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others were writhing and Smuggling or
screaming, and all but four or five. I
think it was, were still in death. The
men Of the firing parties. in horror Of
their stern duty, had fred high. It
was sight so horrible that I cannot de-
scribe it, and one shall never forget.
The rifles were hurriedly reloaded this
time every one with ball cartridge, and
the parties whose victims were dead
Withdrawn from the line. The wound
ed men were propped up against the
collins, and the second volley ran out
over the slope. This time fewer stray
bullets were heard whistling away aloft
through the air, but horror upon hor-
Tor added-seven men were still alive.
although all were wounded. Murmurs
OF pity and horror were heard all along
the lines, and many of the men of the
firing parties battle worn veter-
ans-were in tears, while several were
entirely overcome. Hurriedly third
volley was fred, and CONSERVATION was
upon all, for three yet lived. Now,
came the most agonizing part of the
whole thing.
1T became the duty of the provost
marshal to end the execution in person.
I don't remember who he was, but he
was a captain of one of the infantry
regiments, and, think, from the 7th
Connecticut. Terry's old regiment.
We had become almost unnamed bv
the terrible scenes we had already w.t.
messed, which we're worse for him.. as
we in the lines could not hear the groans
and supplications of the suffering
wretches. When he was directed to
complete the work, he went out-and- out
crazy. Ihad an idea that he would
shoot himself. He tended his resigna-
ton ut once; it could not be accepted.
Place him in arrest or shoot him; it
could not be done. He would not per-
form the duty. He must. Gen. Terry,
the kindest, most tender hearted man
that ever wore saber, was in tears but
he was performing stern, official duty.
He was ordered to see that the execution
was duly carried into effect, and the or
der must BE- obeyed.
SHARP, low-spoken words of COM
mand kept quiet the men in the rank
who were almost mutinous from the
horror, and at last the poor provost mar
tial tottered forward, revolver in hand
toward the nearest of the still living VIC
tins. A brother officer supported him,
and one after the other of the writhine
men was put out of agony by pistol
shot, the captain looking at each only
enough to direct his revolver, and COW
ering his face with his handkerchief at
each pull OF the trigger.
''The lines were kept formed only
long enough to witness the hurried cof-
fining of the dead victims of stern mill
tary law, and until the first hard rain
blackened clods fell in each grave, and
then, without the usual pomp of music,
were hurriedly marched back to their
winter camping huts. It was an awful
sight, that can't describe. 1t was an
awful necessity; terrible one, but no
more bounty jumpers deserted to the
rebel lines from that command.
''That is the reason told you didn't
want to see any more executions"
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In Evelyni Diary the following 90
ours, referring to . Dutchwomsn who
lived in the seventeenth century: ITO
ward the end of August I returned to
HARLEM. They showed us cottage
where they told usdwelt woman who
had been married to her twenty fifth
husband, and being now q widow, was
prohibited to marry in future, yet it
could not be proved that she had ever
made away with any of her husbands,
though the suspicion had brought her
divers times to trouble. Every Sat-
urdsy.
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are the words used by lady, who was at one
time given up by the most eminent physicians.
and left to die. Reduced to mere skeleton pale
and haggard, not able to leave her bed, from all
those, distressing diseases peculiar to suffering
females, such as displacement, leucorrhna, in
Pierce's ':Favorite Prescription" and also using
the local treatments recommended by him, and
is now, she says, Gas good as new" Price re-
duced to one dollar By druggists
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A LonR Pneumatic Tube.

