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The vast amount of labor perform
ed by the heart in keeping all por-
tions of the body supplied with blood
is not generally known. 1t beats
100000 times, and forces the blood
at the rate of l68 miles day, which
is 100000 times and 5,l50,s80
miles in life time. No wonder
there are so many HEART FAILURES.
The first symptoms are shortness of.
breath when exercising, pain in the
side or stomach, futtering, choking
ing in throat, oppression, then fol
low weak, hungry or smothering
spells, swollen ankles, etc. Dir. Frank
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only reliable remedy. Sold by A.
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" BY INDUSTRY WE THRIvEn-
10y If we didn't work for trade we
wouldn't get it, - moreover, we
wouldn't be entitled to it. Intelli-
gent, persistent work has made us
what we are. We work as hard one
season as we do another. Since
January we have been busy while
others have been idle. We have
kept the ball of business rolling and
look what it has done for us Some
thing that merchants who constantly
complain of hard times, can't under
stand. We are as fresh and as active
to-day as we were when we first
started. The work is not too hard
for us-the pace is not too fast. We
intend to keep right on and lead in
everything, just as we always have
done. We desire to call your atten-
ton this week to our immense stock
of Carpets. Over halt of them were
purchased this season, SO you'll have
many new patterns and choice styles
to select from. We bought our Car
pets for cash down and can satisfy
you that our prices are all right.
OUR CARPET DEPARTMENT
is run in connection with our other
business at nominal expense, so we
can afford to sell on a very small
profit. We have saved others and
can save you from three to five dol
lars, if you want Carpet. This is
not theory but fact which you
can test for yourself We have big
trade tins week. Everybody was
delighted with our Carpets and said
they were so cheap. Remember, we
keep every kind, grade and quality
of Carpets, Mattings and OilCloths
lin fact we have everything that is
kept in first-cIass Carpet Store. If
desired, we will come and measure
your room, cut, make and lay your
Carpets at the least possible expense.
We take pleasure in showing our
Carpets, and if you want one this
Spring, it will be to your advantage
TO come and look through our Stock
and get our prices. Ask to see our
Carpet Stretchers.
EMMERT e. FIERY.
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Hon. w. L.. Wilson, of West Virgin'
in, has no intention of retiring from
Congress to accept the presidency of
the State of University of Missouri.
Mr.. Wilson was entertaining q con
stituent at his residence this evening
when a representative of the Sun
called upon him TO ascertain what
foundation there was for the report
that the Democratic minority in the
house was soon to lose one ofits ablest
members. Mr.. Wilson says the board
of curators of the State University
of Missouri and many of the leading
men in that State have on several
occasions recently informed him
verbally and by letter that the presi-
dency of the college is at his dispo-
sal, and the tender will be promptly
made if he will accept it. Induce
ments quite tempting in the way of
compensation, including college
residence, were held out, but after
considering the subject seriously he
has concluded that he will remain in
West Virginia. While Mr., Wilson's
congressional duties are laborius and
the expenses attending political cleo
tions unreasonably high, he never
theless finds his present occupation
very congenial, and he has so in
formed the oflicers-of the Missouri
University. - Washington letter Of
Baltimore San.
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A REMINDER!

The undersigned would respectfully
remind all who are in need OF first
class Buggy. Ladies' Ph9ton, Surrey, or
Business Wagon AT A MODERATE
PRICE to ca on him and learn his
prices, styles. etc, and leave their
oiders. Now is the time to do it, d0a't
wait until you need r.. and then buy,
not what you want, but what you can
get.
Come aud ORDER EXACTLY
WHAT YOU DESIRE aud you viii
be sure TO get il.
This is also he proper time TO have
your old vehicle repaired aud painted
for spring use. The more time we have
Tor painting the better will he the lob.
Come &c and all
Thanking my customers for their lib
eral patronage IN the past and soliciting
"a continuance Of the same, | rein HI
Very Respectfully,
JOHN HELLER
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Miles Nerve Il Liver Pills.

An important discovery. They
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women and children. Smallest. mild
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cents. Samples free at A. NJ. Gil
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LOCAL NEWS.
SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1890.

SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1890.
THE Job Rooms of the INDEPENDENT
put out the Court docket this week.
THE B. & o. are repairing their
buildings in this city.
100 pair fine Kid Gloves at 25 cts.
at H. G. Berry's Great Sale.
On Thursday last Wyoming Terri
tory was admitted to Statehood.
WE are glad to learn that Mr.. r.
c.. Williams is convaleseing.
WE are glad to welcome Mr.. VIM.
A. Cushwa as resident of our city.
TRY Bishops Prepared Lump
Coal. 1910 per ton, delivered.
BEST seasoned Oak and Pine wood,
at Bishops.
A German Count committed sui
eide in saloon, at Denver, Col.
THE weeks beginning was with
rain, and so was its ending.
DURING the recent storm O coat
was blown from Paducah to Hender-
son, KY, a distant of 100 miles.
A RIOT at Caperton, w. Va, among
the miners, caused the death of one,
and the fatal injuring of two others.
Mr.. W. A. Hoke came up from
Baltimore, Md, on Tuesday, and
remained during the week.
Mr.. A. Melintz has opened bar
Der shop in the room vacated by Mr..
Quenzel, the confectioner.
LINEN window shades 2 yds long
yd wide on spring rollers only 35c.
at Burdette's.
Go to II. @. Berry's and get No.
l White Shirt at 45 cts, and pair
of Ladies Kid'Gloves for % cts.
ANOTHER vein of iron ore has been
discovered near Harrisonburg, Va,
which is of excellent quality.
Mr.. S. w. Walker was in Wood
stock, Va, on Thursday attending
Court.
REV. Chas. r. Stribling spent sew
spent several days this week in the
county.
THE Presbyterians of Falling Wa
tiers Church have not succeeded in
procuring a minister.
AMONG the large contracts for cleo
trio lights the B. & 0. take nine
arcs.
Mr.. e. p. H. Harrison came home
on Friday last, and will remain for
several days.
Mr.. Jno. E. Boyd has moved to his
new residence, just finished in this
city.
THE latest version for the letters
W. G. 7. u, is women constantly
torment u.s."
Miss Julia, daughter of Col. Robt.
Hunter, of Winchester, Va, spent
Sunday with friends in this city.
WE notice the addition of bril-
liant gas lamp, in the store of EN-
inert q Fiery.
Miss Lottie Anderson of Bunker
Hill, is visiting Miss Mamie Grim, of
this city.
The Ice Companies of Philadel-
phia, Pa, have raised the price 80 to
so per cent.
ARE you going to see her? Who?
SHEl At Central Opera House
Tuesday April 9Th.
Mr.. Chas. w. Wisner has disposed
of his insurance business in this city
to Mr.. VIM. Morgan.
DR.. j. p. Morrison has been quite
i'll at his residence in this city, but is
able to be up again.
By the explosion of illuminate at
Beth Ayres, Pa, one man was blown
to pieces, and two others badly in
iured.
Mrs. James M. Booker of Lynch
burg, Va, daughter of Mrs. Thos.
Bocock, is making her mother visit
in this city, at the Faulkner home
stead, " Boydville."
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Baltimore Markets.
AT CALVERTnN YARDS.

BEEF CATTLE Prices of Beef Cattle this
week ranged as follows: Best Beeves at 90
(9 81 25 those generally rated first quality
ems a. 81 90. medium or good fair quality
3 90 a. So 10. and ordinary thin Steers AK
On and Cows 90 Cd So rs per 100 los
SHEEP AsD LAMBs. I'VE quote. hDe...1s'
Sheep at 3 az AZ cents for commou good
cents for extra and Lambs at 4(as +uis
per ID gross, with few extr, a, Tcfnts.
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WANTED

Energetic men who are willing 10 work
and who desire steady and profitable en-
ploymenf taking orders tar slrirkly FIRST.
class Nursery stock on SALARY ar commits.
sion PAYABLE weekly shoa'd write nj once
for terms 10
+ O GRAHAM,
NURsERYMAN. ROCHESTER, n Y
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THE rush continues at Emmert Il
Fiery's, their selection Of holiday
goods are beautiful beyond compari-
son and are going rapidly.
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Any person desiring to trade or exchange
good young horse for new Buggy or
Carriage can be accommodated by calling
on JOHN HELLER,
Carriage Builder.
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L. NJ. Hoke has the dandy water
proof gents shoe. Call aud get q
pair at WY down price.
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MANY have been spared and many
will be pleased with the lovely Christ
mas goods at Emmert Il Fiery's.
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Another Years kscsine.s s.
Over.

