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_ tumorous department. IT CAME HARD. In France, as most of other coun- * tries it is necessary to give one's age when making a statement in a court t of justice, as well as in many other official proceedings. But French women f of mature years are noted above all other women for their unwillingness c to state their age. On one occasiou a lady who had to c testify was accompanied to the court by a numerous company of her friends, and when the magistrate asked, "How c old are you ?" there was such a coughing and clearing of throats, as of peo- ? pie suffering from severe cold, that all 3 that could be heard in the court room was " ty years !" ? s Thrortirh the amiability of the mag- t istrate, this more tbaD half suppressed response was allowed to stand, but tbe a tribunals are not always so lenient, a On another occasion a* magisistrate asked a woman : c "What is you age, madam ?" f "Whatever you choose, sir?" answered tbe lady, she was under oath. "You may put it down 45 years, then," said the magistrate to the clerk. "What is you occupation, madam ?" "Sir," said tbe witness, "you have 1 made a mistake of 10 years in my age." F "Put down 55 years then," said the magistrate. "Your residence"? M "Sir," exclaimed the lady, "my age t is 35 years, not 55 !" "At last we have your statement," I said the magistrate, and he proceeded o with the examination." y A Soft Answer.?Young Sloam t was ever noted for his perfect breed- fa ing, and though as a college student 1 Ka was sometimes a trifle the worse for'a late supper, be never forgot to / be true to bis code. On one sucb a occasion, after a most determined a effort to enter a bouse wbicb be believed to be his own, he was met at the door by the scantily attired master ? of the mansion with information as to his whereabouts, and the added news 0 that the householder had a sick wife and child upstairs who had been dis- f turbed. . Sloam made abject apologies, and & departed; but his home seemed to elude him, and again the same irate C householder was brought to bis door v by Sloam's knocks for admission. v "Didn't I tell you this was my house ?" cried the indignant man. b "And don't you remember that my n wife and child are ill ?" n "I remember periecuy, auswcicu Sloam, sobered for the moment, "and t I merely returned, sir, to ask how fa they were getting along." b A Muscular Maiden's Court- a ship.?West Virginia, the mountain j State, is full of iuteresting characters. \\ Back of the aristocratic lfttle town of Phillippi are fastnesses not yet disturbed by the onward march of civili- ? zation. A well-known politician was canvassing through that section for ? votes, when he came to a cabin where a young woman was holding a man on the ground by his ears. "Done got 0 enough ?" she asked. "I give up," he c said. Then the girl released the man, 0 who went away looking very much a abashed. "What's the trouble?" inquired the politician. "Tbar wa'n't d no trouble," replied the girl. "He jus' h axed me ter marry 'im, an' I've alius v said I wouldn't marry any man I could y whop. Kinder looks like I couldn't T* 'fAimrl a tin' one. 1'veirieu mua ui cm iu?uu t hyar, an' none of 'em ain't any good. e I tol' 'im all about it, an' I didn't c want ter whop this un much; but he s jes' went down soon as I tackled 'im. I reckon I'll bev ter be an old maid. I kain't abide havin' no man that ain't t mo' of a man than me." r Acquiring Knowledge.?"Papa, ' what is an old saw?not the saw you * saw with, but the kind this paper speaks about ?" 8 "What old saw does the paper speak c about ?" e "That's what I want to know. It j; says, 'Everybody has heard the old ? * saw, "Never look a gift horse in the mouth.'" I want to know where the saw comes in." a "Well, there's your old saw. An ? old saw is an old proverb." J "Why shouldn't you look a gift 1 horse in the mouth?" 