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t???WMIWIII IIIWMIIB??I I HI 1 l~M For any man to claim t 11 f :i siiti'i'o fi swallow it. If the fin grain what lie planted, merchant sells his gc the price he bought the and expenses. And we live bv our pre / t the public. Our price much bragged up belc Goods don't have to be of them. , OUR GOC t They pay us to handli don't liave to bribe on sales. Our Goods are We don't crowd you t you buy 'em. W. T. Be F. G. AUSTI . oo^oo^oo^oo^ooffoof o A r'lni. j "IOF GRIT. * \r^Y MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS. S CopyriahL 1900, by B. F. Fenn?<t Co. A .A?AAAno*400H004 ' "liy the everlasting jingo, this is t much! Quartermaster!'' cried the c: "s"I am Captain Wood, Mr. McFu heir.'' lain, and my friend ran In. "Cal couple of hands with a rope's en seize this chap down. It's not s let him range about the ship loos< flrst of nil hoist those papers < him. They're in tlie inner Before they could touch me I one step to the open porthole an a quick movement threw the par Into the sea. "You desperate ruffian! I'll hi Ship stopped, n boat lowered. Itu (he'bridge, quartermaster/' "They're heavy enough to sin tq|n Sherborne, long before yo get within a mile of them, and y do what you like now. My mlii fectly easy." "I shall confront you with t who owns those papers." "That be never did, nor will else now. But again I warn y careful. If you bring us face t there will be mischief done." "No, for 1 shnll have seized , made you so fast you won't b stir a linger or even look cro< I fine fellow." I "The boot's on the other leg The mischief will be done to tell you whatever happens w on you. I claim your protectic hold It at your peril." The skipper looked nonplt doubt he wns still inclined tc J ft {unaflp. but I spoke so q pollectedly that he was a lit In his first Impression. "Upon my soul I don't line . IT T l>?? V II | (IMMWWMW?W?WW?f?T^~* ll o ni iko money bv selling \ I 3 say it, ami simple to 1( a uer raided only grain for h lie would starve. If the i! >ods dollar for dollar at h in, lie is out in time, labor f e v B 1 dm I I Iff! \ 01 111 V fi : F I )fits, but we don't prey on ? % is actually lower than the t c >w cost of others. Good ' t sold below cost to get rid c c )DS I ^RE GOOD; 2 and you to buy. We ir buyers or sacrifice our offered at fairest prices. < 0 buy. Look at 'em and aty & Co.,; ELL, Manager. j p ri - oon. Wo 4 tl ^V,fea"<*<Svc bo's not. not ' 1 havo ,r t thl."-SV pnwcr touched < I ; ? bo an impostor, ask uiuj, ? proof bo can give us that be is the real ? Simon Pure. Can bo refer to any oik on board who will bear out this mon ^ strous assertion?" "That's a good idea, Bofflnge. Come, oo my man, what do you sny? Can you ip- ItV" "Easily if I choose. There are two indies who would bear me out. hut I would rather not bring them into it. i am engaged to be married to one ol them." J The captain grinned. This was rath f or against me?a fresh proof of lunacy "And a young fellow who Is pradi i cally In my employ, although one ol A Saraband's people" ? ' \ "The New York detective agency? t t- I've beard of them. ' "And he may not en re to have you i know who he Is." u "So that you can offer us no gt;a:a i A tees of your good faith, eh? Ktrik;* me you're In a sinking condition a: i I will soon be a complete wreck." sneer ed the captain. "The whale thing h iyj ugly?yonr loafing round where yoi shouldn't, your unlawful possession t tlje papers which you make away wit when tackled, your claiming nuotbi iifjUt'n man's name. 1 don't like It. and 1' 1 In a you w,mt ' mean to do with yoi 1 ^ keep you a close prisoner till we maL afe to ^ew ^ork. There you enu answer 1 But t*le Proper authorities. Meanwhile I' " . f stand the racket. I must look to tl ? name and credit of my ship." 