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AN HUMBLE
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,y “fLL DO MY DUTY."
■nr* enough, ns .Javoi* Hicks had
predicted, a olrculif ^nmo Iwarlng the
Information that one Frank Shelton
■waa wanted hy the nutboritiea of an
other county ami that u llbornl reward
would be paid for hi* nnesti The de-
■crlptlon of Shelton a* given In the cir
cular •tied Melvin >'o perfeetly as to
lea re no dotibt <f hi* Itolng the man
that wn» wanted.
Hick* very prltdently decided that
the letiii noise nnule a 1 tout the circular
and the fewer pi'ople who were In
formed of It the better. So. In accord
ance with th!* decision, he took Pap
.Sampnoti. .lui , o»i nolwrt* and Sam Mor
gan Into hia confidence and excluded
all other*. Pap and .la ^ ho knew he
could trout Implicitly, and. while ha
waa not ao anre of Sam. he waa com
pelled to let Mm Into the aecret on ac
count of bla being the townahlp con-
atable. for when It came to making the
a treat Sam would have to take the
l^d-
*Bmt be a bowed the circular to
thoeh thfdFfcen In hu afore ami aaked
their opinion on It After reading It
over carefully they all agreed, with one
accord, that flleke waa right In hie
view and that Shelton and Melvin were
certainly one and the same
•That.” Pap Rampeon aald. with aft
air of clear coartctkm. "la at plain aa
the eara oa a male. Thar ain't a 4had
Her of doubt la my mind on that emre
I'm pestered 'boat le « hat
So aril. That'a the p int I'd
of you to make dear le
replied slowly, “Ijmt I ’low I’d" ruthcr
have aomebody go 'long of me. That
maii'a killed one feller, an I have a no
tion he wouldn’t hang back much to
drap another If be thought the safety]
of bla neck demanded It”
"Waal, you want to keep your eye
peeled an look out that be don't gtt a
chance to drap yon.”
“That’a all right Pop, but you want
to bear In mind that he'll be keepln hta
eyes peeled too. Feller like that, all
the time spectln somethin to happen,
ain’t to be kotched setttn round nap-
ptn. Not much he ain’t.”
"Mebby that’s all so, Sam, bat I
want to tell you that If I could Jest
call back ’bout 20 years I wouldn’t be
afeard to try to take him single hand
ed an alone. You can Jest bet your
hide on that. Lord. I wouldn't hang
back much to take my foot In my hand
an put out right over tbar after him
now.”
“Mebby you wouldn’t. Pap. but for
all that I’d a heap rutber have aome
body 'long of me.’’ ■
“Waal, have somebody, then, Sam.
I reckon Jason can go aa well as «oL''
“1 duuno," Jason replied hastily. “1
reckon I'm goto to have a right smart
to do tomorry."
"I wouldn't be surprised you’d have
a right smart to do, Jasbu. If you go
after that feller. Moce’n likely he'll
manage to keep you ups busy for
awhile."
"I ain't afeard of that feller, an R
ain't that makes me bold hack. I’ap
Sampson. Thar's a heap of things I'd
laid off to do tomorry. an 1 can't fteger
out no way to Hi It ao> I ran git to
“That i
do. Ws
that
They all
hut no ooe spoke
of
as to who! would be
for them to pursue | Jest g
lho pause hod begun to grow | wary
awkward Ja*>a Robert# broke It by
king trrstrrawtly
la tblwk of that feilrr brio
Ala t It awful!”
“W
It wasordered IW.
Mir
"Of course M duee." Juan* rept
it ywa read N
aB wf tt. 1 dlda t I never r
that T
was the fbttrr s aewie Jak
*Tve dime rW-ao f>-rp
'Marrhaud." IIwas reptw-u
putty waitM- ala t 111” Ja
"Rato high stiuadia
•the M might brbmg to aowe of
way Up ktad of people "
* Mam agreed "aa
> a good sort of fetter taw"
"Mowgbt *a* brew” Jaaow replied
"Jtw. hat I bet he was Wotkder
what that fetter hilled him for aaj
hu«r
1 rerhuw lt d be putty
to tea what made him do it Met*
by thay got hsto a ftgbt an )eot hi
^t UU owe hated the other I gwr«a It
that a way at
"An that you beard her tell him she
loved bltnl” >
“Yea. that'a true, loo." Pam admitted
reluctantly. Then tie added more hope
fully. “]rtut she wouldn't let him tec’i
her. Him, ru she told him be must g»
'way au that they mustn't never see
each other no more.”
