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DM Kot Dedra to Criticise,
Mr. Meokton's wife va? eyeing him
suspiciously as he ate his breakfast.
"Ton don't seem to like the biscuits, "
she said. "What ia tho matter with
them?"
"Ob, nothin* maoh."
; "Then why don't you eat them?"
"I don't feel muon like ea tin' bis*
cuite this morning."
"Then there must be something the
matter with them or with yon."
"Well, to tell you ?hs truth, they're
a little more burnt 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 seor chin' on
the bioyole ye're scorohing on the cook
stove. I 'spose the two just naturally
go together,'1-Washington Star.
i Had Respect For lt.
! Hr. Dismal Dawson's removal of the
trash from the lawn waa GO languid
that Mrs. Watts was moved to say: "I
fear you are not fond of work."
"Ob, yes, I am, mum," said Mr.
Dawson. "I think zo much of work
that I wouldn't be violent with it fer
nothin.w-Indianapolis Journal.
ELLISON-Halloa, dear boy, you
look very sad this morning. What's
tho trouble. Green-I've jost under
gone a most annoying operation. El
lison-What was it? Green-I had
my allowance ont oft-Tit-Bits.
Bcepoaaire Beth to Harsh ?nd Sweet
S-i ?'<??
The nerves are often painfully acute. When
this is the cate, tho best thing to he done is to
Foek the tonio and tranquilizing assistance of
Hnsfttei'a Stomach Bitters, a superb ner
vino. No lets bene?cial is it for dyspeptic,
bllioa?, malarial, rheumatic, bowel and kid
ney complaints. Ure with persistent regu
larity. A wineglass ful before retiring confers
aleen. _:_
Cli?cat;o only gained 2,000 inhabitants in the
last two years.
"nor ft? worth Do Dbi na Float inc-Borax Soap of
your grocer, goad wr?ppers to Dobbins 8oap Mfg
Co., PhUadelpala, Pa. They wm send yon free
ol charre, pee tajo paid, a Worcester Pocket Dic
tionary, SOB pa?e% bound In cloth, pTofnaaly U
tnttnatcd Offer good nr.t? August lat only. .-. ?
A cool navy and some fine coast defenses
will mako thi* country more respected than
ev? r. ' ._,
Hall's Catarrh Cure ls a liquid and is token
internally, and acta directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of tho system. Write for tes
timonials, free. Manufactured by
i V.J. Cn ??st A Co?, Toledo, O.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothlne Syrup for children
teethtnar. softens the soi m s. reduce? Inflaram v
ikm.allays paln.cnro* wind colic 35c. a bottle.
TITS ?topi?ed free by Btu HUNK'S GREAT
NKHVK RasTonxn. No f?tsafter flrmtday's use.
Marvelon? enres. Treatise and $2.00 trial bot
Ho free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Phlla.. Pa.
Pico's Care for Consnnv tlnn has no equal ai
nConrfh medicine.-F. M. ABBOTT, 383 Seneca
St^ Bultalo, N. Y., May 9,1894.
Hr. Alic ted wit hann? eyo* use Dr. Isaac Thomp
w>n'sKve-water.Druir??RtR?ell at 25c ^er bottle.
Pure
Blood is essential to health. Now is (he
time to purify and enrich the blood, and
thus Rive vigor and vitality, by taking
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Tho One True Blood Purl Aer. All druggists, fl.
Hood's Pills eura all Liver HR 25 couta
.A Tree of Iron.
' At the meeting of the Academy of
Natural Science of Philadelphia, Prof.
Oscar C. S. Garter of the Boys' Central
High school, was the principal speak
er. In his address he referred to a so
called iron tree, which was discovered
about ono mile from Three Tuns,
Montgomery county, Pa., imbedded in
a sandstone <jnarry, about ten feet be
low the surface. The tree is about 18
feet long, and the trunk is about 8
inches in diameter. It has 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 twists
among scientists that the artiole 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 carl ed this evening?
Mr. Plainman-I saw it in the papers
this morning. -Brooklyn Life.
AN INVITATION.
It Gives 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, at Lynn, Mass. All
letters are re j8*> ceived, opene V
read and an xf*fy swercd by wornt
only. x*7 A woraau ca
frcely talk c
her privat?
illness to :
woman ;
thus ha;
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 of experier.ee
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 wongin
full of sympathy, with a gr.rr.t desire to
assist those who are sick. If her medi
cine is not what you need, 6he w ill
frankly tell yon so, and there arc nine
chances out of ten that she will t ?ll
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
r, is very foolish if she does not
ke advantage of this generous oiler
of assistance.
Never in. the history of medicine has
the demand-for one particulai remedy
for female diseases equalled that at
tained by Lydia?. E. Pinkham'n Vege
table Compound,? and never in the
history of Mrs. P^hanVs wonderful
Compound has the demanu>iac-it be*n
to great as it is to-dav "^V,
^ Pl SO'S CURE FOR
WiR?8 WHcKt Alt tl?t rAILS. "
Boat Couch Syrup. Tastes Good, use
in time. Sold by druggist*.
