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null ill Chairman Haselden's Report to the State Board. THE DISPENSARY A SUCCESS. liiiportau! ( ban^i's Art- Recommended Breakage roo Large Among the County !>ispensers. Chairman Haselden submitted the following report to the State Hoard of Coutrol: I will first give 3-011 a statement of our financial standing: Cash on hand ?44,119.01 Totul indebtedness 1&,017.03 Cash balance on hand $10,501.90 We can safely rely upon the cash receipts amounting to Siid.uOU.uo per week. B3* referring to the report of the commissioner you will see that we have a large stock of liquor on hand. With this statemeut of our finances I would recommend that the commissioner be instructed to pa>* ?10,000.00 to the school fund. I would suggest thattnere be buiit at some convenient point near Commissioner Vance's office a tire proof vault to hold the present steel safe, books and papers. The vault can be about 10x10 and about three feet high inside, with hollow space for air between a steel lire-proof door. The cost of such vault, properly built, would not exceed S7U0.00. I would suggest that you employ au expert to examine carefully the whiskey tanks now in use. 1 am of the opinion that it will be shown that it will be better to purchase new tanks; if so, then I would recommend that you buy three tanks of oU barrels capacity each and one tank of 25 barrels capacity. Two of the iarge tanks to be used exclusively for corn whiskey and the other for rye whiskey. The barrel tank being used only for dumping the higher grades of rve whiskey. i r u u T jl/id^cusci *J. m . xxcu: v, uuuicud, who was summoned here at the last meeting of the board, was checked up soon after our adjournment and 'was found in arrears &>' &. &>. I suspended him at once, and visited Laurens the following week aud collected from hiui the above amount, and turned the same over to the clerk of the State board of control. I have just received information from Inspector Edwards as to a shortage of $30f.yi against Dispenser J. K. McMillan at Totldsville, S. C. Mr. Edwards writes me that this dispenser acknowledges that he ha9 been short for three years, yet his reports at this office have been made to conform wiiu aiwuuto uvic a^uiuob uiui, auu the same being approved by the county board of control. Since the last meeting of our board I have made inquiry into the looting of the dispensaries at Timmonsville and Florence during the Darlington not, and tind that two cases was placed in ' the hands of the circuit solicitor for suit covering the amounts of $2*5.75 and 3913.51, respectively. These cases were removed from Florence county to Georgetown county aud suit brought and successfully maintained in one case to the amount of 75. The other case, amounting to 3915.51, has never been tried. The judgment obtained in Georgetown, a transcript of which should have been tiled with the clerk .of court of Florflnp.fl conntv. has nev(>r hppn ?n V * tered up. I call this matter to your attention so you can take such action as may be deemed best. I desire to call your attention to breakage sustained in the shipments of whiskey to the sub-dispensaries. I submit a report on eight dispensares, which is a fair index to the others, as I have taken four of those who report the largest amount of breakage and the four who report the lowest. Mr. W.J. Motte,of Charleston, heads the list with the highest amount. He started in business in September, 1897, and purchased 3302.28, and reports breakage 30.05, 2 per cent. In April his purchases were $197.70 and breakage $12.97, 0 per cent., which is 3 per cent, srreater in April. 1898. than in September, 1897, when he assumed charge of the sub-dispensary. I next call your attention to the Mt. Pleasant dispensary, which is near Charleston, and to which the goods are snipped oy way 01 ^narieston ana over the same railroad, and in addition to this, these goods have to be unloaded upon the steamship wharfs and reloaded upon steamboats and unloaded upon the wharfs in Mt. Pleasant again, which requires one more handling than Mr. Motte's goods does in the city. With this additional handling the Mt Pleasant dispensary breakage is not as great as Mr. Motte's. The ligures are: May purchases, 1897, $933.40; breakage S3.44;^per cent, April purchases, 1898, S414.00; breakage, S-'j. 2(i; 1^ per cent., which is ? per cent, greater in April, 1898, than in May, 1897, when present dispenser assumed charge. But his breakage is increasing instead of decreasing as it should with experience ana proper management. InJvly, 1896, the Chester dispenser purchased 162.20; breakage, $16.15, if per cent. His April, 