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I WONDER WHY ?" There comes a query ot to me. From ono who thinks I ought to know, The height and depth of mystery The "wherefore" of the "lt is so." And childish form, with bated breath, With parted Ups and pleading eye, Stands walting for the "What he saith," In ruawer to "I wonder why?" "What gives the violet its hue, The fern Its fragile form and grace? Why doth the rivulet pursue ' Its ceaseless course for us to trace? Why bloom the flowers, why grow the trees, And spread their branches wide and high? Why sing the cheerful chickadees, On leafless bush? I wonder why?" All these I answer aa I can. And yet the little maid asks on, And her soft eyes my own eyes scan, Perchance a new reply to con. Till I am fain to ask with zest, For clearer knowledge from on high, Of my own duty, God's bebest, And, like my child, "I wonder why?" Deep problems meet us in the wood, Afield, and by the stream and sea, We see what is not understood About us, and that ne'er can be. Whether we wander far or stay In cloister, hld from mortal eye, We "bide with mystery night and day, And of lt all we "wonder why?" So tis not strange a child oft asks, To know the "wherefore" of the fact; To understand what vainly tasks Philosophy, with all its tact We all are children, striving oft To know what comes before the eye. Childlike, we vainly look aloft, And ask and ask, "I wonder why?" -Boston Transcript. Baseball Birds. Harry B. Keech goes to the Beading baseball grounds every day with nine pigeons, one of which he releases after each inning. It takes the bird two minutes to get to his store, where Mrs. Keech puts the score on a blackboard. -Philadelphia Record. . A Stoat Backbone Is as essential to physical health as to political consistency. For weakness of the back, rheu matism, and disorders of the kidneys, the tonic and dietetic action of Hosten? r's Stomach Bit ters ls the one thing needful. The stomach ls tho mainstay of every other organ, and by In* vlgorallng the dlgesUon with this preparation, tho spinal column, and all its dependencies, are sympathetically strengthened. The dyspeptic and bilious will find lt a pure vegetal 'lu sUmu lain and tonic. It ls much better to be crippled In limb than In sool. _ J. 8. Parker, Fredonla. N. Y., say? "Shall not call on yon for the 9100 reward, for I beUev Halla Catarrh Cure will cure any case of ca tarrh. Was very bad." Write him for particu lars. Sold by druggists, 75c. Brave Men. Alex McClure of the Philadelphia Times says: "The two boldest men he knows are John Wannamsker of Philadelphia and Tilly Haynes of Boston. Both went to New York. Mr. Wannamaker took the Stewart property, the finest dry goods store in the world, and Mr. Haynes took the great Broadway Central Hotel, tho largest in the city. But dry rot had crept into both of these magnificent properties and no one dared to grasp them, until John Wanna maker took one and Tilly Haynes the other. A complete and unqualified success has crowned the efforts of both. Verily a good reputation is better than riches." WEIL WIFE-HAPPY HOME ! Health Restored By the Leading S pee lallat I or the South. >*" Female Weakness, Cterjuc Troubles, Lost j Energy, otc., speedily cured-after oUiem fall. Chronic Diseases, Dropsy; Rheumatism. Blood j Poison and privatetroub^ttj permanjT . Medicines sent for $5.00 per mont^^ permanently removed in 10 all," without knife or caustics. _ anteo. DB.O.HKNLBvSjai??^^?e0|,,ai l'iso's ic medicine to break up cbll and Colds.-Mrs. M. G. BLUNT. >, Wash. March 8, 'M. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. *i trial bottle and treatise free. Da. R. H. KLINE, Ltd.. 981 Arch St.. Phua., Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens tho gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. Health Soon succeed weak j ness and languor when QtBAnwrk Hood's Sarsaparilla ls Olreng; ll! taken to purify, enrich ?nd vitalize the blood. Hood's Sarsapa rilla expels the germs, of. scrofula, salt rheas and other poisons -which cause so much suffering and sooner or later under mine the general health. It strengthens the system, while lt eradicates disease. Sarsa Hood's parilla Is th* best-in fact the One Tra? Blood Purifier. Sold tar ali druggists. B; six for SS._ ll/ftjkfl'* Dill? ?-r* the but after-dinner RilOU S rlllS pills, aid digestion. 26c On a red hot ^ ^ss j** day Hires Rootbeer ^ stands be tressing efr * f. / \:Y\ .% / fects of the heat. HIRES Rootbeer cools the blood, tones the stom ach, invigorates the body, fnlly satisfies the thirst. A delicious., spark - ling, temperance diink of the high est medicinal value. Uti? ?IT by Tb* iTharta* E. Hi.** Ct., Fbliu A puk*** ra??? 5 (I3OBC B*i& rrtrjwStr-. "For soms years I was I quite out of health, and ' took mach medicino I 'which did me no good. Il was advised by a friend toi try Ayer'? Sarsaparilla! which I aid, taking a dozen I ' or more bottles before stop- ! I ping. Tte result was that I^ Wt so weil ?nd strong ! that I, of course, think toer? lil ' n<> medicine equal to Ay er's Sa:-! I sn parilla, and I take great pains ! ' to tell any suffering friend of lt and 1 'what it did for me."