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* • era M IRT FRAYNE. By 0*pt CHABLE8CT0, U. B. 1. (Ootiyrtckt, UN. by f. TMiaym N<-*ly ) CHAPTER XVI. Jbdo bad come, a radiant Jobe, and all at Frayn* wm Joyoo« anticipation, despite the momeutoui (act that the Platte bad overleaped ita bounds and was raging like tome mad mountain torrent far at \tbe eye could tea The flats to the wen of the post were one broad, muddy lake. The grasey bench beneath the bluffs to the east was par tially torn away. Part of lionko Jim's frontier stronghold still clung to the opposite bank. TjuF sOHre of tt was dis tributed in driftwood long leagues down stream. Across the river, at a point half a mile above the ruin of the ferry- house, a troop of oavairy, caught on re- turn from scout, bad pitched its tents and picketed its horses and was waiting for the falling of the waters to enable it to return to ita station, and with that troop, the maddest man in all Wyo ming, was Lieutenant Will Farrar. Bis or seven weeks previously an or der had come to Fenton to send two troops to scout the western slopes of the Big Horn and keep the peace between the settlers and the Shoshones. Time was when these latter rarely ventured •cross the . Big river, partly through fear of the SINK, who claimed sovereignty over all the lands east frf the Bhoabone preserves in the Wind river valley, partly through regard for the or ders of their loyal old chief, Washakie, who for long, lung years of his life Bad kept faith with the great white father, held bts pr«pie in check and suffered the Inevitable rooseqwncMe of poverty and Delect, the policy at the Indian bareaa being to load with (avers only those at its ward* nbc> defy it and deal * !L 10 the whites, belli.t* seldom anrroarb apm tbs Hums, (boar rmry being sbandaaUy able and n*r» than willing to take eare tt thraMeivta, bat tbs bb-sboors bed known hsig yean of aasrvating psmw and. being held ia sab}M-u<* by their chief. > rrame tee aatarai prey at Ike whiten w b< iniasook sabredlaati<« for eaberm r#». ae ts easily adopted tp fei rilltn ft#- 1 sad wha w»si I • egn laea- tbvir own aeaaawt, sleallag i esepa sad eastle sad preaspsty tbs army ■ Ne»t «p dafy as eattls stealiag sad all ar aa< wails tbts hadpwvdeAstel was ■taff ta eesart. Na Pbw delved it ■■■ i»«a la *a 1 tadre fc»Swe*a a Cppesaae^ lbs •swabs tb» law marb Wd’SlIrd sa aaaai W fat vs i at abifapMna b# SgtI ia Ptadang M a bag army •#■»• — •«. tbs sbsbma ibtag was ta dawn atm tp si Wasbugwm sad. if IbaSdhAa l Ip drri mast pa Is* am at the tmal law t if eamem (bay dtda t eapms la perms Mm gwiitv at saythiaN tmt thasn am aa law apsteas . • sad Hey eaatd •saapei him ta rsaaa lata mmst aad armed aasds as tbs as a y at tb* metbi la lbs msaaums, sad m M happaa^ that them wtt* high jiahe sp tbs • lad ttssa taiay sad si-ag tboa w« adarfai saagts Mi tbs tslkl «aiteva <d tbs ttray Ball, ths Mssysa^ tW li ibi ims. math at ths Oai ( >*«# mraats|^abd. tbs draws fwsa tbal awoaa. that wm bms tbs detail fell aa add Fast Kray as **Ysa ran araighwa mattera sat la a m*nih.“ eatd tbs tsmawaadin# idbvr to Maps Vt ay as, a he tkat h sstn aed harfe fnm tbs east to late nmmsad, sad wbea tt raaer a> min ting the ii'«ps lop, r«ra I hi Sigh II larh*d -ess I has two aeisiths to bts wedding day. Will Karrnr gbsted la ths Lael lhalbie am saa uL I hum it mJtasd to onawtite of a ist ia which s spirited, soldierly fellow at II amid piaably be happliw Ihnn cctntnsixhtig a flap it Cavalry Mi an •spedition thrnogh •• g)<#i<ms a irma try Tlmory 't troop and Lcaie'e were desigiiatal, slid, tiie latter captain Lung Mill in Berlin and the teniur suhnlu ru on staff duty in the east, Farrar was bis own captain and troop (xauuiander and. deep no the troubles of tin- Christmas •eamm. lung since buriiil ai far ua ho waa cunc#n>ed. p«t abuut the happiest fellow that worn the army blue. The expedition had proved even lon ger than was planned, but at last, while Wayne, with Amury ami the recaptured cattle aud rounded up Bhoahonea, went over the Owl Creek mountains to render account of his stewardship at Fort Washakie, Will wlto told to make the best of bis way homeward with his own command, and, marching leisurely along in the radiant spring mornings through a country unmatched for wild beauty in all America, "shooting, fish ing, plunging in mountain streams, sleeping dreamlessly in the open air by night, they reached the valley of the Platte toward mid-June. The blessed landmark of the Eagle buttes came in sight one peerless morning. The blue summits of the Medicine Bow loomed up across the horizon to the southeast. The flag tipped bluffs of old Fort Frayno would greet their eyes before the close of tomorrow’s march, aud so they did, but with a raging torrent tearing at their base, and this was Monday and less than 48 bonrs of Will's wedding day. Meanwhile there had been a partial reunion within .