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EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., SEPTEMBER 26, 1895. ETA1LSHF 1844. b ~300VENTION NOW IN SESSION AT THE STATE CAPITAL. Many.Important Measqures Introduced. The Proceedings from Day to Day. THE TENTH DAY. Although Friday's session of the Consitu tional convention was apparently a rivolour one, full of good nature and humor, with nothing of consequence before it, so far as the general public could see, it was in reality a session that meant the taking of a longer step towards the real business for which the convention was called than the whole of the tortnight's public proceedings put together. The convention was put in a position where it can take up some of tho most vitally im portant matters it will have before it. The con.mittecs en the legislative and executive devartments. on amendments to the Gonsti tution, on fluance and taxation and on mu nicipal corporations and police regulations submitted their reports on all the matters re ferred to them under their sevral heads in the shape of arti:les to the Constitution. The provisions presented in the several arti cles reported have been agreed to by the committees and on the committees that pre pared them are some of the most prominent men on both sides in the convention. Hence it is Pretty safe to say that there will hardly be many changes made in the articles as re ported. Therefore, viewing the matter in this light, as a good many delegates do, the public is placed in possession of a good por tion of what will likely be put into the new Constitution. On some Ethings there will of course be big tights all along the line. The state constitutional shadow over the dispen sary law is removed by the provision on that subjeet which has been presented. Charles ton is to have one senator only, according to the committee's report. A constitutional two mill tax is pr.vided for school purposes, as is also an animal catation tax. Woman's '1s Temporary Cqalrian Aldrich. zuffra'ge tpon a prop~~erty qualileati&-n ff~re ported favorably for certain municipal elec - .one. Four years terms of office are provid ed for members of Lhe General Assembly. Another provision provides for the keeping of the homestead provision pretty much as at present. Several ordinances and resolutions met a somewhat sudden and unexpected death. among them being "Uncle" George Tillman's whipping post ordiance, the killing of which means no doubt that the whipping post system is forever dead in the State of South Carolina. Mr. MeMahan offered the following: No person jshali be debarred from beixng a witness or juryman, or from voting or holding office, or from any other right of - ilege enjoyed b any other e tizen of this T inamn. on surr . State oil account of his opinion respecting religion." IR. B. Anderson. one of the colored mem bers, offered the following: "Whereas, the diffusion of knowledge as w'ell as virtue among the people, tends to make them industrious and law abiding people. be it. "Res&olv'ed. by the people in convention assembled, That the Legislature, as soon as practical, establish an industrial school or college for the higher education of the col oredl boys and girls of this State, which shall not be under the- control of any denom inational. sectarian society or organization. And the Legislature shall madk suitable pro vision for the support and maintenance of the same. The following report of the com-nittee on amnendments was presented by th. chairman Mr. J. B. Morrison: .. .- n : - wnaennents report the .1 .'.; an. ie f ,option ia the Cor-ti 1I it i -u of tie article presented by Col. 1: )1 . irih: A Amendmeut and Reviion, ol th . Contittioni. - 1. Any amendment or amend into ti Constitution may be proposed Inthe Se:te or House of Representatives. l i~ -: :iaw be agr::d to by two thirds of the .m'mher, 'ie:t.A to .- !3ous, such amend :not or a:ut'Wl1eimts shall be entered in the jo:ir::a:$ r.-s'-tiv,lv with the yeas and nays t;!:h;ierc-.n: and the same: shall be sub :ni:- t .> )im qulied electors of the State, at th nv.t 1tr ,l election thereafter ior r.