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A. St Louis man who killed n China- manLbwn looked all to pieces by. verdict of murder in tha flnt degree. lie wysheauppoMrd.it might be, felony or assault, but tibl iddlrtfbat anyone could murder a Chlnaman norer entered his head. The Olnotnnatl Oommerciul calculates the loas on coal to retail buyers at $ ;> ,- 090,000 per year. It doubts if one sin gle ton aold in the United States weighs fully 8000 tons. It is, however, the fault of the people. U all should stop buying coal there could be no cheating. MOODS. Open • mountain-summit high J A trjttttaf-place of earth and Sky, Three friends onoe stood hi silent awe Kaoi contemplating what he saw. One gating on th# landscape found In changthg features only sound; To him it was a memory Of some majestic symphony. Another in the vastness caught The essence of a poet's thought— The measures of a noble rhyme Enduring as eternal time. The third—a stranger in those arts That moved and thrilled his fellows' hearts- Remembered with a nameless dread The face of one whom he saw dead. —Frank D. Sherman, in Lippineott, Oital has Chester beoomo, that hit br^idy “Yea; she is rlond. Sho and an only and soda remains untouched. At th child wero killod iu a railway accident." conclusion 6f the narrative he settle Hal turned ghastly pale. It flashod back in his chair exclaiming; through hiynind that his mother and ho “Well, well I Who would naVo thought onco had a narrow oscape from death in ■dch a romance mingled with mat tor-of- a railway accident soon after his father's fact Old Hal’s ?J.fe?” j demise. A startling suspicion was dawn- «. > ; j ingonhis mind. In an unnatural voice Two months later sawtflal and Chester | spoke. on their way to the north of Scotland, P r o°f that they where they had been sent to sketch a ' w m h oa f j ^ded h. that accident? picturesque series of ruins. They had ! .. ™°^ ra “,# cr took from l )ocl 5° a letters of introduction to a part owner of, t l 1 m ® a ‘ aued newspaper. He pointed the paper, Hugh Mac Leo A, who r 0 r-! describing* fata dial ty invited them to make his dwelling railway collision; and.there, in the list their head nearer, Onlv tno bannilr diS i of . dead > H *‘ l Saw “Mrar Julitt Moore, widow, and her baby boy, Halstead Moore.” GIRLS WORTH MILLIONS FIVE AMERICAN HEIRESSES POS SESSED OF $67,000,000. “My God I man, what is your name:” he cried: HAL’S ROMANCE, ter. Lanm, a sweet, unaffected girFot ■ tl Theatran ® er ! a * ace , WJ8 with eighteen summers. The old gentleman | ?* c ' tod a8 „ he an9Wered: They have at last Invented a railroad car window which slides up and donwn at a touch, but it wHl go no further ■ than being invented. The modern car window, gyumbles a contemporary, is The ball was over. Carriage after caf* them every attention, even accompany” ». SS’.TiWWJPX'SSJ.’Sil *>“•••>•a their headquarters. Only too happily did they accept this kind offer, nor had either of them cause to regret tho step, as we shall see. Hugh McLeod, of Bonnie Park, was a gentleman of leisure, living in quiet, unostentatious style with an only daugh The paper dropped from the young man’s lifeless hands. •was freighted with his viaitony offering j u^hw,” cr^Hal, “lam Halstead Considering the frequency of revolu tions inHayti, «#d tha utter disregard of neutral righW-Aj.own-by i(s alleged rulers, whichever piirty is on top, it seemi possiblo, avers the New \ ovk fSUgram, that at least one American war vessel might be kept in easy reach of the disturbed island with profit to the American trade. An Illinois Central Railroad official collected fifteen people at a highway crossing to see a sign put up,and a train ; arm. gentleman stood a bea tifu gh , hooded j KlnTthtfwou’d».k. carital^j^ ! ^ late-the husband and wife whom and cloaked. Tho two were evidently for their pencils. The friends acquiesced, ! ^ * - V . A™, a9Under woro awaiting their carriage, for tho old gen- and Laura was forthwith instructed to j on °® a ® a “* u “* ted and hnppy- . tleman muttered irritably: order luncheon. They arrived at their ! “ ont ^ af , ter ’. ? n “ 8? a ; nt httle “Well, well! will our turn never come? destination, and Ilal and Chester were tc h church a doable wedding ceie- I told Joseph particularly to be here on soon busy transferring several pictur-' ™ ony w - n . 