re duced ligure ns compared with the or iginal estimates. For from $113,000. tc $15,000 ii (dianucl of from forty-five feet to ninety fort can be eut between tho points named. I bick lid by Capt. Abbot's report, Col. Elliott will prosi the matter before the river ami harbin committee. GROWTH OK TUE SOUTH. I lie I ed esl rbi I Condition as Keported for tho Past. Werie. Reports of industrial and business condition? in (ho southern states for tho past week ind?calo (hat general business is fairly active, but does not increase in quantity, a.: the usual set tlements of affairs nt this season en gage attention. Recent variations in tho price of cotton attract but little at tention. Planters have marketed enough of the crop to realize lundi] for (hoir immediate needs, and ure holding back the rest in the belief, which in quite general, that tho price is sure to advil ll 00 again to a? high ii point as wa? reached in tho early part of tho Bcnsou. Textile mills continue to bo actively employed, and tho out put of manufactured goods is steadily increasing. Orders aro plenty und quotat ions aro firm. There is no ch it n mi in tho oon tlitioti ol'' tho iron' industry. Largo , orders aro not iden ti lui, .but small | ones aro humorous, and a good many order? received earlier in tho season uro not yet tilled. There ure rumor? of soilio irregularity in prices for iron, which, however, uro not confirmed. Coal miners are doing a very large business. Low water in tho Ohio river has provontod the transportation of much of tho coal usually brought from the coal region? of that valley, und hus caused n great incrense in tho demands mude in the southern mme?, which aro being worked to their full c.'ipuoity. Prices aro firm and steady, with un iidvanoing tendency. Lumber mills aro running on somewhat de creased time, but the lumber opera tors aro looking forward to an oarly increase in the di mund, which i? not at present, ?ejual lo tho full capacity of the mills in any branch of the bus iness. Among now industries established or incorporated during tho week aro the Thomas Gin end Machino Works, Lillias, Tex., capital $'20,000 ; the Paul Shcan Sanitary Plumbing and Manu- J fiicttiring company, Galveston, Texas, capital $'25,000, und the Consolidated Water and Electric Light and Power company, Sheffield, Ala., capital $250, 000. Tho Ray-Mourns company, limited, capital $80,000, ha? been chartered to lminiifiicturo woodenware ut New Or leans, La.; tho Junelion City Lumber company, capital $3*1,000, ba? been in corporated at Junction, Ark., and tho Norfolk Electric Light and Power company, capital $15,000, ut Norfolk, Vu. Thero i? also reported brick works at Crowley, lui., an electrical plant at Henderson, Ky., ice factories ut Char lotto, N. C., and new mines lo bo opened at Ashboro, N. C., and Pied mont, W. Vu. A sewer company lins boen chartered ut Temple, Tex., an <dl oonipniiy nt Wheeling, \V. Vu., and ootton mills uro to bo oreolod ut Ash ville and Resscuior City, in North Carolina, and nt Columbia and Spar tanburg in South Carolina. A knit ting mill will bo built at Charleston, S. C., a woolen mill at Louisville, Ky., and a tobacco factory at Pilot moun tain, N. C.-Tradesman (Chattanooga, MK L?H DISGUSTKD. Dunravon's Charges Wo'i'O All Dis proved. Tho curl of Dunraven, accompanied by his friend, Arthur (Sb-nnie, rear commodore of tho Royal Portsmouth Yacht Club, sailed from New York for England Saturday on board Um Cu harder Umbr?a, The investigation of tho charges made by Lord Dunraven against thosoih oh ar ge of thc Defender had not concluded when the earl and iii? henchman took (heir departure and only part of tho evidence in rob?ital had boon given when the special com mittee consisting of J. Pierpont Mor gun, ohnirmahS George Lockhart Rives, Kcoretnry ; William C. Whitney, Captain A, T. Malian, United State? navy, and Hon. E. J. Phelps, adjourned the hear ing till 10 o'olook Monday morning. Tho Dofonder ?yndicate presented testimony in rebuttal of that offered by Lord Dnnrnvou and although the gentlomon who wore present at tin in quiry rofused to talk for publication, it wns loamed on good authority that tho charges mudo by Lord Dunravon woro totally disproved. Toxos Firm Falls. Evans, Groon <fc Co., gonoral mor? chants at Athens, Tex,, havo fui hui. Liabilities $12)000. SILVER CHAMPION; COMMUN T ON TIIIO I* It ISS11) KN I'S FINANCIAL M1CSSAUIC. D?tiomipi?d in tlio Sbnuto-Clovoluml'i Folley Hind Hit by tho Press-A