1898, purchases were $829.18; breakage, $30.09; 3A per cent., which is 2J per cent, greater in April, 1898, than in July 1896, when he assumed cnarge. xsreaKages growing and he|has bad nearly two years experience, and his breakage should, under ordinary circumstances, have been kept down to J per cant., if not reduced. The next and last one of the high oneB is Kingstree. In September 1897, purchases, $1,291.77; breakage, $7.93; f percent. April, 1898; purchases,$933,07; breakage, $13,30; H per cent., which is ? per cent, greater in April, 1898, than in September, 1897, when he assumed - charge. Now for the foui lowest ones in their ' breakage accounts. There are three of them which ruu about even in the breakage. Marion in April, 199G, purchased $729; breakuge, $0.58; very near one per ccut. Tu April, 1898, the purchases were $1,072.90; breakage, $9.38, which is tho same?very near one per cent. This amount of nearly one per cent of breakage is true of Lancaster dispensary, also of J. S. Hill, of Jireenvil'e. Aihcn is the model in the line of breakage of the entire Stave, i April, 18%, bis breakage is one-ha per cent., which is one-quarter p< I cent, less in April 18%, than in Apri 18%. Xow, I ask that you give this subje< of breakage your attention and see we cannot devise some plan to reduc these amounts veiy material]}*. A very serious matter requires or I attention in the management of the vi I rious dispensaries throughout the Stat i as regards the duties of the count I boards. 31any of them irive such iitt] attention to tneir duties as to be at solutely worthless, and in many it stances are a hindrance instead of lieli> in the dispensary inanagemenl Mauy of them keep no account of tl ' stock of goods charged against the die petisers at consumers' prices, and d not know whether the county dispense make9 a correct showing or not. I nearly every instance u hero we ha\ found dispensers short to us at our 11 voice prices, tne county boards hat been and are unable to find the atnoui of the dispensers shortage to th county. This shows that the}' keep u account against the dispensers at coi sumers' prices, as they should do in o dcr to determine the dispensers' shorl age to the county, and to proper) know at auv time just how he stanc in regard to the city and county profits. When the State finds them shoi they can pay up shortage to the Stat at our invoice prices, the county board having nothing charged against the: at consumers' prices; they profit at tb expense of the county and city. Thi gives the business entirely to the dii penser, and not the county; we mm try to find a rouiody to check this der< liction of duty, und get the count boards to keep their dispenser straight, and thus save the county an cities their profits. 1 suggest that we require our book keeper to charge each dispenser, in ad dition to our invoice price to dispensers the dispensers' prices to consumers, s when we send our inspectors to chec up a dispenser we arm him with th /lAnrumnru* O T\ 11 1 1 U nKanlfO Vl I ^l^nu LiiLl |J I't UU\? UU VU VVUd kU dispenser and holds him accountabl for every cent received and disburse* to county, city and State. One of the great hindrances to th || successful management of the dispen sary system is t lie incompetency of som of the county dispensers who are elect ed by the county boards of control \Vbiie it is true lie cannot be confirme* until this board approves the action o the county board, yet we fail toinquir into his qualitication or competency, i uggest that before a dispenser is al lowed to take charge of a dispensary h be required to report at this office to b examined as to his qualification am competency. In reporting these matters for cor federation I do not mean to be undei stood as having reference to all count beards and county dispensers, br there are too many to give them singlj and while my iauguage may seei harsh, mv interest in the welfare an success of the dispensary demands the I.speak plainly, and make an effort t eradicate existing evils that lie in th path of the successful management c the dispensary. In conclusion, permit me to say tha under the splendid busiuess manage meat of Commsssioner Vance, assiste by efficient and willing clerks and sup erintendents.each and every one know ing his duty, and doing it, and workim in perfect barmouy, the success of tn dispensary is an assured fact. Flour Mill F.rcctcrl. Lewiedale, a prosperous small tow about twelve miles south of LexingtoE on the Southern Railway, will shortl have in operation a complete roller flou I mill. This mill is surrounded by whsat producing community, audasth I ~C iU 4. crop ui iut) jieacut uuivcai