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CHAPTER XIV.
BROKEN RErrER&

AS he came forward, he seemed not
TO see me nor Coralie- The judge
greeted him cordially, by name, and it
was evident that they were old friends.
when did yon arrive in town." he
asked.
within an hour. by rail from Vicks-
burg. was on my way TO Donaldson
Vile and beyond. and WAS amazed TO
learn on the. street Of the death of the
man was. going to see and the ma
ture OF. the. case you are investigating
Here is a paper which fancy will
be OF great importance"
he took q folded paper from n long
pocketboolE and laid II before the
| Judge. While the latter was reading
it. Mr.. DOrion stepped down and heart
lily greeted us. Ny lawyer had caught
the name and. leaning over, whis
pered:
What's your evidence, sir?"
"Wait n moment" was the reply
| given with a peculiar smile. II reckon
you'll be satisfied with it."
The Judge finished reading the ps
per. and called to Mr.. Dorion. The.
had brief whispered conversation
Then the lawyers were called up ~
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CHAPTER XVI
LAST WORDS

That Pierce Bostock executed the
will and article of manumission before
leaving Mississippi that he secreted.
II in his house. forgot to take il with
him. apparently forgot the fact that'he-
had done IL, and never mentioned tito \
anybody, wera things that, TO my mind, ]
were perfectlyconSistent with his CON-
dition of mind after the deed. The
witnesses, Mn D0rion said, were. OBJ
scure white mem of the vicinity. 10
was not necessary for them TO know,
and they doubtless were not informed
as 20 the character of the Instrument
any more than that il was a last will and
testament They were not men much,
given TO gossip and Mr. Bostoclx could
easily satisfy them not to mention, the
| circumstance. His extreme caution'in
secrcting the paper was a natural para
| of the terror and dread OF disclosures
| about Goualie which possessed. him
1 after the. duel That the will was.his
deliberata- act appeared when, it. was
| seen thar he, not being lawyerf had
| informed himself as TO how TO execute
| it legally. The proof was very strong
that his uoiDd failed sadly after his re-
movan 10 la Fourche, and when. the
evening before he died, he vvas>fsRlE OF
anxiety to execute another papen; it is
not AZ all strange TO me that be- had
forgotten the one secreted i'm this cid
Mississippi home
This is my theory. But ] sfiOnl0 add
that lawyers have arguedi long and
learzscdly over this branch of ta1e case,
and that Judges have written opinions
, sustaining it.
: NoR- fvor,, nv closet n, fix a. fhp<
: New Orleans Daily Picayunsr for tn
: years 1s59GO. In those feVenish tiEnes
t little else but heated politics and the
: alarming condition of the. nation Wa.
Iserionsly talked or Reads aAOUt, bn
among the things of local interest mes
;. often mentioned by the. press OF tn
D southern metropolis was the great sui
at law of Cornlie Jewetb against Con
, rad Bostoclt. involving THE novel pre-
y liminary question as to whether tn
L plaintiff was a free wunn2n and en-
, titled TO sue--and. after that, the it'll
TO the La Fourche plantation, its slave
and belongings and ain other prOpert
left by the late Pierce BostOck.
Could man give highez proof than
did of faith in the justice Of his cause
Before the snit was begun ] Marie
. the woman who by the decision mlal
4 be declared a slavel
have said that tAs law Of Louisian
was cruel to such as she. Let n
hasten to add that in the end it gay
her a full measure of justice.
The fight was bitter one and pr
longed for more than two years IT
defendant was In possession and w
ably represented And brisk little n
Garnett, on our side, had an oppc
tunity to become acquainted with q
"best lawyers of Louisiana"
The reader VIII not require me
give the details of this great legal CO
test He can find them in the Miss
sippi and Louisiana reports of the tin
So large a public interest is rarS
IN excited IN q civil canse>- Symnathy y
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gether and permitted to read the pa
per, the judge adding some comments
in low Voice. AS they returned to
their seats, saw Air. Garnett's face
wreathed with smiles
You're safe" he whispered.
looked ~ Conrad. The face OF the
fiend never shone out more plainiy in
q human eountenance than in hrs. as
his lawyer communicated TO him the
startling news
II have been made acquainted with
such additional AID surprising disclos-
ures-" said The judge. ma xoies which
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HAIr-CuttIng. Shaving and Shampoa~
Ing In First Glass Style TOus9rsss
Apartments nOw open 20 resolve Foa.
Call and see me. e.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30
Sherif's Sale.

IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY-Between
| The Jamesburg Mutual Building and Loan A
sociation, complainant and James ]. Lyons ct ais
defendant FL Fa, &c. Issued August Is 1900.
By virtue of the above stated writ to me directed
l will expose to sale at public vendue on
WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH DAY OF SEPTEM-
BER A. D., 1899,
at O'Clock in the afternoon of the said dav at the
Sheriff's office, i'll the City of New Brunswick New
Jersey
All that lot of land situated in the Township of
South Brunswick in the County Of Middlesex and
State of New Jersey buttei and bounded as fol-
lows:
Beginning at a stake in the southwest corner OF
lot number five and on the line of the public road
leading from Monmouth Junction to Ezekiel c.
Deys thence ~ on the line of the public road in
souhery direction ifty-three feet and seven inches
to stake and of street hereafter to be
named. thence (2) in eastery direction on the
line of said street hundred and TWENTY-FIVE feet
and eight inches thence (3) in northery direction
fifty feet to corner of lot number 1--WE; thence (A
In westerly direction on the line of number five
one hundred feet and eighty hundredths of foot
to the place of beginning
The party of the first part claims title to the
above described premises by Deed from Martha
June bearing date June 18th, A. D.. 1904 and re-
corded in the Clerks Office of the County of Mid
desex i'll Book 26e of Deeds page 26I, &C
Together with AL and singular the riobts
liberties, privileges, hereditamants and annnI
tenances tfereunto belonging or in any wise
appertaining.
GEORGE j. LITTERST, Sheriff
JOHN T. RoSELL. Solicitor
Dated August IT. 1899. so7h
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30
Sherifs Sale

CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY-Retwee,
l DANIEL Polhemus complainant and Nettie r
Parks and Jacob V. Parks defendants ri Fe -
Issued August Ie, 1899 ~
BY virtue of the above stated writ TO me directed
VIII expose to sale at public vendue on
WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH DAY OF OC,TOpFp
A. D., 1899,
at O'Clock i'll the afternoon of the said dav at the
Sherifs office, in the city of New Brunswict NJ.
Jersey: -O"
All that tract or parcel of land and prepisee s;t
ate, lying and being in the Township of Sonth
brunswick in the County of Middlesex and State ~
New Jersey, buited and bounded as foIIows ~ "
ginning at corner of Abraham c. Van ner,ear5
lands on the side OF road leading fl ON DaI,to -
Rhode Hall; thence I) along his line south f d 70
grees and forty minutes west two chains and So
eight links to corner of Mary Ann Terh,1,eys 49, y :
land; thence (2 along her line in easti
direction one chain and twelve links to corer ~ y
VanDerveers s land; thence 20 along his line =; VI
northeriy direction about two chains and sixtd in
links to stake in said road; thence al a1ony @ ois
road in a north westerly rection about said
and eighty links to the place of bepinning r
tanning about twenty one hundredths of an ao
more or less. Being the same premises eonvs',as l
10 the said Nettie {. Part by John Thuman 81, Su
det d OF conveyance bearing even date herewith y g
10 secure part OF the consideration money tte-ai
this mortgage is given 'iieieih,
Iogether with ] and singular the riohts th
tes, privileges. hereditaments and apnnrtena
tnereunto belonging or in any wise appertainirre
GEORGE J. LITTERST. SheriEg'
VOORHEES, & BooRAEM, Solicitors
Dated August 23, I8oo g.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30

THE residents and property owners OF
East Brunswick township. as we'll as of
all that section of the county, have good
reaso" for rejoicing in the fact that at last
stone road is to be built connecting New
Brunswick with the stone roads b-gin-
ming at Old Bridge and running to the
county line and to Spotswood The Old
Bride pike is one of the most important
arteries of communication in the whole
county. and only the fact that it was not
public road prevented it from being one
of the first to be improved under the
State Road act.-New Brunswick Times.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30
Do You Want Carpets ?


store in your shopping rounds You
need not take newspaper print for 1t,
YOU can compare prices and kinds,
when YOU visit various places, then
when you come here you can readilyde-
eide. There are makes of carpets just
AS staple as Wamsutta muslin known
lust as well, so YOU need only to know
the makes, satisfy yourself that you
are getting them, and that ends the
argument.
Twenty styles of Hartford's best
Administer carpets, 95c. ana SI.Io.
Smiths Moquette Carpets, 69c. and
S5c.
Smith Velvet Carpets, 75c. and S5c.
Stinson's Velvet Carpets, 85c and 81.
Some out-ot-loom patterns of Savon-
merle Carpets, instead ofSI 65,SI IS.
Smiths best Tapestry Brussels Car
pets, 5oc and 69c.
Stinson' and Roxbury's double extra
ten-wire Tapestry Carpets, 69c.
and 79c.
Ingram Carpets, 25c and soc.
Extra super cotton chain, wool filled,
Ingram Carpets, 39c. and 49c.
Extra super all wool Ingram Carpets,
4oc. and soc.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30
and NEEDLES with the people the

