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The Southerners. [Continued From 3;d Page.] "Ah. Freeman." continued the o Bailor as the pilot of the lleet came i to the cabin, "come around here, bo of you. where you can see this eliai These are the jottings* you made i the old government chart, I belie\ Frertnn 11V" ? . "Yes, sir," answered- the pilot /l Bpcet fully. "You think tlicy are right, do yon7 "As near as my memory serves, p It lias been some time since I was Mobile bay. admiral." ' ' 4' * "It won't be Ions before you will In once more, I fancy. Freeman," terrupted the tulniirak , --v * "Yes, sir; I hope nW'-a!iswerrd 1 pilot, smiling I roadly and pointing the cliart again. "Tin re was Die clis liel, gentlemen, but shoals change, r, these waters are treacherous. S that's the best information I can g you from memory." "'So one can do better than best," said the admiral. "Now. I Peyton. 1 wish you would take a lc at these Tlnefe and give usf y< opinion oiiftLfeuu^ ^'un were born In I rec?IIuft,^!iWl pwftnps you niffy nble to give us some additional formation.' wlileS will be helpful, don t mfnd telling you, gentlem that, God willing, I nm going In Vtbo morning." The young otttecr could >pot-repn n suddi'-.i movement wTiIcli tG<T obse nut admiral instantly detected. "My boy, i e said, VI: feel fop y< I know sn.'.icr ^m^^^v^yon mi to New T^** manj ct^m ^k>n mr^ ju^P ln* rtSnda'-ans, my-own sister aiift * Tliat it lm~ '"V relatives were in the 1 ^yp I dreaded tlie idea that I might ,e obliged to tire upon litem at any moment. I met yo^j- father in the Mexican war. I Uno^ lie will give us n hard fight." "Yes, sir," said the young man proudly, "lie is as I.rave as a lion." "I have CA jj>puht of-it.'-'-roturned the admiral #Uin fcfT 'a'tid * it is' ftard to think that^anNnnst'lire upon itfort, but it is a thing that a great many men have had to do. I myself am a sontlienmnTfhl'l.orn' lit Tennessee. I lived in Louisiana when I entered the service. My wife's people are till Virginians too. If there had been an pin. lenble separation between the seijjHo.ns,; I might, I would, have gone with the south, but whan war came my course Was clear to u:e. Hut don't 3*011 think . ' .? ' i' ???-L - */.. ?v; > " > ?*< |r>-_ " *'Oood afternoon, Mr. Peyton," sold the admiral. It didn't hurt nic to turn my guns 11 gainst uiy own people. my wife's people! I?h,, Captain Drayton?" "Indeed do<#, sir," feelingly answered DrnS'tCHV wl/o- was from North Carolina. 4'l ran well remember- my own sen*n'ti<$ns WhenViook the I'awnee In at I'ort Itoval. You know, my brother commanded one of the forts there." "And jjiy-bj-othey is on <he Tennessee, PdniiNjI," said Peyton. "Is he indeed?" said the admiral "Well, TttfffflWr PuicTianati* will give him plenty to do, tf I know him, am: tis too, and we'll try to see that ho has nn opportunity to do all he wants. I'n just aehiff** ftv* nrltt -hlifif^and have things Strange; Drayton, that tin four men Ttf this kahili should all b< Southerners in arms against the south.1 "Not against the south as a south admiral, if you will permit me," repllei Drayton quickly, his 'face flushing?hi northern ties were much more intens than the admiral's?1"but against an section which seeks (o disrupt tlie I i Ion. Itelieve me, there is a difference. "Yes," said tlie admiral thoughtfully "] see that there is. You are right." "It's not that I have the slighte.* animosity toward the south, sir. (> the contrary, I love her. She is in ni mind like a child who trios to run awn from her homo and gets lost and w Lave to bring her back even"? "Even if we batter her to pieces 1 the bringing," interrupted llieadinlra smiling. * "Well, of course "fliese things \VI happen, i have to punish my ow children sometimes," commented tl flag captain. '. ""Well, gentlemen, I thing it is j/fett much over now. 1 thought it was pfca< tically over after Viokslairg and (Je tysburg, but Chlcknpiutign gave tliei a lift. Now I am sure < f it." "The south has. only been beaten b her own son^, Vr.t cried ifeyton sr.i denly. } * ' >f' ' * "WelK not/exaetly," laughed the n< mirnl. 