i? uah good, it is very likely to be profitable Children Incinerated. A negro family on the Nelson plants tion in the eastern part of the county left home on Sunday night to attem night meeting, locked the door an left two small children in bed. Who ' they returned at midnight the lions was in tlames and children incinerated Situation Improving. I)r. A. C. Dick, the physician ii rharge of smallpox hospital at Sumter Mpects to discharge the four iast pa uents shortly. As day after da, rolls by and ho new casos develop, th tiopes of the board of health gro^ itronger that smallpox will soon be i .hing of the past in Sumter. Thi lealth department and the official: lave made a hard, determined am lucceseful fight agaiust an apparen spidemic and have won. Illinois auuuuou oocieiy nas mam ar on the trapping of song birds fo i icago millinery bouses. A Strangely Lost Race. The great mystery about Indo-Chini and one which must ever be insolubl is the story of the lost rate and th country. The mighty walls of Angkoi Wat, rising in the midst of sparsel vanished civilization of that Strang populated jungles, remain as the m< morial of a great empire which h? utterly disappeared and is altogeth* lost to history. No one will ever kno who planned this gigantic temple, c what tyrant liounde on his myriads ( people to build up these immens blocks of stone and cover them wit the most elaborate of sculptures. Ang kor-Wat is one of the most astonisr ing monuments in the world and thi forgotten temple was built so as t endure as long as the earth itself, wei "it not for the irresistibly destructiv effect of plant life on the stronger walls that man can raise. Only highly civilized and wealthy peopl could have erected Angkor-Wat very different race to the Annamite c modern days. The whole nation ha disappeared as utterly as tne ousy myi iads who once populated the waste and solitudes of Memphis.?Singapo: Free Press. "These shoes you sold me last wool squeak so that they keep lue awak nights," said the customer, enterin (he shoe store. "My dear sir," replies the shoe dealer, reassuringly, "yo shouldn't sleep in them."?Yonker Statesman. .flfffi flllli M :t To an Inspiring Strain From the o Band the ir ? o STARS AND STRIPES PRESENTED y| e )- A Gallant Band of Veterans--Pardon j for a I)asertcr--3UgIit Ilave Been t, j ^rio?t>. 0 j l'he parade camp ground on Sulli>r | van's Island was the scene of a very o prettj- ceremony the afternoon of 0 the 4th Charleston's Heavy Ilattcry .0 was the recipient of a large and beauit tiful flag, the '".Stars and Stripes." ie The banner was a gift from patriotic 10 citizens of Charleston, and was prer. sented with all due ceremony before a t- great concourse of people. V There was a notable majority of la's dies, and these fair enthusiasts wore 8 national colors in various attractive ways; belts, neckties, sashes and hat rt bands were noted in the tricolor, and ;e some wore army belt buckles and army Is buttons and studs. A few even woro a miniature Has?. Tko afternoon was e charming, and the sail across the bay s was invigorating and delightful, i- Arriving at the Island the people t proceeded at once to the parade ground ) and amused themselves by inspecting v the tents of the soldiers' village and s listening to the music by the splendid d First Artillery Band. Time passed pleasantly enough, and when the hour - arrived for the Hag presentation all I- hands gathered on the west and south i, sides of the open ground, just south of o the tents. k Anderson's heavy battery was called e to order a few minutes before (i o'clock e and marched to a position faciug south, e the lino extending nearly across the pail rade ground. The corps of cadets of the 3. C. M. A. was drawn up at "attene lion" facing the west, the right resting ? * < * " ? -? t I -ii mi.J Oil tne ieit 01 tne ueavy uauery. xui? e formed two sides of a square. At 0 o'clock precisely, to an inspiring . strain from the baud, a small party adj vanced to meet Capt. Edward Anderson, il who stood in his position about ten e yards in advauce of the batter)-. The I party consisted ;>f Capt J. Elmore Martin, chairman of the committee on e presentation; the Rev. D. M. Ramsey, e 1>. I)., Miss Taylor, sponsor, bearing J the flag; Miss Rickens, maid of hontr; Mr. Frank E. Taylor, Mr. W. Gibbes l- Whaley and members of the general r- committee. When a few paces from y Capt Anderson the delegation paused it and Dr. Ramsey said in part: r, Capt. Anderson, Soldiers of the n Heavy Battery, Ladies and Gentled men: Wo cannot be oblivious of tne it fact that today we are standing on sao cred soil, in full view of the scenes of e far-reaching