*.sc:tati. il it a majority of the elec t'r :i:L-i to vt' for members of the a - . -i!Iv. votin: thereon. shall vote i: favr uf *:id aintetimnt or amiendments, inu Iwo '-r.- -f :h I.(ranch of the ne.t . ha!. after an election, ,ali .ber ratwy said amendment or In:vivuts .y1ys and nays, the same rt of the ConStituton : Pro vi. :s ti:at si-aaiidnent or amnden eits rewi thr,e timuens, on thrce -*,-. 2. Ii t**o 1)r miort :tnndn t s.t shall I:,- .subi!t;u(Q at th.- -40n time they shall be - i ).i n . ur that the electors itall vote ir 1ra1ain t each of Such W v two -thirds of the M(m 1. I:h---d ''tO t: 1ranei of the Gc cral A : : tsi tink it ne:tcssarv to cali a I: or change ihis ti e .-.ii rc-:omnid to the - - . thlf. next election for iep :.at . r 1 .:u.Ist a couvention: and ri f .i or i of aii 'ie ( ectors voting at said thi--ii.> h ive vcte.l for a convention k:( .-o.:-ral*.:abl shail, at their next .'.'on pr.a by tw for calling the same; and so-I .o,t).u ion shall consi t of a num I.r (j membe:rs :ot lcss than tMat of the must utuerus vAtf thle GenecraIAEsexa TIE EN) OF A STORMY WEEK. An Or Uninfi Unfavorably 11eporred Prohi bit ing Proxiscuous Marriages. The c(osirg session of the stormy second week of the constitutional con vention on Saturday, fhe eleventh day was of little purpose, although consid erable was done in the way of practi cally killiug a good many resolutions and ordinances. Senator TillmaU was back in his seat, wlile Governor Evans took occssion to thank the convention for the resolution of confidence in him which was passed oi Tluirsday in a brief speech. In his speh.- he stated that he had no other dcsire than to n.:-t with fatiris.s and within the rtl-s of justice and equity. There was barely . quorum present in the hall during the sestion and things moved along very uninterest ingly throughotit. The most impor I..n h:U. n Printin . tant resolution introduced] during the day was one by Mr. John J. McHat, provi:iintg that while no divorce shall be granted in ti2is State, divorces granted in other State shall. be re cgnied. A co:mniiention v.a receivel ad' ogI the dayl fromi the general recretar'y ofr the& tnuatl Le .:nie for the .?rotec mi tti; ai memii orial which aked the convetionx to incorporate the pirin :-ile of the0 oarg.aniiztion in the ce>n siiuin.This has already been in by the commnit*tea bandling the :j.:t Aong the resolutions and r-aenunfavorably reported was G.t w iing inter.-marriage be w Oen whites andnegroesorrmulattoes. Mr. W. J. Gooding, for the commit tee on charitable antd penal instita tions, made the following report, which was adopted: The memorial of L. W. Jenkins and others of Charleston in reference to the reformatory school in Charleston, has been examined. We recommend that it be received as information and ask to be discharged from its further consideration. :Resolution to establish a State penal school by Mr. I.R. Read. We recom mend that the san..- do not pass. A resolution to regulate the working of convicts by Mr. W. F. Clayton. We recommend that it do pass -.ith the following amendments, namely: Strike out all after "highways, etc.," so that the resolution shall read: "That all convicts sentenced to hard labor by anv of the courts in this State may be employed upon the public works of theSta~te or counties and upon the pub lic highways. THEsE AS GoOD AS EILLED. Mr. McWhite, for the committee on legislative department, reported uan favorably upon the following resolu tions and ordinances: By Mr. Lowman-To prohibit the inter-marriage of whites and negroes or their living together as man and wife. By Mr. Smoak-To prohibit mem bers of the Legislature from voting on measures or bills in which they have a personal interest. By Mr. G. D. Tillman-Proposing in amendment in Section 6, Article 3 of the Constitution, relating to an ap portionment of representatives to the General Assembly. By Mr. Howell--Providing for home stead. By Mr. yT. S. Brice-In regard to bi ennial sessions of the General As Sembldy. By ~Mr. Dudley--To provide for marriage licease and record of the same with births and deaths, by the By. Mr. Garris- tablishing the office of commi-ioner