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VOL. I. NO. 47. Sl.SO Per Year A Bluestocking; ROMANCE REALITY. By Miss Annie Edwards. CHAPTER XIV. Continued. ?'I may have Mi# many things ten year* ago that would be miaplaced now," ah* murmurs. ? "Misplaced? yes. And untrue also!1" "Naturally." He carries her across the water, sets her down in safety upon the firmer ?anil*, and they proceed along; their frray in silence. Miss Hardcastle breaks It first. ' "Mr*. Chester 1* undoubtedly a most - kmlable and meritorious person. She Vemlndw me always of one of Tback ieray'* good women, poor thing, and there cau be no manner of doubt that #he lias a pretty facrt That kind of Veri -and- white complexion is ao pleas ing. before time renders it coarse, aud. though not oue of the features would bear criticising, the white teeth and general animation give you the im pression of beauty. Never were good looks more of the beauti di diable or <ler: still '? "All, that "still* brings us to teitl The rest is marginal." " "To think of Felix Broughtou, the most difficult of spoilt human crea turc*. passing the remainder of his da.VK with her? Felix Broughton, in reality itniimusable, yet who constant , l.v expects that every woman he ap proaches shall be a nineteenth 'cen tury Mine, de Ma in tenon aud amuse him! Tell me, Felix, for you have had a good many hours' experiences, does Daphne ever originate an intelligible remark on any subject whatever?" "I have not the slightest recollec tion." answers Felix promptly. "That Mrs. Chester has under all circum stances looked charming. 1 hm posi tive." "And you thluk the art of looking chnrinlug, even in a woman who bad no friend of the soul, and who could remember the dinner hour, would ren der a life-long tete-a-tete endurable." "I think nothing would render a life long tete-a-tete endurable." is Mr. Broughton's reply. "A tete-a-tete of any kind is the very last thing I look forward to In marriage." "Not when you live upon mutton -chops in the farm house, give up ices and Monte Carlo, and grow your own roses 7" "Ah, that farm house? is in Spain! Abandoning metaphor, let us talk. Clem, of the one thing that really con cerns ourselves, and ourselves alone? <?f your marriage." She winces under the word as under a blow. l<>lix Broughton goes on calm ly. and with deliberation. "Your intended husband is undenia bly a young man of ability. As time goes on. it strikes me that he has a very fair prospect of ranking a name in politics.' "Pontics!" echoes Clementina. drear ily. "Yes, Sir John and I have had one or two serious talks of late, aud I am convinced (or lie Is convinced) that he has a future before l.im. You know Clem, the nothing-new. nothing-trur creed of Idle fellows like me. Severne holds the picturesque belief, not only that life should be the verb 'to do.' but that he, Meverne, will infallibly leave human affairs in general strnighter than he found them. He also believe* in getting into Parliament and work ing out reforms there for a grateful country! Depend upon it. when lip leaves the army he will go in for school boards or thj British workman; in time, perhaps write pamphlets. There you could help him." "I hate pamphlets," exclaims the poor little bluestocking. "1 have been Milled with books and writers, and cleverness of all kinds, ever since I could run alone, it Is uot generous of you *o tease me like this." "You spoke with frankness concern !:ig the object of my choice, Clemen tina." "Your choice! I>o you mean to tell ni!' Unit Mrs. Chester " "I menu," says Felix Broughton, with summary change of tone, and once i mre making himself master of her hand. "I mean to talk no more either ?il" Mrs. Chester or Sir John Severne, but of you and of me. Clem, my darl ing. how many years is It, 1 wonder, wince first we feil in love with each other*'" ? , "In love!" she stammers, shrinking timidly n way from him, aid with u p:?tho? in her voice to which Felix Broughtou is not insensible. "We? we ?have been a flection:! te cousins all our lives, I hope." , "We have been nothing of the kind." says Cousin Felix, decisively. "Oo you jVeir.ember a children's ball you went :to once in Katon Place? oh. half a cen tury ago. and when I still wore a sword In Her Majesty's service?" "A fancy dress hall, half Juvenile, half grown up. My invitation came through you. Any olcnMtrc that ever entered my life, when I was a child, caine through you! Ye.