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V-N. i i WEEKLY EDITIUN, WIN:NSI3ORO S. C., JU TlY 9 ,l8 ETBIHD14 M'LIJRIB TO THE CADETS. A'NtEL ORATION AT THE COM 3IENCEMENT IN SUMTER. The Advantages of the South Carolina 3M1i1iary Academy to the State and its People and the Reasons Why it should be 31aintained by The Public. The following are extracts from the address of Congressman John L. Mc Laurim to the Citadel graduates at the recent commencement at Sumter: Mr. C?: ;; u and Gentlemen of Bar-d 'r i.itor.s: I am fully sensible of the high compliment you have paid me in selecting one not a gcduate of the Citadel to deliver your anunl address. I can claim, howrer, a lineal desceut, for if I am not a son o f the Citadel, I am a on of her daugh ter, the South Carolina Military In I have alw.ys felt that the four years -of stern ailitary discipline, with its 'enorced habits of self-control, and the *xamalc and influence of a man whose guiding str is duty. has been worth more to me than any scholastic traiC inr received elsewhere. The fir"t step towards success any way is to imbue the boy with the spirit of the soldier, for life is one long bat Y1e, and it is the soldier spi-it which wins sneces.; the timid and irresolute are crushed and run over, and the cow e serts thiia j tr+*Cl_ soldier. te. it a tepeents, tact andf-reso lute, pushes steadily to the front, until snes crowns his efforts, or death ces him as her own. It would be presumptive for me, in he presende of mek grown gray in the service of the Citadel, to say much .c oncernir is history and work. Per :nit me, however, to briefly allude to is ge-uesis, because in its original con Cet tion it is closely related to a few thougbts that I will express later. Col. J. P. Thomas, in his excellent work, gives a most interesting account of the eariy history of the Citadel. In 822 Denmark Vesy, a free negro, or -.uizcd a most formidable insurrec :i-n in the city of Charleetor. He N .s one of those bold. strong charac ters -_,o are born leaders of men. On s=ua- nigbt.-June 16, the negroes :, r: to rise and suddenly seize the Arteti, Guard House and other de __ - tories of arms; then, reinforced by the country negroes, were to sweep the town 3.y fire and sword. Through 'he defection of one of the crnspirators the plot failed, and ,sy, with several others, was tried condemned and executed. The alarm caused by this threatened outbreak led to the enlargement of the Arsenal and other military posts. Ten years later ::m the nullification excitement of _ P,and two hundred thousand dol i.ars was appropriated for munitions of wa and, as a consequence greatly in - reased the importance of the Arsenal. A garrison was kept up until 1842, when Governor Richardson conceived the idea of using these military posts as sebools, holding that as they had to be maintained, it 'would only be a snuli additional expense to impart in. strtcion to the young men constitu ting tbe garrison. Thus 'we see the eiin and nurpose of the Citadel was !asti eat 'graft uen the old trunk. Therefore in purpose and nractice the Citadel bears a close re a!ionl to the militia system of the country, and I desire to express a few thoughts on this line, for in it are som of the germs 'which must give life oc death to us asa Republic. There are two State West Points in th South that should forever comn mnand pub~lic confidence-the Virginia Militarv Institute and the South Caro lina Military -ACcdemy. Standing out bold sna unique, the "military set up" is as distinctive as that of West Point. True nurseries of the citizen soldier, th~e safeguarci of a republic. Long niay they live! In every town in the Sou!th their young men are found as <fficers of militia, imparting scientifie and technical knowledge as a labor of love. Young men, you may well be proud of your alma mater. Hers is a glorious record, and it is for you to see thate the high standard of excellence is main tained where a Hagood, a Capers, a Crawford and a Thomas placed it. On one occasion, after Rome had been sacked by barbarians, there was a mneeting of the Senate to determine the question of removing the seat of Em ire to another place. The counsels of the weak and demoralized 'were about to prevail, when some bold old Roman exclaimed: "Rome fore'fer!" It was electrical in its effect. Do not permit the seat of your empire to be removed to another place. Her home is the "City by the Sea," fanned by the- gentle ocean breeze and the soft breath of the mnagnol.ia. A~ few heroic exclamations: "The Citadel forever!" and she lives. Scarred by battle, torn by earthquake and devastated by fire, she hass survived Nall. What shame anid ignonmy to perziit her, in this noondav of life, to wither and dlie a slow and sure death by starvation, ber beautiful limbs, like the b-eggar, stretched by the roadside. There is. it must be confessed. 