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THE UNION TIMES. UNION, S. C. SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LKSSON FOR JINK 14. Lesson Toxt: ".lefiii ( rnrlflpd," Luke ixlll., il>i-4C?( iilileii t'cxt: 1 Cor. xv, li?Com* mcutury. S3. "Thcro thoy ^rttrtfio J lTim." Four XvonN, hut how unutterably .-titctiiileanf. wh?? cnu measure it? TIi"U t!i>? vents h??t\v?*'U tne passover auu supper o. 111 cvoMiut: m*foro an thi? last Htii erow.*i1u>t event: GothpoRiaiie, t'v* hotrival an I arrest, Peter's ?Ieui*!, the 1oh.it ?ii 1 weary ami awful night nut morning !u.*for? the lunoil. ami Hero*', ami Pilate. th ? miv-k^rv ami tic* scourging, ami now tin* erueill xinu, ami th.it i.i*lwwu two malefactors as if !! *. to >, wn* one. Truly He whs numh-rel with t>i?* tr.uisgnvteors, an I 11 M*om;>liiii:i'il not. Oh, my soul, it wo.*ail I ?r tli***-! Wli.it tliinkost thou of it. an 1 o: lli:u who was erm*itl'.*.l oil tliy account? 24. 'Tatlior, forgive t:ir* r, for limy know % not what th?*y il<>." 'I'll?.-? wa- 11 is llr.-t utter- . ' nuee from tho cross. If wo take the sewn . in order a- wo lliul them l:**r>? au I in verso 4'J. thou John vi\.. Math. x.xvii., 4fi; John \i\.. 2S. :|.j; f,:iko \xiii..4>. we iuvo Miy?'iM- 1 to us tin* urea: fa *t.-<>f forgiveness, glory. all that we n-e | between for>Tiveiie.? an.! u'ory, Ili-being for.-aken that wo it:i.tilt never In*. His thirst an 1 a'l that is in::ille,l in it. His liuisoej work am! then His exit from the lio ly t-> His Katie*:*. ''He- ivei! others. I,"t llim sav Himself if H?? In* Christ, the ehosen of I'm.!." I Tim- t'u people nu '. tin1 rulers iler.'le.l Him, They were natural ?; * , they mi'lerstuo 1 not. therefor* thev talk** I I >n!islilv. Ho could liave save.! Himself, for He sucl, '"No iniin taketh My life from Me. 1 lay it ?lown of Myself" (John v., is*. i>ut H > eon I ! not eavo Himself ami - ivo -ittiers to ?. ![ > laid iloiru Wis life voluntarily that Ho ini'-fht i oa v > other*. do "if Tin u i * He* King of the Jews, save Tliys'lf." T'.us tie* - >l.liers also nto.'k** I Him, not kn *wing what they said. He v.VMlId ll'it save lll.ll- ;r. I'll' lie wolllil mivo them if tliey would let Hi: , for lunl Hon >: pruvoil for theai veil r- tliev ?lrovi? ?t .? ...... II - I. .. I-/ ( . !..? t.. heart Hi-- words, "IT - lint .-av -tii his life shall !"- i?, loll Ii" that ! > -.'th h\? life / ?r My take. 11: -,? -hall s-<v- it t Lake i\., :il j. .'H. I'.ii- istiej Kinr: of tlei .lews." I litis Fii i!e .I it to i> written myr (Inn in , t he i.v ai I-' s< the v. 11:' mid Latin 1 ::ri I !1 -l-r ,, ami Is \v .1 ! t n t* r it i-\? !? I to plea-" the .lows. "I Wits ?i OlMle.ss of j <i '. ' - th" time will >::." wh n all the J \v r: t a', hi-- anil ti ,ivied_ that this j si ii.. .L'-es. e ; era ill ! lit ti.-- ; ! of :v ; skill!, i- i!i - Ivina <'f tI'e J -. Then shall 'i I e .i.e.- Kit.as at, 1 j. : 1 . !. .r.i-. 1 Wit!:, tic Hint till the tlUhKsof earth are its t ?-:u : v a . . - < .,1. ti.. i..to th".n. alt vanity an i v -. .'i 11.: si .an . Willi Hite :<!. - 1 : -i rh! ... :v.?. 'V'.> ><: t:i !: : .! a. rs \v!ii<-!t : \V . I ; i ti U :.i, :r.*. I. I'.lo I ! bo Olsrtsf, suv ?Th> if us.' L :M i;- j : i Mark ?. ;. i at ' 111i '-reviled j XLioi. I . : - ma earn li -i t i it. lor if ; L.ali at ar-t 'i i i . i- ? rr> -i in - ivni.; ! tan: if a. . : ?M I - ntxl he ionht'.e.-s > refe;-. ti.c -lie v i r i-t .1 i i la-.* - >. j Tm.i - Hi '-> ii av I Ui "i? was in:'S-ible, ; ! it *" 'tive t!;, lite I., '..ilef to save them was ] vvlir t ! i ?:i.? doim;. 1.'. .!> s: not thoti f':ir G>i I. seoint? thou ! art lu in- cani? o K'hsaniatioii'f" When a ! titairia .'tor turns preacher. snmethiiia' lias | happened to him. aii'l in a sliort space of time s >ne tliiiii: remarkable has eo ne to this thief, ilisey. s have licon opotio I to see that the One m "the midst is more than He appears to be. un.l he has already in his heart 11 lielievy-.l upon Him and received Him as Lord* 41. "And we Indeed justly, for we receivo the duo reward of our d is, hut this man until dure uothiu^ amiss." Here is evidouco of the new birth. Ho condemns himself and justilies :hn Lord, whereas the earnal miud, which is utility against God, ahvaye justices itself an 1 coa tennis (i . > 1 (15 ini. viii., 7; .Luke xri.. 131. He ee|,fe.--e.s ids sins and :i*ku i\ii"iUv.s that In* is -utTerin- only ivlia: Ite justiy deserves, while at 'lie s imo tiniu lie lestill.'s to the .holiness ,j{ tile tjlio in t lie midst. This is tho woru of the Spirit of Go I. k t> t .. 1 1. ..I 1 .... 