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An action for fraud pan be instituted against. any person, whothsr he is responsible in a financial vinw or not, who re ft to pay for his subscription. Special Xkllec . vithl is for repairs, will Southern Chill mb Fever Kennedy . There being such a great demand for Fever remedies in this country, I have been making n special study of the different remedies used in malarial troubles ever since I have been in the drug business. I de termined last Fall upon putting up ■Some preparation that would cure the majority of eases of Fever, Ague, Chills, etc., and that would take the place of a great number of Northern and Western Fever and Ague remedies, believing that one living in this section is capable of preparing something that is better for the peculiar class of fever and the debilitating condition of the system that prevails during the Summer months. I have far ex ceeded my expectations— Last Spring I began to manufacture JENNINGS’ FEVER TONIC. Since which time I have .put up and sold several thousand bottles, and IT HAS NEVER FAILED TO CURE in A single instance. Meeting with this unprecedented success I feel perfectly safe in placing a GUARANTEE upon EVERY, bot tle; so, when it is taken according to the directions and it does not ef fect a cure the rponey will be re funded. . The regular ipractie'in# phyri*- erarrs oMic country have exnlnm- cd the formula of Jennings’ Ifercr Tonic, nnd pronounce it efficient and harmless. ' — I place before tbe public .only a few of tbe great number of unsolic ited certificates received iij regard to its cures. • T Albert Jennings, Druggist, Jasper, Fla. Certificates, j NewnansvilleJ Fla..) July 22, 1885. \ Mr. T. Albert Jenuings,[ Jasper, 'Fla.: | Dear Sip—I Itavo used your Fever Tonic quite extensively with my hands, ami find that it 1 will do nil you claim for it. I takp pleas ure in recommending it. Yours truly, > John F. LXsm, Conductor Iloadway Train, S.T. & \V. Railway. F. R. & N. Railway SnorsJ Kllavii.le, Fia. j Mr. T. Elbert Jennings, Jasper, Fia.: Dear Sir—I can safely and ,chcerfully rccOwmcnd Jennings’ Frvcr Tonic, a pleasant cure for bilious fever, etc. Yours Truly, J. D. Johnston. Jasper, Fla., July 10,1885. Mr T. ] Albert Jcunings, Jasper, Fla: i Dear $ir—I have used “Jen nings’ Fever Tonie,*’ and find it to lie a success. One bottle cured three cases of chill and fever or, UI.V place. I cheerfully recom mend it Yours Respectfully, Tiros J. Bryax. Jennings, FlS., July 21, 1885; Mr. T. Albert Joinings, Jasper* Fla.—Dear Sir-: My wife had the fever for 12 months, and I could get nothing to cure her ..until re-1 cently, when she used a bottle of Jennings’ Fever Tonie,which cured her immediately. I Ijavo used sev eral bottles of Fever Tonie on my farm, and am highly pleased with it—it never fails to care. ~j"" Respectfully'. S S. Sharp. White Spring, Fla.,) July 24,1885. J Mr. T. Albert Jennijigs, Jasper, Dear Sir—Last sprhg I had an attack of fover. Hearing of your Fover Tonic. I purchased a bottle and used only a third of it and was cured. The remainder of- the bottle 1 gave to a young lady who had had the fever for two years and I have learned tha it entirely cured her and she has lot had th fever ijinco. I take great pleasure' in rccqmmen.fingjt to t|ose suffc ing wijh drills, ‘ ’orv rei “WAR TIMES SA LTMAKING ONFLG KIItA’S COAST—NO. 3. All Night in a Swamp— JRescued from a Fattier by Nellie—Love■ of a Confiding Girl— Pigeons—Nel lie? s Grave. Nellie was not one of those beautiful girls whom it is said tbe god of love had endowed with a nature as sweet as molten sugar, neither did she have eyes like the stars or a form equal to Venus, but she was a plain, simple country girl. She wore a dress of homespun, spun and woven by her own hands; her shoes were made of heavy leather, while the hat on her head was made of palmetto. She fifteen years of age—one year younger than ourself—was freckle-faced and had brown curly hair. “Poor, dear hoy,” she said, as she th’.ew the light of her torch upon us as we lav upon our couch of palmetto leaves, with a log of the same for a pillow. ‘•‘My father and brother have done another mean trick; just as I suspected when they re turned without you; are you cold?” the girl asked, as she piled some pieces of dry pino on the fire which she luuJ-titrtHrii'rtiead'to bide her flowiif on the ground;-' " *" “Very—almost chilled,” wo auswergd, as a cold sea-broeze ^frinstfed through the limbs of the wild’ hog-plum trees over iur head. “Then you