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THE SPLENDID SPUE THE ADVENTURES OF JACK MARVEL By ilVnil *? QUILLEK COUCH.; OHAPTBB VL (Continued.^ Ttnre was a whole town burning lllow. And In the iUmU men were flghtinc, u could be told by thelt shoots and the rattle and blase of ?Mkebjr. / Mow. the town was Marlboro and the attacking force a body of royal troops suit from Oxford to oast the gsraliiu of the Parliament, which they did this aame night with great slaughter, driving the rebels ont ot the place and back on the road to Bristol. Hsd we guessed this much Ill-lock had been spared as, bat wc knew nought of It nor whether friends or foes were getting the better. 80 (Dells being by this time recovered s Uttle) .we determined to pass the night In the woods, and on the morrow to give the plac* a wide berth. Betresting, then, to the hollow (tlist lay on the lee side of the ridge, awaj from the north wind), I gathered a pile of great stones and spread my cloek thereover for Delia. To fleep was impossible, even with the will for It. For the tumalt and lighting went on and only died oat about an hour before dawn, and once or twice we were troubled to hear the sound of people running on the ridge above 80 wo sst and talked In low voices tilt dawn, and grew more desperately hungered than ever. With the chill of daybreak we start ed. meaning to get quit of the neigh borhood before any espied us. and fetched a compass to the south with out another look st Marlboro. But before an hour bad passed by we were captnred by a troop of rebel! and tsken to Bristol, where I wac searched and my letter to the Kins tsken from me by Colonel Essex. ? Tou are now to be ask'd to paes over the next four weeks in as many min utes: as would I had done at the time! For I spent tliom In a bitter cold cell In the main tower of Bristol keep, with a chnlr and a pallet of atrsw for nil my furniture, nnd noth ing to stay my fnst but the bread nnd water which tlio jailer? a sour mnn, if ever there were one? brought me twice a day. What concerned mo most was the cold that gnaw'd mo continually these ?winter nights as I lay thinking of Delia (whom I bad not soon since our capture), or go sing on the patch of froety heaven that was all nay view. Tnras thus I hoard Bristol bells ring log for Christmas in the town below. Colonel Essex had been thrice to ?tait me, and always offer'd many ex coses for my treatment; but when he came to question me, why, of course. 1 had nothing to tell, so that each visit but served to vex him more. Clearly I was suspected to know a great deal beyond what appear'd in the letter; and no doubt poor Anthony Kiiligrew had recelv'd some verbal message from His Majesty which he lived not long enough to transmit to ine. As 'twas. I kept silence; and the Colonel in return would tell me noth ing of whnt had befallen Delia. W, One fine, frosty morning, then, when I had lain in tli!s distress just four creeks, the door of my cell opon'd. mud there nppear'd a young woman. ? not uneoinely, bringing in my bread and water. Slio was the Jailer's ?daughter, and wore a heavy hunch of keys at her girdle. > "Oh, good morning!" said I. for till >now her father had visited me, and itbirt was a welcome change. lnstea,d of answering cheerfully (as I look'd for), she gave o little nod of the head, rather sorrowful, and nu awer'd: "Father's abed with the ngue." "Now, you cannot expect me to be Horry." "Nay," flho said, find I caught her looking nt mo with something like compassion in her blue eyes. which mov'd roc to cry out suddenly: "I think you are woman enough to like a pair of lovers." "Ob, aye; but wberc's t'othc* half of tba pair?" "Yon're right. The young gentle woman that was brought hither with me-pl know not if sho loves me; but this I do know? I would give my hand to learn her whereabout nnd how she fares." "Bettor eat tbv loaf," put In tne girl very suddenly, setting down the plate and pitcher. 'Twos oild, but I ueom'd to hoar a aob In her voice. Ilowover, her back was townrd iuo an I glnnc'd tip. And next moment *he was gone. locking the Iron iloor behind her. 1 tuni'il frtwi iny breakfast rvltH n ali(b. having for Hie mfuuont tasted the to hoar something of Deiln. Hut in n while, fooling hungry. I pick'ri up the loaf b?*ldo me ond broke It In two. To my amaze, out dropp'd somethinj; that jing>d on tiio s;o::o lloor. Twnii a mnnll file: nnd. examine the loaf again, I found a clnap-knlfo nl?o, and a atrip of paper, Gently folded, bidden in th<* bread. ??Dear Jaek: ' . JjXtlonrl IOkwpx, finding no pood come offlkta interrogatories. hath net me at bg-jP; Iho* 1 continual under bin eye, to ffit, with a dftwil^r of hia-acqualnt* ance, a Mistress Finch. We dwell tn a prlvnte house midway down St. Thomn* atroot, In HodellflTe: and ?ho hath put a dismal dreas upon me (Jack, 'tl* hideous, otherwise uses me *?ot HI. But tako rare of thvself. m? flwrt friend; for tho* the Colonel be ft Kent II man, ho it prosed by them ?bout him, nnd interview I noted ^ftiiftclil<4|P' bin eye. Canst waa thl^ file? (tfSI take eare: all tho gates I saw guarded with trooper* to-day.)