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Mr. Multyvs Stoly. "Speakin1 of stories gittin started,'' remarked old Mr. jMul ty, as he rearranged the piles oi brow.. wrut :ng paper into i more comf. stable cushion on the top of a nail k?g, "it doos beat all. It comes mighty nigh goiu hard with ol' Jim Johnsin once ou account of a story growio' t little." "Tell us about it," said th? young new clerk, to whom most of the corner-store stories were a' yet new. "Well, you see," began Mr. Multy, "old Dekin Swaller come home to dinner, one day, an' said to Mrs. Swaller, 'I met young Slimmers toda), an" he said that he heerd that .Jim Jobnsin was thinkin' of buy in' the Widder Spriggius' placo.' ".Jcs as soon as the dekin had gone down town again Mrs Swaller puts hor shawl on an' stoj s across to Anastashy Soper's an' says: 'What do you s'poso I I 1 At? t 1 ' 1 t ncum in is mora in : jim tiouusin has bought tbo Widder Sprigging' place. 1 v.onder if he's goin' to take tbo widder along with the rest of the prop'ty.' "Jos1 ' liko u& not,' says Anastashy; Mm' his wi*e not dead yet six month*!' "Soon as Mr. Swuller 'd gone, ' Anastashy skipped orer to ol' tl 1...1 in ?..n, AUl 3. \J1 UI1J|^. Ollv IIUU LU lltirv loud to the olil lady ou uccouut o' her dsefness, an' even then Mrs. Grumpy didn't ketch (piiteall she said, an' had to guess some. "Annstashy says: 'Have you heerd the news? Jim Johnsin 's goin' to marry the Widder Spiiggins for her prop'ty.' " 'How?' " 'Jim Johnsin 's goin' to marrv the Widder Snricrodna for j i?r^o ? her prop'ty.' 44 1 No! Is 'eil' 44 4Tbat's what they say. J alius beer be thought a goo deal of the widder 'fo bis fiist wife died. 44Yes, that's so. What are they goin' te do with Jim's two children?' 4 4 4I don't beliere the widder '11 have 'em 'round. They'll probably have to send them to the orphan asylum.' 4 4 4How?' 0 # , /-v I *urpnan asjium. "An1 Amstashy alio happened to think aheM loft three pies in the oren, and she skipped back home 'fore the old lady half git the thing straight. She had roomutics so had she couldn't git out to carrv the news along an' she wus on nettles till )oung Mrs. Fred Gadabout come in, an' then she aays, all of a tremor, "Did you hear the newel ,Jim Johnsin 'sgoin' to murry the Widder Spriggins to git the farm that old man Spriggins worked so hard to pur for." " 'Goodness gracious!' 'How?' ' 'Goodness gracion-d' " 'Who did?' 'I say, goodness gracious!' " 'Yes, I guess so. An'Jim's two ehildron have gone clean crazy about it, and they'ro talkin' about sendin' 'eai to the 'sy*. luiu.' " 'You don't toll me!" " 'How?' " 'You don't toll me!" " '1 haven't heerd, but there's been talk that Jim thought a good deal of the widder 'fore his first wife died, an, that maybe he pizened her.' " 'Mercy! He ought to be hung!' " 'How?' " 'They ought to hang him!' "Well,' says the old lady, kind o' chucklin'-lik to herself?'well, says she, 'if ho marries the Widder Spriggms he'l wish they bad.' "?Exchange. What Heaven Backed. iii! 1 indors is a natural born wit. Ho is in his eightieth year, F lives in New York, and is still i working at his trade, painting. ) Oh a receut occasion Billy und L one or two of his mutes were beau . ' tifying a lawyer's otlico. The ) younger partuer, thinking to take i a "rise" out of Billy, said: "1 say, Billy, did you ever > know of a painter cointr t3 ; heaven?" i "Yeas," replied Hilly, "I kn:iw of one once." "Hut do you think he stayed i thore?" "Well, I did hoar they tried to ; put him out." "Anil they did not succeed?" ^ "No. According to latest ucn j counts they had not succeeded." . "Why, how was that ?" j "Well, sonny, it was this way: , They couldn't tind a lawyer in the place to draw up tho papers!"