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s-. SHORT TALKS BY L. T. COOPER. DEBILITY. Many people who talk to me aay: “I feel half aick allthe time. I dost just know what's the matter with me.’* This is general debility. It’s very common. People who get in this shape have my sympathy. They arn’t sick enough for bed so they drag around and their families get exasperated with them. There are two causes for this eondition; bad habits and a weak stomach. By bad habits I mean eating irregularly and too fast and not chew ing the food thoroughly. The stom ach gives out and loss of appetite. K. MC DAD*, A TALE OF THE TORY ASCENDENCY BY JOHN P. KENNEDY Butler knew enough of Robinson’s hardihood and venturesome dispo sition, to feel perfectly confident that h- would make good his promise to be near him, at whatever personal hazard; and he was. therefore, in momentary expectation of receiving further intelligence from the serg eant in some of those strange, bold, and perilous forms of communication, which the character of the trusty soldier warranted him in counting, upon. His knowledge that Robinson had passed by Blackstock’s on the dav preceding! gave him some assur ance that the sergeant was in the bilTio'uVnes»."constTpation, and general | fliligent prosecution of his purpose debility result. First get the stomach to seek Sumpter, or some other of in shape and then be more careful in ! the partisan Whig corps in their the future, and the worn out, despond- 'hiding places, and to try the haza.d- ent, half sick feeling will be a thing 1 ous experiment of his (Butler's) res- 'of the past. • I cue from his present thraldom, by a Two bottles of Cooper’s New Dia- I vigorous incursion into the district covery will put the stomach in shape, i where he was now confined. With Common sense will do the rest. There | th j s calculation of the course of are fifty thousand people in tBis i p V pnts, he was prepared to hear, at country who know this to be true be-' ev(;ry hour of thft dayi 0 f some sud- cause they’ve tried it. a i arm . an( j readv to co-operate, Bere’s a letter fr °“ ° n 5 “^them: _ by seIzing th e nm moment of con- I was allrundown fromo erwor , f iig ion snatob up a weapon, and lost ambition and energy and could fh thp ranlM of not sleep. It was difficult lor me to , , ". attend to my work owing to that tired- | his guards. It was with such antici- out feeling 7 I secured two bottles of , lotions ^Tninrfv the New Discovery medicine and de termined to try it. The result de lighted me for renewed strength and vigor and energy came with the first few doses. It’s effect was different from anything I had ever taken. I finished the two bottles now and feel well and strong again. ” E. McDade, 839 Dix Ave.. Detroit, Mich. We hear favorable reports of these famous medicines every day. AskUt about them. GAFFNEY DRUG CO. FOURTEEN that now. whilst seemingly engrossed with the satisfaction of his physical wants at the table, he lent an attenive ear to the conversation which passed in the house between Curry and the company who were clustered around him. The dragoon, at first, in a light and merry vein of narrative, recounted to his hearers I the singular visitation he had exper ienced before daybreak; and he con trived to fling over his story an ad- ditiona! hue of mystery, by the oc-! rational reflection with which he' Here James Curry interposed to seasoned it. tending to inculcate the draw off the incensed captain, and 1 belief to which h- himself partly in-! H'ltler. having received another or- clined. that the incident was brought d<t from the officer of the guard, : about through the agency of som n ' nio\">d out upon the road and took Inranking and mischievous spirit.—a 1 place that was assigned hira.be- ! conclusion which, at that period, and ’ween two platoons of the foot sol- thronged the table of the common room of the house, where spirits and water had been set out for their ac commodation, and rude jokes, laught er, and oaths, were mingled in deaf ening clamor. “Move out the prisoner,” shouted Habershaw; ‘‘he goes with the infan try afoot. I’ll never trust another of the tribe with a horse.” “Follow, sir,” said one of the sen tinels near Butler's person, as he faced to the right with his musket at an “advance,” and led the w-ay to the door. Butler rose, and. before he placed himself i n the position required, asked: “Where is it you purpose to con duct me?” “Silence!” said Habershaw stern ly. “Obey orders, sir, and march where you are directed.” Butler folded his arms and looked scornfully at the uncouth savage be fore him as he replied: 4 T am a prisoner, sir, and there fore Imund to submit to the force that constrains me. But there will be a day of reckoning, both for you and your master. It will not be the light er to him for having hired such a ruffian to do the business in which he is ashamed to appear himself.” “Devil’s leavings!” screamed Hal>- ershaw. almost