- Thlfy by no who hnth been my /riend: for whoae sake tare the paper up. And beleeve your cordial loving comrade. D. K." After reading thin a dozen time?, till I had It by heart, I tore the letter Into amail piece* and hid them In my pocket. Thin done I felt lighter' bearted than for many a day, and leather for employment than with any further rjew) began lastly to rub atraj at my yindow bar. The Ale work'd we(L By noon the bar vu half, eerer'd, and *1 broke off to whittle a tone. 'Twig: -"Vim ?d toot cms. Cwt 1? pud aonlu " and I broke off to hear the key turn in In my lock. The Jailer** daughter entered wjth my eecond meal. Her eyes were red With weeping. Said I. "Doe* your father beet your* "He hoe, before now," ehe replied; "but not to-day." "Then why do you weep?* "Not for that." "For what then?" "For you? oh, dear, dear! How shall I tell It? They are going to? to? " She nt down on the chair, and sobb'd In her apron. "Whit to't they are going to do?*' "To? to? h-hang you." "The derlll When?" ^ "Tnt-tat-to-morrow <no-horning!" I went suddenly very cold all orer. There was silence for a moment, and then I heard the noise of some one dropping a plank In the courtyard be low. "What's that?" "The gug-gug ?" "Gallows?" She. nodded. ? "You are but a weak girV Mid I meditating. "Aye; but there's a dozen troopers on the landing below." "Then, my dear, you must lock me up." I decided gloomily, and fell to whistling: ? "Vivre en tout can. C'est le grand souUa " A "workman's hammer In the court below cblm'd in, beating out the tune, and driving the moral home. I heard a low sob behind mc. The Jailer's daughter was going. "Lend me jour bodkin, my dear, for a memento." She pull'd it out and gave it to me. "Thank you, and now good-bye! Stop; here's a kiss to take to my dear mistress. They shan't hang mc, my dear." The girl went out. sobbing, and lock'd the door after her. I sa t down for a while, fooling dole ful. For I found myself extremely young to lie hanged. But soon the whaug? whang! of the hammer below rous'd me. "Come," I thought. "I'll see what that rascal is doing, at any rate," and pulling the file from my pocket, began to attack the window bar with a will. I had no need for silence, at this great height above the ground; and, besides, the hammering continued lnstlly. Daylight was closing as 1 finished my task, and, pulling the two pieces of the bar aside, thrust my head out at the window. * Directly under me, and about twenty feet from the ground, I saw a beam projecting, about s!x feet long, over a sort of doorway in the wall. Under this beam was a ladder, and a great coil of rope rested by the ladder's foot. Now up to thin moment I li?A but one idea of avoiding my fate, and tha* wns to kill myself. 'Twas to this end I had borrowed the bodkin of the mold. Afterward I had a notion of Hinging myself from the -window as they eame for me. Hut now, as I looked down on that eoil of ropt* lying directly l>elow, a prettier scheme struck me. I sat down on the floor of my cell and pulled ofT my hoots and stok Ings. 'Twas such a pretty plan that I got Into a fever of impatience. Drawing off a stocking and picking out the end of the yarn, I begnn to unravel the knitting for dear life, until the whole lay, a heap of thread, on the floor. I then' served the other In the same way; and at the end bad two linen, each pretty near four hundred yards In length, which now I divided Into eight lines of about a hundred yarde each. With those I set to work, and by the end of twenty minutes had plaited a rope? If rope, indeed. It could be called? weak to be sure, but long enough to reach the ground with plenty to spare. Then, having l>ent my hod kin to the form of a hook. I tied It to the end of the cord, weighted It with a crown from my poekbt, and clam bered up to the window. I was going to angle for the hangman's rope. 'Twas near dark by this, but I could just distinguish It on the paving stones nelow, and. looking about the tjourt, sa^v that 110 otic was astir. I wriggled flrst my head, then my shoulder, through the opening, and let the line run geatly through m.v hand. There were still many yards left that could be paid out. when 1 heard my coin tinkle softly on the pavement. Then began my difficulty. A dozefl times I pulled ray hook serosa tlifl coll before It hitched, nnd then a fall three score of times tho rope slipped away ocfore I hnd raised It a dozeu yards. My elbow waa raw, almost with leaning on the sill, and I began to lose heart and head, when, to my delight, tho .MHlkin caught and held. It had fastened on a kink In tho rope not far from the end. I Iwgan to pull up hand over hand, trembling all the while like a leaf. At fast I caught It, and, slipping back Into the room, pulled It nfter me yard after yard. My heart went loud and fnst. There was nothing to fasten It to but an Iron staple In the door; that meant losing the width of my coll, some six feet. This, however, must bo llsked, and I made the end fast, lowered the other out of the window again, and, climb ing to a sitting posture on the window, sill, thrust out my legs over the gulf. Thankful was I that darkness hnd fallen before