University of South Carolina Libraries
Tho Peasant Emperor. It is said that Czar Alexander wish es to be handed down to posterity as "The Peasant Emperor." In the course of a conversation with some of his courtiers the other day, one of them said that he ought to be known as "Alexander the Just." "No!" exclaimed the czar, "I am and shall remain the peasant emDer or. Some of my nobility style m- so in derision, scoffing at my affection for the moujik, but I accept the title as an honor. I have tried to procure for tho humble a means of livelihood, and this, I think, is the best and only means of keeping the world going. After all, I believe, that only two men have really known what socialism is-Henry IV, who dreamed of giving every peasant la poule au pot, and perhaps myself, whose greatest ambition is to save the Russian peasant from dying of hunger ; for when the people under stand that they run n . danger of starvation, they begin to bless God and end by loving their sovereign, who reprosents him on earth. I am not among those who believe thal the only way of ruling easily is to render people powerless by privation and fear of the morrow, and my greatest ambition is to deserve to bear to the last the title of the Peas ant Czar."-[New Orleans Picayune. A Canine " Jack, the Ripper." At Jacksonville, Fla., on a certain street, a large dog was found partly buried in the dirt. The dead dog was removed; but the next morning and the morning after that, two other dogs were found dead and partly en tombed. A close watch was kept, when it was discovered that the dogs had been killed and buried by a large Newfoundland dog. who was caught intheactof hiding one of his vic tims in the same way. It is a "Jack, the Ripper" story in animal life, and is one nf tho strangest on record. [Atlanta Constitution. It is estimated that about $10,000, 000 have been invested in coffeo houses, as an antidote to the saloon in England. It is said that there aro about 7,000 of them, emploj'ing 56, 000, and they are a paying invest ment. The Eggs a Grasshopper Lays. How many eggs does a grasshopper icy? Mahomet, according to the Khalif Omar, said, when these insects fell upon him, that he could read upon their wings the words, "Wo are the le gions of God, and we bear ninety-nine eggs. When we produce a hundred we shall devour the world. " In a pa per read before the Paris Academy of Sciences, M. Kunckel d'Herculai says that Mahomet was wrong in supposing that the locust laid exactly ninety-nine eggs at a time, although he was quite right in attributing to it extraordinary fecundity. M. Kunckel has been carefully watching some locusts for months, and he finds that one of these insects will lay as many as from 500 to 900 eggs during a season of from ten to eleven months. He points out that if the French government wishes to get rid of the locust plague from which Algeria buffers, it is particularly advisable to kill the insects just before the beason when their eggs are laid. Iiondon Daily News. Journalistic Preliminary. "Got any cannons in this establish ment?" asked a tall, handsome young man of a clerk in one of the leading hardware stores in this city yesterday. The firm did not have cannons in their stock and the olerk told him so. . "Got some big guns, ain't you?" He was shown the largest. "Gimme four of 'em." Tho clerk set them aside. "Now, lemme see your pistols." He was shown through the entire stock. After selecting four of Colt's largest size he asked to tee the swords, dirks, stilettos, brass knuckles and slungshots. Of these he bought lib erally. After the clerk had made out tho bill he congratulated the purchaser on his theatrical outfit as far as firearms were concerned. "Why, I ain't in the show business," said the stranger. "I am going down ".^??t?cky to start a newspaper in interest of Breckinridge's candi dacy for the United States senate Cincinnati Tribune. THINGS would go along with much better effect if all who preach would practice ii. accordance with their own teachings. Scrofulous Taints Lurk in the blood of almost every one. In many cases they are inherited. Scrofula ap pears in running sores, bunches, pimples and cancerous growths. Scrofula can be cured by purifying the blood with Hood's Hoocfs Sarm parilla Sarsaparilla. This ? ? < f great remedy has had 1. wonderful success in curing this disease. It thoroughly eradi cates the humor irom tho blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures the sores and eruptions by removing tho impurities in the blood. Hood's Pills cure aU liver ills. 25c. ir WORLD'S-FAIR ic I HIGHEST AWARD I A\BDIO?NAL/ Has justly acquired the reputation of being The Salvator for INVALIDS he-Aged. AN INCOMPARABLE ALIMENT for the GROWTH and PROTECTION of INFANTS and CHILDREN A superior nutritive in continued Fevers And a reliable remedial agent in all gastric and enteric diseases ; often in instances of consultation over patients whose digestive organs were re duced to such a low and sensitive condition that the IMPERIAL GRANUM was the only nourishment the stomach would tolerate when LIFE seemed depending on its retention ; Ana as a FOOD it would be difficult to conceive of anything more palatable. Sold by D R UGO ISTS. Shipping Depot, JOHN CARLE & SONS, New York. IMPRESSIONS. The (ouch o? a han<2, the glance o? an 03ro, Or a word ezchangod with a passer-by ; A glimpse of a faoe in the orowded street And afterward life is incomplete ; A picture painted with honest zeal And we lose the old for the new ideal ; A chance remark, or a song's refrain! And life is never the same again. An angered word from our lips is sped Or a tender word is loft unsaid, And one there is who, his whole life long, Shall oherlsh the brand ol a buruing wrong ; A Une that stares up from an open page, A cynic smile from the lips of age, A glimpse of loving