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Hrs. H. A. Ovens Falls Down a Long Right o! Stairs and Kills Her Child. Ladies meet with many accidents ia descending- stairs-the result being often a broken limb or worse, but we have never heard of where a mother falls down a flight of stairs-kills her child and escape death, until our atten tion was caliea to an accident to Mrs. M. A. Owens, of 2115 K St., Washing ton, D. C. "We use her language : " About two months before the time for my confinement I fell down a long flight of stairs and killed my unborn child. I know this, as I never felt it move af terwards aud could ?.?U H wab out. of po-, sition. Upon [[being exam famined by ?two physi cians the child was pronounced dead. }>J*LThey decided, as i^^my symptoms were so favorable and I was in no pain; could eat heartily, > 9st well and was doing finely in every way, that it was safer to let nature take its course, and left me with instructions that they be advised ?romptly of any unfavorable symptoms, had, without the knowledge of any one except my'husband, been for some weeks using "Mother's Friend" with great .relief and could see no reason why I should not continue its use, and did so. Now came a long time of suspense and waiting for developments. To the sur prise of all I continued to do well, and got along better than I ever did before when enciente, although every one, in cluding the physicians, feared the ter mination would be fatal. Eight weeks and two days from- the time I fell, nar'.iral labor came on and ' the child was taken away in the usual manner, and to the surprise of all, I was found in better condition than ever before at any previous confinement. I had continued to use 'Mother's Friend' up to the last hour, and exper ienced so little trouble that when the time came was unaware of it, and the nurse had to make me undress quic' andgetinbed. I said to myself, "this is the work of 'Mother's Friend,' and I am having an easy time," as on previous occasions I suffered tortures for hours before. Everything was so easy and rapid 'that the physicians had only time to get in the house. Always before ? had trou ble with my breastB, but this time I had none, as 1 used 'Mother's Friend' on them as directed. I had them drawn and dried without any inconvenience. You must not forget that it was eight weeks and two days from the death of the child before confinement, and I suffered less and was stronger than ever before on suck an occasion. My physicians and friends, marveled at my escape. - I know that "Mothers' Friend" saved my life, and hope every expectant mother will use it. It robs the final hour of terrible suffering and leaves her stronger and makes recovery more rapid, ? have learned of marvelous results ? where only one bottle had been used, but theBooner "Mothers' Friend" is begun and the longer used, the better for the mother when the hour arrives. . The Bradfield .Regulator Co., of At lanta, Ga., will mail free to any expect ant mother their little book containing valuable information and voluntary tes timonials from ladies who have used "Mothers' Friend" with happy results, j It can be obtained of any prominent j druggist in the United States. Some Facts About Cotton. A study of the crop figures will snow that seven years successively in creasing crops from 1885-6 to 1891-2 were unprecedented in the history of trade. It is doubtful if any leading crop, raised can show such an unbroken increase for sevnn years. Jumping from 5,700,000 bales in If 85-(5, there was practically no halting unti: 1891-2, when the yield was 9,035,000 bales- a -gain of 3,300,000 bales, or nearly 60 per cent advance in seven years. In nineteen years cotton has brought the south over $6,000,000,000-a sum so vast that the profits out of it ought . to have been enough to greatly enrich that section. Unfortunately, however, the system necessitated by the condi tions prevailing inmediately after the war, of raising cotton only, and buying provisions and grain in the west, left at home but little, if any, surplus money out of the cotton crop. The west and north drained that seotion of several hundred million dollars every year, because it depended upon them for, all of its manufactured goods, as well as for the bulk of its food stuffs. Hence, of the enormous amount re ceived from cotton, very little remain ed in the south. The increase in the diversification of farm products, the raising of home supplies, the develop ment of trucking and the building of factories are all uniting to keep at home the money which formerly went north and west. Whether the cotton raiser himself be getting the full ben efit of this or not, thc south at large is necessarily doing so. The increase in the attention given to grain cultiva tion is illustrated by the fact that the south's grain, crop of 1894 was 611, 000,000 bushels, valued at $302,000, .000, OT more than the value of its en tire cotton crop, and the yield for 1895 will probably exoeed these figures by at least 50,000,000 bushels. . The importance of cotton in our foreign trade relations can be realized from the simple statement that since 1875 our exports of this staple have ag gregated in vaine $4,000,000,000, while the total exports of wheat and flour oombined^lor the same period have been ?f?ovit $2,600,000,000, showing a difference of $1,400,000,000, or over 50 cent in favor of cotton. Moreover, during the same period, we have ex ported about $20,000,000 of manufac tured cotton goods, making the total value really $4,200,000,000. Compared with the exports of wheat, flour and corn combined-the value of which since 1875 has been about $3,200,000, 000-there is a difference in favor of cotton of $1,000,000,000. Going back in 1820, fl is found that the total value of flour and wheat ex ported for the last seventy-four years is, in round figures, $4,000,000,000, or $200,000,000 less than the value of the cotton exported during the last nine teen years.