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prisoners of war.
Hy "Q."
, v>. hy Arthur QulUer
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, orjrd tell, I dare *}•■ •ho in
' , ,nimirv and Hilly Boaiotow.
,jt jMlwir there was be-
No' Why. It rot into the
t*<*® '*’*•
•*." • immln-he that feed to
, \Vo4ootno Horn*- —mnniwi an
m ,m- <x toy mother# aide. The
,t to 'toll him "Calves-tn-Froiu"
h* Leg* being put on In an
n inner, which made him wait
5 (lava. And Hilly Hosl*tow
f.iiher'a father * atepaon. You
any trouble 4o set that
' , v ,„tr mind, bec.iuae our family
,nml him after lie came liome
French war prisons and toot
ntf drinking hablta.
, ~a r twenty-five lanJlord Cum
. himself elected Mayor of the
N ell, on I hat July forenoon,
mayoralty aaallns took place,
. the stepe of the town hall Btep
°\ j .notd Cummin*. Mayor, with the
,r and natw before him, an.l
hanging handsomely ulio.it hi
*i.l hat heaver hat ami all th--
, no paraphernalia, prepared to
..... , to < hurch.
, . stood there, bawling to n
~f people, and looking a* big an
- WM should atep out from
in.ni under ua but uncle Hilly
~v • tie was a ragged old scartx-row
, . , bit gray and l.an with Inlquit
g hut not more than half drunk,
stepped Into tho mbbtle of the
iv and cut n low reverence to Ilia
" , hinging out hla leg like a dan -
, osier Ami says he In n high
...I very solemn, out mocking:
-.lute theo. O Mayor! Do Justice,
, ~,, rcy and walk humbly before thy
~u l that damn fool tn the tock!"
•Tul Thot Damn Fool In the Slock,” Cried Hie Worship.
•I his worship. very re.l In the gill*,
u.l speaking vicious.
i >rr went urn-le Billy between two con
stables, bus no aootter was he out of the
i. -ks than he brought an ao 1 lon for
Imprisonment and the Major was
■ it. damages 125.
It a revenge didn't atop here. In
i of putting the money by the old
mint laid It out In the beat way he
I <o annoy hi* enemy. Every free
’ r>l*y he put o sovereign In his pork
u-l started the round of the public
'-always beginning with Cummins'
I he. at*, the Welcome Home. Cum
r ", you aee. couldn't refuse to serve
Urn—the law wouldn't ullowr It. So he'd
i out a brand new sovereign ami slap
on ih counter and eye It. "Ah." he and
e "It was a dear friend gave me that
ti ers coin. Ills henrt'a In the right phi o,
<> h Is mone'n can be sahl for his
■on. Two-penny worth of (Tin. please,
jour worship.” Ami the end was that
I .1 be up before the Mayor on Monday
t■ n Ing. charged with drunkenness. No
to line him; he wouldn't pay. bit
"••'it to Jail instead "Ten years was
I |t> prison.” he'd soy, a<klt easing the
t i l. "along with his worship there.
! n't know what 't would appear to him
* > came Ist -k and got the Welcome
H mbut I didn't, and ten dny* don't
ti -i ten me "
N iv jou'll be wanting o know what
r In these two men hate arh other, for
' ids they had been, as two men ought
be who had been taken prisoners to
ll and spent ten wars In captivity to
French, and came home aboard the
‘ ship like brothers.
'-st of all, you must know, that up
'he year 'lit Abe Cummins and Bill
I- tow hadn't known what It Is to quar
rel or miss meeting each other etory
Abe. the elder, by a year, was a
• slow and heavy on his pins, given
ending. too, though he eeetned to take
'| up f. r peaia and quietness more than
' r any show he made of hb teaming
1 ' was emartat altogether, and better
blrg, a lilt boastful, after the manner
urg chaps. He could read. too. but
1 • did much at It. You'd hardly hove
ught two young fellowa so different
In • -ry way could have hit It off together
'hey did Itut these were like two flg
'■ ' In a pr.azle block; tlielr very differ
•< - seemed to make them fit These
held off sweetheatting right along un
* ' 'irt tinaa of the year 'O3, when they
”ne borne from Porthleven to spend a
m -ht iit Ardevora. and they both fell
ve with Hellna Johns
' Johns wasn't but Just husband
"I'nrl IS and her hair only pul
■ <<k before, she having begged her
leava to tw st It In plaits for
! ' “ Ch'iiilmaa eourants Abe and Billy
' kr.w the other ■ secret almost be
f ' " knew his ow n.
and what they did was to has-e tt out
I fallows, and agree lo wait a
■ Jeara. unless any third party
* 'l’d Interfere, anti then let the best
' ' No had blood afterward; they
' ir l upon that Thst January,
bred of the free trade, they shipped
rn board a coa-ter for the
aid reshlppod for the voyage
i on loud Ihe brig 11ni..1 m
' ' * *'f I-ontlon. bound for Davenport.
1 n of delay the Hand In (Hove
’ w I ustern of the convoying fleet
J 1 1 'in" make up her distance. That
'■' a n Trench lugger crept up on
a grapnel atmanl anil threw
1 m*-d Johnnies Into the old brig.
Englishmen. taken unprepared.
