Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, February 03, 1897, Image 4

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HOW IO ?X5Z> OUT. FlU a bottle or ?omroon water glass with atine and let it stand twenty-four hours; a sediment or settling Indicates a diseased con dition of the kidneys. When urine stains Unen it is positive evidence of kidney trouble. Too fr?quent desire to urinate or pain in the bock is also convincing proof that the kid neys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Boot, tte great kidney remedy, fulfills every wish ia relieving pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary pas sages. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant nocof sity of being compel]ed to get up many time? during tho night to urinate. The mild and the extraor tl:nary effect of Swamp-Root Is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures o:! th? most distressing oases. Sold by drug gists, price fifty cents and one dollar. For sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free by mail, ment'on this paper and send your full postofflce address to Dr. Kilmer ? Co., Binghamton, N. T. The proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this offer The Point of Tiew Helen (looking over fashion maga zine)-Now, who do you suppose would be seen in such a horrid immodest bi cycle suit as this? Edith-That? Why, that's a bathing sait! Helen-Oh! Isn't it just too lov?l; for anything! Let's see how it's made. -Puck. , _ The phylloxera is working havoc lo the vineyards in tte Sacramento and Nana valleys in CnHfomte A CHEAT cigar resembles hash, in that you cannot tell what it is made of. When an article has been sold for 28 years, In s pit o of competition and cheap Imitations, lt must have superior quality. Dobbins' Electric Soap has bec? constantly made and sold since 1865. A*i your grocer Jar H. Best of all. Cupid ls the original sneak thief. He slyly steals hearts away. CASCAREIS stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; 10c. "Put me down as a warm friend of TSTTER UfS. I have a child three years old who has been afflicted from Its birth with the worst case of eczema I ever saw, lt being one mass of sores from Its fest to Its crown. It has been treated by nine of the most eminent physicians In this and adjoining States without the slightest bene fit. Several months ago we commenced the use of TETTEKINK on the child, and to-day, thank God and the manufacturers of TETTERINE, the child is cured. My wife and I will ever feel grateful to you for sending us this blessing. Yours truly. CHAS. A. C'AXBTi.i^Drugglst,^ 1 box by mnll for 50c In stamps. J. T. SHUFTRINK, Savannah, Qa. No-To-Bao for Fifty Cents. Over 400,000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac regulate or remove your desire for tobacco? Saves money, makes health and manhood. Cure guaranteed. CO cents and 91.00, at sil druggists. Calendars and Coupon*. So many beautiful calendars and entertain ing novelties have been issued by the pro prietors of Hood's Sarsaparilla, that we are nan ly surprised to reoeive this season not only one of the very prettiest designs in cal endars, but with it coupons which entitle the recipient to nttraciJvo.novelties. Every one who gets a Hood's Sarsaparilla calendar for 1897 secures something that will prove inter esting and valuable as well as a beautiful specimen ot the lithographer's art. The cal ender is accompanied this season by an amus ing little book on "The Weather.*' Ask your druggist for Hood's Coupon Calendar* or I send C cents in stamps for one to O. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. FITS stopped ir-fl and permanently cured. Ko fits after first day's use of DR. KLINE'S GREAT - NERVE BUSTORER. Free $2 trial bottle and treat isa. Send to Dr. Kline. S81 Arch St.. Phlla., Pa' I Hrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allara pain, cures wind colic. 29c. a bottle. Fiso's Caro for Consumption hos saved me many a doctor's bul.-9. F. HARDT, Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md., Dec. 2, 'M. JUST try a ftc. box of Cascarets, candy cathar tic, finest liver and bowel regulator made. STATS OF OHIO, Crrr OF TOLEDO,) " LUCAS COUNTY, FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he ls the ^senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENET <& Co.. doing business in the City of Toledo, County and. State aforesaid, and that said firm wi ll pay the sum of ONS HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ?very case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CUSS. FRANK J. Conor. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my t,-'-,? presence, this 6th dav of December, A. i 8KAL I D. 1898. A. W. GLEASON, 3W Rotary Public. l's Catarrh Core ls taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY ?fi Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Plus ore the best. WHIM bUious or costive, eat a Cascares, candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; 10c., 25c. AHB True Merit is a characteristic of Hood's Sarsaparil la and is manifested every day in its remark aoiH cures of catarrh, rheumatism, dyspepsia. Hood's Sarsaparilla ls thebest-In fact the OneTrue Blood Purifier. Hood's Pills Soir?lt c otton. With careful rotation of 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" AH about Potash-thc results of its ns? by actual ex periment on thc best' fanni in th? United States-is told in a little book which w? publish and will gladly ?sail free te any farmer in America who will writ? for it GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. REVOLVES FREE. WATCH FREE 13Bo'h*r articles. Cost nothing. Read our offer Every person wbo enta th!? ont and send? to of, naming expresa ornee, will be enti tled to 1 automatic, double action, S.iW, model ts or at cal lt Revolver, 1 neild nickol |4 ?tem wind and stem ?et Watch, 1 elegant rolled gold tl Vest Chain, t triple silver plated Tea Spoons worth tl. pair (foldplated tl Cuff Buttons,gold flisted Watch Charm worth rsc.. 1 ra. diamond solid gold ts Scarf Pin. 1 do*. Collar Buttons, 100 Envelope?. 