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r 3oica iracj ia the night *vlic.-n I sit write, i hear the stresgest things. As mv brain jrrows hot v. ith u thought That strokes for form and whip-. I can "'far the beat of my swift b! jod's fr<-t As .t speeds with a rush and a whirr. Frojc hfturt to brain arid back rt<4an:, Lik-j a race-horse under the spur. With my soul's fine e;.r I listen and hear The t&ndcr silence* s;>eak. As it leans on the l>rc;ist <?f ni^ht t<> rest Anrt pres.se? his dusky cheok. And 41k? darkness turns in its -ieei> and yearns For something that is kin? And ) hear the ]s>ss of a scorching kiss. As ii foJds and fondies sin. In its hurrying race thro' leagues of sixice I can hear the earth catch b*eath, As it heaves and moans and shudders and groans And longs for the rest of death. And high and far from a distant star. Whose name is unknown to me, I hear a voice that sa\s, "Rejoice! For 1 ke*p ward c\-> thee!" Oh, sweet and strange arc tne sounds that range Thro' the chamber of the night ; And the watcher who waits" by the dim, dark gates May hear if he lists aright. IE FAWflCTI. A STORY OF WESTERN LIFE -BYTHOMAS P. MOXFOKT. There was nothing before the Greens Vm+. ? TPTvtition of the experiences of the winter two years before. Their store of provisions saved from the crop of the preceding year was almost gone, and they had no money and no means of raising1 any. They had not even the privilege of borrowing from Scraggs this time, for they had nothing to mortgage him in return for his accommodation. Take the most cheerful view of the future that th- *y could, and picture it in the brightest, colors their buoyant fancy could suggest, and it remained a dark, somber, forbidding prospect, unrelieved by a single ray of light. John regretted the loss of his money now as he had neverregrett i it before, and no opinion he could form of himself, however 1<~>w and debasing, was spared him. "W th that money all safeI3* at hand he and his family could pass unpinched through the coming winter, and have enough left to pay the debt off the farm. But regretting did no good, and so Mary told her husband, though sho was far from free of it herself. "ine ureens were not tue oiuy muiuv that were thus placed in. a precarious position. Nearly all the settlers in that section were victims of the Paradise Park boom, and now found themselves stranded. Very few of them had three months' supply of provisions on hand, and none of them had money. The farms were all under mortgage to the eastern capitalists, so they could not borrow money, and it was useless to ijfcink of earning anything- in that part of the country-, for there was no employment to be had. In this state of aHairs somebody called a meeting- of the settlers at Markham's store, and when the day came around John Green went over to see what could be done. There were twenty-five or thirty other men there, all with sad, bronzed faces and quakinghearts. The men spoke together in low, earnest tones. There was none of the joking and laughing in which men thus assembled usually indulge. Not a smile disturbed the gloom that hung over the meeting. No hopeful light kindled in the eyes of the poor settlers. It was a solemn occasion and weighty matters occupied the thoughts of all that gathering'of stouthearted pioneers. Before them and their families they - saw nothing' but starvation, and it is not to be wondered that their cheeks were blanched unil their eyes dull and heavy with anxiety and fear. The situation was discussed in all its phases, and innumerable plans of action were suggested. Some favored giving up the land and moving away, but a great many like Green were too poor to go, and knew of no place where they could better their condition, even if they were able to make the change. After a great many had given their opinions some one called on Green to speak. ''Men," Green began as he arose, "we are placed in a position where it is hard to find any way out. We have nothing but our claims, and unfortunately they are in the grasp of the money Shyiocks of the east. The majority of us are little better than paupers. We have no money, we have no provisions, and our land, the only possession we have, is being- devoured day by day by that gormand, high interest. The country in all this part of the state is in desolation, and there is nothing for us to do to earn bread for ourselves and families. Yet we must eat or die, and we eannot starve. We ruust find some way of earning a livelihood.*' "That'? so, said some one, "but how 1c 10 be done?" "That's what I am coming to,'' John replied; "but, after all, my suggestions may not be worth much. There are some men here who have friends in the east who are able and willing to aid them. Those men can get means to tide them over the present difficulties, or, if they prefer, can return east with their families. Those who are thus fortunately situated need have no anxieties and fears. But there are some of us who are less fortunate and who have no one to look to for assistance. We who are in that condition must have recourse to our own energies. We must earn a living, and. since ivf cannot do that here, we must go where it can be done. In short, men. we must leave our families lie re and go back east in search of work. Back in eastern Kansas and in Missouri employment can be had at some wages, and even if we earn but little wc ought to feel thankful if it enables us to keep o;;r families alive.'* When Green sat down several others spoke, all in indorsement of his plan, and at last it was agreed to by the meeting. It seemed a hard thing to go away leaving the wives and the children out there on the bare, brown plains, without friends or money; but there was no alternative. It was that or worse. So it was agreed that on the following Monday all those who wished to go east in search of employment should meet at Markham's store and start from there in a body. After the meeting John went home and informed his wife of the proposed plan. Her face paled as he spoke, and the tears started to h;*r eyes, but with an-efi'ort she controlled 'tier feelings, and true to her nature attempted to look cheerfully on the arrangement. "I regret having to leave you and Louise thus." John said, "but I see no way to avoid it. and besides the separation will not last lou^r."' "Never mind us. John." said Mary. "We shall get along ali right. We shall miss you and feel lonely wJjiJejj&ou. are away, but we shall loolc forward to the time when you will come back to us, and the autumn and the winter will soon pass. Cheer up. dear John, and don't worry on our account.'' chapter xiii. mlsrotttunes 1>0 sox com2 six07.t. ml T-- -jg-i-aa?