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A WOULD BE COUNTESS I C rt y John Winthrup Green. SIION I reached Leghorn, I found myself in the company of two people I had heard of several times beforo In Italy. They were Jailles Salinders, widow er, and1(1 his daughter I3ileene of Aier Iea. IHe ws n inan11 of sixty anid a half invalid, iind she was a girl of twen ty who had Zill overwhelming destro to become anl Italian countess. 'Mr. Sn,4un ders vas I franllk, blunt Spoken 1111111. 1 hadn't known im l an hour when I lnev ill his troules. IHe had amassed wealth, an1dI h. loved his daughter, but h1e hadl no uso for ia son-iii-law not born1 in Americn. "I don't know what on earth possess (s the girl," h1e said, wheIn referring to Eileene', wh111o had bell plailu Ellen be fore the steamer left New York. "Sil's Just gonio ild ol the title busluess. At home sie'd havo been satistled with nt colonel, i judge or anll honorable, but nlow she decliri that nothing less than beling a countess will fill the )ill. It Seems ats if all tho counts in Italy had heard of her desires and tile size of ily bank elicccount, anid they havo lilng On our l('Os by tihe dozen. It's no use for 111 to talk to the girl. Sho gets hloity tolty the minute we start to argue, and If I don't en1ve in to her She sulks for a week. Do you know anything about Italian counts?" "Very little," I replied. "As near ais I (nll find out they aro a mighty poor lot, take 'em u. tiley rul, nnlid I haven't Seen One I'd lre for a coachman. There's on11 fellow in partleular I'd break Il two if I was twen(y years youn1iger an11d could rll hMM (own1. Ie's followed us for a m1oiiinth, and the girl seeis to b (ea( goto oil liim. Say, but I wilnt you to (10 something for iie. ITe call h1m Self he Count Padova, nn(] he'"s diniged4 his title nid eastles andi(1 allestor1 illto my ears till I wnilit to kick 11111. I want you to find out If lie Is a real coilnt." It was a matter of little trouble to discover that Count l'ndova h1adI( a right to his title, but it also em11110 to light tlat he0 was almost sixty yeals Old, poor as a church moliso and 1d ieen twleo imarried. Ills charneter ats a iian was Very unsavory, an1d it, was easy enough to guess tillit 11e wns after a imrriage which would bring him ini money. "Tle milscrlel0 old dodo" excla ined Saunders whon I imiade 18ny report. "I mllistruste(d that he was nn old sinner and that he was trying his best to knock twelty years off is alge. Why, bang tile 1111111, I'm 4) h114's got a wNXix nose, false teetl aIit aL woodlle leg 1111(1 that without lls wlg w'11111 ills head as bare as a billiard ball. I wiant youi to help me11 save Elilen.'' "'unt lheL ent111'l rnarry withoul~t your conlsenlt anid assistan~e,"' I replied. ''But shie'll keep) at me1 till I give my consenIit ani'd alssistanie,"' heI pro1tested. "TIhiink of it, will you--the (daulgilter of Ja1 ines Snundicers, a stra ight hatred( Yatnkee Doodle D)andy, pileking uIp withi aL lop shlouldered, knofckkneed0(, la~yed out old Italian gr'anthdd(y just for tile sake of being enllled Counmtess Pa dloyal Wily, I want to tipset the stove " lhut hrrc 10udon?" h'rekc- th I naiturn liy refuse tlol? mix cI the t ter, thioughl willinmg to offer 5Iuch Oult side ndlvice as8 Iiiht str'engthen'l the fnt thor. Inde1Led one0 look at IElleeneo satils fled mec that at my3 first word she'd re four or five cdays before I got sight of Count Padlova. ie hln( priohblly been obliged to fish aroulmd to get his rilI rondl fare from Florence. I foutnd him all that Saunders had described h1im1 and1( a little mlore. ie hlad been walshed cotli(d tink 0on1y of anl ol towel on n I Ic saw in~ me1 a rivall, and, strailghten lng iup as far' as plossibIe and( alssuminIg whait he0 probablIy thloughit was a fero 01l1us dlIgnity, lie advaniced upon me1 nnd1( said(: "Slir, I am the Count Padovn!1" "Well, whnat of It?" I