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Her Papw's Name. "Whose little girl is this ?" I said. "1'm papa's girl," the child replied. "And what is )apa's name ?" I asked. To think of it she tried and tried. "My papa's name ? Oli, let me see I "I really do not know,:' she said ; "For when he's ill ma calls him 'Dear,' "But when he's well it's just plain 'Fred.' --Alice Jr. Doug as. Abel5 Prize Song. "Abel, Abel, are you never com ing in to tea! I declare that boy lives at the piano !" " Not always, mother ; you exagge rate a little," replied Abel, smiling brightly as he entered the room, Bout I must practice if I am to be per feet." " You are perfect now, I think," the old lady answered proudly. " You make the piano speak." " What a thing it is to have a good mother to talk well of you, isn't it, George ?" and the speaker, a slender, dark-haired young man, looked play fully across the tea-table at his friend. "She only says what is true In your case, however," replied George. "iul lo I here's the postmian : what has he brought?" The young musician's eyes llashed with suppressed excitement as Mary, the little handmaid, brought in a large ollicial-looking envelope and nanded It to him. Slowly and carefully the envelope was opened, and Abel glanced at it for one moment only-then he said, as if with a sigh of relief " I've got the prize, mother !" "I knew my boy must get it," she cried, proudly, "I told you how it would be, Abel, you need not have worried yourself so mueb." " Ah ! but the music ought to be bet ter, mother; I believe I can do better, too, with harder work," he said, mod estly. Abel was a young musician, and, like nanytanother, he was poor, and was graclually working his way up ward, with but few friends and less fortune. He had competed for a priz 3 offered for the,best setting of a song to music, and he had won it. After tea he went back to his loved piano, and his fingers wandered over the keys and brought for such glad and joylul strains that, as his mother said, " the instrument seemed to be telling his pleassure even better than lie could speak it himself." In a short time he went out with George-for his friend had a long way to walk, and now, having got the prize, Abel felt that lie had earned a little rest from work. ''1 wonder how often in days to come I shall take this walk," said George ; " when you are rich and great, i shall think of you, and ask myself: Does my old friend remember me ? I expect you'll forget me." "Not 1," replied Abel. "If ever I do become 'rich and great,' as you call it, Heaven preserve me from becoming so proud-Ah ! that's the 'White Ha t,' isn't it ? Let's go in have a ' pick-me up.'" "Not for me, thank you," replied George. " Oh ! you still keel) your pledge ?" " Certainly." When Abel returned, George not.d how the btrong drink had hlushed the delicate refined featur-es, and how dif ferent was the appearance of his eyes with what unnattural brightncus they shone-and impulsively he said, as he linked his arm in that, of his friend " Why don't you give up dr-inking, Abel ?" " Why should I ?" asked his compan ion. " Because it's danger-ous." " Pooh ! I'm all right, old man, D~on' talk such stut to me." " But others, then-think how gr-eat ,your influence will be by-and-by, Every body has inhluence, and the more~ distinguished a per-son becomes, thec greater Is his Influence. It is this habit of moderate drinking, that ix everywher-e so rIfe, that makes the dr-unkard. Example is stronger thani pr-ecept." " Oh, well," said A bel, imp~atiently, "I can't help what other-s do. I can't see why 1 should deny myself a plea sure because others abuse it. I am not my br-other's keeper." The moon was rising behind the old chur-ch spire and bigltoning the dusky summer ntght as Abel Meredith, with a'-oung girl, climbed to the to;: of the hi. There they sat on a rustic seat, and while the light breezes o1 the summer night mutrmured among the tr-ees, Abel told his love, and learned, it was welcomed by his fair companion. " Sing me your prize song," she whisper-ed, "1I1lkb it so much, A bel ; I1 am so p)roud of you." And Abel softly and sweetly hummed over his picce of music which had gained him the prize. * * * * * * Seven or eight years after'war-ds, ax man, dressed in that shabby genteel manner which tells that the wear-er has seen " better days," was standing on the pavement of a poor street in London. IHo was in fr-ont of a p)ublic house, and he had taken his stand there, intending to pl .y his cornet, in the hope that it might earn a few pence from the passers-by or listener-s within the house, Hie placed the co net to his lips and played a well-known air-. A