seen in a play, And the dreams ot our youth are swept awny. A friendly smile and love's embering spark Leaps into flame and illumines the dark : A whispered "Be brave" to our fellow-men And they pick up the thread ol hope again Thus never au act or a word or thought But that with unguessed importance is fraught, For small things build up to eternity, And blazon the ways for a destiny. -W. R. Hereford. The Vizier and the Ev, HE Vizier Ali-Ben Hassan, Prime Min ister of the Calif A mg i ad, w as one day walking in the country in the en virons of Bagdad. Since the morning he had met with nothing but vena tions. In the first place, he had 6lept< ill. Then his first born, his son, Koureddm, l?ad left his home the pre vious evening, and had returned, after sunrise, shamefully tipsy ; clearly in dicating that he was leagued with the evil-livers of Bagdad, and had in fringed the wise law of the Prophet, forbidding the uso of wine and sarong liquors. Then, again, the servant intrusted with the duty of accompanying his daughter to the bath had, on her re turn, confided to him that, for the fifth time in as many days, a young man, with a self-satisfied air, had, as if by chance, thrown himself in their way ; and that, in passing, Amine, un der pretense of arranging her veil, had, on the contrary, deranged it in such a manner as to allow this good looking stranger to behold her radiant visage, a proceeding which, on the part of .a Mahometan young lady, con stituted a grave departure fronr the rules of good conduct. Already considerably put out of temper by all the.'"? worries, Ali had gone to tho sitting of the Council. There he had found himself in the. presence ol the Calif Amgiad, and the Calif Amgiad had received him any thing but pleasantly. A short time before, a sedition had broken out in a neighboring province. Ali, after having severely repressed it, had not thought it worth while to bring the matter before his glorious master. But the Minister's enemies had not been equally reserved, and the Calif had vehemently reproached his Minister; firstly, with having al lowed a sedition to break out in his kingdom; secondly, with having hid den the fact from him ; and thirdly, with having put it down by force, in stead of by persuasion-which, in deed, is preferable, but, unfortunate ly, doe3 not always prove successful. On quitting the Council, Ali bore with him this impression-always painful to a statesman-that his credit was considerably shaken. He had no sooner returned home than his wife had quarreled with him, accusing him of niggardliness in the sum he allowed her for her dress, de claring that the wife of the Governor of the palace was better dressed than she, and affirming that, in fact, she had nothing'to put on. Ali bowed his head before this storm and ordered his servants to serve him a collation, in the hope of finding in the pleasures of good cheer a compensation for the vexations of hi3 pubiio and private life ; but, by an unlucky chance, his cook that day omitted every dish of which he was fond. Desperate, Ali quitted his house, left the city, and strayed into the country. There, at least, he might fret and fume at his ease. .'Truly," he muttered, as he went along, "there are days when one would like to make an end of one's existence. Of what use to one is life? -nothing but to make one angry with everything!" Meanwhile, a burning sun was ocorohing the road on which ho was walking; and it wai not long before he felt an irrepressible desire to find shelter somewhere. But in vain he looked for a shady corner. At length he carno in sight of a path which, from its narrowness and turnings, seemed to promise a little coolness. He passed on to it. The windings of this path con ducted him to a ruined wall near which there grew a palm tree. Ali uttered a sigh of relief and stretched himself at the foot of the wall in the shade of the wido leaves. Doubtless he' would soon have fallen asleep had not a buzzing sound come to annoy his sense of hearing. He looked up, and saw a pretty gold-and green-hued fly gayly wheeling about his head. Wishing to tako a nap in peace, Ali drove away the intruder two or threo times with his hand; but the obstinate little creature re turned again and again to tho charge, and ended by impudently perching on the Vizier's nose. This was too much for Ali, who jerked himself iuto a sitting pos ture, and with his hand made a vigorous, but unsuccessful, dab at his enemy. But in the hurry of getting away the quick-winged fly did not no tice that it was darting straight into a largo spider's web, spreading between an angie of the wall and the neighbor ing palm tree. Witness of this catastrophe, the Vizier could not at first help feeling glad. "Now," he thought, "you tiresome insect, you will no lon^?." be able to prevent me from getting the nap I want." But as he continued to watch thc fate of the pretty gold-green fly he saw emerge from a crack in the wall a monstrous spider, with a body as big as the finger-tip of a man and long, black and hairy limbs. It rushed to ward itB prey and set to work spinning a winding sheet of web about it, as if enjoying its victim's terror and agony. The poor fly made suoh desperate efforts to free itself from its bonds that Ali, at tho sight of its hopeless exertion, felt moved by compassion ; and, though he was very tired, and in spite of the little insect having so recently worried him considerably, he oould not bring himself to allow it to perish so miserably. He rose. up, and with a wave of his hand frightened away the spider, after which he released the fly from its perilous activity. "Now," he said, ' "I hope you will leave me in peace. " He opened hiB finger and t tba fly flew away, and Ali speed; sight of it. He then lay dowi in the shade of the palm tree, his eyes, and was Boon soundly ; The