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j AN HUMBLE j 1 KE^l^C3 BY THOMAS | _- P. MONTFORT |;:p.;,v| COPYKIQUT, IM?, BY THOMAS P. MONTFOKT it CHAPTER XI. ANOTHKII NTIIAXUKU MMM.AIts. James Melvln, whose will name was Prank Sii.it..n. did nul v?> away from Possum RldgP, US I. -Hi-a lllltl advised him t<? ?u, but be bad lurried on from day to day iu tho hope <>r seeing i? ? -r ngnln and promising himself dial as s.i as be htld another Interview with her he would lake his departure. His purpose !u seeing her iigaiii was to make ti strong and Until effort t<? In duco her to nceompuny him t<> s.>int> point in the far west where they would remain unknown and whore, its he reasoned, IJiey could loud Riifo and happy lives. one evening be cumc in from a long trump hi the woods, where he had gone ostensibly to prospect for mineral, au.I tonn.I Turner sitiiu? iu froill of ilio lions.' in n deep study. He watch ?-d the obi man for a little while, then called out gnyly i<? him: "A penny for your thoughts, Mr. Turner." The old man gave :i start and looked | up. -I ilon'l know," he replied. "That niought be a v.I price, and it moughl not, i ain't .Ust ready to sell yit no how.V "doing to bold th.'tii for a rise In the market, eh?" "Mebby. Guess I'll offer '.'in for sale 'houl tii>' time you put your mines <>n the market. S'pose you found oodllns of mineral today, didn't you'.'" "No. 1 didn't Und any." "That so? 'Too had, ain't it'.'" "Oh, I don't know, it takes time to locate mineral, you know." "1 it does, it 'pears to t:iU>> time even wbeu you don't locate It too. Reckon you must lie gittiu sort of tired of sniellln round In the ground Hint away, ain't you?" "No. 1 pt.. >s not." "Lord a massy, I know I'd bo. Yes. sir ee! I'd be jist plumb tired out, an my hopes of llndiii anything would be petered elonu dow n to a whine. Ueck ou thill company of rich fellers you're wui Kin for hain't foellll as good as they niotlght." "Oh, they're all right. They never expected uiu to strike a fortune In a Week Or two." "Ouess, though, i hey tiioiiRbt 'a' hud a notion that in RUielllll round yere for n month yon out t<> run your IIOSC up Ug'lll a little hit of inineral. don't you think?" "They wouldn't regard n month as anything in prospecting for mineral." "Wouldn't they "Certainly not, nor six months nor a year." ' W aal. I sw'nr! .lest lay back tf ii nn take it easy an let you smell round down yere long as you [denseV" "I suppose so." "Humph! Ueckon, then, I been fijr p. rin kind of wrong a-settin yere?" "I don't know how you've been tig iirlng " "Guess If them fellers feels 'bout it I',' e > hi say 'tnlll'l likely they'd turn in an solid .-mother feller down yere tu Jlne in an holp you. is It?" "(if course not. I low came you to think of the possibility of such n thing?" "It coine out of me tryin to lit two ends of a raveled string together." "I rt understand that," Melvln said, with a laugh. "Put It in plain English, if you please." "Waal. It seems kind of odd that two fellers would bo sent down yore by different companies, all at once, to hunt for mineral, specially when thnr hain't no mineral to hunt for. so I 'lowed mebby your company had eon eluded to send a feller to holp you out a bit." "Two fellows sent down here: What do you mean V" "Jest that. That's another feller yere besides you." "Who Is It?" "Lord a-miissy, I don't know who it Is." "How do you know lie's bore?" "Seed him, seed him with my own eyes." "When?" "Today." "Where?" "Right yere." Melvln began to feel uneasy. Flo didn't like the Idea of another man coming there claiming to bo a pros pector for minerals. It didn't have the i ivhi look, and it smacked of some thing wrong. "Did he tell you his name?" he asked. "He told ino a name," Turner replied. "A name! Do you think he didn't tell you his own name?" "Lord a-massy, how can I tell? You fellers como down yere an say your names Is so mi so, an how do I know whether you're tellln the truth or whether you nin't?" Melvln blushed and eyed tho old man keenly. Such talk mnde him suspi cious. Then he was not easy about that newcomer. He wondered If Tur ner had heard something to arouse Ids suspicious. When one is In continual suspense, It requires hut little to alarm him. Quietly enough, however, Melvln asked: "What nnnve did that man give you?" "Walte? W-n-i-te. He spelled It out for me. Said ho belonged to the firm of Walte & See." "Walto & Seel Rum phi" "That ain't your linn, 1 reckon." "No." "Don't know notion 'bout 'em, I guess." "No." ' "Quare name for a firm, ain't It?" "Rather." "That's what he said It was, though. I asked him his name, nn he said 'Walte.' Then I asked him who he worked for, nn he said 'Walto & See.' " "Humph! What kind of looking man was he?" "I'utty slick lookin felfWr?norttV young, sorter tall, sorter dark, sorter slim an sorter clean shaved. I mought 'a' found out n ore 'hont lilm, but you know I'm pow'fttl backwards 'bout nskln questions nn 'penrod like he didn't keer 'bout answerlii what I did ask." "How came ho to tell you that be had come down here to prospect for miner als?" "Why, wo got to talkln nn runnln on 'bout ono iliiic nu another, nn I up nn mentions 'bout you n-beln yere, nn he asks nil 'bout you nn 'bout What you was doln yere. When I says you are yerd a-smcllln round for1 mineral, I says, 'Then I reckon I want to meet that man, secln's we're both on the . VC:..'