J'lnn down below and shut down.
Johnnies altered the brig's
1 ie.t away for Franca.
' 1 ' it morning the two vessels
"ft Dieppe Harbor, an I there,
• l ie suited, they were taken In
ti '* 't'” prisoners pm ashore n(
**' ' and bulged for three days IfCu
j ' dal tower, swarming wllh ver
t, ~ ' April li— Easier Biinil.iy. I've
was—they were told fo get t
■'■i! and handed over, making
■■ all, wllh the crews of two
• I* , to a lieutenant and a guard
k Ml. rs. Not a man of them
, M •' they wire hound. They set
j. ' ‘*h o main pretty country,
•t V w!u ai stood near about knee
t.i, . ’ roads were heavy after the
• Mostly hiy cams lo a
’heir night's hall, and na often
■ v 1 'menfolk dtummed them to
' * hat wo call the ''Hogue's
H, " In France 1 believe It's
s "nr,” or something that
~ than It l. But there were
he ,' 1 ' " "y had lo put up at a farm
. ' " road, and then the poor
->n straw for a treat.
• *'• i ho Ust day cf tits fortnight
they reached their Journey's end—a great
fortress on a rock standing right over the
river, with a town lying around the foot
of the rock, and a smaller town, reached
by a bridge of boats, on the far side of
the river, I can't call to mu.d the name
of the river, but the towns were called
Jlvvy—Great and Little Jtvvy • The
prison no.I at tr.e very tot. of the ro. k
on the edge of cliff that dropped a clean
i SOO feet to the river, not at all a pretty
place to get flea, of. an t none to cheer
ful to live In on n day's allowance of one
pound Of brown bread, half a pound of
bullock s <ffal. three-half jo-ncc It. money
(pntd weekly, ft Ml the mo.u of It deducted
for prison repairs), aid now and then a
noggin of peas.
It war. now that the difference In the
two men came out. Abe took his .low n
fall very quiet from the itrst Me had
managed to keep * l ook In hi* pocket—a
b.M)k of voyage*, it was- and carry It
with him all the way from Dieppe on l If
really didn't acem to matter to him that
he was shut up s ba.g, a he could sit In
a corner and read about other fo'.ks trav
eling.
Hilly Boalstow was a very different pair
of shoes Although no drinker hy habit,
he fretted and wore himself down at times
to a lowness of spirit! In which nothing
seemed to servo him but drinking, and
fierce drinking On bis better days he was
everybody’s favorite, but when the mood
fell on him. he grew teasy, and fit to set
hl right hand quarreling with his left.
Then came the drinking nt, and he'd wake
out of that like a man dazed, sitting In
a corner and brooding for days together.
Ho had two th'ngs to brood upon—es
cape and Melina But conhnement Is the
ruination of some natures, and as year
after year went by and hi. wits broke
themselves on a stone wall, he grew Into
a very different man from the handy lad
the Johnnies had taken prisoner. on"
thing he never gave up. and that was hla
pluck; and lie had plenty of uae for It
w hen, after seven or*. hts chance came
Hls first rontrlvanee was to change
names with an old American In tho de
pot. ft so happened that tho captain of a
French privateer had applied to the prison
for a crew of foreigners to man his ship.
then lylnit at Morlalx. The trick, by 01l-
Iriß ihe Jailer's palm, was m.inaire<l easily
enouah. and away Uoslaiow was marched
with 30 comrades of all nations. But at the
first suite tome recrultln* officer stop
ped them. Inslstlmt that they were Irish
and not Americans, and must be enlisted
to serve with Honaparte'a army In B;xtn
The prisoners to a men refused to hear
of It. and the end was they were marched
back to prison In dlsxrace. and to cap
everythin*, had their Kn* Ish allowance
slopped on pretense that they had been
In the F'retich service.
Yet this brought him a second chance,
for, being now declared an Irishman, he
managed to get himself locked up with
the Irish, on the handler side of the pris
on, and that zqme night broke out of a
window with two other fellows, got over
the prison wall and hid In the woods be
yond. Hut on the second day a party of
wood tangers attacked them with guns
and captur.-d them, nnd hack they went
ond were condemned to six year* In Irons
"In Fact She Didn't I.lko Hither Your
Looks or Your Behavior."
Thtr. a* It turned out, didn't amount to
much. for, while they were waiting to he
maivned oft to the galleys their Jailer
c imi- with new* that a *on waa born to
ih>- I:m| eror, and they were pardoned In
honor of It. But Instead of putting them
lia. k In their oM iiuartera. he fixed them
up for a fortnight In a room by them
solve*, being fearful that *uch bad char
acter* would contaminate the other pris
oner* This room • an upstairs one. In
a building on the edge of the ramparts,
nrd after a few nights they broke through
the celling Into an empty chamber, which
had a window looking on the roof, low
ered themselves on to the edge of the
precipice snd look their way northward
across the Helds, steering by the pole star
and a fine comet which they guessed to
be In the northwest quarter.
