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* 9 r 2 THE i: , Life out of d ' \Ef"32L mcnt which the greater part of t j happiness when ''j&jR-1 given to them to / // on which it acts, / iy component parts j ft every objection a1 111 well-informed, a \t{ because of its pie Syrup of Figs?a be u?ccl by fathct Syrup of Fij naturally withou system effectuall fr?m tlie usc ?ft \?. v ^ which the childre ' V. grow to manhoot them medicines, .t'?^ assistance in the gentle?Syrup of Its quality is -5' "-' laxative pnnciph also to our origin ^ yg the liule ones, dc dP* ers sometimes ol bought anywhere \ 'r . ^ Current Event*. A London dispatch says: "The steam packet tfpupa, from Cardiff, for Cork has been missing since last Friday Wreckage which has been washed ur oo the roast near Cork leaves 110 doubt that the vessel foundered during a jgale. She had a crew of 20 men and some steerage passengers on board. She m^as owned in Cork." John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, in bidding fare. well to the Coal Commission before .going west to tne miners coiivrunou in Indiana polls, declared that the nonunion miners had been decoyed into giving testmony in favor of the opera, tors. The Methodist ministers of ludianapolis. in order to stimulate fresh interest among their congregations, have adopted a plan of exchanging pulpits. The congregations are not told '^at preachers they are going to have and this deprives them of the excuse oft?.n made for not going to church?that they know just what the sermon is going to be. The best ten chapters course of Bibfe studies, which is being given in the chapel of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. New York city, oa Sunday evenings at 7:30 o'clock, is arousing unusual interest. Three hun4 vdmrd and sixty-five persons were present for the study of the fourteenth chapter of John and about the same nnmber of the third chapter of Joha. Five of the "best ten" * hapters are found in John, and the other five represent five other books of theBible. The Rev. Dr. P. S. Hcnson. referring to the agency which is most kecniy felt in the destruction of the influence the church of today, says: "It isn't the higher critics tuat are destroying the influence of the church?and I have no more sympathy with the de sdrueifve cities than you have. The trouble is not with the higher critics, but with the lower living of Christians. The fog erf higher criticism is not to be dissipated by firing great guns at it. That only adds to the fog the smoke ?rf the powder. You can dissipate tic Yog only by the sunbeams of Christian living. Ill wear myself out preaching the evidence of Christianity, and some cross-graiivsd representative of Christianity in the pews will spoil the whole inside of tea minutes after I get through." lA Cough I "1 have made a most thorough m trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and am prepared to say that for alldis9 eases of the lungs it never disapI points." * J. Early Finley, Iror.ton, O. * 1 |>\yer sv>uciiy rctiuidi won't cure rheumatism; we never said it would. It won't cure dyspepsia; we never claimed it. But it will cure coughs and . J colds of all kinds. We first said this sixty years , ago; we've been saying it ever since. ; Three tixes: 25c, 50c., SI. All droftiet*. 3 Com alt your doctor, ir he tars talc* it. then Jo ax he If he telle you not to take it, then don't tako it. He know*. Iesre It with him. We are willing. > .1. C. AVER CO.. Lowell, Maes. ??P? So. 5. * T ? t / CHILDREN I loors and out of the games which they ] y receive and the efforts which they hat healthful development which is s< frown. When a laxative is needed th O - cleanse and sweeten ana s'rengthen t should be such as physicians would sa are known to be wholesome and the rem< ble quality. The one remedy which phys pprove and recommend and which tin asant flavor, its pontic action and its be ir.d for the same reason it is the only las s and mothers. js is the only remedy which acts geni t griping, irritating. or nauseating and y, without producinp that constipated 1 he old-time cathartics and m<?dern imit xi should be so carefully puarded. If y< 1 and womanhood, strong, healthy and when medicines are not needed, and i way of a laxative, pivc them only the si Fips. due not only to the excellence of the < :>s of plants with pleasant aromatic svr ,al method of manufacture and as you > not accept any of the substitutes which fTer to increase their profits. The penv ; of all reliable druggists at fifty cents to remember, the full name c CALIFORNIA FIG SYR.UP < the front of every packages In order to pet its beneficial effects it is al- _ / t'-. - WJT? un-v.ua. J i" W'V ?."