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T.RI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. )ECEMBER 19, 1895. ESTABLISHED 1 00NTITUTION THE LAW THE PEOPLE 31 UST NO W LIV E UNDIER. The LFull Text of South Carolina's New Organic Law as Adoptcl. ARTICLE IV. EETcrri rJvi"iEM[.TMENT. Seci;';t . The supreme exeui e authority of this State shall be. vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be tLed " the governor of the State of South Carolina. kec. . The governor shall be elected by the cleetors duly qutlified to vote for mn,ere, of the house of re res:n ttttivs, and shall hold his otlicc for two yCars. and until his successor shall be chosen an; qualified, and shall be rc cligible. He shall be elected at the first general clection held under :'onstit-ti.pn for members of the g errI assembly, and at each general el e tiv% thereafter, and shall be insta ed during the rrst session of the said "e eral assemibly after his election a such day as shall be provided 1y '. Thi other State officers-elect sball a the same time enter upon the pCrrI nce of their duties. See. :3. No person shall be a to the onice of governor whe s he existe'ce of the SupremeL BP or who at the time of such eleeOf has not attained the age of :30 crs; and who shall not have been acitie f the Lit ed States and a iZef resi dent of this State o v eye .s Lext preceding the day of e e.ti . person while governor s1t I b Id any eIaie or othxer conmmissio . scep i the militial under the a o itv of this ate. or of any other i0 -r, at one and the same time. - Se). 4. The retur-s f ery c-ection for governor shall b ed up by the boards of canvassers " he resp:ctive counties and trwnsm ;ted by mail to the seat of governume directed to the j secretary of state rho shall deliver them to the spea of the house of representatives a tnext en iT aun du s shall be iiied e court of said the duty ofan ard to the secre ied copy of said re otified that the re orwarded by mail ived at his oice. it of the secretary of pirati~on of seven ilta pon which the votes assed by~ the co,unty trns thereof from any ot be'en received. to of court of said counity, spy of the returns filed be forwarded forthwith. of state shall deliv:r the e speaker of the house of yes, at the next ensuing he general assembly: and first week of the session, or the general assenmbly shall nized by the election of the onficers of the two houses, thbe hnall open and publish them in ~nce of both houses. The per-~ .ng the highest number of votes governor: but if two or more oequal. and highest in votes. neral assembly shall during the :esio:1. in thle house of represen s. choose one of them governor. vce. Contested elections for 'nor shall be 'determinedi by. the ral assemnbly in such manner as i b prescribed by law. e x 3 lieuitenantgovernor shall be sen at the same~ inn,- :u the same ~uer, etmtzinue in ojlice for the same ea an be posvsssed of tQcesame qual ion a the governor, and shall, Elio be p)resident of the senate. -e. ". The lieutenant governor e 1:?esiding in the senate shall have . ote unless the senate be (ciully -le'd. e. 7. The sen-ate shall as soon~ as 'ceaWe after the convening of the ssembly, choose a president re to act in the absence of 'governor, or when he 'ce of govelnor. 'r of the senate act tnaut govern or sat and an ite ni i Statts. See.. e i i -.. oer 1. grant reprieves, (,I_aren1mm:ti(ns all 1 ard:nS .fttr ( n i l ecpt .I Cases ofipnnrn;h lbm:an %e1r. (: snhI trin :ri alln r strieati' h.- 15: 2 :hn.et: ae sh:ll have p o : : ^i lue .u by" law. I si;:i h( his by to repr1)t: t: the gen(a! a n : IV. it the Ilx1 n t y , 1. .th ii t ( 'V: j ard> m I? : lim ii *f t :i ' ut mat be iir. jrefeir ed by him '0 : board of dordni, to ie pr . b. y1 the 'ezli! asstmly. ii whicli i'ard sh:a. hear all s:i ptitsils UIInder Slh r and re1'iulat1ou as the gel er:d Isse tl il may pr,ov'e. The -".)"v erDor n y adopt the rcomlniendl ait>ns of said -uard 1h:t in ces.