We have fried iaIthtsiv ~ ,asra nsir
customers. We challenge he public. taat
II at any time We have msrepre~eitetl
.u4!s IN order 80 make q sale. let them
come frWard. audi we have done ff,.ae
~. s.. I'll MAKE % glght. SUrhheailnA ~.0ul3
be- uppfeci1ted. nj we be. ~ lslt.na 10
come t1l see oar go0us AMI gr.,As s..t.s
BUaKI Ri a
Jan. IL. 80. pu6lc stl8,4.
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ALL the late STYLES IL black silk
Hemmed stitched Handkerchief at
THOMPSON e TABAER.
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Ladies who want fine hand-sewed
shoes, made to order, can get them
at L. M Hoke's for less money than
elsewhere.
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WASH day need no longer be re-
garded as a day OF drudgery. The
United States Washing Machine has
over come this difficulty. Washing
can now be done easily and quickly
by any member Of the family. Yon
are invited TO examine the machine
at
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A beautiful line of Ladies' and
Gents Umbrellas, at Emmert e.
Fiery's.
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TEXAS. Iune "a. 1888.

KEMP, TEXAS. June a3, 1888
The Swift Specific CO., Atlanta, Ca.
Gentlemen--A sixtecn-year-old son of
mine was afflicted with bad, blood, and broke
out with an eruption on various parts of his
body. / put him to taking S. S. S.. and
few bottles cured him entirely. live OF
Lone Oak, but my post-ofice is at Kemp.
Yours truly, w. S. ROBINSON.
Three books mailed free on application.
All druggists sell S. S. S.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer g. Atlanta, Ga.
New York. $50 Broadway.
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A SIX WEEKS SALE

In Muslins, Sheetings, Table Dam
asks, in fact our whole stock to 90.
Don't fail TO come.
G. p. HERR Nc.
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KNOXVILLE, TENN, Tuly ., 1888.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, July 2, 1888.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca:
Gentlemen--I can cheerfully and truth
fully say that S. s. s. is the greatest blood
purifier on earth. In 1854 l contracted
blood poison. Physicians treated me with
no good results. took half dozen differ
ent kinds of blood medicines, but without
receiving any permanent relief was in
duced to try S. S. s. I began the first
bottle with the gravest doubts of success.
l had been so often deceived. But inn
rrovement came, and continued its use
until perfectly well. / have since married,
and have healthy family. No trace of the
disease Is seen. Swifts Specific did all
this for me, and l am grateful Yours
truly, J. S. STRADER.
II8 Dale Ava.
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SALESN A N wanted IN this district.
One of our men parn"d S4 600 IN 'S7.
and So 900 IN $50, and IS doing better
this year. T.. O. Box 1871, New York.
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propose TO astonish the worlQ large
Portraits. A life size Bust) Pol trait, in
Crayon, only Sl5. Come and see.
i. g. HUNTED ),
Martinsburg, "
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NuRsERYMAN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-22


