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THE MAN WHO PRAYED AND QUIT. He knelt ?a prayer at nicht To ask bis Maker'? lov*. And likewise that he m i cht Hate joy, at lust, above. He never sought his bed Until he'd bent tbe lc noe - ; Until, with humble head, Ho o Cered up bis plea. He prayed the Lord to give Him love tor those distressed, -, To teach him how to live And labor tor the best. ) It happened on a day, Er?. Age had come by stealth, That Luck stood in his way Aud gave him lordly wealth. Ho knelt no more at night, . He made no humble plea \For love ot those who might Be favored less than he. S. E. Elser, In Chicago Times-Herald. f?HE AWAKENING I I OF CALEB. J JEe was larne, and his pigeon-toed liait called forth the ridicule of his .nplaymutes. The boys did hot mean tp ^'be-unkiad'when they laughed at Caleb. They were tkoug"htloss. Thoughtless boys are nearly always kind boys when they are aroused, but it usually takes s onie thin g akin to an earthquake to wake them np. i . Caleb was poor. He had grown too fast and was distressingly awkward. He never knew his lessons. He did not pay attention and was continually in disgrace. AU these things could have been forgiven him, had he not "been untidy. His hands were always grimy and his face was always smudged; his clothes were unwashed and. his hair uncombed. In the two-roomed house which he called home and shared with seven other children, Caleb slept in the dry goods box t hat ser ved as a table. The box was turned with the open side to ward the door. When the boy rose . in the morning he was ready for breakfast, if there was any, and if there was none he went out of the door and seldom returned until time to go to bed. At schoobthe teachers tried to im prove his personal habite, but at last gave up*aud put him in an isolated seat in the corner. One autumn a "?slender girl took the reins of school government in her hands. She did not look equal to the stirring western school " ?f*""eighty" pupils, aud the patrons said so, one to another. Of all these things Miss Wolcott was serenely ignorant, and as the school days went by the rough boys grew less rough and the rude girls less rude. She examined Caleb's grimy finger-marked copybook and laid her hand on his unkempt curia. "You can do better than that, Caleb," she said. "Run aa'd wash your hands." The boy looked up doggedly. "There isn't any towel," he said. "I will give you one." He was gone a long time. Miss Wolcott went in search of him and found him gazing ruefully at his black paw-marks on the snowy linen. "Try a little more soap and water. Caleb, " said Miss Wolcott. He did, and the effect was pleasing to him, for he smiled broadly and gazed long at his white hands. "Take this fresh page of your copy book and see how nice you can keep it," said Miss Wolcott. The next day he splashed about in tho wash-basi?i without being told to do so. He applied water and soap to his face and surprised every one, him self included. Day by day the pages of the copybook grew whiter aud the letters neater. One morning he took ?rf his coat and proudly. displayed his shirt "I washed it myself," he said. "It. looks ..very nice," said Miss Wolcott,, smiling brightly at him. "Here is a little comb which I waut you to have."' He did not thank her, but stood first on one foot and then OB the other and smiled, showing his 9ven white teeth. He learned his les sons and was no longer looked lipon as simple minded. \\ hen the examina tion reports -were sent home he stood rear the head of the list. "How do you like your new teacher, Caleb?" asked the janitor one day. "Things aren't like they used to be," he said. "Miss Wolcott is kind to a fellow and never knocks him about or says mean things to him onca."' "She will if you go to acting up." Caleb .smiled and half closed his dark eyes. "We'll see," he said aloud, and to himself. "I shan't act up/' The date for the annual exhibition of school work drew near. Hundreds of sheets of paper were to be neatly lined with red ink. Miss Wolcott grew wearj.. '^Who can help me?" she asked her self.--' "2?o*ori?r" and she went oh rul ing. ")n Saturday morning Caleb ap peared at Miss Wolcott's door. His faca and hands were clean and every curl was ci isp and tight. "Let me help yon rule the papers, Miss Wolcott," he said. She was very tired and felt at first annoyed that she shonld have to be bothered wita the boy. Then her true self rose above the weariness and she realized that it might be her oppor tunity to helo the friendless child? So she gave him work ou condition that he did not ~poil many sheets. He worked rapidly and neatly. The next Saturday he helped Miss Wolcott carry all of " the dainty ribbon-tied essays, stories and written recitations to the schoolroom. "The papers are all so nice. They are worth a great deal to me, Caleb," said MisS Wolcott as she closed the schoolroom door. That night the fire whistle rang its terrifying chromatic scale. Miss Wol cott looked out of her window-the school building was in flames. She hastened to the buming house. The roof fell in as she neared it, and two firemen carried some one ont on a shutter. It was Caleb. He had heard the fire alarm and hastened to savo the exhibition work. He was taken io a hospital, and Miss Wolcott staid by his side.