1 dos. high-grade Lead Fenelia, 1 Lead renell Sharpener, 1 Tock et Memorandum and 1 Perpet ua) Button Uole Bouquet. All ws ask, In ordnr to In troduce our cigare, la thai you allow us to ?end In sam? package to of oui finest 10c. Cifrara, value.' atv.?'. Full examlnarjor allowed. Remember, jon ooly pay M.?f and ?apresa lor th? cigars, and the 14? articles uamed above are freo. If yon don't consider th? : >t worth a times what we ask, don't pay t cent Address M's ?TON .ul fi. CO., Winston, N. C. aoU'?erxi Hood Co.. Glencoe, Ala., growers and dealers In teste? Farm, Garden and Flower Seeds for Southon climate. Catalogue free. DR. J.?-STEPHENS? -FAILS. Tastes Good. Uso I ' druggist.._ Miss CALAN BETTY RUBY REN frew was summoned from school in haste. Her great - au D t, wealthy Miss Calamity Crane, was dying. Buby, full of love and friendliness for all the world, though a certain wistful ness in the great, hazel eyes told of a want in the young heart. Miss Calamity had been bountiful, considerate, kind to the girl-never tender. With her large, angular frame, her ener f, her courage and iron will, the -.us more like a man than a woman. She had given her grand-niso a home, and every advantage in educa tion ; she apparently realized nothing was needed beyond this. Yet, Buby loved her aunt with a love born of gratitude and respect ; she was oppressed with dread and grief now that she approached Silver side, where Miss Calamity lay dying. The family carriage was wailing for her at the station. "lire. Calista would have come to meet you, Miss Baby," so:d Bp-rney, the coachman, "but she could not leave Miss Calamity." For the first time since tho letter summoning her to Silversido had reached tho seminary, Baby remem bered Mrs. Calista .Crane. She had seen the woman first six months pre viously, when home at vacation. Mrs. Calista was Miss Calamity's cousin. She had attended Miss Calamity. very closely; animatedly announced her success at "keeping up her spirits," though Miss Calamity had long borne ill-health with great ?orti- i tude. And down tho long line of terraces the poplars showed their silver sides. : The beautiful mansion of bro ~ngran- j ite lose above them. The mawive oaken doors swung on. their silver hinge?, * and Buby was in i Mrs. Calista's AIUI*. "My dear, ?) ou are too late. She has gone!" A cry of pain broke irom tho girl's lips. "Aunt Calamity dead !" But she saw the waxen image which had been her kind aunt, and nearly broke her heart ovir it. "Dear child, don't," said Mrs. Sii cott, the housekeeper. "Misa j Calamity wouldn't like it to have you cry so. Come into my room, dear, and get your poor little feet and hands warm. You're jrkiteas a ?host j and colder, haunting this chilly room! all tho time. Yon can't do that poor woman any good, bat you're making j yourself sick. " On a lounge before tho housekeep er's fire, Buby heard the account of Miss Calamify's last hours. "She lived a brave, good life. She's gone to her reward, and she provided for you, Miss Buby, bc sure of that. She set a great deal by you-that I'm sure of. Wait till vou hear her will read." Buby thought of the future, and her perplexed meditation dried her eyes. "There's ono who hoped to profit by her stay here-*hat's Mrs. Calista," said-Mrs. Silcott, after a silence. "Not that she was ever needed at Silverside, or waa ever sent for. Sho just crowded herself in-to serve he- own ends, I say. I conld have nursed Miss Ca lamity-she always liked my nursing in days gone by-?nd I wouldn't have pu?hed advice on her about her will, either 1" added Mrs. Siloott, signifi cantly. Trembling in her black robe?, Ruby gathered with the family, two days later, to hear the will read, Mrs. Cal ista Crane was also in deepest mourn ing. Ihe bulk of Miss Calamity's wealth was great. Every servant and dependent was generously remem bered, and then-five thousand dol lars to Mrs. Calista, ten thousand and Silverside to Buby, and the vast re mainder of bank stock, railroad shares and real estate to John Steele, a nephew of Miss Calamity, whom Buby had never seen and seldom heard her aunt speak of. Whatever he might be, a dozen fortunes rolled into ono had become his, and Mrs. Carlista*an nounced that he would soon be at-Sil verside. "John Steele-do you know him, Miss Silcott?" asked Baby, wonder ingly. "I've seen him, dear, years ago, when yon Were a child-a nice enough gentleman. Bat what's willed to him shou'd be yours by right. Miss Ca lamity would never have done this but for it's being pat into her head. John Steele was rich enough before. As for Mrs. Calista, ehe is pretty well cutup by her legaoy. But she hopen to make it up with Mr. Steele's sbare. Laws?" mnttered Mrs. Silcott, "she's been mad after him these ten yean;." Her last words wero nearly ambigu ous to Baby. All truth and simplicity herself, she was blind to guilt to others, and unsuspicious. Her mind, too, was filled with her loss. By this lost kind act of her gen erous aunt she was mistress of beauti ful Silverside, and its income would afford her an ample living-she, who had come, a homeless child, ten years before, to this good woman. She wandered about the familiar, strangely-silent rooms, weeping a good deal. Her eyes were red, her cheeks pale, yet she was a sweet, lovable little thing, in her