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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
The Pompous Man.

It was during the holiday season and
he was a very pompous man. AS he
walked through the lnest and most ex-
pensiye store in town his air and man
ner seemed to say that ne owned it
but he didn't, as everybody knew. At
length he found himself in the hosiery
department, and brave, indeed, was the
display there.
"Give me half dozen pairs Of those
be said, pointing to a superb pair Of
silk stockings embroidered in a pattern
as intricate as Florentine mosaic.
The little clerk raised her voice timid.
": Excuse me, sir, but I don't think
YOU want half q dozen pairs Of these;
they are"
The pompous individual interrupted
her with a crushing look.
Don't presume to dictate to me. !
said half dozen pairs"
The clerk was silent. She carefully
arranged six dainty boxes, each with
it's exquisite and elaborate contents,
and then made out the bill painstak.
ngly.
The pompous man drew forth his fat
oocketbook anl waited with look Of
smooth condescension on his snug face.
"a hundred and eighty dollars, sir"
said the clerk, quietly.
The man gasped. The stockings were
The finest in the market. They retailed
1T exactly $50 per pair!-NeW York Ad,
Tertiser.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
A YOUNG GIRLS TRIALS.
NERVOUS TROUBLES END IN Sc
TITUS' DANCE.

Physicians Powerless---The Story Told b,
the Child's Mother.
(Froa the Reporter, Somerset, Ky.)
Among the foot hills Of the Cumberland
Mountains, near the town Of Flat Book, il
the happy home Of James McPherron- Foul
months ago the daughter Of the family, g
happy girl Of sixteen, was stricken with st.
Vitus' dance. The leading physicians were
consulted, but without avail. She grew pale
and thin under the terrible nervous strain
and was fast losing her mental powers In
fact the thought Of placing her in an asylum
was seriously considered. Her case has been
so widely taxed about that the report Of he,
cure was Ike modernizing miracle Of old.
To a reporter who visited the home tho
mother said:
eyes, the reports Of my daughters sickness
and cure are true as you hear them Her af-
fiction grew into St. Vitus' dance from an
aggravated form of weakness and nervous
trouble peculiar to her sex. Every source OF
help was followed to the end, but it seemed
that physicians and medicine were power
less. Day by day she grew worse until we
despaired of her life. At times she almost
went into convulsions. She got so that we
had to watch her to keep her from wander
ing away, and you can imagine the care she
was.
"About this time, when our misery was
greatest and all hope had fed, 1 read OF
another case, almost similar, that had been
cured by medicine known as Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills. Almost in desperation secured
some of the pills and from that day on the
wonderful work of restoration commenced;
the nervousness left. her cheeks grew bright
with the color of health, she gained flesh and
grew strong both mentally and physically
until to-day she is the very picture OF good
health and happiness.
'tIt is no wonder that speak In glowing
terms of Pink Pills to every ailing person |
meet. They saved my daughters life and
am grateful"
The foregoing Is but one of many wonder
full cures that have been credited to DR.. Will
ams' Pink Pills for Pale People. In many
cases the reported cures have been investl'
gated by the leading newspapers and verl'
fed in every possible manner. Their fame
has spread to the far ends Of civilization and
there is hardly a drug store in this country
or abroad where they cannot be found.
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfailins
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt Of price ESQ cents
box, or six boxes for $250-they are never
sold in bulk or by the 1907 by addressing
DR.. Williams Medicine Company. Schenee-
tady n Y
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
RICH in FOSSILS.
The Bad Lands a Bonanza to the
Daring Geological Student.

The Bad Lands a Bonanza to the
Daring Geological Student.
"The Bad Lands" said Horatio Gar
:ett, one Of the most earnest rock del
yers Of the party from Princeton Col
lege that recently visited the Bad Lands
Of North Dakota and Montana to col
lect fossils, to Northwest Magazine
representative, "are strange comblna-
ton of desolation, horror, and incom-
prehensible freaks Of the primeVal
world. There are lofty peaks, bare and
brown-baked into spires Of burning
rock by the hot suns Of millions Of
years. Tie valleys between are white
deserts, covered with. bitter, dusty
binding alkali that has made all that
country a desert worse than Sahara
ever was said to be-.
"The rivers run white or turbid will
this alkaline concretion in winter, and
are dry and dusty channels in the sum-
mer. The peaks, the valleys, and ev-
cry feature Of the whole region, in fact,
SSGLllS W Ue IulONu u uOHu IL OpOA IAlS
earth in natures angriest mood-a
hideous conglomeration, in which even
the geological strata are displayed and
entangled. This strange region was
once the salt-washed bottom Of sea,
and the traces of the receding waves are
visible on every hand. The fossils,
which were now our main pursuit. are
mostly aquatic animals. Few birds.
and those mostly Of the semi-reptilian
character, are found among them, while
innumerable bones Of gigantic saurians
dot the shale and sandstone Of the val
leys. Mingled with them are remains
of bear, antelope, and buffalo, and relics
Of an intermediate age, the bones Of the
mastodons and elephalts-not NAM
moths-and of three-toed equine, one
IF the ancestors Of the present horse.
"Some Of the saurians Of the eocene
and miocene periods were indescrib-
ably hideous. Looking upon the rem
nants Of these monsters and gazing on
the awful scenery Of the country-a bit
Of hades upturned to view, one might
say-is it any wonder that the Indians
stunned the Bad Lands and said they
were the haunts Of ghosts and the home
Of evil demonsT" ;.,..;.,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

