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THE FLOWER SELLER. , .Hil . idunttae r* v.-ami tin? now! iU",,d bolls for folly! lattoilH for lhe hopea of youth! ; '! ' f. r im.lanolioly ! blossom? that bb.w. : ; all. I chorgo you to win, if ye ^Thi* u'cntlc guest, .?!* HPWl i" he?" wimplo of purple 10 Hh^^il Virgin, with meek head bend y th'1 p'1 . """'Koo her breast. . .ntii!?1 llower r ,h ' i ?? aa ye will, but tho violet of the , VI*.. ' f niaidonnood, > that lu?'? worn jt bQt onc"' 'hough ?l?i for nu hour. I ll ?ever agu n, though ho wander by !,IJ.1,r stream Vr anota ?hall he meet with a flower "".Im! - Juill M**0 i and liur('- a,,d iorever ln after yeara. ^Tibeoghl <>?* itu bloom or tho fragrance '0I it? breath, . Amil arise, v.- filtah be din? with tears, ? .-I -.hall be far tn the gardens ol J ??* *vj; ' *?r??l? Ki?n? in the nhamhlra of death. ^*:lin - Willium Young. \ MISER'S ROMANCE. pike was known osthestingi* . Monroe county, j 'i .'nc on ;t 200 nero farm. ? . kittie, washed hin own niicd tho iiamv. Atmend: ?; . xport, for it was coiti !. ? had worn one suit pi No one in the neigh: ? i i- cxstid ag!,*, hut ho . t ho Hhady side of 40. . . . . nc have authentic in . ?thoestt nt<;t' his wealth. .il . t banks and kept Iiis . vc Ki'crct hiding place . ?i man should be ;i bachelor . jn tirdor. No don ht ho looked linn of marriage in tito ... that he viewed all other ti- from the standpoint of , lie seldom called upon u II ? ..??-i.nally when ho had ascer i^l in ?idvance that there would bo r refreshments ho would nt L a chinch social, his grain leather bright with stove polish and his ; ,::i.m d tightly over Iiis gray 1 .-hil t. Vests in his estimation in tin- samo class with wives ^ V1. ^ (,i i.,- enjoyed only by the reck ii.ii. ?{!.? > f these church affairs lie mot ., r of a larmer who had re ?r i:i..vi'd into the neighborhood. ..!-.. lass of ran* bounty, and it i., v. udor that the miserly bacho : - i bil -(df to outdo tho younger wit tv sayings and pleasant lid : i her. ], . iV.-oyc home in his sqncuky >v?;i . .!. i ich i u tl old Esau, tho mulo . 1 a -ii iving for 17 years, tho .? isy checked, brown eyed : j: rsistently in his mind, ?. it himself repeating her I i v r i "VIT again : i ! ' rv ey, Mabel Harvey, j ' . ;;;> there, Esau !*' TU pied Iiis musings on tho .'< 1 wi;lt a savage swish of tho . . i i ci minutad to tho aged ani whi li had taken advantage of its IT'S -traction to slacken its gait ,!..w walk. fi: ia ; !;c a-thinkin of gals and sich Elise." exclaimed tho farmer aloud, [iiiniiin is only expense and trouble Kow." was a hravo attempt to banish the lory of tho ghi, but it failed. Fivo Iotis later Esau had resumed the walk, and tho bachelor WUH gazing luiily at the stars, going over in his ?i the incidents at the church social |> the pretty Mabel as the center r , pveral times in the night he awoke i a restless sleep to think of the He could not drive away the con It contemplation of her. Whether in Belds or in the stable, the kitchen Je sitting room, Mabel Harvey was subject of his thoughts. tmo weeks passed. He met her tho d time at the church. On the way -. that night Esau's pace was abso mailish. Pike ceased to try to i from the fascination. Bnt then ible battle arose between the imp Iarice and the love sprite. Through his lifo the bachelor had denied df every pleasure and the gratifi fif every whim for economy's Why should he break the mle be ! a certain girl seemed a thousand |wore attractive to him than all Then ho remembered how she Ismiled at his witticisms, and his 5" was touched. He argued himself too belief that if he should want irry her sho would have him. ci richer than any single feller in ?linty, and she must know it," he t "Gals 'r great after fellers with F> an guess she's a good deal like st of'eui." i he could not come to a final de I to inaugurate the conrting. Munnin is powerful extravagant." [thought invariably shattered his i of wedded life. day au idea came to him. He experiment and ascertain if he [afford, according to his notioa of to snpport a wife, [err timo I buy anything for myself pt git t wice as much as asnal, and tty nigh know before long how it 'nd cost for the keep of a I' Ho smiled complacently at what piderctl the sore evidence of an "itv that would lead to the solu the problem which wa3 vexing ? i try it for a month, and if it expenseful I'll go after that j 1 an idea was exactly in keeping 'ike's character. He saw nothing t?ib) in it. It was a business mat to him, r.nd he prided himself had hit upon a method of satis Ihia avancions instinct on the N question of expense. He im ' bis scheme to no one. Thia waa lal. He had never been known Iof his affairs, discussion was caused in the we when it was noted that hie were precisely doable what M been. This started the gossips, ~r&8 common talk that the bache loosened his puree strings. ~~ he expectin somebody ter visit " suggested Jason Britting gTocery