'teep-seated and just conviction among! the mnasses that we are spending too much tuoney for higher education and not enough for common schools. It cannot be denied that our educational sys tern is top-heavy, but there is no insitution in the State performing the peeniiar uork of the Citadel. 'lhere are ww in the South so well-fitted fo n'o,i,-r instiutns e r se Tb E tittrary training is duplicated in mR,2 places, but the militar,y at lnw save West Point. If I thought the destrue tion of every State college was neces sary to give is a cr;nlete conmon school system I would be in favor of doing awsq with them all, for I belim in the greatest good to tinr ;reatest number. This we?.d not, however, increase one Iota the efficiency of our common school system. Iudeed I f think the contrar5- would be true. for+ careful study of the census will thi that the States with the best facilitie; for higher ?dtscation have the b'sd common school systems, In South Catolinra it is cerhh_ny true, for since the building of Clemson and the 8gita tion upon the subject of schools there has been a marked improre.nt in the free school sytem of ibis St-e, and there is a plenty of rooi for w ore. Soue superticial thinkrs imagine that State aid for colleges d eonnuon schoole rtest upon different govern.nt ul principles-, becausethe; claim one is for the few. the other for the many. This is partly true as a fact, but the man who uses that as an argument against State aid for colleges fails to comprehend the basis upon which rests the obligations of a Government to edu^ate its children-. He confema:s the individual with that great complex aggregation of individuals called the State. He utterly confuses private with public rights. individualiy I. John J- IIcLaurin, have no more righi to demand that the State pay for the tuition of my children than I have to expect it to pay my doctor's bill, or other lte ns of domestic expense. It is the public, not the iudividual, interest in the matter which creates the duty and gives importance to i-d.i-. cation as a matter of governmental policy. Viewed in this light, itis easy to common school and college. Anoiner has said: "State education rests upon great public grounds. Its foundations are political and moral, and it is only permissible from the close relationship which the experience of ages has de monstrated exists between the publie welfare and all the elements of nation al prosperity on the one hand and the enlightenment of the population on the other." It is not for the rich that State aid is wanted; they can get it anywhere, either in or out of the State, but many a poor lad has been made a great man through a collegiate education, State aid, when he could have received it iu no other way. There should he ample educational facilities in this State so that none need go abroad .for an edu cation. There is something peculiar about a regular routine, the discipline and for malities are fascinating, and for some natures no place will -o well develop the best that is in them. I know I needed just such training to hold me in check. I often laugh now at how much we all stood in awe of Colonel Thomas. His formal politeness, digni died bearing and military pro:nptvc ss absolutely overwhelmed us. He was a bigger man to us than the "Czar of all the Russias." Col. Thomas impressed two things on every boy. First, that Col. Thomas was the greatest man on earth; second, that the boy was the next. How every boy that had been up to some devilment trembled when we were drawn up in line and "the Colonel walked slowly up* and down ad looked at us. I have suffered the tortures of trial, condemnation and exection, for I just felt he was looking right straight at me, and knew that I 'reke garrison lewiht. What a ign1 of great relief I heaved when be passed, and what a mental vow I swore never to do so anymore. To tell you the truth, I haven't got entirely over. it et. T remember meeting "the Col one" a few years ago in Columb,ia, with a cigar in my mouth, and, boys, before I kne what I was doing. I slipped it out of my mouth. eamed it round behind me and out into the gut ter. Perhaps I ought to say, how-. ever, that it wasn't a very good cigar, but if it had been a fifty cent full Ha vana, I would never stand up and smoke in Col. Thomas's face, and he is the last man on earth thatlI would wish to know that I was guilty of a dishon orable or mean thing, and there is no treasure that I value more than I do his confidence and respect. A teacher and a school like that is what I want for any boy. Young, gentlemen, far e and riches are to be desired, but if all of us in stead of devoting our lives to their mad pursuit would more cultivate and prac tice those simple courtesies, humani ties and virtues which adorn and bea;. tify human life, we would be happier and the world