Dae M
RAIRL
^ ? ?
>^ ABUT you? Why, n<
f Sf\f - Jl Vane, of courso
Viv /v7 # won't! You mm
\u? M have taken leave <
>?^R 4\Y~f your senses, and I a
? ways told yon I ii
iff -1 .) tended to wed a mo
*Z^- * with blue eyes an
golden huir, and yours are dark. Bc
eides you are twority-seven aod a mee
ioal etadent, two things I nover coal
tolerate in tho man I honor with m
heart and hand." And lovely littl
Lottie Bexdal laughed a very wicke
little laugh as she pushed the end c
her red silk parasol into tho soft so
under an old applo tree, at the sam
time glancing saucily up at her com
panion, a scholarly yeung man.
"Why do you ask me?" tho re
sumed.
"Because I wanted to be made fu
of, to be ridiculed by the little girl
love," replied Vane Winton, smilin]
sadly at the pert young lady perche
on tho back of a rustic garden seat
her brown frizzes falling roguishly in
to her dancing brown eyes.
"Now, that doesn't sound a bit Uk
our own grave Vane, who studies med
ioine and cultivates au ice cream com
plexion.,:
"An ice cream complexion?" aBkei
Vane Winton, a Utile mystified."
"Yes; that's Lottio Bexdal's tern
for students' complexions. You bool
worms study away until your faoei
take on tho hue of that sweet com
pouud," answered the roguish girl.
"If you would only be grave fo:
a while I might talk to yon," saic
Vane.
"Yea; yon know I'm such a rogu?
that I should put yo i to the blush n
thousand times c. day," chimed ir
Lottie.
"I am willing to run the risk."
"Ah! but I shall not agree to nuj
such fasrifice. Marry Eome steady,
sensible girl. Aliso 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 sublime in your eyes. I'll
tell you-"
But Vane did not stay to hoar more.
Ho walked off, leaving gay Lottie Bex
dal laughing merrily.
Lottie was the ward of Vano Win
ton's kind vat ker. She had been or
phaned at a very early age. A m ?iden
aunt had thea adopted ber. When
Lottie was but ten, and her education
not half completed, her kind relative
died. But before that she had sent
for Mr. Winton, her girlhood'.* 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 ohild of woalthy
parents, and at the time when Lottio
came to his father's house he was away
on the Con tinent.
When he returned tbreo years after
wards ho found hie "ward sister," as
he had called her in his letters, away
at Borne school for girls. So it hap
pened that Vane and Lottie had nevor
met uutil six months before. Vano
was a fine scholar, but he had never
studied any profession. Now, ot thc
age of twenty-seven, realizing perhaps
that "it is never too late to mend," he
was fitting himself for the medical fro
fession.
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 the house ring
with her olear, bell-like notes. She
filled the library with flowere, tossed
up Vane's hooks, and even scribbled
on them. She rode every horse on tho
place, romped with Prince, tho great
shaggy dog, tore her dresses, went
bare headed, and turned the wido 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 charaoter, the
moro he become reconciled to it. Tol
erance gave placo to admiration, and
that, in duo time, to love. Ho had
alwayB felt a vague longing to discover
a woman in whose character he boped
to find originality and freedom from
affectation. If he could only touch
Lottie to love him, what a splendid
woman she might become !
He would wait patiently und hope
fully, ho reasoned, as he walked
away. Taking a volume from his
pocket, he sat down on a bench under
an elm, and began to peruse it. Soon
a merry laugh oaused him to look up,
and ho saw Lottio riding down the
lane on hex milk-whito Floss, Very
bright and piquant she looked in her
ridiug habit as she drew rein beside
?im.
"Sir Owl, I'm on my way to meet
Miss Alice itow ; and while I'm gono I
shall expect yon to comb your bair,
part it in thu middle, put on a clean
collar, pin a flower in your buttonhole,
and act very tcsthetio and dukc-like."
And with a merry laugh she rode
away. .
For weeks after Alice May's arrival
tho house was tilled with company.
Vane devoted himself almost entirely
to her, leaving Lottio to amuse herself.
At the frequent picnics Alice shone as
the chief st ir of the ooca?ion. She
might be gone all day, but returned
with her clogant costumes as perfect
as when she stur'ed,while Lottie would
lose her parasol and fan, aud tear
groat holes ia her drqsses, and came
borne with her face and-hands ns black
as a gyp'.yV.
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 back gay pearls of laugh
tor to the dignified couple whom she
left to bring up the rear.
Of late Vane thought ho detected n
certain recklessness 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 ascont, tearing up pebble
and turf, over wide chasms, and nlong
narrow ledges, where a singlo misstep
would have hurled pony and girl down
to instant destruction.
Vane trembled; but to hido his
fears, he gave Alice his full attention.
Ono day he went into the library,
and found Lottio scated on tho witt?
r PAID.
dow aili. She was unusually quiet.
Sho had been watching Alice, who,
with book ia han J, waa promenading
on the lawn below, under tho shady
trees.
"She is very beautiful," said Vano,
looking towardB the graceful figure.
