The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 15, 1903, Image 6

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' V & ' tkg king 1 .^honi A NOVCL or AMERICAN LlFi >#? CV MAURICE i?'2and :?IC cmrTEii xvir. COXXINCED. "Oh, it was Fuval's work, perhaps." said Claiborn". "i'ou know that Vernon and Fav.il have always been great friends." "Vernon proposes to raise an 1 equip ' a company of ri.Iemeu at bis own expense," rem arked Jackson, "but be flatly refuses to command it." "Of coarse, he would refu::e that, general," said the governor. "l"ou should not expect a man of hii stamp to come to that. I see that yon have not understood him. Plainly, you do not recoanize his importance." "Important or not important," exclaimed Jackson, permitting bis natural irascibility to appear, "I do not need bis advice or, tor tbat matter, yonrs either!" Claiborne, who was no mean diplomat, beld bis temper and smiled blandly. He bad tbe utmost confidence in Jackson, and was determined not to have a rupture witb hira; but be feared Mr. V eruon's influence, aud knew tbat it was necessary to prevent, if possible, any further disagreement between him and the commanding general. Negotiations were in progress between the governor and Latitte, by which the former hoped to bring a large uumbei of tbe outlaws of Barataria and other resorts to the aid of the government. Jackson was favoring this scheme, knowing tbat frebooters wore capable of doing most eflfectivo sorvice as soldiers. He now asked for a private interview with tbe general, aud when they bad passed into- an adjoining room, he said: "I understand your feelings, gen-1 Cral, aud am far from wishing to aggravate them; but let me say to you in deepest confidence tbat Mr.. Vernon is just now an indispensable person to us. He alone can control tbe maes of the Creoles and especially the lawless clans. I tell you tbat we cannot do without him," Claiborne spoke more froru conjecturotbau from any deliuite knowledge. Ho did know, however, that Mr. Vernon's influence was as powerful as it * was mysterious; tLint Lis wealth, ! though great, and bis liberality, though democratic, could not wholly account for the bold be certaiuly had upon the daugerous class of persons who constituted iu reality the larger number of the effective fighting meu of the State. Jackson walked the floor. He bad bceu teiribly worried with reports of plots and combinations against him in the oity. The legislature bad not done as be wished, the courts were dispose I to assert the superiority of the law, and ceitaiu of bis injudicious friends had magnified to him the evidences ol sedilicn aruoug the Creole population. Add -d to all this, reinforcements were slow iu arriving, aad such as bad come were miserably deScient in equipment, without food and very inadequately clad agaiust the uuusual cold of the SCC-SOD. ?!< felt that patriotism as well as setf-intcrest demanded of the people of New Orleans auil of Louisiana the inosl enthusiastic and heroic self-devotion in behalf of his purpose?. Knowing his own courage and genius an.1 seeing with the absolute vision of the born general the supreme need o. the hour, he could have no patience with anything or anybody that did not fall at onco i,:ito lino and obey bis ; every command, execute his every sag--1 gestinu and show that the most active faith in his superiority. "I despiso and detest the whole crow," he presently blurted out, "and HI blow them to everlasting scraps, i before long, if tlu-y persist iu their j ' disloyalty to the country. Claiborne, i you go a: once and tell that legisla- ! rure to adjourn?tell thew that I| eay so." The governor stoo l for a moment confounded; but it did not take long for him to sec that General Jackson meant to be obeyed. "I have already suggested an adjournment," he replied, '.'but of coarse there is some opposition." T will r\r\? narmit nnnAeifinii .1' ll X n 111 uu? J/V* UI*? V|/^vw*??v I from RUjboily, do you bear? This thing is coining to a point right shortly. in command hero and, by the Eternal, 1 am going to be master! You go at ouce, governor, and tell that legislature to shut up shop, aud if ii doesn't do it I'll pitch it bodily into the river. They haven't got a Wilkinson to trifle with now." Along with General Jackson's assumption of superiority there weut an immense capacity for being just. win. he assumed to be. He overawed Claiborne from the moment of his arrival in New Orleans, and, to all in tents and purposes, took charge o: the irt-.'