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i W0MA1S AND HOME. HER SUCCESS AS A GOVERNMENT CLAIM SOLICITOR. Cannon of Women'N \ervoimne?ii. Children it ml Late Hour*?lMnlc Co?iuim'N and Hed Riimcn?A lliiHlneMH For "Women?A Wild Howe Skin. x Miss Ada C. Sweet, who is a solicitor of government claims at Chicago, grew into her business quite naturally. An examination of the main facts oT her life shows that her vocation was scarcely a matter of choice. Like nearly every one else in the workday world, Miss Sweet has taken up the occupation her hands found to do as simply and inevitably as if she had devoted herself to the common and accepted lorms oi iemmine inuusirv. She early became acquainted with the maze of pension laws in the office of the United States agent for paying pensions at Chicago, where, as a young girl, she assisted her father, tho late General Benjamin J. Sweet, when he was the United States pension agent, and afterward when appointed United States, pension agent herself by President Grant. For nearly 12 years Miss Sweet held this office, perhaps the most important and responsible 2ver confided to a woman in the United States. While paying pensions she natural .1 * MISS ADA C. SWEET. ly became interested and thoroughly informed as to the pension laws, and a few years after her retirement from the pension agency she opened her own office for the prosecution of pension and other government war claims. Having studied law with her father, Miss Sweet had become sufficiently acquainted with the ordinary rules of evidence and had such knowledge of the preparation of legal papers as fitted her for her work and altogether, by training and experience, she seemed to fall into the line of work she has adopted almost as a matter of course. Her large acquaintance among the veteran soldiers of Illinois made it easy for her to establish herself at once in her business, and from the day - when she opened her office, Sept. 1, 1888, she was a busy woman. Outsido of her office Miss Sweet is known as one who has been long an active worker for municipal reform. She was president of the Municipal Order league when it was most active and was one of the founders and directors of the Civic v , Federation of Chicago. She is a charter member of that powerful social organization the Chicago Woman's club, and was its president in 1895.?New York Tribune. - Cannon of Women'* Nervounnens. In this modern life of rush and worry a woman's main reliance is upon her nerves. If they are 6trong and healthy, . .there is strength of sinew, firmness and vigor of mind and body, she can comfortably meet the demands of society, and lifo and its duties are rendered a pleasure. The many cases of nervous prostration or utter collapse of the nervous system, under which women "go all to pieces," as the saying is, have caused much thought and investigation on the part of physicians. Certaiq inorganic substances are well known to cause various forms of nervous diseases, which are readily traced to alum. Further research leads to the belief that alum is a prevailing cause of so called nervous prosirawuu, iui" tuo s^jupiAMua iu produces on the nervous system after its absorption into the blood are very remarkable indeed. Experiments physiologically made upon animals by Orfila, Professor Hans Mayer and Paul Seim show that alum produces no visible symptoms for many days after its introduction into the body. Then follow loss of appetite and other elementary disturbances, and finally a serious prostration of the whole nervous system. The symptoms are those observed in a species of nervous paralysis in a human being. Tho theory is therefore advanced by the most prominent physicians that "nervous prostration" and many affections of the nerves from which both women and men suffer aro caused by the continued absorption of alum into the system. It is probable that many medical men are unaware of the extent to which salts of alumina may be introduced into the body, because they are under the impression that the use of alum in bread i9 forbidden by law. It is, however, still used to whiten bread, as well as in making cheap kinds of baking powder.?Pittsburg Dispatch. Children and Late Honrn. My children, boy9 and girls, are often invited to parties that last sometimes until 11:30. If 1 send for them early, they are not allowed to como away, because they break up a set. I can't always koep them at home and so make them unhappy; all the other children go. What can I do ? Mother. Here is a problem for every mother with growing