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s Brewster's Millions -s &S&s5&. ?? MO*T ?ARR H'CUTCHEON ?? Company (RICHARD GREAVES) -;-;-vs ~ Suddenly there was a mighty che : to the preparations. Two days befe the date set for the ball everythi came to^a standstill and the manage sank back fin perplexity and consten tion. Monty Brewster was critica! UL Appendicitis, the doctors called and an operation was imperative. 'Thank heaven ifs fashionable laugh ed Monty, who showed no fear the prospect "How. ridiculous if had been the mumps or if the newsp pera had said, 'On account of tl * whooping cough Mr. Brewster did n ?: attend his ball!' " "You don't mean to say-the ball ?ff, of course." And Harrison was rei ly alarmed. "Not a blt of it, Nopper," said Mont ."If s? what Tve been wanting all alon I; You chaps do the handshaking and stay at home.** There was an immediate council < war when this piece of news was a Bounced, and the Little Sons wei unanimous in favor of recalling the i: vitations and declaring the party ol At first Monty was obdurate, but wh? some one suggested that he could gi\ the ball later on, after he was well, t relented. The opportunity to doubi the cost by giving two parties was n< to be ignored. "Call it off, then, but say that it i ? ; only postponed." . K A great rushing to and fro resulte in the canceling of contracts, the re calling of invitations, the settlement o accounts, with the most loyal effort t save as much as possible from th wreckage. Harrison and his associ : ' ates, almost frantic with fear for Brew ster's life, managed to perform won ders in the few hours of grace. Gard ?er, with rare foresight, saw that th ^Viennese orchestra would prove a dea< loss. He suggested the possibility o a concert tour through the country covering several weeks, and Monty, to< ill to care one way or the other, au thorized him to carry out the plan if i W< .seemed feasible. ? To Monty, fearless and less disturb h ?ed than any other member of his cir ^cle, appendicitis seemed as inevitable as vaccination. ""The appendix is becoming an im portant feature in the book of life,- he once told Peggy Gray. He refused to go to a hospital bu! pathetically begged to be taken to his o?d rooms at Mrs. Gray's. With all the unhappy loneliness of s .sick boy he craved the care and com panionship of those who seemed a pari .*of his own. Dr. Lotless had them ^transform a small bedchamber into a ; model operating room, and Monty took no small satisfaction in the thought --that if he was to be denied the priv . iiege of spending money for severaJ -weeks he would at least make his ill mess9 as expensive as possible. A con? sultation of eminent surgeons was call? ed; but, true to his colors. Brewster Installed Dr. Lotless, a Little Son, as his house surgeon. Monty grimly bore the pain and suffering and submitted to the operation which alone could save his life. Then came the struggle, then, the promise of victory and then the quiet days of convalescence. In the little room where he had dreamed his boyish dreams and suffered his boy? ish sorrows he struggled against death and gradually emerged from the mists of lassitude. He found it harder than he had thought to come back to life. The burden of it all seemed heavy. The trained nurses found that some more powerful stimulant than the med? icine was needed to awaken his ambi? tion, and they discovered it at last in Peggy. 44ChildV* he said to her the first time she was permitted to see him, and his eyes had lights in them, "do you know, this isn't such a bad world after all. Sometimes as I've lain bere it has looked twisted and queer, but there are things that straighten it out Today I feel as though I bad a place in it-as ; though I could fight things and win out What do you think. Peggy? Do you suppose there is something that I could do? You know what I mean something that some one else would cot do a thousand times better." But Peggy, to whom this chastened mood in Monty was infinitely pathetic, would not let him talk. She soothed him and cheered him and touched his bair with her cool hand's, and then she left him to think and brood and dream. It was many days before his turbu? lent mind drifted to the subject of money, but suddenly he found himself hoping mat the surgeons would be gen? erous with their charges. He almost suffered a relapse when Lotless, vis? ibly distressed, informed him that the total amount would reach $3,000. .'And what is the additional charge tot the operation?" asked Monty, un? willing to accept such unwarranted favors. "Ifs included in the $3,000," said Lotless. "They knew you were my friend, and it was professional eti? quette to help keep down expenses." For days Brewster remained at Mrs. Gray's, happy in its restfulness, serene under the charm of Peggy's presence j and satisfied to be hopelessly behind in his daily expense account. The inter- | est *hr>wn by the inquiries at the house and the anxiety of his friends were coothing to the profligate. It gave him back a little of his lost self re- ; spect The doctors finally decided that he would best recuperate in Florida and advised a month at least in the Warmth. He leaped" at^th?