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" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspire our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our Deaths Glorious in thy Just Defence."
YOI.. XII.
I1 111 -1
NO.-8.
STATE Nl?WS.
HAPPENINGS OW INTICRI5ST PAK.
AGUAPIIIOA.LLY POUTUAYIfiD
In Conjunction With Political Notos
mid Press Com mon t.
Tho survoys for tho lines for Saluda
county hovo already boen imulo. Tho
diagonals for tho locution of tho coun
ty sont, however, haye not yet bcou
mu.
Within a short time now Ibo movors
of tho Carolina Cotton Mills expcot to
begin on tho additional stock that tho
company io to issuo. Tho oompany is
now capitalized at $100,000, which is
hoing paid up on tho instalment plan.
More than that amount has been asked
for and tho company will issue a now
serios of stock in Jauunry for nu addi
tional $100,000.
A commission for a char lor has boon
issued by tho Mouth Carolina Midland
company, of Barnwell. Tho corpora
tors named aro J. W. Crow, J. Lt. Vil
lalongo and Mike Brown. Tho com
pany proposes to start out. with n cap
ital stock of $150,000. Tho commis
sion asks for general powers, but its
chief business appears to boto promoto
immigration to the state and sell lands
to those who como hero.
Tho managers and dorks who con
ducted tho election in September for
delegates to tho constitutional con
vention will bo glad to know that their
pfty is in sight. Mr. M. W. Towers,
chairman of tho board of election
commissioners, has rccoivod from
Comptroller Oonoral Norton an ollioial
requ?'st for a statement of expenses in
tho election. The regular warrant is
enclosed to bo Ulled out, and II??H will
be donn at Commissioner Power's iirst
opportunity.
Chicago and New Yolk aro having
quito a lively timo iii thoir trndp jour
nals over tho Chicago Cotton Ex
position. Governor Evana has re
ceived quito ii number of bitters on
tho subject, and ho thinks that it is a
lively and interesting scramble be
tween Chicago and Now York for-tho
southern trade, which ho is satisfied
will do tho south no harm. Ho has
already agreed to lot tho state's ex
hibit at Atlanta go to Chicago. Mayor
Sloan, of Columbia, is tho daily reci
pient of papers and lotter* with refer
ence to tho Chicago Exposition ami
tim waining to look out for Chicago
wind,
Columbia's Dispensary Profits.
Columbia is going to get lier shnro
of tho dispensary profits at last. Sov
oral days ago a meeting of tho county
. board of : control was hold and tho
matter ca in o up. Mayor ftlonn wan
asked to Appear before tho board, and
between thom and Mayor Sloan a res
olution was prepared for trannirsdon
to tho state board of control, which it
is thought AS-i 11 settle tho inalter. Tho
resolution in substance roads: Re
solved, That it is tho sonso of this
board that tho city authorities of Co
lumbia aro honestly doing all in their
power to enforce tho dispensary law,
anti that it is our opinion that tho law
is being enforced.* Wo respect fully
recommend that you rescind your or
der to this board and that tho city of
Columbia bo paid its quota from tho
prolits of tho dispensary sales for tho
quarti rs ending J illy 30 and October
80, 18i)r>.
Allianoo Meetings.
Rocen tly tho Far iii ors* Alliance has
Ink on some interest in business mat
ters and tho Alliance Exchange now
has o considerable trade. Thoro have
been efforts mudo to rovive tho Alli
ance spirit. In several of tho county
papers calls for meetings'have been is
sued, and it may bo tho purposo to
wake up tho Allianoo lion. Ono of
tho announcements reads ; Tho County
Alliances of the 3rd dibtrict will hold
their next quarterly mool i tigs on tho
days indicated below, viz: Abbeville,
Tuesday, January 7; Newborry, Fri
day, January lt); Bickens, Wednes
day, January 15; O co noe, Thursday,
January 16; Anderson, Friday, Janu
ary 17. By order of tho District Al
liance. John C. Watkins, Seorotary
of tho District Alliance
Tho Spread, of Lynching,
Doteetivo Newbold has roportod to
Governor Evans Ibo result of his in
vestigation into tho ('(dinton county
affair, which ho was sent to look oi'tor.
Governor Evans expresses himself ns
hoing pleased with the work that bas
been dono by tho doteetivo, In talk
ing about the matter Governor Evans
said that it was perhaps noteworthy
that Bippo bo has boen in oftlco nil of
tho lynchings that ho remembered
havo boon for crimes, othor than Ibo
ono that usually results in a lynching
boo. There have been lynchings in
Andorson, Greenville, Hampton and
Colinton, but none of them for tho
usual crime, and in ono or two in
stances whore thorp was talk of lynch
ing it was not foi' tho usual lynohing
crime. This ought to lead pooplo to
soo tho danger of tho practice. Gov
ernor Evans expects tho new law to
havo a decided i fiept on lynchings,un '
intends to do all that ho can to soo
that it in carried out.
H on t ii Carolina lind Augusta,
in nccordauoo with tho require
ments of their oharter tho stock hobl
ers of tho Son I ii Carolina and Augmta
Builrond Company mot in Charleston
a few days ago and organized by tho
olection of a board of di reo tors. The
following gebtli then wet o elected
members of tho bo ii .t : August Bel
mont, l>. IT, 1 milli, J. D. ?'robst; A.
T. Smythe, A. M. Loo, Frank R.
Frost nnd J. Lamb Perry. The boord
hold n mooting Inti, and oleotod Mr.
August Belmont presulont of the oom
pany.
Tho ohartor for tho South Carolina
and Augusta road was obtainod from
tho logislaturo somo months sinoo by
tho gontlomon whoro namos havo boon
mentioned. It was gotten shortly af
ter tho Louisville and Nnshvillo systom
failed in its efforts to obtain oontrol of
Ibo South Carolina and Goorgin road,
when that oompany passed from Ibo
hands o! tho reooivor into thoRO of its
present owners, It waa said at tho
timo Mint both tho Louisville find
Nashville und tho A tin nt io Coast Li ho
systoin woro behind tho char tor, lind
that tho now lino,, would bo built nt
oner*. A party of surveyors woro put
in ibo field mid surveys of tho proposed
rond worn ll) nd c. Mn ny propio hopo
th it tho organization of tlio company
will result in moro work on tho pro
posed road. Thc gentlemen who aro
interested in tho enterprise sny that
there io nothing new regarding it for
publication.
holleton School Trouble
Superintendent of Education May
field visited Colloton Buvcrtd days UKO
to look into tho reported exoossivo
charges for tho Internationa! Diction
mies, and his report given nil there ?B
in tho matter nud bis conclusions as to
tho payment of tho claims. Ho re
ports :
lion. ?Tamos Norton, Comptroller Gen
eral, Columbia, S. C.
