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THE PEOPLE RNAL. Vol. 5. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1895. N 7. AUT OR I Al (OPVRIGMT. "Coz I haiu't lko any other lilessoll gor, " rotorted Jakoy. "D'y' reckon a man what carries thU colonol's privat correspondon' air a common orderly?" As there was no gaisaying his argu mont without a seming detrimont of the personal dignity of tho brigado com mander, Jakoy held the field. CHAPTER IX. CIPHEIR DISPATCHES. It was about a week after the arrival of Colonel Maynard at the Fain planta tion. He had returned to his headquar. tors. Laura was sitting at work on soie part of the "recruit's" uniform, while the rain from a Septomber storm beat against the window panes. Souri was with her, and as Colonel Maynard was expecting orders to cross the river with his brigade the two had secured Sou ri's promise to remain at the plantation till the close of the campaign which was about to open. Souri was up stairs administering to the wants of the younger Maynard, to whom she was do voted. 1o dropped to sleep, and leaving the chamber on tiptoo she desconded to the sitting room. As sho entered she glanced out of the window. "Good gracious! If there isn't Miss Baggsl" They saw through the rain a horse and buggy making a rapid turn through the gateway. "Who's Miss Baggs?" asked Laura quickly. "I met her when coming from the north. She got through the Union lines by playing the part of a country girl. I met her again on this sido, and she was a lady. She's coming up to tho veranda." Bobby Loe came up the drivoway at such a rapid gait as to astonish the two women looking out of the window. The horso had scarcely stopped in front of the house when Miss Baggs, throwing down the reins, rushed up the steps and knocked loudly at the door. "Go and see What she wants, Souri. You've mot her before. " Souri went quickly to the door. When she qponed it and Miss Baggs saw the girl-bho had mot between the lines, for a moment bor countonance brightened. Then suddenly her expres sion changed on remembering that Sou ri was a Union girl. "I've no time to explain anything. Call some one, quick, to drive my bug gy to the barn and hide me. '' Now, Souri know well enough that Miss Baggs was working in the cause of tie Confederacy. But sho saw a Woman in trouble, and this in her eyes obscured all else. She ushored Miss Baggs into the room where Laura sat. "This girl wishes to rest with us awhile. I'm going to take her horso to the barn." Without waiting for a reply sho went out, and jumping into the bu~ggy drove it around to the barn. Thero ihoe direct ed Unclo Daniel, who ruled thu stables of the plantation, to put both horse and buggy inside and1 shut the dloors. H-av ing soen this attended to, she went back to the house. Meanwhile Miss Baggs stood face to face with Laura~Mayniard. ''This is a Confedorate household, I believe, " said the fugitive. "It .".' "'Thank God, you aro one of ours." "No" '"What, Federal?'' She turned pale. "No." "Te for hoaven'n sake tell me what you are." "I am a CX::fode:rato married to a Union offcer." The wero quick successive flashes of hope and fear on Miss Baggs' counte nance. "And you will not give me up?" "'Give you upl? What do you mean?'' "'I am ini the Confederate scret serv ice. I have just beon recognized by ai Union soldir-a cavalryman. He was not mflunited, while I wvas in my buggy. I heard him cry halt. I gave my horse the whip, and before the manm could mount I was awa.iy and soon turned boe. hindl a wood. There i a fork in the road. I took the left road, leading hero. Hie must havo takenm theo other, which lends nowhere. ?.lo will discover his mistake, turn back and take the right road. This is the first, house ho will pmus, and ho will surely come in to amsk if you have seon me."' "'Wel?" "'Youi will not betray me?'' Laura thought of the coming of her husband one night months ago, flying as this woman was flying, for his life. "No, rest easy on that score. I will do all I can for yen." There was but little time for netoin for the words wore scareely spokon~ be fore a cavalryman dashed past on the roadt. H~e was throwing mud and water behind him, his boots heavy with~ moist Tennessee clay. Noticing the house, as Miss Bagga predioted,-hoe drew reini and ontered the gateway. Riding up to the veranda, ho shouted: "'Hello, there!'' "'Got in thore, quickc,"' said Laura, pushing the hunted woman into a closet. Trheni going out eonto the veranda she stornily demanded of the man what lie wanted. "Did you see a woman go by here just now ini an old farnt buggy?" "No such person has passed." "Sure?" "Sure." ".Are you people hero Unhion or Con federate?" "Both." "You must excuse me, ma'am, but I think I'll look about for myself a 094 BY MrCAm PRES ASSOCiAT0Io.. "Why not?" "Becauso .his house is proteoted by safoguard.'" "That doesn't include rebel omissi ries. I shall make a search. " "If you do, you vill regret it." "Why?" "I shall report you to Colonel Ma nard, commanding the -th brigade." "You have some influenco with t1: colonel, I suppose," said the soldie Puzzled. "I should have. I'm his wife." "The dovil you are," in an undo tono. Thon aloud: "Well, ma'am, : you aro Colonel Maynard's wife, tht ends it. I don't seo how a Union cob nel's wife can give aid and comfort I a robel telegraph worker, for that what the woman is," and lifting h hat he rode away. Returning to the parlor, Laura foun Souri there, just from the barn. TIU closet door was opened, and Miss Dagi stopped out. "Is he gone?" "Yes. " Taking Laura's hand, Miss Baggs col ered It with kisses; then turning to Sox ri she throw her arms about her nook. Mrs. Fain came into the room, an seeing a stranger drew back. "Mamma," said Laura, "this lad comes to us much as Mark once oam from the other side. She is chased fc her life. " "A Confederate?" asked Mrs. Fain. "A Confederate, heart and haut body and soul, " exclaimed Miss Baggi "Ono sympathizing with our causeo J welcome here. Unfortunately mny fan ily is broken by diverso sy-mpathies. M husband is exiled on account of hi sympathies with the FedWoral causo. N son is fighting for the Ccnfederacy. M daughter hero is the wife of a Federi officer. My own sympatbdes are all wil thu south. " "And now, " said Laura, "if you wi come with me I will got you some d clothing." "I will, but first lot me know whom I am indebted for all this kin mess. The family name s" "Fain." Miss Baggs controlled an ejaculati< of surprise. "Fain?" "Fain." "And you are Laura Fain?" "I was. I am now Laura Maynari You seem to at least have heard of me. "I have heard of you. I am a Vi ginian. You once visited in Virgini I was then in -Italy studying art." "And you are" There was a brief silence before t] guest replied. She seemed deliberathi whether to make .hersolf known or no "Betay Baggs,"' she sadd at last, a1 it was evident that if she had anoth name she would not reveal it. Supper wan anonneed, after whit Miss Baggs asked to be,sahown to a roe where she could rest. A servant w summoned, who led heor to the gue chamber, and setting the lamp on a I ble left her to herself. When the servant disappeared, Ml Baggs turned the key- in the lock ai then carefully examinedl the walls, wi a view to dliovering if there we openings through w ;t ich any eye cou peer into the room. Iller narrow escap the last of a nonber of such episodE had partly umierved her, and she a down in a cair to rest, languidly olosih her eyes. But not for long. Rising, s: drew from the pooko. of her dress overy one knows that there is no bott lace of coniconuont than a wvomar pocket--a small bundle of papem Spreading thenm out on the table, el drew her chair near it,. and after on more casting her eye about the room b gant to study thomn. Miss Baggsahadl beorneendeavoring toe cure the informatiomn roequired as to t1 methods of the general commanding ii Army of tho Cumnborlamd in followir the retreating Confodnrates ever sin, the request had been made of her: Junoe previous. Here it was Septembe and she had effected nothing. Tru she had taken a number of dispatch im cipher fronm tho wirca, lhat they we vIery long, anid the longor the mnoinaj the more dificoult she had found the to decipher. Within a few days Io h intorcepited two very sh ort (ones. atkh1 thenm from those before her, she boge to study one consisting of only a fo lines. It read as follows: WAsnNorON, Aug. 5, ISee. Blanka hetre armoy the Benjamn cat to fi your report, ihinnmey daily are advance the ca orders of peremiptory applaune. Hero is the other, a little longer: WkseToON, Sept. 8, 1889. Congress long with as adviso applmuse mas blo your possiblo your ago to party was eo unct soon to miovemnents spot his ordered as Burton pin of anid left ordered Blenjamin. Taking up the dispatch she had i1 teropted wvhon the Army (if the Cn borland began to advance and some p pe showing that she had been tryir to deeiphor it, she began to look the over. This is the dispatch: MUZU'naSDOnO, Junoe 28, 1800. Volunteers Garfteld with circling botwo you POSOsneon turn an he cob Bumble at to p that possible by move Benjamin pony oh rapdity around that put of the houra rea nh~~ otic0 Snemiy's Tullahomia ye desire and hope forward atahh wove right I command and miountain order staff. Miss Baggs had bad this diepatehb her since the latter part of Jun as had puzzled over it fo man hnbr She had never suoceeded in Edn key, but had at last drawn somethis of its meaning from the jumble words. After much study she apaum that the words, when laid down in thi proper order, wonld give the ---s watoh either 410. not mean anything or