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Dkl Not Deitro to Criticise, Mr. Meekton's wife WM eyeing bin euapioioualy as ho ate his breakfast. "Yon don't seem to like tho biscuits," shosaid. "What ia the matter with them?" 440b, nothin* muon." : "Then why don't you eat them?" *T don't feel riuoh like eatia' bis cuits this morning." "Then there must be something the matter with them or with yon." "Well, to tell you ?he truth, they're a little more bnrnt than I ordinarily like 'em. And I hope you won't think I'm fault finding and not willing to make allowances. I know that human nature's human nature, and it isn't with any idea of blame that I remark that lately when ye ain't soorohin* on the bicycle ye're scorching on the oook stove. I 'epose the two just naturally go together,'1-Washington Star. i Dad Respect For lt. I "Mr. Dismal Dawson's removal of tba trash from the lawn vu so languid that Mrs. Watts was mc- ed to say: "i fear you ?re not fond of work." "Ob, yes, lam, mum," said Mr. Dawson. "I think eo much of wort that I wouldn't be violent with it fer noihia."-Indianapolis Journal. "Eiiusox-Halloa, dear boy, you look very sad this morning. What'? tho trouble. Green-I've just under gone a most annoying operation. El lison-What was it? Green-I had my allowance cut oft-Tit-Bits. ITceponiiive Beth to Harsh snad Swettt The nerves are often painfully acute. When this ls the cate, tho best thing to be done ia to Feck the tonio and tranquilizing assistance o? Hostetet'a Stomach Bitters, a superb ner vino. No less beneficial ls it for dyspeptic, Ll?oa?, malarial, rheumatic, bowel and Kid ney com plain ts. Ui"? with persistent regu larity. A wineglass ful before retiring confers sleep. _;_ Chicago only gained 2,000 inhabitants in the last two year*. "Duy fL00 worth Dobbins Floating-Bora? Sita? of your grocer, eoad wrappers to Dobblnu Soap Mfg Co., Philadelphia, Pa. They w?l send yon free ol chaire, POE tajo paid, a WoroeaUr Pocket Dio UOTJ-IT. 803 pa?**? bound In olotb, rrofuaely U rattraJed Offer good nnUl Amrnst lat only. .-. . A cood navy and some Ano coaiit defenses .will mako tht? oountry more respected than ev? r. ' ._ lUirs Catarrh Oure te a liquid and is taxe* internait}-, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. Writs for tes timoni?la, free. Manufactured by If.J.CaaKBf 4 Co^ Toledo, O. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children tfolhlnc. softens the sru ms. red nco? Inflamnrv ikMvatlays pnin.curtv? wind colic Ho. a bottle. TITS ?topped free by Diu KLINS'S GREAT NKKVK HKSTOIIKR. Vo fltaafter flrntday'srie. Marvelous enres. Treatise ?nd $?.<Otrlal bot Ho free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Pillia.. Pa. Fi?o> Oar? for ConMinv tion has no equal ai nConnh medicine.-F. M. ABBOTT, 383 Seneca SU, Bultalo, N. Y~ May ?, 1804. ?r amie ted wit h nore eye*nseDr. InaacThomp son's Eve-water.DrusriristR Reil at2Sc per bottle. Pure Blood is essential to health. Now ls the time to purify and enrich the blood, and thus give rigor and vitality, by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Bloo:l Purifier. All druggists. $1. Hood's Pills cure alt Livor UK 25ceuta, .A Tree of Iron. ' At the meeting of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, Prof. Oscar C. 8. Carter of the Boya' Central High school, was the prinoipal speak er. In his address be referred to a so called iron tree, which was discovered about one mile from Three Tuns, Montgomery county, Pa., imbedded in a sandstone quarry, about ten feet be low the surf nco. The tree is about 18 feet long, and tho trunk ?B abont 8 inches in diameter. It bas been com pletely turned to iron, and is com posed mostly of brown hematite, an iron ore. A portion of the tree is of imperfect lignite, which greatly re sembles oharooal. No doubt exists among scientists that the article re ferred to was a real tree, because knots were found, many of which had also turned to iran.-Industrial World. How HE KNEW.-Miss Sweetly How did you know I was going to wear my hair curled this evening? Mr. Plainraan-I saw it in tho papers this morning. -Brooklyn Life. AN INVITATION It Give? Us Pleasure to Publish the fol lowing Announcement, All women suffering from any form of illness peculiar to their sex are re quested to communicate promptly with Mrs. Pinkham, nt Lynn, Mass. All letters are re ceived, opencV read and an ?uf? swered by worn? only. x_~V A woman ca freely talk t her privat? illness to r woman : thus has been estab lished the eternal confi dence be tween Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America. This con fidence has in duced more than 100,000 women to write Mrs. Pinkham for advice during the last few months. Think what a volume o? experience she has to draw from ! No physician living ever treated so many cases of female ills, and from this vast experi ence surely it is more than'possible she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. She is glad to have you write or call upon her. You will find her a woman full of sympathy, with a great desire to assist those who are sick. If her medi cine is not what you need, she will frankly tell you so, and there are nine chances out of ten that she will tell you exactly what to do for relief. Sho asks nothing in return except your good will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely, any ailing woman, rich or .