Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OXIQM VERSES CAROL." Some verses enrol blithely as a bird, N~nd hint of violet and asphodel r qW nJe others slowly strike a funeral bell, Or call like alarionets till, spirit-stirred, Ite henr the mustering tramp in every word some, the ocean pounds with sledge. Or leptune posts with blare of trumpet+ shell -- By shores that visionary seas engird. 0s soft as flutes, they croon the lullabies 'S A9f andle-years ;play clear as eitherns ; wall (Like harps Eolian in the grieving wind s. loe are the deep-drawa human moan by pale And silent faces--:neath lack-luster skIes-s Peering through panes on darkness uncon fined! -enry Jerome Stockard, Inthe Century. THE SON OF A TAILOR Y CmaLES STOKES WVATE. SOUN G- Engfer remembered uaite dis inctly 4' that morningseven years ago, when miss Sturgis had ocome with hex mother to his father's'. shop 4. to be measured -_for a riding habit. - He remembered the frock ol large plaid that she wore, all green and blue and black, and he - remembered her blue' felt hat with its ostricb feathers;' but what had made a still rdeeper impression upon his boyisl mind was her prettypink-and-white face, her great hazel eyes, and hex sunny curls, which, after being caught at the nape of her neck with a dark -blue ribbon, went rippling down ovei her rough brown coat nearly to her waist.-V He had stood at the little desk 'in the corner, making out bills-for it was a Saturday, and, there being nc school, -he was engaged at his usual holiday occupation. . - He was sixteen then, and he fancied that she was a year or two younger; for he had overheard her mother say that it was her first riding-habit, and that they did not care for an expensive one, because she would outgrow it. He recalled that she had blushed at this, as though it were a crime to be young and growing, and that a feeling of re sentment had come into his hear against her mother for subjecting hex to such an embarrassment. Seven years had wrought a greal many changes, but the shop was in the same old place there on Sixth avenue, under the shapow of the Jeffersor Market Police Court's brick walls, and with the elevated railroad trains rum bling past the windows of the uppei room where he studied and where he slept. Karl Engfer, the tailor's son, however, was no longer a a school-boy, looking after his father's books and making out his father's bills on holi. days. He was now a student at the general theological seminary-a Pro. testant Episcopal clergyman in embryc -aritd he wore sombre black garment! of a somewhat clerical cut to indicate his chosen profession. Why he haid gone into the church he hardly dared to confess, even to him self, because he was really a conscien tious young fellow at heart, and he believed that there was such a thing as a divine call to the priesthood. In his case he doubted if the call was divine. The orthodox teachings of a maiden lady who presided over the class in the mission Sunday-school that he attended on Carmine street had not been without effect. He had accejpted the Scripture as truth, he had been baptized and he had been confirmed, but the impulse to go forth and preach the Gospel had come rather from a wish to elevate himself above the level of the surroundings in which he had been born and raised, than from any burning desire to lift his fellow-man alough of despond. 6 Young Engfer now and then inflicted upon himself a sort of moral flagella tion. At such times he opened his own heart to his own honest gaze, and he invariably found there a deeper underlying motive for his course, of which he was half ashamed. It was nothing more nor less than an ambition to gain a position from which he might aspire to the love of the little maid in the plaid frock who had - . ordered her first riding-habit from his father on that Saturday seven years igo. It would not have been an unworthy ambition, he told himself, under other circumstances. If it were only a sec ondary consideration ! If he had given himself to the church first, and this desire had come afterward, he could have pacified his chiding conscience with the assurance that a wife such as Madeline Sturgis would make him would be of incalculable assistance to him in his parochial work ; but now he felt that he was using his holy calling as a means to accomplish an end that was distinctly selfish, and