Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 14, 1897, Image 4

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Cheerfulness in t Medicino, Surprising recoveries occasionally happen which can be ascribed to no oth??r canse than a cheerful state of roind and the healthful nervous influ ence which it difusos through thu frame. A singular but instinctive in stance fell und? the observation ot Sir Humphrey Davy, when, early in hie, he was assisting Dr. Beddoes in his experiments on the inhalation ol! nitrous oxide. Dr. Beddoes having; inferred that the nitrous oxide must be a specific for palsy, a patient was se lected f or trial, and placed under the care of Davy. Before administering th<> gos Davy inserted a small thermomet er under the tongue of the patient to ascertain the. temperature. The par s ly ti 3 man, wholly ignorant of the process to which he was to submit, but deeply impressed by Dr. Beddoes with the certainty of its success, no sooner felt the thermometer between his teeth than he concluded the talisman was in operation, and, in a burst of enthusi asm, declared that he already experi enced the effects of its benign influ ence throughout his whole body. The opportunity was too tempting to ba lost. Davy did nothing more, but de sired his patient to return on the fol lowing day. The same ceremony was repeated, and the results followed, and at the end of a fortnight he was dismissed cured, no remedy of any kind except the thermometer having been used.-New York Ledger. Barnato-'s Kecord. The following brief history of a romantic life is given by The New York Commercial-Advertiser: "Owned a trick mnle in 1875. Owned south African diamond mine in 1885. Own ed $500,000,000 in 1895. Drowned like a rat in 1897. That is the record of "Barney" Barnato." Advertising Note? A man may guy, And a man may lie, And a man may puff and blow; But he can't get trvle By sitting in the shade, Waiting for business to grow. "A B?ndle of Narre*. " This term ls often applied to people whose - nerves are abnormally sensitive. They should strengthen th?m with Hostetter's Stomach Bit ters. After a coarse of that benign tonic, they will cease to be conscious that they have nervous systems, except through agreeable sensations. It will enable them to eat, sleep and digest well, the three media for Increasing tone and rigor in tho nerves, in common with the rest of the sys tem. The mental worry begotten by nervous dyspepsia will also disappear. A 13-year-old boy at Louisville fell fourteen feet from a latter, from which he received no ln ? Juries except that Ms hair turned perfectly gray. WEIX WIFE-HAPPY HOME! Health Beato red By the beading Specialist of the South. Female Weakness, Uterine Troubles, Lost Energy, et*., speedily cured-after others fall. Chronic Diseases, Dropsy, Rheumatism, Wood Poison and private trouble? permanently cured. He<Ucines sent for $5.00 per month. Cancers permanently removed in 10 days, "roots and all." without knife or caustics. Absolute f;uar antee. Dr.. O. HKNLIY Straus, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, aUays pain, cures wln? colic. 25c. a bottle. Fits permanently cured. No Hts or nervoui nees after firs: day's use of Dr. Kline's Great ~*erv*?e*torer. S2 trial bottle and treatise free. B. H. Ku?*, Ltd.. 981 Arch St, Phlla., Pa. _ After six /wars' suffering, I ww cured by Piso s Cure^MAKT-^TjMicsoN, 29^ Ohio Av?., AUegheny, Pa., March 19> St. Vitus' Dance. One bottle a ??oin,- r-nr?. pun.!,- ~ Miner's ft-in fact the OneTrue Blood Puriuer. HfiflP* DUI? to t**0' **** to bl1^ S "1113 easy to operate. 