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. I We Take "< Out of Cc By our bold and d ?ri are not afraid to pres ' the purchasing publi< criminate between th< and the pure gold of of cold facts and The Revolver o i y ' i v - .. and we never empty v Stents without convii Value, Quality, ness, Justice, Qer all-round=pure=j We are the right firm well be understood rij We Mear We will ask for it, hu it we expect to keep i Have you tried our ci If not, give us a call, they all do. w T Rf VT I k UL ft* ISii By WEATHERBY OHESNEY and ALI MTJNRO. [Copyright, 1000, by Weatherby Cbeaney and A Munro.) The double gates were opened, t out we trooped on to a narrow, v kept road that the frowning culver could have swept with Iron ball fo core of perches. We passed throi other gates and other drawbrld throws across natural cliffs and e other heavily gunned batteries bet them, making the position one of si enormous strength that 20 good n could have held It against an army. During the two hours' tramp the i prang up from behind the east hills, and by the time we entered Quayra It was broad daylight. The old man, whom I bod set do from my shoulders, cried loudly to breakfast He wasn't going to row n empty belly. Oh, ho, ho! Not Indeed! They might thumbscrew hands to the oar, but he wouldn't an ounce of weight on It, no. not e If they twisted a knotted cord roi his temples and hove him backw, and forward with that. Little notice, however, was taken his vnporings save to bestow a curs< ^ a blow when his importunities gi ft too noisy. We were hustled roughly ^ to boats and ferried across to the i ley which lay straining at her ane In the road. "She's pierced for 30 sweeps ash said Alec, who hod been counting row holes.. "A hundred and fifty or rowers that moans unless we are tc singularly undermanned." "There be three more boat loads ci . Ing off." observed Job Trchnllon. fwo for us and one for the srna galley abend there." said I. "J )ppk> there ore n host of slaves and (Iters on the shore ready to enil.J But Where's the carraek, I wonder? "Hull down to nor'nrd, master," ? one of the other Englishmen. "Way enough!" sang out the office charge of the bont. "In oars, and hi you slaves don't topple overboard, don't want to lose you till you've d . some work." "Aye," cried the old man. "Spat lubbers that you are. Let the Eng seamen go first and show you way!" And he got n scabbard b . ' across the face to quiet him. *' ... .. > ... n . one wnB a gaiiey or me rirsr ci and from ber keen steel beak to To Care a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab All druggist* refund the money fnits to onM. B W. drove's sigrm m H on o?v f? bot. 9fto. """ 4.V a Rise >mpetition ing method of doing business. We out our claims to the attention of 2, and trust to their sagacity to dise glittering statements of competitors fact. We are armed with the steel f Reason our gun of its seven solid argulcing our hearers that for ? i Cheapness, Polite . a _ ? ] lerosity ana ueneraifood-nature. in the right place. We may as ght from the start that i Business. mt it and keep it, and when we get t. We go slow but we get there, npacity yet to please and satisfy? Come once and you'll come back, A m f A /N AIY & UU., get> " Crack!" came the driver's whip. law gilded coneli she wn3 for a galley as tide due a craft as ever ran to windward uch against a uor'easter. But from our nen coign cf disadvantage we did not look upon lier with uiucli appreciation. She sun had liecu lug h.le for a full twelveern month and yet had scarcely had time La to sweeten. I never sat on anything harder or rougher than her row bench iwn es. ?r a Each of us English was stationed at on the end of an oar. a pest of honor if he, there can he such a distinction for slaves who are chained to their work * ami the live other