Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Then* waa another alight pause and ha warnt on: *1 have been thinking that possibly yon warn wrong about the algnlflcanoa of that empty envelope. Poaelbly thoae eoirmatlcal persons Intended that sheer c* of a definite threat to imply the Inconceivably terrible." Now that he had started to talk about it, I wished that he had contin? ued his silence. 1 could not under? stand how I hsd convinced him be? fore), knowing sll the while that I was without truth to support me. Cer? tainly, now, pervaded as I waa with that grim disquietude. It would be even more difficult to carry conviction with my words. "Whatever they Intended,** I ven? tured, yielding a fraction of a point, "It aeema to me that they'll have some difficulty In es-,In* It out. There sra no portraits here to mutilate and ska mirrors to smash. For the prevl oeja performances there must be some more or Was simple explanation. Neither yon nor I believe) In the su? pernatural; therefore the things that happened at Cragholt were brought about by natural means, seemlr A / In- , explicable as they were. Now no nat? ural meant can be brought to bear to pox form any such legerdemain on this yacht. Ton know that. There's not a man here, except that poor old tsherman. that we don't know all and everything abwt. So, I say. no mat tar what they planned; this time they era outwitted ' And ?van as I said lt. I saw clearly before my vision these words: "Say not Heaven Is high shove! Hea fen ascends and descends about our deeds, oV'~ inspecting us wheresoever we) are." "Then you agree with mo? Ton think something mvy have been planned r* MI wouldn't preteuA to Interpret their symbolism." I ar.swered evasive? ly. "The empty envelope Impressed ma at synonymous with saying. Not Ii in a m?re at present!' Fven now 1 think that If they had meant to con? tinue they would have said so. I'm slmost sure they would." I waa quite sura, of course, but I dsred not say so. Cameron smoked on quietly for a while In a ruminative mood. Even? tually ha threw the end of his cigar over the rail* and lea led forward. "1 don't know,** he auld perplexedly. "I don't know." Thlt I hoped waa to be the end of the matter, for tonight at least; but presently he began to talk of those first two letters, to conjecture, to won? der, to dissect phrases, to dig out subtleties of meaning from euphemis? tic expressions. And then 1 knew that he hsd every word memorised, just ss I had. Seven bells had struck and we were at 111 talking But now und then there were nausea in our converse?inter? ests of silence of vary'ng length?dur? ing which 1 sat with my gase stretch? ing ont over the black waters and my hearing strained for any unusual sound. More than once during the evening I thought I had detected far off the pounding note of a motor boat's exhaust, but had put the notion aside ss too improbable for entertain* ment. Now, faintly. I aeemed to hear It again, not to dtstsnt. but muffled. 1 got up snd stood close to the rail, and listened with ear bent. Then 1 determined to go to my cabin for a night glass which I had included among my traps. But at that moment th*. sound, which I had made sure of, ceasej, and I stood a secoud or two longer, eipectlng It to resume. Altogether It waa not over a minute or two that 1 stood there. It aeemed much leas than that. Then I turned ' with p. question for Cameron. 1 won? dered whether he had beard the sound too. I esy.Csir.?" I began, and atopped, stsrtleo. W1 h his name half uttered. His chair was empty. He was not on deck I ran to the saloon. He waa not there I flung open the door of hla atateroorn He was not there, ei? ther. I had the acht searched for him. He wss not on the ym lit CHAPTER IX. * Crsft Without Lights. Composure is aecond nature with no- I claim no credit for It; It Is a Bsltfef of temperament rather than cultivation. But now my temperament waa all swrv, and my composure fled me. I waa e*Hted. More than that, I wm fflSlIu, detracted, rattled. I wanted to do a dosen things at once; to get anawera to a h< ore of ques? tions In a slnsle moment. And the rona?ajsjesg e may be imaglro d, For flvo 'on minutes, nothing waa done whatever. Than the s?ar h light I got Into play, sweeping the waters on all Ildes, fsr and near; but wltl pal? try remit. Five or six BtHag eaters we made out a power boat, similar to that which I hal seen through the glass earlier In the day To the e ist ward a steamer with two funnels waa Jui** coming ii.