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POPULAR SCIENCE. - The result of recent analyses show that the loss of weight suffered by coal from exposure to the weather is con siderable. In some caees it reached 33.08 per cent, while the deterioration in qn<?U?v for purposes of fuel or gas nial ng roached a still higher ligure. Y? ? u vins 's an interesting sight juBt now. Ouu stream of lava flowingdown from the centre is 100 feet wide and from 7 to li feet deep, while a hun dred other smaller streams are run ning down the cave and a big column of black smoke rises into the sky. Photography has lately determined the depths to which the ann's rays can penetrate through water, and the re sult is that at a depth of 553 feet, the darkness was abont eqnal to an expo sure on a olear but moonless night. The exposed plates at this depth gave no evidenoe of light aotion. ' A curious lake has been found in the island of Kildine, in the North sea. It is separated from the ocean by a narrow strip of land, and contains salt water under the surface, in which sponges, codfish and other marine ani mals flourish. The surface of the water, however, is perfectly fresh and supports water creatures. "Everybody should know that to eat when tired is to place npon the di gestive organs a bnrden which they are wholly nuable to carry," says Modern Medicine. "When the body is in a state of fatigue, the digestive organs are unable to perform their natural functions; the glands of the stomach will not form gastrio juice; the saliva is deficient in quantity, and the whole digestive apparatus is inca pable of doing efficient work. When exhausted one sh on id rest before eat i ag. If a faint or 'all-gone* sensation in experienced, relief may be obtained by drinking a glass of hot water or di lated frnit juice of some sort." Min?! Reading. Yon can read a happy mind In a happy countenance without much penetration. This is the sort of countenance that tho quondam bilious sufferer or dyspeptic relieved by Hos tetter's Stomach Kilters wears. Yon will meet many such. The great stomachic and alterative also provides happiness for the malarious, the rheumatic, tue weak, and those troubled with inaction of the kidneys and bladder._ Tho lobster factories alonz the Maine roast have closed ofter an unsuccessful sea son._ When Dobbins' Electric Soap was firs* made In 1865 it cost 30 cent* a bar. It is vrtcittly the same ingredients and quality now and rfoetn't cott hc?J. Buy it of your grocer and preserve your clothes. If he hasn't lt, bs will get lt. A horse can live twenty-five days without solid food, merely drinking water. WHEN bilious or costive, eat a Casoaret, candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c., 25c. How's This? " We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by liall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CnxNsr ic Co., Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, bavo known t\ J. Che ney for the last 16 years, and believe him per fectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry ont any obliga tion made by their firm. Waar Ss Tau AX. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Wauxnai KLNNAN & MA EVIN, Wholesalo Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and macons sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 76c per f>ot tie. Sola b v al I Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the best. > 1 have found Pico's Cure for Consumption un unfailing medicine.-F. R. Lora, 1305bcott St., Covington. Ny., Oct. 1. 1894. CA6CARET8 stimulate liver, kidneys md bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. Wc. Eyes Ears and noso are all more or less affected by oitarrb. Tho eyes become Inflamed, red ?nd watery, with dall, heavy pains between thom; there are roaring, buzzing noises in the ears, and sometimes the hearing ls affected; the nose ls a severe sufferer, with its constant, uncomfortable discharge. All these disagreeable symptoms may be removed by the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla The best-In fact the One True Blood Purifier. Qlflrifi'e Pilla '?urt? naaa?*. indigestion, nVUll 9 rlllS biliousness. 25 cent*. Economy in a New Town. "Thia hay fever is a peculiar com plaint," said the stout man next to the window as he looked around at his companions on the car seat. "For half a dozen years or more my wife has had a regular dos " of it the last week in August. The only help for her bas been a hurried journey up to Mackinaw, or somewhere in the Mich igan woods. But this year she seems to have skipped it. I don't know why it is, bnt I scent a faint theory. 7 - the last six weeks I have been talking hard times to her. In fact, it's been my one ?Tweet song. I've croaked so constantly that she eonldn't help but become impressed with the serious phase of the thing. Well, a day or two ago I said to her in a half joking way: " 'Isn't the hay fever a little over due or sidetracked, or something?' " 'My dear,' she solemnly answered, 'after all you've said to me abont econ omy for the past month or so I really didn't feel that I could afford to ja ve it.' "And, by George, she hasn't even sneezed a sneeze."-Cleveland Plain dealer. i ?1 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. It speedily relieves irregu larity, suppressed or painful men struations, weakness of the stomach, indigestion, bloating, leucorrhoea, womb trouble, flooding, nervous pros tration, headache, general debility, etc. Symptoms of Womb Troubles are dizziness, faintness, extreme lassi tude, "don't care" and "want-to-be left-alone" feelings, excitability, irri tability, nervousness, sleeplessness, flatulency, melancholy, or the " blues,'' and backache. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will correct all this trouble as sure as the sun shine;;. That Bearing-down Feeling, carsing pain, weight, and backache, ia instantly relie red and permanently cured by its use. It is wonderful foi Kidnt r Complaints in either sex. A RIVAI fEOPLE said I was the luckiest fellow living, nnd 1 quite indorsed their opinioD, for I had not only entered into possession of a 'decent little legacy left me by roy uncle, but I had also won the hand and heart cf Ada Miller, the p-ettiest and most charm ing young lady in the whole county. People said her father was immensely rich, and that she would como in for a bande?me fortune at his death ; but what cared I about that? For had I not sufficient for us both, even if she were penniless? And did I not love her with the whole strength of a pure and disinterested love? 1 cannot be gin to describe her to you, for the task is quite beyond me. Suffice it to say that she was admired by all who knew ber, and loved by not a few. The latter circumstances ceased to disturb me when onco I became her accepted lover, though before that time it occasioned me a great deal of anxiety, find caused me to spend many a restless night. Of one lover in particular had I been jealous, for to my excited and fear laden imagination he seemed to -pos sess everything that a young la ly could desire. He was tall, broad-shoul dered, handsome, with a pleasing man ner and faultless dress, aud in ad dition to all this, he was endowed with more than an average share of this world's goode. He was madly in love with Ada, but conducted his wooing in a way with which not even his closest rival could find fault. Kind, considerate, and gentlemanly, never obtruding his presence unnecessarily, ho yet man aged to pay her considerable attention, and many an anxious time did I spend, fearing that bis superior attractions would put me in :he shade. Fate, however, decided otherwise, for when I summoned up courage to put my forties to the test, Ada shyly accepted mo, informing me in a most engaging manner that she had never loved any one else. You may be sure that I vt as in ecstasies, and scarcely knew for the next few mouths whether I walked upon air or upon solid ground. Our engagement was to last a year, at the end of which time our marriage was to take place. The time bad almost elapsed, and nothing had occurred to mat the har mony of the scene, when, quite unex pectedly, something happened which filled me with the deepest horror, and which causes me to shudder even now as I recall it. It has partly to do with my rival, Horace Bishton, whose existence for the time I had almost forgotten. He had received the news of our en gagement in an apparently calm and quiet manner, and bis subsequent be havior had led us to regard him as be ing more than ordinarily affected by it, but in tho event I am about to de scribe, I was enabled to seo bow deep and tragic tho eff?ct upon him really ww. The revelation came in this wise. It wanted but two days to our wed ding, and I had occasion to go on a little business connected with it to a neighboring town, a place some four mile' <listant from my home. Having accomplished my errand, and finding that I had some considerable time to wait for a train, I resolved to walk back, so, striking out, I soon left the town behind me. It was a fine moonlight night, and as it promised to continue BO, I deter mined to take a short cut across the country, which 1 reckoned would save a quarter of an hour at the least. The road would be very lonely, for it was a path that was seldom used, but that troubled me little, for my thoughts were company enough that night. I had gone somewhero about two miles when the moon suddenly cloud ed over, and I was left in comparative darkness. As I know the way, however, I thought nothing of it, but trudged cheerfully along, thinkiug only of Ada and our approaching union. Sudden ly, and without a moment's warning, the ground gave way from under my feet and 1 felt myself falling headlong down, down into the depths of the earth. How far I fell I knew not at the time-1 learned afterward that it was about thirty feet -but [I expected instant death when I reached the bot tom, and without doubt that would have been ur. .V.c had not the bottom of the hole been filled with water to a considerable depth. This broke my fall, and also by its coldness restored me to my senses. I struck out on coming to the sur face, and swam around to find some thing to which I could hold on. After a considerable time spent in searching, during which the full horror of tho situation began to dawn upon me, I at last discovered a piece of woodwork fixed in the side of the pit. This I eagerly grasped, and, resting partially on it with half my body in the water, I began to ccnsider my po sition. I knew at once the place into which I had fallen, and as tho knowledge flashed across my mind I cursed my self for having been so careless to stumble into it. It was au old, disused shaft, which had been there for gen orations. Not many people were aware of its existeuce, for it was in a wild and solitary Bpot scarcely ever visited by any one. I, however, had seen it several times in my moorland wanderings, and had always regarded it as a dangerous place. It was par tially fenced round, but I must have wandered in through one of the caps. There was no footpath anywhere near it, so I must, in tho darkness, have lost my way. However, hero^ was, and tho question confronted me, how was I to get out? I tried to discover if it was possible to climb out, but thc sides of the r it offered no hold of any kind, so I had to abandon that idea. I next shouted, m tho hopes that some solitary wanderer might hear my cries, but no answering voice was heard, until,after I had shouted myself hoarse, I was obliged to sink back in silence and despair. My heart sickened aa I thought of the lunelinew o? the phot*, and bow dwi, ?nd omi weefcp, might ti?