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FORT FRAYNJ By Capt. CHA RLES KING, U. S. A CHAPTER XV. "The Bat to of the G hosts," o 1 Road's pctio)I called it long ion after, fought law at n ight and far the Slopes (if tle Elk ranige, wits repo ed at Fort Fraiyne beforo the rising anoi0ilti itlill. The mysterious system signaling whieb enabld thle I(ndilins the rcFivat ions in Nibraska to kn< the dt ail. of the h uster nhiacro beft th?y 41could ke wired from IBisimai wa; hero in use againi, aid straggi' from the baal far back at Trooper cree and (ven the cowboys and ranchmi carousing about. Biuko Jin's iml hon of the tritumph of their plais, knew I about Farwell's overtaking the villap of Farrar' desperatt stiand amid W aymI long gallop to their siuipp'ort before t frst tiding., were wl'isp'redl within t silent walls across the stream or ev guessed at by the grin old soldier ro ing from his sleep barely tii ihies fro the seat of action. The first news reach the garrison camo frai Ji to amlt was laughecd to scorn by mueiibt of the guard. The next words wvnt fe: fully along amoing thit hiclisi, (if () cors' tow an1d tipiedily reac'hed the e: of the ann ious wivt and childrenl (f t soldi r.s in the ield, and 'till the st geon lei4 in charge it Fa1 neIW realemi believo the rumors and hastenaI to f. blit thait any V n, sheub .s!w i -a fcd,1! th, h hiltro f f I'irr ir f e va told of fl :l 1 1 r l 4 1h 4 ii L the last i r -f 1h11 h - I d - di u td- 'I- mlI ten-i Jailsi lla i t c , i11 m . i., 1 gunl ilj l t i ' it' 1 - kwl la y:rve. 1h4 truinp ; V..11g 1 1 for th,: w g i i'n t onily t \ tv p - : t the c --, -but p, ha w t 1: a! tnd hurrying frein hiseto 1. before thp, usu1Al h I,:r.md r ar the x x it I i h the hawi ".1 r to as nI -..1 hcr fiu own cr, c - - - c' - - - Da:'' - -. tcu - - ' Lud. -l tibd.e.~ t Ur- s ai r thai wnbi 't ihn ht sin-is th crd wa tra:.a i~aOel Jga y oor frn Fienn ii)'lii Mt. ''Allb nove Ih. r "Kg. eet iiv :.' i .,'ii )fore h e dar-t A m:othl4, fr rhe liw-lias youy the bo toon ennt~i aIYU ni om r . Far tirt ill r- i :n tair canol ohaeri o hr ril oy. .sln tho wyw tegr i th ta rtm ar'-nitint thuot olpti-t bett r e i ir than sup rosl shettcried wm t"Ii. vnow f n, y por friet hew grtly an byed Al over-thiere Ahe ustten ia mitand conf ush toe elievi fro vthing and okcn-w no teg. It asb houros abefr wnn delltaisfsr sthe Indans bay the fi wothrough LaSrangs tanyonl over mii vs byrthif tis, adth Buffloegr lovinne st age statifom Fttema have gt ins byk wa of Laorbt wouldr surelyms have epaed ''ihero withurbenfi." i'wot And justIhen a retan hurr moptaness sir hat hearthi ns wirothrouh haramied ther wino be doctrad, "and hem usti hav hardwt he im." "ts ot from tho dorier wiidow of Ellis' ittle room, saw them and read the motive of their going. Ton minutes later a dramatio scono occurred in that shabby littlo oflice, ono that Frayne has not yet ceased to tell of and will long remeniber. Kurtz, the operator, was clicking away at his in . strunient its the doctor entered. "I've 3ig got Laramie, sir, now, " he answered in lb responso to the first question asked him, rt "and he says Buffalo knows nothing yet, rt- The first news ought to come through of gie stage station near Allison's ranoh. of O31lonel Fenton was over thero last of night, but nothing has been heard this morning. The operator is thero now." )re "Wire to hhiui then. Urge him to find out whether thero was a fight in tho s hills, whether Colonel Fenton is still at Allison's, and get any authentio or news ho can and scnd it here at onco. " or And even as Kurt z began clicking his iessago there was soio sudden chock, aI eager light shot into his face, an ex a pression of keen, intense intorest. lie lie lot go his key and sat listening to the e quick beating (if the tiy haimmor of enOe instrument, Ohen seized a Jixneil and 9 began' to wrciito ji.st as it faltIiing step was heard en tlt- creailng woodwiorc of to (he pia:lZ:. The door bullSt. open,11 an1d in, V with wild eyes and dislieveled hair, at 'IheS avy ehl (k t lirown about hier, lit with out overs hoeus, wit hocuit gloves, all oblivi oils to) thil biiter coild, Marjorio Farrar Srush, c jin utcen thi ni. 10 il t inc ina-t..nt I v," slie bean, but, ir- thi t n 1r. :11 init1.1tionl Scizing h1iml t s 0 D h- a';1l ( hit, oplt v. l I-'-: f:x.e ' t urlit'c l t i h u cli'led hailt . I : eassturing smi as 1as in op!Il 1 ! 1in1 s to r IT iv her lt frit I'd. Tari I ;I a momeuvit ruerek 14' 1 rentleSs, b,.o:, . 11, .11u1 ,I InI ,1 1 of Swift . in: a 1 th I t. 1c. if swift % kinu~l~ing pecil. :nncl t~in Kurt . sji.Iran to hi I it t utacl tc i i rl--. . iit S t 1 : .:.: htalA i liht.rown .si t. \\ah ..e 1 that d i Ii . t in il tir so, c. :-. shc 1 Thcn, with 'tn' Sh. tiank C1 ltt: r~cc: . Iot t hct did not h't l . 1i;: dvantage of the u1 cin r : thit ldt, dar 1 1 LZ rt t ou.: wl hat th:: y w Xvb a tin ma V....t waseaICtodc 12 di .c t? 