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1)ur ownv. If I had knojwI in the morning How wearily all the day, The words unkind Would trouble i' mind I said when you went a'a, I had been more careful. darling. Nor given you needless j:tin: But.we vex -"*'our own" With looks and tone We might never take back agai. For though in tle .;uict evening you may grive the kiss of peace. Yet well it might be That never for me The pain of heart should cease. low many ro forth in the morning Who never come home at night: And hearts have broken From harsh words spoken. That sorrow can ne'er set right. We have careful thought fur the stranger. And smiles for the soimct ime guest. But oft for '"our own The bitter tune. Though whe love our own the best. Ah: lips with the curve impatient: Ah: brow with the look of scorn. 'Twas a cruel fate Were the night too late To undo the work of the morn. -Margaret E. Sanger. A GILDED SIN. BY CHARLOTTE M. BREAME. CIIAI'TER IX. August had come with its ripe. rich beauty. the fruit hung in the orchards. the gardens were a blaze of color, the barley and the corn were ready for the reardrs. Sir MIarc had come down again to the Chace. Those who had seen \er nica when she first reached England v.auld hard ly have reco~tnized her hat they seen her now. The beautiful face had changed so completely: the pale, pas sionate loveliness had deepened into something more lovely still: there was more color, more brightness: the dark love-lit eyes had in them the radiance of full and perfect content. Love had beautified her, even as it had beauti fied her life. On this August morning she was in her pretty boudoir alone-alone, for Sir Marc had gone in search of some thing to please her. He lived only to make her happy. She stood in the midst of a hundred beautiful things. Lady Brandon had determined to pre sent her with her trousseau, and a large-chest had arrived that morning from Paris. Veronica looked at her magnificent gift. It did not strike her as it would have done at another time. She could think only of her happiness and her love. She was smil ing to herself, wondering whether a girl was ever so blessed, so happy, when some one rapped gently at her door. She looked up in surprise when her maid, Clara Morton, entered the room. "I want to speak to you. Miss di Cyntha, if you can spare the time,' she said. Veronica made some courteous an swer, and felt even more surprised when the girl closed the door and fastened the lock. The large long window that led to the terrace was open-neither of them thought of it. "Why do you do that, Morton'?" asked Veronica. "Because I have that to say to you which must be said without interrup tion." Veronica looked up with haughty displeasure. "You behave very strangely," she said: "'I do not like it." She looked 4ixedly at the girl, whose face was not pleasant to see-there was a livid light in her eyes, an air of cringing, yet of defiance, in her whole manner. "You must listen to me, Miss di Cyntha,"-she said. "I hold a secret of yours, and I must be paid for it." "You can have no secret of mine," returned Veronica. "But I have," said the girl. "Listen to me I am engaged to marry John Palding, who once lived here as head groom. We have been eng'aged to be married for eight years, a fortune has never once smiled on us. He sav ed three hundred pounds and put it into a bank. The bank broke, and he was left penniless. I saved sixty pounds, and invested it in a building society, which became bankrupt. For tune has never once smiled on us un til now. Now John Palding has an offer from a farmer in Australia. If he can go out there, and take five hun dred pounds with him, we shall make our fortune." "I do not see what this has to do with me," interoe Veronica. "I do, Miss di Cyntha. I hold a secret'of yours, and I want five hun dred pounds as the price of my silence.'' "You are talking nonsense, MIorton. * I can only imagine that you have lost your senses." "You will find, on the contrary, Miss di Cyntha, that I was never more sensible in my life. Let me tell you what I have to say." Veronica looked at her. In the ex citement of the interview she had risen and confronted her. "Come to the point at once, please," said Veronica. "What have you to say?" The girl looked uneasily at her mis tress; the color came and went in her face: her eyes drooped. Raising her head, shesaid suddenly "It is for John's sake-I would do anything for John." Veronica gave a sigh of resignation. What this strange scene meant she could not tell, but it would end at some time no doubt. Morton heard the sigh. "You are impatient, miss." said she. "I am coming to the matter. I do not like to speak of it to you, you have been a kind mistress to me. But it is for John's sake-i would do anything .for him." "Will you be kind enough just to come to the point?" said Veronica. "I will," answered Clara Morton. Yet Veronica saw that she had to summon all her courage, to make a most desperate effort. She looked up at her. "You remember Sir Jasper's death, Miss di Cyntha? You remember the day'after it. Though it was a warm June day, you would have a fire in your room." ~Veronica started: her face grew white, a low cry came from her lips. "Go on," she said to the girl. who had paused abruptly wvhen she saw the change in her mistress's face. "That very day, miss, I thought there was something wrong." she said. "Why should you want a fire when the June sun was shining so warmly? I said to myself that you had something to burn." Another low cry came from V eron ica. Morton continued "I -ou will be very angry with me. Missii Cyntha-I watched you: 1 knelt dowri and looked through the keyhole. The key was in the lock, so that I could not see much, but I saw distinctly a roll of parchment in your hands, and 1 saw you put it in the fire. I saw it begin to burn, and I was wild to know what it was. All at once I had an idea that you were destroyingz some thing that belonged to Sir Jaspcr. and was determined to know." She paused, while the beautiful face gazing into hers grew deadly wvhiT e. "I invented an excuse to get you from the room. Miss di Cyntha." she continued. "I told you that Lady Brandon had not answered a knock at her door-it was simply an excuse to get you from the room. Then 1 took from the ir the charred remains of the "a chulaaut I'w~jcdtnti ihe n ords- Last