clicked with choler. “dare you speak to me so? By my heart, I have a mind to cleave your skull for you! My master, sir! You will find out. before long, who is master, when Hugh Habershaw has tied the knot that ’s to fit your neck.” “Peace, villain!” exclaimed But- W; “i canot come too soon into the presence of those who claim to f 1ir ct your motions.” FLUE CURING IMPROVES TOBACCO UKE ROASTING IMPROVES GREEN COFFEE Flue Curing Develops the Cumulating Aroma and Taste Found Hi Schnappe that SaUaflee Tobacco Hunger There are three ways used by far mers for curing a id preparing their tobacco for the market; namely, sun cured, air cured and flue cured. The old and cheap way is called air cured; the later discovery and improved way is called flue cured. In flue-curing the tobacco is taken from the field and suspended over intensely hot flues in houses especially built to re tain the heat, and there kept in the proper temperature until this curing process developes in the tobacco the stimulating taste and fragrant aroma found in Schnapps tobacco, just as green # coffee is made fragrant and stimulating by the roasting process. Only choice selections of this ripe, juicy flue cured leaf, grown in the famous Piedmont country, where the best tobacco grows, are used in Schnapps and other Reynolds' brands of high grade, flue cured tobaccos. Hundreds of imitation brands are on sale that look like Schnapps; the outside of the imitation plugs of to bacco is flue cured, but the inside is filled with cheap, flimsy, heavily sweetened air cured tobacco; one chew of Schnapps will satisfy tobacco hunger longer than two chews of such tobacco. Expert tests prove that this flue cured tobacco, grown in the famous Piedmont region, requires and takes less sweetening than any other kind, and has a wholesome, stimulating, satisfying effect on chewers. If the kind of tobacco you are chewing don’t satisfy, more than the mere habit of expectorating, stop fooling yourself and chew Schnapps tobacco. Schnapps is like the tobacco chew ers formerly bought costing from 75c to $1.00per pound; Schnapps is sold at 50c. per pound in 5c. cuts, strictly 10 and 15 cent plugs. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, n. 0. di^rs. Th.> troopers being mounted and formed into column of march with Habershaw and his trumpeter at the h'ad and Curry in the rear, now noved forward at a slow gait, follow- 1 amongst the persons to whom the j adventure was related, did not re- Of the thirty-one persons killed in ihe j fluir(> anv great stretch of faith to wreck of the .Mystic Shriners’ special sustain it. Some of his auditors for- I tified this prevailing inclination of train at Honda, Lai., on Saturday, May 0 pi n j 0n by expressing their own eon- nth, were insured against accidents in viction of the interference of mallig- j “d by the detachment of infantry .. _ ,, , nant and supernatural influences in i w ho had the prisoner under their the Aetna Life Insurance Company, of : thp concerns of nianldnd , aml „ ave especial charge. Hartford, Conn. This involves a loss of their personal experience of instances It was near noon when the party $110,500, which is the largest loss ever £ "’hich these powers were active. * 0 s 1 The conversation by degrees chang- incured by a company under accident jt s tone from that of levity and policies in anv one disaster. The total laughter into one of gia\e and some- r ' what fearful interest, according to the increasing marvel which the sev eral stories that were told excited in the superstitious minds of he circle; and in the same proportion that this sentiment took possession of the thoughts of the company, they be came more unreserved in their lan Will Cure Any Case of KIDNEY or BLADDER DISEASE Not Beyond the Roach of Mediclno IFsr tals by Chsrokss Dry Co.^sr Bals fcv Chsrskss Drua Cs. P*r Bat* by Ch«rokf* Dry'-. C<* amount which the Aetna Life had at risk on the lives of passengers on this train was at least $154.c^r, lof those insured with.tbe Company other t'.:-,. » e four teen killed only one is reported severely injured. The amounts payable for deaths guage, and louder In the utterance in this wreck are all double the amounts insured, and in four cases they are triple of it, thus giving Butler the full ben efit of all that was said. “But, after all,” said one of the the amounts insured through the fact that j men, ‘‘mightn’t you have been asleep on your horse, James Curry, and had the beneficiaries were killed in the same disaster. This emphasizes most strongly the enlarged scope of accident insurance protection as furnished by the Aetna Life. a sort of Jogging dream, when a limb of a tree across the road, for It was a dark morning, might have caught you under the throat and flung you out of your saddle: and you, not The fact that nearly one-half of all who knowing whether you was asleep or ., . awake, for a man who is on duty, were killed carried their accident insur- j without his