lady passing near, glanced rapidly round at the musician, and saying to the gentleman who was with hoer, "1i must give that poor man something," began to open her purse. " Why ?' asked her friend. "IDon't you hear," she cm-lcd, " he Is playing poor Abel's prize song." Clearly the sweet strains rang out above the roar and rumble of the noisy street, until the lady coining near- to the player, the notes tr-embled, and finally ceasedl for a moment, as she gave him a small piece of silver and hurried away. In that brief moment did she recog nize the m'alcian ? He did his best to pt-event hAer from doing so, for he slouched his bat over his eyes and p)uckered up his face as though blow ing har-d at his cor-net, b,ut no~ sound1 came, and in his eyes aippeared an ox prossion of bitter dlespair, and cursing his hard fate he turned Into the gin palace to seek forgetfulness with the money the lady had given him. -To drink and to forget what he might have been, and what he had lost -his mother, who loved him and was so proud of him ; that sweet girl whom he had hoped to make his wIfe, but whom her friends would not allow to marry him because of his bad habits ; his fame as a musician-to drink and forges, all that ho had lost beoause of his drinking habits-this now seemed to be the sole end of his existence ; he lay and it was torture to him, but he ,ould not put aside the drink that had dragged him down. To-vight he felt his degradation more keenly than over, and when others asked him to play for them, and then treated him for play ing, ho drank and drank until hecould drink no more. At last the time came for the house to close, and he staggered along the wet and dismal street. He reeled for a few yards and then losing his balance fell heavily on the pavement, and as he fell his forehead struck against a sharp stone. When he came to himself, he was conscious that a kind, manly face was bending over him-a face that he had known in the old happy time. "George," he mutt3red faintly, " is that you V" " Yes, Abel ; I'm come to take you home. She saw you an hour or two ago, and sent me to find you. Come home with me, old fliend, come home!" " Too late ; too late. I'm going to that long home from whence no one return * * * the mourners go about the streetj." And he continued to murmur texts he had learned at his mother's knee, for his mind was wan dering. " Ob ! it's not so bad as that, Abel. Come, I'il hell) you." "Too late, George; too late. Do you remember that talk we had the night I got the prize, when you urged me to abstain ?" He was roused now, and made a su premne effort to speak. " I (o remember it, Abel.'' "Would to God I had taken vour ad vice, George. But you don't know what a hold the drink had got on me even then, and how much worse it be came as time went on. I have strug gled against it. I have sworn to ab stain a dozen times. But it had en slaved Ie completely. Fame, fortune, love-every good gift of God I have lost because of this cursed drink! 'rhey blaaspheme the Almighty, I say, when they call it one of His good gifts. Why did my mother teach me to sip wine ? Why didn't she make me an abstainer, as yours did, George ? It grows dark-so dark. God be merciful to me-" and as his eyes began to glaze and the dAws of death gathered on his brow, he softly crooned to himself the music of his prize song. And so he passed away into the pres ence of lim who is able to judge righteous jndgment-another victim to the drinking habits of society, and the fond foolishness of a parent, who, unmindful of the danger, taught him to sip wine in his youth. )It, IYDI)E LYNCHED. Continuanco of a Georgia Case Leads to a Iy nchluig--Cautsed by a Law yer's Absence. Dr. W. L. Ryder, the murderer of Miss Sallie Emma Owen, who was arraigned for the second trial for the crime, was lynched by a inob at the " Willis llace," six miles from Waver ly Hall, Georgia, Monday night, Judge Hart, on the evidence that Colonel Worrell, of Columbua, the leading counsel for Ryder, could not be present, due to sickness continued the case until the regular term In September. I)'. Ryder, the prisoner, was to have been returned to Muscogee jail on the 8:20 p. m. traiu and was taken to Waverly Hall, the nearest station from T-albotton, for that purpose. In a few minutes after- the deputies arrived with theu-irprisonler at the station the mob dro-ve up and took tihe prisoner by forco from the olliceris, returtned with him to a p)oint just across the county line, and therme lynched him. His body was found hanging from a limb at an early hour. His tongue was out and his face was horr-ibly blackened. The mob, while returning with Ryder from Waverly IHall, was met by ShleritT Richards and his party, but owing to the darkness of the night he could not distinguish the persons, nor gain any clue to their idertity. Hoe was informed by the men who had Ryder in charge that he was too lat',, so Richar-ds pushed on to Waverly Hlail, only to lind that he had been mis led and that at that time ityder was suspended from a limb of a tree where his remains wetre discover-ed a short while afterwards. 