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, / i ISSUED SBXI-WXEBL^^ l. k. oeist's sons, FuMishers/j % ^amiljj gemsgaper: 4or the flrowotitn of the fotitical, jgarial, &grirnltaral, and Commqiial Interests the ftogU. {TBBMLo^0ooAp?!^??'oj^1108' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1903. NO. 47. - ; ?ok? sk- shf *fft* ? c^0t> cr^5> ^ c?^\> <r^ i^> <n |( GRAU < TT.i ? *>? < < t.jtf.1 GEORGE BAI O \ | Copyright, 1901, by Herbert 8. St o'^rl 7 CHAPTER XV?Continued "Surely she must see the urgency of quick action in this matter of ours!" cried Anguish half angrily. "We are not dogs to be kicked out of the castle. We have a right to be treated fairly"? "We cannot censure the princess. Harry." said Lorry calmly. "We have come because we would befriend her. and she sees fit to reject our good offices. There is but one thing left for us to do?depart as we came." "But I don't like it a little bit," growled the other. "If you only knew, Mr. Anguish, you would not be so harsh and unjust," remonstrated the lady warmly. Turning to Lorry, she said, "She asked me to hand you this, and to bid you retain it as a token of her undying esteem." She handed him a small, exquisite miniature of the princess framed In gold Inlaid with rubles. He took it dumbly In bis fingers, but dared not look at the portrait it contained. With what might have seemed disrespect he dropped the treasure into his coat pocket * "Tell her 1 shall always retain It as a token of her esteem," he said. "And now may I ask whether she handed my note to her uncle, the count?" The countess blushed in a most on-1 accountable manner. "Not while I was with her," she said, recovering the presence of mind she apparently had lost "She destroyed it, I presume," said he, laughing harshly. "I saw her place It in her bosom, sir, and with the right hand," cried the countess as If betraying a state secret "In her? Tou are telling me the truth?" cried he, his face lighting up. "Now, see here, Lorry, don't begin to question the countess' word. I won't stand for that," interposed Anguish good humoredly. f "I should be more than base to say #a1OA1?T +KA+ aha hoH Hnnn anrfhinc an laiOCIJ 1.1 Itt V DUV HWV V?VUV M Mg iww absurd," said tbe countess Indignantly. "Where Is she now?" asked Lorry. "In her boudoir. The Prince Lorens la with her?alone." "What!" hw crted, jealousy darting into his existence. He had never known jealousy before. "They are betrothed," said she, with on effort. There was a dead silence, broken by Lorry's deep groan as he turned and walked blindly to the opposite side of the room. He stopped In front of a huge painting and stared at It, but did not see a line or a tint "You don't mean to say she has accepted?" half whispered Anguish. "Nothing less." "Thank God, you are only a countess," he said tenderly. "Why?why?what difference can it make?I mean, why do you say that?" she stammered, crimson to her hair; "Because you won't have to sell yourself at a sacrifice," he said foolishly. Lorry came back to them at this juncture, outwardly calm and deliberate. "Tell us about it, pray. We had guessed as much." "Out there are his people- tee wretches!" she cried vindictively her pretty face In a helpless frown. "Today was the day, you know, on which he was to have his answer. He came and knelt In the audience chamber. All Grau stark had implored her to refuse the hated offer, but she bade him rise, aud there, before us all, promised to become his bride. "The greatest sorrow Graustark has ever known grows out of that decision. She is determined to save for us what her father's folly lost. To do this she becomes the bride of a vile wretch, a man who soils her pure nature when he thinks of her. Oh. we sought to dissuade her?we begged, we entreated, hut without avail. She will not saeri t flee one foot of Graustark to save herself. See the triumphant smiles on their faces?the brutes!" She pointed maliciously to the chattering visitors In the hall. "Already they think the castle theirs. The union of Graustark and Axphain?just what they most desired, but we could not make her see it so!" "Is the day set?" asked Lorry bravely after a moment's silent inspection of the dark browed victors. "Yes, and there is to be no delay. The marriage contract has already been signed. The date is Nov. 20, the Jay on which we are to account to Bolaroz for our war debt. The old prince's weddiug gift to Graustark Is to be a document favoring us with a ten years' extension," she said scornfully. "And where is she to live?" "Here, of course. She is Graustark's ruler, and here she Insists