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We Take Out of Co By our bold and d irii] are not afraid to preset the purchasing public, j ' criminate between the and the pure gold of f< ^ of cold facts and The Revolver of . ?* ? ' *. *.N' .. .. and we never empty 01 raents without con vine : ' ; Value, Quality, ness, Justice, Gen< * all-round=pure=g' AVe are the light firm i well be understood rigl We Mean We will ask for it, liuii it we expect to keep it. Have you tried our caj If not, give us a call, they all do. W. T. BE) 1 JOHN TO! i t - mm ! By Weatherby Ch X ' I OOFTniOHT, 1900, BY WXATI X ILLUSTRATION acl.."... ^ ^ ^v Tllpping Into u dcep'fn vfne whore t tree t?|ia arched above our lion (Is. i camped for tlit? night beneath tlx cooling shade. nnd |M*rl::i>>s heeai: m. mo tin* spark of pltv touched litem. |n baps only because they were t!:ed .-c^- torturing uk. the Spaniards did not p jj^^Wvent us from trying to cool our li r''^?Weedlug fi'ct with the juice of si: ; >...V'i?' lenves ns were within our reach. W hut little sleep we wore through 1 nlfriit nml next day I Kissed the fort cation nml eujorgil the town. Treasure t^MftttYcre evidently not everyday bcftfiyyuee. for the wli town turned out to look at us. i when they saw we were Kngl'.sl movement went through the cro' and the hootings ntid revilings ninth' echoes ring again. Of noble splri pity for a fallen foe there was trnoe. All faces were cruelly exult; Even the women laughed with nu Ing gfee at out4 wretchedness and li our drlveys "lash their cattle Into n for the last stage." And at this there came Into my i that which all the lashings could bring, for In my folly I had fan that g woman's .heart must needs oft. The igold was unstrapped from weary, shoulders and stored in treasury, and then .those of us were English, all except two that ' were marched to n building wl grim and forbidding front needet signpost to toll us what went on v 1" otnin llMlttli Willis. \Vl? l).1 1IU no OI,V?M .. ... ?-w _ m_ _ through nu Iron studded gate. \\ dismal clanking as it closed behin sounded like a warning voice to rthftt Hfe and hope were now barred from us forever, and so across a c< yard Into which opened n great room with high, closely barred dows where for a little time we left to our own rcllectious, and t were none of the plcasnutcst. Iteforc nightfall a guard of sol came and unlinked us from our cli Alec and I, as the lenders of our p were separated from the rest of brave fellows. A small supply ol ter In dirty earthen jars and a hai of coarse broken crusts were givi each of us. Then we were led do flight of well worn Rtune steps; a was opeped; we were sent hea forward Into the aafxness; me swuqc to behind ua. was bolted v V B Rise > mpetition ig method of doing business. Wc nt our claims to the attention of and trust to their sagacity to disglittering statements of competitors ict. We are armed with tlie steel Reason ur gun of its seven solid argu'ing our hearers that for Cheapness, Politeerosity and Generalood-nature. in the right place. We may as nt from the start that Business. it it and keep it, and when we get t We go slow but we get there. \ ->acity yet to please and satisfy? \ Come once and you'll come back, j ' i, Ts c c Atv p rn i II Qi UU., C - c - ? a 3P, PIRATE 11 [K?s 1 " ~I esnoy and Alick Munro. ? i iv icnnr cnnaorr and alick mtjxko. <3 UT 1L C. OODIJiS. | JSC. , i i a: ... i | etlek and :i double snap. u*?:1 the f st' stops of our Jailers !?? .1 *. '''r passages nils] away t> IM> At tlrst the dungeon d t> t black as a slave driver's eon*e'.et: but gradually v.e noticed that a fa 10 light was coming !u iIs:a l:e:t . !' ot" seated window i:i ;!:e wall ll'J' and siiaken witli our la!!, we I .v o the pavement and wondered \v:.:. Il> would be the i:e::t evd to c-.uae t ? i s. "Oh. ho. ho! Ah. la. la'.:" laughed . weird, unearthly voice froth the murl au lest corner of t!:e e; 11. "do l'.iey'\ 1 given you water ha pitchers a ad the. U1< caused you to spill tie water :t:r 1 break tlie p'.tehers. In the hurry of y?ru entry! Oh. ho. hoi "l is a merry J.