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A H?GE FAMILY. IT CONTAINS MORE THAN 12,000 PERSONS. Letcher County. Kentucky. Populated by ?the Descendants of Old Benjamin Webb -Thirty Birthdays Every Day the Year Around-Curious Complications. There i? an entire county in the eastern part of Kentucky which is populated by the descendants and relatives of a single family. The original "Webb family consists of more than eight hundred direct descendants, . while the number of those who are more or less closely related to them by marriage is considerably more than twelve thousand. The family has up to the. present time practically filled Letoher County, and has commenced . to overflow the boundary lines inte the adjoining counties. This remarkable population, says n correspondent of the New TorkWorld, traces its ancestry directly to a Ben jamin "^"dbb, who settled in this sec tion nearly a century ago. At the present time there are still living six of his ohildren. The most numerous branch of the family is descended from JasonWebb, w'ao is now in his seventy-eighth year. Other children have families nearly as large, however. Jason lives in the house, now sixty years old, in which he began housekeeping and raised a family of nineteen children. Of this remarkable family sixteen are still living. The next geneiation, which consists of 150 grandchildren, are all living. There are besides 80 great-grandchildren and 60 great grcat-grand-ohildren.all of whom are at present living within ten mil?s of Ja - son. It will occur to most people that a family of such remarkable proportions must give rise to many complications. The descendants of old Benjamin Webb have for one thing been obliged to select about eight hundred names for their children, and the entire family has been obliged to go through the ordeal of agreeing upon more than twelve thousand names. Com pared with this task the work of nam ing the streets of an entire city like New York would be trifling. If each member of the family should attempt to give presents at Christmas to all the other members the expense would be something startling. In the immediate family there is an average of nearly three birthdays celebrated every day. The entire family, it may readily be calculated, might celebrate thirty birthdays every day in the year. One of the most remarkable of the original family is Uncle Miles, who though seventy-five years old, is about to marry a sister-in-law. This re markable old man has fourteen chil dren, all of whom are married and have large families. Ho is unable to tell the exact number of descendants who should be credited to him, but thinks that a conservative estimate would place the number of grand children at 100, great-grandchildren seventy-five, and great-great-grand children at about forty. The oldest living member of the i'v.is Aunt Polly, who is eighty .?ars old. Her branch of the *i-ee comprises eight living .'grandchildren, forty Jeh'ildren, and twenty ?t-grandchildren. Her who is known as the e family, is but seventy old. Her branch, which .ve generations, is made np j jnety-eight members, ntire population of Letcher it. is claimed, can trace their '.ave- sry very clearly back to but four anilies, who were the first to settle in this section. These families were the Crafts, Adamses and Halbrookes, and, of course, the Webbs. The de scendants have married and inter married.in a most perplexing manner. Only a very few of them have ever seen a railroad train. The little county, as might be im agined, is in reality a small kingdom, over which the elder Webbs are polit ical monarchs. Whenever a Webb wishes to hold any office in th$ coun ty the result is a foregone coacfasion. Such a condition of affairs does not, it is very safe to say, exist in any other ; State in the Union. A Washington correspondent tells of a western congressman whom he once heard declaiming in a Washing ton hotel about the new navy: "We must have speed in our new ships," I he said; "and if I had my way about j it we would never build another cruiser j that could sail less than twenty fath- j oms an hour!" Do wo Need Bip Muscles? By no means. Persons of herculean build fre- ; quently possess a minimum of genuine vigor, ana exhibit less endurance than very sinai: people. Real vigor means the ability to dices;, and sleep well, and to perform a reasonable amount o? dally physical and mental labor without unnatural fatigue. It ls because b course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters enable* tho enfeebled dyspoptle to resume the allotted activity of every day life, os well as to partici pate without discomfort in its enjoyment?, that. 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I of things gray hairs bel They have no business ? man or woman, who 1 down the slope of life, the hair turns gray reg life's seasons ; sometin sickness, but more ofte When the hair fades or need to resort to hair dy ot the hair is restored an? Ayer's Ha Ayer'a Curebook, "a story of loo pages, free J. C. Ay INCURABLE DISEASES. THE LIST DECREASES AS THE KN0WL? EDCE OF SCIENCE INCREASES. Story of a Man Who "Was Given Up to l>ie by Seven Physicians-He Fol lows the Advice of a Friend and is Kow a Well Stan -A Wonderful Story. From thc Leader, Morrinoiltt, X. Y. "Yonder is a man.," said tho farmer to a reporter, "who is the talk of this commu nity." "He Is Hr. Wiliiam "Woodman, of South Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y.," a well-to do farmer, who is well known. and stands high for honesty and thrift ia this neigh borhood. On tho following day tho newspaper maj . called on Mr. Woodman iu bis comfortable, old-fashioned farm house. "I have had serious thoughts of writing an account for the newspapers mysolf," said Mr. Woodman, "but as I am .not ac customed to such work, I have never at tempted it. Sit down and I will tell you all about it. "I am fifty-nine years old. I contracted rheumatism