* # the gentiine only. C?. JJah) t;: . ; ^WN St :: " " if ' - ?&& fr*" \ > The Seaboard and Its Relation to th< South's Development. ' J Common Carrier. In reviewing the industrial develop I ment attained by the South, it is but ' natural that we turn our eyes upot : the scene with a view to ascertaining 1 | the part played by the "Common Car i rier," the railroad. To those who have I simply listened to the revival of the South's industrial activity, the follow | ing figures by the Census Bureau will . i no doubt be interesting as well as surprising: :: ji ^ i ? - = *? - ? I s i = =>. r I * i I _ : x '2 ? '.r - ? * ! : c I *" ? -3 U x 55 x - | i I i ! 7 ? ^ X ? 3 ? ; - 5 =* e .? *, 2;???|?? || j jsSilSi I hlt'^gTO i igi ;nnszid % j| Mr. . * i it; |wuim * jSigSSggl si j;=' u 5 sn ?; ! i > * j ? r r- n >t J< 1 ; - c * ~ ? ; Z: cr. c- ?> o -x< C I '> ? I j; - r " ? "J ; "J ? i; <i j ~ X i- ?-' O si" ?' i < X : I ! ? --;! < ? V. a ? .2 t !l K > A T. C < A groat deal of this advancement is i directly attributable, individually and collectively, to the efforts of the rail lines traversing tho Southern teriitory. With the rise of the South came also the natural expansion of these railroads, and It Is interesting to note ! the progress in this direction when we compare the gieat systems of to ; day with tnose we rememner in m?:r ' infancy. In glancing over the situation ' we notice particularly the Seaboard , Air Line Railway, whose parent stem ; less tnan fifteen years ago tapped only : Virginia ami North Carolina. At that i time, lumber and its by-products were i the principal commodities; and we i have also watched with interest tne ' progress of this line in escaping from j its narrow confines and developing into the wonderful system which it is today. By building and consolidation the or.ee small line now pene; trates almost the entire South, reach I ing the capitals of Virginia. North Carolina. Sou'h Carolina. Georgia, | Florida and Alabama, and from its limited lumber trade now engages in ' the transportation of almost every known article oi manufacture, as well i as the products of agriculture, for j which the South is noted. The natural ! resource of the South has been in cotton and while we would not seek to depreciate the real worth of this ; staple and its value to us; there is r.o denying the fact that the wealth of iron ore and coal found in the South has been ihe important feature. The Seaboard realized this and through their newly acquired possesi sion, the East and West Railroad, will enter the rich iron deposits auu coal fields of Alabama in a few months will make its lin? terminate at the "Pittsburg of the South." Birmingham. Through its Industrial Department j a great deal of development work I has been accomplished. As monuments ! we might refer to Southern Pines and T _.y wB^gagyy. ? =s=a^ ?w.mv w?sb is, UTI ilay and t.ie enjoy- V7 v> \ make, conies the C\. > essential to their . c remedy which is lie internal organs fV$ '<!' notion, because its /* / ;?/ ?dv itsel f free from V iciuns and parents, '<? .. . e little ones enjoy, neficial effects, is? w' v<?* /jjv :ative which should 1 tly, pleasantly and ? which cleanses the ' labit which results < :ations, and against A 7..' ni would have them 1 happy, do not give when nature needs ' I iinple, pleasant and 1 \ ] ;ombination of the ;ir>s and inices, but < value the health of I unscrupulous deal- ' i 1 line article may be f* ;rr per bottle. Please k i >f the Company? / * . f , . -v A .< :0 - ?s printed on ? -V ., =x I ^ i .2 s YC\ WY\r/>"i i 1 y-\ry fr-.. ^ ' , i ( % \ 1 >. i'v i ' " ? 