this and hidden the giddy depths below mo. I gripped the rope and pushed myself Inch by Inch through the window, and out over tho ledge. For a moment I dangled, with out courage to move a hand. Then, vmtUai my )tp tha rope, I leased mjr Ml hud aal Might with It agala mn six techse lower. And so down I went Mteate followed mteate and left me ?till ilssnsn <11?. elx Inches at a timet ?ad looking neither tbore ?or below, but always at the gray wall that ?seiafld sliding ap la front of me. tfho first disslnees waa over, bat a horrible aching of the arma had taken the place of It. * Twss growing la* tolerable, when saddenlj m y lege, that sought to dose roaad the rope, foaad apace only. I had come to the cod. I looked down. A yard below my feet the bcam^of the gallows gteanaed palely oat of the darkness. Here waa my chaace. I left my hands dip down the last foot or so of rope, hong for a moment, then dropped for the beam. 1 My feet missed It, as I intended they sboald; bnt I flung both arms eat and caught it, bringing myself up with a Jerk. While yet I hung clawing, I heard a footstep coming through the gateway between the two wards. Here was a fix. With all speed and silence I drew myself up to the beam, found a hold with one knee?fipon It, got astride and lay down at length, flattening my body down against tbs timber. 1fet all the while I felt sure I must have been heard. The footsteps drew nearer and passed almost under the gallows. 'Twa? au officer. for, ss he passed, he called out: "Sergeant Downs! Sergeant Downs!" A voice from the guardroom In the barbican answered him through the darkness. "Why Is not the watch set?** "In a minute, sir; it wants a miuute to six." "I thought the Colonel ordered it at half past fiver* In the silence that followed the bar bican clock bepan to strike, and half a dozen troopers tumbled out from the guardroom, some laughing, some grumbling st the coldness of the night. The officer returned to the Inner ward, as they dispersed to their posts; and soon there was silence again, save for the tramp? tramp of a sentry cross ing and recrosslng the pavement be low me. All this -while I lay flattened along the beam, scarce daring to breathe. But at length, when the man had passed below for the sixth time, I found heart to wiggle myself toward the doorway over which the gallows protruded. By slow degrees, and paus ing whenever the fellow drew near, 1 crept close up to the wall, then, wait ing the proper moment, cast my legs over, dangled for a second or two swinging myself toward the sill, flung myself off, and, touching the ledge with one toe, pitched forward in tho room. The effect of this was to give me a sound crack as I struck the flooring, which lay about a foot below the level of the sill. I picked myself up and llsten'd. Outside the regular tramp of the sentry prov'd he had not heard me, and I drew a long breath, for I knew that without a lantern be would never spy, in the darkness, the telltale rope dangling from the fower. In the room where I stood all was right. But the flooring was uneven to the foot, and' scatter'd with small pieces of masonry. 'Twas on4 of the many chambers In the castle that had lropp'd into disrepair, Groping my way with both hands, and barking my ihins on the loose stones. I found a low vaulted passage that led me lilt? i second chamber, empty as the fl?*st. To my delight, the door to this waa ijar, with a glimmer of light slanting through the crack. I made, straight toward it, and pull'd the door softly. It open'd, and sliow'd a lantern dimly burning, and the utaircase of the keep Winding feast me, up into darkness. My chance was, of course, to de scend, which I did 011 tiptoe, hearing no sound. The stairs twisted down and down, and ciulod by a Hlout door witli another lamp shining above It. After li?tening a moment I decided to bp hold, and lifted the latch. A faint cry saluted inc. I stood face to face with the Jniler'a daughter. The room was n small one, well lit, and lln'd about tho walls with cups iind bottle*. 'Twas iih I gucss'd, a tup room for the soldiers, nnd the girl had been scouring one of the pewter mugs when iny entrance startled her. She stood up, white as If painted, and gasp'd: "Quick? quick! Down her* behind the countoi' for your life!" (To be continued.) The worst about the people wko make fools of themselves Is that the/ seem to enjoy It go thoroughly. rEKSONAL GOSSIP, Km nn i Eames has bocomc n vcgeta riau. President llooscvelt Is flvp foot eight iiid three-quarter inches tall. John D. Rockefeller has developed in enthusiasm for nutomoliillng. Tlu> Czar's regular Christmas present to the Kaiser is caviare In porcelain la rs. (lovernor Folk, of Missouri, has four brothers, all of whom have attained to more or less prominence. The Italian Minister of Public In- I Mruelion made use of 07.000 visiting cards during his two months in office. Andrew Carnegie hns offered the University of Virginia a gift of $r>00, 000 on condition that the university will raise nil equal amount. It. I. Knapp. the Inventor of the slde lill'. plow, died at Half Moon. Cnl., re cently. lie was a native of New