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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, TUESDAY, J1TNE 9, 1903, THE BOSS CANVASMAN WAS ALWAYS SAD. BY WELLS HkWKS. 1CC, by Robert Howard Russell.) Vj- Canvasma:. ts J I- spoke about -ig y and these w-re i.-r.eral!:' unfit ub: 'cat ion. th-- Hops C;t:iv.i.M:.'' h- :v .rd ;M I"' very h; iUl i:i:r.ut- til-.- h ! '-- rk.-d h .n.c ti:r.e in th- early .-ight.'-s ar. I t -bty instead of waiting for th- i:r?t !:- wag.,ri t: hit the lot, h- would hiv..- h--n living on Fifth Av. r.u .. with r-.i-orp-rs or. th- doorstep to k:.-v.v -a hat village got next library. 'Ill "Wrinki'-s f: hi sandy l dov.n t" always i: V.or- : h'.-i' day i:. .1 -IS . 1 J i . ' ' i At.. the- i - . H .:cj was a. bui.n o.. l.u -Kg the Storms and i.' ::.oustaeh- was clipped .- brush It.-r.irth. He his coat on i is arm. :!ar.r.' 1 shirt ths v.armC-st v and had his trousers ' pair of r.-d topped hoofs strangers to the lacking :t-r 1h.- to i:k-- it. iur.k j i i.! I.: I th- iided chair of the oor-r-'o!n-times on Sunday, when .--.- tion got in -arly and the for the tent was easy he at .,n a c-liuloid collar and d in th- blu- shirt ana try .-nti. ma:i. liut he didn t I .o- ....;h .1 . . ,A -A;. ;-n-h-d on the r.n? :t aff-r a big matinee when the i.-ri:an came- across Ring 2 ..I the rowd. The afternoon !. to the good and the ..-.; br.-athing easy and think ;t th- -ok tent, iik.- a thunder storm tonight," sid- show spiel-r as he ..at the sawdust rx.a .-at th o' li." 'hi iot"rt-i th- eanvasir; t;i as i.-.I Ti'- ground guys to the g Trapes.-, ''it air.'t no bother know." w.is the tf tainl in front of ..! h.-.t off th- g:b. answer. th- m- rain r i it'.- r.'thin"." -t'.ali. "jess in yu replied the liess Ls soon as the an off to the sleep- r th-- a!"5 Th re trot this canvasy to trit to as a silence. The fact that a thuii'b-r storm was s-ttmtr near m;ob- verybody think alKut th" man who h i'! to handle the eanva-. lie .aid s-ar pr. tty -well under ordinary circntTiPtnnr. s ut v.h- n the wind was Kov.ir.L' a srde. the canvas getting s.Mkol and Iv avy and the earth aroun.l th" tent- r rob s beginning to soften, what he . ..uld say in the two-em talk was something to t.-rrify grown men and mak.- hildr n laugh. The T.oss t'aiiVa.Mii.-iri dul'nt have much of a vocabulary for ordinary talk anrl he only had a few cuss words, but the V.i I 1. 1 1 . e.S II" eOUKI lUIII oil tn.r i" it.rl viii.ilv of l.rofanitv hail a e.:iu-.r with eight notes thousand tunes away to the evil with no eon;" bark coupon. "Whenever he ln t!y a cuss it hit th air like a -N-ili:e on tli toi. of a six inch stake. So-:..- of the sweet talkers thought v--. , ifl u, have cussing on the vv.r-n the irantr -was a ''higltly shov..'- hut th' i-ver h. strik" f' dick and a it lot moral working outfit would ben able to make tne r the cars without the Dos? I'.mvnsinnn's swearing. The-y wouia htve missed the stake pullers more than th- hot words that hit the-atmosphere when there was tangle in the lines or some .irreeriy dropped the can vas in the mud. It was a story in the outfit that one niirht the Boss Canvasman had a drunken crew with only one man dry enough to unlash the south side of the main top. He put the sober hov to work and cussed him so hard that h" did the work of . six In le-s time than usu;d. When the drunks fell in to Hi" jot the next morning, h" gave it n them so strong that if they went to ail the places he said, it would tak" tiiem id eternity to make the tiip and they w.-uldn't have time enough at each stopping place to get scorched. But ? o mistaking, the Boss tanvis man didn't know what fear was. Long before the war he had done towns with a wagon show. When the blue and the gray started the mill down at Manassas he joined the Forty-Kighth Ohi and kept shooting until a Mmni" dipped him one at Gettysburg. He had a red scar on his forehead and his only piece of jewelry was a tar nished !. A. R. button. The front line f..r Bill with the bullets alw ayp. 'Say."' he remarked as he drew closer to the gang. "'Th'-re am - no thunder storms like there used to be." There was no reply from the petvh or. th" ring side. "When th- Boss anvasmai spoke it wa.