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rpTXAQ T AT?AMS PPlTPPTRTOP. ?DGEITELD, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 20,1893. VOL. LVm. NO. 25. -LJJLWkJ. V . THE CHAP Di THE BRANCH. - You may talk about your pleasures o' . the summer time, an' sich, An' jes1 pile your mouey-measures till the people say, you're rich ; Take atrip ott to the. seashore, from your swelterin' city ranch, * But-the chap that had the most fun is a-wadin' in the branch ! You may kinder slip the weather hy a trip acrost the sea, An' feel the salty Mowin' of the breezes brisk an' free, An'jpay some other feller fer conduct in' of the ranch, But-the chap that keeps the coolest is a-wadin' in the branch! " Jes'take alcok?n' see him; his*feet are bare an' flat : figg Suspenders made o' ootton, an' him wearfn' one at that! Hi? bat brim torn-an' hangin' !-jes' keep your city ranch The plctur' that's the brigBtest is the pictur' in the branch ! - . : F. L. s. NAT LASKAM) HIS PAEBOT A Remarkable Story of a Re markable Man and a Bird. "Ever hear of Nat Lask's par rot?" asked Jim Gordon of Little Rock. "Never was snch a remark able parrotj'I don't think. Bnt then^Nat Lask was somewhat of a remarkable man. He was an old Arkansas and Mississippi river boatman. Ho nsed to run between Little Rock and New Orleans in * the good old .times before the war,, He owned twenty niggers once, and they all got their freedom just be cause Nat was such a remarkable man. There was a good many nig gers running away about that time, and making their run for good. Nat gave it but that he'd like to see any of his get away. For every one that got away, he said he'd set another one free. Less than a week after that one of Nat's best nig gers turned up missing, and he couldn't be found. Over the bor der," sure. The runaway's wife be longed to Nat. ""Suss," said Nat, 'd'ye know whar Joe is?' j> " * Yes, massa.' " 'Wall then you jes' go long an' jinehimj' "So he kept his word and set one slave free because another had suc ?-4?sfzlad^j? running away, and h? showed what a remarkable man-he " wits by felting free the wif?-of th? fugitive. And Nat wouldn't lake . back his oiler either, and his nig gers kept running away, ?nd^he kept setting others free to match 'em, until he hadn't one left.* '"Don't make no diffnee,' Nat used to~ say. 'Nobody didn't 'Weege me to sot my niggers free. But's a time comm', mahk my wuds, when all yore niggers'll be sot free, an' yo' won't have nothin: to say 'bout it, neither.' . "That was pretty stiff talk for Arkansas, two years bet?re the war, and a less remarkable man than Nat Lask would have been hauled up short for it. Prophetic, Nat was, wasn't he? Somewhats "Just about the time the, war broke out Nat was in New Orleans taking on cargo. On the levee one day he was passing an old woman - -who was selling parrots, when one of the birds yelled out : "Damn fool!'" "That fetched "Nat up standing, and he asked the woman which parrot had addressed him in such familiar tones: ^ u 'He knows me,' said Nat, 'but I swar I never knowed him !' "Nat didn't have to wait for the old woman to tell him which par rot it was, for the bird yelled out its compliments to him again on the spot, and Nat was so tickled with the parrot that he bought it. He was Bp taken up with his new companion that he paid no atten tion to anything else all the way back on the "trip to Little Rock. When he arrived there he gave up bis boat: " 'Groin' to quit boatin',' he said, 'It'll take all my time now on to 'tend to this parrot.' "And j if he. didn't quit, right there and then, I hope to holler! He tied himself up to that pariot and had no time for anything or anybody. Then the war began to - stir things^up, and one day Nat said: " 'Thar's goin' ter be hell ter pay 'round hyah 'fore long, an' I take to the woods ! " "He was as good as his word. He took his gun and his parrot, went 'way back into the wilder ness along Big Mammelee Creek, and put up a snug log cabin. And it was there that the parrot came out strong. The woods were full of game. Wild turkey, deer, bear, panther. The creek held plenty of wild ducks and geese. Nat trained the parrot to hunt. The bird* got ?so he could give all the calls and cries ?Tthe wild turkey better the. wild turkey could itself, he*never missed getting the call: or cry in at just