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rewster s i Millions W^?LSL ?y GEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEON fe Company (RICHARD GREAVES) ?"Write more fully I" echoed Mon gomery. 'What can there be left t write about?" ?He is explicit'' said the attorney -"bot it is best to know all the cond tiona before yon decide. Have yo made tip your mind?" Brewster .sat silent for a long tim? staring hard at the floor. A grea struggle was going on in his mind. "It's a gamble, and a big one,'* h saki at last, squaring his shoulder! *-but TH take it I don't want to ai pear disloyal to my grandfather, br i fo'nfr that even he would advise m to accept - -Yes, you may write Mj ?Jones that I accept the chance." The attorneys complimented Mm o St?s nerve and wished bim success -Brewster turned, with a smile. .Til begin by asking what you thin 41 reasonable fee for an attorney ? a case of this knid. I hope you wi act for mei" - ' "You dent want to spend it all i: * lump, do you?' asked Mr. Gram smiling. "Vc can hardly act as cour sel for both, you and Mr. Jones." "But I must have a lawyer, and th will limits the number of my conf -dants. What am I to do?" "We will' consult Mr. Jones in re gard to the question. It is not regula: jrorisee, but I apprehend no legal dii ?cultles. We cannot accept fees fron ??th sides, however," said Mr. Grant "But I want attorneys who are will lng to help ?ne. It won't be a help r you decline to accept my money." "We'll resort to arbitration," laughec 'Ripley. Before night Montgomery Brews te: .began a career that would hav< -startled the world had the facts beer. 3*Hown. Wite true loyalty to the Lit tie Sons of the Rich, he asked Ms ?rienda to dinner and opened theil -eyes. .^Champagner cried Harrison as <hey were seated at table. "I can'1 remember the last time I had cham ipagne." "Naturally," laughed Subway Smith -"You couldn't remember anything aft ?that" "Ss "Ehe dinner progressed Brewster ?explained that he intended to double Jhls fortune within a year. Tm go? ing to have some fun, too." be said, ""and you boys are to help me." Nopper Harrison was employed aa ^auperintendentxof afTal.V E'en Gard? ner as financial secretary. Joe Bragdoo ats private secretary, Subway Smith -as counsel, and there were places in view for tiie other members. "I want the smartest apartment yon ?an j?nd, Nopper," he corni::anded. ""Don't stop, at expense. Have Pettin gflr redecorate it from top to bottom. <3et the best servants you can find. Fm going to live, Nopper, and hang the consequences." CHAPTER VI. "% FORTNIGHT later Montgomery jL\' 'Bre>r?ster had a'"'hew home. / \ '-in strict-obedience to Ms ?A- * ^GMefsfcommand, Nopper Har :?'-j?tmt had- 4eateed" until' the ... Septem -ber following one of the most expen? sive apartment^ to .newfound,, in 'New ^ ' "York city. \ The rental ^ was" '$23,000? 1 and the shrewd financial repre^enta tiro7had*sa*e<? SL'OO?' for .his. employer by >pay?tgi the sum " iii - '?^??i?eV ? B&E when..he*eperted? tmvi>it-*bfr economy to Mr. ..Bxewstes he- was- surprised? thift i-. I it brought-fGy^^-atfro*^ a man. phot?a^l^ss<^ense.ahwt>nion'' "Wby.'ne spends it.like.a.Chicago'mil-. ; ISonarre* trying T?T get "into Njew. .York society***!? # w#ren?ffor merest of i?he,d?b*^pa?p#r,iri^Ix ^bn'tn%"';; " Paul ;.Eef*mg?**'?t** hi?^wfcr i?renii?* surprise. and. ft must- be said, cori-* sterna^i^- was Gnga^edfc^redeoorate certain rooms^accocding to a plan^stig gested by the tenant The rising young artist hv-:a great fcurr^'o'i" excitement agreed- to-do" the .w?rk.?^ $500 and then blushed like-a schoolgirl when he -was informed by the practical} Brew? ster that the1 plfin'ts. and material fpr one room drio?^1;wb?l? cost' twice as much. :-.??...???'.*.'**. - ..' s 1 *'. .