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WHAT sErGNIORAeE IS.
Very Few People Know, 80 Here is
An Explanation.

Strictly speaking, seigniorage IS the
charge made by any national govern
ment for coming bullion on private &C
count. Itusually takes the form of O
certain percentage, fixed by law aId
deducted from the metal brought to the
mint.
In other words, when an individual
brings to a government mint quanti'
ty of one of the precious metals to be
coined on his private account, he viii!
receive weight of coins equal to the
weight of pure metal brought, less the
perceu tage deducted as compensation
to the government for its services and
expenses of coinage, and
plus the weight of the alloy.
At the present time the United
States government makes no chnrge
for coming gold, and does not receive
silver, copper or nlckle for coinage on
private account. Therefore the term
seignorage is not strickly applicable to
any transaction that takes place In
connection with Federal mints.
However as used in current discus
sions of the silver question, the term
is taken to mean the nominal profit
made by the government on its pur-
chases of silver and the coinage OF the
same. TO illustrate; The present
market price of silver Is almost exact
ly 70 cents an ounce, while it's 'coinage
value" Is precisely $l.29 an ounce 80
that on every ounce of silver bought
and coined there is an apparent profit
of SO cents. For reasons that have
been more than once carefully explain
ed, this profit is rather apparent than
real seeing that the ''coinage value is
rather technical than actual.
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BETWEEN EARTA AND
HE'LL.
From the Chicago Record

From the vantage ground of "bar-
ker,n for the Ferris wheel last Sun
day evening, the scene which i wit
messed was no reflection of the beauty
and grandeur of the Columbian Ex-
position, now so near lis end. There
was no shade of solr0w or OF glonln
for a murdered mayor, struck down by
assassination the night before. Mid
Way, last Sunday evening, and far into
the night, was wild scene of revelry
aud confusion, Liquors we re flowing
freely in every restaurant from the
Lapland cafe to the Irish village:
Drunken men and boys reeled nnd
shouted and were scarcely noticed in
the noisy throng. Tin horns andothel
discor,lant instruments made it neces'
sary to shout in the ears Of friend III
order to be heard.
The dances of the east, which there
have survived the dark ages. amused"
thousands of NEIL and women, both
young and old, ~ centuries ago these
same dances entertained the licentious
and brutal citizens of Rome and the
Orient before morality was thought to
to be virtue.
This scene was a reflection of the
baser elements of human nature,
which, for the sake of money, have
been permitted to hold sway under the
shadow of all the grandeur and beauty
of the Columbian Exposition. Such
scenes in city marked as Chicago is
by wonderful wealth and progress, are
warning to modern life, which, ii
not needed, will bring increase
of crime of every kind until every
great and good achievement Ii
nullifed and disgraced bv ignorance
and wickedness, which alone the
Christian religion and a liberal educa
ton are fitted to combat and remove
Education and religion must be given
to the poor, if deeds of bioodshed and
fanalicism, as we'll as such desecration
az that which marked the last "Oper
Sunday" are to decrease instead of i'll
crease in the future history Of Chicago
Henry l.. F. Gillespie.
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A Society That Might be Useful.
Knoxonian In Canada Presbyterian.

But there is still room for q society
for 1.-THE generation of thought" The
number of people who do their own
thinking Is not quite equal to the
population Of the country.
How do you account for the large
number of people who always do what
the crowd does? If the crowd laughs,
they laugh if the crowd weeps, they
weep; if the crowd cheers, they cheer;
when the crowd Kisses, they hiss; and
when the crowd curses, they curse, to
the best of their humble ability. The
explanation is easy. The people who
run with the crowd never learned to
think.
On what theory do you explain the
existence of the trotting portion OF the
community. We mean that portion
of the population that trots to some
thing every evening. They begin OIL
Monday evening and trot to some
kind of gathering every evening
during the week. If there is nc
gathering of any kind to trot to on
Saturday evening they take trot or
the street. What is your theory abou,
human trotters? The right theory
is that they cannot think. They never
learned the art Of thinking, and wha
is worse, they don't wish to learn it.
Many years ago, We heard all On
tario judge of great learning and abil'
ity, sentence an unfortunate fellow fol
serious violation of the law. The
prisoner begged for mercy on account
OF his wife and children. You should
have thought of them. said the judge
when you were planning the commits
sion of the crime of which you are
convicted. To our boyish mind thai
seemed harsh thing to say. 1t wa:
exactly the right thing. Any man
should think of the consequences o.
his deeds before he act, and that may
save him some very unpleasant think
ing afterwards.
Why do so many people seem to dis
like thinking? There may be various
reasons. Thinking of most kinds is
hard work, and man is naturally lazy
animal. Thinking is often serious
work. and a considerable portion o
the Adamic family have no relish for
serious exercises. Thinking has gene.
rally to be done when one is alone, and
too many people can not bear to be
alone. Thinking implies the possession
of apparatus to think with, and some
people don't seem to have any appa
ratus of that kind. If o man has
nothing to think with, he can scarcely
be blamed for not thinking.
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Divorce and Morality. 1t is con-
tended-and that is the great argu-
ment-that divorces encourage NOR
ality. If that be the case to-day in
the United States, which have the
loosest divorce laws, most loosely inter-
preted by the courts, of any nation in
the world where parties can marry
and remarry at will, and exchange
partners at pleasure-there ought to be
Q great falling off in the birth Of lille
gitimate children. AS matter of
fact, If we compare England with her
strict divorce law, and France before
the law of 1884 with the United States,
we find that in England only 81 ille-
gitimate children are born per thou
sand; in France "A per thousand,
which is certainly not very great
showing in favor of the last named
country.-Prof. Samuel ]. Brown, in
North American Review for July.
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Walt whitman, U. s., OH War.

