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with a tolicy baby or • colic* stonier!'
isn't pleasant. Either can be sou'
v keeping a bottle of Perry Davis'
'AIN Kfd.1.i:a on the medicine shelf. It
ii invaluable insedik en ...Uncle of Cramp*
Cholera Morbus, Dye/eatery and Dia/Thud.
_ u 4 .inti • .lual,le for all coact -mil horns.
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HIS MOTHER's UI A NION U. i b... pullinit .fr.y sem: lig►► drubs
around the wn.::b of the hole or ditch tato
WAS lying lazily in my 1r•rnrte k,
which name ie •t.....1 :.rest., buug tr.1.
the giant Nome of .e.• of the great trees in
the compound. 1 war meatier, w•,rwhat
uaooml*,tably.'hi cow:Idiom of my leases
and forcing no self t. leek the •c uat in.
squarely as the loco I was slow to h.tl.tio
that pleasure r. • more •earl% thing ties
Libor, lid ats outdoors lar fen being se
sat&l.ttery Ween 1 left England 1 two.
.d my father that 600 • year rad my pas-
would
a:would be more than enough to mover at
r.as...►I• waits .ad wishes. and &.w, Mow
ninr eir ton months In Keret ly. i Was o
'trammed "lor lack o' gess that I mast
either overdraw, burro• or live an macout
inely nutted ►de for the nett three mnuu.s.
-?ho printer., of pl.v,.g guise:. Fowl to
Ashton's rose with nock better plm ere
,h.. myeslf, .t..I the w' very hea.y hook
oe hall a dears sport int .vats. had ons•
based toward Mu. rapid resole, as 1 mold
.et help reefklly s•kn•.wledgireg.
As 1 mused,l ',eons .i; idesly aware el •
langbtag face tookirt down oto my ham
kook. itaakeill.r, the septw of my enm-
puy, had swung himself noi.eIisely ret,,
the tree, and p••r-,h.d nitride • rough limb
tits" swore alongside of m.u. "Well,
t'ampbe11, wee his gw greeting, "v..0 are
enjoying the dole tar nmento an the shade.
I am Inst released front duty.
"Yna •.re titistitken about the dole., 1
replied. '•1 cru toting the bitter,' nos the
the sweet do ilei hong, and .hall have to taste
It for tome 'me to come.
•'1 have then a hat remorseful ever you
1•d, be mad, speaking more gr•yely than
was het wont, and wrt ,out looking .1 me,
serapi.g down grey fraytrneots of lichen
from the trunk of the old tree. "1 bmye
a.t forgotten th.• it -.as l who brat antro-
•luoed you into Asklone rooms and to his
fast set I have "rel (eolith h toy
self ; but 1 bad .o right to drag you tato •
like sorspe.”
"Nonsense, R.aketlor,' 1 mid hostile.
"1 was lost charging myself with moral
•upisssees whin von wine unto me so end
dimly-reeil'•i.g to pull myself together,
and newt even rex penny Nap i. future'"
Fl• ensiled his bright .asay smile.
•'All r4ght, lad. i'll book yes up 1 am
afraid I heed ■o, my what 1 imam to sae
to ask rather 1 ou could int lend me a
tenon for two day •
I shook my head regrefinite. "I ate com-
pletely gleaned on•, R•nkeuior not • rue.*
loft. cod, what a worse, Ashton holds
one or two 1111'h, whish he must hold tall
sett pay.
"Anima hold. them, 'he repeated,• queek
impatient frown noising hs features. •'Then
you positively have not • single coin to
threw at a fellow, I'arnpbell
"Not oae,Ranke.lor I •m awfully sent':
hut ---
'•t►h, sever mind, he interrupted, with
ready kenning "1 .hall h•v• plenty is •
day or two, •rid may tee able to gigs you •
lift who knows •' He reeehd ap to the
limb snore, te etody himself for an elastic
sprtag downward.
"Hello • Whet's heoome of your hag rase
diamond 1.eked, locking at the empty
setting of the ring he always wore e• the
little Anter id hit left hand.
Hs, toe, looked at the empty riog, and
although h• laughed, 1 saw the! he had
chested .nler, and hie 1•ugb,to my esr,whs
L sew all his mood.,twre an inflection of pain
or vet.tion.