-proposi? tion, but took the law into bis own hands by ordering General Manager harrison to rent a place and insisting that he needed the companionship of Peggy and Mrs. Gray. "Hew soon can I get back to work, doctor?" demanded Monty the day be? fore the special train was to carry him south. He was beginning to see the dark side of bis enforced idleness. Hi3 blood again was tingling with the de? sire to be back in the harness of a spendthrift "To work?" laughed the physician. "And what is your occupation, pray?" "Making other people rich," respond? ed Brewster, soberly. "Well, aren't you satisfied with what you have done for me? If you are as charitable as that you must be still pretty sick. Be careful and you may be on your feet again in five or six weeks." Harrison caine in as Lotless left Peggy smiled at him from the window. She had been reading aloud from a novel so garrulous that it fairly cried aloud for interruptions. "Nofv, Nopper, what became of the ball I was going to give?" demanded Monty, a troubled look in his eyes. "Why, we called it off," said Nop? per in^ surprise. "Pon t you remember, Monty?" ask? ed Peggy, looking up quickly and won? dering if his mind had gone trailing off. "I know we didn't give it, of course, ?jut what date did you hit upon." "We didn't postpone it at all," said Nopper. "How could we? We didn't know whether-I mean, it wouldn't have been quite right to do that sort of thing." "I understand. Well, what has be? come of the orchestra and the flowers and all that?" "The orchestra is gallivanting around the country, quarreling with itself and everybody else and driving poor Gard? ner to the insane asylum. The flowers have lost their bloom long ago." "Well, well get together, Nopper, and try to have the ball at mid-Lent. I think I'll be well by that time." "Peggy loo"ked appealingly at Harri? son for guidance, but to him silence seemed tb* better part of valor, and be went off wondering if the illness h:vi \ completely carried away Monty's rea- j son. j CH-JLPTEP* XVI. IT was the cottage of a New York millionaire which' had fallen to Brewster. The owner had, for the time, preferred Italy to St. Augus? tine and left his estate, which was well located and lavishly equipped, in the hands of his friends. Brewster's lease covered three months, at a fabu? lous rate per month. With Joe Brag don installed as manager In chief, his establishment was transferred bodily from New York, and the rooms were soon as comfortable as their grandeur would permit Brewster was not al? lowed to take advantage of his horses and the new automobile which preced? ed him from New York, but to his guests they offered unlimited opportu? nities. Nopper Harrison had remained in the north to renew arrangements for the now hated ball and to look after the advance details of the yacht cruise. Dr. Lotless and his sister, with Sub? way Smith and the Grays, made up Brewster's party. Lotless dampened Monty's spirits by relentlessly putting him on rigid diet, with most discourag? ing restrictions upon his conduct The period of convalescence was to be an exceedingly trying one for the invalid. At first be was kept indoors, and the hours were whiled away by playing cards, but Monty considered bridge the pons asinorum and preferred to play piquet with Peggy. It was one of these games that the girl interrupt? ed with a question that had troubled her for many days. "Monty," she said, and she found it much more difficult than when she had rehearsed the scene in the silence of her walks, "I've heard a rumor that Miss Drew and her moth? er have taken rooms at the hotel. Wouldn't it be pleasanter to have them here?" ? heavy gloom settled upon Brew? ster's face, and the girl's heart dropped like lead. She had puzzled over the estrangement and wondered if by any effort of her own things could be set right. At times she had had flashing hopes that it did not mean as much to Monty as she had thought, but down underneath, the fear that be was un? happy seemed the only certain thing ia life. She felt that she must make sure. And together with the very hu? man desire to know the worst was the puritanical impulse to bring lt about "You forget that this is the last place i they would care to Invade." And in Brewster's face Peggy seemed to read that for her martyrdom was the only wear. Bravely she put lt on. "Monty, I forget nothing that I real? ly know. But this is a case la which ! you are quite