must stand near thcjfirc and get its full warmth, while I gather more wood to burin.” We tried to get up from our reclining position, hut we fell bach in pain and horror. Our legs had become numbed with cold, while the most startling noiie greeted our ears. Those wlio have heard such a noise otyee will never forget its sound; it( was a whirring, buzzing rattle leadly, horrible and sicken- for the air was laden with [(Tensive but peculiar musk, 'on’t move, for your life, 1” Nellie said, as she raised cbiaud; “dont move, child, Jfidc its eyes, and will kill it jn lomeut!” - ure enough, we looked toward our feet, and there saw a larjrp rattlesnake,in a coil, ready to i strike death to anything within reach. ‘‘Don’t move,” she warned again, and the erect head of the deadly reptile quivered around, to nnd fro. We needed no ad monition, for wo were scared nearly out of-our wits, and closed our efes in mortal terror. !A heavy blow from a stick in ttye girl’s hand caused us to look tbe direction of the shake in, and we saw the efl^ct of er stroke. Tho snake was ly- rig Stunned, with its poisonous fangs fastened in the legfijf o.ur old cowskin hoots! Another heavy blow,and then tbe little girl Tsbq. was small to her age) draw his snakeship out to its full length for our aching, tired eyes to view. It had ten rattles and was near five feet long. “You have saved my life, Nellie,” we said as soon as we could control onr feet enough to hold us up. “You have saved my life. How cau I repay you?” “You have already paid me. When you speak my name so kind, and so much like a brother ought to address his sister, 1 feel like you eared soinet 'or mo. “Yes, Nellie,” was ourqpswer; “who could help loving you, ■when you have twice savjJ their life?’ r K “You are only gratefuwtlien; you don’t love me,” thff^ girl sighed, as she stooped aSd un fastened the fangs of thejsnake from our bootleg. “Yoti| don’t love me,and I can’t blaitfe T-ou,” she continued, as we cou! tear glisten in the soft, gray eye. “Nellie,” we said, “you are a dear, good girl.^md I shall never forget j’ou; but don’t you know we are both too young to tajk ol love? I am' only sixteen, while you are still younger, nnd if I loved you and plighted my faith with you, you would regret it f probably. When the war ends and the boys come marching home with laurels and honor to lay at your feet, you would be embarrassed with a knowledge of my love. Let us wait,” we said, arising from our reclining position before the cheery, crackling fire the girl had made for us. “I knew you would say that. I heard you say you were going home in a day or two and I thought you would let me go with you. Let me go with you please; I am so tired of this wild life, and I never* hear a kind word only when you come,’ thejvjiLsaid-as^she dropped her answered, “for I don’t care to go to your house again.” “Why not? You are not an gry on account, of last night’s adventures? Suppose I had left you on the oyster bar?” • “I should have been spared much that I have endured that was not pleasant,” was our cut ting answer. mid see a “Tut,* boy :.it was all for fun. Be,’' we said, “I have no hoh. v v-f my own; father and motheV are dead these teji.years, and if yon went away with me what would become of us both?” . “I would liclp yon work, and “You don’t know what yon are saying, dear Nellie,” we said, as we caught her hand in ours. “You don’t mean what you have said, but some day I will ask you to repeat it.” “No, you won’t; when yon leave here I never expect to see vou again. You - will never think of the girl who made her self a fool by asking you to love her. You call me simple and confiding. So I am. I have seen yon in distress, and I aided you; I knew you had been de ceived, and exposed myself to rescue you! Your life was in danger, and, runuing the risk of being bitten by a reptile that was certain death, my right arm has delivered you from harm. Can. I do more for (’Ay ma*n, can any person show their affection in stronger terms? Still, you care nothing for me. Good-bye, Jimmie.” “Nellie,” we screamed, “come back. Don’t run away looking so angry; do come back!” The girFu-as gone! Ttre sun was rising over tbe eastern hills, bright and clear, throwing its goldeu ravs of light over the world that had just been dark ened by the curtaiu of night. “What are you calling Nellie' for?” a familiar voice asked, mid as we looked in the direction, from whence it came we saw Rufe Phillips. He looked mean, his face had depicted upon it the expression of a mean dog when he has been detected stealing meat. ‘‘Hello, what is this?” Rufe said, as he came up to the fire and discovered the huge rattler iyiug.on the ground." You have bad a battle for life with a bad enemy. AVhat were you calling Nellie for?”