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Mexican Wator Jars. The Mexicans do not nee ice, bnt nevertheless there is no country ?here . man can get a class of ooo!, sweet water than in Mexico. The water jars are made of porous pottery which al lows the water to ooze through the material of the tanks, and the evapor ation keeps it always cool. It is not cold like our ice water, but it is all the better on that account, as a man can drink twice as much and never feel in the least injured, no matter how large his drafts. Australian ranchmen fre quently put water into skin bottles which they suspend from the veran dah, and the air swaying the skins back and forth cools the water and renders it more palatable. Sorry Not to Obligo. Poole, the tailor, was a most accom modating gentleman, and was often invited to the houses of "the great." When staying with a certain noble man, he was asked, one morning, by his host, what he thought of the party who had assembled at. table the night before. "Why, very pleasant, indeed, your grace; but perhaps a little mix ed." "Ifang it all, Poole!" responded the jovial peer; "I couldn't have all tailors !"-Argonaut Cable from New York to HaytL The United States and Hayti Cable company has chartered the cable steamer Mackay-Bennett, owned by the Commercial Cable company, for the purpose of laying the first section of a submarine cable to connect New York direct with Hayti, West Indies. The cable terminates near the landing place of the Commercial company's cable at Coney Island and will be com pleted as soon as possible to Hayti. Keep Your Weather Eye Open? Fraud loves a shining mark. Occasionally spurious imitations spring np of Hosteler's Stomach Bitters, the great American family remedy for chill- and fever, dyspepsia, con stipation. bilin"sness. nervou-ne3s, neuralgia, rheumatism, an-i kidney disorder. These imitation-? are usnaitv 'i^ry local bitters full of hieh wines. Look out for the firm signature on toe genuine lab?.-! and vif et te of St. George and the Dragon. True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited. _ When N'atnre Needs assistance it may be best to render it promptly, bot one should remember to use even the most f erfect remedies only when needed The best a nd most simple and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Figs manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. A fool who has a flash of wit creates aston ishment and scanda). Dr. K?mer's SWAMP-ROOT cures ali Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton. N. Y. Reason cannot show itself more reasonable than to cease reasoning on things unreasonable Pain is Not Conducive of Pleasnre, especially when occasioned by corns. Hinder corns will please; it removes them perfectly lt Will Pay To make some provision for your physical health at this season, because a cold or oou?h. an attack of pneumonia or typhoid fcrer now may make you an invalid all win ter. 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SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER * I?0. LTD. DORCHESTER, MASS. LOVE AND FATE, Ever the moonlight under "Will men and maidens dream; Ever the same sweet wonder Ol gliding down Love's stream. And yet this lesson's given We learn it again and again: Kiss and the world is heaven, Part and the world is pain. Who knowetli. while sailing onward, Where swirling whirlpools wait? Love looketh alone to sunward, And giveth no thought to hate. And yet this lesson s given We learn it all by and by: Tho wrack may darken the even, And laughter en J in a sigh! -Will T. Hale. LVLIMIE'S STRATAGEM, iANDON CLOUD, author, sat on the edge of his bed and gazed in dis mal despair f t the upturned sole of his boot. On the table lay an almost completed novel, whose progress had received a dual check. First ly the supply of paper had become exhausted, which, secondly, allowed the author time to think of the woman he loved ; and this always made him so utterly miserable that he could not bring his thoughts to bear upon anything but the ap parent hopelessness of the state of man. "Well, Brandon, my boy," lie mused bitterly, "you've reached the end at last. Assets, 10 cents ; liabili ties, an empty stomach and a land lady's bill for $50." He had thought of suicide before, but he was young and cluDg to life, bad as it was, living more in hope than substance. The only other alternative was starvation, and this he considered worse still. He could not have labored manually if he had got work to do, for having been born in the purple ho had always counted poverty out of his life, so had learned no trade. He dropped into his chair again and picked up the manuscript of his novel. How beauti fully smooth it read; what a grand plot it was, and what a oharacter was tho poor, struggling, ambition-loving journalist-"A Fin-de-Sieole Fool." Ah ! If he could' but finish it. No more starvation, no moro lying to widow landladies, LO more dreaming of the woman he loved but would not marry. While he sat thinking of