^poor, is very foolish if she does not take-advantage of this generous offer of assistance. Never ianthe history of medicine has the demancNor one particulai remedy for female diseases equalled that at tained by Lydia?. E. Pinkham'* Vege table Compound, and never in the history of Mrs. Plrkham's wonderful Compound has the demand for it been to great as it is to-dav o Pl SO*S CURE FOR . CURES WHERE Alt USE PAILS. m Boat Conch Syrup. Tastes Good, use | ta tima Sold by druggist*. CONSUMPTION y>. KAIRI/ ABEY you? Why, no, Vauc, of course J wot.'t ! You mus! have taken leave ol your senses, and I al ways told you I in tended to wed a man with blue eyes and golden hair, and yours are dark. Be sides you are twenty-seven and a med ical student, two things I nover could tolerate in tho man I honor with my heart and hand." And lovely little Lottie Bexdal laughed a very wicked little laugh as she pushed the end of her red silk parasol into tho soft soil under an old applo tree, at the same time glancing saucily up at her com panion, a scholarly young man, "Why do you ask me?" sae re sumed. "Because I wanted to be made fun of, to be ridiculed by the little girl 1 love," replied Vane" Winton, smiling sadly s? the pert young lady perched on tho back of a rusti? garden seat, her brown frizzes falling roguithly in to her dancing brown eyes. "Now, that doesn't sound n bit like our own grave Vane, who studies med icine and cultivates ari ice croam com plexion. " "Anice cream complexion?" asked Vane Winton, a little mysti?ed." "Yes; that'd Lottie Bexdal'n term for students' complexions. You book worms study away until yoar faoes take on the hue of that sweet com pound," answered the roguish girl. "If you would only be grave for a whilo I might talk to you," said Vane. "Yes; yon know Pm such a rogue that I should put yoi to the blush a thousund timen a day," chimed in Lottie. "I am willing to run the risk." "Ah! but I shall not agree to any Buoh facri?ce. Marry some steady, sensible girl. Alio May Will be here in one hour. Be polite, and captivate her? Miss May is so highly cultured and grave that she will surely not bo less than sublimo in your eyes. 1'il tell you-" But Vane did not stay to hear more. He walked off, leaving gay Lottie Bex dal laughing merrily. Lottie was the ward of Vane Win ton's kind father. Sho had been or phaned at a very early age. A m liden aunt had then adopted ber. When Lottie was but ien, and her education not half completed, her kind relative died. Bnt before that she had Sent for Mr. Winton, her girlhood's lover, and made him promise to receive the little orphan girl. The kind man con sented; and so Lottie became an in mate of Vane Winton's home. Vane was the only child of woalthy parents, and at the tinva iv lieu Lottie came to his father's house he was away on the Continent. When he returned three years after wards ho fouud his "ward sister," os ho had called her in his letters, away at some school for girls. So it hap pened that Vane and Lottie had never met uutil six months before. Vano waa a fine scholar, but he had never studied any profession. Now, at thc age of twenty-seven, realizing perhaps that "it is never too lata to mend," he was fitting himsolf for the medical fro feaston. Vane was trying to study at his homo that summer. Sometimes he found it impossible to do so amid the tempest aroused by mischievous Lot tie Bexdal. She threw open the un used piano, and made lae house ring with her olear, bell-like notes. She filled the library with Howers, tossed up Vane's books, and even scribbled on them. She rode every horse on the place, romped with Prince, the great shaggy dog, tore her dresses, went bare headed, and turned the wide hall Into a skating rink. She wai utterly spoiled by both Mr. and Mrs. Winton. At first Vane had been shocked, But the moro he studied her original character, the moro he become reconciled to it. Tol erance gave placo to admiration, and that, in duo time, to love. Ho had alwoys felt avague longing to discover a woman in whoEO charactor he boped to find originality and freedom iroin affectation. If ho could only toach Lottie to love him, what a splendid woman she might become I He would wait patiently und hope fully, ho reasoned, as he walked away. Taking a volume from his pocket, ho sat down ou a bonch under an elm, and began to peruse it. Soon a merry laugh caused him to look up, and he saw Lottie riding down the lane on her milk-whito Floss, Very bright and piquant she looked iu her riding habit as sho drew rein beside Him. "Sir Owl, I'm on my way to meet Miss Alice now ; and whilo I'm gono I shall expect you to comb your hair, part it in the middle, put on a clean collar, pin a flower in your buttonhole, and net very rosthetio and dukc-like." And with a merry laugh she rode away. . For weeks after Alice May's arrival tho house was lilied with company. Vane devoted himself almost entirely to her, leaving Lottie io amuse herself. At the frequent picnics Alico shone as the chief star of tho ooca?ion. She might be gone all day, but returned with her elegant costumes as perfect as when she started,whilo Lottie would lose her parasol and fan, and tear great holes in her drqsses, and came home with her face ar.d-hands cs black as a gyp^y'c. When Vane and Alice went riding, Lottie would show off Floss and jump hedges, thus provoking earnest re monstrance from Vane. Then the brown-eyed witch rode faster than ever, sending baok gay pearls of laugh ter to the dignified couple whom sho left to bring np the rear. Of late Vane thought ho detected n certain rcokleeeness in Lottie'o freaks. When going up tho mountain, where it was so steep that he dismounted to lead Alice's horse, sho galloped on, putting whip to Floss, who rushed up tho rocky ascent, tearing up pebble and turf, over wide chasms, and along narrow ledges, where a ?in gie misstep would have hurled pony and girl down to instant destruction. Vane trembled; but to hido his fears, he gave Alice his Tull attention. Ouo