''In the hospitals among these Amer,
lean soldiers from east and west, north
and south, l could not describe 10 you
the mutual attachments, passing deep
and tender. Some have died, but the
love for them lives as long as I draw
breath. These soldiers know how tc
love too, when once they have the
right person. / sometimes think over
the sights 1 have myself seen, the ar
rival of the wounded after battle
and the scenes on the field, too, and i
can hardly believe my own recollec.
ton. What an awful thing war is
Not men, but a lot of devils and
butchers butchering each other"
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How 10 Have a Pleasant visit.

Avoid controversy and argument.
Do not monopolizeany good thing.
Do not overdo the matter of enter
tainment.
Do not make q hobby of personal
infirmities.
Go directly when the call or visit
is ended.
Do not forget bathing facilities for
the traveller.
make yourself at home," but not
too much so.
In ministering to the guest do not
neglect the family.
house, especially as to meals.
Let no member of the family in
trude in the guest chamber.
Do not make unnecessary work for
others, even servants.
Be courteous, but not to the extent
of surrendering principles.
Do not gossip; there are better things
in life to talk about.
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His ExnIanafion.

A professor, who used to teach the
grand-fatliers of the present genera
ton of students. objected to the prom
unciatlon of "wound" as if it were
spelled "woond,n and his students
used to hunt for chances to make him
objections. One day he stopped a
student who was reading to the class,
and said, "How do you pronounce that
word p"
"Woond, sir"
The professor looked ugly and re-
piled III have never foood any groond
for giving it that soond. Go on"-ex,
change.
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1870, no,n,nv In the cities and towns

reneived nothing, In the cities and town
fSs iicenge varied, but the aggregate OF al al
toWna In the State for last year was siaa,S.x, ~
its impossible to do more as yes saan etSe the
SataS Couptfes Snd towns will derive from
fhe Shange In the method Of controlling the
Honor trafic. It ID safe to say, hoWevels tnas s
III ihs .toRps cease their unreasonable, AM q
nsusalesa Opposition, and ree-fourths or Inc
Tanor. which under any conditions win be
consuTaed In the State, shall pass thtoogn
the DiBpeusery, the revenue OF tne toWns
s4a m that eSs Counties win receve as much.
and the State will obtain revenue equai At
least IA. .botb.of these, -
But, Notwithstanding this revenue ls Ilot W
ba.despised, the law does not
BEST ON REVENUE BASIS,
was not enacted for that purpose, ana can
not ,,hef defended on that ground. 1t rests
Ehoisi onits claim to being the best mothod
cf!controlling Snei evils Whicn are innsaent os
Nuuorssand must stand or fall on It's merits
"a f.ofnparoce with other methods or con- uLroiF
Inc the evil. When the law first went Into
S1as si%ost total cessation OF the Illicit sale;
hnf ,aodiMe, Rore on. the men who have al
wayE In. liquors and grown rich thereby
toc9pne MORGAN more emooldened 70 diso.
esSen ~ hheln by the leading daily news papers.
Which promised them immunity from pun
ishme1it by turies, and presented the spectacle
OF the teachers OK the people intoxicating dis
Willie, tbs agnres In the following table
Inay be misleeding, and will doubtless be
noodiffIed ,by latter statistics, showing the
reiatiga5 amount OF drnnkenness IN Mse
htosaHectJ Il hare had, the table prepared 70
aiYefnch data as could be obtained. II is
madainp or tho Official responses oy the
MaRarr.sands attendants OF the cities snd
%nrv,,u fH Qr.Q for IN tQfOrmuttOQ.
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sucl, an interruption of the tele-
praDh service as was caused by the re-
cent storm would be impossible In Ger
many, where the entire country ia
covered, or more literally speaking un-
derlaid, by net work of underground
telegraph cables. These are. beyond
the slightest danger of interruption by
storm.
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The barber derives his class title
from the Latin word barba, beard.
Rude, uncivilized races were origin
ally called "barbarians," solely on ac-
count of the unkempt appearance OF
their beard.
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Son island Sufferers,

