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( ?* / VOL. XL ^[5R.T JRAY^EL fi ~~7?^77u3\o r Tf ?w?W' n'FOt* '** AMBUSH ** Tf ROM rnr^RANKS " At 10 that. beautiful Juno morning thero was something more than pathetic about poor Lucrctia's sorrows. Whilo Fonton, Mrs. Farrar, Helen, silent, bravo faced Ellis, and a dozen sympathetic souIh from all over the post were gathered on tho north piazza overhanging the bluff and the roaring waters of tho Platte, signaling to Will and watching eagerly his vigorous movements, tho lady of the houso re\ muiiicd within doors, wept unceasingly and refused to be comforted. "It is dreadful to think of tho condition that chicken salad will be in," sho moaned. "It is preposterous to talk to 1110 of patience! I've said all along it was to bo an unlucky day, bccuuso you nil know perfectly well?at least if you don't you ought to?that it is just 13 years ago this day that wo were all gathered at Fort Crook for the funeral of Captain Crocus, which was to tako place the moment the ambulance got in from tho front, and the hand was all ready, and tho escort and the hearse and ?and after all the whole thing 1 ad to be abandoned, for when the ambulance got in there were no remains at all?at least there were, but they wen n't ready for burial because they'd revive d and were sitting up and saying shocking things. Why, I think u wedding without a bride is ten times worse than a funeral without a?without a"? But here, it must he admitted, tho burst of laughter in which Koike indulged was too lunch for her determination to weep, and, blazing through her tears, the maiden demanded explanation of his unseemly conduct. Iiorko was a permanent member (if tho colonel's establishment now, but bo could not riskMiss Luerctia's displeasure, and was wise and knew his danger and lied to the kitchen, there to tell cook and Chinaman the lady's plaintive monologue, while Amory, equally conscienceless, ran out to convulse with it tho party on tho porch. And then in tho midst of all tho laughter camo delirious news from the "best man" sent to meet the bride and Ormsby at tliostation and break to them the direful news that "tho bridegroom was late." Tho train had passed Fcttcrman Bend. The brido would bo there in 20 minutes. And she came, and what a scene there Was I And how she was hugged and kissed and mauled and pulled about, and how she strove to tell of her tribu lations and could not for the voluino of welcome, exclamation and interrogation, and not. until trunks, boxes and what alls had been whisked away to her room aloft and somebody said it was almost 11 o'clock did she find breath and opportunity to say: "Gracious heavens 1 And I'm to be married at noon! And not si thing done yet! Why?why? whore's Willy?" Airlmst tliev looked nt nun nnnllmv Wjvh not nil this to huvo boon explained by Way no? Iladn't Way no told her? Told her? Told iior what? All Major Waynn said to her about Willy was that hp was almost frantic with impatience to meet her, but ho'd?ho'd have to tako his bath first. What did ho mean by sending such ridiculous stuff? What wero they all laughing?crying at? Isn't hero? Couldn't cross? Can't ho swim? Why, the man sho thought ho was would swim Niagara rather than miss bis wedding day! And then?oh, day of days?perhaps her words annihilated spaco and reached the ears of the maddened lover, for at the very moment came an Irish howl from the porch without. "Oh, fur the luvof God, shtop himl Don't let him! Oh, mother of Moses, it's drownin ho is!" And then, all shrieks and terror, did most of the party scatter for tho balconies, while, all shrieks and terror and protestations that she'd never speak to him again if he dared to, Kitty collapsed upon a sofa. Was ever there a wedding day to match it? Soaked to the skin, dripping, but triumphant, Will Farrar rodo out of tho floods and up the heights amid tho frenzied acclamations of tho garrison, and throwing himself from tho saddlo at tho colonel's gato demanded to seo, if not to squeeze, his brido. There wero they gathored, tho elito of Fort Frayne, somo in wedding garb, somo in traveling dress, and what a choer went up as ho sprang to tho porch and his mother wanted to OJasp mm, dripping though ho was, to her heart of hearts. Not so Kitty. "Don't you come noar mo, you dreadful thing!" she cried, and, laughing and protesting, ho was led away to bo caparisoned for tho ccromony. Lucrctia's spirits wero onco moro in ebullition. Wayno was back, tho romains had como; so why longer delay proceedings? They were not. There was as blitho and bright and joyous a soldier wodding that perfect noonday as evor was soon within tho walls of old Fort Frnyne, and Kitty made a bowitcliing bride, and there was a