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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-04

j. Observation-Disclosures picture. As he stood
quiet there fell from the great tree BE-
side him something rustling and dark
and green, lovely piece of the native
mistletoe, with its waxen berries thick
and plentiful. A smile came to Marion's
face. He had been sent q token and
one he would accept. He would hest
tate no longer. He took his bunch of
mist!etoe and walked away. He would
become the wooer, for nature, whom he
trusted, had sent him q token. He
dressed himself with care and rede his
fine chestnut horse up to the side gate
in the lane leading to the cluster Of
cabins that long ago had been the
quarters" but now were turned to
various uses. Becky, wrapped in q
gray shawl, he well remembered, was
giving directions to some men at work
inside the nearest building. It was just
sunset. Perhaps nothing in the world
had ever seemed so fair to Marion Moore
as this saucy and careless creature, who
greeted him with o cool triumph which
he had expected and ignored. He &c.
cepted her invitation to supper and
walked by her side to see the promis.
ing colts in the barn lot. Then they
went into the house, and Marion pro.
ceeded to make himself comfortable in
very matter-of-fact way. He looked
critically about, much to Beck's aston.
ishment. AZ
"Whatever air yer lookin' about fur,
Marion?" ~
"Seein' if this house is as comfortable
as mine." he made reply. ~
"Wcll, it plum is, Marion," she re-
piled, forced into earnestness: 'oThe
outlook is better with yer all, but this
house has more comforts" re-
eve could soon put some of 'em inter
mine," he replied, musingly.
"We?"
Eyes, yer and l."
Eyer takin' a deal fer granted, pears
ter me. I don't intend ter leave here"
"Oh, well, we could live here. It il
all one ter me; so it is where ye're liv.
in" @
I'm bespoke yer askin' by two.
Marion. Pears like the men are all
crazy"
you're good temptation, Beck, but
no one else shall have ye," he said. p
Her eyes grew luminous. swell, now,
what would yer do if yer heard Twas
off on the marry with one O the
others?"
Don't ye try it," ~
She was up in arms in minute. 'Tm
not tellin' you anything, but yer all air
too heady with me, Marion. got an
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-04
THE NEGLECTED ORDER.
Much Annoyed, But She Was Prevailed
Upon to Overlook It.