what might be there came a knock at the door, so timid that he did not notioe it until it was repeated thrice. "The landlady," he thought, with out rising. However, it was not the portly form of the widow that met Brandon's gaze when the door opened, but a sweet little vision of a girl enwrapped in sables. He started to his feet with an exclamation as she came into the room, the smile on her face lighting up the apartment like a ray of sum mer sunshine. "My dear Minnie," he cried, as he offered her a chair and relieved ber of her muff and boa, "what in the world induced you to come here?" "Curiosity and-love ; but-" "Curiosity I Seven-eights of a wo man's nature ! It has ruined many a woman and-" "Now it's going to save a man," she interposed, with a smile, which died from her eyes as she glanced around the room. "You don't appear to be very comfortable, and no fire. You said in your letter you were mak ing your fortune. That is not true. " Brandon was seated on the edge of the table looking at nothing in par ticular. "Perfectly," he answered, shifting uneasily. "Only, you know, Minnie, it's slow work ; there are so many at the game, and I never was clever. " "You have grown pessimistic Poor Brandon !" and she caught his hands. "How cold you are ! Why don't you have a fire?" The author did not answer. "Oh, I understand," she said, in a low, sympathetic voice. "No wood, no coals, no money, eh?" and she caressed hie hand fondly. "You have not made much progress on the royal road?" "Don't you understand, Minnie, I have endeavored to earn ray own liv ing honestly, endeavored to be inde pendent of any man, and I want to continue so. There are enough parasites in the world. It has been a bit of a struggle, I'll admit, but I have grown vcustomed to it." "Brandon," was Minnie's solemn response, "I want to show yon the folly of your independence. Did you think I could not read between the lines of your letter to me? A man who is makin!? his fortune, or who is earning a living and has hopes for the future, does not implore the woman he loves to forget him and marry some o.her man. Brandon, you do love me?" She plaoed her hands upon his shoulders and looked up into his face. He shut his eyes for a moment, his lips qniverod and h?i did not speak, but he smoothed her fair hair softly. "Then you will come away with me?" she pleaded. "You will sink your foolish spirit of pride and inde pendence and make me a happy wo man ?" and she nestled her head on his arm. "Not long ago, when you were rich, you loved me and we were to be married ; but when you lost your all in those wretohed companies you would not be my husband, though my fortune is ample for both." "I wish I could swallow my wretohed pride, but I cannot. I could not live on your money in your house. My inmost feelings would cry shame at me ; my position would be unbeara ble." Minnie shivered. "You are cold?" he aekeJ. She nodded. "Well, you had better be going," and he banded her her furs. "It is so kind and good of you, Minnie, but -but I'll try a little longer for that fortune," and the ghost of a smile lingered on his faoe for an instant. "I suppose I oould not help you in any way, Brandon? May I leave my check book?" The question was put very hesitat ingly, and while the inner man cried "Yes," in piteous accents, the outer gentleman declined the kind offer with a courteous firmness. "I have read several of your short stories," Minnie said, as she pulled on her gloves, "and I think they are really clever. But you ought to try something big-a three-volume hovel. " "They are going out ot fashion and, besides, they take such a time. ??e can scribble off short .stories like nur sery riiymea and the return is quick." He referred to the return bf the fflBHurcriiftB $ she thought Ito meant pSymGnt. "Bat here,* he went on rapid goiug to the table and taking up unfinished book, "here is a nove have almost completed. None of y< ordinary drivel, but realism, and t is the demand of the hour. It will bemoie than 40,000 words, and I confident of its success. " "When you finish your book, Br don," she advised, "send it to Irr & Irvine. They will publish it their 'Nom-de-pluine'-series. You i have an eccentric, idiotic poster all yourself in the new art style and puzzle of the hour will be : 4What the writer's name ?' Is it a he 01 she? Then, when the papers hi criticised your book, pi .ised slashed it and discussed it for all i worth, your real name will be disc ered ; interviewers will regard you a speoial prize ; your photo will attempted in the evening news-she audyou will be famous." Her throat burned while she spol her voice was very dry, and her b< hommie artificial. "Good-by, good-byl" *'Kiss me, Brandon; a last kiss." He bent and pressed his lips hers, then turned quickly away as e hurried downstairs and home, and i in his chair far into the evening t most miserable man on earth. It was about a week later, n Brandon was still in his lodgings. 