stood perhaps for some place or general She began by taking out a number of such words as "polliwog," "haha," "shingle" and "pony." The dispatoh was doubtless from Rosocrans, as the word Garfiold (h8 chief of staff) ap. poared, and the words "chiof of staff" woro scattered through it. Therefore either Bonjamin or Bumblo or Niggard meant Rosecorans. Subsequent dispatch os which fell into her hands had con vinced her that Rosoorans was desig nated as Benjamin. Then she began to try to fit words together in this wise: Your command between Tullahoma and Niggard get possession enemy's right a Circling around the mountain plateau I desire that you got possession if possiblo a point botweon Tullahoinm and Niggard Move with rapidity By order of Benjamin (Rosecrans) Garfield chief of staff. Other groupings gave her better re suits till she obtained the following: To Bumblo (probably a cavalry general on 0 the left flank)-Bo ready to movo at an hour's notice. I dcsiro that you turn the enemy's ', right. love your command if possiblo by cir cling around the nountain plateau. Get pos ss.ion of a point between Tullahoma and Nig gard (probably some point in rear of the southern army) with rapidity. By order of . Rosocrans, Garfield, chief of staff. t The deciphering, so far as it went, was of no avail, sinco it did not come 0 in time, but it helped her with the a shorter and easier dispatches, which a she now attacked. She began with this ono: 11 Banks here army the Benjamin cat to for o your report shinnoy daily are advance the cart 4 orders of peremptory applause. Miss Daggs had learned that a proper namo preceded all these oipher dis- I patches, possibly having something to do with the key. At any rate, she threw out the first word (Banks) and the words "cat," "shinney" and "cart" as check words. "Benjamin, " she assum ed, meant Roseorans. "Applause" must be the signaturo of the sender, and as 0 the dispatch was from Washington it r was probably either Lincoln, Stanton or Hallook. The word "to" taken with "Benjamin" must mean "To Rose crans, " and "peremptory" and "or ders" evidently must go together. The word "advance" doubtless explained tho two other words. This only left ''roport" and "daily" as words of in portawco. These combinations did not come it onco, but after getting them she inferred that Rosecrans had per 1 emptory orders to advance and report h daily to Washington. "I have got something at last, sho 1 exclaimed, getting up from her chair and walking back and forth excitedly. "This is indeed important. " to Then she took up the second dispatch: Congress long with as advise applause mar blo you possiblo your ago to party was oon nect soon to movenienta spot his ordered as to Burton pin of and left ordered Benjamin. n Again the words "to" and "Benja min" were pub together, and the words ''congress," "marble," "party" and "spot" stricken out as checks. The dis patch, being longer than the other, was . more difflonilt of intorpretation. It was I some time before the student was satis- 1 - fled with her efforts. She inferred from - it that some one was ordered to connect with some one else. She knew that the Confederate generals feared that Burn 10 side might connect with Rosecrans. So ig it was probable that Burton meant t. Burnside, who was .at Knoxville, and d that he had been orderod to connoot )r with Rosecrans' left "as soon as possi ble." The remaining words evidently uh meant, "'Burniside also directed to re m pert his movemonts to you. " as "This Is 110 less imuportanlt than the st e ther, " mused Miss Baggs. "It is clear a. from both that Rosecrans has perompto us re L, 10 Then 8he tookA Iip the second d i>putchi. 10 ry orders to advanc, and lBurnsido is Ig ordered to joinu himi. I must got this o0 through the linos at once. F~romi hcro I n must find a way aorosa thoeTennosseo, jnst r, above Chattanooga, if possible, and per L0, haps I may strike their line connecting s with Rosocrans;' hleadquartersI at tho l'o front and gather in tile latest nuews. 'It fo never rainis but it pours, ' and I'll get '1 In all I canl got while I'm in luck." d Collecting her pa:poriI, she oarefully .gtied thomi together ad put thomn ill her la pookot. Then, turning dlowni the light, W Isho malocked the doer and woent dlownl stairs. CHAPTER X. rA PI:oMISE SOON nRhO1luCN. 