You see the difference between these
two fellows and how little Providence
made of It. Back In Jivvy Abe Cummins
was staring at this same comet out of
111* prison windows, and doing his sums
and thinking of Selina John* And hare
wa* Boslstow following It up for freedom
-with the upshot that lie mode the coast
and was taken like a lamb In the attempt
10 hire a passage, and marched from one
Jill to another, rleun bark the Whole
Irngth of Prance preity well to the Medi
terranean sea. An*l then he was shut up
in a prison on the very top of the Ain*
and twice as far from home as he had
been before. Thai's a moral against folks
In a hurry If ever tlier was one.
tVell he broke out of prio n again and
was brought bo<k half starving and
'twarn't till Christmas of the >rar 11 that
he with a lot of oilier prisoner*, wa*
marched away for Tours, on the lailre
river I've llgured It out on the map. and
even that I* enough to make a man feel
sore In hi* feet Hut "hat msde Hqslstow
glad at the time and vicious after, was
that on hi* way he fell In with •
of prisoner*, and. among them with Abe
Cummins, who so to say. had ranched ine
same place by walking a tenth-part of the
distance The two friends trudged to
gether. and on tho first day Abe brought
nit the subject nearest to their baarls.
by saving, quiet like "Have you been
happening to think much about Sellno
John* this lest year or two."
Met every day." answered Billy.
"So have I." said Abe. and seemed to
be pondering to himself "She'll be *
woman grower! by this """VT"
• Turnin' twenty-*vtn." BUly
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1900.
No Waste in the Kitchen
I No waste of tons or materials, for with I
a sou!! quantity of extract, remnants I
which by the:..**■!re. w v.id be loaipid I
and nse.es* can he made Into a dekeata I
soup, or savory duty |
LIEBIG
I COMPANY’S EXTRACT I
OP BKEF for I
I IMPROVED AND ECONOMIC COOKERY
I "That's of It.” sold Abe "I've been
thinking about her constant "
"Wall. look'., here," spoke tip Billy.
I our little agreement holds, don't It”
that t. If ever wc get out of this here
mess, and Sednn hasn't gone atul taken
a husband. Play fair, leave It to the
mold, and let the best man win, that's
what we shook hands over “
"True, true," says Abe; but after a hit
he asks rather shy-like: "And s'posln'
you're the lucky one. Itow does reckon
you're aolng to maintain her""
"Why, on seaman's wages, I suppose,
or else at the shoe-mending I learnt a
little of that trado tn prison na you
d'knotv."
“Well." says Abe. "I waa re-konln' to
aet up school and teach navigation. Hack
In Ardevora I can make between seventy
and eighty pound* a year at tliul game
easy.”
BosistOW scratch.,! hla head "You've
been making the most of your time. Now
I've been busy In my way. too. but seem
In' to me the only trade I've learn.d la
prison breakln'. Not much to keep a wife
on, as you say. Still, a bargain's a bar
gain.”
“O. sutt'nly," says Abe. that la If your
conscience allows It.”
"I reckon I'll risk that," answered Hil
ly. and no more passed
To l>e short 'twasn't till the end of April
lhal the new* reached them that Iton.i
party had gone scat, and they marched tn
the river oppoalte Bordeaux ond were tak
en on to the Suffolk Iron-pert In charge
of the r.nj.llsh redcoats. On Monday. May
, at !;N0 In llie afternoon, the Suffolk
sighted land, malMrg out St Michael's
mount, and fetching up to Mousehole 1-l
and the captain hailed a mo kerel l-utt
and came alongside to take ashore oonie
officers with dispatches.
Abe Cummins and Hilly Boalstow were
both on deck, you may be sure, watching
the boat as the fishermen brought her
alongside. Not n wor.l had been said be
tween them on the matter that lay clos.-at
to their minds, but While they waited Hil
ly fetchd u look ot the Ijoat and another
at Abe. “The best tnan wins.” he said
to himself, and edged away toward the
ladder.
The breeze, as I said, was a fresh one,
with a sea In the hay that kept the Suf
folk rolling like a porpoise. A heavier
lureh than ordinary sent her main . nan
nel- grinding down on the mackerel '“’‘•’J'
runn.ll- smashing her upper atrake* and
springing her mizzenmast as she recover
ed herscif.
"He dashed." said one of the officers.
“If I trust myself in a boat that'll gc
down under us la-tween Mils and land'
The rest teemed to he of his mind. too.
Hut Hilly, being quick well n* eager,
saw In a moment that the damaged
Strake* would be !■> windward on the
reach Into Mousehole, and out of hnrm s
way. and also that her mnlnsnll alone
would do the Job easy So Just us she fed
off and her erew ran aft to get the mlzson
lug stowed he took a run past the officer
and Jumped alroard. with two fellows clou,
on hi* heel*—one a Tenzance fellow
whose name I've forgot and the t'clhir a
chap from Ltsdgvan. Harry t'orniah by
name I reckon the sight of the o!,l shore*
Just made them mazed as sheep, an i
like sheep they followed Ins lead. Tie
officers ran to stop any more from copy
ing such foolishness, and If they hudn t
I bellve the boat would have been swnnip
ed there and then. As 'twas she rcholat
ed her Mg lug and away-to-go for Mouse
hole. tho three passengers sitting down to
leeward with their sterns In the wat-i
to help keep the damaged side above mis
chief.
