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A New Umbrella. Umbrella making is among the most interesting of industries. Something like 1,000 patents have been taken ont during the last twenty years. Tho most recent inventor, who, if success ful, will eclipse all rivals, is a maker who claims to have contrived a trans parent umbrella, which, while being equally waterproof with ilks and al pacas, will have the greatest advantage of allowing the wayfarer in a rainstorm to avoid collision with lamp posts and other obstacles along the way. Wanted Her Money's Worth. She arose, smiling, from the den tist's chair. "How much do I owe you?" she asked. "Three dollars and a half," was the reply. "Are you Bure that's right?" she in quired, auspiciously. "Quite eure." "Well, it seem3 a good deal. The time I was here before you only obarged me $2 and you hurt me ever so much more than you did this time." -Washington Star. -fi March of Fclonce. An dent Lover-If you would see my heart, Belinda, won would know how fondly Up-to-Date Girl (producing Roent gen caraere)-I intend to see it, George. .Sit still, please.-Child's Weekly. _ Was Disappointed. Wigwag-How does the political Bit nation strike you ? Harduppe-I'vo been looking for one for the past 20 years, and it hasn't struck mo yet-Philadelphia Becord. A Veli of Mts? Rie'.ng at morning or evening from some low lands, often tarries in its tolds the seeds ot ma- 1 Jaria. Where malarial lever prevail no ono is ?afe, unless protected by some efficient medi cinal safeguard. Hoste tter's Stomach Bitters is both a protection^ ?nd a remedy. No jar ran who inbub'.t?, or sojourns in a miasmt.tlc region, or country, should omit lo procaro this fortifying agent, which is also tho finest known remedy lor dyspepsia, constipation, kidney trouble and rbeurratism. The name of coffeo is derived from tho city of Kaffa. in Arabia. More Medicinal value, more skill, care, expense, more wonderful cures and more curative power in S Sarsaparilla Than in any other. Bo sure to get only Hood's. Hood's PII.s cure biliousness, indigestion. The Fight Was Called Off. The two gentlemen who had been having a sidewalk discussion of 'he coinage question h^-i passed from per sonalities to innuendo, thence in epi thet, and were just about to proceed to physical argument, when u little mau in a summer ocat of the style of 1888 rushed up to them and said : "Excuse me, gentlemen, but if you are going to fight would yon -mind stepping over in my back lot? It ain't very fur away, and I got my mother in-law laid up in the back bedroom with a broken vleg, and I can't stay in tho same house with her,' and I think ef she seen a right good scrap it would cheer the old lady up to an amazing degree. Is it a go?" It waenot, bnt by tho timo the-coin "ige^?t?blftersTo??hV little "man escape be was in a blissful condition that reckoned not of a whole houseful of irritable mothers-in-law.- Indianapolis Journal. A Love Affair. Pascee-Dumps always has a sad look in his eyes. I think he must have been disappointed in* love. Rawlins-He was. Pascee-Jilted? Rawlins-No, ho married her. Philadelphia North American. WOIJIEN DISCOURAGED. GOOD AND SUFFICIENT REASONS FOR THE BLUES. Doctors Fall to Understand Symptoms That Are Danger Signals. A marked trait in woman's character ls to place implicit confidence in her physician. A man must work entirely from the ory in the I treatment of female diseases, for unfor tunately facts based upon actual knowledge, ' belong to the female sex alone. Many wo men who peri odically suf> .fer with at tacks of faint ness, diz ziness, extreme lassitude, 'don't care" or want-to-bc-lcft-alone feeling, do not at first realize that these are the infallible symptoms of womb trouble and the forerunners of great suffering. Soon they grow to feel that the doctor does not understand their case. Then they remember that "a woman best understands a woman's ills," and turn to Mrs. Pinkham. The following letter is but one posi tive illustration of this fact : "Four years ago I began to suffer with great weak ness of the genera tive organs. My f womb was pro- ! lapsed; I suffered with continual backache and all the ether pains that accompany that weakness. I tried doctor after doctor, had. operations. The final operation 'rf after which I became a total wreck, was scraping of the womb. A friend, one day, recom mended to my husband your Com pound. He bought me a bottle. The relief I experienced afte. taking it, was wonderful. I continued its use, and I am glad to say my recovery is a perfect surprise to everybody that knows me."-MRS. B. BLUHM, 4940 fian Francisco Ave., St. Louis, Mo. ? Pf SO'S CURE FOR i CURLS WHERE Alt ELSE FAILS'. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use L THE H UT, uncle-I love my cousin !" .?Get out!" "Give her to me!" "Don'tbother me!" "It will be my death!" "Nonsense! you'll console yourself with some other girl. " "Pray-" My nnole, whose back had been to wards me, whirled round, his face red to bursting, and brought his closed fist down upon the counter with a heavy thump. "Never!" he cried; "never! Do you hear what I say?" And as I looked at him beseech ingly and with joined hands, ho went on : "A pretty husband you look like ! - without a sou, and dreaming of going into housekeeping! A nico mess I should make of it, by giving you my daughter ! It's no use your insisting. You know that when I have said 'No,' nothing under tho sun can make me say 'Yes!'" I ceased to make any further appeal. I knew my uncle-about as headstrong an old fellow as could be found in a day's search. I contented myself with giving vent to a deep sigh, and then went on with the furbishing of a big, double-handed sword, rusty from point to hilt. This memorable conversation took place, in fact, in the shop of my maternal nude, a well-known dealer in antiquities and objects d'art, No, 53, Ruo des Claquettes, nt tho fign of the "Mnlteee Cross"-a perfect museum of curiosities. The walls were hung with Marseilles and old B?nen china, facing ancient cu; ra ese?, sabres, and muskets, and picture-irames ; below tbeso were ranged old cabinets, coffers of all torts, and statues of saints, one-armed or one-legged for the most part and dilapidated as to their gilding; then, here and here, in glass cases, herme tically closed and locked, there were kniok-l;nack3 in infinite variety lachrymatories, tiny urns, ringp, pre cious stoneii, fragments of marble, bracelets, crossis, necklaces, medals and miniature n-ory statuettes, tho yellow tints of.v>'-'\ in the sun, took momentarily u .-..ah-like trans parency. Time ont of mind tho shop had be long d ID the Cornuberls. lt passed regularly from lather to son, and my uncle-his neighbors said-could not but be the possessor of a nico little fortune. Held in esteem by all, a Municipal Councilor, impressed by the importance nud gravity of his office, short, fat, highly* choleric and headstrong, but ot bottom not in tho least degree an unkind sort of man such was my uncle Oornubeft, my only living male relative, who, as soon as 1 left school,had elevated rae to the dignity "of chief and only clerk and* shopman of the "Maltese Cross!" But mv uacle was not only a dealer in antiquities and a Municipal Coun cilor, he was yet more, and, above all, the father of my cousin, Bose, with whom I was naturally in love. To come back to the point at which I digressed. . Without paying any attention to the sighs which exhaled from my bosom while scouring the rust fromjpy long, two-handed sword, my uncle, magni fying glass in hand, was engaged in the examination of a lot of medals which he hal purchaeed that morning. Suddenly he raised his head; five o'clock was striking. "The Council!" ho cried. When my uncle pronounced that august word it made a mouthful ; for a pin he would have saluted it bare headed. But this time, after a mo ment's consideration, he topped his forehead and added, in a tono of supreme relief : "No, the sitting does not take place before to-mcrrow-and I am forgetting that I have to go to tho railway station to get thc consignment of which I was advised this morning." Bising from his peat and laying down hi6 glass be called out : "Bose, bring mo my cano and hat !" Then, turning toward me, he added, in n lower tone and speaking very quickly : "As to yon-don't forget our con versation. If you think you can make me say 'yes,' try-but I don't think you'll succeed. Meanwhile not a word to Bose, or by Sai ut Barthelemy, my patron of happy memory, I'll instantly kick yen out of doors!" At that moment Bose appeared with my uncle's cano and hat, which 6he handed to him. He kissed her on the forehead ; then, giving me a last but eloquent lock, hurried from the shop. "I went on scouring my double handed sword. Boso came quietly toward me. "What is thc matter with my father?" sho asked; "he seems to be angry with you." * I looked at her-her eyes were so black, her look so kind, her mouth so rosy, and her teeth so white that I told her all-my love, my snit to her father, and his rough refusal. I could not help it-after all, it was his fault ! He was not there; 1 determined to brave his anger. Beside?, tbero is nobody like timid persons for display ing courage under certain circum stances. My cousin said nothing; she only held down her eyes-while her cheeks were as red as those of cherries in May. I checked myself. "Are you angry with me?" I asked, tremblingly. "Are you angry with me, Bose?" Sho held out to mo her hand, On that, my heart seething with audacity, my head on fire, I cried : "Bose-I swear it? I will be your husband !" And ns she shook her head and looked al rae sadly, I added : "Oh! I wall know that my uncle is self-willed, but I will be moro self willed still ; and, since he must be forced to sav 'yes,' I will force him to say it!" "But how?" asked Bose. Ah! how? That was exactly the j difficulty. But, no matter; I would find a way to surmount it ! At that moment a heavy step re- ; ] sounded in tho street. Instinctively j i we moved, away from each other ; ? I returned to my double-handed sword, i < Mid Bose, tc keep herseif in coun tc- < ELM BT. nance, set to dusting, with a corner ol ber apron, a little statuette in its faded red velvet case. My uncle entered. Surprised al finding us together, ho stopped short ind looked sharply at us, from oho to tho other. "We- each of us went on rubbinq without raising our heads. "Here, tako this," said my uncle, banding me a bulky parcel from un 1er his arra. "A splendid purchase, rou'll see." y~ The subject did not interest mo in the least.. I opened tho parcel, arid from tho snvelopiug paper emerged a steel belmct-but not an ordinary helmet, oh, no!