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THE EXECUTIVE.
• Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, President of
the United States.
William A. Wheeler, of New York, Vice-
Presirient of the United States.
THE CABINET.
William M. Evarts, of New York, Secretary
of Sl*te
John Sherman, of Ohite, Secy, of Treasury.
Gecige W. M MeCrary, Secretary of War.
Kichard W. Tlidmpsou, of ludiaiia, Secre
tary of die Navy.
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General.
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General.
THE JUOICIAKV,
THB BUI'REME COUIiT OF TyE UNITED
STATES.
Morrison R. Wait, of Ohio, Chief Justice.
Nathan Clifford, of Maine,
Noah H. Swayne, of Ohio,
Samuel J. Miller, of lowa,
David Davis, of Illinois,
Stephen J. Field, of California,
William M. Strong, of Pennsylvania,
Joseph P. Bradlny, of New Jersey,
Ward Hunt, of New York, Associate Justices.
OUK STATE OOVEKIVnGNT.
EXEECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Thomas J. Jarvis, of Pitt, Governor. -
Dawes L. Robins'oa, of Macon, Lieutenant-
Governor. •
W. L Saunders, of New Hanover, Secretary
(if State.
Jolm M. Worth, of Randolph, Treasurer.
Donald W. Bain, of Wake. Chief Clerk.
T C. Worth, of Randolph, Teller.
Dr. Samuel L. Love, of Haywood, Auditor.
Thos. S. Kenan, of Wilson." \ttoruey-Geueral.
John 0, Scarborough, of Johnston, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction.
Johnston Jones, of Burke. Adjutant-Genera".
J. McLeod Turner, Keeper of the Capitol.
Sherwood Haywood, of Wake, State Libra
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JUDICIARY,
SUPREME COURT.
W. N. H. Smith, of Hertford. Chief Justice.
John H. Dillard, Thos. 8. Ashe, Associates,
W. H. Barley, of Wake, Clerk of Supreme
limit.
D. A. Wicker, of Wake, Marshal.
IROFESSIONAL HARDS.
WO. W. GRAHAM, JAS. A. GRAHAM,
HillsoDro, N. 0. Graham, N. C.
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Attorney at Law,
VVAUAn, IV.C
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ATTORN EY,
AKAHAiq, IV. C.
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Hnit,i, ance l Caswell, Person, Chatham and Ran
pn, and the Federal courts at Greensboro.
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at l*aWi.
GRAHAM, N. C.
JSTSST in M . ,e Bute * nd federal Courts-
Promnt«'U 684 'ntrusted to him shall receive
prompt and careful attention.
James E.Boyd,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
fl OPVICBMAr
wafcam St Greensboro.
Practices in all the Courts.
at 9 ra ham, Monday, Tuesday and
,ail »»tunlay Greensboro, Thursday,^Friday
tovJTw. Griffith
dentist,
GRAHAM, N. C.,
* ur kpertS!?P l i o ' *° do M»y and all kinds of
profession.
OI^BMOUIH 811 10 lhe treßtment oI
AITEKDED IK Tows Oft CoUKTRf.
' D - H. Albright, Dr. J. A Albright,
ALBRIGHT & ALBRIGHT,
Th« AND IVR6BONB.
"oUnto , B r s?' W« home and the latter at
«-2-3 to! ' Chatham county, N. C.
ypQtgy,
(Writetn for the Gleaner)
« « ov.:„ , II I£ WIIEN A L|TTLE
TIIINO.
BY OBID.
1 loved her when a litLle tl ing
-But seven years of age;
For from lier heart there seemed to spring
A joy my griefs to suage.
That helped mo often to ecueeal
My!woe was near;
For all her acts did well reveal
Her heart to be sincere. j
Little she knew how much I prized
Her innocence and glee,
And would have been, no doubt, surprized .
To find a friend in me!
And yet, .my love still grows apace,
Well watered by my tears,
•TJII she in inaui.ers, form and face,
Now beautiful appears!
I ve watched her close, year after year,
•And all she's said and done;
And till I've found she has no peer,
And that she stands alone
Without a rival in any race,
An equal or counterpart;
And well dvferves the highest place
In every manly heart.