"But she loves him." 81m cried, ’’su
she told him so! Oh, my l,ord!"
“But she’s true to you. 8laj, for all
of that. I’d sw’ar abo's as true to you
on ever any woman wus Jg her hus
band.” »
“1 b’llcve tlir-t." Win replied, “an I'd
kill any man that dared to sny she
wa'n't. Yes. I,oueesy's true. No truer
woman ever lived. But she loves that
man. She” . .
Sim's voice choked with emotion, and
he could say iio more. Sam eatne to
^.iin and placed bis hnntV-c*n Ills shoul-
tler.
••Slm." he said kindly, "you Just he
patient. I-oneon.v Is not to hlnme, for
people can't hejp their fe»*Iin's. You
Jest wait, an that Melvin wjll soon he
out of the way, nil Louecsy's eyes’ll
he opened to somethin she don't dream
of now. Then she’ll see her mistake,
an she'll turn to you. Just you he pa
tleut, an you’ll see I'm right.”
In uttering these words Sam-Morgan
proved himself more of a prophet than
he knew, and Slm Banks would have
saved himself a world of sufTerlhg If
he had heeded them.
••You mean well. Sam." Slm said,
“but t know my duty. 1 see it nil plain
now, an I’ll do it. tm matter"what the
eost. 1 won't ke«<f you no longer. Sam
Goodby.” ^
“Goodhy. Slm.'*
“I thank you. Sam. for your kind
ness," Kim added. “I s* 1 ** how you've
tried to spare me an ntmvo all how
you've Ij hsl to shield l.om*o#y I won I
never frtrgtt ft.”-
He itiriwnl auil walked away. Sail
•i<hhI still. UmiMiwc after him. and iwe*,
itHly le- i-alb-il tu him. Sou sloppt d ate!
tiir ms I his ImskI wearily arouml. Sun.
said um-asllt:
"For t lod's «ake. Slnl. don't do noth
in rashr*
~1‘|| «b» wiy duty.” Kin* n pibsl.
Ills dnty- wliat did that wn-awf Sam
Mo
I In*
i* (hat
I'll A 1*1 KU XII
too.
tbrai
I tot
Ml
.
I brt hi
tabbed him wHh a
Jewt 'bout what
that or eU» be shot
I fa Oa awful thing
gay #oy yww lx it” ,
“Ain't It. thowgh? Lord i d hate aw
ful to ba done on/ atch a way
“Yew, bat I dunno If I wouldn't hate
-KoatMtmdt* ba the fetter that
mowgbty nigh steered to daatb sll the
time for fear ha'll beketebed oa hung?"
“Coae be Is Then 1 bet he's ba nted
too."
"To ba shore be la. I'va Marn It
aald that when a feller done a murder
he waa't never free from a ba nt no
more. Day an night, day an night
long os be lives, the spirit of the one
he killed Jest bangs round after him
‘ never tayin nothin, never maktu no
complaint, bat Jett a-keepln Its eyes
on him on a look In so sad sn mournful
ifa jest plumb techlu.”
“Lord, ain’t that teribleT Why, I’d
rather be dead than to have a ha'nt al
Ins a-pcsterin round after me that
a-way an know I wa’n’t never gotn to
git sbet of It no more. My land, I’m
awful glad I ain’t never killed nobody,
an yon bet I ain’t never a-goln to kill
nobody nuther.”
Suddenly and unexpectedly Pap
Sampson brought his cane vigorously
down on the floor, causing Sam and
Jason to Jump and putting an end to
their conversation. Pap and Hicks
bad been holding a consultation apart
relative to Melvin and, having reached
on agreement, were now ready to take
the others Into their confidence.
‘Tog uns has said a-plenty ’bout
them dead folka an ha’nta,” Pap re
marked, “seeln’a It ain’t them thlnga
we tins air specially Interested In Jest
now. t So, If yon uns please, we’ll talk
'bout that Mr. Melvin.”
"Wool, If you got your mind mads
B P to anything. Pap Sampson, Jest
■peak It otrt," Jason said.
"I have got my mind made up to
somethin, Jason Roberts—me on Jake
both has—on If you’ll Jest listen you
can hear what ft la.”
"I’m a-llstenln with all my cart."
“Waal, me an Jake has agreed that
the proper thing to do is to street that
feller at once, aa accordln we Agger
that Sam best Jest go over thar to
Tnrner'e tomorry aa take him."
Sam gave an uneasy glance around.
