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CHAPTER XXII.
While Uncle Ben was slowly progress
ing along the frozen and slippery .bb
way, and when he bad reached' a point
about three miles from Rest Haven, he
suddenly encountered about a dozen
men, most of whom were mounted.
All but one were in citizens' dress, and
be at first supposed them to be farmers.
They rushed npou the old man with a
shout, and pistols and knives were flour
ished before his face as the gang cried
out:
"Hang him up!"
"Slice off his ears!"
"Build a fire and roast him if he lies
to us!"
To' de Lawd, gem'len, but what's
de matter?" asked the old man as Boon
as he could get in a word.
"We want them two Yankees!'.' shout
ed three or four men in chorus.
"W-what Yankees? I nebber dun
seen a Yankee sence dat big army went
by de house on hors'back!"
Yo' lie, yo' old black faced devil!"
said the leader as he got off his horse
and seized Uncle Ben by the collar.
"Now, then, tell ns where they are hid
ing! Don't pretend to us that yo' have
not seen 'em, for we know better! Out
with it now, or yo' won't live two min
utes!" "What yo' mean?" asked the old
man, who was badly upset over the sud
den attack.
"We mean just this: We've been fol
lowing two Yankee spies along the
mountain nearly all day. One of them
was wounded about an hour ago. They
were headed this way, and yo' must
have met them and know where they
now are. Did they send yo' for a doc
tor?" "Nebber, sah, nebber! I tole yo' de
troof . I nebber did meet tip wid nobody
sence I started from de house!"
' "From what house?" ,
"Dat house back dar which b'longs
to Missus Percy. Mebbe yo' knowed de
Percys of Winchester?"
"The Percys, eh? Are yon a Percy
nigger?." ; . -
"Yes, sah, an de only one dat's left."
"And where were you going?"
"Down to Harrisonburg, sah, to git
news 'bout dat battle dey font dar de
odder day. I hain't seed a single pus
son on de road, an if yo' was to kill me
I dun couldn't tell yo' nuffin 'bout no
Yankees!"
They had looked upon it as just a
chance that Uncle Ben had encountered
the men they were after, and their vig
orous measnres were intended to fright
en the information out of him. While
he was trembling and afraid, his tones
satisfied the crowd that ' he was- telling
the truth. It wouldn t do to let him
down too easily, however. The negroes
of the country were breakinj&over all
rules and regulations and traveling
about at night to confer with each other
and plan escapes to the Federal camps.
"Now, then," said the leader of the
band, "yo' have had a powerful close
call, and yo' want to remember it! Nig
gers have no business away from home
after dark. Yo' were probably going
to Harrisonburg to give yo'self up to
the Yankees, but we'll spoil that little
game! This will do yo' a heap of good!"
And thereupon, holding Uncle Ben
with his left hand by a firm grip on his
collar, he used a rawhide over the old
man's back and legs with his right and
administered the first whipping of his
life. When his arm had grown weary,
he stopped and said:
"Now, yo' make a beeline for home
and don't stop to rest on the wav! If any
other prowling niggers ask yo' about
that battle at Harrisonburg, yo tell
him yo' was in it and got licked ! Gee
up!" As the old man headed for Best Ha
ven the gang of men rode in the other
direction. He stepped out at a lively
pace nntil hidden by the darkness and
then stopped and turned to shake his
fist and whisper:
"White man, I'ze only a pore ole nig
ger, but somebody has got to bleed fur
dis! Nobody ebber put a whip on Uncle
Ben befo' sence he was a pickaninny, an
I'll kill yo' fur dat as shore as I ebber
git de chance!"
He at first thought of resuming his
journey toward Harrisonburg, but a mo
ment's reflection convinced him that if
he fell into the hands of the same party
again his life would be in peril. He re
alized how much disappointed Marian
would be. but he would return and re
port and perhaps make a new start. He
had covered two miles of the backtrack
when at a turn in the road a man step
ped out from the rocks at his left and
ordered him to halt and added :
"Who are yd'?".,.
