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Limiting the Cotton Crop. The movement looking to no in crease of the co tton acreage next year was inaugurated by the Memphis Cot ton Exchange a few days ago at a gen eral meeting called for the purpose. Tho preamble to tho resolution adopt ed sets forth that a large crop of cot ton grown at heavy expense brings but little, if any, larger total value, con trasting 1895 with past years to estab lish the fact, and adds : "Another matter for the farmers to bear in mind is that at tho present time, when there is a remote possibil ity of a war, if such should occur, the inevitable result thereof would be to depreciate the value of cotton and ap preciate the value of all food crops : Therefore, be it '.Resolved, That the Memphis Cot ton Exohange urgently recommends to the producers that the production of home supplies be made the first con sideration in planting operations for the ooming year, and that the acreage of cotton be not increased over that of last year. "Resolved, That we approve and endorse the American Cotton Growers' Association for bringing about the re duction in the acreage of the crop now being marketed, and we respectfully nrge the HOD. Hector D. Lane, the president, and his coadjntators, the presidents of the various cotton states of said association, to continue in the good work, and to take np the matter at the earliest possible moment, and urge it again upon the attention of the cotton producers of the sontb. "Resolved, That the various cotton exchanges throughout the south be and are hereby requested to co-operate with this exohange in this matter, and that the southern newspapers are also requested to publish these resolu tions." When a Tent Cent Piece is Good. Ono phase of the silver question came np in the supremo conrt of the United States a few days ago in a case decided by Chief Justice Fulkr. James E. Morgan and wife were on a car operated by the Jersey City and Bergen Railroad Company. Tho con ductor refused to accept for their fare a ten-cent piece? because he thought it was not worth par, being worn by abrasion while circulating as a parc of the national currency. Morgan was ejected and brought suit against the railroad company for dam ages therefor. He recovered judgment for $315 and costs, and the judgment was affirmed by the supreme court of the state. The railroad company sued out a writ of error and carried the case to the supreme court of the United States. In disposing of it the chief justice referred to the law regu lating the defaced and abraded coins, and stated that there was no provision against silver coins which were abraded in circulation and that they were a le gal tender as long as they bore the semblance of a coin. '. he writ of error was dismissed, thus affirming the judgment of the state su preme court against the railroad com pany. _ Thc Growth of Oklahoma. The governor of Oklahoma reports that that territory made rapid and solid progress during the last fiscal year. The population as shown by the census of February, 1891, was 213,000, and he estimates that there has been a gain of 62,000 since then, due partly to the opening to settle ment of the Kickapoo reservation. Tho assessed value of property, which waa $20,000,000 in 1894, rose to $39, 000,000 in 1895. The principal crop is wheat, but the most profitable one is cotton, the yield this year being large and tho price good. At the Dime Museum. Wide-mouthed Wonderer-Say, does it not hurt you any to eat all that glaae? Glass-eater (taking another big bitf out of a sheet of gelatine)-Yes, s r, it does sometimes. In fact, I've a pane in my stomach now.-Somerville Jour nal. '.Thc Melancholy Day? Have Come Tbc saddest of tho year," not when autumn has arrived, as poet Bryant intimates, but when a fellow gets bilious. The "sere and yellow leaf" is in his complexion if not in the foliage at that inauspicious time. Hosteler's Stomach Bitters will soon discipline his re bellious liver, and regulate his bowels, beddes tonia:.- his stomach and healthfully stimul?t ing bb kidneys. Malaria, rheumatism and nervousness are also relieved by the Bitters. Evil flashing before tho mind isa tempt i rlon, when entertained it is sin committed. Dr. Kilmers SWAMP-ROOT eura* all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation .'ree. Laboratory Binghamton. N. Y. -1_ No one should be commended for a kind of humor which is coupled with vulgarity. Hon'? This! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Wo, I he undersigned, have known F. J. Che ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per fectly honorable in all business transa't ons and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. 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It will exceed yourexpectation-s In abat ing colds, e.nd many ills and aches. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain.cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up children's Conchs and Colds.