The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, October 04, 1895, Image 2
MORN. ■
BT A. OLAinniX*.
They comet All ball the beauteous morn
And sun with golden ban.
Beet Night retreats with banners torn, —<
With all her host of stars. ,
From bush and tree the shadows lies.
The moon has fallen silent!/
Before the conquerors.
“All hall!” All Nature’s echoing,
The flowers dry their tears;
Melodious songs the thrushes sing
To swell the victor’s cheers.
Fair mom! When night from thy face .hides.
The paradise which lust divides > . J
With villainy disappears.
Hark! “Life Is unto honest men
What morn Is unto day:
4l silent, hard-fought battle; then
The shadows flit away.
For life is one continual fight
Between the giants Wrong and Bight,
Inclosed by walls of clay.”
All hail, fuiFmorn, with smiling sun,
Drcst in your robes of gold.
Who knows the courses earth has run
Since from God’s hands it rolled?
With Ills praises all Nature rings,
For God is God of earthly things
As well as of the soul.
Llxdek, Wis.
A WEIRD MYSTERY
Tracing a Dark Crime.
BY ALEXANDER ROBINSON, M. D.
CHAl’TKK V (Continued.)
Those black eyes seemed to be reading
tny very soul. I quailed under their fire
as I had never done before the bullets of
the enemy on the battlefield.
“What do you mean?”
“Did my uncle die by his own hand, or
was lie—murderer?”
“That wo have* not yet fully deter
mined, Miss Lcon\*rc. The truth will
yet be made plain. It seems that you
knew your guardian’s anticipated dan
ger?”
I fancied I might catcli a clew with
which to surprise Abner Ketcham when
he joined mo again.
“I knew hat he dreaded a foe.”
“And can you tell mo who this enemy
was?”
“I cannot, beyond one fact—it was a
woman.”
Ah! that coincided with Mr. Ketcham’s
discovery, only he believed it was Leo-
norc. I did not believe this now. In
my eyes the idea seemed absurd. The
assassin had, beyond all doubt, crawled
in at the window, ascending by the vines.
An inmate of the house need not have
taken this trouble iu order to reach the
scene of the murder.
, The young girl had risen now.
“Can I see him, Doctor?”
I I had not expected this: at the same
time there was a way out of it.
“Not just now, I believe. Mr. Ketcham
has the key of the room. Besides, ho
does not wish any one to enter there un
til he has completed his investigations.
Ho believes he has a clew to the identity
of the person who caused Dr. Seabury’s
death, providing it is not a case of sui
cide.” •
“Then I shall go out for a walk, Doc
tor. It is early in the morning, and the
cool air will do me good. I have a throb
bing headache—something that comes to
me very seldom; and then^aftcj* that
dream that I have takfcn a long
^ "nv^ter’/Js came to me afterward.
corneVof the antiefflward a closet in one
depthj of this she produce# a bonuLTand
mantle.
Before she left, the room she turned
®nce more upon me.
“I forgot to thank you for your kind
ness, Doctor. It is more appreciated in
this my hour of trial than it might be at
any other time. Heaven knows I have
need of friends just now. ”
She seemed to be in fear. Could it be
that she came under the same dread in
fluence as Dr. Seabury?
I remembered the writing on the pho?
tograph.
A different construction could be put
upon it from Mr. Ketcham's translation.
Leonore was gone before I could re
ply.
I heard a rustling at the window
which was open, and turning saw the
detective standing there, shaking his
head mysteriously after the departing
beauty.
“A remarkable woman, Doctor,” ho
said, as he climbed into the room.
CHAPTER VI.
I saw him look down at my feet, but
rs I was used to all strange actions on
the part of Ketcham this did not
strike me as singular.
“This is something of a surprise, Mr,
Ketcham, to find the original of that
picture in this very house.”
He smiled. If I hoped to read any
thing in his face I was disappointed.
“Of course it is folly now to think of
associating that glorious creature with
so foul a deed there.”
He gave me a look, keen and pene
trating.
“Is that your way of thinking, Doc
tor?” he asked, quietly.
I felt the blood rush to my heart
again, as it had done when I set my eyes
-on Leonore for the first time.
His words knocked at the alarm door
of my soul.
What did he mean? Could it be possi
ble this man of wonderful powers had
not yet changed his mind?
I controlled myself. It would never
do to betray my dense ignorance iu the
presence of Mr. Ketcham. Assuming a
nonchalant air I was far from feeling I
replied in studied tones:
“Well, sir, the idea struck me as rather
out of place that an inmate of this house
could have done that terrible deed, when
we have already learned that the assas
sin climbed up the vines and entered the
window.” *
Mr. Ketcham chuckled, and shutting
one eye compared the distance be
tween certain scrolls on the papered
ceiling.