! "Uncle Ben Percy."
j "What, is that yo, Uncle Ben?"
"Fur shore, but I hain't dun met np
wid no Yankee spies, jess as I told yo'
befo'."
"Uncle Ben, don't yo' nn know me?"
asked the man as he came nearer. "I've
talked with yo' many a time in Win
chester befo' the war. I'm Steve Bray
ton." "Fo'deLawd! Yes, I 'member yor
voice! I dun reckoned yo was some mo
of dat crowd what was gwine ter kill
me!"
"Hev yo met up with anybody?"
"JPe Lawd furgive me, bat I has!
Back dar 'boat two miles a gang o'
white men stopped me an war gwine to
sbnte me dead an cut my froat! Dey
said I had sawn some Yankee spies, an
. bekase I dun hadn't seen nobody 'tall
- dey giv nrede moas' powerful lickin on
airth!"
"Yankee spies ?" queried Steve. "Ah,
I understand! And are yo' with the
'Percy fam'ly, Uncle Ben?" -
"Fur shore." '
"Do they una live nigh yere?"
" 'Bont a mile away, sah."
"And whar war yo' goin when yo
met np with that crowd?"
"I'd dun started fur Harrisonburg to
git news 'bout dat big battle. Dat
Cap'an Wyle he was long yere today an
told Miss Sunshine dat Mars Kenton
waB killed ober dar!"
. 'He did?"
'V" Yes, sab, an den Miss Sunshine com
ont to me wid her face as white as snow
an tears in her eyes an a big lump in
her froat, an when I seed how powerful
she felt I dun said I would go an find
out dat Mars Kenton was all right."
"See yere, Uncle Ben, I've got sun
thin to tell yo'!" said Brayton as he
drew him out of the road. "Mars Ken
ton . is np yere among the rocks and
bresh!"
"Fo de Lawd!"
."That gang was after the two of ns,
though we are not Yankee spies. Mars
Kenton was badly wonnded jest befo'
dark, and I had to cairy he nn on my
back fur a couple of miles. Uncle Ben,
yo' must go to the house and git blan
kets and bandages and snnthin fnr us
to eat. Yo' must also bring that gal
yere, but not tonight. Tomorrer will
do tur her, but we must bev the other
things tonight." .
"Fnr de lav of heaben, bnt how yo
go talk!" gasped the old man. "Pen
Mara Kenton he wasn't killed- at Har
risonbnrg?"
"No." ...... , -
"And he dun got shot tryin to git
ober yere today?"
"Yes. Is Ike Baxter's wife at the
house?"
"Her am, an she dun jest hates Mars
Kenton."
"Then yo' mast be keerful. Try and
see the gal alone. Tell bet she mast
send the things tonight, bat not to come
herself till tomorrer. Go now as fast as
yo' kin. I'll be waitin fur yo' right
yere on this spot. Hold on a minit. Hev
yo got a gtm at the house?" . .
"Yes, a double bar'l'd shotgun."
"Then bring it back with yo', and
powder and shot and caps. If we hev a
font yere, it will be at clus range,' and
buckshot will be better 'n bullets."
"Fo' de Lawd!" muttered the old
man as he setQff at bis best pace. "Dat
Cap'an Wyle he lie to Miss- Sunshine.
Den Miss Sunshine wants me to go to
Harrisonburg. Den I meet np wid some
gorillas an git switched till I smart like
pepper. Den I start fur home an meet
dat Steve Brayton an find out dat Mars
Kenton hain't dead bnt hurted, an de
Lawd only knows what's gwine to hap
pen tomorrer!" - . .-
The invalid mother had fallen into a
light sleep, and Marian sat thinking.
