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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY - 26.1884- TWELVE FACES, t
OUK story corner.
Con iiiued hern u??t week]
MOLLY.
When Sandy came borne at night he found
hUwite.t.ouingin the doorway, her dark
braids fslliqg ??? rer her shoulders, ber cheeks
burning, her eyes full of a tiro which kindled
his own slow out ardent nature. Ue bad
never seen her looking so beautiful, and be
came on toward ber with quickened steps
and a glao look in bis face.
???Here. Moliy," said he, holding up to her
face a bunco of dazzling cardinal flowers, "I
pulled these fur ye down in the gorge.???
She shrank from the vivid, blood-red blos
soms as if he bad struck ber, and her face
turned ashy wbiie.
"In tbe gorge!" she repeated hoarsely??????in
the gorge! Throw them away! throw them
away!" end she cowered down upon the
door stone, hiding ber face upon ber knees
Ber hnsbaud s-ared at her a moment, hurt
and bewildered; then, throwing thefltowers
far down the slope, he went past ber into the
house.
"Molly's gittln on her spells ag'in," he
muttered. "Lord, Lord, I war In hopes ez
she war over 'em fur good I"
Experience having taught him to leave her
to herself at such times, be said nothing now
but sat with the child upon bis lap, looking
at her from time to time with a patient, wist
lul look. At last tbe gloom and silence were
more than he could bear.
"Molly,??? said be softly, "what alls ye????
At the sound of his voice the started and
rose. Ooing to him, she took the child and
went out oftbe room. As she did so, Sandy
noticed that a portion of her dress was torn
away. He remarked it with wonder as well
as ber disordered bair. it was not like Moliy
at all; but be said nothing, putting bis un
usual negligence down to tiiat general ???cu-
r'usness??? ot womankind which was post Had
ing out.
The next day and tbe next passed away.
Sand; went in and out, sileut and unobtru
sive, but with bis heart full of aickening
fears. A half-formed doubt of bis wife's
sanity???a doubt which her strange, fitful con
duct duriog these days, and ber wild and
haggard looks out; served toennfirm???haunt
ed him persistently. Ue could not work,but
wandered about, restless and happy beyond
measure.
On tba third day, as be sat, moody and
wretched upon the fence of the cornfield,
Jim Barker, bis neighbor from tbe other side
of the montain, cams along and asked Sandy
to join bim on n bunting excursion, Ue
snatched at the Idea, hoping to escape for a
time Lorn the insupportable thoughts be
could not banish, ana went up to the cabin
for bis gun. As be took it down, Molly'i
eyes followed him.
???Where are ye goin??? 8andy???? she asked,
???With Jim fur a little abootln???,'' was tbe
answer; ???ye don't mind, Molly????
She came to him and laid ber head upon
bis shoulder and, as he looked down upon
her face, he was "ewly startled at its plncaed
and sunken aspect,
???'No, Sandy, I don???t mind,??? she said, with
the old gentleness in her tones. She returned
his caress clinging to bis neck, and with re
luctance letting him go. Ha remembered
this in after times, and even now it moved
him strangely, and he turned more than
once to look back upon the slender figure,
which stood wntebing bim until he joined
his companion and passed out of sight.
An impulse she could not resist compelled
hergaxe to follow them???to leap beyond them
till it rested upon the Devil???s ledge, a huge
mass of rucks which frownedabove thegorge.
Along these rocks, at intervals, towered great
pines, weatherbeaten, lightning-stricken,
stretching ont giant arms, wbich seemed to
beckon and point down tbe sheer sides of the
precipice into tbe abyss at its foot, where a
flock of buzzards wheeled slowly and heavily
about. The woman's very 1 ps grew white as
she looked, and the turned shuddering away,
only to return, again and again, as tbe alow
hours lagged and lingered. The sunshine
crept across the floor never eo slowly, and
passed at length away; and, just us the sun
was setting, Sandy's tall form appeareil.coiu-
lug up the slope. Against the red sky his
face stood out, white, rigid, terrible. It was
not ber bu.band; it was Fate, advancing
Tbe woman tiled to smite. Poor mockery
ot a smile, it died u;>on her lips. The whole
landscape???the green forests,purple hills and
gray rocks???saaiu before ber eyes in a lurid
mist; only the face of ber husoand???that was
distinct with an awful distinctness. Ou na
came, and stood before her. Ue leaned his
gnu against the side of the cabin and placed
the baud which bad held It upon tbe lintel
over her head; the other was in his breast.
