The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, December 14, 1900, Image 3

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For any man to claim at a loss, it's simple swallow it. If the fa grain what lie planted, merchant sells his c the price he bought th and expenses. we m And we live by our pi the public. Our price much bragged up be! Goods don't have to b< of them. OUR GOC i . They pay us to handl don't have to bribe o c.ilou Our a nn We don't crowd you 1 you buy 'em. W. T. Be F. G. AUST rnryyyrnrn: II JOHN TO] K?~:?i ^ By Weathcrby ci OOPYniOnT, 1900, DY Wr.AT X LLLUbTllATIO W> X, V ?, ? chatteii r. *'lIo, ho, John Toppi" said tha be b' "You daren't tacklo hliu. that's w it Is. The stranger tan thrash y and you know it." Now. I knew nothing of the sort, a In fact, rather fancied that I co i.. tlirnsh Alexander Ireland as easily i . 1 had every other boy in Whitby. '* the others were jealous of my prowi and therefore egged ino on to tat tlie stranger in the hope that he mi prove too smart for inc. For thus tl broken noses and lost teeth would avenged. I was at that time a bull tied squarely built young lout of 15, i Alec was red haired, slender and wl an<) about six months my senior. tl. WJ.itl.V .1 AVOW IIIU IICBl Uglllkl lu < V | Dan Asqulth, the squint eyed butel) boy, said so?and I had a reputatlor lose; Alee was a newcomer to the tc and had none. ' "Come on, carrotty head!" I cr stung at lost into action l>y the J< which I affected to despise. "They me you are a good lighter; let us which of us two is to be cock." But the stranger kept his hands his pockets. "Why should I light?" he as gravely. "I haven't quarreled v you." "Afraid?" said I contemptuoii "Right! Hay I can beat you, and shan't have your thrashing." "No," he replied steadily, "I ntn afrnid of you, but i don't choos< fight for nothing." -II ff T rtnl,l no I Al! "inw h an umg, i nil it* un a ti up to blui. "You've cither got to f or acknowledge you're afraid," ai gave him a shove-with r.iy shouldc "All right then; I'll light." ' And without more words we strli and net to. For an hour and a half by the chi clock the fight went on, each of us gedly determined to come up to mark so long as his trembling k; would support him. At last the end came, nud it was land who eveqtually struck the kn out blow. How muny rounds we foi I do not know, but at last I felt unless I could finish him off qui 'I should not *be able to toe the G the next time the umpire called t So. summoning up all of my fa * .* ) to m vkj money by selling to say it, and s'niple to iner raided only grain for lin wmil/1 cfsirvn TP tilo I **v ? ? V/ it i VI UVVt 1 V V V?? vy ;oods dollar for dollar at em, he is out in time, labor rn LIVE ofits, but we don't prey on i is actually lower than the low cost of others. Good 2 sold below cost to get rid DDS HRE GOOD le and yon to buy. We ur buyers or sacrifice our b offered at fairest prices, to buy. Look at 'em and aty & Co., ELL, Manager. *X|^ */^ ?4^ fc4^ * */^ PP, PIRATE If |K>*-*-g e*? ?n? * lesney and Alick Munro. : I ~ -? in " *%* IIEIIBY CnESNHY AND ALICK MCNIIO. || N8 DY II. C. COULTAS. I X - v?" " > /- ? " <?-- *?.r?C.?C. ?L* I energies for one last slashing mow >ys. | that would make me the victor nud hat him Insensible, I rushed at lilr.i like a on. mad cart horse. lie did nut tilneh. hut stood his ground waiting for roe. n l Dodging Uiy blow, he sriaed my I "ft jj hand with his light, decked his head 1 1 trader my nrtn. whipped his other hand a's between uiy legs and before any one ^,u< eouhl tell exactly what laid happened L|s3, I bml Slown over bis bead ami wasrule iy|Ug 011 the ground with ail the wind knocked cut of nie like corn out of a lt>'1 burst big. It was ail done la leas ',e than a couple of seconds, and. as 1 had fallen on my bead. I lay quiet enough ted. "Alec Ireland." I sab? when 1 bad re 111 covered. "I own you have given me a Iry. thorough drubbing. Will you shako I hands'/" l'f?n KV? 1,^. nnl 1 V..n <lw> Knot ? * ? i>u, UU, lit* OiUVi. iiiUI lUf Ktv?i P1''s of It but for the last fall, and If it 1 to hadn't boon for that south country ?wn trick by which 1 lifted you over my shoulder I should have hud to knuckle led, under to you." ?prs Such was the beginning of my friendtell ! ship with Alexander Ireland. On that see I very night we took together the solI einn sailors' oath, by which we became 1 lu i sworn shipmates for life, and to thh , day we have neither of us broken it. ked I My new friend and I quickly found v'(th I that wc had a great deal In couiinon The perils and pleasures of the set isly- ' had always had an enthralling fasclna y?u tion for me, and when I discovered tha : Alec shared my passion for salt'watei not : mTT nt-ovliiiislv vnfftm Innirlnira honnmi i to suddenly crystallized Into a dcflnlti purpose?I would be a sailor. Conse lf?etl quently It Boon became the grcates lght enjoyment of my leisure time to sit ii *d ' the dark little parlor of the Angel an< >r- listen to the tales of the old seamei who frequented It?tales of the grea >ped captains they had known and S8lle< under, who, caring as little for th< iirch violence of the tropical hurricane a dog- for the Ice grip of the cold north, ha< the | braved the storms of unknown ocean uees in their stout little ships and ba< brought back from every clime It Ire- choicest treasures to lay them at th ock- feet of our sovereign lady, good Queei ught Bess. that There was, however, one thing, an okly that no small one, over which Alec an nark j very nearly quarreled. And whs Jme.- should that lie if not a woman? For ! iling is woman's bright amila and coyl drooping eye which shatter hitt th rrtemtstitps nt man with man. even when the longed for down lias hardly yet appeared on the upper hp and the i razor Is still a joy to be gloat* d over in secret. Inez was her name, and she was the daughter of I>on Miguel, a Spanish ' gentleman who had for a reason which I did not then know taken up his residence In Whitby. 1 had known her since she was a child of 10 and had never thought of her more than of nny other girl in Whitby until one day 4 ebanced to sec her in the street with n new gown on. It was a wonderful gown?the skirt of it was slashed and puffed out to the size of a 40 gallon cask?ami as i looked and marveled it suddenly struck me that the laughing face above it was the most bewitching 1 had ev : ei\?n. Perhaps it was the fin0 dress that did it, and perhaps it was the ptvtly mouth that smiled and wisl'.e 1 r.:o a "g jo J day." I am not quite sure which it was, but the next time I met her in the lane near her fatlu-r's house I asked her to be my sweetheart. Alter a tew blushes and a fev.- kisses she snld she would, and I was the proudest lad in Whitby. . Alec, however, was not pleased at my success, and very soon he tcld me so. "Jack," he said, "I didn't think my sworn shipmate would prove a traitor." "A traitor!" I exclaimed. "It's a hard word, and I don't know what 1 have done to deserve it. IIow am I a traitor?" "She is a Spaniard, Jack. The Spaniards are the queen's enemies, and you and I have said we meant to Oglit for the queen." "Inez Is no one's enemy." "But her father, Don Miguel, Is a Spaniard." "Yes; I suppose he is. Is that all you have to accuse him of?" I asked, somewhat nettled at his persistence. "Isn't it enough? I tell you that every Spaniard Is an enemy to England and Queen Bess, and since my father, Captain Ilarry Ireland, was murdered by the Spaniards every Spaniard Is an UUL'Ui^ IU III*.. "And shall be to me, too," 1 said as 1 gripped his hand. "But I don't see that the rule applies to the daughters." "Spanish daughters become Spanish mothers, Jnck." "Not when they marry Englishmen." "Do you mean to marry Inez, then?" he said, looking at me earnestly. "Yes; when 1 am old enough, If she will have me." "No fear of her refusing a stout Englishman! Well, if that is so I will say no more, although I admit I don't like it" But, although Alee agreed to let me have my way, I could see that ho was displeased at what I was doing, and his displeasure at flrst angered and then grieved me. "Alec," I said to him one day. "I'm going to see Inez tonight. Will you ~ "Do you really want me to go?" "Yes, Alec, I do." "Will