"1 shall have it rout is two days. at tit•
'unionist, he answered. "And 1 mean to
stake the setting niers enure. " With • nod
be reran dews and vanished.
I wondered idly why he had shown some
;Attie .onfeeiea or &snooyanr* at my quo,
tiro. The ring was a lady's ring • 'Argo,
•xesedrotly beautiful row diamond, set be-
tween two opals. t►f coarse he was hoarse -
ed unsparingly about it by his brother oft.
dere, sad squally, .f ooure, he retained hie
►right good humor, and replied with ready
wit, making none of th.wn say the wiser re-
garding the hinter of t1i ring. i •leae knew
that it was has mocker • old engateta.nt
ring, end that she bas asked him t. "make
it his "milkman his charm against evil '
"11 tei time for your rope dnll,sir, and tie
mea •r• turning out, ' said Farrell's mt..,
breaking in on my theughw.
I sprang down sot neve, emotes • regret
f.l look at the hammock that 1 l.ft swing.
isg i• the .eel shed. of ,r.e. heath.. 1
hated rope drill. and the men hated ,t evm
more eordt•Ily than I did. It was an ar-
rangement of knots and ropes whereby
eight or tin men 'held he anode to rept*
sent /fty or the hsedrad by diet of hard
work sad madly reunite, shoot Hewev.r,
the weather was .et yet bet enough t.o mak•
active **throe* positively dis•gr..ahl. ;
we what at is with • soil jest node the wall
of the great compnaed, to the metre of
widish steed the nSeer.' ha.palew
After we had fia..hd sad 1 i.rl dimwits -
ed the eaten. wise fretted sway thanhlwllye
wiping tacit bet brows, i threw reveal
down au the emend, het and potting Pot
errs. ono of the •te•,had remained to gath-
ap the ropes sed menta* ;them to their
pl.sss. Y.ddeely be Anted away tram the
repos sad dashed len e.p at seam alien
with •11 hi. ferns.
What le it v" i ..ked, rakes, myself m
my .Thew with lastsid eeri.dav te rate\
hh m0 a ss,
"it's a rabbit. mit-1 llb/E Ata rites
Meet end f'11 have bar Ihr mew se.'
.hick the rabbit had dwtN..r'ed• 1 lav
tem ata.n heedlessly, to image away •
few of the minutes that would i.tmywo be
Um tee ..11 sounded fur haat•, $.iddwh_l
board the matt claim,/ rite by mom
"Ida 1'•mptwlt,air, wee t you please come
he't lora ter a "Humin" '"
1 jumped up mod wept to the meoth of
the hate, roto which math sol rabbit bad
Nth disappeared. Peta,Ms was '.energise
from it. feet f.ssmest, dragvwg shnsthise
after him. �t�.
'•Thio is a *MKae. . 4s said ; "it
goes is over on far, it's • t'sgslar tuoael, rt
to: and I found them thi.gs Motile ' '
Hs held up a trowel and notion s very
email one both of which Loth evident* s1
havieg bees resebtlytasd for •xsavating
purposes n the belt dried, freshly tuned
earth adbsrt.R to them.
•'1lchere do won suepn.e it leads to 1
asked, taloa, the trowel is .v hound.
'Well, sir, 1 Aider go in very far. but it
rase of that way a good bit.' He de. riled
a sweep with tie arm, paining the *Myers
martore 1n the left
"And that leafs •" only for •n insteat
diel 1 .teed with hest grows ; then, as if a
• liraja wave" had flouted from one t• the
other, we both •:claimed at linea, "hoed
gracious ' The fort the fort, with all tie
mommy '
"It must be Chet,"1 said in ceot.reaties.
'•Plet.ro.e, rsu ¢o in again and penetrate to
the yes* end. t shall wall above. as your
voice throne. Mind, von must shout well.
We nust look into this."
The mag obeyed at ones, and .rept bael
ante the hole.
