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... . > JUNE 17, 2056. "Yes," said the eminent merchant, as he swallowed a tabloid beefsteak, "our ancestors were an improvident set." "They certainly were," assented the other, gulping down a pill containing two fried eggs and a cup of coffee. "Why, Ruggins' 'Customs, of the Ancients' says that during the period of 1002-25 a busy merchant frequently spent ten minutes in eating one meal." ?Baltimore News. ! Poorly? ] i " For two years I suffered ter- I E ribly from dyspepsia, with great 9 R (janrocciAn on-i u'i? tlw'jvs feeling & Uli, U..V. ? J - - D 1 poorly. I then tried Ayer's Sarsa- I R parilla, and in one week I was a i | new man."?John McDonald, 3 | Philadelphia, Pa. * Don't forget that it's 8 "Ayer's" Sarsaparilla I that will make you strong f and hopeful. Don't waste I your time and money by I trying some other kind. I j I Use the old, tested, tried, | ? and true Ayer's Sarsapa-1 rilla. $!.3fl 1 bottle. All drafslsts. I Sarsaparilln.. He knows all about this grand W old family medicine. Follow his advice and fl ??? '' " we will be suti*fle<l. ft j. C. ayer Co., Lowell, mass. B j Good enough I I | for anybody: ^ I 51I ipi. I ofsam value as tags from | \ "STAR.' 'DRUMMOND'Natural Leaf. f 'GOOD LUCK" 'OLD'PEACH & HONEY* 1 fe -"RAZOR and "ERICE GREENVILLE" r ^ Tobacco. I Sic. 3()>. PragglsU Bfrr^"?limine stamped C C C. Never sold in bnlk. r>^- Beware of the dealer who tries to sell &$. '. y "something jest as good." to the acre at less cost, means sjgfc?Sv-.- ' icgyrt, . more money. | More Potash in the Cotton fertilizer improves the soil; increases yield?larger profits. Send for our book (free) explaining how te get these results. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. I Malsby & Company, 41 S. Forsyth St., Atlanta, lia. I Engines and Bailers Steam Water Heaters, Steam Pumps and Pemberthy Injectors. Manufacturers ar.d Dealers in SAW MILLS, I* Corn Mills, Feed Mills, Cotton Gin Machinery and Grain Separators. 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His song?what poet j pens it? Brigand of birds, h?\s stolon ovory noto! I Prince, though, of thieves?hark! how tho rascal spends it! Pours tho whole forest from one tiny j j throat! j ? Ednah Proctor Hayes, in Home and I Flowers. ! J Margery Danvers; Fireman, J t : t I \ Bv Carroll Watson Rankin. \ | ? * Beyond a doubt the property had i been a marvelous bargain. The land j alone was worth more than the price fnv tho hnnso and lot together, with carpets and fixtures thrown in. The former owner had had greater business interests in another part of the world, and having found himself unable to live in two places at once, had wisely concluded to convert the j superfluous house into cash. Mr. Danvers -had bought it for a ridiculouslv small rum. and felt that he ought to be congratulated. But although good Mr. Danvers was jubilant over the purchase. Mrs. Danvers. on her first inspection of the new house, sat down upon the thrownin carpet and burst into tears. The moment she beheld the parlor wail paper she forgot all else and gave herself up to grief. It was really enough to make one oblivious of other things. Mrs. Dan woman, who loved pink-and-while rooms. The late occupant of the house had been a big red-and-yellow man, who liked redand-yellow rcoms, and his taste in wall paper was certainly deplorable. There was only one thing in the house worse than the paper, and that was the carpet. "What, dc?n't you like the paper!" exclaimed astonished Mr. Dan vers, who was not artistic. "Why, that's splendid paper! It must have cost $3 a roll. Pattern's a trifle large, perhaps; but just think how it'll wear! It will last a lifetime!" But, strange to say, this consoling information only made Mrs. Danvers weep the more. "There's great stuff in that carpet, fno " sai.