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W**"® „ ^uh a cute little smile.
cher^we wiU^proceed ' a dirty fin?-?r lc * piece on the paper,
curly head with grace and dispa^hr" 1 ' | « ®
Knowing every loop and tangle in the 1 mmiTwh’ Ho 'T dld he ^ C - t OUt °- t,e
skein of my life, he would now ZtS
\a£*0* t < “°“ 8 t5a*l«**® B Critic.
now proceed
to unravel it. Evidently he would enjoy
playing with me as a cat does with a
mouse.
“I want your particular attention,”
said the man.
Had 1 been pretending to be an idiot?
like come and flicker for a while where
he had stood, then slowly fade away—re
turn indistinctly, and then melt away?
How my head spun! Forgetl Here was
I under solemn promise to pay at the end
of a month a row of figures standing for
dollars of an interminable length. Where
I enter-
Nervous as
KjS'S "^eciated the
i' waa the “°ney to come from? x ru KI -
“rbaWewmocen^.tainedsome very peculiar hopes. Yes;
—elf - ^ o—,o. .„!fj..in tho “ ght . to I w £ at ***** that grand-uncle of mine,
who was last heard of off the coast of
Ho .lid not burst upon
> llofa nisif lie iuwl control of
'worked through the
^lica 1 ’ 1
myself, “to appear callousl” For the
moment my vanity was tickled. What
wonderful resources X must possess!
What sang froid! Here had I been
Yucatan (circa 1803, whom 1 always be
lieved was a pirate)? Would he reveal the
, , . * . . . ■ - exact spot under the cocoanut tree where
a “ d yefc with , he had buried the doubloons? Would that
ri00r, inV writing Uble, littered
' limit of my horizon
w:»
The
table,
f my
seen through the
K?
^ Tiplfl,
*°1. figure of a great lank.
D» : n, ( ,j blocked the light.
f ,. rl there? He did not
h 1 1:5° eyes, concen-
under half
?diJ 111
\ me. but
• ir fell powers
“ r - • - edv black coat,
,o T to *..«t.- I did uy to smile. j .
and was particular as to the putting in of • century? Would a-quarter section I held
the least shading of mockery. I might a disnuted title for. sitimto in no^rojo i,«
outwit him yet, if I seemed perfectly at
my ease, and yet no squirming wrotch in
Clad in n
lt nnl^.liketoa rusty feath-
'"Vn’il sai l, in a croak that was
at least for me. “You
*«2ao inflection of an interrog-
iArtor in those dread words. 1
185 1] trained ear, sensitive to an
10 j should have detected
- f , 3l i |, e raised the pitch of his
Ml, fr-raon of a note. He mad*
‘V.,. there was no facial move-
jj.lv had that concentra-
1 expression a man employs
an irrevocable, un-
l toe;
j. c announces
r*!:ie fad- .
,lt have floundered in vain ex-
v as, empty explanations, that I
4 Peter DiilT, but I knew’ such
P aid be useless. I fel t noinclina-
9wrangle over my identity. There
jVt r mo t!ie certainty of some
r condition. What I was positive
was that Iliad been discovered.
1 out nt last—at last!” was the
m’ refrain that kept repeating
mv mind. Yes, there arose some
distress, but only that of a baffled
atv. Wlmt was the particular
(’culpability of Peter Duff ? What
ie done? For what was he to be
fit to boob?
j. intense hatred toward the man
had trailed me—that rage which
s a cornered rat turn and try to bite
muff—but as I looked at the great,
boned man who towered over
knew at once how unequal would
been the combat.
ijiidly ran over t he words the man
uttered, and I came to this fixed
usion: 1 was the villain who, de-
;disguises, the avenger had at last
thed. But why had he not put
hand on my shrinking shoulder
:id, "Justice claims her own?” Or
sepulchral, “You are Peter Duff,”
lot have added the «1«
ion*, "na. i
oked at him in a furtive way. Was
edge in his side pocket caused by
tod; of a pistol? Ilis long black
lung down so straight that I felt
i was weighted at the skirts with a
f handcuffs.
i man looked remorseless. Had he
d. I might have hoped for a chance.
mchanged in the least the form of
words, "Yuii are Peter Duff,” 1
have grappled with him. But he
weakened, lie was as if of bronze,
statue, that, for ever and ever as*
» a thing, never budges from its
the dark chamber of the Inquisition, lean
ing forward to catch the whispered mum-
a disputed title for, situate in Georgia, be
found packed like a Belgian pavement
with diamonds? Couid I raise even part
of the sum?
