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And in that bitter, dismal night He set sweet Freedom's glorious light For you and roc I THF TORY MAID, f A Tale of Washington and His Time. BY JOHN J. a'RECKET. ( i!.Ti'jM, vtjo. hti J. J. a' lirckel. .1 II K irl stepped otit of tbe cave ii lid east an anx ious glance, first down, then up, the bank of the river. It was 'aiiy morning, and tbe broad st retell of the York was bcin nitir to catch gleams of the October sun on Us slate blue ripples. . f 0- 4 "Why (!;es i!;;t Sambo come?" she exchi iiiii (I tVvci ishl.v. Miliiied Trent's face was somewhat pal", but her eyes Hashed with dark lum iiiotisiit'ss and her slender form was erect with proud determination. She made 110 effort to disguise her Intense ciaing for news. The rattle of the si."'e giiMs. the noisy turbulence of tbe hot contest, was stilled. I'.ttt had Lord ('onr.vallis silenced the colonists, or bad this despciat" attack of the Fed eralists wrested from him the town he bad fortified against them'- The possibility of the bitter brought I'-ige Yo: !:e to her fancy again, and she heaved once more, as she had done a thousand times before during this fearful siege, a sigh of complex emo tion. Ob. why did not Sambo come Hid relieve this wearing tension? At tlie beginning of this armed revolt against the home government Page Yorke's father had shouldered bis gun in gone forth under 'he command of his friend. Ceneral Ceorgo Washing ton, of Mornt Vernon. Two years later lie had let it fall, as be sank himself, killed by a bullet. Then this hot youth of lit had taken his father's place, and for live years she had not seen him. She and Miss Ay I ward, her aunt, had led a forlorn life here in the little village of Y'orktown. which had but now been the center o' so tierce a contest. And she did not yet know whether the battle was to king or colonist; whether her playmate and boy lover was somewhere near. Hushed with victory, or But she would not hink of that! If Cornwallis bad won. it might mean tbe end. If tbe colonists had made their tight and lost. Page Yorke might with good grace fall into his place once more a Virginia gentle man, subject to the king and life move again on the old time, easy v'ng. With r parting glance in every di rection, she turned and slowly re-entered the ei.ve. It was nn opening in a marl bluff on tbe bank of the broad river, some 12 feet wide by 18 or 20 In denth. The more retired part was dry. and a level ledge had offered the wonien a resting place at night. They bad come there w'th Dinah when the massively built house of Governor Nel ?or. instead of proving the safe refuge they had imagined, was bit so often by the fearfully crashing shot and shell that it seemed to be a special target for the colonial gunners. As a matter of fact, the patriotic governor, com manding the Virginia militia in the re serve, or second liue of the left wing of the besieging colonists, fearing his solid two story brick house might af ford shelter to the British, had offered a reward of 5 guineas to every gunner who hit it with his fire. Miss Trent had not long rejoined Tier aunt, who. wrapped in a thick shawl against the chill temperature of the cave, shivered more from nervous ap prehension than the autumnal air when a negro with grizzled wool shambled WASHINGTON. 1 Against the background of the past. A figure looms, Unncedful of encomiast. Unheedful of iconoclast 1 Fixed as the Dooms. Though sculptors, painters, poets, strive, And statesmen plan. There ts no art that can contrive A monument which will survive That simple man- Let but the simple tale be told. And far above The reach ol time's obscuring mold A grateful world will ever hold The name we lovei Let Truth the purposes proclaim Of him, her son. And man will bid his servant. Fame, To keep forever bright the name Of Washington. 