-Mrs. M. tl. BLUNT, Sprague, Wash.", March 8, '94. The covetous person lives as if the world was made altogether for him. A COUGH, COLD OR SORE THROAT requires immediate attention. "Brotrn'a flroiic/ifai Troches"' will invariably give relief. Whether happiness comes or not, wc should try and prepare ourselves to live without it. Rich Red Blood Is the foundation of health. The way to have Blob, Red, Healthy Blood is to tako Hood's Sarsaparilla ----1-* Hood's Pill? cure all Liver Ills. 25 cent*, n SI SI ll and WHISKY habits cured. Book sent Ul Slim ra?. Dr. lt. 5. 1T00UET, ?TLAXTA, Gi. PISO'S.CORE FOR M (jr M CUKES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. 1 Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use In tima Sold by drumfists._ CONSUMPTION ?i A WJNTER POSE. I found, to-day, a withered rose Within a book (f.he book: her own), And straightway, with the odor faint, All balmy Juno was round mo blown. What fields! what skies! -yet, out of-door, The snow lies white along the farms; Tho wind comes driving from the North, Tho forests shake their ioy arms. What brought for me, the summer baok, So sweet, so real? Ah, love, that day When thou and I began to live, Can chancing seasons chango it? Nay! -James Luckham, in Demorest's. A SISTER'S SACRIFICE N a small house at Bigb am, Surrev, livec! Alice Baines and her sister, Bob. Both their pareats had been dead for some year!?, having be queathed . to their daughters a modest patrimony, upon which thoy were able to subsist in simple comfort. Alice, tho elder, was just on tho far sido of thirty; Bob, tho younger, was now in her eight eenth year. There was thus o consid eraole difference of age hetween them. But tho difference did rot end here. Two sisters more dissimilar in | looke, in character, in disposition, would have been bard to find. Tho strength and self reliance of Alice made themselves apparent in every line of her face, in every tono of hor voice, in every .motion of her body. Her blue eyes shone with a steady, fearless light. The carriage of her mouth was firm and stanch. The squareness of her well formed CII?D was full of power. Her manner had the calm ease of perfect assurance. Her beauty was the beauty of a oapa ble woman. With Bob it was different. Bob had little strength and no self reliance. Such a tender, anxious, appealing face was Bob's. It reflected every lay of sunshine, every passing cloud that approached. In those brown and gentle eyes often a huudred varying emotions would be born and die within tho hour, and as many smiles and quiverings would ruffle her mobile lips. She was pretty, very pretty; and winning, very, very winning. Yet it was a child's nature that gave its life to her expression ; 'twa3 a child's sweetness that charmed her in your look and manner. Before she was well eighteen Bob had found a lover. Some people ex pressed surprise that Ronald Arm liegh had chosen Bob in preference to her sister Alice. And, indeed, it had appeared for some time doabtful toward which of the two girls his real attention was directed. First of all, Alice had seemed to attract him the more. This was what might have been expected. Armleish was a man of the world, experienced and mature in judgment. Ho prided himself, not without reason, upon his sound sense and his practical views. In his then poHition-that ot a barrister just on the threshold of professional and social success-he had every need of a clever, capable wife. That was exact ly what Alice's qualities fitted her for. And it was by these qualities in her that he seemed at first to be at tracted. But after a little came a change. Exactly what had caused-it would be be impossible to say. Perhaps Alice had repelled him by her cold demean or. Perhaps ho had grown alarmed by the signs of masterfulness in her character. Or, perhaps, love had got the better of prudential codsidera tions. lt was probably one of these three. It may have been all com bined. At any rate, there it was. And soon it became apparent that it was Bob, tho winsome child, not Alice, the capable woman, who held the key of Ronald Armleigh's affections. This circumstance discovered a new sido to tho e^ler sister's character. Till now Alice had been more than a a mother to Bob. Her love for the younger girl had been a touching thing to see. lu furthering Bob's in terests, in promoting Bob's happiness, in shielding Eob from harm and an noy;.! nee, Alice had never been known to consider herself. She had, in everything, yielded to her sister a pure and unmixed devotion. But from this time forward all that was changed. Alice suddenly began to treat her sis ter-so the neighbors said, and so tho poor child herself felt-with positive erucl ty. Pernaps there never yet lived a wo- j man devoid of jealousy. And though tome may manage to conceal it better than others, yet 'tis seldom indeed that, upon adequate provocation aris ing, they are able to conceal it alto gether. No one could deny that, in this present case, Alice Baines had received adequate provocation. To be admired by a handsome, fascinating man-a man who, all things consider ed, was a distinctly eligible parti, was, of course, a nattering thing. To have that admiration unaccountably with drawn, and then openly transferred to a younger si6ter, under her very nose, was, equally, of course, provok ing. And Alice Baines might well have