- he docs not he salt,! submit Ins reasons to the ge:n eral as 1mbly. See. 12. lIt shall take care l the jaws h+e ia'ithfll!! executed iI m'ercv. tie'-. j:3. 'The govern.u: and lien - tein n Ci)rnr :1d , at stated times. roe 'ye i_or their s(riCe's opien('sna ti- e. which shall lie neither increased Sa iitished tduring the period fol 1 hic iheV shall have been eleCtetd. Sec. 1.- All oiicers in the exectI ye dlpurtlent. 'mald all boards of Dtbl'c i,ustitutionls. shall, when re 11rsi by' the govern )r. give hin in forma':tiuon in writing";pon any subject rehing to the dutieof their respect TU oilets or the coucerlm of their re seetive oflice:s or the concerns of the espective instltiiln'iis, including item Zed aCconauts of receipts and disburse mne nts. S,ee. 15. The governir shall. froan time to time. give t( lt generail as emlv ianfora1mtion of the condition 9 the State. and reco:nmend for its Uo'iteration such measures as he shall leern necessary or e\pe(diC'nt. See. I ( He ma ou extraordiuar ccasiUons convene the general :ssemn !)y in extra session. Should either lSe rem1::ain. withota a quoru:t for i:e <t:1ts. or in ease of disagreement Jetween the two houses during an, .essio: with respect th te time (of ad VuriInimnLt. he ':Iy lo-urU them to neh ime as he hal thini( lroper, not 9eyo:al th iin of the aunnal session lan next esu'ing. See. 1'. e hall CoiU!1ission :l tilees of the State. See. .18. The seal the State nouW n use shall be Cied iy the gtve ijc:ially, tald shal ie called "the reat seal of the State of South Ciro See. W. All "C~~~~~~~0 1i - t.*JlC LULnIs'i !Ia. sealed with the great sen!, sigied by the governor and Con1tersigned t by sCCrC;th2T aO'li(i '0"' c ~.. riisi t secretaxry of~ Stat. Sec. 2U. The governor landtl lieitenu ant .'tovenOr, b"for+' enterin:g iil th_i duties of thecIrcipciv ile Fhi'til take an'd subsetibc thte oith O otitee j: "'Se 'llcritd iii artICle :i. s''cttio: 26. of the- CoUiitituion%.. Se. i.~ The.governo &hall re-ide. af the esliltal iif the St. ext'c'ei( iu eces o conlttt'' iu' ith eme'rhirgenceiei 3o1 wa.r:I' butirin'g the Litt1ings of thle of the nerial a.,sembily he shall re' 3'tde~ whcre its sesssins are hell. See 2.1 \ [Wheece it shallj b b)rol;;ht to*i the ntce if the governor . i citod oft pubici or trust tunad- ii IrohalvCo mut 'f embezzlemen ort r1 ihe. apro ria'i' If pub'ilicii. orItruI fais li i pivt uii. tn thw.ve ior shd 0 airh-'''tpsed te itt prosec r11 :v iei' r.i" -e-r onlce ameti up1 m: isel r,iriitit fhI ief'rl a !it "co e .v is 't)1d chit ii he Hhaveru'tr.n *ulite hye ver.' iet h f hal jigny. ii use f oncio, i'thnttut'' whic t oa!ha -lhrd v aant anet the oectr illnd a+ ag 's i ian provieed bytow rScc. l:e. i' er bill sr uu resd *'rtion whichr shall bse rheoae sird, assembly. ared o two-etirdso ofadjourieuent shoi havoe t sacme - ee la'w, it hascd bto thged gover ,ndernor: appriveuhe shalsin5 itie v,te cihohes shall reuniihe take obje ts, and nhehos. arn thich it oigihe atsron its journa and prtocttee ti rcolatsiitil af51 eeter ci lre ond teaionroirds of ita house rsect iieither. wiSi th ulbjectis t the oth .'r house by~~~~ which thal e recon sideed, and' i--aprovedby twao-thids ofPthat hous it salt have the same h geaift ha been.iti igued" "by thno voe of bth henses o seall be tanb or' jin at reotionI shllI beipi eneeo theijurnal tof" boIth house rtespeet asly is 4 aproratn mon ie u ofereaur '' altl speitya the o jectmend--urpo'eItor whihthei lam are madelnd'nppropia' tote the spetivlv hei iseera 'amouts iOPU n or itt resolution shall nut be returned .y the governor within thret diays titer it shall have been presented to h .Sun's excepied, it s'h:"ll have the saie force and n,ct as ii he had -igud it unless the general a-:cmluy, y adIjourumen prevent its return, in trhich case