And still she grows in loveliness,
Aa years go rolling by;
* With her o'ertiowing with tenderness,
Strong faith and charity.
«.So wei"e the globe but peopled o'er
With beings such as she,
Then would we have on earth no more,
Discontent or misery.
For when dark clouds o'erspread my skies
And earthly hopes grow dim,
An angel then , she bids me rise
In hope, and fly to Him
Whose loving heart with mercy rife,
Abounding rich and free,
Can e'en in death, to us life
And immortality.
Oh, gentle spirit, true and brave,
I fear, I'll worship thee!
For now there's none this side the grave,
That briugs such joys to me!
Thy smiles make all around me bright,
As swiftly goes life's sun,
And round me shed a cheerful light.
And will till life is done.
NOT A MINUTK TOO MOON.
You see, ] was slierifl oi county
Arkansas, for a number of years, and we
hud some of tiie hardest kind of charac
ters to deal with. Horse thieves, rene
gades, outlaws and highwaymen roamed
over the Bute, and when tliey*etruck in
to my county we tried lo make it hot for
them. I had a number of deputies, who
were bound to enforce the law ut any
cost, and when we wanted help there
were a score of citizens who could be
had at a moments warning.
I had not served out my first term be-,
fore our county had the name of being
one of Hie safest and most orderly conn
ties in the State. Desperadoes at length
passed us by, and for woeks at a lime
not even an arrest was made. -
I was jailor, cf course. The county
being poor, we had a wretched apology
for a jail; in fact, any man who did not
choose to remain could easily work his
way out of it. It was for this reason
that very few of the known desperadoes
found their way Into the jail. When run
dowu they would be taken iuto the
woods and left there, aud uo one ever
heard of them again.
One day, Willie I was serving on my
last six months, an outlaw called 'Broody
Tom' murdered a fanner within a mile
of town, robbed the body, and then
took to a swamp, aud sent me word by
« negro that, not wise tnon
enough in the county to take him.
I summoned a posse, surrounded the
■wamp aud within four hours after the
murder the outlaw was hanged to a limb.
"Bloody Tom" bad a brother who wont
by the name of "lied Jack." lie was a
wicked, cruel rascal, ou whose bead
tiiero was a dozen connty reward#, and
he lived mostly in the swamp and forest.
People said that he wonld be revenged
oo me for the death ot Tom and I was
advised to look out for him.
Wbeu tliey said "look oat" in those
days it meant business, and for a whole
month 1 kept both eyes watching for
Jack. One day when I was out of to ¥ii
he rode into the village, shot two men,
tried to set fire to the jail, and rode oat
again no one daring to follow him. lie
even hitched hU horse at the tavern and
took a drink of whiskey, while tbo ex
citement was greatest, and he left word
wilb the landlord that he might be ex
pected back within tbe next month.
Upon returning home I scoured tbe
country for miles around with a force of
men, but Jack had made good bis es
cape. I think the rewards lor his caps
lure, dead or alive, footed up flftoen
hundred dollars. He was outlawed and
bis death would be a public blessing-We
therefore planned to effect it. There
were four roads leading into town, and
for the next two weeks two men were
stationed iu the busbos along each road
GRAHAM, N. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25, 1880.
prepared to shoot Jack on 6ight.
The fellow did not appear. 110 might
havo received warniug, or lie right not
have been ready; at any rate the watch
ing all went on for nothing, and after
Ihe fourth week it was the general idea
that he had fled from that part of the
Stale, and I began to relax my vigilanco
and to grow careless.
About thfc time a young white boy,
some twelve years of age, wandered in
to the village. Ilis name wad Daurul
Smith, but everybody called him Dan.
lie Wjiked a» odl jobs lor a few days-f
I then employed him to help ine keep
the j;iil in order, take care of my horses
and render other useful aid. Ho was a
a very sedate lad, having little to say
to anyone, and the most that 1 got out
of him, in relation to his family history
was that he was an orphan «nd had lived
in Vieksburg all his life. He was prompt
and obedient, and when not engaged at
Ills work wao 6ure to shoulder my shot
gun and take a turn in the woods. He
never came back without some sort of
game, and finally he became a fixture in
the tuinily.