'warriors web - d 1 - - '- -t -n -d iar1 irdn ,t * ... -- - t:n oun ofice wtr tfromL h n a hir hepedplcth bo.a.y .... a..... gav.....the wortor to ter . 1t few An ther minutoant Leale' e . rne, Jr d y t he r ihtenan graspint da at th permrrllth sm to staready a iefi .is athdwenth hargin at through th v d'Yd highad and tm rn he icof t'me.rc Wihr wtery rut Wil w( r vii anld plling hemsel togb* agin gandb the to theyim tr ( an b s fr-cO hamr rdin nto th Jcaei Sa.' uplc r t b tug he lietatngrclup tr o ;ugr the b oy hihand andoutin is ord-rsle d chiFa eing hisamentas jtoug thd no lo a tver dwt eveyhi. ut :d Wille's com'v ing relvedi him falr ith apns ibif-lw m itii nnhatsid, tcu eia well~. in his gra thn fire iinge aun rci owh ren athes 1;ig Ras shouing beate 'atl brah shuri:wa throug hea timber, relaving thie grater parn the villag u th.* --women(:, c'hildreni, old folks and a fev rget disgusted warriors-ini the hands of thi th troops, WVill's franitically aching hen ills remuiided himt that he was in need o 60 'itention, aind then it was discoverea hthat lie wvas literally bathed in bloo< 01- and it was time for him to faint fron far the loss (If it. 'or, Heaveiis, what a to do there was a be F3rayne when thait boy was brough eyhomeowith tho setting of the second stm thereafter, his head bandaged and hi lng shoulder sore and his hurts severe, an iuar. yet wiith the record that, despite it all The he had1( fought his troop like a vetera you --"liko a Farrar. " Fenton handed hi ey ver to his mother, after their long rid Me. in the anu bulanco sent out to meet themi and wVent on by first train to comph, t', with his orders, and Marjorie took he she boy to her mejoicing arms, forgetful fo try. the moment of Fenton, of Kitty, of al with else in the world. And then, In a few days more, oamn vlth the major back with his squadron ani a to- his recapturedl village and more tha3 wyhall the recalcitrant braves, tired C ig-their midwinater spree and quito road; Io be taken back to Abrahani's bosomu, lo be forgiven, and, what was moro t: the purpose, feasted. And by this t iei Will was well enough to bo out agaii and to ride to meet them and to wol como Wayno with especial enthusiastu, for the major had ro-enforced his ragged lino just in time to savo him from an other rush such as had burst it and downed him on the slopes a mile to the east, and Kitty, no longer imperious swootheart, but devoted love, had found it high time to take no further chances and so had nanied the day and had atnazed the dreamy major by her deola ration that she would bo married only where Unolo Fenton could give her away and Major Wayne, who had "saved her Willy,'" could bo best man. Thoro was oio blissful episode, thoroforo, in that sad and somerni winter. But so far as our friends tho Farrars were concerned it was about the oily one. Not until the day after hoiest Fenton ihad gono did it occur to Mrs. Farrar to inqjuire how and why it was the colonel left the coiiianid aind spent that night at Allison's ranch, and then as tho story was unfolded by Will her sympathy and indignation kniew lio bounds. Even at such a tiie, wheii wounded and maligned, when rolbed of his conimand at the very mioeiint wheni it was de:rest to himi and when he uist have been burning vwithl e r lie:s to faeo aid con1founld hisI alccrr., Fenitoni had t urnecd back to larni I he truth Ithout the fight at Elk canyon :mdfl wire to her-to her-thte glad niewsi of her boy's safety, t he proud news Of his spirited atid soldierly biehiavior. If Fei toil Could havo seen her eilot ion whien from W ayiio and Will she leariied tie whol) story, lie weolld havo found his trials easier to bear. lit had goie, however, to departinent headqiart ers, and there his accusers wero lilissilig. Not otie reniiiiiied tofaco him, and when called upon to stibstan tiato their statenents, as they had el gorly declared their readiiess to do, ono and all, they had business elsewhere. The chief conspirators had achieved in part at least tho ends for which they were striving, a row withi Big Road's band that would enable them to get square with White Wolf, Pretty Bear and the other alleged assailants of Pete Boland, replenish their stock of ponies and other spoils of Indian war and double the prico of forage, and, though the allcged murderers cseaped them and the village in great part fell into the hands of the Twelfth and Fenton came back from hcadquarters a vindicated man, still they had given hinm and his rciziment far more trouble than the reg fliei' had ever caused thema, so honors wero more than easy. "We've learned the k*ld man not to monkey with the cowboy againi." There was a swee+, womanly, grate ful note awaiting the colonel when, aft cr an absc ace of a fortnight, Ie return cao to Frayne. bu tle Farrars were gone. The