*, I remember it all as though It were yesterday." . "You were dressed as Minerva, poor, laniall over learned Minerva that you Vere, and I? appeared In riy natural ?character? a young simpleton of the nineteenth century ir. his scarlet Jacket ?nd gold trimmings," ? "Yon wrot* yot;r name down for ?ov*ry one of rny dances, giving ne Wto |j throw you over - mo throw yon over!? if I got a Chance of better partners." "Clementina, can yon deny that yon were In love with nw \hat evening?" "flow could I help myself? Yon were a. full grown officer, sir, and 1 a part nerless. neglected girl of eleven.** "Well, and afterward, when I came to grief, and had to give up my scarlet jacket, trimmings, and all (and Kng land, too, for the matter of that), who of all my friends wrote mc the kindest letters? My dear." says Mr. Brough tou, tenderly, "I have those little let ters of yours now, a vast deal too well spelt and written for a child of elev en: that was not your fault, but brim ful of love and pity, and offering? yes. Clem. It is a fact? offering to save your pocket money, if I thought -six pence a week would be of any substan tial advantage to me." "All that is past and over," she snys. under lier breath. "I loved you. 1 know, with a childish love. It would be ridiculous to deny It." "Then there came a long lapse. Through good-natured relations, anx ious to settle me as far away from themselves as possible. I got my "dip lomatic post," with nothing to do. and proportionate pay. in Vienna, and during Ave ypars, 1 believe, only came to London twice. And then? one tine morning I received a letter from Mrs. Hardcastle telling me of your engage ment to 'Severne." "I was a schoolgirl, not eighteen years old," says Miss Hardcastle. apol ogetically. "1 thought being engaged would take me away from the 'isms' and 'ologies' of Frauleln Schnapper. I ?I was a fool! Why hesitate to use the tittlng word? As for you. Felix. I believed you had forgotten me long before. More than once, remember, we bad heard that you were going* to be married, and " "I bore the news as stoically as 1 could. As far as birth c.nd money prospects went, I felt" jrou could not have made a wtsgrcbolce than young Severne, and I it was best so. Then, when I saw your face again, and every day that I have seen it since I hsve known. Clem, that we love each other.. Don't be afraid; I shall not transgress against moralities." adds Mr. Broughton,< quickly. "When yon are once Lady Severne I shall be si lent enough, depend upon It. I have the right, like the poor wretch who will lie hanged to-morrow, to speak now." "Ob, Cousin Felix!" And she lifts her face, quivering with emotion, to his. "If you had only spoken sooner, I have always, always cared " And thou Miss Ilnrdcastlc's utterance is choken by tenrs. Hardly learned philosophers, enlight enments of the pure reason and of Teu tonic governesses, you have come to this: the flutter of n girl's heart? "the thrill of a ganglion"? has proved stvonger iIiom you all! CHAPTER XV. A Bluestocking. The t i 1110 of roses is gone by, the grcvn anil flowery year turned russet. Crimson heaps o? apples in every orchard betoken tliat cider making is :il hand. The cornfields are hare; the latest harvest of vraie is dried and slacked. As 3*011 pass along the cottage gardens no longer greet you with home, ly sweets of lavender or of gillyflower; their borders are gay with autumn's scentless blooms, with hollyhocks, dahlias and chrysanthemums. Sum mer has got its death warrant, yet (like some human hearts) carries a brave front to the last; so brave that but for the shortening days, the sourles hedgerows, you might half believe *?at l he pulses of spring were a-beat, the vanished delights of May and mid summer still to come. It Is a mellow October afternoon, and Fief-dc-la-Helne once more lies bathed In sunshine: the llchened walls of the old farm and outbullcllngG. the yellowing gardens, the pearly sky, all blending In a single note of color, ex quisite as transient. Among the flow er pots, trimly kept as in June, the bees hum. Ignorant of their doom. Golden pumpkins, in rows, are laid to ripen on the dairy roof. Herbs and lentils for winter use lie outspread on