I think it was three months after
lied Jack's raid on the village ttiat I one
morning received a letter asking my
presence at Thornbush, six miles away.
But when I told Dan to saddle my horse
it was discovered that the hone had
jumped the fence and taken to the woods.
Dan shouldered the gun and went out to
search, while I got ready for the jour
ney.
The morning passed and lie did not re
turn, and at noon I went down across a
vacant field to the edge ol the woods,
hoping to hear troin him. It was in
August, very warm weather, and 1 had
no coat on. I did 1.01 intend to go far
but getting dowu to the edge of the
woods I found that the horse had passed
that way, discovered Dan's tracks in the
mud, and I kept ou. There was au old
road through the woods, running to
what was called the "French clearing"
two miles from town, and as grass was
abundant tnere, it was pretty plain that
the horse had taken that direction.
i grew iiliguant as I walked along, be
lieving that Dan bad wondered from his
errand in seach of game, aud I had
neither eyes nor cars for any thing about
until suddenly I heard a voice cry out,
"Halt!" I jumped to one side, and look
ed up, and there stood Rod Jack. I had
had never seen him before, but had often
heard liiin described, and I recognized
him almost instantly. He stood beside,
a tree a cocked revolver in either haud,
a id as 1 halted he called out:
•Come here! If you try to run away I
Till shoot you!'
I had no weapons, and it did not take
long for me to understand that I was iu
the power of a man who had made some
terrible threats against my life. He was
not fifteen feet away, and if I had ats
tempted to run he could easily have killed
me. There was no oilier way but to
obey his order, and I walked forward.
'Go iuto the woods,' he said as I ap
proached him.
He motioned with his hand for roe to
leave the trail. I never saw a more ugly
face iu my life. I knew he meant to
murder me, aud I stood for an instant
and hesitated whether I should sudden
ly assault liira or obey! The revolvers
were held steadily at my bteitst, his fin
gers 011 the triggers, and I left the road.
He followed close behind me chuckling
to himself, and as we walked through
the woods he said:
'Yon remember I said I would come
for yon. You got the advantage of
brother Tom, but I don't think you will
gel much ahead of me. Go more to the
left.'
After a walk of about twenty iniuutes
he said:
Stop, now, and back np against that
tree aud put your hands behind you.'
What was the use oi asking liiiu if he
meant to mnrder me! Of course he did!
1 could read it in his looks and actions,
aud I wondered that he did not shoot me
as wo walked through the woods. 1
backed up to the tree, pnt my banda be
hind me, and he came atound and drew
them behind the tree and made them
fast. 1 was eorry then that I bad not
made some effort to save my life, though
any struggle of miue must have result
ed in my receiving a bullet.
•There! Now I' he said as be finished
tying aud caipe iu front of uie. You've
raised among tbe boys, banging and
shooting, but you won't bother as any
more! I'm going to scalp you the first
thing, and then we'll do sometbiug
else!'
You can't be such an inhuman fiend
as that!'l exclaimed, twfating at my
bonds.
'1 can't eh?* he laughed producing a
bowie-knife aud strapping it ou bis boot
leg.
'lf you want to kill me wliy don't you
shoot inc?' I asked.
'Because that wouldn't hurt you
enough!' he replied, rising up. 'I shall
twist your scalp ofl as neatly as an In
dian could, do i{, and ibeu I'll slice off
your ears!'
I drew in my breath to shout, but lie
seiz'd .~zy throat and choked ine until
sparks of fire danced before my eyes.
'None o'that!'he growled, as ho let
go: *just give one yell and I'll open your
throat irom ear to ear!'
lie threw off my hat, seized a handlul
of hair, and said: 'Here goes to revenge
poor Tom 1'
The last words were jot ou ills lips
when he staggered back, raised his arm
and I folt a pain iti my shoulder. After
what seemed a whole minute I heaid
the report of a shot gun, and Red Jack
sank down. There was a boyish yell
and little Dan bounded past me, waving
the clubbed gun, and he struck the dy«
ing outlaw over the head until the slock
wa9 broken irnd the barrel bent, though
the man was dead when the first blow
tell.