as such~ tpocritically base. These moods, as might be sup posed, were morbidly depressing. All the afternoon he had been fighting over again in his heart the same old battle between the right and the wrong of it; and now, tired out lby the struggle, he had come down from his little upper room into the tailor shop on the ground floor, and was standing looking out through the glas4 door at the passing throngs on the avenue. Workingmen and workingwomen were hurrying home from their day's toil; the surface ears were crowded, and at short intervals long, heavy A ___________ trains thundered by on the elevatedj L road overhead. The hurry-scurry of * the scene diverted him for the mod ment. and he would probably have W been lifted completely out of his dol prdrums. had not that one name. soe :alen upon his ear. The old man was evidently in lrouble. He had spoken, somewhat graciously, to his cutter, who was busy chalking out a pair of trousers, which were for Herr Fleischman, the walking gentleman at Amberg's Thea bre, and which must be finished in time for the premier of the new comedy on the following evening. His question was as to who would carry home a cer lain riding habit for "Mlees Sturgis." Ehe errand-boy was out. Karl knew that it was the busiest season of the ga w his iagi that Qottliek Sheotter, d no t spared r outdoor service. -j But the garment was promised and must be sent. \ Karl turned away from the door. ; I-Let me take it, father," he said. "It's only a step down to Washington place, and I don't mind. : The old German protestdd, but Earl insisted, and eventually the father re luctantly consented to allow his son, of whom he was more than proud, and for whom he had ambitions that tow., ered to a bishopric, to deliver the par r In any American city other thaif New York the spectacle of a young natuso_well.dresscarrng.. largd bundle on a crowded tuorougnItur would have attracted attention, but i4 the metropolis people are more apt to, mind their own business than ore thq people elsewhere, and so it hiappenel that as Karl made his way dbwn Sixt avenue with the riding-habit wrappeq in a brown paper qnderl' his arm,' scarcely a head was turned to looli after him. . Had it been otherwiseo however,'it is doubtful whether thi young theological student would. havq observed it. %.He was plunged deeply in thought, and as his feet traversed the six or seven blocks that lay betweed his father's shop and the Sturgis res4 idence his mind traveled once agaiq over the seven years that had. inter-, vened since that eventful day when Madeline Sturgis had como into hig As he looked back at the boy thathq was then he wondered how he had veni tured to ret the seed of hopo take roo in his heart. ; The son of a cheap Ger man tailor; his companions, like him self, the children of poor tradesmen-i it was.certainly a wild notion that posh sessed him to woo and win this aristo cratio little maiden, whose people were not only rich enough to buy and sell him and his father a thousand times over, but were of a social stratum far above that in which the Englers lived and moved and had their being. a . He remembered how ha had carried home that first riding-habit when it was finished, and how he had been asked to wait in the dining-room until Miss Sturgis could try it on and ascer tain whether it was entirely satisfac iory; and he recalled how he had sat there in that basement apartment with its extension table and its leather covered chairs; how he had looked with admiration upon' the engravings in walnut frames that hung upon the !alls and how he had hoped, all the time, that there aight be some com plaint, so that the liltle lady would come down to show him just what was wrong, and he could 'get another glimpse of her. But his father was a good workman. The habit was all that could be desired and he had returned home disappointed. The days when he saw Madeline he called his red-letter days, and for a time they were fewer than those that are indicated in the printed calendars. One January afternoon, however, Mrs. turgis had come into the shop and had asked his father if Karl would not like to go to the mission Sunday-' school on Carmine street, in which she was very much interested, and his rather, who would have gone through fire and flood to please a customer, so aarful was he of losin2 a dollar's, worth of trade, had said that Karl