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",.,1 PROMOTION sMl ROCKY LEDGL M. ast ver qj By ELMORE E. PEAKE. Iilrjg. Copyright. 1H by Elmore E. Pcuke.J potitiiloctcy Icdge was the only station on ejtlfvlslon where plants enlivened the Indows ur a canary twittered In the wtotJkettollleu. It wan the only station liunthe wiiy frelttlit brakeinan did Irnr ft pipit tobacco Juice on the platform, eTonly station whro a delicate, be en Ijtcjjing scent hovered around the tel frapli Instrument; the ouly station llernll eondliftors always peeped In ishtu see that everything was "O. IC." g0viuYfaet, there was probably no sta ler, anfllko It In all southwest Georgia. Iijsjaudltor's olllee In Savannah never lumljerrors In the ticket reports sign rTnJn bold hand "A. Carroll." The aybjlls and nbstrnets received from t0 .Carroll always tallied. The travel ie auditor checked ui) A. Carroll mere- f aaa matter of form unless Indeed , uOpcrsonnl eiiuatlon entered Into the ' y-L . . t .. . .. . .... . ',..-....11 ar far irsc. unsacuou. .uu yei .. luuuu, uu t,0l. raprotnlslni; on paper, so Infallible, CTproinpt. so austere In the porfoim ' 'TieeTof dut.v. was only a Huffy headed frlja Yankee so called who.se father adieoiie south to die of consumption fan- adj leave his motherless daughter o :ranger ninom; strangers. Itocky Ledge was no earthly para- 'isejt Of Its -too Inhabitants three ' nnHha it-if, lil.'tnl. mill thn remainder. ourths were black, and the remainder. vo. HtliT tin. execution of the railroad maotRcnt herself. ere the trashiest of white trash." The nearest "jrentle onRj was at Colonel Singleton's plan sotiatlon, three miles distant. Hut If Amy 'arroU ever got lonely or sick at heart " irver pined for the smiling Ileitis of "iVIscotisIn no one heard of It. She '""-nlglit grow weary of the eternal pine barrens that crowded up close to the ifriifStU" and almost Invaded her back i acloor; 'In might fear that the ague of would In fine roll her of her robust imp;5calth and dye her blooming skin a totjlckly yellow, she might tremble at ofdmes for her rellnement among the un (JerJettered horde nrotmd her. Itut her fcmlunny face never clouded. The drip ping brakemen who bedraggled her niwljlte. clean (loor on tempestuous U (Jish'ts never missed her bonny words, v ,4ndf Harney Mefnll. the hamlsomest 1( conductor on the division, swore dally nbethaTone .f the "little Yank's" smiles (y Was a better bracer for him than three yflngers of w 'isky SJ JWhen Fan-Tan, a notorious colored K outlaw of the neighborhood, was car ' '$'- ln, Mt'r otliee one night with hi v liody nearly severed by the dowi freight and his llfeblood fast oozing ((joway, she bravely sat by him and (j sponged his brow until he had breathed f t'Ulsl"st The wild eyed black group around her on that memorable night jltifterward declared that Fan-Tan tool: lr.,Mlsa Amy for an angel and fancied he oorwn8 In heaven some time before he 5tdled. He might easily have done It, ,,nfother sweet, pit; tig face that night lie "H white "M ""-v piece of sculp , tttured marble. On that same night ijt Colonel Singleton, In the comfortable hn.ilttlng room of the big plantation y home, declared, with nn expression not found In dictionaries, that Amy Car roll,' Ynnk or no Yank, was a girl after blslbwn heart. II Til?ot after your heart, papa," cor ntrectcd his daughter Charlotte, with a iseSlyplay upon his words, "but after Ift-your dutiful son Itod's heart." It 'Roderick could hardly marry a girl shilnfuer station, Charlotte," said the mother with a languor that evinced no apprehensions. "Rod could marry a gypsy If she ''were worthy of him," answered Char j, lotte spiritedly, with a nolo of sisterly M pride In her voice, and the colonel 1 1 ill - etlyj- chuckled to himself behind the pages of his paper. 'About a month later, one night In early June, No. I'.i. down freight for gSavatmnh, was wrecked at the sixty sixth mllepost, one mile below Itocky mi Ledge. A brakeman Inst his life. A posse of Indignant planters, assisted byjihe train crew, seouied the swamp -Tyf tb dogs for the criminals, and before sunrise a negro named Fillmore was PVlaqgllng from the arm of a telegraph ,!l poTT ' 11 Tue subsequent excitement nmong .thoblacks in Rocky I.edgo was Intense. clthougn manifested In a way character lstjc of the negro. Their dull, muddy c'yos and sullen movements were not . tojbe misinterpreted. With hangdog looks they slililcd about the settlement ' l3ilusKy groups, mainly oscillating be "tween the two saloons and giving eui tqjthelr wrath In rolling eyes, pouting .lips ami mumbled threats and curM's- cblldish manifestations, but such as " with this race may portund the most terrible outrai.es. "IJrhe tlrst lolenee was the stoning from ambush of the north bound pas -tScnger from Savannah. The news ai fLpnce s. read