*? "Petty, * you ?have- no m?re ide? of trasiness,tbap a goat" criticised Mont? gomery. An&,PauI lowered his head in humble confession. . '.'That man . who calcimines your studio could figure on a piece of work with more intelligence tuan you reveal.'""TH pay $2,500. It's only a fair price; and I c?n't afford anything cheap in this place." "At this rate: you won't be able to afford anything," said Pettingiii to inmself. And so it was that Pettingiii and a .corps of decorators soon turned the rooms into a confusion of scaffoldings and paint buckets, ont of wMch in the end emerged something very distin? guished. No one had ever thought Pettingiii deficient in ideas, and this was his opportunity. The only draw? back was the time limit .which Brew? ster so remorselessly fixed. Without that he felt that he could have done something splendid in the way of dec? orative panels-sometMng that would make even the glory of Puvis de Cha- j Tannes turn pallid. With it he was obliged to curb his turbulent ideas, j and he decided that a rich simplicity was the proper note. The result was gorgeous, but not too gorgeous-it had depth and distinction. Elated and eager, he assisted Brew -.stfiT in selecting furniture and hang? ings for each room, but he did not kn >w_that his employer was making conditional purchases-of "everytl air. Brewster had agreements wit the dealers to the effect that they i to buy everything back at a fair \ if he desired to give up his estab ment within a year. He adhere! to rule in all cases that called for purchase outright of substantial cessities. The bump of calculative In Monty Brewster's head was gro\ to abnormal proportions. In retaining his rooms at Mrs. Gr he gave the flimsy but pathetic ex* ! that he -wanted a place in whict I might find occasional seasons of p< ; and quiet j When Mrs. Gray prote: against this useless bit of extr; gance his grief was so obviously ; nine that her heart was touched, there was a deep, fervent joy in j soul. She loved this fair faced 1 and tears of happiness came to eyes when she was given this i proof of his loyalty and devotion, rooms were kept for him just as il had expected to occupy them every and every night, notwithstanding luxurious apartments he was to m tain elsewhere. The Oliver 0; books still lay in the attic, all tatte and torn, but to Margaret the emb ment of prospective riches, promisei sweet hours to come. She knew M ty well enough to feel that he wo not forget the dark little attic of for all the splendors that might co with new dispensation. There was no little surprise when sent out invitations for a large dini His grandfather had been dead 1 than a month, and society was soi what scandalized by the plain syr toms of disrespect he was showing, one had expected him to observe a p longed season of mourning, but ti he should disregard the formalit completely was rather shocking. So: of the older people, who had not lo to live and who had heirs appare openly denounced his heartlessness, was not very gratifying to think what might be in store for them if I memories were as short as Brewstei Old Mrs. Ketchell changed her w and two nephews were cut off enti ly. A very modest and impecunio grandson of Joseph Garriry also w to snstam a severe change ol' fortu in the nc:-r future if the cards spo correctly. Judge Van Woori, who w not expected to live through thc nig] got better immediately after heari] some one in the sickroom whisper th Montgomery Brewster was to give big dinner. Naturally the heirs-to-1 condemned young Brewster in no u certain terms. Nevertheless the dinner to be giv< by the grandson of old Edwin Pet? Brewster was the talk of the town, ai not one of the sixty invited gu es could have been persuaded to miss 3 Reports as to its magnificence wei abroad long before the night set f< the dinner. One of them had it that was to cost $3,000 a plate. From thi .figure the legendary price receded 1 a mark as low as $500. Montgomei rwould have been only too glad to pa .$3,000 or more, but some mysterioi rforce conveyed to his mind a perfec 'portrait of Swearengen Jones . in th act of ?putting dpwn a-largeblack mar against' him, anoche forbore... , . * *Ai w?s?i .1 knew whether I had t ?abide by^&e'-?ew York.or the-Moi . 