places were man v.en ued by rapscallion landsmen, of whom ind ^ore seemed to lie a very liberal sup ard P1*A soldier comiuaudaut and live sol ; Qf dier otilcer.4. mighty Hue armor clod (ninf hxtwdi n!l i.fil: n/w .ncei/iti <>f t It . ; or " " ,ow coach aud caliln on the spar deck. A i n handful of dirty, lubberly sailors and a 1_ company of soldiers were stationed far- i h'or war(l. ant^ when a few handfuls of mntze burgoo had been distributed i , ? among us slaves the drivers ou the tlie ROBgwny cracked their whips, aud we ! swung out our oars and got under way 1 ( ^ The galley had been pretty lively as i she plunged at her anchor, and the Qa) Spanish* cut purses au<l cutthroats beside us were begiuning to feci uncom- i Uer fortable. but when she got some way on mid the motion became easier they s thought their qualms would pass away, . and so they broke out into a monotouous chant which marked time for inl(1 the rowing. But their song did not last long. By r (n rapid degrees the "cheep-cheep" of I j the tholes drowned It as the long roll"j lng swell of the Caribbean sen rocked us up and down, and the swarthy faces "m of the rogues became sallow as olil Ivory. "s 1 And then began a scene of misery s 1 that sickens me even now to think of. ' The poor wretches In the agony of v their sickness would fain have dropped the oars, but the merciless drivers ?83, lashed them, lashed us, lashed all withhcr In reach. The helm was put up to run ? along the const, and the beam roll made the sufferers sicker. They qould not do a dolt's worth of work and In lets their loathing bade the drlvera fling If it them overboard. ' tun Wa English could not each do tha ty teak at els and oareed the driver* far our unearned stripes. The oCleers in the stern swore haphazard nt all they could clap eyes on. And above all the hellish tumult nud discord rose the weird unearthly "Oh. ho. ho!"* and "Ah. ha. ha!" of the old man. "Crack!" came the driver's whip across the old man's bare shoulders. "Best keep your wind to yourself, old prophet." growled a stout i'ellow who sat uear him. "seeing that we're chained up here like dogs nu can't stir a fist to right ourselves with." "I tell you. good fellow." replied the old man earnestly, "before another day Is spent you shall drive a steel ax through these Spanish headpieces." "I'd do it blithely, old man," said the other. "Aye. or through six or through CO If It came to that! But there, you're babbling. They've driven your old brain crazy, poor master, with tlielr tort uriiigs." "Babblings?" cried the old man fiercely. "I tell you. Jnn Pengony. that ns surely as your back Is a mass of sores today so surely shall you pay back a sword thrust for every whip cut they have given you." "In the fiend's name how did you learn mine? 1 uever set eyes on you before. Is It magic, master?" "Ah, ha! Magic! Oh, ho. ho! Aye, magic's the word, Jan! I've lived long among these very good friends the Spaniards, and the devil, who Is their patron saint, has taught me many things. You needn't cross yourself, Ian. They say he doesn't like It." "The Lord be between me and iarin!" exclaimed the man devoutly. "Ah, ha. lia, ha!" I could bear the scared sailor mumjling a strange mixture of bard words ind scraps of prayer to keep off tlio >vll spirit, and I more than half shar ?d his alarm. But, though I had no svlsh to be beholden to any one who worked magic, still I could not help the feeling of elation which the un:anny old prophet's words roused In ne. By virtue of his powers the old nan appeared to guess the thoughts which were simmering in my mind, for presently he sang out, "Well. .lack, my brawny giant, are you ready for a cut it your oppressors?" "Peace, old man." said 1. "If the soldiers hear you, they'll smell mutiny ind fire mumchance Into the lot of us." "Oh, ho, ho! No