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that good cc j of which all i ' share, how can I a. to buy ordinary | stale and dusty be, when for 5 Uneeda fresh from the from dirt by very beauty oi vou hungry* I IpL national b1s< ' y &/)e Wings of The Morning By LOUIS TRACY Copyright, lPft., !>\ J*<ltvnr<? T. **lrv?lr? (> ? ?<?. , Continued from page o. X "; 1:5 !. \ v.'ilh Umbo:*. .\Mho9ffh Wil- j r?n:M iv?i sinl. if' she . It!.! ! :?yr< i!'( . j \ \v.i\ f sti'?K<'I 11.from ! tl'o -*i??iiin?*r jiik! tlifM liui-jfil )i?t J)n? k j vri'1, in-r^iviiiforii-. The Sinhir I \vs in.~i <(i!iiii|ciicu lirr mining iiiovc merit. Mini she heeled otter. yioMinc to the miuhl.v power of the gaio. I'o- Jin appreciable instant. her engines stopped. The mass of watjpf thai swayed the junk like a cork '.jfteil tlie great ship liit.lt by the stem. Tim propeller I toga n to revolve in air. for the third of- ' floor lm.il eoiTOclod his signal to "full spied ahead" again, atii! the cumbrous <"]iii;ore vessel struck t h- Slrdntr a for Hide blow in the eouirior. siuaslTjng off i the screw ( lose to the thrust hick and . wrenching the rudder f>\nn It* 'tearing*. There was an nwfui race l?y the engines liefore the engineers could stint off steam. The junk vanished into the wilderness of noise and lutr Mitig seas beyond. and the line steamer of a few seconds ago. replete with magnificent energy, struggled like a wmsnded leviathan in the grasp of a vongertil foe. She swung around a< if jit wrath to pursue the puny assailant ?.*bich had dealt her this mortal stroke. Vo longer brea'-litig the storm villi sutldiorn persisieticy, she now drifted aimlessly Itcfore w ind ami wave. She was merely a larger plaything tossed about by titanic gambols. The jnnk was burst asunder by the collision. Her planks i ami cargo littered the waves, were oven tossed in derision on to (he decks < of the Sirdar. Ctf what avail was strong timber or bolted iron against tln? spleen of 1110 unchained and formless monster who loudly proclaimed i his triumph'.' The great steamship 1 drifted on through chaos. The typhoon had broken ilie lam e. Hut brave men. skillfully directed, < wrought hard to avert furtlcr disas mSwit-. 1 They Inokc'l 'lorn into (h> n rvtt:hc<l rrujt. lor. Aftor the lirst mmm-nt ??f stupor g.ii! i!11 MritMi sailors risked lifo and limit to bring tin- vessel under enntrol. Ity tlicit* calm o!hum"o lhoy shamed the paralyzed f.nsears into aetivit.v. A sail was rigged on tlio foremast and a so:i nuebor hastily onnsirueted as soon as it was discovered that the helm was useless. I Sockets llarcd up into the sky nt regular intervals iu the faint hope that should they attract the attention of another vessel slie would follow tUo disabled Sirdar and rcuder v U^a_$3*l!?ll UigAtiwiUes uiwietuUcl. Jt..... . le of Sense, I immon sense 8/ of us have a I i you continue JJJ i soda crackers, ? t as they must I $ you can get vw Biscuit I oven, protected W a package the I I which makes :u!7 When H e captain ascertained th.it uo water was boimc shipped, the datnnjio boiny wholly external. the collision doors were opened and the passengers admitted to tho saloon, a brilliant pal art', superbly indifferent to the wreck ami ruin without. Captain J toss himself cainedown and addressed a few comforting words to th<? quiet men and pallid women gathered there. lie told them exactly what had happened. The hours passed in tedious misery I after Captain Itoss' visit. livery one was eager tr? yet a glimpse of the unknown terrors without from ike dock. This was out of the question, so people sal around the tables to listen eagerly to experience ami his wise saws on drifting sltips and their prospoet s. Some cautious persons visited their cabins to secure valuables in ease of further disaster. A few hardy spirits r< I uracil to lad. Meanwhile in the churl house the captain and chief oflicer were gravely pondering over an open chart and dismissing a fresh risk that loomed ominously i mm ore iiK.ni. J lie snip was i , long way out of her usual course I when the accident happened. She was I ( drifting n nv, tlioy eslinuitod, cloven knots an ltonr, with wind, sea ami current all forcing her in the same diroetion. ilrii'iing into one of the most dun^crous places in Ihe known world, the souili China sea. with its numberless reefs, shoals ami isolated reeks ami the ureal island of Itorneo stretching right across the path of the cyclone. Still there was nothing to he done sa\c to make a few unobtrusive prepa- , rations and trust to idle elm nee. To attempt lonnehornnd ride out (lie gale j in their present position was out of the ^ pies! ion. Two. I o'clock came and went. . Another half hour would witness the dawn and a further clearing of the , weather. The barometer was rapidly rising. The center of the cyclone had j wept far ahead. There was only left , the aftermath of heavy seas and l'uri- t nils hul steadier wind. e Captain Koss entered the chart house for the twentieth time. f He had aged many years in appear- j, :uice. The smiling, confident, debonair j yllicer was changed into a stricken. { mournful man lie hail alloroil with his ship. 