her father be there?" "No. We never see him in the evening." I "Thon if vnn orn sum nf thflt. I will go. But have you never guessed, Jack, why It is that you never see Don Miguel in the evening?" "Because he is busy in his workshop." "At what sort of work?" "How should I know? I never asked him." "I will tell you. He is an alchemist." "What?" I cried. "Are you sure of that, Alec? Alchemy! Why, it's the devil's own trade." "So they say. But to me it seems that if the devil had any flavor for the work, alchemists would be richer than they are. It's an ill trade, though, at best and not the one I should choose for my comrade's father-in-law." This news of Alec's troubled rate, for, though he declared that the devil could have no share in such profitless toll, I was the proudest lad in Whitby. ! yet I had always been told that evm; ) alchemist had sold h I nisei t' to satar and 1 more than half believed it. S til I I argued that Inez was not to be b'i?n ed for her father's sins, and in the en i Alee agreed with nie. After that night I never had an t uiore disagreement with him on tl r subject of my lcvemaklug. Inez fair) - laughed and sang herself into his poo 9 graces. - She had the sweetest vole e - ever heard, and as she sat in a count t by the fire and sang ua quaint lhtt i sea songs that her nursfj, Ann Oan.*fl 1 had taught her I wondered whet hi 1 the mermaidens that the old sallora < t the Angel spoke of were one-half i I sweet and pretty as my own lit*1 9 Spanish sweetlieor t. a "Why, Jack," s'jid Alec as we walks II home from her bouse, "she Is hardly 8 Spaniard at a>.i, except for her blar a hair and eyCj. No Whitby girl con) 8 have sung those English sen sonj e with a prer tier accent thnn she did." D "No Whitby girl could have mil them ha/.f so well," I answered wari ? ly, "an/j, as for her being English, h nurse, has seen to that. Dame Garr hater, Spain almost as much as you t and she won'tf allow Inez to speak M wf,rd of Spanish in her hearing." V "WaHn she's a sw?tsirtalu M I'm glad ct It for your sake. It's a i inly, though, that her father Is :i lr.nl." , 1 said iv.'thisig In roiily to this, for, U tell the truth, I was not much in ore li: love with the stilly I>c.:i Miguel thai T.as Alee. Ily anil by. as \.o walked | Alec began to htnii a tuna. a:. I Hiker :: nuui i mite uc snug me wor.is loo. 11 was the? lust soug Inez hud sung to us and 1 remember the chorus went like this: Then, ah. for the cru -1 creeping waves, With their rlay cold lips of spray; but. hi. for the merry duncim; waves That with the sunbeams play! "Take care. Alee!" I said, with u laugh. "You'll be falling lu love wltl Inez yourself." "No. no, Jack; I like her, It Is true but I'll never he a rival to my sworn shipmate." Nevertheless when 1 said "Gooc night" to him and turned in at my fa titer's gate I heard him go singing down the road, and the words thai caine floating up the breeze to tut sounded suspiciously familiar. It seem ed to ine that what he sang was: Hi, for the merry dancing waves! Ami the tune, at any rate, was tlu same. CHATTEIl II. Before Aloe's arrival on the scone 1 grieve to say that besides being one oi wu (luuwo in iiiu bciiuui i was also, so the master said, the mos1 troublesome young scapegrace lie evei had the misfortune to cane, lie toh my father that he could uot. conscien tlously take any blame to himself foi my deplorable ignorance and doprav ity, as he would warrant that there was scarcely a square inch of my un gainly carcass that his ferule or bird broom had not scored. I was lunatelj wicked, he declared, and my poor fa tlier groaned and said ho feared the schoolmaster was right. There was really some justificatioi for this belief of my father's, for al my ten brothers (I was the youngest oi 11) were either doing well or givinj promise of it, and I was the only om who had ever given my worthy patents the least trouble. The other! were mostly parsons, or on the way t< become parsons; so, as my father, too was in the church, there was plenty o piety in the family, but I am ver: much afraid that the collective good uess of all my relatives was