3 performed. Laura MacLeod time." esquo views to their sketch books, The girl paid little or no attention to while the ol£ gentleman stood by chat- her companion: Her eyes wore directed j ting. Laura in the meantime had wan- toward a tiuely built young follow who dered off through the woods in search of was talking earnestly to a friend. \ wild flowers. “Will he not even bid me good night i” ‘jNow, boys,” said McLeod, presently, she thinks, tears starting to her eyes changed her name for that of Chester Lawrence, and Helen Thornedale be came the happy wife of Halstead Moore. Classifications of Wool. . . . ... Primarily the term wool is applied to , „ . i “w!Rn ye’ve sketched your fill here, I’ll the tine hair and fleece of animals, and At this moment the gentleman and his take yo up to Vulture’s Nest for a fine j to fine vegetable fibres, such as cotton, friend walked out into the street, arm in landscape view._ i But wool is not hair, nor is hair wool. went posit. Next day six of the people swore that the train whistled, three wero doubtfulfind,the other six swore that it didn' As a matter of fact it did, but the official wanted to show how easy it is for honest men to go into court and Bwear^to * misstatement. The whole court at Berlin is now entirely composed of new people. The friends of the late Emperor have dis appeared, and the Emperor aud Empress are surrounded entirely-by people of their own choosing and sympathies. Those who know say it is impossible to imagine anything more complete than the offacement of every trace of tho late “Emperor and Empross’s influence. felt, thread, or cloth, present that re sistance to slipping and separation that is indispensable to the strength of the fabric. AVool is graded as superfine, fine, medium and coarse. In grading, the actual character and fineness of tho fibro A recent letter from a gentleman visit ing the Argentine Republic shows how little is known of the importance of that American neighbor. There are banks In Buenos Ayres with a capital greater than any in the United States and occu pying magnificent buildings. The Fro - yiucial Bauk, with a capital of $33,000,- bOOand deposits of $67,009,090, docs a business only exceeded by two banks in MewT.rld, ^ :The officials of the Bureau of Steam Engineering in Washington have had a curious experience. A typewriting clerk, with a salary of $990 a year, re signed, and the place was filled from tho list of eligibles. The first appointee de - dined, and this has been followed by eleven more refusals of the position. The Civil Service Commission is over burdened with applicants fpr places, but they all want large pay, A new source of trouble has been de veloped in India through religious con flicts between the Mohammedans and theBrahmins. This year the Mohammedan festival of Muharram and the Brahmin feast of Ramila came at the same time, and the attitude of the Hindoos and Mus sulmans was so threatening that troops had to be called out. In the Bijnour district there was an actual yi.pt, and several of the crowd were killed. r Vulture’s Nest! What an ominous Hair is straight, crisp and hard. Wool At this juncture their carriage drove name!" ejaculated Hal. _ . j is soft and wavy. The new American i up, and after administering to .Joseph a “Yes, and it's had an ominous history, j Cyclopedia says: Placed under a lens of ' reproof for his tardiness, the old gentle- too. It deserves its name from the j high magnifying power, each fibre of j man handed his fair companion into the number of vultures that used to flock j wool has the appearance of a continuous j vehicle, followed, and slammed the door there and many terr.ble experiences stem, showing along its margin minute I to. Joseph spitefully cut tho off gray the people thereabouts have had with ; serrations, like teeth of an extremely ! with his whip, and they wero whirled the creatures. Why, it was only two fjne saw, continuing-arouud tho entiie' rapidly away. years ago that Donald Stuart’s daughter j fibre, and pointing iu the direction from At the next street they passed *hc be- was attacked on Vulture's Nest by two | the root towards tne free extremity. It fore mentioned gentleman and his friend of the vile creatures, and before help j jg further observed that the fibres in their but he did not see the white face, with could reach her she was so terribly torn i growth have all permanently acquired a its quiveiing lips, nor the tear-laden , about the face as to be disligured for j form more or less spiral, like that of a eyes that looked out upon him for a sec- ' life. It’s never safo to venture up there corkscrew. The contorted form of the ond as the carriage flew past. And yet, 1 unarmed, for even yet—’’ fibres disposes them to interlace or lock strange to say, the young men were at A piercing shriek, followed by another 0 n to each other, aud the serrations, that very moment speaking of her. The and another, here rent the air, aud the when they are brought close together iu younger was saying: three men simultaneously started to " " " ' " “Hal, why the deuce did