There was a terrible deliberation in all hts
movements aud he breathed heavily and
painfully. It eeemed to her un eternity that
he eloon tlius, looking down upon her. Then
* "'Thar's a dead man???over thar???under the
ledge!???
Tue woman neither moved nor spoke. He
drew his hand from bis breastand heldeome-
tbing toward her; it was the missing frog-
ment torn from her dress
???This yer war in his hand "
With a wild cry the woman threw heraelf
forward and wound her arms about ber hus
band's knets.
???I didn???t go for to do it I??? she gasped;
??? 'tore Ood I didn't!"
Sandy tore hiiuH-.lt away from her clinging
anus und slifl fell pnutrule. Ue looked at
her fiercely and coldly. . . ... .
???Take your bauds off m-1??? he cried; ???don t
tech me! Thar???s thet rx mus??? be muds cl???ar
between you an??? me, woman???cl???ar tz day
light. Ye???ve deceived me an' lied to me all
along, but ye wont lie to me now. 'Taint the
dead men ex troubles me," he went on grim
ly, aettiug Ins leetn, ???(ain't him 'ez iroub es
tue. I'd V hud to kill him myzelf afore I???d
done with bltu ntos??? likely???el you hadu't.
'Taint that tz troubles me???it???s what went
afore! D'ye hear? Thet???swbetl want ter
know an??? all I want terknow "
He lifted her up and seated himself before
her, a look of uvsge determination on hie
face.
??? Will yc tell me????
The woman buried her face upon ber arms
and rocked backward and forward.
???How can I tell je-O Sandy, how can I????
she moaned.
???Ye kin tell me 1* one word," said her
husband. ???When ye come back from Rich-
nion??? tbar wuz them ez tole tales on ye. I
heara 'tm, but I didn't believe ???em???I would
not believe'em! Now ye???ve only ter answer
me one question???^were wbat they aaidtrue?
He etrove to speak calmly but the passion
within him burst all bounds; tbe words
ended in a cry of rsgc and he acted her arm
wilbagripofirou.
???Answer me, answer mel??? he cried, tight
ening hie bold upon ber arm.
Pit was true, on, my God. it was true!
He loosened bis grasp and she fell iueenai-
ble at hts feet.
There was neither tenderness nor pity in
bis face as be raised her, and carrying Her in,
laid her upon the bed. Without a glance at
tbe eleepiug child he went out again into the
gathering darkness.
Far Into the night he was still sitting there
unconscious of the pisitug hours or the chil-
liners of the air, Hts mind wandered in a
wild chaos. Over and over again he re
hearsed tbe circumstances attending tba
finding of tbe dead man beneath the ledga
and the discovery of the fragment ot a wo
men's dreas ia the rigid fingers; bis horror
when he recognised the man as tbe one be
had seen crossing the road a ear the cabin and
the fragmtnt as a portion of Mollle ??? dren.
Ho bad secured this and secreted it in his
bosom before his companion, summoned by
his ehouts, had come up. He knew tbe pat
tern too well???be had selected it himself
after much consideration. True, another
might have worn tbe same, but then tbe re
collection of Molly a tom drees arose In ban
ish every doubt. There wu mystery and
crime and honor, and Molly was behind it
all???Molly, tbe wife he bad trusted, tbe
mother of hie child 1 ??? , ..
It mast have been long put midnight
when a hand was laid upon his shoulder and
his wife's voice brok the stillness.
???8audy,??? said she, -T've come???to tell ye
all. Ye won???trefuse to listen?"
He shivered beneath her touch but did not
answer, and there in the merciful darkness
which hid their faces from each other, Mol'
told her story from beginning to end, told
In a torrent of passionate words, broken by
sobs and groans which shook ber from bead
to foot.
???I met bim in the woods," she went on.
???I took bim to tbe ledge, beoause I know
nobody would set us there, an??? then I told
him everything. I went down on my knees
to bim an' begged of bim t?? go away an'
loave me; for I couldn't bear to???to give ye
up, an' 1 knew 'Would come to that! I
begged an'I prayed an??? he wouldn???t bear;
an' then???an f then?????? sbe sobbed "he threat
ened tue, Sandy, be threatened to go an' tell
ye all. He put bis wicked face close up to
mine, I pushed bim away an' be fell???he fell,
Sandy, bnt God knows I didn???t go fur to do
it!"
She stopped, her voice utterly choked with
agonizing sobs, but the man before ber did
not move or speak. Sue threw herself down
and clasped her arms about him,
"SandyI hnsbaud!" she cried. ???Do wbat
ye please with me???drive me away???kill me,
out remembsr this???I did love ye true an???
faithful???say ye believe that!"
