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WHAT'S THE USE? V Ufa's a grandfdel?s?on, * An' a snare. . \ ; -.. TroobUi and confusion Everywhere! s Luck with your contri vi a' Plu vs the deuce; Wrecks your fondant strivln' What's the use? '^r**5psyiie*hYl)rIngs you sorrow, , J It's koee deep. \ .jp:uU-an' pay ah' borrow. ^Then yon sleep. -.^" ?Work ain't ehowin'any ... Plag o'truce. Cares are far toe many What's the ni>e?. But there's no esoaping What we get. Pate we can't be shaping, Though we fret. What's the use o' cryin', An'abuse? What's the use o' sighin', ..What s the use?" j ,:. -THE- ? j Mistake of a Gossip. I v n i "Engaged to yonng Hazel, is Bhe?" "said Miss Felicia Addertongne, sharply, ''Going to be a fine lady, eh? And I caa remember the time when she was a barefooted girl, pick ..ing raspberries iu her father's field." "She has grown up very pretty," said gentle Widow Markham, in her maid way. ' "Engaged to young Hazel, is she?" repeated Miss Addertongne, with a vicions look in her coal-black eyes. "I can put a spoke in het wheel, I think. .Tall, yonng chap, ain't he, with black hair curling close to his hoad, and mustache as black as ink?" "?es," said the wondering Mrs. Markham. "I didn't know you kuew him.!' "Oh, I know him," said Miss Ad dertongne, with a toss of the head; "and I know one or "two things about him that Millville satiety don't seem to be np in." '.You don't say BO?? said the widow, curiously. . "I do say so, I mean it. Yon see, Mrs.. Markham, I have ways and means pf getting behind the scenes that np- one else has. My sister, .Phebe -Ann, that married Slatterly, and was left a widow six years ago |fcome next March', she's housekeeper .JfettheH-.-Hotel. And I was visit ? ing her there last month, and that's "how I came to see Mr. Hazel." . ?, "My I" ejaculated the widow. "With my own eyes,'! said Miss Addertongne, rolling up those organs until there was some danger of their .retiring, altogether into her head. '"Harold Hazel, tall and dark, and always full of fun?" r^ra?tly," cried Mrs. Markham. "He was there," remarked Miss ^Felicia,-1 'with his wife. * ' "His wife!" echoed Mrs. Markham, . "It can't be possible!" "But it is, though," asserted Miss Felicia, with gloomy relish. "I saw 'em myself. I heard him introduce her as 'Mrs. Hazel, ' and tell some , body as how she was a great heiress. . Older than him, but still not what you'd call an old maid, though of course he married her for her money. No kind of doubt about that Such diamonds as she wore-and such silk gowns and overakirta of point lace as you might corer np with bank notes, and still not come up to its value. " . , -. r^^ut," cried out bewildered Mrs. Markham, "he's engaged to Juliet Eecd, for I've seen the engaged ring *"sn'# weavs." "And he's married to the b!cok ey od lady," said Miss Addertongne, with equal emphasis, "because I saw the wedding ring." "Then what does he mean by mak ing love to Farmer Reed's daughter?" indignantly cried Mrs. Markham. "Humph!" said Miss Felicio, purs . Jug np her lips viciously. "That's a question I can't pretend to answer. What do men mean generally by their pranks? Just to have a little fun, I suppose, and amuse themselves for the time being. " .*'It's a cruel, wicked thing," said . Mrs. Markham, "and Ju i let is such a pretty girL" "Tastes differ," said Miss Adder -tongue. "For my part, I never fancied them big blue eyes, and hair as looks as if it had been bleached. Juliet Reed always did feel above the ? rest of the Millville folks. " - " "Some one ought to tell her," said Mrs. Markham. "Qf course they ought," said Miss Ad felton gue. *I couldn't do it," said the gentle he ir ted widow. '1 could," said Miss Addertongne. "I can mostly do anything when I feel it to be my Christian duty." Pretty Juliet Heed was sewing in . 1 the-cool porch, where the shadow of the great elm trees made a green oasis in the desert of sunshine around the ?quaint, one-storied farmhouse. She ; grew pale os death os Miss Adder tongue nnfolded her tale. "Harold married!" she cried. "Harold with another wife? I do not believe it It is false." . "I seen her with my own eyes?" said Miss Felicio, secretly enjoying Juliet's agonized terror. "A great . heiress-and of course a man will 5 ntrike for money.',1 "But ii must be a mistake," per sisted Juliet, the color coming and going on her face like a rosy Aurora Borealis. "Alas!" groaned Miss Addertongne, ^ "it is but too true. Of course it is a \ great disappointment to you. Juliet Reed, but maybe ifs meant by an all . wise Providence as a lesson to lower your pride, and teach yon that we're n\l poor worms, and-" t' ^Miss Addertongne," said Juliet, drawing ' herself np, and fixing ber blue eyes on the malicious old gossip, Wpra'y. be silent It is not your place to pr?ach a discourse to me nor to - dict?te in matters which pertain to .?