. " ' ' " V". " s:tim?' Hue <>f business.' That's jest how lie conic t<> mention Iiis object in coinin .vor?'." Melviu wiis silent n long time nml deeply thoughtful. The coming of thnl stranger annoyed und worried hint Turner's description of the man. though vague und general, suited very much to the description of mm he did not care to see, the brother or the mini whose lif? be had taken. The cht I in ni the stranger thai be, too, had coiiio there to prospect for mineral made his appearance all die mure ii la rmlng to Melvln, for no one knew heller I ha II Melviu that 110 cap italists were going to waste money in useless prospecting in that section Thai claim would do very well, he thought, to tool the natives with, but | no one with ordinary business sense would believe it tor :i minute. lie was halt' Inclined to leave the Itidgc at once, nml had it not been for Mrs. Ranks he would have done so He felt that oven at Iho risk of his lite he must remain there until he hud sue ceeded in gaining one more Interview with lu r Strange how weak a man. Strong in all thillgs else, can lie w In n it comes to woman ami love! By ami by Melviu broke the silence h,\ saying ? Von said that man was here today, so 1 presume he is not here now"7" "Lord a-massy, no' No. sir-ee! lie wanted to stop, inn we had uo place for bill) 'less we put him to sleep with yOU, an wo 'lowed we'd lies! mil do that, scelli's you are so doggolied par tlc'lnr." "I'm glad you came to that couclu bIou," Melviu replied, "for l certainly should have objected to Bhnriug my bed w ith any one else." "That's the way 1 llggorod It. Vou seem to he 'bout as squeamish an ex actil) as the feller that stopped down to Squire Beesotl's oncet. liver hear 'bout that chap?" "Guess not." "Waal, sir, he was a good UU shore Reg'lor blame crank, as the teller says Got mad 'cause the bed fell dow n with him In the night an he had to sleep on the floor. Squire explained to him that it w as all jest a accident, an you know accidents will happen spite of any thing, hut that feller was so doggone unreasonable that squire's explanation didn't satisfy him. Next mornin he got madder 'an a wet hen 'cause while he was eatin breakfast a cat jumped on (he table an snatched the meat OUten his plate an run off with it. Squire kotched the dad burned cat an took the meat away from It an put it back on the feller's plate, thinkin nnt' rally that he done all anybody could expect of bin), but he found he was mistaken. Feller, 'stld of thankin squire, r'ared up an said he wa'n't goln to stop at no sieh place. Squire, in co'se, feels hurt to be talked to that n-way after all his pains to pleuse, so A cat jumped on the table an Hnatclicd the meat OUten hin plate." he charges the feller a dollar an tells him to rIl i'ow'fui unreasonable sort of a chap, that feller was, wa'n't be?" "Very." "But that's way of some folks. No matter how much you put yourse'f out fer 'em, they ain't goln to bo pleased." "Yes; that's true. But about that man who was here today. I wonder where he went." "Oh, he went on down the road, 'low In he'd find a place somowhar to hang up his hat. S'poct mebby he'll stop with old III Jenkins. I most for?lt, but I ruther think this ain't old Hi's dny for ehlllin. If It ain't, he'll be in good humor, an he's moughly nigh shore to let that feller stop." "1 pity that man if It should turn out that this Is Ill's day for chilling," Mel viu remarked, thinking of his own ex perience with Mr. Jenkins. "I Ol'd a massy, yes!" Turner agreed. "He's n pow'ful line man when he's rightly at blsso'f, but when his Bger'S a-work in on him he ain't as patient as he mought be, an It nat'rnlly riles him to be picked nn nagged ut at sich tlmeojl Melvln arose nud began to pace slow ly to and fro across the y rd. Ills hands were crossed behind him, and his head was bent, and to all outward appearances his mind was busy with deep ami serious thoughts. Turner watched him from under his shaggy brows, and he, too, was having some thoughts tar deeper ami far more serl ous than any one knew. After awhile Melvln stopped in front of Turner and nsked: "How far Is It over to III Jenkins' place'.'" "'Boul two mile, I reckon," Turno.1 replied, "rlsln clost on to that anyhow. You thinkin of goln over thai ?" "Oh, no. I have no business there," Melvln answered disinterestedly. "I was Just wondering how far it was. I guess I shall have to ride over !?