wonderful unloading of sorrow from heart after heart on to the shoulders of one luckless, sorely tried man, Major Porcival Way^o. Oh, Mad Anthony! Dut hero was one of thy descendants ten times worthy thy liamot In that one day there camo crushing in upon him tho consequences of a generation of misdoing. It Was on on or h that bo ahnnlrl liovn failed to explain matters to Kitty. It was worso when he took tho first opportunity to explain matters to .Tack. His way of doing it was somewhat as follows, and they were dressing for tho ooromony, and Jack, gorgeous in his full dress uniform as a lieutenant of the Seventh, was sick at heart over the cold, constrained greeting accorded him by Ellis. "Why, of course, old follow, you didn't impose silence on ino, and Is'poso I let out about your engagement"? "My what?" says |x>or Jack aghast. "Your engagement. You said, even to attend Kitty's wadding, you couldn't get away until your* was fulfilled?on the 10th, wasn't it?" "Certainly, our annual inspection. No man in the Seventh N^ould miss that for love or money." "Hut, Jack, don't you know? I'm sure you told 1110 aladvwas in thn cnm> You told mo her name, and?indeed, you did?that Eflle and you were to bo tied"? "You transcendental idiot! I told you P and I?Company F and Company I? were tied for place and neither dared loso a point.'' And then, instead of smashing Way no, as was his first thought, Jack fled down stairs in search of Ellis und found her and told her Wayne's story and then his own, breathlessly, eagerly, imploringly, and there were blushes and tears and soft laughter and soft, happy murmurs, and?and how horribly those lug epaulets get in the way and service medals and soutache braid scratch at such times! And at last did Jack uplift Ins voice again to say, "Ellis, I'm in heaven," and then did she uplift a blushing, tear stained, kiss rumpled face to archly inquire, "A Seventh heaven, Jack?" and then did old Ponton ooiuo blustering in to take a veteran's share in the engagement. It was known all over the house before the wedding party started. Then enmo the next sceno in Mad Anthony's play. Amory and the chaplain declare to this day that when tho party was duly marshaled at tho altar the major cln ked his heels together and raised his hand in salute and began, "JSir, tho parade is"? when Ormsby k, "TIclcn, dorlAny?not that! Don't waste t)\osc kisses." caught tho hand and brought it down. But when it mine to tho ring there was couKternation. To tho horror of tho groom, tlie despair of tho bride, hut to tho marked and tremulous emotion of Aunt Luoretin, tho circlet produced for tho occasion by the dazed best man was an old fashioned but beautiful cluster of flushing gems. Only by a miracle did it happen that the other ring was in his possession. How the mixture oc? u <; ?- ?-l i imihi iim iu nun no linn; it) It IJ, 1111111 1 ntt r, when all were gathered, for thoro wero two whose fortunes wo have followed through theso long, long chapters who were absent from tho ceremony, who, in fact, wero having one of their own, and to these two, whilo tho band without is softly playing in front of the chapel, and in eager hundreds tho men are gathered to cheer the brido and groom on their reappearance, let us turn and listen. "No, dear Mrs. Fnrrnr," wore Helen Daunton's words as tho eager guests were pouring forth to tho wedding. "They are bringing him here, even now, so that he may welcome Will and Kitty tai their return from tho wedding ho cannot see. " And no sooner was the party fairly at the chapel than there drove to tho colonel's door the old colonel, and two soldiers assisted to alight and led to tho doorway the soldierly form of Captain Lealo, his eyes still covered by tho deep green shade. It was Helen Daunton's hand that guided him into the lately crowded parlor, and he knew tho touch and thrilled with the joy of it. "HelenI" ho cried. "Thoy told mo all wore gone. What u blamed welcomo! I've been ho long in exile! With your voice the old home feeling 1'vo boon groping for comes to mo through the dark." "Then it is still dark with you?" who faltered. There was a moment's pause. Tho band had just ceased the joyous march with which it had "trooped" tho wedding party into the chapel, and then, as though in accompaniment to tho coremony just beginning and to the sweet romance already throbbing here, tho exquisite strains of tho "Traumerei" soltly thrilled upon the fragrant air. " Helen 1" ho spoke, his deep voice trembling, us did the hand that still ching to hers. "You know that for me tho lights went out beforo evor that powder flash crossed my eyes." She strove, hardly knowing why, to release her hand. "No, dear," he went on gently. "Don't be afraid I h'avo come back to vex you with my sorrows; but listen, they will all be here in in a moment I wont away hoping to toach my heart a friendship for vou that should trivo me I , - - a I the right to come again and servo you as your friond. When I found that it was almost suro that I should walk in darkness all my life, I said, 'Now at least I can nooept the blessing of her friendship, even asshooffered it to mo.' A man maimed and set. apart from his fellows can learn thankfulness for a great good, though it is not his heart's desire." And hero h?