day he went into the library, and found Lottie seated on the wiu Y PAID. dow sill. Sba was unusually quiet. She hail been watching Alice, who, with book in bami, waa promenading on the lawn below, under tho shady trees. '*3he is very beautiful/1 said Vano, iooking towards the graceful figure. .'I wonder if she would marry me?" "VaneWinton, haven't you asked her yet?" "Not yot. Perhaps I shall to-day. Do you Ih.nkI had better do BO?" "Most certainly." And she ran off, einging merrily. In a short time eho was tearing down tin load on Floss at breakneck speed. After shu had gone, Vane went ont to Alice. "What ails Lottie?" tho lady in quired. "Lottie? I do not rVerstand." "As she passed me just a few mo ments ago to mount her pony, I spoke to her, ?Let me go, Alice May!' Bho snapped, and 1 notioed tears in her eyos. And then she rode off so reck lessly that I am fearful she will put Floss in a bad temper." Alice spoke lightly, but Vane's faoo paled as ho walked back to the bouse, and waited anxiously for Lottie's re turn. Presently he caught fight of Floss being led slowly by a otrn?go man. Then' followed a carriage with two men, one of whom held a girlish fig ure in his arms. "It took place down on the river road," explained ono of the men to Vane. "The girl was riding like tho wind when all at once tho pony made a plunge, and the girl landed among the rooks? " Mr. and Air?? Winton cam? hurry ing ont, and thc greatest excitement prevailed; They took Lottie into tho house, wher? it Was aricertaitted that ono arm waa broken, and several ugly cuts and bruises had been received. When Lottie Opened her eyes, Vane was at her side. "flo away !" she cried. "Never, darling, for I love you 1" "How can you lovo mo and marry Alice?" sho pouted. "I am not going to rflarry Alice; "vVhy, Lottie, catt U be that you aro jealous?" said AliOe, -taking her hand. "Vano attd I do not Want caoh othor.'* "I was very jealous," confessed Lot tie, "but please don't go away." And he did not. "When yon spoke of mar rying Alice, I did not care what hap pened to me." "But you refused rae." "I know it, bat only to teaso yod." Just as soon as Lottie recovered there was a quiet wedding* and Alice was bridesmaid. ?ffriroo Doctrine In New Light. Judge Thomas N. Wolob, of Caro lina County, Virginia, recalls a new phaso of the Monroe doctrine, the de tails of which ho had from tho lips of James W. Saunders, who nbotit fifty years ago was a loading la.wyo? and pcliticau of Charlottesville, Va. Mr. Saunders said that when he was a young lawyer, Mr. Monroe, who had already been President, lived on his farm in Albemarle ?ounty,about seven miles from Charlottesville. A person in New York Bent Mr. Saunders for collection a bond of $500, due from Mr. Monroe. After consulting with some of his friends ho started to call on tho ex-President ' to present tho claim. Accordingly, he rode to the residence of Mr. Monroe and found bim at home. Ho was received in the most courteoas manner, conducted to the parlor, and a mint julep was brought in. Mr. Monroe's conversation was br;ght and instructive. Presently Mr. Saunders was invited to partake of an excellent breakfast, after which he went with Mr. Monroe to his office, where a good cigar wag enjoyed. Finally, he informed Mr. Monroe of tho object of his visit. This he did as politely as possible, adding tho cred itor desired immed ?ate payment. Mr. Monroo listen attentively, then arose suddenly from his chair, went to a desk, took out two duelling pistols, and said: "Here aro two duelling pistols, which I purchased in Franco (his voice trembling with anger), and now, sir, you can take your choice, and down there in that grove we can each settle this matter." The invitation was declined,;and Mr. Saunders left without an invitation from Mr. Monroe to repeat the visit. -New York Herald It is Hot in Queensland. No rain had fallen for eight months, and the hot air was thick with a stilling haze of dust. Tho mighty Flinders, avast river of sand, with water beneath, mocked tho parched township, the dusty downs, and tho burning limbs of the populatiou. "Frequently all tho doors and win dows of the wretched tin and wood houses had to be hurriedly closed t' keep out tho hateful sirocco. Th .almost bare downs rolled away into the distance, with pillars of hot dust a thousard feet high, traveling along in tho scorching whirlwinds, nt a few miles distance from each other, like giants stalking through the land, rear ing their dim heads inlo the brass-col ored 6ky. These dust spouts are only a few feet in diameter for hundreds of feet up. They como eddying nlonj-, sometimes lifting even oil tins and pieces of corrugated iron; and woe betide tho houses they take in their track, for they fill them with dirt am' rubbish, making H clatter on the roof. Even if people arc on the alert to close all the apertures as they see a column approaching, they are filled with fine dust, and the very bookcovers curl up with the heat. The people oro as hap py as anybody eke. They live and toil, make lots of money, marry, ano are given in marriage. They havt their excitements-the shenring sea son, dancing, and race meetings. -All tho viceo and a few of the virtues be longing to th^ rest of tho world are tc bo met with in that dreary, scorching wilderness."