w ill an to testamient. Sir . '.per Branidon.' Miss di Cvntbia. It wa's ttt a ciarred fragment-I took it awa, w~itl me: and now. Miss di ' ta. I ccuse yoU of having burn en, I Sir .lasptr's w ill. You cannot deny I - have lhe proofs.' Veionica stood like one turned to ,ie Sihe had lost all power of speech. T be girl cont inued I can formh no idea why you did it that does not concern mie-perhaps it was for your own interest. Thev said in the servants' hall that Sir JIasper had left yout money: perhaps the will you destroyed took it froa you. There was a tash as of lire from the dark eves. -i d' :t wish to do you an- harn. miss, I ::- not iiment oned what I saw to any one. and I never will: but you must .ive ine live hundred pounds 'for keeping your' secrect. Give me that. and i w ilI roinise. I will swear that no allusion to what I have seen shall ever pass uly lips. Give me that and 1 will bring the charred fragment to you. 1 no not wish to harm you. but j 'Providence has given me this chance and I must make the most of it. From that one moment I said to myself that I would keep your secret until I could use it. Give me five hundred pounds, and I will be as faithful as death to vou. Then the power of speech came to Veronica. "Even if I would condescend to bribe vou." she said. "I could not: I have not live hundred pounds of my own in the world." "You have a rich lover." returned the girl, with a signiticant smile. "Sir Mare would give you anything in the world-his heart's blood if you needed it." "Hushl" said Veronica, sternly. "I will not allow you to say such words." You may do what you like, miss-I shall keep to my word. If you give me tive hundred pounds. 1 will never reveal your secret: if not. I will bet ray -What if I refuse:" said Veronica. "Tell me the worst." In her heart she knew the worst must-come: it was as impossible for her to tind tive hundred pounds as it would have been to find five thousand. "The worst as. that if I fail to get the money from you. I must try to find out who is the next most interested in the matter. There is one thing that you cannot denv. Miss di Cyntha-you burned the will." She paused wit h a sudden cry. Unperceived by either, Sir Marc had entered through the open window, and stood with a horror-stricken face. lis tening to the last few terrible words. With an air of terrible bewilderment he looked from one to the other: Veron ica was white as death. the servant girl insolent in full triumph of her accusation: in the knowledge' of her victory. Veronica 100 k e,d round when she saw the sudden dawn of fear in the girl's eyes. She uttered no cry when she saw her lover, but a cold terrible shudder seized her. He came to her and took her hand. "What is the matter, Veronica? What does this insolent woman say? Why do you allow her to insult you?" "Truth is no insult. Sir Marc." put in Morton. "Say the word, and I will send for a policeman, and will give her into cus tody. I heard a little of what has passed, and I see she is trying to ex tort money from you-why not order her from the house?" "Ah, why not?" cried Morton, in solently. "As you say, Sir Marc. why not?" "I take tihe duty upon myself," he said: "I order you not only to quit the room, but to ~quit the house. Lady Brandon will approve of what I have done when she hears of your conduct?." "I shall not leave the room, Sir Marc," she replied quietly. "until I have Miss- di Cyntha's answer. She knows what 1 want: let her say if she will give it to me." "X ou know that I cannot," she answered. Sir Marc looked at her in bewilder ment. "Surely you are not willino to com promise with this woman. 'eronica? She must be punished-any attempt to extort money is a crime that the law punishes very severely. Do not speak to her-leave her to me." Then he paused in bewildered won der: there was something he did not undertand-a shrinking fear in Vero nica's face and an insolent triumph in the maid's. Where was the indigna tion, the just anger, that she should feel. What could it mean? With a restless, uneasy gaze he looked from one to the other. The dark eyesof the woman h~e loved had never met his own. "1 heard what passed." he said. "I was bringing you these Gloire de Dijon rose;, Veronica. and I heard this insol ent woman say that you had burned a will-that you could not deny it. I know the meaning of that. She brings this false accusation against you, mean ing to extort money from you, and you very properly refuse to give it to her. She ought to be sent to prison."' 'Stop, Sir Marc," said the woman angrily-"you speak too fast. Ask my mistress whether my charge against her is false or not." "1 will not insult Miss di Cyntha by any such question," he replied. "Then you are unjust." she said. "You accuse me of bring a false charge: ask Miss di Cyntha whether that charge is true or false-she will not deny it if you ask her." Still there came no words from the white lips that were closed so strange "I refuse to do any such thing,'' he returned. "Again, Sir Marc, I say that you are unjust. I accuse Miss di Cyntha of having in her own room, unknown to everyx one, and, as she thought, unseen by every one, wilfully burned Sir Jas per Brandon's last will and testament. More than that, I can prove that she did so. Now, Sir Marc, look from her to me-which of us looks guilty?" Ie looked at Veronica as though half expecting an indignant denial: None came. "Miss di Cyntha," she continued, "tell Sir Marc, who accuses me of bringing a false charge, whether you destroyed that will or not-" Still there was no0 answer. "I swear to Heaven that I saw her do it, and that I have the proofs, cried the maid. "I should not speak so plainly before yo Sir Marc. but this hush-money will do from you as well as from her." Then Veronica spoke. she went up to him, and without looking at himn, she said " Will you send that woman away, Marc? 1 shall die if she remains here. I will speak to you when she is gone." it struck him with a pang more bit ter than death that she had never once denied the charge. "Go." he said to Morton: "leave Miss di Cvitha's presence, and never dare to seek it again Leave this house at once. If in one hour from now you are within the walls. nothing wvill save you from prison." "And nothing will save Miss di Cy n tha from penal servitude." she re joied. The woman's persistence in her story astounded