doctcr had said they could net too soon move Ellis, once she could be mi ve d at all, to southern California, and, with a month's leave inl his )ocket, thit her had Will cscorted them, Kitty going. tc , as a matter of course. Jacl Ormnsby came west once more to mee Malcolm Leale and to tenderly conduc him. sightless and suffering, to Nov Ycrk, atnd Fenton felt that vengeaned irked had been wrought by T1horpe an< that the Lc~rd had been with the Phil istines acrtess the stream, for the ligh had gcene catr of his life, and smiles an< sune::e scemedc to have vanished fron Fort F rayr ' Wil camne back in Fec: ruary ai ath'rew h'imself enthusiastical ly into I duaties with his trcop, ani Way"x wt::t r'oonin~g night after nigh to te c ~cuc1's fieside, and Ter F r, er. .s wit a rheumaticotwingi att U': aucid buKet hole, was lirnpin a gr -. 'l"g about the post, antd Fon .n 1:ryd fr..r the comning of spring an G.::hine ami .3:::e and roses, for Kitt n;o: stiul another freak-she would b maarr:'l only from under the shadow c .. g and Uncle Fenton's roof. Wit. .1 is be-t ter, but still not well, tho Fa2 rars [ad Kitty had taken the Sunse route from Monterey to Newv Orlean the end of March and reached Gothai just as the buds were opening in th: park, and Wayne, east on leave o some mysterious mission, called to wel come them home and to say that Orin; by was to sail at once with Malcohi Leale, who was to go to Germany t consult an eminent oculist, and Ell lost the color which was fluttering i her cheeks when they hove in ight< the familiar landmarks of the beautift harbor, and Helen Daunton strove I conquer her own disappointment thi she might comfort the poor girl, wh<i since the tragic night of her brother death, had neither seen nor heard frot the lover she had rebuffed and wvronger even though here and nowv she had wri ten, admitting her sin against hirn an: humbly yet confldently asking his fo: giveness. That was Thursday night, an there was ample time, but he sailed ( Saturday with ntever a word. [To nE conINUED.] -Miss Hard ick-" Ethel can't 1 after money. She has broken her ei c'agemnent with that wealthy plumber aMiss Fosdick-" Don't he too suri She jihtediim for a man who owns bicyche repairing shop." -An eminent physician, lately d< ceasedl, said of the achievements medical sceonce in this day, " When Igradluated I had a dozen remedies fm Ievery disease; when I retired froi pactico I had a dozen diseases f< every r'emedy." -Round Robin is the dosignatlo of a pretest in writing, havirg ti subscribers' names wyritten in the fort of a circle, so that no name a ppeal first on the list. The custom Is sa; to have originated among the. elicoc of the French army. -Of course we all love our neigi bor as ourelves; but when 0our eoa t bin is full and his empty, sometho t the news of an advance in coal dot I not mako us look half so glum as whoc * the conditions of the respective coa i bins are reversed. ,-Tlho largest building stones ai a those used In the cyolopeanf Walls B laalbec, in Syria, somel of wvhic measur'e G3 feet In length by 26 feet i breadth, and are of unknc'vn depth. --A lFrench doctor says that pereri who attain their 13th year withot r sutlfering from any serious disease, ai r likely-all things being (qual-to liv I until they are at least 73 years ofag< -On the state railway a in German 0 the ears are painted according to th 1 colors of the tickets of their respeetiv i classes. First class cars are palnto f yellow, second class green and thir .. nlaan whito. GOV[RNOR EVANS ON THE DISPENSARY. 8 1) (CONTINUED 7'ROM FiRST P'AGE.) final checking ani adjustmont of ae- W counts. The liabilit ies were as fol- of low$: To Stato apopriation. $50,000; b to sundry pt rsons for, lig uors, $30,000 ; total indobtedness, .56,000. Uash on hand $45,548.40 or- sIu,-i51.0 less than o amount necessary to liquidato tho in- 't debtedness. This is simply a rough statement of in the status of tho dispensary when I t0 took chargo of the busincss. I am happy to stato that, I turned it over to is my successor healthy and in good con- ti dition andt as sound financially as any UI business Institution of the country. it I has been taken out of politics and l phiced in the hands of a board of con- cl trol composed of farmers, bankers and m biusiless men of ability whose reputa- TI tion for honesty and integrity can not tL be tipugned. The purchasing power, lo such a temptation to Fomo tieni, has ll been talken fromt the hands of tio comi- rc missioner and given to this board. ol They havo exercised it judiciously and in a manner to coittnatd tho respect 8e of all parties. The duties of the coi- f mnissioler Ire now exercised by the b)u chailrmnan of the hoatd IIand superiniton- a" dont, and th ollico of coinunissioner at could be abolished by youir boay. al If this power is ever agaiil placed in ed the0 htanids