“Remember, Doctor, I said in the start,
when we spoke of Leonore, that it was a
negative not a positive clew. In such a
case the motive must be found. In the
positive case we know the motive, and
seek to discover and prove the presence
of the party suspected at the scene of the
crime.”
“I see what you mean, sir. ”
“Since I parted from you I have discov
ered certain things that at least demand
a close investigation with reference to
Leonore. ”
You arouse my interest
"Indeed,
anew. ”
“This fact I learned from Ursula. It
was drawn from her by degrees and
through the medium of skillful que>-
tions. so that, the o!d woman suspect?
nothing.
“Last night she saw Miss Leonu.c
holding a candle, and clad in her blue
dressing-gown, enter the old lumber-room
that lies next to his chamber, and remain
there for at least ten minutes, when she
once more appeared and went straight to
hOf own room.”
H19 wtJI’dS sfaggered me. Still I was
jiol eoiitlmreti. hxijrhUiayc gdiioja
l To kiss h
a father
Mr. KAtcliant
“Ursula is ready to swear that it was a
few minutes after two o'clock this morn-
ing this occurred. She had heard
a clock sHike the honr, and was just set
tling to slee|^ again when she saw the
light in the In^l below, and passing out
looked down to «ce Leonore. ”
“Did she see her face, Mr. Ketcham?”
“Yes. She described it as set and
strong, the eyes dull and staring—such a
face.dn fact,* Doctor, as one might ex
pect to see upon a person who has done
some awful deed.”
“But. Mr. Ketcham. how can you ex
plain the fact that Dr. Seabury would
have been a fool to have kept his deadly
enemy in the house with him all these
years.”
“I do not attempt to explain it, Doctor.
All the same, I have a theory, which
must be proven false before I leave this
trail and take up another.”
“I am deeply interested, sir. Have
you any objection to telling me about
it?”
“Doctor, relying on your discretion I
will tell you the theory that has come to
me.
“This young girl appears incapable of
doing such a thing, but do not forget
that appearances are deceitful. Men of
my profession dare not put much faith
in them. Wo would be humbugged out
of our boots by the fair Deliiahs, just as
was Samson in days of old.
“There is no apparent motive. Hence
I will manufacture one and fit it to the
case.
“You remember the words ou the back
of the photograph—‘ Leonore—the cause
of my sleepless nights and watchful
days.’
“Strange that ho should write that of
one who was under his roof, and, to all
outward appearances, as dear to him as
ever a daughter could be.
“I fancy I have guessed the cause. She
is subject to fits of insanity; it burns
deep in her liquid eyes.
“During these states of lunacy, brief
though they may be, it becomes her one
desire to take the life of her benefactor.
You, a physician, need not be told that
insane persons are generally more rabid
against those who love them than stran
gers. ”
“True, true,” I murmured, fascinated
by the clever construction he was putting
upon the mystery.
“Supposing this to be the case, then,
we have the whole mystery solved. The
old Doctor felt that some day his love for
her would cost him his life, and yet he
would not tear loose the tendrils of love
that had twined about his heart by sep
arating himself from her.
“Who she is or where lie got her wo
do not know; that is the secret of the
dead.
“He prepared for the worst, and when
in the early watch of the morning he
saw her before him he realized that his
hour had at last come, and swallowed
the poison to save her from committing
a crime.”
I had to confess it looked plausible.
At the same time I did not believe the
old detective had much faith in it.
“Mr. Ketcham, you present a very
strong ease, hot if I can road you aright
you have not much faith in it.”
“I shall stick to it, Doctor, until it has
been proven false. ”
“You forget one thing, sir.”
“What is that?”
“Tell mo what object could this girl
have had in entering that room by two
different means. You remember we are
positive the assassin climbed the vines
and crawled through the open window.”
“Ah, Doctor, under tho circumstances,
I would say that the assassin had played
a clever trick, and had climbed that
trellis cf vines to ward of suspicion. We
know that Leonore did not do that, cun
ning though insane people maybe. You
“How do you know that?”
“In three'ways. I saw you from the
stable. Then I found your tracks, and,
•asi ui all, I can discover traces of the
loam of the garden on your shoes?
There was no use trying to deceive this
man, even in fun. Nothing seemed to
escape his eagle eve.
“I confess tho soft impeachment, sir.
I was in the garden.”
“You investigated the ground at the
base of thc'vines?”
“I did.”
“And found foot prints there?”
“Yes.”
“Now, in your judgment, Doctor, was
it a man ora woman who made those?”