better. Fame and riches may be secured by low cunning and rapacity. Arrogance and perti nacity may raise you far above your intellectual and moral superiors, and place one in the chiefest seat oif amubi tion, but vulgar admiration can never atone for the conscious lack of those simple but grand attributes that con stitute the ideal of the model gentle man. These fertilize the lowest grades of human existence and hest adorn the mountain tonps. Our River and Harbors. As a result of a conferenee between the President and Secretary Lamont at Wash ngton orders has been issued by the War Department for the immediate execution of the provisions of the river and harbor appro rition Act, with those sections of the law provdng spedifically for the making of con tracts for the continuance and completion of the works. General ('raighill, Chief of En--I gineers, has issued orde'rs to the officers in I charge of the Improvements in all parts of the country to proceed at once with, ordinary government works in their respective dis tricts. No action will be taken at once with respect to the important works for the coma pleion of which the bill authorizes the mak ing of continuing contracts. 'Ibere are thrty-sixitems of this character in the bill and the authorities are now considering the: es+ cnurs of action with reet thereto. LATEST NEWS Il BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both Hdnie nrd Foreign; Briefy Told. Southern News Notes. The Louisana legislature has killed the "Valued Policy" insurance bill. Roland A. Tolbert, of Villa Fics Ga., died Wednesday. le was 97 years old, and had lived under every nresident. Near Lincolnton, Ga., Thu-sday a negro was hung up to a limb of a tree and riddled with bullets for an assault -upon a Mrs. Mercier, white. The Confederate Veterans in their sixth annual convention in Richmond, Va.. Wednenday, decided to hold their next re-union In Nashville, Tend. At Hartsville, Ala., Thursday, en gine 280, of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad exploded- killing three men, ,parts of the engine being blown ainile. At Halifax, N. C., Thursday Henry Dowden was executed for the murder 'of Engineer Dodd at Weldon on the 22 of February last. The execution was private. Near San Antonio, Tex., a devastat ing prairie fire is reported. Many hay presses and much farm machinery has been destroyed. Residences wete saved .by plowing around them. In accordance with the election held in February under special act of the legisleture, the cities of Danville and v..banA one Wednesday. Greatar Danville is now a city of 20, 000 inhabitant ../ At Atlanta, Ga, esa Judge .Newman, of the Federal'C'bt, removed !Judge Bigby as the receiver of the Eagle and Phoenix Mills, at Columbus, Ga. This action was taken on the ground that the receiver was a large stockholder in the property and had been president. Eugene Spalding has been appointed a co-receiver of the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad Company. The syndicate which bought the road has paid $100,000, making $292,000 paid on it. There is still about $650,000 to be paid, and the decree requires that the balance shall be paid in install ments of $100,000 every sixty days. At Gaalve.vton, Tex., Thursday, four blocks of the wharf front of the Mal lory steamship lines, twenty-six rail a large quantity of bagging and ties were destroyed by fire, and the loss will probably amount to from $200,000 to $300,000. The cause of the fire was the spontaneous combustion of wool. Northern News Items. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe died at Hartford, Con., Wednesday. The National Educational Associa tion will convene in Buffalo, N. Y., July 7th. Teachers from every State are expected to be present, and many interesting essays on educational top ics are to be introduced. The New Bedford, Mass., mill men ave decided not to go into an agree ment with theFallRiver manufacturers, and will not shut down. Col. Wishon, the young Ohio man who organize.d a company of Ohio soldiers and with him joined the Cuban insurgents, has been killed in a skir mishi with the Spaniards. The Eastern National Show, whic1 is to be given by the National Cycle Board of Trade throughout the country has selected the Grand Central Palace, of New York, and the time of meeting has been set for February, 1897. The Southern Passenger Association met in New York Tuesday, to elect a commission. Vice-President Erwin, of the Plant System. occupied the chair. Joseph Richardson, of the Florida East Coast Railroad, was ehketed Commissioner. John J. Quinn, manager of Peter Miaher has accepted the offer of the National Sporting Club of San Fran cisco, Cal, to match Maher against Joe Choyinski for eight rounds fight for a purse of $6,000, the contest to take place August third. Cattle are dying from starvation in all directions