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W. i.MILkr. W.J.HILL
MILEY & HILL.
D-R/TJO-a-IST'S
B\tf TUOP. TKXA8.
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to thf Pr**rriptioH iMpmrtutful,
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Pat«nt M«dloixx«s.
Perfiiiuerlc*.Toilet Article*. Stationary,
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER.
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MASTKOP. BASTKOl' COUNTY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER IS. 1892.
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dod at all hoar*.
PATENT MEDICINE
all kin<2a.
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. • Ki'iitul-chifi* matter.
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TEX AlS
u OPEN LETTER. CONSERVATORY of MUSIC
BASTROP. TEXAS.
Mrs. MARY McDOWALL, 0,redress.
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qiiiuit lo*.*rtloii
Local uotl«*v* Ibu «*«*ni a |M r It or; tarh In-
Hirtlou rtwvcii wont* iu*kn * line.
OltKuary imllivi. I'KreiHllim 10 tine*. Bt tht
r* • of ft i-#tltn B 11 llr
ttwriif Above mlo* will ! • Ntrlntly cBrrlwl out
In «*bc1i Biol i-vi'rv luaunc#
JOHN M I'll AIL.
J. I.
'1 ph\ul i ionn,
1 .'TORNHYS-at-IAW
AMI—
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
Will pro-ticc Id Hnt r«*IIII*. I>i-f ri«-t ami
Inferior ••oiri*. Moio-y IohihmI ttu<l
Ollli't* onr N atioiuil
.lai-n- 1
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ri. ri. iiOMBS,
"« « ind SURG' OM,
ll" -I.IIVIt'h* TO Till. I'! IH.IC. I
• ii hrliiiril A Sun' drug
11avin&r removed to
my New Hrick Store
I am now prepared to
show my friends and
the public geneiully,
a tme stock of N13 W
GOODS, consisting of
Dry-Goods, Groceries
Boots,Shoes and Hats,
Olothing and Gents'
Furnishing Goods.
My stock is NEW
was bought from lirst
hands, as cheap as
money couM buy, and
will be sold at six cent
cotton I t*i e.>.
i < ,
< onie .111*1
and I will sell
golds.
Robt. Gill.
FALL TERM EGINS SEPT. 3. 189a.
TIIK I'Ol'KSK UK INsrun l lwN VMM, UK I'KOIiItKSSlVK.
I will rrrii'vi' into my (niiilly u (• w l >tir>liiiK I'lipil*.
Kiirlm^lilll Kn it.il- T■ :itliiii)j
llariiioiiv and Mimical lluinr\ CIiihkc-
l.imhoiiit, Munii'iil Talk*, Kur 1'ruIninu.
course.
Ktl'.. uill In- ilH'llnll'll III I In*
I nn <• i,ld Mii|al ili lu< uwarilcil inn (or iui|>ruvciiiriit, unr (<>r
|iroiii|itiit'HM.
Kor (nrlli"i iiartli'iilarN n* III Irrni-. «|n'i ial uliulii f, i lr., nililrvaa
MRS. MARY McDOWALL.
Hii iri'| 1'i'X'i- .lnh. .10. I
PH0T0G RAPH
MY SAINT.
M) in liBMlnt tlin! 10 } m . «
In all tlinf «Hb for «u Ino.i lwlowa
Bin1 U fiilr a« 1 ..r lilul .to.I l.iHtif'il ii« I'tlr,
\\ 11 ii b l.iiio t u« irt Uiim 1 iM-ftutiful liitir.
Mir I ft fllll of **ll« Bill IIIIMIlln .4*. Mil .If,
Ami |w| Ib thi #|*li 1 ••! tmlh 11 . *
Ainl ucll f..r liiiu *v It.. I.U ImihI. ii « au U «r
lu tli«* lltflil of lb.' luilo iiInuii li.'i lour.
Il« r («' « It b n iir.tr ulu re* ftu-n on> i.-ml
In.- trulh tl At lu^i rc.« Iter, tlmu.fbl Mini
«!••'«! 1
llrr Mr 1 1 lift >.f ilrvotIon Biol « bi.
Ami tliu li.ia 1. Inilo iiImiiii ! •• r luilr.
Hi r rnrr 1* lor «>iln 1- uu.l ini f..r Ikm -rlf.
Ami UBUirli! ''I"' Om I. i uf |.i .)!U or |bb*II ;
l!llOU|{ll for III 1 Ihul lior |(lMtI In won
And 'I., kuuvii not Imr l i.l«> U l-il^htni. b
ft Hit.
All tlildgi kin ni * 11 "infliB • 1 ilvudld lo<«
TliB! I'oiiiri |o hi r hrrr froin t\ I*• w ml 'Vti,
Aixl I w|t.i ; M. ri In r i n.i IinmII> .lut r
Tu I.Mik al. ll«. Iiulu itlxiui hi r Ii«4ir.
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;. KOWLKU
Physician and Surgeon.