Tbe man fredd himself roughly from ber
arms.
T do believe ye,??? lie answered.
There was somethiog horrible in his fierce
repulsion of her touch, in the barsh coldness
of bis voice, anil tue woman shrank back
and crouched at his feet, and neither spoke
or moved again until the first twitter of tbe
birds, tbe baby???s voice mingling, tbe mother
rose instinctively to answer tbe feeble sum
mons. Sbe was cuilled to the marrow aud
her bair end garments were wet with the
heavy dew. Sandy eat with averted head
buried lu bis hands. She longed to go to him.
but sbe dared not, and abe went In to tbe
child. Weak and unnerved as sbe was, tbe
heat of the room overcame her, and sitting
there with tbe baby on ber lap sbe fell into a
deep, deathlike slumber. 8ue returned to
consciousness to find herself lying upon the
bed witb the child by her side. Some one
had laid her there and drawn tbe green shade
close to ebut out the bright light She started
up and listened; there was no sound but the
whir of insects and tbe warbling of birds.
Sbe aroee, stiff and bewildered, and staggered
to tbe door. Sandy was gone.
Tbe day dragged its mournful length along
and as night fell steps were heard approach
ing. Molly's heart gave a great leap, but it
was not ber husband's step???it was that of
Bob, ber brother, who came slowly up tbe
S atb, a serious expression on bis boyish face.
be would have fl iwn lo meet bim, but sbe
could not stir. Her eyes fastened themselves
upon him with a look that demanded every
thing.
The yonng fellow came close up to bit sis
ter before apeaklng.
"How d'ye, Molly, bow d???ye?" ho said,
seating himself beside ber and glancing
curiously at her white, desperate face.
???What is it, Bob? "she gasped; "whatialt?
Ye can tell me???I can bear it."
???I ain't got nothin' much to tell," be an
swered wim a troubled air, ???1 war thlnkin'
ee you mought bev somethin??? ter tell nio.
Sandy be come by an??? said as how ho mus' go
down ter Gordonsvtlle, be an' Jim Barker, on
account o??? the man ez fell over tbe ledge."
The ebudder which passed through tbe
women's frame escaped Bob's notice and be
continued:
"Ho said ez how ho mus??? stay till the in-
qnist war over, an??? mougbten't be back fur a
nay or two, an??? oxed me far ter keep ye com-
p'ny till he comes back."
???Till be comes back!??? she repeated In a
whisper.
Site hid her face In her bands, and Bob,
who, like 8 ndy, was used to Molly's strange
ways, did not question ber furtber.
Days, weeks and months passed away and
Sandy King bad no> returned- Jim Barker,
who bad seen him lest, knew only that be
bad expressed an intention to remain a low
days longer in tbe town, and all further in
quiries revealed nothing more.
Bob remained with bis sister and, after the
first few weeks of excitement, settled quietly
down in charge of the little farm??? 'uutil
Smdy gits back,??? as be always took palna to
declare,
Tnl. stonily maintained contingency was
regarded by tbe scattered inhabitants of that
region witb doubt and disbelief. Sandy's
mysterious disappearance excited mucb com
ment aud gave rise to endless rumors at/d
conjectures. The current belief, however,
was, that heing himself a man of peaceable
liahits, he bad found bis wife's habits too
???cantankerous," noil had gone in search of
tile peace denied him beneath bis own roof,
such an event having occurred rauro than
once within the memory of tbe oldest inhab
itant.
Molly knew nothing ot all this. She never
left tinr own door from the day of her hus
band's departure, and Bob???warm-hearted
follow???bad stood valiantly between hie Bis
ter end the prying eyes and ebarp tongues
wbich sought to pluck out tbe heart of tier
mystery or apply venom to ber bleeding
wonuda.
That something very serious had occurred,
be, more tban any other, bad cause to bub
pact, bnt be respected his sister's reticence
und watched with secret pain end unxiety
ber increasing pallor end weakness. Tbe
hopes Ue bad at first cherished of Sandy's re
turn died slowly out, but be hardly confessed
it, even to himself.
Autnhiu pine d info winterand winterinto
spring, and in the meautime, as Moliy faded,
the little boy thrived and waxed strong. Ho
could now Piddle snout on bis sturdy legs,
and bis prattle ami laughter filled the lonely
cabin. His mother watched ble development
eagerly.
"See, Bob!??? she would eay, ???eeehowlie
walks on???bow plain be can talk! Wbat???ll
Sandy say wben be sees him????
Then abe would bold up before tbe round
baby eyes a distorted, shaggy likeness of
8andy, wbicb he bad once exhibited witb
great pride on bis return from Gonlonsville,
and try to teach tbe baby lips to pronounce
???Dad-uy.???
