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*41* 8U2?TEK WATCHMAN, Kstabllahed Apr!', IS50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TR UK SOUTHRON, Established Jose, 1369 Consolidated Ans. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25,. 1891. New Series-Yoi. Xl. No. 17. rablisiiod ovary "ffodnosday, ?*??^:>-: . '' ' ? - _ . BY I N. Gr- OSTEEN, p:\ SUMTER, S. C. TKRM8: Iwo Dottars per annum-in advance. AOTBSTI8SKIHT3. >?? 3qu*re7 first insertion-.-$1 00 f Tory subsequent insertion.... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will bc snide at reduced rates. AU communication^ which subserve pr; vate * nterests will becharged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be j ^ shargeafor. | MACHINE SHOPT* AU kinds of MACHINE WORK REPAIRS ?aa be bad in Sumter, at short notice, and io tbe tjfty best class of work, at the shop re? cently opened by the undersigned on Liberty Street, near the C. S. & N. Depot. Boilers Patched, and Mill and Sin Work a Specialty. Prompt attention given to work in the Conntry, and first class workmen sent to at? tend to same. Calla! the shop or aduress tbrongb Sumter Postoffire Aag 18 EDGAR SKINNER. NOTICE. IN PURSUANCE OF TEE LAWS OF this State notice is hereby given that the Bishop villi Railroad Company will apply to the Legislature of this State at its next ses ' ?on for authority to extend tts Railroad m a general North or North-westerly direction as far as the North Coro!iua State line, and also to extend ' said R-iiircad from Atkins io a Szotb or Sooth-easterly direction as far as ! ?orne point on the North Bastero, or the Cen? tral Rail rc>ad of Sooth Carolin?. P. L. BRIDGETS. President B. R R. Co. vAugost 13, 1891. _aog.26-v LD. JOHNSTON, SUMTER, S. C., r -THE-? ?rae?ieal Carpe&ter, Contractor AND BUILDER, XXT'OULD RESPECTFULLY inform the W citizens of Sumter and surrounding ?conntry that he is prepared to furnish plans, and estimates on brick and wooden buildings .All work entrusted to him will be done first class. - SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Aug 1? _"_o - 'fSF*?*^ Sung tillie fort linchar? hi .nmadcat -rtMMfTjlKiw^- w"T''f-'r ??. '.>' Amii r.iR<\ Aumin, flKBtrW^K&MHh'rau.t JIK>. Uonn. ToWn,Ohio. (H^^^^ttsn cu:. O?Urr; arr Joint: as well. *???St$^tjSff?PS/F1'* Som? ?rn orcr?iOO.OO a tjfsS^gEtno?tl?. T?m nat?o th* work and live IfcSafcSSp*1 b.mic, wherever vim are. Even be 1*S?T %Vi*.?ny. AU -upes. Y.'ohovr voa how SSL ?nd ?tart voa. Caa vrerk In ?p?rc timo *fi?29 ortllih-'iiuK . liipr money for work B^T-? ?rs.. Fallare unknown amone I brm. XEW anet wonderful. Partien lara frte. 3HLHaPq*t^fc .K^?y wwyortfauxi. M nine GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER A Safe, Pleasao and Effective Itemed j for al diseases of the. IT ACTS ON THE BOWELS, CLEANSES THE SYSTEM, AND REGULATES THE LIVER, And is a specific for mort FEMALE DISORDERS. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Proprietors, Glenn Springs, S C. , v, For saleby all leading Druggists. .mssm*^ THE SUMTER INSTITUTE. * FOUNDED 1867. - - CHARTERED 1838. The Twenty-Fourth Collegiate ? ^aj^mk^. Year of this school for yoong ladies begins THURSDAY, SEP Ifflr^ TEM BER 10th, 1891, t_d closes JONE 13th, 1892 For <erms, &c, apply for circular. ?os. L. A BROWNE, :4iss E. E. COOPER, Jnly 1_._Principals. WHEAT! WHEATi WHEAT! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to do worse than at cotton, so there can be no harm io trying wheat. Diversified industry is the'hope of the Sooth. 1 wiil have a thresher and bolter at CANE SAVANNAH MILL in time for this crop, so parties cao be certain of having their wheat prepared not only for their families but can sell the surplus. First class whe^tand oat seed: and General Merchandise for s .ile at Cane Savannah Store. J. SINGLETON MOORE, Oct, 6-10t. Cane Savannah, S. C. GIB*, -MANUFACTURED BY m Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co. CHAKXESTOX, S. ??te, CHARTER NOTICE. T^TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned will apply to the General Assembly of this State, at its next cession, for? charter of a* Railway Company, to ran from tho city of Sumter ii the State ot South Carolina, through the County cf Clarendon jna toe town o! Bethlehem, through the Coun? ty of Williamsburg via the town of Lake City and through the County of Horry to the towo of Conway in this State. Said Railway to be kcown as ihe Sumter, Lake City and Con? way Railway Company. H. W. MACKEY, J. B. EDWARDS, M. H. FIELDS, ADAM YOUNG, ADAM BOYD. Sept. 1, 1891. ADVICE TO WOSEH If you would protect yourself from Painful, Profuse, Scanty, Suppressed or -Irregular Men? struation you must use BRADFI ELD'S .FEMALE REGULATOR CABTERSVILLE, Apnl 26,18SG. This will certify that two members of my immediate family, after having suffered for years from Menstrual Irregularity, being treated without benefit by physicians, were at length completely cured by one bottlo cf Bradfield'*; Female Reculator. Its effect is truly wonderfuL J. w. STRANGE. Book to " "^VO??AN" " mailed FREE, whic^ contains v alu able information on all female diseases. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA? GA. JFO-B 8AUS BT AJLL DRUGGISTS* For Infants and Children. ? astoria promotes Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered health j and its sleep natural. Castoria contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. "Castona is so well adapted to children that 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. ARCHER, M. D.. Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. "I use Castoria in my practice, and. find it specially adapted to affections of chddren." AT.HX ROBERTSON, M. D., 1057 2d Ave., New York. "From personal knowledge and observation I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine for children, acting as a laxative and relieving the pent np bowels and general system very much. Many mothers have told me of its ex? cellent effect upon their children." Da. G. C. OSGOOD, Lowell, Mass. Tra CENTAUR COMPANY;, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. Are Yon Interested? Are you sufficing with any of the following symptoms: Loss of, or irregular appetite, loss of flesh, a feeling of fulness or weight in the stomach, acidity, flatulence, a dull pain with a sensation of heaviness in the bead, giddiness,; constipation, derangement of kid? neys, heart trouble, nervousness, sleepless? ness, etc. Dr. Holt's Dyspeptic Elixir will cure you. W. A. Wright, the Comptroller General of Georgia, says, th rte bottles cured him after having tried almost everything else. Judge It F, Izlar, Macon, Ga., says. Holt's Elixir accomplished what all other remedies failed to do, a perfect cure. J. E. P?ullin, Ft. Gaines, Ga., writes: "I have no hesitancy in recommending ir, as it cured me of dyspepsia. For any fmther information inquire of yotir druggist. For sale by all druggists. H. A. HOYT, Successor to C. I. HOYT & BRO. Gold and Silver Watches, FINE DIAMONDS. Clocfcs, J07ffelr7, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPJEC?A3LTY. Feb 1_ Tiffi SIIOKDS NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund.10,?00 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rnte of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, ou first days of January, April, July and Octoher. R M. WALLACE, Vice President. h. S. CARSON, Aug. 7 Cashier. TWM??F ill SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also hes A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rnte of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. WHITS, Ja., President. Cashier. Aug 21. DR. I. ALVA DENTIST. Office OVER BROWNS & P?RDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, Between Browns & Purdy and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C , April 29. G. W. DICK, ?). D. S. Office over Bogin's New Store, INTRA MCE ON MAIN STREET SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30* to 5. Sf ut 8 Dr. T. W. B00KKART? DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Bol trna n & Bro.'s Shoe Store BN TR A NC*. ON MAIN STRKET. SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. 4 pril 17-o Bradycrotine Only a Headache Cure j Miss Claude Girardeau Writes From Boston. NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY, *) BOSTON, MASS., Oct. 10,1891. j We have lately been answering ques? tions printed ou little slips of paper, as to the why and wherefore of our cooling to the Conservatory, and I had to con? fess that my first real knowledge of ?it came through a full page advertisement in the Century about two years ago. It was a most fascioatiog page, with its pretores of the Conset vatory, and I read it over a great many times and thought to myself how jolly existence could be in such a big place-au island of a very rounded'life,, with the ocean of a big city aboutit. We reached Boston in the night and how we craned our heads out of the carriage windows as the myriads otliguts flashed by, and how often we said to each other, "This is very like Charleston, isn't it ?" And so it is in spots ? There is a business street I forget its name, but it is an important one, and probably bas a "name for every block. Boston fashion-tb&t migbt be the Eist Battery, with its weather? beaten *^hop froDss, its unevenness, its air of prosperous dilapidation and its smell of ship-stores and oid iron end strange merchandise that women like to say their husbands deal in. Tb en along the quiet courts of B?acou street, near the S?ate House, with their atmosphere of "retired respectability,*' you cnn ea8?lty imagine yourself in oar old City of the Sea, only the Battery is far more beautiful than the Bay-especially a Bay with its back before il? But there is nothing iu Charleston, or in any of our beautiful Southern cities, like the Conservatory. There are a great many buildings like it-of course, for it was nothing but the cid St James i Hotel, given over to esthetic uses when the tides of fashionable and business life left it stranded up town. But its archi? tectural design could not be better adapted to its present use than if it had been the original purpose of the de? signer. Then there is so much open space about it. Franklin Square full of trees and wi:h broad walks radiating from a fountain, is iu front of us An old cemetery, also full of lovely trees (not to mention the tomb.