-o range 'I ho white ?alls or a coasting schooner showed to westward. Trailing In our wake was our squalid salvage, the dory of the fisherman. MacLeod, trained to coolness, re? tained his wits. Systematically he aet to work. Likely and unlikely places aboard the yacht were looked Into. Before I knew what he was about, we were going back over the way wo had come with the search? light swinging In a circle and a half dozen sharp-eyed seamen scanning every square foot of rolling wave. "I can't understand it," I kept re? peating aloud, with senseless iteration. "I can't understand It." I waa standing alone, well forward, leaning over the rail. Presently Mao Leod laid a band on my shoulder. "We can't do anything more than we are doing, Mr. Clyde," he said in his mattar-of-fact way. "For my part, I can't undsrstand it, either; but since Mr. Cameron's not aboard, there's only one conclusion, and that is that he's overboard. And since there was no one Interested In throwing him there, then it seems very clear that he must have Jumped." "Jumped!" I cried, In irritation. "My Ood, man! Don't I tell you that I was not three feet away from him, and only for a minute or two? How could he have Jumped without my hearing him? How could he even j have got out of his chair, without my j hearing him?" The captain shrugged his shoulders. "There's no other explanation," he decided, conclusively. "You mean he committed suicide?" "Call It what you like, sir." "But there was no reason for him to do such a thing," I objected. "I understand he'B been pretty ill, sir." "He was ill, yes. But he was on the road to recovery." And then, with the realisation that I was speaking of Cameron in the past tense, as though it were already settled that I should never see him alive again, a shiver of horror swept over me. I know Mao Leod observed It, for he said: "There's been a drop In the tem? perature, ir the last half-hour. It'll bo more comfortable In my cabin, sir, if you don't mind coming in, and talk? ing the thing over a bit." "Good Heavens, MacLeod," I ex? claimed, turning on him with nervous savagery* "do you expect me to sit down and talk calmly at such a mo? ment? X can't It's all I can do to I stand stir here, for a minute at a time. I feel I must do something. It's torture to uave one's hands tied this way." "I think T know how you feel, sir. ? But walking the deck will do no good, and if you could calm yourself enough to talk it over quietly, we might get down to something that would guide us, so to spesk." "Quids us?" I repeated. "Yes, sir. It's not impossible, you know, sir, that when he went over- '? board he was picked up." The light from his cabin porthole Illuminated us both, and now as ho looked at me he must b~?e seen my perplexity. "You said yourself, sir," he, ex? plained, "that you thought you heard the exhaust of some sort o' craft not far away." It was this reminder, I think, which brought back ray wool gathering wits and steadied me to a perception of the real Importance of the captain's plea. I Of one thing, at least, I was assured: Cameron was not a suicide. How he could have gone over the taffrail with? out my seeing or hearing him, I should never be able to understand. But gone he was, and It lav upon me to dis? cover by whoso assistnncc this mar? velous dlmpnaninnfH was accom? plished. And so It came about that, controlling my futile unrest, I was presently seated In MacLeod's swivel chair, while he, from a place on the side of his berth, fired pointed ques? tions at me, which I either answered as best I could or returned in kind. "Now maybe It's none of my busi? ness, Mr. Clyde, but In view of to? night's occurrence I think it's perti? nent to know why there was such a thorough inspec tion of the Sibylla be- i fore we sailed, und such a lot of cuu- | tlon regarding the crew." That was the first of his volley, and for a mo? ment it staggered mo. I recognized, however, thnt this whs not a time for quibbling, and as MacLeod had been for years a staunch soldier in Camer? on's army of employees, I saw no harm In letting him know the truth. i "I'll tell you," I returned, frankly, "but it's not to go any further. In the past nine weeks Mr. Cameron has been receiving a series of threatening j anonymous letters. The last one came ? week ago today; and in it this was named ad thl date for the climax." "Climax?" he repeated, questioning- i ly "Yes. Today, the letter stated, Mr. Cameron would disappear." The calm, phlegmatic young captain did not start. He simply narrowed hll eyes In thought. s "That's odd," he said, gravely, "damned odd." And then, ufter a hcc ond's consideration, he asked. "Was that?but of SOU ms it was why ho took this cruise?" "No," I told him. "That was not Ids reason; though it was mine." I did not mean to !>?? enigmatic, hut I suppose I was, for Muclitod showed plainly enough that he failed 10 un? derstand. "You see," T went on, In elucidation, "Mr Canstrou did not knon ghoul this j last threat. He waa ill whoa the let? lOf CnglO, and we kept it flOfg hin " It was evident to me that Cue can* I disapproved, hot bo held his p< a< l "What were the previous threats?