York, but went to California In 1850. The tier ma n Emperor hns given to Harvard University the Herman ex hibit from the Ht. Louis Exposition, which represents the social ethics of Ills country. Ocorge II. Sisro, a Sandy Hook pilot, retired by the commissioners on ac count of old n?e. declared that at sev ?Mity-nlne lie is a better man than he was at forty. Mine. Melon's maiden nnme was Nel lie Mitchell. Her father, Davhl Mitcli ?ll, now seventy-six years of age. Is rated as one of the wealthiest men In [he Australian Commonwealth. Mrs. Isabella Ilccchcr nooker, the ?nly surviving child of Dr. Lymnn Beecher, a sister of Henry Ward Reedier Htowc, recently celebrated her ?lghty-t)ilrd birthday in Hartford, Conn. Manuel Enrlquec. one of the oldest pioneers of California and the Inst sur vivor of (Jeneral Fremont's battalion in the Mexican Wnr. hns recently died at Lot* Angeles. He was born in Peru. MC APHOPMAnONS Cm|icu SfMtfs MIc Futft Vilk Urttk Iu4 time bius acskcate ieavilv luato Pmm NitolHci Bill* Carry Ing Uni.tMII Pensions, $138? OOO.OOOt Mi Rivtrs and Harbors, tn.vn.m H?J000 Addod to Rlv ?rt and Harbors Moaauro. Washington. 8peclal.? During the day the Senate considered and passed three supply Mils aggregating an ap propriation at over $357,000,000 and at night took ?p a fourth bill carrying oyer $67,000,000. This session began *t 11 a. m., and after recess lasting from f to 8, continued well Into the night. The appropriation measures passed drulng the days sssslons were: The Postofflce bill, carrying $181,000,000 and the river and harbor bill, carrying In Immediate appropriation and continu ing contracts. $88,350,809. The river and harbor Mil was Increased by $332. 000. among the Increases being Wlnyah Bay. S. C.. $40,000; Charleston. 8. C.; $35,000; Cumberland River, Tenn. $50, 000. During the considering of the poet offlce bill Mr. Clay took exception to the. increase of the appropriation for pneumatic tube service to $1,500,000. saying that the Postmaster General's eetlmste called for only $500,000. He said that the plan was to extend the service to cities of 200,000. and added that already cities of 100,000 were be ginning to ask for the service. He slso asserted thst the expenditures on be half of the postofflcee In the United States were now practically equal to the entire expenses of the government fourteen yesrs ago. Mr. McCombs prposed sn amend ment giving preference to soldiers of the war of the rebellion in the matter of the transfer of railway clerks to the regular clerical service. "Mske it soldiers of the civil war." suggested Mr. Bacon, adding. "It Is more courteous*" The change was made and the amendment agreed to. The Senate agreed to conference re ports on the Military Academy and Agricultural Department appropriation bills. The report on the agricultural ap propriation bill showed that the Senate conferees had receded from the Senate amendment requiring semi-monthly re ports on the cotton crop. Mr. Bacon read a telegram from President Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association, urging the impor tance of more frequent reports and himself dwell upon the wisdom of the amendment. He said, however, that he appreciated the pertinacious and unyielding opposition of the House and that the Senate could not do other wise than yield. He attributed this opposition to the Agricultural Depart ment, saying that subordinates, and not the head of that Department had haunted the capltol to defeat the leg islation. He remarked that it was the duty of legislative officials to execute the laws and that If they could not do so they should be required to retire from office. Mrs. 8tanford Poisoned. Honolulu, By Cable. ? Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford, of San Francisco, widow of the late United States Sen ator Leland E. Stanford, died at 11.40 o'clock Wednesday night at the Moana Hotel here. Suspicious circumstances surround the death of Mrs. Stanford. She was taken 111 at 11 o'clock, and said: "I have been poisoned." An autopsy was held and it was found that strychnine had been admin istered, but by whom is not yet de termined. to Start 8outh. New York, Special. ? A number of the members of the New York Na tional League baseball club will leave for the Southern training trip by the City of Mason, of the Savannah line, on Thursday. Mathewson, Wiltz, Bowerman, Dahlen and others will be among the players to start. They go from Savannah to Birmingham. Ala., to play from March 15 to the 26. Attacks Repulsed. St. Petersburg, By Cable. ? General Kuropatkln, In a dispatch to Emperor Nicholas dated Friday, says: "Ten at tacks made by two Japanese battal ions and some cavalry west of the village of Tanslngtong have been re pulsed. The Japanese renewed the attack In the morning of February 27 and were again repulsed. They left a hundred corpses in front of our posi tions. The Russian loss vas six men/ Russians Hold Their Own. Mukden, By Cable. ? Fighting Is In progress along the whole line, the Japa nese attacking everywhere. All attacks were beaten back, and the Russians mado counter-attacks at many places." On the right