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Children Tell the Troth. A rather flashily dressed woman, an elderly man, and a mite ot a ?ir1 in white, formed a party on a Belle Isle boat last night The womw talked in a high keyed voice that could be heard " all over the upper dook, the elderly man listened in silence, and the mite of a girl propped up her mother's con versation with a few remarks of her own. "I don't know where under the sun we will get to spend the summer," re in irked tho woman, in a tone that in terested every passenger on the dook. "Lest summer we were in Europe, and wo spent the snmmer before at New port. There-" "Why, mamma," chipped in the demure little maiden. "We weren't in Europe or anywhere. We've spent the last three summers with grandma in s the country. " Mamma reached over and pinched tho youngster's arm, bat too late, and the trip consisted principally of un interrupted thought- Detroit Newa. Tea and Beer. Sir Wilfred Lawson is not often "sold," but a story now going tho rounds shows that sometimos he meets with one who is more than his match. Espying a laborer one day walking along with his old family blaok bottle protruding from his pocket,* he enter ed into conversation with him. After pointing out the misery which bad re mited from the bottle, Sir Wilfred earnestly exhorted the man to flee from its contents. The man was so overcome that he took ont the recep tacle and emptied the liqu-jr into the road. Sir Wilfred's faoe beamed with pleasure, and, handing the man six pence, ho said, 'Take that; it will bny you something bet ter." The man, to the disgust of Sir Wilfred, entered a public house and spent the sixpence in beer. The liquor he had thrown waay was cold tea.- Westminster Ga zette. Tao Illusions of Distance. Tho three bright stars which consti tute the girdle or band of Orion never ohange their form ; they preservo the same relative position to each other, and to the rest of the constellation from year to year and age to age. And jet in the profound rest of these stars there is a ceaseless motion; in their ap parent stability and everlasting endur ance there is constant ohange. In vast courses, with inconceivable velocities they are whirling around invisible centers, and ever shifting their posi tions in space. They appear to U3 motionless and changeless became of oar own great distance from them. Traveling Canning Factory. A steanship has recently been fitted with all the appliances for canning and preserving tropical productions on board. She is designed to cruise about tho West Indian islands and the "keys" of Florida, to pick np fruity turtles, guava and otaer dainties and ??reserve them on the spot ; then de lver them ai southern ports for trans port by rail to all parts of the country. This uailing cannery will doubtless prove a great convenience to our southern coast neighbors, where fruits abound without a present market, and should bo very profitable to the owners of the enterprise. H?p?l?rf?rf (Shackles Ascrnder 3y morely flexing the mas?les of hlB erins ls ac easy task for Sandow, (bat superlatively rtrong man. Toa will never be able'to do Oil*, but yon may acquire that dorree nf vigor, which proceeds from complete di.'C-tl?:i ann eound repose, if you MU enter on a courte of Hostel trr's Stomach Bitter.--, and j cr 1st iti ii. The Bitters w.ll invariably aTor.l relief to tho malar ?oas, rlX'Umutlc and neara'gic.anii avert serious kidney (rouble. The greatest braggarts generally the merest cowards. The True Laxative Principle Of tho planta used in manufacturing the plea aunt remedy. Syrup ?if Pig', has a pe. .na* nea?y hap oficial effect on i.fc.e hu:ava sj stein* whU*? tba cheap vegoo&biu.extracts and raiu etal t-otutJons, usually sold as medicinen uro permanently injurious. Bel?g well loton tied* you will ase the true remedy only. Manufac tured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Neither great poverty nor great riche > wil! hear reason. Dr. Kl'msr's Sw AMP-ROOT euro? ail Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton. ?. Y. Slight ratall Injuries aud they will becoino non? at all._ Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, vt mercury will surely delroy the s<-nse of ?mell and romrlftely derange^be whole sys tem when enterioglt throng i th* mn cou* sur face?. Such articles ?houhi never l e n-wl tx wept on prescriptions fn-m renutable pliysi cisna, as th? damage they will do is tet. (old to - ho pood you can possibly derive from th-m, Hair? Catarrh Cur? manufactured by F. J. Cbener & Co., Toledo, 0.. contains no mer cury, and ia taken internally, aci ng dire t y upon the blood and mucous surfaces the system. In buying Hall*? Catarrh Cu.- bo ?ur? to ret the genuine, lt Is taken internally, o nd ts m-ida in To edo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney * rio. Testimonials (rte. |2?~Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. The Warda of a Famous Bllaalon Worker. Perhaps no mah In At'anta ls better and mora favorably known than Mr. John F. Bar clay. He for a long time has bien a sufferer from indigestion and dyspepsia. This is wnat he pay? "Atlanta, Ga,, January 23.180B.-Dr. C. O. Tyncr. Having used Tyntr's Dyspepsia Rem edy for werai years In my family I gladly add my testimony to what nos already buen Mid fa its prat**". Without any exception I think It ts the fln-st remedy on thc market and nothing would induce me to do with out it. "Jyo. F. BARCLAY.'1 Tobacco-Twist od Nerves. Millions of men koop asking for sUmuhURs because th? nervous system la const oct I y irri tated by nicotine poison. Chewing or smoking destroys manhood and nerve power. It's not a habit, but a diacaso, and you will lind a guaranteed cure in No-To-Bao, sold by Druggists everywhere. Dook free. The Ster ling ltomody Co.. New York City or Chicago. Ker pit Ton Poor. Inriijre lion ke??ps men poor, lt muidles Ihe cl- aren? bra n. You think ?t ls something ?be, hut-nine times it? tm-tho tr nb'u i< In tho digestive tract. One Ripans Tannie elves ro llo*, and their oc'-n-<;onnl u e keeps you right. Ask j i-ur drucgi-t for them. lUndcrcorn? In a Simple itemed v. Bat it tsk< s ont rorn.o, nnd what a consolation it i.