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does me good to see \ ou. Oh, but have been soreiy tired.this day!" Our companion patted lier thin, work worn hand, and murmured some lev. words of kindly womanly comfor : which brought the color back into thc other's bloodless cheeks. "Master has locked himself ia and will not answer me," she explained. "All day I have waited to hear from him, for he often likes to be alone; but an hour ago I feared that something was amiss, so I went up and peeped through the keyhole. You must go up. Mr. Thaddeus-you must go up and look for yourself. I have seen Mr. Barthol? omew Sholto in joy and in sorrow for ten long years, but I never saw him with such a f ace on him as that." Sherlock Holmes took the lamp and led the way, for Thaddeus Sholto's teeth were chattering in his head. So shaken was he that I had to pass my hand under his arm as we went up the stairs, for his knees were trembling under him. Twice as we ascended Holmes whipped his lens out of his pocket and carefully examined marks which appeared to me to be mere shapeless smudges of dust upon the cocoa-nut matting which served as a stair-carpet. He walked slowly from step to step, holding the lamp low, and shooting keen glances to right and left. Miss Mors tan had remained be? hind with the frightened housekeeper. The third flight of stairs ended in a straight passage of some length, with a great picture in Indian tapestry-upon **.? right of it and three doors upon the left. Holmes advanced along it in th? same slow and methodical way, while . we kept close at his heels, with our long black shadows streaming back? wards down the corridor. The third door was that which we were seeking. Holmes knocked without receiving any answer, and then tried to turn the handle and force it open. It was locked on the inside', however, and by a broad and powerful bolt, as we could j see when we set our lamp up against it. The key being turned, however, the holo was net entirely closed. Sher? lock Holmes bent down to it *nd in? stantly rose again with a shs> j intak? ing of the breath. "There is something devilish in this. Watson," said he, more moved than I haid ever before seen him. "What do you maire Of it?** I stooped to the hole, and recoiled in horror. Moonlight was'streaming into the room, and it was bright with a .vague and shifty -radiance. Looking I straight at me, and suspended, as it were, in the air, for all beneath was in shadow, there hung a face-th? very face of our companion Thaddeus. There was the same high, shining head, the' same circular bristle of red hair, the same bloodless countenance. The features were set, howe ver/in a horrible smile, a fixed and unnatural grin, which in that still and moonlit room was more jarring to the nerves than any scowl or contortion. So like was the face to that bf our little friend that I looked round at him to make sure that he was indeed with us. Then I recalled to mind that he had men? tioned to us that his brother and he were twins. "This is terrible!" I said to Holmes. ? "What is to be done?" ..The door must come down," he an? swered, and, springing against it, he put aU his weight upon the lock, lt creaked s*id groaned, but did not yield. Together we flung ourselves upon it once more, and this time it gave way with a sudden snap, and we found our? selves within Bartholomew Sholto's chamber. It appeared to have been fitted up as a chemical laboratory. A double line of glass-stoppered bottles was drawn I up upon the wall opposite the door, j and the table was littered over with j Bunsen burners, test tubes and retorts, j In the corners stood carboys of acid in j wicker baskets. One of these appeared j co leak or to have been broken, for a stream of dark-colored liquid had ! trickled out from it, and the air waa heavy with a peculiarly pungent tar? like odor. A set of steps stood at one side of the room, in the midst of a lit- i ter of lath and plaster, and above j them there was an opening in the ceil.- '. mg large enough for a man to pass through. At the foo: of the steps a ! long coil of rope was thrown carelessly ; toge til er. By the table, in a wooden arm-chair, \ the master of the house was seated all i in a heap, with his head sunk upon his j left shoulder, and that ghastly, inscrut- j able smile upon his face. Ile was stii? I and cold, and' had clearly been dead many hours. It seemed to rae that not , only his features but all his limbs were j twisted and turned in the most fan- ? tastic fashion. By his hand upon the ? table there lay a peculiar instrument, j -a brown, close-grained stick, with a : stone head like a hammer, rudely lashed on with coarse twine. Beside it j was a to*n sheet of note paper with | some words scrawled upon it. Holmes glanced at it, and then