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r * * . v~- | l^unn^ HYMN OF TF By MR\ FELECFA DOltOTF The poem printed below was suggested ti 'Thanks be to God lor the mountains." from poem is sometimes entitled "Tuc Hymn of tli inhabit the Swiss canton of Yaud. They are known as the Waldenses. whose barbarous tr France in lobo inspired Milton's immortal so Saints." For the strength of the hills we bless Thct, Our God, our fathers' God! Thou has made Thv children mighty By the touch of the mountain sod, Thou hast fixed our ark of refuge, Where the spoiler's foot ne'er trod: For the strength of the lulls we bless Thee, Our God, our fathers' God! We are watchers of a beacon Whose lights must never die; We are guardians of an altar 'Midst the silence of the sky; The rocks yield founts of courage, Struck forth as by Thv rod; For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God, our fathers' God! H For the dark resounding caverns, ^ Where Thy still, small voi^e is heard; J?or tne strong pines 01 uie lorests. That by Thy breath are stirred; For the storms on whose free pinions Thy spirit walks abroad; For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, x Our God, our fathers' God! I I Mr.- Tibbets R. TIBBETS was seated in ^ XT ^ asy c*iair reading the ? j\'i 2 evealnS paper and enjoying his after-dinner cigar. II is dinner had been a good one; it liad agreed with hin:, and he felt cozy, comfortable and disputations. Mr. Tibbets is one of those men who feel most belligerent when we should expect them to feel most otherwise. Mrs. Tibbets sat at the dining table, "doing over' a hat according to direcr tions contained in. the "Hints for Housekeepers' Column." Mr. Tibbets occasionally glanced at her ever the top of his paper and over the top of his glasses, seeking ma- j terial for a controversy. At length he wriggled impatiently. - and, removing his cigar from his lips, remarked: "Bet you a dollar you don't know how a steam engine works." "Place the perforations on the bins ? - of the eighteenth flap?yes. dear, did you speak?" inquired Mrs. Tibbets absently, looking up from a tissue paper pattern and"removing a few dozen pins from her mouth. "Oh, no, dear," returned Mr. Tib"fcets in tones of oily yet sarcastic Kxrrvatnpss.: "I wasn't sneaking, I was merely talking in my sleep. But 1 should like to remark, Mrs. T., that a woman's mind is content to dwell on small things. Here you sit fussing t over an old spring bonnet and a let of foolery, when you might be improving yourself, adding to your knowledge, lots of ways. Have you any idea what makes a trolley car go?" "Now, dearest, what do you want to read to me??the forty-fourth perforation?wha^d I do with the scis?yoxi know I always did just dote on those dear scientific things when you explained th&m. They always seemed so fc clear." ? "It's nothing," replied Mr. Tibbets, somewhat inollified, "only I see the paper speaks of a magnificent shower of meteors, the grand bi-eentennial display of the stars from the constellation Unicorn, which is positively to occur to-morrow morning at 3 o'clock. It will be a most remarkable exhibi.. tion of celestial phenomena, visible only once in two hundred years, and I tell you what, Mrs. T., we ought to thank our fortune that we were born in the nick of time to witness this thing. Just suppose we had lived a hundred years ago; we never would have had a chance. And think of the bulge we've got on those to be born a hundred years hencer Mr. Tibbets paused. "I should love to see those beautiful stars, William/' observed Mrs. Tibbets meekly. "As you say, we women do neglect our op-, portunities. Can we see them from the house? I should hate to go out of doors at that awful hour." "My dear, there Is a scuttle in the roof. Leading from a platform up to said scuttle is a ladder. It will not be necessary to go out of doors." "But how shall we wake up that time of night?" inquired Mrs. Tibbets earnestly. "I'm sure I could never keep awake until 3 o'clock." "My dear, did you ever hear of such a thing as persistent mentality? Are you aware that the mind never sleeps? We will wake up because we will put our minds on it; we will, as it were, set our minds to go off at three o'clock," declared Mr. Tibbets authoritatively. Mrs. Tibbets looked admiringly but doubtful. When they had retired for the night Mr. Tibbets became aware, after he had put out the light and turned over with a sigh of solid comfort, of an unusual noise proceeding from near the tta shivered, for it ucau vi. iuc wv*. *?v ~? sounded like the noise made by certain insects, prophetic of a death in the house. "Kitty, my