Time—time! that was everything.
the
wise man, who walked away apparently
unconcerned. Some friend asked him
why he was troubled so little, and this
wise man’s reply was: "I must have pa
tience, because the chances are really not
so much against me. One year is a long
time. In the twelvemonth the sultan
might die. or the ape or I.” Did that
bling of the judge, could have given more remembered another Oriental story, and
attention. . J found a momentary consolation in it.
He was going to lay before me, in a j The sultan said to a wise man, “Since
gradual way, all the sickening details of • you are so learned and can do everything,
my murders. Tt might have been not ! pray teach my ape to* recite a verse of
the last one, but some one before the last. 1 Hafiz within the year. Fail, and off goes
How many had I committed? Who knew 1 your head.” “Certainly,” replied
better than I that the perpetration of
crime varies according to circumstances,
the accidents of the surroundings? I con
soled myself with the idea that there was
no fixed scheme for murdering.
Had I, though, been actuated by greed
or revenge? What a black record had
been mine! Which trait had been pre
dominant—the cruelty of the tiger or j wise man at once arrange to poison the
the maliciousness of the ape? Had I apej>r the sultan? What else could have
been dull; inattentive as to the effacing 1 made him so cocksure?
of my tracks? j I studied the grand total of my liabil-
Could they have—fished—out—of—the ities, learned what was its proportion to
—E:ist river the—black handled—knife? , the people of the United States, to the
Was it black or white? Wo had eleven world's population. 1 laid some very
kitchen knives—so my wife had told ^ bold schemes. I constructed a rnartin-
me. Would that knife, of the precise gale, based on the calculation of chances,
shape and form, make up the dozen? j I might make myself a political power,
But th.cn salt water rusts steel so rapidly, settle down on something or other—one
Yes, there had been corrosive sublimate ' of the necessities of life—have it pro
in the house, used for domestic purposes. ■ tected, then manufacture it, and prevent
My wife might say that much to save anybody else from making or disposing
me; but would she stick to it under the of it. That struck me as the most plau-
ordeal of a rigid cross-examination? J sible of all my plans.
There was motion on the part of the j Thirty days! That was so short! Busi-
mnn. He drew a black, greasy note ness, I said, after all, must have the ele-
book out of his pocket, and applied the
end of a stubby pencil to his lips. He
was prepared to take down my-deposi
tion.
“Silence is my only escape,” I said.
“Ho never can extort a syllable from
If I open ray mouth, I was posi
tive that I must criminate myself. Duff .
was a precious villain and deserved
hanging, but Duff was no fool. “Dead
men tell no tales,” and live ones would
not be dead ones had they the gift of
reticence.
ment of romance, and time for its de
velopment. The Italian street corner
vender always will roast peanuts, because
he is wanting in imagination.
Then my train of thought took another
track, “How are great fortunes made?”
I asked. Has not Balzac said, “Le secret
des grandes fortunes, sans cause apna-
rente, est un crime oublie, parce qu'il a
ete proprement fait?” If I only dared!
All Peter Duff wanted was some little of
his former nerve.
Rapidly fled the days. My wife noticed
til
“I never give any more trouble tbiui the ohango »» me. I concealed the vuit-
I can help, Mr. Duff,” said the man. | ure that was, so to speak, leaving but a
He wanted to wheedle me. It was an
veneer of me, a thinner shell than has a
insidious attempt on his part to be spe- j Boulak mummy case,
cious. I caught my tongue between my | On the morning of the 27th I sat
teeth and bit it. I bit it harder than I ! gloomily at my dc-sk. I had found noth-
intended, until it hurt me. I felt men- j ing, and yet I looked ahead at the cou-
tally abased at my inability to suffer so ' sequences of my default. It would con-
little a pain without wincing. If I was j vulse two, perhaps three, continents. If
a villain, I was a poltroon. I was losing ' a t the coming fair at Nijuii-Novgorod
even my self respect, that heroism which times were hard I would be the cause of
any decent criminal should possess. j it. Russians, Tartars, Chinese, Arme-
“Not wanting to give trouble, Higgins uians would curse Peter Duff. Knowing
speechless. Silence meant con-
lr;m kick quickly, during a few
'weouils, over all the facts which
account for his presence.
