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Th* Difference Between the Old and the New—The Board of Control Hae Charge of the Finances. I governing the Commiutoner or county Dispensers In the performance of any of toe duties of bis office, where the provided for by law, Board same are not provided for h; shall be prescribed by the State of Control. The State Commissioner shall before en of his office execute Treasurer, with sufficient sureties, 'to aterlng upon the duties scute a bond to the Stats bo approved in the same manner as the bonas of other State officers, < *ln the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. In-all purchases or sales of intoxicating liquors made as con templated in this Act, the State Board of Control shall cause a certificate to be attached to each and every package contalnihg raid liquors when the same is shipped to him from the place of purchase, or bv State Commissioner to the county Dispensaries certified by their official signatures and Seal, which oertiftcate shall state that li quors contained in said packages have Deen purchased by the State Board of Control for use within the State of South Carolina, under the laws of said State, and shall also cause to be at tached to all such liquors tbs certificate of the Chemist of the South Carolina such certificates any package contain ing liquors which snail be shipped' from place to place within the State, or delivered to the consignee by any railroad, express company or other common carriers, or be found in the possession of any common carrier, shall! be regarded as contraband and tlscation, and such common carrier shall be liable to a penalty of five hun dred dollars for each offense, to be re covered against said common carrier in any court of. competent jurisdiction by summons and complaint, proceed ings to be instituted by the solicitor of any circuit whith whom evidence may be lodged by any officer or .citizen, haring knowledge or information of the violation ; and any person attaching or using such certificates without the authority of the State Board of Control, or any counterfeit certificate for the purpose of securing the transportation of any intoxicating liquors within this State in violation of law, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of nut less ttran -five hcratfretf 'doT^ lars and imprisonment in the* Peni tentiary for not less than one year for '-ach offense tfcr is going to do. Under the law they will have entire charge of the finan- eies, buying &f liquors and in fact absolute control of everything except the constables, who will continue to be appointed by the .Governor. The pres ent oommlsstoner’s term does not ex pire until next January, end his suc cessor will not assume charge until April 1. There is very litter differ ence between the new law and the old except in two. particulars which are contained in the First, Second and Third sections, which read as follows : Section 1. That the manufacture, sale, barter or exchange, receipt or acceptance, for unlawful use, delivery, storing, and keeping in possession, within this State, of any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, brewed [whether larger or rioe beer), or other liquors, any compound or mixture thereof, by whatever name called or known, which contains alcohol and Is used as a beverage bv any person, firm or corporation ; the transporta tion, removal, the taking from the depot or other place by consignee or other person, or thepaymentof freight or express or other charges by any person, firm, association or corporation sballl be upon any spirituous, malt, vinous, fer-|m|y beseiied^without warrant foroon- meuted, brewed (wuetber Lager, rice or other beer) or other liquor, or any compound or mixture thereof, by what ever name called or known, which con tains alcohol and is used as a bever age, except as Is hereinbefore pro vided, is Hereby prohibited under a penalty of not less than three (3) nor more than twelve (12) months at hard labor in the State Penitentiary or pay a fine of not l6?s than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or botn fine god Imprisonment, id the discretion of'iue court, for each offense. All such liquors, except when bought of a Stale offi cer autnorized to sell the same, or in possession of one and having been du.y tested by the Chemist wf the howth-CarolmaOoBege and found to be chemically pure, are declared to be contraband and agaics' the morals, good bealtb and safuty of the State, and all alcoholic liquors in this State and not having been tested S ' the Cnemist of the South Carolina •liege and found to be chemical'y pure, are hereby declared to be of a poisonous and detrimental character, and their u°e and consumption as a beverage are against the morals, good health and safety of the State, and all such liquors may be seized wherever found, without a warrant, and turned over to the Slate Commissioner. Section 2. A board consisting of five members, to be known as Hie State Board of Controls shall be elected by tbe General Assembly at this session to carry out tbe provi«ion« of this Act. The terms of office of the board so elected shall be for one, two, three, four and five years respectively, and those elected shall determine by lot which shall