wrong. Where is your j sporting blood? You have never fought j a losing fight before, and you can't do : it now. You have lost your nerve, Monty. Don't you see that this is tho time for an aggressive campaign'/" Somehow she was not saying things at all as slit' had planned to say them, and his gloom weighed heavily upon her. "You don't mind, do you. Monty." she addod more softly, "this sort of thing from mel I know I ought_notto I interfere, but I've known you so long, and I hate to see things twisted by a very little mistake." But Monty did mind enormously. He bad no desire to talk about the thing anyway, and Peggy's anxiety to marry him off seemed a bit unnecessary. Man? ifestly her own interest in him was of the coldest. From out of the gloom he looked at her somewhat sullenly. For the moment she was thinking only of his pain, and her face said nothing. "Peggy," he exclaimed finally, re? senting the necessity of answering her, "you don't in the least know what you are talking about. It is not a fit of an . ger on Barbara Drew's part. It is a se? rious conviction." "A conviction which can be changed," the girl broke in. "Not at all." Brewster took it up. "She has no faith in me. She thinks Fm an ass." "Perhaps she's right," she exclaimed, a little hot. "Perhaps you have never discovered that girls say many things to hide their emotions. Perhaps you don't realize what feverish, exclamato? ry, foolish things girls are. They don't know how to be honest with the men they love, and they wouldn't if they did. You are little short of rn idiot, Monty Brewster, if you believed the things she said rather than the things she looked." And Peggy, fiery and determined and defiantly unhappy, threw down her cards and escaped so that she might not prove herself fearfully feminine. She left Brewster still heavily envel? oped in melancholy, but she left him puzzled. He began to wonder if Bar? bara Drew did have something in the back of her mind. Then he found his thougTits~w?n<iefIng~ ot "rowarcT Peggy and her defiance. He had only twice before seen her in that mood, and he liked it He remembered how she had lost her temper once when she was fif? teen and hated a girl he admired. Sud? denly he laughed aloud at the thought of the fierce little picture she had made, and the gloom which had been so sed? ulously cultivated was dissipated in a moment The laugh surprised the man who brought in some letters. One of them was from Nopper Harrison and gave him all the private news. The ball was to be given at mid-Lent, which ar? rived toward the end of March, and ne? gotiations were well under way for the chartering of the Flitter, the steam yacht belonging to Reginald Brown, late of Brown & Brown. The letter made Brewster chafe un? der the bonds of inaction. His affairs were getting into a discouraging state. The illness was certain to entail a loss of more than $50.000 to his business. His only consolation came through Har? rison's synopsis of the reports from Gardner, who was managing the brief j American tour of the Viennese orches? tra. Quarrels and dissensions were | becoming everyday embarrassments, and the venture was an utter failure from a ; financial point of view. Bro? ken contracts and lawsuits were turn in2 the tour into one Continuous round of losses, aiid poor Gardner was on the point of despair. From tho begin- : ning, apparently, (he concerts had been j marked for disaster. Pubiic indi??er euee had aroused the scorn of the Iras? cible members of the orchestra, and there was imminent danger of a col? lapse in the organization. Gardner liv? ed in constant fear that his troop of quarrelsome Hungarians would finish their tour suddenly in a pitched battle with daggers and steins. Brewster smiled at the thought of the practical Gardner trying to smooth down the electric emotions of these musicians. A few days later Mrs. Prentiss Drew and Miss Drew registered at the Ponce Peggy threw drum her cards and escaped. de Leon, and there was much specula? tion upon the chances for a reconcilia? tion. Monty, however, maintained a strict silence on the subject and refus? ed to satisfy the curiosity of his friends. Mrs. Drew had brought down a small crowd, including two pretty Kentucky girls and a young Chicago millionaire. She lived well and sensibly and with none of the extravagance that charac? terized the cottage. Yet it was in? evitable that Brewster's guests , should see hers and join some of their riding parties. Monty pleaded that he was not well enough to be in these excur? sions, but neither he nor Barbara cared to overemphasize the estrangement. Peggy Gray was in despair over Mon? ty's attitude. She had become con? vinced that behind his pride he was cherishing a secret longing for Bar? bara. Yet she could not see how the walls were to be broken down if he