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Heating Freigut Cara. It ia reported by a German paper tbat successful arrangements for the prevention of damage to merchandise through excessive cold, have been ex perimented with on the railroads from Coblentz and Wiesbaden to Berlin. Tile winter of 1894-'95, which was par ticularly severe through central Eu rope, was responsible for great losses of perishable freights in transit. Veg etables, fruits, beer, wine, liquore au? mineral water suffered most. It was, therefore, proposed to heat freight cars carrying such perishable traffic, and up to the present time not a single case or a barrel containing liquids has suffered in transit while on these cars. A stove in the central part ol' the oar, which is heated from with out, supplies the neoessary warmth, and a them om? ter, which is visible fi om the outside, reveals to the in spector, whose duty it is to ascertain the temperature of each car at every station, whether he has to open the ventilators on top to reduoa the heat, o r whether new fuel ought to be in troduced to keip up the fire and in crease the temperature. A slight ad ditional rate is charged, and as ship pers prefer this increase to the uncer tainty of the weather, the entire sys tem is pronounced a suocess on all sides._ How Gold Comes. "I think gold is being hoarded," ob served Manchester. "Nonsense," replied Birmingham; "I was in a bank yesterday and saw abont two quarts of gold coin on the oounter." "That's a fine way to speak of gold coin, measuring iii as though it were milk or cider." + "The expression is all right. Gold comes in quartz." Step, Thief! Stop a small mn la dy, which is stealing your strength, before it outruns your power to ar rest it, and recover wbat it took from you. T;.o Baffst and promptest recuperator of wanic? vitality is Hosteller's Stomach Bitters, whch renews vigor, flesh and nerve quietude be cause it restores activity to thoso functions whose interruption interferes with general health. Use the Bitters for dyspepsia, ma larial, rheumatic and kidney complaints and A vi ilace humorist was asked to suggest a motto for a new gror-ery, and he proposed this: "Honest tea is the best policy." If you are doubtful as to the use of Dobbins* Electric Soap, and cannot accept the experience of m?ltorvi who use it, after the Si years it has been on the market, one trial wlU convince you. Ask your grocer for lt. Take no imitation. The man who has poU for his master is bound with iron fetters. A COUGH SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED. "Brovcn's Bronchial Troches" are a simple rem edy and give immediate relief. Avoid imita tions. Before we can become truly rich, wo must first obtain the spirit of content. Dr.KHmers SWAMP-ROOT cure? all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation fr< ?. Laboratory Hinehamton, N. T. The richest p; c,le are tho3e whohav treas ures which cannot be stolen or burned up. Dr. J. "W. Blesser, (a minister of the Gospel) vho has been treating Catarrh, Bronchitis ind Asthma for 20 years, has at last perfected a remedy that "goo3 to the spot'* and makes a luting cure. It is smoked in a pipe, but con tains no tobacco. He will mail a trial sample free to convince any sufferer who will address lim at Sq. 13 W. Cain St., Atlanta, Ga. Let the Barth Rejoice and - ?armers sing. With our new hardy grasses, clovers and fodder plants the poorest, most worn out, toughest, worst piece o? land can <oe made as fertile as the valley of the Nile. Only tates a year or so to do so! At the same time you will be getting big crops! leosmts, Giant Spurry, Saealino, Lathyrus, what lb variety ot names'. Catalogue tells you! LP rev wnx our THIS OUT AND som it to the Jain A. Balzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., with 10e. postage, you will get free their mammoth catalogue and ten grass and grain aid fodder samples (worth $1 to get q rt art)_(A. C.J There is more Catarrh in thu section of tho country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors {ironoui: ced it a local disease, and prescribed ocal remedies, and by constantly failing to cure willi local treatment, pronounced it in curable. Science lias proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by-P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, ls the only constitutional cure on the market, lt is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts di rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces of :he system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. S<?nd for circu lars anc. testimonials free. Address F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0. BETSol l by Druggists, 75c. Piso's Cure Ls a wonderful Cough medicine. -MBKTW. I'TCKERT. Van Sielen and Blake .Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 26, "M. FITS stopped free by Do, KLINE'S GREAT NERVE RESTORER. SO flis after first day's u*e. Marvolous cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Phila.. Pa, Everyone Koowa now lt Is tosnffei .rith corns, and they are not conduc ve to walking; remove them with Hindercorns 1 Spring Medicine Your blood in Spring ls almost certain to be tull ot impurities-the accumulation of the winter months. Bad ventilation . ot sleeping rooms, impure air in dwell ings, factories and shops, overeating, 'hoary, Improper foods, failure ot the ' kidneys and liver properly to do extra work thus thrust upoa them, are tie prime causes ot this condition. It ts ot the utmost lrnpoi-tanoo that you Purify four Blood How, is when warmer weather comes and the tonio effect of cold bracing air is ' gone, your weak, thin, impure blood will not furnish necessary strength. Trat tired feeling, loss ot appetite, will open the way for serious disease, ruined health, or breaking out ot humors and impurities. To make pure, rieb, red bl sod Hood's Sarsaparilla stands un equalled. Thousands testify to its merits. Millions take lt as their Sjirlng Medicine. Get Hood's, beeatise Hood's Sarsaparilla firth* One True Blood Purifier, AU druggist s. $1 Prtpaiod only by C. X Hood A Co, Lowell, Mass. .Honrs Pills aus^fiS? WE HAVE NO AGENTS. . !????? * ~ W .??