- At last he opened his eyes and smiled "I saved some of them," he said. .Then. he? lapsed again into Uncon sciousness. Caleb's bravery awakened the in terest'bf''the schoolboys, and they spent their spare time by his cot As he.grew, better their bright minds be gan-to evolve plans for him. "Father said he would take him into our house as though he ' were his son, if we couldn't do any better," said Harold. "But I think hythe way he said it that he expects us to do better--1 mean to think of 'something better." "^?ll,?h?re's his mother and broth ers , jfind' ; sisters," said another. "Perhaps theycoold do better if they had a chance." "L?t'ago and see *em,"said Lester, and they started off at once. The boys staid bat a moment' in . the ???ol' little home. "Gee!" said Harold, as they started toward home, "Barefooted in March." "And there wasn't a thing in the cupboard," said auother. "Let's esk Miss Wolcott to come and help us fis them up, " said Lester, "Tm not very good at washing dirty little kids' Taces. What do the rest ol you say?" "I wish that we could do to all our selves," sa d Harold thoughtfully. "Harold has a scheme, ' said Les ter. "Yes. 1 have and I want to talk to father about it." Harold spoke to h fa father that eveniug. "You see,father,"he said; "I think that the right way to help people ia to help them to help themselves." The man smiled down very indul gently at the earnest lad. "What had yon thought of, my son?" "Well, I hardly know, but I have wondered if they could not do some thing to pay the rent on our cottage. There are three acres of land there and those boys could raise chiokena and vegetables. " "That is quite a grown-up plan for such a little lad. Talle? it over with | the rest of the boys aud see what they can suggest." A meeting was held in the school- , room the next eveniug. The boys suggested aud discussed until the room was almost dark. "What docs Caleb's mother do?" asked one boy. "She makes vests,"said a pale little fellow in the corner. "Gone from home all day, I sup pose," s'aid Harold. "Yes." "Our housekeeper says it's worth a dollar a week to keep my clothes mended," said Lester. "What do you fellows say to hiring Caleb's mother to keep us mended np until we think of something better?" It waa agreed to by all the boys, and the big family wus transferred to the pretty suburbau cottage. "Say, Caleb's mother can't saw wood, "said one of the boys some days later. "Weil, we can," said Harold. "And that garden must be plowed," said another. "I'll work at home for James and he will bring the plow and do a first class job at that. He said he would," said Lester. Caleb slowly recovered from the fever which was the result of the fire. The boys did not have much time to give to him, but their mothers and sisters and Miss Wolcott did. There were walks to repair, a pump to mend a shed to be converted into a hen house, and the garden to make. The <schoolboys and Caleb's brothers did the work. James lent his plow and his experi ence to the lads, and there never was a thriftier garden than the one whioh greeted Caleb's delighted eyes when he "camehome" from the hospital one May morning. And his mother stood in the door-his mother-her hair neatly combed, a dainty white apron over her pretty dress, and a hint of the roses of long ago in her toil worn cheeks. The next summer Caleb told the boys that he and his brothers were making enough to live npon. "And pay the rent, too?" said Les ter. "Yes, and pay the rent, too. You can give your mending to help some one else, now."-Advocate. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. There is nothing makes a man sus pect much more than to know little. Bacon. There is a remedy for every wrong and a satisfaction for every soul. Emerson. There is noth g trnly valuable which can be purchased without pains or labor.-Addison. To communicate oneself is Nature; to receive a communication as it is given is culture.-Goethe. Whatever touches life with upward teudency is education. - Dr. Arnold Tompkins, Illinois State University. Be content with doing with calm ness' the little which depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were not.-Fenelon. Friendship which makes the least noise is very often most useful, for which I should prefer a prndent friend to a zealous oue.- ?Bndgell.. The woman who takes into her heart her own children may be a very ordi nary woman, but the woman who takes into her heart the children of others, she is one of God's mothers.-George McDonald. Consciously and unconsciously each intelligent being makes a choiee at every turu, either fulfilling or outrag ing the higher law of his nature,oither entering into or refusing fellowship with God.-John*WatRou, D. D. The crown of patience cannot be received where there has beeu no suf fering. If thou refusetii to suffer, thou refuselh to be-crowned; but, if thou wishest to bu crowned, thou must fight manfully and suffer pa tiently. Without labor none eau ob tain rostand without contending there can fcj no conquest.-Thomas a Kempis. Did you .ever 'hear of a man who had striven all his life faithfully ../d singly toward au object and in no measure obtained it? If a man con stantly aspires, is he not elevabed ? If a man constantly aspires is he not ele vated? Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them-that it was a vain endeavor?; -H. D. Thoreau. Bicycle Botsnintt. A bicycle party was pursuing its leisurely way along a delightful coun try road the other day when they came to a particularly well kept kitchen garden. A patch of most interesting growing things ran beside the fence for a distance of forty feet. There were innumerable stalks bearing aloft glebes of twenty different exquisite shades of grayish green and grayish purple, which were so striking that the party dismounted with one ac cord. "How decorative!" said one of the men. "What lovely color," said one of the girls. "They would do to paint," said the artist' "Won't you please toll ns what those beautiful things are?" asked the girl. The gardener glanced around in amazement, and then simply said, "Which?" "Why, these things growing along the fence hore. I never saw anything like them." A pitying smile spread slowly over the gardener's features. "Them," he answered, with a chuckle, "Them's onions gone to seed." - Philadelphia North Ameri can. DEAD BKOUGHT TO LIFE. REVIVING ANIMALS APPARENTLY KILLED BY ELECTRIC SHOCK? Result of Aston ?Dbl nc Experiin?ntft tta?e by Dr. B. H. Cur? inch Jin -the In fusion of Deflbrlaatctf Blo?'d Bestored the Cj-Ordinnted I?nt ot Wead Heart?. Dr. Richard H. Cunningham of Columbia university, New York city, to tb-? Herald, assorte that be caa bring the dead to life when death has beau caused by an electric shocks Dr. Cunningham has for a long time been engaged in making experi ments at the Vanderbilt clinic at Am sterdam avenue and Sixtieth s ti-cet, on dogs, turtles and frogs.-~ He 6tates that it has been deruoustrated-beyond contradiction that an animal appar ently killed by contact with an elec trio current,'and in whose body respi ration and circulation have ceased, moy be brought to life. lt is also asserted by Dr. Cunning ham that an ordinary industrial elec tric current, such'as is used in per forming legal executions in Kew York state, does not produce iustaut death, and that if it were possible to have in constant readiness suitable apparatus, the suspended vital functions and con sciousness eould'bo restored. Experiments, which he had made, according to the proposition, establish the fact that in cases wh?re death follows au electric shock, it is not caused by paralysis of tho heart or by any of the o thor causes to which death has he etofore been attribute 1, but to fibrilear contraction of the. heart, which results in collapse of the nervous system. In all cases of this kind, it is claimed, death is precedsd by a period of consciousness, during which the recipient of the Rhook feels, but at the same time it is improbable that there*is an accompanying sensa tion of pain. Dr. Cunningham says that it is only iu the case of an electric shock where in the current is so strong that all tho?tis-ues are cooked, and the nervous system thus destroyed, that death is instantaneous. Particular interest is attached to Dr. Cunningham's experiments be cause of the constantly increasiug number of accidental deaths due to the greater use of electricity, aud also because of the electrocution of crim inals, doubt having arisen in certain quarters as to the desirability of this means of legal killing. Dr. Cunningham, as a result of his experiments, believes that, while a criminal may not die immediately from the effects of an application of nn electrical current, it is not proba ble that the subject is alive by the time he i.i passed to the operating table, it being unlikely that the ner vous system has continued to exist for so long a time. The heart in some iastanoes is not dead. It is the ner vous system that his received the shock aud exhausted its vitality. Because a man's respiraron and circulation have been suspended he has not positively passed the poiut where it would be possible to rectore animation. Dr. Cunningham would not in such cases a tempt to induce artificial respiration, a system to which recourse is often had, but which Dr. Cunniugham believes to be use less. lu his laboratory ho has an ap paratus which he has used in experi ments upon dogs. He has found it to be absolutely necessary to have a sup ply of fresh blood at hand. He found it preferable to have blood from ani mals of the same species. To restore life in a human being un-' dor similar conditions, Dr. Cunning ham believes human blood would be necessary. It would be necessary for practical purposes, Dr. Cunningham 'says, to have apparatuses in various places which could be resorted to without delay. They should be placed iu drug stores or similar establishments. In cases of contact with electric cur rents no valuable time would'thus be lost in applying the restoratives. In describing the experiments which he has made with dogs, frogs, turtles, etc., as subjects, Dr. Cunningham .ays: "If -the thorax of au auimal be oponed immediately after a strong electric current has passed through the heart via the skin, and the heart be exposed, it will be seen that al though the co-ordinated beat of the heart as a whole is ah*03t, the little bandies of muscle fibres still