-Mrs. L. A. MITBJUT, Kllbourn.WIs., Feb.ij.i??. WEIGHTY WORDS FOR <?? Ayer's 5arsap THE JOKERS' BUDGET. Jests and Yarns Made and 1 old by Funny Men of the Press. OFF BI3 RECKONING. "Queer weather we have been getting lately." "Yes; th? forecast man must have mis laid his almanac." POPPIED. VERSE. Minor Poet-Ah, how 'do? Did you get my book I sent you yesterday? Hostess-Delightful! I couldn't sleep HU I'd read it! (?VITE ANOTHER AFFAIR. "Love laughs at locksmiths, they say." '.Yes, but you never hear of love laugh ing at goldsmiths." EXCESSIVE PRUDENCE. Ile-You iusist on my gettiug my life insured before we are engaged ? She-Yes-even before you ask papa. ns HAD. "Smithers *seems immensely proud ol his wife." . "Well, he has much lo be proud of. She ?ve ig h s 300 pounds." PERVERSITY OF THINGS. "He's inconsolate over the loss of his recently patented fire extinguisher." "Indeed.' Bow was it lost?" "Burned up in his house :n NOT HOLDING HIS OWN. Jeems-Choi ty Traddies had a tigbi squeeze last night. Deems-How was that? Jeems-I saw him bugging a lamp post. F A MT. Y COY PROMISE. "Does your wife allow you to smoke in Hie parlor?" "Yes; j ou see, she also keeps her bike there." PEOFOCND GRIEF. ? "I never saw a woman mourn her hus band as deeply as Mrs. Fitzjones does." "Does she realty seem bereaved?" "She hasn't crimped her hair since he died." SHIRKING EFFORT. "Desdemona Feyster must be a very indolent young woman." ' "What makes you think so?*' "She is going to marry a man who is aiieady bald." REVERSIBLE GAYETY. "We eave Jack a surprise party in his bachelor apartments." "Was il a success ?" "Yes; he got wind of it and wasn't there." STRANGE. "Yes," said lue young wife, sadly, "I am satisfied that lie doesn't love me any more. " "Isn't it strange to find satisfaction in anything like that?" asked her dearest girl friend. FAMILY JARS. Tyres-Have you nain* d your boy yet ? .Spokes-No, my wife and I can't agree. She wuuts to name him after h?F wheel, and 1 want to name him after mine. POWERFUL FICTION. Hostess -Lot me return your book to you. A charming story. Author-But 1 see you have not cut the pages. Hostess-Indeed? Well, you see. thc story BO entranced me that i forgot all . about cutting the pages. TOOK IT BACK. % Tom Singtctou-1 hear you're engaged. Congratulate you, my boy." Lenny Dictus-You didn't hear it quite right. I'm married. Tom Singletou-Oh excuse me, old man. BLESSINGS OF THE PIC Y O.B. "I'm mighty glad my wife coaxed me into getting her a wheel," said the lean passenger. "Makes her happy. eb?" said tho fat passenger. "i?ho is so stuck pn riding that she ain't "veneer, isn't it?" "What's queer? ' in- ! quired another. "Tho night falls." j "Yes," 4 But it doesn't break." "No," "Thc day .-break*." "l'es," "But it doesn't fall." 'So." "Queer, isn't il?" And he wa3 gone. . HOW SHE APPEARED. Something whizzed by, a mingtemeut of steel spokes and red bloomers. "What is that there?" asked Uncle Hiram, withdrawing his ga?.e from the high buildings to look after the vision. "That is the new woman," answered jis nephew. "The ne JV woman? Looks like thc old boy." Creek Beauties. Professor E. A. Grosvenor, of Am herst College, who has spent many years in Greece, says that the English language has changed more in a few generations than the Greek in thirty centuries. The ancient type is fre quently seen, both in men and womer ; the modern sculptor could find modeis almost fae similes of those after which the grand old masters chiseled their masterpieces. "The. most beautiful woman I ever saw in all Europe," says Professor Grosvenor, "was a Grecian girl. She was only a servant, and to tally uneducated, but her beauty was almost divine. She died afterwards, I learned, of starvation. Her employer's circumstances caused it, I believe. " Will Increase Salaries. When the charter for Greater New York goes into effect the salaries of three cf her municipal officers will be greater than is paid any other public servant, with the exception of the president of the United States. Thc mayor will get the goodly sum of 315,000 per annum, which is $5,000 more than Governor Bbck gets. Even the comptroller will bo paid 910,000, which is as much as is paid a United States supreme judge, $2,000 in excess of the salary of a cabinet officer, and $1,500 greater than Gen. Nelson A. Miles, of the United States Army, is allowed. The corporation counsel's salary will also be $15,000. Unforeseen. "I'll win this game," said the pitch er, "if it takes a leg." However, he lost his head. 'OUE BUDGET OP HUMOR LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. A l\>o ink Will-Excessive Prudence-Ab ruptly Ended Ita Journey-Quite Daft -Prepared for the Wont-Not in Stock -Thought It Unnatural, Etc.. Etc. "I pity Will with all my heart, But, oh, I fear that we most part, And that at once; For he has never seemed to care To oleave the circuraan..blent air, And so I ask, why should ho share My love, the dunce? - "Now Tom can ride in splendid wise, In fact, he once lugged off a prize." (Just here she sighed). "So I must bid dear Will adieu. You'd do the same thing, wouldn't you? Although he's rioh and handsome, tod, He doesn't ride!" -Clevelcnd Leader. Excessive Prudence. He-"You insist on my getting my life insured before wo are engaged?" She-"Yes-even before you ask papa."-Harlem Life. Abruptly Ended Its Journey. Bibmau-"Did . your watch stop when you dropped it on thu floor?" Magley-"Of course it did. Did you think it would go through?"-Tit Bits. Quite Daft. "Our cook is crazy about bicycling." "Does she ride much?" "Bide! She goes on her wheel to hang out the washing."-Detroit Free Press. _ Not in Stock. Floor Walker-"She complains that you didn't showier common civility!" Shop Girl-"I showed her every thing in my department."-Detroit Tournal. Prepared fox the Wrest. "Now, when you ask papa for me, be sure to face him like a man." "You bet I will. He doesn't get any chance at my back if I can help it."-Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Thought it Unnatural. Laura-"What do you think of Miss Van Dough's singing? It is entirely by ear." Noble-"Goodness, I thought it could not be by mouth."