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16 PATRIOTS OF OLD. By C. R D*w:a. {Copyright. 19fV by 5 S M" % lLff r*o.) It wratn't % o’clock ye* by *he q-* ! nt pl<] tiaepUic <n (amJb)UM kilffttfi, bit rttritr#'* t\.* fa., rv .p- n t * ir * A*. iv io*.s then bad :* n * roaring Maxt> in th tfmd* but fr> t ha*> *. .*crtl i'Mv p*i.e> ai f' *n •be cbttie in t tiyarl i.,ovei about the jrx** mik' i entrpty urder th#lr feet. A wotmti . * tat 1 y n uHim t ;.*• ipm* ring *\ riout a halt tirvee ncorw*n> i *■ aet * - *.. and a* ih*' wmr c* 4* • i *• rf e great bull of virr %**' k e i I up. a man aittlng ni :h r.irrif * ' -artier viltn a Bible on b ■ ki • r- 1 i I hil qu 'iMl from Me I^*4* I . *-v t> hip an*! tntg! v. a. vrrii) thtj t* t nutter* w-'t. ■■ mr V*. Abi4 I. If* time to n k •• i•• •. ha itack i'ii • < o>J .inl 1 as . I N. to d-- it liu I I wrap tip well. 7.h hariah, *r I h*.e * ov**r :: ha.f an nour. Horn v*ut knee?** f’U|U(*; had ylf I'm tfr4 I woi.'t fit* r ut for a oupie of wetk. \V **n r *u tnAS.z rite jolt of me hunt'* on !■ it s forint to throw nr* armful of ft -* tiraw Jn*o the hog pen. and mK* * at tre henhmire door k tight snrt. If a goji. ’ to be a a iniln* roi l r .|rta?. and may th* la-r-l hev merry on them |•-r • I .# ? •*! Yai lay ForgeV* "I've ■ n port o' prayin' for ’em all “THET ARK HERE TO CAPTfRF. fOL. TALBOT’” BHB GASPED. my," .!<'l fhe wife .* * ** put oti h**r n- ar*J look**} about f-*r h<*r "If our Zadok goi ih* Uat burvli* f thin** b*TI b* all r.srh . Nut aucli wraihar i~ • wrfu] on all of >m " Taking up th* milk fail *h#* fw-wl out Into th# wintry gloom and rutting fo.-*ai* ! and was *w*. tuy at th* barn Th* larmhouaa was within twenty miles >t the winter quartern of the patriot nrmv It had contributed rattle and sheep and wheat and rorn and hay to WasMnjrioit'* quarrermaater. and D*im* ft *ott had spun her yarn and knit It into storks and mi tens ttlid rotnfortam to benefit a score of men And one of the first men in the i Hahhorfrood to volunteer was Za<l**k then hardly II y *ra old The tall and afrong-voiced Z* -haruh with his whit* oair. rare4\ was such a thine as a beard in thoee days, and the weight of 73 years upon hl* ahoulders. would have gone with the riflemen, but they his y*m too many. He had done a patriot'* full duty, however, and on the mantel shelf j where all who ram# jn must see it, was a le’ter In whi* h Washington had en- Tire -<*d his thonk Two w*eke before: our story opera oH Zachariah had injure.! his kne# and rheumatism had set in and \ I* ft him able only to hobble about The •‘chores*’ at the barn had been fin ished and the good wife had pi ke 1 up her pail of milk and starie! f. r the house, when die heard th* hoof - at f horses and the jangle of arms on the dc >- wiv Patriot patrols often n ed he house, and twlca that winter die ... | locked out ui-5n a small net* hnunt o' rrd oats As they made no stop she ra soovd that they must have !.n aco >♦- Iftr. instead of raiding Now, ho.se r. • * ih# woman bant her e id to :ee through t i.e darkness and listen ihe t oO,)> ers to a 1s t A. she hurried to •he house she >aw them riding n t tla gare It wa a party of <j\ red oat*. "What 1 it. Abigail?' nkM Zachariah in aMxotis toner, as she came rti-hing into the I.lt hen "Tl e U*itiafi! They are right at the Coot !" "Hand me down the m isket They will kill me and drive you out, and rob m l burn the hous* hut Jehovah reigns, an 1 at N t one of them shall dir *'* The door was flung ot* n and the troop era ciowded in. They fourd n gray-hatr ed old mar making use of his ch *fr o help him Maud erect. wM e he h Id ha old flintlock at a ‘'ready." and hi- > ** flashed danger and deflan ♦ Beside him unarmed, but full of ourug* and d.gutty, stood his Kray haired ha Ipm #t. "Ws tone In p*acc.’ r and i the British captain, as he threw up hl* hand ‘We ark but to thaw our frozen tv. > by yo r generous Are. and whatever man or b t may eat vfII be pakt for In gold" Zachariah and Abigail were patriot** to