over the division by tele graph At noon the conductor of tin dow n freight ' looked In ' at the post little otllce to hcc 1w things st'l with Miss Aiaj. She told hlin with a wme that she guessed everything wa air right, but she did It only because lie fancied 'hat that was what a mail would have done. At - o'clock llarii"j Met alls handsome face, with Its rmplerllke mustachlos, was thrust In ike tl'ket wludow. lie got his usual bracer," but he Imagined It was a III tUFd.lU'ed. You're l uk;n a little peaketl. Mlsf Yank, nlu't you''" he demanded. rjlaybe, but 1 dou't feel that way," be answrri'l cheerily. "I don't think tbtre w II r' any more trouble, but II tfcre Is th.w won't hurt me. I didn't bang Till i.ore " Ilf'iustly''" asked Harney quizzing ly? "I ln.ag,ned vou would be Just the fgtrl to hang a nigger." Then he ndd bllthesomely, holding out a heavy revolver "Just shove that In yuji ffket--or keep It soraewhore hanl' 10 ueedu't get scared. I've alwayii i u ought to have a pistol, yon kSow, and now you got one. All you get to do with that, girl, Is to point fUt and pull the trigger, and she'll do tke r nt Its kingdom como to any ttta; In fr..nt of her. She'll make a hide in a n'gger that you could fly- ItfU a Ix'X car through- You needn't Wf J.lt to see If I'm tellln the truth, hot if the lime cmes Just rcinombtT at n:gg. rs will be awful happy In iu, ws'U an tuem uarps ami f'er Harney had seen her gingerly posit the weapon In a drawer and tad heeii rebuked for his Irreverence he stepped outside and took n sharp look aiound. Spying the negro lad who did the heavy work around the cgeury. I"1 motioned him forward and said sun i ply ".Moss. If anything happens to Miss Carroll toul,'ht I will shoot you to morrow tnoiulng. Hear?" With which he swung his hand to the engineer and Jumped nboard. At -I o'clock, about the hour that Har ney's train got Into Savannah, the divi sion superintendent called up Rocky "Just thoiv that in your pocket." Ledge and asked If the railroad proper ty was In danger. Serious as she felt. Amy smiled, for she almost knew that Harney .McCnll was standing beside the Instrument nt the other end, and with her mind's eye she could see old Superintendent Whltcomb's fatherly, solicitous face as he handled the key with his own lingers. "Dou't think you need send guard. Am not afraid for myself," she clicked ofT. "If you nre," came back the prompt answer, "take -.'I for Savannah." No. Zi was the passenger that had re eel veil the stoning on the way up. When It arrived at r::iO, the conductor nnd several passengers rushed Into the olllee to learn the latest news. "AH O. K. so far," said Amy, feeling almost heroic. "Say!" After commanding attention by this single word forcibly uttered n short, thickset man with n closely cropped beard and a peculiarly positive air pushed forward, pulling and blow ing. "Is this young woman here going to stay In this hole all night alone'" he demanded of no one In particular. Amy Hushed slightly, ami the con ductor answered with n grin, "Them Recin to be her Intentions." "All right, all right," assented the positive man with savage abruptness backing olf. "She wouldn't If she was my daughter; no, slree, Hob, not If she was my daughter. And what's more, she wouldn't If she was my agent. (lr)d night, young woman. You are a brave girl." Amy pondered these words until long nfter the last faint roar of Z had died away. She half regretted that she had not gone In on the train, as she could taslly have done, and returned In the morning. Only her pride had restrain ed her. To fall short of what a man would do In her place, to ask any privi leges on account of her sex or even by any weakness lo remind the company that Its Itocky I.edge ngent was a wo man was exceedingly distasteful to her Independent spirit. In her loneliness she unconsciously drew nearer to the busy little Instru ment which was clicking away like a thing of life and seeming lo assure her with cheerful fcarles.st,,"ss that a great corporation was back of her. And yet nt everydrunken hoot on the outside her cheeks took nn an added pallor. A little before (1 she made a circuit of the three living rooms nttached to the station proper and saw that the win dows mid doors were securely fastened Hut what frail barriers against an In furiated mob! Before beginning sup per she stepped over to Dlggory's store The butter was not a necessity, but she felt that a show of bravery would serve lo keep her courage up nnd might have a restraining Influence upon the negroes. The dusky group on the store porch made hardly a move to let her through, and Dlggory himself seemed afraid to show her more than the most perfunctory courtesy. On by wny back a fat negress rudely elbowed her out of the narrow path. A horseman, perhaps ten minutes aft er this happening, rode