11 "Because?because, it's in bad taste. ^ It's ungrateful, and all that sort of c thing." "All what sort of thing ?" f "Why, to look a horse in the mouth fc that has been given to you shows that? v it shows that you are not thinking of fc the giver, but of the value of the gift." i' "What would anybody want to look a ? in tKo mnuth fnp 9 (i a uviov iu vnv ujvv>vu "To tell how old it is." (After a pause.) "Papa, can you i tell bow old a saw is by looking at its 1 teeth ?" d ? i ?6^ Mr. Brown?What in the world a do you mean by getting yourself a ^ .. in u: I?Q n? T "ranouai " uiu^vie: i->\> j <->" tumn would allow you to go out on the street dressed like that ? Mrs. Brown? Why, I heard you say only yesterday that you hadn't seen anything prettier this summer than the girl who passed us wearing a "rational" costume. "Oh well, that's different. She wasn't . related to me in any way." An Outrage.?Uncle?What are you crying for, George ? George? Teacher whipped me because I was the only one (boo boo) able to answer a question today. Uncle (indignautly)?This is an outrage, my little boy. What was the question. George (between sobs)?Who put the tack in the teacher's chair. t&T "Didn't Wiggins forget his lines at the amature theatricals, last evening ?" "No ; he only got them mixed a little. Instead of saying, 'I hear the tramp of approaching footsteps,' he said, 'I hear the footsteps of approaching tramps." s Wayside (gatherings. $&" "A man of some account"?the ookkeeper. 16T If your heart is wrong, your life vill be wrong. tf&T Four crops a year can be raised rom Cuban soil. tST An obstinate man does not hold pinions, but they bold him. J6T Endeavor to be perfect in the filing in which you are engaged. |?~ Nothing but love to God can con [uer the love of the world. It is estimated that the output o: ;old in Alaska last year amounted to 8,000,000. W&T If you want your life to be a uccess, never be found opposing the ruth. VQT 1 aoies wear uti&bcrs uu mcu igcw, . d men wear castors both on heads ,nd hands. 19* No common man, however wise an be received as an infallible guide or all men. g9* No man ever believed that a rying baby belonged as much to him s to its mother. 19" When we are alone we have our boughts to watch; in family, our tempers ; in society, our tongues. 19* If you want a man to think you re smart you have only to make him bink you think he is smart^ 19" The best paid official in the British service is the lord lieuteuant f Ireland, who receives $100,000 e ear. 19" A salt vein, 300 feet, thick, said o be the richest in the world, has een found under the town o." Little liver, Ean. 19* According to the beliefs of the Lrizona Indians, the cliff dwellers buill long the bluffs because tbey feared nother deluge. 10 The cycles in use in the French rmy are to be provided with an elecric light, which can be turned on and ff at will. 10 Ancient coins, many of which ntedate the Christian era, are made in arge quantities in London, and are old all over the world. 10 Strange bed warmers are used by 'hillian women. In cold weather rhen in bed, tbey keep their feel t arm by placing them on a dog. 10* He who tells a lie is not sensible iow great a task be undertakes; for he aust be forced to invent 20 more to aaintain one. 0A poet asks, "What is warmei ban a woman's love?" We infer that ? nn o noTu)\7 AninArl O UCVCi pi^acu up M vw.MW. oreeahoe fresh from the forge. 19 The Scotch have the heaviest verage brain weight?fiOounces. The Eskimos of East Greenland have tb.e Ightest?43.9 ounces. 19* When a snake sheds his skin the kin of the eye comes off with the rest, Translucent in most parts, the skit >ver the snake's eye is perfectly ransparent. 19 According to Galton, the patterns n the finger-tips are not only unbangeable through life, but the chance >f the finger-prints of two persons being like is less than one in 64,000,000,000, 9* "It's hotter than?" began the leacon, when the minister interrupted lim with "S-h-h." But the deacon wouldn't be bluffed. "It's hotter than esterday," he added. 19* It is surprising, when we come o think about it, how many laws nacted for the public good are "unonstitutional," while all the bad laws eem to be without a flaw. ?9 Professor (about to start on his vedding trip bids his parents farewell, < - v n 1 k.. en to nis young wnej?vjrouu-uy, ucai, Jood-by, dear. '-What! Are you sayng good-by to me, too?" "Why, hat's so, you are going with me!" VST "I want to buy a make-up box," aid the young married man. "A nake-up box?" echoed the confectionir. "We don't keep theatrical supdies." I mean a box of candy to take lome to my wife; I promised to be tome three hours ago." 1ST The jury system of Louisiana is , little different from that of othei States. In civil cases, 9 of the IS urors are all that is necessary to reurn a verdict, instead of the whole lumber of 12. An effort is being made o have the same rule apply to crimiial cases. An Argonaut contributor writes rom Lower California that he has ?een down on the gulf coast, where he vent in a Chinese junk commanded iy a Dutch captain to examine a Mexcan mine for an English company ind that on the trip his Irish cook Irank up all the Scotch whisky. 