New York Graphic: A company is
getting ready to build pneumatic tube
for carrying letters and small packages
from Chicago to New York. The idea
at first seems impracticable, but on ex-
animation it turns out to be feasible.
Two tubes are to be made of brass.
which will run side by side, although it
is said one tube will be tried at first.
A powerful engine with an exhaust
wheel is to be stationed at one end. It
is said that if the tube is properly made
and planted no air will escape. The
right of way it is believed can be Sc.
cured for nothing, or at nominal ex-
pense, and the main cost will be the
tube and the engines and stations. A
letter, sample of grain, or package of
any kind which is to he 2nt, is inciosed
in leather ball. A ball presents the
least friction as a rolling object, and
the leather is to be stiff and heavy. A
continuous current of air is passing
through the tube constantly. With
one pipe the plan is to reverse the en-
CINE every hour-the first hour forcing
air into it at the Chicago end and send
ing packages to New York, the next
hour exhausting the air at Chicago and
drawing the packages as quickly back.
The men who have it in charge do not
say how long it will take to send a pack
age this way, but claim to he able to do
it in less than minute. Stations will
be established at the important cities
on the route. It is expected to pay q
large profit, and to do the business of
the telegraph companies, express COM
panies, and the mail. They say the
scheme of sending crude petroleum by
pipe for long distances, as is now
done, was laughed at at first and that
this one is more practicable, if possible,
and not nearly SO costly, as the pipes are
to be small and can 60 around curves
and over hill as we'll as on level,
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III. Doctor s.aa 7 oou,a Hot ra,..

SsSA OoS>s = OVseAsS JOS Aa4VOs
In April commenced taking Burdock Blood
Bitters. and in July was cured BY this medicine
alone. The stomach and bowels seemed the
first acted upon, after which rapidly improved
Ny appetite returned, the terrible sick head
ache left me, the hacking cough gradually
sbated, and from the first bottle could sleep
well At night
do not think there 10 case Of sick head
ache Burdock's Blood Bitters viii not cure,
they cured my sister, Mrs. Thoa J. Haley, of
this city, Those who saw me six months ago
consider my recovery miracle Twas no less
astonished, and shall be pleased to reply to al
letters Of inquiry concerning my case
MRS. ADELAIDE O'BR1EN,
3@ Exchange St, Buffalo, NY.
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Mr. H. W. Gilbert Of Albany, Ga. under date
of May 8, 1884, says: Nh: Brooks near here
has an eating cancer on his face which had
nearly killed him-everyone thought he would
be dead in short time as nothing seemed to
stop the ravages Of the cancer: He COM
ago, and it has had wonderful effect on him.
He was yesterday SO far recovered as to be
outat his work, and seems in a fair way to get
entirely well.
Ireatlse on Blood and Skin diseases mailed
free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3. Atlanta
Ga. l59 W. 23d st., N. Y, and 1905 Chestnut
st. Phila.
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The Boston Transcript ventures this
remark: Find a box of flowers grow
ing outside on q window ledge in the
city business districts, and you will gen.
orally find q lady cashier, book keeper
or waman employee of some kind inside
behind it."
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and everything in the nature of eruptions.
blotches, pimples, ulcers, scrofulous humors.
and incipient consumption, which is nothing
more nor less than scrofula of the lungs, com.
pletely out of the system. 1t stimulates and in
lates the bowels, purifies the blood. and builds
up the weak places of the body It is purely
vegetable compound, and will do more than is
claimed for it We refer to DIR. P1EnCE's
''GoLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY,
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"Hothing Like it for Rheumat,.m. ,,

Mrs. Rilla Stevens, No. 3032 South Dearborn
St says that she used Papillon Skin Cure for
1nfammatory Rheumatism, with the happiest
results. 1t reduced the inflammation and swell
ing, and relieved the intense pain in less than
two hours; she cordially recommends it to all
rheumatic sufferers It is applied by rubbing
the joints and affected parts with the remedy
for some moments, the pain ceased instantly.
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The feeble grow
strong when Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters
is used topromote as
similation of the food
and enrich the blood .
Indigestion, the chief
obstacle to an acqui-
sition of strength by
the weak, is an all
ment which infalli-
bly, succumbs to the
action of this peerless
corrective. Loss of
flesh and appetite,
failure to sleep, and
growing evidence of
premature decay, arc
speedily cOunteract-
ed by the great in
vigorant, which
braces up the physi-
cal energies and for
titles the constitution
against disease. For
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sav~.u,& Dss.

