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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-18

State committee but The Post did not and
does not sndorse the test sought to be np-
piled by the former as follows:
The county Democratic executive %om-
mlttec at waco prescribed the following
test to all voters participating In me PIT
mary cles.tion for county and district ON
Gers: That they pledge themselves to ABIDE
the decision OF the National democrat
convention on National issues and Of the
state convcnuoi on State Issues TO sup
port the nominees of the party. county,
district. State and National. and 70 ND
NOCATE AND DEFEND THE PRiNCl-
PIES of The. democratc party az enunc!-
atcd In our National and State platforms.
on this point The Post said;
The Post wishes especially to impress
on every democrat that pledge to abide
the decision" Of the National and state
conventions on National and state issues
IL not a pledge to change your opinion on
any issue, or that you will cease 10 con
tend for your Views on silver, or other
public questions, but II means that you
viii endure and bear with the differences
among your party HsaOcintcs anu stay WIN
them. patiently pending the nnal adjust.
nient OF all questions within thc nhfs OF
democratic policy and organization.
No party has at any time submitted such
a test to voters. II would be unfair, un-
reasonable and undemocratic. The Nc
Lehman county comm.tteo In Its revolt
against the Dudley dlctum has gone to the
ptNtf cNiTfffle. Anu lft<ht 10 NH'iN b"H nN-
Vice from unwise leaders may do harm.
Tho county executive committee will ig,
more the Dudley junta and the jupta VIII
proceed to order an election IN McLennan
county June 6. That course has already
been threatened. and Mr. Dudley has init
mated 80 report says. that the action OF
the primaries so ordered would Toe recos-
rized by his committee Waco Times
Mr. Dudley Is not the whole committee,
and times change and men changc viii,
them"
In all the possibilities Of the prose NJ
complicated political situation, there Is
nothing more suggestive Of utter chaos
I and Decentralization thnn the rossihiili}
! that the FREQ silvcr.tcs may insist on rchd-
/ ing the official pencemaker aud harmony
promoter. Tho Houston Post. out of "a
| Democratic party In Texas. II this dir'
| calamity should befall. there would h.
| nothing left OF the democrats parry "
! Texas but the foathers.-Galvcsto Trih-
une.
You cum just bet your pile that no fac
| tion. no commit ~. no men nor set OF mer
can read The Houston Post out OF th'
! democratic party.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-18

burned completely on when she reached
the Sidewalk. but Nellie was burned ohiy
about her hare arms. They were taken
The total loss by fire is from S2io,rn 70
s5iana with about 10000 insurance. Al
hast lpo people are thrown out ofem-
nlovfncnt The firetnen worked tonignt
Win tho thermometer down below zero
and suffered very much -,
The roll caN IN the morning VIII evi =
IDENTIFY snow that between twenty anu
thirty nconle ara underneath the ruins.
I'm 10 1 o'clock no other bod cs hnd neesn
recovered Superintendent Of Police WI
isrd said: Tho returns from the Narlou.
nr,tinrtA show that there arc al least
IN ccn nscple missing. and with the 1--we
niroalv known 10 No missing VIII make
twenty lost IN the ruins. ] imagine tnere
are many more, for II seems - me m
"e.sible mat ali the people In that build
tyr should eScapaH
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CAPITAh CuLLINGs.

Washington. February 1.-THE presa.
has sent the nomination to the senlls !
William Woodward Baldwin Of New Va
to he third assistant secretary o. ssz
MIR. Baldwin is n corporation awys,
Cleveland democrat and has never esi'
held public office.
Representative Noonan has introduces
bill giving the city of san ANTONIO alu !,
itY to extend Dwyer avenue thoasa I
arsenal grounds belonging to the ga's'
ment and located in the center 0. y
city.
The comptroller of the currency has y
clured dividend in favor of tne 81
tors Of the First National bank Of Dass'
Texas.
The house committee on elections 'ea
decided the case OF Coieman-Buck "
Louisiana in favor of Buck me ~
member. This action was una1lmoh
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-18
A rRIsoNER IN CuRA.
An American LAWYER Narrowly Esca
GnllInR liin.olf Shot

An American LAWYER Narrowly Escapcs
Getting Himself shot.
Kansas city February IA special 20
tbN Times from Emporia, Kan. says:
Charles Christy Of Wavorly KAN. a
young lawyer well known. has just re-
turned from cuba. whore he was a pris-
oucr. lie. with about 100 others, were
captured IN one OF the rpttlcs with the
SptuiHh, ana he and uftcou Americans
wore lined mp to be shot. The American
consul saved them. llo IS an enthusiastic
cuban patriot and claims thoy have every
thing on tho island except uuvaua, and
that that VIII soon fall He also saws
toat since the Spanish general. Weylcr.
has taken command, no prisoners are
taken.
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a SIGNIFICANT oAD."