- tike the from the bride- all ULA A DISEASE WE INHERIT. s voice ds listening and reauv rre- " Ba sto'i: Boss cheW Of tl' .il'llS strik. the sixties was w!vu th--- s h.it the country. ' anvasman as he and stuck tlu e blue poles. got th- . -nt to tht contiriUed th" i" bit off a Li ; tin tag to on eemed like we would g-t tin- wag. us None or '-u blow the night we camp an it was hell -! handled i wagon shoi.v. did W- I! I'm going to tell it to you o-. the days was lefoiv we had T.iir.s an" a big outfit. i; live years 'fore the war. guess . -. I was stakir. v. id a wj.goa I was July an" we was !oin s ;n the Valley f Virgintj. : - '..hers it well for whe-r. I quit tr't to fellow the Hag. we lid we'd sl-ep or. if. wagons vejt goin" up hills when the bos made ev'rybody walk to tr.ake it easy qn the ?toi-k. Th' !'- was about twenty wagon-: n. th" outfit wid two things like omrrbuss-s to ride th performers an the boss -s. There wasn't mar.:-" wd th" show for -v"ryldy doubled. Even our band I'-a.der could do a single jugglin' turn i to till :n when a riderwa s hurt. The elephaints. we had two. an" the ridir.' i stock was roiel up an' led. ar.d we j made quite a little stretch out eornin' ; down the pike y nic-hts. 'TJut as I was sayi:i' it was g)od c:: moonlights but tougher n than I can ' tell when the wind was blowin' a gal ' and iurin' r-un at the same time The time I was sr-eakin' lxut was a hot day. dry an' dusty on the lot an' ev'rybody feelin' pretty rotten. It looked squally all the afternoon an th" evenin' show was just over when j a cloud of dust hit us with a hail big ger 'n ostrich eggs. Then the wind came like ;i cyclone but we had the old tent held down, to the ground like a stone house. s:he kept a-rainin" an' a-bio win right along an there was enough lightnin to cut out the torches when we was ready to begin the pack The boys had all the guys so tight you could have walked Vm an' where he rain had soaked the ground arouiv th" jles an" made 'em loose we pack ed in gravel till they was as tight as trees with roots. We kept a-workin' all through the show and befora tlw bill was half run off we had the- ine n.igerie tent down and the wagons on the road. J-s' as soon as the crowd was ut we stacked the seats' got the riggin' out of th" rings an' was ready SdlART STORY TWO TIMES to lower the main top. It was still blowin.' wild an' I knew there was trouble. It was easy gettin' the ilaps down an" the crew got 'em on the wagons with no mud spots. Th"n we starts in on the main top. We braced "bout twenty of the strongest of the gang 'round the center polo for she was shakin" like a saplin'. I hates to see any man risk his lite an I felt pretty bad when Jim St rider skinned on the pole to unlace me can vas. He .q-ot her loose an' jes' then there was a still in the wind. She fell easy an" in ten minutes the gang was roll in" up. Rut Jim is still up on the pole. Two long runnin' guys are hold in" her but she was swingin' like : main mast when the schooner's on a choppy bay. The boss hollers to Jim to look out an he clings tight to he.. But something goes wrong wid the man who was to slack the far guy. In stead of lettin' her run out easy the rope slips an the -le falls jes' like a woodchopper had sent the last blow into the oak. We made a rush for th" pole an' found wor Jim under it. his head bleed in from n. strike on a rock. He was groan in' like a wound ed soldier an when the Ross touches him on the ribs, he screams like a kid an" we knows the bones is broke an its all off for Jim. Some of the outfit, 'cause Jim was popular, made a dash for the chap that let the guy Ioose but he took to the woods an' we never saw him again. If they'd a -caught him there'd been no trial. The gang had the verdict when they started the chase an they meant tD leave the sheak's carcass for the buz zards. "Poor Jim. We sees death starin" him right in the face. We makes h.un a pad on a spring no-top the Ross rides in an' one of the drivers starts him to the next town for physic. Wo fin ishes an' gets all on the load an' starts down the pike. All is quiet an' sober like thinkin' of Jim. "We gets about a mile down the road when we runs into the no-top. There's nobody in it an' we runss ahead all afeerd to speak. 