/: ,J>~.?a It was fucaday thai tac- raceua* ci nattier^ took oh'C:: at M.rv.ihata'--. St.*re, DTid all day Wo'-ncscia;.* Marc < or-en baslwl hc'r.-.eit arransrlajf John's e^olhic.r unci prepar.n;.- fur h:< depart ur . John was awa;. rjiosi *>; ihe day iookiajf afu-r bi:s:;i?-s> r>f:'a:rs, an*l Loai.-xu*or.i<ivc* t<> the store to make some tri':in;p purchases. Ialone. poor y.:.ry ] :; ! plenty csf time t liink her situation, and j nat-iraily her inind 'everted to the past ; ?to the lonjr lino iif KniTi-rii:;.'* that hud fallen. to the 3-<t "f lier>:.'If and loved ; ones, and from that to her childI hood liome and her father. Unable longer to hold her feelings in ehcck, j the poor woman laid her Iioad down on 4i, . ... i.i . ...i, . r..i ~ ?.. A.LU- Hii'-n: 11U .'k.iu 4UIU. > 1 to her -ri.-f. Lnji^- the tears of bitter : anjruish flowed, while her frail form ! slx?ok wit!] heart-rending sol is. j Ar:-.ia;_r after awhile she Went to a little drawer and, unlocking it, took ; therefrom a picture of h*-r father, j Tiirough all her sufferings and.through all her father's er steHies an<i neir'leet I she had < inr.jr *'< this shadow of him, i a:i 1 in h<-r honi'.s of sorrow, wh**n j t!.e days wen- darkest and lu*r la-art j heavie t. she looked: . u };is faee and re] called ;:!! that he <>r;e had been t-i he r. i.'-uj; and intently siie scanned the well rem; nib--red features. recalling the times when he had taken her on his knees, hu^ifed her to his breast and kissed her '.villi a father's fondest affection. ] "Ah. father, father," she cried, in deepest anguish. "little did 1 ever think i then thai you could be so cold and unrelenting to your child. Little did 1 think those lips that so often kissed mine could be so cruel of speech. Little did I dream that you could steel your heart afrai;i>t me .nil make me less than a stranger to you." For a !->n:r *.nne Mary Creen sat there ira/.ir.;; >:; tia- picture she held in lier hand. hi r mi:', i busy with fancies of the past an.! preent. She lived over a^ain all * rii* "M JV?ppy ?l:i vs> when siie was at lioriv- v. irh iV.iher, and us she ret :i!:?.* hi-> tender expressions i : love a slun!' f a smile I:ir)<? <I about !.er v.i.rn and wasted features. 15ut j ev.-n that was ileetiniT. for the rvrnv*i;il-F'liri-'v- > :' thy present brought a csov. 1 : ? drive it away, and the ol?l sorrow t-;*it preyed on her s)i:l came back to her i" ail its terribleUi *s. Then Louise returned from the store, i brinpnjr with her a letter addressed to her mother. Listlessly Mary Ureen took it and glanced at il? postmark. Then she eagerly tore the cnv.dope. for it was from Dayton. and her first thought was that it must be frov.i J<er father, anil for a moment she iudulged the wildest, fondesi hopes. Perhaps he ! f I '-X'3 ! ! ' ; : ~ y%\ II i fe-Uk i l V/-; ;c-.i | i JJ M ! !^.r:- -' !' ' y :;-.; I v .- / / . / ;i ! ! TT7T? I - i ! ~Iffc-,.;.' ''! 1 ZJ'-' I .a C ; v ..rii ; J ~ TITK I.KTTKi: V. AS XOT FKOM HE II K.VTKEK. had relented, and asrain opened his heart to receive his child. With trembling finyers, and fast beating heart, she drew the letter from its cover and began to devour its contents. !>ut soon the flush of hope died out of her faer, and a shadow of sorrow and griof <!?' ;>er than any it had ever worn succeeded. The letter was nut from her father, but ironi a lady of her acquaintance, who wrote with more zeal than discretion. A portion of it was as follows: " x uur miuex i;> v.u.i uuu t'.'Sited. I lift wife is all he c:t:x ?..csir:\ I suppose, since ho bows to Lor will iu all things. She ha* her way in the home; and the business, and slie needs but to hint a wish :o have it gratified. She has brought her sixer's children, three in number. to ..ve with her. and of course your father supports tbem. The two youncest, girls. he keeps in college, while the other, a youag man grown, he has taken into the bank with him, making him a partner ia the business. Your father and his v.if_> are active members or Reverend Wheedler's church, and she Is one of the m^st devout members of the congregation. The you::g man whom your father ha* connected with him in the baak is somewhat rakish, and T thir.:: very unprincipled, lie spends muaey lavishly, and of course it is your father's money. for he has none of his own. He has just returned from a stay of several months in the west, and has married the daughterof a merchant here. It's my opinion, though, that he did not marry for love, but for money. I think.' from what I have .earned, that he met some one out west whom he lows. Your father made a great dinner oa the occasion of the wedding, inviting all his wife's ^latives. I was there, as was also He v. V.'heedier. The , minist-r pronounced it a most enjoyable meeting, and 1 wondered if he noted your absence, or remembered that you wore a stranger ".o your father for no good cause. I told tbis minister afterwards that I could not understand how your father could so far forgot his n-.rn flesh and blood and take to his bosom those who W'-r - nothing to him. T told him that in my opinion no parent could be a ;;o;;d (j: r:.-i:aii -vm.e :ic w;is so wireien.ju^. i:-; replied tL:il eometimes children tried Ir parents sorely, and that no matter ho;v Christian a man mii^hl he it va* not s:i his r-alure to forget seme things. 11 a thought i'.f-jt :i-_r iJiatchford was more forr'.vi::;; thar. the majority of and as for Sister I!k.'.cl:"oi:l, she was ilvSfrvirn'O' much sympathy, for licr< was a tr.vir.-.: situation. and no doubt her heart often bird f - i.