-the walls of the fort, and already a joyous bevy of army folk bad gathered in anticipatioa of the June wedding, with Kitty Onusbi as the cen ter of attraction, since she whf the colo nel's niece and be wmm4oV T0 her away, and Wayne wm d# be best man by evder of the faside, provided be didn't get things mixed in bis own Inimsuble way end turn up unexpectedly at some one aim’s affair, m be dtd lbs night of tbs Willett*' dinner to Captain aad Mja. Billy Sag of tbe —lb. wbsaa. af the Wl to Montana ' Era'll toe M. Kitty, tbal am iMisted on my basing Wayne for man," wrote poor Will, with but unavailing protMt "Wayn# saved my Willy,” wm tbe poaltlve rejoinder, aud no one but Wayne would da "All \ right." said Will, "If you find yean later that there's been some fatal flaw in the proceedings, don’t blame mu” Bnt here, on this glad June morning, all sunshine aqd serenity aloft, all par- turbatiou at the pout, all raging river about it, it looked M though the pro ceedings themselves would be delayed aud that instead of a military wedding., in the post chapel at high noon, with everybody en grande tenue, there would be no wedding at all, even though Will, like a modern Leatider, swam this.wild wen tern Hellespont iff search of hli bride. Far away to the east the floods had swept their buttering ram of logs and trees and daabed it against the bridge abutments at tbe railway, and, thoug^ iheFafrarswteesafely hero atyT had been for several days, Kitty's train, that which bore her and Jack on their westward way, had been brought up standing long miles toward Cheyenne, and there was no telling when the pas sengers could be transferred to the wait ing cars upon the hither shore. And so, believing the other in waiting at the post, bride and groom elect woke to tbeir wedding morn to rail at fata It would have been some comfort could they have known that, though miles apart, they were at least on tbe same lido of the stream that swept between them and the altar of thfir hopes. And there was deep anxiety under the roof where one.- ..n tlie Farrars Were installed, for the mother wm pos- seseed with the fear that Willy would be mad enough to try to swim tbe stream, and. though FI Mow bad bad bis signalmen out forbidding any sorb at tempt. no ar know led ga < ut bad been rvrrtvad to tb* effect that tbe rape*ted nwwaage wm uiKhnrttvwt. Aa Indian who IbBBffht bff eoaM rmM nl Casper rorfcs. wveral miira up stream, wm swept free* bis poor sod only saved by tbe strength at bis bore*hsir lariat. A enow tbal wm la •! 11* btad witfi to 0 inderu sad Unit is after hiHth^ t«*h*d aad slang bag yards oat tato the stream, wsat UAbtag dsrwira ty away, i SI l J lag Ikrtr peart ted era »sa%< wtsN sbaHk-Aflgmm with MftB, msisgs attached, dreiped b'lphMty M these ream BaUrtu etastlmriy SetlHMci. mm fed ibetr fkatl staarlWBswm aad •h tailed eas# tbe eppmMn strewn sset laid aa tale ssbev than tbsd tt aastety Every be Mg lam M tbs wbaa ksuwgM la Was. sevaaNd Ksrras at • • rheb of Ms Mtdal mMNlag StrMrag hope she awaited Wayne's return to tire post. Twer es- t rived a week before brm.^FfaTWmt f bis charge at Washakie tbs prev.nns month be had harried straight to Wash ington In response to a summons from tbs Secretary of war, had made bis re port and then gone to New York. Not until tbe Monday before tbe wedding did be resppear. and then only by de termined effort did Helen corner him long enough for rross examination. ‘'Certainly," said Wayne. "I remem ber tbe note perfectly well I put if with, one from tbe club that I found there and banded both to him together. He'll be here to the wedding. He’s com ing right along with Kitty. I’ll ask him again, if you like." "Don’t dare ever mention it, major, or that I naked any questions concern l" several III Everywhere there will be peace in How'-lWW lid"beewback?