I hesitated before replying.
“If a man, then he must have been of
small stature, for they were not much
larger than a boy’s feet.”
“Then you grant it as within the range
of possibility that they were caused by a
woman?”
“It is possible, and even probable.”
“Having been there on the ground be
fore me, I want to ask. Doctor, whether
you made any discovery?”
I started, having completely forgotten
the little instrument I had picked up.
This I now drew out of my pocket and
placed in his hand.
Mr. Ketcham seemed to attach more
importance to it than I had deemed pos»
sible. He examined it all over, care
fully.
“Doctor, where did you pick this up?”
he finally asked.
“Among tlie roots of the vines. It was
partly imbedded in the soft soil, and
gave cvidenccof ha\ing fallen ftom some
height.”
“Allow me to keep it. I will say there
is a chance of tins tool becoming a very
important factor in this terrible affair.”
“It is a burglar’s too!. I believe.”
“You are quite right. You followed
the tracks to the low portion of the w all?
Now, what impression did you reach?”
■Only this. sir. That the party must
have watched the house some time, for
they seemed perfectly familiar with tho
peculiarities of the grounds.”
‘Very true, Doctor. Miss Leonore has
gone out. I believe.”
•-She said she was going for a walk.”
‘ITuler the circumstances, I may be
pardoned for visiting her room in order
to so • whether or no I can find a clew to
this mystery; I would to heaven that it
might acquit her: at the same time, I
must do ray duty.” . !
He was again the stern arm of justice*
I shivered at the bare thought of his
power being hurled against that frail
young trirl to crush her, and yet busi
ness was business, as I well knew.
“Meet me in the room where he lies,
Doctor. I have some further investiga
tions to make there.”
With these words Mr. Ketcham left
me, passing out in his usual noiseless style,
-O that unless one were watching, it
would be impossible to tell when he went.
I remained, buried in thought.
Could Leonore be saved from this fate
which seemed to be stretching out its
arms to embrace her?
I felt as though I were her only friend,
and she had said, oh, so sadly, that if
ever she were in need of friends it was
now.
A thought came to me.
W hat if the trail did come home to
her, and Mr. Ketcham proved his words
true? Then she had committed the
crim'- while laboring under a temporary
fit of in- luity.
Would the law hold her responsible 0
That was a pretty question, and one I
lid not Lsil competr".* , idc.
chArrau vii.
Arousing myself, I proceeded up to the 1
chamber whoio the colj form, oneo so j
full of ijfe, hey so silent.
1^7 this tlim^thc bustle of the early
WWhllTf 'tttttffJ Baitiflg m_|t thu opfcil I
With my hand upon the knob I paused
for sCh instant, involuntarily shivering,
but quickly overcoming this feeling of
nervousness I entered.
Everything was exactly as we had left
it, even the gas burning lowly.
I turned it out. Then I locked about
me to see whether I could discover any
thing of interest which might have es
caped my observation before.
The curtain of the bed having been
drawn aside, the form of the dead doctor
was partially exposed to view.
Could these cold lips only speak, how
soon would they dispel the mystery and
either convict or acquit the fair girl on
whom this threatening shadow rested.
That was impossible, but lie might
have loft behind him some written evi
dence of the case that would enlighten
us.
I walked over to the ebony secretary,
on which stood the ormolu clock.
When I touched the key the desk
opened and I saw numerous drawers
and pigeon-holes filled with papers.
There was a mine worth working, but
it was not for me to disturb aught. My
friend, Mr. Ketcham, would doubtless
attend to all this.
I wandered over to the window.
As I bent down I discovered something
that brought a cry to my lips.
The window sill was painted white,
and upon it I could catch a glimpse of
the imprint of a hand.
It was a dirty mark, as though the
person in climbing up the vines had
soiled the hands with the grime that
come upon them from time to time.
Surely this was a clew.
Examining tho imprint closer I saw
that a portion of the forefinger was
missing.
While I was still examining this I
heard a low cough behind me, and turn
ing found Mr. Ketcham there. •
I had not heard him enter.
“Doctor, tliis thing is looking bad,” lie
said, solemnly.
“Then you have learned something,
sir?”
“You remember examining the Wound
in liis breast?” jerking his thumb in the
direction of the bed.
“Yes. ”
“What, in your opinion, was the style
of weapon witli which the deed was
done.
“At the time I said either a stiletto or
a Malay creese, as the wound had closed
again, making the hemorrhage internal.”
“Do you still hold to that opinion?”
“I see no cause to change.”
He produced something from his
pocket.
“How would that fill the bill?”
I saw at once it was a Malay creese—
indeed, it could be nothing else with that
serpent-like shape.