-tn*ralone. Will you excuse me if I '?ask you to leave me?" "Oh, certainly, certainly," said 1 Mis rf . Addertongne, rather discon certed, but venomous as ever. "But ' it-ain't so use trying to conceal the ' truth. He's played you a mean trick, and jilted you, just for his own amuse ment, when* he hod a wife living ol : r?ody, and-" '"Bui to'Miss Addertongue's amaze ?fent she was .left standing alone on tSe^rcru,.' Juliet Reed had quietly walked "iuto tho house and shut the rT.T??S?W- a?eB ifc mean?" Juliet gawked herself, in a sort of dizzy be wilderment "He was going away VXTie had not written for a week. Oh, surely., surely it cannot be possible ' that there is the faintest shadow, of '??'.truth in the monstrous storyl" And with her flushed face buried in her hands,' Juliet Reed tried to fancy what the world would be with Harold -Hazel's love and constancy;out of it. "I told you so," croaked Miss Ad X dertongne, dragging the Widow Mark ham to the window an hour or so lator. "That'a him a-netting back ia th? oarriftgoj ai proud s hmftn Aa4 that's the lady with the yellow silk parasol, covered-with lace. Now will you say Lwas mistaken?" "Dear, dear," said Mrs. Markham, adjusting her spectacles on the bridge of her nose. "I couldn't have be lieved it, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes." "And they're driving straight to Farmer Bead's," added Miss Adder tcmgne, diligently flattening her nose against the window-panes. "Well, well, it'a clear she's charged him with with it, and he's determined to brazen it ont Get your hat, Mrs. Markham. Let's walk that way. I need a skein of darning cotton, and the way to Perkins' store lays right past Mr. Reed's door." Bet to Miss Addertongne's infinite astonishment-perhaps we may say disappointment-there was no sound of violent hysterics, no sign of family dissension or tragical debate as they sauntered by the farmhouse gate. "My!" ejaculated Miss Felicia, "if they ain't all a-setting together in the porch, as loving as so many turtle doves. Well, now I shall believe that Juliet Beed is going over to Mor monism, and believes in a man's hav ing as many wives as he pleases " Juliet Reed, however, had seen them us they slunk by, and rising from her seat, beckoned them to advance. "Mrs. Markham," said she, "and Miss Addertongne, allow me to pre sent to you Mr. Hazel. " The widow dropped a little cour tesy. Miss Felicia st Lil y inclined hot head. "Also Mrs. Hazol," added Juliet "O!" said Mi?? Addertongne. "My stepmother," said Mr. Hazel, mischievously, "just returned from a visit to Pa rip. My father will be with us next week." AT THE COST OF A SHILUNC. A Threatenod International Incident Clc BP il With Economy and Deapatoli. There is a story now going the rounds in London which.if true,shows that with tactful handling the friend ship of nations may sometimes be pre served at the tri?ing cost of one shil ling. An American congressman from the far west, who was sightseeing in London during James Bussell Lowell's term as minister to Great Britain, one day visited the museum .of the Boyal College of Surgeons. He viewed the varions specimens with admiring in terest, and would doubtless have left the building most favorably impressed if curiosity had not attracted his at tention to a certain dust-covered skull lying uncared for in a long-forgotten oorner. He adjusted his glasses and leaned forward to decipher the faded inscription upon the label. His patri otic indignation upon reading the fol lowing can best be imagined: This is the head of JOHN PAUL JONES, American Pirate. Upon his return to the United States he spoke of this "outrage" to other members of Congress,and at the state department insisted that "reparation be demanded for this awful insnlt to our flag." Tn short he raised such a commotion that the state department felt itself compelled to write to Minis ter Lowell calling his attention to the matter. Mr. Lowell tamed the letter over to an attache asking him to look into the charges therein, and if found true to see that the matter was satis factorily settled. The attache visited the musen tn on the following day, and with the aid of a candle and the janitor finally found the skull still innocently reposing in its corner. Hut now, he thought,, his troubles were jnst beginning; the find ing of the skull was a simple enough matter, but how was he to see that it should be satisfactorily settled? At last an idea struck him. "I say, my good man, " he said to the janitor with some hesitation, "just how much world you take to-er-lose er-this head of Mr.-er-Jones?" He produced a bright shilling from his pocket and thrust it into the jani tor's hand. The latter smiled under standingly, and thus what might have been an international incident was closed with economy and despatch. - New York Sun. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. '.Most men would rather carry the kitchen stove around down town than the baby. A man always feels foolish when hs first takes off his hat to the girl he has known from childhood. We may think. people who always agree with ns are mushy, but somo now we keep on liking them. Men who let the gas burn just a little, in order to save matches, have been known to succeed as financiers. A woman's trouble in buying a shoe that fits is mainly in deciding whether it pinches her as much as it ought to. It is probably called the "mother tongne" because it is so different from the one mothers use to talk to their babies with. The man who will do anything for his friends or anything to his enemies frequently becomes known outside of his own township. The woman whose husband has the most enduring love for her is gener ally married to the man whoso wife feeds, him the best. A man who tries to win success in a hurry, intending to be worthy of it at leisure, generally forgets the latter part of the contract The instinct that teaches the bird to come back to the same nest the next summer is probably the same that tells a woman exactly where to find the pin that is sticking into a baby. When a minister gets into trouble there are alw vye' some women in the church who go around saying that they never listened to his sermons without thinking of n sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. Winter and Plnnos. "The winter season is hardest on pianos," observed a piano tuner, "for the reason that the rooms containing them are often kept too warm for the piano, if not the human occupants, and the result is that the wood work dries up. This does not always do an injury, but very frequently it do?s serious injury, and especially if the wood work is not substantial and solid. In 90 cases ont of 100 the wood work is as it should be, but now and then some por tion has been slighted, or not prop erly inspected before it left the factory. In veneer work a warm room often does damage."-Washington Star. D?iualpa. "A man sometimes thinks he's hav ing his own way when he is really doing what his wife planned for him." "Yes," answered the mild-eyed philosopher] "many a one thinks he's an autocrat whoa fa? ii merely aa .atomitom" j FOR FARM ?ND GARDEN.! vTvrT/TTwy-vy^v When Limp Is Needed. Lime may prove to be a wonderfully good thing foi* some soils. If the land is acid, lime is always beneficial. Bay it when it is cheapest. The amount to apply will depend altogether upon the character of the soiL I have used all the way from 1500 to 6000 pounds to the acre. Stone lime may be used by placing it in piles containing about one-half bushel each and covering this with soil and allowing the lime to slake.-G. A. Smith, in New England Homestead. An to Raising Broilers. Any of the large breeds of fowls, such as Cochins, Plymouth Bocks, Brahmas, Wyandottes, Langshans, Dorkings or Indian GameB will pro duce fine broilers-that is as far as breed goes; but in raising broilers it should not be forgotten that it is a winter business, as the birds are sup posed to reach the market in April or May, which makes their hatching time start from about October or Novem ber. Wheu birds are hatched and marketed at the dates mentioned they will command about the highest prices that are offered during the year for any kind of poultry. Dostroy tlic Dead Leaves. Many of our most destructive in sects, says a bulletin of the Ohio ex periment station, pass the winter either among matted prostrate grass, among fallen leaves or especially along hedges, lanes and fence corners. Wherever such places can be burned over in late fall, winter or early spring, the effect will be to destroy many of these. Instead of having our annual clearing up in May, as many do who clear np their premises at all, this should be done during the seasons mentioned,as by May many of the de structive insects have left their winter quarters and are beyond l'each. In the orchard, the falling of the leaves will reveal cocoons and even insects themselves upon the trees that cannot be easily detected while the foliage is still hauging to these tree?. Many insects pass the winter withiu a folded leaf that is attached to the twig to prevent it from dropping off, and in this way deceive the eye of the orchardist. It will pay to go over the orchard and remove all of the cocoons aud dried leaves still clinging to the trees. Fertilizer for Oats. Oats, like com, require a highly ni trogenous manure, and must be sup plied either in the natural fertility of virgin soil, well preserved barnyard manures or commercial fertilizers. Every farmer is, of course, the best judge as to the natural fertility of II?B different Melds,as proven in the grow ing of past crops, aud also best knows his ability to apply manures which cost money, [f he has an abundance of cotton seed, either composted or crushed, or barnyard maunres, he can apply them as liberally as he d?sires, as he can hardly put down too much of either, if broadcasted. If home manures aro used, about 150 pounds of acid phosphate Fer acre should be used iu addition to the barnyard man ure or compost heap. If the fertil izers are to be purchased, then a for mula consisting of 1000 pounds of good acid phosphate, 750 pounds of cotton