( AN HUMBLE 11 HERO BY THOMAS ?* -P. MONTFORT COPYKianT, 1001, BY THOMAS P. MONTPOKT :T CHAI'TKK IX a DANOKItOUS Mi l ri vc. Although ii couple of weeks hai) pass ed since .lames Melvin arrived ibo Itldgo - was as rite as it had ever beeil, Of course ins statement 10 old man Turner thai ho hail come there t<> pros pect tor mineral had spread abroad UlUOIIg the people, hut there were very few who I" T.-ved for a moment thai j there wits' II word of truth in it There were no mineral developments In Mull seetio.i ami, so far as any one knew , no Indications of mineral deposits. In view ot these things, what IIUolll).I was tie re of a company of capitalists Bonding a man there on any such mis slot i'.' i'.-iii Sampson, so boastful ot his aini Ity i<> judge people at llrst sight, had beeil compelled to admit, tllOUgll In- diil it rein, tautly enough, thai for once be had made a mistake w hen he so conti deiilly asserted that Melvin was a preacher and that ins object in coming to Possum Itldge was to hold some ?'inei't m's' at ihe Conn Ituii "ineetlii house " Jason Unbelts, still having nn excuse for holding to ins llrst formed opinion, continued to argue that in- was there tor the purpose of buying some thing Inn Jason was alone, or very nearly bo, in Iiis opinion, and both he ami l'ap had the satisfaction of seeing Jim Thorn, a mere upstart, holding the lead in public opinion lor once. Melvin soon observed that wherever he went the |.pic watched him < Uli ously ami thai the great majority >ii ii ruble than his absence. To Melvin it was more It not only annoyed bftl it disturbed him \ man who Is carrying in his bosom a dread secret is always under an appre hension that In- is going to he found nut. and any little peculiarity in the conduct of ti.i so about libn i-< sure to excite Ids suspicions and awaken in him a fei Hug of uneasiness. Several times during the two weck* Melvin had made visits to Beckett's Mill, ostensibly i" make irltliug pur chases at the store, hut in I'Oilllt.v for a far different purpose. Km-li tun' , how ever, hi- bad come back as lie had gone, his purpose unaccomplished Hut at last fortune ftivon d him. One evening he had left tin vir.iige to return to I'm net's, where he was >iil! Stopping, when In passing through a thick wood he came suddenly face to face with Mrs. Ihltlks. lloth started back ;n surprise, let Melvili recovered himself quickly, and. grasping her hands in his. In- looked full Into hoi tin e ami cried: "Thank Cod, Louisa, I have mot you at last I" Then he caressed her hand-, his mind In such a tumult thai he could Und m further words to speak, ami v. lion alter n moment she would have drawn her hands away he held tl.cin la t. "Don't, phase don't!" she said In tones of soft remonstrance, looking anxiously mound "1? I'lense let me go!" "No. no!" he replied. "Don't nsk un to do that. It WOlild he cruel after I have hungered and starved i n a sight of you all this Ion.: time. Ob, Louisa you don't know bow I love yon and how I have missed you and yearned for you! Oh. my darling!" He made a movement to put his arm about her, but she tote herself from his grasp and, staggering hack, stood lean Inj; agaiust a tree, she was trembling all over, lu r lace red and white by turns and an uneasy, scared expression in her eyes. After a momentary pause he advanc ed toward her, I.ut she held up her hand to stop him. "Vou forget," she said in low tones. "Forget what';" he asked, his eyes Dxcd ongCI'ly on her. "Thai that I am married." He hesitated an instant, then said slowly: "No; I don't forget that. I wish to heaven I could and that you could for get It too. But I love you, Louisa, and if you were married a thousand times I'd love you. It may he wrong, lud I don't believe it Is; but, right or wrong. I love you. and I'll always love you. I can't help It." A light of heavenly bliss swept over her features, then quickly died away. "Don't say that," she pleaded. "Vou have no right." "But I have," he replied. "1 have more right than any one else, for I love you more, and you love me. Isn't that true. Louisa'.' Don't you love nie?" She made no reply, but hid her fuce in her hands. Presently he repeated: "Don't you love me, Louisa V" She walled a moment, then looked up nppcalingly. "You aro cruel, cruel!" she cried. "If you wero not, you'd spare me. Vou have no right to ask me that." '?Then It Is true," he cried Joyfully, "and you do love me." She looked up into bis face anil said quietly: "(Jod knows I do! It Is wicked, but It Is true, and I cannot help IL I love you with all my heart und nil my soul." "It Is p*>T~wIckod," be replied. "We learned to love when we had a right, before you married that. man. It Is not ns though we hail begun to love now. You were mine your heart and your soul -before you became Ids. We loved each other then, and It is not wicked In ? our love will not die." ?n't know." she answered idly. "It seems like all hnppi wrong and that we can't do thout being miserable. Ob, I iow why we should ever hnve rather that you don't know why uld ever have parted," he said, .oulsn, why did you go away mo when you knew I loved you anted you to bo my wife? Why jii leave mo when you loved me?" didn't know then." ddn't know what?" "That I loved you." "Didn't you know it then7" "No. I know I Uked you. und 1 thought <>f you sometimes In a different way from what I ever thought of any ?nie else, hut I was young, und I didn't know what love was." "Why did you marry -that other?