'rie reason assigned for the action of the mob is that the pe.ople were tired of tihe ease being continued, but should the facts be known the friends of the p)rosecution bad given up)mi al opo of ever bringing Ryder to the gallows by reason of his being totally insane. 'rhe special term of the Tal bet county suportior cour-t was called for the one purp~ose of trying D'-. Ryder. The murder of Miss Owen was committed on the evening of tihe 15th of Apiril, 18961, 15 months ago, and though Judge Butt,, in less than a week afterwards, called a special term of the court t., try the case, the execution of the law had been deferred, though good legal grounds, from time to time, and tile meeting of justice to the accused was again delay by the continuance gr-anted by Judge Hart. 'rho con tinuance was granted, on the gr-ound that Colonel Wet-roil, of the Colum bus bar, who was the leading counsel foir the defense, was unable to attend the cour-t, he being ill at his home In Columbus. As a legal pro position, it is claimed, .Judge Hart acetedl right, under the evidence, in granting a continuance. When tile sp)eciai term of court, con vened on the foutrth Monday in May fol'owing the homicide, D)r. Ryd:r, who was then confined in the Macon jail, was too ill to be pre'senlt and tile case was continued until the tegular term in September. At that term an extraordinary motion for continuance was made, but Judge Butt, who was presiding, over-ruled the motion and the trial proceeded. A fter a desperate legal batAle, lasting a week; D)r. Ryder was convicted and sentoncedl to hang. A motIon for a new trial was made and p)romptly over-ruiled, but the supreme cournt sustained the motion, and the new trial was gran'ted. Trho mot,ion was sustainedl on a dozen errors, but ptrincip)ally on tile gr-ound that one of t,he juror's that convicted Ryder was a relativ3 of the guardian of Miss Owen, vho was D)r. Ryder's victim. Judlge Hutt evident,ly saw the neces. sity of another early trial and did not wait for the regular September term, but called an extra teirm of the court for July 10th, to try the case. Judge JIohn Hart agreed to hear the case for Judlge Butt, who was unable to be pro ent. As was truo at the trial last Septem ber, the courthouse was crowded when the caso was called. P'eoplo from every section of the county were pre sent, all .f whom, from the time of the commission of the crime, have taken a doeop interest in the case. Ryder was represented by five prominent lawyers and at the special court all were pre sent but Colonel Worrell and his un avoidable abjtnco was the chiof basis for the motion for a continuance. Ii was represented that Colonel Worrell was detained by illness and the allega 'ion was substantiated by depositions rrom reliable physicians of Columbus. It was also alleged that several im portant witnesses for tae defense were snavoidably absent. Judge Hart c:n 6lnued the case until the regular term Af Talbot court in September, one year from the date of ltyder's last trial and conviction. Rder shot Miss Sallie Emma Oxen with a siotgun on the night of April 15, 1890. He was crazed by his love for her and while sho was sitting in a friend's parlor talking to a young man who was a rival of Ryder's, the murder er crept to the door and fired the shot that killed Miss Oven and wounded her friord. Ryder's defense claimed that he was suffering from affootions of both eyes and ears that at times rendered him a crazy man and utterly irresponsible for his actions. The first trial failed to hang Ryder and the friends of the murdered girl have been chaffing at the long delay. The con tinuance caused the lynching. THE WEATIIER AND OROPS. Valuable linformation to Thoso Inter eted in Faraing Operations. The following is the weekly bulletin issued by the weather bureau in Co lumbia as to the condition of the crops in this State : CoLUAl13IA, S. C., July 20, 1897. The week was cooler than the usual with temperature deficiencies ranging from 3 degrees per day in the eastern, to 8 in the western portions of the State. The weekly average, of 50 mean temperature reports was 76 while the normal is approximately 82. The highest reported was )8 on the 11th at Hodges and the lowest 54 on the 13:,h st Walhalla, The nights were unusually cool over the extreme northwestern counties. Heavy rains, and quite general showers, fell on the 14th except that over the northern count,ies the showers were light, or no rain fell ; on the 17th a more general rain fell except over the southeastern counties where there was none, or at best light showers only. The latter rain is not fully rell.