on abiding. Just contemplate our court! Overrun with those Axphain dogs! Ah. she has wounded Graustark more than she has helped her." There was nothing inore to be said or done, so after a few moments the Americans took their departure. The countess bade them farewell, saying that she must return to the princess. "I'll see you tomorrow," said Anguish, with rare assurance and the air of an old and Indispensable friend. "And you, Mr. Lorry?" she said curiously. "I am very much occupied," he mumbled. "You do wrong in seeking to deceive me," she whispered as Anguish passed ? through the door ahead of them. "I know why you do not come." "Has she told you?" a-^(a aJt&? ay&(? *4^^* * P^ 3f|?i c?fp> <%?&> 3{jjfi^ ( STARK if ,.By... o < *R McCUTCHEON J| i :: < <m? ????-????? 4; ] 111 l.Mi.i.ilHH n * 1 "I have guessed. Would that It ] could have been you and not the oth- 1 err "One cannot be a man and a prince 1 at the same time, I fancy." he said ] bitterly. "Nor can one be a princess and a i woman." 1 Lorry recalled the conversation in I the sickroom two weeks before and I smiled Ironically. The friendly girl < left them at the door, and they passed out of the castle. I "I shall leave Edelweiss tomorrow," said one, more to himself than to his j "Out there are his people." companioD as tliey crossed the parade. The other gave a start and did not look pleased. Then be instinctively glanced toward the castle. "The princess is at the window!" he cried, catching Lorry's arm and pointing back. But the other refused to turn, walking on blindly. "You ought not to have acted like that, Gren," said Anguish a few moments later. "She ? saw me caTl your attention to ber, and she saw you refuse to look back. I don't think that you should have hurt her." Lorry did not respond, and there was no word between them until they were outside the castle gates. "You may leave tomorrow, Lorry, If you like, but I'm going to stay awhile," said Harry a trifle confusedly. "Haven't you had enough of the place?" "I don't care a whoop for the place. You see, it's this way: I'm just as bard lilt as you. and it is not a princess that I have to contend with." "You mean that you are in love with | the countess?" "Emphatically." i "I'm sorry for you." ^ "Think she'll turn me down ?" "Unless you buy a title of one of j these miserable counts or dukes." "Oh, I'm not so sure about that. , These counts and dukes come over and , marry our American girls. I don't see < why I can't step In and pick out a nice little countess If I want to." "She is not as avaricious as the counts and dukes, I'll wager. She cares nothing for your money." "Well, she's as poor as a church mouse," eaid the other doggedly. "The countess poor? How do you know?" "I asked her one day, and she told me all about it," said Anguish. CHAPTER XVI. CLASH AND ITS B1AVLT. "W FEEL like spending the rest of I my days in that monastery up B there," said Lorry after dinner that evening. They were strolling about the town. One was determined to leave the city, the other firm in his resolve to stay. The latter won the day when he shrewdly if explosively reminded the former that it was their duty as men to stay and protect the priucess from the machinations of '* Gabriel, that knave of purgatory. Lor- 1 ry, at last recognizing the hopelessness of his suit, was ready to throw down his arms and abandon the field to superior odds. His presumption in aspiring for the hand of a princess began to touch his sense of humor, and he laughed, not very merrily, it is true, but long and loudly, at his folly. At first he cursed the world and every one In it, giving up in despair, but later he cursed only himself. Yet as he despaired and scoffed he felt within himself an ever present hope that luck might turn the tide of battle. This puny my grew perceptibly when Anguish brought him to feel that she needed his protection from the man who had once sought to despoil and who might reasonably be expected to nersevere. He air reed to lintrer in Edel weiss. knowing that each day would add pain to the torture he was already ' suffering, his sole object being, he convinced himself, to frustrate Gabriel's 1 evil plans. Returning late in the evening from 1 their stroll, they entered a cafe celebrated in Edelweiss. In all his life 1 Lorry had never known the loneliness that makes death welcome. The cafe was crowded with men and women. In a far corner sat a party of Axphaln nobles, their prince, a most democratic fellow, at the head of a ' long table. There were songs, jests and boisterous laughter. The celebration I grew wilder, and Lorry and Anguish i crossed toe room "and, taking seats'at a table, ordered wine and cigars, both eager for a closer view of the prince. 