been excused any ordinary exhi bition of jealousy. There was, how ever, no occasion for her to behave with such exceptional meanness as she did. Her meanness was twofold. She tried the el?ect of one sort first, and upon that proving a failure she had recourse to the other. Ber first mean ness was a malicious attempt, worked by an insidious process of suggestions and innuendos, to blacken Armleigh's character in her Bister's eyes. Arm leigh had not yet actually proposed to Bob, and Alice wished to bring it about that when he did propose to her, as he was sure soon to do, her sis ter should reluse him. But this plan-very deservedly, the neighbors said, considering its spite ful and dog-in-the-manuger character -altogether failed. Bob began by indignantly repelling all insinuations against her lover, and wsnt on by re fusing to listen to them at all. Alice then took a bolder course. She stooped to a design of unparalleled meanness. She strained, every nerve, used every artifice, every charm, every subterfuge to win Ronald Armleigh back from her sister to herself. No?, nobody had ever see'b Alice Baines really exercise her charms upon a man before. And all who witnessed this attempt of hers were wonder-struck by the extraordinary powers of fas cination which she could discover at will. Poor little Bob's simple, com monplace talk stood no chance against the new and attractive brilliancy of Alice's conversation. Armleigh list ened to her with delight. He was clearly impressed. Au intellectual man himself, h? could appieciate in tellectual talk, especially when it was set off by a sweet and musical voice. Then, too, the whole expression of her face seemed changed. The calm im mobility, which usually had graced it, wes there no longer. It had given way to a new and radiant vivacity. In her eyes, when she addressed Armleieh, shone a brilliant something, which almost looked like a challenge. To meet that look from such a quar ter, and not to feel the pulse quicken and the heart leap, would have de manded superhuman restraint. Bonah! ?rmleigh had many fine qualities, but restraint of this description was not among them. He was clearly being fascinated by this new development in Alice's charms. What "people" say is not always o? much moment. They aro given to speaking without knowledge and criti cising without judgment. But what "people" said upon this particular matter did have some groundwork of reason and good sense. They asserted that if Alice Baines had taken this lino in the first instance, nobody could j have found fault with her. It would j then have resolved itself into a ' j contest between tho two sisters for a prize to which neither had greater claim than the other. But to have acted as she had done, to have taken no pains originally to strengthen her hold upon Arraleigb, to have let her childish sistSr's affections become deep ly engaged with him, and then, when he was on the point of making that childish sister happy by a declaration, to use every effort to draw him bank to herself-at the risk of wrecking poor Bob's happiness, and. uerhaps, breaking her heart-why, this was as cruel a tbiog as jealousy, in its most extreme form, could devise. Such conduct toward a friend would nave been odious ; toward a sister it was 6hamefnl, unpardonable. Heaven grant the effect might meet with that failure which it handsomely merited ! Heaven, however, did not grant it. The effort proved successful. Bob's white face and miserable expression betrayed that, long before Armleigh's engagement to Alice was announced, Bob's little dream of happiness was over. Alice had dissipated it finally and forever. Bat 'twas not mczely the loss of her lover, though this was chief, but also her sister's conduct in the matter, which cut Bob to the heart. Until this unhappy affair, Bob had experienced nothing save the ten derest kindness, the most caressing care, from Alice. And then-on a sudden-to be so treated by her, it was as incomprehensible as it was un natural and cruel. < Only once had Bob ventured on a timid remonstrance. Alice had an swered her thus, hardly, and almost with scorn: "Why were you not happy and con tent with Gerald? Gerald is far more suited to you than Bonald Armleigh. You would never have made Bonald happy." Bob had burst into tears at this un feeling retort, and, without apology or any attempt at solace, Alice had left the room. No other word on the sub- ? ject passed between them. The Gerald of whom Alico had spoken was an old admirer of childish Bob's, and, until Armleigh's appear ance, had been that young lady's first favorite. He lacked all Armleigh's brilliance of manner and distinction , of bearing. As a love maker he was . his hopeless inferior. Many people called him stupid. That he was not. If rather slow of speech and silent of ? temperament he had plenty of good . sound sense, and, withal, possessed a kind, true heart and loyal disposition, . which far outweighed his external dis- . qualifications. Everyone could see , that he was devoted to Bob. Bob had j liked, had even been very fond of him. . She might, perhaps, have thought that ? she loved him, had not Bonald Arm- ] leigh taught her what love really was. ] But now her eyes were opened. She . knew love now. She knew, also-how j many have known it thus?