Mischief \pp~h"Nlcd When suspects Ap-
pear for Examination
Cinclnnau, February i7-Wnlling and
Jackson the accused murderors Of Pearl
bryan VIII start from the lali at $3.50 to-
morrow morning for hearing IN the
poHce court on the charge OF being flgi-
yves from Justice. In view Of that fact
we iello"hs advertisement which APP
pear'd IN a morning paper Hithout sig
nature is regard-l with ,uspicioa. TO
'Wanted-Men. able bod.od tOoo NJ cour,
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THE BuTChERi BEGUN.
continued From FIRST Page)

his band together with thos Of Miro
Yesterday by "A column uf troops uder
colonel Sogura Tho insurgents We're
driven from the town, leaving Nclve d adj
besides cirvvl horses some arms ana "A
uuauuty OF ammunition. They also car
III d of numerous Voln lea.
Colonel Segura also eu@1S j portion
Of AlAcoo's command at Ndpor Wntre a
vanguard OF sixty and "a main lodY -
gu Insurgents were passing The lusur-
RrntS' loss al that point MAS three ihied
tW i've wound Il ard thrre tax n prisoners.
General Echaguc employed bit of
strategy 10 come up with the insurgents.
he embarked his command upon "a train
mnlc up To- resemble freight train The
iusufE,ut4. lu tact. mtstook II for freight
trau and near Molina surrounded il with
the Intention % destroying H. General
Dhairr,'a forrrs attacked M m and. tax
ius them by surprise. caufcd ;ncm con-
hldnrllI. loaa In klled and wound q
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,-,rW.
THE SENSIBLE Nih"'


While the chief will deci, me STATE x x
on the silver question on Ever ~. beg
cratic committee, stu, W.. ME- this paGs,ss
cratic nag Is found ~ liver gse;s.55T
he found nghting. Inc dsn,ocrasy ".
only one of many Inc in dine. MSs
called upon TO set Jtelsort his co,oss, IN vi
crat can afford 10 Wed IN rs Il ,ss, M
.nes that II il Vim admit .,SSnIdiss V.
same platform or Asf''hs '
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FOREIGN BRIEFS.

PEI<IN-A French syndicate has csrs
TO china a loan Of i4900,Oo0
QUITO. Ecuador The religious c.ig /
the Christian Brothers, believing the, "a.
lie opinion here was against them, tsl
left the country.
LONDON-Thomas Sexton has fal
refused TO accept the leadershi. ot
Irish party. Notwithstanding Mr.. Hesly
earnest promise of the hearty suppca
the lealeyites.
LONDON-The baptism Of the sss
son of the Duke and Duchess Of York ~
place m the church at Sandringham 4
Princess of Wales pronounced the III
Albert Frederick George Arthur
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ton OF the brain. Tn, a.. ~.1
tomorrow at the city C sem nu9'srsl vi \
MRS. NJ. W. M.csy
Texas, February 10 yMuowAN-o.,.,
Gowan. mother OF pos,s
McGowan of Canada amnastef ~
Illness died yesterday pS, TIT fes Az
Leading member OF tbo icon, ss,
ana leaves n large fam,,,n. aptiN an,
friends TO mourn her Loss and hap !
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Philadelphia. Pa, February n.-rhe
n,e.s;ory brick building occupied by T.
G.. Thompson. soap l1erufacturer' ana
stock. we're entirely destroy ed. several
dwellings were also destroyed me ioss
Niy hands are thrown cut OF empio!
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A TYLER sHO"
Democrat Rcporte' - thai

The Indications now himself rs
Culherson VIII suSoSte believe W
aS@s q reS sss' r az , # if,,s;s ss'
i nTlnas Of "a spiendld and ,0 ssS'a a.sS
ean hardiy DO bette, ME- lei be Is 49,
seiC OF his services Wi''''
willing to serve net
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-18

Philadelphia, Pa, February 1.-THE big
soap. I've and coffee essence factory OF
y c. Tension & Co. So Otsego street
nr Tbr,c dwelling houses adjoining the
fnriorv were completely Eu'tcd, The TO,
tai loss IS about si350.0, nearly covered
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NOTHING AT ALL


" NNIInN NIFNININf,
what has Dudley got 10 do with the
time county chairinen cali conventions 20
nominate county ofncers2 "A man clothed
in little hrcf authority" ctc.
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WITH Az AZ HANr &.