flnnk the Russians occu pied the village of Boatatzsl, which Is close to Sandlapu, and from that posi tion hurled hand greiitides across the intervening ravlno Into the Japanese trenches in Sandlapu, causing heavy loss and great disorder. Must He Rereatf 8t. Petersburg, By Cable. ? Word comes from a high source that Gen eral Kuropatkln considers his position on the Shakhe river to bo menaced to such an extent by General Kuroki's success on the left flank as to necessl tate the Immediate withdrawal of this army to Tie Pass, and has so advised Emperor Nicholas. No confirmation of this Is obtainable in military circles here, where It is pointed out that with the Japanese pressing the whole Rus sian line such an operation must al most Inevitably end in a disaster of the first magnitude. Woman and Child Shot. Spartanburg. 3. C.# Special. ? A dlffl c ilty occurred this morning at the 8 artanburg junction, between Chas A derson and his brother, Ernest An d< son, colored, and Wallace Whltlock ar. 1 Robert Whltlock, white, which resulted In several r.hots being ex changed between Charles Anderson and Robert Whltlock. No lives wer? lost, but Mrs. Whltloev, wife of Wal lace Whltlock, and her young chll<! were struck by the shot from Ander son's gun, and sustained palnfal, but Hot serious injuries. Tha Mkate mi Homm Riptiwly ad Week? What They are Doing. Thy Civil Appropriation Bill. Tho Beott* pawed the sundry civil MlwprtlUoo bill, carrying about $?8. 900,940. Various amendments weri offered to the measure, and most of them were debated at some length There also was discussion of the pure food bill. and Mr. Dolllver made a brief speech in support of his reso lution providing for the appointment of a joint congressional commission to investigate the question of railroad rates. The resolution was referred to the committee on inter-State com merce. When the sundry civil bill came up, the House provision relating to the expenses of Federal judges was amended at the Instance of Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, so as to provide pay "for reasonable expenses actually Incurred for travel and attendance," not exceeding $10 a day. Mr. Culberson presented an amend ment, prohibiting the allowance of fees to -United States district attor neys In excess of their salaries. It was aimed especially at the New York district attorney. Mr. Bacon suggest ed a fixed salary of 910,000 for the New York officer, and with this change the amendment was adopted. It prohibits the payment of fees to district attorneys except In the case of the District of Attorney. An amendment was adopted author izing the construction of a light-ship off Brunswick, G a., at a cost of 850, 000. The bill was then passed. A conference on the river and har bor bill was granted, and Messrs. Gsl li tiger. Nelson and Berry appointed conferees on behalf of the Senate. Mr. Heyburn Immediately called up the pure food bill and addressed the Senate on Its provisions. While talk ing he was Interrupted by many Sena tors desiring to pass bills. Among these was one prohibiting the sending of insects injurious to crops through the malls. Mr. Culberson objected, and in doing so had a letter read from Charles William Cunningham, of Tex as, proposing to "corner" the cotton crop by the wholesale introduction of the boll weevil into the Southern States. While the letter purported to be from Texas, it was written on paper bearing the letter head of Pricfc, McCormlck & Company, of New York' and the writer said that the name signed was fictitious. Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, offered a number of amendments to the pure food bill, and discussed the provisions of the measures. Mr. Hale reported the general deficiency, after which a recess was taken. When the Senate reassembled, the pure food bill was temporarily laid aside, and Mr. Kern reported back the resolution instructing the committee on inter-State commerce to sit during the approaching recess of Congress. The resolution was commented upon by several Senators. At the instance of Mr. Martin, the scope of the reso lution was so extended as to Include an investigation into the liability of railroads for accidents to employes, and was then adopted. Tho general deficiency appropria tion bill, the last of the great supply measures, was taken up. While the general deficiency bill was under consideration Mr. Martin called up the House bill appropriating (250,000 for a celebration in 1907 of the first settlement of English-speak ing people, and it was passed. The bill will now go to the President. Mr. ?