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HIS REVENGE.
How one Afan Paid Back His Wife N
Her Own Coin.


He was determined. II was a desperate
step 10 take, but his mind was made up.
II shall stay at home today and attend
to the household affairs, !, he said
Naturally she was startled.
What shall dor" she asked
You may go to the Office, he replied,
Sand hold down my desk for day. You
have told me SO much about my own bust
ness at various times that there can be no
doubt as to your ability to do 1t.
"But you-what do you know about
household matters?' she persisted.
Everything" he replied promptly
"You don't think that know anything
about them, while you have all the details
of my business at your tongues end, but
want to convince you that just the re-
verse is true You go to the office, open
my desk and go to work. II you are in
doubt about anything, If you find that
there is some trivial feature Of the business
that you don't understand, one Of the
clerks will explain 1t to you, but, of
course, you won't need any help"
She felt that he was sarcastic, but she
was convinced that she could do his work
better than he could do hers anyway. So
she started.
He laughed softly to himself after she
had gone, and then went to the window
and looked anxiously up and down the
street.
SIT seems hardly possible that can fail
now," he said to himself "Some time
during the day the chance will surely come
to me.
Then he rang for cook and told her to
order whatever she wished for lunch and
dinner and mott to bother him with any
questions about it.
but if a peddler of any description
calls" he added, "be sure to let me know
want to see him.
Then he settled himself by the window
with morning paper and waited, ever
and anon anxiously CHANGING out of the
window. He seemed to grow nervous as
the day wore on, but shortly after lunch the
glad summons came. The cook informed
him that there was peddler at the back
door,
"What kind of peddler?'' he asked.
Zone of the kind that wants to trade
all sorts of things for old clothes, but will
pay cash for them if he has to, y was the
reply.
Bring him in"
They were closeted together for nearly
an hour, after which the peddler went
away with large bundle, while the man
remained and chuckled and laughed until
it seemed as if he had gone crazy.
"Reyenged at lasti" he cried aloud.
"The tables are turned and now she will
know how it seems herselfl''
He had in truth traded off two of her old
gowns for two jars of jam and potato
parer, even as she had been in the habit of
trading off anything in the line of mascu-
line apparel that be neglected to wear for
a week.-Chicago Post.
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sleep ON Left Side.


Many persons are unable to sleep
on their left side. The cause has
long been a puzzle to physicians.
Metropolitan papers speak with great
interest of DR.. Franklin Miles, the
eminent Indiana specialist in nervous
and heart diseases, who has proven
that this habit arises from diseased
heart. He has examined and kept
on record thousands of cases. His
New Heart Cure wonderful remedy
is sold at A. M. Gilbert's. Thous-
ands testify to its value as q cure for
Heart Diseases. Mrs. Charles Be-
noy, LoveIand, Col, says its effects
on her were marvellous. Elegant
book on heart disease free.
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A Wonder Worker.

One of the greatest, medical discov-
cries is DR.. John W. Bulls Pills for the
cure OF indigestion, sick headache, sick
stomach and constipation. They do
notpurge violently, but gently promote
internal cleanliness without debilita-
ting the system; nor do they nauseate
the stomach. DR.. John w. Bulls Pills
eco in a box) cost but Is cts; trial box,
10 cts, at all dealers, Or by mail from
a. c. Meyer s. Co., Baltic, Md. Buy
the genuine DR.. John w. Bulls Pills.
For sale by N. A. snodgrass, u n. Queen
street.
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JAcksoNs FIRST DUEL.
a Practical Joke Was the Cause of the
Fight.