Richmond, Texas e,esr on %
liam Plat struck BOB WSsinslsr ls "
with an ak handle n ~snd Phi ~
evening. prs. Gray,soonn s a." Of his "
there Is but little hopes
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-18
A long rEI.T WANr.

Philadelphia Record.
The new photography which shows the
bones but not the flesh may be OF use TO
neoplo learning 10 carve
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-18
IT MoRKs norn WAYS.

AtCilSoh 'lhNNs
some mems ways OF nattorng them
selves is to eNaegVrate the clevetness OF
those who cheat them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
Tax Notice.
COUNTY TREAsURER'S OFFICE, !
CLARENDON COUNTY.
q n So..L ~ 1onr


The tax books will be open for the
collection of taxes for the fiscal year
commencing January 1st, 1896, and
for the months of November and De-
cember 1895, on the 18th day of Octo-
Der, 1886, and will remain open until
the 31st day of December, following,
after which time penalty of 10 per
cent. attaches to all unpaid taxes.
The following is the tax levy:
For State purposes. four and a
half az mills.
For School Tax, three (3) mills.
For Ordinary County Tax, three
and one fourth (34) mills.
Special two (2) mills, School Tax,
School District No. 10
Special four a. mills, School Tax,
School District No. -.
Special two (2) mills, School Tax,
School District No. 80.
Every male citizen between the
ages Of twenty-one and sixty years,
except those incapable Of earning a
support from being MANNED or from
other causes, and except those who
are now exempt by law, shall be
deemed taxable polls.
The law requires that commuta-
tion road tax shall be paid for the
succeeding year when State and
County Taxes are paid.
S. J. BOWMAN,
Treasurer Clarendon County
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The March of the Bicycle.

The bicycle has come, and, although
the predominance of the horse in sport
is not destroyed, it is no longer undis-
puted. Not like that other, that with
such sulphurous manifestations tumbled
the knight from his steed, this modern
machine, in quiet and orderly manner
as becomes the present, is tumbling his
modern counterpart from hunter and
from hack. Gradually II has been grow
ing in favor, and now it is bearing all
before it. There is no dignity too great
to be borne by the nimble wheel, and
coquetry has been sacrificed for its sake.
Every one rides, and it is singular that
the most bigoted horseman often falls
the most abject victim and is found
practicing upon the smoothly running
neutrality-suspicious., it is true, on
the sly. A writer says in speaking OF
the retreat of the power holding
classes 1.-The effect produced on certain
individuals is such that, instead of sid
ing with the class to which by tradition
and individual interest they undoubted-
ly belong, they take their place in the
ranks of the opponents. "-Scribner's.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
SILVER IN ITS RELATION TO
GOLD AND SILVER IN RE-
LATION TO COMMOD-
ITIES.
BY A. J. WARNER.

I see from the letter of my friend,
Mr.. Peet, in the Record of Sept. 4th,
that in reply to previous commu-
aication from him to the Record, I
failed to make myself clearly under
stood. In that reply said; in silver
using countries, prices had not ma
terially changed; that in those coun-
tries silver had not gone down rela-
lively to commodities, nor had COM
modities risen relatively to silver;
that to them gold had risen. Of
course, if prices in their money have
not gone up, silver, which is their
money, has not fallen. 1t does not,
however, follow from this that silver
and gold bullion have not relatively
changed in value. They may both
also have varied in value in some
countries as compared with commod-
tiles; bnt silver has ii fact varied
but slightly, if at all, gold greatly.
Even in gold standard countries, sill
Yer mas fallen little if any below COM
modities generally. Tables OF prices
show that an ounce of silver bullion
will exchange for about as much, and
in some cases for more, of products
generally, than it would twenty years
ago. The l, Sc or fall of gold or Of
silver relatively to each other, there
fore, is one thing, and the rise and
fall Of general prices: that is, the re-
lation of either or both metals to
commodities generally is quite an
other thing.
The value of the metals varies di-
rectly as the supply Of and demand
fol them vary; while general prices
vary only as the volume of money in
country varies; or, more accurately,
perhaps, as the relation Of money
volume to population and wealth va
ries. In the one case demand acts
directly upon the metals from which
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
VENICE A DIFFUSION.
An Enslishman Finds Its Canals and Dis
tances Not at All Entrancing.