of on11 mnan Ih0 would at ' once become an object of vituperaiontl, misrepresentattion, itbuso and sla nder bi of ah the enmiet, of the dispensary . antd cvery pann5 a Iliner without any i motttraI or social responsibility. The experlence of the past year it 1hould be eoough to convince your ti body of the truth of all that I have said ti at and predicted, and wihilo I amtt sure a that you will be wlvised and impor- lit tiled to change itis iLaw aMid return to " the old system, you will find by inves tigaitionl thatt suchl pr-(ositions8 come " from lean ani hungry poiiticians withi itching palims. You will be told that b the operations of tilhe present 1oatd are at failure. . Judge them by their of say. The subjoined comiparaltivo stat - tmlent of sales to county dispensers bn. .i bet n fu rnaished mie by the bookkeept . atntd is subject to your *examination ard 8t veritication: al Salts toCOulty'dipnlRserS Il .'eb. Ist to )ee. :1st, fr .. 9.. ............. ................ 89ti,120 17 d Sit I Cs to cou n ty dispenserls w for the yeat- 1S9t6. 1,306,62 91 o increase...............$ -110,-192 7. ti Salets by conuty d iIpensli-s FIeb. l.; to )tDe. 31st, 01 I N : ...... ......... ......... .....$ 1,076i,9 1 1 5 6 o7 C Sale1 by coinity dispenscrs P1 for i'i .ti-mnted). 1,500,000 Ot ni --- -_ nll I r. r-ase ............ $ 4:12.0;6 :,7 ti l'tHOITS STA'TE iisI'ENS.\ARY. h Net accrutled profit State it tdispetnsary from l-'eb. Ist to) Dee. 31Lst, 18115... $ 133,4177 i N-t. accuetid pr-oiit State dispensary for 1891.......20Jo0 00 0 l'ROPITS COUNTY 1)1SPF.NSAIt ES. d Net pro tits to towns and k coutnties from Feb. 1st 0 to Dee. 31st. I !95.. $ 106,131 2A l Net protits to towns and tot)ntiesI ~1aa1 (estimat ed)....... ................ 122.00 5 L The tet protit that has accrued to the State for t he past year is in round n numrs 6 20.. 3a0. The net amount 1accrued to the tow ns and cou nties fo-' -the satme period 2;00t~ , making a t. total accru. d pr~ : State, towns 1 and ';nnties $:&' Adding $57.. ~ t3 '53 unearned 1::: n eow~s in thec . har.us, of.ca .-r ht a.f Janu .,'y. 1''a -wtV f -arned t the amr e -- T.:nt V print acr . itt m ce for eight<.en -: . g Net pr-ofit - .. I -profits for ar.n a1 dj total nr-t accru - . tt t date il:'-l' -' r.:tua ocrued prmofi tr. - .I dar e S protit 4:.. .> :. :- are. and unearr. : 4a; 9 22. If to -amoutint of theo - -, t the towtn- ad a grand tt a - - e prolits t , t. - - L.ha- h.t n a't county ar.d - - . ty dispen-ar. - P 1aid ito. tL - S in 1=-'Z. Paid into t' - s >f . . t Paid ta> t*wr.- an-.-.. . t- -.J ~'Grand toAa. -.u. j.tt1s pa1d - in fror-i a. *.'. . . I , d a It wih 'tr. ' -.e n v tea it a a ness Its .a r:'.O' (:ar, OUt U: eiejd . T1o the above 'etimumte the sum of 5->JI000 per ananum, the averagei cost of main taining the dispena:ary constables sholdbeadded. It hits not been the o bjctofthe -State admxi nistrationi to ,; conduct this business for the sole putr - pose or p rolit, tbut the price of Iiq~utors has been fixed with a 'vw to make a themn cheaip enouagh to prevenct tor tion from those who shoutld have 1i t- quors and at tiho :,ame Limo high >f enough to liareventt those wiho should( I not have them fr-nanso easily satisfying >r thoir thirst. It has been contended by n extremo ad vocates oaf the dIispensar-y >r law that the ptoit feature should be aboliahed. Thiere is nto prtoit except for the l).irposes I have stated and If nsu .rh itdeaus should pr-evail Iand liqulors~ C supp1liekd to thti public with only the cost of admrinisteru tg the law addled to 'the trig inal. cost prtie we have a state of afairs bor-dteringon to free whiskey. S A fter the prtesetnt y-eatr, all ptroits arisitng fr-otm tihe salo of liquors ill 1)0 applied to the supplomtontary school - fund. If this is blood money to whtat tv better uses could it be applied then to s healing the wound in licted upon tile n heatrts of the wives and cildriten of in - ternpet-ate drtinkots by giving to such-i chtildren the only trtue safe guar-d o agai nst intemnpetranc-ed ucation and >f culirur.e ? i 1 Nt'OHtC;M ENTa OF Tail t: TA W. n The en forcement of the dlispt nsar-y law has been the bane of the whiskey 8 dealcee, the tetrror of the illicit d istiller,i t the pitiful extcuso for' the opposititn of '0 hypocites and ct-anks and thle plat-i 0 form of diIsgr-untled politicians cauter-t - ig to local influences, good oa- hadt. a y It is tihe tduty uinder' the law of uall thei e executive ollicers of the State, couna- < e ties attd town to entfotrce tis law andti di such oilcersi arei compelled to takle tin< d athl pt-escribed by youmr honorable body -to faithfullyonufornnithe law whean they isume their offiolal duties. The Gov- to ,nor is authorized to employ consta- an, es and three State detectivos whose foi pial(i011 duly It is to enforce the law. th have employed on an average about