Buffalo, n. 7, OCT q 1883
I had for2 years bean troubled With terribla
sick headaches and horrible cough Nyskin
turned to yellowish hue. 1sunered the most
excruciating pain Of the bowels; small, dry,
irritating humors broke out over my face; my
stomach would not retain the simplest food;
vomited great quantities Of o6ensive, greenish
mucuA
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ALIENS IRON Tonic B1TrERs STRENGTHENS
and fortfies the system against disease. All
genuine bear the signature of ]. p Allen,
Druggist St Paul, MINI.
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A cowboy named Joseph Dempsey was fat
ally shotin the abdomen, nine miles from Miles
City, by . colored herder named Abner Austin.
alias Joe the Goat They had quarreled over
. dissOlute woman.
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Dr.. BQlC3'S Il6ruarY

EYE, EAR THROAT LUNGS CATARRa. ASTHMA.
and RHEUMATISM treated with great success AL dis
OF private nature treated with delicacy with
warrantee of speedy reliefs permanent Good
rooms and board at reasonable rates furnished patients
ut the Infrnarv. Patients treated at distance Cor
resEondence solicited. Send stamp for reply. Infirn-
airy sos Second Avenue South. Minneapolis, Mimi.
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What is the difference between this noted
Lady and Carboline the great Hair Remover?
Ans.-One is Maid of Athens and the other ia
Made of Petroleum and both come from Grease.
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Judge Zane will resign the circuit judgeship
and enter upon his duties as chief Justice of
Utah about the 18th of August.
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Pure Cod-Liver Oil made from selected liyers.
on On the sea:shore, by CAswELL.: HAZARD & Co, New
have once taken 1t prefer it to al Others Physcians
market ~ OAs AZ
Chapped Hands, Face. Pimples. and roueh
skln cured BY using JUNIPE1 TAI 6OAP msde 81
C'sw1LL, HAZARD Co., New York
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Pilosl Pilesl Pilesl

333OOS 311VB1 31108y
Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles. Single box has cured worst chronic
case of twenty years standing No one need
suffer five minutes after applying: Williams
Indian Pile ointment It absorbs tho tumors,
allays the itching particularly after getting
warm in bed) Prepared only for piles and
itching for the private parts. Noyes Bros. l.
Cutler, st Paul. Wholesale Agents
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Joel Law, Jr. went home drunk at Marietta,
Ind and abused his family. Charles Wright,
his stepson, shot and fatally wounded him.
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1T Knocks the 9pots. -

During heavy thunder storm at Fort Wayne,
Ind Henry Gerke was struck and instantly
killed by lightning.
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3N1V" away 3x08B08
when our new method is guaranteed to perma-
nontly cure the worst cases of rupture without
the use of the knife. Send two letter stamps for
pamphlet and references Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main Street, Buffalo,
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Milwaukee's mayor is angry At his chief of
police for raiding bawdy houses without prev
ious notification
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"Buchu- Paiba" Quick, complete cure, all
annoying kidney and urinary diseases 81.
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CAS- Good N Nav -

Gen. 0. A. Babcock's wines and furniture
we're sold at auction in Washington the other
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Piso's cure for consumption is not only
pleasant to take but it is sure to cure
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Maid Of Athana.

"Rough on Rats" Clears out rats, mice flies,
reaches, hugs, ants, vermin, chipmunks. l5c.
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Skin Cancer