black dress, all the gold bair knotted plainly back, as John Steele came upon her, standing disconsolate upon the hearthrug be fore the ruddy drawing room fire. Mr?. Calista was with him, and ef fusively performed the* introduction. And what did this blue-eyed, curly bearded, pleasant stranger do? Bow formally to pretty little Miss Ben Tew, of Silverside? Not at all. He took both her little, cold hands in his warm, jarong oiasp^ "Why, you poor child!" ho said. "Don't grieve so !" Baby met the kind yet pieroing eyes with a quiver of the lip. * "She was all 1 had. I have no ene now," moaned she. "I don't know abont that," said Mr. Steele. In all her life Baby had never seen any one so pleasant and hearty, with snob an eye of courage and voice of cheer. All at once ?he felt friendless ao loEger, IITY'? WILL And Mr. Steele evidently toole caf J that she should not feel so. Socn the glances which rested upon this girl were more than hind-they were ten der-and Mrs. Calista saw them. One morning, Ruby rose with a strange dizziness and ringing in her ears. After an effort mado to dress, she*was compelled to return to her ted, and Mrs. Calista came to attend ber. "She has taken everything so much ta heart, she is worn out," said tho woman. Her words seemed true. Ruby was robbed of all strength. No pain, no disturbance, but a strange languor, ia which everything swam before her eyes. She heard Mr. Steele urge calling a physician, but Mrs. Calista strenuously epposed. "No-no, indeed! She does not r.eed drugs, but rest and relief from excitement. Leave her to me 1" And Roby, since she did not suffer, and was so heavy-headed, did not care what waa done, since they did not dis turb her. But the languor grew deeper. Day end night were a dream. In this tranco sbesometimessaw Mrs. Calista turning something from a vial into tho glass from which 6he drank, but she cared not for this, and thought of nothing. Oneway she se.w John Steele's blue (yes bending over lier. "Darling-my little darling!" he taid, tenderly, "what ails yon?" She was conscious oE longing ta ease the pity and pain in his face, but tho strange inerta hung upon her so heav I ily she could not lift a lid or move a ! linger. Inen carno a long blank, full of ' ( trange dreams. Sometime.?, in tho night, Mrp. Cali sta hold a feather to her lips to seo if she breathed. It was long since food bad passed them ; she only drank from a spoon upon her pillow. And it w*i3 always Mrs. ? Calista who presented it. She mis:edthe others, yet could not dwell upon tho thought of their ab ne nee. But one day a piercing scream pene trated even her dulled ears. Before her eyes struggled two figures. MrB. Calista held tho glass and the vial in her hands. Mr?. Si leo lt grasped firm ly her wrists, and called londly for help. "Iou are poisoning her ! It is the truth! I havo caught youl Help! help!" j John Steele rushed into the room, > und the two combined to restrain the i renzied woman, who struggled madly Nib dash th}e vial cpon thedooiv . But John Steele secured it, and read .;ho label with a blanching cheek. Then ho closed his hand upon ir,aud direct ing Mrs. Silcott to make no outcry, but send for a physician, dosed the door upon the only witness of Mrs. Caluta guilt, and sternly faced the woman alone. "Why are you poisoning that inno ! cent oh;ld?"'he demanded. 'Ton love her, and I had loved you madly for years. I have won your fortune for you. You ehall marry me ; never her?" was the reply. "Dreadful, infatuated woman ! Mad, indeed!" he cried, "Calista, I could not love you, if you brought me the wealth of the Indies. Horrible, horrible ! Ob, if she dies, J will give you over to. the law-criminal that you are!" For a moment he forgot her, and etooped over Ruby's pillow. In that instant Mrs. Calista slipped from tho room. The physician came, and Mrs. Silcott was stationed at the patient's bedside. But Mrs. Calista's work was nearly ac complished. Tho breath of life flut tered feebly on the girl's lips, threat ening at any instant to take its depar ture. Johu Steele himself threw wide the windows, letting tho strengthen ing breeze blow over tboso pale lips, and administered nourishment with his own hand. They all started when the eyelids quivered and the breast heaved; but it was with life, not deatb, and the strong man trembled as he turned awav, with the murmur, "Thank God !" upon his lips. All night the physician was in at tendance ; but at dawn Ruby smiled,' and knew them all. One morning John Steele lifted hor head upon his shoulder, bringing a flush to that pure cheek with tho ten derest kisses. "Darling, you aro safo now in my care. Tell me, Ruby-could you learn to love me?" "No," ehe whispered; "because I have loved you from tho first." By-and-by she asked for "that dreadful woman." "Gone, my precious. I let her go gladly when I found she had not suc ceeded in her terrible plan. You would not wish her publicly pun ished?" "No,"Ruby said.-Saturday Night. Old Pear Trees. Indiona and Illinois olaim that they have the oldest pear trees in the West in their respect-ve States. There is one near Springfield, 111., known lo cally as the gieat Sndduth pear tree, which is fifty feet in height and ten feet in circumference. It is said to be fifty years old. This does not begin to compare with some of the old pear trees planted by the carly Germans and Swedish settlers in tho vicinity of Philadelphia, but it is remarkable for a country settled so comparatively re cently as what was but a lew years ego known as the "Far West."