and epoch-making events, >f and by the shores of one of the knightliest of the races of the earth. It is my it privilege to present you this banner in ). behalf of our citizens of every name d and grade. I- Miss Taylor stepped forward and presenting the flag said: Captain Ang derson, Officers and Soldiers: This a flag is the emblem of our country's honor and our country 's glory, our own America. Bee to it that, in your hands, it euffers no dishonor, but rather adds lustre to its world renowned fame. * y A Gallant Band of Veterans, r An event in the history of Charleston a that will be remembered was the visil e of Camp 1,094, United Confederate Veta erans,sfrom Augusta, with their parade from the depot to the German Artillery Hall in full war rig of gray confederate jeans uniforn s, rifles, blankets and canteens, in honor of the memory of '< Jefferson Davis. In many respects it ^ was the most remarkable sight ever d witnessed in the city. Not a man ol u the fifty-two was under 55 years of 8 age, and the majority of them exceeded three-score. All had seen hard service in the cause of the dead Confederacy, and ihe majority bore honorable a wounds received in its defence. Pardon for a Deserter. 0 Private Shehan, of the Union comf pany, who deserted from his command a a day or two after he was mustered intc g the service; will very probably be par3 doned. Governor Ellerbe said that he j would sign an application for the young t man's pardon, and the regimental of ticors will probably do the same. Shehan did not appear to appreciate the 3 gravity of the offence he hail committed, r and he has been sweltering in the jaii for a month, land that is thought to be sufficient punishment for the tirat offence of the kind. Shehan was taken tc the regimental camp under a military i, escort, and he will be kept in the regie. mental guard house for some time. It L? is expected that the necessary papers will be forwarded in a few days, and that Shehan will be pardoned without delay. Might Have Been Serious. 'S A young lady from Augnsta had s r narrow escape from what might haye * been a serious street car accident in >r Broad street at Charleston. She was )< riding down toward the old pottoffice | >e and had just reached the corner oi k Church street, when an East Bay car turned in for the Battery. The young ' lady evidently thought that the car would run on out to Meeting street, for IS as it made the tnrn she ran on the 0 fender with her wheel. The motorman e put on brakes and the car came to a e sudden stop. The wheel was pitched to ;t one side and the rider made a quick crroh fi-ir iViA nlntfnrm railinr* It was fl g close call. The car was Btopped and ^ the lady got her wheel and rode away. lS An Incendiary Caught. Gus Dawson, colored, was arrested s at Charleston, charged with setting fire e to the house occupied by his wife, Ella Dawson. ? Gen. Watts Complimented. Ij Before the regiment left Columbia for Chickamauga, resolutions were passed endorsing his re-election. " "What do you call the cat?" "Boomerang. We've fired her r. . * dozen times, but she always couk.* back." 1 / ? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. LUMBER PLANTS ENLARGED. I'wo Big Firms In Georgetown Extend Tlielr Business. The planing mill recently erected by the Gardner Lacy J.umber Company ls now in operation, and is a big addi oiiepueru. u. l/uvib, ui huwju township, and George K. Reaves, of Reaves township. The personnel of the ticket is excellent. The Convention was a harmonious one upon practically all the questions wflioli came before it, though upon one or two questions of expediency there was considerable difference of opinion expressed. ? Recruiting Still Goes On. Recruiting men for the volunteer army in Charleston is now a task. The eight or nine companies started are still holding the men signed on their rolls, and the men are still saying that they will not go to war unless they can go with their own officers and under the company name, and so the matter stands. Some of the commands have gotten quite a number of names on their rolls, but not one, so far, has signed enough to warrant a try for the vacant place in the ranks of Col. Thompson's battalion a; uoiumoia. An Attempted Assault. Jacob Metzo, a Russian, was arrested at Charleston, charged with an attempted assault upon a white girl, ten years of age, He was drunk, and when a policeman was attracted by the screams of the child was easily caught. When taken to the station bonse Metzo would say nothing, and was apparently in a mauldling condition. He has not been here long, and the police could give no information as to his occupation. Three Brutal Negro