-cted in this weeks measurements. Sixteen places reported less than 1 inch for the week; twenty from 1 to 2 Inches; twelve over 2 inches with a maximum fall of 4.40 at St. Georges. The aver age of these 48 measurements Ie 1 44 and the normal for the same period is about 1.32 inches, Hillside lands were badly washed and gullied on the 12th in Edgefield, Saluda, Orangeburg, and Sumter coun ties. There were no damaging hail storzns or destructive winds. The sunshine averaged about nor mal but varied greatly in different portions of the State, being most abun dant in Marion and Spartanburg with least over the central counties. The week was a favorable one for crop d. velopment over the western portion of the State generally and over many sections in the eastern counties. The exceptions were that in places the need of more rain was indicated, but since reports closed, quite general and heavy rains have fallen where most needed ; in other places there was an excess of moisture and in such sections the recent rains will prove harmful. The temperature, while not generally low enough to retard growth except to check the previous rapid development of cotton, was rather cool during the nights, but not low enough to prove in jurioue;'and no high winds or 'lamaging hail storms occurred. COrn hImproved very much over the greater part of the State, excepting limited areas where insutlicient rain fall, and other sections where on ac count of too much rain corn is firing badly on sandy lands notably in portIons of Clarendon, Lexington and B3erkele~y. Corn is being rapidly laid by where this work has not already been comn pletLed. The presen f imp roved condition points to a full crop yield, except where it was too nearly matured to be benejitted by the recent raIn. Corn planted in May and June i-s, over the entire State, in line growing condition and looks very promIsing. Some re port ears not well fecupndated on ac count of the rains washing off the pol len from the tassels, The condition of cotton has Im proved in many places, but the stalk generally continues undersized al though well fruited, with full-grown boils numerous. Doils nearly ready to open|in southeastern counties. The pre valling unanasonable cool nights hin dered the growth, and caused the plant to become lousy, while " honey dew" is reported from a number of counties. Shedding of leaves, squares, and small bells is qjuite common. Many tields are becoming grassy, and in b'airfield some fields have been aban doned on account of grass. Rust has developed in Barnwell, Bambcrg, JFiorence and Williamsburg counties. Over quite large areas there has been too much rain for cotton. Laying by is well under way and more than half the reports indicate that the fields " laid by " are clean and in good con dition. Notwithst,anding the numerous ad verse reports from eastern and central counties, the majority of all reports indicate that the present conditIon of the crop is promising, but that it is in a critical stage. A continuation of rainy weather will, by hindering culti vation of which many fields stand in need, tend to cause eleterioration in condition. Sea Island cotton continues to do well. Tobacco curing making favorable progress, and recent reports Indicate a better quality of leaf than fiest cut ting. Some tobacco has been market ed. tio continues in excellent condition generally, except upland of which some is very p)oor. Peas are about all sown and they have come up to good stands. In some fields the lower leaves are shedding ex cessively. Watermelons generally late, under sized and the crop as a whole small. Sweet potato slips still being planted and this crop has made rapid growth. -Late peaches ripening but are rot ting badly. Apples generally plenti ful. Grapes ripening and are a large cro > but many rep)ort thomn rotting. Cane of various kinds, and minor crops, generally, is in satisfactory con dition and p)romise abundant yilds. Trurnip) sowing has begun. .J. W. BAUERt, J)irct,or. WIVIEN MONEY I8 CLOSE You want to saveo(loter bills then for you want the Best, Surest and Quickest Remned y for all paIns, such as Rheumatism, Neuralgia Hleadache, Toothache, Cats, Bruises, Burns, Sprains, Stiff Joints, etc. [Rice's Goose Grease Liniment cures all these at once. It