4 . T . T . a. I mm I.;. A?I l ll" Mill Ul.l" l<*?i 1 I ' - I lU'Mii!' t :no wii"n Thou com".-: into l'liy I kiii'-jiloni." No mail <*:in -ny tint .L'-u- j-i ! tli" I. >r>i. Imt i?y l'1'" * Iv- spirit ( I Cor. ' xii.. :JA S"0, tin1:!, tS:.irit'- w >rk i:i this ' man'.- ii ;.rt. II" li -lii'Vi ". tint -a-. th >a th ! vrti -ill".I a- an viI .I"--, i- tin; L.r.l of ; ;'i ryan ltli.it i!" lima kiii-t.'.vn. i:{. "Au>l i. l .;ot hiai, Wrily [ i pay nut til"", t - lav -a i.t t!i n h with Mo | in i uiv.'li-"." What a j >y t tin; |> -niti-nt j tliii.-f. hi- -in- all ^"ts , In- !il\ -u!T"rin m> o mi t" I" nvi-r, ; a I tint wry .lay in ;,*!-Tv with hi- I.or I*. I. -t ;- r. -t ta*>liiynr -oif'.c t>? ait -r in n- w - !-. I Ii-*y aro in 1'i-r. 1 no.'or.l with ??Ii -r w >ri- t'ao book <? no ;rnlni? tin*'! ;.ath of th" riglituon.-*. 'l'o ili" i-uain." T irl at; I h." witu <,'bri.-c i- tar "A1-"lit Iron i ' ? : Loily, j - \vi:h tii" I.orl ' il'hii. L. is:, I o;J. ii v., -S'. lint. -IV- ll". J.--UH ll.l'l I liot ll- '"ll '"'I to t'i l-'.u.i \v.i"!i II" tli"t ; Miry M.iir.lalom; on t i. nnao if th" r>-purrootiou < ! hiu \x.. 17 >. th":-";'-.ro Iniv ' oouhl th" tni"f Ii ' w.t . 11 :n in pani'ltso j that <lay.' 11" spok" |o M irv of 1L-a.-""ii'i- ' iU-t to t:i" Fathi-r in Hi* ri- ui i- > Iy. j.ut m to Hi-Spirit ll - was survlv iti parult-o a-.> n a.- il" ilii'il. II. "Ami it was nhnit t'i > sixth iintr, an-l th"r ' w.a- a iluv.i.i? ovor alt th" "arth until tli" ninth hour." ll- w i. "ru"i!l"t ;u tlio I tliir.l hour . Mur* w., ... 'j in tli" niornitiv, ;i:i.l fr.'-ii iioou tii: hp. isi. tlii'i"" wu. 1.1 j i ........... f.?i, . ...... . r ,?...-i _ was .ioinif )u- w . It was ni- hour ! mul tli |> >w-r of .'.M:;:i 1"). "Aii 1 tii-* -h i ".v .. ai-l lit I vo.l of ; . i*i ( .- *:.i l-t." ; SVht'it till' S J# itivfht winmifft r? | intf for i if -o;. o. tii- \. if \v:i-Mir-lv j niij-t tlint tu -.iii 1:1 tii'" ii-n-..onlil j ' to - ;i:. .I.i-f ! I u-- Hi 111 - | jfiory .: 'i!i an 1 .. lii > ' i I.I.-.TK- 1 ao i i.i t? 'l i\ <> " Hi- :i i >1 it!i. \:;iv., fit*. ;5>*. I . \ in \v i-.i -yaih ?i of Ui.4 l> !y, for IK* hath ; 'in*.I for us a now mul ilviiu; way ttirouy'i : ? vol -that Is to >av, i! - I' li! ... _ 1 . I v -.l was V.ir? 1 ! :i l ? . . . .ill ! I'.o 11 it was roiitta- '..-ncim v-r " -* a-' Wh-u Ho ui.'il, :i.i v.! '-h-i ia Jii i'. I. fii. " i'.i").-r. i:it . y i .* . i- I - i.'iumi I Mv S, a ;:. ' I'ii \v-r ill- iu-t worls utt.v- i with a l",j t v ... ih i* II- r.uiv l>o mu I to hav- ?!.? 1 ::i II.. : ... -*r-a_"h. Th? v li<l not ta-- III- l:v. II - iv- :t u;. ami II W-ut - .. t <i l. W. -a s . .li- I. h- j ti.iiil, "I. >r.l .J-.-us r- ,v .> -j.irit" ^A-ivt!., .V.'\ aait In' >v .i' vstu his X.or.l, i .or- nnv- t 1.1 ii -i t wa- : vino' kt'ul han i. .ill !.; . > 1> away till J., .;.- -v.ii .. II-.; TlMl . < '. if' to In* <*St.*|o- j lis i< .1 o . '..i* T. .!: s . Ian Uatlway, ! V Jli.'il J..S..N ' ? a : tu.i.ij* (IcsiTt trai'ts. \vi .n ; :i..f ?*!iuiv*li an I a * wi'.i r ; : i 'a rs tittoil ill' l'u" 'l.iiof sort u !.. i! iarlio.l to :!i? u\t .:: > lot* ; ! :?.-;? <>!' tin* ul!l. tals. The jrront tnit.: that no-ils lo 1.1 taught i > I'vcn ? iiii-l. i ..j?f.-??. ?I upon i'i'i'I'v Viilitii. an I .*-!.> .':n .| i:i ovory tuitul is. that Hi- !.a s .,* all l.appiiuss is loyalty t > tr::'a at. : ,ut. BILL A ISP'S LETTER. I IIK IS IX FULL SYMPATHY WITH ! '1111: SHOP C.II1LS And Heartily Connnpnil<i the Movement for Their Kcllef. Ij?t tbo good work go on. The shop girl* of Atlanta are now allowed to sit and rest their weary limbs for a brief time when not waiting ou customers, and their working time is out at 0 o'clock iu the evening. This is a reform that means much to them, and our sympathetic people will all thank the Chnmborlin house for starting it. The girls have not demanded it, nor have they uttered a word of complaint, but wo know they get tired, very tired, niul sometimes they are sick and sumo of them have work to do when they git home. But they never strike?uo, they hail rather suiY.r ami omlure atul always look cheery ami try to he happy auil contented. I have wondered why they did not organize and choose their leaders aud sometimes get on a strike and walk out and make demands on their employers like the men do. No, they will not do that. It is not their nature, and for that reason, if no other, those who employ them should ho all tho more considerate. Evory shop girl and every shop woman has an individual history, and could tell a talc of sorrow or misfortune, and souie of them would he intensely sad and pathetic if written aud published. Many