.e Government. it wi!i never be kuown just how far actual treason weut in p'oftin^ the Iv? trayal of Jackson and "the delivery of the city to the British commander; bat the movement was more tiian an incipient impulse. Tlieie were many men in New Orleans who dreaded to have the power or the United States Government well fixed in Louisiana. Wilkinson had more than winked at a free and easy understanding with the forbr.-v, robbers and smugglers, and lhera can bo little doubt that Claib : although he would have prefr.-red la.v and order, was the sort ?>f politician to turn his back and not sec tko worst that his supporters did. He i Or2^ EY ISLAND 4 " OS ? if LIKING Till-: WAR CF 1812, rr xr? TKCMPGON, tr T.oUrt renter t Soin. know }!>. Vernon's power, bal move tbau once felt it in bis furor when it i\.is political bulvatiou to have it on bis Pule. lie knew bnt little of Colonel Loriu?; bnt since the iucident of the no.se-pullin^ he had heard a great deal abont him. II urn or was having it everywhere that Loring and Pierre Ham< ait were oae and the same man, uud thai now the far reaching organization of which this redontaole outlaw was king would be turned against Juckson. Claiborne had already gone too far in his support of General Jacksou to take any backward etep, even if he had desired to do it, and it was absolutely necessary now that he should use the finest diplomacy, in order to avoid faUiug between two stools. *'I will go at once, general, and have a conference with Lonallier and Roflignac," said he, in a tone of ready compliance, "and, if possible, I will have the adjournment declared." "Governor, there can be no ifs or ands about it; the adjournment must come at once!" exclaimed Jackson, with overbearing steinness. "Tliey r - Ml . 3? iL i'?l will adjourn, or i win anjourn xnem: Claiborne's face pale J with sudden | anger, bat he made no response; sim- . ply bowed and retired. As he went | out he met Lieutenant Ballanche com- | ingin. The young man looked fatigued j aud somewhat in a hurry, as if he had ! come from a distauee in great haste j and was bearing important news; he greeted Claibomo deferentially as ho passed, but did not stop. The saudy 11111 u showing in splashes all over him told of a long, hard ride. The governor would have given a good deal to kuow what message Ballanche was beaiing, and under any other circumstances he would have turned back iuto the room. He could not trust himself to do this now; he was too much wrought upon by Jackson's tyranny. There was something in the young officer's look aud manner, however, that told a stirring story. CHAPTER XVITL SEEKING r.EFCGE. The journey to the plantation was r. j comparatively short one, and the three i v/oinea at lirst found it not so tiresome and uuiuterestiug as they had feared, although it was depressing to a degree. They set out early in the morning through a country somewhat gloomy, and in places covered with water. The rain fell at intervals, but the sun .lashed warmly out between the showers, as the wiuter sun does in that tickle, April-like climate, gfviug them now and then a golden gleam while they were truudled slowly along under the moss hung trees. The spacious carriage with its easy springs and luxurious cushions afforded ample room lor its fair occnpauts to rest at case. Mademoiselle de Sezannes, who had never been much iu the couutry and whose volatile spirits were easily set .TP i ? 