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SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. APRIL 9. 1891. |lie |jcrald it: IfM. PARK- till. ft t'rop’r. -UJBHT PAI’EU in Tim SI.OTION OF) 3fcL " L GEORGIA. B m\t5JQ^»»l5 1*41. bubsoriptio;- i’Mci. NO. 32 One Oopv <’! i "Hi Oil** Vent. Month: , fl.OU BO oWofT-nOn r« JJg If not paid in advnnti- the prior >111 lm for on « AT ^/;,»* Sun& rsvlll* pn.ftofflne ait .**:• Fridas* mail matter- May 6, 1H80. Business cards G. W. H. Whitaker, PENT 1ST Sandersville, C*a. rKlttlM t V^NAI. Offlee art story of Pringles Uloolt on Havnea st-o. > dec. 7. lflfcO—tf , i, n tarns- 11 T. 1UWIJNOH. BAB HIS & RAWLINGS, attorneys at law, ^4 \ IH'It "I VI 1,1 iH, ■ • - i'V Will practice in all the courts of Middle Mranit, Prompt attention Riven to business Ollioi) in the middle room on western sirt< if Court IIoiish SANDERSVILLE, GA. mar 29, ’HP—ly n kvanh. n. i>. kvans, rn EVANS & EVANS, A ttorneys at I,n w, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Iffioo in Norlli-RnHt oornor of Court House. ■apt 11, 1888—tf SXKD POR tTATA hOOlteii Arrintl of Trains ut No. 13, C. R. li On Day Pas.-.KHOBn Train aumves 11:35 a. » Diets iai •• Up Night <• awn Night" " 12 21 r 1:17 a. ». 12:51 A. M. KAMDKltM II.I.K A To take eflo E«*ve Kund.-rsvillo.. Aifive Tounille Lmi » Tennllle iirSnAdulavilla.. Lc .y» S uidnravill*... iauli. feululio ... E**v* '. ' "lie.. A: tffvs landeravitl.:. Duly 1 Train on Hand it: AM! act! i. i.i: Thais 1890. ,..n ...li .. is ... i ...3 ...3 ,...1 ....4 A. M. r. m. »ys. ,f. J. IltWIN, Sopt. W. A T. autl M. A U . St. ISO ri SC'llCdllil'Mi To li ke rllcct Jnn.28th, 1890. Leave T'e: :nlla 0:00 a. :n. 1:35 p. ni Lei '■ W rigbii villa- 0:55 ■•. in. 2:80 p. m. Arrive Dublin 8:15 a. m. 3:B5 p.m- Lmv> Dul 'in 8:20 a. ni 4:<'5 p. m. A'-R . ••• 'i !-• illo 11 00 ». tn 6 30 p W. ' i ULL SET, 6 volnines of that B| It ndld am 1 ' iniu inter* und S. K. tiauliorn, :he (Vo.I'n" - t ive l'.omtni-i-tur\, tor a. 1, lit the 'Ji'i'.O. 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Ev Hutidersvillo ..2.45 | Ev Augusta ... .3 30 Ev Wurthen 3.1(i | Ev Gibson 0.48 Ev Gibson 4.27 | Lv Wurthen.. . .8.00 Ar Augusta 7.45 j Ar Kundersville 8.30 Close connections North, EiiPt and W est at Augusta Connection via S. it T. Uai'road vith Central and branolit-H at Sandersville, it M. WITCIIELI.. Pres, and (!. M. SiclitMlule—Soulli \ 1%'411’ili I Son ml Over lli«> Central Hail road «1' Georgia llctwomi Sandersville, Gordon, llacoti, Mil. ledgevillo, E.itonton, Milled and Savannah. NO. 20, IN EFFECT. FEB. 1st. 1890. i (Standard Time, Doth Meridian.) SANDERSVILLE A TENN1LLE It. It. Ev Sandersville 11,45 Ar Sandersville 1.26 Ar Teunillo 12 00 Lv Tennillo 1 10 CENTRAL RAILROAD Between TTnuillo and Macon. North Boutid. Lv Tennillo 12.54 am 11 20 a m Ar Gordon 2,09 a u 12.33 p ui Ar Macon 2.56 am 1.20 pm tr Mi lludgoville 2.-15 p m Ar Eaton tun 4.15 pin South Bound. Ar Tennillo 1.05 p m 1.42atu Lv,Gordon 11.60 a in 12.20,a m Lv Macon 11.00 a in 11.30 p in Ev Milledgevillo 9.40 a ni Ev Eatontou 8.20 am Between, Tennillo and Savannah, South Bound. Ev Tennillo 1.42 am 1.25 p m tr Milieu 3.50 a m 8.10 p m Ar Savannah G 30 a m 5.55 p ni North Bound. Ev Savannah G.-10 a m 8.10 p m Ar Milieu 9.20 a m 10.40 ji m Ax Tounille 11 20 a in 12.5-1 a m For further information relative to sched ules, ticket rates, beat rot-ieu, eio., write or cull upou J. I. IRWIN, Supt. S. & T. It. K. Sandersville, Gu. W. 0. MATTHEWS, Agt. 0 It. It. Tennillo, Ga. or to E. 0. CHARLTON, Gen. Pass. Agent, II, It. DILL, Superintendent C. R. li. J. C. SHAW, Trav. Pass, Agent, Savannah, Ga. IT WILL PAY YOU if yon oontemplate making a trip to an> point North, South, Eu«t or Went, aud wish to ihorou^hly acquaint yourself with tin* rates before starting. How iar is it? 