-) is at the rear ; and the building lilts its seven stories above the adjoining houses, so that we, who prefer a sciggery io the mansard, have a most charming, dream? like view of the city with its tall chim? neys aud spires, and an occasional glimpse of the river. The rooms are all as cosy as possible ; nicely carpeted, with furniture uot solely for use, and walls whereon you may hang anything, provided you do not use pins! We use mucilage. There were some exceedingly tempting cracks mak? ing a convenient tracery over our tables and stands that we immediately took advantage of. thinking the pin-heads would not show. But they did. I must say our housekeeper kuows her business thoroughly. To go in'o the halls at any time of the day is to imagine oneself in a lunatic asylum. Such a weird, un? earthly mixture of sounds from the four or five hundred rooms. Pianos, organs (pipe-orgaue, if you please) violins, 'cellos-every imaginable musical in? strument (except. I believe, the barjo !) is going at full tilt, and you run back into your owu cell aud practice franti? cally too, because the ?nore noise each one makes the less her neighbors dis? turb her ! There the walls are thick, and after awhile you rather enj >y the din. Things are always lively here The air is crisp and tingly, and the new comers enthusiastic to study and see as much of the city as they can. After a time the enthusiasm for sight? seeing dies down, but the determination to study sinks in and you work-work, and the eu J gets farther and father away in hopes perspective, and you would be entirely discouraged if }ou could not look back as well, and see how far off in the opposite direction the starting point has dwindled. If happiness con? sists in the struggle to reach something that always eludes us and yet urges us onward, then Conservatory students must be happy. For that is what the study of music-or of any art-means. It was Goitschalk who said that there were three things that made life worth living-the first kiss of love, the color blue, and the chord of the diminished seventh The harmonious trio-love, light and linked sweetness! Weare permitted the study of the last as long as wo like in the Conservatory. For the Recond we can go to the Boston University, where under the sanction of the N. E. C., we can study anything from mathematics to medicine. We raved over Scharwenka last year, as everybody did who had the pleasure of heating him play ; so figure to your? selves our delight this year at finding that there was auditioned to the Faculty of meo who ranked wrth h'm, Carl Sta?ny, of Frankfort, and Feriuccio Busoni, a Florentine (with a Swedish wife,) who has studied in Italy and Ger? many, cat ried off the Hubenstein prize and comes with a finning halo of European reputation as a virtuoso, from the Imperial Kussian Conservatory I And he is only twenty seven years old Before he gave his first recital iu Sleeper Hall we used to catch glimpses of him in the main corridor, and one of the girls said he looked more like a bud? ding nihilist than a great musician But when we heard him play ! lt was the playing of a wizard. Such exqui? site delicacy and power, such perfection of technique and such repose. Ho does the most astonishing things with all the calmness iu the world, and makes you feel as if they were mere bagatelles compared to what he could do if he really chose to exert himself. I don't think there is anything half as fascinating as suppressed power. It is so much more thrilling than tremen? dous effort. It gives the imagination such unbounded scope. I do nut speak of ?he Stasny recital because I want to quote something I read lately I hat ex? actly places the two men musically-so it seems to me. Every real artist, "execution artist of the highest order," must have talent, emotion, intelligence, technique. "In case of emotion being the stronger, the conception will be a subjective one. The artist will treat the work as though he himself had com? posed it, subject to bis owo feelings.'7 Such an artist, is Busooi, "On the other hand, where a per? former's iotelligence is the stronger, Ins cODcepticu will be an objective one. The artist will treat the work exclu? sively in the spirit aud character of the componer, making the composer's ideas the object of bis attention." Such au artist is Stssny. We cannot get away from ourselves, after all, no matter what our ideals are. We detect temperament in tecnique and betray our disposition in the playing of a S'iale To borrow still further from the authority before quoted : "There is a great difference betweeo the touch of one pianist and another-a difference so apparent a really great pianist may fchow hi? superiority in this respect by the striking of even a single oote." To one who has not siudied piano this is "foolishness." But strange to say the very limitations of the instrument make it all the truer. The bulletin-board in the elevator is always full now Tho weekly programs are delightful. Pupils' recitals on Mon? day evenings, faculty recitals on Thurs? day evenings, lectures by eminent peo? ple, literati, scientists, specialists of all kinds on Tuesday. Lectures during the week in the afternoons by Mr. Stone of the Art Department, and Mr. Elson whose rank as critic may be imagined when he tells the public after hearing the first performance of ' Cavalleria Rusticana," (by some of the best musi? cians in America) that Boston as 3et is "provincial'' as regards op^ra ! A few weeks ago Mr. Kelley, head of the College of Oratory, gave a pre seatation of his Tableaux d' Art io Sleeper Hall The tableau company have a new costume this year, a Greek gown of white silk, and very beautiful did the girls look posing under the vivid scarlet, green and yellow hydro? gen lights against a back ground of the richest silk plush drapery in deep red and sea blue. The expression of differ? ent emotions by tfye company was par? ticularly