it shall have such force and eiect nless returned within two d-ays ifter the next nmetin. Sec. 24 There shall lie elected by th qalitiCa voters of the state a see ret:a V 'f state, al comp,troller-general, n :ttore env 'ernl. a tr'lsurer, an utat atl inripector-general, and n apeliri1ltende nlt;t of educ"ation, who shall hold their respective offiees for the ;t.m 1, two vears, and until their . : nc .sor, have been chosen : l unali'tcd; al-d whovh < duties and mp'IIsatioll s1iall be prescribed iy !iw. The e, . .t satiolh of such oti ee h:-l be ueither increased hor li:uinished dai:t the period for which ia:lll h;:ve bce1 elected. " ~i LE V. . . T ! ) LIe .en o e* c' S 1. Ttw j!dicial pmver 1f :. "'tate' ::-l ;a-I v'e 1td lIn a supremtll I rt, ii two circitt c urs, to wit: o'1 of clt;lt!o! lias having e'it jurisdiction and a court o: general sessic.is with criminal jurisdiction r only. The general assembly laiy also t establish county courts. municipal r courts or such courts in any and all of the counties of this State inferior to circuit courts as may be deemed Ilece- t sary, but none of sich courts shall ever t be invested with jurisdict:ou to try cases o 'irer. manslaughter, rape t or attei. . to rape, arson, Comm111pLi) law t :;rlary, bribery or perjury: Pro vided, Before a conuty court shiil be e established in any collnty it must be submnitte i to the iualified Clectors and and a majority of those voting mut h Vote for its establishment. ti See. 2'. The supreme court shall con- h sist of a chief justice and thrce "5s3oci ate iustiees, any three of whom shall conostitute quorma for the rrausac tion of business. The chief justic:e 31 shall preside, and in his atbseice the tl senior associate jnsticc. They shall be si elected by a joint viva voce vote of the U general assembly for the term of eght years, and shall continue in oii:ee an- h til their successors shall be elected an Ik <tualifieti, and shall be so classified that m3 one ot theni .hall go out of office every t1 two years. . 't Sec. 3. The present chief jlsti,:e a n. i assoeiate justices of the supreme court as arc declared to be the chief j: stice ani er two of the associate justice: of . s th court as herein established until them'e t rms for which they were elected shall expire. and the general as".neid ;I at its next session shall elect the third ru mioCeiate inrstice 1nd1 make suitable b3 Sec. 4. Tihe supreme court sihall lav c power to issue writs or orders of injun clt,on. mandamus. gn31o woa! 1'ntI) prohibi,ttin, certiorari. haben; 'rps and othler original and remedial wits. Ad saitd court shall have aippellate jur isli:ti'n only in cases .f chau ceryi" ad iu sulch appltals they shall review the luniniugs of' Iact its wcll aIs the law, cept itt chancery cases where the fact are settled by a jury atnd the verici not set aside and shall constitute am cour:t for the correction of errors- at law under such regulations as the ge.n eral assembly may by law prescribe Sec. .-. The supreme court i-hall bec held at least twice in each year ;ut th1 seat ol government and at such ither place or places in the State as the g3'u eral ass3emly d muyv (diect. Se.h No judge shall preside amt the~ tial of any cause in the event of whichi he may be interested, or when either of the parties shall be connected wit him33 by aflnity or consangiiiy vit in3 such. degrees as5 may3' be prcibeaC 1)( by h"v, or in which he may have been counsel or huave presided in anyv infer ' 'r tcurt. In case al1l or any of the juir ces of the suipremne court shall be thus~ disqua~iliied,. or be otherwise pre ve.nte-d fromt p,residing~ in anyI c.ause or1 enases,C the court or the jimtices there of shaull certify the same to the gov er nor of the State. and he shall ime iao tely coimmission, specially. the reunisite number of men le arned in 1i h Ilaw\ for the trial and deternmination3 thereof. The same course shall b p'ursue'd in the circuit and iferior0 court" as is prescribed in1 this sect'io for cases of~ the supreme cort. The Igeneral a"senmbly shall provide by liw fo)r the temp~orairy appointmeut f r e 'larned in the law to hold ei ther spe' eial or regular terms of the 'lcircui couirts whe~never there may 1be niece *sity for suich app)omtment. e.