cluerled1. "And( tile aflIanced hiusband of Miss Sanders01." "I'ml sorry for hecr." I thought a challenge would follow, bult It didnl't. ie tottered aroundi( and triedl to look bloodlthirsty and1( finally shoo0k Ils lInger at me and cried out In piping tones: "Beware, sir-beware!I No man shall conio between 111 and( my hove and live!1" I tink he wdent upl stalr's and1 toldl hIs 1ladylove thatt he~ had enred( m011'of tile track and( then'i discovered that I was no rival, for ho soon retulrned and begged my pardNon1 and( offered 111 is hand. I was reading a newspaper and( d'idin't se0 or hear him. Saunlder's wats 11inll up Idhi room thlat day, buit he0 enm1o1 down aifter (d11nner and gronned out as lhe met 11e: "._ last, hopo Is gonol Ellen tclls 110 shlo has IIe eted tro coumt, RIm the beggar Is gollig to IfaVO the fant o)ublIslhcd toitnorrowl" "But )uppose you refuse your Sanic :lon andt(] order the old beggar to get?" "Say, you don't know Ellen. I threat !tned to do that, and she declared slie'd lope with hilm." "And what if 3011 told the count lie iould never touch a dollar of your nioney ?" 4 "IIe'd smile and smirk and take it !or a bloifY. By the horn spoon, but C ['ll pay n bravo ten thousand dollars t in gold to break his old neck! You I kiow aout these bravos. Go out and t llnd one for ie an11d tell him to corie tround with i sandhmng." The mnan wi really in wretched spir Its over the afl'alr. It would not have taken some fathers two minutes to end it, but lhe was tiI 1111iirbid, and his strength of character was gone for the I time. We sit talking for an hour and then went up1) stairs and Joined the I couple Oil the balcOly. The daughter received us in it chilly fashion, but the count had been1l drinking and was good natured and voluble. I had Insulted him, but I wis ia Compatriot of the chariniig 'Miss Saunders and her re spected father, and he 'would overlook it. We were it little fanily party, and we were by ourselves Oil a little bal- I cony, an1(d lie vould take advaltage of the oceasion to say that in seeking the hand of the fair guir before hinm lie was inetted by love 1110110. Ile was forty Ilve years old and lonely. Ile wainted to love and be loved. Money to liin was as to the cobblestones iII tile street. Ile had estates in Mardinia, in Lombardy mnd lin Umibria. Ile ha1d cnstles in Tusnny, Naples and Sicily. lie had gold miltes II the Alps, silver minnesi in the Carnies and lead milllies in the Apeniines. And as to hi1 social standing, who could desire more thani to he the confidant of the ruler of the lald? The old couit was a sleek, sliek liar, and it was entertaining to hear him talk, but at the saie time on1e could not help but pity (ho father and feel provokedtl at he duighter. The aged lover was still exploiting wieni lhe sud denly pitched forward out of his Chanir. The girl screamed out aid ran away to her roomI, and I VaS for bringing a doc tor its quick as possible when Saiun ders protested: "Ihlid on at bit. The old vngnbond has only fainted away. Let's see what lie is made of." We went to work, and the results were stratge elough. I brought soap and vater from my room, and the tirst thing we took otY was a fakse brow. We got enough eiamel ol his face to reveal a score of wrinkles, and it was discovered that every tooth in his head was false. Under his wig was n. shiny pate, ald his hackbone was stlieneld with it corset. I belleve that it was the tightness of the corset had cauised his faint. Tlie was something stilt to come. 11s right leg was supported (it the knee with a brace, and a inose which had been broken was neatly trimmed with wax. WV'hien we had taken the old fellow all to piees, ie was 11 aueer siglt to look at, and It was hlard to tell whither the heap oni the chair or the lieup oni the iloor wais Counit I':tdova. 