>trat sell dirwot to th? conni m exatwholeaaJeprice*. Shlji anywhere for examination belora Mle. EreTTthln? war ranted. 100 styles of Car riages, po styles of Har? ness,7i styles RldingSad* Idles. Writ? for catalogo*. ELKHART Carrin* * Maraes* Mfj Ca. W.B.PaAW."Saer. Elkhart Ins. |Q MADAYSURE W V 1/">J *? *JU ?bow yo, JfJ m?ke ?J a day i abeoltuely nm ta* bovine** fall/; remember wo ?-.ur* ant*** dear croie or $3 fc<rm-ry xj'$ _ _ ??ric: ?b?*hHiifr mr-t write el en?. kV T. ?meal, Kinxztr, foi J.r. DETROIT. HICHMAX. make?)a dar: abeoloielj ture: we fur nish ta* work ard teach yon free jou _,g*sT>^^ ?ork la lb* loeaUty wbere TOO firei H'JBr fcnt*eacJ?mr|.ro-t _ T V ^ work: ab-hhaVf Hill lill ??* matxjhi hi Mt? cured. Book unit tQatfaxiB^JMr ' A WORLD 80NO OF X,OYE, "t1 ! Oft to the sea ?Where the wind blowB free; Por Love was % Bailor-a?allorl , "* - . And the ?aptain orled: ' - .?*0 er the sea so ?wide I shal) all m? ijowa at my tame love's side; Por she waits" for me where tho blossoms bide." " O Love was^a sailor-a sallorl ' .. , i?o?Jorthehlllq . _ -?JgA,n ??IQ whip-poor-wills; For Love was a bandsman-a landsman! And under skies Bsiaied a maiden's bright eyes; And the boy at the plowshare grew old and ^grow wiso, v . 8:5*0* And read the world's meaning-its songs ' and Its sighs. Jv - 0 Love was a landsman-oMandsman! \ Ho! for all places- . . . . * All skies and all Jae?; For Lova was a rover-a rover! Ne ver tempest or tide Di ove the world from hts *ido; They caiae In their rags, or they carno in thoir pride, And they kissed him and lived, and they kissed him died; 0 Love was a rover-a rover! -Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. MY MOLE'S LEGACY. HA?LEY WIBURN and I are cousins; but, somehow, I scarcely seemed to belong to tho family at all. We had no end of relations, and he was a 'general favorite with all, even some ho had never seen/ for they would die and leave him leg'acies. He was constant ly getting some little "windfall" of this^ kind, till at length "Charley Wiburh's lock" became a general catchword among us-a synonyme for all ttuit'was lucky and fortunate. One morning at breakfast-we were artists, and shared the same rooms and studio-he received a black edged letter, which, upou opening and read ing, he cast down with a discontented look. \ .'. -, "Another funeral to go to," he grumbled, "and here are my pictures unfinished, and next week is sending in-day!" "Who is it now?" I asked. "An other legacy, I suppose, eh?" "Very likely," he returned, indif ferently-ho was so used to these things he soareely took any notice of theni. "It's Uncle Alexander Stephen. Did you know him?" I shook my head. "Have heard of him ; never saw him," I 6aid. "I hardly knew him myself," Char ley explained-"at least, not sinoe I was a boy. It's a rare bother, this, coming just now. Such a long jour ney into the country. I ea}', Jack, you have done your pictures and sent them in, and have nothing to do for a spoil-couldn't you go down for me?" '"What, in your name?" I ex claimed. "Yes; why not? It's years since I was among any of the set. This letter il fro ?.i a Mr. Parchly, the solicitor to the will, I suppose; he doesn't know me. You are Jack Wibnrn-it's only a difference of Christian names ; and it's al- in tho family, you know." To out the matter short, 1 had to consent, as I generally did where Charley was concerned. - I took the lawyer's letter, as a sort of credential, and set out, grumbling a good deal at what I considered Char ley's "cheek", i J thus making use of ?o.e. If I had finished up my work beforo he had, it was only because I had worked at it more constantly ; and now, .nstead of reaping the advantage in the shape of a few days' rest, he made it an excuse for rending me off on a lugubrious mission like this ; and Charl 3y would, no doubt, have a good legioy, too, out of it. "I don't suppose it's much," he said to me. "Perhaps a hundred or two hardly worth going down for, you know'!" So I had to go-with no legacy in view ut all, small or large. However, as I have said, I set out for tr. ? place-it was in Devonshire ^nd ia due course 1 arrived at the little town, and put up at a hotel for tho uight. The funeral was fixed for the following day, and on inquiry I learn 3d that the house I had to go to was enly a short distance away. Th? next day, therefore, saw me among the asembled guests. I found out Mr. Parchly, and silently showed him his own letter. "Ah," said he, "you are Mr. Wibnrn. Very good. Glad to see you." I did not reply, so he concluded that I was Charley Wi burn.. without my having said any thing one way or the other. But, when, after the funeral, the will came to be read, I found Charley was down for ?5000 ! This made ni3 think it harder lines than ever that I shou d have had to come down in his place. The w?ather was atrociously cold, the March winds strong and blustering, with showers of &!eet and snow ; ?nd I felt cold and mis?rable. At the encl of the reading of the will I was making my way out to get back tb the hotel, Wheu ?? somo one said : "Mr. Wibnrn, I believe?" I looked around, and saw a stiff, military-look ing bid boy regarding me with a smile through his spectacles. "Charley," said he, "don't ybu remember mo?" I thonght to myself, "Oh, now I'm in for it. Here's a nice mess-all through trying to serve Charley. Just my bad luok." Ihis feeling did not grow less when he said : "Milly wants to speak to you. She has been looking at you, and says she can hardly recognize you for her old playfellow." ("No won der," I thought. "It would be ?trange if she did!") She came up and shook hands ; and tho moment I looked at her I simply fell helplessly over head and ears in love then and there. She seemed to me the loveliest, most adorable creat ure I had ever seen. A sudden resolve came into my mind. Bather than run the risk of losing the chance I now had of speaking to her, I would say nothing about my not being "Char ley," let the consequence be what they might. "Don't you remember your little playmate, Milly?" said st^ with a blush and an entrancing look of her beautiful eyep. "Well, it's not so surprising, for I should never have known you, either, if Mr. Parchly had not pointed you out to us." Before I exactly realized what I was doing, I was whisked off to Major Bainfield's house-as I found the name of Milly's father to be-to dine, calling nt the hotel for my evening "togs" on the way. I found the Major's house a neat, quiet looking little place, on the out skirts of the town. He lived alone with, bis daughter (his wife being dead), a housekeeper and one servant. Though everything was comfortable, there was that indescribable air that gave one the impression that they were not too well ofi as regards this world's goods. Since I was not too well off, either, this would not have troubled me, but ; for that legacy cf ?