linen sheets before the entrance of the house place. Little Paul's laughter rings merrily on the still air from the or chard. where he and Aunt Ilosie are busy over the last gathering of med lars and Ociober pears. Through the open kitc'ien windows may be heard, as of old, the warhlings of Margot? M argot, wlso is to be married at Christ mas?the tale of spoons and house 1 1 lien completed, and whose fancy wjili legitimate lightness turns to thoughts and songs of love. Belle dlgucde. Belle dijjucdainc, Belle diguldon. Dondon, Ooiulon. "Quite an Arcadian scene," remarks a voice, curiously attuned and softened since we heard it last, as a carriage pulls up before the wicket gate of Fief de-la-Heine, the wicket gate at which Se verne and .Mrs, Chester so often used to linger ere they parted. "If ever we do give up this wicked world, 8lr John, I r hall. assuredly come to Quernec to seek our hermitage. Now for Daphne's surprise? if she has neither emigrated Mr married tM fdlage curate la M Interval! Dipkne-gewM monogynia* class ortundrta. How good It U to that ?ae need never call anything b/. I Its Latin name again." And In another minute Clementina, her face brighter than the October son shine that riots on It, Is walking up the path, full In view of the parlor win dows, Sir John Severne at her side. Her voice, I said, has become at tuned. Her smile is ueart-whole. Clem entina's very step seems to bare grown lighter, more youthful, since the even ing when lsst she vUlted Fief-de-la Relne. The newness perceptible lu every detail of her attire would suffice to stamp her as a bride. In feminine eyes, even were her soft hand, with its shining wedding ring, not ungloved. And feminine eyes are watching her, eyes within whose clear depth* tears of exceeding bitterness are hardly kept from overflowing* Rigidly Daphne Imp steeled herself against thin hour, the cruel, inevitable hour of meeting Severne and his wife; yet. now that It Iium abruptly come upon her. the fierceness of the ordeal seems beyond her strength to bear. During the three past months she has. iu some measure, been kept up by the remembrance of her self-sacrifice. In the hour of passionate temptation, when Immediate personal happiness might have been attniued, had she held out her hand to grasp it? in that hour Daphne Chester found streugth, was able to stand between the man she loved and her own weakness. Aiul the I consciousness of duty bravely held to lias upheld her even while her pillow has been nightly wet with tears, while her eyes have lost their lustre, her cheeks their bloom. Under the first great trouble of her youth. Barry Chester's descrtlbn, she succumbed without nu effort: crushed by the deadening sense of her inslg nitlcance, the feeling that she was as ? little able to act a part iu her own des tiny as could the cog in a wheel dis arrange the machinery in which it is placed. Love, the great educator, has lifted her to a higher plaue of experi ence. She has learned how loss, viewed otherwise than as the mere blind oper ation of law, may, aided by nature's slow healing, turn Into spiritual gain for the loser. And yet Yet in this moment? oh. contradictory woman's heart!? in this moment, wheu 4hc abstract has become concrete, when she may see embodied the net re sult of her virtue, of her abnegation. Daphne shrinks with agony from be holding it! t They might have waited, so she tells herself, as with fast-besting heart, wjth ice-cold, clammy hands, she watches them approach, gay, careless, as though their own selfish happiness comprised the universe. They might have waited a year, six months. They need not have shown her their new life In its very spring. Nay, if they were bent in coming hither. Severne, at least, might fitly wear p graver couu tcnance! Whatever' his light-hearted ness as a bridegroom, there must be some paiuful recollections, surely, con nected with Flef-de-la-Reiue. some slight regret, which, though he felt it not. he might have the .common deli cacy to dissemble! The two elder Misses Vansittart, as It chances, are nbroad. in the "barouche," paying their half -yearly rouud of calls on Island notabilities. Aunt Hosie, ns we have seen, is at her outdoor work. So Dnpluie must driuk he- cup of bitterness, must pass through the bad quarter of an hour thnt lies be fore