- • -r\ “Because I wanted to see her,” was tlio reply. SJie is at home; if yij^wan her you k wit; , i the cent-looking eyes gazing sea ward. “Didn’t you forget something, We knew you would'ccmie to no or, rather, didn’t you forget to harm here. My wife now has breakfast ready; -come, let’s go, she wants to see you.” . We went back' home with him and saw Mrs. Phillips; ale breakfast and was preparing to leave, when we allowed ourself to be persuaded to remain all day, with tho promise of a lot of sport to make up for all the mean tricks that had been played on us. Several times during the day we saw Nellie, and she was as kind and gentle in disposition as it nothing had ever passed between us of an unpleasant nature. Late in the evening ourself, Rufe arid his son went back to the pigeon roost to try our for tune again. The sun was just going down, and a gentle breeze was shaking the leaves of the tupler-gum and plum bushes when we reached the enclosure around the spring. We could tell from feathers on the ground and other-signs.jvhere the birds generally roosted thickCst>-acd- tukiug our stands within ten or twenty feet of each other, v ,/ awaited their earning. Presently three or four flew in and sailed art and around, then circling if , rid off were soon out of sight in the gather ing gloom. “They’ll bo here directly, boys, those were the pilots,!” Rufe whispered, loud enough for us to hear. He was right, for hardly had ho spoken when overhead was completely darkened by birds, while around our heads their wings were flapping and striking in dangerous proximity. "Strike, boy, strike,” Rufe yelled, and we “struck.” For five miuutes our polo was swayed with lightning rapidity and every stroke brought three or four pigeons to the ground. We never saw anything like it speak, wait,,” said the almost [girl. Yes, she waited and look- breathless girl. led for.you- till three day# ago. We were silent a moment or I No, of course you didn't get her two, while the boats drifted side I letters—I knew you’d say that, by side with the out going tide,. but I dont believe you. It don’t and wondered what the 'little I mako no difference how long she girl wanted, for she seemed bur-1 was sick, noraum|MjHabout led in thought, her soft, inno-1 her, if you her dosomething that you intended to do before you left home?” she deer Nellie; asked, when she had sufficiently recovered from her fatigue to speak. “I don’t believe I did," we answered, looking inquiringly at the honest, timid face turned toward us. Wo saw her coun tenance change, a crimson flush coining over her face, while her eyes again sought the distance. “Are you sure you have for gotten nothing?” she asked. “Quite certain, Nellie,” we an swered, feeling in our pockets for our knife and other articles. “What do you think I have for gotten?” we inquired. “I thought you would have told me good-bye, at least. Do you know that you have almost broken my heart?" and the girl broke into a flood of tears. We were mad now. Hero were one mile from land, and a good, clever girl accusing ns of having almost broken her heart, when we had never The death is reported of Sul tan Abdul Muhin of Brunei), in the island of Boineo, at the age of arnrfekwofd'to'Ker in ourTiferH-U-jaa i 3 1 _ She wanted us to love her, and so ,we did, but were afraid to eveu ■confess it to ourself, for when we love we are a fanatic on the subject, therefore we thought best to wait until a suitable time, love and salt-making wouldn't work together, we thought. “Nellie,” we said, can’t you forgive me for being so absent- minded? I wouldn’t have gone off without telling you good-bye for anything, but as I did, won’t you kiss mo now, and tell me good-bye?” She never s t aid a word, but as we stepped into the boat and sat down by her side we saw that she was willing. Silence gave consent. “Do you love me, Nellie, sure enough,” wc asked. “As dear as life,” was the an swer. “When the war is over I will i . i ...... come to see you,” we said a# vry before, and we were delighted. | . , , . , . Tl.n ,l m ™ W] honnn.n P aSS<jd back lUtO OUr OITO boat. “Good-bye, sweet one,” we ad ded as wc pulled the oar, and the boats separated, Nellie returning and we continuing our course to ward Skipper creek. We looked back as we rowed away, and she was