-a 1 They're funny dags. these noble S; :r ianl.O 1,0 1 started to lay feet atsd stored har ' U1* into the corner, hut tdarkness \va )C v too thick for me to see what tuair.us ** ^ 1 * * r? or It U'llti flint IfJld nil.'li'OSSt'il IIS trot v wTt"T T. "T V. Oli, no, no! cackled tin* voice again "More flesh to frizzle and crackle in '* ' the (hunts, though there isn't over cjecj much fat on it. More skin to he torn ! by the pinchers, more stout limbs to 1 wear the iron hoot! Ah, lia, ha! More sweet work for the kind and gentle "JJj, Spaniard!" who "Who are you," cried Alec sternly, ivas "mau or Shoul, to take such delight J , "in horrors?" hose . ,,, ,, j 0.1, ho. ho! 11 s the name you'd ^ like, my masters? But they know that, 's ,1im| and I'll not tell you. 1 publish no, autobiography till l'uj racked for It. 'Tisn't safe. Walls have ears, and Uln? recanting in the Instrument ropm? I " where they've got sawdust on the tloor, ' ' remember?Is wearisome to the flesh. 1 arc B,,t>" ho added, with evil glee, "you'll ^.j know that better by and by," VV(1..t, A shudder of loathing ran through mo ftt '''s Mror^8, nm' 1 trembled ns a man docs when the demon of feardl u s ,ahos bold of him. And yet I do not n.M T usually show It when 1 am afraid. But ' . this man was a very high priest of ; horror. , "Well, friend," said Alec after a ndfnl luoulent'8 sconce, "at least you will J(, come to the light and let us have a look wn a at you' 1 here's no danger In that." dc or "Oh, ho, ho! Been gazing at the daylight, have you? Eyes not attuned to w. tb? darkness, eh? Ah, ha, hal The wt I noble Spaniard will teach you how to rlth o :ee llkv barn owls before you've drunk lown all tlie gentle medicine for sii :< >oula that they will odor yon. Are y.ni ough. my mastersV" A bony claw seined me by the I g. uul I could l'eel the lianl lingers press iir Into my tlesb like Iron talons. "llo. bo! Hood! Hood!" be cried a< lie felt the toil hardened muscles. 'Here are good. stout thews and siu?ws to be tamed!" And he rubbed his lands and jangled his fetters joyously. 'They'll not set the little pot bellied vtiave to man tlw handspike when they ay you on the rack. You'll lave the jrenter honor. It will be the tall. lusty me with cross eyes. I used to know lis stroke well. Ah, me! I'm getting in old. worn man now, and the pot lellied racks r serves my turn. Ah. ha. la! D'ye take? Serves?my?turn! 3b, lio, bo!" The < < M rung loud with bis ghastly nerriniout. "The poor fellow's mail," whispered Ylec to me. "Tortured out of bis reason perhaps. Still lie's an .Englishnan and may bo able to give me newq >f iny father." And he added aloud, 'My goc.l man, did you ever meet or jear of Captain Ireland, who sailed out )f the port of Loudon for Mnnoa and tvas taken by the Spaniards on these :oasts?" "Oh, ho, ho! Ah, ha, ha!" burst out be unearthly cackling again. "Cap 'tIo,ho! Cloud! Hood!" he cried. "Here urc good stout thews mid sinews!" aiu Ireland. Is It? Aye. the gent'1, uerciful ha tids of the noble Spaniaid vere laid upon his stubborn shoulders, tnd his proud back was bowed. Aye, i bauglitj- runn was Contain Harrvjxeaud. Dut rne wily Spaniards brought ilui low enough, down even to the ;round?cross, you lubbers, there's a py al the *vludow?where he repented >f his sins and swore to be good to the nd." And the man began mumbling Latin irayers, and no.t another word could ve got from him, though Aloe qucsioned 1:1m hard. At length we had ;> give up the atenipt to learn anything l'. itn our mad ell fellow. So. weary with the toil.jjjf Sg&dW r-arVu \\v.n!rngs from the corner of our dungeon vere the lullaby that invited us to liuuiui-r. C1IAPTEU XII. Scarcely, so it seemed, had I closed liy eyes when there was a clanking at :he door as its bolts and Lars were withdrawn, and a dozen armed soldiers trooped into the room. it was still lark, but one of them carried a lantern, and by its light 1 saw thai they were all splashed with fresh mud and had evidently been traveling recently and rapidly. "Get tip, you English dogs," said one of them roughly. "Smartly now! You're wanted." "What for, senor?" said I