store whittler. ' likely he's lookin fer the price 1 And sn gar to go np soon, " waa ration of 'Lihu Strone, the J.?U ?um g nessi n mt' iruin. Une evening a neighbor dropped in unexpectedly on the lone bachelor at his . home. Pike was in the kitchen. Hu ' hurried to the door at the sound of thy knock and opened it just wide enough to discern tho identity of tho caller. The latter thought bo detected embar rassment in Pike's manner. When ho canght an unintended glimpse of tho sapper table, ho was astonished beyond measure. There were two cups of coffee and two plates, containing pork and po tatoes. One cup and ono plate had been partially emptied. Tho other cup and plate looked as if they had not been touched. "Got company T" ho blurted out, be fore he thought what he was saying. Pike had never bern known to invite a guest to supper o: any other meal. The bachelor's face dashed a deep crimson. For a moment he appeared to bo nuable to reply. Finally he stuttered out: "Well, no-er, yes; I'm kinder ex pectin some one. " His neighbor observed his confusion and hastened to state tho business that prompted his visit. Pike did not ask him in, and he departed without ob taining further light on tho cause of i the presence of the extra cup and plate. The neighborhood now had a genuino mystery. All sorts of vague nunora wero circulated. But the bachelor k?pt his secret. "ttpose Brown'll toll what he soon and folks will tali: some, but nobody'll guess what it's all about." h<> chuckled. J i went; mitch against thu grain with ?lim :.> cookiwieo asiliueh at euell neal i as he would haye prepared for himself alone. But h? consoled his economical spirit bv feeding what was left over to i tho h'ogsi . 'Tain't hist, after all." he thought. Tho end of thc month arrived, lie had awaited tho day with impatience. That evening he at? supper earlier than usual. He helped the extra plato and tilled the extra cup, representing tho amount ho would allow a wife-if ho had one-for the last time. And as he ! did it Iv pictured to himself the brown ' eyed Mabel gayly chatting with him I across tho table. ! When he had finished tho meal, ho I took the old slate on which he had dono i his figuring since childhood and in a few minutes had ascertained to a cent the cost of the extra portion. ' "Four dollars and nineteen cents, four dollars and nineteen cents," ho re peated to himself, over and over again. His brows were knit. The chill of avarice was creeping into his heart. "And that don't'include clothes. But I reckon she'd have enough ?Iuds to do ber for awhile." Jl was the first rule of the bachelor's lifo to deny himself everything < xcept ab.-.ilute necessities. For the first time he was dangerously near deciding to break thu law which had become almost second nature with bini. Few men there bo indeed who would hesitate to invest $1.10 a month in tho koop of a wife who supplied sn ail r ;a;?vs their ideal; lint Pike had courted tho yoi! >w guld sr? long that his love was not to bu changed i asily. Three days tho battlo : ".:m d within .lis breast, lt was thu inoxt miserable period of his < xistence. Even after in had made up his mind To seek the hand of tho witching Mabel he found hiniseli wondering at his own recklessness. But he was a man of stern resolve. Once determined, it required more than hiv man power to turn him from his course. On the morning of the fourth day hi finished np the work about the place earlier than was his custom and hitcher. Esau to the spring wagon. "It's party nigh time I was bnyin ti store snit, and I reckon this in a propel occasion for sich a purchase," he solilo' quized as he mended a break in thc mule's bridle with a piece of twine. An hour later he was examining the assortment of clothing in Smith's gen eral store at Hill Top. "What sort of a suit ort a feller buy to git married in?" he asked the pro prietor with an effort at a smile. The storekeeper received the inquiry as a joke. The idea of Pike desiring in formation of such a character to guidi him in the selection of a snit did no' enter his brain. "Same sort you'd want if you wai expectin to be buried, '' replied Smith "Pants, coat and vest. " Then both laughed a* the honiel] witticism. The bachelor drew it ont of the store keeper without exciting suspicion tba the young man who had participated ii the most recent marriage in the neigh borhood had worn a frock suit. "I ain't never had no tail coat y it,' he rem arked in a careless way. 4 'Believ I'll just git ono to surpriso the neigh hors. ' ' He found a cutaway suit that please* him in every respect except price. Four teen dollars was more than he was ac eu s tom ed to pay. But he again con quired bis economical disposition. "I'll be back this way in a couple o hours and you can have the bundi ready for me," he said to the storekeep er and added. "When I git it, I'll pa; you." The drug store was his next objectiv point. Tho apothecary was dum fou nde when the