would certainly be there on the follow ing Sunday. From that time on he saw her more frequently, and his infatuation in reased in proportion. She taught a class of small boys across the aisle from where he usually sat, and on more than one occasion the maiden lady who pre ided over the group of larger boys, of which he was one, was compelled to* demand with some emphesis his return to the business of the hour, his gaze having a way of wandering repeatedly' from his catechism or his Bible to the face of the pretty little teacher in the opposite pew. One incident that he recalled with' some pleasure had occurred on a Sun day afternoon in early spring. He' had noticed that Mrs.- Stargis was not' resent in the chapel; that Madeline~ ad come alone ; and he had wondered* all through the lesson whether it would seem rude on his part, after the close of the session. to offer to walk home with her. If he only could, he thought,; it would be the happiest day of his' life ; but he feared that she might think him impudenit and presuming, and, when the school was dismissed and the set olars and teachers filed out into the' street, -he lacked the courage to go forward and speak to her. But his happiness had come, never-. theless; for in following her at what he considered a most respectful dis tance, his eyes never once leaving her lithe young figure, clad in a well fit ing spring jacket that his father had cut with his own hand, he had seen her rudely jostled by a drunken man, and ad dashed to her aid almost before he trealized what he was doing. The re collection of her gratitude was one of: his most cherished memories; and now, as he turned into Washington place, he was thinking of how, on that occasion, her manner was so cordial and so completely lacking in any indi ation that she recognized anyv differ ence whatever in their social ~station. He remembered that it was on that day that his determination to study for the ministry was formed, and that it grew out of heor telling him that the essistant minister at the missia had lined a ith them on the evening before, "The day will come," he had thought, when I, too, may be asked there to And now he was thinking that day night not be so far distant; for, was : 0 not going to the mission, the week following, to take the place, temporily, f that very same assistant minister, ;he Rlev. Mr. David, who, he had heard; as to be married and go to Europe or a three months' honeymoon tour.? "Yes, it was true, as Lord Beacons eld had said: "Any man may be what he makes up his mind to be." - By the time young Engfer reached the Sturgis residence he had walked nd thought himself out of the gloom of his blues and his self chidings into) the radiant sunshine of a hope de4' ferred that was on the verge of realig zation; and he whistled softly a meri rier air than was to be found in th4 hymnal, as he tripped lightly dowr~ the stone steps of the areaway, and rang the bell. . It was his intention to hand in theE bundle and to make off as quickly as r fsile .-He had no notion of being recognied, and above all he wishecd to avoid the possibility of a request to yore'the verdicf as o .i m aR& these-plans he had counted upon ti bell being answered by a housemai< and when, instead of a servant, tb door was opened by Miss Sturgis hez self, his mode of procedure was, of n( cessity, somewhat altered. To escal recognition was out of the questio and, as he realized that in his effort i serve the woman he most cared i please he had put himself in a positic that.was likely to lower him in her e timation, he blushed to the roots < his flaxen hair. - 'Why, Mr. Engfer," she exclaimet "I tam so sorry you went to thi trouble !" Z. "Well, you see I-that Is father, he stammered, "thought that possibl, you were expecting it, and-" _"Yes, I was expecting it," Mis Sturgis put in; "in fact, I was ver anxious for Atr. I couldn't wait ft Delia to get to the door; but I had r idea that you would have to bring it. "I was ooming this way," Karl prc varicated, "and I offered-" " 'Won't you come in ?" the youn woman interrupted again. " "You ca (pare a moment, can't you? We shan treat you as an errand boy, you know -and she laughed in a way that mad young Engfer hesitate between embar rassment and pleasure. 