night’s rest, sometimes ance in the Aetna Life is striking evi- can’t tell the difference, thought it , ... c , , . .. i was some hobgoblin business?” dence of the confidence reposed in the | „ Nosaid Ctirry> impos- Cotnpanv by the insuring public, a.diSible; for I was singing a song at that confidence is wisely so placed. Iti S l th(i time ‘ a T n< ? all " ost ^ the to P ° K f 7 r my voice. I had been sleepy enough only a large company like the Aetna Life before that, just after T loft Ninety- that can withstand such a calamity as npar midnight, for I had ridden „ , , , . a long way; hut as it grew' towards this. If all of the persons killed and in- daylight I began to rouse up. so that jnred in this wreck had been insured in ; "’hen this happened I was as much Aetna Life, the resultant claims would ; .. Then it . g a downriffh1 . caSp of be paid immediately on receipt of proof ghost,” said the other. “It knew’ you was upon a wicked errand, and *0 that hack-handed blow was a of death and without in the slightest de gree impairing the strength of the Com- warning to you. These things are pany. The Aetna Life furnishes aliaolute sc> metimes meant to he friendly; and . . who know but this oversetting you protection to those insured in it. Call on j n the road might have been intend- ■ 1 Am* Pd ,n siRn,f - v that you had better not Jones J. Darby, - Dist. Agt. meddle in cases Of life and dealh. For Aetna Accident and Health Policies. If you would take mv advice, you Star Theatre Building. ""'I" 1 , ins ; ‘f”' ** ? ,a J or that you took prisoner — Curry looked a the speaker with a ' frown, as he made a motion to him to b* silent. “Remember where you DR. W. K. GUNTE ( tire, and who may hear you.” he said * in a cautions voice, as he glanced his took up the line of march, and they prosecuted their Journey southw r ard with such expedition as to tax But- i I p r's iiowerg to the utmost to keep even pace with them over roads that were in many places rendered miry by the late rain. Towards evening, however, the sun had sufficiently dried the soil to make the travel fatiguing; and by that hour when the light of day only lingered upon the tops of the western hills, the military escort, with their prisoner, were seen passing through a defile that opened upon their view an ex tensive bivouac of some two or three hundred horse and foot, and occupy ing a space of open field, encompass ed with wood and guarded in its rear by a smooth and gentle river. The spot at which they had arriv ed was the camp of a partisan corps under the command of Colonel Innis. A farm-house was seen in the imme diate neighborhood, which was used as the headquarters of a party of of ficers. Numerous horses were at tached to the trees that bounded the plain, and various shelters were made in the same quarter, in the rudest form of accommodation, of branches and underwood set against ridge-)»ole8, that were sustained by stakes, to protect the men against the weather. Groups of this irregu lar soldiery were scattered over the plain, a few wagons were seen col lected in on e direction, and, not far off. a line of fires around which par ties were engaged in cooking food. Here and there a sentinel was seen pacing his short limits, and occasion ally the roll of a drum and the flour ish of a fife announced some cere mony of the camp police. The escort marched quickly across this plain until it arrived in front of the farm-house. Here a guard was d^awn up to receive them; and, as soon as the usual military salute “'as passed and th" order to “stand at ease” given. Habershaw put. the detachment under the command of j tim lieutenant of infantry, and ac- j mnpanie d by rut ry, walked into the 1 -euse to make his report to the com- n it, j* t t KTr eve towards Butler who was leaning! nianding officer of the post. his head u;>on Office in Star Theatre Building. I slumber. | “Oh, I understand,” Phone No. 20. the table, as if in replied th* 3 “I forgot he Crown and bridge work a apodalty. : soldier of the guard, was in the room.” “The weather holds up.” said Hab- house. “The rain has slackened; In a f'*w moments afterwards Colo rs! Innis. attended by two or three rMMtar - men—som*. of whom wore the uniform of the British regular ’ iv- cam'* from the house and oa«sed hastily aionc the line of the sco/t. KPi veyliur Butter only with a rated glance Having regained the dm. j. f. QAMtrrr. DENTIST. Moved to now oMo* ovor Prodortofc Btroot. Front of tho Bottory. ’PhOnt In Offioo and FOR Up-to-Date Job_Print- ing, call at the LEDGER Office. : and so, orderly, if you have had a door, he was heard to say— I bite of something to eat. the boys “It i • ve-y we l ; let th" prisoner 1 had better he got ready to march, i 1,ave a room atiove stairs. See that We have a long way to go and as the j' 1 ” went* nothing proper to his situa- infantry march with us we shall get 1 , '” n ’ and. above all, he attentive on slowly.” j ke he kej,t scrupulously