the' time. He found out that a frwn, or a fawn hidden b; mother, could summon its mi or* somev other deer, quickl where it was by^a plaintive I imj, and the parrot got onto to only too quicks He imitated unearthly screech of tho pai so ably that Nat used to say it was nothing out of the com for Bobby-that was tbe par name-to call as many as a d big ?e fellows around the cabi an evening, and set them al fighting at once. Bobby cou! do the quack of a duck or the ble of a goose to perfection, he could manipulate those ( so that you would think he w whole flock of * ducks or geese, if there were ducks or geese fli over it was no trick at all for Bo to let himself loose, just as i was a dozen or so fowls jabbei together, and a flying flock, b ing him going on, would say themselves: 'These ducks n have struck good luck down tl in the creek. Let's drop down ; get a piece of it.' And when t had dropped down and near enoi Nat, hid in the bushes, wo tumble a half dozen or so bel they could get on to the way tl were fooled. "Bobby liked to hunt wild t keys best. If there was a turi within bearing of him, it could resist that seductive call of 1 and when it came within guns! and .Nat put a-ball in it, Bobby came a very fiend in his gloat; over its death struggles. He woi fly around the poor bird and lau and yell like a demon. But if 1 should happen to miss the turi after Bobby had called it up, th maybe he would get fits. The p rot would fill the woods with li guage that Nat used to say son times made him sit down and w, for the shower of fire and bri stone that he felt sure must sent.down on them for that bir< wickedness, A^id he'd fly at N? jmll bis hair out in bunches, ai make vicious grabB at his eyes ai face. At ihese unfortunate timi luckily;, were rare, Nat used to 1 down on his face and let Bob! peg away and pull at him till 1 frenzy passed over. Nat kne when that was by the bird p?re ing somewhere near and easii himself up by simply yellin 'Damn fool 1? Then Nat would g up and start for home. Bobl would fly to-his usual place ( Nat's shoulder, where he would i intervals yell in Nat's ear, 'Dam fool !' Nat never jawed back. I said that he knew he deserved a that Bobby gave him at such time There wasn't anything too bad f< a man who missed his turkey. "Whenever Nat would take.h gun to go out hunting, Bobl would cock his head on one sic and say : " 'Turkey?' "If Nat would say, 'No,' Bobb would say : " 'Quack quack?' , "If Nat replied in the negativ Booby would make the pee ul i s bleating sound of the fawn, inte] rogatively. If Nat said he wasn going after deer, Bobby would sa] decisively : '"'B'ar!' ." "Turkey, duck or geese, deer an bear were all the game Nat hun tee and Bobby knew if it wasn't an; of the first three he was going ou after it must of course be . beai But he alway? wanted to knoj what the hunt was to be before h .started. He was of no part?cula use in a bear hunt. " 'I jes' take him 'long to do th swariug', Nat use to say. "But Bobby always went outfo bear with tho greatest enthusiasm and once he was of actual service Nat had started a bear, and it wen into a thick swamp a short dis tance, where no man or dog coule get. Whether a sudden stroke o genius, all at once he flew fron Nat's -shoulder into the swamp Such a hair-raising collection o: yells and expletives as he tumblec around in that swan p no li vin; thing had ever hpard before. Bobb) was evidently directing then: straight at the bear, for the fright ened animal came tearing out oi the swamp with a smash and a crash that a hurricane couldn't have made. Nat said the bear's eyes hung out, its terror was so great. Nat downed the bear with a couple of rifle balls, and" out of the swamp came a couple of terror stricken cubs, withBobby.yellb and cussing right behind the] Nat captured the two cubs ali and took them home, against tl vehement protests ..of Bobby, wi yeiled his favorite opinion of N in the latter's ears all the ' way i ' Nat showed great fondness for tl cubs, but 'they were a perpetu thorn in Bobby's side. He wi wildly jealous of them, and gai both them and Nat continual fit Nat kept the cubs- in the cabii and one night, after he'd had the] ,about a week, he was awakened fe a noise. He heard Bobby swea: ing like a pirate and the cut whining. Nat listened, and b and by he heard the cabin doc opened. That