-’’- l‘«»tsfijour,4i!|riots. There will be S V% rest re re 1 re c re re re re S a re re asked Helen, will* vivid interest, an other question uppermost in her mind. "Not a week. Just back, you know. I only saw him aminute> I wai ing for tbe train. He looked astonish ingly well, and, you know, I forgot to ask was Lealo better. He was full of his wedding preparations." "Her wedding preparations—Kitty’s —yon mean, do you not, major?" “No, his; I give you my word He said so. you know. He • told me the lady’s name—part of it, at least, jtfflr something. I can't recall it just now. He’ll tell yon. Oh, it was all on that account, you know, Kitty couldn’t ntart sooner. 8hn had to wait for him. ” Helen wnaasromtdccL It wwvnewselie declared she would never believe, and yet she remembered having brantmen^ tibn of an attract ire couslu, a Miss Kffir Leale, and might it not be possible that In his wanderings with the blinded in valid, with bid own sore heart. Jack Ormsby had met and found roustdatinn ta this (air relative of his strteke n friend, that she ia turn bad quirk ly h-suvied to admire the manly fellow who »** »> devoted to their particular hero? events it wm something ant to b tioord to Ellis, thought Helen. Bnt what wm the u»-‘ Wayne I to Larrotra Larretia t*4*l a <t* sen I ths day It wm all over the |»»t Bight, and despite H<-le*i'» Htrs I Mard tt aMwwg tbe dnl. Um | aavog the assay ssiNis|a with | So ashee la Will'* wadding day l Ovoeral?” I Mksd. " Kaplsln. to me tbs ooadllloM wblob will exist la these provinces alter you bavs ‘pactbed’ tbem." '• Why,” replied General Wavier “general busloest will he resumed and f oon m It did before the Insurrection. 'be losurr itlon. with the Insurrec tionists, will hare disappeared in these four provinces*” — ” Do you mean,” I said, “ that busl- ness will be resumed as heretofore, but only within the prescribed zones around your garrisons and fortlded towns?”’ “No, po,” replied tbe General. "Not at all. 1 mean that work will be resumed all over, in the country, as well as in tbe cities aud arouud them then no insurrectlonlsls tliere lo cHs turb; work will bu resumed ou sugar estates and on the tobacco farms. Everything wllE go back to the cocdi- peace-which—existed before there was any insurrection, and with the same freedom. Our commerce and trade with the Upited States will be resumed as old.” I asked General Weyler wbat bis opinion was of the attitude of the United States. _ “ I realize,” he answered, “that the people of the United States sympathl e with the insurgents, but with the ad ministration at Washington there can be no complaint. It has kept , faith with Spain.” " You have, then, no complaint to make of the action of the government mb friendly neutral in this contest?” I •shad, “No complaint whatever,” wm tbe replv. it Is. of course, to the interest of the United Slates that the war should be ended and Spanish supre- blf or to the Gciivrpl ^Verier more than onoo re ferred tu the (act that Cleveland aad C.B-or were doing full jualloe to Spalo. As an evidence of Cleveland’s popu larity with ftbe Spanish and the high respect in which bo la held by them, 1 might mention that In the city of Guanabacoa I sate a new sign painted over a large shoe store. On tbe sign was set forth a very good picture of Cleveland, with tbe American flag on one ride and the Spanish flag on the other. ' j The common American people, how ever, come in for much contempt and aversion by the Spanish people. At one of their theatres the other day an actor threw down the American flag on the stage and danced on it to show the low opinion in which ho held it. Thejtppfauie was deafening. In their caricatures the Spanish invariably dray anything and everything Ameri can in tbe guise jof a bog—that is, BOftRIOR MRS (i IK KSPOCWf. KSf.)' Tbe same record hM been made io every oouatjr !r the State. The greatest problem that 1 have to meet since my connection with the dll- liensary law hM been its proper en forcement in the Mty of Charleston Tot re are more friends in this city to the law than an outsider who has had no dealings with them would Imagine, but It hM come to be a political and a social question