you apt so their feet. Once more that terrible cry poldly—I might say, almost rudely—to for help rang out. Miss Thornedale to night? Why, it was ' “My God 1" shoulted McLeod. Laura’s the talk of the whole room. Do you voice! The Vulture’s Nest! know that in the lobby sho waited for i With blanched faces the men hurriedly you to say good uight to her, when you grasped their rifles and dashed off dragged me off so precipitately.” I toward the spot whence the cries seemed determines the grade, and custom has A sigh was Hal’s rejoinder. to come. Suddenly, as they issued from j brought the grades to nearly uniform “Can it be that you don’t care for her? the thick qndergrowth, a terrible sight; standards East and West. X, XX and Can’t you see, man, that she’s head over burst upon them. Far above, on an j XXX indicates variations in fineness and eara in love with you?” overhanging rock, her figure clearly out- quality in wool of full merino blood. No. . A pained expression passed for a mo- lined against a background of azure, 1, No. 2, half-blood, quarter-blood and j ment over HaL’s handsome face as he anguish depicted in every line of her J other designations indicate lower quali- ! answered* j face, stood 1 aura McLeod, while above | ties. The custom of washing sheep is |fc“Ycs, alasl I have seen it." i her circled an immense vulture, the uu- j gradually being abandoned. Still,about j MWhatl" exclaimed his companion, canny neck outstretched and the small one-half of the wool from Michigan aud j ’•‘You’ve known it, and still treated her eyes sparkling with greedy expectation, like a brute? Iialstead Moore, you have ; The men stood spellbound, and then, a heart of adamant 1” j with a shout, Chester led the way up the “Chester, would that I had—Would incline, his eyes fixed on the girl he'had that I had I" j learned to love so well. At that very There was something in his tone so moment the monster ceased circling indescribably sad that his friend looked I about its victim and prepared for attack, at him for a moment in astonishment. I Just as it poised itself for tho last fatal “I say, Hal, what’s tip with you to- swoop, the sharp report of a rifle rang night? I've never known you to be like out on the still air, and the creature fell this before.” dead at the feet of its intended victim. No answer to this. The question was The next moment a man emerged from, not pushed, and so they walked on in the shrubbery near by, with a rifle, still Silence, until Hal’s companion suddenly j smoking, trailing after him. He ran to stopped. i the now prostrate girl, aud kneeling be-’ ‘Well, here I am at borne. Will you I side her, chafed her wrists and held to ■The rapid increase of the foreign population in France is causing great concern to she Government. Since 1339 no less than 482,000 Belgians, 205,000 Italians, 100,000 Germans, 78,000 Swiss and 80,000 Spaniards have gone into France in addition to the foreign popula tion previously resident there. In 1851 there were but 381,000 foreigners in s total population of nearly 30,000,000. In 1886 the foreign population exceeded 1,000,000, while the native population remained nearly stationary. It has been estimated that an average of five feet of water falls annually ovei the whole earth. Supposing that con densation takes place at an average height of 3300 feet, remarks General fitackey, the force of evaporation to sup ply such rainfall must equal the lifting of 822,000,000 pounds of water 3030 feet in every minute, or about 300,000,- 000,000 horse power constantly exerted. Of this great energy a very small part is transferred to tho waters that run back through rivers to the sea, and a still smaller fraction is utilized by man; the remainder is d issipated in space. step in for a while?” Hal evidently did not hear, for he re turned no answer. ‘■‘Hal, you’ve something on your mind. Now don’t deny it; your face shows it only too plainly, Mind, I don’t ask your confidence; but if I can lje of any use in extricating you from any troublg, pecuniarily or otherwise, command me, and if it’s in my power it will be done.” Hal grasped his companion's out stretched hand, and said fervently: her lips a small flask- C hotter qnd hist two companions, breathless and spooch- tess, reached the spot where Laura lay. “How can I thank you, sir? You have saved my darling’s life,” cried Mr. Mac Leod,” sobbing with joy. Laura soon returned to consciousness, Chester explained to her what had taken place. During the excitement that followed her strange savior was ca» tirely forgotten. When, however, they had regained calmness, they found that “Thanks, old fellow, thanks! You 1 he had disappeared as silently and as The interior of Africa