contract and ?elai with considerable vigor, but as the right cavities of tho heart become more and more distended the action of the muscles ceases. "The quivering is the state known as fibrillar contraction. In this con dition the heart can be restored to its functions by 1he perfusion of its blood vessels with warmed defibrina' ed dog's blood, diluted with au rt per cent Fa line tolntion. By means of it [ have repeatedly caused the fibrillating heartF, after beiug taken from the bodies of cogs apparently killed by electricity, to beat co-ordinately for an hour. This clearly disproves the fact that muscular substance ha< been paralyzed or killed by the cm 'eut. "I have endeavored repe. Uv to electrocute frogs aud a sm turtle with the 115 volt continuous arno current, but none could be ed, aud all the frogd fully recovered in a few minuter. According to th i. Benns of opinion writers on tb** ? ) ject of death by electric shock ?.?.ee that such a death is instantaneous. "From my tracings recording the muscular and nervous contractions, from the experiences of three of my patients who have received severe soocks, and from the published ac counts of F?xteeu cases of recovery after electrical shocks, there seems to be ampio time before loss of conscious ness occurs for the recipient of the shock to become fully aware that he is, or has been, in contact with an electrie curreuL Thus, every one of the nineteen mentioned felt some very distinct form of sensation before consciousness was lost. Generally speaking, the sensation was not ex actly painful, and was described by them as similar in character to the sensation produced by catchiug hold of the electrodes of a small but strong medical induction coil. "After un apparently fatal shock has been received from a current the proper measures are to restore quickly ihe circulation not only of the ner vous system, to keep it from dying, but alfq of the heart, so that it may quickly recover its co-ordinate con tractio'if. "As far as I kuow, there is but ono way in which this may be accom plished-namely, by creating artifi cially a tenuorury circulation of a finid capable of sustaining the heart and the nervous system until the heart, bas recovered sn:iicieiitly to maintain the circulation in the normal man uer. Nu fm ni dm in Kugln'?'1. Natural gas found at Heathsfioid, Sussex, is beiug used to light ihe railri ad utati u tuen . This is said to be the firs practical USP to which na tural gas has been put in Europe. A Boy IN BA1TL?t "Boote," tile Tenth Ffctinsylvauia'g Mas Cot Who Weht td ?k?nJl?. Joba McDermott* the in?sttot bf the Tenth Pennsylvania "volunteers, is prt)babLy the youngest Aniei icon boy who has gone to Manila aud actually taken part In the war excitement: He was only a little over twelve years old and bmallfor his age, when he started on his long voyage across the Pacific. When a mere tot he Was a familiar figure on the streets bf Pittsburg as a "Shiner" who never slighted a job-, feud later h? added the business of a "newsy'* to his hienns of earning a livelihood. '"Boots" says he belongs' to the Tenth regiment, but the soldiers: say the regiment belongs to him. His. acquaintance with the Tenth came through the honest shines he put nron their footwear. Thev nicknamed him "Boots." One day when the train bearing the regiment to Mount Gretna .to .attend a' state encampment was about tb pull, out from the station a private, Spying "Boots" on fha platform, bundled hint into the car and managed to keep him in hiding until tho regiment reached ? its destination. He was only ten" years old then, but beibg bright And active aud willing to make hims?il useful, the soldiers took to him kind ly. After his first visit to Mk Grbtn?. he became an attendant on 'the regi ment wherever it went? anti for two years before going to Manila he tented With it ob the old camp ground. Ho was With his boys in camp when., the word was received that they were to go to Mauila and he decided at once to go along. The train bealing tho soldiers to the Pacific coast ?topp?d a few minutes at the Pittsburg statio? to allow the soldiers ft last wbrd With tho friends thi'ouging the platform. Knowing his mother was too ill to . b6 there, "Boots" sprang down the steps and, rushing through the orowd,made his way to his home to kiss her good? bye. With a hasty farewell to- the other members of the family bb hurried back, reaching the station justin lime to swing himself on the rear eud of the moving train. Until-after -th? train left Ogden, Utah, "Boots'* shared in the best that was gbiUg; But, for some reason, the conductbr then objected to his presente affl?ng" the men, and ordered him to leave the trnin at the n?xt station. Instead of obeying,. "Boots" crept nuder a seat until the next station was passed, wheu he ventured to creep ont again. Angry at being thus baf fled, the conductor began a series of persecutions against the little fellow which, despite the threats of tho sol diers, continued until the train reached San Francisco. "Boo'.s" was too plucky io give io, and when tired of crouching under seats he weat ont and scranbliug to the top of the train, fouud room to stretch himself. "Boots" was uniformed at San Francisco at the expense <J the s?l diets and ho sailed with them oti the steamer 7e laude fo? Manila; 'During tho voyage he fell doWn a hatchway and broke his arm, but, remembering he was a soldier, he bore the pnin un complainingly. On August 1 at Manila the r?gi ment was attacked by tho Spaniards. "Boote" passed the danger line tim? after time, carrying ammunition to the fighters and water to quench the thirst of the wounded and dying. Ofic? whilo handing ammunition to a sol dier a bullet crashed through the crown of his hat. He took his part in another battle a little later, and again became a ministering angel io the wounded. Late in the fall, when fever broke out among the troops and his "pal," Jim Doran, died, the of ficers of the regiment deemed it best to send their mascot homo. He reached Pittsburg, Dec. 4, 1808, and a rousing welcome awaited him.-N. Y? Sun.; ; Mimic Wariin Off Fat iff ii e. , A Philadelphia contractor, who has recently returned form the Soudan, tells of au interesting fact connected with the building by the English of the new military railroad in that region. With every gang of 40 or 50 men ave aesigued. two harpers aud a flute player. Music is furnished al most continuously, aud so long as the musicians play the workmen-nearly all negroes-do not seem to feel the fatigue, and their movemeuts are con formed as nearly as possible to the time i f the music. As a general thing the players get tired before-the work men do. To a white man the melody produced by thefe cheerers of labor would not. be. inspiring, for it is peculiarly plaintive. The Africans, however, find the music a great;, in spiration, and work with cheefnlness aud dispatch. The Philadelphia^ . declares that the idea is one well worth considering, for it is well-known that colored laborers and stevedores along the river front will work harder and faster if permitted to sing. As a matter of fact, singing among them is encouraged.-Philadelphia Record. Pictures or? Wedding; Journey. "Their Wedding Journey" is the ? borrowed title which a yoting couple have applied to a book of photographs complied during a six weeks' bridal' trip. JL'ach is au enthusiastic amateur photographer, and when one is not taking picture.* 'the other is. Their honeymoon journey took them through Colorado and th* Yellowstone, and leisurely back by way of the Great Lakes. Very little escaped one or the other of the two cameras carried, and the pictures are mounted in a large photograph book, the flyleaf duly lettered iu illuminated text by an artistic friend. Tbe pictures begin withr-.-the marriage ceremony, obligingly photo graphed by a friend at the moment when the minister was pronouncing them mau and wife. As the wedding was celebrated in the house, this Was not difficult to accomplish. The same friend stopped rice-throwing long enough to catch the bridal pair as they were driving away, aud from that time on the pictures are their own selection of the scenes of their travels.-St Louis Globe-Democrat. An Automobile difamaran. An- arr an gem e t is said to have been perfected by means of which automo biles may be made to ride on the water. The floating portion of the apparatus consists of a catamaran, somewhat resembling a life-raft, and on , which the vehicle is placed. The modus op erandi thon consists in throwing off a chain from a sprocket wheel that trans mits the power to the wheels, of the horseless carriage, and attaching it to another sprocket wheel that causes the propelling bhaft between the two cy'indera to revolve at auy desired ' .peed. . A Telephon? Utopia. In Nelsou, New Zealand, if you.use the telephone you must not p?ve the number; yon must name the party yon want, aud the exchange girl will oheerfnily tell you whether he is in or out; if the latter, where h?'is.'andi when he will be back. -Ancklaud (N ? Z.) Star. t Itv: "?hk Feed Ma? andSteed" fre? your nerves, also, on pure blood tf ??OT Koovli have them strong. Men and fy?nvth vSHo tire nervous are^so ?ecause th??r, nerves kre starved. When they mike their Hood rich ?nd pare vAth Hood's SsrskpariUa. their netvousness disappears i?e?uie the nerves are property fed. 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BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES* frustrated; The following is extracted froid ah ?S&?jr Written by ? schoolboy, aged ten; oh a j?lay he had been to see: "The vlilun curled his mnstarsh, and seeing the pur? vurglu shreeks ha ha be minc or deaths blud ls on my head this dag ger stabs thee to thy uttermost sole ba ha vengunze. But the good hero comes and says O hevlns, stur one step ind thy ded body Iles'ttt thf d?o?: L?y won parin Oh the vurgina korpae ?nd it wita better If you was drowned with & millstone. Avarnt avarnt from the sweet korpses presunz!"-Tlt-Blta. 1 . Why Do Ton Scratch] When you can oure yonrself for fifty cents? All skin diseases, such as tetter, Bait rheum, ringworm, eczema, etc., ?can beanrely cured by an ointment called Tetterino. Any number of tes timonials shown for the asking. Noth ing else is as good, ?hiess yonf drug gist'has it, Bend 50c. in stamps to the manufacturer, J. T. Shuptrine, Sa vannah, Ga., for a box postpaid. ' -1 Afraid ol a Siphon. A terrier belonging to a friend of the writer will run a mile at the sight of a siphon. When lt was considerably younger, than it is now Its owner del uged the dog with a siphon of soda water, and ever since it has exhibited a mortal dread of a siphon, full or empty. The remembrance of that un expected bath is evidently responsible for this extraordinary aversion.