As soon as he .wmpletely vanished I
throw dews the trowel and prepared to fel
kw shove ground, when • single dartlla¢
paint of Tight glittered like • star from amid
the dia►laed earth fallen from the trowel,
where 1 hod thrown it doses. With •
.traage, Oakum( feelwg of genuine Luray
at my heart I stooped •ad visited up--ltan-
k•ilor'. di•meed ' ( had sot the time thea,
however, to .pecal►to. Panorama was *1•
read• shouting, his vole, mounted sad ,.-
distinct, a. from • duraao.. 1 rolled the
previous ethos is • Domer .f my headker-
chiof, std •prang away to follies the man'.
proems. 1 replied to every shout by
. tamping vwlently ea the ground A. we
had feared, we were led directly is the fort,
where •11 the moneys of the garrison were
pocked lid 'tooted from floor to eeilieg.
What was worse, halide the fagot mottled
votoe ceased to lord me forward I .cod
within two .r three yards of the back w••11
of the fart ! Evidently the tassel was
tooth near s.mpletioo ; • single eight • Yard
work,• brisk or two retained from the wall,
and the excavators would be richly re
warded '
1 turned and quickly retraced my steps
to this mouth of the tensel. • group of
men, •moor whom I disting.iab Captains
a.htes sad .rdyee, stood by the antrum*.
Plainly they hod bels watching ..r envoi_
meats, and must have tboa'ht them sus-
picious
urpicious
Obeying • swift impulse I lifted my
bandkerehi.f and slipped the jewel
into my winch, where it lay, " rolled Irk. •
sweet merest seder mygue, ' I saw
that Canna Portly*, held trowel is
h is land, and Captain Ashton hail last laid
down she pickax..
"Campbell ! Yna,Caenpboll ' It seat be
possible • ' sx.laimd Ashton, is amazed
srssoendo. " Who would have thought er
believed it ' 1 Anil sooner have sawed
any ether man uw the garrotes bad i bow
asked to pick out tie the delinquent.
"Th. delinquent'" i repeated, h•aghti
lv. " Hew dare you use the wend to me '
1 have been discovering • bold and daring
attempt t• rob the fort an attempt that
has come dangerously .ear to success, tee
Another sights work w.uld have I.iabed
mho—"
What did l ►011 you, Fortieth." inter.
rapped Ashton, shaking ►n head. " 1 told
you, when we dr.eeverd this teasel **,ter
day, and resolved t• watch it, that mho -the
•xsavatore would he .are to wear • bold
front and proclaim themselves •zpinr.re
esly "
•' I will sot submit to this "' 1 oriel
watt int.... auger. 1 sever was • patient
mos, sad Ashton•, boll eon; aaseoe.to two
drove woe w11.1. " You baste exo.aded year
authority, Ashton ! As for Paterson, he was
obeying orders. i am mar sew straight
to t' elope' Pryor b lay the whole iafamose
boomers before him i think eon will
se•rehly dare say that this is the course .f
boom • guilty man would fellow."
I turmoil sharply read to dose i said.
when the men manse upon m. Irk. am •val-
anch., aniad and overpowered use is • moo
men", and with either arm is • powerful
er•p 1 rmltsd with .p.eehle*, anger that
quietness* would *arm, my tura hoot, at least
for the prse..t. Itnth A.hton and Fordyce
were my npericr• i• rank i woe e mp•ra-
tovly a sew .n .r, whole they were voter
am is the .wviee Rves if proved a Me -
babe their mistakes seal wool/ do them ►.es
harm than good is the ..losers .yes le t
eorie.a ea affair ea this
" Iseort Mr. ('ewmpiell to hie quarters,
.0n," staid 4.itoa's pilot video. " Petcer
.ea ma be taken to the guardroom fer the
press.. Fortin*. we had hefts, gs .t
mat to Colonel Pryor "
I wee "asserted" to my quarters by the
o/trtM Ntomaewo es either ddle of site.