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I hail notbintj particular to do, so I sent word round to Dick that I should tnni up, having first mudo sure that Teddy O'Brien, whoso studro was iu the same Idock, would go also. Quiller wo know of-old, as all the world know him —a man who had seen everything, done everything, been everywhere—and these occasional visits of Ills wore a jK-rpetual terror to ( h aves. Why ho paid them wo never know. There was a kind of tra ditional friendship between tbo families certainly, but Qniller was a man who scoffed at tradition. Ho was in every way out of sympathy with a sot of urdont and impecunious painters. As journal ist, as traveler, as man of the world, ho luvi outlived hi» enthusiasms. Lifoeou- tained no now e.vperionoea, no surprises for him. It was only a monotonous round of tlvo known and tho expected. Dick Graven, who usually sliono as a host, was not at his best that evening. Ho was norvons at first, and rather silent, leaving the burden of talk to Teddy and myself; and we had the ill lock as tho punch rirculatoil to light on a vein of humorous stories, at which wo laughed consumedly ourselves without evoking oven a smile from tho guest of tho oveniug. " WiU you fellow* look over my Cornish sketches," said Graves, suddenly jump ing up iu ib«i>eration. "I think tluiro are buiuo you liavo not seen"—ami he be gan torununago about among a pilo of uhi canvases. yin Her resumed his sont, and sat, tialf absently, half contemptuously, watching us as we turned over tho paintings— (Kissibly lio was amused by our jargou of "tor.e” and “quality," and the rest. At length I picked up from tho heap a naint-ing that caught my eye, and propped tk* Mai aoar tk* iMap. It was quite unlike Graves' usual work, aud 1 *4 fcvufcaug« » U > oummm, net quite kmiwing wTiy I clii? so. >t was tho head of a young woman, pale und slight ly worn. Sho was leaning a little for ward, looking out of the picture, her mouth parted by a slight, tremulous mnile, und iu her eyes a look that was a strange mingling of emotions, as if a new hojie and happiness had corno into a life of sorrow—a look half wistful, half exultant. I turned to speak to Graves tud saw that>(Qniller hiul got up, and was standing gazing at tlui picture with a look of fascination or of fear. Here at last was something that interested him. “Where did you get that?" he asked, abruptly. -What do you think of it?" said Graves, slowly. It’s a good head," *aid Teddy O’Brien. “It's a wonderful model,” said I. “A face to haunt one,” said Quiller, in a tone quite unliko his ordinary cyn ical one. 'Ah, that’s it,” said Grave*. It's moro than human.” “Who is itT’ said Quillor, in his abrupt way, again. •'Pon ray soul I can’t tell you, for I don’t know. It's a queer story, and ouo I’m almost ashamed to ask you to beliovc. I shan’t hkuno you if you think I’m hum bugging." We settled ourselves by the fire wibli our pipes, and Dick began his story iu a manner, for him, so unusually grave and impressive that it seemed to leave no room for doubt as to his perfect good faith in the matter. “I went into Cornwall, as you know, at tho end of the summer, aud after loafing round Newlyn for a while 1 went to tho south coast to try nnd find •oino placo that hud been less painted. I stayed a few days at Polperro, but it was all so much like the smaller exhib itions in town that 1 could not stand it, and I finally landed at ,” —naming a small seaport town—“where there were no painters and not many visitors. I stayed at the ‘Ship Inn,’ and looked arftund for some place to hang up my palette. “After some inquiries I found a small cottage which kail been empty for some time, but which had evidently been used as a studio, for there was a will knocked out at one side aud a good sized room added, with a high north light. On tho south, the kitchen aud ‘parlor,’ which opened one into the other, had a view of the loveliest littlo harbor in tho world. The plaoo was just wlmt I wanted, nnd the rent was absurd—only .