1Ibe had( partly revivedl betfore we got through, and lie caekled away like nii old lien. "And11 ths," gru nnied Snunders as lie poinited to the heaip on) the chanir-"'this wvas to be my son-in-law! This was wvhat miy datughiter wa':s to marry in or dler to be called a countess; I want her here." ie wits back withI her In a moment. I lifted thle counit to a it ltinig poisitioni, and lhe was cliatteing of love and 22ns tIcs as (lie girl got sight of him. "What have you done'?" shrieked the daughter as she turned from the grisly spe1cIacle to us8. "We've simpl~ly taken him apart!" re plied the fatlier, "and1( the best part of him i is on thle cliiiir there." Whien the would be counltess had fled, we sent for help to get Count Padova to hIs room. lie had to bie handled Swith encre. Anly suddteni move might l* hae pulled a limib or Is head off'. There was consider'able hilarity aimonig the serv1anits, and1( it was left to them to glue the pileces together agalin and ink e a ru nni. Whlen morninug en me, lie hiia1d diappea red, anid lie had( iiot even left a fatrewell note beinmd. A day later Sanimders salid to m11: ''Lord, miain, but I feel like dlancinig a hiorni'i 111! Th'lere is to lie no coutiitess in onur faminily. El len has writ ten to a yoiiig lawyer in Chi ngo anid said yes to hiis ipropoisltion, amiil we are imakinig ready to si'oot for' homie. Comte ouit and( have three drt'inks and a hurrah with 11low the Ctnrfew Stalrted. The orin of the ('urifew is lost in obscurIty. Th'le wvord is, of course, (de ri ved fr'om the Frenichi, cotii've feui, or "'cov'er fIre.'' 1lev. G eo. S. Tynek'l wrilies8 in dleniail of thle Itheory3 alssoelaited withI William the C'onqiueror and satys that lie ol story, at 0ne t im iiuni11versally ne(ce'pt ed, was that WhIlm intho Coin (hlu('ror, fearfull of plots amoiig his1 neOwly3 vai iished' subjects, Iiventted1 antd forced the curfewv as a check to such'l schiemes(, andl It lais ('om1 ini coii se~ltIenice to lie Oftenm (1uoted( as a badge of se'rvitude amid an eiilemi of tyrannyv It Is ite evidenit, hioweve'r, t hat thio great Nornut wias not Ithe or'igitnator' if thie Idea, alt hough lie was proh ably thie first to ik e it a generai'ul law < in Eingliiiid. It Is iniore lIkely to have I h nein a usefuil preenuitilon aga inlst fir e ini an at tteinied~'( ipr('venitlon of rebel lion. here Is evbdence that a (!urifew1 bell wais mung itt Ox ford in thle dhays of KIng A Ilfret, iieairly two hiunidred years b ef or( the2( Normn t invalu ot' TiI~ he his- I tory of' thait c'ity stae tha 1lit "the I eust om of r ig ig the Iheil at Ca rfax everiy ighit it 8 o'cloc'k was by ord(er of Kinlg Alfre'ud, who ord ainied that aill the' lihhltanuts of O xfordl should at ~ lie r' inging of' (lie bell cover up thlelir c fire's arul go to) lied, whleh customi is ii obser'vedl to t hIs (121y."'' VTe etiflorc'eent of thle curfe was(V. W it nto hiiitdshilp. At a timio wheni pra'ietleail 13y nO onte hat the clergy ('0ub1( rem'i and wh len every one beugan iithe Ilabors of' li I he (lay almiost att suii'se, t hero was o little If any tyrannuy In the comil~sor'y tJ cessation of work itt 8, wvhIle iii the ii inture of (lie case all r'ecr'eationl ceased t' iLlark-'- ti B NOT A TRUST OR COMBMIN the Virginia-Carolina Companu Denies the Jurisdiction of th< Court. The complaint of the Attorney Uen ral against the Virginla-Carolina Chen -al Company has been lled and pub shed, and in answer thereto th efndant company has stated its sid f the question involved, claiming tha hoy have invested money in this Stat a good faith and now ask protectio: nder the laws of the State. It is contended that the company I ot a trust or combination, nor is I gainst the policy of the State ; thi riecs on manufactured and crude nu1 crial have not been raised by the cow any, and that there is nothing prejud lal to the best Interests of the State c to people in the company. The answer is short and sets fort ully the contention of the Virgini Jarolina