is still harrassed by kidnappers and slave dealers. It ii estimated that 30,000 persons yearly are stolen from their homes. Until within afewyearsa lively export trade has leen carried on, but since that has ceasod the kidnapped negroes must find a market ia their own continent. Large numbers are bought by Arabs and set to work on the large plantations thay have started for 800 mlle3 on the Congo River. If the Congo region is to be devoted to this style of civilization, it might as well have boea left in barbarism. The prod ucts of this region under .unpaid labor will enter into competition with those oi |he paid labor of oar Southern States. have been a true friend to me, Chester, and therefore why should you not have my confidence? Yes, 1 have something on my mind, something that is making jne miserable, and life wo'.l nigh unbear able.” Chester led the way tp his apartments, and soon both were ensconced in.' easy chairs. The friendship of these two men had originated at Florence, where both ware studying painting. Their support de pended entirely on their calling, both being special artists on a popular weekly, Halstead Moore lived with his mother in a neat little cottage in tho suburbs. Little or nothing was known of tho Moores or their past. On this subject Hal had never opened his heart to Ches ter," and tk« latter, with uncommon deli- icacv, forebore embarrassing his frieud with questions. After a few momgnts Hal plunged ab ruptly into his racitai,. Chester, you uskedwae awhilo ago whether or not I cared foraelen Thorne dale. I do care for her; nay, I love her, I idolize herl By day, by night, slie is before me; my thoughts, dreams, are but of her! In view of this fact you will wonder more tlian ever at my treatment of Miss Thornedala I will tell you the secret of my trouble." He had overcome his agitation, and now spoke with duo deliberation. “My parents’ marriage was the result of an elopement, in consequence of Which my paternal grandfather curbed bis son on his deathbed. lie -pinyed that ruin might follow all his ondeavors and those of his cbddrpn. This death-scene affected my father deeply. He became morose and unloving. One night, six months later, a neighbor broke the in telligence to my mother that her h.us- bend was dead, drowned while crossing the ico-covered river on a homeward journey. IIis body was never recovered. Among his effects was found a sealed let ter which was to bo delivered to me (1 was then two monthsoldj when I should attain my majority. My mother carefully preserved that letter unopened, and on my twenty-first birth day delivered it to me. It contained a sketch of what I have told you, and concluded with an injunc tion never to marry, as tho consequence must be unhappiness. That injunction I lpok upon »s a message from the dead, and one that I must bold sacred. Now J rou know why I dare not declare m;> eve to Helen Thornedale. ' 00 deeply interested in his frieud’s rc suddenly as he had come. They searched the surrounding ground for some trace of him, but without avail. It is needless to state that no more sketching was indulged in that day. One evening, a week after the adven ture on Vulture's Nest, our friends were all congregated in the drawing room at Bonnie Park when a servant mads his other States further East, including Ohio, comes to market as washed wool. Condition refers to the foreign matter in 'the fleece, as well as to tlie manner in which it has been put up. Combing and delaino are long and strong wools, suitable for tho manufac ture of worsted goods. Clothing wools embrace tho whole list of short wools not suited to delaine aud combing. Much of the wool from the Pacific coast and some of the far-Western States and Ter ritories come to Eastern markets scoured, to save cost in tho transportation.—Neu York World. The Faint Brush Duel. One of the commonest ordeals to which novices wore subjected in tha painters’ studios in Paris was the paint, brush duel. The two latest arrivals were stripped to the waist and perched on very high stools face to face at arm’d i length. They were then armed with big ; brqshes filled with color, one with j Prussian bluo and tlie other with crim- J son lake, and tho duel began. Perfect i strangers to each other, and having do j insults to avenge, the combatants went i very gingerly to work at the outset, ' anxious to keep their balance and avoid being daubed with paint. But, stiinu* lated by the shouts of the spectators, they gradually warmed to th,ciy, work. A first tyqvj was struck and returned; wavering, staggoring and writhing, tha oneuts,with their bodies all splashed °r'F ... , , wit'll paint, broke their brushes and appearance with the announcement that j ro