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A K. THE PB 0 6. JOURNAL. VOL 6.---NO. PICKENS,l S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBEIR 896. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. lka foWY'Ref.1 .891,- BY ClIAPTER IX. A snow eloudI was hanging over Fort. F rayno that lovely ifhristnas evo, and the 1110011 One downi through a flil1y veil of lace and east black shadows on the dazzling .s'surface. Everyw hero about the post lights 'wer t wvinkling in the quarters aind somids of soldier merri ment and revelry came fromr the bar racks. Over at, the asseilbly room Rorke 11111 is arty weo still busily at work hanging festoons of green and complet ing the decorations for the morrow, while in tho several louscholds among the officors dinner parties or similar en tertainionts called together under one roof or another almost all the families as well as the bachelors of the garrison. The children were rejoicing in their great Christmas tree at tho chapel. The colonel had bidden them all to his big houso for ia 8anta Claus party after the public ceremony of the post Sunday school, and Aunt Lucretia, a garrulous, flighty, feather brainod fairy of 40 summers or more, was doing her best to get the little gifts in proper order against their coming, being aided in 1er perplexities and comlplications by tho dreamy, but devotod, Wayne. Kitty was dining at the Farwells'-a tem porary truce having been patched up between her and Wil 1 about sunset-and E'llis, too, very, very much against her wish, wais one of this party. Ormsby was, of courso, bidden, and had been placed next the lady of his love, but avorted eyes and 1m0o11osyl labi nwer were the onfly return9s of his devotion. Grieved aml lurt at first, the sterling fellow was finally stmg to reprisals. Ho was guilty of no wrong. He was worthy far kinder treatment at her hands, and, noting her apparent de terninat ioln to talk oly with the mn across ( li ta ble or wit I Captain Amory, who had t1kn hrI in, the New Yorker presently suc(eeded in interesting tie lady on his right, and, when dimer was over mind the women passed out into the parlor, wis enabled to mako way for Miss Farrar with a very courteous but entirely cereionious bow. Ellis. flushed, but, inclining her head, passed him by without a word. It was then nearly 8:30 o'clock, and the gleeful voices of the children could be heard returning fron the chapel, and, mindful of his promise to Helon Daunton, Ormsby was already figuring for an opportunity of temporary escapo. It had been arranged that most of tho officers and ladies were to gather at the hoproom after 10, "just to seo if the floor was in good shapo for tomorrow, " and Jack well understood that Ellis (lid not mean that he should be her escort, and, as matters now stood, ho did not desire her to suppose that such was his wish. Even as he was pondering over tho cigarottes and coffeo howi he should manage the matter and giving but ab sentminded attention to the cheery chat about himii Captain Amory suddenly lifted hris hand and said, "'Hush!'' Out across thoeparade, qulick, stirring and spirited, the cavalry trumpet was soundinig "oetilers' call,'" and( overy' man sprang to his feet. ''What canl it meian?' " 'What has hiappenied?'" were the questionis that as-sailed thenm as they' came streaming out through the parlor in search of their greatcoats. "Did you ever know suchi a rogi mont?"' exclaimed tihe hostess impllul sivoly. "I (do believe we never get through Christmas wvithrout a tragedy of somoe kinld."' And thorn she bit her tongue as sire oaught sight of Ellis Far rair's startled face. "1 think if you willl excusO mel, Mrs. F'arwoll, I will go to mother a momient. She is at the chaplain's by t.hils time and Mrs. Daunton is with he11r. Still, I feel anxious. All this may excite her very much. " And so, while tihe officers wont hur rying away across to tihe adjutanit's of fico, Ormnsby founld himiself, after all, tendering hris arm to Miss Farrar. lHe was the only man left. Kitty, excited anld agitated, she knew not whly, had made somue comnical at t empts to det aiin Will, but his hlosng legs ha~d biy t his timie carried 11hn1 half way to tile scene of thne sudden summilonls. "Thank yeou, no0. I do nlet nieed it,'' said Ellis coldly. "Inldeedl, I (do not nIeed oscort at all to go so short a dis tarce." "'It scomls to ho thle pest Customi none1 thro less,'' wai the grave ans~wer. "'li sides, I think I am justified ini saying you have treatedl 111 withI aveion itSO mnarked of lato that I am11 entIit led to know the cause, Whamt caln I have done to deserve it., Ellis? Let us( uinderstanrd each other." "Thero is only 01no waiy, thlen, ilr. Ormlsby,"' sho1 answ11ered(, withi suiddeii 1unp)ulso1. "'Who is Ihelon Daunitoi"g "Elhlis, I cannot tell you no0w," w.e the sorrowful, gentle answer. "lBe pa tielnt with moe yet a little wilo~."' "'Yet you know?'' "'And you say let ns unlderstanild eachl othler, '" she aniswered