{?000 I wal^rop? posed to have come in for. 4 'Was that the secret cause of this sadden friend? Iiness?" I asked myself. But when 1 looked at Milly, and saw the frank glance of her truthful, honest looking eyes, I felt ashamed of myself ; ncr, when I regarded ?ho Major, and noted the open, manly look the fine old sol dier gave baok to me, could I bring myself to think of him as a soheming old fortune hunter. Such good friends did we three be come that I lingered on in the place for a week, during whioh timo I doily grew more uncomfortable at the part I was playing. At last I sought ont Milly.one day, alone, and confessed the truth to her. SJ "I am not surprised," she said ; "1 thought you were not much like the Charley I used to know. But I am sorry for you-sorry to think your cousin should hr.ve got that ?5000, while you were not even so much men tioned. " "Ah 1" I said, with a sigh, "that is Charley's luck-and mine. Itisalwaya the same-always has been, and alwaya will bc, I suppose." I was thinking what I dared not say -that, if that ?5000 had but been mine, I could hove asked her to be mine, too ; whereas now, with my poor prospects-well, of course, it was folly even to dream of such a thing. I watched her narrowly after that, but could see no difference in her treatment of me. I had written to Charley, telling him of his good fortune, and that I was going to stay on down here for a few days ; bul beyond a brief note express ing wonder at whatever attraction ? could see there at that time of the year, he had said nothing and written no further ; not a word of thanks, or of reference to his ?5000 legacy. ?:- Another week slipped by, and I still stayed on. At the end of that time I was in such a stute of mind that, one day, finding myself alone with Mill, I blurted ont my hopeless love for her, and said I should go away at once, for I felt that I could not possibly stay on there any longer. Milly, always quiet and self-possessed, remained silent a while, and then said, looking down : "I think you had better sper.k to papa. " "What !" I rapturously exclaimed, "do you really bid me hope, Milly? "Do you really think there is a posssi bility of your father"-I stopped and shook my head. "Alas, no !" I said, "such a thing, could not happen to me. It would bo Oharley:s luck, that -not mine." "Well," said Milly, composedly, "they say you never know your luck till you try ; but if you are too faint hearted to try, why, of course-" "I'll go off and find the Major, and have it out at once," I burst out. And I saw him accordingly, and told him the whole story, humbly apologiz ing for dariog to ask for his daugh ter's hand, when, a3 I was bound to tell him, I was not Charley, but Jack Wiburn, and I had no ?5000 legacy, and no prospects in particular, and. "no luck !" "H'm," said tho Major, "how is it Master Charley comes in for all the "luck in this way?" "I don't know, sir," I answered dolefully. .'He goes about more, and makes himself more liked, I think, while 1"-I hesitated. "While you stick at home and work. Is that it?" he said. "Well," I returned, "I try my best. You see, I have nothing else to rely on-or hope for-like Charley. It's his luck-and mine !" "However," said the Major," "I hove been told you get your pictures hung, and sell them, whioh is more than he does. Isthat luck, too?". To this I made no reply ; I conldn't see its relevancy. "Now, look here, Mr. Jock Wiburn,'* the Major went on, "I knew you were not Chailey Wiburn" (I looked up in surprise). "Milly told me; and I have made certain inquiries of my own, and I have something to tell you. The late Alexander Stephen Wiburn was a very old and intimate friend of mine, and had long ago set his heart upon Milly's marrying Charley." (Here I jumped up excitedly, but he waved his hand to me as a sign to be quiet.) "But he was determined that, if it came about at all, it should be spontaneous, and not through any compulsion or unworthy motive. But in that will you heard read the other day there was somnthing you did not hear-it was mixed up in another matter ; but it comes to this, taut if Milly married 'his nephew,' he and sh'2 were to have a certain sum be tween them to commence housekeep ing with. I havo consulted Mr. Parohly upon this matter, as 'Charley's' name is not expressly mentioned, and as he would not take tho trouble to come down himself, even to tba funeral of his poor old uncle, who had been 60 kindly disposed to him, if Milly likes you well enough to have you, you and she will be just as much entitled to the sum set aside as if Master Charley had married her ; and I am sure I shall not object to the substitution. In the will the only con dition is that Milly shall marry 'hie nephew,' and of course you are as much his nephew as Charley is. There fore, I leave it with Milly ; if she says 'Yes,' I say tho same, and you will both have something to set up house keeping with. " No need to tall the joy with whioh I heard this unexpected news, or the heartiness with which I thanked the kind-hearted Major. "PH go off and tell Milly at once," I said ; but I had not gono far when he called me back. "You don't ask how much you will have to start housekeeping upon," he said. "What matter, sir, since you think it enough?" I answered. "H'm; but you may as well know. You may not think it enough." "How much is it, then?" I asked. "Fifty thousand "pounds!" said tho Major. And this is what Charley lost and I gained by that journey-Milly (worth more than all) and ?50,0001 And no?