A Practical Joke Was the Cause of the
Fight.
At this term, May, 17S8, Andrew Jack
son, Esq, came into court and produced
license as an attorney, with certificate
sufficiently attested of his taking the oaths
necessary to said office, and was admitted
as an attorney in this county court"
jackson had reached his majority two
months before this date. He had studied
law at Salisbury, N. c., under Spruce Nc
Cay, who had for several years visited the
courts at Jonesborough in the capacity of
lawyer and judge and was well acquainted
with the country and people. 1t is alto
gether probable that jackson came to the
western country under the advice of Nc
Cay. The fledgeling, shortly after his ar
rival in Jonesborough, was retained in his
first suit, which proved to be the occasion
of his first duel ass well. His opponent was
tho older and more learned Waighstill
Avery. 1t seems that Colonel Avery had
the better side of the cause, and that jack
son, foreseeing defeat, tried to break his
fall by bit of pleasantly in the perpetra-
ton of practical joke on his opponent.
Avery, as was the custom in those days of
circuit riding, carried few books and his
briefs in 4 pair of saddlebags Jackson
knew TINT the authority relied upon by
Colonel Avery to win the case was Bacon's
"Abridgements, and, knowing where the
book was kept, he went to the saddlebags
and extracted the book, substituting q
piece of bacon of the same shape. When
in the course of bis argument Avery had
occasion to appeal to his authority, he
took from his saddlebags the package and
unfolded it before the court and jury. His
precedent did not apply. Suspecting jack
son Of being the guilty person, Avery
turned upon him and gave him a tongue
lashing. jackson was much angered in
turn and wrote upon the fly leaf of law
book demand for a retraction. This was
not forthcoming, and jackson sent this
challenge;
AUGUST IL, 1888.
SIR-When mans feeling and character are
injured he ought TO seek a speedy redress.
You received a few lines from me yesterday
and undoubtedly understand me. My charac-
ter you have injured, and, further, you have
insulted me in the presence of court and
large audience therefore call upon you as n
gentleman to give satisfaction for the same
and further call upon you to give me an an
swer Immediately without equiyocation, and l
hope you do without dinner until the
business is done, for it is consistent with the
character of q gentleman yShen he Injuries
man to fnai2s speedy reparatNpn Therefore
hope you will not fail in meeting me this day.
From yr obi st, ANDREW JACKSON.
To Col Avery.
P. S.-This evening after court adjourned.
Avery accepted the challenge, and the
duel was fought at dusk of Aug. ~, 1888,
in ravine near tho courthouse in Jones'
borough. After the exchange Of a few
shots jackson declared himself satisfied,
and the antagonists left the field, to become
and remain firm friends. Memphis Com
mercial Appeal.
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A mirror could not lie if it wanted
TO. The glass has nothing to gain
by flattery. If the roses OF health
ard plumpncss of beauty are leaving
your face, your mirror will tell you
SO. Health is the greatest besuti-
fer in the world. When woman
sees the indications of ill-health in
the lace, she may with almost abso-
Lutte certainty look for the cause in
one or both of two conditions-con
stipation, and arrangement of the
organs distinctly feminine DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription will
cure permanently and positively any
so called "female complaint" DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets will cure
constipation. There is no reason in
the world why woman should not
be perfectly healthy. She will gain
in health, strength and flesh. Hol
lows and angles will give place to
fullness and grace. She will be that
noblest and most beautiful of all cre-
ation-a perfect woman.
Send 2 cents in one-cent stamps
to Worlds Dispensary Medical AS
ISOLATION, Buffalo, N. Y, and re-
celve DR.. Pierce's zoos page Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser" pro-
fusely illustrated.
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What is
I9!!.;'!l791'.il'Z.,.','

Cassra is DIR. Samuel Pitchers prescription for zaf
and Childrens It contains neither Opium, Nor.
other Narcotic substance. It is harmless sss .ts
Paregoric Drops Soothing Syrups and Castor OIL
Its guarantee is thirty years by
Millions Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd.
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie Castoria relieves
teething troubles, constipation and fatulency
Castcria assilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
toria is the Chdren's Panacea-tie Mothers Friend.
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We authorize our advertised drug
gist to sell DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, upon this condition. IF you
are afflicted with q Cough, Cold or
Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, or
win use this remedy as directed, Civ
ing it fair trial, and experience and
benefit, you may return the bottle
and have your money refunded. We
could not make this offer did we not
know that DR.. Kings New Discovery
could be relied on. It never disaps
points. Trial bottles free at L. G..
Matthaei's Drug Store. Large size
Soc. and 81.
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WOMAN QUESTION IN SAMOA.
The Maids of the Village In tho Lotus
Land of the Pacific.