“Yes. bast Jest noil him wgRe ws
Hicks added. “He mought hang
a long time ytt, an be
skin ©at tomorry; no tsllln."
ad ain’t
1 sn ts gw ewer by myntff
roo t do. Js#«.it.1f*W
all know you ain't never so J<>(.j
with woeh as sit that. Yon
»’k*og of Mem now. an don't eay
not her word bowt If Nobody
I but s coward 'w'd n-fuoe to g*
| sll snow you ain't no coward ”
After a little huwintlng and hawing
Jason anally consented to go. and II
! was arveng**! that In- and nan* should
I meet at the store and start from there.
Neither of them was very enthusiastic
over the u*wlrrtshl«g. SWd SS they
| walked home that night they both fell
In their hearts that they would be find
I If that rtirwtar never eowm. How
ever. they were la for it. sad neither
ef them had a thought wf baching eat
Mo the west morning they were astir
ewrir. making preparaitnae top* They
knee Met via madr a prartlew of spend
lag a r**d pert of each day wander
ing about the country. end they neat
ed to get to 1 araer s to fop he left
Hut la Mam s eese there wls sn Mer
ton that censed him a few mbs-
’ dr toy II# was jaet la the an of
mo wet tag hi* bocse te start whew Ml at
Ranks walked ap «
"Beady. Mtmf Mam said
"Hoed* Mam " Ktm retwrwed "TlS
la to go »>mr place'”
"Jewt g"ia owl la the rvuntry a little
Ft we lowmia. slat MT
"Yes Vow In me* h of a harry?”
"Right smart Why? _
"1 Jest o suted to ask you somethin
"Waal I got time to llstew. I guess I *—
tvh*t is nr If
Him bolts tot for au la
ie spoke slowly, his rptra fsttr
and hlo eyes fixed eagerly on the ath-1
sr s fads.
"I bile*e It e a lie “ be l«-gan. "ever' | |
word of It a plumb pint blank lie. but
Mary AU>>n swrars It's so. an sbr my
H lea
i i*d.
i ban
fust thing you know they’ll be sendtn
up here after you. Ix>rd. yoiTl be thar
m-ttiu on to a Jury as big as you please
fore we all kuow It.” ■’
Though Turner felt bla disappoint
ment keenly, be did not allow It to get
the bjCtter of bis curiosity. With g
sigh of resignation be said:
“Waal, trials an tribulations will
tome to us all In tbls life, ao thar ain’t
no use a-grievtn. But If yob ain’t come
over yere to git me to set on to a Jury
t can’t Agger out what you did come
for.” , . * v ,
• We came to sep.Mr. Melvin,” Sam
replted.
All thoughts of the Jury and the lost
glory of "settln on to” It passed from
Turner like a flash. * .
“Lord a-massy,” be cried excitedly,
“have you uns over tbar to Beckett’s
Mill gone an found out somethin ’bout
that feller?”
”1 ain’t said uothln ’bout findlu out
anything, have I?” Sam asked In turn
"No, but you have found out some
thin. You wouldn’t be a-comln out
yere to see him If you hadn’t.”
“Oh. we have a little private busi
ness with him. Is he at home?”
“No, he ain’t. What kind of private
business can you have with that feller,
Sam Morgan, I’d like to know?”
“Nothin much pertlc’lar, I reckon.
Can you tell us whnr tic Is?”
"To be shore. But. my land, 1 can’t _
Agger out no way bow you'd come to
have no baslness with him. Reckon It
ain't nothin ’bout them minerals he
says he’s a-smellln round yere for, Is
It?”
“Not exactly.”
“I ’lowed shore It couldn’t be. ’cause
you all know tbar ain't enough min
eral In all this blame section to make a
breakfast for a rhigger, sn I know
blame well that feller ain’t huntln for
no mineral nobow. You an Jason know
that as well as I do. don’t you. Sam?”
” Tears like be d klitd of be foolln
'way bis time.” Sam replied cautiously.
“But I reckon that’s bis o*s s business,
an long as he's satisfied we ain’t no
room to kick up uo fuss. But you ain’t
told us nothin ’boat whar be Is."
"That's so. I guess I ain't. I meant
to. but It plumb slipped my mind.
Co’ss If that feller wants to fool ’wwy
his time nooln round In the ground It
ain't none of oar bostneoa. not If bo
wears hlo nose plumb smack smooth
off up la Idqqgss al id Iho.saiuo
time a body has a right to think Jest
what be dogguoe pleases, an In this
yere case he’s got to think ooe of two
things”
"What things Is them. Mr Turner?''