when only fourteen years of age, then a severe cold from over exertion and from becoming over heated. My father was a farmer and insisted that the only way to make me strong was to do plenty of hard work. When, however, ho saw mo"helpless in bed for six long months without being able to move except with help, ho changed his mind, and forever after believed that children should not bo made to do men's work. My growth was stopped by suffer ing, and I do not think I am an inch taller than that day, forty-five years ago. Dur ing tho forty years ensuing after my mis fortune, I was attended by seven doctors. I received temporary relief at times, from new forms of treatment, but always re lapsed into a worse and more aggravated condition. Tho conclusion of ail these gentlemen was that I was incurable, and all they could do was to case my condition. After I grew to manhood I married and have been blessed with a family. My dear wife has had all the drudgery of nursing and waiting upon mo, and the burden has been indeed hard to bear. "Without hopo from physicians I begau to take Dr. Williams* Pink'Pills, which was highly recommended by my friends. I took them and within ono week began to feel better than I had since I was first afflicted. I took these pills according to directions, and when the box was nearly gone I went over to Brookfield to an old friend who was in the drug business, named Dr. Aure lius Fitch, who likewise was a great suffer er from rheumatism. Tho doctor and I or dered several boxes of Pink Pills in part nership, ho from that timo keeping them on sale. Well. I continued to take them according to directions for the next three years and steadily improved, gaining flesh and strength, until two years ago I was able to discontinue thom, and now am as ablo bodied a man of my years as you will lind. I ought to tell you that after I or dered the first box of pills tho physician who was then attending me came in and I told him what I was doing. Ho said I was very-foolish, that they would surely injure me, and it was his duty to toll mo so. I told tho doctor that I might as well die as to drag out a iniseraMo oxistence, and so, notwithstanding his warnings, continued to take the pills. Thank God the doctor was not able to dissuade me, for to them I now ascribo all tho comfort and happiness I have In this world. I bave recommended them'to hundreds of people sincu I was cured, and in every case they have been effective, not only in rheumatism but in numerous other disorders, especially im poverishment of tho blood, heart troublo and kidney disease. "I certify the above statement to be true, and if necessary will swear to tho same be fore a Notary Publie." WILLIAM WOODMAN. When Mr. Woodman had signed and de ' livered the abovo paper to the reporter, he said: "If I were you I would go and call on Mr. Amos Jaquays, at Columbus Centre, to whom I recommended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for aggravated kidney di?ase. He is now in perfect health. I have -io doubt he will bo glad to testify to thc efficacy of the remedy tha; cured him." Dr. Williams' Pink Pilis contain all thc elements necessary to givo new lifo and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale hy ali druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady. N. Y., for 50<3. per box, or six boxes for *2.50. In Honor of Betsy Ress. A, memorial in honor of Betsy Boss, who made the iirr-t American flag, has long been lacking, and the patriotic public will undoubtedly join heartily in the movement which is now inaugurated hythe Patriotic Sons of America and the Junior Order United American Mechanics to erect such a memorial, patriots all over the country being requested to lend theil aid and support to the plan. This honor to the memory of the good dame Boss would be most appropriate, and Fairmount Park'would bc a fitting place in which to place the proposed memorial. As tho kind of memorial has not yet been determined upon, a suggestion is not out of order. Why do not these patriotic societies raise a fund and purchase the house in which the first American flag was made and have it removed to some appropriate spot in the park? No moro fitting honor could be paid the memory of Betsy Boss than the preservation ol her old homestead for all future gen erations. A valuable historir-M edi fice, in which the whole nation is in terested, would be SH. ed from destruction at the same time by thia plan.-Philadelphia North American. Reading as a Mental Stimulus. An eminent French critic said in a lecture recently in New York that "to distrust what we like is the first requisite of progress in art and in life." He did not meai: that books that are disagreeable .re the only books worth reading. But he did mean that a book which opens up a new field of knowledge, a new outlook upon literature or life, is not at first likely to give the pleasure that comes from one which simply reflects thc old familiar idea of which we say complacently, "Kow good and true that is, for Tve felt it or said it my self." A book that pats you on the head or heart all the time is apt to be little more than a reflection of your own narrow experience, and you will not learn anything from it. A book that makes one feel ignorant is as tnorti/ying to one's pride ns a superior porson.-"Droch" ~. Ladies' Home Journal. Scorned. "I-I should think-" began the backward Mr. Chappy. "Yes," interrupted the cruel young woman, "but you didn't." And Mr. Chappy made up his mind right then and there not to propose to her, ever.