Inexperienced, reacher, lite. Tho strong silver men in ibo sennto do not disguise their dissatisfaction! with tho president's hint message. Omi ol' thom Haid that it waa now congress? time to go duck hunting, and congress' would do it. They say that it' tiU'Vo is danger in tho ilunuoinl nit nation, tin? president should have BOUtided Um note of alarm earlier. Silver men als do not hesitate to say that tho pr0B?K| dont eau not got through tho sonnt Hielt legislation as will bu ttnttsfuotor to him and that absolutely notion;' would bo nocompliahcd by congres"., staying in uosaiou during the holidays, Silver Sion Aro Content. .) Tho silver men, both in tho house! and Bennie, are perfectly content, ii?! they fully real i/.n Unit nono of ?lrr Cleveland's recommendations can bil , carried out, and that bia message i:; tho greatest boon that thc silver sido baa bad for tho last three year?. "Those reeoinmendationa bavo shown to Ibo world just what tho silver men bavo been claiming all along," said a well known congressman ; "that wo have .placed ourselves under (inanoial England, timi'( ?ml until wo beeomo in dependent financially wo cannot hope to cope with foreign powers, either in tho diplomatic or moro serious con tentious. Thc silver men in Ibo sen ate deploro tho message, but they real ize that what hus boen predicted by (hem must inevitably come to pass it' Mr. Cleveland baa tho backbone to sustain tho aggressive foreign policy which Mr. Olney baa inaugurated'." +** ls tho President Panic-stricken? The president's linancial message to congress was denounced at last Satur day's suasion of tho senate by Messrs. Stewart and Uti Hois. That iuess:ige, iii Mr. Stewart's opinion, proved (hat tho president was panic-stricken. Hut all that the president had to do to BUS lain tho national credit waa to poy tho | government obligations according to tho contract. "Eel- hint nnnounco that," Mr.Slow art exclaimed, "and thcro will bo no raids on tho treasury." Mr. DuRoia also condemned Ibo message and declared that it was "ut - terly, absolutely impossible lo ex change financially in accordance with tho president's recommendation," and that all that tho ?nossago had done waa to precipitate a fluanobil dfreuasion, Nobody, he Haid,wanted to have bonds issued, and nobody wanted to have uruuuMuulvs retired. Tfo nrnWfnucd ' v belief that tho Yest resolution would bo agreed to on tho next legislativo day, if a vote upon it waa uol prevent ed by tho aotion of tho president's friends. ?% A Tribute from fl old I toa. Tho Memphia Scimitar and tho Chattanooga Timoa aro pronounced gold standard newspapers, and it is a rart) thing for them to pay a tribute to a leader on tho silver aide of tho house. Bnt in tho base of ox-Speaker Ot isp tb Oy mako an exception. Ilia Bi ur dy loyalty and firmness, and tho ability with which ho administered bia nigh oille? mado auidi an impression upon our contemporaries that they do not disguise tho high ostoein in whick they hold tho Georgia congressman. Tho Scimitar ?Ky? : Tim Scimitar ?H diametrically oppnao'l to tho fliianoia) vagaries of Mr, Cri-p. but it Ulan pleasure in making l'a c?mpliniouta to him <\a a len 1er nf tito minoritv ill tho homo. Hom ecol, rosouroo ul an I skilled in speech, mid will bu bf great sorvloo to his pan y oil tho door. Tho Timos recently closed nu edito rial taking ?sano willi Mr. Crisp's sil ver policy by saying: And in B.iyil)ff tili? wo do not intend to Biy Unit (hep ia not u considerable perapitago ?ri our polillos Ho ia. Ho lina nomo ipia?lhi that pei tain to a Rieat lender. Ho la ganny ?nd adroit in debuto, mid ono of tho ri-adioit nun in tho honso. I bi in o.?ol UH well aa quick, alway* lina tho fud uso of lila facilities, and withal ho ia a clean nnd upright nam in lr*H piivnto lifo, It also compliments him upon pul ting nu ox ti agu i sher on Ilrat ono and then another of tho republican ruali lighta of tho house, and predicts tint bo will continuo tho Rood work and tinta mnko auro of the exposuro in Tho Record of republican folly niki dishonesty. It ia a pleasure to seo our gold standard neighbors making this volun tary r?cognition of tho sterling m?r??i of a man who is ono of their strongest opponents, BO far os tho linancial isauo is Concor ned. Rut Mr. Crisp ia ono of thoso fortunato men who cannot ho ignored or pushed into tho back ground. Ile possesses those solid, staying qualities which UOVOr fail to bring a man to tho front, and thoso who differ with him are tho brat to admit his commanding ability.