* Charley won't speak to me or to my wife-for Milly and I are married, and he says I meanly took advantage of him ; but I say, as I used to say before, it is all his luck-and mine.-The Gentlewoman. Hit, but Kot Killed by a Camion Ball. A unique distinction belongs to Sir Robert Rawlin.on. K. C. B.-that of being the only soldier who has been knocked out of the saddle by a cannor ball without being killed. The iden ti cal forty-two pound shot is preserve' by Lady Rawlinson as an interesting relic. At the Crimea, Sir Bobert wa* ruling with a group of artillery offi cers, when he announoed his intentioi ? of turning back. At this moment i shot from the Russian lines cami whizzing aJong in front of him, cut ting the reins and pommel of tho sad dle, and wedging a ?teol purse with terrifio force against the rider's hip bone. ^^^^ Onedia is an Indian word, meaning the people of the beaoon stone, WOMAN'S WORLD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMININE READERS. SHE WE OTE "LITTLE DBOPS OP WATEB." It has perhaps only been given to one person to become famous simply through writing four lines-namely td Mrs. Carney, an American lady. She it wa3 who wrote the little verse about "Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the beauteous land," which is probably familiar to everybody who speaks Eng* lish. Mrs. Carney is seventy-three years of age, and wrote the littlo verse as long ago as ia 1815.--Tit-Bics, FADS OF NOTABLE WOMEN. Madame Modjeska is excessively fond of music, and devoted to its study. Mrs. Langtry has a penchant for hand painted fans. Mary Ander son-Nav?rro's chief diversion is ohess playing. Ellen Terry declares her pet passion to be that for perfumes and rich fabrics. Louise Imogene Guiney is devoted to out-cf-door pur suits. She delights in rowing and such tremendously long walks as few Americans indulge in. She is often met many miles away from home, ac companied by one of her fine dogs. Miss Alico French, better known as Octavo Thanet, is au? enthusiastic amateur photographer. Her intenso interest in the working classes has be come more than an outside issue, for it has come to permeate her literary work. Both Mr3. Frances Hodgson Burnett and Ella Wheeler Wilcox have tastes which are particularly domestic. Tho Baroness von Ebner-Eschenbaoh is not only a celebrated novelist, but likewise a practical watchmaker. Her remarkable collection of watches has had many wonderful accessions.-San Francisco Chronicle. MB3. MONBOE's DOOTUNE. About the tims that James Monroe as President of the United States pro claimed the great doctrine which bears his name in international affairs his wife, Eliza Kortright Monroe, took a stand in social affairs which has stood the test of time quite as well as that of her great husband. She absolutely refused to return any social calls. Great was the row it stirred up, and the charges of affecting royal manner* and customs and of being rude and all the rest rained about Mrs. Monroe's head. But it was of no avail. She stuck it outland oach "first lady of the land" has followed her example since. So great, however, was the disturbance over Mrs. Monroe's refusal to return calls that John Quincy Adams con sidered it necessary to draw up and formally promulgate a formulo of etiquette which has since regulated the life of the Executive Mansion. After the Bevolution James Monroe, then only twenty-three years old, went to New York as a delegate in Congress from Virginia, There he met the beau tiful daughter of Lawrence Kortright, who was an import ant figure in tho social life of New York of that day, and, falling inlove, they were married. It was a great wedding, attended by all the gentry, and was the crowning social event of the gay winter which succeeded Washington's first inaugu ration. Subsequently, when Monroe was in Europe on diplomatic business, Mrs. Monroe was distinguished for her beauty and her patrician carriage at the courts of Spain and England and in the French oapita.1. Mrs. Monroe spent nearly ten years of her life in Europe and her daughters were -edu cated in France. The elder, Eliza, was a classmate and friend of Hor tense de Beauharnais, afterward Queen of Holland and mother of Na poleon III. Mrs. Monroe's sister married Nicho las Gouverneur, and their son, Samuel Gouverneur, for ninejyears Postmaster of New York, married the President's younger daughter, Maria. Maria was tv young and beautiful bride when she went to New York as Mrs. Gouver neur, and was warmly received by so? ciety. She went tc housekeeping in a large brick house at 63 Prince street, and all the wealth and fashion of the city Mocked to her receptions. The house is still standing. President Monroe was much in New York in his two terms of office, and society was es pecially stately and magnificent when he was in town. In 1825 President Monroe retired from the Presidenoy and went to a place which ho had bought in Loudoun County, Virginia, called Oak Hill. Here he hoped to end his days as a couicry gentleman, keeping up 6omo? thing of the state with which ha had been nearJy all his life surrounded. But now the evil days came upon him. Ill health and peouuiary troubles harassed him night and day. For five years ho fought against bodily infirm ities and the harassment of debts. Then, ia 1830, Mrs. Monroe died, and he gave up the unequal fight. Old, lonely, 6ick and penniless, he came to New York to pass tho few remaining months of his life, a pensioner upon his son-in-law. He died at his son-in law's house in Prince street on July i, 1831, and was buried in the Marble Cemetery. -Philadelphia Press. FASHION NOTES. Fancy taffeta silks will be in high Vogue the coming season. The large shops are already display ing on their counters new cotton waists for the summer of 1896. The newest plaids aro lovely-white, green and black together, or violet, roso and green, with many other at tractive combinations. Grass linen and its kindred