maintained this icy reserve. She was sure that the masterful tone was the one to win with a girl like that, but evidently Monty would not accept ad? vice. That be was mistaken about Bar? bara's feeling she did not doubt for a moment, and she saw things going hopelessly wrong for want of a word. There were times when she let herself dream of possibilities, but they always ended by seeming too impossible. She cared too much to make the attainment of her vision seem simple. She cared too much to be sure of anything. At moments she fancied that she might say a word to Miss Drew which wouid straighten things out. but there was something about her which held her off. Even now that they were thrown together more or less she could not get beyond a certain barrier. It was not until a sunny day when she had accepted Barbara's invitation to drive that things seemed to go more easily. Fer the first time she felt the charm of the girl, and for the first time Barbara seemed unreservedly friendly. It was a quiet drive, they were taking through the woods and out aloug the beach, and somehow in the open air things simplified themselves. Finally in the softness and the idle warmth even an allusion to Monty, whose name usually meant an embarrassing change of subject, began to seem possible. It was inevitable that Peggy should bring it in, for with her a question of tact was never allowed to dominate when things of moment were at stake. She cowered before the plunge, but she took it unafraid. "The doctor says Monty may go, out driving tomorrow," she began. "Isn't that fine?" Barbara's only response was to touch her pony a little too sharply with the whip. Peggy went on as if uncon? scious of the challenge. "He has been bored to death, poor fellow, in the house all this time, and" "Miss Gray, please do not mention Mr. Brewster's name to me again," in? terrupted Barbara, with a contraction of the eyebrows. But Peggy was seized with a spirit of defiance and plunged recklessly on. "What is the use, Miss Drew, of tak? ing an attitude like that? I know the situation pretty well, and I can't be? lieve that either Monty or you have lost in a week a feeling that was so deep seated. I know Monty much too well to think that he would change so eas? ily." Peggy still lived largely in her ideals. "And you are too fine a thing not to have suffered under this misun? derstanding. It seems as if a very small word would set you both straight" Barbara drew herself up and kept her eyes on the road, which lay white and gleaming in the sun. "I ba\e not the least desire to be set straight" And she was never more serious. "But lt was only a few weeks ago that you were engaged.' "I am sorry," answered Barbara, "that it should have been talked about so much. Mr. Brewster did ask me to marry him. but I never accepted. In fact, it was only his persistence that made me consider the matter at all. I did think about it. I confess that I rather liked him. But it was not long before I found him out" "What do you mean?" And there was a flash in Peggy's eyes. "What has he done?" "To my certain knowledge he has spent more than $400,000 since last September. That is something, is it not?" Miss Drew said in her slow, cool voice, and even Peggy's loyally admit ted some justification ia the criticism. \ "Generosity has ceased to bo a vir- J tue, then?" she asked >luiy. '.Generosity'.'' exclaimed Barham sharply. **It's cheer ivh^?_?. lld ven't j you heard the things people are say? ing? They are calling h?m a fool, and in the clubs they are betting that he will be a pauper within a year." "Yet they charitably help him to spend his money, and I have noticed that even worldly mammas find him eligible." The comment was not with? out its caustic side. "That was months ago, my dear," protested Barbara calmly. "When he spoke to me he told me it would be impossible for him to marry within a year. And don't you see that a year may make him an abject beggar?" "Naturally anything is preferable to a beggar," came in Peggy's clear, soft voice. Barbara hesitated only a moment "Well, you must admit, Miss Gray, that it shows a shameful lack of char? acter. How could any girl be happy with a man like that? And, after all, one must look out for one's own fate." "Undoubtedly," replied Peggy, but many thoughts were dashing through her brain. "Shall we turn back to the cottage?" she said after an awkward silence. "You certainly don't approve of Mr. Brewster's conduct ?" Barbara did not like to be placed in the wrong and felt that she must endeavor to Justify her? self. "He is the most reckless of spendthrifts, we know, and he prob? ably indulges in even less respectable excitement." Peggy was not tall, but she carried her head at this moment as though she were in the habit of looking down on the world. "Aren't you going a little