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WHAT A W0MA1 -knottier ?>ig Bun ch. o "There are somethings." said thc j bright woman, and she said it emphat ically, "that I am tempted sometimes to devote the balance bf my life to contradicting. I think it would take a lifetime-the belief in them is so deep rooted." A questioning glance from a pair of gray eyes encouraged the bright wo- j man to continue: "I know, my dear, you are wonder ing what at last has made me come to believe that there is in life for me a possible 'mission.' . Well, it is just this: Have you ever taken note of the exasperatingly foolish things that a man believes a womau does that she never does do? Xow. it is just these wrong impressions that I want to cor rect." The owner of the gray eyes, who was also a woman, smiled. Her sn ile said that she had noted from time to time ihat man's ignorance of womau was something extraordinary. "Think of it," said the bright wo-. man, "just think of it-the foolish things that are set down to being " just like a woman.' If a woman does something particularly clever and praiseworthy she is called "unusual.' hut if she is guilty of a piece of fool ishness, immediately a thousand mas culine voices are raised to say. "just like a woman.' "In the first place, there is hardly .a man in . the land but thinks that when he has been as often as four times to call on a girl that girl is quite certain he is in love with her. . As a matter of fact, jr, takes a considerable devotion on the part of the modern man to make the modern maid think he adores her. She has learned to know that a large number of young men consider dancing attendance upon an .attractive young woman merely a pleasurable pastime. If you want to help me with my "mission' work, my dear, you may start out by assuring ?ll your masculine acquaintances that they are inclined to flatter themselves too highly. "And then there is the idea that a woman peeps into every mirror and shop window that will reflect her image, and that she ties her car fare up in the corner of her handkerchief, and spends unlimited amounts of money on ice cream soda, never is on time to keep an appointment, tells small fibs, delights to have a lot of proposals just for the fun of refusing, -and so on. And if," went on the bright woman, "'such things do chance to happen, how much better we'd feel, and so much more individual, if we were only allowed a chance for argu ment instead of having the whole thing finally settled with, "Oh, that's just like a woman.' " And when I left them, the bright woman-who is herself young and pretty-and the woman with the gray eyes, they were talking earnestly over what the bright woman had first be gun laughingly to discu.?s. > It bothers the woman whose pride it is to live above the pretty vanities, and to be honest in love affairs, and punctual in keeping appointments, to know that men ascribe any shortcom ings she may be guilty of to the na ture of her sex. She would far lather have them condemned than condoned through any such reasoning. But I though I did not say so to the ?bright woman and the womau with trie gray eyes, I know that the task they are setting for themselves is a hopeless one-hopeless because since the days when Mother Eve let her curiosity get away with her judgment a thousand small follies have been looked upon, not as startling, but as a part of wo man's nature. It isn't pleasaut to discover that our idols have clay feet, but sometimes une takes a little secret delight in re vealing these same clay feet, of other people's idols, I mean. "Our idols, you know, are often in the shape of old tradition?. 1 wonder if the bright woman and the gray-eyed womau won't find that the world would rather wag on, believing woman frail and a trifle unreliable? 1 do not be lieve they will fiud the beaux of the present day ready to believe that a girl of to-day does not expect to be adored by every man she meets, just as well as the girls of yesterday did they have been raised with the belief, you know, these men have, that wo mbil have always sat around aimlessly waiting-tobe "courted." And when they are finally convinced-the bright woman says that she hopes to con vince them-that a woman likes a real substantial lunch when she is hungry, better than a glass of ice-cream -oda: then. 1 verily believe, the clay feet will begin to peep ont. and woman be come less charming in man's eyes. It is contradictory, but nevertheless tnn\ that while it has ever been thc fashion to accredit woman with many small follies and foibles, it has also been the inclination of thc many to put her high, high above the earth earthy, and call her "an angel." However hard you may find it to re N DOES NOT DO. f Old Traditions That b Go. j concile the two you must certainly admit that you find them existing often in the same mind. Vf oman rejects thc follies that arc ascribed to her-who can blame her? but she seldom, if ever, objects to the angel part of it. In fact, she has hugged all the beautiful things said about her angelic attributes to her heart-such as a "guardian