dear, do you hear that curious noise?" he asked. "Yes," admitted Mrs. Tibbets, in muffled tones. "What can it be? It sounds as if it was under the bed?in the bedin the pillow?in my ear." It is the alarm clock." "Alarm clock? What for?" "Why, I was afraid you might be sleepy and forget to wake up, so I set the alarm clock. It is a real big one, with a nice loud gong, almost sure to wake you up. I got it for a dollar eighty-nine, and it's warranted to last a year." "H'm," commented Mr. Tibbets, "and where vis the delightful bargain concealed?" "In the bureau drawer. I thought we could hoar it go off at three without hearing it tick. It's wrapped up in a stocking." "If it goes off much louder than it ticks, we'll wake up, all right," observed Mr. Tibbets sarcastically. "I hope you don't expect me to go to sleep with that infernal machine plaj?5 ?? oov rJ rn m qH ing ping-puug un u-ij tiii *... night, do you?" And Mr. Tibbets crawled wearily out of bed aud made deliberately for tlie bureau. But be bad neglected to allow leeway for the steamer trunk that lay in bis path. There was a sound as of a shin-bone coming into quick contact with some resisting substance having a sharp edge. Mr. Tibbets set suddenly down on the trunk, seized his foot by the heel, and hugged it to his bosom. For a space there was no sound heard cave a seething of the breath as it was sucked in between the teeth, closely followed by a long moan in a descend* JmggsJ ?E VAUDOIS. IEA HEMAXS (BROWNE). 3 the authoress after reading the lines, Howitt's "Book of the Seasons." The le Mountain Christians." as the Vaudois i of the Protestant faith, of the _sect eatment by an army of Louis Xi\ . of >nnet, "Avenge, O Lord, Thy Slaughtered Tiie royal eagle darteth On his quarry from the heights, And the stag that knows no master Seeks there his wild delights: But we, for Thy communion, llave sought the mountain sod: For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God, our fathers' God' The banner of the chieftain, \ Far. far below vs waves; The war horse of the spearman Cannot reach our lofty caves: The dark clouds wran the threshold Of freedom's last anode; For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, Our God, our fathers' God! For the shadow of Thy presence, Bound our camp of rock outspread; For the stern defiles of battle, . i c j?earir.g recoru 01 our uer.u; For these snows and for the torrents, For the free heart-' burial sod; For the strength of the hills we bless Xhce, Our God, our fathers' God! * Meteors. 1 i ' ii'iiiiujii iii i I'm ? iii nun mm1 n ing scale. Afterward, in explaining the matter to his wife, Mr. Tibbets accounted for his temporary silence on the ground that so many strong words came to liis mind in a hurry that his sense of selection was temporarily paralyzed. But it soon returned, and Mrs. Tibbets, who was experienced, confessed that she had never before heard such a variety and profusion of powerful language. It was ornate and original, and greatly augmented Mrs. Tibbets' opinion of her husband's resources when reduced to extremities. When Mr. Tibbets was able to wall; he made his way cautiously to the bureau and proceeded to open and rummage each drawer but the right one. He finally secured the clock, however, and deposited it in the corner of The hall furthest from the dcor. Once in the night Mrs. Tibbets missed him. She looked about in alarm. Had he gone alone to see the meteors? She got up hastily and crept into the hall. A white-robed figure was emerging stealthily from tbe a; tic stairway. "William, you've been without me.*' "I suppose I didn't need yon to carry it." "Carry what?" "The clock. What do you think 1 am prowling around at this hour for X- x xi. .1 r .t ~ .1 xb ~ ^,,4. i n not to get xn;it cuuiuuuueu mitig uui | of hearing? Do you imagine I am out { here practicing a cake-walk?" Mrs. Tibbets said nothing, but retired. In a short time both were asleep. Then there came a sound of an alarm. ! hideous and clanging, disturbing the hallowed quiet of the night. Mrs. Tibbets seized her husband by the arm. "There it is!" she cried. "There's what?" "The clock. It just went off. Didn't you hear it?" "No?did it? Come along quick, woman, or we'll be late." Thrusting their feet into their respective slippers, the pair proceeded hastily toward the attic stairs. "Ma, oh, ma!" The voice came from the chamber of William, Junior. "Say, ma, that wasn't the alarm clock. It was only an automobile. 