> Beckett's Mill tonight, though. I pre BUrao the store will lie open?" "Oh. yes, the store'll be open." Then Turner added to himself. "All the store you'll want. young feller." CHAPTER XII. a rash threat. Pnp Sampson, coming down the street from the store, saw a woman dre.sed in musty black leave his house as ho approached nml walk nwny In the Opposite direction. Her bend was bent, and her attitude and movement gave Unmistakable evidence that she was In deep trouble. As Pap entered the yard Mrs. Samp son sppo.ired In the open front door, a look of troubled anxiety on her wrln Hied, homely, but kind ?ld face. | "Mlraudy," Pap said eagerly, "wa'n't | tbnt (he wldder Muiin Unit J?st went ' out t Mrs. Sampson nodded. "l thought it wan," Pap wout on. "tbougb I wa'n't ? lost euougb to si e j her face. Somothlu wrong with her, ain't they?" "The pore critter's In a peek of trou hie," Mrs. Sampson nusworcd. "I'd suy't!" Pap exclal.d thought fully. "Humphl All nloug of what | folks aro a-sayln of her an Sim Banks, I reckon." "Waal, it's along of that, Pap, but not 'bout that exactly. You know she's got a piece of wheat down ou her farm, an It's ripe and needs CUttln." "Waal?" "An it 'pears lack she'd made a trade with Sim a good spell ago to cut It for her on tho sheers." ) "She did. Ml randy. I was a witness to the trade, au I mind It well." "Waal, now. becus of all the talk that's a-gwlno 'hont. Sim he's backed out an won't u > h that wheat."' "Why. I wondei V" "BOCUS he sax if he did it'd give more color to wh t folks are a savin." "An it would, toe. Mirandy; it would shore." "So. not havin no money to live with an not belli aide to make no trade with nobody else. Mary Mann is plumb at the end of her row. an she don't know which way to t urn." "Nat'rally she would be, Mirandy. Yes, slr-oo!" Pap paused for <|illte awhile, during which time he chewed his tobacco vigorously, showing that he was engaged 111 earnest thought. TbOll he added slowly: "Yes, sir ce! Nat'rally she would be; nat'rally she would be." "Can't you see no way out for her, Pop?" Mrs. Sampson asked. "1 was jest a-tllilikln, Mirandy. 1 hain't no great admiration for Mary Mann, an 1 guess thar ain't many as has. but for all that si.-'s a woman, an a wldder woman at that. Wonder when her w heat'll do to cut." "Toinorry, she saId." "Waal, it won't nigh do to let that Wheat go to waste; so. as thar don't seem to he not hl II else for It, I guess I hetter go out this oveillll an gather up a handful of men au take 'em over thar toinorry an cut it for her." Mis. Sampson's (ace brightened at once. She was one of those great soul I'd plain people who can never hear to see any one in trouble without want ing to move heaven and earth to re lievo his distress. "Are you shore yon can git the men to go?" she asked. "Lord, yes! Yes. sir eel Thai's Ja son Roberts. Jason an me has it up an down Botiietimos, nn I reckon the chic*' enjoyment of his life Is to take sides ag'lll me in ever'tiling t say: hut, my land, that nlu't notion, an when it conies right down to the pinch Jason will sw'ar by me. Yes; Jason'll go an Sinn Morgan an l'.bene/.er Sparks an a lot of the others." "Do you reckon they won't want to charge her for their work, though?" "Lord, Mirandy. you don't know them fellers shorcly! Charge a woman, an a wldder woman at that, for helpiii her out of a pinch! Land! You Jest let Mary Maun give us a good dinner, an we'll have all the pay we want We'll even go to the length of furnish in our jug of liquor If we can git a boj to go to the still after lt. ar I gu< ss wi shorcly can." Tap Sampson was busier thai after noon than he had been for a lung time He bunted around till he found six good men to accompany him to Mrs Mann's farm Then he hunted up era dies, and last, but not leasl. lie hunted a boy to go after a jug of whisky. "Muught jest as well try to nit 'hum without cradles as without a jug of liquor." he said to himself as he putter cd about getting everything In rcadi ness. "A getherin without a jug wouldn't he no getherin at all.'" Pap was in great spirits the next morning when he marshaled his force Into the wheat field and got the cradles to going lie hopped about as spry as a boy and gave orders like a r "'ual. Hi even grasped a cradle and , ared to had the way with the first > h. but Jason took ihe cradle out of 'innds and wouldn't let him. "No, Pap." Jason said, "w an't have that. Thai's plenty of us younger men here. You jest set down In the shade somcwhar an take It easy." Pap flared up with resentment In nn Instant. "Mo set down In the shade!" he cried. "Have you got a notion. Jason Roberts, that I'm so no 'count nn played out as all that?" "Why. Lord, Pap. of course not!" Ja son replied. "I didn't say nothln like that, did I V" "Nor you bettor not say not bin like It If you don't want me to show you in a way you won't forgit tha't T ain't nigh played out. Mcbby you don't b'llovo il, Jason Roberta, but if you fool like trylu It I'll guarantee to wblip you in two shakos of a sheep's tail till you won't know w ho you are." "Oh. that's all right. Pap. I ain't wnntln to tight yon." "Oo'se you ain't. Jason, 'cause you ain't no fool, nn you know It ain't safe to fool with me. Humph! Set down in the shade an rest! My land. Jason Rob erts, I've cut more wheat In my time an never grunted at it than you'll ever cut If you live to be a thousnil' years old. Set down In (he shade an rest! Lord! Sich talk makes Die mad.'' Tap didn't sit down either. Though they denied him the privilege of wield ing a cradle, he found an opportunity to busy himself by putting the wheat bundles into shocks. This was light work compared with the other, and. seeing .hat Pap was determined to do something, Jason encouraged him In It. "Lord!" he said, with a wink at the others. "Pup's jest fell right In whar he plumb belongs. Anybody knows enough to swing a cradle or bind up wheat, but thnr's pow'ful blamed few who know how to set up a wheat shock so's !t won't spile if It rains. Guess Pap's 'bout the only man here that can do It." This pleased Pap nml fully reconcil ed him to his work, and he said noth ing more about wanting to swing a cradle. In the afternoon he began to go to the shade pretty often, and inch time be went he tarried longer thnn he had I the time before. Finally Snm Morgan noticed this nml inconsiderately re marked: "(Juess you're gittln putty tired, nlu't you, Pap?" "Tired! Me tired!" Pap exclaimed. "You beam me suy any word 'bout belli tired. Sain Morgan'.'" "No. but I notice you goln to (he shade a right smart more than you done this niornin." "What la you do? 