more thai balanced by my Individual depravity I have heard my mother say?aud i has never occurred to ine to doubt itthat the first use I made of my leg after I learned the art of loeoinotioi was to walk straight into a scrape. I is a habit I have not dropped with in crease of years. Now, however, I had for the firs time a companion who, like myself, np peared to be happiest when in trouble and for the next two years Alec and continued to live in a state of Intermil rebellion with those in nuthm-itj and flie pui'S'lM'iffVt W into hot water. Now it would be i scuffle with his lordship's meu for snai ing his lordship's grouse, now a braw in a tavern and now, again, a threat o severe punishment for scaring half tli town with n turnip lantern on a dar winter's uight. Once we went off fc a whole week and lived like conic among the hills, and on another occi siou we hid ourselves in a ship's hoi and sailed down to Scarboro in h< and then tramped the whole way bac over the moors on foot. Adventures like these cemented 01 friendship and taught us to be quic and ready in emergencies, but they di not tend to increase our popularit with those in authority, and to such r extent did our ill repute spread tin when anything went wrong or any e> was committed of which the perpetr tors were not at once discovered evei finger pointed to Alexander Irelai and John Topp as the culprits. An truth to tell, these judicial digits d ' not often point askew. ' Alec, indeed, pursued his studi with some amount of diligence; but for me the perpetual war which waged with the schoolmnster was f too bitter to admit of my profiting j Ids efforts to instruct me. 1 lncreas< i therefore, in very little except statu but in that I bid fair to be pre-emine in Whitby. My eventual sudden departure fr< the town was caused by the unexpe ed boiling over of a pan of water, a this is how it came about: I had gone to see my sweetnei Inez, and Alec had, as usual, acco panied me. He still took great pie ure in the sea songs she used to s: to us, and, besides, his presence wa ! help to our lovemaking, a? he was ways willing to converse with Da Garrat and so divert her attent from Inez to me when we happened P wish to speak of anything of an es ( daily private nature. We had a i I* arranged system of signnls by whle ' could always let him know wliei j wanted him to talk louder than usi and, to tell the truth, our kuowledg* , the code was in no danger of grow e rusty from want of use. On this particular night, howc |(j the conversation had been of ot , times and places than our own. j j. had been discussing the marvel r wealth of the new world, and Alec j I had fought n wordy battle about ^ relative merits of glory and gold. was all for glory, and I was for j g() first and glory only as an afterthoi jt, when the gold wflb safe below hate "Jack," snid Inez to me when i j and I had. In our despair of conver one another, come to a eontrovei j. deadlock, "there are other ways making gold than by fighting for It "Yes, sweetheart, I know there ji I answered, "but you would not I me to become a smug faced merclin * "No, but there are other ways stl "How?" . "By alchemy." j. "The devil's work!" I cried. "My father's work. Jack," re| Inez gravely. Ig 4 "Yes. sweetheart, and I wish it 1 1 Every woman in the country ] ought to know about meter's MtM | Those# who do know about it E wonder how they ever got along I without it. It has robbed child- I birth of its terrors for many a young wife. It has preserved her I gir'.i>.i ;iiro and saved her much suffering. It is an external lini iucut i'ttti Tames wiiil it tnerctore, t absolutely no danger of upsetting ? the system as drugs taken internally are apt to do. It i; to ho rubbed into the abdomen to soften and strengthen the mr ies which , are to hear the strain. This means much less pain. It also prevents jg morning sickness and all of the I other discomforts of pregnancy. I A druggist of Macon, Ga., says: 0 ' " I have sold a large quantity of ' Mother's Friend and have never R I known an instance where it has I] t failed to produce the good results [I f claimed for it." n I b A prominent lady of Lam- [1 B bertou, Ark., writes: " With my f] j* first six children 1 was in labor H R from 24 to 30 hours. After using Q g Mother's Friend, my seventh was H - H born in 4 hours." R Get MnUirv's Kilciirt nttludaiff 8 1 p Klote, tStt.OO 1 er liuttlo. ?? J M IIIl CO. g n Writ* for our f'cc i::i. r-alp "LEFCna BAJ'.Y M 1 I net," I L'gr.u v. ". i A!, c Interrupted f mo. ; i.:v 1. ; . c ? fool. How i can tlio devil : ave , :<> do with It? Tiio t.ado's enough, 3 though it doesn't seem t.