bachelor asked for a dime' worth of peppermint drops. "Got a cold?" inquired the sallo\ faced druggist. Pike hesitated a moment. "No, but I may git one." he replied slyly avoiding an answer that wouh le'vi to the discovery of his real purpos in purchasing the candy. The package was done np in pink pa pet, with a" yellow' cord about it. .'Won't that tickle her, thought' mused the purchaser as he slipped th package into his pocket. As he passed ont of the store he 8a^ a group of men discussing some matte With great vigor in front of the posi office. Ho wandered over to the littl gathering. Three or four addressed him si mu taneonsly. "Heered the news?" they asked. "What's up now?" answered tl bachelor rather unconcernedly. "S'pot somebody's hogs is got tho eholerer, " i added, with an attempt at sarcasm. "No, airee I" Josiah White, the poa master, was speaking. "Worse than hog eholerer," he coi tinned. "At least, Tom Harvey thinl so. His pretty darter has eloped wit some young feller from the city, tu they've been married at the conni seat." Pike's breath left him. For a eeooi he waa entirely unnerved. "How do you knowoha'oeloped?"! manage?! to asu. "Why. her daddy's jest passed through town, going like wildliro tv? head Vin off ut the county scat, but there ain't much chance he'll git there in time." Tho postmaster looked at Pike curiously as he spoke. His com panions wore likewise puzzled to know what caused the color to leavo the bachelor's cheeks. ; Pike broke the awkward pause that followed the postmaster's last remark. "I must bo gettin home, " he said. "Good day to yon alb" He turned and walked abruptly away from the group and entered the drug store. "Mr. Smart, I don't believe I can use these here drops. ' ' The apothecary mechanically received the package from Pike. He asked no questions, but emptied the candy into tho jar and returned tho dime. The bachelor left tho establishment without a word. He went direct to Smith's store. "Needn't to mind about that suit, " ho said to the proprietor. "I've con cluded I don't waut it." S m m m . O . Esau is dead, but George Pike still lives in solitude on his farm near Hill Top. Although the incidents of tin? story narrated in tho foregoing para graphs occurred 20 years ago, the old bachelor's secret has never escaped his lips. Even al this late day (dd re.-.id< nts of Hill T< :> occasionally ask each '?:!:? v; "f W?IHKT what .caused (..yorgo I'i ku to eel .", pcculiarlike on the dav that llurvov ?rivi eloped?"-St. Loni j li, publie. Ir?iixx 1 INIK OIHciM'N nm) Wino. This is, .strict ly speaking, ?in till >w ane. pf after dinner wine, rai li? 1 Hu' viorey to buy it. whereby those oliieers who cannot otherwise a lion 1 it may be enabled to drink ibo queen's health, lt appears that the "First Gentleman lu Europe" was dining ?me evening w illi some regiment and af ter dinner noticed that ?tune of the officers did not drink tho king's health. In reply to Iiis in quiry lie was informell that nu dir loyal ty was meant thereby, but that these officers could not afford to drink wine every night. Tho regent thereupon in stituted tho wine allowance which bears his name to this day. In most regiments the sum thus re ceived is paid into tho general mess fund. In tho marines, however, each dining member can either drink one glass of wine every night or else tran be credited therefor in his mess bill. A cu rious anachronism arose during tho Crimean war in ?connection with this custom. In those days tho allowance, however much it might be, was divided among the dining members al tho mt ss. and. owing to the absence on active service of the larg, majority ol' oniccrs, of tho few that remained behind each received mich a large sha reef th . nil av ance in cash that h" was virtually being paid tv fixed sur' per iii: hi t i dine tit mess.-Chambers' Journal. 'l"\?- I'o-.vt'V Ul' .'ul: ..illili Lord Seaforth, wk.? was born deaf ind ?iamb, was <>iie day to cline ?villi L ?rd Melville. .Tu-i.b. fore the c unpnny arri veil Lady Mel vi lile su; into tho drawing room a lady ?.!' i.- r ance who could talk with her linger. that she might icc. ive Lord Seaforth. Presently Lord Gnilforth entered tie room, and thc lady, talcing him !.>:. Lord Seaforth, began to j iv her lingers nimbly. Lord Gnilforth did the sa nur. They had been carrying on tho conver sation in this manlier for ten minutes or more when Lady Melville joined them. lier friend .said. "Well, 1 have been talking away to this dumb man." "Dumb!" exclaimed L ?rd Guilforth "Bless ute, ? thought yon were dumb!" A Cuniiiicrclnl Tln^c. A little Joy street hoy was taken to church for the first timo a few Sundays ago. He had been repeat) ?y cautioned to sit still and keep quiet. I ns obedience was most commendable, and when it came time to pass the cont.i tuition box he was intrusted with the fuinily dona tion. Instead of silent./ placing the money where it belonged hu held it be fore the eyes of the officiating collector that he might plainly see it. "That's good, my little fellow," came the response with a view to pass ing the incident over without embar rassment. " 'Course it's good, but I'm payin for all three. Is they any change corn in?"