Sin Wily WM my mem Obit belt We I
made of my privacy wag to look away ties
ksiler'e dia.oead i. • seem" drawer of w
desk . and then though oiaEsg like as ine
pei.o.d eaglet, I forced myself tato la •
nom, 1e ord.r to 'halal oat as belt 1 eesl
what relies Raakeiler hors w th,eetsago
dirtnyery of the thorn tensed
1 hac1 aMsdaaoe of tine is pursue m♦
demises. for rhe little e*htar% exwpeeen
she *rani who brought roe rev Iunchehs,s
the thine seer use for wveral hour.. Over
sad ever, round and rouadp
ao,, spun *ad
wlir!ed to trin y brathe eveotw of she day
and me
y strange limo The snelueles
I came to woe steriliser : and the tete* 1
►
e
d
thorn
foal mv.ett this¢ driven towards it, like •
horse swerva.gfre e • desperate !rap, 1 bsrn-
54 .way ..d began this wmmary all ever
agree. t toe or two things 1 was *lime sun
of Ranked*: • dtam.ad had sparkled and
m.iutillased lie his Inger evening at the
!ate moss droner. A•hson sad Fordyce bad
both declared test they hod watched the
thane' oats vwtorder alsernnos: Raskaler
must therefore bave Telt the 1...l in the
tassel whrls it woo Ming watched, and at
night, .r very early a the mnr•iog. What
mould that possibly mesa --•x0511" • i had
always stopped "hare, and began all over
again 1 r.us.mbsrea with • strange feeling
of disloyalty to eels* who bad bees the kind
est .f friends to m. how Rakeilor bad two
r three them told ow that he w.uld hay.
.'plenty of moa.* witbi• • day or two at
the (srIhr,st, and would even be able is
bele me out of my tight place.. Ose thing
i was dsaidd upon, is the slow cry.talir•
!ion of r.pulove ideos tortillas in sty wain
&Fust one will time was, that .o far ea 1
was N"..r&ed is the matter, l would shield
my friend. name. I would preserve utter
solemn es the .abject .f hu loot diamond,
for the preen" at least. ot matter what tie;
pesetas- might be.
• quiet. footstep in the .otridor caught
my ear:.. deer was throws open, and
i:aak.tlor walked is• his face euf.isd with
a Eery glow of Idigs*tuon. ••*►hat a
thu■d.nng sham., Campbell ' was his um
N !siv. salutation, holding out loth bonds
to me. "1f Lsb►es and Fordyce keew you
as 1 de they w.uld laseh at the thought .f
hrine'ag such • charge &palest you'
"As yo. do,' 1 said, tontine • smile. "I
mean - as you laugh *t it
Ito looked at me attentively, as if math -
thing in my us fuser had .track him as air
usual.
"Tell me all about 11, o •mpbelI,' he said,
speaking with authority and kindnoes
both. "Let me hear your versos of the
affair."
"Mime is tor, sample. 1 was at my rem
drill, as the men m*• testify. i had di.mim
ed the men, all bot 1.5.nn., wham •atv
It tom to dee to the repos, whoa I saw him
Meg his cap at • rabbit last demist .a to
kis hole, as we thought. Cap and rabbis
both disappeared, and rewrites crawled us
•f er,aod found what made hum forgot the
rabbi W• had test tnuh.d loxplering the
tunnel, 10 fact; I have cot yet beard Peter
set. report. •she. mad Fordyce, with
mm .r two men, wird and arrested mood
miffed at my •xplasatiea.
Rsakeilnr looked grave.
"May I hear their amount of it' 1 asked
after • mass.
"Yes. It ..ens that they di.o.gdisd this
them' yesterday, sad without exploring is
very tboresghly,.asp.ctsd it might led is
the fart, lid watched it from that time sed
. 11 eight by turas. N. one approached it
metal lunch hour "day, when they both --
Athletes and F.rdy.s —saw t os lid year
mea near she eotrmsw. Then, as they sup
peeed,with * view to di.00vering how far in
the tenon you had ,.t to pesetrate before
reacher the fert, the mu [rept iwide,eod
yea walked towards the fort until within a
few ,ard•. Then they called up their noon
and arrested you both es the spot. 1. that
wrrect, t'ampb.11' -
Befor. 1 mold reply • knock at tbo door
wee followed by the outran". of as orderly,
sohi informed me that Colonel Pryer desired
my premium s. the ante room. i went at
e.se, followed by Rask.ilor There were
only Swe men my ao.a.sr. -present is the
ante room with Colonel Pryer when 1 es.
tared. It was quite an 'sternal inquiry :
but i saw that the old 'shier feted keenly
int ward and look: 1 told the plain
uovsrauhed truth with simple direet.os.,to
Col. Pryer, and he listened with oosrt ey.
Wheat I had ended he looked &ward Ash-
lon and 'order*.