fabrics, ecru batiste and holland, have by no ineaUs had their day of favor. They aro imported in great quantities, in stripes of color, with all over designs of embroidery." Fur edgings around the hems ol skirts are going out of favor. They are uutidy and unsauitary. They gather up everything objectionable on tho street that can possibly attach to such material. A little dampness makes them exceedingly unsightly and they wear off very quickly, giving them a spotted and maugy appearance. Gloves aro an important item in my lady's outfit. They must be long, ex tending some distance above the elbows, in some cases to the shoulders. They are not very tight littiug. In deed, an exceedingly close fittingglove is not thought to be in the best btyle. Tiiey are almost without ornament, some of the best qualities having merely the tino stitching ab the back of the hand. Loi.g wristed mousquetaire glove-* of undressed kid aro asain very much the fashion, being worn not oniy with stylish walking and visiting costumes, but at tho opera and theatre with bright colored velvet p.nd satin even ing waists, or tbo--e of tho most de'* cutely colored Dresleu silks or ol chiffon over tinted faille or moire. When these gloves ?ir-) worn there is generally seen a bit >f bla?k velyet oi rich jet gi rn ii ur u on thu luucy, waist. POPULAR SCIENCE. Hindoo temples in Ooylon nre now lighted by electricity. The total mileage of eleotrio roach in Great Britain does not much exceed forty. Great petroleum fields are reported to have been discovered in Austro Hungary. More than 30,000 docks in Paris are operated by compressed air, of which 7000 horse-power is used for various purposes. A flywheel in Germany is made of steel wire. Tho wheel is twenty feet in diameter aud 250 miles of wire were used in its construction. It is proposed to form a company of capitalists to reclaim the gold tupposed to be in tho sand bars of tho Sacra mento Biver, in California. M. N. Grehaut, after making ex haustivo experiments, is of the opinion that the present illuminating gas it more poisonous than acetyline. It in the distinction of Lord Chelsea that he has tho finest collection of eagles' eggs in England, and he has collected them all with his own hands. The cost of producing copper is placed by the Government at 4* cents per pound, which at present prices would indioate a profit to the producer of from 100 to 200 per cent. The burning of sodium and potas sium when put in water is nothing but a veiy fast rusting of these metals, the chemical process being so rapid that heat is generated and the escaping gases ignited. A five per cent, solution of glycerine in water, in which is dissolved the sal ammoniac for Leclauche cells, is said to prevent evaporation. Most el ectrio bells, enunciators, etc., are operated by Leolauche cells. The Bussian railroads are all making considerable progress toward the sub stitution of petroleum for coal and wood for locomotive fuel. Many lo comotives have already been altered at a cost of about $330 per engine. The tanning industry is in prospect of revolution, owing to a new process of electrical tanning which has recent ly been perfected in Germany. Hides have been perfectly tanned by the new method in six days, which by the old process would have required a year. An automatic electrical semaphore has been perfected for trolley road crossings. It is so arranged that a car approaching from either direction will cause danger signals to bo displayed at the point of intersection ot the two roads while the car is still some dis tance from the crossing. The American Institute of Electrical Engineers, at its last meeting, dis cussed at great length the question of storage batteries as adjuncts to the dy namo plant for both lighting and rail way compauies. All those who had recent experienoe with modern per fected batteries heartily indorsed them. New Orleans, La., is the city of the least altitude. It is at tho sea level, some parts of it are actually below tho" level of the Mississippi, and protected from overflow by levees. During high water in many streets of the city tho wheels of heavily laden vehicles cut through tho pavement into the under lying sand. Extracting Oil Front ?lack-Bircli. An oil used largely in flavoring and for other general purposes in this coun try is extracted from the bl^ck-birch twigs and saplings of the New England States. This oil is also of recent manufacture, and it is sold largely ?under the name of essence of winter green. It is very strong in it crude state, and will stand a great deal of diluting. It is extensively used in the manufacture of confectionery and also for tanning- Ruana leather. There are eight birch-oil mills in Connecti cut, and farmers aro paid two and three dollars a ton for the twigs and sapling of black-birch that they haul to the mills. The mountains o? New England are covered in ruauy regions with forests of tho black-birch and anybody can gather the twigs for the birch-oil mills. The twigs are cut in small pieces about five inches long at the mill and then thrown into large wooden tanks fitted up with copper bottoms. In the bottom of each tank is a coil of steampipe aud several feet of water. Tho top is then put on and hermetically sealed. When the steam .is turned on th? water boils and is kept boiling for six hours. Near the top of the huge tank is a pipe connected with a worm coiled in a cask of cold water and emerging through tho bot tom in the iorm of a faucet. The steam in the tank passes through this pipe and worm aud is condensed when it strikes the cold surface inside of the cask of water. The oil dripb through the worm and runs out of the faucet into a glass jar. This is the whole process of manufacturing the oil. The oil was formerly refined by a very expensive chemical procese, but now a woolen blanket placed inside of the first tank clarifies it so that it is pure oil when it drips into tho glass jar. The oil is a dull brown before it is clarified but of a light green color phen pure. It sells for about three dollars a pound, but it takes one ton of birch twigs to make four pounds. -New York Independent. Kissed by La Fayette. J. T. McFeat, now a resident ol Harrodsburg, Ky. has tho distinc tion of having been kissed by Ls Fayette when the great Frenchman made his triumphal tour in 1824. The Harrodsburg Democat relates the par ticulars: "Mr. McFeat is a native of South Carolina, aud when tho General reached Camden, in that State, where Baron do Kalb hal laid down his life in the causo of liberty, the school children marched in iront of the Na tion's great guest and scattered flow ers in his path. 