P'lOP. - - - TEXAS
•«:— Vi n V. .1. Mlli'V « Co.
L. R. EKHAU1). LOUIS rice piiopplier
The Jeweler.
II. M. OAllWOOU
Attorneys at Law,
llASTItOI*.
I, Will pr.-ia'tI"
411 I Kr I.T.ll.
. . , TEXAS,
ill Hi,* I'turU
J. 3. PRICE,
bounty Attorney,
— AND —
Att3ra®7 at Lanr,
BASTROP, TEXAS,
Dyer Moore.
ATTORNEY IND
Counsellor - at • Law,
HAS I'KOI', TKXAS
rroi'tii'i' lii nil tin- onurla "I III'' Slalr
I'll 11 • .lull- In I In* II :i - Ii* r IliiililillK
1 H. A. S. (iKANT,
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!(IH Wi-Ht Si'ViMiili Siri-i't.
\USTIN, - r 1LXA .
A Inr^e Block of l.wlle'oGold VValelii'B
on hand wlileli I am Belling verv eheNp.
New prlei'B 011 IJenlB Silver \N utelieB.
,'ome ami *ee me. I keep (•verytiling in
the Wat eh. I'Iih k uiibI .leuelrv lilie.
Ilrlng your Wutclieo. I'loekB and .lew-
.«lrv t• repair.
CON HAD KOIILKH
An KXI'KHIKM'KK .IKWKI.KK anil
WATCH REPAIRER.
will nifiiil your .li'wi'lry or
w lill a wurkiuaiillk.!
under b! rlei I'linriintei*.
PHOTOGR Ai-ns. uii styles aiii' sizes."
We Please and Every S;iiist. ,-tion Guaranteed.
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLj«tTFD
SAINT LOUIS GHEAP GASH STORE.
C. O. HUNTER,
|i| VI.KI! IN
Staple ; Fancy Groceries
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC.
All kinds of Country Produce Bought and Sold.
( raft lluiblin^
Main Street
CONDENSED
"MIRIiOVA
CCFFE,
ra aov
Mow wmiiil von lik- io.ni i 1'
ol puro. i|i'liriiiii Colli'' "i-t i'
iHiifounlv willi ill th'1 iroin
mill Irpffini'st* o( I hi' in imri'li' •
Iwrrv ''
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BATTS,
3T El R,
It xad Agert,
8 I STROP. - - TEXAS
C^AS. BRIEGER.
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l ull In'(omul at III* "lil utaml. prt-
pari'il to iMit, III atitl ninkr I lothlnj; In
hi- latent «l}'li"«. ^stllulni'lIon (("arantri'il.
A tine lino ul lli-ntK" liirnmnliiK K"' l
tn li'iml anil made to onli r.
I am n/i'iit fur lIn- I'elflirati'il
Best Sewing Machines,
ttir 1'ii-li'nt r11ii nIn sr. the inont ilmpli- and
•lit' moat viilmtaiitImI marlilnon inaiintar-
turi'il.
No hon.r l« oomplcln wiiliont a
HhwIiht machlnr. Trv one.
WM. MilJiKK'S
MEW BARBER SHOP.
Ilavlni; moved in my m w In irk Iniild
In/, i ri'i'lvd al old <141111. I ran Jmatl of
one ol the iiimUi'-I. Im' i arranged and
iiio.i pli'inant Toiinorlal I'.talill'limeiitK
in the I'oiintry. wln ri" you ran a
,'li' in nliuve. a tyll«li lialr rut or aurliam-
pon. In liie nu"( approved Mvlr.
You fit ii ii. i in- in
ol II HI >• •• • 111111 ol < ' I
MARIJOVA in i cm.
•<r milk
A** vour groin ii i
u.itlr of MARIJO
Coflee. ferli-i'tl.
lort'imi iin/rnlo'iit
Wm O.ri'-V
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BASTROP, TEX.
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A. L. HOPPE, Prop.
BASTRoP, ' TEXAS.
HI. 11 I II IN
Wines. Branitis, Whiskies. Ciga s, Etc.
Fresh BEER Mways on Tap.
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Nell skh v 11>
OR MO'IT
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are nttaebi'd to tl where
palrnii" rati rereive hot or cold hath*.
Thaaklul to the publte for pa11! Illiera
patronage. I n«k a inntiiiuallon ol •ami*
Olvu uii- a trial,
WM. Mil.I.RE.
i'.• i in iin in |s:iv.
r- w. HOUSE.
, Cotton Factor
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COMMISSION MERCHANT
CulliTtiona a apecialty, Willi faeili
Ilea Tor making lliem. in all eonntic*
in tbia Stale ami Hie Snuthweat. upon
llie moat liltornl tertua. lluy and avll
Kxrliangi' on atl point*.
Correspond" lieu aoliciteil. and
prompt attention given to aatue.
Conaignmenta of cotton, wool and
hide* aollclted, ami lllwral advaocea
i made on aaine.