-Meehans' Monthly._ Tho Leek. Those who have charge of the res taurants report a growiug request for ! stewed onions. If tb s taste is really I growing, the leek one ht to come into ! more genera? demand. The flavor is j mnch more delicate than that of the t onion-and some comen 1 that, when ; every part of the gretn foliage is re ; moved, a good dish of stewed leeka is ! preferable to the bsst asparagus. , Meehans' Monthly. Light ot Many Moon*. If the whole sky were filled with full moons the Jight would be nc brighter I than that of ordinary daylight.-Pitts } borg Dispatch, WORH? OF W?SDOtf. There is no good in Arguing with, the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on yonr overcoat. It is tho character of consummate merit to bo able to live in n retreat with honor, after one has lived in pub lic with splendor. A smooth sea never made a skilful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for use* fuluess and happiness. There is a great difference between one who can feel ashamed before his own soul and one who is only ashamed I before his fellow men. Wo ought deliberately to school 1 ourselves not to add by look or word to the unhappiness of those who have already enough to bear. As a safeguard, don't put yourself in environments where you can even think of doing things whioh are an tagonistic to your highest ideals. Let young men make themselves ready for positions of trust, and taey will ba called to the positions at the right time. God's clock is never too slow. Ruskin once said : "Do not think ol others' faultj; in every person who comes near yon look for what is good and strong; honor that, rejojceki it, and, as yon can, try to imitate it." The fault of others is easily por .ceived, but that of once self is difficult to perceive. A man winnows his neighbors faults like chaff, bat his own faults he hides, as the cheat hides the false die from the gambler. To act rightly, in spite of all incli nation? to the contrary, to do this re peatedly, continuously, habitually, wiil certainly weaken the lower de sires and strengthen the higher, thus elevating and enobling the entire char acter. Beginning Life All Over. According to the latest reports from Kansas, Herbert Spencer, who caused such a sensution last spring, when, it will bo remembered, he was discovered by the police wandering about the streets, having completely lost his identity, is still a psychological mys tery. Bit by b:t Spencer is picking np his old life, but it is all approached from the view point of to day. There is no recollection of the past involved in tho process. Spencer is once more attending the University of Kansas. In bis letter to the Secretary of the university Spencer said that he had been informed that he had once been a member of the freshmen class and he wished to know if he could re-enter without an examination. The nnstver came that he could, and two weeks ago he started to college. At colleqo Spencer acts as an entirely new {In dent, with tho exception that tho studies of the tiret half of the fresh man year seem familiar to him. ?He docs not recognize his old teachers. Ho was given tho seat hu occupied when he was there before, but flidiiot know such was tho case until some one told him. He had to*become ac quainted again with the different rooms and passage crays. And so.it is in goincr around town and to and ?rom the university. He has to bogil all over again, as though he were a child and a fctraugcr, and yet he has th? in telligence of a grown up.-Philidel phia Press. Bomesticatiiig Wild Turk?j?. Tho turkey is indigenous to Am . iea, aud was never seen in Europe u til imported there, it is consequently the fowl least removed from its wi I state, moro shy in avoiding close as> sociation with man than any other bird. Considering how man treats tho turkey about holiday timo, it is riot eurprising that tho turkey's domesti cation proceeds so 6lowly. lu oue re spect the wandering habit of the tor key is for his advantage, though ho may not escape getting it in the ntck when his proper time comes. The turkey that wanders, that ii, one that is set under a hen turkey, has moro vigor and vitality than the turkey set under a common hen. Tho latter will generally have more turkeys from tho same number of egga, but tho weakly ones will clio, while the turkeys hatched by a turkey hen will livfi^This is acoordiug to tho law of natural se lection, tho stronger living and the weaker dying. To keep tho smaller turkeys for breediug while selling the Jaigest rever.-rs nature's process. It tends to deterioration. Hence; every few years breeders who do not tinder stand this principle of breeding have recourse to the original wild stock to reinvigorate their flooks.-Boston Cul tivator. Bachelors Punished a Deserter, The Old Bachelors' Ciub, of Elwood, Ind.,was out iuforce on a recent night, and .the latest member of that organi zation to desert its ranks for the mar riage stato was punished by the boys, as is their custom when a member breaks the rules. Walter Beoord, a young business man, was the victim, and the fun starlet at noon, when he arrived in the city with his bride. He was met at the train by a delegation of his for mer follow members, who formed a double lino from tho train to the cab, between which he and his bride walked to the cab. At night they dressed up in old clothes and got a hay wagon and a crockery crate and drove ont to the home of the victim, who was confined in the crate and brought to the trial which had been arranged for his bene fit. A ?jury was impaneled and the victim was granted a lawyer to look after his interests. When the wit nesses were all examined the jury found him guilty of breaking the sa cred rules of the order, and he was at once taken to the crate and then followed a procession around the city. Then he was taken homo and locked in his room.