of !Oor. By Mr. I. F. Smih-Provi-ing for a homesteal. By Mr. Berry-Prori1ing for the registration of marrig By Mr. Tay!or--To proj't the in ter-marriae of whit erions v,ith ne groes, nulttocs. etc. . By Mr. Doyle-To prevent prize fighting. By 7Mr. Lo.4wmAn-As to thle power of the Geaer.l Assvyii_v ovier t:ixa tiOD. By Mr. Mo.rc -To dilallow di-trcss for rent. - By Mr. Prince-?i>ating to hUome tea I and exein.w. By Mr. Sm .k - M 1i: ornora tions respo:iile for thi I n.mt of work whe a :codr.iB.1 company fails to pay the hithorer. By .Jr. Sto-As to b for the printing of tw haws, jm:i. bilsand each branch of the neral Assembly. By Mr. Suivu-M : to i-ic printin- an thev tfarn.ing.A pies for public o.iles. By. Mr. G.% ing---To r t.-n to fishing in the unav .l dLenet and waters of thig St.itt. By Mr. Stanyarue Wilc o -Prtwvil ing fur the ero. <t., h ing :1d maintenance of ia buceaa of bt*Uor sta tistics. Mr. McWbite adez for the immedi ate consideration of tiis rpor,- which was acceded to. TLw report wa- then adopted and tho miltt-- n:dvrbJy reported were declared rejectet. .iOSE wTOsE MEAS".w---T I'. l\r. B. B.. McWhite, fr the conuiit the on legislative dCepartmnlut, rep)rted that the resclutions oftered by the fol- I lowing gentlemen had been favorably considered.1d incor-ratcd in the ar ticles already reported to the coiVCn tion. By Mr. BniFit-Forbidding the pay. ment of salaries beyond the date of the death of any officer of this State. By Mr. Buist-Forbidding the Gen eral Assembly granting extra compen sation under certain conditions. By. Mr. Buist-Forbidding the Gen eral Assembly to donate the property of the State to private corporations or individuals. By: Mr. J. S. Brice--Tn regard to compensation of members of te Gen eral Assembly. By Mr. Rogers-To abolish the right of dower in lands aliened by husband luring coverture. By Mr. J. S. Brice--In regard to quadrennial elections. By Mr. Prince-Relating to the eligi ibility of members of the General As semLly and inc sg^t-le - afo By M. Gage-To prohibit special legislation. This report went to the calendar for consideration next week. Try'n7ihs BEN AND CONSE RV / TIE A N he VoeTgte /AantaLn Tondy ote Twethr aift a ssob an irect ork or ohe ne osi tion and had its first regular debate. The article taken up was tht on the ex ective department as repurtedz from the committee. It makes only t'vo notable changes fromt th2 old constitnt Ition, one of these giving the Governor power to veto part of a general ap prpriation bill, while apiiroving the other parts, and the otbcr creatmg an advisory board of pardons, decisions of which will not be final without the approval of the Governor. A n attempt was made to amend the section by making terms of State ofli cers four years instead of two, an.d making the Governor ineligible for im mediate re-election. After a debate participated in by several of the lead. ing members, including Senator Till man and ex-Governor Sheppard, who was his opponent for Governor in the bitter campaign of 1892 and ex-Con ressman Johnstone, the amendmtert was killed by a vote of 64 to 47. Till man and Sheppard both opposed the amendment, while Johnstone favoredl it. A majority of the Conservatives, or anti- Tillmtan members, voted with Till man for a short term. As about fifty members were absent, an attempt will be made to take up this question again on motion to re consider. The convention adjourned before completing the executive article2. F rom the progress made, it is evidtent that the convention will be in session at least two weeks longer. This was the last day for the intro duction of proposed ne.v ordinances and there was a ilood of thenm,all being referred to appropriate commlittees. There being .'o law in this counr against selling or eating the meat or a borse, the Department of Agriculture has decided is prevent deception be ing practised by sellers, and hs is sed regulations regarding the es po-ir and saleMAorsefileh. SOUTiIERN CONDITION. Anlxng the Projeed leniterprises are Several in '1irinia and North Carolinul. Southern conditi-ns, as reneeld- in Ehe Manitur5r$' record by repor:5 durig the past