-that with the loss of her beloved had gone from ?} her the capacity of that first sweet j. sentiment ; that its sublime inspira- j ] tions, its deep intensity, its pure de- j light, would never throb in her quick- ! ( ened pulses again. Bob did not feel bitter against her j ' sister. She scarcely felt indignant; . sho was simply crushed and broken. . All who saw her hollow eyes, her sad t face, her dispirited bearing, were !. struck with pity for the poor child. I ' Alice alone remained obdurate, and, ? so far as could be seen, unfeeling. It ? was unlike what Alice had ever been i before, until this miserable affair. But her obduracy was easily explained, Those of us who have wronged our dear ones are the last to betray pity for them in their sufferings. Forthose very sufierings are our own condemna tion. An 1 we, therefore, concern our selves to make as light of them as pos sible. The wedding was solemnized before j a very small company, consisting chiefly of the bridegroom's relations. On Alice's side only an aunt or two, and Bob-poor Bob-were present. The ceremony was cold, stiff and, if the trnth must be told, gloomy. That was scarcely wonderful. Bob, indeed, tried hard to hide her misery. But those wan smiles were only tho more meian moly for the attempt, and her very presence was a Bpectre at the feast. I People said that, if there was such a thing as Providence in this world of ours, Alice would never find happiness in her union with Armleigh, which she had contrived, so cruelly, at the ex pense of her little sister. True, Bob did get over the blow sooner than might have been expected ; true, the faithful Gerald-found favor again in those ?hi? us eye?., and something that he one day said to her brought back to them the sparkle of life and Lappiness. Yet this did not in the least exculpate Alice, who, at the time of inflicting her unnatural blow could never possibly have forseen the happy conclusion. The people who thus expressed themselves had reason, ky and by, to be very cock-a-hoop. There was such such a thing as Providence in this world of ours, and Alice Armleigh did not find happiness in her union. A year's married life-a year, it was whispered, of quarrels and conten- 1 tions-proved to be enough for both. ! At the end of that period Armleigh j I and Alice separated, by mutual con- ! sent. It was, perhaps, a pity that "peo ple" could not hear what words passed ? at that final and irrevocable quarrel between Alice and Armleigh. It would i have modified their opinion about ' I Providence and other kindred mat- | j ters, and have induced them, however j j unwillingly, to view Bob's sister in a i somewhat different light. This last quarrel took place ose , morning at breakfast. Alice had jnst said something to her husband which ?nude him white with rage and mor- I titication. "Do you mean me to understand," ; he demanded, fiercely, "that you mar ried me simply to get me away from ' that sister ol yours, and for no other reason?" ! "Simply for that," answered hi<* wif?, regarding hin^steadily with her olear bine eyes. "Ah^I could read y OU? character better than you thought, i X was acquainted with-with-things about yon-things whioh it might have been hard to prove against yon, and which I should have been loath to provo before that innocent child-things which would have made your marriage with her a gross pollution. Yes, swear and curse; I am not afraid of you. "Why did I not tell my sister this? I did tell her what I could-all that was fit for her to hear. But Bob was too true, too faithful, too confiding to lis ten to these tales against the man she loved. She would have married you. Nothing would have stopped her, un less an insuperable bar had intervened. I ;thank God ll have formed that in superable bar." "That, then, is why, after repelling ?ne first of all with your coldness, you afterward made such play to get me back?" "Exactly. When I saw that yon 'had entered our home to ruin one of us, I swore to myself that your viotim should not be Bob. It has not been Bob, and I am satisfied." She spoke in a tone of quiet triumph which nearly maddened him. He clenched his fist. I believe he would have struck her, had she not stood be fore him so fearless, so strong, so scornful. But her aspect cowed him, and he contented himself with a string of coarse abuse. "You know what happened yester day," she continued, calmly, never heeding his vilo words. "Bob was married to a good, true man, who loves her and will make her happy. All that I aimed at is now accom plished. We have lived together long enough, Bonald Armleigh. I mean tq leave you to-day-forever 1" "And where, pray, shall you go, madam?" demanded Armleigh, trying to force a contemptuous laugh. "And what, do you think, will become of yon?" "I do not know ; andi do not care." Then, as a beautiful 'mile beamed, for an instant, upon that strong, calm face, she added : "Bob is safe; and I-I do not mat ter."