> 1 e very piof> Itablo to 11.< professors? a sure sign, by i, the way, that it's an honest one." f "Jack," .said Inez, "will you see for p yourself?" "Visit Don Miguel at his work?" :i "Yes." "Not I!" I said, with a shudder. "I t should expect to bo enchanted. Alec, however, chaffed mo for my s superstitious fears and said that liotii'i ing would please hint better than to I see how the work was done. Now, to be failed a coward in the hearing of my sweetheart was naturally more t than I could stand, so I told Alee I >* would go with him. - Inez said there was a window in tin I pantry from which we could see Don Miguel's laboratory without his knowr lug tiiat nny one was watching him. ?>c ^ fflf fft/i ftoivy' aouse'1 VAsUJier-O- .Aler^wa.' a but, tliougli I tried to conceal my fears I was horribly afraid that sonic unholy 1 sight would meet my eyes. From my f cradle I have been taught that it is nlc ways safest to shun the devil and lib k works, and 1 believe it to be a tlior ,r oughly good rule. '8 Don Miguel's laboratory was a fear t" some place. There were rows upox ^ rows of retorts and llasks of varioui ir quaint shapes, shelves with big, dusty k learned looking books on them, case of bottles containing tinctures of vnrl ir oils colors, hotli dull and brlglit; char 'k coal furnaces, and steaming vats o ld bubbling liquids. The floor was mark ty ed out into arcs, circles, triangles am in every sort of uncanny geometrical tig Ul lire, and one corner of the room wn " entirely tilled by u large blast furnaci a* over which Don Miguel was leaning ry Intently watching some substance tha 1(* was hissing and gurgling In an enrtl enware crucible. There was no light In the room e? cept that which the glow of the fui 03 nacc gave, and as at each blast It burr 113 ed up brightly and shone for a monior on the pale, eager face of the alchemi! and then died away In a gloom agal ^ which by contrast was almost darl ' ness I thought I had never gazed upc re' such an unholy scene. As we watched we saw that a crl leal point in the process had evident >?1 been reached. The Spaniard was tret " bling and muttering as he peered in the crucible whenever the dragon breath of the furnace gave him ligl and, though we could not hear what 1 m" said, it was perfectly clenr that he wi as~ wildly excited?unless, perhaps, it w ^ the working of madness that we saw 3 * By and by bo seemed to see the sij for which lie was looking. With a lc I110 cry of delight, more like the yapping ?n a dog than any tiling else, lie stopp the furnace blast and lit a ruslilig '^e" candle. Then lie took tiro crucll >re" from the (lames and p. on red the cc 1 tents into another vessel. 1 For four or five u fv.utes he held up to the light, and during all tl i 0 time, as he watched the silent woi ings of Ills hell broth in tin? vessel never once raw ids eyelids blink. Tli V"' he gave a wild, unearthly yell of i light, which made i .y very nam 0 run cold, as though a tub of water h 0,13 been thrown over me. and as his < n" cited utterance became louder wecoi now hear what he said: r "It turns! It turns! The color? ?0 1 lovely blood red color! See how i rises, red sliowlng through the gre ,1.c8' Success has come to mc at last, and oc morrow 1 shall have gold! Ha, ha, ha, La! (iold, gold, cold!" "siai , 0f [TO ill! CONTINUED. 1 ft ______ ire," Trulh Will Ont. iave Mrs. Placid?You say that your I nt?" band and yourself occupy differ ill." apartments? Mrs. Acid?Yes. Mrs. Placid?Wblcli side of the be does he occupy? >lted Mrs. Acid?The outside principal! Richmond Dispatch. (v0re t ,v . . Kit- _ ' ' *. !!'