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What the Fault Was. Dr. Frank W. Aliport, one of the leading oculists of Chicago, was re cently appointed examining physician by the b Td of education. A pupil from one f the schools where "fads" are more, oroughly in vogue than in almost any other public school, came to Dr. Aliport in the regular course of events to have his eyes examined. The physician went through the usual for inula for discovering the defects of vi:; 'ton. He placed a chart before the boy. The first wcrd* was "hat." "Now read this word," said the doctor. "Hhhuh ah-tuhh-h," sputtered the boy. "Then try this," said the doctor, pointing to "big." "Bih-ih-guhhh," stammered the bcy. "Madam," said the doctor to the boy's mother, "there is some more serious defect here than a.visual one. The vocal organs seem to be affected." "Oh, no," answered the mother, "he could spell and read quite well until be went to school and took up this new phonetic method."-New York Times. Smallest Bank Notes Issued. Bank notes for about a farthing each circulate freely in Paraguay. It takes two notes to get one's boots blacked and eight to pay the postage of a letter to England. Yet one of them will buy !.a the season fifteen oranges, three bananas, or a water melon. B. B. B. SENT FREE Ceres Blood and Skin Diseases, Cancers, Bo"e Pains, Itching Humors, Etc. Send no money. simnply try Botanic Blood Balm at our expense. B. B. B. cu-e: Pimples, scabby, scaly, itching PD.tema, Ulcers, Eating Sores, Scrofula, Blood Poison, Bone Pains, Swellings, Rheuma tism, Cancer, and all Blood and Skin Troubles. Especially advised for chroni: eases that doctors, patent medicines and Hot Springs fail to cure or help. Druggists, $1 per large bottle. To prove it cures B. B. B. sent free by writing BLOoD BALL Co., 12 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga. Deseribo trouble and free medical advice sent is sealed letter. Medicine sent at once. p:-c paid. All w3 ash is that you will speak a good word for B. B. B. when cured. For the first time since its arrival from Malaya in 18:3 the giant orchid in the tropical house at Kew Gardens, London. was in bloom recendy. There are fish in the sea as good as were ever lied about. So. 12. MISS VIRGINIA GRANES f'ells How Hospital Physicians Use and Rely upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Co m pound. "Dz&R MRs. PuEHAM : - Twelve ears continuous service at the sick ted in some of our prominent hospi tals, as well as at private homes, has -iven me varied experiences with the .iessfwomen. Lhave nursed sn MISS VIRGINIA GRANES, Prdatof Nuses'sscition,.Watertow,.Y. most distressing cases of infammnation and ulceration of the ovaries and womb. I have known that doctdrs ui ad Lydia E., Pinkhnma VegetaLe Com pound when everything else tailed with their patientc. I have advised my patients. and friends to use it and have yet to hear of its first failure to'cure. * " Four years ago I had falling of the womb from straining in lifting a heavy patient, and irnowing of the value of your Compound L began to use it at once, and in six weeks I was well once more, and have had no trouible since. I am most pleased to have had an oppor tunity to say a few words in praise of your Vegetable Compound, and shall take every occasion to recommend it." Miss VsRGINIA. GRANEs.-$5000 forfeit If above testimnsiaI Is no+ geruine. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has stood the test of time, and has cured thousands. Mrs,. Pinkhiam advises sick wo men ?ree. Address, Lynn, Mass. SCapudinet r Headaches, Ed irippe, Colds, etc. i ~oney back if It fails. 