1 How Lorry loathed him! i Lorenz was a good looking young felIgw, little more than a boy. His smooth ( face was flushed, and there was about i him an air of dissipation that suggest- ] ed depravity in Its advanced stage. The face that might have been handsome , was the reflection of a roue, dashing, devilish. He was fair haired and tall, | taller than his companions by half a , bead. With reckless abandon he drank and sang and Jested, arrogant in his ( flighty merriment His cohorts were , aot far behind him in riotous wit At length one of the revelers, speak* Lng in German, called on Lorenz for a toast to the Princess Tetlve, his prom* ( Ised bride. Without a moment's hesita- , tion the prince sprang to his feet, held , his glass aloft and cried: "Here's to the fairest of the fair, , sweet Yetive, so hard to win, too good , to lose. She loves me, God bless her | heart! And I love her, God bless my , heart too! For each kiss from her won- , arouB lips I shall credit myself with ( 1,000 gavvos. That is the price of a ( kiss." ( "I'll give 2,000!" roared one of the , nobles, and there was a laugh in which the prince joined. i "Nay! I'll not sell them now. In ifter years, when she has grown old ind her lips are parched and dry from ( die sippings I have bad, I'll sell them j ill at a bargain. Alas, she has not ret kissed me!" , Lorry's heart bounded1 with Joy, though his hands were clinched in rage. "She will kiss me tomorrow. To norrow I shall taste what no other , nan has touched, what all men have xiveted. And I'll be generous, gentlenen. She is so fair that your foul noutbs would blight with but one caress UDon her tender lips, and yet rou shall not be deprived of bliss. 1 shall kiss ber tbrlce for each of yon. Let me count Thrice eleven is thirtythree. Aye, thirty-three of my kisses shall be wasted for the sake of my Friends. Lucky dogs! Drink to my jrincess!" "Bravo!" cried the others. And the jlasses were raised to lip. A chair was overturned. The form >f a man landed suddenly at the side ?f the prince, and a rough band dashed the glass from bis fingers, the contents lying over his Immaculate English ivening dress. "Don't you dare to drink that toast!" cried a voice in his astonished ear, a roiee speaking in excited German. He vhirled and saw a scowling face belide his own, a pair of gray eyes that lashed fire. "What do you mean?" he demanded, ' inger replacing amazement The oth- ' ?r members of his party stood as if ( spellbound. J "I mean that you speak of the Princess of Graustark. Do you understand that, you miserable cur?" "Oh!" screamed the prince, convulsed Evlth rage, starting back and Instinctively reaching for the sword he did aot carry. "You shall pay for this! I svill teach you to interfere"? "I'll insult you more decidedly Just :o a rold misapprehension," snarled Lorry, swinging his big fist squarely upon the mouth of the prince. His royal highness landed under a table ten feet away. Instantly the cafe was In an uproar. The stupefied Axphainlans regained their senses, and a general assault was made upon the hotheaded American. He knocked another down, Harry Anguish comlne to his assistance with several savage blows, after which the Graustark spectators and the waiters Interfered. It was all over in an in- c itant, yet a sensation that would live n the gossip of generations bad been created. A prince of the realm bad )een brutally assaulted! Holding bis law, Lorenz picked blinself from the ioor, several of bis friends running to jis aid. Tbere was blood on bis lips ind cbln; it trickled to bis shirt front. For some moments be stood panting, glaring ut Lorry's mocking face. 'i am Lorenz of Axpbalo, sir," he mid at last, bis voice quivering with suppressed anger. "It shall be a pleasure to kill you, Lorenz." observed bis adversary, dismaying his ignorance of leze majesty. Anguish, pale and very much concerned, dragged him away, the prince eaving the cafe ahead of them, folowed by bis chattering, cursing comjanlons. Triuce Gabriel was standing sear the door as tbey passed out He ooked at the Americans sharply, and Anguish detected something like triumJhant joy in bis eyes. "Good Lord, Lorry, this means a luel! Don't you know that?" cried he is they started upstulrs. "Of course 1 do, and I'm going to kill :hat villaiu too!" exclaimed Lorry loud mougb to be beard from one end of tbe 'oom to tbe other. "This Is horrible, horrible! Let me jquare it up some way If"? began the