35o, Silver Coin Being Counterfeited. The discovery has been made by tho secret service division of the Treat ury Department that the silver frac tional coins ore bei*>g counterfeited, and it is feared to a very large extent. The low price of silver bullion pre sents a new field for enterprise and one in which the liability to detection is reduced to the minimum. Instead of using base metal and washing it with a solution of silver the work is done with silver bullion bearing the marks of the government assay office, and the spurious coins that have como into the possession of the treasury of ciols are found to be a few grains heavier and a trifle finer than the coins issued from the mints. Most of the spurious coins discovered bear the mark of tho San Francisco mint. In trinsically the coins issued by the en terprising counterfeiters oro os good in every respect as those issued by tho government, and when detected and refused ' acceptance, the holder will only lose the difference between the bullion and coinage value of the genuine coins. This is a consoling reflection to the public, who are liable to have as many of the spurious as the genuine coins in their possession, and as the difference between them can bo detected only by weighing and assay ing the liability to loss is very trifling. With silver selling at 55 oonts per ounce it is not surprising that tho gov. eminent should find competition in tho business of emitting coins that bring tho manufacturer a door profit of 100 per cont. BUCKINGHAM'S DYE For thc Whiskers, Mustache* and Eyebrows. In one preparation. Easy to apply at home. Colors brown or black. The Gentlemen's favorite, because satisfactory. R. 7. CALX a Co., Proprietor*. Suhm. N. H. Sold br ?!1 Drorf ?rt?. I WE MAKE LOANS on LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES. If you ham a policy ia the New Tork Life, Equitable Life or Mutual Life and would like to secure a Loan, write us riving number of your policy, and we will be pleased to quote raid. Address T?eE?i?list-American Loan and Tresta.. No. 12 Equitable Building, Atlanta, Ga. MAPLE SYRUP .Hade on youl' kitchen stove in a few minutes at a cost of about SS Cent? Per Galton, by a new process, which sells it ii 1.00 per gallon. "1 nant to thank you for the Maple Syrup recipe which I HP d is excellent. I caa recom mend it highly to any and every one."-BsT. SAX P. Joins, CartersrlUe, Ga. 8end stamped envelope and see what lt is. J. V. LOTSPKICti, norristown, Tenu. H. son aa m? M M ARDS can be saved with n o 11 II u ?&??tic?%t? lin II KW Im cur? for the drink habit. 1 U lill Write R?nova Chemical maw m 9 w co, wBroadway. ??. T. foll Information (In plain wrapper) malled fm. MENTION THIS PMRK"KS?S> O?E BUDGET ?F'E?MOB. LAUGHTER-PROVOKINC STORIES FOR LOYERS OF FUN. Lacking-A R?gnent-Possibly th? Rea son- In Boston - Convincing - Then Neither Hado Up-Tho Horrid Brute More Bornes tlc Oppression, Etc., Etc* I told her in passionate measure That my lore was net own completely; She smiled with a sorrowful pleasure, . ^ And said to me, slowly ?nd sweetly: - "Your love is my own completely. Alas! that so soon I must spurn it," She said to me, slowly find sweetly. * "I haven't the heart to return it." -Percy L. Shaw, in Life. .In Boston. "Browning, dear?" "I am listening, love." "Are my spectacles on straight?" Judge. Convincing;. "What makes you think he is in love with you-the way he behaved?" "No. The way he misbehaved." Indianapolis Journal. Then Neither Made Vp. Miss Rosy-J"My mind isn't made up yet." Miss Speyt-"It's more than you can say for your-face."-New York Journal. A Bequest. Mrs. Y.-"My daughter is a prom ising musician/' Mr. 0.-"Well, get her to promise that she won't sing any more."-Yon kers Statesman. More Domestic Oppression. "What is leisure, Popper?" ' Leisure? Well, it is any old idle five minutes I get while your dear mother is hunting up something else for me to do."-Puck. Possibly the Reason. "They say that Batch ha?u t a dollar to his name." "That must be the reason he has never been able to get any woman to accept it."-Cincinnati Enquirer. The Horrid Brute. She-"I never expected to work like this when I married you." He-"I didn't suppose you cared, i You worked hard enough to get me, didn't you?"-Indianapolis Journal. Her*!*. Brawn (to dentist) I won't pay anything extra for gas. (Just yank the tooth out,even if it does hurt a -little. " Dentist-"I must tay you are very plucky. Just let me soe the tooth." Brawn-"O, I haven't got any tooth ache; its Mrs. Brawn. She'll be hera in a minute."