angel o'er his life presiding, doubling his pleas ures and his cares dividing," until she is inclined to overestimate her ability to remodel almost any man she comes in contact with. While a truly influ ence can, and often does, work won ders, still it has its limitations. Thc world has sighed many, many times over thc pitiful failure of thc good and devoted woman who, having given up all, m?rries a man "to reform him," only to fihvl t^at her tenderness and gentleness and piety counted for so very, very little after all. I am afraid I am helping to reveal some long-hidden clay feet, but if I am, I am not sorry. I do not like thc old habit of calling women angels any better than I like hearing a man say that is "just like a woman" when a woman flirts, breaks a heart and throws it aside like a child does a shattered toy. It is the commonplace woman, the one who admits that, like all humani ty-and humanity includes men as well as women-she has enough faults to make her that most admira ble of all women, "not too bright nor good for human nature's daily food," and yet possessing a few aims and ideals of perfection that she will never let go of through whatever ups and downs of life may come to her. Thc woman who stands out with thc belief that she is naturally the angel that some very good poets and others have called her, will not make the best of life for herself or others. She will often be sadly disappointed that her angelic intentions are without weight. She will learn in time that when one is among mortals that one must do as mortals do. I do not mean by this that I believe a woman should ever step down from thc high place of womanliness that is her birthright. I only mean that when she is gentle of speech, dignified of bearing, courteous and unselfish and with a reverence for things pure and good, that she has reached a perfection of character that is bound to influence others only for | good, but too much faith in her nat ural goodness will spoil it all. There may be an occasional angel among women, and there is also an oc casional angel among men. but mortal angels are not frequent and not apt to be successes. The most delightful of men and women are those with a few faults and many virtues.-Margaret Hannis, in St. Louis Republic. A Conspiracy. A young man of some prominence in financial circles in a western city made a trip to Europe a few years ago. It was his first journey abroad, and the preparations for it naturally ab sorbed his time and filled his thoughts for several weeks beforehand. So pre occupied was he that he started east ward with nothing to wear on his head but a t ravelling cap, leaving his best hat hanging on a hook in his ollicc. Ile was gone three months. After returning home and resting a day or two he came down to thc office to re sume his daily toil. The iirst thing that s;ruck his eye was his hat. hang ing where he had left it. .'That's a stroke of luck." he said, j "I was afraid 1 had lost it. 1 see it hasn't been disturbed in all these months. I shall just wear that hat again." "He took it down from the hook, dusted it. and put it on his head. That i&. he tried to put it on. It was about two izes too small. His office associates crowded around him. "That's the usual effect," they said. "A man's first trip to Europe always swells his head. Another one will re duce i?- to its normal size. Better haug the hat back on thc hook. You'll have no use for it this year, anyhow. We had hoped differently in your case, but you seem to be an ordinary Amer ican traveler-nothing more and noth ing less. It's a pity, but there is no help for it." As the easiest way out oj' the affair the young financier hung the hat on the hook again, and sent out for a box of cigars. A week or two later, however, some one in the office casually took thc hat down, tinned back the sweatband, and disclosed a piece nf lamp-wick about eight inches long. It had been put th- re on the day the owner ol' I he hal started for Kuropc. and thc discovery of it cost him another hov of eigars. Sir',.; headache, biliousness, constipa tion und all livor and stomach troubles can be quickly cured by osimr those ra mona little pills known as DeWitt's Lit tle Early Risers 'linty aie pleasant to take and never gripe. Evans Pharmacy. Cuba's Curious Animait. The Spaniard is not the only foe the soldier will encounter in his Cuban marches, says the New York Sun. Cuban saud iiics and mosquitoes arc much like our own, but we have notli j ing to match the huge spider, whose I bite causes fever, nor the bcligerent and known as vivajagua. A scorpion, though not so dangerous as thc Euro pean variety, proves itself unpleasant enough to the careless traveler, and thc chigoe, or "jigger/' deals swift retribution toan offeuder. Its method of attack is inconvenient, for it bur rows under the toenail, and. unless removed at once, builds its nest there. In that ease inflammation occurs, and the only relief is the painful operation of having the little animal cut out. Snakes arc not numerous, but they include some of thc freaks of thc ani mal kingdom. The