Boys. Thioe negro boys assaulted a little three-year-old girl, the daughter of James Grandy, at Darlington. They put the little girl in a baby carriage and carried her ott to the woods. A negro man heard the cries of the child + IA hor oaaiotonna onH coVAil her. The boys are now in jail at this I>lace. The oldest boy is 15 years, the others 10 and 12. Smallpox in Saluda County. rIhe smallpox situation in Saluda county seems to bo assuming an unsatisfactory aspect. A mass meeting was called to devise some plan by which energetic measures could be used to check, if possible, the spread of the malady, and to furnish medical and other needed assistance to the altiicted ones. Sever, new cases are reported. To Keorganize. In accordance with the arrangements made by the State executive committee, fnd after a call for that purpose, the county executive committee of Darlintgon met in the court house and made arrangements to have another county convention on June 27th. The election ior max couveuuuu wui uo held by the different clubs on June 2oth. The Lee County Kacket. The fight over Lee county seems to be getting in that condition which means much litigation and a lengthy bat :ie before the whole affair is settled, It is not improbable, so it is thought, that the case before it is finished may be i-eferred to a special master to take testimony. In that event the end is a loiig way off. Reward for Convicts. Col. Neal, superintendent of the penitc itiary, has issued the following notion: We will pay a reward of $50 each for the capture and delivery at this offieo of Harvey Lackey and Bill Yearfuu, who escaped from W. Holmes lardin, Jr., camp in Chester county June 4tb, 1898. Murderer Caught. West Jennings, the negro whjjCharles Williams said was his acccmplrtw in the murder of Mr. J. W. Leo, at Humter, end who is now serving a life sentence )u the penitentiary, has at last been caught and committed to jail to await trial, A Fire at Mount Pleasant, The Ferry house, at the wharf of the Snllivan's Island and Mount Pleasant Ferry Co., at Mount Pleasant, was oonsumed by fire and considerable of the wharf and the bridge which connects the wharf proper with the shore was damaged. -? ? New Factory at McColl. The aew cotton factor\r at McColl is ro^ressing rapidly. The business men i McColl are enterprising and united, uud their little town now numbers something more than one thoUMnu inhabitants. tion to their already largo plant. Their logging plant, consisting of cue of the latest improved "pull boats," with a house boat for the accommodation of the operators, left for the Pee Dee River, where they will begin at once to got logs from the swami s, not being dependent any longer upon the freshets totioattho logs out. This large mill plant has been shut down for more than two months, owing to lack of logs. .Messrs. Doyle, Theilier A' Doyle, who Lave been operating a saw mill plant ut Olivet, on the black Rivor, have purchased the property known as the Palmetto Cypress Company site, and will at once begin to build a large, first-class saw mill pianr, both circular and baud, the machinery for which has already been purchased and will be here very soon. This site is one of the finest in the South, being located on the river front on this side and on the Winyah Bay on the other. It is the intention of this firm to saw cypress and pine lumber of all grades and dimensions. They will incorporate the business under the name of the Win3'ah Lumber Company. Marlon Hot for Prohibition. The Frohibitionists of Marion county met in the Court House and selected three candidates, whom they propose to place before the Democratic voters at the approaching primary, as suitable persons to be voted for as members of the House of Representatives. The gentlemen selected are Messrs. R. P. Hamer, Jr., of Carmichael township; 01 , j rt n..:. S. C. CROP BULLETIN. Rainfall Light. Crops Not Generally Satisfactory. Columbia, S. C., June 7, 1898. The rainfall for the week was generally iight and came in the form of rcuttered showers; although not contined to any section of the State, the showers were most numerous aud lion vioct im f 1> A o a c f /inn t ro 1 arvufli eastern, and northeastern counties. Six i laces reported measurements of 0. "; ) inch, or more, with a maximum fall of 1.01 inches at Gillisonvillc; 28 places reported amounts less than 0.50 inch; the average of all reports was 0.24 iucIi and tiio normal for the same period is approximately 1.12 inches. The contiuued absence of a troncral, heavy rain will soon entail suffering. Small streams are dried up in 1'arnwell, and all streams are getting very low; wells aro failing and in many instances have been sunk from 10 to 15 feet deeper to get water. The drought has in places existed for from 30 to 40 days with a high temperature prevailing, and generally bright sunshine and dessicating winds. Since January 1st, 1893, only about 50 per cent of the normal amount of rain has fallen in the State while in places the percentage is much less. 