*4 he asked, i n ?ently. "Nothing definite," 1 answered. . iply thai on certain fixed days Ihe writers would demonstrate "their power." "And did they?" "Most marveloualy." Again MacLeod was allent for a space. "Under the circumstances, Mr. Clyde, don't you think it would have been better if you'd told iue about this?" "Mr. Cameron waa very anxious that no one Bhould know." The captain comn^issed his right knee with his locked hands. "All the same," he said, "he'd never have been spirited off this yacht if I'd a' known what waa In the wind." This statement annoyed me, and I resented It "What could you have done?" I asked. "I waa with him almost con? tinuously." There came a strange, half-medlta tive, half-bold look in the man's eyes, and I was wondering what it portend? ed, when, quite Ignoring my question, he began speaking: "You see there oughtn't to bo any misunderstanding between you and me, sir. This Is too serious a busi? ness to be bungled because I am only captain of this yacht and you are tho owner's friend. So, if I speak plainly, sir, you'll understand why, and not thinfc me disrespectful" I smiled to reafesure him, still puz? zled, and added. "Go straight ahead, captain. You are perfectly right." "Well," he began, "I'll tell you, Mr. Clyde. Your story, as you told it to me, has some weak points in it. You say, for instance, that you were with Mr. Cameron almost continuously. Now I'm not mentioning the little while you were in here, early In tho evening, but during the last quarter of an hour before you gave tho alarm, you weren't with him, either." I atared at the speaker for an In? stant in absolute dumb amaze. "I don't know why you say that," 1 Bald, at length, more hurt than an? gered. "I told you that from the mo? ment I last spoke to him, seated be? side him there on the after-deck, un? til I turned from the rail and found him. gone, not more thar two min? utes elapsed. And that was God's truth." "You said you were listening for what you thought sounded like a mo? tor boat, didn't you?" ?1 did." "And you were leaning over the taff rail, looking for it, weren't you?" "1 was." "But you didn't see it?" "No, I didn't aee it; and I couldn't hear It after the first few seconds." The captain had fixed a gaze on me that seemed aimed to penetrate to my bouI'b fiber. After my answer he was silent a moment. Then he said: "Where were you, Mr. Clyde, when that boat?motor, tug, or whatever she was?crossed within ten feet of the dory we are towing?" Had he struck me 'u the} face I could not have been more dumfound ed. "What do you mean?" were the only worda that came to me. "I mean that tho craft you have been talking about came up and went astern of us, ten or twelve minutes before you gave the alarm that Mr. Cameron had vanished under your j eyes. I was on the bridge and saw It I myself?just a black shape, without lights, and her exhaust muffled, Just aa you say. You tell me that you and Mr. Cameron had been Bitting there for three hours, at least; that you heard seven hells strike; that it was not more than fifteen or twenty min? utes after this that you got up and went to the rail, and that you only j stood there two minutes." "I told you all of that, and every word la the truth," I insisted, vehe? mently. "And yet," he retorted accusingly, "and yet?eight bolls had struck be? fore you gave the alarm." I had not thought of the time. In my panic it had not occurred to me, of course to ascertain the hour and minute Hut Captain MacLeod knew. At sea they work by clock. At eight bells the watch had changed. "M> dtar fell I exclaimed ru? ing, "you ' y ennnot {or a mo? ment an . ice of complicity." He od up, to >; Imperturbable. "1 just Wani those things explained, that's nil," was his reply. "And 1 can't explain them," I told him, candidly. "You say you saw tho boat. I didn't. You say it was after midnight when I came to you. It may have been. I don't kno v. It may have been nerrer twelve, when I went to the rail. My Impression la that It was not. I'll admit It Is mys? terious. Tho whole awful thing ia mysterlouB." My candor seemed to relieve h!m. "Well, Mr. Clyde," he said, with equal sincerity, "maybe I was out Bpoken, but I wanted to know what you'd say to tho points that wero puzzling me." "You did perfectly right." I told hlra. "Ab you have said, there must he no se ndB between us." And then, as I returned my s?it, 1 asked: "What about the fisherman? He hain't evad ? d his guard, has he?" Maid.tod sat down again too, "He's in where l put him, now," he aniwered with a shade of reloctance? "but I'm DOi iure; It's almost as mysterious as tho other but 1 could have sworn 1 saw him