-Truth. In Ceylon. Half an hour before the first gray light of dawn had begun to steal round the distant crests of tho Kandy an Mountains we had started, in order to reach the edge of the forest before sunrise. Our guide had timed us well. The cold gray light of morning was still round us when we reached the river, rushing and gurgling with a liquid music over the si.) dy shallows and between the scattered masses ol rock that strewed it3 bed. The east ern sky was flushing from a silvery pink to violet as we neared the first outlying tatin-wood trees, that rose, vast pinnacles of shining green, strangely tinted by the colored light. And just as we reached the forest it self wo halted involuntarily to see the sun rise elowly from the eastern ocean, the flood of gold above and around him flashing back in a thou sand coruscations from the glittering plain below. As we plunged into the juuglo path, the last belated bats were flapping their way homeward, and giving place to the first birds of the day, the crows, whose joyous cries already made the dim recesses of the forest start into life. The flood of morning sunshine which lighted up the path, though it could hardly be said to do as much for the depths of the surrounding jungle, was the signal for the awakening of the teeming life of the forest. From avery branch on either side our path was poured a sudden gush of r-nsir The rich song of the dial biru ?was, mingled with tho more distant flute like notes of the oriole ; and from the tar recesses of the forest the deep mel low call of the jungle-cock filled the lir with a luxury of sound. Then the insect life awoke. Huge dragon flies, startling in tueir bright metallio col aring, flashed past us ; bright moths ind gaudy butterflies floated land lanced in the streams of sunlight that hero and there penetrated the over arching canopy of leaves, like huge painted motes dancing in the golden tide. Our little party mored silently along tho forest path, even the horses treading softly, as if unwilling to dis turb the universal jubilee-Lippincott. Thc Salis in the Occau. Tho salts of the sea have fed, throughout all time, countless living thiugo which have thronged its water and whose remains now form the rocks of continents or lie spread in oeds of unknown thickuess over 66, 000,000 square miles of the 143,000, 000 square miles of the ocean's floor; they have lent the substance to build the fringing reefs of the land and all the coral islands of the sea, and there are at present, ou the basis of an aver age salinity of three and one-half per cent, in the 290,700,000 cubic miles of water which make np the oceans, 90,000,000,000,000,000 tons, or 10, 173,000 cubic miles of salt. Thia is sufficient to cover the areas of all the lands of the earth with a uniform lay-, er of salt to a depth of 1000 feet. It seems that the sea was made salt in the beginning as a part of the grand design of the Creator to provide for the system of evolution which has been going on since the creation. Many distinct species of living organ isms exist in the sea as a result of its salinity, and their remains have con tributed largely to the growth of con tinent. The three great factors in accounting for the system of currents in the ocean, by which it becomes the great heat distributor of the globe, are changes of temp2rature, the winds, and salinity. The last mentioned be comes an important factor through the immediate and essential differences of specific gravity and consequent dif ferences of level that it produces in diflerent parts of the ocean through the action ot evaporation and rainfall. -Popular Science Monthly. Smiled aud Lost Her Teeth. When Beardsley, tho leading den tist of Bridgeport, Conn., made Mrs. Jenkins a set of false teeth she pul them in, said she would wear them ? while, and if they needed no changes would pay him. That was fivo years ago. Beardsley has sent her frequent bills, but nothing has ever come of it. The other day Beardsley met Mrs. Jenkins face to face in the main shop ping street. "Good morning," said he. "Whee are you going to pay me for the teeth ' I see you have them in." "Oh, very soon," said Mrs. Jen kins, with an uneasy smile. "But J really ought not to pay you, they hurt me so." "What is it?" asked Mr. Beardsley with interest, coming near as if to look. Mrs. Jenkins smiled and slightly opened her mouth. The doctor thrust his Anger into it and jerked the teeth out. Then he held them up and shook them in her face. People in the street stopped and the little boys began to jeer. Beardsley dropped the teeth in to his pocket. Mrs. Jenkins clapped her handkerchief to her month-ano uoarded * trolley for home.