-Harper'** Weekly. Take Care totrar phrtical health. Build up your syn WU*\ toas yira? stomaoh and disentir? orran.*, tH BriMi y Otu aupotlto, enrich yonr blood, -1 rive Cart mil rmjrarltles and prevent Mcknoss with Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blooi Purifier, ll; 6 for $5. sma Youri SONO. Take the old wcrld as you find it; Drift along! Blight or blossom-never mind it; Sing your song! See that sky, ot dark or blue? Good Lord bent it over you! See the sunlight strsarnia' through Sing your song! Take the old world as you find it; Drift aloitg! With the rainbow rjses bind it; Sing you r song! i For the daisy falls the dew; From the rose love wrests the m o; Good Lord made the world for you Sing your so ag! -F. L. Stanton. A R ACE FOE. A LIFE, N 18- I was' first 4 v^ jH mato of the Cl?ni co, one of the Bed line, and then one of the best go ing boats in the Atlantic service. 1 had run across (while the ship was in dock) from Liv erpool to my home near Doncaster to see my sister, Pat ty, before her marriage. She was en gaged to a young Lieutenant of the nome of Kupert Bowling, the- nephew and heir of old Jonathan Bowling, a wealthy, eccentric country squire in yorkshire, and it was not only a good match for her, but Bnpert, whom I had known from childhood-we wero at sohool together-was one of the heartiest and most genuine fellows you'd find in a day's walk. When 1 arrived at Doncaster I was surprised to find things all in an up roar. Old Bowling had, it seemed, 'taken some offence at an innocent but misunderstood remark of Bupert'e, and had flown into a terrible passion, swen ring he would disinherit him. Rupert, who was a high-spirited young eheap, gave the old man a bit of his mind, and they had a violent quarrel, which ended in Mr. Rowling turning his nephew ont of the house and for bidding him ever to show his face there again. That was on Thursday, t, fortnight before my visit. On the evening of the quarrel Bn pert called on my sister and told her of what had taken place, and they agreed to postpone the wedding for the present. He then left, as he start ed, for London, where he was due to join his regiment on the following Saturday. The next morning (Friday) every body was startled at nearing that old Jonathan Bowling had been found dead in a plantation on his estate.. He was lying faoe downward, and had ev idently been shot in the back by some one, the bullet having penetrated to the heart and killed him instantly ; and, on a medical examination, it was ascertained that the murder-for such it doubtless was-must have been committed on the previous night, fax death had taken place many hours be fore the body was found, The faot of the quarrel between the deceased and his nephew was already publie property, and suspicion at ones pointed to Bnpert as the probable cul prit. The police soon ascertained Bapeit's movements, which showed that he had called on Patty, as I have stated, and that he-oaught the next express for London, the time between his leaving Patty and the starting of the train giving him plenty of oppor tunity to commit thd crime had he been so minded ; and, moreover, his road from my sister's lo the station took him alongside the plantation :in which his uncle's body was found. The London detectives ware put to work, and they ascertained that Bn pert had a revolver of the same cali bre r>s the shot found in old Bowling's oorpse, and the upshot was that he was arrested and brought before the magistrates at Doncaster. ? The assizes were just approaching, and, when I arrived on the scene, Bnpert stood committed for trial o:i the charge of murdering his uncle. I could do nothing to help him, but I went to the assize town and saw him in prison. He denied all knowledge of the crime, swearing to me that he was absolutely innocent. I believed him, but the evidence was overwhelm ing. The station master at Doncaster spoke of Rupert's rushing into the station in a/great flurry, and looking very upset ; and the revolver, which he admitted he had not used for some days, had one chamber empty. Many other things, trivial in themselves,but awfully black when put together, were brought out at the trial, and before I left I had heard him found guilty by the jury and sentenced to death by the Judge. It all seemed like a ghastly dream. I was due- to return to my ship, the Monico, and I bade Bnpert goodby. I don't mind telling you that I sobbed like a ohild. I shouldn't have felt it so if I could have done anything, even to try and help him, but I was per fectly powerless. My sister, of course, was in a terri ble way, and I hardly liked leaving her, but my whole future depended on my keeping my position in the Bed Bing line, so I wrenohed myself away and was on board the Monico the next morning. We sailed the following day, which was a Wednesday, and the last thing I heard before leaving Liverpool was that poor Kuper t 's execution had been fixed for Thursday in the next week., We had a heavy cargo of goods and a lot of passengers, but, I tell you, my heart seemed heavier when we started on that voyage than the ship, cargo, passengers and all. - The Monico was considered a fast vessel at that time. She generally took just over seven days to do the passage, and