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. d the Gray. i are apt to feel a little 's begin to show. It's n the normal condition .ong to advanced age. whitening the head of las not begun to go As a matter of fact, rardless of age, or of ?es it is whitened by m from lack of care. turns gray there's no 'es. The normal color i retained by the use of iir Vigor. cures told by thc cured." er Co., Lowell. Mass. A SUNSET All of the livelong day there was sea The writhing river burned like a rn? The reaper dropped his scythe, and tl And a breeze on the throbbing brov "When the disk of the sun dipped dowi A sudden wafture of wind that crlnl The kine were glad In the field, and tl And the heart of the mother leaped For tho sunset breeze 9tole In with he Winnowed tho fevered air with a sli Out of the back-swung door slipped tl And lo! as the mother knolt, the bal THE OL-r By FRANCES J ISS CAROLINE \ Sooville sat with her sewing at a round table in her dining-room. It was early sum mer, and through the open French windows she could ^ok out .over New York Bay and see the church spires and tall buildings of New York and Brook lyn. She often laid aside her work and gazed at tho blue water and the great ships and boats that passed to and fro upon it, and at the far-away cities. Indeed, this is what she was doing when a gentle knock disturbed her reverie. "Come in! Oh, Sophia, it is you, my dear?" she said, as a little girl of twelve entered. "Sit down here, and I'll ring for Kate to bring you some giugerbread." With au air of extreme satisfaction, Sophia drew up one of the old-fash ioned mahogany chairs and seated herself at the table beside the old lady. "And now," said Aunt Caroline, after Sophia had been supplied with two large slices of gingerbread, "shall it be a talk or a story this afternoon?" "A story," replied Sophia, promptly. "Well, "then, I'll tell you a story about this table," aud Aunt Caroline laid her soft old hand ou the polished surface of the table at which they sat. "It was a favorite piece of furniture with my grandmother, who received it as a wedding present from an uncle of hers in England. My dear, I often sit here and think of my grand mother and wonder how she could have borne the separation from her husband and only brother-both offi cers in the American army during the War of the Revolution. Her husband was Major Deerfield and served in Washington's army, while her brother, Henry Dayton, was captain of horse under Colonel James Clinton, who, at the time the events I am going to tell you about happened, was in command of certain posts in the highlands of the Hudson. "Grandfather and grandmother were married in the spring of 1775, and it was about a year after, that affairs in New York began to assume an alarm ing aspect. 'Out on the bay lay a British fleet, among them the vessel honored by tho,presence of Governor Tryon-how the good-'New Yorkers hated him-and a British army was en camped on the Staten Island and Jer sey shores. "My grandmother, plucky though she was, could not help feeling alarmed, and she was overjoyed when Washing ton arrived from Boston, where he had been turning the British out and re storing the Bostonians to their rights. With Washington's army came, of course, Major Deerfield. "For a time, the arrival of Washing ton put new heart into the New York ers; but my grandfather meant to run no risks where Ilia wife was concerned. One morning he came from headquar ters to his house on Pearl street and found grandmother seated by the win dow iu her little .boudoir. Her" work lay in her lap and her elbows rested on the table-this table. "Well, sweetheart,' said he, stoop ing and kissing her, 'what ails you? Idle so early ip the morning?' Then he sat doAvn beside her and they both looked out of the window down the bay; and he counted the British ships in sight, and pointed out lo her our fortification on Brooklyn Heights and showed her that if the British once wrested this post from usj. New York would be directly under their noses, 'and then-and then,'said he, 'there'd be the deuce to pay.' ^Andjb''t&id her that he thought it would b? uetter for her to go out uf town, away from the turmoil and confusion and possible danger until things in the city had be come quiet and peaceful again. In fact, he said, he had already taken measures to this end, and had ob tained leave of absence from his regi ment long enough to allow of his plac ing her in safety with some good, re liable Dutch people, who lived ou a farm about thirty miles up tho Hud son. My grandmother did not want to go a bit; for, in leaving New York: she would not only be cutoff fi om all com munication with her husband aud friends there, but would lose the chance of getting news of her Brother Henry, from whom she had heard nothing for many weeks. However, grandmother was a sensible woman, aud, making the best of a sad necessi ty, said she was willing to go. "Major Deerfield had arranged that they should leave tho city next morn ing, and an escort of ten men had been provided. Traveling at that time was a perilous undertaking without an armed escort, as one was liable at any mo ment to encounter a party of British foragers or a band of native maraud ers, unscrupulous and rapacious. "Grandmother's room at the farm house was made quite homelike by fur niture and knick-knacks she brought with her from the city. Among them was this table, which she would not have consented to leave behind on any account. Her life in the country was not unhappy, though she longed for news of her husband and brother. However, it was just as well that she could not know of the dreadful things that were happening in the city, as tl knowledge would have increased -hd anxiety ten fold. Washington Was dishearteued at the turn affairs had taken. His enemies were overpower ing iu numbers and their ranks were constantly being increased by the ar rival of fresh troops. Poor man, he saw dire disaster staring him in the face. His own forces seemed little calculated to cope successfully with those of the well-trained, well-equipped enemy. ' 'But I am going ahead of my story. It was about six weeks after her ar rival at the farm that a little daughter was born to my grandmother. And this baby was my mother. How grandmother longed to show her new treasure to her