Upon TO OvoElOOk IL.
Prosperity appeared in dress and
bearing. A woman halted several days
ngo before q display of china and crys'
tai in one of our large stores, and fixing
her eyes upon the slim saleswoman, who
stood ready to serve her Us far as human
power could go, said with some asperity
Ut tone: "I've come to inquire why an
order I left here two weeks ago last
Wednesday was not attended to as
promised. The girl at this counter said
she would have the package sent out the
next morning"
MADAM" began the saleswoman,
but the wrongcd woman hurried on:
II thought this store could be de-
pended upon-I'm sure it boasts of be-
ing reliable-and so took the girl at
her word. She had listless air, and
ought to have had more judgment
than to leave an important matter with
Ter. twas pickle jar-somewhat like
this one, only handsemer. I ordered it
sent"
MADAM" again began the sales
woman.
&C. o. D." continued the complainant,
deaf to the interruption. II wished it
particularly for dinner use the follow
ing day, and waited for it till the last
moment. It did not come. It never
came. Such negligence I regard as un-
rardonable. would have reported the
matter sooner, but"
MADAM" began the saleswoman for
the third time, while, oblivious for the
moment to the needs of customers, sis
ter saleswomen on either hand listened
with deep interest.
~ have been out of the city for two
weeks"-the wronged voice would have
right of way-"and have just returned.
I don't see the girl who took my order.
She had dark eyes and a fine color,
though, as I've said. she seemed listless.
Where is she?"
"Madam-she's Dead" completed the
ealeswoman.
''Dead!" cried the complainant, SEEM
ingly amazed that shop girl would
dare to die with all untitled order upon
her hands.
"What did she die of?''
'"Typhoid," was the brief answer.
1T must have been rapid case," OBJ
served the woman as if skeptical Of the
diagnosis.
ut was walking typhoid" explained
the saleswoman. "That day you saw
her was her last in the store. She
couldn't get up the next morning, and
when the doctor came he said the fever
lad been burning good while. 1t was
too late to do anything for her. She
didn't give up in time. You sec she
couldn't. She was buried yesterday"
"Well," returned the Modified wom-
an, "that explains the matter. I'm sor-
rv-of course-the girl had to die.
What is the price of these perfume
bottles Chicago Tribune.
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ly from view. The shoulders under
the straw hat proclaimed him young
and manly, and the steadiness with
which he went forward and his short
stay at the top of the slope bespoke
him man of purpose.
Then came galloping through the
white dust of the road below q lanky
boy on a roam horse, in whose veins was
the racing blood of generations. Clear
and flute-like came the call, Marion;
oh, Marion!"
Marion, handsome Marion, came leis-
urely up to the rails. He did not expect
any letters and was not excited. How
ever, the boy knew his news was worth
attention, and burst out impetuously:
; eyer won't be so cool when We have
heerd it, either. Beck Bailey's man is
dead"
He had the qualification of seeing
Marion grow pale to his lips.
''What killed 'im?"
"The doctors air calm it blood pizen,"
returned the boy. Say, Marion, they're
gittin' thar hot fut. seen Tom Pence
hitchin' up, and Cunnel Will hez been
thar high an dry sence the turn kum."
Still Marion did not speak, but the
boy saw his lips tremble.
run along, Pete, with the mail.
Folks'll all be waiting" he said, firmly,
and Peter, disappointed at nothing more
definite, dug his heels into the colt and
dashed away.
Then the man unhitched Dolly and,
mounted on her bare back, rode down
the lane into the sunlit woods, on, on,
without path or guidepost, deep into
the woods until he was sure he was far
enough from human beings to be safe.
; And then, with a shout jubilant enough
:, to brighten the black mare, he threw
{. back his head and laughed, a sonorous
Teal that astonished himself. He knew
LIZ was happy, and he had come away
here to fight the impetuous demons of
newly aroused passions and eagerness
until he could subdue them enough to
be decorous before the world. For he
had loved Beck Bailey when she was q
slip of girl and as young woman,
and when she had married another he
had come away here in the woods to
fight out his hatred and misery and re-
bellion. Nature, dear mother, had
Gained him, and he even became re-
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engagement to go to Cincinnati to.
morrow, an eff say the word what's ter
prevent me comm back married?" 4,
Marion was quite white, but was
equally determined. EFF yer go, Of
course I'll know it's all up. I'll be at
the turn of the road at any time set.
That'H end it fer ME, whichever way.
Lord, ye're hard one! won't stay to
supper. I'll never sit down here ter
supper less it's as master. What
time'll yer go?" +
She set her lips. "Noon!" was all she
replied. E
He put on his coat and hat. 81 wish
when think O. some things I'd never
seen yer, little or big, girl or wilder, but
when go out in the woods and see the
wild, sweet things runnin' riot around
7 can't help lovin' yer. It is born in me."
Then he went out, having tossed to
her the fresh branch of mistletoe, and
thus left her the memory of a day, long
ago, when they were little more than
children, and he had taken her out to
gather some of the weird, waxen Der.
ried growth, and had kissed her, the
first kiss of love and desire she had ever
known, and the memory of which had
never left her. j
The next day at noon Marion SAT
grim and silent on his horse at the turn
He held his slight whip in his hand, but
he grasped it like a weapon. He could
not keep one thought from returning it,
self again and again. He could not let
that man live who would carry Becky
Bailey away from him. When he heard
the sound of wheels he got of from the
restless horse he rode, fastened him.
stood erect and braced himself for the
ordeal. The buggy came nearer. He
drew an awful breath as he recognized
the horse. It was Col. Wills Eighty
Dan, famed throughout the country. Re
was that old prohigate, was it, who was
to win the brier rose? An awful sing.
ing rhythm in his brain went sayings.
"Kill him, kill him. kill him!" What
Marion would have done he never knew,
but the buggy stopped, and Becky, ia
all her dark furs and fluttering feathers,
came running toward him, holding out
her hands and crying: 81
II don't want ter 60 to Cincinnati,
Marion, an we'll live in whichever
house yer like, for I've been fightin' my
feelin's for you all the time, an Won't
give up ter no other one. Take me
home, Marion, an I'm plum tired o
bein' wild. I want ter live quieter'n
anyone" ..s w.. go. Il
The colonel drove Eighty Dan into
Cincinnati alone, and Becky went with
Marion along the homeward road, she
riding the chestnut and Marion walk
ing, and there was no wild bird tibet
ever built nest in the woodlands near,
that was as conteuted as this hayward
creature who had ut last been COM.
qucred by her best feelings.-Household
Words. <
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cAME RUNNING TOWARD HIM.