? New Yrork Tribune. t The Special llso of Flies. ' < "Yes, Hobby," said the min- ( ibter, who was dining with the family, "everything in this world i has its use, althougn we may not J know whut it is. Now, there is the tly, for instance. You wouldn't think that flies were good for , anything, yet"? i "Oh, yes, 1 would," inter- i ....... ? I I? iujjiwu Doiioy. "i Know what flies are goc d for." I "What, Bobby?" \ "l'u says they are the only 1 thing that koeps him awake when you are preaching." The Business End. \ i Emma was a talfcativo little girl, i She was very fon' of asking ques tions, although most of her questions wore funny ones. One day her father took her for a walk along the road, and, see I ing a mule pass her, the said to her father: "Father, look at that funny horse." ! Her father told her that he was , net a a horse, but a mule. Then she asked what p mule was He said to her: "A mule is half a horse and half a donkey." "Which half is the donkey?" she nsked.? Spare Moments. Sick Blood Feed pale girls on Scott's * Emulsion. Wp fin nnf ni>o/1 in "11 .. _ ~? ..vi, i.vvu iu give an the reasons why Scott's ? Emulsion restores the strength and flesh and color of good health to those who suffer from sick blood. The fact that it is the best preparation of Cod Liver Oil, rich in nutrition, full of healthy stimulation is a suggestion as to why it docs what it does. Scott's Emulsion presents Cod Liver Oil at its best, fullest in strength, least in taste. Young women in their " teens " are permanently cured of the peculiar disease of the blood which shows itself in paleness, weakness and nervousness, by regular treatment with Scott's Emulsion. m It is a true blood food and is naturally adapted to the cure S of the blood sickness from which so many young women " siiffcrWe will be glad to send a sample to any sufferer. |)j J'.e Mire that this pHure in tl the form n! a libel is <vi the r, wrapper of every bottle of ''i Kmulsion you buy. ^ SCOTT A DOWNE, 40? Tearl St., Now York. Smallpox Hospital Burned. BulToring of tho i'uiients from the Horrible Cold at Biddoford, Mo. B icicle ford, Maine, January 25 ? By the burning of the smallpox hospital to-day thirty-six men, women end children, patients, were forced to escape in their night clothes. The mercury was soveral degrees below zero and all _._xr 1 - ? " i ii. c, ! ?-. iier uouie. Mold l>y hI1 Drtmyists, Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pi 1 Ih are the best North Carolina's Foremost Newspaper, THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, EVERYDAY THE YEAR. CALDWELL & TOMPKINS. PUBLISHERS, J. 1". CALDWELL, Editor, $8.00 PER YEA It. OBSERVER Receives the largest Tele graphic News Service deliver ed to any paper between Washington and Atlanta, and ' its special service is the greatest ever handled by a North Carolina paper. rHE SUNDAY OBSERVER Consists of 10 or more pages, and is to a hu ge extent made up of original matter. 1HK 8KMI-WKKKLY OHSKKYKU. Printed Tuesday and Friday, $1.00 per year. I be largest paper in North Carolina. Sample copies sent on application. Address THE OBSERVER, Charlotte, N. C. g 2 & ?= ?> _ > 2 2 & ? ^ -z * S 5 '2 8 * . CO C /) ~ ""H (T1 * flK. . 5 gl ? 3 ? | 7 ? |5 "S-S a | fc ? ao in ? J -C C x f C C-> -r 7 T3 .tS 9 _ p (. 2 ? ^ ^ * ? - v ? 35 -5 * ? -- I : 1 5 bo 2 ? .? w c 12 . xi 3 ^ . i - M--! H11*S f i rJ) W S* O . & s o ? ? 2 g >, J -5.2 ? - s, ; *3? g?i -e? i| Sa * ??.?&" mmammt c ^3 T". 4> ^ b ?* Vn# - s~ C tj -C , " ^ , Wl"^ * & 2 .2 "S ^ *** si 2 ^ ? ? ?1 = ? ? 2 a. ? ? ^q? ? 53 Jj ?iiliiy^ g * * ta .2 o ^#52^ V <p >-?? i CHICHESTER'S ENCASH 5ENNYROYAL PILLS ^ClCVw , ? Fo A ttfn. Alwavs rrliatil. . I.n??ie?, msa. I'rniTKlit IIK'llKStKlt'S in ftvil r TTX oltl mvlalllc twji's si'iiU-cl wii*i bluo riblx, :tl.?? no olh<>r. iliin^i roiii milMti it I mi* unit I lit tlx I Ion ?. I -i ; ' i r I insist wild i?