DiiAii Sin I wont to Wal ter boro,
according to appointment, to investi
gato the oompt.niiit ii I oil in my oin-.io aa
to tho salo of Webster's International
Dictionary for moro than tho prioo
agreed on between the state board of
examiners mid the publishers, namely,
SB.50 ($9.25 with patent indix) per
copy, full sheep binding. I found that
tho trustees had purchased the full
morocco binding, with patent index,
nt ?15 per copy,and a stand for $8.50,
making $18 50 for tho book mid stand,
I further found that the trustees had
purchased a number of Appleton's
rending charts, paying $12.50 ouch,
which is tho regular prioo. Tho trus
tees had issued warrants in payment
for the book,stand end charts,ann,not
ing to about $1,800, and that tho
school commissioner had counter
signed the warrants,mid thnt thu payee
(tho agenl) had endorsed tho warrants
and sold them to tho Wiiltorboro bunk,
which holds thom us innocent purcha
sers, tho warran I o all being entirely
regular on thoir faun.
Thcro w as no evidence before mo lc
show that the school commissioner wat
interested in tho salo of tho books,
Btu nd R' end charts. Tho evidence
showed that the agent had submitted
them to tho county board of examin
ers and that board endorsed them a'
Ibo prices iinirfYd; that the school com
missioner called meetings of tin
boards of trust rees, took Hie agent ii
his I uggy, charging bim for a seat,
and attended tho me 'tines of tho trna
tees. When Ibo school eomuiissiono)
concluded bia remarks lo tho trustee!
he introduced tho agent mid rocom
mended Hint tho trustees mnke tin
purchase.
Il appeared that only lifteen copie
of tho Intoiinntionnl woro purchasid
Tho rest of tho money was spent fe
charts.
All this took place in tho spring nm
and the first part of tho summer o
this year. About $100 was paid b;
ibo county treasurer ou theso wm
rants. Tide ia tho school commit
Bioner's first year in office, and thea
things happened before ho was thoi
ought y in form od ns to the duties c
his oflloo, and I nm nuable to seo an
criminality on bis part, though h
may hnvo been guilty of imprudonci
Tho agont making tho sales-was nc
tho agent of tho publishers of ibo Ii
tcrnational Dictionary and thcrofoi
tho publishers aro not guilty of viola
ing their contract with the stoto.
Tho whole mat fer, thor of ore, resolv?
itself into this: Moro wan paid for tl
dictionary than should have been pail
tho claims aro regular on thoir fat
and in tho hands of innocent holde:
and, therefore, will hnvo to be pub
The school commissioner should hai
informed himself ns to tho articles po
milled to bu Hold in tho state by tl
st alo board of examiners and Ibo
prices, and should not have allowi
any otb ors sold in bis county,
I recommend that you instruct tl
treasurer of t ho county to pay tho wa
rants. Yours truly,
-' I W. D. MAYFII?T,I>,
KOUT S UM TIC It TO BIS RlCFITTICl
Three linderlea to be Built 011 Sill
van's Island.
A Washington spcoial says: Pf
Sumter is to bo rehabilitated and ari
od for '"tho protection of tho city
(marleston. That old fortress tl
played such an important part in t
opening of tho war is again to bo 1
tod with ton-inch niles and bo equ
pod for the defence of Charleston h
bor. Tho project hus been under ci
siderntion at tho war depart mont 1
some timo past, but tho question 1
boen brought directly to the attenti
of the secretary of wnr, Con. Mil
tho commanding general of the urn
and Gohi Craighill, tho chief of i
gi hoers, by Koprosontntivo Ellie
who represents the Charleston distri
(Jon. Miles bas recently boon sou
and is heartily in favor of tho resto
tion of tho i i I Iortificatioti to a w
like condition. It is not known whet)
tho renovation of Fort Sumter i
due to tho threatened conllict w
Great britain, but tho proposil
meets with tho cordial ondorseniont
all of the officers named. There
something like $75,000 available
tho fortifications in Charleston I
bor, mid tho si oretnry of war is w
ing that the money should bo expo
ed upon Fort. Siiinter, SIM) M boni I
tory on Sullivan's Island, in tho si
harbor.
Since the oloso of tho war Fort Si
tor has boon almost desortcd by
govornmont troops. For many yi
past an ordnance sergeant has li
thcro ns a sort of watcher of tho raj
idly decay ing government prope
.Timo has in ado but littlo imprest
upon its stout walls, but tho elenv
havo played havoc with tho inte
and tho exposed portions of tho st
turo. It is estimated that Ibo fort
bo placod in good condition and u
quito formidable without tho oxpo
turo of a largo sum of monoy.
prinoipal outlay will bo for guns.
It is a romarkablo ooinoidonco
Fort Sumter, the first fortifioatio
figuro in tho lato war, ia now tho
point of defense to got roady to ri
foroign invasion. Evon if thcro sh
bo no oconsio "or obi)filet, it is
tondod that J Sumtot should bi
stored to its i.jrmnl condition,
maintained with tho samo onro ar
delity that is omployod upon tho f
floations in Now York harbor. Ri
sentntivo Elliott was highly grat
at tho Bucocas of his visit to thc
dopartmont, and ho proposod to
tho mattor to an early sottlomont.
While at tho war dopartmont
I
Elliot mot On pt. Abbot, "ho ?H in
charge ol' I ho rivor mid hiirbor im
provements in and around Ohnrloston.
Capt; Abbot alto agreed with bia su
periors that tho fortifications in
Charb nton should bo rehabilitated. lu
addition to 'equipping aud arming
Fort Sumter it diso proposeil to build
three batterie? on Sullivan's Inland foi
gun? and mortars. Tho work on Sul
livan's Island him been delayed by ihd
diflloulty in fixing tho prioo for thc
property needed, but it ia understood
that Capt. Abbot expects to haye the
matter adjusted so that work may
ootnmoneo without further delay. As
to Kouding troops to Sui I i van'n Island,
Cen. Miles my? he is fully in sympa
thy with such a proposition, and he
will do all in bis power to have tho
now batteries garrisoned without de
lay. Upon examination of tho subject
it was ascertained that thoro aro now
on Sullivan's Island buildings belong
ing to tho government, which may be
used as quarters for tho troops. Tho
site for one of tho new batteries is quito
near Fort Moultrie, and'the other two
aro to bo located according to (lie
judgment nf tho chief of engineers.
All of thoso but tories will bo armed
with ten-inch rillen.