-Tit-Bits. An Uprising in His Midst. "Speaking of Cuban uprisings and insurrections," said Wallace, "I shall never forget one that occurred twenty years ago." "Were you present?" asked Ferry. ''.Very much so. I happened about five minutes after I had lighted one of my father's big, black Havana cigars." -Cincinnati Enquirer. A Unnecessary Admonition. "Bid you teU^gf^oung man not to Jllllli Ju Bi ifrfl^more f^^tfiked Mabel's father, severely. ^"""Hs>^ I^^SPflftl^m?^'dolUr^' was the * o ?p?y- .. 0 "Phew! you have the best case I aver heard of. I'll see that you never 8 go to prison with that sum," said the lawyer, cheerfully.-Boston Traveler. Jj An Basier Revenue. Sparring Teacher-"What? No ? more lessons? Why, you only took , two." 1 Amateur (much the worse for wear) -"You see, I wanted to take enough 8 lessons so that I could learn enough 1 about the manly art to lick a man. ? I've changed my mind now. I guess I will send the fellow down to take the rest of the lessons."-Rochester Dem- 8 ocrat and Chronicle. vas neces could call . even times Trouble Among the Freaks. "Oh, Reginald, I am so glad yon have come!" puffed the Pat Lady. "We have just been having an awful timer" "What is it?" asked the Living Skeleton. "The India Rubber Man got angry at the Leopard Boy and swore hs would knock the spots off him, if he had to do a stretch of ten years for it." -Indianapolis Journal. True to His Order. The Lady-"I'll give you a good meal if you will cut up some of that wood." The Tramp-"Sorry, but I can't ac commodate you, madam." "To lazy to work, I suppose?" "Not that, madam, not that. I would be falso, to my trust. You see, I'm a member of the Society for the Preser vation of the American Forests, and we never cut any wood."-Yonkers Statesman. The Sufferer. "Mayl ask what is going on in the village?" inquired the observant stranger. "We're celebratin' the birthday of the oldest inhabitant, sir," replied the native. "She's a hundred an' one to day, sir." "And tell me, pray, who is that lit tle man with the dreadfully sad coun tenance who walks by the old lady's side?" "That's her son-in-law, sir. He's been keepin' up her life insurance for th' last thirty years."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mahogany Railroad Cars. A new train for the Queen of six carriages is now in course of construc tion at Swindon, England, and its elaborate internal and external deco ration is engrossing the attention of the most expert artists employed by the Great Western Railway. The only wood used is mahogany, and the doors of the Queen's carriage are so con trived as to allow the entrance of two attendants, one at either side of her majesty. It is also arranged that the approach to the royal saloon is to be on a level with the platform, so as to dispense with any necessity for steps. Women Easier to Digest. A member of the Ethnographical So ciety in Paris has made a public argu ment in favor of cannibalism, from a hygienic joint of view, and proves hin case by the fact that those savages who eat each other are stronger and more virile thai, those who do not. Further, this scientist affirms that "women are more nut-itieus and digestible than men 1"-Nsw York Press. WRESTLES WITH A STEEP!. rho Carious Sort of Spi..-. a Texan Ha? Introduced. Host everyone has heard of Hone wrestling with men, hut here for the first time is an account of the strangest contest ever held between man and beast. A giant colored man of Taylor, Texas, jumps into a small inelosuro with a pugnacious Texas steer and en gages in a catch-as-catch-can wrest ling bout, in which the man does not always come out best by a long shot. B. E. Barker, of Taylor, is now or ganizing a great cattle roping contest, and this season he will visit the fore most cities of America, and this novel wrestling match is one he devised for the entertainment of tho public. A colored man in his employ, who goes by the name of Lige, is the one who performs this act. He is a giant in form, being six feet four inches in height, and weighing 225 pounds. His every muscle is like iron and stands out like those of the Nubian slaves of old, who did battle with wild beasts fdr their lives in open arenas, while royalty- looked on and applauded. This act that Lige goes forth to do smiling ly, however, is every whit as exciting as any of those old-time contests, and would