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law of Variation in Children, Variation is the universally recog nized condition of all living creatures, human and bru e. It has ever been one of thc prime factors in the devel opment of the race, and is as purely scientific and impersonal as Kepler's laws of the motion of the plauets. In discussing heredity, therefore, the physician, recognising the universal ity of the law of variation,-simply seeks to ascertain what particular variation or combination of variations was pecu liar to the immediate ancestors of the child under consideration, who is their natural and inevitable exponent. No child is the child of its father and mother alone. It is the grandchild of four ancestors, the great-grandchild of eight and the great-great-grandchild of sixteen. It may revert to the idiosyncrasy of any one of these thirty ancestors, or even go further back and be, most like some one of the multi plying numbers still more remotely removed. The responsibility for a child's defieneies may not rest with either one of the two parents, and the remedy for these defects, which is in then* hands, can only be found after careful consideration of the individual variations manifested in the ancestors. -Harper's Bazar. Equal to the Occasion. The tramp who "lost everything in the Mississippi floods" is now abroad in the land. One of them approached a benevolent old gentleman in Atlanta Sunday. "And you say," said the old gentle man, "that your children were drown ed in the flood?" . "Yes , sir," replied the tramp wip ing his eyes with his coatsleeve; "sev enteen of 'em, sir!" "God bless me!" exclaimed the old gentleman, "you are a young man, scarcely thirty, and-" "I know it, sir," interrupted the weeping tramp, "but they was all twins!" _ Women as Wage-Earners. Woman's capacity as a wage earner can be measured by the fact that the r?port of the Massachusetts savings bank commissioners showed that in the year 1894 out oi a total of 1,044,649 depositors 480,835 were women, and out of $74,946,576 deposits that year $33,469,033 had been deposited by women. Physicians Wine in their Generation. The above class of scientists recognize and have repeatedly borne testimony, to the efllcacy of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy and preventive of fever and Agu?, rheumatiam, -rant of tigor, livor complaint, and ?omi other ailments and infirm conditions of tue system. Experience and observation have taught them Its value. They but echo the verdict long since pronounced by the public and the prera. Only the benighted now are Ignorant of America's tonic and alterative. "MY wife is a most original woman," said Brown. "Why, when I proposed to her, instead of saying, 'This is so sudden,* she sail, 'Well, I think it's about time.'" > o-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Over 400,000 cnred. Why not let No-To-Bao regulate or remove your desire for tobacco? Saves money, makes health and manhood. Curo guaranteed. 50 cents and $1.00, at all druggists._ The farmer goes through a great many har rowing scenes. ARE YOU BICK* 4, dr? Consult a Skilled Specialist of Fifteen Yean* Experience. Cancers removed in 10 days, without pain. Diseases of the Blood, Skin, Liver, Kidneys and BliMlder, such as Dropsy, Fits, Catarrh, Asthma. Rheumatism ai d private Diseases speedily and permanently cc red. Fe male troubles relieved. Treatment sent .'o your homo for $5 per month. Guarantee. Da. O. HENLEV SNIDER. Offices and Dispensary, 5 to 9 fi. Boulevard, Atlanta, Ga. The burglar ougtxt to bc m good health, as he ? is continually picking up. . -A-?"SrrB. Wtnalow'e Soothing Syrup for children teething,, softens the gama, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures, wind eoUc. 25c. a bottle. Til? Will Interest You. Tb? Atlanta Weekly Journal ls now ruuui.ig a missing word contest. F r fifty cents they send the Weekly Journal one year and allow the person sending the sub scription ono guess at the missing word. The sentence sel.^cted ls : "He who hus ceased to enjoy his friend's bsa ceased to love him." Tho missing word ls tho one necessary.tc fill - out tho above sentence and make* perfect sense. It ls nola catch word, but is a plain every day English word. To the person flrst guessing the right word Tho Journal will give 5 p^c cent of the amount of subscriptions received during the three months that this con tesJwtauts. and 5 per cent additional will be evej^flTdlTlded between all other persons who rnttMfuess the missing word. nv eekly Journal is a flrst class family pa having ten pages filled with matter that ll Interest all members of the family. It has a first class won au's pago; an admirable chil dren's department; at least one story every week; a vost amount of miscellaneous features; and nil the nows of the world. Address Tho. Journal, Atlanta, Ga. JUST try a 10c. box of Cascareis, the finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after flrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great N?