'made "Where shall 1 he imprisoned?" . . . "In a spare cabin the purser will fli ' .u ' you. You shall have yeur meals a ce ? all attention, but you'll stay below i der lock and key until Uncle Sam sec n0 10 on board to fetch you after we " u,) ? alongside the wharf." r "1 protest and, as 1 have alret "J', sakl, will hold yog responsible. 3 " c<"!l<1 will be sorry"? ou inaj ^ this momeut an urgent mess 1 8 IK1 came down to the captaia from . . bridge. The officer of the watch e oss p0rted tijat iarge steamer that been overhauling the Chattahooi any one fnr lajjt fow jjOUra wa8 oow wi ou ? )0 signaling distance, to race, "gignals she wants to speak us, said the fourth otllcer, who brougb you first, inegSnge> "Can't make out her i e able to gjje>B ft new man-of-war c Dked, my Brjt|gb( nnd Mr. Aston says t must be steaming 23 knots an hou c?Ptn'n- "She's after those papers, Ca me, and Sherborne, unless I'm much mtsta 111 be laid l put ln wlth ft 1Ittle jaugb 0f sat ?n. W 1th- ^jon "Perhaps there will be soin on board who kuows me." used. No captnln glared at me, In t think me eyeB fen before my steady glanc< uletly and j cpuld read his thoughts plalnl tie shaken gfOW|Qg doubts, the fear that he b? all is tho wrong, the troubl ?w what to V - iilgiit conic upon liiut ii no tnmuseu in* rtthout clearer proof. Yet In: carried I with ft high hand to tlu* last. "I'll settle with you later, my line ellow, and handsomely. You shan't ilufT me." "If I might suggest, Captain Riserorne, your place Is on your bridge. I on't presume to teach you your duty, iut a man Is apt to forget it when he ijses his temper and his self control. Ve can square our little matter later. Iut 1 warn you against using any vloence. I may have friends in that ship stern"? I could see fresh rage gathering in ils face at my words, but lie restrained ilmsclf, and with no more than a paring oath and an order to cast me loose ic floundered cot of the cabin. I went on deck without further let or ilndrnnoc and took my situation by the ore companion. I was much interestd In what went on around. Every one Vas excited at the approach of this plcndkl warship. The rumor that she md some business with us had already un like wildfire around, and it was trengthened by the many colored fluterlng bunting with which she contautly signaled us. The cscitOBieu^ ncreased when orders wore glt&D to low down. Any change in a steamer's irogress always attracts attention op >oard, and our decks fore and aft were rnti'ilml with I rnnlil sh) hose of the first class talking vagefl? ogether, gesticulating and pointing to he warship. Many glasses were levelid at her, and I could gather that her nterfercnce with our voyage was not akeu in good part. In these days of ecord passages across the "ocean fory" the delay of even an hour is a scrims matter. Now the butcher of the Cliattalioo hee joined me where I stood, somevhat apart. lie was an acquaintance lirough Hoy, somewhat surly and 1111 ommunlcatlve, but I found him sudlenly quite garrulous and friendly. lie vas an old man-of-war's man, and his spirit was stirred at the sight of the vhitc ensign. "It's grand, yon. Grand to see that ron kettle, 1.1,000 tons' displacement, 'idlng triumphant like'a wee birdie on ;he surface of the niiclity waters. It neans man's conquest of nature, science and knowledge and above all duck. There's a siclit, my man! The inest and newest cruiser afloat?II. M. 3. Vlctrix"? "You know her, then?" "Aye, laddie. My own sister's third ;ousin is fourth engineer aboard, and I ivas all over her not a week syne when die lay In the Stdent. She wasundM >rde rs ? C h J u H v0' Mi'iMHffliB p>d" - ' wan, our shlpping^^ lowered a La?" k^OW' Soe' 8he haa under We're g^ilLJtfg o in pared ro her great bulk a^. it left lor aide; 'came'braxo\y along?