'M'e TourMi.lppen to lie souther men, but Grant, Sherman and Sherida mid some of the rest can't lay claim t |he happy title. JIuwever," lifting h rf Curos Oholera-lnfantum. Diarrhoea. Dj A itry Aftr. Aids Dlgostion, Regulates t Dll TEETHING EASY. Curea Eruptions a and provonts Worms. TEETHINA Co 1 Summer's heat upon Teething Chlldr* mail 25 oonts to C. J. MOFFETT, N re- ~ glasses, "'lot's to tlio chart. iou knc " this harbor?" iir. "Yes, sir. I have sailed over eve in fathom of. It,' 1 believe,", answer - ? Peyton." be ' "What In?" In- "My own sloop, sir." - "And not alone, I'll he hopiv he chuckled the admiral 'amusedly, as to scanned the chart. Ill- WO, PII, Mini i lull, i>?(iiiio ??"*' ml under t lio brown of Ids cheek, fill "With many a young girl for a sli ive mate, I'll warrant." continued the c er man. not heeding the other's ngi his tion as he scrutinized the chart. Sir. "With one, sir. My?an old frie >ok, sir." >un Peyton hit his lip to keep fr to, tieznbling at the recollection of be' happy but vanished past. In- "Forgive me, lad," said the old sal I looking quickly up at him. as he en. marked his changed voice, touched in the reticence with which Peyton sp of that one, a reticence which conve rs3~ a great dent to tho quick -apprehenj rv- of tho admiral?"forgive me. 1 dh menu to call up recollect*''1" n* * .kind.:' ill ist "Tliero is nothlnj^B^^ , . >pl severed tlae youz^P " "rm**ldat nil that outH * P^ofuscd to resl^B'Kivp. nn' tons follow the fla^^^Hr quietly. "I c> the aduj^^^to mind when ! ! man's rei; Tra^Pcame north to '(* ^liral gascd at Peyton tho old^r-*ciV"edy sympathy, apparent in hi:; on t' e face, almost unmanned him. Tile mastered his feelings, however, \nd turned to tho chart. "ThaJ chart appears to he all right, sir, so far as I can make it; out," lie said at last, after scrutinizing it carefully. I think "there is a little more water hero ami not quite so much there, pilot," lie added, turning to the otlieer and pointing at different places. "You may be right, Mr. Peyton," answered the pilot. ."J used to notice that right there was pretty shoal and. it used to be deeper here. In its main features, however, I think your lines are very accurate." "That's good!" ex la lined the admiral. "Now as to the obstructions. You have boon up there two or three times at night. You never saw any obstructions close under Port Morgan?" "No, sir, never; at least, no evidence of them. The piles come down there to starboard," pointing, "but the waters are shoul there; we could not pass anyway. Of course, there is a triple line of torpedoes right across the?chanucl except .that space under the guns of theifort to the eastward of that buoy, about U?"0 yards across, I take it, which seems to be a clear channel. We sunk the buoys, but I doubt if we have damaged the torpedoes.any." ...."They've left that .space open for blocknders, of course," said Drayton. "Well, we'll run ..our own blockade in the morning in spite <>f ships, fort or . torpedoes. You have been in Fort Morgan, Peyton, I suppose, in the old days?" "Y'es, sir. Many times." "IIow is this plan of it?" thrusting another paper toward him. "That is the way it used to be, as I recall it.' Of course, they may have done a great deal to it since then." "And tlie water battery you say is right there?