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SATURDAY. JUNE o 1000
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BY AGNES LOUISE PROVOST.
sM0A9iA&;A0ANA0Aa

RE you determined to stay,
~ Miss Marshall?"
~ on know came for that"
Eyes, l know, / know. But rof
course he has nurse, so it is not as
though he we're entirely alone, and
you understand that there is bound
to be a risk"
DIR. Craig stood hesitating, with,.one
hand on the door knob, as he gave his
final warning. Determined young
women. of your social acquaintance
are not to be ordered about with inn
punity, especially when they are
handsome, and have effective brown
eyes.
.'H i could not have been of serv-
ice you would not have sent me word
that he was calling for me-" she. an
swered. quickly. II am coming in,
please"
Together they went upstairg, to a
room where the odor of sickness hung
heavy. A woman of middle age came
out as they entered, and nodded a
business-ike acknowledgment of DIR.
Craig's introduction. This was the
nurse. Within the room sick man
lay breathing heavily, oblivious alike
of them and himself. His face was
flushed and hot against the pillow,
the bed was tumbled with restless
tossing, and~even as they entered his
dry lips formed a monotonous little
moan.
Eleanor Eleanor!"
DIR. Craig leaned over him with pro
fessional solicitude. When he arose
he put out his hand and gave hers a
comradely grip.
Il leave you in charge, Miss Mar
shall. He is very sick, but L think
You viii do him good. The nurse will
relieve you in alternate watches, and
give you such instructions as have
left. Good-by. You are q brave girl"
lie closed the door behind him as
he left, and Eleanor Marshall went up
to the tumbled bed and smoothed it
with tender hands. Poor fellow, poor
fellow. Her chin ,qSivered, and for q
few moments a coil of bright hair
lay close to the arm fung outside the
coverlet. Contagion? What mntteri
He had called fer her.
Eleanor!" he muttered, looking
suddenly up at her with unseeing
ewes. Eleanor"
She flushed family rnnder the look,
although she knew it was delirium,
and not a conscious recognition, and
the steadily moving hand trembled.
yes. dear" she whispered back, 81
have come"
The nurse, business-&lxe, but kind.
came with minute instructions and
urged her to rest before starting her
ministrations, but she -smilingly re-
fused. Her place was here.
And so the anxiorV watch began.
You, are. born nnrse," DIR. Craig
aassured her the next daysas he came
in, weary himself with a rush of calls,
rtotfind her sitting at her post. You
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I'D DOMINION sTEAMsP Hoo

piLx LINE FOE NEW IORK, EXCEPT SUNDAY
Srassengen can leave Richmond dafIy excS1s
sunday via Chesapeake and Obi, railEsvS
r.. M, or Richmond and Peter Lurr rais
roso. lNorfolk and Western route 90 A NJ
Sonn Hcttps at Norfolk with Old Domtnf
o Ssne steamer esiltng same evening &C
hckets on sale st Richmond Transfer Cn-
bsnny s. sOS east Main Street; Chesapeake sna
Onio railway and Richmond and Peterabu -
.suroSd depots, and 1T company's effice rr3f
s 49, NAN Strcet, Richmond Baggage cheoksS
,oi New York and all pesr 10 seyond can n
snlppeo oy steamers. sailing from Rlcl mon,
every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, o. FPI
oAf et boo N This steam err carrfea skee,
age passengers emily e'
MANIFEST closed one hour before sailing anna
rreight received and forwarded and thronsi
oliis OF Iading issued for ell northern, eassetl
FROM REV YoRR,
rs5eengers can leave daily exoept snu dav
So lSatu day p M TO Horfol 4 or Olc
1vlnt comfort, connecting with Norfolk and
nsstern railroad or Chesapeake and Ohio
E,elsbs foe Richmond By steamer vi. Nor
r nrd. Mendsys and Wednesdays 3; 90 v. SAL
5silings from eempany's pier. No Norm
alver loot OF Beach Street. Freight receives
sue forwarded daily except Sunday
Sor further information apply 70
IoHN.F MAYER, Agents
1918 east Main stre-s
Richmond. We
~ L. - udisudeu. Pr-raeu, Ns~ Yo-N
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have Gained him as few professionals
could do He wore himself out toss
ing all over the bed. But be careful
of your strength, Miss Marshall, be
careful"
''He is better?"' she asked, eagerly,
disregarding his warning, and his
quick retirement into the shell of pro-
fessional conservatism die not escape
her.
HE is quieter. We always hope for
the best. l think the epidemic is
checked now. There are less than a
dozen cases, and most of them are
out of danger"
He made his escape as soon as pos
sible, reluctant TO face the question
ing brown eyes that followed his
every movement. The epidemic was
checked, thank God, but poor Mac
Kenzie-wel1. at least he had told her
the truth, they hoped for the best.
She understood, and as soon as he
had left she knelt by the bed, bury
ing her head tightly in her hands,
lest her self-control should utterly
forsake her.
HE must not die! He must not
diet"
Eleanor! Eleanor" the insistent
voice from the bed rose and fell in
monotonous cadence, and she leaned
eagerly over him, contrite for the
moments inattention, with soothing
hand on his head.
The hours crept, the days dragged
In the town the sick mans friends
spoke of him in lowered tones as of
one newly dead; the news that
Eleanor Marshall had braved conta-
gion to nurse him crcpt about. and
they said: poor Eleanor" consider
ing her already widowed
In the sick room they could only
watch. DIR. Craig was with them
night and day, pulling grimly with
death for his Tictim, He noted, with
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WAS A HOLY TERROR.
Western Bill Famed as the Very
Worst of All Bad Men.
Reformed Train Robber, who stiiI
Ia Something OF a Liar, Tells some
Tales Calculated TO Make the
Hair stand on End.