we were due in New York on the Wednesday evening before Rupert's exeontion. Everything went well till the Mon day afternoon, when one of the steer age passengers, a man of the name of Charles Capperraole, fell down a hatchway, breaking his back and re ceiving internal injuries, from whioh the doctor said he was bound to die within four or five hours. It was very sad, of course, but couldn't be helped, and although anything of the sort puts a gloom over the ship, 1 was too much engrossed in my own trouble to think much of it. But just after one bell (6.30 o'clock) the Captain came to me. ..Sparton," he said, "you ware tell ing me 8bout the trouble that your sister's fiance had got into, lt's a most extraordinary thing, but this man, Cappermole, has been telling the doctor a tale about his having shot his father's landlord in Yorkshire, and that he believes this accident ia a judgment on him. I have seen him, and he says the name of the man he murdered was Bowling, whioh is the name you mentioned, I think, and if yon w ill oome with me to the hospital, where the poor wretch is lying, yon can hear his yara for yonreelf." I was thunder-struck. I got the third officer to take my place for a short time, and handed off to the Bit of the injured man. His statement was somewhat rax hiing, but with th* help of a clerg man, who was a passenger, we reduct ft to writing in a tangible shape, ai it was about something like this : "I, Oharles Cappermole, lately ri aiding at Marten's Hole, near Doi caster, Yorkshire, hut now a passe: ger on hoard the steamship Moni? (Capt. Marner) in mid-Atlant ic, havii met with an accident by falling don a hatchway, and being, as I we know, within a short time of death, c make this Bolemn statement and di clar6 the same to be true, so help n God. "I am a farm laborer, and until r ceutly was living with my father at mother at Marten's Hole, where ra father rented a small farm under M Jonathan Rowling. The same far had been in the possession of my fatl er all his life, and of his father befoi him, and it was our whole living. "Mr. Jonathan Eowling had a disi greement with my father last year bi i one, just before Michaelmas, abor I some hedges which he insisted m father should renew, but which ha always been replan ted before that tim at the expense of the landlord. M father refused to replant them at hi own expense, and JMr. Eowland gav him notice to quit, which expired f Michaelmas last, and he subsequent! turned my parents and myself out? the farm in the middle of winter. "Mv mother was in a very feebl and delicate state of health, and th eviction caused her death, and m, father, being broken-hearted an ruined, was compelled to go into thi workhouse. "I determined to emigrate to Amer ica, and, with the assistance of benevolent society, I obtained m; passage money and outfit and enongl cash in my pocket to prevent my be ing turned back as a pauper on land ing in the United States. I bookec my passage on tho steamship Monico but before starting on the voyage saw my father in the workhouse. Hi misfortunes had so shattered him tha he was dying, and exasperated ant filled with indignation, I d?termin?e tobe revenged on Mr. Eowling, wh< had been the cause of my mother'i and my father';* deaths', af d my rub aud emigration. ."I had bought a revolver to tak< with me, and, tramping to Doncaster I laid in wait far Mr. Eowling on th< evening of Thursday, tho 24th of Ma^ last. I knew tbat it was his habit tc walk through tho .plantation, whicL adjoins a lane called Danks's lane every night between 8 and 9 o'clock his purpo?n being to see if any rabbil snares had been laid by poachers and I hid myself behind some bushes in this plantation, close to the path. I presently heard footsteps, and di rectly afterward I saw Mr. Eowling walk along close beside where 1 wat hiding. As soon as he got past me 1 stood up, and, aiming the revolver at him, I shot him in the back. He lifted up his arms, and, with a groat cry, fell, face forward, dead. "It was nearly dark, and I crept out of the plautaion into the lane without anyone seeing me. I walked that night to Wakefield, along by-roads well known to me, and from thence, on following days, to Huddersfield, Ashton, Manchester, Nowton and Liv erpool, from which port I was to take passage to New York. "Ia Liverpool I heard tho murder spoken of for the first time, and, to my surprise, I found that Mr. Kupert Rowling (Mr. Rowling's nephew) was charged with it. I never thought for a moment that they could find him guilty ot the murder he had not com mitted, and I took no steps to let the truth be known. When I afterward learned that he wa3 convicted of the murder and sentenced to death, I knew I ought to go back and own the deed and save him, but I could not bring myself to do so, and I went on board the Monico, well knowing that I was leaving behind rae an innocent man to be hanged for the murder I had committed. The revolver with whioh I shot Mr. Rowling is in my box. All of whioh is true, as I de clare." Cappermole signed this statement, and the clergyman, the Captain, the doctor and myself witnessed it, and shortly after five bells (10.30 o'clock at night) Cappermole died, being bur ied at 6ea the next day, Tuesday. I had been melancholy and de pressed, without hope before, but now began my anxious time. Cappermole's statement was of no use unless I could get the knowledge of it to the authorities in England in time to stop my friend Rupert's execu tion on Thursday morning, and it was a race against time. We were, in ordinary course, due at New York on Wednesday afternoon about 4 o'clock, which would be about 9 o'clock at night in England. We had favorable weather and had made good way, and if we kept on we should be in on time, if not before ; but on Tuesday morn ing we ran into a dense fog, and our course was impeded and the engines were slowed down. I sought the Captain, and told him exactly what was depending on our not losing time. He was a fine fellow was Captain Marner, and he fully sympathized with me. We debated the matter, and considered itali round for a few minutes. To go full 6team ahead was terribly dangerous, as the lookout men could see .no distance to spea? of, owing to tho fog, but the Captain at last determined to do it. 