-' "My parents urged me, und I liked him. I oveil thought I loved him. Alt erward there was an awakening, and then 1 knew the truth. That awaken ing was hitler ami cruel." "And you suffered " ho said softly, placing Iiis hand on her head. "My poor little girl!" ??Yes; 1 suffered," she replied wearily, "and Cod alone knows how mud) I Buf fer yet." "I know," he said, again taking her hands In his. "But there is the fu ture." She shook her head slowly. "It will he the same as the past and the present, l shall go on suffering to the end." "But you need not." "I must." I le was thoughtfully silent for a little While, 't hen he said : "Louisa, you have no right to sacri fice your life and happiness, and m t only your life ami huppln hut mine. It would he a sin. a tar gl sin than ?the other." She knew his meaning, and she drew away from him. When she spoke, there was resentment in her voice. "I don't think 1 have given you any excuse lor saying that." she said. "If 1 have, I didn't mean it. Voll must let tue go." "Have you nothing more to after all our long separation'.' in hurt tones. "1 have said too much air replied. "I did not mean to say anything to hurt you. and I humbly and sincerely say t< " he a: adv. tue seil she "Dun't, please don't!" beg your forgiveness. Loving you as 1 do, I would not hurt a hair of your head. Won't you believe me, LouisaV" "I?yes; 1 believe you. Now let me go." "No, no, not yet! Think how long it has been since 1 Kaw you! Don't no just yet." "1 must." "You are cruel, Ixiulsa." "It Is you who are cruel." "I? HOW?" "Can't you understand what your keeping me here means'.'" "I can understand that It means a taste of heaven to me." "And more pain and suffering for me." "Why should it do '.hat'.'" "Do you think 1 have no conscience':" "No. but" "Do you think it costs an hone: t wo man nothing to keep a thing like this a secret from her husband?" "1 don't know. But, there, i will not keep you, though it is hard to let you go. When shall I see you again':" "Never!" "No; don't say that! 1 must see you!" "It is best that we should never meet again, best for both of us." "Never'.'" "Never in this world! We should never have met this lime." "Do you regret our meeting'.'" "Nothing good can come of it. noth ing but more pain and more misery. Why did you come here at all'.''' "1 couldn't help it. You were bore, and I couldn't stay away." "When \ knew 1 w as married. You are weak weaker than I, and you are a man." "No; I love more. If you loved me one half as much as I love you, you would not lie so cold ami exacting." SI: ? looked tit him a moment with an Incn ilulotis smile on tier lips. "Listen," she said. "I have told you that I love you, and now I may as well tell you this. I love you so much (hat I worship your very shadow, w hile one drop i f your blood, one atom of your flesh, is more precious to me than all the millions o." human beings on this earth. Is your love greater than that?" "No. But yet you drive me from you." "I do, because I know It is best ami because I am strong enough to resist temptation, YOU must leave here, and we must never meet again, fjoodby." "Wait a moment, Did you r?.Ive my note that llrst dny I cainoY" "Yes." "I Dirt glad of It. I was afraid the boy I sent it by might lose it or get It misplaced. You knew who It was from'.'" "(u' course." ?*&nd I presume you wondered what it meant?" "Naturally. I could not understand why you should be so anxious to keep your name a secret." "Shall 1 tell yoil?" "Just ns you please." "I think I would bettor. I am in hid ing." "I" hiding! From what?" ? From the lnw." She started back with a little cry of lUrprlso and pain and placed her hand on her heart. "Ob, Frank!" she cried. "You have not committed a crime? Don't tell nie you have!" "Louisa," be said In all seilouste is, "I have done something dreadful, something I would give nil the world to undo. Hut it was not my fault. I did It becauso I could not help It." She looked up at him wonderlngly, while a terrible sensntion of fear and dread tugged at her heart With that keen, unnccouutable intuition peculiar to women sho gucsaed the_jtruth at our.