-From "Parts of th* Paciic." Italy has a population of 30,913,00. and a debt of $2,401,571,000. roruLiK SCIENCE, ? bicycle cab is ba view in London. Blotting paper handles for bieyolcs re a recent invention. An attachment, has been invented >y whioh on ordinary bicycle can be onverted into ? tandem. An American dentist in Paris has ieen trying the X rays on aching jaws, nd affirms that it is a sore cure for bei toothache. A London dootor says that bathing nth a solution of hyposulphite of oda will immediately -iudpermanently ure ivy poisoning? Dr. Huggins* the Weil known as ronomer, says the stats are red, white nd blue, according to their ages. Fbo white stars ere the youngest. A recent experiment at passing the loentgea ray through a man's head ( esnlted in killing the hair abd leaf- , ng him with a perfectly bald spot. The artificial propagation and cul- , are of sponges has been BO success? ally practiced on the Mediterranean | toasts that the people of Southern florida and tho West ladies aro at empting similar methods. A Swede has invented ? variable peed chaiuless safety bicycle. The aachine is said to have fire- rates of i peed, the change being 'made pne?- | natically by means of tubing and twd i india rabbet balks fitted to tho hundi? )ar. .'. An Australian has just executed j that is considered one of the most re- ? narkable mathematical ' feats bf i aodcirn times. It consists in tho de mising of a diagram for finding the rue bearing of celestial bodies so as 0 correct the compass. It has been noticed in Germany that ightning Often passes .harmlessly brough the ore and molten iron of ?last furnaces to tho earth? Instead Of icing attracted to the lightning con; [Uotofe; the suggested explanation 1 that the aqueous Vapor and Carbon 1 the smoke Column offer & better oUductor to an 1 through, the furnace harge than is afforded by tho rod utBide-. .-^-^_ Where flints ?rc Ala de? Down below the Santa Fo round ouse, near the ia il road tracks, is a actory unlike any other ia the United 'tates, or, for thttt matter, anywhere lsc. It mali cs splints for the us? bf nrgeons ih banduging broken limbs, tom a peculiar fibrous material that ossesses especial adaptability for tho ?rpos?. This material is the wood f tho yucca palm, whioh grows 'leUtifalLy^ on tho Mojave Desert, 'he trees aro cut down and trimmed atc logs about ten or twelve feet long; nd from t?n inches upward iu diame er, and shipped to the factory, wbero hey are stripped of bark and caro nlly inspected. About naif or more f the logs contain what might be ! ailed flaws, or kidney colored musses, 1 a hard that the machinery used eau- | Ot e?t them; Nobody seems oblo to ?plain how these formations are 1 auscd, bat they make tho men at the actor7 a great deal of trouble and 1 poil much timber. The logs are-sawed ' p into suitable lengths, a length put ato a latho and a long knife is pressed gainst it, taking off a shaving about ne eighth of an inch thiele, 'more or :s?, according to tho uso to be made f it. This long shaving or board is hen cut into sm al let piceos and put woy in racks to dry, for the trees aro ut up when green; it being impossible ? sotten them after they axe dried, dtboagb. thoy grow in tho desert and 3ok patched to.the eye, they oro full f water and weigh so muoh when reeu that they sink in water. Tho corer quality of tho yucca is cut up ato narrow strips, whioh are fastened rouud young ff nit trees to protect hem from sunburn and tho attack of abbits, fbr which puf.po3? they aro ound to f.nswer admirably, and a reut many of them are used, But he use of this material upon which he greatest hope of ultimate profit is ased is for splints, for which it is inch better adapted than any other iaterial Used, as well S3 being houp er.-Lo 3 Angeles Journal. A White Beer os a Mascot, The citizens Of Crook County aro xuoh put out on account of the slaying f a whito deer whioh has been teaming vcr that section for a number of cars, and which was looked upon os a jrt of masoot, and whioh no one ould barm, until a short time ago no Poindexter wantonly shot it. uch curioB aro very seldom lound, ut in story and song for ages .yaat ocasional references are mado! to a milk white" doe or whito deer, whi?h i generally supposed Jo have been a ?ythical or legendary anio?oh - This hite deer of Crook County? however* ns no myth, for its snowy hide is now i pickle in a taxidermist's shop in iis city, and Gamo Protector Mod airo i preparing, at tho request of tho oople of Crook County, to make big roublo for Poindexter, who killed the nimal about February 1, during tho :ason when it is not lawful to shoot eer of any color. There have been ?auy stories about this celebrated hito deer, one of which was th Bar um had offered ?10,000 for tho ani ?al alone, and it now said that Poi n' ester shot the animal to get $200 for ;s skin. -Portland Oregonian. A Mechanical Doctor, It has been reserved for a Datoh ian to carry tho penny-iu-the-slot lachine to its extremo limits. He has avented an automatic physician. In opearauce tho machino is a dignified ietal man, tho front of whose waist oat is pierced with a number of open ags, over each of which is inscribed he name of one of thc commoner ail tents to which humanity is subject. ron put a penny in the slot set apart L your particular illness,* and out ops a small packet of medicine. This utomatic doctor may bo consulted by he sonud as well as by the siok, for no of the slots delivers a "refresher nd tonic" distilled from wholesome .er bs. This idea is certainly ingeni us.