'Tm afraid," he began to protes "that I can't stop this evening. have-" 4 'Just a minute," Miss Sturgis plead ed "You must let me thank you fu your trouble; and then, I want to cot gratulate you, too." Karl followed her into the dininC room, where the table was spread fu ainner. - , "Sit down," she said, and she drei a chair out for him and another fc herself. .,I "Now, Mr. Engfer," she wen on, "I am awfully obliged to you fc having brought me my habit." i As the young man looked at her i the soft light cast by the pink shade that adorned the candles in the can delabra he thought he had never befor realized how beautiful she was. Sh was so bright this evening, too-s cheering-and, what was dearer to hix than all else, she was really almos familiar. - The chasnm which ha4 one seemed so wide between them was grow ing narrower and narrower. Ther was no doubt of that. Once he was or dained the breach might easily b closed entirely. "And now," she went on, "I want t offer you my congratulationa upon th good news I heard to-day; that yo are coming to the mission to take Mr David's place." Karl could hardly believe that h heard aright. Could it be that sh was actually pleased that Mr. Davi was going away? At one time durin the latter part of his attendance at th mission Sunday-school he had though that she cared something for the youn divine, and he had really been a littl jealous of him. "You. are very kind, Miss Sturgis, he said, "very kind. Do yeu take a much interest in the mission a formerly ?". "Oh, dear, yes. More than ever !" "Then I suppose .I shall see a gooi deal of you, there?" "Of me?" she asked, surprisedly "Oh, you don't know, then!i Why thought every one knew. Haven't yoi heard whom Mr. David is going t4 marry ?" SA sharp pain as from a knife thrust shot through Karl's heart. He seeme< suddenly unable to breathe. Ther< was a'rumbling, rushing sound in hi head and a swaying, darkening clou< before his eyes. He was conscious o a tingling chilliness, and then of mbness in his hands, his feet, an< his legs from the knees down. H made an effort to pull himself to gether-to hide his feelings-but h failed. He felt that he was stifling that he must get into the fresh air, a any cost; and he heard himsel mumbling something, he scarcely kney what, his voice seemed so strange ani annatural. The next moment he was stumbling p the area steps on to the sidewalk and an instant later he had come int< eollision with some one who was about to mount the stoop. The shock steadied him. He started to apologize, but the words died ox iis tongue. The light of a street lami scross the way had revealed to him the face which he had suddenly come tc abhor-the face of the one man in al] the world whom he hated; the face oi he thief who had robbed him of a ope that for seven years had' been tc im 'more than life itself, and of at ambition that had raised him from the Sevel of his own people to a place ol hich he might well have been proud. Instinctivelv he clinched his fiste. md a fire came into his eyes. Then, iddenly, he grew dizzy again. Iron angers seemed to be pressing upon his temples with the terrible clutch of eath, and he staggered away like a irunken man. He wandered the streets for hours; ,whirl of memories in his brain, a aden weight upon his heart-up one Ihoroughfare. and down another, ~hrough by-ways, in and out of blind lleys, seeing no thing,cearing for noth ng but to escape from himself and the ~orture that was within him. Presently he became conscious of she sound of lapping waves--the mur nur of'waters-and a chill in the air :hat pierced him to the marrow. Re talled thus to a realization of his phys cal being, he glanced down, to see hat he was standing on the extreme ,nd of a long pier, with the dark river lowing below. A keen wind was >lowing in his face ; a thousand lights ~littered on the opposite shore. "Another step," he murmured, "and should have been out of it all. Why id I not take that one as I took the hers? And, oh, I must have taken o many to-night. How tired I am! He stood for a moment in hesitation. omething was 'whispering to him to ake that one step more. It was for ie', it told him, that he had adopted he church as his calling. Of 'what ise was all his learning-his Greek and atin and Hebrew, his knowledge of he Bible, his knowledge of theology 7 Yhat good would he do? Then another voice, lower, sweeter, ore tender in its pleading, spoke to tim. It seemed borne on the wind, which had suddenly died to a zepher. t