in that community and a great number of its friends have not the temerity to publicly uphold it. I realize that to be polite in dealing with this question meant to be fa'se to the great majority Of the people of South Carolina and untrue to those who had elected me and I determined There Is a movement now on foot, mainly with the Marquis Apezteguia to promote it, which may have some political effect in Cuba. When I left the island Xbe other day it was the plan of the Marquis to start for Madrid on January 10 to demand the recall of General Weyler and Minister de Lome. He is very grouch dissatisfied with Wey- ley's man jgeruent of the war; says that Weyler is not trying to put down the insurrection, and that de Lome is of no Spanish use at Washington. He charges do L ime with much foolish expenditure of Spanish moi^ey at Wash ington, and says that he has seen his account# at tbe Madrid Treasury, which showed that the‘ Spanish Minis ter wm paying out an average sum of tl.jOOadayel Washington in the na ture of “secret service ” money. This in Cuba restored as aooa as pos-1 would be Mide from either -de Lome's as the commerce of your country salary or tbe natural expenses of him tbe Island hM suffered a great and bts suite, and ail the United States hM 1 The Meruuis Apeitegula it tbe head i ma tbe war wm the side i whet ,, lUUio ' 1 , !• t a h mm i*o4> ui • or abaulu' >|f‘uba. Tl “ b>od. . tuiicfeia* Xbm pr% twimemm of Hmf » ■ I Flrvi ore | an ax J MhIacw* An ! ll 0 1' rfarv~«Boi it laf fet 9 iMtlf fVClUNi ill loyal to 1 * toy U# L*a cttmimg 4 1— alrara . -vprauh « rm “ T|m ff *rv pMiiii,* 1 vttt *%} t 1 lararrsat fH I 1# H4 ( \t%om %rrmmdtmg In * ImL. roo; 41ns Aprxteguia koowe as tbe Coostitutionnt tely loyal SpMlab party In I,ere are three part.es there. I the C«>est itatioas I isle, who tor its of leha. aad biiadiy (tpete.. They want tbe old nraaillNM reatnred aad tb« ua su wiped out aad buraed I aad Waach. 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Mas, and surolj no man Mho draji.y low uuumi H.iii* f feiigtr aoer TmCMbfBi Mar t out, (hr girl bad thrown hmelf cm Hrl* n‘a let Ml just brfove tbeir roturn to Frayne aud kdd a part it Mr story until th<n rtmccalrd—bow, lulMtr lad lulrrvicw, Omisby-bad gently said that he would vrx her no more with bis pli-ailings, but if a time should ever conic when her eyes wore opened and w bt-n olio could believe him hornet and worthy he would come at her call, and •he had humbled herself and called, but all iu vain. To Helen she had told tho w hole story of that humble letter and that neither by word nor sign had he acknowledged it But Helen saw a ray of hope. The little note had beeu intrusted to Wayne kite Thursday night, and he had prom ised to deliver it early Friday morning, and all that day hod Ellis waited eager ly, and nightfall came without tho look ed for visit. Wayne came on Saturday to convey some couventiouaJ vords of farewell from both offloero, “So. sur prised to hear of the sudden feturn from California; so sorry not to’have seen them, but time was very short, and”— would she never hear tho last of tho Sev enth—“Ormsby had.had to attend tin review at the armory Friday night, anc then there was just time to rejoin Leah ksra v seas •Mas Maura CMmmwS CMmum** New V«*» MmumI. 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KerscutaNN KUm feoff •oral rat tb era# to raw 1 1 I ‘reuse sou baccatary uuwy bbff j loll fe tM timfe traffbl I era mosu irmly I eooviaeoff tfeaa sv»r tbal upa-a raeaes pot ffuua Use Irawrrswitoo. aud tbal story day it cuelisras Mrass a kcaeof tile sad yroparfey, ultMiuttis rwMot—t 4 any flaai tipanieb As I loag siaee told him. lb* My jbffffi ombI to that effect teoeivm daily cue nrmatioe.'