rapidly down what was known as the Cottonwood road. The gray horse, the military bearing of the rider, his slouched hnl and keen eyes were known far ami wide as Colonel Singleton's. As he passed a group of blacks hi front of Hlackwell's store. Just across the track from Dlggory's, some Indl erect fellow, brave In his llnuor, sunt; out a vile epithet. The old fellow with n furious oath and veins swelling with rage spurred Into the midst of the group regardless of life anil limb ali i laid his whip with merciless vigor ovei the face and neck of the offender. K cry member of the group wns probniilj nrmcd. but not a hand was raised it defense of the victim. With a III' i snort of lue.piebsible ludlgjiatlou and a parting shower of maledictions the colonel wheeled out of the sullen crowd conscious of having dono his duty. Reflection might hare shown him that he was not helping thu cause of the little woman ncross the track, but the colonel was not nddlcted to re flection. He found Amy with her apron on, bending over a sputtering skillet of ham and eggs. "Just In time for suppab, by Oawge!" t-iclalmcd the colonel Jovially. "I've had mine. I've Just thrashed that buck of TerrM' within an Inch of his life. Miss Amy. I'll kill that nigger yet. If I dou't. the law will sooner or Inter. JIUs Amy, I susioct there's going to bo trouble heah tonight. I've a eyah of watermelons on the siding that I don't care to lose. So has Majah Hlrd. Has the majah been In? No! Well, he had no appointment with roe, but I thought he might drop In. These country nig gers are tlocklug In like blackbirds. Two of 'em left my place this aftah noon. They left without then wages, I can assuuh you of that. Miss Amy. Tb- ha.e got hades enough in 'em it 1 1 '..in money to buy llquah. Reg pard' n. Mtss Amy. but I'm a little ex-1 cited. Now. my dcah girl," continued the colonel with n placid, fatherly air. refusing a chair. "I want you to come out to ouah house tonight. Mrs. Sin gleton and the girls will welcome you with open ahniM. ns will me sous and myself-tlguratlvely speaking, of cose, Miss Amy. Rod Is on the way now with his hos and phaeton to take you back, so don't say no, my deah girl, for, confound It, I won't leave you heah alone. I wouldn't leae my own daugli tali heah. and I won't leave you." Amy colored tu the eyes with pleas ure, but gently shook her head. "Colo nel. It Is so good and kind of you," said she, "but 1 don't believe there Is much danger. Mr. W'hlteomb wanted me to come In on IKt. but I refused, and he supposes 1 am here looking after things. If I leave. It will only encour age the negroes to commit some out rage ou the property. No, colonel, 1 am very, very, very grateful to you" and she looked up Into his eyes ear nestly "but I must stay here." TO UK CO.VTINCKl). A l.nsl I, Inc. "It tuny have been unprofessional conduct." iinld the civil engineer, "hut 1 acted on the spur of the moment, nnd 1 h.ndly think that there was any harm done. 1 was out In the country one day on an Important piece of buslncs, nnd as I was about to leave for the depot to catch a train for the cly two old farmers came to me with a line fence dispute that they wanted me to settle for them. I had barely time to catch my train, and I told them that I did not tare to bother with It. It wns only a matter of six Inches or so that was In dispute, and 1 advised them to spilt It up between them. Hut they wouldn't listen to my advice, and one of them declared that If I didn't llnd the Hue for them he wouldn't let Ills son drive me to the station as he had promised. As I had no other way of reaching the depot I unpacked my Instruments with a sigh and a mental resolve to end the thing ns soon as possible. " Will.' drawled both of the old men ns I took my eye away from the Instru ment, 'whar's the line?' " '(ione,' said I solemnly. " 'What?' thy both shouted. " 'You can see for yourselves, gentle men.' said I. m-.klng wny for them. " 'Hy gosh, I can't see It!' said one of them ns he squinted through the glass. " "I'll be darned If 1 kin either,' said the other one as he, too. squinted through the glass. " "It seems to have disappeared, gen tlemen,' said 1. 