} ]\Tr Danvers. eyeing it ap provingly. "It'll wear like iron, in spite of the children running over it. Those big magenta roses stand out well, don't they?" Mrs. Danvers shuddered. The carpet was a calamity. Reasonable as the price had been it had taken all Mr. Danvers could spare to ma"ke the purchase, so there was no money to be foolishly wasted in replacing the perfectly good paper and carpet. Poor Mrs. Danvers, covering as much of the ugliness as she could with her pictures and. furniture, wisely made the best of it, but all her day dreams for the next ten years centered about the repapering of the iis figured parlor. Her daughter Margery understood and sympathized with her mother, and together they would deplore the durability of the obnoxious paper and carpet. "It would be such a pretty room," Mrs. Danvers would mourn, "if only something would happen to that outrageous carpet and that horrible paper!" "Wouldn't it be glorious," Margery would say, "if our chimney should get struck by lightning as the Browns' rMU? Tho nanor wa? torn off the din ing room wall, and soot from the chimney ruined the rugs. The Browns seem to have all the good luck." The Browns selfishly retained- their monopoly of the lightning, and the hated paper continued to bear a charmed life. No warning voice was ever raised when the little Danverses approached the parlor wall with sticky fingers; and although Mrs. Danvers and Margery fairly courted disaster, none ever came. At last, when Margery was 17, both paper and carpet showed unmistakable signs of wear. * "Do anything you like about it. It's your house," said Mr. Danvers, generously, when Mrs. Danvers pointed out the defects. "Yes, get anything you like; all paper looks alike to me. Hardwood floors? Ye-es, I don't mind. Still I am a little disappointed in that carpet. I thought it would last forever." "So did I," said Mrs. Danvers; but if she felt any disappointment it was well concealed. Then came deligthful weeks. The house was ail torn up and turned over to the carpenters and paper-hangers. Mrs. Danvers and Margery spent ail their days and part of their nights studying samples of wall paper. Mr. Danvers spent all his in trying to dodge- the pails cf paste and varnish that lurked in every corner. At last, however, it was all fiuishel. to the complete satisfaction of Mrs Danvers and Margery, who ceased to covet the Browns' share of devastating lightning. Indeed, the renovated parlor became tne object of Mrs. Danvers' tenderest soncuuJe, and the little ^anverses began to see imaginary "Keep off the grass" signs on every side. And then, when it was no longer wanted, the disaster came. Just a week after the departure t;f the last workman Mrs. Danvers went with her husband to a concert, leaving the house and sleeping children in Margery's care. Margery spent the first hour in the kitchen, making peanut taffy. When at last she returned to the front of the house she was greeted by an odd pungent order. "I wonder, ' said she, "if I could have scorched my candy? No; the smell seems to come from the front hall. Perhaps something is burning upstairs." Sne stopped appalled when she had reached the top step. Something certainly was burning. The upper hall was luu or iniCK. gray smoKe. ?nc children!" gasped Margery, uarting through the smoke and into the nursery. Here the smoke was dense, and through it, at the far end of the room, wnere a closet door was standing open. Margery could see a dull red glow. "Quick! Quick!" she sobbed, dragging the heavy, half-stupefied children out of their beds, out of the suffocating I room, through the hall and down the j stairs. "Oh. do hurry! The house is all on fire!" "There!" said she, snatching a vase of flowers from a table in the lower hall, and dashing flowers, water and ! all into the faces of the poor, aston- j ished children, thereby producing two ! indignant howls. "There, your lungs are all right if j you can cry like that! Now go sit on j the carriage block, and don't you dare I to come into this house again until j I call you, and don't you tell a soul j that this hwse is afire. I'm going to put it out myself. "Oh, I must?I must do it!" cried Margery, seizing the two heavy pails of water which Mrs. Dan vers kept ready in her little convcrsatory for the purpose of watering her plants. "The fire is all in that one room. If 1 let the firemen in they'll ruin the new floors with their muddy boots, and they'll flood the whole house with water. Oh, I can't let them spoil that lovely pale-green paper and those lovely floors!" So. never thinking that her mother would rather lose a thousand beautiful parlors than one little loving daughter, Margery rushed into the dense 'smoke and burled the contents ^V.P ?