and NEEDLES with the people the
least.
A system of pensions universally
applied in the United States would
be but one remove from the German
plan and would destroy much of the
incentive to frugality and thrift which
now exists. Moreover, there is a
political menace of no mean proper
tons wrapped up in what appears to
be, and no doubt is, largely a
philanthropic project. Given hun
dred thousand pensioners and indirect
benehciaries each, a few of our gigantic
corporations-like theancient barons
of feudal Europe, who rode aheld
with their retainers at their backs and
controlled the policies of kingdoms
would be, more than ever before, IN
position to dictate the policies and
legislation of the country to their
own selfish interests.
Human natureis is precisely the same
to day as in all other ages OF the
world 5 history and it is we'll TO
fudge Of what will it be, by what has
been. Given similar conditions, al
though in different environment and
changed in form, the same results
will be reached. 1t does not seem to
us that present conditions i'll this
country tend toward the greater pros
perity and consequent happiness OF
the mass of the people but rather to
the eurtailment Of their independence
of action and the increase of their
dependence upon others high in
authority and wealth-Freehold
Transcript
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30

ing the New Jersey regiments and com
panies to represent the State in the Dewey
parade at New York, Governor VOORHEES,
ignored the New Brunswick company
The great majority "f the men who en-
listed for the Spanish War have been
picked out by the Governor to stay at
home. The way in which New Bruins
wick's and Middlesex County's soldiers
have been snubbed, overlooked and thrust
to one side by our war governor"
has been more than mere coincidence.
Governor VOORHEES, has never had much
use for Middlesex any way way, except
on election day .-Ho ONE News.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30

THE recent death of Judge Henry
Hilton of New York. recalls what al
vertising will do. When A. T. Stewart
di ii he left Judge Hilton his business,
valued al S25 900 600. From the moment
the busine>, came into Judge Hilton's
possession he CEASED to advertise and the
business ceased to be profitable and failed
for s. 500, 900 a few years afterward A.
the Chicago Times put it: A. Il. Stewart
knew his business, and Henry Hilton
knew his business. But the business of
Stewart was dry goods aud that of Hilton
was law. The one demands publicity
the other can be transacted bast in back
tfice. In keeping the A. II. Stewart
bargains in silks and cottons out of PRINT,
Hilton secured privacy in that line, but
killed the goose that laid the Stewart
golden egg" To-Day the store is own
ed by John Wanamaker. one of the great
advertisers Of the country, and he is
making it pay. The moral is obvious
Asbury Park Journal.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30
The New Jersey State Fair.

The State Fair Grounds at Waverly
has been sold. but the exhibition will be
held there this year as usual. 1t will
take place on October 8, 4. 5 and 6. and is
expected to be unusually successful. II e
directors have made preparations to make
this the greatest fair in the history of the
society, and the attractions secured are
varied aud interesting.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30
AnYERrIs1NG RAIEs.

Transient advertisements so cents an ineh hrst
Insertion. and IS cents inch each subsequent
Insertion
Reading notices ten cents per line each inser-
on
Obituary notices. resolutions, etc, SI.oo.
Small advertisements one cewt per word. NO
advertisements taken tor less than ten cents
Professional cards, occupying one inch space
500 per year.
Legal notices at the rates allowed by law.
QUESTIONABLE medicine notices and questionable
advertisements of any nature whatsoever are not
taken at any prize.
Advertisers have the privilege of changing their
advertisements quarterly, or as agreed upon, but
must positively put their copy in the hands OF the
printer not later than Wednesday evening to be
sure of a change in their announcements the same
week.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30

A NEW YORK veteran of the civil war
recalls The Interesting fact that at one Of
TIE last festive occasions at which Gener-
al William II. Sherman met the old
soldiers he said: Boys. do not parade
any more. Your marching days are over
On public occasions have grand srald
erected ard you sil on the stand and
view the parade" This advice is plrticu
larly applicable to the coming Dewey
demonstration in New York. The
authorities " i'll not give the veterans he
right of the line in the procession. and
they refuse to follow in the rear. 1t is
probably now too late to erect stands of
sufficient capacity to seat the New York
veterans during the Dewey celehration
but Old Tecumseh's" advice might we'll
he treasured up to be put into practice at
future popular demonstrations.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30

Serv ices in the Ocean Grove Andito-
rum closed last Sunday. They have beer
held for four months this year instead O
iwo as heretofore. Beginning in June
and continuing through September the
services have been very well attended
and the precedent seems to be good one.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30

Blood ie,ls" Tha' old saving may have man,
,DnIicatio,,s When the face is blotched with pin
lies the bndy vexed with eiuptions or eaten hN
sores the blood is telling ofits impure condition
3v pur fying the blood with DR. Pierces So,aei
Medical Discovery vou can have smooth skin
clear complexion and healthy body The DIS
coverv" purihes the blood aud removes the poison
Gus substances which cause sores and pimp'es'
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30
). 2. 1unham X Gu.

