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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- r MlJy aud Cuticura *ud vticukahkp exterial ly. J. W. ADANH.Ni vrark.O. 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. HvM by all dnissDt* Price: Citccri Wet*.: Rr*>LVftirr rts. Porta:; Dai'o amj t h-mh alCo , Rsxn o, Ka>*. hriitf for *ll??(tv fo Cure Kkln ftlxroM* ** ii%' 'T???Hrrn a vlclira ('ftarly I'-.r'^'AjT.'v, csn??.n*r nrr.tr?? A?W!- 'ly. (.r%matu7'i dou^.riv., Lwttoj??? tri**a ia v??Mi Srt nv.If, aHOMArrml??? atnoln trejutcof *+'?????? &a rr.*f,Ut. ??filM -??? (111 *<Vfwu-????, J .1 *??* ' . * 4????? ?? N-q VG????? FREE*? k H A IK ACT. Alkali, <k aanaijura Pm a ska nr. 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- ???tamps to paj postage, etc. Try a box. T-H E ROSY BLOOM OF HEALTH Lost by women may be PERMANENTLY RESTORED, VITALITY AND BENKWED STRENGTH Imputed to the Womb end all tbs parts and organs la sympathy with It???and the lftaitrual Fan.llon lully restored, ???CHANGE OF' LIFE??? Bhom of agonies and horrors, and the dreaded ordeal patted with comparative comfort, ??? ACTIVITY AND STEENTGH Given to the entirephytlcsl system, and the Men tal forces quickened and energised by the tus of ??????WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND,*??? BRADFIELD???S FEMALE REGULATOR. W TRY IT. BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Large else 1160, Small slse ?!icta. per bottle. Manufacturedouly by the proprietor, J. BKADF1ELD, Druggist, Tomer Decatur aud Pryor streets, Atlanta, Ga. CAUTION. Swift's Bpedflo Is entirely a vegetable prepara tion, and should not be confounded with the vari ous substitutes, imitations, non sccrot humbugs, ???Boocus Alteram,??? etc., etc., wbich are now being manufactured by various persons. Nono of these coo lain a single article which enters Into tbe com position o! S. 8.8. There Is only one Swill???s Bpe* clfe, and thcro 1s nothing In the world liko it. To prevent disaster and disappointment, be sure to gel the genuine, 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 Swift's Specific. .0. O trxNCKx, Sup???t Rome Gas Light Company. Our trea'Ise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free to applicants. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 8, Atlanta, Oa. New York Office, 159 West 23d Ht. CANCERS CURED NO CURE. NO PAY. DR. T. B. LITTLE. OOLD MEDAL, TAKI3, 1H(. BAKER???S IMlast Gin Warranted absolutely pur??? Cocoa, from whiab tha nceta at OU has been re reared. It baa thru timet tht strength of Coeoa a*ixad with Burch, Arrowroot or 8 a gar, aod la therefore (hr move drooomt. caL It la deheioos. Dour la Ling, strrogihrniog, easily digested, aod admirably adapted for Invalids to well as for pcraooa la health. Bold by Grocers atsrywhcre* 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 Lung Restorer, snd it acted like msglo. Ho 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 began to Improve after tho third doae. She continued the medicine and Is now in ex cellent health and is better than she has been in several yean. I believe Brewer???s Lung Restorer saved ber Uf*. BENJ. 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