<ninrVif of t Vl CPP T*1 f* f ui ii*ci iJdiio on ai5in c*t. tuv glow. The smoke slung her throat and almost blinded her, but she groped her way from the room, felt her way across the hall, ran down the stairs, and refilled her pails at the kitchen sink. The bath room was nearer, but Margery remembered that the faucets tnere were small, and knew she would save time by going to the kitchen. She drank a little cold water, filled her lungs with fresh air at the open door and tucked up her skirts. Then un she went with her heavy burden, not spilling a drop on the precious floors. After the third journey Margery noticed that the scarlet spot had uiminished in size, although the smoke was quite as dense. "'I must be careful not to put on a scrap more water than I need," said this model fireman, as she toiled up ward with her heavy pails. "I mustn't spoil the dining room ceiling. I believe the fire is in the pillows and bedding stored in that closet. I'll open the window and throw them all out, if I can." t And she did, but it was not a pleasant task. The smoldering quilts Lurst into flames as she pulled thcro apart, and the sparks burned ner wrists and hands. But with the window open it was possible to breathe, and when the reking pillows had been added to the blazing heap on the lawn below, the atmosphere was decidedly improved, although still by no means clear. As they discovered afterwards, tha fire started from a few oiled rags used in polishing the hardwood floors, and tucked into the closet by a careless maid. It had burned almost through Uocp.hnsrrl and would in a few moments have eaten its way into the partitions, where it would have been beyond control. Margery had undoubtedly saved the day and a great many dollars although she had, without realizing it, risked something far more precious. She had bathe d her face and hands, had opened all the windows to let out the disagreeable odor of burned feathers, ana was going down-stairs, well satisfied with her evening's work, when her father and mother appeared at the front door. Perched on the newel post in the front hall, she told them all about the catastrophe. "Where are the children?" was Mrs. Danvers's first question. "Goodness!" said Margery. "They must be outdoors on the steppingstone yet. I told them to stay there until I called them, and I never gave them a second thought!" And there Mrs. Danvers found them, sound asleep in their little white nightdresses. but none the worse for their unusual experience, for the night was warm. Mr. Dan vers opened his mouth and closed it several times before he managed to find words to fit the occasion. When he finally succeeded all he said was: Margery, you smell just like a little dried herring." But there was something besides smoke in his eyes, and Margery knew she was being thanked.?Youths' Companion. PEARLS OF THO J3HT. Gratitude unspoken may turn to self gratulation. The soundest fruit will be on the tempest-torn tree. Most men may be known by the way they use money. If our transgressions are not blotted they will blot us out. It is not wise to set the house on fire to thaw the frozen water-pipes. You may know a man's principles by the things he has an interest in. The diamonds of truth are more easily lost than the pebbles of error. It is vain giving men their rights unless you give them righteousness. The loving judgments of friends are harder to bear than the harsh ones of foes. If you cultivate poison weeds you will probably be the first to eat their fruit. Character will be the first thing to be cramped when life is crowded with chattels. There are stfil a few men who scatter alms and sound" their trumpets before them. Don't cast your bread on the waters when you might just as well hand it to some hungry one.?Ram's Horn. Kitchen Outfits of Sovereigns. There is. figuratively speaking, a great scouring of pots and pans in the kitchen of the palare at St. Petersburg, in preparation for the festivities incidental to the christening of the latest addition to the family of the Czar. The imperial kitchen is fitted up with great sumptuousness. The walls and