'Tnin't 'cause I'm tired, but Jest 'CPUSO It's so mls'able hot." The men had nil come out to tho shade to rest, and presently Sim Ranks ennie down across the field and Joined them. He had boon working In hit own field Just on the other side of a fence. lie saluted them with: "Howdy, boys? Howdy, Pap?" 'MKowdy, Sim?" they said In return. "Mow you glttlu 'long'/" he asked. I "Ob. all i-lulit. 1 gUCSS," Jason re- . piled. "We'll Kit through before night If notIdn happens." MI'ui sorry you all bad to cut this Wheat," Sim said after a pnU80, "when ' I d iloue ugrced with Mis'us Mann that I'd do d. I didn't reel that I ort to ) keep my promise, though, after all them tilings she's heen a savin of late." "Voll done jest right, Sim." Tap Sampson announced unhesitatingly, ??an nobody can't blame you a bit. When Mary Mann Interfered like she did to make trouble betwixt you an I.oueesy, you wu'n't under no obllga- | lions to do nothln for her no more, not [ a hand s turn." " 'Taln't that. Pap, that held mo back from doln as I'd agreed. 'Taln't j thai I hate Mary Mann too bad to lift t a linger for her. it's 'cause of what ' people are a savin, an 'cause it'd give I 'em room to Buy m re. an an 'cause I don't want to do nothln to hurt Lou- i eoi?y." I Sim paused for a moment, but UO one spoke, and presently he went on more en mostly. "1 don't like to have hard fcclltl'S Bg'ln nobody," be said, "an specially I not ng'ln O woman, but Mis'US Mann 1 didn't have no call to go an do the way she done, for she told a plumb p int blank lie when she narrated It around that 1 come to her house that night ail 1 made love to her. Lord, I never 1 thought oneet of doln no sich n thing, no more than I thought of stlckin my head 111 the lire. Il was tier that done It. an God knows 1 tried ever' which a way to keep her from it. I told I.ou eesy jest how it Wore, bill she Won't b'llevo it. though I told her I'd Bw'urto It. on a stack of Bibles as high us they COUld be piled. I hate Mary Mann wuss'n I hale the pi/.CUOSt snake that crawls, for she's a plumb liar, an she knows it." Situ paused again, and this time Pop Sampson spoke. "Sim." lie said reassuringly, "don't nouc of us b'llevo nothiu ug'ln you that Mary Mann lias told, nary a word. Nor. for my part, I hain't a-gwine to believe it. not If she was to sw'ur to it till she was plumb black III the face." "No. hut I.oueesy b'liCVOS it." Sim replied sadly, "an I'd rut her anybody else'd b'lleve it than her. My land, looks like she ort to know It ain't so nn that I wouldn't think of doln in sich a way. W hy, Pnp, if 1 was to >;it to goin round il-innkin love to women Whar I didn't have no right I'd 'low for somebody to put a bullet hole through me the very fust thing l know*od. I can tell you right now. an I mean Jest what 1 say, if ever any man made love to my wife, au I knowed it. the minute 4 laid eyes on that man I'd shoot him through the heart jest like I would a dog. I would shore." A painful silence followed those words, for no one offered to speak. The men exchanged a significant glance among themselves, then looked at Sim in serious thought fulness. To them Ids threat signified more, much more, than lie suspected. It impressed itself so Indelibly on their minds that (hoy never forgot It. und oil an after occasion they recalled it with n sicken Inc dread that made them shudder. [TO nE CONTINUED.! BILL ARP ON VACCINATION. Talks About How Physicians Have Become Famous tor Their Discoveries. Jacksonville:, Pl.t., April 12.? Jacksonville has got the smallpox scare. It is not a panic, for tllCIC have been no deaths, but there aic about forty cases and the board of health have got them out of town and have ordered universal vaccination. A child can't go to school without a core arm nud a certificate from the doctor. My son is a doctor here and it inlet cuts me to note the Hocks of children who come and go, and to listen to their talk. Mothers or sisters come with them to keep their coinage up. Some are timid nud sonic are btave. Young men come at night ami take their turns, and the city will soon be immune. What a wonderful discovery it was?only a bund t ed years ago Dr. Jentior dared to proclaim il to the world, and it took twenty-live years lo make the world believe it. Now every child that bares its arm to receive the vims is a living monument to the sagacity of that great and good man. It IS pathetic to read bow be was hound ed and persecuted by the envious and malignant of the medical profession. How patieplly be waited for time nud truth to prove his