husband ! But there was no way even ci getting word to | BREEZE, ely a rustle of leaves, .lt?n serpent of fire; e binder fled from his sheaves, j was the world's supreme desire. LI there sprang from out of the west kled theunmown grain; tie bird was glad on the nest, that her prayer was not in vain, \ .allng upon its breath, igle sweetening sweep; tie pallid angel of death, >y smiled in its sleep. -Clinton Scollard, in the Chautauquan. ) TABLE). V. SCHNEIDER him that the baby was there. One day, as she lay on a couch with her three weeks'-old baby in her arms, she heard an unsual commotion down. stairs, and the voice of the farmer's wife loudlp ordering the maids and men about. " 'Get out the covered wagon, Peter. You, Caroline, collect all the pro visions you can and put them into it. I will see that the lady upstairs is got ready.' Then footsteps sounded on the stairs, and next moment grand mother's door was opened without ceremony, and the farmer's wife ap peared, pale and excited. . " 'Madame,' she said, 'there is a party of ruffians bent on plunder com ing up the road. They have robbed aud burned the Allens' house, three miles?rom here, and are driving be fore them the horses and cattle they, have stolen. It is not safe for us to remain here.' While sho spoke the good w?man helped grandmother to dress. Then they gathered together; what small articles of value they could, and, wrapping the baby in a shawl, descended into the yard where the wagon -stood. Scarcely had grand mother been helped into it than loud shouts aud yells announced the ap proach of the pillagers. The Dutch woman and her maids clambered into the wagon beside my grandmother and her baby. Then the farmer cracked his whip and tho whole party were jolted swiftly down a steep hill and across the fields to tho welcome shelter of the woods, into whose depths. they drove for some distance. "Half an hour later the farmer, who had been reconnoitering, re turned to *the fugitives in a state of great agitation and excitement to say that his house was in flames. "How dreadful," exclaimed Sophia. "And were these British soldiers?" "No, my dear; they were not sol diers at all. Tories, they called them selves when plundering Americans. But they really belonged to neither side, and veered from party to party, as it suited their wicked ends. Well, the marauders remained in the vicin ity several days, during which time our little party was afraid to leave its hiding place and seek protection in the neighboring village, so?no ten miles away. At last, on tin morning of the third or fourth day, while they were making a miserable breakfast off the remainder of their provisions, they were startled by the appearance of half . a lozeu horsemen coming toward them through "the wo~ocfs. As they drew nearer, grandmother saw, to her-great relief, that they were Ameri can soldiers, and furthermore, one. of the group looked uncommonly like her brother Harry; and, sure enough, it was he, and next moment he had sprung down from his horse aud was clasping his. sister and her baby in his arms. "Some hours later, when the poor fugitives were comfortably settled in a house in the village, Captain Day ton told how he had come to find them. " 'You know that blessed mahog any table of yours, Bess,' said he, 'that Uncle Henry sent yon from Eng land?' " 'Oh, ye3, Harry; it was burned with all the poor farmer's possGo sions.' "'No it wasn't,'he replied; 'it's safe and sound, and was the means of my finding yon.' Then he went on to toll how that news of a party of Tories, who were making raids upon the country round about had reached his com mander, who had sent him out with a small party to put au end to their depredations. And while they were galloping along in hot haste, his horse east a shoe. But presently, as luck would have it, they came upon a blacksmith's forge, and while his horse was being shod, Captain Dayton en tered the shed and found a heap of furniture piled up in a confer, and among it this table, which he recog nized at once as his sister's, though how it had come there he could not for his life conjecture, for, you see, he knew nothing of her departure from New York. Upon inquiry he learned that the table and the other things had been left by the party of freebooters he was in search of, who had insisted upon making the poor blacksmith's forge a temporary storehouse for their booty. Further inquiry revealed that the latest scene of their depredations was a farmhouse some five miles dis tant, where it was rumored a rich and beautiful New York lady was living in seclusion, placed there by her hus band, an officer in the Amerioa'n army. The farmer and his family were sup posed to have escaped unharmed, but the house was ransacked and burned. "Captain Dayton waited for no more; but detailing half of his men to stay and watch the forge, he galloped away, followed by the remainder. On reaching tho farm he found nothing but a heap of blackened ruins left to mark the place where the house had stood. Whatever the pillagers were unable to carry away they had burned or destroyed. And it was not until after a long search that the Captain and his men discovered my grandmother and the good Dutch people in their hiding-place in the woods. "Years passed before my grand mother returned to her house on Pearl street; but she did go back. And af ter awhile grandfather bought a house fronting on tho Battery, and here the old table stood, in the centre of my grandmother's boudoir,- and round it many happy little one's clustered, who never tired of hearing the story I have just told you. And now, Sophia, give me a kiss and be off."