In the body Of an adult persoh there are about
Is pounds of blood.
The blood has as its most important clemens
small round corpuscles, red and and white, IN
proportion of about 300 red to 10 white one.
Ifthe number of red corpuscles becomes di-
minished and the white ones increased the blood
is impure, thin, lacking in the nutrition neces-
sary to sustain the health and nerve strength OF
the body.
Then That Tired Feeling. Nervousness,
Scrofula, Salt Rheum, or Others of the long
train of Ills, according to the temperament and
disposition, attack the victim.
The only permanent remedy is found in re-
liable blood medicine like Hoods sarsapsrtlla,
which acts upon the red corpuseles. enriching
them and increasing their number. 1t thus re-
stores the vital fluid to healthy condition, ex-
pels all impurity, cures Nervousness. That Tired
Feeling, Scrofula and all other diseases arising
from or promoted by low state Of the blood.
That these statements are true we prove not
by our own statements, but by what thousands
of perfectly reliable people say about Hoods
Sarsaparllla. Read the testimonial In the next
column from beloved clergyman. Then take
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
'RICH RED BLOOD

"In view OF the benefit I have had from
Hoods Sarsaparilla wish to give the following
testimonial. 1 have several times been badly
Poisoned With Creeping Ivy.
As the old school of medicine simply tried to
remove the symptoms instead OF the sources OF
them much OF the poison was left in my system
to appear in an itching kumor on my body with
every violent exeEt1on In warm weather. At all
times there were more or less indications OF
poison in my blood, up to year ago last winter,
when
Large Sores Broke Out
on my body. I then purchased bottle OF
Hoods sarsa parila and after using that and
half of another bottle, the sores and humor dis
appeared. / attended the Christian EndeaVor
Convention in Montreal and also visited the
Worlds Fair in the hottest weather OF the sum-
mer. Was on the go all the time, but
Had No Recurrence
of the burning and itching sensation which had
marred every previous summers outing. have
reason, therefore, TO be enthusiastic IN my
praises Of Eood's Sarsaparilla." SAMUEL S.
ScHSELL, pastor Of Free Baptist Church, Apala-
chin, n. Y. Be sure to get only
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
the pantry to last a considerable voy.

the pantry to last considerable voy'
age.
The cabin itself was packed al
most full with boxes which proved
to contain cigars and liquors. The
hold, when he went below. held the
same sort Of cargo, It didn't take
much guess-work to understand the
schooner's business. She was from
Havana doubtless bound for the
United States, and undoubtedly
those goods were never meant to pay
a duty The schooner was a SNUG
yler.
"Well, the rightful owner having
abandoned hex, the vessel, which
was called the Bolaventure, was
nothing but a derelict and Sam saw
at once that there was money to be
made out Of her. The cargo was
doubtless very valuable and all he
had to do was to sail her into some
American port and demand salvage.
With the stiff breeze that was blow
ing, he could do that in a few days.
providing the weather didn't change
ind that wasn't likely.
Sam could navigate after fashion
and he didn't hesitate none to speal
of. he was glad enough TO leave
that island in anything, so he set
what sails be could and bore away to
ihe northward.
The weather remained fair fo1
three days and Sam spoke a vessel
going south and got his exact bear
ings The little Bonaventure sailed
like fairy and be was just about
tickled to death over the fact Of his
good fortune. According to his be-
lief, he would be rich man tor life
when he got his salvage, and hs
wasn't far from right.
The pace began to tell on him
however. He could only obtain lit
tie car-naps and he was fairly sick
for want of sleep But he kept up
and all might have gone well If it
hadn't been for that cursed liQuo!
aboard.
Sam had got a taste for the stut
during his two voages in the Dread.
naught, although he had never
tou, he'd it before, and having so
much of it lying around handy was
too great a temptation. Then, he
made himself believe that if he took
little it would help to brace him
ID for the remainder Of the trip.
Well, he broke into box and
emptied one bottle and that settled
it. There might as well have been
nobody aboard the Bonaventure after
that, for he was too hezy to know
what he was about. he drank
deeply of the potent stuff and finally
leaned up against the rail and went
fast asleep letting the schooner sal
Is she pleased.
And that night she please to run
across the bow Of big ocean steam
ship and the larger vessel cut he'
down to the waters edge.
It was only by merciful ProVi.
dence that Sam was saved, but he
managed to cling to spar till morn.
ing and was then picked up By
bark bound for New York. But the
Bonaventure, with her valuable
cargo, was a complete loss and so
Sam step Led ashore in New York as
ooor as ever.
He always declared that he missed
bis chance in life at that time and
agree with him. He never had such
another opportunity and probably
wouldn't have If he had lived to be
as old as Methuselah. Such chances
as that don't come to a man more
than once in life-time.-Yankef
P1oSo
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
DeaSness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach The
diseased portion Of the ear. There Is only one
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but al in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for anv
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
. F. J. CHENEY G Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
The Greatest r1edicaI Discovery
of the Age.
KEN N EDYS
Medical Discovery,
DONALD KENNEDY, OF RoxBURY, MASS,