of them belong to that elnss who have seen better days?many are orphans? some have a widowed mother or an invalid sister to support. All are dependent and have no bright prospects of hcitcriug their condition in the years to come. Some of them arc not I strong, aud often go to their work J with a hcudaeh", or a heart-ache ; hut they must not complain ? sad faces or sick faces or very homely j ones arc not wanted. I know four sis- j ters who are shop girls at di lie rout j places. Tiie eldest is only sixteen, i They have neither father nor mother imr brother, lint ti.ev live together and j work by day uiul comfort c. eh other ; by night. Some merchants are hard task- : mist.rs; "only a shop iriri" is their' motto, and their service i? worth what ; it v. ili bring?that much and no more. 1 Tin y :ix the j r:oo and lo op it there. . 'i i . V . m .. . ; i ..X ? ? ' | * ' , know one v.ho l.? lit ;i L-jr! *1 * \\u to .^!2') . . i u month. She m is is tine 1, diligent, couhi.ii iitious ami popular, ami lm<! been renrt.nl a lady in n 1 respects, hut she was only a shop girl, ami out of Meaner waives mil-'. pay for her hoard ; and clothing, Not an hour did *-h-.> j ever lose?hut hv and by she was > 11* reil 8;50 by unotlier hor.se, and then, j and not till then, did her employers proposo to iuerease her wages to the same amount. Why did they not do it before? I kuew another large, wealthy house that gept a young mau for three years, promising at iutervals to raise his wages, but it was only a promise. At Iixst he quit and sought other business, and then thoy offered him nearly double what he had hern getting if he would come hack. That is what the prophet ealls "griudiug the faces of the poor." Why wear a poor girl's life and hen 1th away by feeding her ou hope until it turns to despair? Only a shop girl! I A young lady who had oneo been in- I dependent was forced by the common calamity of these hard times to become I a shop girl?and she told me that the 1 hardest thing to hear was the stately i coldness of her form-r friend*?the j lack of familiar, social recognition ; j when they traded at the counter thoy j liurdly knew hi r ? they id good uiort - j iug, hilt not ltl the sweet old way. j After -lob had lost his property, he j said: "lint now tln-v that are younger 1 ti.ur. i n l ..x- -.*. ? ? ! .... .... ... ..i...... lathers I would have disdained to eet j with the dogs of my tl >ek." It is tlio same olil story of social iuaineerity. A mint m v.-r knows who I are his friends until misfortuue over- j takes him. Thank heaven ! there are Boruo exceptions to this rule, ami these shop ?irls ?lo sometimes tiud soiuehoily to love them ami share their sorrows. There is nothing more unbecoming to woman than her lisposition to rule money into her social set ami rule poverty out. N o real, woll-bred huly will <lo it. My observation is that , this foolish vanity is generally iu- I bulged in by the shoddy aristocrat*? ; | th is.- ?h > have nothing else to their i credit ? xci pt money? those whose | fathers got rich by questionable menus, j i'l ftchlree is lined with many such,ami i so uro tlie fashionable quirti rs of all i eitie--. This folly :s mainly a feminine ! one; the men are not given to it; no man dar.-s to snub another became of ' bis poverty, or his humble origin. ! With meu there :s no aristocracy | , except that of intellect. It is related that wlteu Douglas and Lincoln met for the first time on the hustings, 1>. uglas, who was a great aristocrat, said he had not had the ! honor of an no.inaintii:.< uiin his opponent, aid, in fact, hill seen him hilt one.', and that was win n lie whs Helling whisky behind the bar in h cri'si-roiib saloon. Whon <>11 Abo vohc to replv, he <?iiiilet! iioin ?;ir t > oar, as lu- remarked. " l'hat's so, mv follow citizens. '1 hat is the only time I oversaw him ntitll lai'v. i! n is oil one js;. 1?j j of tho bar ami 1 w.is on the oth- r. lb; took a drink and I t< ok the money, W i' are about i v. ti on that so .re." What's the diilVreiiCe? A nice, sweet, Weil-mannered girl or young woman who waits on the customer* in a largo dry goods Louse :s on ne m lo of the o-.n:.ter an 1 a rioli aristocratic la lv is on tin; other. One had money, the other ha I g..o Is and tie v ex.dinli jed ? that's all. Which is aloud in the CoU.e ly ut life u'.d which will bo ahead 4 when the play is ended and fiunl judgment 14. rendered? Witli one life is a fashionable farce; with the other o struggle for bread. "Give us this day oar daily bread" is her morning prayer. The position of the>o working girls is a