't IColonel Maynard was inI the habit of making frequent visits to his wife anud - without waurning. Laura understood rperfectly tile embarrassing position in . wich hie would bo plaeed at surprising ae a Confederato spy under the same roof1 with hersehilf nd rotected by her. She I had no mind to place 1him1 in any such eposition. When Miss Baggs went up) i- stairs, Laura posted a senltry ini tihe per g son of Uncle Daniel to keep a sharp si lookout and give notice of the colonel's approachl in order that Miss Blaggs mnight inbe got out of the way before his arrival. SDaniol sat down oni a bench on tihe vO ofranda and lit his pipe. He was all old myiman and prone to dose. It was not long ar before Lookout mlountainl across tile if river began to sway among th~e clouds, the nearer trees began to rock, tile old I negro'sihead fell upon his breast, and r. It was nearly 10 o'clock when Laura, a having given up the coming of heor hu~s band that night and for onc00 in heor life tlg 1ejoicing thereat, was about to dismiss dDaniel from his. responsIble position 'ir Iwhen she heard B stop on thle veranda. or Thinking it was Daniel walking back , naij forth to kaoa ltlril a....e, .she pialt no attention to It. *rnoro was a urning of the knob to the front door, md in another moment Colonel May iard stood on the threahold of the sit- V Jug room looking in upon Mrs. Fain, [iaura, 1:uri and Miss Baggs. Io was %bout to ter when, observing a strango perso:. .i hesitated. Laura advanced, %nd td - : im by the hand led him to thLler i.wxi. le had only onco before iou Mis; Baggs and then in disguiso md did not recognize her. "Why, sweetheart," ho said to his wifo, "you're trembling. " "You onmo in so hurriedly. " "I anm hurried. We cross the river Q ;omorrow morning. ) "Tomorrow morning! Oh, Mark, why .ouldn't they wait a few days?" "If wives and sweethearts had the di giving of orders, Uncle Sam would f, iavo his armies always in winter quar- t ers. "1 % "Why couldn't this happiness have C0 asted just a little longer?" "And then still a little longer. Como, have but a short time to stay. Let me d ay goodby to the baby." Laura led the way up stairs and drew p ho curtains from the cradle, exposing c ho slooping infant. ar There was something in the inno- It onco, the absence of force in the little ik lumberer, so different from the scenes Uh n which ho was wont to mingle, to sot fo n motion a train of feelings in Mark sa Uaynard to which he had thus far been di stranger. On the one side was tho TI ,ife he loved and the sleeping child; co )n the other, what now appeared toil- ell iomo marches, nights spent on wet ea rround, sickness, mangling by sholl and di )mllets and saber outs. A year before lie bi tad loved these hardships, those dan- th ors. Now a new element had entered di uto his life, and at least while lie gaz- re id on the little stranger (the only life sa ;hat had come to him among the many ef ;one since the war began) lie felt a P' itrango repugnance to entering upon " tho comning campaign. to "My boy, my boy," he said huskily. P' the thought suddenly coming to him that he might never see wife or child igain, "how can I now risk leaving you to struggle on to manhood unprotoct ,d?" Then, recognizing his weakness, io said, with a quick born smile, "But otu have your mother, and I must win Jho star of a brigadier for you to play I ivith. "' But war's quick and imperativo do- . nands gave him littlo time for ti in- h lulgenceo of such feelings. Ho tried to si urn away. Again and again ho drew su the curtains of the cradlo, only to draw jt them back for one more look. il "Laura," lie said suddonly, all is is changed. Bofore you and he oamo I did i1 my duty as a soldier because it was not ir hard to do and because it pleased me. o Now it will be hard, and I shall do it c that you and he may not be disgraced c in me. How can I ever leave a blot on f< my name and have that child grow up si to know it?" p Laura, seeing how hard it was for n iim to draw himself from the cradle, " ook his hand and led him away. t Going down stairs, they found the " touso silent. All the family wero in )ed. Maynard know that it was time tr mo had departed. It was very late, and en ie nust ride eight miles to camp and bo on the march with his brigade before claylight. But ho could hardly tear him- p ielf away from the house. The sleeping S( child up stairs seemied to have brought e from the unknown whence lie caine a maze of gentler emotions, which were drifting like smoke wreaths about his P father, obscuring the way front their . peaceful influence. There wvas one more emibrace, then ci another last one, thenm another final one, then a stirrup kiss, and Colonel Mark Maynard redo back through the night to caump. Not long after his arrival bugles Bounded the reveille. It was 2 o'clock ~ in the merining, and the meon were aroused to begin their advance to the : front. Setndinig for Jakoy Slack, the cole neol gave himt a note to take back to a, Laura at the plantation. Hie had repeat- ,, 0(d his adious so often in person that onea would hardly thiink it necessary to send n any imoroeon cold1 Paper, but Maynaird's heart strings wore pulling him as strong- f< ly away from wvar as his duty was forc- r: lng hinm toward it. Besides lhe know b~ that Laura would treasure