1: landlady had informed bim immei ately after Minnie's visit that soi one had settled a long standing del so he need not worry over hit lit account. He blessed her ; she pase the blessing on to Minnie Horton. He sat at the table endeavoring think out his novel, but he could n compose a siugle sentence for on t news-sheet spread out before h there danced in the blackest of type paragraph which had paralyzed all t energy in him. Minnie was to be mt ried 1 She had taken him at his wor and would wed Percy Olcott in thr months' time. Well, that ended it. The one ray hope that had made his existen bearable had been flashed from 1 life, and death was the only panace Poisoning, hanging, drowning or bullet-anything to get out of t world quickly. And he had loved h so much ! Of course, it was his o\ choice ; if he could only have conve tionally murdered his pride ai laughed in tho world's face he mig have been happy with the woman '. loved, but he could not, and now ] could not live. Thus ran his reflections, when tl landlady brought him a letter, writt? on perfumed yellow paper. He recoj nized the handwriting at once. It wi from Minnie, and confirmed the nev; ppper item. She retained his ring a keepsake. "Do not give way to ridiculoi passion," she advised him, and h face hardened as he read the wort again. Not he! Why should hi Must his life be suddenly extinguishe his hopes dispelled, because he hi lost the love of one woman? Thei were scores of others-all beautifn all loving, all good-no, some gooi and when he was famous ! He hi struck the right chord, and his who being sprang into a furious blaze i ambition-a desire to cheat the w man who he thought had jilted hie and laugh at her in mockery and ti umph. He walked his room feverishly, h hands clenched and his lips set tigh while the fire of ambition forged hi determination and withered his lovi By heavens, he would be famous! Da after night he would tail at that boo until it was finished, and then-the his triumph? Yes, that was it ; work, work, an forget her ; and he pitched the daint note into the fire and commenced. H unfroze ; all his energies returned, a bis thoughts rushed back upon hil and fell over each other as his pe raced across the papers In a few day his book was ready tor the publisher! Brandon received a reply from h vine & Irvine within, two days. Thi was a revelation that astounded him But what surprised him still moro wa the fact that the publishers wanted ti see him. It was a pity Minnie had been s< hasty. Brandon thought, as he con sumed Irvine's note, time after time Fortune and fame were written al over him ; and if he only had her ! At least he ought to write and con grat?late her on her engagement. H wondered with a mean exultatio what she would feel like ; if she woul turn white when she read of his sue cess, So he sat down to write, bat remembering that all eggs did no turn out chicks, he deferred it unti he had seen tho publishers. After the interview he wasmadwitl himself because he had not written for Irvine Ss Irvine paid him $1301 down for all the rights of his book How he walked home from the offici he neve knew, and ho wondered wh; he han ot cabbed it. He remem bered c ging his check at the bank buying . arter cigar, which ha en joyed w ?reat gusto, and visiting his tailo where he purchased i ready-ma? i lit and was measured foi various ot!. .. Of course, he woulc have to chauge his lodgings now. H< could not entertain interviewers inhii present garret. Arrived home, he desired to wipe of his debts with the landlady at once, showering carelessly upon the table ir her best parlor a handful of gold, whioh took all the breath from the old lady's body. She was in no hurry, however. There wan a visitor upstairs waiting for him. "A man?" gasped Brandon, with a sinking heart, as his mind flew to in terviewers. But it was a lady, as he qniokly discovered, and that lady, Minnie. His heart beat rapidly, his breath came quiokly, his eyes gleamed brightly, and he was about to catch her in his arms when he remembered that she belonged to another, and the memory crushed him. He attempted to speak, but a sud den attack of aphasia stilled his tongue, and he sank into a chair and covered his face with his hands, while the lump that had risen in his throat almost choked him. "Aren't you well, Brandon?" Min nie inquired, alarmed at his appear ance. She placed heir small hand lov ingly upon his burning forehead, but he winced at tho touch as though it was something that hurt him. "Are you ill, dear?" and she pank on her knees and strove to pull his hands from his face. "It was only a joke, darling, only a joke," she cried, piteously, her eyes wet with team. 