was an easy matti to do, for nothing fastened it, an it swung on a leather hinge. Whe the door opened and let the moor light in, Nat saw that it was Bobb who had-pulled the door open wit his bill. . Nat lay still to see wha the parrot would do, and what di he do but drive both of those cub out, nipping' them with his bill and talking to them worse than an; canal mule driver ever talked t his mules. Bobby not only drov the cubs out of the cabin, but h escorted them some distance int* the woods, and they understooi well enough that they were to keej on going. Bobby , came back to th cabin chuckling like a little fiend and closed the door and went t< sleep. The whole proceeding ha< increased Nat's veneration for th< parrot so much that he said h< could no more have interferrec than he could have interrupted f preacher in a funeral sermon. A I few days after that Nat took dowr gun to go out hunting. " -Turkey?' said Bobby. ."'No,' said Nat. 'We're goin arter b'ar.' "Bobby bristled up, and yelled at the top of his voice. " 'Damn no ! Damn no I' "He remer/4?Ared the trials ano tribulations ' ? . '.. .' v? . tc hirr through his k - " itv;:.* .he wanted rio WIG ce : And he.wou:/! go bear hviiz ng. never could bt; i nduced i j .?? . "Nat ano Bobby lived " 'mitlife1 on > h !.; Mi??-. . more thar [ .. day Nat ruse into i'u alone and di scon soi a LO. BO] dead-aocidently shot by Nat him self. I don't know what ever be came of Nat, but he was a remark able man. And there never wae such a remarkable parrot as Bobby." The Importance of Salt. - While most of farmers salt with some degree of regularity, there are too many who defer this until they have nothing else to do. Very few realize the great importance of a constant supply .of salt for Uve stock. In some experiments that were made in France, it was found that a lofe of steers were given free access to salt at all times made a much larger gain on the same amount of feed than did a similar lot which were not given salt at all and another lot which was salted once a week did but little better than those which were not given any. The blood has quite a large quantity of salt in it, and this of course, supplies the elements which build up the carcass, and if the supply of salt falls short of the. requirements of nature the assimilation of food is stopped to just that extent and the result is loss to the owner. Every hoad of live stock on a farm should have salt constantly, iu fact arrange ments should be made so that it is always accessible. It is surprising to one who has never given the matter attention, how often cattle and sheep will go to the salt box when they have it in a place where they can get it at any time. If stock is salted but once a week they will eat more than is good for them, if it, is given, and the sur plus is not assimilated aud is lost so far as anv benefit is concerned. It is *a very simple matterto ar range a covered box in such a man ner that it can be mov^d from field to field as the stock is changed, or lumps of rock salt may be pro vided, and the.owner will be much benefitted "by being careful about this matter. If you do not believe this go without salt in your food for just one day and then see how good it tastes. * "I was prostrated with a severe billious complaint," writes Erastus Souhworh, of Bath. Me. "After vainly trying a- number of reme dies, I was finally induced to lake Ayer's Pills. I had scarcely taken two boxes when I was completely cured. THE GOOD TIMES COMING. - ? . . -:1 0, the good times are com in', no matter what they say ; - ?jj You kin hear 'em hummin', humm?h' fer a hundred miles away ; j They're a sai 1 in' through the summer, an' a-fightin' through the freeze ; A-ridin' down the rivers, an' a-blowuV in the breeze ! Comin', , j A-hummin'- j Like a regiment a-dr ummin'; Lane has got a-turmn', , Buttermilk's a-churnin', Sb keep your lamps a-burnin' Till the good times come ! . 