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RVH * f^ff-S****** „ 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 Bazar. “King Milan is fearfully short of money and utterly without credit.” When Brokely read this he thrust both hands into his pockets up to the wrists, ind exclaimed, melodramatically: ‘Now l know what ft is to feel like a king.”—Fliegendc Blaettsr. Faults ot uigesttou cause disorders of the liver,and the whole system becomes deranged. DrJ.H. McLean’s Sarsa parilla perfects the process of digestion and assimilation, and thus makes pure blood. 0-15 One Who Knows The following testimonial is from gentleman who knows our formula and is thoroughly acquainted with on * ive property of our Tonic.The way ter bwow the merits is to try tl.e article. Ah/ “Grandpa,” asked Georgie, who fondly believed his aged grandpar ent was a revolutionary hero, “how many Britishers did you kill ?” “O, about seventy-five,” replied the old man desiring to humor the boy. “Pooh! what was the matter with you? Were you too tired to tight?— Harper’s Bazar. Pimples, blotches, scaly skin ugly spots, sores and ulcers, abscesses and tumors, unhealthy discharges, such as catarrh, eczema, ringworm, and other forms of skin diseases, are symptoms of blood impurity. Take I>r. J. II. Mc Lean’s Sarsaparilla. IMS It is rumored that the queen has at last yielded to her physicians and will take n long sea trip, perhaps to India,or possibly to Canada and the United States. Dizziness, nausea, drowsiness, dis tress after eating, can be cured and prevented by taking t>r. J. 11. McLean’s Liver and kidney Pillets (little pills.) " * 0-15. “Yes, 1 like political life,” said the candidate; “but, I tell'you, you have fb exercise such constant vigilance ami sleepless care, in one wav, that it keeps you perpetually nervous.” To avoid being accused of dishones ty?” “No, to avoid being accused of in citing the grand armv.”—Puck. I had the habit of rushing to fashionable . forestall an earthquake, discount a del- rents’furnishing goods” establishments. • uge< a 7*i take or give the odds on a cata- lf health and life are worth anything, and you are feeling out of sorts and tired out. tone up your system by tak ing Dr. J. II. McLean’s Sarsaparilla 9-15. William Walter Phelps, minister to Germany, has a romantic bump on his head well developed. He recently vis ited his birthplace at Dundatt’, Pa!, and indulged in dreamy reverie on the scene of his nativity, lie then drove across the country and visited Ex-Speaker Galusha A. Grow, at Glenwood. Even the most vigorous and heart iarty ean- ness and lassitude. To dispel this feel ing take Dr. J. IT. McLean’s Sarsapar ilia; it will impart vigor and vitality 9-15 The. Chicago Idea—Will you share my lot with me?” asked he of the real estate agent’s daughter. “Whatis it worth a front foot?” calmly inquired the sweet creature.— Chieago.Mail. practicing physician* who desires the orniula of Dr. Westmoreland’s Calsava it from the West- Tonic Company, letter is from* a Tonic may obtain moreland Calisaya r I Greenville, 8. C. This malarial section. West Point, Miss Having shown me the formula for makingyour Tonic while visiting your city the past summer 1 take great pleas ure in recommending it. I am delight ed with it, having given u in my pract ice successfully, and to members of my own family suffering from malarial tox- auuia. Very truly, B. S. Duncan, M. D. For sale by L. D. Sledge & Co. Miss Daisy Hampton, daughter of Gen. Wade Hampton, is getting an edu cation as a nurse in a New York hos pital. Good Advice, Showing be salt. EdwardSilvey, Chicago, gives testi mony : “My wife had Catarrh twenty- five years; suffered severely for six yea rs before she began to use your re medy.Unable to breathe except through the mouth; in a most critical condition. Tried everything without relief, when Dr. Streeter advised her to buy Clarke’s Extract of Flax (Papillon) Catarrh Cure. Relief followed immediately. She continued to use it until she is now entirely cured. ITer health has not been so good in many years.” Price $100.Wash the Baby with Clarke’s Flax Soap, 25 cents. All Druggist, now has the Flax rem edies on hand. It is reaffirmed from Europe that Christine Nilson has become deaf. Her deafness comes from rheumatism. My friend , look here! you know how weak and nervous your wife L, and you know that Carter’s Iron Pills will re lieve her, now why not be fair about it and buy her a box. Sick headache,biliousness,nausea,eos- tiveness, are promptly and agreeably banished by I)r. J. H McLean’s Liver and Kidney Pillets (little pills.) 9-15 A Distressing Case anri Happy Cure. “For over a year I have had a break ing out on my leg, which troubled me so bad l could not walk, leg badly swelled, of a purple color, with erup tions so bad that Blood would ooze out if I bore my weight on it. 1 was re commended to try Clarke’s Extract of Flax (Papillon) Skin Cure, which 1 have done. My leg is now well and I can walk two miles on it without any trouble.” Signed, “A. I). Hayward.” Clarke’s Flax Soap makes the skin soft and prevents chapping. Skin Cur© $1.00. Soap 25 cents. For Sale by all Druggists^ When you forgive an enemy The stings that smart and blister, The reason then is one of two: lie is a bigger man than you, Or has a pretty sister. —Hailadelpliia Press. 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 - ■ 106 Block --' - - - . 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 TO OUR READERS. Malaria or Ague Surely Cured; In this broad assertion, we speak not falsely, but state postively, that these and all miasmatic poisons, can be radr eally driven from the system,and a pei- manent cure guaranteed. Thousands of chronic cases, whose testimonials bear evidence, have been cured by our infallible remedy, which contains neih- er quinine, arsenic, or anything injur ious. Full treatment free by old phy sician of highest standing, also trial remedy sent on receipt of address, to AS AH EL MEDICAL BUREAU, 291 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 and such diseases it is without a rival. 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 satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertis ed Druggist a bottle cf Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs, or Chest, such as Consumption, Inflammation of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup, etc. etc.. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can always be depended upon. Trial bottles free at John Crawford & Co.’s or L D. Sledge «t Co.’s Whole sale and Retail Drugstores. 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 her. Any Lady can take .hr- remedies, and thus cure herself without the aid of a physician. The n o- o, - with full directions and advice securely sealed sent Free to any stiffen r. \ Ulress, Mrs. M. J. Bkabie, 252 S. 10th St., Philadelphia, Pa 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. H C 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. S.-v:stwt { 2 . s-S!«i