"I wonder if she would marry me?"
"Vane Winton, haven't you asked
her yet?"
"Not yet. Perhaps I shall to-day.
Do you IhinkI had better do so?"
"Mott certainly." And she ran off,
einging merrily.
In a short time sho was tearing
down the road on Floss at breakneck
speed.
After sho had gone, Vano went ont
to Alice.
"What ails Lottie?" tho lady in
quired.
"Lottio? I do not understand."
"As she passed mo just a few mo
ments ago to mount her pony, I ?poke
to her, 'Let me go, Alice May ll Bhe
snapped, and 1 noticed tears in her
eyos. And then she rode off so reck
lessly that I am fearful sho will put
Floss in a bad temper."
Alice spoko lightly, but Vane's faoo
paled as ho walked back to the house,
and waited anxiously for Luttie's re
turn.
Presently he caught sight of Floss
being led BlowJy by a btra?g? man.
Then' followed a carriage with two
meo, one of whom held a girlish fig
ure in his arms.
"It took place down on the river
road," explained one of the men to
Vane. "The girl waa riding like tb?
wind when all at once tho pony made
a plunge, arid the girl landed among
the rocks,"
Mr. and Mr?? Winton carno hurry
ing out, and tho greatest excitement
prevailed; They took Lottie into tho
housej where it was ancertain?d that
ono arm was broken, and several ugly
cuts and bruises had been received,
When Lottie Opened her eyes, Vane
was at her side.
"Go away !" she cried.
"Never, darling, for I love youl"
"How can you lovo mo and marry
Alice?" she pouted.
"I am not. going to marry Alice;
"vVhy, Lottie, can it be that you
aro jealous?" 6aid Alice, 1?king her
hand? "Vano and I do not Want eaoh
other.'*
"I was very jealous," confessed Lot
tio, "but please don't go away." And
he did not. "When you spoko of mar
rying Alice, I did not care what hap
pened to me."
"Eat you refused rae."
"I know it, but only to teaso you."
Jaet as Boon as Lottio recovered
there was a qaict wedding) and Alice
was bridesmaid.
iToitroa Doctrino In New Light.
Judge Thomas N. Wolcb, of Caro
lina County, Virginia, recalls a new
phaso of the Monroe doctrine, the de
tails of which ho had from the lips of
James W. Saunders, who abottt fifty
yc.irs ago was a leading Iawyot 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 County,about seven
miles from Charlottesville. A person
in New York Bent Mr. Saunders for
collection a bond of $500, duo from
Mr. Monroe. After consulting with
some of his friends ho started to call
on tho ex-President ' to present the
claim. Accordingly, ho rode to the
residence of Mr. Monroe and found
him at home. Ho was received in the
most courteous manner, conducted to
the parlor, and a mint julep was
brought in.
Mr. Monroe's conversation was
bright and instructive. Presently Mr.
Saunders was invited to partake of an
excellent breakfast, after which he
went with Mr. Monroe to his offloe,
where a good cigar was enjoyed.
Finally, ho informed Mr. Monroe of
tho object of his visit. This he did as
politely as possible, adding tho cred
itor desiree! immediate 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, air,
yon 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 iu 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 the parched town?hip, the
dusty downs, and tho bnrning limbs
of the population.
"Frequently all tho doors and win
dows of the wretched tin and wood
houses had to be hurriedly dosed to
keep out tho hateful sirocco. The
.almost bare downs rolled away into
tho distance, with pillars of hot dust
a thousand feet high, traveling along
in tho searching whirlwinds, at a few
miles diotance from each other, like
giants stalking through the land, rear
ing their dim heads inlo the brass-col
ored 6ky.. These du?t "pouts are only
a fow feet in diameter for hundreds ol
feet up. They como eddying alou?-,
sometimes lifting even oil tins and
pieces of corrugated iron; and woe
betide tho houses they tako in their
(rack, for they fill them with dirt ano
rubbish, making a clatter on the roof.
Even if people aro on the alert to close
all the uperturcs as they seo a colnma
approaching, they are filled with fine
dust, aud the very bookcovers curl up
with the heat. The people aro as hap
py us anybody che. They livo and
toil, make lots of money, marry, anr.
are given in marriage. They havt
their excitements-the shearing sea
son, dancing, and race meetings. All
tho vicea and a few of tho virtues lie
longing to tho rest of the world are tc
bo met with in that dreary, scorching
wilderness."-From "Parts of tilt
Puciic."
Italy has a population of 30,913,00.
aud a debt of $2,401,571,000.
ruruLiB SCIENCE,
k bicycle- cab ls on view in London.
Blotting paper handled for bicycles
are ? recent invention.
An attachment, bas been invented
by which an ordinary bicycle can be
converted into ? tandem.
An American dentist in Paris has
been trying the X rays on aching jaws,
and affirms that it is a sore care for
tho toothache.
A London doctor says that bathing
with a Bolation of hyposulphite of
coda will immediately ana permanently
cure ivy poisoning.