Ihere hml Uxmi a clang of the bell!
tho servant would have
| a.! tout I’oter Duff did not live
r ‘ evcr j ns fur as I remembered,
r- 1 rcnuiilential with either my
hiistomyantecedents. Still.
I.guarded moment 1 might have
I, l:u ' u "'HI babble in their dreams.
TV folding of thatdoubly
aIn tllc one woman called hus-
.oe other master?
- \yas to come sooner or later.
s| i‘i‘utuble, preordained, and how
l, l - u 'Uglit, were all my deeply
*• t>. Of what avail twistings
" 1 ! a » s? ^ bo was it, to use the
| **‘ n o of the day—who was it
'• fet'eanie away? Who among
Im 1X1S had P«‘clied? Had I or
I KrI1 a foirlv honorable scoun-
, (it ltI * 1,1 1 chuckled? That was
"'ben the last man
[j jj l . m v;as hanged on secret evi-
1 0 t scnt die state prosecutor.
urse ’I had reformed. How
I 0 suspected, after all?
I when l \' vas fo me hi such a mo-
■* e ' 10 c °hl sweat was oozing
|is> ?? rc of m y body, to keep
^Turkish proverb, “The
VSf ultan K rows and grows,
, 8wce P s au d sweeps and
u cuts off the head of the
& Haggins must have their money, and
we expect you to pay it. The items ar<*:
three-quarters of a dozen of shirts, and a
half dozen pairs of hose for Mrs. Duff,
with other tilings. Bill sold in lSS?*, and
you ha ve been putting off the account for
some years.”
I knew it. In my wild career of crime
that the crash must inevitably come,
might I not give the tip to Chicago, New
York, London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam
of the impending disaster, anil induce
financiers to go short on the whole
products of the globe? But how would
that avail me? Logically, it seemed ab
surd; and yet if men could they would
was another ring. It was an accentuated
ring, not prolonged.
“See here. It’s no use. You are try
ing to shield this man Duff. He lives
here. I saw him. He did not deny it
I am a-coming in.”
“A-coinin’ in, are ye? Divil a bit. Not
while there’s a llirop of blud to defind
me masther and misthress, sor. It’s wio-
lence yer up to, wid yer old carrion
carcass. Now just you put out of
this. No! Oi won’t give ye tlie shatis-
faeshun of knowing, sor, who lives here,
only his name isn’t Pater Duff. Wliat
are ye after, anyways, a-hintrodusin’
yourself into a gentleman’s risidence?”
“He shall feel the power of the law.”
I knew I was doomed now. The hero
ism of that poor girl could avail me no
longer. Convicted forger, murderer, de
faulter, swindler, I must make a clean
breast of it.
Then I heard what sounded like a
splash of water—just that swis-s-sh which
indubitably follows the flying out (by
centrifugal force) of the contents of a
tub. I lmd the courage to look out of
the window. I saw a soaking Nemesis.
It ran across the street. Something re
sembling a broom was projected after it.
A street car came, and a dripping man
shook his fist at the house and then dis
appeared.
Folk lore, as Mr. Andrew Lang informs
us, tells over and over again of the re
generation of the man brought about by
the means of a little water. This crystal
fluid the enchantress or anti-enchantress
(as the case may be) invariably holds in
the palm of her hand. Bella had broken
the spell with a tubful.
My identity came back to me with a
rush. 1 was no longer Peter Duff. It is
possible that, having read too much po
litical economy and psychology, there
had been a spell of mental confusion,
with obliteration of the Ego. And yet I
felt sorry for Duff—the same kind of pity
a sincere Scotchman expressed for “the
Old Diel.”
I am not yet quite positive as to whether
or not, sometime or other, a Peter Duff
had not killed an assertive person—not
necessarily a collector or house agent—
and that the ghost of the murdered man
still wanders around. I might have read
of a mysterious disappearance, conjured
up a flying Dutchman of a collector, who,
having sworn a terrible oath to get a pay
ment and failing, still stalks the world.
Saul my wife to me that evening:
“Dear, I am so glad you are quite your
self again, and have made up your mind
to take a holiday. You were getting dis
tressingly morbid. As you say you will
do no work for a week, Bella proposes a
thorough overhauling of your study; and
what a good and faithful creature she is,
and anticipates all our wishes!”
“A paragon,” I replied, expansively.