- r husband's wrongs. Mrs. Watchford lias a brother, Joseph Stickler, v;i;r>m your fatbe- ha? set up in business several times. Joseph doesa t seem to be of ar.y ere:1* <:;.nse<;u ::ce ir. a business way, and tilall he teems to have any success at Is failing, lie has failed rh already to mnkeyo\r fa'J.cr several thousand dollars poorer. He is ;:n only c*ne of Mrs. Hlatehford's relative t *.vLa have Iv. l your father's assistance. for nearly p..: of ih'Tr. have rone to him 'for money t<> i i"o ov r h. r l places. Old Mrs. Spiekler. Mrs. Ic 1 :-.t'T'l"s mother, has com- to !iv<: yo"~ f:ith- :\ a;:d intends remairir.r :i:v:v all Tier life. I hope the day will come when your fat:;1 r ^11; ar.d understand his duty, and I thinl: it will." V\i,c:i Mary Green finished tlio lettofi she sat f*>r a lonif lime '.villi her hands ehispt-d :;i mute despair, t <o do ply tr->u!dcd t" r.tivr a *?und. Then t:1 ruing' her sad f;uo to i'eaven -hi- moaned in aii^rui.- :'. and in her soul cried out: "My Cod. what ha.vo I done to liiv-rit this? What crime, what sin havo I committed to call down on my head si:eh punishment? Was it so wr-mif to marry the ifOod. Ik-m st man my heart loved? <dd Ooii. ii" "i'i>oi: I.?t: j:i.->t. how canst "l"h?n? jvrrn.t s:u*iJti.jn-.-For a:i Mary t? . heartbroken aim disoojir-oint*". pnarin^r <>i!t the sorrow <>f her sou! hi tears and moans. i >1:1 wh??ea?' pi.-!;:i;* *.!:< r::i^i-rv of that In it".' C'liri-t i?j 11 , "-i,!, a ,.f | <;eth>emaro wept l-*ars : ! .!. i!e know v.-Kit it w:th t<- !?e !!; -> [ and alone. lie f?*It ti. i-I: j? ; : U-i'. :i j forsaken S'.uJ. IK* wept and or;:.< .!. Vet llo kn-'w tiiat iv.;: - v. It! :i ;::t and that lie was only in m;;.--. t::i*-Ii the shadow of ni;':t aim o: > a brighter and belter iiiV. r>*a;-y ;wpt. All a'noat her tl:?re was thirkavss. There was iid futnn* hope : . r ' sou; no in-an'tl liifiitto She was per.:.ile? and f:k-.t{ in a few short days she ainl :.er c'ti..d would he a'.onc on the great plain with i rn? near to oiler aid or speak a consol in ir v.". >rd. ; The agony of that hour was too great for h-r. and her feeble frame sank ' under it. The dread disease that had ' long been stealing into her system and undermining he- -:<-lit;ition. the ter ag-.-'-r tvr c.! i*..; v>;liai. T:l:<-. ".vlion 'C i:" j\ TuroJ "* ho i'ouau his wife burijinsr wit'i lev. r. v.-niic h- r eyes ~ouvjr:ed A -.v.*;- iimnedlati'iy. i.,- .< i,i> Jiead oliiiliO.tf Ij.. ] "It is a bad case." he said, "a . TV bad c;im*. The has l>. ?;n gn>\v big i:i her sysb'?n f..r jiior* 1>>. aod she : :> t!: ! v I;: =:-r--I uilii il. ii uiii a J.-ii:' 1 ? era-ii-.-ait. she is ; !?!; t-> ;'<> about. 1 am air;.hi . .-he si:;r.T.-] a great tle.nl mevrally, i for her i1 appears to be bro!c?-:i ; <! itt'n. i'. is a bad case at any rati', and she fi:1 ir. 1> have the best <>f care, and . ; .luh:i sat a longtime with hi> face j buried i:: bauiK bef-re he ma<le any ' ! reply. The::. i??.ki;ig up. ho saiil: ' (.Iri'a'. " 1'?r'. What is it. you; say? f--.it ]; s~ii>!e I have brought the best mill noblest of women to this? Ob. ; it can't bo so bad! She cannot be in ; such dauber! Yon can! you must save ; j her!" j "Well! well!" cried t'ne doctor, who, : | by the way, was as kind and generous ; | an old soul as ever lived, "don't get ex- i c'.ted. ' oven. It is not so bad astiiat. ' i Didn't I say she would yet along' all ; right. only it would take a longtime to j ! brintr her through?'' I "Yes, yes, but you said she must have | j good rare and attention, and I have no j ' way nrivnring them for her. llow j j can 1 th'-ui.<!o.-tor. when I haven't : ! adoliar in Ike world?" For .1 litt !? ? while tlic old physician j remaku-d ?-i!e:it. Tins state of altairs was nothing new to him, for lie met with similar cases almost every clay now in his practice, hut he was nut inured t-> it, ami each new case ap! peaied to his sympathy and touched his j In-art. j ' Vii:: e.:n get some means from your friend. > ti ) \ id;- you over tins spell, can't \ you'.'" tlie doctor asked. "From your .' relatives?>r hers?" ".\o, it is useless to think of that, doctor." replied lis he slowly and j sadly shook his head. '"We have no j friends t*. call o:s for aid, and both inv j parent* anil hers have cut us adrift and left lis to stem the tide alone. Her i father is rich, but, he denounced and | j disowned her when she and I married, i j and from that day to this he has not i j snoken toiler. .She is dead to him." j * ! "lint surely, Green," the old doctor j urged, "in a case like this he would not maintain such unnatural and unfather ly feelings, lie cannot he so hard and j ! inhuman as to let her suiter when he j j has in his power to prevent it. Why, ! | think of it. man. that would he simply I terrible. It would he heathenish. It j would he worse than brutal, and surely ! no Christian man would be so hard as I "I fear it would do no good-to appeal i to him," John replied. "I don't know | what to do. doctor, I'm sure. My poor j wife must have attention, but I am not able to even so much as pa}* you for i your attendance." "Never mind about me. Green," the J old doctor replied. "Don't-worrv about my pay. I'll attend her anil do whatever is in my power to benefit her. and you can pay me when you are able. There won't be any trouble on that j j score." i .John wont like a cliild at these words, j i It was the lir>t time he had heard such : j for three or four lon<r years, and he had j j e<>me to believe all mankind heartless. ! | He had felt all alone in the world and i though! i hat of all the millions of souls | j on farth, not one had a feeling* of syin- | j pathy for himself and family. And iiow j j t<> meet with such kindness, and to j : hear such generous lar.j^uaye from the i l lips of a stran-rcr, touched John's heart | ! deeply, lie reached out and took the j iDi ??& i^T| ! -r* i v ^ i m: '! I i i< \ r ?' , ; \ I I / -i " '.; *> \ I feeKtf; I //: ri'ii ? 1A 71 ji ' i i / s'i if E< A i v i h . iX I * ; A1 sp.f14 x( pi k.