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ANNIE LAURIE. Aa rosa tho sea a fragment, Blown with the spray and mist, ?Shorevrard from rosy distances, ' Where shade and shine hold tryst, An old song set In colorings Of gold and amethyst . ? ship on the horizon where misty curtains ding, Lightly to clearer levels Her salis of voilet swines: - A schooner nearing the harbor, Listen! The sailors sing: "Maxwelton braes are bonnie Where early fa's the dew, 'Twas there sweet Annie Laurie Gav? me her promise true." O, the rainbow lights of boyhood Kindle my skies anew. ""Maxwelton braes are bonnie," How sweet that old refrain, The promises of morning Break into bloom again. - And. on .the ic wiy roof I hear The music of the rain. . ^Maxwelton braes are bonnie," There's mother at the door. The cattle down the dusky lane Ix? coming as of yore, And mounted on the pastare bars, I swing and sing oaco mora? ."Maxwelton braes are bonnie," O. bonnie maid of mine. Thro' ail the mists of distance Again the dark eyes shine; The world is full of music, And living seems divine! Across the sea a fragment, Blown with the spray and mist, Shoreward from rosy distances. Where shade and shine hold tryst, A vision and a memory, Ingold and amethyst "^-Jennie Bodge Johnson, in Lewiston Journal. ???AAA'AAAAA?AA 1 --THE- C 3 Forging <*jE* I 1 Daisy Chain, t Mr. Travers, pretending to rinse plates in the river Thames,looked per petually toward Miss Daisy Middleton -industriously engaged in packing dishes. Over the meadow the rest of ihe picnic party was dotted mainly in palra, as is pleasant to look upon at a picnic. If the truth were known, Mr. Travers was pleased to ses Miss I ?lid dleton sternly packing, - for of late sue lxad se erne fl to bestow too much of the honey of her smiles upon a certain bee (to give him no worse title) of the same of Congreve; and Miss Middle ton was rejoiced to seo Mr. Travers pretendingjto rinse, since she had a cer tain undefined objection to hear his praises song by others of her sex-as recently. People entertaining such approxi mate sentiments have no business to be separated by a distance of at least 20 yards. So at any rate Mr. Travers thought, for hf left the meadow sweets that sucked in the eddying stream be hind him, and, bearing the cleansed plates as a peace offering in his hand, approached the lady. , Miss Middleton lifted her eyes ont of a hamper, and, preceiving his humility, smiled. "With fingers weary and worn," he began,."and eyelids heavy and red as you perceive, Miss Middleton-a man answering to the name of Travers Las been standing in midstream more or less mid-on an undeniable rickety Stone for half au hour-tor rents foaming about him-fatal plunge imminent-and has rinsed picnic plates till he could do no more. " "During which time," she asked, "he broke-how many?" "That is hardly generous," said Mr. Travers, gravely. . "How many exactly I started with I don't remem ber. One-I admit it- 'came to pieces in my hand,' as the kitchen maida say. Another I was compelled, morally and intellectually, to throw at a grasshopper that came up imper tinently to sniff the mayonnaise. A saucer or two, by nature amphibious, started down stream. But what would you? I have four here as clean-" "And I gave you ll," said Miss Middleton, sternly. 'It's better than picking daises, like Congreve,", said Mr. Travers, slyly. "Would you like to clean some knives?" she asked, willing to change the subject. 'They don't break so easily, and we shall want some for tea." "It's no relaxation cleaning things that don't break," said Mr. Travers, discontentedly. "You intend simply to be idle till tea?" she asked, scornfully. "If you think I deserve a little re creation for cleansing all those plates," he said. "Breaking them!" "Let us split the difference and say laving them." "You crack a joke and a plate in the same breath," she said. "Don't you think I might take you out in that canoe?" he persisted. "It's rather late," she said, doubt fully. "We might find some of the float ing saucers," he urged. "The grass hopper got on one and was piloting it magnificently." "But canoes are so unsafe. Perhaps if Miss Maltby would come with us, it would be steadier." This was a distinctly unkind reflec tion on Miss Maltby, whoso attrac tions, in the opinion of many, were not detracted from by her weight, Mr. Travers, however, saw light in the unkindness, and willingly sacrificed a victim. "Without in any way wishing to deny the merits of Miss Maltby," he said, "she would add more than a feather-weight Besides, in adopting an invention like canoes, from the Cb octa -vs, one must conform to their custom" "Which is?" asked Miss Middleton. "Based on the tribal motto-'Two's company/ The canoes were con structed accordingly, and only hold two." "Then there would not be room for ?Mr. Congreve. she asked. "I fancied he was making daisy chains," "Z?? Mr. Travers. Now, if