In searching for the horse, Dan had
discovered lied Jack prowling through
the woods. The boy found the pony,
made a long circuit home, and reached
there soon after I left. 110 knew Jack
was waiting for me, and without say
ing a word to any one he shouldered the
gun and took my trail, and came upon
us just at the right moment. In firing
the shot he buried a few of them in my
shoulder, and the rc6t in the outlaw's
jugular, but the wound I got was of no
account.
When the villagers went out for the
body, and board the story, they made up
a purse of S2OO for Dan, and I aided him
to get the county rewards. 1 was made
his guardian and to-day he is one of the
most successful bilsinoM men on the
Southern sea-board, all the credit for
which belongs to himself.
« A NOT II K K BURIED CITY.
Considerable interest has been excited
among the archaeologists ot Southern It
aly by reports of a late remarkable discov
ery. 'lbis was less than the disentomb
ineut ot auother Pompeii. The scene is
the neighborhood of Manfredonia, on the
Adriatic coast, about 140 miles northwest
of Jirindisi, in the low lying ground
which stretches Irom the foot of Monte
(iargauo to the sea; and the aucient city
which has been revealed is Sipnntum.
Already the discoveries have brought to
light a temple ol Diana and a colouode
about sixty five feet long, and have pars
lially explored au underground necrops
olis, which seems to be about forty Icet
or fortystive feet square. A portion of
the inscriptions and numerous interest
ing objects which were fouud have been
already deposited in the national Muses
uiii at Naples, and the Italian govern
ment has given the requisite instructions
in order that extensive explorations shall
at once be carried out iu a proper maui
uer. The disappearance of Sipuntum was
not owing to showers ol volcanic ashes,
similar to those that buried the Nea
politan sisters, but to a sinking ot the
site on wliico it stood, the effect, pruba*
bly, of successive earthquakes. It was a
lucky fate, tor to it owe its preservation
hi its present stale. The depression has
been so great that the ancient buildings
now lje at an average depth of twenty
feet below the level of the surrounding
plaiu. A portion of the existing town ot i
Manfredonia is built over the reinaiua of
ancieut Sipnntum exactly as Dr. Schlie«
manu fouud one (own superimposed oyer
the yet existing remains of auother at
Ilissarlik. Sipuulum was originally a
Greek colonv of uuknowu date. Tra
dition, as in tbe case of many other
ancient citiep of Apulia, attributed its
foundations to Diomede. It was old
when the Romans resettled all that couu
try after tbe second Punie war.
It was tbep, probably, it* name look
the form by which it is historically
known. Tlio original name was Sipua
or Sipons, given to it, most likely Irom
the cuttle flish (sepia) cast up on the
neighboring shore. From this tbe Rot
mans formed Sipuntum, in tbe same way
as Tareutam, liydruntum, and others.
It was never very flourishing, indeed,
Apulia never recovered the awtul de
vastation of the Punic war. Still, it mans
aged to preserve its existence, while oths
er ancient ciiiea were disappearing so
thoroughly that no tradition lingers even
of their site. Bat by the middle of the
thirteenth century, we are told, It was
considered very unhealthy on account ot
its sunken position and the marshes by
which it was surrounded; the effect,
doubtless, ot tbe depression of the
ground which had been already estab>
lisbed. So in 1251 Manfred, the son
of the Emperor Frederic 11., then the
King of Southern Italy, transferred the
population to a new town which he
built in H higher and more healthy sit I
nation, ami which called after him
Manfreiidouva. Thenceforward old Sip
untum was deserted and handed over to
the earthquakes, which seem to -have
dealt with it tendeily, not rudely shak
ing it into ruin, bnt wrapping it in clay
and'tufa sand so effectually aa to hide it
away for six centuries.
GIVSN A WAV Bt 1114 Olfft DOD UK.
The old man Bendigo a pretty
sharp eye on his daughter Mary, and
many a would-bc-lovcr has taken a walk
after a fow minutes conversation with the
hard hearted parent. The old chap
struck this time howevcV, and the cards
are out for a wedding. After Ihe lucky
young man had been parking Mary for
a six months Ihe old geutleman stepped
in as itsual, requesting a private confab,
and led off with:
'You seem like a nice young man, and
perhaps you are in love ivith Mary?'