lake the respective terms. At the expiration of the term of office of each member bis successor shall be elected for a term of five years. They shall receive for their services the same per diem and mileage as members of the General Assembly. Tbe State Board of Control shall de vise and inaugurate such a system of bookkeeping and accounting as they may deem advisable, and shall elect a clerk or bookkeeper, who shall hold his office during tbe pleasure of the board and shall receive as compensa tion for bis services a salary of fifteen hundred doliam per annum. The per diem and mileage of the members of the State Board of Control under such 'rules and regulations as may be adopt ed by said board, shall purchase all liquors for lawful use la this State, and shall have the same tested and declared to be pure as hereinbefore and hereinafter provided. < Section 3. That tbe State Board of Control shall, at the expiration of tbe term of the present Commissioner, and at tbe expiration of every two years thereafter, appoint a Commissioner, which appointment shall be submitted to the Senate at its next session for its approval ; said Commissioner shall be believed by the State Board of Control to be abstainer from intoxi- shall, under such rules and Ths Indlssrimlnats Sals of Liquor to Stop— Governor Evans Sends Written Inetruct- tlon to the County Dispensers. A great many complaints have been made all over the State recently to tbe effect that some of the county dtapen- servlwere violating their oaths in sell ing liquor indiscriminately. Tbeee re- ports have reached the ears of Gover nor Evans and be at onoe took step* to have the evil remedied. Each dis penser has written instructions aa to ihe manner of conducting sales, and put themselves in a lair way of re moval when going contrary to orders. Governor Evans has senfout circulars to the various county dispensers in the State warning them not to violate certain sections of the dispensary law and advising them to enforce certain sections in particular. The following U an exact copy of the circular: Office State Board of Control, Columbia, S. C., March 9, 1886. To County Dispensers : You are hereby notified that you are ply strictly with all i the**< Collage th required by this Act; and witbouti.oatb forbids you to sell, give or furnish THE NEW PENSION LAW. required to comply strictly with provisions of the^dlspensary law _ . _ ^ ^ ^ Ing JtQ yonr iiatl£a, K etc. ^Yottf | Ae-Of the most charming and Inter* regulations as may oe made by the State Board of Control, furnish all Intoxicating liquors for lawful use in this State, to such persons as may be deaignated as Dispensers tbereof, to be sold as hereafter prescribed in this Said UomuilMildttdr shill “ r reside, • place of business, in tbe in this State, and )rears from bis ap- »'''JJ* v>?ai»d.|»ave. his cltVjOf Columbia, hold! his office two y< pointment and until another be ap pointed iff his stead. He shall be subject to removal fsr cause by the State Board of Control. He shall qualify and be commissioned the same as other Stats officers, and shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hun dred dollars, payable from tbe Dispen sary fund upon tbe warrant of the State Board of Control. He shall be allowed a bookkeeper, who shall be paid in the same manner a salary of twelve hun dred dollars, and such other assistants ah in the opinion of the Board of Con trol may be deemed necessary., He shall not furnish to the county Dispen sers any intoxicating or fermented liquors except such as have been tested by the Chemist of the S uth Carolina dollege and declared to be pure: Pro- vfded, That said Board of .Control shall have authority to appoint such assistants as they may find necessary to assist the Chemistof the South Caro- lina College in making the analyses required by this Act; and tbe faid Board of Control may fix reasonable compensation, if any, as they‘may deem proper for the services rendere'd by such Chemist or such assistants. Each county Dispenser shall remit to the State Treasurer all monies accruing to the State from the sale of liquere under finch rules as may be prescribed by thi State Board of Control, and the State Treasurer shall keep a separate ac count with said fund, from which the T of CogFroi "shall "draw im time to time upon warrants, or i such manner as they may provide, the amount necessary to pay the Te* DistnSution of th* Pension Mon*y to N*edy Conf*u*rat* Sola ••». Comptroller Ueneral Norton has made tne following statement In re gard .to tbe distribution of the money for the Confederate pensioners under the new law: “ The new law creates and neccaai- tales a new board composed of county auditor and treasurer and two oid^ soldiers, both of whom snail be elected by the survivors of tbe county, and a physician eleuted by the same body, although he need not be an ex-soldleF. Soldiers who are absolutely in need of funds end more seriously disabled than others shall receive $8 per month and be paid first, and it rests with the board who shall be named under this head of pensioners. This also ap plies to widows of veterans who do not receive an income of 1100 a year and a^e 60 years of age or above. Tbe balance of veterans in the respective counties will receive between 96 and U, as in ths opinion of the county board they deserve, outjif the appro- pnalion. 