~.There shall be appotedc by; the justices of the supreme court a re orter and clerk of said court, w'ho shalil hOoa their onices for four ygairs andm whose dtuties aund compensafl5t3on shalil be p3rescrib)ed hy law. Sec 8. When a jndgmgient or de.cree is reversed or aftirmied by the suMil) 13 court. evecry point made anld distuinctly "tated in the cause and fairly unX1iI. 311o01 the reordl of the ease shall 'e conusidered and decided and the renon0' ther-eof shall be concisely and b)rily stated in writing and preserved wi?th the record of the case. Sec. 9. The justices of the supreme couirt a-nd judges of the cireuit court shall each receive comnpensatiou for Itheir services to be fixed by law, which hall not be increased or din:inished durin11; their continuance in oinice. ITe shall not be allowed anyv fees or per/muisites of office, nor shall they hold aux other ofiec of trust or' p' uiler tis State. the United States -i any other power. Nee. 13. No person shall be eliible to the~ omce of ebief justice, ass0cia-te *uiWe. or judge of the eirenit court who is not at. the time of his electou a itizenl (3 the United States and of this *.iate and has not attained the iae of1 2i years. has not been a lienised' ait >r'nev at law for at least tive* year' b een a residenit of this :-te f 'rs niext preceding hi lecto '0nne in llvt Tw:ue. MONTILY R' PORT - Of the South Carolina State Weather Service. .J. W. Laet:t,r, Dir, ctor of the Sonth ( (ar,lina VWe:ther Breau, issucs the - follow"ing rto )rt for the month of No Vembier. N8?5: 'ex:.i s-rrz:.:IENv. The month of November, 1895 aver - aged about one degree colder than usual ul the teperature kept well withiu the limits of previous extremes. Although there was some killing frost iu Uctober, :tud on the 1st, 3rd, and 1:;th of November in places, yet the first gcural killing frost occurred on the 21st. on which title ice formed over a large lortionu ,f the State. 'The average rainfa11 was 91 per cel tmn of the usal NIveiber amount, but was not evenly distributed. There was the least in the eentral counties where it averaged aio ut 5) per ecutum of the usual tini,t. The weather continued very favora ble for picking cuttoun and this work was prnctically I filished during the month. lt wits also genertilly f"vora le for sowing fa]l grain, gathering corn, peas etc. T ENJPEi:AT!E. I\ J)EGRitE T. ioth Iv mean for the State 54.4 wbi-h is I . 7 below the normal. Highest mnw tly] imeai :.2 at Charleston lowest 51.2 at Loigbsore, San:tn!e iind Speartablurt'g. Highe.tt teinp:rtture88 at inst ree: lowest 21 at Cheraw on the 21st. State range G7. (=reatest ra nge at any station 60 ait : illisocvili:;' least 3I at Port iuval. vcragl itinl Iier of days on whielh teinperatture fell to 32, or below :;: grcaest :Jnmiber 9 at Cheutw andiZ Sant.. P L trsrt :. I in clles ai. hunt .ircdts. -Averge f,,r tim State 2.35 which is 0.2i elow tie ,u: n:ount. ireate"t am.uut at anr stntiou .1 a Pinoin>lis:l::\ l t . ~Sh 's FI!rks. Greatt.tm ll:t" in ay 21 hou.rs 2. 12 at i'1nOplis 1 :. oi tht I.t. :!verag( intin hefr oif ."ars .1,or n: re, of niiin iel1 6; gr reat e.t tltmnh Ir 38 at (anrir(stoi: lest 1:a Shaw's iork.. W!>).--Prevaililg; ircctionl -north east. .AT NI:n.-. 'r. Imiiber of days clear 12: I:rtly cloudy c: cloudy l. F'oos. (i) alndtb.) - l eilc l eii 8-9S-'_:; Camdutee 15-25): C harle.ston I- -iJ-10-.1 I1'3 -1 -_" ; Che:tr:ly 8-9-16-.J7-1.8-25: Cuimnibia 2-S-::Gnhm --51 Pinoo)is 1-1. I.