'T am not going to marry Olcott." Brandon sat upright suddenly, his face very white. "You are not?" as he caught her wrists in a frantic grasp. "No, no! Forgive me, dearest. I thought if I told you that, you would fancy I was" happy, and so be able to work. YoUBaidso." Brandon sighed deeply, bent and kissed her. HI might have killed myself, " ho re? Dntfkod jrf??inrtly. "You had too much pride." Sho was smiling now. "But why have you come here again?" "You never wrote to me, Brandon and I thought I-" "You feared I should do what you knew I would not. That's liko a woman !" and he laughed lightly. "But it's all over now, Minnie. I have completed my book and sold it to the Irvines for $1300. The an nouncement of your engagement i kicked my pride so hard that I had lo do something desperate." Minnie w.i3 a splendid actress. "What?" craning forward, with ono hand on her lover's shoulder; 81300 ! You darling," and she kissed him eagerly. "Yes, and there's more to follow. They are certain it will be a success, and they claim the refusal of all my other works. God bless you, Minnie. But for you-you've got to shore thia with me !" He threw the gold and notes upon the table, but the girl shrank back. "No, no, Brandon, your brains earned it ; it is all yours. Yes I We will share it, and all that is to come. No refusal ; you proposed it." They were married within a mouth, but "A Fin-de Si?cle Fool" was not a success. Indeed, it was an utter fail ure; and one paper remarked that Messrs. Irvine & Irvine had better close up if that was tho best rubbish they could secure. How Minnie laughed at the great unknown scribe who penned these lines! Like Brandon, he never knew that Minnie Horton was the real pub lisher of the volume ; that she paid Branden the 81300, and that she pub lished all his following effusions. Brandon works merrily on \ writes four hours each day, and sells each book as soon as lt is finished. Strange to relate, many of his works are out of print. Though paid for, they have never been published. Occasionally he determines to trot around to Irvine's and inquire what they mean by such scandalous conduct; but when this fit seizes him, Minnie always has some thing for him to do, and he always does it.-Boston Traveler. An Unsuspected Cause ot Suffering. A scientist gives an account of a man who was admitted to a hospital with a severe and obstinate case of inflam mation of the eyes, face and hands. Ordinary-applications gave no relief, and a thorough microscopic examina tion of the affected part was resorted to. This proved the existence of thou sands of tiny hairs, not unlike in ap pearance those from the caterpillar. They had entered the skin and pro duced this violent irritation. Tho plants which tho man had been work* ing with were examined, and it was found that a variety of tho primrose was the offender. The downy-looking hairs on the leaves were sufficiently rigid to prick through the skin, and eaoh one was charged with a poison after the fashion of the fangs of a snake. The doctor extracted this poi son, which he used as a subcut^tious injection in the cases of several patients. He claims excellent results from this method of treating various obstinate skin diseases. In the same connection it may be stated that ex periments in the treatment of oancer have been tried with satisfactory re sults. An animal was inoculated with cancerous material, then after a suita ble period, the serum of the blood was collected and two cancer patients were innoculated with it. In both ^jases there was an almost immediate' and positivo improvement. Sufficient time has not elapsed fully to test this dis covery, but it certainly has great pos sibilities, as even though patients are only temporarily benefited, there is encouragement onough to persevere until the longed-for ultimatum is reached.-New York Ledger. English Aristocracy in TraTe. A telegram announces that tho Vis countess Clifden has opened a bonnet shop in her houso in Loudon, Eng lish aristocracy fled to trade many years ago, thereby to better place it self in tho list of possible champions of commerce, the new field of tourney. In tho English bankruptcy courts Cia be fouu.i the names Of peers and other titled persons whd willy-nilly have come to financial grief. Wisdom teaches that it is pleasant to keep out of bankruptcy, even though it is done by means of trade. Lord Burton, Lord Hindlip, Lord Iveagh and Lord Ardi laun sit in the house of peers by grace of their brewings. Sir John Glad stone, nephew of the grand old man, derives a big revenue from a whisky distillery. Lord Londonderry and Lord Dudley retail coal. Lord Bay leigh, Arthur Balfour's brother-in law, and the Marquis of Abergavenny peddle milk about the streets of Lon don-that is, their wagons do, marked with their historic crests. Lord Ports month not only is au enormously wealthy green grocer, but he is a re spectable one ; so respectable, in fact, that he might have calling acquaint ances in Fifth avenue. Lord Misham is a wool spinner and Lord Armstrong makes excellent cannon. Lady Colin Campbell, daughter-in-law of the Duke of Argyll, depends upon a week ly society paper for her income, and the Earl of Dysart does not disdain to be its editor for a consideration. So the list might be spun the length of Lord Masham's weavings. - Atlanta Constitution. How Old is the Earth. Men of sc icu co have given many widely different answers to this ques tion. More than thirty years ago Lord Kelvin, then known as Professor William Tomson, set down the age of the earth at one hundred million years. By the earth's age he meant the time that has elapsed since tho consolidation of the globe. The estimate was baaed upon cer tain experiments showing the rate at which the rocks probably cooled down from a molten condition. Becently more numerous and accurate experi ments bearing on this question have been made, and iu view of these Lord Kelvin has revised his original figures and has very greatly reduced his esti mate of the age 01 the earth. He now puts it ac only twenty-four million years. This, however, seems to be a very respectable old age, even for a planet.