ceiling are of black marble, rich-v decorated. The state cooking utensils are of solid gold. They date back to the time of the Empress Catherine, and are estimated to be worth $50,000. Several of the small saucepans are valued at $300. No fewer than 267 cooks and scullions are employed. The chef's salary is $40,000 a year; 10 other cooks receive from $5000 to $6000 annually. After the Czar's the most luxurious court in Europe is that of Spain. The "battrie de cuisine." which is very ancient, is valued at no less than $60,000. But all this sinks into insignificance in comparison with the kitchen of the Shah of Persia, at Teheran. There the very caldrons are of gold, and ihe oicVioo nn which iiip viands are borne to the royal table are of gold, set with precious stones. The outfit of the kitchen is said to be worth $4,000,000. I'arents. "Why don't you make a name for yourself?" asked the serious person. "I only wish I had the chance," said the pale young man. "But my parents thought they knew it ali. and they made up one of their own, and that's why I am compelled to struggle against fate under the handicap ol 'Reginald Claud De Vcre Smithers.' " ?Washington Star. SOME ECCENTRIC RAILWAYS. Remarkable Engineering Feats on Roads in Russia and Peru. As tho iron track is bound to force Its way into most corners of the world i it is not surprising that some lines of railways exist which are striking evidence of a singularly bold conception ! carried out in the face of obstacles ! which seemed almost insurmountable, j Sometimes the route of a future line | lies across a desert; then the great law of tho "compensation of nature" i seems to make itself felt for to balance the saving of time and money j due to the fact that long tunnels will not have to be cut through the hills j or mountains the engineers are coni fronted by the total absence of three i essential elements of construction. 1 namely, wood, iron and water, which : have to be transported alone; a newly ; laid line as it stretches its slow length j across the desert. Russia's Trans| Caspian railway, now known as the ; Central Asian Railway, was built : under these conditions. Thousands of logs of timber*were needed, and the region traversed cinnot boast of ; a single tree for more than 70) m:les. 1 This timber was required for building ! the long bridge, two miles in length, ! over the river Amu-Darva. j This bridge was always the weak I point in that highly important rail; way. and it has been replaced recently ' by a stone bridge. Between Merv ; and Charjui the line had to be car. ried over shifting sands sixty-four feet deep. * When the work is being ; carried out in such regions the trains I become a little town on wheels. ! They are composed cf two-stor> wagons, which contain sleeping ac1 commodation, butchers' stalls, can| teens and forges. As -the Trans-Si; berian railway grew in length it was l resolved by the authorities that the workmen should have their own I "church car." A wagon was fitted up accordingly as a church.with a little ! peal of bells in the alcove above the ! entrance. . The romance of mountain railways by no means ends with their construci tion, and traveling upon railways at a : very high altitude is not a thing 10 be desired. The Peruvian line runj nlng from Callao to Oroya has a two; fold claim to distinction; it is built j at probably the greatest altitude of : any existing railway, namely, 15.S0G : feet above sea level, and it affords j travelers certainly the most unpleasant "experience ae voyage" that can be imagined. As the result of travel| ing at such an altitude, the passen! gers begin by feeling the great opI pression, accompanied by pains in I the head and limbs; these are quickj ly followed by bleeding from the nose ! and mouth, and then by momentary ) blindness. It is gratifying to know [ that there is a certain variety in the j effects produced upon pas5;cngers at this point. Thus, while some persons are seized with giddiness, others en tertain strange hallucinations, and others faint away; the last class become so weak that any undue exertion on their part often proves fatal. But this is not all that one has to under' go on the Callao and Oroya line. In | due course the skin