answered the questions, one and I. It breathed encouragement. It ade him look up. He raised his eyes heavenward. cross the river, above the roofs and himneys and spires of the sleeping ThatTired Feelini Is due to an imnpa,-erished conitior. Iblood. It should be overcome without del and the best way to acrouiplish tis reLllt Is take Hood's Sarnapwrilla, which will pur ars Hood's prf and vitali'A tih- blood. give 4trenth ani- n' petite 1ud proille sweet an-l refresiiiig sleep. Be -ire to get Hood's aarsaparilla, a only Ilniod's. Ilhood's Pills cure nausea. aid billoustness. FREE! Fine Steel. Keen an a raz THIS KNIIE ! Good, strong handle. Mailed free in exchange for 25 Large Lion Heads < from ion Cofree wrappers, and a s-cent stamp I pay postage. Write for list of oar other fine P minins. WOOLSON SPICE CO.. Smu50 Uuron St.. ToLIDo. W. L. DOUCLAS IS TMHE BIEST. $3 SSQUEAKING. *5. 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Sprins Tables, Ice Boxes, Parlor Suits, Coltches, Si e Boards, Etc. Cheapest and best line of Goolds ever offered. Goads shipped all oner the coun try, GREAT EASTERN M'FG CO I No. 1226 RI DGE AVE., Pet. Lireen and Spring Garden Streets, Phil 7mliahm bbyR .J.A .iOA i PeILA..PA. salonce; nooperatlon ordiy fro buine Cousulw'Mfre. zdr"eUto~f 89 sicas.iadiesad p anelsLseos. Seud i1e etrcular. sflahseP.~o3 P.S - '0 - - Consumptives and people who have weak lungs or Asth ma. should use Piso's Cure for Consumption. It has eared thousands. It has not injur edone. Itis not bad to take. It is the best cough syrup. Sold everywhere. S5c. The flowers shed no tears. What women say, men do. Credit is the character of cash. We lose the bud in the blossom. Travel should be a great eduator. Learn something from everything. Covetousness is a chrysalis oi crim Nature abhors a vacuum in the affe tions. Avarice is a vise that squeezes men souls. Injustice may begin before its obje The person without will has a malad nearable. Happiness is to pleasure as home oa hotel. The more we forget the better sati ed we are. The girl who doesn't think, seldo: ets her parents think for her. A little history every day makes vell informed man in a few years. Cupid can't shoot straight. B rrows never go through the centers two hearts. *Suffering alone might break the 11 ried spirit, but with the prop of haj ~iness it is bent to grace. One 'sees how ridiculous or mi placed is a fashion or a passion on] hen Its days of prestige are over. -One's wishes are never so fully r garded and so promptly exeuted during the vociferous period of infanc: 1i Life is an angel. Some men ai born where the lines meet, and the broaden as they grow; others are bor at the wide end and narrow down ti further along they get. ' 100 reeward. 6100. 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Humorous Anecdotes Gleaned from VarL ous Sources-Sonething to Reaa W41cl I Will Make Anybody Sleep Well-Betta Than Medicine When Taken Before Re 1W tiring. id Did He Look Like It? - The little boy haa come in with - his clothes torn, his bair full of dust, and his face bearing unmistakable ' marks of a severe conflict. "Oh, Willie! Willie!" exclaimed his mother, "you have,disobeyed me e again. How often have I told you to not to play with that wicked Staple. * ford boy?" "Mamma," said lVillie, 0. wiping the blood from his nose, "do ~ I look as if I had been playing with anybody?"--Vogue. Quite Unsympathetic. Lirdie McHennepin and her broth er were at the sea-shore. 'Oh, see that!" exclaimed Birdie. 'e6ee what?" Inquired the stoical John. "Why, see that little cloudlet just abov^ the wavelet like a tiny leaflet dancing o'er the scene." "Oh, come, you had better go out to the pump let in the back yardlet and soak your little headlet. "-Texas Siftings. Not Natural. "The clock," said the man who was looking through the Senate cham Of ber, "don't call out the hour no way, bo does it?" "No," replied the guide. Md "Whose property is it?" "Why. it s. belongs to the Union." "To *r which?" '-To the Union." "An' b don't strike? No, siree. Ye can't fool me. "-Washington Star. S . A Plausible Explanation. Son-I simply can't get this lesson. at Father-Don't give it up, Thomas. 