^nJ?l>rou**1 moved to Increase from $10,000 to $25,000 the appropriation to defray the expense of the congression al committee to attend the opening of the Lewis and Clark exposition. Mr. Bailey opposed the increase saying that $1,000 each for the com mittee on such a trip is unwarranted extravagance. Ths motion was voted down The general deficiency blli was passed after striking out the Hcnse provision appropriating $190,000 to pay mileaz* to Senators and Repre sentatives ov, account of the extra ses sion of the 58th Congress. Messrs. Allison, Hale and Cockrell were appointed conferees on the sun dry ( Ivil bill. For Jamestown Exposition. The Senate bill providing for partici pation in the exposition to celebrate the flrat permanent settlement of English-speaking people on the Wes tern hemisphere, In the vicinity of Jamestown, Va., on the waters of Hampton Roads, was provided by the House when, by a vote of 192 to 91, the dill for that purpose was passed under a suspension of the Rules. The amount appropriated is $250,000. To put the bill through a two-thirds vote was neces sary, and this was obtained only after considerable debate. The members of | the Virginia delegation during the roll call mingled among their colleagues and personally appealed to them to cast their votes In support of the meas ure. An Interested speccatov was Oen. Fitzhugh Lee, president of the expo sition company. Mr. Maynard, of Virginia, moved to 3uspend the rules and pass the bill ap propriating $250,000 for an Internation al naval, marine and military celebra tion to be held on the waters of Hamp ton Roads, beginning May 13 and end ing not later than Nov. 1, 1907, in com memoration of the first permanent set tlement of English-speaking people in America at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1007. Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, chairman of the committee on industrial arts and expositions, in favoring the bill, gave a graphic description of the plans i and purposes of the exposition com- I pany. The bill also was strongly sup- ! ported by Mr. Sulzer, of New York, on the ground that expositions educate tho people and that the results are lasting and beneficial. The whole plan was described by Mr, Burkett as "ridiculous from beginning to end." The proposed exposition, he said, was clouded with indeflniteness, because, he said, no one knew when or how long It was going to be held or whether there would be a single cent available to hold the exposition at all. Mr. Hepburn could only see In the appropriation an international junket for certain foreign guests, provided they came with a military or naval dis play, In addition, he said. It was but the authorization for further expendi ture. Mr. Barker, of New York, also oppos ed the measure. Mr. Samson, of Virginia, replying to Mr. Burkett, Indignantly denied that the money was Intended for a govern ment exhibit. He emphatically assert ed that the exposition company had at Its disposal $1,200,000 for tho undertak ing. The debate was brought to a close by Mr. Orosvenor, of Ohio, who. In fa voring tho bill, appealed to tin- llotiso to get rid of tho questions of economy, and of territory for a moment, "and do an act of Justice to tho grand old patriotic Commonwealth of Virginia." On division the House by a vote of 185 to 81, suspended the rules nnd pass ed the bill, but on demand of Mr. l>lt tlefleld, the yeas and nays were order* cd and the bill was passed. WW VACCINATION UW Full Text of the Act Recently Pa? d ..Permitting Municipalities to En forco Vaccination. Following is tho text of an Impor tant act pa? od at the rocent session >f the general assembly relating to x>mpulaory vaccination. A aim liar law >f the State of Massachuaetts has just seen upheld hy the Supreme Court of the United States. The act Is: A bill authorising the passage of or linances by Incorporated citlea and towns, and the promulgation of rules &nd regulations by the State board of health, to enforce and compel the vac cination and revaccinatlon of citlsens *nd residents of the State of South Carolina; and prescribing the duties of certain officials and persons to that ?nd, and providing certain penalties for failure, refusal*or neglect to comply with the provisions of the same. Be It enacted by the general assembly of the State of 8outh Carolina: 8ection 1. The city or town council of every Incorporated city or town in this State may provide by ordinance for the vaccination and revaccinatlon with fresh bovine virus under the di rection of the health authorities of said cities or towns, or of some com petent physician appointed fbr that purpose, of all the citizens and resi dents of such cities and towns ex cepting such persons as obtained the sertlflcate of a reputable physician that vaccination would be dangerous to health. Such ordinance shall establish the periods of time, satisfactory to the 3tate board of health, within which vaccination and revaccinatlon shall be required; shall provide for vaccination ind revaccinatlon of indigent and pau per individuals at the expense of the :ity or town; and shall establish and provide penslties by quarantine ard otherwise of such persons ss are con victed of neglect or refusal to obey the provisions of such ordinances. Section 2. The State board of health shall have general direction and su pervision of vaccination and revacci natlon in all cities and towns, and shall. In case of threatened epidemic of smallpox in any such community, and if Insufficient ordinances therein, re quest the passage of the city or town ^ouncH of a new ordinance framed in accordance with the provisions of sec tion 1 of this act. The State board of health