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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-12-09
Monday, the 18th day Decent
Der, 1904,

AT the west door of the court house Of SAID
county in the city of Aberdeen. Mississippi
proceed To iet To the lowest. best and respon5i-
BILE bidder or bid iers the contract or contracts
for the working of the public roads OF sand
county. according Ia the plans and specific
tions adopted 10y said and now on lite ana OF
record in the Office Of the ChancerS Clerk OF
said counto Notice is also given that he sue
cessfuf bidder or bidders will be required 10 ez-
ecute good and sufficient bond or bonds III "A
sum equal t. the amount of the bid or bids,
conditioned according In law for the faithful
performance of contract or contracts
By order Of the Boa a of Supervisors. lhls
the 18th day of No gember, lSu+
C. Z. SMITH.
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Monroe
County, Mississippi.
By g. Il. RAY. Deputy Clerk.
November Is 1901
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
PUBLIC ROADS 10 BE woRkED BY con
TRACTS.

Tie State 81 MiSsissipp Aberdeen. Miss.
Monroe County.
Notice j. hereby given that the B"ard oi gu
ter.isors If Monroe county. MisSissi ppi, hay
ing adopted tba law providing for the worklus.
of the roads of said county by contract aLd
ha ". adopted certain plans and speci ations
for said work Now. therefore. pursuant 10 al
order made and entered at the November meet
ing of said Board az Supervisors. notice i gwen
- .nutractnr. lLnL .nid Rnarh Will. ON
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Natures own di-Solvent. California
Pruue WATERS cure constipation and n
bilious troubles. 100 Tor 35c. Ak your
Druggist.
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s;Ic:IpOf (jlA

When a child l had very severe at
tack of Diphtheria. which came near prov
ing fatal. Upon recovery the glands OF the
neck were very much enlarged, and after
the free use OF iodine. the right one was
reduced TO its normal size. but the left
one continued to grow very slowly at
first. until IL was about the size of a goose
egg, which began 10 press on the wind
pipe, causing difficult breathing, and be-
came very painful. An incision was made
and large quantity of pus discharged.
The gland was removed. or as much a
could with safety be taken out. For ten
years wore a little piece of cloth about an
inch long in my neck 20 keep the place
open. During this time had To have II
cut open by the doctor every time took
cold or the opening clogged In the Spring
or early Summer of 1884 was persuaded
by my wife to use s. 5. $, which | did,
strictly in accordance with directions. I
took twenty-six large bottles, and was en-
tirely cured, for have not suffered since
that time. b. ; RAGLAND.
Royal Bag Mfg. Co., Charleston, S. c.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-12-09

Only constitutional remedy can reach
an hereditary disease like Scrofula When
the blood Is restored to a normal condition
and the scrofulous deposits are carried of
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-12-09

Is well known as a
blood purifier and
tonic. IL IS the
IN ] V guaranteed.
strictly vegetable
remedysold. Ifyou
have any signs oil
Scrofula. write us
and our physicians
will advise you free
nuanv Atlanta ca
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
POLITICS IN LAVENDER.
Ar. DooIey Has His There Now.

Well" said MI. Hennessy, 9TH Ia
bols iv tn CONVENTIONS ARE at an
end!'
III that's what We call thim they
ARE" said Mr.. Dooley. las Hogan
says, tn Dimmycratic convntion la
bored and brought forth a muss. TIL
Republican convintion labored too.
like a cash register. 1t listened to three
canned speeches, adopted n predigested
platform, nommynated a cold storage
vice prisidint, give three ESPECIALLY pre-
'pared cheers and whit home. TIL con
vintions mind was all made up FIR it
befure it met. There was Il little too
much shake up but who cares FIR that?
Not SO, tn Dimmycratic mind. That's
"a good, plain, unvarnished, freckled
mind that is niVcr made up. Not that
JUS Dimmycrat's haven't policies We
have more than anybody else TIL
attic iv ivry Dimmycrats house is filed
with OF policies that he wanst used
policies that have faded or punctured
ii tire or broke Il handspring or been
run over be n band wagon. | often 20
,iv tn days when we thought free
thrade was so becolnn' an tn income
tax and tn silver question. I've laid
thin away in lavender Hinnissy. lis
no good bein' onfash 'nable, on'y some
times | object to tn party wearin tn
castoff buds iv til republicans Rath-
er thin that I'd see it go naked Nv
policies entirely fr a While an thin
make itself a suit Nv clothes that bore
no talor'S tag
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