also relieves Croup, Colds, Coughs and Pains in chest and sides at once. Always sold under a guarantee by all druggists and general stores. Made by Goose Grease Liniment Co., Grensbaoro. N. 0. WIVIOUr WARNING. Six Persons Instantly K11e1 by an Explosion in a Gun Factory Appalling Sconce of Horror. An appalling accident occurred in the shell loading department of the Winchester Repeating Firearms com pany shops at New Haven, Conn. Without an instant's warning, six hu man beings lost their lives by an ex plosion and another victim died soon afterward at the hospital. A score of others were more or less wounded, but no further fatalities are anticipated. More than 150 men and women are employed in the loading department. and that more fatalities did not result from the concussion is miraculous. The hundreds of people who gath ered about the gatos immediately after the explosion witnossed a grue some sight. Six dead bodies, black ened with powder and frightful,y mangled, almost beyond recognition, were lying on the floor. Near by two injured men were writhing in agony, and all about were men running, with their faces and arms blooding from shot wounds, unmindful of their in juries but trying to assist others and quell the confusion. Owing to the number of girls who were carried out in a fainting condition, it was belioved that many of them were seriously injured, and there was a great feeling of relief when it was found that in most cases they were unharmed. The dead are: William P". 13aumor, Mrs, Mary laumester, Miss Jennie 1Brennan, Miss Ida Brown, William Hill, Miss Tracy Conroy. Fatally injured : George Bardolf and i'dward 13ardoll. The explosion occurred in the load ing room. J?;mployed in this room were 150 hands, two-thirds of them girls or women. Nearly all of the fe male hands are employed on the load ing machines, each of which requires three operators. The full complement of hands was at work in the room when the explosion took place. Party foot of the side of the building was blown out and hurled many feet and frag ments of human bodies were scattered in a sickening manner. A hurry call was sent for all availa ble physicians. 'rho fire department, the police, the ambulance and hospital corps were speedily summoned, and the work of caring for the dead and injured was begun. larrowieg scenes were witnessed as the vast throng con gregated about the place. As rapidly as possible, the injured were cared for. In tyvo Instances the suffering of the wounded was frightful. OWe was partially disemboweled. As rapidly as a victim wes seen to ba alive the sufferer was tenderly cared for, made as comfortable as possible and con veyed with all possible speed to his home. Two of the bodies had been decapitated ; others had been uartially torn asunder, and btill others had been dismembered. The ollicials of the com pany expended every effort to assist in the work of relief. Perhaps the saddest scene was en acted when John Baumester learned that his wife was among the dead. Lie lived in Hampden and had been but recently married. At the time of the explosion he was at work a few feet distant from his wife. Mrs. Mary 13aumester was but 10 years old and had boon in the factory but three weeks. She was married a little over a month ago and she and her husbind Fritz used adjoining machines. The girl was blown fully 50 feet and so cru hod out of shape that it was al most impossible to identify her. The husband, cur-inn.ly enough, was ap parantly blown with the same force and by the same blast, and yet he is one of the least seriously injured. He btruck the ground but, a few feet short of his wife. The explosion did not cause any fle, and the fire department confined its efforts to aiding in theo work of rolief. The cause of the explosion has not been determined, and perhaps its cause may never be known. Some of those at work in the r-oem at the time may it was due to the fact that a cartridge in process of loading had been improper ly placed. in the macbine. Of the In jured, those who arec able to talk, i-c member nothing exept a blinding llash. Some did not even hear' the cx plosion. The two Bardofi boys, working side by side, were thrown at a tangent out one side of the building. Trhey str-uck the ground thirty feet away. Thley were so crushed and mangled that they will ale. Edvr lahir, cring tem feet away at his machine, was sent up war-d through the roof. I-Jo fell on an ash heap, with broken bones and a factured skull and his legs twisted out of shape. The doctors say he, too, will die. COMMISSIONERIS IIiT-. Messrs. Thomas and1( Evans Comoc to Blows. A t the meeting of the State Railr-oad Commission, the