huge maja, longer than two G-feet men set end to end. with a body lill inches in circumfer ence, looks fierce enough and formid able enough to put a whole regiment to .flight. It is all a bluff, for the big reptile is harmless. Among the birds, the soldier may exercise his taste for pets. Those pe culiar to the island have beautiful plumage, rich in coloring. There arc nearly 200 kinds to be found there, and among them all the vulture and thc turkey buzzard are almost the only birds of prey. They arc so useful as scavengers to carry away waste mate rial that they are protected from death by law. Geese, turkeys, peacocks and pigeons are the most familiar domes tic fowls, and pigs, sheep, goats, mules and horses, the animals used. The Cuban horses are almost a race by themselves. They are very gentle, they never kick nor bite nor play any unseemly tricks on their riders. In some parts of the island horses re ceive as much consideration as a mem ber of the family. They are not tied or confined, but they wander about the door yard, put their heads into the kitchen windows to exchange the time of day, and even on occasion have thc privilege of entering the house. Thc sight of humans and equines on terms of such easy familiarity makes one wonder if the days of Gulliver and his horse country have come again. Sometimes the roads are very bad and the mud so sticky that it holds any foreign substance like glue. For this reason farmers braid their horses' tails, turn them up over their backs and tie them to the saddle. No Northern pony would stand this indig nity, but the Cuban pack animals seem quite willing to endure it. In moun tainous regions mules are used to carry coffee aud sugar down the mountain paths, and to save drivers, mules in long processions are tied together, one's head to another's tail, and with only one man at the head of the col umn to guide the leader, they carry down their burdens safely. The hind legs of Cuban mules must be worked on a different principle from that in vogue among Knited States mules. Here no insurance agency would in sure a man whose business was tying mules to one another's tails. The only wild animal peculiar to Cuba is the jutia. or hutia. It is rat shaped, black and small. It lives in the hollows of trees, like our squirrel, and eats leaves and fruit. Its flesh is insipid, but it is often eaten. Curi ous modifications of felines and can ines inhabit the woods. The animals have sprung from dogs and cats in the domestic state and differ from them only in their size and habits. Some of thc intelligence of civilization seems to remain with them, and they cause the farmer much anxiety by their carefully planned attack.-; upon j his poultry and cattle. The matter of lights is a small itcin of expense to thc pour man in ('nba, for in the phosphorescent fly nature provides him a lamp free. This fly, the cucullo. about the size of our roach, is perfectly black with a trans parent breast. Two eyes in front, and one in the point of its breast, give out so much light when its wings arc spread that one can see by it tu read a letter. Children make pets of cuclil los and shut them up iu reed catres. If they feed them on sugar, the sticky particles adhering to their legs exas perate them so much that they fall upon each other like prize lighters. The children avoid this by giving thc flies sugar cane. They wash them carefully morning and night, and in this way keep their pets alive and shining for many days. Fashi mable ladies wear the bril liant flies in their hair, and sometimes tin; belles usc them covered with a I gauzy material fur living belts. Our ! little girl remarked with much solcm I nity, after examining a cucullo s legs, ! that Cod made it. with hooks to fasten I un little girls' dresses. Left to them selves, the cucullos fly io regular lines, giving thecfl'cel of the long pro cession of thc watch at Havanna. For this reason thc Cubans <-;ill them "ser?neos de los bichos"- watchmen of thc insects. Fifteener twenty ut' them ?II ?i calabash pierced with huies make a kind of lantern often used during thc night. A few years aun an adventurous traveler brought a num ber of cucullos to New York and sci them free in Broadway, to thc lasting astonishment of an Irishman, to whom the dancing lamps were such a mys tery that he wavered between the pledge and the occulist. Another curious phenomenon of Cuban animal life is the procession of land crabs across the island. They travel from north to south every spring when the rains commence, and arc as regular an institution as thc wet weather itself. Shell fish are abun dant, but they are of inferior quality. Thc climate is too warm for them, and oysters there at all times are as unsat isfactory as ours in thc months when no magic R appears. The rivers and bays and inlets, however, aro '.veil stocked with palatable fish. The iguana, cayman and crocodile arc common. A hugh variety of crocodile called cayman has a colony of its own on the Isle of Pines. Turtles arc found in large numbers in shallows and reefs and on sandy beaches, and they are