-",; o 1~Rval y-10-23); Santtic 1;: Statt.s:,mrg 15: Trial 24.: Sor.n . . :. . :..1 d. i-- (Ch::rlestJn 1 . , 23.'1 25, 2 . :i n 7; StatesbIr. 2. . L ir x.u:IA.is. p. A 11.)i1Chlton, 1 27. Gilisonville, 5, 2: Pnopois, 2 0. 27: Port tyal. '?5; S ,nine, 27; S tatesburg, 2G, t n II t:C c- -i u t iii ioj. 0. jin e ee. tr L t'. (~ I AL. jl. 21 i: onville, 7 Little Mouitain, 25; Stante:, 7: Trentt.n, t:. 7 ; T rttl, 7; Z-orkvi lh . " . - (Statiou:. - a N ,r'i''i 1)3aparture. 1 AIJ;usta. U .5! 3 Columi, I 1'5 s Statesburg, I 0 ~-5 minus t Ar- ngsa Ga. 2. '1 :* fhiSl) -Cal:tu. 2.4 1. 9 " t5 (iolumbhia. 1.71 2.d ' -Port Rova!I, 2. .5 'ls1.: Sttsbu.r;:, 1.77 1*: ULU Tral .27 2.711 " 1.0:3 it Provides for Egnaliiiz.ation' of Land Grants for L-chlool Puirposes of All the States4. lA bill which has1 been re-introd1uced L by R?epresenitative Latimuer in the SHouse owld introdueced, at his inistatnce, in the Senate 1by Seniator't Tillnma, hias -some interest for bo,th Ca~rojliuas. 't ..4andI providles for the t)if theU..' grants for.-ar Pi5o altl Uni0on. The new States as ther were adottted had reversed the sixteenth sectioni of public land for public school pupss 'The original States did ntot derive thesc benefi1t5 from the public Treasury andt so the bill mrakes restitution as follows so far as North and South Ctarolina are con cerned, all the old States being like wise provided for: North Carolina l. 802,8')1 acres; South Carolina 1.208, -S9 acre.s. Serill is to be grainted to the several States for the amnount op -posite their names and this scrip is to be sold and proededs usedI for main ttaining public scihools. Thbe purchas ers shall have the right. but no State -shall, to locate the sci upon~f an.v cf 'the pubiic lands iuappropriated subi - ject to sale at private entry. The . States are to bear the es:pense. mioney - Iderived from sale ot servp is to lie in v-ested in I'niI ed States h bs State -. bouds or' 'other ':afe bondsil or stocks. - that yield not l's thau 1 per cent per annuml ou . tr vane. and to beL par - chased and e ntrolled by~ i board.con s:sting of' the (Governor, Staite Tres , rer tiduti perilend en.-t of 80h'40ol Only the. inon IIhI. i! btle ei'ended. a froni 'ear to v uar ib. itt' goann Lein th.l1 fu d -r 0-i o b he fonal !!iillii' SPURT OF THE SPINDLES. South Carolina's Rapid Gain in Cot ton Manufacturing. I)uth Carolina, starting out with lipulattion of 200 whites in 1670. an< the raising of cotte n on her soil begin Snig over a centery later, finds hersel 't : c cud of th' year 1.-f5 standing "t Lhe head of the southern States in tht matter of cotton maiuifacturing. Con sile.ring her size and white populatio1 .h nay be said to be vary far in tbh Il sems bewildering but it is a fat hatt duingr the past year, since th g it tion of the :matt'r of erectint Lills w reconimcned here. Tht ytate 1)engu amioig the earliest 1a nl.St persisteit agitators. :if; new cot onI Mills have bcu projected iwith a!J re talofS4,1:,5,000. Twentr >, these 1ave recei-cced their charters. thic'i mea-ns that the bulk of theii 'aniital has not only bwe nsub)scribet mit paid iu--that work has actually een begun on their construction, an u many instances that the mills arc Iready in op.ratiun. These twenty tills represent a combined c:lital of The If; mills that have applied fox htrters, having received their comn lissioas. but not having as: yet ill a Lie return securing the charters, rep (s.nt a cominiied caraitt,i of $1,47t, t. Nearly all of them arc black:d y the most solid business nu and iere will not he inure than two or ire- that faii to start all right. The grear feature of this growth of ':c tottot: manufacturing industry is !at nearly all the Capital put" into .ese mills is home capital, put in l tizens of the State. They are begiu iug to realize very fully what self-aid leans. Il it all Cohunbia thows iip aundsomclv. Her citizens have coru the front, and the mills