*r graceful head was bowed, and silently her tears came gushing forth. "But timo has taught mo the falsity of that," he went on, firmly now. "You shall never misunderstand mo. Even in the dark my pulso ?flT* n\ / '* CONWAY 3. C boat gave tho lio to friendship. 1 lovod you, I lovo you, and so lmvo come to say a Ion# good by. I've made mv tight to be your friend and failed. At b ast I lmvo been a soldier. 1 will not be a coward." She could control herself no longer. Though sho had freed her hands, she seemed involuntarily stretching them forth. Then, loaning upon the table for support, ono hand found the glove that ho had removed and laid there. He had withdrawn a pace and lifted his head IIS llllllli'ti 11 > > > liliirliliwl nri.u ?'i*n ing t<> peerk from under tlu-ir shade for one look at the fueo they hud gazed upon in Mich passionate farewell so many months before. Tho strains of the "Traunterei" were still thrilliiiK softly through the open casements, ami, overcome with emotion, tenderness and passion, Helen bent and laid her soft lips i* fervent pressure on tho senseless glove. Then tho room rang with a sudden, startling, joyous cry. The shade wont whizzing into space, and the next instant Lcalo had sprung to her and seized her in his arms. "Helen, darling ? not that I Don't waste those kisses!" And she sank sobbing in his arms just as?grand, joyous", triumphant?the strains of the wedding inarch burst forth, ie-echoing among the walls of Fort Frayne. Koike was the first man to come tearing m to announce the return of the wedding party and tho guests, but Fenton was close on his heels "on hospitable cares intent" and exploding over Wayne's performances. There was no time for a formal reception. "Proceedings" had been delayed well nigh all hour as it was and the cast bound train was reported unaccountably on time. Pride and bridegroom, bridesmaids, ushers, bachelors and benedicts, maids and matrons?Fort Frayne seemed surging tmiiultuously up the colonel's step, surrounding and bedeviling poor Wayne to the verge of distraction. He laid the blame Oil his snrillir overcoat, a venom. bio garment of tho fashion of SI) years agono, but tliut ho had so seldom worn as to cause it to seem to him ever now and available, and for this garment lie darted into the adjoining quarters whilo tho laughing guests came tripping up tho stops in the wake of the bride, who, totally ignoring Helen and Lenin now, who were gazing into each other's eyes in the deep how window, rushed at her uncle with characteristic explosivo abuse. "I'll never bo married at Fort Fray no again as long as I live I What on earth did Major"? But she could go 110 further, for the shout of laughter that greeted her sally and the exclamations which resulted from the discovery of Lenlo and Helen silenced her completely. And then tho bride was rushed away to (loir her lincry and reappear in traveling guilt, and then Will was hustled to his quarters to change his full dress uniform to tho conventional garb of civil life, just as Wayne eaino in, dazed, half demented, overcoat in 0110 hand and a package in tho other that he now dreamily held forth to Ormsby, who took it, as wondoringly opened and began slowly counting over a number of greenbacks, solo contents of the wrap [hi, ij-ii jiu orojipt u mem as 01 little consequeuco when tho bewildered major produced a moment later another?a little note from tlm depths of an inner pocket. They wero all crowding around him now, but at sight of this missivo Ellis made a spring and captured it, only just in time, and was seized in turn by Ormsby, who pleaded for possession of what was plainly addressed to him, and then came renewed uproar, for Will reappeared in uniform trousers and unfastened blouse and a towering rage. "Of all things that could have happened to a man, think of this I" ho cried. "Major Wayne, didn't you promise mo from the field to send that dispatch to Hatfield tho moment you got to tho post?'' "I did, and I pledgo my solemn word that I kept it. I sent it tho very first T -A. 1- ? [MIHl. 1 hll'lU'K. "You did, for a fact, you moonstruck ?oli, but juwfc liaten, nil of you I Inatoud of my traveling suit here's what I find?a letter from Hatfield, forwarded from Fort Washakie. 