8:j MAIN STREET,
Houston. • - • • Texas.
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KKKI' NU KI Nl> I ' 'I
Liquors and. Uigars
FOAMING LAGER BEER
I.lHl ol l"< I 1.1 •: 'I- V, in-kr*. lor -I' al lh * IH N K'N - pun-l)
V'i'ii!'". ihl'Vll'loll III .rrvi'.i whl«k.\. Kl v ,i ■ "Id. *' « I" i '|'i o I Imlll.
Shu'. Pure I!*" whi.k.'i ■ I" "Id. l ' 1 I" 1,1 holllr.
M||v,.r Ki.il! !••> . M lali wliiafcri. I" no- ..Id, >1 |« i 'I" irl h..l|l.'.
Mill -.11 ili.LM «lll-k. V. |IM. o "I'l fl I' t .)>' Ill l .Ml.
tl., o I'. I I'll • « l.i-k. v . I'M. .1" ■ ' ' 'I ' l""> ••He-
ll I i I a lot lii-k.\ . - M-ai "Id. ,-l .' I ' -I" >rt ! "III. .
l-rt.lr III I ' . i i-\ till- wlil-ke). - I. -'"I •'"" ••
IV il Mi IIi.imt wlo-kn . •> *• -I I * • I" i 'I" "
a Md I rn «l.l-k. >. oW.tl -''I"' 'I"!' 'V"1' ,
• lid I'hiia.lelpliia .-lull whitk. \ . ! I"'1 "Pi.n' I'olH'
r-liiiirw nil w'it.k.-y. * >• >' - "Id I ""• '•
OM Kilitemonl whlakcj M vear- .id *1 i ' i : ■' 1'''' 1' ■
■toll.' "I | Mile*' w hl«krv. - y.'urn old ¥1 "• I" 1 'I"'"' '.",l
t Htr Old I.OKIIII « llilkn - \ . ..r- "I'l. 1 ' i" I <| ..rl l.ollle.
£Kr«e ..!c* ...k;> - • .i .t'l ;•"«; •••
Yo«|thlo«liein Mall wtl|.ke>. I vr.-ll- "Id '«• I" 'I'M. I I 'II. -
Kenliirkv «• ill s.1,,1 M I-Ii. - yrar. - Id. M "> I" ' .plan '".Ml-.
(Mil Iti-lieillrline w hl«kr> . ."i \ nr. "Id. T • " "t l"-i Ift I III'-.
I.iiii o tiiii. n-arn old. > ' lit" l"'i "" '
liiiiitiilider Willi- Bill, iIiiip.'tl.' l $1 . ■ p.-r .|>iarl l.oitlr
I lllliatier Stiiiiiii' li Hlller«. iui|...ri. d *' ■ J"' l r ol 'Hitilr
II.i.tetler Stomach llllter*. *1 |.n .| .tl "HI"
Wllil I'lierri Hitter*. ;.%•-• nln pn ipiarl l olllr.
Nolliy, I'ratl it t'o'a V eriiioiitli. •I.uo p i .pmrt l">l''
(j.i mine Wtii.ikejr lot malaria or nil.I ?l . * > tier • j ■ i ii liiiil •
I utnln t'orelal. fu renl. per l>"ltl*.
THE HKAI) KAMI.
Kinin III fii>.t iluy < I' my tcin|a<rnry
•pjotini ut II 'IVmiMouiu li'i'r.i.v.
Weal villi- by sen, I Imh-u?uc iiwuik
tlull HOUloolio wiim ill m vl d.Hir Tin)
w.'iilher «iia mi piThiatoiitly wcl tlint
I was iiiiii|ai1lial to I'l-iiuiiii w 1111in,
mid Im iiik uloiic, 1 nut iii uJI,r hjh nt
inui'li ..I my tunc ul tin wimlow.
wuiiili riiiL' wbi'lbcr il would over
fine otioUKb lor outdiuil' '-l.i t. 11i11j.-
I'lllW II WiU. tlult till1 ll.'ipi III V 1-11H
to i:t ul an uiimiaUtkHl'l'' ■!•« t i in mi
1.111 III I r-tllkn I "III dis'tol'h III "llull'llll lit
tl.l.-liil my intention Two mill even
throw Union a ilny In. i-nin.', ntiil on
Ins iliipui'tiii-i) I nlwnys noli.'ell Unit
look of (fl'iivo piofi . ii.il nuxn-ly
wbioll, on u doctor'* fan', IkhIcm lil
for his patient.