Miss Middleton had been adverse to the voyage, this foolish re mark would have left Mr. Travers soli tary.' But she was not. She suffered herself to be constrained-not too roadily. Yet sine?, when once the canoe wai lannched. Mr. Travers seemed to sink into abstraction, Miss Middleton took up the ball. Since this is the very simplest story, devoid of incidents cr criticism, is sufficient to say of Miss Middleton's conduct, "suoh, is life, " ?nd to report her re marks. "You'll be very careful, won't you?" she said. "i'm like a cat-very frightened of water." "What cat's avers? to fish?" quoted MT. Travers, irrelevantly. "That is -I mean-I wouldn't let a drop of water touch you for-fwhat I really mean ia, the canoe's j rrfectly safe. It woui I hold five with ease." .1 tbon-ht that the Choctaw?-" hinted Miss Middlo.ou well pleased with herself. ,, "Oh, yes, that's all nonsense," he said, d'^txactedly. "I should say I am talking nonsense now. What I meant was that if five people were ia it, it couldn't be safer. " "It does sound rather nonsense," said Miss Middleton tttimercilully. It is not clear why maidens at these critical times are so much more apt to keep their heads than are men. Mr\ Travers thought it a hard uispensa tion of nature, and sought refuge from his distraction by jogging the canoe. "Arendt we shaking terribly?" asked Miss Middleton. "Not at all "-he answered "Canoes Beena very frail," she ex plained. "A girl ? knew," said Mr. Travers, thoughtfully, "nsed to tell me tbat she was quite nervous nutil she had tried a canoe, but in the end she thought otherwise. She even wonted to get engaged in a canoe. " "Did you gratify her W?sV* asked Miss Middleton, with, a rush of dig nity. "The girl was my mother, you km>W,v! said Mr. Travers, scenting a mistake. "It was a reminiscence of hers. She was wondering how I should some day-" "Yes, yes-don't you think we ought to be going back?" asked Miss Middleton. "I shoild like to know your opinion of a boat as a popping place," he per sisted. Miss Middleton supposed that a square, solid sort of boat in the style of Noah's ark-guaranteed not to up= set-might net be unsuitable. "But would yon not approve of l? conoeThe asked. "It would rock so terribly?* she said. "Why should it rock?'' "Suppose," she said, "the man wanted to go down on his knees-just to emphasize his wishes-that would Bet it rolling to begin with." Mr. Travers was willing to enter tain that supposition. "Then suppose the girl said 'Xo?* " Mr. Travers preferred not to sup pose anything unpleasant "Still, if she did," s?id Miss Mid dleton, "the man would start up in a very bad temper and begin stamping about" Mr. Travers was positive that no man would be guilty of such conduct. Hiss Middleton failed to see how Mr. Travers conld answer for men in gen eal. Mr. Travers admitted that he, was thinking of a particular case, which caused Miss Middleton to go on hastily: "Then, again, if the girl didn't Bay 'No,' she would probably expect--*-'' "What?" asked Mr. Travers. Miss Middleton had unfortunately forgotten the sequence of her sen tence. "But I must know, Daisy," he safa, earnestly. He ceased to pad le and the canoe begau to roll. ""Would she expect-" Continuous was the rolling of the canoe. "We shall be over I'm sure," said Miss Middleton-"please-yes-yes yes-" "At any rate the man expects-" said, Mr. Travers, and the rolling con tinued. When some time later the canoe returned to the meadow from which it had started, the voyagers were grieved to perceive the tea was already almost finished. The others observed that punctuality was particularly important at a picnic. Mr. Congreve especially insisted on this. 'Ton shouldn't have been making daisy-chains, .Congreve," said Mr. Travers, irrelevantly. "What does he mean?" Mr. Con greve appealed to Miss Middleton for a solution. "Mr. Travers has also been making daisy-chains," she said.-The King. PEARLS OF THO'JCHT. A mine is a good deal like a woman's love; nobody can tell what it is worth. We are not sent into the world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts. We have more power than will; and it is orten by way of excuse to our selves that we fancy things are impas sible. . A good disposition is more valuable than gold; for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of Nature. Whatever happens we are not to forget that peace at home and abroad is the ideal for all who love their coun try and their fellow-men. The trouble is that a girl thiuks her labor is over when she has won a man's love, and doesn't appreciate the struggle that is coming to keep it Do not talk but of what you know, do not think but of what you have materials to think justly upon, aud do not look for things only that you like when there are others to be seen. Twenty people can gain money for one who can use it, and the vital ques tion for individual and for nation is never, "How much do they