- lifted >ver the long Atlantic swell by the well, :adenced stroke of 10 oars. In the stern was a "group of three, and as they got within range of my glasses I saw that one,was a uaval officer, nc doubt In comhiand of the boat, and twe other persons In plain clothes. One was my colleague In the intelli gence office, Swete Thornhlll, The otb er?yes, there was no mlstnklug thu rosy, scorbutic visage?the other wa Snuyzer, the detective. I decided the and there what I should do: I stf that It was possible by acting prompt to tell Swete Thornhlll all he knew ar yet preserve my lncoguito. So 1 all ped down Into the second saloon ai wrote him half a dozen words. ? ? o??x t]ie Dapcr8 an(j have thro Dear oncM? - them overboard. Don't let on about me m than necessary, but make the skipper bring I and Snuyzcr down here, forward, for a few wc private talk in my own cabin or anywhere oul earshot with others. I have strong reason still lying low. Yours, W. Woo I took this to the purser's cabiu c was lucky enough to find him th poring over Interminable and volu I nous accounts of victualing. They terested him far more than what i s going on above. II "You will oblige me by getting f Into the captain's hands at once, 1) said very peremptorily. "It is for r of the gentlemen who are now c 11 under our quarter in the inan-of-w a, boat." :e He took the letter and read its si to scription with some surprise, not tc 11 alarm. It was: "On her mnje ae service. To Major Swete Thornhll S. O., It. A., c. o. Captain Sherbori the S. S. Chattahoochee. Confide ad and most Immediate/' nd "Certalnlv sir." ??ij pursei in- Triioie manner suddenly changed ids then I returned to my post of obs 're tlon on deck to wait events. I saw ray friends come on boar idy naval lieutenant first, who raise fou hut to our captain as he received at the gangway, then Introduce I ?nmnninns. after which the who "K* toil the ty quickly nnd silently passed tr re- the crowd of passengers, who w< had ing to hear what It all meant, a :bee tered the captain's cabin, thin i had not long to wait for th act. Within a minute or two sir," hailed by the second cnbln si t the who told me a little abruptly, iium- knew no better, that 1 was wni ruls- the captain below, i she "Hallo, Master Willie," begai r." Thornhill after a brief shcklnj ptaln all round. "You've led us a ken," dance and no mistake. How ( isfac- chief did yon get here, nnd are e one tain about the papers?" "All that will keep, man. A it bis papers, ask Captain Sherbor a, and knows what became of them." y; the "I will not be a party to tlih might yon throw certain papers o e that which I still believe you stole" Wos4 will answer - ...... ' to the proper pc?Mptt, and so will you ns to any char;rc!?TPn bring." Interposi ed Swetc Thornhlll stiilly. "You can rely 011 that. We Khali proceed straight to Ncvr York nlicnd of you. and you shall he met by the British consul and oilier authorities**' "That is nil TSwihtCiUto say." 1 cried. "Oct there lirst "and set everything In * rim?you understand Mr. Snuyzer. I nm in hopes that, thft others do not know or have no more than suspicion of what has happened, and we should he able to arrest them on arrival." "We'll do our best, captain, you bet," said Stiuyzer, "and take them if the law will let us. Our Mr. Sidney Saraband will work it if it's to lie done. But If we save your property from , these sharks their only offense was j committed on British soil, aitd there i may be a nmss. Anyway it's plain we need not detain tliis line vessel"?lie bowed to the captain?"now things are pretty well llxcd. Tlie major here's satislied. You're safe, for which we may be truly thankful, if I may say so, 1 and there's nothing left to do till we j make the shore. Look out for us, cap- j tain". Some of us, I guess, will run out I tO-Mueet you in a special steamer just tlije Sandy Hook." .gain wb shook hands all round, and romised them, the captain included, o was now very much on his good Delia vUaw the best dinner to lie had for uianfjr in New York. The Vlctrix would be there if ail went well In some 30 hours more, the Chattahoochee