'Til do it, Sparton," he cried. ?I feel that this man was sent on board my ship, and injured so that he felt himself dying and bound to confess, by Providence, and. if I don't try and save Rupert Rowling I shall consider that I have been the cause of his being hanged. If 1 do try, and anything happens to our ship, then may God preserve us!" To which I answered solemnly, "Amen!" Rushing off to the chief engineer, I briefly explained matters to him, and gav9 him the Captain's order?. The engineer was a big, hard-headed Scotchman, and gripping my hand in a grasp like a'vioe. he cried : 'Til mak* the ship go, Robert. But it'll be a bad thing for onything we run into, I'm thinking. It will that." Well, we tore along through the fog all day Tuesday. ? was in a dreadful state of mind. On the one hand I was all anxiety to reach port in time to cable to England and stop the exeoution of Eupert, while, on the other, we were risking the lives of the crew and some 250 passengers, to say nothing of the ship and cargo. I didn't leave the deck fora moment all day. I promise I the Captain I woul 1 not leave a stone unturned to insure the safety of the vessel. We put three times the ordinary number I of men on the lookout, and kept fog horning and whistling all day long, but, by a meroiful Providence, we had a clear course. We only sighted one vessel, about midday, but I could not disoei.'n what she was. Toward night the fog lifted and the stars shone. Mo Greig, the engineer, now had the coals ] ! piled on at a fearfni rate, and we shot through the water like an arrow; but sarly next morning the wretched fog jame on again. We were, of course, nearing land, md the rislk of collision was every minute more serious. We kept on our mad career. The passengers knew there was something queer about steaming so fast through a fog, but I answered them all : "Oh, we're all right. We're on our asual traok, and nothing gets in onr way." This was true to some extent, but the risk was enormous, and every mile tnat we got nearer land I get more and more nervous. However, to cut a long story short, we gained New York Harbor at 3.50 on Wednesday afternoon, nearly run- ' ning down an outgoing steamship ?ome twenty miles out, and which we avoided by the skin of our teeth. * x~ As soon as we arrived I hurried on shore, by the Captain's permission, and hunted up tho British Consul, whom I dragged off to the cable com pany's offioe, and we sent a joint tele gram from him and the Captain to the - Home Secretary in London. I also wired to the Governor of the jail where Knpert was waiting execution to Eupert himself, and to my sister. Hie message to the Home Secretary was along one ; I remember it cost me about ?5. I waited at the cable office for a re ply. It came within four hourB, which was pretty quick work, as my message would not reach London till about 9 o'clock at night, English time being about five hours ahead of New York. Eupert was respited till our evidence jould be brought home and inquired into, and in less than another month I < had the pleasure of shaking him by tho hand as an acknowledged innocent man; uer Majesty having, in tho pecu liar fashion of the English law, been pleased to grant him. a "free pardon" [or au offence he had never committed. Howevor, ail was right at_last. Ru pert succeeded to his uncle's property ind married my sister Patty in due ;ourse. But the two days following Capper mole's confession were the most anx ious time in my life, I was thoroughly ipset and almost prostrate for a week xfterward, which is saying a great deal for a strong-nerved sailor. -Tit-Bits. WORDS OF WISDOM. When clouds aro heavy blessings come. Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power. 'Tis pitiful to court a smile when you should ^vin a soul. Without poesy and art tho spirit grows weary and wooden in this earth ly clime. Midnight is the noon of thought, when wisdom mounts its zenith with the stars. To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world, without friends or country, home or kindred. We need to cultivate every influence wLioh tends to assist us in the con templation of the beautiful and true. We have two lessons to teach an enemy who despises us-to value bimsolf less highly and us more wor thily. Very often the world never knows that a girl is accomplishdd until it is so announced in writing up her wed ling. Correction does much, but encour agement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after "a mower. Thou shalt know by experience how ?alt is thetasteof another's bread, and bow sad a path it is to climb and de scend another's stairs. Sentiment is a divine quality im planted in our nature for the purpose of ennobling and beautifying the con dition of our existence. Let us, then, be what we are, and ?peak what we think in all things. Keep ourselves loyal to truth and the sacred professions of friendship. The very bondage that we curse, and seek in