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i* s ? WOMAN CRUSOE ?? She Was Cast Upon a Desert < ,| lslar>? and Lived There 4 For Four Years.. I On tho 26th day of October, A. D 1871, the trading schooner Litth King sailed out of theport of Sin gap-ore, bound for the Kinderoon is lands, to tho north, and only one o] her crew was ever again met with For Uve years before the schoonei had belonged to and been command ed by Captain Ezra Williams, ai American from San Francisco. Hi traded between Singapore and Su matra, Java, Borneo and the smallei islands of the Java sea, and in May 1874, died at Singapore of fever He had then been married for three years to an English woman, whose maiden name was Danforth, whe had been a domestic in ar? English family in Singapore. She hacT ac companied him in all his voyages 2nri had secured much -experience and information. As she could nol readily dispose of the schooner, she determined to continue in the busi ness, acting as her own supercargo. Mrs. Williams secured an Eng lishman named Parker as captain, another named Hope as mate, and with throe Malays before the mast and a Chinese cook and with about $7,000 in specie in the cabin she sailed away on her first voyage, and it was four years later before she was again heard of. The purpose of this narrative is to chronicle" her adventures in thc interim as I had them from her own lips. While it was a bit queer to start on a voyage with a woman virtually in command of the craft, Mrs. Williams had nothing to fear from lier crew. The officers were good navigators, and the men were will ing, and all were anxious for a profitable voyage. She hau no com plaints to make until the islands had been reached. The group lies between the Malay peninsula and the island of Borneo, about 100 miles off the coast of the former and from 250 to 300 miles from Borneo. There are 19 islands in the group, covering a length of 120 miles br- about 40 broad. There are only seven or eight which are inhabited, and at the time of which I write the people were a lawless set and a share of them out and out pirates. Tho products were dried fish, sea shells, cocoanuts, dyestuffs, various herbs and roots for medicinal pur poses and several sorts of spices. The schooner had been there once before and made a profitable trip of it. She had clothing, powder, shoes, axes and a great variety of notions, and where none of these was wan' id she paid cash. On this trip the schooner worked to the northward and made her stop at the island of Quewang, being tho third one from thc northernmost is land of the group. She met with a cordial reception and at once began bartering for and receiving cargo. She was anchored in a sheltered bay within 500 feet of the beach and had been there five days before anything occurred to arouse Mrs. Williams' ' suspicions that all was not right. She then observed that the entire crew were drinking deep ly of a native liquor which the na tives were supplying in a liberal manner and that some of the fel lows were becoming impudently fa miliar. When the captain was spoken to, he laughed st her idea of trouble and promised better things, but the drinking continued.- On the after noon of the seventh day several wo men came off in the canoes. One of them who could ?peak English pret ty fairly was presented with some ornaments by Mrs. Williams, and in return she hinted to her that it was the intention of the natives to cap ture and loot thc schooner that night. They had discovered that there was a large sum of money on board, and they had found the crew an easy one to handle. The native woman hadn't time or opportunity to say much, but no? sooner had the crowd of natives lett the schooner at dusk, as was their custom, than Mrs. Williams set out to sound the alarm. Imagine her feelings when she discovered that every single man on board, from captain to cook, was 60 much under the influence of liq uor as to be unable to comprehend her words. She doused them with sea water and pounded them with belaying pins, but all to no purpose. The entire lot were stupidly drunk, just as the natives had planned for. It was a perilous situation for the woman, to be placed in. If the na itives captured the schooner, they toroid murder every one of the crew ns a natural sequence, and the first step toward capturing her had ?already been taken? The step eho [took snowed sound judgment. The schooner's yaw) was down; having |becn in almost hourly UEC. The na tive village was about 40 rods back from the beach, and as the schooner swung to the ebb tide she presented her broadside to the village. When the yawl was pulled around to the port side, she was out of sifrhL Mrs. Wiiiiams> first act was toaster the mast, her next to supply tho craft