make?" but, "To whatpurpose dothoyspend?" The development of great wealth in this country is a matter of not more than 25 years, and it is scarce a won der that it has not boen fully assimi lated to our social and economic and moral systems. It is the things which make up the character, the habits, the customs, the tastes aud beliefs of the great majority of the people that control the vastest interests of civilization and human happiness. Whenever money is the principal object of life with either mau or nation it is both got ill aud spent ill, aud does harm both in the getting aud spending, but when it is uot the prin cipal object it and all other thiugs will be well got and well spent Microbe* or the Sea. From the study of phosphorescent microbes, which has greatly iuterested students of sea phenomena, zoologists have now passed to the study of sea microbes in general, and are announc ing their results with much enthusi asm. The inference is that aquatic life .produces a more interesting variety of microbe than do the circumstances with which we are more familiar. Some of the luminous or phosphor escent microbes, for instance can live comfortably at a temperature of zero, centigrade. .Others give out beautiful colored liquids during their period pf development. Many of the ocean microbes are also capable of sponta neous movement. As to form they are varied and have been found in almost all shapes, The greatest number of microbes are to be found near the shore, the number decreasing toward the sea. CoH'oDlSI of War The Marquis of Lorne has beeu writing to the press to advocate collie iiogs being worke.l to find out hidden iutrenebments. As uo scrub or cover could deceive collies there seems som*? B nse in proposing that thsy bdould betranied to show a concealed enemy's neighborhood. m rVft^itV^"^ 4h ats? ti M Mi km GARDEN. tW, '? w <ip T- -> (. Soy Bean Meal for Cow?. With dairy cows, soy bean meal takes the place of linseed meal, being somewhat richer in protein, a laxative feed?, atid softening the batter fat. Not over three pounds per day should be fed to a cow, and the BO?toning ef fect on tbe bntter may be overcome by giving feeds haying the opposite tendency, such ns corn, kaffir corn and cottonseed meal. Th? Advantage (if Dwarf Tre??B. Dwarf friiit trees av? stated to have certain advantages '?vfcr high trees: (1) A large .number 'can be grown i? very limited space; (2) th? cultivation of vegetables and flowers near them eau bc accomplished without fear of shade; (3) they produce beautiful aud excell?n't fruits; (.!) they are an orna ment to the vegetable garden; (5) they have the advantage of resisting the winds of autumn which cause the fruit of high trees to fall before ma turity. The Damage to Foliage ' During the dronghts ??d liol ct?ys of the past parching summer m?cli damage to foliage Was caused upon certain crops aud trees, notably sugar beets, cauliflowers, cherries and maples. The leaves of the sugar beets we?t down as though struck by blight or similar disease, the yonug cauliflower plants lost many of their unfolding tender blades through parching aud death of their margins, and cherries and maples in certain lo calities stood denuded Ioug before time for foliage to fall. These injuries occurred soon after days in late sum mer when the drought had been long continued and when hot parching winds made a sudden demand oti the on tho plants for more moisture. That the injury was due to this cotis?, excessive transpiration and not either to lack of water due to drought br to disease, has been demonstrated by the New York agricultural experiment station. Giving Medicino to Horne*. To give the horse ? dre?ch or bolus requires both skill ?nd patience with exceeding gentleness: All solid medi cines Should be at first reduced to powder and theu rolled iu p.oine viscid material to form a paste in au oblong cylinder mass about two and one-half inches long. "Place the right baud fiat over the bones of the animal's nose, grasping each side, thus to steady the head, while with the left hand the operator seizes the tongue, drawing it outward to the off side, the fingers resting on the lower jaw for support. This will secure the tongue from being drawn out too far. The bolus should be grasped between the first, second and third finger tips of the right hand and carried over the tongue to the back of the mouth." Withdraw the right hand quickly and also release the tongue, instantly closing the horse's mouth and holding his jaws together. In giving a draught or drench, which is the liquid form of administering medicine, use a horn, or a perfectly clean tin bottle. Stand on tho off side of the horse and "in sert the fiugers of the loft hand with in the angle of tho month, " drawing away tho animal's cheek in order to form a suitable ponch into which the fluid is poured "in small and succes sive doses as the creature permits it to pass down the gullet. The neck of the bottle; therefore, does not enter the mouth and injuries from that source are entirely avoided. The tongue must be left quite free, as it is a most effective agent in carrying fluids onward to the gullet, and its action greatly facilitates the operation of drenching."