-Chicago Timea Horuld. Ll Hung Chang's Tribute. The Chnngwen gate of Pekin is the gate at which the octroi of the capital are collected, and the North China Daily News says that every time Li Hung Chang goes through he is obliged to pay the gateman about $30,000 in order to be allowed to pass his baggage and costly presents to the court without examination. Bullet-Proof Animal?. Tho skin of the whale is from two inches to two feet thick, and the skin of a larje specimen weighs thirty tons. The rhinoceros is tho thickest skinned quadruped, with a hide EO tough as to' resist the claws of the lion or tiger, tho sword, or the balls of the old-fashioned musket. A Novel Luxury. - The extreme of luxury has perhaps been reached by tho Sui tun of Moroc co. He bas a narrow-gauge railway running through all the rooms of his palace, and travels about on a sort of sleigh propelled by a little motor. The "lino" ends nt his bedroom. I AGRICULTURAL. ?0P1CS OP INTEREST RELATIVA TO FARM AND GARDEN. DON'T WOBK BEFOBE BREAKFAST. A bad custom is prevalent in many families, especially among our farmers, writes J. li. tiersey. lt is the habit of working an hour or two before breakfast, doing the chores, hoeing, cutting wood, etc. This is convenient in many cases, but is not conducive to health. Thc common notion that the morning air is tho purest and most Leallhrul is wrong, for at no hour is the air more filled with dampness and fog than about sunrise. The heat of tho sun gradually dissipates these as thc doy advance?. An earl/ meal braces up the system against these ex ternal influences.-New England Homestead. BEG IS WITH THE BEST STOCE. It is very difficult for n farmer who is just beginning in this business, and who finds all sorts of expenses accumu lating, to make up his mind to secure only the best ki ,k, no matter what it cost. Yet if be really under htands his business this is what bo will do if his purchase has to be restricted to a single animal. Breeding from this he can soon clock np to the extent that bis farm requires, and his profits on bis live stock increase will be gen erally greater than from the growing und sale of crops. It is the advantage of che live stock on the farm that if managed as it should be that ii will make t bo farm pay while it is being all the time made richer, and that thea it will make the growing of crops ultimately profitable.- Boston Culti vator. CUDiEAS AS GAME. We have tramped the praries of Illi nois many a day back in tho '60's in search of prairie chickens, writes H. B. Geer. Wo bavo shot them from the fevr trees in tho scattering groves that bordered the creek- about Delaven Prairie in Logan County. That waa when the whole country wa3 up in arms aud thc tramp of tho soldiers was heard in thc land, and shot 'and shell abouuded everywhere. Then again, when in Missouri, rig^t after ''Price's raid," in the southeast ern part of tbe State, we hunted pheasants in the heavy woods of tho bottom lands pf Perry and St. Gen evieve Counties. Those were stirring times, livelj times, and good times for the woods man and hunter. But all that is past now, and tho country that then abounded in prairie chickens, pheasants, etc., is now given over to fields and Janes. Partridges stid abound, andar? protected bylaw, and afford good sport and a full, .me bag in the fall of the year. They see m to thrive under the conditions of civilization, and there is another spe cies of fowl, or bird, that prospers and multiplies while surrounded by fie ds, postures and orchards. We rel er to the guinea fowl, a bird that caine to us originally from Africo. Plainly it is of the samo family as the grouee, pheasant and prairie ohicken, and lt is snperior tu them inasmuch as it takes kindly to domestication. Gu neas might bo raised by the dozen or even by the hundred, where only a few aro raised to-day. They take naturally to range, will forage. ?or a living, make their nests ont in the brush, and hutch and raise their young without any caro to speak of on th a part Of their owners. It would take but little effort on the part of the farmers of any community to stock their outlaying premises with guineas, a species of bird fully aa good for the table as th prairie chick ens that they hunted so vigorously in the earlier days of tho country. The ilesh of the guinea is dark it is true, but to is tho ilesh of any other wild bird dark, and the guinea is just as well suitod to tho tablo as the wild chicken of tho prairie. lt occurs to us that the cultivation of the guinea as game to some extent would be profitable and satisfactory. -Farm, Field and Firetide. TABS: AND GARDEN NOTES. The asparagus fern is one ofthebest plants for decorative usos, being ex? tremely graceful and very lasting. The sheep should have a good dip ping befoie winier sets in ; it willsav< trouble, buffering and death during th ut season. One of the beet fertilizers for th? window garden is the coffee lelt ovei from breakfast. It should be applied cold. Coffee grounds aro often recom mended, but I have found that the) have a tendency to mold. The peluuia is u very satisfactory plant fora window box. It is well tc fill a window with them, as they re quire a cooler room than some windon plants and pleuty of sun. Then, too, the massed effect of them is good. The best palms for home growth art the sturdy India rubber tree, tho par lor palm or Aspidistra lurida, and tho zebra palm Eulalia. These aro hardy and are easily kept clean, and wit1 stand the heat of the living room. Nasturtiums can be readily grown in water, thc same as the hyacinth 01 Chinese lily. The jar should bc hali filled with charcoal before the water u poured in. The plant is started from slips and soon presents a beautiful