-El chango. V Au Inexperienced Vonober. Secretary Smith ia evidently bidding for the position that Secretary Morton has ournod- that of funny man of tho present administration. li? saya that ho (looa not believe that Up to 181)2 ho know how many grains of gold and silver Ibero were ina dollar, and tint bo doe? not boliovo that up to Hut timo ho know what tho ratio waa. If this is true, tho wonder is that Hie prosidont selected such an ignoramus to boa member of tho cabinet. And it ia also wonderful ibat a mun who says ho so recently know abso lutely nothing about tho finanoinl quostion, should now undertake to li? struot tho Coorpia legislature on tho siibjeot. Mon who did not know thoir alphabet th roo years ago am not oapablo of tenohing yet. This Seorotary Smith should knoW. Ho should study tho quostion ton or ftftoon years longer before bo undor takes to sot up a financial school. Seorotary Smith was an earnest ndv? onto of tho free and unlimited ooinniio of silver in 1802, or, in othor Words, up to tho time when bo ontored Proai dont Olovelaiid's eabinot, and seine may think that bo is only protending to iiavo beon ignorant before iib oij il tho school of Professor Ole vc ail. It must bo admitted, howover, flint t hero is muoh in Secretary I Bm i th's speech bofor? tho Georgia legislature that goos to show I hut ho is on ti roly si libero in his assertion (lint ho know nothing of tho (liiauciiil tptes tion in und that would also huyo borne out flin assertion if ho hud muda il, that ho hud not learned muoh f.iuoo then. Secretory Smith suya that Alexan f. dor Hamilton and Thomas J< lVorBon favored tho ratio of lo to 1 a century ago, benn usu il wau Dion tho oom ni er oin) ratio. Ho nays ho agrees with thom-(hat if, ho favors the present commercial ratio, which ho afterwards, in i lY- ot, mys is 8'.i to 1. If ho hud not ntaled how ignoro nt ho was th roo years ago, t ho man of nvorugo in tel li go OOO would hav ) thought him Unban did, for tho man ol' nvorugo intelli gence khpwa (hut about fifteen to ono wno tho ratio whoo gold and silver were treated Ali lt and that tho ratio ' of thirty to ono hon prevailed only since li'ies having nearly two-thirds of io Coin of tho world have, stopped tho' i reo coinage of silver and continued tho ooinago of poid. Oountrios that coin ovor ono hundred millions a year in gold, and that will coin any amount that is (ilVered at tho minis, now eoin no silver except for small aim Ugo. and buy tho silver they coin for Ibis pur pose ut thu lowest prioO ut which usuf lloiout amount is not offered. If Soo rotary Smith had not told how ignor ant ho wibi,ho might have booti accused of insincerity ?it ignoring tho effect that this difference of ono hundred inillioll dollars, or more, in demand, would mnko on the market i>rico of tho two metals. Tho average man would readily understand that this discrimi nation is tho only reason why the commercial ratio is now thirty to ono, instead of nix teen to ono, but n man who did not know ill 18?2 what thu ratio wan might not understand it. The secretary says it. costs only 50 cents au on ll co to mino silver, and ninety-live cents on tho dollar or about SIB.(>() per ounce, to mino gold. How does Secretary Smith know this? I All it matter ol' incl he does not. It all dope ll du op tho richness of the mines. There is not as much uniform ity in thu cost of mining, as ?B in tho size of houses. From beginning to end Secretary Smith's Bpoeoh is full of arguments wlt??h go to provo tho siucority of his Statement Unit only three years ago ho did not know what tho ratio was bel ween gold and silver. As no ono disputes his statement, however, there is no need of argument, to provo its truth. -Kia. Times Union. ' "Tho fteal und Sensible Curo.*' "Tho ronl ?nil soi sibl . euro Ihr oiir rcpnr ring I roubles omi only bu i ff ol eil by ft completo chungo in our (Innnein) Bohemo."-Tho Profit lieut's Kptci.il Mt milgo. Mr, Cleveland's last mcssngo lo con fc.'tuit.. -..-..eu on ti.? ??-.