4* Last year there were about 2,200 pensioners iu this State, but tbe list this year will be increased fully 800. The appropriation to be distributed among them is 9100,000. Blanks will be sent out in a few days to the various county auditors in tbe Stats and the appropriation will be used before Jude Under the new law there will have to be an entirely new roster of those entitled to receive tbe small pension allowed by tbe State. The following is a synopsis of the new provisions as given by tbe Yorkville Enquirer : Tbe appropriation calls for 9100,000 annually, and this sum Is to be dis tributed through State and county boards. Tbe county board, is to be composed of the treasurer and auditor and two veterans elected at a county convention of all tbe surviving Con federate soldiors and sailors of tbe county. These four members elect an examining physician, who may or may not be a Confederate veteran ; but who, when elected, is also a member of the county board. Tbe State board is composed of theVsecretary of State, tbe attorney-general and co'mptroller- generaF,—and^ Ttx -cases where the veterans fall to elect-county boards, uch boards, shall be appointed by tbe tale board. The conditions necessary entitle the applicant td a pension areas follows: He must have been a bona fide soldier or sailor in the service of the State or Confederacy during the late war. Whila in service he must have lost a leg or arm or been disabled by other bodily, injury and must show that neither himself or wife receive an in come of 9250 a year ; or h§ must have passed the age of 60 years, and show that he does not receive ad- income of 9100 a year. W ido ws who have reached the age of 60 years, and'who do not-re- ceive an inepme of 9100 a year, or who come under tne provisions of the old act, are entitled to pensions. Pensioners are divided into three classes, and their monthly allowance is regulated as followrt * 1. These who have lost two limbs, sight, or are physically helpless, 98 2. Those who have lost one limb, 16. 3. All others, 94 ‘to any person any intoxicating liquors, otherwise than U provided by law. 2d. To sell or furnish to any minor, intoxicated person or persons in the habit of becoming Intoxicated. 3d. To sell liquors only between the hours fixed by tne State board of con trol. 4th. You are forbidden to allow li quors to be opened or drank m tbe dis pensary. 5th You shall require all persons purchasing liquors to sign a request for the same as required by law* .ex.- cept In cases where liquors are order ed from counties tu which there is no dispensary, and in such cases tbe li quors may be shipped under proper labels or certificates, if tbe dlspeuscr is satisfied they are not ordered by minors or persons- who are in the habit- of becoming intoxicated. Li quors must not be sold on written or ders from persons residing in counties where a dispensary is located, unless the handwriting is known to the dls- spenser and is attested by him, or the ■yi r»unT»re»eui)lug ’the order vrttt"rtfTT scribe .the name of tbe party making the order to the request as agent. All other provisions of the law must also be complied with. Any failure to observe your oath or the provisions of the dispensary law will work tbe for feiture of your permit. Respectfully, Jjohn Gary Evans. Chairman Sta t e Board of Control. .x THE CHURCH AND THE STATE. Bishop Duncan is Ask*d to Specify What Disp*nsari*s a-* Op*n to th* Charg** M*a* by Ht-n—Important Suggestions to th* New Dispensary Board, Some time ago then was reference in Tne News and Courier to complaints that bad been mado by Bis hup Duncan as to tbe dispensary. Tbe-matter was taken up by tbe county board of con trol and is now taken up by Governor Evans. It is stated that this course was taken to find out where the real trouble, if any, existed, and to have the blame plarod where it ought. As the date of the letter wlN indicate, it was written some time ago, and there has been no reply to it Governor Evans has given it out u ln justice to tbe State authorities : ” COLUMBIA, February 19, 1896. Bishop W. W. Duncan, Spartanbnrg, S. C., Bishop : 1 have ju«t read in tbe Charleston Sun the correspondence between you and Chairman Whaley relative to tbe Charleston dispensaries, and the statement made by you from the pulpit of the Spring Street Meth odist Church “ that the State dispen saries were the lounging places for debauched women and drunkards.’ 