'ill.- Sirdar and her master j nouM hardly he recognized, so cruel were tli<- lijous they lta.l received. 1 "It is impossible to see a yard < ahead," ho c-oniid<>il to his second iu | coismand. "I have r.over been so anx- \ ions ! hi m> life. Thank (led. the ( night is drawing to a dose. 1'crimps . w lieu day breaks" I Ilk; last words contained a prayer | and a hope. Kvor. as ho spoke the sldp ^ seemed to lift herself boddy with an ^ unusual etl'orl for a vessel moving bofore t he wind. , The next instant there was a horrible grinding crash forward. Kaeh person who did n d chance to lie holding fast . to an upright was thrown violently' | down. The deck was tilted to a dan- | gerous angle and remained there, while , the heavy buffeting of the sen, now , raging afresh at this unlooked for re- ] sistanee, drowned tli?- despairing yells raised by the l.asears on duty. I The Sirdar had completed her last voyage. She was now a hat tared wreelc on n harrier reef. She hung thus for one heartbreaking second. Then sin- i other w.ivc, riding triumphantly through its fellows, caught the great , steamer in its tremendous grasp, carried iter onward for half her length f ltd suuishe | her down oil the rocks. | Her bark was broken. She parted in tuo halves, itotli sections turned completely over in the utter wantonness of destruction, and everything?masts, funnels, boats, hull, with every living soul on board?was at once engulfo.l in a maelstrom of rushing water and far Hung spray. CIIA IT Kit II. Wf"?"" IlKN the Sirdar parted nmld ships the tloor of the saloon heaved up in the renter with VmJ a mighty crash of rending woodwork and iron. Men and women, too stupefied to sob out a prayer, were pitched headlong Into chaos. Iris, torn from the terrified grasp of her maid, fell through a corridor and M ould Uavo gone down with the ship had not a sailor, clinging to a companion ladder, caught her ns she whirled along the , steep slope of the deck. lie did not know what had happened. With the instinct of self preservation he seized the nearest support | when the vessel struck. It was the , mere impulse of ready helpfulness that caused him to stretch out his left arm and clasp the girl's waist ns she fluttered past. By idle chance they were on the port side, and the ship, after pnus- t , ing for one awful second, fell over to starboard. ! The man was not prepared for this second gyration. Even ns the stairway canted he lost his balance; they were both thrown violently through the open hatchway and swept off iuto the boiling surf. Vndor such conditions thought Itself was impossible. A series of impressions, a number of fantastic pictures, were received by the benumbed faculties and afterward painfully sorted out by the memory. Fear, nni?!ilsli. . iinnv.eiiient?none of these could exist. All lie knew was that the ( lifeless form of n woman?for Iris hurt | happily fainted?tnust he held until , rteatli itself wrenched her from him. Then there eainc the headlong plunge into the swirling sea. followed by au indefinite period of gasping oblivion. Something that felt like a moving roek rose up beneath his feet, lie was driv- ! en clear out of the water and seemed to recognize a familiar objeet rising rigid and bright close at hand. It was the pinnacle pillar, screwed to a portion of the deck which came nway from the chart house, and was rent from the up* 1 per framework hy contact with the reef. lie seized this unlooked for sup- ' port with his disengaged hand. A uniformed figure?he thought it was the enptaln?stretched out an un- 1 ' availing arm to clasp the queer raft ' which supported the sailor and the I | girl, hut a jealous wave rose under ! ' the platform with devilish energy and turned it completely over, hurling the ! man with his inanimate burden Into ! the depths, lie rose, fighting iuadly for his life. Now surely he was doom- ' ed. But again, as If human existence 1 depended on naught more serious than ' the spinning of n coin, his