projected cro represent an ultimate mapital of early a million dollars. Not including the ''projected mills.' ich means the entire 3f; mentioned bove, it. was some time ago fignred tat South Carolina had 838.036 indns and 21,273 looms-41.,(0 ore spindles than North Carolina i( ),O more than Georgia, the next ahest State; that she had 5,000 more onms than North Carolina arrl 9,000 ore than Georgia. In none of the her Southern States durirg'the past ": has the imipetiLs given to the ere: +n of cotton m,rills been anything like great as in South Carolina; so it is ily seen that South Carolina eids is year far in the 1-ad of all tIe >ni hern States. It is a pleasant subject to dwell on, and it iakes the future look" sente for South Carolina, for sh nigs the n:ills direct t.i the Jielts ' Anothe: pleasant glance at the fu arc is ti. t while South Carolina is apidly becoming a cotton mann uring Stat', Colunibia. is to beco 1Ie leading manufacturing city. 'I er "hort order now the huge 6,i0it +?, : horsepower electric plant, utiliz !tr the great water','wer of te Cu +ntin canal. will b, transmitted S a ,i, and at suc1h smail c'st that al ir'st ainy point in the city may bcomz i millNite. South Carolina at present hasn't a area n'unber of mills as several o heothe r Southern States, but thei: iz's ver much greater. tisa no1able fact that in 1S$2, bu ittle moe than a decade ago, tihe coml med capital of the mills theni i: peration and projected was only S4, l 11)00, not as much as the propose ap ital of the ne.w meills ''19 it is really hamr1 to :.ontrarst th< 51.74:; soi rAdles and1 the :1, 418 looni he State~had in 1882 with the 1.resen igures.. The possiboilities o1 co'ttol 'mni: acturintg in this cot.tou--growin 'tate: seem lIuinitedl. v.heni it is con ider'ui that the State has anr estimnati. satcrpower of :-;0,000) horsepower. .[ os aboui12)lt f , 00 of this to run ab)ow 000 spude and about 1.001 oomls. LtIure it ny) and see what vast nowe: s as vet unulltilized. Columbia's nmew lectric power plant will furnii,h mor< )owe'r alouec thani was utilizedi whol,i Statn in I M. Thre tn-nty mtili" w,mc iaveh beet chatrtered" during the past year arc s f,'llows: im Lewisviile Mills comrpauy. Checs The Lo ckhart Miiis. Lockhart, L1i11n countyt"-8500),000 capital. The' JA"Illand( (otton Mills, Colum The F. W. Poe Maufrtetuiring Comn Cheraw Knitting Mills, Cheraw Saxe-Gothp. Mills, lrene. Le xiugto out v-850,00 cap)ital. Aillen Mamnu facturing cotUmauy, Ai en80,0 capital. Walhamlla Cotton Mills, WValhalla American Spinning Comapany,G4rCee ille-.9125,00I0 capital. The Coll{iton Cotton Mills. Walter b'O Coiicton county-10,000~ capi :rl. N~orris Cotton Mills CompIauy, Cen The Mills Manufacturing Company 3reevile--810J0,001) capital. Car li na Mills Company, Coluni -___ I250,000 capital. Blamblerg Co(Ato Mlills, )ambierg .The Lauren-s' Cotton Nill C mnpanyr iThe Lancaster Cit to' 3Mills Comp~ cv. L:'noeaste.r-s 1i(i capital. Then Edge ti,ld M:anufaclturing Com 1'r Ed;;et'i l.0'0.000 capital. \*l.io Man'ufac Uturig (Complany Grer. tan000 eapital. -- 50.00(caitaIl.- ,/gfj,l," *%"/N The pay~ of a West 'Point cadeti "-r year. THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRES A Synopsis of the Proceedings of Bot Houses. TUE qEVATE. In the Senate on Thursday bills were i:: troducel to provide for the coinage of -tl silver in the Treasury; by Mr. Chandler t provide, in connection With other nation: for the unlinited eoinage of gold and silve at a ratio of 1 to 15;., a resolution was intrs duced by Mir. Gallinger, of Ne .v Hampshir( declaring it to be "unwise and inexpedient t retire the greenbacks." Mr. Call. of Floridt addressed the Senate in behalf of the Cuban. lIe savs Sp,aiu's warfare is disgraceful. "I is mereiless and in disregard of age, _ex an "ondition. pain and England recognize the Confederacy as a belligerent power. an why