theory, and lived to see it all confirmed, and when he died a beautiful monument was erected in Trafalgar square to honor his name and perpetuate bis fame and memory. Our own Dr. Crawford Long is en* titled to a similar memorial, not only by the State, but by the nation, for al though ho did not protect mankind from a pestile ice,, he did cjive them immunity from pain under the sur geon's knife. I remember well when the paUent bad to clinch his teeth and strong men bad to bold him while the doctor cut and sawed bis limb in two. I remember when it was my part to bold the foot and leg that was being severed from a poor sufferer, and when at last the saw bad cut through the bone and the weight of the limb came down upon me I fainted and fell down upon the lloor with the bleeding leg Hut Evans never groaned. He lived to make mo another pair of boots. 1 remember when at college, in 1840, 1 bad a jaw tooth extracted and took what was then called Morton's Lethean, ami dident know when it was pulled. It look me some time to get over it and as 1 was reeling back to college I met Professor McCoy, and in a hila rious manner slapped him on the shoulder and said: " Hello, old Mack 1" and be thought I was drunk and b.. . me up before the faculty. My room male, Derrcll Cody, was with mo am. tried lo explain, but ibe professor wouldent hear him and wc had fun next morning when the truth came OUt. Tho professor apologized to inc. and not long after invited me to sup per. Poor Bill Williams was there? good, loving Hill Williams. He was my classmate and I loved him, and mourned for him when he died. He hud charge of the Blind asylum, at Macon, for muny years. Every now and then the. boys drop out. Just drop out ami the procession moves on. I read of every one nud feel sad, but that is nil I can do. A friend in Atlanta asked me the other day, Why dident you write some* tiling about Eugene Hains, your col lege mntcand one of the truest, kindest and best men who overlived." "Of course, of course," said I, " but what could I write." He was a friend in need, n friend indeed an aristocrat by birth, a gentleman in heart and manners. Lost everything by the war except the gentleman that wa? born in him. Ho died poor and was buried by his friends, but ho was a big-hearted gentleman to the very last. How kind be was lo my wife and little children during the war, when they were lleeing from tho foul invader am] I was far away. That's all 1 Ho was not a great mau In any hud sc, but lie bad a great big heart and would bavc died tor a friend. That'8 all! It' I can't Hod him i>> heaven, l shall bo disap pointed. My wife sayu he was the best friend she ever had when she was in the gle itest distress. Kastor is about over and will soon he forgotten. I brought down some Mailer CggS for a little grandson. His cousin dyed them for bim und he was very curious to know more about them, and said to his mother, " Mamma, who is this Laster men ami where docs ho live?" " He lives up in heaven,'\she said, " and Iiis name is Jesus." 14 Is he Belling eggs up there ?" he asked. How th se little chaps do perplex us with their questions. Little Mary Lou has the whooping cough and uident want to take her medicine. " If you don't lake it," said her mother, "you may die " " Well, mamma, if I do die 1 will go to heaven, where (Jod is. and he will giveme a pony.'' 1 wish the grown up people wore as trusting and innocent as the children. " Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven " is one of the sweetest verses in the Scriptures The preachers may quarrel about the confession of faith and infant salva tion, but the mothers don't want any better faith than is in that verse, ami that other one, where David said of his child: " llo cannot come tome, but I shall go to him." There is an other re mil IK that I Will make about mothers. Not one believes her dead son is hist, no matter how wicked he w ;n. The mother expects to meet him in heaven and if he is not there how cau she be happy ? (iod kaowcth. We dv> not. All that a poor mortal can do is to fruit Hun and do good. Hii.l Ant*. HOW COAI, WAS DISCOVERED The Great Value of the Mineral ' Was Accidentlv Found Out. Several wealthy mine owners of Pennsylvania are making arrangements to erect a monument, to be made of coal, in memory of Philip Ginter, who was one of the Hrst to litid that the mineral could he made useful as fuel. The discovery came about in one of , those chance ways which often pro duce far-reaching results, j About the year 17HU Mr. Ginter was living in a rude log-cabin in the forest lauds around Munch Chunk mountains in Pennsylvania. While hunting in thr wood be found himself at some distance lrom the cabin, and before making his lied for the night under a broad-spreading tree he decided to start a lire and cook some of his game tor supper. After eating the meal he be thought himself that he would fix the tiro SO that it would keep dining the night, as the wood about him w.is damp and green, rendering the task of mak ing a new lire in the morning an un . inviting one. Lying near at hand on the ground I were several black stones, and it oc curred to Mr. Ginter that he might ? save the lire by piling the stones over it, thus keeping it protected