-! Makes walk in g ap casure. 15-.at druggists. KITS?topped free hy Du. KLINE'S GniUT NrnvK RESTORER. \"o tl'safter n>?* da ves MnrviVnu* cures. Treatifoafd S2G0trial bot tle free. Dr. Mine, 031 Arch St., Philo.. F?. W- have not lwon without Piao's Cure for Consumption for 20 years.-LIZZIE FEHREI.I., C .mp St., Harrisburg, Pa, May 4. *M. If nfll'Ted wi?li ?oroeye* use Dr. Isaac Thomt1 ?on'-.Kvt?-waf??r.Drniaririst*-ien at 25o per bottle. Tired Women Nervous, weak and all woru out-will find fn pmiQe\l blood, mnde rich and healthy by Hood's Sarsaparilla, permanent reliof and strength. Oct Hood's because Hood's Sarsaparilla ls the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently in the public eye today. It b sold by nil druggist-?, ll; six for $5. f ; _ _ J * _ DSU?, are tastelesp. mild, efl*-" EIOOU 8 r Illa tire. AU druggists. 2k ?uri A LOVE SONG. I was as poor as the poorest, dear, And tho world-it passed me by: But not that day When you walked Love's way: For heaven itself drew nigh, Sweetheart! For heaven Itself drew nigh. I was as lone as the loneliest, lov With novar a drean?t buss. But not that day When you walked Love's way And leaned to my arms-my kiss, Sweetheart! Ind leaned to my arms-my kiss! And dear to my Ufo is your love-your lovo, And my soul lins ceased io sigh. For sorrow seema Like ruieeho ot dreams, ?md the stars aro In life's sky, Sweetheart! The ?tars are in Ufe s sky! -Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution, The Losing of Mrs, Pettit EX ED2TH KEELEY 8T0XELV. ATUKE, in design ing old Mr. Pettit's face, had not en* dowed it with a tin gle artful farrow or wrinkle wherein a Beeret might hide It waa a beautiful old face, too, with a fringe of white whiskers all around under the chin, wide open, mild gray eyes and ruddy cheeks. Yet did a harmless deceit lodge there bnt for a moment the eyes laughed and twinkled, ?nd all bat called aloud, "Here it is"; and the next instant the secret was dis lodged and scurrying off in plain sight of everybody, and nobody moro sur prised than Mr. Pettit himself. Consequently, when Mr. Pettit stepped into the kitchen npon a cer tain June evening, and hang his hat apon the peg behind the door, Mrs. Pettit, suspending tie kettle high in air from the operation of pouring boiling water upon' the tea, said, m a tone of conviction : "Ephraim, you've got a letter from John." "Well? now, I want to know!" said Mr. Pettit, throwing an appealing glance around upon an imaginary and admiring audience, "If women don't beat alli I was saving tint letter till after Bupper." "We can just as well have it with our tea," said Mrs. Pettit, palling the cosy over tho teapot, and leading the way to the supper table. "John must have something particular to say. We had a letter from him this week." The two snow crowned heads were bowed for a moment in simple grace, and then, as Mrs. Pettit poure 1 the fragrant Hyson into the old-fashioned china caps, her husband proceeded to open tho letter. Not very mach, after all. Two square yellow tickets and one of those short notes that are always por tentous : . Cn ic AGO. 111., June 10th, 1893. Bear Father and Mother: I inclose you two round-trip rickets for Chicago, which 1 expect you to make use ot right away. Our boy is tb be ohristoued next week, and the christening can't go on without you. Your loving son, JOHN PETTIT. P. S.-Telegraph me when you start. J. P. Mrs. Pettit dropped her hands into her lap with a look of blank dismay. "Why, Ephraim," she protested, "I can't go." "John wonlda't like it," said Mr. Pettit;, softly, confining hi? gaze to careful stirring of his tea. "It's our first grandchild, you know." Involuntarily Mrs. Pettit's gaze wandered through the open window to a tiny hillock, which, with its mar ble shalt showing dimly through the twilight, told its own tale of "Eleanor, ngt?d seven." "I have never left her," she said, with troubled eyes. "She would wish it,"said Ephraim, gently. "John knows all, and he wishes it. Sixteen years is a long time for grieving, mother. She is a grown woman in heaven by this time." Nothing more was Bnid after this. The soft darkness of a J nae night be gan to fall The katydids called from the grasses; a hage Jane bag beat it self noisily against tho window screen ; the cow lowed from the meadow with out. At. last Mrs. Pettit poshed aside her untasted food and said, with a pitiful tremor in her old voice : "We'll go, Ephraim. It's wioked of me to be 8tayiug at home grieving, and neglect ing the loved ones that need me. We will write to John to-night and tell him so." Thoa it came to pass that a few days later a certain train palling oat of Wilson's Ferry carried with it a quaint old couple with whom we have to do. The old gentleman wore his whiskers after a good old country style, and looked over his silver-bowed glasses with the most benignant eyes in the world. As for the old lady, fellow passengers glanced idly upon her, and then tamed to gaze again. Such a sweet old face, seamed with added years and care, but beautiful withal in its frame of clustering gray curls. Noone smiled at the old-fashioned bonnet, the long, slender-waisted black dress, or neatly folded shoulder shawl. No one seemed to think of the oddity of the black silk mitts with their short fingers, although they had not been pat on before since Eleanor's fanerai. Every ono seemed kindly interested in the big brown basket with a cover and two handles. Before the journey ended it had opened