"You found this tassel ybelrday atter
aeon, you say, g.atlerw.0 f --
"W. did, sir. and we wstebsd ail ■ig►t
lid all day; today, me or the other of as
kept mor it.
The .hi.4aimed for . moms", his .sero
old tam masked sad tus.rutahle as that of
the .p►isx. "ted you leave anyone en
[mord at the tassel whee you tame to me
Ent roper" • Who is there new
The tw..Soon looked a little foolish.
'W. did sot pest • Marry there after die
sevensg the tasseling," said •.hese
sem.wlat lamely "Is will Ili pine enough
in the evening.
"Well, gentlemen.' said the Ooleael in
• .►ort doorways manger. "i do not see why
Campbell should set hays (.sad out this
tunnel as well se yea, with istentleas as is
ammo as Tsar este.
The ol6e•rs were alert.
" I t seem to ate .h*► vos failed in your
duty when you did not report .sob an im
permit disarray to sin last sight. •ed it
dem int seem just to attaeh my .tap.* to
( a.pbell'. /ding of it, oalem yea Mare it•
if Campbell and hie man hod b..s the ex-
cavators, they would sot have risked draw
tog atteeties te their 'work is brad day-
light 1 m. greatly sarprissd as year Sad-
isg m me thou during the night, for oar
taisly that "wan was made is the hewn of
&irksome1 1 .hall port marries th.rw to -
eight I tbidk yea W bolter imam your-
selves to herrs.ke fill tsmsrrew afterimage - -
yea three disww•re s i wows ---tend I.t am
deal lees with Ohl besselerward. "
He lett lbs r.sw,ad,f seer ince darter,
wrist Asn /has wars these of Asides amid
lroedyes .. beerbeg the missal's ultimatum
Wlt►est etpwlisg to say et "ham. i ro-
amed te isy sous tease, awls t.ilswd by
itaskeiler. Ms is hi Mesas* r ear,
laid bac band ds my ebagYr, hep.
!" eampbeil, old fellow, I dost mesa te
leave yea •less till yes snake • alga& breed"
of is ! I deo dearly that you eas4sst me rd
dome semplisity is this Meioses, *ad 1 shall
heust you until you madam tome, out
with it
1 gad et him is • bewildered fashion liar
.is torten". Why should 1 be eo apaioac to
shield tis& mora m reputation if he was hist
sell so rookies* of is • lir was this bold at
feet bit. lrieadlinese ..rant merely to draw
nay
sod lot
out
lhe st•eaWl, he should s
m k sou
whom stoodhave t.
I would he tickles., ton, although rite
strong faecinati..s of hie look and essaier, of
the mos altogether, had sever loses se
. trnovly .r..i.t • m• rntnd as now
"1 does *aspen 1 know, R•nleilor "
1 ••i.l,l•eLiag •arneetty a• him "1 fossil
y air du•mend where you loss tt, is the
veru mouth of the runnel, among the fresh•
1y tsr..d earth on the trowel
A wiles et rapmd, startling ebonies erase
.d hie teeter**, leaving %ion phi• as dye
but hie eyes never flinched from their .read•
W WI into mmee, only RIG hand dropped from
my shoulder,
"Yea Toned int dunned there • my
mother's gift.' he bald stonily.
"Yoe : I limed it there. 1 have it safely,
and .e eye has sees it hat mise, nor shall
say 500 hear of it from me, Reakeilor.'.
His fame eoftiosed eosin, and he !'.placed
ho.ara+ es my 'boulder wish • •mile. He bad
his; •peaed his lips to meek when • hide-
ous sound, or rather • I.►el .( sousda,arese
!rem the opposite room '■ the rine oorridor
• rata of heavy blows,megld with howls
and trot protestation, aad 'roams of "Oh,
•h, .ajtih' 1 not steal tt ' I not steal
!mythinr ' t►► oh, sahib "'
We loth walked uneer,meaiouely into
fashion's rnsm, whence the soiled* praosed
d . is was set quite as unheard-of thing
to And .n .then twtiag his Hindu servant
with has broom or anything that same
handy : bus Ashton was 'i• • furious pas
coo, and was kicking 'mv.gely as well
Wmtheut a moment's tbe.itasisn Rukeilor
. prang forward *ad wrenched the man's
arm eu' of Avhtona aegrt grip.