"He???ll know him when he comes, Bob, see
If he don???t. He???ll know his own daddy,wout
be, precious man? An??? be'U be here by
corn-plantin', Bob, sore!''
And Bob, wbo always entered witb a great
assumption of cheerfulness into all ber plane,
would turn away wiib a linking heart.
???E( he's ever a-commg'," he would say to
himself, "he'd better oome mighty soon, or,???
and tben something would rise in bis throat
and be could never finish tbe sentence.
Tbe gray-brown woods bad changed to ten-
dergreen aud purple, the air teenies wiib
tbe aouoda and the earth witb tne time of
early spring. Tbe corn was not only planted
but wet already sen-ling up ebarp yellow
green-spikee out of tbe soft red loam, and yet
Sandy bad not returned.
A strange woman bad taken Molly???s place
In tbe bouiebold, for Moll/ could no longer
go about???could hardly sit at the window,
looking down tbe lonely rood or over tbe
distant bills witb hereager. botlow eyes. Sbe
bad never complained, aod up to tbit time
bad refused to tee a physician. And now
when one wu summoned, be only shook hit
bead in response to Bob' questions ana hint
ed vaguely at mental causst beyond bis reach.
She lay for the most port with cloeed eyes,
and but for the heaving of ber breast one
might have believed ber no longer of tbe liv
ing: to white and shadow-like bad aha be
come. Sbe seldom epoke, bnt not a night
fell that she did not call Bob to ber eide aod
whisper with upturned, anxious eyes:
"I reckon be'U come to-morrow, don t
your'
One evening, after a restless, feverish day,
the woke from a brief nap Her brpther wu
seated by ber side, looking sadly into ber
waxen face. Sbe started np with e strange
???Jitter in her eyea and seised bis arm.
"Bob!??? ehewbiaptred, "ba???a comin???i He a
moath-re! Go and meet bim quick, Brb,
an??? tell bim to hurry, to-hurry, mind, or 1
shan't be here!???
Tne wildness in ber taco and voice deep
ened.
???Go! I tell you! Quick! He's cornin'!"
and she would have eprung from tko bed.
"There, there, Molly," said her brother,
soothingly, "jess ley right down an' be quiet
an??? I'll go."
Sue lay upon tbe pillow as he placed her,
panting and trembling, and he went hastily
out, pausing as be went through the kitchen
to say a few words to tho woman wbo sat at
tbe table feeding tbe little boy.
"She's a hasp wusser," be said, ???an' ont
of her bead. Keep a watch over ber whllo I
go for tlte doctor."
He ran quickly down the slope toward the
field whore tbe horse wu tethered. As ho
reached the road he saw a tall form advanc
ing through Hie dusk witb rapid strides.
Something in tbe gait aud outline set bis
heart to throbbing; be stopped and waited.
Tbe man came nearer.
"Bobl"
???Sandy!"
Tlte two men clasped hands.
"Molly???? said her husband, brokenly. For
answer Bob pointed silently toward the cabin
and Sandy passed up the elope before him.
As be entered the little kitchen the child
stooped eating and Blared with wide-open
eyes at the stranger.
???Did-dyl dad-ay!??? be babbled.
Sandy saw and beard nothing, bnt went
blindly on into tbe inner room.
There was a glad cry and Molly was in her
husband's arras.
"I knew ye'd come!??? sbe said.
???Yej, darlln???, I've come, an' I???ll never
The words died upon???his lips, for
something in tbe face upon his breast told
him that Molly was Hatching to another
Voice then bis.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
Jay Gould gave bis ton George (3.000,000 to
begin life with.
Tux house that Villsrd built will cost, when
completed, 11.000 COO.
Tug late Representative Mackey, of South
Caroline, left hi. whole estate to hts wife.
The health of tbe Rev. Mr. Spurgeon is re
stored, sod ha has resumed hb ministerial olDcsi,
Tux house in which General Grant was
bora, at Point Pleasant, Ohio, was wrecked by tbe
flood.
Mrs. Nutt, the woman widowed by Duke*,
is seeking legal ratisfaciion of a I>,000 insurance on
ber husband's life.
Joua Du Bots, a Pennsylvania lumber king,
U said to bo tbo richest men tn that state. He is
worth (14,000,000, and employs COO men lu bis lum
ber mills.
Biicum's double, tbe rnsn who goes to
theaters and gets the Brooklyn pastor's name In the
papers, is John Wjmsn. ???Their resemblance is very
striking.