1 la your letter to Mr. Whaley you ex onerate the Charleston dispensaries, and we are forced to the conclusion that your information was in reference to dispensaries in other parts of the State. As Governor It is my duty to see that this law as well as others are properly enforced. As you are doubt less aware there is an express provis ion in the dispensary law that prohi bits loafing in or about tbe dispensa ries of any and all persons, and no drunkard can purebase^anythtng Trom them. Dispensaries are not allowed, except in incorporated . towns, and these towns invariably have ordi nances, prohibiting debauched women and drunkards upon their streets, and I I know of no town or city in the State so loosuijh; governed as to permit Bucfrr The amounts named, however, are not absolute. In tbe event the 9100,- 000 appropriated,, is not sufficient to pay tbe amounts stipulated, the 98 class is first to be paid in full, and the balance of the appropriation is to be pro rated among the other mass —At a meeting of tbe citizen of Newberry, a resolution was passed in struoting the council to have surveys and estimates (bade for a system of met and someof themai* entirely" un- g^yVrd^moth^V^Trd'- waUff works, sewerage and eleetrk; known to those who‘now have charge 1,. orth lees of w boor what they are fighting Instance, the new board may decide to do away with the bottling establish ment here and the reehipment of goods and have all orders filled directly by the wholesale bouse from which the iquor is purchased. This, it Is said, will avoid any loss in refilling and save freights. There may be other reasons, however, why the present plan had better be continued, chief tmong them Is that labor is cheaper here than in Cincinnati. r There is already some talk of the new board being likely to dispense with certain of tbe dispensaries where they do not pay and for otber reasons. Tbe State board may also make radi cal changes in the prices of the liquor and some such thing is spoken of. It so happens that the quarter of dispen sary business closes with this month and that the new board of control goes into office at the same time. RANDALL’S CAPITOL VIEWS. Th*‘Rich and Prosperous for^unss—Th* South In Y*nk«* at tha So*th. Hava Thalr Mis- th* War and th* eating correspondents in this country is Col. James R. Randall, author of “Maryland, my Maryland,V w ^o writes regularly for the Augusta Chronicle. Here are some extracts from a recent letter: . \ THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT. I see that Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss, who is rapidly growingblind, offers 91,000,000 to any man wbd will restore nis sight It is r pretty ^afe offer, I suppose, as nothing abort of a miracle could help this rich man, who also admits that be would rather re turn to bis original poverty than be deprived of sight, lithe could change the conditions. Mr. Rouss considers Mr. Cleveland tbe great man of the time,, and be also admires Col. Inger- aoll. It Would take many more mil lions than Mr. Rouse poeseMes to alle viate the suffering presumably brought about by tbe money views of this great man, and tbe injury done by Colonel ingersoll is supposed to be considera ble in another direction. But here we have; by btr-owu ouufwiglim.'Ti man whose money has brought little or no happiness, and who has become blind in persistent accumulation. I was told, i ot long ego, that a man of middle age in Baltimore, tbe inheritor of millions of money, declared that if he bad good bealtb or could obtain it by exchange of bis fortune, be would prefer poverty along with youth. Along with other afflictions the Garrett family, of Haiti more, may lose the bulk of their estate by tbe Baltimore and Ohio collapse. How the property could have been op erated as it has been for ten years is amazing, and it is strange that tbe Garretts did not know enough of tbe real condition of affairs to unload their holdings gradually. Forbaps they bad family pride in the matter, but where is it all now ? Not even prestige re mains, and tha son of a poor Pennsyl vantn blacksmith bolds in solution, ss Co-receiver of tbe operation, tbe for tunes of the mighty. PRO-BRITISH ORATORY. If some oongrrssmeniwere as good at boiling down ideas and thoughts as newspaper men frequently show them selves to be, not a little of tbe pro- Britlah boastful eloquence of a few of our orators might have been punctured by “sending to tbe desk,” and having read, right in the stomach of such an or4ll6n,ThSTbTTbwrng points made by The Chicago Herald which tells us wbat were English institutions when Washington smashed tbe chain that bound this land to England ; 1. A crown (imported, German on a Dutch stock.) 2. An aristocracy. 3. A chamber of hereditary legisla tors. * 4. A anion of church and State. 5. A religious test for suffrage, office and university privilege. 6. Taxation without representation. 7. No eduoation except for the rich. 8. Primogeniture and entail. 9. Denial of self government. When tbe fathers bad succeeded in driving tbe English troops out of ths country, with the help of French, Irish, Poles, and others, and sat down to make a oonstitution for the United States, these were and continue to be its essential features: Bill m WEEKLY BUDGET. Th* Tortur** and Torm*nt* lny«fit*d by Man—Th* Desolations ot Cruel and Heart less Wai—Si* Thousand Pension B*n*tiol- srl*s ih Georg :a. • . A cruel man is the meanest creature that God ever made. The story of the inquisition with its racks and wheels and tires and hooks Is the* most awful story that was ever written. When I was a boy I read Fox’s “Book of Mar tyrs,” and I bavea’t recovered from it vet. Tbe worst two words in the Eng lish language are torture and torment, and they both oomo from the same Latin word, that means to twist, to turn, to tqrew down, to put in agony. Torture is a temporary expedient and has an occasional rest, but torment f :oes on and on until death comes to re- leve the sufferer. I waned ruminat ing about tbe torture