-Youth's Companion. A (Jueer TrAtle. A queer trade is followed hy half a dozen side-walk merchants outside the Philadelphia House of Correction. Every person discharged from tne in stitution receives on leaving a new pair of shoes. Traders lie in wait for them disoharged prisoners and offer the a pair of old and comfortable shoes and twenty-five or fifty cents' for their new pair. In a great majdritj of cases the trade is made. The Hotte* of Correction shoes are well made and strong, and the traders get n good price for them from workinameu.** i 2ftnr York Sun. i BUDGET OF FUN. H?3IOROU3 SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Wasted-Out of Sight-In London's Fog-His Terrible Experience ~Faulty Piece of News-A Continued Story, Etc. "Kind sir, this encyclopaedia Is full," saiil he. "of knowledge." The youth with scorn regarded him. Quoth he: 'Tm just from college." -Puck. is LONDON'S FOO. Driver of 'Bus (to conductor whom he callad up) -"Jim, th' oi' gent be hind 's just fell hoff." Conductor-"All right, Bill. 'E's paid 'is fare. "-Tit-Bits. HIS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. At the lakes : "Redsoak, let's go in bathing." "Not for worlds." "Why, what's the matter?" "Last timo I was in I swallowed some water 1" OUT OF SIGHT. Jobson-"Why did you disoharge your new bookkeeper?" Merchant-"Had to. He was so nearsighted that every time he wrote a line with his pen he rubbed it out with hin nose. " FAULTY PIECE OF NEWS. "Aw, they say, don't ye know, that Cholly Caper way has bwain trouble." "Too bad, bahGawge. Why don't they do something?" "They cawn't locate it, ye know.*' "Bah jove, don't ye know, I weaily forgot to awsk which."-Mail and Ex press. A CONTINUED STORY. Mrs. Brown- "My husband tore the last page ont of the book I was reading. But I'll pay him back in his own com." Mrs. Cobwigger-"But how, my dear?" Mrs. Erown-"He'll never hear tho end of it."-Comio Weekly. THE OLD. OLD QUESTION. "Do you believe in prayer?'* "Why, yes; I suppose I do, after a fashion." "Well, I don't. Here I've been praying for my daily bread, with the other things, and yet-" "Old man, Heaven helps those that help themselves. Why don't you get to work and do something to help yourself?" "By#Jove, I will I I'll go look for a wife with money right away." GUARDING AGAINST FUTURE MISTAKES. Boston Young Lady-"1 want $o look at a pair of oyeglasses, sir, of extra magnifying power." Dealer-"Yes, ma'am; something very strong?" Boston Young Lady-"Yea, sir. While visiting in the country last Summer I made a very painful blun der, which I never want to repeat." Dealer-"May I ask what that-er -blunder was?" Boston Young Lady-"Oh, yes. I mistook a bumble bee for a black berry."-Comm Weekly. A HARD DAY'S WORK. "I almost feel tired," said the new woman, as she laid her beaver aside and gavo orders for tho proper sta bling of her bicycle. "A thought you men never got tired," groaned her husband, as ho made the last stitch in the embroid ery of a handerchief. "Rarely," replied the new woman, "but to-day I made the speech that killed the bill for the emancipation of husbands, and raised the roof of the capitol with a piece of my mind ; and if that isn't enough to tiro an ordi nary mortal, I'd like to know what is? Three lumps of sugar in mine, John I"-Chicago Times-Herald. ms PROFESSION. The kind hearted lady was a little inquisitive, but as sho had just sup? plied Mr. Dismal Dawson with one of the most tilling and satisfactory hand outs he had gotten hold of for many a day, she felt that she ha I some right to be personal to a slight degree. "claveyou no trade by which you oonld earn a living?" sho asked. Mr. Dawson drew . himself np haughtily and answered: "I am a professional mau, mum." "And what is your profession, pray?" "Professin' to be lookin' fer work. The dog had his nose so deep in A rat hole behind the boro that tue kind, hearted lady's calls were of no avail, -Cincinnati Tribune. ONLY HER-BUT READ BELOW. Her eyes were wild, her hair wa? in disorder, her face was flushed, b?jr hands were clenched. She was a deeply injured and desperate wom-An. "Oh, cruel one," she cried in an guished tones, "1 have borne with yon too long ! You have injured the foun dations of my being ! Day by daw you have tortured me, and yet I could not bear to give you up. When firffc we met, how your ease and polish attract ed me ! When you became my own, how my friends envied me ! Bat your understanding is too small fer my large s;ml ! You are opposed to my advanciug myself. You have Tuined my standing IE. society. If we had never met I might hare walked in P 'Boe. So now begone ! We part for ever I" 4 There wa3 a moment's convulsive breathing, a gritting of Ueth and a sharp sigh. It was all over. By a su preme effort she had pulled o if her new shoo.