sound of a voice prono' his name aloud awoke him. He < his eyes and saw standing befoi a personage of dazzling beaut gigantio form. Two light a ad parent wings were attached shoulders. AU had no doubt t was in the presence of a genie. "Vizier," said the supernatui ing, "you have rendered me i service. I was the fly which buzzed about your no?e. I too' form for the purpose of relievin self for awhile from my on greatness and flitting freely i sunshine. A malicious sorcere private enemy, wishing to tal vantage of this circumstance, ch himself in the big spider into web I became entangled and in I should have fared ill but fo] assistance. "You must know that, thou are permitted to assume what a] ance we please, we at the same run the risk of falling into the snares as the human creatures resemblance we borrow ; and, if fall, we can only be rescued by h aid. It is, therefore, by your g ous intervention I have betm E In return of this great service i me some favor ; whatever it maj promise to grant it." So spoke the genie. The Vizi< mained for awhile without answe At length, after having reflecte< said : ' 'I was saying to myself oniya time back that long life was no a tage, Ein co so many of our day spoiled by divers vexations, and it would be better to have a sh existence, composed exchisivel happy and cloudless days; then, be rn your power to do it, good g suppress from ray life in futui days of affliction, or even of ar ance, and let me live only dr those which are exempt from troi Do that and you will have largel, paid me the service I have done j On hearing these words an enigi cal smile overspread the face ol genie. "Have you well weighed youl quest?" "Yes," replied Ali. "Lst it be according to youl sire." Instantly, as it seemed to the Vi: his fantastic interlocutor seized by tho middle of the body and roi the air with him to a height so g: as presently caused him to lose senses. When ho returned to ssiousness he found himself in house in Bagdad, in bed. His I was straightened out and so rigid he found himself unable to make least movement. His eye3 were closed. Neverthe he saw all that was passing about 1 and heard all that was being said, room was full of people. His n his children, his servants were th all lamented him, and deplored loss of so good a husband, so goi father, so good a master, a frien faithful and devoted. "What is the meaning of all thi thought Ali. "Am I dead, then?" "Yes," said a voice. The genie stood at the foot of Vizier's bed, visible only to him, re ing his thoughts. "Perfidious spirits.!" thought ? "is this the way you redeem y< promise?" "Do not accuse me," replied genie, but lay the blame to your c stupidity alono. Why did yon asl me what was impossible ? Two fai; have been entrusted with the t.isL spinning the destinies of men. fore one, at the beginning of thin was placed a heap of white wool, fr which she spun fortunate days; fore tho other was placed a heap black woo), from which she spun I days that were to bo unfortunate. "Now, ono night, while they wi sleeping, Satan came by and amui himself by mixing together the t heaps of wool, and so thoroughly tangled tho whole that the fairies, awaking, found it impossible to sopi ate the black from the white woi and? from that time, the days spun them are of mixed color-made np contentments and affliction. Rec tho days you have passed ; is thi one of them on which you have i experienced somo satisfaction, sm as it may have been? "In asking me to take from ye days to come all thoso on which soi discomfort may reach you, you ha1 in fact, asked me to suppress t whole, and you have immediately i rived at thc day of deliverance-a death. I am 6orry to have had teach you this lesson, but you ha drawn it down upon yourself." . "Unfortunately, it can now be no use to me, since I am dead," sa Ali. The genie smiled. "I am good natured," he replie "If you like I will imagine that y have said nothing, carry you back the spot whence I brought you ai nothing in your life shall be change What do you say?" "I could wish for nothing better, replied the Vizier. The genie stretched his han toward him. Everything melt< from his sight and, for the secoi time, he became unconscious. Whe he recovered the use of hi3 senses 1 found himself at the foot of the wo under the shade of the palm tri where he had fallen asleep. .Kisiug to his feet he asked himse whather this adventure had really ha] pened to him or whether he hs simply dreamed it; then, though fully, he made his way back homi While he slept the sun had d?clin?e so that his walk was no longer rei dereel unpleasant. On reaching his house. Ali learne that his sou, .Nourrediu, had bee made so ill by his overnight's excess? that he had vowed never, tbencefortl to drink anything but water. H also learned that the young ma .whom his daughter had HO frequent! met on her way to and from the bat was thc son of one of thc richest an most important personages in Bagdad and asked for the hand of Amino i marriage. Furthermore, ho received a mee sage from the Calif Amgiad, th Sovereign, admitting that, on reflec tion, the conduct of Ali in the matte of the sedition had appeared to hin to have been both prudent and film and conveying the assurance that hi might consider himself to be more ii favor than over. The wife of the Vizier having paie a visit to tho wife of the Governor o the palace and seen, with her owi eyes, that tho last new dress of tba lady was au utter failure, was now ii a delightfully amiable temper. Fin ally, tho cook had determined to make up in a striking manner for his short comings of the morning, and servee j up an exquisite repast. So ended, in tho happiest way In the world, a day biglin so adversely; a:d the Vizier, on retiring to bed, confesse cl -within himself that th genie, real or imaginary, had givei him some sage advice. -Strand