>. in nnmm for I'articulnr*, Ton* n_, iiiiiIilIu ami " Itrlicl' for liUlllfft," In inter, Bui r?'lnr>i I. 10,000'li">Uiiioiii?ls. Soltl by I OragKlnHk y\ G CHICUKSTKR OHEMIC A . CO. IOO JIadlton '"luai r, t'HIliA,, K*A< ft 1)1 Mention th!a MMr. auuereu lerrioiy irom exposuro. One man is exptcted to die. When tbo fire was discevered some of the patients seized mattresses and dragged them out on the snow, far enough away from t'le building to be out of danger from the tire, and huddled together upon them. Notwithstanding the dread of the disease, firelien and police went at tho buildng with a will, but the hospital was burned to the ground. Both policemen and firemen gave up heir outer garments to clothe the mtients, who eventually were jared for in houses offered by the owners as temporary hospitals. Foley's Money and Tar for children,safe,sure. No opiates. HOW'S THIS! We ofFer One Hundreu Dollars Ke* ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot he cured by Hall's Catairh Cure. F J CHENEY A .* O., Props. Toled, (). | W>- die undersign*), Lave known I F J Klienoy for the last 15 years, and | believe him perfectly honorable in all ? business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. Wkst * Tkuax, Wholesale Druggist. Toledo, O. Waf.dino, Kinnan a Marvin Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O, Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in t rna'.ly, acting dire t ly upon the blooc and mucous surfaces of the system. L>-;? .. ? .. .... Mexican * Mustang Liniment < A toad un a harrow puffers no m that is tortured with S] Sores, Sprains, etc. Mos and apply the kind of e; ;.ur unu wuic as Mexican Moist 1 Never fails?not even in 1 Cures caked udder in cow remedy. Hardly a discas or joints that cuuuot bo ci Mexican * Mustang Liniment i jOFFINS. Mllilli r^rr:u?r Wg now In and will cont complete lino o burial CASKETS, all sb.es and dualities. A "" ? COFFIN up to Handsc CALL and sco us or send ' fortunate as to have a death Within the It LANCASTER, S. C., ^1' i a wioym&ht * > x N BiveOerfetT Satis iKW ' v The SouthefnColton v savAINNAH, 'rt C ro to the I jANCASTER marble 1 AND GRANITE WORKS, j r Good Work and Low Pricos. >. J. NePncb, LANCASTER, S C. T2 T"*flftvdr 8 81ME JAiU8?2PBKnDBf3BEPBBB3l ?The Ledger (semi weekly) 1 Tho News and Cornier (semi' okly) one year for $1.75, puye in advance. MONK! TO TOAN Oli - mt'til Vihii W v<?lk f,Uy, L it inle orikiiKtoint iiid by wblcli I cmii o?V<.tiarv U.mis oi j>;st,0 UO and upwards on Him nm. ig iyi s mi I in proved (Mtton fnii.s :ii < < ifin ii n-u-hl no sums of rl .nOo On nd o\ r, m d H | er cent inlereai ut sums ?m uh? I ban $1,11(1. No i-niunii^ioL cliHrgml, oii'y u reasonable l?i for abstract of title. ?*? 1 i. i ? ?i iii m* HI readily overoonio Loss of Hair, Diseased Hoofs and Scratches in bor tea moles and cattle. Farmers try it. ~ W!T. iHer< oro than tho faithful horso pavins, Swinney, Ilarncsa it horso owners know this pmpathy that heals, known mg Jeiment. ho most aggravated cases, s quicker than any known e peculiar to muscle, skin ared by it. tho best, remedy on the market for Vhul Galls, Sprains and Skin Lumps, t keeps horse* and mules in condition. 111M OOOOOO flN, COFFINS. avo im Ktoclc, inue to keep, a f COFFINS and Our stock embraces from tbo plain, cheap >mo METALLIC cases, us your order when so unin your family. PRICES EACH of ALL. jii t\ train Oct. 15, 1902.?tf. VIGOR IF MEN Easily, Qnickly and Perma Nantly Restored ; MAGNETIC-NERVINBI in sold with u written guarantee to t cure Insomnia, Kits. Dizziness, Hys- | teria. Nervous Debility I>o*t. Vitality, H Heminal Losses, l-'ai'ing Memory? o the result of Over-work, Work, Wor- t ry, Slckne a. Errors of Youth orOver- j indulgent e Price $1 ;<i boxes $ If. C Ity mail i.i plait package to any ad- > dreaa on receipt of price. Hold only i>y | Crawford Bros, Druggists, Agents, ( Lancaster H C. c it. WYLIK, Rept. 1. 