-a superb, monumental morion, with gorget and pointed visor of strange form. The visor was raised, nud I tried to discover what prevented it from being lowered. "it will not go down-the hiogee have got out of order," said my uncle ; but it's a superb piece, and, when it bas been thor'ughly cleaned and touched up, will look well-that shall be your to-morrow's job." "Very good, uncle," I murmured, not daring to raise my eyes to his. Thnt night, on reaching my room, I it once went to bed. 1 was eager to be aloDe and able to think at my ease. Night brings counsel, it ?6 said ; and [ had great need that the proverb mould provo true. But, after lying .wake for an hour without receiving my assistance, I fell of! to sleep, and, till next morning did nothing but Iream the oddest dreams. 1 saw Rose on her way to church in a strange oridal costume, a fourteenth-centary :ap, three feet high, or. her head, but ookiug prettier than ever; then sud lenly the scene changed to moonlight, in which innumerable helmets and pieces of old china were dancing a ivild farandola, while my uncle, clad in complete armor and with a formid lblo halberd in his hand, conducted ihe bewildering whirl. The next day-ah, tho nest day-I ?vas no nearer. In vain, wi'h clinched :ceth, I scoured the immense helmet wrought by my uncle tho previous ?vening-scored it with such furry aa ilmost to break tho iron-not an idoa :amc to me. The helmet shone like a mn ; my uncle sat smoking his pipe md watching me; but I could think of nothing and no way of forcing him to give me his daughter. At three o'clock Bose went into the muatry, whence she was not to return int il dinner time in tho evening. On ;he threshold eho could only make o ?ign to mo with her hand; my uncle iud not-left us alone for a single in stant. * Be was hot easy in his mind; [ could tee that by his face. No doubt ie lind not forgotten-our conversation )f tho previous evening. I went on rubbing at my helmet. "Yon have mode it quite bright raough- put it down," said my uncle. I put it down. The storm was gath ering ;.I could notdo better than allow it to blow over. But suddenly, ns if overtaken by a ?trango fancy, my uncle took up the mormons morion nnd turned and ex .mined it on nil sides. "A handsome piece of armor, there is no doubt about it ; but it must have iveighed- pretty heavily on it woarer'e moulders," he muttered; and, urged Dy I know not what demon, he clapped it ou his head aud latched tho gorget piece about his neck. Struck almost speechless, I watched ?vhat he was doing, thinking only how ugly ho looked. Suddenly there was a sharp sound is if a spring had snapped-and ;rack !-down fell the visor ; and there ivas my uncle, with his head in an iron sage, gesticulating and swearing like i paguu! I could contain myself no longer, ind burst into a roar of laughter ; for cay uncle, stumpy, fat, and rubicund, presented an irresistibly comic ap pearance. Threateningly, he came towards rac. "The hinges!-the hinges, fool!"he yelled. I could not eeo his face, but I fell that it wns red to bursting. "When yon have done lnughing, idiot !" he cried. But the helmet swayed so oddly or his shoulders, his voico enme from oui it in such strange tones, thnt the more ho gesticulated, the more he yellet and threatened me, tho louder ] laughed. At that moment tho clock of the Hot elde-Viii, striking five, washenrd. "Tho Municipal Council!" mur mured my uncle, in a stifled voice, "Quick! help rae off with this beasl of machine ! We'll settle our busines? afterwards !" But suddenly likewiso, an idea-o wild, extraordinary idea-came inte my head ; but then, whoever is maddei than a lover? Besides, I had nc choice of means. "No!" I replied. My uncle felt back two paces ii terror-and again tho enormous helmet wobbled on his shoulders. "No," I repeated, firmly, "I'll nol help you out, unless you give me the hand of my cousin Bose !" From tho depths of the strangely elongated visor came, not an angry Bxclnmation, but a veritable roar. J bad "done it!"-I had burned mj ships ! "If you do not consent to do whal [ ask of yon," I added, ''not only will I not help you off with your helmet, but I will call in all your neighbors, and then go ;ind find the Municipal Couucil !" "You'll encl your days on tho scaf fold !" cried my nnole. "The hand of Bose!" I repeated. "You told rae that it would only be bj force that you would bo made to sa.