“If she has a fault, it is a certain
acerbity shown to strangers, especially
on scrubbing days. Sometimes I am
afraid she is a trifle too vivacious.”
“Is she?” I asked, innocently.
“It is too absurd,” continued my wife.
“There was a horrid looking man here
today, who showed such persistence
about something or other that Bella lost
her temper, and she threw something at
the man. I must tell her to bo more
careful”
“My love, pray say not a word to Bella,
at least on this occasion. She was acting
Perseus to iny Andromeda.”
“But Perseus was a man.”
“So he was. I reverse the roles, that’s
all.”
“Well, dear, I never did pretend to
follow you in your mythological allu
sions.”—Barnet Phillips in Harper’s
Weekly.
Papa,” said Amy, hesitatingly, “I—
must confess something. Barry and I
had arranged to elope to-night, but my
conscience troubled me, and I just hail
to tell you and spoil it all.”
“It need not spoil it,” replied the
fond parent; “go ahead and elope, but
never tell I know of it. It will save the
expense of a wedding.”—Harper’s
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When Brokely read this he thrust both
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I an’i ,on 3bts trooped through my
% as tin one another, but no
"M it V en - vin - °f m y indenti-
tw ii,.,, Y, * " as positive now
man kad my exact de-
aml in magnificent style purchasing at
one time a shop windowful. With the
recklessness of a Brummel, I would buy
an assortment of ties, and never wear
the same “four-in-hand” twice. What
on earth had urged me to indulge in gor
geous dressing gowns,smoking.polo cap3,
and eccentric tennis suits? What could
I have ever done with a gross of shirt
studs and cuff buttons? Had I been pos
sessed of as many necks as Hydra, were
there not in my bureau drawers hun
dreds on hundreds of dozens of collars
sufficient to strangle that monster? And
my wife? She had followed me headlong
in my reckless course. Could I ever re
call having seen a hole in her stocking?
Evidently her extravagance had been
fostered by me. I had carried her with
me over the precipice.
I understood it now. The worst had
come. I had been arrested on the eve of
my 6iulden flight to Canada. But an
hour more and I would have foiled them.
Where had I secreted the carpet bag so
gorged with bank notes that it w as diffi
cult to lock it? I had bruised my fingers
in trying to force in the hasp. I had
cooked the accounts and dabbled in Wall
street. Oh, the orphans and widows I
had beggared! Of what avail to have
clysm with the same easy grace as does
a bookmaker at the Suburban.
When that dread day of reckoning
came I was fitful, feverish, dazed. Every
jingle of the bell would echo through my
brain. So far Nemesis bad not come,
but I knew he was coming. I came to
appreciate the exact moment when he
looked at a date in his black book. He
was striding through the streets. He
had taken a horse car. I could see him
reading his paper coolly, calmly, uncon
cernedly. An accident to a street car?
Why are they so rare?
The bell clanged. By the movement
downstairs I knew that Bella Maginnis
was disputing with the iceman as to the
bulk of the piece of ice. Bella always
was keenly alive to the interests of her
employers.
“It’s not only a schmal bit, but a
dhurty bit besoides, yer a-lavin’ me; as
if my leddy’s money wasn’t as bright
and clane as onybody ilse’s in the strate.”
Evidently the iceman was parsimoni
ously inflexible, fer I heard Bella declare
him “a chate.”
Then came the grocer’s lad, the butch
er’s boy, who were received and dis
missed with fleas in their ear. “And
me a-doin’ me livil bist to tidy up; a-
steered a boom, to have breasted a panic? clauin’ this intry flure, and yer a-tramp-
| c &a,gj
Ur..
“-!>• would be witnesses who
,Y! m ° obscurest of police
aibl q 4 ¥
at u ! nco > oobesitatingly,
J' mon S a crowd of other
“ uam at me, “That is Peter
w rti„
,, paper knife on the
in the r alloy that it would
'°ul j q of a thick leaf.
[tie
no w?
killing of him have
ft| SnatSl?fc al Ji? y 8 ° met k in S
»e tnn,i te y did, or I would
And still, had I but a single week before
me, by means of our syndicate or a trust
I should have sucked tho whole street
into my pool.
“Duff, you acknowledge the debt. You
will pay it.” He had the same tone of
asseveration. “This day month there
shall be a settlement. See the figure.
oisin’ thru’ it.”
I suspected a big tub of water some
where induced disputativeness on her
part.
