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DEATH.

clasp had relaxed-she crouched upon
the floor. inert, helpless, dyiEg-yet
with her dark eyes to the last fixed upon
his face, and round her dusky neck
cleaned the coils of the silver snake,
and he knew his hand had clasped it
drops of blood were falling from be-
meath the scales where the poison-cov'
cred darts we're hidden. 1t was his
hand that had brought about thil
woman's death even while she hal
ca7essed him. and frantic with horror
of what he had done he tore the snake
from her throat and flung it from him
into the smdnldering fire.
in that Taft moment of her life suN
understood .,mething OF his remo1se,
for he saw RE death-limmed eyea
brighten nto a faint smile as they
looked into his: then from the Goals
where the snake wTithed like a living
thing there came a flash Of blue fame,
ii cio:lh Of punyent smoke, ard when the
darkness cleared away he knew that
I.achtne lay dead at his feet: and 10!
there in the doorway, clad in the white
robes OF death. Rosalie his love stood
piteously, with %imploring hands out
stretched to him.
The doctors found an explanation .!
Rosalie's awakening to life from the
brink of the grave: but, though the
world accepted it. it hardly satisfied
ST. Lawrence. Generally it was said
that the poison concealed in the snake
was one of which a minute quantity
will ranse a trance and ii slightly larger
amount inevitably produces instant
death, so that though Lachme fell a vic
tim 10 the awful thing from the force
with which it was clasped about her
throat. Roaa]ie escaped because. shrink
ing from the slight scratch the darts
inflicted. she tore the serpent almost
Instantly from her arm.
But John St Lawrence has his own
ol:nioh, and-though he never speaks
of it-deep in his heart turks a belief in
wild Indian magic. with the memory
of a legend that tells how the sacrifice
of a witch may bring the dead to life.
None knew exactly how Lachme died,
for the story was hushed up and almost
forgotten by the time John St. Law
n and Resale were married-a few
months later.
He is quoted as an ideal English gen
tle,nan-gentle, generous, honorable
and true-yet, as he takes his idolized
young wife in his arms and kisses her,
not even her charm car make him for
get how his hand cansed the death OF
the woman who, barbarian as she was.
had yet loved him lavishly, as only
orientals can love-as he can never hope
to he loved again Black and White.
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A SHINING EXAMPLE of VIII;

A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never yary-
:ng devotion to a single purpose is
seen i'll the history of the McCormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For o5 years they have simply beer,
building grain and g%rass-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it is
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of all
the binders, reapers and mowers used
throughout the entire world.
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had really seemed to bite her. Of
course, St. Lawrence treasured her, and
the young girl was speedily comforted.
A moment more and she had left him
to go, as she said, and "hurry up auntie."
and st. Lawrence began to replace his
Indian treasures in the great chest
wherein they had crossed the sea, smil
ing to himself as he recalled Rosalie's
superstitious fears. What a dear little
woman she was, how tender, and pretty,
and sweet, and how he loved her; and
yet by all the laws Of romance, where
things go by contrary, as we know,
he ought to have rather disliked he1.
For John St. Lawrence was a boy in
Elton jacket and Resale Beaumont still
a baby when their parents decided that
they should marry. Both had assented
passively to what they thought their
destiny, though st. Lawrence did not
care for the thought of having his wife
thus chosen for him. He went to India
with his regiment, fell i'll at an out-of-the-
way hill station, where a dusky beauty
nnrsed him back to life, was invalided
home, came to Fernholme, and there
ond then fell over head and ears in love
with his cousin; so much in love, in
deed, that 1t is doubtful if he ever re-
membered how rich she was, and how
the wedding would please all the re-
lations and friends on both sides.
Halt the curiosities were repaeked,
and he had Just stretched out his hand
TO take the silver snake from the table,
when q sharp cry Of alarm rang through
the house, and then-ah! he hardly
knew, hardly dared to recall, what fol-
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you should buy this silver snake. The
handsomest and most curious OF sll