hard one at best, but kind words and fair wages soften it down greatly. They beg for these places uud get them, but why women should not be paid as much us men for similar service 1 cannot understand. My information is that they ure paid about half and the employer's excuso is that competition is very great and as others cut rates they must do to, too, for labor is worth only what it will bring? and a woman's lubor can be had cheaper than a iuau'e. That is not a good excuse. It is not to the interest of the employer to get labor ou such terms. Twenty dollars a mouth will not keep a young woman in good health aud good clothes and leave anything for a sick mother or a child, or for a doctor's bill. A big-hearted, generous niau will inquire into the couditiou of every female employe he has, aud as far as possible make it his own concern. They are, as it were, his wards for the time, and he cannot escape the responsibility. Before the war there wero no shop ir, nut mi tun i y vtrnrrs luio grt'Ut transition bus been going on, aud now the Houth, like the north, is full of working girls. The children and gruudchiidreu of those who onco were proud ?tud independent are now forced to becointi their own bread winners. There is no perception for them. It is daily food for daily labor. The rich are growing richer by short cuts and questionable means, all of which in their last analysis come from the earnings of the toilers and grind the faces of the poor. \\ idows and orphaus win se husbands and fathers left them stock or bonds in a great railroad have lived to see it wrecked by the unscrupulous tchemers and by the time the wreckers had done with it their stock and them bonds were worthless. Dauiel Webster got a fee of 810,000 for making a speech in the Myra Clark ("mines case, and it was noised by the press as au enormous fee, but now a common lawyer gets $30,000 for bringing the money of a wrecked railroad into court. Au incorporated company accumulates a million dollars surplus and asks the court what to do with it. There was no tight, no contest, but the lawj-ers who took the decree are awarded 873,00:) for bringing the money iuto court. Receivers and lawyers prey upon the carcasses of corporations like buzzards upou the carcasses of brutes, ami but little is left for creditors or stockholders. These are the things that till the people with distrust and disgust and paralyze iudustry and intimidate capital. I know a lady and she is sitting near mc now whose father left her 810,000 of stock in a railroad in Alabama. It was good stock and had good prospects, but the schemers got it iuto court and had a received' appointed and it was wrecked and sold to the bondholders for a song and she Hint > nil 11-4 uvib IUU vu: iiiieuif. When she comes across it now among ber archives I henr her humming that sweet old song, "This world is all a fleeting show." lint let the working girls eheer up and always look on the bright side. If they can't get married lot them look around and see how much misery marriage brings?how few women are happily mated. Encourage a cheerful disposition, nud if you can't ' be happy, be ns happy as you can. Trust in the Lord and do good. It is not all of life to live nor all of death to die. Thereare many blessings that cost ns nothing. 1 never pass by my neighb >r's (Mrs. Field'.-) i*ont yard that is radiant with beautiful flowers but what I think how cheap they are to me. It is a good idea to sometimes think of that poor little boy whoso mother covert d him with straw one bitter night and put an old window shutter on the straw to hold it down. "Mother," said he, "it isent every little boy that has n shutter to hold down his straw, is it?" And there is Rome comfort m a Persian proverb that says: "Messed are they who have but little, for they shall not bo envied."?IPr.n Ann, iu Atlanta Constitution. THE DKMOCItATIC CONVENTION. There Will I>e 1 .">,<><><) Seats In the <'oiist'iim Seating Capacity. The Ivmooratio national sub-o >>nmittee 'onol'ule.l i!> business Molality iu Chiongo, !il. Tho I . ail ooinniitfe is sthl sla.rt fourtoon tho'isiira! 'lobars of tho ituaraubel suit. - rij.tio:.-. Tho money will bo iorthoomin*; fr. m Hi.' miurantors if i.ot from tho subsertbers. 1 li'T"- will t.o Iftoo'i thonsaii.l seats in the pari of ih- i" ui-o>;:t. whl.-h is to bo uso.l for t!i.. oiivation. Th?- speaker'a platform with th" a-'Miiipaiiyini; soat.s for pp'.-s will 1- ..a tit- oast ?ii|>- of th- hall, railway. 1oa !i -i t.-,iv. ! ia ;rout will railiato hi amphitin-air- form, witii a irra-lual ri-o. tli" thou- ?ii'ls of "-.it- for 'h lo^atos ami I spo.'tat .rs ..