'Yas, I am,' was the honest reply.
'Haven't said anything to her have
you?
4 W#ll, no; but I think alio ftcipro
catcs my affections.'
'Does, eh? Well, let me tell you some
thing. Iler mother died a lunatic, and
there's no doubt that Mary haa inherited
her insanity.'
'l'm willing to take the chances,' replied
the lover.
'Yes, bnt yon see Mary ha* a terrible
temper. She has twice drawn a ktiite
on me with intent to commit innrder.'
'l'm used to that—got a sister just like
her,' was tbs answer.
'And yon should know that I have
sworn a solemn oatb not to give Mary
a cent of my property/ continued the
father.
Well, I would rather start in poor
and build up. There's more romauce in
it.
The old mad had one more shot in hia
carbine and he said:
'Pei haps I ought to tell you that Mary'a
mother ran away from my home with a
butcher and that all her relations died
iu the poor bouse. These things irighi
be thrown up in alter years, and I now
warn you.
'Mr. Bendigo,' replied the loVer 'l've
heard all this before, and also tbat you
were ou trial lor forgery, bad to jump
Chicago for bigamy, and served a year
in Slate prison for cattle stealing. I'm
going to marry into yoor family to give
you a decent reputation I There—uo
thanks—good bye!
Mr. Bendigo looked after tbe young
man with his month wide open, and
when be could get bis jaws together be
said.
'Some infernal hyena has went and
given me away on my dodgn I
What Cane mf UarUg a IMT Tarred,
A Boston man, so says a paper pub*
lished in that city, bid the flat ' root of
the Lof nis house tarred the other day,
and when six or seveu cats got on to it,
the following night, tbey would yell and
arch their backs and try to get a pull on
all lour feet at once, but tbey could not
lift themselves free and their afcrbing waa
frightful, and tbe people in tbe neigb»
Oorbood began to chuck things at jlMo
aud tbe owueroi the houseJJptfgot about
the tar, aud went barefoot, rfud in bis
robe de nuit upon tbe roof to chase them
oft and pretty soou be found tbat be
could uot stir, and began to wboop aud
swear, and a policeman got a ladder and
climbed on tbe roof, aud wbeu be caoe
up over tbe edge ou bis bands and knees
be bad to remaiu in tbat posture, ami be
used very emphatic language. Mean
time the boot jacks were falling in a
shower about them, and the mau'sinoth*
er«iu-law, looking out ot an upper wiir
dow that overlooked tbe L roof, to ask
them if they were nut ashamed to be out
on a roof playing cat at that time ot
nigbt, knocked ber wig ofi and it fell on
tbe tar, and she rutbed down a flight of
stairs and out on tbe roof to get it and
could not pull tbe wig op, but got ber
baud stuck to it so that she could not let
go, aud ot course ber positiou and ber>
bald head made a dead giro way, as it
was quite light, wben some one flually
came with boards for them to oe got on
to wbeu they were cut loose from tbe
tar, and the old lady did not fee I a bit
woise than the policeman, who bad to
walk through the street witb the knees
ot his trousers cut out and left stuck to
root aud a great bunk oftarstuck to eaeb
baud, and got a reprimand when he got
to tbe slatioo. Aud tbe bouse owaer
biinselt blistered bis feet in tryiug to
melt tbe tar ofi of thein by holding them
op to a bot stoyt, and wheu tbe cats
were cut loose from the roof and pot on
the ground, tbey tried to gnaw the tar
from their paws atnek in tbeir mouths
and rolled about and yelled aud carried
on so that the tolks thought they were
mad and killed them. And the bouse*
holder's motherniusUw hasn't yet got
over her jawing about tbat tar roof.
NO,
Gleaniugs. - V
The naked truth—A tear story.
Merely because a roun has a scolding
wife it is no sign he should liquor.
Ah uncertain looking roan went into
a Milwaukee drug »ora, the other day,
and asked far a bottle ol "anarchy."
An old lady with several unmarried
danghtets feed* them on 6ah diet because
it is rich in phos|diorns, and pho«phorus
is essential thing in making matches. *
An Irishman on seeing a very smalt
coffin exclaimed: "Is it possible that cof
fin wu intended for any living crea
ture?"