Sometime* the mcdii ul mini wua
i itci .iiiipiiiiii-d to his i-.i11 i:i -i' l.\ a
ui ntli i mi ii who njipr.ii'i'il to lio ipics
lioniii^ huii with siiiHiiliir carneat
\ tn-ss. I Jure hcuilcd n i id I'.-uaiilloi-s of
I lln iii.'Vci- i'oiisiiik rum the hitter
would stand lit the d .oi of the
i brougham sc. uiinylv loaili tijlot '.lie
J lloetor (!'| Wllltonl Millie tl I 111 I lllstrui'
lions, or pi'i'i'liiini-OMimo ray of 11<-
| The iinxioilM in.|nili-r v tall, w ith
! narrow, stooping slnuildi is but all
} I hill I could m-i "I bis I. .il tl i*i - as he
hurried buck intollic hi.tec wiim that
In- was nli.ittt thirty year-- of up.,
i with no hair on Iih face, which was
very pule.
With a curiosity born of enforced
idleness, 1 ii-l,i il my landlady what
was the matter at IM, but till she
coitld tell me was that the house next
that tlii*11." '"dirmK house, and
an old Keiith rn.fii"'^ W.w paid to
br..iiiflit there, very ill. by IIIWV1' Ih-cii
My liilidliiilv milled that it was "a
, -Unlike ejioii r nl ii 11.1 it 11 it-n t h to have |
madi lor a sick person, iu. the woman j
! who kepi then, iv.is IIIlIi hotter than
all idiot, who was only assisted by j
an cfpinlly stupid sen.nit girl. At
1 the time I put tins remark down to j
! proles ,louul Jcaioiisv, c-.pi cially iih j
the iieplieiv had been to look at the I
| hi.'ills I mysell was now occupy inn
and aft- i intdiiiiir pnrticulnrinquiri. *
liad ri-fu-.-d ibeiu
It whs not till i bad ln-on ai West
ville a w i. k tiuit the weuthci bright
eiieil ii ml 1 wim ublc to lake my
Kkctchhook ill Sell I lb of SIllljectH
lint tie i i;; 111h day wa . Inn and
starlit.)' iiiin.• dililely after breakfast '
j I man.n" d to put in a i;.'.kI day s
| work at a rtiim11 tow.-r sonic miles
i iloiit; tin ..- t lU-turiniig ul aim
I down I din. .' and then settled my |
-elf for n . "II "I I,.1 I" pipe I• T t lie
I day ii | -ij r V I lit up I could in«t
liidp wi i i n how many visits
the doctor had paid to I'l Kioin [
mere fin. e of I al it I had grown into
looking out for him and finally to
takiiii.- a sort of inI. n -i iu the mini
1 I'M'of times lie i an.i Tla-day In-
fore, wllili I Wa> si.II at IIIy |n. t at
the w imlow lie bad ■ onie four lum
from w Inch I argued th. I the palii lit
Wild Worse
I had not been nuilin • verv inmr
when there was a ring ill the • tr. i t
■ ItKirlicI! A unniite or so later nix
ini:' 1 ady came into the room and
s:ud that tin uentleinaii who lodueil
i.i XI door was below «.• nI hail asked
for her husband, who imp]" mi I to
ih. out for the evening (lu hearing
| this the gentleman had n.iptircd if
ilieie was iiiiv i.in* else ill tile In.u-"
wl.. i - a i Id .ni ou i puny Inn i I'in k next
•• "r fur a lew iniiiuteM on a matter
of liiicini'sM, Tin- huidliuly wits unu
I.I. to mi herself, the M-rvunt lM-ing
i,nt, but «m the genth'inui. wciiiml
dlslip|M)inteil she hull takMi the lib
ci ty of suggesting thut he ask me
Would I. at liny rule, wo him and
then decide f
I was olllv too glad to lie of use to
po. pl. who np|N'iiriil to lie iii gnat
trouble fai from tlnn fr mis in II
sea-tile |od itur lioilsi . and I told tin-
ladv to show the genlloman in
In another luoii.. ul tin-tall loos*
frnincd man whom I bad -con no oft
en attending the doctor to Ins ear
riagc stood flowing ill the doorway
Cray come in. I said rising lu
what way can I Is* of service to
you*"
The s'rau:-. i entered the room
llis evils, which I saw were weak
I.linked iii liie bright lamplight llo
•liMi'galilnl the motion I made lis
ward a chair and huswciiiI mr
•landing lie seemed nervously
-iviolin to conquer Ills slioi isiL'btiil
in-, in nriler to make out what man
I'l l- i I man I was In "tiler words
he iiecrisl at me somewhat rudely.
It i-i simply the .mull matter of
win - ing tin' signature to a will,"
he said II I might tn-pinw on
your kindness to step in the next
door for that purpose I should ho
greatly obliged My uiielo is ill. and
Kur I >y p p"'1 1111*1 I I\i-i . .'i nu pint ii t
| you 11ttvi* ii printed ii every
Inittls nt siiiiiiir- Viiuli/.er. Ii in-vi-i
luil. t" cure. Sold li> ,M I ley A lllll
• . Krluinl .V son.
ih<Mi.di I ti n t lie i in no immediate
dit'U 'i In-i timotis to atlivliiKhig
n it' iv tonight "
I sh >11 Im most happv I said
ta! iu up my hat I will come with
you al OIICC "
"I must introduce myself," said
the stranger hm I hil I he way down
slan* "Mv name is llaslon PieiTe
)«nit Myun.'le w li.iin you urealsnil
to see isUem ral Malt land, of liolil
lie) l'ark Noitlmmptiiiishiie I
brought him lu ro in the ho|K* thai
he might derive Itcnelit I linn the m<ii
air."