ce 'y constablu luring my term of an lie and one State detective and they lav ,vo boon zealous and faithful in their ml forts to suppress the Illio t tra ile and tbt am satisiled, and I am sure thbe people lat the State are, at the results obtain- th I. Duiing the past year fifty-live regu- a r commissioned constablb u including ani o two ehief Stato oonstables have th en regularly employed. The State zei divided Into two divisions known as ma e " upper " and the " lower." TPhe fir Pier division is in charge of Chief th Lit and the lower in chargo of Chief pol alley. Tio salaries and expense, In- giv tic'ing one detectivo and the clerk In his y ollico, aniounted to $47,726 01. a 1 airty-inC constables are assigned to str o up l and twenty-four to tihe III wer division. Thte utpper division poi .s boCi much harder to handle by int ason of the proximity of North Car- lat it and the nmouuntain distilloi'es. tin Trhe amount of w hiskey andi brandy abW ized In the, upiper division for the ed st year was 3,345 gallons, ninety Sih rrels of beor, 8,076 gallons of cider obj d beer in bottles, twelvo veicles bet d Sixteen head of miules and horses, rul iA tell illicit distillerie-S were dostroy- tih . In the lower division thoro were tio ized and coniseated 6,090 gallons of N iiskey, wine and brandy, thirty-nine tLi ri'ls of beer, twenty-two hundred to d Iifty-livo gallons of beer and cider laI kegs, three vehiclos and four head ie muttles and horbes, one illicit distil- lho ry was destroyed. The resistance to ut. e law in the upper tier of the coun- In 's adjoining tile North Carolina line pa At in the county of Charlestop has itU en most stubborn. In the remaining in unties of the State a healthy condi- let m1 exists and the citiZOns are almost in ian imous in support, of the law, and thi amll glad to report that the law Is lie iug hetter Unforced throughout tile til ato at largo as is shown by the scales er: thh dispensaries and-the number of St utvictions of illicit dealers in the nat 'ate and municipal courts. wi The violations reported to iy ollico ful ow a large decreose and the daily St piorts of the constables show a better re ate of feeling throughout the State til large. In the counties of OXonce, co reenville and Chesterfield - illiculties Tli ive been had with traders comaing Cli lamn North Carolina. These despera- tin )es iuvar'iably go armed to the teeth ar ith a acteriination to resist the hit licers to the extent of losing their of vcs il necessary. In Oconee a das- wi rdly attempt was malde to assassi ,to the constables almost at the doors be tile court house and they narrowly St ical)ed with their lives. The good it 3ople of tile county became indig- )r int and an honest attempt, has been it ado to bring these olfonders to jus- of cc. In two instances the constablcs se ave been compelled to shoot down of lose desperadoes, and although fully dr Istitied and acquitted by the courts 11k i the land of ainy wrong, they have th an hbounded down by the newsjtper 18 p)pe3ed to this law and branded as Amlmol muiiirderers. The only way to to cali with such ( tnders is to let tbem now that the law will be enforced l von if it he necessary to take their v0s. d We have been grealy embarrassed 3y the dicision ol te United States ( eourt which allows the iimiportation of thiskey for " peronal " use. Tle imat- de er is now before the UniLed States Su 'rome Court and if our position is sus- di ained th,:rei will be little trouble in autting tin erd to tan Illicit tralille- 3( One of the best, ividences cit the do- d, re.ase- in tile ill cit trailia is the do rease( in the number of licenses issued a iy the United States inter'nal revenue di -2nrtmnent. i-or thte year ending .June :ll, 146it, d here were issuedi to p rties outide of h i .pensa.-les 31'> tieemi, s and -0ne w'~holej- 1I ale l icenlse inclu tded. cOf these 100~ pi .er'e taken out in the city of Charles- et on. For tihe samt period ending Jurne I, I T-4. 120)~ le.S were taLkenf out. h< hsnumber iu7 wacre taken out in ha ecity of CThar leston, showing a de-- T rea-'e of 105 in tihe State and an in- ci ''ecan- of thirty threec in the city of ni ar~e ton. F.)r the year' ending .Jimne vi there- Iave been iaued sc) far tr de-a '-rs 1 'reense- of whieb Si - -- -;, *j 29 f pac. Da. A~.' rin 'the:- hiday t mie i nstar ce of the comminissionm of cime >f wh 'ch whiskey was the direct, can 0 <( was~ r*: ported inl the State anid theO $l Christmais holidaiys wore marked for' tc heir sobriety, speace and quietude. D~uring tile recenlt State fair' holdi In sa hoi city of Columbia, 20,000 peCople - vero r'eported Li) Ihavo been upon the roundms 1Tuurscday ain-'1 not an arrest If or drunkenoss w.as made in tile city. ti I'he same reccord has been made in co very county ir tile State.w The greatest prioblemi that ihave to k fneet si~nco my cconnection