| >?... beforG soy one passed til?! w??, I iUnek ont frantically round tnt) pit /s LOVE, to seek ngain for some menos of es cape, bat my search was as fruitless as before. Despair took hold of me. I thought of Ada, of our approaching marriage, of the preparations which had been made, and the plans which had been formed. How bright the world had seemed but a moments before, and how keen ly I had anticipated its pleasures I And now it was all over. I mast chink no more of entering again the bright region above and sharing in tho joys that awaited me there. I was doomed to die-to die a lonely, solitary, hor rible death, and to lie in a watery grave. As I held on . to my feeble support and thought of all this, my brain reeled within me. and I feared that my reason must give way. Death instead of marriage ! What a oontrast ! Jnst when I ought to be leading my bride to the altar and stepping across the portal of married life, to let go my hold here and fall into tho cold, relentless arms of Death ! And what of Ada then? Surely she would sorrow, and grieve, and be disconsolate. But Horace Bishton ! What of him? Might they not become man and But, no, the thought was torturing, and drove me in a fit of frenzy to shout again with all my might. But it was all in vain, for no one heard. How the night pissed I cannot toll, neither do I know how the morning hours dragged on, for I was numb with cold, and faint with hunger and fatigue. I unfy know that after what seemed to me to be ages, footsteps drew near, and a voice called out from above : .'Are you there, Fred?" My heart leaped into my month, and for a moment I was unable to utter a sound. At last I murmnred, in a faint voice : "In heaven'e name, get me out! I'm dying." * "Can you hold on another minute?" the voice asked. "I ve got a rope here. Keep up till I fasten it to this stake. Can you slip a loop round your bodv, or shall I come down to you?" "Send the rope down. I'll manage to pass it round," 1 shouted eagerly. In another minute it was dangling before my eyes, aud was soon passed under my arm.?, after which I gave the word to draw up. Slowly I ascended, and at last emerged into the light and freedom of the upper air. As 1 loy upon the ground-for my legs wero useless to me-I looked at my deliverer, and wept for very joy at my release. lt was Horace Bishton who had saved me, and if ever my heart went out to my rival, it was then. "I oannot sufficiently thank you," I began. "Give me no thanks," he interrupt ed harshly. "Thank heaven instead. Heaven and hell have been fignting over you, and heaven has won. But you little know how near yon have been to death." I looked up in wonderment at him, for his words were unintelligible to me. He took no notice of my look, but continued : "I guessed where you were, call it instinct or whatever you like. No one else did. Ttey will seek everywhere but here. Brit I seemed to know, aud -well, the devil tempted me, nay, he fought with me. Don't you know why? You love Ada Miller, do you not? Then, so do I. Yes, with a love that is all-consuming-a love which gives me no rest night or day, a love which makes it impossible for me to live without her. You nave won her hand, but don't you think I envy you? Don't you think I even ibtate you nt times? And when I guessed you wero here, don't you see that the devil tempted me to leave you here and to say nothing whatever about it ? But Ada has chosen yon, she loves you. Your weddiug day draws near. Go-take her and be hap py. But for me happiness in this life is over." He turned away to unloosen the rope which he had made fast to one o' the stakes of the fence. I watched him wonderingly with a dazed mind, when all in a moment, before I could think or speak, ho reeled, fell over, and toppled head long into the pit from whence he had drawn me, carrying the ropo with him. "Good heaven, he's gone I" I shrieked, and springing to my feet for the numbness left me for a mo ment I rushed to the month of the shaft crying frantically, "Horace! Horace!" But no answer carno to my cries. A loud splash succeeded his fall, then all was still and silent as the grave. 