1 iU trufl'Vtr^ClUg, 1UUUU u ^UUU UlUI i/SJ interest her on the way; but Mrs. Veruou cud Pauline cuuld not jjuII rheir minds away from the fact that they were once more leaving Chateau d'Or for an indefinite sojourn in a lonely plantation house. Their former experience of a country life in a 10mote place, as they now involuntarily recalled it, did not present to their minds its more pleasiug associations, hut turned persistently to view those closiug incidents which were coupled* with the coming of Burns and the robbing of Vasseur. To bo sure, Pauline remembered, with a girl's vivid faithfulness, every look, every word, every movement of Fuirfax during those dawn-hours of her love; but tiie darker things would insist on taking precedence, and her mind dwelt upon all that she had heard of Pierre it.uueau aud his crimes. She and her mother had both strenuously objected to leaving the city, and having sot out under protest, they woman-like, made the whole journey in a stale of mind averse to any sentiments of wayfaring appreciation. The veueraoie eoacnmau, mumca in liis broad-capad great-coat, hummed many a negro melody in a soft falsetto voice, and between snatches grumbled at the horses because they did not keep well in the rather vague roadway. "It seeras loo bad," said Mademoiselle de Sezaunes, after she had somewhat exhausted herself in making inquiries touching the natural objects new to her eyes as they passed tiioru by iu the 6trange old forest? "It seems too bad that this dreadful ivnr should break ud all our delicrht .'al wiuter enjoyments and send us away into exile to dream of slaughter and all manner of dreadful evils. Isn't it so, Pauline?" "Do not speak of it! It rends my ncavt!" spoke up Mrs. Veruon. "I shall not see a moment's peace, asleep or awake, till it is all over." "And how are we to be any safer awav out here in the woods, I should like to know?" demanded Pauline, with more geuuiue peiniance than her mother had ever before known her to indulge. "I know that I should feel better at home in the city." "Dnt if f were a inau," exclaimed [ Mademoiselle de Sezannes, shrugging '1jw shouldei3 and emphasizing her * : y vO'-'. > . A* - A words with quick French gestures, "1 wouhl stay at home with my family and protect it instead of " "Oh, no," Mrs. Vornon inleirapie 1. "How could you protect then siuq' handed? The men arc behaving In.-roundly, dear." "And what of n>? What eh all v/o do wlieu they have bvcu killed'? C ihiokit more heroic to stay with Mio- ? you lovo and lead t ten oat of dam e and keep yourself alive for lheui th.: i to fight all tho battles iu tho wo:. I and uio." "If the men felt in that war, flea *, the English would burn New Orl.-a-u before the week's end. It would !? ? unmitigated cowardice. Don't v.. i know it would, dear?" "I don't care! I don't care! ^3 there!" exclaimed tlio excitable gir., beginning to cry. "I want to go ba c home. Tell the coachman to turn around. I can't go uaj I cr.u't! I can't!" Pauline joined her friend in shedding tears freely. She, too, felt a su ddeu, uucoatrollablo desire to II y b.'<?'; to the city. The two clasped each other and nestled their young heads together, sobbing hysterica'ly, while the carriage rolled softij- along over the slushy sand or bumped agaitis. to* palmetto roots. Mrs. Veruon understood the unexpressed thoughts of the girls, and felt ? that fine sympathy which makes the true mother so clear and tender a critic of her daughter's love. She beat back, though she could not forget her own distress in her desire to console and inspirit those budding hearts upou which the first rude wiud of trouble was blowing. It was while she was using her best endeavors to distract their atteution from the subject of the war that the carriage suddculy stopped, and she beard eome one speaking to the coachman iu a sharp, nasal voice. "Kern all the way f'om town, hev ye?" the mau was saying. "An* w'at air folks a-doin' np thar'?" "I cayn' say, sen," answered tbo coachman, wliose Eugliak was of the , thin, mincing, Creole kind. "I cayn' say vat zey do." 