and smouldering IhlOUgt) the night. On rising lrom his sleep the next morning i he was surprised to lind that sonic of the stones had been entirely consumed, while others wore glowing red. When j he poked the stones they gave out a , crackling sound and emit ted little shalls ol blue ?aiue. In our da\ we can see that what Mr. Gilller called black stones were in reality coal. !!e I was impressed Hullicicntly v,iiii his dis i COVCry to take some largo pieces of the I coal home with him for experiment. It was not long belore his family learn 1 cd to use i> ,n cooking. The. nearest I neighbors lived quite a distance away. I but the news Ol the discovery soon traveled and several fami ies in that I locality began to make useol the won derful stones. However, it was not till twenty-live years later that coal-mining 1 operations began in that section to any great extent. .Some years previous to ihr- time Philip Ginter found that Die black stones would burn, two brothers, Obadiah and Daniel (hue, who took up their residence after the Revolu tionary War rear Wilkesharre, Pa., made a similar discovery. AM through the war for iudepen deuce Obadiah (lore served under General Washington. At the close of the druggie ho located in Bradford County, Pa., where he acted as Justice of the Pcaco for several years, and was highly respected s a prominent citizen. In company with his brother Daniel, he determined to make an examination of the queer black rock which outciop ped on his brother's farm. It was Ever have them? Then we can't tell you any thing about them. You know how dark everything looks and how you are about ready to give up. Some how, you can't throw off the terrible depression. Are things really so blue? Isn't it your nerves, after all? That's where the trouble is. Your nerves are beingpoisoned from the impurities in your blood. "/MUTS sanarorii purifies the blood and gives power and stab'iity to the nerves. It makes health and strength, activ ity and cheerfulness. This is what " Ayer's" will do for you. It's the oldest Sarsaparilla in the land, the kind that was old before other Sarsa parillas were known. This also accot ts for the saying, "One bottle of Ayer's is worth three bottles of the ordinary kind." 11.00 ? twill*. All dmtilri*. Writ* ihm Doctor. A If Toil In? vii nnjr complaint whattrtr ^ and acnlro tlio boH medical advloe 7011 can poiatbly receive, writ* tha doctor frnely. You will rocelva a prompt re ply, without coat. Addreia, Du. J. O. AYKR, LowaU, Mm?. Q A ? ? ? m ati m\ ? mm aa often the cause of bother to the faun-1 ingoporatious, rendering some of the holds unworkable, frequently it had been referred lo as a uuisaoee, but (>badiah, who had a liking t?> r geology in uu amateur way, was of the opinion thai the rock bad tue) qualities in it. A trial was livst made with the rock in the ii eplnce <>n ihe tlore faun with unsatisfactory results. Later another trial was made iu a blacksmith shop . near the farm. I>y helping the lire with the bi llows ii was found that on I Intense heat could be made. The black smith shop was soon a centre of in terest among the people who livid for miles around. It was seen that the use of coal rendered I be working of iron easier, and insults could lie ob tain. :d which the use of wood did not I permit. The little smithy was soon a I thriving industry as well as a novelty. : Many things in iron, like andirons, j cranes and other kitchen utensils used ' in the old days, were turned out, and J the use of coal for inaoufuc'.uriug pur poses was demonstrated. It is to bo noted that while Philip (unter has a right lo claim a share of the honor for the discovery ol coal as fuel in the homo, it is lo the (lore brothers that the glory of turning it to grout practical utility belongs. Ii is doubtful if either Obadiab or Daniel (hue had the faiutest idea of the pro* found discovei y the.V bad made, even after tho success at the smithy. A glance at the wot Id's industries to-day shows what a revolution hau been wrought by Ihe use of the black Bloncs, compared with the old day. when wood was the only fuel. Coal In* in a measure lessened the wanton de i struction of timber, permitting wood to be devoted to more legitimate uses. It in almost impossible to imagine bow the world of to-day could get oil without coal. . he production of Ihe black material has reached le al ly DIM,. 000,0U0 tons a year in Pennsylvania iftlilililiMJi! CASTORIA AYeectable Preparation for As slmilaOng ihe Food artdtteg ula hug the Stomachs and Bowels of INFAN TS /CHILDREN Promotes Digcstion.Cheerful ness and Rest.Contains iieillier Opium.Morphine aorMineral. Not Nah c otic. /Arty* efttM lh SAM 'ELPtTCHKN Alx.$*ntM ? /tutk.U, .U/IS - J't-iy.InUHl lit Ci.rtxJUalr Scrfa ' Ctruiftfit .Wie/ar \\\'ntfiyi+r*t F/iitw. A perfect Remedy I'orConstipa Hon, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW vork. GASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of LXACT COPY Or WRAPPER. _ Use For Over Thirty Years GASTORIA the ccntaur company, new vonk citv. alone Over l?o,iiiin persons are em ployed in mining, breaking and shin, ping it to point* of disbursement, to say nothing of the business ii gives to railways and small dealers. To fully realize the importance of coal it is only necessary to have such a strike in the mines as that of last fall, when thous ands of homes and faclortOS were caused inconvenience, A stoppage of the supply for any length of time would he a veritable (Master. Our Youwi kVESTlBU?D _ [IMITED Trains Double Daily Service Hotween New York, Tampa, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Points South and West in Effect run. 24, ivmji. SOUTHBOUND. Uailv. Pailv No. bl. No. 27. hv New York. P. K. 1!. .. l?;ft|>m 12 lOun l.v Philadelphia, " . :t ? op?n v?uu, I.v Haiti more, " .. 