8?" Weeds aloDg railroad tracks are tow killed by the "electric weedkilfir." It consists of a car carrying a lynamo which sends a heavy current nto a rake of fine wires dragging imong the weeds on each side of the rack. As the wires touch them, the veeds are "electrocuted" down tc heir smallest rootlets. It is proposed 0 introduce the same system in farmng. IV3T Brass plates, bearing appropriate nscriptions, now mark the sites of the >ews in Old Christ church, Philadel)hia, once occupied by Betsy Ross naker of the first American flag: Francis Hopkinson and his son, Joseph Jopkinson, author of the national iymn, "Hail, Columbia;" the Penc amily, Benjamin Franklin, and George ind Martha Washington. V3T "The soil of California is sc ruitfi^," said a native of the Golder state, "that a man who accidentlj Iropped a box of matches in his field Jiscovered, the next year, a fine foresi >f telegraph pcles." "That's nothing .o my State," said a native of Illinois 'A cousin of mine who lives there losi 1 button off his jacket, and in less thai i mouth he found a bran new suit o flothes hanging on a fence near th? spot." ?he j&orij Seller. ? CAPTURIIVG A SLAVER. i ; in BY LIEUTENANT MURRAY. 10 I Jt is not many years since the slave trade was boldly carried on between s the coast of Africa and various parts ag of the world. Though the English, g( . French and American governments br joined in their efforts to suppress the 0f f illegal and wicked traffic in black men, it was yet carried on by adventurous ]0 and daring spirits for years, in spite of a all the cruisers that sailed the ocean. hi 1 Tht* creat nrofit to be realized in ' gold from the successful lauding of a cargo of slaves, say iu Cuba, was a p, temptation which lured all sorts of b< ' desperadoes to engage in the nefarious m business. The secret traffic was pur- cc r sued in the most systematic manner, bi > and with a skill and persistency ui worthy of a better cause. Small vesi sels only were suitable to the trade, i clipper cfafts that would sail well, and til which drew but little water. ea The slave vessels were obliged*, in pi . the prosecution of their trade, to an- fl< chor within the mouths of rivers on gi the coast, and to run in and bide them- di selves in shallow creeks ; consequently only such as drew light draughts of h< water were available. They were us- hi ually schooner or brig-rigged, and ]ii spread a mountain of canvas in order tv to drive them rapidly through the water if they chanced to be pursued at w, sea. D( The clippers were almost universally tii built in America, and were a specialty with the ship builders of Baltimore. > They were rarely over 150 tons meas' urement, 200 being the maximum size, th I When not upon the Africau coast, co they were so arranged, with false decks i and other appliances, as to present . the aspect of a craft engaged in legit- je< imate commerce, so that, except when di taken in the act, it was difficult to con- fa . vict their owners of illicit traffic. to ! The American sloop-of-war Peacock , bad been cruising between Fernando co Po and the continent for nearly three ur months without having so much as got a glimpse of a slaver, in the summer st< 1 of 18?. Now and then the captain n ' dropped her anchor near the shore to ta water the ship or make inquiries, and ei 1 once in a while a French or English th 1 cruiser was spoken. There was little sti variety, however, and the heat was fri intense. gli One day the Peacock dropped an> cbor in Clarance bay, in the island of ox I Fernando Po, and learned that a clip- cr per craft had sailed from the coast of be ; the mainland the previous day, and til i little doubt was felt as. to her true to i character; she seemed to have plenty fa: of casks on board, which she bad filled fir , with water, and no other cargo except 0c rice in tierces, j This was just a slaver's outfit. Be- hi