'An' who yc got inter "the ear'ge thai'?" "I kev' ze madamo an' ze uia'ia'zelles, seu." "Oh, weetning, air they? An' whar' air ye a-tukiag' 'em to':" "To ze planiuseeon, sen." "What pertic'ler plantation air ye a-taking 'em to?" "it ecs luess'a Vernon's seh." "Huuiph! Let me take er squint inter thet air vehicle." Mrs. Veinon recoiled from the wizened. wrinkled old face that was jnst then thrust close to the carriage winds w. Mademoiselle de Sezanues screamed shrilly. "Beg pardiug, weeming, bog yer marciful par ling!" exclaimed the queer lookiug old fellow, touching his 'coon-skin cap. "Don't ye be uneasy or afeard; Euos Pcevy ain't acoin' to do ve no harm." He shifted the long, heavy rifle by a quick, deft movemeut, so as to let it , rest moro easily iu the hollow of his bony shoulder, at the same time a huge quid of tobacco was rolled from , one side of his mouth to the other. "Oh, no, no, weeming folks, I air your friend; don't ye git sceert. Hit air my jooty, ye know, beiu' a scout fer Gineral Jackson, ter kinder squiut inter car'ges an' things ter see w'at's . in 'cm; but I don't hurt nobody nor nothin'." f He looked very kindly into the faces . of the ladies and chewed his tobacco j with great complacency. Mademoiselle do Sezannos began to speak volubly to him iu French; but ho only grinned uud scratched his i head. c " 'Taiu't no use a-flingiu' thct air sort er stuff at me, young 'oruan. Up c in Tennessee we jes rasas mot same old laug'age w'at we alius did." 1 "You say you are scouting for Jack- ( sou?" suavely inquired Mrs. Vernon, merely to collect herself. "Yas, mum; Hie Giu'ral an' mo runs together. WJiarsomcver yo hn' t biiu ye'll stagger on to me pooty clost L 'roun' thur. He calls me Olo Eyes; but my name air nothiu but Euos \ Peeyv." "Thauk you, sir. Good morning, o Drive on, Catulle." Mrs. Yeruou s smiled and bowed to the man as graciously as if ho had been a courtier. The coachman, obedient to tho order of his mistress, started the horses a on at a brisk gait. "What a queer person!" exclaimed t Mademoiselle de Sezauues, when they were well away from the spot. "Ten- t nessee must be a strnuge country if it 1 is inhabited by that sort of people." d "Bat he had a kiud face and an engaging way despite his odd dross and comical dialect," said Mrs. Vernon, "and should be ready to trust him at ' a time of danger." "Oh, but he's hideously ugly." "Xo, not ugly, n\y dear; only out- fi landish-looking. I noted his features carefully and found them of almost ?= Grecian regularity. Old age and ex- * posnre have wrinkled and bronzed him; but he has clear, honest eyes and a good face, ou the whole." ^ Mrs. Vernon urged the discussion * iu order to draw the mind? of the p girls away from the recent channel of thonght. Pauliuo was inclined to side with Mademoiselle do Sezannes (* and say that tiio scout did not striko her as a person to bo implicitly be- c lieved in. lie must have had wuie ulterior design iu stopping the carriage. It was very easy for a man to call himself i scout; he might be a <. robber or cvmu nu English spy. Cor- ^ taiuly he had found out by most adroit ^ work who they were, where they were . going and what they had iu the car- v riage. Perhaps bo would caxt that t very night aud rob them o? their money aud jewels. (to be continued.) ^ When misfortune jniup3 on yon with both feet, pull ita log for a new start, ? - ; Our. Budget J of Humor., f L ?-?, J Jlystcry of the Curl* There was a little girl And she had a little curl Just where the maiden had it in the fable; It hung there through the day, H:it I've heard her In-other sat* That .it night its p.ate was ou her dressing table ?New York Times. Ol.l, Old Story. Jack?"I should imagine that -won.on would like originality. Seems to me tliey el hate repetition." Mabel?"Well, yes; excepting the phrase, 'I love you.' "?Chicago News. She Knew Her Dnil. Smithers?"Do you know any one wiio has a horse to sell:" She?"Yes, I suspect oid .Crown has." Smithers?"Why V" She?"Well, pupa sold him one yesierday."?London 1'unch. Persistency tVon, Member oi invesdgaiing Committee ?"i>ut the evidence shows clearly thai you received bribes." Officeholder?"I couldn't help it. Tlipy kept sticking them at me. and 1 just had to take 'em."