\tomlino to a lino lovoj with tho o.iii'tios. tfulv a fow si'ats nr.-to t?o nut ia t| .- ir.illorlos i.o.-.i iso tho >'< :u!iiittoo eotisi'l>ts 1 'i.u.Hiaoiic a ;.lso|i -o to him lio, oonsiiloriiiK tho atii.u.itioii whioli is expo.-toil to perino.ato 'i.o .lolioorattous of tho Democratic host. TO IMIOSKCI 1 K I'll Fi S. A. Ij. I ho Post in.ist or tii-noral Turns the I n>c Over tut lie Depart iiiont ut .lustier. 1" -tT. i-l r ib-mial V.'i.s ,n has turne.l ov r t<> tho !?.>] irtmont of .iustieo tho oa.so . f tho .s . ,?ir i Airline 1; iiir .a.1. ro.-oin:n' ii.iii,o | ro,,. outi >;i of th" 'Mlb-inls of th it r .a i. if. ia t!io ..pini n of th" Attorney (< !.or .!, s>; -a a ;j js a !vi< i i|e. The pu, -r- ii the ...|... ibniitto 1 ' > f!io l lopartmont ..f J.|sti *o _ that t'io s. il.oar l Air I.ino is _ i.i';. ..: ail atl.-n ; t t > ilefraU'i the jfuv r:i:n :.t by pa.'. liraf tie* mail , luriiu; tho n r ?iitfi of Mar -!; 1 i-l. .iiiriiu; whioli month t! to?: of v. i^liiti" . f a.ail n -ittor ever that iin- was niip! m ..r br to form an estimate f tho an, . f mail ni.itt-'r oarrio.1 by tho i a.I. win . ivoiil'i oiaibio im i'ostolll.'o I>.?partneM.t t n:ak" a f.,ur yours oontra -t for .j -h i>'tvt ami ^ rate >{ eompomalibu. NO EYASION IS ALLOWED. JUDOK SIMONTON'S DECISION IN THE DISPENSARY CASK. Cons'nblcs Cannot Sel/.c lilquor Shipped Kront Other States for Private Un'-Thc Decision Iti'^iirdliij; the Old Daw Mailo Obsolete. + You enn order as much whiskey as you wish from outside the State, says Judge Simontou, ami the coustables cannot touch it for analysis or anything else. It will be remembered thut at the last session of the Legislature an amendment to the Dispensary Act was passed requiring that ail liquor imported into the Siate for per ouuiu iiru uu rul/ivu i9y iuu olllio coll- j stables ami Kent to Columbia to be analvzed by the State CbomiHt, ho that it could bo discovered whether it was or was not chemically pure. Every one recognized in it uu attempt on the part of the State to evade Judge Simontou's injunction in the Donald case, which restrains the State constables from seizing liquors imported for personal use. Iho State was anxious to have the ca?o tested in the United States Circuit Court, and a cuho was hatched up for the purpose. Mr. Wm. .T. Schneider imported some liquor from Augusta, which was seized, Mr. \V. (iibhcs Whaley, chairman of the board of control, appeared as attorney for Schueider, and the Attorney General for the State. All the legal talent in Charleston was invited to come into Court and make argument in the cave, and several high legal lights intended th ing so, but at the last moment decided not te do so. A few days later, however, Mr. J. P. Kounedy liryaii, as attorney foi II. Joseph Walters and Wm. Eherlnml, appeared and obtained a rule from tin. Court requiring the eoiistabhs win seized some liquor which tins gentlemen were importing ior iei*o!;:d use, why they should not be alto he ! '.<>1 contempt of Court, by r? m-on of having violated the injunction in tin Donnl-l ease. Written argument \vu.submitte i a few days since, .-tin' y.?lcrday the C >urt handed down tisde.ui ?i , which is a.s follows: The United States of America, !>istriet of South Carolina in tin 1 Ci cn t Court ? L'omtii Circuit?1 Id ui lie James Donald vs. J. M. iico'it et al. ex parte Wiiliam J. Schneider, ex parte William Kberlinrd, ex parte II. Joseph Walters. These three petitions were Hied in tho main cause. The petitioner first named had purchased and puid for iu Augusta, (In., ^ou 8th of May, 189(5, for his own perx 1 ? - - hud til use, \vro gallons ot rye whiskey, shipped and delivered to him by tlie Southern Express Company at Charleston, and niter such delivery seized in bin possession by n Stale constable on IOth of May, 189(5. The petitioner, Eberhard, u watchmaker by trade, purchased and paid for for his own personal use and consumption, in Savannah, On., a case of Mount Vernon whiskey, a product oi the State of Pennsylvania, and caused the same to be shipped to his residence in Charleston via the Charleston and Savannah ltail way, and whilst the same was in transit it was seized by | two State constables, d. M. Scott and 1 John Strohcl, and confiscated. The third petitioner claims to hnvo , been the owner of one barrel of prime j Zinfaudel claret wine, product of the | State of California, shipped to him by 1 steamship from New York to Charles- j ton, the same being for bis own perso- j nal use aud consumption, and not for | the purpose of barter, trade, sale or exchange within the State of South Carolina and while tlie same was on | the docks of tlio steamship line it was seized and carried away by Hurling and Livingston, State constables. The petitioners euch charge that the seizure in his case was a violation of the order of this Court ami in contempt thereof, Kules were issued upon the tiling of the petitions to each of 1 which an answer and return have been ! tiled. The circumstances attending' the seizure differ somewhat in each j case. Hut CHldi of th?