'Such cases are ex tr"inely rare, but they are known to happen.' "When I left, they were accusing each other of having stolen tho line." Detroit Free I'ress. Tin- llfinttiiiili'N Turn. A boatman in the north of England having been engaged to row a reverend gentleman over a rougtpart of a river, was very much nnnoyed nt the manner he wns addressed by the clergyman, the conversation commencing thus: Clergyman .My dear man, have you ever studied "geology?" Ro-itman No, sor; An hevn't. Clergyman Well, my friend, that's part of a life lost, but you will proba bly know a little "theology?" Hoattunn (turning quite Irritable) No; An knaw nowt nboot that either. Clergyman-Well, that's another part of a llfo lost, my man. Nothing more wns said, ns tho water was turning tory boisterous nnd they were In great danger, when suddenly the boat gnvc n lurch and wns cap sized. The boatman, belug nn expert swim mer, took the situation quite coolly, while his companion, who knew noth ing of the urt of swimming, wns strug gling for life. The bontmnn, who wns making good progress toward terra tlrnia. nccostiil the clergymnn with the following: "Aa say. mister, do ye kno"- otiny- thing nboot 'swlmology ?' " "No. my man; I don't." "Wey, what n pity," said tho boat man; "there's n wholo llfo lost" Pearson's. MIMnkiMi 1-iip Sluiftn. A story Is told of a pair of feet that must have bit'ii objects of great regard In their day. One day n party of men. Including Jackson, the man of big feet, were preparing to attend n political meeting. It was soon discovered Mint there was no wny of conveying Jackson, ns all the vehicles were full. "Let me ride that horse over there?" nsked Jackson. "There Isn't n man In the world that ran ride that animal. He'll work to a cart or a plow, but no one can stay on his back." "I'll try him, anyway." And tho deter mined mnu Instructed several men to catch and hold the horse. The animal plunged and kicked, but Anally Jackson secured a seat In the saddle. Rvery ono expected to see htm dash ed to tho ground, but tho horse looked round, saw the iiinn'H feet and walked peacefully away. Ho thought he wns between pair of shafts. London Standard. IIU Hlrtliilny. Although unrivaled In the art of cross examination, on one occasion Lord Russell was distinctly beaten by i witness. "What Is your age?" he asked. "Is It my nge you are asking?" re plied the witness. "Yes, sir. Now speak up nnd be ex. act." "And be exactl Well, of all the"- "The court does not desire to hear any comments of yours. Tell the court your age." "Well," said the man, "I celebrated my twelfth birthday last week." "Don't trifle with the court and re member you are on oath." "It's quite true. I was born on Feb. 0, In leap year, and my birthday only comes once In four years." Wlirre lh- Danurr Wm, A little beyond h certain Scotch vil lage the main road has u marked de illvlty, aud this added to u sharp turn at the bottom decided the authorities to erect a danger lionrd. The Job was In trusted to an old worthy, who duly Hied up the warning at the foot of tho hill. "What's wrang with the Imttom of the brae, ye thundering IdtotV" ex claimed a village dignitary angrily. Man, there's everything wrang," came the curt reply "Is It no there where a' the accldeuts take place?" HER SUMMONS CAME. A SIGN IN WHICH MRS. GALLUP READ HER DEATH WARRANT. She llmpiieit the DNlicloth nml After Tlinl rami WnrnliiB Spent the Hal nuee of the i:rnliiK In TetlltiK Sir. Gnllnp I tun- She TlmiiRlit He Ouxht lo Uun (he rniieral, tCopytlclit, 1W0, by C. n. UwU. As Mr. Oallup lighted his tin lantern after supper and started out to buy hnlf a pound of Rio cofTeo for break fast and call nt the postotllce Mrs. Gal lup wns In excellent spirits nnd had most of the dishes ready for washing. He was absent 3- minutes, nnd when he arrived home he found her huddled up In the big rocking chair, with a pil low behind her head and the camphor bottle in her blind. She took three long snltl's nt the bottle nnd gave three long drnwn sighs as ho entered, but It was labor thrown away. Mr. Gallup blew out his lantern and hung It up behind the cellar door, and, having deposited the coffee on n shelf In the pantry, ho removed and hung up his coat and lint, sat down and took off his shoes nnd then, taking u circular from his pock et nnd putting on his glasses with great deliberation, begun to rend. It was a circular regarding n new discov ery In the euro of consumption, nnd ho had not yet finished with the llrst tes timonial when Mrs. Gallup sobbed four times In succession and faintly asked: "Samuel Gnllnp, do you know thnt your dyln wife Is present In the room?" He ninde no reply. Thnt testimonial from one who had been cured nftcr Ids colllii had been purchased made him hold his breath as he read. "Yes; she Is present," dolefully con tinued Mrs, Gallup after several sniffs nunnLKi) ur i.v the mo kockino cn.un. nt the bottle, "mid she wants to hev a few Inst wolds with you. When you stinted over town, I wns slngln 'Har bara Allen' and thhikln my days might be long In this Intnl. Not live mlnlts later the summons come. 1 had Just started to wash the dishes, and I hud that cracked blue platter in my hand, but 1 hadn't gin It over two wipes when the dishcloth fell to the floor with u great spat. You are hearln what I say, ain't you, Samuel?" Mr. Gnlitip wasn't. He wns devour ing tho second testimonial, which gnvo the case of u woman who had been given up by over W) doctors, nnd yet two