1 looked around for help, but no help was near, and overcome with weak ness, fatigue, and horror, I fell sense* lees to the gronnd. When I came to I found myself in the same position, and knowing that it was extremely improbable that any one would pass that way, I put forth till my strength, and dragged myself with great diificu1';- in the direction of home. When I had gone a milo or so I en tered upon a more frequented road, and soon fell in with those who ren dered me all the assistance I required. My story caused a great sensation, as you may be sure, and for a timo I was the one object of interest in tho place. Ada looked upon me as one given back from the dead, and rejoiced over mo accordingly, Her joy would have been complete had it not been for the unfortunate death of Horace Bishton, for that naturally cast a gloom over us all. Of course, his death was put down to accident, and much regret expressed nt tho painful occurrence, bnt I, who hwl seen the wbolo thing, knew tha? it was no accident, though, rightly or wrongly, I kept tbe knowledge to myself. Why should I blazon abroad the fact that Horace Bishton, after gal lantlv saving my life, had deliberately destroyed his own? It would have beon a poor return for the service he had rondered me ; it would have done no good to those who knew him and who mered hie memory ; arni ?\nm ali, it would h?f? bean ft S0Uf?9 Of ???I?THBI prt?t? ?Bd gHei to fty own dltU?g nita ?M Bj accident therefore let it be, an! maj bia sonl rest in peace t Every jear we paj a visit to his grave, and as we gaze apon the silent tomb, we think with gratitude and jet with regret of a rival's love.-House hold Words. A Queer Duck. Tho queerest duck that ever swam is owned bj a San Francisco man who keeps a big farm just outside that city. The name of the duck's owner is Mr. E. J. Wilkinson, and he is verj proud of his feathered pet. The duck is just an ordinarj appear ing, white, quacking bird such as everjbodj is familiar with, and jet it stands alone in duckdom as a unique specimen. The queer thing about this particular duck is that it has a trick of layiug two eggs at one time ; in other words, an egg within an egg. As a rule the shell of tho outside egg measures about nine inches around, while the inside egg measures about I four inohes. The outside egg is just like the inside, with the exception that the jolk or jellow part is slightlj flattened out from being pressed against the shell of the inside one. Sometimes the freakj creature will laj two double eggs, each one weigh ing from % quarter to half a pound and measuring from eight to ten inches around the outside. Mr. Wilkinson is verj proud of his par ticular pet, and says that he will never part with the downj creature as long as he has monej enough left to buj feed for his talented bird. No one has ever known anj kind of a fowl to do the wonders that this duck per forms regularlj, and though several people have offered large sums for the freak, Mr. Wilkinson steadfastly re fuses to tell her.-Chicago News. A Pneumatic Tired Farm, Mrs. Mary Johnson has a pneumatic farm near Leunox, South Dakot a through tho surface of which a gang of expert drillers has been trying for weeks to sink a drive well. To a depth of between 120 and 130 feet the tubing enters tho soil without difficulty, but as soon as the air cushion is reached tho wind rushes out with a screech like a locomotive. Sixteen-pound sledges are to aced into the air as lightlj as feathers and operations have to be suspended. When this occurreuce took placo the first time tho workmen figured that thej had merely struck a wind pocket. After waiting several days in the hope that it would exhaust itself thejpulled ont the tubing and mado a fresh start in a new location. At about the samo depth as before the old programme war, reported. A half dozen attempts have uow been made with no greater degree of success. From the last bolo the wind smelled so strongly of gas that the drillers were unable to work over it. Curious Competitions. Tho Belgian artisan spends his leisure in a very novel manner. He breeds a special cock for crowing, and that which can outcrow its fellows has reached the highest pinnacle of per-] fection. The modus operandi is toi place the cages containing tho roosters: in long rows, for it appears that pro-? pinquity oreates the spirit of emula-' tion without which the proceedings! would fall flat. ? marker appointed; by the organizers of the show is told; off for each bird, his duty being to; note carefully tue numbpr of crows! for which it is responsible in the same; fashion as the laps are recorded in aj bicjole race. The cu s to .nary duration of the match is-one hour, the winner being the cook which scores the high-j est number of poiuts in tho allotted time. A great number of these com petitions have recently taken place in tho Liego district, and in some cases heavy bets have been made on the re sult.-Tit-Bits. Statistics About the Buffalo. T! The vital statistics about the buffalo, as gathered at Washington, are melan choly. W. T. Hornaday, Superin tendent of the National Zoological Park, gives it ns his opinion that the whole number of buffaloes, running wild and in captivity, in North America, was about 1000 in 1889. Of these, twenty-five were in the Pan Haudle of Texas, twenty were in Colorado, twenty-six were in Southern, Wyoming, ten were in the MnsselshelL County of Montana, and four lone, beasts wero wandering in Western. Dakota. In tho Athabasca Territory! of the British possessions it was esti-i mated that there were 550. Between: 250 and 300 are accounted for in1 captivity in the Unitod States. A herd has also been located in tho Barren' Grounds of Hudson Bay Territory, and is said'to number 150.