come tip that for'ard hatchway and go i.neaking ift a hlle I an <>n the bridge " "Wlsfch wai that?" 1 pressed, eager? ly. "About a quarter of twelTe." I "What did you ?1<>?" "Nothing, just tb< it I waited. And while* I Wll Wilting I smvV that black, spook, craft some out Of tho dark, . nd go skimming as tern Of tis. A little after * ight bells I came down from Ihe bridge l stopped there for Just a minute to nave a Word with Brandon whr a he came up?and then I went myself to look after Johnson and the man Pd set to watch him. The fisherman was In a bunk sound asleep, and the man swore he had be^n lyin? there snoring, for the past two hours. Who was it came up the ladder twen? ty minutes ago?' I asked. He looked at mo as if ho thought I was gone suddenly loony. 'Before the watch changed?" he asked. I nodded. ''Not a soul came or went,' he sa'.d, 'since I been here.'" "And the boat without lights?" I questioned. "Did you inquire about her? Who else saw her?" "I asked the lookouts; but?well, no, sir?and that's very strange to me ?neither of them saw her. I gave them both a rating. If they weren't asleep I don't see how they could have missed her." The thing was growing mora and more baffling. MacLeod was tne last man to be accused of imaginative fan? cies. He was thoroughly in earnest in what he had told me; and yet for neither of his statements had he the smallest corroboration. For my own part I was sure that, at the time he mentioned, no vessel of any descrip? tion had passed anywhere near us. "What did you make the craft out to be?" "Well, sir, I couldn't say exactly. She was In sight only a minute, com? ing in range of our own lights. She looked more like a tug than anything else; but she had more speed than any tug I ever saw. She hadn't the lines of a yacht." "She wasn't a pilot boat?" "Oh, no, sir. New York pilots don't cruise this far east, and the Boston pilots wouldn't be so far away from home either." I offered the captain a cigar, which he declined, tilling his pipe in prefer? ence. When I lighted a cigar myself, I asked: "I suppose you have some theory, MacLeod. You don't seriously think it was suicide?" As usual he was slow to answer. After a thoughtful second, he said: "I'd be sorry to think that, Mr. Clyde. Taking into consideration what you told me about the threat, and connecting that boat with it, it looks?" and then he paused, thought? ful again. "It's not in possibility," he went on, after a second, "that they could have plucked him off with a line. But if that fellow I saw going aft?Oh, Lord, no, sir! It's past me to see a way out. All the same, we are keep? ing that craft in eight, and If we can only get thirty knots out of the Sibylla again, well find out what she is and what her business Is, before morning." (TO BE CONTINUED) didn't LIKE 'CHANGE. Young M**n m? Hr4^ Ajalunt i'lnuu. ! cter*a Moral Code. (Albany Dispatch to New York World.) John rC Reynolds, Jr., the member of the i rokerage firm of Bfflngham Lawrence', who recently gave up his New Y??rK Stock Exchange seat, ar? rived in Albany yesterday to spend Christmas with his father, who is the Deputy Clerk of the Court of Appeals. Mr. Reynolds would not be inter? viewed as to why he left the stock Exchange, hut it Is known that he had become disgusted with the practices pursued there; has said that he grew '"tired of seeing an unsuspect? ing public robbed by unscrupulous men ?f wealtjb traveling under the guise of respectnhlllty." Mr. Reynold's experience In Sew York has turned him to the study of socialism In the Relief that that the- | i ry of government presents a means of removing the yok?' now held on the country ??>? men-such as those who control the stock Exchange. He i? only 26 years of age. and his father say* in? never did care much for the business of dealing Ifl Stocka He will take rest for a few months, alter which he may enter the electrical business, being much inter? ested in electricity. He became a member of the stock Exchange firm through his relationship to Bfflngham l ?awrence. Mr. Reynolds a member of one of the ohhst ami most fashionable families in this part of tlP" State. His grandfather was Judge Reynolds of the State Court of Appeals. Mrs. Franklin Townsend, one of i he h ad? ing society women of Albany, >s an aunt, and James A. Reynold*, [he hanker of Kinderhook, is an uncle. ! rightful Polar Winds blow with terrific force at the fai north and play havoc with the skin, causing red, rough or sore chupped hands and lips, that need Bucklen's Arnica Salve to heal them, it makes the hin soft and smooth. Fnrlvaled for cold soi< s. also hums, bolls, sores ulcers, cuts, bruises and piles. Only 25c at Blbert's Drug Store.?Advt. Dan UcMahan was shot and mor? tally wounded by J hn l.emon in a row over b crap gam.' at Montlcello on Christmas Day, * w u. Fox, 195 w Washington St.. S'oblesville, Ind says: "After suf i. ring tnuny moti It with k idney t rou Me. ;ifter trying other remedies and prescriptions, I purchased a host ol i !,!??