'Iherewasan abundance of bright sunshine estimated at 88 per cent, of the possible. Thero was a wind-storm in Greenville, and one in Orangeburg during the week, doing slight damage to fruit trees in each instance. Hail-storms occurred in Hampton on May 31st and in Georgetown June 2d, doing some damage over their respective paths of progress. The crop situation is but little changed since last report, except that the need of rain is greater. Farm work made rapid advance except where the ground is too hard and dry to plow. Fields are easily kept from grass, and are exceptionally well cultivated, with the cropB and ground in the best condition to be benefited by the rain when it comes. The condition of the corn crop is not perfectly satisfactory; stands are not perfect and on bottom lands still being damaged by worms. Corn has a good color but is small. The heat causes it to wilt during the day. On many bottoms the stand is poor as there is not enough moisture to germinate all the soeu. Laying by of corn has begun in the eastern counties although corn has made slow growth generally. It is now in that stage, in the eastern countios. where it must have rain to make proper gfowth. There was a slight improvement in the condition of cotton over the entire State, during the week. Where thestand havo heretofore been defective, no improvement in that respect is to be noted, but cotton made some growth and is in a healthy condition generally, the exception being that lice are apparently damaging the plant in Barnwell, Aiken, Orangeburg, and to a less extent in a few other counties. In Greenwood it is deteriorating for want of rain. It is below average growth. Some patching being done to better stands which averago considerably below perfect. uotton nas generally receiyea us second plowing and is chopped to stands, except in the extreme western counties. In many localties cotton is in tine condition. Fields are clean and well cultivated. Cotton is putting on squares in the southeastern counties. On the same date in 1MU7, squares were general over the eastern half^of the State. Sea Island cotton is not doing well for lack of moisture. i'he weather has been all that could be desired for harvesting oats. Nearly all early oats have been cut and housed in excellent conditioq. Yields were generally above an average, but in a few places were poor on account of drought. Spring sown oats are very poor ij. most' places will be complete failures. The weather favored wheat harvesting, which made rapid progress, and will be generally complete during the current week. In most places the yield is above an average, in some the best yield for years, while in portions of Oconee and Spartanburg the yield falls below last year's. Melons are improving and are now doing finely. In portions of Florence, musk melons are a failure. Tobacco is in good condition generally. but needs rain badly except where showers fell during the week. Worms less numerous than last week. Rice doinc fineiv and irrowincr well. Planters on the Cooper river are annoyed by salty water owing to low stage of water in the river. Too dry for setting out sweet potato slips; few have as yet been transplanted. Some being set and watered by hand. Sets drying up in beds. Irish potatoes are very poor, and in most places a failure, the drought having ruiued them. Apples are dropping badly; there will be none at all in portions of Florence. Peaches late in ripening and are small in Edgefield; they are ripening in the southeastern counties. Grapes doing well. Pear trees dying from blight in Sumter. Blackberries plentiful and promising _? l:i! -1 i it., u : iu places, wuue eit>evniere mo ucrneo are drying on the vines. Plums plentiful. Peas are being extensively planted on stubble lands and in corn "fields. The acreage of peas will apparently be larger than usual. Too dry to plant peas over large areas. Sugar cane is generally doing well, but, like all other minor crops, stands in need of rain to enable it to make proper growth. Gardens are parched and in places entiroly dried up; failing everywhere, except upper Darlington where vegetables of best quality are abundant. Pastures ase fast failing or are entirely parched, especially in the upper counties, except on moist bottom lands. The heat and scant pastures are