Somo time ugo Col.Elliott asked tho
secretary of war for a report on tho
projeot contemplating tho improve
ment of navigation between Charleston
and Beaufort by means of a cut
through Fenwick's Island. Tho pro
posed improvement was recommended
several years ago, but it was not pro
vided for because of tho largo cost in
volved. Capt. Abbot han just submit
ted his report on tho projeot, which bu
says can bo completed nt ii greatly re
duced figure as compared with thc or
iginal estimates. Fur from $35 j OOO lo
?if>,000 a channel of from forty-live
feet to ninety foet cnn bo cut between
tho points named. Racked by Capt.
Abbot's report, Col. Elliott will pres?
the matter before tho river and barbel
oom m it tee.
GROWTH OF TUM SOUTH.
'I bo Industrial Condition ns Reported
for Ibo Vast Weeli.
Reports of industrial and business
conditions in tho southern steles for
tho past week indicate that general
business is fairly active, but docs not
inerenso in quantity, ns tho usual set
tlements of affairs nt this season en
gage attention. Recent vnriutions in
tho price of cotton attract but lillie at
tention. Planters have marketed
enough of tho crop to realizo funds
for their imm?diate needs, and uro
holding back the rest in tho boliof,
which is quito general, that ibo prioo
is sure to ndvanco again to ns high a
point as was reached in the carly part
of Ibo season. Textile mills continuo
to bo actively employed, mid tho out
put of manufactured goods is steadily
increasing.
Orders aro plenty and quotations are
firm. 'Ibero is no olia imo in the con
dition of tho iron1 industry. Dargo
ordors aro not plentiful, but small
ones aro numerous, and a good many
orders received earlier in tho season
are not yet filled. There are rumors
of somo irregularity in prices for i von,
which, however, aro not confirmed,
j Goal miners are doing a vory largo
I business. Low water in tho Ohio
river hus provontcd the transportation
I of much of tho coal usually brought
from the coal regions of that valley,
and has caused a great, inerenso in tho
demands made in the southern mmes,
which aro being worked to their full
oapnoity. Prices aro lb in and steady,
with nu advanoing tendency. Lumber
mills aro running on somewhat de
creased time, but tho lumber opera
tors aro looking forward to an onrly
inerenso in tho demand, whioh is not
at prosout, equal td tho full capacity
of the mills in any branch of tho bus
iness.
Among now industries established
or incorporated during tho week aro
the Thomas Gin end Machino Work?,
Dalia?, Tex., capital $20,000; thc Paul
Sherm Sanitary Plumbing and Manu- j
lecturing company, Galveston, Texas,
capital ?'25,000, and the Consolidated
Water and Elect rio Light and Power
company, Sbcflield, Ala., capital ?250,
000.
Tho Itay-Mouras company, limited,
capital ?30,000, has been chartored to
manufacture woodonwaro at New Or
leans, La.; tho. Juliet ion City Lumber
company, capital ?31,000, has been in
corporated at Junction, Ark., and tho
Norfolk Electrio Light and Power
company, capital ?15,000, at Norfolk,
Va.
Thoro is also reported brick works
at Crowley, La., an olcelrical plant nt
Henderson, Ky,, ioe faolories r.t Char
lotto, N. G., and new mines to bo
opened at Ashboro, N. G., and Pied
mont, W. Va A sewer company has
boen chartered at Temple, Tex.,,an
: oil company at Wheeling, W. Va., and
cotton mi UH aro to bo crectod at Ash
ville and Beseenior City, in North
Carolina, and at Columbia and Spar
tauburg in South Carolina. A knit
ting mill will bo built at Charleston,
S. C., a woolen mill at Louisville, Ky.,
: nd a tobacco factory at Pilot moun
tain, N. C.-Tradesman (Chattanooga,
BIM IJUI) DISGUSTED.
I) ti n rn von's Charges Wore All nia
ll roved.
Tho earl of Dnnravon, accompanied
by his friend, Arthur Glennie, roar
commodore of the Royal Portsmouth
Yacht Club, Bailed from New York for
England Saturday on board Ibo Cu
narder Umbria. The investigation of
tho charges made by Lord Dunraven
against those in ohargoof the Defender
had not concluded when tho carl and
his henchman took their departure and
only part of tho cvidenoo in rebuttal
had boen given whon tho spcoinl com
mittee consisting of J. Pierpont Mor
gan, ohairman; George Lockhart Rives,
Hooretnry; William C. Whitney, Captain
A. T. Malian, United Btu tos navy, and
Hon. E. J. Phelps, adjourned the hear
ing till 10 o'olook Monday morning.
Tho Dofondcr syndiento presented
tostimony in rebuttal of that offered
by Lord Dnnravon and although the
gentlomon who woro present at th? in
quiry refused to talk for publication,
it was loamed on good authority that
tho oharges mado by Lord Dunraven
woro totally disproved.
Toxns Firm Falls.
Evans, Groon & Co., g?noral mor?
ohaut? at Athens, Tex,, have tailed,
Liabilities ?18,000.
COMMENT ON TIIK IMIIOSIDION V?\
V'
l'T N AN Cl AL BI Ii SS AC 10.
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Denounced in tlio Sbnuto -Clovoltiiul's,
Policy Hurd Hit by tho I'ross-A/
Inexperienced Touolior, lOto.
-
TllO strong silvor mon in tim Bunnip,
do not disguise thoir dissatisfaction-,
with tho president's lost message. Omi
of them said Unit it was now congress'
timo to go duck hunting, and congress
would do it. They say that if Ibero?
is danger in tho iinanoiai uHuiUloil,th?
president should havo Bounded bb),
noto of alarm earlier. Silver men a)s;V
do not hesitate to say that tho prest*}
dent cannot got through tho Kennt ?
i nch legislation as will be satisfaotor. f.
to him and that absolutely not bin;/
would bo accomplished by congres"..
stnyiug in sossiou during tho holidays.
Silver Mon Aro Contont. .>
Tho silver mon, both in tho housm
nnd senate, aro porfootly content, as
they fully realizo that nono of Mr/
Cleveland's recommendations can bil
carried out, and I hat his messago ii>
tho greatest boon that tho silver side
has had for tho last three years.