bottles furnished her with u new pair of lungs. "Winn that dishcloth fell, I knew that my time had come. That's the way Mrs. Grover and Mrs. Taylor went. Their dishcloths fell, mid In - I hours they was In heaven. I shall bo up there by tomorrer night, Samuel, while you'll be free to stay out all night to hear the political news. I'd hev died before you come back home, ouly 1 wnuteil to talk with y mi a lectio about the fimerul. Let's see. If I die tonight, you'll hold the funeral day aft er tomorrer, won't you, at " o'clock In the afternoon?" Mr. Gallup was listening to n iiolso outside. He heard something to re mind him of u lieu trying to crow, nnd he '"omlered If It could be that so long after dark. "If you want It a day sooner, you can hev It," continued Mrs. Gnllnp nfler sobs mid gasps mid sniffs nt tho bottle, "but you must look out or the tiayburs will tnlk. Hetter hev It day after tomorrer, and I hope, for your sake, It won't be u rainy day. I've sometimes thought I'd like n big fu neral when I went, with oer 10 wag ons In the ptirccsslon and the church bell n-lollln nml tho dugs n-howilu, but I've given that up. No. Samuel, you needn't make any spread over me. I'm one of the kind that kin go to heaven tvlthout nny liuriah and fireworks, If there Is ten wagons In the purcesslon, 1 shall be satislled. Don't you think ten ought to be 'uulT for a person llko me?" It wasn't a direct question, but had It been Mr. Gallup would not have answered. He was devouring the third testimonial and making up his mind to try a bottle mi the sly. "Ten wugous In the purcesslon, Sam uel, and the bells needn't toll nor uiithln else happen. If anybody Is dlggin Inters or tiinklu soft soap or ilyeln carpet rags, they needn't stop on my account If U5 people como to thu house, that will be 'nuff. We've got ieven chairs al!';'ellier, cnuulln them with broken backs, nml .Mrs. Wnlters will lend you the rest. You'll hev our own preacher, of course, but he needn't go on for nn hour or two and tell how good I wns nnd how much you'll miss mo. If ho says that my toll Is o'er, aud that you won't never Dud a more savlu wife, that'll be uIkjui 'nulT. Shall you do any cry In at the funeral, Samuel?" No answer. "I'd do a leetle hit If I was you Jest a leetle. If )uu dou't, folks will talk about It same as they did about Jim Dewltt. He in'ter cried at nil, aud to this day folks say ho didn't use Hau uer right. I don't nsk you to break down unci si and git up an excite meut, but you kin gasp a few times aud wipe your ej.s and blow your nose. I'm sorry you II hev to take thnt long ride the graveyard, as you could be playln checkers or sunthln, but I don't bee how you aro to git out of It. How ever, you wun't never hev to go up theie ngin. When you git ready to buy me a gimotun, you kin send It up by u mini I K'piwo you'll buy a stun of some sort, won't you?" Mr. Gallup didn't hear. In the fourth testimonial a man declared that he had been saved afti r one whole lung nnd threo-quarters of tho other were gone, and It was a sketch to thrill tho reader char down t" his toes, "Of iour' 1 dn't keer nbout no pravestun foi m.wlf," said Mrs. Gul- lup ns she tiled to wipe away her tears with the glass stopper of the bottle "but If you don't put one up the mi burs will call you stingy. Get ti cheap one, however. If you kin ;:V one far ?10 nud trade n lot of carpet uigs in, I'd do It. I used to think 1 wanted n whole lot of rendln on my grnvestun, but I've changed my mind. Jest put on that Susan Gallup expired In the forty-ninth year of her ago of glncrnl disability and that she has found rest where asthma, bolls, backaches nnd rheutuatlz cense from troublln. Yon needn't say n word nbout makln -10 yards of rag carpet and n bar'l of soft soap last year while elijoyln sore eyes nnd a boll on my arm or thnt I alius kept catnip, sinartweed and pepper mint herbs In the house and wns n nurse to nil the nnyburs. No, Samuel, you needn't say a word about them things. Mnke It n cheap grnvestun, nnd you needn't never go up there nnd -and" And when Mr. Gallup had Mulshed the testimonials and fully determined lo buy nt least three bottles and hide them In the wood shed he rose up. yawned nnd stretched nnd looked n round to llnd Mrs. Gnllnp nsleep nnd the cninplior wanted oti the floor. M. Quad. THERE WASN'T ANY ROW. II Wnn Simply n Cnae of Spoiitatie mm (.'mnliuntliiit. He was a very young man, nlmost too young to be out on tho street nt that time of the night, S::iO p. in., and his general appearance Indicated that he had been picked up by a cyclone somewhere during his meandering. He wns not utterly demoralized, hut there was something In his manner that would lead the close observer to the conclusion that all had not been well with him. "Gee!" he exclaimed ns he spun around the corner nud went buiup Into