'tana standard of'extravagance," Bre-n . Ster said to .himself/' "I wonder if h ' "ever sees the -New - York papers." \ ? ..Lafce each .night the. Iastof the gran \ old i Brewster- family went to - hi? bec j rwn\.where,- after rdisinissiug. Us mai i he. settl?? down at his desk', wjth i \ {i?nc??". and a'pad of-gaper. . Lighting 'me candles4;' which 'We're* more easil; paami^e?Nie found, * tl?an ??nips am '. bauch 'more^cos?ly; he thoughtfully 'am religiously calculated his expenses- fo the day. Nopper Harrison and Eloi -Gardner'had the receipts for ail-mon eys-spent and- Joe Bragdon was keep 'lng an official report but the "chief,' as. .they called .him, could not go t< sleep until he .was satisfied in his owi : mind' that he was keeping up the, ayer age. "For the first two weeks it nae been easy-in fact he seemed to bay* quite a comfortable lead in the race He had spent almost $100,000 in the fortnight, but he realized that thc greater part of it had gone into the yearly and not the daily expense ac? count. He . kept a "profit and loss" entry In his little private ledger, but it was not like any other account of the kind in the world. What the ordinary merchant would have charged to "loss" be jotted down on the "profit" side, and he was continually looking for oppor? tunities to swell the total. Rawles, who had been his grand? father's butler since the day after he landed in New York, came over to the grandson's establishment, greatly to the wrath and confusion of the latter's Aunt Emmeline. The chef came from Paris, and his name was Detuit Ellis, the footman, also found a much better berth with Monty than he had had in the house on the avenue. Aunt Em? meline never forgave her nephew for these base and disturbing acts of treachery, as she called them. One of Monty's most extraordinary financial feats grew out of the pur? chase of a $14,000 automobile. He blandly admitted to Nopper Harrison and the two secretaries that he intend? ed to use it to practice with only, and that as soon as he learned how to run an "auto" as it should be run he ex? pected to buy a good, sensible, durable machine for $7,000._ His sta? oIScers frequently put heads together to deviso ways means of curbing Monty's reckies travagance. They were worried. "He's like a sailor in port," pr< ed Harrison. "Money is uo object wants a thing, and-hang it-he s to want everything he sees." "It won't last long," Gardner reassuringly. "Like his name Monte-Christo, the world is his now, and he wants to enjoy it." "He wants to get rid of it, it s to me." Whenever they reproached BreT about the matter he disarmed : by saying: "Now that I've got m I mean to give my friends a good 1 Just what you'd do if you were ii place. What's money for, anywaj "But this $3,000 a plate dinner" "I'm going to give a dozen of t and even then I can't pay my debts. For years I've been enterta at people's houses and have 1 taken cruising on their yachts. 1 have always been bully to me, what have I ever done for them? ? icg. Now that I can afford it, I going to return some of these fa and square myself. Doesn't it s< reasonable?" And so preparations for Monty's ner went on. In addition to waa called his "efficient corps of ge] manly aids" he had secured the s ices of Mrs. Dan DeMille as "sc mentor and utility chaperon." : DeMille was known in the paper? the leader of the fast young mar set. She was one of the cleve and best looking young women in to and her husband was one of those * did not have to be "invited too." D?Mille lived at the club and vis his home. Some one said that he . so slow and his wife so fast that w she invited him to dinner he was \ ally two or three days late. A gether Mrs. DeMille was a deci acquisition to Brewster's camps committee. It required just her to to make his parties fun instead funny. It was on Oct IS that the dinner i given. With the skill of a general a Dan had seated the guests in sue! way4 that from the beginning thi went off with zest Colonel Drew t in Mrs. Valentine, and his content f assured. Mr. Van Winkle and beautiful Miss Valentine were side side, and no one could say he lool unhappy. Mr. Cromwell went in w Mrs. Savage, and tho same delic tact-in some cases lt was almost delicate-was displayed in the dispc tion of other guests. Somehow they had come with the < pectaiion of being bored. Curios prompted them to accept but it did i prevent the subsequent inevitable las rude. Socially Monty Brewster had 3 to make himself felt. He and his d ners were ?OT^fthing to talk ab-Tit. ? they ?vere accepted aes ca&ag-y, hu j ing?y. People wondered how he h j secured the co-oj>eration of Mrs. Di I but then Mrs. Dan always did go in 1 ! a new toy. To her was inevitably : tributed whatever success the dinn achieved, and it was no small measu] Yet there