1 think it was Jimmy Bloodgood's Pink Devil." Mrs. Tibbets crept quickly back to bed, and was shortly feigning slumber. Mr. Tibbets followed, but whether it was on account of his sleepy condition or his indignation, he again neglected to make the necessary calculations for the steamer trunk. There was another collision with that obstruction, and lie resumed a sudden seat thereon. "O?0?Oh!" lie moaned, as soon as he had breath to spare; "it's the same one." "The same what, dearest?" inquired Mrs. Tibbets in some alarm. "Oh?the same?shin." Mrs. Tibbets said no more, for she knew it was best just then not to disturb her husband in lii? travail. When Mrs. Tibbets next awoke it was due to a violent shaking of the shoulders. "Kark!" whispered her husband. "There's burglars." They looked at each other in alarm and listened. Sure enough, there were footsteps comiDg down the attic stairs. But it was apparently a very careless burglar, for there seemed to be no attempt at stealth. "Do. hurry, William, and see what it is," urged Mrs. Tibbets in excitement. Mr. Tibbets thought of pistols, sudden death, and?of the steamer trunk; but he was valiant. He jumped out of bod and rushed into the hall just as the door at the foot of the attic stairs burst open, owing to a violent impetus bpinsr imnarted thereto by the cook. who appeared suddenly with her arms full of garments, her best bonnet od, and her purse in her teeth. "Where's the lire?" she gasped. "Where is It? Have we time to git out: The saints presarve us." "What fire? Where's the fire?" "Sure an' didn't yez hear th' alarrum?" "Where? What alarm? The womj an's m^d." BulSthen a light suddenly dawned upon him, and he said, in a sorae| what apologetic tone: "Oh, Bridget, that wasn't a fire alarm. It was only our alarm clock, you know. I set it for 3 o'clock, and forgot you were sleeping in that room." And here Mr. Tibbets, suddenly realizing that his costume was hardly adapted for a lady's reception, plunged back into the privacy of his own apartment. "Th' alarrum clock, is it? You forgot, is it? And a mighty fine time of night it is to be settin' an alarmm clock," shouted Bridget, through the closed door. "I'll hev yez understand yez'll be playin' 110 jokes wid me. An alarrum clock! Sure, an' it's as loud as a fire bell. It's to-morrow I'll be afther lavin', an' I'll not go to bed in the place again. An alarrum clock! A-a-anr And this was the passing of Bridget. "Aren't you going to get up, William?" iuauired Mrs. Tibbets as her husband returned to bed and buried his head in the clothes. "You know I set the dock on purpose, and it seems too bad to ruin it all, now we happen to be awake at the right time at last." Mr. Tibbets sat up, scratched his head, and, remarking that a woman never was satisfied until she had a man miserable, proceeded to get Into his dressing gown, f "I suppose "wo ought to take Willie with us," echoed Mr. Tibbets, swe^My. "Shan't we invite the cook, too, unci make it a family party? She happened to wake up at the right time, too, you know." "You had better bring a candle, too." said Mrs. Tibbets, ignoring his thrust. I "Certainly, by all means, a caiidle. But why a candle? Let's have an tlectric light. Let's get a searchlight. Sou can see the stars so much better, you know." Mrs. Tibbets said nothing, but followed her husband up the stairs, dragging William, Junior, by the hand. Mr. Tibbets explored his way cautiously up the ladder leading from the platform under tl?e scuttle. "I don't see where that confounded hook is gone to," he exclaimed testily. "A man never can lay bin hand on anything in this house when ne " "What's the matter, William? Did you hurt yourself?" inquired Mrs. Tibbets, as her husband's words were ended in a sudden sharp crack, followed by a growl, indicating that that gentleman had found the hook by moans of the crown of his head. (tTT?,i?u Urt+fo,. nut nnt tlio candle IJUiUlJ I ,1 WU UV IIV1 ;>uv v.... , if you want to see the stars?" ho hinted. as Mrs. Tihbets cautiously poked her head up through the scuttle aiul liold the candle aloft as if hunting | for something 0:1 the top shelf of a dark closet. ''Where are the meteors?" she asked, in a tone of some disappointment. "I don't see anything but stars, and they | don't seem to be moving, I'm sure." | "Woman, you wouldn't know a meteor if you saw one. Just have a little patience, will you? In n minute I'll show you more meteors than you " But here Mr. Tibbets' remarks were cut short, for he had suddenly vanished. There was a sound of revelry, as of tin pins being bowled over by 011c large ball, and of that bail striking the door from an indefinite distance. "Oh, William, dear William," cried Mrs. Tibbets hysterically, "did you hurt your poor head? Oh, dear, are yon killed?" And in her