seed meal and 250 pounds of kan it, mixed well, and applied at . rate of 500 pounds per acre, would furnish a good amount of the necessary ele ments of plant food to secure satisfac tor- esults. The fertilizer should be applied broadcast and harrowed in at time of sowing, or put iu with seed drill, if a machine is used. As a top dressing to wheat or oats now grow ing, but which need additional fertil izer, au application of the above .for mula at rate of 300 pounds per acre would be exceedingly helpful. Eear well in mind that the crop of spring oats to turn out well, must be forced, for they have only half the time in which to mature that the fall sowing have. The forcing process must be done by Bowing in good ground which has been properly prepared, by fertil izing with quickly available plant foods, and then leaving the balance to the handiwork of nature. Feed I nc Hogs. We did not think pumpkins as valu able for feeding to hogs as we did to cattle, but when they were plenty the hogs had some every clay, for.we could not keep them late in the winter. We never cooked them unless to throw in a few when boiling small potatoes or other roots for t he hogs, as we thought them too watery when boiled, and they seamol to bc relished better when given raw. We notice in a bul letin sent ont by the Oregon experi ment station, that they tested pump kins for hogs weighing 140 to 200 pounds each, for four periods of 14 days each. The pumpkins were cooked with shorts. For the first two weeks it took 15.45 pounds of pumpkins and 2.12 pounds of shorts to make a pound of gain. The next two weeks it took 14.?5 pounds of pumpkins and 1.3 pounds of shorts. lu the third period 14.3 J pounds of the pumpkins and 1.79 pounds shorts, and for the last two weeks 14.46 pounds of pumpkins and 2.54 pounds of shorts. The average gain for each hog during the whole time was about 11-2 pounds per day, and counting pumpkins at 82.50 a ton, and shorts at $12, the cost per pound of gain was 2. ? cents. This may have been choap enough, but we think it could have been made cheaper upon raw pumpkins, aud by using a little more shorts, or perhaps a mixture of equal parts of cornmeal and shorts. After u hog weighs 200 pounds alive we are not afraid to give him as much cornmeal as he will eat until we get him fat enough to kill. They tried to increase the arnot nt of pumpkin and reduce the amoum of shorts, but the pigs objected, aud, as. will be seeu above, they had to increase the pro portion of shorts. We never teBted pumpkins for sheep feeding, but have uo doubt they would work excellently well. Wo never removed the seeds when feeding them, and never saw that they were doing any injury to either cattle or hogs. Traiiaplantlng and Pruning. I note with pleasure increased at tention to transplanting and pruning trees. That men should think to suc cessfully remove a tree without ex treme care iu preserving the roots has always been a mystery to me,aud that all fruit-bearing trees should be trained with a central upright stem is too manifest to require education. Still there are many trees trained more like an inverted umbrella than other wise, ?nd every heavy sleet or snow storm makes appalling destruction in such orchards. That th . Ozark region of Missouri should produce fair winter apples accords.with what old oitiBtni ? taft? rtflloa till e. th? t'ipottluf of the papaw and the falling of forest nuts hejng.two weeks later than, with us, near Cairo. When we have a cool sumraer~and . fall we have apples hang on till frost, bnt if the season is exceptionally warm yellow bellflowers and baldwins fall from the tree and rot in Angusfc,: and winesaps and Borne beauties in* Sep tember. A difference is always noted in favor of young Lrees, but more especially in the first orcharding experiments in a neighborhood, the absence of insect enemies and fungous diseases being important factors in the ripening and keeping qualities of fruits. In this connection your previous statement respecting Missouri lauds subject to homesteading is of interest to our people who may be influenced to immigrate. I hope to. see iu future, numbers of your paper more letters after the order of the one in your last by Professor T. H. Jones,giving more full information respecting the leading railroads now in existence having the facilities for marketing, etc., with statement in relation to nursery stocks and many matters of interest to those seeking now homes. Here it has beeu just cold enough to retard the ispid growth of wheat, which bid fair early in the Beasou to become too rank-a thing wheat has. Seldom done in all the forty-five years we have been here.