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leheaded For feed. Awful Crime cf an Unnatural Sen of Wealthy Merchant of France, . Tfc'ho Murdered His Father, PMher and Grandmother and ; . . Later Was Executed In the Public Square. "The most vivid impression of my younger days Is a deeply tragic one, and it will live in my brain the very last hour. I see the picture now?a great throug of people crowding and surging back and forth like the waves on a storm swept beach around a ghastly skeleton in wood set in the center of a plaza or public square; strong lines of soldiers hedge the wood en thing in, keeping the mob from it and peering between the blue and scarlet uniforms 1 see men struggling on the platform, part of the strange structure; one of the men is finally forced to a tablelike arrangement, his neck fitting in a groove between two uprights; then there Is the quick flash of a knife in the morning sunlight a gasp from the crowd and a short man in a Mong black coat is holding up a bleeding head for the inspection of the citizens." Melton Chadwick, a petty officer of the big Leyland liner, the Irishman, was talking to the writer and some friends on a quiet evening uot long ago on the vessel's stern deck, and Chad wick as he made his dramatic starter leaned on the taffrail and gazed at the moonlit river as though taking inspira tion from the rolling, swirling flood. "Want me to tell you the story?" and the Englishman moved from the rail and seated himself on a canvas stool. "Well, it all happened long ago. but I remember every detail of it as though it had occurred yesterday. It was my first execution, the decapitation of the murderer Laparde, and the execution Itself and the bloody deeds leading up to it makes one of the darkest pages of French criminal history. "I was in Agen. France, with my uncle, who bought silks for a London house, and at the time of which I am being of any great importance just tueu, but when my uncle asked to be shown to his room the landlord said something to him in French. The words 'M. d'Orleans, 1'executioner,' were used, but not uutil we reached our room did my uncle tell me that the little man who had left the hotel was Louis Antoine'Stanislaus Deibler. the executioner of Orleans, called M. d'Or leans from the district where he offi ciated, just as he was iu later years called M. de Paris. Deibler bad come in on the night train to preside at the Laparde execution in the moruing aud wanted rooms at the Brown Mouse, but the landlord refused to entertain him because of his sanguinary office. "I had very little sleep that night and when I did catch a few cat naps my slumbers were troubled by dreams of red headsmen hacking off victims' heads with hatchets aud knives. But in the morning I was keen enough for the tragedy that was to be enacted that day iu the square and hurried through my breakfast and begged my uncle to hurry, too, fearing to miss the awful scene. "We got to the square at 8 o'clock and found the place jammed with men, women and children. The windows of all the houses overlooking the square were also frames for dozeus of the morbidly inclined, and it seemed that all Agen was out to see Laparde die. "The bell in the little turret over the prison began to toll, and soon the iron doors yawned, and forth from the dark depths of the fortress-like building came a slow moving, solemn proces sion. First came a squad of gen-' darmes, then several jailers, and fol lowing them the trembling prisoner, his young face deathly pale, his hair, closely cropped, so as not to Interfere AT HIS SIDE WALKED THE PRIEST, WHO HELD A CRUCIFIX CONSTANTLY BEFORE THE PRISONER'S GLARING EYES. ? now speaklug I wns only fifteen years, old. I remember distinctly we reached the thriving city on the evening of May IS?the year was 1879?and stop ped at the Brown House, which was considered the best hotel in town and the one mcst affected by Englishmen. "The town was all excitement, and everybody was talking about the exe-' cutiou that was to take place on the morrow. Laparde?I thiuk his first name was Anatole, but I'm not sure of .this?a youth of nineteen, was to be guillotined for the murder of his father, mother