-Chicago Chroaiolf. TIIOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR EDGE FI ELD, S. C., AVEDNESMY, JANUARY 22, 1896. VOL. LX. NO. 52 Tho World's Tallest Structures. Tho tallest chimney was built afc Port Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland, 1854 to 1859, for F. Townsend. It is the highest chimney iu the world (457 feet), and one of the loftiest masonry structures in existence. It is, inde pendent of its size, ono of the best specimens of substantial, well made brickwork in existence. In Europe there are only two church steeples that exceed this structure in height namely, that of the Cologne Cathedral j (510 feet) and that of the Strassburg Cathedral (468 feet). Tho great Pyra mid of Sizeh WAS originally 480 feet, although not so high at present. The . United States oui top them a'l willi its Washington Monument, 550 feet 1 high, and the tower of the Philadel phia Public Buildings, which is 537 feet high. Tho Eiffel Tower, at Paris, France, surpasses all other terristrial metal structures with its altitude of nearly ono thousand feet. Tho "Great Tow er," for London, England, in course of construction from designs of Mr. Henry Davey, C. E., will onttop all metal structures, being built of steel, and its extremo height will be 1250 feet when finished. The highest and most remarkable metal chimey iu tho world is erectod at the imperial foundry at Halsbrucke, near Freiberg, in Saxony. The height of this structure is 452.6 feet and 15.74 feet in internal diameter, and is situated on the right bank of the Mulde, afc an elevation of 219 feet above that of the foundry works, so that its total height above the sea is no less than 711.75 feet. The works are situated on the left bank of the river, and the furnace gases are con veyed across the river to the chimney on a bridge through a pipe 3227i feet in length. The highest artifical structure in America is the water works tower at Eden Park, Cincinnati Ohio. The floor of the tower, reached by eleva tors, is 522 feet above the Ohio River. The base is 404 feet above the stream. If the height of the elevator shaft be added- to tho observation floor, the grand total height is 589 feet. Tho highest office building in the world is the Manhattan Life Insur ance Company, of New York City. Its height above the sidewalk is 347 feet, and its foundations go down fifty three feet below tho same, being twenty feet below tidewater level, making a total of 400 feet. The founda tions consist of fifteen masonry piers, and are carried by tho same number of steel caissons. The latter were sunk to bedrock by the pneumatic process. Tho cantilever system was used for the foundation.-Machinery. Coal in a Hirer Bcd. As I drew near, picking my way over tho irregular rocks that paved the beach, I saw that the workers were not rivermen, but farmers. They were carrying the round black and gray objects high np on the beach, and building pyramids of them, very much like those one sees made of can non balls at military posts. "What be we a-doin' of?" answered one old fel'o v. "Why, we be a-gettin' in our winter's coal. Cert'nly, it's coal." "But what makes it so round, and where do you get it?" I asked. "Why, this yere coal was planted in the river during the war," answered the old man, sitting down upon a gunwale of his skiff. "During the war a fleet of coal barges was sunk up river by the shot from Morgan's gup. Later on the Government blew up the barges to open up the channel, au' the coal's been a-driftin' an' a driftirf for over thirty years, and has been wore round in its travels, just like rocks would be worn. We po out to the bars and pick tue coal balls out of the other rocks. When all thct is on top is gone we just drift about in the shallows, and when we see a lump we bring it up to the surface with a scoop net. and get it aboard. Uoal is light in water. A chuuk that you can't lift on land is easdy raised to tbs top of the water. I've got nothin' to do just now, so I put in my time gettin' coal. I've fished up about ten tons durin' the week, and it's boss coal, stranger. It's washed about so many years that most of the sulphur is out of it, and it won't soot your hands up. The wife don't get her hands dirty hand lin' of it; and ifr burns better'n any other sort of coal." In proof of tho cleanliness of the drift coal the old mau exhibited his claw-like hands, the palms of which, instead of being black, were whitened with a powder that resembled lime dust. This was accounted for from the fact that many lumps of coal iu their travels had been covered with a deposit of lime, and were whitey gray, like the rock that contributed to their coloring. The pieces o? coal ranged from the size cf a baseball up to that of a man's head, and whilo some were irregularly shaped, with rounded edges, the great majority were turned as true a3 a billiard ball.-Cincinnati Enquirer. An Aged Nimrod. An octogenarian fanner of Bluehill, Me., felt his sporting blood stirred by the tales of the big things tho hunters were doing in tho woods this year, and the other day tried to borrow his son's rifle, saying he was going deer hunting. The youug man tried to dissuade him from his purpose, fear ing the old man would meet wifh some mishap. The old fellow got much nettled at this, said some sharp things, snatched up the gun, and started off into the woods. Within three hours be came ont and sent his son after two fine deer which he had hunted up and killed. -New York Sun. How Far Blood Travels. The mileage of the blood circula tion reveals some astounding facts in our personal history. Thus it has been calculated that, assuming the heart to beat sixty-nine times a min ute at ordinary heart pressure, the blood goes at the rate of 207 yards in the minute, or seven miles per hour, 1G8 miles per day, and 61,320 miles per year. If a man eighty-four years of age could havo ono single blood corpuscle floating in his blood all his life it would have traveled in that same time 5,150,880 miles.