-Til Bits. _ Wanted. ' Two traveling Balestnen la each Southern state. 8-o.oor.nd expouBcs Permanent position. SxD?rl*noe not absolutely necessary. Address Peerless Tobacoo Works Co., Bedford City, Va. Fortunately tlio overage man overlooks a lot of Bins hs ls capable of committing. ..{Prom the BROCXTOH. TI VI ES , Oct. io, 1800 ) Brockton's prosperity ls so closely allied, to the prosperity of tho slice industry that lt will, no doubt, provo a matter of interest to a large number ot people 10 learn, tho actual average ram!nc capacity of each individual employed lb the tnaklng Of the world-famed Brockton Shoe. jTor Illustration : At the factory of the ? W. L. Douglass Shoe company the pay roll for the week ending Sept. !W, excluding superin tendent, foremen, salesmen and all clerical help, shows the avarage earnings of the em ployes, large and small, to be 81V54 per wonk. Tnt* was not en extraotdlnary week. It was ,the customary piiy roll. . : The amount earned per weok, however, does .hot; arw?rr ?r!l the story of prosperity. Tb? ?number of weeks employed each year ia the de .determlng tactor In the wage earner's prosper ]lty" The Douglass factory has been closed but :one week thlt year, and that for the usual stim 'mer stdqk taklfcr, and lt will bo closed but !fhreo days the latter part of December. This would make buthine day? ont of the year that ?tho factory ls closed, whloh is surely as steadr work as the most Industrious shoemaker could d?etre. ? Owing to incroH sed business, unother addition ls to be made to tho Donarlnss fnrtory. I; will be ICO feet long, 40 feet wide, nnd rive stories high. It will be ready for occupancy early In December. This addition lncroajes the capacity 25 per cent. Tho W. L. Douglass Shoe company has the largest factory in the world, producing an adverti?ed line ?3..-.0 aud $3.0u ab?os. . Mr. Douglass says ?hat tho prospect for suc cessful business for Brockton manufacturent wai never so goodes now, and thut collections are better than for years. What a lolly old world this would be If others could only see us through our eyes. Piso's Cure is a wonderful Cough medicine. >-Mrs. W. FICKBRT. Van Sidon and Blake Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 2?. 1SW. Often when a woman tries to orush a man with a look she succeeds in mashinghim. TS ?Rfc ? The best remedy for vOU&Bl Consumption. Cures A -? Coughs, Cold s, Grippe, Sw VT U D Bronchitis, H oars e J ? neus. Asthma, Whooping cough, Croup. Small doses ; quick, sure results. Dr.BMiPMtcurtComtipation. Trial,io/or?c Crocodiles Eat Stones. Crocodiles, like ostriches, swallow pebbles and small stones, which serve the purpose of grinding their food. The natives assert that it is possible td tell th?Vag? -of a crocodile by the number of stones in his stomach, for they swallow one each year. In point of fact, fifteen stones have been found in the stomaoh of a crocodile twelve feet long, whereas the average number for younger ones varies between four and eight. So eays Mr. Voltzkow, who has been studying this matter for several years.-?few York Herald. H To cure? or A Preach Naval Herd. Many English readers arid not ? few Frenchmen might well ask why the cruiser recently launched at Bordeaux waa christened Infernet Yet Internet was one of the most heroic of French naval commanders, and for a time his nam? was almost as popular in Eng land as In France. He was captain of the Intr?pide at the battle of Trafal gar, which, with th ? Redoubtable, added most to the glory of the French fleet. Cut off from tho rest of the fleet by the English attack, Infernet re sisted to the last. Though hemmed In by seven of Nelson's ships, and fired on from all sides, he refused to sur render. Tht- Intr?pide was burned, but Infernet, and Lucas, the command er of the 'Redoubtable, were brought to England, where they were enthusi astically received. When infernet retired from the ser vice oh ? modest pension In 1814, he went to ?ve in the neighborhood of Nic0? where wfts ofteri seen mounted On ? gray ass, giving vent tb his In dignation ct the animal's obstinacy; .'What,'' he exclaimed, "under the fire 6f tfc8 English I would make his Ma jesty's ships tack about, and I cannot make this stupid donkey budge an inch;'' The beast, however, was not iii th? ieast moved by memories of the' glorious battle, arid witnesses of the ridiculous struggle between th? cava lier and his ass did hot mak? fun of the rider, but respectfully sdluted him ?s the old hero of Trafalgar-Lon doti Chronicle; Mother's Visit; ''The other day, oh an electric car, a fr?e?d said softly: 'i want you to no tice.this mah two seats in front, he evidently has his mother down to the city on a little trip and ls showing her the sights. His care of the old lady is something beautiful: I have been watch l?g them for sohle tim?; ??d, oh! how lovely it ls to se? a man so ten der and kind with his old mother!' Straightway it became ? fascination to watch In turn the pair, who Were too much engrossed with the passing scenes-one In rioihtiiig out, the other in observing-to know or care anything for watching eyes. The old lady's shawl wotild slip a little too low on the thin shoulders, and her 'boy,' a man himself getting on in years, would carefully draw lt into place. One arm was thrown protectlngly across the back of the seat, resting with a reas suring touch against her arid. "And the pleasure and interest on the worn face! Weil, ii was ? sight to warm younger hearts, and to make us wish that every good old mother might be blessed with just such a son, or with a kind, loving daughter, who. when skies are blue and air soft and bnlm?r? would see that the dear old parents are taken into th? midst of hew scenes; that a welcome invigorat ing change might be enjoyed and a lit tle of the care and thoughtfulness o' past years be given back In a direc tion where it is so richly deserved." St. Louis Star. The Isthmus of Pan nm r.. Its ennlneern bollero that "they have so'.reii the problerri hf lae SucrooWul completion of this great enterprise. If bo, it trill prove a great benefit to humanity, 110 moro, truthfully speaking-, than hu Iiostotter's Stomach Bit torn, the remedy which nevor fftllB to caro afflictions of the stomach-for of what use ls prosperity without health? The Bitters In violably strengthens wonk, stomachs ana tor pid livers, and lsone of the bles-lngsof tho age. A head of hair ls about tho only tb i qa tb. nt is equal to moro than the sum of its p.irts. Findley's Eye Salve Cures Boro eye-. In 8 days; chronic cases in 30 days, or money back. All druggists, or by mall, 25c. per box. J. I*. HAYTSB, Deca tur, Texas. .... . Maur u than who is unable todrlve a four in-baud Will wanto th retenir: -i's ot an hour in trying io tie tine: "ook at yourself I Is your face covered With pimples? You- akin rough and'blotchy? it's your liver 1 Ayer's Pills are liver pills. They cure Constipation, biliousness, find dyspepsia. 25c. All druggists* r ? i.!".^.."? .nfc -.i ..j-^* I Waat your rr.ouataeho ar beard a beautiful brown or rlcli hine lc ? Thea UR*? BUCKINGHAM'S DYE M??. The best Ink made, but no dearer than the poorest and Whiskey Habits cured at home with out pain. Book of par ticular? *cnt FREE, _J?.M.WOuLLKY, K.D. , mn. Office 10* H. Pryor St WANTEBAGENTSI?!; V T all brand in cloth ; no "trash." Edteln. ' sive righi of territory ; OUTFIT FREE J. L. NICHOLS Si CO., Atlanta, Ga. NEW DISCOVERY; cires _ quick rs?ef and core?? worst canes. Souk of testimonial!! and IO (lays' treatment Free. Sr. H. H. GREEN'S SOM?. Sos B. Atlaata. Ol WHfcROLi ELSiFfAILS. ? Ucst Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Uso In tim?. Boid by druggists. The Law of Compensation. Richard Cumberland, the playwright, was extremely jealous of his young rival, Richard Sheridan. It is related that he took his children to see one of the first performances of "The School for Scandal," and when they screamed with delight their irritable father pinched them, saying: "What are you laughing at? You should not laugh, my angels; there is nothing to laugh at," adding, In an undertone, "keep still, you little dunces." When this was reportedto Sheridan he said: "It was ungrateful in Cumberland to bc displeased with his children for laugh ing at my comedy, for when I went to see his tragedy I laughed from begin ning to end!"-The Argonaut. HOTT'B Ihis ? We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward foi any case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured bj Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CASKET J? ("O, Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, hare known F. J. Che ney for the Inst IS years, and bolleTo bim per frctly honorable in all business transaction: and financially able to corry out any obliga Hon made hy their firm. WEST A 'litUAX, Wholesale .Druggists, Tol?do Ohio. WALBING, KIN NAN .t MARVIN, Wholesah Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls taken Internally, art lng directly upon the blood and mucous rur faces ol the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Fol< hy all Druggists. Testimonials tree. Hall's Family Pills are the best. money refunded foy your. ?>.*. 'wi ' #_V> WOMENdoiuffer! Even s o-C?. ll ed healthy tremen suffer I But they we not healthy ! The marks left by pain are on the young faces of many of otrf daughters. Pain that leaves its roark comes from a curable cause. If that cause is sot removed its influence reaches ont and overshadows a whole life. The reason Lydia E. Pinkfeaxn'ai Vegetable Compound has been se uni formly successful for over a quarter ef A century in overcoming the suffering of women, is that it is thorough and goes directly to the cause. It is a woman's SK remedy for woman's ills. Miss EMILY F. HAAS, of 148 Freeman St., Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "DEAR MRS. PINK KA M-I wish to state that I used your Vegetable Com pound with the greatest success. I Was very sick for nearly a year with hysteria, Was down-hearted and nervous; also suffered with painful menstruation and pain in back and limbs. I often wished for death, thinking nothing would cure me. I had doctors, but their medicines