and grandmother, and the neck cutting was to take place In the public square in front of the pris on, several blocks from the hotel. My uncle understood French thoroughly, and he told me of the matter, an?' i was more than pleased when he said that he was going to the square In the morning to witness the legal butchery arid offered to take me along. "I-n the little restaurant where we took .our supper there was a very obliging waiter who told us the story of the Lapardes. The Lapardes were .well to do bourgeois and were highly (thought of in the community. The 'father kept a wine store on one of the principal streets and lived with his Wife, his mother and his son on the floors above his place of business. "When we went back Into the main room of the Brown Mouse after hear ing the waiter's story we saw the pro prietor of the hotel talking rather ear nestly to a small man who wore a long black coat and a tall hat "The proprietor was moving his hands with the palms extended, as 1 thought, deprecatingly, and his be.id every moment or so exprsssed the neg ative sign. At last the little man turn ed, picked up a carpetsack which was on the floor at his feet aud. with a shrug of his shoulders, walked out i:\lo \ the street and disappeared in the night. ] "The incident didn't impress us as with the knife, and beads or perspira tion standiug on his brow. At his side walked the priest, who held a crucifix constantly before the prisoner's wildly glaring eyes and murmured prayers In Latiu. The rest of the procession was made up of gendarmes. When the pro cession was close to the scaffold the same little man we had seen the night before in the hotel detached himself from a group of officials at a corner of the square within the military line and. walking to the guillotine, quickly ascended the platform and awaited his victim. Deibler was dressed in som ber black, as we had seen him first A stovepipe hat sat on his head. "Laparde was conducted up the steps of the scaffold, and from where I stood, peering between the gendarmes. I could see that the young man's legs were shaking and that he was trem bling all over as a person with a fit of ague. His legs bent at the knees, and but for the execution .r's hold he would have fallen to the floor. He was dazed through terror. A thick froth dripped from the corners of his mouth. Deibler dragged the culprit across the platform, lifted him as though he were a child and threw him on the table. Laparde struggled feebly, but the ex ecutioner, with his hand inserted at his collar, jerked him forward uutil his neck rested in the groove under the knife. Then, quick as a flash, Deibler released his hold, loosened the spring, and the curved knife, with a peculiar burring noise, descended like a flash. The criminal's head dropped forward, half turned, spouting bluod from a ghastly opening, and sank into the bas ket, while the trunk, squirming and tossing and ejecting blood from tin1 severed neck In two big streams, was thrown by the mechanism of the plat form into a big box of sawdust waiting to receive it at 'ho side of the table That was the end oi it, and I'll never i'orirot that siir'it." SUvmach troubles arc very com mon in the summer time and you should ? not. only bbc very careful aboujtf; what . you eat just now, but more than this, you should be care ful put., to allow your stomach to bcoiue disordered, and when the stomach '.goes wrong take Kodol. Thisv.is :the best known preparation that is offered to the people today lor -dyspepsia or indigestion or any j stomach .trouble. Kodol digests all j foods.:?.?