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COTTON GlNNERs--Beforc you buy Act our
prices on our. new 90 complete sinnins out
prices right. Guliett GIn Co.. Houston. Tex
AZ. s@a r.t4
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FOR SALEs--A we'll improved farm, sih
acres. with stock aud farming implements,
one-half mile from railroad town. ON nice
healthy location: good water: so acres un-
der cultivation. two acres In bearing fruit
trees: good, new house and everything
complete; price $500, $1,000 cash the bal
ance OH long terms. A rare chance, Adj
dress Jos. SCHNEIDER Engle. Texas. IS
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.FRENCH RESTAURANT. No ZIG Pres
ton avenue. j. NJ. Casali g. Co.. proprietors,
respectfully solicit your patronage. Short
orders promptly attended to. especially from
families. Try us and be convinced OF COCA
Sor,tiro Il
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CLERK with $500 to loan employer Southern
Business Exchange, l0l Bns building. Il
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MULES FOR skIE--ic mules at Larendon's
Stables, corner Franklin avenue aud Caro-
/. line street, must be SOLD al once; GOOD
team, weigh e30o, price sis0; also 10 horses,
city broke. priec from $50 TO so. ". Z.
Smith. salesman. 65% ss n
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FOR sALE--Thrce graded jersey cows with
young calves for sale. also ono registered
Jersey bull. Apply to T. II. Gatlin, Kcachic,
ala
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him dead. She clasped her hands upon
her knees, and bent her head upon them.
Steps came up the bank and paused
close beside her; she merely breathed.
There was silence; then q voice said:
"Who is your man, my dear?
She did not answer. Dan Rafferty,
studied the two figures attentively i
moment.
SIS this you, Miss Bingham? and
our folks lookin' for you high and
low! And who's this party you are
hidin' out with?"
Faith raised her hand, but she did
not speak.
''Show me his face! What's the mat
ter with him? Rafferty, made a step for
ward.
Keep your hands OF the dead!" said
Faith.
dead, is he? don't think you can
play that with me. If he's dead, it'll not
harm him to show his face"
There is dead man whose face you
will see in the day you go to meet your
God!" Faith pointed to the river. She
had risen. and placed herself between
Rafferty, and her sleeper; and was aware
that Darcie was stirring, and her flesh
rose in horror; she had no hope. only
to postpone the moment of discovery.
81 know you. Rafferty," said the des-
perate girl. twill bear witness against
you. If you dare come one step nearer.
Coward! you took his money. and then
you took his life!"
Come, now. that's no way for lady
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THE OLD WEDDING RING.


The loving Father sent His angel. Death.
To bid her leave this lower place, where
she
Some time at table sat. to come up higher"
With humble mien, and brief adieus. she
rose,
Leaving her poor and faded garment here.
For. in that chamber. other robes are worn.
A gold ring. old and thin. she also left.
The which. to keep for her dear sake. I
took
And drew it Ger my finger. lovingly!
Was 1t q talisman, charm, touched?
The moment 1t was on my finger placed
I felt her hand within my own again;
And like a dream came back all happy
times
That we had spent together. our best
states;
No memories of Ill. but all of good
Return to me! And possess them now;
For. when feel this golden circlet, she
Is with me still, with me in prayer and
praise.
With me in every scene of life's sweet joy.
From youth right on to time Of silvery age!
Is not this mystic presence promise true
OF the reunion hoped for, and proof
That though unseen she Is not far away?
take 1t so! Dear Lord, will believe
She is not gone, but in an upper room
OF the same mansion, waits for me to
come!
John Bragg. in Boston Waterman.
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THE END.
The Paper Morris Used.

Mr.. Morris was no advocate for thick
paper, but he had long before found
out that machine-made paper of wood
pulp and clay was useless for perma-
nent results, to say nothing of the un-
interesting quality of its surface. The
latter failing is factor by no means
unimportant in the beauty of book.
Much of our shiny, calendered paper
is, besides, trying to the eyes. He was
forced to resort to the plain. honest
way of the old-time paper-makers. I'm
bleached linen rags were used, and
molds whose wires were not woven with
absolute mechanical accuracy, thus OBJ
tanning sort of variety in the surface.
This paper was made expressly for him
by Mr.. Bachelor, at Little Chart, near
Ashford. and resembles the paper of
the early printers in all its best quail
ties" Three water marks were designed
by him for paper of different sizes 1.-The
apple, the daisy, and the perch with a
spray in it's mouth: each of these de-
vices being accompanied by the initials
w. M."-Pratt's Institute Monthly.
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RICHES OF THE SOUDAN.
The Question in England II How
Soon the country Can he
Made to Pay.