1 1 ] _ ^ ' i Pinehurst which resorts are noted < ; throughout the Eastern part of the ; i country. The management has made j ' i the interests of the people along 1U : line their first consideration and this 1 i in a measure accounts for the agricul- ' : j tural and industrial success which has ' ! been attained. Every encouragement ; j is accorded for the location of manu' i facturing industries, and their liberal " j policy toward the agriculturists is 1 | well known. In some instances, when , the occasion arose, they have assisted ; the growers in the purchase of seeds , and plants and have also tutored them I in a line upon which they were, uninifo-mcd; all of which has not only ' been appreciated by its residents and j patrons but has had a tendency to j cement the very close feeling between j them. The industrial work has been j broadened until it now reaches the i entire system and embraces the Genj eral Industrial Agent and corps of asj sistants. and we look for increased I results from this line which has i served so well its section during the I past years. j The tide o; emigration has ever , been Westward, consequently the ! South has been compelled to rely j upon its sons for the tillage of Its j soils. Through various causes, how I : ever, we fir.d in recent years a small s | but steady flow of northerners and s I westerners ?ho have tired of bat- i 1 tling with the long and severe ! winters experienced in this section r ; and have come to dwell within the ? ' land of perpetual sunshine. ' fin/1 o nrniliirtivA I soil and in addition to their veal ol>l left the enjoyment of the climate, i they have realized in excess of their j expectations: to their success and o I satisfaction ve attribute their fol- ,1 i lowers and a few years only will st;f- i fire to have the South reach the ajtrv g I cultural heights which it deserves, j There is an impression that the ex! freme south is :i barren waste and c 1 not capable of production. Were this | ! true, would ihere in; the ever con- r | stant extension of rail lines which ara I itoiiiR on ytariv ? The Seaboard is it:t- ? j bued with faith as is evidenced by f : its rectnt connection which leads it j ; into the beautiful Manatee section, by j | this connection they penetrate Mana- _ I tee county. Florida and the wonder- _ | ful results obtained, which are shown from a compilation of authentic sta- r ' tistics lead us to believe that this . ' ? a--. .? ' 11 b ? A. II !/>lr1i? n<\r>nintr\'l !\V O |CUII!HIV ?ll. i it: i|iui.nij |>uHuiuwu r a deserving class of people. It seem3 a j proper to change Horace Clreely's t famous remark into an invitation to c ! "Come South" where you will find a : warm welcome equalled only by iis 1 unsurpassed climate. J. W. WHITE. 1 Portsmouth, Va.. Dee., 1902. ^ I Mrs. Winrlow"? ^oothingSyrnp for children r i 1e< thing,sofien the gums, reduces inflamma ., j lion, allays pain,euros wind oolio.25o. abottl-j i One thousand five hundred and thirteen i novels were published in England iu ! 1901. * . o : TITS permanently cu red.Xo fits or nerv ->us! ness after first day's usu of Dr. Kline's (ireat c .\ervoIleatorer.if2 trial bottleand treatise free t ' Dr. B.ti.Kline, Ltd., 'j:51 Arch St., Phila., i'a. t Two men and one woman living .n Worcestershire. England, state that they e ! are centenarians. 1 ]r y.u want creamery prices do as the ' ? : in'-rittS do, Use JUNE TlNT BUTTER I j COLOlt. I There arc two women of seventy-five , i years and over for every man of that age i in the borough of Finsbury. England * x ] 3am sure I'iso's Cure for Consumption saved c I my life three years ago.?Mas. Thomas Rori bins. Maple St.. Norwich. N. Y.. Feh. 17,1990. Dublin Museum now possesses a large | stuffed elephant, the first mounted speei; men ever exhibited in Ireland. < Hon. William J. Bryan will have his portrait painted by William H Leavitt, < 1 a Newport artist, who will leave for j ! Lincoln, Neb., next month. , * f , ... i i . 'Mynhei BY ST. QIORQE Coptbioht 1Wt, Roes CHAPTER VII. [Continaed.] "It wns he who sent me. I have exhjuwtpfl npnrlv four months in all. There remain eight more for you to show up in Philadelphia and prove four Identity. That done within a' fear from the date of the old man's ieath you fail heir to his vast estates." "Well," with a steady ' puff-puff," "suppose 1 fail to show up?what then?" "Why. man. there's a cool million at stake in this matter?think of it, enough to tic out expeditions to the North Pole?to the centre of the earth ?money to squander in the most elaborate efforts to discover what even1 a Livingstone or a Doctor Kane has failed iu.'' How artfully Mr. Grimes puts this, appealing to what he knows is the weak spot in the make-up of his strange companion. Was ever such a scene as this known before, when a man pleads with a fellow human to appear aud claim a fortune that awaits his coming? Mynheer Joe seems to be weighing the whole affair