"Yes, SIR said the Reformed One
20 a Chicago Inter Ocean man, '1he
gerry worst man in the whole world
were Western Bill the terror of tn
Parsons .gulch. His real name was
Thomas Smith, and he were less like
desperate than any other man i
ever saw outside of a book on the
Wild West.
HE were about four feet six, with
long, blondined hair and a mild eve,
with voice into him more like a
woman's than any woman's / ever
come across. He always wore white
kid gloves, an boots with tassels, an
most generally, when he was out for
gore, he dressed in swaller-taiI. If
the Tuxedo coat had been invented be-
fore that man died, he'd a wore one
for informal affairs. He was a stick
Ter for etiquette, were Western Bill.
He could do some things 1 never
saw anyone else do. He could shoot
behind him with just as much GER
tainty as he could shoot in front of
him. He was DEADLY. L seen him
once when seven of his enemies at
NN-NaNC4
move for it seemed to me n long time.
Then he flashed round, his revolver
spoke six times, and six of the men
just dropped i'm their tracks and lay
STILL each of 'em shot through the
brain, via the left eye. The seventh
man come on, knowing that Bills gun
Were empty!
swell, what did Bill do? He SQUIRT
viehy from a syphoon at the last man,
and sent him running out of the place
like all possessed. That was Bill
humorous, you see, and ready for a
joke. And then he said TO me. regret
full like: An weren't dressed to re-
ceive company For he were in his
pajamas, having got out of bed to
drink with me. He were particular,
were Bill, except with friends.
Il know other men, a dozen or so.
has been credited with inventing the
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YORK RIVER LINE, WEST tpo1N,
The Favorite Route North.
LEAVE RICHAoND