1 Remember that G-n Grant's great i successes were largely due to the fact " that he never knew when he was licked. Son-Then he must have worn a board in the seat of his trous ers, same as Billy Brown does. Judge. Quite Different. "I hear that Miss Headhigh's en gagement is off." "Yes." "What's the trouble?" "She made a mistake in her iance's position." "Why, he runs a big summer hotel, don't he?" "She thought so. He said he was a big summer hotel runner. And he is."-Exchange. American Weddings. Foreigner-Your young girls are the pictures of health; but why do the married women look so delicate? Ame Ican-Oh, they always work themselves sick getting ready for the wedding.-New York Weekly. Anzious to Please. Mrs. Weeds (in a bookstore)-Have you got "Baxter's Saints' Rest?"' Clarkiets (who used to work in a drug store)-No-o, I'm afraid not; hut we hate something just as good that we put up ourselves. Origin of the~ Dollar Mark. Not less than a score of theories hava peen advanced as to the origin of the dollar mark ($). Of these the St. ~Louis Republic believes the following to be the most plausible: 1. That it is a combination of the "U. S.," the initials of the United a States. 2. That it is a modification of the tfigure 8, the dollar formally called a "piece of eight." ty 3. That it is derived from a repre sentation of the Pillars of Hercules, ja Consisting of two needle-like towers or pillars connected witb a scroll. The pld Spanish coins marked with the pil lar device were frequently referred to as "pillar dollars." S4. That it is a combination of "H. S.," the ancient Roman mark of money a unit. 5. That it is a combination of P. and is S. from peso duro, signifying "hard dollar." In Spanish accounts peso is contracted by writing the S over the 1P and placing it after the sum. Acrigto one writer the symbol ofthe dollar is a monogram of the let ters "V," "S" and "J," the dollar be ing originally a "thaler" coined in the g alley of Sant Joachim, Bohemia, and known as a "Joachim thaler," and the a monogram the initials of the words, a "Valley Sant Joachim." The editor F- of the London Whitehall Review, a - very able writer, in giving his opinion y of "Reason No.3, as given above, says: n "The American symbol for dollar is e taken from the Spanish dollar, and the origin of the sign, of course, must be looked for in associations of Spanish eoins. On the reverse side of the t Spanish dollar is a representation of *e the Pillars of Herculee, and around -h ach pillar is a scroll with the inscrip t ion 'plusultra.' This device in course - of time has degenerated into the sign aswell a present stands for American eswelas Spanish dollars, '$.' The scroll around the pillars represent the etwo serpents sent by Juno to destroy e, aercules in his cradle." To Decide a Bet. n Col. Henry House-So I've caught a you in the act of lifting my rooster, ehave I? Uncle Mose-Jes as I made ma bet, Mas'r House; he don't heft into two poun's alongside o' mine. A Great Advantage. u. Cymbals-Squiggles goinir to play a the cornet? He'll never do anythinar with it. He has no lip at all. Bass Viol-But just think of his mnagniti cent check!-Boston Transcript. What He Was. * Cobby--Papa's the captain of .our 7 ship and mamma's the pilot. dis Teacher-And what are you? Bobby -'m the compass, I suppose -they're alweiys boxing mne.-rruth. Au Easy Position. Dick--Hello, Jim! Where do you work now? Jim-Work9 What yer .givin' us? I don't work. I'm a eplumber's helper, 1 am.-Boston Transcript. ____ Know How It Is Themselves, Snquiring Child-Papa, why do people cry at weddings? Papa (ab stractedly)-Most of 'em have been --married themselves. - Pearson's King of All KACIng m4acoM A peculiar instance of the hold which superstitious belief bas on all classes of racing men is furnished in the long line of blind beggars who line the entrances to each of the big local race tracks. Many racing men hold that as a gilt-edged mascot the blind man has no peer on earth. Those ainonz them who would not give a cent to save their own fathers from starvation cannot leave the blind beggar empty-handed. The beggars who have sufficient interest with the race-track owners to get a stand outside jthe gates reap hand some returns, and in one season can realize enough to keep them in com foit through the winter.