-, .fes'-soy |it, or I will call in the neighbors !" Tho clock was still striking; rat uncle raised his arms as if to curse me. "Decide at once," I cried, "some body is coming !" "Well, then-yes!" murmured my ancle. "But make haste I" "On your word of honor?" "On my word of honer !" The visor gave way, the gorgot piece also, and ray uncle's head issued from durance, red as a poppy. Just in time. The chemist r^l :orucr, a colleague in the Mu^Hj Council, entered tho shop.^^fl "Are yon coming?" he asked ; "they will be beginning the business without as." 'Tm coming," replied my unob. And without looking at me, be/took np his hat and cane and hurried 5out. The next moment all. my hope! bad vanished. My uncle would surely not forgive me. At dinner-time I took my placa at table on his right hand in low spirits, ate little, and said nothing. "It will come with the dessert," 1 thought. Rose looked at me, and I avoided meeting her eyes. As I had expected, tho dessert over, my uncle lit his pipe, raised his head, and then "Rose-come here!" Rose went to him. "Do you khow what that fellow there asked me to do, yesterday?" I trembled like a leaf, and Roso" did the same. . m "To give?him'yonrhantl," he added. "Do you love him?" Rose cast down her eyes. "Very well," continued my uncle; "on this side, the caso is complete. Come here, yon." I approached him. "Here I am, .uncle," and, ia a whisper, I added quickly : "Forgivo mel" Ho burst into a hearty laugh. "Marry her, then, donkey-since you love her, and I give her to you!" "Ah!-uncle!" "Ah!-dear papa!" And Rose and 1 threw onrselves,iuto his arms. "Very good ! very good !" he cried, wiping his eyes. "Be happy, that's all I ask." And, in tum, he whispered in my ear : "I should have given her to,you all thc same, you big goose ; but-keep the storv of the helmet between aa two!" I givo you my word that I have never told it but to Rose, my dear lit? t?o wife. And, if ever you pass along tho Rue des Claquettes, No. 53, at the place of honor in the old shop, I'll show you my uncle's helmet, which we would never sefl.-From the French, in Strand Magazine. rassiiig ol thc Horse. Dismissing the horseless carriage from tho inquiry, the question arises, "to what extent, if at all, does the in creasing use of the bicycle affect tho salo and use of horses?" It is a notor ious fact that horses have been for two or three years past selling for less and ever dwindling values. This query has been put to practi cal horsemen, men who sell horses in this and other cities, or who are other wise interested : "To what extent has the introduc tion of the bicycle injured your busi ness; or how do yen account for the depreciated vaines of all Lra^e3 ?' harness horses?" Ono of the first answers I received was from a dealer whoso horse inter ests are about equally divided between this city and Chiongo. In effect this is how be looks at tho matter. Driving horses of certain grades are not lower in price to any appreciable extent be cause ol the "wheel." lt so happen* that the introduction of the improved safety bioycle was coincident with the introduction of power traction on sur face roads all over thejeountry. In New York and Chicago this en tirely clcscd a demand for nearly 30, 000 horses annually, and in- every other large city in proportion. Thou sands . of horses, averaging in' value about $125, wero thereby rendered unsalable for surface traction. ^ But for this phase of the hoi-m*busi ness the public would not now be im pressed with the idea that the bioycle is to -bia mo. Speaking of Chicago, however, ho said: "There certainly is in our section one class of : horse whose sale is injured by the growing use of the bicycle, and that it.what you may call the second class 'run about' horse; and in this respect what is true of Chicago is true of New York and every other plaie where horses are bought and sold and used." Regarding the saddle horse, nb.rid ing school manager seemod to think that the wheel made much difference. One of them said : ' "1 have my aver age number of patrons, and though many of them own wheels and net them, they have not given up theil saddlers. If there is any slight fall ing oil in our business I attribute il to the recent hard times, from whid wo seem to be only now emerging, enc not to tho bicyole."-New York; Her aid. Swiss School Laws Aro Strict. Primary education is compalsorj throughout Switzerland, and no mercj is shown to people who attempt tc keep their children away from school. In Solotnurn parents are not; ever allowed the option of having their off spring educated at home or in privat? institution?, says tho Fall Mall Ga zette. Considerable trouble ia taken, however, to arrange the sohoolhourt with due regard to general conveni ence. In summer the classes begin al 7 o'clock in the morning; thusj, when tho children have dono working with their heads, they still have time enoug'c to work with their hands. They have their holidays, too, in the autumn; ec that they may bo able during thc harvest to help in the fields. Not onlj is primary education free, bat in pool districts food and clothing aro dis tributed at publio expense among sucl of the children as need them. ^ -. The Judging Machine. 