Then I remembered where he had gone
when he parted from me.
“Great heavens, man, do you mean to
say you found that in her room?”
“Yes.”
“Tliis is terrible, terrible! Suppose we
try and see if it fits the wound.”
“I was about to propose that, Doctor.
It was not concealed, but lay upon her
table among several magazines and was
evidently used as a paper cutter. You
have practiced surgery—perform the
operation. ”
It was not a pleasant duty, but a doc
tor shrinks not before such tasks.
I took the blade.
It seemed a pretty toy, and yet the
point was sharp as a needle and the edge
keen.
Even a weak hand could use such a
weapon to advantage.
Instinctively I looked quickly along
the polished surface from point to hilt.
There was no sign of olood upon it.
Then stepping over to the bed I put
“ aWords into operation.
effort my
Tfc. Wound had been made by such
a biCi e as the creese.
r. Ketcham, it fits perfectly,” 1
said asTSalcpw tho blade out and wiped
it upon a pie'Ce«t( paper.
A dry chuckle was'ffi'X-Qujy answer.
Turning around I saw ttive
had passed over to the window and was
bending down to examine the same im
print that had caught my eye.
I knew he would find it, and that it
was merely a question of time. Nothing
escaped his eyes.
“Ah! you have found a clew I was
about to bring to your attention, sir.”
“And a very important one, too. Y’ou
see it is tho left hand, for here is the
thumb, Half of the forefinger appears
to be missing.”
“Then Leonore never climbed those
vines. ”
“I never even thought she did. Tho
party whose hand rested upon this sill,
came came up hero intent on some other
business. ”
1 looked at him in Surprise, He had a
way of leading one to think he meant
one thing until his end was attained,
and then he would veer around like a
weather-vane at a change of the wind.
“The finding of that tool below con
vinces me that a burglar climbed those
vines and even crawled into tho room,
but that lie left hastily as
alarmed. ”
“At what?”
“Perhaps the coming of Leonore. If
this be so, that man, crouched just be
yond the window yonder, must have seen
the whole terrible drama acted.”
His words fell like lead on my soul.
They showed me that he still suspected
tho vountr girl through all.
“See here, sir, perhaps this Burglar
was the party who took Dr. Seabury’s
life.”
“Knowing what we do, my friend, I
cannot believe it possible. The man did
not steal a thing—evidence enough to me
that if there was a burglar among the
vines and possibly in the room early this
morning, he was deterred from taking
away any of the silver scattered around,
through fear of being suspected of the
graver crime, which perhaps would
arouse the people.”
“Well?”
“I shall find the man. He has left a
splendid clew behind him. There will be
no difficulty in finding him. I think.”
“Success to you, sir. Whoever sent
that good old man over the dark river, I
believe justice should be done. You can
count upon me in any undertaking.”
“That is like yourself, Doctor. Al
ready you have rendered me goad ser
vice. I shall not forget it in a hurry.”
“I suppose you want it all kept very
quiet, sir.
“Yes. We will finish our investiga
tions now, for once the Coroner and his
tribe arrive, all clews will probably be
lost. They generally pry around and
make a grand muss. Come, I wonder
where this door leads. Mark you, it is
not locked on this side.”
He opened it.
A room appeared to our eyes that
seemed to be full of old furniture.
This was the store-room or lumber
closet, such as nearly every house has.
There was no carpet on the floor.
Dust had gathered there. Mr. Ketch
am got down on his hands and knees.
Some marks on the floor interested !
him. and upon looking I saw that they
■were footprints in the dust.
Another chance for shrewdness.
This was the door at which Ursula !
had said Leonore had entered—at least It |
led frpm the lumber-room,
Mr. Ketcham arose without saying
anything and left me.
Presently he returned bearing in his
hand a small slipper that Cinderella
14TB wttrfT. f kntf* tfancrt It
jP - . v- -•
though
fitted this upon a
lust. It showed be-
|it the slipper had
Doctor.”
| arc marks somewhat
make of them?”
has passed through
he replied carc-
ght I did not make
fact, but I did, and
,ure I would surprise
[it.
Mr. Ketcham went
pper. Then we held
which it was decided
been done that could
|ith the exception of
tents of the ebony
secretary.
I left Mr. Ketcham hard at work while
I went for the Conner.
When I came bm;: with the officials he
was waiting to nm ve us.
He had finished his investigations.
I would have given something to know
what he had discovered in that ebony
desk, or if he ha
his attention ther
His face was as
of the Sphinx
there.
I was soon lost
manner in which
ipuiated the Coro
Bending down
foot-print in th<
yond a doubt
made it.