The Maids of the Village In the Lotus
Land of the Pacific.
The "taupo" is always young and
good looking girl, generally the daughter
or adopted daughter of the chief She is
chosen as "Inaid of the village" and main
tanned by contributions levied from all the
inhabitants, who supply her with food,
clothing 1.-THE latter not heavy or expen.
siye item) and a large, well built house,
in which she is expected to dispense hos
pitality to all important visitors.
Three or four attendants are always
with her, whose duty it is not only to serve
her, but to keep watchful eye upon her
and see that she never strays from the
path Of propriety, she being destined even
tually to wed some great chief. On the
ceremony taking place the village to
which the bridegroom belongs must make
an offering Of valuable mats, large guam
titles of food and various kinds of property
to the village of which she is tho maid
so that, apart from any considerations of
abstract morality, she is looked upon as
valuable asset and is guarded accordingly.
Should She, however, yield to the fascina-
tions OF some handsome young manaia
dandy, her hair is cropped short, she is
strlppeu Vi hef Simple llnery ana degraded
to the post of attendant on the more pru-
dent virgin who may be chosen as her sue
cessor. On the other hand, the young
blood" plumes himself ON his conquest,
and the more adventures of the kind be
can boast of the more highly he is consid-
cred. Thus, though the less culpable of
the two the woman has to make all the
sacrifice and bear all the punishment, so
that in this matter at least the savage is
quite in touch with the humane sentiments
of ciyilization.-Joh Harrison Wagner in
Harper's Magazine.
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Possibly the most interesting woman s
invention was patented by the wife of a
well known western man. There had been
some trouble with q lock, either at her
home or at her husbands office, and she
had been much wrought up about it. When
she went to bed at night, she dreamed of
a new lock made on q plan entirely differ
ent from any she had ever seen. In the
morning she made a model of her dream
lock out of cake of soap Then she took
the model to machinist, who duplicated
the soap lock in steel, and it worked so
satisfactorily that large firm of lock-
makers offered royalty to her for the
privilege of manufacturing locks after her
design, and she is still in receipt of a con-
siderable income every year from that
source.-Ohio State journal.
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The pupils in a school were asked
to give in writing the difference be-
tween 6 biped and a quadruped.
One boy gave the following:
"a biped has two legs and quad
ruped has four legs; therefore the
difference between biped and a
quadruped is two legs.n-Tit-Bits.
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Mrs. Rorer's Popovers.

Beat ? eggs, without separating, until
thoroughly mixed. Add a cup of milk.
Put cup of flour into another bowl. Add
to it gradually the eggs and milk. Beat
until smooth. Strain through an ordinary
gravy strainer. Put at once into creased
hot gem pans and bake in moderately
quick oven for 45 minutes. If these are
properly made and properly baked, they
should swell six times their original bulk,
and may be used for breakfast or luncheon
or served with liquid pudding sauce as
dessert. Whole wheat flour, If sifted three
times, may be substituted for white flour.
Iron gem pans insure better results than
those made of lighter metals.-Mrs. S. T..
Rorer in Ladies' Home journal
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"They say, Grumpy, that the
Queen of England has sixty pianos
and doesn't play any of them.'
Sim a little bit cramped this
spring, but I'll buy my daughter If
ty-nine more if she'll follow the
Queens example. "-Hous b 0 d
Words.
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Returning, leave Ffederlck E.2U p. m.
Tickets sold at above ramed rates
include admission to the Fair, and
will be good only on trains adver.
tised and on day of sale.
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mamie, if / were you | wouldn't
go with Jay Burd. He is a very ir-
reverent young man. don't be.
lieve he ever gets on his knees"
Maybe not, ma, but / know
somebody who does.'
And then she blushed.
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Miss Heiress (passionately)-Ho
much do you love me, dearest?
Mr.. Fortune Hunter-I love you,
my darling, 70: all you are worth p
Detroit Free Press.
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56 Warren ST.. Ny, Cit,