4 But. brother, what of us. for whom That light was set? Shall greed of golden power consume The land he beckoned from the gloom? Shall we forget To trim the lamp and set it high For those to come, And in rapacious hearts deny Our love e'en while our voices cry Eulogium ? Willis E Hawkins into view at the mouth of their retreat, his eyes rolling and his breathing show ing evidence of. great excitement. "'Fore de Lawd, Miss Aylward an Miss Mildred!" he panted. "Dat Brit ish general hah got to march forth an lay his whole army at de triumphant feet ob General Massa George Wah'n' tou. Press de Lawd, we am all saved!" "Saved!" exclaimed Miss Aylward, clasping her bands and flashing a look of indignation on the jubilant negro. "We are left as prey to this rebel Vir ginian, who has been the backbone of a needless uprising against his king. My child," she added bitterly, turning toward her niece and using the very phrase with which Lord North later heard the news of Cornwallis' surren der, "all is lost." "Be just, at least, aunt," retorted her niece, with spirit. "From all I have heard General Washington is more likely to be conquered by ladies than to be their harsh oppressor. He hangs rebels to his own cause, but I do not fancy he will harm women simply be cause they have not cast off alle giance to their king. Besides, Tage Yorke may be among these very troop3 who have won, and, after the unbound ed devotion of his father and himself to the cause, he should have Forne in fluence with General Washington." "Mildred," said her aunt sadly, "it Is not my fault if the child of my Eng lish brother speaks of rebels with a leniency that is more than justice." "I hate a traitor!" she flung back hotly. "I can admire that noble young Frenchman who, subject of his Chris tian majesty, left home, wife, wealth "I nATE A TRAITOR 1" j and his own ambitions and interests ' to come here and use his sword aganst this wretched renegade. But donlt let us talk about that now. Sam- j bo, you must go out again and see If you can lind out anything about Mr. 1 Yorke. If he is among these besieging troops, he may like to hear that we are still alive. Tell him," she conclud ed impulsively, "that victory does not prove a cause in the right, and that Miss Mildred Trent will be glad, for the sake of old times and ties, to wel come him to the home he has helped to make desolate." "Oh, missy! Ah couldn' tell him nc such haash thing as that, an him a-comin back to his own poor, gone to ruin place." lie shuffled off. By 1 o'clock he had not returned. To their other wor ries thoy now had added the wonder whether anything could have befallen him. Then at half past 1 the sound of drums beating a British march was borne to them faintly. It was too much for Miss Trent's eager ears. Her high spirit chafing intolerably under the suspense, she vehemently declar ed her inability to endure longer the cruel suspense and declared that she ; must sally out and learn what was , happening. Dinah was with her quer- ulous aunt, and, despite protests, she ; left them and made her way along the ; river side. Scaling the slightly ele- vated ground on wh'ch the straggling village lay, she finally came to a stand , a little aloof from the long street .which was the artery of the settle ment. At the other end of the village the rank and file of defeated British ers were marching out, their colors cased and their drums beating with despairing venom the crushed pride their sullen faces still more revealed. As if under a charm, the girl follow ed at a distance the drooping lines of scarlet followed them until she beheld the wrathful Britons ground their arms in a field half a mile from the village. Some of tbe soldiers hurled their weap ons to the earth with a savage violence which broke them, and one officer bit his sword in impotent fury at surren dering it to a victorious colonial rebel. She remarked with some wonder the abseuce of Lord Cornwallis. Finding how little attention she ex cited. Miss Trent decided to push on and see what effect, if any, the fierce storm of shot and shell which the colo nists had let loose on the Yorktown fortifications had had on the homo of her aunt. She had begun to move slowly along when a small group of colonials discov ered her. A tall, commanding figure in a not too smart uniform, who seemed to dominate the group, sent an officer to her. She halted, her head erect and her eyes fixed steadily on him, though ber heart beat violently. "His excellency General Washington has ordered me to inquire If he can be of any service to you. miss," he said, dolling bis hat. . "Tell General Washington that he is profferiug his aid to Miss Mildred