>rv.- Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free. DR. R. H. ELIVE, Ltd., 331 Arch St., Phlla., Pa. I us ? Piso's Cure for Consumption both in my family and practice.-Dr. G. W. PATTERSON, Inkster, Mich., Nov. 5,1891. WHEN bilious or cosuve, eat a Cascaret, candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10c.. 25c. Impure B?d?d Eating rich and hearty food, sweets and fats in winter, close confinement and breathing | ! vitiated air in office, store, shop, house, ino- ? tory or school- _ I, _ room, necessar ily makes the I d IVt? blood impure, auderuptions,boils, pimples.humors are th? result. Dizziness, indigestion and many other troubles are also cause! by impure blood. Hood's il ls tho best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier. UAAfi'e Pille r"uru D"usea, Indigestion, nUUU 9 rills biliousness. Scents. MAKE MONEY FAST SeUlng Cabinet*. Turkish, Russian, or Medicated Buha at borne. Ko mor* Bath Tabs. Renovales your system, prevents Obesity, cures RHKI'MA. TISM, La Grippe, Neuralgia, Ec i 'rna. Catarrh, MALARIA, FE MALE COMPLAINTS, and al' Blood, 8km, Nerve, LIVER, and KIDNEY Diseases. Beautifies th? complexion. Guaranteed. Best made, lasts a life-time. Price low. ?faa folded, 16x3in., dibs. Great est ?slier on earth. Wholesale to agents. Hygienic Bath Cabinet Co., Nashville, Tann. GIST lt ICU quickly: ?end for "Soo Invention* Wanted.' EDOA* TATX * Co.. Ht B'way, N.T. MI am 'only too glad to tes-' ' tify to the great val?e1 'o? Ayer's Sarsaparilla I which bas been a bouse- \ 'hold companion In our] 'family for years. I take) ! from 3 to 5 bottles of it every \ Spring, generally beglnningl I about the flrst of April. Af ter \ that I feel liko a two year old,\ for it tones up my system, gives) me an excellent appetite and II ' -sleep like a top. As a blood medi cine it has no superior, at least that 1 is my opinion of it-H. R. "W?LDEY,! Philadelphia, Pa., March 20,1898. WEIGHTY WOROS . FOR , Ayer's Sarsapi WOUNDED IN THE WAR. S "fi OT IN THE ABDOMEN AT CUMBER. I. VXD GAP. Blind, Rheumatic and Dropsical-A Union Colonel ls Given Ore:.? to Die - How the Old Soldier Gave Axrmel the Slip. From the JYiftrs, BarboumiUe, Ky. In the year 1863, while n command ol a Union regiment at Cumberland Gap, Col onel Messer, now of Flat Licks, Kentucky, received a severe gunshot wound in his ab domen. In a few months he was again in the saddle, but soon was obliged to undergo further medical treatment, and his condi tion became so serious that in the winter of 1863 he returned to his home, and was never again flt for active service. During the years that have since passed, Colonel Messer has been a confirmed invalid from the effect of his wound, and has been under the con stant care of the local physicans, not im proving, but growing worse as the years rolled on. His condition eventually be came deplorable. Almost blind .legs swollen, so that he was unable to walk, the doctors who could do nothing to arrest the progress of the disease, diagnosed it as dropsy, and said recovery was impossible. The old soldier did not half believe his physicians, but said that since they could do nothing for him, he would, upon an old friend's strong recommendation, try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. The Qrst box was taken by Col. Messer accord ing to directions, and by the time that was gone, be felt so much easier and more com fortable, that several other boxes were pro cured, and he continued to take them faith fully. Soon the swelling in his legs disap peared, and with lt the fierce rheumatic pains with which he had long suffered. Strangest of all, his eyesight, which for so many years had been useless, was restored. In all, Colonel Messer took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills six months, and then was thor oughly cured. He now is a healthy looking man, rides on horseback, and stands as muof atigue as any man of his age. The Colonel, since his recovery, is never tired of descanting on the virtues of these pills, and every advertisement that he finds he carefully clips, and sends to some sick friend or neighbor, with the assurance that they will cure him. The high standing of Colonel Messel-, and his remarkable recovery, makes this report more than usually interesting, and when it was received at the office of tho Dr. Wil liams' Medicine Co., it was referred ' to Messrs. Phipps ? Herndon, the well-known druggists, of Barboursville, Ky., for verifi cation. We append the reply: BABBOUESVILLE, Ky., Aug. 18,1696. Da. WILLIAMS' Med. Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Gentlemen:-Yours of August 14th to hand, enquiring about testimonial written by Mr. Sampson concerning Colonel Messer, of Flat Lick. Ky., will say that the care of Colonel !il?)ser was considered almost mi raculous, and he claims Pink Pills did it. Yours truly, PHirjs <t HEENDON. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a con densed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females. *uch as suppressions, irregularities and all (onus of weakness. They build up thc blood, and restore the glow ot health to pale and sallow cheeks. In men they effect a radical sure in all cases arising' from mental worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills arc sold in boxe- (never in loose bulk) at SO Cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of all druggists, or direct by mail by addressing Dr. Williams' Medi ane Cor r .ny, Schenectady, N. Y. A Question. The publisher of a newspayev has one thing to sell aud one thiugto reut. He has the newspaper to sell aud the space in its columns to rent. Can auy one inform us why he should be ex pected to give away either the one or the other. He can if he so chooses, and he does, as a matter of fact, fur nish a great d al of space rent free. But it does not follow that he ought to Io so. It ought to be recognized as a contribution, exactly as would be the riving away of sugar or coffee by a ;rocer. But, strange to say, it is not ooked upon in that light at all. yet ?verybody knows that the existence of i newspaper depends- apon the rent of its space .and the sale cf the paper, as i merchant's success depends ou sell ing his goods insteed of giving them iway. -The Copy Hock. Extent of Scalping. The anti-scalping bill which was passed by the New York legislature ast week, meets with general appro val. The New York Daily News, speaking of it, says: * "The state senate did oue good thirg yesterday in passing tho anti scaiping bill by the lurge majority of 38 to 8. cr by a vote of 5 to 1. In this ?tate alone there were taken up by the railroads last yeal- $50,000 worth of fradulent tickets which had been sold to unsuspecting travelers, and whom the companies consequently allowed to ride free on their trains. Besides these quantities of genuine tickets that had befn stolen from the val ious sifices passed through the hands of the scalpers into those of honest; pur chasers, so that the annual loss to the .oads is enormous throughout the United States. A Steamship Trust. Travel in Europe is expected to fall )ff this summer on acconut of the gen aral advance in first-class cabin fares from $85 to *100, which is now the minimum rate. No reduction will be nade -o tourist agents for parties less than twenty-five. Some of the steam ship lines expect a reduction in the number of first-class passengers of 20 W 30 per cent, but the crack ships ?.ere overcrowded last year. The spe cial attractions on the other side this season are the queen's jubilee, the Bairenth music festival, the Stock holm exposition and the international medical congress at Moscow in August. Felicious Hand. "Papa, what does 'tranquil contem plation' mean?" "Well, my son, when aman is play ing whist and holds thirteen trumps, tie indulges in tranquil contempla tion."-Pearson's Weekly. The Velsarte Habit. J 'We hear music over at your house ill the time, Jenkins." "Yes; our cook has been taking les sons in physical culture, and she won't wash a dish without somebody playing un the piano."