of humankind, but have just read about how they make “pats de fois gras” and pepsin, and it made me sick. It distressed tr wife and daughters, things concern only they shall not oomo into our geese and pigs into our bouse. Henry Bergh Is dead, but where is Pie Society for tbe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals? Where is the spirit pf Uncle Toby, who wouldent kill a fly, but put him out of tbe window, and said"Now go, you little pest: the world is big enough for you and me ?” Where is thp spirit of Cowper, who sayi: ‘‘I would not enter upon my list Of friends t^ie man who needlessly sets foot upoi a worm ?" There is no more beautiful trait in human rharacter than mercy. Mercy to man and beast and bird and insect. Shakespeare says that "Slercy is nubility’s true >badge.” I used to hunt squirrels and rabbits and birds and (eit proud when i brought home a good Tot of frame, but I know now that it was all wrong. Wbat right had I to kill tbe happy, innocent crea tures that God bad made ? But just to read wbat is going on at Strasburg in the production of pate de fois gra-i is enough to horrify anybody. A peasant there is jvoalthy, according to bianumber of geese and their liverr are prepared far HIE- appetlteTTfrUTF It distressed my and though these wiacaJLua again, keep friendly with 2. No aristocracy. 3. No heriditary legislators. 4. Separation of church and State. 5. No religious test for political rights or education. 6. No taxation without representa- tiotr. rich by to r ture and torment of the ttdst exquisite kind.* Before ever a young goose has laid an egg Its foetare nailed by the legs Vo a plank and tbe plank set before a fire. Its eyes are burned out and there the poor birds stays and ■teams for six months until its liver is distended and tbe diseased fat enlarges from 4U to 50 per cent. The children of the peasants ram down food in its throat three limes a day until it is full up to tbe guzile, and they seem te en joy tbe fun of listening ^to the crjbak- logs of pain that tbe poq^-bird maxes. Not a drop of water is allowed to slake its burning thirst and this treatment goes on for weeks and months until tbe liver is all right—for the epicures and gourmands, who fancy ib'la food at 93 and 94 a can. All that I want to know about a man now is whether he eats goose liver or not. The«e tortured, tormented, harmless, suffering birds are raised by tbe tens of thousands at Strasburg. It is tbe great Industry and supports tbe major part of the popula tion. Their pate de fois gras is export ed to this country and other oivuised countries that claim a Christian civil ization. Now. although Henry Bergh is dead, why can we not limit this bus iness to some extent by putting an em bargo upon its importation to this nation of bnitrs and barbarians ? I reckon we are, for it seems that the production of pepsin is nearly aa cruel, and now pepsin is the most popular remedy for indiges tion. indigestion is the great national malady and peosin is supposed to be a remedy for it. rt* production comes from Chicago. Young healthy pigs are placed in separate stalls and fed liberally uutil they are fat and round and tbe gastric juice* in full vigor. All of a sudden the feeding is stopped and starvation is tbe next step In orftrr. This goes on for a week until tbe pig is not only ravenous, but desperately rabid for something to eat. The gas tric juices from every part of the ani mal flow to the stomach in search of something to feed upon. Then tbe last process comes, which is to place just outside tbe stall a pan of hot, steaming potato mash, just near enough for tbe pig to smell and get tbe aggravatiag odury but not near enough to eat; and this stimulates the desire of tbe poor hungry animal and causes every vein practices. You, as the official head of the church, are interested in seeing law and order prevail, and a perfect state of morals among the citizens of tbe State. I, as the official head of the goverment, will assist you with all the power placed within my hands. I cannot do so, however, if you refuse to inform me where this indecent state of afairs, mentioned in your sermon, exists. I trust you will inform me at once to what dispensary in the State you had reference, and I assure you, if neces sary to stop it, I will abolish at once the dispensary, and take such stops as may be necessary to put an end to such practices^ . / ~ With the assurances of my highest esteem and regards, I am yours re spectfully. John Gary Evans, Governor. Governor Evans says that there is no use for people to talk about non-eu- fornament of the dispensary law, as there is a way to stop violations of the law by those charged with enforcing it. instructions, it is announced, have been issued to all dispensers that they must see that the law is enforced. Constables, it appears, have been giyen additional jurisdiction—looking^ lights. —It will surprise many people to know that the per capita value of ex-, ricultore products of the South — ——- .. - - . r — — agement and operations of the law. MiUM incurred In conducting the | greater than that of any other part of The conditions may be kept as they Wei— All roles end regulations tbe wAintry. aow are or they mag be changed. For tbe dispensers. No one is authorized to say wh be the policy of the new board of con* trol that will have charge of the dis pensary. The 'members have never l 7. Education for all the people. 