becomes irritable i and sores break out, while the lips I swell and then crack. The Going-to-Theatre Face. . "Will some one please explain the "going-to-theatre face" of the average j New Yorker? The question is sug1 gested by a long experience in lobbies I while the auditors are passing in the j houses for the evening performance, i The writer stood for nearly an hour ! engaged in the seemingly hopeless j task of discovering "the cheerful the' ater-goer." But in they poured, men ! and women, each and every one with firm set jaw, gloomy brow and the ; look of despair. Perhaps it is bej cause the long distances traveled on | crowded cars and the thought of an | equally uncomfortable home-going j makes a night at the theatre seem just I a bit like work to the residents of this ! narrow isle.?New York Commercial | Advertiser. i TWO REQUISITES. "How did you ever get so fat?" queried the curious visitor of the fat ; lady in the side show. "Oh," she replied archly, "I had a j good appetite and lots of patience."? Ohio State Journal. WIN AND LOSE. "This attack of grip has made mo i lose my hold on life, I fear." "It's a case, then, of losing your grip ' and having it, too."?New York World. Wireless Telegraph Across Ocean. The recent experiment in wireless teleJ graphy across the ocean was a complete success and aroused great public interest. There has also been great interest manifest' ed in the success of Hostetter's Stomach I Bitters, the celebrated remedy for stomach, liver and kidney complaints, because it is reliable. It promotes appetite, regulates the j liver, keeps the bowls regular ana cures inj digestion, dyspepsia, la grippe and malaria, i Try it. Our Private Stamp is over the neck | of the bottle. | A Baltimore engraver has put the alphabet on the head of a common nin. The work took only an hour and a half. Eczema and Tetter. Eczema and Tetter are torturinglv dis; gustiDg; one ointment only cures them; its i name is Tetterine. 50c. a box by mail from I J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga., if your drug' gist don't keep it. I It is the opinion of leading salesmen i that London consumes no fewer than 15,j 000,000 fowls a year. Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Cures Indi' gestion and Dyspepsia. At "Druggists, 50c. The course of true love requires a lot of ! money to keep it in repair. Ask Your Dealer For Allen's Foot-Kuse, * - - ? .1 ~.. T4- Cyiru*; rnrni /V pu\\ UCI. At inain iuc irti, v/uivo wi f Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hoi. Callous,Aching, Sweating Feet :,nd Ingrowing Fails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes*easy. At all Druggists ancl Shoe stores, 25 cents. A<?oept no substitute. Sample mailed Fkek. Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeKoy. X. V. The new woman is beginning to realize ! how a man feels when his collar button j rolls under the bureau. FITS permanently cured. No (ltsorno'-v.r.Hness after first day's use of Dr. Ivlino's Grei: Norvellestorer.Serial bottle and tre itUefce* Dr. K. H. li.niSE.Ltd., 1)31 Arch St.. Phiia., P i. The homely girl should take conso'ation from the fact that even the homely potato j sconer or later encounters the masher. Sweat, and fruit acids will not discolor goods dyed with Putnam Fadeless Dyes, j i Sold by all druggist*-. I The orooi of the pudding is in the di- ! i gestojg. J am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption save I j my life three years ago.? \! us. i'uo;.r \s boa- | tiNs, Maple St.. Norwich, N. 1.. Feb. 17. IDGO. | The budding genius is verv often r.ipned ! in the L;:d. See aihenis'-m-nr of EE-M Catarrh 'bjreln ! 