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lit Jsuh ii&jrf
TIM*, you II
Mi
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"Owe of them things Is he's got to
hlieve Otaf feller s in la's Me dad bora
foot, which he sls't, aw the other of
tbea* things to he’s got to biters that
fetter M mto'aMo dad bars rascal,
which I h’lteve he la Bat whet pas-
slew me Is whst Is the sallow yww css
want of him."
"Oh. R's wot hi w worth mewttoala."
"Halo t. ah?”
f*rfW"tt!anjr."*
"Tbea it dsa't ssake much difference
whether yew see him or oat. I reckon T*
"WaoL yeff wy'd sartor UXe to see
him. Mat tt Isshs a right smart libs
ws ala't s-gala ba.”
*' W b(mY*
“ Taoae tt tuo4a meughttly Uka ws
I ain't a goto is fiad oat whar ha’s at.”
"Lord a amssy. mao. I com tall you
that. Yro. sir-ee! I com toll yaw that
Jast oa efleh aa a bwttoa.”
"Hot yvs dsa't da tt."
"Moakea aa ratarptUora. ain’t I o-gwia
la tail ioaT
”1 doaaa. I'm shatw. Doo’t
re a goto to, ihough.
puosuma aa p
a nobody la si eh a pat
people bars gut to ha.
Bohody gat t!h*e to da Mdthta aa
seems like. A fetter'll cams a rtdia ap
yere to the fence aa ask a qweatloa
Then If I dwo’t Jest Jump oat an break
my Berk a sBswerta him ha gtts oil
riled ap bb 'lews I ala't aever goto to
tell him noth la. load a tuaasj. I never
the Ilha, an I rectos It’d he patty
hard to tall what the world's a-couun
to anyhow.”
“Lord, 'Urn! nfaft telim hi nothin. He
mought be In a thoushn’ place#-over
thar.”
••Guess that’s so, but I ain’t rnponsl
bio for that, as L <an see.”
“An that’s all you can tell ns?”
“Ever' speck. Say, Sam. reckon you
ain’t flggerln on tradin Melvin outen
bjahossr '
Sam turned about and started off.
“Como on. Jason,” he said. “Thar’s
no use foolln ’way no more time here.”
“Whar you gain?” Jason asked, turn
ing about also.
“Over acrost Coon Rim.”
“Won’t be no use,” Jason grumbled.
“Mought as well hunt for a flea in a 4Q
acre cornfield as to hunt for anybody
over thar.”
Nevertheless they rode on until they
were near Hi Jenkins’ place, and as
they approached the house they saw
old HI sitting on the wood pile, with
his head resting on his hands.
“We’ll Jest ask old III if he’s seed
anything of Melvin round here,” Sam
said.
“No use to do that,” Jason replied.
“Why?”
“Great land, Sam. can’t you see he’s
a-settln thar waitin for his ager to
come on?” *
Without another word they turned
and rode back towftrd Beckett’s M^IL
In the meantime Melvin had been at
the Mill and gone again. It would
have been better for him perhaps, and
better for Slm Banks certainly, If be
bad remained there until Sam and Ja
son returned. I
(TO n* C05TIITUXD.J
LOSSES HAVE BEEN HEAVY
The Fire Inanrance Companies
Hare Made Little Money Late
A dispatch from Washington says:
III n March last the losses by fire iu the
United States amounted to the enor
mous sum of 115,000,000. Ever since
the introduction of electricity into
buildings fire losses have increased in
an extraordinary ratio and insurance
men all over the country have been in
enxioos cons iltation on the subject.
Numerous inquiries as to expert opin
ions have been addressed here, and a
general feeling pervades iaewrunee
circles that somethiag must be done.
Compeuuoe iu fire uodarwriung, ms
m every other bwsioeee. hoe tends*
toward ruinous figures.
Iu the alarming increase in the per
centage of loeaaa, the iaeuranco go
pan lie are facing a eitaaUoa which
may iweaa not only a runailmeat
divide ads, but a wiping out of bw.b sur-
pins-mad capital. Ills said It ba# |
ton point where rates must be lucrvaa-
ed. or some concerted ortbm taken
along tbe inenrunre line to chain the
■ electric monster, which Is belieeed to
he the moia agent of dost ruction.
The city inenronce companies every
where ore now engaged in eottectiag
IeTellable Hnttatlrs of firm of which
I siartrlriiT waa knawa or euppoaad to
ha the cmaae These ore in ha collected
for general taformatlon and as • pre
fer action. Of maty mtlfioa-
CHARLB8 BROADWAY R0US8.