knees rested ' on the same few stanch timbers, now the celling of the music room, and he was given a brief respite. His great- ' est dillieulty was to get bis breath, so dense was the spray through which he was driven. Kven in that terrible ' moment he kept his senses. The girl, ( utterly unconscious, showed by the ' eouvulsive heaving of her breast that she was choking. With a wild effort ' he swung her head round to shield her ' from the flying scud with his own J form. The tiny air space tints provided : 1 irnvo her some relief niifl in that in- i 1 slant tlio 8a 11 or seemed to recognlz.e ; I her. 11c was not remotely capable of a i < definite idea. Just as he vaguely real- : 1 i7.ed the Identity of the woman In his . < arms the unsteady support on which < lie rested toppled over. Again he re- ; newed the unequal contest. A strong, i < resolute man and a typhoon sea wres- 1 tied for supremacy. I This time his feet plunged against t something gratefully solid. lie was t .lashed forward, still battling with the 11 raging turmoil of water, and a second * Linio he felt the same firm yet smooth * uirfaco. His dormant faculties awoke. ; 6 It was sand. With frenz.ied despera* P Ion, buoyed now by the inspiring hope P >f safety, lie fought his way onward " ike a maniac. p Often he fell. Three times did the Lmckwasli try to drag him to tlie twirling death behind, hut lie staggered M ilindly on, on, until even the tearing pile ceased to bo laden with the suffo- 8 rating foam, and his faltering feet 8 m nk In deep soft white sand. " Then lie fell, not. to rise again. With i last weak flicker of exhausted ^ itrengtli he drew the girl closely to G ilm, and the two lay clasped tightly ogetber, heedless now of all things. P How long the man remained pros- * rale he could only guess subsequently. a 1 lie Sirdar struck soon after duy- n ireak, and the sailor awoke to a hazy 0 rousclousness of his surroundlugs to * llnd n shaft of sunshine flickering * hrougli the clouds banked up In the ?a?t. Tho g#lo was already passing J iway. Aiinougn mo wnm suit wutsled with shrill violence, it was more Clustering than threatening. The sea, ton, though running very high, had re- n I rented many yards from tho spot where ho had finally dropped, and Its 1 surf a oo was no longer seourged with . s venomous spray. I Slowly and painfully he raised himself to a sitting posture, lor he was * Cruised and stiff. With his first move- ' Luent lie became violently ill. lie had x iwallowcd nttieh salt water, and it 1 was not until the spasm of sickness * tad passed that lie thought of the girl. "She cannot be dead," lie hoarsely J murmured, feebly trying to lift her. 'Surely Frovhlenoe would not desert * tier after such an escape. What a ^ weak beggar I must he to give in at the last moment! I am sure she was 1 living when wo got ashore. What on ( earth ran 1 do lo revive her?" Forgetful of his own nehiiig limbs In ' Ibis newborn anxiety, he sank on one 1 knee and gentl.v pillowed Iris' head and ^ shoulders on the other, llor eyes were ^ closed, Iter lips and teeth firmly set?a fact fo which she undoubtedly owed j u?'i nit-, *. !!? Mip would nave oeou suifocntcd?nnd the pallor of her skin seemed to bo tbal terrible bloodless bue which tudicntes death. The stern lines in the man's fuee relaxed, and something blurred bis vision. lie was weak from exhaustion nud want of food, l-'or the moment bis emotions were easily amused. "Ob. it is pitiful!" be almost whimpered. "It eaniiot be!" With a gesture of despair he drew the sleeve of bis thick jersey across Ids eyes to clear them from the gnthoriug mist. Then ho tremblingly eudcavored to open the neck of her dress, lie was startled to find the girl's eyes wido open au<\ surveying blip with shadowy alarm. She was quite conscious. "Thank God!" ho cried hoarsely. "Yon are alive." Her color came hack with reraarka Itle rapidity. She tried to assume a silling posture, and instinctively her hands traveled to her disarranged costume. "How ridiculous!" she said, with a little uote of annoyance In her voice, which sounded curiously hollow. Itut lior brave spirit could not yet command lior enfeebled frame. i?hc was perforce compelled to dink hack to the support of hd? kjftte and arm. "Do you think yon could lie quiet unlil I try to find tome water?" he gaspI'd anxiously. She nodded a childlike acquiescence, and her eyelids fell. It was only that Iter eyes smarted dreadfully from the salt water, but the sailor was sure that this was a premonition of a lapse lo unconsciousness. "IMease try not