-New York World, At the last census Nevada had only 4,931 girls of school age. One-third of the coal consumed in France is imported from abroad. The pearl is only carbonate of lime, is readily affected by acids, and burns into lime. 34 902 KN0OWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to rsonal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of u perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fever3 and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on tne Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug. gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not a.cet any substitute i offered. FMPOV YOU POPERT a aoid paying You can make it from 10 to 2i0 centis a eallon picplyouet fmterals now u.eless toyou. PAIT in the0 wo? he U. S.Gvrnment ha Te usn this PA I T on its war-ship fr 6 years Red, Salmon, Light Brown, Dark Brown, stone l e eail you formulas, with full directions for The PAIT is noexernsent; t ha een made yur chaneroavai yourself or the forulas, n TY ('0.. 417 Law Biuild ng, BALTIMORE, MD. B. BRENT DOWNS, Secretary. FRANKLINI COLLEGE. New Athens, 0. Board, Froom and books, 7. per we ek. Catalogue free. BEECHAM (Veg What Th( Biliousness indigestion dyspepsia bad taste ir sick headache foul breath bilious headache loss of appt when these conditions are cat stipation is the most frequex One of the most impor learn is that constipation ca ness in the world; and it< the book. " Write to B. F. Allen Cox York, for the little book on sequences and correction); se reach of a druggist, the pills a 45LIff DEAR TI A CA5EO 711TH[6 M IIL'RAL WMA S4AW41 DOTT LE5 5!iVT fff ~.AS5K TOMR iOC!Ri " Fool's Haste is I Hurry the Work SA P( PIERCE u ICORE OR MONEY IS REFUNDED Disease follows a run-down system with the liver inactive and the blood disordered. Pimples, Boils, Sores, Carbuncles, Ulcers, and like manifestations of impure blood, should be driven out of the syse. with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. m KunN, of 618!.L 16th Street, New York City writes as follows: 7 "t pleases me to state that I had a run IM sore 1pon my ated upn three times. j and si t was not cured. I was also run down very much. There was a decided e 8 Golde Dter y, Itook a ttles and was soon cured. Later my husband had a lup Mus. KUHN. behind his ear; he tried amedicine, and one bottle cured him. I balalways recommend your medicines. Forheadache (whether sick ornervous),t e. neuralgi, rheumatism. lumbago, pains adw~1 news In the back, spine or kidneys, pains arud the liver. pleurisy, swelling of the joints and pains of al kinds the application of Radway's Ready Relief will ard Immediate ease, and Its continued use for A CURE FOR ALL Summer Complaints, DYSENTERY, DIARRKEA, CHOLERA MORBUS. A half to a teaspoonfull of Ready Relief In a half tumbler of water, repeatd as often as the discharges continue, and a flannel saturated with Ready Belief placed over the stomachb or bowels will afford imme dIate relief and soon effect a cure. Internally-A half to a teaspoonful In bi-! a tum-. bier of .vater will In a few minutes cure Cramps. Spasms, Soar Stomach, Nausea, Vomiting. Heart burn, Nervousnvss, Slceplessuess, Sick Headache, Flatulency and all internal pains. Malaria in Its Various Forms Cured and Prevented. There Is not a remedial agnt in the wosid that will cure Fever and Ague all other malarlous. bilious and other feversaided by RADWAY'S PILL so quickly as RAD WAY'S READY RELIEF. Price 5, cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever. DR. T. FMJX GOURAUD'S ORIE AL CEAM, or MGICAL BEATMFIER J ; Removes Tan, - F Freckles pi-.Moth Ptew C. aiseases and revery blemish o d> butadefisa detions. onIt virtues I I b aa Atood n he te t ef o A 43 yeash f her haa, and .450 barmlesswetaste ne months esr it Is properly made th ou of simila name. The dIs W Atinguised Dr. L A. Sayre said to acly outhe haut-ton (a patient): "As you ldiev wi use them, I tecommeae 'enturaud's ream' as the leas harmful of a (he skin preparatiion." One bottle will last six months, uing it every ay. Also Poudre Subtile removes superfluous halr wUtS' out injury to the skin. ars and of of anyar oe seld o~sme. Newsealrs, r 5 Eas umbesree very C.n HVE 2 n**a edc*i" esft* c*an yteAr eial ube Forrmt ofolic wll. hsleowravinaeo h fiest bacnti a iornshpco :74 ices. opal of whc e. l tk plasr ting forw rdigyuuo ev eryb oy 5 cts oere thanpe halfgte. si n aner prevete. Gts, 10any, 365t. Caal usdtree, Ne or ONSTIPATION (itS causes C.n t fee. fu tiuar e oban t ithinie 11 edar, ors e st Stail. 25 w cents. Gy AreO For Tlsallow sin tae e pressi on is unessr than haUste si an)L IOpevne. ob