> r?turna urOu I r? ? * !'; in justification of the seizure the Act of the General Assembly of the State J of South Carolina, approved April 1, j ISOti, entitled "An Act to provide for i tho election of a State board of control j and to further regulate the sale, use, j consumption, transportation and disposition of intoxicating and alelioliolic liquors or liquids in the State utid pre- ! seribe further penalties for violation ol 11,"O-nensary laws and to police the same.' ilie petition first named was filed avowedly to test the law thus passed. The Attorney General of South Carolina in an argument characterized by great ability and by corresponding fairness lias directed the attention ol the Court to that point, and it will be ' first decided. The question is: Is this Act of Assseinbly a lawful exercise of; the police power of the State? What is the motive and purpose of the Act? ; "In whatever language a statute may i be framed, its purpose must "bo deter- | mined by its natural and reasonable i effect." Henderson vs. New York, '.'"J ( I*. S., 259. "The motives of the Legislators considered as to the purposes | thev had in view will always l>e presumed to he to accomplish that which follows as the natural and reasonable ; effect of their enactments." Soon i King vs. Crowley, 1 Id I'.S., 70d. The fact that the statute on its faco declares that it is an exercise of the ]>o- ; lice power is not euough to make it so. "If a statut.*purporting tu have been enacted to protect the public health, public morula or public safety ban no real or substantial relation to those objects or is a palpable invasion ol rights secured by the fundamental law, it is the duty of Courts so to adjudge and thereby give clTect to tho Constitution." Mugler vs Kausas, 123 U. 8., 023. "A State caunot under the guise of exeiting its police powers or of enacting inspection laws, make discrimination against the product uud industries of some of the States in favor of the products and industries of its own ui of other States." (Brimmer vs Bebman, 13S U. S., 78.) A Statu cannot make u law desiguuted to raise money to support paupers, to detect i or prevent crime, to guard against disease and to cure the siek, an inspection law within the Constitution meaning 1 of that term, by culling it bo in tho < title." People vs Conipuguie Geiiernle Truusatluutiquc, 107 U. S., 50. These 1 require an examination into ?n?.l analysis of tho Act of Assembly. One of the purposes of tho Act as < disclosed in its tide is to further regulate tho Bale, use, consumption, trans ] portatiou and disposition of iutoxica- < ting aud alcoholic liquors or liquids as 1 an article of commerce as uuqucstion- l ubly they uro. i Tho first section then forbids tho ' sale, barter, or exchange, receipt or j acceptance for unlawful use, delivered, 1 storing and keeping in possession with- ^ iu the State of any spirituous, malt, viuous, fermented, brewed (whether ' lager or rice beer) or other liquids, 1 any compound or mixturo thereof by ' whatever name called or known, which contains alcohol aud is used as a bever- . age, by any person, firm or corpora- ] tiou. It then declares it unlawful in any consignee or other person to take t from the depot or other place, or to i pay freight or express or other ehargts i thereon by anyone, of any such liquors 1 or liquids, except as hereinafter pro- i vided, under a penalty of imprison- ? ment in the penitentiary, or a fine, or ' both, in the discretion of tho Court for < each olTeusc. 