<) kldne> Fills which not nnl) did me more i.d than an) other reme? dies i evet us< d. but have positlvel> set ni\ kidneys right. Other no'inborn uf my f imll> have us< d i hi m w ;i h similar i eaults " Take at the llrsl rdgn of kidnej trouble." Slbert's Drug Sore. LEAVES $2,500 TO THORNWELL Orphanage at Clinton Benefits Un? der Judge PWegar'i Will. Chrletianeburgi Va., Dec. 26.?The will of the late Judge Archer A. Phlegar waa admitted to probate here today, it providea a bequest of $2, 500 to the Thornwell Orphanage, at Clinton, S. C. B. AC. Hagan, of the Hank of Chiis tiansburg, is named as executor of the urill, which was written aboard a Steamer at Panama and dated Sep? tember 4, 1912. M AY YORK BAKERY ROBBED. store Broken Into and Articles Taken Tuesday Night. Tuesday night the New York Ba? kery was entered and a number of ar? ticles wer.- stolen. Two men, who gave their names as Baker and Kahn are supposed to be the perpetrators of t"he robbery and the police are now on the lookout for them. The store, which is located on East Hampton avenue, was entered from the window, the wire screen being rut away and the sash raised. The two men had been working in the store during the day and it is thought that they unfastened the window cati h before they left Christmas eve night. A bicycle, an overcoat, an as sortment of extracts and other ar tlcles were stolen, but the money had all been locked up in the safe and the thieves did not succeed in getting this. The robbery was discovered Christmas morning and the police at once notified, but the two men "had decamped during the night and were not to be found anywhere about town. One of the men, Baker, claimed to have been a survivor of the Titantic disaster and told a pitiful tale Sun? day upon reaching the city of his narrow escape from death and his . struggle and misfortunes since land? ing. He was helped by persons who heard his story and was given a job by the proprietors of the bakery, who presented the men each with a couple of dollars Tuesday night when they left off work, telling them to come j back the next day and help to clean up around the place. The men, or it is supposed that it was they, however, came back before the appointed time and did not wait on the proprietors to come to show them what to do. The Carrier Pigeon's Endurance. The^feat of an English-bred hom? ing Jssfeon is attract!"* -a**?***? TwelVeMays ago it escaped from the loft ?f Brnest Robinson at Westmount, Canada, and is now back in Engla?id. Wheth r it dew across the ocean or Whether, for some of the distance, it shipped, is not known. However, if thr bird tlew all the way or half the way. it broke all other records for flights over water by pigeons. In November, 1910, a carrier pigeon alighted on the British oil tank steam- j I er N'arragansett, when the ship was IL'a miles from Sandy Hook. There were two other pigeons In the air at I the time, but did they not alight. In October, last, a carrier pigeon that had down out of R. K. Ifeede's loft at Philadelphia was found on the United States army transport dock at fan Francisco, but how i* got across the continent was not learn 1 ed. In August, 1911, a pigeon ilew from New Orleans to Baltimore in eleven hours; and in July. 190'.? a pigeon Hew from North Bay. Canada, to Baltimore. :?lu mips, in nine hours and seventeen minutes an average speed of over 1.600 yards a minute.? Augusta Chronicle. A (.iris Midnight Ride. To warn people of a fearful forest tire iti the Catskills a young girl rode horse back at midnight and saved many liven Her deed was glorious but lives are often saved by Dr. King's New Discovery in earing lung trouble, coughs and colds, which might have ended in consumption or pneumonia. "It cured no- of a dread? ful Cough and lung disease," writes W l:. Patterson, Wellington, Tex., "after four in >ur family had died with consumption, and 1 gained s~ pounds.-' Nothing so sure ai d safe tOr all throat and lung troubles. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Slbert's Drug store.? Advt. Tin Memphis Commercial-Appeal repeats the demand that "I'ncle Sam lake a hand in the matter of regulat? ing women's dresses." Just let your old Uncle attempt any foreign Inter? ference like that and he will need both hands to keep somebody's lingers out of Iiis whiskers.?Wilmington Star. Mis stomach Troubles Over. Mr. Dyspeptic, would you not like to feel that your stomach troubles were over, thai yon could eal any kind of food you deeired adthoul Injuiy Thai may st em so unlikely to you that you do not t*vcn hop.' for an ending of your trouble, but permit us to assure you tB.it it Is not altogether Impossibb If ot hei s can be cur? d permanently, and thousands have be. n. w h> nol you 1 John K? Barker, of Rattle Creek, Mi< h? is one of them. He says, I wa 1 roubb d * ;t h heart - burn, indigestion, and liv r complain! until 1 use.1 I'hamberlaln's Tablets. 