handed it to me. "You see," he said, with a significant raising of the eyebrows. In the light of the lantern I read, with a thrill of horror: "The sign of the four." "In God's name, what does it all mean?" I asked. "It means murder," said he. stooping over the dead man. "Ah, I expected it. HE WAS STIFF AND COLO. Look here!" He pointed to what looked liWf? a long, dark thorn stuck in the skin just above the cv.r. "lt looks like a thorn,"" said I. "It is a thom. Yon may pick it out. j But be careful, for it is poisoned." I took it up between my finger and thumb. It came away from the skin so readily that hardly any mark was left behind. One tiny speck of blood showed were the puncture had been. "This is all an insoluble mystery to ! me," said I. "It grows darker instead of clearer." **On the contrary," he answered, "it j clears every instant. I only require a few missing links to have an entirely connected case." We had almost forgotten our com- j panion's presence since we entered the chamber. Ile was still standing in the i doorway, the very picture of terror, j wringing his hands and moaning to j himself. Suddenly, however, he broke j ont into a sharp, querulous cry. "The treasure is gone!" he said, j **They have robbed him of the treasure! ! There is the hole through which we ! lowered it. I helped him to do it I j was the last person who saw him! I left him here last night, and I heard him lock the door as I came down? stairs." "What time was that?** "It was ten o'clock. And now he is dead and the police will be called in and I sha-I be suspected of having a hand in it. Oh, yes, I am sure I shalL Bnt you doD't think so, gentlemen? Surely yon don't think that it was I? Is it likely that I would have brought yon here if it were I? Oh, dear! oh, dear! I know that I shall go mad!" He jerked his arms and stamped his feet in a kind of convulsive frenzy. "You have DO reason for fear. Mr. Sholto," said Holmes, kindly, putSag his hand upon his shoulder. "Take my advice and drive down to the station to report the matter to the police. Offer to assist them in every way. We shall wait here until your return." The little man obeyed in a half stupefied fashion, and we heard him stumbling down the stairs in the dark. TO BE CONTINUED. The State's Pensioners. The Roll Has Increased Dur? ing the Past Year. The pensioners of the State of South Carolina can now get their annual pen? sion money by applying to the clerks of court of their sereral counties. This year each pensioner gets $21.75. The warrants for each pensioner were sent out by the Comptroller General yester? day. The total amount which goes to j the pensioners this year is {50,199, the {199 having been saved over from last year's appropriation. This year there bas b*en sn increase in the num? ber of pe aioners, there being 2.308 against -.273 last year. The following shows by counties the number of peusiooers in each county this and last year. 1894. 1895. Abbeville 66 67 Aiken 58 69 Anderson 148 147 Barnwell 52 49 Beaufort 1 1 Berkeley . 18 18 Charleston 45 45 Chester 34 33 Chesterfield 87 90 Clarendon 46 49 : Colleton 67 71 ; Darlington 68 70 j Edgefield 105 1071 Florence 32 31 j Fairfield 54 51 j Georgetown 2 2; Greenville 170 174 Hampton 42 48 Horry 35 37 j Kershaw 45 45 i Laurena 64 63 Lancaster 75 73 Lexington 59 61 i Marion 89 93 ; Marlboro 36 34 Newberry 41 44 ! Oconee " S3 $4'] Orangeburg 5T 52 Pickens 57 54 Richland 45 42 Spartanburg 210 209 Sumter 53 54 : Union 75 74 Williamsburg 35 38 York 125 129 Total 2,273 2.308 ; - m mm Dr. Keeley's Secret. LEAVENWORTH, KANS., May 2.- ! Judge Myers of the Federal Court, in granting the petition of W. F. Johnson ? of Topeka, who sued Dr. Leslie E. Kee? ley for ?100,000 damages, ruies that Dr. Keeley must make known, the in- ? gredients of bis bichloride of gold com pound. The court hoids that the com? pound is not a property right nor al trade secret, being also unprotected by ' a patent and has been in use more than ': two yearp; so ic fact there is nothing to ! prevent Dr. Keeley testifying. John? son alleges he wan made a physical wreck by the gold treatment. --.Maay ~<^m* Decamped With the Money, NEW YOUK, May '?'>. - A notice of din solution of partnership of thc linn of A. N. Seiter & Co., cotton brokers, was posted ou the New York cotton ''X change to-day accompanied by a request that all parties holding open contracts wirh tho firm should immediately make comparisons with A. N Selter, to as? certain whether any discrepancies exist . ed. Au explanation of this request was made to the members of the exchange i by A. N. Seller. Ile said that John Boyle, junior partner iu the firm, had ! decamped overnight, taki'jg with him ! a large amount of the ''arm's money. t Mr. Selter declined to state the amount I taken. Secretary Smith on Silver. Fearful of Silver Monomet? allism. MACON, GA , April 20.