Fo on Mousehole quay these three step
ped ohhore. and the flr.t man to ahnk
hands with them was Copt. Josluh Pinny
of the Perseverance trading ketch, who
had them Into his cabin for gla-ses round
of rum. The Penzance f, llow went hts
way. hut Hilly ond I'ornlsh stayed and
had more rum. n and on the quay they
found a crowd watting for them, ond
many with questions to ask about absent
friends, so that from Mouaeho'e to Pen
zance It was a regular procession. And
then they had to go to the hotel oral tell
the whole atory over again. And *ll this
meant mor-- rum. of course,
ft was 7 In the evening, and day clos
ing In. before they took the road agalr.
Hilly had fallen trio a bo.istful mood, and
felt his heart so warm toward-, t'orniah
that nothing would do but they must
tramp It together os far as Nancledrn
which wa* a goodtsh bit out of Cornlah s
road to Dudgven. Hy the lime they reach
ed Nanc.ledren. Hilly w** shedding tears
and begging Cornish to come along to
Ardevora. "I'll m ike a man of 'ee there."
he promised; "I will sure 'Bough!" Hut
Cornish weighed the offer, srd decided
that his mother at I-odgvan would bo go
ing to bed before long 80 coming to a
house with red blinds and lights within,
they determined to have a drink before
parting.
In the taproom they found a dozen fel
lows or so drinking their beer and smok
iag solemn, and nn upstanding woman In
a black gown attending on them "Hul
lo •• says one of tho men kklng up
"What's this? Ucezy-danccr*?'—
"I'll soon tell ee about Geexy-dan
cera." sayz Hilly. "Hero Mlssus-a pot
of ale all round, and let 'em drink to
two Cornish boys homo from festerin'
In Frenetv war prisons, while they've
a'heen d’.ggln' tatles!"
There was no resisting a sociable offer
like this, and In two iwo't. n* you might
say Hilly whh boasting ahead for oil
he wo- worth, and the rompany with
thMr moutha open—alt but the landlady,
who was opening her eyes Instead, and
tvtder ond wider.
"There Isn't none present that remem
ber* me I daresay. My lions'' Boeis
low—Htllv Hoslstow—from Ardevora par
ph And back there I'm going thts very
r.tght. and why? you a-k I ben t one
of vour taty-dlgffin' tdowheods-l ben t.
I've broke out of pr.on three time*, and
now—” lie broke off and nodded at the
-.anpany, whoae face* by this time he
couldn't very vvell pick out of a heap—"do
any of 'ee know a maid there called **-
Itno Johns? Because If so I warn 'ee
of her Why?' ray* you. Because that's
the mold I'm goln' to marry, and I'm off
to Ardevora to do ft straight. Another
pot of beer, please, missus."
"You've had a plenty, sir, seemin' to
me" answered up the landlady.
"And Is this the way"—Billy stood up
very dignified—"lf this the way to wel
rme home i man woo bled for hi* coun
try? I tlilts your gratitude to a man
who's r pent ten o' the best years of his
Ufa In shivery while you've been ikggln'
tot!**?" 1 can't tell you why potatoes
ran so much In Ihe poor fellow's head,
but they dill, olid h* seemed to see the
hoeing of them almost In the light of
~ personal injury, lie spot on ihe floor
And as for you. madam, these here bool*
of min'- have tramped thousand* of miles,
and I shake off their dual upon you." ho
save.
• I wish you'd confine yourself to that,
with vour dirty habits;" the l.uvßadv
i rawer ed up again, but Hilly marched
out with great dignity, which was only
spotter! hy hi* mistaking the shadow
across the doorway for a raised step. He
didn't forget to slam the door after him,
but he dtu forget to take pave of Harry
Cornish, who had walked so far out of
his way tn pure friendliness.
For the first mile or so. what with hla
sugar and the trash sir, Billy had a to-
| do to keep hta pins and fix his mind on
the road. Hut. by and by his brain clear-
I ed a hit, and when he reached the hill
I over Ardevora, and saw the lights of the
town below him, Ills mood changed, and
he aat down on the turf of the slopo with
1 tears In his eyes
"There you be." said he. talking to the
I lights, "and |p-re be I: and somewhere*
1 down amonil you Is the dear old maid
1 I've come to marry. Not much welcome
I for me In Ardevoru I b'lnw. though I do
love every stone of her street*. Hut
j there's one there that didn't forg-t i-n- In
| my captivity, and won't despise flu- In
I these here rags. I wish I'd seen Alh-'s
j face when I Jumped aboard the boat Poor
old Abe'—but nil's fair In love and war,
1 reckon. ll*- can't he here till 10-mor
row at earliest, so let's liavo a pipe o'
baccy on It."
First of all he pictured Abe'a chapfallen
face, and chuckled; then he t-egan to
wonder If Abe would call It fair play
When he woke up the sun was shining
And somehow, though he had dropped to
sleep In a puzzle of mind. h woke up
with not a doubt to trouble him He
hunted out a crust from hts knapsack and
made hi* hri-akfust. and then he lit til*
pipe again and turned toward Pcnsance.
lie was going to play fair.
On he went In this frame of mind
feeling like u man almost too virtuous to
go to church, until by-and-by he ram,-
in sight of Nnncledrva and the Inn he'd
left In such n hurry over night. And who
should he sluing In the porchway, and
looking into the bottom of a pint pot, but
Abe Fumnnng*!