Maga zine. , Oranges Both Food aud Mcdicinp. To a thoughtful observer the tim has long sinco passed when oranges were a luxury to be indulged in now and then and not an essential article? of diet. That this luscious fruit is not more generally considered as oni of the necessary household supplies*? we think, in great measure owing Wr? mistaken idea as to its cost and keep* ing qualities. Families who. are ac customed to buying their apples and potatoes by the barrel, their peaches, pears and tomatoes by tho bushel, and other household supplies in propor tionate quantities, are satisfied to. pro cure oranges by the dozen. No polioy could be more fallacious, and the plan is doubtless so generally adopted withont a second, thought, sinco no household supply is 6cld so' proportionately high in"?v retaT-Lsytyy With potatoes or applea'at a dollar per bushel the customer may usually pro cure a peck for twenty-five cents, but not so with the golden products of the Florida orange groves. Oranges are; generally solil at retail at au advance of from one to two hundred per cent.) on the prico at which they are obtain-' able by the box. The regulation box contains 112, 126, 150, 176, 200, 250 and 300 oranges, the quality being, of conree, according to tho size of the" fruit. The cost in this market will generally run from$1.50 to $2.50 per box. Take the average bf $2 and tho1 - ?ost by the box for 200 size would be twelve cents per dozen ; the usual re-, tail price is from twenty-five to thirty cents ; at the same price the 176 size would cost by the box 13$ cents per dozen, and are retailed at thirty to" forty cents, while for the 150 size, costing by the box sixteen cents per. dozen, the consumer is generally re quired to pay fifty cents. Oranges retailed at lower prices are generally irost-bitten or culls and inferior fruit. Is there any other item of house hold supplies for which the consumer is willing to pay so large an advance when bought at retail? The solution of the problem is not hard to find. Oranges decay in the hands of dealers when tightly boxed, and consumers are told they will not keep. Under similur conditions other fruits would decay still more rapidly. It should be remembered that the orange is accus tomed to an abundant supply of air and sunshine, and as soon as received oranges should be unpacked, the wrappers removed and the fruit spread on the floor in a dry place with mod erate temperature, or otherwise ex posed to the air. With such proper care tho los3 from decay will be but trifling as compared with the differ' ence in coat between buying by the box and by tho dozen, to say nothing of the vital importance of a liberal use of this fruit as an article of diet. Physicians aro unanimous in the opinion that a dozon oranges should b9 eaten where ono is now used, but the question of expense alone has hitherto prevented this advice from being generally acted upon, if con sumers generally would buy oranges by tho box, this question would be solved, though wo doubt if either phy* sicians or druggists would be bene* fited by the solution.-New York Shipping and Commercial List. Chinese Prisoners. Describing a visit. to a prison in Canton, Florence O'Driscoll, M P/? says in the Century t I had hardly finished my investiga tion of this weird and morbidly fas cinating picture when I heard a tre1 mendous clanking of chains over the stone paving, Three men w??e com ing along, and another walked about twenty yards behind. All wore hobble-chains, and, in addition, each carried a large block of granit? in his hands that must have weighed at least fifty pounds. As they drew closer, I saw that these stone blocks had holes in the centre and that through them ran long chains. Each chain was rove through another fastened around the man's waist, and running free, was carried Up arid welded around his neck; The four men had hardly sat down when another, similarly fettered, appeared, coming down the long courtyard; He joined them, and they sat in a row; I had not seen theso fellows when walking through the prison; They presented the usual semi-ragged, un shaven, unwashed, hungry, and wholly rapacious appearance. Some looked defiant, others broken-spirited; one looked a coward and a sneak, and I said in my own mind that he was the worst scoundrel of all. Still no magistrate appeared, and I had leisure to examine the surround ings. The materials for a turbulent scene were present : first, the prison ers ; and, second, certain instruments of a coercive nature. There were four or five wooden col lars stacked like slates against a wall. A narrow ring at the edge of the ne?k hole was worn bright and shiny. It ended abruptly in a ridge of black dirt, which edged off outwardly, and faded into the dull, dusty roughness of the main surface. A few knotted scourges hung from a nail close by, and also a piece of heavy leather like a boot-sole. The guide told mo that this was for beating the prisoners across the mouth whou they cried out too much during examination. This is a Snake Story. In the month of July some four o: five years ago I was out shooting flori can with a friend of mine in Guzerot. We had had fairly good luok, and as we were making our way to the rail way station to catch the early train back to Ahmedabad I noticed my friend, who- was shooting in line on my left, suddenly point his gun at something on the ground and fire, and on asking what it was he said it was a large black cobra, and that he had shot it in two pieces, the head portion disappearing down a hole. As wo were in a hurry to catch the train we went on, but very soon heard one of the beaters calling out, and looking back saw him running toward us with the head portion of the snake follow ing him with the hood expanded. It appeared that he had remained be hind trying to dig out the cobra, and the result was that it came out of the hole and went for him. Of course the snake could not get muoh pace on and was quickly killed.-Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. A Hint About Wall Paper. If one has many paintings or watei colors, or much bright colored bric-a brac, a wall paper of a delicate shade of gray in a solid color will be found to be a charming backgronnd for showing .off one's possessions. Otherwise it is rather cold in appear ance, but properly lighted np by its Kuronndings it scarcely could be'im proved upon for the purpose,--St, Louis Star-Sayings, [ :?? j . ? -1 A WOMAN'S NEBYEgi THE 3 TO av OF A WO M.O' TO WHO il NOISE WA8 TozlTLKE. Prostrated br the Learnt Excitement Fhrslclana Barn cd Br Her Cn sr. (From the Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa.) lin. Holen Meyers, whose home ls at 3515 Vernon avenue, Chicago, and whose visit to Keokuk, Ia., will long be remembered, was nt one time afflicted with a nervous malady Which at limes drove her nearly to distrac tion. "Those terrible headnohes are a thing of the past," she .said the other day to a Gale City representative, "and there ls quite a story In connection with it too. '.My nervous system sustal ned a great shock some fifteen yera ago, brought on, I bolleve, through too much worrying over fnmlly matters, nnd then allowing my love for my books to get tho better of my discretion Where my health was concerned. Why, Whenever my affairs at home did not go along jost as I expected, I would invariably become prostrated from the excitement nnd I would consider mys ;lf fortunate indeed lt the effects ot the attack would not remain ?Or n Week, t was oblige! to give up our pleasant homo bot fnr from the Lake shore drive, because I could not stand the noise in that locality. 1 could And no placo in the city which ? deemed suitable to one whose bervous system was always on the point of explosion To ndd to my misfortunes my Complexion underwent a change nnd I looked so yul low and Ballow that I was ashamed to venture from the houso at all. " 'Madam j' said my doctor to me soon after nb unusually severe attack of the malady, ''.unless you leave the city nnd seek some ?lnco of quiet, you will nevar recover.' So concluded I would visit my uncle, who lives in Dallas County, Iowa, and whoso farm would surely be a good placo for one in my pitiable condition. I picked np the Gate City one day and happened to come across an interesting recital of tho recovery of some woman in New York State who was afflicted ns 1 had been. This woman had been cu rod by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I thought that if Pink Pills cured that woman they might do the tame for me. I began to take the pills according to direc tions nnd I began to feel better from the start After I had taken several boxes of them I was rendy to go back to Chicago. My nervousness was gono and my complexion was as fresh as that ot any sixteen-year-old girl in Iowa, nnd Pink Pills is what put the color in my cheeks. No wonder I am in such high spirits nnd feel like a prize fighter. And no wonder I like to como to Keokuk for it it bad not boen for Pink Pills bought from a Keokuk Arm I would not have been alive now," laughingly concluded the lady. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life nnd rich ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for salo by all druggists, or mny he had by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., foi 60 cents per box, or six boxes for $2. DO. PROTECTING JEWELERS. An Institution That Isa Terror To Thieves. It is natural to suppose that those whoso business leads them to carry about a great deal of valuable prop erty all tho time will become shining marks for professional thieves and all that class who aim to live on what belongs to other people. A mong all the traveling men it would seem that none would be more liable to the assaults of the light-fingered profession than those who represent business houses that deal in jewelry and precious stones. Strange to say, however, these gentleinen are rather less than more liable to bo molested on tile road than arty other Set of persons who are Worth waylaying. In the year 1878' the practice ol robbing salesmen travelling for wholesale jewelers and diamond mer chants became so common that it was determined to organizo arl'assoc iation for tho pursuit and punish ment of this class of thieves, and with that object in view the Jewel ers' Protective Union Was formed. It is not a money-making scheme, but it is intended for the protection Of its members. The method of this institution is as follows: Any business house in the jewelry trade may become a member upon the payment of certain fees. If any Salesman engaged in selling the goods of any member of the union is rob bed while traveling the central office o? the union is notified; Detectives tire at once put lipon tile) tracks ol the thieves, and it is ari unalterable rule that they must not relax theil efforts until the wrongdoer h?s been arrested, tried, convicted ind sent tb prison. Sometimes it takes years tb apprehend the persons sought for, but that makes no difference, foi the guilty must bo punished andan example must be made of every man who has the temerity to at tempt any crime.against any person whom this union has guaranteed to protect. Hero are a few sample cases : A year ago last fall W. G. Pollock was robbed of about $18,000 worth of diamonds in the State of Iowa by a fellow named Sluirtcliffe. It took just about a year to bring Shurt cliffe to book, but the union's detect ives never wavered for an instant until they saw the doors of the pen itentiary at Fort Madison shut him in to serve a term of seventeen years. When ?hurteliffe regains his liberty, even If ho decides to re sume tho business that has brought him to