-Jas. H. Grain tn Fai Pi, Field and Fireside. The Strawberry Hort. There are few things that are often more poorly managed thau the straw berry bed. Again and agaiu has, the writer seen beds that had been stin ted out well, but that had become- entire failures through mismanagement.' Of ton it is due to the ground being, in a condition that makes success impos sible, and at other times it has been on account of an easily:explai'ned. de1 sire to have the plants make a great growth of foliage. This growth of foliage is all right on individual p'nuts provided tho plants aro each given suffie'ent room to develop, bnt when the growth is on a multitude of plants, as it is often, and these plants are crowding one against, another, the blossoms are few and the ripe berries ? are fewer and smaller. The unprepared ground is no place - for a strawberry bed, but the tempta tion to use such ground for straw berries is often very great. A cose of this kind rame to the attention of the writer about two years ago. Quite late iu the spring a neighbor decided that he would have a first-class straw berry bed. So he ordered some hun dreds of plants. But haiiug all ? of his prepared ground taken up with other things be merely turned over some sod and set the plants in the newly turned sod. He hoped that 'hy the following year the plants would have secured a good growth and would have so permeated tho sod and under soil with their roots that the ground would be loose. He recognized the fact that the ground was utterly de void of manure, save what had come in a natural way through the decay ing grass roots. In the fallafter set-' tiug he tried to work between- the rows and to fork in a little manure. But the ground was very hard and uhr responsive, and, though he had four ofthebest varieties of strawberries,1 he did not get a pint of berries from. tbem all the second year. This failure was due entirely to poorly-prepared soil, and without doubt this is the case with a majority of the failures. The Wilson is a hard berry to grow, but the writer remembers one bed of Wilsons that proved a great success; It was made on' well-worked gai den soil, and was enriched with a heavy dressing of hog manure. ' Th^ was thoroughly incorporated with the soil . before the plants were put on, and the j weeds were kept down. The second year the crop of great red, glossy ber ries was enormous. It was an illus tration of what a properly-prepared soil will do. Farra and Garden Note?. Never allow fowls to drink stagnant water. The laying hen is always the work ing hen. Table scraps should be fed the fowls while fresh. For fattening fowls cooked food is better thau raw. Milk in all its . forms is valuable food for poultry. Soft-shelled eggs are often the j re sult of overfeeding. Vessels in which milk is fed should be cleaned regularly. Ducks and geese should be well feathered before killing. A cr033 of a large hen with-a Hon d?n usually produces good broilers. The favorite food in Scotland,where horses.are at only moderate -work, is cut sheaf oats. Grapes can be1 pruned any time dur ing winter. If the wood is wanted for propagation, it should be cut just be fore the severe frosts arrive.! j \h By keeping oak trees of a uniform temperature throughout the year, a French experimenter succeeded in in creasing the production of new leaves before the old ones were shed. Very often it will not pay to doctor fowls suffering with contagious dis-, ease. Indeed it is probable that it very rarely pays. One would better kill atouceall that contract such dis ease and burn the carcasses. The English want a cheese with a mild flavor, slightly salty and rich iu butter fat. Foreigners as a rule do not like strong cheese, lt must not be dried hard. Curing rooms in Scotland are kept at 60 to 61 degrees. While oats make a good feed for growing stock and for the laying hens, they do not have the elements that promote animal heat. Some corn is needed for this purpose, and it should be fed to the flock late in the even ing.. Don't neglect the poultry Bhows. They give better lessons as to much of the poultry work thau can be obtained anywhere else. It will pay also to make frequent visits to the yards of poultrymen who are successful-ihtheir business and learn all you can from them as to their methods. -1 \ / i : Shingles From Stamps, : ' A new industry baa sprungjW) in the cnt-overp?ne land3 of Minnesota. A Michigan shingle manufacturer has located east of Sandstone with ma chinery suitable to transform the thousands of large stumps into shingles. These, stumps now stand from two to four feet aboveground] and are as sound as the day the tree was out. Pearl Industry Grows. The pearl industry in the Concho: river,, in West Texas, has grown very rapidly during the last few years. Many men are now employed - in: the work of hunting for pearls along that stream, and the annual proceeds from the sale of the ben nt if ul gems which they gather aggregate oft vera! huhdiod IfesttBRnd dellars; THE NATIONAL BANK OF fliJ??STA L. C. HAYNE, Pree't. P. G.FOBJD, Cashier. Capita^ $250,000. Undivided Froflts }$110,000. Facilities of our magnificent Kew Vault contaiuing 410 t-afety-Loci Boxes. Differ ent Sizes are offered to oar patrons and the public at $3.00 to 810.00 per annum. THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. Cf THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pay 8 Interest on Deposits, Account Solicited. L. P. HAYN-E, President. W. 0. WiJlDLAW, Cashier. NE8DAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1900. VOL. LXV. NO. 8. i SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. There are 20 carbide manufactories io France, most of them obtaining their current bj, means of water power. Colors ground ir and thinned with petroleum ' .ittead of with tur pentine and drying oil have been found by a French artist to have many advantages. Extensive deposits of bauxite have been discovered in New South Wales. As this is one of the best raw mate rials for the manufacture of aluminum, the deposits will probably be of value. In Buffalo, when a street car barn was being built, recently, it was im possible to obtain steel within the required time, consequently old dis carded street car rails were used in stead. Masked pitfalls of quicksands occur in the dry plains of Arizona and are covered with a treacherous crust of clay that has been spread over them in fine particles by the wind and baked dry by the suu. ^Blasting with liquid air at Yionua Has led'fo the conclusion that,"to"' be effective, the liquid should be used within 15 ininutes after preparatiou. As tried after 72 hours, when half of it had evaporated, it had no destruc tive effect ['...'* It is said that Ihe employes eugaged in the tending of dynamos and other electrical machinery iu a certain elec tric light and power station are ordered to keep one hand in their trousers pocket as they go about their work. This lessens the danger of their "mak ing contact," and thus giving the cur rent from a "live"'source tho chance of passing through tho body. . Some gold-bearing cobalt ores that promise to have considerable value have recently been discovered in the Kruis river district in the Transvaal. The ore is found iu association with diabase rocks, and is known ns smal tite. occurring with its decomposition products, such as erythrrte, and carry ing about 90 prams of gold to the .ton of ore. . The gold seems to be found entirely in the smalt ?te, and does not occur in its free sta'e. In the vicinity of the locality-referred to is another deposit of sinaltite, which ora assays ?100 grams to the ton.. ' J i ?1 ,v ? j ?. .>/',*. A hew material for electrical resist ance has recently'been devised, which is believed to be superior to tho plat inum alloys so extensively used, which are not altogether satisfactory, owing to'their actual low resistance. The now. resistan ce. material is mode by moulding clay containing 10 per ce it. to 15 per cent? of platinum into peu cils and then heating to about 1250 degrees -in a reducing- atmosphere. In this way a platinum silicon alloy is formed .which serves, as , a conductor. The material can be n*ed up to red heat, and as the temperature rises the resistance increases until a certain point is reached, when it begins to fall, owing, it ia suggested, to the for mation of more of tho platinum sili con alloy. TREES ! MADE . ?NTO NEWSPAPERS. Whole Process Conan in RH I,es* Than Twenty-Four Hour*. "The husmeas of manufacturing pa per has increased entirely out of pro portion to all other roa-jufactuiing," observed a* well-known paper maker, in speaking of the happenings of the past year, "and it can utmost be said that it is ont of limit. The question of transportation has been- reduced to a minimum, and though the forests caunot be moved to the masticating machin ss which grind the trees up j into pnlp, the next best thing has been doue, by takiug the masticators into the foresta so that the manufac tured paper tan be and is shipped I from there direct. Not only the pa j per on which newspapers are printe:! 1 is haudled in ibis way, but many of thq higher grades of wood papers and paper stock. "lu one of my own mills recently there was jouiething doue which ex hibited how things could be done in a hurry when there was necessity. I bad an order from a New Tork news paper for a lot of paper which I knew to be 'immediate or quick if possible,' and we determined to show what could be done. Wheu the order was received the trees from which the paper was made were growing in the forest. The trees were cut and tho wood sawn iuto the lengths most convenient for han dling; "l hey were theu railroaded t< 'he masticator and the process of chewing them up commenced. Inside of four hours the woo I was reduced to a mass of pulp, which had to be blenched ana prepared for the rollers. Tn four hours more the wood was transformed J into raper and iu two honra afterward . ?I was on tho cars near Niagara Falls, bound for Now York City. In 20 hours after the time the order was giveu to hew tho treo?vT read 1U0 miles distant from where the paper-was printed the newspaper which had been printed on paper made for this special order. ? "Now, what I refer to is not an isolated case aud done for a demon . station alun ?, but is liable to occur any day, though,of course, not