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QUALIFICATION OF JURORS QUESTIONED. Can One Ser?e oe ? Jury Who Is Not a Qualified Voter? Special to The State. Charleston, Dec. 19.-The far : reaching question-as afreets the business transacted at this session of the court of common pleas-of thc constitutional disqualification of a juror who ia not a qualified elector, was set for argument before Judge Benet at 2 o'clock this afternoon. At th? appointed hour a distinguished array of cooneel-representing both aides of the question and constituting nearly the entire bar-were gathered in the court room '?be defeated lawyers in nearly every important case tried duringen 3 term re&d affidavits going to show inst one or more members of the juries in the respective cases were disqualified bj non pay rn sat of poll tax .and the absence of their names from the registration booka as quali? fied electors, and one attorney. Mr. Joseph W. Barnwell, gave notice that while opposed to the setting aside of the verdicts on account of tibe disqualification of jurors, he would take advantage of the dec?s ion of the court if it sustained the objection under discussion in a case that had been heard by the court and in which be had appeared as cosasei. Among the counsel who actively arrayed themselves on the respective sides of the cuesti?n were : For the motion to set aside the verdict-Mr. W. St. Julien Jervey, Buist & Buist, Nathans ? Sink?ey, W. M Fitch, Young & Curtis and others. Opposed to the motion were: J. P. K. Biyan, Mitchell & Smith, Joseph W. Barnwell, Mordecai & Gadsden and others. Mr. W. St Julien Jervey opened the argument./maintaining that the provisions of the constitu? tion regarding the qualifications of a juror were mandatory and that the court had held that a verdict could not stand when participated in .by a juror who was not a qualified elector. i?fc. Jervey was followed by Mr. H. A.-.M. Smith and others. The dis? cussion consumed the afternoon. Spanish Ministry to Resign, Madrid, Dee. 19.-it is semi-official ly s.nnouuced that the Spanish minis? te? will pisos their resignations io tbs hands of the queen regeut tomorrow. Th? friends of both Premier Sagasta and. Senor Montero Rios declare they are. in fall aeeord on all questions of policy. Tbs most discussed solutions of tbs crisis are a Sagasta ministry to include among its members Geo. Weyler, Senor Bomero y Robledo and Senor Canale? jas y Mendea; a Montero Rios ministry, composing representatives of the differ? ent groupa of ihe majority, or a Mar? tinez de Campos ministry, including Senor Silvelo and other Conservatives. In the event of the first or the last, the cortes will be dissolved. The genera! commanding the army bas proclaimed the closure from tomor? row of all the Carlist clubs aod societies ?U Ms^wstrict. Savannah, Dec. 19 -Tho transport Mionewa8ba sailed this morning with the Forty-oioth Iowa volunteers. The Panama, which oarried Gen. Lee and staff to Habana, arrived here to-day. She will take the headquarters of the First division' on ber return trip. The Michigan also returned here this morning. The Obdam, one of the largest transports io the servies, arrived about tbe^same boor The Honman ia is loadiog troops and supplies and wiil sail to morrow. The foor transports now bere will accommodate about half of the First division of the Seventh corps. Paris, Dec 19.-Another stormy debate was precipitated io the chamber of deputies to day over the Dreyfus affair. The minister of war, M de Frey oient daring the course cf the debate, said that be did not desire lo appear as wishing to influence the decision of the court of cassation. Bot, the minister added, while willing te submit to the coart ali the official documents in his possession, be was absolutely determined not to submit the secret hatch of documents in tbe case, which, be pointed outr contained papers effecting tbe security of the nation. Terre Haate, Ind., Deo. 19.-The worst firs io the history of Terre Hants broke out to-nigbt, causing a loss of ?1,000,000. The bltze started io tbe big show windows of tbe Haveos & Geddes' company, wholesale aod retail dealers io dry goods and notioos. The cause is not definitely known, but it is supposed that a live electric wire set fire to the cotton with which the window was decorated, and before the blase could be extinguished the fire spread to tbe decorations of evergreens io tbe store and the building was wrapped tn flames in ao incredibly short space of time. --i?ow~ - Good Sewing Machines from $10.00 up at Sandie's. Col. Bryan Still Silver's Champion. I Says It is to be the Mam Issue in Next Election. New York, Deo. 18.