8. Neither pjimogeniture nor entail. 9. Local self-government. CHANCE OF SITUATION. Senator Hawley, of Jonnecticut, was born in North Carolina, and recenly revisited bis birthplace after an ab sence of fifty-eight years. He found litt.e or no vestige of tbe family dwell ing, but a familar walnut-tree was still flourishing. Of his numerous outbful contemporaries be discovered bur person! surviving. Senator Haw ley was an eminent Union soldier dur ing tbe war of 1861-66, and be has sub sequently distinguished himself as a congressman. It was very amusing, tbe other day, to bear this veteran soldier rebuklng an orator who wanted Cuban independence made certain even by intervention and war. This rampant gentleman did not fight when he had a chance thirty odd years ago, and may not do so in case of hostilities with Spain, unless, like Artemas Ward, he would sacrifice his wife’s relations. As if to match General Hawley, who be worsted but may be bettered by war. People talk about the canker of a calm world and a long peace, and one noted writer says that every oountry ought to have a war at least onoe in forty a war years so as to kill off its worthless pop ulation. Tbit ia cold, hard and heart less philoso, _ tbe vagabonds' and place them to tbe front it might do, but we can’t. In the last war we loet tbe flower of our youth, and it Is always so. Tbe vagabonds and skulkers and dodgers escape. It Is generally a rich man’s war and poor man’s fight. But now it is about time that the G. A. It’s were reecindi declining to play with next July in New York. When the war with old John Bull was imminent our Northern brethren were vere lov ing, and invited us to come over, and so we fixed up for a loving reunion ef patriots in New York next summer, and the programme was all made out by Editor Dana. But the clouds of war dispersed and our brethren concluded they wouldent need us, and broke up the meeting. But now, there is an other war imminent and maybe they It’« mfghty hard to ing their action • the boys in gray W! ■uch neigfehOff?: Not long ago I was riding overland through the country and counted three double fences in a trip of ten miles. Tbe neighbors wouldent neighbor. They, were at outs sod each built his own fence. One or the other was a. mean man. One line fence is efcough between neighbors, and when you see two it’s a bad sign. But I reckon we can stand it if they can. If war does come on our boys will have to do right smart of tbe fighting and then tbe pen sion money will drop down this way, and maybe that’s what is tbe matter. We are glad to see that some of that money is circulating down here al ready. That Fitzgerald settlement is an episode that is as uaaocotmtebhrss it is sudden. Over 6,000 people—farm lies of pensioned soldiers—bfcve drop ped down upon us without warnjng and are building m mity in our nine woods. Their pension money, it is said, amounts to nearly a million dollars a year, and their comrades keep coming. They are said to be good, industrious people and sound in wind and limb and nobody can hhb rrrmrtnrmJUM* bMre recent changes and additions have brought tbe total ccet v of tha big besta to over 9460,000. Delaya occurred from time to time in completing it through floods along the ooast, and it was not delivered to the government until a few months ago. Tba length we could Piek Out of the dock on the floor is 420 feat, an* - - lhe 49# f eet with m length over all of 626i feet. Ita width on the bottom is 64 feet at tbe ea- trance and 97 feet at tbe top. T&e mean depth of the water at the en trance is twenty-six feet, although at unusually high tides it is Increased by at least two additional feet. It & known as a timber dock, and, unltka most of those built by tbe gevernment, has little stone about It. Foundations for tbe floor and sides were secured after driving piles intotbe soft ground, and the department believes they wlU stand any strain that they can be sub jected to. There is but one dock building on tbe Atlantic coast larger and that is the second dock at tbs Brooklyn yard, which will have a total length of 670 feet and a depth at the entrance of 28 feet. The Port Royal dock -is enclosed at its entrance by a fW-el caisson of the design in use iT New Yttf-k: To flood the dock requires about pne and a half Lours, and to pump tbe water out after a ship is taken in about one hour, This week tbe department awarded contracts for* the erection of a fine repair abop at tbe dock. In time it ia proposed to make Port Royal one of the important naval stat(pns of tha country, and tba most important next to New York and Norfolk on the Atlantic seaboard. Like that at Puget Soundr it Is well protected naturally and will require no expensive fortficationa to maka it safe from tea attack. ANOTHER STATEMENT. The Atlanta Constitution has ths following ..sketch of the event audits surroundings: f The docking of tbfs immense vessel, at Port Royal ia a great marine event.' This dock is tbe only one in the United States into which tbe Indiana can bo placed. Savannah, Brunswick, Mo bile, New Orleans and other ports were bidders for this