1 All such liquors arc declared to bo : I contraband and against the morals, j i good health and safety of the State, | ' except when bought from a State [ 1 oilicer authorized to sell the same or in possession of one and having been . tested by the chemist of the South ! Carolina College and found to be ' chemically pure. j i in- M-i-iitiu niriiii'r ueoares mm nil nlchoiic liquors nut having been tested j by tho chemist of the South Carolina j Co!lege and found to be chemically ' 1 r.ro arc of a poisonous and detrimental ' character ami their iwe aud eonsump- ; tion as :i beverage are against tlio , Murals, good henllh auil safety of the State, ami that such liquors may be seized wherever foun<l without a warrant ami turneil over to the State comtuissiotier. It v. ill be obsi rved that under this seetion alcoholic liquors or liquids are not in themselves declared to be deleterious. Nor is the use of them as a beverage declared or treated as agaiust the morals, good health or safety of the State. The absence ot a certitfcato of the chemist of the South Carolina College and the purchase from a State ollicer authorized to sell the same, or out of his possession work this result. And only those alcoholic liquors which have not the test of this chemist are declared to be of a poisonous and detrimental character and against the morals, good health and safety of the State, whatever may ho in fact their real purity. Why then are these conditions imposed? The sale only by the State ollicer and the certificate of the chemist of the South Carolina College? The Attorney General says that this is an inspection law. Upon examining tho v,.t .... ....... .0 c 1 e .... -?V.V |/4W? iniv?u in ilMlim 1UI nil XII* | J> speetion >>f spirituous liquors by tho j chemist of tho South Caroliuu College, j except when instructed to ilo so by tho ! State board of control, and thou only ( of such liquors us they shall purchase I lor use iu the State. None making it his duty to iuapeet for anyone else. None fixing his fees. He is not a State ollicer, but a professor in the college, b?viti<r duties conneeted with his office which may or may not eugrosu his time. The .Vet doelares that alcoholic liquors which do not bear a certificate of test by the chemist of the South Carolina College are poisonous and Injurious to the welfare, good health and safety of ; the State solely because of the absence of the certificate. No other reason whatever is given. At the same lime it omits to make it the duty of this chemist to inspect and test alcoholic liquors except when they are pur- | chased for <>r by the State board of 1 control. He may refuse to make any , test of any other liquors. Ho can law- I fully io ho and he eauuot be compelled to act otherwise. He may consent to I make the test, but he can impose terms which would be prohibitory. The . rr.tr.ral and reasonable elToet of the ! Act is to exclude t'roni the State en- | | tirely all other liquors whatever. Its J direct result is to put in the hands of i | tin; State board of control the right to I < dictate who may or who may not itn- J | port into the Stute these goods, and to ( \ shut out every one who does not meet j their approval. The necessary consequence of its enactment is to burden and in great measure impair commerce , in this article betw een citizens of other | States and this State. Indeed, if by implication it be held that the State ( chemist could test other liquors than those bought by the State board of control, the fact that such liquors must , be brought to him within theStnteand 1 must be transported through the State j before the test can be made, liable at once to seizure and confiscation because not yet tested, effectually prevents any 1 such test and inspection by him. It haif been doubted by no less an authority than Mr. Justice Bradley whether inspection laws can be Intended for any other purpose than the inspection of articles to be exported irom a State. Voight vs. Wright, 141 U. 8., 64. But, be this its it may, au inspection law must bo fuir, equal and iu no way discriminating iu favor either of persous or of property. Ibid. It cannot be used as a preventive to the importation of articles of the sama class with those which it either permit* or U6bists, nor to promote a mouopoly. Fostci vs. Master, etc., of New Orleans, 1)4 U. 8., 218. It is manifest that this is not an inspection law in this sense, but rather an effort under the guise of an inspection law to impose a burden on commerce. And when irk connection therewith is takeu the provision tuat oven with u certificate of Hiich a test the sale is contraband unless made by a State officer it is difficult to avoid the couclusiou that both of these conditions wore made to exclude all competition from ubrond and to secure in the State a mouopoly in me sum ol int-'Xicatiug liquors, ana not to regulate their purchase ami use by her citizens. Is this u lawful exercise of the police power? Whether the Act assumes to be an exercise of the police power or not it is the duty of the Court to impure with reopect to this Act not only whether there is a real or substantial