under Orders were now issued by Hah-' th- “ve of his guard.” j rshaw, both to the troopers of his 1 ' 1 ’“ n th's order was given, the jown squad and to the militia detach-1 Colonel retired with his attendants men, to put themselves in condition to his auart^rs, and Butler was forth- for an immediate movement. The ’ ,1 conducted, by a file of men, up clouds, during the last half hour, had a narrow, winding stair to a small been breaking away, and the sun "“rtm«»nt in the angle of the roof, soon burst forth upon the wet and where he was provided with a chair, glittering landscape in all the efful-1 a I’tht. and a comfortable bed. His gence of mid summer. During a brief d '' or was open, and on the out- interval of preparation the party of; side of it, full in his view, was post infantry an d cavalry that now occu- p d a sentinel. He was too weary pied the hamlet exhibited the bustle even to be troubled with the cares incident to the gathering of the corns. 1 of his present condition; and, with- Som© ran to one quarter of their out waiting therefore, for f od, or arms, others to the stables of their i 'ceklng to inquire into whose hands horses; a cracked trumpet in the he had fallen, or even to turn his hands of a tusty performer, who here 1 thoughts upon the mysterious train Joined the troop, kept up a oontinu-1 of circumstances that hung over him, al braying, and was seconded by the' be flung himself upon the couch and ceaseless beat of a slack and dull a,,n k into a profound and grateful OoIFmaw Q n ldrum - There were some who, fcav- uaitney, 9. ing put on their military equipments, sleep. (CONTINUED NEXT FRIDAY ) CRACK FEMININE WHIP. Southern Belle to Drive Famoi s Steeds at Internstionsl Horse Show. One of tin* features of the great in ternatiomil horse show to he held in the loiidon Olympia in June will he the horsemanship of Miss Florence Schenck, who is to drive the Yamler- hilt horses, says the Chicago Hei-onl- ilerald. She is a southern girl, a per fect blond, with blue eyes anil yellow hair. She has the delightful manner characteristic of the girl from Dixie. Her features are regular, and when she Is in animated conversation her fare is one that remains in the memory. She has what photographers and artists would call an excellent posing face. “My home is In Norfolk, Va.,” she said the other day. “My father was the iate Dr. Powhatan Sehenok. I learned to ride and drive when I was a little bit of a girl on papa’s plaee. He was comfortably well to do, and we always had horses to ride and drive. I just love horses. I have often ridden and driven in amateur horse shows in the soutli, but this will be my first pro fessional appearance.” Some one asked If she was not rath er young to try her skill against the veteran whips who will appear at the Olympia show. Miss Kchenek smiling ly said confidently, “I am nineteen years old and have been driving ever since I can remember, and I have no fear of defeat by the Olympia experts." Great preparations are being made for the show by Mr. Vanderbilt. Among the horses sliippi*d from Newport last February were the celebrated gray road four, Ventura and Viking, whete i*rs; Vanity and Vogue, leaders; the celebrated park four, all winners at tlie national Madison Square show: The Major and Sweet Marie, wheelers: Polly Prim and Th'* Youngster, lead ers; s;*coud park four, Gibson Boy and Full Dress, wheelers; Rustling Silk and Primrose, leaders; two numb ml horses. Lady Kathryn and Albert, also win ners at the national iun-se show; then the ladies’ pair. High Boy and Molly Darling, by a si i of Mambrino' King; two French coa< !i Ic : es. King Edward and King James, with several others. All of these horses are pure native bred. In the line of traps will be two coaches, three phaetons, tltree gigs, two runabouts, tandem carts, knock abouts, private hansom, brougham and victoria for the appointment classes. According to the rules, Mr. Vander bilt to exhibit in the ladles’ classes must have a feminine whip. Mrs Vanderbilt has not api>eared on the tanbark of late years because of ill health, so a woman whip of the necessary skill and style to ride aud drive bis horses had to be found. Miss Schenck has the skill, it is said, and she certainly has the smart appearance Imperative In a show like the Olympia. is sai l to be to furnish data from which tin* specifications for next year’s rails can be made up. A high official in tin* engineering de partment of one of the large eastern railroad systems in speaking of the changes that must bo made to guard against rail bretikagi* said: “Railroad me i are pretty well agreed that s-'ine changes must be made in the specifications for rails which shall guard against the great number of breakages we have bail in recent years, but tb** problem is a very difficult one, and I do n^t know that any railro-*. i has decided what shall 1m* done. Our company, at Drst, has not. We are rot r. iking any tests, but we arc s*udr- i. 2 e refuiiy actual eases that aria* in the everyday service. “Steel men have suggested that a mueb heavier rail lie UM*d, mil in faet one steel company lias* asked us to ioi it roll some 105 pound rails for next year, hut so far we have not consented. I thin!, that the change to an ope i hearth rail will be a great improve men;, but it may not entirely solve the problem. To produce a rail of differ ent composition may necessitate the use of different ores and oilier ingredi ents. while changes in the method of treatment will call for radical cliiiii:''*s In plants and machinery, so that it is pot a matter to bi» decided offhand. I think it will be some time before th * raliror! •• ::ai steel companies agree ip o.i ♦'.