-Tit-Bits. CONSOLATION IN LIEU OF CASH. A gentleman in Santa Rosa has a grown son at school in Oakland who spends more than his monthly allow ance. His last letter t? his father ie a "corker." It is as follows : "Dear Papa : I have to ask you for a few dollars and I don't know how to express myself. If you could seo how I blush with embarrassment you would give me S20 without me telling you. "I eend you this by-, who is visiting Santa Rosa over Sunday. He will wait for an answer. Your affec tionate Son. "P. S. : Overcome with sbame for what I have written, I have beeu ruu ing after tho messenger to take tba letter from him, but I cannot catch up with him. I hope my letter will be lost." His father was naturally touched, but was equal to the emergency. Ho replied as follows : "My Dear Son : Console yourself and blush no lunger. The messenger lost yotjr letter. Your affectionate Father. -Santa Rosa Democrat. Wyoming was afc tire last consul ?vurtu &iiMi??l,9?J. High Prices for Rare Coins. During the recent session of the fifth annual convention of the Ameri can Numismatic Association, at Wash ington, coins of almost priceless value were displayed. As viewed from a numismatic standpoint it is the condi tion of a coin which fixes its value. It is not the date, nor age, except in less than thirty instances, that is sought for at the big quoted premiums. Pierced, plugged, badlyworn, scratch ed coins, or those on which the dates aro illegible, have no particular value. For gold there is but a limited nu mismatic demand, and the supply is greatly in excess of that demand. The double eagle of 1849 is worth about $300. All gold dollars are at a pre mium and worth from 81.20 to 81.40 each. Those dated 1863, 1864 and 1865 command from $2.50 to $4 each, and those dated 1875 aro worth $6. The bulk of numismatic transactions are in silver coins. A dollar of 1804 is worth $400, a half dollar of 1797 brings $40, and a quarter of 1827 de mands $40. The dime of 1804 is the most valuable, being worth $10, and the half dime of 1802 easily holds the record at $63. A large copper cent of 1799 would bring $25, and a half cent of 1796 is in demand at $30. A thin silver half dime of 1802 was bought by its present holder for $63, and has sold for $75. Even Then. Adam stood at tho gate of Eden, looking out steadily at the new world. "Why don't you burry up?" he shouted. "I can't for the life of me seo why a woman never is ready in time. What the-serpent-is keeping you?" "I-I can't get these fig leaves pinned straight," was the reply of Eve in a voico that warned him to carry the discussion no further. All Broke at Once. "So you took your family to the sea shore?" said the facetious man. "I did," was the melancholy reply. "Where there is such grandeur in the breaking of the waves-" "Yes." "And the breaking of the engage ments-" .Tes, and of the $20 bill."-Wash ington Star. Highest of all in Leavening POT A Prayer for Katu. The part of the Occident in which the settlement of Hawvilie is located had been afflicted with a long and se vere drouth. After the ablest attempts of the rain-makers had brought no re lief, a special prayer meetiog was held at the Methodist church, and a uoited appeal for rain was made to Provi dence. When the service bad been going on for some time Col. Handy Polk,an enterprising real estate agent, rose in his place, and with becoming humility began: "Our heavenly Fath er, we are assembled yero today to call Thy attention to the faot that we need rain, and need'it mighty bad ! It hain't a case of merely wantin' it, but we've jest nacherly got to have it or go stone broke! Our business interests are prostrated and town lots are bein' offered for half the prices they would have brought 6ix months ago? and go in' beggin' at that. Our Crops are burnt up, and if wc don't git relief soon half of the population will bo forced to pull up stakes and go back East to their wives' people. And, in addition to the distress that a contin neration of this yere drouth will bring to us, I beg to call Thy at tention to the injury it will inflict upon Thy cause and kingdom in this locality. Already many of the faint hearted have back slidden, and it is only a question of time till sin and innickerty mn rampant in our midst. Now I beg also to remind Thee that it is Col. Handy Folkj the Well known real estate, loan and insurance agent, who is humbly askin' this favor of Thee, and that Thou canst depend upon it that the case stands presizely as I have stated it. And I hope Thou wilt give my humble petition Thy keerful attention, and grant us, before to-morrow night or by the day after to-morrow, at the very latest, the rain we so badly need.'' It it to be record ed that, within the space of twenty four hours from that time,the rain be gan falling in torrents.