Bxaubioabd is now sixty-six years old, and
was born in New Orleans in 1818. Ue 1< ol Welsh
stock, which fled to Prance from King Edward 1.
before tbe year 1300.
Tux president told the members of the edu
cational convention who called to seo him at the
white houso that the happiest years of hb life
were whea he was a school teacher.
Extra Abbott is so thoroughly western that
tbo Is comfortable only when sbe Is moving slowly
backward and forward In a rocking chair. Sbe
takes ono with lint whenever she travels.
Osx of the things that adds lo tbe social
fermeut Id Washington It Ibo presence of a young
woman wbo has the entree to good houses, but who
has been a circus rider and o'.berwiie eccentric, (if
course there is no bar sinister between good breed*
lug i hat goes ahorseback or afoot, but women will
talk.
Ex Governor Hx.vnmcxs, of Indiana,
docin't play billiards. "When I came to settle up
forthoflrstgamol aver plajed," he sajs, "I was
told it waits. -How sot??? I t??kcd.'Booauto you were
so long.??? was the reply. And 1 havo never tried
billiards again.???
A Niw York merchant wbo hts had some
experience in raising and trading hones, rode up
to atubarbtn railway station In a bngzy drawn by
a handsome steed. ???A very decent beatt,??? ??????
marked one of hblrleuds. os the owner descended
from tbo vohlo'o. "Ha ought to bo," wo?? the re
ply: "It co.l me 110.000 to learn how to buy that
horse."
I'rikce Bismarck has been relieved of sixty
pounds of hbobeellyby tho treatment prescribed
by Or, Ueh*ennlngor.and ho nowooosldere blm-clf
os cured. Ue sleeps long and tranquilly; he fiat
hladeritat seven in the morning; ho lakes lor g
walks which would fatigue a young man, anu,
after ion yean' absence hum the the saddle, ha la
uow able lo tide.
Tus Boston Traveller says that tbo bequests
left by Mrs Eddy to Lucy Slono snd Susan U. An
thony??? I! 000 to each??? were not left la trust for
the suff-ego cause, aa has been erroneously stated,
nut loll absolutely tocaoti. tveuddl Phillips drew
the sea they could do so, child they noi???? ' Cor
utnty they could," Mr*, kddy rapitt-d, "and no.
one could say Ihum nay. I tiust Lucy and ousau
absolutely.???
Tux public will recall the killing uf \V, II,
Haveratick, a New York bioker, by (leorge W,
Conk log, who came on from tbe west to do tbe
deed because tala sister, Mrs Kiama IItiler, had left
berhusbai-d to live with llaveniti-k. "Popular
senum-nt??? set so strongly with Cnukllux that he
was acquitted of murder and posed ss
an aveuglag hero Now comes tho sequel. Tho
womsa went west with her brother, but soon II" d
of home life, came east, lived a low life at New
York, and is dead from potent adm!u!s:erd by her
self. Ibe miserable story conveys mauy hssnua,
a id one of tuem 1- that mature worn- n aratquaU;
responsible with men for tbelr carters.
WONDERFUL OCCURRENCE.
A Us maskable Burs Ibal Sam.a la aa tram Calais
I???aaaljs
From the Dublin (issette.
Yesterday month g. Pabrntry 4:b,Mr. Geo-go W.
Turner came to Js ffer-onviile, having left hts home
on Big gauCy about 7o'clock a m. Not anything
out of tbe uasial routine ol muddy roads and alow
proxies! occurred, and. lodes d. tbe trip gave prom-
he of being a dull and uninteresting one, until
??? Little Ugly" creek was mu-hen.
Here Mr Turner revs ha drove In, aa ha bid done
htt-rdredsof limes before. Tbe water wsi clear aud
tbe day wu warm, so "you can Imagine that I waa
vaiy much starilsd whex Ins-cad n( ibe millet and
wagon sinking la water <bey all poised over on lu
tiisface.??? "Thecreek waa crusted Juntas though
It bad been covered over wt-b heavy lee."
???After creasing, so soon oi t eoul-l tu a measure
ptaj
.. _ . , ??? ibe shoes
of >be mules and the wagoo-Urea Thera wss a
rather reddish tinge about them causing the In
dentation made br the wheels to resemble, at a
Utrledurance, a pale pink rlbts-sn slreicn-'d upou
the surface o! ih s wst- r. The Impression made by
tbs nails, In Urn ahnea of tbo muiea, were distinct
upon ihe water's surface and remained (here until
after I left
I drove about two hundred yards lo where Mr.