excitement Mrs. Tibbets loosened her grasp on the hand of William, Junior. There was a shriek, a scrambling sound of a body in sudden descent, terminated by a sudden th'-d which in turn was followed by a hollow groan. William. Juftior. had alight cd upon the very pit and marrow of his father. Wlim Mrs. Tibbets reached the tool of the ladder she "was just in time tc observe her husband slowly and painfully eratlier himself together, as for a final effort. "Woman." he said, as he attempted to straighten out a lump on the back of bis head, "don't you ever try to drag me into any tomfoolery like this again, do you hear? You just stick to your sewing, and don't you go meddling with things you don't understand." "But the meteors, dear; aren't you going to?" Bat Mr. Tibbets had disappeared into his bedroom and slammed the door. And the rest of that night Mrs. Tibbets slept with William, Junior.?New York Times. LIQUID FUEL. Kecent DJecoTcry an Argument For Docreasing Use of Coal. The recent discovery of new oil fields so extensive that there is good reason to believe that the oil wells will not scon be exhausted and that there is an - J - assured supply to meet tne u em anus m the future; th? construction of pipe lines which very materially reduce the cost of transportation, and the high price of ccal which has prevailed in many manufacturing districts, have combined to give a new argument for t-hc burning cf crude oil for power purposes. But in the Western and Southwestern States, where strain coal has always been both scarce and poor in qualj itv, and where the question of transportation from the new fields in Texas and California has beeikJess of an obstacle to the installation of oil burning equipments tban has been the case on the Atlantic coast, the interest is even greater and the use of oil has become far more extensive. In California oil is rapidly driving coal out of the field I for power purposes throughout the I State. The same is true in Texas, and I of much of the territory lying In be | tw-een. This general use of oil has nfI fectrd not only the power and lighting and manufacturing plants in these regions, but also the railroads and ma| rine transportation as well. With .the relative economy at present prices, oetween the oil ami coal varying from one-eighth to one-half or perhaps less, according to the cost of transportation from the wells to the different points where the oil is consumed, this unusual development is not surprising, and the use of liquid fuel for power purposes is still rapidly growing. One railroad operating in California is now burning oil on more than 180 ol its locomotives. Another of the greal transcontinental systems is alreadj using oil on about 500 of its locomo tives?which is thirty per cent, of tb? total number operated by the systemand is equipping others as rapidly as possible. In addition to the use on lo comotives it is using oil on its steamers in San Francisco Bay, and on its rivei steamers with very good results.?-A. L YYilliston, in Engineering Magazine. The Trro Thieves. A FABLE. A man who had stolen a half millioi dollars once went to a lawyer for ad vice. "Where is the swag?" asked the law yer. "Alas," said the thief, "I undertool to corner the onion market and i proved too strong for me. The dougl is gone. I have just $1.83 in my gar ments. I squandered the money ai fast as I stole it, though my wife ma] have saved a couple of simoleops."' "You arc crazy, or else a fool," saic the lawyer. "Or may be a lunatic Perhaps all three. You certainly an not sane. But you have no money t< hire experts, so you had better plea< guilty and bog for mercy. You wil got off with a sentence of perhapi eighteen years in prison. Next tim< have sense enough to save what yoi steal." The next day another thief visite* the lawyer. "I have grabbed off $803, 000," he remarked cheerfully. "Where is it?" asked the attorney. "Buried," said the thief. "Eurie* deep. Er.t not so deep that it can b dug up." "How much of it?" "All, and more, too. I invested it s well that it has grown. Not a con has been wasted. I lived on my salar; and no one suspected I was becomin; wealthy." "You are a genius," said the Iawyei "You certainly have the keenest intcl lect I ever encountered. Let me shak your hand. We will hire experts, prov that you are crazy, that you alway were non-compos, that every one kne\ it, and in a few months you will b out of legal troubles." Moral: It sometimes takes money t dots ft palpafcte fftqtj-New York Sua UktaMHMHHaMMMaUUMMMM "I jADMITTED IT. "Candidly, Biggus, weren't you a ; good deal of a lobster when you went to college?" "I don't deny it. Those were my I salad days." I HIS OLD GAME. La Montt?I see where a once fa- : mous baseball pitcher is working as a ! motorman. La Moyne?Well, I suppose his ; curves still knock people silly.?Clii- i cago News. 1 PROOF. Mother?Why, my child, that little J ' 1 hurt couldn't possibly have made your ^ knee so stiff as that! Little Lizzie?Yes, it did, too. Just ' , you try to bend it and see if I don't ; ! scream.?Baltimore American. !! 