-. )>ul sin- wiiiiM md IVCCllH? liini even to himself. She drew ? IIMt? nearer i<> him ntiil Bpoko in low tones. '?relink." she BUltl. "tell me the truth. What have you done?" "Are you aure," lie asked, "that 1 had belter tell you?" "Yes; 1 must know." "lint it is dreadful, Louisa." "Yes; I expect tin- worst." "The very worst V" " The very worst." "And you do not shrink from me?" "No, because you say you were not to blame and thai you couldn't belp it." "Hut i trend le to tell you." "Have no fear for me. 1 believe what you have snld. You have"? "Taken the life of a fellow man!" CHAPTER N. NEtOUUOULY OOSSII". "You uns may say what you please, nn you uns may say it jest as long as .von uns please; but. as I have said be fore an as I'll cotltllter to say, thar's BOUietbln pow'ful heavy a-woighiii on Sim Hanks' mind." "Lord, Pup Sampson, you've been a-sayin them words till we uns have all done learnt 'em by heart, an you eau keep on n-SUyll) 'em till you've- wore 'em plumb out. if you want to, but 1 tell you rigid now you're barkltl up the wrong trie. I've said before, an I say Og'lU, that all on earth's the matter With Sim Hanks is that he's lixin to have a spell of fever." "You have said that. Ja son Roberts, an mebby you have said sotnctbbi you know, an mebby you hain't. .My no tion is you hain't. Hut if you'll allow me 1 jest want to ask you one ques tion." "You jest go ahead, l'ap Sampson, an Hsk all the questions you phase. I'll auswcr all 1 kin of 'ein. an when you ask one ! can't scrape up no answer for I'll holler." "Very well. Now. then, Jason Rob erts, can you tell toe why a feller lixin to have a spell of fever would go mop In round for two long weeks, not n-fccl In siek nor notblll, but jest aetin for all the world like he'd lost ever' CCIlt he owned nu ever' friend he had to his back? fan you jest tell me that'.'" "Couldn*4 a feller lixin to have the fever net that a way '.-" "Mebby he could. Jason, but he don't. You hain't answered my question, though." ".My notion is. l'ap. that thar ain't no need of hl tu answerin it, for I reckon you an Jason's both got the wrong pig by the tail." "If you're so smart, Jim Thorn, why don't you retell into the pen an git a bold of the tail of the right pig?" "I have." "Then you jest show that pig to us an let us see its color, will you'.'" "I will. All on earth's the matter with Sim Hanks is jest this. He's In love with Hie Widder Mann, an he's raoonin round 'causoiic can't have her." "That's the color of the pig you got by the tail, is it ?" "It are." "Then. Jim Thorn, all I got to say is that you didn't even ^it your pig Otiten the rigid pen. The one you got's a plumb stray." "Thai's jest your notion, l'ap Samp son. bul you Jest wail an you'll see." Lap thumped hi- cane down almost viciously. "Jim Thorn." he said, "you'll never make me believe llo siel a thing as that of Sim Hanks, not if you preach it till your bead's as bald as a pumpkin. I've knowed Sim shoe he wa n t no bigger than a cat. an 1 can say. an say it open an nboveboard, that I ain't never yet kliowed him to do ary a single thing that he bad any call to be ashamed of." "My land. l'ap. do you think bein in love with Mis'us Mann is anything to be ashamed of '.'" "It would be for a man that's al ready got a woman shoroly, an I don't know. Jim Thorn, but what I'd be ashamed of It even if I didn't have no woman." There was a general laugh at this, w hich caused l'ap to straighten up and look important. "That's a putty hard knock on the Widder," HlckS observed present ly, "but if l'ap was a widower 1 bet he wouldn't talk no sich a way." "Nary lime he wouldn't." Jason agreed. "Lord! If l'ap was single, he'd be ctlttln round after the women wuss'n a hungry eat after cream.'' "That's all right, Jnsoll," l'ap said, "an 1 reckon you ain't talkin so (noughts- much out of your load list soiie- folks mougllt think. Lord a mas sy, it's a pow'ful .rood thing Cor these young chaps round here (hat I hain't single. Lord, I'd soon have all their noses out of joint even if I am risln on to To." "You 'low you could cut 'em all out, Pap?" llickhi asked. "Jest a.-, easy as fnlllll down a well. Why, shucks. Jake, don't you know I'd have (he pick and ch'lce among (he women V" "Mebby you wouldn't, l'ap," some one said, "if (hat Mr. Melvin were to turn loose an take to sparkln round." "Reckon Sim Hanks' wife is the only woman Melvin kccrs 'bout spark In," young Sain Morgan observed, l'ap Sampson brought his cane down emphatically. "Sam Morgan." he said, "do you mind how Sim Hanks done Jim Thorn thar, right here on (his platform, the other night ?" "I guess I do." Sam replied. "Then lei me tell you that if you ain't achln to be dene the same way you'd "Tell us oil about it, won't you?" belter tighten the reins on your bosses1 a little an be sorter kcci'ftil whar you drive." "I hain't n fee I'd of Sim Hanks." "You better tie if you git u> lot tin your tongue run on Loneesy." "I hain't said nary a word about Loneesy, have I'.'" "Waal, mebby not exactly." "Hut I will say this. Pap Sampson. | wouldn't want no wife of mine meet hi that feller out In the woods an standiii a-talkin to him, w ith him n-bolt of her bauds." "You mean to say, Sam Morgan, that Loueesy Ranks done that?" "I ain't tallin no names, Pop Samp son, but I reckon most anybody ort to