-Our Animal Friends. Utilize tho Hones. Converting the bone3 about the farm into soluble fertilizer is another of the small economies that it would be well for every farmer to heed. Very often a good many bones of ani mals rhat have died upon the farm might be collected, if farmers would give atteutiou to Buch things; and quite a lot might be saved in the kit chen in the course of a f?w months. Instead of being thrown away to be carried off by worthless dog3 or left to rot in the forest, all these bones ought to be collected and converted into a good phosphate by the farmer. A bushel or two of bones, pucked down in strong wood ashes, and kept wot, hut not wet enough to drip, will make a nice lot of fertilizer in a few weeks' time. A kerosene barrel is a good thing to pack them in: First, a layer of ashes made wet, then a layer of bones, and next another course of ashes, and so on, until the cask is almost full. Leave space euough at top to hold a bucketful of water, and keep the mass wet. If you fear your ashes are not very strong.add some of the powdered concentrated lye from time to time. Large bones should be broken small, but all small or soft bones will soon yield to this treatment. In a few weeks turn the mass out on a floor, and with a hoe or maul crush the bones to powder, and you have as good a phosphate as the most that you buy and at far less cost. Superphosphate is made from boues treated with sulphuric acid, which re duces them in a few hours. But the acid is a risky article to handle, aud the farmer with only a small parcel of boues had better go slow and safe with ashes. It will pay to utilize bones in this way. Don't let bones lie about in the woods where dead animals were left, but gather them up aud reduce them to fertilizer. Save all the bones from the kitchen, and treat them likewise. l'oint? on lluttei-Ulakine. In the first place good cows are a necessity. A scrub which gives in different milk half the year is one of the great leaks on many farms. Next, cows must be well-sheltered, well-fed and kiudly treated, this last being far more essential than most people thiuk. Cows which are stabled should be well brushed' and the udder wiped with a damp cloth to prevent the fine dust of the barn falling into the pail. This is one cause of bitter milk in winter. A wire strainer with a fine thin cloth over it keeps everything else out of the milk. Tin paus are easier kept sweet, lighter to handle and I think the cream rises better in them thau crocks. The milk should not be covered un til the animal warmth is out of it. The sooner it cools the more cream rises. In summer the pans can be set iu cold water and the water ? drawn off when warm and renewed. A shallow zinc box, like the top of a sink, only large enough to accommodate all the milk of one milking, is *haudy. The box should be as deep as the pans, with a spout to let the water of? One bucket of water would be sufficient to cool the milk. The pans can be left here until next milking or when cool set flat on the cellar floor. A frame rnr--r -? ggggg-[rm-,-?rmt o? lafelilarge enough to cover nil the ?ilk can be made with icga two or three inches higher tliati the pans. i O vcr, this atret'cli 'muslin Mid tack tightly. It can be set to one side or : raised np on end aud dowu aga:n, cov ering or uurovoring all cr as much as you ?nant at once. The mus lin can be talton off aud washed, and it does away with so many lids to scour and sun und the milk is botter thau when shut, np tight. Tin buckets are the best for the cream. In win'er I haug my bucket up near the ceiling and ripen my cream as woll as in sn inner. In sum mer I skim sweet and hang iii tile, well, so without ice can make good butter tho year ronud. Miik must be regularly skiiniried and the cream reg: iilarly '..uilrued Aviuter aud summer. Tuirty-six hours is long enough for milk to set, and 24 is too long if the milk clabbers. Cream sbonld be churned at least every other day in summer and twice a week in winter. Sixty degrees in summer and Go to 70. in winter is abon t the proper tempera tures to be^in churning, for the warm air will raise it a little in summer and cool it in winter. Stop churning when the butter comes and draw off tho milk. I likfl tb .wash the btitter thoroughly by whirling tho churn, changing water uutil it runs clear. Work just enough to mix the salt. The grain then re mains aud the butter is rich, sweet aud toothsome. Too much working makes it solid and tallowy and de stroys the sweet buttery taste. I never work over butter that comes solid in granules. I find customers prefer it this way and every bit of milk and water can be got out if chnrned at the right temperature. There are people in every town who are willing to pay a good price for gilt-e?ge butter, and cows can be made to be a source of revenue, not to be despisod by the farmer's family^ even wh?u Only a f?w are kept.