-Empire Maga zine. Germany Improving Rivers. Germany has during the last two de cades spent close upon $100,000,000 in dredging and improving the Rhine, the Elbe and the Vistula. This fact has lately been brought home to the Frenoh Legislature, which is expected to take early action with regard to the restoration of the banks of the Loire and ita conversion onoe. more into a navigable mom r.ud into RU artery ol THE BEARS OP ALASKA, fhcre Are Sevoral Vnrlettus sf Them at the Service of Sportsmen. In Alaska there are several varie ties of the bear, including the polar or white bear, the brown bear, and the grizzly bear. The New York Sun has learned from a member of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, who has spent much time in Alaska, that, in the colder months of the year, droves of polar bears may be seen as far south as St. Matthew's Island in Bering Sea, but that, when the ice begins to break up there, they strike out for the furthest north, as far as the Arctic Ocean.. Their habits are of a maritime character; they are great swimmers; "they do not mind a swim of from 150 to 200 miles if they can find an occasional iceberg to rest on. They are ferocious, and have no fear of an enemy, so that the sportsman who is fond of adventures with a spice of danger in them can find genuine happiness in hunting the polar bear, which, however, it must be said, has a habit of killing and devouring such persons as may seek sport at its ex pense." The brown bear of Alaska is a huge and shaggy bear, varying in length from six to twelve feet and weighing from 800 to 1500 pounds, and is a dangerous adversary, the terror of the natives. It is an expert fisher, with a good appetite for salmon in its season ; and when the year's run of that dainty fish is over it takes to the hills, where small game awaits consumption. The brown bear had been particularly use ful as a road-maker in Alaska, treading the river banks and plains in a \mr .poseful manner, so that the traveler, by following its footsteps, Avili find the easiest routes to the hills and to the best, fording places. Its habitat is behoved to run as far north as the Arctic Ocean. As to its ferocity, the natives do not possess a monopoly of the stories. Yet there is au authentic report that some time ago two men killed seven brown bears iu one day upou the mainland adjacent to the island of Uuga, and exhibited the skins in proof of their good faith. This story ought to give encourage ment to those sportsmen who like a spice of luck as well as cf danger in their sport. It is hard to tell whether the grizzly bear of Alaska is more ferocious than the polar bear or the brown bear of that part of America. But some of the men who have traveled near Mount St. Elias say that the- grizzly found there is unequalled for ferocity, being fiercer even than the Eocky Mountaiu variety. The Indian will never attack it; he takes to flight at the sight of it. It has no fear of bullets. It is happy when it lays eyes on a human being; humanity i s but provender for it. The natives believe that it possesses su pernatural powers, and can hypnotize the man who goes out to kill it. Yet, it is related that upon one occasion a party of two Americans in tho Mount St. Elias region saw a grizzly at a dis tance eating fish upon the banks of a stream aud determined to try conclu sions with it. They got reinforce ments by which their party was raised to the number of six. The' six men raised their rifles and poured a volley into the body of the enemy, which thereupon rushed toward the firing party. As the animal approached they peppered it with their bullets until its life was extinct. The skinning of it was the next thing; and it WP3 one of -tiaro- mc tn boro of tho r>avij of-ifix-who* Baid: "When the skin was stretched out it looked to mo bigger than the biggest bullock hide I had ever seen!" That was an adventure for sports-, men who have no fear o' danger, but rather like it. In truth, there is no part of the American continent where an adventurous hunter can get livelier experiences in bear hunting than those which are to be found iu Alaska. He can take his choice between the polar bear, the brown bear, and the biggest grizzly on earth. He can hover about Mount St. Elias, take observations upon the mainland near Unga, or go stalking among the ice firkls which border the Arctic Ocean, some dis tance this side of the North Pole. There are yet lots of chances for sport in this country between Florida Strait and Point Barrow. NATURE'S REMEDIES. Scheele discovered glycerine in 1789. Nux v?mica is the seed of a tree in digenous to India and Ceylon. Hemlock, the extract of which killed Socrates, is a native of Italy and Greece. Creosote was discovered in 1830 by Beichenbach, who extracted it from the tar of wood. Peppermint is native to Europe, and its use as a medicine dates bark to the middle ages. Aoonite grows iu Siberia and Central Asia, and was first used as medicine by St?rck in 1762. Myrrh,which comcsfrom Arabia and Persia, was used as medicine in the time of Solomon. . Ergot is the product of the diseased seeds of common rye. and is ono of Hahnemann's discoveries. Iodine was discovered in 1812 by Courtois, and was first employed in a hospital in London in 1825. Arnica hails from Europe and Asia, but the medicin?is made from artificial plants grown for that purpose in Ger many and France. Ipecac comes from South America, and its qualities are first mentioned in 1618 by a Spanish writer, who refers it as a Brazilian medicine. Hasheesh, or Indian hemp, is a res inous substance produced from the tops of the plaut iu India. It has been used, as has opium, sinco Indian his tory begun. Caffeine, the native principle of cof fee, was fouud by Bunge in 1820. Or dinary coffee contains about one per cent., Java coffee, 4 2-5 per cent., and Martinique, 6 2-5 per cent. Perhaps the most ancieut of medi cines is hops, which were used in the dual capacity of an intoxicating bever age and as a medicin? in 201)0 B. C. This is attested by pictures of the plant on the Egyptian monuments of that date. How to Know a Room is Damp. To ascertain whether or not a room is damp, a kilogramme of fresh lime should bo placed therein, after her metically closing door and windows. In twenty-four hours it .should be weighed, and if the kilogramme has absorbed more than ten grammes of water (that is, more than ono per cent.), tho room should bc considered damp and classed as unhealthy. The question of the dampness of dwellings is a frequent cause of dispute between landlord and tenant, and is naturally solved in the negative by the former. The question can be settled in tho future by the test of the hydration of lime, whioh will give irrefutable proof at the validity of p.uch complaint. New f?rt Pletotio awl Hygienic Ga WORDS OF WISDOM, The credit that is got by a lie o??j lasts until the truth comes ont. Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well,wisest and best of all. " The bitterest medicine is sweet to a boy if he thinks his younger brother wants it. A man that can be flattered is no* necessarily a fool, but you can make one of him. A laugh, tobe joyous, muse flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness there can be no true joy. Only the wise can profit by the ex perience of others. A fool has to find out for himself what fire is. Thero is nothing so sweet as duty, and all the best pleasures of life come in the wake of duties done. Before you lose your soul in trying to gain wealth, ask the nr illionaire how much gold it takes to make one rich. The failures of life come from rest ing in good intentions, which are in vain unless carried out in wise action. Only the brave knowhow to forgive! it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can ar rive at. The most exquisite times in most people's lives are those when they are (perhaps unconsciously) expecting something. If a man empties his purse into his1 head, no one can take it from him. Ari investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Absence lessens small passions and increases great ones-as the wind ex tinguishes tho taper and kindles tho burning dwelling. lt is not by turning over libraries, but by repeatedly perusing and intent" ly contemplating a few great models, ' that the mind is best disciplined. ' The constant duty of every man to, his fellows is io ascertain his own powers and special gifts; and to strengthen them for the help of others.! Tact is a gift; it is likewise a grace-; As a gift, it may, or may not have fallen to our share; as a grace, Ave are1 bound either to possess or to acquire, it. , It is more honorable to the head, asj well as to tho heart, to be misled ia our eagerness in the pm suit of truth,! than to be safe from blundering byj contempt oT it. Love has no commandment; she doesj all things of herself spontaneously-j hastens and delays not. It is enough; to her that it is only shown her; she needs no driving. Temptations are crises which test the strength of one's character.' "Whether we stand or fall at these crises depends largely on what we are before the testing comes. The world owes & debt unpayable of reverence and gratitude for the obi scare fidelity, and unchronicled sacri-; fice, the silent and steady toil which has no other-inducement than a sense, of duty and the reward of .an approv ing conscience. Book by General Washington. One thousand dollars has just beon paid iu this city for a small sixteen page pamphlet, minus the cover and otherwise dilapidated. It is the work of George Washington, and, save for two other copies, the last known sur vivor of its edition. " The ?1000 pamphlet was printed at "Williamsburg, the old capital of-Vir ginia, in 1754-5, according to the date upon the title page. The Govern* ment printers of the old dominion were tho publishers and "George Washington, Esquire, Colonel of Militia," is set down as author. ' It would be, save for its associations, a very uninteresting work, consisting solely of a soldierly and altogether matter-of-fact account of Washington's expedition, under the orders of Governor Dinwindle, to inspect the frontier forts along the Ohio Eivers On his return from the expedition to the forts Washington laid his re port before the Colonial Governor, and was permitted by that functionary to have it printed at the Govern ment's expense. Accordingly Colonel Washington set to work and worked his report into shape, the result of this, his first literary effort, being the pamphlet described. The pur^ chaser of the pamphlet is a bibliophile of international reputation. The sale ?was negotiated through a well-known New York book dealer. For generations the pamphlet had lain, obscure and unvalued, in an un important private library. It was generally supposed that only two copies of Washington's first essay in authorship existed, and within the past fifteen years both of these copies had come up for sale-one of them in the Brinley auction of 18S2 fetching ?650, and the other being bought for a large price by the Lenox Library ? Trustees.-New York Sun. Thc Sea in Flames. When, a few years ago, some of the Russian grand dukes honoied Baku, a town on tho Caspian, with their pres ence, the governor had naphtha thinly poured over the surface of the sea for a very considerable distance. . About 9 o'clock in the evening the inflammatory substance was ignited and a bluish conflagration spread it self over the waves of the mighty - deep. To increase the splendor of the scene a slight breeze arose, the sea became agitated and the billows ma jestically heaved without any too vio lont commotion. Such a matrimonial alliance, if I may use the term, of fire and water, was perhaps never before witnessed. The flames literally danced on the waves, blending all their magic beauty with tho splashing restlessness of tho limpid antagonist. The dark green color of the Caspian shone by tho reflection of the subdued light riding bodily on thc very foam of the surface. At length the gale increased, the naphtha covering becamo more and moro broken and the glowing carpet extended over a great distance of the sea, gradually assuming the aspect of so many jack-o'-lauterns.