1 another column th<? best reinedv umbo. | j j The egotist who is all wrapped up in I j himself should never complain of the cold. J t Removing Spot* from Wood. A flannel cloth dipped in spirits of camphor will remove the white spots on polished table tops caused by hot dishes, unless the spots have eaten vay into the finish of the wood. Tlie Fink Strainer. The sink strainer, that is an indispensable adjunct cf a modern kitchen these days, is much better when it stands on three small feet. This allows the water f*om the spigots to run out underneath, that otherwise would float in the Rink where tile strainer has a flat bottom. Tlie Fad for :?ra*s Fitments. The fad for brzss decorative house fitments is being carried to the extreme degree, even the most desireable lamp shades being of pierced brass. Possibly the latest addition to the brass house fitments is a waste basket in a mcst attractive, heavy and handsome design. A tall jar. several bowls for flowers, cand esticks galore, etc., are now almost indispensable to complete library or living room furnishing. The Return of the Fofa. The sofa of our grand-parents is returning?high-backed, long and broad. Nowadays it is fitted out with such springs as our grandparents knew not, and it is upholstered in soft and luxurious ways that would make it unrecognizable, to then. But it is the old sofa, not a divan. It is much more expensive than the narrow cot which is the foundation of all Turkish and Oriental resting places as they are known in the Mt'nited States. Moreover, how it can be used for a bed by night is not yet clear. This useful convertability is one of the chief recommendations of the divan. Consequently the sofa can never quite take the place of that in "light" housekeeping. But for these fortunate beings wVm liavp more than one room and who are not driven to subterfuges it is charming. The Care of Toilet Articles. In these days of luxurious toilet fittings one is often surprised to see the carelessness with which they are treated. Brushes, in particular, suffer from lack of care, although so many are needed for various purposes. Hairbrushes, toothbrushes, nail and hat brushes are so generally mounted in silver or silver and ebony that they require a good deal of attention, as tarnished mountings are as bad as shabby finery. Silver backs of brushes, if rubbed daily with a chamois leather, will seldom need a regular cleaning. Occasionally moisten a little whiting with alcohol and brush the silver with this. Brush out again and polish with a soft chamois. The backs and handles of ebony brushes should be rubbed over with a little boiled linseed oil after washing, and then rueDea wun a son ouster i till every vestige of oil is removed, j Special care is needed in cleaning silver initials on these, and only very slightly moistened whiting should be used or it is apt to leave a white mark on the wood, which is extremely difficult to remove. In brushing the whiting off after cleaning be careful not to scratch the ebony, for once scratched it is spoiled. Ordinary wooden back brushes can j be treated with linseed oil in 'the same way as ebony. Tooth and nail brushes should always stand in such a position that all water can drain from them.?New York Tribune. r if ^ ? //>? s Cup Blanc Mange?Put one pint of ri^h milk in double boiler, add a pinch of salt, stir three tablespoons of sugai and two deserts'.poons of cornstarch in to one-half cup of milk, add to the milk when scalding; cook five minutes, then add the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs, remove from the fire and turn in five smail cups previously dipped in cold water. Walnut Cakes?Three cups of prepared flour, one cup butter and two of sugar, four eggs, one cup cold water, two even cupfuls of English walnut kernels, cut into small bits. Cream butter and sugar, add the beaten yolks, water, then the flour and whipped whites, lastly the nuts. Mix thoroughly and bake in small tins. (Note.)?Halft heq uantity given will make enough for five. Creamed Chicken?Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter, add two tablespoonfuls of flour and stir until smooth; add one and one-half cupfuls of milk; stir until it begins to thicken; turn into a farina boiler and add two cupfuls of chopped cooked chicken, some salt and pepper. When thoroughly heated add the yolk of one egg and one tablespoonful chopped parsley. Serve with a border of boiled rice. Bread Balls?Or dumplings are a dedolicious German accompaniment to soups. Cut a half-inch thick slice of bread into tiny dice and brown in two large tablespoonfuls of butter heated in a r<*in. When cool turn into a beaten egg. add a tablespoonful and a half of flour and & uusting of nutmeg. Mix thoroughly and form into small balls no larger than marbles, drop into the hoi soup