relation between its ivow* ;1 objects and the means devised For attaining those objects, but whether by its necessary or natural operation it impairs or destroys rights secured l>y tho Constitution of the United States. Minnesota vs. Harbor, 13'? U. S., 320. This Act excludes all competition in the trade of intoxicating liquors from abroad. Tho State of Minnesota passed an Act "for the protection of the public health by providing for inspection before slaughter of cattle, sheep and swine designed for slaughter for human food." Tho most ample provision was mado for such an inspection by tho appointment of inspectors m .'very city, village, borough or township, ami the duties of thoso inspectors were carefully prescribed. No sale :ould I o made of slaughtered cattle without a certificate from such inspectors, and the certificate was full aud minute. The Supreme Court of tho United States held Unit the result of the Statute, whatever may have been ts purpose, was to deny altogether to iti/.eus of other States the privileges >f importing slaughtered cattle outside )t the State, ami Unit it thus fetteruil onimcroc among the States ami was . oiil. Mimussuta va. Jlnrbir, IdO U. S.. d'23. The Court further held that ho constitutionality of tlio Act was not reserved because it ??j>i>li I nliho t>? he people of all thn Stut.s, including ho people of the State enacting the itntute. The Act now in question secures in ho State hoard of control a monopoly u the import and sale of lutoxicutiug icpiors, however chemically pure they iMf be. The Constitution of the United States secures to the citizens of every >110 of the United Status privileges euoyed in every other State. They caniot ho discriminated against by State Legislation. To them commerce be;ween the States nn.'t be free. All egislation, therefore, putting citizens >f other States at a disadvantage in my State because they arc citizens of itlier States, is void: "Any local regilation which iu terms or bv its ncces>ary operation denies equality in the narkets of the State is w hen applied ;o the people and products or iudusries of other States a direct bur len ipon commerce among the States, and Jierefore void. Ilrimmiu vs. Itebman, 1:>S U. S., H2. Nor can it in principle nuke any difference if this equality is leuied to citizens of other States bo anse the State herself through certain igouts engages iu the competing business and asserts her monopoly in it. She may forbid the business altogether or she may forbid her citizens from mrryiug it on except on eomlitioua uul restrictions however stringent. S'o citizen of another State can claim greater privileges than her own ntizens. But when she herself onducts the business through her igouts ull over the State ami takes tho >h?ee of her citizens, she cannot by :iius coming into competition with citizens of other States destroy their competition by denying them tho right to trade in tho same commodity ii every respect like that iu which sho s trading, save that it is not protected i>y a certiticate, which she alone eau *ive and which she distinctly withUolds. The present Act gives to certain persons, the board of control, the nolo power of purchasing and importing into this State an article recognized verywhere as an artiele of commerce. The monopoly is vested in tliem by provisions of Hitch stringency, secured by such extraordinary sanctions, that very other person and all citizens of ither States are absolutely deprived of ouipetitiou with them. Thus the proluots as well as the citizens of other States are discriminated against, ami the Inter-State roinnieren ili.ofp.ivn.l The Act in question is iu conflict with the Constitution ami laws of the I'nitei! States anil can utl'nril no protection to the respondents for their action, vhieh they claim is hnscd upou it. The rules are lnnile absolute. ClIAItf.KS II. SlMONToN, .luue t, Circuit Judgo. Klt/liuyl? tiets Down to Ituslncss. Consul < ioneral I,?o visited "aptaia General Weyler Friday. The interview was eonlial. la the coarse ot the eonrcrsution General I.? touched upon tic ease f l?awlev. the correspondent of Harper's Weekly, who was arrested two days at?<> ami Is now confined in .Moro easlle. (ieneral Weyi-T, it is said, promised that a prompt nvesication would he made into the matter. It Is lie',j..ved that 1 >aw!ey will he soon released on condition that In* leave the island. lV.iv sulphurous im>t sulphuric) n?*hl is a vi'r.v trond remedy for I'itiknvoi'tH. The pure ueid shoiild be applied Iwiro u day. t'usi s of barber's itch yield to the same treatment. <