on the ranges of Arizona, the lack of feed being due to the fail tre of rain. The greatest loss is in the Verde country eastward from Flagstaff and to the Southward in the Skull Val ley ranges, where the animals are dy ing by the thousands. The strike at Brown Hoisting Comn any's works, Cleveland, 0., has eached a point where the authorities, as well as the strikers are in no mood for trifiing. Strikers stoned a non union workman Thursday, and he fired into them. Cleveland soldiers charged, them with bayonets and held them at Foreign Notes. Frederico Errajuriz has been elected President of Chili. At London, Eng., Wednesday, the Irish land bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons by a vote of 292 to 140. Gove:-nent Receipts. The indication5 now are that the excess of government expenditures over receipts for the fiseal year ending .Tane 30, will bc about $2,500,000 an compared with a deficit of about $33.000,000 for the fiseal year 1895. The receipts for the present month will ex eeed the expenditures by about $1,400,000. Sniggs (breathlessly)--Phew! I'm all out of wind. Briggs-It seems to me that the wind is all out of you.--Phila rlhia North American. T1HE DAYIS 3Q.UMENT. The Designing Artist Desbribed Hie Ci'e tid'i Ii 3Iaiae.d In submitting his plans for the Davis mon ument, which, it is estime.ted, will cost $200,000, the architect thus describes its con structionand finished appea::ance: "1 strongly suggest that y7ou should de part frem the ordinary sta;ue monument, wnici might be doniposed of groups of stat uary around a central figure, for it seems to me that if a monusnent be built: which is In itself architecturally good,. graceful and massive, of stone work, that we can aceom plish a result for more digniged and appro priate and even more interest'ng than would be obtained by a singlnfigur: tanding either alone or with its surroinding groups; in the fnidet of your park. "Above the trees will riss. the dote with its golden top giving a bright crown to the monument. From all sids will it look equally well and iay ls entefed from four directions. In. the centre will stand the statue of Mr. Davis directly beneath the dome, and in spaces at the toar corners may be placed battle flags, or else statues of gen erals who were identified with the cause. "I propose building the monument of Tnakahoe marble, which is most durable in its character, and a stone v.hich shows to the best advantage good carving and mould I would introduce a fine freiie di color beneath the roofs of the porches. afid behind the columns under the dome; using a quanti ty of gold leaf in the latter place to give a tone of warmth and color to the exterior. A judicious treatment of colors on the interior which rhakes a sukrounding for the statuA which are 'n keeping with the architecture, will be both appropriate and beautiful. Added to this coloring there would be the light falling from the centre of the dome and through the colored glass windows below it. "Would not these surroundings be far bet ter for such a monument than to place it in the centre of the park, exposed at all times and to all weathers "The monument would stand on a concrete foundation and all the construction to be in masonry and not of iron. The- marble inside and out to be 'Tuckahoe,' 1 would suggest, and the flo,)re to be of marble mosaics. The estitnat;s which I submit are as follows: Ma son work and marble work. 125.000; statuary and bronze work, 855,000; decoration; $20; 000; total, $200,000. "The color scheme for the interior may be made stunning and beautiful in its treat ment." INSANE HOSPITALS. Second Meeting of the Southern As sociation to be Held in Asheville, N. 0: The second annual meeting of the Associa tion of Southern Hospitals for the Insane will be held at Asheville, N. C.. on Wednes day, September 16. The second article of the constitution of the Assodation declares: 'The objects of this Association shall be the study of the habits and conditions of so eiety and of individuals that induce insanity; the study-of pachlogical. defective and dis turbed conditions of the brain and other or gans that constitue the cause or basis of in sanity; the discussion of methods for the cure and treatment of th'e.4pane; the presen tation of ways for the best construction, maintenance and managen;ent of institutions for the care of the insane; :;-ace dissemina iA f v^or)ucuar .:he 41 t - several States of t1U'n. Article III (of the see ?ttion). Any hos pital or asylum, for t t .e of the insane, in the Southern portion he United States, which is a State, munici or otherwise pub lc.institution, can send one or more mem bers of its medical staff; or (f its board of trustees or manage:s, as de.legates. who will be members of this Association in any of its meetings. This Association, thus constituted, can also elect to its