(> best sp^teficatlocs.” Some of the railroad eompanies have declared that the adoption of* heavier rail .i not the best solution of the problem, for the reason that expert once has shown that some of the old eighty and eighty-five pound rails stand the heavy traffic of tiie present day hotter than the more recent ninety and a hundred pound rails. Bismarcx's neswea of French. When replying tin* other day to the new French ambassador’s credential address, tin* kaiser spoke in German, while M. Gambon had also ustJ his native tongue. Formerly French was the exclusive language of diplomacy, as Latin had been before it, but Bis marck rebelled against this tyranny of the French tongue, and once he related wllh great gusto how he had brought M. Thiers to his senses during the peace negotiations by suddenly ad dressing him in German. After the war Bismarck laid it down as a rule that a communication from any mem ber of the diplomatic corps other than the French ambassador, if couched in French, should lie replied to in the same language, but that otherwise any communication in the native language of the writer should be answered In German. The emperor applies the same rule, as far as possible, in bis inter course with the ambassadors. — New York Globe. Th* Passing of Tub*rculo*i*. “In twenty-five years there will be I no consumption; it will have been elim- i iuated from the face of the earth," said Dr. Nicholas Senn, surgeon gen- 1 j eral of Illinois, in Omaha the other day. “The methods for the prevention of disease which have been wonder fully developed in the last few years-." said Dr. Benn. “lead me to believe that the outlook for tho elimination of I In- white plague is very hopeful. Those affected will be Isolated, and if this Is done preventives mar lie used until consumption is a thing of the past.” Experiment In Astronomy. Astronomers are trying to photo ! graph the sun’s eorona without an I eclipse from the Janssen observatory on the summit of Mont Blanc. He Could rill tho Bill. A day or two after George H. Cortel- you assuir. -1 the duties of secretary of the treasury be was visited by an elder ly man who wanted an appointment as confidential clerk to one of the assistant secretaries. Notwithstanding the fact that he was very busy at the time. Mr. Gortelyou gave the elderly person a hearing. On account of his age, Mr. Gortelyou said, in* felt Unit he could not comply with the request. So. gen tly. but firmly, he intimated to the old man that it was about time for him to go. This, however, did not dampen the latter’s spirit in the least. “Now. sir.” sail he, “as I fael my self peculiarly '•ompeteut to li!! one of theu* confidential clerkships. I hope that you will further eon idc” my ap- pbcation." Then, wagging 1);4 bead iB'ist impressi'-ciy. In* addl'd: “Oh. Mr. Gortelyou. I could be so cunfi■ Vu t ial!”—Success >! a gar.! ne. STUDYING STEEL RAILS. Railroad Cempani** K**ping Tab* on AM Kind* of Broakago*. A number of the leading railroads of the United States, It was learned re cently, are keeping records of nil rail breakages, including full descriptions of the conditions under which the breaks occurred, says the New York Tribune. The purpose of these records INDIGESTION A CRIME. It is a positive crim** to continue suffering with the ills of indigestion, such as headaches, backaches, heavi ness. nausea and distress after eat ing. specks before the eves, despon dency and nervousness, now that we tell you of the good Mi-o-na stomach tablets will do. Mi-o-na will strengthen all the or gans of digestion so that vou will get from your food the nourishment that 'is nedded to support the vital forces and strenghten the nerve powers. Ask the Gaffney Drug Co. to show you the guarantee they give with every 50c box of Mi-o-na. Seasonable j FArm Seeds °Cow Peas, Sorghums, 0 ] Millets, Teoshne, Late Seed Potatoes, Buckwheat, Vetches, Crimson Clover, etc. Wood’s Crop SpooiaL giving E rices and timely information fr ont Seeds that can b* planted to advantage and profit at different seaaooa of the year, mailed free on request. Writ* for !L SEEDSMEN. VA —Try Dr. Pierce's wheat flake celery food at Bramlett’s. L- Wa do not do all klnda of orlnttam ! —w# da th# GOOD kind.