ilarmed Anguish. "Square it up! Look here, Harry Anguish. I am the one who will do tbe 3quarlng. If he wants a duel, be can have It at any old time and in any 3tyle he desires." "He may kill you!" "Not while a just God rules over our destinies. I'll take my chances wl:h pistols, and now let me tell you one , thing, my boy: He'll never live to touch , his lips to hers, nor will there be a royal wedding. She cannot marry a dead man." He was beside himself with excitement, and it was fully half an hour before Anguish could bring him to a sensible discussion of the affair. Gradually be became cool, and, the fever 1 once gone, be did not lose his head ( again. , "Choose pistols at ten paces and at 8 j tomorrow," he said nonchalantly, as a j rap at the door of their apartment an- 1 nounced the arrival of the prince's friend. i Anguish admitted two well dressed, ] black bearded men, both of whom had 1 sat at the prince's .table in the cafe. < They Introduced themselves *as "The " Dnke of MIzrox and Colonel Attobawn. ry Their visit was brief, formal and conclusive. ex "We understand that you are persons th Df rank In your own America?" said m the Duke of MIzrox after a few mo- ai ments. -A. "We are sons of business men," re- 'u sponded Mr. Anguish. ar "Oh, well, I hardly know*. But his highness Is very willing to waive his Ql rank and to grant you a meeting." 111 "I'm delighted by his highness' con- ?f descenslon, which I perfectly under- M stand," observed Mr. Anguish. "Now, I*1 what have we to settle, gentlemen?" ** "The detail of weapons." 1(1 When Anguish announced that his principal chose pistols, a strange gleam al crept Into the eyes of the Axphalnians, and they seemed satisfied. Colonel At- m tobawn acted as Interpreter during this 81 short but very important interview, w which was carried on in the Axpbain 86 language. Lorry sat on the window sill steadfastly gazing into the night The ^ visitors departed soon, and it was un- 88 derstood that Prince Lorenz would con- dr descend to meet Mr. Lorry at 8 o'clock an the next morning in the valley bepond the castle, two miles from town. There was no law prohibiting duels in 18 Qraustark. "Well, you're In for It old man," said A.nguish gloomily, bis chin in his bands is be fastened melancholy eyes upon 63 lis friend. j" "Don't worry about me, Harry. There's only one way for this thing to ~~~ ^ v' ' l\/,> ? // PC . w "lton't you ilare to drink that toastP' fr ?nd. Hla royal highness Is 'doomed." m Lorry spoke with the earnestness and ?nvictlon of oneewbo Is permitted to di . . - nf ?ee lino me rucure. Calmly be prepared to write some a etters. not to say farewell, but to ex- of )lain to certain persons tbe cause of ai be duel and to say that be gloried In b< be good fortune wblcb bad presented tself. One of these letters was ad- "3 Iressed to bis mother, another to tbe 'atber of Prince Lor en z and the last ai :o tbe Princess of Graustark. To the m atter be wrote much that did not ap- ^ jear In tbe epistles directed to the oth;rs. Anguish bad been In his room ^ nore than an hour and bad frequently 88 called to his friend and begged him ^ :o secure what rest he could in order * tiiniii nAproa mlcpht Ka atoariv in St ,uai turn UVI ?VB w?. _ :be morning. But It was not until ** ifter midnight that the daelist sealed pi he envelopes, directed them and w cnockcd at bis second's door to say: nc "I shall Intrust these letters to you, cr Elarry. You must see that they start ai| >n their way tomorrow." w' Then he went to bed and to sleep. At 6 o'clock his second, who had m: ilept but little, called him. They |? Iressed hurriedly and prepared for the 8 ide to the valley. Their own new English bulldog revolvers were to 80 lerve as weapons In the coming com- aL jat, and a carriage was to be It waitng for them in a side .vreet at 7 : >'elock. " Before leaving their room they heard ividences of commotion in the hotel ( ind were apprehensive lest the in- P, nates had learned of the duel and . vere making ready to follow the fight;rs to the appointed spot There was a . confusion of voices, the sound of rushng feet, the banging of doors, the loise increasing as the two men Ttepped Into the open hall. They were wj imazed to see half dressed men and voinen standing or running about the lalls, Intense excitement in their faces ind in their actions. White uniformed ^ jollcemen were flocking Into the corrl1 ci.IJUm AAnftoaa on/1 haflnaa 1UTS. OUIUICIO, vv/untoo uuu uunvuat 'resh from tbelr beds, came dasblng ^ tpon tbe scene. There were excited ^ iries, angry shouts and, more mystify- w ng than all, horrified looks and wbls- TJ >ers. th "What has happened?" asked Lorry, jg, stopping near the door. "It can't be a fire. Look! The door to that room down there seems to be the center of attraction. Hold on! Don't ^ ?o over there. Lorry. There may be something to unnerve you, and that J nust not happen now. Let us go down ^ this stairway. It leads to a side en- ^ trance, I think." They were half way ~ lown the stairs when the thunder of rushing feet in the hall above came to their ears, causing them to hesitate be- ? kween curiosity and good judgment. f? 