The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 21, 1897, Image 4
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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
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1 sad wha w»si I • egn laea-
tbvir own aeaaawt, sleallag
i esepa sad eastle sad preaspsty
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wails tbts hadpwvdeAstel was
■taff ta eesart. Na Pbw
delved it ■■■ i»«a la *a
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a Cppesaae^ lbs
•swabs tb» law
marb Wd’SlIrd
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army •#■»• —
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was ta dawn atm tp
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Ip drri mast pa Is* am at the tmal law
t if eamem (bay dtda t eapms la perms
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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
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sag* r t# rtsrnianat bad vwapt"! Mas,
and surolj no man Mho draji.y low
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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
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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
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ra e v er ,,
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that there
isiort
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feared
ervsev
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tu Speia
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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
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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
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wars.
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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.
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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
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