membership any physician, of other person, who has become dist:guished, or who has exhibited marked interest in the lines of work that relate to insanity, either by attainments in neurological or psycholog ical medicine, or by philanthropic work ia the interests of the insane. The success of -he first meeting of the As sociation held in Atlanta last November has encouraged its members in the work they have uudettaken, and they look forward to a wide field of usefullness for their organiza tion. CORPORATE RIGHTS. A Decision Wuich in Effect Seems tc Invalidate. The Supreme Court of'Wisconsin has just handed down a decision which in effect seems to invalidate the corporate rights ol most of the vil!age governments in the State. The court holds that the act authorizing cir cult courts to incorporate villages is invalid, inasmuch as a corporation can be created only by legislative enactment. If the decis ion is sustai..ed It is estimated that nearly every village government in Wisconsin is without standing in the law, and the boncis it has Issued are worth nothing unless the various village residents are moved by civIc pride and honor to stand good for them. The whole case is a remarkable instance of the fallibility of human law and the majestic blunders which are possible in the conduct oi1 public affairs. Until the matter is finally set ted some of the Wisconsin villages will be puzzled to know whether they are villages or not and whether their claims for taxes are not sourlous. They have been going along seren~ely under what was supposed to be an authorized government, and suddenly a court decision shows them that they are without government, and that their organi zation has been nothing more than a com mon pact, based upon the false notion that that pa.t was authorized by law. SNAKES BROKE UIP THlEDANCE. They Swarmed Through Knot Holes in the Barn Floor. The Woicroft girls, Grace and Jennie. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Woicroft of near Gree-ley, Pa., gave a dance in honor of the remodelling of their old home on Thurs day. The paint was not dry and an old barn on the premises was used Instead. The floor was loose and full of knot holet, but a thorougn cleaning had made it presentabJe. The orchestra was composed of two ac-cord ions and a violin. The players occupted a platform on a wagon. Dancing soon became general, and was at Its height when a scream from a set composed of Misses Woleroft and Messrs. Gebhart and Scharff stopped proceedings. An investiga tion showed the heads and parts of the bodies of several black snakes crawling out from the knot holes in the floor. The girls :led, and the men, headed by Peter Major. made an onslaught on the snakes, killing thirty-six before the slaughter ended. The knot holes seemed to be full of snakes, which evidently had a den beneath the barn floor. The dance was broken up. and the party went to the house and lawn for the rest of the evening. No one was bitten. but one or two women fainted. Some of the snakes were six feet Jong. Weekly Bank Statement. The weekly bank statement shows the fol lowing changes: Rteserve, decrease. 21,.58O. 50; loans, increase, $1.200,000: specie. d'o crease, $149,000; legal tenders, decrease. $,922,000: deposits. incre - culaton, decrease,. hold S20,328,275in e. PALthETTi POINTER ABOUT BANKS. t'here Are 120 Banking Institution! Doing Business If the State. The Columbia Register in a receni ssne says: All things considered, the amount of .spital emp} nTed in banking in South varolina is lai:ge, and it has increased ilmost ap rapidly in the last ten years is have the investments in cotton man" ifacturing plante. The Bank Eiami aer when elected will have plenty o1 work to perform. That such an office] is needed has been demonstrated by recent ev.ents. There are in the State sixteen national banks, with an aggre gate capital of $2,000,000 in round numberz; seventy-seven State banks, with an aggregate capitalof $4,300,00( in round numbers, and twenty-sevet private banking rirms, with at individ nal responsibility ' of $625,000. A: most of the banks have large sur pluses and undivided profits, th< total amount of capital available foi banking purposes is several millior dollars greater than indicatad by the -bove figures. Of course the Bant Examiner would have no authority over the national banks, whi. re un aer the control of the Federai 6overn" ment, nor *ould he have control ovei the private banking firms, as the laa under which he will officiate is onl3 applicable to banking corporation: created by the State. The election o: this officer will probably not occur foi two or three weeks. As the duties o: this officer will be delicate and intricati it is fortunate that among the candi dates are se'eral men whose experienc and ability guarantee that if electei they will satisfactorily perform thi responsibie duties of the offie. HUMAN LIFE CHEAP. A Greenville Minister Shows Up Bloody Record for That County. Recently in Greenville, Dr. C. S Gardner preached a sermon in the First Baptist church on the cheapnes3 of human life. He gave a strong re view of the number of murders com. mitted in Greenville coun y' in ti past three and a half years. He got the records from the clerk of court, show ing that 33 murders had been - commit ted in that county in the time men tioned. He was severe in his review o ind created a sensatioi ctl oof facts. j He at tackeit~e apree ,...