AS he spoke a cold sweat had gath
cred on his forehead, his pathetic eyes
expressed haunting fear and his en-
element made his hand ,remble.
My dear father. YOU need have no
when to stop
You may not always be able to cot
tro! Yourself
Il have never been carried away like
that; as YOU know. | have Il cool head -
said Max selt-contidently. 1T is true,
that night when played with Goffe-''
He hesitated as some sudden thought
flashed on him, then turned abruptly
away.
For Gods sake the count i'm
plorcd, remember my words and take
my warning Don't gamble, whatever
YOU do, don't gamble
Max WAS staring from the window.
his brows contracted over eyes that
looked out on the terrace with its vines
creeping round marble balustrades, and
on the park With its uniulating sWard
its patches of golden gorse. its cluNps
of majestic trees. of all of which he was
unconscious. for he saw only the dark
and tragic picture that rose in his mind
and held his panied attention to its de-
tails.
II was only after seconds tina; seemed
hours that he was able to release him
self from the spell that held him. When
With Il gasp of the breath, like one sui
locating. he rushed towards his father
held him in Il farewell embrace, AND
hulriedly quilted the room on his way
to the trap which was to carry him OF
the first stage of his eventfu! journey
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Proved Beyond a Doubt.

MddlescH, y. y. July 2o.-(Spccial.,
That Rheumatism can be cured has
been proved beyond a doubt by Mrs.
SetSeT \. ClawSon. we'll known here.
That Mrs. Clawson had rheumatism
end had it bad. all her acQuaintanceS
Know. They also know she is now
cured. Dodd's Kidney Pills did ii. Mrs
IlawSon tells the story of her cure as
follows:
Il was an invalid for most five years
caused by lntiammatory Rheumatism.
hclpleSS two-,hirds of the time The
first year could not do as much as a
baby could do: then | rallied Il little Bit
and then Il relapse. Then Il year ago
the govt set in my hands and feet |
suffered untold agony and in August
1903. when my husband died could
rot ride TO the grave.
Il only took two boxes of DOdd'S
Kidney Pills and in two weeks | could
wait on myself and saw my own wood
4 dug my own potatoes and gathered
my own garden last fail. Dodl's Kid
ncy Pills cured me"
rheumatism is caused by uric acid
i'll the blood. Dodd'S Kidney Pills put
the Kidneys in shape to take all the
uric acid out of the blood
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
MOUNTAlNEER FIODLERS,
Sets Instrument Against Chest and
Wields Bow With liculinn Mouenent

Sets Instrument Against Chest and
Yields Bow With juggling Movement.
Harper's Magazine: There is hidden
among the mountains of Kentucky,
Tennessee and the Carolinas Il people
of whose inner nature and it's musical
expression almost nothing has been
said. The music of the southern noun
taineer is not peculiar, but like him.
self. peculiarly American.
Nearly all the mountaineerS are sing
ers. Their unframed voices are of good
timbre, the women's being sweet and
of pitch and tone and harmony re-
markedly true. The fiddler o: the
banjo player is well treated and be-
loved among them, like the minstrel of
feudal days.
The mountain fiddler rarely cuddles
his instrument under his chin. He sets
it against the middle of his chest and,
grasping his bow near the middle
wields it With juggling movement
quite unlike the long sweep &c the ac-
c0mplished Niulinists bow ann. 1t is
sometimes complained that their play
ing is too rapid and ierky, but the
tunes are composed for his tempo, and
no other would be found suitable.
Prominent among the elements of this
music is that the leading American
characteristic hunOr; not the spark
ling With of the French, nor the broad.
clumsy Qualification Of the Teuton. nor
sarcasm nor irony. but the keen whole
some. freakiSh American love of "A
laugh: and it pervades directly or in
directly almost every line. The music.
too. while usually minor, is not of a
paintive tendency: there are few
laments, no sobbng and waiting. In
this ii differs radically from that of
TAit
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
A Recnra-Rreaker

Three fellow travellers in the smok-
lng-room OF fast train We're discus
ms the speed of trains
Il was in Il train once" said the
.trst man. that beat everything l ever
ode in for speed. Why. il went so
last that The telegraph poles at the
tide of the track Looked like an i'm
!aense fine toothed comb"
That's nothing" said the second
traveller: Il remember riding in an ex-
lress on the--and--that went at
! UGH a gait that the telegraph poles
looked like Il solid board fence"
The third man made an exclamation
lf impatiencc.
AN, you fellows don't know what
! igh speed on II railroad is. Why
Travelled west from Chicago last month
i a train that went at such 4 pace that
iIhen we passed some alternate fields
! { corn and beans they looked like sue
= Flarper's Weekly.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
RACE DONE :
Not q Bit of 1t.