sco Hiroujru a board If It's got a auger Uol? In lt." Tb? in?? exchanged u sui i ?i*?imI gluuc?. i?ut for a little while no one b|Kik?. i'iiially. bowover, Hicks broke the |UIUS?, ? Sam." Ii? saiil. "huve you been seelu Hull Melvin uu soin? woinnii doli) like you sa'nl':" " 'Tbout in?ntloiilii no ii tunes, Juki', Tin bound to say i lim o." "\Vb?n vvas ii. an wlturV" "Ylst?ddy evouln, right down bcro In Sim hunks' ow n pico? of timber laud." "Tell us all 'bout It. k'on't you?" Tliere was a eoiiee led hitching of chairs up closer around Sain, and a bush almost as ?tt" as death fell over tho little group. There w as little, very little, of excitement or Interest in the lives of the citizens of Possum Itidgo. ami when anything strung. >>nt of the common did happen tlu-y liked In make the most of it ami enjoy it to I hi fullest possible extent. Then, too, in this Instance. Ihcj scent ed something in tl'<' way of seaudtll. ami that made Ibcin all the uior? i ngei listeners. Unsophisticated au I sltilph as they were, iliey possessed thill llisu liable curiosity and that i.'bid love ul the unsavory which are not illtogethci things apart from tie- lives of many ol the more cultured. Sam Morgan, Unding himself the ecu tor of an eager group who wailed with open mouths for him to speak, felt his Importance, ami it was excusable in him that he remained silent for a little w hile to enjoy I he situation. It w as not every day lie could occupy a posi tion like that, and it was very natural thai lie should desire to make the most of it. Hut glorying ill a triumph, even such a triumph as that, cannot last forever. So finally Sum condescended to speak. ??I'd i.n out a hum in.'' lie began "an. coin I n 'long up across Sim Hanks' timber land, l fob sorter tired an 'lowed I IllOUgllt'S Well sei doWII Uli test a hit. So 1 turned out of the path an went a f. w step- out to dial big tree iwhnl I'ap Sampson told us he shot six squirrels out of at one time when he was a young feller. You all mind 'bout that tree. I reckon." They all nodded assent. Then l*np Sampson spoke. ? it was seven squirrels, Sam. 'siUl of six." "Von said six last time you told 'bout it." Sam replied. "I mind Hint most distinctly." "An live time In fore that." Jason Unheils added. "Lord, I reckon it'll he eight next time Pup tells that story." "W aal, don't squirrels uiit'i'iilly mul tiply IUI increase?" Pan asked. "Not dead uns don't." Jusoll replied. "Waal, thnr was seven squirrels if thar was one I mind I counted 'ein both before 1 killed 'em afterward sever squirrels set I hi 'long on a limb all in a low, with all their heads turn ed the same vv.y. I dm wed up my old rille an luck aim at the head of the IllgtldCSl to ice .111 Ii,limed IIWIIJ'. llll agluo my surprise when all seven of them squirrels come a-tumbliii out of that tree an fell in a pile mi the ground, that bullet bavin gone clean through ev er' one of t heir heads." "An tlu ii gone on an killed a wild turkey over in another tree." Jason added. "Waal, yes, thiii's alius been inj opinion." I'ap admitted, "hut thar Wils another feller shot his gun off at the same time, an he 'lowed he killed the turkey. Itilt, as j'ou was a savin. Sam. you tuck ii few steps mil lo that tree" "An sot down behind it in the simile." Sam resumed. "I'd boon ii-settln I bar 'bout ten minutes, I vniess don't 'low it could 'a' been inore'n 10 minutes an I not inore'n l"i liohnw an I'd begun lo git sleepy an do/.c oil like wli n all lo ? meet I heard VnieeS il-tUlkill. I peeped round tin- tree kinder eautlousllkc, an then I see thill Mr Melvin an a woiiliin 1 ain't inentlonln no mimes a stand in thar a lulklii, pow'ful Interested, him a Imidin both of her linn's in his'n." "What was tiny a savin'.'" Micks asked i ngerly. Waal, they talked kinder low most of the lilnc." Sain replied, "so I couldn't hear much thej* said, bill what I did hour was moiigbly Inl'reslin, I can ii II \ on." "What wir-. It?" Hicks asked, and I he others all leaned forward in breathless eagerness to listen for the reply. "Waal, in the llrst place." Sam said, "I heard Melvin say, 'It may he wrong, Imt I don't b'llove it is; but, rlghl or w rong. I love you.' " "Lord:" Jason exclaimed, "lie svns ?tttill sweet, wa'n't he'.' Hill vvh.il did she say I hen V" "She soys: 'Don't say that. Voll llill'l no right.' Tl i he says, 'I have more rigid than anybody else, 'cause I love you more an 'cause you love nie.' au he says. 'I lon't you love me'.'' " "Then w hat did she say?" "She didn't say not hin." "Jest stood thar an never opened her mouth''" "At first she did, Imt after while, w hen be had crowded her a right smart an had said to her, 'You do love me. don't you?' she up an says: 'Clod knows I do. It's wicked. Imt I can't help it. I love you With all my heart an soul ' " "Lord! Hid you ever In-.