tho core and as such the l lea of mi * - ti.g the enemy to the #xi*nt of a gla of elder had a smack of treason a ► u it They realized and accepted th* ltuativi. however. It were wiser to fee*l .ml v* m in to ha Uia I iim tated The old musket waa put away and the man sat himself down ir. hi • ■ air. and encouriged by a rod fiom him Abigail bustled about to prepare suj p-r Horn* of the troopers took the horses to the * rn end a red tor thafln. an In t a word v is spoken to give offense to patri ot itm r>ii the contrary, ofllcer-* an I men **r- vei y civil, and tnough the mIM U t fnl old r* in refused to meet them half way. h mentally gave them m re cred t than ever before. Three miles away wo* the house of Col Talbot. He bad come home a da.- or two before, bringing M-tJ. Hope and Ospv Davis with htm, ad their order* w.-te t b*at up the c* untry lor ml.es around and f rward further c n tribution* The soldiers at Va le. Fo ge were on half-ration?. <.lothod In tags and aeven-eighths of them froat-bltun. Tb r© were oompanies which could rot have turned out five men If the drums fat beaten the long roll, there w-re no e which could have made n flve-mile march If the fate of Liberty dei*nded on It. In some way the British had get word of the presence of the thiee officer.', ami they had planned a sudden dah to cap ture them. They w*re arseid of t ©ir time wlen they reached the Pco:t lar.n house, and the Idea we* to lay rip for an hour When they had been waitn and and fed they went their way, and a gold- Dieea was left uo lhi labie to pay for • i meat A• *he ■**> ;r * ~f t *• horpea hoof- died away. Zwrhariih !*-*i * | down hi* Bible and opened It and Tnej . h* tmHtn hip and thigh ' vert ?h*> ■nail be amiten with out rt * r- > Then, looking up at hi* wife. he paid Tr.* v 4..| not show up me >• for m* r rv s h ike, bur for other reaeone I won* dfr what they da ir th.a neighborhood, and why thee (waved their hand' 1 Th** wife had beffuft iearint away the diahef. She mopped •* look it '/-a I ir.ah, and of ;ddi ?. r fare fifew w|)tt<- ar.d she* gra.-pe 1 •h- tibia to hold They—they ;ir hare* to capture Coi j Talbot’ " she gapped. "G**i! Go 1* i t * It is ao!'' replied Zarhariah * r #• to htfi nd fell t ek with i moan I *■ *- *he *wo l<x>ked at ~v *v <-• h* r it i d.ir-d and hHpie*y way. ; jj u,, ni. 1 ut th* v could not lift a band to prevent. The capture , * ,h.e* '* - v ii h anothe r b. w at i# r„£.. t. ir r.x and dt* ou raged lit - a • ■ • * ar. 1 m i4terlng--aye. w- *. m t the nowdr fta of . 1 be.; Ur’ God help up"' arroaned in- man * * ovcr and hip fi *e wuh his wrinkled hard* I* • in *i i- ‘‘ whiapered the v ..n .. rh* bid her fa A Jn her apron mi ! sobbed They did r. ♦ hear the frost-bound snow rr- ik re >-r tfoo<> epa of men at Th*- il .r They did not note the shuf fJu a and he*lta?k*n h*efe>re toe door waw softly ruh♦ and >p* n It w ip only w hen tr* di .tight of cold air stru k them that they hak* lup In*o tr.e great kitchen w*h Its roaring ftra of hickory walked four young men—four ragged and shiver ing n r.'i tea mt fa •<1 young men with ts* li their hand* The door was push*'*! to b* hir and them in 1 the four ;■- k-d Into th** ff*es *f t‘i. man und w.v --n ii The old rIK k ti- k**d fifty times l** fore ih* woman, making rover u mo tion wish tun lor fno but with her eyes f..s glued t * the f. f one of the four, whispered "Zadok ' It is our Zadok’" "Ves. mother." replied the young man. "Z-'.dok! I It our Zaiok*" repented the father "Ves. father, and here are Tom Fate li en, William Haynes and George Bwifi We aro freezing and starving. at our ehoefc.