dry dock when tbe government boivrd went jtround .ihropgh ths death- TV ul< feast, nothing is thrust the pension business comes ia, but nev ertheless they are drawing thepioney and our folks are bound to get some of it. Six thousand more are on tbe way and before long they will own tbe coun ty and be voting the Demobratfs'ticket. So let them coroe. I repeat it. sir: let them, as Patrick Henry said. They have settled Ip the best portion of Georgia. We dident know it uutil re cently. Tbe pine woods have for half a century been under the ban. Tbe few prople who settled tberu were con* sldered half-fed, sallow-faoed, long- legged crackers who raised a few poor cattle and razor-back bogs, and lived on tators and hard-shell religion. But all that wide belt from Lincoln through Putnam and Hoqstoo and Irwin and Sumter and Randolph and on westward into Alabama is now known aa the most fruitful and productive region, and tfrn climate perfectly delightful. It is like a fairy tale to read What the last ten years nave developed in that belt of country that ia underlaid with a clay aubaoil and overdressed with pine forests. In recent years I have neon watching tbe fruit industries of Marshallvllle and Cyclnnette and Ttf- >on and Cutbbert with amaz-ment and delight, and my information it that the adjacent country is equally productive and delightful. *TheGeorgia Southern railroad splita this region right in the middle, and along its line bas been planted within ten years, by actual count, 742 000 fruit trees, covering or- oharils of 13,000 acres. Tbe fknd devot ed to melons is much more, and besides this the growers raise corn and ootton and sugarcane and potatoes and ground peas enough to sustain all family ex penses—a thing of beauty and a joy for ever, and it is a fascinating feast to tbe eye to travel over this line of road an 1 take notes of the beautiful improve ments that meet tbo ey > at every sta tion. Mr; Sparke bull Jed wiser than be knew when he was building this road through a region that everybody ■aid was desolate and always would be. Dame Nature is ever unlocking her treasures and she has only recently un locked the pine woods to our Southern friends. But Georgia is not the only State that has been found by tbe refu- geea fiom the toug wtWgFi and snow- clad fields of the icy North. We see by tne papers that the hoglra has be gun from all over that frozen country, and that Alabama and Mississippi are rapidly filling up with prosperous im migrants. It is the swelling tide that aryetfhr-irgt) ort Rival got tbe ' splendid harbor, )rawing twenty- and tissue to send Its hungry juices to the stomach in anticipation of a Tbe pig gets tbe odor and more and just then the knife into its heart and the stomach quickly has but just begun to overflow etter that a settler charge of the dispensary business. The board may or it may not, just aa it seen fit, make radical changes iif the maa- and illustrated Connecticut in war for the Union, I remember wbat a gallant soldier of tbe South was Colonel Sey- mour, of Lousiana, who h.ad been born in Connecticut. Indeed some of the “ Yankees” in Southern history were more Southern than Southerners, like Quitman, Prentiss, Ruggles and other gallant spirits. The North, on other hand, helped conquer the South with Lincoln, Stanton, Farragut. Thomas and Andrew Johosou, who opened and tbe gastric juice taken out and put into cans and bottled for the in valids who have been gorging them selves with ‘pate de fois gras,’ or for the sickly infants whose milk does not agree with them. What is the world coming to? Is such cruelty the price of human life? It d<d not use to be. Geese are not of consequence, but a gander never bas but one mate and will stand by her nest and guard it While she sits on her eggs, and wfcen she leaves them for food he will escort her to the grass and escort her bock with a dignity that is impressive, I have great respect Tor geese. But just now we are talking about war as though it were a sport, a frolic and the killing off of a few thousand people and leaving mothers and wives bereav ed and helpless was of little conse quence. We do not even express the pity that Stonewall Jackson felt when just before tbe battle he prayed and said, "Lord help their souls—now give them”—well, that was Stonewall’s way. There are nearly a million pensioners now, and we don’t want any more. There are vacant chairs enough in our households. There are three in ours, and nobody ever ithinks of them save the kindred to whom they were dear. I thought we were to have arbitration about these national disturbances. There are but three classes of peoplh who want war, and they are all a heart less set. These am the professional soldiers—tbe West Pointers and regu lars, whose profession is to fight, and the looking for sites. Port prise because of her spl< which admits vessels an ■even feet or more. Since.tbe foundation of this dry doek tbe United States government bas ex pended upwards of 94.600.000 In com pleting the works, draining tbe sur rounding county, building tbe formid able rampart and equipping the shops and ammunition repositories. Tbe capacity of the dock is sufficient to recive the deepeat draft vessels in ' the world. It is 620 feet long, thirty- four feet deep and