in -18 to TSO, and these figures proved to he pretty correct in the issue. I made no change in my arrangements for the rest of the voyage, but kept to my own part of the ship except in the evening hours, which I spent in blissful tete-a-tete with Frldn. What passed between us is no concern cf any but ourselves. We passed Sandy Hook in the forenoon of Sunday, and it was understood that we should he alongside the wharf by 2 or at latest 3 p. m. Already there was a great flutter among the passengers, those of the saloon in particular, and symptoms of coming change. Tlicy I appeared in llieir smartest clothes, coming out with extraordinary splendor, as though for a fete or garden party?new costumes, new hats, much jewelry. 1 heard, too, curious expressions bandied freely about?"dutiable," "what to declare," and so forth, ntul 1 was told that the customs examination was greatly dreaded by almost all. I The excitement grew intense when a small steamer was sighted bearing i dOC*1 on us at full speed, and some I fed, "The customs boat," as she ran ilgslde, and we were quickly hoard > / ft great crowd. I . thought the Krncss of thepe American officials Iv remarkable and in strong contrast lh our sloJT Roving, dlgnllleil enspi houseu^fcyilc. Hut I sodn saw my Istake -Al these new Arrivals ran. ced inowg, to the hqrricnne deck, frW"? and'patching at ? and ^doi.>a - ^ coEne to Interview the wfonjfr lUfln* I fiitood aloof, watqJlHMf .and Tilghly i anxuscd, knowing .^hat ^icii fSnujzoi apteaicd the Aflbl*ft > tu Jffetfjpn the consplrikqa|H^fia<t no > doubt planned all this UjfcnbWln ndvapice. Now my double,'the false-\\ II. llagjl Wood, stepped forward and begaD rT* St* Bhee('h' evidently carefully pre % iNheard the oponitfjf'Henteuccs as 1 ih went aft, determined to end this nudn W clous farce. Rossiter saw me cominj lv and would have stopped me. but 1(1 pushed past and. getting In front of tb d- assembled mob, cried: 1(j "This Is all a mistake. I am Captai Wood"? 1 was interrupted with Jeers and lou yells, and some one said. "Throw hli orc * ? -- -? priori "Orde you overboard!" aim uiu?c , ,r^? order!" "Chair, chair!" on which rose L(?r louder cry: "Back to the tug! We' d. carry him right ashore." There was ?0, r, bis nuW9mna hours I spent in m^sjul " *"*? luitli Frlda. , and f. r tervn- general movement to the ship's headed by n couple of reporters d, the had the "other" Wood by each d his and behind in the crowd won I them Duke of Tlerra Segrada. ?d his 1 sow at once what bad happ le par- My brusque and unexpected appai )rough had no doubt shown the nearne ;re dy- danger, and the conspirators wer nd en- ing to make a run fob it Thej ceeded. too. for although I beggi io next officers, the captain, the custom I was cers, any one and e\ ery one. to < :eward, the tug she presently steamed off but he direction of New York, ritod by And tlint. I may say at once, w end of it so far as I know. Si 1 Swetc rome presently in another stenu X hands lonipanied by his principal, Mr. i pretty tnraband. a most gentlemanly the mis- and with him was the United you cer- marshal. When they hArd of cape of the conspirators, they iS to the back to New York, but for the i ne. He were unable to come upon the ( the fugitives. Snuyzcr Is still I i. I saw and as his employers linve put verboard cluslvely upon this business I ? doubt that some day he will 1 for that intaraatiu* gtory to tall of their - i \ i ?i??? i i i i himx. t.i. " orccssscccscwssssrcssswo ' | If a Wom| O O %? wants to put out a fire she doesn't (| JJJ heap on oil and wood. She throws ? J < * on water.k-io v ng that w&terqusnches ! t? fire. V7re? a woman v/ar.t10 got it ; 4* well from diseases peculiar to her sex. ?j J' she should not add fuel to the fire ^ | <> already burning her life away. She ? j I *5 should not take worthless drugs and ? ' potions composed cf harmful naicot- ^ j it ics and opiates. They do not check it i the disease?they do not cure it?they V j simply add fuel to the fire. a Braefield's Female X* I Regulator should be JJ ?? taken by every woman ^ 1 f> ?