week, continu to be very ent aging. The revival in the met:-ib)5inesshas eaused several additional furnaees to :sin| C;etg'tions; z4lo the rouewal of work in tw.; large iron-ore' mixne D)iversi!led nmanufacet iriog j4 increasi: and a noticeable fel.aturic is th:e nuWi',-i7 ' large building-s llanned in vni0"'1 Oold-inirng is receiviig 1!ti'!a ;t'3U : while more !,.tt':*-mill p'r, ts a~pre i.nz by new companitS. TL erTp repr,a Vi piasize the fa"t that the y 0 1 t.N2 c rni other food supplies will be uuu-ully ak-' ...nt -i the South. Amon thc iunortant caterri not this we-k by th 3anufaaure Iertv--on a $.I0.O00 lnmber coary 2.id wu - collpany in Virgia: new rvlro:)d a 50,006 mnereantilt! cuumpany,. ala rope mill in Ala 4'esf e Sxtensi' 1 W plLing'-tLilS in Florida: J 5 00 I works in Arkansas: a 620.(GG0 mW-sP.-I1 company; a warehouse for a icultun i plements, a tclepho-w comn: '. it compress company and f.tn provc 'ent company in Te.'s: a g-a ctto il; a 810,000 tobazco compa g; .n ' staniping mill, nud d four-mi in >i)r"T Carolina; a 15.000 sp;dllo nrii ad tw ati litions, amounting to 12.50A spind;e..o mili iready ere-tid in Gorgia; a :tove a large stave-mill, a ri.e mill, an ule.tr light plant, and -ittin-g nil in Louiana a. !ottou-mil! and threwl-mit ii! Eltctth Caro lina; a 630.000 elctrie-poIwer plant if . e nessee; a e40.000 wate.-work.-lan a est Virginia; a 50,000 in provm omln . 650,000 ehcmical company. and a 010, water-worki plant in Maryland. New buildings includo a tea-story offi-i building in Atlanta, Ga., several new hote.11: la NTorth Carolina; two churches in Yvaleigli, of the same State; and se veral large s:Loo.s in different parts of the South. ewv ()ri'-us C on EcExhange Stat.mnt. N 1wl"r111nS Pott0n vx,han', ".!:0(.m-ent from S-te:br 1st to Sptember 2(h in elu-4-e: rort rvceie,ts. 10.62 bales. agalst 247.755 last ye:r aid 114156 year before lst; over b h mills and Canada. 3.500. a1-aint f23 l yet ear mid 0, year hfore t Interior exov gs:. of eptember lst. n2.3. ng::iiist 2-1.*A2 laA year and 10.46 Vear befcru last: bout.ern mil taki5gs. - .0. against 4'.80b l.t year and 40.7O ya beore I 6st: rdp nrdo;ght into sight d:ring the first twenty days of September. 240.27 . against 335.243 last year md 214.453 year before last. erop brought into sight for the week. 134.36, against 175.001 iast year ad 113.2.17 rear before last. 1ovement in 1892. for seven days. ended Septembe 20th. 134.Aj6 bales: total for twenty days of September: Pmrts 205.i57: overl,nd. i4,286; interior stocks i er-:s of September 1st. 22.06258outhern mill takings, net, 40760; total in sight, 2S-,661. The Largest Factory fo.r Weaving a 1chinery in the Country. Although H1opedale, 3Iass.. i3 bit a smali place on the map, and not at all on some -lution of WeAving ma!hinery in the coun try. The mere spetting up of looms, after thev are made, oceupies three floors in 3 buiding '0- feet square. There are, about 1,000 hands employed. A eurious feature of the place i-: that steam power is used exluiL= v fl. while th, - r largt mill pond. formerly su)pIlying wtrowe is now kept up for fir protetion. fur <on -enZing water in the compound engines, First Snow of the Season. The first snow-s:orm of the season reach ed Laramie. Wyo.. on Saturday. It :i-o snowed at Rock Creek, fifty miles west of Laramie. At Salt Lake, Utab, a heavy ratin Sunday night was followed by snow. A strong north wind prevailed and everything had a mid winter appeartio. At Riawlings. Wyvo., a heavy northeast snow-storm occurred Sunday. The snow wa eight inches deep on the level. Visible Supply of Cotton. The total visible snpply of cotton for the world is 2,276,805 bales, of which 2.013.00Z are American, against 1,011.381 bales and 1 548,287 bales respectively last year. Ile ceipts of cotton this week at all interior towns, 81,490 bales. Receipts from the pla i tationsll14 bales. Crop in sight 244,880 bales. iter Tight Capn-tinents.. The frequency of coli]sions at sea and their fatal results have led to many investigations and experiments iin ihe line of water tight comp:armfnent s. It is one thing to build a vessel with air chabers that wvill