“Remember thi
“I will; hilt hei
larger—what do y|
“Possibly Ursnii
here at some ti
lesslv.
Perhaps he thj
note of a certain
sometime in the f
him by mentionin]
We shut the di
and replaced the
a council of war,
that all things ha!
be attended to
overhauling the
pund anything worth
n
pressionicss as that
.•ould learn nothing
n admiration of tho
e old detective man
’s inquest.
First of all he took the Coroner him
self upstairs. Tiey remained away
sonic time.
Then the Jurymon were asked to step
up and view the corpse.
They were professionals, and thought
only of the fee for their services.
When they were ushered into the
chamber of death Aey ranged themselves
around tho side oflhe bed.
Then the Cororir made them a little
speech, cxatiiinedjpiCj as a doctor, upon
the speedy effect or the poison, which, it
was plainly to be seen, the deceased had
taken.
One inquisitive juror, thinking his fee
would not be earned without some exhi
bition of natural Cariosity, made a show
of examining tho body, but lie was por-
emptorially ordered back into his place
again by the master of ceremonies.
The finding was in accordance with
the facts laid before them.
Dr. Seabury had come to his death
through^the medium of a deadly poison,
administered by ids owm hand.
Who could blame them for such a ren
dering, considering the fact that they
were but obeying the will of their leader,
and he in turn was dominated by Mr.
Ketcham?
Having done their duty, as they con
sidered it, the hurry off to attend an
other ease where a drowned man was
concerned.
A witness of tho whole affair, I
thought to myself, how many crimes are
committed in this great city and never
sifted in an intelligent manner, simply
because there is no offer of a reward,
audit docs not pay to sift them thor
oughly.
At last Mr. Ketcham and I were alone
again with the d^ad.
Even the servants had not been called
upon for their evidence.
Of course this was because the detec
tive had desired the whole affair to bo as
quiet as possible, so as not to arouse fear
in tho mind of the unknown assassin.
“What now, sir?” I asked him.
“Doctor, the girl expressed a wish to
see the body?”
She did.”
“I wish you Would send her up here.”
“Shall I tell her you want her?”
“Oh, no! I shall not be in sight.”
He touched the door of a closet as bo
spoke.
1 comprehended the idea and felt
face turn red at the Uioughtof Wvi
share in it, but shoul^i Leoilare.-tvs'crei
Tit’' ■ t 'at once. 1 ’ 1 '
1 went down staink
iro BE CONTINUED. |
tract?
At Our Boarding Houso.
“I heard you when you came home
last night,” said Landlady Snapshort
a boarder who had attended a pro
lodge meeting the op
ever a i i i
ing, and And let
me tell you, if you were
my husband I would make you come
home earlier, so I would.”
“Indeed,” said Mr. P.; “and let me
tell you, madam, that if you were my
wife I wouldn’t come home at all.”—
Boston Transcript,
A railroad across the De ert of
Sahara is projected. As it does not
strike an oasis throughout the \* hole
distance it will not be easy to water tho
stock.
CONTROLLED BY POPULISTS.
North Carolina Silver Convention at
Raleigh.
The North Carolina state silveb con
vention met at Raleigh Wednesday at
noon. James C. MacRae, democrat,
was made presiden t; Harry Skinner
and J. J. Mott, former chairman of
the state republican committee, vice
presidents. The populists absolutely
controlled the convention. About 300
delegates iu all attended and five-
sixths were populists.
Resolutions were offered which had
been previously agreed upon at a cau
cus, and which were prepared by the
caucus committee. These greet all the
silver men in the country and declare
that the only way to put an end to the
evils of monometallism is to open the
mints of the country to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver; that the
convention hails with satisfaction the
indisputable evidence of returning
reason in the demand of the people for
the repeal of the demonetization act
and calls on all bimetallists to exert
themselves to restore silver to its for
mer use as a perfect money metal. It
calls on silver men in other states to
hold similar conventions. Here is the
part of the resolution :
“To this end we earnestly recom
mend to voters that hereafter they
elect only such senators and represen
tatives in congress as are sincerely in
favor of the principles hereintofore
expressed and only such presidential
electors as will publicly declare on the
stump that they will vote for no
man for president or vice president
who is not in favor of such principles
and whose record and platform are a
guarantee that they will be faithfully
executed.”
Secretary of state Cooke offered an
amendment to this as follows:
“That for the purpose of the next
election the democrats foi financial re
form shall be confined to the restora
tion of silver at coinage ratio of 16 to
1.”
This was overwhelmingly voted
down. The convention adjourned sine
die at 1:20 g. m.