A man who thought his race was run
made a food find that brought him
back to perfect health.
One year ago | was unable TO per-
form any labor; in fact, ! WAS told by
my physicians that they could do moth
ing further for me. was fast sinking
away, for an attack of grip hGd left
my stomach so weak it coulC not q .est
any food sufficient to keep me alive
There was just wasting away.
growing thinner every day and weaker,
really being snuffed out simply because
! could not get any nourishment from
food.
Then my sister got after me to try
Grape-Nuts food which had done much
good for her and she finally persuaded
me. and although no other food had
done me the least bit of good my stom-
ach handled the Grape. Nuts from the
first and this food supplied the nourish-
was so strong ! moved from Albany to
San Francisco and now Oh my three
meals of GrapeNutS and cream every
day | am strong and vigorous and do
fifteen hours work.
Il believe the sickeSt person in the
world could DO as do. eat three meals
of nothing but Grape Nuts and cream
and soon be on their feet again in the
flush of best health like me-
Not only am ! IL perfect physical
health again. but my brain is stronger
and clearer than it ever was on the old
diet. hope you will write to the
names l send you about Grape-Nuts.
for want to see NY friends well and
strong
Just think that year ago l was dy-
ing. but to day, although | am over 30
years of age. most people take me to be
less than 40. and l feel just as young as
] look" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason.
Look for the little book, '.The Road
to MELVILLE" in each pkg.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
Religion for That Ro1isn.

Roy. V. 4 Carroll. a prominent south
crn clergyman. tells the following story.
says the Mobile Register: 1--WE Ycf,.
driving out one Sunday from Decatur
when we came upon a negro .yith a club
in his hand and a freshly killed possuln
on his shoulder We stopped to examine
ms prize. and the colonel said:
Ny friend. Dc, you know it is Sund&y%
Are YOU a religious raan?'
- are: Use jist on my way home
And what sort OF religion haze yr,
got that permits you 10 so hunting on
Sunday?
Religion? Religion qucried the man
as he he'd the possun up with one hand
and scratched his head with the oiher
Does yon ,spect any black man in Ala.
i nana Is gNihe to tie hisself up to any re-
!igion dat lows 'pGssum 10 walk ri.,h,
across the road ahead Of him an Kit away
free? M san. y religion which won.,
bend a little when a fat 'possunt E-:,as
YOU off couldn't be Established round we're
by all the preachers in the universe. "
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
Free to Twenty-Five Ladies.

The Defiance Starch Co. will give
25 ladies 4 round trip ticket to the
St. Louis Exposition. to five ladies'
in each of the following states: ILL
nois, Iowa, Nebraska. Kansas and
Missouri who Will send in the largest
number Of trade marks cut from u ten
cent, 16-ounce package OF --ehance
cold water laundry starch. This
means from your own home. any
Where in the above named states.
These trade marks must be mailed to
and received by the Defiance Starch
Co., Omaha, Nepr., before September
1st, 1904. October and November
will be the best months TO visit the
Exposition. Remember that Defiance
is the only starch put Up in IL or. Ga
full poundD to the package. You get
one third more starch for the same
money than of any other kind, and
Defiance never sticks to the iron.
The tickets to the Exposition will bs
sent by registered mail September
9Th. Starch for sale by all dealers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
Plymouth Church War Oruan.