bit lerly. "Elliu, I 1 sad to you before whlen we spoke of tiis that Ithero are secret orders a soldier imust obey anid noet oxpllaini. Iml these last few hours scret ordlers have como1 to mec.'' '"And you accept socret orders-from11 her?"' "I1 accept them from my hlonor, Ellis, for I hlave givenr my word. No," bo( im iodas she haswtened as thouth to hALL h rtmpoysons NEELY leave him, "listen, for it may be m3 last Oportliity tonight. I know ii seOIs in.ild and strange to you thail when I would lay my whole life oper beforo you, I must not yet tell you this. But, Ellim, I give you my hoior I ni: hiding nothing Shilme-fill to that pool wonnin nor to me(. It is only for I tiim I i Lmust b) silent. Wlen I car speak. you'll forgive li, dear. You Vilj thank 1m11 ;Iihat I do kiep Silenle n1ow. Trust mli, Ellis. Can you not look ill at io and say you trust me?" Ah, how pleading was his ton , how full of lovo and firo aid toiidernesm h manly face, as inl that still winter nigh lie looked down into her eyes! Over al the barracks thero was a sudden stop (( ill tho llmsic, blit 111en's voices could h heard inl excited talik. Along officers row iany a4 door was opened and voni en and children wero peering out it search of explanation of the uiiusu) summions. Over at the adjutamt's oflier a dark throng had gathered, the ofliceri of tho garrison and other knots ns of sol. diors or Indians could be seen, but Jacl. aind Ellis saw, heard, nothing of this. 1Her voice had tho ring of steel to it a. she answered: "If it were just a question of ly owr happiness, I might trust you, bit it h ily mothers eluiies-plxrhaps bi life. I must klow aLI] there is to know% about that wolllan whom ily miotitlic trusts so blindly. I must know for iiy. self. I) the 11am10 of th love you oitl me Will yoiu tell me th Iruth abot her?" "Ellis, I canmot tonight. I have givenl miy word. " "Thnlll kiep it,'"said she with sudder passion. "Kve p it :id kLi-p your love. Theni sie tiirIi(1d and flied within thII cialiin's gate, leaviing hinm stainili" ni t lie S wVy walk withiout, sorrowing yet diterminined. For a imonilt ho Vtood there follow, inig hir wit h1 his eye'. Never stoppin to kin ck or ring, she turned the kiol and let liirself into (1 brightly lighter hall. H cauught- a glimpso of the grai' haired chaplain hending over a womiali form. Ho caught on flooting viow o Helen Daunton's anxious face. Evi dently the call had been heard there too, 1111d, coming as it did in the still ness of the holiday evening, It boded i good. Only oil rare ovensions or somi sudden 011ergeney was Fenton knowi to call every duty oflicer to his presence even by day, and lhe would be ahn11ios the last 111111 to break in upon1 tle fes tivities of tho season with i a stern cal to airms unless arms and 1110n both wor< nveded soiewhere. Th (lay had beer en long trial to Mrs. Farrar, and sinc< uoon one long torluro to her cherisihce frieind. And so, as they were seate( about th chlalliin'i fire and the trum pet notes wert heard, and a servant hastolning inl said, "It's officers' call, sir, ' " just as Ellis feared her mothei wals seized with sudden finitniess. "'M boy. Willy! Th'ley woin't tako him,'" sh< fal tere~d, and1( then01 santk back norvolesi into her chirii. Ormnsby tiined and 5ped( away for th< oii.(. At leastt ho could ascertain th< Caiust of th1e nununiliOns and bring thenr tidings if it mieanit 1n( m~ove0, but thi( first glance t hrough the wviinow~ at hii uncle's face, as ho stood surrounided by his ollicers, toldi t ho Ntewv Yorker, il ready e'xpenrieed in frontiler gairrisou life, that somethinig liiout was i thle wind. Fienlton was talking rapidly as was his wonlt when roused1, and1 th~ 0o11y faces ini tilt group thait dId noe seeml to kindle iln reisponSo to thio lih Iln his keenl, sparklinig eyes wo'ro thoen of two heavily blarnketed Indian~s stand inig suillen and1( implerturbale besidle himu. Out ini thie now half a doz.en non con111 miined1 oilh1ers1 wero gathbored ii a group by tilt little krnot of TIndiar ponies and1( cow boy hri-ochos. An Indiar boy, lolling inl his Saddle, replied bi mioniosyllablles to their eager questions. A brace of coiwboys, one of thlem obvi Ouly iln liquor, soulght to impress05 upo)0 all within hetariing their version of som< row~ t hat hadtt e'videtly) talken pla1co. Aimonlg the bystanders was Ormnsby'i old friend, thio sergeant major, and1( t< 1hh1 lie app~lealedl. "'Been a lIght, sir-colwboys and1( In. dimas. CIhrist masl'. drunik, I re(ckOn. Th<l~ crowboyis wero'( hiavinlg somei ?fun witi their I ariats, and the l ropei'Id oldi Bis LRort olt Ius ponuiy 1 anlihit at 1111m whoer he shlowVed fig ht. Th'eii his two sons5 8ho1 IihLaamie P'ete, and11 it lioiks lik o a ger ('ral sinnluage'' . Big Road 's whocle vil stremnlli, anid they 're warl danmcing ali readiiy. 