€10 ;v year; so l took it for nix months on Iho under standing I was to keep it on if I chose. I bought a few things to make tho placo comfortable, and got an old woman to look after it for mo; bnt I lived most of tho timo at the ‘Ship inn,’ and just at first I spent very littlo time at the studio, only taking in my canvases at night. When October set in, cold and wet, Iliad to do sowo work indoors, and then it was 1 began to think fhere was something -queer about tho place. One day I had y/m»g ytrl: fronUiie vil lage, tho grauddut*t*hler of niy OMfaut dose, and I wa* putting a few tvnahe* to fbe background, whoa I heard a sound close behind me like a very gentle sigh. I looked nrontul quickly, lint these wo* no one in sight—no ouo in ttie room, iu fact. 1 weut mi pointing with an uu- ownfortable footing of nmnetiling nnnau- ny, mid iu a few minute* th« (nund wa* repeated actually at my ear. 1 itiwpped my brush with the start I unde, and tkeu I weut all through tho house to see if any oun was iu it. I knew that Annie aud her grandmother bad gone home, and 1 thought—I Imped—that suitte poor soul hod crtqit ui to sliedter from the rain by the kitciien fire. Well, tiirfe wa* not b soul near the place. I locked up care fully that night when i went bfffcto the inn, anil in the solace of a glass ut grog and a pd(M' lieftro I went-to bed I almost persuaded myself there was lmtiiingln it. “In the moriiLug 1 had really f irgotteji it, I fancy; but when I got buck to the studio a curious tiling lul l happened. Right acroi* the face in my picture was a couple of brush marks, such as you might make if you were trying the tooth of a canvas, completely spoili iqg my work of the ilny before. 1 called up Annie and her grandmother, nml accused them of playing tricks. They were indignant at tho idea, ;md 1 finally had !o apologize for my suspicions. We searched the house together, but could find no mentis by which any one could have entered, and at laat I wa* obliged to conclude that I must have done the damage myself when I let my brushes fall. In a few days, however, it became impossible to explain tlie tiling by this or any other natural mean*; constantly my canvases were tam(*>rnd with, and I grew Pi have tho feeling that after twilight I was never alone in the room; that faint sigh which had so startled mo at first I came to listen for and expect, and I began at last to clothe it with a personality, and to wish I had some means of comforting the poor soul who had no other language to express her despair. I did not think it was she who laid defaced my canvases, however, and I took tocarryingmy work back with mo at night to the inn, where tho canvases were secure from inter ference. “I suppose the thing would liave ended there but for an accident. There was a race meeting in the town, and the ‘ship’ Wiis invaded by a low set of fellows, who got drunk and made beasts of themselves generally. The place became unbearable, and I determined to camp in the studio until they cleared out. 1 made up a big fire, got my old woman to leave me some hot water in tho kettle, and with the help of a rug and a pillow stuffed into the back of my chair I made myself tolerably comfortable for tho night. How long I slept I don't l:nn\V."7T awoke suddenly, not os one does in lxxl, with a drowsy feeling of relief that it is too early to get np, but with every sense on tho alert, and a curious impression that something unusual was happening. Tho fire was still bright, nnd made a glow on tho opposite wall; but what mado tho room so light was the moon shining in through the square window in tho roof. I could soo everything in the room quite pluinly, but I seemed oppressed by some weight that made me powerless to move. I sat there staring at what happened as heJpbisa as if I had been bound. My painting things were just ns I had left them; my canvas, on which I bad sketch ed in a head, on the easel, and