^ A mazy ballet of gradually extin guishiug will-o'-the-wisps closed the wonderful spectacle. One hour after its commencement the watery element had resumed its sway, and the sea again lay enveloped in darkness.-At lanta Constitution. Pnrloi- Shipped to London. A parlor fifty feet long by thirty broad, ouce belonging to Cesar Phebus d'Albert, Marshal of France under Louis XIV., has just been transported to a London club. The Gobelin tapestry, representing the four ele ments, is extremely fiue, as ia the carving of the oak panels. The room was moved from thu neighborhood ol Bordeaux to Paris in Louis Philippe's time and subsequently to London, The smallest diocese in the world ie said to bo that of St. Helena. The Bishop, Dr, Welby, receives a nalnry of $300, ?uni overaeea tao clergymen, HOUSEHOLD HINTS. A NON-BLISTERING MUSTARD PLAS TER-In making a mustard plaster take a piece of lard and stir the dry mustard into the lard until it is a thick paste and will, just spread. Spread ona piece of lawn and apply to the affected part.. This will not blister. BOOT BLACKING-The best black ing for boots is orange juice. Take a slice or, quarter of an orange and rub it on the shoe or boot; then, when dry, brush with a soft brush till the shoe shine like a looking glass. FOR ACID DISCOLORATIONS-If the juice of a lemon or any acid fruit has taken the color from gown or apron, it may be restored by touching the spot with household ammonia. If soda or the like has caused the same trouble, touch with vinegar. To FREE THE HOUSE OF ANTS-To free a house from ants, sprinkle fine white sugar on a large sponge. When full of ants drop into boiling water. To drive away ants, scrub the shelves or drawers that they frequent with strong carbolic soap, after which sprinkle red pepper in every crevice. GETTING BID OF BOACHES. Sprinkle powdered borax -plentifully down into their hiding places wher ever they may bc, and in a week, or before very long, they will disappear. Oil of cedar will kill roaches. Put the oil into an atomizer and spray all the cracks and crevices in the wall and places where they inhabit. This is a sure way to kill them. TURPENTINE IN THE HOUSEHOLD, Turpentine is the best friend house keepers have and a supply shonld be always kept on hand. It is good for burns, excellent for corns, good for rheumatism and sore throat, and a quick remedy for fits and convulsions. It-is a sure*preventive against moths^ a few drops rendering garmentB safe from such invasion during tho sum mer. .It drives away ants and bugs from cupboards and corners by put ting a few drops on the shelves. It effectually destroys bugs, and injures neither furniture nor clothing. For cleaning paint add a spoonful to a pail of warm water. A little in the suds on washday makes washing easier A KITCHEN CONVENIENCE.-A small, flat paint brush, about one inch in width, is a kitchen convenience that no housewife should be without. For the greasing of all pans it is both neater and more effectual than the usual bit of paper. Also, if all meats w*re brushed over with sweet oil and vinegar before sending to the refriger ator they would retain their juiceBaud flavor far more perfectly than is com monly the case. The Resemblance. "Do you believe in heredity?" asked the professor. "I really don't know mach about it." "It's a very interesting subject. You can take almost any family and see how traits have been transmitted. I have no doubt,"for .Adance, that there is some strong point of resem blance between your brother aud his futter." 4iYes," she replied, after some thought. "You must bo right. There is a resemblance." "And may I?ask in what it consists?" "They both wear glasees."-Wash* ington Stnr. Personal Legislation. "Say, Weary, there's a woman tryin' to get .congress to pass a law forcin' every man to marry. " "I'll bet that's her only chance." Lift) tun't -Worth Living lo ono who suffers the maddening agony of Retenta, Tetter and mich Irritating, itching skin disensos. Every roughness of tho skin iron! a simple chap to Tettor and Ringworm even of long standing is completely, quickly and surely cured l?y Tettetine. Is comfort worth BO cents to you? That's the price of Tetterine at drug stores, or by mail for price In stamps from J.T. Shuptrlno, Savannah, Ga. She-"Where ls my last year's bathing suit?' lie-"I am using lt for a penwlporl" .* A Prose l'ocm. EE-M. Medicated Smok.og Tobacco And Cigarettes Are absolute remedies for Catarrh, Hay Fever. Asthma and Colds; Besides a delightful smoke. Ladles ns well as mon, use thees goods. No opium or other harmful dr?g L'sed in their manufacture. EE M. Is used and recommendc* Bj some of the best citizens Of this country. If your dealer does not keep EE-M. Send 18c. for package of tobacco And Oe. for package of cigarettes, Direct to tho EE-M. Company, Atlanta, Ga., And you will receive Roods bj mall. How's This? We offer On.* Hundred Doll ir; Reward for any ra e of Catarrh that cannot bj cured by Hall's Catarrh Cu*e. P. J. Cn KN RV & Co., P ops., Toledo, O. Wc, the undersigned, havo known F.J. Che ney lor the la 115 years, and believe him per fet'tlv l-onnr >blc in all business t-an actions and financially able to curry out any obliga tion m do bv their firm. WEST & TmiAX.'Wb.ols.-alc Druggls?s, Toledo, 0!l?- _, , WAT.DIXO. KINSAN & MARVIN, wholesale Druargists, Toledo. Ohio. Hall s Catarrh Cure isiaken in:ernally. net ing dir ctly upon the blood and mucous snr incea of th- system. P. ic -, 7f>c. pei- bottle. ?Sold by all D uggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills at c the best. Fits permanently cured. f<o fits or nervous ness nrtor first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottlo and treatise free. Da. IL U. KLINE. Ltd.. 931 Arch St., Polia., Pa. For Whooping Cough. Piso's Cure ls a' BUC oossfnl remedy.