*y\ or ?ir' who has the 0 ! j| J ; li ghtest suspicion of J? i }r > -a any of the ait- 5Z }? </?nnHg&:'&.?mints which af- J? 1 . f 1 i c t wo m c n . 52 s 'I'hey will simply X *" : '?'g%.^TXA l>c -v line ti.no !{ C 3^??ra? * until ihcy take it. X Th<* K.-JtlatorU ft i SSrT-- <%-. wjlv a purifying. 25 'l - -.-v <*28*/ sire ik t iii'n i n u X . 5Sv-" * - - tonic, winch Kcts a ! I?5-*"" ~? ".? at the roots of the 25 l K-.-j disease.met cures ?{ ' Jb~ ttie cause, it does not drug 25 i the pain, it c:adicatcs it. 25 it st< |>k failing of the womb, 25 1 i leui i iiliea, inflammation 25 KjT ?:{?' ? and i eriodlcai suft'erinip, ir- 25 ?f'Jj ? rcgu'iir, iser.r.ty or painful 25 WKt'-'S,.1. mens" ruation; r.nd by doing 25 dsfe-i 'vl i all t'.'s drives away the 25 l hum:: id and one aches and 25 Kd ' A r pains which drain health 25 1 and beauty, happiness and 25 '1 good temper from many a 25 woman's fife. It is the one 2) i remedy above all others . v.-nrc": rverj ct-ouUl Ji a know about and use. ft ? Sl.OO per l.ottla 4? 1 mm at any drag store. O j i-ttyv Send for our free O 0\>p-_',5.illustrated hook. O \"<V^ T't - ex? itf.u 4% 1 nc jjrauiici<j , t <^.e9u^or C?' o 1 Atlanta, Ga. *> ? ZG2SOG3SCGZ2GO \ and capture. The crilnr.o had boon 11 aba: ih?:<?l. I at \.o ;.w: il her too much c gratitude to tved ;<> .?; i- tor fore with r her. 1 gladly i'.;, t? J. Missis. Sara- t bands' charges nr. 1 have placed myself c entirely under flit!;* p.-? ; ctluii. t For the rest it i ; cm ugh to say tluu as soon as po: slblo at r landing I married l'rida. Kwete 'l it rnhill belli.? j my best man, Siuiyr.er and .Toe Vialls most honored guests at the wedding. No one, Mrs. Fairholnie most cf all, wished to brave the risks cf another J Atlantic voyage, so we settled down j for the summer and autumn in a charming Newport "cottage." TUE END. Down they brought Willie Trehalion and lashed him to the etake. Do You Like / A Story of Adventure? I Then don't fad to read^ the excit ; ing serial which wo nave , I ohased and which will be begun in p these columns soon. It is entitled ' John Topp, " Pirate a " By Weatherby Chesney n and Alick Munro fr From the first to the last chapte it is full of action and incident The heroes have all kinds of ex periences at sea and on lam They overcome great obstacle and survive peculiar hardjhips. Look Out for the First Chaptei Advertise In Vonr Paper. , No paper could live oil the nion< **" paid for it by subscribers. It giv them more than it gets from them, j pays editors, reporters, correspouden printers, pressmen, paper makers, ir makers, landlord, coal ,*? vA-rs, a lllHKt-l S, Civ., ....... MS SlmVC'liiX trta- pay it. It expects to cover Its ex pen; partly by selling Its advertising spa side if ntly persous want to use the pi who Helty that the paper has for sale .1 arm, ou which it depends in a measure t^c Its living, subscribers or not subsc! ers, justice and business principles ened. quire them to pay for it. After giv fit ion subscribers more than their inon ss of worth It could not also give them L> try- advertising. If its publicity is w ' sl,c* having, It's worth paying for.?We d the Bouquet. s olll detain The ^ ,nt. In the Originally the common or dom goat was a native of the hlghlam as the Asia. Naturalists generally rcga * fiviin an at nuyzer I as having uesc I'UUtu ? acr ac- found In the Caucasus mountain! Sidney the hill country of Persia, call person, the Persian language the pesnng. States Among the Greeks and the lt< the or- the goat was sacrificed to Baeeh hurried cause of Its tendency to injure noincr.t vines by eating the young tendrl rack ( f leaves. All the species cf goa hopeful, natives of the old world. The him ex- mountain goat, so called, of do not America really belongs to the bj have an family. ourauit r gj; si; rat, news notes. It h .x thousand j 'i.'c1 that Senator DaV.s ciuti it he in Ojitgrois tlita win!c;\ He :? c ue I' ihe t-w Kepublii'.ii!? ihul cciiit ii'iid iiiHuf.iHy for au Ain-'tiCia ^ii-U'diigi.tv i Canal, not li j'Ci 11 tie <t<<u;ii.ati"ii of Great Rn.uiu, nor !cH unprotected Iroui fnU-.io |h j-.