Trough on Corns." 15c. Ask for it. Com.
plete cure, hard or soft corns warts, bunions.
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For adoption-a fair healthy girl infant II
months old-apply to DR.. Wharton Windsor ho-
tel St Paul, Mimi
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''Rough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions, ring
worms, letter, salt rheum frosted feet chilblains
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AAvs9t1si1g 0AeaasllI
1T has become 30 common to begin IN article.
IN an elegant, interesting style
Then run itinto some advertisement that We
avoid allsuch
"And simply call attention to the merits Of Hop
Bitters in - plain, honest terms ~ possible.
ITO inducepeople
ITO give them one trial, which 20 proves their
value that they win never use anything else"
'eTHE REMEDY 80 favo1ably noticed in al the
papers,
Religious and secular, is
Having large sale, and is supplanting all
other medicines.
There is no denying the virtues of the Hop
plant, and the proprietors of Hop Bitters have
shown great shrewdness and ability =
TN compromising medicine whose virtues are
20 palable to every ones observation" =
did me DIE:
mo!
''She fingered and suffered along, pining away
all the time for years."
''The doctors doing her no good;"
"And At last was cured by this Hop Bitters the
papers say so much about"
'1ndeed! Indeed!"
Glow thankful we should be for that nedi-
cine"
4 Oaughter's Misery.
ELEVEN years our daughter suffered on bed
Of misery.
From complication of kidney, liver, rheu-
matte trouble and Nervous debility,
Under the care of the best physicians,
''Who gave her disease various names,
"But no relief
"And now she is restored to us in good health
by as simple remedy as Hop Bitters, that We
had summed for years before using it"-THk
PARENTS.
Father n 0etting Well.
my daughters say:
How much better father 10 since he used Hop
Bitters"
''He is getting well after his long suffering
from disease declared incurable"
And We are SO glad that he used your Bitters-"
A LADY of Utica, N Y
10 None genuine without a bunch of green
Hops on the white label Shun all the vile,
poisonous with ''Hop' or Chops" in their name.
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Lieut. J. c. Fremont, the generals son, is OF
the war steamer Lackawanna
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A Clay county, Miss, farmer has 100 acres Of
peppermint
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The BEST IS THE Observation-Disclosures use
Frazer Axle Grease
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An Invaluable Remedy except those
who have suffered all the horrors of Dyspepsia
can fully appreciate tho value and efficacy Of
Perry Davis Pain Killer, sovereign remedy
for this distressing disease in all it's forms is
used internally and externally, test its virtues.
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OF |uhA
| Thirty
| Years
| Record.