to faint again," lie said. "Pon't you think I hud better loosen these things? You can breathe more easily." A ghost of n smile flickered on hei lips. "No?no," she murmured. "My eyes hurt me?that is all. Is thereany?water?" He laid her tenderly on the sand ami rose to his feet. His first glance wat toward 'the sea. He saw something which lnado him biiuk with astonish motif. A heavy sea was still running over the barrier reef which inclosed u small lagoon. The contrast between the llerce commotion outside and the comparatively smooth surface of the protected pool was very marked. At low tide the lagoon was almost coin pietely isolated. Indeed he infagined that only a fierce gale blowing from the northwest would enable the wave.1 to leap the reef, save where a strip ol broken water, surging far Into the small natural harbor, betrayed the position of tlie liny eutrnuee. Yet at this very point n fine cocoanut palm reared its stately column high in ulr, and its long, tremulous fronds wore now swinging wildly before the gale. From whero lie stood it appeared to L?e growing in the midst of the sea, for Uuge breakers completely hid the coral embankment. This sentinel of the land Had n weirdly impressive effect. It ivas the only fixed object in the waste if foam capped waves. Not a vestige if the Sirdar remained seaward, hut llie sand was littered with wreckage, i nd-mournful spectacle?a considerate number of Inanimate human forms nv huddled nn amid the relics of the >len uier. This discovery stirred him to action, lie turned to survey the land on which ic was stranded with his helpless couitnnlon. To his grout relief lie discovered that it was iofty and tree clad. He knew that the ship could not have lrlfted to Borneo, which still lay far to [lie .south. This must he one of the uindrcds of islands which stud the "*hina sen and provide resorts for Ilaiinn fishermen. Probably it was inhabited, though he thought it strange hat none of the islanders had put in in appearance. In any event water md food of some sort were assured. Jut before setting out upon bis quest wo things demanded attention.* The ill must lie removed from her present osition. It would be too horrible to m ii?r first conscious gaze to rest pen (hose crumpled objects 011 the each. Common humanity demanded, jo. that lie should hastily examine noli of the bodies in ease lir3 was not rliolly extinct. So he bent over the girl, noting with uddeu wonder that, weak as she was, he had managed to refasten part of er bodice. "You must nerniit nie to enrrv von a ttlc farther inland," he explained :ently. Without another word lie lifted her a his arms, marveling somewhat at he strength which came of necessity, ml bore her some little distance until sturdy rock jutting out of the sand ffered shelter from the wind and proection from the sea and its revelaions. "I am so cold and tired," murmured ris. "Is there any water? My throat mrts me." lie pressed hack the tangled hair rom her forehead as he might soothe i child. "Try to lie still for a very few miuites," he said. "You have not long to uffer. I will return immediately." His own throat and palate were on ire owing to the brine, but he first lurried hack to the edge of the lagoon, rhere were fourteen bodies in all, three vonien and eleven men, four of the atter being T.nsenrs. The women were inloon passengers whom he did not mow. One of the men was tjte surgeon, another the first officer, a* third <ir John Tozer. The rest were passengers and members of the crew. They vero ail dead; some had lieen peacefuly drowned, others were fearfully nangled by the rocks. Two of the I?ns ars, hearing signs of dreadful injuries, vere lying on ti cluster of low rook? iverhangiug the water. The remnlndei osted on tlie sand. The sailor exhibited no visible eiuo ion wlille ho conducted his sad sentliny. When he was assured that thlf dlent company was beyond mortal lielr :ic at once strode away toward thf nearest belt of trees. He could not tell low long the search for water might jc protracted, and there was pressiup need for It. Wlicu he reached the first clump ol brushwood he uttered a delighted ex lamation. There, growing In prodigal luxuriance, was the beneficent pitchei l?lnnt. whose large curled up leaf, sliap [>d like a teacup, not only holds a last lug quantity of rain water, hut mlxe? [herewith its own palatable and uat ural juices. With his Uuifc lie severed two ol the leaves and hastened to Iris with Lhc precious beverage. She heard him ind managed to raise herself on an el itvvr,. The yooy girl's eyes