wide its hospitable cover to soothe with ginger cakes and tarts the cries of more than half a dozen travel-worn babes, and had won the earnest bless ings of as many tired mothers. Six hoars of ramble and noise and dost, glimpses of waving green fields and distant towns, a fleeting acquaint ance with strange faces and other lives, good-bys 'mid youth and laugh ter and silent good-bys with tears, and the train steamed slowly into Chi cago. It seemed to be tho final destination of all humanity. Snoh orowds of peo ple, such noise and bustle 1 But for tunately the tread of humanity seemed in a general direotion. "Maybe yon ought to have tele graphed, John, as he said to," re marked Mrs. Pettit, in a dubious voioe. "He would have been hero to meet us." "A know the way. We've got to take the suburban train," stud Mr. Pettit, grasping the big oarpetsaok with one hand, and parcels, bags and the umbrella with the other. "Yon jost keep close to me, Lucy. That suburban train doesn't wait more than ?ve minutes. " Through the big iron gates and ap the wide stairs, -everybody meeting and greeting everybody else, boys shouting aud cabmen crying their ?af es, and at last open air. That is, net open air like the broad meadows a?d sunny garden plots of Wilson's Ferry, bnt opeu air nuoh like gazing ap from the bottom of a good old fashioned chimney, so tall were the buildings on either side, and so rer little of the blue sky visible overhoac It was all very new and very strang to Mrs. Pettit ; yet, notwithstancin her bewilderment, she faithfully fo lowed the guiding carpet sack, burr j ing onward in its wake, until the; were well ont on the streets and sh was quite breathless with the bris walk. Then, ns the carpetsack shiftet. il position for a moment to the pave mont, and its owner turned to mo his brow, Mrs. Pettit saw, to her nth dismay, that, while his hair was grai and from the back ho presented an a[ pearance not unlike that of Ephrain. this man she had hoen religiously fo' lowing was, in fact, an utter strangei and that she hers oh", Mrs. Pettit, wa lost I Quite unconscious of the rn i sch ic he had wrought, tho stranger short! resumed his carpetbag and his pac together, and joined the great merry go-ioundof people ; while the old lady like a bit of flottam stayed for a mc mont in its course, clinging helpless! to the brown basket, stood lookin about in bewilderment, while peopl whirled and eddied and divided abou heir, "I guess yer lost, ain't you?" said big, kindly voice at her side. Mrs. Pettit smiled into the hones face of the man, who woro a blue sui with brass buttons, and a star upoi his breast. "I don't know," abo said, a litth tremulously, "bnt perhaps I am; tha is, if you don't know whero my son John Pettit, lives." "Pettit-John Pettit. I don't seen to place him just now," said the police man, placing his hand upon his chin, in a thoughtful and reassuring man ner. "You don't happen to know hil street or number, now?" "No," said the old lady ; "Ephraim always direots his letters, and he has his address on a card in his pocket. But I know they've put a now wing tc the house lately, and it's painted brown and has bow windows." Tho old lady waited anxiously, while the officer in the kindness of his heart appeared to ruminate deeply. "I don't seem to remember such a place," he said presently; "but wc can find it. If you'll just step down to the station with mo-it ain't far whore lost people stay, I'll ring up the central police." Mrs. Pettit relinquished the brown basket into Officer Mellon's hands, and walked cheerfully along by hie sido. "I hopo your family aro all well," she said, politely. "Well, tol'rable, thank'ee," said the officer, with rather a new sensation. "Th9 baby worries some o' nights. She's only two months old, you know, and colicky like." "Well, now, Tm so glad I brought it," said Mrs. Pettit, reaching tor the basket. "Such a big bunch of catnip, too, just in the bloom ; twice as much as John's baby will need. It's a sure relief for colic. And here's some young verbena plants I dug this morning with plenty of earth around them. Maybe your wife would like them." Thereupon u paper bag and a paste boar box ehangei banda "I thank'ee kindly, ma'am," said the policeman, touching his cap. "The catnip wo get at the drugstore ain't mnoh better than dust, and my wife aiu'fc owned a flower since she's been married." In his secret mind ho was wondering where ho co aid get snough dirt to fill a flower pot to plant them in. The Detention Station was a large, aigh-ceilod room, with rows of long, hard benches along iti walls, a little window behind which sat a man at a lesk, and numberless policemen pass ing in and ont, some accompanied, some alone. The man at the desk gave to each newcomer brought in, a sheck bearing a number, and made a corresponding entry in a largo book. Mrs. Pettit found herself suddenly 58. "You'll be called for," said Officer Mellen, touching his hat; "and it's much obliged I am for your kindness, ma'am." To himself he added as he turned ?way: "It's a shame for the likes of her to be put in this placa" There were dozen3 of people seated jn the benches-men, women and children-somo with hoads bowed in iejeotion, misery, sickness or despair, DtLers upright and defiant, many grown old in ways of sin, others but beginning to taste of temptation, Into this company Mrs. Pettit walked, with her dear old faoe aud guileless ayes. "Such a lot of people lost I" she thought in wouder. "lt's a mercy if they all find their friends before dight." She touched a mau npon the arm who sat huddled up beside her. "Are you. sick?" sho inquired, anxiously. The man raised a reddened, bloated faced, and gazed unsteadily at her.. "Yes," he said huskily, "sick of life." A mist gathered in the old lady's eyes. "I was once so, too," she said, ?ympathetioally, "when