-S;N; Wolcott iii Ameridan Agriculturist Short and Ufiefiii Paroora piis; Bra? is a good thing for growing pigs. In gardening clean culture is t?? chief essential to success. It is the sheep that are kept on low; wet pastures that have the foot-rdt; Tile moral is plain. "Xo foot, no horse," so take a look at the feet of your auimal often and see if everything is **0. K." Probably the most exacting of all pursuits is farming, as it requires con stant and careful watchfulness. Make it a habit to wash the cow's udder before milking. Most habits are bad, but this is one of the good ones. Bo sure your poultry get some ani mal food. Thc" ad vico has been given oftcu,and those who have taken it are the ones who are getting the eggs. A flock of "scrub" sheep will ?bring more profit iu the hands of a well? bred shepard than a fiock of well-bred sheep iu the hands of a "scrub" sheperd. The weeds will soou pnt in an ap pearance. Don't let them get the best of you,for every weed that grows is taking just so much moisture and plaut nutriment from your soil. A BREEZY TALK ON PHYSIOLOGY. Tho Wonders of Human Anatomy Tola in Picturesque Laocuage. gk Ask mon at random and you wilLfl amazed at their ignorance o| hujfl anatomy. This was 'amusingly ir? trated a few nights ago at a birthcBS party given in a residence in Fort^H ninth street, nenr Fifth avenue, writes^ Victor Smith, in the New York Press. Several hundred people were present, and among the amusements was a series of questions that a physician propounded. Old and young got ludi crously taugled up ou the rib inquisi tion, and it is a solemn fact that a majority of the guests thought man had more ribs on one side than on the other, the missing constituent of the thoracic wall being attributed to Mother Eve. Only a dozen or so replied that mau had the same num ber as woman. What that number is less than teu correctly stated. "Who was the first artisan?" was one of the questions, and when every body had given it up the answer was, "God, because He took one of Adam's ribs and fashioned it into a woman." As a matter of fact each sex has, nor mally, 24 ribs, 12 on a side. Many men and women have managed to ex ist healthily with ll on a side, while others have been obliged to struggle along with 13. Au extra floating rib or \\so is a small matter. Ten are knowu to be false. Whenever the average man has a pain in the small of his back he says he is afflicted with kidney trouble, whereat doctors smile. He has a little lumbago. When he has a stitch in his Bide he is cock sure his liver is in a bad way. forgetting that indispensa ble digestive organ is up in the thor acic cavity, far removed from his waist band. The world is alive with men who possess but one lung and have a floating kidney, a severed vermiform appendix, a shifted pancreas, a spliced transverse colon, a punctured peri cardium or an artificial mucous mem brane. Few of us remain whole and sound, though we may begin life in physical perfection. The alimentary canal in man is about 30 feet long, and there is noth ing in nature more wonderful. It looks on paper like a map of the St John's river, with its numerous Jakes, twists, turns, springs, eta The mouth is the source, or spring of life, as here take place the reception and mechan ical division of the food which sus ta ns us. The masticated or bolted s'.aff o; life is conveyed to tho great luke, o: stomach, through a channel known ns the esophagus, and here it is is permitted to rest uutil thoroughly reduc ed and chemically prepared for its join ney on down the river. The great lake has monstrous powers of contraction and expausion. The liver is a deep marsh, where giant forest spectres haunt the night. The pancreatic fluid is a slough of despond, but necessary to our well being. Then the river becomes a very nar row channel where the duodenum, je junum and ileum capture whatever of nutriment may be in the food. Im agine a canal that stauds the severest usage for 70, 80, 90, a 100 years, and never demands au appropriation. Aguinaldo Once a Prisoner. There is a story in circulation among some of the army officers who have just returned to Washington from Manila that the army actually captured Aguinaldo in Cavite Pro vince, put him in jail for 15 days as a suspicious Amigo and then released him only to hear of his identity after he had gotten away. The ability of thc Philippine leader to make up as a Chinaman, or "Chino," as they are called in the Philippines, is said to be remarkable, and only a fellow na* ti ve is able to penetrate such a dis guise. Cures Talk Great Farn-? of a Great Medicina Won by Actual Merit. Thefflrca of Hood's Sarasparllla has been won by the good it has done to those who were suffering from disease. Its cures have excited wonder and admiration. It has caused thousands to rejoice in the enjoy ment of good health, and it will do you the same good it has done others. It will ex pel from your blood all impurities; will ?live yon a good appetite and make yon urrong aud vigorous. It is just the medi cine t?.?elp yd? ?dwj Wben your system is In need of a tonic and lavlgo'iato'i; Er?Dtfor.s-"An eruption ?llover nay body caused a barning sensation sd,I could not sleep nights. Bv taking Hood's Str saparlllu I was completely cured/' JENNIE THOMPSON, P. 0. Bu 86, Oatsville. N. Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla ? Is Amorlca's Greatest Medicine. SEA BIRDS A NECESSITY. Tbey Are ao Incalculable Sanitary Benefit Along Our Coast This country is on the verge of los. lng forever one of the main features of its seacoast charms-the sea-birds themselves. In fact, the Terns, the most exquisite of the Gull family, and which formerly thronged our whole coast, have been so nearly wiped out by agents of tho milliners that this year's onslaught, already fully organ ized, will glean almost tbe last pair from the few small breeding colonies which remain, wherever these are un protected. And the larger gulls, which are not only very beautiful, but abso lutely essential as barber scavengers, are also being decimated for the same purpose. Ali these species, with their exquisite beauty, tbeir wild voices and their most romantic lives, peopling a realm which; without them, would b? oppres sive iii its dreary grdrideur, Wi ii reacti their' Breed ihg pl?c?s ?h ? few weeks, and tiie Tents, especially, ?rfe ??bl? to be slaughtered th? moment they get there; therefore the promptest ac tion is necessary, lt we arfe tb sav? even the few pairs of the latter which could re-stock our devastated coast when the evil eye of fashion shall have turned to other victims. Simple economic considerations make lt a matter of course that the gulls must be saved. An immense horde of them, which naturalists think number anywhere from a hundred thousand to a million, gorge twice a day in New York Bay upon garbage. As the hour of the "dump" approaches, their multitudes fill the whole air to an immense height, over an area of several miles, then gradually settle on the sea in vast white sheets. The whistle of the police boa', the signal to "dump," seems to waft them simul taneously into the air, to gather, like dense snow clouds, over the floating masses just emptied from the many scows. Imagine from what an amount of putrid matter these birds, as big as hens, save the adjacent beaches, not to speak of their perpetual gleaning in the actual harbors! And this is a specimen of what occurs at every port. If money enough can be raised, the Committee of the American Ornithol ogists' Union will guard every breed M? place where there is a law to bael?* gija, as Mr. Mackay and Mr. Dutch nve done at Vineyard Sound Isl bund Great Gull Island. 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It is any kind of a bonnet with a little spring and metal clasp bidden behind flowers, and when the head of the fair wearer of the bon net ls bent forward with that down cast movement so becoming to modest maids and matrons, the clasp presses on the temples and compels a blush. There is no chance for failure.-New York Commercial. Thoroughly at Home Jiggs-I called ttf ?e? Brassey last night, but he wasn't at home\ Biggs-Oh', yes, be was". . Jiggs-I tell you lie wasn't fie wasn't at home all evening. Biggs-He was perfectly at home all evening. He monopolized our easiest chair and kept his feet on the plano stool.-Philadelphia Press. Ko VF College Student* Die. The doath rato In collegers extremely low. The strict attention to the physique ls given as the cause. Peopla outside of collones, as well, in:ir have h altli and strength. Hcstet ter's Stomach Bitters ls recommended most highly for pr.jvonttng as well as curing bodily vieabiiadd. .Ii 19 for the blood, tho nerves and all stomach disorders, and Its euros ai consti pation, Indigestion, lyspopsla, slugytsn liver or weak kidneyc aro mose remarkable. thc Only Objection. "Jones is a j ardent expansionist, isn't he?" "Ye?, indued! Jones wodld b-* In favor of Kiinexlns: tho r?st of the world, onlv then thor- wou'd be no foreigners to regard With disdain.