-Detroit Free Press. EnKlnnil's KIIK'IKII. Here is an example of the quaint mis use of words, the confusion of pronouns being, not many years ago. whatever may bo tho case now, quite 001111110' among tho country people of Ham; shire, "If her won't go along o' wo, na won't go along o' she."-London Chronicle. A Wntlieinntlcnl Name. A good story is told of the Rev. Otti wellWood, u-celebrated English preach er. Mr. Wood had to appear as a wit ness in a north country assize courtaud was asked and gave his name in duo course. "What If" asked the judge peevishly, being rather deaf. Mr. Wood repeated his answer. "Can't hear you. Spell it ont, " snapped tho judge. "O, double T, I, double U, E, doublo L, double U, double O, D." The judgo threw down his pen in despair. This is even a more remarkable namo than that of tho late Admiral W. W. Wodd, which tho cadets at tho Annapo lis Naval academy, when he was an in structor in mathematics there, always wrote "W cube, O square, D."-Buf falo Commercial. Scientifically Correct. "And when I pruiwsed to her she turned all the colors of the rainbow at once." "How can you make such a ridicu lous assertion?" "All the colors at once, if you havo not forgotten your high school lessons, yon ought to know make white."-In dianapolis Journal. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. - The older a man gets the more he wonders how boys come to know so much. AN AFRICAN TERliull. THE TSETSE FLY'S 6iTc IS SURE I DEATH TO ANIMALS. Science linn Tried lu Vain ti? i-'lntl n Itemed}' Vor Int' Stliiu of the Veno- . linois Little Inwect-Itu l'olnon Ila? j Nu Mdfi'i I'lion Mau. A pest that fatally afflicts animals, ? but not man, anil has thus far buen confined to central and southern Africa, j is tho subject of a report to tho Royal 1 society, in England, by a committee ap pointed to investigate tho matter. Thu disease in question is the result of a bite by a tly scarcely larger than tho common house fly, and though its prog ross is somewhat slower than that of the poison from snake bite the effect is equally deadly to ox. horse or dog. A sting like that of a mosquito leads to symptoms resembling those of a cold, and the animal grows steadily worse until it dies, perhaps a week or ten days after the tiny wound was inflicted. The importance of a malady of this sort was so apparent that the l?oyal so ciety appointed tl committee to study its nature and to ascertain, if \ ossible. whether any cure i-ould be lon ml. A good deal of interesting information is presented'iii the report. .... as yet. ?ii p'pito of soute original and te rough ex p?riment-', IM r?h?f!?-.\ lias h'j h fo?r.al ?, i {be dis.-as-, ! . . . : cd ii recotnmi nu al ; . ?. v : liront in>'p . ... !.. . . ; lill - . ng ani ..!'. i:il" .ill ill:' o <i >f. ' -'; ''' * -A: i .? is-, i ai to. and i: iiiiniiiui? .-lies ii . '. .11 1 uia:. !iliii?:diy lih doubj - .-. . 1 : q!uifi,Myj a.re.?sui''}? -di >.,:.-. y - aa ia r ial poison into.theveins of tlnii'vieiiniA. Tiie ini schief making agi ut i".; both iii st alices.: appears bi i-.-:: liyingin anisiu, a n lien ibo, eba rae ti ri -1 ie jin t hiO>iie?as:' ...?' m:.!.nial fever and in th?? ot her of the st ra iige ?iud fatal tsetse disease. The existence of the latter parasite was dis covered by Surgeon ??la.ior Bruce seyi ral years ago, after a careful ul tidy of tho set urge. The fly is MI abundant and perniciously active in some regions thal they eaniiot he inhabit <1 by horses and cattle, lt i?; a ?lirions fact, though, thai man appears to bc entirely unaffected by it-; bite. The great advances made within tho last few years in bacteriology naturally s?ggesti <i to th? Royal soon ty ?ny? -ai gatbrs a line pf experiment from which, nt the outset: it was n-a-'iiai'i0 i..?:; pei * much. The first step wairfo??btaiu spe?imens pf the microbe', the ni \i wa -? lo loo!: into bis habits anti relut j ? >.? :-hip--. aitd till* "third was t :-'i: v.'-.. eoii- ' be do?l',: ill the way of prod ti iii-' au . i:ii?-.ii:i frota bis poistai. Tho adi r ?? wai'?i d w. i e ia:."? n fruin ibo blood of a g *?i. . bad b 1 n if.'t e. -d with ibo (li rn- . ei? i: ; wa; l'Unie from A fri--a. ('abures '.'.'ove' tlt?n m..de ill the a .::.) iminitoiv Yui?ouV; anim::;- wi re inn: ulai?' d with * in ji?trnr silos lind aUOthpts were made lo pr.: duce a serum, sr.i'h r ? is . btaine ii.;' >hake oiie. liiphthi ria and ? tn nus. tba w i:ld protect uniiuals that had i!,|i bern ali:.elad ?iud ? '. if lose) which had. ibu. iii" sy.stein which works s; admirably v?*ith a'fi w of Hiebest known bacterial maladii s : J: .t >. v-m tu bo efiieaeious with that which results from tue bib-of Hi.