-' i \J "JCST GIVK MB IIIS ADDRESS." doctor's hand in his, and as the big tears ; rulleil down his swarthy cheeks he cried: ! "IIow can I ever thank you, doctor, j for such kindness? How can I ever re- j pay you for such generous conduct?" ! "Come, come, Green," said the doctor with embarrassment, ''don't act so. Let's nut he children. Why, why it's nothing. Come, rally up, mar, and be quiet." The old physician's tone and manner ! were so frank, quiet and unpretentious, J that John was struck by them, ant'they j acted on him like a soothing potion. In a little while he became calm again, j and as the doctor talked on. always in a ' cheerful, conlident tone, Johr.'s spirits revived and something of his fear and j dread forsook him. "We can't have everything in this world that we want," continued the doctor, "so we have to do the next best tiling, and get along the best we can with what we have; and I guess we'll get along well enough." Sd lie put out the medicines for his j patient, saying as he did so that he j never liked to |_':w prescriptions to tne j drugstore. beeaxisc the medicines there were L->t always fresh, ;imi the tlrugj gists were not, always careful in comj pounding' them, thus uno&tentutiously i ! taking it upon himself to furnish his. I 1 remedies with his skill. Having c<j:n- j pleted the object of his vi.^.t, he ; arose to go, saying that he would eall i on the "morrow, hut when he out ! of the cabin lie halted by the door. and I for some time stood hesitatingly on the j threshold. At last he bee3:oued Julia j out. j "llreon." ho said, "your wife's father j t <-usrht to know about this sickness, and ! if yon don't object 1'ii write to him. It j can't do any harm, and it might result ; in some good. What, do yon say?" "I don't know that there would b? { anything wrong in il." John replied, > after thinking a moment, "and if you ' think it best I shan't <>!fer any ohjec- J tion. liut 1 don't think it will do any ! good." | "Well, perhaps it won't, but we can j try. Anyhow, we will give him a ehauce to show hi-< heart. Just give j me hi* ;i<tdres.-, and 1'il write when 1 j </et home."' ????:iii u':ivc ill''run.ross. :?.n?s mat xu^ut ; 1110 do-.-tor wrote his letter t<> Ilintm | Jlkitchford. CHAPTER XIV. ANOTHER l."AN NKBL'Eb. John was, <>f course. compelled to ^ hv up t!ie idea of !/oinir east in <;uest <1* employment. cmlti nut think of ; leaving his wile. lie waited day after ; day and week after week, hoping j r.Lf.'tinst hope for a happy tun: of aifairs. j The doctor had written his letter to I Illatchford, but no reply eame, and ; after a month of waiting' all hope of : any was abandoned. * Mary continued in a precarious condi- 1 tion, and all through the Ion? davs l?or ; iL :.i:<"- dlVuti ni.;l:.\i: ].: - ! .r^'.iH-t: so firm holo on its victim t:.:;t it v.as j ^ini juit to make an imntvv-ion 031 it. j ' I :; u.i-i :;:>: ?-l:are*.l t!iO unties < '' *i;:i niji.t - Joi:.; out ti;? J.otirs s.y r::;i ^ . -: <>\vr 11 :?.* rv::;-; and m-> :i. s : :>f his 'ifc. O/irn Mi h h-.::rs in-r" y 'iirli. >:f k-r ?>ld :!!: i:: ;:j r:.:-t j she l1 i:vr i::-.-tho:* and ln'tit < -ver i:i;r i and ln*r v/itn i<>\'iu;r words J am: ?':i!vss?-s. ji-st as she I;::-! so often .!..!!! im t'.i.- :nro. Airtdi; sin- vvi.uld ; remember her father ns sin* kn>-w him j when :i child. and ii; h?*r wild fancy he ! won Id .-nine :tinl ki:jS her and foisdlo f her us lie \;?e<i t > do in the old. happy j days. Sometimes she would dream [ that she was in the ohi h?".is;:, piaying i about (no "large. airy. e<>;.y rooms, and again at other times she romped over i the smooth, soft lawn. Then her fancy would take a turn, J and through her mind would ccme lr.>.>ning remembrances "f !>*ss pleasant | scenes. She would live over again all } the sufferings of later years and in the j agony of her soul cry out to her father j fur merev*. ' Oh, papa, papa," she would cry, ''have mercy on mo and spare me. Do not be so cold and cruel to your child, hut let me once more feci the touch of your hand, the pressure of your lips. Let me once more hear you speak words of tender love as yon did when I was a ! Child." Thus the weeks dragged by and the autumn came. John's store of provisions dwindled down until the larder was almost empty. For days he and Louise had gone on short allowances in order that so mueh as possible might be spared to the sick woman. ]>ut now the time had com-* when tlio larder must be replenished in some way. John pondered the matter over long, and at | last lie hit upon a plan. Ife had his t wagon and team and few farm imple- ! nients left. He would male an effort vo dispose of them. 1 Le was loth to take tliis step, for with the sale of the things lie parted with all chance of raising a erop the coming year. "Yet. it must be done." he mused, i "They must go, if there is anyone to ! buy them." j So he made an effort to raise some j means that way. but day after day lie i sought for a purchaser in vain. There was nobody to buy them, for few of the settlers were mueh l>etter off than he, and many another would gladly have | exchanged his possessions for provisions ' or the means of securing them. Find- ' ing it impossible to get a purchaser for ' his things at any price, John began ; to seek out another plan, and at last hit upon one. Seragifs fctlll lived, and asala.?tre sort he decided to go onco more to him. ! Perhaps under the circumstances j Scraggs would be so good as to increase j the loan on the. farm, or at least aeeom- ; module !ii:n with a loan on th:> v,T,:,ron and team. There was n? great liope oL' his dolus!" either, but as a drowning man catches at a straw, so will a starving one catch at anything that offers a j bare prospeet of relief. Nobody save I Scraggs seemed to have money to loan, so t<> Scraggs John went. When hi; entered Scraggs* olTiee John foun<l Hurry Pearson there. Pearson gave, him a warm salutation, asked after th?