1901'?Cm. AHy at Lmw. . -.Lvr*. - ~* -jMi: . t-> ' ' rIT A. ?L? SIMPSON, ? Bdildek a?d Contractor ? ? Laina?ler, IS. C. ? ho iuita h 1>U1 uii ( arptnttr vcikof ai?y bind jou may w ah done. D*.c 1, 1902.?3m. Lancaster anc clesiek RAILW A ^. BCLtdule'in t-fliCt Ivcv.i) 1Q? 2 (Dally oxcept Bund: > ) WE9THOUMJ | hABThv UND. No's. 14 Mild 16. | No's. 6 and 1?. .i M. P Al. A -v P M 3 16 6 3>i Ar CIiivk i 1 v lO.im 8 16 7 60 6 <K) Riclti.ui). 10 7 8 39 7 44 4 50 BaiociLlvn;? 10 <7 8 46 7 34 4 30 Fort La1* u 11 03 8 66 7.16 4.00 l,y 1 aiH'antt l At 11 80 9 16 No 14. having Lancaster 6*45 am., L-i kta ciobo connection al Chester Atlb South< rn Railway No. 36 for handle and points north; and 8ea card Air Line ' Atlanta Special" jI Atlanta and points west Also with < arolina und Northwestern Rail< !,n.. M-w in * - ' - ? . tmj A.1 U. IV) IUI CUUir, 11, \j, HI1U intermediate points, ami Southern Kailway No 33 for Colutubl:. and points aoulb. No. 15, leaving Cheater 10.00 a m, > connects with (Southern Railway No. _ 16 from Columbia and r?ointa south; Seaboard Air Line "Atlanta Special" from northern and eastern points and loutbern Railway No. 33 fi m Northern and eastern points, an Lan?3aater with 8 (' A G ? for Blacksburg. No. 16, leavh.g Lancaster 5 15 p m, X'nnecta at Lancaster with S C A G E A cm t ainden ami Marlon, and Bouthetn Railway No, 34 at Chester for Charlotte and points north. No. 17, leaving Chester 8.16 p m, jonnects at theater with Southern Railway No 34 from ''olunbia and points south. Ja8 M. HEATH, Gen Pass. Aft. LEROY BPRINGH. President.. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL OF ATLANTA, GA., la a twioo-a week NKYVH paper, published on Monday and Tuesday of each wo* k, with all the latest news ot the world, which cornea over their leased wires diiect to their office, la au eight-page at ven-column paper. By ai rangeniei.ta we have secured a special rate with them in connection with OUR PAPER and lor $2 we will send The Lancaster Lftdtor The Semi-Weekly Journal And the The Home and Farm ALL THItEE ONE YEAH. This is the lust offer we have ever made to our Irieiida uud eul scribers. You had better lake advantage of Lbts offer at nine, for The Journal may withdraw their ejieciai rate to us at any time The Femi-weekly has inrav promtueii men and women contributors to hi ii columns, among tliem being ttev m Jones, liev. Walker Lewis, 11? i* i! :.r vie Joi itan, H< n John Ternif (< mi" u.d Mm W H Feiron b?-i.'fi ih. i*i n.ipa of (ffleieut editors a i>o tnKe e?.e of the news matter. I lu ll il i .rin entH nrf ivj!I n/.uo.n.i t t uu'ii,- i jartn neve in worth * p. ..f (lie puiiera -. ii-; "in ci to ?l U-?.tt1ce $2 anil he <.n> Iik threeuliov- mentioned paper in. \ e?r, X-Mieni. THE UHCASffcR UD "Eft L.IH0A9TEK 8. o V. ,'j rrlSjz. -n i "* ? QEMTLEMKiV.tJ t Ihe AV? Novel Puwovery KS*0N Mil I IN.I IOC " r l c ,IN . Cuien Unnorrlice aim (Hi* et in] to 4 Jays. Its action in ui .gu el. Pitvents immure. A/i e-mp.ew-. To cars ried in vest y??*,k? l. mjii level. live, hcnth\ n-.uii in j lain i m< ksge, l>iepa!(i, on i of pjire. $1.(Mi per box; 3 f r $2 60 (-r>>wlmd Bios, [)iugpists, Agtn*8, i Hifi-hler s ('. ? ??88?I II I t~ Tif i r.i VjGOR or MEN Easily, (Jiilckly, Permanently liegtorad H1NDIFO 8&AS&2 Paris) GREAT FRENCH TONIC \NI> VITALIZERisso'd with wiiteij L'llSIMlit(*fl Inr-liru l>?kin... ( v *1 v? tuub uruiuiy< [?ost Vitality. Failing Memory, Kits, Dizzii 'PH Hysteria, all I)ruins in the Nervous Hystem Caused l-y tad Hal'it* or Kxeesslve Use of Tot >acoo, Opium. Liquors, or *'Zlvln? he Pane tliat Kills." It wards off Inmlty, Consumption ami Heat)-, ft lears the Blood and Hraln, Builds up lie Hliastered Nerves, ltestores '.ha "ire of Youth, and Brings the ?'ink Jlow to Pule Cheeks. and Makes you foung and tstmrg again 50t; , 12 ioxt'H $5. Bj Mail to Any Address, lawford Br * Druggist, agents. Lap aster " \