every word ji from hinm.t Jakey mounted Tom and rode in thme q gray of thme morning to deliver the ntoto. n WVhen hto realced the plantation, lie in was obliged to do a good deal of pound- a' lng and( ringing before ho could( got Into o1 the house. Finially Mrs. Maynard's C: maid, Alice, lot him in, and considlering h: the fact that Mrs. Maynard was in bed C( imd Alice stood In very close confidonm- si: tial relations with her, JTakoy con~sentedl ti to de liver the niote to the maid anid wvait- Pi ed1 to see if thore was any reply. Alico 1(o r~oturnmed andm~ said that her mirrss of would I;o dlown ini a mnomentt. Presently Li the etred, droessed in a moerninig wrnap- bi per. "'Jakoy, '' she said, taking the boy by tho htand~ and r:moothinig thoe hair out ofb bis eyes, "can I rely ont you to (do some Shuing for mo1?'' "CGould the colonel?'' "'You are going to the front, and no b me can toll what may happen. You'll robably have to mecet your enemiies o ;omo ti mec amid the colontel says that a t attho may comoi at any (lay. I want you py o pronmiso mte that if anything should sa, iappeni to the coloinel you will cmoe hore sj is fast as you cani andl lot me knmow of ht t. Do you undorstanid?"' te '''mean of th' colone~l gits hilt Onl dit hi' for'cad with a cannon ball?"' | it, "Oh, Jakoy, don't talk so! I men if sn me gets sick or wounded or in any other ac rouble, will you come and toll me at "I unco?" "Reckon. " Laura knoew that this was Jakoy's o way of making a promise, and she was antisfied. She told him to wait a few ai ninutes and wont out of the room. When ahe returned, she brought two parcels with her. t "This one is for you, Jakey, " she said, o banding him one of them. "It's a lunoh son. Put it in your haversack and give l( the other to the colonel. And hand him this note. " [TO DE CONTINURKD.] MONEYED REDMEN. ankton Indisins Who Are Well Fixod Finanoially. he Tribo Recelves Largi Suis of Money from the Govornment for Lands Surrendered-Comtt ion* of the 1Purchase. The treaty negotiated by the gov 'nlent with the Yankton tribe of oux Indians renders this tribe one of Lo most wealthy in the country if tey exercise ordinary judgient, says writer In the Minneapolis Tribuno. he treaty was completed ilecemnber , 1892, and by its provisions the In ans will receivo $000,000 as paymen r the 1-0,000 acres relinquished to o government, and to be opened to hite settlement whenever Proalden t eveland issues a proclaiiation to that icet, which will probably not be un iiext spring. Fifty-one Yanktou In uns acted as scouts for len. Alfred Mly in 18641, and for additional con onsation were by the treaty granted 25 each, or a total of $11,475. This nouat has already been dist rihuted nong themti. The difliculty now ex iug is over tho payment of (100,000, o first payment by the govertnient r the land surrendered. 'I'i treaty y-i the amount is to be paid and vided among the Indians p.er capita. to disbursing officer at the ageney imienced paying the Indians with ecks, as is customary, and this used a protest on the part of the In ams. It was understood among the nkers in the adjoining towns that o checks would be cashed without scount, but the Indians appear not to lish the trip which would be neces ry in going from the agoncy to any the towns. They want the amount Ad in cash at the agency. As the hima of Indians are usually acceded it is likely that they will win their )int. The remaining $500,000, pluced to the edit of the tribe, will be payable to 0o Indians at the pleasuro of the nited States after the expiration of venty-five years. But during the trust !riod of twenty-five years, if the no ssitics of the Indians shall require it, e United States may pay such part of .0 principal sum as the secretary of c interior may recommend, but not :ceding $20,000 in any ono year. Upon e payment of such sum the amount all be deducted froni the principal in in the treasury, and the United ates shall thereafter pay interest on o remainder. Not to exceed 66,000 to be expended each year for the aintenance of orplins, the aged and Ai'rm, or such other helpless minembers r the tribe as may be unable to tace tre of themselves; and for schools and lucational purposes for the tribe; also Pr courts of justice. Ea.ch person who gned the brair.,cy jto receive a $20 gold ece, struck in the ye'- 189W, al; a ma orial of the year in which the ir6aty as negotiated. These Indians have .Icei their allotments of land in veralty, and It is the surplus which to be opened to settlement. The caty provides that where any Indian Inuot cultivato his land or otherwise ;e it advantageously it may be leased r one or imore years at a tie. To 'event the possibility of land sharks curing possession of the land, all ases must be approved by the Indiatn font, by and with the consent of the