in the invisible scales of his mind. When he speaks again it Is reflectively. "Eight months, you say. When did he die?" "On the 10th of October last." "Eight months?let me see?from Cairo I go direct to India?It is impossible to give that journey up, for oven now I may be too late to accomplish what I seek to do. Then, if all goes T Ln m r* A s\ iin r?iv VYlln/1 wcu nitric* jl uatc iyauc u^> ujj uijuu to sec something of China in a region foreigners hare never yet been able to penetrate, making my way through to Persia and the Mediterranean. Eight months are a short time, but then if everything goes well there is a ,'hance that I may turn up in Philalolphia before or on next October 10th. It all depeuds on how fortune \ landles ine, you know." It would be Impossible to portray ! the feellugs that possess Mr. Grimes tvhlle he listens to these remarkable J ivortls. He has seen many types of nen in his life, and looks upon the j ivhole human race as gold-worshipers, | pet here is a man who seems to have m honest scorn for the dross. It. is ! ;he most astonishing event .Mr. Grimes j las ever couie across in all his life. EIc holds his cigar between linger and lunnb and surveys Mynheer Joe with imazemeut. "You are the first man I ever met n my range, sir. who would snap his | ingers at a fortune which he could j lave by putting out his hand and j jrasping it." he mutters. "Perhaps so, Mr. Grimes. I know j ny own mind best, and as you per- ! laps are aware possess enough means j 'or nil the purposes of my business. | v liftlo mmipr pops n wav when \ n tiie bush, and I don't travel like Stanley with from one to five hundred ; >orters and lighting men. By the way. i itipposing I fail to turn up by the time ! peclfied, does the property go to char- . tyr j Mr. Grimes lias been expecting this. , tud yet he twists uneasily in his chair, is though hardly willing to answer. "No. It goes to the other side of the j louse.'' . "Ah! Tin- Runners?" "A descendant of theirs, daughter if the last Miss Bunner She married ind was lost sight of for a long time. <ut her family turned up cut Wis; oinewhere." "Do you know the name of this heirss. Mr. Grimes?" "Well. yes. sir. I have heard i:." he i cplies. "Let me have if. please," remarKs j lynhecr Joe, taking out his note- ! >ook. "A man is bonnrl to feel some I nterest i t the party who will come j nto a million or not, according to his ! vliini. If you have seen this party? ! ly the way. is she a spinster or mar- j ied woman?" "The former, by all means." with a j Tin that Mynheer Joe takes note of . ind presumes is caused by the fact ' hat the party referred to is an anti[uated old maid, with queer little urls, blue glasses and a pet cat?oh. ie can see her in imagination, just ac le pictured the Hon. Demosthenes banner?and as truly. "I trust she'll make good use of the aoney If through my failure to appear t falls to her,*' pursues Joe, thoughcully. "No doubt of that, sir, no doubt of I hat," says the other, with something | if a chuckle. "According to my Idea ! - ' V ?. ? ? *- ?~ 1 tr\ <r \ | n imnKing inui muut'j m uuuuu w ^v he same way whether you get It or he other."' "That's an enigma. Mr. Crimes, ixplain." "Well, you see, she's uncommonly ond of travel?has been up Mount Blanc, partly scaled the Matterhora, :rulsed along the whole coast of Aiders, and has any number of trips in :ontemplation which will consume noney and add to the kuow.ed^ge of geographers. Bless you. sir, she's got l medal already from the Koyal Geographical Society tn." Great Britain in onnection with certain fcatnres con?ernlng some daring woik sh3 did In he Alps." "Phew! A regular female discovertr! An adventurer Jn petticoats. I've net a number of such. They're all dike. And while admiring their grit er Joe. v i : pATHBORNE. jj :BT BojfNER'a Sox*. J In darlnp perils in unknown lands I s a.