- tsets;- fly. Several variations of thosland methods wero Uried without success, J fi om diseased animals was injected, fur instance. So were preparations containing tho para sites of kindred maladies. Dieting was: also resorted to. bur yielded no pallia tive effects. The inquiry of the committee was carried on in such a comprehensive manner as to include a comparison with the tsetse infection of somewhat similar phenomena noticed among rats in India and elsewhere. Koch is said to have at tributed a plague prevalent among In dian rats to tho tsetse parasite. Thc Royal society committee does not con sider tho point ontablished, but tho identity of tho African maludy with one observed in Algeria is moro prob able. One part of the investigation conduct ed by the committee related to tho kinds' of animals that aro subject to tho post under discussion. To obtain informa tion on this point, taits, dogs, rabbits, mice, rats, guinea pigs and oven hedge hogs wore inoculated. They proved sus ceptible to tho disease. At first it waa suspected that the guinea pig was im mune, but while it responds more slow ly than some other animals to the poison it succumbs event nally. No recovery oc curred after tin.- parasites had once got into the creature's blood. Not only does tie; horse die in consequence of a tsetse fly bite, but a hybrid of tho zebra and ass does too. No hopo of finding a sub stituto for the milder animal that would bo proof against the disease was afford ed by this test. Here, however, aro two or three comforting facts, although they have little practical bearing on the problem presented, lt seems proved that the disease cannot bo communicat ed by eating the fi.-idi of an animal which has died from it unless sumo lesion exists in the month or food pas sages. In other words, tin' poison must bo injected into the blood. Tho virus rather quickly erases to be infective. Blood drawn from a living diseased ani mal loses this in three or four days at most, but material taken from a dead animal seems to he powerless after about 2-1 boors. ? The failure of the committee to find any cure for tho tsetse disease will bo a source of great disappointment to all who aro interested in south central Africa and its industries.-New York Tribune. On? ISluMliod. A lawyer recently went to batho und encountered a huge shark. Their eyes met for an instant, when tho shark blushed and swam away. -Loudon An swers. Fer La Grippe. Thomas Whitfield '& Co., 240 Wa bash-av., corner Jaeksou-st., oue of Chicago's oldest and most prominent druggists, recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe, as it not only gives a prompt and complete re lief, bat also counteract-- any tendency of la grippe to result in pneumonia. For sale by HiU-Orr Drug Co. - Diogenes lived in a tub, but you have never heard that there was any water in it. JOHN HITTSON'S ROUND UP. Hid In-.:, lui. of New Moh'O With OD Army of TeMtll t ow boy*. "Our spanish American territory, Kow Mexico, underwent many in vasions from tho timo tho Tolteca and Aztecs camped in her valleys on their long inarch southward tc til? valley of Mexico up to tho un furling of tho United States flag in Sante Fo by General Phil Koarney in 1840," said the niau from Colo ratio in un up town hotel last night. "But I doubt if any other conquer ing heat) ever created quito the sen sat ion among her people that Cat tlemau John Hittcon did with bin anny of Texan cowboys when, in tho early seventies, ho marched across her eastern border and begun to round np tho cattle. It was a pri vateering expedition, and tin? louder boro letters of marque, issued by th*' governor ol' Texas, empowering him tv) confiscate nial appropriate any rattle he should lind beyond the western limit ol' the slate hearing th.* hrunds ol' Texan ow m is. "There had boen preparing for ?nany yours a foundation .md pre text. 1 >" 3d;d snell a rai l in the i ' ..t.i ti.id.' that ivvt i'm Ne\V - . . id i .. t .> . !-.: ?ian . . ? ; .. i A t . . ; :.' : , . >.*oey : ..-xi.-... Tin? tr.nl.' vj'.* ve.uutiu;'. L i iii*.Ui^li vi.e agency i a : v.'ii ii es! and l?ale bit? ?Otis, kjiu.y|i as <'OM:.livi.. !.>:.... Hut tile ila often foti in I ihoir way to ibo i ; ion ol y i???i . ranking high i'? \ ? .it'n, re-.j-.. .(?;:, i. ii ty and olinda! i luium. This tr- iii,, i.ad -radually become a settled jnisjn?ss, ami it amounted to on. ring to (ho Indium a ] ivmitiin for raiding on tho inliab itants of Texas. It en I urged theil lit dd ol' pernicious activity, for, where formerly they killed enttk only as they no,-dod them for food, now that they could trade them il New Mexico for articles they covet ed. tho Comanches look to rounding ni? ? 1 !. ? Texas herds and driving thom across the border. As thest forays were often accompanied bj Iheijtte.idiinI horrors ol' sax a ;owar fe -, ol' Wi tildi ! ! 111 i'd, V W . li- ? 110 loaSj '.!:..''' ">..:l - i:: ?uniHy : i ott fool ; .-i!, ?ii" I.> make l?aanse?vcs whole ia Cairel' . u- raid on Un l ....;!<. v.