3 -. \ Tho first publio exhibition o. Baird's Australian automatio judginq machine was given at the Olympic Club grounds at 3 o'clock this after noon. The machine is especially con structed for judging cycling and ath letic events. Tho contrivance auto matically registers the winner so thal there can be no mistake such as it sometimes made by the human judge. America is indebted to Australia foi for the starting machine, and it looki as if the Baird patent will booome n necessity for bicycle and athletic meetings.-San Francisco Chronicle. Heirs to European Thrones. Franois Joseph, of Austria, is one of two indepondont European'cover oigns whose presumptive heir3 aw .-.heir nephews. The other is the'Kin^ of Roumanio. Tho Emperor of Rus nia and the Kin; of tho Belgians have presumptive heir? in their brothers The King of Spain's presumptive heil is his sister, and the Queen of tin Netherlands, her aunt. All other in dependent European sovereigns havi isons, unless the Sultan be an inde pendent European sovereign. A Flowing Well. The largest artesian well in Nev Mexico was completed the other da; on the ranch of Captain F. H. Lea The stream shoots upa column twelvi a pipe three fee meter. Ac thowa i ' "I love you, mother," sold Uttrn Joo, And he gave her a hug aud a kiss or so, - But the wood-bos was empty fl And baby cried. I While Joe ran off to have a good ride. "I love you, mother," said little Sue, , "I love you so mush-you know I do." 3 And the empty wood-box sho Ulled with I wood, And played with tho baby lill ho was good. And the mother thought-ali, surely you've I * guessed Which o?-tho children loved her the best, i -Florence A. Hayes. One Country! After all, One country, brethren! We must rise or fall With tho supremo republic; wo must bo Tho makers of hor immortality I Her freedom-fame; Hor glory, or her sham": Liegemen to God and fathers of the free! I After all . Hark! from tho heights tho clear, strong c.'nrlon-call ' And the command Imperious: I Stand forth, Sons of the South and brothers of tho North! Stand forth, and be As one on soil and sea ! Your country's honor moro thau omptrcs' . worth!" After all, ' 'Tis Freedom wears the loveliest coronal: "Her brow is to the Morning: in tho sod She breathes tho breath of patriots; overy clod Answers her call And risos like n wall Against tho foes of Liberty and God! ' -Frank L. StantoD, lu Atlanta Constitution! Behind the Hill. I think I know a path We two might po togother. It turns not up tho strath, Nor crosses by the heather. It bends not to thc north. Where burns the beacon star; It leads not sunwnrd forth r? Where the rose and swallow are. T No winds of March discover ' i Tho early violet there; r The pewit and tho plover Stir not the darkling air. For it lie? behind the hill Where noonday is as night, ;. Whore tho loudest bird is still And the reddest rose ls white. , Not hero for us, I kno w, Again the golden weather; But there, T think we'll go lu the dreamless dusk together. -Margaret Armour, in Black and White. The Sleeping of the Wiud. Tho great re 1 moon wa3 swinging Alow in tho purple cast; The robins had ceased from singing, Tho nolso of tho day had ceased; The golden sunset islands Had faded into the sky, And warm from the sea of silence A wind of sleep came by. It came so bal m ly and rooting That the treetop broathed a kiss, And ti drowsy wood-bird, nesting, Chirped a wee note of bliss: It stole over fragrant thickets A As soft as an owl could fly. '?? . Aud whispered to tiny crickets The words of a lullaby. v, Then slowly the purplo darkana I, The whispering trees were still, And the hush of the woodland darkened To a crying whip-poor will; And tho moon grow whiter, and by it The shadows lay dark and deop; But the fields were empty and quiet, For the wind bad fallen asleup. ?Charles B. Going, in Ladies' Home Journr.l. A. Song of Summer. Skies of deepest blue o'orhnarf, Green grass springing from its bed; -o Bursting buds and opening flower* Fill with perfume woodhind^bowers. . ( Drowsy murmurs fill thc nlr. Butterflies flit here nnd thero; List! tho locust's high keyed droning Mingles with tho dove's soft moanlug. Whip-poor will, with plaintive cry, Calls to black bat fluttering by; Crickets chirp, wo pauso aud listen; All around bright tire-flies glhten. Bright tho sunshine, warm tho breeze, Birds aro twittering in the trees; Bumble-bee is gaily humming, "Don't you know that summer's coming?" Fain we'd linger by tho way, I But dim night fast follows day; Twilight's myslij shades enfold us, Far-off, glittering stars behold us. Sights we seo aud sounds wc hear I Charm alike tho oyo aud ear. Birds aud Insects, flowers up-springing, 