*' "' Yes, sir. It masks the curtain that looks to the northwest between these two bastions, lis guns bear square across the channel." "And. the fort has a raking lire on us until we come abreast of It?" "Yes, sir." "Freeman," said the-admiral, turning to tlie pilot, "you know just how to take us in tomorrow morning?" "Yes, admiral." "You will be in the maintop, as usual?*' "Yes, sir. That's tlie best place for me. I can communicate with ttie dock by the speaking tube along the mast, and I can direct our consort, the Meta comet, by hand." I "I shall be right beneath you," sail! i the admiral, "and in touch with you i P.y the way, I think- it would be jusi 3 as well for us to take the tender am e go up above Saud island and take i <i final look at tilings this afternoon ' Drayton, will you oblige me by seelnj i, that the necessary signals are made 1 I shall want you and Watson to go s and you 'might call the commandinj e officers of the other ships to go witl y us. That will do, Freeman. No, wai i- i moment, l'eyton; I want to speal with you," he added, as the others lef T, the cabin. it CIIAFTFJt XXIX. . < n A I'BOVOTION j)bclined. y " YJ) "fF.YTdX," said the ndmirn y J thoughtfully, "I liave bee e thinking hard about you case, and if you like I wi n I detach you from tlie Ilartford an J, rcmPyou over lo the Pembina, wide js.to remain outshle. You will Inn II plenly to do on her, ns the squadron n leave behind will engage the worl le south of (he point to make n diversic in our favor." v '"What, admiral!" cried the your man. "Itelievo nie from my station < f. the day of battle! Take me out of a ,, thai! Sir! Why? I"? lie sprang Ids feet. Ids face flushed with indign v tion. "I don't understand you, sir!" 1 j. burst out. { . The admiral leaned back in his elm p and eyed him narrowly, with a glan ii Mint seemed to pierce through ai ? through him. 0 "You cannot mean It, sir!" Pcyt continued hotly. "It's?It's saving th >TFETT'S C PO WD ERST Lj rsentory and tho Bowel Troubles of Chlldror ho Bowols. Strengthens tho Child and MAK nd Sores, Collo, Hlveft and Thrush. Romo unloraots and Overoomes tho Effeots of ?n. and costs only 23 cents at Druggists I. D.. St- Louis. Mo. >w. uo.-.mo.v you, fir, und love you,' would almost say it was an In"? ry "Hold on, my lad!" said the ndm quietly. "Youy fatlier commauds-l .fdVtr. Your brother Is 6:1 tho Tonnes The place Is sacred In your mem for 1 take It, from what you say V from what I hare heard, that it is he sochited With one. even, doarec/to ; There is no dishonor i:i my proi ->ly t!on. I am giving you a elianee in cniit'o In ils wnv It Is n.nromotlot iip- can give you the'command of the I >ld- blun. You have shown your dove tn- to tlie cause hy your recent search torpedoes and mines In the channe nd, don't want to compel you to do viol to your feelings." oiu "Admiral Farragut," said Toy ton the petuously, forgetting-in some part distinction of age and rank which lor. between them, "my feelings have i re- lug to do with my duty. My fathei by everything to keep me for the sot okc my mother, my sister and?the we yed f rfon | I ; : ln't ! 1 . YtT 'i Sr lie sprang to his feet, his face flus] with indignation. I was engaged to marry, but T bi away. Your own letter to me the nick of time, sir, although Iwul already decided. Father In his ewtonient and anger said things thritrperhaps lie did not moan." "I am sure he didn't," broke In ho admiral kindly. "Hut, sir, he'd rather see me dea?, I am sure, a thousand times, than bio me accept your offer, fly In a veils, ir, I'd rather lie n lieutenant on Jhe Ilctford in tliis action than the oaptalhof tlie Wabash or the Colorado out. at sea! They, my people, haven't* liy love left for me,, no affection, but if they luul it would wither if I 'did tjs. No, sir! If you leave the choice td le, ami you would not order me nuy surely, under such circumstances I stay with you." % "That's well said," cried the admit! heartily. "I knew how