nnniitssioncr of Indian affairs. This ovisioni applies alike t~o both sexes tod to all ages, parents acting for their ildlren wvhoc are andelr their control, 1(d tile Indlian agenlt acting for- minor ulidren who have no guardians. MVASSAGE FOR BLACK EYES. ot tor 'than P'alnI and Dleefsteak for Ob literatinug Evidenice of Flaticu Encounter. Thlose wVho make a business of oblit rat ing etvidence of fistic enelouniters inl lje shaipe of blaick eyes by painting the amageCd optie no 1( loniger enjoy a mionl ply of nu'chI businetn'. T1his I was ild by a pugilistic nequinitanceU whlosLe cpeiee en titles him to be re'gardled s an authority on the subject, Lays aL ri oer in the New Yorkc I eral d. "'blassnige t reatitent of the region a tctedt," hei sidI, "w Il beat pintL and i t0 bleak all hollow. 14ut it sihtould e applied immitediamtely after tile in Iry is receivedo in ordler to) prove toronhgbly efiencioun. It dos not re nire an excnert to (10 it. Alli that is eeessalry 1s tol move the fingers rapidlly aid fi rmtly ov'er the bruised suirface, -(d to keep 't. up unmtil the last vestige di discolorat101ionil s isapeared. The sp)lanata ion is easy. Whie~re thle biow 1s been received the blood boeor~nes mtgesteod. It Is tihe clots of blood owing through the transparent skin at prodclxes~ tihe bla~ck oefect. The essumre of the Iingers graduallihy OSenls the clottedl blood, which passes F into the general currenOft of circuila mi, and fresh andi properly colored ood takes its lacne." ilowevor, asi a rule, tile pr'ofesionatl mg" does not bother himself about clerating the disappearance of a aeik eye. It Is a sign whiech proclims et fact that its proprietor hats recenithy led an enigagesaent, ando as sneh lhe is object of envy to his less fortunato ethren. 1i. is the train about towni, hose overtitindulence occeaslonally uses him to forget that discretioni Is e better plart of valor, who is apt to ofit most iby the knmowvledge that mans eo, promnptly' a pplied, wvill remtove thle na~ of mnouinig from~ ain ('ye thathatts ena In violent conita~ct wvith somec other llow's flst, and thusit obviate the neces .y of Inventing a story to account for which, however ingenious, wvill be eeredl at by skeptical and incredulous quaintanices, some of whom may have een there themnselves." A Decorated Flower Seller. A well-known character in Paris Is an d woman, wht~se breast is literally vered with crosses and decorations, id who isq hnow peacefully engaged as iwer seller. 11er name Is Jean Mon ore, and her honors were gained In ae Crimea, at Rome, GIravelotte and at rlcans. On one occasion she rendered xluable service to her country by swal wing a military dispatch of great in artance, and so prevented its falling ito tehe hands of the enemy. A woman ho has swallowed so much for her uMwy with dispatch should not be al wqatoman ar..w.An ume ol -go DIPLOMATIO ETIQUETTE. The Question of flank as Settled In the Early Days of the Republie. Thirty nations are represented at Washington by four ambassadors and twety-six ministers, each of whom has any whero from one to sixteen secretaries and attaches to earry on the necessary business. So fur as work is concerned, the duties of the foreign represontativo are not onerous, andt are largely social, says tho New York Tribune. lie sends dilspatcles to his own government and occasionally addresses communications to the secretary of state. Whether these commuications be on matters of iuternational interest or tire simply a request to be allowed to 1. nd a few Cast of wine, household fiTects, or a trunic full of finery for hi. wife, they Iaro Igilownu as "lotesi." lie isunot per ntitted to transact any business with auy, oiker of the gevern.t ex..cpt thrugh i he secretary of state or other Lhigh otllee.'rs of that depart-ment, and It would he a great breach of etiquette for i1in to address the prerddent per sonally upon any oilcial matter. The code of diplomatie ett'-etto is strictly follv.ed. The forer;-inrpreentative makes the first cull upon the muembers of (lie cabi not, but is called upon by the senators. The only members of congress ofll.ialy recognI:Qd re the m<-mb<1 rs of 1 he lous.' Conlu:%itt ce on foreign nsfairs, in wxhaue good graces he iltulrally like.; to keep. A private citizen calling without, all in t-rouill'ciio at tiny of the legations promptly re'elv~e a enrd in retllurn, rnid the laitest. addition to the corps nalces the fir-t call upon the reident mncin brs. No.e of the wives of the diplo m1ats holds publie receptiols, except Mle. Romero, who began the custom Soilac dozfn years ago, when Washing Lon was not so large as it is to-day, and hins never discontinued it, but even her house is open but four times a season to the general publie. Until two years ago, when Great Brit ain raised her representative to the runk of