likely, for paper makers usually keep stock enough on baud to supply their cus tomers and special orders- A forest of trees is cut down every working day of the year io this country and trausformed into paper for newspaper printing, and almost every kind of wood is now used. Wonderful progress has been made also in tho other branches' of the paper trade, especial ly iu the line and rag-made grades." ' The Fest Consulship, "Young man," said a noted Illinois congressman in the house restaurant at the capitol, "when you get a chance to be a consul for the United States select a smoky city, one where there are mauy factory chimneys. Do not try for the fc?sh ion able capitals. Leave them for tue ambassadors. Go where the air is murky, for there business is lively,and manya consignment is sent to the United States. This means fees, and fees mean a good income for the i consul." In the course of his chat the con gressman mado the general statement that consuls who are making the most money from foes are the quietest, most unassuming, uncomplaining omployes of the government. "They do not set up claims for a salary instead of feep," he said, "Oh, no; but like the wise boy where the raspberries are thick, they let the world forget, so far as pos sible, that they aro on earth. Let a consular office be chauged from the ; fee to the salary system and it at once ' becomes alluring to a voracious lot of aspirants. Some one finds out, per haps, that the political support of this particular consul is weak, and then in fluence is used, and soon there is a ohange. "One of the most profitable consul ships is that of Liverpool. The salary is $6000,. but the fees bring the emol uments up to several times that amount, and a generation ago tho in come of tho consul at Liverpool was 850,000? Tbl? hoi been rodacod by abolishing focai'^Cbicftga New* THE BAYONET IN SOUTH AFRICA. Value of a Weapon Probobly Useless lo Dealing with a European Foe. I think lt has been clearly demon strated during the Boer-British war, writes an English expert, that the at tacking force loses about four times as many men as the defending force. As we shall probably always be uie at tacking party it appears essential that our numbers should always be largely in excess of those of the enemy. The ultimate issue then Is merely a ques tion of the number of men we can con centrate In order to make our attack irresistable. I do not mean to say that this would be thc case were we fighting the train ed troops of an European Power. It seems probable that a modern Euro pean battle will last several days, and that against a modern disciplined army the bayonet will be discarded as a use less encumbrance. With the present magazine rifle the Infantry come un der a hot fire at 1,000 yards, and In an attempt to rush trenches at,the point of thc bayonet, few, if any, would sur vive. 'But with pur present foe th? conditions are somewhat different..The Boer does not walt for a bayonet charge; he is not disciplined, and does not remain in thc trenches because his officer commands Him. When he thinks his enemy is getting too close, he mounts his pony and gallops away to where he considers he is safer. Thus, though we lose many .men, our troops have usually managed to- dis lodge the enemy by this means; but, as a rule, when they have gained the position, they have not found many Boers there. They have gone when the storming party was still 200 or 300 yards off, and at a distnnce at which European soldiers would have opened a fire, out of which no man would have come alive. I wish to show by this that though this mode of attack ls a costly one, and would probably, be impossible against European armies, yet it seems the on ly one by which we can make sure of driving the enemy from the strong po sitions they take up, and to carry this out successfully we must be vastly superior in numbers. It might be asked why do the generals not vry big flank ing movements to turn the enemy's po sition? The answer ls simple. Our generals have found that owing to the extraordinary mobility of the Boers this mode of attack ls Impossible. London Dally News. G?orgia Education. One of the class publications of the state which is acheiving notable suc cess is Georgia Education, published at Atlanta, Ga., by Miss S. Y. Jowett. Possibly one feature which has con tributed most largely to the success and growth of this educational paper is the attention which it gives to the country school and its efforts to aronse more general interest in this vital fac tor in country life. Georgia Education has just cele brated its first birthday anniversary by reducing the subscription price one-half-from ?1.00 to 50c. Lost Gold. 7 . early loss in value of gold coins by wear and tear while in circulation amounts to about $2,000 In every $5, 000,000. Sweat and fruit acids will not discolor gooda dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS DY sa. Sold by ail druggists. Owing to Shortage. Little Willie-"Tho Bible says there wiU be ' no marrying In heaven. 