fioe, and as I heard one of the most enthusiastic of Mr. Kelley's pupils exclaim : "lt is the finest teaching sys? tem in existence !'" Boston is certainly the Hub, and the Conservatory is right in the middle ! Long may it wave CLAUDE M. GIRARDEAU. Four Hundred Millions of Silver ! The Treasury of the United States had in store on the 1st of October, 1881, 348,3-11,193 silver dollars; ?15,848,6*20 in the form of subsidia? ry silver ; silver bars to the value o? $41,579,253; trade dollars (bars), $2,394,260-total, $409,161,326, or, in round numbers, $400,000,000 The government furthermore, is in? creasing this immense store by buy? ing seven additional tons of silver every working-day in the year. Now what does $400,000,000 worth of silver mean ? Slated in fig mes, or expressed in words, it con? veys to minds as ordinarily constitut? ed no definite idea other than that of an incomprehensible something, en? dowed with certain potentialities possibly for good, possibly for evil. Yet silver is a physical .entity, pos sessit g the properties of length, breadth, thickness, cap^c'ty to occu? py or fill space, and weigh*. Let us apply these properties to the ?400, 000,000, and note some of thc results of such application. Coined into dollars, the product will weigh over 22.000,000 pounds avoirdupois, or 11,000 net tons, and if its movement, is desirable, will ne? cessitate for so doing the" use or 1000 railroad freight cars carrying eleven tons each, or 2200 cars eanying five tons each, or 5500 two horse wagons canying each two tons. A cubic inch of pure silver weighs about 0.38 pound, and a cubic foot about 657 pounds. Hence the ?400, 000,000, if melted into :t solid mass, would occupy some 33*500 cubic feet, which in turn would make a solid column of pure silver a foot square and about 6J tnilrs high -the Wash? ington Monument being 550 feet Assuming a load of 100 pounds per man, an army of 220,000 men would be required to carry the nv ss, and would make a file, in close order, 80 miles long, occupying 30 hours in "passing a given point," allowing nothing for halts or ..rests.*' The Treasury counts its silver by weighing it, which is the part of wis? dom, in view of the fact that a man, counting at the late of 200 dollar pieces per minute, steadily for eight hours a ?lay, Sundays included, would be ki>pt busy for considerably over eleven years. Piled one upon the other the $400,000,000 would attain a height of 675 miles; and placel side by 6i'de, they would carpet a room 50 feet wide and nearly 24 miles long. Great, however, as is the mass of silver at present in the "treasure houses" of the government, it is be? ing steadily increased by the pur? chase of 54,000,000 additional ounces every year, or at the rate-as i-efore stated-of seven tons for every work ins? day of the year.-David A. Wells, in Harper's Weekly. "I have never known a case of fever where the patient was free from suspi? cion of having tak?'0 bad water, and 1 have known crowds of healthy men made ill of malarial fever by indulging for one day in pond water, albeit iced My father had his springs kept in good order in all of his field", and malarial and typhoid fevers wero unknown a.-?iong his slaves. * * We have changed ali that, and, in the same quar? ter, they drink what they please, and, year after year, I have known fever to be in every house at one aud the same lime. Impurs water kills and disables ten parsons wht're strong drink destroys nne, fatal as that is."-Harry Ham? mond. Mis John Jacob Astor, who was Miss WiTi..g of Philadelphia, delighted all the Asfors on Sunday by giving birth to a Hoe boy, who will be John Jacob Astor, the fifth. He is horn worth $150,000,000, and his arrival is important in kiping together the fa m i'y milli nu. Mrs. Astor was married February 17th last, the wedding being j one ot the fioe&t the eountry bas ever j Silk Culture An Important Industry Tint Should Receive Attention. To the Editor of Tne Standard. 1 will thank you very much if yon will re-publish the accompanying article title first issued by the Women's S.Ik Cult ?ne association, of Philadelphia, of which I am a member. I have been so ambitious to estab? lish silk raising among country women and children as an auxiliary to other Florida produc?s, that 1 would like them to know some.of the obstacles against which we have contended. Believing that the time will come and is hot far off when manufacturers of silk will be obliged to depend upon home raised silk I still entreat our people t<? plant and cultivate the suitable mulberry, so we may be prepared when that time comes to answer the demand. Tariff is the evil, so we must wait, not for? getting that it was silk, with oliveB I etc , etc . that enabled the French peasantry to aid so promptly in the payment of debt to Germany. Flor? idians, especially the women and youth of our state, I entreat of you to propagate the mulberry. ELLEN C LONG Through some strange inadver? tence, and the ignorance of many congressmen of the value of silk cul ture in this country, and in the haste of congressional business which over whelmed the last few days ol the Fif? ty First Congress, the bill in the hands of the senate committee for an appropriation to the Agricultural Bureau in behalf of silk culture was st- and- d. This may seem au unim? portant statement to be made to those who ate not inf'/:med on the various interests that cluster around the cul? ture of