The Blind* Merchant end Million-
Mire of New York City-
People who happen to be on Fifth
avenue. New York, between 7 and 8
O’clock every evening can see an old-
gshloned carriage with two seats driv-
ng rapidly uptown. On the back seat
sits an old gentleman comfortably placed,
well wrapped up with furs and a slouch
hat drawn down over his eyes. Beside
ilm Is a younger mem with an open
newspaper spread upon his knees and
an electric lamp in his hand. His month
s close to his companion’s ear so that
tbe latter can hear distinctly as he reads
the evening papers above the rattle of
the wheels of Ihot^kndi of carriages and
delivery wagons over the rough stone
[lavement. *»etween 6 and 7 o’clock
every morning the same sight may be
witnessed by people who get out so
early.
The old gentleman in the carriage is
Charles Broadway Rouss, a blind man
who has the largest wholesale notion
store in New York city, and that is the
way he gets the news of the busy world
He says he has no time to have the news
papers read to him except while he is
riding between bis home and his store.
In 1805 Mr. Rouss came to New York
from Winchester, Ya , with tl 80 as bis
capital. He is now one of the richest
merchants in that city, and his wealth
is eytimated all the way from 15,000 000
to 120,000.000. Hanging in tbe mortcon-
■picnona place In his store, jast where
every one can read it, is a large framed
card bearing this inscription:
HE WHO BTI/F, OWNS AMD OCO-
PIKS THIS liABVEL OF BKIK,
IBCN AND ORANIT, 18 YKAK8
AOO WALXT THK STKKTS OF
NKW YORK PHMILES AMD $51,000
IN DKT: ONLY TO PROVE THAT
THE CAPITALISTS OK TO-DAT
WERE POOH MEN 20 TEARS AOO.
AMD THAT MART A FKU) PAC
INO POVERTY TO-DAT MAY BE A
.CAPITALIST A qUARTKR OP A
CXNTORT HKNCE IP HE WILL.
PLUCK ADORNED WITH AURIT-
ION BAND BT OUOR BRITE WILL •-
ALWAYS CoM A BO StcES EVEN
WITHOUT THE ALMITY DO LAB
Mr Ronsa always spells phonetically
to save itnse aad labor Another sign,
which discloses the fundament*I rules of
his business. Is seen in every direction,
and rends *
To produce the best results
in fruit, vegetable or grain, th
fertilizer used must contain
enough Potash. For partic
ulars see our pamphlets. We
send them free.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
gj Nassau Si., New York.
# MET CMMH
MAT \ r TER 1.1 AMIN AT'OB
no disluuxt.
which moons thot ho always pays cash
for teorythlng ho boys the day thot the
goods are detteered owd oesth ev give#
oov aoks dloouuau Another psculi
only of Mr R>om U to pey his tm
pioyoo every night. At ihe cloeo of
the hwstooan, m • o’otoeh, winter and
swmsaer—and eveeyhucy M espectedto
work eleven hours s day —the clerks
p snort and others ow the pay roll go to
the re#htor sod roemvs the U dot's wooes
la no envelope on thot wh e# Mr ( Room
doom his more m night he owes m man
a dollar He in nlosys t he firm to nr
nve iu the morning hod to fowod doilv
at hks dsoh heforo • Ho O olwoys th#
$51,000, paid it up dollar for dollar, never
trusted anybody again and never permit
anybody to trust D-e.’’
Mr. Ronss’ pecnliar name Is his trade-
mark, tie was born in Frederick, Md ;
clerked in a country store at Winchester,
Va ; came to New York with an ambition r
to emulate A T. Stewart; got a atock of
goods and opened a small shop in Broad
way, bnt custom* rs were slow in coming
and he painted a big sign. •** Charles
Broadway Roust,” to attract curiosity,
which he believes was tbe foundation of
hit success in life. Overwork coet him
his eyesight, but he continues to msnage
hi* bus'niss and knows everything that
is gbiog on in his great store.
When sake I v hat be considered the
greatest of virtues, Mr Rouss replied
“ Honesty; that covers everything.”
44 And what la the grciteel of vice# *”
ws# asked. ,
“ Idleness; that la the source of all
vice A bo»y mau ba# no time to bo
bod.”
Mr. Rouss to a practical phllaatkro-
ph’st, and has givee aw»y largo sains of
■ mru~r Re always gives s doilof to
ovory body who acts for aid or soada
; him a begging totter -
M You woo'd not want to print that
fact ’ oas suggested
“ Why not v
*” Because it woU’d bring epon yon
mn'iundcs of appiicnL >os f >r money
“ Let them r ->n*e. If * ('Isbonem man
ru be me be will suffer for It, not i ; if I
.trtby man the aid be neode.
f«r fur it oa well a# he J
> people who
• • t*> ■ man
rsloss a wonoy n*
| emit eoffee fur *4 01
woolJ rather givs $10."