LEAVE RICHMOND
Train Ne. 10, <:S0 p NJ.
BALTIMORE LIMITED, Daily, except sundA.
for West Point, and intermediate stations
days and Fridays with steamer for Baln
more.
Train No. l6, $50 P. N.
LOCAL ExPREss, Mon Wednes s. Fridays, for
West Point and intermediate ste tioas. con
meets with stage at Lester manor to walker
ton and Tappahannock also at West Point
with steam ers for Baltimore. Stops at all sta
tons.
Train No. "a. sec A. N.
LOCAL MIXED, leaves daily except sunda
from Virginia street Station for West Point
and intermediate stations connecting witt
stage at Lestor manor for Walkerton and TAI
pahannock.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND
neetion from Baltimore except Mondays.
l0:4e am. Sundays ana Moa days
$40 D m. DalIy, except sunday from Weat
toint and intermediate stations.
Steamers leave West Point daily excepI
Sundays $50 p. M. arriving baltimore 500 q
M, returning leave Baltimore 500 p. m.
daily except Sundays arriving Richmond
steamers call at Gloucester Point ano
Almonds Wharf, Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdays; Yorktown and Clay Bank, Non
days. Wednesdays and fridays.
@. w. WESTBURY,
Travelling Passenger Agens,
s9o K. vain st Richmond. We.
Trsnao manager. cen Pass. aga
FRANK s. CANNON.
Third vice-Pres1dent and General Manage
Washington, d. G.
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hcld-up single-handed of stage. But
at were Western Bill who invented it
really. He began it thus. The stage
from Parsons gulch were coming
downhiIl not far from the gulch with
ten passengers and about 81 900 900 in
dust in the box. Bill ran uphill to-
ward it, put his hands on the heads of
the leaders, and swung himself onto
the pole, right between the wheel
horses. Then he run along the pole
TO the driver, made him come down.
and then NJ leisure. drove the coach
10 quiet place, and went through the
passengers. He told me afterward he
got about 81, 5oo, 900 that haul. There
were reputed millionaire aboard, but
Bill got only $4,000 0utsof him, and
his reputation fell ut once.
Next day, the same trick were
done to a stage 200 miles away, Bill
againi How that man could travel.
We'll by and by. stage robbing de-
generated and Bin began to rob
trains He was the original lone train
robber- P'raps you've heard of him.
He signa1ed a train one night, and
when it stopped, he just up, and while
pretending TO speak to the engineer,
he lifted one driving wheel OFF the
track quite careless like. and put it ON
the ground Course, that Just pre-
vented the train from going ON, aud
Bill went through it at his leisure.
. He took in a right good sum that
might, he told me.
Now, you'll never guess what Bill
did with his ill-gotten gains. He
founded an asylum for retired stage
robbers, and another one for old
ladies, and a third one for orphaned
children of desperadoes. 1t was
pretty to see him in the intervals of
has exciting life, walking among the
children in his home. or paying atten-
ton to some dear old lady-Lor' bless
You, it brings the tears 10 my eyes
now when think of it.
well, well, Welt 1t had to be.
Twas his love for children that
brought him down at last. And vet il
was nnintentional ON the part of the
child that did 1T, and Bill recognized
that fact. One day he drove up to his
home to see a child that had been i'll
WIN INC grip nc were IN Iull dress,
so | knew he were busy, and he adj
united he had job on; but he were
never too busy to see his friends. So
he saw the little kid, and made him
proud by giving him little six-shoot-
er and a flask. He had one fault. had
Bill. If it were fault; he couldn't
forget the shop. Well, the kid were
tickled to death, and insisted that Bill
should eat a piece of some candy the
whole push had been a-making. Bill
consented, but it killed him. He
choked to death on it. His last words
were: It's better as it is
"Poor billi He were undoubtedly
the very worst bad man ever known
in the west"
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The DurntIon ornw

A German scientist has gone to
some trouble to calculate the average
duration of wink. in order to ascer-
tain Just what the phrase lin the
twlnkl'ng of an eye" means. JIG saws
that wink occupies four-tenths Of
second The eyelid cescends in one.
tenth of a second stays down thir.
teen-hundredths Of a second and rises
again in seventeen-hundredths.
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Southern Railway
SCHEDULE
IN EFFECT APRIL 2ND, 1900
Trains Leaves Richmond. Va.

In hcFECI Anil IND, SUI
Trains Leaves Richmond. Va.
II.eo X. Ne IL SOUTHERN EXPRESS dAil,
., Atlantis Augusta Jackson Vile, anc
Joints south sleeper for Dsnytlle.
Green'boro. Salisbury. and Charlotte
sleeper open at Richmond o:so .. n
Stops for passen gers at local stations
Connects at Danville aEd Charlotte
mo Sal carrying through sieepers be
tween New York and Tampa with con
neetions for all Florida points, Rlse
sSs sns LIZ
tied (No SD carrying through sleepers
BETH New Yerk and N sshvIlIe New
York aud &emphis and new Yors and
sleeper Mon ays, Wednesdays and Fri
DAYS, Washington to sAn Francisco
without change. with conntcnons 10
All points In Texas. Mexico and Cab
forniA
is:o1P n No. Z, selid train daily ror Char
lotte, N. c. Connects AZ Aoseley will
Farmyiile and Powhstan rAilro&d
Keysyille for Clarksville. Oxford, Wen
derson and Durham and st Greensbor
for Durham, Raleigh. and Winston
salem at Danytlle with NO. So Unite
States Fast Nail, solid traih, daily 70
new Orleans ana poiE u south, whicl
carries sleepers New York to new Or
leans ana New York to gacksonvtll'
and Mianat for Nassau Habans, Cuba
Through main .leeper salisbury.
Mem phis via OF Asheville and Chatta-
nooga.
s 100 r. NJ, no II. LOCAL, daily except sund.
for Keysvile and intermediate poin'
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND. .
:Ss p NJ, from Atlanta Augusta, Ashevfile
and al points south. et
3 40 r. NJ, from Keysville and local stations.
LOCAL FkxIeAr TRAINs.
nos. 81 and "a. between Manchester and Ne
apolis, Va
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KNOW YOUR FAlE.