'Dear Hir: In accordance with your telegraphic instructions, we have this day forwarded to you a cutaway tweed traveling suit by American express and triiHt the eaino is,' etc., 'also statement of*?uin, never mind that?'We are'?now, mark this, all of you, good people?'wo aro somewhat at a loss to understand your sudden change of address, but are compel led to act on your telegram, a copy of which is inclosed. "Fort Washakio, May 25. Have tweed cutaway traveling suit hero by 13th prox. without fail. W. Farrar. " ' Fort Washakiol Grnoious powers! Think of my traveling suit at Washakie and I here and the train comingl" "But, Willy, dear," said his mother soothingly, "surely you can wear for just a day or two last year's suit. " "That? Now? Why, heavens ablaze 1 Rorke couldn't snneezo me into it witli a shoehorn. I'll hnvo to travel in my pyjamas. Oh, couldn't I murder you, |Major Percivftl Wayno!" Poor Wayne's cup was indeed full to overflowing. Martin and somo of the youngsters lugged Will off to squeeze him iuto lout year's garments, mado on Oftdot uioasure, and then down came Kitty, tho bonniest of brides, in tho daintiest and most coquettish of cos* tnmes, and while Korko and his satellites were passing the champagne, and overybody?no, almost cveiybody?was crowding about the bride, there stood poor Wayne still diving into those long forgotten placer mines of his pockets and fetching up hills and billets and Odds and ends, while Lucretiu tremulously and Fenton, Farwell and Amory delightedly watched him, and then came a now excitement. Knter Will, squeezed at hist into the light gtay tweeds he had so complacently doi:iu d X THURSDAY, JANl a year before and (hat now luted linn like the skin of a sausage. A sudden movo of one arm carried away the breast button. "It's no use," tie cried. "I'm worse oil' than lVpgutty. 10very jump's a button.-' And then Kitty caught si^lii of hiui, and then there came a scene. "What's t hat?" she exelainu d. ' 'That jmi i uu' mini i married. i won't stir a stop with him in those things." "lint 1 haven't any other," pleaded Will in despair. "Who wants you to wear such things?" she fairly screamed in almost hysterical laughter. "I married a soldier. Your uniform, sir, your best blouse and trousers and forage cap, ami don't you dare wear cits till I tell you." And, as it was manifest that he Couldn't wear those now incasing him, the groom a third time hastened away to the upper regions, and, while dozens clustered as before about Kitty, an absorbed group still hung upon the movements of the major. The light as ot other days was dawning on his face, llo was searching still, and at last lie found and drew forth a tiny box, at sight of which Lucrctiu's maiden heart Muttered almost out of her throat. "And now what have y -.:r< " old Kip Van V- : kl . ' i.? < mod Fenlon. "A ring, by: I that's gorgeous?a ling, and a beauty, and an inscription on it. 'P. W. to L. P., 187-1.' Who's P. W. ? Who's?but : glance at his sister's trans figured face : s she tottered there at his side warned the old warrior to desist. Wayne was panting with cxcitonn lit. "I know," he cried. "Of eouiso it wasn't my class ring. It was this. 1 got it for"? And hero lie turned and drew her to his arm, and the others considerately moved away sis at last that ring was fitted to the linger that had been waiting for it HO long years. Five minutes more, ami with Korke leading off in the cheers, with music and sunshine, mirth and gladness, smiles and tears and prayers and blessings, the VOtino 1 * -1 * jvm mps vuujjiu n vu u >v ii i riru U>Viiy lO llir station, bouiul for tlio bliss of tho honeymoon. But what inudo that wedding day so remarkable was that it seemed to lead to so many more. There cnmo a letter from Murtin to Jack Ormsby only the other day. The latter, lieing a NewYork guardsman, w as sweltering in his tent at Peekskill, whilo Mrs. Jaek eonsoled herself by a brief visit to the Leulcs at West Point. The former, being a West Pointer, fell hack naturally into the vernacular of his cadet days, and this was somewhat as he wroto: "Your blessed brother-in-law continues to ho the joy of the Twelfth, and the dovecot iH every whit as hospitable as Amory's. But of course Will and Mrs. Will haven't outlived their salad days, and their tills and make tips are too funny for anything. Will is just as true a soldier as ever, hut wo always know when the 'wind's in the east' at the cot by his becoming even more aggressively, austerely, self denyingly military. Just now all is bliss, for dear Lady Furrur, 'Queen Mother,' as we learned to call her from your sweet wile?my salutations to her ladyship? is, as you know, in the third week of her first visit to 'tlio children,' and this, Jack, old boy, brings 1110 to a prediction. In our cadet days wo used to say 'extras breed extras,' and I'm thinking what that wedding day of Will's is responsible for. First (hero's you and Miss Fllis?God bless !em! There's Lonlo and Mrs. lioylo Farrar?