0, the good times are a-comin'; you kin see 'em on the run, A-twinklin' in the dewdrops an' a-snin in' in the sun ! I A-dimplin' o'er the daisies, an' babblin' in the brook, An' lookin' at a feller like his sweet heart use ter look ! Comin', > A-hummin'- vr Lite a regiment a-drummm'? Lane has gota-t urn in*, > V Buttermilk's a-churnin', So keep your lamps a-burnin! Till the good times come!i;f _"_. F. L.S.I POLITICS AND BEH6I0? They Mix Very Disgracefully an Indiana Church. CBAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., July 12; -Dr. H. C. Neal, a minister of the1 Methodist Church at Kirkpatrick| had just concluded a temperance sermon Monday evening, when 6. P. C. Evans, one of the leading prohibitionists of Indiana, arose, and began a speech denouncing alf i laymen and ministers not beiongi ing to the Third party as hypolj critical knaves* and rascals. Dri Neal called upon him to desist^ when Evans started to abuse him; Neal finally came' down from tba pulpit and threw* the disturber! bodily out of the doors, while the! congregation cheered enthusiasti cally. I . The Mask in Real Life. 1 Christian at Work. Death is the supreme leveler With unerring hands, as unpitying. and remorseless as unerring, her' tears aside the mask of respecta- ? Li?ty which many a man has worn,. ... - J not-ru ay -ii. .?*. .... -. and secrecy to mue from pii~3i< view not his aims but many of his deeds ; the very conditions-of ex istence in our populous cities aid the sly and cunning follower of sinful ways in escaping observa tion. A clerk, for example,~can transact business in one place, room in a second, and board in a third,?and be absolutely free from the espionage and gossip that dog the footsteps of the inhabitant of the country district or village. The people who live next door or opposite.are strangers to him ; the hundreds that jostle against him along the street pay no attention to his coming and going. He is free from scrutiny and is tempted to make large use of his freedom. He may be punctually in his place during the hours of daylight, and talk like a gentleman of honor and uprightness, and praise ideals more or less noble, whilst his evenings may be spent in a gambling den or some hell of worse infamy. Thus he sports the mask of virtue. But death is very likely to un cover his tracks and show what manner of being he has been. And alas! what sad and melancholy revelations sometimes come thus to light. Here is the paradox : the grave winch buries its . victim out of our sight is apt to expose hiB affairs to public view. Not long ago the daily press contained ac counts of a man who had two homes-one in a rural town," the other, in the metropolis; his life and reputation were dual, entirely different in each home. In the country he wa? a regular church attendant, a liberal supporter of the Gospel, and eminently high spirited and valuable citizen ; in the city he was an infamous wretch, only his infamy was hid den. He went to places, and even owned them, and drew from them the wages of sin, and increased his gains in ways that it would not be decent to mention in these columns. He waB another instance-of which to the disgrace of humanity be it said there are too many-of Jekyll ami Mr. Hyde, pictured so graphically and with so much of psychological truth by Louis Stevenson. The Pharisee is still abroad. Nor is it only the man who makes religious pretension a cloak for evil purposes and -performances -that is a Pharisee. The gentleman who flourishes in a dress-coat and . kid-gloves and -diamond scarfpin, using these as a veil to distract notice from his real character and his habitual vices, is as full of ' "dead men's bones and all unclean ness," though he never enter the santuary of a Sunday, as was the old Pharisee whom * Jesus de nounced with such scathing scorn and indignation. And the amazing thing is how many of such cases there are. Sometimes the co-exiBtence of the vilest practices in certain con spicuous men with great refine ment of taste and elegance of culture awakens profound surprise ar if it were a rare and exceptional thing. Hartley Coleridge, for example, possessing one of the' keenest of intellects and often dis playing lofty aspirations as well as a wide range of literary ac complishments, could go from the choice circle of poets, eesayists, and philosophers' in which he moved and was himself also a shining light, down into awinish ^nimal indulgences. A lawyer of ibis city has been known to leave his own beautiful richly furnished borne, a home adorned with a Jov?ly wife and charming children for .a week's debauch in low ward saloons and worse houses. So too Turner, the distinguished painter, after toiljng, as another tells us, HOT a week with incredible in dustry at his glorious creations, "Would frequently . on Saturday .evening put ? five pound note in his.pocket and spend the intorval till MoSday ia ? the lowest de bauchery." ' . St. Augustine ir^is.memorable 'Confession has made the ' world familiar with *the spectacle- of a grand soul hound down under sensual appetites and lustas Happily he yielded to regenerative and Infinite grace therefore found Ihis way from the dark and woeful realms of Hades-the . chambers <>: ihr <: '->s~ ' I -./:??.