The 9th OF August last witnessed the most
dlsasterous storm and tidal wave on the coast
from Beaufort to Charleston of which our an.
mails have any record. The exact number or
lives lost Is unknown, but 1t was considerably
aver a Thousand. and there was O. total loSs of
crops on The more exposed Islands all the way
from Johns Island 10 Hilton Head. over
one-half OF the houses were also blown down
or washed away, aud the unfortunate people
would have long since succumbed to 8tarya
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o Tow.lo; IS Reported.
yilaow discuss
u rur,1Aw,os r,,s, IT'S MERITS.

THE-LAwto ON ITS MERITS.
Iahali premise what shall say by otserv.
ing That fSs United states government oonsi,
lIesS honor o legitimate and proper souree o.
Savssine. puts that II derives therefrom tbout
al00UG,eQanuuRt1y. It will not be denied by
fny eayOcatas 0sa temperance or prohibition
that t1ga propes sphlscs OF taxa Ak ,i2n' ana ,.h y
jionid2 inevitably reduce the cost TO consum'
Grs al ieast three Sourthss there woald be q
IlriYersal T f3wt BY these two cIasses OF citi.
aefik The State, In the exercise OF It's police
poWer Iof. the cstensible etpreservationSf the
i,uhfic health and morals has, time ont OF
MIND, feQnired q license, and the town5 and
citias Ia turn Feqpirei license; and while u is
GoI,phf only TO restItct the traffic within the
itnuffg OF such mHntclpe pelties as saw Mt TO grant
i;cenEes. Il cannot be denied that the raising
ar revenue. to support municipal govern
In ,,rite Jssb been the main factor In causing il.
oeHAes. 20 ba- -tssped by tbs towns. y }liIfa1.
1hCtGt5Pfstscd thatt any dlsgrace can attach
70 the revenne feature. The men who are
most loud Znoqtbed, an this pharisaical de-
.Nunciation are the strongest advocates Of the
liGonsa SYSTEM and have had their m munictpal
ie1eG feduced ihereby. On the. coptrary. II IL
ssSn he shown that under the Disptnsary sys-
feCofhero,willa N seduction tn the ccnsdnp-
ia cftme and misery resulting from II, 1t 1nust
5oasoW.shat the Dispensary, without regard 70
thDp revenue deatEre,s is q long stride forward
fFsxf,an &unproyelnenk5 on Lie license system.
T5tiluot presend to say that 1t u as good as
prohabiton would be, but do say that prohi.
bitten. here OF anywhere. else. Is IMPOSSIBLE;
fFae traf1ia no as to minimize the inevitable in.
5uryf1o sociesy, Inseparable from The sale ol
.iInisor nntier any circumstances. The
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There is a movement to reform Pen
manship. The script of The future
will be perpendicular instead of slant
ing.
A million dollars in gold coin will
weight 9, ,6Y5.S pounds, and 81 600, ,OOOin
silver coin will weigh 5S,929.9 pounds.
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Conclusion.