-ir the like? Say. I hei then he jest gathered her in his arms an kissed her." "No; he didn't." "Wonder why. Any woman was lo tell me, like that, she loved me I'd shore kiss her." "Not If she wouldn't let you, 1 guess." "Wouldn't she let himV" "Not much; wouldn't let him tech her, only her hands." "What else did they say?" "Didn't make OUt much they said after that on account of 'em tn Ik 111 so low, but I heerd her call him Prank oncct, which shows that he ain't goln by his shore 'noiigh name, an toward the last I beord hlra say he'd done Bomethln drctful an was bldln out from the law." I^or a full minute Sam's auditors sat staring at him in astonishment. Then Hicks broke the silence by ejaculating: "Waal, I'll be dad gummed! If that don't stump my tutors!" "I reckon, Jake," Jason said, "it's enough to stump anybody's Inters. Lord! Did anybody ever hear of anv thing like It?" They all shook their heads, and again there was silence. After a little Hicks said: "I v/ondei what we ort to do 'bout It?" "I don't know," Jason replied.. "I reckon, though, wo shore ort to do sometbln. Tears like it's our plumb duty, don't It?" "Do Romethin 'bout what?" I'-ip Sampson asked. "Why 'bout puttln the law on to the track of that fellow an brlngln him to Jlstlco an 'bout?well, somebody ort to tell Sim Hanks, I reckon." "'Bout puttln the law after that fel low?that's nil right, an I'm Wlllln to help you. Hut 'bout tollin Sim Hanks are you wlllln to be tho ono to do It, Jason Roberts?" Jason made no reply. Tap put tho snine question to Micks and Sam Mor gan and tho others, and they all shook their heads. Thon ho turned to Thorn and said: "Jim Thorn, aro you wlllln to be tho ?ne to tell Sim.Banks?" "H ?l?'t" UOtlittl to nil'." Thorn re plied, "UU I guess 1 ain't got no call to mix up In m> sich matters." " Tn.n's seuslbte, Jliu, an I feel 'bout It Jest like the rest of you." I licks Bald. "We ain't none of us go| no call to tell Sim Danks UOtblll, an the best thing wc- can do Is to keep our mouths shot. I tell yon now. an Ii s a gospel truth, as shore as Sim I tanks ever Hilda out what Sam Morgan has t"lt like ho WOUld a sheep kPlill dog. You mark IU.V wont for ' 1 pro uk CONTINUED.] ''j ' SERGEANT JASPER'S FLAG. The Historic Colors Under Which He Fell Are in the Tower of London The following communication to the Union Progress calls attention to a matter that ought 1? be t-f no little in terest : linder the heading "Sergt. Jasper's company,'' The Stale of March 27 th, aajs; >? In the valuable Miibbish' at the Stiite house theie hai recently been found the original company roll of which Sergt. Jasper, of Fort Moul ine lame was a member." So there is within possible reach ma terial for something more than an in teresting exhibit at the coining Inter state and West Indian exposition in Charleston, aud an opportunity for South Carolina to prove her apprecia te 1 of her glorious dead. In linmscy's " History of the llu volution," page l??, is found this loot note : '? ?Ott the third day slftei the action, the lady of Col. Bernard Elliot pre sented an elegant pair of colors to the second regiment which bad so bravely defended Fort Motiltrie. Her address on the occasion concluded thus: I may not the least doubt, under heaven's protection, you Will stand by these colors as long as they wave 111 the air ol liberty.' In reply n promise was made, 'that they should be honorably supported, and should never be tar nished by the second regiment.' 'iT?i engagement was literally fulfilled. Thr-.c weals alter they Were planted on tl 0 litllish lands at Savannah. One bj Lieut. Hush, who was immediately shot down. Lieut. 11 nine in the act of planting Ins. was also shot down: and Lieut. Gr*y in supporting them received n mortui wound. The btave Sergt. Jasper on seeing Lieut. Hume fall, took up the colois and planted i\ In doing so he received a wound which tu initialed in death; but on the re treat being ordernd be brought otT the colois with hilU. These were taken at I the fall of Charleston, and arc said to be now in the tower of London." F10111 the above it is v*r\ evident that ibis Hag is still in existence and there is nodoubl that, by proper effort, it can be obtained. Our State ollicers, members of Congress and Exposition authorities can unite their efforts and, with the support and inlluence of the President of the United stairs, can un doubtcdy obtain, through the Briti-h Minister at Washington, the loan or the gift of "Sergt. Jasper's tlag." in justice to ourselves ami our chil dren as well as to the heroes of 17Ti>, let us land our energies to t u- accom plishment of this act. Let this Hag bcoiought from the Tower of London, let its faded, perhaps moth eaten, folds be unfurled over Sergt. Jasper's com pany roll, let the true-hearted South Carolinians from the seaboard to the mountains take their boys and girls by the band, and, standing in the pres se lice Of these sacred relies, let tllCIll ti ll the children ovci and over again 1 the thrilling story of Hush, and Hume, and Gray, ami Jasper. Lit them whisper it to she KMphyi'S and shout it mil lo the winds that it may be carried all over this broad land North, South, Fast and West for it is high lime that justice be done the memory of these, gallant inen. All the world knows of Hunker Hill anil Concord and Lexington, but in the year of our Lord 1000 a Southern lad, in deep chagrin, could write from a gnat Northern city, ?