was nothing startling abo the affair. Monty had decided to beg conservatively. He did the conve tional thing, but he did it well. He ad ed a touch or two of luxury, the fail est aroma of splendor. Pettingiii hi designed the curiously wayward t bia, with its comfortable atmosphe of companionship, and arranged i decoration of great lavender orchi< and lacy butterfly festoons of whi ones touched with yellow. He ha wanted to use dahlias in their mai rich shades, from pale yellow 1 orange and deep red, but Monty he] out for orchids. It was the artist, to who had found in a rare and happ moment the massive gold candelabra ancient things of ' a more mxurior age-and their opalescent shade; Against his advice the service, too, wa ofc gold-"rank vulgarity," he called i with its rich meaningless ornament tion. But here Monty , was obdurafr He insisted that he liked, the,color an that "porcelain had np character. Mn Dan only prevented ^, quarrel, by's?j; gostmg that several courses should b : served.upon Sevr?s: . **-..- w' -Petting?lJ's scheme- for lighting th room.; was -particularly b,appy-:. -For th benefit of his walls: and the four^love ly Monets wbich Monty, had purchase* at'.his, instigation he had designed J ceiling sijreeu . of heavy rich glass ii tone's of :white tt?at . grew into ye?l?v and dull "green: ' It served" tb" co?c?a the lights .in the daytime, and' atnigh the glare ?of electricity was immeriselj softened ?md.-made harmonious ty passing through it. \ It.rgave.a note ol quiet to .the picture? .which causee even these, men and women, who hac been, here and there and seen mauj ^ things, to draw in their breath sharply. Altogether the effect manifestly made an impression. Such an environment had its influ? ence upon the company. It went far toward making the dinner a success. From far in the distance came the softened strains of Hungarian music, and never had the little band played the "Valse Amoureuse" and the "Valse Bleue" with0the spirit it put into them that night Yet the soft clamor in the ??mng room insistently ignored the emotion of the music. Monty, bored as he was between the two most im? portant dowagers at the feast, wonder? ed dimly what invisible part it played in making things go. He had a vagrant fancy that without it there would have been no zest for talk, no noisy competi? tion to overcome, no hurdles to leap. As it wa3, the talk certainly went well, and Mrs. Dan Inspected the result of her work from time to time with smil? ing satisfaction. From across the ta? ble she heard Colonel Drew's voice: "Brewster evidently objects to a long siege. He is planning to carry us by assault." Mrs. Dan turned to Subway Smith, who was at her right-the latest ad? dition to her menagerie. "What is this friend of yours?" she asked. "I have never seen such complex sim? plicity. This new plaything has no real ' charm for him. He is breaking it to find oat what "it is raaue of. and some ; thing will happen when he discovers the sawdust." "Oh. don't worry about him." said Subway easily. "Monty's at least a good sportsman. He won't complain, whatever happens. He'll accept the reckoning and pay the piper." It was only toward the end of the evening that Monty found his reward in a moment with Barbara Drew. He stood before her, squaring his shoul? ders belligerently to keep away in? truders, and she smiled up at him in that bewildering fashion of hers. But it was only for an instant, and then came a terrifying din from the dining room, followed by the clamor of crash? ing glass. The guests tried for a mo? ment to be courteously oblivious, but the noise was so startling that such politeness became farcical. The host, with a little laugh, went down the hall. It was the beautiful screen near the ceiling that had fallen. A thou? sand pieces of shattered glass covered the place. The table was a sickening heap of crushed orchids and sputter? ing candles. Frightened servants rush? ed into the room from one side just as Brewster entered from the other. Stu? pefaction halted them. After the first pulseless moment of horror exclama? tions of dismay went up on all sides. For Monty Brewster the first sensa? tion of regret was followed by a dia? bolical sense of joy. "Thank the Lord!" he said softly in the! hush. The