request of the rail roadls for an increase in local rates on certain commodities was taken up, and a resolut,ion olfo.red by Mr. Wilborn that the request be not granted for the reason that local rates aru already out of proport,ion to the through Interstate rates, and which Mr. Wilborn sal(d the roads had the authority to increase or diminish at, their will, was discussed. Commissioner Thomas made a long speech on the subject, taking occasion therein to reopen thbe matter of the fer till-aar rates, and handled the other members of the commission pretty plainly for reducing the rate on fertili zers, when nothing else was changed. [lis speech was a long one, full of legal citat,ions and extracts from the records of the board and the Inter-State corn merce commission. He thought that the way the resolution proposed to dis miss the matter was undig'niflod. After lie had finished, Messrs. IEvans and Wilborn, it seems, were joking him. In replying to them in the same manner he said some pretty sharp things. After a while this led up to a remark by Chairman IEvans, in which the term "no gentleman" was used. Mr. Thomas then fired up), andl the remark was repeated at his reqjuest. Mr. Thomas, it is said, applied an epithet to Mr. Evans, which, in the language of the campaigners, was most decied ly unparliamentary. The result was t,hat Mr. ICvans picked up a p)aper weight, as he rose, and Mr. Thomas rushed at him and struck him once or twice on the face, scratching him and uausing a few drops of bloodl to appear. At this jumncturii Mr. Wilborn and Col. Duncan interfered and the men were :juieted, nobody being hur-t. Mr. 1'homas remarked to Mr. ECvans, it is statod, that he used the epithet for the; purpose of causing him to ho the ag grossor, and rcaliy did not hold the >plnlon of him ho had expressed. Mr. Wilborn at once moved that the board ad j.>urn, andl an ad jour-nont wats ,aken without acting upon the matter is hand. AN 1NOWDICNT OF Ti1I4 WAIlt. How Governor Ilarri Took Care or the Tennesseo School Fund. The Washing'on correspondent of the New York Tribune relates the fol lowing story in regard to the conduct of the late Senator Isham G. Harris in preserving a school fund of $700,000 in gold during the entire war: One of the most striking episodes in the life of Senator Harris was his taking possession of $700,000 in go:d belonging to the school fund of Ten nessee. M mny stories have boon told about this incident, but the following account was related by S -nator Harris himself. In 1802, when Nashville was about to fall into the hands of the FPd oral troops. the State Bank of Tennes see had in its vaults sonethiog more than $700,000 in gold and silver coin, besides valuable securities. Two pr'i vate, banks, the Union and the Plant ers, also hr Id considerable amounts of money. Senator Harris, at that time Governor of Tennessee, was determin cc that this money should not fall into the hands of the enemy. He persuaded the oficers of the State Bank, which acted as the fiscal agent of the State, to remove the banks assets to a point of safety within the Confederate lines. The vlil :ers of the private banks, how ever, were unwiling to make the change, and the Governor's arguments were unavailing. Ile thereupon re turned to his o11I,e and sent each bank a note, in which he said something like this; " No doubt you can manage the af fairs of your bank better than I can, and I do not desire to undert tke the conduct of your business. 1lowever, I desire to inform you that unless yo. give me your assurance that within three hours you will remove your cash and securities to a point of safety with in the Confederate lines I shall be unuer the necessi4y of appointing a receiver to take immediate possession of your bank, and such receiver will be accompanied by a file of soldiers to en force his orders." Ibfore the three hours had expired a favorable answer was received from the two private banks. The Governor joined the staff of the commanding general of the Confederate army as a volunteer aid. He obtained a sullicient guard of soldiers to protect the bank moneys, and he moved the assets from one place to another. He formed the habit of going each week to the place where the bank was temporarily lo cated and personally counting the cash. In time, he said, he became familiar with every bag of coin and its contents. One day the cashier of the bank appeared at headquarters with the news that an agent of the Confed erate treasury was at the place where the bank was then located with orders to seize the $700,000 for the mil;tary uses of the Confederate Government. Governor Harris obtained a telegraphic order for the agent