'They are coming this way." r "Hear them howl! What the devil :an be the cause of all this rumpus?" ge yc mea uie ouier. . At that instant a half dozen police * guards appeared at the head of the ln stairs. Upon seeing the Americans they stopped and turned as If to oppose a foe approaching from the opposite dl- oC rection. Baron Dangloss separated m himself from the white coats above w and called to the men below. In alarm h< they started for the *freet door. He was with them In an Instant, his usu- vc ally red face changing from white to purple, his anxious eyes darting first ^ toward the group above and then to- w ward_the bewildered Americans. ,TWhaFs"the matter?" demanded Lor"Therel See!" cried Dangloes, and -en as he spoke a conflict began at e head of the. stairs, the police, augented by a few soldiers, struggling gainst a howling, enraged mass of sphalnians. Dangloss dragged his rectant charges through a small door, td they found themselves in the bagige room of the hotel. Despite their lerles he offered no explanation, but ished them along, passing out of the innoitp door. down a short stairway id into a Bide street A half dozen dice guards were awaiting them, and ;fore they could catch the faintest ea of what it all meant they were inning with the officers through an ley as if pursued by demons. "Now, what in thunder does this ean?" panted Lorry, attempting to acken the pace. He and Anguish ere just beginning to regain their nses. "Do not stop! Do not stop!" wheezed angloss. "You must get to a place of ifety. We cannot prevent something eadful happening if you are caught!" "If we are caught!" cried Anguish. rVhy, what have we done?" "Unhand me, Baron Dangloss. This an outrage!" shouted Lorry. "For heaven's sake, be calm! We are friending you. When we reach the wer, where you will be safe, I shall :plain," gasped the panting chief of dice. A few moments later they were side the prison gates, angry, impajnt, fatigued. "Is this a plan to prevent the dnel?" tmanded Lorry, turning upou the lief, who had dropped limply into a air and was mopping his brow. When > could find his breath enough to anrer, Dangloss did so, and he might as ell have thrown a bombshell at their et "There'll be no duel. Prince Lorenz dead!" "Dead!" gasped the others. "Found dead in bis bed, stabbed to ie heart!" exclaimed the chief. "We ive saved you from bis friends, genemen, but 1 must say that you are 111 In a tight place." He then related to them the whole ory. Just before 6 o'clock Mizrox had >ne to the prluce's room to prepare m for the duel. The door was closed, it unlocked as be found after repeatI kDockings. Lorenz was lying on the Ml. undressed and covered with blood, lie horrified duke made a hasty exnluatlon and found that he was dead, dagger bad been driven to his heart i he slept The hotel was aroused,' the illce were called, and the excitement as at Its highest pitch when the two lends came from their room a few lnutes after 6. "But what have we to do with this eadful affair? Why are we rushed r hprp like criminals?" asked Lorry, feeling of cruel gladness growing out ' the knowledge that Lorenz was dead id that the princess was freed from ?r compact "My friend," said Dangloss slowly, 'ou are accused of the murder." Lorry was too much stunned to be igry, too weak to protest For some omenta after the blow fell he and ngulsh were speechless. Then came te protestations, the rage and the ireats, through all of which Dangloss t calmly. Finally he sought to quiet em, partially succeeding. "Mr. Lorry, the evidence is very rong against you, but you shall not . li_ i i-4 .m nnt a } unjusuy ireaieu. iuu uc uv* ? isoner as yet Id Granstark a man bo Is accused of murder and who was it seen by any one to commit tbs [me cannot be legally arrested until i accuser shall go before the princess, bo is also high priestess, and swear i bis life that be knows the guilty an. The man who so accuses agrees forfeit bis own life in case the other proved innocent If you are to be arged with the murder of the