'There's a let of drun~lken cow% bios olver at towni , and tin-y sweard t hey 'I wl'(iei iniian outil itimitlt.i"ilEtl Tihanlikinig theit staltY se'rgeant for hi; informillatR iin, (Oii lsby pressedi'( on to th< crowd~ied roomiil and1 stood in thfi outsk ir' of tho throng of (oilicers. Fento~n wa: speakinig as hie enltered thoe 1hall, and11 hi: voie had11 11( uniertaini ring, H~e har1 beon ques't ionlin one(11 of the1 cowhloj 1leaders, aI scowlinRg, semlidlanllit, bu1 splenididly butit speimen of111(t froint ' cihivailry, and( It wals evident thalt th verdict of' the commiandter wats aginst these turbulent genitry anid in favor c the Indlins. "B~y your own admiiissioni, Thorpe your fellows are oni a tear, and1( w~hethli they mecant It as8 funi or hot it we; nwh funu at ho4a mud nsthlinn less.tha i mad brained t rick it lily eyesa anda IIIr outrage from the Indian point of viow. Big Road would have been no chief al all if ho hadn't resiltod it furiously. I1 m)ay be, as you say, tliat Ie was flirst tc pullI hiA gun,) bult you1 pulled himl olf 1h. horse. The ell that (lid it deservu to bx Att the lh n:shold I he i t rncl a oil 1 1moe , JIctI l. in't e in u' mie r. shot, ad l sorry he misse. You say there ue Cowboys enough in tle county to clean out a dozeni such bands as his and that Laramie Pete's friends won' rest unt il they've (ono it. (o you to thleil right. fron tiis spot and say fir m there Ilre not co %wboys eiough in all the territory to lick this regiment, and you've got to (10 tihat before you can raise oie scalp iln that village." "All right, Colonel Fentoni. In the old (lays we w'd to say blood was thicker thin water, andl([ in many it touhIt place we've swtod by the soldier atgainst; tlie avaige. 'Ihire was ievetr a tii w. we'nt back oni you, and this is tit first time I ever heard of an officer vio would go back oi its" "Dn'iit distort, things nlow, my friend," said Fvnton noolly. "I niever would go back on you, as you say, if you wern the a,:raliled'i and tlie wronged. This is a case of siiiple justice, and I interii.se to- kvep tlie peace until the rights i wil r -vongs eni i sifteid and set. tied. 'ake ity advico and kcep away from the village.'' "Tee'ligher power L, thle land that b e inilitary, ('olonel Fenlton, and thlat's: public ol'inlion, aind pulicl opinlionl syls Bi Road's peoiple murlered Lara mile lite. Public opinion Says Wo walt the nurderers, and, by (od, we mieian tc hav' 'Ill eveil if -we have to clean ou1 the who let village! We walit 110 figlht with you; but, through the press am! congress, we'll use you up till ther won't, he ats much' bft of you as thi Bioux left of tuxwter's crowd. Taiko m3 advice and k411p away from us." And so saying Pen Thorpe, "king o: the cowbov, " as they called him (it thi Platte, strode angrily out- of the room the oflicers parting fil Silenice to let hi go. At the thI reshold lie turned and onc more faced tihe post commander. "Another thing, Colonel Fentoni' And as he spoko Ormsby could seo hov the Atrong frame was quivering w-itI excitement and wI:ath. "You say we'rt riot. t be sherit's posse and11( Wceannot act ill aceordance with law. Thero's nc sheriff in 111 Wyoming nearer than Roc Spriligs, and I'm sheriff in theso parth until he comes. I'm sheriff onough tc hunt murderers, and sheriff enough to run down horse thieves, and do it with out waiting for warrants, either, and that damn~l~ed redlskin whom you're pro1 tectiing thlere) by your side is 0110 of thec four that shot Pete Boland. I'll send a3 sher1iflf s )soC hero ini tonl miinutes, aind I'll give you warinilg lier) and now we mueanl toi haveu the law on1 htim ori y'ou, and~ youx take~ your eboice. W~ill you sur renider himil''" Ormisby felt hist nerves anud muscles quiverinhg. 'his a i5~lIndeed hiearingi the 1lion ini his deln. It was ai now thing to see ai post ec ommnander braved Ia his own haili iwiek. F.enitonl, however, never sho~wedi thle fa1 intest I rrlitat ion. Cheek inig with a1 gesture the indignant miove mado(1 lby Fomie of t ho youlng'r officers, ho turned quietly to tho ofilcor of the day. " Captauin Amotry, let a file of the guard escort thait gent lemain off the res eryation." "S'o bo It, Colonel Foenton, and Jet the c'ountiry kno1w I was9 thirust off the post at, t ho pinit of the saber. I'll wait for miy escort." Hie hadl lit tle timo to wailt. Almost at the dioorway lrea~dy, the corporalh's guardi, obeyinig thle imipat int summons if thi yioung (lielr in ('(omnlumld, cam~fo muissionied (otlerI and~ t wo t roopers. One of, the hatter, tiocky, heavily healrdetd, sliuchy , wi t h fur ive', bloiodshiot eyes, looked unieaisily3 aboiut hhn13 asi the detail hal ted, andii, .;prinig uip thle stops, the corpioral lightly touched the cowboy on the shtouilder. Thorpe hadP111 turined back as thlou gh to hur lime paruting shot or Saurcasmi att thle (opp~lresor, but at the touch of t hit torpr's handS111( looked coolly artounid. "'Well, sonniy, what do you wanlt?'' 