-h j i j .( :, : v . . i by tho Co ??niitdu .' incurs* .m.-'. ".' >'. r J i :.?- ;.:>, a jviitgli .'tntl road;, <.:! ' Jiandy xvii'ii bis pisto anil j f? ?inli i i ; i?f Ipad?r '?h\?K \vtl.V i'la ia.il :;!?ti'i ti fi COI M !...:". t jo expedition. Tia? in.Mi en li ?.. .i J. .- ii'.- raid xvi ro typical Tex au ct.iv,' wibi li av "'wen, win li v: i in I ho saddle, and would rath < :. : ny lime light than ?-at. Kaol niau carried two revolvers and i Spencer carbine, which ho wa prompt to uso lor cause shown, ant otlen without canso. With bis bant ol' -wu men of this quality Hittsoi entered New Mexico without an nouuceiuent, and distributing hi forces so a.. to sweep si wide strip o country, proceeded to gather in til the t ai t ie bearing Texas branda driving them before him as ho ad vauced. There was no force tba could be gathered in time to resin liim, and, in fact, of those who ha? profited by tho traffic with the In diane there were many New Mexi cans who thought tho raid justified or at least wero not disposed to op pose it. For this reason there wu little resistance as he swept th country clear of TexaB cattle be tween the-Pecos and the Red rivei and swung hack across the Texa border with the biggest herd o stock ever gathered on the Ne\ Mexican plains. In rounding up th Tex:is cattle undoubtedly a. grea many wero included belonging leg itimately to New Mexican owuen for John Hittson was not a man t waive points when on tho cattl trail with a band of tinned follower at bis back. In Texas the cattlo wer redistributed to tho original owner on terms highly profitable to Ilit? ison and. his men. "This technically lawless raid le to the breaking up of the horde trade with tho Comanches, although tho Indians were not fully represse for some years after. What partiel larly dampened tho ardor of thes men who had dealt in Comauch booty was tho issuance by the gov ernor of Texas of requisitions fe certain Now Mexicans who wer known to have profited largely b; the trafile. Dy common report i cost one man in Santa Fe $10,000 t persuade the governor of New Mes ico to refuse to honor tho Texas gm ernor's requisition in his case. J was cheaper for him tb pay, for i was well known that if ever he ha been taken across the border wit! the state of feeling prevailing anion the Texans, he would not have live to come to trial. "John Hittson afterward move to Colorado, where ho built a lin housn on his ranch nt Box Elder, o the lino of tho Kansas Pacific road He was accidentally killed a fei years ago by being thrown from hi buggy in Donver. ' '-Now York Sur An Honest Medicine for La Grippe. George \V. Waitt, of South Gard uer, Me., says: "I have had the won cough, cold, chills and grip and ha\ taken lots of trash of no account bi profit to the vendor. Chamberlain Cough Remedy is thc only thing thi has done any good whatever. I ha\ used one 50-cent bottle and thc chill cold and grip have all left me. I coi grat?late the manufacturers of a honest medicino." Forsale b> Hil Orr Drug Co. - Fine feathers do not make fix birds for a pot pie. MEET DEATH FEARLESSLY. Entombed MIIUTH I'HKN the Time In l*ln> luu ttiimt>ii, ? mining Bt??ry would bo considered incomplete without a harrowing de scription of the hero's sufferings during an underground catastrophe. People ex peet it, and never doubt that tho sensa tions of tin' imprisoned miner are ac curately pictured. But those who have had experience in rescuing colliers from living tombs know that tho men do not always act in the sentimental manner attributed to them. On the contrary, not a few of them face their horrible death smilingly, refusing to give way to vain regrets and tears. When a great mass of coal fell in a northern pit. completely blocking up I the side passages, Ut) men and boys were ; trapped in a remote part of the work ings. To dig these unfortunate fellows out a relief party worked madly, but the coal was hard, and at the close of the first day the tearful women at thu pit brow were still waiting for news. Another day passed without good tid ings and it was not until the third morning that a taint humming sound I lill, '.? il through the frowning blockade | nf coal "They're alive. " shrieked ono of lite party. Vnnd singing hymns to i sh.'W their faith!'' Atti r t!: .?'I Worked with r doubled i energy, straining th? ir . ara meanwhile . to o.tt.ih < liant in ; ol' the ender- j ; gr -v. i Choir. Ss si u h. .-ante . vident, ' i l?hv.V?vii that <!. ? were un? U li--ard i lb- ;'? :. re .. .. . and then . . bl.p i. pari i. n iv. way. r< \ . alie . i ii . pa . a ip I ' ?a, .a d : liners i:t th-- v. ry a. t ot' pkt j in- . a '.atm . d er j to the < o!!h i s h. an. . . ? !. l?o. lads! Wo i didn't Npi'el in see ye?'?'.' late.dv -1 . ne ? m' ilu'i?. s toop i mc in replace tin-lamp i. of eoal which serv? d as th.- .Muele." I "Ah, reeb a y.