Has discovered in one Of our common
pasture weeds remedy that cures every
kind Of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to common pimple.
he has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
fboth thunder hrmor). he has now in
his possession over two hundred certifi-
Gates of its value, all within twenty miles
of Boston. Send postal card for book.
a benefit is always experienced from the
first bottle, and perfect cure is warranted
when the right quantity IS taken
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver
OF Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears il a
week after taking it. Read the label.
II the stomach Is foul or bilious it wip
cause squeamish feelings ct first
No change Of diet ever necessary. Eat
che best you can get, and enough Of it.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold By all Druggists.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
The Skill and Knowledge

Essential to the production of the most
perfect and popular laxati7e remedy
known, have enabled the CalifG mia Fig
Syrup Co. to achieve great success IN
the reputation of its remedy, Syrup OF
Figs, as it is conceded to be the unlver-
sal laxative. For sale by all druggists.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
A Moist Name.

Mrs. Fa.mer-I wish you would dc
little hoeing to Fay for that meal.
Silvery Tung-I would, mum, but
Pm no use On a fair day. You see
I'm a Macintosh, mum. Judge.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

First Cluhman-I see Moneylove
has lust married a fortune; is bis
wife prepossessing? Second Clubman
NO, not progressing; just possess
'np.-NeW York Tribune,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

Seventy-fve horses are used in the
anti-diphtheritic laboratory in Ber-
lin and the supply of the remedy will
be about 100 quarts a month.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

A "chaser'' that is shot from q rock
ct Sand shoots around the heavens for
fully ten minutes, has been invented
by man in Victoria, Australia.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

A German has invented a small
house capable of holding four or five
persons to be used in diving and work.
ing in sunken ships or valuable wreck
age Of other character.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
Profitable Farming in Wisconsin.

Settlers on the tim Der lands now being offered
in small tracts by the Northwestern Lumber Co..
Eau Claire, Wis, are finding the soil so we'll
that they are able to make dairying very prof
table industry. 1t is also said that potatoes and
all other vegetables, yield remarkly we'll, and
are of such excellent quality that they sell read
west These lands are located IN q thickly set
tied country, convenient to schools, churches
and good markets.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
A War Illnp

A War Nlup
Showing the location of battles in kentGSSsE, SaS
Tennessee. Alabama and Georgia has has = oesH
published by the Louisville Nasnrig hT y, nos e
tai to E. G. johnson, General Advertising
AGENT, Louisville, Ky,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

Four hundred and thirteen different
species of trees grow in the various
States and Territories.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

Makes Pure Blood. These three words
tell the whole story of the wonderful cures by
Hoods Sarsaparilla- 1t IS the best blood purifier
aud spring medicine
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

An electric furnace for heating iron
strips used in making horseshoe nails
has been recently installed in Montreal
Canada. Five feet of strip are heated
eyery minute.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

In 1898, for the first Tune in four
years, there was slight excess of
births over deaths in France.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

Mrs. Wlnslows Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ti"n aIisvs nain. cures wind cohc. Sc bottle
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

Babies do not hear we'll because the
bones of the ear are too soft to convey
the sensation of sound.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

Ifafdcted with Soreeyes use Or. isaac Thomp
sonSEye.Water. Druggists sell at25c. pet bottle
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

With preparation Of sodium tung-
state cloth can be made practically
fireproof.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