fretful mood to break and burst, may keep us in the orbit that is traced hy au overruling Providence for our good. It has been well said that no man aver sank under the burden ot the day. It is when to-morrow's burden is added to to-day's that the weight is more than he can bear. Food lor the Dead. The burial ot one Lee Ye Yueng at Dhicago the other day was a great oc jasion in the Chinese quarter, which turned out en bloc to make a half holi lay of the event. They looked woe begone in the extreme, and their pur ple tunics, blue silk juckets, shoes em broidered in white, red and gold; and mormons pigtails were only so many idditional signs' of distress. Each mo amer carried in his hand paper Dags and parcele, aud these were given lo the good man who was dead to take >n his journey to another world, of ?vhich the following legend was circu lated at the said funeral : "After a Chinaman dies he must :ross a dark river, beset with hobgob ins and dragons. If the dead man carries a sufficient amount of food he nay appease the hunger of these ra pacious monsters and at the same time "ortify himself. Accordingly, meat, poultry, vegetables and salads are wrought by tho guests, who load the jarriages with dainties."-Westmin iter Budget. Gets a Kiss For His Heroism. W. H. Lightheart, of Freeport, DI. rescued a pretty young woman from leath yesterday afternoon and got a liss from her for his heroism and presence of mind. He was crossing r?tate Btreet at Madison, when the poung woman slipped and fell in front >f a cable train not more than ten Eeot away. The Freeport man, who ?vas waiting for the train to pass, grasped the situation and thc af frighted young woman almost at the same instant, and, lifting her to his moulders, jumped clear of the train, low almost upon him. The girl was so overjoyed and thank ful that she could not find words to jxpress herself, so she just twisted her ?rms around Lightheart's neck and tissed him. Then she straightened 1er headgear and disappeared before ?ny.one in the crowd which gathered ?ould learn her name. -Chicago Times ?erald. _ Cranberries in Cholera. Dr. Goriansky declares that the use jf the pare and fresh juice of raw ;ranherries, given freely, either undi uted or with an equal part cf water, is an excellent menus of relieving the thirst and vomiting peculiar to chol era. In fifty oases, in which ice and narcotics laded to make the slightest impression, the cranberry juioe in miall but repeated doses rapidly aheoked both vomiting and nausea. Scientific Amer jean. BOB WHITE. OTd friend, I hear your whistle Upon the zigzag rail; Your cheery voice of welcome Bings on the autumn gale; When scarlet leaves and golden Sance in the amber light, You tell me of your presenoo With a vim, Bob White. A whole souled little fellow In speckled coat of browni You heed not summer's passing Or skies that darkly frown; While othpr birds are quiet Your call comes to delight; And that is why I like you Most of all, Bobwhite! Philosopher in feather! I'd join your happy school; The heart forever sighing Belongethto the fool! Happy-go-lucky fellow. Tho* chilly breezes blight, There's always summer sunshine In your heart, Bob White! The world has so much sorrow, We need your lively call: A soul to face all trouble- i Ah! that's the best of all! The snow will soon bo falling, ' Norbill nor vale in sight. But I have learned your lesson In my heart, Bob White! -New York Clipper. PITH AND P(MT. "Tell me, guide, why so few people ascend that magnificent mountain." .'Because no one ha ever fallen off it."-Fliegende Blaetter. ' Don't be too stingy to pay your fellow men a few compliments occa sionally, if you can't pay anything else.-Philadelphia Record. ..Do you smoke?" asked a Detroit girl of a Boston, man. "Not?t all," he answered, loftily, "but the tobacco I use smokes."-Detroit Free Press. "When a man once engages in the business of admiring himself and sus pecting his neighbors he becomes a nuisance to the community.-Wash ington Post. He (waxing parions)-"Do you be lieve in the truth of the saying, 'Man proposes, God disposes ?' " She (arch ly)-"It depends upon whom man proposes to."-Brooklyn Life. Tommy-"Paw, why is it that the good die young?" Mr. Figgs-"They don't die young because they are good, but they stay good because they die young."-Indianapolis Journal. Friend-"Why didn't you ever marry?" Maiden Lady-"Because by the time my relations thought I was old enough to marry the men thought I was too old.* -New York Weekly. "Dearest girl of all," was the way the letter began. Right there, so to speak, he queered himself. "Of all?" she said softly to herself, "then there are others !"-Indianapolis Journal. "Women," said he, oracularly, to her, "are rarely good listeners." And the prospective mother-in-law in the hallway only applied her ear a little closer to the keyhole and smiled grim ly.-Indianapolis Journal. She (to her fiance)-"I heard an old lady pay you a great compliment yesterday." He - "Quito natural... What was that?" She-"3he said you must be a very bright young man to attract me as you did."-Truth. "When we do go into politics," said Miss Strongmind, "we shall insist on having an honest election and a fair count." "Wouldn't a fair duke do just as well, sis?" inquired her young er brother.