make the blood tingle in a Spanish bull fighter's veins. Anti, in deed, this contest is very similar in some respects to the hull fights of Spain, with the one exception, that th? steer has the best of it here, as the colored man is totally unarmed, and goes forth to the fray depending sole ly upon the strength of his brawny arms. When one gazes upon those massive arms, with their huge bunches of muscle showing up and glistening like hard knots of polished ebony, it ?3 re alized that the beast has by no means an easy victory before him. A ring is made and inclosed in the same manner that an amphitheatre is built for a prize fight. The floor is made of earth and sprinkled over -vith sawdust. Then the steer, maddened by his confinement, is turned l?e?? hi the arena to dash around the sawdufct ring and paw the eftrtli in his defiance. Then the giant appears upon the scene and makes his hew to the spec tators. The contest is on. As soon as the steer catches sight of his antag onist there is a wild rush, a quick scramble of flying feet, and the spec tators see through the flying sawdust tnat man and beast are locked in fierce combat. Sometimes it is several min utes before a fall is scored, and the combatants struggle all around the arena. And it is a fierce struggle, too. The favorite clinch of the colored man is to clasp his arms tightly around the steer's neck juBt behind the ears, and, seizing one of the animar s ears in his mouth, he endeavors to twist his neck in such a manner as to bring him to the ground. When th? Steer wins a fall it is usually ?o fun for the col ored man, as he is thrown np in the air, and when he strikes the ground again he has plenty of evidence ihtt the beast has won. Sometimes it is necessary for the employes to rush in and drag the colored man out from under the hoofs of the enraged animal, but as arnie he is very agile and does not allow such a thing to happen. The contest, outside of the very novelty, is intensely exciting, and will doubtless create something of a sensa ya. when given in the cities of tho East.- ($B?,?a?50 Times-iWald. ?, ^fcnsiylng on Wheels, i A new ele.?Ilent, hft8 entered into the reugiouslifclof th$ We* JS "fHf? ing as it is jpg?est?v? of tatuali ?nd enterprT#"*?f tiiat ?e*"0n cortn" ^T.t is the utilization of raijr ro?tier, writes W. S. Harwood in tho lluRtrated American. The interior oi rae of these chapel cars, as they are ailed, shows a conveniently arranged eries of comfortable seats, a platform or the speaker, and an organ for the ervice of song. The four cars that re in commission under the auspices if the Baptist denomination traveled .bout 75,000 mitas during the yeat 896. These four ears are called the Evangel, the Emmanuel, the Glad Tidings and the Goodwill. When ome particularly forlorn locality nakes application for religious cervices me of the four, if one can be found at iberty, is attached to the r?gulai rain of the road on which the town is ituated, whisked across country, and ide-tracked at its destination. Church ervices in a coach are announced in he town, which is often not more than wo or three hundred people strong, .nd not infrequently as tough a place s one would find in a day's journey, services are held evenings and Sun lays, and for two or three weeks the ihapel car remains at the place. Why the Sky ls Bine? Did it ever strike you to inquire wh) he cloudless depths of sky above us xe so delicately blue? It isn't that he gas we call air is in itself blue. As far as we know, it is quite trans ient and absolutely colorless. No; he blue comes from reflected light. ?r is never pure. You couldn't live n it if it was. Countless millions of iny parti?les, chiefly of water, are dways suspended in it, and these ar est the free passage of light. Each )article has a double reflection-one nternal, the other external-and sc he reflected rays suffer the usual re mit of what is called "interference," ind show color. You will notice that he sky appears much bluer if you ook straight up than if you look across oward the horizon. The reason is hat, in the first instance, you are naturally looking through a muoh hinner layer of air than in the second. If there were no air, and conse quently no watery vapor and nothing o interfere with the free passage of ight, even at midday the sky above vould look perfectly black, and all the stars plainer than at present they do it midnight.