close by, on a stool, iiaints, brushes and palette. They had been there, that is to say, for now there stood in front of the easel, with his bnek to me, a tall man, with a stoop in his shoulders and dark gray hair; he had my palette in his hand, and ho was painting with a sort of nervous intensity that it thrilled me to see. I looked to see what he whs painting, for he kept glancing over toward the patcli in the moonlight; but at first I could see nothing. “Then I heard that little, gentio sigh, Irat not, it seemed to me. so utterly weary and heartbroken as formerly; it was a sigh almost of content. A:i i a i I pon dered on this my eye- >■: -mod to i -•- duo more accustomed to the light, and there in tlie moonlight, on the very chair on which Annie had sat, was a woman, leaning slightly forward —young, beau tiful and very pale. Bnt you have seen the picture. I looked at her now moro than at him, only glancing now and then to see how the work went on. As I watched her the face changed, and the sorrowful, worn look gave place ton kind of wondering happiness—he lias not quite got it in the picture; it was as if the feeling wore so intense it made :i kind of radiance round her. 1 don't know how long I watched. At last a sound made me turn and look at the painter. Ho had thrown down tho paletto n:id brush es and was standing looking at his work. Then lio turned slowly, and h -M out his baud with a supplicating gesture. Sho had risen, too, and come a step forward, with a wonderful light in her eyes, and just as sho put her hands iu his a cloud crossed over the mocm and blotted out tho figures from my sight. When it passed tho patch of moonlight was empty, anil there was only tho painted head and the paletto lying on the floor to convince me I had been dreaming. After that I must have fallen asleep, font was broad daylight when 1 next remember any thing, and 1 lieard tho welcome and fa miliar sound of my old woman prepar ing my breakfast. The smell of frying pilchards was refreshingly mundane, and I got up stiff and soro from my un easy couch, prepared to find that my phautoms of the night before had been nothing but a dream. No; there was the picture, just as you see it, and on the door were tho paletto aud brushes. I picked them up and looked anxiously at them. Tf you'll believe mo I could norer make np my mind to clean the paint off that palette, and it hangs there just as that fellow left it.” We sat silent some minutes whea Graves had done. I confess the story impressed me a good deal, and glancing up I could see that Qniller was strangely moved. “And did you never haw: any explana tion of the thing?" said I at last. “No,” said Graves. “I never had any expbuiution, and I don’t suppose I ever Quiller hod risen, and stood near tho i fire. “I tlrink I can give it,” ho said, knock ing tho ashes oot of "his pipe. Graves ~iaxeg at him; no one spoke, and ho went on, as if unwillingly. “That must hare boon Drake'* cot-tngo ton b»d; he was liefore ymtr tnnte—1 dare wav yon never heard of him. Fie lived there with his wife—and that's her portrait." Graves’ stare of surprise beenmo more profound, and Teddy and I looked on in silent, wonder. Qniller wont on, speak ing like a man that has Iksui carried quite out of himself. "There wno a tragic atory tx>M about Drake nnd his wife. He was a good deal older than She, and changeable and moody in his ways; and she, poor child, was ambitious to help him to lx; great. At first be was tender and thoughtful toward her, and then he seemed to forget how fragile and sensitive she was—he neglected her, and grew more and more morose and moody. He used to get very savage alienl his models, and complain that it was impossible to get nny one with intelligence enough to sit decently. “Once his wife asked him whether sho eonhl not sometimes help him by sitting, nnd he only laughed at her, I remember, "You—you!" he said—that was ull. Then the