-M. P. DIETER; G7 Throop Ave., Brooklyn, X. Y., Nov. 14,'W. AN OPEN L?TTEir From Miss Sachner, of Columbus, O., to Ailing Women. To all women who are ill:-It af fords me great pleasure to tell you of the benefit I have derived from tak ing Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I can hardly find words to express my gratitude for the boon given to suffering women in that ex cellent remedy. Before taking the Compound I was thin, sallow,and nervous. I was trou bled with leucor rhoea, and ray men strual pe riods were very irreg ular. I tried three phy sicians and gradually grew worse. About a year ago I was advised by a friend to try Mrs. Pinkham's Sanative Wash and Vegetable Compound, which I did. After using three bottles of the Vegetable Compound and one pack age of Sanative Wash, I am now enjoy ing better health than I ever did, and attribute the same to jrour wonderful remedies. I cannot find words to ex press what a Godsend they have been to me. Whenever I begin to feel nervous and ill, I know 1 have a never-failing phy sician at hand. It would afford mc pleasure to know that my words had directed some suffering sister to health and strength through those most ex cellent rcm?dics.~M?B MAY S ACIWER, 34 ft H E. Rich St., Columbus? 0, THE FRAUD ENJOINED. Jteport of Decree-The FamoQ" 850.? ooo Trade-mark Case Decldea-C. F. Simmons Medicine Company, St? . laoola, Defeats J. il. Zeilta &, Co., PHlIadelplila. (Fron st. Louis Republic, Joly 4,18S8. J ' : " Tho Supremo Court of Tennessee oa Juno 30 de? eldod tho mott Important trade-mark case Uiat tat .rer be a tried in that State and one of the largest ever tried in the Union, a Pirmine and enlarging th? opinion of the court below. Thc court he d; 1. That Dr. 21. A. Simmons, the predecessor of 1 complainant, by extensivo adver-ising of hil cele? " teated remedy known as " Simmons Liver Hedi? cine," mode it a standard remedy fer liver diseases long prior to tho acquisition by J. E. Zeilin & Co. cl any rights. 2. That tho assignor of J. H. Zeflln & Co- thron?h ?hom they claimed tho right to mate tho fraadn'.es* packages enjoined, never derived any title from A. Q. simmons to malee the medicine nor to use his noms or picture, and that such uso by Zeilin & Co. lt a fraud upon the public, and ls therefore enjoined. 8. That Zeflln & Co. purposely, fraudulently Ia* boled their medicine in imitation of comrlalnmt'e medicine to unfairly appropriate tho trade cf the Simmons Medicine Company, and the execution Of this fraudulent purposo and act is enjoined. 4. Enjoined Zcilin & Co. from nsing tselr com? pct!tor's trade-name, trade-marks, or .y-bo!% or Imitations thoreof. to docivs tho public ?ad unfairly appropriate to themseli u tbe trade ci tko C h: Simmons Medicine Co. 5. Enjoined Zcilin & Co., from deceiving ?-d practicing a frau 1 upon tho public by labeling their psckaees In Imitation of the wrappers and trade* marks of the complainant. 6. Enjoined Zeilin & Co. from the manufacture and sale of the medi< ina under the name of "Sim mons Liver Medicine,'' or "Or. Simmons Liver Medicine," or " Liver Medicine by A.Q. Simmons,'* and from osing tho picture of A? Q. Simmons ia connection therewith. o 7. Enjoined Zeilin & Co., their assignees, agents and employes from docelvljg and practicing a tra d npon the publio by the sale of packages thus falsely labeled, either upon orders or calls for tho genuin* "Simmons Liver Medicine" of complainant, og in anr package tt*is falsely labeled. 8. The court stated that it was the parp?se of the court to entirely destroy the fraudulently Itthe'.od packaiios abor, described, and causo th.lr removal from the mar ito t, and ordered Zeilin cfc Co. to d. liver to toe clerk io be destroyed, ail cuts, dies, electro* types, engravings and other paraphernalia u-r-i la impressing eitlicr of the abcro names or the picture Of A. Q. 8imtrioas. 9. Decreed that Zcilin a Co. pay all tho damages Which bars accrue! to Complainant by tho S-.J of these fraudulently labeled packages. The damages Olaimed by complainant were $-',0,11.0. 10. Decreed that Zetlia & Co. pay all tho costa, whichamounttoseveral thousand dollars,Uto record being Ohe Ot tho largest ?ter filed in tho Suprema Court. " ? m ? Cheap medicine. ?i a rule, "cheap medicine'' is inert, worthless, ot dangerous, la Zeilin & Co.'a ans wer to our bill they ?aid the packages enjoined were designed as '*cLeap negro medicine for the negroes of the Mississ.ppi Valley." Kow, Os Zellin & vo.'sadrertlsemlhtssay, and theif manager swore, that all tho liver medicine - which they mako is made by the same formula, is t . is not conclusivo evidence from their sword testimony and advertisements, that all the liver medicine eman? ating from thom is "Cheap Negro Medicine?" Ones* tion: Do the sick of Amerl ca desire "Cheap Negro Medicine?" Let the afflicted answer by their future purchases. Dr. M. A. Simmons" f?ret Me Heine, established in lsiO, is not "cheap medi cine." It is "no cure all," a> d is only xerom? men-led for ti oso indispoeiti ons caused by inactivity of the liver. lilis coat of S5 cts. and sells at $1 per gallon. "Have tried thts syrup and And it excellent." GOV. RODT. L. TAYLOR, Nashville, Tenn. Send 31 and get tho recipe; or $2 and I will also send Dictionary of twenty thousand ro . lpes covering all departments of Inquiry. Agents wanted. J. N. LOTSPEICH. Morristown. Tenn. CHRONIC DISEASES Sp Ot all forms SUCCESSFULLY TREATED. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, Palpita tion, Indigestion, otc." CATARRH * of tho Xosn, Throat and Lungs. DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOM?K. Prolapsus, Ulc?rai lons, Loucoi rhea. etc. Writ? for pamph'et, testimonials nnd question blanK. Dit. S. T. WIIITAKKK? Specialist, 303 N'orcrosa Building, Atlanta, Oa. All ?p-to-date Gincers usc them because the Grow ers give their patronage to such pine, Holler is PRACTICAL, RELIABLE and GUABAS-~T2). For foll information Address ' . 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