Since 1861 / have been great
sufferer from catarrh. / tried Ely's
Cream Balm and to all appearances
am cured. Terrible headaches from
which I had long suffered are gone.
w. j. Hitchcock, late Major e. s.
Vol. and A. A. Gen., Buffalo, n. L.
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FRAZER AXLE
81 4 81 i i, + &C., e. GREASE
cete hsei1ahetet uR3


Act on new princinle-regulat-
ing the liver, stomach ii bowels
through the nerves. A NV dis
covery. DR.. Miles Pills speedily
cure biliousness, bad taste, torpid
liver, piles, constipation. UNEQUAL
ed for men, women children Small
est, mildest, surestY so doses, 25
cts. Samples free at a NJ. Gilbert's
Drug Store. Jan Is ly
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WE LEADs...o-

The trade in furniture. There
isn't much need for our saying this,
for everybody knows it. Why do
we lead Because we sell elegant.
artistic and durable goods, at prices
that cause economyitself to wonder.
Our larger sales enable us to do
this. Dealers cannot compete with
as. Bad for other dealers, we know
but it is lay of trade. Some one
must lead. Better call. Let our
goods and furniture convince you Of
this JOHN A. WHEN,
FURNITURE AND CARPETS,
70 North Qaeen Street,
1,N Lift. Martinsburg. w. Va.
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THE ONLY True Blood Purifier
Z prominently in the public eye To-
day is Hoods Sarsaparilla. Therefore
get Hoods and ONLY HOODS,
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Not exactly right is the way
thousands of people feel. 1t is be.
cause their blood is poor. Hoods
sarsaparilla, the One True Blood
Purifier, will promptly set them
right.
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The BEST sALvE III Inc n.rld for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcer, salt rneum, fever
sores, letter, ehapped hands, Chilblains
congestion, eruptions. and 1t positively
cures piles or no pay required. IL is guar
anteed TO give satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box, at l.. G..
Matthaei's drug store.
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Little Miss Muffet-I don't sup
pose I ought to go around all alone
with a gentleman like you, Mr.. DON
key Boy, but / guess it's all right.
The donkey is as good as most chap.
erons.-Harper's Bazaar.
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HOOPS PILLS arc purely vegeta.
BILE and do not purge, pain or gripe.
All druggists.
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1t is not remedy put up by any
Tom, Dick or Harry; it is compound
ed by expert pharmacists. Ely
Bros. offer 10 cent trial size. Ask
your druggist. Full size Cream
Balm so cents. We mail it.
ELY RR0S.
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Brace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your appetite
is poor, you are bothered with Headache,
you are hdgetty, nervous and general GU
OF sorts and want to BRACE up. Brace up
but not with stimulants, spring medicines
or bitters, which have for their basis very
cheap, bad wEiskey, and which stimulate
you for an hour, and then leave you in
worse condition than beiores What you
want is an Alternative that will purify our
blood. start healthy action of Liver and
Kidneys, restore your vitality and give
renewed health and strength. Such medi
cine you will find in Electric Bitters and
only 80 cents bottle, at L. G. Matthaei's
Drug Store.
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Her Task.

Charming Widow-And what are you
doing nowadays?
He-Oh, amusing myself looking cut
for No. /. And you?
Charming Widow-Looking out for No.
2.-Piek Me Up.
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did you finish the story you were
at work on 2"
Eyes, replied the lterateur.
"You were in doubt as to its con
clusion. Did it have happy or I'M
happy ending ?"
Unhappy. The editor refused to
print Tit Bits.
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Unadultera,ed Household Splice.