-Secretaiy Hoke Smith of the Interior Depart? ment was interviewed here to day by a representative of the Telegraph ou the financial question and defined the differences of opinion on the cur- i rency question existing in the coun? try at present, lie thought that dur-1 ing the next twelve months a thorough discussion of th? money question would be presented ail over the country. This discussion will be limited, he thought, to the pro? position of the unlimited coinage of sil ver at a ratio of 16 to 1 The Secretary divided the people into three classes: gold monometallists, silver monometallists and bimetalliats. He did not think that the gold mono? metallists were enough to become a factor in the campaign, but that the issue would be for and against mono? metallism. He thought that the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the present ratio by this country alone would mean nothing more nor less than silver monometallism, for if under that system the price of silver j bullion did not materially advance, j no other meta! would be presented at ? the mints for coinage The real question, the Secretary thought, was whether or not the free | and unlimited coinage of silver at a I ratio of 16 to 1 would advance the price of silver bullion so that it would bear the relative value to gold of 16 to 1, which is the proposed ratio. If it would not, then the country would not have a bimetallic currency. The Secretary reviewed the his? tory of the country's currency and said that both Jefferson and Hamil? ton recognized the fact that the ratio of coinage mus* be fixed upou the commercial value of the metals in the market. In 1873, when free coinage was suspended by the United States, the silver in a dolilar was worth moie than the gold in a dollar, but since that time the demonetization of silver by other countries has allowed its value to drop to the price which it will bring for manufacturing purposes The value of an article must be controlled by the demand for its use and the supply to be consumed. The facts show that the demand has practically ceased while the supply bas almost trebled. This is true in spite of the fact that 3ince 1873 the United States has coined more silver than in the eighty years prior to that time. "Can auy one," asked the Secre? tary, "study these facts without con? cluding tltat if this enormous issue by the United States was insufficient to steady the fall of silver during the past twenty years, unlimited coinage by the United States alone would not be sufficient to restore its bullion value now ? ..lt is therefore not offensive criti? cism, but only a statement of logical conclusion, when I insist that un? limited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 means silver monometallism. Under such a law, all the silver pro- j duct of the world would turn to our mints, and then would come the sil? ver heretofore manufactured into cheap wares. Again, silver mining I would increase and the exhaustion of ? resources would be threatened by the | exchange of silver dollars for the bul? lion. "With free coinage, we would vir? tually change our standard to one ? worth only one half the present stand ard and the commercial value of a dollar the world over would be only I fifty cents While commodities j might sell for twice as many dollars, their real value would remain un? changed. The entire country would be confused, until by accurate test, j the true value of the new standard was ascertained. The. result would j be a cessation of trade and the eau- j tious business man would involve j himself in no contracts. This un- j certainty would create serious busi ness troubles and the practical sus- j pension of all enterprises." He could see no benefit from the change and none especially to those j who worked for wages, because they were always the last to be recognized in increased wages under the use of a depreciated currency. The proprie? tor of an enterprise would insist that employees take the risk. He did not believe the change would benefit the debtor class because so many loans have been made on the gold basis and the debtor would be obliged to go into the market and purchase gold with which to meet his obliga? tions. As to other debts, if there j were any danger of silver monomet? allism, there would be no extensions possible. Reasoning on these ?ines-, he could see no benefit, even if thc change wer? brought about One class , insisted that the benefit would bc in ? the inability of the employ?es to exact double wages. To these sel? fish employers, some benefit might come, but it would be lound that j after the final adjustment to thc new j conditions prices would be nominally increased all around with no rea! benefit