withl Lih dis- w Lpensar'y law hlas been its pi'oper en- i' roi'cement in tile city cof Charleston. wv 1'he airo more fi'iendcs in this city to oi aho law than an outsider' who hiis had ri ao dealings with Lihom would imagine, bi but, it has come to be a paliltloal and a oial question in that community and d a great number of Its friends have not til bill temerity to putbl icly uphi~oldl it. I k realizo that to be polite in deingv with this quetiton mleant to he fatise Li bo the great majority of tile people of ci Bouthl Cariolinia andl unti'ue to these- is who had cleotedl mel and I deteri'ned imu bipop an aggressive policy towatrcds thi, s1 ::ity. '1he queOstliloniarowed lisoilf cl lown simnply to this: Whetlher' the ci Illicit tr'aflie and contempt, of law and:1 d irder sa'ould prevail In Charleston ndl 01 bie r'estralnod In thle rest of the Stat~ue wIi wh~ether' I should suppilort 1an'! e-1 orece tile law with a strong hatnd, giv- <u ng equality to all mien. SeeIng the oi norcased amount of illicit stiles of ei vhiskey in this city atnd thme contmp(m~t w vith which the oIlicer s oif li.be law W ri'j rneated and hlaving warned tile macyort In und city cotunull repeaOttedlly cif my in- as ~ention to no atvail, theO St mte coimimiis- m ion consisting of the governor-, toe ias ecrotary of State andlc the comphtr'olier 'f ~onorai, was called togetheri and thlor- bi mughly reviewed the situatition. T1hey d< mnanimously agreed thatt tile only sh :ourso left was to use overy3 power for la~ he enforcement of this law placed in n< mer hands by the Genali Assembly. o.. i. abandon the city to the barkeepe d rum soller, we decided on th( inor course. I expected and so diU 3 othor members of the board to re .ve the condemnation of this oil, i of the enemies of the dispensari v throughout the State, but I deter ned to do my duty and failing iE Lt, to recommend to you such legis ion as I deemed necessary to mee (as.0. .ho metropolitan police has provoc uccess in every sense of the worl II am satisfied if left to a vote o honest, Christian, law-abiding citi s of Charleston, freed of politica lice, they would sustain it. In tht t place it is admitted by its eninio it the chief of the force and th ice aro more (flicient and hav on better service than any in th tory of the city. The policeman a olitical ward hecler has been de )yed and even Mr. Barnwell, chair n of the opposition and a bitter op ient of the law and the police, in at or1viow in the city paper after th t election, stated that Marshal Mar and his entire force had acted wiiti oluto impartiality and had perform their duty faithfully. Praiso fron Hubert is praise indeed. Tb onl3 ection scoms to be that the city ha mn deprived of one feature of homn o, and this has been the slogan il I absence of any meritorious objec a. vhat is home rule ? Does it ineal absolute power of a municipalit abrograte and nullify the statuti is of a sovereign State ? Doe i an the submission of the lives ani .nis of hor.ost citizons to a govern nt of riumsellors and illicit doalor whiskey ? DoEs it mean the fre 'ade through the avenues of iawies ,liang with whiskey barrels wrappe the hlag of the Union ? If so, the this conception of Jelferson perisi South Carolina. Under the laws 0 s State, polico officers are State of Ire. Municipalities are formed fo purpose of aiding the State gov iment in enforcing the laws of tl tto. They are intended as subordi to limbs of the governmnent, an( on they fall to perform thei ctions they should be put undo Ato control, or have their charter )caled. It has been contended thu 1 police have heen taken from th itrol of the citizens. This is untirm( ey are in the hands of native bor arlestonians, whose interests ar' ked with thoso of the city. The 3 under the control of a chief wb 6 enjoyed the conidence and respec the city, and they cannot be other so under the law. rho report of the commissioners ha en made to une as Cha imau of th Ite Board, and I lieewith transmi to you with the hope that it will b inted(, for this is thn only way thu can be dono and laid upon the des every member of the General AE nbly. The following table of case arrests made for being drunk an unk and disorderly is taken from t9 corder's docket, police court, durin L period extending from Januar.y 10, to Novemwber, 186 : 189o0, 2111 ; drunk and disorderly, 507 ad, 801. 1891, drunk 272; drunk and disorde: 577 : total, 819. 1892, drunk, 192; drunk and disol rny, 498; total, 1190. 1893, drunk, 116 ; drunk and diso ely. 2196; total, 412. 894l, drunk, 120; drunk and diso ry, :39; total, 459. 1895, drunk, 101 ; drunk and d'so rly, 301l ; total, 405. Friom January 28, 1893, to Novembi ,1893, drunk, 77; dIrunk and disc nly, 21: ; total 320. 