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bust
, esrept the wotchmn a. t • loot
ding at Bight, ud although
bttud and has many mil low# cf d
he pot# in twoleo hours o f #oUd ug
dot# iu the week
As<>iher sign that I# aeoo in evt
reetton foe tho tofocmnlton
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■nay
nr go amount.
Name have ansa mad the vm
•tortno ly i# more blumed tho
torvus to bo, but ikio view cum
■or* tboos w hose fiunucinl in te reel *
voived, lather than from oiortt
parte.
A well known eiertneal expert here
mb I u day or two bud that Use groond
we walk oa and ibe air we brentbe
are charted with electricity, much
more bo thon wo dream of, and there
were eoweeqneucce connected with it
of which we werX mainly ignorant.
There mum be m. oeerflow in us com-
mow nod uicroaaing uao lor ao aaonyt
porpoaou. #
But wo mam bo cooocioo# of the
dangers which lurk in tt, and take
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j toey ssm se as o w*et of csg
I ! poeeiog from h**e*e to
wT more, oetit they ar*
I out In A* ; nr nays
* - a - *.s its os* into sc* #«*
!i
ther mags/ ■ are
•pie •* iso cop
Jo-*r o that g
After rending **fb
’<J# || |s> # l#
is r«%4 Iks k<•"sss
t, csffslkllf
of the year
then • i**o k
Ftiood is ao4 st*
lottl rood by bee aa J
a ik«y are toft m a
> tow w. • here
• .ellag library.
The
ikt
- U
se for a year
teta !y Wore
th asagartee
numos owd is
■to of oyee
osi tors owe wotk o
oil h** cwaSuosots in
i vo their pore hsecs.
goods to be Mid f
■"*
■re
Mr Room.
$«eot time for
coootry to re*«
be *1 poets tbe
soon as they r*a*
City rust- mer* are
Be turned bis sedg
owd wow carriee uo bl
•esa, amoeatio g to mas
wito owly two bwfekow
record tho pore
tomors nod erod
whew tt Is received.
"A Mlow wse'fr
mo whoa I first cams to Ne
I trust* I others,’* sold Mr
day *1 flUBMfcsJtl to pi
•sr
Iks
C rasas <
in
SS
Stir -dsst.aati -a
i red to pay cash
g nire a year* ago
• eaormxao bom-
y millioas a > tar.
.pen who simp y
1 of owl of-tow
them with the
taiam*
it r.
(sewed
learn
the entire
of tho I ni
nag* earaers
ra»
pay
agh to trest
ai
./ inetaacs u|
on the laOaetry
It shows that
ctri’kurw
rd Mater
aad poi
la wagea Lee* year
Company aJ -ae liedai
per reel ow #**)>•»>■
stock - ♦» itt-.uuu die
holders of the r •mm
Uoa to the divtdeod#
preferred mock If J*
owas SI per cent of
Hi
UBS
>wed
leompaoy,
of tbe
j $M,IM)
$4’
is be Is sol
i.uuujuiu d
’tee coo lain enter
ho can opproctolo
m ho* Jos* boon
of refining petfw
in tho renew* year
refining lodoetry
smpoyed It^HS
I them H.TlTjff?
tho Mnoderd Oil
sd dmdoodo of $U
MD of two OomWHSO
ided among tho
>o share e la oddi
<»s flOJSSDjMW of
ho 1> H* • befoitor
tso stocb of this
d to do, bis share
videad was $14.
_
"Howdy, Simr’ Sam said.
you’ll say the same. She says you
seen Loueesy meet that Melvin out iu
my timber.”
Slm paused and looked at Sam for a
feply, but the latter stood with his
eyes fixed on the ground and remained
silent This was not a good sign, and
Sim realized It Trembling from head
to foot, he drew a little nearer to Sam
and In a hoarse whisper said:
“Tell me, Sam, is it so?”
Bam looked slowly up and after au
instant’s-pause said heartily :
“Curse Mary Mann!”
“Yes, but tell me," Slm pleaded, “is It
to?”
8am glanced uneasily around. * ■
“Slm,” he said, “I wlsS you wouldn’t
$sk me that”
Biiu n whole form drooped as though
a deadly blight had passed over him.
In heart wrung tones he cried:
“My God, 8am. you’re ktlUn me!
Can’t you tell me that it Is not so?”
Bam slowly shook his head.
*T4 give tbe world. 81m." he replied.