'Comno along, lIi-, " ' a id t lhe corporai quietly, then staritedl back inllunitar'ily a st the expression of amapzpeen and wvrath that shot suiddenly 11110 tho cow boy's faco. '"What I" hissed Thorpe, striding it paco forward. "'You heret? You ofilcint in~g (as policoman to show me off Uncle Sami's jillyard. You, youi snecak and( soum!"' ho shouted, shaiking a flait In Gratice's soddonil face. "'You, yo~u brag. gait anid blackguard-you cotwaurd, who heft pooxr Crawford's wife wit hout ai do fender. Yun etur, who 14tol( t ho last cent lhe had anid then betoayed him11 to the 2Indians ; you liar, whi brag ef being an toflcer's son anid dare nout own your owi f nameol "S3tand1( back I" he fi eey erid iu ,iho' corporal once muor: .stiv' tio phico r Ihand uphonl his shouldir. " I've no( quar13 s rel with you, Reddy, or with tis othie p oor deQvIL avho canJ only doQ a he's or dered, but I'd die in lay traoks bofore that whito livered bound should escort me off this post. Out of the wayl" lie oried, tnd with ono muagnificent bound reached his horso, leaped into his addle, aid dashod a few yards away. Then, whirling about, ho swung his imit inL aOr. "Good night, to you, goutlemie:. Merry Christmuas to you, one and til. You've got one of thosr bloody murder ors hero, so keep him if you choose, but we'll have the other threo before the sun rises in spito of all the thugs and thieves like that fellow you can muster in the cavalry." And with a parting malediletion at Gzaico and a lash of the stinging quirt, he whirled his broncho and dashed away at the gallop. "Danin that fellow!" nid Fonton. "I like him it spite of all his deviltry. T'horo's no help for it, gentleinen--the Twelfth has got to speud itsH Christmas standing bei ween thoso rough ridors and tho very liand that killed ( ur colonel thruo long years ago." ITO 10-; cON'rIN' x.) NE:X Wi.j l)IiICTS IN THIE )ISPENSARY. A Stroig Adlvoeate Urges i lip' l.gisila. turo it mlpr'ovo the Ln w. The Piedimont lieadl igh I. edit,ed by L arrv Gantt, who wits cretdited wit'h making the original suggestion of the lIaw, contains a lengthy editorial ils eulssingi the dispens-try Systelu. Here are stme of its stateiments : "' That there has been imismanage inent and sotme stealing coIliected with the dispensary since its estab lishimlent no one can or will denv. That the whole thing needs remodel inig and overhauling is generally con ceded. No bisiness ever nnettd by this or any other Stat e presented Sueh an inviting field for tcorrtuption. It, wais at new and unltriedI experimenvit., itid its inautigurator's had 1 0 utide by which to go. The enemies of the tw made it so obnoxious that. it was a hard iatter to secure the services of a suc cessful business nan to accept any position connected with the dispen sary. The press and the pulpit, both started a crusade against the new ex periment, to control the IlhIuotr traflic, and church ienibers were even threatened witlh expulsion did they not resign the places they held. The constable feature of the law proved Cspvetia lly ohnoxiouls. "ar r)oI Vill never gain be eis tablishted ini Sothi Carol ina. Tilt- only chaing r.l owed in the dispensary sys temt will 'e to peorlmit private indivi duals to ell un tidet the samue restric t ionis as to holutrs and quantity as is nlow jpracticed . Of cout rse we catn have so ealled ' prolibilion,' but expjerience in the pa'-t has denonstrated the fact t lthat prohihition does anything ei9e tan p1ro hibit,. It simi ply excla nges ih' lez::lizedl sale of whiskey for count l ess doggeries, whec thet viie. t de m tons. .red tO any Ot tit wI o 1,i1 buly. . -'We bolieve at- otir Stat, ipe r is novw. condulictedl, that ti-re i. lio grolind for any charge of ditbhtolesty in Columbuhia. The State boatrd of con trol are gentletneni Whose n1ame1U carry wivith theI colfidence and respect, while ill Col. S. \V. Set'lr-gs they hatve I on. f thie finest acc nt nt in 1c.b u i-d if any rasea!ity i, pre ticed by seabordinates le is stre to find it out. "The greatest trouble wo see with the dispensary is the high prico ellarged for liquors and their unre strict.ed sale. Thero is no den vinI ug the transparent, fact that as n)ow i'iatged anly mn ct ly all tile whiskey his appetite craves just as readily as wheii wve had hari roomsii. [Here. l i., hereo re form is needed, andi badlhy nieedet, too. i)In the first, platce the State has nto morei' right to cate a moltnopoly ttnd prtofit t haIit moitr.Opoly att the ex pen'tse of the peopl~te than ant individul ha is. It was ntt designed IA) create of the d ispensatry aL sourcte of revetnue, hut simplyI 3 tt peritit stober men, wh Io need itoxicantts, or' kntow hotw to uise thleim with imoderatioin. to putrchatse purie liqutotrs legallhy, and w itlbout tresortin~g tto blind tigers. Man men 111 who( votel for' the law would never htave done so did hey113 1( elv that the dloor's of our tdispenisaries were tot he thtrown aopen to atny one who would buy. " Antd in thtis conntiection , antd beinitg a friend to the dispensary law, truthtl tandt cltndtotr comtpels uts to say that wileI for' a tiimo the use of stimulantts wats greatly