Dr. Haggins, the weil known as
tronomer, says the stars ?te ted, whits
and bine, according tc their ages.
The white stars ate the youngest.
A recent experiment at passing the
Roentgen ray through a man's head
resulted in killing tba Hair and leav
ing him with a perfectly bald spot.
The artificial propagation and cui
tare of sponges has been so success*
fully practiced on tho Mediterranean
ooasts that the people ot Southern
Florida and tho West ladies aro at
tempting similar methods.
A Swede has invented ? variable
speed chainless safety bicycle. The
machine is said to hava fire rates of
speed, the change being made pneu
matically by means of tabing and two
India rubber bulks fitted to tho handle
bar?
An Australian has just executed
What is considered one of the most re
markable mathematical feats bf
modern times. It consists in tho de
vising of a diagram for finding the
true bearing of celestial bodies so as
to correct the compass.
It has been noticed ia Germany that
lightning) Often passes harmlessly
through the ore and molten iron of
blast furnaces to tho earth; Instead Of
being attracted to the lightning con;
ductor?; ?ho suggested ciplan?tidd
is that the aqueous Vapor and Carbon
in the smoko column Offer ? better
conductor to an 1 through th o fur naco
charge than is afforded by tho rod
outside-. __,_.
Where Splints are Mn ile*
Down below the Santa Fo round
house, near the iailroad tracks, is a
factory unlike any other in the United
States, or* for that ihattor; Shy whero
else-. It milkes splints for the us? . bf
surgeons in bandaging broken limbs*
from a peculiar fibrous material that
possesses especial adaptability for tho
purpos?. This material is the wood
of tho yucca palm* which grows
plentifully^ on tho Mojave Desert.
The trees aro cut clown and trimmed
into logs about ten or twelve feet long;
and from ten inches upward in diame
ter, and shipped to the faotory, whore
they are stripped of bark.and care
fully inspected. About half or more
of the logs contain what might be
called flaws, or kidney colored masses,
so hard that tho machinery used can
not e?t them; Nobody seems able to
explain how these formations are
caused, bat they make tho men at the
faotory a great deal of troublo and
spoil much timber. Tho logs ore-sawed
up into suitable lengths, a length put
into a lathe and a long knife is pressed
against it, taking off a shaving about
one-eighth of an inch thiele, 'more or
less, according to thc uso to be made
of it. This long shaving or board is
then cut into smaller pieces and {int
away id racks td dfy, for the trees aro
cut up when green; it being impossible
td ebfteh them after they ore dried.
Although thoy grow in tho desert and
look parched td.the eye, they are full
of water and weigh so muoh when
green that they sink in water. Tho
poorer quality of tho yucca is cut up
into narrow strips, which aro fastened
aronud young fruit troos to protect
them from sunburn and thd attack of
rabbits? for which purpose they arc
found to answer admirably* and u
great many of them are used, But
the use of this material upon which
the greatest hope of ultimate profit is
based is for splints, for which it is
much better adapted than any other
material used, as well S3 being
cheaper.-Los Angeles Journal.
A White Beer os a Mascot.
The citizens bf Crook County aro
much put out on account of the slaying
of a white deer whioh has heed foaming
over that section for a number of
years, and which was looked upon as a
sort of masoot, and whioh no one
would barm, until a short time ago
ono Poindexter wantonly shot it.
Such curios are very seldom found,
but in story and song for ages i-:-.at
occasional references are madu1 to a
"milk white" doe or white d?er, whi?h
is generally supposed Jo have been a
mythical or legend?^ animal? - This
white deer of Crook County, however*
was no myth, for its snowy hido is now
in pickle in a taxidermist's shop in
this city, and Gamo Proteotor MoGairo
is preparing, at tho request of tho
people of Crook County, to make big
troublo for Poindexter, who killed the
animal about February J, during tho
fcason when it is not lawful to shoot
deer of any color. There have been
many stories about this celebrated
whito deer, one of whioh was that Bar
num had offered 810,000 for tho ani
mal alone, and it now said that Poin
dexter shot the animal to get $200 for
its skin.-Portland Oregonian.
A Mechanical Doctor,
It has been reserved for a Dutch
man to carry tho penny-in-the-slot
machine to its extreme limits. He ha?,
invented an automatic physician. In
appearance tho machine is a dignified
metal man, tho front of whose waist
coat is pierced with a number of open
ings, over each of which is inscribed
tho name of one of thc commoner ail
ments to which humanity is subject.
You put a penny in the slot set apart
for your particular illness,- and out
pops a small packet of medicine. This
automatic doctor may bo consulted by
the sound as well as by tho siok, for
one of the slots delivers a "refresher
and tonic" distilled from wholesome
herbs. This idea is certainly ingoni -
ous.-Tit-Bits.
An Electric Theatre.
There is a.project on foot to build,
in Boston, an electric theatre in whioh
all the wings, drops, etc., are to be
operated by electric motors, and in
which it is expected to produoe re
markable twilight, moonlight, sunset
and tempest effects by electrical
means.
Big Constantinople Fires.