disaster, lt is not likely that he will ever care to ply his trade a gain to the disadvantage of anybody who cleals in precious stones.. Last March, in Dayton, Ohio, Frit/.le Dhein began to servo a term of four and a half years for stealing $14,000 worth of jewelry belonging to a firm in Cincinnati. The agents of the union succeeded in recovering all the Btolen goods and in securing tlie conviction of the culprit, not withstanding that on lils first trial the jury disagreed, after which he was let out on bail and fled to Eur ope to escape another trial. He was brought back to Ohio and tried again with tho result above stated. Ayoai and a half was spent disposing of tho case of Fritzio Dhein. The last, mutter of this kind that the union had to do with was an affair that occurred in Springfield, Mass., last February, when Daniel F. Cote succeeded in getting away with jewelry to the amount of about $15,000. His conviction followed in May, and ho will be in a safe place for the next four years. All but about $2,000 worth of what was stolen was recovered and returned to the owner. As this article is being written the books ot Hie union are clear, and thc manager said that he would not be surprised if he did not have another case to handle for a long time, per haps two or three years, for thc work of tho union has become sc well known to professional thieves that they hesitate a long time be fore they venture to defy it. The association has become a veritable terror to robbers and has almost ex tinguished the class of crime with which it has to clo.-[New York Ad vertiser. When tho Americans won signal victories at sea in tho war of 1S12, the London Times .said that n new power hud made its appearance on tiio ocean. The capture of Port Arthur shows that a new military and naval power has established i ti pince among tho nations Japan will licrenfler Imvu to bo reckoned with in all questions affecting Asia, und will have an influential voice in th? general affairs of civilization. Girls Who Attract Men. The girls who attract the best men are almost always a source of surprise to their feminine friends, who are often lost in wonder as to why so many more patent charms should have been pars ed ever in such sections. It is the lit tle mouse of a woman, the shrinking, shy creature left in the background by her bolder sisters, we constantly see brought to the front by the man who has won her love. And men pre fer them to any such coquettish invi tation as that extended by Hrs. Bond of .the nursery rhyme to her ducks, when decoying them to come and be killed, the uncertainty hanging around a being to whom they have to ttioi Every man's ideal of a wife-I mean the normal, honest citizen of our re public, who looks forward to making of himself and his Hue, stones to sup port its bnlwark-is a girl who may be protty, who might be brilliant) but who must-be good: He also recog nizes instinctively that bet grace should not be too costly to wear every day. That she shall be cheerful of temper, inclined to take short views of human infirmity, and Bound of health, he is apt gravely to conBider, within himself^ as essential. If all those who, before marrying, omitted to think about those things had done so, it is possible we should hear less today of the incompatibility of mau and woman.-Ladies' Home journal. A New Picture. A very ignorant and wealthy woman, who was fond of talking about her "art gallery," ono day met, at the house of an acquaintance, a lady who had not called on her, although they lived in the samo town. "Come to see me, do!" said Mrs. B-, the patron of art, as the other lady was taking her leave. "Thank you very much," was the non-committal reply. "We've got a new pioture.too. That ought to tempt you to come, if I can't." "I should be very glad, indeed, to see it." "Such a lovely picture! Some times it seems to me I could look at it all day long." "What is the subject of your pict ure, Mrs. B.-?" inquired the hos tess. "Jupiter and Ten," remarked she, with assurance. Then some one remembered that the name, "Jupiter and Io," was at tached to the picture.-Montreal Me tropolitan. Ills 33 un uer of Working. "YOB, I've been working like a dog lately," grumbled S wiggles, leaning back in his chair at the club-house. Like a setter dog ?" asked the other fellow. Without shifting his position, Swig gles lazily pushed the button of the electric bell and ordered four large beersi-Chicago Tribune. Tragic. I've a secret to impart, Sweet Mario, Though I fear 'twill break your heart, Sweet Ma For the hired girl's 1 And has married her And you'll have to c Sweet Mt -India? Took tl "? told him ho ) father always had at 10 o'clock." ??What did'he sa . "He said he wi come bef?te that time* "-Exchange. Split tile Ccntriry In Three Patts, Arid about oh? and a tblrd of tho la-1 of these represents tbe terni of popularity of Hostet tor's Stomach Bitters: the most highly franc Honed and widely. known remedy ia ex istence for dyspep-ia, lack of stamina, livei complaint, constipation, nervousness; in. ciblent rheumatism and inactivity of th? kidneys. Neither spnrlous imitation or tin derhAnd competition has affected tho salo o: this genuine remedy: Which dd you prefer; paternalism or infer nalism? _ . The ?Host Pleasant Way Of preventing (he grippe, col ls, head?ch ; and fevers ls to uso the liquid laxativo remedy Syrup of Figs, whenever tho system needs r gentle, yet effective cleansing. Tobe b?ncfl'et one must get the true remedy manufacturo by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. For sale by all druggist* in 50c. and 81 bottles. Falsehood always avails itself of I un:li and hurry._ Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP - ROOT cure* all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton, N. V. Suspicion is always a just ground for In quiry. _ Catarrh Cannot Bc Cured With local applications, as they cannot reach tho ?eat of the disease. Catarrh ls a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to euri it you must take Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh euro ls takenJnternally, and acts di rectly on tho blood and mucous surface. Hall's Catarrh Curo is not aqUack medicine, lt was prescribed by ono of tho best physicians In this country fot1 years, ftnd ls a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, com bin?e} with tho best blood purifiers, acting di rectlv on tho mucous surfaces. Tho perfect combination of tho two ingredients is what produces such wonelerful results in curing ca tarrh? Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENSV & Co., Props., Toledo, 0. Sold hy druggists, price 75c The management of the A. & W.P.B. B .al ways alive to the comfort and convenience ol its pntrms, w ll put on an extra sl -ep'ng cn between Atlanta and New Orleans darin : the period of the Mardi-Gra* feslfvin'e* at the attor point. Bi gram? arc now ready at thc omeo of Mr. Geo. \V. Allen. T. P. A., No. 1! Kimball Hon/w?, and those desiring to make this tr'p wi'l do well to call on him some day in advance to secure sleeping car accommo dations. GEO. W. AUKS, T. P. A., Atlanta, f?a. Jxo. A. GEE, Gen. Pass. Ag*., Atlanta, Ga. A Gloomy Ontlunk .. that of the dyspeptic, but his fa^o will brighten when he knows that Ettpang Tabule! euro that l?nril le disorder and will make hirr a cheerful and happy man. I bellovePlso's Cure, for Consumption savo' my I oy's life la-1 summer.-Mus. ALLIE Dou LASS, LeBoy, Mich., Oct.2j, '04. Mr-?. Window's Soothing Syrup for children eethlng. goftons t ho gums, redu :c?inflamma ion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2J_\ R bottle Karl's Clover Ito>t. the great b'ool purifier, ?ives freshnoss and clearness to the complex ion and cures constipation. '25 cts., 33 cts., Sl it afflicted with sore oyo* uscDr. Isaac Thomp. VEye-water.Drnggistssell at 25.; per bottle. ri COtt'S I of Cod-liver Oil, with Hype is a constructive food that creates solid flesh, stops wast for all Wasting like Consumption,'Scrofula, Ange Golds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, General Debility. Scott's EJ Nourishment for Babi< Buy only the genuine put Sendfor fampiet on Si Scott & Bowne, N. Y. All Highest of all in Leavening ! AB?QVL A Moving Mountain. It has been known for many yeal that an enormous mass of rock on tl Cascad?s of the Columbia Uiver j Oregon, large enough to be dignifle with the name of mountain, is alow] changing positidn. We translate tl following description of the phenomi non from 'Cosmos, Paris. ''lt coneis of a ridge of brown basalt With tbr< summits; iO to 12 kilometers long an rising about 600 meters above the lev of the river. The ide? that this mn is in movement is certainly the la that would occur to the traveler pas ing it, and nevertheless nothing more certain : the whole mass is heir displaced slowly; but without pails descending toward the river and sho^ 1 ing an intention of damming it son day ur other; and so of foihiingagrei lake extending from the Cascades i the Dalles. In this movement of tran lation and descent it has already sn' merged part of the forests that line i base ; the engineers of the railway tb skirts the mass have proved that tl ' line is continually pushed toward tl river and that in several years it hi ' been moved two and one-half to thn meters. Geologists attribute tl phenomenon to the fact that the basa that forms ' the nucleus of the ma rests on soft strata through whit water constantly percolates, tin snapping the mountain under its bas They think, also, that these strati evon without the aid of water, won] probably give away little by littl beneath tho mass with which they ai loaded." Platinum and Gold. Popular opinion conoerning the grei value of platinum is largely at faul says an exchange. One frequent] hears the statement that platinum more valuable than gold. Nothir could be further from the truth. Pm platinum is worth about $8 an ounc In recent years it has been as low as \ an onnoe. Once, owing to a specnii tive corner, it reached the top figur $17, but it soon fell back to norma Pure gold the worlcfover has a nevi varying value of $20.67 an ounc About three tons of platinum are a: miallv consumed in this country in tl manufacture of incandescent electr lamps and for similar purposes, i least another ton is used in the mau facture of artificial teeth. Her Idea of Wealth. "My idea of great wealth," said tl observing girl, "ia having mon< enough to buy candy by the box i: stead of by the bagful. "Tt just makes me angry, she wei "into a confectioner's sto: *-?. me 15 cen! . ' motionii '.?W-4U V?n<? ?MI know, u . . ., .+. superior ij I meant 15 cen?? Of coarse I have to au?.. I want 15 cents' worth y jtc-make? me feel so enji want -fa'-riatt -nftnv i,n?,Y,.lf>:p'f^ ^^hntayS?jTbill and cay: 'I gue j?tnSSy ?o me up a three-pound bc of your 80-oent candy.' "-Chicat Eecord. ' _ Toy Trouble. "Wooden head!" said the rabbi doll, spitefully. "Dubber neck!" retorted the t< camel, and the papier-mache San Claus had to rap for order.