-.ainky feeling 111 Wall street, otihsbd by tho unloading of American securities by British cap italists, foreshadows a strong effort on the part of tlio administration and the gold monometallisls to force through congress a bill retiring tho greenbacks and treasury notes. In other words, Mr. Cleveland seems to desire to make tho ruinous effects of tho British gold standard an excuso for fnstoning it moro securely on tho people and per petuating it in our system. It will bo impossible to carry this Bohonio through. Pressure from Wall stteet and other financial centers may cause tho republicans in tho hoitso tu commit themselves to tho contraction i policy, but it will provo tho ruin ol' their party with, tho people. More over, tho soil Om o will bo called to n halt in tho senate. Tho freo coinage mon in that body have tho nervo tc stand bet ween tho people and ibo ruin ous contraction of thu currency pro posed, and they will do so. Thon will bo little discussion of the. iiuestioi: in thnt body. Tho bill will bo killoe by tho il nanoo oommittoo. Tho situation is entiroly differ on I from that which accompanied tho un conditional repeal of tho purchasing o?anse of tho Sherman act. Then Mr, Cleveland's financial policy was liol dearly known. His most int ininti porsonnl friends declared to congress mon that ho was a bimotnlHst, Evei Senator Yoorhees, who had charge 0 tho unconditional repeal bill, roly ill f on information that lio recoived di roo from tho while hotiso, declared tba tho unconditional repeal of tho silvo pureh ising elauso was tho Hist step to ward freo coinage. But for that declaration and tho a* snrancos of men who had Hie conlldene of Mr. Olovolnnd that ho was not i favor of gold motiomotalism, tho r< peal could never have boen compnssei Tho timo is pmtt when tho silver mo could bo dragooned into support!ii moasurcH oontrary to their views an ruinous to tho best interests of tl: people. So that Mr. Cleveland wi haVO lo seek some qther remedy ft preventing a premium on gold, E will have, to go bil issuing bonds ai: getting tho peoplo deeper and deopi into debt. But in tho bourse of his special mo Hugo to congress, ho mal?es a Migge tion that we heartily indorso. Ho d ?lares that "tho real and sensible eui for our recurring troubles can only 1 .tiYebtod by a completo change in pi financial sahume." This in so true th wo wondor at tho persistenco wi which Mr. Cleveland insists on a me modification of our system, T greenbacks and tho treasury noten a promises to pny and rest on tho crei of tho government. To retire th?: and rest tho responsibility of isstiii and redeeming paper notes on t banks is simply a til od i libation of o syslom; wo tduill havo tho ?amo dil culty in maintaining speoio paymoi if tho bank notes aro to be in fido i doomablo in gold. Tho substitution, therefore* of ba notes tor government notos is not complota chango in our Amino Bchemo," but only modilloation modification that is sure to onrry cl astor and ruin in its wako. 'Phero only ono remedy that v/ill oflfeof. "I ronl and sensible ouro for our reourri i troubles," and that remedy invol "a comploto ohango in our fl liane I soli?me." It is tho rmiody I bimetallism ; it is tho reiht of restoring silver to ils old (.) in our uflohemij"--a ph? O' lr which lt was rudely 'mid ruiuou thruotby republican otuispiriUore r> ing fu concert with tho agon ts of tho inonoy power. Thut ia tho roul and sensible euro for our recurring trou bles"-(roupies thut hover occurred nor recurred until after tho domonoli /.ilion of (silver. "What is needed ia td restore silver to ita plnoo as a part of the Standard and fundamental ninney of tho country. Whoa this is dono wo shall haye a restoration of prices and values, a restoration of business and individual prosperity and a re storation of industr_.il activity.-At lanta Constitution. SABBATH SCHOOL liNTl'JItN ATf ON A L LNSSON VOll J AMJ AU Y 12. Lesson Text: ??Tho fl o y .Jesus," Luko H., -HM;*-. -Ooldea Text: Luko H., C2~-Co ni ut on ta ry. 40. "Ami Ihr, child prey? and waxed strone, inspirit, llllnd willi wisdom, und ibo ginee of (tod was unoa Him." lu our recent wl:r'ali?- '''?s^n -ivlilcli .i.ef ,;{U\ \}l fresh in oin-' ndndH. wo Mi;id lim woiuiVolM ' ' story of lils birth and were. J. trust, profited ? by tim faith and testimony of tho shepherds. Then followed tile, visit of lim Wiso men. thu presentation in tho toni plo. the High! Into F ypl and ret urn io Nazareth. After whtoh wu know nothing of Him HU His baptism nt tho airo bf thirty beyond what is recorded ia thin ver.se ami in this lesson. In tim quint rOtiromeht of Nazareth lin prow both in physical and in spiritual still lim and lived in. thc favor of (Ind, Ho ha I a bo ty of Hedi and blood, such a* wo have (I lei). H., ll), but Ho had no sin (Irob. vii., 20; lt Cor. v., 21). .ll. "Now His parents went to Jerusalem evcrv year at Um foot of tho passover." Willie only tho mates wore commanded to at tend Hm feasts (Rx. xxiii.. 