silk. In our country during the last few years the first movement of the Wo? men's Silk Culture association was simply a philanthropic one to add another industry in the homes of the agriculturists all over the country. Its rapid progress, and the enthusi? asm with which it was received by such, was the best evidence of its necessity, and as long as mere experi? ments were attempted the increase in the progress continued steadily up? ward ; every state in the Union, ex? cept those of the extreme North, be? came to a greater or less d'gree ex? perimentalist?. But the conviction gradually developed itself that, to .make this a money returning scheme, better supplies of food fur the silk worm must be found, and the mul? berry trees must be systematically planted. Fully alive to this fact and receiving very meagre support from the citizens, the association made application to congress in 1885 for the fostering care of tin's industry. The success of this application brought $15,000 to the Agricultural D?partaient, which enabled the de? partment to allow the association the amount of $2,500 to advance their ? work and better reach the thousands I of people with whom they were in correspondence upon the subject. In the meantime the government j had turned its attention to the distrib? uting of silk-worm eggs of the best foreign species ; this farther in? creased the need, and the desire of thus entering into the industry to en? large their operations, and through a more liberal support the following year of $5,000 direct to this associa? tion, we slatted the really necessary demand of supplying trees to those interested in the industry. . This por? tion of the work has just begun to take shape, and thene experimental? ists are systematically planting or? chards or hedges of mulberry trees to frrtber advance the industry and in crease the product. Time only in the slow process of nature can develop the growth of these trees Jo a state of perfection admitting of ful! leaf picking, lt will therefore be seen that this indus? try in ii.s quiet pi ogress toward matu? rity has been nipped in the bud by the failure of congress to appropriate money for its support. During the early years of the association the sup? port for general purposes came from the citizens in private contributions, but, looking upon this as a national effort for the good of the whole peo? ple, after government money carne to the aid of the association, it was deemed advisable not to ask for pri? vate subscriptions, ami now the asso? ciation finds itself unable to pursue its work and unwilling to again call uptfn those who formerly sustained us. This work is represented by four different centres-the Agricultural Department at Washington, the Kan? sas State a siciat.on, the California State association and I he Women's Silk Culture association of the United States, at Pin'lad el pl ila Referring to the woik done by this one station in Philadelphia, we Lave had since organizing upwards of 60,000 corre? spondents ; at present we receive about 1,200 letters of inquiry annual? ly ; we have purchased from those cultivating silk 12,000 pounds of cocoons ; have sold 1,7.00 pounds of rooled or commercial raw silk ; have manufactured 2,000 yards of silk goods ; have made forty silk United Stales Hags ; have made large 'quan? tities of silk fringe and ribbons; have sent cabinet exhibitions of the vari? ous products of the silk industry to every state agricultural society in the Union ; have sent exhibits of out? work with rool and reeler to nearly every large exposition held within the last decade } have exhibited out? work and reeling in England and Scotland ; we have numerous de? mands from industrial and high schools from all patts of the country for cabinet exhibits of the woik as object lessons for their pupils ; have setit out thousands of circulars and instruction books ; and within the last three years have distributed 40, 000 mulberry trees throughout the conn'ry, thereby laying the founda? tion for the corning si.k culture ; we have instructed American girls in the j art of reeling, and have tiros become i a rebo?l of instruction in thc art vf^ silk culture. Thia covers only the work done by the Philadelphia braneh. We have not the complete reports from the government, the Kansas or the California associations, but we ? realize that such a large and interest? ed number of persons have already entered upon this work, who look to i us as the market for their product of I cocoons, (the manufacturer not hand? ling the cocoons until reduced to J raw silk by the process of reeling,) < that the action of the government in t cutting off from the national depart I ment and its sub-stations the power i to continue the work, recurs at a < very inopportune time; money has < been spent, trees have been planted, the expectations of the people have . been encouraged, and even promises i made to assist the people in dispos- ? ing of the product until private, cap?