wearily. "What for? llow does that concert you? You do as you're told without asking the reason. Come, up you got you lazy rogues!" And he began to ust his heavy boot freely. "You're to march out of Caracas ai once," said one of the other Spaniards "and may keep your heretical skim whole for a day or two longer If yot have luck." "From Caracas?" said Alec. "Is tha where wo are?" "Certainly, senor," replied the other with a mocking how, "ant! 1 hope yoi like our town." "Oh, ho, ho!" chuckled the old man. The Spaniard turned to him. . "Yo are to come, too, old crook bones. Ar you too lame to walk to l.a Guayra?" "Ob, ho, ho! But arc we going to L Guayra, most wily senor?" "Certainly. Do you think u Spauls caballero would trouble to lie to hound like you?" "Why. if it's to La Guayra I'll mat , a shift to hobble so far, but I'd rat lit ride o' uiulebaek." I "Bide!" raid the soldier, with a rut laugh. *T warn:tit you could tiobu twice the distance so that it ln3' awe from your prison." "Ah, lta, ha! You've a pretty w senor, a pretty wit. But it's the swe salt air I wish to sniff. The sea brec Is meat and drink to old mariners sin as I." lie scrambled to his maimed, d torted legs. One of them was short than the other and that other knolt and gnarled like some old willow tret "But you'll let me bid farewell my pot bellied little racker, senorc He'll be half beside himself with gr! at losing such an old boon compani as I." "Had 1 my own way, sirrah," s: the soldier contemptuously, "I'd bre your wry old neck for n useless incu brance. Souse nud strength are Ix gone from you. ltut my orders are set you to uu oar nlong with these t lustier knaves. So come along." A he kicked liim into the courtyard a 1 bade us follow. I "The galleys!" said Alec, with shrug. "Respited for the present!" A be did as he was hidden. 4 I followe'd, and presently we -w linked a great chain gang wltf 1 Wt of other prisoners, among wb if Uggyg Y^lf j -aft! Backache?Tin Pains Across the of an Unnatora |g The more < EgC Complaint, one 1 in t:sc ih^t will < ncrmr.l hcvJihy M REM jHpv rnwil 'I'lMthcliv tn llrtlnvnt 'a** >*, -jeSfci !!ultt. '1 iireo <nm. t. i>: I v.-a: ! .) Ip!? lv t< liDlllOtii'i " an coin! . TM0!% fililc Mid able to a'tea! wjggf m-orly two yiv.t*. SABS'" You way i-iibltft'i .ir.; vjfc. iray Uo bcnctlivtl " It. MgaT Since then tltii Rtii'li wfcS " Vmishr.'H !.l WO '"r" u,a ' yip*. If you have any < LYON MANUFAC'fjJ: and ?!c will a ^ Of all druggists or sent wire sever.:i < ; 11:? Bristol .\Ir. cha .'.: crew. . !::> re*,e:) > kindly. Job Trehttlh :t wr.s I:i front of mo. soar and grrfn complete as of vera. "Bravo uows. Master Topp," lie whispered. "W lint is it?" sah! I. "Haven't yon heard? TheroV. tidings ol' an ilo.prlis'.i ship that's harrying tlio coasts, an a:i Indian spy has brought word that her beak's turned t'orst here. There were tut armada lying in the toads a wool: a prone, but it's sailed west, an there's only a carraek an a brace of galleys now. An as one of them Inst hain't got a man aboard her we're to-work her sweeps. Bravo news, hain't it. Master Topp? Once at sea .who _k n o ws what mo may do?" A Voaiaw* VJI -^Tjt!??n<ia.a.aa criuiied till tures.' ' # "4tternpt nothing rashly." said I. for I had not overmuch faith in Job's judgment rt^d feared he might start an outbreak which would end ill death to its all. "Attempt nothing whatever till Captain Ireland gives t!H- word. He has n headpiece worth ten of yours and mine, Job." "Aye; aye, sir," said Job waruily. "that ito nas. au wr.eii m- sivi'? i.*cstgn he'll have the lot of us at his hack, no fear." Then the cavalcade was put into motion, and further conversation hecaini impossible. We p:rs?