"Why. however on earth did you come
here?" nski and Hilly.
"Oap'en landed us between 4 and ft this
morning.' " said Abe.
"Well.” said Billy, "I'm right glad
to moot you, anyway, for—tell 'ee the
truth—you're Ihe very man I was looking
for."
“Heslly?" say* Abe, like one Interest
ed
••you and no other. J don't mind tell
ing 'so I’ve tieen jhrough a Are of temp
tation. You know why I Juni|>e<l Into that
boat; It vexed you a bit. I dare any. And
strickly speak #:', mind you" Hilly took
hi* friend by ihe button-hole- "strickly
spettkln*. I'd the right on my side. 'Bet
ihe best mail win was our argument
Hut you needn' to fret yourself; I ben t
tho man to take an advantage of on old
friend, fair though It be. Man. 1 ha’n't
been to Ardevora—l turned back. So
hnhh your beer and come'st along with
me. and we’ll walk down to Deltnu John*
together ond H*k her which of u* *he'll
choose, fair and square."
Abe cot down hi* mug and looked up.
Undying Ihe elgnlioard over the door
"Well" soys he, '"lts a rial relief to
my mind to know you've played so tale.
For man and boy, Bill, I always thought
It of you."
“Yes, Iryleed." says Hilly, "man and boy
it always w:< my motto”
“Hut as con -linin' S<lina Johns." Abe
went on. "There ain't no such woman."
"You don’t tell me she’s dead?"
"No; 'tl* her first husband that's dead
ghe's H- lino Wldlake now."
"How long have 'ee knowed that?"
"M.tylie on hour, maybe only three
quarter*. Her name's Pelina Wldlake,and
she owns this here public. What's more,
her name Isn't going to he Halirat Wld
lik<\ but Selina Cummins. We've tiled It
up and she's to leave Nancledroa and
take the Welcome Horae over to Ardevo
ra "
HI ly Hoslstow took a turn across the
road. and. eomlng bark, sttiek hla hand*
In his pocket* und ztared up at the sign
overhead
"Well! And I that was too honorable
—’* he began.
"go you was," agreed Abe, pulling out
his pipe "You can t think what a com
fort that is to me Hut, a* It turn* out.
'[wouldn't have male no difference. For
he s e'd you l ilt even', and he was toll
in' m e Ju*t now that prison hadn't Im
proved you. In faet she didn't like either
your look* or your behavior."
"I've heard that he was Just In time to
pop Inside and holt ihe sloor after him.
And now you know why Hilly Boslatow
and Abe cummins could never bear the
sight of each other from that day Hut.
there! you can't be llrst and last, too, is
the saying la:
•Otvct. In the Ardennes The river, of
.■uursc, I* the Meuse. —Q
VIK IN EATING ONION*.
Vegetable Hreserlbe-d far President
Harper and Student* Follow.
From the Chicago Dally New*.
Because the report ha* l>ecn sp-ead
about at the University of Chicago that
onion* have been prescribed a* a diet for
President William B. Harper, that home
ly vegetable has taken unto H*lf new
dignity and prestige. Members of the fuc
ulty ami student* desiring to emulate the
Illustrious example set them, vie with om
another in the amount of onion* they
can consume and the number of different
dishes they i-an concoct from the aro
matic article. Some are eating them In
sincere faith In their health-gtvlng prop
erties; other* sty they are obliged to fall
into line tn self-defense.
All this has been brought about, ac
cording to report*, through a visit of Dr
Harper to Dr. Harah Drl-oss, of 4W West
Adams street. Dr. DeU>** I* a regular
practicing physician only In thot's n- I*
a graduate of a medical college, ami has
a license to practice In.lllinois. Tn other
respects her method* differentiate her
from the zo-ralird "regular" physicians.
She does not feel a patient s pulse and
ask him the ztory of his Ilf" In order to
discover his symptoms. It I* her theory
that the cause of dlseasn must be reach
ed and that the symptom# are not rele-
Poison
Poison Ivyi f
are among the best known
of the many dangerous
wild plants and shrubs. VZjly 7/
To touch or handle them *[! /kfJL
quickly produces swelling ljo^7yZ‘\
and inflammation with in
tense itching and burning
of the skin. Theeruption 7 lzlLl'vPtS
soon disappears, the auf- v K)
ferrr hopes forever; but C? '"v
almost as ooon as the little blisters and
pustules appeared the potion had reached
the blood, and will break out at regular
intervals and each time in a more aggra
vated form. This poison will loiter in thr
syatem for years, and every atom of it
must be forced out of the blood before you
can expect a perfect, permanent cure.
A Nitire's Antidote
Poisons.
is the only cure for Poison Oak, Poison
Ivy, and all noxious plants, it is com
posed exclusively of roots and herbs. Now
is the time tn get the poisen out of your
system, as delay makes your condition
worse. Don't experiment longer with
salves, washes and soaps—they never cure.