-? V. " -^r, i^ew: dreC".J-R,.-; 1 mein and they drop into tne utter and open degradation for which they have been secretly preparing themselves Ij What household is without its skeleton? Some undoubtedly ; but how small is the circle of friends who have not been appalled some tim? by the moral wreck and ruin of one of their number ! Life is full of moral tragedies which we cannot contemplate without an agony of tears and unavailling regrets. Itwould seem, then, to be-a prime duty of parents and teachers to instill sincerity and truth into impulses and actions of the young. Honesty in word and in conduct as well as in the handling of money, should be [pictured before the little ones of the home as lofty objects to be attained by manifold self-denialB and struggles. Purity of motive with a certain bluntness of speech is infinitely better than sinister aims decorated with polished manners and faultless external proprieties. What our Lord demands ia truth in the in ward parts 1 Keep the Pigs Growing. _ If the pigs are to yield the high est possible profit they must be kept steadily growing. This can only be done by careful and sys tematic feeding. From the time they learn to. eat till they are ready to sell, the pigs should be fed reg ularly and liberally. It is easier to keep them growing than it is to get them thriving after they have been kept for a while on .short rations. It is the steady, liberal feeding that promotes steady growth, and it is steady growth that yields a profit. Noglect of the hair often des troys its vitality and natural hue, and causes it'to fall out. Before it is too late apply Hall's Hair Renewer, a sure remey. Lawyers differ. One member of the Hampton bar said: "Judge Hudson's decision on the Dispen sary is a very strong paper and will be sustained by the Supreme Court." Another lawyer said: "Very weak ; and it will be knock ed higher than ar kite by the Su preme Court."-Hampton Guar dian. BEAUTY IN DISTRESS. Why a Girl Swimmer Sat on a Cold Baft Till After Sundown. San Francisco Examiner. The whispering waves. rose and fell after the manner of whispering waves at Santa Cruz and elsewhere. There were not many bathers in the surf, for the best of the day was past and the smile had all gone out of the weather.' This was Wednesday afternoon. Away out beyond the float "a black speck showed now and then. It was the head of the girl that swims bet ter than anybody else at Santa Cruz. The float is the[limit of the or dinary swim down there, but to her the swim to the raft is but the first step of a journey. She swims away out beyond the line of boats that do what they can to make the sun set picturesque. On Wednesday she tarried at the deserted float; on the way outjto Bea, and when she had gone there remained on the float a bathing skirt. Skirts are rather ?umber 8ome in long-distance swimming. The wind rose a bit and by and by a little wanton wave went over the raft and carried the garmen to the edge and other waves reached for it and finally it left the raft and went dancing merrily shoreward. The bay is very breezy nowadays at Santa Cruz, and the skirt was hurried along. Nobody noticed the garment until it had floated close in, and nobody paid much? attention then. After a while the girl who swims better than any [one else turned her strokes shoreward. She reached, the raft and looked for her skirt, which by this time was being used as a mop by the wash ing waves on the sandjr shore. While a skirt is inconvenient in a long swim, it is practically in dispensable in*a walk up the hooch when a lot of people are looking on. So the best swimmer at Santa Cruz huddled up on the float, -vncre a ??UM??r prey?uied Qis j? . on ih". ' ? . .