Max Bmlth Uvea and got him b> return with me to
loox at the wonderful phenomena. When wo
reached there not a vet die ot Ihe occurrence re-
Dlii/ed "
Mr. rurotr Is ono of the mo*t reliable, matter of
feet dllseni of thU county. There U nut any (bluff
at all MBMlloca! in hts J rpotltlon. HU sii??r> tuu
created a Mnaaiion throughout the county.
A LUrstia Plar.
ron tba Lincoln tou, (ia., Neva.
??? gentleman waa telling Dr. Fergusoa tba other
day of a bee pine tree be cut down not long ago.
He gotaboat threw aod a bait gallons of flue hoi.ty.
tb??u bad 12,COO ooa*ds chopped out of tbe tree ana
oat of wbU remained h- got enough plank to build
a bridge aero** Fibbing creek, at the old Mathews
mill site. From iba bough*, limbs and soforth be
made eoma twtlv- gallon* i??
A ifsirae use.
Mr. J. H. O il smith. uwn*rof Ihe Walnut
Grove stock farm, N. Y., sty* of ihe wonder*
fa! curativeqa*Utie* of 8*. Jacob'* Oil, that
having long ns*d il for rli???mu*??isiu and on
hU breeding farm for ai tuetru of ftontea and
cattle, he cheerfully accord* ibis fc 'r**at pain ,
cure hfo preference ns the best he ever uied .
in an experience of twenty years. I
HEREDITARY TAINTS.
??????????? B*valattei*??a* ??????bjMt Width CiiMrai ih*
Walter* %1 the Km. ????d (?????? U.p??la??M of aU??
Rochester Democrat and Gbrontcle.
To any one who has studied tbe laws of
life, and especially I lure which relate to
reproduction, an experience such as we are
about to relate, will coma with special (area
and interest. The transminion o( certain
mental traits of prominence, are; facta
which all acknowleage, bnt wbich none can
uudentand. The father may bedisiingu-ehad
???thesun, an imbecile, or. the parent ntay be
decrepit anti unknown, and the child
achieve the highest place poeelble to human
ity. But through it all, there will be certain
characteristics, which mark the individnal aa
descending from certain ancestors. Too often,
indeed, these characteristics are infirmities,
and often of a physical nature.
These facta ware strikingly brought ont
during a conversation which a representative
ot this paper receutly liadwlth Mis. Carrie D.
T. Swllt, who Is the wile of one of our most
prominent cittzsnt. This lady reiatad that
aha inherited from het parents certain ten
dencles, over which ahe had no control, and
which ware in the natureof blood difll -ultiea,
assuming the form of rhentuatiam. Her ex
perience can beat be described in her own
words. To the writer she said:
"I felt the beginning of this hereditary
taint many years ago in vague p.tins, which
scented to come uuacconntabl.v and at uncall
ed-for times. They wv re annoying, exhausting,
and Interfrrred not only with my duties, hut
also totally licit roved my happiness. At first
they would he only transient, upntaring for a
day or two and then disappearing; then
a ain they would come in such vio
lent forma, that it was impossible for me to
lift a cup to my month. Afterwards, nty feet
and bands swelled so that it was impossible tor
me to draw on my shoes or gloves without the
greatest effort. 1 realized what tbe dilUculty
was. but seemed powerless to avert it. I fi
nally became so bad that l was confined to
the house and in m; bed most of tbe time.
My joints pained me continuously and my
feet swelled to enormous proportions.
Knowing that 1 inherited thla tendency,
1 had about abandoned hope, when
I began the use of ?? remedy, which was
recommended to measafriendes heing speci
ally efiicient in cases of a similar kind. T, my
great gratitude, 1 found that it relieved me,
restored my appetite, and I am able to eay
that now 1 have gained forty pounds in
weight, feel perfectly well and ant in the
best possible condition, owing, wholly, to
Warner's Safe Rheumatic cure which was
the remedy . used."
"No one would ever suspect yon had suffer
ed so, Mra, Swift, to see you now," remarked
the reporter,
"That ia what ail my friends say. Only
yesterday, an acquaintance of mine, whom I
had not aeon for sometime, hesitated before
speaking, and apologized by Baying, ???Why, I
really did not know you, yuu have changed
an fur the better since I lost met you, how
well yuu do look."
"Have you any objection' lo giving the
name of the party who first meuiluneu this
remedy to you????
???Not the slightest. It wss Mr. R. H.
Furman, the photographer.???
The newspaper watt, after bidding Mra,
Switt goon b,c, repaired to the phulogranhic
rooms of Mr. Furman, when tbe following
cuv, sation ensued:
???Havuvnii been a sufferer from rheuma
tism, Mr. Furman tU-
"Well. 1 should think I had."