signed. But Beck Bailey's man was
dead and she was free, and the heart
) OF the man went after her as a bird
after the home nest. Beck, slim, sweet
Beck. with her laughing, hooking
mouth and wonderful, changeful eyes!
She should be his; for what cared he for
Tom Pence and even Col. Will, the
old bowling, smirking beau? He would
go down with the country side and see
4 Beck at. the 'sberryin',' but not before,
oh, no!-he would wait awhile now.
The "berryin' was a great affair.
The Baileys' house had been thronged
for days, and Beck kept up by con-
tinual state of excitement. 1t was all
grfst to her mill, for she loved ''some-
thin 9oinsan = ard in this case was al
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-04
A Hint for Fishermen.

II Dutch fishermen make astonishing
catches by means of the following very
simple plan: They put number OF
live worms and insects in q bottle
partially filled with water and then
cork it securely. The bottle is dropped
into the water, the fisherman sinking
his line alongside. 1t appears that the
sight Of the wriggling contents of, the
bottle so ,excites the appetite Of the
finny tribes that they fall easy victims
to the baited hooks. So true is it that
the simplest methods, are the best!-:
Cosmos. ....e D.-.-
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How's This ?.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for INV case Of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
We. the undersigned, have known =. :.
Cheney for the last Is years, AND believe
himm perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and s6nancially Able TO carry
out any obligations made by their 4Em.
WEST e TRUAx, Wholesale Dru9gasts' 10
WdplNa, K1xNAN Il MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio: -
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price 75c: per pot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. TESTIMONIALS
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best. !
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-04
l BACKWOODS WOOING.

!? the long and
slanting hillslope
a mans figure
went slowly, plod'
ding onward after
a sturdy black
mare and turning
up the ground be-
tween two tall
rows of co r n,
which at times
hid him complete
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-04

BRowN-"I am going to challenge that
man who ran of with my wife" Jones'
"Why, that was six months ago" Brown
III know It, but he has sent her baok."-
n. Y. World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-04

FRANKsrowN-"Hot weather, H. eppro-
pirate to the beginning Of the baseball sea-
son." HomcWood-''Why9"F rankstown-.
1T gives appropriate exercise to the Fans"
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-04
That joyful Feeling


With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal cleanli-
ness, which follows the use of Syrup of
Figs, is unknown to the few who have not
progressed beyond the old time m edicines
and the cheap substitutes sometimes Of
fered but never accepted by tho well-in-
formed
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-04

TRUE happiness ne'er entered an eye;
true happiness resides in things unseen
Young.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-04

our candidate. d did the theyr' Eyes, they
scratched him. "-Detroit Tribune.
RoUGH winds do shake the darling buds
Of May. shakespeare.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24

THOSE who have been constantly as
sorting and charging that Mckinley
has no views on the financial question
would do well to change their minds
abandon the false accusation when they
read this extract from a speech deliver
. ed by him in Philadelphia, September
%, 1892:
"For forty years the Democratic lead
ers have been unsound in their financial
policies. This unsoundness has not
always taken the same form, but its eff
feet has always been to corrupt and de-
base the currency of the country. Driven
from their opposition to resumption by
the thoughtful men of their party, who
voted against them when that issue
was presented, they then demanded an
initiation of the currency and the pay
ment of the bonds in greenbacks.
Routed from that position by the sober
sense of the country, they became the
advocates of the free and unlimited
coinage of a dollar worth less than 100
cents"
Is this not explicit enough? Is there
any silence, avoidance or "straddle"
about these asseyerations? How can any
mar have any doubts about the position
of the Ohio statesman when the time
comes for final action on the disturbing
question?
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24