fear. Jack. A i Spanish hidalgo doesn't know our i leathen ti f|ue." 1 "Mavbe liot." said I. "lint there's no I tarrn In being prudent. And another < :hlng, old man, I warn you not to prnc- i :lse your devilish nrts on me. for I I enow Latin, and if you're a warlock I rou'll be flnding yourself in uucomfort- < lble quarters." < "Oh, ho. ho! It's well for j'ou, .Jack. J that the Spaniard Is too One a gentle- ' nan to cumber himself with barbarous i English. Had my worthy friends on 1 the poop heard your Insolence?setting pourself up as an exorcist, ha. ha!?you < wouldn't have escaped a boating. Verl- 1 ly It was great presumption on your ' part. Know. Jack, that none but a no- 1 L?le Spaniard with three crafty torturers tralliug ou- his heels can quiet the ievil of which I am possessed uow. If . that excellent devil wishes to speak. , But at present he is dumb. Jack, so got , an with your toil, for though we are , heading for the place of deliverance , there are many weary leagues left to row before we reach It." Then, with bis teeth close set and a J constant stream of muttering aud sub lued laughter forcing its way be tween them, lie swung to his oar with a.n energy that his wasted muscles , seemed to be incapable of supplying. | The old man's words tilled uie with | hope and the powers that Inspired them with fear; so, unwilling to be , further beholden to his art, 1 kept my tongue quiet and looked out to seaward. Keeping even pace with us was a large carrack of about 500 tons, pierced for a great quantity of ordnance and , crammed to the bulwarks with soldiers. Hanging ou her windward quarter was another galley, rowing four ( oars fewer llinn ourselves, nud she, too, carried a heavy fighting crew. With a sinking heart 1 recognized that the three of us would be too strong for the Englishman, for. though 1 knew that one of his lads was a match for eight or maybe ten of these glittering Span lards auy day. still against odds of fid to 1 his chance was hopeless. lie might beat us oft or perhaps even sink us. but capture us?never. And so tlie old man's words seemed to me to be but foolishness after all. And with that thought 1 once more tore at my oar in sullen gloom. Toward nightfall we bad a rest. The galley's sails were hoisted to catch the rising breeze, and so. drawing the oars n trllle inboard, we slipped the handles under the gangway, leaving the shin lug blades cocking up In the air on ei ther side of her. All round us were sickness and misery. The sun sank behind a reef of purple cloud, and the freshening wind began to hiss and shriek more keenly through the oar blades. Th_ got up, the tain poured against us iu cutting sheets, uud squall after squull tore from the inky bluckness above. The galley was allowed to run under foresail alone, and & course was shaped for El Pueblo del Norte, ou the north side of Margherita. But the lubberly soldier Spaniards bad not known enough to keep a good reckoning while daylight lasted and so, holding too much to the northward, did n< t make out the island till we had almo. t passed it. And then as she would n< t turn to windward under sal! and tu the sea was too heavy for the sweeps they let the galley drift where elie would and took themselves to their prayers, hoping by the help of the saints to And themselves under the Ice of one of the Windward Islands by daybreak. But while our masters busied themselves in calling out to the saints and with their own hands did nothing for the safety of tbstr vessel we la the waist were merrily occupied. t 1 Have You Backache ? ^ Msl Pains Across 1 Sp of an Unnatu 1 They M The mo; Complaint, or iVauql This is a in use that \v) triptic acts dir normal hcaltfc READ W Gestlkmkn I have b?