my Eleanor was taken ; but with the Lord's help Pm living it down. Maybe some* body'sdoad belonging to you." "I'm dead to them," said the man, bitterly, sinking into his old position. Mrs. Pettit was mystiiied ; but this was plainly a trouble that catnip can not reach-a trouble of the heart. "I'm sorry for you," she said, quaveringly, laying her quaintly gloved hand upon his arm; "but whatever your trouble is, with tho Lord's help you can live it down." "102," said au officer, touching the man on the shoulder. The maa rose to follow, hesitated, then held out a trembling hand. "With the Lord's help, when I got out of this I'll try to live it down," he said, huskily. He looked at the withered hand within his own a mo ment with twitching lips, then gently laid it down and loft the room. .Down tho rows of poor humanity moved Mrs. Pettit Giuger cookies oausod baby eyos to shine, aud kindly words dropped like rain upon arid hearts. The brown basket brought forth bunches of fragrant June pinks, clusters of elder blossoms and pack ages of marigold seeds. A bottle of home made cordial and a dozen fresh eggs were put into tho bauds of > young woman with bootie cheeks and a hollow cough, who held a wayward brother's hand anxiously in her own. "There won't be rauoh left for John's wife," thought Mrs. Pettit, regret fully; "but dear knows these poor creatures need it." j, Two hours later tho doors swung j violently in, and an exoiiod group en-J tered. An old gentleman with a fringe I of white whiskers under his chin, a ' tall young gentleman looking very rod and excited, -and two officers. A mo ment's conversation at the desk, aift 58 was called. But "58," closo in conversation with two little vagrants, tho baby girl in her lap and the boy ab her side, with traces of tears still upou her old oheeks, had forgotteu that she had ever been given a number. "Iou will never be hungry again," she was saying, solemnly, "never beaten, never forsaken. You shall go home with me, and Tony shall own the dog, while tho white kitten that will drink nothing but cream shall belong to the baby sister." "Mother I" said a voice at her side -a voice in which there were both joy and tears, and in a moment a pair of strong arms had her in their embrace. "Lucy," said another voioe, which sounded like Ephraim's muffled with a feather bolster, "I'll never forgive myself for losing you-never," "Why, John," said Mrs. Pettit, "and Ephraim, too I I'm glad you've come. There is so much trouble in world, and here I've been sitting to home shntting my ears to it. Ephra im, I know yon won't care. You've never opposed me in anything in my life. I'm going to take these children home with me and keep them. There's nobody in the wide world to look af ter or do for them. " "But, mother, such a charge at your age-" began her son? "John," said Mrs. Pettit? with the solemnity of conviction, "it's the Lord's call. They're sweet, handsomo little things, and such a li tu as they'TO led? Ephraim, yon don'tobjeot? We will call the baby Eleanor, in memory of our own." For answer Mr. Pettit stooped and lifted tho baby girl in his arms. "I guess we've got money enough to hire a nurse if they are a charge," he said, triumphantly. "John, you're a lawyer ; yon can fix up the papers as soon as yon like." And so the losing of Mrs. Pettit, like the wandering of a clear brook over parched meadows, leaving fresh and grateful all behind, carried also on its bosom to a harbor of safety two tender human souls.-New York Inde^ pendent. What a Blina Farms? in Boin?. H. S. Humiston, the blind farmer and head of the Chicago colony at Hammond, La., is in the city. "The first time I was in Chicago," said Mr. Humiston, "I had my sight. lt~waslo?g before the war, and the city was being raised so that it could have a drainage system? With many of the boys, I enlisted when the wai came on, and with General Sherman I marched through sections of all but two of the Southern States. I told the boys I would come back to live. I did not know then that the war would cost me my eyesight, but it did, so. I determined to take to farming. I bought ten acres on the line of the Illinois Central in Louisiana, and be? came the first of the Northern colo nists. "The place I now have nv but ten acres, and I know every tree and shrub. My blindness did not prevent me from helping to oct down the dense forest and make the ground ready for seed. I wanted to show what a Northern man could do. My only companions and help are my wife and sisters, yet I ship enough fruit, back to Chicago to net me $3000 a year. I oall my little farm Mentor, because it has been my teacher. I knew nothing about horticulture winn I started it; now I have learned much and am sur rounded by a colony of old comrades. By getting a lew more Chicagoans down our way, with the assistance of those we leave behind, we will soon make this city the center of Southern trade, instead of New York, and that is one thing our colony is trying to do." Mr. Hnminston has been invited to doliver an address on tie "New South" before members of tho Grand Army of the Republic and tho Con fed erate Veterans' Camp in^ Chicago. -? Chicago News. A Growing Industry* The other day tho Postoffioa author ities ct Washington had their atten; tion called to tho circular sei.t through the mails to students in schools and collegos offering to furnish them with essays and speeches for so much por hundred words. Many heads of s?hools and colleges urged the department td rule these ciroulars out of tho mails, but after due consideration the authorities de cided that they Could ndt exclude them? In one shapo or another this busi ness has been goiug on for many years. It is dishonest for a pupil to buy an essay or a speech and palm it off Os his own, but there will always be youngsters who Will dd it at any risk. The