She and Mrs. Baxter had taken turns at
watching with the sick, and thjs was
her night, while the other had- gone to
the help's quarters. Uncle Ben need
not have been cautioned about Mrs. Bax
ter, as he felt that he thoroughly under
stood her disposition. He turned off the
road to approach the house from another
direction, and so softly did he draw
near that the first warning Marian had
of his presence was a tapping on the
ir i ; u i,, i.
niuuun yauci jicwou uja viu umm
The first warning Marian had ofhis.pres
ence was a tapping on the window.
face against the glass that she might
know who was there, and a moment
later she stood outside the door with a
shawl thrown over her head.
"You are back, Uncle Ben what's
the matter?" she asked.
"Heaps de mattab, Miss Sunshine,
heaps. I dun met np wid mo' dan fo'ty
bushels o' trubble! I'ze news fur yo' !"
"Yon yoti met some one who told
yon about Mr. Kenton?"
"Far shore! Dat Cap'an Wyle lie to
yo'! Mars Kenton he dun git away
arter dat battle, 'long wid Steve Bray
ton." "Thank God!" she whispered as she
rafsed her clasped hands to the bright
stars in the winter sky.
"But dar's trubble, Miss Sunshine
heaps o' trubble! Dey was tryin to git
ober yere when some gorillas reckoned
dey was Yankee spies an dun shotted
Mars Kenton. He hain't dead, bnt he's
bad hart, an he's lyin in the bresh an
rocks down yere 'bont a mile. I met
dat Steve Brayton, an he dun tole me
all 'bout it."
"Royal Kenton wonnded badly hnrt
and lying in the brush this winter's
night !"'moaned Marian as she grasped
Uncle Ben by the arm.
"Hist dar!" he cautioned. "We
mustn't woke up de missus or dat Bax
ter woman. Now, den, yo' be brave.
Yo's got to be! Steve Brayton he dun
said I was to bring back blankets an
bandages an snnthin to eat. We cjust
step aronnd mighty softly an pick 'em
np!"
"And I will go back with yon! God
grant that his life may be spared!"
"Hush, chile! Yo' can't go wid me
tonight, but tomorrer. Dat's what Steve
Brayton dun' said. When I git back
dar, I'll see Mars Kenton wid my own
eyes, an I'll tell him all 'bout yo. an
I'Jl stay right dar all night an nuss
him." ......
"Oh, Uncle Ben, but I feel that I
mast go to him"
"Hush! Yo' jess git all dem fings
what I spoke of packed up fur me as
quick as yo' kin an let me go back! " If
yo' want dem gorillas to finish Mars
Kenton, yo' jest make a fnss so dat
Mrs. Baxter will open dem big ears o'
hern an find out de news!"
CHAPTER XXni. '-.
As was stated in a previous chapter,
Captain Wyle's company, along with
others, had been returned to the valley
and placed nnder the orders of General
Imboden. Ike Baxter and. the others
captured at Kernstown had rejoined ti j
company when exchanged. Ike felt
more than ever that Royal Kenton was
an enemy he must get rid of, and Cap
tain Wyle encouraged this feeling in
various ways, though never openly and
directly committing himself. On two
occasions Ike had been granted leave of
absence to visit his wife. Both times
he had met her secretly.
The spirit which animated this hum
ble twain will surprise only those who
have never encountered the "poor
whites" of the south. Nine out of ten
of the bloody and long continued feuds
we read of in southern communities
begin among the poor' and ignorant.
The cause is generally of trifling char
acter. The "poor white" may be hum
bled, by the law, but ontside of the
courtroom he bates with an intensity
hard to realize. He is persistent, can
ning, merciless. Ike Baxter bad -never
had an ambition in his life up to the
honr he enlisted. He could barely read
and write, was naturally lazy and in
different and felt no pride in anything
except the fact that he was " better than
a nigger." When be found -that cor
porals and sergeants were looked np to
and respected, there came a queer feel
ing in his heart. He could not credit
it at first, but Captain Wyle aided him
in his mental struggle. The day came
when Ike had an ambition and a burn
ing desire. It was. to be a corporal or
sergeant. In his wild dreams of glory
he did not stop there. He determined
to go higher and become a lientenant or
captain. As soon as he was giveu to
understand that Royal Kenton stood in
his way it was bnt natural with one of
his nature to determine to remove the
obstacle by any means possible.