-The World to-day pub! is bed the following : Willam J. Bryan is in town. He was found last night, (Saturday) at tbe Bartholdi hotel. Co). Bryan declared himself an uncompromising opponent of tbe McKinley policy of expansion. He said : 4'It is too early at this time to discuss party politics for the presidential elec? tion of 1900, bat ? think the issues will then be free silver, an ti-expansion. aeti-imper?al?8m aod the rights of Ubor. .*I have already expressed myself against imperialism and territorial expansion. The proposal to adopt the colonial idea of European nations is fraught with the greatest danger. "What will be the fate of the treaty in the senate I do not care to predict. While I was in Washington, I sought all the information I could get. I cannot say that I learned sufficient to warrant me in expressing a positive opinion "Do I think free silver will be the ietsue in 1900 ?. Certainly. It will be the main question. How about the labor problem ? I am not prepared to a a s we r that question." Washington, Dec. 17.-The president will submit the peace treaty to the sen? ate during the present session; that much bas been definitely determined upon. / The text is still lacking here, and as . the commissioners have not thought proper to entrust tba document to the mails, it will not reach Washington be fore next Saturday. Although desirous of plaoing it before the senate at the earliest opportunity, the president will not be able to do so for a week after its receipt, for the rea? son that congress will then be in holi? day recess. Meanwhile the treaty will not be given to the public. Strong pressure has been brought to bear already to change this decision, bat a strict obs?rvanos of the established custom ia such cases will be followed in order to avoid exciting animosity against the treaty on the part of sticklers for the observance of courtesy due the senate. Santiago de Coba, Deo. 19.-After 40 hours of hard work with the assist? ance of the United States collier Southey and the gunboat Mayflower, the United States cruiser Cincinnati, which on Satarday evening ran full speed upon an on buoyed rock ia Santiago harbor, is now in deep water. Apparently she is not damaged. London, Deo. 20.- The French court of cassation, according to a special despatch fron Paris,, has demanded the secret Dreyfus dossier, undertaking not to publish tts oontents. Wilmington, Del , Deo. 19.-The jury whioh held the fate of Uoited States Senator Kenney in its hands was discharged by Judge Bradford at 4 30 this afternoon without reaching a verdict. The jury had been out over 70 hours, retiring Friday evening at 6 o'clock. i Macon, Ga., Deo. 19.-A special to The Telegraph from Lsesburg, Ga., says : A most horrible crime was perpetrated on the eastern edge of Lee oouoty to-day aod a lynching is almost certain. Two negroes went to the house of S. S. Moroney, a white farm? er, knocked him down and bound him fast They theo committed a dcuble rape on the person of bis wife, and, after robbiog tbe house of everything of value they could carry away, left. Tbe alarm was git/en quickly and a strong posse started out in search of the crimioals. It is reported they have been captured. If so, they have doubt? less been lynched. UNVEILED TODAY! ; Columbia, Dec. 20.-At the State capitol today at noon the mural tablet commemorating the lives and deeds of the signers of the ordi? nance of secession, will be unveiled with bef?ttng ceremony. Gen. Miliidge L Bonham of? An? derson is the orator of the occasion. A feature of interest is the pres? ence among the boys who will unveil the stone of Lamar Wardlaw, grand? son of Chancellor Wardlaw, who wrote the celebrated and momentous ordinance. Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 19.-Maj. Marohand aod bis party evacuated Fashoda during the morning of Decem? ber 11th, when thu French flag was lowered, and the British and Egyptian flags were hoisted. The French detach? ment staarted for the Sobat river. Constipation prevents the body from rid? ding itself cf waste matter. De Witt's Lit? tle Early Risers will remove the trouble aod core Sick Headache, Biliousness, Inactive Lirer and clear the Complexion. Small, sugar coated, don't gripe or cause nausea. Hughson-Ligoo Co. The "White" runs light. The "White" sews right. Old Manuscript Ink. A Recipe From Which an Excellent Quality Can Be Made. "While examining a large number of manuscripts of an old scribe, sores twenty-five years ago," said a well known New York librarian to a Star reporter recently, "I was struck with the clearness and legibility of the writiog owiog, io a great measure, to the permanent quality of the ink, which had not faded in the least, although many of the manuscripts were nearly two hundred years old. It was remarked, too, thal; the writer masc have been celebrated in his day for his caligrapby, for I met with a letter or two from his correspondents in which there was a request for the reoipe of the ink be used. ? found