How soon can the Soudan be made to
meet its own share of expense and re-
lieve the Egyptian exchequer? 1t must
prove, at y first. a costly acquisi-
ton. A numerous local force must
Egyptian army estimates may be
relieved by a certain reduction Of
the native troops, the military
establishment in the Soudan will still
constitute a severe tax. to which the
province can contribute little. Even
in more fourishing days, before it was
wasted and depopulated by the pitt
less dervish rule, the Soudan was not
particularly productive; its export
trade did not exceed 6 LOCO, 900. and it's
chief product was gum arabic. There
is some accumulation of this. it is said.
awaiting more peaceful times to come
down country, and the industry will
no doubt revive and develop. Agri-
cultural enterprise will probably ex-
tend, especially in the lands longest
recovered; the fertile province of DON
COLA. for example, which, according to
all accounts, has made rapid progress
under the active steps taken to recol-
onize. Nine-tenths of the old popula-
ton has returned. manysfrom the lower
province, anu grants of land have been
freely given 10 all. The same good re-
suits may be seen higher up the river,
at Abu Hamed and Berber, and all
trade will be stimulated by the facilities
offered by several routes-the new
railway back to Wady Halfa, and the
now reopened desert road to Suakin.
AS for the heart of the Soudan, Khar-
toum, and beyond. it is not yet in the
Egyptian possession, and it is still an
known quantity, its resources hardly
explored. Many think that it is rich
in mineral wealth, and the existence
of a great gold-bearing field in this
southeastern extremity has long been
known. the country of the Benz Shengol,
on the confines of Abyssinia, and be-
lieved to be really the site of the Bib
licaI King Soiomon's mines. The sad
fact is also known that this auriferous
territory has already passed into other
hands. The man in possession is Meme
Xix, king of Abyssinia.-Fortnightly
Review.
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Minnesota. Ancien. Rocks.

Prof. Winchell. of Minneapolis, con-
tiders the greensboro of Minnesota the
eldest known rock, and as representing
ne original crust of the earth. The low.
or series of it is purely igneous, the
upper, or elastic" series consists of
greensboro, more silicious rocks and
ccnglomeratcs. more or less altered by
heat. Hitherto it has been supposed
that the Laurentian granite and ig-
ne1us rocks of Canada were the oldest
rocks. The silica and potash of the
upper greenstones of Minnesota be-
speak. he thinks, primeval alkaline
ocean with silica in solution. From
this ocean comes the great stock of the
worlds potash in the Archaean rocks
London Globe.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Simpkins-"What makes your nose
so red, Timkins?" Timkins-"lt CLOVIS
with pride. sir. at not poking itself into
other peoples business. "-Tit-Bits.
"And why, Jennie. did you tell Willie
you wouldn't be his little sweetheart? 2"
"'Tause he didn't asst till he knowed I
had box Of chocolates."-N.O o. Times
Democrat.
She (having nothing else to say)-
Its funny how we came to think so
much of each other" He-"Funny3
It's positively ridiculous" Boston
Transcript.
She-"Don't you think football
player would make good golf player?"
He-"The only trouble see is that the
ball might get lost in his hair."-Yon-
kers Statesman.
II hear our friend Meyer has married
a phenomenally ugly woman" ayes,
all his friends, as soon as they have seen
her. want to borrow money of him."
-Fliegende Blaetter.
Willie-"Did you ask your father If
he would give me start?" Winnie
Yes, and he said he'd come down.
stairs some night and give you flying
start."-Yonkers Statesman.
Tom-"How does Miss Oldgirl mako
out that she is only 2O?" Ethel-"I pre-
sumo she goes by the adage: "A woman
is as old as she looks" Toni should
call that subtractage."-T Topics.
On board ship wife was trying to
comfort her seasick husband and
change the current of his thoughts.
Darling, has the moon come up yet 2"
she asked. ut has. if l swallowed it,"
was the weak-voiced reply.-Western
Medical Review.
Here you went and told me YOU
would trust Beasley with your life. and
on the strength of that l loaned him
ten dollars, that now you tell me I'll
never get" 'Well. what of it? said
I'D trust him with my life, and would.
Beasley may be beat, but he is NO
assassin. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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The Clincher.