-Chicago Times. The Oven Bird. One of the most wonderful of the feather inhabitants of South America is the oven bird, which mixes hair with mud and builds its ne t in the form of a baker's oven. In its struc ture there are two compartments, one of which-where the eggs are laid - is high up, so that the birds may hatch their young in the dry. When .Hen Wore Bustles. Discoursing on the vanity of man, the Pester Journal recalls that in the sixteenth century it was fashionable among the men of Austria to induce a more imposing appearance by an arti ficial embonpoint-by wearing a bus tle in front, BO to sneak: WOMEN SHOULD KNOW. That TV h. o ii ono is accustomed to a low-necked gown she may be safe from cold by^bathing her neck in aloohol before she goes out. That if hot dishes are serveu, and the usual table wrappings are not suf ficient to all appearances, mats may be dispensed with by placing asbestos mats under the linen. That elephant's hide forms the most useful of the new shopping bags, and they are very useful gifts. That by burning a taper of Japanese lily in a wardrobe closet your gowns may become delicately scented with the odor, but so slightly as to be scarcely perceptible. That for those who cannot afford chinchilla a new kind of mouflon has been brought into use. The effect is of a white fur, with an overshadowing of black at tho tips. That a new sandwich paste to bo used with graham bread is of chestnuts boiled sott and salted. It is a de lightful accompaniment toan informal chiding dish tupper. That rice is said to be better for children as an accompaniment of meat than any form of potuto. I) mirra. Ala. Tetterlne ls a most valu able remedy and good ir] 1er. Ono of my customer*. Capt. W. t. Ama-, had avery had ra o of 8ilt Rheum or Eczema, that had cnused him mach suffer ing. lt woulu not yield to tho Doctor's treat ment, but two boxo? of Te terine hu com pletely euro i him. I have also used it in my frm'ly with same sraiiiying result*. Alonzo J. Lee. Sent by mail for 50c. in stamps, J. T. Shuptrlne, Savanuau, Ga. Pal II is Xo! Conducive of Pleasure. especially when occasioned hy corns. Hinder corns will ple3-e; it removes them perfectly. o:rci$ ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is takeu ; it is pleasant and refreshing to the tarte, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches aud fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs ia the only remedy of ita kind ever pro duce!?, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in ita action and truly beneficial ia ita effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, ita many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable drugpst who may not have it on baud will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. I)o not accept nay substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE. KY._NEW YORK. H.t. Made in a Minute. A little water and all ready for the griddle. TO MAKE Light, Dainty Cakes; USE Buckwheat. Remember, the water must be cold and the griddle hot. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR W. L. DOUGLAS S3. SHOE BESVU1DTHE If you pay ?4 to SO for shoes, ex- ?j ?m. amine the W. L. Douglas Shoe, and 9 see what a good shoe you can buy for ^ ? OVER 100 STYLES AND WIDTHS, CONGRESS, BUTTON, and LACE, made In all binds of the beat selected leather by skilled work men. We make and sell more $3 Shoes than any other manufacturer In the world. None genuine unless name and price is stamped on the bottom. Ask your dealer for our SS, Si, 83.50, 83.50, 82.25 Shoes; 92.50, Si and S 1.75 for boys. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer cannot supply you, send to fac tory, enclosing price and 36 cents to pay carriage. State kind, style of toe (cap or plain), size and width. Our Custom Dept. will fill your order. Send for new Illus trated Catalogue to Box R. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. AND School of Sliortliandl AD<*UNTA. GA. No text bonks uond. Actual business from day ot ent?rine. BuMnnis oupert, collage carr -noy aa I goods u?ed. S-m.l for hma-<oru?;y illu?r?t?d o?t? logue. Bo&rd chsaper than ID any bJUtUorn city. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanici and btaiitifie? the hair. 1'romotM a luxuriant growth. Never Falla to Bestorc Gray Hair to Ita Youthful Color. Curta acalp d?tmr? lc hair tilling. JOc.andll.OUat DriggUti D to every \ cleaning ams ; "ac tired to d< And then show ) and best The w< (used and t; -that alone trial means continu W. C. Lloyd, a workioginar, living at No. 06 White av.. ia the 18th ' Ward, Cleveland. 0., Ont bought Bipans Tabules ot Benfield, the drug gist. Ia aa loterview had with htm on the 8th o? May, 1895, by a repor ter named A. B. Calhoun, residing t at-1747 East Jiu di son av., Cleveland,' Mr. Lloyd sMd that he was at pros- ', ont out ot a job, but expected to go to work next: week nt tho Bridge Workj. "Anyway, I have tho prom ise of a job there," were bis words. He had been ont ot employment since la?t tn'.]