Trenton, ~ J., Sept. 80 1899
All the Trolley cars of the Trenton
Passenger Railway Co. pass our stores;
This is help to those who come by
rain.
Patron'z9 our Mail Order De-
partment.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30
PEN N SYLVANIA R.R.
TIME TABLE.
IN EFFECT SEPT. IL. 1899.
TEAMS LEAVE JAMEsRuRs

hAANo LEA e
For Monmouth Junction, Trenton, PhilsdeI
phia aud New York at 7:43, 9:22, a, m. and5g
p. III. from iJamesburg Leave Jamesburg
junction at 9.25. al IN. and l'5S, 5.il Ga
p. m. sundays at 7.25 p. Iii. Leave Lower
Jamesburg at 7,37, GIG IA. m. and l.5O, 53l D. m.
On sundays leave Jamesburg at 7.25 p, m.
For Hightstown, Bordentown, CaAden and
Philadelphia at 7:Il. 1854 a. m. l2:sS and $50
p. m. week days. For Prospect Plains Gran.
bury and Hightstown only at 5.53 p. m week
days.
For Freehold and points along the shore,
leave Jame ,burg Junction, week days, atS8
and e.59 Il, III. and ILL.,. p. IN. Leave James,
burg ut 9.03 a. IN. ana j5j p. III. week Gays ;on
Saturdays only 6.5l p. IN. Leave Lower James.
burg, week days, 9.o6 Il. IN, and LA,
5.5S p. IN. week days.
Leave Jamesburg for Freehold only at 6a
p. IN. Leave Lower Jamesburg for Freehold
only, at 6,54 p. IN. On sundays leave Lower
Jamesburg ut 1902 Il. IN.
For Helnetta, spotsw ood, South Amboy and
New York 7.05. 927, 1000 a. In and 555 p H.
week Gays.
Forpoints on the Pemberton and Hightstown
Railroad at I0, 81 d. m. and $50 p. III. week days
RETURNING FOR JAMEsBuRG. JAMEsBURG LUNG
TIoN OR LOWER JAMEsBURG.
Trains Leave Long Branch al 40 a. N,
and $40 p. IN. week days,
Leave New York via Railway, D "a. IN. and
3:5j - p. IN.
Leave Philadelphia, BROAD street sntiOn
$50. Il. III. and 4 t2 p: m. week days.
Leave Camden clio, 40, 1880 a m, and 5.sl and
80 pm.
}. b. Hutchinson, j. K. WOOD,
General Manager. Genl Pass'r Agt
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30
Bedroom Suits at S17 to S21.

The frame works are of novel shape, birch ma
hoganzed-mahogany doesn't look better. won't
wear better-you couldn't tell one from the other.
The coverings of ve1ours-some tu ted, some
just plain you will be surprised at what parlor
suits you will buy from s75 to SIS.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-30

DOR SALE-Ahout 100 l+4t -, =;
l. picket f-ncing, in good order nFat .
rpss this office. All
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-15
DESERTED HIS WIFE.

David J. Thomas, furniture dealer at
IA McAllister street, appeared in Judge
Graham's court yesterday to answer a
charge of deserting his wife and associat-
ing with another woman, Mrs. Viola B.
Perry. The case was continued till to-
morrow morning.
Thomas and his wife were married
about five years ago. and lived in house
on Liberty street, which they purchased
on the installment plan. They lived hap
PLY together until about six months ago
when Thomas began to absent himself
from dinner Then he became bolder and
stayed away nights. Mrs. Thomas be-
came suspicious, and finally she discov-
cred him with Mrs. Perry lunching in a
restaurant near the City Hall. His wife
upbraided him for his conduct, and he
frankly told her he had intended going
with Mrs. Perry until he was found out
Shortly afterward he left his wife alto
gether and went to live at the house OF
Mrs. Perry, 52S Golden Gate avenue
where he was arrested on Friday night
Mrs. Thomas has been living with hel
sister, and through her attorney, Joseph
Coffey. she instituted suit in Judge Hunts
court for alimony, and the suit is now
pending. She is only % years Of age and
quite comelYs
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-15
varied by deluging transforms, for the
rainy season had now set in.
,xodus of Non -Combatants Is