children, answers Good Housekeeping, and yet their own good health is of streh paramount importance that some method of solving this difficulty must be devised. Of course most mothers do not want to deny their children all parties, but those of such a late hour as mentioned ought to be very rarely indulged in, not oftencr than once a year, and then in vacation time. This is for girls and boys between the ^ges of 13 and 17. Of course as they grow older later hours 6eem to be *he rule, but even then a wise mother keeps this side of the wee small hours. And the fact that your young people do not look pale or have languid eyes the following clay is no sign that late hours agree with them, for the bright cheeks and eager eyes tell of an excited brain behind them, and the undermining of the vital force goes on under the elasticity and rebound of youth, which often deceives parents Then, when boys and girls break down at 18 and 20, it is the culmination of this Bllent undermining?the effect of the drain on the nervous system. So earlier hoars must be insisted upon Harrison -VI/- rv ? TS-Va w l)1^: Drugs, Cigai Toilet Articles , winm* * I as a matter of coursc, sotting a good ex ample at your own parties, uniu oy dab very force of your, character and persistence you may change tho conventional hours for children's parties. Pink Continue* and Iletl Ilonen. It was a pink season?not this season, though the occasion is as fresh in the mind of tho hostess as if it were only yesterday?and it was one of the most elaborate entertainments given that winter. Everything was in a style of the utmost magnificence. No expense or thought was spared in making the occasion one to be long remembered. But there was one thing that the hostess forgot.* She did not remember that it was a pink season and that the greater number of her young women guests, among whom were some wonderfully charming brunettes, with coloring like a magnificent damask rose, would wear pink gowns. She had arI rangiil that in the general munilicenco there should be for each woman guest a cluster of American Beauty roses. What could be more lovely, what could bo more fragrant or delightful, and what, too, if any one should give the matter ihought from a financial standpoint, could be moro expensive than American Beauty roses in the middle of winter? And there were so many of them. The cost of the roses for the guests would represent enough money to have given a whole entertainment for people with less magnificent tastes. But, alas, what was beauty, what was fragrance, what was cost, when the roses would not match the pink gowns of the guests! The American Beauty red killed the pink >)f the gowns altogether. So, hero behind a big marble column, there behind a tete-at-tete seat, behind tables and chairs, the next morning the servants gathered up the big clusters bf American Beauty roses, which were beautiful and fragrant?and cost, oh, so much money?but which did not match.?New York Times. . A Rnninemi For Women. Poultry raising certainly offers as steady profits as any business woman can engage in. There aro never any very great ups and do)vns in the chicken market, and tho demand continues throughout the year. There is no danger of a sudden change in fashion or public taste coming to destroy a business one has tak<m pains to build i ud. as often happens to those who depend on the sale of manufactured articles. Those who are not foi)d of chickens and interested in them as personalities will tell you what a trouble they are, what carcful watching they require, to how many diseases they are liable, etc., but ft is so with every business. For those who allow themselves to see trouble in all care there is nothing to be found without it in this world. To those who understand them chickens are very interesting. It is a great mistake to consider them stupid and without character. There is as great variety in their dispositions as exists among the people one knows, and their individuality seems to be developed by buman companionship. Many a laugh have we had over the funny ways of some of our friends in feathers. .One pet hen insisted on laying on top of a certain bureau, whence her egg usually rolled off on the floor. She was finally induced to lay in the barn, but would never utter a note of her triumphant announcement that an ogg was laid until she reached the house where there was somebody to hear her. She jump from hsr nest and run at full speed to the house and then break forth in a loud paean of praise of herself.?Ruth .brown in rami journal. A Wild Roae