<-It is pleasant to take. It Is sold Jiere by. A. C. Dukes, M. D., A. I p. Doy7e & Co. J There is a Pink Plain Tablet made by Dr. Shoop, that will positively stop any pain, anywhere, in SO minutes. Druggists everywhere sell them as Dr. Shoop's Headache Tablets, bat they stop other pains as easily us Head ache. Dr. Shoops Pink Pain Tablets simply coax blood pressure away from pain centers; that is all. Pain comes from blood pressure: congestion. Stop that pressure with Dr. Shoop's Head ache Tablets and pain is instantly gone. 20 Tablet 25c. Sold by Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. STORY OF BUFFALO BILL. Provided Fine Show For Wee Folk trr a Children's Hospital. Some summers ago a horseback baml of Buffalo Bill's warriors 'passed by the Boston Children's hospital on their way to the show grounds. Those who could see eagerly ran and described the procession to those who could not leave their cots. A little later one wee lad bedridden by spinal trouble was discovered cry lug bitterly on account of the lost treat A kind nurse endeavored to soothe him. Site told him that he might write to Colonel Cody, the great Buf falo Bill himself, and ask him for a real Indian's picture. A simple little letter was.sent tolling how he coGld.not see the Indians when they went by the hospital and how he wished he bad a photograph of one of the band, but the long day passed and brought no answer to the weary, wait ing little fellow. "Colonel Cody must be a very busy man," said the sympathetic nurse for the twentieth time on the second morn ing. "We must wait patiently." But even while she was speaking the ward door opened, and in came a six foot Indian, painted and wrapped in a scarlet blanket, wearing a cap of tall waving feathers and leather tron sers and carrying his bow iu his hand. The little Invalids fairly gasped. Then they shrieked out with delight as. one by one. silent and noiseless, but smiling, six splendid warriors followed the first The strange visitors had evidently received explicit orders, for now they arranged themselves as best they could In the narrow space between the two rows of little beds, laid their blankets and bows on the floor, waved their arras to and fro and proceeded to give a quiet war dance. Then they sang, and then they fought a sham battle, smiling all the while. .When at last they went away, a heartfelt cheer fol lowed them down the broad corridor, and the happy children In the hospital talked about shows and Buffalo Bill for weeks after.?Philadelphia Ledger. An Accommodating Friend. Master Spot?I say, Piggy. I've been asked to look after that muff and bag, but I want to go and get my dinner, so will you keep your eye on them till I come back? Master Piggy?Of course I will?any thing to oblige a friend! They'il make a fine hat and coat for the winter, so ! I'll wear them; then I can't lose sight of them. Pillow Climbing. In the middle of the floor, some dis tance apart, place sofa cushions, lamps, bric-a-brac. etc. From amovr the company choose a smart young man who was never "hoaxed" and ask him to walk over the course be tween these articles, so as to fix in his mind the situation and distances of the various things. He is then blind folded and directed to thread his way among them so as not to touch one. Very gingerly he will take his steps and wind about over the floor, and when triumphant over his success the handkerchief is taken from his eyes he is greatly surprised to see that not an article remains on the floor. All were quickly and quietly removed wnlle he was being blindfolded. It is great fun to see him moving cautiously and tack ing bore and there to avoid impedi ments that do not exist Questions and Answers. If one goat ate two low cut shoes, what would be the telephone number? 1-8-2 Oxford (one ate two Oxford? shoes). How do guns kick without legs? They kick with their breeches. What did Jack Frost say when he proposed to the violet? Wilt thou? And it wilted. Whereabouts of the Tail. Little Dot was drawing a picture with pen and Ink on her paper. It turned out to be a cat without a tail. "Where is the tail?" asked the mother. She looked puzzled for a moment and then replied: "Why, it's in the Ink bottle yet" Marion's Dream. I fought t had two kittykins, All Striped with bluo and red. And when 1 called them In to lunch Each one stood on her head. And then I fought they ran and ran And chased their tails about And climbed up on the mantelshelf And blew the candles out. It's a pity to see people neglect in dications of kidney or bladder trouble that may result in Bright's disease when Foley's Kidney Remedy will correct irregularities and strengthen these organs. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy at the first signs of danger. A. C. Dukes. Lowman Drug Co. Post Cards at Sims' Book Store. DoWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little liver pills, are for sale by A. C. Dukes, M. D., A. C. Doyle & Co. i \ uzzier No. 131.?Square Words. L Where one stays; of the shape oi su egg; a lump?a csttective body; oth erwi.se. 2. The colored circle-which surrounds tin* pupil of fhe eye; that which i=? left; an Island; a movement; of the foot 3. A circle? a sound; a thought; very clone; a frame of timber or iron which opens or closes a passage-.?Chatterbox. Wo. 182.?Diamond. 1. Found in emerald, not in pearl. 2. The Spaninh hero. Rtry Diaz. 3. A pretty name for a pretty girl. 4. A stone more valued than topaz. 5. To die heueatb old ocean's rage. G. A lady of uncertain age. 7. A letter In an old adage: Nc T23.?Double Acrostic. My initials, reading downward, spell the first name of a famous Roman orator, and another row of letters spells .the name by which he is gen erally called Cross words of equal length: L Per taining to- the science of medicine. 2 The quality of being able. 3'. A femi nine name. 4. Blots out or obliterates. 5. To be subjected to. G. Relieves | from difficulty or distress. No. 184.?Riddle. I am welcomed by all. and after my coming?which may be attended by some disagreeable days?many tldngs are noticed which have not been seen for months. I give a vigor to the step, and when I am released I cause great j machinery to whirl. I occupy a promi nent position In the matter of time, and when I cease to be It would seem at first as if time were no more. If It were not for me. there would be few flowers and the farmer would suffer. It Is probable that I shall come to you as long as the world stands, and yet | when I go no man can tell where I have flown. No. 185.?Transposing the Star. Cut the flag with one stroke of the scissors so that the star may be placed In the center of the flag. No. 186.?Composers. Two shoes, a man and the boy's name? Bert Make two composers, If you're expert. A root, u buker and a letter between Make one composer, as you may have seen. A part of your body and the letter L Make one composer, if you guess well. What the boy does in the field of grass And what he learns in the drawing class Make one composer's famous name When you guess the words and Join the same. No. 187.?Enigma. I am composed of ten letters. My 5, 1, 9, 10 is to glide smoothly as water; my 3, G, 7, S is the abbreviation for Helen; my 4, 2 is present for went The whole Is a prominent American. No. 188.?Hidden Axioms. By filling the following blank spaces with the proper vowels, tour common axioms will be made: L -w-ldg-s-n-v-rl-d-t-m-gg. , 2. Th-nk-f-s-b-tw-rk-n. 3. Th-b-tt-rth-d-yth-b-tt-rth-d-d. 4. M-k-th-b-st-f-b-db-rg-n. No Scoop on Ma. "Millie." said the young man as he slipped the engagement ring od her finger, "have you told your mother about this?" "Oh. you innocent!" exclaimed Miss Millie. "Why. Clarence, mamma knew it six months before you did."?Den ver News-Times. Near Music. "Parrots are fouder of music than are the other lower animals." She?And yet my parrot makes n terrible noise when I commence to sing. "Yes, that's the reason."?Yonkers Statesman. A Good Guesser. Short?I guess you couldn't lot me have $10 for a week, could you? Long?Say, you ought to be able to make a fortune at the race track. Short?Why? Long?You arc such a good guesser. I ?Chicago News. Key to the Puzzler. No. 174.?Hidden Towu Puzzle: Ge noa. No. 175. ? Beheadings: Babel-Abel. Oration-ration. Bairn (bearn)-earn. March-arch. Averse-verse. No. 17G.?Charade: L Con. tent; con tent 2. School, house; schoolhouse. No. 177.?Postman's Bag: 1. Grate gate. 2. Acorn-corn. 3. Braiu-bln. 4. Mouth-moth. 5. Harp-hap. G. Swage sag. No. 17S.?Numerical Enigma: Rosa Bonheur; rare, hour, sour, nurse, herb. No. 179.?Diagonal: 1. S. 2. SAy. 3. LaTe. 4. Thousand. 5. Mona Itch. G. CrocoDile. 7. PunctuAL 8. SanctlfY. Diagonal: Saturday. No. ISO.?Suffix Puzzle: 1. Hu-mor, verb-ose, morose. 