bas a mean breadth of *lxty-four feet. The pumping en gine la the most powerful in existence, having a discharging of 35.000 gallons a minute and cost In connection with the buildings and machine shop 938.000. In additfbn to tbe 94,600.000 spent oa the dry dock and accessories, a large sum has sinoe been expended on nec essary works In improving the chnn- nel entrance. There are two officer* nod one com pany of marinef and upwards of sixty- four miscellaneous employee of tbe S ards and buildings, tbe latter force eing greatly augmented when war ships are ia tbe dock undergoing cleaning or repairs. Commander Charles H. Rockwell, in charge of the r station, landUttaguiehed naval uffleer recently appointed to succeed Commo dore Bradslry, aow In charge of the Pacific squadron. Paris Island has long been valued highly by the United States govern ment on account ot '.ts strategic pon toon at the mouth of Port Royal sound, . and also on account o' Ula excellent physical conditions, admirals climate and pure water. It bas been tbn sub ject of frequent reports of tbe navy department and in all oadfes the recom mendations have been of the most fa vorable nature. CAN “SEE THROUGH YOU." Rsmsrkab'e Experiments Mad* With th# X Rays In Europe Raported by Consul Gen eral D*K*y. United dtales Consul General De- Kay at Berlin bas submitted to the state department an interesting report U|>oo later developments of the X rays, accompanied by a pamphlet in which Professor Roentgen, the discoverer, explains his researches. Trie consul general’s report gives many facts that have been discovered by Europern ex periment* in regard to the rays, which areunknown in this non stay. South, and every writes baulrf ' * bis wintry borne will bring ten'ml i ‘ k **«e people are surprised to fin » Ire kind and hospitable, and tuat the barbarians of the South have moved away. Bill Arp. Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. —A man who can hold his totgue when angered always comes out ahead of him who lets his tongue run with hie temper. for. they are fighting Tuen there are the manufacturers. who make army supplies and expect to get rich like they did In tbe last civil war. And last, hut hot least, are the 1 thousands of restless, pretperoM people who DOCKING THE INDiiUiii. arsatf^laval ortrloyal—1 Event Which Took Ptac* Som* Fact* in Regard to th* battleship In- Royal For instance, he reports that the; Z Tn* G at Portftoyai- Dry'Dock. . Tho docking of the diana, which took place at Port on the 14th instant, has attracted much attention throughout tbe coun try. It was superintended by Naval Constructor Hanscombe. who bad a large force of employees from the Nor folk navy yard, who were sent express ly for that purpose to Port Royal. The News and Courier gives the fol lowing information about the dry dock at Port Royal, which will prove interesting : For over a year the Indiana bas been in tbe water, waiting for the dock’s completion, and her bottom Is said to have been fouled to an extent that affects her speed two or three knots. Tbe experiment of taking a vessel of her size up a narrow stream and into a Jock whose Sill has barely one foot more water over ft than the Indiana draws will be watched with great interest by the department, the offi cials of which acknowledge that until 1 tbe big vessel Is safety out the re mu-it necessarily be some apprehension re garding its strength. The new dock was begun April, 1881. The design it that of an outsider, and tbe department, therefore, assumes no heartless, an- responsibility for iu success or failure, say thap can’t Tha contract price wee 9417,000) but have been used to detect false pearli after an exposure of 46 minutes and an Austrian professor bas discovered that they can also be used to detect false diamonds. A Berliner bas made a special photographic paper for the direct reception cf the rays. In con sequence it is now necessary to make a negative, and so the reversed im pression incident to the negative is ob viated. „* It bas been found that many pictures may be taken at once in this manner by using a packet of tbe sensitive pa per, since tbe rays penetrate all of the layers. R cto,r Reader, In Spies, has succeeded in passing the rays through a brass counter, the result!ngupboto- graph showing tbe inscription on one side and a bird in relief on the other. New methods of work have been brought to light. The length ef expo*" sure bas been reduced from one hour to a-few minutes. The heavy charges of electricity which destroyed so many Crook’s tubes have b^n found to be unnecessary. The tube itself • la not - required, and an ordinary incandescent lampwAffiqepif a metal plate Is placed at a sliffiatent distance from it to catch the cathodes or X rays. But one of , tbe most important applications o^ the rays bas been made surgically. By placing a subject to be examined be fore a screen faced with a mixture of barium, platinum and cyanum and al lowing the raysf from a tubs enclosed in a d&rk-oloth to traverse the body, the Impression can be seen by the eya rendered flourescent where the ray falls uninterrupted upon It, and'Hne surgeon is consequently enabled to move the.subject freely betore tbe screen and examine tbe Interior oj growth and dH substances or bones. •<!