Skin. When a Swedish woman has a clear, beautiful skin, it rivals almost in exquisite loveliness the bloom of the ' English rose" or her cousin, the''American lily." To lie in bed and be waited on by a nurse with a wild rose complexion and to discover that when health returns one may hope to attain to such a complexion by the j use of very simple means seem to make up in some degree for the weary days in bed. "Oh, nurse, if I only had your complexion ! If I could change my duH, spotted skin for one like yours, it seems to me I would be willing to jump into a barrel of boiling oil." "Well, den, mees," was the reply, "you can haf it, 6urc, if you do but one leetle t'ing. My skin vas all spots vat you call 'peemples,' and the doctor he say it change of climate. He den tell me to buy 25 cent vorth of phosphate of soda. I take a teaspoonful in glass varm vater at bedtime and de same before breakfast. It not nasty. So for von veek I also take the same before pjinh nthfir meal. After dat for von veek I take only night and morning. In two veek behold me as now." Reader, I have followed the above advicc for "'von haf veek" only, and already my skin seems like "that of a little child." To those who desire to change a thick, unresponsive skin for a clcar, bright complexion this simple and practical advico is gladly given by a convalescent.?Philadelphia Times. Telling: Oar Troubles. There is sometimes a strong temptation i to tell our troubles to others, but if we i wish to retain the good opinion of these j samo friends we will think twice before so l doing and decide to keep them securely ! locked in our own bosom. There aro few | who care to hear the woes of others. They j would much prefer to rehearse their own. i The most of us have troubles of our own, ' and there is a sense of injury when some | one else heaps hers upon us. There are I times when an outpouring of one's eartkly ; woes does one a world of good, but as a I rule the more one keeps the annoyances of I life quiet the happier she will be. Talking | about them does no possible good, and | only aggravates a trifle perhaps until it j becomes a mountain apparently. You j might much better find something more j cheerful to talk about than the disagree1 able way your husband's relatives treat you. Ten to one you are as much to blame as they. Neither do they care to hear ! about your ailments. They may be polite | and listen attentively, but if you look ! closely you will observe a bored expression that plainly says, "Why do you bother me with all this?" If you wish to "have your friends always glad to see you, do not tell your own troubles, but let them tell theirs. ?Elmira Telegram. Washing Children's Ears. Few ailments are more common among children than earache, and mothers,though unconscious of the fact, are themselves tho ; cause of much suffering from this painful ; malady in their children. In her anxiety to have the child's ears clean a mother ; will sometimes endeavor to remove every rif ?'?v fr/?in 1nn<?r nnrhinn j of the car, and to accomplish this to her | own satisfaction will sometimes use a hair! pin covered with the towel or the towel itself twisted to a point. It is unnecessary and wrong to remove every particle of this wax. The membrane & Game, qistc m. | . t i ' -s, Tobaccos, and Stationery. i \ lining the canal of the car contains a great number of little glands which secrete this waxy.substance, and the. purpose of this is to prevent the ontranco of insects and j keep the ear clean. The layers of wax dry j in scales, which rapidly fall away and rei move with them any particle of dust or other foreign matter which may have found entrance to the ear. I Be contented when you have made the child's oars thoroughly dry and leave nafntv. tn ntfond t,n her own business. In a case of earache nothing more irritating than a few drops of olive oil warmed to a temperature of blood heat should ever be placed in the ear.?Exchange. She Got a Seat. , A lady walked to the forward end of the car, whore there was room for one more on the seat. In this she showed she was a superior person, since most are flies upon 6ticky fly paper when it comes to desertirig the rear door. On one side of the vacant seat sat a messenger lxiy, small in stature, but with true American lack of consideration, sprawling his slender legs about. The lady waited a few seconds, tacitly asking him to move, but with vacant countenance he returned her glance. Then ?the lady was young and pretty, but "miiwM iri )n>r mnnth?til on she turned and placidly sat down?sat where