"Go ran, he said, and the poor wretch
needed no .eco.d bidding
Ashton turned tercel* ea R•ak•iler.
"Hew dare you uterfsre• The deg bee
been stealing ! I have loot— He .top-
ped short, looking Meeker than • thunder
"lead
"I know mid Ruk.ilor, quietly. "Neu
h ave lost my rem dtamnia, wbieb you leek
from one last sight *t bacenrat, knowing
well that it reprsasatd more than ire
times the value of the amount that 1 ewed
yon. Ashton, you shall send in your pap -
.re tomorrow. Fordyce too. I have foils
for same time that '.nmleys and 'penes'
lad gone quite far ea.agh in your quarter;
bet when it some@ to loan"Iliag throurb to
the, fort for money to supply year table it
must step ! 1 give you your theme. either
seed in your papers at one, or the whole
story of where tie disarmed was found—
ations' the fresh earth •dbertag t• the trow-
el --"ball be told openly gad freely.
"Rah' Say no mere said Ashton, with
Mos lid voice of et•eeding disgust. I did
■ o► meas tester liar is any owe in • serm
of wade and tradesman. 1 shall "".heap
Mato • horse rsrimeut. ..
' "You were glad sought to win the ism -
h et the Dods and tradesmen," said Rae
keilor, soldly. "However, so long as you
and ferdym retire at onoe,t 9a ma go wlero
nu plass". Corm .hang, Campbell. ' He
took me by the arm, gad we crossed again
to my room.
"It is all scare wow, lad he asked,
with his wiaaiag smile. "And will you re-
store me my mother's dimwitted • "You ea'
Von found is."
"Rsmksiler, 1 sincerely begvyour 'pardiest
for having suspected you! i hold out my
head, and he grasped is warmly.
"1t was aa'aral," be said, "but 1 could
not Mar to tell you how I lied lost my
mother's beautiful gift; sad, uwtil mt omit
remittawea frees hems, I knew 1 should net
bo able to redeem it. That tom my reason
for asking if you could lewd me any woes
ry "
"AY, 1 could get,' i said, ruefully. "But
Rsakstlnr, law sac von be sure that Ask
tea .ad Fordyce are the defaulters ••'
" 1'11 toll you how," ha answered, readily
"And if I en set mistakan,the chief gimes,
it as shrewdly as I da. Whim they report -
.d the est, the eelea.l told them b. world
see to it, in • half eorelw sort of Iwhiou :
Ant he asked them to wait there, in his
house, until he performed ea important
duty. They did se with pleasure ; and the
old fellow, taking/ tin along with him west
str•ieht to she tassel, *ad 1 did "manly
what you and your da, Petersen, it nss.*
did i crawled in be walked above, and i
guided him by .boati.g. He examined the
pickaxe and trowel, The earth em time waw
fresh, quite diferest from that at the ea
tram*. i am ~tam be hellions as i do,
that that earth wee teaser ewer last night.
Cempbell, my dear Mi . I forgive yea
with all my heart tar esepw.0 me d- -dime
knows what bus I refused utterly *0d in.
d:gsani1e to enemies you et the hoot ap-
proach to oemplsoaty is this—Mem. faire
me the fall credit i deeerr.," ii. lsagbed
ie his quiet, cordial way, ; bet I saw that
►" wee • little hart, tee, "And let's .take
• compact Ira mod sore' to help sash ether,
end these pang Reigate in our seeps, to
amps from the wares of s..\ fowler* se
Ashton sad Fordyce. Shall we ••'
"1 .i•:1 sever okay for mosey &gale while
1 liy.." 1 said firmly. "and 1 don't Ukiah
1 oat over 4i.srast you agate, itawheiler.
it was impossible for mynas to green
whether Colossi Pryer swspected aaytNK
•.serol in r.•sivteg the rsdga.tiees of two
*Soma no tiso ammo day. He meld keep
hie ewe onsn.sl .owe better, The Mewl
was safely cloaked .p .0d the fleet 'eieeely
guarded. It tow in 1060 that the heti../
.m.urred, fowl R*whiner end 1
are *till tato li"s"le atter thirty years,
?les wenn of Winter are beglaasig
sswlgtls ear heads, and der Mese ars les -
sad and w.•tberle.tw : bus er hewn are
ilteb awl firmly knit • is early sashes&
Kb .ocher's dimmed .Ain ebbs' es W
ewe. "twat as bit log dogs Yin
!r. i. P. agemill.