Company. It reads as followi The defendant, the Virginla-Caiolhi Jhemical Company, most respectfull ihows that this cause has, by the fllin >f the petition and bond for removi torcin, been duty removed to the Unitt 3tates Circuit Court for the Eastern dii rict of South Carolina, and that th [Ionorable Court has no further jurimsdi ion thereof ; and this defendant in r wise admitting the jurisdiction of th [Ionorable Court, but protesting again ,he same and answering herein becau, :f the proper respect due to this Ihono %ble Court, should it, notwithstandi l aid protest, adjudge that it has jurisdi Lion of this action, and order that ti same proceed herein -now this defen ant, for answer to the complaint all aiended complaint herein alleges : 1. It admits the allegations of the Fir Article of the said complaint. 2 It admits the allegations of the Be ond Article of the complaint -savir and excepting it shows and alleges th under and in pursuance of the publ laws of the State of South Carolina, located and carried on business with the State of South Carolina, as to su part of its business as was propcily to transacted therein. long prior to the (lay of January, 1900 and further alleg that under its charter and the laws the State of New Jersey It is cenpowero to purchase, acquire, anmd hold sto< in other corpoiations, domebtic al foreign. The answer proceeds to " admit t allegFations " of the Third, Fourth, Fif and Sixth Articles of said comp!aint. 7. It is informed and believes tI allegations of the Seventh Article to I true. 8 It is informed and believes tl allegations of the Eighth Article to 1 true. 9. It admits the allegations of t] Ninth Article of the complaint. 10. In answer to the atlegations of t] tenth article of the complaint this d fcndant admits the passage by the Ge cral Assembly of the State of Scu Carolina of the Acts therein referred t but shows that the saane ar'. but part in said article set forth and allegt, ai prays reference by this honorable Cu to the said Acts in full for their pr visions. 11 It admits so much of Article 11 said complainit as may be held to al e that all the defen dants in the said co: plaint were anterior to the time ar (late of the sale anid tranisfer of tj respective propjerties thereinafter mec tioned engaged in the manufacture ai sale of fertilizers in Southi Carolina, ali denies all other allegations in the sa article set forth. 12. It denies each and every allegati< contained in the twelfth article of t said complaint. 13. It denies cach and cyw ry allegati contained in the thirteenth article said comuplaint, save anid excepting thm this defendant admits the convcyance it upon. the respective dates mention in the said thirteenth article of tl propecrty and plant of the said sever respective fertilizer comipanics there mentioned for the considerations there set forth. 141. It denies each and every allegatic contained in the fourteenth article of t. saidl complaint. l15. It (deiis the allegations of tl fifteenth article of the saidi complaii save that this defendant admits that f< the purpose of supplying neccessairy ra nateriais, to wit, phlosphaitic dleposi containing a suflicient quantity of bol phlosphiate of lime, it has aicquiredl am owns a certain amount of laand phoc phate territory in the S8,ate of Southi Car lina, but iio more of the same thaan reasonably proper and( suhlicient to su p'y tihe necessary properties of this d fendant in the manufacture aind outpl of its fertilizers. T1his defendanl a mits further that for the purpose securing and supplying to this deftendai of that ingredient in the nmanufacturira of complete fertilizers known as iiit~r gen, which is the most necessary 81 essential Ingredient therein, ir, acquir( a large amount of the capital stock< the Southern Cotton Oil Company ; thb the said Southcrn Cotton 011 Compai is not a competitor in any way of th lefendant in the manufacture and sa: af fertilizers. btt is simply the purchas< af cotton seed, wherefrom it manmufai tures cotton seed oil and cottoni seed c products, as well as the cotton seed min rom which the ingredienit of nitroge is furnished is auxi iary and~ assistant t ,ho manutfactutre and~ sale of complet 'ertilizers and( that the procuring aid cott~n seed meal in like manner he procuing of phosp'hatic rock (14 >osits is simnply auxiliary and( assistar n the manjufacture of complete fert, izrs. 11i. This defendlant denies the alleen ions of the sixteenth article of the sai omplaint. 