her. unsupported. To her relief, the bride, after some futile attempts at French talk with Margot, maizes her entry into the par lor alone. Severne's courage, it may be supposed, has failed, or his conscience pricked hipi at the last moment. "You never thought to see us here again so soon!" cries Clementina, ad vancing with an outstretched hand, with far more cordiality of manner than siie ever displayed In former days toward Daphne Chester. "The fact Is. I spent such happy, happy hours at Flef-de-la-Reiue in the summer I could not resist the temptation of paying you a flying visit on our way to Paris. ' Daphne responds to the bride's hand shake with as much warmth as she can command. Her power of speech seems frozen. What form of greeting shall she choose, whnt meaningless commonplace utter. remembering freshly an she does that those happy, happy (lay* were spent l?y Miss Hard* castle In society? not of Sir John Sev ern. but of Cousin Felix. "I ought to have written you a line, I know, but our whole Journey was. at the last, planned so hastily. To begin at the beginning." Clementina scat* herself by the open window, precisely in such a light that her artistic travel ing costume (the latest bridal fashion, of course? was not Elsie to make the dresses?), her smiling, cheerful face, come into crtielest juxtaposition with Daphne's everyday country gown, with Daphne's altered complexion and thin cheeks. "To begin the romantic story at the beginning. I have bean married a very long time, Mrs. Chester. Our wedding day was August the loth." "We? we had never heard the news " Fain would Daphne call the bride by her own name, but cannot. Her lips, j as yet. refuse to pronounce that unfa* miliar "Lady Scverne." To be continued. Hail Hrv*nty>flr* (Irent-flranilclilltlrAn* Mrs. Elizabeth McLean Is dead at Scammon at the remarkable age of M7 years. She was probably the oldest person in the State, and was the mother of twelve children and the grandmother of eighty-fonr grandchil dren, most of whom are living In the community of Scammon and Fron tenae. Seventy-flve great-grandchil dren are known to bt living In this country, bcsldca thoae In Ireland, where ?he was born. -Torek a Capital* ; CAWUNAjtfFAKS Many Ntvny ItirA fathered From Experiment In ifniMog. Beaufort. SpeclaL-r-Hr. R. C. de Bruyne la a guest at the Sea Island hotel. His business fcera to to plant, experimentally, a considerable number of acres of vegetables dh the large fartn of Mr. C. U. V. Beaton, on Broad river, about seven miles from this place. Ten acres will be riled tor lettuce alone. A certain acrea^i wW be allot ted to each vegetable o?? variety. He will cultivate In accorjfence with an Improved method of wlpk he is mas ter. Heavy fertilising waald to be a part of the system. RecqK experiments by him In Ashevllle. W.JP.. were very successful. He 1s a naftt of Holland and a graduate of StuttAft university. He has been In this coi pjgr about two years, and Is a young gMBemsn of fine sppearance and cordial manner. * Si south Carolina flama. . The directors of thh*?tate dispen sary held their monthly* meeting last week and merely answe*jM correspon dence which hss been accumulating. No matters of importance were brought up. and may not be. The dl rectors"-wlll soon prepare their annual report to the general assembly, but thig will require a great deal of time as there are about 125 dispensaries to be heard from In regard to the annual business for the fiscal year closing De cember 1st. Mr. H. H. Evaus. chair man of the board, stated that the beat dispensary will this year make the best financial showing in Us history, and he is very proud of that fact, as the administration was changed this year, and Mr. L. J. Williams, who had been chairman of the board, and Mr. H. H. Crum, who had been commis sioner, retired and w?H8 succeeded respectively, by Mr. Evan's and Mr. Tatum. Two new members were elect* ed on the board, Mr.-Jtaifcn Bell Towlll and Mr. L*. W. Boykin.^ It Is not often thifcfn trial judgo voluntarily asks for a ipfirdon for one convicted and senUfctoed In hi? court* but such a case ifag pat on retort yes terday. Judge B. O: .'?nrdy ?