- 1 tal may be invested in reeling, all j proves that a most unfortunate end i has been reached A very few thousand dollars would enable even our statiou to fulfill the obligations of the government to the people. These suggestions d') not cover the facts of the loss of money which has been expended by the government to arouse and interest tiie people, which they now suddenly terminate. A recent letter received frot?; the department of agriculture, at Washington, states that they lia ve 800 ounces of seed to dispose of, thia being the season for distributing seed, ? and encloses with it two communica tions, which follow : UNITED STATES ) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, > WASHINGTON-, D C., March 12. '91. ) Congress having failed to make any appropriation for the encourage? ment of silk culture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, the experimen? tal silk filature of this department will be closed and no mote cocoons will be purchased. We have on hand a supply of silk worm eggs, which will be distributed to those who dieirethem. If in view of this change of plans, you wish some sent to you please fill out and return the enclosed blank at once. Yours respectfully, J. M. RUSK, Secretary. UNITED STATES ) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, y WASUINGTON, DC. ) Supplementing my recent circular with regard to the purchase of co? coons, 1 beg to say that not only will no moie be purchased by this depart? ment, but that we cannot find that any other market will exist in the United Slates, except at Peabody, Kansas, where the cocoons produced in that state will be bought by the state silk commissioner, lt does not appear, therefore, that any market will exist for cocoons of this year's crop produced outside of the state of Kansas My only reason for distributing eggs this 3Tear is that we have them on hand, and it has been thought that, if you could not derive any profit from rai&ing them, tl-ey might be made a source of instruction and re? creation. If you conclude not to raise them it will not be necessary to send them back to us, as you are ai liberty io make any disposition of them that yon see fit. Yours respect? fully, J. M RUSK, Secretary. The value rf these 800 oz of seed would be upwards of ?1,600, which the unfortunate neglect of congress forces the agricultural department to lose. This is poor economy, when a few thousand dollars would enable the department and ita sub-stations to have pressed forward in this honest and much needed industry. With a constant cry from the agriculturists for a greater variety of crops, with emigration constantly increasing, the necessity for agricultural develop monts, with a commercial and manu? facturing body sending out of the country from $25,000,000 to ?30, 000,000 annually for raw material to supply their busy looms, a call for support to keep this industry before the people until we can offer our own native law material to the manufactu? rers does not ?'Tin unreasonable. This association feels it will be neces? sary for them to close their work, un- ? iess some method may be suggested by which they can continue it until another cong;o s may take belter care of their industrial appropriation billa. During the year 1890, out of $5, 000 appropiiated to this association, i $3,772 37 went back to the people in ? the pinchase of cocoons and the dis- i tribut ion of trees and the teaching of ? reelers, leaving only a balance of > $1,227 63 for the distribution of liter? ature and the general expenses of < their own office. It will be thus seen i that the work ha? been economically 1 pei formed and we have a good show- I ing for the expenditure ofthat money ' of which we were the almoners. < The association, with much regret, 1 will be obliged to instruct the people I all over thc Union of their inability 1 to further receive their product, and < of a cessation of the wot k throughout the slates as far as any centre for the ' purchase of their cocoons is con- ? oct ned. lt may perhaps be well to say a \ < few words to the public in explana- ? tion of why theie is no centre for the | f purchase of tlte product of the silk j 1 raisers, which is a lack of the filature i t in the United Sta'es. Cocoons are * of no use to the mamifacturer until c they have pass* d through this pro- j " cess ?>f reeling and, as tl?e reeling j r filature is not in existence, except at j 1 the expel intents! stations, and lhere I is no fund to continue ibes** stations, > the silk cul tu lists find no outlet for ? c their crop It is with great regret that we come before the people with this c statement. There is no reason for a this, except that then; is no Hind to ? continue the work, and the promise? j11 of the government have failed in j ' fruition. At this juncture the nnm-11 her of silk growers has increased I above that of any ol her season, and : v this makes the situation most nnfor- j tonale, ;rs it shows an increase in tho ! interest and a failure to meet this, as ^ an economical and progressive gov- r ernment should do, and by the failure of a few men to decide in its favor, the steadily progressing work of an industry will be lost. lt may be well to ask, are there not some capitalists who are disposed to invest money for the preservation of an industry which is world-wide, con? stantly in demand and the need sure? ly increasing. Thiswou'd ultimately pay them well and save the industry, as our country uses more in quantity L>f silk goods than any other one na? tion in the world. We scud out of the country $25,000,000 for the raw na'erial and the deman 1 for this pro? duct is constantly increasing and will continue to do so with the increase of population. Snch an enterprise ??ould not only end in drawing to itself this $25,000,000, but would establish throughout the length and breadth of agricultural districts a pure and wholesome occupation for many hands that are now idle, WOMEN'S SILK CULTURE ASSO'N Bhering Sea. An Agreement Reached by Great Brit oin and the United States-The Matter to be Submitted to Arbitra? tion. WASHINGTON, NOV. 10.