Before the war the "Yankee, both
as a man and as the representative of a
section of the republic, had few friends
in the sooth. He was supposed to be
hostile to ell southern-"institutions."
The more ignorant the southerner the
more heartily he hated and' despised the
citizen of the north. He believed what
the fire eating politicians pretended to
believe and often' asserted. - The John
Brown raid npon slavery in Virginia
and the events in "Bleeding Kansas"
served to intensify the sectional hate or
the "poor whites." Thns it was that
Ike Baxter, picking np his crumbs of
history and his bits of information oq
cnrrent events at the docs of the livery
stable or aronnd the stove of the bar
room, was' something of a local cham
pion in the matter of Yankee hating. If
Kenton bad not stood between him and
military glory, he would still have felt
a bitterness toward him as a man born
in the north. . Uncle Ben's cautions ap
proach to the house on this night had
reference only to Mrs. Baxter. There
was another man stealing throngh the
darkness and making a noiseless ap
proach at the same time Ike Baxter,
Neither Uncle Ben nor Marian Percy
caught a sight of .him, but he noticed
their every movement and drew his own
conclusions. The gun which the old
man had been told to secure was in his
room in the little house. He had de
parted from Rest Haven without being
seen or his absence noted by the wom
an, but bis return aroused her, and her
sharp eyes were upon him as he carried
away the firearm and loaded himself
with the bundles Marian had prepared
and brought to the door. She was dress
ing to follow him as he disappeared
down the highway, having a dim sus
picion of the state of affairs, when Ike
knocked at her window and was admit
ted. In les3 than-a minute be had re
lated what he saw outside, and she had
told him of Uncle Ben taking the gun.
" "Whar's he nn bound fur?" queried
Ike.
"Dunno, but snnthin 's happened sum
wear ! Yo' must foller him!"
"Has that Yankee bin yere?"
"No, but the gal's hearn news, fnr
shore ! Reckon he nn may be lyin out
j f r.nnd BW.T: ?b? gge5'8
takin out stuff to him! Git right arter
ght
he un, Ike, and if yo' find the Yankee
go'n tell Captain Wyle and, bev him
cum with his critter company!"
"I'll do better'n that!" grimly re
plied the man as he stepped ont into
the night. "It I find that Yankee aronnd
yere, I'll put a bullet into him fust and
tell Captain Wyle next!"
Uncle Ben had only a few bnndred
yards the start, and . the man on his
trail sopn lessened the distance until he
could hear the old man's footsteps and
make out a shadowy form through the
darkness. There seemed nothing more
certain than that be would follow on
and uncover the hiding place of the "fu
gitives. For nearly three-quarters of a
mile the slave messenger had. bnt one
idea to return to Steve Brayton as fast
as possible. ' He was hurrying along
when a sudden thought flashed through
his brain, and he instinctively stepped
aside and halted to listen.
"How do I. know but what dat wom
an dun heard me git de gun an is fol
lerin me?" he whispered to himself.
"She'd do it! She's powerful wicked,
she am! An mebbe some mo' of dem
gorillas am waitin long yere to grab me
an giv me anodder whippin!"
He was listening as well as whisper
ing, and after a. minute he heard the
sounds of footsteps coming down the
road. He drew back into the deeper
shadow of the high bank, dropped his
bundles, and taking a firm grip of his
gun he mentally resolved to make a
fight for it if he was overhanled by the
same crowd as before. A few seconds
later he realized that only one person
was approaching. The footfalls were
too heavy for a woman. He had just
aeciaed this point when a man loomed
up in the darkness before him and halt
ed almost within arm's length to mat
ter: , "Drat my hide, bnt has that ole nig
ger left the road an giv me the slip? I
heard he nn only a minit ago, bnt him's
dun gone now!"