n policeman. "Hello." ejaculated that worthy. In stinctively grabbing nt him; "what's the row?" "There wasn't any." responded the youth. "What are you running llko that for?" persist, -d the policeman. "I've just been up against a case of spontaneous combustion." "You look loo green to burn," chuc kled the blueeont. "It's on me. Just the same. My girl lives around the corner, and I went to see her. I thought It was nil" "Where does the combustion como In?" Interrupted the olllcer. "Come out, you mean," corrected the youth. - "Come off!" exclaimed the olllcer. "Tell me what the row Is before I liiaco you." "Well, that's what I'm trying to do," pleaded the boy. "The girl's old man and I don't harmonize n little bit, nnd when he met me nt the door he II red me so suddenly thnt I had vertigo. If you don't rail that spontaneous com bustion, what the dickens do you call It?" "Oh, excuse me," apologized the po liceman, ",oti run along home nml get Inl i your tiuudle bed!" and the blue coat gently w nfted the remnant ou Its way. Detroit Free lieos. The (Mil Climtnuti, It l said that a certain Cleveland lady whose handsome house Is In nn iiltiiifnsliloiirble section of thu city wns called east while her homo wns under go, ng the ivuoviitlng nml refurnishing pii.io.s. During her absence n man wns especially engaged to hung the pic tuns. Among them were u number of excellent copies of the world's greatest woi Us of i.i t. ami the man, an artist, found his task a labor of love. With great care he hung the moru Miluuble copies In the roomy reception hall ami had Just finished his task when the Indy returned. Her eyes snapped as who surveyed his work. "Who hung those old chestnuts there?" sheclird. "Old musters, madam," said tho star tled artist. "old chestnuts, I say; It's tho same thing. If vou hung ihem, take them down. I won't hnvo them there. With ;ew furniture and new decorations and new carpels nud rugs I'll hnvo new picture too. Who fwr heard of such old trumpery htulf In a strictly modern house?" "And what shall I do with the-the old rheniums, mudaiii?" the artist In quired. "Oh. dump them Into the it tic until I can get rid of them," replied the lady. And there the "chestnuts" lie, Mil dunlins and cherubs and all, gathering dust nud calmly awaiting the getting rid of process.-Cleveland I'lnlti Denier. Ileiillnu l.oeonifilUea. Hundreds of locomotives nro rented every yeur. Several corporations mnko their chief revenue this way. The Baldwins have miiiiy machines out on the rental form of payment-thar Is, tin- engines are rented In the same way (hat you would buy u stove on Install im tits so much down, so much n month, the payments to apply on tho tlmil purchase money. It Is seldom, however, that a railroad rents locomo tives. They are usually let out to con tractors who construct temporary rail ways for hauling dirt from excava tions. Contractors who hire the locomotives usually bine their own mimes glided on them so thnt tho public may suppose that they belong to them. The engines, ns a usual thing, are cast oils. They may have pulled express trains once, but now they nre only lit to pull gravel cars. The englni'"iM who work them are oftentimes ulito the cast olfs of the profession. They may have operated express engines, but through careless. I less or other Incapacity hae been dis charged from one rovd after another until they are only lit to haul gravel or wood trains.- liillndclphia Record. Tbr Coni'Mlnl Terr, , ..,.,,.lt,l tuililiiuiriM nnr'ii i in nun vw,,,. , ........ olerved to Charles Townseiid, "When , i ..i I happen to bay n looumi iiiiiik. ways burst out n-laughlng." Town I ....... I l.l.r, .,i(niiuli' mill fit lllflft1l hl'UU l11 vuttw,.". - n - remarked In the most deliberate man ner, "Ah, 1 envy you your iiappinuss. for you must certainly live the merri est life of nny man In Rurope." When you are Invited lo a real old fashioned woman's house for supper, she always has floating Island This Is a sure test.-Atchison Globe. 1HE MtMESS OF SCIBIGE Drills Now Give Way to Animal Tissue l:eli CoiiHiimptlon, l:pllcpty mul Some Popiuh of Inswinlty nee Now Curnblc A new era in tlie treatment ofcertnln discuses Is at hand. The results nro so definite nnd positive us to command immediate recognition from physicians us well ns laymen. In the new treat ment drugs give wny to uiilmal tissues in solution. It Is not administered through the. stomach but is injected Into the circulatory system. The lylitpli Used is extracted from the lyniplmtle glands of live goats, iim oat isselcct ed for the reason that lie Is the hardiest nud healthiest of all animals. He can not even bo Inoculated with consump tion or mleroblo diseases, lils highly vitalized system throw Ing oil' bacilli without ell'ort. Then again old age pro duces the least cU'cct on his organs and