- health of the family, and was greatly shocked and much saddened when .John told him of Mrs. Green's \ sickness. "it is too bad," lie said, "and I regret j it exceedingly. You have my heartfelt : . ympathy. Mr. Green, indeed you have, j I have fo,f a great interest in you. and ! while I was away I often thought of i you. I should have been out to see you, but only returned from the east three days ago, and I have been very much crowded with business since." John thanked Pearson for his kindly interest?thanked him from the bottom of bis liourt, for he was in that condition when the kindness of a dog. even, would have been grateful. Moreover, i John looked upon Mr. Pearson as an I exceedingly generous young man and | was glad to have his friendship and | r'Mir.rwnv Ssr* ovnwcco/l o I 11arrv would visit his family as often as I be found it convenient. Scraps looked on this littlo scene j with anything but a pleased ex- j pression. His face showed a mingling of anger and pity, and if John had j been a close observer, capable of reading the human countenance, he surely would have seen something in the expression of Scraggs' face and eyes to have warned him against future danger. But as it was John saw1, nothing. "Mr. Scraggs," John said when the j salutations were over, "I have come to j you for a little further accommodation; j as you call it, and in this instance I will | term it an 'accommodation' myself j even though dearly bought. I have | come to that point where I must have i money from some source, even if I ; have to steal it, and I want to know J if you couldn't possibly make a slight j advance on n:y loan. The farm is un- ' doubtcdly perfectly good for more than j double what is now on it, anil you \ could sure!" li-t me have fiftv dollars' more, at least. Come. Scraps, can't ; yon do it under the circumstances?" Ssraggs made no reply further than t-> shake his head slowly in the negative. ".Scraggs," said John, '"it is a matter of life and death. I must have money or my wife will die. and you m:i ?t !v't me h.ave it. You must, do you hear? I can't get it anywhere else, and you must let me have it." 11 was a long time before Scraps splice, and then he delivered his words i slowly, and there was a tingu of sadness J in his voieo so foreign to him that it ! ^unnded strange even to his own cars. "Mr. (Ireen," said he, "I sympathize with. you. and were it in my power to aid you with a loan I'd do it gladly. 1 Jut it is not. You know that tiie money I e< ntrol is eastern capita-!, and I have | rules to govern mi?rules that are not j of lav making, and I dare not overstep ! then: or vary from them in the least. I j have hail other petitions such as yours ! from the settlers i":' the plains. and in the ]:<>p" of U-inLT able to accomplish soraethi:u,'f?>r those people. I have written l.n the company whose money I have, layiny the true state of affairs open to them. and he/y:ny them to make more li'.H-r:i! turns* so tl;at these unfortunate people might. have a chance to live through these close times." . \t this point Si-rayjrs happened to {fiance up and hi* eyes :net those of iVarjvi;,. The latter was scowling and lookin;-' daggers and shaking his head angrily at Seraggs, hut the agent paid no attention to these gestures, and went on: ' 1 have exhausted every means in the effort to induce these capitalists to show a libera! spirit to the settlers, but it has been all in vain. They say advance no more money tinder any circumstances. and that ends the matter t'i.- j:k-. l \vo::iu v.m nave uic j ey. (Ireeu. if I couid, and I'd be jrlad | tt> d:> it, iv.y bauds are tied, audi I can ?io nothing." j 'Could you lot mc have some on my ; team and sgricultural implements?" i Green asked. ? "Couldn't do that even," Scraegs 'rTT-~v plied, with another slow shaking' of his head. , . fcram-atii.-iriV?-zc.-? 7-:ry?, ' Then. what iu the r.amc 01* God a;;. 1 t? <io'.' Must wv *.viiV <; ;. <>:' vrant K> i s<-!: Smvly th- :v t' < .: > v.'jiy to av.,.iJ Uiut. Siuv'y :;;; 111:1 Ann ti'ii* t:*:trs <-v.r.ic t>> J-onV. i-\v>. strotik' ' It** was. ::rvl his Scraps was i?Hi?rho?i i.y t ii.* sail vj.. t.u*!o vito {?.? >r man pr..--i-?jI?.-*l ;i:ii! ho f -> t.. .1 . t\.-- 1,;,., Alter the lapse "f :i mina'..*, darht/j which the 111 did some serious tijin::- ! iii/. he h-olccd up ami said: "Green. I pity you, and>all the poor i settlers win) are so situated. and 1 wish ' I had the power to help yon ai'i. J?i:t 1 haven't. I am not rich. Far from it. j 1 have some means, it is true, but. it is : nearly all in real-estate, ami in these j times it is impossible to ;rot it our. ; Your ease, though. is a harder j than any 1 know of, and 1 feet that you 1 must have help, so I'll tell you what; I'll do. I'll do ray best to <r"t in ! little money from some source. and if J you'll ennie here a;;ain day after tomorrow I'll let 3*ou have some. Say nothing about this olTer. though. f >r if it was to get out that I had made it to you. I would be overrun with importunities from a hundred others. Keep it quiet, and come day after to-morrow." At this point Harry Pearson left the office, and Green nr.ise, and, pressing Se razes hand, thanked him again and n/ain for his offered aid. "Mr. Serais." he said. '"I have misjudged you in the past, and I feel that I f owe vou an anoloi/v for it." "That's ail ripht, (Ireen,"' Serais replied, "all riirht. I am not a saint l>y any means, but I jjuoss if the truth was known I would not he eonsidered altogether as had as sonu- people think I am. However. that is neither here nor there. Come back as I tell you and I'll see what 1 ean do for you." [To he c lii.'u-uitl.] A MISSISSIPPI HORROR. itnniiiii; of <Jreut SU'"jn:-r 1>? ;:<i <-f St. Louis. October 20.?Private dispatches just received here s::y lhal the steamer Oliver IJierne, used here as un excursion b< at during the summer and as a cotton carrier in the lou'tr Mississippi iu the fall and winter, was burned at MilliUcn's oeml. twelve ruiies i'rom Yicksbur*, this morning. Twelve lives iv?r>nvt ?<! !n-i The tire was discovered in cotton hi the hold early this morning, and tLe llames spread so rapidly that many of the crew ur.d passengers had very narrow escapes. The dead rnv a daughter of J. D. Adam-, of (j aialia, Mrs. 1-Va/.er's nurse and live cabin b->_v?i. Two colored cii.