The illustration called 1.-The First Striden
shows two athletes IN a race just after the
pistol had been fired. 1t will be noticed that
the one on the left hand side has brought his
arms back and is giving the half swing as
described before. 1t was a handicap race
and the one on the left side had one yard al
lowance. The runner on the right is nearly
at the extreme point of the arm swing Both
are on the left leg, but the one to the right is
further advanced into his stride, for his right
leg Is being put forward and the angle of his
body shows that when the stride is taken he
would be almost lerel with his opponent even
though he started yard back The position
of the athlete on the left side looks as though
his legs had a tendency to sCraddle, end there
Is not the direct front motion which is
noticeable with the other.
To be able to start we'll in sprint race re-
quires great amount Of practice. The best
way for an athlete 10 learn it is To have some
one tell him TO set and start him either with
the word go" or with pistol just as though
he were in q race. His friend should hold him
on his mark different periods Of time and if
any motion IS made which resembles the ath-
lete's premeditating the pistol ne should be
held until quiet reigns again. AT the pistol
he should run OF, using rather short strides
until he gains some momentum, when his
regular running stride can be used. Any
where from thirty to sixty yards is q good
distance TO run at each trial. Half e. dozen
or even a dozen OF these starts whenever he
practices viii in time make him feel at home
while standing on his mark and getting into
his stride.
1t makes no difference whether one is prac-
ticing for 100 or 500 yards, the starts should
always be tried, and running tao full dis
tance occasionally should be done according
to the athletes feelings In practicing for
500 yards, for instance, if the athlete wished
to test his finishing powers he should try q
stlf 200 yards and only moderately hard
500 yard run occasionally.
Practising starts not only teaches the ath-
lete quick way Of getting into his running.
but the action Of the running irself is devel-
oped Not so much attention 10 the finish Of
the race concerning probable staying powers.
etc, Is necessary as might be supposed by a
novice. The finish Of q race generally shows the
strength Of q mans staying powers, and tbis
is developed more by starting than by finish
ing
y,
I(taG.eG4.L ~. @1
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from. An athlete in this position when be
hears the pistol brings his left arm back and
his right arm forward until both are about
parallel with the body, when the motion he
has made With his feet in the meantime viii
necessitste his extending them again in about
the saue positions, only to bring them back
in exactly the reverse position which is the
commencement Of the arm swing used BY all
sprinters.
There are two ways Of using the feet in
this style Of starting; one is TO step out with
the back foo5 when Jhe arms ara drawn half
way back, ard the other is TO leave the hac,
foot where It is aud take 4 short stride with
the front foot, the arms in this case going
through the very same motion as when the
first movement Ct tae feet is made with the
back one. The length Of stride when the
back foot isused first would bring the frs,
stop about three feet in front of tie scratch
mark which is where the front S-or is resting
II the froat foot IS put forward first. il vii
strike the ground anywhere from nine 10 If
teen inches IL front Of the scratch line md
the movement Is followed bv REGULAR stride
msde bv the beck foot The two s-vias e
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cut dry wood. In the densest part Of tbs
thickeU they came suddenly upon the frozen
corpse Of a handsome and richly dressed
young man. In the back OF the head and in
the neck were pistol shot wounds II was4he
corpse Of Frederick Benwell- With incredi-
bic hardihood the murderer went out and
identified it.
Then Mr.. Policy hastened 70 a magistrate
and gave evidence which soon placed Birchen
and wife in prison. The proof against the
man is ove-whelming and evidence rapidly
accumulates that he has lured other English
men 70 their death in ike manner His wife
is young. beautiful and refined, and os course
the sUpposition is that she knew nothing OF
the contemplated murder. Her father has
sent friends FOR her defense and viii soon ar
rive IN person. The murderer is young and
Of pleasing, plausible address AL the evi-
dence goes co show that ne is ODE Of thoss De-
culiar beings sometimes sent into the world
who have al the qualities Of mind and body
for average manhood and yet are totally d.
void Of q moral nature.
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Rrt,er Than = piarr.

For fifteen cents you can buy = neat and
convenient packet scrap book, large enough
70 contain the published accounts Of 100 rail
road acoi3eCcs. II you got one Jan. /. 1890.
yoC have already pasted up slzty-.nree acct
dents and goT nice start. You can fill
thr>e suca books II the year. and they arc
nice things to ponder over and wonder WHY
no one has been held % blame. -Detrois Free
D.
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ousvillainy is gentleman" In fact, being
Reginald Birchell, son Of Rev. Joseph Biz
chell, late rector of Church Kirk and
is q college bred man, of much suavity
and pleasant address, but noted as phenom-
email liar among those who know him best.
And what is still more surprising, both his
victims for one survives were men Of edu-
cation, good family aud fair social rank. In
the whole transaction the American reader
gets forcible impression of the confidence
educated young Englishmen SO often place in
each other on slight acquaintance.
After many minor tricks this Birchell, In
1855, married the daughter of David Steven
son, general traffic manager of the London
and Northwestern railroad, and using her.
or making her his accomplice-it is not GER
tain which-entered on a regular course
OF victimizing young fellows Of his own
age and class who were anxious to get into
business. Advertising that he wanted "to
meet gentleman's son TO live with him and
learn the business of managing a large farm
in Canada" he soon secured Douglas Ray
mond Pelley, of Walden, Essex, and Freder-
lex c. Benwell, son of Col. Benwell, Of the
British army. Those three, with the wife Of
Birchell. sailed to New York, and went thence
to Niagara Falls, by which time Pelley had
become suspicious and very uneasy, as he had
abundant proof that Birchell was q scoundrel
On the 18th of February, Birchell and
Benwell left the falls for the alleged farm;
the former returned alone and told Policy
that Benwell had gone further up country"
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Fifty-fve miles
west Of the falls, in
the to hip of
Blenheim, is a not
e d t am ar a C k
swamp, which, the
people say, no one
had traversed for
twenty-five years;
but on + g b. 81
George and Joseph.
Eldridge, two lads
of the vicinity, de-
cided to go to a re-
cent "windfsll and