In 1729 over 12,000 houses were
burned in Constantinople and 7000
Jives were lost in tho fire. Ia 17dt5 a
firo again raged in the Turkish capital,
during five days, and a series o? terri
ble conflagrations also occurred there
in the year 1750.
Monelek'8 Secret Fear.
King Menelek of Abyssinia lives in
constant fear of assassination, ile has
had several narrow esoapes from doath
from poison at different timc3 in his
career. All his food and drink are
tasted be foro he partakes pf them, .,
G, A, g COLONY.
MARVELOUS GROWTH OP A CITY
FOUNDED BY VETERANS.
It
ls Located Ia Southern Goorala >.
A Wilderness [Six Mouths
Ago. Now Has a Popu
. , latlon of 6000.
FITZG?R?L?, Ga., tho colony
City organized by veterans o!
the Grand Army of tho Repub
lic* which has been growing
like magic during the past six months,
continues td occupy a peculiar place
j ill public interest. Six months ago
the tract it bow occupies down in
j Southern Georgia, half in Wilcox and
half in Irwin County, was a wilderness
of pine freest To-day six thousand
. persons aro there, and the indications
ate that before the year is done the
' census will show over ten thousand cn
' rolled citizens.
Colonicsof sudden growth and oitics
of qui?k development have not been
infrequent in tho mining regions of tue
West, but Fitzgerald stands in many
respects quite without ? parallel? and
tho movement which has led to its
founding points to a possible indus
, trial revoldtion in tho South, and calls
' for a new Understanding and partner
1 ship between tho Sottth? No*th and
j West, The Fitzgerald colony is like
wise significant from the fact that as
' the colonists aro mostly veterans of
tho Federal array j $30*000 per month
Of pension money will, it is reckoned,
be but into circulation through the
South instead of through the North
West a? formerly.
The colony andcity bf Fitzgerald
were founded by M>\ P. BL Fitzgerald?
of Indianapolis, a pension attorney*
who* through his.connection with the
Veterans.?f t?id Ndfthwest, wasled to1
believe that it would bo greatly td tho
interest Of many could they locato in
Some well conditidned Southern sec
tion; away from tba rigors of severe
ciiui?te; Whero they oodjd ft?lldw
agricultural pursuits and livo com
fdrtably bu their' pension incomes:
t? ??grist* ?S91, hd presented the
subject for the Consideration of tho
veterans at an annual meeting of their
society; His plan met with their im
mediate approval) Und in March* 1896?
Mr. Fitzgerald, accompanied by H. it
Manger, bf Michigan; Captain D.
0; Walsh'* of McPherson, Kan. ; Peter
Dinger* bf Gilman* 111: j H. Os Miller*
?f ?tahtdn, Neb. ; Dr. J. M. ?eUiston,
of Lapaz, Ind., and H; JJ. Wenas* of
Michigan* visited Georgia for the par
pose of examining lands offered them
through William J. Northed* twice
Governor df Georgia, at tho" low rate
of 83.50 an acre. Although Texas was
holding out tho inducement of land at
only sixty cents an acre, Mr. Fitz
gerald and his committeo decided to
Ideate tipoU tb? Georgia tract without
further delay. By the 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 of city lots, business sites
and farming tracts followed with a
rash.
The city of Fitzgerald and the farm
ing lauds that composo the colony
section are comprised within 118,000
acrcr, and are located 117 miles south
df Macon, Gd;, in the midst of thc
great agricultural and fruit region.
They aro available for almost any
crop, whether of wheat, corn, oats,
rye, rice, millet, cotton, sugar cane,
potatoes and general truck,whilo 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
gddd as can be found in the country.
The average winter temp?rature for
th? last tea years has been fifty de
grees? und the summer temperature
during tho ssme timo has averaged
only eighty degrees.
Tho city of Fitzgerald is located in
Irwin County, and hos the benefit of
competitive freight rates,both by land
and water, which place it within easy
communication with the great markets
of the United States. There are now
two railroads at Fitzgerald, and
others under construction.
On October 14 the first haman hab
itation was begun ia Fitzgerald. To
day the oity presents a vastly different
appearance. It is laid out in excel
lent style, and has four business
streets, that contain a great variety
of shops, which are furnishing tho
coloniets with all necessary supplier.
The residence portion shows many
well built structures, and hundreds of
hnmble homes will sooner or later be
replaced by more comfortable dwell
ings* Thero aro saw mills, brick
yards, four churches, a town hall, four
blacksmith shops, a public school and
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 ; th ose on the west side after
Federal commanders-Grant, Sher
man, Sheridan, Thomas and Logan
which certainly goes to prove that the
colonists arc not cherishing sectional
animosities. Another interesting fact
is that tho colony land inoludes tho
historic spot upon which Jefferson
Davis was captured by Wilson's cav
alry, in 18G5.
Tho old veterans are well pleased
with tho prospects before them, and
their rank and file has been increased
by the coming of maoy who aro not
Grand Army of the Republic men, but
who like themselves, are seeking a
comfortable home. These persons
are, for the most part, hale and
hearty farmers, U6ed 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 the 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 curious
way by which Eskimos catch wolves.