In conclusion beg to remind you. gentle
reason ] a Of the m fourth tuesday falling so neai
the end OF the month, Will be shorter by
week than the average, should you adjourn al
Christmas In accordance with Inc uuWtitte1
law. No session OF the General Assembly 10
the history OF the State has ever had to dea
with more important and Vital questions. ~
addition, you have 10 elect six ~ tle elSh
Circuit Judges ami one Justice OF Inc supreme
Court. My experience and Judgment nave
shown me that when important elections are
pending the public business Is neglected and
the Legislators seem paralyzed, becoming
partisan OF this candidate or that. and pay
ing no heed TO matters OF legislation.
later than Monday, the 4lh of December, fol
getting rid OF these eleotfDns-obstrnctions "a
legislative business. The new Criminal and
Civil Code has tb be passed on; tne Dlfpen'
sary law must be amended and perfected;
wIee and judIciLus Bill reducing salaries, mol
the haphazard Act nuw on liz pnssage. should
be passed; new system OF county govern.
ment, simplifying and afiOrdins greater
measure OF local control than now exists, lf
oltogetler desirable; and the General AS
sembly will IN measure confess lib imoe'
cility Ii IL falls to provide such law. You
should oyerturn that edlfce or wrong ano
oppression erected by the United Staes Court
In the matter OF recelverships. and the re-
claiming OF competing lines Of railroads from
the Richmond and Danville monopoly. Al!
these important measures are enough and
more than enough TO occupy every momen
OF working time that will be left you and II
you could aud would he " ise enough 10 leave
off the einterminableab abomi Unable waste Of Time
aud public money Oh petty special anu loca
legislation, whirh hHs become a disgrace &c
Which there seems to be no end, you would
immortalIze yourselves and gain The piaudl!s
and well-d0ne OF your frl:ow citizens. y
this General Assembly would signalize Itself
IL conld not do better than 10 XIII out OF hand
every of Bill that character which may be pre-
seated, and for once devole itself TO legislat-
Ing ior the State, pnss such OF the Acts indi,
eating as II may deem wise and proper, the
Appropriation AMI Supply Bills. and 60 home
can only repeat whal have said once before
that am ready and willing at all times te
furnish any facts or suggestions ] may have
or lend any help that can. for the tniorma
ton OF members or Committees; aud, inYok
Ing the blessings OF the Divine Ruler on youl
lahors and praying thnt He may grant yot
the wisdom to do he right, feel assured thai
you will work wisely and we'll for the best 10
tereSts Of the Slate.
~ B. r. TILLMAN, GOVERNOR.
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sc1,Axsm ON TIE DIsPENsARY TO SUPPORT

i
and its superiority over any form Of lieens
isS. ThG element Of personal profit is de-
stuyed. merely removing the incentive V
increase The Gales.
euhiect 20 Chemical analysis.
SSfE. the consumer obtains honest measure
OF standard strength.
4fh. Treating Is stopped, as the bottles are
SsS. it ID sold. only In the day time; thit
under q regulation OF the Board and not nm
w Sth. h Tns uconeomiaanss Of Ice, e.,sugar, lemons
in si3nnstioS tc drin K remaining, and The closing
or thS salocns, especially at night and tht
frohi6tuon OF lis sale BY The drink, destroy
fhe eatlcemenss and seductions which have
tfay ana enter on the downward course.
z7fh IL IS sold only for cash, and there 1s nc
lnnesi baking mp for daily drinks against
Inn and SSys syssries shs reS
stE: Gsnbiing dens, pool rooms and. lewd
houaes, which have hitherto been run almost
Which Wsxc thus o stimulus to vice, separated
frnfu The sale OF liquor, have had their pa
frui.sVo reSpced TO q minimum ana there
iniisE necessarily follow decrease OF crime.
The local whiskey rings, Tnica - nane tne
Sfsfes and have always controlled mnnicipa
siscsions: hsvs BEEN form mp root and branch
anff Thoi influence OF the bar-keeper as p0lit
sess nnsnipuiator Is absolutely destroyed. The
Dnlice. xcr6oYed. from the control OF these de
Eas1chfI,S elements. Will enforce the Law
aSst5,Sf evH doing with more vigor, and 8
hfShSr tone and greater purity In all gov 'ern
mental adafrs must result.
Turcfurn 10 the question OF revenue. an
nource "a q 3eifeyldent proposition Thai
fhare wiz be naximum.of benefit from the
opafation OF the law from the standpoint @
- tHv1 mi n q
6e: q, ,lsYge, revenue. In other words, the re
strdrfionA thrown around the consumption
md 5seoi Hquor by the Dispepsary law and
fSs Ssnerfs 70 arfsa therefrom will be In pro.
ssnrtiOn "a ffle lfQtlor consumed Is purchased
afths Dbpeasary rather than obtained from
iiiicff ecufces Some fanatical, unreasonable
people CRY iduud against the iniquity "
soyernusnt
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sHAn1I;a IN TEE "sLooD MONEY"