(tod reward 'em! Thorn's Old-AIan-IIeapMashed-in-thc-Moon and Miss Luerctia ?God help 'eml itut, do you know, we believe our bully old colonel has the promiso now of being made at last just the happiest man in old Fort Fray no." TIIK END. Lipr Can Be Imported lor Personal Use. THE U. S. SUPREME COURT SUM TAINS SI M ON TON. amo inchest liimil 1 rilninul in tho hand Holds Thai tlio Interstate Coimnoroo Feature ol' Our Dispensary haw is Null and Void?.1 tint loo It row n Dissents on Hi|;h Ground. I'ho Supremo Court of the United States litis decided that the portion of tho South Carolina Dispensary law which provid. s for tho inspection of liquors imported in tho Stato to ho in contravention to tho constitution of tho United States. Tho opinion, which had heen prepared by Justice Shirue, was stated very briefly by Chief Justice Fuller. Tho written opinion is a very elaborate document, but tho Chief Justice gave a very brief synopsis of it, declining afti rwards to ivo the document to tho public, 'i'ho cases at bar were be^un in tho Federal court for South Carolina by James Donald, a citizen of this State, upon tho seizure of a case of California claret, six bottles of Maryland whiskey and a barrel of Jtochester, N. Y., boor, by S. M. Gardner, M. T. Ilolly, Sr., E. n Tlno^.h un/l I VI v/ L/unuu nuu u a'j VUj UUIJ * stables, acting under the provisions of the dispensary law directing the seizure of all tho liquors in tho hands of any common carrier, agent or privuto citizen, not sold by the State agent, whether Imported or otherwise. Tho trial court gave Donald judgment for $300 in each case and tho constables appealed. Tho cases werj argued last fall, the validity of the entiro law being brought into question. The opinion of tho court stated that tho proceedings were not a suit against the State, which could not be brought without its consent, and that the pleadings of the record raised questions which gave the Supremo Court ol the United States jurisdiction of the whole subject. The law was discussed at. great length in tho opinion and many authorities cited, tho result being that tho judgment of tho court below in favor of tho owner of tho liquors was atlirmed with costs, for tho reason that the law was in contravention of tho clauso of tho national constitution regulating commerce between the States. Tho opinion conceded thut tho legislature of the Stato passed tho law in JARY 28, 18t>7. what it believed to bo tho cxorciao of ; lt< po'ico power uud with no intention to interfere with tiio operation of any i Kedoral law or to discriminate a^ain^t j tho products of uny other Stat- , hut ' thatintention, it continued, eon d not tinal'y control tins dotuuninalio j ol | tho (tTrct of the law. Tho Cbinf Justice said that it, Ansa del ion, to matter to puss no >n a law looking to tho restriction of the t?*:ifti in iatoxieuting liquors, but that when tho law itself rocogn /. d it as a riibj ;et of interstate trultle, it became the duty of the court to regard it as any otiier article of commerce, and to handle tho subject accordingly. Tho Chief Justico declared that tho i law did not conform to tho require- ! nu nts of the Wilson bill for regulation ; of interstate commerce in liquors be twoen tiie States. Mr. Justice Itrowti recorded u vlgo-! rous dissent, saying: ''The clloet of tiie enactment of tho Wilson law seems to mo to \s it lid raw intoxicating liquors I from the operation of tiio coiumorco clause if tiio constitution and to permit the trallie iii them to lie regulated 11 such a manner as the several States, in tho exercise of their police powers, shall dec in best for tho general interests of tho public. This act is not limited in its op ration, as the majority I opinion seems to assume, to State laws ddiug the importation, manufacture and s ilo of such 1 quors, hut dcclar. s that they shall lie subject upon their arrival within tiio State to ho i peralion of all its laws enacted in the excreiso of its police powers. " Now, as congress lias expressly do- i .1 i . i ... >1111 u II.ill SUCH HIM ICll'H Shall, lljtOI) tholr arrival in tbo State, become subject t ? its laws to tbo sumo extent as if tboy luiil been originally produced i and lis tbo dispi usury law does not doc are tiiom contraband as imported liquors or because they wore imported, but because tboy wore not bought from a State ollicor authorized to sell tbo same, and as tbo law makes no discrimination