'Tis fair summor yo ITO bringing. -Eva L. Barnes, iu Sunbeams. A Cat Story. I am a great lover of all animals, especially cats. The two ? have now aro the greatest possible contrast to each other in all respects. The white ! one is a gentle, dignified being, highly , respectable in all her ways. The other, a black one, is a greedy, common, eel ' fish, thieving littlo beast. I am ac ' customed to tel! friends that tho ono j doscended from abovo and the other came up from below ! They are very ' jealous of each other, and enly unite ' in one thing, i. o., love of ILoir owner. I was away from home for a few days , and was greeted with effusion on my return, but to ray astonishment they . both went out that first night. (They generally sleep in my room.) But carly in the morning I was awakened by that peculiar screaming mew gen erally caused by a cat holding a mouse in her mouth, a mering sideways ns it i were, and shortly afterward up jumps the white cat on the bed bringing a I small rabbit, walks .with it in her mouth up and down threo times in front of me, and then takes it out of the room again. A minuta after up oomcs tho black cat with tho samo bunny and repeats the performance, only not so majestically, then takes it down again and drops it on, that mat. "Whitey" comes up, takes it up, and hides it in my cupboard. Then thoy both jump up for their morning caress and aro very proud of themselves ! I can only imagiue that the pantomime was meant to explain that they had both combined to bring rae some food, thinking, no doubt, that I had been starved during my absence.-Tho Spectator. A Wild Goose's Strange >'est. The Revelstroke (Oregon) MaiUtates that one day, as Anton Burgosen wa going to his work at Allen's brewery, be saw a flock of wild geese flying overhead. Tho better to look at them, he took off his hat, holding it out stretched, and then,. to his astonish ment, saw one goose drop in the air toward him. His vision being keen he had not reached the brewery yet ; indeed, had he, this would not be re- ! lated as a fact, for Allen's beer is good j -he saw something drop from the goose like a shot, straight for his hat, and fall Bafely therein. Tho some- | thing was an egg ! A ri.nl egg 1 The goose evidently saw the oppor tunity to deposit its ogg in a safe place, and gauged it to a hair. Bur gosen could not believe his eyes ; yet there was the egg, sure enough, and, save for a slight bruise at the upper end, perfectly uninjured. The egg and Anton are now at Allen's brewery, and will verify this story. It is a most astonishing thing, not heard of j more than onco in a life-time. THWARTED. I sought to tell my lore. "Not here," She cried, with timid look. "Dearest," I said, "what do you fear?" Said she. "The babbling brook." Then walked we or. to woodland shade, But, smoothing out her sleeves, She drew away. "Y7hnt, still afraid?" "Yes, of tho whispering leaves." "Then let us seek your home," said I, "There you need have no fears." "Why, you forget,'* tho made rvp'y, "That 'oven walls have oars!' " -Ella Randall Pearce. TITH AND POINT. Alice-"Did you say her home is richly furnished?" Clara-*T said it was furnished at great expense." Brooklyn Life. When it begins to get real summery hot, can't we manage to have the weather man arrested for scorching? -Philadelphia North American. "Do you expect to suffer from hay fever this summer, Mrs. De Long?" "No. Not uuless my busbar d's busi ness improves."-Detroit Free Frees. _~. Tho presidential candidate Doth now ??em c:nall be-ido Tho pitcher for tho baseball nine, Who is the city's pride. -Baltimore New*. Briggs-"Does your wife laugh when you tell her a funny story?" Braggs-"?b, yes. 1 alwaj3 tell her beforehand that it is hanny."-Indian apolis Journal. Tommy-"Paw, what is a designing villain?" Mr. Figg-"Oh, the de scription would apply to one of these poster artists about as well as any thing."-Indianapolis Journal. Sweet is tho summer breeze that goes To gladden tolling man Especially the one that Ilow3 From an olectric fan. -Washington SUrr. "3ay, Dobbs, all your family aro away; what do yon keep your alarm clock going for?" "I want to wake up every hour and realize that I don't have to walk the baby."-Chicago Record. Fashionable Patient-"This Toil I is exorbitant." Doctor - "But - ' Fashionable Patient-"Not a word, sir 1 Either cut it in two or find some thing else the matter with me. "-De troit Tribune. Bngby-"Our landlady is one of thc most expert calculators in town." Wilkins-"TB ehe?" Rugby-"Yep. We had beans for dinner to-day and she askod me how many I would have. " Cleveland Plain Dealer. Edith and Mabel had just put their dollies in their little crib. Said Edith, with a sigh of relief, "There, I'm thankful we've got tho children to bed. We shall have a little peace now."- Boston Transcript. Sportner-"You must have had great /un when your iootball team played Vassar." Jack Tackle- -"Fun? I guess not. 1 am engaged to the um pire, and she ruled me off for holding in the veryiir3t scrimmage."