a.nd cook fifteen minutes. A half teaspoonful of baking powder should be sifted with the flour to give the necessary lightness. These are really delicious. Steamed Apole Pudding?Two quarts and a half of pared, cored and quartered apples, one and one-half pints of flour, three tcaspoonfuls baking powJ 4 oblAouAAn P11I nf cimor AnQ Cier, I Jilt; iaunni)uuiiiui U1 ou6ai wuv teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful butter and fire tablespoonfuls milk (a little more can be used if necessary). Mix sugar, salt and baking powder with the flour and press through a sieve. Rub the butter into the dry ingredients and wet with the milk. Roll c.ough into a shet large enough to cover the apples; spread in a buttered baking dish and put in the apples. Draw the edges of the dough together, cover with another buttered pan. steam for two hours. Turn out on pudding dish. Serve with vinegar sauce. Iloir it Happened. George?Next Sunday evening I propose? Clara?They say delays are dangerous, dear.?Chelsea (Mass.) Gazette. ^ ^ ^ 1- - ~ "D ? *-? r-. P r*an 1 ^A on f ' "\f i i y^ rf IVITS. 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Refuse to buv any other medicine, for you need the best Royal Worcester CurseUo., won-^r.w...,^^ ' ? ^ ??? 5oi.o?to?!oi!o*oitono?to*o?!o*cno j fiQl Eraia* ragaa am ? a nnrvfMC c?re8 ?| || ff ff nRlllli iI ATUUITU, Headache, oj || |||B IgBHlfSEB ? < La<JKjHHE'c?L?s,etc." 5 I La )|| |||^W^I| "" ' 5 /7 -ill rbS' Complete I Internal ARE YOU GCMNQ TO PAINT ? ^ ?usis southern home qr? MIXED PAINTS The standard for quality in the A |>v^| / if// 1 \ South for the past 20 years. If \ I A, 7 \ VjJ t \ dealers in your town do not han- WSO J' f \ die it, write us for color card and n \ F. J. COOLEDGE & BRO., Atlanta and Savannah. ' JrsA* \f J Wholesalers of Window Glass. . \ [)?& rakffli millions use ij !i \ Assisted by Cuticura Ointment, J Bf\ j cg\Kf /^pP ing the skin, for cleansing the scalp Jt ? f stopping of falling hair, for softenic ?f|. and sore hands, for baby rashes, i nf tho fAilpf-.. hath. and nur fMAs0a%M 1 ameriran dt^and fhe''beS I Soap in the form of baths for ann< e \flf^i Irc,al1 S,K)C dealcrs cvcrywhcre- I conations, for too free or offensive Cant Ion! The genuine have , , , ? g W. L. Douglas' name and price UlCGr*ltlV6 WGflkQGSSGSi EDQ for Qlcll N2jw?gS^ stamped on the bottom. - . j^ily 8Uggest themselves to WOl Notice Increase of sales in table belowt *00 ! soap is to be compared with Cu' i899= 898ji82Pair2. \ beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, am rgggSTpalrs. \ Met soap, however expensive, is to saBBHHHBBH of the toilet, bath, and nursery. 1 j Pbice, the best skin and complex Business More Than Doubled in Four Years, | SOap In the world. T\Vmlf's and sells more men's $3.00 COMPLETE EXTERNAL AND INTERN and S3.GO shoes than an v of her two manufacturers. vwmi Ubi?- nnu ill I UIII1 - W. L.DousIa3$3.00 and $3.50 shoes placed side by j# Consisting of Ootic' side with $5.00 and $fl.oo shoes of other makes are lllll/)111*Q scale* and ?cft?n tV fonnd to be jnst as good. They will outwear two i iii lit ii i g? , , ?an? 801 fn " pairs of ordinary $3.00 and $3..r0 shoes. lllilvllHI to instantly allay 1 Made of the best leathers, including Patent and heal; and Cxjtii Corona Kid, Corona Colt and National Kangaroo, m tup cer el the blood. a sinoi F?st Color Kjel.ts and Always Black Hooks I'sed. I nt OC I 91. TF.t.Douglas $4 "Gilt Kd5e Line" cannot be equalled, fi - OtsnguriDg, ltcnlng, Shoes by mail. 25 ets. extra. Catalog R rashes, itcbings, and Irritations, with loss of 1 w t lirnrltfnn. Mass. I world. British Depot: 27-2S,-.Charterhouse 1 irtB. ir. U.1MM, i ?1|? InHiiimHiiimi nr v i im Paris. Pottjb Dbcq ah d Chejl corp., soi tree. aM-Cuticura Rzsolvent Pills (Chocolate C substitute for the celebrated l^aid Ccticcra ERE f 1lt? s'^AT ' l^CKEO^ tt &\ - - EDUCTO" !? Is a perfectly harmless vegetable compound. It post- V8L pH case and bottle for ai#?? 600,4 "* lively and permanently Hlralnates corpulency and NoSE^a^ Consultation free. Feist"63*5*1401' superfluous flesh. It Is aCl'H E ABSOLUTE and ai V^sEFtT Medicines furnished; Addres harmless as fresh air.Thousandsof patients hare used is^TA if qhabeR, M. D., this treatmenL Physicians endorse It. Write to us for ZjB&t&rW* r!L> A * a *.