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Now York. * - -?" -* Progress of the Good Roads Idea. y I > HERE is no subject to which I , the Constftution has giveu | more undivided attention thau that of good roads, and we ire highly gratified to see that the eaven of road improvement is Avorking n almost every county in Georgia. From day to day the Constitution ins contained excerpts from the weeky press of the State telling how one ;ounty after another is directing its ittention to improved highways, and it s evident that before many years the ?ounty in Georgia that hasn't a thor>ugh system of modern, well-graded, naeadamized or graveled roads will he he exception and not the rule. The frequent rains of the past winter | iave. ps usual, made the roads almost mpassanie m a iuajuruv m u.c iumr ics of the State, and tins lias helped o place the good roads idea uppermost n the people's minds. Farmers, v."hose muling has been so seriously interfered ivith thereby, and merchants. whose rade lias been correspondingly hurt, ire coming together on the propesiiou that good roads are the cheapest 11 the end?that bad roads, in fact, as lie Constitution has so often said, are ibout the most expensive luxuries that my community ever indulged in. In connection with the good roads novcnient in Georgia it is both iUtcristing and important to study what )tlier States arc doing in the effort to mprove their highways. The Pennsylvania Legislature, for instance, lias ust appropriated $6,500,000 to be spent n road building throughout the State. S'ew York and other States have a imilar law providing for State aid 'or those counties that undertake to ecure modern roads. In Pennsylvania the State aid idea .as taken firm hold. The plan just dopted is for the State, the county and he township to co-operate in the work f building and improving the roads, flie State is to pay two-thirds of the expense and the county and township n which the work is done each onesixth cf the expense. The State krs nade available for this purpose $0,500,)00 to be expended during the next :ew years. The .principle involved in the State lid plan is exactly the same as that ntolved in the scheme for National lid which has developed such popularly recently. The fundamental idea of )oth is that road improvement is not nerely a matter of local interest and esponsibility, but a matter of interest ind concern to the whole people: or. :o put it another way, road building s coming to be viewed as a species )f "internal improvement" belonging In the same class as river and harbor improvements. Another reason advanced why National and State aid are becoming so popular is the realization that, unless something of the kind is adopted, the liurdcn of bad roads, like the poor, tvill be always with us. The bottomiess roads of the country constitute a sort of "slough of despond," in which people are destined to flounder until some one comes along to help them Dut. In fact, the expense for improving the roads in many localities is a burden which the local population is tvholly unable to bear. It is urged [hat whenever the Stat? or the Nation reaches out a helping'hand to such Communities, they will grasp it and bend all their energies to the great ;vork of improving their highways. An Eastern man who has recently :aken a trip through Texas says the mthusiasm with which the people have :aken up the "good roads idea" is woniprfni Tn come counties they are in ianger of "going wild" on the subject, rounds are being raised, mainly by :he issue of county bonds, and a simJar plan is being adopted in North Carolina. All of these plans can be studied with profit by the people of Georgia, Sow that we have become aroused to the necessity of improving our highways. Too much attention cannot be jiven this all-important subject.?Atlanta Constitution. Worthy of Emulation. Judge W. A. Falconer, of Fort Smith. Ark., has applied the principle of State aid in a new way. As State aid is not yet forthcoming in Arkansas, though it will soon be provided for Judge Falconer put himself in the State's place, and offered to donate $2500 to that one of the four most important roads in the township