"Those recommendations havo shown
to tho world just what Ibo silver mon
havo been claiming all along," said a
well known congressman; "Unit we
have placed ourselves under iinanoiai
England, and that until wo becomo in
dependent ti nancie Hy wo cannot hope
to eopc with foreign powers, either in
tho diplomatic or moro serious oou
tentions. Tho silvor men in tho son
nte deploro the message, but they real
ize that what hus boen predicted by
I hem must inevitably come to pass if
Mr. Cleveland has tho backbone to
sustain Ibo aggressive foreign policy
which Mr. Olney 1ms inaugurated:"
***
Is tho I'rosldent l'un?c-Sl.rlekenV
Tho president's iinanoiai message to
congress was denounced at inst Satur
day's session of tho soualo by Messrs,
Stewart and Du Bois. That message,
in Mr. Stewart's opinion, proved that
the president was panic-stricken. Hut
all that the president had to do to sus
tain the national credit was to pay the
government obligations according to
the contract.
"Let him announco that," Mr.Stow
art exclaimed, "and thoro will be no
raids on tho treasury."
Mr. DuBois also oondomncd the
mossngo and declared that it was "ut
terly, absolutely impossible to ex
chango financially in accordance with
tho president's recommendation," and
that all that tho mossngo had dono was
to preoipitato a financial discussion.
Nobody, he said, wanted to have bonds
issued, and nobody wanted to have
greenback?) yntirnd. Tin nrnwvwr?jl ' $
belief that tao Vest resolution would
bo agreed to on ibo next legislativo
day, if a vote upon it was not prevent
ed by tho notion of tho president's
friends,
**?
A Tributo from Golditos.
Tho Memphis Scimitar and tho
Chattanooga Times aro pronounced
gold standard newspapers, and it is a
rare thing for them to pay a tributo to
a leader on the Bilver sido of tho house..
But in the case of ox-Spcakor Ci isp
thoy mako an exooption. His sturdy
loyalty and firmness, and tho ability
with which ho administered his high
ollloe made such an impression upon
our contemporaries that they do not
disguise tho high esteem in which they
hold tho Georgia congressman. The
Scimitar says s
Tho Heimitiu- is diametrically oppose! to tho
Annnoial vagaries of Mr. Cri-p. hut it talics
pleasure lil makins i's compliments tu him nu
a leader of tho minority in tho lion ?a. Ile is
eeo), rosouruo ul nn I sliipctl in spncoh, nnd will
ho of great BorvlOO to his puny oh tho door.
Tho Timos recently closed an edito
rial taking issuo with Mr. Crisp's sil
ver polioy by saying:
And in Buying this wo do not intend to siy
Hitit Crisp lu not a considerable personngo ii
our politic-?. Ho lu. Ho lins soino lUlAlithl
that pertain to a Rioat leader. He is ganny
nnd adroit in debate, nnd one of tho rcadimt
nun in tho house. H i is oaot as well ns quick,
nhvnya hus tho full uso of his faculties, and
withal ho lu a clean and upright man in b?H
privalo H'o,
It also compliments him upon put
ting an extinguisher on first or. > and
then another of tho republican rush
lights of tho house, and predicts Mut
ho will continue tho good work and
thus mako snro of tho exposuro in
Tho Record of republican folly and
dishonesty.
lc is a pleanuro to seo our gold
ni .II da rd neighbors making this volun
tary recognition of tho sterling merit^
of a man who is ono of thoir strongest
opponents, so far as tho financial issno
is concorncd. But Mr. Crisp is ono of
those fortunato men wdio cannot ho
ignored or pushed into tho bnoV.
ground. Ho possesses thoso solH,
staying qualities whiob never fail io
bring a man to tho front, and those
who (lifter with him are Ibo first to
admit his commanding ability.-Ex
change, i
y
An Inexperienced reacher.
Secretary Smith is evidently bidding
for the position that Secretary Morton
has oar nod-that of funny man of tho
present administration. li? says thajt
lio (loos not believe that up to 1892 ho
know hew many grains of gold and
silvor ibero wore ina dollar, and Mut
ho docs not boliovo that up to Mitt
timo lio know what tho ratio was. If
this is true, the wondor is Mint the
prcRidont selected snob nu ignoramus
to be a member of tho cabinet.
And it is also wonderlul that a maa
who says ho so rcoontly know abso
lutely nothing about tho flnnnoi.nl
question, should now underlaid) to i?t>
struot tho Coorpia legislature on tho
subjoot. Mon who did not kno^v
thoir alphabot Mi roe years ago arc
not oapable of tenoning yot,
. This Scorotary Smith should kno\
Ho should study tho quostion ton or
bf toon years longer before ho undo)
takes to sot up a Iinanoiai school.
Seoretary Smith was an earnest odvo
oato of tho fron and unlimited ooinogo
of silvor in 1892, or, in othor words,
up to tho timo whoo ho ontorod Vrcsb
dont Cleveland's, oablnot, and sonio
may think that ho ls only protending
to havo boon ignorant bo foro i?b en
? tho school of Professor Oit Yo
ul, It must ho admit tod, however,
tont thcro ia muoh in Soorotury
Smith's ppcooh boforo tho Georgia
legislature that goos to show that ho
is entirely siuoero lu his assertion that
ho know nothing of tho Ananoial qitct)
lion in 1892, ?nd that would also hu ve
borne out the assertion if ho had made
it, that ho had not learned muoh sinoo
then.
Soorctnry Smith suya that Aloxnn
.dor Hamilton and Thomas Jiftorson
favored the ratio of 15 to 1 a eoutury
tigq, boo niuo it was then tho commer
cial ratio. Ho says ho aproes with
them-that is, ho favors tho present
commercial ratio, which he afterwards,
in t rtVot, tays i? 82 to 1. If ho had not
stated how ignorant he was three
I years ago, tho man of nvoni?o intclli
j genoe would lmv.) thought him uneiin
did, for tho man of average iutelli
gonoo knows that about Af tuon to ono
waa tho ratio when gold and silver
were treated alike, and that tho ratio
I of t hirty to ono lum prevailed only sinoo
tries h a vi np; nearly two-thirds of
to coin.'of tho world"'li riv o Stopped tho
i roo coinage of silver and continued tho
coinage of gold. . Oountries that ooiu
over ono hundred millions a year in
gold, and that will coin any amount
that ia offered ut tho mints, now coin
no silver except for small olia ugo, and
buy tho eilyer they coin for this pur
pose at tho lowest prion atwhio.h n stif
Aoiont amount is not offered. If Boo*
rotary Smith had not told how ignor
ant ho wan, ho might havo boon accusod
of insincerity Iii ignoring tho effect
that this di AVronco of ono hundred
million dollars, or moro, in domain),
would make on themarket prico cf tho
two metals. Tho nvorago man won hi
readily understand that thin discrimi
nation ia tho only reason why tho
comm prom 1 ratio is now thirty to ono,
Instead of sixteen to ono, but a man
who did not know iu 1892 what tho
ratio wan might not understand it.