Results Astonish
MEN OF SCIENCE.
AYE IZRSw
A MEDICINE
WWITHOOUT AN E
MIN
Statement of a Well Known Doctor
"Ayer e Sarsaparilla iv without an equal
as a blood-purtaer and Spring medk'ine, and
cannot have praise enough. I have watched
its affects In chrome cases. where outer
treatment was lit no avail, and have been
a.tonlified at the results. No other blood
mrdiemnr that I have ever used, and i ha,.
triad them alt, is So thorough 1n Its action,
and effects to many permanent rumen as
Ayer'+ Sarsaparilla"—Lar. 11. F. MERRIL .,
Augusta, We.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
*lo"tt"ed at the World's !air,
Aster's Piilie fer lives sail a.eewlat.
GI 75,5*. ' LIMN Tali.
1 was lecturlsg out it. K1136s1 1..t spring.
where tis•lir•• pron•brt' a 4..ntemper-
•to man mime to ass dao day lid .•.a .
Yee, Mr, i'.•rt.,... nos probibitiea will
bring rein to the stat..
1t will, will r
Yee. It will imposer -oh u• and dee rot our
busi.eos holiness.
Now, I said, if • K••».s f trm»r be' ,gs •
Mouthed botshelg of ooro into Topeka, he
gats how most for at •
Four hualred d.!lar., *s.wor. d my
friend.
New, if they tele hen rhnuwd 10.1. s
of cern over W Peortn, how mu b we ek.y
'.0 bit .s*ks
Four thousand gallons.
And whiskey to wroth—how much '
Oh, after they Mae paid four theu.•0d
dollars revenue tax en it to the ether litotes,
it will he worth about $4,600
Ad it this whiskey should cisme tack to
Kansas you would have te pay about tib 000
for it.
Would it be worth aaethwe to your emti•
No : 1 .oppose o wou:d cense • great
deal of idiotism and crime. It would hart
as. I thought whiskey • positive
bo••G. I - -
w1'ell, hew muck would it hurt yea ' 1
asked.
oh, 1 c.a't tell ' 1
%A ell, 1'11%611 yea, I said. It will buil
von directly allot Ave thousand 4.11.r•'
worth. Yo.s would be directly not of peck
int just (4.600 And indirectly it will soot
Kamm in idlaw lid •rmate- -cawed by
the 4,000 galloon of whit key $20,000. It
wea'd tate 16,000 men • day apses to
dust it up, if they dr..k • chart • nay
mon. The 1....f 16,300 days' labor to
Kansas world be $20 000, wouldn't it •
1 declare, exelatmed Ray trued, 1 never
heard it put that way 1 .•e it all plan ly
mw. 1 1' never say anything about pooh'
bltioa damaging Kansa• again.
Yes, 1 said, [•auras, before she had pro.
ht►muse, angel to wad about $10.000 be
Peoria and Kestucky for wh•.key, and hew
moth dem she sold sow '
01, I suppose eke sends out •hoot $1,-
000,000
gt• h prnhihutioe Kanto reale eaves
$90,000.000 is len years. It sarong $9 000,-
000 • year damages Kama" sad Mata.. I
thick they lean stand it a good essay y -are,
lid the Iouger they stead it the fleet they
get.
le street, stoma "aloud....
There is • possibility that the (ewer ex
libited by .11 classes ter the ►rcyole carries
with it sa aliment o1 danger. itterc,ee .s
easeatial to vaporous health, but i• disease
er is these eases where the muscular forth me
greatly reduced the use •f the who I should
be employed cautiously The proprietors of
the veru well known remedy,
Cora retractor, attribute the largesse& .1
their sales int to the use of the bicycle by
the people of l'aa•da, hot to the absolute
csrtarnty of Choir preparation to remove the
meet panful sadobotao•te oars. is twttSty-
four !oar.. Patnam's Cora tx•reator is
always swteia, sats sad psalms. Try it.