—otir rags'" . "We ar< freezing and staming!" re peated the rn* n behlrvl him The n > -r did not spring to her feet to in her arm the hoy she had not **ee: for months. The father did not hold out a hand of welcome. The four men 1 coked down at tin* floor, and for tho next minute the snap of the fire was like a sound of musketry, and the tick-tack of the clock wag aa a bell tolling out Its death notes. By and by the mother dropped her head to the table and a shiver pasaad over her, and in a low. stern voice the father asked: "What do you hear from Valley Forge?" There was no answer With their eyes on the floor the m n moved their feet un* | easily. "I know '" shouted Zachariah in a voice which thrill***! and startled "Aye! I see ! I* in your faces! Ve are deserters from Washtagton? Ve are traitors to the cause of IH*ertv! Because of the cold and the hunger and the rag ye have skulked i away ami come w hining back to your j homes' God' <od! And ye. Zadok -ye I have done this—and ye, Tom and WiUlara [ and George, sons of my neighbors!" "But, fat tier—" lagan Zadok, when tha <>ld man rose up as If the pains in Ms | knee had suddenly departed, and swinging his arm about he crl*d out: "Skulkers from the camp! Deserters from Washington* Traitors to the cause! j Before Hod. 1 would blast ye where ye | Mnd but that ye may atone for a hun ! dredth part of your disgrace by redden ing the snow with your blood! A small troop of red- oats left here an hour ago , to capture f*ol Talbot and his brother of ficers They ore ten to five, but we will j fall upon them!** Za* harlab!" wtspercJ the wife as she | rossed over and laid a hand on his arm. Away, Abigail—*a way!" he fiercely (shouted as he rhook off her hand and if ached for hi* musket "You would | "peak of food and drink and warmth be : '*>ie w • go. but it shall not be. Were /. k c ott i thousand times my only did. he should last and chill and be un. (> rgiven until he has won back his man !i< c-<! Feme on ome every one of ye!" M .filed m gnat coat and a# erect as in ••trcnirh of youth wth his musket n his shoulder and the night blasts fllng j • k his gray locks about —the Zachariah who woud have given home, wife and his w n life for the cause of liberty, stalked out Into the night and was followed by j the deserters. nod* That Zadok should do this ; —that he should become a deoerter!** ' groaned the old man as he trampled up ! the snowy road. | "'We did not mean to desert.'* whispered each man to himself "We mere freezing and starving and c* u and hardly d.ag about. ! ar.d we wanted fod and care. We would have gone back to the valley again " Behind <hem. in the farmhouse kitchen ; .he woman knelt and wn t es.de a chair and prayed to Ood The table was left un . cleared, the sparks snapped across the fi. or unheeded, the clock stopped its tick ing because 9 o'clock had come and gone *r.d it had not been wound. Hha prayed— and prayed. She prayed for the son-for ihe father—for herself She prayed wifh a sobbing In her threat, but with dry eyes With heads bent to the wind ar.d feet stumbling through the snow, the five mr. j pushed their way along for two miles and >t half Then the sound of firing came to their ears, and they halted for a moment, and each one girded himself up. as it ware They are fighting al Talbot'a—they have uoi bcco captured ytU" aiciaimad THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1000. MUN YON’S KIDNEY Cl RE When Prof Mur yon stive hie Kidney fur* m* a specific for ne-*r.y every form of Kidney dtacaae .. down not overwtu *na cfiee m the - e* If a pi a At ’ e t H.rn ' infalllh remedif It will i t ure Bright** Di ea# In the ii iv.ii! * ] 11 ufie* I* will n**t do the impossible. J ut it w il every phase of Kidney omplaint, even the lr.- cip eM n <p of Br.fihfg Dh*a*e. Flfty-tlx other •uree All drufigt*ts. 26c. vial ; side r* U lith b free Medial advh e free-write to Broadway and 23th Bc, New York. T Zaeharlah. ae he looked round upon hi m'n i h.rward no- rseri t> smit* item hip and thigh, and spare not!” The British tr >.p* rs had hoped to take the hour** by surprise but me alarm had been giver, and a st*u reMetanra being made Two troopers ha*l been Wi l ed. and the Captain was making ready to set Are to the Shads ard thu* drive the patriots out Into the open He had r.o fear of r*-.p tie in such a night, and the . omtng of th*- band of five create 1 ron sternaion