Trent, a woman who has not forsworn her allegiance to the ruler of these colo nies. Mr. Washington of Mount Ver non has partaken of the hospitality of my father's bouse, as he also has of that of our good neighbor, Mr. Guy Yorke, whose son. for all I know, may have been sacrificed, like his father, in this revolt. Thank him for a courtesy which still breathes of Virginia and tell him I hope I may go without mo lestation to see if his shells have left to my aunt and myself enough of oui humble dwelling for us to find shel ter in." "If yon will remain here, I will deliv er your message." replied the oflicer, a half smile on bis lips at the fiery gran diloquence of the fair Tory. It was not loug before he was back with a request from General Washing ton that Miss Trent would do him the honor to come to him. Her cheeks flamed. Was this a con queror's pleasantry to a woman foel She spoke rapidly, without as much heed of her words as of her pride and wounded feeling. "You may tell Gen eral Washington that he can, as a vic tor, command my presence, but if he has not forgotten the teachings of Vir ginia mothers to their sons be will re call that a gentleman does not bid a lady whom he would see come to him, but comes to her!" The officer hesitated slightly, ther, with an even more amused air depart ed on his new mission. Miss Trent was not above watching keenly to see how her audacious words were receiv ed. Apparently the messenger was 6ent off on some other quest, for ho posted away and soon returned with a young man of about 2-". To her dis may Miss Trent saw General Washing ton and this youth start in her direc tion. Was she to be made prisoner for her saucy words? As they drew nearer she noticed that the young fel low carried his right arm in a sling. There was a look about Lis clear, blue eyes and resolute face which seemed familiar: the face resembled one which she bad not seen for five years. But that small, silky mustache con cealed the 'ines of the mouth. "Miss Trent." said the erect, strong featured general, bis keen eyes and ag gressive lines of countenance soften ing a little under bis gallant air. "you have recalled to me two friends, thor ough Virginians, one of whom lias laid down his life, as the other would have willingly done. I believe, had be not died before we struck our blow fc-r Independence, appealing from the king In the only way possible to the god of battle. This Is the son of one of them, worthy of his sire. He has been wounded by your friends. But for that he would now be coursing as fast as horse could carry him to Philadelphia to apprise tbe congress that we have trimmed the spurs of the gamest cock in the pit. The colonies will soon see England admitting their entire Inde pendence. "Corporal Yorke," he continued, turn ing to his youthful companion, "I, knowing you to be no less a gentleman than a patriot, consign this fair Tory Into your custody. 1 need only recall to you," he added, with a twinkle in his eye, though he retained his severe courtesy of air, "that the terms of sur render with which General Cornwallis juiis complied were directed by us. Any aid I may supply you for bringing this beautiful foe to terms you can command. Miss Yorke, I know you, the daughter of one of my old friends, will suffer no harm from Corporal Yorke, the worthy son of another." He bowed and extended his hand. Miss Trent, her cheeks ablaze, grasped It and in the excitement of the moment he hnd certainly spoken with all Virginian's deference and elegance answered its respectful pressure. He turned and was off, striding away with energetic but stately bearing. "Mildred! We have won!" exclaimed Corporal Yorke, eagerly stretching out his hand to her. "Page! You are back! I am glad of that!" Her eyes grew suddenly moist. r t "mildred! we have won!" With her old saucy air she hastened to say: "I am your prisoner, so I will now permit you to take me to our old homes. I am anxious o see what they look like. They may offer you only a smoky welcome." She cast a quick rueful glance around on the horribly plowed up ground and shattered look of the small village. "Mildred, for myself I do not care if they are in ashes. I have sacrificed more than that for the cause. We have won the greatest victory of the