?Chicago RecordHerald. Johnny's Knowledge. Teacher?"Why. Johnny, i thought you knew your alphabet." Johnny?"I don't know the names of the letters nor the way they come: but when I see the alphabet all together 1 know it fast enough."?Boston Trau script. More Active. Hicks?"Oli, I uevcr even notice him any more." Wicks?"Is that so?" Hicks?"Yes; nothing disgusts mo more than a dead-beat." Wicks?"Oh, they don't bother me: it's the live one that makes me tired." ?Philadelphia Ledger. Alwttys limy. V gyr-??5A I v v / I wJftf.tr???. WSM^}Wm ^^ski^TRh f[!i : e%rr? C"k>f t M M v rhis man's as busy as can be: His money works as hard as he. Ele spends some time receiving rents, ( i'ho rest in cutting down expense. ?New York Journal. An Explanation. . "I wonder what it is that prompts he women to oo more constant amnunits at church than the men." "(Gratitude, no doubt." replied the rabbed bachelor. "The church usually lids and abets them in committing 1 liatrimony."?Philadelphia Press. ' On the Wedding Journey. I "Ilenry," whispered the bride of two | tours, "you don't regret marrying me, , (veil yet':" "No, darling," replied Ilenry. "Not iveii yet!" The train spoil on, and she was iapi?y for another live minutes.-Chi- , ago Tribune. i Shopping and the Wherewithal. I Wife?"I wan Wo do some shopping ( his morning, dear. Can you let uie | lave a little change?" Husband?"How much do you < rant?" ' Vt'ife?'"Fifteen cents. A dime for ar fare and a nickel for ice cream oda."?Chicago News. What It Really Racked. "I put in the French phrases i -re i .ml there," said the would-be author, , to give the book an atmosphere of eulure." ' "H'm!" remarked the critic,"it would ' lave helped a bit if you had put. in a , Ittle good English in spots."?Philalelphia Public ledger. Danger of a Rehearsal. ' "Don't you think you're working too I . ? ...i )?? i a ru: , "Well, there's a lot of unfinished work , ?efore me, and I've got to cover the , [round iu a very short time." "Better slow down a bit. or the pround will cover you in n very short iine."?Philadelphia Press. Congratulatlon* Either Way. Jack?"I hear you are going to marry liss Prettyun. Formit me to eonratulate you on your excellent taste." Tom?"But the engagement is off. i 'm not going to marry her or any one Ise." 1 Jack?"Indeed! Then allow me to ongratulate you on your good sense." ] Jhicago News. , So Kind and Sympathetic. A gentleman whose one glass eye has crved him for years had the misforune to drop it. It smashed to atoms, 'his "happened when lie was far away 1 the country. lie inquired of a frienu /here was the nearest place for him !> go and get refitted. "Why don't yon call upon the girl on were Uirting with all last night?" is friend inquired. "She has a first lass reputation Cor rucking eyes."? .ondon Tuuch. . . . ?- v- TV* vestTbulei collides Fast Train on the Southern ATeets Accident Near Greensboro CRASHED INTO A MATERIAL TRAIN Passengers Thoroughly Shaken Up But None Injured? H< avy Lruw&^e to Road's Property. Greensboro, N. C., Special.?No. ?9, the through vestibule train between Washington and Atlanta, ran into a material train two miles north of here at 7 o'clock, badly shaking up a great number of passengers, many of whom were at supper, but doing no serious damage to anyone. V. W. Divall, of Hyattsville, Md? H. D. Baker cf Maryland, mail citrk; L. A. Stone, cf Pilot Mountain, N. C., express messenger and Jim Wright, colored fireman, of No. 29, of Spencer, were slightly injured by being hurled against side of the car. Two white boys, fifteen years of age, of Danville, who were beating the vestibule on the first blind, were injured in the head, but escaped before a physician arrived. Their names are not known. There was intense excitement here at the first report of the wreck, to the offset that 27 passengers had been killed. The truth was not known until the rescue train returned at 9 o'clock. Number 29 was running at a rate of 25 miles an hour. The material train had not reached