-New York Tribune. Seemed Too Extortionate. A middle aged man of tall, slender build and earnest cast of countenance stepped into a hatter's shop and re moved the wrappings from a soft felt bat he carried in his hand. "How much will it cost to have this dyed a light gray, to match my hair?" he inquired. "It will cost you at least $1," re plied the hatter. The caller wrapped it up again. "I won't pay it," he said decidedly. "For 35 cents I can get my hair dyed to match the hat. Good day, sir." Chicago Tribune. 8 tOO Reward. 9100. The reader? of this paper will be pleased to learn that there isa least one drenrie'l disease that seiend* ha* been able to cure in ail it ?tiges, and that i? Catarrh. Ha Va C-itnrrh Curr is the only positive cure kt own to the me -leal fraternity. Catarrh bein* a consti tutional disease, requires a cou?tltutinna' treatment. Hall's Catarrh dir* li taken irt r nail , actinjr din ctly upon the blond and mu cous frurfaces Of the system, ther by destroy ing t br foundation of the dis. P?e. and gi vin ? the patient strength by buildir.e up the <on stltution and a-eisting naturo in doing its work. The proprietors have BO much faith in ito curative powers, tnat th-y offer Ono Hun dred DoLa- s for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonial*. Address F. J. Clim <fc Co., Toledo, O. fJTSold by Dru-?K?6ts. ?5>. An Atlanta Banker ba? Words of Praise for a ?1 "inc I n?tl! u ion. Mr. Cha-. E. Currier, of the Atlanta Na tional Bank, i? very careful with his wor s, not only in financiering, but in his conver-a tion eenerally. Likr the r? st nf us. he is ai- w sometimes; but, unlike many of us, he know? how to net we 1. "I have need Tyner's Dy?peps'? Remedy ii attacks of acute lndigest pn, ?nd hare alway? found it to give instantaneous relief. I con sider it a medicine of high merit." Price per bottle, W cents. For sale by all druggists._ FITSctopi^sd free by Du, KLINI'S GnsAT NKnvE RKSTORRR. N'O nts after first dav's n-e. Marvelous cures. Treatise anc* $2 00 trial bot tie free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch S:,, Phila.. Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrip for children trethlnr, softens the emus, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle Take Parker's Ginger Tonic Heme With you. It will exceed your expectation? in abat lng colds, and many ills and aches. ToAVold , . , constipation, is to prolong flfe. Ripan* Tab ule-! are mnitle, yet positive Tn their cure of constipation. One tabule givesrelief. T have found Pico's CUT? for Consumption an unfailing medicine.-F. B. LOTS. 1305 Scott I SW, Covington, Ky" Ott!, WM. t If afflicted wlih?oreeyesflwDr!?^cT^romi 1 &m**mnstS^^ frfttiv. STOMACH AND HEAD PAINS, A REMEDY. Women Ar? Snbjeot ti Botb, on Account of Tight Lacing. From the Eoening News, Newirie, N. J. One of the happiest women tn this olty is Mrs. George G. Reiss, ot 29 Montgomeery Street. "No ono to look at me now," said Mrs. Reiss to a reporter, "would think for a mo ment that I was so Ul that th? doctors said I could not possibly bo saved. About throe years ago I began to suffer from terrible pains In my stomach and lt wfts almost Im possible for me to do any work. Thea I had severe headaches that almost distracted me and altogether I was ma very sad condition. Of course I wantod to be well again, and Ilk? roost people In such oases, I consulted a doo tor, spent money for medicine and took it faithfully. To my Infinite regret I got no better, and another doctor wasoalledin. More medicine was prescribed and this I took, bat it did no good. Those terrible pains continued to make life miserable foi me. The doctors blandly told me that I could not be cured entirely, if at all. Pleas ant news, wasa't lt? Well, I continued to work about the house here and suffered un told agonies. I did not gire up hope but did all I could to relieve my misery. Nothing gave me any relief, however, and I had be gun to think that all hope must be abaad oned, when, in reading the Eomiug News, I saw Dr. Wllliama' Pink Pills advertised. The printed testimonial coming from a resi dent of this olty l id moto believe that I, too. might be benefited by these pills and not without some misgivings I bought a box ol them. "Almost os soo a as I began to take them I felt relieved and me first marked indication of Improvement Tras when that Urti, weary, don't-care feeling disappeared. This was io Itself something tobe grateful for, but other and more pleasing results followed after I bad taken more of the pills. My headaohes ceased entirely and the pain in my stomach troubled me no more. Now onoe in a great While I have an occasional ache ora pain, l ut I know the cure. Out comes the Pink Pills, and after taking one