-'U stop b,v a game i wi? us afore wo go back': And the half famished moil and boys actually insist-: ed on finishing the gam. before they Would allow I heinsolves tobe talon to the -liait. After a very similar accident in an- ' other colliery ibo relief party did not. get through t!ie roal in time to be of service, and live sturdy miners wi re , foliad dead behind the cruel barri.-r. j That they hail died coolly and fearless- I ly. though, was beyond question, for on j Ile - damp Hour wore .-eon s ?.f lit t !.. mar- j bios made from compressed coal dust, and two nf the men were lying al full ? length with, their lists se re wed up ready ! . to fillip. Their wan faeei smiled ev. ii ? ; in death, ainl this touching proof of I j their unfailing optimism brnnght tears ! j lo the e\VS;of every on w?in entered I ti-.e pw. * ; j tails .!' coal ; nd ilopds ar.- terrible ; ? catastrophes, bpi I hp average . oilier 1 j feat's' au explosioii ... lire da i ?? ni- si of j ali. One occurred not s.? very Inpgjngn ! in:, lil!!" Vii i'.i ; ' pb. :.::.] I fi'good nan ??.nd I rue were shui off from tlie cage >.;. lolls Mp. li l. of ri '. i';.:. auaioU'i ! critWd the ? i.' ::. '. \: .)' d eel il j ! h . foul ieei bi :. :. ;? 1 from Ibo I i'Uiiing at:d the?) began tindr \vnrl; <.' rescue, with Iii 1 b- I- !- . . !' ? a> ing iii dr unites fri im t he ? ! fa . ? ag i ai? vi of t !?o .ire damp. Pro': ? ... rapid, hnw'cy :'. and before 1 ng ther< ':.. ' pay'\ g.a in o the nai ri>w pa.- ? Hero they saw a sight vvhirli fairly mad" them gasp, for lo ci di ion w re on th" llpor. .-..ii!.'.! th a: dead and others sitting ap and uneoneernedly singing con; i.:- mg.". A little farther mi was a football, improvised from the colliers'shirts and caps and bearing un mistakable signs of recent and rough use. "We thiiwt as long as we'd got to dee we'd dee kickin, " explained om- of the survivors, "so wo rigged up ii foot ball an punched it abart in f dark. George theer fell dahli dead as he wor scorin a goal, but we went on pinyin to pass time on, an then t' gas cleared off a bit." Only four of that bravo bevy of min ers came out of tho pit alive, but they assurod their questioners that tho others bad laughed and sung in tho very faco of death.-Cassell's Saturday Journal. - A woman mourns her mother-in law deeply when black is becoming to lier. - Conceit frequently produces a placid expression which passes for goodness. - Thc most profound problem of our lives is why other people don't like us. - Tho man who keeps his mouth shut seldom acquires the reputation of a liar. Every ? Month r there are thousands of wo 0 men who nearly suffer death {from irregular menses. Some times the " period " comes too often - sometimes not often 8 enough-sometimes the flow is f A too scant, and again it is too A \ profuse. Each symptom shows \ r that Nature needs help, and 9 P that there is trouble in the or- f A gan s concerned. Be careful \ when in any of the above con T ditions. Don't take any and ? every nostrum advertised to ? cure female troubles. I BRADFIELD'S ? FEMALE REGULATOR ? is the one safe and sure A medicine for irregular or pain \ ful menstruation. It cures all W the ailments that are caused by irregularity, such as leucor rhcea, falling of th? womb, nervousness ; pains in the head, back, breasts, shoulders, sides. hips and limbs. By regulating the menses so that they occur every twenty-eighth day, all those aches disappear together. Just before your time comes, get a bottle and see how much good it will do you. Druggists sell it at $i. Send for our free book. "Perfect Health for Women." THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATI.ARTA, OA. /^OLOR and flavor of fruity j. j size, quality and op* pcarance of vegetables, weight and plumpness of grain, are all produced by Potash. Potash 9 properly combined with Phos phoric Acid and Nitrogen, and liberally applied, will improve every soil and increase yield and quality of any crop. Write aixl m t Free our pamphlets, which tell how to buy ami use fertilizers with greatest ci imotuy and profit. QEKHAN KALI WORKS, o.t Nassau St., New York? THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Cor STY or AsOKKSON COURT Ol' COMMON PI.r.AS. ts'. M W. I.Ii .ui.l U.c. W. I.i>, patin?is m trade al IIttli rion, S i'.,'umi?r Hie lorin nani ol' W< 'lil ... Well, ri.iiiuiil'.. ?U:IIIT.<0 I' M M11ri1liy.11 Trn.u. e for tl.?'* eii.l.li.I*-F M Miin.hy Sr .!. e -ii-e !. I.e. ins Ni MD rt In . < '. li??i eliv, Iren . ' 'al? ?.. ?.liv. ? ! i I. M . i.-Mi'-. Min lil: v, M .-. ?ri.. I?. leml.iii'. M ir I. .i M ir r?ll ?. ....:.! '.'.. . ii( Hefen i?i;t1 r\ '. ': . ; '.v. ... T i . - ..! !(?.;. e'llMt.* i ..i i . '. I .". . : i. .-* iii, ., . 1. t. V.. Murphy, i I.'. . . . .: ?. . it -i. f.i'r.i er ly M ni i'll y. ! > -i .. .-. ? . ;?<..!.. .Miir|.!iy;e'l;ir. Iii e" Ali:-; hy eel : .. . '.1 .: .. .. teiulltS .V. ' I 1... ... >, ? ,? |. . . . \f,:i li ! iirii liereiiy i.i.iei?KHi.-.l :> :i.| ., . ? .1 . .. r . ;\< . i lie Coll' i'l.ii ill i i| ; Ul 11 .1. I. . ;r .>'ll teil .< . ?V !