'Longside the roai we finds the driver kneelin' by Jim an' holdin" his head. Jim was dyin' no mistake. We all takes off hats an' stans 'roun' jes' waitin.' Soon he gasps an' falls back. The Ross, an' lie alius had a soft heart, puts his hands over his eyes an then turnin' to us says ?oft like jes' as if he wa j a woman " 'Roys. Jim is dead.' " "We all knowed it too. There wasn't no chance to take the body away cause there would a-been a lot of trou ble with the coroners an' we couldn't ; spare no one to leave behind so we de ' eided to plant the boy right there in the wood. I'd help dig trenches for j the dead after the battle, fellows, but there never was anything saddern this i Nobody knew nothin' about the chap. , He had been a sailor an' joined in. did his work an' nobody every asked i who his -eople was. We gets the shov- "is out ot the tool txx an digs him a grave in the moonlight right under a big oak. White we was diggin' the chip that fixed the kerosene torches for the outfit takes a stake and wid his knife cuts Jim's name on it an we sticks it up at the head of the grave. We jes" alut to put the dirt back whet; the Boss says: "'Boys, it don't seem right to put him away without savin somethin". Can't ner.e of yeu fellows sing?'" "There wasn't a word. .Directly the Boss says again. I remembers a hymn they sang when they buried the bare back un in. Main- 'bout two vp:it-5 rov but I can; sins. Think they called it -Nearer Thy ( .od to M ' Scrofula manifests itself in many ways. Swelling of the glands of the neck and throat. Catarrh, weak eyes, white swelling, offensive sores and ab scesses, skin eruptions, lossof strength and weakness in muscles and joints. It is a miserable disease and traceable in almost every instance to some familv blood taint. Scrofula appeared on the head of ray little grandchild when only 18 months old, and spread rapidly over her body. The disease next attacked the eyes and we feared she would lose her siht. Em inent physicians were consulted, but could do nothing to relieve the little in nocent. It was hen that we decided to try S. S. S. That medicine at once made a speedy and complete cure. She is now a young- lady, and has never had a aien of the disease to return. MRS. RUTH BEKKLT, 150 South 5th Street. Salina, Kan. Scrofula is bred in the bone, is transmitted from parent to child, the seeds are planted in infancy and unless the blood is purged and pu rified ar.d every atom of the taint removed Scrof ula is sure to develop at some periodin vour life. No rented v equals S. S. S. as a cure for Scrofula. It cleanses and builds up the blood, makes it rich and pure, and under the tonic effects of this great Blood Remedy, the general health improves, the digestive organs are strengthened, and there is a gradual but sure return to health. The deposit of tubercular matter in the joints and glands is carried off as soon as the blood is restored to a normal condition, and the sores, erup tions, and other symptoms of Scrofula disappear. S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable and harmless; an ideal blood purifier and tonic that removes all blood taint and builds up weak constitu tions. Our physicians will advise without charge, all who write us about their case. Book mailed free. THE SWiFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GAm m:v catholic- c-atiikorai.. Tin Corner Stone of n Magnificent Church Edifice at lticlnuoml Laid AVitli Imposing Ceremonies Yesterday. ARE BACK Th- fireman has enough on, po sWm sits down. He could only play two tunes an he whistled them off soft like while the Jxys stood aroua' the grave. The tunes was 'My Country 'tis of Thee' and somethin' about the Blue Danu'je Waltz an' while Fred was blowin' the callioie we planted Jim to both." The gang around the ring side was silent. The Boss Canvasman wiped away a littl- tear that rolled dawn his brown face. Then he took a chew of tobacco and went outside. Presently there was a fearful roar and the clap of tliunder. Then came another roar. The storm was coming and the Boss Canvasman was begin ning to cuss. KkhmonJ, Va.. June 4. Archbishop Diomede Lalconio. papal delegate to the United States, assisted by Bishop Keilly, of Savannah. Bishop Donohue. of Wheeling, and Bishop Van de Vyver. of this city, laid the corner stone of the proposed new Catholic cathedral here this afternoon, with beautiful and im pressive ceremonies. There were present in addition to the clergymen named. Rev. Dr. O Connell. head of the Catholic university at- Washmgton: Rev. Dr. McDonald, of Canada- Rev. Alph Ianssens, of New Orleans; liev. Dr. Coggin. of Rochester, N". Y.: Rev. Father O'Ferrall. of Peters burg: Rev. Father Caine. of Old Point; Rev. Father Donohue. of Martinsburg. the