the vacant seat should be, where the straddling legs of the small boy were. Sho sat, moreover, firmly, not as one asking a privilege, but with the might of right. And the little messenger boy lost his vacant look, screwed his little face into a knot?it was plain the lady had ! weight?and bunched his little legs up into the smallest space. And spectators I there were who smiled.?New York Commercial Advertiser. They All Want Girls. All women will be pleased to learn that in one position in life their sex is at apremium?that is, in tho way of adoption. In the course of a year there is an enormous number of children taken from New York alone for adoption, and it is almost always that a little girl is preferred. People seem to think that in the uncertainty I of taking a strange child into the family there is too much risk in taking a boy, so tho letters come to tho charity agencies through which such work is done, saying, i " Won't you please send mo a pretty, blue ' eyed little girl?" Or it may be that it is a dark eyed little girl that is wanted, or one with curly hair. It is something like * ^ " a- J J- 114.4.1 ~ Duymg a aoxi to uiKeine reuuj mauo in wo girl into the family, and the parents to be are able to gratify their particular tastes in children. "There would bo no fun in taking a little boy," one woman said. "I want a little girl, so I can dress her and fix her up." It is the doll principle on a more important scale.?New York Times. French Veal. Every sojourner in France must have noticcd the frequent appearance of veal in the menus and the superiority over the veal found in our American markets. This is explained by the pains taken in feeding the calves. From the beginning they are furnished with all the sweet milk they can possibly drink, and then for a | month before butchering the freshest of j eggs are added to their daily diet. At first I one egg is forced into the month and held ! there until the calf is made to swallow it. 1 Gradually the taste for eggs is acquired, I until during the last two weeks the calf is I able to take from ten to a dozen a day. Naturally the meat is something to admire, quite different from the flabby, taste1 4. I.J A tt lUSb IIlUilL auiu llcrC) ttllU. vjujluv uavuauu; the price is much higher, as it should be. ?Washington Star. Simple Remedlei. For severe cuts and punctured or lacerated wounds apply cloths wet in tincture of calendula, using one teaspoonful to one cupful of water. If this is used in time and the cloths kept constantly moist, the most severe wound will not become inflamed and will heal rapidly. This is one of the best remedies known for injuries of this kind and will prevent lockjaw. In case of disturbance of the bowels, common in hot weather, a strong tea made i of blackbcrry leaves and drank frequently will effect a sure and speedy cure in the 6evere cases. Many children's lives might be saved by using this simple remedy. Flannels wet with two parts camphorated oil and one part turpentine applied to the chest will prevent pneumonia and cure a bad cough.?Ella L. Layson in Housekeeper. Care of the Teeth. A famous French writer says that no I ?rrnmnn flno fonfli nan HA IIDPIV And there are no teeth, however irregular, but may bo made to look well by the simple means of brushing them thoroughly several times a day. The best application is a soft brush and lukewarm water. Tooth washes are, as a rule, injurious. In brushing, the brush should bo moved up and down as well as horizontally. For a tooth pcAvder, if it is considered necessary, precipitated chalk is perfectly harmless and also has a beneficial effect on the breath. Too much attention cannot be given to children's teeth, and a good dentist should be consulted and the teeth examined at least twice a year. For Reception*. ' Austrian coffee is a novelty served oftener at evening receptions than at afternoon teas, though it aspires to a place on milady's tea table. A pitcher of strong, cold coffee, creamed and sweetened, is pro| vided to be poured for serving into small glasses. Just before it is handed round a tablespoonful of rich ice cream is carefully nlaced in each class. This, with cakes, makes a very satisfying refreshment. j A lato method of quieting tho nerves is I to press the'fingers on each side of the ' neck below tho cur, thus constricting the > blood vessels which convey their load to the active brain. Another way is to wet one end of a towel in cold water, fold it over and apply to the base of the brain. Rest the head in an easy position, tie a ligature over the towel