"1 am very much afraid of lightning,**
■aid a pretty yOting lady. "And well you
may be," replied a despairing lover, "a»
your heart is made of steel."
"Mercy!" exclaimed an old lady upon
first seeing an engraving of the |ms«a£n
of the Red Sea by the children of Israel:
"mercy ! what a fanii'y the man had!"
What a rare gift is that of lnaunenif
how difficult to impart! Better for *
man to possess them than wealth, beau
ty or tallent; they will more than supply
al \.—Bulwcr-LyUtm.
An ethereal maiden named Mind
Was suspected of being a fraud;
Scarce a crumb was she able
To eat at the table,
But in the back pantry—O Lnwdts •
Has it never occurred tow, when
surrounded by sorrows, that may
be sent us only for our instruction—aa *
we darken the cages of birds wheh wa
wish to teach them to ring?— RieKter.
A lawyer says that the three moat.
troublesome clients he ever had were a
young lady who wanted to be married, a
married woman who wanted a divorce,
and an old maid who didn't know what
she wanted.
Father (who is always trying to teach
his son how to act whUe at the table) —
? Well, John, yon see that when I have
finished eating I always leave the table."
Jo tin—"Yea air; and that ia all yon do
leave.
If some one would successfully start
the report that ice cream spoiled the
complexion and rade women bow-legged
it would be thonaanda of doilara in the
pockets of our poor, hot love a stricken
young men.
Tha owner cf a pair of bright ssfp
that the prettiert compliment 4he evg*
received came from a child af four yrariL
The little fellow, after looking intently at
her eyes a momeot, inquired, naively}
"Are your eyes new onea?" t
"How do like me now?" asked a btHe
of her spouse, as she sailed info tne room
wiUi her long train sweeping benind her.
"Well," said he, "to tell the truth, it «■
impossible for me to like you any km*
ger."
A Scotchman having hifed himaeif to
a farmer, had a cheese aet down before
him that he might help kimselC Hia
master said to him, "Saunders yon take
a long time to breakfast! In troth, maie
ter, answered he a cheese o' this sue iana
sae soon ea:en aa ye may think."
A West Hill man invented a fire ex*
tinguiaher, but was unable to get a
patent ou it. He changed the name 'of
hia invention and got a patent on it aa a
churn. Thia quite aa well,
and it wooM-amaxe you to aee how the
eountry rights are going off.
Not long ago, in the Court of See*
sions, an Irish lawyer while argoing
with earnestnasu his cause, stated a
point which the court ruled out. " Well,"
said the attorney, "if it place the coort,
if lam wiong in this, I have another
point which is equally conclusive."
An Ottawa young man did not elope
with the married woman with whionpt be
bad fallen in love, but went boldlyto hnr
husband and asked how much money'
would compensate him for the loeaof his
wife. The husband thought that $lO was
about the right sum and the lover paid
it, taking the woman away.
. A I.IKTTLI TOO M»DBMT.
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A lady on the North side wishing to
teet the met its of Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup, thought it would never do to
aak the druggist in the name-of "Bell."
Why, hear me, she couldn't say Bull to
save her life, and called at last on n
neighbor woman for suggestions on the
matter. Dr. Cow's, Dr. Calf's, Dr.
Buffalo's aud Dr. Oxen's Syrup were all
mentioned. The latter suited. "Yea,
that will do—Dr. Oxen —the very thing,
the druggist will understand that." A
walk of two squares found her at the
oounter of Dr. H——'a store when the
following dialogue occurred:
"1 wish a bottle of Dr. Oxen's Cough
Syrup. 7 '
" Dr. Oxen, Oxen why, mam, I don't
believe t keep! that. You mean Cox's
Hivn Syrup, don't you?
no, I mean, mean Dr. Oxeta,"-
and then she stinifsil wrapped in solemn
thought for. a qvKneat when a bright
idea seemed to beam forth. "Haau't
Dr. Oxen got a relation or—"
"Oh, yes, you mean Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup—yes, yen." The lady sat down
a moment auJ all was over.—lndiana♦
polis JEk.