Ued qn the floor, where they exchange^ a man had pqllocj and desired tq see AJv. i tfi e j r blue and red sores iu a haml-tq- ■ MacLeod. The old gentleman irqme- j ; ianc j fjgbt, which ended in the duelists ; (Lately rose and followed Benjamin out j fraternally soaping aud washing each of tho room. Soon fiis vo ce was hoard other’s wounds in the hall extoudiug a hearty welcome to his visitor, and tho noxt moment he re-entered the room arm in arm with none other than their elusive friend of ho Vulture's Nest incident. lie was a remarkable look ; ng man, tall aud erect n carriage, with a ;ad, handsome face, golden bro wn beard and deep blue, pene trating eye?. Lanra thanked h'm whh her own sweet simplicity, and < lrester and Mac LeodWere loud in praise of his coolness and bravery. Hal stood a little aloof from the group and concentrated his gaze on its central figure. For him the stranger had an inexplicable fascination. After they had thanked him to their hearts’ content the stranger made known the object of his visit, lie had found a iookot q:i tfie scene of the encounter, and thinking one of the party muff have lost it, took the first opportunity to return the trinket—a small, oddly-shaped af fair, on seeing which Hal cxclaimo 1: “.Yly locket! You have made me your debtor, sir, for I prize this trinket very highly. It-was a gift from my father to my mother beforo I was born." •The stranger started slightly and a death like pallor overspread his face. “Would you have any objection to my seoing the iuterior of that locket?" Hal looked surprised, but silently opened the trinket and presented it to the stranger. The latter gave a hasty glance at the picture within and started back, a'most dropping the locket ns he did so. “I beg yo r rardon for my awkwaid- ness. And is this tho Moture of your mother?'’ f “Yes, taken a short-time after her mewriage,” an wercd' HiiD, “Strange, strange!” | muttered the tther. “Can it be me/e ^coincidence? N r o, it is impossible! Loving|ir, I know not who ypu are, hut the picture you nave shown me is that of my wife?” ‘Your wife?" gasped Hal. other’s woufids, Military Ballooning. Ballooning is receiving a great deal of attention from the naval and military! authorities both in Edgland and France 1 as a valuable aid in land and marine movements. During the recent naval maneuvers in the defense of Toulon, a 1 reconnoitering balloon was used with good effect day and night by the aid of : electricity, and now an experiment is be-! ing made with a navignblc aerial ship for the same purpose. In England balloon- | ing has also attracted attention, espe-1 daily in connection with tho new forma- j tion of troops for attacking purposes, i Almost daily ascents are made at tho 1 training camp of Lydd for the purposes ! of photography aud observation. On ( one occasion a moving balloon wa3 made j tho target of a party of gunners working a twelve pound Armstrong gun, with ' tho result of its being blown to pieces j after rather more than a dozen shots. So that the fiction of the fatal duel between rival balloons is likely to bo realized . during the next general war.—Sin Fran-! cisco Chronicle. Eato of Old Shoos. Every morning tho first-class skos stores of this city are visited by a certain class of Russian and Polish Jews, who buy up the old shoes le t by purchasers I of shoes. Tho old shoes are generally I purchased nt from twenty cents to a $1, tho shoe clerks dividing the money be tween themselves. Tfho Hebrews tfien sell the shoes to shoemakers, who in turn, after patching them, sell them to the dealers in Baxter street and on tho Bow ery. These last soil them to our mor< unfortunate brethren for from fifty cent: to $2. The whole, an evolution of th( shoe, only goes to prove that in this world there are many things that ar? —asted, —JY*w York Sun. Miss Garrett and Her $92,000,000; Miss Gould and $20,000,000; the Misses Drexel mid $15,000,000. The announcement of the engagement of Miss Louise Bouvier Drexel, niece of A. .T. Drexel, to Mr. FDdwatd Morrell, of Philadelphia, brings up tho subject of rich unmarried girls, an interesting sub ject at nny time. Miss Drexel and her two sisters arc said to bo tho three rich est unmarried' ladies in tho United States. To these three lftdies was left a fortuno of $13,000,000 by their father, the lato F. A. Drexel. It was so invested as to bring each an income approximating $060,000 yearly. To Miss Alary Garrett, daughter of the great railroad king, was left $20,000,000. Alisa Garrett is a money maker, and has accumulated a fortune since tier father’s death, so that the com bined fortunes of tlie Drexel ladies can not be equal to hers. It is undoubtedly true that the Drexel Indies