only tight enough ! to keep it in place and?go to sleep. ''When children play hooky, thrash the tcacher," says a St. Louis doctor. ''When children steal apples, arrest the parents." His meaning is that proper teaching interests the pupil and that a proper diet includes plenty of fruit?propositions worth ( thinking about. Don't use a thick pillow. Don't use any if you can get along without it. A thick pillow cramps the neck and chest muscles and gives them no chance to recover from the fatigues of the clay. Crooked necks come from high pillows. If any one cams to live long, let him or I her marry. Almost all the well authenti; cated cases of longevity huve been of married people. , Brncft'N I.oeiilN. Norfolk oysters at Bruce's restaurant. Bruce's restaurant furnishes Norfolk oys ters from 10 cents upwards. Bruce's restaurant furnishes 10 cent luncliei aud meals at '2!> cents. Bruce's restaurant will ei vo one dozen fried oysters for 25 cents. Milk oyster slews 2! cents. Haws 10c, 15c and US cents. Served it the best style. Go to J. It. Glenti, when you want fresli groceries, tomatoes, corn, piekles, sardines salmons, craokers, oat tlakes chocolate, teas coflee, grits, rice, hams. HometUIng extra nice in N. O. Syrups, potatoes, oabbagu. dried /ruit >tc.. to arrive this week. Jersey Bull fok Bale?Three years old ' Apply at this olllce. { ' DAYS GONE BY. Oh, the days gone by I Oh, the days gone by! The applea in the orchard and the pathway through the rye, The chirrup of the robin, and the whistle of the quail Aa he piped across the meadows eweet as any nightingale; When the bloom was on the clover and the blue was in the sky, And iny happy heart brimmed over in the days gono by. In the days gone bj, when my naked feet were tripped By the honeysuckle tangles where the water lilies dipped, And the ripple of the river lipped the moss along the brink Whero the placid eyed and lazy footed cattle came to drink, And the tilting snipe stood fearless of the truant's wayward cry, And the splashing of the swimmer in the daya gone by. Oh, the days gone by I Oh, the days gone by! I The music of the laughing lip, the luster of the eye, The childish faith in fairies and Aladdin's magic ring, The simple, soul reposing, glad belief in everything, When life was like a story, holding neither sob nor sigh In the golden, olden glory of the days gone by. ?.lames Whitcomb Riley. A HEALTHY MAN. Here Are the Point* That Go to Make a Centenarian. Herfe are the points of a healthy man. If you have them all you may, barring accidents, count on being a centenarian. If you have most of them, you'll reach a ripe old age, but even if you have only a few don't be alarmed, for many apparently crazy human machines last a surprisingly long time. First, your body and limbs should be plump, but the plumpness should be of the firm and muscular, not the fleshy type. Your fl gure ought to be erect, and, whether you are tall or short, well proportioned., Length without breadth is a very bad thing in a man, for thero is no rooip for vital organs large enough to thoroughly,, perform their duties. Your step should be springy and elastic, your gait firm and easy. These things indicate muscles of good quality and nerve of gbod tone. Your eye should be bright* and neither prominent nor hollow. Bright eyes 6ho\v that the circulation of blood in the brain is good. Your complexion' should bo clear and fresh. It is usually not well with you when your face is pale, sallow, florid or subject to sudden flushings. But in this matter your occupation has great influence, and you might have the worst possible complexion and be in perfect health. But that, of course, is the exception, not the rule. Your head should not be very large, or at least if it is large your neck, sLoulders and chest ought to correspond in size. If you feel your pulse, it should be regular; if it drops a beat now and again or beats very fast and excitedly after the least exertion or emotion then the heart is weak. Your breathing should be tranquil and inaudible. Any sounds mean that the passages are more or less clogged. You should not know you have a stomach?that is to say, as a rule. Of course there are times when that organ gets out of order in tho healthiest individual, and then it is always sure to make its owner aware of its existence. You should always, except when the weather is bitterly cold, feel comfortably Warm through your whole body, even to the tips of the fingers and toes. Otherwise something is wrong with the circulation or the heat producing apparatus. ' .. You