tissue mid dcgcncrutcdiscnscs arc seldom If ever found Inlils body. Little marvel then that the daily Injection of n solu tion of the lymphatic glands of the goat Into it weakened human system puts resisting qualities Into it and stimulates the activity or cell life, both dispelling disease and putting siilislanco into the structure. An Interesting proof or the action or the l.Tinph Is shown by the fact that old animals who have been treated become active, quicker and more agile In their movements. Dis tinguished physicians In iiiuiiy places have taken hold of the new lymph nnd for the benent or the profession the re sults or their experiences are being tub ulated. During three yearn up to Feb, llrst over nineteen hundred etises hud been healed In the United Klnlesnloiie. Of this number To percent were so culled Incurable discuses and 1 1 percent III the last stages. The averages of their ages was fid years. Only two of the number died although according to the tables or mortality fill should have died within the three yenrs. In view ortho percent age or Incurables nt lens) US should have died. Hut note tho astounding results; the failure were but 7 per cent, while li'ij percent were greatly benelltleil and (17 per cent were complete cures. The cures include many consumptives and many eases or ilieiliimtisni, paralysis, epilepsy, and locomotor ataxia. Aside from the marvel Hint consumption and paralysis ate at last curative tile dis covery wns made that certain forms of Insanity icudlly yield to It. Tho positive nnd startling results nro profoundly impressing. U It. Stablein M, I), a very prominent ICusterii expert, who litis been making n special study of the new lymph and bus administered It to hundicilsof eases suecessrully, lias recently opened u lymph Institute In Sim Francisco nt 1-H Kearney St. Full Information containing tabulations ami other le- cords ureases by mull to physicians and others Inquiring. Dr. Stablein lias promised the records of some interest ing cures of consumption for lliei-e col umns for future issues. ( film elm filul Cut. All old time remedy to stop blood flowing from n cut Is to put cobwebs over It, but from recent discovery It ap pears a dangerous thing to do. Somo time ago n woman fell and cut her head, and when her friends hurried to her assistance they found tho blood flowing from a deep gash. Cobwebs were applied, and tho bleeding quickly stopped, but In n few days the woman was taken with lockjaw. A scientist declared there were lock Jaw genua In cobwebs, and that wns tho wny the woman contracted tho dis ease. Do has made quite n study of the subject and says that In a handful of cobwebs ho found (II different dls ciiho germs. That being true, It Is very easy to see how one could get not only lockjaw, but many other dreadful ills cntcs, as the cobweb Is placed right on an open wound and I he germs can en ter the blood. Cobwebs form In dark, dirty places, aud It Is not to bo won dered thnt they gather germs. Hx change. Tin- ofilt-si VUliliitr Cnril. Tho state archives of Venice nro said to possess the oldest visiting card of which there Is any record, of course leaving aside the probable uso of such articles for some thousands of yenrs In China. Glaeomo Coiitarlul, professor at the University of I'adiia, sent tin card In question as a curiosity to u Ve netian friend, saying that the German students who came to Italy had the ele glint and laudable hinIoiii of leaving such little cards, with their name and place of origin, at the houses of friends when they called nml found them nh sent. The card referied to hears a coat of arms with (lie motto, "Rspolr n.e confort." nnd beneath, "Joannes Wes terhof WestphaliiH sciihebat I'litavll I Martll loiO." London Tablet. I'rnpe on Iliu lloiir. The custom of placing crape ou the door of a house where there has been a recent death had Its origin In the an cient Rimllsli heraldic customs ami dates hack to the year 1100 A. D- At that period hatchments, or armorial ensigns, weie placed In front of houses when the nubility or gentry died. The hatchments wuro of diamond shape uiid contained the family anus quar tered and covered with sable. A Helpful HiiuunlliHi. "Kin ycou tell me, young feller," In quired Mr. Reuben liny of Four Cor ners, "where hereabouts 1 klu git me a good farmer suit?" "Why, there's a good pharmaceutist not two blocks away," replied the young fellow blithely, Harper's Ra zor. .Sill True lo la .Nniiie, "Didn't you start out with a play called Turned Adrift?'" usked the friend. "We did." replied that eminent trage dlnn aud repertory actor, Mr. Harms Tormer. "but we couldn't get nuybody to tlout It "- Indianapolis I'ress, i DLnrxL". IruiwriurK nnd Dealers In MOFFITT & TOWNE tlooU, Nowii, Writing unit Wrapping.,, CARD 8TO0K SntAW AND lU.Nnr.KS' ltOAllU flri-67-ru.il , rirxt. Ht. Til. main 109. ? t AN litANXiSCO. Help . . . Wanted To rebuild ntir business on n sure cash basis. No Uok premium iiroixisHlon All settlements cash. Only a few dol lars capital needed to make money quickly ami honestly. Hetter thnii carrying stock or having; a store. Kvcrvono paid liberally. Applicants should have some ability or experi ence In liaiidlliigmerehamllse. Write for particulars lo Haiici.ay .1. Smith, Manager SMITH'S CASH STORK, Market St.. Sail Francl-co, Cnl. THE! E1L-K Y Y 1- nt.0 Hush Street, Sun I'piiiicIhso Nicely furnished renins 113- the ilajr, week or month, en siiltn or suikI" at rciluiTil riites, limine thoroughly renoviilnl No lmlns "111 Ihj spared lo iiuik.it visitors f-mnttu' country to tho city comtortuUlit nml nt homo ilut mi; their stay. Talti Saturate , t c.ir-i nt t.i iy uindlDi? MKH. 1'. It AN IT, Proprietor. BAD COLDS (Julian, i-lnv .irs ImIiii d. ( .Ids itn not now hnotoiii 1'IiiIiiimI MtMit'1 s Dvnamic Tail ci.ks c'nllt'il ON iNiiiuu from Ihi 11 cuerJ 1 croud u ui'i-k's onliiiury trctitii.i'nt Into 11 hount nud abort the uurst of culds out liltthl, " It was the worst ca-.i' of im-Ih I ever had A ImltitnzKti frlimls lm l suro inn s SHU llhunit ou. lli iird or tho Pi n VMe TAIil l.rs To my immzi-mrul tin-) stoiiit-d Willi mid and couidi tho llrst tiltfht. 1 uii'lnrso and rtTottimi-nd tliom to tho iii'iiplo " ll.M11 l,u Ii:ni.i; r.x MomtitT Coniirt'si and Atlnrni'y KM hulisoma Street, Sun I'ruiiclsco. J ily 7, lini "Winter colli fiiuo aln.s tx-nn sirloti. thtiiKs to mo. Tlit-y are hunt nnd stay fo months. Hut tho last uim stoppi'il sudilculy I)' MKNIIKI.'H IIVNAMIU CAIIl'I.KS. lloMl COUKtl and cold dlsaH)'.iriHl In it couplo of days. No. IhlnitrtlMO iloi-K tills for 11111 " Mils, Kmma Ij. UoI.i.in, II Moss St., Sun 1'runclNi-o. Auk. (I, til " 1 1 1 0 noross llto street from whom Mkmiki.'s DvNAMIi- Taiiiii.kh am mudo. 'I hut Is how 1 llrst look. (html. Thev stop folds it llliout notti-r 1 look u dooil bnxn Willi mo forsrlf and f Ii-ihIh whi'ii I wont to Nome " II. 1, Van Winki,. 1'iiplliillst, :M7 Washington Hlrii't, Hun l-'run-i'lsi'0, AiikuhI IU, lino. Si'nt tmstpuld for UTi conts In stamps lit INI, AMI) lllttni ('(1. iMI WiishliiKtoii Street Situ 1'ruuclM'O. Aim 011 kulo liy uur local itiii nl C. Y. Lowe, Druggist. Printers5 Snaps, Kooltct' News Ciihch. We liavit several hundred pairs of thus cases. They nru 11 trlllo smaller than full size Were used liy two loudlnit dallies hefore l.tno's citiuo In. They ure lust the size to faFllltato coiiiH)slllon in perfect order, l'llly cents per pair Fine (ioi'don ilobbce. Now style, HxlJ. second-hanil, with throwsilt; in tlrst-clus condition 1 1 in side slimiii llitun s anil Is one of tho IhjhI Hui'oud-hutid presses wo tmvouitd font long time. Itlsusnup. Kccond-liiiiid Cylinder. S. column quorlo. Will work IM) un hour. A hurt! ulu fur it country dally Some Kody nnd DlHplny Type. Has not seen nnu month's use Somu ol It hurdly sunned. Kecond-uuud prices PACIFIC STATES TYPE FOUNDRY fi()8 Clny Street, S. IJ. Till" .Neuli'i-leil Voice, The Milce Is the most cominuli ami at the same time the most complex of till Mill II faellltli'S. Whi'll we listen to It, wo realize iwtlilnn of the many in tin ences nt work In Its use. Vet It reprc scuts the character, the mood, the tem peiiimeul and the health of the Individ unl when left to run In Its own way If uncontrolled, it will develop much as a Mower ifnrdea will develop; the rank and weedy nature will come to the front, and the tones of exquisite beau ty will be ohteurcd. Had dally habits In the llkV of the voice will Blve It many dlsiiKieeiihle qualities. If con trolled, the voice will keep Its weeds In the backKroiind nml permit only Its beauties lo be known. If cultivated, the weed will be taken out mid the llowers developed. -I'ltttiburj, I'ress. All t'lllll-'l'll lll-Hlllt. "Vou know how siipvralltlous lllox- llll III IS" "Is he'" "Yes; he picked up n pin In the Btreet the other day with the point turned di rectly toward him." "(Jo on." "An hour nfierwurd he received a tel fCrnm annoiincinK the death of an un cle from whom he hadn't heard for sev eral years." "Ami the uncle died Immensely rich nml left hlin all his property''" "Not much! He had to pay the fu neral expenses." Cleveland Plain lil MKT. Xii lliimiir In TIii-iii. filled I don't like that barber's fun ny anecdotes. Mllca-Why, what's wrontf with them? C lies The Illustrations nro painful. Miles The lllmtratlons? (Illes-Ves; hi uses original cuts. Chicago NewH. I'iiy. Ilcnhnin Thoro Isn't room hero to Buink' a cat. Mrs. llenhniu Then wo won't haven cat. Hrooklyn Life. 3liicli Hip giimr, Mrs. Hayseed Did you bo to hear tho howiliik' dervishes while you were In the city? Mr. Hayseed No, hut I went to Cous in Miranda's, and she's cot twins. New York Weekly.