iioat it-, and qui'te another to have safety atppli.aces always in order and ready for emner gencies. It has been saidl that eoriain of our large passenger stea:mships have, on occasions, turned the water ?ighta compartments into pl:ices for steerage passengers. Their greed ran r.way with their common hiir.auity and re gard for the lives of those on board. It certainly is.a waste of time and en ergy to prepare the means of safety at a rat expenlse wn,an proper care rj not taken to keep them withmn avail able reach. The Questionable Wild HIorse. The most interesting feature of the other recently discovered member of the family of Equidae, Projevaisky's horse, is its possession of both eqnine and asinine characteristics. If, a.s it seems generally supposed, thi.; beast was really a specimen of a d.istinct class, and not an accidental hybrid, ay between the Kiang, or Thibetan wild ass, and the horse, its existence would comipletely break down the generic distinction which some zoolo gistsestablish between the equine and a:nine groups of Equidae. But the evidence of its existence in any numi ber is, up to the present tim', not ery weighty, for, although ieee or four other specimens of a s:milar ani mal are said to have been procured, there is no proof that they were abso ltely identical with it.-The Speta German soldIers Killed in a CollisIon A railroad train, with 1,200 soldiers on board, came into collision with a freight train standing at, the station at Oedera.n, Saxony, demolishing a number of ears on both trains. Twelve we:e n.stanitly killed CNGREIFS_OF AREEKI Pan-American Agricultural Parliameni to Meet in Atlanta in October, AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME1 Delegates Appointed by the Governors ot the Various States---.Many Prominent 711en Will Make Addresses on Sub jects of Special Interest to Tillers of thd Soll---Secrctary Morton to Take Part. 1uch interest is being manif6st6d i1i thd next annual meeting of the Farmers' Nationz Ll Congress, which will be a paiAniricai agricultural parliament, &nd be held In At lanta. Ga.. October 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16 next. The Constitution recently said that "the meeting to be held in connedtion with it or attracted here by the Southern States Exposition, will be numerous dnd able; bringing together the brightest minds of the country and many of the leaders in thought and action of other lands. Of these meet ings the annual meeting of the Farmers' National Co--ess promises to be the widest in scope and perhaps in its influence. This congr!ss is composed of delegates anpolnted by tho Governors of the various States, each State having as many delegates as it has Congressmen and United States Senators. Many not delegates will attend. At the last :r.1DST B-VAWi.F-. CLATON. annual meeting thirty-six StaterT were rep resented by delegat4s-and the attendance was from 1500 to 2000." Having made it, in the language of. the Southern Cultivator. "truly, in form and es sence, National and non-partisan," the of flce-c of the Congress considered how to in crease its influence and usefulness, find adopted the suggestion of Its Secretary. Eon. John 31. Stahl. of C.icago, and Eis bist s b of Georgia, to National in character, Mexico, the Central American and the South American countries, and the British provinces, to send honorary d(legates to the meeting at Atlanta. Nearly all have accepted the invitation. ST,cEETADY JoHtNM. STAHL. The following subjects and speakers have been. among others. definitely settled upon: "Bimetallism and How to Obtain It," Hon. Willilam Lawrence, of Ohio, ex-Comptrollecr or the Currency, President National Wool Grwersi' Association, etc.; "The Relation of Agriculi:urc and the Currency," Hon. Geo. D. Tho:nas, of Montana; "Road improvc~ ment in the United States," General Roy Stone. Chief Division of Road Inquiry, De parmenit of Agriculture; "Sheep Growin.g in the South." Colonel A. E. Shepard, Mara thou, T-as: "An Export Bounty on Farmn Prouts." David Lubin, of California;" Agri eniurat Education," Professors Sanboru, of Nw Hampshire. and Knapp, of Lonisiana; "The Weather