-eyii v^iuer. More people came on to the beach to wonder. They did not think she was hurt or in danger for she made no outcry, but it did not seem possible that anybody could voluntarily sit on a wet raft after sunset. At last somebody saw ?the skirt swashing around in the sand. The girls and matrons comprehended and giggled. Maybe some of them thought it served her right for being able to swim so welL The cause of the trouble was apparent but the rems dy was not clear. It was very cold by this time, and nobody wanted to swim out to 'the raft, even lo rescue the distressed one. There was no boat handy and it looked for a time as if the best swimmer at Santa Cruz would have to roost on the cold wet raft until dark. But the occasion, as is customary with crines, produced its hero. Addison Mizner, in a new bathing suit burBt through the wondering throng seized the garment and plunged into the yeasty sea. As he neared the raft the girl dived and swam to meet him. She got her skirt and the rest was easy. \ When, by reason of a cold or from other cause the stomach, liver, and kidneys become dis ordered, no time should be lost in stimulating them to action. Ayer's Pills act quickly, safely in and surely; Sold by druggists and dealers in medicines. The Fool Killer Wanted. Toledo, Ohio, July 5.-Seymour, the mind reader, . accompanied by his son' Arthur, has arrived in To ledo, on his way to Chicago, where he is to attampt n test that will, if successful make him famous the world over. He performed some wonderful feats in the streets of Toledo a few months ago. For example,he found a medal hidden in the library building by a local committeee d:iving to the building blind folded. At Chicago he is to he buried alive, after the alleged manner of the East Indians, who says they can suspend animation* for any period by swallowing their torques and controlling the heart and mind.. "My coffin has gone on ahead," said Mr. Seymour to-day. "It was made in Syacuse abd is a fac simile of the one in which Gen. Grant's remains now lie. It cost $3,000. It is made in three sections one fitting inside the other. "I will be buiied six feet deep in the coffin. Signals will be arran ged so that if things don't'go right I can communicate with the soldiers on the outside who will guard the grave. "Directly after I am buried a crop of barley will be sowed over the grave. I will remain buried until the germs sprout, grow, ripen, and are harvested. Then the dis interment will take place. "I will not come back to earth until September 24. I am ?positive that I can do it, and the scientific men who are assisting me to con duct the experiment aro beginning to think so too." Future Sovereigns. We give below what we believe to be an accurate as well as a full list of all the important heirs ap parent and heirs presumptive to the crowns of important countries in Europe and Asia, except China. There is no longer any monarchy on the American continent1 al though'foreign monarchial coun-. tries still have American depen dencies. The date, following the description of the heir is the year of his birth : Austria-Hungary. Archduke Karl Ludwig brother of the* emperor. 1833. Bavaria. Prince Luitpold, uncle of the king. 1821. Belgium. Prince Philippe, count of Flanders, brother of the king. 1837. Bulgaria. No heir. Denmark. Prince'Frederick, son of the king. 1843. Germany ajid Prussia. Prince Friedrich Yr]ah?U?, son of the ernpororrkini* :vv I til .-.,?, .. -~ ' Montenegro. Prince Danilo Alexander, son of the reigning prince. 1871. Netherlands. No heir. Queer. a minor. Persia. Muzafer-ed-din, son of the shah. 1853. Portugal. Prince Luis Felippe, duke of Bragranza, son of the king. 1877. . Roumani a. Prince Ferdinand of Hohen zol 1er n-S i gm ar in gen, nephew of the king. 1865. Russia. Grand Duke Nicholas, son of the emporor. 1868. Saxony. Prince George, duke of Saxony, b.other of the king. 1832. Servia. No heir. King a minor. Siam. Prince Comdetch Chowfa Maha Va j irun nie, son of the king. 1878. Spain. Infanta Maria-las-Merce des, sister of the king. 1880. Sweden and Norway. Prince Gustaf, duke of Wermland, son of the king. 1858. Turkey. Mehemmed-Reeh?d Effendi, brother of the sultan. 1844.