too far, Miss Drew?" the asked placidly. "It is not only New York that laughs over his Quixotic transactions," Bar? bara persisted. "Mr. Hampton, our guest from Chicago, says the stories are worse out there than they are in the east" "It is a pity that Monty's illness should have made him so weak," said Peggy quietly as they turned in through the great iron gates, and Bar? bara was not slow to see the point. [TO BB CONTHTTJBD.] His SeJdlltm Powder Cartridge. How a man's life was saved by a common seidlitz powder is described by a German physician, Dr. Franck, who was called to treat a man who had swallowed a large piece of tough meat which stuck iu his gullet As it was impossible to dislodge the meat by natural means and as the patient's condition was critical, the doctor tried the efficacy of the gas which is gener? ated when the constituents of a seid? litz powder are mixed. Ile directed the man to swallow the two halves of one j of tia? powders separately, and the re- j suiting pneumatic pressure, aided by the man, wno shut his mouth and ! closed the nasal passages, was sulfi- \ ciont to drive the piece of meat out of j the gullet into the stomach. INDEPENDENT OIL MILLS SOLD. 'Property of Insolvent Corporation Taken Over by South Atlantic Cot? ton Oil Company. Darlington, May ll.-The Inde? pendent Cotton Oil Company, which became insolvent nearly a year ago, was sold today at the upset price fixed by he creditors, which was $200,000, Henry Buist, of the firm of Buist & Buist of Charleston, representing the .South Atlantic Cotton Oil Company, .purchased for that concern. His was .the only bid and it took but a few mo? ments to effect the sale. The trustees ?of the Independent Cotton Oil Com? pany. Messrs. D. T. McKeithan of Darlington. Chas. E. Taylor, Jr., of .Washington and Jno. C. Simonds of Charleston were all present to witness .the sale. It is generally thought that .a price had previously been agreed on .between the creditors and purchasers and that the public auction was a ?mere compliance with the law. The property of the Independent Oil Company was appraised some time ago at about $400,000 and the sale to? day is regarded as a bargain for the purchasers. The mills here and throughout the Pee Dee section are re? ported to be in very good condition and it is hoped that they will be put on a paying basis, thereby indirect? ly reimbursing the people who have lost so heavily. There is some proba? bility that the several mills of the In? dependent Cotton Oil Company will be resold separately as soon as they are in good running order. Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar. *Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations are offered for the genuine. These worthless imitations have similar sounding names. Beware of them. The genu? ine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a yel? low package. Ask for it and refuse any substitute. It is the best remedy for coughs and colds. Durant's Phar? macy. Washington, May 9.-Senator Platt of New York introduced in the Senate today an amendment to the Constitu? tion prohibiting polygamy and polyga? mous cohabitation and making the practice a crime against the United States. Best for Women and Children. *On account of its mild action and pleasant taste Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is especially recommended for ? women and children. Ir. does not nauseate or gripe like pi ii.-*, and ordi? nary cathartics. Orino Laxative Fruit j rup ???es u.g-2i.w'i. u..!^. stm myres the liver and bowels without irritating them. Remember the name Orino and refuse substitutes. Durant's Phar? macy. KERSHAW COUNTY NEWS. Frost Did Little Damage-Comment on Candidates for Governor. Camden, May ll.-Memorial ser? vices were held at the cemtery yester? day. Rev. C. C. Herbert, pastor of the Methodist church, was the orator of the occasion. His address was one of the best ever heard here. The Ker? shaw Guards led the procession, as usual. Samuel, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hough, of Columbia, was buried at Beulah church Sunday morning. He was about 7 months old. Mrs. Hough was Miss G?lida Hudson of Sumter county. We were extremely sorry to see the notice last week of the death of Mrs. Nina McEachern. She was one of our old school mates and one of our best friends. The frost Thursday morning did some damage here, but not serious. Old cotton stood the cold better than late planting. Cotton chopping is the order of the day. We are working 60 hands, all living on the farms. This don't look like la? bor is scarce here. We are paying 40 cents per acre. Kershaw and Sumter will have a contest as to which county will fur? nish the next governor. We are satis? fied to put only one candidate in the field. Hon. M. L. Smith, while Sumter has two. We hope when the votes are counted that Smith will have two to one. One thing we will say, the man who is elected will have Smith to beat, and that has never been done yet. We are not just boosting our candidate, but M. L. Smith is one of the smart? est men in the State. If he is not elected he will be yet one of South Carolina's leading politicians. FUNERALS UK Lil) UP. New York, May 12.