17) it would seam thai, woman also went to lim feed of tim pas sover fl Sam. i.,7). When wo connot? il pas sover story, tl is always well tot bini.- of Um safety of tiloso who aro under Um blood and the fellowship ot Hmso who obediently feed lipon the Lamb. Sn.I VII ti oil depends upon tho blood alone, bul fellowship and prowl ii depend upon our entine: llbri continually whoso blood we aro redeemed, His own los? Ibnoiiy is, "Ho that an* ot h Mo, even ho shall live by Afc-' (John vi., f?7). .iii. "And wlum He was twelve year* old, limy went up to Tor usn I um aftertho custom af tim feast." Wo weald Uko to know His thoughts coiioorninp this, His first visit lo Um Holy City, We may imagine (lint as Ho was not taken up willi s eel np tim city when He pot lhere, so Ile was not overmuch ooou in'ed with sights ulong Um wav. Windover if Old Testament story was associated with Hu? pl neos they would pass through we may in? sure If ? would think und perhaps talk of thom, for ir? was weil vorsod in Ibo Ber lo in ros 4H. "And when thov hud futflllodttio davs, is they returned Um child Jesus tarried bo? lind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and Ills mother '<ncw hot of il." Jerusalem ls culled Hm ITolv City, and tho City of tho Ornat liing (Math, iv., 5; v., ?15); by its prent sin lt is calle I tho city whore our Lord was 3ru ol ibid (Hov. xl..'8), but it shall yet bu jailed a Cit v of Truth, and the Throne of tho Lord (Keull. Viii., il) Jnr. iii., 17). Thnt Lord 3hull provo to b? nono ?thor than thin sanm TeflUS without whom Joseph and Mary Start iid from J?rusalem for Nazareth. Did they think enough of Him? .ll. ''Out they,supposing Hhn to, have baon ' in the company, weal ii day's lourney." Sup posing and woodenup are not the roads to peace and assurance and uro apt to fliiusi) ns many sorrows. Just think what dismay it inbuilt work if wo should attempt lo travel l by t ruin or steamer supnosinp that wo knew n".v. itni-s vf H-??"?ti ?o ono In mnttdrs eternal rest tn anything short ol an assur ance well founded. 45. "An I when they found Him not, limy turnod back again to .lerusalem, scold no; Illili;" Any oin? who has ov?r had a child stray away for a bmper or shorter tl ino cnn sympathize somewhat with Marvin tilts bx? porlenco, Did they confess io liol their negligonco and MS'; Him to pal le thoth? Dbl they remember Ps. xxvil., 8; fsa. xxx.. 21, mu? Vs. !.. 15? Porhfips they will toll us about it seine dav. 4(1. "An I it cam" lo pass thal after throe days they found Him in Um temple." Not sold lip the si ph ts of tho great eily, but in ills Father's house at a bible study. We may safely lliluk of Him assaying to these toaolt ers. "What is w.itton?" "How icadest tliou?" To Joseph and Mary om? hour's neg loot bad brought thron days',anxiety. To many an hour's neglect has often brought a lifelong sorrow. To neglect tho soul's welfare will bring eternal sorrow. Seo Job xxxvl., 18; Hob. II. j ?; .17. "And all that beard Him were tinton* ?shod at His understanding an 1 answers." If John tho ila pt ?st was Ulled willi the Subit from lils hirth, bow much more must Jesus buve linen so tilled! And will not the phrase "Jesus knew from the beginning ( John vb, Cl) reach buck to this slape of H?s lifo us well as to tho bepinninp of His ministry? Ile would understand the Scriptures bettor than those who questioned Him, and many would (loutitless receive nomo new light that (lily tts tiley bearii thc Scriptures quoted in all their simplicity and beauty. ?IS, "Son. why luist Thou thus dealt with us? Behold, Thy father and I have sought Thee si? rio wi np." This was His mother's ' preetlnp after tho ihren days' search. Ho i might have replied, Why did you po without j Mo; parents look after children, not chil dren titler parents. In chapter 5 of the Soup of Solomon Ute loved ono has a sorrowful j search bemuse she ?lid not care enouph hil lier beloved to lol illili in promptly when Ho . called 40. "How ls il that ye sought Me? Wist yo not that I must be about My Father's nosiness?" Tills is HtHluisWOr. Tho revised version pives "in My Father'shousoV' or "111 tho thlnp.i of My EVtlhor." Tn us emly in life j did He understand and speak of His prent j mission. fit). "And Moy understood not tho saying ! which Ho spake unto thom." They dbl not j know Htm, even Ills mother did not under- j stand Him, ami just before He died Ho ha I ; to say to one of the twelve, "Havo I been so i long time with y?u and vet hast thou not known Mo, Phillp'/'' (John xiv., 9). Un known and misunderstood ",s ii boy and as II mr. ti, bow strangely h. ^.y was all His life. I Docs any boy or pit), young mau or yoting woman, fool in them movings of tho Spirit Which even lather and mother cannot roeog- | ni'/.e, think of Jesus und wall (tod's Unie, blessed aro they that walt for Ulm (Isa. xxx., 18). 