Then the tocsin sounded. My hour
had come. There was no reprieve. I
waited with bated breath. It was his
clutch on the bellpulL I heard the
dreary croak. What were the exact
Notice.
Notice-is hereby gi\en that applica
tion will be made to the General As-
suuibly at its present session for the
passage of a bill to be entitled.
“An Act to amend” an act to pro
vide compensation for the Solicitor
General of the Western circuit for ser
vices in criminal cases in the county of
Clarke approved August 3d 18S1 so as
to strike out the the following words in
section 1 of said act to wit: “provided
that the Solicitor General shall be en
titled to orders on the county treasury
to the amount of Two hundred dollars
each year, if his approved, insolvent
lists shall amount to so much, but in no
event shall the order exceed said sum
for any one year. This Aug. 2d.
w-9-3.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that an appli
cation will be made to the General As
sembly at its present session for the
passage of an act entitled an act to in
corporate the Athens Railway company
and for other purposes.
This 5th August, 1SS9. w9-3
You know it.” He did not ask me to
look at the total. It was taken for grant-1 words I did not know. It was only the
ed that I knew it. “You know it to a ' depressing sound of it I caught. Then
|*as 1 fo° u gbt out a feeble plan, cent,” he concluded. He built up his sen- i an irascible brogue.
■but of f “^ ailese Paper knife on tin
tence in granite blocks.
“An* oi a-tellin’ yer, sor, that Pater
I felt convinced that I did know the < Duff—or Daff, is it?—no more fives here
^ad.
,V,e wil1 proceed, to bus!
I^tu
total, for when he snapped a rubber band
about the book the elastic closed to like
a steel trap around my throbbing tem
ples, and within my head there circled
now an interminable line of figures.
I must hav<#hodded, or he took my ex
pression of mental collapse, my falling
jaw, to intimate assent.
He toyed with the book again, slob
bered with the pencil, rattled it between
yellow teeth, protrusive, like those of a
rourut, and then wrote down a date. I
t.hiulf he showed it to me, for he said:
“You see plainly enough. This day
month is the 27th of July. It is agreed,
struckdownhisquarry’ Duff. Don’t forget,” He pointed with
^Htoiino if °* brief but
brou Sbt some Blight re-
19 had moi »entarily loos-
mastered
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. courtesy adopted
* Justice, that cnielest
H not rennrriAri
*»hea heetrii u DOt recorded tliat
than Daffy Pater, by the token that oi’ve
been a-livin’ here, man an’ bi, for 6ix
mortial yares, wid plenty to ate and
dhrink, an’ wages paid reg’lar. An’ it’s
a-bodderin’ me yer are, inthistin’ that
Duffy, which his Christian name, so sez
you, is Pater, fives here, an’ me a-talkin’
English to yez as he don’t, and nivir did,
nor wull.”
“But, my good girl, who does live
here, then?” said the voice, in an at
tempt to soften the croak.
“Oi’m none of yer good gurls, sor, and
kape a dacent tongue in yer ugly mouth.”
Then I heard that wooden oath a door
makes when it slams to. Presently thgxe
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In this broad assertion, we speak not
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Broadway, N. Y. may 31dlv.
Two Men. J. Brewster McCollum and
Henry W. Williams, who in boyhood
were shoolmates at a country-district
school in Bridgewater township, Sus-
quehanua county, Pennsylvania, are
now judges of the supreme court of
Pennsylvania. They were reared as
farmer boys, but leaving the plow for
the law they both achieved distinction.
The mutual friendship formed in youth
still continues. They differ in politics.
The most delicate constitution can
safely use Dr. J. H. McLean’s Tar Wine
Lung Balm. It is a sure remedy for
coughs, loss of voice, and all throat and
lung troubles.
Editor Hollander, who was banished
from Guatemala, left New York last
night, for'Bar Harbor to consult with
Secretary Blaine.
There are times when a feeling of las
situde will overcome the most robust,
when the system craves for pure blood
to furnish the elements of health am
strength. The best remedy for purify
ing the blood is Dr. J. H. McLean’s
Sarsaparilla. 9-15.
The title of “Old Maid” does not now
attach to a lady until she lias passed
her thirtieth birthday.
There are, it is said, more governors
and ex-governors in this country whose
names begin with “B” than with any
other letter. Beaver, Biggs, Buckner,
Bulkeley and others illustrate this not
very important fact.