-a.rnbt rmaids and a number of rousters are also missing. The Bierne left here a'r.out a week n,'o. and carried 70S bales of cotton and IDC tons of other freight. she was one i o' the finest and largest boats on the j river. There were quite a nnnibcr of nar-o'v Caeapes. Capt. Thorwegan was the I last, to leave the boat, having to slffle t down a s;u\ rod from the upper deck. 1'ilot Massie made his escape b\ passing ' through the dames to the stern of the boat and jumping in the river. lie was severely burned. The mate displayad his bravery by letting himself down by a rope, holding a little child by the clothins. The bodies of the pantryman, baker and chambermaid hare been recovered. Th-- crew and passengers all left tor Vicksburg by the steamer ^!ietiied this evening, wuh the exception of Mrs. JTrazier and child, Mrs. Worrell j and ?. M. Ilowt-il, whose injuries are '.uo severe to permit their travelling! just yei. The boat had landed at K<i>e Hill and Mdiiken's Landing to tnke two hundred bales ol cotton lor A. S. Collharp <!c Co, of this place. and after landing loaded this cotton, dropped down si couple of hundred yards and tied wp for the ni^hi. The lire broke out alter nearly every one bad retired for the night and spread with su.-.h rapidity that the engineer was unable to turn on the hose. The AshIcy Company bad about live hundred bales oi cotton on the landing only a short distance above. wi.ic:> narrowly escape*! burning from falling cinders. A Vicksburg special says that at Greenville the mate had some trouble with the rousters, manj of them quitting work, after which the mate hired levee man, paying them 25 cents per hour. This enraged the negroes, who made open threats against the mate and boat. At 3.30 in the momma the cotton in the deck room was discovered on lire, and the boat was a mass oi' liames in a short time. Every effort was made to save the life of those on board, but it is l'earad the death list will reach twelve or move. The yawl was lowered to pick up those it could reach in time. It was the only hope of saving many who were compelled to jump into tne river. The Xew Orleans PicHyimc'f Milken's jJeiu! spccial, via Tullulah. says ! thai the boat and cargo are a total io*?. { Sii'j had about eighty deck and about i ?i .. ' < cu;j;u i to ascertain the less of life, several re-1 ports dillering as to exa.t number. The i i'ollowing are known to have been an:or:n j i!i"<e who perished: Mrs. Waddel!. an j elderly lady, of New Orleims; sfani Lnrtrycken. .son o: Liu: clerk; iwi: daughters of Dr. Worrell, ol Baton K<<ua": the chambermaid and the. daughter ol i!rs. Adams, the barber, second eo?>k and pantryman, live cabin bojs ;..nd t?>'> white levee laborers. The passengers pad crew lost everything they had in the way ol clothing and baggage, many leaving the burning boai in their uhdit clothe-and bare leel. ^ S'?U t.ito uf >;;>? Lsln'tx-. Ly>* iiiiL" Va., Oct. 2'J.?A resident, of this city who lias jnsc returned from a visit to Montgomery county county gives your correspondent the following particulars of the horrible death ol a }oung lady named Likens, near ^hav/svilb , 0:1 i'riday l,?st. Miss j Likens, who re. ides a few miles south j (f Snawsvilic, went to gather berries j on tue mountain .side. near li'-r home, j ar about 10 o'clock in t!ie morning. >M!e j not returning by dinner time the sus- ! picions of -h? iamiiy were aroused. and j a party was formed u> go in search nf her. After being out surae lime a large ! e:irwas discovered a few mil.-.s from her home, perched upon on.; ol" the lower branches of a large iree. whii*1 liie ontiinesof a woman could i?? indistinct- j iv obst-rvrd on itie ground. One of tlie | party fired <;r: Uruir. who dropped de-id i o the ground. On arriving ;ii the b use of t.'ie tree, where the Lear had b^> n killed, '.he bod:, of Mi.-s Likens found. It was terribly mutilated and t-very evidence went to .show t'yit the j unfortunate victim had lirst heen j squeezed to death by tiie bn:r and then j partly devoured. midinfi: into Hie Kiver. Xi;\v Uklkaxs. Oct. 20.?The levee and wharf at t!;o loot of St. i'tulip. Dumane and Ursuline streets continue io cave m. thr- laud bavin::already sunk : from three to eighteen feet, coveriiu ':% < acres in exleut. The LouIsviMo :?rui j Nashville Kail road ha? abitr.douvd its depot at the foot ol Canal street aud transferred its business to the I'orivhiirtrain depot because of the dancer to us properly. It looks as all the hud up io the F'arch asaiket would eventually i <?0 into the river. I ................ -r-. .-. . ?,.. ? ". I:..: l ; i 1 i> L i i V jjxl i i 1 iVlOr* iON *M*_S OF A Gci\U i C/V.E OF HYDROPHOBIA. I' . i: ' : li:r ?i*>iT??r ?I'rtWti-i! Like -i i . i i >:.? ? ./ iV, K ii?:\v ;7i.i < > <!;: i iji ? l;. it ir!vnl>!? : < : i :i-!A. s. c, IM*?? r 2??. iiiile-j j ?;? :? : Jhrtv months ago by :i Ui:aJ j ?i tiii- as rile: frun I ??* eel"- i Uraita l'tis;c:ir lri2i.ili.iU-, NViV Yurk, ; ai:;i thorough Ir^-a' nu-nt. iivirgsiiue : \vl ii.-ut prv;:.on story signs of hisira-j pei.ding fate. .Mr. Robert D. .Morton,! the well ktir.vvn and popular engineer' of iiif iiiciitii'iiio :iiid Danville railroad,] flit*i y<i;iv nuirDtisc in exactly! tw enty eight hours a Her th-* lirstyymp-! ioivjs appeared, suft'eriog ail the agony ! aitaehed to that fearful malady, hydro- J phobia. 'i'f.e state yesterday morning, as us- ( ua!, -rave th-.- public first. farts concern-1 in;-* the illness of Mr. Morton and the I fe;:r of the physician that it was a gen ! nine c;s- oi hydrophobia. Hardly had the people of the city recovered from | Ihe shock of the information when the ^nnouacemeiit was made that the unfortunate sufferer was dead, having brt atheii his iast at <>.30 a. in. During yesterday the State representative called at the residence and obtained all the facts. The very first symptoms appeared while Mr. Morton was on his engine in the Columbia and Gieenville railroad yard. lie felt a sudden pain in the arm which had beta bitten, and a sickness at the stomach. 