*These people have never hoard of Sergt. Jasper." Awake, South Carolinians, and make them hen.' of him, ami the main oihci Southern heroes whoso glorious deeds arc known and honored only upon their native Lentil. Mus, Maks 0. C1.11 it in 1 ?. Union, S. C, Match 20, IIMJI. Judge John .1. Jackson, of Parkers burg, VV. Ya., in point of scrvico, is the ol lest judge oil the Ulliti . Mates j bench, having received his commission i from I lincoln in 1801. OVERWORK You know all about it. The rush, the worry, the e x haustion. You go about with a great weight resting upon you. You can't throw off tin's feeling. You are a slave to your work. Sleep fails, and you are on the verge of nervous exhaustion. What is to be done? Take sanaparioa For fifty years it has been lifting up the dis couraged, giving rest to the overworked, and bringing refreshing sleep to the depressed. No other Sarsaparilla approaches if. In age and in cures, " AyerV is "the leader of them all." It was old ' efore other sarsaparillas were born. UM a bottle. All druiglitt. A'/ci's Pills aid the ac tion of Ayer's Sarsapa rilla. They cure bilious ness. 2* Cli. ? box. * 1 have iisni Ayer's modlolnss for moro ttwn -i'i years ami have said from tlio very Start that you mado tho txist tnedfclnos In tho world. 1 nin Miro your Sarsaparllla saved ir./ lift' wtlOn 1 first took it 40 years h>{o. I am now past 70 and am uevor without vour medicines." Phanr Thomas, p. m., Jan. M, ts'j?. Enon, Kansas. Wrllm Ihn Onatnr. If you Imvn nny complaint .Oi?t?v?>r aikI ili-iii tlio ln-it incillral Acivir? > m run 1.- i?: y roraivo, write th* doctor ficofr. You will re< 1 Im. a prompt ?? ply, h Uli..ni cott. Addrrnt, DM. J. o. a Y Ml, Lowoll, Moii. Moilotii science throws light on many u dark problem Of old tilllCS, It is on record that a Flemish scientist, three centuries ago, made au expert* inoul to determine, If possible how and why B plant gal us Weight in growing. In a pot of earth weighing 200 pounds he planted u willow brunch weighing live pounds, lie kept the plant well watered, and at lite end of live wars found that lite plant had gamed UM pounds in weight, while Ibeeaith in the pot had lo>t only two ounc es. Hi* Conclusion was that the' gaiu in weight was due solely to the water that he jad supplied it with. Hut modern botanical bciouco throws an entirely different lighl on the matter by prov ing that the gaiu was dm- principally to tin carbon that the plant absorbed from the air. I>r. II 1\ s Angeles, Cal., is said to have purchased f>,000,? nun nctCS of agricultural lands in Mexico, and to have obtained 'a con cession from the Mexican government for the establishment of a number ol Mormon colonies ihcrooii. These lauds are divided into several large tracts, which are situated in the SI itex of Durnugo, Tumuulipas, Coahuiln and Vera ( ru/. lie -a\ s ibul he will bring 0,000 Mormous from Utah and oilier parls of the United state s to Mexico within the next few uiOlltllS and 1 c itc IhciU upon the lands which he has pur chased. The Mormon colonies in (in state ol Chihuahua have had their population increased b> the arrival ol over 2,000 Mormons from Utah dur ing the last few months. CASTORU AAfrgctaule Preparation for As similalirtg iltcFood andUegtila inii* ilio Stomachs und Bowels of IKfAn is ^Children Promotes Digcslion.CheerPul nessaiul Rest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. Not Nahcotic. ttrtipeaffMtt Ik /Kmi/iktii Jrt it ' . II\ . Sfimti ? RotktlU S, lts - ftfihflllWlt Hi O.r/jD/in/i- 'Mt/ Ctrvtlttil ? Yw/ar Wftlr/wfwi flaw, WVELMTCIIER For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Aporfecl Remedy lor Cons tipa lion, Sour Sloni uii. 1 lint i hnen Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF Si.kki? Facsimile SnJiwdurc or NEW YORK. Atb mdnths old EXACT COPY O1" WRAPPLR The practical side of science is reflected in ?ATENT ; A monthly publication of inestimable value to the Btudent of every day gcientiflo problems, the mechanic, the industrial expert, the manufacturer, the inventor ?in fact, to every wide-awake person who hopes to 'tetter hi* condition l>y using his brains. The inventor, especially, will find in The Patent Record u guide, philosopher ami friend. Nothing <>f importance escapes the vigilant eyes of its corps of experl editors. Everything is pre sented in clean, concise fashion, so that the busiest may lake time to read and comprehend. The scientific and industrial progress of the ago is accur ately mirrored in the columns of The Patent Record, and it is the only publication in the country that prints the official news of the lr. S. Patent Ofiice and the latest devclopemcnts in the field of invention without fear, or favor. suiiscription price one dollar per vicar. THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Mtl. Double Daily Service Hotween New York, Tampa, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Point? South and Weat. In Effect fun. 24, 1901. bouthiioukd. Uailv. Dallv. No. ; I. No '21 Lv New York, r*. I'.. lt. .. 