* Yrstsrday 1 saw Secretary Oiasy aad cvmMuaicated to him General Lee’s mevaege 1 am not permitted, however, to make public Mr. Olaey s comments. Lest Tuesday, accompanied by Gen eral Lse, and with Mr. Drane, acierk of our Consulate at Havana, to act m interpreter, 1 called on Captain-Gen eral Weyler. He received me with greet kindness aud cordiality, and said he was glad I had visited Cuba. " I am only sorry that more mem bers of the American Congress cannot come and take a look at the situation here for themselves,’’ said General Weyler ae he shook me by tbe hand. No one should make a mistake con cerning General Weyler. He is a small man physically, but of great aud evident power, full of alert, nervous action. He does not hesitate in his replies, and epeaks rapidly and with an emphatic confidence. He had just returned from a visit to the front when I met him. “ 1 am sorry you were not here,” said General Weyler, “ when I left on my trip to the front. I would have been" pleased to have had you accompany me." The Spanish newspapers had been commenting on my own personal ab sence, two days before, from Havana, and had called it " a mysterious dis appearance." I had, however, only been up the country about thirty miles. I mentioned my absence and the news paper comments to General Weyler. “ l am glad you went,” he replied. “It will show others thet such trips can bo mffde with safety. That is the State of affairs. 1 would like to prove to the wor 14 tbAt tb* country round- about here is safe from insurrec tionist*." * v—=— Tbe country round about, however, I will say right here. Is not safe from lofurr*ctioai*t». - Tb< y ere *0 cicse aad powerful that bvday tbe iMtirrrc- lioaLU levy A trx oa Vt tbe fruit, vegetehlM. Milk, oora oed meat that ••ter Hs*oae from tbe eonatrp. It Is • # * ja t h ragrae •.: a* ia tMji( ra e v er ,, I ft] that there isiort They feared ervsev an »l • lib arm tu Speia Mneeo Weyirr a were only • few •mattered berde* of I rebel* in tbe proviaco of Uavaa* : that the iMurgeet* now appeared 10 do j positive or formidable foice in that province Yet oelyefee day* before my arrival tbe iosurgent* three night* in •uccereioo attacked the city of Guao- abecoa, of 2V0U) inhabitant*, within four or five miles of the city of Havana, and burned twenty-five Houses. They were unopposed by Weyler's troops; they did esthey pleased and withdrew. After the withdrawal of the insurgents the Spanish troops occupied the place and slaughtered twenty-seven of the people, not insurgents. They took them to a grove near at hand and ' vie 1 ib still 1? tax like a tariff, oed killed them with their machetes, information was that tuey were unburied while I was there. 1 went out to this town of Guana bacoa and found tbe Spanish troops building barricades across the street —a strange piece of work of itself there are no insurgents in force in this region. I attempted to visit the grove where the twenty-seven pacificos had been slaughtered oy the Spanish troops. It was only a short distance from the town. As I drove down the road, however, I was stopped by a Spanish guard. - " You cannot go down this road,” he said. "Can I go the other road ?" I asked. " You can go all the other roads," said'the guard, "but you cannot go this road. It U our orders." My guide, who was with me, told me that hod the wind been right I might chrily have been made aware of the unburled condltlbn of the twenty-seven slaughtered pacificos by my note. Referring again to General Weyler's •talemeat ,that tbe IntufgroU hod | practically been driven out of tbe ' province of Havana, my foformation. ' received from Mverui positive aad | truthful ton roes, is that (here are •K*’■n'e 1 •im u eiarei Mira Kasdleh—** iVa t <he jklie .'{him fora ma btajrci# §hop.** rj —Aa eminent physician, lately de ceased, said of the acbleveoronts of medical science in this day, ” When I graduated l had a doz a n remedi'-s for every disease; when I retired from paettee I had s doxio diseases for every remedy.“ -Hiuni Kibin is tho designation a protest in writing, havirg tbe of subscribers' names written in the form of a circle, so that no name appears first on the list. The custom is said to have originated among the officers of the French army. —Of course we all love our neigh My bor as ourselves; but^hen our coal- till 1 _ > « It ' . ■ bin is full and his empty, somehow the news of an advance in coal docs not make us look half so glum aa when the conditions of tho respective coal- bins are reversed. —The largest building stones are those used in the cyclopvan walls of Baalbec, in-'Syria, some of which measure ti.'i feet in length by 20 feet in breadth, and ai« of unknewn depth. —A French doctor says that persons who attain their 13th year without suffering from any seriqus disease, are likely—all things being Vqual—to live until they are at least 73 