are tho three wealthiest unmarried sisters itl the United States. The one whose engagement is announced is tho youngest of the three. Mr. Morrell, the bridegroom-elect, is one of the hand somest young men in Philadelphia so ciety, but Has no fortune. The Drexel girls are models of good sense, and while they are not known as accumulators of money, they are not likely to waste their great fortunes. They give a great deal to charity, aud each year spend a fair portion of their incomes in doing good to others. Tho P’ratiucs do Sales Home, erected by them, is their most notable public charity. This is one of Ihe finest orphan home's in this coun try. It was planned entirely by the ladies themsehes. They studied architects’ plans and builders’ estimates for two years prior to deciding upon the extent and stylo of the structure, and in almost every detail of the great building .the plans adopted were their own. The house stands iu the centre of an apple orchard, and is surrounded by 250 acres of land. The site is a beautiful one, and the home will long endure as a noble monument to tho founders. A pecu liarity of the building is the large num ber of windows and their unusual si/e, enabling the sun to penetrate the centre of almost every room. The building is lighted throughout by electricity, and heated by a sys tem of steam heating that is almost perfect. The young ladies taka a great deal of interest, in the manage ment of Frances de Sales Home, and their hnndsomo equipages are oiten seen at the institution. The Drexel ladies are Catholics, but not so orthodox in tho faith as their father. A clause in his will leaves the entire estate to the Catholic charities in the event that all his daughters die with out issue. It is a mooted question in Philadelphia whether the other two sis ters wiil over marry. They arc devoud to charity and the management of their fortunes, and there is a general opinion that they would regard a husband as likely to bo in the way. They arc nil noble girls, aud fit tq be queens of kings.' Tlie lato Joseph W. llrexcl, who left an estate valued at $5,000,000, was an uncle. Ono-third of the shares of tho Philadelphia Public Ledger were owned by him, and, after his death, were bought by his brother and George W. Childs. It is likely that to Miss Aravy Garrett, daughter of the founder of tho Baltimore nnd Ohio Railroad, and not to either of tho Misses Drexel, belongs tho distine - tion of being tlie richest uninayied lady in America. Miss Garrett is probably a better business woman than either oi them. She lias the commercial acmnqn of her father, and her penetration and, dis rimination in business affairs are much remarked among business men of Baltimore, where, her movements iu com mercial affairs are Watched with much interest. With all this vast wealth at her disposal Miss Garrett’s chief charac teristic is her modes’y, which hardly seems compatible with the hurly-burly which the'management of $2(',()0«),0 10 would entail. It is well understood tlyi’, Miss Garrett, and no other, manages hur large fortune. Hs^ fiet brother Robert been a.s ^.qref-ul a'fiiianclor,«the Baltimore and 'Ohio road might still bo coir rolled by the Garrett estate. Miss Garrett had a thorough schooling in finaaoa. For soveral years prior to her father’s death she was his trusted as sistant in the management of the Balti more and Ohio road, as well as in the handling of his real estate in Baltimore and elsewhere. No one was ofteuer con sulted for important dotails regarding the business of the road than Miss Gar rett, She had a perfect knowledge of tho financial status of the property, and, had lief suggestions been followed alter her father’s death, it rs believed by many business men that the road would never have been taken out of her brother's con trol. On several occasions when the property became entangled Miss Garrett advanced enough money to help the road over a crisis. Once she refused to ad vance a loan because of a doubt iu her own mind regarding a portion of the security offered. It is said thht Miss Garrett, in her ef forts to turn an honest penny, religiously avoids the spe ulative exchanges,hav : ng a mo.rhid fear that if she once got into this whirlpool Gould might drag her down. After the Misses Droxel and Miss Gar rett comes Aliss Nellie Gould as a rich unmarried woman. Aliss Gould is much* younger than either of the others. Un like them she is not yet rich in her own right, but prospectively sho ranks fourth among the wealthy unmarried women of tho United States. If her fatlior meets wilh no reverses, nnd ho seems ablo to take care of himsolf, her individual for tune ought not to be far from $20,000,- 000. A rhiladidphia banker recently said to the writer that the combined fortunes of the the three Droxel ladies, counting their accumulations, since their father’s death, were not far short of $15,000,000. Miss Garrett’s fortune must now bo $22,- 000,000, nnd if Miss Gould can mustet $20,000,000 we have $5,',000,000 to bi divided among five umarried girls, cithoi one of them worth any man’s love, al though she did not have a dollar instontf of millions.