-- Indi napolis Journal. The Greatest Hedi cal Discover) of the Age. KENNEDY'S Medical Discovery. DONALD KENNEDY, of R0XB?RY, MASS Got this Letter day before yesterday. Fenn Yan, Ni Y., Kov. 28,1894 Your Discovery has done so much foi me lam only too glad to tell everybodi about my case. When I began taking it, one year agc last July, J had DYSPEPSIA in it? worst form. I leas constipated, so tnuch so as to alicays use injections, and I hat a constant PAIN in my STOMACL and LEFT SIDE. My knees icere stiff and I could not sit down on a stool OJ get down to fix anything on the floor. Dut now I can sit, or get down on mj knees, or do anything in my garden. ? feel like a new person. You must knov J was discouraged, as I hate lost twt s i st fr s and an older brother wit) STOMA CH THO UDLE. But 1 trvh believe if they had knoten of yout remedies they would be well, as I am You can fix up my letter to suit yourself only do publish it, that women ma\ know what the Discovery has done fo me. Yours truly, Mrs. MARY C. AYRES. Send a postal card for Dr. Kennedy's bool ?no SCHOOL or SHORTHAND The Be't und Chatpest Business College in Amarla Soar Penmen. Tinta abort. Cataloga? free- Addre Sullivan oV Crichton, Pryor St., ATLANTA, G, Grapes ai Largest yields and finest qi use of complete fertilizers cont Not Less than ] We will gladly send you on They are-sent free. It will cost you dollars. GERM; iphosphites of Lime and Soda, nourishes, enriches the blood, ing and gives strength. It is mia, Marasmus; or for Coughs and Weak Longs, Loss of Flesh and mulsion has no equal as ss and Growing Children. up in salmon-colored wrapper, cote's Emulsion. FREE. Druggists. 60 cents and $f. Power.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report Powder H ?BW MJBE State Aid for Electric Railways; rs ie n cl 7 ie B ts ;e d el ?s Bt 8 18 e, v ?e at to A project for erecting a perfect net work of electric railroads over the state of Ohio is being agitated by Martid Dodge, of Cleveland j ?., late presi dent of the Ohio road commission: His plan is for the state and the coun ties to join hands and construct electric roads between all the county seats id the state, and then td lease such lines' to private parties to operate His piad is to divide tile expenses of construc tion between thc state and the counties: It is estimated that about 4,000 miles of road would thus gridiron the state; which would cost about $20,000,000. PICTURES drawn by insurance writers' and speakers are generally only cari cature?, bearing no semblance tb the iaots in the case. it t, ly is ?g re e. $6 a <?, 1 sr e. u le ic it a . A Gentle Corrective is what you need when youf liver becomes inactive. It's, what yon get when yon take r. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets; 're free from the violence and the {Triping that come with the ordinary pill. The best medical authorities ajrrec that in regulating the bowels mild methods are pref erable. For "every de rangement of the liver, stomach and bowels, these tiny, sugar coated pills are most effective, ' They go about their work in au easy and natural way, and their good lasts. Once used, they arc always in fa vor? Being composed of thc choicest concen trated vegetable ex tracts, they cost much more than other pills found in the market, yet from forty to forty four are put up in each sealed glass vial, as sold through druggists, at the price of the cheaper made pills. " Pleasant Pellets " cure biliousness, sick and bilious headache, dizziness, costive ness, or .constipation, sour stomach, loss of appetite, coated tongue, indigestion, or dys pepsia, windy b'elchings, "heart-bum," pain and distress after eating, and kindred derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels. Put up in sealed jjlass vials, there fore always' fresh and reliable. Whether, as a laxative, or in larger doses, as a gently acting but searching cathartic, these little "Pellets"are unequaled. As a "dinnerpill," to promote digestion, take one each day after dinner. To relieve the distress arising from over-eating, noth ing equals one of these little "Pellets." They are tiny, sugar-coated, anti-bilious granules. Any child readily takes them. Accept no substitute that may be recom mended to be "just -as good." It may be better for the dealer, because of paying him a better profit, but he is not the one who needs help. A free sample (4 to 7 doses) on trial, is mailed to any address, post-paid, on receipt of name and address-on postal card. Address WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N". Y. WALTER BAKER & GO. The Largest Manufacturers cf . PURE. HIGH GRAPE COCOAS AMD CHOCOLATES On this Cen tiaAn t, arr? received HIGHEST AWARDS I??S?I aid Food ?E.ilIko tho Dntch Process, no Alka Ik. or other Ch cm Indi or Dyes sr? : used In ?ny of their preparations. Their delicious BREAKFAST COCOA ls absolutely pore and soluble, and costs Ita thia oat eau a cup, SOLO BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKEH& CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. You ari'e all right IF! your Stomach, Liver and Bowels are performing (J their functions J properly. . . . .# IF NOT! j ARipansTabule will do the work EASILY ^rtren.d lB Porket 50 Cents a Box. At Druggists. LIVER PIUS - AND - e^Tomc PELLETS. TREATMENT ?S? Atall stores,-or bj niait A'/C. doubla boi: 6 doable boxas $1.00. UltOWN MP? CO., .\cvr York City. SEEDS SUIT A1 LE to ?ll farm-: 23 years ia busiue.vs; largL'.-t tobacco seed farm la tho world. Reputation of our s.-eds second to none. Catalogue mall?d free. Larger num ber of improved vario i irs than caa te found on any other list and at lower prices. Ii i lt. li A (?LA ND SEEDCO..Hyuo,HaUi*xCo*.Va TOBACCO A. N. U. Four, nd Peaches. uality of fruit are produced by the sining [ o% Actual Potash. ir pamphlets on the Use of Potash. nothing to read them, but they will save you IN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New Yolk. W. L. DOUCLAS S3 SHOE PIT FOB A KINO, "S. CORDOVAN) FRENCH A ENAMELLED CALF. {4tt? FlNt-CAlF&KAHBMW I ?3.eopouCE,3SOLE* LetfS^ WORKING^ I .. EXTRA FINE? ^% [^rl.^BOYS?fflOOLSW?t .SjADIES" Lr fiEs?.!>oNSOt*4 BROCKTOrCMS?a?^ Orar On? Million Pcopli wear the W. L Douglas $3 &$4 Shoes AH oar shoes are equally satisfactory P P ? ft m I They give the best value for the money. They equal castora shoes lo style ?nd lit. Their wearing qualities arc anta The prices are uniform,-stamped on From $1 to $3 saved over other makes. - If your dealer cannot supply you v. e caa.