1"orm January 28, 1896, to Novemb< ', 189(1, drunk, 741 ; drunk and disc :rly, 203: total, 277. it will thus be seen that the tot 'unks and( drunks and disorderlli Ave gradunally dleecased fromt801 90d to 277 in lui under mnetropolitt ulice-a dlecrease of nearly 35s pe n t. During the year 1896 there wei imnd( over by the Magistrates for vil tius. ofame dispensary law 231 case arnmsand and residences at ily given In the report. Of tht rnmber 32 have been tried and cot eted and have paid into the cunt ea:-urv $5,250 In fines. A bettt. onng than this would have bee ade, but for the fact at the last teri court every case was continued upe e aidiavits of attorneys who claime b. lk and wore scen upon1 tlh r': t .~ the next day. Thei grand jur' no . aeditinal true ills. in 181 .1 a r i '.ion wai hadl, the gratn 'I r. J jgn iany Cabe8 to Ii,, . '1. ~i, a unotable fact ti I.' of 10 4 ty ':ounc'il whot wAee swor - e 3ray Ja la, weore amnong tI: . .,I'ir nrust':d and agairnst whol * -nb were fo~unjd. J 'oilbly ti ei e0 n-: o the a -iet ve woirk a no st woud be a compajarison of Ut Iiril 1.. (Il d ilen0aie s. Ti. ')Jut t of1 d it uensary profits piaid 1 ii ety an IJoun4)1 ty duii~rig tLi f iIrs V()owJ andI tI thid guartersII of 1895 an .e icorresponrd ig ,i me for 1896 Is I',-I 'aid city and INounty, liir artI-.~ $1 ,436f. 188; second (j'uartte l)'&5 72 Liihi rd (q u arter, $3, 192.42 ; t 18'J6--l'aid city anud county. fir arter, $1,140.4 I ; second qu'tt .)84.26; th ird quarter, $5,627 31 tal, $15,052.00. (Gains in profit under metropolito stemn to the city and county, $7,4127.4 -nearly 100 per cent. The police mado (during the yet 9)6 5612 raids and recovered 418 ho tes of whiskey partly fIlled, 3i9 bottli wino partly filled, 70 demljohns hiskey partly Illed, 6 kegs of wbi 3y partfy fIlled, 5 half barrels hiskey partly fIlled, 42 full half ha .ls of whiskey, 54 ten-gallon kogs~ hiskoy, 16i cases of whiskey, 88 kof hoer and 10,304 bottles of beer. TI ids where no seizures were mai i~vo not been entered. Thirty- one ex-barkr'epers and ill ic 3aiers have boon made to dliscontimi our busmness, and most of them has ft the city. Tiheo polico department consists e te power's conferred by laiw upon LI pIari tment. Trho strength '' thbe forc as follows : Onej mar.; . Mand chic piol ice, three lieutenants, two ordei sergeants, eight line sergeants, on lut:f detectLivo, three detectives, sea ity-thiree ))rivates, four gatemeon, tw 'aymein, hivd dive~rs, ten specia The (disci pli n o the force has bee (Oliu' bly mai acained ; the moral at.icI~ine .aupt upl to a high stand d. A s ao evidence of the superic asracit r of those aplpoln ted it I rwt' y of note that the city hn Linle $655.50, saved by the ditferene lost ime, caused by sickness, etc against, the past year under' th unlitnal management. No criticlsr to the management and ellicienc the force has been made oven by it tterest enemies. The work of Lh partment, as the foregoing wil ow, with reference to the dispensar wv in comp larison with the old regimi it only vindIcates the course whicul omrht about the establishment of Lb system to any unprejudiced mind, but proves the necessity that exists for its continuance, 'except to the political - machine. The decrease of arrests for drunkenness and drunk and disorderly cases and the increased yield to the - city and county of dispensary profits, the largo number of convictions of - dispensary offenders and the amount of -Lines collected and turned into the county and city treasuries, is e idenco I enough of faithful work. Much more elfetive work could have been accomplished by the do partmient had another tribunal been open to them where cases could have been promptly Prosecuted when made by the olluers. As the law now stands violators can only be reached through the court of General Seslons, which convent-s only threo times a year, and it is impossible under such condition' to try one-half of the cases brought - gainst the violators of the law. Dur lig the February and Juno terms of I the court last year the polico depart. iment made a handsome showing, but, was seriously hadicapped in theie I efforts at the November teri by a con - tinuance of cases against tho mnost no. k torious blind tigers in the city. Those delays naturally embolden those on gaged In this unlawful business, and 3 make it more dilicult to suppress th_ illicit sale of liquor. In the onforcement'of the dispensaerk, law tho polico force have not negleuf. 1 ed their duty in the detection of other offendors against the peace and goo. 3 order of tho city, and no conplaint have been made on this score. Cuapt. J. Elmioi1o Martin has enforce. th laws in an aggressive and vigor - ois manner. Notwithstanding th 1unidreds of arrests mnaldo an11d thu in. S tricato and delicato questions lit ha ; had to decide as the executive ollic: of the department, on every occasiol he has displayed the ability to amict' f bly adjust the issues involvLd. B and his ellicient force and the polic C; omissioniers deserve the thanks t' all good citizens in placing Charleote I upon as high a plano as thu othce CiVis of the State. 