poor child bad an illness, which, if she hail l**on hnppior, might have end ed differently, und been a new happiness to botli of them; but she was too worn wit with sorrow anil disappointment, nnd in tho end she died. In her delirium she was always calling to her husband, “Let mo help you, lot me bo of some use; only once, dear—paint mo only oticc;" and jaior Drake, who woke up to a sen*' of his loss, was henrt broken at hi* in ability to satisfy her. Tho tenderesband most possionute tones of his voice never reached her, und sho died without over knowing him again. After that Drake was u changed man; he seemed to have only one idea—to paint tbo portrai t of his wife. Canvas after canvas lie spoiled, and when I went to boo bhti he would say, "Sho cannot rest nntil I have done it. I must succeed; sooner or later 1 must satisfy her.” At length ho became so uumumig<>nblc, eating nothing, and spending long, sleepless nights walking about tho country, that his friends came and took him away. Ho died some months oftej* in an asylum.” “By Jove!” said Toddy O’Brien when Qniller had finished, and then relapsed into silence. I looked at G raves, but he was loot in a wonderment too deep for words. “The portraits very like her," said Qniller, with a strange awe in his tone. “I’m glad poor Drake succeeded at last." “You think"— said I, and broke off. Qniller was putting on his coat. He answered ray nnfinished question with u solemnity for which I was not prepared. “For twenty-two years thoso two poor ghosts lmvo been waiting their oppor tunity. Lot us be thankful that in tlie en<l they found it" He seemed to forget to take leave of us in any way, and went without an other word. As tho door closed each of us drew a deep breath of relief. Dick raised his head with au air of stupefac tion. “Tlmt's a rum story,” said Teddy OBrieti; “why did you never tell it be fore?” “Tho rumraiost thing ubout it is the sequel," said I. “Dick, old man, is your part true?" "I don't know," said Dick; "I bogin to think it must bo.” “Great Scotland Yard!” said Teddy O'Brien, “did you make it up?” “Every word of it—on tho spur of the moment.” “Did you know it?" “Not a word. Qniller seemed struck by that picture, and it was the only sign of human interest lie had shown, so 1 thought I'd humor him. I didn't menu a ghost story when I began, but it some how developed into that. I would liavo given a good doal to take a rise ont of him, but I never hoped for anything so complete as this.” "It wa* a curious coincidence that you should have taken Drako's cottage,” said O’Brien. “Yes,” said Dick dryly; “bnt tho most curious part of it all is that tho cottage was made up too.” “Great Scotland Y’ard!" said Teddy O’Brien again. "And who painted tho head?" “I painted it myself,” said Dick, "and I begin to think it must bo a deuced good picture."—Cornhill Magaeiuo. .Showers of Ulooil. Showers of blood from tho sky are very rare iu tliis day and age of the world, a fact which makes their com- luinifively common ocoarrence iu the olden times only that much more ex traordinary and unaccountable. In tho “Annals of Remarkable Happenings in Rome" mention is made of fourteen dif ferent showers of blood aud other sub stances mixed between tho years SIS) A. D. and 11-70. Besides these there were two “showers of much intensity, of whioh tho liquid resembled pure blood and was not intermixed with other mat ter as heretofore reported.” In 1322 we find record of a shower of blood and dust over tho larger part of Italy. In 1220 snow fell in Syria, "which presently turned into large pools of gore.” A monk who wrote m 1251 tells of a throe days’ shower of blood all over southern Europe. In tho same year a loaf fleshly taken from tho oven "did bleed like a new wound” when sliced at tho table. In 1348 tho great chasms mado by the earthquake at Yillach, Austria, “sent forth blood and a great pustileuco followed.” Burgundy had a bloody show er in 1301, and Dedfordshiro, England, witnessed the same phenomenon in 1450. In 1680 hailstones fell in Wurtemburg which contaiuod hollow cavities filled with blood. The last bloody shower on record occurred in Siam in 1802.