or two of them, away the pain gees. It all seems so good to me that at times .T can scarcely beiiere that lt can be true and yet I know that If I had not used these Pink Pills I would still bs suffering agony s ich as few people do In thia world." Dr. Williams' Fink Pills contain, in a con densed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and. richneas to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an un failing spec! flo for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, th J aft er effect of la grippe, pal pitation of the heart, pale and sallow com plexions, ali foi ms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills aro sold by all dealers, or will be sent post poid on receipt of price, (50 oents a box, or six boxes for $2.60-thoy aro njversold In bulk or by the l- l)) by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. rer.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder 3 'EILY PURE Tennessee's All-Negro Town. There is an odd little town on John son island, in the Mississippi rivery just north of Memphis. It is a negro town and is owned by a negro planter. Tho island is eleven miles in area and it is under the Tennessee statutes. The town is a tnxing district and not incor porated. Judson is the name of tho ,)lace, named after the white planter whose sou is the mulatto owner of tho island. The case in which the mor ganatic son won the rich property in contesting the will of the dead planter is well remembered, and the courts duly allowed h m part of the inherit ance, since he was the only living issue of Judson. So far as known, Judson is the only npgro town in America where lhere is not a white ma:i. Elmer Judson, its wealthy owner, allows no white man to come except on a visit. The town has 450 inbabitc.nts and is well organ ized, since Judeon is a highly edncnted and progressive man. He owns every thing ou the island and most of the inhabitants are his tenants. He is a justice of the peace and ha9 provided hap?)y homes for the men who work for him and enjoy his bounty. The island is ab;>ut (tight miles in length and in a few places is not more than sixty yards wide. The land is unusu ally rich and fine crops are produced every year. There are six stores in the place, with a few shops, two churches and a school.-Chicago Rec ord. Ne ?ri y as Bad. "Brother WilgU?," said the deacon, "there is a report current that you were run out of Plunkville by White Caps five year? *go." "It was not quite tl at bad," said the minister, with a slight smile; "it was only a thrt cteneddonation party." -Indianapolis Journal. PARTICULAR care should be given chrysanthemums coming into flower. Keep them well supported and the fo liage clean. Give liquid manure twice a week at least. O<XKKKKXX>O<>OO<><><XK>0 Webster' Successor of ike" C Specimen paec?. etc., tea Standard ofth?r.s nearly all Schoolbooks. < THE BEST FC It is easy to It is easy to It is easy to It is easy to C. Merriam Co., 1 Ga & The sign of this borrowing waste. You need fat to keep 1 want to live with no reserve foi SCOTT'S EMULSION of Cod-liv It is a food. The Hypophosph It con.2s as near perfection as \ world. Bi turi yeu git Steffi Emulttin whiny Scott & Bowne, New Yort Exhaust are made to produce large use of Fertilizers rich in Write for our Farmers1 Guide, is brim full of useful information for will make and save you money. Ac A List of Reliable Atlanta Bus' mess Houses where visitors to the Great Show will be properly treafed and can pur chase goods at lowest prices. STILSON & COLLINS JEWELRY CO., 55 Whitehall St. Atlanta. Ga. Everything in the Jewelry and Silver Line at Factory Prices. PH?LL?PS & CREW CO. 37 Peachtree Street. STANDARD Pianos and Organs, SHEET 3IUSIC, MUSICAL MERCHANDISE. EISEMAN BROS., QB IS and 17 Whitehall Street, 7 ATLANTA, GA. -ONE PRICE OLOT HIEHS, Tailors. Hatters and Furnishers. BOWMAN BROS., FINE MILLINERY, 78 vVhltehail Street OUR FALL IMPORTATIONS ARE NOW IN. LEA DEUS OF FASHION, LATEST STYLES, LOWKST PRICES. 0 N. TO AVOID THIS XT S El TETTERINE Tba o JILT painlesa and b&rmleti rune for tba w >rst typo of Kczam% lit) I Tetter, Ringworm,uglyrough patjb Ka ea on tbs (ace, ciliated ajalp. flv Ground itch, cbafea, cb*pi, pim IT . plea. Poison from ivy or poi on oak. IP In ahort ALL ITCHES. Send 60c in {j li tan, in or oub to J. T. Shaptrme, nSaTannab. Ga., for ona box. if joar druggist don't keep it. You will find it at CHAS. O. TYM ER'S, Atlanta. AROMATIC EXTRACT BLACKBERRY RHUBARB -FOR Dysentery, Flu?, Citolera Morbus, Cbolera, Dlnrrbm -AMD - Summer Complaint* Try lt Price 25c. 50c, $1.00. For Sale br Drujj ists or wri'o to ?J. Stovall SmitLi, MAN'UFA TURING FHA MA' 1ST. 102 Whitehall St., Corner Mitchell, ATLANTA, GhORGIA. SULLIVAN & CRICHTON'S ANO SCHOOL OF 8H 3RTHAN0. The best and cheapest Bniinesa College fn America. Time short. fn?tnictlon tbonugh. 4 Penmen. Big demand for gradua lal. Catalogne freo M',iu> A rnirurox, kfi.- f Mar., ?tlaal?. Ga, IF YOU 8UY YOU? 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