12 F?pni 12 lUan Lv Philaslclphi " ?? 3 SUpin 36''atti Lv Haiti more, " . . .'? l?pin 0 22nm LvWashingl in, P. 11. It... < ? ."? > i ^ nr LvRiohmond, S.A. I.in 40pm ll'l.ipn LvPo'ursbttrg " .... I181pm l U)pm l.vNorlina Junction .... 2 0?am H.'i'ipm Lv Henderson. 2 30am 3rV>pnr Lv Italeinh. l'iam .'? "npir Lv Ko Pinea. ; . am II .."prr Lv Hamlet. Ii ftonm H H prr LvCohimhla J .. .s.l"ain lO.'Ulpm ArSavannah.12 lOpm 2 20niu Ar.facksonvillo. SflOpm ?'-Oain ArTattiptt. .?OOam P oopni No ion. No. II. Lv Now York, N.Y.P.?N. I7?ftaiu H65pm Lv Philadelphia, " 10 20am 11 2t)ptn Lv Now York. ODS. tu. |a OOpni Lv llttltiin?rc, Ii S P (lo.10 :?>pin Lv SVash'tdn n a" w ? n . *> 30pm Lv Portsmouth S.A. L. .. hOtipm lOliAan LvWeldon .H83am I23<>prr LvNorlinn June. 12 .'.?am 2 lOpm Lv Henderson. l 2 min 2 i j>m Lv Raleigh . 302am t "jv m i vSouthem Pines..'? I8am 15 \ <\>m Lv Ham let. ?? iftam 8(?pm Lv Wilmington. ... 3Unn ArCharlotte. dMam I0 4?prm LvChestor.I0 08am n 2?pm LvQreenwood.I2t>7pm l 32am l.v Ailicna. ?.: Wpm 4 0*an Ar Atlanta;. .H*8Snm ?.'tOam Ar August?, 0 l(WO _ r> lOpm . Ar Macon, (! of '>a . 7 VOpinll I0am ?r Montgomery, A & w l*. Ii20pmH (lOain Ar Mobile, I. * N.gftfam i I2pin Ar New Orleans, L& N 7 SOaill H 30|tlii Ar Nashville, n 0 Sc St L.. 5 35atn ('? ?Spm Ar Memphis, "_.. 4 O0|?in a lOani no nT ii bound. No. 402. No. 3k l.v Memphis, N 0 ? St L.. I O'prr s l.pm l.v Nashville, " ..10f>5pin 9 30ain Lv New Orleans, L & N... 7 40pm . Lv Mobile, " ..12 20am Lv Montgomery. A Sc W P fl uOam t 30pra l v Macon. 0 of Oa. 8 OOam 4 20pin Lv Augusta, 0 St vv C. !? 4 lam l.v Ailania; H.A.I..12 oopm 8 OOprti Ar Athons. 2 49pm II 23pnri Ar Oreenwood. 4(30pm 'i ' Amt Ar Chester. 15 l3pm l > >arr Lv Charlotte BAL. . 0 30*pm6 OOam l.v Wilmington, H A 1. ;i 30pm . l.v Hamlet SA L. h?Opm 8 10am I vSu l'inea S A I.lOftftpm 003an l,\ Hftloicli.1 " inn 11 ?'01" Ar Heuocra. - "am I "U ?" F?7 NtTrliTiti uucituii .T .. 3 lOain i*??*?i? 111 I,\ Weldon . I -J";ttr :< lopm Ar Portsmouth, ... .... V ?hi.hu ,> *)\>n Ar Wush'tou N & W S I?. ?. 5'miii Ar Baltimore, It I'Co. |l!45in Ar Now York, O D 8 K Co . |130pnn Ar Philadelphia, IS Yp&Nt5 427pm ,i 4.1am llanilut . U 10pm '?< -'"am Southern IMucb.10 32pm 10 Ham Itnlfiigh .12 28am 1207pm LlemliTHoii. . 144am I 27pm n orlina Junction. h'aui - i >pm Petersburg. i Othim i i ipm Richmond. t ftban ft ftpir Washingtonvial'ennitH 8 Iftam h upn Kalionorc " 10 < 3am 11 - yrr. Philadelphia " 12 27pm j ..oan New York " l' l?orr afloanr S'olo?fDaily Kx. Sunday. Dining cars hotwceil Now ^'?>rk and Richmond, and llnmlot and St. Augustine on Trains Nus ;ii and 44 IConttnl llmo. sKastcrn 'lime. Oharleston and Western Uarollna R. B AUOVSTA ami Ahiikyii.i.k Shout Link in effect Nov? '-?>. ItKI ?. Lv Augusta.H 40 a 3 ?>'< \ Ar (Iruonwood.1'. lft p . " Anderson. . 8 uu p " Laufens . 1 20 p ? 65 u ?* (Jreenvllle.?'< 00 p 10 i - a M Qlenn Springs. >? 4 30 p . " Hpartanburg. i" |> 0 00 a ' Maludn. 6 38 p .... " Hondorsonvllle.H 03 p ? " Ashovllle . T < 0 p . I v AsiiHvlllo.. 8~0?"a . " Ilendersonville. .. 17 ? . " Pint Itock. !? -J? a . '? Sahida_ . I) 46 a . " Trvon..10 ? Spartauhurg . Snrlngi Springs.io wo h " Greenville_? 12 01 p Lawfons.l 31 p " Annurson . 1 (i; enwood. " p Ar Au^usl.ft._.. ft 10 p IjV AiiKUHtH. Ar Allendale. " KHirfux . " Yemassee. h ,">o a " Beaufort.10 10 a Port Koyal.....io 20 a " Havanaab . " Charleston.... . i.v Okarleaton. Port Royal . I 2u p P.' Hufort.... .. .. 1 JiO p TomuHtee .... 2 60 p Fairfax. a llendale. A r Aogunta. . clone connection at <;reen*<.i for all point* on ?. A. L. und C. &? O. Itallway, i. Yes, the s?^rrve GOLD DUST W?cshirvg Powder that brightens your silver and CUt glsvs? will clea.n the Kitchen Crockery. Cold Dust is rv dirt destroyer nothing more. It never harms the i\riiclo it comes in conte?.ct with. It simply mo^kes it dean. For gictvtest economy b?*v the ii<- p(vcka.ge. The N. K. Fairbank Company, Chicago, St. Louis, Nuw Voik, Uoston. ,?."S / .zSmJL hI fit Spartanburg with Southern Kail* a y. For any information relativ? to ticket* UM?, sohadulea . address VV. .1. i'kaih. <>?*n Pass Ag' 1 ' K M NoHTM.Sol Ak't Angl) 1? T M K m viimov . TrtH'i' x J " * SOUTHERN RAILWAY. DouUunsu?l Schedule of I'assenger In KtTeet .'fin v.T. 1001. ?rcouville, Washington and 1Ita-it. No.li No. .> N" M N<> Northbound. I Oally Hull)-.;Daily i>?Hy. Li Atlanta, (J. '1'. AiinniIi, H5.T. " ( liiiucsvillo., " Athens. " I.Illll. " T..a.. " (. I ? .-II \ 1110 . . . " Kpitrhtutiurg. M Mnffnoy. ?? hluckslmrg . " MUHtOllitl . ?' Cimrlottc Ar . (> i ? i ii-.!'- iro Ar I lurhntii Ar. Rulciuh . 7 AO i? It' (?I in U s ."?i ? 