to suspend opera tions temporarily. ie then took the next train for 1tichmond, where he called upon President Jellerson Davis. Governor Harris told the President of the Confederacy that he weli under stood the financial necessities of the Confederate Government and would freely give all of his own personal property to the Government. That $700.000, however, belonged to the school fund of the State of Tennessee, and he did not propose to have one cent of it touched if he could help it. As an outcome of this vigorous stand onh the part of Governor Harris Presi dent Davis directed that the State fund should not be disturbed. After the surrender Governor Harris went to the Union general in command and obtained a safe conduct, and an escort for the conveyance of the money from Grillin, Ga., back to Nashville. Trho money was taken to the State Capitol and deposited in a committee room, a receipt being given for the amount. 'rho bags and keys were broken open and the money lay in heaps en the hlour under guard of a lile of soldiers until the legislative committee count ed the cash ten dayb later. A remark ably small shortage was found, con sl(dering the circumstances during the ten days the money was lying loose on the floer. -One of the oddest documents of the will kind known was that of Queen Austrigilda, consort of King Goutran, of Burgundy. The dying princess en joined upon her husband to slay and b)ury in the same grave with her the physicians who had attended her. Another wvill was that of a husband who forbade his wife's marrying on l)ain of his returning to haunt her. 'his is qutite different from that of a woman who instructed1 her executors to seek out " some nice, good, pretty girl,'' who would make an affectionate second wife to her spouse. It is a fact interesting in this connection that the lirst Napoleon actulally bequeathed 10,000 frances to a fellow named Can tillon, who had been tried (or attempt. ing the assassination of the Dukre of WuellIingt on. Was there ever a womnen in the wide world whol (lid not yearna to be the mnother of a bright faced, happy, healthy, laughing, rol licking child ? If there ever waa such a woman, she was a bad one, and while there are many thoroughly h)ad incn, there are very few thorou ghl ybad women. It was God's and Nature's intention that every wvoman should be the muother of healthy children. Trens of thousands of womnen defeat this beneficent design by their ignorance and neglect. They Rsuffer from weakness and disease in a womanly way, and take no measures, or the wrong measutres, to remedy it. Dr. P'ierce's Fa. vorite Pr4 serip)tion Is a sure, speedy and ~ertnanent cure for all disorders of th is (escri>ptlon. It acts directly and only on the (Ic 1 ecte and imp)ortanlt organs that are the threshold of humtan lIfe. It makes them strong, healthy, vigorous and virile. It heals ulceration, allays inflamatio,n, soothes pain andl tones and builds uip the nerves. It banishes the trials of the >eriodi of impending maternity and makes )fbh's entry to the world easy andi almost pain less. It doees away with the dantgers of motherhood and shortens the l)eriod of weakness and iassitudle. It insutres the little newcomner's health and a bountiful etupply of .nourishnetit. It transftr, weak, sickly, nervous invalids hito haprpu heaithy wives antd tuothers. Thousan<ls ot womnen have testified to its marvelous tuner Its. A doaler is not a physician and has no right to suggest a subst itulte for tile prescrip tion of an emInent specialist like Dr. Pierce. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad. viser sent for 2r one-eent stamps to cover mailing only. Cloth binding 3r stanma Address Dr. RL. V. Piercc, nBufralo , | -'roeideot P;. 13, Andrews of Brown University has sent ar lottof to the faculty rosigning hi e Ufome. Tt, )etter wap In response to a aotelt terlon sent to Proeidont Andrown by tho opeoial coltIt'.oo -apl}ninted by the trustees and follows In Juno, who, at that timo alIled him to account for his froe silvor utturanocs. --If wo were all as goo l as we ox pect our nolghbors to be, thore wouI be an immense Improvement In Society. OUTHERN RAILwAV, esdo.sed aohedule in scoo NOV. 18, 1690. eTATIONO. rrlst:L...... .... . . ,o ee -od ..................- - s dater"oa STATIONB& o.. . I raeen 6.... i.. a p12 7... ..... .. . 4 04anw" ....8no.... "" It1 " "Adrsh .,.l 1 an 9 e t T . ...... Un i.... t 1 "-- 11 Ubu,1W1T ,,. .p n.n .........io ........ - ltt06 ra " . Jone vill. ... 1 0 iuety "1... ....Pa....6...... - 19 5 1V 8br .partan urg.. Lu 1 4pp 8r p paranburg. A or 11 7bAr . . .,Asheville. . L 6 p Jr P" p.