'ihis was on Friday night last. lie . / ft- hn t.w> mom his arm had been ! rubbed down by his wife, the pain went into bis left side, whore he had been inoculated. lie grew worse and at 2 o'clock Friday morning Dr. Howe was called to attend him. When the physician iirst saw him he stated that th? symptoms were of hydrophobia. The physician was unremitting in his attention, and did all in medical oowt r to iiuit'L the patient. On Satur day morning iie unfortunate man be<;aii tw like a dog winch had run a iong distance, s?nd white froth fell iroin his lir-s. This continued ail day.] Mr. Morton, still ietaining his senses, | however, was i:i a high state or excite- ] meat. As aiyht came on he quieted down somewhat, but st-erned much weaker. 'I';:us his-condition remained until about. ten o'clock. At that time Mr Morton complained of being cold, and was suffering internal agon\, sawng his sides, where he had been inoculated, were in fearful pain. Lal.r he complained of being warm, lie refused ;o tV.ke any liquid, and the froth which came from Ins mouth, like that of a mad dog. turned green in color. At times he would draw himself up n-i raise ids body on all fours, but as soon a-; spoken to would again lie down, the incessant panting continuing meanwhile. With ail this he retained vronuermi self-control, and culling -Messrs. M?Dougal andsjiuimbert, who were watchii:gr with him, to Ins bedside, informed them of certain papers lie had, which, if attended to, uouldprovide for his family. and asked thein to see that everything was attended to. lie realized that his end was near and told his brother, when he left him for awhile, that if he wished to see l.im alive he had better hasten back. Friends told him thai it was merely a billi' us attack, he said he knew better. Dr. Howe was with Mr. Morton all .Saturday night, and did everything lie could to quiet the sick num. He had ju-a dispatched a messenger for Dr Taylor,asking for a consultation when, in tearful agony, .Mr. Morton bieathed his last. Mr. Morton retained his senses to the last, ov the exercise of indomitable will, lit-could recognize all comers to the hie". Ail the time, however, he would p. ously beg everyone not to touch him, evidently being fearful of the harm he might do them. He would not even let his wife corns near. The w- unds did not open afresh, and all the pain seemed to b? in nis sides. lit; told his at tendants that he <lid not want tl tin to think lie was mad; that lit*, knew what was coming, aud had I I'oiijfht against ir, as long as he could, j r.'iH hvor.bfr of Mr. Morton sahl that! sinc^- his return from the Institute lie j has had but little signs of illness. Once,: about three weeks after his return, he j complained that his hat was too heavy j and hurt his head. This caused him to ! stay as home a few days. This brother says that Mr. Morton j told him recently that while in .New York he had two or three times, awakened at night to lind himself trying to bite his half-brother, with whom he was sleeping. Mr. Morton was bitten by a large dog on the (5th day of August last, the am-, mal knocking him down and lacerating his arm. Immediately madstones were applied to the wounds and worked apparently sr.ccc-ssfully. At once the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers i raised the necessary amount of money and Mr. Morton was cent to the Pasteur Institute in 2s ew York. lie was there within twenty-live hours ai'ler he was bitten. The Institute charged and guaranteed a cure. Mr. Morton remained there fifteen days, receiving inoculations in .his sides twice a day. On the nineteenth day lie was uischargt d and toil! thai ihe wound would never trcub!him again. The futnily severely condemn the tu-a'ment and it is "stated that the IJrotherhocd will do iikewise. Mr. Morten was insured for Sl.oOu in an accident company and for the same amount :n i.he iiruiiiernooo 01 i^ocoinu-; tive Engim-crs. The iJrotherhood yesterday afternoon j Uvk chiir^e of arrangements of the] Jiu-eral, which will take place at 10:30 o'clock this morning at the JJarliam-1 viiie f i.aiu i outside the city iiuiits, the I lit v. Mr. Chrielzberg officiating. The I remains will b* interred in the family buiying there. Tiie dicc.is-ed was thirty-six years old. lie leaves a widow and four little one.*, wjc- oldest. being nine \ears and the \uiu;g?st tour months of age, hesides a mother and one brother, Mr. \V. M. Morton. 1 Itt- following were chosen as pallhearers: .Mm Germany, Thomas North. Sid. S. net hurst, li. McDousral, li. s. l^ckling. Taylor Mcl'heia in. at.'d IT ><k Ii;>llund. Tr.e JJrotiierhood wil: m- ct ag;;in this :j:i<ri;iug at 1J o'clock. Dr. How-i signed a certificate thai Mr. Morion's death resulted from hydrophobia. iVtien seen, Dr. Howe said it was umiouhtedlv a ca.-.eof hydrophobia. He realized that when he saw the pa? b'ut. Saturday night. He thought rxcit'-oient had something to do with it. Mr. Morton never closed his eyt-s. and the (ioct<?r could do nothing to make him re<t. i ;.e p:;ti>-ut had intfirial spasms and turned from water. Had he b*-en Jrss . xhausted he might have iived -IS hours long'-r. As to the Pasteur treatment, Dr. Howe said: "It certainly failed in this case, but it, undoubtly modified rhe symptons. lie was not as violent as liewouia have been without it." ih:s !: ; the lirst genuine ease of hydr?.phobi:i ever known in Columbia.? sta;e. '! a sc-'icm*. | Knoxvillk. Tenu., Oct. 2'j.?A sonsut:un 01 a peculiar and startling nature is extant here this afternoon. if wa.s occasioned by the disclosure of a schema rouie notorious colored woman had iouml to poison all the Chinamen,: in th's oily. An abundant supply of deadly drugs had bet-:: purchased, aad i one dose *v;i3 takrn bv I rop Wall, one of the intended victims, 'but he has *> . >:i saved by medical attention. The letter class of colored people aud ii'imy whiles ^fe furious, and it is with unhcuity that the would-be murderess ^ can be protected, r 1 v -jUaWL LlK-iji>%, Oct. ;?.- .:. ;..;:s ?iV:u? Ul? |! narr- "f C'narV 3 Green. an d-vs d as ! S an Au.erican s<: -1 mau. s a:;':?ude;*d iiicc- ; j self to the police \est-1 day eveamsr, j stating that he was wanted by the po- I iics of Philadelphia, Ph., lor a fiercer 1 * c%mtniPed about mx months ;<s>o. ; Gr?