-New York Times. A Paris Exposition Novelty. One of the novelties proposed fer tho Paris Expositiou of 1900 is to swing a midair suspension railway! from the top of the Eiffel Tower to the summit of the distant Trocadero, from which will bo hung by roller chairs making the journey back and forth. The Eiffel Tower is 985 feet high. It will give the reader some notion of what that means to recall that the cop per cap on the top of Waehington Monument is only 555 feet from tho ground. Imagine a trip from nearly double the elevation of Washington Monu ment. Some folks found the journey round the Ferris wheel at tho World's Fair at Chicago a nervous ordeal. Compared with this proposed aerial cable line, the Ferris wheel is posi tively ridiculous as a hair starter. A ?Snake's Lung Journey. A black snake, measuring six and a half feet in length and five feet and a half inch around the largest part of its body, was found coiled around tho axle of a Baltimore and Ohio South western boxcar in thc company's yards at Jeffereonville, Ind., the other morn ing. The snake was first seen in tho Cincinnati yards by Conductor Colo feveral hours before and an effort was then made to kill it, but the reptile crawled into a holo leading to the hol low pairt of the wheel attached to the axle and was lo-t to view. The snake made the trip from Cincinnati to this city, a distauce of 120 miles, and did not seem in tho least disturbed there by.-Chicago Chronicle. Thc Czar is Insignificant. The figure of the Czar is insignifi cant and undixtioguiebed. He iu well under the middle size. His ta'l aud stately young wifo can easily look down on tho top of his head. The Emperor's laok of height is the more' remarkable since he comes from a family of giants. His father was ono of the strongest men physically in his dominions. Alexander ll. was of towering height, and Nicholas I. was a superb figuro of a man. There is a singular contrast between tho Czar sud the Grand DuHi sad Grand DttO:]<jk*09, eoina uf whom, if not i\v wily divinely Wrj pre .,ueo?u?ooly tall. WOMAN'S WORLD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FE3IIX?XE READERS. LININGS FOR COLLARS. In making bodices with a high collar it ghoul J be remembered that the col lar ought to be lined with either very light goods or with material of which tho dye is indubitably fast, as the dampness and constant friction of the neck are very likely to make the color of thc lining stain the skin. CONGRESS OF MOTHES?!. A National congress of mothers, t< cousider all subjects relating to the home, especially those which bear up on thc moral, mental and phyncal training of children, will be held in Washington in February, 18'J7. Head quarters have been established at No. 1400 New Hampshire uvenue, in that city, for the reception of communica tions in regard to thc congress.-New York Post. BLACK MATERIALS FOR WINTER. Pluck materials aro to bo greatly favored this winter, and a special and attractive exhibit of stylish and ele gant black goods mado this week in cluded French armures with bourette kuots, mohairs and canvas weaves with boucle ligures, English whijicords, camels' hair serges with glossy silk and wool (.tripes in raised designs, plain and fancy alpacas and brillian tine!', satins, moires, both plain and brocaded, Henriettas in Bilk warp and sheer all-wool combinations, drap d'ete, repped silk% and repped wools in both line and heavy cords new de signs in cr?pons, and many handsomo textiles in cropon effects. The mo hairs and Henrietta cloths, the faced cloths, are represented in different qualities and prices, and possess a de gree of durability that is unsurpassed by nearly any black material save silky English serge, which is less dressy in oHect than the finer woven fabrics. Many other standard black textiles are displayed that are in steady demand, as the outlook for the winter soason indicates an even greater demand for handsome black fabrics than was ex perienced a yeer ago, when thia color largely prevailed.-New Icrk Post. YELLOW ZS TO PREVAIL. Yellow is a favorite color this sea ?-on. Notwithstanding that it is the hue of jealousy, of decadent litera ture, of biliousness and other unpleas antnesses, tho American woman has decided that she will wear yellow this winter. You may see yellow velvets, silks, cloths and other fabrics in tho store windows, and inside on the counters you may find many, many more. The merchant scents the fancy of his customers afar off, and by the time my lady has quito mado up her mind that she wants some certain thing, there it is in the 6tores ready to her hand. It is not only in dresses and linings of mantles that tho Chinese hue will bo fouud. It will appear in millinery in many shapes and shades. Ribbons aro a3 easily mado of yellow as of any other color, nud feathers and laces can be yellowed with equal facility. There will be many shades, and each /hade will have a different name, dis tinctive and generally odd. The men and women who prepare new style i are ing?nions, and can think of all kinds of designations for variations of the same color. So we hate "old colonial yellow," "tip of the canary's wing," "crushed lemon," "autumn leaf," "buttercup," "brimstone," "old ivory," "golden sands," "golden rod" and dozens of others. Most of these shades are attractive, and none ure downright ugly, so long as one likes yellow at all. It is a peculiarity of yellow that :ertam shades ot it can be worn by either blondes or brunettes. The rich eflect of yellow in conjunction with dark hair and bright brunette com plexion is understood by every one. But it is a new thing to many blondes to learn that there are shades of yel low that aro most becoming to their complexions. It is tho iutcntion to uso yellow a great deal in counectiou with brown in dresses and hats this autumn. It is a pretty combination, the yellow sbowiag up bright and dis tinctive against a dark brown back ground. Among other directions in which yellow will bo the dominant color must lie mentioned luncheons aud teas. Thero will be yellow luncheons and yellow teas. The charming effect of yellow lamp shades, and yellow rib bons setting off the pure white napery of well-appointed luncheons, can be imagined. It will bo even better than the pink, which has PO long held sway at these functions. On a dark after noon, too, yellow decorations will brighten up a room almost as muchas tho rays ol suns!' .e.