A gentleman, one day driving down a
country lane, and observing a rustic
driving a sow and her little ones along.
Remarked:
Whose pigs are those, my boy?"
Boy-The old sow's, sor.
Gentleman-But who is the master?
BoyIThat stumped-tail little beggar
yonder. pointing to one of the little
pigs)
Gentleman (waxing wroth)-Where
do they belong?
Boy-The third sty on the left. sor.
Gentleman (angrily)-Idiot! Do you
want a fools place?
Boy-Why? Be you going to leave,
sor?
The gentleman was last seen driving
down the lane at a furious pace
Spare Moments.
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XIII.-CONTINCED.

Faith sat beside her unconscious
sleeper, listening to the sounds which
reported all that she ever knew of those
incredible scenes that have gone down
on the annals of this region as 1.-THE
massacre of Fourth of July canyon"
Her senses were blunted, her mind re-
fused to act; her heart crushed the
life out of her with its beating.
Now was the time to say good-by-
not the potential good-by she had bid
den him an hour ago, but the actual
parting, at the brink of the river of
death. Many were crossing the dark
waters to the city of refuge who would
never return. She bent over her sleeper,
and kissed him softly, but the sob that
forced her heart against his aroused
him, and he spoke to her suddenly in his
natural voice:
"God bless mel" he murmured, while
she held her breath in horror of his
coming to himself at this fatal mo-
ment. ~ thought that you kissed me!
must be dreaming. Oh, let it be true!
Faith, dear, make it true before 1 lose
you again"
ut is true" said the girl hoarsely.
"and nothing else is true-nothing.
will never doubt you; never did doubt
you. Now go to sleep! Good night.
dear; good night"
He held his breath and looked at her
keenly.
"Your lips are cold; your hands are
cold. Why are you saying good night?''
"The boat is late" said Faith in a hol-
low voice. 1--WE cannot go till the boat
comes. You are sick: rest now-do rest;
this is your only chance!"
She put her hands upon him, with
soft, shuddering touches, trying with
all the strength of her love to master
her fear, that she might have power to
lull him into obliviousness of the awful
sounds of the night. Under the trees it
was quite dusk; he could see nothing,
but she felt that he was listening.
what is that firing?"
''Only some men," gasped Faith.
"But what are they shooting at?"
shooting? Oh, at a mark"
''Oh. I say! in the dark!" laughed
Darcie softly. He was drifting of
again, as his speech betrayed. "Are
they drunk? What are they shouting
about?"
"It's the other men who are shout.
ing" Faith lied to him, feebly.
what other men? Is this stag pic.
mic? o Lord! O Faith, dear!"
Faith hardly knew what he was say.
ing. but she welcomed any wildness
profanity-anything but his own low
steady tones.
BE quiet, Darcie. dear!" she whis
pered.
"Darcie, dear!" he repeated. foolish.
ly. God bless me. but this is nice
what a sweet girl you are! Heavens!
what a brute was! Are you ever going
to be friends with me again."
He nestled his sick head close to hel
lap. contentedly. and gave himself w
to the exquisite sense of her cold, sof,
touch moving over his hand in the dark
Mother of Grace, the pass is diff
cult!'" whispered the tortured girl. I,
was the mother instinct, which can lool
on death. that taught her calmness al
this moment. and gave her strength t.
exert her love, else one of natures mira
cles was wrought: for out Of the an
9uish of her deadly fear came supreme
rest to him she loved. and Darcie slept
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manded quiet landing, but Mike had
heard the roll call on board the boat be-
fore she touched the shore. And now
the tramp of feet could plainly be dis
tinguished treading the deck of the
wharf-boat; now they were mastering
on the ground. Two by two, in columns
of twos, the companies were marching
as one man. Steady, through the
night, on came the solid, cadenced tread
AS sharp as pistol shots rang the words
of command. The white stripes. the
steel points, cleaned through the
trees. Silence; and piercing sweet" o
voice of rescue in the dark distance, the
bugies sounded:
Attention."
1t sent the blood to the hearts of all
who heard that midnight call. Darcie
thrilled, and was himself again in that
moment of strong excitement. Faith
broke down like a child. and wept A
word at last had been spoken to which
even anarchy, red-handed, paused to
listen. That brief order would carry
through the night; it would fly from
camp to camp through the mountain
gorges. and every man who caught but
the echo of that word would under
stand. Those who will not heed the
voice of law, or soften to the stiller
voice of kindness. must pause at last
when the bugle sounds:
Attention."
There was no "weddin' in Spokane -
as Mike had generously predicted; but
there was doctor in Spokane, which
was more to the immediate purpose.
The wedding was some months later,
when the war was over. and the trials
were over. and the technicalities of the
law had done much to retract the ring
ing lesson which the clear-voiced
bugles taught. The mines had resumed;
Mr.. Frederick Bingham had resigned -
and was investigating the Kelley cure;
and Darcie Hamilton was sent over as
manager Of the Big Horn. This time he
did stop in New York long enough to
protect his claim to the virgin lode he
had located. under trying circum-
stances, the previous summer in the
Occur d'Alene. (The name Of 1t was not
the Black Dwarf.) But the complica-
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tons between that early. rash location