local clergy and a great concourse of people. l ne sermon or tne occasion was preached by Rev. Father Pardow. of the Society of Jesus, and it was an eloquent discourse. The new cathedral is the gift of Thomas F. Ryan, of New York, but that gentleman found it impossible to be present at today's interesting cere mony. The structure is to cost $50,000 or more, and is to be one of the finest cnurch eailices m the south. Coast Line Officials Re turned To The City Last Night NO MORE DEATHS CAItOS TA l !!T HIM TO ADD. An Ipcr Accountant's Recipe for Ileeoiniii", Quick: at Figures. blunder. I spent nearly nine months perfect!!. g myself in that system of mine, ar.d never a word did I say to anybody about it. If my old teacher is living yet I would like to tell her how I came to be so quick at figures. "After leaving school I went to work in a bank and there I found that my training with the cards stood me in good stead, for with a little practice a for midable regiment of figures marching in fours or lives would be attacked and captured without much trouble." New York Sun. ISi..en by n Dos;. lesteraay afternoon in urooKiyn a oiorcd child was severely bitten by a cur dog. rlhe matter was reported to the city hall and the canine was killed by Policeman Jones. It is not thought mat tne wound caused oy tne bite is danrous. I I'" We r'.e car. "o. f-erappin" down, the s-.me :. wid the show we was for rruir.ee ev'ry afternoon . ' makin" the haul down v. -w midnight an sun-up. h one big wagon for tks I in r it was easy loadin' CJi "Nobody could jes" -do. id aroun" Jes" then the biy the stake Steps star: a tune an' we ;d! f- !:n" foolish like, u hat cut the name in up ar" says to the Ross. S "iKse I run ahead an' get the band.' "But the Boss shakes his head an' we is all quiet. Then we hears horses coir.iri up the rad an' looks aroun an' sees the steam callio?. They draw up an we tells em what is wrong. Dut. h Fred what played the whistles the parade an done a song at the -o:..eri says ne can. piay sornethin or. the calliope if there's1 any stean;. T h-..- expert accountant said as he cnv f Lilly shuffled the cards: "If it had not been for a frazzled old pack of cheap playing cards which I kept elaborately hidden in the bottom drawer of the walnut washstand in my little room in my boyhood days on the farm, my services would not now be in such demand by confused financiers. "The old-time prejudice against the devils picture book was strong in my family, but I held on to that pack with determination, and many is the candle I have seen sink away in tallow drips us I dealt out the fifty-two dirty paste boards into one uneven pile time after time. But I was not playing a game. I was not even wasting my time. I was learning to add. "You need not look surprised. To me the whole thing seemed and even now seems very simple. I wonder that more people have not taken it up, but I ap pear to have been the only person among my acquaintances who has ever used playing cards- for arithmetical purposes. "Today my eldest boy, a youngster about twelve, puzzles his way through the same system that made a threaten ing column of figures seem like a two part sum to me. It is very .simple, as I have said. "There are fifty-two cards in every pack, and they are numbered from one to ten in spots, and from eleven to thirteen in face cards. I give the three face cards the remaining values above ten; that is, the jack is eleven, the queen twelve, and the king thirteen. "Now, the constant sum of the thir teen cards of each suit is ninety-one. It can be no more or no less, no matter in what sequence the cards are dealt out. The constant sum of the four suits, therefore, must be just four times ninety-one or 384. "Now, with this to start on, I evolved i mv .