<?! cnURed from thr 11 v< to lip down except h fluid. Throe ?juartc I was coiupleiel legs terribly Inllnm Influence of nn opla able nn<l able to at I nearly two years. You may publish mnv be benefltcU by Since then this go : W " VnuKhn'fi wB no far, anil uoi ui If you have an ? LYON MANUFACT and he wil Kg?; Of all druggists or se a driver in liis passage along i gangway swervod to a roil will threatened to Jerk liitn from bis f ind grasped at a certain carroty lit for support. There was a clank tdiains, und tlie man drew his ha rway as though the head had hurt lllm. Too late, for Alee had gt'pi Ids leg and pulled hint dowu. 'i lrlver yelled. The shrieks of the sto irowued his first cry. aud a blow fr i cliuched li^t silenced the second. '1 shackle key was ripped froiu his L ind passed down the outside Hue slaves. Darkuess lild every movement, a the voice of the storm hushed all otl esser sounds. In half an hour we Ei llsh were every man of us uiifettei ind ready for a bid for freedom. CHAPTER Xllt. Hardly was the last of us freed fr the oar shackles' when, with a sh< which rose high above .the din of I winds and waves, we rushed from low and crowded, a naked mob. on the poop. There was a brief turm )f blows and blasphemy, weapons w< snatched by the weaponless, some the Spanish officers went overboa ind the rest were Jailed in the eoa Now for tlie common soldiers! In a body we rushed forward ii the thick of them, and one or two wi knocked iuto another world before ( lads could stop their rush. "Surrender!" shouted Alec, k Ibovc the tumult. [TO BX cosnwcBO-1 Shakespeare, among his many a sions to the sweetness, the ianoeei and the helplessness of the lamb, o once cites It as an article of food. The Lombards Introduced the cust of charging Interest for the use money. SCROFULA AND I cu Johnston's QUART a. most wo; A Grand Old Lat Mrs. Thankful Orilln Hurd llv< Livingston Co., Mich. This veneni the year 1812, the year of the gre; York. She came to Michigan in l: too." An her faculties are excellt tentlve memory, tier mind is rull < life, of the early days of the Stab markable people she has met, and ness. But nothing in her varied J eelous and worthy of attention JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. disposition to scrofula, that terribl nH les nnre \ rt rr thn 11 tt/?o of tbAneor tlms of the death angel. Transm found In neary every family in o pearance In dreadful running so goitre, or In eruptions of varied fo may be known as catarrh in the li and often Is, the prime cause of e Speaking of her case, Mrs. Hi with a bad skin disease. My arm ores, discharging yellow matter, unsightly in appearance. My bod My eyes were also greatly in (la me much. My blood was In a very I at frequent intervals, and I bad n was in a miserable condition, I ha mended, and doctor after doctor 1 the state told me I must die of sc were beginning to form. I at leng his famous Sarsaparilla. I tried r tiling else, as I had no faith in I began to grow better. You can bt many bottles. But I steadily imp sores healed up, all the bad symptc and I have never been troubled w of 83 years Is not a young woman, since then, and I firmly believe th greatest blood purifier and the bes scrofula and as a spring medicine.' not lok to be more than sixty, and Ufe was saved by JOUNSTON'8 I TllTI ? ~ ? X>S*.TJCfr c? 4TOM BA3J8 JSY Dli J ?www ?n ii h ?wmsr* iiwin?w?? iiaoa/ i Any of Those Sy !"ired Feeling ? Dizziness ? Nervousness the Loins, or in the Bladder?Sleeplessncssiral Color or Scalding Urine. lean "ICirlnAv 1 >t successful remedy for all forms of Live le that has effected some remarkable cures, in s Lithonl purely vegetable preparation and the onl^ 11 effectually cure Dropsy and Gravel. Va cctlycnthj Liver and Kidneys, restoring iy condition and eradicating all disease. 'HAT IS SAID AE Cross Key i stiffi-i In* (Vrthron yrt.rn from Anasarcaorconcrol f>roi??y tr and K?ln?