Mr a. M Marthtll, bookkeeper of the Atlanta
(Ca ) <• a, Light Cos., ws* |wi*iv4 wtth p-asoo
Oak. Hr took bulphur. Arsenic and vnriou,
other drug, and applied rzternallv nmnrrnu,
lotion* and wives with no benefit At time* the
•welling and inflammation was so severe he ws,
almost blind For eight rear, the wemld
break ont every aeason ilia condition waa much
improved after taking one bottle c-f a, ft ft , nnd
a few bottle* e|eared hla blood of the poison, and
all evidence, of the diaeaee disappeared
People are often poisoned without
knowing when or how. Explain your cx*e
fully to our physicians, and they will
cheerfully give such information xml ad
vice as you require, without charge, and
we will send at the same time an interest
ing book on Blood and Skin Dtaeoaes.
THE MUM SPECIFIC CO.. RTIANU. 6*.
THADE MABtr
PALATABLE,
PURCHASABLE
■ 111 111
la in.
€1 -l° s -
HI Cincinnati, O.
vanf. Bh* p'-.it* a |>atl*nt oppoetto h** in
chair Bht* nu*> t.k* hi# h *nl
or ak him oru or two :* I ton*, hut
tlH'ir nro not tn her method All
(Ifpetuls U|kmi t**mp'ranient, ihr nmln
tniun. arnl the temperament I* *howu h\
the hair, tho eye-* nnd tho faro
"There nro five toniporamoitta.** Dr. Dc
Idoaa explained to a reporter for tho Dally
N’owrt to-day. M PI rat como* tho motor
tom|M t.iment. any dUoaw In which I*
moot lik* \ to affevt tho nuMrirf. Next l*.
tho vital tomg*rtnet. whom tho hoart
I* moat to Ik? afreet4*l Aooploxx
and aurh UUea.*o* nro common to this
tompof amoni. i*h* M ioui t nv* r.imrnt I?*
conftno4| tc pfrrn> of d.uk lialr and ojroa,
tho oinauluo tovnpommofit of roMl*h hair
anl light-colored **y**a Tho laat la tho
norvoiio t4'ii'H r unont *f |iei with tho
high and prot nnling forohoa*) Mv llrxt
e.ii4 Im to dim over lh* tomtornmont of u
peroon, and then I *on rind out ivhat ih
tho trouble with him easily. **
To thin Dr. Pet*oiM Piudenta aay Dr
Harper wont In hl affliction, but tho ex
wet nature of tho .iftllctUm la not known
llowovor the ronudv proecrlhotl Ih paid
fo have been tin* liberal uae of onion*
”1 * n allv prove to you the |>oiviey
of otllonn/' nalil Dr Do I.osn “Jiihl tak*
,i ••loco • f linn sion* #• mi re It I* Itme
alono. however iml rub an onion u|ain
It You will limft tl,it tho atone lx hooii
reduced t* ci pulpy ma*. Ro It la In lie
Hvairm Anr roc ret lona of llmo are
promptly llapolve>l hy tho ue of onion*,
and iln they are carried away.'*
Dr. Do !h* diil nt have Dr llarper’ j
name upon her hook of rog|*t ration, but
aho rcmembor*d . atout, round-fat o| gen
tb man. wcaiina apoctacloa nnd droaaod
In aombor garb, who had vixtml her late- 1
ly. Bho e.ild that ho hud admitted that
ho waa a profcacor In a unlvoralty hero
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N07.K1,1d I.CMiH HI,IV lit
KRorisATKfi Tin: uyi:r, rroatt ti,
•OtYniA A\D KID\BYR.
For bWouaneoa, c onatlimtlon and ma
larla.
For Indlgoatlon, alck and nervous head
ache.
For aleeploaanoaa, norvotianoaa and heart
failure.
For fovor, chill*, debllty and kblnoy
dixc-aaoH. take Lemon Kllßlr.
ladlec, for natural and thorough or
ganic regulation, take Demon Elixir.
Wc ami II tiottlcx at drugglxta.
Prepared only by Dr. 11. Mosley. At
lanta. Oa.
\ PHtMIINRNT Ml\hTi:n WRITPA:
After ton yoara of groat atifforlng from
IndlgoHtlon, with gro.it norvoua proatna
tion. blltouane**. dlaordarrd kidney * and
connihiation. I have loon cured by Dr.
Moaloy'o Demon Elixir, nrul am now a
well man. Hov. C. C. Davlx.
Kid. M. E Church South
No. 2ft Tattnall ato'ot. Atlanta. Ga.
% PHOWIYKAT MEMPHIAN WHITT,*!
Dr. H. Motley, Atlanta—Having been n
groat sufftror for throe yoara from Indl
gontlon. and been treated by many phy
aldana, who failed t* give mo any relief
Continuing to grow worse, my brother iid
vtaod mo to try Dr. Moaloy'a Ijrmon
Elixir, which remedy ho hud for sev
eral yearn. 1 commoner! itn uae, and I
mu*l say that your Demon Elixir la the
gr< atot medicine on earth. I hove never 1
fuffered a day atnee 1 common* m! using
/ime Elixir. It h Itorco.
2ut Hernando street. Memphis. Tcnn.
A t AND.
Thta Ip to certify that I uA*l Dr. Me* i
|oy*s Dmon Elixir for neuralgia of the
head ami eyes with the moat rnirk*l ben
efit to my general health. I would gladly
have (Mild |GOO fjr the relief It ha given \
me at a eot of two or three dollar*
If A. Beall.