you should buy this silver snake. Ihs
handsomest and most curious OF Ell
your gifts would ST, rely re for heh
't'i!ass silver snake was fashioned by
six men of old, there is a charm laid
upon it, and poison hid amid the scales,
So that any whose arm it clasps SHAH
surely die. Look at it again, the in.
strument Of your freedom, and Of my
revenge, see, | can handle 1t iii sotetv'
vet If those inner coils did but grip my
Hesh aa tower Oh earth tot'la shve INC;
WAS l not right, then, when | said you
were Resale Documents murderer"
"ASs you fend or woman" he cried.
hoarsely, and, indeed. she seemed more
than mortalthen: she might have been a
bronzed statue of triumphant hate as
she stood before him with that mociling
smile on her dark face. the roiling snake
Upon her ontstretclie,i hAhd etittetihe
wildly iii the light. Bit at the words Il
change caine to her, for suddenly The
snake fell from her grasp and in a mo
ment more she was ctouching by his
side. her 1.-THE, sinewy arms twined
aDOut MS neck, IeI leu Fps pressing
burning kisses Upon His:
"Oniy ii woman to tou," she whis.
pered. "only a. woman whom your love
can mun5 =,ors happy, nv beloved, my
beloved"
Her caress. the clinging of those soft
brown arms, the m,irmur of that sweet
voice maddened him. His loud grief
for his lost t~tosalie ran iii his heart like
a deiirufi and .he hated dotlblS this
woman whose arts had brought about
her death. Dimly he was conscious OF
something that seemed a fire surging
to his brain. something from which d
temptation sprang, and then the en-
erald eyes of the silver snake looked
into his own, and Lachme's passion
lighted face faded from his gaze
It twas but for a moment, then d half
strangled scream rang through the
room, an inarticnlate cry of mortal
\ Seav that, Though II WAS wovdless, YET
seemed to carry the refrain; ut was
for love of you sinned-all for love for
YOU"
The darkness cleared away and his
senses returned. for in a raroSysm OF
horror he sprang to his feet. Lachme'>
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HGTs This

Wa offer One Hundred Dollar; Reward
tor any ease Of Catarrh thai can not be
j. j. CHESEt 4 Co. Props, ;T'oleda;t ..
we; the undersigned; have known r. j:
Che..ey for the last Is years, aud believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRAN, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, y.
WALnrSG, K1SNAS & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio:
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price f:T: per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
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s'ONLT one thing makes a woman madden
than to AVE her husband stay down town
to lunch when he had said that he was COM
ing home.' "And what is that2" at is to
nave him CONS home to lunch when he had
said he was going to stay down town.
Chicago Record
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WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol.
i owing described property, viz:
ixty-six arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
Grained. with tenant house and outbuildines,
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
IA plantation situated on the Courtableau.
containing four hundred and forty-two and
q 100 arpents, about sixty arpents under pieux
end wire fence and in cultivation, with two good
tenant houses and outbuildings. The rear Of
this tract consists of cypress swamp.
3. Several tracts of wood land on the bayou
1eche, situated between Coulon's bridge and
BarrJs Landing. ~
The first and second tracts are rented adyan.
SgeouSly for the year 1894, and II sold I viii
0ahsfor rent notes to purchasers.
w. {. PERRAULT.
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AN Artistic Achievcment.-"Mr. Crayotf
Is very successful in his drawing" re,
marked the young yes" repliei
the discourteors rival, 81 understandable dis.
posed of anferal pictures at . .2ftle."-
WashinetSn Star.
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Is not steadier than n system liberated from
the sllackles of chills and fever, hiIlous re
mittent or dumb aguc by Hostctter's Eion1-
ach Bitters, Il perfect antiIote TO malar1ai
poison in air or water. 1t is also an Hnex-
ampled remedy for bilious. rheumatic or
kidney complaints, dyspepsia and ncrvcus-
ness. 1t improves appetite and sleep and
hasta,iS rnnyalpsreure.
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AN Unimportant Item.-Customer-"And
what would your price be if l should furnish
the materiali" Fashionable Dressmaker--
''Oh, in that case, I should nave to inform
you that | mover charge for material."-
Brooklyn Life.
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b. BLOt,MFIELD.

u. 8LOt1MFIELD.
Commissioner u. S. Circuit Court for the Wsee.
ern District Of. Louisiana.
commissioner U. S. Court of Claims throughout
the United States.
Notary Public in and for the Parish Of 81. Ian.
dry. ONCE with Hon. John N. Ogden.
Particular attention given to Land Cases and
e Final Proofs. Collections in the Parishes Of
>. tanary and Acadia promptly attended to.
Marks, etc., procured without delay.
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SHE says she can't afford 4 cab
Expenses she must curb.
Yet when she walks upon the street
Her carriage is superb.
N, Y, Herald.
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SOME DOGS OF HIGH DEGREE.