"Fur now many years?"
''Twelve or fifteen."
"Hid you try to euro it?"
"Y<s. I tried everything, and, at last, went
lo the Hot Springs uf Arkansas, and not hing
???earned to do me any good until I tried War-
ner???aSafe Rhenmatlu Cure.???
"And it cured you, did it?"
"Yre, completely."
"Aod you tan cordially recommend II?"
???Yea, indeed, more cordially than anything
i havo ever known of. It is simply a woo-
derlul medicine. I believe that two-thirds of
ail csst-e, both acute aud chronic, could be
cured as I waa cured by tbe tu?? ot this reme
dy. In fact 1 know a number of pernios who
have been in tbe worst puttlblo condition,
ana are now completely well wholly through
its tne."
The alatementa above made are from
sourc-s, the authority of which cannot be
questioned. Thry cunclusiv'ly prove the
value ot the preiutrallon named anil show tiiat
even hereditary traits can be removed by the
use of the proper means.
SJataa# I'larkarar'a 1'aleat.
From the Washington Htar.
An application purporting to be signed by Colo
nel Maurice Placbover has been sent to tho Uni
ted States pan tout office for a patent for an ad
justabio dog's tall. The appllcallou claims that all
doss wbicb, either by natiireor he accident, aro
minus a tall eaoountar great dlfflcultlet In turning
sharp onrncn.iu their centre of gravity is throwu
too pear tho fore legs, and they have to go slow or
lose their balance. The proposed tall can be fa??t-
oned to the stump, and aa the di g lures to the rlsht
the *??ll will tend to throw his rear to tho left, thus
enabling Mm to mm canity aud rapidly without
losing his equilibrium.
NOW 1 li
BTO 11 SKIN HUMORS. 11
A !??&*?????* and DUchtriliii Wcu.Mte. and cvcrvipu-
i t** * 11 chltig, Scaly ???ltd Pimply D???
Skin Mint Scalp aro moil rpoadly am
cured by tbe ('utacuma RxurDiK*.
II IS A FACT,
Hundred* of letters In our poweiston (copies of
* U'.rh rn*y be hurt by return mail) Art cmr authori
ty lor the Awrilon that 8kIn. Hoalp and Blood Hu*
mors. * bother Bcrofu???ou*. Inherited rrC-onr.gli.ii*.
m*y Nt>W be p*rm??u??at|y t ured by Cuucl???ka Ki
milvbnt, Ibe new Blood Purlfl -r, Diuretic ???ml Ape-
Mot, Internally. And <;uticura und cuticura
MoAp.theireAlbkln CureRAUd Betutiderr. exier-
nelly, In one half tbe lime and at out ball ihe ex~
p<*????e of any other aeaion. ,
GREATEST ON EARTH,
A until I uiwf Ihe Cuticl'ra KtiuiLViXT Inter-
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GREAT BLOOD MEDICINES.
The half h??H not told an fo the great enra-
tin* potter* of the i't???Tu:rrtA Rcmkick* I h???e
ptfd hundreds if doilftm tor niedid ????? ??? to curt* din-
<***???* of tbe blond and skin, end never found auy-
iblngyei tocquallhaCUTiccRA Bemkmkn
CHAM. A. A1LMAM8.
rritvldcnon. R. J,
CORE IN EVERY CASE.
You 9 (.'twct'RA RRwrniif outsell ai! othr* medi
cine* I ketp b>r ??kt>i iIVumi. Vj emu m- und
???- J nr y
H."w.' BROCK WAV. M. D.
Franklin F*lle, N. II.
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Rr*>LVftirr rts. Porta:; Dai'o amj
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ii%' 'T???Hrrn
a vlclira ('ftarly I'-.r'^'AjT.'v, csn??.n*r nrr.tr?? A?W!-
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Srt nv.If, aHOMArrml??? atnoln trejutcof *+'??????
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k H A IK ACT.
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A LADY'S LIFE
Msydsp*nd up. u ibe medical luaiment rhe re-
eelTO* for lh?? removal of those troubles peculiar to
ber sex. That these * fiction* can be cured Is
Cleardeavturtrated by thousand* of tewimanlftlt
sn flle In the office of Drs. Jackson A Burnett, N.
?? (Jutomr Race and O h Street*, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Our advice to our lady readers la to correspond
with them. They arc ckUlful and learned, aud
always meet wlilr sucoess in tbelr practice. The
appended letter Bom the wife of tho Rev. 8. L.