did me no good. At last* hy the advice of a friend, ? began to take Lydia E, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, ?nd I am happy to say it has entire ly ct?r'ed me. JENNIE SHERMAS, of Fremont, Mich., Box 748, write?? "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-? feel that I must write you and tell you what your medicine has done for me. ? had neuralgia of the stomach for two yeafs, so bad that I could not do any work. I had two or three doc- ' tors, but did not seem to get any bet ter. I began taking Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound and Liver* Pills and improved from the first, had better appetite, and after taking three bottles of Compound and one box of Liver Pills, tan say that I am cured, Your Vegetable Compound is a wonderful medicine.'* A Mother Stork's Devotion. Among many stories of the affection of dumb creatures for their young, this from a German paper ls peculiarly pa thetic: "At Neuendorf the lightning struck the gable end of a barn where for years a pair" r*f storks had built their nest., The flames soon caught the nest Jn which the helpless brood was piteously screaming. The mother stork now protecting spread out her wing over the young ones, with whom she Was buried alive, although she might have saved herself <?aslly by flight."-Christian Herald. QEED WHEAT BML V We again ofter tb? clean cs t seed wheat on ibo. market, and from probably the largest crop yield in the Btate, If not tb? United Slates. Wo bad ?66 acres in wheat thu year, nod tb? crop averaged ?0 bushels nor acra Where we had a good stand, not winter kil led, we bad over 40 busbeld per acre One hundred bushels of our wheat will contain less cookie eeed tbnn one bushel o? ordinary aejsd wheat. Price il. 15 per bushel on cars at Charlotte. Bags bold ?wo bushels and are n?w?-no charge for bags. Terms: Cash with order. CHARLOTTE OIL & FERTILIZER CO. Ter FnKD OLIVER.Pres't. CHARLOTTE. - - - - ? IV. C, WAIT A MINUTE Don't be i? too big a harry? If yon can get the bost at only a dollar oreo more, why not take ii$ It will be che?jSdr in the end. L Sec our ?jgfjj or write direct., R?CK HILL tMC^HILL.S?? 1 WR MAUZ TUE tA?TPS, y-iu ?rr nrrtfiCf" OVELY SC.00 .AMPS yr All hafi?-Trlatcd. No handsomer lam ?J is&dg. Poid at manufacturer's pr 1 cea WE PAY THE FREIGHT. ?Hakea a most accepta ble present. ISertiitif ol colored cat. nlogac of nor?cLpalmed PABLOS or BAftOOSS LAMPS, freo. Ew.ry Lamp Guaran teed. Money becki/ you want it Manufactured by 'ittsburg Glass Co., Pittsbars, Pa. Uwantowear OurRe?SealShoes Built tor service. Bought for cash. Sold hy lending mi-rcliant*. Aek tot our mato and get the be6t that money will boy. J. K. Orr Shoe Co., ATLANTA, GA. Isby & Company, 3D S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. Engines and Boilers Menin iv nt rr limier?, Steam PnJnps and Penberthy Injectors. Manufacturers ai d Dealers In SuSL^W MILLS, Com Mills, Feod Mills, Cotton Gin Machin ery and Grain Separators. SOLID and INSERTED Saws. Saw Teeth aud l ocks. 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Doujlas' mme and pricel stamped on llJ?Hun. Take! ,no substitute ci&Ur.f? to be^ at food. Your dealer, should keep them-i:"^ not, we will send a pair an receipt o? price. State Ichid of eather, ?ixe, and width, piala or caa fa*. Catalogue C free. W. L. DfllMK SHOE CO.. Brockton, Haw. iSK YOUR DEALER FOR TOBACCO. No Gifts or Premiums, but YOU GET THE VALUE IN THE GOODS. The Best Chew on the market to-day, STOPPED FRE?' Peraanaatiy Corad laoenlt) Prevented by DR. KLIKV8 6REAT . SERVE RESTORER a fovI?T? eur? fm- an ffVweu* ?XM?U??. Fia. BfU/m. ? %-I ?ad M. Warf Jut?. >oH:icrKino3i?? afuT?niQ.j'iCM. Trratipe sad SI trial berti? fres la nipaUcsu, thc; psjiai?prua eiirjtiw?f ?Un rweivtd. Sana ta Dr. Eliot. Ltd, Brtlerw XsnHm* of lledleia?. ?31 inb lt.. Pall?dsela, fa. ZI ?? CH l H t ,"M't*?frHr+ .? USEFUL ARTICLES PHKE. * f * * * * * V # * t lu writing wadTor The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal 1. hi best and oheapeet farra and 4? home paper in the south, bringing 4? the news of the world twice a week 4? for one dollar, which ls the price of O moat weekly papers. <> Besides thia, lt gives free to sub- ? Bcribera for a year their :hoice of 4? the following useful article v Pock- ?> et Webster Dictionary, Life of 4* Dewey, Life of Wheeler, G'.eason's 4? Horse Book, Manning's Cattle 4> Book, How to Learn Spanish, The 4? Texas Farmer, The Heine and + Farm, Tho Tri-8tate Farmer, a 16- .{. page Atlas, a War Map of Africa, 4* or a Cook Book. 4> Sample copies free. Agents get 4* liberal commission. Send your dol- 4* lar by express order, postofflce or- 4* dor, registered letter or check. Ad- 4* dress The Journal, Atlanta, Ga. ?jj MENTION THIS PAPER tleera. AXU 69-44 Mrs.S.P.WagnoD,Loacha? n/jt-Q Ala., wrote: "My nerv F"aai ons little babe never slept more than 15 or CO minutes at a time, but since taking TZETRIKX he sleeps long naps and ls very rapidly Improving." ? not found at yoor Druggist's, mail 25 cents to DFFETT, 1VL D" St Louis, Mo, fders.) Shotgun Shells. nokeless powder and " NEW :k powder. Superior to all 3ILITY AND SHOOTING QUALITIES.! sale by all dealers. Insist upon; and you will get the best. ;? Price 60c*