it would ?. It would have broken my heart, b-, if you had gone. Besides, I want y?. I need you here." "Thank you, sir." "Freeman Is .our only jnlot. Shott anything happen to liim your servlci will l>o invaluable. .1 shall want }'< on deck directly beneath mo during t notion. I will arrange with Capta i Drayton that you arc freed from tlu* with your division. Von can carry* tr orders to the different parts of tl : ship, if ! have any to give,, and , will he 0:1 hand to take Freeman piaeo and pilot us in if anything ha] pens to lii'ni." I "Thank you. sir." said Peyton, grca Iy rclie.ved. "I shall he ready." t .*>\n:l hy the way," added the ni I ia"!ral. "I want you t? go with us in i tender when we roconnoitcr the for this afternoon. Perhaps you can gli i us some more information about tl ? situation." * Aye, stye, sir.* .a ( Tl:< re was a knock c:i the door 4 ? lh" cabin at that instant, . t "Conic in," called the admiral. t ensign entered and saluted. t "Captain Drayton's 01 n:p!iinents,otl and he says the Pcnsacoh^ and Tecall s h have been signaled to senv.^ ( they'll he here by seven bells,,sir.'_j| I "Very good, Mr. Browned," said 1 I OA] 1 . ragut as flio olilcer saluted and n I islied. "That'Settles It! We'll CO ir the morning smc! ' Now, Mr." Pey, J 11 lie continued, resuming his forme th <1 dross, "direct the olllcer of the yj, h ! to let mo know as soon as the C'ov^ e j (the tender) Is alongside and the^T I tains have assembled. Moanwliiin tn him sec that I am not disturbed, ti >n matters of great Importance eomlst until I return on deck." . bB ?g As Toy ton followed the cnslgk^ ?n the admiral was left alone li.. c- cabin. a? [To nr. CoxTisrr.n.') *. hp Clothe* nnil the Man. f* "What a mistake It is to JudgcfW 1 r by tlieir eiotlies." C(T "I know it. Tliero Is a self /j millionaire in thin town who d^? Just as well and with as much taU^ 9IJ any of llie clerks in Ids ostallllsUi4?* J ?Chicago Ilecord Herald, . Jilt iCitnnel Coal nml "Jot." Cannel coal is n variety bf bltum nous coal which burns wltb great fre dom, tiie flame of it affording consh erable llglit. It was called "caud coal" by tbe English people who tlr: used it. as it often served as a sui stltute for candles. TI16 name bccau "es corrupted to "cannel" and lias so r vos ninlued. It is more compact than orO t 0" nary bituminous coal, and It can I wrought In a lathe and polished. ? certain variety of it found in Yor 6nc sliire. England. Is manufactured into kind of Jewelry known as jet. iral CMII .. riollni sco. "By the way, how is Fentherly g< cry. tins on wit!) Iiis pretty wife?the woi and nn with tl?e drooping eyelas'/.esV" i ns- "Yes. Fentherly used to say lie w you. the victim-of lier drooping eyelash iosi- before thoy were married; now he one the drooping victim of her tong i. I lashes."?Kansas City Journal. cm(tion ? 1 f?j For liver t rouble and constipation There's nothing better in creation once Than Little Early Risers, tlie faun little pills i Un- They always effect a cure and save d ; tljo t< r bilK i lay Little Early Risers are different fr lotli- a1' ??ther pills. They do not weal r did *',e R.V8'om> ')UI arf as a tonic to ti e _ siicdiy arousing the secretions and 1 1 storing the liver to the full perfc mm ,mau of its functions naturally. F. C. I)ul SCIENCE " ^eak I exHausTIrN G S. Hp* ? ' * ... ' j.i?utning clouds are seldom more than 700 yards from the earth. Although Jupiter is 1,387 times big- ! ger than the earth it is only 300 times heavier. All the blood in n man's body passes through his heart once in every two minutes. ! The average straight ahead motion of tlie stars is now put at twenty-one I miles a second. k The utmost distance from cioiul to l^Sartli crossed by a lightning Hash is K)out four miles. icroscopos which ordinarily magniItnfn 1 ?nl ? nniem* lli_ JWisod to 1 (?.tKXi diameters by lmmers- 1 | [I, the lens in vaseline oil. I polished metallic surface is always i Lively electrified with regard to an i BpfTolished surface. Sticky substances i ^Jnd tliose that give off dust are always i JuTositlve. < I Good for Children. B pleasant to take and harmless One jluite Cough Cure gives i 111 mediate '{ *^ef in all cases of Cough, Croup and Grippe because it does not pass im- 1 ^Lately into the stomach, but takes B Wet right at the seat of tho trouble. It 1 r| iTws out the inllamation, heals and i ' I it lies and cures permanently by enI f'10 lungs to contribute puro lifeTf/Kng and life-sustaining oxygen to tho ; ? <1 and tissues. F. C. Duke. Iiockril In With n Mnntr.c. The writer was once closeted with a patient whom lie had no suspicion of being uiad until the lntter got out of bod, turned the key of the door and preferred a mild request to the writer to have his throat cut, handing him at the same time an open poeketknife, which he produced from underneath his pillow. I objected to the knife as being too small for the purpose and begged to'be allowed to go for my case of amputating knives, with which, I explained, tlie operation could be performed with greater neatness and dispatch. He unlocked tho door at once, binding me over to secrecy and urging me to lose no time in returning. I drove homo, reported the cuse to the authorities and came back with assistance, lie was secured with great difficulty ami sent to the asylum.-?London TitBits. Due Notice i# served. Duo notice is hereby served on the public generally thnt PcWitt's Witch Hazel halve is the only salve on the market that is made from the jaire, unadulterated witch haze). I)e\\ itt's Witch Hazel Halve has cured thousands of cases of piles that would not yield to any other treatment, and this fact has brought out many worthless counterfeits. Those persons who get the genuine DeWitt's i Witch Hazel Halve are never disap- ' pointed, because it cures. F. (J. Duke. 1 Thrift. I Every man who saves money Is called mean and stingy by the loafers on A the streef cornel's and pointed out with i? reproach by the men who Idle away 1 p their time. In order to get ahead a f( man. must save, must spend loss than I it lie makes, and, above ajl things, he " must work. Don't be ashamed of havIg any one say that you are "close." ttend to your own business, and you i e all right. The men who criticise e thrifty really pay them a big roui- | imcnt. It is the tribute sloth pays i dustry.?Nortonvllle News. An P.n*f One. 'What supports the sun In the lieavs?" asked the country schoolteacher. ' Whv. Its beams, of course." renlled ' Cfl precocious youngster.?Kansas City kifllcpcirdcnt. jpMMiicority Is tlio basis of nil true k Midship. Without sincerity It Is like 9lilp without ballast H ,i , ? i (9 A Sweet Breath ?? a ncvor failing sign of a healthy I nach. When the breath is bad the d flnoch is ont of order. There is no an M edy in the world equal to Kodol . fe*pepsia Cure for curing indigestion, iQ*m)t>psla and all stomach disorders, 4 <fl. "Vfary S. Crick, of White Plains, , id,!, vrites: "I have been a dyspentic ^JvWs? tried all kinds of remedies < T?B mtinuoil to grow worse. By the I h Kodol I began to improve at once i LJ^Bifter taking a few bottles am fullv , "~W,rcd in weight, health and strength < TtM can cat whhtever I like. Kodol i ^^**ds what yon eat and makecPthe 1 Bach sweet. F, C. Duke, b 't Crowcimd Bridge ?? Wor| a Specialty. t /r. ?< JTc ah cooks ft " ?^#@8 5 C* ' }??