*? llet'.'Wit ll M'l V. >i Ilp ili ?.Ml,..ll.I ? .? Ve ?eft j .if your Answer to th? : .i .1 1 . .-i-i', o II :1I- i-'uloeiilieis ut their'(?.Iii':*, Atlloi.II: Koli ...>.nilli Ciiroliiiit. willilli I v,enly days ;'.eir iii-- i.?r v it i* lie roof, i*\t:lii.-iv.' ol' Hie .l.iy >.> -.eu -.. .!.!.. : mei ii' ..nu tit 11 t.t uriMver the < ompl.titit within iii.- lii'iii* aforesaid, lin* l'?aiiitiil't in ililli ... : II ? lil apply lo I ho Cou ri for l lie rt'li el" il? i.i ii. 1. lin: i..-1 'nm|ilai ti I Ital. .! A ii.le i Min, s. C , .latin a ry ll. I SW. Hi IN ll A M .?.'WATKINS, I'laintitlV A11 ur II ey, ?SKA?. I H.; C. WA Iatys, C. C. e e. l'.i I h.? .0. i. ut I'. iVii.l.uil. Cl.iroi;, ,. Murphy : You w i * 1 I liku not ire Ililli I le* t MU phi in I in I ll ii m I lol together with a enpy ol' t h.* Sum III ons, wai Illili m i lu* otlie?. ol Hi.- dork ol' Hie Court of i ? mi m. i it l'iea I >r Ander.Miu County on .lauuary lilli, If'.''.1, iiii.l a eopv ..i same is herewith s er veil on you i .OMI AM .V WATKINS, .'.in li.i-.'.i. l'laintiil-,'Attorneys. To Hie lt,tai l !. leod.u.t*., Claude Murphy, Cl?r eme M II r eli y a mi l.ntl ii Murphy . You mu? ..eli ol yuu are hereby liol i lied Hint nilli"*t within t'A. ;.ly .lays aller ttervlca ol' this Summons am! Contpl.ilni on von, you procure the appointment ot Cti.iidiiius mi lilein e. represent y... i in i his ie i n.M. th,. piai mi's will pi nen re such appoint IIK IIIS t.. Le ir.nl le IttiNll M i. WA i KINS, l'Iainiills* AttyH. .lan I l.tv.f.i -.-.i it TAKE NOTICE. 'ipUli Coparte*/r.**|:iji e.\i.*.titu* between fl I*. !.. Allen nu.i .1. .t. I'ruiti, un.1er I' ?i iii milne <?'.' .' ..l iv h < II .!..Iv ni both tiurl.r ; l.r to* roui n ii *. Pruitt, h.i-t i ?iv I lilt titi] eotl iuti r. .i. P lt. ovil i irita I', i:. .1,1.1'N. ?'. ?I Pit (j i Pr. Dissolution of Copartnership. .L ii: Kit.: I*1 lt li. KM'A N A- PACK i V. os ti |t?S ll Voil :.|l ? lift .10 JI il .1 .til Ult r*.. I'er.-ioiiM owini; iii* r'iroi will p louse, ti.aku ioiiiiotliitto payment lo mu or in j" itutbori/.eil .ment only. AllehtiiOMagainst tlc Kirtn will bu reiulereii ti> moatC?roen . ille, s. C. W ll Kit lili MAN. .."??li s. I ss ill $ Saved ZSy Sm?y'm Ufm." % I *+ 5 I LAMAR & RANKIN DRUG CO.? | ^ I can not recommend Pitts* Car- ? ? minativa too strongly. I must say, jj 9 I owe my baby's life to it. ? X I earnestly ask all mothers woo *~ ? have sickly or delicate children Jut S 9 to try one bottle and ses what thc m ? result will be. Respectfully, ? Mas. LIZZIE MURRAY, ? X JohnsonStation, Ga. > 1 Pitta' QarmtnutSv* % % tm mmld *Xr mit tymt**** f f PRIDE, aa Omwra. Z II ??>.tMMtiliif eo YEAs?f -^^ff*^^^^^^^^^^, EXP Eft I ET? CE '^Bg^^^^P^^ TRADE MARKS rfVwlT COPYRIGHTS ?Srr Anynno neniHtiK n ttketoli nr;0 <!e.-.i.riji?tiii in?v qulekly iiaeortnln mir opinion irtt* wrhctiiur uii in v.ni nm lu proli.'ilily pate ulallie. Comiuunloa. Hons nt rielly ooiitldent lui. Minni lu mk un I'nteiita neut freo, oiliest iiireney for Hectirim,' (intents. Clients taken tbrmurh Munn & Co. receive fpiriol notice, without clinrao. lu tho Scientific ?mericiiii. A handRomely Illustrated weekly. T.nrcrcMt eir eiilntiou of miy ncicntltlc Journal. Turn?, a venr; four nnintliu, fl. Sold by all newsdentorx. MUNN & Co.36,Broadw^ New York Uruncti Ofllco. ?25 F Ht., Wnahluuton. I?. C. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY AUGUSTA ASU ASHKVIl.l.K SHOK 1" LINE Jn effect January S, 189U AilgUSU.. 9 10 ami 1 40 pu. Ar Creen wood.t ll 50 am'. A r A liiliTHfin.I 10 pin Ar Laurena. 1 20 pm 6 5fl am Ar Greenville. :t no pm io 15 am Ar Glenn rpriii|;.s. 4 05 pin j.-. Ar Spartauhtiri?.i S to pm :i ou atu Ar Saluda.'. 5 Sil pm I. Ar Henderson vii le. 0 O.'t pm . A r Asheville.| 7 00 pull. I.v Asheville. S Js ami. LT Spartan buri;.: ll 45 am 4 10 pm LT Glenn Snringa.i 10 00 am . LT Greenville. 12 Ot am| 4 00 psi LT Laurens. 1 37 pm 7 .10 pm LT Anderson.| 7 00 am LT Greenwood. 2 37 pmi. Ar Augusta. 5 10 pin lt 10 au Lv Cnl h ou n Falls. 4 44 pm. Ar Raleigh. 2 1? am . Ar Norfolk. 7 3d am . Ar Petersburg.. 6 00 am . Ar Richmond. H ir, um . LT Augusta. Ar Allendale... Ar Fairfax. Ar Y em ass oe... Ar Beaufort.... Ar Port Royal. Ar Savannah... Ar Charleston. LT Charleston. LT Havannah... LT Port Boyal.. LT Beaufort. LT Yemassoe... LT Fairfax. LT Allendale... Ar Augunta. 9 45 um 10 50 am 11 05 ara 1 40 pm 1 55 pm 8 OS pm 1 CO pm 2 00 pm 3 15 pm 4 20 pin 5 20 pm 5 35 pm 6 15 pm ti 30 pm 618 am 5 GO s.m ti 45 am ti 56 am 7 51 am 8 GS am 0 10 am ll 00pm Clon connection at Calhoun Falls for Athens Atlanta and all points on 8. A. L. Cloao connection at Augusta for Charleston Savannah and all points. Cl oso connections at Greenwood for all point? on 8. A. L., and C. ?2 G. Railway, and at Spartauburg with Southern Ballway. For any Information rel silva to tickets, ra too , schedule, eta., address W. J. CRAIG, Gan.Pass. Agent, August a,Qa*. E. M. Worth, Sol. Agent. T. Iff. Bmnrana .Tr?flin SfanaM*.