him, while Veronica's si lence bewildered him. It could not be true-of course it was false; but it wvas evident from her silence that there was a mysterv. "1us:" TIhe wh ite lips h~ad opened again and a voice that was unlike any' he had ever heard came to him in the sunlit silence. "1)o not drive her to extremes. Send her' awvay." Then Sir Marc, pointing to the door. "Go? Leave the house: but wait for me at the railway station at Hurst wood. I will see youi there." The wvoman left the room. and he ''Sweetheart. lie said, '"w inx sterv? Why did you not k woman's outrageous charges' . Si ronica burn a will: You cano k hiink p how it hais distressed me." lie kise b the white, cold face, Lich MWokel as thoughrl Init h i ier u artli nr c31r coml eu ever 1hlrlien'l it ai: his heart wa, r full ofi en. in \lelablic pain "There I i5011 !1nw on -ry. V'eronlica." he0 w\ent 1i 1: "' 1 :: -' ti:at. '1'eli inc what it ' s "i an , she said. Aiud the I wo sim Ole words were :more icrrible to him than any others. "At least, my darling," he pleaded. "tell me that it is not true. i cannot endure that you should remain silent u under such a charge: it is unwomanly almost--deny it. I ask noexplanation r of the mystery: my sweetheart shall be t as free and uniettered as the wind that 11 blows. But I do ask this-deny those v horrible words." Then she looked at him with the l: parlor of death on her face. She tried v to speak lightly, but her lips trembled. s She tried to smile. but the smile died 1 aw ay. "What if I could not deny it. Marc?" C II is face fla med hotly. "Great Heaven, Veronica," he cried, I do not jest over such a subject as this r -do not jest about a crime: I could \ not have thought y'u capable of such light words." "'I am not jesting, she answered, faint l: '"1 never thought of doing so." c She saw his face grow stern and his I eves take a cold. hard expression. .Veronica." he said. "answer me e one quest ion--it is your own fault that I have to ask it--is that woman's C charge true. She says that she holds proofs--is it true? Tell me-did you hurn a will or did you not? Answer s mne.'' She knew that it would be useless to I resist her fate even if she could lie- I Morton would produce the charred I fragments as evidence. She-Veroni ca-would not attempt to screen her self. He must think what he would. I "I)id you destroy a will. Veronica?" 1 he repeated. "Answer me-I shall go c mad with suspense.' She raised her white face to his. and I spoke slowly-- s "It is ouite true." she said-"I did burn Sir Jasper Brandon's last will s and testament: yet. listen-I would c deny it if I dared, bu: if that woman 1 holds those fatal proofs it is useless." a le drew back from her as though she had stabbed him. t "You do not mean it. I am sure." he % said-.vou cannot mean it-it would 1 be too horrible. You are saying it to s try my love-only for that-to try my aith, my darling: you could not have c done it." "Was it so great a crime?" she asked I simply. s " crime?" he repeated. "The per son who could even ask such a question e must be dead to all sense of honor and shame. A crime? I should place it v next to murder." i: "I did not know it," she said softly: I "I never thought of that." He looked r at her in horror. "Then you did it-you really and truly did it. Veronica," he said. "Yes, I did it, Marc," she replied sadly. "What was the reason? Why did you do it? What was your motive? t 'Tell me that I may understand." t "I cannot do that," she replied sad- I lv. "I can tell you no more than this, that I of my own accord burned that t will." "Great Heaven." he cried, "it is in- t credible: Did any one else know?" r "I cannot tell you," she replied. "Was any one else present?' "N, she answered. "WVas the will you destroyed one against your own interests? Did it take money from you, or what?" She raised her dark eves in solemn wonder at the question.r "You must think what you wi'll of my motives,"she replied-I cannot ex-c plain them to yon." ."It is incredible:" he cried. "I i could believe you and myself both mad before I could believe this. It is somea foul trick, some horrible farce?" "No," she replied," "it is the sim-s ple, terrible truth. I destroyed the will, but I did not know it was such ae crime as you say." d "And if you had known?" he cried.v "I should have destroyed it just the e same."t "You swear it is true?" he said. d "I swear it," she replied. They stood looking at each other,r while 'the sunbeams fell betw~een them and the birds sung on the roses out side the window-. Veronica was the tirst to break the terrible silence. "Marc." she said, "you will not be- I tray me?" "No," he replied slowly, "I will nott betray you, lest the iron hand of the ~ law should grasp you. Great Heaven, how could you hav'e done such a deeds" She looked at him with a shudder. "Could 1 really be put into prisonI for it?" she said-. "Yes, if those whom you have de- ~ frauded chose to prosecute you:" and then he wondered, for a soft, sweet 1 light came over the white stillness ofv her face. "1 see," she said slowvly-I under stand." "Veronica," he cried, "how callous you are: You seem to have r.o shame for the deed that you have done." She was asking herself what she should do-how sh1e should make him understand; and then, with ;.a great, sharp, bitter pang, the tho'ught came to her that she could never inake him understand-that she could never break her oath, the oath taken with her hands on her dead father's heart. a e was looking at her with wistfui e "You,"' Veronica," he said, "whom I tho'et of all women the most per- C feet, . al y'ou tell me wvhy you did p this? Will you give me some explana- ~ tion of the mystery-any key by which may solve it? Will you say one word t that'will lessen my misery?"s "I cannot," she replied "I am bound - in chains of iron-i cannot. I tell you this one bare fact-I burned the will. E You must trust mec all in all, or not at I "Trust you? Great H~eaven, trust a woman who could burn the will of a dead man: Stay-tell me one thing. )id he wish you to destroy it? Did lhe ask you to do so?" "o." she replied. "he did not." d "Then do not ask me to trust you, ( Veronica. No mani's honor would bep safe in such hands. If there is a mys- S tery and you will explain it to me. t good-that will do: if not, we must She held out her arms to him with a low cry. "Part?" she repeated-" part-you ~ and 1?" 