war. It is the beginning of the end at least. Ashes are a good fertilizer. I am too glad to be back, to see you again, to think of anything else, although," he went on, with a sudden change to a more serious manner, "I could work to build them up and mend our fortunes better, Mildred, with a lighter heart, if you were to share my labor, my lot, with me, though I have not much to offer you now," he added, a cloud set tling on his wan face. His simple words stirred a strange flood of emotions in the sensitive girl. Their dear old childish intimacy, this pathetic appeal of her boy lover, now a wounded gallant soldier, whose loyalty she had heard praised by the com mander in chief of the colonial forces and it was loyalty that had made her cleave to the mother country and king the sense that one word would make the dreary void of the past five years give way to the solace of his encom passing care and protection; last, not least, the sense that the noble fellow Deeded her, wounded not alone in body, but in 60ul oh, it was too much! There could be but one resultant to these complex emotions. She turned toward htm with smiling lips and humid eyes, put forth her hands in mock submission and said with hypocritical meekness: "I am your prisoner. I must do whatever you say. Corporal Yorke." "Corporal Y'orke is honored in re ceiving Miss Trent's submission. Now lay down your arms i. e., kiss me, Milly, and then we will go to look at the old places, as we will face every thing else hereafter together." "Oh, Tage, look out for your arm!" It was in the fragrant gloom of the pine wood, and no one saw the second surrender of that memorable Friday, Oct. 19. 17S1, when a wholesome Tory maid, unlike the scowling ranks of Cornwallis' men, laid down her arms, with a smile. ANY WIFE TO ANY HUSBAND. To-day, if I were dead and could not feel Y'our kisses or your tears upon) my face, If all the world could give of woe or weal. Could find within my heart no resting place, Y'ou would not think of any bitter past, Y"ou would not chide me for a careless word, You could not ba so cruel at the last Astocondenm me, unconfessed, unheard. If I were lying wrapt pbout in white. With flowers all around me, on my breast And in my hands, and on my face the light That angels shed upon their dead at rest Jf I were lying thus, and one should say Such bitter things as you have said to me, With sternest anger you would drive away That one and swear 'twere all base calumny. I'll not rebuke you, though my heart be full, I dare not chide. I, too, may be astray, Experience yet may teach a buter school Me what 'to do aud what, perchance, to say. And yet I ask you, hunibly, tenderly. If I should answer nevermore your call, Would you not grieve of all most bitterly ror words ana deeds that are neyona recall? Peanon'i Weekly. 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Lie seemed to show no special talent and was given to passing his time in hunting and fishing. To the Widow Washington, a pood, sensible woman of the old Virginia type, these seemed u n thrifty occupa tions. On the whole, be pre sented 'ather a difficult problem for his friends HE WAS GIVEX TO to sc,ve A fam. HUNTING. jjy comlsol wag held to decide his future. With his mil itary bent the royal navy seemed to be the only course open. But his mother would not hear of it. She had been struck with terror at the tidings of the death of Thomas Fairfax, who fell during an engagement with M. Bour donaye, commander of a French squad ron on the India" coast. The naval scheme was abandoned. Shortly after this the sixtli Lord Fairfax came from England. He, too, was devoted to hunting and fishing. George and he often met on day long excursions and soon became very close friends. It was by the aid of loans from Lord Fairfax that George Washington was able to continue his studies and pre pare himself for civil engineering. When Washington was but a poor and unimportant surveyor, by no means handsome or distinguished looking, he found his way into the brilliant family circle of Colonel Wilson Carey, a gen tleman of great wealth, who lived upon the lower James, aud fell a prey to the charms of Miss Sally, one of the daugh ters, then a belie. Sally Carev, after ward Mrs. George William