'Mac' was a tot, in his mother's arms, and she was stand ing'among the thousands who lined the sidowalks and the distinguished visitor, noticing them, came up, stooped over aud ki' <ed him. He was too young to remember the incident, but his mother often related it to him." This Prince >Vas a True Prophet. Prince Napoleon, in 1870, was some thing of a prophet. When he heard of the Emperor's declaration of war, he hurried to St. Cloud and hau a btormy interview with tho Emperor. He didn't hesitate to say "It is the Empress who has brought this upon u->," and tho Emperor, while offended at his frankness, admitted that "your pre6entiineuteperhaps correspond with mine." Then the Princo fired his last shot and showed that though he might go astray in many things, ho knew of tho weakness of France an<f. the strength ot Germany. He turned ou his heel aud, with that bitterness whioh he didn't hesitate to exhibit when occasion required, saul, "So be it, so bo itl Let us, however, make hasto to pack our possessions, for we are already beaten." And so the re sult proved.--Now iork rrees. Trolley Cari auf ?fflfr From (he Evc?ing 2/ev?$, tfeuar?, K T. Mrs. Anna Barne, of 838 Plano Street, Newark, N. J.. ls a decidedly pretty brunette, twenty-six yean old, toll, and a pleasant con. versationallst. On the ground floor of her residence she conducts a well-ordered candy store. When our reporter visited her store, she lu response to a question told hun a very interesting story. "Until about two months aso," aho began. "I enjoyed the yery best of health and could work night and day if necessary, Suddenly, and without any apparent cause, J began to suffer from Intense pains in my h..ad, In my limbs and tomples. Almost distracted with this seemingly nover ending pain, I tried care after euro, prescription niter presoiip tion and almost a gallon of medicine of all kinds. Not bing did me any good. Ia fact I became worse. Tho knuckles ot my hands soon bocamo cramped and the pain in my hips bocamo more and moro distressing coca day. Business in tho store had to be at tended to, however, and so I was obligad, suffering ns I was, to koop more or less on my feet aad occasionally I was forced to go ont. This was the ordeal I dreaded. Each time I went out I trembled when I camon es.r tho car traoks for roy pain nt times was f o severe that I was obliged to stand perfectly still no nutter whore I was. On one occa sion I was soizod in t hts way while I was crossing tho tracks on Harket Street and thoro I stood perfectly rigid", unable to move band or foot while a trolloy car came tfcu;i dering along. I\,;\unateiy ii was stopped before it struck mo, but tho dread of it nil lasted os long as my palo, for I never knew when crossing the tracks, whether I would not drop to the ground In my agony and be crashed to death. My anxiety to get well grow apace and I had abont given up in de* spair when I saw In the Evening Ketos one day, an advertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Hero was something I hadn't tried before and I lost no timo in gol ring to the nearest drug store. There I paid fifty cent?-' for a box of these truly wonderful, health restoring pills. Before 1 had finished taking half of tho pills I began to feel relieved; the pains in my hips gradually disappeared and for the first time. in many days I felt as if there was some hope. I continued to take the pius and the more I took, the better I felt. I finished ono box, got. another and now having taken only n few o? the second flit y conta' worth, lam free from ali pain and as happy os the day is long. ' Since I began to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills 1 have gained thirty pounds and now when I cross the car tracks I don't care it-there ls a dozen vehicles nearby. It is a great relief, I assure you, and suffering humanity has a nover failing friend In Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, I know what I am talking about. I speak from experience." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a con densed form, all tho elements necessary to give new lifo and richness to the blood and restore shattered noires. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to.females, such as suppressions, irregularities and all forms of weakness. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental, worry, ovorwork or exoesscs of whatever nature. Pink Pills aro sold In boxes (nover in loose bulk) at CO cents a box or six boxes for 92-50, ?nd moy bo had of all druggists, or dlroot by mall from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. INTERESTING PERSONALITIES. General Sewell, of New Jersey, is the only genuino Irishman in ibo United States senate. He was born in county Mayo, Ireland, and came to this country in 1851, a penniless or phan, at the age of sixteen. The dake of York's collection of postage stamps, which he recently sold to one of the Rothschilds, bore an in surance of $600,000. The widow of Alexander Campbell, the founder of tho Christian or Camp bellite church, is living, at tho age of ninety-four, in Bethany, W. Va. Mrs. W. R. Thompson, who was for so many years postmistress of Louisville, Ky., is her daughter. Riin-in-theFace.who was the leader in the Custer massacre, is now a po liceman at the Standing Rock agenoy. He wears his government uniform with as much pride as he used to wear the war bonnet, and is as active now in preserving the peace as he was for merly in breaking it. It is commonly supposed that Mr. Chamberlain is the greatest amateur orchid grower in the world, but this is far from being the case. His collection is worth from $75,000 to $100,000. Tho collection of the dowager empress of Germany, however, is worth nearly, double that of Mr. Chamberlain. Miss Alice Rothschild is a most enthusiastic horticulturist, her collection of roses alone being valued at 850,000. The Archdnko Joseph of Austria owns $200,000 worth of flowers. W. W. Astor recently paid S6.000 to an Eng lish grower for the stock of a single variety of rose trees. This Suggestion Was Not Adopted. Young Mrs. Yearsbride-Can you snggest any way at all in which I can make home more attractive to my hus band? Old Mrs. Mulberry (tartly)-You might invite one of your husband's old sweethearts to stay two or three months with you.