"Willi gissl resiills. I trust," was
the reply which (mlitcm-sK drew
from me, though the frtvpienl visit-
of that olilitloUM broiighnm led me It.
c\|«i t a negative answer
To my surprise Mr I'n ire|sint re
piled in the atliluative
"Ycm, " he kiiiiI, "my uncle is lict
ter, tliougli still ilaugerously ill."
liv this time we were out Ul lilt)
Ntic t at tile door of l.l. lie liuil
ulrcuilyiiiMctt.il his latchkey iu the
lock, when lie puiiMil uiul ii«iked
at me
Theii" a- one thing I must prc|Niin
you for, lie suiil, blinking Ins weak
. yes at iiic in the glis.tn , my inn It'
t.s n I in 1.11 to s|n ak I In. i om plain I i.-
ncrvoiis paraly is, you ui|ilt I standi
< Mlioi w iso ho is hi perfect po so mil
of In-. I'aculllo- The it< ict< il ls u it II
hii11 now , and cciiilies to bi« lilti.
to Sign
I merely IhiwciI and follow, d him
into tin house Thirteen was it fin
simile of II. with the e.vii.ption ■>!
nunc slight dilloiviici's ill the fur
liilure winch stamped it us wliut it
was a secoiiil rate seaside lodging
house Mr I'u.rre|Hint conducted.
iiic up stall's In tln> lirst lloor. and
stopping outside the door ou llnl
linnlug kilo. Ueil t hl'eo time.-. Tin'in
Was ii slight imnke and n movement
inside the chitinber, mid then a voica
said. ( olne in "
I.rasping the ijisir liuli.lle, Mr
I'ietYopoiit turtnil to me 11 mi 'idly,
lis if lie had forgotten Komethiuj:
I lliiiik. In-said, ' it might I • ml
well if I knew w ho wits going to |m-i
form tins service lor u- May I
itsk
I -l..p|iei| 111 in by acceding to hi:-,
very rciisomil.lc r."|ui'st I took out
my pin'1;ei11iiik nml gave lum one of
my visiting cauls with my name
Ai ii: Mir 11. in.II and the utldressj
of 111v studio in St .lobli s Wood eu
graved thereon. Me put it close to
his eyes, hlitiki -'. i t it and said in a
tone which somehow or oilier siig
gcstill relict
', -V.h. you live in 1 .• iini.in not b. i'ii
lie iijm'tlt'll 11.
him int.. the loom •ill followed
dim light I ri iiii a shaded lamp whin,
stood oil it small table III till' head of
the licit. I ill t so disposed that the clir
talus prex cut. d its rays from tailing
on the sick lean I'll Hie lied, half
reclining ball -uppoited by a young
man xvitli fail hair and xvearuii!
spectacles, was all old mull whom,
even in that dim light I saw to lie |
ol stately presence and tllgtlili.-iI.
mien
II is scanty l.«'kM xx ere snow white,
us wen the bushy eyebrows, which
he kept In nt down toward a pa| f
lying ou the lied In fori■ lum lhit
what surprisi it iiic most was thei
I'l nil I \ glow of health III licli. lal
Mllltialld cheeks The hitler xv. in
sunken, it is true but the taint lamp
light xvns strong i tiougli to show in.'