-Chicago Kecord. DOLLS OF FASHION. GOWNS EXHIBITED AT THE MODEL SHOW IN NEW YO UK. Beautiful Costumes Worn by Mrs. Bradley Martin and Otber La dies Interested in the Exhibition. (New York Fashion Letter.) HE Model Doll Show held at the Waldorf is perhaps the best mirror of fashion that has been afforded New Yorkers since the last Horse Show, and I am sure a description of some of the gowns exhibited will interest my readers. As the Doll Show is a new idea it may be as well to tell you what it is all about before proceeding with the actual exhibits. Incidentally the "Show" was for the benefit of tho Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria Hospi tal, but I am afraid it was not entirely a feeling of philanthropy that led the throngs of fashionably dressed women to the "Show." The actual attractions were tho gowns in which the sixty dolls were arrayed and which were designed, made and sent by the best, modestes and tailors of the country. The managers of the Model Doll Show thiak that Amerioan dressmakers and tailors have nothing to fear from for eign competitors, and they have taken this mode of proving the fact . to Gotham's women. Prizes of S100 were offered fcy Mrs. Bradley Martin for the smartest street suit, by Mrs. Wm. G. Whitney for the most elegant dinner and ball gown, and also by Mrs. Oelrichs for tho daintiest garden party confeotion ; and these rewards naturally excited a spirit of friendly rivalry among the exhibitors. Most seasonable of all <he models shown were the tailor ?nade suits, and that this style is the most popular was shown oonclusively ?ot only by the number of little maidens from the isle of Lilliput who i ?ere arrayed in gowns of this style, but also by the vast percentage of tailor-mades soen on the women who visited the show. One table held two gorgeous little creatures, one robed in a costumo of mixed material made bolero style and richly braided, while her tiny companion was radiant in a garden costume of grass-cloth over white silk crowned with a monster hat of geraniums, a tiny garden all by itself and a btudy in mid-summer headgear. At the opening day of the show as one stood before theso dainty ladies it would have been difficult to decide who deserved the prize for a street gown-the doll thus arrayed or Mrs. Bradley Martin, who, wh:;e examining them showed to advantage her tailor made gown. It was composed of a cadet blue broadcloth skirt made entirely plain and hanging in its own graceful folds and a lull bodice of exquisite flowered Bilk. The silk was in pale blues and fleeoy white colors stolen from the sky of spring, and over the full folds was woru a tiny bolero of the darkest pansy velvet edged with hand-made passamenterie of jets and ameythist und turquoise. The bolero was cut up the back in a similar manner to the front, and the folded belt that encir cled her waist widened girdle fashion at the back? The sleeves were made TAILOR-MADE OOWN FOR SOMMER WEAR. of cloth to match the skirt, and were trimmed in keeping with the eollar with some fine lace plaited on the in side of a silk flonnce. Another gown exhibited was de veloped in red and blaok brocade. The skirt of this was laid in inch wide tncks from the hem to the waist line, each tnok being edged with narrow blaok val lace. Tho sleeves were also tucked, while the bodice had a Y shaped front of red silk covered with blaok chifl?n striped with flounces of the blaok lace, This doll WM oertain* ly a {.ml, aad that jewel waa tho GOWN WORN BY MRS ruby, if the brilliant o?eot of a di minutive gown could be summed np ! in a single word. She felt her im* j portance, too, for she looked scorn* ! fully down under her long, dark lashes WADE OF BLACK BROADCLOTH. at the curious but admiring crowd that constantly surrounded ber. Another smart frock, this time seen in tho audience, was made of black broadcloth, and with the full skirt and rounded jacket was worn a shirt wanst of heavy gros grain poppy red silk. The picturesque hat that crowned this suit was on the short-backed sailor shape, and was trimmed with a wealth of poppies and a full bow of black velvet ribbon. J. BRADLEY MARTIN. Another well-known woman of fash ion's own set wore a very dark plum colored cloth gown on the Etonian style ; the short jacket had uniquely shaped revers and was exquisitely tailor stitched. A mousseline de soie chiffon vest of palest yellow, fancifully trimmed with plaited flounces, was worn beneath the jacket, and the effect, as may bo ;tn agined, was most charmiug, for tho severe elegance of the gown was soft ened, without being spoiled, by thc ^daintiness of the rest. Tho costumes illustrated herewith were designed by The National Oloak Co., of New YorK. Horses Fed on Beefs'cab?:. "Of all fads that fashionable peo ple indnle in over their pets, I think the strangest idea is that of giving their horses meat as a variation to their ordinary diet," said a veterinary surgeon. "Bee! only is used, lt is baked until qnite dry and hard, tb en minced very line, and given mixed with oats or meal. Tho animals, so far from re fusing, seem to relish the mixture, and it is thought to improve their con dition and courage, but if continued too long they become vicious and their throats deteriorate. "A well-known titled