glistened al ?1 - tlio prospect of roller. Without n wort! of question or surprise she swallowed I the contents of both leaves. Then she found utterance. "How odd It tastes. What Is It?" she Inquired. . But the eagerness with which sho . ^ quenched her thirst renewed bis own | t momentarily forgotten torture. Ilis t tongue seemed to swell. He was ah- * solutely unable to reply. The water revived Iris like n magic * draft. Her quick intuition told her : what had happened. "Von have had none yourself!" she , cried. "O.o at once and get souie! And t please bring me some more!" t He required no second bidding. Aft- c er hastily gulping down the contents * | of several leaves he returned with a ( further supply. Iris was now Rittlng . up. The stin had burst royally through f the clouds, and her chilled limbs were . 1 gaining some degree of warmth and | elasticity. I "What is it?" she repeated after an- i other delicious draft. < ! "The leaf of the pitcher plant. Nn- 1 lure is not always cruel. In an uu- ' usually generous mood she devised this method of storing water." Miss Donne reached out her hand | for more, llcr troubled brain refused i ' to wonder at such a reply from an ordl- \ ' nary seaman. The sailor deliberately j spilled the contents of a remaining leaf ] " 011 the sand. > "No, madam," he said, with an odd 1 mixture of deference and firmness. "No ( ' more at present. I must first procure ' you some food." ! SIig looked tip at him in momentary t silence. i "The ship is lost?'' she said after a ' pause. 1 1 "Yes, madam.'' ; "Are we the only people saved?" "I fear so." ! "Is this a desert island?" "I think not, madam. It may by chance he temporarily uninhabited, but i fishermen from China come to all these 1 places. I have seen no other living be! ings except ourselves. Nevertheless the islanders may live on the south 1 side." "It surely cannot be possible that the ' Sirdar has gone to pieces?a magnifl- i cent vessel of her size and strength?" lie answered quietly: "It is too true, ' madam. I suppose you hardly knew he struck, it happened so suddenly. Afterward, fortunately for you, you | were unconscious." "How do you know?" she inquired , quickly. A fiood of vivid recollection was pouring in upon her. 1 "I?er?well, I happened to be near 1 you, madam, when the ship broke up, and we?er?drifted ashore together." She rose ana rneeu mm. * i remember now,"' she cried hysterically. "Yon i caught me as I was thrown Into the corridor. We fell into the sea when ' the vessel turned over. You have saved my life. Were it not for you I could ' not possibly have escaped." She gazed at him more earnestly, seeing that he blushed beneath the crust of salt and saud that covered his face. "Why," she went on, with growing excitement, "you are the steward I noticed in the saloon yesterday. How Is it that you are now dressed as a sailor?" He answered readily enough. "There was an accident on board during the < gale, madam. I am a fair sailor, but a poor steward, so I applied for a transfer. As the crew was short handed, my offer was accepted." Iris was now looking at liUn intently. "You saved my life," she repeated slowly. It seemed that this obvious fact needed to be indelibly established in her mind. Indeed the girl was overwrought by all that she had gone ( through. Only by degrees were her thoughts marshaling themselves with lucid coherence. As yet she recalled so many dramatic incidents that they failed to assume due proportion. Hut quickly there came memories of Captain Itoss, of Sir John and Lady Tozer, of the doctor, her maid, the hundred and one individualities of her pleasant life aboard ship. Could It he that they were all dead? The notion was monstrous. But its ghastly significance was instantly borne in upon her by the plight in which she stood. Her lips quivered; the tears trembled In her eyes. [TO DE CONTINUED.J A Good Keeper. See the man. He is smitten on the beautiful widow. IIAACI olw* l.b. * 'vc.i r?n*j luiui 11 wir? iiut't iiuun ' No; neither will she return his presents. Had His Picture Printed. "Haven't I met you before?" "Not that I remember." "Your face seems familiar." "Well, I have been cured by several patent medicines." I 1 I SAW MILLS, r ffl LIOHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY . 9 WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY I ma rt/PRV ifiwn nr wrtRK [ I ENGINES AND BOILERS 1 AND SIZES AND FOR EVERY 1 CLASS OF SERVICE. I ASK FOR OUR ESTIMATE BEFORE , I PLACINO YOUR ORDER. ; (jIBBESmachinerycompany 1 H COLUMBIA, 8. C. t V i ; MHMMM ro increase cnprrrL stock. Union, S. CV, I >ecotnber 28, 1005. At n mooting of ilio directors of la Hoy Furniture Manufacturing Company hold at the otlice of said oinpaiiy in the town of Union, S. C., m December :8th, IMV>. the following esolu lions were adopted: ltesolved, First. That the capital itoek of the llailey Furniture Manu'acturing Company he increased from l20,t.X>0 to $30,000 of which increase 110,000 to be prefereU stock, so that 1>.? ?f tl... ............... ul.,,11 >f $20,000 commun stock, divided into wo hundred shares of one hundred iollars each, and $i(),000 of prefercd stock, divided into 0110 hundred shares >f $100 each. Resolved, further, That such prcrered stock shall be entitled to dlviiends at the rate of seven per cent |ier annum, payable semi-annually, dial it shall be the duty of the directors after paying the expenses of the ?aid business, to set apart out of the earnings any balance which may remain, for the purpose of paying said Jividend of seven per cent on the prefercd stock. In no event shall any mm be carried to surplus or any other account until said dividend shall have Dt'en paid. In the event the bptaiice 30 set apart shall not be sullicient Jfc pay the entire seven per cent, at any period of six months herein provided, then and in that event said dividend in arrears shall be a charge upon the proiits until the full dividend is paid; the intention being to make the charge of seven per cent on the prefercd stock a prefercd lien upon the profits until the full dividend is paid: the company to have the option of retiring by lot or otherwise as the directors shall determine, all or any portion of the suid stock at par after live years. At the end of the five yeuEs any portion of said stock together with the amount of all accumulated unpaid dividends, if any, not retired, shall be converted into First Mortgage Gold Bonds upon the company's property, and in lieu of dividends shall receive interest at the rate of six per cent per annum f*>r a period of five years from said date. Resolved, further, Tiiat during the life of the prefercd stock hereby authorized, the common stock shall not receive any dividends in excess of ten per cent per annum, and shall not be entitled to any dividends whatever until the full dividend of seven per cent is paid upon the prefered stock us above provided, and that any and all earnings in excess of such dividends on the prefered and common stock, shall be held as a sinking fund to provide for the retirement of the prefered stock. Resolved, further. That in order to carry out the terms under which said stock is issued and received by the subscribers, that no encumbrance of any character be placed by the board of directors in the shape of a mortgage or lien on the property of the company unless the same shall provide for the retirement of the prefered stock with accumulated interest as a hove provided. Resolved, further, That a meeting * of the stockholders of Bailey Furniture Manufacturing Company will be held in the oilice of said company in the town of Union, S. C., on January 27th, 1906, at 10 o'clock a. m., to act upon the foregoing resolutions T. E Bailky, F. M. Fark, Kmslie Nicholson, John A. Fa nt, 52-41 Directors. The Hole in the Wall To arrive this week the nir^ct :inH mnct 11 ia_f to Ml IV* IIIVUI. up tv UULU line of Picture Framing ever in town; the get up and price will always be right. Window Glass, all sizes. CUT PRICES POR 30 DAYS Window Shades for store or residence, any size, color, qulity or quantity; orders taken and prompt deliveries ~ guaranteed. Look for fny ^ ad on Wall Paper. The price will make it interesting. 1 am ready for any and all repairing, upholstering or mattres making that comes in. MILLINGS, THE PAPER MAN. Wood's Seeds. Second Crop , ^ Seed Potatoes I # go further in planting than other Seed Potatoes, yielcT better and more uniform crops, and are in high favor with truckers and potato growers wherever planted. Our stocks are of superior quality, uniform in size, and sent out in full-size barrels. Write for prices, and Wood's 1906 Seed Book, giving full and interesting information about Seed Potatoes. T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. We carry the largest stock of Potatoes iu tbe South. Main*, Northern, grown and Second Crop 8e*d. Write for prices. ? 1 ?jj. * PARKER'S I aM+ 4 HAIR BALSAM Iran-, mill bpautifle* tht hair. I * I'fon.otei ft luxuriant growth. I ; (HNeftr Fall* to He?U>r? Gray! - Hair to lta Toothful Color. I ?^MlCurta acalp iliaraara * hair Talilag. I CSBii, f^rfrrVw*? i . -' * .