and the subsequent patent under law
would make another story, with a very
different scene-setting. The family
discussions, in Darcie's opinion, were
far worse than any miners war. He
never knew on which side his best
friend would turn up. His mother.
for instance. was inf1exibly against
him, while his father. the most positive
of men, was ENTHUSIASTICALLY after
seeing Faiths picture-to look upon
the young mans adventures in the
Occur d'Alene as very much what
might have been expected. so why make
a row about a thing that was a mistake
all around? Darcie by no means con-
sidered that any of it was a mistake;
but if his father chose to call it so, and
to give his consent to his wishes on that
understanding, he was willing to yield
the point, in name. But Faith declined
to go to England, into a family that
gave her so cold welcome. Therefore
Darcie came to America as manager of
the Big Horn. and the intrepid young
pair went westward on their conquer
ing way, and left age and opposition be-
hind them. And if they have disap-
pointed each others high expectations
of happiness, the fact has not as yet
transpired to the knowledge of their
| relatives.
Faith celebrates in her letters the
wonderful wild flowers of the Occur
d'Alene, the grandeur of it's mountains.
the softness of its sudden spring. Other
persons maintain that the spring has
been very late in the Occur d'Alene this
year. Her aunts wonder if the climate
has changed. Something has changed.
the girl has found her heart of youth
again, and with it the courage to be
glad. The premature, crushing eX-
periences of the year before, it's shocks
and shameful surprises, have taken
their due place in relation to larger
experiences and more vital discoveries.
She has parted with one sacred illusion.
but she is fortified against that irrep-
arabic loss by a deeper knowledge of
life and its inevitable shortcomings.
Greater joy than hers no woman, she
believes, has ever known. She cannot
look to have all the joys, and all the
strengths, of woman's perilous life of
the affections.
Her mother she lost before she ever
knew her. A father she never had; he
died the spiritual death before his child
was born. The body of Frederick Bing-
ham still walks the earth, but his soul
will never be. cured by the Kelley or any
other mundane cure; it expired too
long ago. When the will is dead, the
man is dead. His children can only
mourn him, and pay what respect they
may to the dreary remains.
Darcie has his enemies in the Occur
d'Alene, but he has also his stanch
friends. Mike is foreman of the Big
Horn in place of Peter Banning, de-
posed; and Kitty Tyler, now Kitty Nc
Gowan, makes the surly Big Horn
kitchen realm of perpetual sunshine.
She is spelling her young mistress for
| whatsoever her successor may be when
she and Mike 60 to housekeeping in the
fall.
End
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to talkl I want to see who's your best
Teller. Pull that thing of his face! l
bet know who it is. Don't know
won't, then stand aside. See here, now;
don't want to put me hands on you"
'Ah!" cried Faith, simply shudder-
ing at him.
Rafferty, gave hoarse laugh. Come
off the nest now, me little chicken!
It's your own doin's if have to hurt
you"
Suddenly Faith felt that she was free
Rafferty, had loosed her, and stood lis
tening.
"Quit that!" came Mikes great bat
tie roar. "Put up your bloody hands!
have the drop on ye."
Rafferty, had not been the last to per-
ceive that this was true. It settled the
situation between him and Mike once
more, and for the last time. Mike walked
slowly forward, hurting taunts at his
old enemy:
"Chuck me your weepins, Raffy, me
boy. You'll not want them where
you'll be goin' shortly; you'll not be
huntin' scabs in Boise City"
At the mention of Boise, which is the
city of approximate justice and, of oc-
casional punishment, Rafferty, gave
Mike bitter look; but he offered no
retort.
81 hope the climate will agree with
ye," Mike proceeded. 81 hear it's a
hobby buildin', the Pen, an the boys is
doin' little gard'nin' Yell make a
fine gardiner Rafferty,; doubt yell turn
out pious fraction of a man."
AS he came opposite to the spot where
his prisoner stood, Mike raised his rifle
and lowered his head, and suddenly he
opened cry, like one mad schoolboy de-
flying another:
run, Rafferty,, me bould boy!" he
yelled. "The scabs is after We! Get a
move on you! Shake it up, man! Hit
the road!" and as Rafferty, ran, Mike.
roaring with laughter, leaped upon the
top of the bank, and sent his big voice
after the fugitive:
'The boat is in, Rafferty,! And the
throops is on board! That's right, I'm
tellin' We! The throops is on board!
They're flynn light two comp'nies from
Sherman, an Gin'ral Carlin in COM
mand. Will We try the river, or will We
try the canyon? Tell the boys if yemeet
'em that martial LAWS out-in the Cor
de Lane!"
Long after Rafferty, was clean out of
hearing Mike continued to dispense his
soul in barbaric boots and bowls. till
Darcie. raising on his elbow to listen for
another sound, babe him hold his in
fernal riot.
A quarter of mile away the troops
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1-An communications for this paper should
be accompanied by tho name Of the author. not
oeccesarily for publication but - IN evidence
Of good faith on the part Of tho writer. Write
only on one side Of the paper. Be particularly
careful In giving names and dates to have the
letters and figures plain and Distinct
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To Make Berlin