put to all sorts of uses, from soup to walking sticks. For canes thc shell of the carcly variety of turtle is used. First a strong stick is cut of the length desired. Then the turtle shell is boiled until it becomes a thin liquid, and into this the stick is dip ped and allowed to cool. Thc process is repeated several times till the beau tiful tortoise shell covering is of prop er thickness. Afterward the cane is polished, headed, fitted with a ferrule, and sold for ?4 or ?5. Another curiosity is a cane made from the dried skin of thc manatee, or sea cow. Thc skin is perfectly trans parent, and when rightly prepared is flexible, but strong enough to be used as a rapier for defense. Mounted in gold and silver, these canes are very expensive. They are rarely seen in Havanna, and one tourist, who wished to carry away a cane as a souvenir, paid SOO for the privilege. Why He was Happy. The ?cst of the passengers were reading thc morning news, but one man gazed with unseeing eyes out of the window and whistled softly, thc tune being broken every now and then by a smile that crossed, his bearded lips. The young girl directly opposite thought him handsome, and ascribed his preoccupied air to romantic rea sons. And thc older woman who sat with her glanced sharply across from time to time to see what the young man meant by rudely whistling in a public conveyance. But thc looks of youth and age were alike lost on him, and after a while he turned his face toward thc light and sang with such hearty untunefulness that his spec tacled neighbor felt bound to remon strate. "Young man," she finally said, "have you hired this car for your own use ?" He stared st her blankly for a min ute, and then flushed to the roots of his hair. "Was-was I singing?" he asked. "You were making a horrible noise," she replied. Then he laughed a wholesome, hon est guffaw, and leaned forward confi dentially. "Thc joke's on me," he said. "To tell the truth, my baby has just cut a tooth, and-and I was thinking how cunning the little chap looked when he grinued." The war light faded in the woman's eyes and a smile touched the corners of her mouth as she beamed on thc young father and said with deep in terest : "Upper or under ?" - II. & B. Beer, of New Orleans, have presented the president with thc first bale of this year's cotton, to bc used as the president may sec lit. foi the benefit pf the F ni ted States hos pital fund. Thc president has accept ed the gift and will have it Mild on thc New 't ink produce exchange to thc highest bidder. The oditorof the Evans City. Pa., (?lobe writes: "On? SiinuteCoiigliC'ure is richi ly named. It cured mv children after al] other remedies faUe'J." It mires coughs, '.'.ids and all throat ?md lung troubles. Keans Pharmacy. - Farmers in .Mexico use oxen ol one color in the morning and of anoth er color in thc afternoon. They havi no reason for doing so beyond the fuel that their forefathers did it. and thc} concluded it must be the right tiri m. to do. Win your battles against disease by net ing promptly. One Minuto Cough Cur? produces immediate results. When taker early it nrevents consumption. And ir later stages it furnishes prompt relief Evans Pharmacy. - At thc beginning of thc ccntur} the Bible was accessible to b it one fifth of the population of the world Now it may be read by nine-tenths o; the people of the globe, so rabidly ha: it- translation been carried on. - There are in thc United State: [78.000 churches and 24,000,000 mem hers. M tv C. I!. Hush, president of tin (?iliner county court, cells briefly hi: experience with an ?pid?mie of blood; flux in his family. Ile writes undo: date ol' October S, tSDii, at Auburn \Y. Va.: "During thc past summe we had I h ree cases of bloody dux i? ocr family which we cured in less thai one week willi Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Kennedy, h some instance-.- there were twent; hemorrhages a day.' This reined; II"ver fails to eure tile worst eases o bloody flux and all bowed complaints and every family should keep it a hand. For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co Nerrc in the Navy. Before thc beginning of hostilities with Spain, when the ship's company was drilled in preparing the ship for action, thc men all took their stations promptly, and each part of the ma chinery of thc great engine of war was quickly manned, and in a very few minutes everything was ready for ac tion. To an onlooker t?io quickness and precision with which each man took his station seemed marvellous. If these same people could sec thc actions of the same men when '.general quarters'5 is sounded and t??ere is reason to believe an engage ment is imminent, they would scarcely believe their eyes. Now enthusiasm and spirit domiuateeverything. Each man knows that on the way his work is done depends in a measure the out come of the conflict. "When everything is made ready, ammunition hoisted, guns loaded and manned, there comes a period or sus pense, a calm before thc storm, so to speak. Looking around the decks no sign of fear can be discovered ; there arc no pale