-Tit-Bits. An Electric Theatre. There is a. project on foot to build, a Boston, au electric theatre ia which ll the wings, drops, etc., are to be perated by electric motors, and in rhich it is expected to produce re markable twilight, moonlight, sunset nd tempest effects by electrical leans. Big Constantinople Fire*. In 1729 over 12,000 houses wer? lurned in Constantinople and 7003 ives wero lost in the fire. In 1715 a ire again raged in the Turkish capital, uring fivo days, and a series of terri lle conflagrations also occurred there a the year 1750. Moiielek'8 Secret Fear. King Monelek of Abyssinia lives in onstant fear of assassination. He has ad several narrow esoapes from doath rom poison at different timo3 ia his areer. All his food and drink are sstod before ho partakes o? them, ... a A, E. COLOMY. MARVELOUS GROWTH OF A CITY FOUNDED BY VETERANS. ?v V_' *- ' v . It ls Located Ia Southern Goorala * A Wilderness [Six Mouths Aso. Now Has a Popu . lation of CUOO. ; ... : FITZGERALD, Go., tho ?d?bny City of gaul zed by Teterans o? the Grand Army of tho Repub lic* which has been growing like magic during the past six mouths, continues td occupy a peculiar place in publie interest. Six months ago the trr.et it bow occupies down in Southern Georgia? half in Wilcox and half in Irwin County, was a wilderness of pine tree?! Td-day six thousand persons aro there, and the indications ate that before the year is done the census will show over ten thousand en rolled citizens. Colonies Of sudden growth rmi cities of quick development have not been infrequent in tho mining regions of the West, but Fitzgerald stands in many respects quite without a parallel, and tho movement which has led to its founding points to a possible indus trial revolution i h tho ?South, and calls for a new understanding rind partner ship between the South, North and West? The Fitzgerald colony is like wise signia?ant from the fact that as th? colonists aro mostly veterans of tho Federal array* $30*000 per month Of pension money Will* it is reckoned, be put into circulation through the South instead of through the North dtid West as fof me?lyi The colony ?nd ?ity bf .Fitzgerald were founded by M"*; P. H\ Fitzgerald* of Indianapolis, a pension attorney* who* through his .Connection with the Veter ans. bf tho Northwest, was led td. believe that it would bo greatly td tho interest of many cdu'd they locato in Some well conditidued Southern sec tion* away from tba rigors of severe Climate, where they could follow agricultural pursuits and live com fortably bu their pension incomes: In August; ?S9I* hd presented th? subject for the Cohsiderdtiod of tho veterans at au annual meeting of their society; His plait met with their im mediate approval; Hud in March; 1896* Mr: Fitzgerald, accompanied by H; M. Manger, bf Michigan; C?ptaid D. O; "VV?isBi bf McPherson, Kan. ; Peter Dinger* bf Gilman* Uh } H. 0: Miller* ?f Stanton, Neb. j Dr. J. M. t?eniston, of Lapaz, Ind., and fl; II. Wenas* bf Michigan* visited Georgia for the pur pose of examining lands offered them through William Ji Northed* twice Gdvernbr df G?orgid, at the low rate of S3.50 au acre. Although Texas was holding out tho inducement of land at only sixty cents an acre, Mr. Fitz gerald and his committeo decided to locato lipon th? Geof'gia tract without further delay. By tho middle of October tho business arrangements had been completed, and the survey of the land was well under way. By November 1 it was completed, and tho assignment pf city lots, business sites and farming tracts followed with a rash. The city of Fitzgerald and the farm ing lauds that compose the colony section are comprised withia 118,000 acres, and are located 117 miles south Of Macon* Gd:, in the midst of the gr??t agricultural arid fruit region. They aro available ipr almost any crop, whether of wheat, corn, oats, rye, rice, millet, cotton, sugar cane, potatoes and general track,while such fruits as peaches, pears, apricots, prunes, figs and apples aro indigenous. As to timber, the colony section com prises vast fields of long leaf pine, As good as eau be found in the country. The average whiter temperature for th? last ten years has beea fifty de grees* und the summer temperature during tho same time has averaged only eighty degrees. Tho city of Fitzgerald is located in Irwin County, and has tho benefit of competitive freight rates,both by land and water, which place it within easy communication with the great markets df the United States. There are now two railroads at Fitzgerald, and others under construction. On October 14 the first human hab itation was begun in Fitzgerald. To day the city presents a vastly different appearance. It is laid out in excel lent style, and hos four business streets, that contain a great variety of shops, which are furnishing the colonists with all necessary supplie.0. The residence portion shows many woll built structures, and hundreds of humble homes will sooner or later be replaced by more comfortable dwell ings* Thero are 6aw mil's, brick yards, four churches, a town hall, four blaoksmith shops, a public sohool und a Masonic lodge. Main street is the principal business thoroughfare of* Fitzgercld. The streets to the west of Main aro called after Confederate Generals-Lee, Jackson, Longstreet, Gordon, Bragg and Hill ; those on the west side after Federal commanders-Grant, Sher man, Sheridan, Thomas and Logan which certainly goes to prove that the colonists ere not cherishing sectional animosities. Another interesting fact is that the colony land includes tho historic spot upon which Jefferson Davis was captured by Wilson's cav alry, ia 18G5. Tho old veterans aro well pleased with tho prospects before them, and their rank and file has been increased by the coming of maoy who oro not Grand Army of the Bepablio men, but who like themselves, are seeking a comfortable home. These persons are, for tho most part, halo and hearty farmers, used to earnest work against far more difficult conditions than will confront them in Georgia. They belong to the sensible indus tiious class that has made tho West tho prosperous, powerful country it is to-day, and are but little accustomed to failure.