'Yes," he answered, coldly. "if it s broke my heart a hundred times over. You do not suppose that I, a man of C honor, could marry a woman who had t delberately destroyed the will of a dead man? I would not marry such a one even if the loss of her killed me." "1 never thought of that." she said'. clasping her hands.S " should imagine not." replied Sirt Mar. "1 could never look at vou with- a out remembei'ing what you had done. r I should be wvretched, miserable. Web must part." "Part:" she repeated faintly. "Oh. arc, I thought you loved me so:" "Loved you? 1 love you even now. d lespite wvhat you hav'e clone: but marry I 1 cannot. Veronica. Y our owvn conl duct has parted us." , "You must not leave me, Iar'e." 1 she said. holding out her arms to him.v "You are more than my life: you must not go.". "I could never trust you." lie said, holding hack her aims lest they should clasp his neck unawares. "There is no help for it , V eronica. Unless you can explain away this mystery, .we must part. Think it over, and give she stood quite silent before hinm, er white face drooping from the sun hine. her hands clasped in mortal gin. Was there any chance, any loop ole of escape? Could anything absolve ir er from her soleni vow? No. there Auld be no release. I t was for Kathe iic's sake. for her father's memory he saine urgent reasons that had in uence(d her before existed now. Were be to he induced to break her vow, atherine would suffer tenfold. She ould keep it. "Must we part, Veronica?" hesaid we. who have loved each other with so reat a love, must we part?'' "Unless you can trust me. and let le keep silence." she replied. "1 cannot trust you: 1 can only say ood-by. Good-by, Veronica. You have roken the heart of the man who has >ved you as few ever loved. are 2ell!" lie did not touch her hand, or kiss ; ier face, or stop to utter one more a ord. Perhaps, if he had done so, his trength would have fadled him. He -ft her standing there in the sunshine, ith the bitterness of death hanging ver her. He went at once in search of Lady s randon. lie found her in the pretty 1 orning-room. alone. She cried out 1 vhen she saw his pale set face. "What is the matter, Sir Marc? I That is wrong?'' "I want to speak to you. Lady Bran Ion," he said. "Veronica and I have tad some unpleasant words. We have f iad a quarrel that can never be heal- s d, and we have parted forveer." t Lady-lBrandon held up her hands in c ismay. "Can it be possible. Sir Marc, that 'ou have parted with Veronica' Why, he will break her heart: It must not >e. Let ine go to her-let me talk to ier. If she has offended you. she will, am sure, be very sorry: let ine go to ter. I know how she loves. you. my e >oor Veronica:'. r "It is quite impossible." he said, c iurriedly. "This qjuarrel can never be pealed: even if Veronica wished it . I uld not." Xyou are angry. Sir Marc.'' asserted .ady Brandon: "and when your anger uhsides you will be sorry for this." "I shall regret it all my life." he c aid: "no one knows that better than I z o. There will never dawn another c sappy day for me. Lady Brandon. I In a lost, ruined ma:x" "You will think better of it," she old him. "hIow could you quarrel ith Veronica? I know no one like t ier: she is so good, so tender of heart, C o true, so loyal:" a "No more:" he cried, shuddering. "I a an hear no more:" "You must hear me," Lady Brandon ersisted. "I cannot have Veronica acriticed to a mere fit of temper." "It is worse than that," he declar d. "Have -ou thought what the world veill say, bir Marc? 11er wedding-dress I s ordered-her trousseau is prepared. C Everything is being put in a state of I eadiness for the wedding. What am to say?"t "There is nothing to say," he replied t loomily. "except that Veronica has ismissed me. I will take all the lame, all the shame, all the disgrace. sut, Lady Brandon, there is one thing hat I should like to ask you. Do not a alk to her about our disagreement. a )o not ask her any questions. That s 'hich we have quarreled about lies t etween us a dead secret. Promise ae that you will not ask her any ques ions: it will only distress her and do io good." "But, Sir Marc, will you not trust ae and tell me something at least?" 1 "No," he replied. "You have been I -erv-kind to me. Lady Brandon-let nesay good-by to you, and thank you e iartily for all your goodness to me." "You will surely stay and see Kathe- 2 ie?" cried Lady Brandon. "No. Tell her that I had not the ourage to stay and see her, but that 2 .hoped she would be kind to Veron-( Then Lady Brandon broke down, 1 nd wept passionate tears. You will break Veronica's heart,'. he cried-"vyou should not leave her." " Heaven biless you for a kind-heart d , generous woman'" he said, bending I own to kiss her hand. "I wishal comen were like you. I shall go at I nee. You will see that all belonging o me is sent after me, Lady Bran-( on?" But she only sobbed that he should Ot leav'e Veronica. "Go to her," he said; "and, Lady ~randon, while you comfort her, do not peak to her of me." The next mo 2ent he was gone. She was almost bewildered tO knowy tow to act. "I would give much to know wvhat he quarrel has been about," she said o herself; "but I suppose Ishall never 1 earn." And then she went to Veron-( -a's room. The unhappy girl had fallen where cr lover had left her, and lay like one cad on the floor. Lady Brandon rais d her; she tried to bring back consci usness to her: and then she thought( o herself, "if she really loves him so( ell, and they have parted forever, it iJl be more merciful to let her die." [TO BE CONTINUED)] MILLER PROTESTS. rants Capers to Stand by the Se-] lection of Negro Doctors. Some time ago pension board of ex- I miners were appoInted In sev'eral ities In this State cu the recommen-( ation of Mr. JIno. G. Capers. On ach board one negro doctor was ap ointed, and the white doctor's on the ard appointed in Greenville refused o serve with the negro, and it was aid a few days ago that all the negro octors would bie taken-off the differ nt boards. This statement has irought the following protest from T. 3. Miller, President of the State Ne-] ro College at Orangeburg:( Orangeburg, S. C., July 18, 1902. Ion. J1. G. Capers, Charleston, S. C. Dear Sir: I see It stated in the alies that the two white doctors at] ~reenville have refused to serve on the ension board of examiners with Dr.1 mith because he is not whIte: and I hat you will be called upon by the I ticials in Washington to name a 'hite man in place of Dr. Smith. In his afternoon's Record it is stated hat one of the doctors in Columbia as refused to serve for the same rea on on the board in Columbia. In the name of the negroes of South arolina I most respectfully beg you stand by the appointment of Drs. mith and Johnson for they are worthyc nd competent. Should these whitec octors refuse to serve, and you should: tand up to Drs. Smith and .JohnsonI he service will not suffer for I can ud If asked will name you doctors oft av race with which to form the t o'ards at Greenville and at Columbia. 