anbassador, and France, Italy and Germany quiakly followed, the dean of the corps was always tho inn inter who had seen the longest term of servico here. and the dean now is the English ambassador, Sir Julilan Paunee fote. As dean he takes thl lead at all ofileial functions; fort Ign ministera call upon him first, and li matters in which t he whole corps is intercsted i he is con silted first. Whci the maimasa:Idor first ippeard inl Wa,11shiigton soiety there wens a gii(od deal (J tu rmnising about the mat'er of preedenme at dinnacers. aind for soime tiic it was ia mh-dien:med iu'> tion, but I, ith: settlvd it:mif with ont unh difliculty, and iothing is ever heard hout it now. In tlie early day. of the republi the <;ucstion of etiuet te b-.'-':n: i of Imilleien t imwj rt ane for t he sec:etary of state, .iMr. A damns, to ad drei i lei ter upon the r.ubject to the presiden t, but it was never settled. Years of preecedent hve, however, givin a certain fix i ty to the etiquette he-re, which is much1 more rigid than is , by t hose' who have not lIve 'lin W\'ii gtol lonllg e1ou11;h to knlow. SOUTH CAhOLINA h-4 ERIlf. The Cutawba Rifles, of Rock Hill, will not enlist under the new regulations. Four new dispenlsraies will be opened in Charleston very soon. The dispen rers have been appointed. Mr, G. C. Young, of Clinton, has an inexhaustible quarry of ais fine gray granite as the eye of muan ever beheld. The Reform Advocate will lbe pub lished again, commencing this week, with its old editor, Mr. WV. F. Clayton, at Florence. Mrs. M. A. Thames, the widow of the late Captain A. W. TIhamems, hlas been appointed postmistress of the Silver post oflice, in Marion county. lletsey Thomas and Frankc Craig, two inmates of the county pnoor house at Winnsboro, died there this week. lfetsy was -10 years old and Frank was 70. A negro woman known by the name of Alice, living with her three children in a yard on lower King street, Charles ton, was frozen to death, she and her children, in their bed, on Frmidlay night. A new disposition of tile portaita at the state house Is being made. A life size portrait of ex-Governor HI. RI. Till mann wvili hang over the speaker's desk in the hall of the house of representa tives. Thelm secretary of of state bas issued a charter to the Newbery Manufacturing company, of Newherry; capital stockc -2.000; par value of shares $10, paid inl installments of fifty cents rer month. Corporators, E. Hi. Auli, D). B. Wheeler, ii. G. Hoof, A. E. Eddy anid M. J. Scott. D~r. Millwee, president of the Green woodl Oil company, the only company that has paid phenominally large dlvi dlegds sin1ce the organization of oil anills, has received a letter from Mr. D). i1. Shehan, of Cole Spring, Mass., on the subject of "press clothe," and io dlentally nmentioned the posibility of his comning south and erecting a plant of Lawrence Edwards was relerasedl Fri day from Columbia's jail on111 hiQwn reocogn izance. Solicitor Nelson agreed in view of all the circumstances to let him out on co)nditioni thlat lie leave the state, and upon his return to South Car olinla lhe forfeit any freedom lie might have gained. It seemed to lie the gen eral desire of thtose interested in the case that this course be pursued. Ed wards was charged with signing a mini ister's name to a check and getting money on It. Japanoes'e Offneers.| A war correspondent, writing after familiar association with Japan's lead ing soldier., says: "The Japanese of ficers are a mixture of the Fireneh offi cers and the German sous officers. They live right among their men, sleep near them, eat the same food in ight of all, expose themselves to all kinds of danger and hardship. No wonder the soldier. hav9 the greatest confidence in themni I found every Japanese general I met to be bra~ve, generous, kind, po lit., ready to give his life for his men and for his Sag. When the detailed history of the life of some of these mer is w iiten no t~w~ it will undoubtedly e~Ufort THE KINET0;-COPE. Reoont Uses of the Invontion in the Study of Disease. Ed1son's Part In tho 'orrection of tho Wone derful lachine-w ait May le Ace complished by ils Othor inventIons1. The invention of the kinetopcope, which is at present attracting a large amount of popular interest, resembles some of Mr. E dison's invontions in being really an Improvement on or an adapta ion of discoveries of other men. This In no way implies that the fame of the American Inventor is undosorved. On the contrary, it is due to his genius that mere experimntats of scieatidfo have been converted into thigs of real and lasting bonefit to civilization. 