Everything is impracticable till it
is put in practice.
The very worst Of creeds is better
than no creed at all.
A decaying body is not so perni-
cious as a decaying soul.
An evil soul is not an evil sub
stance, but an evil influence.
A revelation that needs to be
propped up is sorry kind of rev.
citation,
The man who has no belief would
better sell all that he has and buy
one.
IAplE5
Feeding soric or children who want OusI5.
ing up. should take
BROWNS IRON BlTTERS.
Il Is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, lnGs
Gestion. Eiliousness and Liver Complaints
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Constipation

Causes fully half the sickness in the world. It
retains the digested food too long in the bowels
and produces biliousncss, torpid liver, indi-
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The centaur Company. Street. New York City
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Benito Lopez, aged 10 years, was
hanged at Folsom, CAL, for the muir
der of George Washburn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29
JAS. Butte
EOS Main ST., Houston.

pneumonia he ever saw simply from read
Ing OF IT, symptoms.
He maintained that Dr. Reds contention
that like produced like WIS falaciuus. and
that the theory that II was either all dem
que or NIL yellow fever was Incorrect This
argument was that which started Or.
Scott OIL on the wrong hypothesis In his
mortality argument when in making his
computation be neglected TO eliminate the
ierge percentage OF dengue cases. Ger
taln,y thirty deaths to 10000 cases Of ycl-
low fever would be preposterously low, But
no one coptended that these $4,000 were
yellow fever except Dr. Scott for the pnr-
pose OF making an ingenious aigpment
Aibumen in the urine. yellow skin and Q
disparity OF pulse and temperature were
The cardiDal aud iniailible symptoms OF
yellow fever and II these symptoms are
found In dengue then It Is no differential
diagnosis between dengue and yellow
fever but simply yellow fever. He again
reiterated his conclusion that 1t was SIM
ply mild form OF yellow fever tagged on
10 the tail "a OF the dcngue epidemS.
DIR. Scott maintained that II there was
any yellow fever at the tail end 1t was
also at the beginning. as the symptoms
were the same throughout IS
DR.. Rutherford contended that no man
could ever look sauarely into the face Of
a specific case OF yellow fever and ever
forget 1t. Like DR.. Fly. he had no respect
for yellow fever that did not KILL He gave
a bedside description OF yellow fever pa
tients. describing them as lying in ons
position like lead. following YOU Latenty
with their eyes. while patient With dom
que was as frisIsy rs kitten.
DIR. Price OF Beaumont asked Or. Gcber,
who attended the I4oyejoy case. to Kive the
history OF that case. DR.. CO.
Der said that The Love1oy boy was hrst
taken with a chill ON Friday. He pre-
scribed quinine and mercury without sse-
ing the patient. He sHw him the follow>
Ing Sunday and his Temperature wss 1es
and pulse 100. He pronounced u = case q
jaundice After Monday tn boy was dnii-
rious. vomiting almost incessantly n
lived until Wednesday. He 2reseribe3
quinine and when the pstlent reaehed thH1
stage where he could mot take 4 4 ~
hypodermioally. Whea ~ y
discovered blood In The urine ~ ohanGo4 s
the treatment to stryehpie. To bog ~
not been sick prior 70 ~ tlEAe u ~ Gnr =,
illness. though hls heo1th vs. ~ 6f1v1s:
ousIy GOOD. Just begoge tekinG 1iek ~. " \ 4
been Bathing II ~ river ~ NJo VI ~ y
Is be up and shop1 ~ ~ ~ q
q hls a!cknses ~ Z ~ 49, y
Friday mosN1px, HI f4ta1t e
black fro0 btle; ufine eooo1 81
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, ,ns 'wo right columns are correct. ana tho
cl,s,o ve 70 not denied, he inevitable con-
fever. e'Ses were yeliow
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Drs. J W. Scott OF Houston and Coo.
II. Lee Of Galveston were designated on
the programme TO lisslss this paper. ut
before any discussion was hal upon IF.
Morris paper the presidsat announced Thar
Dr. n. a. West OF Galveston had paper
FIRST
DR.. West, by way Of preface. referred ~
the very embarrassing position he had iecn
placed in by declaring that there was .e.-
low fever In Galveston. but he ss.i tlat
II he had It to do over again he world do
the samo thing. His aape- vas b. aftd
yellow Fever In Calves ~
He referred TO changed eonditi,as. ell
matte. meteorological and otherwise 10
causes why yellow fever might change rs
type OF malignance. He said that deusue
made its appearance in Galveston abcui the
middle Of August, and from ii 1t lime on