-> <. My |<h> siclsiiiHsnld that 1 could last hut tv 01 liortlyftftor holtii:t?|i|KKl. l.tcry tissue wns completely 111 1c r* of a nation was drawn from scrotum several times, y filled r.t tl>e time 1 bee.tin u-lm: Vaughn'* 1.11liontripli ed and exuding lluid. 1 w no tillable to Ret any rest or sleep e te. 1 hat e lined elitht bottles of Viiuirhu'* l.it liontript In tend to my bttslnt .!. 1 can now ride my horse, a thing 1 bad i ns much of my statement as you desire. X am clad to five It, it. Yours truly. K. J. I3ETSILL. MaJ. 18th It ntleman writes under date of Aug". 11, 10t)0r l.it limit ript ic Iiiim (-fleeted it iierinnnent cure. 1 It >W enjoying good health." y of the above symptoms write to the Met URING CO., 45 So. Fiftli Strec II advise you by letter in regard to your cs nt on receipt of price to any express c l lie 3 | If a Woman | 11 wants to put out a fire she doesn't ?> u " jj heap on oil and wood. She throws 0 1 ' J' on water.knowmg that waterquenches a ?' (| fire. When a woman wants to get O ' "lie 0 well from diseases peculiar to her sex, 0 1 mi J' she should not add fuel to the fire |5 t ull) 0 already burning her life away. She U 'he 55 sh?u'd not ta^e worthless drugs and 0 1 j. 55 potions composed of harmful narcot- 55 ' 1 O ics and opiates. They do not check ? H or i? .i . 1 . .. . ?? v mi; uiscMo?me/ u? not cureli? mey jj }, simply add fuel to the fire. a 4 O Bradfield's Female ft ' iter ? Regulator should be ? Qg- 4* ta^en every woman ,, -ed p j^y\ or g'r' who has the jj ft < j slightest suspicion of jj 1 it rfMT^Si Mi any ?f the ail- x r it i'^HJ?-'te-3T ments which af- x flict women. X out JM They will simply X , .v"A he wasting tune JJ cJJwiS until they take it. X I tho ffi'SV.-A^'SEW'v. Vyi i'^a The Regulator is x ho bi ' ' in a purifying, X feat <v strongt h e ni n g a to WKSt&T'jtF y^3? tonic, which *;ets }% ,,,. I _ at the roots of the X r Bbi "" I disease and cures j{ e,'e the cause. It does not drug x g f B/v - iU tlie pain, it eradicates it. a Kw'im 11 slops tailing of the womb, X i rd, BS-' iTffa leucorrhea, intlammation x nli gi>V^ and periodical suffering, ir- X 1 R^' '.$ reguiai. scanty or painful a , nien.-truation; "and by doing A itn ws**'' "11 'his drives away the A c hundred and ?>ne aches and A LTC pains which drain hculth A t nir ST^'vl and beauty, happiness and X left's' *5 good temper from many a X ' KsS3c$&&? woman's f!'". It is the one X r md remedy a' ?v* all others X *' l^h'31 which ev v w .-irnan should X , MB"s*iAai! know nbc it and use. X Kn^i>4\ ?1.< 0 per bottle ft t *W1 at any rtruir store, ft llU- Send for our free I) "S HffMC j| , C^e^U^0r ^ ' of ????????c5??S2 1 - i TS AWFUL HORRORS RED BY * Sarsaparilla ' BOTTLES. NTDERPUL CURE. ( ly Gives Her Rxprrienre* es in tlio beautiful village of Brighton,. ible and highly respected lady was born l.i it war, in Hebron, Washington Co., Nev/ S10, the year of "Tippecanoe and Tyler ;ntly preserved, and possessing a very re3f interesting reminiscences of her early of Michigan and the interesting and retbe stirring events of which she was a wltund manifold recollections are more mnrthan are her experiences In the use of Mrs. llurd inherited a tendency and prey destructive blood taint which bus cursed ids and marking thousands more as vlcItted from generation to generation, It Is ne form or another. It may make its apres, in unsightly swellings In the neck or mis. Attacking the mucous membrane, it lead, or developing in the lungs It may be, onsumptlcn. ird says: "I was troubled for many years s .111(1 limbs would break out In a mass of , My nook began to swell and became very ly was covered with scrofulous eruptions., d and weakened, and they pained me very * L>ad condition and my head ached severely < 0 appetite. I bad sores also in my ears. I ( d tried every remedy that had been reeomhad failed. One of the bast physicians in ? 