THE State of Tennessee is a century
old. In many respects she has a glori-
GUS history. She has performed a mag
nificent part in building up the civiliza-
ton OF the Southwest and thus con-
tributing to the greatness and grandeur
of our common country. She has done
much in the way Of internal improve
ments and in fostering educational in
t%erests, but not near what she ought to
have done considering the bounties and
advantages she enjoys. Her develop
ment has been slow, cautious and con-
%servative. Her people are honest, liber-
al and brave, but behind in the enthu-
siasm, hope and aspiration of this pro-
gressiye age. She has a long roster of
great and distinguished men whose
names shine with imperishable lustre
in the annals of history, but the most
~tireless search will not find on this
bright beadroll of fame the names of
the men who stole a Governorship
robbed a treasury, and brought e~verlast-
ing disgrace upon a state.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24

CHIEF JUSTICE SNoDGRAss no longer
occupies a seat in the criminal dock at
Chattanooga. He tried to kill Colonel
Beasley a few months ago in the Chatta-
nooga Times building without a griev-
ance sufficient to require the sacrifice Of
a human life and for this serious offense
was acquitted by a jury. He was in
dicted for "totin'of a pistop on the occa-
sion of this murderous onslaught and
fined fifty dollars and taxed with the
cost of the prosecution. We have not
heard whether Col. Beasley has been in
dicted or not for not getting out of the
way of this wanton transgressor of the
law he had sworn torespect,obey and up
hold. lie has, however, lost the use entire
ly of the arm in which he was shot and
sued the chief criminal for damages.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24
The Short Line TO Texas
SherIR's Sale.
G. M. McClung & Co. ct al, ys. E. T,
l.. l. & Ry Co. Limited ct al.

BY virtue of a venditioni exponas is
sued TO ME by the Clerk and Master of
the Chancery Court of Washington
County, Tennessee, in above styled case,
| will on the Third day of July, 1896, Fri
day. at the Court House door In Jones'
boro, Tennessee, offer for sale to the high
est bidder, forcash in hand, all the right,
title, claim and interest of Mary Love,
in the following tract of land: Lying and
being in the Sth Civil District of Wash
ington County, Tennessee, and adjoining
Thomas Harvey and the Griffith farm,
and being the same tract on which de-
PENDANT Mary lived at the date Of said
levy. Said levy was made january 4,
1896, also 45 acres Of land on the J.. c. a.
c. Railway, in said Sth District as the
property of said Mary Love and Robert
Hale. Said land will be sold to satisfy
a judgment that w. Il. Young, Clerk and
Master, obtained against James Love,
as principle and Mary Love as security
for the sum of $S5 "a debt with interest
from I'D day of May, 1895, and 81 20 costs
incident thereto. Said described tract
of land will be sold at said time and
place unless said debts and costs are
sooner paid.
j. S. PRITCHETT, Sheriff.
This the 10Th day of May, 1896. pf$7
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24
Tennessee is Still Young.

Tennessee was not 100 years old Mon
day she was 100 years young. Age is
yet before her, progress is present with
her, glory surrounds her past and pres
ent and hope lights up her FUTURE
Erwin News.
Yes, and she also uses the very best
brand of rough and ready matches to
light her cigar with, when she sits down
to take her after dinner smoke. She is
just as spry, and can drink a gallon of
buttermilk any day, to say nothing
about beer on ice. She is only a strip
ling, but she has casters on her feet and
gets about gracefully, if you please
Bristol Courier.
And even that is not all. She can
boast a pistol carrying Chief Justice,
a fraudulent Governor, and a defunct
Legislature best known for the uncon-
stitutional laws enacted. Only been in
business one hundred years and see her
My, wont she be a daisy when she
grows up?
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24
lie Couldn't Tell.

E. Is. Green, of Ottum wa, Ia, is at
the Riggs, and told a Star Reporter a
good story about Judge Hendershott,
of that city, one of the leading lawyers
of the Hawkeye State.
Judge Hendershott, "said Mr.. Green,
''was trying a case under the Prohibi
ton law. An important question was
raised as to whether or not a barrel of
whisky was delivered to the defendant.
IAN Irishman by the name Of OCon
nor was the drayman, and when Judge
Hendershott started to cross examine
him he concluded to brighten him into
a co~utradicting his testimony on the
examination in chief. Assuming a
dramatic pose and with a stern voice
he said: Remember, sir, you are on
your oath. Remember. you have sworn
to tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth. Remember,
that to deviate one iota from the truth is
perjury, and the punishment for perjury
is Imprisonment in the State penitenti-
airy of Iowa. Now, sir,u pon your oath
did you deliver that barrel of whisky
to Pat Duffy
THE Irishmau answered cody and
deliberately. Well. Jedge, bein' on me
oath. faith l couldn't say. delivered
a bar1 at Mr.. Duffy's place. On one
ind of that bar1 was marked, pat
Duffy. on the ither ind was marked
whisky" but bein' on me oath
couldn't say whether Pat Duffy or
whisky was in the bar1.'
1.-THE defendant was convicted. y
Washington Star.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24
Ripans Tabules cure dyspepsia.
House and Let for Sale.