Clerk Superior Court nark>lph county.
Georgia —ad.
BUILDERS'
HARDWARE
—AND—
WAGON
MATERIAL.
EH LOVELL'S ■
113 IJroantoa Street, West.
Seed Oats! Seed Rye!
Texas Rust Proof Osts. Castt-rsHSd
Rye, Cow Feed. Hsy, Grain, Bran and
Feeds of sli kinds for stock and poultry.
T. J. DAVIS,
Telephone 23. MS Bay street, weat.
ICHItTIR'S tNQLISH
IVfiPIAL PILLS
IF* . -••* •* l.sdl*. I H
CUM HPVTKK* KN*DIKII
in Itri* *1 iawld •HRIII' Mm ms rt
•ilk Hue hurt 1 she mm •lk*r Hrfiisa
Ifssrrn.a HalMllf altvfl* an el I wit*
lions. Buy f Mvd 4r *•
MMSpe fur I'nrlle islrnm. TsGtaonbU
aa4 ** Nrlla-r rF l-a4laa*"n ftnlMr, M ro
<as mi Mali. lo.iMMj r -a>wei.iki4 ft*-t f
p.saau.. CMskaatea Qmlsl fe.
ammiM**..- St*4lsvn -<1 rsiu, PA.
ioatf L > *rssgy a ■-.-• uussun
gCUL YOURSELF!
t w me u for uncinrol
iM-haraes, Inil.ifini.il-.ua,
rrltati.iea or l- rr.tiuea
>f inuctfD. msoibran-ia.
I’.iuiMs. and not satrHe
, *nt or pnuoaoos.
Said t>. 'trssyUtt.
or asst is *i*ia wraessr.
br eiorsm. sr**sfit, toi
si an. or a hntflk., ft. -v.
Cwcater seal •• rsgMSt
Hard Sense.
It takes keen common aenae, j
ad d-d to attperior judgment and i ’*• *
experience, t He superintrni' rut of ,
a railroad. Such a man ts-. -.cr re* f -Xsafe
commends iinythtnjrttiat b - ha not
hiumrlf atibjectrd to a.A'.ciai teat. 1 ;
prominent railroad aaperintrnd- ,
cut, living at Savannah, Oa., la i
which city hr wac born, aaya bn
fcela better than he ever did, nnd
hr had the worst ease of dynpepma
on record. Hr had no appetite, and ;
the lltt> hr ntr dlaagrred with him,
canning him to votnit often. lie
had paint) in the head, breast and S / >mSq
etomneh, hut nftrr using three hot- . f / 11 . • yltgSXfkjflßdf
ties of I*. P. P. hr felt like n nrw ' RTS
man.* H>- auyH that hr ferlnthat ho £$ ||
conld live forever if he could alway a j, it & & 111 SL&j&zt
get P. P. P. IHn name will be givrn
on application to Lippman Ilrothanx the
DyapepsiH In alt ita forma la promptly
and permanently cured by P. P. P. General
Debility and lack of energy gire place to vim and ambition through
the uae of P. P. P. Blood Poiao t and all ita incidental and hereditary
Ola nre eradicated by P. P. P. Rheumatism in conquered and baniahed
by P. P. P., aa are aluo Catarrh und Mnlari.t. P. P. P. la a purely ngo
table compound, which haa steadily grown in favor for yeara.
801-0 BY ALL DRUQQIBTI.
LIPPMAN BRO T S. r * or *£?r°f& Savannah. Ga.
JUST RECEIVED,
Fire-Proof Safes
Df— fhr ransf rrlrliratnl manaldclnrrr*, bulk Hrr-pruof wail
burglar proof aafn and vault doora.
Wr carry an Immrnor atork of Ylre-proof afi*a. Oar afork ena
lirairra a very rlrgant llnr from 7a fo 4,<NM |Mtaaido, laarlaalvr
alnglr and tlotiblr duora, and a vlalf tn our ratabllohmrnt to In
apt* ft tbrar rlrgnut aafra will br m auarrr of aaaarh prollt nnd ln-
Rlrui llnn to our frlrndo,
Thr prior will br no low no any really Eire-proof Kafr ran br
made, and our motto to |uallty und kafety of tbr Arot Import*
anee,
grad or call oa no for further particulars, catalogue and prices.
LIPPMAN BROS.,
Wholesale Agents for Manufacturers
of Fire-Proof Safea.
LEOPOLD ADIiKN, JNO. R. D11.1.0N,
I'reaklent. Cashmr.
C. H E 1.1.18, BARRON CARTER.
Vice I’rt-ftldent Asst. Cashier.
The Chatham Bank
KAVANNAIt.
Will be pleased to receive Ihe eceounta
ot M<-r< hants. Firms, individuals, lienkoj
and Corporations-
Übersl favor* extendad.
Unsurpassed rollorilon fscllltle#. Inoue
ln* prompt relume.
SEPARATESAVINGSOEPARTMENT
ixtknbst coauocnnan qbartbr-
I.Y ON ntSFONITS.
Befety Deposit Raxes end Vaults foe
rent Correspondence eollcited.