^Plttshufw Pi FKhETKEATMEVl'. Send Four cents to cover ?aMB 523 Penn Ave.^ Kiiuswurji, n postage. etc. Correspondence strictly confidential. ?*?7" Everything In plain sealed packages, we send you the formula. If you take our treatment, and you can make ff"il FTTH Y>TT# f AV'fTfflW -Reducto'at home ir you desire; knowing the ingred- I I ff njL'rVi! IA liltU) lents need have no fear of evil effects. Address, I 3UlrJ.lI RWi/j V*' wins# mjukcoj| GlnnengChem.(o..370i t? Jeff Ave 8t Louis,Mo wea5tIceVe-irili Thompson's Eyi Water C A $ H * ^$?0 ~ 1 I lit??% j Good enough for anybody !; jAll Havana Filler j of same value as tags from 'STM 'DRUMMONO'Natural Leaf. 'GOOD L UCK'VLD PEACH &HONET ! 'RAZORand "E.RICEGREENVILIS Tobacco^^ |M||J DID YOU EVER | V ^1 Consider the ln?nlt offered the InteKhrenc* of thinxlnj? people whe > the claim Is made that onr one remedy *111 cure all diseases? So. ml, think of It and send for onr book telllaf ; jS all abo.it 2C Special Remed.es for special d>?p*?erf conditions, and onr Family Medicine Civos. A postal card will secure the tv>Q3t " and a maniple of Dr John-oi's '-After Dinner -Js 1*111.** Agents wanted. Tjo Home R.medj Co . Austt'll Building. Atlanta, Ga. SORPHINE im, Ijinduiuu, Cocaine a- <i (Ajaor habits per- B Oj ?'Kt pal .lae.tp ear ad at horn*. Ne dataarto* B '* lasiacw. Actl-n Immediate. Lrarm pattest ta B J, healthy rendition whhr-at datire for drags. B ' for partkuiara. DR. LONG CO., Antm, Ua. B tire Guaranteed for $10. ?. rVCDV DRV should buv a copy aa \ -Tun I DUF 0( Spaldino's Of- m ^cial b vsk b\?l guide. Wire, tOcfor from any dealer. Free?SraMlnr'a bend* some catolo.-ne of base ball and athletic srorte. A.0. :* Spalding ? Btto?., Nrw Your, Chicago, Dtmi. ' - External and Treatment THE SET $1. Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP " to cleanse the skin of crusts aod scales, and soften the thickened cuticle; CUTICURA OINTMENT to instantly allay itching, irrita- 7^ tion, and inflammation, and soothe and heal; and CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS, to cool and ' loonco th<? hlond. and ex Del humour germs. A SINGLE SET is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring skin, scalp, and brood humours, ecze* mas, rashes, itchings, and irritations, ^|jth loss of hair, when the bestpbyefefems, and all other remedies fail. \ CUTICURA SOAP 1 for preserving, purifying, and beautifyof crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the ig, whitening, and soothing red, rough, itchings, and chafings, and for all the sery. Millions of Women use Cuticdba }ying irritations, inflammations, and experspiration, in the form of washes for ny sanative, antiseptic purposes which men and mothers. No other medicated ncuRA for preserving, purifying, and d hands. No other foreign or domestic be compared with it for all the purposes rhus it combines in One Soap at ?^ "? - -J r?r?<3rr KeKv 100 SU8>P) UUU IUC DltOi UVMVV (MM* l/?w^ IAL TREATMENT FOR EVERY HUMOUR. uba Soap (25c.), to cleanse the skin of crust* ud le thickened cuticle;Ccticuba Ointjcmt (50c.\ Itching, inflammation, aud irritation, and soothe cuba Resolvent Pills (25c.), to cool and clean** le Set Is often sufflcicnt to cure the most torturing^ bnrning, and scaly skin, scalp, and blood bumoors, hair, when all else fails. Sold throughout th?\ 8q., London. French Depot: 6 Rue de la Paix, e Props., Boston, U.S.A. "All about the Skin,* dated) are a new, tasteless, odourless .aamomloU Resolyent, as well as for all c&tr olood purifiers > one teaspoonful of Hjsi* Resolvent. Put up in * __ e number q'u\~esns a 50c. bottle ofllauldRBerati v?, antiseptic, tonic, and digestive, ana beyond i anc> economical blood and skin purifiers, button* r unurv MADE easily d IVIUNt I AND RAPIDLV^-^ L 111 Will" I We want men wlttueavfgy y and grit; will give them a sttuatbHTin wblc& - they oan make monev rapidly?the labor being J* light and emplo> ment the year around. It raQjU: res no capital or great education. Some ot 3 our best talesmen are country boys. Profit quick and sure. Write at once for particular*, t HUD GINS PUB. CO., KJser Bl'dg. Atlanta. G*. \ 13BeatCough13yrup.*Tf?teeGood. UseB