2. Hu-man, sin-ner, manner. Chronic Constipation Cured One who suffers from chronic con st ipation is in danger of many ser ious ailments. Foloy's Orino Laxative cures chronic constipation as it. aids digestion and stimulates the liver and bowel?, restoring the natural action of those orga::s. Commence taking it today and you will fuel better at once. Foley's Orino Laxative docs not nauseate or gripe and is pleasant Dukes, Lowman Drug Co. Don't crawl around a blessing lest you miss it entirely. HER FEET WERE SOREANDCRACKE Soles Seemed as Though Covered with Knife Cuts?Could Not Bear Weight of Feet Even on Pillow? Was Long Unable to Walk? Many Remedies Failed ?Now Cured. WILL PRAISE CUTICURA AS LONG AS SHE LIVES i "Some four years ago I had the mis fortune to have my feet get sore. The doctors could not tell me what it was. I used everything I could hear or think of but all to no avail. The feet were all cracked across the bottom as if you bad taken a knife and cut them every whichway. They would'peel up, and", oh, my! how they did hurt when I would try to walk ? which I was not able to do for & long time. One day one of our neighbors came to our house' and asked what was the matter; I showed him my feet and he said he had Borne Cuticura Ointment which would heal them up. There was only enough to apply once, but I found it helped me so much that I sent for a set of Cutictrro Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Pills, costing one dollar, and to ray great joy, my feet were cured and have never troubled me since. I shall praise Cuticura as long as I live for the great help it has been. Mrs. Margaret Primmer, Plattin, Mo., June 30 and July 21, 1907." ECZEMAS And Other Itching, Torturing Humors Cured by Cuticura. Warm baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings with Cuticura Oint ment, afford instant relief in the most dis tressing forms of itch ing, burning, scaly, crusted humors, ecze mas, rashes, inflam mations, irritations, and chafings of infancy and childhood, permit rest and sleep and point to a speedy and permanent cure, in the majority of cases, when all other remedies fail. Complete External and Internal "Treatment for Every Humor of Infanta. Children, and Adults consists of Cuticura Soap <25c.) to Cleanse the Skin, Cuticura Ointment (50c.) to Heal the Shin, and Cuticura Resolvent (50c), (or In the form of Chocolate Coated Pills 25c. per vial of CO) to Purify the Blood. Sold throughout the world. Potter Druff & Chem. Corp.. Sole Props., Boston. Mass. Off-Mailed Free, Cutlcum Book on Skin Diseases. STERLING SILVERWARE i Did you know't -;to?"? can place before yo-1 ? i ? "*?.*" 9* dependable goods 'n *?rllnf; Silverware? We do^not toucn ?nything that we are not glad fo Tno-on~ tee?nnd handle ???*!?????? ?>??? the output of the ~ ""lUfflM makers. Now, it ought to c ill a good deal to you > . '? this. You need never h^Sli about the probable quality c* ?'?^thin^ in this line if you one '"e for' it?because we atjO!u< ?1 re sponsibility, a n ^ j/N~*?iveJj', guarantee our Stert:ie "Vtot* ware. There may be sur' i ?{, as. Silverware unceirtiirti^- br* you couldn't get ti er . ?, at. matter how badly yon wnntea them. ? H. Spahr & Son. 40 W. Russell, Street. ORANGEIiURG, S. C. Rheumatism I have found a tried and tested cure for Rheu matism I Not a remedy that will straighten the distorted limbs of chronic cripples, nor tum bony growths back to flesh again. That is Impossible. But I can now surely kill the pains and pangs of this deplorable disease. In Germany?with a Chemist In tho City of Darmstadt?I found the last Ingredient with Which Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy was mado a perfected, dependable prescription. Without that last ingredient, I successfully treated many, many cases of Rheumatism; but now, at last, ltunk formly cures all curable cases of this heretofore much dreaded disease. Those sand-lllce granular wastes, found in Rheumatic Blood, seem to dissolve and pass away under tho action of this romody as freely as docs susar when added to ?uro ?water. And then, when dissolved, these poisonous wastes freely pass from the system, and the cause of Rheumatism is gone forever. There Is now no real need?no actual excuse to suffer longer with out help. We sell, and In confidence recommend Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy DR. J. G. WANNAMAKER. "What would you do, dear, if I were to die?" asked Mrs. Darley, fondly. "I don't know," replied Darley, thoughtfully. "Which is your choice burial or cremation?" The Judge Uses Forcible Language. Judge W. B. Simmons of Fin cas tle, Va., told the reporter that L. & M. Paint was usuea on his residence in 1882, and held its color well for 21 years; he furthermore said that c years ago he was induced to use another paint and is sorry he did, because the other paint, didn't make good. The Judge will now always use L. & M. because he knows if any de fect exists in L. & M. Paint, the house- will be repainted for nothing. The L. &. M. Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lead and makes L. & M. Paint wear like iron for 10 to 15 years. Actual cost of L. & M. about 51.20 per gallon. Donatious of L. &. M. made to churches. Sold by J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co, Orangeburg. Plain Talks on Fertilizers A Talk to Fruit-Growers You use a fertilizer of course, but do you use enough ? The yield per acre, and the profit therefrom increases in far greater proportion than the cost of additional fertilizer. What is an increase in cost of $2.00 to $10.00 per acre for fertilizer when the returns therefrom show an increase of $50.00 to $250.00 per acre? The big Magnolia Fruit Farms at Durant, Miss., tested the well-known Virginia-Car olina Fertilizer in different quantities o n their straw berry crop. Result: when 1,000 lbs. per acre were used the profit was $75.OO more per acre than when 50 0 lbs. per acre were used. This is modern intensive cul ture, the method that is doub ling and trebling the crops of ail kinds of fruit in either good or in poor and worn-out land all over the country?and in good soil, too. The yield will be according to the amount of plant food you give your trees or plants ? you can de pend on it. The better they are fed the greater and more valuable will be your crop. Fertil ize sparingly and you reap sparingly. The fact that over a million tons of Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer were sold last year proves them to be without equal. Every fruit farmer, no matter what method he now uses, should get the Vir ginia - Carolina Company's new Year Book or Almanac. It is free to all who are inher es ted enough to write for it. Address us to ! t he nearest city 1 ? 1 :low. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Richmond. Va. Durham, N. C. Norfolk, Va. Charleston, S. C. Columbia, S. C. Baltimore, Md. Atlanta, Go. Columbus, Ga. "Savannah, Ga. Montgomery, AJaJ Memphis, Tenn.'/ Shreveport, La. j J.C.PIKE,JR.&C0. 21 RUSSELL ST. Next Door . to Geo. Zeigler. Under Muslins Special Sale for a few Days - - - - r Corset Covers, of good cambric, full frunt, trimmed with lace edge, gathered at waist, 25c value at 15C Muslin Gowns, a big bargain, made of soft furnished muslin bishop effect, also deep yokes of cluster tucking, also wide hem stitched tucks, neck and sieves, value .75 and $1.00 at ?)0Q Draws of good muslin, deep ruf fle with hemstitched tucks and wide hemstiched hem, big value at 30c only - 3_5C Bishop Gowns of nainsook, round neck, wide eyelet embroidery and ribbon drawn, also deeding lace 75c Muslin underskirts, wide, pretty and well made, value .75 and $1.00 at 50c J. C. P IKE, JR, & CO. You may at first be puzzled to decide what vehicle to buy when seeing ?> many different makes represented by as many diffrcnt prices and con sider this a hard proposition. You will however be surprised how evisy it is lo make a selection when examining alt the qualities together, as we have them 011 display, and decide that the real "Hard Proposition" lay in selecting makes with more behind them ro be proud of than these viz: "COURTLAXD," "ROCK HILL," "HENDERSON," ,'COLI MBIA," "WHITE HICKORY" and "LION" BUGGIES AND HARNESS in all styles and prices, sold 011 terms to suit everybody. See us before buying and save time and money. SSFLY AND FRITH. THE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE HONEY and TAR Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup, La Grippe, Asthma, Throat iR the and Lung Troubles. Prevents Pneumonia and Consumption yellow package LOWMAN DRUG CO. . ... Dr. A. C. DUKES.