with provisions and water. There were an unusual number of lights burning in the village, showing that something was on foot, but ?ho had j?o fear of an attack until a later nour. Thc natives would wait until certain that all the people were helpless. IMrs. Williams had determined t( slip away from thc doomed craft ir the yawl, -^though she had no expo rionce in thc management of a smal boat. After water and provisioni ? ehe brought up all her money * which was in boxes she could han i die. Not a penny of it was left be \ hind. There were a rifle, ra vol ve: ? and double barreled shotgun be longing to her husband. These sht * took, together with powder, sho 3 and fixed ammunition. Then sht gathered lip all her bedding ant * clothing, took three or four spar? c blankets, two suits of clothes be * longing to the officers, and whei : these were in the boat she took note Sans, dishes and cutlery and bun led up a lot of carpenter's tools, se * cured two axes, a lot of email rope ' several pieces of canvas and, ii : brief, loaded the yawl with whatev ? cr waa portable and handy, inrlud ' ing tho clock, compass, quadrant * sextant and a lamp and four gal * lons of oil. She worked for upwax * of two hours getting these thing 1 into the bunt, and the last article taken aboard were meat, flou: 1 beana. ioj\ ?nd other provisions fro* ' the lazaretto. It was about 10 o'clock when Mn 1 Williams took her seat in the yav and cast off from the schooner, an the tido at once drifted her out c the bay to .the north. The onl thing of consequence she had fo: gotten was a chart of the Java se which she could have put her har on at a minute's notice, and it wi the want of this which made her Crusoe for several years. 1 As the yawl went to sea after i \ own fashion, Mrs. williams lost tl points of the compass at once. L deed, had she kept them in mind would have been of no benefit ju then, as she had not studied tl chart and could not have told whic way to steer to reach another groi or the mainland. She heard not] ii?g whatever from the natives, bi several years later it was ascertaL1 ed that they did not board tl schooner until midnight. The me all of whom were still drunk ai asleep, were stripped and toss? overboard to drown, and then tl absence of the woman and her mo: ey was discovered. Five or six n tive craft were at once sent in pu suit, while the people who remain* looted the schooner of everything value to them and then towed h out to deep water and scuttled h to hide thc evidences of their erinn After drifting three or four mil out to sea the yawl got a lig breeze, and after a few trials tl woman learned how to manage tl sail and lay a course. She had i idea which way she was heading, b ran off before the breeze and ke going all night and until midaftc noon the next day. She must ha passed the island of TJpnong in t early morning, but BO far to t westward that she could not see The wind, hauling at midforenoc altered her course by several poin and the northernmost island of t group, numed Poillo, was th i brought in line. The island is sev mi'c-3 long by three in width at : widest part and well wooded a: watered. The woman landed on the et side at the mouth of a creek whi forms a snug little harbor. S was convinced that this was one j the islands of the Kinderoon groi j but she did not know that it YV j the most northerly one. By cc suiting the compass she got the ci dinal points; but, not having sti j ied the chart, sho could no* say what direction any other land li She had seen the sails of two tn era that morning, but as they w< native craft she had every wish avoid them. The boats which w< sent in pursuit of her must he taken another course, as she s nothing of them. When Mrs. Williams landed the island, she had no idea of st< ping there for more than a day two or until she could decide some plan. She had scarcely gc ashore when a gale came up whi lasted about 30 hours, during whi the yawl was so damaged that e must undergo repairs. She unloi cd her goods on the shore, covei them from the weather and then out to explore the island, pretty YT satisfied that it vos inhabited a hoping, if it was, that ber moi might secure assistance. Bef< night she was satisfied that sho Y all alone, and she made a shelter < of the blankets and slept tho nit away as peacefully as if in her cal on the schooner. Next day she changed her apparel for a mon's s and began the erection of a hut. a grove about 200 feet from i beach sho erected a shelter 10 by feet which withstood thc storms almost four years. While the si< consisted of canvas and poles, 1 roof was thatched with a long gr which sho found on the island abundance. It took the woman about a w< to construct her hut and move ] stores into it, and this had scare been