and Crop Service: Its Rela tion to the Farm and the Market," dohn Rt. Sage. Iowa. Director of Weather Bureau, Dnartmnent of Ag;riculture; "ilarketing Coton." Hon. Hector D. Lane. Ala3a'ua. President American Cotton Growers' Asso eition: "Dairy Farmirng in the South," Major Henry E. Alvocd, Chief Datiry Divisioo, Department of Agriculture and late Presi dnIt National Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta-ions: "'Potee tion to American Shipping," W. W. Eates, of Maryland, ex-United States Tommis sone:r o~f Navigation, author of "American Shipping." e., andt Major D. C. Purse, President Sava:nnah Board oif Tfrade: ai "Recreatious For Farmers' Wives." by Miss Alice French ("Ocetave Thianet"'. of Arkansas. As Secretary of Agriculturo Morton andl J. H. Brigham. Master of the National Grange. will nmeet at t he Parliament, It Is ex petd that there wil! be at leaist one lively sesson. The Agricutural P'arliamient will be preceded by a Southiern Irrigation Parlit.ment, lasting three days. and will be followed b)y a Good lionds Parliament. last ing ti:ree d ays. The Fresidient of the Farmers' National Congress; is Hon. B. F. Clayton. of Iown,who, starting without means, has beo;ne the o wner ojf more than 12,000 acres of land--the results of farming only. Mr. Clayton is held in: high e.teem by the farmers thronghout the e .untrv. The Chairman of the Execu tive Committee is Geueral Dennis Kenyon,of Illinois. w.ho is worth half a million ndlars, all made rom farmtfrg a.nc sto'k-raisinr. An ohier Illiois & legate. .T. B. Foiey, who had nothidu t w ay yt ears ago, cleare: i 22,00i0 ott hi arz las year. The Vice-Pa'sident of the co,ngress'is Major G-. M. R.:als. of Sa vamah.' the largest treek farner in the South and hichiy respeL'te.i throughout Geor:ia. where he has h31d mnany positio)ns of trust and honor. The Secretary is John M. Stahl, of Chicago. whom th-: At:lnta Journal recentiy r&erred to as "'o:m of the most brilliant m'en and ablest ;writers of the contry, an editor. farmer anci Chri-tian gnteman." The Assi. tant Secretary is Major W. Gi. Whidby, of Atlanta, one of tie best known planters and newspaper men of Gossi'p froma e .Nt on Capitol. r,0 Ie:ns hirmzuzg and Dudgiing the Fi:ancle Question. Tze silver me-n wzr2 gratiyrlined when *0naLcr V.-t. (f Miuri, repvuliated the "n'ervie published whuil he was on his way Ir:-e r.:n Europe. which main0 bim ctv that hc-ihd o::omt eonvinced that the" free coinage of silvar at the ratio of 1G to 1 by the ;aite States aluat was impractU-a bl.'-:: 'Z V:t 11V D'J' n tSplIN:C1 :; in l-.. : th - m n fa-turtr of th:it ia v i as:win n;g that h. hi n-' by eve1a hair's ri n IL it wer nPt sa -1i a serloos matter it wol11 dl : i'ing to s:e h,ov the pol tion. A siing instane ha.. jst beeni tI.I . Ih are p>-: I o: the insi 0l workin-.s ,f the idmrati and4 rApublian partivs. The rcpu'lican criti,-ism of the de:n--)ratic maa-;eat becaus of the gel veral eif that a:iother bond is.me isind 2i. Thes' (ritici:-ns r re vary galling to Presient Clev'lanid, awl, in order to see i he cjlldi't to aI 'xtent st-p the:n. he ena$d it to b- intimatL. to CertiLn lead ing re:publi earjs that if there was not a "let n" lie wo-hl (all an extra Fm:ion .r Com.r - :s and tun- the whole matter over !o that b.dy. and -ld '0hr. pele s' whnt the1 *ep-:bl.:avs had to o-tr for tho relif of the tr.tury. Of ctmr.- I wouldn't undartakoto say tiat the thr-at fright.uo d Lli- th r, -C!i:-.4 a , t it is ertain that a;t,n it wat ma le thore was a prr-ileie::tion of th" e.torial eoinnwnts In certaiu papers kn-).: to be i:a fiucnced by the views of ths- haders. It 0 ass certain that th- ri.:pblians do not look forward with any pleaure to the time when Congre will have to take up the fnancial gestion. They have no plan to offer other than to increa3Z the r!ventes of the govrn'nent by -:h-;ge in the tarifT. A4id-- fron th ttiriT the fin-ial polley of the Cleveind administration is precisely that w:ieb was "ollowed by the Harrison ad ministration. which eameso nearto an issue o' braLs tbat the plate3 from which they were to rt pri6tb d were made at the Bureau of E.;raving au Printing. There is no q'etion about the art of gua na-ing vep' rely abread of that of armor platin,- for !ie protec:;Lon of ships. Undis putiabie cvidee of tiht asseWtion has just been giver- :.t t6 goverument trial grounds. near Washion. A a1a:'. oviz- .icke-steel pae1 iehes t hi.