FOR FE in curing Brtght's
Kidney & Liver Troubles, y Disease. Pains in tho
Bladder. Urinary end1AEBaok, Loins OF sideo.
Liver Dieasses Dropey. Retention Non-Reteu-
Gravel and Diabetes. ton Of Urine.
HloNlY RECOMMENDED,
ucures Biiousness, Headache, Jaundice, Sour Stom-
ach, Dyspepds, Constipation and Piles.
IT WORKS PROMPTLY
and cures Intemperance. Nervous Diseases, General
Debility, Excuses and Female Weakness.
USE IT At ONCE.
1trestofes the KIDNEYS. LIVER and BOWELS, TO
healthy action and CURES when all other medicines
fall Hundreds have been saved who have been given
up to die by friends and physicians.
Pricc 81 26. Send for Illustrated Pamphlet to
HUNTS REMEDY CO., Providence, r. I.
BOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS. D
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niles Itching or Bleeding. relieved and per-
uine cents and Is cents at druggists or by mail
j. w. COLE / CO.. Props, Black River Falls, Wiz.
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"see What Cuticura Does for Ne!"
NFANTILE and Birth Humors Milk Crust,
itching scaly Pimply. scrofulous and inherited
diseases OF the Blood, Skn and Scalp, with Loss of
pMre Gnd safe. Cuticura the great Skin Cure 81
cts;; Cnncura Soap, an exquisite Skin Beautifer
Resolvent. the new Blood Purifier, ST, are sold by
druggists Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston.
~ send for "HOW to Cure Skin Diseases"
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was pump, merry little glrl, nothing
more. "a very pleasant little heather =
sighed Grace, after two days had passed.
e" named some of the best books of re-
ligious fiction, but she never heard of
them; and she did not know of a single
one of our foreign missions"
Good Mrs. Demming was uneasy at
this, and that evening turned the con-
versation on doctrinal subjects. Polly
grew red.
II am fraid," she said, II am not
clear in my ideas concerning those diff.
ficult points. The truth is, after
mothers death had the charge of nv
four brothers, and I had so little
time"
you will have more time now," said
Isabella. II will mark out a course of
doctrinal reading for YOU"
But Mary made slow progress with
her course of reading. As time passed
and she settled down into her place in
the household she proved to be q very
busy little woman. She had positive
talent for finding work; took her part
OF the family mending, tossed up dainty
little desserts, helped Joe with his &C.
counts. When Joe had gone to his Of
flee she took tremendous walks, advised
Mother Demming about her fancy work,
or copied the squire's papers for him.
"What clerky hand you write!" said
Grace one day" I often wish mine
were not SO delicate when father wor-
ries over those papers. But as for
mothers embroidery, women Of her age
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Thomas Calhoun, relation of John G. sui
cided recently at Beach Island, s. l.
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three sides OF square in broad field
outside the line of breastworks, Gen,
(now senator) Hawley's brigade facing
north, and the others facing inward on
the right and left. About the center of
the field a row of fourteen graves had
been dug in the frozen ground, and all
was ready for the execution.
"The day was the most depressing
that I have ever seen. just before, It
had spowed to the depth of perhaps IF
teen inches, and then during all the
night before slow, cold rain had steadi-
~ fallen, and was still falling, which had
soaked the snow thoroughly without
melting it or softening the frozen ground
beneath. Some delay caused the troops
to stand in line in deathlike silence for
more than an hour before the weirdly
mournful music of the 'Adeste Fidelis'
was heard from the band, and soon after
the long column slowly filled out from
tho dark pines over toward headquar-
tiers and approached the scene. Each
wagon contained two of the condemned
men, each sitting upon his own coffin,
and the cortege was composed of the
guards, firing parties, and the provost
A401o b0U uI9 8AUS vi arriving CQ6
collins were taken out and placed before
the row of graves, and the prisoners
with bound arms placed kneeling upon
them. Then came the weary reading
of the orders and the sentence in each
case, while the dull, gray clouds still
dropped the sullen rain, which made
the official witnesses in waiting feel as
though it was better to die on such a
day, because the regret at leaving life
was lessened.
AT last the firing parties, ten men
and . sergeant for each of the con-
demned, were ranged before each of the
respective prisoners, who were made to
kneel on the collins, and soon came the
orders Of the provost to fire. There
were few among the 5000 in that d.
vision that watched with open eyes the
volley, but a. the smoke cleared away,
to the horror Of all, several Of the men
still remained upright on the collins,
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"God help him, muttered the squire.
He surprised Polly when he met her
the next time by taking her in his arms,
and kissing her with the tears in his
eyes.
In the Spring Tom went to Kentucky
and began his new life. He has not
broken down in it yet.
It was in the spring, too, that Uncle
Ben began to fail. The old man was
so fond of Polly that she gave up
most of her time to him; so much of it,
indeed, that Joe complained.
Don't say q word, DEAR" she said,
"he has such little while to stay. Let
me do what can"
II say, Polly, was that the Bible you
were reading to him to-day?"
"Yes. He asks for it often"
Joe began to whistle and choked it
down into sigh. Uncle Ben had been
such goddess reprobate in his youth
that it never had occurred to any of the
Demmings there was way to reach
his soul. He lived until late in the
summer. The Sunday before his death
he sent for Mr.. Floyd and talked to
him for long time.
When the young minister came out
of the dying mans room he was pale.
He had been much moved.
twill give him the sacrament to-mor-
row." he said to Squire Demming.
"You think he is worthy of it?"
IF sincere repentance and trust in
Christ can make any of us worthy, he
is. He asked that little Polly should
take it with him. She has done this
for me- he said. It's her work"
The girls overheard the converse
ton. They sat grevely silent after the
minister was gone.
II do not understand Polly" said
Grace, at last. "She never seemed to
me to be q religious person.,
Perhaps" said the squire, 1--WE have
not clearly understood what religion u.s.
We took too much for granted. If we
would waken up and look into the
truth Of the matter