look of surprise he encountered in the faces of his guests brought him up with a jerk. "That it didn't happen while we were dining." he added, with serene thank? fulness. And his nonchalance scored for him !n the idle game he was playiDg. CHAPTER VII. ME. BREWSTER'S butler was surprised and annoyed. For the first time in his official career he had unbent so far as to manifest a personal interest in the welfare of his master. He was on the verge of assuming a responsi? bility which makes any servant intol? erable. But after his interview he re? solved that he would never again over? step his position. He made sure that it should be the last offense. The day following the dinner Rawles appeared before young Mr. Brewster and indi? cated by his manner that the call was an important one. Brewster was seat? ed at his writing table, deep in thought. The exclamation that followed Rawles', cough of announcement was so sharp and so unmistakably fierce that all oth? er evidence paled into insignificance. The butler's interruption came at a moment when Monty's mental arith? metic was pulling itself out of a very bad rut, and the cough drove it back into chaos. I "What is it?" he demanded irrita : bly. Rawles hod upset Iii* calculations . . the extent of seven or el-?hi hundred ; dollars j "*I earoo ro report han bunfortunate I condition barnong The servants, sir,'" auld Rawies, stitrening as his responsi? bility became more and more veighty. He had relaxed temporarily upon en? tering the room. \ "What's the trouble?" "The trouble's hended, sir." "Then why bother me about it?" "I thought it would be well for you to know, sir. The servants was going to ask for 'igher wiges today, sir." "You say they were going to ask? Aren't they?" And Monty's eyes light? ed up at the thought of new possibili I ties. "I convinced them, sir, as how they were getting good pay as it is, sir, and that they ought to be satisfied. They'd be a long time finding a better place . and as good wiges. They 'aven't been with you a week, and here .they are striking for _more j>ay._ : Really, sir. The butler's chin went up. fhese~Smerican servants" : "Rawles, that'll do!" exploded Mon? ty. The butler's chin went up, and his cheeks grew redder than ever. "I beg pardon, sir," he gasped, with a respectful but injured air. "Rawles, you will kindly not inter? fere in such matters again. It is not only the privilege but the duty of every American to strike for higher pay whenever he feels like it, and I want it distinctly understood that I am ? heartily in favor of their attitude. You will kindly go back and tell them that ? after a reasonable length of service ? their wiges-I mean wages-shall be increased. And don't meddle again, Rawles." Late that afternoon Brewster drop? ped in at Mrs. DeMille's to talk over plans for the next dinner. He realized that in no <rther way could he squan? der his mo?ey with a better chance of getting its worth than by throwing himself boldly into society. It went easily, and there could be only one as? set arising from it in the end-his own sense of disgust. "So glad to see you, Monty." greet? ed Mrs. Dan glowingly, coming in with a rush. "Come upstairs and I'll give i you some tea and a c '-vT "nt I at home to anybody.'" *TT2i?Ts very goo?? of you, Mrs. 3 said lie as they mounted the s "I don't know what I'd do wi your help." He was thinking pretty she was. "You'd be richer, at any rate," ing to smile upon him from the 1 landing. "I was in tears hali night, Monty, over that glass scr she said after finding a comfor place among the cushions of a d Brewster dropped into a roomy, j chair in front of her as he respe carelessly: "It amounted to nothing. Of c< it was very annoying that it si j happen while the guests were I there." Then he added gravely: i strict confidence, I had planned to lt fall just as we were pushing our chairs, but the confounded 1 disappointed me. That's the to with these automatic climaxes usually hang fire. It was to have a sort of fall o? Babylon effect, know." "Splendid! But, like Babylon, 11 at the wrong time." For a lively quarter of an hour discussed people about town, libe approving the slandered and dene ing the slanderers. A still busier ? ter of an hour ensued when toge they made up the list