Statistics show that in •ermany'a
population of 5(1,000,300 tlm female*
nuiutiaiBter The males By nearly a mil*
High Prices for Rare Coins.
t)uring the recent session of the
fifth annual convention of tho Ameri
can Numismatic Association, at Wash
ington, coins of almost priceless value
were displayed. As viewed from a
numismatic standpoint it is the condi
tion of a coin which fixes its value. It
is not the date, nor age, except in less
than thirty instances, that is sought
for at the big quoted premiums.
Pierced, plugged, badly worn, scratch
ed coins, or those on which the dates
are illegible, have no particular value.
For gold there is but a limited nu
mismatic demand, and the supply is
greatly in excess of that demand. The
double eagle of 1849 is worth about
$300. All gold dollars are at a pre
mium and worth from $1.20 to $1.40
each. Those dated 1863, 1864 and
1865 command from $2.50 to $4 each,
and those dated 1875 are worth $6.
The bulk of numismatic transactions
are in silver coins. A dollar of 1804
is worth $400, a half dollar of 1797
brings $40, and a quarter of 1827 de
mands $40. The dime of 1804 is the
most Valuable, being worth $1C, and
the half dime of 1802 easily holds the
record at $63. A large copper cent
of 1799 would bring $25, and a half
cent of 1796 is in demand at $30.
A thin silver half dime of 1802 was
bought by its present holder for $63,
and has sold for $75.
Even Then.
Adam stood at the gate Of Eden,
looking out steadily at the new world.
“Why don’t you hurry up?” he
shouted. “I can’t for the life of me
see why a woman never is ready in
time. What the—serpent—is keeping
you?”
“I—I can’t get these fig leaves
pinned straight,” was the reply of Eve
in a voice that warned him to carry
the discussion no further.
All Broke at Once.
“So you took your family to the sea
shore?” said the facetious man.
“I did,” was the melancholy reply.
“Where there is such grandeur in
the breaking of the waves—”
“Yes.”
“And the breaking of the engage
ments—”
“Yes, and of the $20 bill.”—Wash
ington Star.
STOMACH AND fiEAD PAINS.
A REMEDY,
Women Are Subject to Both, on Aceonnt
of Tight Lacing.
From the Evening Xeics, Xeiourk; X. J*.
One Of the happiest women in this olty IS
Mrs. George O. Reiss, or 29 Montgomeery
Street.
'“No one to look at me now,” said Mrs.
Reiss to a reporter, “would think for a mo
ment that I was so ill that the doctors said I
could not possibly be saved. About three
years ago I began to suffer from terrible
pains IB my stomach and it was • almost im
possible for me to do any work. Then I had
severe headaches that almost distracted me
and altogether I was in a very sad condition;
Of course I wanted to be well again, and like
most people in such cases, I consulted a doc
tor, spent money for medicine and took It
faithfully. To my Infinite regret I got no
better, and another doctor was called in.
More medicine was prescribed and this I
took, but It did no good. Those terrible
pains continued to make lifb miserable fot
me. The doctors blandly told me that I
could not be cured entirely. If at all. Pleas
ant news, wasn’t It? Well, I continued to
work about the house here and suffered un
told agonies. I did not give up hope but did
all I could to relieve my misery. Nothing
gave me any relief, however, and I had be
gun to think that all hope must be aband
oned, when, in reading the Evening Xews. I
saw Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills aavertised.
The printed testimonial coming from a resi
dent of this city led me to believe that I, too,
might be benefited by these pills and not
without some misgivings I bought a box oi
(hem.
“Almost as soon as I began to take them I
felt relieved and tho first marked Indication
of improvement was when that tired, weary;
don’t-care feeling disappeared. This was in
itself something to be grateful for, but other
and more pleasing results followed after i
had taken more of the pills. My headaches
ceased entirely and the pain in my stomach
troubled me no more. Now once In a great
while I have an occasional ache ora pain,
but I know the cure. Out comes the Pink
Pills, and after taking one or two of them,
away the pain goes. It all seems so good to
me that at times I can scarcely believe that
it can be true and yet I know that if I had
not used those Pink Pills I would still be
suffering agony such as few peopled© in this
world.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a con
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an un
failing specific for such diseases as locomotor
ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, th 3 after effect of la grippe, pal
pitation of the heart, pale and sallow com
plexions, all forms of weakness either in
male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price, (00 cents a box, or six boxes for
t2.50—they are never sold In bulk or by the
loO) by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine
Compauy, Schenectady, N. Y.
A&HTA&posi'rioy
r e^iRt^roiyro
A List of Reliable Atlanta Bus-
iness Houses where visitors
to the Great Show will be
properly treated and can pur
chase goods at lowest prices.