should havo sound sleep, without dreams or nightmares, and it should not ln-uf. too lnnrr or too short?sav. eicht to eight and a half hours every night. Your vol^e should not bo hoarse, and you Should be a stranger to sore throats. Your appetite should not be too great or too small, while you should not be a suf- fercr from headaches, giddiness .or neuralgia, and, of course, you should not have palpitations or faintings or varicose veins. If you answer to the above description, you have neither disease of the brain, spinal cord, heart, lungs,_ liver, stomach, muscles or nerves, and you are in as perfect health as it is possible for human beings to be. But at the same time many a round shouldered, narrow chested, thin and sallow man is as tough as 6teel, works hard and lives till he is almost tired of the world, and, of course, even the healthiest of us must go through a course of colds, coughs, headaches, dyspepsia attacks and the like. Still, if your chest is small in proportion to the rest of your body you are likely to have less 6tamina, and you should not overdo such things as football, cycling or even brain work.?New York "World. lie Did 1^1* Best. In an Aberdeen bookshop an old lady was inquiring for a copy of tho Bible, and the shopkeeper brought forward one at half a crown. But the old lady wanted something cheaper. A copy at 18 pence waS produced containing illustrations. But the illustrations, the old lady averred, entailed superfluous expenditure. "Then, here," said the shopkeeper, "is a copy for a shilling which contains a' that's necessary for salvation." He descended from tho ladder and laid it before his customer. "But hae ye no something a wee bit j cheaper?'' asked the old lady. "\Vumman, wumman," said tho shopj man, "ca' upon the Almichty to come I down and sell ye his ain publications, for I can dae nae mair!"?London Chronicle. A Financial Shake. "Uood. morning Mr. xoney. uu ine Blck list today?" "Yes, sir; got the ague." "Do you ever shake?" "Yes." "When do you shake again?" j "Can't say when; shake every day. Why j do you ask?" "Oh, nothing In particular; only I thought if you shook bad I'd like to stand by and see if you couldn:t shuke the 15 shillings out of your pocket which you have owed me so long!"?London Stand1 ard. Tortolne Shell. What is called tortoise shell is not the j bony covering or shield of tho turtle, but ; only the scales which cover it. These are 13 in number, 8 of them Hat and 5 a little ! curved. A large turtle affords about eight pounds of them, the plates varying from an inch to a quarter of an inch in thickness. The Fool and IUh Money. I "Optimism," said the sorry fool, "is i KoeiiiL' the irreen side of a So bill." "And wliut is pessimism!'" asked his friciul. "Seeing neither sideof a$5 bill"?New York Commercial Advertiser. Come down to "Mike's" new quarters. The books and papers on hand are: The Colum.! hia State. The Charleston News and Courier, New York World, Sunday and dally; New . York Journal, Sunday and dally ; Democrat, ' Magazine fashion; Delineator. Msgazlne fashion, Designer, Magazine fashion j Harper ) Bazaar, Magazine fashion. McClures wide * wide world over land and Strand; Metropolis 1 tan.Cosinopolltlan, Munsey, KecreatIon, Century Magazine, Frank Leslie, Purllau. Currant Literature, Review of Keviews, Standards Big Magazine, Black Cat and many , others. I also take subscriptions for these and will make the terms to suit you. ' A. S. J. Cassidy. i When in need of medicines at nigh', our 1 pharmacist will be found next door to the western Union Telegraph office, over the . Abbeville Supply Co.'a store. Harrison & Game. J \ . \ ~ MR8. BILtTOP'S WAV& r J Only One DIwturbinK Peculiarity, MA J Even That For tUe Coiumon Good. [ "I suppose," .said Mr. Billtops, "that we .all havo <jur peculiarities?even Mrs. Billtops has some. But she has only "one that is disturbing?she will insist on calling up the subject of our expenses at night ?tho last thing at night?and this I hold to be bnd, becausc it keeps me awake thinking about it. My idoa is that nothing of that sort should be discussed after dinner. With that/ meal ample, let us hope, if not sumptuous, we should put up a barrier against tho cares of the day and devote ourselves thereafter to comfort and tranquillity, so as to insure that calmness of mind that is essential to sleeping well. 11 don't know of anything that breaks all this up more than a discussion of ways and means as called up by Mrs. Billtops. "She says that there's no other time to speak of it; that I am away all