17. Tis dlefendanit in answert'h legations of Article I7th of thb' Aai ~oplaint denuies the same, cxcep~t an ave that this dlefendlant adm~fits ti fer its creation and( organtization, 811 le purchase by it of the lantt and( prc crty of various fertilizer companice vhich were b~y the owners and( stoel< holers thereof offered to it to piurchiasi m of the elements which were so oi red to be sold1 to it wats what is knmowl , the good-wlhl of said fertilizer conm 'anis-such good-will including the in ienco held by certain mnanaging oflicor >f such c.orporations, which they re :ardedl as monmey and1( property, an< rhich they had a right to sel , and fo hich as an ingredlient of said sale crtaini consideration was cdlimed1 am ccepted1. That ini ordcr to procure the aluc of that which was so representc< Sb valuable and so1(d this defendan hat It did in sonie instances, as to soni hlrs, procure from them an agree eicut thm't they Wou'd( not for a certair mitcdl specific time carry on thbe buisi ess of manufactut ing~ and sale of ferti zcres in certa~n territory-it heilig part f the undlerstaiimhng and agrecemei at such covena'its and agreement wa itcded as5 ani assiginmnt and( transfoe >this dlefendlant,, for valuable considera n, by then)8 tnins ave rnmnr1 of such valuable good-will and influonco as they may have acquired in such territory by r carrying on the said business. 18. And further answering the said complaint this defendant shows and al log e : That the Acts of the Ooncral Asseibly - of the State of South Carolina referred . to in Article 10th of the coimplaint here . in, and based upon and to enforce the provisions of which this action is brought, are null and void, and inopera o tive under the Constitution and laws of t the United States, in that : First. The said Acts undertake in contravention of Section 8. Article 1, of a the Constitution of the United States, and the Acts of Congress in ptirsuance a thereof, to prohibit and render invalid, null and void all arrangements, con tracts, or agreements whatsoever be twcon persons, firms or corpoiations, which intentionally or unintentionally tend to lessen full aud free competition in the importation or sale of articles im ported into the State or in the ianufac r ture or sale of articles of diomestic growth or of domestic raw material. Ih t cond. The said ;Acts undertake in contravention of Section 1. of Article X IV, an amendment of the Constitution of the United States, to prollibit and a render invalid, null and void all arange y ments, contracts or agreements whatso g over between persons, firms or corpora 9 tions, which, intentionally or uniton " tionally, tend to advance, reduce or coi d trol the price or the cost to the prodticer j. or to the constiner of any articles ini s ported into the State or nianufactured or growi therein. hire. T'e said Acts undertalt in o contravention of Section 8, Article I, of is the Constitution of the United States, At and the Acts of Congress in pursuance io thereof, and of Section 1, Article X IV, r- in amendment of said constitutioi, to g prohibit and render invalid, nut1ll and c- void all arrangenits and contracts be 1e tween persons, firnis or corporations that .1- may intentionally or unintentionally d lessen or alrect in any manner full and free competition in any