-Somerville (Mass.) Journal. WRENS, GA. J. T. SntTPTRINK. Slr:-"Havin.'obtained a box of vour TET TKRINE of Hunter & Wright, of Louisville, Ua., which I used on a caso of itching piles of five years' standing. I spent $50 for different kind* of remedies and the pkillof doctors, all for no good, until I got tho TETTKKIXE. I am now well. Accept thanks." Your-, W. R. KINO. By maU for 50c. in stamps. An Atlanta KnnUrr linn Word* of Praise l'or R Home Institution. Mr. Puns. E. Currier, of the At'nnta Na tional Bank, is very careful with his worls, not only in financiering, but in his conversa tion generally. Like thc rest of us, he ia t-ick sometimes; but, unlike many of us, li" knows how to get well. "I have used Timer's Dyspeps'a Remedy in attack-of acute indigestion, and have always found lr to give Inst.vitanooU'1 relief. I coa r i 1er it a medicine of b/jjh merit." Price per bottle, 50 cents. For sale by alt druggists. Mun v Influences Comblncto It educe Health to Die danger limit. The reviving properties of Parker's Uin,rer Toni .- overcome iliese ills. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for ehildrin teething,softens the gums, reduces [nflammi i inn.allays |>ain,cureswlud colic. 2~>J. a bottle. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR *3. SHOE "MDT6 If you pay 8* to SC for shoes, ex- ^ amine the W. L. Douglas Shoe, and see what a good shoe you can buy for w ? OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS, CONGRESS, BUTTON, and LACE, made lu all kinds of the best selected leather by skilled work men. Wo make and sell more $3 Shoes' than any other manufacturer in the world. None genuine unless name and price is stamped on the bottom. Ask your dealer for our 85, 84, 83.?0, 83.no, 82.25 Shoes; 82.50,82 and 81.75 for boys. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. Ifyourdealer c.nnot supply you, send to fac tory, enclosing price and 36 cents to pay carriage. State kind, style of too (cap or plain), size and width. Our Custom Dept. will fill your order. Send for new Illus trated Catalogue to Box K. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. THE AERMOTOR CO. floes half tb? wort<rs windmill business, bceauM lt hw reduced the coit of Wind power to i/o what lt ?ii: It hu many branch bouses, sad supplies Its good? sod repairs st your door. It can and doe? tiu-Dlsh a better article for lesa money than other*. It makes Pumping and Geared. Steel, OaWaniand-after. J Completion Windmill?, TllUng r sad fixed Steel Tower?, Steel Boa Saw Frames, Steel reed Cutters ?nd reed Grinders. On application lt will name one , of these article? that lt wUl furnish until january Ut M 1/3 the uro?: price. It also makes Tank? and Pumps of all kind?. Send rar oataloffua, Factory: 12th. Rockwell ?od Fillmore Streets.CUCUk in PISO'S CURE TOR . : CON S U W RT ?ON . Gladness Comes With a* better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys ical ills which vanish before proper ef forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of thc system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. That is why it is. the only remedy with millions of f amilies, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore al l important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have thc genuine article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep utable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxa tives or other remedies are not-needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely ui.ed and gives most general satisfaction. ASTHMA POPHAMS ASTHMA SPECIFIC OlTegrelief la FITS minutes.* Send for a Flt KE trial package Sold by Dros?i?:>. One Box ?ont postpaid OQ receipt Of 11.00. Six be,M ?1.00. Addreea T1I03. roPIUB, PU I LA., Fi. f Treated free. Poriiixij- cn: I'D with YtftUblo RtBodltn. 1?JT cured many thou sand cases pro ncunced hopeless. From first ?lose symptoms rapidly disappear, and in ten days at least t-ro-thirci? of all symptoms are remored. "?OKof testimonials of miraculous cures sert FREE. ?"mail ?a. BOOK of testimonials of miraculous cures sert FRI TE N OA YS TREATMENT FURNISHED RH by i DU. IL H. OiilXN ii b0>'8, SpcclolltU, At .an La, PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and beac', i fies th? hair. Promotes a luxuriant growth. Never Fails to neatore Gray Hair to ita Youthful Color. Cures ?riip diieases li hair tailing. flOctnd?!-Wat Drugnfati RITCUTC Promptly procured und sold, r A I tri I O tl rite for pamphlet. AU about it Ckaodlr*. Chu di ec * ff ard, Kt?r BoUdlnr, Atlanta, IM HI IMA Morphin? Habit Cared In 10 ! BPilfllH to 20 days. No pay till cured. Vii B VIH OR. J.STEPHENS. Lebanon,Ohio. 'Successful 'S**?** --V). growers of fruits, berries? and all kinds of vegetables, know that the largest yields and best quality are produced by the liberal use of fertilizers containing at least 10% of Actual Potash. Without the liberal use of Pot ash on sandy soils, it is impos sible to grow fruits, bernes and vegetables of a quality that will command the best prices. Our pamphlets are not advertising; circulars boom* ing special lertilizers, but are practical works, contain. lng latest researches on the subject of fertilization, and are really helpful to formers. They are scot frc? foe the asking', GERMAN KALI WORKS, S3 Nassau St., New York. THE DOWN-HILL ROAD! One? give a dlsca.se a start, and the road from health to sickness ls smooth, and de clines rapidly. Sometimos jost a littlo ir regularity, jost a little drain, jost a faint 'bearing down" feeling, indicates the exist ence of a disorder that nearly always leads to the, most serious consequences. There are very few women in perfect health. Nearly always there is some weakness in the female organs. Neglect of these little things is sure to push the sufferer farther down UM hill to disease. Pata stop to them. MoELREE'S WINE OF CARDUf wilt quickly stop and cure all displacement* and drains the weaknesses peculiar to women? It cures by building up toe whole pystem. Disease can't exh>t In a strong, healthy body. 