temptation is hard td re sist in some cases. Take, fdr instance, a bright boy who is gifted with mathe matical talent? His teachers tike it. for granted that ho can write passably well and they demand good composi tions and speeches. But this is. the one ching in whioh tho pupil is defi cient. He has a hoad for figures, but he has no command of language. When such a boy i i pushed to the wall he is tempted to borrow or buy the productions of others. He does it to maintain his standing at school. With him it is a case of coocssity. Thero is one good thing about this ready-made speeoh industry? It en ables some very clover men and wo men to earn many extra dollars Which they could not make in any other way? It helps one class though it m 17 in jure another. The ruling of the Post office Department is on the right line, but the business is a bad one and there should be some way to put a stop to it.-Atlanta Constitution. Citric Add. Enormous quantities al citric acid are used in calico printing, in phar macy and in the preparation of artifi cial lemonade. About an ounce and a quarter (570 grains) of pure citrio aoid dissolved in a pint of water givo3 a solution whioh has the average acid ity of good lemou juica. Wheu di luted with several times its bulk in water, sweetoned with sag ur, au I soeutod with a single drop of essence of lomon, an artificial lemonade is cheaply produced, whioh is much used as a cooling drink in fever hospitals. It hos also boen used in the navy as a substitute for fresh lemon juice in tho treatment or prevention of scurvy, but has beau found much less officient. In fact, this artificial lemonade is by no means e^ual to that made from pure lemou juioe, whether mod at table or for invalids. lu rheumatism or rheumatic gout the fresh juice of the lemon is preferred on aoconnt cf the bi-citrate of potash whioh it con tains. Pure lemon juioe is also a val uable remedy in sore throat and diph theria ; oases havo been recorded in whioh ohildron have apparently beou oured of this terrible disease by con stantly sacking oranges or lemons. Pare citric acid possesses, like eome other aoids, tho power of destroying the bad offeotsof polluted water used for drinking ; bnt it is, perhaps, bol ter to boil the water before adding a little citrio acid to it.- Chambers's Journal. How Blankets Were Hamed. Blankets took their name fi om ona Theodore Blanquet, who established the first manufactory at Bristol about the year 1340, FAKE FURNITURE. flOW BOGUS ANTIQUES ABE MADE TO OBDEB. Tue Counterfeits Are Made Abroad and Sold to Gullible Americans -Imitating Worm Holes "With a Shotgun? "K "TEW YORKERS Bpend thoa? \ sands of dollars every yea* X \l on "genuine antiques" that ?j have never celebrated oven BO much BA their first birth lay. The frauds in this lino of goods ure "wonderful . to look upom Th? old tim? furniture is copied so cleverly and With such attention td detail that it would dccoiv.o' any but an expert. According to the statements of several New York antique dealers; there ard at present for sale in this city threo Carved oak dooks which chimed away the passing hours to blind Milton, and no less than live chairs on which Crom well sat Of course, he signed the death warrant of Charles I. while sit' ting in each of them. There ls also eo much of Shakespeare's furniture in the market that one might be forgiven for suspecting that poet of having run a furniture store. The fraud is prac* ticed in the first instance on American importers abroad, and they, in turn Eome of thom-take it out on the curiosity fanatic in Now York. American dealers go to Europe every year and buy largo stocks cf these goods, for "wooden nutmeg'* furn? turo cannot be bought Wholesale1 at home? The reason for this is hot far to Beek; European countries, and England especially, are sd rich in his torie objects that ii?is ah easy matter* for the "fake" furniture dealer" to get correct copies of old time furniture. This has been Eimplified since the kodak became so common. The little black camera is the furniture fakir's best friend. When a new design id required tho dealer visits tho various museums Ind sends his assistants to all the auction sales where choice col lections are being Offered, abd snaps bff every design he desires to copy. In order to get tho detail perfect the negatives are enlarged and prints are made the exact size of the origi nal. These copies are handed to the wood carver. Special mer are en* gaged to do the carving. They are men who have devoted their whole lives to this branch of their bandi* craft. Their principal requirement to be successful is the ability to keep their mouths shut. One of the principal reasons why it is so difficult to detect these antique frauds is that nearly all the articles are made from old wood. Cartloads of wormeaten oak pows are bought daily by the furniture fakirs, who haunt the cities and towns where old churches are being torn down or reno* rated. Grandfathers* docks, in fine carved oak cases, are in great demand. As a matter of fact, only one 01 two genuine ones are known to exist. This fact does not phase tho antique dealer} old, carved clocks are called for and he supplies them? There are plenty of ancient clocks With plain cases to be had, but these are of little value until the fakir has put in his fine work. He renovates the works which are seldom looked at, after which he proceeds to add some beauty spots to the ca.se. A figure of some dead and gone monarch or celebrity is carved on the door* The date of 1612 carved underneath the figure will add at least $30 to the Value of the article. The rest of tho case is usually ornamented with con ventional designs taken from the car ver's big stock. If the oak has not the irecessary wormeaten appearance the energetic dealer will load up his shotgun and fire a charge at