-Pittsburg News. Inexplicable. He-"Yes, 'because' is a woman's reason-and it is about all the reason she has.'' She-"It is about all the reason she could have for marrying a man." Cincinnati Enquirer. Cannot Improve Perfection. He-'T think when a fellow has an opportunity to kiss a pretty girl he ought to improve it." She-"How ungallant! Do you really mean to say that it could be im proved ?'"-Cincinnati Enquirer. Cannibalistic TendencieH. "Who is fhat young fellow?" . "That's Jim Dowling, better known ss 'Cannibal.' " "Why cannibal?" "His father is a retired missionary, and Jim lives on him."-Cleveland Plain-Dealer. A Back Kum bur. "It's strange," said the young wo man, "how things go out of vogue. 'Trilby' has gone completely out of style." "Yes," said the young mau in bi cycle clothes, "she's a '93 model?t the litest."-Wacb,-t,^Tj_at?r, - i False Prophets. "They told me," said he to himself, "that when I married her I would be spoken of as Mrs. Bingle's husband. Hut they lied." "So they did," said she, who had overheard. "You a?e not spoken of at all."-Indianapolis Journal. The Supreme Power. ''Do you mean to say," thundered the Court, "that you hold any human authority higher than the laws of the land?" "No," stammered the timid witness, ' except when I'm at home. My wife makes the laws there."-Detroit .Free Tress. ? laterally Described. "I hear that our friend recently met with some serious reverses. " % "Yes," replied the man who wears bicycle clothes all the time. "I was with him when it occurred. He was trying to do some fancy riding and ac cidentally turned two backward somer saults."-Washington Star, Artful. James-"Do you always write a let ter in such large script as you are using now? I could not help noticing it." Henry-"No; but this is to a ghi. You know they always size i, fellow's rogard for them by the rumbe; of pages he fills."-Cincinnati inquirer. Used a Jimmy. "I overestimated my pull," said the man, with a trace of regret. He was a dentist, contemplating the molar that had defied his forceps. "But," he added cheerful ly, "there is another in fluence I can bring to bear." He reached for his miniature fcrow b:u* with clawhammer attachment and vindicated this opinion.-New YorV Journal. Explained. "So that young man says he would lay his fortune at your feet?" said Mabel's father. "Yes." "But he hasn't done so." "N-no." "And perhaps you can tell why?" "I guess, father, that he hasn't had it told yet." Not Mach Improvement. "I suppose you've got rid of the girl in the next room who played the piano?" "Yes, but there's a woman in there new who keeps her husband awake half the night coaxing him for a new bioycle." "Do you know the woman?" "Yes, she's my wife."-Cleveland Plain-Dealer. A Natural Indignation. "I want to have this man court martialed," said the subordinate offi cer. "I doubt whether his offence is specifically provided for in any way, but something ought to happen to him." "What did he do?" "He treats serious matters with un due levity. I had just remarked that !the haughty foe would never make me quail, when I saw a puff ol' smoke and ?dodged. He observed it, and with .what I consider culpable flippancy re marked: 'The haughty foe may not imske you quail; but it doesn't have any trouble in making you duck.1 " Washington Star. Petroleum In the East Indies, decent investigations by Dntch ge ologists have shown that large quanti ties of petroleum exist in some of the rock strata of the great islands of Java, Sumatra and Borneo. * A Henson for Sile nee. You sang, yon sang! you mountain brook, Scarce by your tangly banlts held, in, As running from a rooky nook, You leaped the world, the wea to win? Sun-bright past many a foamy crook, And headlong as a Javelin. Now men do cheok and still your course To serve a village enterprise, And leeward drive your sullen force, What wonder, slave! that in no wise Breaks from you, pooled 'mid reeds and gorse, The voice you had in Paradise. -Louise Imogen Quiney, VV'JK ii in Disgrace. When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, ? ? ? I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deep heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possessed, Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost de spising, Happily I think on thee, and then my state, Like to tho lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings. -William Shakespeare. Eastward and Westward. I look away to the eastward, With eyes that aro blinded wlth.tea.r3, To catch on tho waves of memory Some gleam of tho beautiful years When lifo was as bright as the rainbow, That after the tempest appears. And from that b?ossom-crownod valloj There como to me snatches of song, And tho sound of jest und of laughter .Is borne on the breezes along, While I soe the angels of youth-time, And again my soul is made strong. And now I gaze to tho westward, Adown the dim slope of the yeare, And I see a far, peaceful valley Where never are strivings or tears, And the songs of the "aged children" Come up to my listening ears. Sometimes I think that life's eastward, Is linked to its glorified west, Where tho" white-haired, earth-w?ary traveler Waits in the bright Valley of Best. And I cannot toll till I reach it Which season is brightest and best. -M. A. Holt, in the Waverley, licantlful Hand*. As I remember the first fair touch Of those beautiful hands that I love so much, I seem to thrill o? I then was thrilled, Kissing the gloves that I found unfilled When I met your gaze, and the queenly bow As you said to me, laughingly, "Keep if now!" And, dazed-and alone, in a dream I stand, Kissing tho ghost ol your beautiful hand. When first I loved in tho long ago, And held your hand as I told you so Pressed and caressed it and gave it a kiss, And said, "I would die for a hand like thisl" Little I dreamed