Exodus of n-Combatants.
During the siege of Santiago General
Shafter sent word to General Toral. the
Spanish commander, that unless the
city was surrendered within "a
hours he would lombard it. The sur
render was refused. An exodus of non
combatants of all ages and both sexes.
to the number of 10000 or more. hur-
riedly took place. Some 10000 took
refuge in FL Caney. This vast horde
of hungry wretches overwhelmed the
little village, whose normal population
was barely 500. At a word from Gen
eral Shafter Miss Barton sent thither
Mr.. Elwell to form a citizens commit
tee for the purpose of distributing the
food that was to follow as quickly as
transportation could be secured. Every
horse, mule and vehicle that could be
borrowed, begged or hired was pressed
into service, and for two weeks the Red
Cross agents worked night and day in
relieving the place. An elderly gentle
man from Brooklyn, c. G. Bangs, was
given charge of the relief supplies. and
he worked faithfully as cook and dis
penSer from sixteen to eighteen hours
q day, until the surrender of Santiago,
when the city people returned to their
homes. But the strain proved too much
for him. He came to the Red Cross
HeduQ udTIeTS, WHICH udQ HledIlWIllle
been established at Santiago, sick and
broken, to fall a victim to calentura.
He was buried in the cemetery at San
tiago.
Red Cross at Santiago.
1t had taken five days of hard and
steady work for the Texas to discharge
her cargo at the surrendered city. She
then left on her return trip to New
York, leaving the Red cross after that
without any efficient means of trans
portation, as the railroads had been
broken, and there were none but gov
ernment ships in the harbor.
The Government had few delicacies
at it's disposal for it's sick men. These
official red tape, that those In quest OF
until their patients had died or recov-
cred Consequently it was only nat
ural they should flock to the Red Cross
the need and to write a requisition In
Official Red Tape.
There was at both Siboney and San
tiago a great congestion Of Government
steamers, causing much confusion anC
consequent delay in getting commits
sary and uuartermaster stores ashore
The Government, of course. had charge
of everything, including wharves anG
lighters, and as we were unable to com
mand these facilities several shipments
of goods sent to the Red Cross at Santi-
ago were never allowed to land an6
were returned to the United States"
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-15
Whipped a Gripman.

A warrant was sworn out in Judge Con-
lan's court yesterday for the arrest Of
Jack Sullivan, a hackman, on a charge OF
battery. The complaining witness is A.
R. Wood, a gripman on the California
MIA street and Van Ness avenue, Sullivan
attempted to cross the track in front of
Woods car, but Wood kept on. Sullivan
got mad, and used his whip freely on
Woods face and shoulders, blackening
both his eyes.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-15

determined in the Alonzo Whiteman case
The Judge held that the point was well
taken and dismissed the case.
Afford has in the past given the Bank
ers' Association considerable trouble, and
the Pinkerton agency has other cases
against him. Attorney Ach, represent
ing the Bankers Association offered no
objection to Affords discharge from Gus
tody, considering his condition, and said
he would not molest him as long as he
remained at his home. His relatives are
among the leading families in Texas.
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-15
A FoRGER RELEASED.
Al Afford, Dying of Consumption, ]
Allowed to Go Home to Texas.

Al Afford. alias Allen, secured his lib
erty from Judge Graham yesterday, and
he promised to go to his home in Texas
and end his days there. He Is dying
of consumption.
Afford was arrested about two months
ago as he was leaving San Quentin after
geles and booked at the City, Prison on
a charge of forgery committed here prior
to the Los Angeles offense. He was ac-
cused of forging the name Of A. Allen
cashed at the First National Bank
Yesterday Attorney Caldwell, for the
defendant, raised the point that the pros
ecution had failed to show that Allen had
not authorized the defendant to sign his
name to the draft. which was essential. as
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-15
THE AMERICAN GUILD.

San Francisco Chapter of the Ameri-
can Guild at It's meeting on last Wednes-
day night initiated three candidates and
there are several more to be inducted into
the mysteries of the order. The installa-
ton of the officers for the current term
was deferred until the 18th inst.
AL arrangements have been completed
The San Francisco call., 1899-01-15
R. ]. Tobin Much Improved.

Word was received at police headquar-
ters yesterday that Police Commissioner
Tobins condition was very much i'm
proved and that danger of an immediate
collapse had passed. The news afforded
much qualification.