bis recipe, which I oopied and from one of them dated in 1658, I have daring the last eighteen years made all the ink I have used. The reoipe reads as follows : Rain water, 1 gallon, galls, braised, 1 poand ; green copperas, -J poand ; gam arabic, 10 ounces, 5 drams, 1 scrapie. Not re* quiring so large a quantity at a time. I reduced the proportions to one-eight, and the recipe stands thus: "Rain water, 1 pint; galls, braised, 11J ounces green copperas, 6 drams ; gam arabic, 10 drams. The galls mast be coarsely powdered and pat into a bottle with the water and other ingredi ents added. The bottle, when securely stoppered, should be placed in the light (sun if possidle) and its contents occa? sionally stirred until the gam and cop? peras are dissolved, after which it is enough to shake the bottle daily, and io the course of a month or six weeks the ink will be fit for use. I have ventur? ed to add ten drops of carbolic acid to the contents of the bottle, as it effectual? ly prevents the formation and growth of mold with out any detriment to the qual? ity of the ink so far as I know." Southern Illiteracy. The New York Tribune and other northern organs of the revolutionary republican party-a party that suc? ceeded in destroying the Republic and setting up an Empire-a party the most corrupt, unfaithful and treacher? ous of all parties, are prone to dwell on the extreme illiteracy of the south? ern whites. The per oentage of illit? eracy ts much greater in the south than in the riob north, but among whites the ratio of crime is as great in the north as in tho south. Wd venture tbe stptement that there is twice as mach crime of the baser and more brutal kind in proportion to population in New York City than among the whites in Wilmington, illiteracy or no illitera? cy. We would not be surprised to find if a correct census were taken among the children of school age, io New York City and in Wilmington (among whites) that there was as great a per centago of non-attendants to the great city of the north as there is in this small southern city. Illiteracy is awful in the south say the enemies of the south, who are al? ways "harping upon my daughter " Grant it. Bat take the average south? ern white mao from Marylaod to Texas and he will grade well with the average northern man ic honor and honesty, in bravery and true patriotism, in com? mon sense and virtue, in truthfulness and sobriety, in religion and piety, io all that makes a real Man. He may not be quite so well read io newspapers and not to skilled "io ways that are dark and in tricks that are," by no means "vain," but he is not puffed up with conceit, and does not eternally seek to pull out the mote from bis neigh? bor's eye, while carrying a beam in his own eye. We verily believe that in candor, io genuine sympathy and friendliness of soul, and in free, open hospitality be leaves far behind the more prosp?rons and industrious and money-loving average man in the dominating, cock-sure, "superior" north. It is well known that so important to the glory, prosperity and wealth of the American Union prior to 1861 was the maligned sooth, that the great? er north woald not allow twelve of the very "illiterate" states to peacefully withdraw. Rather than lose their trade and patronage-for the sooth managed so badly as to maka itself a hewer of wood and drawer of water for the north-the northern people turned loose the dogs of war and sect 3,000, 000 of men (army and navy) to whip 7,000,000 ot whites all told, and took four years in which to do it. They killed ap a half million of their own men and 150,000 of the southern men in order to prevent the "illiterates" from gettiog from nnder their thumb and continuing to work for their en? richment. After succeeding they liter ally played havoc in malignant legisla? tion, and as a Yankee soldier said "turned loose hell."-Wilmington Mes? senger Woodward, Dec 19.-While Warren Hope, colored, was working io Maj F. W. Brion's ginhouse a belt running from thc engine to the gio caught his leg and drew him against a wbeei. He caught the belt, and pulling agaiost it with his full strength, he stopped the gin while it was running at full speed, thus saving himself from a very serious injury, if not from death. His leg wae cut io two or three plaoes, but he was not seriously hurt. THREE QUEER CITIES. Each One lg Built on Islands Connected by Many Bridges. The city of Ghent, in Belgium, is built ou 26 islands. These islands are connected with each other by 80 bridges. The city has 300 streets and 30 public squares. It is noted for being the birthplace of Charles V and of John of Gaunt, whom Shakespeare called "time honored Lancaster, " and as the scene of the pacification of Ghent Nov. 8, 1576, and of several insurrections, sieges and executions of well known personages. It is