for a moment "Bmlt- them down" 1 he heard a voW crying through the r.lgh **Smlt them from head to heel, and pare not*" The r. i >at rallied- They were fight to five, but tnr* fell an th* 1 patriots fired a vo.ley. and then it wa? live to fl%\ and with rlubtx-d mu.kri Hp.tlnM t*Wr th< >• fGti,hi a r thw .now and bn k nnd forth under the uri-at lirnh i-d wnlmit By and by thwrn w-*r but iwo li ft Ii wi. tliw barrel of ash it lere.l muwkrt afalnsl an oft! :er wwor I "Smite th-m and not' Smite them and chow no m-rry!" rrted Zo -hnrtah, a? he whirled h!a weupon atiottt hte head and advanced and gave way and struck and recovered, i'nder the free*—over the rkigea— aeror wind-swept spot* and th flow, r bids of .ummrr they fought, and now and then they -tumbled over men ly ing dead At length there was but one left on hlti feet. He threw away the sword red with life blond and -tagger. 1 hi lurched like a drunken tnan as he made his w-ay down to the gate The ten hor.— . were tied there They had pawed and reared and plunged - the noise of battl. reached them. They w.-re qu.ct now Th. staggering, gasping man loosened ewie and mounted to the saddia with a groan, and as he gathered up the reins the steed set off at a furious gallop. As the woman In the farmhouse prayed the heard the hnbf beats on the creaking snow and she pray - ed In low breath. "If It Is thy will, let It he a m-ss-ngT that It Is well with my people " The hoof beats came nearer and neare —they slaeken.-d a little—they continued on at the old pace. And In softest whi per* the woman prayed: **l am childless and a widow, but thou O. Ood will be wlih meV And when the men who had so long and bravely defended themselves th e. open the doors at last and -tepp.-1 ou' Into the night, the clou Is which bad hll d*n the moon for an hour thlt.n and awav, i and they looked about them at men l> I tng dead on their backs, on their fao-s j —dead men half burled In the drifts ; There was one who lay a< full leng-h, | like some great oak which had live 1 f r j a century, to go down he ore a b is which had swept a thousand ac ra hare ' to the gras* root.. Clutched in his han a was the bent and hattried musket ha rel , which hod smitten Its quota an! more I and at hls feet lay the corpse cf 'he son who had yielded up hla life to remove the slain on hi* Integrity, j And the w. man In the kitchen row fr tn her knee* with a syb In her thro.t aid j lighting a second candle, she sat dow i, ! with hands on her lap to wait f. r h sounds of other fob stei-* breaking m and craunchlng in the anow—the footstep.- of men bringing home her dead. JONES' MISTAKE. . The Mischief an 1 nonymona l enrr Wrouuht (an Mappr I'n tnll, . By IHck Sylvester. ; It looked tuno. ent enough. It was or, > a dainty, blue tinted envelope with tin | usual stamp In the upper right hand cor i r.er. The addreec read: "Mr. Harold Jones. Care of Jones. Jones Cos . Broker*, j "Personal. Albany N Y." j Written in a clear feminine hand Harold Jones was at hls desk In hls | dingy little private office, busy with the mornlrg mall, when he found this little blue-faced, red stamped Intruder among ’ the pile of ungainly business let ters which swatted hla attention He picked up the Inuoreni looking Utile mis sive and turned It over several times before he opened It and read. "Dear Sir:— "If you will take a friend's advice you will not a;sy In Boston Tnursday night at usual Better go home and surprise your wife. A word to the wise is suftD clent. O. W K." Jones stared hard at the dainty sheet of blue tinted paper Hls face grew red. then purplish and the vein* of hls fo-e. head saemed on th* point of bursting "What the devil!— Who In thunder l* ft. W K , anyhow?" he exclaimed aloml The innocent appearing little blue envelop ! did not answer Jonea sat glaring at It for a few min utes, then with a gruns of disgust he consigned the missive and Its blue con tainer to th* depths of the waste has kft* and returntd hi* attack on the pile of mail matter beforr him But Jone.i was an ex wahle, im *. natlv* man wish * J* tious dta|Miitlor T.e evti Dttie tn<*- sage In Innocent guise ..ad Pto.en in and attacked hip peace of mind The ftH&Mt ■' * ;• alousy once set w rk*ng would not bf (juieced by his better . Ument That riv*. Jonrs no that morning V hl p • nofirap.ter uni to the u- * •?!'