They plant a stako in the ice, with a
sharp piece af flint on one end, which
is wrapped with seal or other blubber.
Along come the wolve3 and go to lick
ing the frozen blubber. After 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 cLo ,v the Kfe out of
one another.
The familiar trick of putting a bent
pioce of sharpened whalobono into a
ball of blubber, which is released by
the heat of the animal's stomach and
results in the death of the animal, is
much less effective-than tho flint stake,
oaueo neorly the whole pack of wolve.'
are killed by the latter device.
Old Linen Paper.
The oldest piece of linen paper in
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
pf preservation, retaining tho ink well.
tfVBDS OF WISDOM,
Don't watch the cook too closely*
AU politeness is owing to liberty.
An occasional drabbing does a man
good.
It is easy to pick ont work for thc
fool killer.
No woman wants the latest wrinkles
in her face.
People usually pick ont va o ir own
temptations.
Tho increase of knowledge increases
the need of it.
Our richest relatives oro citen tho
most distant ones.
A fighting chanco often means a
chance to be whipped.
The man is not poor who has the
ttse of things necessary.
Pretty women who are stupid are
foses without fragrance.
? woman's idea of a good thing al
Ways makes a man smile.
After all, an aching heart does not
hurt like an aching tooth.
Tho road to happiness in the pleas
dntcet patt Cf tho journey.
? woman's interest in anybody usu
ally begins with curiosity.
No mau ever marries but somo wo
man thinks he is ''captured."
Clipid shoots his strongest arrows
nowadays at the pocketbook.
If you want to maka A friend praise
a dog in its owner's presence.
Capt ice buyeth a folly, then ex
dhahgeth it for a greater folly.
?horo is no opposing brutal force to
the stratagems of human reason.
It is nd sign that a mau is ?i fool be
cause lld differs with us in opinion.
The South- West.
School In G ri rpi a! nu I,
The scene i3 laid in Griquahind East,
a depedency of the Cape df Good Hope.
The place, a country schoolhouse, sit
uate in a wide, opon plain, with "bash"
and "dongas," or gullies, in the dis
tance; The niast?f receives d Govern
ment grant; the parents also pay him
a small fee monthly; Number of pu
pils? eighteen j farms being three and
six thousand acres each, and only very
partially ienco 1. Tho boys and girls
all Come to school on ponies; these
graze about until the joyful signal is
given and the schdol is out. Saddles
for both sexes consist generally of
sheepskins* and bridle reins ard prob
able made df "reiras"- that is, un
tanned strips df hide.
Time, 2 p. ni. There are always
natives about whd assist in catching
add "gadding up" the ponies. Ten or
twelve df the youngsters have to travel
id the sdin? direction. Hurrah ( now
for a hurdle race; Thoro are two water
jumps on tho homeward-bound
"course." It is a grand helter-skelter.
The ponies entor iatd the fan. Any
yoUngetef ho qUits his or her sheep
skin must catch the pony and sefamblo
np as best he or she cad; The winner
is generally a girl who has taught her
brothers to ride. These children would
feel the restraints of English lifo ter
ribly. Th9 mothers in tho 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?" Blese
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, th. t matters but little
with a Griqualand temperature, and
perhaps a thunderstorm gives them
wetting N*. 2. Eut theso olever ponies
can generally make tho shelter before
the storm overtakes them.
A Lighthouse- Without A Light,
The most extraordinary of all light
houses is to be foti ni on Amish Bock,
Stornoway Bay-a rook which is sepa
rated from tho Island of Lewis by a
channel over 500 feet wide. It is in
the Hebrides, Sodtland. On this rook
a conical beacon is erected and on its
summit a lantern is fixed, from 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 aud no attendant ever goes to
it, for tho simple reason that thoro is
no lamp to attend to, no wick to train,
and no oil well to replenish.
The way in v. hieb this peculiar light
house is illuminated is this: "On the
Island of Lewin, 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 are
reflected to an arrangement of prisms,
and by their action are converged to
a focus outside the lantern, from where
they diverge in tho necessary direc
tion."
The consequence is that to all 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 ou the 6ummifc of the
rook,-Tit-Bits.
A New Bell.
Many sensitive persons arc startled
by the abrupt incisive sound given out
by the ordinary electrio bell. M.
Guerre, a Paris electrician, who has
been working on tho idea that this
characteristic of tho electrio bell was
not irremediable, has produced a bell
which 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 tho 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
hamming instead of the familiar sound
so irritating to nervous people. The
pitch of the note can at any time bc
?banged. For instance, should there
bo sickness in a house and it is desired
to reduce the carrying quality of tee
note, it oan be lowered until it is audi
ble only to servants, of others whom
it is intended to summon.
Extraordinary Growth of a Sick Girl.
Becently a fourteon-yoar-old girl
died in New Brighton. It is said that
when she became ill sho measured five
feet two inches. She was sick three
weeks, and wheu she diod and was
laid out for interment she measured
five feet nine inohes, having grown
seven inches in three weeks, lt is
said that the change in her appearance
was so great that neighbors viewing
the remains could, scaroely recognize
in them tho features of their little
friend of three weeks bofore. Doc
tors say it is the most remarkable
caso they have any knowledge of,-.