love's fulness yet nad to ripen when eyes were wot, And prayers were vain in theil" wild de mands For one warm touch of your beautiful hands. Beautiful hands! O beautiful hands) J? Could you reach out of the alien lands, Where you aro lingering and givjLra_e_JOjJL night Only a touch-were it ever so light My heart wcro soothed, and my weary bruin | Would lull itself into rest again; For there is no solace tho world commands Like tho carttes of your beautiful hands. -James Whitcomb Eil ey? A Little Cot. It's a little cot In a little spot . With a little heaven has sent, An' her hand in mine In rain or shine, . . An' I'm gofa' my way content, I m goin' my way content, With the blue skies over me bent; An' tho world is right, and tho world is wrong, But my heart keeps singin' a thankful song. It's a little wiiy From that cot each day In the tollin' world I roam; But the whole day long That sweet heart-song, _ ... And a kiss whoa the stars sing: "Home!" ' A kiss for a welcome home, When the bees are hid in the comb; An' the world is right, an' the world is I wrong, But Lovo keeps singin' the samo sweet, song. fl Tho same sweet song Where the toilers throng An' tho skies aro cold an* gray; For I hear the beat Of her heart so sweet, Callin' me-far awayl ^ Callln' me-far away _ To the blooms an' the bell3 o' May; . , An' tho world is right, na' the world is wrong, But her heart keeps singin' that same sweet song. An* the little cot In the little spot Is dearer tnan domes that rise; For the day is bright An' the night is light With the love in a woman's eyes. With the love in a woman's eye3-? A love that never dies; An' the world is right, an' tho world wrong, But Love keeps singin' the same sweet song. -Atlanta Contititutlon, Clock In a Cow's Stomach, A servant in the household of George Newman, of Louisville, left a small silver clock which she had been clean ing on the steps in the '>o.ck yard while she went into the house, and when she came back the time-piece was missing^ Diligent search was male for it, but to no effect, and it was finally decided that it must have been utolen in tho absence of the servant. Later in the day a small boy of the family was in the back yard and heard a bell strike five times. He recognized the sound as that of the missing clock, and made search in the vicinity. Not finding it anywhere, he finally was struck with the brilliant idea that perhaps the clock was inside the family cow, which had been standing near him when he heard the sound. He told this to the other members of the family, but they laughed at him. Nevertheless, just before 6 o'clock they took up their station beside the cow, and sure enough, in a few moments tho chime began and sounded six times. A veterinary sur geon who was consulted said that the clock had probably not gone beyond the cow's stomach. He administrated a powerful emetic, nnd shortly after ward the timepiece came back hito daylight, still ticking away as*f?\ it were an everyday occurrence it had just passed through.-Detroit Free Press. Danger in Stonc-H. Recent German experiments show that bacteria flourish exceedingly in certain building stones, and that even in those not very porous the ubiquitous microbe finds a domicile. It is recom mended that only non-porous stones be used in the construction of hospitals, but as even granites absorb water, ?such stones.will be difficult to find. AGRICULTURAL. Limo on Potatoes. Don't nse lime on potatoes, or if it is used at all in rotations where pota toes are grown, let it be sparingly. Lime favors the development of potato scab jost as stable manure does, and as wood ashes do on some soils. The seed tubers should be always treated with corrosive sublimate solution ore formalin, to destroy the germs of scar) already upon them. If this, is alway? done, and the liming precedes the pc . tato crop by several years, the damage from scab will be much less than otherwise. Land plaster does not appear to favor the scab.-American Agriculturist. Keep More Bees. Horticulturists, farmers and dairy men should all keep bees, for the suc cess of one is dependent upon th? other. When the germ in the bloom of many varieties of fruit is ready to receive the life-giving powder, its own balls of pollen are not ripe and it must obtain it from some other bloom, or the fruit will not set. Also some varieties of fruit cannot be fertilized by their own pollen. Nature has dele gated insects to bring this dust and deposit it upon the germ. Early in the season, when fruit is in bloom, there are but few insects abroad ex cept honey bees; and if they do n?rt do this work the fruit crop will be a failure. As an inducement or a bait for the bees, a drop of sweet nectar in secreted in the blood, and this is the bee's wages. Thc pollen also is her hire, for this is what she makes ber bread of, to feed her brood. As she fills her honey .sack with nectar and loads her baskets with pollen, the fer tilizing powder is conveyed from bloom .to bloom, thus insuring a crop of fruit. The dairymen are dependent upon the -bees for the great families of clover which could not exist without their agency. Every one who has a home, whether it is a village lot, or a few acres or a large farm, should keep bees. Mr. Muth, of Cincinnati, has kept them with success upon the flat roof of his store in that city, and an apiary at one time was a success located upon the roof of a building near Broadway, New York City.