6ir Humphrey Divy discove-cd tha cal hon could be rcndered ineaude:,eent in a current of electricity, und that oxyge'n conained the carbon; but it romained for Edison to exclude oxygen and to give the electric light to civili'zatic.:. The main essentials of the phonograph were in use before laison conceived the Idea of nakciln:; a nrt ia use of the machine. The Mu bridge plioto graphs were the fororunners of tho kinetoscope. It has been proclaimed, tnya the lo:; ton Advertiser, that the tinLu is now'.v at hand when books and thent era will beo come rarities, and t he aveg ol;l. vill be content to une the phono-raph and the kinetoseope for his ple(tmmre. Such a prediction hI over-r ;omguine, asla yet,, for the reason that these inven tions are not yet perfect. The beauty of concerted muaic or of rare uinging i3 still marred by the oloctric whir and the false sounds that issue from the phonograph's diaphragin. The splen did color and dazzling luster of t ho opera's stage are yet beyond the grasp of the kinetoscope. Perhaps thieso things may come Aome day, hut they have not come yet, and in tihe meantimo the present generation i coerned chiefly with the thin.la oi to-dhy. The telephone, for instance, is of more Ini mediate use to civilizat'ion than uro the honograph and kinotoscope coi bine. Science has already found certain uses for Mr. Edison' later inventions, however. The phionogra-ph counter feits perimaently many sounds that are useful to th1eraputies; tChe normal ad unsound healrtiIbeaats, "rates" iln th lungs, certain vocal sormda deelndinll upon special conditionts of thie throat and tonslis. It is ozi decided benefit to science to have perinnient recorda tlt caln alwIIys be of cusy aicces:l witlholut recourse to a special patient. In the saie way the kinetoscope promisei.s: to be of great utility to medical science by reproducing physical action that can be studied in detiail or comprehensively as the student desires. In this city somo effort in that direction halts already been undertaken, and moro will be dc veloped from time to timle, especially in norvous disorders that briig oi certain physical action that is ofLen no violent and vigorous as to baile any aapt at close study by m11ean1s of tCe unahLidel ,eye. .Tho Muybridge phoiographs i.no) w somO -ar ago that. the eye was 1nre liable for the"dOC t.iol of the absoluto details of rapid aliiitW.-Ju o stantaneous photographmy alone ves a correot representatioi of 1,bo <iailere-nt attitudos taken by niv or unL.A.Lh In rapid action, and it is quite pos:Abli that mnedlcal scieco maUy acehieve fres.. discoveries by the help of the kuieto scope. Thus, in studying the nuscunlar action that results from cortain nerve disorders, it may be possible to trace the nerves which are affected. lInven Ian less complicated easea, like lameness, a surgeon may be able to reach conclus Ions with great quickness and certainty by securing the details of muscular action of the all'eeted limb, nai the speed of the kinetoscopo may be regulatedl at will. Altogether, then, while the repro duction of grand opera for the multi tude may be a matter of the remoto future, the kinotoscope is some4thing of more use to civlizatoion than a mere piotorial toy SE.NSES OF THE4 BLIND. The Slmauiar Aenteness of Ones who is Sightlosu. Throughout my whole life, saZys aI blind person in the Argosy, mny blind1( ness has had this remarkable featuaro ini It, I always have before my eyes aL bril liant light, so that the wholeair aroundl mie scems, as it were, inandescent. I appear to be walking ini ligjht. In thmis light I can call upj at will all sorts of beautiful ceolors, whlich I see mingled with the radiance and forming part of it. Thus my blindness has always b)een1 for me In a certain way bright ness. As I grew older there came to me other abnormal poeculiarities, which have been mercifully sent as compen sations. I can always tell whenn others are looking at me, and I can generally tell whether they are looking at me li kindness or the reverse. My sense of hearing is extremely sensitive, and tones of the voices of men and wvomen around me. I can also discern eharactor accurate ly in the touch of the hand. I have certain instincts for which I have no exact name, which sometimes make me foresee future events. My senses of touch and smell are excessively del leat. DEATH tN A MINE EXPL.OSION. A Naked Lamp Ignites a Large Blody .et Gas in a Pennsylvania Colliery, PonvuLxt, Pa., February 19.--By an explosion of mine gas at ten o'clockc yesterday the West Bar Ridge colliery~ of the Reading Coal and Iron company, at Mahanoy Plane, six miners were killed and Ave wor6 burned, four of them probably fatally. Rubbers for dogs are the newest products of civilIzatIon. The street car companies strew sei~t to melt the snow Iand this makes the feet of dlogs sore. B futthese canine rubbof's are high priced and each dog needs two pair. In tho Arctic zone the toes of dogs that are Iused to pull sleds are protected by a of la~ I Ktastned withl