--.,... said that the intelligent man was ex cluded from the jury in murder cases He paid his respects to the lawyers and detailed their work in defendins the accused. Normal Scholarships. President Woodrow has issued th following circular with reference, ti normal scholarships in the Souti Carolina College: South Carolina College, June 29. A competitive examination for th normal scholarships of the South Carc lina College will be held by the Schoc Commissioner of each co'!uty in whici there is a vacancy on Thursday, Jul; 30. Applicants will be examined os English, mathematics and history, th requiremsnts in these subjects being the same as for admission to the scie, tif ic course of this college. See pag 3 of the catalogne of 1895-'96. Fui ther information, if desired, will b cheerfully furnished by James Wood ro w, president South Carolina college Only a Question of Time. Some forty years ago several thou and dollars' worth of gold was mine at Townville, Anderson county, an notwithstanding the crude apparatu used, the yield was about $1.50 per da to the hand employed. For some ur explained reason work was suspende while paying at the above rate and bd fore the discovery of the rich deposi Ithen believed to exist. Faith in th presence there of gold in paying quai tities has never been lost, and recent] Dr. W. K. Sharp, who now owns ti land, has been prospecting in a limite way, but with encouraging results, an it is the opinion of experts that it only a question of time when Townvil. will be ablaze with the gold fever. South Carolina Leads. The guarterly report of new indui tries erected and in immediate prol pet of erection in the Southern State during the three months ending Jul 1 1896, as compiled by the Chatt; Inooga (Tenn.) Tradesman, shows a t< ta of :360. The most notable featu: is the fact that the erection of cottc and woolen mills in the South co1 tinues 'with unabated zeal. Fifty-fis new cotton and woolen mills were r, prted during the last three month South Carolina leads with 20, Georg: huing 11, North Carolina 8, Alaban 4, Texas 4, and Te:anessee 4. Dr S. M. Orr, of Anderson, ha gne to New York, where he will t: to place the $75,000 of stock neededi hveloo Portmau's Shoals. W1ill Drop the Negroes. The National Repubicean party, as sug planters style themselves, met in secret se si.cn at New Orleans. La.. and decided drop the word State organization. Th< i ignore the Negroes and old tia leders, hold a State Convention on July3 and make an active carnpaign independe of the machine, hoping to force recogniti from McKinley and bis man 2-,' o youL) have any Idea how mar f col you burn each winter only know how much I pay for DUN AND0 BRADSTREET. Less Cotton 3111 Production-Doing Bus1t ese Without Profit. Dun and Bradstreet's weekly report of commercial affairs are as follows: Complete failure reports for the second quarter of 1894, April-June 30, inclusive, cover 2.905 in the Vnited States against 2,855 in the same quarter of last year. Fail ures for the week have been 257 in the Vnited States against 195 last year. and 22 in Canada agairi t 24 last year. Current mo'Veente have been so largely of a temporary charace; or else purely speculative on the day-by-day plan, that they are not wholly instructive. Thus An ex tensive shutdown of cotton mills is solely in the hope that production in July and August !nay clear a largely over-stocked market. E*tended reviews of the half yesr's opera tion in leading branches of manufacture go far to explain numerous stoppages. In wool ens they are without concert, mills waiting for orders. the sales of wool having been not a third of last year's for the same week. Prices are depressed; but still depend on for eign possibilities. In cotton goods, the clos ing many mills, both North and gouth, for half of July and August is in effect a recog nition of the fact that heavy stocks of goods, manufactured from cotton costing between 7% and 8j cents, could not be expected to show profits if the mills go on nianufactur tng until a new and probably heavy crop cf cotton is ready. The reduction of prices has brought out a large demand in many cases, but not enough to meet the output of the mills. A further decline in print cloths to 2K cents is signiicant, when such a decrease