-American Agricul turist. Ventilation Overdone. Within the limits of my experience, the warning to ventilate the cotv stable is about on a par with the great anxiety *of some writers that dairymen should not overfeed then- cows. W'? might as well warn men not to be too good, ,too honest or too cleanly in their habits, for fear that they might be come fanatics on these subjects. To be sure, some cow stables uned venti lating, but should the Avho'c roof be taken off such stables anti thc cows exposed to the starry hes) rent, that would not remove the filth from those stables. We are told that numbers of : airshafts two or three feet in the clear should exteud from the floor up over the cows' backs and out at thc. roof, with other ventilators coming from outside at the floor and opening over the cows' backs for fresh air. This, I presume, presupposes au air tight, hermetically sealed cow stable, th? approximation to which [ have ?e 'er seen unless it was in fi stone basement under ground, wher.a cows _ should never hej^eT^f nation is tbajt^ow^jdiP^Qana ou a. floor well ?ri?r?l?aand dry, with plenty o'* good, dry bedding, and tho stable kept ckan; and there should be space enough abeve the cows for ample breathing roo-n. li I saw a man filling h*8 stable witV ventilators I would saspe-".t-he in tended leaving the droppings of the CO'?B to lie in tho stable for a week at a t.'nie. The hired man woVdd cer tainly think that way aud ao*> accord ingly.-L. S. Hardin, in Jersey Bul letin. Cow* Starving to Death? **s Let us see how this same improper way of feeding works on a ccv. You .have milked your cow all sumner, and daring the fall, and perhaps "veil into the winter. She is quite low in flesh, that is, muscle and lean neat and ". blood. You think while she itt dry for a few weeks it is not necessary to give 'her grain. She has hay. lt is mostly timothy, perhaps. She gets very lit tle to build up her muscular system 'out of. The calf she is carrying is v drawing heavily on her. Timothy ! hay, corn stalks and straw will fill the cow up well. She can get heat and force and some fat from this food, but , it is Very one-sided. You feel obliged to economize, and feed lightly while the cow is dry. Well, she gets.along during the cold weather, and as long as r.o unusual strain is put on her. By-aud-by she comes to calving time, ind there is au unusual drain on her vitality. This may be the last straw {hat she cannot stand up under. And ' yon find her down and unable to get ap, perhaps, and you have to lift her up from time to time. A crossroads cow doctor will talk about hollow horn and wolf in the tail. Quite likely she 'may die, At any rate she will not do nearly as well as she ought to do all that season. What was the trouble? A slow starvation, and usually nothing else. She has not been fed material ?to make blood and flesh and muscle ont of in sufficient quantities. I have been right in this fix myself, friends. Three cows died on our farm the first spring we owned it in just this way, aod the rest were of little account dur ing the season. This was under a tenant's management. The next year when we took care of them it was with the greatest difficulty that we got some through alive. We did not know then just exactly what the matter was. I have had to get neighbors to come and help lift up cows with baga put under them. Yes, and the cow dot-tor put stuff on their heads for the hollow horn and bored into the horn and split their tails and put in pepper and salt for wolf in the tail, the first year we owned a farm and a tenant managed it. Thank God, such day* of ignorance and barbarism are forever over. We know now that the cow should have a little nitrogenous food with the timo thy and common hay, along through the winter; such food as wheat bran, oilmeal or cottonseed meal or gluten meal. Or she should be fed on clover hay. Then she can gradually build up her muscular system while dry and be in good condition to start the sea son in good shape. You will get back twice the extra food fed aud the cow will be humanely treated. Now, re member, friends, you can't balaucc up timothy hay, corn stalks, straw, etc., with cornmeal. No; you must feed bran, oilmeal, etc., for best re sults. Better sell your corri and buy wheat brau. If your, cows ave thin yon might feed a little cornmeal, too, or you can feed it with clover hay, adding part bran. You may actually be feeding a cow liberally and still al most starving her to death if the ra tion is not properly balanced.-T. B. Teny, in Practical Farmer. Lots of men might have been k^?t if they hadn't been too lazy. WOMAN'S WORLD. Most Beautiful Queen. Queen Natalie is considered the most beautiful Queen in Europe. Her greatest charm is her exquisitely shaped neck, which is said to resem ble that of the Venus of Milo. The means she employs to protect it against the ravages of time are simple enough to be practised by any one. It is ?lid that every morning she takes a brisk walk in the grounds of her palace, near Belgrade, with a heavy pitcher on her head. This not only improves tho neck, but gives one an erect and grace ful carriage. This is not original with the Queen, for it has been a common practice among the women of the poorer classes in her country from the earliest ages. Veilings In Vogue. Such goods as wool veilings and bareges are being made up for dressy visiting wear with satin corselet, satin bound ruffles, and chiffon or lace over satin for the vest arrangements. Skirts of these goods are sold in ac cordion and sun plaitings to wear with a chiffon waist, for derai-evening gowns. At your summer resorts/ where weekly dances are in order, such a little gown is useful and thoroughly up-to-date. The same idea can be carried oui; in albatross, which is even less expensive, and this must be thought of where tho family is composed of daughters galore. Bibbon trims these dresses in rows around the skirt, or a frill entirely of taffeta ribbon over one of the goods. Another design has frills forming van dyke points or a deep, round effect in front similar to a long tpron, crossing the back nearly to the waistline. Vests, sleeves and bolero are covered with narrow ribbon-No. 5-used in scrolls and circles, like a brail Skirt bor ders are made in the same manner. Canvas and grenadine costumes show a quantity of lace and ribbon garni ture. The latter is plain, figured or striped and of a satin or taffeta weave, changeable or monotone.