*?4r a pardon for a negro stealing' a sheep. Tho only thing to operate agalnpt the petition being granted is that the convicted man appealed to the State Supreme Court, and thus put the State to a.lot of trouble In his case. In his letter to Governor Heyward, Judgo Purdy says: "I have for some lime thought that I gave too harsh a judgment, and following this up so wroto to Solicitor Davis some months ago, saying thr.t I was thinking of bringing the matter to your attention and asking for, a (ardon. Mr. Davis answered, concurring with me." The one hundred and twenty-eighth annual session of the grand lodge A. P. M., convened In Charleston last week with a large attendance of offi cers and delegates. The only import ant officer being absent being Col. Charles Inglesby, the grand secretary, who is 111 in Columbia. Mr. John Har leston gave w?y to Mr. Fred S. Dib ble, acting grand secretary, upon the assembly of the grand lodge. The roll showed 185 chartered lodges and five under dispensation represented at the communication. A number of reports of officers and committees were re ceived and acted upon. The report of Grand Master John R. Bellinger of Bamberg was read and referred. Qov. Heyward has received numerous letters from the secretary of agricul ture relative to the meeting in Wash ington of the American Forest con gress, January 2nd to tUh. Secretary Wilson wants the governor to attend and to send Ave others delegates from this State. This meeting will be one of vast importance to South Carolina, for the Appalachian forest reservation will come up for discussion. Tode Jones and Sam Sullivan, young negroes of the county, shot each other 8unday evening a few miles south of Laurens, while engaged in a drunken row. Jones, who was shot in the thigh, is in Jail. Sullivan's condition in more serious and it will be a few days before he can be removed. He was shot In the lower right side. Jones it appears, was the aggressor. After pluglng his man ne started to retreat when Sullivan brought him down with an ugly wound in the thign. The total amount of tho dispensary profits for the month of November, which !?avo been turned ovfrr to the treasurer of Richland county bV the county board of control. Is $3,894 ??o This amo-.inl will, of course, be divided equally between the city and county. Mr. Jesse T. Gant.t, secretary of state, has appointed Col. Jno. T. Gas ton of this city night watchman at tho State capital to succeed Johnson Black of Barnwell, resigned. Mr. J. E. Butler, magistrate at Sell I evs. In Marlon county, has moved Into | Georgetown county and Gov. Hey l ward's office is In receipt "of a ntnner j ously signed petition asking for Mr. I Men 11. Sellers to be appointed to suc ceed him. Gov. I ley ward. Iihh received appeal for a pardon from a woman In North Carolina who wwit* a pardon for her father, a Confederate v< teran who was fentenced to two years on the Horry sounty chalngang for having taken $25 from a store to which he had access with a key which was rightfully In *hls possesion. A. D, Harrison has been appointed magistrate for Highland township. Oreanville county, vice J. D. Ballenger, resigned. SMALLPOX SITUATION IS CRITICAL Thg Situation In South Carolina Said to b* tiriow, Especially In Calmw Ma. Columbia, Special.? Tbe smallpox situation in this State is daily becom ing More alarming, and Columbia Ve oae of the points where conditions are most serious. The heslth board's physi cian. Dr. D. S. Pope, branded as false the statement given out from the recent meeting of the State board of health that there are over 50 cases in Colum bia; he says the local health authorities have been sble to discoved but six cases, asd that since the recerit epi demic started six weeks ago not a case has been known to originate' from any case the board had charge or here, that all of the cases have come from the outside. He said, however, that tlie present type w^p the most virulent he had ever come in contact with. la six weeks out of only 18 cases there have been six deaths, three white and three colored. This is a death percen tage of 33 1-3. whereas Secretary Evans, of the State board, considered a record for the State of 3V4 per cent, since the 1st of January extremely alarming. Dr. Tope said that all cases were being treated in the pest house, barring ono or two isolated cam's which wero being carefully guarded. The deaths of the three ladies were to tie deeply regret ted. but these ladies could not be re