1 S fat. as the othet cities of th.) SStLte a o conecerned, I am happy t) 1 state that the mulici pal authori ties i 9 every iustance have shown a desire io t CU-Operate.1J wih tho State administ.e. tion in enforcing this law, and whilh we do not claim *co have entirely Sstamped out the illicit trallic, all goo' L citizens must admit that in Columbiv, V Greenville, Spartanburg and the ) smaller towns a better feeling exists t and earnest elforts are being made to - enforce time law. I desire to call your attention to :L s feature of the law which I think could C be dispensed with. Thu county boarus t of control'in most instances do not con c trol. They could easily be abolished t and their duics imposed upon the State board of control, and three or four inspectors, whose duty would be 6 to visit the county dispenzaries from 3 time to time and see that they are p properly conducted. 8 There have been several shortages in the accounts of county dispensors and they have been invariably the re stilts of negligence on the part of the county board of control. These delin quent dispensers have been promiptly reported by ine to the Attorney Gen eral with instructions to prosecuto, and he has performned his duty in a manner deemed best by him. Lt is no argument against this law becau-e forsooth an officer occasionally eres antd becomes unworthy of his position. -We might as welil argue that the banking system ehould be dlestroyed r' b~ecause a Cashier occasionally goies -astray. There are good men and huon ost men and they can be had to fill *r these p~ositionls. It Is your duty not -only to the dispensary law, but to thu Reform movement and to those haviug ii its interests at heart, to investigate s this business from its organization to ii, the present time. If anything wromg n is d iscover-ed, let it be ventilated and ri punish the guilty parties andI rebuke the slanderers. T1his should he dor e e not only with the dispensary, but with - every dep~lartmnent of the State gover'.u 3. menit wvhere the slightest wrong doiing 3is suspected. In this way alone ce .s your government be kept honest ai.d -* be pepetua&ted. * of-One who has made a study of dy , pepsia clainis that in a lar-g numbr ofeases the disturbance Is due to t: e (use (o1 lard. lie suggests the liber ul use of beef tallow to the exclusion ,f all pork fat as a r'emedy. ie says a p lersoun who Is fond of " gease," c: in naturate his food in this with no s .uiting digestive disorder. t -L1.arge numbers of Sicilian hmn i n grants continue to aririvo at Now Oe Sleansm. F om One steamer L 2615 o)f n thmem land dI, andI there were mnaly 4 icturmeutuo scenes as the excitab oe if stiangurs camne ashore. Many of then e knelt and kissed the (1irty boards of ( thbu w hai. Bearded men rushed in :o ,o) each others's arms and kissed with t .e t, abandl(on and vigor of long-part.d( LI lovers. -A primary teacher in a Sun day school took for a sublject. "' T1he Lord loveth a cheerful giver-." She inquir ed If any one knew what it meant, when a ittle four-year' old boy said, " Miss L., I know what that means," " Well, George IEd win, what is it ?" S" It means gIve a whole lot and don't ;cry over it." n -The physician p)ondered the case 12 for a few minutes before he ventured an opinion. "I think your husband er needs a rest more than anything else," t-. he said, at last. "If ho could be con us vinced of that-" " But he refuses >f absolutely to listen to me, doctor." s"Well," roturned the physieian, "'that >f is a move In the right dlirection." -T~'he Iussians have a simple tde vice which is said to be ver'y elffctive Sin eekinig runagy horsos. A thin cord with a running nosso aroundl the neck of the horse Is used, and when ithe animal bolts the cord is p~ulled. Tehorse stops ais soon as it feels the Spressure on the windpipe. -"Benson, you know, went to A frica, f andl there met his death." " Poor fel o low ! liut his body was brought home o andI given a decent burIal, wasn't it ?" f " Well, they hanged the cannibal -and then brought home the body anti o buried it." -" My name," said a gentleman, "5 scomposed of seven letters; but take the first, two away, and there will remain eight." Ills name was Speight. --No man Is beaten until ho gives r up.lTo stop trying is the only defont. snny a mamn owes success to the fact s that ho never seemed to know when a ho was beaten. Awna inventyr proposos to scare awayfleats,Irmoles, etc., fy placing about atfclfigures of cats, made of plaster of terra cotta and having eyes of a p Ihosphorescent material. I-At the beginning of this century amtpeculiar cholera remledly wais ,n use inl'oria. It consisteod of wadding up a leaf from the Koiran antd forcing 3 it down the patient's throat.