-American Queen. New Collars and ( ufl-. The wearer of the ever-popular shict waist has an unusually large number of becoming collars and cuffs to choose from this season. The straight-stand ing throat baud, which came ir. just at the close of the last seasou, is one of the most popular shape's. The cutis that match should be fastened with the regulation button, not liuks, nor those of the dumbbell order. The next col lar in popularity, and somewhat new er and more generally becoming, is called the two-inch turnover. It con sists of a high-standing portion with two turnover sectious, Laving square sections opened both back and front. This is to be worn with one of the many fashionable stocks or wirh the most fashionable of all cravats at pres ent-the new "Windsor" tie. This cra vat is straight, not bias, as was the "Windsor of the past. It is about three inches wide and two yards long. It is carried around this collar from the front to the back, where it is crossed, then brought to the front again and tied in a wide-open bow. The effect is not as stiff as the stock. Other neck bauds to be worn with this new cravat are those that flare around the throat. The most novel one, which is suited-. only to face both pre^-frtfcTfresh, is tiffl Fiirtiib . Tisirl'Trii-iiti of a band of medium height, closed in front with two studs, aud has an outstanding por tion of three decided points. The cufi's to match are siaiilar ih shape, but instead of flaring lie neatly against the outside of the sleeve. The collars adapted for smaller ties or'those made up in stiff bows have in many instauoes turao^r-feearytitrdTeTr"" points. Au admirable example has two double points in front, while oth ers have as many as eight or ten put on all rouud the neck baud and fall ing just the least bit belows its lower edge. The now high turnover collar, which should always be worn with a stiff.bow, opens iu the back as well as the front. This is au improvement on the old style, iu convenience at least, since it is much easier to ?tip the tie in place. Collars suitable for shirt waists of silk-which, by the way, to he strict ly up-to-date, must have higV crushed bauds at the neck-are dainty little strips of muslin or fine lio*n, hem stitched and edged with delicate ruf fles of lace. The cuffs are to match, and the sets are to be had not only in white, but in cardinal, navy blue, black and all the delicate tints.-Chi cago Becord. 'Fashion Note?. The swellest sailor hat. this season, in white or colors, has a brilliant plaid or striped silk band. The fashionable tint for lace is that of ripo corn, more of a puff thau the butter color of last spring. It is ex ceedingly rich looking. Princess gowns crop up just as per sistently as poke bonnets. It is not likely that they will take, since so few women look well in clothes of such se vere cut. Narrow velvet ribbon is used on everything. An imported cape of old rose silk has rows of black velvet rib bon running down it at intervals of about au inch. Bound the shoulders the silk is plaited in so thickly that at the neck nothing is visible except the ribbon! In the array of pretty accessories of the toilet are quaint frilly little neck decorations set upon narrow neck bauds. These aro pleated up extreme ly full and stand well away from tho throat. The fi ills are graduated hi size, the outer one much fluted but droopy in effeot. These are 'dressy looking and almost invariably becom ing. Paris sends word that the ruff is once more the fashion the.e. It is made generally in lisse or chiffon, very wide at the back and decreasing in size at the front. Some ruffs, however, are of the same width all round. The most gigautic of these ruffs extends to the ears aud is finished with a flounce of plaited chiffon reaching to the waist. This ruff is said to be a comfortable substitute for the fur boa. Entire waists are made of white lace flouncing, the yoke covered with one width, which is so arranged that the scallop falls over the bus*. From the edgo of the yoke the flouncing falls to the waist line, or, if it is wide enough, it extends below and is left in a full ruche over the top of the dress skirt. The puffs at tho sleeve tops are ol' lace, but most ladies prefer that tho lower portions be made of silk. In the bloodless war against tho blouse, the shirt-waist, and the sepa rate fancy waist, this trio have carried the day and are once a<(ain trium phant. Fresh models aro appearing almost hourly now in new bewildering, bewitching forms in every domain of fashion in tho city, and words como from over the sea that their reign abroad is not over by any manner of means, although costumes and toilets made up entirely of one fabric are now first choice for most, although not all, occasions. THE CURE OF DIABETES. A Carte Successfully Treated in Madison County, X, Y. From thc Pren, Utica, A'. Y. On tho recommendation of 3Ir. William Woodmnu, of South Hamilton, New York, that Mr. Amos Jaquays, a resident of Col umbus Centre, NcwYofk; be Interviewed regarding his extraordinary recovery from advanced kidney trouble, embracing dia betes in its worst form, Mr. Jaquays was visited and willingly made the accompany ing statement: "I am fifty years of age, and five years ago began to suffer with pains in the back nnd