or anxious faces to be seen; nobody seems to be thinking of .home; every thought is for the pres ent. Herc and there the "jackies" are cracking jokes; the men at thc guns that will be engaged seem the most contented of all: their compan ions on the unengaged side look sor rowful in comparison, and many a lit tle oath is dropped about hard luck by them. A period of expectancy now ensues. The nerves assume a state of tension, which is relieved as soon as thc gun is fired. The crew now settle down to work. Thc first few shells from the enemy cause comment: when a puff of smoke from an opponent's gun is seen there are some that stop momen tarily and watch for thc destination of the shell, and feel relieved when they sec a column of water rise out of thc sea. When the first shell whizzes overhead almost everybody can be seen to duck. This is entirely a re flex act, and is no sign of fear. Soon ail thought of the enemy's shells passes away, and the men at thc guns have eyes for their own shells only. They know that thc best defence is a well directed fire. Each shot from the guns is noted, and when the range is accurately determined thc Yankee marksmanship becomes evident. At Santiago thc shooting from thc New York was wonderful in its accur acy, shell after shell being dropped exactly in the right spot, and thc gunners and others sent up a shout each time a cloud composed of guns and dusty Dons arose out of a Spanish battery. The excitement of action for those who can see what is going on dispels any nervous strain that may have existed. Below the decks, down in the en gine and fire rooms, in the coal bunk ers and magazines, there are many men working away, seeing nothing and hearing only the reports of the guns and exploding shells. If the engagement be with a ship they can not tell at what moment a torpedo will come crashing in through the vessel's side, or if the ship be enter ing a harbor at what instant the ship's bottom will be blown upward by a mine. These are the people whose nerves are put to a strong test. But they never murmur, and so far rio man in the American navy has given in to fear. Thc action over and the enemy's fortifications reduced, there is an air of satisfaction visible everywhere. Men can bc heard discussing the dif ferent shots and talking about the target practice, and wondering when they will get some more. When "secure" has sounded and ''retreat" has gone thc men go about theirduties as if untiling had happened. Looking ? around they can bc seen writing, j playing cards, reading and sleeping j quietly. j One of the best examples of the pluek ami nervi: in thc American squadron was made manifest when a crew was wanted by Hobson to take the .Merrimac into the harbor at San tiago and sink her in the channel. The fate of the men who were to go on the expedition seemed to bc scaled, as thc chances of getting through alive apparently were very slim. There was no call for volunteers : none was needed, for as soon as it be came known that thc Merrimac was to go in on its perilous trip practically all of the officers and men in the fleet volunteered, and many were thc dis appointments when thc seven heroes were chosen. The war, so far as the navy is con cerned, has been devoid of many of its supposed horrors, and although thc liien liave been <>n thc larger ships fur six months without getting ashore, there are few, if any. who would go heme if '.hey had tjio chance before thc final battle is fought.--Mwlical X.trs. Mr. ll. A. I'ass. Howman, (icorgia, writes: "'One ol' my children was very delicate and we despaired ol' rais ing it. For months my wife and 1 could hardly get a night's rest until we began thc use of Fitts' Carmina tive. We found great relief from the first bottle." Fitts' Carminative acts promptly and cures permanently, it is pleasant to thc taste, and children Lake it without coaxing, lt is free 'rom injurious drugs and chemicals. Hill Orr Prut' Co. 00 YOU ?iUOUS, DROWSY, 1h LOW SPIRS?ED, [U BODY AND $ BRA?NWEARY? ri !\ # fi ft ??EWEVES ??f?E It cleanses thc liver and bov/e: aids digestion, thus thc r cody fortified ,.. A VALUABLE RES?EQV" SOLD BY ALI EVANS PHARMA Religion in the Kitchen. A good deal is said nowadays about religion in politics, in the workshop, in the store, and "on the road." Dr. Tal ni age speaks out, in the Christian Herald, concerning religion in the kitchen: "There is nothing but the old-fash ioned religion that will take a woman through the trials of home life. At first they may be a romance ora novel ty that will do for a substitute. The marriage hour has just passed, and the perplexities of the household arc more than atoned for by the joy of be ing together, and by the fact that when it is late they do not have to discuss the question as to whether it is time to go! The mishaps of the household, instead of being a matter of anxiety and reprehension, arc a matter of merriment-the loaf of bread turned into a geological specimen, the slushy custards, the jaundiscd or meas ly biscuits. It is a very bright sun shine that falls on the cutlery and the mantle ornaments