1 wonder why?" Little Emma- "I don't k: v. unless H's be cause there won't be enoug. .uou to go roundV' -Chlcngo News. Beauty Ia Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean; by stirring up the lazy liver and driving ail im Eunties from the body. Begin to-day to anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c Vividly Described. In describing a total eclipse of tho sun, the colored philosopher said: "Well, sun, hit wuz almes' dark enough to tackle a honr?os'!" Tho Best Prescription for Chills and Fever is a bottle of GROVB'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It ls simply iron and quinine In a tasteless form. Ko cure-no pay. Price 50c. Harmless Diversion. "She thinks sho can act." "What's the odds so long os she doesn't?' Cloveland Plain Dealer. Deafness Cannot Be Cared by local applications, as they cannot reach the discasod portion of the ear. There ip en?y one way to cure deafness and that ls by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tubo gets in flamed you have a rumbling sound pr imper fect hearing, and when lt is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and un'.oss the Inflam mation can be taken ont and th.s tube restored tn Its normal condition, hearing will be de stroyed forever. Nino casos out of ton aro caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an ln flnriir-il condition of tho mucous surfaces. Wewin give One Hundred Dollars for any cos?: of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist?, 76c. ll all's Family Pills are the best. Within the last two years about a hundred postofflces have been established in Chins. The registry fee for letters is only 2y? cen j. To Care Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic, 10c or 25c If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money. Hitman Nature. Mr. Tlgg-"I don't seo how that Montreal girl could sloep sixty days." Mrs. Tlgg (speaking from observation} "Probably some one kept calling her to break fast right along."-Baltimore American. VITALITY low, debilitated or exhausted oared by Dr. Kllno's Invigorating Tonic. FRBB SI trial bottle for 2 weeks' treatment. Dr. Kline, Ld., 931 Arch St., Phlladelpha. Founded 1?7L For Whooping Couch, Plso's Cure is*a suc censful tomedy.-M. P. DIETER, 67Throop Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 14,1894. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children toothing, softens tho gums, reduces inflamma tion, allaya pair, cures wind colic. 23c. a bottle. How He Was Paid. "You're a nice Ind." remarked the minister to a boy who was chopping wood, "Does your motlier give you auything for chopping fire wood?" "No," replied the boy. wilhameatiinglook; "but 1 get something if 1.don't do lt." How Are Tour Kidney? I . Dr. Hobbs' Sparagas Pills care all kidney Ills. Sam. clo free. Add. Sterling Bcniody Co., Chicago cr N. Y. Seven shillings a day bas been adopt Se new South .Wales governatat initnum wast to faflwsrlafcottfti FlV?-xent SMOKING Tobacco o?r Earth is NOTintheTRliST IS THE BRAND. I?; ti; r.. *-? . MAK try A. cru RED HT BROWN BEOS. CO., WIN ST OP?, IV. C He Attended the Party. i A man from Indianapolis was in Lon don last' year,, and one. day he saw many . welWressed . , people .. going through the iron gates of what he sup posed was a public park opposite his boardIng-lwuse. Accordingly, he Joined the procession, sat or. the seats, and en. joyed the music. A young lady, came and gave him a cup of tea, and he had a good time generally. The. next' day, at the table, some one asked what'was going on across the way the day be fore. "Mrs. Humphry Ward gaye a large garden party," said the landlady. -Sentinel._ Food Taken by Greek Athletes. The athletes of Greece in ancient times when training for physical con tests, were fed oh new cheese,' figs and bolled grain. Their drink was ' warm water, and they were: not .allowed to eat meat ? ? - - , Educate Toar Bowels With Cascareta, Candy Cathartic, euro constipation' forever. . l0c,C5c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. Consolation. 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Tobacco Hab?? "COTTON Culture" C is the name of a v-a Nu able, illustrat ed pamphlet which should abe in the hands of every planter who raises Cotton. The book is sent FREE. Send name and address to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & 3.50 SHOES ??NI?g DWorth S4to$6compared?? with other makes. ^Indorsed by over > 1,000,000 wearers. The pennine have W. L j Doughs' name and price I stamped on bottom. Take( no substitute claimed to be as. good. Your dealer should keen them-if not, we will scad a pair? _ Jon receipt of price and 25c" extra for carriage. - State kind of /leather, size, and width, plain or cap toe. Cat. free, ouscram ". L DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. FOR 14 GENTS We wist to pain this year 20O0C0 J new cusiotnora, and hence offer Q 1 Pkg. 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