An Enclishman Finds Its Canals and Dis
tances Not at All Entrancing.
An Enelishman who has seen Venice
but to be disillusionized writes of his
impressions to The Westminster Budget
as follows: "He-e is description of
what these canals are, taken from my
diary, and it is literally truthful, which
the poets and the painters never are.
On either SIDE staggers crowd of de-
caved buildings; from the roof down
ward they are a mass of squalid ruin;
broken balconies cling to the stained
and discolored walls, great scabs of
plaster have fallen from their fronts as
if a leprosy had eaten into them; for
foot above the water the walls are black
with slime, the broken windows are
stuffed with rags or paper, the shattered
stcps lead up to doors that swing by one
hinge; the steps themselves are slippery
with q greasy scum; to the edge of the
lower stair there is fringe of foul
green weed-it swings slowly IN the
crawling water; the iron grilles, once
so beautiful, are eaten by bitter salt rust,
the shutters hang at all angles, Tapping
and creaking in the wind; in the crazy
balconies there is a lumber Of broken
fowerpots with dead flowers in them,
and through all these reeking alleys the
greenish gray water slowly pulses and
oozes, covered with straw, eggshells,
cabbage stalks and nameless refuse. Over
all this brood hundred filthy and OBJ
scene smells, each canal contributing a
particularly putrid stencil Of its own.
No longer does Venice sit in state; hour
by hour and stone by stone she is sink
ing into her dishonored grave.
ssNieht in Venice and music on the
canal-that surely would have its old
charm. I had pictured the soft air,
| pulsing with sweet voices, and over all
sky "thick inlaid with patines Of
bright gold" Well, every night about
s the singing certainly began, guitars
| tinkled, and now and then one heard q
fairly good tenor voice, but as rule the
| mems voices were harsh and worn, and
the wo1uen's indescribably shrill, and
the songs they sang were Verdi and
Bellini at their worst-'Ah, Che la
Morte, and its companion absurdities.
And when once they began they kept on
no sooner had one boatload Of singers
exhausted its repertory than another
took up its place and repeated the same
songs with the same quaverings and
tinklings.' -
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wbv He Gave the Good Cigar Away.

"Will you have a cigar?" asked one
man CT another, carefully selecting one
of three which be drew from his waist
coat pocket. He handed this one to his
friend. The other man smiled and said:
81 suppose this is the kind you buy to
give away"
"You might think so, but it isn't, :"
rejoined the one who had given the ci-
gar. LAS matter Of fact, the one l
gave you is much the best of the lot. I
always give away the cigars of that
brand which I receive. It's not because
they are bad, but because they are good.
This is how it is: For several years I
have been buying my cigars of dealer
in Nassau street. I always get kind
which costs SIC hundred. am not
overfond of the brand, but it is the best
that can get for the money, and I feel
that cannot afford to pay more for my
cigars.
For some time the dealer has been
very anxious to get me to smoke cigar
that costs SIG hundred. He assures me
that the difference between it and the
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WORTHY YOUR CONFIDENCE.

WORTHY YOUR RCONFIDbNOE.
The success of Hooi's Sarsaparllla N con-
ouering scrofula in whatever way 1t may
manifest Itself is vouched for,by honsands
who we're severely afflicted by this pre-
valent disease, but who now rejoice over
permanent cure by Hooi's SarSaparlla.
Scrotula NAV appear as II humor, or 1t may
attack the glands ofthe heck, or break ont
in dreadful run1ins sores on the body or
limbs Attacking the mucous Elrm hr'ne'
it my develone into ca:arrh or lodging III
the lungs !ea-l to consumpt:ca. come aS
1t may, IL faithful course Of Treatment "ith
Hoods Sarsapariila will overcome IT. LOT
working upon the foundation OF all diseases,
i'm pure blood. the system Is CHARMED and
vi:a.ized, and vig1r. strength and health
restored to the body.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF CLARENDON.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Moses Levi, Plaintiff,
AGAINST