tariffs, rates, At tolls, premniuis or prices in any branch of busine4ss, trade, or commerce or may C- seek to control the samo. g 19. And this defendant furthcr i-hows t and alleges that in and by the public ic laws and statutes of the State of South it Carolina, to wit, Chapter X LV, Sections in 16,4.5 and 1,4711 of the Revised Statutes :h of 1893, it was declared 1by the State of e South Carolina that foreign coporations, id duly incorporated under the laws of any Us State of the United States, would be per if mitted to locate and carry on business ,d in the State of Bouth Carolina in like manne- as the natural born citizens of id the States of the United States might do under the law existing at the time, and 10 that any such foreign corporation carry th ing on business andi owning propel ty in the State of South Carolina should en 10 joy all the privileges and immunities of 0c owning property and carrying on biusi ness in like manner as inividuals, nat o tiral born citizens of such States of the )C United States and as domestic corpora tions incorpora'ed in the State of Sotith 10 Carolina might do. That in pursuance of such public laws and statutes this de 10 fondant entered the State of South Caro C- lina and purchased and acquired prop n- erty and carried on business therein, but hli has only acquired and carried on the 0, same as natural born citizens of the ly States of the United States might do id and as donestic corporations of the rt State of South Carolina might do, ain d that such invitation and the rights there in given, wlhei accel)ted and acted tipon of by this defendant, constituted a con e tract between the State of Suthi aro ni Una" and this defendant, which the said dState of South Carolina has by its said 0Acts referred to and set forth in the ni- tenth article of said complaint sought to) 1(d imp~ ir an d violate, against the p~rovisionls dof Section 10, Article 1, of the Constitu id tion of the United States. 20 And this defendant further shows mf and alleges that in and by the said Acts referred to in Article 10 of tihe said comn plaint the property rights of this defend nant ithe State of South Carolina, ac (fiuiredl in pursuance of the invitation to at anuid contract madle Wvith this dlefendant, to by said public laws and statutes refer lred to in Article 19) of this answer, are me miad e subject to impairment and destruc .ailtion at any time if this defendant shlould i make any', arrangement. contract or ni agreement which should unintentionally have the ell'ect of in any wise tending to )nl )r1 WThe disfiguration causedi by skini disease~e ta even more than the tormnemtinlg irrita'. IC tion which is so commtionly associated dwith it. Theix use of Dr. Pierce's G;oilen Medical Discovery genlerally results in a cornlet e fe~y , cure of eczemia pimiples, eruiptionms it timand other Tormis of disease which -- have their cause it ~in aninpurecon -d"Glde Medical D~iscovery "ab and11( po)isons, and1( / o ursthe eut~a nusdiseases c w'hich had hkxod r breeds and feeds. There is no aleo-I d e ry" and it is enl o tirely free frowo "I wa~s t roubletd Li withi eczena l'roun thle i. crown of liny hecad to thy soles of :iuy feet.' writes Mrss. Flili Quick, of Cas~s City, Tusexoini Co., M ich. " "Conld not w-ik ait tiniii, ,ipt wear l ily shioes. T'houghit tJIe. e wti no0 help fo tile d ait least the <boctor .said0 t,ire wny none. I went to see fietidls at Chrst~lnsin lite anid theree hienrd of the good that Dr1. Pjereg's ('oldeni Medi 0 ial Disoer y had done ihr theni, atid was d de oty 0 1oce. For fear that Iiimighst nelec'itt irt 1y ft ens sent to the village andl g ot a bottle andi iuunde the tiorie that I wou'sld take it.!I had becen gettln worse iiit lie ti fie. Ii took thIirtee:? hottlecs of the '0ohilen Medicail I)Ilscovery ' itt ten v-iols of l)r. Pierce's lieaisant Pellets, andm usted thie 'All lienlinig Salve-,' which tu nide ii Vonilete enire. It wias slow, lhnt sr,. I "I wouild say to il11 who rends this: Try Dr. , Pierce's Goldera Medical D~iscovety before- wast ing timne and mlonley," 1 D~r. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets assist the -action of the " D~iscove ry n STHE YOUNGBLOOD LUMERCOMPANY AUGUJSTA, GA. Ovmt K ANO WVonxa, NonTh AUOURTA. 8. (3 Doors, Sash, IIlnds andh Huildeor'. Hiardwaro. IWLOOftTNG, SI D)ING, CEI LT NG A N! INSiDE FINISING L4UMtBEIt TN GEOIGIA l'INE. All Correspondence given prompt alh tanionn. idvanco, reduce or control the price or ,ost to the producer or the consumer of .%ny article limported, manufactured of rowi in this Mate, or tending to lesson uill and frco conipetition in the jim portation or sale of the same, or uf in any wise affecting full and free competition in any tariff, rates, tolls, premiums or pricos in any branch of trado, businces or commerce wherein and whereby said Acts referred to in said Article 10 of said complaint have impaired said contract, and have further abridged the rights, privileges and im munities so by contract granted and given to this defendant, and sought to further deprive this defendant of its property without due procces of law and to deny to this defendant the equal protection of the laws of the said State of South Carolina, In contravention of the provisions of Section 10, Article 1, and of Section 2, Articli IV, of the Constitution of the United States, and of Section 1, Article XIV, of the ar ticles in aiendmnent 'of said Constitu tionI. 21. And further answering, this de fendant alleges and shows that tlt said Acts of lie General Assembly referred to in Article 10of said eomplaint are inull aid void, and inoperative as in onmtra vention of Sections 5 and 1; of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, in that the said Acts abridgo thbe rights, privileges and i mmu in ities of this defendant and deprive it of its prop erty without du1 proccss5 of law and deny to thin defen dlant tihe equal protee tion of the laws and impair the obliga tion <,f the contract so entered into with this defencio t, as hereinbefore in thbi aniswer more Sl.cciicadly set fortI and alleged. W herefore defendait prau s thiats said complaint be disniHssed. State of New York, County of New York I: Persoinaly appeared Samuel T Morgan aid, having been duly sworn mmdC oath that lie has read the Forego ing answer, anld that tihe Saime ii true t< his own knowledge, except as to the matters therein stated on informnatiol and belief, and as to such matters h( believes it to be true. Deponent further saith that the said Virginia Carolina Chemical Company i: ia corporation, and that deponent is am ollicer thereof ; to wit, president. SAMUELh T. MontAN. A Cough "I have made a most thorough trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and am prepared to say that for all dis eases of the lungs it never disap points." J. Early Finley, Ironton, 0. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral won't cure rheumatism; we never said it would. It won't cure dyspepsia; we never claimed it. But it will cure coughs and colds of all kinds. We first said this sixty years ago; we've been saying it ever since. Three slres: ZSc., 50c., SI. Mll drugglsts. Consult your <toetor. If he sa~ a ko it, to tk it., ien <9,i't ti k itte 11 no s Leave it with himi. We n wnnnig. J1. c. AYER1 co.. Lowell, Mass. Women as Well as Mer1 Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. KIdney trouble preys upon the mInd, dis couragcs and lcssens ambition; beauty, vigot and cheerfulness soor i disappear when the kid * ____neys are out of ordci / ~or diseased. _ Kidney trouble ham - become so prevaleni that it Is not uncommon -for a child to be born \'W~~'afflicted with weak kid -- .ncys. If the child urin -- - ates too often, If thc urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when It should