should not the United States reeognrz the Cubaus :ls entitied to the rights of strur gling patriots?" The Senate then a'journe, until 11entlay. TrE nous:. D"lt.gate Flynn. of Ulaahoma. en 31Iity offereI in the House t resolution which w.i ;iopted, calling on the Seer.'"tary of the In terior for the reasons why that official hat not, in accordance with thelaw. thrown opl-c; to settlement the Wi!hita Indian lieservatloz in Oklahoma, and in inpuiring whether an of Secretary Smith's relatives .were interstet in delaying the time of its opening. Tae. day was set apart for the consideration o amendments to the rules of th' Fiftv-tirs Congress so as to permit au enl::rg'memnt o the list of committees and an incereas"' o membership thereon. A bill was pa.sed t. legalize certain practices in :ogue of irn po,rting fish and packing them, in bondei warehouses, for export. .nsuccesfiul at tempts were iade to have printed in thi ..e:ortd various memorials and lotitiols oj the Culan and Ameriean questi'ns. FOR LAUNCHING LIFE BOATS, Improvcd Appliances Adopted at Boulogne, France. The society 10 aid ship-wrecked sail or mt Boulonie. Fm mne. has r"e'mly ad'opI"d 1Iwo improved life-savin.g lp li)ncI;!s for 11se aluong thl coasts. Ono a n apparatus for launtcing Iifte b-ats y ondC the surf linme. and1 the other is a mew line deviee for carrying bas k=ts a which shiinwr'eck+e(l 11 ar. n,ai -L tshore. inl t11he lanhigapau lif' lboat is lc'?d in a morl.zoita I on a carriag e which is let down winet"r by mneans of a cable coiled :mrou :I drutm. If the water reachc'. the boa in this horizontal poesition w hen-1he en, of the incline is reachied. the boat sin, ply iioats off. If the tide is out the boa cmn be made to incline by depressini the supports which hold it in o horizon talpoiton ad helanc i.amo as asyas :he threionesi; th inc1 line.a! Ao plotandin lie bovai weih( aI bour. linkto. siho the Utit sf e l:ine thie fter 1arguing th etd T he invente isd aneniee nlTa~~me~ Pll. The h12 laundchiing appra uS with the crew owhheardiweighsdabn ter tons me as be e iled ucessf olyb anlhas sreadhe buat in cof se era tofe-saine soiti ep The oseiond otheiauc is anleos a.01e in puas w hech is no ed sit hoord i the hprecke befr it b atd line inlis Ahoiot tandin. The bsk wiesi uspreds the wpper, mrd ofnt lop i n the loer par stiedies t cTrie m s ntr is broughn ine ae Poissy Tille Elot a eaweiln htias -l skth ohf trePnul Jons"(1 'i'ib Thein sh utenis ar pardbon tr-ied SUCCSfU coutof h s4cbrne tw the 9uditO rome IRpiieichar n ih rird thoeIdnnhe ahgainste mraimft it! douehad isSho W o n'ro bse ;w5 Worohl"' l..e en '::1 :orv 'r o h lrape and til lowesr parst''adie h Dcks, whic wrs it ibruht i!n.d Etdih (J Pal.o:' . mamhlled It uarer.m ad ,..v: fl.d b Cd e II I~~ donh!e ad fr'y. ' -' ('of tIlravo - -*'*. ips, i n' 11 h1 - - ~ POPULP. SCIECE. - A race horse galloping at fall speed clears from twenty to twenty-four feet every bound. The atmosphere is so clear ia. New D Zealand that it is saiciobjects ca'n bo seen by starlight.at a cistande of seven r miler. - Science declares that in proportion to the weight of the whole person the weight of woman's brain is greater than that of man. If the Atlantic Ocean vould have a layer of water 600 feet r..ep removed froL its Furfa:e it wou" l -nlV reduce the width of that body of water one i ha1 . afeetricians say that there is no safer place during a thuncler storm than a trolley car. The wires and car pofe make the best kind of lightning rods. There are many reasons in favor of the supposition that Mars is more likely to have been inhabited in past ages than at the present time, in spite of its atmosphere or water or clouds, No parental care ever falls to the lot of a singlo member of the insect tribe. In general, the eggs of an inseet are destined to be hatch6d long after the parents are dead, so that most insects are born