sides it was also learned tbat she bad p( a crew of 40 men, a number out of all m proportion to her tonnage. T1 The anchor of the Peacock bad hard- be ly got fair hold on the bottom before bu the boatswain's whistle sounded to up qc anchor and make all sail. The wind go was fight and it was 24 hours before the sa ship sighted the mainland at a point co where several mouths of the Bonny river empty themselves into the open wi sea. ad This was a favorite point with the tri slavers, and the fact that the mouths ac of the Bonny always afforded several bs channels of escape for the light draught tb guilty vessels when discovered, made sli it especially adapted to the trade. wi The Peacock was hove to and an ex- w) pedition in boats was sent out to ex- ac amine the river. dc Night came on, however, without fli any discovery being made, and the to boats returned to the ship, which was an brought to anchor as near the shore as possible, and in a position to command wl the most available entries of the river, fo Orders were given to keep an extra P< , sharp lookout during the night, lest th [ t-he slaver should come down the river sic and given the ship the slip under cov- wi er of the darkness. ag [ These clipper craft do not approach r'v , the coast until their cargo of human ' beings is all ready, and the Negroes lo: are shipped in a few hours' time, all at | made secure, and the vessels sail with- til ! out having been delayed in all over 10 hi or 12 hours. cr It was just before daylight on the sa [ morning after the day when the Pea- sh ' cock dropped anchor off the Bonny p' I river, that the officer of the watch be thought he heard the creaking of m blocks aboard some vessel, and strain| ed his eyes through the darkness to ly ' try to discover the cause of the noise. se He finally made out the figure of a pt' ! brigantine as she was gliding out of th " the most distant entrance of the river, cr 1 As had been ordered, the captain of se ' the Peacock was called at once. The on ' anchor which had been "hove short" th ! was soon up, sail after sail was drop- re ! ped from the yards and sheeted home, * so that with the slight wind which ho ' swept over the water, the ship began ho to move, her bows headed for the dim- hi ly defined craft which had just made s its appearance out of the Bonny river. W t The light wind favored the smaller 20 1 u..? ?t ?;i? ..( ?? Vtsscij uui tlic omia wi i/uc ujan-ui"nai ol , were trimmed with such skill as to en ; make the utmost of what little breeze wi i there was, and even with this light hi I breath of air the stranger did not di i seem to increase the distance between all 5 them. ed By and by, as the day faintly dawn- at > ed, the stranger was clearly made out, i and there could be no doubt as to her w< r character. She was a dark, low-lying les , brigantine, of less than 200 tons; but cr t, very admirable in her fittings, and a ar r perfect witch at sailing. Still the Pea- a . cock was also a swift vessel, and being w t well handled, even in that light wiud, th i did not permit the slaver to creep ar f away from her preceptibly. > Presently the lookout aloft hailed Id the deck. gi ''Something in the water right v lead I" t "Lay aloft, Mr. Knight," said the a iptain to the boatswain, "and see if e iu can make out what it is." t The boatswain took his spy-glass f< to the cross-trees, and soon returned o the deck, saying : C "It's a man floating on something." v "A man ?" ? 8 "Ay, ay, sir." The captain looked through his glass p i the ship gradually neared the object fi lating between the Peacock and the t igantine. Then turning to the first v Beer, said : t "Mr. Freeman, get a boat ready to c wer. The rascals have thrown over t man to delay us. We must pick S m up, however.". c "Ay, ay, sir." Soon after the fore-topsails of the t eacock were hove aback, a quarter- g >at was lowered, and a naked black a an was picked up, floating upon some I >rks tied to his body. The delay was u ief, but before the ship was agaiu a ider way the slaver had made some s tin in distancing the cruiser. F This was tried a second and a third n me, the captain of the Peacock in tch instance backing bis topsails and r eking up the poor forlorn object tl lating upon the sea. He could not h id it in his heart to leave them to a -own or to be eaten by the sharks. 