6-ISpill (12*211111 I,v Washington, P. H, It... (I5)pir. 8 35 an LvRichmond, 8 \, i.lo lOpm Ii23pnr bvpe ersburg " _ it Sljun t Opm Lv Norliua Junction. 2 05am 33'>pm l.v Hcndcraon. 2 Mam 3 66pn I.v Raleigh. !)4(1am .r> <??j>rr bv Ho Pi net. 6 .'i'tim (i ;.7prt Ijv ilnmlnt. i) 30am ,s U'prr bvCobuuhial ... .. s t"um 10 30pm Ar8avanuah.12 iopm 2 2(>aiu ArJaekHonville. 3 AO pin H HOatn ArTampu. 6 00am r oopm No.4'13. No. It. l.v New York, N.Y.P.&N. 17 ?ftaill 8 r>.'>|>ui bv Philadelphia, " 10". ()am 11 ?6ptn bv New York. () D S.-.l'o. (3 00pm Lv Baltiin?feTB 8 p?o .. TTT. ~ ]7rn?pi"n bv Wash'ton, n ,v w? ii . .'77 ii 30pm LvPortemoutn S.A. i,. .. 'icopm 10 06aa LvWeldon .113'lam 1230pm LvNorlina June . 12 56am 2 iopm l.v I Undersell.,., . I 2'am 2 l'|>in Lv Raleigh .8 02am 4 27, in Lv8outhern I'inea 6 18am 048pm i a Hamlet. ?; 4">am 8C6|im l.v Wilmington. 3 3opm A rt'liarlottc. 0 .'dam 104'iprr bvCbeater.,... 10 osam 11 20pm LvOreenwood.12 (7pm i Warn l.v Athens. 2 Mlpin 4 08*? A r A11 an i a ;.. ;t ,'t6i>m ? .'!0aro Ar Augusta, ? & W 0 .... 6 10pm . Ar Macon, Oof '-a. 7 20pm 11 IQaiu Ar Montgomery, A ?v. W P. ii2?pmTl ??ai? Ar Mobile, I,.'. i.2 66am i 12pn Ar New Orleans, l,.t N 7 30am 8 HOptu Ar Nashville, n (j & st L.. .r> 35am 0 55pn Ar Mftinplilu, " .. 1 OOpin 8 jOaii NORTHBOOND. No. 402. No. 3S l.v Memphis, N C&Stl... I01par> S I >prr l.y Nashville, " ..1065pm I)30au l.v New Orleans, 1.ft N. . 7 45pm . i.v Mobile, ?' . .12 20.oii l.v Montgomery. A.t w p evOain i 80pm l.v Macon. C of On. snoam 120pm l.v Augusta, C ft YV 0. !? 4"am hv Atlantat 8.A.L.H'oopm 8 00pm Ar Athens. 248pm ii 23pm Ar Oreenwood. 4 60pm 2'4?rn Ar ('heater. 11 3pm 4 2?a/n l.v Charlotte H A 1.5~30pm6OOa^M l.v Wilmington, 8 A I._ 3 80pm l.v Hamlet H A b. ii ttipm 8 loam I.vUo l'loea UAL. lO.'i.Spm '.iiiilain l.vKi.lcith. 1 Ojpm 11: (lam I Ar Henderson .. .2 7?,n 1 00 <T* I i v Norlina ..unction .. .. ;i lOmu 2 00pm l<v Woldon. 4 20arr? 3 10pm ? Kr Porlemoutn.700 am ;> murr Ar Waeh'toil N & WS II. i; Vain ! .\r Baltimore, ltd P Co. |?46an Ar New York, O l) s s < . 11 30pm Ar Philadelphia, N YP&NI5 4?pm ft loan Ar New York, " ?-Uipiu 8 01 am Lv Tampa, 8 A l. Ry. Jacksonv die.in !&0?m Savannah. i ftupm n frUpiu Colnmliia i. ft 27pm ?>46am llumlwt ._'.i 40pm U '.'Hum Southern Pints.10 32pm i<' ham Ka vigil .12 2Vam I2*-Tpni Uendcnou. i 4Aam 127pm Norlina Junction. 2 i am 2 Iftpm Petersburg,. 4 imam I 4 pin Kiehmon?. 4 faiam ;?,m Washington viaPonnK 11 B4*am 03upn Baltimore " It' eAam ll 2)pnr Philadelphia " 12 27pm 2 Mian New York " 3 lfmm II HOanr Note?1 Daily fix. Sunday. liiinug ears hetween Now York and iliuhmond, and Hamletaud St. Au/rusiine on Trains Nod 31 and 44. ICeutial time, {Lastern Time, Uharlestou aud Western Uarollna R. B AUOVSTA am) ASHBVILLK SHOKT I,ink. in effect Nov. ?5, pjoi. I.v Augusta.it 40 ii .1 35 | Ar Ureenwood.l'. 1A p . " Anderaon, . H Ou i " Lau renn . I 20 p ti 53 ii Greenville.;i hi p io i ? u " Ulenn Sprlnga .. I 30 |. " Knartanburg. ;t 10 p ? uo ? 1 ^'hIik'h. 5 38 p ... ? Hcndersonville.ll p " Asbeville. 7 I0_p . i.v A liievillo. s W i? .... " Henderson villo. .. 1) 17 a .... " Plat Bock. it ii a . " Siiluda .... . !? 45 ? . " Tryon. 10 'JO it " Hnartanhurg . 11 45 8 4 10 p '? Ulenn Springs.... 0 00 a . .. " Greenville_? 12 m p ?; 00 p ?? Lai.feua.l ;?? p 7 no i " Anavrson . \ 'M> ? " (ir en wood. 2 37 p Ar Augusta. .. ? 10 ii I.V ?llgllAtti. Ar Alibndale. " Kairfax . " YmntiMKftt. S Mi a " Iluauforl.In In a '? l'ort Itoyal.l? 20 a " Savannah . " CliitrloMluu- . Lv Charleston. l'ort Royal . 1 20 |> !$? mifort.... . . I i0 p Vhiiihmhh) .... . 2 60 p Fairfax. A I Irin I H I. A r Augusta. Cloae connection at Ure*uwood (or nl' point*, in s. a. L. and ()? tt 0. KallwRT, POSITIONS! POSITIONS!! NO OBJ KOT. More oslls than wo can poNSilily flit. Gunt nntse ol posit tons backud by |Mi00. Cour?< s unsxcollnl. Knler liny tlm'o. 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Patent Ollico and the latest dovolopemcnts in the field of invention without fear or favor. SUIiSCttlPTION price ONE dollar pkb year. THE PATENT RECORD. Baltimore, Md. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Comli'iiiod Soliadule of i'uxniigar l'ratlr in lCfTeet .Ian. iff, 1301. Orcouville, Washington and tho Baa*. N.i.ivj No. .is No M No. SI Northbound. 1 >? 11 y I)?11 y. I )? i 1 y Dull;, Lt. Atlanta, C.T. At lutitn, K. T. i > :? 1 in ?Vi 1 lti. Athoiis. Lull,. T?.