of dinner gu He moved a little writing table u the divan, and she looked on ea? while he wrote down the names suggested after many puckering' her fair, aristocratic brow, and drew lines through them when changed her mind. Mrs. Dan Dei bandied her people without gi in making up Monty's lists. The ners were not hers, and she could ? ford to do as she pleased with He was broad a?d tall an, she was slow to see that he was indiffer He did not care who the guests v< or how tliey came; he merely wis to make sure of their presence, only blunder was the rather diffic recommendation that Barbara Drevv asked again. If he observed that ? Dan's head sank a little closer to paper, he attached no importance the movement. He could not see t her eyes grew narrow, and he paid attention to the little catch in breath. ^Vouldn't that be a little-just a tie pronounced?" she asked, Hgt enough. "You mean-that people might tall "She might feel conspicuously pi ent." "Do you think so? We are si good friends, you know." "Of course if you'd like to have he slowly and doubtfully, "why, put J name down. But you evidently have seen that." Mrs. Dan pointed to copy of the Trumpet which lay on 1 table. I When ho ha-i handed uer the -;a: ! she said, "The Censor is growing fa? j rions at your expense.*' I fcI am "getting on in society with j vengeance if t';ut ass starts iii to wr about me. Listen to this"-she h pointed out to him the obnoxious pai graph: " 'If Brewster drew a diamoi flush do you suppose he'd catch t queen? And if he caught her how lo: do you think she'd remain Drew? ( if she Drew Brewster would she willing to learn such a game Monte?' " The next morning a writer who sig ed himself The Censor got a thras ing, and one Montgomery Brewst had his name in the papers, surround? by fulsome words of praise. I CHAPTER VIII. ONE morning not long after tl incidents just related Bre\ . ster lay in bed staring at tl . ceiling, deep in though There was a worried pucker on h forehead,* half hidden by the rumple hahvahd his eyes were wide and slee] .less. He had dined at;the Drews' th evening before and had had anabal ening'.- As he thought of the matter" h .could recall no special occurrence' jha he could, really use as. evidence. 'Coi< hel and'Mrs. Drew had. been-as^ kind a ; ever," and Barbara cor -d not have bee 'inore .' charming. * But 'something, ha* gone, wrong, and he had 'endured 1 ; wretched evening.^ .' "That little English Johnnie was t I plame," he argued. "Of course Barbar; had a right to-put".-any one she like< . next to hew, but why she should hav< chosen that silly ass is mor? than '. know. By Jove! :if I'had been on th< ; other side I'll warrant his grace wouk have been lost in the dust." ; His brain was whirling, and for th< first time he was beginning .to feel, th? Unpleasant pangs of. jealousy. The j Duke of Beauchamp he especially dis j liked, although the poor man had hard I ly spoken during the ' dinner. Bul ! Monty could not be reconciled. He i knew, of course, that Barbara had suit? ors by the dozen, but it bad never oc? curred to him that they were even se? riously considered. Notwithstanding the fact that his encounter with The Censor had brought her into unde? sirable notice, she forgave him every? thing after a moment's consideration. The first few wrenches of resentment were overbalanced by her American appreciation of chivalry, however in? spired. The Censor had gone for years unpunished, his coarse wit be? ing aimed at every one who had come into social prominence. So pungent and vindictive was his pen that other men feared him, and there were many who lived in glass houses in terror of a fusillade. Brewster's prompt and sufficient action had checked the per? nicious attacks, and he became a hero among men and women. After that night there was no point to The Cen? sor's pen. Monty's first qualms of apprehension were swept away when Colonel Drew himself hailed him the morning after the encounter and in no unmeasured terms congratulated him upon his achievement, assuring him that Barbara and Mrs. Drew ap? proved, although they might lecture him as a matter of form. [ 33S CO^SVED.l T XT Bars Men from Employment Every line of business is beginning to shut its doors absolutely to drinking men. Business competition