shall have full and absolute con trol In matters of vaccination and vac cination of all persons within this State, who do not reside within the limits or jurisdiction of any incor porated city or town, and shall promul gate rules and regulations which shall have the force and effect of law for vaccination and revaccinatlon of sncn persons under the supervision and di rection of agents appointed by the said board, and which shall contain pro visions similar to those of section 1 of this act upplylng to ordinances, but ?uch requirements may be modified by the State board of health In case it sparsely settled communities so as only to apply during apprehended dan ger of an epidemic of smallpox and the necessary expense of such vaccina tion or revaccinatlon shall be paid by the county commissioners of the county within which the persons treated re side. and a bill or certificate of the ser vices performed endorsed and approved by the State board of health shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and value of such services. The State board of health shall at all times keep in stock a supply of fresh bovine virus and supply the same to cities, towns ind individuals without cost. Section 3. If the city or town coun cil of any incorporated city or town shall neglect or refuse to pass an or dinance in accordance with the pro visions of section 1 of this act. it shall be the duty of the state board of health to promulgate rules and regu lations for the vaccination of the citi zens and residents of such incorporat ed city or town, which rules and regu lations shall have the force of an or dinance, and the state board of health shall have the power, and it is hereby made its duty, to enforce obedience to such rules and regulations by the pro mulgation and enforcement of proper quarantine regulations whenever the said board shall deem It necessary for the preservation of the public health from possible danger of a threatened epidemic of smallpox, at. the cost and expense of such incorporated city or town. In case such incorporated city or town shall refuse or neglect to re imburse the state hoard of health for all of the costs, charges and expenses incurred under this section. Including the cost of any necessary quarantine then the state board of health Is here, by empowered to collect the .same by suit in any court of the state having Jurisdiction, from such incorporated city or town, and a statement of such cost and expenses by the state hoard of health shall be prima fade evidence of the amount of said costs and ex penses. Section 4. No superintendent of any institution of learning, and no school board, or principal of any school in this state shall admit as a pupil any child or person who cannot produce satisfactory evidence of having been vaccinated so often as (he ordinance of the city or town in which the school is located, or If not located within the city or town, so often as the rules and regulations of the state board of health may direct. j Section 5. It Is hereby made t tie duty of every parent, guardian or other per son. charged with I lie care of. or re sponsibility for. any child, to see that such child Is vaccinated so often as may be directed by ordinance of the Incorporated city or town in which such child resides, or if not a resident of an incorporated city or town, so often as the rules and regulations of the stste board of health may direct. Section 6. No owner, leaee, mana ger, superintendent, or agent oper ating any manufacturing, phosphate plant, saw mill, turpentine still, store, railroad or other business employing workmen, laborers or gangs of men. women or children, who work, sleep or eat together, shall employ any man woman or child who ennnot produce satisfactory evidence of having been vacclrfatcd. And it shall be the duty of such owner, lesee, superintendent, manager, or agent, to see that such employes are vaccinate,! so often as the ordinances of the Incorporated city or town In which said business Is located, or the rules and regulations of the state board of health. If such busi ness Is not located within any Incor porated city or town, may direct. Section 7. Any officer or person who shall fall, neglect or refuse to comply with any provvlslon of this act appli cable to such officer or person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof. In a court or com petent Jurisdiction, shall be fined in the sum of $100 or be imprisoned for 30 days. Section 8. That all acts and parts of acts In conflict with the provision? of this act. be and tho same are hore by. repealed. Section 9. This act shall take effect Immediately upon Its approval by the Governor. PALMETTO MATTERS Many Ntvmy Items Qathartd From ?II tactlom. General Cotton Market. Middling Vow Orleans, easy 7 1-4 :1 Mobile, quiet 7 3-8 Savannah, quiet 7 M ] Charleston. Arm 7 1-4 Wilmington, steady 7 1-4 Morfolk, steady 7 6-8 Baltimore, nominal 7 7-8 Sew York, quiet 7.75 3oston, quiet 7.75 Philadelphia, quiet 8.00 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid ' jo wagons. Strict good middling 7 3-18 Dood middling 7 3-4 Strict middling 7 6 8 Middling 7 5-8 