moved to the pest house for treatment. He considered the situation well in hand. If the authorities could shut off the cases coming into the town from other places. The board is now. he said, caring for half a dozen cases scv~ eral miles from the town. Although the board was not responsible for these out-of-town cases It preferred to treat them In self-defence. Every physician in the town Is vaccinating. Dr. Pope estimates that there have been over 000 vaccinations within the past six weeks, be himself has performed over a thousand of these operations In that time. Over two-thirds of the town, ac cording to Dr. Pope, had been success fully vaccinated before the epidemic started. Stock Firm Suspends. New .York. .Special. ? The suspension ol Frederick Pj^phaer, ajmegfeer or the 'Consolidate* Stock exchange, was announced. He had an office . at 52 Broadway, where. It was said, he had not been seen duringthelast three days. He had been a member of the exchango but three years. Officials of the ex change say that Mr. Relchncr was In volved in a dispute over a atock ex change transaction with another mem ber. He was directed to pay over cer tain sums in settlement of the dispute. His failure to do so resulted In his sus pension. News of the Day. An English educational society which declares that people ought to live in and use their "front rooms" has creat ed a sensation. The London Express remarU: "Such a reckless suggestion is calMP.ated to undermine the very foundfttiong of lower middle-class home life In this country," the front room be ing sacred to "company" over there. Next thing it will be suggested that the British wear their "best clothes" every day. Miss Sorabji, the famous Hindu w<v man lawyer, is one of six remarkable sisters. Though members of a high castle family, they broke entirely away from confining customs and went to England to get an advanced education and all have achieved prominence. One is a musician, another an artist, anoth er has returned to India as a mission ary. MIsb Connelia Sorabji is. how ever. the most distinguished. As a result of her years of efforts to help the cus tom Immured women of her country, sho has lately been appointed by the Bengal Government as legal adviser to Pardate women in the administration of their estates. Great progress has been made in protecting our coasts by adequate fortifications with sufficient guns. Wo should, however, pay much more hoed than at present to the development of an extensive system of floating mines for use in til our more important har bors. These mines have been proved to be a most formidable safeguard'agalnst hostile fleets. Abbeville Store Robbery. Abbeville, S. C.. Special. ? Tho Abbe ville Hardware Company's store of this place was entered l>y burglars tarly Sunday morning. Several shot guns. sonr* cutlery and silver ware wort* taken, amounting to about $150. The thieves oblnined a ladder useii In I he store, and entered one of tho windows of the second story. The led do.* was takon out of tho store Sat urday by the thieves and put in tho place for the use it was later put to. So far no definite clue has been found, but the sheriff and the polico are ex erting themselves in tho matter, and it Is ??en reel v nrobablc that tho guilty ones will escape. 8harps and Flats. It's a poor bargain when the head grows at the expense of the heart. A broom on earth may be better than many an anthem in Heaven. The man who never prays except when he petitions never prays at all. No method of raising money can be right which succeeds in debasing man hood. It is more Important to get people doing religious service, than It Is to get them attending religious services. FOt INLAND VAIEIWAV Convention to he H?W N* Columbia on the 28th Smiting Meet* Interest* A special fnm Coli??ln says: The lonventSea which is to be he** here on the 8M for tike purpose <4 levelophf the nstursl water trann* 9Prtatlom routes- along th*? Atlantic ^>ast la arousing gr*at Interest *broughoi? this end neighboring States, as the scheme has ln> view a profound change fa ihe freight rate situation throughout this section of the South. The strictly inland) towns which cannot hope to be reached by any of the Inland routes are appoint tag delegates aad otherwise showing a lively interest In ffhe matter, inas much as they will