prince, me one must go before the princess id take oath?his life against yours. I holding you here, sir, because it is e only place in which you are safe, jrenz's friends would have torn you pieces had we not found you first >u are not prisoners, and you may de rt if you thiiik it wise." "But how can they accuse me? I lew nothing of the murder until I ached this place," cried Lorry, stopng short in his restless walk before e little baron. "So you say. but"? "If you accuse me, I'll kill you!" hispered Lorry, holding himself tense. aguish caught and held him. "Be calm, sir," cautioned Dangloss. may have my views, but I am not llling to take oath before her royal ghness. Listen: You were heard to y you would kill him. You began e fight. You were the aggressor, and ere is no one else on earth, it is said, ho could have wished to murder him. le man who did the stabbing entered e room through the ball door and ft by the same. There are drops of ood in the carpet, leading direct to .nr ilnnr On vour knob are the 1nts of bloody Augers where you? some one else?placed bis baud In ening the door. It was this dlscovy, made by me and my men, that lly convinced the enraged friends of e dead prince that you were guilty. rhen we opened the door, you were ine. Then came the search, the fight the head of the stairs and the race the prison. The reason I saved you om that mob should be plain to you. love my princess, and I do not for(t that you risked your life, each of >u, to protect her. I have done all at I can, gentlemen, to protect you return. It means death to you if >u fall Into the hands of his followers st now. A few hours will cool them f no doubt, but now?now it would be adness to face them. I know not hat they have done to my men at the >tel?perhaps butchered them." There was anxiety In Dangloss* >ice, and there was honesty In his sen old eyes. His charges now saw e situation clearly and apologized armly for the words they had utred under the pressure of somewhat extenuating circumstances. They expressed a willingness to remain In the prison until the excitement abated or until some one swore his life against the supposed murderer. They were virtually prisoners, and they knew It well. Furthermore, they could see that Baron Dangloss believed Lorry guilty of the murder. Protestations of Innocence had been politely received and politely disregarded. "Do you expect one of his friends to take the oath?" asked Lorry. "Yes; It Is sure to come." "But you will not do so yourself?" "No." "I thank you, captain, for I see that you believe me guilty." "I do not say you are guilty, remember, but I will say that If you did mur der Prince Loreuz you bare made the people of Graustark rejolcfe from the bottoms of their hearts, and you will < be eulogized from one end of the land to the other." , "Hanged and eulogized," said Lorry i grimly. to be continued. 1 pistelknccus palling. OFFICIAL CONFEDERATE ROLLS. , Instructions As to What Is Wanted ] and How It Is to Be Obtained. i Washington City. March 28, 1903. Colonel M. P. Tribble, Anderson, S. C. | Dear Sir: The department having , been advised by Governor Heyward on i the 25th Instant that he will be glad | to cooperate with it In the compilation < of the recently authorized roster of the i officers and men of the Union and i Confederate armies, and that he has , designated you to confer with me rela- i tlve to the details of the work, I beg , loove to Huhmit s'ueeestions for your ( consideration: i A considerable collection of the rolls of South Carolina organizations is now in the possession of this department. While that collection does not by any 1 means show all the names of the of- i fleers and men who were In the Confederate service from South Carolina, and while It does not show the com- 1 plete military histories of those whose i names it does show, it is hoped that i the list of names and the histories of individual officers and men can be made much more nearly complete by ; record evidence obtainable from other original rolls that may now be In the , possession of the state of South Carolina, or of historical societies, memorl- 1 al associations and individuals of South * Carolina and other states. The legislation authorizing the com- , pllation of the roster is construed by the department to restrict it, in making the compilation, to the use of orlg- | inal records made during the war period, and to preclude the use of printed or manuscript copfes or compilations made subsequently. For this reason, and in order that there shall be no ground for doubt astothe-accuracy of the proposed roster, the department will be unable to use in the compilation any of the rosters that have , heretofore been published, but must in all cases seek the original records up?? thnao motora n/prp hflflpd. un nuivu bitvov ivuwtM ?