Bluklsv, wbicb It published by permission, shows
tho efficacy of tbelr treatment.
Martinsville, Jnd??? Jnfeo 19,1875.
DRS JACKPON A BUKNRTT, Cor- Bkce and 9th
8???rcrta, CiiicCuuA'i, O.
Dka* Kira:???I have bean an Invalid for several
years. Your 1! U. Pastilles w*rs recommended to
me tar a physician. When 1 commese-il tbelr use
Ibadbaen u??ableto walk for nearly two years
without tbe uaq of an tua'rument. After ualog
lour than onobex oftbe Post! I leu, Maid the lustra
meat aside, nev*r ega)u to take it up, and In two
mouths waa entirely cured of Ratroverslon and
Prolapan of (bo Uterus. Have also been cured of
lAUcorrbtns. From ray own experience, and that
of wno half dox*n otheis that have u??ed them, I
consider tbe Pastilles ibe most valnsb e medicine
ever given to the poor suffering woruau, aa they
h??ve never failed in rfftfcilog the desired result
when properly used. Ladle* tooliensltlvc and timid
tncaU on a physician for advice and treatment,
have hero a valuable medicine In their own hands.
Yours respectfully, MR8. L.-C BINKLEY,
Pm JAB show tbelr faith In tbelr remedy by
sending a sample box free upon receipt of six 20-
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ROSY BLOOM OF HEALTH
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CAUTION.
Swift's Bpedflo Is entirely a vegetable prepara
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ous substitutes, imitations, non sccrot humbugs,
???Boocus Alteram,??? etc., etc., wbich are now being
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Swift's Specific Is a complete antidote (e Blood
Taiul, Blood Pol*ou, Malaria Pulaon and Bktn Hu
mour. J. Dicksom Smith, M. !>., Atlanta, Ga.
and in Fcm??le Dincaf*s. 1 took It miutlf fur Car
buncles wi\h happy tffocL
D. 0. Ot lunar, M. D., Atlanta, Ga.
I used Swift's Specific on my llt'le daughter, who
was Afflicted with sums Blood Po1k>?? which had
r Hinted ail sorts of treatment. The Hpeciflu reliev
ed berpermaunutly. aud I shall use It in my prac
tice. W. JC. BiOMTff, M. D$, Cypress Ridge, Ark.
In 18801 came from the North to take oharge ol
thu ga?? wors* In Home, as superintendent, snd
-Iisr tho overflow, which occurred In tbe ???print
following, 1 was very mucb exposed to malarial
poison, and In 1882 fouad my blood so conumlna-
???*d with ihe prison that I wss forced to give up
Mialntse. 1 waa t catad by the phyalclana without
nitel
My trouble finally determined In an abscees ol
tbe liver, and n??arlv every one (myself Included]
thought I waadoomed tn die wlihlu a few days. In
this condition 1 wna advised by a friend totaks
Swift's Bpedflo, and I took It Just as a drowuluf
man would catch at a straw, bums soon ss my sya
tern got under the lnfluenco of the remedy the ab-
k??m o*me to a point aud burst, passing off without
pain. In Ilfu cndaysMfitr this I was up at my work,
and have since enjoyed excellent health.
Every sufferer Irani malarial doIsm should take
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well as for pcraooa la health.
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CO., Doffler, Mass.
SAVED HIS LIFE.
A Flijafclnn???a Testimony.
I was called to sco Mr. John Pearwm who
was confined tohte bed wllh what appeared
to be consumption of the worst form. As
all of liti family had died of that dread dis
ease (exoept his half brother), bis death
was regarded aa certain aud. soon. After
exhaust lag all the remedies, I finally as a
last resort, ientg for a bottle o! Brewer's
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continued tho use <tt it for sometime and
bat been fully restored to health. Bo far
as I could discover, be had consumption,
and Brewer's Lung Restorer saved his life.
J. O. HOLLOWAY, M. D.,
Baruesville, Ga.
Another Rescue Fsom Denlb.
In 1881, while sewing on a machine, my
wife was taken with a revere pain in her
side, which was sjon followed by bemor-
rages from -her lungi, severe cough and
fever, aud could neither eat or sleep,and in '???
a few weeka was reduood to a mere skeleton.
Her stomach refused to retain any food and
the ilijtif ian thought one of her lungs was
entirely gotto. At a final consultation of
two physicians her caso was ^pronounced
hopeUas, I tried Brewer's Lung Restorer
by advice of ono of tho phyvlclans and she
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continued the medicine and Is now in ex
cellent health and is better than she has
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Lung Restorer saved ber Uf*.
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Yaicsvlllo, Oh
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