dono when her boat, owing carelessness on her part, was carr c4? by the sea, and she now reali that she was a prisoner until si time as the crew of urae trad vessel might land and discover I After her hon?? waa completed i made a moro thorough explor?t of her island homo. There w parrots and other birds, snakes o harmless variety, Borneo rats an drove of about 300 Java pigs, wh ?to ?bout the size cf the Amerii Seccnry, but aro wild-instead ercc The woman had clothing to 1 her five or six years., but tho un ?ions sue liad brought ?rora "rfu schooner would not supply hei needs morn than a few months While hoping and expecting to bt taken off almost any day, sho wisch prepared for a long stay. Sho had fish hook? and lines in her outfit, and with fish from the sea, meal from the woods and bananas and wild fruits from the groves she had a variety and a-plenty. Six months after she landed a native craft put in about a mile from her hut; but, creeping through the woods, she caw that all were Malays and so savage in appearance that she did not dare make herself known. Sev en months later a second craft sent men ashore to fill two water casks, but she was also afraid of these, She lived very quietly from thal time until nearly two years aftei her landing, having remarkably good health all the time, but natu rally lonely and cast down at times. One afternoon as she was in thc forest, about half a mile from home; having her shotgun with her, a Bor neo bailor suddenly confronted her He was entirely alone, and whether he had been marooned or cast awi.) she never learned. AP she was dress ed in a man's suit he naturally toot her for a man, but his first move ment was a hostile one. He ad vanced upon the woman with a dui in his hand and uttering shouts ol menace, and to save her own life she was compelled to shoot him. Now and then, all through hei stay, trading vessels were sighted ir the offing, and sometimes a crail known to be manned by English men, but signals made to the latte! by means of smoke were never heed ed. Her main hope was that the loss of the schooner would in some way reach her friends at Singapore and that a searching party might be sent out to her rescue. One day, when she had been on the island four years lacking about 50 days, the British survey ship Sa hib, thru engaged in resurveying the group, dropped anchor off the mouth of the creek and sent a party ashore to explore the interior. 1 had the honor not only to head this party, but to be the first man to 6ee and to speak to Mrs. Williams, We found her in excellent health, although tanned and roughened by exposure to the weather. When she had donned her own proper apparel and had time to tidy up, no one could find fault with her appear ance. After a few days we sailed for Singapore, where Mrs. Williams was safely, landed, and a few weeks later a man-of-war was dispatched to the island where the schooner had been seized. Natives were found who gave all the particulars, and the re sult was that eight men were brought aboard, tried, convicted and swung up at the yardarm, while three more were shot while trying to escape from the island. Wordy Coleridge. Coleridge's verbosity is illustrated by himself in a letter among the Blackwood correspondence. While in the - company of bis friend and faithful host, Dr. Gilman, he bad a fainting fit. His first words on re covering from it were: "What a mystery we arel What a problem is presented in the strange contrast between the imperishability of our thoughts and the perishable, fuga cious nature of our consciousness 1" Then he heard his friend say, liThank heaven, it is not apoplexy!" Conceive a man's pouring out this stream of words-and such long ones-on recovering from a fit ! On the Bench. "Your friends call you 'judge,' do they not?" asked the lawyer, frown ing heavily at the witness. ''Yes, sir," the witness replied. "No particular reason for calling you that, is there?" "Well, eir, you may not believe it, but before I came to this 6tate I held an honorable and responsible position on the bench for 18 years." "Where?" "In a 8hoemaker,8 shop, sir."-* Exchange. Derivation of Hurrah. One familiar Englieh word of ours - hurrah - says Sarah Orne Jewett in ber work on the Normans, is said I?, date from Rolf's reign. "Rou," the Frenchmen called our Rolf, and there was a law that if a mon '.ras in danger himself or caught his enemy doing any damage ho could raise the cry of "Ha Roul" and so invoke justice in Duke Rolf's name. At the sound of the cry ev erybody was bound on the instanti j to givo chase to tho offender, and, : whoever railed tc respond to the cry of "Ha Roui" must pay a heavy fine to Rolf himself. Thus began: the old English fashioi. of "hue and, cry," as well as our custom of shout mg "Hurrah 1" when we are pleased' and excited; - In Saodaoga pond, near Jack sonville, Vt., is a floating island two feet io thiokness and nearly a mile ia length. The wind shifts it from one part of the poad to another. It is a prolific cranberry farm. - Soo? visited unusual places the j *?st winter. Ii icu <n Mexico ?