associated -with. American history by the treaty made there Dec. 24, 1814, terminating the second war between England and the United States, known as the war of 1812. Amsterdam, in Holland, is built on piles driven far below the water into the earth. The city is intersected by many canals, which are spanned by nearly 300 bridges, and resembles Ven? ice in the mingling Of land and water, though it is considerably larger than that city. The canals divide the city, which is about ten miles in circumfer? ence, into 90 islands. The city of Venice is built on 80 islets, which are connected by nearly 400 bridges. Canals serve for streets in Venice, and boats, called gondolas, for carriages. The bridges are, as a rule, very steep, rising considerably in the middle, but have easy steps. The cir? cumference of the city is about eight miles. The Venetians joined the Lom? bard League against the German em? peror, and, in 1177, gained a great vic? tory in defense of Pope Alexander IEE, over the fleet of war vessels headed by Otto, son of Frederic Barbarossa. In gratitude for this victory the pope gave the Doge Ziani a ring, and instituted the world famous ceremony of "Venice Marrying the Adriatic Sea." In this ceremony the doge, as the chief ruler of Venice used to be termed, with appro? priate ceremonies dropped a ring into the sea every year in recognition of the wealth and trade carried to Venice by the Adriatic. Fun From the French. A boulevardier is at once surprised and enchanted to meet an old time coin . panion whose snicide had been reported. "It's true," said the latter. "I did want to kill myself, simply from dis? taste of life. And then came along the doctors and discovered that I had a grave disorder. Since then, you under? stand, I take care of myself!"-Figaro. Sorely He Wouldn't. "If I were only a man, " she said, "we could" "Possibly we could, "he said, "but the chances are we wouldn't If you were a man, I wouldn't be here. I'd be saying nice things to somebody who wasn't a man." Sometimes it is worth while to think of such facts as these.-Chicago Post The Ton grue. The tongue is divided into three re? gions of taste, each of which has its own special function. The tip of the tongue is chiefly sensible to pungent and acid tastes, the middle portion to sweets or bitters, while the back is con? fined entirely to the flavors of roast meats, butter, oils and rich and fatty substances. Bargain In Beal Estate. Agent-I think I can sell this place for you, but I can't get the $5,000 you ask. You'll have to take $4,998. Owner-That's queer. Why should the extra $2 stand in the way? Agent-My customer is a woman. Chicago News. ! The Denth of Coachin?. The coaching system died a lingering, a lamentable death. I can remember something of a few coaches in remote districts which longest escaped strangu? lation, and memory of those distant days has been sweeter without them. They resemble what Nimrod describes as the vobsolete, old fashioned coach of his boyhood, drawn by dispirited, ill fed jades over long stages. One of his paragraphs well describes what used to make my blood boil with impotent fury, im bi tiering the joy of returning home for the holidays, and deepening the depression of the school ward jour? ney: "The four horse whip and the Not? tingham whipcord were of no avail over the latter part of the ground, and some? thing like a cat-o'-nine-tails was pro? duced out cf the boot, which was jocu? larly called 'the apprentice,' and, a shrewd apprentice it was to the art of torturing, which was inflicted on the wheelers without stint or measure, but without which the coach might have been often left on the road." Ko; the last of the road coaches corruptio optimi-disappeared and left none to mourn them.-Blackwood's Magazine. Long: Lived Germans. It is interesting to recall the extraor? dinary longevity of the three founders of the German empire. William I was 91, Moitke was also 91 and Bismarck was 83, but indeed all the most illustri? ous Germans of the latter half century have been long lived. Ranke was 91; Curtius was 72; Mommsen is 81. The poet Geibel was 70, Wagner was 70, Liszt 75, and the present chancellor is 77. Xo Encape. "What is your name, Mr. Throgion?" "My name is Adam, Miss Well along." "And my first name is Eve! Dear mo! What a-what a remarkable coin? cidence. "-Chicago Tribune. What He Had on Hin Mind. He-There is something I have want? ed to say to you for a long, long time. She (demurely)-Well, don't-don't you think this is as good a time as-as any to say it? He-That molo on tho left side of your nose-I know a surgeon who can remove such things without a bit of danger. They adjourned sino crio that evening. RUM MONEY FOR THE SCHOOLS. If Any is in the Treasury .the Schools Should Have it All. Holumbia, Deo. 19.