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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.
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A perfect Remedy I'orConstipa
Hon, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions .Feverish
ness and Loss OF SLEEP.
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NEW vork.
GASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
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Bears the
Signature
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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
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New York " 3 lfmm II HOanr
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on Trains Nod 31 and 44.
ICeutial time, {Lastern Time,
Uharlestou aud Western Uarollna R. B
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1 ^'hIik'h. 5 38 p ... ?
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ehsnge for passengers of uii olaisas. Futhnan
drawing-room sleeping cars between New York
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ancl < ? ft, ??? <?. oonnootlng at Charlotte with
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Ington <??? ii Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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tweon Waslilngti ? and Kan Franolaoo without
Change. Connection nt Atlanta with throne*
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?onville; i.Imo Pullman ?lospinff QeVT for Brun?
Oonnootlou made at si'?>'"?>?burg rnt%
through Pullman slcepar for ashavilla, Kbo*
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