Tinges 6 3-4 to 7 1-4 . Stains 5 1-4 to 6.00 CONTAGIOUS DI8EA8E8 TO BE RE8ISTED. \ *et Passed by the Legislature Recent ly Will Give Local Communities Following is the text of sn act to jrerent the spread of contagious dis eases, a very importsnt measure: Section 1. That each incorporated tillage. town and city of this State shall lave and maintain a board of health, inder the direction and control of the State board of health. Sec. 2. That all local boards of health ihall forthwith quarantine such con .aglous diseases as smallpox, dyph herta and scarlet fever, as soon as ".he knowledge of the occurrence of tuch disease cornea or is brought to .heir attention; they shall cause to be placed notices at the entrance of the premises where the disease may be lo cated. stating the disease and that the building Infected is quarantined. The luarantine shall remain in force until the attending physician sh^ll certify :hat the danger of the contagion is passed or removed; that no person ihall enter or depart from the premises io quarantined during its quarantine ?xcept attending physician, without a tpecial permit from the board of wealth. Sec. 3. That when infectious diseases juch as enumerated in section 2 ??ccur jutside of incorporated towns, the at :ending physician shall quarantine the premises whereon the same occur, give notices and assume the duties of the board of health in the premises; and he *hall report the same to the nearest board of health; and that in the case of such quarantine of a country house by :he attending physician, no one except himself shall enter or depart the prem ises without the permit of the attend ing physician. Sec. 4. That any person violating tin provisions of this act shall, upon con viction. be deemed guilty of a mis iemeanor and shall be fined not ex ceeding $100 or imprisoned not ex< ced ing 30 days; and that each member of the council of any town neglecting or refusing to establish and maintain a local board of health shall be deemed to violate this act, and upon conviction ihall be subject to the foregoing pen alties. South Carolina Items. In the court of common pleas in Spartanburg Tuesday, the case of K D. Bloyers vs. the Southern Railway, an action which was begun Mondny afternoon to recover $1,750 for trans ferring mails from one train to another at the Southern depot, was concluded, the Jury rendering a verdict in favoi of tho plaintiff. The case consumed all of Monday afternoon an. I tlx- en lire morning Tuesday. When the case was given to the jury very lit 1 1? time was taken in urriviug at a ver diet, which was for the full amount sued for by the plaintiff. William Prophet. colored. was iir rested nt Yemassce by Constable Pinckney after a short chase and turned over to SherifT McTcer. ol Heaufort, f??r safe keeping until In- i> given a preliminary on three charge.* of burglary. his crimes having been committed in Ycmassee several months ago in stores at that place He was recognized by the constable as he stepped to the ground from a train, and he made a desperate attempt to escape by jumping on an engine. ' The funeral of Col. .fames 1,. Ori was held at Christ Episcopal Church in Orcoenvllle. Tuesday afternoon at J o'clock, and a large concourse of rcl at Ives and friends were present tr. pay the last tribute of respect tr. one universally known and admired It is said to have been one of the most largely attended funerals ever held in that city. Many people were in attend ance from every part of the State The floral offerings were profits:* am: beautiful. Ex-Senator John L. Mcl.aurin has sent out an emphatic denial of a stor> to the effect that he ia seeking a posl tion on the cotton commission, it is proposed to get congress to create, am; says ho will not accept an appoint ment on the commission, even If i< should be offered to him. The dispensary investigation com mission met Monday and organize, by electing Senator Hay chairman. A H. Uooth, of Newberry, stenographer I and clerk and Sergeant nt Arms o; the Senate J. Fred Si-hum pert, also o' Newberry, marshal. The cotnmisslor will hold its first meeting for business about the first of May. Mr. E. I). Smith, president of tin South Carolina Cotton Association mado an address In Columbia Frldn* night and secured pledges of con slderably more thfin $1,000 for the ben eflt of the association. These promts es of money came principally fron fertilizer and cotton seed oil com panics. The Columbia Chamber o Commerce promised to try to rais? at least $1,000. Treasurer Hyatt says he wants not less than $.""?. <?i?u Immo diately. An attempt wnr- mrv'e Sunday nigh in Columbia to break open the van 1 of tho Norrls-Cooner Co. The worl was bungling, hhowing that the at tempted deed was committed by at amateur cracksman. Ono hundred bales of cotton wen burned at. Lancaster Thursday, spark: from an engine set tine: it on fire. / great deal of damage was done. It it said tho cotton whs Insured. It Is now very probable that Dr. R C. Heed, ono of the leading professor: at tho Columbia Theological Sernln nry, will accept a recent call madi him by the Presbyterian Church a Gaatonla, N. C. ^