which would raise the largest bonus to obtain it. Line roaa raisea ju j^umumccu cash subscriptions, in addition to the engineering work and unlimited quantises of stone. To the road coming next h this friendly contest the Judge )ffered one dollar for every dollar it ivould raise, provided it would raise is much as $2000 by April 1; that road Pad on March 8 in cash and in checks payable April 1, $1S00, and expected :o raise $700 or $S0O more. Judge Falconer has done more than help Fort Smith to get good roads; he has set in example that may well be emulated hroughout the Nation.?Good Roads Magazine. | Legislative Activity. As an indication of the growing in :erest in the subject of highway improvement it is worthy of note that nore' than seventy good roads hills lave been introduced in the various State Legislatures this year. Most oJ hese were general measures, and Stats lid was a prominent feature in manj if them. In the near future we purpose giving a review of the legislator ittempted and accomplished this year is several important bills have already passed, while others, quite as import int, were defeated. Give a Rebate. the council of Hammonton, N. J. aas passed an ordinance allowing a rebate of $1 in taxes for each wheel or i wagon having a tire four inches 01 nore in width. An Old-Time Footman. The epithet of "footman" is of honorable origin. First, the real footman was a soldier. He then became a runner in attendance upon a person of rank, and afterward a servant win.) ran before his master's carriage for the purpose of rendering assistance <?a bad roads or in crossing streams. lie was a mark of the consequence of the traveler. His dress was a light black cap, a jockey coat and white Jinc-n trousers. He always carried a pole six or seven feet long. The real footman of to-day is a male servant who attends the door, the carriage and the table.?New York Press. Some men are like wheelbarrows. Ihey won't accomplish much unless they are pushed . ' - ' ~ V - ______ ! DOCTOR ADVOCATED 0 PE-RU-NA MADE ' 'rT#trwTf?m?g??? ATARRII is a very frequent cause / of that class of diseases popularly known as female weakness. Catarrh of the pelvic organs produces such a variety of disagreeable ana irritating symptoms that inanv people?in fact, the majority of people?have no idea that they are caused bv catarrh. If all the women who are suffering with any form <>f female weakness would write to Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, and give him a complete description of their symptoms and the peculiarities of their troubles he will immediately reply with complete | directions lor treatment, free of charge. ! Mrs. Eva Bartlio, 133 East 12th- street, JV. T. City, N. Y., | writes: " / suffered for three years iv/'fh tenenrrhea and ulceration of the womb, llie doctor i advocated, an operation which J dreaded very much, and. I strongly objected to go under it. I .Yow I am a changed woman. i Parana cared- me; it took- nine I ! bottles, but J felt so much improved J kept talcing it, as I I dreaded an operation so much. 1 am to-day in perfect health and\ have not felt so ivell for fif| teen years."?Mrs. Eva Bartho. Miss Maud Steinbach, 1309 12th St., Milwaukee, Wis., writes: "Last winter 1 felt sick# most of the time, was irregular and suffered from nervous exhaustion and severe bearing down pains. I had so frequently heard of Peruna and what wonderful cures it perj formed, so I sent for a bottle, and in four j weeks my health and strength were entirei ly restored to me."?Miss Maud Steinbach. ! Everywhere the women are using Peruna j and praising it. Peruna is not a palliative j simply; it cures by removing the cause of : female disease. Dr. Hartman has probably cured more i women of female ailments than any other ; living physician. He makes these cures j simply by using and recommending Pe: runa. If you do not derive prompt ant of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Ha l your cane and he will be pleased to q Address Dr. Hurlman, Preside j Columbus, Ohio. Lawyers With One Client. The poverty of briefless barristers Is as proverbial as that of tne [ church mouse. It wrould not be an unnatural mistake to consider a bar [ rister with only one cneni uaruiy i bettor off than one with none. But j the modern "one-client lawyer" is usually a prosperous individual. Said I a man well known in the business j world some years ago to a friend: "I want a' young lawyer to put dotfn at a desk beside mine. I'll familiarize J him with my affairs, and then I want him to keep me out of trouble." The counterpart of this lawyer, whose duty it is to act as his own