>c? t.':.ougi> still streets, by churches and houses and gloomy convents and great pul> buildings and so on to the batteries ni , fortitications. where there was stricl t parley with the sentries before w< were let out. The old man. who h:u ? been dragging himself painfully alou; behind me, sank down on the mudd; ^ road to snatch a moment's rest, an' through same pltj- for his condition j bade him climb on to my back. With , out further ado up he scrambled, cbui kling and crying out to tlie soldier t that he'd got a mule to ride or at an rate an ass, after all. This 1 though was soinetfhat ungracious. J [TO BK OON-riTTO ED. ] Different Drontlix. u Down in southern tIooi*:in two wii 0 ows were condoling witji each o!h< over their troubles. In telling of tl n last sickness and death of their hu bands, one said: 1, "My i an. poor feller. Jos' suffer* and suffered and stiff* iva,'. and th< Jes' died foY'tlie want of hueatli." ;c. The other replied: "vvaai. mine uum i. no umweu breath to the very last."?A-nronaut. '? SALT RHEl I Johnston's ot QUAR1 ze ? ,j, JTi.'ST fi Blight Hirin Rriiptlon? u> o u Warn i,. The Only Male Way Is to Weed 1 l ? t ljo .U<x.i &K?\verl Nature, in her ellorta to < orrect tH' careless living, or it may bo f.'oin a - other imperfections on the skin, as i to haps tumors, cancers, ery.sipelasr.or sV you neglect to heed tho wnrniui au< ic,f Many a lingering, painful d Hs<*u simply because these notes of ran u pure by a right use of J011 NMTON* Miss Abbio J. Ramie, of Mai shii lid " I was cured of n biud humor i ak doctors aud my friends sr.id it. was s m and ears, and then on my whole L? )tj, suffered during those fi\ib years, is t I did. I tried every medicine that ? enough to buy a liou-ic. I Lean *'? praised. I tried a bottkc of it. I be ud finished the third bottlrr I was. corau Jid since. I never got an? thing to do SAR8APARILLA. 1 would ho irtil ,, or skin disease of any kind to ftry it. . trouble, and ws?s run down and mis made me all right." The blood is yo ar life and if you erc sist disease or faeo contagion fearle; i a (alls. It is for sa'/e by all druggist* OIU agtOMKMkWT DRUO C( , tfOB S/ALK BY Pit yuiuviscail Wllw nil at pnce. 1 had also a good deal of stoni eraUle, hut JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARIL keep it pure and strong you can positively tsly. JOHNSTON'S SARSAl'ARlLLA ne i. in fuli quart bottles at only one dollar el C>SU>AIVr, DHTH.OXT, MZOtf B'.' Ci Oil Kit, UNION, IS? C. si & ?* m 'Vv.v i ' '.> r: -! :& ' < % td Feeling ? Div-I v -1* ' ^ vc. : Loins, cfn the BI '.urn * S'.: ': : [ Colo* c? Scalding- U '* . ?f&S1 "KlOS10? o ;vcc.es:r't vziwc'f f:: ~ : L bat k<is cthcb.3 : . ;..':.V>: ; ;-y? **? .? n's ytiioil tfity VOg^iwuI-r afci'.n &:-.: the o sffcct ..: ; - - T^ro,: / t Giave!> ' I'/C l' -: L'.V ; rv. ;; ftStOfl Z2vJ.Ha'> ".n:\ eradicating r ;r disease* &ai' a*:; syw A C : i!v r i r .: i . >. I . ' I .! ..81, !* \. \ . . . . I ... -M It : ! ' : I! t. ; !*.? J ipilljt III** I ' \ ' .. .1 I * I lib*' I. ' I' , *-' - .; ; ; : ; . . . . aucic!* ;*=t .. . n-y.->n* .: .*?. ;. : *: . V-trill , r...:.r ' i! lliit.: rll>lto i . r : 'ij*; iiiL ^ . _>;! ,.; ,j. ii. uf tiro above r-yiv v.tl . , r SING CO., 45 So fifth Str id vise ye:- by letter in regard t year or* receiptor ptrcc to *:::y I Si . Every woman love-; to think of the time when a soft 5;.tic body. all her own, v/iil r.relic in her bsccm. f .'.ly sa'.iafyir.g the yearning which lire in theh art of every good woman. Hut yet there is a black cloud hovering a'oout the : .city picture in her mind which fills her with terror. The clrce.i cf childbirth takes away much o: the joy of motherhood. And yet it nc od not be . e. .For comet imp. there anu rc?ornnic;iucu \jy jjnyjj^iaud, ?*. liniment called RSoifeer9s filcrJ which makes childbirth as simple and easy r : .are intended it. It is a "trcr :\y, penetrating liniment, which the skin readily absorbs. It gives the mi: .elcs elasticity and vigor, prevents a . c breasts, morning sickness and . s 1a cf tits girlish figure. An in! n i..*' in Itiitlor, T'n., : " : 1 -r's l''l icil<I it ..tin, I won 1,1 I) b<ilea it 1 hud I i pay "> p.-.? V.ottlu lor it." , Cut Mother's Friend at the drug ; tore, fit porbcttle. r WE GRWFIELD REGUAT03 CO., 1 Atlanta, C r. Write for oor fmeilhistr: i . iok, " Heforo | li.ilty is Lit .n." it The Associated lhiuks. New York, February 1<?.?T1 ; statement (five tlay*) of averages * < i i .[ i the associated banns smiw.s uuiui 10 ! increase ft I i?,>0(.