-The public was taken into the confidence of the Diplomatic branch of the Government this afternoon in thc continuation of the hearing beguu yesterday before the Supreme Court in the case of the Cana? dian sealer W. P. Say ward, seized for illegal sealing in Intering Sea. and the first announcement was made that the prolonged diplomatic correspondence between Secietary Blaine and Lord Salisbury had resu ted in an agreement by which, with tlie consent of tho Sen? ate, the long pending dispute over the seal fisheries in B?ering Sea will be definitely settled Solicitor General Taft, who was ad dressing the Court, made the first inti matiou that correspondence between the two countries had reached the point of an agreement upon arbitration. He stopped at this point, and when Justice Gray desired nonie more t xplicif statemeut as to whether the agreemeut upon arti ration bad been actuary reached, the Solicitor General hesitated to reply, and intimated that perhaps he had revealed more than he (not being a Cabinet officer, and being authorized to speak only on legal questions) should have done. Attorney General Miller himself not only substantiated all that the SolicitorNGeneral had said, but went further and announced (hat ;he Govern? ment had effected an agreement This was practically the first announcement made as to the progress of the Bhering Sea negotiations since the last corres? pondence W38 made public, showing the difference of opinion between the two Governments as to the points of arbitra? tion. lt was surprising that the News should first come out iu argument in court, and the Attorney General was asked after adjournment if he could throw some light on the subject. It is true that an agreement upon arbi ration has been reached, he said. "Yes,'' he added, "the matter has been settled between the two governments, but is suvject to ratification by the Senate." "What are the points of arbitration?" "I cannot say any more than I said in court. Why don't you go to the State Department 7" "Yes you can state as a fact that agreement bas been con? cluded." Statement made by the Attorney Gen? eral to a ref resentative of ;he Associated Prers is that the President wi?.l submit to the Seuate an agreement in the nature of a treaty between the United States and Great Britain, by ?hieb the parties bind themselves to accept as final and conclusive the definition to be given by arbitrators of the exact rights nf the United States in Bheriug Sea as well as to pay any awards or damage-* i-uff trcd by the oation which is declared to have held the true contention. It is also presumed that arbitrators h^ve been selected, but none of the cfficials seem willing to discuss the details of the agreement, for the reason that it. bas to be submitted to the Senate for ratification, and therefore comes under the executive session rules of the Sen? ate, which require secrecy to be ob? served. Government Control of Rail? ways is not Profitable. SKDALIA, Mo., Nov ll.-In the na? tional farmers congress today Congress? man John T Heard, of Missouri, de? livered an address on railway transpor? tation in which be said it was a subject :)f supreme importance to the farmer. Some relief had been found rn the rail? way commis-ions. Another method of jontrolling rail road corporations in the interests of the people ?as through the national railway commissioner. Some believed that rail road> should be placed under government, management. Gov? ernment' rail mading, be believed, would bo a gigantic failure. Io the ?rs6 plaee the government would have o buy the rail reals, and that would :ost ten thousand million dollars. That would be a practical impossibility )ociuse there was in circulation only 11,500 000.' 00. H C Brown, of G iorgia, endorsed ?verythin.g that lizard had .??aid. Geor? gia, he said, had tried the State ownor thip of railways Georgia owned the Western A Atlantic railway. Under he State control rates w^re high, tbs ervice was bad and the deficits we e rxtraordinary. The S ate found th it it ras too expensive to run its own rail oac lines and the road was leased. Tneer private control the road gave .nvr rites, gave better service, paid jv3 OOO a month rental, and made mou y for tts lesses. Ju-i?o lloss, of the United States ! ouit, has sentenced three Yuma Indi- j ns to d~n h for the brutal murder of zr. j .ld modieiue man of their tribe some ! souths ago. The medicine msn had ailed to bring rain when r< quested by lie Iribe to do s), and, according to the aws of the Yuma tribe, such feiiure ?a.; punished hy dea?b. A trill convinces I lie mo f sk?ptim'T. C'rr iilry prepared, p'eisuit to the triste, DeWai's Joupli und Consumption Curt- is a valable et?edy. W. li G. ii a-.d ? Ce. Review of the Tillman Ad? ministration. A Observer" Corrects fin Error and Adds Some Caustic Essentials. To the Editor of tl:*? Greenville News Io last Friday's issue of your paper you say : "The one important reduc* tion of expenses we DOW recali was made by guipen ?ing work on the State house." Are you not giviDg "the present democratic administration," as E iitor Bob Hemphill is always careful to call it credit for rather more than it deserves? Did it suspend woik oo the State bouse? If