The distinguished Astrologist reads
FOUR life from the Cradle go she Grevs
ADVICE on marriage, love, bushes.
eneGIIes, health. spshs add luck. SAND
stamps for. circulars or one doIIxr
Lock or hair a,'u uA.o OF birth for life
eeading.
MRS. G. GARY,
$40 Falton ~. Brooklyn, n. Y.
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Richmond.
LEAyE:BRoAD-STREET STATION
700 .. m. dsiiy fccsI Tor Newport News, Ola
Point snd Norfolk Pa-l7r Car
News, oin Pe,ns. sn1sols fO s.s se PDs,st
mouth Parler ear. This train stop
only 81 williamsburg.
ol1 fed1,. Nor:olk and foSt mouth.
u'lman IS Old Point
lc:2o .; m. except suhdev. Local to Clifton
Forge. ConLects 'er Orange, Caiverten
Manassas and Washington.
Ais p m. Daily imited. tn Cincinnati,
louisville, and st. Louis. Pullman
wiss southern RSii~s e norsh S Of Or,
anEe. End CONNECTS for vjrginta Hot
Springs MOI. lcesl t-aip except Sun
Gay, fellows the hove train rom Cor
louisville 20 stsun ton.
30 p. m. DHswen Accommodations, except
1890 p. m, Daily, + Wv, to Cins'p nsti aud
louisville pullman sleeptngc Con-
meets ter VirSin,a Hot Springs.
LEAVE EIGHTH ST. STA TON.
1890 .. m, Daily for Lypchburg, IeIingtcu,
ana Clifton Forge Connec's. except
sunday. with Buckingham and Ate
$500 M, .Icept SUNDAY, { oIunoix Accom-
mediation.
TRAINS ARRIVE BROAD STREET
STATION.
500 n. m. eTc~rt Sunday, from boswell.
$3.50 a and $50 p daily, from Cincin-
matt ano Tout vile,
IL 20 m T;10 p. m, and 900 p. m, daily,
from Norfolk aud O'd Psint.
E|s a, Exceps sunday, trcD Clifton
Forge.
TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET
STATION.
90 A. e., Except SUNDAY from Columbia
10 ?, a., Daily from Lynchburg, lexington
and Clifton Forge. auc except sun
dav from New Castle, and Rosney.
For Dictated iaforn ton couue ctfons o q ,
amply ct X chmoud Transfer office, No 90 {
east Main street; Chesapssks AMI Ohio Pas
senger Office No. 500 east Msin street; sta
ton Ticket Offices, or dress
JOHN D. POTTS,
Asst. General Passenger ARsut.
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r = D RIoBMoNp,
II J. FRRDBRIoKsBURo
& PoTosAc.
schedule in Eject January Is 1904
LEAVE BYRD ST. STATION.
s"s A. NJ Daily, for -w.sh,.r,op an.
points North. stops ouIv "a
Pullman sisepers to New YorE
~ - - sn nddG pSgn Ssi kot e, wsssa,aoete.
i o., Gien suen, ashland Tar
iporsville. Boswell, Kuther Glen.
Fenola, Milford, WoodsisnS.
Suinea, summit, Fredericrs'
PPn nsg, Brooie, and wioeVatsr,
$50. Al NJ. Daily, except SUNDAY. for
Msshfrgtop and Goiuts North
isops At klos, Gin Allen, Ash
w KSther Glen, Pc ola. siiford,
WWosdsiane, Gui ea, Summit,
l9.oo NJ WMinewater tui man car.
H'" m. paily, except ~undaV, for
Masbinssea sno poin IS sortS'
Stops at Elba. Glea AlIen. AsE.
Iand, boswell, Milford, ane
Cnssoerisks6urg. Psrlor oar
7 Limited a, wsshi GUnSEe''ionai
40 Z. M Dsuy for Wa nington aae
points North. Stops at EIbS.
ashland, DosN eli, Milford
SredericfsbprR. Brooke and
.Miaswster: Stops at other sta
uoSs sundays. sleeper Ricb-
mond TO New YORK sleeper
washington to hiladeiphia
ARRIVE BYRD-STREEr..srArros.
o'io a. m''-Daily: Stops at Wide water
brooke, fredericksburg. NtiSs
Tor Boswell. Ashland ana
Elbe stops other ststioas
sundays. sleeper New York Ia
Richmond
s:Vo Z. M. sDAilv, exoept sunday. st>nsas
Frederie ksbu-g, Milford, Dos
wei, AShl4nd. Glen Allan 90
800, n. farlor car from WASH
SIS P. M, Dsiiy stops only At Frea,ksnr..
DCsweli, Ashland and R9bSa
o,o,r -. 6uilman cars from eW York
e'"-K. tM.s RAily. stops - WideWat0c
brooke, Fredericksburg, SUM.
NIT; GUINEA, Woodsians, MA
Aord, Penols, Rother Glen Dos-
well, TsylorsviIle, Ashiaad
Glen Allen. and Elba, S!oSo
ACCOMMODATE TRAILS.
DAILY except SUNDAY
100 A. n. Leaves $40. TOR Q ,nt,co
e M Leaqes Byrd st for Freoerieaks
$3.50 Z. M, Leave Elba for ASHLAND
40 A. NJ, Arrives EibA from AaoIana
''~ - !" arlves byrd otreet Station from
Fredericksburg
% e M = Arr1veo ba from Ashland
a. VIZ = YLOK, Trafnc Manages
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VIRGINIA NAVIGATION