>, deposits, i s ; crease ftT>.7dr>, 100; eirculati .h, d l'<1 I crease $7 d.oOO. legal tenders, <1 jcrease ftui'.>,-lOO; specie, dccvea S-.<?77,surplus reserve dccreii iia #7,510,17.". i JM CURED BY Sarsa par ilia r BOTTLES. 2in lug >>1 SontptliJ?? ? .Tore Pcrlon? to <?>n lli>) sirolit:.-. . :i*s Nm aaparlllu ill lilvod t'i<ri'.it > Ui.tuvi). i mistakes, which mistakes have come fr< incesturs, ; hoots out pimples, blotches a n wiii'in;;- that i: <ie serious troubles (p yulmooary tikiiM.scsi are certain to follow corn ct the mistakes. >e and many an early death has been avoid uing have ben:, h-t iled and the blood k< S SAHSAI'AKi L!.A. 1,11, Mich.. w rites : vfte.r suffering with it for five years. 1 ,alt rheum. Jt came out on inv head, ni idy. I was perfectly raw with it. Wha no use telling1. Nobody would believe mi was advertised to cure it. 1 spent moi J JOHNSTON'S SAKSAl'ARILLA lug ..ran ti? improve right away, and when 1 1 liiately cured. I have never had a touch n mi? the least good till I tried JOHNSTO - -ii .n-ffnrinir from hum i- - yc J w ni! J <o' -Ch-ils-Urine W & ' *** E R j9 'i&l Trouble # her r.nJ Kidney -^7 _ . ? ^ ^ ^ ^ nly inccicinc ' or/ Vaughn's Li than- jEfo r.r/ them to their ssout st / 2 oeh PfockSyfi..N. Y. ? Oi.OO c. bottle. General News Notes. I.a Grippe Quickly Cured. ; Vf5 TT'Tvo'wlfh' a'VfYere al lack 1 ( { w- i ?! is failed La Grippe" fayb F. L. a prominent druggist of \Y infold, III. "The only meoiciue I ! rtol we* two bottles (.f Chamberlain's t i:o?;h U n edy. it broke up the cold I and i-ti-pj c <I the coughirg like magic, ' oi.it I !uii-o iK-rer cii-.ro ho>n Irnnhlfd with Grif po." Chamberlain's Cough Rei.niy can always be depended upon to break up a severe cold ard said off auy threatened attack of pneumoi i:i. 11. ic p!iasant-to tak^r-Unvwhioh makca it l ho. icoat df->ir&hle acd one ua> for them ailments. For sale-by F. C. Duke. Congressional hunters after Army Commissions, under the new law; have ) ? ? ( ived notice from the President, that these Commissions will, as far as possible, be given to the men and officers who have seen service in > the l hilippines as volunteers. Some of the hunters are disposed to re-, ! this ur merely an expedient on thepattofthc President to lessen I pressure on him for these places, and ' to thinK rhat the "as far as possible' will let in a lot of outsiders whose ; j "pull" cannot be ignored. Time will ' ?r?r?n tell, as these appointments will ; have to be quickly made. How to Cure the Grip. Remain quietly at home and take j; Ct'.a'iilierlttiu'a Cough Remedy as i directed am) a quick recovery ia sure to follow. That remedy counteract# any tendency of the grip to result iu pneumonia, which ia really the only serious danger. Among the tens of if thousands who have used it for the of grip not one ca*e has ever been re? ported that did not recover. For sale by F. C. Duke. e Now it seems that the deportation to Guun of rebel leaders who had " taken the oath of allegiance to the United States was carried out at the IS< suggestion of Archbishop Chapelle ' 1 of the Catholic church, who thonght that they were stimulating the natives' in the opposition to the friars. Pneumonia Can be Pi evented. This disease always results from a cold or an attack of the grip and may be prevented by the timely use of ja< t i.urnbeiIain's Cough Remedy. That remedy was extensively used during the epidemics of La Grippe of the past nd few yea)?, ami not a single case has er- , ver been reported that did not re* " e.'Virorthht resulted in pneumonia, led * 1:1th shows it to he a certain pre* ;pt votive of that dangerous disease, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has 'he gained a world wide reputation for ;ck its cures of colds and grip, For sale bv F. C. Duke. =p,f ' . hiy Senator Depew baa no doubt of iad the construction of the Nicaragua Canal by this government. In his iors speech in favor of the Ship Subsidy ' '* hill he said: ' With the construction of the Nicaragua Canal, which will r re* bo completed in the next few years, the necessity of an Auxiliary Fleet and k a merchant Murine will become still greater.