client'3 ounce of prevention, may be found : in the office of many large concerns. He is often connected with trust com| panies, banks, banking houses, rail! road and other transportation com| panies and large wholesale mercan, tile houses. When a merchant ! found himself in a tangle, it was once | the custom for him to go to a lawyer for advice. The results were a | written "opinion" and a toe. The business m3n today obtains a lawyer who shall work for him alone. Again I the field of the general practitioner ! is narrowed.?Tho World's Work. I j SORE FEK.FL,EAI<;U. ; The man with wealth to give away I Is sore perplexed; 1 So many crowd about and say "It's my turn next." | ?Washington Star. DOAN'S GET Aching backs arc eased. Hip, back, and { loin pains overcome. Swelling of the limbs and dropsy signs vanish. The}' correct urine with brick dust cedij merit, high colored, pain in passing dribj bling, frequency, bed wetting. Doan's ; Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel. j ~ I DenTiFiruD, I.n*d. ?"It was 'i i called rheumatism. I could M ? get uo relief from the doc- JRy/*//] ! tors. I bepan to improve ou ' taking Doan's sample and rV/ .MwfcMSC/tfi ' pot two boxes at our drug- B3 I 'SwH' / | gists, and, although 68 years Wl \ \ I C I - * T am olniAQt. n. T1PW mwi man. I was troubled a good iJwtvov deal with my water ? had to ? r get up four and live times a Ni\a\rinvi u night. That trouble is over : with and once more I can NAME i re?t the night through. My backache is all gone, and I p. o. I thank you ever so rauch for the wonderful medicine, STATE j Dotart Kidney Pills. " ^ ^ ^ JNO II. Hcber, J Foster-Mil burn Oo.. Ill I'rcsident llidgeville, space h insufficient, w Indiana, State Bank. ! ^ I : ' ~~7 I ^ Natural Flavor ==Cottage= Corned Beef & . i"1 Keep it in the house for omefgencies^for you want something good and want it quick, i appetizing lunch is ready in an instant. ' - - --- 4% m #. C.. pi | Libby, McNeill & Liooy, 01 1 | Marian Warner Wildman, whose I "Not His the Silence" will be one of j the verse features of the July Century, i won The Century's 1898 prize of two ! hundred and fifty dollars for the best j metrical writing submitted that year | by any college graduate of 1897. Miss j Wildman is an alumna of Western Re! serve University, and her present resi! dence is Norwalk, Ohio. 1 i The July Century will have for its frontispiece a new wood-engraving by ! Timothy Cole, the Menippus by Velasquez. The original hangs in the Salon de Valesquez of the Prado Museum in Madrid; and Timothy Cole's reproduc! tion, said to be one of his finest blocks, will be the seventh in The Century's ; series of Old Spanish Masters. CDCC STUART'S mEE. GIN and buchu To all who suffer,or to the friends of those who suffer with Kidney, Liver, Heart, Bladder or Blood Disease, a sample bottle of Stnart's Gin and Buchu, the preat southern Kidney and I.iver Medicine, will be sent absolutely free of cost. Mention this paper. Address STUART DRUG MTG CO., 28.Wall St., Atlanta, Oa. IPERATION? KNIFE UNNECESSARY, i I I satisfactory results from the use rtman, giving a full statement of ive you his valuable advice gratis, nt of The Hirtman Sanitarium, A King's Weakness. Even kings are not exempt from the foibles of ordinary mankind, and here is an interesting sidelight on a little weakness of our own good King Edward VII. A certain royal lady was at an afternoon tea party, and one of the guests told a decidedly amusing little story. "Oh," cried the lady in question, clapping her hands, "that In capital. I must tell it to the king. No," she added, after, a moment's reflection. "I won't, for if one tells the king a good story he forgets in a day or two that it was told to him, and goes about repeating it to everyone as ?_ ?? A" T> X^JS VWil. fJ a. x Necessity Versus Law. "Necessity knows no law?except to conquer." A woman of sixty was foaled before the judge, charged with stealing fuel from a woodpile. She .pleaded guilty, but said she-was trembling with -cold and was compelled tc .'steal tfce wood to avoid being frozen to death. Inquiries proved the state inent of her circumstances to be true, {and consequently the judge acquitted foer, remarking, "Sheer necessity is superior even to law." A Daniel come to judgment.?New York Press. ? * - ; TROUBLES OF THE RICH. Mrs. Cobwigger?What "can you dislike about being so wealthy? Mrs. Damrich?I have to eat everything when it's out of season and not ! fit to eat?Town Topics. BACK REST. Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness, headache, nervousness, dizziness. 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