-Lc first time io fifty years andi iQ Mad rid, where it bsd not been heen for eight yean. In Jerusalem snow fell to the depth of twelve inches: - "The rainer of a cabbage head." remarked Bigg*, "does more for human ity than all the theorists in tho world." "If your a?*ertion is true," rejoined his friend D'nrgs, "your mother oaght to be awarded-n-nicdn!:'' LABOR OF LUNATICS. Useful Work Performed by Inmates < Insane Asylums. To find a land where lunatics ar successful artisans, tillers of th soil and builders of railways on needs to travel no farther than t Willard, in Seneca county, N. "i In tho Willard Stato Hospital Fe tho Insano the inmates make thci own clothing and shoes, manufa< turo brooms and tinware and pei form much of the ordinary labor c the institution. They work th farm of 1,200 acres which is COE nected with the institution and ruis all the food necessary for thc hui: dreds of patients there, besides pul ting up enough canned fruit to sup ply all thc other stato insane asj iums. But tho greatest work pei formed by the patients at Willar was tho building of thc railroa which connects it with tho Lehig Valley road, six miles distani Nearly all of the actual work in th building of this railway was done b tho lunatics and done well. Thi _irtoa of giving to the iiniia?es o? til institution steady work, and a much of it as possible outdoors, ha had a beneficial effect upon them. In the Pennsylvania Hospital Fe the Insane the inmates do som creditable work in modeling in cla^ producing pottery and busts of rea ly good workmanship and artisti design. In Qrcat Britain and som other European countries a systei of reasonable work for tho inmate of insane asylums has been intn duced with excellent results. The first institution for the trea mont of insanity as a disease was ei tablished in this country tliroug the efforts of Benjamin Franklin i 1751. England had no such inst tution until 41 years later, an France followed 43 years late Great changes have been made i the treatment of the insane in th last 50 years. Half a century ago 4 per cent of the patients were undc physical restraint. Now it is sai that there arc only about 1 per ceri so restrained.-New York Press: Cast Indian Superstitions. Hare's b!ood useful for young ir fant. When young ono attacks with ague, the blood and som mother's milk mixed together an given to drink to the infant th sickness will go. Black monkey is useful for magic The monkey will be killed on Sui day. Drink a little blood, take ol the skin and make to cap. Th magic could not touch that man. Peacock's leg useful for deaf mai It may be boiled with oil, and whei any person could not hear the spurn the oil will be dropped a little int the ear, and man will be cured. Owl useful for a woman. Thi will be killed on Monday. Take ou both eyes. The left will be burnei and the right as well. Keep th dust of the right, throw some of th dust on a woman's garments, am she will love you, and when yoi want to be clear of her throw flus of left eye, and she will leave of by pronouncing some magic words -Oriental Sporting Magazine. The Turk and His Beard. The Turks esteem the beard a the most noble ornament of tb male sex and consider ?'t more inf a mons for any one to have his bean cut off than to be publicly whipped pilloried or branded with a reaho iron. Almost any orthodox Turi would prefer being put to deatl rather than have his V:ard remo vee from his face. In that country t( pull or irreverently handle the beare is an insult which can only bi avenged by taking tho life of th( person who is rash enough to com mit such a crime or for the Turk tc lose his own in making the attempt to call the offender to account Turkish wives kiss their husbands beards and children their father^ as often as they como for the cus tomary salute. Hands In Repose. Ono of thr most common signs oi want of good breeding is a sort ol uncomfortable consciousness of thc hands, an obvious ignorance of what to do with them and a painful awk wardness in their adjustment. Thc hands of a gentleman seem perfect I ly at homo without being occupied, j They arc habituated to elegant re ! pose, or if they spontaneously "move i it is attractively. Some of Queen Elizabeth's court iers made playing with thc sword j hilt an accomplishment, and thc ; most efficient weapon of the Spanish coquette is her fan. Pure Water Comparatively few \ -sou3 have ever seen absolutely pure water. Even