0 "This will never do, Mr. Freeman," ti ; said at last; "the fellow will make s escape, and, in saving one or two o /es, we shall permit a hundred or a w to go into slavery." "True, sir," replied the officer. "If e could only have a little wind just >w, we could overhaul the brigan- w ae band over hand." ' Again the lookout hailed the deck. ? "Another man overboard, sir." u "Never mind, Mr. Freeman," said tj e captain ; "We must keep on our urse." * "Very well, sir." ^ But as the Peacock neared the obct reported by the lookout, it was scovered to be a woman with an iu- , nt in her arms. This was reported the captain. ,, "tick them up," was the reply. He q uld not leave a woman and child A ider such circumstances. The headway of the Peacock was opped again, the quarter-boat manid, and the Negress aud her babe ^ ken on board. Not a word could be ^ :cbanged with the three men nor e woman, but they understood inactively that they were there among ends, and they eagerly partook of a ^ ass of spirits and ship's biscuits. ?j Just then the breeze came creeping rer the water and filled the sails of uiser so that she visibly increased ir speed. She felt the wind some- ^ ne before the brigantine, and began . close upon her. As the slaver got u irly within range, a bow cbaser was j1 ed at her now and then, but only f ice was the shot seen to take effect. 111 The order to fire bigb, and not at the ill, was given, as the captain of the P. ;aeock knew that below decks she ust be stowed iun or Duman oeings. ae slaver, seeing that she was likely to e< i overhauled, set another Negro adrift, w it the captain of the Peacock could n' it heave to now?as long as he did J* , they would continue to play the me game. Besides, he was now , ming up with the brigantine. The chased, finding that the man of- v sir no longer heeded the slaves set w Irift, saw it was no use to follow that ick, and as the wind still freshened, id one or two shots from the Peacock .w id already cut the running rigging of c e brigantine, the captain of the " iver began to realize that the game . as up. All he could now hope for J1 -- * ? nn API/m t\Q Kimuoif ^ LU cucui au wtopv it/i uiuidu.j id his crew. The brigaotine was = >omed and her cargo also. Thus in- ' lenced, the slaver was tacked so as bring the wind abeam, close hauled, . id headed for the coast. ] She sailed better on this tack tbau lien running free as she had heretore been doing, and it was all the ;acock could do to hold her own iu e pursuit. As the wind hauled con- i lerably off shore, the two vessels ' ere soon sailing almost directly back ;ain toward the mouth of the Bonuy /er. It was late in the afternoon of that g summer day when the mainland the mouth of the river became disictly visible. The brigantine had igged the coast mucb nearer than the _ uiser dared to go, and presently her ils were seen to cease to draw, as P e forged up iu the wind, and a cou- " e of her boats were seen to leave g( ir side filled with her crew, which -j < -- J ?11 aue iur mjo iuiiu iu an uacic. The boats of the Peacock were hastilowered, the pinnace, and first and cond cutter, all well manned, and t died toward the brigantine, which * ey boarded just as her captain and " ew reached the shore, followed by q veral 32-pound shot from the ship, e of which dealt death to two or ree of the fugitives, and caused the ? st to flee for their lives inland.' *The brigantine was boarded by the u ats sent from the ship, and the usual ^ rrors of the slave trade were ex- l, bited on board. f* Li The craft was well named the Fleet l< ing, and was stowed with nearly 0 Negroes in her low and circum- a ribed hold. The poor creatures were _ tirely nuked. Not so much as a rag L' is found upon them. They were jJ iddled together, men and women in- L< scrimiuately, and among them were so a few children. All were handcuff- Li I, and most of the men also chained the ankles. L< The crew of the Peacock were set to ? ork at once to knock off the shack3, and in a couple of hours the poor n eatures were freed from their bonds id permitted to come on deck, half at at time, to breathe the fresh night air, C hich was like paradise to them after ^ e stench and suffocation of the brigitine's hold. ? The poor, grateful creatures were >erally fed upon boiled rice, and J ven what they most coveted, all