3 1 am out of politics, and for the I od of my work intend to stay out of ] L but, sir, the man who will not cry ' ut for his race should be damned. At ] leaufort and in Charleston negro doc ors are members of the pension, oards and upon said boards there are hite doctors who are of anci from the it est families of the State oi' nation.|C loping that you will stand by Drs. I mith and Johnson, I am r Very respectfully, li Thos. E. Miller. e f This is a hard world. Its final gift ~ man is a marble. MAIMED VETERANS. istribution of the State Artificial Limb Fuad. THE LIST OF BENEFICIARIES. ighty.Seven Got in Their Claims in Time and Seven Failed to Do So and Were Ruled Out. The comptroller general has com leted the work of distribution of the rtificial limb pittance to Confederate eterans who lost a limb in the service f the State. There are 87 benefici ries of the fund getting about $22 a iece, and there are 25 counties repre ented. Three are accredited to Rich and but only one of these is a Rich andman. The act under which the $2.000 und was disbursed is as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the gen ral assembly of the State of South Jarolina: That the sum of $2,000. if o much be necessary, be and is here y appropriated to defray the expenses ,f the repair of artificial limbs hereto ore donated to citizens of this State vh lost a leg or arm, or who became permanently disabled in a leg or in an ,rm during the military service in the var between the Sates. Sec. 2. That the <omptroller gen ral be, and is hereby authorized and equired to draw his warrant on the tate treasurer, and the State treas rer pay the same, for a sum not ex eeding $25 i.n favor.of any citizens of his State. upon the presentation to rim by or on behalf of such citizen of certificate under seal of the clerk of ourt of the county wherein such citi en resides, that such citizen lost a leg *r an arm, or was permanently disabled n a leg or in an arm while in military ervice of this State, or of the Con ederate States, in the war between he States, and that such citizen re eived an artificial limb under the ct of 1879, the act of 1881, or the ,mendments thereof, and that said rtificial limb needs repairs, and that uch citizen is not on the State pen ion roll, and also the estimate of he probable cost of .such repair certi Led to by a reputable physician of the ounty wherein such citizen resides; trovided, that such citizen who is re eiving a pension from the State shall tot be entitled to receive anything un er this appropriation, provided that he amount so appropriated shal' be, ,ppropriated out of the pension fund; rovided, further, that in case any itizen received money instead of an ,rtificial limb as provided under the ct - of 1879, the act of 1881 or the mendments thereof, that such per on shall be allowed the sum of $25 pon the presentation-of a certificate ender seal of the clerk of court of the ounty wherein such citizen resides, bat he was entitled to receive such ompensation instead of the artificial imb as provided in said act. Provided urther, That all persons desiring the senefits of this act shall file their laim as herein provided within 90 lays after the approval of this act, ,nd if the comptroller general shall id that the amount of claims filed .nd approved exceed the sum of $2, 00, then he shall pro rate the said um among the claims approved by The beneficiaries under the above .t are as follows: Abbeville-S. Hi. Cochran, T. .. 3rough, W. T. Cowan. Anderson-W. L. Bolt, J. F. Calla an, W. H. A cker, D. N. Major, C. L Reed, John T. Ashley, A. C. Mc shee. Aiken-Tillman Pool. Bamberg-J. B. Hunter, J. C. Cope. and. Clarendon-D. J. Bradham. Chester-C. W. McFadden, W. C. ickling, John C. Hardin, W. L. Lu as, Thos. G. Hudson. Cherokee-W. G. Austell, C. P. luggins, W. D. Camp. Darlington-B. S. Lucas, W. T. Gil ert, W. L. Galloway, S. Lane, E. W. annon, Caleb Odam. Edgefield-W. P. Cassels. Fairfield-Jas. L. Richmon. Florence-Hl. E. C. Fountain. Greenwood-J. C. Young, T. J. hipley, W. H. Kerr, G. F. Ross, W. 1. Austen. Kershaw-J. B. Phelps, J. W. Foyd. Lauens-Jasper R. Martin, John i. Smith, A. A. King, J. D. Mock. Lexington-S. M. Roof, W. J. Ass can, J. S. Derrick. Marion-G. W. Brown, G. A. Mc :ntyre, J. E. Middleton. N-ewberry-S. P. Taylor, Frances I. Lindsay. Oconee-J. B. Colley, J. W. Fend ey, Jesse F. Cox, W. W. Burnside, 'ohn W. Cannon, S. M. Pool, Staten jochran, E. F. Miller, W. T. Grubbs. Orangeburg-W. A. Fogle. D. F. awyer, A. A. Amaker, G. W. Smoke. I. D. Williams. Picens-B. C. Johnson, B. F. 3radley, John Graig. Richland-R. H. Jennings, J. Ful er Lyon, George Bruns. Saluda-J. C. Caughman, S. T. Ed. rards. Spartanburg-H. C. Cannon, W. T. [horn, W. T. Posey, William Thomas, L D. Floyd, W. J. Dowell, B. 13. 3hapman, G. WV. Gressett. Union-J. F. Bailey, Charles Bolt, .M. Dickerson, D. Inman. Yrk-W. B. Williams, W. E. Erwin, J. B. Rawls. The applications of the following rere disapproved, not having hereto. ore participated in the artificial limb Abbeville-Hl. L. Stanton. Anderson-B. F. Dacus. Cherokee-J. M. Allison, U. Sar att, R. M. .Jolley. Darlington-.J. H. Brown. Saluda-Hl. C. White, E. J. Gog York-J. C. Sparks. Applications of the following were isapproved because their names are n the pension roll: D). 