15& 25".AII Drug Stores Small crops, ulnsahble veg etables, result from Want of Vegetables are especially fond of Potash. Write for our free pamphlets. . ERMAN~ K4LI WORKS, Better Country Highways. lA G considerable ex perience In road building as Commissioner of Highways, , wan*tto say a word on how roads can be much improved before the great tidal wave of permanent improve ment reaches up, for, although it is bound to come, we need not stand back, knee deep in the mud, waiting; and what is done in the way of drain ing - the first of Importance - and grading, and otherwise clearing up the sides, will all be so much gained toward the final finish. I will give a little experience of how I make a good earth turnpike on a level piece. First, I. provided ample drainage, then, early in the spring; -before, the ground was thoroughly settled, I back furrowed to the centre, then harrowed lengthwise and rolled, which process I repeated for the third time, the last time doing a very thorough job of finishing with harrow and roller. Now, those that never tried it will be astonished to see how high these workings will make a road, and, con trary to the "expectations of some," this road settled down hard and smooth, and made a durable turnpike, and without a single pain or backache, as caused by the old scraper method then in use. Now, the modern wheel road machine would materially assist. My purpose in writing this is particu larly to deal with another phase of road improvement, suggested by "nti cles often published, that is, in relationi to convict labor in competition with outside labor. The person that is for{ tunate enough to keep out of sail has no just reason to complain. In the first place the jail labor would be em ployed to a considerable extent, if o side, or not in jail, which, of course. would come in competition with indus tries in all branches, and when men have forfeited their liberty there is no good reason why they should be fed and clothed at the expense of the State, for the express purpose of giving the other part of the community markets for labor as well as produce. There is nothing.fair about it. As the State is responsible for their keeping, it should be at liberty to use them to the best possible advantage, to compel them to help, at least, to earn their own living -a new experience to many, I thiik. Then the effect on the convicts them selves is worth any sacrifice to outside labor, and it shows a selfish motive to even mention or bring up the question. Again, there is no person outside of jail in this country who wants a day's As a matter of fact, many commi petty offences for the express purpost of getting into jail, in order to get theb: winter's -board. If they were com. pelled to break stone, saw wood oi shovel snow in a chain gang I am surn many would prefer to board them. selves. As I have said, it is a weak selfish argument to be harping aboui the employment of convIct labor as lr damaging comt~petition with outside em. ployment-for the tax paid to support this Idle class will more than offset thl difference of being employ'ed in jail o: out. Criminals, even, have some self-re spect, and I think many a young man, if loaded into a wagon and carried tc some distance and put to work ditch ing, or on other r.oad work, where he would not be shielded from public gaze behind the bars', would resolve "If] live to get out of this, I will work out my own road tax as long as I live." A. B. C., in the New York Tribune. Helping State Road Work. The annual report of Director Dodge, of the office of Public Road Inquiries, Agricultural Department, says that representatives of the office visited nearly all the States during the year and made scientific investigations re garding local condition, road materials, etc. Several State legislatures asked for and obtained assistance in framing new road laws. Farmers' organ izas tions, farmers' institutes, business or ganizations. schools, colleges, etc., peti tioned for co-operation and advice, and all of them were accommodated as far as the resources of the office permitted. Never before, says the report, has there been so nmuch interest manifest ed in the sub.ject of road building, and more actual work in* that line was done last year than ever before. The object-lesson methods of teachini; practical road building, carried on for several years, became -so valuable and were so highly appreciated that there were many calls for their extension. To meet the constantly increasing de mands for practical assistance and ad vice the director suggests the organ iza tion of two or three outfits of road building machinery, including rock crshers, screens, rollers, road graders, etc., to