a pink and xxlute color that .nnild'
have doin iniiIii Ii illt to a tuaidcll
of Mid II
My condllctol illtII-lltll C.l IIIC bri. I
ly The g.'tieriil merely acknowl
eilgcd my prewiice by a i oiirti. ,i|j
in. 1 inntion ol the bend a movement
xx-11ii Ii lie repeated win ii Mr I'ierre
pmit ask- I Iiiin ;i11e. t ii -IiaIi-ly it h"
xt -ts ready to go through the u- . al
formalit |. -s
\'. I y well, then I xvill ft ti b Ml
Itil'ti l-ii - a '• i iiini xx itin ■ iid the
nephew The (doctor tln-ic would
do. but Ins attention must not Im
taken from In:- patient
' Tho doctor: I thought, wonder
nig why lb" portly individual wlio.se
bl'iitlghlim I hail xvatch.il so olteii
sliolllil llll ve given I iii to tile till Xi'll
haired young man whose right aim
elicil. led the general so carefully
Tlio jiersi'iiage with the brougham
did not cure quick enough, I sup
JHlSlsl
Mr I'ierre|Mint returned with it
Mtlilfflillg Irellilllolls I. Initio whose
vacuous couuii'iiunce at ..in n Iii-m-iI
my own litmlliuly from a charge of
llbeltii'.f her neighbor and rix nl xvh: ii
1 had lln 'II till I - prelerred 111 Hist In I
Stop tln re by the dooi till you
arc wanted xve must not crowd the
gem ra I -aid I'iorrepoiit, u ml Mi
Ulltt- is halted ols-dielttly p.t.Vli " a
goml ileal iu*.ri. attention to the pit
tern of ber own car]« t than to the
pi-is 11 diiigs ii ion lid her
Ilel'o i. the will, I'li'ir. polit XX'ent
oil. holding up tlic pa|M'r, with the
pi... e for I he m glial tires of the Iest a
tins if. yet blank Then lie replaced
! it reverently liefore Ins uncle, who
Is nt over the docuuieut. and sap
porteil by the ever careful doctor
slowly atflved Ills name William
Joseph Maitlalid" at the foot A"
mmil as Ins | ii had made the lu t
feeble si riilch l'ii'trepinit til'..tight
the xvill ovei to liie Is fcii'e the ink
whs dry nml I a.ldiil my name
llsiug th" dr. .' ing table u>. ii w tiling
desk The vacuous landlady l■ >1
loxv.'il ai.d III her tremulous wraxxl
Ii inral MaltUllnl I a -1 will nml te-
t.nr. nl i ' iv. d itM liuishliig touch
I min i hiit.-ly pi. iNiretl to leave
th* room, and IVrrcjMint mado mil
ntlompt to detuiu iiic 1 suiil "goml
Ingilt" to tho general, adding Holili'
t oinmouplui .• ii Im iiit ho|H«t for his ri- ,
t'oveiy, u compluiieiit which Im
SENSIBLE PARENTS.
Know Tkrl, Own lla.lanM Kim '
III.ii llnl, aim I. 1'aur.tMl.
A New Vork man, diHtingiiiabad
for his cool head and quick judf
again a. knowhilgeil with omt of hi:1' ni.-ut, hits had in tli.i days of ba.
giaveliiw I lint i- my last risol middle ago n long xviahe.1 for aon
leetioii of lite scene l he venerable horn to hint. The child ia Uetrtoa
old mull silting upamoHK tho pillowh
xx nh tin. watchful doctor by his side.
I'ierri poiit folbrwiMl mo on to the
I tilling to conduct mo tollu, street
door II" thanked mo plot use I x fol
coining indeed, he said a good deal
In.nc than the occiiHion demanded.
I top| sl hull, and to turn tlu> con
veis'ltion said
Soyou li. viM'liang.*! yourdiK-tor,
Mr I'n i lepont l"
lb * 11>|i|h11 in tho luiMMiigo and
blinked al iiic inquiringly.
All." lie said, "yon have jM-rliK|><
noticed In Ijorrimcr here. Thut i<
Andrews, his lu-Mstuiit Tlin doctoi
could not come tonight, and In-lxveeii
oiii'.clvc Andiews ia tho Is st man,
I tluiik
We |iarted at the door of IM, nml
I w ent Inn k to my pi|ie and news
great ileal With* the adoring lov«
of Inn pin,-nt*, and for tho ftrat tew
yenra he gitixv hit|n<tbly, dovoloping
•xtrnunlinary ficuuty and intellf
gnico Hinlilouly thero apiM-n.vO
k'rtia ol iHimn tel l lhlo liurviMM J|h
|X||,-<. '
Father and mother xvoro nhiioat
cnishisl at the discovery.
Hut xvliat ditl they dof
Ho|n> their troublo would not prova
to Im ho ImhI a-, it threuteutHl, uu.l lei
the matter go on for u timof
No, indmitl'
(iivo Hid baby over to the family
doctor or tn the lirst s|n*-utliat TOuom-
meiiiliHl to thoiii:
Not thut either
They immediately mado a thor-
ough and careful inquiry on tho sub-
ject of Mich discasim, and Uiomo xvho
l*iper. having lai-n alwciit barely havo had siicciim in treating them,
twenty muiulcs vi/ , from H .'In Ul Tln n they bad a long bilk together,
W Mi 'I'l...I I .l.l . I . . . .1 • 4 . . . . " . . *
s Mi That night it* I retired to n*t.
I found myself spn ulatiug as to t!w|
Minouiit of Mi l la-ton l*ierrejH nt i
inten-st in tin will I bad xvitnesseil j
I tut in the inoriiitig I nsi-ivitl iii
sliiH-k The first piece of news my I
landlady bustling in w ith the break :
fast tray imparled wiim that (leu
eral Mill land w as dead.
For ii iiioinoul I i xjs'i'ieiu'isl a mcii
sail it of urpi i-e I'roliahly the gen
crai's ruddy cheeks had forhuideii
the idea of Milch il M|M<ctly reinovnl
t ut I soon saw that after all tiler#
was not inii. h to xvondcr at
The day was again flue, and tile
t e ii i u m-i I to return to the r.iimwl
to.v. r I•> Iiiiikii the sketch I had Ins
gnu I reached tilt, place ou foot iilld
set to xvillk hut lifter Willie little
tune 1 had ih-cic-hill to shift my |sisi
ti <ii in order to obtain a different
X lew of my sub ject. In doing so I
in. t xx lib mi in cident All old atom!
w II on which I had mounted cram
bli d Im-iii'iiUi iiic and I fell violently
to tie "round. When I uroac I knew
that i II arm xviim broken.