an they term, It, the Issrs OF women and chill.
6s,n. whoe iathers, husbands or brothera are
adfiicfed 40 tha use OF Whtskey. 1t has al
Yeody been shown, that any system OF license,
yvhsch leeyfs the. element OF personal pront
nntrammell ed, leaves this class OF consumers
atferlya at the mercy. OF the owners OF those
dens Of Riee, the saloons. Men, VINO are Cotn
1nor they, xant from q government oHcer
End then gcye;Sswhere TO consume 1t Will be
Wkely itS, 70 iaoroe and be within the restrain.
Inc infiueucs OF that charmed circle.
IL tis prsed that II the State control the tral.
f,es he should sell only at such proht as VIII
fhas, il the1,rice. be fixed at that ratio 1t Will
sst al a preuatum on consumption by reason
OF ,the Sact utets q dollar will buy more Whls'
rev t6fsnJi does now z Cn The other hand an
eoitally Impractical scheme Is to put the price
Yary high az make the money that 10 spent
ON 3Nouor 60 only little way. II VII! pc
Tnsddis, Way is the best" II the price Is too
hien,iL puts premium en- the esta6iishment
al 4bl;nd liz ere," on smuggling, on the Illicit
e0Ia; IN every. way; and, while, Inc amount
congnmed " III not be apprecia6ly less, the n
direct benefits to society arising from the
Tevsnue and by the destruction OF all comPe-
scaie OF, prhes fixed By the State Board on
vhiskey NOW sold in South Carolina there is
q 'handspme profit, while at the same time the
Nnrlor at reiail is cheaper than IL WAS ~hen
so6 across the bar. Making allowances ior
the JWataring or other adulteratlon OF the
Hhiakey thai was lormeTly ySiska1 G ,hat now
Costs twenty cents and containing nve aver.
sgo. drinks. OF far superior strength, would
hsyei cost figty cents at least from saloon.
The croft, on the bali pint goes TO the tredno-
lion OF the general tax, ana the tnlrty Genus
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A NAVAL HORROR.
British Battleships Collide In the
Mediterranean Sea-
The Victoria Sent to the Bottom by the
Comprehension Hundred Lives
Lost-vIce Admiral TryOn One
of the Victims.
HUNDREDS PERISH.


LONDON, June "a. - Her majesty's
great twin screw pattleship Victoria,
flying the flag of Vice Admiral George
C. Tryon, X. C. B., commander of the
Mediterranean station, was sunk in Is
fathoms of water off Tripoli, and at
least 400 of her officers and crew
went to the bottom with her. The
disaster was due to the fearful bungling
of either her own officers or those of
the battleship Camperdown. In broad
daylight, during a vancouver, she
was run into head on by her compan-
ion ship. and in less than quarter
of an hour She had disappeared in the
waves, carrying with her all on board.
Twenty-one officers, including Vice Adj
miral Tyron, are reported drowned,
and the great fighting ship lies use
less wreck, bottom side up, beneath
the waves
SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.
Tripoli near where the accident hap
pened, is about 20 miles from Damas-
Gus. 1t has u small harbor, which is SO
shallow as TO be VIGOROUSLY un-
safe. 1t is supposed that the Victoria
found a lack OF sea room in put
ting about as the Camperdown came
on and the latter boat hit the flagship
squarely on the starboard side with her
ram. The Camperdown was moving
under high steam pressure and the
effect was such as would have been
made with an AK on q plank.
SANK INSTANTLY.
The plates of the Victoria just for
ward of the tuTet were torn apart and
perfect food poured into the hold of
the flagship She began to sink inn
mediately. The engiucsof the Camper
down were reversed at once, but not be-
fore She had hit the Victoria a second
time and completed the work Of de-
struction Every effort was made to
save the ship, but the Victoria settled
so fast that this was seen to be impos-
sible, and the men, losing all discipline,
cast loose the small boats and attempt
ed to reach the Camperdown. Only
i three u the boats eot free VI the sBc-
/ ton Of the sinking ship. The rest were
overturned and many of the occupants
Of these were drowned with the men
who were cooped mp in the battleship
i beyon all chance OF rescue.
THE uL-FATED VESSEL.
The Victoria was battleship of TO-
470 tons and l4,000-horse power and
mounted fifty guns, She was built
by the Armstrong; and was regarded
as one of the crack fighting machines
of the British navy Her model is
now in Chicago at the exposition.
4 She was selected as Sir George
] Tryon's flagship when Tryon was made
4 vice admiral, and assigned to the Medi-
i terranean station August 20, 1891 The
/ Camperdown is also Of the Mediterrane-
an fleet and is slightly smaller boat
than the Victoria. She is Of 10000 tons
and II ,500-horse power