1 va) pi 1 In 15 a a Iii p U in 58 11 68 12 52 j .14 :t :t; i as 4 41 ;i 4o ii tu t' .i.i ii 2 i ?. u i |> ? 11 :(: l> 0 |l u p 7 I 1. lo *) p i'u li os p 3 33 0 4 19 I' 5 06 p k 16 p 7 u; e 7 4.1 p 7 7.7 p MC. I o In P II HI i a 3 I ho o a 62 ii a :> ,.ii i Ii : p II 6? p 12 51 i *h 30 n 8 ? :? N Ii J OU a tl im ii ll 00 :i n 4.* It 7 86 u ll 16 il lo 16 it II it! 4ii in ! IX) i ti 51 ? 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Rome " Chill III 110 7 10 1 ll 4:. 1 10 rj li 11 1: \ i l HO 11 SJ ;ut :j ?H a ?I l i n I "'?> a II lo a 6 10 11 _.1 _____ 7 05 It 7 X. II W :'.'i a la 1 ?.11. I M p p in 45 re a 00 p P in :>h u a a4 p U 16 p 1 !l 34 I ? H ".. 11 8 61 h |1 IUI :i II Jit h M * ia :>? p 4 Do p 11 l" 1 :to pi n os p ia mi r a 16 pi : os p 1 a 1 t :i 11 pi H lo i> a .-' p 1000 pi R ?8 p s:ia ;. 2 15 ( 4 .V> p 10 15 p 4 i p 3 ;>n p 0 15 p H 35 ? i|?l 4.1 a ll 10 p aoh ti ??? 10 U H i" p| ii 4.> 11 8 4" f a : . Ill I. " Louisville 7 40 p 7 60 ii " liu iiiiiiiriiaiii.jia 00 in 10 hi p Ar. .\.-iv On. an, J 45 p s A- H Ar. C'iluttihtiK,(4it 0 .So 11 -.;(.-> n 40 p 1 6U h ?0 ? p A1 . No.l Ta":.! Mit. lO-Uti ^\vj. I; .. .i?ok - 11 v cio 8 :i'i a 8 85 p mi p I a 65 n 7 15 a H ICi p " 00 { N S'l'A'l :< ?Ni Daiiv Dailt No.lil. No I 7 II 11 11 id 1 ?? :?' I 1 66 1 hi P Ia >-:o :i up :ih ..Ar .! 6 00 I r t-lTio , Ar . " a ;.; ? ? ' nrir>o<>n Ar ; i?j ? > is 0 1: in 11 " oiiiincrvlllo.'' 6 67 it * >l [ 7 on n " ('"hllnliiil .. " It 03 p 8 30 p s;vi :i *? Novvhorry., " | HiKip auo jl II AO a ?? . .(4|-ooiiw*o 11 I.v AliiimMliij Ar' 8 10 p 12 a.", p Ti lo 1 ii [? 1 i.v i Ho in Ar h 45 p il 15 a 2 :-' i| lo " l?v \ 11.i. 1? .n \r ; 15 11 11 4ii ?] 4 i..p ia .m p .\i .?Ol . iiviiii-.' i.t _:. :?i"ii if. 1: 1 a 31 p ."1 p I.v...1.ii'iTivilli- Ar I -.?5 n f? 25 0 I 8 It; p U 111 p Arbprtrtiiiihiirij I a- 12 20 11 ll :a n 7 15 p ... . ?' ....Ashovllle.... "I . ^4_r.n . _ 1 '? ... Km.xvillc ... " , _ . .. | J a" a 7 w p. |a"i*.. ciiiointiAti.. i?] j 40 ji Ar...I oulsvliio..'.l.v . ., "A" a. 111 "P" p. m. "51" noon. "N"- nl^'lit. Trams lonv? Klllgvtlln, ilaily OXCPpt Muiulnyi for ('million 10:15a, in und 4:60 j>. to. Return' Iuk k'tivn Cnnulon for Klngvllle, chill*/ exoepl Buniliiy. 8 85 a. m. nn.i ;;66 p. in. aIflo for Sunt' terilnll.v oxoopt sun.lay K.Oin. in. 10:16 a in mid 4:6011 hi. KeturnliiK loiivo Kiuntor at rt.60 n. in. 10.0511, nt, mill 4 ;i" p. in. innklnircoiinAelioa hi Klltuvlllo with trains l?'i w on Columbia unJ Clinrloston. TritinH lenvo Hpni'lniihura via 8, U ?t ('. ill vision iiauy tor 11 loiuinle, ?foiietiviile, Union anil Ooluiiihiti mill Inioriiicillaia {toinia at 11 4. a. in. ami ll. 15 It. 111 Traina lauvo 'I'oeeoa, Ga.. f->r Rllmrton, Oa., daily 4:a. p. in. OXevpl Suuilav. 7 00 iv. in, Roturiiintj Irnve Kllierton ilally o:uo a. m. except rMinilny, a:l^ p. in., 'i.tutliikj i-oiineir tlon hi T.a with trains between Atlanta, Urconville nn tfion. i v, and an.. betWOun Now "j orlt Bin] aleiiipiiis, via \Vnsltlit?lon, Atlanta and Blr niliiptlinni. Also oleKiini Pullman I.inn mit Oiiskkvation CAnsbolween Atlanta and New York. Kirstnlass tlioronvlifare coaches >nv tweon WasldiiKton and Atlanta, Diulnvr earn ?erve all incnis in route Pit Imnn nloeplni cars botwoon Hreenshoru ami Italeigb. ( w>-' 0011 ne i i.hi at Norfolk for Oi,11 Po 1 s 1 L'oMf/oicf, Alsont Atlanta ivttli Pit llii.tll t). R. sloe; el for Oltut 1 mi Mtua and ('inoiiiiinll. Sns.ii5nii(lho "I'nltedStates Kaat Mall"rnm ?oli.l botween WnHhtiitfton and New QjIn* -< belli 1? eonipused of couches, through wltho 1 qhaiiKO for passengers of ail olnssaa Poiiiumi drawinx-rooin sleepingenrshotwueit New Yorli and N o\v Orlealia, via At i.inta and MontKoit el 1 and boiweon Itlrinuighmii and (tloiinioiiu IMniiui enra serve all inonla onrouta, Nun :. a-, l 84 ?"Atlanta and N'ew yni Bxpress," Now im-al train between Atlau'l arid Cbarlotie, connoetliig at Charlotte w'.:b throui(h Irnina of saina numbora, narrv In it 1'n lltnan Rleoptne < !"??< botweon Char)o''4 and Ulchinoiid, Norfolk, Washington and Now York. No Pullman <-ar* 011 tin-tn trklnnVe tween Atlanta and Chnrlotta, t.eavttif Warh' Ingloti oiioli Monday, Wc lnsi lay and Fr! 1..J a (onrlst sleeping car vf^.U run throush l-e tween Washington and s*n Frnneisoo withoui eliango, Connect ion nl Atlanta with throucli Pullman drawing-room sleoping <-ar for Jack1 ?onvilla; also Pulluiun sleeping oar for in uns wlek. Oonneotton mads at spartnnburg wit| through Pullman s'ooi or for Ashavllle, Rnox< tlllo nnd Cincinnati; also at Columbia for ba van nah nn.l Jackson vtlia, FRANK fl HANNOS, s. H MAKDWICK. Third V I'. A- Hen. Mgr. fipn Vm*? Agt., SVnslllnglon, I). C. Washington. 1). tl W. II 'IAN \A d-; J. n MoOBB. Ahh'i Hen'l I'ass. Ag't., PaiS St T kt A .,<>ut, Atlanta, (ia. Ureenv il?, ti. Q 3 '.Aurv;, ilJ0<"). CA?, ? 10 AND as CL N r.?o "jALtDEALERSC? \Thc(Aopouros CutstKAt (a > bALTIMOQB-; MO - > If Heath Must is no! for sale bf raur iealcr, \\n will upon receipt of 25 sen's end yau the large package ?J m?d post aid .