51. "And He went down with thom and caine to Nn/.aioth and was subject unto Hu n," And this covers tho next olphlnou years. Whore are Ibo young mon and women of to-day who are thus Ohoor.illlly Subject? Where are the older ones who aro always cheerfully subject to all our Hoiv enly Father's plans and appointments? lilc'sscd aro all si. eh, for they are in tho. greatest mission on earth-that of Submis sion? 52. "And Jesus increased in wisdom and si nt uro ?nd In favor with Clod and man." Almost the raine words are used of Samuel (I San?, il., 20). and we think of David, of whom il ?A written that "David went on and grew great (going and pro wing, margin), und Hu? Lord dod of Hosts was with him.-' (II Sum. v., 10). Tho wonh of Fzok. xii., 7, oft come io mind in reference lo tim dally life, for we rea I there of an enlarging and a winding about, but il is always "still up ward." and "by the midst" may "still up ward" In? our ' motto and "Jesus in tho midst" our inspiration.-Lesson Helper. TOO MUCH GLASS. Manufacturers Decido to Shut Down Temporarily! As the result of a meeting in Chica go, overy window glass manufactory in tho United Hiatos will close down January 11th and romain olosod for four weeks, tho objoot of this notion being to onrtail tho production. Tho prices and discounts aro to ro main tho same. No othor businoss was tl antidoted by tho association, whioh was called for thc express purposo of limiting tim pro.luoiion, whioh for B?hio timo han far exceeded Ibo do maud. This notion moans a paving of $1,000,000 for tho mnnufaotnrors and tho throwing out of employment ol thousands of mon. INCRKASK Ol?' FA I LU HKS. Bradstreet's Has Recorded 13,018 fur tito Your. Bradstreet's reviow of busiuces for thu past woolf, says: As is tho rulo iu Oin indium wet lt, wholesale Irado lins boen (Hilft. Tho holiduyp, tho eloso of tho your und stock-taking tond to "inko business blow, ?nd premiso only a littlo I rn du until nf tor January. In various cities, notably Now York, BOB ton, Bal tim oro and Ohioego, anticipa tions as to t ho churactor of (ratio em ly in tho coming your, aro hopeful but it remains to bo noon whether tho down ward movement ol domiind and prices lind tho dolay in putting tho ourronoy on a Hound basin, all of which havo be llin to show themselves iii trad o con ditions, will pormit of as early and marked gain's iii staple linos of trade in J.8UG au has been eoniidontly antici pated. Businoas failures in this country for a completed year numbor lt),Ol il, an incrouso in number of failures aro at tho west, northwostand in tho middle ?'ates, decreasec teing chown ir "E?ng'lnhd;-i%v tho- south: un.] on Paei ile ooast. Tho quotation for coko haR boon ad vanced, as woll us those for mohair, 1 wheat, indian corn, outs and for sugar, 1 while for loather, Indos, lumber, coal, wool, oolloo and print oloths quota- 1 tiona are' ttnohangod. Fractional ro- 1 notions are reported in priers of refilled 1 potroloum, cotton, pork, Hour, iron 1 and stool. ' The week's features in commercial linos aro a ratlior bettor Irado in 1 Ohristmas specialties than expected, nm ni 1er business at tho wost from long continued rains and light Btook of goods in hands of retailors, and tho pronounced movemont of funds from tho wost to tho east, not only to pay interest but became of tho better do marni for onrroney at tho largo finan cial centers. ] WILL SPARK NONIO. , Turks Ordered to Kill Mon, Women \ and Oh 11(1 ron. An official tclognim received at Oon- , stunt ?imple from Zuitoun roports that ] tho Turkish forcot which have boon j advancing for sonio time upon tho lat ter placo made a successful ambusoado ( and woro victorious, but withdrew to { Manish, which pince ofibrod botter ] facilities for tho oncainpinout of tho \ troops. Other roports of tho engago- f mont have it that ' tho Armoninns ( won a victory over tho Turkish | troops and took about a hundred prisoners. Letters received in Constantinople from tho interior show that orders ' havo been issued to tho Turkish sol- 1 dh rs to sp:ire. noithor man, woman nor J