cur'tailed. we can see a daily incr'ease in l iquor-drinkitng and drunl ikennhess. We have two idhpensa ries in Spartanburig, and at anty pubil)ic day it is at htard task to enter thec doors. At fir'st one d ispenlsary did all the bus intess eaisily. "1Too mI)uch liquor is being sold by the dispensaries, and it is too easy to buy it. The conistumptiont is daily in creasing, when. if the dispensatry proves what Its frIends desh ined rno. prit'sedl, tile use( of in tox icants wVouldt ho gradually and stead~ily dIiminrishied. No county should be allowed miore thain 0one dispensar'y, and thent thtrow greater restrictions around the sale. If we can reduce the consumpl~tion of intoxicatnts one-hal f, or even, one-thuli'd, soutmuchi the le'ctcr. A ICATIC WAlt 10XPl0CTICD. The1 Bellet' that. Hostilities WIll iHo Restiumetd la Spr'ea'linig. tatted overi aL raptid(ly sprea~d Intg belief that thue rate war' between thei Sea board Ai ii ne anud the Soutthe'rn lIailI way is to b)e r'enewed. rThe acetion of the diriectors oft thle v'.r'Ious branches of the Seatboar'd 'sys',em in Iinuorsi ng thte atttituldl of the oflicers In the re cent ratte wIar Iirst, ci'eatetd the impreti's sion tha~t atnother war mtigh t beC resort ed( to. Cotltit is giveni this belief by n 'nte. - view w ith V ice l 'resident St. Joh1n oif ther Seaboatrd , in the WVash ington Star. T1hue int ferien~e ntece'ssaily d rawna froml this Interview is that Mr. St. John's picie ef peacee is the wit hdrawal of the -outttern's steame li ne between Hal ti moreit and Nor .fol k, at.d the grant of the I aboarjft'd 2 utand ti at it'. sleers hie hoar'dla-,t,utuer.,',and, faili"g to get what was wanted. thei Seaboard in' augurated the great rato war. No snrprise, therefore, would be creatcd by another declaration of war at any time. The Seaboard A it, Line," said M r. .t. John to a reiporter, " will demtiand from its copielotitorts all the privilegets l'ccordcd to any oite Irailway co1. imnuy, and failing to receiv tleI, will esort to such mnean; to enforce its demands as may be domed wise and just by the directors of the company. " I f the Southern Lailway Companty wants to () preserv the peace between itself and the Seaboard Air Line, it knows exactly v. hat to do," continued Mr. St,. John. To a further question he said that the Seaboard Air Line annllounce( some montlhs atg(o that it wanted to run through passenger coaclies from New York to New Or leans, and that itstill wants that, right. HMe added : I do not look upon the concessiotns which we have said we wanted in the light of a favor. I considCr that, til) SeILaAd has the right to demand any and every accommodation that is ex tended by any and.eyery line to either the SouthIcrn or any other competitor ofotlie Seaboard." As to whether a rate war was im pending, M r. St. John said : " That, depends entirely upon what the Southern may do, if it does any thing tW change tile existing condition of allairs. As I said before, it knows what te1p is necessary for them to take to restore harmony. light here I Wish to say that the impressionl Which has gotten abroad that the Seaboard is always anxious to light its competi. tors is an erroneous on. The Seaboard does not want rate wars, but we know our rights, and I trust and hope we will always be able to maintain and enforce them.'' PI1'lRSICCIUTEi'D BY PROFITS. A itich Mali Who 'Tries to Lose Him t Fotuell Can't1.t L.i itsville ('ourier-.Iournal. The history of .John Lawrence I SChoolera'Lft, who now, broken-hearted r an( aiiniless in life, plods uncomplain- I ingly throltighI a weary existence, earti- 4 ing by constant labor a bare mainte- i nanev, is a sad one. Several days ago c honds ad(] sectrities amounting to e $60,000 were found inl the bottoll of a N east-oll trunk ill tho Saratoga Hotel at, UbI icago, 1as was related at the time in [ tihe Courior-.Iournal. The tinding of I such valuables has led to an investiga- t tion, ald the fact has becin established i that the bonds and Securitics belong to i John Lawrence Schoolcraft, formerly of Kentucky. Chief of Police Badenoch, of Chica- I go, when he turned over the securities I to the owner, instead of making him 1 happy, broight sorrow and sulering to limi1, as the bonds recall a sad event in his life, which lie lid striven hard to wipe out and forgot. The day the honds were found by a waiter at the Saratoga 1otel Schooleraft. wits earn ing his living by addressing letters at l per thousatid. It wits(juickly learn ed thLt he watS tile owner Of the bond1S, for he had the hotel chek for the trunic in which they were found. lie also had a receipted bill for ithis board Irt the Saratoga lotel. le, whenc al kod in regard to the secittitles he once possessed, gave tile num111brt'tbe r cad ilv. Chief itldolochi, wanting to ho mottre -ure, however, sent Schooleraf t's picture to his old home in Richilloid, Va. I at1,trs re%'O Teceived OI imedi ate ly from prominent busine-s 111e of Richmond saying. the pitire Iwas D douibtedly that of Schooler1aft. Th14is dismissed all doubt s as to the man's t identity and right of ownerllship. Ihese letters 11lso exIhItlained why Schoolcraft, with $60,000 iat his cotm- I ma...nd , keeps utp the drudAger-y of ad- I dr tessing enveloples to earn Is dlally I livelihlood,. lie himiseif dleClines to tell t the stotry of 1118 life, but, in answer' tot pietoistent qjuestion ing only says: ''NO I man11 (on car-th has suffered morec than I. I lad I thought miy past would be dugr upl in coninectioin with these muiserable ( (1(1ldpapet's, I would nlcycr hlav( mladoIe claimti to thenm. Ma ny my sectret hie< burtied with my body."