< m."A".. Trains 0 nd 10 et r elegant Pullmaa sleeping cars hetween mbia and Asheville omrout daily between a villeandolno Tra no lea mrtaiibo . A. & 0. vision rth un . 8a,g p . p. s et ho ) gu dn8:a.. Sa p. .r'a in 1 . re Lmt aida e Green... . and. " O.b Sp.N- p. non PIAll.na porebur."1 uaPl s pl oar Trana1 . Ar . Ashvi. . Unp,de p. in A, m hRaDin ? LIMITED DOUB3LE DAILY SERVICE To Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta, Ath tbn, WIlmington, New Orleans and Ne w Yor'k, Bioston, Rich mon d, wash - lngton, Norfolk, Portsmouth.-Schied ule in effect 1tb. 7, 1897. t OUT ObUN I. a "A. 4w3. No 4 v New York...........*0l (am 900am libileI),a......... 12pm 120 5am ysaltimore .............3 5pai 250am Rtichmond.---.......... 85pm 905am Norfolk via S. A. L. *30Jpm*905(am 'ortsmoutlh .... 8 4S pm 920am we'Idlon................* 28pnm*1l55am enderso on............*125 am *1 39pm Ar )urhamn via A ..7 32am f 0pm Lv Durham .. . 20pAt 0 0am Ealeigh via S A .*2 16am *3 34pn San ford.-----........... 3 35am 50O3pm So l'ines..............4 22am 5i 55pm Hamlet.-.------....... 510am 6 53pm WVadesboro..-.......... 5 Slanm 8 11pm _Mnroc.--.---......... 43am 9 12pm Charlotte via . A. u..u. 8 30am*10 25pm nester nt A L..... _810am 10 7pm Columbia, C N & L R43pmt 7 45pm Clin on .........---7-.....,. inam 12 1pmi Greenwood............i .335am 1 08am A bbeville.-..--...........1 Osam 1 40am E:lberton.-.-............1207pm 2 4lam Lr A thens -.-.............. 1 I5pm 3 4 am Av Winder-.--............. 1 5pm 4 30am Ar Atlanta S A L......... 250pm 5 20am No. 38. No. 402 lY. A tlanta........ ......*7 50pm*12 0nn l~V A thens.-. -...........10 412pm 3 111pm ...br....... ...........12 33amn 4 15pm A bheville .............. 40am 5 15pmn Gireenwood............. 200am 54'I1pm1 Clinton ................3 13amn (1 1pm We On Pianos, Organs an drive our business these ha Prices. We don't sit dlowni of' money like the old1 fossil on whien they won't pa1y th< want to purchase a Piano o uts and we will sell you. V Ufnd best selecCtedl stock of I some of' the best makes on 1. to sell them. We guarani than any other reliable deah time p)urchasers are easy. ( required andI we make Spot Cash Buyers we will Organ cheap)er from us tha business. Wc keep consti of~ small instruments, corn Mandolins, Autoharps, Viol parts, strings and supplies Sewing Machines at ridici want one, just intimate it, ai low you can buy one. Our vocal aInd instrumental, is ke0 of' the popular and up-to-dat time. Yours t ALEXAN DER GREildN VIl A r Cofumbia e N & 1, It It....,.... t7 Wiim heter .................. 4 4am r ,1pm Ar hii olit ,. va .i A .. .,. . (am' -6pm t arerit. - ....,. .... ..8 15am 11 23,m ntar yl,t . .'. l't3ajm l Si3RrT -....... . -n - - -........ ' m am --"". .-- ....11-Mam *1l3,ar Ar I)rrrharn vias, I, " I.' fi ()9pm'7 82amn 1 ir n A... .t IvIa>m lar n.... Wu(l(dI --A I, . .... ( r p (?iam W lii t r u"vial*onnltilt l I1 ,m 16 31 l'ibtfra, ''I - -- Iboram I ipm New.....Yo. ' ..........1'lltrn I fapim I,it ll "i.IIs -.phln.......... ;t m :1,p ,rHouh.. .",r 1,rDn 7 ar am Norfolk ................. O rn 7 am ")Dadly. t Daily Ex. Hunday. I I)aily b:x. Alonuaay. No,. 4( unil 4rt2, "T h AtluInta H +ental." 80o1(1 Vu8 at l'1ru1ani, with I1'trt.t i#I"per" tuul I)uy Couuhvn I r:twca W eKuaxi tf and A tlata. Ails, l'ulluu ;iilaa 8er:uc,a e Ix W On 'ortanriorth anr (heater e. 'Ti i,n of' 1I'uall naim 81t.e"pur lxl a y Uo ei. bet ween 'ortbsnou 1i ad A ai ra b. 1'or Tickets, Slee)ors and infora tion apply to ticket agents, or to 13. A. N":WVtwANI), General Agent pass. 1)ept., 6 Kimball House, A tla,nata. G1.:o. MCP. BA'rE, T1r,4v Pass. Ag,t. Charlotte, N. U. 1P S'r. JOHN, Vice-P'resident and Gon'l Mgr. V. E. Mcl3i":h:, General Superinten dent. 11. W. B. Gi.oVi"t, Traflic Manager. T. J. ANDIIISON, Gen'i 'assunger Agent. General Offilces: Portsmouth. Va. SOUTHERN RAILWAY, ts:-.toyl AlIit 1'14111, 6. 4n,e4 Rch.,rdtte of 1"sa"ater Trrta4 131 1fo , r. Y,1A9?t. )1@.rtllbuand. 'm..iJ N, . U it. e. $ t ,t r aw, fsan. Dn17. ; A. l I5 ?' rllt. ' 1WV tatiu t+rrjvlle.. U ! carius orrri- -- ., .Imr J5 f.....p......iU~ : ... . A r. ... oa ai.=' atmllwer......ur ....J14a ' A t8r .. " l ... .. 00 U ~ E Air. [tchmm4M .., 90 00 $ a d*409 L A a o 0 4 4rd tiltms b e i at..: Cu1t ancouk aou. 11 s )inIgv. rat. If yo r a Orgt an c Jl om an see .. Lr nlcsuvi t.,e2 Sae icludi 00 r a we a g 1e orpiceslwe sr whollmae urters pass thesatilng smrooith. yor ry you Ocan come aPin ore Vmthav on hand athedlrst isin the Sutar, Bnjos,in for mamke, alWe are goling CCour o prices. be lou id will wiake urtris hor toco sailin smusic, boh pt ty,a you can get a~iny o i song an muscr anthen rutly,o adafulSOi insO& S Al& tCvrous iLou.s.y loC.rcs I o