>?? You will readily see that, In order ( that the compilation now in progress ( shall be as nearly complete as it is possible to make it, it is essential that 1 the war department shall obtain the temporary loan, for the purpose of copying, of any original official rolls, lists or other documents that show the names of Confederate officers and men that are now in the custody of state : officials, "historical or memorial associations, public or private libraries, or that are in the possession of private citizens. It is impossible for the war department to communicate with the various holders of these scattered records, and consequently the department must rely upon each state to collect, by loan or otherwise, such records of Its own or other Confederate organizations as may be obtainable within the state, and 1 to forward the collection when completed to this department, by which the records will oe copied ana reiurneu to the state with the least possible delay. Of course, the express charges incident to shipping records to and from the state will be defrayed by the department If it occurs to you that a different plan from that indicated herein should be adopted, or if during the progress ] of the work you can make any suggestions tending to facilitate or improve it, you will confer a favor upon the department and myself by advising me freely and fully with regard to your views. Very respectfully, P. C. Ainsworth, Brigadier-General U. S. A., Chief Record and Pension Office. Roster of Confederate Soldiers. All persons, eitner as inaiviauais or societies, who may have in their possession any of the original rolls or records of any kind pertaining to the Confederate soldiers who served in the army and navy from this state, will please send such rolls or records to me at Columbia, S. C. The war department at Washington, i D. C., wants the use of these rolls and ( records in order to compile a roster , and history of the men who served from South Carolina in the Confeder- ( ate army and navy during the war be- ; tween the states, , The department will take good care of all rolls or records and return them 1 as early as possible. I am authorized ' by the war department to collect these . rolls, etc., and I will give a receipt for , them if desired. The utmost care will ! be taken of them and they will be returned promptly when the department has finished with them. Most respectfully, M. P. Tribble, Com. of Confederate Rolls. ] j What the Joint Snake Really Is. ] ? "Nearly everybody," said a Zoo keep- ! er, "believes in joint snakes?believes j in little snakes that can dismember themselves Into four or five pieces and i then come together again. Sometimes ' these reptiles are called glass snakes. ! "Though there seems to be lncontro- J vertlble evidence to the contrary, it is ' nevertheless a fact that joint snakes, glass snakes, don't exist. There does ' exist, though, a lizard called scientifl- \ " * ?la tho cany UpniUSctUI ua VCIlliano, mai ID k?v same thing. "This lizard, because it is long and slim and legless, looks like a snake. Its tail is very delicate. The vertebrae are so fragile that the slightest shock causes the tail to drop off?to break at the same time, maybe, into three or four pieces. People seeing the lizard go through this operation think they have seen a joint snake. The tail pieces of course, can't be taken on again, but the lizard is just as'well off, for its tail always grows to its original length. This lizard is to be found in the south and west. We have some here."?Philadelphia Record. THE NEW MILITIA LAW. Status of National Guardsman as Compared With Regulars. Judge Advocate General Davis has sent to the secretary of war an opinion relative to various disputed matters of construction of the new mllltla law. One point raised was whether section 14 of the militia act, relating to expenditure of money for the militia, was not In conflict with the Federal constitution, the contention being that It would take the militia from the control of the states. General Davis points out that the new militia law does not differ materially from the present law and all that will be necessary Is a change in the forms for accounting to be made to treasury department. A more important point raised concerns Sec. 15, which provides for the participation of the militia of the several states in manoeuvres