—St. Louis Republic. Society’* Share. Visitor—Do you devoto much spaco in your paper to society intelligence? Editor—No; society doesn't have more than about a stickful of intelligence at beet—West Shore. Men Cook. Alu-ivya nn Time. ’Ono of tho things to which I did not at onco become nccustomcd in my man cooks," said a house’,teepor who has lately attached a chef to her establishment, "Is his forehandedno-.i. Boon after his sr- #v*.l 1 g,-.vo a dinner, and being used to going down rfciirs late in tho afternoon at such times, and also a little curious to see if there were a pronounced difference between the methods of Bridget, tho de posed, and Pierre, tho newly arrived, I made an errand to the kitchen. I ooukl boo at once that my presence was doomed an impertinence, but I forgot to rirent this in inv horror at the condition of af fairs. Tlie dinner was sot for 6 o’clock, and it was then lx«tween 5 und G; as far as 1 could *ee, however, it might hare Ixvoi sent to the Uldo ut that moment A saddle of Canada mutton was the piece do resistance, uud this l’ierre was draw ing from tlie in-on for wliat appeared to me a final basting. “Vegetable* tlmt took twenty minutes, I a* I sup post* l, to cook were gayly bub bling on the range, an entree was ready to be put together, and tho c.iuk was ap parently about to perform that act; sauces were made nnd standing in the bain-marie; the fish kettle was on, and 1 suspected it contained the fish—ap;iar- ently tho dinner was ready—and spoiltd. “1 ventured a remark. ‘You under stand, Pierre,’ 1 said, ’wo dine at 8.’ “ ‘Oh, yos, madame,’ he answered. Thon, us if In. were willing to tolerate this ono interference: ‘Madame need have no fear. Everything will lie ready at the instant.’ “I thought it might be and withdrew, fairly nick with anxiety over what teemed to mo n hopeless failure. That dinner, however, was perfection, every dish apparently served at the moment of its prim*. And sluco thon 1 liavo trust**! Pierre and haveu’t gone downstairs to bo distressed by his promptness."—Ilur Poiriit of Viow in Now York Time*. Thu n«nl ftoemt. “Toll mo not of your donbts and dis couragements," said Goethe; “1 have plenty of my own. But talk to mo of your hopo and faith." Tlio tono of com plaint is ono which wo are all too ready to acivpt, nnd which is not only iu- jurions to ourselves bnt hurtful to nil who come in contact with ns. In speak ing of a young woman who had filled several good positions, but with no de gree of success, nti elder woman said: "Sho could have kept either position and earned a good income if she had not been so dissatisfied. Sho was continu ally finding fault, and never felt that she was appreciated." It may bo safely said that this attitude of mind is ouo that almost predetermines failure iu any line of work. Patience under adverse circumstances will often bring about favorable results, while complaint only accentuates and fixes tho cause of complaint. Avoid mention of tlio disagreeable things tlmt may come into your life, if you cannot bo patient you can at least bo silent. The secret of success lies not so much in knowing what to say as in what to avoid saying. — Boston Traveller. A Father'* Kim. A fcrtW whs «oomg his son off ou the •or* for some divumt point. There w.u a moment of quiet conversation between the two, perhuiwn few words of such ad vice as a father should givo a son. ur.d Uien the train camo thundering into tlie station As tile latter, a tall fellow, well along iu hiu “teens," eteppod on the platform, he extended hiB hand and his lips to his father. There was a geutlo kiss of fare well, and tho two separated. There was no gush, no nonsense, no affectation; just