<.ii. rtaneoa. Mi-?imiv1110. S|inriiinburg. (JiitTnoy .. . IhnokHfmrg . liHSIOIltll. Charlotte Ar (j 11,'iishoro Ar. IHirhiini Ar. Italvtgh . ... Ar. Uanvillu Ar. Norf.ilk 77! Ar Itlcllllioitd Ar \V iwhtiiKton " rliillin'uPKR, " I'hilituulpliin J" Now Voj u From Ihn lv. -t !? Knill Ilium ml. k. v.. i*. u.n a IS a 1 oo m 1210 pill 60 ou |>{ 1 2o pi 12 60 a p, a u8 v a 18 r Hillmlolpi " lialtinioi <?. " Washington. Lv. Kh'hiiK mil Lv >:..rf..lit ~ Lv. I liiiivilli) t.v Hnloluh Lv Diirliam i.v II 8ft p 11 fta p Vi .M i a U0 u 8 :?? n 8 1)0 ii 8uo a o no a rtoo ii .j ii 42 hi 7 :?6 ii .I s o.i a ii IS i .10 1ft a 111 85 u. - I-' 4:i ml 2 Oj) pi ti 'j;t 1 (iroenvllio; mXbo to Atlanta |Ni.. art No. 37 No. 11 No Ilitll v. Dint v. Hull y I j is ns .., 00 p rrrn" hnsri a BO a 6 63 pi.; 0 u? 1 H*. p ?T~2ft~js 8 60 f ' !S ' .' .VI ! 0 2 a ii 1.. O A) p|.I 8 :>7 f 1? 10 4.S j) ._, . 9 65J 12 Olmi I I i4j p 11 t>j ",, li 00 , 9 8? f) 7 40 pry 4u p 7 40 i Tor,.,,,? Lulu. . A1 (-inillfsvillo Alliinln, K. 'P. ii 10 Ailnntn, f. T. 10 a ! 1 ,:'?'? ? ? ? 8 40 j, 6 4? a 8 40-j Ar. Cincinnati " Louisville " Biriiitngliam.jia 00 m m 00 p] Ar. New <Irloatm :<?? p 7 4.'. a ft fto p 7 46 a 40 p 7 .10 a 7 40 p' 7 60 a ,1000 f P * ?0 a. 8?0 ? Ar Coluililnis.lva !i 60 " Mm.?on i s mi IvMuiwwVk .. I s ;r, Ar. iltii!<?,?.nviHo. 8 ;?ft 1). I 8 Hft I ? 00 p 12 ftft a 7 00 1 .I 7 15 a . ? ?0 a . Will v Hai! . No.ll. N...J.V ht ;;' :i 7^ .. f v. 4 tfS a iV T'?" ii 111- '* ,v 7 11 ii 12 in n " 11 05 n T mi n ?' i225|i h:?i a ?? l m |i '.i mi a ?? . J [ftp lnj.^a " . 1 .dp IliBa L\ H ?jjt II 15 n !.v iaSji In 45 it Lv st \tio\s onirv uaiij . iu.n N<1 ll( Nf, ) i J . Savannah .Ar ."i uii i H n.-kvilli? "Ar . ~.\ 2 5* ? \ i '.iiir)r*li>M Ar ; in ii s f- > So iimorville." 5 67 n{ 7 81 < ..iiimi.il?.. " ii o>) i" a ;n> p i Nowhorry . " 9 :a> i> SOU p; ,Mri onwood.. " 7 .V. n 12 20 p / iiodm'h.,.. " 7 BO pill 56 j I Abbeville "Ar S U) p v ' Hol I on \ inters* hi Ar iA j 15 p 12 3? p Ar .Greenville p Lv...Gr.iviil<< (5 Vi p Ar s l.v Ar nrtanbttrg l.v ?? . \sliovillo ... " K noxvllle... " A r.. <'Im-iiiiift11 . l.v Ar...Louisville...Lv 2 84 v u;i;p 7 15 p i Ifta . T :ii jj i w jj "A" k. in Trains leave Kingvth for (lamdon In ' 15 a lug leave Or.idon for Ktngvllle', dully exeept Sunday. i< !a. in. and :.">o p. m< Aino for Hunv p 1M5 7 15 ,? ? 40 o ' T. ^J IA 16 * I ifii? 12 26 p / 12 26 n 11 H4 ? - k i ki s; ) 2u a 5 7 46 ? ' 'P" p. m. "M" noon. "N" night* ? , daily except Munday? and 4:60 p.m. Hoturiv ... 111. Hlld terdutl.v i xcept Sunday 8.00a. in. 10:15 a. m und 4:?o p. in Returning leave sumtor at fV60 a. m. 10.05 1 , in. und 4:80 p. in.,makingoonneotlo* at Kuik'v illo with trains between Columbia and Charleston. Tralus ee ve Spartanburg via B, U. A C o> vision daily for Glandalo, Joneaviile, Union and Columbia at d intermediate points at 11:46 a. m. and 0:16 P. in Trains leuve Toccoa, G*., for Klberron, Qa., dully 4:26 p. in. except Sunday, 7:uo a. m. Returning leave Blbertou daily i':00 a in, except Sunday, 2:13 p. m., matting connect lion at Toccoa with tianm hotwotu Aiimiu.. j Greenville and the Bast. Chesapeake Imm Steamers in daily ??., r,** betwenn Norfolk und Mit.timore. Nos. H7 and "Washington and Booth/ western Limited " Through 1'ulliv.an sleep, Inn cars between New York und Now Orleans, viH tVtiahtiiglOti, Atlunta and Moat fonierv. im i also between New lork and Meinpiils. via Washington, Atlanta and Blp? iniiiirliAin. Also elegaul 1'i i.i.man LiHHAiit i >m-i u \ a i kin OAlWbetWOen Atlanta and Ne\? V ?.> 11c Fir sodass thoroughfare ooachee i>^ I ween Waslilugton and Atlanta. Oining n?r? ?ervn all in/'ii's en route. Pullman rileetdna chth bei ween Orconsboro and Ralegh. O'os* ooimo 'tloil :?t Norfolk I'm- Oil' I'oixtOomhokt, Xlso ai AtTanla witlt I'minmn ?> n. aleepel for CllHtlnnooga and I line in nat I. ?iibnud Uo? "UnitedStates Fast Mall" rum ?olid hot ween Washington and N?w '."zrjeans, ii'. k composod ofcoaobes, through without ehsnge for passengers of uii olaisas. Futhnan drawing-room sleeping cars between New York and New Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery and between Hlrmiugbain and Hlidnio.?.,,*. UtnWiit enrs serve all meals ?nroni? isos. im nii'l U4 ? "Atlanta and >!????& Tori Binro?s," New looal train between Atlanta ancl < ? ft, ??? <?. oonnootlng at Charlotte with through train! of same number* carry* Ing I'ulltnnn ftlofttiltiK >ar* between Charlotte and Richmond, Norfolk, Wanhtttgren and New XOl'lt, No I'ulltnnn i'nn on these trait,* be, twccn Atintriv and Chariot!*- I .eavlag V> at ><? Ington <??? ii Monday, Wednesday and Friday a tottritt! Bleeping o*r vrin run throus-h be tweon Waslilngti ? and Kan Franolaoo without Change. Connection nt Atlanta with throne* Pullman uvAwlng ri otn ? oaplng oar for JaoW ?onville; i.Imo Pullman ?lospinff QeVT for Brun? Oonnootlou made at si'?>'"?>?burg rnt% through Pullman slcepar for ashavilla, Kbo* rlllr. and Oinolnnatl j also a'. Columbia for ha vannuh nml JacktOBvilla. Fit AN K S. GANNON. S. H. HaKDWIOX, Third V I', ? Uon. Mgr., <4?n Taaa Af?.. Wailiiugttiu, L>. 0. WaahlngVon.lX a W. H. TAYI.OK, J. I> MoOKB. i I'aaa Ag't., Paee. A T'kt Aga?*, _Atlanta, Oa._tfrHivilla, l*. Q DEATH DUST KILLS .--.-?a- c.r0t0ni3ug?. ?Spiders, Flib?. Fleas, AND ALL INSECT Lift. JlARMUt^ 0tMM to iNitCTA JO AND 25 CENTS ??3ALL DEALERS"tW Tue Ca OP Ol l TOS Cht MIC 4L fit, " MO, ? ? If Dentli Dull ii ii"t for tale l>y your pealer, will upon receipt of to eanU dsn-! you the large package ay mail poet laid.