-k.nne of the best ever riiad, was f: laeac oa strture renresenting the side of the battleship Iowa. tta used for a target for a thirteen in.h rifle, carryihg an armor-pie.:eing shelli weighing I.10 p ounds. Only one Abcut wa. fIred. The stell went through the a rnor just as though It had been so mu:-b pasteboard. and buried itull deep in the sand which was packed deep behind Lhat there Is no armore-1 ship afloat thar could stand bwfore this gun at close range. It costs a En-mal fortine to Ilre th:s goi. The shll is z. very expensive affair and 480 pounds of row,lr were u'xd t.- make tLi, trial sh-t. CONDITION OF BUSINESS. General Trade Througlhcut the Coun try Shows a Further Improvement. Bradstreet's report says: General trade throughout the United States shows further Improvement in this, the second week ol September. more particularly in manufactur (ag and commer?ial lines at the East and South. From the Central, Western and some Western States, notably Iowa, there are advics that purchases of seasonable goods bare been cheeked this week because of high temrerature throughout the region specifled, but in the South Atlanti'. Gulf and South western Stat"s, an:t on the Paciflc coast, general trade has bsaen increasing in volume, with improvinlg mercantile collections as a rule, and goods selling with less effort in many instanes". Agents are asking 10 per cent. advance on Spring samples of imported plain woolens and 23 per cent. advance for mehairs. Sav annah. Jacksonvi!h.. Birmiingham, at the South,.report visible inmprovement in general, trade and as unyeieted, Atlanta and Chat tanooga locally. Good reports of foraign crops, weakness of flour in 3I--nusot a. and large exports o1 corn from th:s country. all work against a rise in wheat. though senreity o1 contract grades may help a speculative advance. The to' ton market, lifting ntd alling a fraction eaoh day alt'rna,telc, shows no settled ten -eney, big .4ucks balanejn;g an undoubted but as yet not dehinite decrease in yield. The cotton milts which laid in stocks of cotton beiowv 6 eents are enriched by the ad vance in material and enabled to make fre -eat advances in goods which are sus tain !. The present demand is dull, but there are no reports of st<.ppag, ar,3 the -nreatened trike at Fall Rtiver does uot come. The wooen maifac:turer is doing well in dress gods and hosiery, but the demand for men's wolens is much restricted, and a few millk ave closed. Commercial failu res for the two weeks o1 the month were $4.134.227. this year, against 22.67.734 last yea'r and 68,260,813 for the ae weeks in 1893. This year $1,723 ,814 itree of manufacu ring concerns against "9697163 last year. and 62,311 of trading con terns aga i-its $1,796,048 last year. TIm RUUVTE OF TUE DLTj. It Will Take Nearly Feve Days to Go from P'hha ielph11ia to A tlanitai. The revised itincrLr.e jurny of the com mittee of Puihlli-h.u city coluicii's commit tee with the Liberty Bil to the Atlanta ex position, has been 1inally completed. The journey wiil o-Tupy wariy live days. The party l"eses Phi!adelph'ia on the morn ing . f O.toisr 4th, antd arres in Atlanta at 2 o'clok on the a:il ftrnoon or Odtober 8th. On the first day the' h ll will go South through Delau-are. Marvbad. Distriet of Cobn:eii an nd Vrtin'an S: rtsto ps will be made at Wib,in on. L:dimor1.a two hour's rest in Wash ingon then on01 thro"ugh Alexan dia. Qun:iu.1otriasur,: Mlford, Dowell. Ashl ad and Rihmhaond. The night will be spent in Richmnd.n and the next dv's tou- will b-a "nn.n r o Vi rginila. Stops will be mnal-t Pete-reur. Nottoway.Crewe, Farmvilb-. Lvnrhburg andl Bedford, and night willj bep.-at in enroute. The third da's jou rney will proc.-.d through Chris tansb'urg. Eas Radftor, Wy thevule and Giude Sp'i:: ..iu Vini u:' inTne.'e Er.to. Johuo aCity.' Gre-envle. Morris town and Kuoxvilb. The~ next day inl Lou don. Atnh:ns and O Ci!1 wvd b e given a sight of th-~ '!2 an Ct:tt.