day, to begin with, and she doesn't want to speak to me immediately after dinner. She wants to give me time to smoke my cigar, and then, she says, she has things to look nftnr herself, and she wants to read the evening paper, and all that, and what else can she do? I don't know, but I do know that when at about a quarter of 10 I see her lay the paper down on the table and look across at me and say: " 'Now, what are wo going to do about'? "I know that we're in for it sure. And then follows the usual list of things; gradually piling up till it becomes so moun-. tainous that, honest, it makes me laugh. I can't help it. But it's only a temporary ; relief, for when Mrs. Billtops breaks.in with this, 'Well, I must say I don't see anything to laugh at,' of course I instantly bccome very sober and pay strict attention. . . "And then she goes through the solemn details and I listen, and when she is all through I say that we shall have to do the best we can about it of course. ' ; " 'That's what you always say,' she says, and then she gives up for the time her efforts to make me understand. She ' ' gets up with a resigned expression upon her face and folds up the newspaper, which means, I know, that the conference is ended, and I keep very dark then and say | nothing. And she thinks that I mean all right, but' that it's hopeless to talk to me 1 about business matters. And I wish that ' she wouldn't insist on always bringing up that subject just at that hour of the day, but it's her only disturbing peculiarity, and even that's for the common i eood."?New York Sun. i | FREAKS OF APPLE CULTURE. Armorial Bearings Which Nature J Paints on the Popular Frnit. It is no difficult matter in any sphere of life to como across people who think they know a great deal better than nature her- ( self how things onght to be, and this unfortunate idea prevails to a great extent ' among the gardening fraternity. Now j they are producing apples that exhibit ari morial bearings. Any person therefore who wishes for a supply of the fruit with j his family crest upon it has only to forI ward an illustration of it to one of the \ Montreuil fruit growers who make a specialty of such things, and he will duly receive the apples the following season. This end is attained by growing the ap! pies in paper /bags, which are slipped on ' when the fruit is about the size of a wal; nut. Being thus sheltered from the sun, | tho apples do not color as they swell, and ' when fully grown still remain green or ! yellow in color. As soon as they reach * their maximum size the bags which cover ,4 | them are replaced by others on the side of i which the crest or coat of-arms desired has boen cut out like a stencil. The sun can , then penetrate to that part of the apple exposed and redden it thoroughly, so that when the bag is again withdrawn the device is seen standing out in red upon the groen surface of tho remainder of the ! fruit. To obtain exactly the opposite re-1 ' | suit?that is, a green device on a rea ! ground?the. second bag is not used, but j tho pattern is cut out in paper and stuck > \ on to tho fruit, the sun coloring all the exposed parts, but leaving green the crest or other device which tho paper forms. Quite recently many Parisian fruiterers have been exposing for sale apples with 1 tho arms of Russia printed upon them, and others have them with monograms, Christian names, arrow pierced hearts and other tender devices. Probably it will not bo long before they- are seen In England, I although, apart from the novelty of the thing, they have nothing to recommend them.?Golden Penny. i Mixed Them Up. It Is such an unusual thing for one wife to flow into another so smoothly as not to ruffle the placid flow of the genera! stream that the experience of a delightful old elder in tho church seems worthy to be recorded. Says the New York Times: The elder, who was married early In life and is now living with his third wife, was talking recently of the civil war. "It was so dirty in Washington after the war!" he was saying to the assembled company. "The streets were dirty, and , even the inside of the buildings. Why, xzrnyn cfnnnino at, orifi of the best hotels "v " v*w uwwrr?o ? in tho city, and it was astonishing?the condition of that place. Don't you remember, my dear," he said, turning to his wifo for corroboration, "how dirty the rooms we occupied were?" "No," answered Mrs. Elder, with a little laugh, shaking her head. "You forget I wasn't your dear then." The Force of Instinct. Several Northumberland pitmen who were waiting to hear the result of a pigeon homing contest began to discuss the merits of various well known breeds of pigeons. One of the miners said ho knew an instance of a young pigeon that had never flown, having been taken to Carlisle, a distance of about 65 miles, yet the first timo it was liberated it came straight home. " That's nowt!" exclaimed a well known authority. "Aa venco bowt two eggs fra a chep in Edinburgh and Aa put 'em un- ' der ma best hen. As syun as ivvor they wor hatched an flown they wont straight as an arrow back tiv Aad Reekie."