BRISTOL'S
PILLS
Cure Biliousness, Sick Head-
ache, Dyspepsia, Sluggish jiver
and all Stomach Troubles.
' BRISTOL'S
PILLS
Are Purely Vegetable, •
elegantly Sugar -Coated, and do
not gripe or sicken.
BRISTOL'S I
PILLS
Act gently but promptly and
thoroughly. "The safest family
medicine: M Druggists keep
1 BRISTOL'S
1 PILLS •
The Signa
ease more , elle venal attest** to rte
Joh Priuti (50514.,''1151 are mesa -
passed oat idle the sitter ler the ptuu,pe
seaproper ea«u.tien a1 au olaa•ts
.eapri •t w • Purusal of this •s0,,useeif
1te it n.•..1 of gadt tart y''. ' `7
mr1n11 nage our •••al,
int your l"am"as feeling .•.inulin"
that our efrturt• to Pleas will m. -et with
the •ppiuval of our Patrons
1 lots ��ea1s
This useful sir. is kept in the fol
range of qua:itie. .note
" t
Y -heaths. Whi;e t«t
t\lb T.\11�C► . � � u u ui
are not so generally used, they till
an important place in ootnat:erctgl
cornutp.ntletMa :iso what we've
got under the above ileads.
thrtttY iocu.iis
iii thus line we have • very Targe
Ktrh'n Of tint writing papers eult
nble for every .class of hu,iliev*
roprvorut•vf in this locality, .,m
prising laid and wove, Iii,,
quadrille and other paper., rul.•d
or unrulr.l, as tuay be requiraj.
Wb'1 i‘t't a%
If uret. "pay -aa -you -go" plan was
the oiler of the day the slemipd
for account paper would nut Ito
so great ; but there are some turn
who get So many .Iunnert that
they wonder if the stork will ever
run out. We don't intend jt to,
and at present our stock it cost
piety iu this line with four '.mu,
Good paper and neat ruling.
tt\kCttitQ.t&ta
Rothe mingle and double ";Miere
and cents columns- They ..0110.
cheaper than bill heads, and are
the proper thing to send after a
delinquent once • month. They
are sure to fetch him 'round—
sometime.
Vasm..e\ores
Now, it would be bard to Ret
along without envelopes, and to
keep up with the demand for
them we keep a large stock on
hand. We have now about •
hundred thousand in stock, iM
the prices will range from 75c. to
12.00 per M. We handl" cosi
mercial and legal sizeaexclusively.
COMM.' e.%o\
has already been partially enact
orates' in some of the heads above.
There is, however, a vast amoun
of work under thio head that to
enumerate would more than take
ap the entire space occupied by
this .dv't, but we do it all at Tit
SIGNAL.
wt>otot•ons
to an "At. Home" or • wedding
require considerable taste in selec
tion sometimes, but we make it
an easy matter by keeping is
stock the very latest and best
samples to be had. Call and see
4vact r(tuts
of entertainments and meeting
promptly turned out, from the
plain but neat to the most elegant
with cord and pencil attached.
C'weu\tar s
We aim to excel in all the differ
ent kinds of work we turn out,
but especially in this, and keep
iu :.tock plain and fancy papers
suitable for all requirements.
cards area T•.ekttt.
This bead covers a large range al
work, from a bread or milk ticket
to a neat calling card, frosi an Or-
dinary adminuon ticket be a tasty
business card or a handsomely
printed mesibership ticket.
V otters
Our facilities for turning oat this
class of work are evidenced by the
fact that the great bulk of it is
done by os. This line also in
eludes
boosters
which our three fastrunninr >
presser are able to taro out an
surprisingly short time.
iiAks
belong to the poster deosrtass•t
also, and we make a specialty til
thea•—prompt em being oar she
in this respect. A notion of sale
will appear in TRX Stento" fres el
charge when bills for same ere go,
hero.
#\\AC:m.%o;Work
in the typographical printing lino
can be done in this .,&alidkmoN
in an expeditious sad artier
scanner and
OWI \ %Ares AiA\ let So s '
111rt? reeksotns►We.
We extend our 51.ake far pat by
ore, and sobeit a oestdnosaes et W'
r.. T%Ie 1gZDir# ..
awes es. Ur1t•