be able tc control thc passage, it Is yet afflicted witlh bed-wettIng, depend upon it, the cause ol the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the firsi step should be towards the treatment o1 thcse important organs. This unpleasani trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kIdneys and bladder and not to a habit a: most people suppose. women as well as men are made mb crable with kIdney and bladder trouble and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the Irnmediate effect oi Swamp-Root is soon realized, It is solk by druggists, In fifty cent and one dollar, - sizes. You may have a sample bottle by rnail free, also pamphlet tell- nome of slwamuleo. ing all about It, including many of the thousands of testimonial letters receivec from sufferers cured. In wvriting Dr. Kilmei & Co., Bilnghamton, N. Y., be sure anc mention this paper. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE A TRAOE MARKS DESIGNS COPYnIGHTs &c. Anvotto sening a skeh nnod descrit lounimny ii1 iu ilo h i 1i- Piut do. C i heri tioini rictlj eoutnilntil. llianbok on I'areuns I ittot i li r Il i ' och 2Iinii A . re cuvc rpirefal no~t hc, wit hut, cha~rgo, in tho $cktnifle .Hwtrican. A hiaaesomiely Ilittrated weekly. nrest cir. eiilathm~u of iniy ,aelontillu jornal. 'rermsn, ?:t a year :four nitni hn, $1. Sold by nil newaidealer,. %.V. l'Aicx inu Pickuens, S. C (GreenvilIle, S. C. II Iynesw-~lOr'th, Palker' & RhbinSOn, At tornmeye-t-Law, 'ickenis C. 1 . , - - Suthl Caroli ina Practtico 1:n alI Con rtsi. Atttend to al DR. J. P. CARLISLE ----Qoenvillo, S4. C. O)flico ovor Additsons Dru-tg Storo. noit29-tf Tho Kind Yot Ilavo Always In InI uSe fori over 30 years, 'l A 1) % v 'i All Counterfeits, illifittios I Ex~perimencits thant trifle, witlh Itiftants and ChildreinI-Ixiel What is C Castoria Is a hmarmless subs gorie, Drops aItil Soothing " confns114 nicither Opiim, M( stlbstainee. Its ago is its gin and 1 alla1ys .Feverishiness. It olic. It reieves 'eetiling 'I anil Flatilency. I t, assiliin Stonmach anld Bowels, giving,. The C(lildren's 11anacca-l CENUINE CAS*i Bears the The Kind You Ha In Use For 0 1'HC CCNTAufl compANY. 77 mu~ Belling . 1 Ever4 ( )wing to) non propos1ie~l chan I Carriages, Surreys,1 P1 At an Absoli Unt4 il I 'e r e 411 I ln I . ~I~tliiiii t ak o Non sIth ho11)eo fort sllin vieloslI1 yheutlvicie, wt o glnt.trOnse r"ealo' lilyu own y w 'rk. eXwil o an i i n gu hpr op t p o le 0FE whenthe ahet wih rCj ; I Ine r[ort, lt r ita .I k * o tre W AI f 'll:t W . Will~ 04114T111ri-. ~ tr MAPTLWFE 8VAR E RAN knowno11 dr t~ e h~e tl na rp WFIW A.SNO & inish , PAfEN T e~ AythnEnor lnea np at entsi Of ruco'ri WAsSHINGTOrN. D , ought, and which Ias been. as borne the signatnro of Ls been mad uider his per lipervisioln 8incee its inihnuey. ao 010 to (eeivo YOU inl thiN. 11nd "6 Jiust-as-good'' ave bu1t; and enidanlger the lealth 1Or -ie gakinst Experlimen',lt. ASTORIA (tituto for Castor 011, Pare .yrIsps. It Is 'leasant. It orphino nor other Narcotie tran1IteC. It de'stroys WVorumsi crsDiarrhwa(u and Wind Prloulbles, eurles Conkstipationl Les the Food, regiulates the healhy Idi natural sleep. 3 .mother's IFriend. ORIA ALWAYS Signature of g to Always Bought ier 30 Years. IRAV GTECT, taCw Yon.~ cITY. at Cost! rr einoru ineVssw ilrl V 44 77 - 3ugies, Liae tons and Wag ate Sacrifice! nrP wtord for it, but ctom ande see foF lhe~4 (hVenisbor'o, Talor and44 ha Orf1 allO- kind iidI we4I' are into 'Itv~ well over bu't, n e have a fewv 1na eler k hire', ownI onr own reposi se' ha~ve for' enh or' good paperl)I'~~' ('4en4viile com and41 :14 e e us. W3 o4 4)4"oy ornot. LES & McBRAYEi ill kid o.f t al 'arid 'wit h our* addressn I' hn ml (ear lotst and( c~llan p~1 JQet 'I N( Sl'IC(: IA L'II ltS, r'E & 00., Ander I'CNTi TO FIND OUTA md the sia. Drop it name in full, giving id Mattr IVY M. MAU Attornoy. Picken Prahctico ini all th WVM '. tCA 1~1 mIr