The Citizens Bank
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL. 5500.00a '*
Iteu,.,„ tirsusl b*skl*a
■ UIHSS,
Solicits Ascaaats mt isSivlJssts,
Nirskssu, Baa Its sad stkri Ur
raflsas.
Caller!loss handled with saferr,
•eeesmr sad dltyelak.
■ atereal veoafionaked qaartsrlg
allowed as deposits Ist set Ssvtspa
■>eper rase st.
■slrtr Hopesll doses and Itsragt
Vaults.
BR A NTf.HY A. DKNMARK. Prrdltsz
Mil.IA R. I.ANB. Vise rvwtd.lL
aeoNDn c. r ttrrMAN, Cashier.
4)ORDON L GROOVER, Asst. klip
SOUTHERN BANK
of the Btute of Georgia.
Capital *500.000
Surplus and undivided proffte .. *40;,0w
DLl'OariUJU' OF THE STATIC OF
GEORGIA.
superior taelllUa (ot Irsneaetlod a
Ueiwral ttanxlng Huslneaa
Coilarilon* made an all pulnta
■ • sIMn through bank* and tmnksra.
Accounts of banks, Usukei*. Meichsnte
and othen sul)c4l4Hl. dais DepueU Boxsa
for real.
Department of Havings. Interest payable
quarterly,
Dolls Sterling Exchange on London U
end upwards.
JOHN Ff.ANNERT. President.
HORACE A CRANE. Vice President
JAMES Dt'J.t.fVAN fn*hler.
DIRECTORS:
JNO. FI.ANNERY. WM. W. GORDON.
E. A. WEIL. W W GORDON. Jr.
H A CRANE. JOHN M EGAN.
DBF Roy MYERN JOSEril FERNT.
H P SMART. CRARI.ES EI.MB.
EDWARD KET.I.T. JOHN J. KIRHT.
No IMS. Chartered, IMS.
THR—
me Min it
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL. 160 .>O4. BI'RPI.Ua, HOO.OuO,
UNITED HTATES DEPOBITORY.
J A. G, CARBON. I is Wot.
BEIRNE GORDON, V|r President.
W M DAVANT, Cashier.
Account* of tanks and banker*, mer.
Cbents and rnrporn'lona received upon
|h* most favorable term* conalatent with
a -if and eoneervatlve banking
THE GEORGIA STATE
B Ul.DI.Nii AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.
lft YORK STREET, WEST.
5 PER CENT, per annum allowed on
deposits,' withdrawable on demand.
Intereat credited quarterly
6' I’KH k’ENT. per annum allowed on
detioiilla of even hundreds, wllhdraw
stde at annual periods.
UEO. W. Tl El 'EM AN. UrealdeoL
B. II LEVY. Vice Prealdenu
B. W. HBI.L Beeretary.
C. a. ANDERSON. JR., Treasuresi.
MWinsiEt
CAPITAL, *300,000.
Aeeount* of banks, merchants, corpora
tions and Individual* solicited.
Datings Department. lutertsl paid
quarterly,
Dafety Boxes and Storage Vault* fo*
rent.
Collect lona mad* on all point* at rea
sonable rales.
Drafts sold on all Ih* chief cities of the
world.
Correspondence Invited.
JODBPH D. WEED. President.
JOHN C. ROW LA HID. Vic* President.
W F. McCAULEY. Cashier.
THE GERMANIA BANK
SAVANNAH, GA.
Capital UW.IXd
Undivided profits ftu.iMa
Thlft bank offers Its services to corpora
tions. merchant* and MllvlduaJ*
Ha* authority to set a executor, ad
mlnUHratnr, guardian, eta.
Issue* drat’s on the pnnrlpal clilen tn
Orest Britain and Ireland and on ths
ContlneeM
Inter-o: pnld or rnmpounded quarterly
nil dep '-It* In tile Having* Departtiu-OL
Dnfi tv Hoxe* for rent
HENRY BLUN. Preeldent.
OE f ’ W TIBDEMAN. Vtoo Prwldont
JOHN M HOGAN, Cashier
WALTER F HOGAN, Aa*'t <"aoh|ar.
An Open Letter
Jasper ffprlngs,
(near) Savannah, On.,
Dept. TANARUS, IMO.
Columbia Drag Company,
IsraftHk, Ga.)
Gentlemen—l have been •offering
with Chllla and Fever far mor* than
three months. (lavs been anger
trratmrnt of several doctors, trie*
several so-railed Chill Tonics, none
of which benefited me. At last I
(red one bottle *1 joar Smith's Chill
and Fever Tonle, sad within three
days I felt maeh hetler, and attsw
sites the seeosd bottle I am glad ta
say I am entirely eared. 1 write this
so that yen suay he able to Inform
others who may auger aad assure
them of a cure. Very fral r yours,
(flgaed) HBSItr TOBYIT’EH.
BRENNAN BROS*
WMOLESALB
Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc.
1 i
Ml BAY STREET. Wash
IdtyktsilM.
SEED RYE.
OEORGIA BRED RYE.
SOUTHERN PEED RYE
TEXAS RED R. P. OATH. \
HAY. CRAIN. FLOUR, FEED.
FRUITS AND VEGBTAUGUR.
CHEESE, BEANS. PKAB.
W. D. SIMKINS & CO
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