~ Tieni years ago .101hn Latwrence Schioolcr'aft was ta vigorous, handsome young 1m1an1 of 2a years. 11lo was an enlterpr'ising young bulsiness tman and1( was a mlemiber of thle liirmi of Campltlbell &V SchiooleraftI,, of Iltetiond. Va. TJnec litrml was a ploplarl 0onc and1( made money fast. Scho~olcra&ft ha id exteon-i sive business ventures Outsidle of hIis r'egutlar business, andt amll of them~ noet-1 tedl hlim big gains. Mt's. Schtoolctraft was a beautifl wYomanf antd was one of. the most attractive an~d fascinating leader's of Rlichmnond society. School- a craft, idolizedc~ his wife, and hist whole I life seemed to be given up to her I pleasure and happiness. One day lie a awoke~ to the reatliz.ation that a young lawyer named Stein, who hiad been oner of his mtost conlident and ttrusted friends I Itad tobbed himlt of Itis wife's aifections,. lie inadec no complalint, neither did he sLtr a word of con-ure, but hastily cinverteod all htis property and htis bus-r itness interests itnto eash and portable I CCIeurities anod left his once happy t homuie to become a wanderer the rest of 1 his life. Schtooleraft's main purpose was to boquander all his money and scatter it, in a way that 1118 wife couldl never get it,. l1e trushecd into hbig speculations and ofteon instead of losing, realized handsome pirolits. Taxes on his real estate wore p)urposely loft unplaid andl the property was sold and resold until it, was cloudeod by mortgages too far to atdmnit, of any redemption, 1ie went in to big mining schetmes atnd all1 k inds( of wild speculations, and in almtost, overy inistance would win- F'inally ho was hteatrd from in Albuquerque, N. Mi., where he had investerd in what, lhe consideredoo a losting venture, but, to his ultter disgust he realizedco from it over uit00,000O. Schooicraft Ii nal ly succeed edl inl 5(ataderintg all hxis tmoney, and landed in Chicago about two weeks :go with but a few dollars in his pock e1s and1( with a determination to earn ia pittance wherewithl to sustain imtsell. When Chicf Bacenock took the se curities after they were found and0( showed themi to Schooleraft, he said they belonged to him, but they wetre worthless. E1xperts w Co nave oxamitn ed themi declare they are'( goodti, iandt nlot only~ cani tlbeir fiace valhie be readily collcted, buit, the itaccrued int ent,, w, I ich w ll amtous to .some3 tiihusands of dollars. Schtooletraft, although be Lnv otniy 29 yearw of age has aged ran Idly, and tho sad expression on ih faco portrays a blighted lifo. Sehoolcraft was born in Kentucky and lived In the State prior to his res idonce in Richmond. (1,1?103t NOISEIS AT NINITl'Y SIX hley PreEetdedI t h Iiarthliquak Ten YVeirs Ao-igain The Itutuitbling IA licard. NIr. Henry J. Kinard. of Ninety Six, S., writes its follows to the Columbia Register : A bout eleven or twelve years ago a rumbling noise was heard about four miles southeast of this place, resemb 1lng the report of a cannon, only the m0tiund Wits deadenied somiiewhiat by b)eing underground. It started nearly two years beforo the groat August arthquatke and became more frequent Ind louder up1) to the earthquake and 'on t-inlluvd only a few weeks after the arthquake. These explosivo reports -ere not at regular intervals, some imes one to live times a day, and some lays would not be heard. The vibra ion of the earth just after an ex Ilosion or report was sufficient to 'attle glasswaro and glass windows lard enough to wake one at ni ghit, or f lying with your head on the base of , treo you could feel the vibration. ione people living cl0SO becamo very nuch alarmed and were uneasy that ;oimiething would happen to iljuro heI. I ha-v i farm on Nincty-Six Areek, whero these reports wee so ronounecd, and I often heard them. I think large pieces of earth must 1:c Iropping off beneath the surface, 'allinig deep (Own in Some cavity be ow, which must cause the report. P'hese reports were heard in ia rad Iiu, If about three miles. They owore more wonounced than the report of blust ng. but having sonowhat of the doad med sound. I shall always believe ,hy wore soinewhat connected with he great earthquitke, hecause nearly wo years before the earthquake, when rst heard, thoy were not so loud and es freq uenIt, but just beforO the earth lnake they were very frequent and o much louder and of coutirso