-New ?ork Press. FASHION NOTES. Velvet brocade has come in again. Grays and mixtures of black and white will be extremely fashionable throughout tho autumn, but later on they will givo placo to werner color ings. Broadcloth and smooth, rather firm ^oods are to be? preferred for winter wear, as they lake embroidery and decoration much better than lighter and softer fabrics. A new skirt has tho front and side breadths as plain as the contour of a box-coat. The back is shaped like umbrella gores, with but a little full ness at tho waist. This is gathered 'ato a narrow space at tho back of tho v7aibt lina. Faced cloths appear in a very ele gant variety o? deep and beautiful dyes-cress and oak-leaf greenp, deep sumac reds, oago-gray. Several hand romo shades in olive and reseda and innumerable rich, warm browns are among the most attractive colors, while tho rmartnoss tho new D nish :ed is certainly tho color. A little of it placed judiciously to lighten a som bre costume is very effective. Among tho epaulette trimmings on French dinnor and evenings gowns are those showing numerous long loops of broad velvet ribbon or of pieco velvet lined with satin, that fall over tho Bhort full puffs of the close coat-sleeves. Bauds of the samo are then carried from the shoulders to tho belt, rosetted at tho bade, and ending in front in a girdle, or in long loops and ends nt tho lett sido if l! wa?6t is a round one. Tho ingenious young woman may raako for herself the most elegant costumes at exceedingly sruall cost. Let her select, at the bargain-counter if sho will, a remuant of cloth, fiue, firm, soft and flexible, and havo tho front and side breadths cut out by tho most accurato measure-indeed, it would bo better to havo tho whole skirt perfectly filled to h-;r fipure, Thoo, if *bo isi possessed of tho ro qnlflltft ?niomuHy, *bu may stamp bei uosturoe ftud braid, or uiiibiv?U,er ll herself) THE PASSING TIME, The frost'll soon b? sprinkled On the furrows, gleaming gray; But shall we miss The summer's kiss Or mourn tho rose of May? Why weep for timo that's flying, O'er gravas of roses sighing? Lo! when ono rose is dyla? Another decks tho day! Let Winter roar around us, And hide tho hills with snow! for all his skies The broa'l suns riso As in the long ago. An 1 love to love replying Still kisses hack tho sighing; There- whuro one roso Hos dylu^ Another's graco will glow! -Atlanta Constitution. PITH AND POINT. Ile-"My lifo without you will be a lonely one." Tho Heiress-"But thiuk how busy you will have to be." Life. Wife-"What would you do if I stayed out erery night until mid night?" Hubby-"Jove, I'd stay at home."-Truth. "It's all ovor." As the woman ut tered these words sho dropped to tho 'floor. The baby had spilled the ink. -West Union Gazette. He-"Have yon any reason for donbting what ? say?" She-"Yes, I have." He-"What is it?" She-"! don't believo you."-Puck. Offspring-"Pa, what does fee-sim ple mean?" Pa-"It's tho fee a niau givei to tho minister when he gets married."-Boston Transcript. "Let's go shopping to-day, Tess." "I can't, Bess; I've got lots of things to buy to-day. I've nothing to do to morrow; I'll go then."-New York Suu. "Is Mus Cahoots in?" inquired the caller. "That depends on yon. Aro yez Mislher Jones?" said Bridget. "Ye?." "She's gou* out."-Harper's Bazur. "What office aro you after thia time?" "None at'all." "Then, what are you runuing for?" "Because I don't waut to be conspicuous!"-At lanta Constitution. "We girls are going to have a har vest homo festival." "What 1 lo show big pumpkins and things 1" "No such nonsense-engagement nogs and pho tographs."-Chicago Ilecord. Wicks-"I heard a pretty compli ment to Hamlin, tho actor, to-day. Sqneesick6 says ho possesses the art which conceals art." Hicks -"That's a fact. You'd never kuow ho had any."-Boston Transcript. Author-"You havo no idea how macy stamps I uso up mailing ray manuscripts." Critic-"Very likely. I thbik there ought to bc rouud trip tickets for manuscripts at reduced rates."-Fliegende Blaetter. "I just finished Miss Skryber's new novel this afternoon." "I havo heard something of it. Is it, ah-suitable for homo reading?" ".Strictly. I know I would not hko to be seen reading it in public."-Indianapolis Journal. "Maria," said Buggies to his wife, with an idea of instructing her in po litical economy, "do you know what civil service is?" "Jasper," said Mrs. Buggies, with memory of recent con tact with the coot, "there isn't anv." -Tit-Bits. , "We're going to have an entirely new kind of writing in our schools this year," said Tom to his mother. "It's all to be perpendicular after this iu etead of the slantindicular. I guess it's becanse the slantiudicular looked so lazy."