From the Binghampton Republican.
What is known rs the war organ" in
Plymouth church. Brooklyn, which was
set up under the passionate of Henry
Ward Bcecher, forty years ago, is to
De removed to make room for a new
organ. An organ which is forty years
old is q somewhat venerable institution,
and the Plymouth organ IS not an eX-
ception- 1t made music many years for
MI. Beecher'S services, and was listened
to by Abraham Lincoln. Secretary
Stanton, Gov. Sprague of Rhode Island,
Gov. Buckingham of Massachusetts.
Charles Dickens, Horace Greeley. Hen
~ J. Raymond, Wendell Phillips. Will
iiam Lloyd Garrison, Fred Douglas and
thousands of other men almost as well
known. who had been led to drop in
and listen to Mir. Beecher's sermons
when they had occasion TO spend Sun
day in the metropolis
In consequence of the memories
which cluster around the forty years
of services of the venerable organ. some
of the members would just as soon
part with the church as to part with
he organ.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
CHAPTER MY.
A CONVERSATIONS


one gray and gloomy afternoon, late
in October DUnstan EurhaEe was
seated IN Il great chair beside wood
fire in one of The smaller rooms OF HAD
ley Manor.
Throughout his illness. While his
h"rassed nina wandered over the
events of the past, from his childhood
upward. ana rested with agoniAinS per
sistence on the late tragedy, he had
been carefully watched ana tended by
Ncneto and his servant Matteo as he
Mad boosted. the Italian was skilled in
medicine and understood his patients
case; and to his knowledge of herbs,
unknown to, or ignored by the English
medical faculty, the fever-strcken nan
probably owed his life.
And not only did Nenoto fail to sum
mon Il doctor but he likewise neglected
to announce Dunstan's illness to the
inmates OF knoWlesWorth Hail.
so. taking II in Turns BY night and
daN, Neneto and his confidential ser
want nursed Dunstan. and they alone
listened to the ravnSS OF Il mind
haunted by the lecollections of a ter
rlbie tragedy, and by tie horrors OF Il
prison cell. 1t was only when reason
had established itself and he lay Ian
Euid ana tranquil that Roma was al
4 lowed to enter his room ana sit by his
! bedside.
'i'"SNF - SUE iN!' ''iiie H"'ioi''''''i
some outlet for Fer tenderness toward
nm. IN sitting WatChtu!ly by While he
4 sept, in bringing him the food she had
, prepared, or in talking or reading TO
Nl:n.
ihey had often talked Of hcr country,
4 whose people ne had learned To know
ana love during the yea" or so he had
!lVed anong them, While studying
chemistry in TIE laboratory of an
Italian chemist famous in the scientific
/ world.
/ Roma had on" day, when he was we'll
o! his way to recovery, suggested that
Sh" should give aim brief lessons, and
mat they should read together the
pages OF their IaNurite poet, Dante
When Roma put aWhY her copy Of
Dante there was silence between them
Tor some seconds. From where she sat
H!lc 'ou!a sec through the hl%h Wlndo"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
Brave to RaShneSG

Philadelphia Press "Oh, George"
sighed the romantic girl, Il wish you
like the old-tme knights: | wish you'd
do something brave TO show your love
for me-"
Gracious" cried her fiance, haven't
| agreed to marry you. and me only
getting $40 a week.?
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
Good Salesman.

liopfietor-aow IS lEut new sales
man doing?
Floor Naiker--Grcat. Why, he could
sell boz: of writing paper to a man
who couldn't Write his name.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29