-n's -tufenifnts w~re entered uvon i : tne blotter, and he was accommodated i; with u cell, peiidiciif communication be- : Uveen Scotland Yard and police head- I quarters at Philadelphia. According ; to th? story told by th;> prisoner, he j murdered a young ?irl named Minnie j Giluionr while in Philadelphia in i March last. Minnie Gilmour, Green;! says, was his sweetheart, and she made j him so terribly je;nou5 el lit r tbar. in a '; fit 01 rape he killed her, and subsequent- ' i ly escaped to England. From this j I country, the sailor added, he shiup : on ; board a merchant voss'-i bound fur the : ! Black Si-a. During-the nijzht watches ; at sea, Green continued, the spirit of j ! the deai girl haunfrd biui continually, i 1 and made his life such a misery to hiui ! that, up'.'ii his rcfi.r.'i to Lun<l;!?f he de-1 ; termiue': to suiivhder huns-lt' to llie j (police i;. order tu a he might he sent | back to P&iia<;?iphi.i and i here suffer ; the penally he h.;d incum u by his ; crime. _ J Fi:ii:oe AUd X. W. Trump, 134 Main street, Co- j iurabia. X. C., sells 1'iaBos and Orgaa*, | direct. Irorn factory. No agents' coin- ] Missions. The ctlebrared Chiekenng \ Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Hamlin Upright Piano. sterling Upright Pianos, from $225 up. Mason <fe IJamlin Organs surpassed by noue. Ster- i 1 Un? Organs, SOO up. Every Instrument i guaranteed i>r six year?.. Fifteen days' i i trial, expenses both ways, if not sitis- j i factory. 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Roberts in Rieh| land County, iust before starting his Sailor Elevator one bale had been ginned by the old method. Just after starting the EleraI tor another bale was ginned from the same I pile. Without knowing this fact the cotton ! buyer offered one cent per psund more for | the bale ginned with the use of the Elcvaj tor. Head the statemeats of the buyer and seller: COPY. This will certify that of two samples of cotton offered us today by Mr. Rowan Rose the market value of one exceeded that of the other by one cent per pound. [Signed.) iD. CRAWFORD & SONS. COPY. Thiss will certify that the two bales of j cotton offered as above were both from the same pile of seed cotton, aud ginned in the SAino gin. One was carried to the gin in baskets and one through the Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator. (Signed.) J. It. ROSE. | The best Gins. Pnsses, Elevators, : Engines and the best machinery of ail j kiniis. for sale by I w. H. gibliks, Jr.. & co.. j Columbia, S. 0. ! 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AiU ;.'^u a uicf -vi-s un t consisting o! bureau w:-. m ?d jheau .Bedstead, i YVasiu.aco, i 0?*skj-j? ; .taoie, 4 cant, seat chair*. i cauc h..--'.. :.;o.a j back rocker all J.or lo.oO, -j,ud y '--j :iu?.ii8 ; to your depot. 3 ; Or I wili send you aa fie^aui nk:d:oy;"ul i suit witji large gfass, iuM aim?vwp, <->i| li'60, and pay treignt. g s>i?.e mua?v? shade ouswiuK n?Uer$ v'isieyau. j arte wai'cui# uay ciioi:, a.^i " YV alnui iouuge, 7,0&| Lace curums per v.iadow, i.GO-j 1 cannot describe everythias? inasiaah'ii advertisement, but Have an imineuse store* containing 22,t>uo leet of floor room, withg ware houses ana factory building in otner^ ,parti. oI Augusta, making in ali tna lar-3 ;gest buaiaess of ilm> kind under one aan-jj ^a^eiuent in tii?* aoutliei c States;, i neseg ^stoiw.-Hiii-.; warehouses are crowded witi:| itlic cneiceal productions of tut Ot?iiacU>-a ^rits. M}, caw.ioyue containing iLius;iati?>iio| ?*jt K'.-oai will be mailed il you win KiJiuiy| itaty vvlieto vou saw uiisauveruseiseut. ia Ipay Adar<rr;s, I | L. ?. PAii8?TT, li'ropnetor i'adgett's Furniture, Stoveg | and Cai-pet Store, p ^i- ttj.li!..' Xii'H-i M-ixs. U-A.j] i # i d& e ? ? ! " ail skin| ah j : ' ' ? - = ?"P*-l i-l-uiiiidlajllj T. ; *. i*. .u w I .: %:cc for tin ca.">? cf zll : r - . . .* f . - :.-cuTvr TVtiir*' r v.. , :&g ??> ;;5'r 2?;?|p|> u -%?w . - '.-..X" /.iui*...., ..w.a:.? ^ csa J - .. '; : .':. i\ . -:] tr.?.:r.:-Cs, v."a!?rr]l? S > *? ^ i i y. ? 'i, U fi S >A S? jj ; ki;k ilimiij i .-.,it.-,. ?...-. r.lv .. i.5 CvJ[.liJa'J, Alt.<* ! ^c.:-r. *ic.t c'.c# amagfflb . .1 r;?. . ..v. : Iv- .:. . >. -r-j jcl?oseJ r.'.i rrbow blnod !x fa 1 n m m c suitlil i K S It Malaria! . /*T.* .. I;v iu*? vtJ tcrful tot>:c an.i Stem-" ; ?. Prickly Asii, I'.i? Kooi ...: r:-&3s?s^sss?a .v:: v;-l^T 220&, 2?xoprletcrs, " ' 7Si-pzczr."5 310&, SAYAXWAT^ Q^, Leesville College. CO-EDUCATIONAL. PFIMART, ACADEMIC, COLLEGIATE and COMMERCIAL ?6URSEi>; Vocal and Instrumental Music, Art, Elocution, Physical Culture, Cooking, Dress Cutting, Domestic Economy, Weekly Biblo Studies. Nine teachers. Enrollment, last yen r 180. Pupils from thirreen counties. Strong moral and relijous influence. No bar room nearer than seven miles. Healthful location, 700 feet above the level of the sea, 400 feet above Columbia, 128 feet above Aiken. Elegant building. Ycung ladies can board with the President. Only College in the State that makes provision for young ladies to reduce expenses by doing domestic work. Seventeen young ladies aided this way lasiyear. Expenses for literary course* and board for ten months, ?100 to ?130; music, ?30; bookkeeriu?, ?20. Next session opens September 23d. For catalogue address L. B. HAYNES, A. M., President. : S^T) 9-3u;0S 1 .eesv'I'.e, S. C. ABvIOi , j VJ'jZZS 1 Ifvo;: vyo.-;.!; : .*lect yourself from .-'rcfuss, Scanty, Suppressed or : .regular Menstruation you v-:jst u;e | B R A Dr'iL LD '3^j i REGULATOR ! i i CxxzzTsxn.uz, April Z\ ISSd. 71::5 ttIII certify that tv.-o members of 137 innrc-diate fuinlly. niter havingsafterea for years iro:u rifJ:v:Ti-;2aI trrcsuiarliy, oein? treated without benefit by physicians, \rcra at k-nprth con; v.icteiy cured by one bctlle cf SradilrJtl's Fo?ia.lo R<?ffC:acor. Its cllcct is truly wonderful J. \Y". Stbasge. BooS to vtOj1A!? " mailed FRE>:, which contains v&IuaUe on a:i female diseases. 5 RAD FIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, GA. FOB SALU BY -ILL DRI7GGZ?TS. stt , 13 * jf r. *\ if'j+.r 3 &' * ,1 r.,1 $ ? ?Sg 5s>^-; ^^P^|r|:]'^| " ..; UPftUN BROS, Projrlctew, Druggists, Llpomaji's Block- SAVAJiKAH. -CA. j f " .1 ^