1L Fuller, sewberry; S. F. Mayfield, Fairfield: tobert Hlanna, Williamsburg. The following were not allowed, eing received after the time as fixed y law had expired: Edgefield, J. M. inor: Florence, G. W. Cusa~ce; lampton. B. T. Lawton; Saluda, C. >. Boozer. HI. T. Black; Sumter, Thos. H. Burkett; Williamsburg. A. E. Browder. A Romantic Story. Charles Henry Newhouse, a broker f Culpepper county, Va., who mys eriously disappeared from Baltimore ~hristmas eve, 1901, was heard from 'riday. His father S. M. Newhouse, ember of the general assembly, was aformed that a letter had been receiv d by Mrs. Newhouse in Culpepper rom Charles saying that the young ian was in Cape Colony, South Wrecked His Party. At a recent speech made before the Tilden Club in New York Ex-Presi dent Cleveland intimated that the Democratic defeats of 1896 and 1900 were due to the Chicago platform and the nomination of Bryan. Every politi cal observer who recalls the dark days of 1894. J95 and 1896, before the Chicago platform was formulated or Bryan thought of as a candidate. knows that the Democratic party was doomed to disaster by Cleveland's ad ministrltion and leadership. Cleve land had been elected president in 1892 with a Democratic congress at his back. In the lower house there were 219 Democrats, making a clear majority of 41. Two years later this Democratic majority was swept away. Only 93 Democrats were elected, and the Republicans controlled the new house by a clear majority of :4. In that speech Mr. Cleveland took occasion to say that in Tilden's day "and afterwards northern Democratic states were not rare curiosities." He implies that "Bryanism" has made them so. But in fact they became so at the congressional elections of 1894 two years ahead of "Bryanism." In that year not one northern state, not a solitary one, elected a majority of Democrats in its delegation to con gress: although the delegations of In diana, New Jersey, New York, Wyo ming and Wisconsin had Democratic majorities in 1892. Here are the fig uers: From California there was only one Democrat in 1894, where there had been four in 189:', from Illinois, none in 1894, where there had been eleven in 1892: from Indiana, none in 1894, where there had been eleven in 1892; from Iowa, none in 1894, where there had been one in 1892; from Kansas, none in 1894, where there had been one in 1892: from Massachusetts, one in 1984, where there had been four in 1892: from Michigan, none in 1894; where there had been five in 1892; from Minnesota, none in 1894, where there had been two in 1892; from Ne braska, none in 1894, where there had been one in 1892; from New Jersey, none in 1894, where there had been six in 1892; from New York, five in 1894, where there had been twenty in 1892; from Ohio, two in 1894, where there had been ten in 1892; from Pern sylvania, two in 1894, where there had been ten in 1892; from Rhode Island, none in 1894, where there had been two in 1892; from West Virginia, none in 1894, where there had been four in 1892; from Wisconsin, none in 1894, where there had been six in 1892; from Wyoming, none in 1894, where there had been one in 1892. Even the southern state of Ten nesse had only six in a delegation of ten in 1894, while Missouri had only four in a delegation of fifteen. The senate, too was changed from Demo cratic to Republican. In the congress which followed the elections of 1894 there were only 39 Democratic sena tors to 42 Republicans; whereas in the congress following the elections of 1892 there had been 44 Democratic senators to only 36 Republicans. Things Democratic grew steadly worse until in the spring of 1896 the Demo cratic nomination for president went a-begging. Excepting the impossible Hill, none of the old "availables" nor the new "possibilities" wanted it. Utter defeat forthe Democratic party was regarded as inevitable by the leaders of both sides. Even if all this was not Mr. Cleveland's fault, it was a result of his administration and the signal for his "banishment." Such was the hopeless condition of the party when the Chicago platform and Bryan were unexpectedly put for ward to save it from dropping out of the political arena or into a scarcely concealed alliance with the Republi cans. A t once its prospects revived, and in spite of Cleveland's going over to McKinley's support, it continued to regain strength. Under the circum stances, success was impossible. But the heaviest load it bad to carry through it all was not "free silver," nor "Bryanism" of any kind, buti the unpopularity of the Cleveland admin istration. Outside of financial circles that was the tune which the Republi can orators sung, and that, together with Hanna's corruption fund, were the cause of Bryan's defeat. Bryan had not only to ward off Cleveland's blows upon his flank; he had also to carry Cleveland's heavy record upon his back. Yet, see the results. The popular vote for Bryan in 1896 was larger than that for Cleveland in 1892 by 946,007. In harmony with this result was the change in the Demo cratic representation in congress. From a total of only 93 elected in the last Cleveland year (1894) the Demo cratic representation was raised in the first Bryan year (1896) to 130 and the Republican majority reduced from 74 to 24; while in the second Bryan year (1900) the Democratic representation was raise to 153 and the Republican majority reduced to 20. And although it might still ..be said in Mr. Cleve ands phrase, that northern Demo cratic states were "rare curiosities," they had at any rate regained some of the representation which during his administration they absolutely lost. The number of Democrats in the California delegation was increased from one in 1894 to two it 1896, though both were lost in 1900; that of the Illinois delegition from none in 1894 to five in 1896, and eleven in 1900; that of theIndiana delegation from none in 1894 to four in 1896, and the gain held in 1900; that of Kansas from one in 1894 to one in 1900: that of Massachusetts from one in 1894 to two in 1896 and three in 1900: that of Mihigan from none In 1894 to one in 1896, which. however, was lost in 1900: that of New York from five in 1894, to six In 1896 and twelve in 1900; that of Ohio from two in 1894 to six in 1896, but reduced to four in 1900; that of Nebraska from none in 1894 to two in 1900; and that of New Jersey from none in 1894 and 1896 to two in 1900: while the Democratic delegation from the southern state of Tennessee rose from six in 1894 to eight in 1896, remaining at eight in 1900, and that from Missouri from four in 1894 to twelve in 1896 and thirteen in 1900. Under these circumstances, says Mr. Louis F. Post, who compiled the above facts for the Chicago Public, Mr. Cleveland crowds the line of de licacy