-New York Herald. Eskimo Wolf Trapping. Field and Stream tells of a curie s way by which Eskimos oatoh wolves. They plant a stake in the ice, with a sharp piece of flint on one end, which is vrrapped with seal or other blubber. Along come the wolves aud go to lick ing the frozen blubber. Alter a while they get down to tho flint and cut t he r tongues on it. Being ravenously hun gry, when they tasto the warm blood thoy fall to and dew the Kfe out of one another. The familiar trick of putting a bent piece of sharpened whalebono into a ball of blubber, which is released by the heat of the animal's stomach and results in the death of tho animal, is | much less effective than the flint stake, canse nearly the whole pack of wolves are killed by the latter device. Old Linen Taper. The oldest pieco of linen paper ia existence, so far as known, is a manu script containing a treaty between thc Kings of Aragon and Castile. It is dated 1177, and is still in a fair state of preservation, retaining tho ink well. trUBDS OF WISDOM* Don't watch the cook too closely* All politeness is owing to liberty. An occasional drabbing does a man good. . It is easy to pick ont work for the fool killer. No woman wants the latest wrinkles in her face. People usually pick ont their own temptations. Tho increase of knowledge increases the need of it. Oaf richest relatives oro of ton tho most distant ones. A fighting ohance often means a chance to be whipped. The man is not poor who has the uso of things necessary. Pretty women who are stupid are foses without fragrance. A Woman's idea of a good thing al Ways makes a man smile. After all, an aching heart does not hurt Uko an aching tooth. The road to happiness is the pleas antcet patt af the journey. A Woman's interest in anybody usu ally begins with curiosity. No man ever marries but some wo man thinks he is "captured." Cupid shoots his strongest arrows nowadays at the pocketbook. If you want to make A friend praiso a dog in its owner's presence. Caprice buyeth a folly, thoa ex change th it for a greater foll 7. Tb Cfo is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason. It iS nd sign that a man is a fool be cause lld differ-? with us in opinion. The South-Wcsti School In GriqualaUI. The scene i? laid in Griqualand East, d depedency of the Cape of Good Hope. The place, a country schoolhouse, sit uate in a wide, open plain, with "bush" aiid "dongas," or gollies, in the dis tance: The niastgf receives a Govern ment grant; tho parents also pay him a small fee monthly.- Number of pd pils* eighteen ; farms being three and six thdusand acres eaoh, and only very partially fence 1. Tho boys and girls all come to school on ponies; these gfS2d about until the joyful signal is gi ved and tho sohdol is out; Saddles for both sexes Consist generally of sheepskins* add bridle reins are prob able made Of "reims"-that is, un tanned strips df hide. Time, 2 p. m. There ore always natives about who' assist in catching add "sadding up" the ponies. Ten or twelve df the youngsters have to travel id the edms direction. Hurrah I now for a hurdle face.- Thoro are two water jumps on thd homeward-bound "course." It is a grand heltef-skolt.f. The podios enter intd the fad. Any youngster Who qrtits his or her sheep skin must catch the pony and scramble np as best ho or she can; The winner is generally a girl who has taught her brothers to ride. These children would feel the restraints of English lifo ter ribly. Tba mothers in the old country lift their hands in horror, and exclaim : "Surely these children will break their necks ?"And what does this heathenish writer mean by "water jumps?" Bless your anxious hearths, the children are not hurt ; they tumble on the turf quite comfortably; and those ponies that don't jump tho brook go through it. As to a wetting, that matters but little with a Griqualand temperature, and perhaps a thunderstorm gives thom wettingN?. 2. But these clever ponies can generally make tho shelter before the storm overtakes them. A Lighthouse" Without n Light, The most extraordinary of all light houses is to be foddl on Amish Bock, Stornoway Bay-a rook which is sepa rated from the Island of Lewis by a channel over 500 feet wide. It is in the Hebrides, Scotland. On this rook a conical beacon is erected and on its summit a lantern is fixed, ff om which, night after night, shines a light which is seen by the fishermen far and wide. Yet there is no burning lamp in the lantern and no attendant ever goes to it, for tho simple reason that there is no lamp to attend to, no wick to train, and no oil well to replenish. The woy in v. hieb this peculiar light house is illuminated is this: "On the Island of Lewis, 500 feet or so away, is a lighthouse, and from a window in the tower a stream of light is projected on a mirror in tho lantern on tho sum mit of Amish Bock. These rays ore reflected to au arrangement ol' prisms, and by their action are converged to a focus outside the lantern, fro m where they diverge in tho necessary direc tion." The consequence is that to a'.l intents and purposes a lighthouse exists which has neither lamp nor lighthouse keeper, and yet which gives as ser viceable a light-taking into account the requirement^ of this locality-as if an elaborate and costly lighthouse, with lamps, service room, bedroom, living room, storeroom, oilroom, watertanks and all other accessories were erected on the summit of thc rock.