sight. but Was almost surp ised to find
the saloons We're larger and more mag
niicent than liz had imagined.
AS it Was comparatively early in tn"
day the rooms were not crowded. but
i'll each there We're a number of people
seated and standing at the tables de
voted to roulette. rouge-et-noir ana
lren;c-ct- quaian1c.
ii he never played he could spend de
lghtful days in watching those who
did. ana entering into the spirit of their
feelings
He wandered from room to @oom and
from table To table. thinking that even
if he never PLAYED he could spend de-
light:ul days in watching those who
did. and entering into the spirit Of
their feelings.
Ii WAS in the fourth room, seated II
a roulette table. that he saw a man
whose presence seemed familiar. ana
whom he soon remembered had break
tasted at his hotel ut the same time
as himself.
He played for high stakes. seldom
looked up from the table, and as foi-
tune llucuHted with him, accepted his
gains or losses with tranquility, his
nervous excitement only apparent III
the deepening p"lIor Of his complexion,
or the twtching Of his thin, flexible
hands. Max felt his interest center IN
the stranger. whose fortunes he fol
/ IL.
as If becoming aware Of this the man
suddenly raised his ewes and recogni"-
ing in MaN'S face the same absorbing
passion for gambling as possessed HIM
self, smiled ut him in Il friendly man
ner.
That evening Max WAS seated in the
Ginning room Of his yhotc! at one Of the
ljttlc tables seated Over tho great saloon
when the stranger entered, cast
rapid glance around, and seeing Man.
came toward him bowed and askc,l
permission To share his table. which
was gladly given.
Have YOU Won" Man asked inter
estcdly.
only a few napoleons. nothing WORTH
/ while" came the answer. in II quiet
concentrated voice.
This is my FIST visit here: YOU know
the place, suppose? >"
YES; for wears | have been here
every autumn: but this win probably
I be the last time | shall come to Monte
I Carlo
How is that?
II intend to make ms fortune and
gamble no more.
but if YOU G.il"" questioned Max
! looking ut his dreamer who mur,l,,
shrugged his shoulders in reply, While
! n smile Fitted Owe his fundamentally face.
You. too" ne said after n memeI,t =
! silence have the gamblers pas%jou. -
Il fear have"
III is Il curse. he said YEARLY. and
Vet so Infatuated am that woald not
I be without il. If win a sufficient sum
to keep me for some wears. Will
never, an. never, gamble ae;fin."
Before dinner had quite ended he
! had began 10 grow feypriSh and rest
I less; he scarcely tasted IN. dessert, and
continually looked ut The clock. When
il struck nine he declared he must go
\ to The casino Max volunteered to a,.-
4 comranv him.
(. Both FOUND places AT tho same roul
I cite table. but ap:.-t from each other,
/ Max at first merely vcnturcd u five
frame piece and when he won. hailed
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29

Snake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. Cures COINS. Bun.
. .GHS, swollen. Hot and Sweating Feet At
sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olnsted. lie
Roy, n Y.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
Equal to the Emergency.

Miranda-Now, what would you do
II You were iii laY place?
A!gernon-Oh! I'd squeeze up little
bit and make room for you to Sit beside
me.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
CoulaE,t usc Poetry

'-". WILSON'S rouili:,5 rsacp or Children
se'"i.ite "otlo1s ihc guns inLaIc IL a.on nj
VAT PAIN, cni"s wind coite. % cent { poltie
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29

Baltimore Sun: The importation OF
red ants for the Texas cotton boil Wee
lvil will probably lessen the picnics in
that state
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Hard to Bear.

Mrs. Fondman-John. why will you
insist upon calling the twins Togo anc
kuroki?
terrors. Maria.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
Tic WsYs of Gcnins

Did he leave many crelitors?"
Well his loss will be felt Wherever
he was Known
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29

Ton-Si.e SAID / was poem.
Lac ii guess ls:at's why her old
nam ollie. Suu down
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29

can recommend Plso's Cure for Con.
sumption for Asthma 1t has given me
great relicf.-W. l.. Wood, Farmersburg,
md, Sept. s. 1901.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29

Your hotel Proprietor Will cash Il
check for YOU: it's not SO much [
might win il IN FIFTEEN minutes. Sur
h" burst ont suddenly. stop-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29

was not far from his hotel and
entered the spacious
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-26

tie and Millie sleep in the room opposite,
and Mile has been so troubled with her
teeth lately. Up those stairs, and the first
door on your left. Yes, I wouldn't wake
Mrs. Devailh if she is asleep; but do, as
you think best, of course, and please DO
not thank me. Here's the candle"
He took the candle, looking blacler and
whittier than ever under its suggestive
flicker. and went softly up the stairs on
the tips of his small feet.
He listened for moment outside the
doo- indicated. then gently, very gently,
turned the handle and went in. AT the
same moment the door of the dressing
room at the other side of the bedroom
was opened as gently, and the doctor
(Who had come in with his latch key,
unheard by man or beast, twenty min
utes before, and had crept noislessly
upstairs entered IS softly. For a moment
he stood there, candle in hand, pink fan
mel stripes all over him, and the cry of
'Burglarsi' frozen on his lips.
And then the Italian gave one jungle
roar and went for him
To make Carlo DevaIi believe anything
approaching the truth was no child's play
and took almost as long as it took the
doctor to recover the use of his right eye.
But he is a shade more occidental now in
his treatment of his wife. from a sense.
no doubt. of apology, and has lived not
only to realize his phenomenal good luck
in having kept the basement out of the
story, but also to present Mrs. Frost with
a splendid stove for the spare room
Amelia Pain in the Sketch.