very close when he Implies that the Democratic defeat since Tilden's day are chargeable to IUryan's leader ship. The facts and figures prove him to be the wrecker of his party and not Bryan. We would like to see some of those people who claim that Cleveland is the greatest Democrat liv ing explain why his party crumbled to pieces during the time he was presi dent. Thirty Drowned. Thirty persons were drowned Wed nesday by the sinking of a small pas senger steamer on the Luge river, Russia. The disaster was caused by overcrowding. Only those of the pas sengers who were on the upper deck1 MORE LAWLESSNESS. Act, of a ergro Wi ho Carrlt-s a Win chester Rifle. The governor has been asked by lea(Iiug citizens who reside near the Savannah Riiver, not far from Augus t-U. to offer a reward for onm Daniel hull. le furnishes 1:m ft:llowing state:nent of facts: "Please offer a reward for Daniel Hall, colored. who made an assault on me July 5th by shooting at me four! times with a Winchester rifle, one shot taking effect in a bystanders heel. H!e was about 100 yards distant from me. This man is a terror to this neighborhood, both to white people as well as the colored people. There are several warrants out for him now for different offences, but he being such a desperate character, no constable cares to tackle him. So the only way to have him dealt with by the law is for you to offer a sufficient reward for his capture. "Perhaps you would like to know why he shot at me. 'Tis this. This negro was interfering with a traveling man that had stopped at my store and was trading with me. The negro was in the wrong. I told him so, and I said to him, 'I see you have your gun. I will tell you if there is any shooting here this morning, I will take a hand, so you must leave my premises and do so at once you black rascal.' He did leave very reluctantly as he saw I had my gun (a double-barreled shot gun) and meant business. "After he reached a distnce of 100 yards up the road he stopped, and cursed rue. The traveling man and myself went into the road, then he opened fire on us with his Winchester rifle, came near hitting me twice and did succeed in hitting the traveling man in the heel. "I returned the fire with only one barrel, as the other barrel refused to fire. I had no more cartridges so I was in a bad fix. I was asked to get up a lynching party and capture him. but I am opposed to lynching only for one crime, and I said no, if I could not get any one to arrest him, I would have the governor offer a sutticient re ward for him and have him dealt with by the law. Every white man and respectable negro in this section say he must be caught and punished and the only way to get him is for you to offer a good reward. A negro has just told me that this man told -him he did not intend to leave, but intended to kill the first white man that came to arrest him. He carries his Winches ter rifle with him day and night and I do not hesitate to say to you that he is the most dangerous and desperate man I ever saw." The governor will doubtless offer the reward as requested. Rates For Alliance. On account of the coming annual meeting of the State alliance to be held in Columbia July 23-25, the rail roads have announced very cheap rates. The tickets are to be sold on July 22 and 23, limited to continuous passage, and will have final limit re turning of July 27. The following are the round trip rates from impor tant points, rates from other points being in proportion: Abbeville, $5.05; Allendale, .$3.85; Anderson, $5.95; Augusta, $4.05; Belton, $5.45: Blacks burg, $5.63: Calhoun Falls, $5.55; Camden, $1.75; Carlisle, $2.75; Cataw ha, $4.25; Charleston, $5.85; Cheraw, $4.25; Chester, $3.25; Clinton, $3.25; Denmark, $2.75; Fairfax, $3.85; Greenville, $5.65; Greenwood, $4.05; Hardeeville, $5.85; Lancaster, $3.75; Laurens, $3.65; Newberry, $2.25: Or angeburg, $2.75; Prosperity, $2.00; Rock Hill, $4.05; Spartanburg, $4.45; Sumter, $2.25; Yamassee, $5.35; York ville, $4.40. A Sensation. The sensation of the State campaign party Thursday at Greenville was the publication of an article-in the Green ville News to the effect that Col. Tal bert. candidate for governor, called at the postotlice at Pickens and received mail addressed to Candidate James H. Tillman and failed to turn over the mail to Col. Tillman. It further sug gested that the matter woula be in vestigated by th6 federal authourities. Before the stand Thursday Col. Tal bert, pale and trembling, asked Col. Tillman if he believed that he would appropriate his or anybody else's, mail. Col. Tillman replied that he had known Colonel Talbert ever since his boyhood and that he would not be lieve such a charge unless positive proof were offered. The origin of the affair is at this moment unknown. but it has shocked political affairs and the end is probably not yet. Col. Talbert repudiated the whole matter in no uncertain terms. Disasters by Floods. Heavy rains in central Iowa Thurs day and Friday, sending a dlood down upon prosperous Missouri farmers. which will ruin many of them and losses aggregating, at a conservative estimate, two and a half million dol lars. There seems to be no hope for the country between the Mississippi river and its Missouri bluffs between Keokuk and Hannibal, 300 square miles, mostly corn laid by, with some thousands of acres of wheat in the shock. The water had touched the danger line the first of the week and had be gun to recede, when heavy floods started again in the Des Moines, Skunk and Iowa rivers. With a stage in the Des Moines river only three feet below the tops of the great le vees, the river began to rise three inches an hour at the mouth here to day, continuing until the factor of safety was wiped out this evening. A Last M1essage. The telegraph operators at St. Pierre and Fort de France were in communication with each other on ordinary topics from7:30 to 8:01 a. m. of the morning of the catastrophe. At 8:02 Fort de France asked for the re petition ot a sentence, and the only re ply was a faint buzzing and a long dash. The St. Pierre operator had died with his hand on the key. T wo MIissionaries Stoned. The Novoe Vremya Thursday pub lishes a dispatch from Seoul, Korea, which says that two American mis sionaries have been stoned and beaten on the line of the Seoul-Fusan railroad by Japanese lalorers and that the Japanese