—JVeto York Sim. legal adve £ — GEORGIA, \ Rayctte County, j concerned, that \*—... — made my wife, Mary C. McLeroy, a free dealer, to contract, sue and be sued in as ifull a planner as is P'ovided by liw. Nov. 19th 1888. J. E. McLeroy. Georgia, Fayette f D. A. McLu- County. v \ cas Adminis? trator of Ephraim Sweat, reprel* sents to ihe court by petition that he has fully Administrated Eph raim Sweat’s astate. This is to cite all persons concerned, to show cause, if any they can, why said Administrator should not . be discharged from his Admenistra tion, and receive letters of dismis sion on the 1st Monday in Febru ary, 1889. Nov. 5th 1888. D. M. Franklin, Ordinary. GEORGIA Fayette j By virlure County | ofan order from the court of Ordinary of said county, will be sold before the court house door in Fayetteville within the legal hours of sale, on the 1st Tuesday in January next, the following land, one tenth un- devided interest in lot of land No. 48, in the fifth district of said coun ty, sold as the property of Lula W., Dora W., John W., Sarah L.,. Marie, Nancie, Eva E., and Ida. M. Murphy, for- the purpose of distribution. Terms cash. W. T. Murphy, Dec. 6tbl888. Guardian. What on Earth Is the reason people will not, cam not, or do not see any difference in cheap nostrums put up by Cheap John houses or irresponsible pars lies at enormous profits, rather than take a medicine of world wide reputation and one that is giving uninersal satisfaction at an. equal price? No medicine in the world is giving such unparal leled satisfaction for purifying the- blood as BEGGS’ BLOOD FUv RIFIER & BLOOD MAK and every bottle that does not i s work will cost you nothing For sale by Edwards U Gilhe How can Parents allow their children to cough and strain and cough and camlv say: “Oht it is only a little cold/' and keep giving them cheap and dan gerous medicines, until they are down with lung fever or consump tion, when they can be so easily relieved by BEGGS’ CHERRY COUGH SYRUP? tt has no’ superior, and few equals. Edwards & Gilbert Druggists. GEORGIA, FAYETTE COUNTY ,T. 13. Nations lias applied for exemp tion of personalty, and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and 1 will pass upon the same at 10 o'clock. A. M. on the 3rd dav of Jan. 1888, at. iny oflbe. Ike. 10th 1888. D. AL Franklin, Ordinary., Grant’s Sorrel War Horse. An eightaen-yoar-old oolovod boy ol Alarianua, Ark., shoe his mother bucausi sho was baking a sweet potato lor bit brother instead of for him. “Tho first time I ever saw Gen. Grant to know him,” said Major Osmond to a knot of story tellers, tho other day, “was in the November of 1864. I was then attached to Hancock’s headquarters, and was sent to carry a despatch to Gen. Grant. It was raining for all it was worth, and the mud about those Peters- burgh trenches was like glue. Putting my horse to a gallop, I was getting over the ground at a good rate, and soon I met and passed a solitary rider astride a little sorrel horse. Tho man’s slouch hat was pulled down over his eyes, and the rain was coursing in streams down on the ponolio in which lie was closely wrapped. A moment later I came up with quito a group of riders, aud catch-- ing sight of a lot of gold braid, jumped nt the conclusion that I had struck some General’s staff. I asked if they knew where Gen. Grant was, and ono of them said. “ ‘Why, boy, you’ve just passed him.' “Without a word I wheeled my horse and dashed back to the solitary figure ahead. As I came up he seemed to take in the situation, for he said sharply; “ ‘Who are you looking for, young man ?’ “‘Are you Gen. Grant?’ I asked eagerly. “ ‘My name’s Grant,’ ho said stiffly, holding out his hand for my despatch. Then he said: “ ‘Why didn’t you come to mo at onco?” “‘I—I—’ “ ‘Well, wlmt ?’ “ ‘I didn’t think you wore Gen. Grant.’ ‘“You didn’t? Why didn’t you?’ “I saw his eyes twinkle above his cigar, that must have gone out three or four weeks before, it looked so bad. So I ventured to tell tlie fact: “ 'Because I didn’t suppose Gen. Grant would ride such a looking horse as that.’ “Ho burst out into a hearty laugh, and Gen. Badeau told me aftej; it was the fir^t time for ^ had heard Grant receipted on tho/en^ patch, and dismisse^f ‘“The next time Grant perhaps, “But after to tho ohief oK