Tho Baot'ot a ry says it oost? ouly 50
cent? an ounce to miuo Hilvor, and
h i tie ty-A vo oonts on tho dollar or
about $18.GO per ounoo, to mino gold.
How doon Secretary Smith know this?
AH a matter of fact ho does not. It
all depends on tho richness of tho
mino?. There is not as much uniform
i ty in the cost of mining, as is iu tho
ai/.o of houses.
From beginning to end Soorotnry
Smith's speech is full of arguments
which go to provo tho sincority of his
statement that only throe yours ago
ho did not know what tho ratio was
between gobi and silver. As no ono
disputes his stntomcnt, howover, thoro
ia no need of arguin??t, to provo its
truth.-.Fla. Times Union.
? *.
"Tho Itoal anil Sensible Curo."
..Tho iv n I mu? soi i si bl" ohio for1 our recur,
ring I roubles can only bo t ff-'clcd by a completo
change in our financial BCliomo."-Tho Trotti
doiit'8 Spcoial Mt S in go,
Mr. Olcvoland's last messago to con
1'O?.V, '..-ea on ti?? ?ji.iaraKY feeling m
"Wall street, cn mod by tho unloading
of American Roourities by British cap
italists, foroshiidows a strong effort on
tho part of tho administration and the
gold monomotallists to forco through
eongroFH a bill retiring tho greenbacks
and treasury notes. In other words,
Mr. Olevoland scorns to desire to make
tho ruinous cAeots of tho British gold
Btandard an excuso for fastening it
moro securely on tho people and per
petuating it in our system,
It will bo impossible to carry this
fiOhomo through. Pressure from Wall
Htieot and othor Anancia) centers may
es uso the republicans in tho hoiiso to.|
commit thoniBolvoH to tho eontraotion
policy, but it will provo tho ruin of
their party with, tho people. More
over, tho Bchemo will bo callod to a
halt in tho sonate. Tho freo coinage
mon in that body havo tho nervo to
stand between thopeoplo and ibo ruin
ous contraction of tho currency pro
posed, and thoy will do BO. Thoro
will bo little disonssion of tho question
in that body. Tho bill will bo killed
by the (inanco committee
Tho situation is ontiroly diA'eront
from that which accompanied tho un
conditional ropoal of tho purchasing
clause of tho Sherman act. Thou Mr.
Olovoiand's iinanoial polioy was not
dearly known. His most intimate
personal friends deolarod to congress
men that ho was a bimotnllist. liven
Senator Voorhees, who had ohargo of
tho unconditional repeal bill, relying
on information that ho reooivod direct
from tho white house, deolarod that
tho unconditional repeal of tho ??Ivor
purchasing elauso was tho first stop to
ward freo coinage.
But for that declaration and tho as
surances of men who had tho eonfldoiicc
of Mr. Oloveland that ho was not in
favor of gold monomotalism, tho re
peal could never havo boon compassed.
Tho timo is past when the silvor mon
oould bo dragooned into supporting
moasures oontrnry to their views and
ruinous to tho best interests of tho
people. So that Mr. Olevoland will
haVo to seek soniO othor romody for
preventing a prom i ii m on gold. Ho
will havo togo on isBuing bonds and
getting tho pcoplo deeper ?ind deopor
Into dobt.
lint in tho oourso of his special mos
sago to congress, ho maltes a sugges
tion that wo heartily indorse. Ile de
clares that "tho real and sonsiblo ourc
for our roon rr i ng troubles omi only bo
effcotod by a completo chango in our
Ananoial soli?me." This ia so true that
wo wonder at tho porsiklenoo with
which Mr. Oloveland insists on a mero
moilillcation of our system. The
greonbaoks and tho treasury notes aro
promises to pay and rest oh tho orodit
of tho povornmont. To rotire these
and ?. ?ut tho responsibility of issuing
and rotlooming paper nolcs on tho I
banks ia simply a modiAcation of our
aystom ; wo shall havo tho samo difll
eui ty in maintaining spooio payments
if tho bank notes aro to bo mudo ro
doemablo in gold.
Tho substitution, thcroforo( of bank
notes tor govornmont notos is not "a
oomploto ohango in our Ananoial
schomo," but only inodiAoation-a
modiAoation that is euro to oarry dis
nstor and ruin in its wako. Thoro is
only ono remedy that will effeot "tho
real and sensible ouro for our reourring
i troubles," and that remedy involves
I "a comploto ohango in our Ananoial
I Bohomo." It is tho nmiuly . ol
i bimetallism} it ?B tho remedy
ol' rofitoring silver to it? obi pbun
in our "aohemo"~a ph?o . from
which it was rudely Und. i:uiiiou*ly
Umist by ?opublican conspirators not
??fj f.". ??h?ort vMh the ?"?riis of tho
money power. Th nfc in tho real and
aonsiblo onro for our roon iring trou
bles"-troubles that never occurred
nor recurred until after tho demoneti
zation of Kilver. What is needed is to
restore ??Ivor to ita placo ns a part of
tho standard und fundamental money
of tho country. Whon this is dono
wo shall hdvo a restoration of prioes
nhd values, a reptoratiou of business
and individunl prosperity und a re
storation of ihdustr.il notivity.-At
lanta Constitution.
SABMl?fs??OOL
INTISHNATrONAL LIPSON VQIl
JANUARY 12.
Lesson Texts "Tho Hoy .Jesus," Lulco
H., 'lt)-(>i?~(;oldcn Text: Imho
H., O p hi iii ? nt ii ry.
40. "Amt tim child praw and. -waxed strom;
iusutrlt, illina with wisdom, aud the ?race
of (tod was noon Him." lu our recent
r?>Ju;}sW..l5 i'/S.?O??awtdrth ?/--pst ?UM bi , quite
fresh tn btu 'nilndp, we 1 had t'ho~woi>drOP8?
story of His hlvih und wore. I trust, pr?fltetl
hy thu faith ?nd testimony of I ho shophords,
Then followed tho visit of the wise mon. the
premmtntion in tho temple, tho ll I ch I Into
V ypt and ral urn io Nukarni h. After which
we know h?lplug of Him till lils baptism at
the nco of thirty beyond what is recorded in
thin yorso niicl in this lesson. In the quint
retirement of Nazareth lie grow both lu
Physich) and in spiritual sta1 are sud lived lu
thi< favor of (io,I. Ile had a bo ly of Hedi
and blood, .such a1? wo have (Kop. H., ll),
bul He liad no sin (Hob. vii., 20; II Cor. v.,
21").
41. "Now His parents went to Jerusalem
ovary year nt lin? lent of Ibo passover."