be- affected greatly, it Is confidently believed, afthough I heir benefit will of course ceae in sn Indirect way through) being eloser to towns enjoying a water rate. The cotton mills In tne up-country are par ticularly interested in the objects of ihe convention, though of course- such cities as Charleston, Georgetown^ Sa vannah, Wilmington. Angusta. Cblttm bla and the like wiU not get the neat est benefit, as their advantages will come direct. Thl3 scheme contemplates connect ing the Great I^akes at their eastern end with all the narbors on the At lantic coast by the Eric Canal, and connecting those lakes at their wes tern end wit a the whole Mississippi vale ya by the Chicago drainage canal and other available routes. The proposed inlr.nd water ronte by avoiding Cape Hattcras and atl other dvnger points will provide a safe jour nry for barges or canal boats ftom the northern norts to all ports on the South Atlantic coast. as far South as Jacksonville. If this route were open and fre?, Ncvbern, N. C.. wo??l?l be about the same distance from New York that Buffalo is by the Erie Canal, and she would move her heavy pro ducts of tho forest and the farm as cheaply as Buffalo cnn. Georgetown. S. C.. would stand In about the same relation to New York city lhat Cleve land. Ohio, now does, and ought to get the same rates by water. Barges taking the inside route to Georgetown can carry lumber much cheaper than the more expensive vessels that go outside of Hatteras. Nature has giv en us a wonderful system of water ways. which If properly used by de velopment of boat traffic to the heads of navigation, would start. In our Soutnern States an eia'of prosperity ir paralleled In history. iMany points ?ln this 8tate by tlya completing of this cafe Inland water loute In cloaft toMk wllh tho gnMTnSMH of theNorth. ? 1 It Is a great scheme, and when right ly understood, will secure the hearty cc-operatloo of the Immense and daily interest dependent upon Its comple tion. These interests, though dl versed and widely localised In several States, will sure unite to foim the co rlitlon required as the only means of gaining tbi? great mutual benefit. Geneal Cotton Market. Galveston, quiet Savannah, quiet New Orleans, easy Mobile, quiet Middling. 7 11-10 7 1-2 7 3-8 r r. c 7 r?-s 7 r>-8 7 1-2 7 7-S 7.95 . 8.00 8.20 Charleston, quiet Wilmington, quiet Baltimore, nominal New York, quiet. Boston, quiet .... Philadelphia, quiet Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Good middling 7- 1-2 J. H. Weeks, the dispenser at EI loree. whom the State board of dis pensary directors made famous this week by closing his dispensary on a majority petition of the people of the community is preparing to test the right of the State t>oard to make such a removal under the new Brice act, which, it la claimed, limits the clos ing of dispensaries to 'counties. He has not yet brought action, but it If likely that he will test the matter in the courts. It will be an extremelv interesting case, affecting all dispen sary communities. 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I 1SUJB8H Ol ?Mqjsj.\ oqi s.woqs 'ito))o.> jo X|ddns ??nn ! -.?;a k,|)|jom oqi jo jUdUidiBis ?..?.? jhoH i ? |B|.)0(ls 'nut.\>|.io m.M . ?uojjoo jo Xidcing aiqiS'A I Strict middling Middling Tinges Stains 7 1-2 .... 7 ri*s 7 to 7 :!-8 6 1-2 to 7 Palmetto Items. ?JB,?.< }5TB| 000' h"* Indiana Commissioner Acquitted. Lawton, Oklahoma. Hpeolal. ? Judge I E. M. Payne, of Chlckanha, United I State* commissioner. has been ac j quitted In the Federal Court nt this place of tho charge of drunkenness | and permitting the sale of liquor In the Indian Territory. The charges wore niado public aorne time ago. The Attorney Oone.ral of the United StatoH was asked to call for an investigation, and the matter *a# referred to Judge Townsond, of tho Federal Court. TWELVE DAY flGM A Vigorous Assult Or The lassiaa* By Japaiese GEN. STOESSEL DESCRIBES ATTACK Dispatches From th? Fort Arthur ComrMMder Relate How the Fort* ress Was Hold Against the Supromo Effort of tho Japaneae Prom Now 20 to Doc. 2. St. Petersburg. By Cable? Gen. Stoes* teCs dispatches to the Emperor, which, were received Friday night, were giv en nut Sunday. The flwt is dated November 2r?, and la as follows: "I am happy to inform your majes ty that on N'wembet 