in production is assured. Comparatively few changes are noted, but n. ost of them are decreases in either prices or demand. Quotations for wheat, Indian corn, cotton, oats. iron and steel are lower. Sugar has re-acted after the decline last week. Leather remains conspicuously firm. with shoe factories busily employed and petroleum and anthracite coal are higher. The sentiment of the trade at many points is that the Immediate ontlook for business is not favorable. St. Louis jobbers report iome Texas merchants countermai iing or ders, owing to the effects of the drouth. There is a fair demand for grain, groceries and staple dry goods at Minneapolis and Du luth- ind in fabrics and groae;.s at St. Paul an?' maha, while Louisville reports a bet-, ter aemand for hardware, with collections npioved. Similar advices "ome from Balti more, Savannah and Charleston. These con otitute the most favorable reports concern Ing the state of trade. At Chicago the vol' ime of business for six months is smaller' than last year. At New York, Philadelphia,' Buffalo and Pittsburg there are no character Istics, except those of extreme dullness. The general industrial situation shows not senewed activity. BRIGHT PROSPECTS. Crops Have Made Rapid and Healthy Growth. the weather bureau st Washington, D. C, In its report of crop conditions. _fs=rsel ended June 29th sav, The week ing June 29 has been excep on orable and most crops have made ' rapid and healthy growth. Winter wheat harvest continues, in the central and northern portion of the winter wheat belt, but has been interrupted to some extent by cloudy and rainy weather in some l sections. Corn has ma) exceptional-:progress dur Jn' the week. and the early partof th,s -erop North as hool5as5wh-m?i 4 .*te -- Texas and portions -of Arkansas, Lo lssissippi and' Georgia corn has n from drought the early crop in Texas and Arkansas being too far advanced to be saved by rain. Cotton has improved over the Eastern por tion of the cotton region, bnt continues to suffer fro: drought over the western por e tions. The complaints of injury by lice are much less numerous than during the preced ing weeks. R eportsgenerally indicate that tobacco is in excellent condition, especially in Ohio, Indiana and Eentuaky. Curing has begun in North Carolina. WONDERFUL INCREASE R fapid Progress 3lade by the South l.a Education. eThe total enrollment in educational insti Stutions of all kinds in the United State3 for the school year 1893-'94 was clearly 16.000, e000, according to the report for that year just promulgated by Commissioner of Educa Stion Harris. Of these all but 400,000 were in the regular schools, an increase of about 500 000 for the year. The percentage of total nopulation enrolled In the schools was 20.53. The school property gained in value during the year $26,000,000 and 1,103 more school houses were in operation. The report says;' "In the past twenty years the South has in-, creased 54 per cent. in population but its. school attendance has increased 130 per cent.' --more than twice as fast as the population. In the twerity years from 1874 to 1894. the value of the school property ini the Sonth in creased from $16,000,000 to $51.000.000-.ani addition of $40,000,000 or $2,000,000 a year; SHigher education has also made a good record. eDividends for Creditors of Insofvent Banks. yThe Comptoller of the Currency has de cldared dividends in favor of the credito--s or insolvent banks as follows. viz.: A second dividend, 10 per cent., in favor of the State SNational Bank, of Vernon. Texas, making in all 35 per cent. on claims proved. amounting to S49,164. A final diividend of 8.90 per cent. in favor of the creditore of the State Nation al Bank; of Knoxville. Tenai. repiresenting, the interest in full to July 1. 1896, and mak ing ir. all 108.90 per cent. on clair3 proved., amougting to $104.682. a National League of ColorAd Women. r The National L.eague of Colored Women, - the Qret national association of the kind ever -. organmized in the U'nited States, will hold its egrst Convention in Washington on the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th of July, and fromu present indications it promises to be the most impor. ~tant gathering of colored women ever assem bled on this continent. Riepre'ntative coi ored women from all parts of the countre will be in attendance, as the National League has tianches in nearly every State of the .Union. Bets on the Elections. The first offers of money in large amnounts Lonthe the result of the November elections ywere made in the New York Stock Excbange on Thursde.y last. J. S. Bache A- Co. ofer ed to bet $10,000 to $4.000 that M--linley will be elected President: Howard P. Frothing ham offered $10,000 to $5,000. an-d Jacob Krkner $5,000 to $2,500 on the same- result. The prevailing odds on the exchange last week were 10 to 4 that 3IcKinley will be oelected, but no tras.t.mio.'s have been re r ported. 