-ri nDi'.ii hnr cvstom r? oio-Vif- Anunt ' ing. The practice of a fortnight made me so expert in it in comparison with the older pupils in the school to which I was sent that I achieved a reputation for quickness at figures. On exhibition days, the teacher would invariably trot me out, and have me go through my addition paces until I became one of the curiosities of the village academy. "But to return to the system. I do nor. know what started me off on the idea, but this is what I did: First ar ranging the pack in regular order o'- suits. and all the cards of each suit in regular sequence from ace up, I start ed in to add them as they fell. "If the sum of the thirteen made nine-ty-one I knew that no mistake had been made. If the total was something else I started all over again and worked at tt until it came rignt. "This formal preparation completed, I took the whole pack, sequence hy se cueiiee. until I was able to reach the correct total of ?J4 without an error. Then I shuHi- I each suit and went at adding the car-is as they fell in unex pected and disordered sequence until I perfected myself in that advanced branch. Then came the hardest test, that of adding the fifty-two cards, ail shuffled together as this pack is. "I had many a bad half hour at that, but at last I was ? trained that I could deal the shuffled cards off as rap idly as my hands could tly, and get through to the total of 304 without a Job-bike Patience. Three-quarters of a century ago the pouters of Kinghorn had the reputa tion of making the best shoes and boots in the Kingdom of Fife, says the Scottish American. The best were said to come from two of them. A third, Willie peden. made neither good shoes nor loots. but was much employed as a cobbler. He added to his scanty in come by keeping a school for chil dren. While at work on his stocl his pupils sat around him, doing their les pons. He us.-d the Bible, the whole Bible and nothing but the Bible, as his school hook, and the multiplication table was well taugh by word of mouth. Under his care the young scholars made rapid progress, and, in fact. greater progress than they would have done at the parish school. At times Willie had an order for a pair of shoes. He disapproved of rights and lefts as extravagant wear, and trusted to mere inspection of the foot for measurements. A Kinghorn lady, who was amused by his lively talk, gave him an order, but found the shoes he sent were much too small, and altogether a bad fit. She called at his shop to c-omplam and found him cobbling, while busy with hia young class. A boy was reading the Old Testa ment, when he stopped, puzzled by a big word: Willie called out to him: "Fiekley word pass over: the name of some great town or city noiv un known." The boy continued to read, and the souter turning to his customer, said: "Noo. mem, but I canna make a foot. It's your feet, not my shoe, that's to blame. Squeeze them in and have faith and patience, like Job, and my shoes will bring them to the right shapt " Superintendent Itnynl ami Oilier Of ficial. Itcniained at the cene of Wreck Intil liverythiii", Va All Itijftit Trestle Completed eter duy Afternoon About O'clock and Firxt Train Went Through Conwt Line Deserve 1'raise for Prompt and HlHoieut Work More I'articu larj of the Accident. The Parrot Was "Wise. A Manayunk man the other day said that a parrot in the possession of one of his friends had a large vocabulary. jut the bird, unfortunately, swore, says the Philadelphia Record. For a ong time its owner debated as to how re could best cure it of this habit, and, finally, he hit on the plan of throwing a cup of cold water over it every time it let out an oath. The cure worked slowly, but well. Within a month the parrot's oaths had been reduced from fifteen to one or two a day. Now for the story. The other afternoon it was raining. The parrot's cage was beside a window, and past this window three children, drenched to the skin, hap o,n,u IV ilC Ull X V w, c-l Ulllg them, eaid: "Aha. you've been swear ing again." This tale has an improb able sound, but it must be understood tnat Ana, you ve been swearing There is hardly anything new to re port of the Atlantic Coast Line wreck near Sumter Wednesday, except that the immense washout is now in no way a hindrance to travel, as a trestle has been built around it and all trains are moving on schedule time. The special train sent out from thid city Wednesday about noon to the scene of the wreck returned last night about midnight bringing back Superintendent W. N. Royal, Assistant SuieriniendJnt of Motive Power A.B.Corinth. Assistant Fngineer of Roadway W. G. Forlong and Superintendent of Signals J. C. Higgins. again," was the phrase that its master always used with the parrot, after drenching it with the cup of water. CASTOR I A For Infant and Children. he Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of A Story of 1 apt. Jones. "We did not fail to see, as the works enlarged," writes Andrew Carnegie in the World's Works, "how much suc cess depended