of a new home. Cut after awhile the romance is all gone and then there is something to bc prepared for the table that thc book called "Cookery Taught in Twelve Lessons" will not teach. Thc recipe for making it is not a handful of this, a cup of that, and a spoonful of some thing else. It is not something sweet ened with ordinary condiments, or flavored with ordinary flavors, or baked in ordinary ovens. It is the loaf of domestic happiness, and all thc ingre dients come down from heaven, and the fruits are plucked from the tree of life, and it is sweetened with the new wine of the kingdom, and it is baked in thc oven of home trial. Solomon wrote out his own experience. He had a wretched home. A man cannot bc happy with two wives, much less 600: and he says, writing out of his own experience: "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."-Methodist Protestant. -"Our customers say you manufac ture three of thc best remedies on earth," said the mercantile firm of Haas. Harris, Brim &McLain, of Daw son. Ga., in a recent letter to thc Chamberlain Medicine Co. This is thc universal verdict. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the finest preparation in the world for rheumatism, neuralgia, lame back, quinsey, sore throat, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds, pains and swellings. A l'?c. bottle of this lini ment in thc house will save a great deal of suffering. Buy it at Hill Orr Drug Co's. Store. THE BARK OF ANDERSON. We Pay interest on Time Deposits by Agreement. Capital.$165,000 Surplus and Pron*is - - 100,000 Total $265,000 OFFICERS. J. A. BKOCK, President. .!<>-. N. Bnowx, Vicc-l'jesident. ii. F. MAULPIX, Cashier. DIRECTORS. J.W. NOKMS. CW. KANT. N. o. FAI:MEI:. Jos. N. BKOWX. J. A. BKOCK. ." G. DUCWOHTII. J.J. I-KKl WELT.. J. M. SCI.LIVAX. B. F. MAULDIN. Having thc largest capital and surplus ol" any Hank in thu State outside ol' Charleston, we ollet depositors the strongest security. This applies to our Savings Department, where wc pay interest, as well as to active accounts We loan to regular depositor customers atom lowest rates. Private loans arranged without charge between our customers, and other investments secured when desired. With twenty-live years experience in banking and with unexcelled facilities at our command, w? are prepared to give satisfaction in all busincs; transactions, and will, as heretofore, lake care o the interests of our regular customers at all timts ICE-COLD ICE-ICE. MY customers and the peneral public will take notieo that Elias Single ton is no longer in my employment. 1 have employed a reliable man io seli Fist for me. so please jiive. him your orders 1 huve boon in th? tish business fur min i irs and have always tried to give salis facti? n, and will appreciate a coutinuanci of your patronage. I handle all kimis c* florida Vegetables and Fruits in and oo? i ;' season. Also, a full line of Fangj < roceries, Tobacco and Cigars, Oranges Bananas, See . ai wholesaled .J. F FAXT. Florida Fish and Fruit .store. April HO, IN'S ?:; 3m L0STJST0CK LOST, mislaid or destroyed five Shares of tho Iron Belt Building'and Lom Association of Roanoke, Va , Certificate of Stock No. 293u, Series R. All parties are warned not to traill for ^nid Stock. .I.\s VY. POORE. Belton, S. C , May 18. LS!KS-2m. CY, Special Agents. NOTICE. THE management of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in this territory ia d?sirons of securing tho services of a man of character and ability to represent its interest with Anderson as headquarters. The right man will be thoroughly edu cated in the science of Life Insuiance and the art of successful soliciting. There is no business or profession not requiring capital wnich is more remunerative than a Ufo agency conducted with energy and ability. Correspondence with men who desire to secure permanent employment and are ambitious to attain prominence in the profession is invited. W. J. RODDEY, Manager, Rock Hill, S. C. A-F-Erl-C-A-N-A ! THE WONDERFUL Blood Purifier^ Has Restored Thousands to Health. CHROMIC BLOOD . . . DISEASES Are cured almost instanta neously. Que bottle gives relief, and two or three bot tles frequently effects a per manent cure. 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N compliance with tho recommenda tion of thu Grand Jory, di persons who damage the public roads hv the erec tion nf dams on side of road which ob struct the dow of the wah r therefrom, or ; otherwise damage the roads by throwing rocks, brush or other obstruction in the I'1 -id-i ditchi*, will be prosecuted, unless : snell obstructions arc removed before the firs! day ot* April ne-:":. This is ^iven so , : that guilty parties majT have time to com ; ply with t.he law W. R. SNELGROVE. Co. Sup. TVTOTIOK TO t'REDl HU?S, j A-U persons having claims against J tue Estate of .T. (' Williams, doeeased,. ;ire 'nereby notified to present the same, properly proven, to th? undersigned with in the time prescribed hy law. and those indebtedjto make payment. O. P. WILLIAMS, A. B. SHIRLEY. A. N. CAMPBELL, Administrators, .lune 22, ISfS ol' 3