rainwater, which is the near est common approximation to it, is far from reaching the absolute standard, and, though it is good for washing, not many persons would care to drink it. Spring water io popularly supposed to be pure, but it always contains more or less of earthy or saline substances. Indeed , the value of most springs is due to j this fact. ! - A ou rion n plant ia the "life tree" sf Oatn?ioa. I? continues to grow for years after it has been dug up and its roots exposed to the snn. Leaves severed from the limbs will remain ?creen for weeks. The tree can only be destroyed by fire. - An air of abstraction isn't breezy enough to fan a spark of genius into a flame. - After a mao is buried in his lit tle lot he has no kick coming. Uli i VT ii mjJTj.ll . Did They ? There ie nothiug much moro distress ing than an unfinished story. A oum bfci of people in a London drawing room were conversing about capital punishment when a young lady re marked : "How atraoge it must seem tobe oen te need to death!" "Not so very, very strange. I assure you. I was myself once condemned to death in Africa," said a returned African explorer. "Indeed!" ezolaimed the lady. "And were you-did they" "Did they what?" "Why, did they exeoute you, you know?" - o -? Got the Job. The young man stood before the great steel mag?ate. A moment. ?-ter the latter looked up. He stared at the rough clothing, the muddied sh'jeB and thc unkept hair of the youth. "Well?" he said. The youth retained his presence of mind. He wanted a job because ho needed it. "Sir," he said, "I have came" Ho got no further. A smile irradia ted the magnate's face." "That's all right," he said; "the job is yours. 1 was afraid at first that you might bo one of those worth" less oollogo graduates." And when the youth, the valedic torian of his class and the pride of the university, again faoed his mirrow ho winked expressively at his own reflec tion. Willie's Perplexity. Wheu Willie oame home last night he was more convinced of the useless ness of schools than he ever was be fore. Asked the nature of his latest trouble, he explained that "postpone" had been one nf the words in the spell ing lesson of the day. The teacher had directed the pupils to write a sen tence in which the special word should appear. Along with others Willie announced that he didn't know the meaning of thc word, and so could not use it in a sentence. The teaoher explained that it meant "delay" or "put off," .and encouraged tho youngsters to try. Willie's thoughts were of pleasanter things than school, and his mado-to order sentence was, "Boys postpone their olothes when they go in swim ming." And He Returned. One of those gilded youths who "don't care to dance, old chappie; too muon of a beastly boro," was recent ly taken down in a manner whioh hugely delighted the hearers. Airing himself in a Loudon ball room he was pressed by his host to take part io the worship of Terpsichore, but for a long time resisted. Atlast, moved by the statement that his proposed partner was exceptionally pretty and an heir ess withal, he relented. "Well, twot her out, deah boy," he drawled. He was promptly led up to the ex pected fair one, but unfortunately she had overheard his remark. The intro duction took place and the maiden, raising her pinceoez, surveyed him with a critical air for some score of seconds. Then, with a shrug and a perfect imitation of tho youth's lisp ing drawl', she said': "No, thanks, deah boy, twot him back again." "I Know a Thing or Two." "My dear boy," said a father to bis only son, "you are iu bad company. The lads with whom you associate in dulge in bad habits. They drink, swear, play cards, and visit theaters. They aro not safe company for you. I beg you to quit their society*." "You needn't be afraid of me, father," replied the boy, laughing. "I* guess I know a thing or two. I know how far to go, and when to stop." The lad left his father's house, twirling his cane io his fingers and laughing at thc old man's notions. A few years later, and that lad, grown to manhood, stood at the bar of a court, before a jury who had just brought in a verdict for a crime in wbioh he had be*n concerned. Before he was sentenced he addressed tho court and said among other things: "My downward ooursc began in dis obedience to my parents. I thought I knew as much of the world as my father did, and I spurned his advice; but as soon as I turned my bask on my home temptations came upon me like a drove of hyenas, and hurried me to ruin." Mark that confession, you boys who aro beginning to be wiser than your parents! Mark it, and learn that dis obedience is the first step on the road to ruin! - The United States Department of Agriculture has imported several young filbert trees from Greece. The nuts from those trees aro remarkable for ?heir size and thoir fine flavor, and I evory effort ? to bo made to encour age their growth in the country. - Saya a Texas editor: "It ia CUB tomary for contributor* lo write 01 joe side of the paper only but son? of oura would everlastingly oblive u if they didn't write on either side." If a Woman\ wants to put out a firs she doesn't 4 heap on oil and wood. She throws J on water, knowing that water quenches S fire. 