STILSQN & COLLINS
JEWELRY CO.,
55 Whitehall St.. Atlanta. Ga.
Everything iu the Jewelry and Silvaf
Line at Factory Prices.
PHILLIPS l CREW CO!
37 Peachtree Strfeet.
STANDARD
Pianos and Orgahs*
SHEET MUSIC; •
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE*
CISEMAN BROS,,
SB 15 and 17 Whitehall Street; 7
ATLANTA; GA.
ONE PRICE
Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers.
BOWMAN BROS.’,
FINE MILLINERY.
78 Whitehall Street.
OUR FALL IMPORTATIONS ARE NOW IN.
LEADERS OF FASHION;
LATES T STYLES,
LOWEST PRICES.
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__ AVOID THIS TTJ3I3
TETTERINE
’R
You
The only painless and harmlesi
CURE for the vr »rst. type of Eczemv
Tetter, Ringworm, ugly rourb patch
es on the face, crusted aoalp.
Ground itch, chafes, chip-*, pun-
des. Poison from ivy or poi on oaE.
short all itches. Send 50c. in
H -tan.os or cash to J. T. Shuptrme,
Suvnnnah, Ga., for one box, it your
druggist don’t keep it.
will find it at C'UAS. O. Ty.seh’s, Atlanta.
A
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Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
AROMATIC
EXTRACT
BLACKBERRY
ABeOLUTEEV PURE
Tennessee’s All-Negro Town.
There is an odd little town on John
son island, in the Mississippi river, just
nortjf_ of Memphis. It is a negro town
ind is owned by a negro planter. The
island is eleven miles in area and it is
nudet the Tennessee statutes. The
town is a taxing district and not incor-
Mexican Water Jars.
j itSmed after the white planter
wno'se sou is the mulatto owner of tho
island. The case in which the mor
ganatic son won tho rich property in
contesting the will of the dead planter
Jewell remembered, and the courts
allowed him part of (he inherit-
ie, since he was the only living issue
of Judson.
So far as known, Judson is the only
negro town in America where there is
not a white man. Elmer Judson, its
wealthy owner, allows no white man
to come except on a visit. The town
has 450 inhabitants and is well organ
ized, since Judson is a highly educated
and progressive man. He owns every
thing on the island and most of the
inhabitants aje his tenants. Ho is a
justice of the peace and has provided
happy homes for the men who work
for him and enjoy his bounty. The
island is about eight miles iu length
and in a few places is not more than
sixtx yards wide. Tho land is unusu
ally rich and fine crops are produced
every year. There are six stores in
the place, with a few shops, two
Churches and a school.—Chicago Rec
ord.
Sorry Not to Oblige.
Poole, the tailor, was a most accom
modating gentleman, and was often
invited to the houses of “the great.”
When staying with a certain noble
man, he was asked, one morning, by
his host, what he thought of tho party
who had assembled at table the night
before. “Why, very pleasant,indeed,
your grace; but perhaps a little mix
ed.” “Hang it all, Poole!” responded
the jovial peer; “I couldn’t have all
tailors!”—Argonaut.
The Mexicans do not use ice, but
nevertheless there is no country where
a man can get a class of cool, sweet
water than in Mexico. The water jars
are made of porous pottery which al
lows the water to ooze through the
i.dtT'V.'ieps it always cool. It is uot
cold like our ice water, but it is all the
better on that account, as a man can
drink twice as much and never feel in
tho least injured, no matter how large
his drafts. Australian ranchmen fre
quently put water into skin bottles
which they suspend from the veran
dah, and the air swaying the skins
back and forth cools the water and
renders it more palatable.
AND
RHUBARB
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Dysentery, Flux,
l.'liolern Morbus,
fliolern, Diarrhtea
. — AND-
r Nimiiner Complaints
Try It. Price 25c., 50c., $1.00.
For Sale by Drugjists or write to
JT. STOVCt 11 SaXXl.l'tlJL,
MAN’UFA' TURING PH AuM A'’1ST.
102 Whitehall St., Corner Mitchell,
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
SULLIVAN & CRICHTON S
AND SCHOOL OF SHORTHAND.
The best and cheapest Business College In America.
Time short. Instruction thorough. 4 Penmen.
Big demand for graduates. Catalogue free
srt.MV;
Seemed Too Extortionate.
A middle aged man of tall, slender
build and earnest cast of countenance
stepped into a hatter’s shop and re
moved the wrappings from a soft felt
hat he carried in his hand.
“How much will it cost to have this
dyed a light gray, to match my hair?”
he inquired.
“It will cost you at least $1,” re
plied the hatter.
The caller wrapped it up again.