In : pain I made my xxuy hack
to mx linlgingM, and uccepted my
landlady's offer to send at once fol
thciloctor. In aiiMwerto her inquiry
a-1.1 which of the intslicitl men ill
the town I would prefer, I named tin!
only one I had any knowledge of
Im l.oriimer, who had Inhhi audi a
frequeiit visitor next disir.
Tlic doctor camc quickly nml did
x\ hat was needful It xviim a Himpli
frm lure and easily net. Ilr Lorn
incr xviim a cheerful, chatty man. ami
niM 'ol'it Int lc general converaatioii
hallstoil itsetl " "iijlil skill hud ex
lly the way doctor," I
have lost your jmticiil next door "
Ve , poor old fellow," ho replied,
noI liefore I ex|H'ctiil though
Th. re wiim in. |io]hi for him from till
tir-l
Vour assistant, Mr Andi-i'ws,
set mill to lie taking every care ol
him last night," I said.
My a -aslant Mr Andrews' IjisI
night tin- doctor cxclaimi-d in
iimii'/i-mciit I have no assistant,
nml xv hat ol last night, sir?"
I explained how I hail Int-li linked
tn by Mi I'm in pout to xvitucsn tin-
gi 11• tal w ill at H Iltl in the ex'ellillg.
In I. it unci drew a long breath.
V\ ll In aid ut last, "if you saxi
I,ii -igu hi- will at half past s he
i in.I it withudeail hand lieueral
M. 1111 .tl ii 1 died at hull [stsl I yes ter
day afternoon."
• • I I •
My broken arm xviim the means ol
expiisllig till whole dllMtardly plot bj
xv huh Hi- ton l'iem'|iont, lUditl by
hi- xx if.- b. d si In iinil ti, |HM*cn* him
self III' hi uncle's pro|ierty to the ex
i Iii' in of bis son and laxvful heir
an Uii et .crviiig tn an Indiun rogi
tin fit The general had. as tin- dm-
tor aid died shortly after 1, lie hitu
self luring |ii'. —. iit llaxing tinislnil
with the ei o it xvas not likely thul
tin dm !ni' x\ .niId lie qui-MtloueO as ti
tile e\l|i t lloltr of lllMltll. llllil tllelt
would be nothing suspicious in u
man signing Ins xvill on the day o|
In- d.-ath - Ii..nlil tho general's Holl
eomp.ite til" date of tile xvill xvitli
that of the certillcHte which l>r l>.r
run- i laid given In-fort) ho left tin
In HI-.I ■
Tin- Mr AinlrexvM" whoMUp|mrtiit
th. ib .1 mini ami gmdisl his liaiiil
xx a i Hi-ton Plcrrt'lnillt s wife, a
v iiiii. who had already sufferisl
it pri ' iiinent and who wiim tin- in
►ti iior of her bunlmnd'acrime The
noiiree of th" "healthy glow xvhieli
l.n'o ii ].i'iin ipal par) in deceiving me
i an I.' easily imagined
Til" t' "ipl" ll.'d oil lieiug Ojn-lily lie-
en-id by In l^irrinu-r and myself,
ami <" i go Maitlaml when lie calm*
to idaiiu Ins own. decided for tint
en-lit oi tin- fiimily not to pursuti
them, seeing that he had lost nothing
by the xcill Ills father had aigued
with a dead hand Million
A I Mir t'ulltl.
lie had stop|H-il III the cigar storo
hi invest a nickel in a couple of
Kiinkmloii*. ami he noticed III tin.
in,-i i .in -fully I'llx*e|iqnil ill gold foil,
u nexv bralld of smokera.
Must Is. wiiiiething extm in ci
gars l.e suiil pointing to the Imx.
V .ai bet |mtiiled the dealer
with pride ibex re out of sight "
V es he I I llllil.-lltisl. 1 guenii
tin _. put that ■ -Id toil around them
to | ecp th-in thut way." Iielroit
l ie I'l. --
uml dei ah d to iiMk certain physician!
to consult over tho case
The coiiKiiltatioii xviim helil
The | at renin talked tliu report ovoi
Im-I Wei ll theiilsclvcN, sclts tisl oliil
dm tor in xvhost) hands they would
plnco their Imiy and decided to lei
liiiu engage xvhat other sciontirtc ltd-
vice ho saw tit. For tho rest tho
mother then devoted herself to oliey*
ing tin*!' physicians' ortlom uml tho
father to |uiymg their ImIIm
When frienda ask if this remedy
or that method of the doctors in
quite satisfactory and auggwt aoi|
other treutnicut or home ol-bci
dis-tor, tho wiso mother luui hud n'#
ways one reply "Wo Mobs-Usl tllfl
iha'tor with our liest judgment. Wo
believe ho knowa more about these
things than we do or than xve could
learn if xve gave our whole time to
them. Si wc do not interfere xvitli
his treatment, but I carry it out. and
my hiinImhiiI gives tlm stricter at-
tention to bin own business tluif
there nniy In- no luck of the money
necessiiry. Wo follow the doctor'*
directions uiul await tho result of Itiil
work."