hard on farm animals. Chinch-bugs are numerous in York. A comprehensive summary of weather and crop conditions, would indicate tLat they were favorable over about Oia Ktnto and unfavorable dlsewhere. ' I understand you have Joined the literary brotherhood." "Yes," replied Lovelace, "I am now writing for a living." And lie dashtd oft' another bogging letter to his falier.?Strand Magazine. THE SOLACE A SUCCESS. Surgeon-General Van Keypen Please* With the Xew Naval Hospital Ship. Washington, D. C. (Special). Surgeon General Van Keypen, of the Navy, Is bacl from a trip to New York, where he in> epected the naval ambulance ship, th? Solace, and saw the sick and wounded brought up from Admiral Sampson's fleet fifty-four in all. The wounded includt thoso who participated in the engage ments at Cardenas, Cienfuegos and Matanzas. The men are doing well, and then HOSPITAL SHIP SOLACE. 4 will bo no fatalities resulting. One of the* men will lose an arm, as that member was so blown to pieces by a shell that amputation above the elbow was necessary. All the other patients will be more fortunate. Surgical science has made great advances since the Civil War, and there will bo no such loss of limbs and other permanent disfigurements as occurred thirty years ago. The sick men, about forty-four, in number, have no signs of contagious diseases, their ailments being chronic, such as consumption. heart disease, etc. They were taken from the fighting ships, as the Northern latitude will aid in their recovery, and also because sickness on board snip uas a uepressing inuuence on me lighting crews. The sufferers, both sick and wounded, show tbelr delight when taken aboard the Solace. It is appointed like a modern hospital, with cheerful wards and every facility toward -restoring health. t Some of the old tars speedily named the Solace the "ice-cream ship," as the icemaking machine aboard permitted the nurses to give the sick and wounded icecream as one of the delicacies. Whea chicken was served to some of the patients they declared that they were now Jiving; in a hotel. The substantiate are furnished by the Navy, but many delicacies, such as. lemons, oranges, jellies, chickens, etc., have been furnished by private contribution, and are looked upon in the care of the sick as almost essential as solid foods. As the Solace is a neutral ship, under the Red Cross, all ports are open to her. She has returned to the Key West squadron. A BRAVE ENSICN. Great Courage Displayed by Joseph W. Powell While Aiding Hobson. ' Naval Cadet Joseph W. Towell, who ran Iniin^h nf thrt flfifrahin Vaw Ynrt nn In linger the guns of Morro Castle, Santiago de Cuba, and there waited in hope of rescuing the Merrimac's crew, is a native of Oswego, N. Y. He is but twenty-one years ; /1 ^ ' // A\ . ENSIGN* JOSEPH W. POWELL. old, having: boon appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1893 and having been graduated in 1897. He stood third In a class of sixty-two at graduation. At the declaration of hostilities he was taking a supplemental course in the naval construction corps, from which he was assigned to Admiral Sampson's flagship. The Ensign aDd t%ose with him In the launch were exposed to the Are of the shore batteries and showed great courage and coolness. Oswego is justly enthusiastic over Its son's exploit. Feud Brings Lawlessness. Circuit Judge Brown, of Laurel County, who has been holding court at Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky, will call on Governor Bradley for troops to suppress the Howurd-Baker feud. The Howards are now strongly intrenched in town, while the Bakers are about twelve miles out In the country. Bitter feeling has existed since the kiliingofex-Sheriff White byTom and Ans Baker. Kentucky's Fine Wheat Crop. The crop report Issued by Kentucky State Agricultural Commissioner Moore shows the State average for wheat to be the best record In the history of the State. Other crops are proportionately flourishing. Suicide Because He Was Left Behind. Private Rich,of the First Regiment, South Dakota Volunteers, committed suicide at Sioux Falls with morphine because lie had been left behind by the regiment. Spain's Shocking Misery. CouDtess Cosa Valencia, wife of the former Spanish Ambassador to Great Britain who started a Spanish fund in London, which realized only 45000, has received from Madrid a despatch describing the shocking misery of tte Spanish sick and wounded. Japanese Officers to Go to Cuba. Secretary Alger granted special permission to Commander Ketsnro Narila, of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and Lieutenant Saneyuki Akiyama, to go with the army oL occupation of Cuba.