“I won’t pay it,” he said decidedly.
“For 35 cents I can get my hair dyed
to match the hat. Good day, sir.”—
Chicago Tribune.
IF YOU BUY YOUR SH01
FROM
They will give you pleasure
Every minute you wear them.
IL-a. 'WliltoUlFill Stxoot.
SAW MILLS
CORN AND
FEED MILLS.
Water Wheels and Hay Presses.
BEST IN THE MARKET.
Del.onrli .Hill .tlfg. Co., 3115. Atlanta. Ga.
. £5 XLX •
REST i.U t TKli,
SHORTEST TI "E,
I.EAST I.ABOIt.
Hardware Co.
ATLANTA. GA.
EE” Best Stoves and
Klinger. Lowest prices.
King
PARKER’S
HAIR BALSAM
Clear.fe* and txantific the hilr.
Promote, a luxuriant growth.
It ever Foils to Hestore Qrsy
IIr.ir to its Youthful Color.
Curts scalp disease. A hair falling.
Site, and S1.00 at Druggist.
G. &
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Specimen pages, etc., Bent on application.
Standard of the!’.S. Supreme Court.the V.S. Cov’t Printing Office,and <
nearly all Schoolbooks. Commended by all state snxiermtenuents ot Schools. <
THE BEST FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES.
It is easy to find the word wanted.
It 'is easy to ascertain the pronunciation.
It is easy to trace the growth of a word.
It is easy to learn what a word means.
C. Merriam Co., X*uI»llKtier», Hpriiig;field, Xlaos.
$ IOO Reward. 8100.
The readers of this paper will be pleaced to
learn that there is a least one dreaded disease
that science lias been able to cure in all its
i-tages, and that is Catarrh. Ha i’s Citurrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
me deal iraternity. Catarrh biin^a consti
tutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cur .• is taken int r
nail , acting dir. rtly upon tho blood and nm
cons surtaces of the system, ther byde-tioy-
ing t h»* finindation'of the dis. a e, and ttivinr
the patient strength by building up the <on-
stitut.on and a sisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers, tt atth y offer One Hun
dred Dol ars for any case that it lails to cure.
.Send lor list of testimonials. Address
F. .1. Chenky & Co., Toledo, O.
C^~Si)id by Dru rgists. 75 •.
borrowing from health.
m.
An
inker lias Words of Pial.c
'<1 nme Institution.
MMMYTaT'E. Currier, of the Atlanta N’..
tionaUBank, is very careful with his wor Is.
not only in flnancierin .', but in his conver a-
t ; on generally. Like the rest of us, he is si k !
sometimes; but, unlike many of us, he knows
how to get we 1.
“I have used Tyner's Dyspeps : a Remedy in i
attacks of acute indigent on, and have alw*ys
found it to give in-tantaneou-i relief. 1 con- i
sider it a medicine of high m rit.”
Price per Lottie, 50 cents. For sale by all
druggists.
FITS‘topped free by Du. Kline’s Great
Nerve Restorer. No fl's after first dav’s u-e
Marvelous cures. Treatise and 00 trial hor-
tle free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Philn., Pa.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children !
teething, softens tlie gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle |
If you have borrowed from
health to satisfy the demands
of business, if your blood is
not getting that constant
supply of fat from your food
it should have, you must
pay back from somewhere,
and the somewhere will be
from the fat stored up in
the body.
The sign of this borrowing is thinness; the result, nerve-
waste. You need fat to keep the blood in health unless you
want to live with no reserve force—live from hand to mouth.
Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil is more than a medicine.
It is a food. The Hypophosphites make it a nerve food, too.
It comes as near perfection as good things ever come in this
world.
Be sure you get Scott's Emulsion when you want it and not a cheap substitute.
Scott <5: Bowne, New York. Ail Druggists. 50c. and $1.
eJ
Take Parker’# Ginger Tonic Home Willi
you. It will exceed your expectations in abat
ing colds, and many ills and aches.
To Avoid
constipation is to prolong ife. Ripan* Tab- I
ule-are gentle, yet positive in thojr ct.re of
constipation. One tubule gives relief.
Exhausted Soils
I have found Pl?o’s Cur- for Con s unupfion
an unfailing medicine.—F. R. Lotz, 1306 Scott
Bt., Covington, Ky., (kt. 1,1?34.
If afltiptad with agree ye use Dr. leaac Thomp-
are made to produce larger and better crops by th<T
use of Fertilizers rich in Potash.
Write for our “ Farmers’ Guide,” a 142-page illustrated book. It
is brim full of useful information for farmers. It will be sent free, and
will make and save you money. Address,
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Kastau Street, New York.