ap pearance. The following is recommended when the bheep's feet seem tender : One pari vaeaiine or lard to oue part acetate o' copper, well ground and mixed with it. Thin will counteract whatever poison that may affect the feet through th? effects of impure matter in ground. An Odd Experiment, A scientific investigator recently placed several doss in separate kennell and chose for each animal a separat' ?ecupation, buch as walking on th* hind legs, barking at command, etc. Tho dogs spent most of their wakm$ time at "lessons." Then they wer? killed, when it was found that in tht j dog which had been trained to bark, that portion of tho brain which con trois the organs of speech had enlarge* more than tue rest ; in the dog trainer to run, tho portion controlling tin muscles of tho les predominated ; ii every case that portion of the bran was found to be mo?-t develope< through the ago?cy o? which tho ape cial act required of the dog had beei performed. _ - A Fish Story From Alnska. The depths of the Takou have agait given forth a strange and peculiar ani mal, fish or whatever it muy be called It was caught with a halibut hook, an< the fisherman who took it lays it is i boa rattlesnake, though it is tin firs ono he ever saw. In length it wa about four feet, with a round body three inches in diameter at its larges part and tapering to a tine point. Thi body re>embles a gelatinous substance and fell to pieces in a few honrs aftei being taitsu from tho water, only th tkcleton remaining.- AlaskaNtws, A PROPOSAL. IN FOUR QUESTIONS, ?'Caa you?" he asks with pleading voice, "Can you. ar?d make my heart rejoice?" Coolly and calmly waves her fan; Calmly and coolly lt comes: "1 caa." "Do you?" he asks ia a trembling tone, "Do you, and love but me alone?" Looking at him with eyes so blue; . Slowly but truly it comes: "I do." "Will you?" ho asks with bated bred.u. Silence reii?n>, it is still os death, "Will you?" ha queries lower ct 111, Softly and sweetly it comes: "I will." "Hay I?" with joyful voice is said. Quickly tba pretty faoe grows rod; .'May IV" again he needs must say. Trembling ami blushing she says: "?o\i may." -Harlem Lifo. riTH AND POINT. Tho love that endureth all things Self-love.-Puck. To artisis who express despair Of touching Fortune's hem, We bag to say, things aren't so ba-J As they have painted them. Force of Habit : Actor (who has just shot a rabbit in the field, surprised "Why is there no applause?"--Flie gende Blaetter. He (moodJy)-"Thousands of men huve killed themeeles for love." She (blandly) -"Pardon me-for the want of it."-New York Journa1. All Ho Could Do: With the first pull the bell-ropo parted. The sexton was in despair. Then a'happy thought struck him, and he wrung his hands. -Indianapolis Journal. T?mma -"And, Charlie dear, would you have really shot yourself if I had refused you?"' "Indeed I would! I had already sent to four houses for pries lists of revolvers."-Fliegende Blaet ter. A small boy, who noticed for the first time the gold filling in his aunt's teeth, exclaimed, to the dismay of all at the table, "Oh, Aunt Mary, I wish I bau copper toed teeth like yours\'x Harper's Bazar. Oldboy-"Say, plumber, you are a very improvident man, leaving i hose pieces of lead, nuts aud screws lying about. They'll surely be lo?t." Leadly -"Oh, no, sir. Yon'll find 'em all in the bill !"-Harlem Life. "I may be in humble circumstances, but my connections aro certainly of the highest." Throwing his ropo deftly about a chimney top, the laborer re sumed his task of tearing down an old home.-New York Journal. "Oh, children, you aro so noisy to day. Can't you be a little quieter and better?" "Now, grandma, you must bo a little considerate, and not scold us. You see, if it wasn't for us you wouldn't bea grandma at all."-Tit Bits. IQ the Omnibus: Conductor-"Beg pardoo, madame.bnt theso coppers are counterfeit." Lady-"Oh, exc?seme. Keep those as a feo. Here ore some good ones." Conductor (with a deep bow) -"Many thanks, madame."-Le Figaro. New Bcd fjr a River. Thero is immediate danger pf a repetition of the heartrending Mans field Mine disaster, in which twenty seven men lost their lives at tho Hem lock mine. The mine extends nuder the Hemlock River with a shaft ou either side. - Water from the river is working through tho sandstone into the mino, and tho dancer will have to bo remed?ed-at_^nce or the valuable property abandoned^ li is now prrjp posed not to attempt' to divert the channel of the river A3 was done at Mansfield mino recently, but to lift the Hemlock Rivur from its native bcd and let it mn through an immense wooden sluiceway. This sluice will extend over the ground under which the mino tunnel runs, and will thus relieve the river bed of its water and the mino of any danger from tho river. A dam will be built some distance up the river, and this will enable the work to go on this winter and also chain the water so that it can bo run into ite artificial channel next spring. The sluiceway will be 1500 feet long and will rest oa two immense archeB, whose foundations will b? in tho bed of the rivpr. The arches will be wide apart at the base, and will not thieat eu tbe mino tunnel in the least. After the sluice is built tho dam will be opened, and the water will be run into I ho new elevated bed. Work in the raine tunuel under the river will con tinue, and it is expected that the minera will gradually pick their way toward the old river bed, and in time the bed will cave in and a rich find of oro is then expected.