1 h< a iu\ \ 1 ..?ble w a- o\ er. Sold 1> .dl dealer* \d\ 1 HEAVY jAaS MAIL. I Holiday Msdl Was Heavier I nan Ever, mu Couldn't Best Hitchcock's yuiUttTQUS Hireling*. Washington, Dec 26.?Although the holiday mail was heavier in practical? ly every section of the country than ever before the work of handling, it was performed with less congestion and confusion than in previous years, according to reports received today by Postmaster General Hitchcock. Slight interruptions were reported in a few sections of the country on account Of weather conditions, but, aside from that, there was at no point in the service any congestion of the mails which was not under control. A larger force than usual was put on this year to handle the Christmas mail in order that the capacity of the service could be tested in anticipa? tion of the establishment of the par? cels post, to be started January 1. The reports - made to Mr. Hitch? cock shows that the holiday mail was delivered early Christmas day and conditions were generally normal throughout the service on Christmas night. MARRIAGE LICENSE RECORD. Two Couples Married at Court House Thursday. Cupid seems to be very busy in and about the city. Each day a number of marriage licenses are issued to ? white and colored couples. The li? censes issued Thursday were: Mr. Philip If. Schlamp and Miss Ethel B. Hutcheson, of Henderson. Ky.; Mr. Walter Disher, Alcolu, and Miss Lizzie Jeffords, Brogdon; Mr. James B. Credle, Elizabeth City, N. J., and Miss Martha J. Elliott, Sum ta>r. Mr Disher and Miss Jeffords were married in the court house' by Clerk of Court L. L Parrott during the early part of the afternoon. Later on in the day Mr. Credle and Miss Elliott were married in the same place, Mr. Parrott again officiating. Licenses were issued to the follow? ing colored couples: Moreh Carolina. Columbia, and Janie Davis, Manches? ter; George Porter, Oswego, and Ma riah McLeod, Sumter. COLUMBIA BOY LOSES LIFE. Russell Griffin Killed When Shotgun Goes Off. Columbia, Dec. 27.?Russell Griffin, -v. i-.> Ot' aftv. . . - I J * -igf??r "??v afternoon when a shotgun which "he was holding was accidentally discharg? ed. The load t r ick him in the face. The accident occurred about a mile and a quarter south of the Columbia, Georgetown & New York Steamship line landing on the bank of the Con garee river. Young Griffin left his home on sot.th Marion street at 12 o'clock yes? terday in company with a friend, J. Howell, to go rabbit hunling About 4 o'clock their dog drove something to earth in a hollow. Howell gave Grif? fin his gun to hold while he got a stick with which to fetch out the game. Young Howell had hardly fin? ished cutting a switch when one of the two guns Gritlin was holding was discharged, the shot striking him on the right side of the face, with an up? ward range. How the gun was dis? charged Is not known. R. D. Walker, coroner of Riehland county, was notified and investigated the case. He found that the killing was accident's!. Cnl the High Cost of Living. *W. H. Chapman, Winnen ago, Neb., tells how he did it. "My two i hildren had a very bad cough and the doctor's medicines did them no good. 1 got a bottle of Foley's Hon? ey and Tar Compound, and before it was all used the children were free and cured of their cough. 1 saved a doctor's bill for one 25c bottle of Fo? ley's Honey and Tar Compound?" No opiates. Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. Fire Thursday Night. The hose wagons were called out about T O'clock Thursday night by an alarm of fire from the lower end of Purdy street. The lire was on the outskirts of the city and destroyed a four room negro dwelling house. A house next door caught, but the blaze was extinguished before any damage was done. In order to reach the fire more than one thousand feet of hose had to be stretched, only sufficient hose being on the wagons to furnish one line tO the lire. In sending in the alarm a most pe? culiar coincidence was noted. Two alarms were sent in for the fire < *A'ct* 1\ at the same time and the ;f|arm system, not being provided iyr SUC]X ises, rang SI, while ?t reagj? r<,^ 41> both numbers '.?eine wrong ?A mean stuffy cold, wltn hoarse wheel) breahing I* Just tho kind that runs Into bronchitis oc pneumonia. Don't trifle with such s vi,uls C(,iWK Hons but take Foley's Ho1)>y antl Tnr Compound promptls Snick and -d^^gsk ? ? It I mk mm