0 8 ,500 Saloons Closed. ' Hugh Coyale and PresidentRenn.of 31 Park I ow,of the Liquor DealersAssociation,of New York,say that as a result of the Rlaines law, which went in to effect July 1st, 3,500 sal.. and other licensed. places will be closed a n' 'about twenty-five thousand men will hi thrown out of work in New York and Brook Absence. When you are gone, The rose takes on a paler hue; The sky is of more sombre blue; The sweetest flower seems but rae When you are gone. When you are gone, The light of heaven seems but dim And darkling night does surely lima Its shadows o'er the days so grim, When you are gone. When you are gone, To live is only to exist 'Mid cloud and shadow, storm and mist, By naught of sunshine ever kisse:. When you are gone. -Atlanta Constitutior When We Grow Up. When we were children we were v;ont To bitterly complain Because our play was rudely spoiied By what seemed needless rain. When we grew up and came to b - In wisdom less pervers -. We found that was a blessing which To childhood seemed a cure When we grew up to our full height What now seems undue pain May prove another instance of A childish view of rain. sL. Nat Charles, in Washingt F'ost. The Old Barn. ow, shallow-swept and gray. Between the orchard ani tue sprilg All its wide windows overflowing hai And crannied doors a-swing, The old barn stands to-day. . Deep in its hay the Leghorn hide. A round, white nest: and. humtninu On roof and rafter, or its Log-rude side Black in the sun-shot loft, The building hornet glides. Along itS Corn-erib, cautiously As thieving fingers, skulks the rat: Or. in warped stalls of fragrant ticnd&y Gnaws at some ioosened slat. Or parses s.e:. 'wy. dream of drouth made audible Before its door, hot, smooth, and slbrli All day the locust sing . other spell Shall hold it. lazier still. Than the long day's. now tell? DU& be cri-ket and the strain -toad and of frog; and sturs hat ura above th 4 rich west's rib;ed sti. And dropping pasture bars. And cow-beits up the lane. ight and the. moon and katydid, And leaf-list-of the wind-touced Dou'--' And mazy shajows that the fire-flies thri' And sweet be ath of the cows: And the lone wl here hid. .M'adison. Cawein Hi other'r i" yr ' - - . Of all-the-j . Of night'. approach' gves warntng.-- - There's non, that springs so sviit and su Delights 1 pure to smother. As that whi thrills and warms the Bar When help g one another. If days and ghts seem born to u% To be cons med in sorrow; If hourly we ave vainly craved A happi o-mxor'cow; Iftrom ontselves 1vinagtarn To som ,pain-strickenl brothtbr: The soetnight finds dawn.fag br gi ~.,i~elping one another. Tis selish gief that deadliest, clings~ But, Christ-like lessons hee-ling. We'll fni li fe's devious, onward way To sunnier heights still leading; Till when these bodies, weak aind wvorn Have sought the~ common mother. Our souls morc joyXl sing and soar For having hsipeteaeah other. The Critic. The wild birds sang. Thle forest ranc Wi;h the concert they had given; But, by the note .Che critic wrte 1'he singers' sou's were rivet "The thrush,: wrote he' "In lower key. Would better his sustaini@ y The blue'bird's song, Altho' not lone. . Showed1 lack of proper teamm:-t. "The ro'bines voie Seemed rather choice, Dlut ranged quite sbort and triling The 'son'. of Love.' Suing by the dove Monotonous and stifling. "The cat bird tried ('T was c:ear lhe lied). An aria beyond her. And plain to te'. The blackbird well Bhould execution ponde..' Ar d thus and so And thus and so. The rest were likewise fated, ISome felt quite sad. Some felt quite mad. While all the critic hateJ - Said they. ~'If he K(nows more than we. We'll let him do the singin, And teach us tones His method owns TIhus stop the faults he's ainging. So. in a rage. They sought the sage. Quite curic'us. you kniow - And lo! and lo: And 1o! and 1o' They found the critic was a crow. Charles Gingrich, in 3Musical blesseng' Profits ot Dentistry. A Fifth avenue dentist, who plugs p the molars of the Four Hundred, says that he hz's made $500 in a day, but only once. A lady came to htnx who wanted diamonds pu:t in a gold filling of her front teeth. 'It was evident," says the dentist, "that she ad just come into her inheritance. Sbe seemed so anxious to spend money.. I didn't approve of the diamo'ds, and1 told her so, but she would have them, and I humored her to such an e:tent, that my day's work netted me 53C0. What do I~make ordinarily? Welb, I charge $20 an hour, and I rarely work more than.five hours. People don't care to come before 10 in the morning, and late in the afternoon the ligat .is not good enough. One hundred dol lars a day is about the extent of what a dentist can make,'and it is about the most exacting of all the professionu." .eNe York Advertiser.