While only tho males wereconiinnnded to at
tend the hmslrt (lix. xxiii.. 17) it would sonm
that wennon also went to tho roast of the pas
sover (I Sam. I.,7). When wo cometo a pas
sover slorv, it is always well lothlnk of tho
safely of those who ero under tho bloo l and
tho fellowship of- these who obediently fend
upon tho f.nmb. Salvation depends upon
the blood ?lone, but fellowship and groiVth
dopend upon oar entine; Him continually wy
whose blond wo ure redeemed, His own ?OS?
llmonv is, "Ho (hat opt nth Me, o von ho shall
live by Mo" (.lohn vi., 57).
42. "And when He was twolvo yours old,
they went ur. to Jorusnlem ofter tho custom
of tho 'feast." Wo weald like to know H's
thouvhts ooiieornlng this, His ll cst visit to
the Holy Alfy. Wo may Imagino (lint ns Ho
wns not taken up with seeing tho city whoa
He gol thoro, so Ho was not overmuch ooou
plpd with nights ulong tho way. Whatever
of Old Todamont story was associated with
the pincas (hoy would pass t hrough we may
be snro Hi would think ami perhaps talk ot
them, for lbj was well vorsod in tho Serio
tures
43. "And whoa thoy had f ni Ulled Ibo days,
ns they roi ll med the child JOSHS tarried be
hind in Jorusnlem, nnd Joseph nnd His
mother know not of it." Jerusalem ls called
Ibo Holv City, nnd tho City ot tho Groat
King (Math. Iv., Bi v., 35); by Its grout stu
lt ls callo I tho city whore our Lord was
cruel lied (Hov. xl.. 8), but lt shall yoi bo
culled a Cilv of Truth, und tho Throno'of tho
Lord (Zoeh. yill.y 3; .Ter. ttl,. 17). That Lord
shall provo to bo polio other thnn this sumo
Jesus without whom Joseph nnd Mary start
ed from Jorusnlem for Nnzuroth. Old (hoy
think enough ot Him?
ll. "But thoy, supposing Him to havobcou
in tho company, went ii day's journey." Sup
posing mid wondering uro not the ronds to
pence and assurance and aro apt to cause us
ninny sorrows. Just think what dismay it
might work it we .should attempt to travel
by train or .steamer supposing Unit wo knew
i<!\. nun vf r-*^-om.. t.-tnn one In limiters
eternal mst in anything short ol an nssur
unce well rounded.
45. "And when llioy found Him not, thoy
tiirnod hack again to Jerusalem, seeking
Ililli." Any ono who has over hail a child
stray away for a J niger or shorter timo eau
sympathize somewhat with Mary in this ox
perienco. Did they confess to God their
llOgllgen.CO and ask Him to guide them? Did
they rotnombor Ps. xxxlt., 8; fan. xxx., 21,
nmi Ps. 1., 15? Perhaps they will toll us
about it some dav.
40. "An I it came to puss that after thron
days they found Him in the tomplo." Not
seeing tho sights of tho groat olly, but in His
Father's lloUSS nt n Bible study. We may
safely think of Him ns saying to those teach
ers. "What ls writton?" "How repdost thou?"
To Joseph and Mary ono hour's neglect hud
brought Ihreo days'anxioty. To many au
hour's liogloot has often brought a lifelong
sorrow. To neglect tho soul's welfare will
bring ntornnl sorrow. Soo Job xxxvl.. 18;
Heh. H., a.
47. "And nil that heard Him wore aston
ished nt His understanding nut answers."
If Johntlio ttuptlftt wns Ulled with the Spirit
from his birth, how much moro must Jesus
haye boon HO Ulled! And will not tho phrase
"Jesus knew from tho beginning (John vi.,
Cl) renell bnok to this slay? of lils life as
well ns to tho beginning of Ills ministry? Flo
would understand tho Scriptures bettor thnn
those who questioned Him, and many would
doubtless receive sonia now light that duy
ns tiley heard tho Scriptures quotod in all
their slaipliolty mid beauty.
48. "Son. why bast Thou thus dealt with
us? Behold, Thy father and I havo sought
Theo sorrowing." Tills was His mother's
grootlite, af t?t' the three days' search. Ho <
might havo replied, Why did you go without j
Me; parents look after children, not chil
dren ?flor pa vents, In chapter 5 of the Song
of Solomon tho loved ono has n sorrowful j
senroh hecmise shu did not cure enough for
her Beloved to lot Him lu promptly when Ho ,
called
49. "How ls it thnt yo sought Mo? Wist
yo not that I must bo about My Father's
business?" This ls His answer. Tho revised
version gives "lu My Father's house,*' or "in
tho things of My Father." Taus early in lifo .
did Houndcrstnnd mid speak of His great
mission.
CO. "And they understood not tho saying
wlitcli Ho spake niuo thom." They did net
know Him, oven His inothor dbl not undor
siand Him, nnd Just bof010 Ho died Ile ha l
to say to ono of Oin twolvo, "Havo I bcou so I
long titno with vou and yet hast thou not
known Me, Phillp?" (Jolm xiv., 9). Un
known and misunderstood ?is a boy and as
il ipr.n, how strangoly lv -.y was all Ills lifo.
Does any boy or girl, youngman or young
woman, fool In them movings of tho Spirit
which oven father nnd motlier cannot recog
nise, think of Jesus und wait Ood's time.
Hlosscd uro they that wait for Him (Isa.
kxx.i 18).
51. "And Ho went down with thom and
carno lo Naxaroth and was subjeot unto
Hie ii." And this covers tho next eighteen
years. Whore uro Ibo young mon nnd
women of to-day who uro thus oheor.iully
subject? WliorP aro tho older ones who aro
always ohuerfully subject to all our Hoiv
euly father's plans and appointments?
Blessed are all snob, for they aro lu tho.
greatest mission on earth-that of submis
sion,
52. "And Jesus Increased in wisdom and
slat uro /md In favor with God and man."
Almost the sumo words are us ul of Samuel
(I Sam. il., 20), and we thin', of David, of
whom it la written thal "David wont on and
grew great (going and growing, margin),
and Hie Lord God of Hosts wns with him/'
(ll Ham. v., 10). Tho words of Kzok. xii.,
.7, oft como io mind in reference to the dally
life, for we ron t thoro of an enlarging and a
Winding about, bul it is always "still up
ward." nnd "hy the midst" may "still up
wind" bo our motto and "Jesus In tho
midst" our hisplrntlon.-Lesson Holpor.
TOO MUOII GLASS.
Maiiufuoturors Decido to Shut Down
Tompomrlly.