-Tit-Bits, A New Bell. Many sensitive persons are startled by the abrupt incisive sound given out by the ordinary electric bell. M. Guerre, a Paris electrician, who has been working on the idea that this characteristic of the electrio bell was not irremediable, has produced a bell wuich gives a continuous musical sound. The noto is very soft, and sweet, although penetrating, and is said to be an exaggeration of that ob tained by rubbing the edge of a glass with the finger. Instead of a bell with a hammer and a spring interrupter, a steel bell is used, which is its own in terrupter. When the circuit is closed by the pressure of the button at tho other end of the line, it is released from the electro magnet forcod for ward and released again for a number of times with great rapidity. The vibration set up produces the pleasing humming instead of the familiar Bound so irritating to nervous people. The pitch of the note oan at any timo bc ?banged. For instance, should there bo sickness in a house and it is desired to reduce tho carrying quality of tue note, it can be lowered until it is audi ble only to servants, of others whom it is intended to summon. Extraordinary Growth ol a Sick Girl. Becently a fourteon-yoar-old girl died in New Brighton. It is said that when she became ill ehe measured five feet two inches. She was sick three weeks, and when she died and was laid out for interment she measured Ave feet nine inches, having grown soven inohes in three weeks, lt is said that the change in her appearance was so great that neighbors viewing the remains could, scarcely recognize in them tho features of their little friend of throe weeks before. Doc tors say it is the most remarkable case they have any knowledge of, Philadelphia-Times Wealth of the World. The United States ia the richest na tion in the world, though adding the wealth of Great Britain to that of her colonies, the British Empire would be the richest. The people of Australia have more wealth per capita than those of any other country. Tho British come next. The United States come fifth in par capita of wealth,the French and Dutch, ar well as the Australians and British, being wealthier. The following table gives Professor Malhall's estimate of the wealth of fif teen nation?, with i calculation which shows tho per capita of wealth of each: Per Weallb. Un?td States.$64,120,000,000 Groat Britain.4 7, OOO,OOO,COO France.43,990,000,000 Germany. 31; 185,000,000 Bania.2\445,000.0O0 Austria. 19,275,000.! 00 I'aly.14^15.0.0.000 Spain. 12,580,030,000 Australia. 6,865,000.000 Belgium. 5,035,000.000 Uolland. 4,900,000.000 Bmoda. 4,180,000.030 Sweden . 3 641.00 ),000 ltoumania. 3,180,003.000 Argentina. 2,515,000,000 From the abovo it will be seen that of the nations mentioned Bussia, Aus tria and Italy, ia the order named, are the three poorest, so far ss the per capita of wealth is concerned. The list, however, is far from com plete. China, India, Japan, Turkey, Mt xico, Brazil and Portugal aro richer in aggegate woalth than some of the nations mentioned, though China, In dia and Turkey are doubtless poorer in per capita of wealth than any. If China had a per capita of wealth of as mttch ns one hundred dollars she would bo richer than any nation except the United States, Great Britain and France. capita. tL096 1,241 1,1.2 631 250 401 494 726 2,2'il 810 1,101 835 763 ?>92 KC Notv, What Can a Man Do? Patient Man-Suppoao a woman makes it so hot for her husband that ho can't live with her, what can 6hc ; do? Lawyer-Suo him for support. Patient Man-Suppose she has run bim so heavily into Hebt that he can't Support her, because bis creditors grab every dollar as quick as ho gets bold of it, besides ruining his business with their snitb? Lawyer-If for any reason whatever ho fails to pay her the amount ordored he will bo sent to jail for contempt of j co?rt. Patient Man-Suppose she drives him (jilt of the honse with a flat-iron, ind he's afraid to go back? Lawyer-She can arrest him for de sertion. Patient Man-Well, I can't seo any thing for mo to do but go hang myself. Lawyer-It'd against the law to com mit suicide, and if you get caught at tempting it you'll be fined and impris med. Ten dollars, please. Good day. -New York Weekly. Identity Complete. Burrows-"Did you ever meataman dottn there with ono leg named Wil son?" Furrows (doubtfully)-"What waf the name of his other log?"-Washing ton Evening Times. Stimpson's Luck. "Great luck that find of Stimpson's. " "I havn't heard." "Found a $20 hill in his la.it sum mer's coat." "Good heavens! I didn't know he was a widower !"-Detroit Free Press. Pill Ci Tho good pill has a t serves two purposes; i abling it; to retain all it disguises the taste for coats are too heavy; t the stomach, and the through the system at pellet? Other coats are 1 speedy deterioration of exposure, Ayer's Sugar found as effective as if ji atory* It's a good pill ' your druggist f&v Ayer's Cati Kort pill particulars Iti ? Bant (rt?. J. C. Aye Cotton. With careful rotation o? Crops and liberal fertilizations, cotton lands will improve, The application of a proper ferti lizer containing sufficient Pot ash often makes the difference between a profitable crop and failure. Use fertilizers contain ing not less than 3 to 4% Actual Potash. Kainit is a complete specific against "Rust." Our pamphlet* are not advertising circulars boom ing special fertilizers, bal arc practical works, contain ig the results of intest experiments in this line. Every cotton farmer should have a copy. They are lent free for the asking. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 32 Nassau St.. New Vodc There is hts of pleasure, satisfaction and health cvrkeo up in a bottle of HIRES Rootbeer. Make it at home, U*it oalj br The Charlu K. Ulrei O?., Phlladtlpkla. 