and field Instructions of the regular army, but with a further proviso that the command of a military post or camp and of the officers and troops of the United , States stationed where such manoeuvres occur shall remain with the regular commander of the past without'' regard to the rank of the commanding or other officers of the militia temporarily encamped there. General Davis holds that such portions of the National Guard as participate in the manoeuvres or operations do so for purpose of Improving their discipline and efficiency. and that in such partlcpatlon they act under the orders of their respective governors. While so engaged the several organizations of the National Guard, he says, remain under the control of their several commanders-inchief, and* not having been "called forth in the manner prescriDea in tne constitution, do not pass under the command and control of the president as commander-in-chief of the land naval forces of the United States. He holds that the enlisted men of the National Guard are not entitled to increased pay In virtue of previous ser vice in the militia, but says that officers who have served five years in the militia are entitled under the law to the same 10 per ceht increase of pay that Is provided for officers of the army. The Judge advocate general says that In applying Sec. 18 the drills and encampments which took place In any state or territory during the year ended December 31, 1902, should be considered in determining the right of the state or teritory to participate In the benefits conferred by previous and present laws. s ? i AN OLD 8UB8CRIBER. _____ No Wonder tho. Editor Was 8tunned " With 8urpriae. The country journalist having concluded his work of devil, printer, bookkeeper, Job printer, reporter, editor, nfo'ao V?a wH vno (liner nlorlr r*nllpptAr compositor and ad solicitor for the day, had sat down to study out what string to pull to get enough money to meet a note of $14.38 coming due next Saturday, when a man he did not know came into the office and sat down without being asked to do so. For a minute he looked around the place and at the presiding spirit of it before he spoke. * / "You are," he said slowly, "the proprietor of this establishment, and it is a newspaper office?" "Tf fa " tha rvAn/^arlnor AHUAP XL iO) my tiLu iiiv nuuuvtuio "And this Is your product?" he said, holding up that week's issue. "A newspaper?" "Yes." "The herald of a noisy world?" said the visitor dreamily. "Yes.'' "The million-folded multiple of thought?" "Yes." "The hasty record of the world's affairs?" "Yes." "The molder of public opinion?" "Yes," said the journalist, looking worried. "Man's dally doings done in ink?" "Yes." "The richest treasure of the art preservative of arts?" "Yes." "The Archimedean lever that moves the universe?" "Yes," and by this time the editor was getting ready to escape by the window. "And all for a dollar a year," said the visitor, still in that dreamy tone, as he let his soft blue eye fall over the page. "It's a durn shame," he went on, going down into his pocket, "here's >2, and I'll send you in a cord of wood and a bushel of apples and four gallons of cider next week." Then he got up and went out without so much as saying "good-by," and the editor gazed stupidly at the $2 bill on his knee.? Washington Star. India.?A Bombay correspondent writes that much attention continues to be given in India to frontier affairs The concentration of 130,000 British and Indian troops in the Northwest Province, and the pushing forward of some of the military posts close to the Afghan border, are current topics of bazaar talk. The cause of these movements is 3aid to be the reported unsettled con~ C A J ' - - 1 jiuuu ui AigimuiBiaji una me urnvtu 3f Russian troops along the northern border of that country. Importance is also attached to a visit about to be made by General Kitchener, a brother of the commander-in-chief, to Napal, against whose ruler an alleged plot was recently discovered in India and some of the participants in it arrested at Benares. For some reason or other the British Indian authorities have issued instructions to the frontier officials that all packages taken into Thibet are to be subject to rigid scrutiny, and in no case is steel to be allowed to cross the border from India. In one case a very small piece of sheet iron, which could not under any circumstances be converted into weapons, was confiscated. The consequence is that trade is checked, the belief being that these measures of the Indian government indicate coming trouble.?New York Sun. *<r * * . ~