"If I could, but tbar'd be'no ose In tell
In you a lie "♦
“Tbeo oil them word# Mary Mann
■poke an truer
“I $•■*« know ’boat that. I don’t
that
when I git down tbar ‘mougst all them
lawyers an judges au big Tellers, belpln
'bout holdin court” *<
Co'se 1 will, Jonathan, but I'm
’feared It ain’t that”
"Tildy, If It ain’t that what can tt
I’d like for you to tell me?”
'I dunno, Jonathan, but tt do
seem possible no sieb good Tortun’
that can happen to us.”
Sara and Jason rode up to the yard
fence and stopped. Turner, In, a state
of wild excitement hurried out to meet
them.
"Howdy, boys, howdy?” be called.
’Light an tie your critters un come In.
dow you both a-comin on?”
Sorter middlin,” Sam replied. "How’s
you an Auut Tildy a-makln out?”
Ah, peart as two yearlin crickets,
8am. Yes, sir-ee! Jest as spry as a
couple of grasshoppers. Say,,! bet 1
know what fetched, you over yere this
momln, Sam.” •
“You reckon?”
“Lord a-massy, yes.”
“What?”
“Why, you’re Jest gotn to up u take
me, whether^or no, an haul me off
down thar.to the county seat to set on
to a Jury. Ain’t that eo?”
“Not thlfi time, Mr. Turner." —^
Jonathan's face fell Sam’s words
were a cruel dlsappointmefit, a disap
pointment that con be fully appreciate
ed by every ode who boa Been th#
fondest hope of bla life suddenly blot
ted out Bam saw tfio effect of. his re
ply and In an effort to cheer the old
ylt Dado J<
fellers
bo ablo to gtt ow
mm
Vlo'SBL” *
“To be shore yon would. Bom. Lord,
I know that It stnn’s to reason that
when you’ve come aD tbe way over
yere to see him you’d want to know
whar to find him. That's nat'raL”
"An you're a-goln to tell ns. ain't
you?"
“Why, Lord a-massy, 8am, to bo
shore I am. But as I was a-oayln, I
can't make ont what’s ever got Into
folks. Now, thar was that Melvin.
Fast time be come yere be got all la a
sweat an a swlvet ’cause I qpld a word
or two to him 'fore I asked him In tbe
hooxA. Then that was that other yoong
Teller, that Waite. Reckon you uns
ain’t seed nothin of him over thar’bout
‘Beckett’s Mill, have you?”
“I guess not Who Is be?”
iranee men *av,lt would aeom toot
mors perfect insulation should- bo ob
tained. As tt is now, oho may drive a
nail in the wall and break the amoec-
lion without knowing it. -^'ending
largely toward prompt disetftery of
breaks in the connection will be to
have all the wires exposed and in
surance men sav unless some better
method cjm be devised this should be
done.
Conservative estima'es plaice the
number of persons rendered homeless
by the floods in the Ohio^ Valley at
more than 11,000. Tk‘e total property
loss is estimated at (2,745,000
It costs more to load and unload
ships at Loudon than at any other
large port in the world. Ships which
Lord a-massy, I ain’t never goln to I discharge in three days at Liver-
tell you. He was aU in a sweat an a P°oI or New York take fourteen at
swlvet, too, an he wouldn’t tell me t° n dop, owing to lack of facilities,
nothin, ’ceptln that bis name was The heirs ol a man who was recently
Waite an he was down yere lookln murdered in Western Kansas hate
round for mineral. Reckon if I’d ask I offered $500 reward for the capture
•people questions an pry into their busl- and conviction of the murderer, add-
ness I’d find out more ’bout ’em, but I ing the following significant clause to
somehow that’s somethin I can’t do. I tjieir advertisement: 4 ‘ Or we will pay
You know that. Sum, you an Jason, too, I the same amount if he is killed in re-
Jest as well as I do.” I listing capture.”
“Shore ” Sa m replied. "But you know A reporter’s census of a mile of res.-'
whar Melvin l«. sojyou can tell us'bout dence8
on Fifth avenue, Nett, York,
♦ not’ on .loaf fait tho rtthov* rollnv* ernT" I . A . * n m 1 % .«•»<' 7
returns a total of fifteen children un-
"Year ttme'U
Teff ate
thar ala’t gala
that an-Jest let the other feller go.
“Reckon that's ’bout all you uns are
a-keerln for anyhow, ain’t it?”
'Yes, Jest at present”
’’Pears like you must be wantin to
tee Melvin right smart bad.”
“Are you goln to tell whar he’a at?”