As the result of a mooting in Chica
go, overy window glass manufaotory
in tho United Htatos will oloso down
January 11th and romain olosod for
four weeks, tho object of this notion
being to ourtail the produotion,
Tho prioes and discounts aro to re
mnin tho shmo. No pthor bps!noss was
tiniisnoted by the assooiation, whioh
wns oalled for tho express purpose of
limiting tho pro.luoiion, whioh for
HOMO/timo bas far oxoopded tho do
intuid, This potion mean? a enving of
81,000,000 for tho nmnuiaotnvors and
tho throwing out of omploymont ol
thousands of mon.
INCREASE OF fAtrjiiitica.
Bradstreet's Hus Uooordod 13,018
for tho Your.
Bradetrcofs review of business for
the past week, Kaya: As is tho rulo iu
Christmas weeli, wholosulo trade hes
been quiet. Tho holidays, tho oloso
of tho yoar and stock-taking tond to
mako business ?low, nud promise only
a little trade until after January. In
various oiticu, notably Now York, Bos
ton, Baltimore and Chicago, ontioipa
tions ns to tho character of trado carly
in tho coming year, uro hopeful but it
remains to bo neon whether tho down
ward moy oin oht ot demand and prioos
and tho delay in putting tho ourronoy
on a sound basin, alt of which havo be
gun to show themselves in trade con
ditions, will permit of jw carly and
marked guiuB in staple lines of trado
in 1890 us hus been oonildoiitly antici
pated.
BusinosB failures in this country for
a completedi your, number 18,010, an:1
increase in. number of f ai ludo's; ure at
the wost, northwest and in tho middle
Slates, decreases hoing shown ir ?7"
Kngb.nd,- uv tho-south, tiiu?.^ii
Pacific ooabt.
Tim quotation for coko has boon ad
vanced, as well us thoso for mohair,
wheat, indian oom, outs and for sugar,
while for loather, bidon, lumber, ooal,
wool, ooffeo and print oloths quota
tions aro' unohungod. Fractional ro
actions aro roported in prices of refined
petro I ou rn, cotton, pork, flour, irou
and stool.
The wcok'B features in oommoroial
linea aro a rather bettor trado in
Christmas epcoialtios than expeotod,
smaller business at tho wont from long
continued ruins and light stook of
goods in hands of retailers, and tho
pronounood movomont of funds from
tho weat to tho cast, not only to pay
interest but heonueo of tho bottor de
mand for currency at tho largo finan
cial contera.
WILL SPARK NONIO.
Tinks Ordered to ic 111 Mon, Wombil
mid Children.
Anoffloinl tologram received at Con
stantinople from Zeit ott ii roports that
tho Turkish forces which havo boon
advanoing for soino time upon tho lat
ter placo made a successful ambusoado
and woro victorious, but withdrow to
Marash, which placo oflbrod hotter
faoilities for tho encampment of tho
troops. Other roports of tho engago
mont havo it that' tho Armenians
won a victory over tho Turkish
troops and took about a hundred
prisoners.
Letters reoeivod in Constantinople
from tho interior show that orders
hnvo been issued to tho Turkish sol
diers to spare neithor man, woman nor
child. A Protestant ol orgy man, pastor
of a church in Zeitoun, hus notod in
tho capacity of eiiyOy in ibo parleying
that has taken place between tho Turks
and tho Armenians at that place, tho
latter hoing in posscRidon of tho town.
y?ft5 ii\im i PAL?AOI?.
Noar A8liovllle, N. C., Opcuod with
Gorgeous Ceremonies.
Goorgo W. Vanderbilt, tho youngost
malo member of tho great Now York
family of millionaires, formally opon
ed his omi ii try homo near Asheville,
N. C., Christmas day. All i m mediato
members of tho Vanderbilt family now
in this country aro guests ot "Biltmoro
House."
Among them are: Mrs. William H.
Vanderbilt, mothor of tho owner of
Biltrimro ; Mrs. Bromloy, his aunt;
Mrs. Ki ssa m, Miss Kissam, Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs,
W. Seward Webb, and their diiughtor
and son ; Cornelius Vanderbilt and
family, W. TC. Vanderbilt, W. D.
Sloano and fnraily and others. All of
these persons havo como in their pri
vnto curs mid brought with thom an
army of servants.
A BIO Fioiir ANTICIPATED
When tho Wngo Quostion Botwcon
Minors and Operators Comos Up.
A special from Columbus, O., says;
A loug fight between tho minors und
operators over tho wages question foi
tho now yoar is promised. Both the
roprosontotives of tho miners and tho
representatives of tho operators were
in soparnto sessions Friday, getting
ready for tho fight which will oomo up
in tho joint convention. Tho truok
system is tho bono of contontion. Thc
miners aro determined that tho compa
ny storos shall bo abolished, and will
demand that where thoso storos aro op
orated and minoru aro paid in storo or
dors 20 couts per ton shall bo addod
to tho prico of mining. This moans of
eon nie that tho stores will bo abolished
if tho minors succeed. Tho operators
say they will novor agree to tho do?
maud. . . . ,<
ENGLAND MAKES THREATS.
Soys Unolo Som Can Got No Moro
British Gold.
Tho London Standard, oommonting
on tho now Amorioan tariff bill, says
that it can only offer tho British in
dustries, by tho prospect of a height
ened tariff, tho consolation that it
1 cannot hold sway in tho United States
vory long unless tho conditions of
trado improvo vory much.
It is legitimate to toll tho American
pooplo that they oannot havo moro
British money so long as thoir trado
is conducted on lines calculated to do
stroy tho productiveness of all capital
or whioh it is impossiblo to know
whether thoir debts will finally bo
paid in gold or in papor worth from
20 to 25 cents on .tho gold dollar.
HUNTING ?LLIKS.
Salisbury ?Vants Assistance Against
A me rion.
Tho London Daily Nows publishosa
dispatch from Viouno stating that
Lord Salisbury,tbo British primo mm
istor, is negotiating with Franco and |
Holland with a view to adopting oom
mon notion against tho policy of Pres
ident Olovolond. Spain, tho dispatch
adds, has already asmred Groat Brit
ain of hor ogrocmotit with tho latter
on ibo question. It is bejiovod that
Groat Britain, France, Holland and
Bpain will form a quudruplo, nllhinoo
to protoct thoir American pocHCbsionn
against tho United States.
WHEN a man and woman aro married
their romsribo o?asoa and their history
oommonoflu.
CAP?TA? mriima
UOSSIP Ot? WASHINGTON IN
UKI IO I?1 PARAGRAPHS.
Doings ot tho Ohlofs and Ilona? of tho'
Various Dopariinonts.