-Chicago Tribnn?. "Never marry a girl with the idea that you aro going to reform her, my boy," said Uncle Allen Sparks. "If she chews gum and giggles when she is a youug woman, she will giggle and chew gnm when she is married." Chicago Tribune. Good-Looking Young Girl-"Will you do something for me, Mr. B. ?" "Withpleasure, Mis.sA. What is it?" "Well, I wish you would propose to me so that I may crow over my cousin. I promise I won't accept you." Fliegende Blaetter. His Skin an Armor. In Berlin a Singhalese ba?les all in vestigations by physicians by the im penetrability of his skin. The bronzed Easterner, a Hercules in shape, claims to have found au el i z ir whioh will render the human skin im pervious to any metal point or sharp ened edge of a knife or dagger, and calls himself the "Mau With the Iron Skin." It is true that it has beeu im possible to even scratch his skin with sharply pointed nails, with finely ground knives and daggers. He is now exhibiting himself, and his greatest feat is to pass with his entire body through a hoop, the inside of which is hardly big enough to admit his body, and is closely set with sharp knife points, daggers, nails and other equal ly pleasant trifles. Through this hoop he squeezes his body with absolute impunity. The physicians do not agree as to his immunity, and some of them think that Rhamiu, which is his name, is a fakir, who has by long practice succeeded in hardening him self against tho impressions of motal upon the skin. The professors of tho Berlin clinic, however, considered it worth while to lecture about the man's skin, pronouncing it an inex plicable matter.-London Graphic. Lincoln and Governor Tod. There are numerous anecdotes con nected with Lincoln .whioh seem to have caught something of grace from that connection, and which can well be reproduced in this place. One concerns his meeting with Gov ernor Tod, of Ohio. Mr. Lincoln said to him at one time : "I never could understand how you come to spell your name with only one d. Now, I married a Todd, and she spells her name with two ds, and I be lieve she knows how to speli. "What is your authority for using only one?" "Well," drawled Governor Tod, "my authority for it ie in part the fact that God spells His name with only one d, and it seems 1 should be satisfied if He is." Lincoln often told this story, and it amused him immensely. Some men have declared the whole incident was j matter of his own creation, and that the talented Ohioau had never made ' the excellent reply accredited to him. j Whether or not that is tho case, the fact remains that the conception al ways seemed vastly entertaining to Lincoln.-Chicago Times-Herald. Newspapers on Handkerchief*. A journal at Madrid, Spain, tries to increase its circulation by printing its news, not on paper, but on cloth. In stead of ink, a composition is used whioh readily dissolves in a liberal water bath. After absorbing the news, the reader merely places the sheet under one of the public Joun tains, for instance, and there is a snowy handkerchief. -New York World,. A Phenomenon. There has always been an inclina tion to believe in tho existence of a fund of nervous energy in the body that resembles tho flow of a current of electricity, both in its tangible aspect and its remarkable physiological effects. The nerve centers of the body, or nerve ganglions, all start from the brain as a distinct focus, from here radiate the nerves proper as a complex system with minute ten drils that give rise to sensations of the most agonizing, as well tis the most exquisite nature-the blow of a cudgel or tho tickle of a straw being equally and as readily perceptible. Although no determinations of a positive char acter have ever been made, tho gym notus, or electric fish, is a type of or ganism in which the two fonctions seem closely allied. The discharge areas are controlled and owe their lasting qualities to the nervous system icc such an extent that the fish falls into an exhausted condition if so irritated that its reserve fund of material for electrical phenomena beccnes too quickly used. In South America the eol, which is eaten by the Indians, used to be caught by driving a number of horses into the river and allowing them to? receive the discharge from tbe fish, which, when thus weakened, were drawn from the water. In cases of lo comotor ataxia the nervous energy is so lacking that tho irritation of any part arouses only after a deliberate in terval the sensation expected. The gradual transmission of nervous force is forcibly illustrated when a needlo is inserted in the flesh ; frequently ten seconds elapse before the impression is conveyed to the brain. There is no doubt that the mysterious adjunct of nerve tissue is of a most perplexing nature. Let a nerve center of the brain be affected and the part of tho body controlled by it loses movement and sensation. The almost structure less composition of the brain hides within it the secret of all sensation. The slightest thrill of its particles may mean a thonght 'hat will shake the earth with its importance-its quietude means either sleep or eternal peaco.