yeu wiil examine "Ao Act to Provide for the Completion of the Maia B?lding of the State [louse." Ac:s 1881. page ?21, you wilt fi lid that it c~eates the governor, secre? tary of state anti comptroller general a commission, tn let out the work therein authorized, and that it specifically pro? vides that the appropriation made by itr "shall only be uped rn completing the construction of the main building, and shall not be used for any portion of the work not absolutely neeesr-ary for the preservation of the said main building, aud for lightning, h^atrg and sewer? age of the building.,f The 6ame pro-^ vision in substance is made io the amen datory Act of 1385, page 15-1. The Act of 1886, page 658. provides for cariying ou the work in accordance with the two preceding Ac:s. The Act of 1887. page 867, of 1888. page 24, of 18S0. page 312. and, wonderful? ly to relate, the Act of the *'reform" leg? islature t.f 1890. make appropiiations* to complete the work. An examination of these various Acts, of the concurrent resolution o* the gen? eral as:-embly passed ia 1882, of the messages of Governor Thompson of 1881 and 1885, and of the reports of the Sta e home commission made from year to year, will j-bow that the legisla? ture started oat to complete the mai? bui'ding according to the original plan,, and that an appropi iation of only ?3, COO was needed to nVis.h it when "the present democratic administration" foote charge of the goTtrntncnt ( au we properly say that it suspended a work which wa- practically completed when in weut into power ? Are not these about the only recult9 so far of the great "movement" of 1890? 1. That many unworthy men have been elected to (fices that they never could have attained iu a normal condi? tion of affairs ? 2. That our people are hopelessly di? vided, and that the democratic party of the State is io serious danger ? & That we have had the spectacle of an open air inauguration at an addi ? ional expense of several hundred dol? lars ? 4. That the man to whom the State was largely if not mainly indebted for its redemption in 1876 has been kicked out of a position ia which he had done and was capable of doing great good for his State and the South for no other rea' son than that be wGuld not crawl on bis belly and lick the feet of the "dominant element ?" 5. That the State has lost a consider? able sum in phosphate loyalties, and has become involved in unnecessary and expensive litigation ? 6 That high character, pre-emioenfr ability and distinguished services to the State and democratic party do not seem any longer to be (malineatious for ao office, and nothing consists but loyalty to Tillman ? 7. Thaf oar six rer e nt. State bond* have de; recited fi om about 103, jasfc before the famous March convention was held, to 95 at the present time, or, to tpeak more accurately, 97 including a fraction over two per cent, of interest now due ? A CLOSE CBS?UTER. November 9'h. 1891. City Finances. "Tax Payer" ts about right in bis diagnosis of the fituation of cur muni? cipal finances. There is no use io shil ly shallying about it. We can't eat our cake and have it too. We can't have the conveniencies and attractions ot a city without paying for them. Whenever a cut can be made without impairing the efficiency of any depart? ment it cogbt be made directlv and fearlessly, but ?here is no sense ia cheese-paring or makeshifts. If an extra rax is necessary let it be put on. We waui a clean, wholesome, attrac? tive city where people will like to lire. There has not beeo au improvement here which has not paid. We are be? ing kept alive and growing now by tba school, water works and other local enterprises in which we h^e invested. Let the council go ahead. People will kick against iucreased taxation? That is one of their privileges as Amer? ican citizens; but they will not go away ; or if they do advantages we can offer v.ith modern improvements for residence and business wiil bring other people to take their places We mast move this town and keep it moving While we stand still and groan ovor a few dollars and fear to spend a emt for anything we will nev? er get anywhere. A good, live, bust'iog cry council, not afraid of ifs shadow and a few g'>od, live, hustling business men not afraid to talk out and act and willing to pull together, can make Greenville boom right, along, despite short cotton crops and low prices. The worse the cotton business gets the more we should look about ??r some? t'?iag to take i s place and the more earuistjy we should st;ive to make our C'ty independent of il -Greenville Sc v's. ??-o ???? - "An honest pill is the bohlest work of the apothecary." De Witt's Little Early R:sei9 Cure constipation, bilonsness and sick head? ache. W. H ?ilHIand & Co. - - - You n?ay cough ?nd conga and conch and cou?h >!:>d eo?iuh hat you w?M not, if yo? ink;' DeWitt'a Cough nnd Consumption Cure. W. U. Gr!Irl*nd A Co. 55nck?cn's AraJca Salve. The Beit Salve in the worl i for Oats, Braise* Sores. U?cer?. Snit Rheaia. Fvvsr Sores, Tett?r, Chapped Ranas Chilblains, Ofns aud all Skin Eruptions. an? positively cores Piles, of no pxy required It is trunrai;t?"e.J to give per? feet aatbfacti?n, or tc?.-,ey refunded. Pries 25 cen ts per box. For sale by J. F. ?7. Tf?* Lof me. cr - - v ? ,i mi - Many Persons are broses flora from overwork or household cares. Urowii's Iren Bitters Pehufidsth* svstem, ai<1s ?^gesrion, rf nieves excess of bil#?