has becomeso keen that only men ol steadfast habits can find employment. Employers do not want, men that are ad? dicted to'drink. A drinking- man is not in fit condition to handle responsible work. Continual drinking- diseases the nerve system. No "will power" can cure; treat? ment is necessary. Cures Whiskey and Beer Habit Take ORBOTB Quietly at Home! To cure without patient's knowledge, bnv ORRINE No. 1; for voluntary treat ment; buy ORRINE No. 2. Price, 51.00 per box. Cure Effected or Money Refunded ?Rook on "Drunkenness" (sealed) free on ' rennest. ORRINE mailed (sealed) on re? ceipt of SI by THE ORRINE CO., Inc. wihmgton, D. C., or sold in this city by 36 DeLorme?s Pharmacy, Sumter, S C. PEE DEE SUMMER SCHOOL. The Third Annual Session W ill Open in Hartsville June 12. Hartsville, S. C., April 12.-The third session of the Pee Dee Summer school will be held in Hartsville from June 12 to July 10. The buil<: the Welsh Neck High School -.Inch will be used will be renovated and in the best possible shape f pleasure and comfort of the Fee j-?ce teachers. The railroads will give re? duced rates from all points in South Carolina. Instruction under competent teach? ers will be given in Mathematics, Eng? lish, Grammar and Literature. Geog? raphy, History and Civics. Drawing, Manual Training, Music, Primary Methods, Pedagogy and Business forms and Methods. 11 The people of Hartsville will do all they can to make the stay of the teachers pleasant. J. W. Gav Associate Supering.dent U. C. V. REUNION. Entertainment Plans Made hy the Peo? ple of New Orleans. New Orleans, April 12.-The enter? tainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans Reunion has is? sued the following announcement: : "In connection with the coming re? union at New Orleans, there will be a grand enterta?r^ror,* with many novel features in the auditorium on Wednesday nicri ' .s 25th, and there will be a monster bal! in the me place the mghi Of Thursday, April 26, with special old fashioned dances for the veterans. "To both of these functions, all veterans and sons of veterans in uni? form or with badges, and the ladies accompanying them will be admitted free and all ladies identified with any of the Confederate organizations will be similarly admitted. "Athletic Park, the great amuse? ment resort of New Orleans, will be open every day and night during the reunion free to the above under the same conditions. "Any particulars regarding these entertainments may be obtained from Mr. W. O. Hart, chairman of commit? tee, " 134 Carondelet street, New Or? leans, La." *Sick"he?dache_results ifrom a de? rangement of the stomach and is cur? ed' by Chamberlain's /Stomach ?. and ?Liver Tablet's. ..Sold by.ail druggists. .. ;t - ^" > .'*>?. ?*?j"?" >.? '. i. " .* ? . ? ? ..??v V* SENATOR BEEASE ACQUITTED. . .. .- ?? * . -v..-; .y - > .?? . ??Jury Fails to; Convict Kiij^.fbr Killing : " Mite Ben" Coleman*. it ?ai?da,';Apnr^??^Th? trial of the State vs/ senate** En^?n/H. B?ease, charged with* the ^murder, of hisbr^bth er-:n-law.'Joe Ben;Coleman in October fast, ended late, last night. The jury returned a. verdict pf .riot guilty. * ' i?li?mberlain's Salve. *This salve is. intended especially for sore nipples, burns, frost bites, chapped hands, itching piles, chronic sore eyes, granulated eye lids, old chronic sores and for diseases'* ? skin, such as tetter, salt rheum, worm, scald head, herpes, bi itch, scabies or itch and eczen has met with unparalleled succ the treatment of these diseases. Price 2'5 cents per box. Try it. For sale by all druggists. Charles Cunningham, a i-ative of Galway, Ireland, went to Oregon 30 years ago and got a job as sheep herder. Nov.- he is about to retire from business, having sold his ranch for nearly ?1.000.0(30. The Richest Man in the World. *The richest man in the world can? not have his kidneys replaced nor live without them, so it is important not to neglect these organs. If Foley's Kidney Cure is taken at the first sign of danger, the symptoms will dis? appear and your health will be restor? ed, as it strengthens and builds up these organs as nothing else will. Os? car Bowman, Lebanon. Ky., writes: "I have used Foley's Kidney Cure and take great pleasure in stating it cured me permanently of kidney disease.