coAPANY's JAMEs-RIvER LINE
10 NoIfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point. H.xro~s.
1--WE, Siaremount, ana James River l.nafrgs
M connecting az Old Point and Norfoik -.
nasningson, Baltimore and the North.
49, rTSAHeSIAs LsAyEs MONDAY, WEE
Eieesrie-cars direct 10 wharf. Fare onlx m n.
mo Sl.0o to Norfolk, Portsmouth. Ola P,tzs
RON. - 1heHo Oronc3-
Freight received daily from aooveu.-.<
yns.n nnd Al points In Eastern VirRinss A.
IRWIN wEisI0ER.
Supertntendaz
EDWARD 4. BARNEY
general omees; Plan,err R.us Baildinsi
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=. ~ -.
SEeB0ARD AIR LINE.
SCHEDULE IN EFFE IT MAYS Iaa
LEAVES BYRD STREET STATION
COOP N Dali
LOT aenderson (arriye Durham daily excep
STunosyl, kalelrh, Sanford, Southern Pines
wilmington, Wayesboro, Monroe, CharIotta
Eincoln'on, Shelby, kutherfordton. Chester
Suntop, GREENWOOD, Abbevflle, Elbertou.
Atnens ATLANTA Augusta, Macon Mon1
goTsry. New Orleans, Pensacola. Jacksos
vile, Chattanooga Nashville, Memnhis Te1.
as, hextco, California aud she west via Ne,
pitts or New Orleans. -.
trains leaving Mt $50 runs IN rou oh AL
10 IN Alants wttRout change OF cara SIeer
CT reaoy Tor occupancy At S:40P NJ
- TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND
. IA q. m. N'~''SS
100 m Daily.
For tickets, baggage checks, sleepinr-e.
RESERVATION. etc. apply to
IL. 81. BOYKIN.
General Agent,
6S6 East Main Sc
"a. JOHN, Vioe-President and cent n.u.xs,
". y. eLovnR, .Ituu
ssnsrsl raSp a.
New 'Phone s83.
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RE you determined to stay,
~ Miss Marshall?"
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Send AZ your name and the Planet
will be sent you. 1t is only 1.50 per
year.
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q IN Chesa peake q pd
- " Ne Ohio Railway.

ROUTE.
Schedule in Eject May 6, 1900, From.
Richmond.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. STATION
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Rapta Automobile Trrp.