** -.? ] <;.; si; ;;.i r4 .v/r u s .\o r/^s. ri. > Si ' I i i liin-ctors of the i i?- c ?r '*'O'l iht-ir pur* .v i t ;- )< ihal a Urgcr j , ! ,?'j i .1 !".* ? hct !i bought ..itv. r ..oil ti.o hi.iti.ry ot the i i . '. t i I'm i.jjj rt^bli* iHero r. . (I ' > b ?*r.-?la of whia* , 11 >, v e, a I nearly unequal am ui.t <. 1 ca.-o g Ho;? C > ( t:ro Croup. Mr It Gr\y, who Jive* near Amo: i.? I)tiJ.ebc; natv, N. V , says "Chain* he: I ill's C> n :*> It *rredy in the heat '! i'l iue I l.avr ? V? c uc-eil It is a f.ne ;'.r; n's reineily fir coup aid t.tvt r to cure." When given ss a on us :'..o o. \i buconi s hoarse, or oven fcfi. i :lij i up;, cough has de? vj!oj>. t!, :i \\i.i prevent the attack. I Tl,-o t!... Ill o bu-'ui i iic ix-rue hi inino and a bottle of i- > O njb Rinxd/ kept at but: 1 k.i iy far i slant use as soon an these iiijitoiiis appoar. F.?r sale by F. C. iJiiivC Di'Ug sb The 31 pu n'iea isateblowly waking up to 'hp lacl that tlioy do not own the entire eattli. The Southern reduc:i<u icl.cnii vc..t by the board ' bii-g .-i , the ib i> subsidy bill id tot1tsring on l l.o verge uud practically : certain to g > over and now Secretary ! Uoot'a atniy rt-ji n>u;e:;d ition are finding the pro.-p.ci ahead for them biue as indigo. ? ? Among the lens of thousands who Iiryj iit,:d C'ban.berlin'd Cough R ml ij.Sy for coidj u. d la grippe during the past low yoari>. to our knowledge, not a single ensa lias ' ' suited in pneumonia. 'l'l.oi. V bitfield & Co., 240 W'aba-.li uveuuf, Chicago, o? e of the an 8t { r< mir.er.t retail drur??inifi?. n.-? , /1I%, ;i% ? . 4, , . CO ?|?u l?ftL | ci v, speaking ct thi-, fcaj.?;y rt.C; *' ' -L"- berJi.j'a Cough Remedy tor !h grippe in maUy caees, as it m>l only gives prompt and complete r;c??v<ly, hul a's. cuuteracts any ieouiiKY (I in grippo t> reHiilt in pneumonia." For rale by F. C. Duke Druggist. Ti o Po.mbiicaud ure clhiuairg th^t v. ct AlcKiu'ej in the election -:'::vs country is iu favor of the ehip fcubti ly bill. In favor of it ! ?when the bi 1 wjs laid a?iie last ?( bcc8U83 :t was feared tbat in8'sltncc ' u it might defeat [the party. The Beat Piaster. i A pi.-.co of flwnel dampened with auil OOUllrt > ioJkbo.v tl-vKii. ?" rf<fc jfc ^.v^-nvtin ; ac!v or pains in I ho tide or cbe9t, give it a triul and you are certain to he more than pfoas-ed with the prompt . ;e!i? ! which itaftbrd?. Pain Balm also cures rheumatism. One application civrs relief. For sa^e by F. C. Duke - Druggist. ' The Riot ain.y i ill4 prrpcees to !" create an arnry i f fifty thousand men, s which the President is to ha v.. power - to increase to or.o,huundred thcusand - in lime, i.f profound peace, in case the f liuMa should need [the"extra men to ' -upprced a strike or something of the ^ sort. S Tk. A -1 lie? WIUI I HfHl H.O UJ U'JU HI AHJCIIVA now declare that if Chile doeau't agree "t ton gf neral plau of compulsory of j. arbitration of quarrels, they will whip her into lino. They intend to have c. peace even if tlu-y have to fight for it. r l- Ilia somen hat surprising to read a it dispatch fr. m Lord Robert9 anuounciug that 2,500 B;ers have captured n 400 Briti-h, We bad been informed c" that tho Boers had been dispersed and that the war was over. But then t. we've beard thut often enough in the ly Philippines. It is rd to understand, but it la \? nevertheless said to bo true, that many '8 Episcopal clergymen will vote against [lti tho adoption of the new divorce canon as suggested, because they fear that ita ns adoption will be tho entering wedge f r tho Roman Catholic Church, ?n which absolutely prohibits divorce. ?\V .11 ail *tx- ?mmmm S j An 3 '? [ imperfect skin j !t | is always caused by | S. , bad blood. Remove the 2 . i , cause I Improve your , j" , blood. How? By tak- , [Z i ing the blood purifier , mci , that has stood the test , i for thirty years < , Johnston's i Sarsaparilla lm* > QUART BOTTLB. I 1 1 It has thousands of 1 1 happy friends. Quart 1 I Bottles sell every- 1 nis. 1 where at $i. 1 cnl fe "TUB MICHIGAN DRUG COMPANY,'* | A Mich. J LlnmttM for Llrtr UU, illS'J The Fuhm little lini MBfc 7_ FOR SALE BY DR F. C. DUKE, UNION, S. 0.