“Lord a-massy, ain’t I told you over
an over I was? But to save my neck I
can’t make out what thar can be so
der tbe age of 12, an average of one
child in three houses. On the east side
the investigator found sixty-three
' children in one tenement house.
Officials of the United States Steel
corporation have confirmed the infer
mation circulated that the net earnings
of the big corporation for the month
pressln for you uns to see him about. I 0 ^ March, over and above the interest
Guess mebby, though, you think that I on underlying bonds, amounted to
ain’t a blamed bit of my boolnesa"
“Waal, fivebby that’s so."
‘‘Then why didn't you say so at fust?
Rut you want to know whar Melvin ta
don't your* — "j
“Yes. that’s what we want to know.”
"Waal, In that case. I’ll Jest tell you.
Hfi’fi over acrost Coon Run.’’
“Over acrost Cpou Run?”
"Them the words I spoke."
"Jes. but whar 1 bouts over tharT
"Lord a-massy. I don't know."
"Bat you said you could toll ns whar
fit’s at”
"Waal fiaio't I r
$9,270,000, or at the rate # of $111,240,
000 a year.
The Kansas City Journal remarks:
44 When fi man gets caught in tbe ma
chinery of a revival and is whirled
around a shaft at the rate of a mile a
minute, he never knows where he will
lend when be flies off into spece. The
revival et Fort Scott, which med^oae
hundred and eight Methodists, also
made one Mermen, three Christian
Scientieto, two Calhotice, fire Episco
palians and e large number of Bep-
Preebytei lens end Congrega^
If you hive it,yo« /
know it, You
know $11
^about the
heavy feeling
r in the stomach, the
"formation of gas, the-
nausea, sick headache,
and general weakness of
the whole body.
You can’t have it a week
without your blood
being impure and your
nerves all exhausted.
There’s just one remedy
for you
Avers
saramiia
There’s nothing new
about it. 'Your grand*
parents cook it. *Twas
an old Sarsaparilla before
other sarsaparillas were
known. It made the word
“ Sarsap^nlla ’* famous
over the whole world.
There’s no other safsa-'
pariila like it. In age and
power to cure it’s “The
leader of them all.”
H.N a ksttls. AU
Ayer’» Pills cure constipation.
—Philadelphia has a srgro population
i ittt B t rifH h4w a^yaa
Tl Joi Ibe tUialh iD the post ua )«,!■.
In Ifie Uuiijets »hich ificj inhKblt there
aw few « Site people.
-While some counirice have been
drenched with rein a*.d drowsed out,
Australia has been suffering Iron es-
ceesive dryuess, so much that SO.OOO.UOU
sheep have perished. The drought has
lasted for six years.
—Mark W#Ball, of Newark, gave a
dinner to five of hiA ex playmates ose
day last week. Tiie youngest man at
the table was over 80 and the oldest Vi.
All six Joined the Presbyterian Church
together sixty years ago ; all have bees
prosperous in busintss sod there has
never bees a break in their friendship.
- Canada is about to set us a good ex
ample in dealing with a paper trust.
Investigation has been set on foot, and
if the lact of tbe combination is estab
lished paper will be kept on tbe free list
and tbe ebarters of tbe companies in tbe
trust will be forfeited. It wouldn't take
long foi heroic medicine like that to enre
tbe disease in this country.
(
DEATH
DUST
.KILLS
0*l> BuGS i RQAeHE5.Anr < S
Croton Bug3,
Spidera, fues, Fleas,
AW AU mtCTUFt.
P' Death to losecTi
IO AND MS CENTA,
■~3ALL DEALERS*—*
mOtUKUl TON CNtMKAt CK
•• MlT/MOR£j MO, • ♦ 1
If Deathj Dust is not for sale by your
.ealer, we will upon receipt of 25 cento
paid 1 y ° U th * ar<?e packa,{e ^ mail post^
V .
"After suffering terribly I
Induced to try your Horsaparllla.
tpok three Lotties and now f*e| j
I
like
MONEY TO LOAN
,armlr *'* nd »- Easy payments. No
commissions charged. Borrower pays ac
tual cost of perfecting lojtn. Imerest 7 per
cent, up, according to security.
gf»0. B. PALMER A dON,
Colombia. 8 G
a new man. I would advise all my
fellow creature# *~ try this mrdi. ine
for It has stood the teat of Uao and
Its cursUv# power cannot tie #x.
celled.” MTd. OoodT
Jaa. *. IMS. Brown tows. To.
ttUrdfw 19m Ommtm*.
JicjraK.'sirutts
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