be usedl in illustrating aetual road construction. The r-oad materiah would be cheer-fully furnished by the local authorities, who would also con tribute the common labjor teams an. fuel. This p)lan would make the ex pense of building: experimecntal and sample roads very easy to be borne. and would enable he Government. with a small expe ,iture, to accom plish much practicaI benefit. The di rector asks that the appropriation fox the purpose be increased to aboul $1000 for each State hnd Territory. Of the thirty-eight Sultans who havi ruled the Ottoman Empire since tht conquest of (ionstant.Inople by th< Turks, thirty-4our have died violemi row's This? We offer One Hundred. Dollars of any case of Catarrh that cannot Hall's Catarrb Cure. F. J. CHENEY & ,Co., Props., T We, the undersigned, have know e. ney for the last 15 years, and believ r iectly honorable in all business t and financially able to carry out an tion made by their firm. WEs' & TBUAX,Wholesale DrU Ohio. - WAp>DINo, Kt:s ANd3nrs,Who gists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern ing directly upon the blood and muc faces of the system. Price. 75e. per Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials Hall's Family Pills are the best. Messrs. I. M. and B. F..Powelnpr mere in Colum bu#,county, N. C.. ns th .n T. C. Floyd gave his ebil dos .'Bnykin's Worm Killer" and t suit w W67 worms. He wishes all Al s tokan t. Earliest Russian MiilIet.. ewll you be short of hay? If so, p plenty of this prodigally prolific millet. S tons of. rieh hay per acre.- Price5 $1.90 ; 100 lbs., $3.00; low freights. Jo Saizer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. Even the musical woman may harp much ,a one string. FITS permanently cured. No fltsornervo ness after. first day's use of Dr. Kline's NerveRestorer.8$2trial bottle and Dr. B. H. 4rxz, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila.. The fellow who has dyspepsa makes other people suffer for Each package of P-r". A*. colors either Silk, Wool or at one boiling. Sold by, all'$ag ll. Pawinum is worth a great deI 3auo31 gold." .. IA= sure Piso's Cure for Consumptfonsaved metfe three years ago.-Mas. TsoQAs Bos ai Maple St., Norwich, N ;.Y., Fe .1 1900. R. H. Edmunds, one of the best-known pl clans and farmers .iu South .carol wrt us. that 'A negrogfrL10 $rs oar him, took two or three dpo D.. Boykin's Worm Killer and When the sky is blue nob6dfe hotd A Doctor's Testinlbnia5. - r. C. L S. Cawthon, of. Andalusil kl, tes: "Tetterine is superior to any remedy own to me for Eczema and stubborn kin iiseases." 50e. a box by mail from X.T. ihuatrino, Savannah, Ga, if your druggist, ion't keep it. The fellow who is out for.the dough one sort of donation party. Tvner s Dyspepsia Remedy Is a U 4Q4 preparation and knocks all 'tablets dat.,. i .ures Indigestion. Dyspepsia, Vertigo, Falle acss of Stomach, Headache. 50c. Drnggists. It's funny that when a man's takeu:i he feels put out. Bzoswiz, S. C. \Ies4rs. Boykin. Carmer.& Co., Wholesale Drugcists, Baltimore; ld. Gentlemen.--I have quite ar demarid7l "Boykin's Worm Killer." It 1a the best yerj nifuge I car get. 'A :armer bought a bottle of me a few weeks ago; gsve one - dose to h .bilid; came fn next day with 4.chow ehowt jar filled with worms; the result-of one dose 'ince then all want it. W. J. DAlm. . Best For the Bowels. . No matter what ails yon, headache toa cer, you will never get welluntilyr a , arg a . m 'u oun Candy Catharic,the genuine, put upE ,oxes; every tablet has C. C. C.'stam. t. Beware of imitations. dr In Germany the yearly number et tii2 vorces execeds 10,000. And Eormit sid. Wh.ile the momentous affaird ef thai ation are .being dealt -with at ond mnd of the White House, at the othm snd of the stately old mansion s the natural, unaffected life of a tii ~al A.mericanx family, and' now & hen Washington society folks enjoy he stories thjat come from the nursery where the children of its first lady in~ he land romp as strenuously .as any >ther youngsters. A One evening 'durim.i the. Chr1ijs'p eason the Roosevelt children lia4 a 'east of sweetmeats, and when. MT. Roosevelt came into the nursery. in. :he- morning she found .Kermit paytas he penalty of overindulgence. : .