IN England and Wales there are ISL
iiiiGSsnssGa packs ~ faSjaaunds. having
$3.50 couples. In Scotland tneIs IRE
nine packs with 32e couples, and in
Ireland II with 365 couples.
Mulhall says that the largest-known
dog was q st. Bernard called "Plinlim-
tuen," exhibited at Birmingham in 1856.
The height Of this animal was So inches,
and his weight 2t4 pounds.
Attained bloodhound has been kr6Th
TO follow the track of a man on hose
back, and when the rider passed
through bushes the animal jumped up
and smclled at the leaves touched by
the feet of the horseman.
The "shepherd" of North Europe has
been known to historians for over 1000
years; and it is believed that tbs re-
mafixabie daxterity manifested by this
animal in caring for sheepis the heredi
tary result of training:
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GIoAccnINo RossIN1, who was a great
Jester, was once seen embracing a Spaniard
with great effusion. Asked the reason, he
replied: "Because without Spain we would
be the last nation. "-Argonaut.
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Mrs. N1x-sI hope you are not afraid of
work" Weary Willie tuneasily>-"I amt
exactly afraid, mum; but l always feel
fdgety when dere's anything like dat
arOund."-Truth.
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II CAN teach you law, sir, but l cannot
teach You Manners" said al exasperated
counsel to a small, meek witness. The lat
ter replied quietly: "Tbat is 80, SIR" and
people laughed consumedly. Pittsburgh
Disnatch.
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TREASON is like diamonds; there is moth
ing to be made by the small trader.-Doug
las Jerrold.
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"MAMMA, why has the month of February
% days every fourth year!' "vNhat q fool
ish question! So that people born on the
goth of February can have a birthday once
in awhile. Texas Siftings.
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"You want to keep your eye on the WON.
ans bonnet" says an item in a fashion pa
per. No, we don't want to, hut under Ger
tain conditions, dear editor, we have o.
Yonkers Statesman.
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No MATTER how happy and c0ntented a
mar may look, ii you give him a chance he
will spend the day telling you his troubles
Los Angeles Express.
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AFTER physicians had given me UP, | was
saved by Piso's Cure.-RAlrA ERlEi, Viii
Transport, Pa, Nov. %, 1893.
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The difference between a somnambuIist
and IL messenger hoy is tritiinc: Ono walks
i'll his sleep, and the other sleeps in his
walk.-Pliiladclphia Press.
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Before the 30-knot torpedo boat de-
s:royers have been tested, the British
admiralty is demanding n speed OF 50
knots in the contracts for the latest yes
sells of that class. The horse power
needed will re almost double that Of
the .7-l.not class.
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NATURE hath appointed the twilight rs
bridge to pass us out of night into day
Fuller.
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TEMPERANCE is corporal piety; it is the
preservation of divine orter in the body
Theodore Parker.
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THE past and future are yelled: but the
past wears the widows veil, the future the
virgin's.-Richter.
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A Wan may feel happy in rags, but he
doesn't look it.-Hartford Religious Herald.
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The Pock OF Gibraltar

IL general, trcachcry, though at first suf-
fcicntly cautious, yet in the end betrays
ltself.-Liyy.
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Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-31

Get ready for the hand primary
boys.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-31
The Vets for o

The grand reunion of u. O. v. occurs
at Richmond this year. 1t would natu-
rally go to Charleston In 1897. The
veterans OF that city and the business
exchanges met on Thursday evening
last and resolved that ''under the cir
cumstances" they could not extend an
invitation. The defense Of Sumter by
South Carolinians and Charlestonians
Is the crown of glory OF the Coincide
racy. But Charleston is o beleaguered
acknowledgement by the Governor and
Government Of the State of South Car
ol~jna--crushed to the earth. Her
streets are filed with gems de-armes-
. foreiS ~mercenary band, crushing
on. hss She is Ia no condition
oar invited guests ageinst
W. Their luggage
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Notice
" Settlement and Application
for Final Discharge.