It was Ike Baxter of course. He stood
peering and listening for half a minute
and then growled:
"I orter hev run he nn right down
an made him show me the way!. Now
the cussed Yankee may git away from
me! No, he won't thongb! I'll hunt
over every foot of this country but what
I'll find him an hev his scalp!"
Uncle Ben did not recognize the man
at all, as it had been many months
since he had heard Ike Baxter's voice.
It was instantly plain to him. however,
that the man was a determined enemy
and was seeking Royal Kenton's life.
Ike took three or four steps forward and
stopped again - to listen. Noiselessly
and with such a feeling as he had never
experienced before Uncle Ben clubbed
his gun, took one silent step forward
Uncle Ben clubbed his gun.
and next instant brought the heavy
stock down npon Ike's head and felled
him to the earth. The man sank down
without a cry or groan, and after wait
ing half a minute the old man gasped
out: ,
"May de good Lawd dun furgive me,
bnt I had to do it fur Miss Sunshine's
sake!" -
(To he Continued.)
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The value of house property of Lon
don is $3,365,000,000; that of Paris,
$1,430,000,000; that of New York, $1,
355,000,000. -
Try Schilling's Best tea and baking p6wder.
Employ None But Women.
Women have displaced men in every
branch of the machine shops of a bi
cycle manufacturing firm having a large
plant at Toledo, O. In this establish
ment girls are now employed on .mill
ing machines, drill presses and other
machines used in the manufacture of
bicycle parts. The substitution of girls
for men has certainly not been prompt
ed by a desire on the part of the com
pany to assist in the great purpose of
making the female portion of the popu
lation self-sustaining, but rather to se
cure cheaper labor than their copmeti
tors. Another Use for the Ray.
In France, by means of the Roentgen
rays, the sex of the silkworms is now
determined while they are in the co
coon. This deterimnation has in the
past been carired on uncertainly.
usually by weight, the female cocoons
nsuajly being slightly heavier.
Moat Populous Nations.
The revised returns of the Russian
census give the total population of that ;
country as 139,000,000. This makes
Russia third in rank among nations,
China coming first with an estimated
population of . 400,000,000, and the
British Empire next with 298,000,000.
Slain and Foreign Trade.
The capital of Siam has a consider
able foreign trade. During 1895 the
number of vessels that entered the har
bor of Bangkok was 518, and the im
ports were valued at $20,000,000.
The X rays are to ue used in settling
whether the old masters in New York
are genuine paintings or not. If traces
of a signature be found under the one
now jn evidence, it will be proof enough
that the painting has been tampered
with.
A ton of Atlantic water when evapor
ated yields eighty-one pounds of salt; a
ton of Pacific water, seventy-nine
pounds; the water in the Dead Sea,
more than twice as much 187 pounds
to the ton.
The Roman sworJs, before Cannae,
B. C. 236, were pointless and sharp
only on one side; after Cannae the
short Spanish sword, for cutting and
thrusting, was adapted.
- The longest continued cataleptic sleep
known to science was reported from
Germany in 1892, the patient having
remained absolutely unconscious for
four and a half months. -
There are no courts in the Klondike
region, but perhaps they are not neces
sary where everyone observes the golden,
rale. ;.r .
. Bow She Cured Him. .