the siding. The engineer sent a flagman ahead to see if the track was clear. The flagman reported all right, a few minutes before the collision occurred. The pilot of the vestibule was entirely destroyed, but there was no material damage to cars or track. No. -y arrivea at me station here at D.30 o'clock, leaving at 10, three hours late. No. 35, southbound, was held up, awaiting the clearing of the track, leaving here at 10:30 o'clock, three hours late. Honored Dead Commander. Baltimore, Special.?The funeraf of General Eradley Johnson, the noted lawyer and Confederate soldier, who died in Virginia on Monday last, and whose body lay in state Tuesday in the capitol at Richmond, took place here Yv'cdnesday. The body was brought to Baltimore under an escort of Richmond veterans, and a largo contingent of Maryland Confederate veterans attended the funeral, the Southern colors borne during the civil I war being carried at .their head. Many noted citizens were present at the 1 depot and later filled Christ Protestant ! Episcopal church, where services were ! conducted by Rev. Edwin Barnes Biver, the rector, and Rev. SVm. M. Dame, ' rector of Memorial Protestant Episeonal church. Both Rev. Biver and Dr. Dame were at the depot, the latter in i:niforra of captain an 1 chaplain cf the Fifth Maryland rcgimeni. Benefit of Cotton Growers. Montgomery, Special.?The nrtn an- i mal convention of the Cotton Stste3 j Association of Commissioners of Agriculture met cere with President J. G. Lee, of Louisiana, presiding. North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, .leorgia, Arkansas. Louisiana. Mississippi, Tennessee. Klordia and Alabama ire represented. Secretary B. W. Kil5or of the association read a letter ,'rom Secretary of Agriculture J. M. j IViison, a part of which read: "People i ;i New York, interested in dealing in cotton, very unkindly charge us with \ 3xing upon reports for the benefit of :he growers with a view to impressing :he world that the cotton crop 13 short. tVe want to give people of the whole country the facts as we understand | :Lem from our source of information." Lynchers Indicted. Nashville, Special.?The grand Jury )f Moore county has returned a joint | ndictment against -2 members of a I nob charged with lynching the negro, j Mien Small, on the night of September j 24. The defendants were raiciea ior murder in the second degree, as the \ttorney General and the grand jury :hought this course \va3 more prudent md more likely to result in convictions than would an indictment for murder in the first degree The indictment makes the case bailable and aearly all of r defendant will be released on bo Mrs. Tillman Hurt Augusta, Ga., Special.?A special to 1'he Herald from Trenton. S. C., says: 'Late Wednesday while driving from rrenion to her home, Mrs. B. R. Tillman. wife of United States Senator B. Ft. Tillman, and her sen were thrown 'roni the buggy by the horse running vway. Mrs. Tillman and her son both sustained severe gashes on their faces, jut physicians state that their injuries are not sericas. Estate of Fair. New York. Special.?Justice Barrett in the Supreme Court granted a motion to cr.amine two physicians and wo undertakers in San Francisco in ho action brought by Mrs. Hannah E. .'Prison, to recover the estate belonging .0 Charles L. Fair, who was, with his wife, killed in an automobile accident at Trouvillc, France, about a year ago. A Noble Action. Charles W. Condon, of L^nox, la., supplied several square inches4 of skin to be grafted on John W. Matfott, a railway engineer, after an accident to . the latter about five years ago. Su\~e" ! nnontW ha nrjecntoH o Hill r*f OfQO ' V| u .ill ? uv I UVUII.U u Will V4 yi.,vi? for the skin, and. having failed to colV loot it, he is now soing the engineer^ I for the sum named. Ms'.Iot: got $2,000 from the railrord company after the accident, but lost it in a business venB. B. B. SENT FREE. : Cores Tilood and Skin Diseases, Cancers, "idling IIumoM, Hone Pains. I Botr. ,'c Blood Balm (B. B. B. i cure* j Pimple . cabby, scaly, itching Eczema, j Ulcers, Ea sing Sores, Scrofula. Blood Poii son, Bone Pains, Swellings, Rheumatism, Cancer. Especially advised for chronic I cases that doctors, patent medicines and i Hot Springs fail to cure or help. Strengthens weal: kidneys. Druggists, SI per large bottle. To prove it cures B. B. B. sent free by writing Blood Balm Co., 53 Balm Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in scaled letter. Medicine sent at once, prepaid. All we ask is that you will speak a good word for ! B. B. B. when cured. i An adder twenty-sis inches long has j been killed by a gamekeeper at Tooennory, ! Mull. A Sermon In a Sentence. | If you are morose, moody or despoml1 ent; if you have a ba'oit<of worrying or fretting about things, or any other fault which hinders your growth or I progress, nunii ui iuc v^r I posite virtue and practice it until it i* | yours by force of habit.?0. S. Mcrden, ' In Success. Deafness Cannot Ke Car.*! ! by local aopllcations as they cannotreachthoe[ diseased portion of the en*. There is on yon* ! way to euro deafness, and tan: is by consti| tutiona! remedies. Deafness is caused by aa ! Inflamed condition of tha macou3 lining of I the Eustachian Tube. When this tubo Is iaflamcd you have a rambling.souud or imperfect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed Deafness is tho result,and unless the"intlaaimntion can be taken out and this tube restored to its normai condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine cuse? out of tea are caused by catarrh, winca is nothing but aa inflamed condition of the mucous sarlaeas. We will cive One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deaine?(oaused by catarrh) tha: -nnnot be cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. F. J. CHZNtw A Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 73c. Hall's Fa r.ily Tills are the bost. More Snr.iT Used Now. The snuff users of the T'nltod Strifes I have Increased ir. number about six ; per cent, a year for several years, tak; ins tbe annual consumption ?>f snuff as ! the basis of calculation. Tim ? gre sate weight of pinches of snuff taken last year r/ns 18,000,000 pounds. ! FITSnermanentry enre t. No fits or norvous: re?s after iirst day's use of Dr. Kline's Groat : Nerve ilesiorer.*2 'rial bottle and treailsefrea Dr.E.H. Kt.tnf., Ltd., 031 Arch St.. l>hlla.,Pa. It i? said that Texas alone markets $30,| 000,003 worth of cattle annually | Mrs.Wlnslow's SoothlngSvruD for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation, allays rmia.curos windeoiio. 2.3c. a bottfo Twenty-four persons living in County Tipperary. lreiand, are centenarians. I'lso'sCnreistho best medicine wo ever used Jorall affoocions ol throat and lungs.?Wit. O. Lxdsllt, Vanburun, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. A new lighthouse costing over $0,500,000 is in course of erection at I'o'.kestone. I'tTTXAM FADELESS 1)VE3 do not stain the bauds or spot the kettle, except greea and purple. . The streets of Tokio will soon have trolley cars. - ? rrn^ - m I My Lungs j 9 "An attack of la grippe left me I | with a bad cough. My friends said 1 S I had consumption. I then tried I I Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and it I 8 cured me promptly." A. K. Randies, Nokomis, 111. 1 9 You forgot to buy a bot-1 I tie of Ayer's Cherry Pec-1 I toral when your cold first | | came on, so you let it run I I along, fcven now, wi;n all your hard coughing, it will not disappoint you. There's a record of sixty years to fall back on. , Three ?!iei: Z5c., S?c., Jl. AiUnifjiiti. H Consult your doctor. If he eaya.Uke It. P then do m he ?ay?. If he telle yon not to take it. then don't uke It. He ksowe. 1 Leave It with hire. We are willing. \j J. C. AYEK CO., Lowell, Mate. iwvv" t > 'Ig.- J .pip^i IIWKJVi*.V.Ul. r _ X'jrrreamixufutvurrert [ -1.'-r-1??im So. 42. CAPUDINE fl 8 Br1**} !?* rcmovca the ciow, , CURESsS'4'A'.srd i COLDS AND GaiPPEf-VJli ! lieadacbes at)J Ncur*lgia nSao. No bed effects. luc, 2iH R&J 50v LutUjI. CLiccld.) Vs .. 4. . --V '^1 aicJiiSM