lady expends a good sized sum altogether in meat for ber numerous carriage horses and hacks. She has one mare that will greedily eat a beefsteak unmixed tri th meal if minced small, and it has one per week. I know a retired army col onel, too, a famous hunting man, who frequently gives his hunters beef tea and other 'meat extracts' in their bran mash. Possibly it's not eutirely mero fad, for there is one London brewery whose horses are similarly treated, and a famous racehorse that won some important events last sea son wastriven a partial diet ot meat at intervals. "-Answers (London). Facts About Matches. Wax matches are employed in Europe to an extent vastly greater than in this country. An average of eight matches for eaoh man, woman and child is used in the United States daily. The body of a wax matoh is ma do by drawing cotton strands, twenty or thirty at a time, through melted st?arine. It costs more to strike a match in France than in any other civilized country, because the business is monopolized by the Government. Sweden is the greatest matoh pro ducing conntry in the world, although the industry is conducted on an enor mous scale in the United States and elsewhere. The "safety" matqh, was invented by a Swede named Lundetrom, in 1855. The head of the safety match contains chlorate of potash and sulphur, while the friction paper on tho box is spread with a paste of amorphous phosphorus and antimony. Spain in the New World. Eighty years ago Spain's territory in the new world amounted to 5,000,? OOO square miles. Of this empire Cuba and Porto Bioo are the only remuants, 60,000 square ?iles, If I Knew. If I knew the box where the smiles aro kept, No matter how large the key Or strong the bolt. I woola try so hara- . 'T would open, I know, for me. Then over the land and sea, broadcast, I'd .scatter the smiles to play, That :ho children's faces might hold thom fast For many and many a day. If I knew a box that was largo enough To hold all the frowns I meet. I would Uko to gather them, every one, From nursery, school and street; Then, folding an I holding. I'd pack them ID, And, turning the monster key, I'd bite a giant to drop the box To tue depths of the d??ep, deep sea. -Boston Trans.-ript. Sailing Away. Satlincaway with the wind abeam, And :he wide, wido sea before! Ballina away in a lover's dream To tho port of the golden Bhore; Idle hnnds on the rudder bands, Hope in the sunrise fair, And hearts as light ns tho sea-bird whito Afloat in the morning air. - t Love, i i the dawn of that far-off time, Did 5ou guess of the weary way? Dearest, when life seemed a summer rhyme, Coule, we tell where we went astray? Silent Mars through the coming years, Darkness for you and me. An i do'ibt and dread of the wilds ahead Fell c Ulled as wo sailed a-sea, Sailing sshore with a waning wind On th; glass of a dreaming tide, Leavins the dark ot the deep behind For tbr) light of the other side; Loosen 1 ands from the rudder bands! Ahl to tho margin foam Comes breath of land o'er the golden sand Oh! snoot ls our webome home! -Nashvlllo American, Tempered. When st om occasion calls for war, And thu trumpets shrill and peal, Forges a; d armories ring all day With the fierce clash of steel. Tho Wadis aro heatod in the flame, Aud benton hard, and benton well, To make ;hem firm and pliable, Their a^o and temper good; Then touirh and sharp with discipline, They win tho fight for fighting men. When God's occasions call for men, His ohciien soul Ho takes, In lire's hot Are He tempore thom, With te: rs Ho cools and slakes; With mary a heavy, grievous stroke He beats them to an edge, And tests und trios, again, again. Till the hurd will is fused, and pain Become; high privilege; Then strong, and quickened through and through, They read;r are His work to do. Like an o:i -rushing, furious host The tide of noed and sin. Unless the blades shall tempered bo. They hare no chance to win; God trusts to no untested sword When H; ROOS forth to war; Only the w uls that, beaten long * On pain's iircat anvil, havo grown strong, His chosan weapons ara Ah, souls, ;?n pain's groat anvil laid, Remember ?hls, nor bo afraid'. -Susan Ciolidge, in the Congregationalist. Jest a Flshin' Hook and Pole. When tho spring-timo days aro oomln' And the buds are puning out, And thii bumble-beu's a-hummin', And ibo frisky speckled trout 3s n-junpla' and aswishia' In ev:ry limpid bolo Then I want to go a-flshin' With n flshin' nook and pole. rf *V You may talk about your glggin' And j our lishin' with a not. But I don't want no sich rlggln', 'Cans-i you pay for all you get: And Va. done played out on trappin' And a-foolin* with a troll Aud all :>f sloh I'm draupin' For tho flshin' hook and pole. And I w?.nt to take my dinner, And I want to stay all day Where the little silver mlnner And tl ia spotted beauties play, And not De in any hurry, But jefit sorter let time roll And jHst drive away all worry With niy flshin' hook and pole. 