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For oonverlence of our customers we will Issue Coupon Books sold for cash, t hese books can be kept at home and payment made for bundles when deliver ed with tba coupons. You can get these books at Laundry office, or from tho driver. Tbls change goes into effect 1st of -T?E? 1901. ' We desire to tbank all of our customers for the patronage they have kindly favor ed us with In the past and hope WA h?ve '.nerited t?r.s sa cue, and nope io still be entrusted with your valued orders after our change goes into effect for casu only, which will always receive our prompt attention. Very respectfully, ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20. ??2CU Leave orders at D. C. Brown & Bro's. Store. PARIAN PAINTS Unequaled Covering I Unequaled Spreading ! Durable ! Handsomest Faints On the market : Endorsed by the highest au thorities. FOR SALE BY F. B. CRAYTON & CO., DRUGGISTS, ANDERSON, - - S. C. April 17,1901 43 Sm Winthrop College Scholarshlo and Entrance Examinations. THE examinations for the award of vacant Scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of now students . will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 12tb, at 0 a. m. Applicants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July I2tb they will be awarded to those making the highest avcrsge nv this ex amination. The cost ol attendance, Inoludtng board, furnished room, heat, light and washing, ls $9.00 per month. For further Information aud a catalogue address PRES. D. B. JOHNSON, Rook Hill, S. C._ VIGOR OF MEN Easily, Quickly, Permanently Restored, TTTlVTTVrDn DB. JE IN O'H ARR A'S (Par JaliMJUliU in) GREAT FRENCH TOHIC AND V1TALIZER1* sold with written guarantee to cure Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, Fallinn Memory, Fita, Dlulness, Hysteria, Stope all Draina on the Herroua Sjratem Caused by Bad Habita or Excessive ti BO of Tobacco, Opium, Liquor?, er .'Living the Paco that Kills." It warda off Insan ity. Consumption and Death. It clears the Blood aud Brain, Builds up the Shattered Noivea, tte stores tho Fire of Youth, and Brings the Pink Glow to Pale Cheeki, and Makes You Young and StroDg ogaln. BOC.. 13 Boxes $5. By Mall to any address. EVANS PHARMACY, Sole Agents. S. G. BRUCE, DENTIST. IN BROYLES BUILDING, over Nich olson's Store, below the Bank of An derson. I have 25 yean experience in my pro fession, and will be pleased to work for j j any who want Plates made, Filliugdone, I and I make a specialty of Extracting > I Toeth without pain and with no after pain. Jan 23,1001_ai_ BEAL ESTATE AGENCY. THE undersigned have formed a Real H?tate Agency under the name of Trlbble & Edwards, for the purpose of negotiating salfs or purchases of Real Estate, both in the City and County, and also attending to the renting and collect ing of rents of Buch property Several desirable Houses and Lots for sale now. M. P. TRI B BLE, H. H. EDWARDS. Jan 23, 1901 Jl _ AUGUSTA, GA. BUSINESS, Shorthand, Typewriting and Academic departments Lite rary Society, Leoture Courses, Boarding Hall. Positions secured for ?very grad uate for this year wishing a position._ Womanly Beauty ! Sparkling Eyes and Bright Faces ! Are the Fruit? of Souna Noires. TTTvrrtT'Dn THE GREAT FRENCH Ul IM Ul LU NERVE TONIC AND VI T A LI 2EU l ures Nervous Exhaustion, Hysteria, Dlstlness, Headache, Backache and Female Vfeak nt?-. so common attending the Monthly ? *riods. n.T'DT Cf Pacing through the trying change UJ.ivJjO fron, Girlhood to Womanho d will find in it a wonderful reliof and benvflt It Qui eta and Strengthens the Nerves. Cleanses tba Blood Clears the Bndn and Tones up the triol? System. M ?RES A WOMAN LOOK YOUNO and FEEL YOUNO. Price We. 12 Boxes|5. Seat by mail to any ad dr es? Hold by EVANS PUARWiCY, Sole Agento. Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands against the Estate or John W Daniels, deceas ed, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make pnyment. J. N. BROWN, F.x'r. MayJ?, 1901 49 S_ . Notice to Creditors. ALL person? having demands against the Estate of Jobn A. Jaokaon, deceas ed, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to -.?he undersigned, within the lime prescribed by law, and those indebted to make ea?moot. TI IOS. C. JAt'KSON, Adm'r. May 29, 1901 S