the wood; Tables bureaus and heavier pieces of furni ture get shot at moro thad clocks; Great care is taken that none of the leaden pellets shall be exposed td view. In some Cases they aro extracted, and if in this process ? panel should happen to crack the purchaser is informed that Oliver Cromwell or some other well known gentleman had caused tho damago while on a spree. Tho process of ancient clock making does not stop with the carving. The wood is rubbed down with sandpaper and artistically stained. French pol ish is then applied, coat after coat, sd that the stain cannot possibly be washed away. Tho glossy appear ance produced by the polish is taken away by brushingit over with powdered pumice fetdne. A final brushing with beeswax and turpentino produces the softness to the the touoh that is "only to be foand in extremely old wood work." A clock treated in this man ner is often sold for $200 ; the en tire cost to the dealer here is never over $50, including purchase price, freight, packing and duty. This method of manufacturing is confined to England. The cheaper class of goods is made in Belgium. The antique merchant there believes in turning out quantity rather than quality, and carries his frauds even further thou the Englishman. All the furniture is made with new wood, whioh is softened with steam and stamped to the required design by steel dies under hydraulic pressure, whioh leaves the "carving" in relief. The wddd is afterward immersed in a solution of potassium bichromate? which hardens and darkens it at the same time. After this it isput through the usual process of wax polishing, and eventually finds its way into the American parlor.-Now York Press. Louse Flies as JJaclllns-Iieirars. That flies carry about infection from place to plane, and from person to person, has long been an article of popular belief. Their influen?a in the spread of ophthalmia has attracted tho attention of all who have written upon the social history of Eastern countries. As every one kuows, thcro is rome sort of fatuous religious scrapie that for bids the Egyptian or Asiatic from brushing away the flies that settle on and about his inflamed eyelid*. Hence it has been generally assumed that ho carried about the specific poison of ophthalmia, and that theory has of late years received scientific endorse ment by the wonderful discoveries of bacteriology. At the Royal Sooiety last month some interesting experi ments wero shown by T. W. Burgess, illustrating the capability of the com mon house fly for transmitting infec tion. His plan was to expuse a fly to momentary contraot with a culturo of bacillus proligiosus und then to allow it to escape into a large room. At various subsequent periods the fly waa recaptured and made to walk o vor the sterilized surface of a cut potato. Those infected slices were th.m pl.ioed in the incubator, and ofter a time showed flourishing cultivate us of tho original bacillus. These re: its, it is worthy of careful note, were obtained oven when the fly had ?pei several hours in active movement about the room between tho time of its original infection and recapture.-Medical Press. ? *. ' ? WOETH KNOWING. Lamp wicks soaked in vinegar will bnrn with a more brilliant light and will not smoke. Slices of oranges are rather unman ageable. A better way to prepare thia fruit for the table is, after peeling, to take a fork and a sharp knife and cut into small pieces. This makes a juicy, agreeable dessert. Water and vinegar bottles which have become discolored can be cleaned with coarse shot or with small pieces of raw potato. Ptit a little cold water in the bottle with the f-hol or potato and shake until the stains af e removed. Dr. Duncan, writing for Demorest's, says that pure cinnamon makes an in valuable drink if ono is where there is any danger of typhoid fever from poor drainage or impure water? Steep abd drink f?oely, as it has power to destroy infectious microbes. Equal quantities of lemon juico and glycerine mako a fine emollient for the skin. Use at night and wet,r a pair of well perforated kid gloves. In the morning wash the hands thoroughly in warm water, rub well with a few drops of lemon juice, and, after a few appli cations, tho skin will bo soft and smooth. It is equally good for the face and neck. A use has been found for *old um brella frames. They mako excellent frames for branching and vining house plants. With a file, a pair of pinch ers and some fine wire or stout thread oby additions cai! easily be woVen in to make tho framo closer, according to the need of the plant. We can imogr ine that stich a canopy covered by a f?sch?a, ot nasturtium vino in f?ll bloom would bo a thing of beauty. Consumption of St mips. The people of the United States uso, on an average, 12,000,000 postage stamps of all kinds each and every day of the year, or a total of about 4,380, 000,000 per annum. ftighest of all in Leavening Pow Why Preserve the Trees? An additional reason why Americ:, should preserve her trees js being con . tributed by scientists, who anticipate that in tho not far distant future tho great motive power of civilization will bo water, as related to gravitation and electricity. Trees are the greatest water lifters. The wise men tell us that an oak tree of average size, with 700,000 leaves, lifts from the earth into the air ab ou . 123 tons of Water during the fivo months it displays its foliage. From the leaves tho water is evapo rated and formed into clouds, which., depositing their weight of moisture, ultimately supply tba Niagara, capa ble of supplying a large part of tho motive power of the country* Trees are especially designed to facilitate evaporation through tho moisture spread over their myriad leaves. The new prospects as to com ing motive poWer offer a very potent reason Why they should be presorted and cultivated. Spate the trees. The destruction of our remaining forest areas would bo a step to Ward economic suicide.