to anybody. Ile doubted the proposition that other countries \ would follow the action of this coun? try. If that were true, the standard 1 would appreciate and debts con? tracted during the depreciation would j increase as the value of silver in? creased and the class sought to be j benefited would again bo burdened. Tiie Secretary thought tnt: agita tation of the question was checking the return of prosperity, but lie hoped the confidence that the question would be defeated would prevent serious injury In conclusion, Secre? tary Smith said : "I have no doubt that the next President of the United ' States will be opposed to the un? limited coinage of silver at 16 to 1. That Watermelon Bug. I Nothing but an Old Acquaintance, the Scarabeufi, After all. - WASHINGTON, May 2 -Mr. Coquil lett, entomologist of the department of agriculture, has recently returned to Washington and reported upon bis ex? amination of thc watermelon fields in Southern Georgia. The black bug which was thought to be damaging the plants proves to be the plaiia, ordinary dung beetle. It had evidently been attracted to the plants by the fertilizer used and was doing no damage. The principal insect damage to melons appears to have been by wire worms and cut worms It is not likely this damage will continue to. any serious extent. Aoy field broken up from sod or land, upon which grass has been allowed to grow to any degree duriog the past season, is liable to contain numbers of wire worms and cur worms ' In pre? paring land for melons in future, the department says, growers will find it of great advantage to plough in tbe fall, early rather than late, and leave the land bare duriog the winter. Then in early spring, as soon as 2rass begins to come up in adjacent fields, sprinkle here and there throughout the field which is to be planted in melons bunches of grass or any other greeo vegetation which have previously beeo poisoned by sprinkling with paris greeu in solutioo. Such of the cu? worms as may be present in the land will feed upon this vegetation and will be killed. It will al?o have the effect of destroying many of the live -orms. Mr. Coquiilett says that the advance of disease among melons is not due to insects, and information concerning this matter has beeo transmitted to Prof. Galloway, chief of the division of vegetable pathology of the depart? ment, who will probably investigate it later in the season. Baltimore's Great Tunnel. It' Took Nearly Five Years to Build and Cost $8,000,000. BALTIMORE, May 1 -The Belt Line Railroad Tunnel, one of the most re? markable engineering feats of modern times, which has been built under this city from Camdeo s'ation to Bay View Junction on th- Philadelphia division of the Bahia re aud Obio Railroad, a distance of - -ven and a half miles, was formally opei.sd for business this morning. The firs? train to make the trip under the new >chedule was the royal blue express. No. 514 Here? after there will be no transferring of passenger trains across the Potomac River It was intended to have the electrical equipment of the tunnel com? pleted in time for the inaugural trains but the three fiectrio locomotives have not yet arrived and coke buming loco motives will be used to propel train, for the present By the use of electric locomotives (which weigh ninety five tons each) which will probably be in readiness by June 1, the tunnel can be kept free from smoke and brilliantly lighted. The conveyance of the current to elec? tric locomotives of such great power has never before beeu attempted or even approached and much interest, therefore, attaches to this part of the plant, in addition to doing away with the inconvenience aad consequent loss of time in making transfers by steamer at Canton, the beit line will provide other facilities, for which the Baltimore aud Ohio Company has greatly felt the need and will figure largely in reducing the annual expenses. There will also be a great saviag of time in passenger train schedules between Washington, Philadelphia and New York. The Baltimore and Ohio summer schedule, which will go into effect on May 12. will undertake to run royal blue trains between Philadelphia and Washington in two and a half hours. The tuuoel has been in construction nearly five years, and cost ?8,000,000. Killed by a Boy. A Homicide in York County With Curious .'Features. Special to the State. YORKVILI.E, May 1.