?San Francisqp Wavo. Not His Fault. Father?Why, when I was your age I didn't have as much money in a month as you spend in a day. Son?Well, pa, don't scold me about it. j Why don't you go for grandfather??Chi- , cago News. The population of tho earth at the time of Emperor Augustus was estimated at 54, ooo.ooo. It is now estimated to be about 1,580,000,000. Tho value of tho averago annual production of the earth has been estimated at $12,055,510,500. I ; We are dally expecting the arrival of our large assortment of garden weed. We baudle T. W. Wood A Sous seed, the very best. Harrison & Game. II you want to find "old Mike," comedown . to Pressley's old stand, helow postofllce. He I will be always glad to see you. A. S. J. Cassidy. (.let a pount} of nice letter paper and fortyeight, envelopes to mutch all for 20 cents at Harrison <& Game's. ! Pitts carminative syrup gives relief to the { bowels when nauseuled. Try a bottle from f I Harrison & Game, ( If yon want to And old Mikej* 0, Harry come down to I'ressly's old stand, you will I And him there. Don't forget the place. We carry all grades, colors and styles of writing paper and envelopes. Box paper 0, 10, ID, 'JO, 25, :i5 and 50 cents a box. Harrison & Uame. For Fresh DrugSi Prices and ^ Prescript] GO TO... B. Spe< Night Calls Answerei LUCK is a good thing, but it Dame Fortune won't buy .) them good. Better get your provisions are good. . The right kind are here?th< wholesome. No "luck" in the way v\e do determination to sell yoj wh< that you get what you buy. IL.T.&TJ Flour, Mouses, &C. ? No. 4, Hotel Bl< They ^ Womil'S ] Know Is always a % it is only "I \ \ trade with E cause" they finnH goods exactr Uooa and always his selection Thing When! j and the price They like for you t this year an ^ I that you wil] | my regular c after. [f. Come and se quarters, No and get my \ rays -give you age t? T^am 'Diimiia ?? T inem | jjyr Aliymg J Will Pay R c. ! Phone 109. Vou. WILL DELIVER GOODS AN m ' * TAtTXT 117 G o uni^i vv . k _ _ - Undertaker anci j^uj DEALER IN ? Coffins, Caskets and M Witb all the appliances for emoalminjr. Thi xperie jce in ibis line ensures salislactiou and gui The Acme Terracii S2.50, SIMPLE IN CON*- jj' STKUCTION ) ? < DURABLE. PRACTICAL. fwMm V '* ^ 1 155 1 TJAIV UIJI/ ?Vi\A\wn, BOY CAN OPER- / \Y^ ATE IT. NEVEK GETS OUT of fix. mm Reliable Agents Wanted to Sell the Cheaj Farmers Terracing Level Ever Put Manufactured by the Inventor anil sold at a trltl In* cost. \ ?xpectlnir our protit out or the volume of business done, se^ nent. The first man In a community cuttlni: out this adve irder will have one Acme Level shipped to his nearrst ra! . -_.ii i-. ?twriinrv hs a^ent upon appllcatr anip, Htiu win ur _ lay easy, and have a picnic traveling through the country. He quick and get In the Arm order and establish yourself jard up when the grasp of fortune la iu ea?y reach. Ad< , ACME TERRACING I P. 0. Box No. 6, Hodge I / " ^j .on WoH d FromptljHB i BH can't be depended upoi^^JH 'our Groceries or where you know they? 3 kind that are good-and VH i our business. Just the it you want and to see. <9H A. Miller. 1 >ck and Fatory Hill. 1 Season-:-1 ;ood one, eveii if J tecause." They J i C. Wilson "be- 1 always find his g y as represented, 1 fresh, and then 1 m is right. I would ^ ;o give me a trial 3 id I am satisfied I [ be found among I customers tiiere- 1 e me in my new . 6 Hotel Block, jrices and I will >od reason .1 ^MAUA J 11ULLL I /ilson, | No. 6 Hotel Block. [YWHERE IN T^E CITY. & SIGN. ' 'v vi Lbalmer. ,'etallic Cases, rty-three years of business irantees the best results. ' *? 3 ig Level. " 'J ? PRICE TO SUIT THE HARD TIMES. ^ IN REACH OF EVERY FARMER. WILL PAY FOR IT SELF IN ONE DAY BY DOING YOUR OWN TERRACING. jest, Best, Most Accurat ; on the Harket. Ve place this Level on the market . ernl hundred now ready for shlprtlseraeut and sending 8*2.50 with llroad station, freight prepaid for on. Live men can make $5.00 per in a eood paying Job. Don't be iress all orders to jEVEL CO., . is, S. C.