"I thought I was going to sell a
cof-
nn to one or my neignoors a few days
ago, said the undertaker. "A certain
young man who had " -n dissipating
considerably of late, and had got into
debt, became desperate and threatened
on, several occasions to commit suicide
If his widowed mother did not give
him some of the money she had bor -
rowed on their little home. Not long
ago he went, home with a desperate
look on his face, and, calling his moth
er into the drawing room, said, as he
pulled a revolver from his hip pocket:
'I will have the mnnpv. or 1 will pnrt
my miserable existence.' 'Wait! Wait!'
screamed his mother, as she rushed
from the room. A look of satisfaction
overspread the young man's face as he
mumbled tn himself .nt 1
would get it. In a moment his mother
returned carrying a large rug. Quietly
she spread it down on the carpet, and
then, straightening up, said: 'Now,
George, go ahead. I was afraid you
would spoil my carpet with blood
stains. Any choice about coffins? The
young man almost sank to the floor In
his astonishment and disappointment.
He was sure if he threatened to shoot
himself his mother would accede to his
unjust demands and give him the little
money she was saving to buy the neces
saries of life with, but on the day before
she had come over to my house and told
my wife about his threats. My wife
put the iuea into her head to chaff her
son the next time he threatened to com
mit suicide. She was afraid to try, but,
summoning all her nerve, she carried
out instructions, and succeeded. The
young man hasn't said a word about
dying since." New Orleans Times
Democrat
Elephants.
Some elephants are said to be good
climbers. They make their way up
and down mountains and through a
country of steep cliffs, where mules
would not dare to venture, . and even
where men find passage difficult. Their
tracks have been found upon the very
summit of mountains over seven thou
sand feet high. In these journeys an
elephant Is often compelled to descend
hills and mountain sides which are al
most precipitous. This is the way in
which It Is done. The elephant's first
manoeuvre is to kneel down close to
the declivity. One foreleg is then cau
tiously passed over the edge and a
short way down the slope, and if he
finds there is no good spot for a firm
foothold, he speedily forms one by
stamping into the soil if It is moist, or
kicking out a footing if it is dry. If
the elephant is now sure of a good foot
hold, the other foreleg is brought down
In the same way. Then he performs
the same work over again with his
feet, bringing both forelegs a little in
advance of the-first foothold. This
leaves good places already made for the
hind feet. Now, bracing himself up by
his huge, strong forelegs, he draws his
hind legs, first one and then the other,
carefully over the edge; where they oc
cupy the first places made by the fore
feet. This is the way the huge animal
proceeds all the way down, zigzag,
kneeling every time with the two hind
legs whilShe makes footholes with his
forefeet. Thus the center of gravity
is preserved, and the huge beast pre
vented from toppling over on his nose.
: Rarity of Congenital Teeth. "
The fact that congenital, teeth are so
rarely met with is one of the most inter
esting in physiology. It is recorded that
out of 17,578 new-born infants at the
Paris Maternity, in ten consecutive
years, only three had teeth, or not much
more than one In 6,000. Out of 500
cases collected by Magitat, In which
the time of eruption of the first tooth
was noted, in only one were there teeth
at birth. After a close study of cases
of this sort by Dr. Ballantyne of Edin
burgh, the presence of such teeth, he
remarks, 4s likely to have an ill effect
upon lactation, partly on account of the
Imperfect closure of the Infant's mouth,
and partly by the wounding of the
mother's nipple; they have probably
little or no prognostic significance as
regards the bodily or mental vigor of
the infant carrying them, and, as usu
ally met with, are lower incisors,
though sometimes upper incisors are
seen, but very rarely molars of either
the upper or lower jaw. Such teeth are
caused by the premature occurrence of
the processes which normally - lead to
the cutting of milk teeth; and,, as they
are usually incomplete and ill develop
ed, and likely to be more of an incon
venience than advantage to the Infant,
they are best removed soon after birth.
Pox a Queer Character.
Henry Stephen Fox, one of the earli
est English ministers at Washington,
was so eccentric as to i-ake himself
the laughing stock of the whole town.
He generally did not arise until other
people were almost ready to go to bed.
When duty compelled him to rise earli
er, he was, like an cwl i- the daytime.