Fortify the system, by the use of
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, against the dis
eases peculiar to hot weather. This med
icine induces a healthy action of the
stomach, liver, and kidneys causing
them to prevent the accumulation of
the poisons which produce disease.
We have sold S. S. S. since the first
day we commenced the drug business,
and have heard some wonderful reports
of its effects. Many use it with best
results to cleanse malaria from the
system, and for blood poison, scrofula
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Colderwood & (Jo., Honroe, La.
Thousands of dollars are wasted an
nually in physicians’ fees, when five or
ten dollars expended on that unap
proachable conqueror of disease, Sam
aritan Nervine, would effect in every
case a radical cure. $1.50.
Cured my son of fits, after spendiug
$2,400 with other doctors.
J. W. THORNTON, Claiberne, Miss
No need to take those big cathartic
pills; one of Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver
and Kidney Pillets is quite sufficient
and more agreeable. 9-15
The late ex-Senator Rollins of Con
cord, N. H., left an estate estimated at
than $500,000.
Emperor William of Germany is a
very hearty eater and drinker. He c on
sunies an enormous amount of meat,
beer and wine every day, and is never
troubled with indigestion. He prefers a
pipe to a cigar and shows an element of
greatness by detesting cigarettrs.
Reports of damage by seven* thunder
storms come from all parts of- New
England.
Merit Wins.
We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years vve have been selling Dr.
King’s New discovery for Consumption,
Dr. King’s New Life f’illS; Bucklen’s
Arnica Salve and Electric Billers, and
have never handled remedies that sell
as well, or that have given such univ
ersal satisfaction. We do not hesitate
to guarantee them every time, and we
stand ready to refund the purchase
price, if satisfactory results do not fol
low their use. These remedies have
wou their great popularity purely on
their merits. John Crawford Cfc Co.’s or
L. D. Sledge it Co.’s Wholesale and
Retain Druggists.
Fort Worth Gazette: A dispatch says
“Whisky is going up in New York.”
That’s funny. It’s going down in
Texas.
A Safe Investment,
Is one which ts guaranteed to bring
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a return of purchase price. On this
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when used for any affection of Throat,
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Inflammation of Lungs, Bronchitis,
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taste, perfectly safe, and can always be
depended upon.
Trial bottles free at John Crawford
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in
Every Lady.
IIeu Owx Physician.—
for many years suffered from Ucine
Troubles, Falling, Dj-placements,
Leucorrhos and Irregni;: rii ies, finally
found remedies which completely cured
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and thus cure herself without the aid
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sent Free to any stiffen r. \ Ulress,
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Name this paper. Juuuwm
Advice To Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
should always be used for chi l- i ren teeth
ing. It soothes the child. softens the
guins, allays all pain, cures wind colic
and is the best remedy for diarrt oca
wenty-five cents a bottle.
Are you troubled with a sluggish,in
active liver ? Are you bilious ? Do you
suffer from Jaundice ? Has your com
plexion a sickly, yellow tinge ? The
blood in its passage through the liver
does not furnish the healthy action
which should result from it. The im
purities are stopped and clogging up
the duct, cause a disordered condition,
which will produce serious results to
your health, unless you take Brown’s
Iron Bitters at oncef It will cure your
biliousness and jaundice, and incite to
healthy action the sluggish liver.
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1
eastern Railroad Co., the lUjhmond and
Danville lUilroail Co., the Richmond and West
Poi t Terminal Railway and Warehouse Co...
and the Central Trust Company of New Yorkf
Petition f.»r relief and ciucei-ntloa *315,0 0 o
bonds. Cla ke Superior Court.
It appearing to the court mat lie sheriff has
not served the Richmond and '.V<,r Point Ter
minal and Warehouse company u 1 the Cent al
Trust coin anies of New York, na i ties defend
ant in the above stated case, he. a use they do
not reside inClarke county or the state of Geor
gia, or have ag-mts or officers in >nrid s.ate, and
that they reside out of the state. It is ordered
l>y the court that service be perfected by publi
cation upon said parties in Tim: Athens Ban
ner for at least two month. tefore the next
term of Clarke Superior court, 2d Monday iu Oo-
tober, 188>, and that they then apoear t > plead
and make defense. N. u UUTC8INS,
Judge of Sa-erior Court Western CfrcnP.
A true extract from the mt» 'des.
C. J*. V f NOE NT.
Clerk C. S. c. 0.
July, 25,1889.
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