To Make Berlin . Seaport Tewn.
1t il announced that the German gov.
srnment expects to be able to introduce
q bill in the next session Of the Prus.
sian diet for the construction Of canal
suitable for large steamships between
Berlin and Stettin. practically making
Berlin q seaport town.-Chicago chypnp
jcle.
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Hard to Hear.

Mrs GoodsouEWhat's the matter,
my dear? You look worried.
Mr.. Goodsoul-I am suspected of be-
ing a defaulter.
But You are not
mo; only it's very hard to be sus-
pected Of being a thief after the years
Of faithful work have done for Close
fist & Co."
"But how do you know they suspect
you?"
They have offered me . two-weeks'
vacation."-N. Y. Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-03-10

The commission now engaged i'll
investigating the quality of the beef
furnished the soldiers have adjourned
TO meet ia Chicago. This action may
prove to be a terrible strain upon the
members of that board, for 1t will be
remembered that this beef WAS pre-
pared in Chicago and the men who
prepared it are adopts in eparing
mixtures that not only effect beef,
but have a wonderful effect even
upon so immaculate a body as
commission appointed by the Con
gress of the United States. Some o
their mixtures are said to be so poten
tial that they can even give color tC
the report which the commission will
prepare.
When Gen. Malone was said L
control the Virginia Legislature,
member of that body stepped into tn
court of the best hotel in Richmond
and noticing around the fountain
number of diamond back terrapins
the most costly luxury ofthe epicures
with assumed ignorance, inquired
care these skilpots ?" mo ssb," re
piled the servant, they ARE Gen. Ma
homes lobbyists" The Chicago beet
men will have plenty of lobbyists
both solid and liquid.
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9. District Conventions are here
by called TO be composed OF the dele
& ties elected thereto by the precinct
primaries as above provided, to be
held on Thursday, March, 3Oth. at
2 p. IN. at the following places:
For Lee District at New Market
Ashby " at Mt. Jackon.
For Madison district at Edinburg.
For StOnewall district at Woodstock
For Johnston district at Woodstock.
For Davis distric' at Strasburg.
Said district conventions will nomi.
nate candidates for the various dis
trict Offices to be filled at the election
to be held on Fourth Thursday in
May, next, and are each requs ted
to rscomend to the county Conven-
ton, the choice Of the district for
Commissioner of the Eevenue.
3. The County Convention to be
composed of the delegates elected
thereto by the respective precint pri-
MARES, is called to meet at Woodstock
on Saturday, April LIST, 1899 at l0a.
m. for the purpose of nominating can
didstes for the feveral County Officers
to be filled at said election on the
Fourth THURSDAY in May next.
$; B. Mnrr' chairmeu.
N. NJ. RHODES, ""i"e"