the a cater they chose to drink. From the Lme they were taken on board the laver, they were stinted to the small- st allowance of food and drink by j heir captors. The grateful creatures { ell at the feet of the officers and crew f the Peacock, and kissed their shoes. )f course they could not understand a cord spoken to them, but actions do I peak louder than words. The Fleet Wing proved a valuable * rize, aside from the grand object of \ reeitig her slaves. Of course to land # hem at the mouth of the Bonny river J could be to place them once more in f be hands of their enemies, and thus ' onsign them to perpetual slavery, so hey were carried down the coar-t to ierra Leone, and banded over to the ourt established for their protection. The brigantine was a lawful prize to t he Peacock, and was sold to au En- t lishman who fitted her up afterward e s a yacht. She was known in the 8 English channel for a number of years " nder the same name as that she bore e s a slaver, being quite famous for peed and sea-going qualities. The Meet Wing's name occurs in many lodern regatta. The officers and crew of the Peacock 3 ealized considerable prize-money from l he capture of the brigantine, as she c ad a large amount of choice ivory ^ nd tobacco on board, and over $13,- e 00 in Spanish doubloons in her cap- c lin's private Ipcker. The slave trade is no longer carried n by sea, though it is still thrifty mong the inland tribes of Africa. THE GREATEST WEDDING. The largest and most remarkable c redding since the world began took f lace at Susa. When the great Alex- 1 nder had conquered Persia, wishing * > unite the victors and vanquished by 1 te strongest ties possible, be decreed ? wedding festival. Now guess how j tany people he ordered to be married. [ rou never could do it. Well, Alexander himself was to mrry Staiira, the daughter of Darius; ? i .up U? J UU 01 ills cniei omuers were iu uc oited from the noblest Persian and r ledean families, and 10,000 of his c freek soldiers were to marry 10,000 I siatic women?20,202 people married ? t once. j I don't see how they managed to c et up a feast for so many, but tbey r id, and for a vast multitude of guests esides. They bad the most splendid rrangements. On a plain, near the ity, a vast pavillion was erected on illars 60 feet high. It was bung and s pread with the richest tissues, while 0 ie gold and precious stones which r rnamented it would have made your r yes bliuk. Adjoining this building c ere 100 gorgeous chambers for the j, 00 bridegrooms, while, for the remain- p ig 10,000, an outer court was inclosed r nd hung with costly tapestry ; and ibles were spread outside for the lultitude. A separate seat was assigned to each air. and all were arranged in a semi- t! rcle on either hand of the royal c irone. Each bridegroom had receiv- ? i a golden vessel for his libation, and a hen the last of these had been an- c ounced by trumpets to the multitudes * ithout, the brides entered the banquet n all and took their places. J And now, don't you think each ^ ridegroom stood up separately and j, owed, "With this ring I now thee g ed," and so on. No, the ceremony I as very simple; the king gave bis and to Statira and kissed her as his ife, and the other bridegrooms fol wed his example. That was the ay. Then came the festival, lasting ve days, with music and feats of j 'gftlcry and play acting and all kinds f delightful games. Baking Fowder 1 Abftoloftcf^ Pure J ROYAL i! Baking Fowdep jj AbsolafTel^ Fu re ti ROYALj Baking Fowder J Absoluftcly Pu re KESTER 11 HIE RAILROAD.! chednles in Effect from and After s October 31, 1895. ti r. W. F. Harper, Receiver. ? CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. ? going north. j No 10. j No 60. j< eat e Chester ; 7 20am; 7 50am C eave Lowrysvllle J 7 49 am 8 25 am 3 eave McConnellsville 8 06am 8 50am jj eave Guthriesville .... | 8 13 am 9 05am ? eave Yorkvllle ; 8 34 a m ; 10 05 a m r eave Clover , 9 11 a m 10 50 am 11 eave Gastonla 9 50 a in . 12 10 p m y eave Llncolnton 1105am 130pm y eave Newton 11 54 am 3 00pm s eave Hickory 12 30 pm 5 00pm jj rrlveLenolr 135pm 6 40 pm a going south. | No 61. | No 9. eave Lenoir 5 00 am i 3 2.5pm P eave Hickory ' 6 42 am 4S0pm ft eave Newton 8 10 am 508pm v eave Llncolnton j 9 30 a m | 5 55 pm eave Gastonla j 12 06 pm i 6 55 pm eave Clover I 1 03 p m j 7 37pm y eave Yorkvllle j 2 25 pm ' 8 11 pm b eave Guthriesville ... 