in that particular between imported and domestic liquor, <t is itui osbiblo for mo to see why eon* ureas hiis cot directly authorized the action that was taken by the Statu ollicers in seizing these liquors. " itut lis 1 understand, tiie court bases, to a certain extent, its opinion of the constitutionality of this act upon the fact tliut the trallio in intoxicating liquors is not absolutely prohibited, but is monopolized by tbo State itself through tbo agency of a State commission.. "Granting that the act gives the State itself a monopoly of all tbo trallic in such liquors, it is not a monopoly in thooidiuary or obvious souso of the torm, whore one individual or corporation is given the right to a munufaetui o or trade which is not open to others, but a monopoly for the benefit of the whole people of the State, the profits of which, if auy, are enjoyed by tbo whole people ; in short, a monopoly in the same seme in which tiie postollieo department and tbo right to carry the mails, is a monopoly of the federal gov eminent." Quoting Chief Justices Marshall and VVuite upon the necessity of the expediency of the courts acting with great delicacy and hesitation in declaring a s.atute unconstitutional, Justico llrown concluded : " I regard these words us particularly applicable to the dealings hy this court with the proceedings of a State legislature and that their right to deteiiuinu what is for the best interests of their people should be carefully respected, except whore it comes ir. manifest contlict with the dominant law. Especially should everything ho avoided whieh carries the suggestion of a vexatious interference with State action. The manifest dungcis to the future of the country, which lurk in the inflexibility of the Federal constitution can only bo avi rtcd by carefully distinguishing between such laws as practically 'concern the inhabitants of a particular Stato only, and are intended bona lido for their welfare, and such as are a mere subterfuge for an unlawful discrimination and cannot ho curried into cfl'oet without doing palpable injustice to citl/.ens of other States. It should not bo overlooked in tliis connection that the complaints in this case emanate ^um a citizen of South Carolina, who seeks to defy the law of his own State and puts forward as his excuse the injustice done the citizens of other States, who make no complaint of Iter action in this particular. If a State cannot prohibit her own citizens from importing liquors, as well as buying them at home, the 'Wilson hill ' is set at naught and the prohibitory laws of the several States rendered Inoperative in a vital particular. The fact that these liquors were imported for complainant's own use and consumption, instead of for sale, raises no question uador the Federal constitution. Both arc under tiie ban of the statute. " I am unable to see iiow that section of the. (liulinnnHri) net. of tlontH l!u -- j " V.yj Una, which authorised tho seizure made in this case, conllicts in any particular with the Federal constitution." Senator Tillman is highly pleased with the opinion. Ho as Governor of the State was responsible for the. Dispensary law, and has been very much interested in the result of the litigation over the law. Ho says the opin- ; ion delivered does not affect the merits of the law as a whole, and that the part covered, applying as it does only to tho intcrstato commerce feature of tho law, really makes tho law in its application to the State stronger than it was before. ^ ?Oh, dear me ! please tell mo how 1 to word a telegram to my husband. I want tell him that tho baby is sick, tho cook is drunk, tho water pipo is leaking, and I want him to como horno at once. Telegrapher?Oh, if you want him to como homo at once, you had hotter say, "Good news?como immediately." ?A Now York clergyman who rcuoniiijr uunuuciiou a ounuay iiiornin(f servicoon Black well's Island learned that there aro at present lilteeri colleges graduates wearing tho "stripos" in that penitentiary. ? And still people ask if tho year 1900 will bo leap year? There aro a great many folks in this country, and it takes a deal of time to toll tho wholo of them that there won't bo another I leap yoar until 1904. 1 ? Highest of all in Leavening To AB&OLttf I,VANS' l,\sr OI I K IAI, ACT. Ills Appeal I?>1* 1111* < "oni|?I?