-Youth's Companion. It has been amply proven that the nutritive value of properly cured hay ia.as great as that of the grass from which it was made. There is no more important part of farm work than haymaking, and every larmer should study this question thoroughly and endeavor to preserve all the nutritive ele ments in his grass when he makes it into hay. Senator Stanford, of California, who recently died, made fifty million dollars in that State and gave to his adopted commonwealth twenty millions for educational charitable purposes. This liberality is almost unprecedented. In all countries more marriages take place in June than in any other month. More suicides occur in June than in any other month, and fewer in December. An adult perspires twenty-eight ounces in twenty four hours. The fatest man ever known was Daniel Lambert, 730 pounds. A maile adult has half an ounce of sugar in his blood. Broken limbs are more frequent in winter than in summer. OLD FIVE DOLLAR BILL.1 They're talkin' 'bout the tariff bill the silver bill, and all ; They wrangle through the summer, an' they quarrel till the fall ; But of all the bills from Bill ville, the one we're wan tin' still !. Is the bill that boys the boardin'-the - old Ave dollar bill! You may rumple it, an' crumple it, an' twist an' turn it round, An' stuff it in your pocket, where it seems to weigh a pound ; Or hide it in your woolen sock, or in your boots-but still. There's never no discountin' of the old ff ve dollar bill! It's greasy as the kitchen, from goin' round so much, But a feller ain't pertickler, when it's ticklin' of his touch ! An' the biggest bill from Billville-an' the one we're wantin' still Is the rumpled ap, and crumpled up, old-time five dollar bill ! : - F. L. S. ALIVE Hi HER COFFIN. Mrs. Charles Bogef was Burled I During Suspended Animation. New York Herald. WASHINGTON, Pa., July 2.-A case of suspended animation is re ported from Morrison's three miles vwest of Whitehaven. The story is to the effect that a young wife died nine months after being wedded. Her husband became haunted with the belief that. she had been buried alive. He even tually lost bjs mind. To satisfy ' him his friends re-opened the grave and to their horror discovered that his supposed hallucination wa. a terrible'reality. Your correspondent investigated the matter to-day and found it to he substantially correct. The woman had been buried before natural dissolution had taken place, and the husband became a raving maniac. Morrison's is a farming-village situated on the western slope of Mount Yeager. Charles Boger's father died two years ago, leaving his son to take care of the farm. The latter six months later married Miss Catherine Leader. A year went by and nothing occurred to " *?T existence until one day , several test* tc UBWV ?ati* self that dissolution had acruaiiy taken place before he was satis fied. Among those was the "diaphan ous" test by holding the hand of the deceased before a strong light; There was no scarlet color visble, and everything went to show that death had really set in naturally. * After the burial of his wife the shock whic^Boger had experien ced seemed to wear away gradually until one day some one came to him and told him that previous to their mariage Catherine had been subject to periodic hysteria and that there was a grave possibility of her having been buried alive. A terrible thought that his wife might possibly have been buried alive haunted him night and day, unto finally he became a raving maniac. He believed that his wife had been taken from him and stated again and again that she was alive. So strongly did he plead his cause that his friends were finally induced to re-open the grave. Ac cordingly a dozen of them went to the cemetery, accompanied by the demented husband. During tho progress of the digging of -the grave hw remained perfectly quiet until the coffin was reached. He then became excited and could hardly be pacified until the lid was removed. The woman had been buried alive, and all the evi dences going to prove such a ter rible blunder were painfully ap parent. The body was turned face downward. The glass in the lid was broken. The robes were torn to shreds,hair disheveled and flesh torn, showing where the woman had torn herself in the frenzy up on discovering her awful position. HUMPHREYS' Dr. H um ph rr vi' Specific? axe scientifically and carefully prepared Bemedles, used for years In private practice and for over thirty yean by the people with entire success. Every single Specific . special cure for the disease named. 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