Seorotary Horborfc lins practically
conoludod to award tho contract for
tho oonstruotloli; of battleships No. G
and G to tho Nowport Nowa pry Dook
and Shipbuilding Company,' of Vir ? -
R?nfc, at their bid of ^2,Cpo,OOO for
oaoh ship.
A soaroh of tho rocords oh tho filo afc
tho navy dapnrtmonfc bas brought to
light tho fact that Grover?'island,; lu .
Camdon county, Georgia, io Um prop
ory of tho United Statos, For nearly
a hundred years titlo to tho isiand'haa
boon in doubt, v Kooords chow that,
tho island was oonvoyed to tho Uni,W#i
States in 1770 by Josiah Tatthal and
wifo, bub tit];) wovor assorted.
Th? iioston.oo dopav tin cn t .b a ,) - >?
tho privilogb'oi tho mall? to ilvo
corns oonduoting fr?udulont ent?r-.:-:
prises. Tho Mexican Lottery ??ni-* A
pany, of Han Louis Potosi, which wan
declared a fraud souio timo ago,
adopting a now method do BOOUIO
tho transmission of it? matter through
tho Unitod States Mails, To docoivo
tho postal authorities jfc franked ito
onvolopen as tho 4'Mexican-Amorioan
Ooffoo Culturo Company,but tho
postoflioo. inspectors disoovorOd tho
deception. A. V. Yager,-of Nashville,
Tenn., who bas boon working tho old
"fortuno in England" soborno on
American oitizons, waa also excluded
from tho mails.
Minority.Mst Complote
Tlio domooratio stooling oommittoo
has completed tho assignment of tho
minority roprosontotion on tho Renato
committoos. Tho minority chairman
ships bavo boon assigned os follows:
Conference room," Mr*' Gorman ! : ou
grossed bills, Mr. .Cookroll ; opidomio
disoaso, Mr. VeBt; Nicaraguan onnnl,
Mr. Morgan ; privalo lands and ol aim's,
Mr. Harris ; roVolufciouary olaims, Mr.
Pugh; Potomac rivor front', Mr.
George; woman's suffrage, Mr. Call ;
additional accommodations for tho li
brary, Mr. VoorheoB; Ave civilized
tribos, Mr. Gray; transportation and
salo of moat produots, Mr. liia?kbVirnj
corporations in tho District of Colum
bia, Mr. Jones, of Arkansas.
Bond Bill Amonrtod.
Tho opposition to tho. bond bill
which dovoloped with uuoxpeoted.
rapidity among tho republicans in tho
honao resulted in its amondmont
Friday morning so ns to provent
tho retirement of tlio legal teador
notes. Tho implied rctironiont of thoso
notos in tho bill n's orginally agreed
upon furuishod tho inspiration for
muob of tho hostility to tho xnoasuro
among.oortain of tho republicana. Tb-\. i
bulong to wiint is l?rmod "tho sound
mouoy Aving of tho party." Tho no
tion of tho oommittoo nulillos thia
hostility, aud, in tho language of Mr. '
Hopkins, of Illinois, through whoso
effortH tho bill waa amouded, "insuros
its pnsBago through the 'house"
\Vhon tho ways and moans commit- .'
too mot Friday morning tho amond
mont propnred by Mr. Hopkins wan
inserted in tho bill as a part of unction
1, and tho chairman was direotcd to };>
report tho measuro to tho bou?? in
that form. ,.
Sootion 1 as amondod aftor giving
authority to tho Reorotary of tho trean
nry to soil oom bonds, bearing intcrost
at 3 per cent, rodcemablo aftor llvo
years, roads as follows;
..'And tho seorotary of tho troosury
shall use tho proceorls thereof for tho
redemption of Unitod States'logad ten
der notoH and for no other purpose}
provided, that nothing in this aot shall
bo construed to ropcal or modify tho
aot npprovod May 1, 1878, onthled an
not to forbid further rotir?mont of
United States legal tondor notos.' "
Then follows thoromnindcr of tho
scofcion with roforonoo to advertising
tho bonds for salo.
Another amondmont insortod by tho
oommittoo in sootion 1 pr?vidos
that tho bonds shall bopayablo in flf
teon yearn after tholr is&uo.
Seorotory Smith's lteply.
Seorotary Hoko Smith sont to tho,
houso Tuesday a reply to a resolution
introduced by Mr. Flynn, of . Okla
homa, and adopted by tho houttl, call
ing for information rolating.ltJ ibo al
lotment of Wiohita Ind.i?h lands: iii ;
Oklahoma. RopIying,.;<? tho seotlon
of tho resolution ^'tb tho causo of tho
dolay in op^?g tho lands to Bettie* .
mont t.Jjo' oeorotary says that tho pint
ter of ownoifihip of tho lands io not
yet definitely sottlod, and bo is of tho
opinion thai it would. .bo^uiiwrtetoVi'
throw thoso lands opon to sottl?mont
wbilo tho olnims of tho Choctaws nnd
Chickasaws or? unsottlod. It. is un
necessary, ho says, to diaousB tho seri
ous convplioationfl whioh might arise
involving tho Bottlers, tho Indians and
tho govorninont by suoh notion. Po*
plying to that part of tho resolution
ftfiking if any of Seorotary Smith's roi-,
atives oro interested in dolaying tho
opening of tho lands to settlement,
Seorotary Smith says : r
"Ono of tho oounsol for tho WI obi -
tas in tho litigation ia tho husband of
tho sooond oousin of my wifo, It will
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Ibo soon that tho'oorapens.?lion of thin\
oounsol is to bo a porcontago of tho
monoy dorlvod from tho so(o of ourp
lus land in oaso it is deoidod\tfint tho
Ohootaws and OhieknsaWB havo no re
versionary interest in thoso lands. I
am not nwaro of any intorost wh?oh tho
oounsol of tho Wiohitos can havo ia
dolaying tho ollotmont aud salo of tho
surplus lands. Neither has over sug
gested an intorost or dooiro on thoir
part or thoir olients' part for delny.
No oonneotion or relation by blood or
marriage of mino is noting as attorney
(pr any party or partios interested Itt??
dclaying tho opouing of thoso lands to
?ettlemont. No party or pnrtios havo
presented to tho interior dopnrtmonV
any objection to tho full and immodb
Un exeoutlon of tho aot of March 2,
, 805, whioh provided for tho opening
tho l.i.nb." ;
.Wn?ivt
wnoNO iMPntuwi?Np.
Lady (Joost-I felt certain thevo was a
man hi dm houso last, nlgjitj'
that ft strange fancy ?
HoatOM^-Oh, our
woman, you know.