-Boston Globe. _ Wood-Pulp Mosaics. Tho process purstted in Germany by manufacturers of varicolored wood pulp mosaics is said to give tho most perfect results in that beautiful art. Among the most important processes is that of placing the moist pulp into heated mosaic molds of tho desired size and shape and in these forms placing it under tho pres3. As a result of the heat tho shellac in the mixture softens; regains its adhesive power and tho curd cement hardens rapidly; so that both substances unite under the pressure so entirely with the woo I particles that tho resulting mass may be taken out of the mold in a few min utes without tho loss of form. After the cooling process, these wood-pulp mosaics are less susceptible to moist ure or change of temperature than any natural wood and aro claimed to be more durable. BRILLIANT PROSPECTS Fifty-Third Session of Cox College, Manchester, Ga. Never in the history of the Sotitheru Female (Cox) College has the corre spondence with patrons been so exten sive as it has been this summer. Moro students than is usual havo registered. Tho largest number of old ones will return: Applications aro continually Coming in. Old friends and alumna') are oatnestly working for tho college, and every indication points to a moe t prosperous session. With a faculty o f thirty from Europe and America, with magnificent buildings, with all modern equipments and appliances, with ad vantages of the Exposition, this fa mous old institution offers eminent at tractions and facilities in the way of education for yoting ladies. Apple Marmalade. Wash your apples, quarter thom and out the cores ont. Put on to cook with water to cover them. Cook till soft and pour into a cheese cloth bag. Le drain through but do not squeeze. To every quart of juice use one pint ot granulated sugar ; boil fifteen minutes. The pulp of the apples may be used by pressing through a sieve. Add ono cup of sugar and the juice of a lomon to each quart of pulp; if it is too thick to cook, add a litt lo water. Boil for thirty minutes, stirring constant ly. Put in small crocks or bowls. It makes a nice spread for tho little one'.-, bread.- Womankind. The Cause of Thunder. The lightning spark heats the air in ita path, causing sudden expansion and compression all around, followed by as sudden a rush of air into tho partial vacuum thus produced. If the spark be straight and short tho ciao will be short and sharp ; if its path be a long and crooked ono, a succession of sounds, one after tho other, with a characteristic rattle, will be beard, followed by tho eohoes from other clouds. Tho echoes have a rolling an 1 rumbling sound. Notice. I WANT every man and* woman in the United States intere?teil in tho Opium ?ind Wbi?ky habits to havo my hook on the*? discos i. address B. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga., Box381, and one will be tent you ino. mothers Who Use Parker'? (Singer Tonic insist that it benefits more than other me ll oines for every form ot di tress. Mr?. Winslow's Boothing Syrup for children tpotblntr, softens the Rams, reduces inflamma tion, allaya pain, cores wind collo. 25o. a bot?V .?. STOX? UECOVEBIHG?, )vei Hie Health to Dr. William?' Tink Filia for Pale People. From The Sun, Gainesville, Fla. The many friends ot J. Stone, ot Palmer, 71a., will be pleased to know that that estl nable old gentleman? who has for years been i great sufferer from rhe?matif m,is recover ug. At one time it was impossible for Mr. 3tone to uso hts right arm. Tie gent lenna ii question was lu the city yesterday, rmi yhen asked by a Sun man to give some rea ion for his recovery, he said: "Well, sir, you will not believe me per laps. but my recovery ia due to Dr. Will* lams' Fink Pills for Palo People. I think 'hem aa excellent reme.'.y aa 1 must accept this opportunity, ir yoU will permit me, to i-l vise all who suffer as I have done to try [limn. I'll guarantee relief. Two years ago I wa* suffering from rheumatism; you know what condition I was In. I read an article In a Christian paper of Dr, Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and I took seven boxes ot them. The result wai more than aay human being could have expected. X grow butter fast. "Someone then advise! other medicine, saying that I had taken enough of the pills. [ heeded the advice and the result was I grew worse again and lost the use of my fight arm. I could not move it a particle. Eight Weeks ago I commence 1 to take tho pills again and now I can use my arm with? out auy pulu whatever. They are a wonder* ful pill and I drove several miles to-day to purchase another box of them. "I wish you would publish the following affidavit I swore to. I ask this of you as a means ot displaying my gratitude as well as to ondeavor to savo some other poor sui* ferer." The Sun man consented and the following ls tho affidavit which the happy maa swore to yesterday before J. 0. E. Kooncoi Tho above was sworn to and subscribe 1 before mo thia 21st day of May. A. D. 1393. J. Gi B. KOON CK, [sEA.t.J Notary Publie. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They aro au unfailing specific for such diseases os loco motor ataxia, partial paralysis. St. Vitus' ('.ance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner vous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price* (5 ) cents a box, or six boxes for 82.50-they aro never ?old in balk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicino Company, Schenectady, N. Y. er.