Rants Automobile Trip.
An automobile recently covered the
distance from Coventry to London, %
miles, in four hours, this being an
average OF % miles an hour.
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- Z. j. Baker, colored Pos
Jan. 2, Lincoln hcGelsey, GO
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-01-18

you what III do, as you are a poor
young man just starting out in life if
you will give me all the advantages you
may have all the reciprocity.
1t is customary to give God credit for
all the good and to pile all the other
stuff up on the devil. 1t is also usual
for the Church to claim credit for all
the good that is in us and to charge up
to mate cussedness the residue. But
there are no snakes if Mckinley don't
have to go the whole hog, this second
black plague and the whole outfit My
republican paper has been claiming for
him credit for every possible good
thing under the sun that has come 20
this people anywhere in the last three
years, big crops and everything, If
now anything goes wrong with Han
nah, there is to be no shirking of respon-
sibilities. Already a good deal has
been said about a squeeze" in the
money market.
Home, Tenn. T. J. RIPLEY.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-01-18

Lady Braddock, cousin of General
Braddock, George Washington's old
commander, flushed red under this
stingging sarcasm,
81 am sure" she replied, "I am no
older than your ladyship, and 1 have
not seen thirty yet.
Doesn't your ladyship mean sixty?'
asked Lady Mary, innocently, "Sure,
your roses and lilies are sere and yell
low now, | am sorry to say, although I
am told that forty years ago young
fellow could hardly gaze on you with
impunity."
This was too much A challege to
mortal combat was given and accepted
and the enemy met with sword and
pistol in Hyde Park, London.
They fred at each other again and
sgain without being able to make a Int.
Then impatient for blood, they drew
their swords and rushed at each other.
In the combat that followed Lady Mary
Elphinstone paid for her rudeness with
wound in the forearm.
But Jackson had good nerves.
IF General Jackson passes this way
show him thatl" said Charles Dickin.
son to an innkeeper after severing
with pistol bullet, a piece OF string at
the range prescribed by the dueling
code.
Accordingly when the word was Civ
on on the lawyers pistol blazed. All
beholders saw little cloud of dust fly
from Jackson's coat. Without flinching
he slipped his arm over the place and
held it there tightly.
"Get back to the mark" shouted
Overton to Dickinson, who had started
forward in perplexity.
AS steady as a rock Jackson leveled
his pistol and fred. His opponent
pitched forward, with would through
his vitals.
The general walked away with his
friends. They discovered by and by
that one of bis shoes was full of blood.
He had been shot in the breast, but did
not wish his dying enemy to have the
satisfaction of knowing it,
During the day he sent to inquire
about the condition of the patient, and
to present him with bottle of wine.
But Dickinson was too near death to
appreciate this delicate attention.
New York World.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-01-18
Anglo-Boer War Notes.

Since starting the Pretoria mint has
coined 140, 900 sovereigns.
The Duke of Westminster will re-
main in Cape Colony during the war.
The American hospital ship Maine
arrived at Las Palmas, Canary Islands,
yesterday, and reports all on board
we'll.
It is understood that a prominent in
habitant of the Orange Free State has
gone to the United States to lecture in
the interest of the two republics.
General Joubert denies that he has
ever protested against the use Of lyd-
dite. He AYERS that up to the present
he has not lost single man from
lyddite.
The traction engines have arrived at
Frere, and have been successfully test
ed. They pulled trucks over the
toughest and most sandy ground with
out difficulty.
Six horsemen made dash from La
dysmith few nights ago, and though
pursued they escaped. It is believed
the party included Colonel Rhodes,
brother of Cecil Rhodes, and DR..
Jameson.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-01-18
Old People Made Young.

J. c. Sherman, the veteran editor of
the Vermontville (Mich.) Echo, has
discovered the remarkable secret of
keeping old people young For years
he has avoided Sleeplessness, Nervous
ness, Indigestion, Heart trouble, Con-
stipation and Rheumatism by using
Electric Ditters, and he writes; "Tt
can't be praised too highly. 1t stimu-
lates the kidneys, tones the stomach,
aids digestion, and gives splendid ap-
petite II has worked wonders for my
wife and me. It's a marvellous remedy
for old peoples complaints. " Only SOC.
at r. s. Bottoms drug store.