years of age. —Oo tbe state railways in'Germany tbe cars are painted according to the colors of tho tickets of their respective classes. First class cars are painted yellow,, second class green and third clnss white. Ing equality to all men. Seeing the increased amount of illicit sales of whiskey in this city and the contempt with which the Officers of the law were treated and having warned tbe mayor and city council repeatedly of my in tention to no avail, the State commis sion consisting of the governor, the secretary of State and tbe comptroller general,-was called together and thor oughiy reviewed the situation. They unanimously agreed that the only course left was to use every power Jar tbe enforcement of this law placed in our hands by the General Assembly, or to abandon the city to tbe barkeeper and rum seller, we decided on the former course. I expected and so did the other members of the board to re ceive tbe condemnation of this city and of the enemies of the dispensary law throughout the Slate, but 1 deter mined to do my duty and fail leg ie that, to recovmead to you such lag La- lalioo m I deemed eeeeraery to meet tbe case. Tbe melrooolitaa polios hM proved e ssocera la ovary raese of the woru aad I am saiis&ed if left to a vole of ••-aMdie# eit* (•etas ta pevfl\ acdi j .tern to ike city SMd County. II.IJI * IftM 662 raids and recovered 4id hot- - ties of whiskey pertly filled. 39 bottle* of wine pertly filled. 70 demijohns of whiskey partly filled. 6 krgs of whis key partly filled, 5 hall barrel* of whiskey partly ii'lefl, 42 full half bar- rile of »htsk>y, fit tre-i*i!on .kegs'ijf whiskey, IC cat-ee.of WlYtikOA’, tf! K*gs of beer and 10,304 bottks of boor. The raids where no seizures were made have not been entered. ' .. Thirty-ono ex-barkeepers and illjctt dealers have b^eu mad* to discontinue" their business, and tnovt of them hafe left the city--' . The police department consists of the powers conferred by law ujiifea department. The strength Of tlfl^fWrob is os follows. Oja* marsbra^Audmhlef ' fof police, three lietttei'aots, fw.o order- fly b'erj^lMS, dtgtSrthi?Ti«g% a rrW, om- chief delspti.ve. three detectives,, sev enty-three privates, four gatetndh, two draymen, five drivers,-,-rten special officers • city. Tbe question narrowed itself down simply to this: Whether the illicit traffic and contempt of law and order should prevail in Charleston and he restrained Inthe^reat of the State r.r or whether I should support and e n- .^e dtftdlrtfrre of has heen (ore. U.e>. wut . BtroQg h»»U, e lv. Si“S? and efficiency kept up to a high stand ard. As an evidence of the superior character of those appointed it is worthy of note that the city has gained 1655:50, saved by the difforenpe in lost time, caused by sickness, etc., as against the past year under the municipal management. No criticism os tu the management and efficiency of the force bos been made even by its bitterest enemies. The work of the department, os the foregoing will show, with reference to the dispensary law In comparison with the old regime, not only vindicates tbe course wbioti brought about the establishment of the system to any unprejudiced mind, but proves the necessity that exist* for its continuance, except to.the political machipo. The decree*# of arrest# for drunkonnera and drunk and disorderly case* and tbe Increased yield to tbe -City sod county of di»pen*ery profit*, tbe large an tuner of eoovkrtten* <•( dispentary rff.-oders and tbe amouat of ht«e» collected oed terns ’ county aad eily irea*ari« •. 11 ito U •*f (ailMXal wars. tfi-- Mj •Son. fret t* In lA •ar A IS iMM MO MS U le h*r ik aa to tt it t 'i* • n SM M M •• ^ Wm 1 la kM sMffe tl ff He feL- H^NBff ffHBffNlBI beigbt of about 2fl per or at ad valores Not a moetbhsl at Cffk— pmffaet ie W ffey mam is Havana tbet Kara out pay a tariff !• tbe rivet at iaa la tbN tra 4 trows Map. Way lor blsara-f la aamir 1 .