weakness In the region of tho kidneys, and I had a tremendous flow of urine. Strange to say ray appetite increased to an extraordinary degree, but instead of giving mo strength^my fe od seemed to make mo weaker and" thinner, and I was terribly constipated. My nouth was pasty, I had continuous heartburn and pain across tho lower part of my stomach ead frequent vomiting. Indeed all or nearly all my functions became impaired, my sight was dim, memory deserted me, and life became irksome. I consulted the best medical talent in the county, and they all-diagnosed my case as sugar diabetes in its most aggravated form, out gave me no relief whatever. At lost 1 was In such a desper ate condition that a council of physicians was called but their good offices did me po good, and Hooked forward to death with satisfaction as the only relief I could expect. "My old friend, William Woodman, aDout this time came to visit mo, and from html first heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, which he declared had cured him of rheum atism, with which he had suffered all his life, and he believed they would do me good, as he had read of a case of diabetes being cured by their use. I believe it was next day after Mr. Woodman's visit that Mr. F. Hyde, of South Hamilton, New York, called on mo, and I was told by bim that Pink Pills had saved his life and he advised mo by all means to try them. "This settled the question and I nt once began a course of home treatment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pilh. Within a week the medicine began to do its work, the con stipation was relieved, my skin, which had been dry and hard, assumed its-normal feel and appearance,-I no longer had the insufferably bnd taite In my mouth, and though still wenk and almost helpless, the pain in my back and kidneys began to abate, and the flow of urine decreased.. But I was far from health, and built very few hopes on permanent cutt,, though I continued to take the pills constantly for the next year and h half, growing slowly but surely during ;:hat time better and better. Then I begun to reduce the daily dose, and kept mending until six months ago, when I discontinued them, and I was entirely cured. "I am still subject to cold which is apt to settle in n.y kidneys, and alwAys keep Pink Pills by mo, as they bring me roun<' very quickly. In nil, I lave, I believe, taken fifty boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and shall never be without them os long as I have half a dollar. I have recom mended thom to all my suffering friends, and they seem to be /food for any disorder of the system as they have never failed to do their work in nny case that I know of, and some were pretty low. . "I certify tho n'ove statement to be true in every particular, and if I com manded stronger language, I should use it in praising Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "AMOS JAQUAYS." Mr. Jaquays is a highly respectable and well-to-do farmer and builder, and highly connected iu Madison County. Tho proprietors of Dr. Williams* Pink Pills state that they r.re not a patent medi cino but a prescription used for many years by an eminent practitioner who produced tho most wonderful results with thein, cur ing all forms ot weakness arising from a watery condition of tho blood or shattered nerves, two fruitful causes of almost every ill to which flesh is h-?ir. The pills are also n specific for tho irroubles peculiar to female*, such as^suppression, all forms of weakness, chronic constipation, bearing down pains, etc., und in the case of men will give speedy relief and effect a per manent cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork, or excesses of whatever nature. They are entirely harmless and can be given to weak and sickly children with tho greatest good and without tho dealers; or will bo sent post paiu on receipt of price, 50 cents a box or six boxes for J2.50 (they are never sold In bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Com pany, Schenectady, N. Y? Bees' Brains? The brain of the hor.ey-bee has re cently been studied by Doctor Kenyon of Clark University more thoroughly, it is said, than ever before.' -It is thought that th*? Rnjirr-A of n hpn'<f flnypr tn j, adapt itself intelligently to its sur roundings has been discovered 'in cer tain peculiar objects in its brain, called the "mushroom bodies." Voting Machines In Michigan. Most of the cities and towns in Michigan are buying voting machines that cost about $200 apiece. They are constructed something on the or der of the ordinary slot machine. It is claimed that these will obviate the necessity of recording aud tallying, thereby saving about -40 per cent an nually in the cost of elections. A Virtue nnd a Vice. Vanity and a proper regard for the feelings of others should both urge you to get rid of that disgusting skin disease. Whether it be a simple abrasion, a chap or a burn, or whether lt ls a chronic case ot ?zenia. Totter or Ringworm, Tenorino will i>09itlvely, infallibly cure it. Cure it so lt will stny cured, too. 60 cents a box at drug stores, or by mail for 50 cents in cash or stamps from J. T. SUuptrino. Savannah, Ga. No mau should ever try to overwork his brain and his stomnch at the same time. BE BEAUTIFUL It's nature's warnine that thc cond before more, serious ciscases set in. I Make the COMPLEXION Beaut! If the blood is pure, the skin xs clea our advice, you will find CASCA! health to faded faces, take away nature help you! ALL, DRUGGI3TS. YOU CAN. lOa.fl?a.OOc 1 vu vnn? J For 1 Cycles, and ^ REPUTATION of most perfect v Lovell Di am oi INSIST ON S HGENTS in nearly every City a their superiority. If no ager SEND FOR SEC BICYCLE CAI We have tho largest line