*l inn ??t* tl?e j Oiiii IVdorutr lU't'oi'iUi Tho following1 message Ids tho lust ollicial net of John Gary Kvans as Governor of South Carolina, ami is creditable a tho cloning feature of his ml ministration : Gentlemen of the General Assembly: Tho report of the commissioner anil historian of tho Confederate records. ( which will h> print* (I and laid upon your tables, has just boon handed me. having been delayed by the severe] illness of General II. L Kariey, the com in Issioner. It i nters into all details connected with tho work, showing both its extent and importance, which are apt to ho overlooked by a casual observer, i It shows that, n great deal has boon ao- ! complished with what was then con-1 piut-n u i>y iiuiny us u totally inadequate appropriation, ami that under a contraet to the "lowest bidder," work which was considered impossible has licen done. General Parley also shows that a lur^c amount of valuable manuscript I work has been and is beiny aceuinulat- : i'd, which in the future will become In- | valuable. I submit, the report to the general assembly, regardin^f you as the best judges of the amount to bo appropriated, but would commend this work j to your kindest consideration, because | it is too valuable to be lust or to be neglected. I would recommend that the amount sutfjested in his report of at least #500 to complete the printing of the rolls, ho ranted and that such sum as your body may think proper to he p'iven him ,u look after the matter, which will he delayed by reason of the failure of the appropriation. The contract with Mr. Wilson, as tile "lowest bidder," was made under my approval, and us lie has properly equipped himself for the work, and is doinp it so cheaply, he is fairly entitled to finish the job, which in all probability no other printer would undertake now, the ureal hulk of it having been done. The balance which will ho duo to General Parley, us historian, when lie lias finished and delivered his manuscripts, should lie placed in the troasury, subject to the terms and conditions of the original act. In conclusion, I would say that this important work shoul ho persevered in until is an aecomnlisiicd fact. The State can and will alTo**d to Iks not only just but generous to tho Confederate cause and soldiers, and as General Farley a-as one of tbcin, with a gallant record us such and hosidoa has faithfully eorved the State in many other ways, you ought undoubtedly to put it in his power to finish this work with credit to the Statu and honor, credit and profit to himself, without haggling over the cost. Respectfully, .John Gary Kvans. Governor. Catarrh In The Head Is a dnagerous disease. It may lead directly to consumption. Catarrh is caused by impure blood, and the true vfray to euro it Is by purifying the blood. Hood's Sarsaparlllu cures catarrh because it removes the cause of it by purifying the blood. Thousands testfy ilia, they have boon cured by Hood's Sarsaparillu. Rood's Fills are purely vegitblu and do not purge, pain nor gripe. 2b o How to Cure All Skin Discuses. Simply apply "Swaynk'h Ointmknt." No internal medicine required. Cures tetter, ec/.euis, itch, all eruptions on the face, hands, nose, &c., leaving tiie skin clear, white and healthy. Its great healing and curative power's are possessed by no other remedy. Ask your druggist f?r KWaYNK'S OIntmKNT. ?At some of the I'ennsylvania mines coal is selling for f>b and (lOeonts a ton, and tiie minors are paid 70 cents. The owners of tiie mines apparently lose money on each ton of coal taken out, but as rnanv of them nrn interested in the railroads which carry the coal to market, they probably more than make good the Ions. Mr. J. VV. Brown, Fditorof the 'Mineral Age," Warrior, Ala., says:" After a trial of Simmons LIver Regulator 1 lind it an excellent remedy for expelling Malaria from the system: and, as a remedy for disease in incipient states it cannnot ho excelled, and no family should be without it." This Is a strong endorsement for Simmons River Regu la tor, but none too much so. The progressive ladies of Westfleld, I Ind., issued a "Woman's Kdition" of tho Westtiold News, bearing date of April II, 18()U. Tho paper is filled with matter of interest to women, and wo notice tho following from a correspondent, which the editors printed, realizing that it treats upon a mattorof vital importance to their sex: "The best remedy for croup, colds and bronchitis that 1 have been ablo to lind is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For family use it has no equal. I gladly recomend it." 2o and .">() cents bottlos for sale by Dr. 10. Norton, Druggist. Don't bo persuaded into buying liniments without reputation or merit? Chamberlain's i'ain Balm costs no more, and Its morits havo boon proven by a test of many years. Such lotters as tho following, from L. G. Bagloy, llueneme. Cai.. are eonst.ft.nl t.v hninir V Mh received : " The boat remody for pain I have ovor used Id Chamberlain's I'ain Halm, ar.d i nay so after having used it in my family for several years." It cures rheumatism, lame back, sprains and swellings. Por sale by Dr. E. Norton, Drutftfist. t ; i ^ ~~ NO 23. wcr.? Latest U. S. Gov't Keport I Baking a rwwucr rELY PURE ? It whs said not long jiko that tho l nited States government was asked to appropriate *!,000.000 for tho suppression of tho Russian thistle in the northwest. Now a South Dakota mill owner has oO'orcd tl f>0 a ton for all III., tlliutlnu ...I.I..I. ....... I... .1.11 > WIIV v.i.PUM n u llj ll Y IK) UUllVUHJU Jib hirt factory, He says that it in nearly as (food as coul for fuel. A ('lire for latino Hack. "My daiurhtor. when recovering from an attack of fever, was a jjreat sulTerer from pain in the back and hips," writes Loudon Grovur, of Sardls, Ky. "After usln^r quite a number of re medies without any benefit she trb .1 one bottle of Chutuborlain's l'ain Halm, and it has ir: von entire relief." Chamberlain's l'ain Halm Is also a certain euro for rheumatism. Sold by Dr. K. Norton, I )rutfj,'ist. ? All experience teaches us tiiat wo beooine that which we make ourselves. Wo strive against the inclination to do v/rontf, we strive for the inclination to do right, and little l?y little v?e become tiiat for which we strive. Kvery day's clTort makes the struggle easier. IMIes! I'llos! Itching I'iles. Symptoms?Moisture ; intense itohiug and stinging most at night : worse by scratching. If allowed to continue tumors form, which often blued | and ulcerato, becoming very sore. swaynk's OlNTMKNT stops tiio itchin* and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in inest cases removes the tumors. At druggists, or by mail for f>0 cents. Dr Kwuyue & Sou i'hiludelphiu. ?" The reason bicycles cost so much," explained the agent, " is that the cost of manufacture?" "Tim reason bicycles cost so much," interrupted the rider, " is that people are crazy enough to pay so much for thorn." And the ugent did not feel that he was justified in entering a denial. It Saves the (Jroupy Children. SlOAVIKW, Vra.? Wo have u unl<?n,ll>1 _ .. .?? sale on Chamberlain's Cough Ltomedy, and our customors coining from far and near, sneak of it in the highest terms. Many have said ttial their children would have died of croup if Chamherluin's Cough ltomedy had not been given.? KKI.f.AM & CUIMtHN. The 2.*> and fiO cent sues for sale by Dr. fc. Norton, Druggist. How to Cure Milieus Colic. 1 sulTerod for weeks with colic and pains in my stomach crusod by biliousness and had to take medicine all the | while until I used Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Itemedy which cured mo. I have since recommended it to a good many people. M its. b\ llUTI.KK, Kairhaven, Conn. I'ersons who are subject to bilious colio can ward oil" the attack by taking this remedy as soon as tho lirst symptnns appear. Sold by Dr. K. Norton Drug gl8l. ?A Chicago clerk recently threw it hook agent forcibly out of his otllee, after refusing to take tho man's card in to his employer, and was justified by the judge before whom ho was tried for assault who established as Chicago law tho theory that such forcible measures in dealing with hook agents were justifiable. Buck leu's Arnica Halve. The rVat Salve in tho world for Cuts, Bruisus, >oros, Ulcers, Salt ftheuin, Fever Sores, Totter, Chapped Bands, Chilblains. Cm . ? and all Skin Erup- ...-^ tions, and positive'.," cures, Files r no pay required. It is guaranted to give porfect satisfaction, or money refunded. I'rico 2f? cents pei box. For sale at E. Norton's Drugstore. Keller in Six Hours. Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by tho "Nkw Curat South Amkkioan KidNKY CUUR." This new remedy is a [ great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys, oack and every part of the primary passages in male or fomale. It relieves retention of water and pain iri passing it almost immediately. If you want juiek rollof and . euro this is your rei .cdy. Sold by Du. E. Norton, Druggist Conwav. S. C. " - y | THE BEST SPRING MEDICINE is Simmons liver Regulator. Don't forget to take it. Now is the tint yofc need it most to wake up your Liver. A sluggish l iver brings on Malaria, Pwer ind Ague, Rheumatism, and many ot&Qr .lis > hich shatter the constitution wreck health. Don't forget the REGULATOR. It Is SIMMONS L|V? REGULATOR you want. The word Rjki* ULATOR distinguishes it from all (Mr remedies. And, besides this, SlMMO&k LIVER REGULATOR is a Regulator < lift l iver, keeps it properly at work, that your system may be kept in good condhio*. I OR THE BLOOD take SIMMON* I.IVER REGULATOR. It is the beat Hood purifier and corrector. T ry it and nets the difference. Look for the RBD t> an every package. You wont tnd ft oa my other medicine, and there is no ether iver remedy like SIMMONS LlVBR REGULATOR-the Kingof Liver Remedies, tic sure you get it. ? J. It. Zelllu H: C'o.i Lkiladulpkla, l'Ai