. Wo will let him tell bis story ia his own words: "Work was a little alack, and I was feeling so bad that I concluded to lay off for a few days, and when I re; urn od my place was filled, so FT? been oat ever ?lnce. I don't core much, tbougb. I've been gaining right ? along by ray rest and treatment. Last foll I went to a doctor who was recommended to me as a good one and ?Ith quite a reputation. Ho ' gave me medicines of all kinds for nearly six weeks, and I got ao ben?? flt that I could see. In fact, I don't believe he kaows what is the matter with me. A friend of nine called one evening and told mo he had been using Illpans Tabules for a short time a ad hal never found any? thing that h o lp ed his stomach aad , liver troubles as much as they did. He handed me a circular about ' them, which I read, and concludoi . that they were just what I needed and would f t my case exactly. I ? dropped Dr.-at once, went over to the drugstore and got a 50-cent box of them, out of which I took two a day for awhile, and within three -, days noticed and felt much improve ment. That was about th? middle of December. Lotit February I got another small box of the Tabules and took part of them only, as I wa? '. feeling so much better that I didn't think I needed any more. Th? rest of the box I gave to ?yjpi C - 1 the other day. If I bad heard ot them at the time I stopped wo ck I could havesnved my dootor bill, and, better than all, probably kept right on with my work. But I do not be grudge the time lost nor tho dootor bill, as I feel I am well paid forbar lng learned of tho Tabules. I now ' fee no pain whatever in my ^ stomach, liver and bowels aejtlve and regular, and eat like a well maa should eat." RI ran?. Tabule* ari ?old hy '. -UTgl??>, or by n'ait If ihe prioc (.>> cen's a box) U n?m to The I (loans Chemical Company, No. U Spiuce it, New York. Sample vial, lu cenia. Successful i growers of fruits, berries, and all kinds of vegetables, know that the largest yields and best quality are produced by the liberal usc of fertilizers containing at least \o% of. Actual Potash, j Without the liberal use of Pot ash on sandy soils, it is impos sible to grow fruits, berries arid^ veget?i?es-of a quality thai: will command the best prices. Our pamphlets are not advertising circulars boom ing special fertilizers, but are practica, works, contain ing late? researches on the subject of fertilization, and are really helpful to farmers. They are sent fro? for the asking. .GERMAN KALI WORKS, C3 Nassau St., New York. NATURE'S { WAY: There ls no reason why the period preced ing childbirth should i e full of discomfort. There ii no rea-on why ch Idbirth itself should bring a feeling of dread to the mother. Nature does nothing wron*. It is the abuse of nature bv wrong livia.', lack of exercise, ill-fitting < lothes, that Lrings about the tor tures of childbirth. Peri ct y healthy women go through th? ordeal with comparative ease. Nature in tended it that way. Women approaching motherbro I have really but oie thing to do get strength gemrally and locally. McELREE'S WINE OF CARDUI i* the best medicine and tonic to do this. It prepare? tho generative organs fir the coming trial, shortens labor, lessens pain and robs confinement of its danger. One Dollar a Bottle. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. TTIE AERMOTOR CO. docshair the J*?"*'* windmill business, because it bas reduced the cost ot Wind Dower to t;0 wbat lt was. It lu* many branca -it? bousea, and supplies Its goods and repays at Tour door, lt wu aud does furnish a . better article for lee* mon?; than J others, lt matti Pumping an* Geared. Sieol, Car?anued-?lUr J Completion WUdmllla,TUUng / and rued Steel Towers,Steel Bnixsaw frames. Steel Feed Cu:t?r? and reea , Grinders. On application it will na?? ?. w of mes? articles that lt wlU furnish nntU january 1st at 1/3 the usual price. It also maxes Tanks and Pumps of all kinds. Bead for ca?lo?u* Factory: 12th. Rockwell sad Flllmers Streets, Chlcaf SECOND-HAND FOR SAZJIS. Large Siz*. Cost ?403, la u-e four months. Will Bo Sold at a Bargain, ty Apply at once to Atianti Newspaper Union. Atlanta, Ga. ?QA DAYSMEN \? fj?a.i we will show yon how t* m.Ice ?J a dar: ab-olutely ?ure; we fur nish th? work and teach you free yon work in tho locality where you Ur?; send us your ?rldiwand we will exp?ala the business fully; rennin er we guar antee a clear profit ot J.J lor every arl wurit: ?O'olutWy sur*: writ? ?I ?a??. ?OiiL Si.M FA< Tl KIM. COaWAJCT, Bax LB, DHr.lt. KUa. NICK il. Turm, Rrau* H?WDL*D,8 Sae* RiToma, 32 ?r 38 C. F., oiiadttik. and wt will ii o C.O.I), f..tr. aaS allow ?. amlaalioa. FIRS i USS CO, Wlaatao, N.C. Morphine Habit Cared in 10 to 20 Uart. No nay till earea? DR.J.STEPHEN8. Lebanon,Ohio. A.N.U.One, '88. .istasteful vornan-wash-day and house time with their grim attend ing back," "low spirits," eath," "worn out," "out of sorts." Why don't you get rid of these things? Use Pearline. There are directions on each package that will rou the latest, safest, quickest, ways of washing. Dnderful success of Pearline liked of by millions of women) ought to move you to tiy it ed use. 478