* ' - 'And how is sister?" -asked Mrs. Roosevelt. - ' "Oh, she don't know she is sick yet," roaned Kermit. "She's~,3not..awak ret." Sheep-steaLing. is not soul-atvng. "FPo years I have neter missed ing Ayer's Sai'saparilt every ~ng. It cle;inses ,py. blood, akes 'me feel. stron','antd does -good in every 'way.' John P. :Hodnette, Bi-ooklyn, N.Y'. Pure and rich .Alood carries new life to every part of the body. You~ are invigorated, ref reshed, You feel anxious to be active. You become strong, steady,courageous. That's what Ayer's Sarsaparillh will do for you. SI.00 s bottle. All drs!!Sts Ask your doctor what he thinla 'of Aye' Sarsaparlila. Hie knows anl aboutthisgld old family medicine. Folldzhi advi Add we winl be s,.ti~l T ARIL N( Thousands of children Wormis. Symptoins are seidi Schild's temperament 'ad upon the va tines. L.ose no time! Adopt the'safe a DR. BOYKIN'S ' *A SURE, SPEEDY AND.SAFE DE S IN USE OVER 30OYEARSCACi * 25c. BEST' VERMIFUQEKN One may sail the seas and - that n' n of af , who - nor the inclination, whethel - medicines which cause exce: - organs in a constipated coni lines. It acts naturally, acts e the internal organs and leave If in need of a laxative rei when anything ncre than a las Is to consult a competent phy which claim to cure all mannel The California Fig Syrup Co.' which would give satisfaction I sanction and one friend recomme: exceed all other laxatives combin, old-time cathartics and modern I diffusion of knowledge, as to the intd general use with the well-in: and ever beneficial action. k The quality of Syrup of Figs I - -- the laxative and carminative prin b bn the system, with agreeable an ' orginal method -of manufacture. effects one should always note I Syrup.Co.-printed on the front < 14 <,A ~ ~ - SM KEL S$ U.T useq b the best shotsx inth won used bad te Wiester sn hel EPAY L . FARE AN) UNDE500 Deposit, Guarantlee 200 FEEE SOROLA1tH1PP'. BOARDI A'J - CO$r. Writ. Quick to GA.-A LA. UIESS COLt1. . MIACON. GA. ADDr.E on.y our Rorse or Mule cuIckly eur!wtE.Dr. DanieI.l (vail -,urar,. .d Dealers, or' sor.t by mall with Dr.i anielsboo,"iJFs -east.es o IrIes. attle, sheup and ~~I~and Upw to Tre'at Them." uipor pfof5cents. A.(2 L'A NEELS tatir.rd si.. . BOT'ON. MASS Money in Chickens For -JSc In sampsl~ we san a P3 FALIkp3OLK giv.tug the experienco -or a prna '0W11outr lialiser-nxo amatar. t a buJlal Wratila doilara and cuIntaurmI1a - ii teaches' 0oW to Jetee< an (nre L'meses: keed l or itg alafor k'a.temI whicai Fowls c. - oi2 Orred l every thing re Sefr rab le Poulitry rais O..13d Leana ree, .e f r R P NEW DISCOVERY;.z - gasekre.ief and enret wror.1 nases .pook of iaaandl10d ay' tratment re, ar: a:x. e aus ason. Nor . At:anta. Ga o. 12. CESWEEALL ELSI FAJLS. BestCouh Syup.Tates Good. Uso ?d CTS. '4 rebeing -gawed to distr &ction by iireliable. -They depend poil the ity of worms present in e intes- qe and sure conrse by using VORM KILL R.; rROYER OF THESE MONS ERS. !PTTNONEBUT DR.BOYKI . N WN. SOLD EVERY WIE - ';;8888998 visit every land and everywhere will fid, are well informed, h::ve neither the time on pleasure bent or business, to use those sive purg:.tion and then lcave the internal Lition. Syrup of Figs is not built on those ffectively, clean3cs, sweetens and strengthens s them in -a healthy condition. nedy the most excellent is Syrup of Figs, but ative is required the safe and scientific plan sician and not to resort to those jnedicines r of dtseases. vas the first to manufacture a laxative remedy :o all; . .laxative which physicians could ad to another ; so that today its sales probably ed. In some places considerable quantities of mitations are still sold, but with the general best medicinal agents, Syrup of Figs has come tormed, because It is a remedy of known valne .s due not only to the excellent combination of ciples of plants, known to act most beneficially d refreshing aromatic liquids, but also to the In order to get the genuine and its beneficial he full name of the Company-California FiP if every package. OYAL WOESTER. ANDO BON TON O R. 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