Philadelphia Times
Wealth of the World.
The United States is the richest na
tion in the world, thong ti add ing 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 oap ita than those
of any other country. Tho British come
next. The United States come fifth
in par oapita of wealth, tho French and
Dutch, ar well as the Australians and
British, being wealthier.
The following table gives Professe.
Malball's estimate of the wealth of fif
teen nation?, with a calculation which
shows (he per capita of wealth of each:
Per
Wealth.
UntUd S'ates.$64,120.000,000
Oroat Britain. 47,000,000,000
France. 42,990,0*: 0,000
Germany. 31,185,0(0,000
Rn?sia.2'>,445,0CO,000
Austria. 19,275,000. !00
Italy.14,615.0.0.000
Spaia. 12,580,0:0,000
Australia. 6,8Cj,Ott0.OO0
Bel?imn. 5,035,000.003
Holland. 4,9X),0iK).000
Binada. 4,180,000.030
Sweden . 3 641,00 ),000
lUramania. 3,180,000.000
Argentina. 3,515,0(0,000
From the abovo it will be seen that J
of the nations mentioned Bussia, Aus
tria and Italy, in the order named, aro I
tho three poorest, so for as the per
capita of wealth is concerned.
The list, however, is fur from com
plete. China, India, Japan, Turkey,
Mc xico, Brazil and Portugal aro richer
in aggegato wealth than some of the
nations mentioned, thongh 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
much ns one hundred dollars abe would
bo richer than any nation except tho
United States, Great Britain and
France.
Now, What Caa a Maa Do?
Patient Man-Suppose a woman
makes it so hot for her husband that
ho can't live with her, what can she
do?
Lawyer-Soo him for support.
Patient Man-Suppose nhe has rna
bim so heavily into debt '.hat he can't
dnpport her, because his ci editors grab
every dollar as quiok as ho gets bold
of it, besides mining his business with
their jnitb?
Lawyer-If for any reascn whatever
ho fails to pay her tho amount ordorod
he will bo sent to jail for contempt of
coftrt.
Patient Man-Suppose she drives !
him otlt of the lionse with a flat-iron,
and he's afraid to go back?
Lawyer-She can arrest him for de
sertion.
Patient Man-Well, I ct.n't seo any
thing for mo to do but go Lang myself.
Lawyer-It's against the law to com
mit suicide, and if yon get caught at
tempting it you'll be fined and impris
oned. Ten dollars, please. Good day.
-New York Weekly.
Identity Complet?.
Burrows-"Did you ever meet a man
down there with ono leg named Wil
son?"
Furrows (doubtfully)--"What was
the name of his other log?"-Washing
ton Evening Times.
Stimpson's Lucie
"Great luck that find of Stimpcon's. "
"I havn't heard."
"Found a $20 bill in his last sum
mer's coat."
"Good hoavens ! I didn't know he
was a widower !"-Detroit Free Prots.
Tho good pill has a t
serves two purposes; i
ablins it to retain all it
disguises tho taste for
coats are too heavy; t
the stomach, and the
through the system ai
pellet* Other coats are
speedy deterioration of
exposure, Ayer's Sugar
found as effective as if j
?tory* It's a good pill
your druggist for
Cotton.
With careful rotation ol
Crops and liberal fertilizations,
cotton lands will improve, The
application of a proper fer??*
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 pamphlets are not advertising circulars boom
lng special fertilizers, hut arc practical works, romain
Vg tha results of latest experiments in this line.
Every cotton farmer should hiv? a copy. They ate
lent free for the asking.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
33 Nassau St.. New Vorh.
There is lots of pleasure,
satisfaction and health corkeo
vp in a bottle of HIRES
Rootbeer. Make it at home.
Wi only bj Th? Charlu E. Illrn Ci., rhlladilpUa, ]
a JSe. pactase BtkM J gall?os. SoU tTerrwhew. ?
morphine Habit Cared lu JO
to SO <IJIv?. No pay till rared*
D R. J. 8TEPH SN S,UI barton. OM?.
A. N. O.Twenty-four, '91
WOMEN SHI
That tho Disorders commonly ci
Foundation of nearly til tho T
Whiten, Chlorosis, Falling of
McnspM are caused by derangements of
Backache, Dizziness, Eruptions ot the SI
of the same diseases. Befug only sympt?
temporary relief docs not euro the diseas
MCELBKK'S
WINE OF CAR
CURES FEMALE DUSE A!
by acting directly upon the d el ! ca t o orgam
lt can be taken in tho privacy of homo. T
of ladies uso it. Druggists sell and cor
Ono Dollar buys a large bottle
PIERCE Cmr, Lawrence Cour
I have been afflicted with Irregular an
Menstruation and very severe Cramping t
lowing each monthly period. After tho DC
I could find had failed to benefit me, I
Wine of Cardui treatment. I commenc?
full bottle I was better than I bad been f<
ft.