Take notice that on the 9TH day
of April, 1896, I will render a final
account of my acts and doings as
Administrative of the estate Of
Lanson Owens, deceased, in
the office Of Judge Of Pro-
bate, for Laurens county at II
o'clock A. NJ, and on the same
day will apply for a final dis
charge from my trust as such AID.
ministator.
All persons having demands
against said estate will please pre-
sent them on or before that day
proven and authenticated, or be for
ever barred.
ELLA OWENS,
Administrative.
Feb. 29, 1S96.-4t
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State Treasurer Bates is reported as
saying that ~dispensary profits are
mostly on paper. This looks like moon
shine.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF LAURENs.

COUNTY OF LAURENs.
In Court Common Pleas.
The Laurens Building and Loan
Association, Plaintiff, against
Sallie d. Young, Defendant.
BY virtue of a decree OF the Court
In the above stated case, passed by
his Honor j. III. Earle, Presiding
Judge, 1 will sell at Laurens G. f.,
S. g., on Salesday in April, 1896, be-
ing the 9Th day Of the month, dur
ing the legal hours of sale, in front
of the court house door, to the
highest bidder, all that lot, piece,
or parcel of land situated in the
city of Laurens, county and State
aforesaid, containing six and one
half Acres, more or less, bounded
by Harper street, lands of Mrs.
Maffet, Fleming and others, except
two and one-half Acres thereof,
bounded by lands of William L..
Boyd, Little River and George B,
Anderson. This property Is also
described in the decree as follows:
All that lot of land situated, lying
and being in the town of Laurens,
in the county and State aforesaid,
containing Three Acres, more or
less, and bounded on the East by
the public road leading from Lau-
rens to Scutietown, on the South
by a street running from Cemetery
towards W. L.. Boyd's, on the West
by lands of j. M. McCarley and III.
M. Anderson, and on the North by
lot of A. M. Bramlett.
Terms of sale cash. Purchaser
to pay for papers. If terms of sale
are not complied with, lot will be re-
resold On same Saleday at risk of
former purchaser.
IS. MCCBAvY, 8. L. G..
Mar. 8, 1S96-4t
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STATE OF South CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF LAURENs,
In Probate Court.

WHEREAS, @. d. Barksdale, made
suit to me to grant him Letters of ADJ
ministration, with will annexed, of the
estate and effects oil James Griffin Will
liams, deceased.
THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite
and admoniSh all and singular the kin.
dred and creditors of the said James
Griffin Williams, decd, that they be and
appear before me, In the Court of Probate
to be held at Laurens @. H., s. c., on
the 18th day OF April, after publication
thereof, at IL o'clock in the forenoon to
show cause, If any they have, why the
said Administration should not be
granted.
GIVEN under my hand, this 21st day
OF March, Ammo Dqpini, 1896.
q THOMPSON,
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N Nervous

force those speciai physical trials we
delicately indicate by merely using the
words Maid, Mother, Matron.
Like q confidential friend we suggest
the use of Hoods Sarsaparilla, q reli-
able blood purifier and tonic; it has
helped many others and will help you.
81 was in poor health five years, broken
in strength, and appetite all gone.
Local troubles and other weaknesses in
tensifed my misery. Nervous sick
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The Bridge Of Signs.

There Is danger OF our crossing the
bridge before we reach it. Suppose
the Democrats have a love feast at
Chicago; the contingency of gold bug
platform neve materializing; all going
as dulcetly as marriage bells; Tillman
all glorious and jubilant as birds in
spring time; sweet harmony reigning
from the far east to the farthest woody
west. Then what are we fussing about?
We have had our grand hullabaloo in
Laurens all for nothing. Better wait
till we reach the abutments of the
bridge. In the meanwhile things are
promising for Tillman and Whitman.
30 faraas now appears Tillman can
have the chance for the Democratic
presidency at Chicago. While Nc
Kinley, Allison, Morton and Reed are
rallying their forces with beat of drum
and clarion note all over the land,
there Is no note of hope from demo-
cratic quarters, nothing but the voices
OF Tillman, Bowden and Mayield cry
Ing out in the wilderness.
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OF settlement and Application
for Final Discharge.