-Detroit Free Press. Utah's Great Spring. ^'1 believe that Utah will one day produce mora mineral wealth than any State in the entire country," remarked a gentleman who had at one time made a tour of the country, "When I was in the then Territory, I ma lo a pros pecting trip into the Uiutali reserva tion, located in the northeastern cor ner of the State. During tho trip myself and partner came upon one of the most remarkable curiosities in the West, a spring of mineral water. Enough had bubbled out upon the surface of the ground to have satis fied the demand for ten years, It was then worth ?i a pound, and was used for the insulation of electric wires, yet there was enough in sight at half the price to havo made wo two rich for life, if we contd have carried it to market. "Two things stood in the way-the mandate of the Government and the difficulty of transporting tho stuft overland some several handred mile? into Provo. One of these days the reservation will be turned into ibo public domain, and the wealth ii con tains will flow into somebody's pockets. As it is now, not a soul is permitted to troublo a single of its resources. Well, we passed on and left the spring with a sigh that might havo been heard at Frisco."-New Orieans Times-Democrat. Blushing May Ba-Hereditary. It is said in medical books that ti i redisposition to blashing is frequent ly hereditary, and in cases where pe culiar kinds of blushing are observed a family history of tho same habit may bc obtained. All voluntary actions are controlled by the brain. If a man drinks ono gla;s too mucb, nr smokes one cigar too much, tho oram is responsible, but blushing is involuntary. It is not even affected by the spinal corcl. lt is part of the work of the sympa, thetic nervous syr-tem whose centers ure huge masses of nerve cells in front of the spine. Theso centers control the blood pressure and size of the vessels. If the stomach, for example, is out of order, tho nearest "sympathetic" center is affected, and this will fre quently transfer influences, to the nerve centers, which control the blood vessels in thb face, resulting m a red nose, or even a sore throat.-Atlanta Constitution, The Flagpole Industry. New York does a flourishing busi ness in flagpoles. They are sent from here all over the country, and outside to Japan and Cuba, though none have gone to Cuba recently. "There are ten times more poles than there were in New York city four years ago," says C. H. Lilly, who has known all there was to know about the flagpole busi ness for twenty-eight years. "There is not a business building pnt np now adays," he says, "that does not have a flagpole. Four years ago you could not have counted a dozen flags above the Harlem to Fordham, and now there are nt least 250. In one piece the poles run up all the way to 98 and 100 feet. The pole on the produce exchange is 100 feet, and the old Mutual Life Insurance building had a 100-foot pole. These are excep tional. The majority of the tall poles do not exceed ninety-eight feet. The village pole is usually or always the liberty or topmast pole, in two pieces." The shorter poles aro made of spruce ash, but the taller ones of the tougher white or Norway pine. The gilt tops to flagpoles are more or less ornament al. A salamander figures on the poles topping some of the big fire-proof buildings, Occasionally a flagpole is artistically built in the corner of a building.-New York Times. Biscuits and Biscuits. Ingredients, one quart of flour, one teaspoonful I of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tarter, one even teaspoon ful of salt, lard or butter the size of a small egg, and milk. Put the soda, cream of tarter and salt on the table; mash them smoothly with a knife, and mix well together; mix them as evenly in the flour as possible; then pass it all through the sieve two or three times. The success of the biscuits de pends upon the equal distribution of these ingredients. Mix in the lard or butter (melted), as evenly as possible, taking time to rub it between the open haud??, to break any little lumps. Now, .pour in enough milk to make the dough consistent enough to roll out, mixing it lightly with the ends of the fingers. The quicker it is rolled ont, cu nd baked, the better will be the biscuits. The biscuits are cheaper made with cream of tarter and soda than with baking powder, yet many make the biscuits with Daking powder. - "That is a curious looking cane, col onel. Is i* a memento of the war?" "Yes. It was made from the hollow log I occupied during the battle of Lookout Mountain." Danger Environs L's If wc live lu a region whore malaria ls preva lent. It ls usoless to hope to escape lt it unpro vided with a medicinal safeguard. Wherever the endemic ls most prevalent and r _"'gnant In South and Central America, the V oat Indies j and certain portions of Mexico and.tho Istturiu* of Panama, lk stet tor's Stomach Bitters has proved a remedy for and preventive of the dis ease in every form. Not less effective ls lt In curing rheumatism, liver and kidney com plaints, dyspepsia, biliousness and nervousness. When a college student gets drunk In New! York city he ls fined $2. The ordinary Individ ual has to hand over the usual $3. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound WiU cure the worst forms of female complaints, all ovarian troubles, in flammation and ulceration, falling and displacements of the womb, and conse quent spinal weakness, and is pecu liarly adapted to the change of life. Every time it will cure Backache. It has cured more cases of leucor rhoea by removing the cause, than any remedy tho world lias ever known ; it is almost infallible in such cases. It i dissolves and expels tumors from the uterus in an carly stage of develop ment, and checks any tendency to can cerous humors. Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills work in unison with the Compound, and aro a sure cure for ' constipation and sick headache. Mrs. Pinkham's Sanative Wash is of grer.t value for loc.nl application._ EBusiness Course to one persoj in every county. PleaM apply promptly to Georgia Business College, .MACON. GsOBOlA. ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED S?? In Brooklyn. N. Y.. one of the to do commercial work relates: " Ben ted with a box of Ripans These I took home and ever sino tomer." His wifes mother is prono1 troubles or for any irregularity pro the Tabul?e are the best medicini been directed during all her long astonished him by asserting that f< remedy of amazing effectiveness, since he has learned from his ph] other apparently local troubles, not suit of a disordered stomach ; anc know Ripans Tabules are a specific, A- TALE OF FRONTIER LIFE* RECOLLECTIONS RECALLED BY Uti DIAN INCURSIONS. What s Lowell Reporter Dl?coverod ld th? Historie Town of DuMutable Miraculous Escape From a Misera ble Existence of a Descendant of One ol the Pioneer War rior? of Colonial Times . I -The Talk of tho Neighborhood. From the Xews. Lowell, Mata. Hr. Iii ram Spaulding, who was for many Iyears the proprietor ot the Massapoog Bous?, a Boston summer resort, is undoubt edly as well known ns any mon in Mid llesex County. Ur. Spau diag. busl les bavin;? been a popular hotel man, boast-] of being a lineal descendant of Jobo Spaulding, a weil known soldier wno was killed in action with (he Indians while serving ia the oommand of ibo famous Captain John Tynjj In 1804. E? also is well kuown as the Ant leader of lbs celebrated Dunstable Cornet Band, of Dun stable, Mus* . familiarly known os the '.mourne l Land " Altogether Bandmaster Spaulding ls perhaps the bost koowa citizen ia town, and respected everywhere for his uprightness and sterling character. Mrs. Nellie A. Spaulding is tho wir? or (bis gentleman, and almost as weil kuo*n as her popular husband. A recent severe illness (rom overwork and malaria caused grave fears among her numerous acquaintances, and tho local physicians seemed powerless to aid her. Chills and fever, Impaired action of heart and liver, and genera1 wretch edness were her portion, un ii her attention was called to Dr. Williams* Pink P lis for Pale People, and she began io use them. .On Labor Day. Monday, Sept. 7, 1896. Mrs. Spaulding finished thu flot boxof Pink Pills, and she informe.! tho News reporter that on ibatdayshe performed one ot the hardest day's work evw accomplished by her. Sh? is still taking Pink Pills according to direc tions, and uti traces of m a! aria i poison seam to have vanished. "No one was more astonished at my recov ery than roy husband and my neighbors, and they are not surprised," said abe,''to find in me such a champion of what li d:s tlnsd to become a household medicine, '.he precious Pink Pills." At the request of Mrs. Spaulding, '.he Sews reporter ca led on several perxous la the town of Dunstable, all hlghtyr-spectable indies of prominence la tho eo:na;uulty; be fcund them usiug "Piuk Pills" with good results, and after a fair trial will/sothoy thought) he ready to add their testimonials to that of Mrs. Spaulding as to their medici nal and curativo worth, especially in chronic etisesof nervousness. Dr. Williams* Pink PI1U contain, in acan dimftod form, all the eiemen s necessary to gi ve m w life and richness tc the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are nn ic failing specific fur such diseases as locomo tor ataxia, parti il paralysis. Si.Vitus'dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous Headache, tbe after effects of la grippe, pal pitation of tho heart, pale and sa low ccm ?vcrions, all forms of Weakness either In male or female. Pink PUN are sold by all d< aleis, or will bo sent post paid on receipt ol' price, 59 cents a box or six boxes for 4:2.50, (they are never sold in bu!k or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady. N. ?". Il Is Better Than s, ?4 S. B. P. ACCOMPLISHES EITHER OR BOTH. '-Impure blood and Its attendant oils "CANNOT exist If you take tho remedy "WRITE US rOR PARTICULARS. P.Co., Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. Best on Earth. ^ ?EVI:RV FARM Should Have Gsnti's Improred GUANO Htiiir AND COTTON PLANTER. Opens and distributes any quantity at ifte sumo time. For prtccajKrltsjto^-"^?iBaa??^_ J. T. 'BAiVl'r, MncrmToa. -DQ?TBE CUT ?, We can cure you without lt. If yon bare the PILES use p amer's Pue Ointment. We guarantee to give instant and permanent relief. Send Ave. two cent stamps to cover postage and we will mall FREE package. Ad dress Dept. A. New S>p .!?.?. Medicine Co., CHATTANOOGA. TEN'.Y. -- rnMDl ETC Cot*-""? ?"i Artois lU iTlr LC I L Oil and Fertilizer MILL OUTFITS -ALSO Gla. Press. Cane Mill ..nd shingle Outfit?. CsVCast evcrv dav ; work 189 hands Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. ASTHMA POPHAM S ASTHMA SPECIFIC Gl?e? relief In mi mlnntos. Send for a FltHIC trial _pack*ga> 8oldbr for a F tt tm trial packaga. Sold M Onurcista. One Box sent postpaid on receipt of ?1.00. SlxbexMSi.eS. Address TUOS. rOFUAS, fUllA.. FA. A. N. U. .. ..Two,'97. CATHARTIC tlSTIPATIOH AU DRUGGISTS cai e of eonstipation. Cascare ts ere thc Ideal Laxa-| srrip or sTipe.hnt fame essy nat ord remits. Sam ?O., Chlcaeo, Montre ?I. Can., or New York. SH fow wood engravers who continue Three or four years ago I was pre Tabules 3 that day have been a regular cus unced in the opinion that for gastric ceeding from a disordered stomach, 9 to which her attention has ever experience. His wife at one time sr a sore throat the Tabules were a He understands this better now rsician that sore throat-like many ably headache-is often a direct re l for this thousands of people well.