Fairfax, was the leading beauty and toast of ber day. It is related of her that, pass ing into the town of Williamsburg late one evening, accompanied by her maid, she was challenged by an imperious sentry. Confused and surprised, she gave her own name. "Pass," said the sentry instantly. nd Miss Carey hur ried on, unconsciously profiting by the gallantry of the ollicer who had chosen the password of the night. Aud this beauty refused the proposal of mar riage made to ber by George Washing ton. In the year lT-"4 Washington, then in command of the Virginia rangers at Alexandria, supported Mr. Fairfax in nn election contest for the house of burgesses against William Payne, aft- erwa rd colonel of the Continen tal army. On one of the rare occasions when Washington's hot temper got the bst of him fierce words passed be tween he two In the market square at Alex andria. Wash ington was felled to tbe earth. The rangers rushed from their bar racks and sur rounded Payne, Washington was a but Washington Tandy. dispersed them. No one knew what the result of such an encounter would be. The next day Washington sent for Payne and said with gentle courtesy, at tbe same time taking nis nano wuu a hearty grasp: "Mr. Payne, to err is human. I wa s in tbe wrong yesterday. but if you have bad sufficient satlsfac tion let us ! friends." To the day of his death Payne retained for Washing ton a devotion and unbroken regard A marked trait about Washington's character was his fastidiousness in the choice of his clothes. There can be little question that he was early in life a good deal of a dandy and that bis lik ing for fine feathers never quite left him. Y'ear after year he planned every little detail for his tailor's directions. designating the kind and quality of cloth, the number of buttons and their respective positions, the quantity of gold or silver lae. etc. And yet In 1783 he wrote his nephew, "Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men more than fine feathers make fine birds Washington was very fond of social life. His distinct weaknesses were for afternoon teas and dancing. Numer Cius entries la his diary vouch for the many afternoons passed In tbe company of la dies over the tea table. Tea was served regularly at headquarters and at Mount Vernon It was drunk in summer on the veranda, He states that he was fond of drop HE WAS FOND OF DANC ping in on bis ING. friends Just as the "kettle a-boiling be." When on the frontier, he sighed: "The hours at pres ent are melancholy dull. Neither the rugged toils of war nor the gentler con flicts of Assembly) B(alls) is in my choice." He atended balls and "routs" cn every occasion. When he was pres ident, he showed himself regularly at the "dancing assemblies" in New York and Philadelphia, and when at Mount Vernon be frequently rode ten miles to Alexandria to atteinl dances. He still danced in 17'.x. w hen G4 years old, but when. In 17,r.. he was Invited to the Alexandria assembly he wrote the man agers: Mr. Washington and myself hare been honored with vour nolite inritatron to t he- assemblies ol Alexa'Hlria th:s winter and thank you for thii mark of your attention. But, aias, our dancing days re no more! We wi-.li, however, all thos. who have a relish for o ijreouMe an.) innocent an amusement alt the pleasure the season will af ford them, and I am. Kcntlemrn, your mutt obe dient and obliged hunihle sen ant. Ckokqk Washington. THACKERAY'S TRIBUTE. TTordn of High Praise From the Cyrlrai Ki zllah ovi-lli. To a wide circle of readers it must be a matter for surnrlse that Thack eray, the confirmed and ruthless cynic whose caustic pen was turned against friend as well as foe. aud held up to ridicule British as well as alien idols, had the grace and line discrimination to eulogize Washi'iTtou in 'If noblest languag" vhlc' a lofty anil admiring mind could well eom-.-ive. The para graphs here q'.uted are from Thack eray's famous novel "The Virginians." The tirst tribute it the -lutlior's di rect utterance and is bi-nugl,' out in the course of a historical narrative which introduces the Revolutionary period. 