^ > rM nwimAU fhof am mt iu wuicw, .ui. uniuw, iuai I was never struck with their personal charms. It is a business that only the most determined characters take to?women who partake more of the man in their nature. You've seen 'em often." Mr. Grimes is shaking all over with some emotion. He coughs as though it is a little tobacco smoke that has goTten iuto his windpipe and choked him. "Of course, my dear fellow. But you do wrong to condemn the whole class. I've always found there were exceptions to every rule." "Come, don'? think I'm throwing out inueudoes against female travelers. I've met several wonderful women who accompanied their husbands into danger and threatening death. I'm only stating n fact that all with whom I am acquainted are strong characters, with plain, resolute features. I presume the life they lead makes them look so mannish." "Yet, they, too, may have been lovely once," murmurs the pseudo silver king. "The name, Mr. Grimes?the name? Ferhnps I have met the lady somewhere." "And I am sure of it It is now less than half an hour since you knocked her dear old governor out in one roncd." Mynheer .Too drops book and pencil *>*>/! nrvtil n/?n 4 /\ !? ** 4- ? a 1C tnn/1 a ^V>a uuu njuiu^n iu iiist irui .ia u lurtuy iur recipient of n galvanic shock from one of the electric eels he Is so fond of telling about. ' Why. man. you don't mean to tell me that It is Molly Tanner?" he bursts out with, whereupon his companion begs him to remember that others are not far away, and one scene of an evening is quite enough. By this time Mynheer Joe, the erstwhile cool messenger from Khartoom. has picked up his book and seats himself close beside Mr. Grimes, upon whose arm he fastens a clutch, while with a voice full of eagerness he asks: "Tell me the exact truth, my friend. There is no reason for concealment between us. You say Molly Tanner will come in for that million If I fail to turn up?" "Thai Is the whole of it, my dear .loo." "Of course she knows the nature o? the will?" "Word for word." "I am puzzled." j "How so?" "She mot me. heard my name, and yet did not recognize me as the party who could step between her and this' fortune." "Bah! You forget something. You? assumed your uncle's name, which. It scorns, for reasons l?est known to yourself, you have thrown off again." ; "True, sir." "The document speaks of Joseph M. t.'arriugford as the coming man. How was she to know Mynheer Joe as that party?" "Ah! You arc right, Mr. Grimes, you are right!" "This young woman, as I told you. is an enthusiast in the work of seeing unknown countries, climbing mountains that have never yet been sealed, and, in fact, accomplishing deeds that you men iovo so dearly." "I remember she spoke of being j fond of travel," he mutters thought- | fully. This surprise has taken his i breath away, and for the time being Mynheer .Toe Is not himself. "Just at present she has an object in her travel beyond mere adventure or sight-seeing. She is searching for a man." "Ah!" "By name Joseph M. Cnrringford." "On deck. "What will she do when vile fmds this same personageV" "Endeavor to send him home to Philadelphia in time to secure his inheritance. She believes the old man's will is unjust, and desires to set mailers right. No one looks for the missing Carringford more earnestly than tills girl who would most profit by his absence." "Then Molly Tanner is one in n housand. I knew I could not lie mistaken in her face. Here is another peculiar tie that draws us together. ;.Ial:e up your mind. Mr. Grimes." as he tosses his cigar away and Jumps to) his feet, "I go to India from here, and the chance is now one in a thousand ih.it I turn up in Quakerdom in time to rccure the conditions of the will." Mr. Grimes does not rise, bnt puffs' away at his Havana, brought across w__l the water, while ne iooks aitcr ai>uueer Joe's retreating form. "Wall," lie says, with a chuckle? "two and two make four. The mag" net draws?he goes to meet her. t may be beaten in one sense, but there are more ways of accomplishing a thing than enter into your philosophy, Horatio. Kismet! It is, indeed, fate!" CHAPTER VIIL SA-NDT. Mynheer Joe enters the nearest room and finds a few of the guests scattered about. His eye seeks one form alone ?and finds It not It is uncertain how Molly will receive him, as he cannot tell whether her father will relate the circumstances of the affair to her or not 71 Conscious that a pair of eyes have fastened upon him, he looks across tho room to see the small man whom Grimes designated as the wily baron, the secret emissary of the Russian , Government, smiling and nodding Jrr'-^ a condescending way that is irritating, to say the least. Just then Mynheer Joe has a peculiar sensation sweep over him; he Is conscious 01 a ueep aisuite rowuru mm man. He does not attempt to explain the feeling. Perhaps iUis rivalry that brings these two together?a striving after the smiles of & beauti^ ful girl. Molly Tanner brushes past (he baron at this moment, having been able to leave her parent, who is not badly injured in any way. The Russian pots out a hand to stay her passage, bnt she heeds him not, advancing straight as the home flight of a bee for the spot where the explorer stands. In another moment she is at his side. "How is your father?" he manages to ask, feeling like a hypocrite; and, but for the fact of his face being already tanned, the blood mounting upward would betray him. "He feels no effect from bis fall,. but is full of deep anger," Molly re- ' plies. "Against?the man who strnck him?! "No, singularly enough he doesn't seem to feel that way toward the wretch. His anger is wholly directed against the man who threw the banana skin upon the flags on which he slipped at the time he was struck." "Oil!" says Joe, with a gurgling smile, as he grasps the defeated gladiator's ruse to excuse his downfall. "Singular how incidents will happen. I've had as strange things occur to me at I iimoL? Pnf \ffaa \fnllr hno fa*If TplfH / you? If your father does pot~b?a? malice toward the unlucky offender ' | Nvho was so rash as to measure Strength with him, do you also forgive him?" "Not I?the wretch. It was my dear old governor he struck. If I had been present I'm afraid I might have done something desperate." And her flashing eyes give Joe an ' idea that this is no mere idle threat on her part. He shrugs his shoulders and continues: "I believe it was a fair, stand-up business. But we will not discus* U further, Miss Molly." " ^ "Pardou me, but?" she stammc* a "What can I do for you?" seeinpjMl she is about to ask some favor at -J which she hesitates. "I don't know why I speak to you in. this way, since I have known you for so short a time. I have numerous friends here?acquaintances^ I should call them?but you saved my life, and, somehow I feel that I can say to you what I should hesitate to speak to others." i "Yes," he utters encouragingly, feelling deeply flattered by her words, and? j yet conscious of an uneasy sensation, ! lor the baron is glaring at him from j "across the room, and there is somej thing baleful in that diplomat's frown, j "Will you help me?" she asks blunt* ly. "I promise you, to the l?est of my ability," he replies without a second thought. "A thousand thanks, I knew I could depend upon you," she murmurs. Mynheer Joe does not dream the nature of the request she Is about to make. "What can I do for you," he finally asks. "D not hesitate. Speak out" "Yon may think me vindictive, perhaps." "Never!" "But when I think of the dear old governor being so badly used, my blood fairly bolls." "Ah!" "Do you think you could find the wretch who beat my governor, Myn- . beer Joe?" "I am sure of it," stoutly. i "Will you do this?for me?" 4 I "Assuredly." "And bring him before me?" "I will drag him there by the neck and the heels, though he has the -.X fct - * ? ?? isireusiij UJ. u ouuisuu. Tlifs wonderful speech receives its reward, of course, in the shape of a sweet smile; but it is still too early to tell what the designs of the explorer may be. "You are very kind, Mynheer_Joe. When this "fellow is Detore rae. I am in doubt what to do?whether to give him a piece of my mind or nsc a whip on him, as I have read of energetic women doing. In some way I must show him that he cannot beat my dear governor with Impunity." Joe almost smiles as he thinks of having need of such a defender as tills. But the situation is so extremely delicate and desperate that he has no heart to be amused at its ridiculous side. "Will you leave the decision with me?" he asks having a bold idea. "With pleasure," she replies. "And abide by the result?" "Yes, indeed. It will take a load off my mind to have you decide my; "Then, if I were you, I would not think of doing anything with a whip. In the first place it will get your name in the papers?news gatherers are so ready to seize upon a sensation and make the most of it Thus you woul^ find people turniug to look at you in the street, not because you had done anything noble, but because you had horse-whipped a man who for some reason was powerless to resist" "Say no more; I really did not dream of it" "Besides." he goes on, quietly, "I have an idea the poor devil will suffer worse at words of reproach from your lips than he would under the tortures of El Mahdi." [To be Continued.] j The custom of throwing rice at weddings originated in China*