•* an hour |at*r. to att.-nd to . rr* *•>■■ w a*. * irprl-fd f 1 *.;■ f <1 *?; ..a k..--* * mik * * . o the wa. J>aj*ke* w hi- h were * t* I crel th* liu.r iJ*oiit him. Then ia *iw him m k *i *ll v*’ f „•- a rumpled * • of bin* tinted paper wnich lay k> - m >th his chjikr Being wise in her day j t *rtion the slipped qtiieeiy anl unobserved ou?>l<i** the door. * !* -ft*l ;t and then kno* k*d boldly on th* . i' * marked Priv. ■’ before she again ft ••-red the rre'm Hai • 1 J-n- w tv. home to lunch, a thing had not done for month*, as h** four l i more nv* nient to ger a Iw. . at. I up of ff i'**'r sown. Tr.e Jor>s had been rr;ed a little more t ;an five yean- J . a year and . day iif>r toe wedding i litti** on had ni V bri-rhteiv • ir ! • ilf They lived happily in h rosy ott .-•* just our *i>]f the < ry Quarrels In trie Jones family w* r* f**w* aid far be weftn but the:r wwp no doubt about he f i t that Jone* wn Ofire I'onably Jealous of wifi-. . • r day. turned uj. so unegpe. tedly at the t,ig#* for luncheon he f* nd the bouse . mpty Mr.* Jones and son were out. li w.jp the worst t ng tn it could have upprned to Jones in - perturbed frtrn*- of mind To l.egln with, he could • find the key to th** ren*ry and must I, irery or return to town for Jui, li. Then rummaging about the house f-’trd lying cm the dr**-Hng table in his wife* room an ojs*n letter, in** wrtt m; und t* 1 v n;,i- lii!.** H* lid not i end •<• read it. but every time he pass * 1 through the room the thing stared at him and seemed to be kon to him. Then he yleld-d and took the thing o th** window What he t and t not ht for publiegtior The letter read Dearest N-'llie L * me know If tha busbard of yours is g ing to |e^. e you abjure Thursday right as usual If he is I will be over, so \ u will not be alone Wll. When Jones xh&usted his voahidry of expletive.-* he rag 'I throuxh the hous*- .k“ > cyclone aul fb ally flung htm'-elf Into an arm ' llr in >he i brary to t roorl c\r rrr n : at.*l th*’ .i.amlti whl \ had falhn upon hie home A veritable * ,|.o r \ ; ru*t ar.il )ealouv had lur and within him un*l was fast cont-imlng his sense* Mrs J->tie- ■••Alted at her hu b n Is of ?' + down • wr. and was surprised to ftarn tha’ he had no* reurned from lunch. She and Harold. Jr . were soon mmg.infi w .*! the ot :<*r shopf***rw in •no . f th* larg and par n• nt store-. When Mrs Jone* set her f homeward sh** ff. i duly e ated over suceeatful bargain hunting at*l ha l ne\er .i suspicion of the temptest t*rewirg In the library. W*- w,H not dwell .n the wh*’i follow* 1 i.ej ~ime omlr.fi Jones was unfortuna'e In his choice of word* ml oi <• ,-uld tw>t keep hie temf*er. 11%* had en nur* ng his wrath at l liwa*rinecl * rorg* for tiearly * iree hours and on nt empty stomach at that. Mrs. Jones' urprls* and t lv to hi* volcanic outburst * !1 on d* af ears, his eve* b.tndcd by j al< usy fal and tosec* that which he should have sett* Mrs Ji n<? was hurt to h •Jlck. the unjust *uspt< ion stung h r deeply and th* t; pride st. sped in and for bade any attempt at further explanation She never saw the evil little blue tinted tn aslve; It was hiding n Jones pock** . He did t) t ni n ln It. Whan the I *o: f the Jcnea rottaga opened an hour later M's Jo* * * and on api>carcl on the h-eshol l and a few minute lat*r a tr I *r was beating them swiftly "home to mother - * Jones spent the night h • club. .