'It was strange." tie says, "that in a taxat for,'st of IYt!i;- Ivania a .oiiti' irini.i ttli- -should f;ie a li t and .nkin up a war which via to las fo- f.'i ;-ar. uliii h was -ocr Lis cwn countrv anil o::;s into Kiirooc, to post France lie- Anienmn colonics, to sever ours ' Knlatui's) from us and create tiie r'at western rcp-il-iic, to rae over the oiil wtuM when extinguished in tlte ' 0 (mum mm w WB i.i.fle : n " "FIKHD T1TK FIKST SHOT." new: and of a i tlic myriaiis eii-iiiccn in the vast contest to have t'ic prize of the greatest fame witii him who ktru-k the first Mow!" The author works out the details of Washington's career ia the course of the story anil leaves it to two of his characters. (Heorge Warrington, an aide, high minded lorv. and ins i rot it er Harry, a patriot close to Wash ington, to bear him out in the tribute which stands at the portal of he stir.cttre. Speaking of v ashington when at the zenith. Warrington the Tory says: "Whiit a constancy, what a mairnnnimity, what a snniri i'i - persistency aain-t forlorn-! Wash-in..1-:: I- t ti'-- ene?ny u.-is no !m-Mt or braver th.ri h!iii.'r.-:'.s ii.ai fen 'hi wiih 1 1 i ill or against I. en (v':o r:.,t hear.! the s-.c rs against 'Kabi us in whiih his factious c.ij," aitis vvre artis tomed to i'l.lul ;e). l-nt Walni;t'iii. the chief of a na'inii in arms, lion- iuttle with distracted par;i:s; :,!!!. in the i;-i.ist of con-piracy, serene a ai:.f-t tic- ; n f e before him and the duiker en- n. i s at his back; Washington inspiring or.ter iti'l spirit in!u triiops hungry and in ras; stung by ini:it i' c'e. but bctra. in;: no aniri r and ever rea ly to foiive: in ili fcat Invincible, magnani mous in oic;i;. st ai. I ni.cr so sublime as w ln-n he laid dnwn his i, torious sword and s.,uht his noh'c reiir iTient - le-re indc-.! is a ( haracter to H' 'it-i ri- and revere, a life without a s'ain, a fame wit, -ti: a flaw '.unnd-, invi-nies pari-m? (Where will ;t,e enual be tnund?) hi thai more exten sive ii nk which I have planned ant uartly writ ten upon the snli'ect of the fcreat war I hope i lave don.- j-isti.-c to the character of i's greatest lea'ir. And tl is from the slie-r force of respect which tits eminent virtues extorted. With the youn Mr. WasLin-tun of my own days I lad not the honor to enjoy muc h svmpathy, thouirh 'n' line' her. whose I araeter is much more frank and afTi-. th-tiato than mir., was always his fast friend in ar!y tines, when they were eipiaN, as in the latter days when ti e general, as I do own and thick, was all mankind's superior. "ill? i:r. at and surprUiiiiT triumphs," con tinues (it-niiii- U ai region's eulok'y, "wore not in those rar- i-ni'.-i incuts wiih the cm my where he obtained a tiillin mastery, but over conjrress, over to-rii r and diwjisc. ov r lukeaarm friends or em:li:i foes in his own camps whom Ids spirit had to meet and master. Winn the struggle was over and our impopnt chiefs who had conducted it beuan to S'luabble and an u-e i a. h other in their o-.vn d. t rise U-fore the nation, what clnr.-s and '', ii'-.tcn lijirs were brought, what pretexts of d- la. were or-.-d. what pltcnis t-x uses were put foiwar-l that i ! is ti.it arrit.-d too late, tint ri eimon mistook i;s orders, that these cannon balls would riot fit ticse num. and so to the end of tli.- chapter' Here was a ireneral who beat us with no shot at ali at tines and no powder and no num. y, and he never thought of a c-nvention. Ilia courage never capitulated. 1 hroUKh all the doubt and darkness, the danger ami long tempest of war. I think it was only the American lead er'i Indomitable soul that remained cntirtlv iteady." While Washington was being dis cussed among a company of nt-d Virginians, Harry Warrington spoke of his bearing In the crisis brought about by the infamous Couway con spiracy. "And it was here," said he. "as I looked at the chief taiking at nitcht in the silence of the camp and remembered how lonely h- was, what an awful responsibility he carried, l.iw spies and traitors were eating out of his disli and an enemy lay in front if him who mli;l.t at ary time over power him. that I thought: 'Sure, this il the greatest man now in the world. And what a wrctth I am to think of n.y Jealosies and annoy aneei whilst h ia walking- serenely under his im mense cares !" " To this George Warrington the Tory resrionded: "We talked but now of Wolfe. Here, Indt-ed, Is a greater man than Wolfe. To endure is