Tliin wh-iiim very plain common
sense, but how tunny |nsiple can you
think of who folloxv itl-Nexv York
World
A I'nnlr.illrtliiH ol Trrtna.
Young John (liven wom a very lit-
eral, mutter of fact fellow, who,
after ho had gruduatisl at the high
school nml tuken a year's courso in
shorthand, ohtuimsl a situation ns ii
sis-rotary in a large mercantile es-
tablishment. (im; iluy his employer,
who hail a good oiiiuion of JoIiu'm lit-
■■•".i v abilities, called him and said
nihil' let tin iwut vou to xvrito a cir-
them sipiarely what we arw
do for them iu the matter of that l>ig
cotisigtilliellt of Jn-rcalt*."
John xveiit away to xvrito the let-
ter but the task troubled him By
uiul by he came lau-k.
"Iiitln't you tell iiic, sir, to write u
gis.il square letter to the customers<"
" Yisi. "
"And didn't you iiImo tell me that
it. xvus to Im- a circular letter!"
"Why, yes."
"Well, sir, luixv can it lie square
and circular at the same timet That
isn't goml geometry, is it, nirt"
lib mud tho merchant, looking
steadily ut .lolin, I forgot the geom-
etry l'crhapM you hud U-tter toll
them roundly xvhat we are going to
do not mpuirely' Can you do that I"
"(•It, yes," said John. This tiino
he |n-rformisl In. tnsk xvitbout nny
trouble Youth's Companion
IHfT* r«4it Kind* of Hint.
Some curious facts arc elicited liy
ex|n-rimeiitM on diffeivi.t kinds of
ilust Keini-mlnTtliut ca-teriii pari-
bus the greater the huu.idity of tho
utmosphi-ro the greater the haze or
thickness of the air; that is why ou
u damp day the smoke from gun
powder or a railxvay train is fur
more dense than it iaonadry, sunny
day If ginqniwiler In- liuriied in au
inclosed spB<i\ into which the best
mirror has Invn placed for the depo-
sition of the dual, and this plate be
examiucd as ls'fort>, it wilt Im found
that the guii|Mixvdcrdtu>tshows signs
of condensing at a teiiijH'iiituro of 'J
•legs Fahrenheit alaive the dew
|niint If sodium xvhich I.jim a gn-al
nflitiity for xvater l*< ex]«rinieute(l
111*111 i'i the same way. it will bo
found that xvhat we cull the haze
{mint lor the |*iint of coiideuautiou
on the dust ia no Ichm than 80 dogs
Fahrenheit nl«n'e the fog lor tho
in tint of saturation). — Longman h
Magazine.
\ I*ri.fttViicnlli.il.
There is a goo.1 ileal of profit in
the pioplict business in Java. A
prophet of that island has ln<en |*ml
♦ lou a year for tho laMt Aftwu yeurs
"for not preilictiiig a tulul wave
which xvill sweep clear over the is-
land " Hut ufter nil he can't be very
enterprising With the amount of
credulity ready ut baud to xvork
ui iti lie could get 11,000 a year just
as easily an not Nexv York Tribtiue
She
pretty
ami
lln Uheiimatic Antidote Co'*.,
preparation* can lie found ut (
Krhard Son.
I —Parker'* t**r aparllla eiuiialn* inure
Park, i'i S ir-ipurila « III ptn ifv tin. Imllde nl is.tn.li tlun "tlicr •ur.iiparll
tilootl und sharpen tin .ippetu. , In,. It will pri-x■■nt untl itl*.
V Nil.iI Iniertor free xt illi each
liotlle lit Shlloti * . ll trill Keuii-dy.
p) ire .Ml rent.. s..|.| tn Mllt t A lllll,
and ( Klhitnl .V Son
la it u.-ii. M>li*rt-o *ti'l yutt will bavu at
I ylliei- 11 radar lie i ordtal.
(If l iwrw.
(if coiirxe Miss Pulchcrima i-iy
but she is mi xvrap|ivd up ill
llel-self
He .Vud xvhy shouldn't sho be -
with sui b it lovely xvinpr -IXtroll
Floe Press
Chew llaiu Hone Tobacco, Be*t t«
•■artli for the niuaer,
Kor >ale or Kent.
The dwelling known a* the Joaeph
tllover rt .Idetiw, In South Hantmp, It
.ffiTi-'l for **le or mil. on rvaionald
I,. H- Xpplj to K VV. .lenkliis.
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