1 A Vc. pickle? a tit i 1 ?all o a J. EOU ?Ter J waa?. ?? Morphine Habit Cared la 1? to SO ?luya. No par till eared. DR.J.8TCPHENS,L*banon.OMo. OPIUM A. N. U.Twenty-four, '95. WOMEN SHI Thil tho Disorders commonly ct Foundation of nearly all tho T Whites, Chlorosis. Falling of Menses aro caused by derangements of Backache, Dizziness, Eruptions of the SI of tho same diseases. Being only s vmptt temporary relief does not euro the uiseas MCELREE'S WINE OF CAR CURES FEMALE DISE A! by actingdirectly upon the delicate organ: It can be taken in tho privacy of homo. T of ladies uso lt. Druggists sell and cou Ono Dollar buys a large Dottie. PIERCE CITY, Lawrence Conn I have been afflicted with Irregular an Menstruation and very severe Cramping ( lowingeach monthly period. Aft er t he bo I could find had failed to benefit me, I Wine of Cardui treatment. I commenced full bottle I was better than I had been f< Boston's Conf tining S tret ??. Tho yarn that th? down-town streets in Boston were formerly cow-paths, and that unless one he careful in keep ing bearings he is liable to walk in cir cles, although apparently v liking straight ahead, mm t be trae, because it has been verified. It is to the effect that a stranger, havir g asked a police man to direct him to a certain place soveral blocks distant, followed the directions until ho became bewildered. Seeing a policeman, ho asked again to be directed on his way. Confused again by not finding the place, he ap pealed again to a policeman. "Look here!" the policeman remarked, em phatically: "If you ask me that ques tion again I'll run you in-see?" A stranger, who inserted that story into a description of his experiences in the town recently, was confused when a reputable gentleman, of 85 years inter rupted by saying that his experienco in 1835 was similar, exoopt that tba person he asked wai) not a policeman. Any yarn that holds good for half a century ought to be belie vol. -New York Timos. Some English as ?ho Is Wrote. An Oklahoma ?diter expresses his thanks for a basket of oranges thus: "We have received a basket of oranges from our friend Gus Bradley, for which he will please accept our compliments, some of which aro nearly six inches in diameter." On a tombstone in Indiana is the following inscription: ''This monu ment was erected to the memory of John Jenkins, accidentally shot as a mark of off ction by his brother." A coroner's jury in Maine reported that "deceased carno to his death by excessing drinking producing appo pl?xy in the minds of the jury." A michigan editor received soma verses not long ago with the following note of explanation: "These lines were written fifty years ago by one who has fora longtime slept in his grave merely for a pastime."-Wash ington Evening Times. Karly Rising I nsanlty. * Bliuks-Soy, prof>?suor, do you be lieve in the theory that early rising tends to insanity? Professor Smart-Tes, I think there is considerable truth iu it. Blinks-Bat a min to bo insane must have a delusion of some sort. Now, what particular delusion have you ever known au early risor to bo I, fll ctcd with? Professor Smart-The delusion that ho liked early rising.-New York World._ Kconomy. "Ab, a chafing dish," remarked the late arrival. ."Well, well I" "Yes," answered Satan, affably. "Now and then wo gat one of those fellows who is moro sinned against than sinning, and it doesn't pay to build a fire in the range, don't you know."-Detroit Tribune. The Modem Iteanly Thrives on good food ?ml sunshine, with plenty of exercise in the open air. Her form (.lows with health and lier face blooms with its beauty. If her system needs tho cleansinj action of a laxative rem?dy, she oso? the gen tle and pleasant Syrup of Figs. Made by tho California Fig Syrup Company. Tho bicycle ls a veritable wheel of fortune. That is, If c od health is weald. lothes. jood coat. The pill coat t protects the pill, cn s remedial value, end it tho palate Somo pill hey will not dissolvo in pills they cover pass 3 harmless as a bread too light, and permit tho the pilL After 30 years Coated Pills have boon list fresh from the labor with. a good coat. Ask lariic Pills. .yer's Curebook, too page*. :r Co., Lowell, Mass. -j physician In n Now York lowij, not far from Albany, writes Septem ber ?tb, 1395: "I had asase recently that Wilt bo of Interest to yu. Aa old gontloninn bad snfferod^rom flatulence, duo to Indigestion; had been so annoyed by it that bo had consulted all tho doctor? in the Vicinity without securing any ben efit. Finally he came to my off!??. I proscribed soveral renmdlca which failed utterly. I then prcscrib?d Ttl pang Tubule?, whlob ho reported gavo him immediate relief, and ho is now nearly cured. I ttink ir would bo nn excellent thing for you to mako a strorjg feature of 'flatulence' In your aavortisoajents, as I And thom excellent In almost every case oftbat sort." R[pans Tabules arc soil by dm?*! Us, or by mail if the price (50cents abos) i* sent lo Ihe ItipaMChemical Companr. N'o. 10 Spruce St., New Torie Sample vial. 10 <:ent<._. Pla?.tor's CUBAN OIL - For yourself and your Stock. Good * for man and b.'n-t. Finest Nerve "?and Bone Llnimtnt made. Cures treuil cuts, wound-, bru'sc*. fores, rhenmatl-ni ard paint of all kinds. Sold by all medicine dealer-. Price. 25 and 50 cents, (?et Cuban R 3liof for summer comp'iiint. Manufac turedonly by the New spencer Medicine Co.. CHATTANOOGA. TKKK._ and WHISKY habit! cnrc<*. Book sent niF. Dr. lt. H. WOOLLEY. ATI.iNTi, GA. OPIUM DULD KNOW died " Female Diseases " are UKI rouble? from which they suffer. (It? Womb, Painful ?und Irregular tho organs of menstruation. Headache, ein and Falnfing Spells aro also symptoms ima, their e. DUI SES i affected, housands amend it. ty. Mo. d Painful/ Spells fol-r^ st doctoral tried the : mending at once, and before I had used 6 >r twelve months. NETTY WATSON.