Take notice that on the goth day
OF April, 1896, 1 will render a
final account of my acts and do
ings as Administrator of the estate
OF Carrie b. Fuller, decd, in the
Office of Judge of Probate for Lau-
rens county at II o'clock A. M,
and on the same day will apply for
a final discharge from my trust as
such Administrators.
ALI persons having demands
against said estate will please pre-
sent them on OF before that day
proven and authenticated, or be for
ever barred.
c.. l.. FULLER,
Administrator.
Mar. 81, IS96-4t.
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Gospel Temperance Union OF South Caroline.
II I'm God We Trust. n

MEMBERSHIP CARD.
renewing the liquor traffic to be one of the most prolific sources of
mser n crime in our country, and standing directly in the way of
.he Pro OF 70 cause or Christ, we hereby unite unselves in organ
ization In His name" for Its suppression.
DIR. D. T. BoozER, President. TIL LAMoIrr secreta,
s#&# ID. ii. HyApT, Treasurer. aElE1 O. ID STANLEY' Ch,rnE H. cor
REv. 4. j, ABDOT, State Organizer.
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w I'M en-

VINO are nervous, weak, worn out
with local troubles find pure blood,
nerve strength, and perfect health in
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
We do not say the above to raise
false hope. 1t has been the expert
ence OF many, very many women in
those intensely trying periods which
demand and consume so much
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF LAURENS.
In Court of Common Pleas.

Ia ASlLLNos
In Court of Common Pleas.
Perpetual Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION, Plaintiff, against j. M.
Visanska and others, Defendants.
BY virtue of a decree of the
Court in the above stated case I
will sell at Laurens @. H., s. O.. on
Salesday in April, 1896, during the
lagal hours of sale, in front of the
Court House door, all that lot or
parcel of land situated in the city
of Laurens, State of South Caro-
lima, containg one-half of one Acre
more or less and bounded on the
South by Main Street, on the West
by lots of j. j. Roland and Mrs.
Julia MCGOWAN, on the East by
Jail lot and lot of A. FL. Martin, It
being the j. NJ. Visanska home
place.
Terms Of Sale-One-half cash
the balance on credit of twelve
months, with interest on credit
portion secured by a bond of the
purchaser and a mortgage of the
premises sold, with leave to bidder
to pay his entire bid in cash. If
terms of sale are not complied with
the lot will be resold on same Sales.
day at risk Of the former pur-
chaser. Purchaser to pay for
papers.
g.. s. MCCRAvY,
mar. D, '9o-4t s. L.. G.. 8. G..
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The wigwam being erected at Chi
cago for the Democratic powwow is cu'
out to hold thirty five thousand. If the
specimen delegates from the other
States are Of the dimensions going
from South Carolina-the thing viii
hold a million.
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Sheriff's Sale for April.

Aho oe"Vo VI ooutu Cdrollna dSHlHSG
Claud A. Floyd.
By virtue OF a Tax Execution to
me directed, I will sell at Laurens
@. H., s. O., on Salesday in April,
1896, all that lot, piece or parcel Of
land, situated in the town of Wa
terloo, Laurens County, s. O., con-
tanning one Acre, more or less,
bounded by lots of DR.. w. r. Har-
ris, Jane M. Smith and others,
levied on and to be sold as the
property of Glaud a. Floyd for
taxes due for fiscal year beginning
November LIST, 1893.
Terms Of sale cash.
q. 8. MCORAvY,
Mar. 8, 1a96-4t s. L.. G..
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The ADVERTISER and the Weekly
Atlanta Journal one year for one price,
one dollar and q half, cash.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-31

ihe Gazette says that Nate Rolf
will conduct the editorial columns of
the Reno Journal, while Mr.. Kelly at
tends to the duties of Governors
Private Secretary in Carson.