the vi bIa ion of the earth so much more str itk ng, and, its I stiated, alter the earth iuake they were less frequent ind not o loud, and In the course of about six veeks were heard no more. I am not going to predict that we re to have anothor earthquake, nor s it my purposo in writing this articlo o diaturb those who are nervous. but t is a fact that about six or eight veeks ago theso unexplained and uin '-xplainable reports started again and tre more frequent and louder now ,han when first heard eight wooks %go, so say the people who live out ,here. I wrote a short article one week ago ,o the News and Courier, giving these [acts, SeleCting thiat pel)Lr shniiply be mause the Columbia correspmonunt of that paper, some tine bforo the Au gost earthiq uake, camne up here atnu wrote a lengthy irtele giving testi 11ony and statements of di lfercnit re sponsible mIen1 in) regard to these ex plosive noises. The News and Couriet dId not publish Imy a rticlo from soic caulse I know not. I sulposed tlh editor thought, it might affect Charles tonl in Solic way, or that it was not worth the sIaCC it would takic0 to pulish it., or that it illight dilsturb ioliic fnervolis personH. I ask you, N r. 1dlitor, to pu blish this for no other pur ,Ose thaln it is it fact thaLt these ex dosie loises were associated with the :rcat August eartlhquake and that it Ought to be known by the people that heso exploive reports are heard gai). MI V corresponlence i no years go in tlho Carolina Spartan wits taken IV the News and Courier Is It entnarld, mut pirovetd to be a fact. Capitain 'etty took conisiderabhle interest, iaL lie tIme in my statements. D~uring lie latte war parties living on those latt lanuds w here' these noises are now ,eard, reported eh day exatly the omb uer of cannons that were tired in .harleston. If you atre d isposedl to mtblish this, If any changes in thbese Ixplosions tauke pla1ce, 1 wIll write you 1,Ma in. 81TICII 01' AN E4ITi'ilt. I i'apular- Youngm1 Mai ndmedl lils NIlr. I CuIchard E. Chleirry, whot wias iintl Irecntly thILie atssI)ciate edtitor of Ilii'h l'ny I 'reCts, aL dily patper in] AlI .iany, Ga., comiiitt Led suicide att his mo, in that city on the 2- ih inst. 'l'e att was occas-ioned by detsponi loy over' the loss of his positionl, nd( its accUomp llishmien~t was imarked y sonme of the most sensattionatl fea ureCs thait ever chiaracterized self nurder. Cherry had for a long time been con ceted with The Peonny P'ress, but ast week was requested to tendler his ,csignation ; was made distressingly Iespondenit, and hopeless. 'I.'he next lay he left town in search of wvork, and iothing more wats heard of him until mis return last night. le walked up .o his mother's home, and as she camne o the door to meet him, he pult his ,rms around her and said :'" Mother, have comoi home' to (lie.'' lie produced a half-emptied mnor ihine bottle and exhibited it, to her. l'he hal f-crazed mother wrenched it fro-m his girasp and after having con :eialedh It, its shet thought, she excitedly mmmnioned( all the ph Iysicians In the neighbhorhood. Cherry had seeni w here slh( had put the drug, and its hie attempltedl to get it and uwal low w hat enmained, his lii yearti-oldJ sister ruishied uip. She divined his iintention, anid gra-tiped hiis arms trnd struig gled( dIu(: pe ratelby for the pos i(ession of the vial, lie ecceded ini jverpowerinig her, andl as she sank exhbaustedi to the lioo" he calmly swal owed the remfal ider of thle deadly A inmher of physicians responded alhniost uiiediately. Cherry wat rapidly going into a stuplor. The3 fought heroically, but, to no avatil, ti satve his life. lie lapsed lnto uncon sciousness dlesplite their (toi-ots to keel him awake, and in a few hours wal this mother and sister inro prostrati with g rief, and a[ Albatny is deplom ig the sad atlfai r. Chlerry was abou 30. years old, and. unmiiariried, lie wa one of the most popullar men In souti: west Geor-gia, anod a well-known figur In Genwi journalism. THE POLICY OF GOVERNOR-ELECT EL , HII WANTS TO UNITEU TH1E3VIIT PEOPIA. A Patriotic Purposo in View-Ho Takes iIIi Ground on Publio Af fairs. S1eelal to hie State. THINTON, Nov. 25.-At this point today, starting for Columbia, I mot the man who soon after the second Tues day in January next is to assume the direction of the State government Governor-Elect Wiliam H. Ellerbe and spent several hours with him. He talked pleasantly and patriotically of the future of his State, and forces one to the conclusion that his aim is to bring about genuino peace and unity among the whole people, If ho is given the propor support. Tne Governor elect takes high ground on matters of great public concern an~d says his desire Is to give the entire people of South Carolina a clean, impartial ad minstration of the affairs of the State government. He says h: has clearly nairked down the lines of his policy and expects to how to them, trusting to the truly patriotic mon of both fac tions to lay aside