\ week passed nn*l Jonr heard no:li ng from his wife and h** had had plenty J tim** to .00l down. Th tlrst few days and that week Ilf* Uad been i burden for si* nognipher und the ofTV • ho> Now June* was tuginning to a?k himself if he had been fair and if perhaps the whole thing hid not been deliberate plan to . is** trouble between h.niself and wife. Nellie bad n**ver Iw-fore given him any u il cause for jealousy. She had been |*a t ent, forbe ir.ng and loving always. That not* on h* dresser—would sh* have left .t h *1 there Ik* n anything to con e.i! * If it wasn't for that odious lltt!.- blue lin ed disturber he would never have a was wrUten by some mal dous j*crson who warned to destroy h.a happiness, they had succeeded anyway, for ' ' '/// ~,< '' >' V\W\V\"V THE STRI OOLE. N llle wa? deeply wounded and would ur*ly !**uk n **'p.i rat ton. The cottage had ♦ mpty for a w*t*ok. for Jon*’.' upcnt hip a the lub. When Jor •* thought of th little home, now afr.ui doned. and of the dear htle youngtter who was always on the step to greet h!m on hip return from town and that ell that, and the sweet faced wife who — - - Dad way’s . Pills Purely vegetable, mild end reliable. Regulate the Liver and Digestive organ* The ratest ar.d beat medicine In tha world for the CURE ut all disorders of the Sioraach, Liver, Bowel*. Ktdteys, {Ladder. Nervous Die ea**s. Loe# of Appetite. Headache. Conttl pat.on. C i.iirnu-. Indigestion. Bl tour nee*. Fever. Inflammation of the Bowel*. Pile* and all derangement* of the Internal Viscera PERFECT DIGESTION will fo il ccom pit* hed by taking RADWATB PILLS Bv so doing DYSPEPSIA, S ok Headache. Foul Stomach, BUlousne** will b* avoided, a* the food that ! eaten contribute* it* nourishing proper tie* for the tupport of the natural wane of the body. Price. 2Sc per bo*. Br'fl by all druggl*t*. or *enl by mall on reeelpt of price. UAL WAV A CO., ii Elm at. New Vork. WOMEN'S ILLS THAT GROW Centerville, low*. March 7. 1900. I tuffrrtd with Ullm* ol the womb for about 20 year.. I wrould uh* wreak .pell, and could not .Und on my feet ton* enough to t a meal oI virtual*. At th* age of 40 I grew wor,t. I tried doctor* - medicine, until I lo.t faith and had no hope, of oer rttm< better. I have u*d on* bottle of Win* of Cardul and now lam tron, enough to do my own houMwork ”• HILLY AKD. -Ftmalr lilt" art iH that grow. Thty ntver wear off. Mr*. Hillyard tuffertd 20 year*. Thou*ands of women are dipping into premature grave*, waiting for their trouble* to right theimelve*. Your patient ufferin< entitle* you to a better reward than thi*. but you do not {et it Much of the chronic female wiffcrin* to-day i* due to the neglect cf early menrtrual irregulantit*. which frequently grow into troubJeiome compl cation* even btfJre the year* of early womanhood are pat. The*e trouble* fatten on you *o lowiy and gradually that the delicate female organ* are wrecked belor you realize it Mr*, hillvard’* 20 vur*' Kiflering wa* brought to a doc when he began taking WINEo'CARDUI It worked the beginning of anew era in her life—an era of freedom from suffering. I* it not itrange that a woman will go on enduring the terrible dragging pain* of falling of the womb, the torture of painful menstruation and the d,stre**o of leucorrhaa—the ills that grow—when it i* so well e*tab lijhed that Wine of Cardui will cure them? Mr*. Hillyard could not be induced to go through her suffering again. Why do you endure it when Wine of Cardui offer* you relief? All druggist* sell >I.OO bott.es. In caw raqulrlnf ; wia! .iirnctioni. addraae. rlvln* aymptbma. "Tb, Laitlaa’ AdSaury I>*prt.i:n’ ' , The Cbatiaaoufa Modictno Cos.. Cbatcacooga, Teas. met him at the door waa lo*t to him a fireax lump would come In hia throat. Then he would blow hi- noae hard, wipe hi* eye* and—His *ten>vrapher would have a most uncomfortable ...ilf hour during the next thirty minute Then came a messenger from "Will iam Downs, Attorney at Law *' he wa* Nellie’* brother. 'TequeeMni tha: Mr Harold Jones would cal at j j off:'.- n hroa*lway wiih'.n an hour to attend to a Ia 1 matter, the nature of which was r ivate." Jor.es f-It urc It mu a . ftpira’.ion.*’ but ne went In her brother’* office pretty Mr*. Jones sat by th** wind >w holding her boy while her brother talked earnestly to her •I have sent for Harold, Nell.