-John Newton, a respectable dlrkey, was last night killed by his stepson, Frank Moore. The killing occurred at White Hill, about, four miles east of York ville. Moore, who is only twelve years old. .rave himself up to the sheriff, stating that be h:id killed Newton in self defense. He states that his mother and Newton had separated ; that Newton came there thai ti'ght to beat her, when he killed him with a rock. Newton's body was found about twenty-five yards from the house. The hole in Newtou's head corresponded with the head of an axe found in the house aud does not seem to have been made with a rock. The supposition is that tho woman killed Newton, so thc coroner's jury brought io a verdict charging Moore with thc killing and Frances Newton, wife of thc deceased, and Mary Walker, a> accessories. All the parties were piaced iu jail to-night. 11 ll <IIW8WBWBWMM?BBK^^CiZar=3ai T?l?graphie Briefs. C J May ]. Mrs Martha Wailer, of Blackwater, Va., stabbed Mrs Jan? Wallace to death. Jealousy was the cause of che deed. A big fire in Atlanta, Ga., yesterday morning destroyed ?28,000 worth of j property ? Ex-mayor Grant, of New York, wa? ' ojarried to Miss Julia Murphy, daugh? ter of Senator Murphy, yesrerday. j Archie Brown, son of Governor ; Brown, of Kentucky, and Mrs. Fulton GordoD, were 6hot and killed yesterday by Fulton Gordon, husband of the dead woman. Brown was intimate with j Mrs. Gordon. j Four men got info a row in Newbern, j Teno , yesterday and ali four were j killed. The tragedy was the outcome i of a feud of long standing Luther Jones has been arrested as au ! accessory in the killing of J. Sweario j gen of Edgefield. S. C. Dickson, a leading real estate I dealer in Greenville has been arrested for forgeries extendiog over twenty years. The price of oil is falling,as the Stand? ard Oil Trust is offering less for crude I oil. Toe French troop ship Tibet in : aground in the Suez Canal and traffic is suspended until she can be floated. j The Georgia Southern and Florida ! railroad was sold a few days ago, and the lawyers get $60,000 of the spoils. Secretary Hoke Smith gets $30,000. A white man and three negroes held up and attempted to roba freight train on the Southern B.ailroad, near Ft. Mill, S. C. May 2. Mrs Willard Graham, wife of a well-known merchant at Pennington, Lee County, Va., committed suicide yesterday morning by drowiog. Ill health was the cause. Gen. John Newton, president of the Panama Railroad, died yesterday. ! The State authorities of Georgia, yesterday opened bids for a special issue of twenty-year 2? per cent, coin bonds aud they were sold to the Colum? bus Savings Bank, which bid a pre? mium of 11-109. The ?98Qe is ?290, 000. A terrifi?e cyclooe passed over the town of Hutchinson, Kansas, yester? day, carrying death in it wake. Ten persons were killed and quite a onmber wounded. Oscar Wilde was not convicted, the jury failing to agree. The Seaboard Air Line will sell ; round trip tickets from Clinton or Cbes ! ter to Washington, during the Baptist i Convention, for 88.00. A serious strike among the coal miners of Virginia and West Virginia has developed. A report comes by way of Key West, Fla., that 1,000 Cubans have defeated 2,000 Spanish soldiers in a pitched battle. The New York General Assembly has passed a series of resolutions de ' nounciug the administration for not ! taking the part of Nicaragua. May 3. The Central News correspondent in I Tokio says : "There . is reason to be I !ieve that in consequence of the fullest j and frankest views between Germany ! and Japan, the former is likely to j change her attitude in the direction ; decidedly favorable to Japan. The shoe makers of Massachusetts have decided to advance prices on shoes : !:o keep pace with the increased price of leather, j Gov.?Brown, of Kentucky is heart j broken over the disgraceful killing of : ! his son, and it is said is thinking of! ; resigning his office. rf . I The stamp counterfeiters will be ex- j tradited. They are at present in Ham- ! I ikon, Ontario. The department of State bas received . a cable message from Ambassador Bay? ard, scating that Great Britain had ac : cepted the guarantee made by Salvador , j of the payment of the indemnity by Ni ; caragua in London within a fortnight, ; ? and so, as soon as Nicaragua confirms : the agreement cad so informs the Brit ! ?sh admiral, the latter is instructed to : i leave Corinto. ; Crude kerosene oil fell to ?1.80 a barrel yesterday. \V. H. Marquier, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Omaha, Neb., committed suicide yesterday. ; There was no shortage in his account;;. Mr. W. H. Day has been elected Mayor of Florence. Jack Melioow, a well known busi? ness man of Collinsville, Ala., went crazy on a train between Birmingham and Chattanooga and threw evety stitch of clothing, shoos and socks out of tho car window. Ho was driven in? sane by family troubles. A Remarkable Cure of Rheunia tism. From the Groton Connecticut Review. David Lewis, who has been aiilicted all winter by rheumatism, is on: aga.a sari nil due to ont- of the medicines advertised in our columns. After trying everything possi? ble, he used Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which