- kMtieff tatBa Neafetiiaa V.ry ohm* MAS t«Mrvql Wryter, * * %< ~ ** r re. vr* re* ^re. % ra raw to tbe 1 several budira of ararod'iraurfvab in .Ns tbal rwgieo. Tbraw U ^eaersl Aguirre, •bora roMmaad aoMbm from I NM.Io j ifeku araa; General Dane be 1 w itb ba- traea HD aad l auo MM. aad General CoatiHg*. wtfeb wm fea l.OOS mm | Tbxre are AMO ama mr keffia*. aad tV —t Is fraalfefte sffoa tee Ve|lar toObffaffae ray edkfeom, m im fffMafe*b mapfeanBao toe's mHisoti apaawtWamt —"My name," said a gentTemar, " !s composed of fcven letter*; but take the first two aw*y, and th'-rc will remain eight.'" His name was Speight. —No man is boa tec until he gives up To stop trying js tbe only defeat. Maaj a miaow's sboeefs to tbe foot that be aevrr •e*med to kaow whe- be wm beetrr. —Ae leveatyr p. ^poaM to eeore eerav raU. Morae, etc., by piacieg about ertiflMi tgurua at eats, made af plrater at terra o#u aad bevlag eye# af a ybeaptirirMt OMtertat- —At febe beg 1 ae eg af tbl* • mmm amm Hr wttmaam rara-'ffj •ra ia I*raara IfeeoMeerereS *d 1 druak and dieorder- and dlaor- and dlror- and dlsor- dlsor- I k 'Si, 25*1; druak on total, sol. I "5*1, druak | ly, 577 ; total, 819. I"i*2, drunk, 192; drunk deny, 498; total, 690. 1S93, drunk, 116; drunk derly. 296; total. 412. 1894, drunk, 120; drunk | derly, 339; total, 459. 1895. drunk, 101; drunk and derly. 304 ; total, 405. From January 28, 1895, to November 30, 1895, drunk, 77; drunk and disor derly, 243; total 320. From January 28, 1896, to November 30, 1896, drunk, 74 ; drunk and disor derly,-^; total, 277. It will thus bo seen that the total drunks and drunks and disorderlies huv’.' gradually decreased from 801 in 1890 to 277 in'1896 under metropolitan police—a decrease of nearly 35 per cent. During the year 1896 there were bound over by the Magistrates for vio lations of tho dispensary law 231 cases. Their names and and residences aro duly given in tha report. Of this numb-r 32 have been tried and con victed and have paid into the county treasury $5,250 in fines. A better showing than this would have been made.’btft fer tbe fact at the last term of court every case was continued upon the affidavits of attorneys who claimed to be sick and were seen upon the streets the next day. Th< grand jury fourd 24 additional trub Nils. In 1895 not a conviction was had, the grand jury refusing in many cases to find Trtrc-t~TCy.""tt“trx'Trntabtw-fact ■■ that two of the city council who were sworn to enforce this law, were «mdog the number indict* u md against wboiff ‘true hllb w-• • Lund. Focsibly the b > * v : tkn«*< <>: me effective work of tor f.wce *ou<U be a comparison of the •ales from tho dispensaries. The axcuat of dispensary profits paid to •he city aad couaty during the first, •acoad aad third quarfear* of KN6 aad lha corrMpoodlag lima for IMIsm ate Ow n several tboruag -ounU of county ctvpi'OBa iate been iavarisbiy the r CgltgMOO on the tart of II ra t»t reported by ma to tha Attorney Geo- arol with iostruclioos to prosecute, |uenl dupeasars hate bean promn t<ported by me to tha Attorney G and be bM performed bis duty ii manner deemed best by him. ft is r.o argument against this taw because forsooth an officer occasionally errs and becomes unworthy of bis position. We might as well argue that the banking system should bo destroyed because a cashier occasionally goes astray. There are good men and hon est men and they can be had to fill these positions. It is your duty nuL— only to the dispensary law, but to the - Reform movement and to those having its interests at heart, to investigate this business from its organization to tbe present time, if anything wrong is discovered, let it be ventilated and punish the guilty parties and rebuke the slanderers. This should be done not only with the dispensary, but with every department of the State govern ment where the slightest wrong doing is sunpucted. In this way alone can your government be kept honest and be .perpetuated. qrarOM, »l 4 fc Mft Tl; toil Ira r CSC. —One who has mode a study of dys pepsia claims that in a largo number of bases the disturbance is due to the use ol lard. He suggests the liberal use of beef tallow to the exclusion of all pork fat as a remedy. He says a person who is fond of "grease," can saturate his food in this with no re sulting digestive disorder. TTaYgd namberrof slcttiairTmai-' grants oontinue to arrive at New Or leans. From one steamer 1.265 of them land'd, and there were many plcturetqu* scene* m the excitable •trangera came ashore. Many of them koei*. aad kissed the dirty boards of the wharf. Bearded mas rushed Into each others’* arm* aad ktraad with tha abaadoa aad vigor Of lor alow ^ ii?£!!z^is£zy