-.b ft u treta by her iloel. How to Cure Croup. Mr. II Gr.y, who livo3 near Amelia Duchr* county. N. Y , eaya "Chantjerlai'.'s C u.>h Remedy is the biat leiuiue i toivii ?vcr used It i? a iue n's ion c 1/ ior croup and jevir ii.ilr ?i> r-iui " \vt???. ? - v f nuii t vii as loon at J he e :ild besom a hoarse, or svea aftt-r ihe croupy cough has dcrelopr.i, it will prevent the attack. L'hia Jrli ??i?i ho hi rue in mine and a K>ltle of the Cough Remedy kept at laud rm for i:o:taut use aa soon aa hese symptoms appear. For sale by \ C. J)uLc l)rug:st. Oiiii I'aul is n'ill unreconstructed, in Weldi at Marseilles brand the V'itish lio ttiut lie baa fled from tho .Vausvaal for Ids own s-ke, and show hat I o has gone to Furope on a mision, us ..as been steadily claimed by lie JLiotr repressu?.<*<< ? vo UUiVmJ* Among the fens of thousands who >avo used Chamherlin's Cough Remdy for colli? ai d la grippe duriug he past lew yean, io our knowledge, ot a single case has resulted iu pueunonia. Thos. Whitfield & Co., 240 Vabash avenue, Chicago, oi.e of the uosl prominent retail druggist in that ity, ti; speaking of this, says: "Wo ecoimtiend Chamberlin's Cough Remdy for i"a grippe iu many ca=es, as it iot only gives prompt auii complete iinn rlV lin 1. ii laii f. hi ii 1 ar?(<l a nnxr endcncy of la grippe to result in jueumonia." For tale by F. C. Duke D/uggiat. ^Chairman Jouts auuounces that Ltli.Dryau will refcss to ruu next :<rue even if the nomination ia tenlC ' Liin. 'Ihia is just about ivuat most Democrats would expect rom a man cf Mr. Bryan's high J.ia racier. Ilis struggle has been in lo wise personal", hut entirely for the jake of the great principles for which i?e stood. If some other Democrat nam!? a better chance of winning, Mr. D:yuu v.iil bo tlie first man to Btaud bjck iu his favor. - p'uater. tVlien troubled with lame back or pains iti the eide or chest, give it a trial and you are certain to Le more than pleased with the prompt ic'iifci which it affords. Pain Balm also cures rheuncntism. One application gives relitf. For sale by F. C. Duke Druggist. It ile gold Democrats really hope for the "reorganization" of the Democratic party, they are hereby advised to keep Dicfeineon, Morton, Whitney, Hewitt and other traitcrs in the back ground. OdoraTo intends to proeecute the men who burned that negro at the . t^ke. Southern Slates have also |?r. socuted lynchers, but the trouoie is that juries will not convict. The chances are (hat the ?arue thing will prove true in Colorado. t f Tlio report of the Commissioner of . Navigation shows that the ship build I ing industry of the United States ,g is more prcsperous than it has been since the civil war. The ship yards are crowded to their utmost capacity ^ and many orders have been refused because the docks do not furnish facilities for building them. Yet, he clamors for encouragement for the os "infant" American merchant marine. It Is I imperfect skin j ub: | is always caused by 2 for E bad blood. Remove the 2 rii>- iC cause I Improve your 2 10 C blood. How? By tak- 2 (y s ? ing the blood purifier , free | that has stood the test , ouy E r thirty years i | Joljnstoifs ttoaparilla i ll II ; ^ limaljf QUART buiim. 4 :,"t' P It has thousands of 1 1(1 i,: P happy friends. Quart 1 minus P Bottles sell every- 1 us bo- i where at $i. 1 grape- m "thb micmioan druo company." i Is and C Detroit, Mtch. ^ ts are P LlrmrottM for Llvor UU, l"m,,nrr Kooky P Th? P^nea* Little Lm Hfe North ^ M?iop? jk-oR SALE BY DK F. C. DUKE, UNION, S. C. i. , . ? , mJ*