child. A Protestant olercy man, pastor * of a church in Zoitoun, has acted in ' tho capacity of envoy in tho parleying 1 that has taken placo between tho Turks 1 and the Armenians nit that plaoe, tho 1 latter being in possesejon of tho town. 1 _ i VANDKUBII/l'S 1*A LACIS. I -? I Near Asliovlllo, N. C., Oponed -wltlt t Gorgeous Ceremonies. I Gcor?o W. Vanderbilt, thoyoungoet 1 malo member of tho great Now York t family of millionaires, formally opon- i cd his country homo near Asheville, N. C., ?hristmas day. All immodialo I members of tho Vanderbilt family now i in this country aro guests nt "Biltmoro i House. " Among thom aro: Mrs. William II. i Vanderbilt, mother of tho owner of i Biltmoro5 Mrs. Bromley, his aunt; Mrs. Kissam, Miss Kissum, Mr. and I Mw. F. W. Vniidorbilt, Mr. and Mrs. i W. Howard Webb, and their daughter i and son ; Ooreolius Vanderbilt and ; family, W. IC. Vanderbilt, W. 3). Sloauo and family and others. All of i these portions have como in their pr? valo ours and brought with thom an > army of sorvants. A BIG FIGHT ANTICIPATED 1 When tho Wilgo Quostlon Botweon milners and OponUor* Comes Up. A special from Columbus, O., says; ! A fong light between tho minors and operators over the wages question foi tho now your is promised. Both the ' representatives of tho miners and thy I representatives of tho operators wore I in soparato sessions Friday, gotting ready for tho fight which will ooino up in tho joint convention. Tho tmok j system is tho bono of contention. The ^ miners aro determined that tho compa* ) ny stores shall bo abolished, and will j demand that whoro these ?toros aro op- ] oratod and miners aro paid in storo or- < dors 20 couts per ton shall bo ad dod j to tho price of mining. This moans ot courso that tho stores will bo abolished if tho minors sucoei d. Tho operators \ say they will uovor ngreo to tho do maud. . KNGLAND RI AK 15 S TH RIC ATS. gays Unelo Sam Can Got No Moro British (?old. Tho London Standard, oommonting on tho now Amorican tariff bill, says that it can only offer tho British in dustries, by tho prospect of a hoight cnod tariff, tho consolation that it cannot hold sway in tho United States very long unless tho conditions of trade improvo vory much. It is legitimate to toll tho Amorican pcoplo that they cannot havo moro Hritish monoy so long HS their trado is concluded on lines calculated to do stroy tho productiveness of all capital or which it if* impopsiblo to know whother thoir debts will finally bo poid in gold or in pnpor worth from 20 to 25 oonts on tho gold dollar. HUNTING ALLI KS. Salisbury "Wants Asslstanoo Against America. Tho London Daily Nows publishes a tfispntoh from Vionna stating that Lord Salisbury,tho British prime min ister, is negotiating with Franco and Holland with a viow to adopting oom mon notion ogninst tho polioy of Pr?s ident Oloveland. Spain, tho dispalch ndde, hns already assured Groat Brit oin of her agroeraont with tho latter cn ibo question. It is bolioved that Great Britain, Franoo, Holland and Bpain will form a quadvuplo allinaoo to protoot their Amor icon pohSttMions against tho United States. WnrtN a man and woman aro married I their romaneo oousoa and their history oommoncoo. CAPITAL NOTES. UOSSip OK WASHINGTON IN BIUF,F PARAGRAPHS. H?ings of tho Chlors nncVHoads of tho Various Dopnrtmonts. Seorotary Horborfc has praotioally concludodto award tho oontrnct for tho construction of battleships No! 6 and 0 to tho Kowp?rt K?wn Dry Dook and Shipbuilding Company, of Vir ginia, at their bid of ?2,500,000 for each Bhip. A ?oaroli of tho rooords on tho illo at tho navy dopnr troon t han brought to light tho fact that Grovor ''i aland, in Camdon county, Georgia, is tho prop ory of tho United Statoa. For nearly a hundrod years titlo to tho inland lino 0 beon in doubt, vltooorda ?how that tho island wna convoyed'to tho United States hy 1770 by Josiah Tottnal end Avile, but fit! ) nevor asar'jted. Tho po??o?Y.o'b deptivtth^it b?^d -'.i > "i ? tho privllogo of tho maila to il YO con 3erns conducting fraudulont 'enter prises. 