DR.. Kilmer's MP-RooT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton, n. Y.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

Hoods Pills have won high praise for their
prompt and efficient yet easy action.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

The line OF perpetual snow varies
both in latitude and in altitude above
the sea all over the globe.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

Are You Car-Sick When Trcveling.
Car-sickneSs is as trying to many people as sea-
sickness 1t comes from a arrangement Of the
stomach. One Of Ripaps TabGles is an insurance
against it, and box Of them should be IN every
travellers outfit.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30
Hoods SarsapariIIa
The Blood Purifier and True Nerve Tonic.

man can't learn much by talking,
but he may learn much if he will only
listen.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-30

Physicians Powerless--The Story Told By
the Child's Mother.
Arizona republican., 1895-03-16
SAVE TIME AND MONEY

By taking the cheapest and quickest route from Solomonville to Sheldon station and nine hours making the trip either way. Greens regular mail hack leaves Solomonyille for Shel- don station every Monday, Wednesday and by sso D. D. m ' making m a close eopneetions at Wi.h the train from Lordsburg to Clifton. Return. ing from Sheldon to Solomonville on arrival of train from Clifton every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, arriving at Solomonyille by 4 o'clock p. m. We shall spare no time or ex- pense, to make it to the interest of all who will favor us with their patronage. Commercial men and others who have to travel on odd days can always be accommodated by timely notice Fare, s5; round trip s7.5O We have corral at Solomonville, where we give animals good care and plenty to eat and drink Saddle horses, teams and buggies to let Thanking the public for their liberal patronage hereto fore bestowed and asking continuance of the same, we remain yours respectfully,
 N. GREEN & SON. SoLoMoNvILLB. Ariz.. March IA, 1894.
Arizona republican., 1895-03-16
THE SEVEN STARS.
A Strange Superstition of the Ancient
 Egyptians.

Egyptians.
 In ancient Egypt the body of Osiris was always sealed up in the ark dur. ing the month of November, because the people believed that the seven stars were seven brothers sailing their ships across the sky and carrying with them the souls of the dead. The people of ancient Gaul believed that the angels and the souls of great men held a celestial festival on that particular night in November, when both the full moon and the seven stars were on the meridian at the same hour. The Hot tentots of South Africa and the Abi- pones of South America each claim that the seven stars are their deceased ia thers and grandfathers. Oakes says: "Certain tribes in both Africa and South America hold that the seven stars is (are) their father fathers), and welcome their return with festivities and much rejoicing" The ancient Mexicans always sacrificed human being and kindled sacred fire (made of seven frebrands) on his back when the seven stars and the moon were on a certain meridian together The Pe- ruvians also had seven stars cere- monies, but without sacrifice, at about the time the Mexicans were carrying on their paganistic rites. The ancient Druids believed the seven stars to be boats, which carried souls to the iudg- ment seat of the ''god of the dead"
Arizona republican., 1895-03-16
FOUGHT UNDER WATER.
Mink Drowned While Killing Musk
 rat in an Adirondack Pool.

The muddled water of half-frozen cove down on the flats told that some thing unusual had happened not long before. Palmer yet was the tale when stiffening furred body rose to the sur face of the little open space of water. Under the fringe of nearly frozen ice a dark spot showed plainly to a wood- mans eye that fight had occurred in the water, and closer inspection demonstrated that it had been a fight for food and fight for fife.
 A hungry mink had come that way along a string of coves looking for something to eat. The mice were shy, and he could not catch them. Of fish there were none, but lone muskrat, diving for roots and after minute be- meath the waters surface rising again, offered a prey at once a fighter and of goodly taste. A mink likes to kill fighter. He will go long way from brooks, upon hill and even mountain tops, looking for one, woodsmen say. He tackles martens or weasels, and is especially fond of big muskrat.
 The mink crouched on the edge of the ice moment; then, as the muskrat rose, he sprang for his prey. The musk rat quickly threw up his head and caught the mink by paw. The mink got hold of the muskrat's neck, skin hold only. They rolled and kicked the water high in the air, throwing it ten feet away into the snow. The mink could have killed the muskrat had they been in the snow or on the ground, but in the water the muskrat was too pow erful. At last they dived, and above thein the water boiled and grew yellow with mud.
 Under water the mink was as badly off as at the surface At last the mink's breath gave out, and, letting go, he tried to rise, but the muskrat would not release his hold on the minks leg. So at last the mink, after much strug- gling, died. But his hold on the musk rats throat, though at first only skin hold, had later been forced back, and the big vein had been cut. The mink rose to the surface, and the muskrat tried to swim away, but died, and rose as the other had done.