"How strange," said he tc Mme. Cald
ron, one morning at a state "function"
"how strange we look to each oth
er by daylight." His debts compelled
him to economy, and he rarely gave
dinners. He once invited a large par
ty to his house Mr. Clay, Mr. Calhoun,
Mr. Webster and all the giants and
when they were all assembled, he said:
"Gentlemen, now be good enough to
put on your hats and follow me." And
then he led them to a neighboring eat
ing house. Ohio State Journal.
Curing the Hen,
Editor Terry, of the Minden Herald,
wants to know how to keep his neigh
bors' hens out of his garden. Well,
Charley, take a lot of small, stiff cards
about 1 by 2 inches, write on them,
"Please keep your darned old hens at
home,'; tie a short string to each card
with a grain of corn at the other end of
the string and scatter these where the
hens congregate. When the hungrj
biddy gobbles up the grain that draws
the prize, she follows np the string,
stowing it away until she comes to the
card, then you will see her pull out for
home, carrying In her mouth your po
lite request. Try It, brother, and let
us know how it works. Brown City
(Mich.) Standard.
Blind Statistics.
It is estimated that there are 1,000,
flOO blind people In the world, or one to
every 1,500 inhabitants, says an ex
change. Latest reports ,8 how. 23,000
blind persons in England, or 870 for
sach million inhabitants. Blind infants
of less than five years, 100 for each bill
ion: between five and fifteen, 288: be
tween twenty and twenty-five, 422; be
tween forty-five and sixty, 1,625, and
above sixty-five years, 7,000 for each
million. Russia and Egypt are the
countries where the blind constitute the
largest proportionate number of total
population.
Another Thing.
Wife Ton. saw Mrs. Browser last
evening?
Husband Yes, but not to speak to
her. "
Wife What a story! I ; heard yon
were sitting with ber for more than
two hours. . ' . . ; :
Husband That's so; bnt it was she
t-v . t-- talking. Up-to-Dat. r -
Inroada of German Trad.
France imported $6,000,000 worth of
1. jewelry from Germany last year. This
fact has caused Consternation among
the laree jewelrv manufacturers in the
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former country. The German articles
are nearly all of a cheap variety, and a
large proportion of the jewels which
they contain are imitation. It is rath
er striking to see the Germans cutting
into a branch of trade in which the
French have always been easily first.
French exports of jewelry and watches
continue to be very important. In the
Far East China and India the
French have almost entire control of
the watch and jewelry trade.
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THE
BLUES.
This is a synonym for that gloomy, harrassed
condition of the mind which has its origin in
dyspepsia. All the uelv sDirits that, under the
i name of the "blues," "blue devils," megrims"
ana-muuigru Ds'torments tne dyspeptic almost
ceaselessly, vanish when attacked with Hos
tetierjs. Stomach Bitters, that, moreover, anni
hilates biliousness, constipation, chilis and
fever, kidney complaints, and nervousness.
An American scientist has recently
discovered a new microbe which is par
ticularly destructive to the tissues of
the human body, and the most striking
peculiarity of the creature is that it is
nearly all mouth.
A magnetic well of great power has
been struck at Bowersville, five miles
south of Jamestown, Ohio. Tha well
was drilled 140 feet deep, and at this
depth the drill became so magnetized
that particles of iron clung to it.
The Gauls, to make handles for their
stone axes, cleft the branch of a tree,
placed the stone in it and left it till the
wound in the wood had been com
pletely healed.
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD " C ASTORIA " AND
PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TrTde 'mark.
I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same
that has borne and does now on every
vcu,r uica j iHs-svmite signature of
lhbs is the original
usea, in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
tne Icind you have always bought "
and has the aisSnatu.ra TTf Ccay A&-jj?
-, - " j - ' - - ' " wrap
per. JVo one has authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
jrresiaent.
March
8, 1897.
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A MOTHER'S BOUT.
. ' Your daughters are the most pre
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The mysterious change that develops
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As yon care for their physical well
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ren be also.
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