has relieved bim ot ali pain, from which he . was a constant sufferer and promises to make him ht for duty soon. We know David has been a great sufferer and are glad lo sre him around again. For s*ie by Pr. A. J. China. Blank hooks of all kinds at H. ?. Osteea & j co's. : Novelty in tiie Navy. An Officer Being Court Martialed on the Charge of Perjury. WASHINGTON, April 30 - The court martial ot a oavai officer for psrjury is a novelty io naval experience in the United States, so far as the best memo? ries go. This, however, is the leadiog specification under which Medical In? spector Edward Ker^hner, fleet surgeon of Admiral Meade's hquadron, bas beeo ordered by Secretary Herbert to appear before a court martial at the New York ; navy yard on Monday, May 6. The : detail of the court consists of Bear Ad ! mirai John G. Waiker, president; Com ! modore Bush R. Wallace, Capts. Al \ bert Kantz, Theodore F. Kane, Wiu ! field S. Sebley. Silas Casey and Henry j F Picking, Medical Directors Edward ' S. Bogert and Heury M. Wells, Medi? cal Inspectors Chas. H. White and . Thomas N. Penrose and First Lieut. C. H. Lnucblu ?mer. The first charge relates to a violation of the uaval regulations by Dr. Kersh - uer in forwarding privately to SurgeoG I General Tryon, Medical Director Deve ? lan Bioodgood, retired, substitute cop. ! ies of Capt . Evaus' report with Admi I ral Meade's endorsement regarding the ' failure of ( be doctor to go as ordered I on board a Nova Scotian vessel at ! Bridgetown, Barbadoes, in response to < au emergency call. These documents . were subsequently published in news j papers in the ?nited States. The sec I ond charge is that of scandalous COD ? duct to the destruction of good morals, : and irs first specification recites that ; Dr. Ker^hoer beiug io a court of io I quiry on the New York at Kingston, I upon oath te>tified that no copies cr j part of any correspondence had left i bis hand, except a second endorsement of the admiral, well knowing that his sworn testimony was fabe and intended i to deceive. j Naval officers declare there is no ? precedent for such a charge. In March j 1892, Cocamauder James D Gresham, j commanding the monitors at Richmond, j was convicted of simple falsehood, but j not of perjury. ; His Friends Stand by Him. CHARLOTTE, N. C , April 30.-Ex Cashier Holland, who is in default to the Merchants' and Farmers' Bank, of this city, to the amount of $80,000 or more,, bad a preliminary trial to? day, and in making up the bond the defaulters remarkable popularity was seen. District Attorney R. B. Glenn demanded a bond cf $15,000. A score or more of Holland's friends, j among them the best citizens of i Charlotte, came forward and signified ; their wish to go on his bond. Two j signitures for $10,000 each more than j covered the amount of bail required, but when all who asked it had been j allowed to sign the bond it footed up j a total of ?91,000. "The most re I markable bond I ever saw," comment ! ed District Attorney Glenn. Resolved on Their Course. BERLIN, May 3-The Cologne Gazette says it is able to contradict the statement that the protecting powers-Germauy, France and Rus? sia-are not united upon the question of Japan's accession of Chiese main? land territory. "The protestors/' the Gazette says, must have recourse to energetic action, and are resolved to obtain their demands. We advise Japan to comply with them without delay." LONDON, May 3.-The Times cor? respondent in Shanghai says tho Chinese Emperor ratified the treaty with Japan yesterday and Li Hung Chang will proceed to Che? Foo at once to exchange the ratifications. Uniold Agonies Every Limb Ached With 'Muscu? lar Rheumatism A Perfect Cure by Hood's Sarsa? parilla. The cause o? rheumatism is lactic acid in the blood, which accumulates in the joints, and gives the victim such dreadful pains and aches. Hood's Sar? saparilla neutralizes the acid, purities the blood and thus cures rheumatism. " Five years ago I had my first attack ol lumbago or muscular rheumatism. ^^K^^^s. I was ia bed two ^^^^^^^g. weeks, I had a BA ^^^*^lE?\ 2?od physician Isr PSOT ^ut ^e not do PP me any good. A ^^^^ $$||^ jjpl fr?en<^ recom Wmp 4"w Sarsaparilla and W^|^>v 3/ ? sent for a bot I ached in every $K in nv back and fiik 8^ though I had a K|? 'fever and for a srf^:; ::>r^:"-V^ * ; f ew hours at inr. A... . ;:;> .-. I tumor . s. c. ni cr ht it was im? possible * ?sieep. ? puCfered untold agonies. Co.r-tipai?on v;r,s not tho least of my t^onK^-. T commenced to take Hood's barsararilla avd felt a decided change in throe days. ? wa : a':>!e to get out of bed liood's ^ Cures andsitat th? tire ir? conreo of a week. lc:::', recoroj i< it as t'.i ;>;^t rem ed v for indigestion and dvspens? I over tried." T. S. PALM Abbeville, $. O.