of Bic; shina Suits and Athletic Goods of J and we'll send you full informatii JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS t neadquHrtcrs for Guns. Rifles and Sporting Goods ol SEND FOR OUR LAROi DRUNK AROS ctn ba saved with out their knowledge by Anti-Jag the marvelous mure for the drink habit. Write ltenova Chemical Co., fti Broadway, N. Y. Full information (in plain wrapper) malled fre?. c-,. PISO*? CURE .FOR : H CURES WHtRE All ELSE FAILS. Ki Best Couch Syrup. Tastes Good. Pg In tlraa, Sold by druggists. '. . CONSUMPTION In Search of a Hidden Island? A ship set sail from San Francisco1 last week in search of a hidden island. Her trip promises to be a long and ro mantic one, and before she comes back her crew expect that the American flag will be floating over a little coral reef close to the equator that no man or nation has claimed. New Haldayo is the name given to the island, but ac far the most accurate location that can be given for it is that it is in the north Pacific ocean. The island is said to bo covered with an enormous and won derful deposit of guano, and for nearly fifty years- numerous vessels have* started out in search of it, but they have always returned without being able to give its location. Xt was first reported as being in existence by Lord Clipperton, an eccentric English navi gator, naturalist and discoverer, and the man who gave his name to Clip* perton Island. He said in his report of his cruises that the island lay ap proximately in north latitude 16 ard nrest longitude 137, but is described as ii low atoll, and navigators say a vessel jould sail within a dozen miles of it ind pass by without seeing it. An Interesting Butter Experiment. An interesting experiment has been recently made by the Queensland gov ernment in regard to the export of but ler to Great Britain. Hitherto the pro met has been shipped in a frozen-state, irhich, in a great measure, destroys the iavor of the butter. In the present ;ase the shipment had a specially pre pared cold chamber fixed on board the steamer, the temperature of which ;ould be kept at a uniform height of liirty degrees. The result is said to lave been eminently satisfactory, the ratter having been delivered in splen lid condition. BICYCLE EXCITEMENT. The greatest sensa tion of the season in the bicycle market bsa been occasioned by four of the leading TI anufacturera com bining to protect the retail trade from be ing imposed upon by ?frente and others who have no reputation to lose an bicycle deal ers. This combina tion,of which the John P Lovell Arms Co . are thc moving spirits, have forced down the pr: rc of high grade wi eels so that there is tow no reason why a cyclist should ride Treas Lovell Arms Co. anything but a flrst :1HB8, guaranteed wheel, and at prices charged 'rom the nameless and unguaranteed wheels.. There is considerable opposition to this com bination on the part of those who handle ow grade wheels, but the public will be the Vinners, timuka to the Lovell Arms Co. A :atalogue of our regular bicycle stock and a ipec-ial list of wheels issued by thc l?g Four combination mailed free on application. FRICK COMPANY ECLIPSE ENGINES BKXJ. s. r.OVF.r.T BoUergj Saw Mills, Cotton Gins, Cotton Presses, (.'rain Separators. Chisel Tooth and Solid Saws, Saw Teeth, In spirators, Injectors, Engine Repairs and a full linc of Brass Goods. t3TSena fur Catalogue and Price*. Avery & McMillan 3 SOUTHERN MANAGERS. Nos. Cl & 53 S. Forsyth St., ATLANTA, GA. Made on your kitchen store In a few minutes st i cost of about 25 Cents Per Gallon, by a new process, which sella at $1.00 per gallon. ..I want to thank you for the Maple .Syrup recipe which I tlud ls excellent. I can recom mend lt highly to any and every one."-Brr. SAM P. JONES, CartersvUlc, G i. Send stamped envelope and see what lt ls. J. N. LOTSFEICH, Morristown, Tens. lin liding. Bridge, Factory, Furnace and Railroad Railroad, Mill, Machinists'- and Facory Supplies, Belting. Packing, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws. Files, Oilers, etc. t**"Cast every day , work 180 bands. LOMBARD IKOX WORKS AND SUPPLY COMPANY, AUGUSTA,' GEORGIA. Hart's Spiel Tils Cure Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Stricture. Gleet and all chronic or acete affections of the genito urinary system. Itestoro weak organ? and lm part vigor to both body and mind. One box $1.00; three boxes $2.50, by mall. Prepared by HAGGARD SPECIFIC CO., Atlante, Ga. Wholesale by Lamar & Rankin Drug Co. CASTINGS IF YOUR BLOOD 15 BAD YOUR FACE 5H0YVS IT. ! [ition of the blood needs attention Beauty is blood deep* iEED THE RED FLAG OF DANGER, y hen you see pimples and liver spots on your face. ?fal, by Purifying the BLOOD. r, smooth and soft? If you take OTS will bring: the rosy blush of the liver spots and pimples* Help IF YOU ONLY TRY.Najae rywhere ! ? the Lovell " Diamond " re stake our BUSINESS over 55 years that the yheel yet made is the id '97 Model. EFING THEM. nd Town. Examination will prove it in your place, send to us. ; line of Low Priced and Second els at unheard of figures. ?OHO HAND LIST. ALOGUE FREE. vele Sundries, Bicycle and Gymna all kinds. Write us what you want ra. If a dealer, mention it. !0" 131 Broad St., Boston. Revolvers, Fishing Tackte, akates and r Every Description. . ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. WE MAKE LOANS on LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES. If you have a policy in the New York Life, Equitable Life or Mutual life and would j like to secure a Loan, m ito us giving number j of your policy, and we wm bo pleased to quota j rates. " Address ! Tb?Ei g.isli-AmeriGaii LO?? Rni Trasteo.. No. 12 Equitable Building, Atlante, Ga. MENTION THIS P?M3HHw?