2 58 pm I 8 33 pm eave McConnellsville 3 06 pm i 8 41 pm eave Lowrysvllle 3 30 pm 8 58pm _ rrlve Chester 1 4 10 pm 9 28pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first-class, and in daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 id 61 carry passengers and also run daily d tcept Sunday. There is good connection 1 ; Chester with the G. C. <fe N., and the C., ? - ? A /i?i?A ir n . IX, A. J a ISO Hi urasilllllii Willi tuc a. u. v. . L.; at Lincolnton with the C. C.; and ; Hickory and Newton with the W. N. C. "1 L. T. NICHOLS, Superintendent. J FIRE INSURANCE. * 70R reliable FIRE, CYCLONE, ACJ CIDENT or LIFE INSURANCE I ill on SAM M. <fc L. GEO. GRIST. THE ELECTROPOISE HAS passed the experimental stage and is now endorsed in all sections f >f the country by intelligent people. Apjended are a few testimonials from South Carolina people: Colds and Rheumatism. Welford, S. C., March 20,1895. My Dear Sir?After using the Electro>oise some six weeks in our family and >n one or two neighbors, I have realized freat satisfaction in pulmonary troubles, mlds and rheumatism. I am satisfied it ? vill, if used in time judiciously, break up iny case of pneumonia. In fact. I believe t a "panacea for all human ills;" The Poise is now an essential member of the amily. Don't see how we could getalong vithoutit. J. A. BELL, Pastor Baptist Church. VuMTAno Prrtctrafinn Summerville. S. C. Sept. 19, 1895. Dear sir?I am very much pleased with he Electropoise. I used it by your direc- ** ions and my nerves have greatly improved as well as my digestion. Can now itand twice as much mental work and . mi growing in physical strength daily. rVish I had gotten an Electropoise at an earlier date. Yonrs trnlv. (Rev.) W. ASBURY WRIGHT. A Cure All. Orangeburg, S; C., June 17,1896. Gentlemen?We purchased one of rour pocket Electropoises in December, ? 893. We have tried it on every member if our family and found itall that is claimed for it. We have treated successfully vith it, severe cold, chills, fever, diarrhoea, etc. Its effect on teething children is wonlerful. Our family numbers seven and , ve have not used a dollar's worth of medcine since we had the 'Poise. Respectfully, Mrs. I. W. BOMAN. Catarrh. Lancaster, S. C., August 1,1891. T AM L11 Artf A a mAn x uuuoiuor we Uiovviu^vicv ? uiuov nvulerful discovery. I have applied it in ray bmily for la grippe, acute sore throat, learalgia and nervous headache with >erfect success. . I am also treating a evere case of chronic catarrh with the Slectropoise tte the agent, and it has given freat relief, and if treatment is continued . believe it will effect a perfect cure. An ntelligent use of it carries conviction with . t. You re truly, , * B. J. WITHERSPOON. . For All Ailments. klcCLELLANDVILLE, S. C.. Aug. 14, 1806. Dear Sir?I purchased a 'Poise in Febuary '93 and it cured me of a chronic bad old, and now I hardly ever take cold, talso cured me of lumbago and a dladdered liver. I use it in ray family nam>ering nine persons for all ailments, lave only paid in physics and physi- ? iana fees during the time fl.60. Would tot be without it formanytimesits cost. Respectfully, A. W. LELAND. Rheumatism. Yobkville, S. C., January 16,1892. Dear Siiv-In reply to vonr inquiry will ay my wife is delighted with the effects if the Electro poise, and has improved ery much from the treatment The heumatic pains have been very much educed, and the swelling in- the limbs lisappeared. She bad no faith whatever n the Electropoiae when she began, bat ^ ? now folly convinced of its beneficial owere; and eventually looks for a pernanent cure. Yours very truly, J: E. LOWRY. r* Catarrh, Piles, Dyspepsia, Etc. Millettsville, S. Cm Feb. 14, 1896. Gents?'The Electro poise has done all 4 hat you claimed for it. I had a compilation of diseases, catarrh, rheumatism, >iles and dyspepsia. I was nearly gone ^ p, bad the knife used on the piles, and oon after got the Electro poise, used aoording to directions and am still using it. was without energy or appetite, and am iow a new man. Can eat three hearty aeals a day, enjoy and digest the same. Limost relieved of catarrh. I cannot say Munich for it and recommend it to all bat are sick. 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