Boston's Co if using Street*,
Tho yarn that the do wa-to wo streets
in Boston wera formerly cow-pa tbs,
and that unless one be careful in keep
ing bearings he iii liable to walk in cir
cles, although apparently walking
straight ahead, m net be trae, beoause
it has been veri Sed. It is to the effect
that a stranger, having asked a police
man to direct bim to a certtin place
several blocks distant, followed the
directions until hs became bewildered.
Seeing a policeman, he asked again
to be directed on his way. Confused
again by not finding tho place, be ap
pealed again tc a policeman. "Look
here!" the policeman remarked, em
phatically: "If yon ask me that ques
tion again I'll rai you ia-see?" A
stranger, who inserted that story into
a description of bis experiences in the
towa receatly, ?ns confused when a
reputable gcntlorr.au of 85 years inter
rupted by saying that his experience
io 1835 was similar, except that the
person he asked was not a policeman.
Any yarn that holde good for halt a
oentnry ought to be believe 1. -New
York Timos.
Some English as She Is Wrote.
Aa Oklahoma editor expresses his
thanks for a basket of oranges thus:
"We have received a basket of oranges
from our friend Oas 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 a ff c lion by his brother."
A coroner's jury ia Maioo reported
that "deceased came to his death by
excessing drinking producing appo
pl?xy in tho 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 ono
who has for a lor g time slept in his
grave merely for ii pastime."-Wash
ington Evening Times.
Early Rising Insanity. *
Briuks-Say, professor, do yon be
lieve in the theory that early rising
tends to insanity?
Professor Smart -Tes, I think there
is considerable truth in it.
j Blinks-Bat a man to be insane
must have a delusion of some sort. .
Now, what particular delusion have
you ever known au early riser lo bo
i ill c ted with?
Professor Smart-The delusion that
he liked early rising.-New York
World._
Keonomy.
"Ab, a chafing dish," remarked the
late arrival. ."Well, weill"
"Yep," answered Satan, affably.
"Now and thea wo get one of those
fellows who is moro sinned against
than sinning, and. it doesn't pay to
build a fire in tho range, don't yon
know."-Detroit Tribune.
The Modem i: eau ty
Thrive? on good fool and sunshine, with
plenty ot exercise in the open air. lier forra
glows with health an I her face blooms with
its beauty. If her system needs tho cleansing
action of a laxative romsdy, she nae's the gea?
tie and pleasant Syrup of Figs. Made by th?
California Fia Syrup Company.
Tho blryclo is a veritable wheel of iortuno.
That ls, if c od health is wcaltli.
iothes.
?ood coat. The pill coat
it protects tho pill, cn
;r. remedial value, and it
tho palate Somo pill
hey will not dissolve in
pills they oover pass
3 harmless C3 a bread
too light, and permit tho
the pilL After 30 years
Coated Pills have boon
ust fresh from the labor
with a good coat. Ask
lartic Pills.
Iyer's Cn rebook, too pace*.
it Co., Lowell, Ma: 3. o
physician In a Now York town,
not far from Albany, writes Septem
ber 20tb, 1395: "I had a saw recently
that will bo of interest to you. An
Ohl gentleman had suffered?roui
flatulence, duo to Indigestion; had
boon so nnnoyod by it that ho had
consulted all tho doctors In the
Vicinity without scouring any ben
eilt. Finally he came to my office.
I proscribed several remedios which
failed utterly. I then prescrlbsd
Hipnos Tubules, which ho reported
gare him immediato roliof, and ho is
now nearly cured. I think it would
bo on excellent thi ag for you to
make a stroDg feature of 'flatulence'
in your aavorti^ent?, ns I fled
thom excellent In almost ov9ry cass
of that sort."
r?ipnns Tabules arc soll by dru?H'Uta, or by
mail ir tlie price (50 cents a box) 1? *ent to The
Ktpans Chemical Cornj anv, No. 10 Spruce St-,
New York. Sam rio vial, to cent?._.
DE? I. autor's
CUBAN OIL
- For your?elt ami your Stock. Good
for man and bea^t. Finest Nerve
".?and Bone Liniment made Cures
tresa out-?, wound-, bruises, sores, rheumatism
and pains of all kimi*. Soil by all medicine
dealer-. Price. '-'5and M)cents. He; Cuban
Relief for summer complaint. Manufac
tured only by thc New Spencer Medicine
CO., CllAT?ANOOOA. TKHS. _
OPIUM
and WHISKY habt!. cnrccS. Book s. nt
mr. Dr. lt. M. M 00I.I.M . ATLANTA, ?i.
DOLO KNOW
illed " Female Diseases " are the
roubles (rora which the* suffer.
tho Womb, Painful and Irregular
tho organs of menstruation. Headache,
kin and Fainting Spells aro also Symptoms
nos, their
DUI
SES
?affected,
housands
emend it.
ity. Mo.
d Painful/
Spells fol- #1
?st doctors
tried the
I memling at once, and before I had used a
>r twolve months. NETTY WATSON.