'rofulous consumption, as internal abcesses 1 til Was told of Dr. Johnston, of Detroit, and 1 1 bottle, more as on experiment than anyt, uml greatly to my agreeable surprise, I ; sure I kept on taking it. I took a great roved until I beeame entirely well. All the 1 >ina disappeared. I pained perfect health. ! j rltli scrofula since. Of course an old lady , but I have lind remarkably pood health , ^ at JOHNSTON'S SARSAI'ARILLA is the ! 1 t medicine In the wide world, both for ] " This remarkably interesting old lady did she repeated several times, "I believe my ' SARSAPARILLA." j t sacpAitY, uHTHorr, inoflL P. C. DDK K, UNION, 3. C. mpfoms? ? ? Headache? 3*, ?Chills?Urine rrouble" % r and Kidney rWR triplic | / medicine now tughn's Lithonthem to their R|S^ WUT IT I^ 8. S. C., July 21. 1899. of the cellular tissue, *\&>V rt time. 1 wns unaldo ^5# <1 nn<l saturated tvitlr e, perfeet'y helpless, mIwM xoept wlilli- tit.iter tint ^Swf nn<l ant now comfortbcca unable to do for 'Mgr as socio poor sufferer eg. S.C. Vols., 13C0. :ivo ha;', na rctsra iical Director of it, BrooklynnN. Y. pecial ease. >ff ice, SI -OO a bottle. Hp General News Notes. ha Grippe Quickly Cured. ' In the vi.ittr of 1898 and 1899 I iH3 t..ken diiWU with a n\ere attack f what is CHlled Ln Giippe" enys F, j. HewcC. a prt miLCut drupgi*t of >Y it: field, 111. "The only n<tditine I ised whh two hotthe cf CI stub* rlain'a v.v? *.... .1. --1.. 1 * 1? i-- ? .1 1 J Wllt.ll ikVII cut, 11 UK &U i; |) I lie m ia :11<1 fttrpi (rii the coughirg like magic, ind I have never einre been troubled wmh Grippe." Chamberlain's Cough b-r.cdy c?n always be dependi d upon break up a severe cold ?Ld ward I!'any threatened attack of pneumoiia. It is pleasant to take, lot, which nakes it the most desirable at d one f the most popular preparations in isp for these ai'mcuts. For sale by C Duke. One Government bureau reports h?t the United States now produces hip building steel plates cheaper than ny o'licr nation in the world, while tn thcr bureau contends that the naterial for building steel ships :osts the American builders far more mm it does the foreign ones. The mly explanation is that the steel uakers sell their plates cheaper broad than they do at home, which, >y the way, happens to be a fact. How to Cure the Grin. II main quietly at home and take Dhaiuberlaiu's Cough Remedy as l?>eoud and 11 quirk recovery is eure ,o follow. That remedy counteracts u.y tendency of the grip to result in ^ni'iiDiopta, which is really the only lerious danger. Among the tens of .honsands who have used it for the jrip not one ca*e has ever been relortfd that did not recove . For sale w F. C. Dube. Welcome, Mr. Babcock. The Jemocratic p^rty is glad to receive uck a distinguished an accession as ouistlf to its party ranks on the anflf and trust question?provided ou are in earmst and are not merely duffing in tlu* hope of straightening our party's disgraceful record on ru?ts. Pneumonia Can be Pi evented. This disease always results from a old <.r an attack of the grip and may is prevtntt<1 liy the timely use of hi.ir.lieiIain's Cough Remedy. That < ri.eey win extensively used duiiug he epideuiicp cf lift (irippe of the past i-w )tat8, ai.d not ft single case has \<r been reported that did not re;<neror that nsu'ted in pneumonia, ? h ch shows it to be a ceitain pieei live of that dangerous disease, ")l amherlain's Cough Rtmcdy haa ruined a world wide repuUtiou for 8 cures < f Colds and grip. For sale ry F. C. Duke. Secretary Root bas informed the ?e"nte, in answer t<? a question, that ie haa no authority over the men ivho are looting Porte Rico, the isand now being under civil authority. ' But who is responsible for the ap? v.intment of these men? Can any >ne tell. Subscribe for The Times*