upon the mechanical men. the superintendents and foremen, yet not one of these had up to that time been admitted as partner. The business and the mechanical men of fice and mill were still widely sepa rated. Well do I remember the first attempt to bring these two depart ments into closer relations. It was made with our Capt. Jones, one of your members, well known and appre ciated by many of you as in the fore most rank of managers, perhaps the foremost of his day in America. He came to us as a working mechanic at S shillings per day. I explained to the Captain how several of the younger men in the business department had ! been made partners and were actually receiving much greater rewards than he. while his services were at least equally valuable and informed him that we wished to make him a partner. I shall never forget his reply; " 'Mr. Carnegie, I am much obliged, but I know nothing about business and never wish to be troubled with it I have plenty to trouble me here in these works. Leave me as I am and just give me a thundering salary.' "Hereafter," I said, "the salary of the president of the United States is yours. Captain." and so it remained till the sad day of his death." lr. .J. Ilrown. Mr. W. Drown.' Iiikc on lvuhelik. The Fnglish papers tell an anecodote on Kubelik's performance at a lunatic asylum. The doctor in charge held, with Congreve. that "music hath charms to sooth the savage breast" and the distraught mind. So he ask ed the great violinist to play some thing, "something lively," a request to which Kubedik responded by play ing a brilliant Slav composition. The patients, who were seated about the platform in chairs, all seemed deeply interested in the music. "As I finish ed," says Kubelik. "a very rretty young woman rose and beckoned to me. Artist-like. I thought she .wanted an encore, and said to the doctor, 'Ask her what she desires." He 'rose to his feet, and was about to ques tion her, when she exclaimed, 'To think of the likes of men being in here and he being at large in the wur-r-ld.' This was the first and last performance I gave at a lunatic asylum." She Knew It. Jones waltzed out of the bathroom in a gorgeous and purpling fury, says the New- York Sun. "Some idiot has been using my razor,'' he howled. "I know it," responded Mrs. Jones. She looked Jones right square in the eye. "I know it," she repeated. "Who was it?" demanded Jones. His voice shook with emotion. "I say, who was it?" He danced again. "John Henry," remarked his wife, dispassionately. "I'll have you to know that nobody uses that razor but your self." Poor Jones! How he sneaked back into the bathroom! And how discon solately the cord of his bath robe trail ed behind him! It is a terrible thing to have a clever wife. G Tsistefless CtoHS Tonic lhe Old Standard rove's has stood t,he test 25 years. Average annual sales over One and a Half Million bottles. Does Lhis record of merit, appeal Lo you ? No Cure, No Pay. 50c. Enclosed wilh every bottle is a Ten, Cent Package of GROVE'S BLACK ROOT LIVER. PILLS. ABSOLUTE ECUSilTY Genuine Carter's After a separation of twenty vears i two brothers met at the Auditorium ; by .appointment yesterday, but so greatly h:ui they changed since their parting that it was necessary for the hotel clerk to introduce them, s iys -h " Three days ago Joseph Brown, a v.-eil 'Llttl LlV617 PlllS 10 uo larmer ot .Yiarsirneid. wis., came j to Chicago, engaged a room at the u- j ditoriuin. and carefully scanned the i reg-ster with each new arrival. Yes terday a clerical looking man, carry ing a handbag of foreign make, arriv ed at the hotel and registered fis "The Rev. Walter Brown. Edinburg. Scot land." Then he asked the clerk in a confi dential way: -Can you tell me if there is a Mr. Joseph Brown stonr ing here?"' Yes. sir." answered Clerk Schaefer, pointing to Joseph Brown, standing a few fe: away, "there he is." Mr. Joseph Brown, this is the Rev. Walter Brown. wh- wishes to meet you." continued the clerk. The two men grasped hands and for a few moments looked at each other without uttering a word. In the evening both departed for Marshfield. where the Rev. Walter Brown will be the guest of his brother for a few weeks. The Wisconsin Mr. Brown left Scotland twentv vears Must Bear Signature of See Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Terr, small and'as'easT to taJke as rogar. FOR HEADACHE. CARTERS ITTLE 2VER