'Canse a feller then can loafer Whore :he trees grow tall an 1 straight Where tho raccoon and ihe gopher And th3 'possum lie !n wait; Where tho pheasant ls athumpin', Aud at every little shoal Tho spotted trout's a-jumpln* At your flshin' hook and pole. -Sam Bean, in Outing. \ Human Soul. A wiso man walked Dy the river, And tho wat er spirit's siga As she yearned for a soul, it moved bim, And ho answered thus her cry: "Can you smile when your heart is aching? Remember vrhea others forget? Laugh lightly while hope is taking Its final farewell of you; yot Me.^t tho world and strive on to the ending O' Life, bo v: ever so dread; Firm in faith, without falter. unbendiDg With never a sigh or a tear?" "AU this I can do," said she. "Can you faco your life if left lonely, While another has gained bis rest, And you have i ae memory only Of ono who V\R3 tru 'St and best? Forover to you the world's brightness Then passes nw iy for aye; Can pierce through that darkest day?" "All this I can do," said she. "Can you pauso to do deeds of kindness In the midst til your deepest woe? For grief, lt meit not bring blindness To tho trials f others below. You must ever ? trlve on, and your 6orrow, Thongh heav i and sore to b^ar, Remains till the dawn of thnt marrow, When pain lt ls no moro there." "Ail this I can do," said she. Mado answer tho wise man slowly: "If this be so, and thou Canst boar grier, yet help the suffering, Thou hast a soul evon new." -Florence Peacock, in Chambers's Journal. Funeral levitations in 1820. In the early days of the piesent oentury fnneiul services were held in this city after a fashion that seems ex ceedingly odd in the light of modern customs, says ;he Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. A Bncks County man re cently found in an old Bible, published in 1776, the following curious invita tion : You and family juro respectfully invited to attend the funeral of ., from tho residence of Edward Abbott, No. 196 North Front street, to-morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Philadelphia, July 4, 1829. The invitation is printed in heavy faced type upon rough white paper. It was evidently the custom to send these notices to all friends of tho be reaved family. The hour set, 5 o'clock, would appear onusually late, and yet it was a oommon thing in those days to hold funeral services at night. Orangen at $1 Each. The selling price of a single luxury in the new mining metropolis of Circle City, Alaska, is an interesting bit of information obtained from a letter of a commission merchant of the State of Washington received by a New York Times correspondent whose informant writes : "We recently shipped some Cali fornia oranges to Sitka, Alaska, and from there they were sent to St, Michaels, and thence two thousand miles up the Yukon Piiver to Circlo City, Alaska, whore they were sold for $150 per box containing 150 oranges, or $1 for each orange. I think this must be the highest price ever paid for oranges, " --nam The look stop ia? boon abolished at . ?9 Wfocoasifi st?to Priion, IF I CAN LAUGH. I hear the clink of the yellow gold That nears the crest of a nation's coln} I see the Jewelled treasures old, That even monarchs would purloin; But yet I would not join tho throng Who bend the knee to the molten calf, I will passait by without one sigh, If I can laugh, can only laugh. i The world's proud fair; yet what care ?>_ For tints that chango lite a summer's cloud? A picture rare to bring the sigh, I Then draped nt last with pall and shroud. The one who reigns in Beauty's court, A target is for envy's shaft; I will pass all by with nevor a sigh. If I can laugh as my childhood laughed. And what is worth, the fame of earth, Though earned by sword or council art; The tint of blood ls royal birth; The song of praise in dory's mart? Tho gildod crown on tho fevered brow, The palsied baud on the sash's stair, I will pass it by without a sigh If I can laugh an honest hugh. Then time the march of life with song; The irs forget with passing jest. Tho huppy heart cm dono wrong, The hours of glacing are tho best So bring tho wine of royal mirth, That I the nectar rich can cjuafT; All oise I will poss as I drain my glass, To tho soul that can lauqh, always laugh. -Rochester Democrat and Chroniclo. ??TH AND POINT. Against the grain-Bears in wheat Life. Friendsbip^among women is a plant of which we don't know in August whether it will bear bitter or sweet fruit in September. "Men never outgrow their child hood." "Alas no! Experience be gins spanking us even before our par ents leave off."