-Prince ton Tiger. Clear Case: "Do you ride awheel?" a*ked the eldest of the doctors ou tho Insanity Commission. "Yep," an swered tho subject. "What make?" "I never noticed." The verdict was unanimous - dementia. - Cincinnati Enquirer. Pret*y Housemaid -"An' eo yon were at the O'Fiaherty wedding?" Coachman-"I wor." P. H.-"Au' who was the best man ?" Coach man "It wor Dennis O'Toole. I seen him wallop three of tho biggest .chaps in the room ? afore the plisiniries wor over."-Melbourne Times. Reginald-"Timebrings about fonie odd changes, docsn'tit?" Harold-"I 6houid say it did. Look at the matter of costumes. Why, when wo played tonnie, wc turned our trousers up at thc bottom, and now that we play golf wo turn our stockings down from the top."-Woonsocket Reporter. Water Beucath (?oral Kock. There are no stream* in Yucatan which-How above the ground, but thc wholo peninsula is ono vast table of coral rock, and beneath it are immensa sheets of fresh water, with regular, though ill-defined, tides and currents. Along the coasts these subterranean waters are quite near the surface, but in the interior, whero tho calcareous layer is of great thickness, tho waters aro low down. At intervals they break into caverns formed by earthquakes by pressure of thoir own forco or by the infiltration of surface water into thc natural grottoes of the coral rock, and wherever the watei can be reached, whether through artificial pits or by the operations of naturo, the place is called a cenote. There are a great many of them scattered all over Yuca tan, and those near Merida are utilized as public bath houses, affording most refreshing resorts. Centuries ago the Indians marked the courses of the subterranean rivers by heaps of stones, and always built their citios close by the water cave?, as their rains show; and it is interest ing to note to this day all the civilized centres of Yucatan have arisen around these natural reservoirs.- Chicago Inter-Ocean. A Clumsy Animal. The buffalo is used as a beast of burden in Java. Everywhere you see them grazing lazily in the fields, or dragging carts and plows. It is a clumsy animal.. Thick folds of super fluous fat and skin hang about its neck and limbs, and a constant stream of perspiration runs from its nlrao3t hair less body. A beautiful pair of cres cent shapped horns adorn tho fore head of this tropical home. Flocks of flamingoes and white cranes strut and fiy in and out among these beasts. On ono occasion I saw a beautiful flamingo parading up and down upon the back of a b??alo ccw, which was lying almost immersed in a mudhole by the roadside. The bird was feast ing his tropical appetite by picking insects and other unwelcome visitors from the shining back of this mam mouth beast. This, kind of thought fulness on tho part of the llamingo is much appreciated by the cow, and 1 am convinced there exists between them a pure platonic friendship. What a peculiar thing this world is, for what is a torture and a menace to the buffalo IB a choice morsel much appre ciated by the palate of tho crane. - Milwaukee Journal. A Barrel of Brook Trout. One of tho wickedest sights wa have seen in a long while, says the Lewis ton (Me.) Journal, was witnessed this week when a man went through the streets of this city offering for sale a barrel of brook trout. Tho man claimed to havo bought thom in Can ada, and to have brought them here ?or sale. All of the trout were frozen solidly into tho barrel, and among thom were some not over four inches long. These little fellows should havo been at home with their mammas for j tho next two years. Canada should look to ber fish laws. She Proved Her Abilities. W She was a busy, bustling little wo man and Ibero was fire in her eye when she stood at the window to pay her gas bill. "I never used that gas!" she snapp ed, "never! l'ou have sent me some one else's bill." "We never make mistakes of that kind," said the cashier; "you pro do ing your cooking with illuminating gas and probably used more than you think possible." "Nothing of the kind, and besides you do make mistakes. When we went away-" "There is a lady trying to get near tho window to pay her bill," said the cashier gently. "She can wait; I have business here now ! As I was saying-ob, yes, you measured up our gas when we were away and sent in a bill on our return " "Perhaps the meter leaked." "Tho meter was taken out by the company the day we left. Now I know I never nsed this amount of gas last month. Something is wrong some where." "Perhaps you used tho gas for all your cooking." "I only heated the gas oven half a dozen timee. Onco was when I made a cherry pie." "I don't believe you can mako a cherry pie!" said the cashier, dar ingly. "I'll show you whether I can make a cherry pie," said the little woman, and the cashier dodged as if he expect ed to be hit with a brick. But she only paid her bill and went off with a glare of indignation in her expressive face. On the next day a dainty package was banded to the cashier, wbich, on toing opened, disclosed a cherry pie, rich and ibiky enough to tempt a dys peptic, with the legend "Illuminating Gas Pie" picked out in the border. And all the boye who had a piece de clared it "equaled mother's."