20, after an in creased bombardment, tho Japanese attacked one of. the forts oa the north eastern. front and leaped with a por tion oC their forces on> tho parapet. They were annihilated by rifle fire and the bayonet and. thrown. back into the trenches. Their ^serves- were scatter ed by shrapnel. "From November 21 U* Norrember 23 the enemy violentfy bombarded the fort and, in spite of great losses, effected by their perseverance a passage be tween the two forta on the northeastern front. "At r>:30' o'clock in the- evening of November 23, often heavy firing, the Japanese suddenly hurled themselves against several works on this front and seized a portion of the tranches, but they were thrown hauk by the reserves after a fierce bayonet struggle. They returned to the assault at midnight and again occupied a part of tbe trenches, but were annihilated by our bayonets. At 2 o'clock in the morning all was ovor and your majesty's heroic troops were able to rest and start to repair ing the damage. The Japanese lost more ttyan 2,000 men. All of our troops behaved as heroes. The following es pecially distinguished themselves: Gen erals Kondrak* (commander of the ar tillery) and Gorbotowsky and Lieuten ant Colonel Namiimka. (>A dozen other odflcfti lq, lowgy grade* are also men meSt or th?twjrn anotrafbm- continue* dally. A number of buildings have been destroyed and the harbor has sustained some damage. The garri sons are in excellent spirits." In other dispatch dated November 27. Gen. Stoessel says: "The 26th and 27th were the blood iest days in the assaults on Port Ar thur. The attacks began on the night of the 25th, against onr left flank, near Pigeon Bay. The first was repulsed with great loss to the Japanese. The same night the enemy attacked a de tachment on Panlung Mountain, but were repulsed, as also was their attack on Vlsokei (203-metre Hill.) "On the 26th the Japanese began to bombard and attack fiercely the forts of the northeastern front and the ad vanced trenches. The trenches repeat edly changed hands. Nevertheless, on the night of the 26th we throw back the Japanese at the point of the bayo net. The enemy succeeded in blowing up the parapet of one of the forta and began building parallels there. At an other fort, on the same night, they laid sacks along the rampart, but our ar tillery dispersed them. Towards 10 o'clock In the evening the Japanese attacked a battery on our left flank in considerfrble strength, and at first ob tained possession of a portion of tho works, but our heroes brought bayo nets Into use and the Japanese retired, leaving a heap of their men. Along the whole front the Japanese re-opened a violent fire against the interior of the fortress, keeping it up until 5 o'clock on the morning of November 27, The help which God sent us on the birthday of our mother the Czarlne gave us fur ther victory." Snow Two Feet Deep. Newport. R. I., Special. ? Ah a result of the worst blizzard that has visited this city in many years, all local traf fic is practically at a standstill. Tho storm begr.n at midnight, last night end abated at noon today. On a lev el the snow is more than two feet in depth, while a strong wind has piled mi drifts that block the streets. Many Marine Disasters. New York. Special. ? The snow storm and gal** which struck the coast Saturday afternoon and continued tin til the early hours Sunday morning was the most violent that has occur red for several years. Reports from the New Jersey and New England coasts and fioin incoming uteainers, toll of furious gales and many disas ter^ At. Vineyard Haven, over 15 schooners anchored I" the harbor wero blown ashore and several others were damaged in collisions. Off the Hay head. N. .!.. Ilf'--saving stations, the schooner Lisle II. Hrayton. bound fnr Providence, !<? I., from Maltimore, went Ashore, the crew being rescued by the life-savers. Girl's Body Found. Colorado Springs. Col.. Special ? The dead body <f a white woman, appar ently about is years old, has been found on Mount Cutler by two survey, ors. An attempt to destroy the fea tures. supposedly t'i prevent identl Acntlon, h;'d boon made. Detectives have been unaliJo to establish tho girl's Identity, but advance the theory that sho vfas a tourist from the Rant. The girl had been dead a week or ten d#y8 when the body was found.