'Tho Mexican Lottery Com pany, of Son Louis Potosi, which wno 1 colored a fr und somo timo ago, ulopting a now motbod -to accuro llio transmission of ita matter through tho Uuitocl Statoo Mail?. To docoivo ^ tho poatal nutboritics it franked ito oiiYolopoB an tho "Mcxionn-Aniorionu Ooftoo Culturo Company," but tho poatoilleo iuBpootoro disoovorod. tho .. decoption. A. V. Yager, of Nashville, Tenn., who has boon working tho old "fortuno iu langland" soborno on Amorienn oitizons, W03 also cxoludod from tho mails. Minority Lint Complote Tho domocratio stooring oominittoo iras oomplotcd tho assigumont of tao minority representation on tho senate 3oimuittoo8. TJio minority ohairman ships bavo boon assigned aa follow?: Donferouoo room; Mr. Gorman; en- ' jiosaod bills, Mr. Cookroll ; epidemic iiaoaao, Mr. Yest; Nicaraguan canal, Mr. Morgun ; privato lands and olaims, Mr. Harris ; revolutionary ohiims, Mr. Pugh; Fotonmo river front, Mr. 3oorgo; woman's suffrage, Mr. Call ; ulditional accommodations for tho li brary, Mr. Yoorneos; ilvo oivilizcd ribos, Mr. Gray; transportation, and inlo of moat produotp, Mr. Bluokburn; lorporatioiis in tho Distriot of Colum bia, Mr. Jon ea, of Arkansas. bond Dill Amended. Tho opposition to tho bond bill tvhioh developed with uuoxpeoted rapidity muong tho ropublioans in tho louso resulted iu its amondmont friday morning BO ,na to prevent ibo retirement of tho legal teador lotos. Tho implied retirement of thoso lotos in tho bill ns orgiually ngroed ipon furnishod tho inspiration for nuoh of Ibo hostility to tho measuro imongcertain of tho republinnno, ??l>-\...'. joloug to what is x?tmed "tho sound noney wing of tho party." Tho ac ion of tho committoo nulifica this lostility, find, in tho languago of Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, through whoso d?orts tho bill waa amonded, "insures ts pnasngo through tho boneo." Whpn tho waya and moans commit* :oo mot Friday morning tho ninend nont proparcd by Mr, Hopkins waa inserted iu tho bill an apart of seotion 1, and tho ohairnian was di rooted to report tho measuro to tho house in that form. Sootion 1 as omoudod af tor giving m thor i ty to tho secretary of tho treas ury to soil com bonds booring interest \t 0 per cent, rodeemablo aftor live yeera, reads ns follows: "And tho secretary of tho treasury shall uso the proceeds thereof for tho redemption of United States legal ten der noten and for no othor purpose j provided, that nothing in thia aot shall bo couatrticd to ropeal or modify tho sot approved May 1, 1878, entitled an aot to forbid fur thor retirement of United Slates legal tondor notos.'" Then follows tho romainder of tho seotion with roforonoo to advertising tho bond? for salo. Another amondmont insortod by tho rjommittoo in sootion 1 pr?vidos that tho bonds shall bo pay ubi o in flf tcon years nftor their iesuo. SccrotoirySmith's Reply. Secretary Hoke Smith sont to tho muso Tuesday a reply to a resolution n traduced, hy Mr. Flynn, of Okla ioma, and ndoptod by tho hou?rt; oall? mg for information rolnting^tJlho al otment of Wiohita Indi/m Ianda in Dklahoiua. Itoplyinbiri' ibo seotion ol tho rosolution^w-'fo tho causo of tho tlolay iii oj?frt'-Tjg tho lands to settle ment tjjtfvecfirotary ?fty** that tho mat ter of "ownership of tho lands is. not pot doflnitoly sottlod, and ho ia of tho opinion that it would bo unwise to i throw thoso lands opon to sottloment whilo tho ohiims of tho Ohootawa and Ohiokoaav/s aro unsottlod. It ia un necessary, ho says, to dismiss tho seri ous coniplicfttioua whioh might ariso Involviug tho Bottlors, tho Indians and tho govornmont by suob aotion. Po plying to that part of tho resolution asking if any of Seorotary Smith's, rel atives tiro interested in dolaying tho opening of tho lands to sottlcniont, Seorotary Smith says: "Ono of tho oounsol for tho Wiela tas in tho litigation is tho husband of the Booond cousin of my wifo. It will bo Been that tho compensation of this oounaolisto bo a peroontago of tho monoy derived from tho aa(o of surp IUB land in caso it is deoided ..that tho Ohootaws and Chickasaws bavo no ro* vcrsionary intorcst in thoso lands. ? om not awaro of any intorcst whioh tho oonnsol of tho AViohitas can have in dolaying tho nllotmont and salo of tho aurphiB lands. Noither has ovor sug gested an interest or desire oh their partortholr olienta' part for dolay. k No oonneotion or relation by blood or marringo of mino is ooting as attornoy for any pur ty or parties iiitereated-lU. -r~ delaying tho oponing of those lands to , ' settlement. No party or parties bavo prisoned, to tho interior department any objeolion to tho full and immodl Un exeoution of tho not of March 2, ,.803, which provided for the opening I be h? nd-." , wijioso ?MPna?si?Ns, lady Guest-1 felt certain (boro waa a mun la tito house hist night. <> Wasn't thfit ? Btnuigo fancy ? Iloates?-'-Oib our iook la a now woburn, you know.