orphans. Surgeons say the lungs of old peo ple at Pittsburg are much darker in color than -.milar organs of folks in more favored cities. whey attribute this blackish hue to tie inhalation of the soot-iaden air of the Smoky City. Sugh is the clearness of the atmos phere in the vicinity of Arequipa, Peru, that from the observatory, 8050 feet above the sea, a black spot one inch in diameter, placed on a white . disk, has been seen on Mount Char chini, a distance of eleven miles, through a thirteen inch telescope. A prominent geologist, who has been looking into the formation of the bed of the Ohio River, forty-three miles below Pittsburg, says the old"river bed is 301 feet above the present iWor level, and he finds there stones o Canadian granite, whose nearest home now is on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario. In the glacial gravel he-me across a rough arrow head, which he attributes to the glacial period, per has 300,000 years ago. A Monsier .oo.o. The Chinese department of -the British Museum library contains, says a writer in Cassell's World of Won ders, a. single work which occupies no fwer than 5020 voinmes. This won .6000, and is one of o It p_oeiiv.. who reignecr t th3 course of hisstu:liesv. literature of his country, Eau, discovered that ext ?nsive corraption t haid been allowed to creep into mod ern editions, and he conceived the id'ea of having the text of the origin 1 als re'roduced, and preserved in an r*itthoi'itative forai. This was a 1mighty conceptien, truly, and in its execution it remains unique down to the present time. For the purpose of - earrying out the work Kang-he ap-. pointed a commtission of learned men to select the writings to be repro diuced andi e:nployed the Jesuit mis sionares4 to cast copper types with which to execate the printing. The commission wass occupied for forrv years in its great task. B3f ore the~ 'wark was completed Kiang-he did but he ha'd prvdd,upetdiWi shionildaagdihao&ris trust. The boot is arrange:1 iin six divisions, each .caling with a particular braneh-of knowiecge. The divisions are thus desig-nated: First, writings relating ao the heavens; second, writtngs re ating' to' the earth: third, writings Irlating to minkind; fourth, writings rJlatng to inaniati nature; fifth, wri'.ings relating to pilosophy ; sixth, writings relaiing to political economy. The Wheel as _ Life.aver. . To the Russians belongs the credit oFf~ frt utilizing bicycles as a sort of out-riding bodyguarsi. The recent .iscovery of severali plots to assassin ato the "Czar has arouse:1 to the ut most the ingenuity 01f the military, whose esp)ecial work in life is to secure the safety of the autocrat. In the oast when the Cziy madie a journey by auilwav it was thou:tht sadlecient to send ahead a l.coxotive and tender to mnake sure th.at the ial was free rom loose railh, misplaced switches, n famiVte bombs and such other hin -ance's to the imipzrial piogress. But the certain information that the o 'alist, %narchists and Nihilists who privae Raisian society fromi bottom ~o top to . the very side of.the Czar himself, arc once more actively en ed in their thoroughly righteous cheme to ovcrthrow the absolute mon rhvr that makes virtual slaves of tens of mlons o f men, has mace necessary the most rigid precautions. 4:herefore the~ idmerial tradn is nIow atways pre cede' ii): n o(r more iilit)icyciers of prov'ed loyalty to the Czar. Such out-rides precee the train at a dis i.n'u no greater than is absolutely ncery~ to prevent th'eir being ran downf bv~ie ~iocomotive. The guard o: mi' rch ont ne comp,aratively ciy hei commnands an adegluns c .ofte neighboring country, and can signal to the tr-ain following at the slightest sign of danger. William iRiley, a Phila-leiphia boy", has invented a contrivai:ce uy whh'id his Newtonn.abn-t dtog suppli.s tio mnot;ve nmevc f'r i r,rinting jtre.-s,