-Harper's Bazar. Connubialties: Mrp. Billus-"John, you ought not to be so hard on tho young man that comes to see Bessie. You were a young lover once yourself, and my recollection is that you were sometimes a very silly one." Mr. Bil las-"Silly? I was an idiot, Maria; I was an idiot! I've found it out 6ince."-Chicago Tribune. When Hie Kaiser Travels. On the day before the Kaiser sets ont on a railway journey extraordinary ?precautions are taken less any mishap should befall tho imperial traveler. Every bridge is minutely examinod, and in particular tunnels,bridges, etc., as well as the btate of rail?. The en gineer is made responsible for their being in a fit condition. On tho day of the journey itself, and shortly before the court train starts, a pilot train or locomotive with an engineer is sent on ahead for a short distance aud the Hoe of route again gone over and examined. If t here are sleepers, loose rails or stones lying iu the vicinity of a building place they are watched during darkness by people specially deputed for that purpose. On tho upproach of the train the number of men set to watch tho line of route is increased, while others are placed before and in the tunnels, at level crossing and on the larger bridges. Several officials, who aro made answerable for everything being iu perfect order.as well as for any delays, accompany the train. In case any de fects in the locomotive of the court train should become manifest engines are ready to be substituted. The travel ing and non-traveling public is kept at a distance from tho train at stations where stoppages are made for auy pur pose whatsoever. Signals at night are avoided BO as not to disturb the repose of the monarch. The railway officials are in a state of feverish anxiety ; tel egrams fly to and fro, and the least dolay is announced. Ia short, every conceivable measure is taken lo causa ,tho jouruey of tho exalted traedor to ?pass off as easily and as pleasantly as ?possible.-London Telegraph. - -i - -. House ol Commons Manners. It is striking to what au extent tho manners of tho House of Commons havo changed within the lifetiuio of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Villiers. Wheu Mr. Ferrand, the member for Kuares borough, was making a furious attack on Cobden, according to the latter's description, "Colonel Sibthorpe plied tho fellow with oranges to suck, in au affectionate way that resembled a monkey fondling a bear. " Fancy Mr. "Tommy" Bowles plying Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett with oranges during one of tho latter's fiery attacks on Mr. Chamberlain ! In Burke's day honor? able members used to lie full length along tho benches in riding-boots, and amuao thcraeolvc?, not ouly by sucking oranges, but by cracking uuis. !-London Saturday ltevicw. Choose Their Own Coffin?. Thoro aro at least 200 people walk ing the streets of San Francisco iu [good health and likely to livo mauy years, who have already arrunge " tho .details of thoir funerals, They have Iflelootod the coffin.* io which they will ?he buried, mid paid CH?h for tho Kamo, ?as ?ell M ht dm bm M plot, Iwmti leta, "-"Bim frftuoiico Calli SICK NEARLY THIRTY YEARS. IKIIXIANT SEKV?CE IN TH E TV A ll ^OLLorvKD ur PROLONGED BurrEitiNG. illxlt Private Brlg-ga Brings HI? War. time Valor Into a Life and Death Combat-Tie Speaks of Ills Stru-?srloa Since the War. From the Tribune, Ilornellsville, Af. T. There ls no maa In Oneida County, New York, who stands higher in the community than Mr. William H. Briggs, a wealthy farmer, and resident of Bridgewater, and a promtnont menbcr of the Q. A. R. His statement will not bo nows to his friends, as they all know whoreof ho writes, but it ls commenced to tho consideration of the pub lic. Mr. Briggs ?rritos as follows: "It gives me groat pleasure and satisfac tion to Doable to give honor where honor ls duo, and to that end I make this certificate, hoping it may bo the means of other? be nj/ benefited ns I have been. "I am a farmer residing near Bridgewater, Oneida County, New York; my name is William II. Bringa, aud I nm LG years old. I am an old Boldier, and member of thu G. A. R., having served as high privatein Co. A. 1st Now York Artillery, during tho whole four years of tho Rebellion. Though not a pensioner, nn.i never nn npplicaut for pension, I contracted through mnlarUI cli mat?*, disenso of liver and stomach, from which I suffHrcd continuously, in various forms. In 1853 I had tho jauudiee, and it continued for years, to a greater or lessor degree. I never was free from dyspepsia, and palpitation of tho heart, and sufforo I from nervous debility to such au extent that I could neither rest by night nor work hy day. Night after night I walked the floor tormented by vague fears, which 1 knew were purely imaginary, and yet I could not skako thom off. 1 came borne in .lune, 18G5, and from then until 1894 I was constantly attended by physicians, having employed three at different times during lhat period. Those good doctow gave me occasionally temporary relief, but tho goo'd effects of their treatment qniekly disap peared, and le.t me more despondent and wretched than over. "I did not behove in giving up, nnd wns about to send to Utica for a another physi cian, when Mr. U. Seifert, the blacksmith who attends to my horst's, recommended nt?