-? motion was made to day to get a most important construction of a r?solution passed at the last session of the General Assem? bly, relative to the distribution of the dispensary profits. It will be remem? bered that the Constitutional Con? vention, by way of a compromise, agreed to guarantee every county io the State $3 per capita for each child enrolled This was to be derived from the dispensary profits, and if not obtainable io that way theo a supplementary tax was to be imposed for the support of the poorer GOOD ties those that did oot raise the $3 per capita on their own account. There are a dozeo oouoties which have not yet gotten anything from the dispensary profits going to the State, and to-day's proceedings before the Supreme Court, brought by Mr. John P. Thomas, for Mr. Ellison Capers, Jr., county superintendent of Richland County, is, in a word, a move to get the fund not used, to make up the deficiency for use in all of the counties of tbe State, to be divided according to the enrollment of school children. The action does not in any way ssek to interfere with the $70,000 which has been set aside for the deficiency ac? count, that is to ruo up the school fund in certain counties to $3 per capita, but it seeks to utilize the fund now on hand in the State treasury to the oredit of the schcol fund. The contention is that the resolution of the General Assembly provides that all money paid into the State treasury and not used for the deficiency account should be distributed among the coon ties of the State. The view taken is that the $70,000 bas been appropriated, and that there now remains in the treas? ury $60,000, which should, acoordiog to the terms of the resolution, be distrib? uted among all of the counties of the Ssate-those getting the $3 and those having more than that amount out of their own resources. . All of the oouoties of the State are, of course, interested, but those es pecially interested are tweive counties, ioelndiog Richland, Kershaw, Colleton. Charleston, Clarendon, Hampton, Barnwell, Beaufort, Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson and Laarens, which did not receive any of the first distribution, as their school fonds already amounted tc $3 per capita. It is now contended that the remainder of the. dispensary profits for 1808 is distribaable among -ill the counties of the State, including the tweive counties above mentioned, according to the enrollment of pupils. It has not yet been ascertained if the oth^r county superintendents will co? operate with County Superintendent Capers. They can put themselves ic communication with him and secure, along with Richland, the benefit of the proceedings in case the Supreme Court sttstaios the position taken. lt is stated, in additioo, that if tbe State board cf control will pay over to the State Treasurer ali money now on hand and not formally turned over to the Treasurer for credit to the school fund, that the amount iovolved will run up to $100,000. The rule is made returnable on the 9th of January before the Supreme Court. Mr. Derham is not in the city today and the petition could not, there? fore, be served on him. Some time ago Mr. Mayfield, Super? intendent of Education, called attention to the fact that many teachers had to have their salaries "shaved,7' so as to get the money they needed, and sug? gested that the very fund now in question, which was, according co his construction, available for school pur? poses, should be paid out so that the teachers and others oouid get their money.-Cor. News and Courier. London, Dec. 19 -The Copenhagen correspondent of The Daily Mail says thatKiDg Oscar ll. of Sweden and Nor? way bas been suddenly taken iii, and is now confined to his bed. Savanah, Ga. Deo. 18 -Nearly the whole of the business part of the town of Tifton, in the centre of the peach belt, was burned last night. An oil lamp in a boarding house exploded. Tbs, Masonic hall [and 10 stores were de? stroyed, aod a hotel aod large lumber mill were damaged. Two English farmers, brothers, have succeeded in crossing Asian spelt and Fife wheat, the result being a much stronger stalk and nearly twice as much grain as tbe best wheat hitherto grown. $2? in Gold. $10 in ?old jig in Gold? Somebody will stet these amounts at RYTTEIf BERG'S GREAT REDUCTION SALE. In order to reduce our immense stock of Winter Goods, we are going to hold a Special Sale during the ENTIRE MONTH OF DECEMBER. In addition to selling goods for less than you can buy thens elsewhere, we are going to give you a coupon (the duplicate of which we will keep) With Every $1 Purchase. On January 1st, 1899, a Committee of Citizens will draw from these duplicates three coupons: The holder of the First will get $20 in Gold.. The holder of the Second will get $10 in Gold. The holder of the Third will get $5 in Gold. J. BYTTENBERG k SOI.