factional differences and, personal matters and give him their asbistance. * Tihe Governor-elect is looking well just. at this time. lie says his health was had just after the campaign, but he is now quite well again. THe ox pects to movo his family .o Columbia its soon li h is inaugurated, and they will reside at the executive moinsion. lie smilingly remarked to-day that one leading manufacturer of bicycles had oftered him a handsome machino if be would take his exercise in that way ; he added with a smile, " But I think walking is safer and better for ine. I am accustomed to walking about the farm." Mir. KIilerhe occupies a position som0 what distinet from his predecessors in the gubernatorial chair. Ils election was one of the unanimous kind and ho s not bound by promiises, neither is he tied up with obligations to any for sU) port. A bout his only promise given in the cam paign was that to the p)eol)l of Charleston that If they would on force the dlispensary law he would re movO the metropol i tan )OliCO. When 1 asked him about' this to-day, he do (lined to have anything to say on the subject, but those who know him are assured that that promise will be kept. As to the dispensary problem, the Governor-elect, while he will deal with it in his inaugural, will not make any suggestions or recommendations to the General Assembly. He will, however, I feel safe in saying, call upon the people of the State to stand to him and help hiiii enforce the law to tie letter as long as It Is upon the statuto hooks. M r. Ellerbe has studied the <Iuestion thoroughly and has his views as to what should be done, but those vlews he is not mnaking publo, nor will Ie he likely to have anything to say at all, unIlss it be in a special Imle!.5age a fter his inmauguration. MIr. Nilorho has already begun work on hIs inaugural address. In that ad dress hie wil take a now line. He wi!I hardly devoto it to recommendations to the General Assembly, but will very3 phainly nmke it an address to thoe whole people, general In it4 character and broaud in its scope. For Mr. El lrhe hli ioves that an itnauiguri'al should I addr-essed to tihe people themselves. To-day I asked IM r. El lerbo about the chance of getting a reduction In taxes in South Carol ina. lie said this was a mnatter to which he had given most sc rious consideration and inuch time, but he had failed to evolve any scheme. Tlie only thing lho Could see was the increase of the taxable piroperty in the State. This could be brought about ny3 bringing more pleopile with money in to the Stato and by encouiraging tihe settlemenit oif cimigrants here. It would cost no mnore to run the State governmenut with tis Increase of property atnd taxes would be lowered. Ni in. l,erbo hias outlined an excel - lent policy as to the making of all ap pointmients, but in regardl to tis as Inl nearly everything else he is exceed ingly reticent. I le had just loft Senator Tillman when I saw him to-:lay. lHe and Sana tor TiI! nmaun are mumutbers of the curri coilum conn iitteo of the Clemson truastees, and he had einno down to see the Senator about the condition of alairs at the college. Th'Ie death of I 'rof. Mc Geo deprives the college of a proiebsor of augriculIture, th us leaving one of the essential dlepartments with out a director. There seems to be great diflicuilty about tinding a man to Jill the place, it hals been agroodi upon0 finally, NI r. E0lle says, to leave the matter opien until Dec. 14. when tho trustees meet at tihe college comn moencemnent. Mr. Ell erbo says Senator Ti llmuan is to make two speeches soon1 --one at St. Matthews on Dec. 3, in aid of tile Calhoun county schemeo; the other at Galney on Doec. 5i, in aid of the new county of which that place desires to be the county seat. -Hey. Thomas flaysor, D). D)., of ti e M ethodi st Eiiplcopatl Church, South, (lied a few (lays ago at the parsonage of the Lower St. Matthlews circuit near Cameron, Orangebu rg County. Strick en with paralysis several weeks ago, 110 never rallied to any ap)preciable extenlt, though at intervals hie was conscious of things around him and recognized his family. Dr. Raysor was well known all ever South Caro lIna, having in his long connection with tihe Methodist, church served niminerous charges as pastor and dis- - triets as presidin1g elder. Hie leaves a large family of children and a widow. All of the children are grtown and one or two of them resided with him. He was near the three score and ten limit, and had served his church and his God -l~enry Sudduth, of Glassy Moun tain township, the "Dark Corner" of Greenville County, has beeu committed to jail, on a charge of criminal asegult on the person of his fifteen year old sik i ter-in-law, Jane Center. He called at - her- miother's house on the afternoon of t November 18, to take the young girl s to his house, so as to leave at midnight - for tile circus at Greonville the next e day, and committed the alleged out rage on the wnay bnnk in his house.