Four acres of land, good frame house,
three rooms and kitchen, good spring;
plenty of choice fruit; land all tillable,
rich and productive Small barn,
smoke house. crib and necessary out
buildings. Two school houses and
church convenient, mills handy; on
Boone's Creek road from Jonesboro,
VILE sell cheap Tor cash. Call on
Jerome Million, Blizzard p. o. for par
ticulars.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24

Bob TAYLoR's clownery may make
the people laugh and drive the shallow
pates ravin' distracted, but it will never
put a smile upon the face of the hard
times, reduce the array of worse than
useless oficeholders created by a Demo-
cratic Legislature, relieve the people of
the oppressive burden of taxation now
upon them, restore to the bankrupted
and unfortunate their property sold by
the back tax attorneys, nor wipe out
"the damned spots" of crime put on the
escutcheon of the State by Pete Turney
and his audacious and resourceful gang
of corruptionists and conspirators.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24

ABOUT six weeks ago we sent on
statements to a number of our subscrib-
ers who are in arrears, expecting to hear
from them in a reasonable time. So far we
have had responses from three. Now, we
are not running this paper for fun, glory
or sweet charity's sake, but for what lit
money there is in it. On July | we shall
place the accounts against all who fail
to respond to our call, in the hands of
officers for collection. This is fair warn
ing, and we hope it will be needed. We
need the money, it is ours, and should be
paid.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24

THE ~antagonisms between the Repub-
lican factions in this Congressional Dis
trict have passed away, and in their
place their is determination to support
and elect the choice of the primary,
which, for all practical purposes, is
solidly unanimous.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24
A LIBERAL OFFER.

To every cash SUBSCRIBER to the Her
aid and Tribune we will furnish this
paper one year and a Life of William
Mckinley. 800 pages, fully illustrated,
bound in paper, for 81. This offer will
be good after July |.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24

In this is true wisdom. Deal with
every friend as if he might some day be
your enemy and with every enemy as il
he might some day be your friend.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24

Mothers will find Chamberlain
Cough Remedy especially valuable for
Group & whooping cough. 1t will give
prompt relief and is safe and pleasant.
We have sold it for several years and
it has never failed to give the most
perfect satisfaction. G. w. Richards,
Duquesne, Pa. Sold by F. E. Britton,
Druggist
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24
Nom Resident Notice.
In the Chancery Court at Jonesboro,
Washington County, Tennessee.
l. b. Henley Administrator of Jonathan
Henley, deceased, VS.. Floyd d. Henley,
of nj

llShiSy uSCOaoSu, NS' riOgu ~ iieiilcys
eft nj.
In this case it appearing from the
compliments bill, which is sworn 10,
that the defendants Laura G.. Tucker
and husband, John Tucker, citizens OF
the State of Kansas, Elihu 5. Henley
and S. b. Henley, citizens of the State
of California, Il. n. Henley, citizen
of the State of Texas, and Clara f.
Isaacs and husband John Isaacs, citi-
zens of the State of Indiana, are nom
residents of the State of Tennessee: 1t
is ordered by me that publication be
made for four successive weeks as re-
quired by law, in the Herald and Trib-
une, a newspaper published in the town
Of Jonesboro, in said county, notifying
said nonresident defendants TO appear
before said Chancery Court at q
Court to be holden at the Court House
in Jonesboro, on the First Monday Of
July, 1856, and make defense to said bill
or the allegations thereof will be taken
for confessed and this cause set for hear
ing ex parte as To them.
w. f. You've, Clerk & Master.
This May 80, 1896 pf$T
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24

IT is a significant and remarkable fact
that no Democratic candidate for the
Presidency has been able to command q
vote outside of his own State.