'A ino of Cardul enables women to cure themselves. It enables them to keep secrets from tho doctor that he must know If she goes to him for help. One collar a Bottle. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. EGGS! I Strawberries Free! Brown L-ghorns, the great - est layers ; P ymoath Rocks, the business hen. 13 Eggs (rom either .l.ou and iri*r> 85 plants Early Mitchell Strawberrv, Earliest and Best; setting of both 82.U0. K plants free. If ron want t o tm prove you r poult ry fl c lt? and (arden and know wh/ chickens pay better than co < st and bow strati berries save, doctor's bilp, oar free i lus tr?t ed catalogue tells'anf?ue Facts. Keiineons?"rarma Box 191, Marietta, Georgia. OSBORNE'S AND V School of Shortliand At <;I*TA. GA. No test books used. Aetna! business from dvy of entering-. Business papers, coi.ige carr .mc? aa I goods ased. (Send (or h-ndsomeiy illustr?t*! cu? logae. Board cheaper than many s>athern city. EleTcn, '93 ALABASTINE. WONT RUB OFF. Wai! Paper is Unsanitary. Kalsomine is tem porary, rote, rubs off and Scales. nt DOCTOR-"OM I J,tr of ' ALABASTINE Es?S*-~ forms a pure and permanent coating and does ' not require to be taken off to renew from time ( to time. Is a dry powder. Tue latest make i being adapted to mix, ready for use? with' Coldwater. Can be easily brushed on by any j one. Made in white acdisvelve fashionable! tints. ALABASTINE is adapted to an styles ' of plain and relief decorating. ASK YOUR PAINT DEALER*FOR CARD OF TINTS. If not for Mle in your town, write na for name of i nf ares! dealer. " 'MANUFACTURED ONLY BY ALABASTINE CO.. QRAND RAPIDS. MICH.{ Better use them this way, if you don't use Pearline. Give your tired arms and aching back a rest, somehow, when you're scrubbing and cleaning. "An absurd idea?" Of course. But when a person has cleaned house with Pearline, year in and year out, and knows how much work it saves, and time, and rubbing; nothing seems more absurd than to try to clean house without it. Pearline no soap with it-just Pearline-makes house-cleaning easy. _Iggjrg^_ THE FREEZE IN FLORIDA forcerl the A. B. Campbell Co., of Jacksonville, to Bell out to the Freyer & Bradley Music Co., of Atlanta, Ga. They had a great number of pianos and organs in stock that thc F. & B. M. Co. do not handle and these must be sold. Below will be found a partial list of these instruments with the cash price. If oue, or two years should bo wanted, the legal rate of interest (8 per cent.) will bc charged, thus placing thc one wanting time upon tho same basis as tho cash buyer. This is thc first time in the history of thc music business m tho South that this bas been done. In writing the F. & B. M. Co., about the instruments in the lil t below, refer to them by the numbera. These instruments are NEW, and are guaranteed for 6 years, except when otherwise specified. UPRIGHT PIANOS. 1 -? Name Sty,e No. Name. Style. Price. .Fischer.. 3... 4... 6... 0... 7 .. 8... 0... 10.... ll. ..IGOak.$203 00 ..12 Walnut. 102 00 ..1G Ebony. 197 00 ..18 Walnut. 211 00 ..18 Walnut. 211 00 "18 Ebony. 200 00 ..18 Oak. 211 00 "12 Mahogany.... 192 00 .13Mahogany.... 211 00 ..ll Mahogany.... 211 00 J6 Walnut. 203 00 12.Smith ?i Barnes, K Walnut. 167 00 13. " " Walnut. 164 00 14. " ?? Walnut.. 164 00 15. " ?. Ebony. 159 00 16. K Walnut. 167 00 17. " " E Oak. 168 00 18. " " H Oak. 170 00 10.A. B. Chase,.140_. 237 00 20. " .14 Walnut. 237 00 21.McCammon.7 Mahogany. 207 00 22. *. .7 Mah jganv. 207 00 23. - ."..7 Mahogany. 207 00 24. " .7 Ebony. 197 00 25. " .....7 Ebony. 197 00 20. M .7 Oak. 207 00 27. " .7 Mahogany.... 207 00 28. " .".7 Oak. 207 <>0 29.S. Sommer.Mahogany. 112 00 30.Kimball.Ebony. 114 00 81.Stuyvesant..._Walnut.. 143 00 32.Briggs.Ebony. 167 00 83.Stuyvesant.Ebony. 184 00 34. " .Ebony. 134 00 85.Haines Bros.4 Mahogany.... 137 09 36. " . 118 00 87. " .8 Ebony. 123 09 88. " .6Ebony. 139 ot 89.Kellar Bros. 92 09 40.Wheelock.5. 118 09 41.Haines Bros.4 Mahogany. 187 09 42.Crown. 127 00 13. " . 127 00 44. " . 127 00 46.Stuyvesant.Ebony. 138 00 46. ".Ebony. 188 00 47.Kranich & Bach.Ebony.$197 00 48. " " .Rosewood... 209 00 49.Kimball.... ?7 00 60.Kranich ABach.Walnut. 211 00 61. " " .Ebony. 210 00 NEW ORGANS. 62.Farrand <fc Votey.503 A.$46 00 .503 . 42 00 " .Chapel. 32 00 ?. .Walnut. 41 00 " .Walnut. 4100 " .Walnut. 41 00 " .Walnut. 41 00 " .Walnut. 41 00 " .Chapel. 82 00 " .Chapel. 32 00 " .walnut. 46 00 " .Walnut. 86 00 " .Walnut. 86 00 ?? .Oak. 86 00 " .Walnut. 86 00 " .Walnut. 86 00 ?. .Chapel. 81 00 " .Oak. 4100 SECOND-HAND ORGANS. 70.Story ? Clarke. |35 00 71.Mason & Hamlin.Walnut. 40 00 72.Kimball. 26 00 73.Kimball. 25 00 74.E-erllDg.... 25 00 75.Mason ?? Hamlin. 20 00 76.Waterloo.Oak. 40 00 77.Frayser.,. 10 00 78.Estey. 1? 00 70.Kimball. 16 00 80.Mason * Hamlin. 19 00 81.Smith American. 19 00 82.Kimball. 16 00 These organs are put in good shape, and will be sold only for spot cash, F. O. B. . SECOND-HAND PIANOS. 00 Square Pianos, different makes in rood condition at $50 cacti Spot Cash, F. O. B. FREYER & BRADLEY MUSIC CO., W. W, CROCKEB, General Manager. _ B. F. MANIER, Mgr., HOME OFFICE : C F. BREWER, Mfr., JACKSONVILLE, FLA., ATLANTA. CA. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. 24 E. Forsyth St. 63 Peachtree St. 205 Market St. I Shooting Pains in any part of the| body are usually caused by Neuralgia, which in turn is caused by a low state of the blood. Purify the blood and the pains cease. BROWN'S IRON Bnv TERS purifies the blood. BROWN C&BNBCafc Co., Baltimore, Md. A lui 19