}*& i (iJj^rC 3 - ,V^' ^ UficeTried Always I VN * /, ') / - A MOI^E^SA1 1 k J. v Gives Perfect Satisfai FOR INFORMATldfJADDRESS . \ The Southern Coffin C - Vv \ SAV/CnNAH, < r t ? w-n t ???M? ?w i O I C.AUY MIMUOrntKt. A Prime Ilcniilsltc Kor the Stodf of l'lnnot Surfaces. Astronomical science is tllvkletl naturally into two parts, that pertaining lo the stellar universe and thnt pertaining to our own immediate family of planets. The latter are the only bodies In the heavens of which we are aware lhat at all resemble our earth, and they | itre all, comparatively spec&lng, our ' near neighbors and have, therefore, a i much more personal and popular Interest than the stellar universe at large, rite study of their relative motions was virtually completed during the last 1 century, so that at the present time the astronomy of the planets Is couliued j cliielly to a study of their dimensions ?ud surface conditions. * For this study there Is one para- j mount requisite, and that Is a steady atmosphere. With a good atmosphere , Important results may be obtained | even with a sinnll telescope of only C live or six inches diameter; but wltb- ^ out such an atmosphere the very lar- 1 gest telescope will be of no avail. This r is not the case in other departments of * astronomy; for many kinds of observn- I lions on the stellar universe the qual- ' ity of the atmosphere is of little account, provided only thnt it is cloudloss and transparent; but for the planetary and lunar astronomy a steady at- ' mosphere Is the fundamental requisite. To understand what is meant by a Btendy atmosphere we have only to look at some object across a hot stove or along the lino of n railroad track upon a summer day. There is a shim- ( mer In the air, a wavering motion, with i which wo are all more or less familiar. | This wavering is always present in our atmosphere, although we usually can- 1 not see It; but when we magnify the j | image 01 n pin net in n telescope 1,000 times wo magnify the atmospheric tremors in the same proportion, and they are then not only conspicuous, but they interfere very seriously with our observations. In some parts of the world the atmosphere is much more steady than in others, and it is evidently a matter of the highest importance for the astronomer interested in planetary research to find where those places are situated. To illustrate the importance of tills matter I may say that situated in one I of these favored spots I saw night after night with a five inch and even with a four inch lens planetary markings and details that I have never seen even with the largest telescope iu Cambridge.? W. LI. Pickering lu Century. Cheap Rates via Southern Railway On the dates named below, the Southern Railway will sell special round-trip tickets as follows: To Nashville, Tenn., recount of Qeneraly Assembly, Cumberland Presbyterian church. Rate of one fare plus twenty-flve cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 19;h, 20th and 21st with final limit June 1st, 1908. To St. Louis. Mo., account of Deri, i Ication Ciromonles, IyoutslODa Purchase Exposition. Rite of one first i class fare for the rouni trip. Tick- < eta on sale April 29th, 110th and May 1st, good to leave St. Louis not later I than May -1th, 19011, returning. To Atlanta, Q?., account of National Convention, B. Y. P. U. of America. One first class fare plus twenty-live cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale July 8th, 9th and 10th, with final limit July loth, 19011. | To Richmond, Vs., account of/' Southern Educational Conference. < Rate of one and one-third fares for ' the round trip. Tickets on sale ' April 20th and 21st, with final limit April 28th, 1903. Solid vestibnled trains. Elegant I Pullman sleeping car service. Un- | excelled Dining Car service. For ? full information in regard to sched- i ulee, tickets, etc., apply to any agent 5f the Southern Railway Company, >r R. W. Hukt, Div. Pas. Agt., Charleston, 8. C, M. . Office Bank Building ' Union. 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