*-oga will be reached at 11:30 o. tha moruing. The af ternoonl and i ht wi.. be-va. at Chatta nooza and oni thnoti day. O'A Rth, the party wll pro-1 thrh D.iton and Rnme, Ga., rea:hin Atlanta at 2 o'clock, o m~.:c?"'-t Yhe Princess d Chimay, formerly liiss War(, of Detroit, is pronounced ) of the most striking womn m Lurope. She is st1l in her tweDtWe, X.,, V1., ,k&uti . J~ Tmc'S Vs can'AA. eatiintihl in featnre, superb in color i:l, ufeenly inche:, of dashing m:.On2crs aud daring esprit. - An eye ;itnes of her trinipl at the court ' "rus.:cis said a few day ago whteu . pictre of the Prireess i1 court .:cs sppesred in a French ma-azine: "it eo,,i*'t do her justice. She is h most superb woman on earth. Ir agine a creature perfect enough to wcar a bLne velvet gown and feathers a foot high la her hair and be abso lItelv dazzin-. The Princess was educated in Earope, :d thre learned five 1an. truges and how to spend money royal l. It is no u,nusual sight to see her at court and other high.Y social fune tions surronn.led by a mob of diplo nats and princelings of diffeeant Na tionalitie? addressing each in' -his mo~her tonre"aPnd flzin off witt' cis:ns ii French;-German, Sjonish or ftalian, as the bccasion demaids. Shuce the iunionof this distinguished fegin family with the Ward family the .old Prince._de Chimay, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs at the clian Court, has died, and his es tates have become the inheiItance of the hunsband of the Ei.ncess. There has never been any money in the~fam il, and their chateau in the province of Hainaut, near Mons, has been-re stored by the American money to the extent ol *300,000. Prince de Chimay --: +n Wrian, -de voted to the life of a country gente ran. He is said to have no ambitions beyond a good day's sport and a good dinner. The-pair have two children, a lite girl and an heir a year and a half old. The Island ol Trinidad. The little island of Trinidad, con cerning the ownership of which BraziL and England show an inclination to quarrel, does not, judged from its pic ture, seem worth the fuss. It is' small, isolated, unproductivo and does not C'ID 13Y GRiEAT B3RITAIN AND BBAzI. even attract the eye, being aggres sivelv rock y' and barren. It has long en claioed by Braizil, the claim of England being recent and unexpected by the Brazilians, who never supposed their possessory right would be ques tioned. A Noteworthiy Incident Acording to advices received biy he steamship) Warrimoo, the first re eption of the new Japanese envoy at th Chinese court was distinguished by a departure from conventional precedent which excites much comn ment. The Emnperor holds audiences on platform", to which he ascends by a liht of steps intended for his ex clisie use. When credentials have hitherto'- been presented, Cahey have ,en taken to himi by side staircases. Minister Hiayashi, however, had been adonishcd by his Government to in gist upon every mark of respect. He, therfore, exp~ressed a desire that his credentials should be conveyed to the Emperor by the steps reserved for the lede. ana'aj fter some hesitation his rouet was granted, to the surprise hius Europern and American cdl e'ues. The audience took place on Ja ii7 an d after appropriate addresses wre delivered tiie envoy's documents ec received by- Prince Knug, Presi ot fth Tsung Li Yarien, and car iel) the central steps to the throne. T'e .Tpa'nese cavoy made a speech, Iin hich hie expr essed the hope that hlireafter the amicable intercourse of te tso empires might become -more The ren!v was brief and to this ef c "Te war is ended and peace re stablised I ami happy to receive ..To countries separated only b a nrrow strpof water should al w~",s miitain terms of friendship." YoXrk Post. I a:hines idarvelus Tit ality. .n Amer'an who recently chatted ait Mr. Giadstone at Hawarden say:s he Grandi Old Man's voice and heav i s.how no( si;'.s of age. His face is ".no - ol ~man, but if a listener =mt h ' re he wouild feel as if he w *te , ajaresse by a man in the rie~ of hi. GlaUstoneC's~ marveoas .. .-uSa it most detive expes