Carolina johnson, Eliza Johnson,
and William Junius Johnson, De-
PENDANTS.
Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale.
Under and by Virtue of Judg-
ment order of the Court of Common
Pleas, in the above stated action, to
me directed, bearing date June 4th
1896, l will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder, for cash at Clar-
endon Court House, at Manning, in
said county, within the legal hours
for judicial sales, on Monday, the
End day of November 1896, being
salesday, the following described real
estate:
All that piece, parcel or tract of
land lying, being and situate in Clar-'
endon County, in the State aforesaid,
containing seventy-five acres, more
or less, and bounded and butting as
follows, to wit: North, East and
West by lands of the Estate of Mrs.
Martha NJ. Davis, and South by lands
of said Isaac Johnson. The said tract
of land being the same conveyed to
me Isaac Johnson) by Deed of Mrs.
Martha NJ. Davis, dated January
10Th 1881, and recorded in the office
of the Register of Mesne Conveyance,
for Clarendon County, in Book, "B.
b." Pages 401 and 402, and fer further
reference as to boundries see plat Of
same drawn by James G.. Burgess, D.
S. and dated November Goth 1872.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
D. J. BRADHAM,
Sheriff Clarendon County.
Manning, S. c., October 7, 1896.
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new money is derived; in the other
it is upon the whole volume OF mon
ev. A change in the cost Of gold OF
silver bullion, therefore, affects prices
only as this change affects tie money
volume of country. For illustra-
ton, the price of commodities did
not go up and down on Black Friday
rs gold rose aud fell. Wien lhe
Sherman Silver Law was passed (wl'h
the exception of Il few things which
were more directly affected) prices
did not suddenly so up ID this coun-
try and down in Iudia. Why: Be
cause the volume Of money was not
at once changed. Again, when 1ne
mints of India were closed IN 1888,
silver fell III the London market from
3S 81 pence to 80 IA pence, or
27 l-2 per cent, in 5 days; bat that
did not affect perceptibly general
prices anywhere. Indeed, it may be
Stated as general law, that the cost
of obtaining new money, affects gen.
eral prices in any country only as it
affects the volume OF money IN that
country. When the placer mines OF
California were discovered, new gold
was obtained very cheaply; but that
affected the value of the total stock
of cold or of prices generally, only as
# Increased the total supply of mon
lev. So now, the low price (cost) OF
silver bullion to the silver-uslns
countries, affects the value Of their
stock of silver money Only as it tends
to increase their volume OF money
The cheaper silver bullion is the less
it takes OF their commodities to get
additional money; but it is only as
this conditions affects that their total
supply that general prices in such
countries are affected. Or, generally
stated: The cost of obtaining new
money changes the value Of existing
money, only as it operates to increase
or decrease the volume.
Tue elevation from which water
pours INTO a reservoir does not de-
teruiue the rspidity of the rise OF the
surface OF the water in the reservoir.
That depends on .De size OF the res
eryoir and the volume of the water
poured into Ii; and if there IS much
new space to he filed, the rise VIII
be correspouGinsly slow. So, II new
enterprises take up much Of the IN
crease of money, the rise of prices
may be slow, even though the money
volume may be, increasing.
AS corollary to these principles,
if silver is restored to free coinage
in the United States, and the old re-
lation $1.29 an ounce in gold restored,
the value OF silver money as eX'
pressed in commodities, in silver
using countries, will not be thereby
affected, except as it may tend to
restrict their supply of new money.
The exchanges will be Immediately
affected; they will have to give more
in commodities 10 get silver from
other countries, but internal prices
will only be affected as their total
money volume is thereby aft tcted.
! If the reconciliation of silver IN
the United States, by virtually max:
ing Mexican silver dollars again legal
tender through our mints (as they
were down to 1857 results in such
expectation of silver dollars from
Mexico as TO materially reduce the
, ,.,-.,,,-- - ark. riY'ft.gS Si..
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In Yesterdays Columbia State is a
communication from Sumter, which
says that the expert employed by the
Sumter grand jury has found the
books of Ex-County Treasurer D. T.
Keels in badly kept condition and
that keels is several thousand dol
lars short. Mr.. Keels was seen by the
correspondent and he denies any
shortage whatever.
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Suggestions are being made for q
successor TO Judge Joseph H. Earle,
and lumber of gentlemen have
been meofionad, sds wSsgg~~::}liinlk- -tbe
General Assembly would be doing a
very graceful act should they bestow
this great honor upon Hon. John E.
Brazeale, of Anderson. Mr.. Brazeale
is "a sound lawyer, a"l a man Of the
highest integrity, and one whose ex-
perience at tie bar fits him for the
Judiciary. Besides, lie has made a
record in the General Assembly that
places him among the foremost of
Lawmakers. Mr.. Brezeale was a
candidate when Judge Earle was
elected and although defeated, be
took bis defeat ike a patriot and
went on with his work as cheerful as
if he lad been elected. We should
be pleased TO see Nh. Brazeale on the
bench and we hope the members of
the General Assembly will tender the
position to him.