PILLS. Price 25 Cents FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION Purely Te&tbi&.s&&bC Shortly after his arrival Superinten dent Royal was seen by a Messenger representativo, who was informed by him that every thing is now all right and that all trains are runing through. Superintendent Royal, Assistant Su- regarding I perintendent of Motive Power Corinth and the two other officials reached the scene of the wreck Wednesday af ternoon and stayed there directing the work of "clearing away the debris and repairing the damage until ye-terday afternoon. Superintendent Royal was on the scene all the time and he and the others only obtained about an hour's sleep the entire time. Such is the sturdy, manly and efficient com position of the Coast Line's officials. It was found necesssary to build a trestle around the washout and this was planned and carried out with ois patch by a large force of workmen, who had been quickly transiorted to the scene. So remarkable was the time, notwithstanding the adverse 3ituation of the site, that the trestle was com pleted about 5 o'clock yesterday after noon and the first train passed over en route for Sumter. The part of the road where the ac cident occurred had stood firm .'or thirty odd years. There are no other fatalities and all the injured are doing well. The following is from the Columbia State of yesterday: "The train was within 30 feet of the abyss when the engineer saw fat- beckoning to him out of the terribb chasm. With great presence of mind he applied the emergency brakes and threw the reverse lever back to its furthest notch. Had he not done so the weight and impetus of the engine would have carried it across, the coach es would hav beeen piled in even greater confus-.m than they were and the loss of life would have be?n fac greater. But with its feet tied by the brakes, the locomotive settled sernily into the chasm, its nose buried far into the sand of the side toward which it had been approaching. The great driv ing wheels sank to their top rims in the bed of sand, and the fires weri im mediately extinguished. The escaping steam croqued a sad requiem, through the whistle, which had been the chron icler of the life and activity of the engine now useless but not a ruin. f3r it can be rehabilitated. Conductor Clemmons was one of the most popular passenger men in the Coast Line service. He had been a res dent of Columbia once, when he was assistant to the yardmaster. HLs reg ular run was on the line from Florence to Augusta, but he was called out Tue5 day night to bring this excursion into Columbia. He treated the negro ex cursionists with extreme kindness, and while in the act of accommodating some of them he was killed. It is ;e ported by one of the passsengers that when Mr. Clemmons saw that tke train would prove a financial failure and a burden on the negro preachers who. chartered the coaches, he made an ef fort to get two of the coaches taken off to relieve the preachers of their ex pense. The train left Nichols with only one passenger, and had less thin 100 when it left Sumter." The Florence Times of yesterday af ternoon says: "Engineer Wilson was brought to the city last night, and caried to his home. This morning his wounds were re-dressed and he is doing nicely, al though he is very- painfully 'injured When Engineer Wilson saw that the engine was going down he climbed upon the tender and thus avoided I cing scalded to death, which would have been inevitable had he remained in the cab. As the engine went down into the ditch the steam valves gave way and the entire steam pressure in the boiler was released through the cab Mack Douglas, the fireman, was knock ed through the cab window and fell to the ground alive, but with painfui in juries just in time to escape the steam from the boiler, h was thrown through th window. "Until this morning the tragic was still impassable, and passengers had to be transferred. It is probabl-? that the wreckage will require severad days to be removed, it is thought the tracks will be fixed by the end of today Th engine was literallly buried 'n the mud and three cars almost as bad."' "The Coast Line has used every means to take cake of the woun-Id as well as posssible and none ol those who were so unfortunate as to be in jured have been neglected in any way by the company." igaat The Kind ':a Have Always BotrsK ago. I CURE SICK HEADACHE.