minister has expressed re gret and promised the severe punish ment of the offenders. Fate of Pleasure Party. Two persons perished in the lake Wednesday night and eight others fought hours for life, clinging to the overturned yacht Arab IV., owned by John H. Cameron, cashier of the Na tional Bank of the Republic, Chicago, The yacht capsizrl in a storm. BOUNDARY SURVEY. Work of Unusual Importance Re cently Performed. Dividing Line Between the UnLted States and Canada Redetersnined by Arduous Work of GoT ernment Employes. During the past summer the United States geological survey and the coast and geodetic survey have been co- 4A operating in a work of unusual im portance and interest in redetermin ing the line of the international boundary between the United States and Carada from the' crest of the l:ocky mountains to the Pacific ocean. The original treaty, signed in. 1846, which established the boundary at the forty-ninth parallel, did not pro- ' vide for its immediate survey over this section. This was due partly to the extreme diflicuhy and even danger of 'onducting surveys in this region at t he time, and partly to the prevail ing opinion that so rough and distant a region would be settled only in' a very remote future. This view still prevailed to a certain. extent when in 1S57 to 1S61 surveys were actually carried out, for it was then agreed by the commissions representing both governments that it was inexpedient to incur the expense of locating and marking the boundary continuously because, as they say in their official report, the country would not be oc cupied for generations to come. These commissions did, however, determine the forty-ninth parallel by astronom ical observations, and - established monuments accordingly on each large stream and every important trail that crom'Ud the boundary, says a Wash ingt,:n _ change. Exph r:! i.:n and settlement have far outsi: pp'd the expectations enter tained 40 years ago; in those sections where valuable mineral deposits are supposed to exist the location of the boundary has for several years past been a question of more or less inte esting dispute. The old cuttings and monuments have become obscured, and in some instances rumor has with purpose circulated false reports that the monuments placed by the old commission were incorrect. Canada and the United States are both inter ested in having the line precisely fixed and steps are-being taken toward the establishment of a commission whose determination shall be final In the meantime provisional but accurate work has beeg done by the joint par ty of the geological sand coast and geodetic surveys to redetermine the forty-ninth parallel in the sharply disputed sections, while three other parties of the geological survey have reconnditered the entire stretch of 410 miles from the crest of the Rockies to the Pacific coast. The line traversed two mountain districts, the Rocky mountains and the Cascades, and an intermediate country which though hilly is-not o - high. The mountains carry heavy forests, and along the line are diffB cult of access because the trails, once kept open by the Indian., are -now greatly obstructed by fallen timber. The surveyors frequently find the game trails worn by bear and deer the easiest routes to follow. The ex treme easter'i range of the Rockies is of Alpine character, and glaciers and precipices lie across the boundary line. The work of the parties 'has been arduous, but has been success fully carried out, and a report will shortly be made through the interior. department for the information of our state department. CLEVELAND A DRSEETEE. Bryan Writes Club That He Couldn't Attend Dinner With Cleveland. Officers of the Tilden Club have received from William Jennings Bryan his explanation why lie did not ac knowledge his invitation to the har mony dinner, says the New York World. Mr. Bryan takes occasion to de nounce ex-President ,Cleveland, the principal speaker at the dinner, as a deserter, and says that he cannot understand why Cleveland should be an honored guest at a political dinner given by a Democratic club. Mr. Bryan's letter in full is as follows: LImcoLN, Neb., July 8. "Secretary of the Tilden. Club: "Dear Sir-Through the oversight of a clerk in my office I did not see - the invitation sent by your club, and did not know until last Wednesday that one had been received. On that day I received a telegram from my secietary addressed to me at Aberdeen, S. D., saying that such a communica tion had1 been found. "I regret exceedingly that it' did not come to me before the time, for, while I would not have thought po per to accept, I would have acknow ledged the courtesy and given my reason for declining. "When Mr. Clveland left the Demo cratic party in 1890 I recognized his right to do so and did not criticise his decision, although as the party candi date 1 was compelled to bear the odium which his adminmstration had brought upon thte party--an odium which had already led to a more dis astrous defeat than any since ex perienced "He has never yet indicated his intention to return to the Democratic . party, and his business interests are such as to make his return improbable. Until he does manifest some respect for Democratic principles and policies .. I do not understand why be should be an honored guest at a political dinner given by a Democratic club. " Having thrown his influence to, the- republican party in two cam paigns, he is hardly in a position to advise the party which he abandoned or, as he expressed it, banished him. "I am anxious to see the party grow in numbers and strength, but it is absured to expect this result to follow an attempt on the part of deserters to turn the partly over to the control of those who find the society of republicans more congen ial than the society of those who be lieve in the platforms adopted in 1896 and 1900. "Harmony is only possible between those who desire the triumph of the same principles and policies and it is quite evident. that Mr. Cleveland's supporters are nearer to the republi can that the Democratic party. Yours truly, "W. J. BRYAN." None of the officers of the Tilden Club would discuss Mr. Bryan's re ply. _________ Make a splendid furniture polish by taking a wineglassful of olive oil, one. of vinegar and two tablespoonfuls of alcohol: apply with a soft cloth and - polish ith tiannel.