-A serious situ? ation confronts the health department because of the strike of the funeral drivers. Two hundred funerals are scheduled for today and a like number for tomorrow, while 150 were postpon? ed from yesterday. The health depart? ment has determined i" ask aid of the police department in preventing mo ! lestation of funerals. One undertaker has entraped a sight-seeing automobile for a funeral today for the use of the mourn.-rs. ?The remains will be car? ried on a business wagon. INSULTING A LADY OX TRAIN. Verdict-of Twenty-five Thousand Dol? lars Against the A. and C. Air Line Railroad Company Set Aside by State Supreme Court. Columbia, May S.-In the Supreme Court: Suda L. Franklin et al, re? spondent, vs. A. and C. Air Line Railroad Company, appellant. Reversed. Opinion by C. ?. Woods, A. J. Mr. Justice Eugene B. Gary and Mr. Justice Ira B. Jones concur. Mr. Chief Justice Pope files dissenting opinion. The Supreme Court tonight set aside the verdict of ?25,000 in favor of Suda L. Franklin against the Southern Rail? way. This case has attracted consid? erable attention and was hard fought in the courts of Greenville. The de? cision of the court was rendered by Mr. Justice Woods, and this was con? curred in toto by Mr. Justice Jones, and in the result by Mr. Justice Gary. Chief Justice Pope dissents in full. The opinion was not iiled until nearly ll o'clock tonight, and this was too late to get access to the opinions which are long. The verdict for $25,000 was given against the Southern Railway on the complaint that the conductor know? ingly allowed a passenger to insult a Mrs. Franklin, who was a passenger on the train to Atlanta. THE COUNTY CONVENTIONS. Change Over the State in Favor of Dispensary-Senator Tillman En? dorsed. The proceedings of the Democratic convention which met throughout the State to name delegates to the State convention on the 16th are of interest as showing the temper of the people at least such a showing as is colored by percolating through the lacal poli? ticians. One of the most remarkable features of the day was the action of the Edge field convention, which adopted resolu? tions unanimously endorsing Jim Till? man for congress from that district. This was incorporated in resolutions endorsing the action and work of Sen? ator Tillman in the State. There were various other signs to in? dicate that Col. Tillman is priming for .the race for congress, besides his own statement to that effect made in an in? terview with a reporter for The Au? gusta Chronicle. He withdrew from the race when the late Congressman Croft's son was offering to fill his father's place with the promise that he would not offer for re-election. The talk then was that ?ir. < >ft would afterward support T?llmai Col. Till also been tak g part in Pythias gathe* -.gr; in that - .illc tixoi'c io a?>W?. > ' :~ less, politics worked out of these gatherings. Col. Tillman was in Co? lumbia a short time ago, but so far as could be discovered this was merely on legal business. Still the fact that this was his first trip to Columbia af? ter his trial attracted some attention and talk. In every county where the propo? sition was put Senator Tillman's course in the Senate was endorsed, except at York, which refused to do this by a narrow- majority. It is a significant fact that not a single county endorsed the Brice act. Marlboro, the seat of prohibition, voting down resolutions to that effect. On the other hand a number of coun? ties endorsed the dispensary as the best solution of the liquor question. It is evident from the personnel of the delegations to the State convention that body will be strongly pro-dispen? sary. The work of the conventions yesterday appears to indicate that there has been a change of sentiment regarding the dispensary since the legislature met.-Columbia Record. Policeman Kiils a Negro. Aiken. May 8.-William Avery, alias William John, a negro, was shot to death at about 12 o'clock last night while resisting arrest by Policeman Musco Samuels. Gen. Sunivr-r Academy. The closing exeicises of the General Sumter Memorial Academy will come off on Friday, the 18th instant, com? mencing at 7 o'clock p. m. The public is cordially invited to attend. John J. Dargan, Principal. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De? cember. A. D., 1SS6. (Seal.) A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for Consti? pation. 4 17-lm man has Knights of