* and if he is not a fool ar.d If you two will only bo sensible. I can fix It all r.ght ano.it tnv rote to you,' he was *av;ng \vh< n the i <*r opened to Mr. Harold J tic* Th boy ran to n eet hU fatner. w o caught him In Ids arm* and covered h.s c uo. y IP (c f i w ith kle-es Mr* Jen* ? re I to look out of the window, but u heavy m.*t before her eye* prevented h r (rm ••efting anything. Suddenly the c.hlil re leasel h.in**-If from his father'* arms and t( ok a stand by hi* mo-her. looking up into hi* father's face h* *aid I'apa, is you -tld crc-s* with my mam ma Why don’t you ki?>* mamma ?" Jonef eves were watery tix> when ne 'ft j "Nellie. I know I've be?n horribly wrong, may I. for the boy* sake'" As h* stoop and over her the lawyer said: That sat my letter you found. Harold-- Nellie, ird him oil about It. don t refufeo him, lit• l*o slsTt-r." But they did not hear him and Nellie had not r* fused WJ'nam Down*. Attorney at Law. chuckle*! sofily to himself, turned hii but k on t etii and w ilk-*i out of the * f ice As he r- he I the door he ca’l**l to the b<y "f’< me on. youn.s*er. I t's go in i g t s'"*m' ice i-eun ; * an! m.-.mma wart to be ai ne a IStt w" But Mr ar.d Mrs J n* s -ftemed scarcely to notice their departure A few tn nutes later a little blue tlnt el lit of crumped pa *r liy bur.ling in the fir. place and N* 11 * said; "Who could have wi :ten the horrid ihlrg. Harold, d* ar " ' "I wish I knew he said A TEH It IKK I'IGIIT. It l n (npitnl Hit of Itouah and Tumble. Rough-house Is the czpreaslon used J*y the boy of to-day whan he Is doscrl’ IBg a gen* ral scuflb’. and he always *tna k his lip* over the word. But rough-house h.*' it* disadvantages, as many spr In* •nd bruls* s an toatlfy, un i If the ame (•mourn * t fun may be had fr m ome Ices trying imuaement. an amusement. -•). which Is quite as energ -Uu and quite at exciting, the boy of to-day wl l c r talnl) adopt It in preference 'o r ugh house. A teirler flahl I* egcltlne. ae,i i, funny—H i tiro energetl.—ond vlct ry d<- paode quite a* much ui the -k I . f the tighter a* upon hi* strength Fur thermore, a terrier i ght Is not hrntal. No boy will hur* hlm-elt while rr, || in Uil* sport. A* ibown In the liiut - tlon. two boys ere plaoxl fa In,- . i other In the center of a room, ha, d* claeped beneath the knee- and a -tick j i t undor the elbows, as shown. FT,.-- . n . t- !tant endeavors to pu*h the oth r over, hut a* It require* eonalderabe ai er 01 to keep your balance at all vh n In till# poeltlon the attack t* no e,*y miner. To suddenly give way I* a maneuver almo*t ure to upaet vour nlversvy bu unfortunately It l verv ipt to u -et ,ou at the ta/ne time and only aft r con-! i r able prentice will you be able to . v r come a man In thl* Wuy The pl o;. a sudden swing to the right or eft, Is * ifer, though not quite a* effective. Always re member that the bast terrier fig > r in variably nuke* hi* oppanen' r* .• him *elf. Give way at some unexpected p Ini ar.d unleaa be 1 a akll ful man he I* ure to go over. Never try a harl pu li x cept In the !a*t ex'remlty wh n every thing else ha* failed. A terrier fight consist* of th ee one-mln ute round*, with thiriy- ie o- di r.*t <*. tween each round Th# one sc-rlnt the large*! number of fall* during the lime set la accounted the winner J. D. WEED * CO AAV AM AM. aA. Leather Belting. Steam Packing & Hose Agents foe NEW iohJt ÜBBee BELTLS U end FACELNU COMPACT. ' Malarial Malarial poisoning may show itself in regu-, lar chills and fever; or in hard headaches, aching bones, sore muscles, indigestion, nerv-. j.ousness. * Ltppman s iChill and Fever Tonic!