* to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, as he assured mo they had done wonderful things for him. I I had road of theso pills before and felt somewhat Inclined to try t noir., before Sei fert spoko of them, but his recommendation settled Ibo ma'tor, and I became. Dr. Will iams' pat lent. I took Tink Pills sieadily uu til I have consumed four boxes, growing bolter und botler ovory day, my liver word ing freely, my kidneys acting norma'ly. V'y heart no longer troubled mo, and I could in gest my food. All that water brash, heart burn, buzzing In the hoad, ns if there were a great enpty space in my cranium, disup peared, and lifo began to bo worth ilvirg, which it ha I not been since my army ser vice, I was cu rmi in leas than ono yo-r from the t rme I began to tako Piuk Pills in 18[>i. nud ?have been in fair health ever since. Of course, I have lo be careful, as 1 easily catch cold, nnd lt is apt lo gellie lu my right side, but a dose or two of the Pink Pills soon set me to rights agaiu, and I shal' novor be without thom, unless something very unforeseen occurs. "I do not wunt lt understood that I am casting any stress agnlnst those who nrc pen sioners. If 1 were needy I should certainly ask for what I inn ontltled to, but being am ply provided with this world's goods, I jo not require ir. My oid comrades can testify lhat I havo helped* many a one of thom to get a pension. "The above statement ls true In every par ticular. I certify on honor. "(Slimed) WM. H. Bnioos." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, In con densed form, all the elements necessary lo give new life aud richness to i he blood and restore shatterel nerves. They aro also n specific for I roubles peculiar to females, such ns suppressions. Irregularities nnd ali forms of Wi II knew*. In men they effect ? radical cure in all case? .irising from men tal worry, overwork or excess** of what ever nature. Pink Pills are sold in bix?*s (never in loose hulk) a: 50 cents n box or six box*a f'.r i'J.SO, nnd may l*e hal of nil drug gists, or diret.'l by mall from Dr. Wilinms' Medicine Company. Scheueetadv. N. Y. A Striking Barguiu. . "Those nndtrshirts I bought here last month," he began. "I remember it," said the clerk." "It was a great bargain. Do you find them warm enough?" "They wero warm enough when I fitst put them on, but I didn't think to inquire about them this morning." "Inquire about thorn?" "Yet". Ever siuce i!aey were washed tho baby has been wearing them. Now, if you have anything lhat isn't quite so much of a bargain and ia' a i little moro likely to remain any size, I'd like to see it."--Caicago Post-Die paich. Jaymore-Soakley was bitten by a a mad dog last week. Clegion-Did he take hydrophobia ps a result? 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This most indispensable adjunct to be mailed, postpaid, to any address on AddrtQfl ATLANTA PUBLISI ne IiOjd Stn She Would Not He lcd her into the beechen grove where they had carved their initials on a tree years before. The letters lu d grown together and formed a knot. "Shall we not follow their exam ple?" he asked.in anxious tones. She blushed and answered: "I will knot, if you will."-Detroit Free Press. It Took lb? Ribbon. Dear Sir:-* Having u.vd several boxe? of your TI?TTEKINI', I can say that it li the beat remedy I have ever found for skin diseases. A11 ct fulling with Cut cara and other similar preparation?, throu<h tho recommendation of a friend 1 tried a box of TrTrr-Hixr, md two applications wa? nil that it took to < ff ct a romplete cur* of a br ak ku out on mr f<*ot of Ionic Mantling. 1 think it i? the best salve in tho world tor skin iii case?." Yours tr:i j , R. B. ALEX ODER. Mr. Selma, Texae. 1 l ox by mail for WV. in ?tamp-. J. T. SHI:PIHINE, Savannah, Ca. 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Mrs. Winslow's dootiiitu; ?yrnp tor Millara* teething,softens iw _-i;m- rad noaa Inflatniui lion.allays pain.eure* w nd ?Ile. ?tte. a bottia. JOST try a 10e. box of Ca carets, the finest liver amt bowel reuu ator e\cr made. FITSstopped I rea ann penii.Hientiycnred. No ?ts after first day Vi ase of DH. K MN B'S GIIBAT NKHVr.ReeTORr.il. Free til rial bot t:eand treat ise. Send to Dr. Kline. KJ1 Arch St.. Pillia.. Pa. Gladness Comes With a octter understanding of tho t ransient nature of the many phys ical ills which vanish before proper ef forts- gentle efforts-pleasant efforts rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of thc system, which thc pleasant family laxat ive, Syrup of Fi.crs, prompt ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and ia everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value pood health. Its beneficial effects are due to thc fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating tbe organs on which it acts, lt is therefore all important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, I hat you have the genuine article, which ?3 manufactured by tho California Fig Syrup Co. oui}', and sold by all rep utable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system "is regular, then laxa tives or other remedies aro not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best , and with the weU-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used ard gives most general satisfaction. or Commission to a good a?ent Ju every town of city. It does not make any differ ence whether yon have over work'd at the business or not. Ladies can ?lo as well an centlemen. 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