-Electrical Age. Yachting With Paper Sails. Tho diversity of uses to paper may ho applied ?3 coming to be phenomenal. Oar wheels, boats, houses-it is long since the use of papor in these has ex cited surprise, but paper sails ore some thing new. Tho Herreshofff, builders of racing boats, have lately experimented with the application of rubber ?o balloon and other light sails. The idea in view in making these sails of rubber is to obtain an elastic material which will allow the sails to increase in area, and consequently in propulsive power in proportion to the force of the wind. A chief reason for the employment of paper stock for this purpose is lightness, a matter which counts for considerable in the fast sailing vessels, but there are other points of superior ity, ono thing *hat the composition stretches pst about enough to favor both wind power and vessels, while another is that the paper sails are air tight. Besides this, practical tests have shown that tho leaper, properly prepared, is very durable and is less liable to tear in case of high winds. The sails made on this new plan are not woven from strands or threads, but are made up from compressed sheets, those being cemented and rivited together in such a way as to form a smooth and strong union. Argosy. _ DUBING the middle ages reprisals wero common. The vengeance taken for a brave defense of a town or castle was generally the hanging of the most prominent officers and men among tho defenders. Confinement nnd Hurd Work Indoors, particularly- In tho Kitting posture, are far more prejudicial to health than ex cessive muscular exertion in tho open air. Hard sedentary workers are far too weary after office hours to take much neo'lful exer cise in the open air. They often need a tonic. Where can they seek invigoration more cer tainly and thoroughly than from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a r?novant particularly adapted to recruit the exhausted force of nature. Uso also for dyspepsia, kidney, liver and rheumatic ailments. One of the greatest tasks would be to try to please everybody. Dr.Kilmer's SWAMP -HOOT eure? ali Kidney and Madder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton. X. Y. Some people liko raro music, but most of them prefer it well do"he. How H Tuts! We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. _ F J. CHENEY & Co.. Props., Toledo. O. We, ibo undersicned, have known F. J. Che ney for the la-.t 15 years, and believe him per fectly-honorable in all business tratisact-ons and financially able to carry out auy obliga tion made by their firm. WEST JC TRUAX, Wholesale Drugg sts, Toledo, Ohio. "" , , WALUINO, RINNAN & M.vimN, V holesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hill's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blond nnd mucous surfaces of the syst em. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials :'rec. .Mothers Who Uno Parker?? Ginger Tonic Insist that it bcuefits moro than other medi cines for every form of distress. After nhvslclans had elven me up, I was paved b/ Piso's Cure.-RALPH ERIICO, Wil liamsprrt, Pa., Xov. 22,18D3. "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure." An ounce of healthful food is better than a ton of medicine. USE Buckwheat, And throw away the medicine bottle. You're cl when you use I big or 1 . anc satis was ine ? Saves < drudge saving act clothes and time savin p-s as the; O to every wise an ??iii Highest of all in Leavening Pow Our Celestial Visitor. The comet discovered at Lick ob servatory, California,on Nov. 17th, by Mr. C. D. Perrine is now about 84, 000,000 miles from the san. The dis tance will decrease and reaoh a mini mum of about 20,000,000 niles on December 18th, at which time its an gular di st a ooo from the point where its path intersects the ecliptic will be 263 degrees. After December 18th, the distance from the HUH will again increase. . The object is not visible to the naked eye, but its brightness is increasing very rapidly. It will un doubtedly be visible with telescopic assistance within a few weeks. Unfortunately, however, its ap proach to the sun will bring it int;o the morning twilight, and the difficul ty of observation will be increased thereby. It is now H times as far from the earth as the sun is. A Governor's Opinion. Everybody knows ex-Governor Robert Tay lor, of Tennessee. He says: "I have had o<5 caalon to use Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy and And it an admirable aid to digestion. Taken before lecturing, it imparts a vigor and easi ness of feeling which is very desirable. I am convinced that lt is a first-class remedy fer aiding digestion. "Especially if Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Ss taken after eating." Price 60 cents per bottle. For sal* every where._. FITS stopped free by DH. RUSE'S OBEAT NEUVE RESTOUEK. *.o Ats after Hm day's UML larvelous cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline. 031 Arch St., Philo.. Po. IIIndcrcitritH ls a Simple Remedy, Bat it takes out corns, and what a consolation it is! Makes wiilkiugoplcasure. 15c. ot druggists Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teeth lng, so f tens th e K um 9, roc i u ces in fiamnia tion, allays pnin.cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. OIVIS ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts Sentry yet promptly on the Kidneys, aver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is ?he only remedy of its kind ever pro ducen, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial m its effects,^prepared only from the moat healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Bigs is for sale in 50 cent bottles hy all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. l)o not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N Y. "Blight costs cotton planters more than five million dollars an nually. This is an enormous waste, and car be prevented. Practical experiments at Ala bama Experiment Station show conclusively that the use of " Kainit " will prevent that dreaded plant disease. Our pamphlets are not advertising circulars boom ing special fertilizers, but are practical works, contain ing the results of latest experiments in this line. Every cotton farmer should have a copy. They ore sent lrec for the asking. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. OSBORNE'S School of Slxortlinncl AUGUSTA. (SA. No text books usad. Actual business from day of ent?rine Buiinms Dutxn, coting J cUrr*nojr aa 1 Roods u>ed. Send for hindiomoiy illustrated osta igue. Board chesper than in any Sinthern city. ft* HIMS I Jim J we inil show yon how to m ike ?J a day; ab-oluiely suret wa tar nish the work and teach yon tree jou work in the locality where you fivwi send us your nd drem an ri wt will explain tho basin eas fully; remember we gua> anio? a clear prom of $3 for every c ay's work; atcoIutWy sure; writ? al MM. KOTAL HA.Mf.uHT.l\i. lOHPAXT, B? LB, U.treit, Biak. wm PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleiciet and beautifies the halt. I'm mite? a luxuriant growth. Never Falls to Bestore Gray Hair to Its Youthful Color. Curta ?ralp diieaiei Sc hair tailing. 30c, and 11.''J ct Druggists A SETTS WASTED In overy State to Introduce "The Comet" Camera. Entirely new. Profita immense. Address Aik?n, Olease n & Co., X. O.. La Crosse, Wis. WK Ll. by getting the best plants, wi W. D. BEATIE, Atlanta ipping coupons -'earline. Isn't every saving, ittle, a coupon that's clipped 1 paid ? And where's a more factory way of saving than by ihing and cleaning with Pearl That saves on both sides, exertion and hard work and ?ry for yoj yourself-while it's :ual money to your pocket, in and health. It's by just such se that genuine coupons come d thrifty woman. 475 q J er.-Late* TJ. S. Gort Report Baking Powder EE.Y PURE A Cat'? Whisker*. Nature is au economical dame and never indulges in useless gifts. If sha gives an animal or plant an appendage of any kind, we may be aura that it serves some wise purpose. Take a oat's whiskers, -for instance, which may seem to yon to be merely ornamental. They are organs of touch, attached to a bed of fine glands nuder the skin, and each of these long; hairs is con nected with the nerves of ?be lip. The, slightest contact fit these whiskers with any surrounding object is thus felt most distinctly hy ihe animal, al though the hairs themselves are insen sible. A List of Reliable Business Souses where visitors io the Great Show will be properly treated and can purchase goods at lowest prices. STILSON & COLLINS JEWELRY CO., 55 Whitehall St. Atlanta. Ga. Everything In the Jewelry and Silver Lino mt Factory Pri?es. COE PA V.?. FORA FULL COURSE COE 900 ?CHOLABJ?H?P IN WO SULLIVAN & CRICHTON'S And School of Shorthand. xudenta from 20 ?tates. 4 rVnm?n la ??Y.t?;iT0i^1?fB' '!?*. ??M.IVAN Si <-KH:HT<lN. Pryor Street. Ailstntn, Ga. 'TEMAUL ATLANTA. GA. TO AVOID THIS XT ?"El 0H TETTERINE W I Til? o KL Y pain!?? and harrami T ct tuc for tb* wurst typ? of Ectoma, I Te Uar, Ri cuprona, arly roajrh paton C y KB * ?a on th? fae?, crn*t?d~ scalp, "fla Ground itch, chafas, chap*, pita Blt?. Poison from irr or potion oak. i abort a XX rr CB ita. Send 80a, in H(tarup* or cash to J. T. Shaptnaa, Savannah. Ga., for on? box, if jon dr.:gf nt don't k?ep it. Von will find it at. CHAS. 0. Tr*ia's, Atlanta. For Siyle, Wear an! Comfort, Visit Blooflwortli Shoe (?0. 14 WMto?iall ?C. ?f in visiting ATLANTA you do not fled in the Manufacttij?t" Building that large portion ;f the EXPOSITION Oe/OTEO TO PIANO. ..PSE-EfJIKENTIII ARTISTIC TONE QUALITY* Or anyway, if you think of buying a piano, write to cither THE JOHN CHURCH CO. CHICAGO. NEW YORK. CINCINNATI. OR THE EYERETT PIANO CO. B05T0N, And you will get valuable information, NATURE'S WAY: There is no re ason why I he perloi preced ing childbirth nhould "e full of discomfort. There is no rv.? on why ch Idbirth itself should brins a, feeling of dread to the mother. Nature does nothing wrong. It ls the abuse of nature by wrong lirintr, lack of exercise. Ill-fitting ? Jothe*. that tringa abc ut the tor tures of childbirth. Perfcct'y healthy women co tarough the ordeal with comparative eas-s. Mature In tended it that way. Women approaching motherhcot have really but one thing to do ?et strength gen? rally and locally. IMLREE'S WINE OF CARDIN Isthebest medicine and tonic to do this. It prepares th? generative organs for the coming trial, shorten" inlior, Icsv ns pali\ and robs confinement of ?3 dangt r. One Dollar a Bottle*. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. TOE AERMOTOR CO. doeabalf trarworWJ windmill business, because It has reduoid thaw? ot Wind power to 1.-Ow hat ?twits. Pfc-MMflWg houses, an l supplies lu goods and rtpein ran door, lt can and does f nroUn a better artlclo for less moue? than ISWKS^*^ C^rnt^tlorT Windula,TilUng flxrd Steel Towers, Steel Baa?aw ._es. Steel Feed Cotters and Faed Grinders. Ot? application lt will name on* . of Uiese articles that lt will furnish until .lanuary 1st at 1/3 Uie usnal price. Il also maka* Tanks and Pumps of all ?Inna Send for catalogua, factory; 12th. Bock well ?sd Flllnore Streets, Okara. Aa Unheard of Offer! Tel. f Si 00 I all Lrathrr Top, Gnats* Ciu'MSd Ik--.or ?lib shafts, ?cal aar. wiirat for examination 00 re .-.Ipi of ti. Brewster Sortais >rur.|r?d. ?fono batter maned u f 00. Absola't (aaraoto* for 00? Tsar. If exactlr as rrprT-otVd, pay nearest bank eke balance. $?. rYcttUt* pratt. r ghterrd Mter or moory order. ? CntOfSOS, OBIS. "tin wnn oai.ta .u; direct. Bare dealer aiieVeaM proBu "AmericaaB??Ey'QL A N. D.Fortr-aina, *95. Ol One Acre o? is what Mr. Louis Tread way made. YOU CAN DO a? lick are furnished by Oatalo|U< , Georgia. MARLIN REPEATER. Mads SS.?,^?*^!? anti 44-*) Calibre*. Ont;r Solid 1 upai." Slde-eJeCtlnf? appealers mada. Ail xher Calibre*ready. The Marlin Fire Arma Co. Catalogue free. Now Haven, Conn. GOOD POSITIONS SKCURKD HY STU I> KN TS hmm Mi Supplied wi Help Richmond's Commercial College, I at ab! Ulmet 1964. fend for Catalogne. SAVANNAH, OA.