-Detroit Free Press. Consolation for Chicago. The school centus of Chicago hes just been completed, nod tho result shows tbe population of the city to be 1,619,220, a gain of 518,000 during the last six years. If this gain con tinues, Chicago will have nearly 2,000, 000 when the next federal census is taken. This would show a growth of 900,000 in ten years, a larger growth than any city in the world bas ever ex perienced in so short a time. It would promise in one more decade to give the Windy City third place in popula tion among the cities of the world, and second place, but for the proposed consolidation of New York and Brook lyn into one municipality. In spite of this great growth and this bright promise the people of Chi cago are not satisfied. The postmaster and the directory man told thiin that the city had a population of 1,750,000, and they believe it. Taking the school census, however, as correct, the city has a larger population than any states in the Union hod in 1890, except New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Massachusetts, Texas, Indiano, Michigan, Iowa, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Wisconsin. ' Twenty nine of the forty-fivo states were less populous in 1890 than Chicago is now. -Florida Times Union. co th is su cl rn] th th th Pl ve m Ul th in cc tu pl pl Ol CO oi Ol q< O] m et sc BC hi ai Pl fr tl w Ci n< P? rt ft] st L) P d e: o c. North Carolina Railways. The railway commission's report says there are 3,700 miles of road in operation in North Carolina. Tho aggregate valuation by tho com mission for taxation is $26,310,320. The increase of mileage is eighty-four. Increase in valuation 81,850,000. The Atlantic Cost Line Bystem has 722 miles valued at ?6,882,000, an in crease since last year of $193,000. The Southern has 1,090 miles valued at $8,393,000, an increase of $1,362, 000. The Seaboard Air Line bas 676 miles value at $5,295,000, an increase of $172,000. Miscellaneous roads have 1,210 miles valued at$5,776,000. The commission makes the rate of assessment of tho North Carolina rail way, between Charlotte and Selma, $12,000 per mile, which is $2,000 per milo gr oater than that of any other in tho state. There are in all seventy six roads and branches. What He Took. Bobby (at tho breakfast table) - "Maud, did Mr. Jones take any of the umbrellas or hats from the hall last night?" Maud - "Why, of course not! Why should he?" Bobby-"That's just what I'd like to know. I thought be did, becouso 1 heard him say, when he was going out. .I'm going to steal just one and-,' Why, what's the matter, Maud?" Montreal Herald. Might bo Useful. Merchant-You say you are an or phan? Applicant for position-Yes, I haven't a living relative. Merchant-Well, I'll take you. I ought to get a lot of work out of yon during the baseball season.-Philadel phia Becord. Drawback of Luxuries. "Tho Hopkins family has quit tak ing ice." "What's that for?" "Couldn't agree on whoso duty it was to get up carly and identify it be fore it melted."-Chicago Becord, Follow t and you'll get the bes that there's any ha matter how you us< But t cleaning rubbin the moi the dir age of If you for instai easy,) and wit CUT PRIG Everything sell* low to to join, an< nations, t here the Weather is Always Fla?. The Martian meteorology is lens implicated and more pleasant than at of the earth. There the weather almost always fiue, especially dur n * mmer. Very seldom are there ouch?, even in winter. Generally, tien we are unable to distinguish rough the telescope the details of e geographical configurations upon e planet the fault is our own at moa 1?re, and not in that of Mars. It is iry rarely the case that when our at ospberic conditions are good we are rabio to see these details. During io la-t period of observation of Mars 1894, I, to 6poak for myself, en ?untered only fifteen days (from Oc her 10 to 25) when the eurfaco of anet was veile.l by its own atmos iiere. Clouds are excessively rare i the surface of Mars, and perhaps :ist at all only as fogs or light rms; they are not clouds of raia t storm. These veils are very infre uent there, while they are perpetual pon the earth. Probably thire i? ot a single doy in the year when the itirc surface of the earth is uncovered ) that it could be satisfactorily ob irved from 6pace. The two planets ive two meteorological systems that :e absolutely antithetical. Furthermore, in the rarefied atmos tiere of Mars there can be no power tl winds, like the trade winds, and ie predominant atmospheric currents hich rule torrestial climates. Oc isionally, however, observers have oted long streaks of enow which ap 2ar to have been produced by cur rats in a tracquil atmosphere. 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