the expression of fatherly tenderness that had followed that son since he lay in tlie cradle. Is there any danger of that boy stray ing from tho path affectionately pointed out by his father? Or is there any danger of that father ever having to excuse that son became ho is “iowing wild oats?” We think not Tlio gentle power of u mother's kiss 1ms been sung by poets, but is there not also a wealth of tenderness nnd a lasting memory for good in tho kiss of a fathor? —Hartford Post. Sc urine iho Conooienoo. Of all hor curious customs Loudon cannot boast of a more singular ouo than that formerly so strictly adhered to at Holland house, ouo of the most historic old mansions in tho British capital. The last of tho Lords Holland shot himself during a fit of despondency; everything painted to a clear case of self murder, yet tlie Holland family ccmhl never be dissuaded from tho notion that tho old man had been murdered by some un known assassin. Accordingly, every night for years it was tho custom for one of tho family to go to the rear of the bonse punctually at 11 o'clock aud fire a gun, for the purpose, it is said, of “scar ing the couscionco” of the murderer. Tliis carious practice is a relic of medi- ibthI days in continental Europe, and tho case to jxjint is probably the only instance where It has been noticed since the days of the Crusades.—St. Louis Re public. Small I*ity fur Many Olrla. The average wages of 150,000 ill fated working girls of New York is GO cents a day, und that includes the Income of the stylish cashiers who get $2 a day os well as tho unfortunate girls who receive 80 cents a day in the east side factories and shops. Tho lot of tho average sales woman who has not the help and shelter that parents or a married brother or •ieter could share is hard indeed. One has only to look into the pale, pinched faces of these j>oor girls to know that thousands of them are actually starving to death,. And that, too, in New York. —New Y’ork World. Sill* from Hemp. A faqbstance having all the essential qualities of silk has been made from wild hemp of Japan. The plant grows on moors and hillsides, anti could be cultivated. Tlie fiber is strong and glossy, and several silk factories are said to have found it to be in no way inferior to silk.—New York Journal. King of Medicine* Scrofulous Humor—A Cura “Almost Miraculous.” “ When I was 14 years of ag* 1 had a sever* attack of rheumatism, and after 1 recovered had to go on cruteho*. A year later, scrotum, ln tlio form of will to swellings, appeared on various parts of my body, and for 11 years 1 was an Invalid, being confined tc my bed yonrs. Iu that tlmo ten or eleven sores ap peared and broke, causing mo great pain and suffering. I feared I never should get well. “ Early ln isso I went to Chicago to visit a sister, but was confined to my lied most of th* tlmo I was there. In July I read a book.' A Day with a Circus,’ In which were statement* of cures by Rood's Sarsaparilla. I was *o Im pressed with tho success of this medicine that I decided to try It. To my great gratification tho sores soon decreased, and I began to teal better ami ln a short time I was up and out of doors. 1 continued to take Hood’s Sar saparilla for about a year, when, having used six bottles, I had become so fully released from tlio disease that I went to work for the Flint & Walling Mfg. Co., and since then nAVB NOT LOBT A SINGLE DAT on account of sickness. I believe tlio disease Is expelled from my system, I always feel well, ant in good spirits nnd liavo a good appetite. I am now 27 years of ago and can walk as well as any one, except that ono limb Is a littlo shorter than tho other, owing to the loss of bone, and tho sores formerly on my right leg. To my friends my recovery seem* almost miraculous, and I think Hood's Sarsaparilla Is tho king of medicines.” William A. J.KiiH, 0 N. 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