| I GREATEST MALARIA AID AGUE CTTRE IS THE WORLD. ' is a positive and never-failing specific for bil ious fever, malaria, chills and fever, and for all* the distressing complaints due to living in a malarious district. "1 bad f vrxrr anti agaft for fit# WMftkf. and no r-thrr rftmfttlv I emr trw k fcM ever tktsDeflfed roe but. lately 1 mw yoar Lippmau’e Chill aoJ Fever Tonic aivertied. and ! bought a bottle, and it h* effected a perfacl car®, and would ( v *!ao add that for pftroon* in delicate her Ith it m the beat tonic they c*u,uc IJak? BctLcn savonoiih, (ia., Aaguat dad. lilOO. i IJHI'IH RKOfi., DrnitgHU, Mole Proprlafora, r a GN Llppman’i lllork, haraimih. (ia. 50c- per A " druggists tell It. FINE GRADES OF WHISKIES. WHISKIES. WHISKIES. The K. G. Whiskey gallon ? 2.00 Glendale Whiskey gallon $ J.SO Cr\tal Spring Whiskey gallon $3.00 Gciden W edding Whiskey gallon $3.50 IN CASES OF \2 LARGE BOTTLES: The Antediluvian Wi.iekey bolt ed by o# bern- of New York 11(10 The Peerless Whiskey bot Ced In bonJ In Hemleraon. Ky SE uO The Peoria Wbhkty bott.ed In bond by Clark Brothers tllM Meredith Ry# Whiskey, hot Led at thair dlatUiory in Ohio 11l fiv Oo.den Wedding Whiskey, our bottling s.*i LIPPMAN BROTHERS, Ljppnian Block, ... Savannah, Ga. 8.. I. 8 L OF H mr AND C. BS. R’ SlA.it l iUlkhlUf. For Isle of Hope. Thunderbolt. Montgom ery. Cattle Park and tSest End. Subject to change without notice. IBLE "1 HOPE AND TENTH STREET. Ev city for 1. of H. j Lv. Isle of Hope. :• Ii ~tn from Tenth i iii am for Tenth 10 11 m from Tenth 10 1& am for Tenth 11 is> am from Tenth lieu am for Tenth ISO pm from Tenth luo i-m for Tenth XOO pm irom Tenth 2U) pm for Tenth rsnth SlOpn for Tenth 5 >•> Imft .m Tenth 300 i-m for Tenth 3 13) pm from Tenth 330 pm for Tenth 4t> pm from Ternh 4ou pm for Tenth 430 pm from Tenth , 430 pm for Tenth thi pm from Tenth sno t>m for Tenth B 30,.m front T. nth | 830 pm for Tenth *'* ; m from Tenth 00 pm for Ten-h 630 pm from Tenth So pm for Tenth i '*i pm from Teeth 700 pm for Tenth 7 pm from Tenth iOi pm for Tenth s3o pm fr< m Tenth oO' pm for T'-nth t3o pm from T-nth 10 ptn for Tenth 10 30 pm from Tenth 11 uO pm for Tenth ISEE OF HOPE AND BOLTON 8T VIA THUNDERBOLT. Lv city for I of H Lv. I of 11. for B. si via Thun A C Park via Thun A C. Park >o- am fr mHo ton is) am " for Bolton' •*>l : 33" pm for Rolton SSO pm from Holton 430 pm for Rolton 4:o pm from RoUon BSipm for Roltdn B 3't pm from Bolton 630 pm for Rolton 6SO pm from Bolton 730 pm for Bolton 7 ** Pn from 110 lon fi SO pm for Rolton MONTGOMERY I '■ Y_t r Montg ry Lv Montgomery: MU am iron Tenth iWsim for Tenth -1 <i pm from Tenth 12 15 pm for Tenth 300pmfr in Tenth :■ 30 pm for Tenth 6 pm from Tenth | 6 4f, pm for Tenth thunderbolt and isle or hopr. r-ommer ng *t 3 fin p m car leave* Thunderbolt every hour for Isle of Hop* until S.m p. m 1 ommenctng at IHO p. m car leaves lle of Hope every hour for Thunder bolt until *;SO p m. thunderbolt schedule Commencli g at 700 a. m car leavea Bolton street jum'klon every BO mtnutee until 2Oh j rr after which time car leave* every 10 minute* Commencing ai 7SI a. m. car leave* Thunderbcil' for Bolton street Junction every y> minute* until 2 35 p. m . after which time car leave* every 10 minute* The 10-m'r.utr s-hedule I* maintained as long as fr.ivel warrant* It. W EST END. Th# first car leave* for Wsl End at 7.20 a m and every 40 minute* thereafter until non i m af-er which a car run* In each direction every 30 minute* until midnight W M T.CWTCV. Gen Mgr. j ORANGES. Headquarters for FINE FLORIDA ORANGES FRUITS AND VEGETABLES <s all kind*. SEED RTE. SEED OATS. hat. grain, feed, flour. CHEESE, BEANS. Pea*. Rica Straw, ate. W. D. JSimkins & Cos. 1 *OO This is the Trade Mark of the Best Builders Hard ware : that made by the Yale&Towne Mfg. Cos. Those who contemplate building should send for our artistic brochure "Artist and Artisan;" free. H.H.PEEPLES & SONS, 125 CONGRESS ST., WEST. A R Naau t r Mn.i.*at>. President Vice Pre*td#al liiMtr Ui.tnt. Jr Secy od Tr** NEAL-1IILLAR1) CO. Builders' Material, S Sash, Doors anil Bilals, S i Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Class and Brnsbes, j fULCERS’ HARDWARE, Lime, Cement and PlasUi. j .. ut Wkliakw It'S* l * I 1 ufuiga, m. Bone Meal For Chicken Feed and Fertlliger. 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