-Puck. Beal estate is looking up. There is nothing else for it to clo when build ings are climbing up on it twenty stories high.-Atlanta Constitution. Two next door neighbors quarrelled, and ono of them exclaimed, excitedly : "(Jail yourself a man of sense I Why, you're next door to an idiot !"-Tit Bits. South American Tourist-"You say the masses of your people are discon tented?" Native-"Alas ! Senor, most of us havo never been President." Puck. Madge-"Tell us, dear, did he go down oahisknees when ho proposed?" Polly-"No; in his confusion he went down on his hat."-Philadelphia North American. "Don't you think your son a little fast, Mrs. Sweetly?" "Far from it. He ?3 so slow that we can never get him to breakfast before noon."-De troit Freo Press. "Mamma, I kuow why angel babies iz made 'th wings." "Why, Johnny?" "'Cause, 'f they git horned in a fam'ly where they don't like it, they kin fly off."-Chicago Record. Brown-"Isn't there a blue room in the White House?" Smith-"I think so. I believe it's the room in which tho President expresses his private opinion of tho office-seekers."-Puck. "Did you hear of the great sacrifice in the way of self denial Ethel Tenspot and Bessie Teeters are making?" asked Rioketts. "No; what is it?" asked Qaskett. "Each is riding the other's wheel." "Haw ! Haw ! I seo that old Got rox has been swindled out of two hun dred dollars by a confidence man." "Anything funny about that?" "Why, yes ! Gotrox is an old friend of mine." -Puok. Country Cousin-"Do you keep anything in tho house in case burglars should pay you a visit at night?" City Cousin- "You bet I do! My wife's maiden aunt lives with ns."-Norris town Herald. Impecunious-"I would like to have a nerve killed. How much will it cost?" Dentist-"Seventy-five cents." Impecunious- "Seventy-five cents? Can't you make it lees? I havo such weak nerves!" Tho Pearl Parin. There is oniy ono pear' farm in tho world. It is in tho Torres Strait, at the northern extremity of Australia, and belongs to James Clark,of Queens land. Mr. Clark, who is known as "the king of tho pearl fishers," orig inally stocked it with a hundred and fifty thousand pearl oysters. Now fifteen hundred men-two hundred of whom aro divers-and two hundred and fifty vessels are employed in har vesting the crop. "I have been fifteen years engaged in pearl fishing," Mr. Clark told a correspondent of the Melbourne Age. "My experience has led me to the be lief that, with proper intelligence in the selection of a placo, ono can raise oysters. "I started my farm three years ago, and have stocked it with (-Lolls whioh I obtained, iu many instances, far out at ?ea. "My pearl ehcll farm covers five hundred square miles. Over most of it thc water is shallow water sholls at tain the largest size. "I ship my pearls to London in my own vessels. Tho catch each year runs, roughly speaking, from ?200,000 worth up to almost five times that amount." _ Hot Water. Hot water has far. more medical vir tues than many believe or know. Be cause it is so easily procured, thou sands think it valueless. The uses of hot water are, however, many. For example, there is nothing that so quickly cuts short congestion of thc lungs, sore throat or rheumatism as bot water when applied promptly and thoroughly. Headache almost always yields to the simultaneous application of hot water to the feet and back of the neck. A towel folded several times and dipped in hot water and quickly wrung out and applied over the pain ful part in toothache or neuralgia, will generally afford prompt relief. A Atrip of flannel or napkin folded lengthwiso and dipped in hot water and wrung out, and then applied around the neck of a child that has the croup will sometimes bring relief in ten minutes. Reindeer for the Yukon Region. Twenty reindeer will be brought down this year from Point Clarence by the United States revenue cutter Bear for transportation by way of the Yukon River steamers to tho gold fields. Dogs havo beon tho chief reli ance of the miners for the transporta tion of their packs across tho snow. Horses, too, havo fcuud their way into the great valley, and havo proven al most beyond value. It is felt, how I over, that the reindeer will bo moro 1 eerviceablo than horses in tho Yukon