-Latest U. S. GcVt Report Baking Powder sm PURE A Standing Army ol Peace. The aggregate number of employes of all the roads in the United States is as large ?s tho standing army of Ger many. This means that tho 1,890 railroads in this countay employ 900, 000 persons,, and that one person in every ninety of our population de pends for a livelihood upon a railroad. From tho general railroad statistics for last year, it will be learned that our 1890 railroads carried about 500, 000,000 passengers, which means that if every passenger had been a differ ent person, our railroads would have carried about half the entire popula tion of the globe. In addition to this, about eight hundred million tons of freight were carried. To transport these hosts of passengers and move these mountains of freight required 30,000 locomotives, 32,000 passenger cars and oter 1,100,000 freight caf s. Counting in all second tracks, sidings and yard tracks, there are something ever 230,000 miles of railway tracks ia this country. The actual distance covered, however, is 176,461 miles. Every hundred miles of railroad gives employment to 515 men.-Exchange. The Onward March ef Consumption is stopped short by Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery, If {ou haven't Waited eyond reason, there's complete re covery and cure. Although by many believed to be incur able, ttiefe ls the evidence of hundreds Of living witnesses to thc fact that, in all '."^ its earlier stages, con sumption is a curable . disease. Not every .case, buta la*ge Per >.tentage of cases, and ?we believe, folly 98 'per cent, are tined by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, even after the disease has progressed so far as to induce repeated bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering cough with copious expectoration (including, tubercu lar matter), great loss of flesh and extreme emaciation and weakness. The Greatest fledica! Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S Medical Discovery, DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., Has discovered In one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind ot Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common pimple. He bas tried it in over eleven hundred eases, and never failed except in twooases (both thunder hnmor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certifi cates of its value, oil within twenty mites of Boston. Send postal card for book, ? benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when the right quantity is Uk en. When the lunge are affected lt causes shooting pains, like needles passing through thom ; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears ia a week after taking lt Bead the labeL If the stomach is foul or bilious lt wiQ cause squeamish feelings at first No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the beet you can get and enough of lt Dose, ono tablespoonful in water at bed time. Sold by all Druggists. Walter Baiter l ea. untiled, Th* Latfwt Manufacturer? of PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS and CHOCOLATES On thli Cen (inf nt, har? rceeirtd HIGHEST AWARD8 from th? gmt Industrial and Food EXPOSITIONS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. Caution: S.^tfsS? J of th? label? ?nd wrapper? on our '(roods, coutume r? ihould maa? ?ur? '?that our plae? of mtnuftctnr*, ?namely, Doreheater, Man. la printed on ?ach package SOtD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. | WALTER BAKER ? CO. LTD. DORCHESTER, MASS. The One C of farming gradually exhausts the la high percentage of Potash is used larger bank account can only then b Wate for our "Farmers' Guide is briri full of useful information for will make and save you money. Ai GERMAN A List of Reliable Atlanta Bus iness Houses where visitors to the Great Show will be properly treated and can pur chase goods at lowest prices? STILSON ??0LL??S JEWELRY CO., 55 Whitehall St. Atlanta. Ga. Everything in the Jewelry nnd Silver Lino at Factory Prices. PHILLIPS & CREW CO. 87 Peachtree Street. STANDARD Pianos and Organs, SHEET 31 US IC, MUSICAL MERCHANDISE. ATLANTA DENTAL COLLEGE Equipment New and Complete. INFIRMARY PRACTICE FULL. Srsalon 1805-0 Open? October St Ii, 1805. Close? March '2 lib, 1800, For further particulars oddresa Wit CRENSIIAW, D. D. 8., Dean. f.'rant Building. Atlanta, Um.. CISEM?? BROX Baa 16 and 17 Whitehall stroot, 7 ATLANTA, GA. -OHE PRICE CLOT HIBRS, Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers. BOWMAN BROS.. FINE MILLINERY. New York City and Atlanta. Our Atlanta store, at 78 Whitehall St,. N now open wit t a <-omplete line of Mm latest P.iri ian and New York ntyles in Fall Hots, B'innots and No .e! 1ia *. You aro cordial jr ia rited to ca l ;..!-<.? m vrhvn in the city or vi* liing the K.t;n)-!t'o:i. TO AVOID THIS USE TETTERINE The ONLY pain lat? and tumlo ti enuc (ur tim w * s* typo of Koierna, T.-ttor, Ringworm, DgLy roach paton e* on tbe fae?, crusted scalp. Groaud itch, chafe*, chapa, oim ?lee. Pot?m from irr or pm on oat. n abort tu tTCHBS. Sand Mc. in HUn. ps or c?U to J. T. Siiuptnne, Sivannab. Go., for on? box, if roar druggist don't kuep lt. Yon will And lt at CHAS. 0. TTNER'S, Atlanta, N. C AROMATIC EXTRACT BLACKBERRY AND RHUBARB -ron Dysentery, flux, Cholera Morbus, Cholera, Ol ur rh cc? -AITD Sunimnt Complaint* Try It Price 25c. 50c, OI.OO. For Sale by Drigrtsts or write to jr. Stovall Srrri.it 13, MANUFACTURING PHAKMA<:JST. 102 Whitehall St., Corner Mitchell, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SULLIVAN A. CRICHTON'S ANO SCHOOL OF SHORTHAND. The bent an A eli ea pelt RciineM Colle, s In A merl cn. Time ?hort. Iflstrtictlon thorotgh. 4 Penmen. Big demand for graJastes. Cata'ogiis free SEMITAS A IIMftT5, Kbrr Bil?., itlaata, ts IF YOU BUY YOUH SHOES FROM They will give you pleasure Every minute you wear them. 14 VSZlaitoliftll Street. SAW MILLS CORN AND FEED MILLS. Wator Wheels and May Presses. BEST IN TI?E MARKET. Prl.oach .Mill Mtu. Co., 305. Allanta, Gau WRITE TO THE ll For Catalogue (Free). 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