-Pu k. Price, 2Sc. surely, leaving your blood lively, and your liver and k not satisfied get your mon To any needy mortal suffering from fr. Sterling Remedy Com Eccentric Colonel Eg c. Colonel Ege was a famous character In the early days. Although living in Doniphan County he was often in At chison, followed by a pack of hounds. He was a high toned Southern gentle man with a kind heart, and one day returning home from this city he came across a man whose wagon was stuck in the mud In Independence Creek bottom. Colonel Ege at once started in to help the man pry out his wagon with fence rails. While both were working away, Ege became angry, and yelled to the mau: "* .ift, you son of a gun; you are not lifting a pound." The man picked up the endgatc of the wag oon, anti split it over Ege's head, lay ing him up for three weeks. Ege had his hat off when struck, and was sc bald before coming to Kansas that he was known as the Bald Eagle of Mary land. Ege always carried a pistol, and was always trying to shoot through somebody's hat without hitting him. One day, at the Independence Creek ferry, he shot at a man, but aimed a little lev, and creased him. But Ege was always a gentleman; he took the man to his home, and tenderly cared for him until he recovered. The Implicit Trust Mrs. Blinkers-What! Going away! Why? Servant-Yes, mum. When I cami yesterday you gave me the keys tc your trunks and drawers and chesti and jewels boxes to keep for you. Mrs. Blinkers-Yes, I did that tt show that I trusted you. What ls tnt matter? Servant-Ther' don't one of 'em flt Tho Modern Author. "Sirrah," said the new author to hie valet, "how goes my new novel to day?" "The 140th edition is just on the press, sir." "Good! Pay the coal bill, settle the gas account, pacify the grocery man, get my note shaved and take your sal ary out of it, and then come In and shave me'"-Atlanta Constitution. Question of Kinship. General Hickenlooper and his family make the evening dinner a source of mental as well as cf physical nutrition, in which exercise the general has us??dly the best of it by presenting puzzling ?rrd difficult probfems. The other evening fie ycrttflgstere turned the tables upon him by presenting the following legal proposition: A French beggar died and left one child, a sor. and a considerable estate. The son, in order to inherit the estate, was required to prove a kinship to the deceased. What kinship did he prove? The general promptly replied the kin ship of father and son. The children said the answer was wrong-the parent was a woman. This tickled the general, and he decided to. pass it along, so the next day, while taking luncheon with a friend, he pro pounded the following: A French beggar woman died and left a son and an estate and the son in order to inherit the property, was re quired to prove kinship to the de ceased. What was the kinship be tween them? The friend promptly replied: "Mother and Eon." "Well," said the general, "you guess better than I did, for I answered fath er instead of mother."-Cincinnati En quirer. A Boy's Revenge. The present German Emperor, then a small boy, attended-the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales. He was under the'charge of his two uncles, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke, of Connaught. As may be expected, young William fidgeted sadly, and con sequently received an occasional warn ing tap on the shoulder. But how he did revenge himself! His uncles were in Highland dress, and the future em peror slyly knelt down and bit into their bare legs with great earnestness. Taking a Fall Out of Her Friend. Ethel (fishing for a compliment) - I wonder what he saw in me to fall in love with? Clarissa-That's what everybody says. But men are curious creatures, dear.-Tit-Bits. Every spring live in, to get rid collected in the house your soul up during the T filth, which shot day to day, but1 cleaning inside, your kidneys ai you don't clear you'll be in ba< everybody else; DON'T US body inside, bul positive and fo work while yoi collected in yoi drive it off softly pure and nourishing, your stoc idneys healthy and active. Try ey back-but you'll see how th EASY NDY GATHART )owel -troubles and too poor to buy CASCARE pany, Chicago or New York, mentioning adv? A Centle Hint. "When I get to be a man," said the boy who has a good memory foi phrases, "I'm going to strive to culti vate an unselfish nature." "That's right," replied the father, "How are you going to go about it?" "Well, in the first place, if I have any little boys I'll let them shoot theil own fireworks instead of telling them they must let me do it for fear thej will hurt themselves." Fate's Whirligig, "The original Ferris wheel i's to be sold for junk." "That's a queer turn, Isn't it?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. To Cure n Cold in One Day. , Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All druegists refund tue money li lt falls to euro. E. W. GROVE'S signature is ? each box. 23c. Why Fe Did lt. "He married her ?o gat square." "With some sweetheart w ch whom he had quar reled?" "No." "'Vith whom, then?" "With Lhis creditors. She has money."-Chicago j Evening Post. O T A S H gives color, flavor and firlmiess tc all fruits. No good fruit can be raised without Potash. Fertilizers containing at leasl 8 to 10% of Potash will give best results on all fruits. 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