region. Tho introduction of reindeer into the Yukon has for eome time been a Bubjeot of study of KU ch men aa Sheldon Jaokson and Minor W, Brace, : the ezploreri,-The Manufacture ITEMS OF INTOBMATION. The old Washington hall in Durham, which is supposed by some to have beeu the seat of George Washington's ancestors, has been bought by an American for only ?2,000. It is pic turesque and full of rheumatism. There are nearly G, OOO, OOO total abstainers in Great Britain and Ire land, yet, notwithstanding this fact, the consumption of liquors during 189G exceeded that of the previous year by $32,500,000. The supposed grave of Eve is visited by over 40,000 pilgrims in each year. It is to be seen at Jeddah, in a ceme tery outside the city walls. The tomb is fifty cubits long and twelve wide. The Arabs eutertaiu a belief that Eve was the tallest woman that ever lived. The Ostrich Method of Warfare. "Ha, ha!" cried the sultan; "I have provided against the possibility of our suffering defeat in this or any other conflict." "In what way?" "I have made arrangements by which I shall personally supervise every bit of news printed in my do minions." His Little Mistake. Briggs-Mighty pretty bonnet your wife had on last Sunday. At least my I wife said it was. Braggs-Yes; and it all came from ! my absent-mindedness that she got it. Briggs-How's that? Braggs-When I went home the other evening, thinking very intently abont business, as I often do, I found my wife in the kitchen. Now, what should I do but hand the bird I had brought home to my wife and kiss the cook! Of course she knew it was a mistake, but-oh, well, yon know how women are.-Tid-Bits. Swearing Won't Help lt. Swearing may make a Are burn, or lt may make a deck hand bustle, but it won't belp Tetter, or Rlugwonn. If you use Tetteilne, lt will make you comfortable and save swear words. 50 cents at di ug stores, or by mail for 60 cents lu stamps from J. T. Sbuptrine, Savannah, Ga. _ Returns show that sixteen persons In 1,000 who are confined in lunatic asylums have been made Insane by love affairs. CABCAKErs stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; 10c. F. J. Cheney Sc Co.. Toledo, O., Props, of lian's Catarrh Cure, offer ?100 reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure, .-end for testimonials, I free. Sold by Druggists, 75c. SILENT SUFFERERS. Women do not Liko to Tell a Doctor the Details of Their Private Ula. The reason why so many women suffer J in silence from the multiple disorders con [nected with their sexual system is that they cannot bear to broach the subject to a man, even if he is a physician. No one can blame a modest, sensitive woman for this reticence. It is unneces sary in these times, however, for a woman makes to all afflicted women a most generous offer. Mrs. Pinkhain of Lynn, Mass., bids every woman who suffers to write to her and confide every symptom that annoys her, and she will give her advice without charge, and that advice is based upon the greatest experience ever possessed by man or woman in this country, and extends over period of twenty-three years, and thousands upon 1 thousandsof cases. Why suffer in silence any longer, my sister, when you can gethelp for thc asking? Don't fear to tell her everything. Thc case of Mrs. Colony, whose letter to Mrs. Pinkham we publish, is an illustration of the good to be received from Mrs. Pinkham's advice; here is a woman who was sick for years and could get no relief-at last in despair she wrote to Mrs. Pinkham-received in return a prompt, sympathetic and inter? estcd reply. Note the result and go and do likewise. '. I was troubled with such an aching in my back end hips, and I felt so tired all the time, and had fer four years. For the last year it ivas ali I could do to flrafr around. I would have such a ring-iny in my head by Kpclls that it seemed as though I would grow crazy. I nehed from my shoulders to my feet and was very nervous. I was also troubled with a white discharge. I wrote to Mrs, Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., received a prompt reply and followed her advice, and now I have no backache and begin to feel as one ought ; in fact, I never felt bet- ; ter in ten years than I do now. I thank God that I went doctoring with Mrs. Pinkham when I did, for if I had not I know I would have been in my grave." -Mas. NELLIE E. COLONY, Nahma, Mich. ?ANDY CATHARTIC CURE CONSTIPATION io* ^aagCTtwv^j^rMvr^w^ ALL 25 * SO * ^^^?S?^^miM^^ DRUGGISTS ! i ?OQAT TVPDT V PTTRDlllITPtfn to core any use or constipation. 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