greater than to dare. Who can say thin is not greatness or show the other English man who has achieved ho much?" It is pretty generally understood by this time that the trusts grease the wheels of hk;nator Hanna'a He publican machine, and that if his party is successful the trusts will cnntrnl Krnhlion legislation on this subject, as their constituent rnanu- j facturers In the past have dictated j Republican tariff bills. A whole Christ for my salvation, a whole Bible for my staff, a hole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my parish. Asrustine ii , In exeat crises it is woman s special lot to soften our misfortune. apo- 1 eon Bonaparte. ;mm mwfm WOMAN tS LIKF A DEUCA TE MUSiCAL INSTRUMUIT In pood condition she is sweet and lovable, and pts life's song on a joyful harmonious s'.ring. Out of orier cr unstrung, there is d-scrdance and unh.-.ppiness. Just as thera is cn.; key n .- te t J a!! n.unic so there is one key ns'.s to ht.a;:h. A vo;r..ia might as well try to i'.y without vings as to f?rl f'.l and lock wh.ls th e organs that make her a w-rr.an iri '.vca! cr r. .-.eased. She must be healthy -. Ji cr she cat-;'; te healthy outside. Then are thousands of wo::ien suiterir.g s .'entry all over the cjarurv. M-takcn rr.odestv v.r.-cj the r s.'.cr.ce. While there is no hatsr mo .vr.ilA: than modt-:-t woman, health is of ths first iinpcrtanoe. Every other con s. deration should give way before it. Brad f -eld's Fo.rr.ale Rij'datcr is a medicine foi VCO en s u.s. It is tn?.si e-t w i CDrrh estar.dqui-K-y to cure lcu m. f:i':-nf cf tr.ewo.r.o. n er nes. he.iJ.i he bajkuchn ?:; i gen eral vve.iki.-?.s. Yeu v.- il Ve r.i-o-. sh"d r.t the rf:,;::t. er. pec ." if yr a hue t.rrr :ru:it- '.v.tn All- c.il' - j i encdies. We ;.: t r. ot as'l.r.g yon totry an cnorr U nt. Bradiield's fvtf a! tt.-irhasm-.de H;.: - thcurandscf v. jr.rn. V.'hat it his done f t others it c.n do f -r you. S)!.i i:i d:i. stores :'cr$I a Ivti.e. A fro.- i I-.; ir:it.d b .k ill vet to all v. ; u if do 4 y Mil muniLD iU GL! A13.UC. Athinta, 0i. J-U. r. S. 1IA1CKIS, DENTIST. HENDERSON, N. C. 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It is fcr the binldin-.' ,'irl, the busy wife and the matron aTiro;i.hing the change of life. At every trying crisis in a woman's life il brings health, strength and happiness. It Cost i fi.m of medic ine dealers. For advice in cases recjuirinj'fpcclAl directions, addrcs, giving Byiajonn, "The Lad ics Ad v i ry Icpa r t : : l i it, ' ' The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat tanooga, Tenn. MBS. ItOZI.Nt I.lltVIH, of OrnHTlllB, Texan, sayvi "I was troubled x t icoihly intervals with t'rrii,i- pains In my head :u& back, but have been entirely relieved 1 y WLur oi Cardul." J. L. CURRIN, Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer, Henderson, N. C. foi; su.K-i.MrnoVKii lots. M room hou-', Uurwel 1 avi-iim! f.'lie-,Ttiut 't 5 ioiiiii hotl-", iaiin-tt ln-ct 5 toom liiue. Smtliall avenue. 4 room bonne, Snuthall avenue. H room liOtlM", Or!iE r-tieet. 4 etoiy l!i ick Faebiry a r-pli tidid l.tiibl- ing fur ToImpco Kactmy or Kiitttiiig Mill. Larue lot add convenient t-iint hoti--. 7 loom d wel ling on Chiitcli tdic.-t latge lot and splendid had a mi fruit tf -. IJrtck toie liou-t on Montgomery Mr. -t. Ti riiom cidtai;, on Moti'gomery street . about la aete ami is offcM-d v ry low. j Factoty building on Wvcbe j-treet. Well located for Caiiiage factory. I.Nl.MPKOVKI). -OxlOo (iarnett Mteet, L'xix.'Vi cor Mont gomery and lln cken 1 idg" t n-. t . Wx21t, cor ruing, JI:e-ti,ut and Church. 4i0a'5o0, Cliava-rt- a ve, acres m ar college 3 lot-! near Fair tiround. If voti want a food Farm see. what I have before you purchase. Terms lia-y. kents Collected. J. L. CURRIN. NOTICE. HA VI Mi QUA LI F IF. I AS KXFCU tor of the estate of John V. (iartett, i-t lM-fore r'loilf of the StltM-ri'T Court of Vance comity, thW u t notify all 1ioldit.tr claim- ayai-t the said 1 estate to pre-nt the same to "'" V" ".ru j ffJ TUofK ; Covt,ry , the same. All ihtmhh indebted totheaid esui must nuc 1 settlement. This "ith dav ' f January. VMM. 1U ' w 11 t; vitliLTT. I Execntor of estate of John W. Carrett, deceased. W A I'll till -" .!!! II'M. J
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