looking, her oars playing in the water, and when sbe saw us looking she kissed her hand to us and shout ed, “Good-byel” Her face had a beautiful smile on it—the first we had seen from her since the evening her father carried us home with liim. She was pretty, now, and we came near turning about, following her home and making love in dead earnest, but a second, sober thought, changed our mind. The drove bad become scattered and were so broken that wo had only a few minutes work, when we gathered our spoils. We had as many birds as all three of us could carry in crocus sacks, and we were on the re turn by good dark. The birds were something like a dove, in deed, we think they were nothing else, hut people in Wakulla county call them pigeons. - The next morning, after we bad eaten onr breakfast, we an nounced our intention of going over to Skipper creek, provided a boat conld be borrowed, which Was readily loaned. Mr. Phil lips and his son had business at St Marks, to sell tbe fish caught o.u the last trip out, but we were told to take a boat and after landing at Skipper creek we were"to leave it for them. About bine o’clock we rowed away from the fisherman’s cat- in and turned the course toward our temporary home. We had not proceeded but a short dis tance when we heard the splash of oars, arid looking bock saw Nellie coming^^^fl^^^kpped while pur bo; W In 1865, when we wet# return ing from the bloody field of car nage we stopped at Montezuma and inquired for Nellie and her father’s family, and soon found our old friend Rufus,-but when we asked for his daughter he shook his head and pointed when she wrote bo living now. Yes, youTsfn gff and see her little grave, aqj if she knowed You was close to her i it would do her spjrit good. .Poor, tL ” ar Nellis/iga i We went'to* the grave, ar'ffirej||j lial asked permission todc^and as wc stood there in the still part of the evening between sundown and dark wc asked our self if we had ever harmed Nel lie, and our conscience answered “Nay.” Sleep on, little girl; the surging waves that you once loved to hear arc still Bating on Florida’s shore, but their anger “ can never harm you now. Too tender for earth, your Master ha plucked wdttHi this world of' sorrow, ai^^^Kriossom in- garden whcrealns love. Withix the last twenty-fivo years 41 daily newspaper have died in New York. The manufacture of roller skate employes thirty thousand hands iu this country. The City of New York, it is es timated, has at present no fewer than 400 iniiliouaires. The total number oPSelf-sup porting women and girls over tcD years of age, in New York State, is 2,G471,57. The Bolivian government levies a tax of four-sixths for each ounce of silver mined. The ore output of Lcadville for July reached 1,000 tons a day for every working day. The weight o^n^O, dollar bills in pjeenSHB^Bwithin 'a*'- fraction of 2,841 pounK. 1 hi Woman’s National Indus trial League has decided that Chinese laundries must go; The circulation of all New York papers is steadily falling away in the West and South. A New York la*ycr says ho would have no trouble in getting 1,000 men in that pity to swear falsely in a case. V • / r The output of the minerr.it / pro ducts of s the Unithd States in 4884 was valued at *403|T&4,C20. The pay-roll of the Comstock mines for thc infiiith of July will be not far from *115,000. Adolph Sutro, the \milIionaire, is about to establish a free.scienti fic library in San Francisco. . s -~- The Chicago bankers and moneyed men arc unanimously opposed to further coinage of sil ver. Attempts to introduce Ameri can brook trout into English wa ters hare not met with success. • The depression of thecoal trade" in South Wales is so scrions that nearly 40,000 men are affected by it.' Fire has not left the hearthstone of one farmer in Georgia Bipcy if' was kindled with flint and / . el in 1842. Ul! m An average of 15,673 letters for every working day are received at the Dead Letter Office in Wash ington. It is said that 955 farms in Iowa are owned by women, and that twenty dairy farms aro managed by women. The bones of Pizarro lie in Lima Cathedral, a building that was finished in 1540 and cost nine millions. The “brother-in-law” is the Chi cago name for the bogus bell punch employed in “beating" the street car companies. The popular supposition that am. - „ , . , .—..ostrich never lays but One egg, ward the grave yard, afid said in I'jmidrons that anywhere upon the an angry tune: . sanJ^BkpKnse. “She’s looked for you'maiu^|^^^^^^B|BiiK!Bp] day, youn&jcan; but