-Answers. Horse Meat In Belgium. As in consequence of the cable car, the bicycle, and the electric cab, the norse is no longer necessary asa means sf locomotion, the inhabitants of Bei num are importing this domestic ani mal as an article of food. Over 10,000 iiorses were imported, during the year lot conversion into meat. The num ber being very largely in excess of the import of sheep and oxen. Statistics show that in the city of Antwerp alone 1000 horses were slaughtered last year 'or human consumption, and the butch Mrs' shops dealing exclusively in horse 3esh in the Belgium port already num ber thirty-two. Huntsman's Great Luck. H. Cox, of Brooklyn, Mich., with a company of friends, went north to bunt deer. His friends placed him back of a runway and told him to keep on the lookout if he wanted deer. Cox sat there until tired, and then stepped back tn the shelter of a bush. A.s be did so a big back leaped over the bush, knocked the gun ont of his band and discharged it. The charge struck the deer and it fell dead within . few feet of the hunter.-Chicago Tri bune. 'AGRICULTURAL Sowing Lat? Cabbage Seed. It ie not too late yet to sow cabbage seed for late planting. Caution is hooded not to sow the seed too thickly. Th it makes its growth so spindling that the successful first transplanting is very difficult. After the second transplanting the plants will be ready to set in the open ground. The cab bage sown now will make much of its growth after the first frosts, and on fairly rich ground will not need much Fattening Calves Without Milk. Cheap as milk has lately been, it is yet regarded as too valuable to be fed to calves after their first few days of life as an exclusive article of diet. We think it is economy to ieed some milk to calves. But it is best for them, whether they are to be fattened or raised to maturity, to early accustom them io a variety of food., A thin por ridge made cf whe?t middlings, with a teaspoonful of linseed oil added as it is Cooking, and having enough milk to color it white, makes a ration on which the calves will thrive nearly; or quite, as well as on new milk, and bet ter than on milk that has had its cream removed. This should always be given at the warmth of new milk. If given cold at any time it will cause scours. Whenever any diarrhoea oc ours boil a tablespoonful of fine wheat flour in water and feed that for one ration. The diarrhoea will stop, and by tho time for the next feeding the calf will be all right for its feed? It pays to feed A thrifty calf itt this Way until it is three, four or even six months old. There ar? times when well-fattened calves are in demand. ?he butchers always rely on the far mer's anxiety to sell a calf if he id feeding it milk. But fed in this way with some clover hay as it grows. bid enough to eat it a calf may be kept with profit Until it is & year old. qr even older than that.-Boston Culti vator. . A High-Price Boar. This unprecedented figure was re cently paid in Illinois for the Poland China boar named, the famous hog LOOtf-StE-OVER* FOL?N?-CHI???. $3??0 BOl?. going tc a syndicate of Missouri breed ers. At the same auction sale, $1575 was paid for a Poland-Chine brood sow. Thb General- Purpose Cow. Tine time may come when every where there will be pure-bred cattle, and nothing else, but that time is cer tainly now a long way off. As the case at present stands, the great bulk bi our cattle is very common and scrubby indeed, and the best that can be done with these is to gradually and as fast as practicable grade them up improve them both by selections and crosses on pure-bred males. An important problem is up.fbr solu tion at the Very start iii..this, under taking, and that is As to th? direction that should be taken in this matter Whether, in other words, we should go lu the milk and butter or in the beef direction. ? 1 LJIXj^ll^ friiih1'1"1"-fr """V Y i loor when at their best when it comes P< o the milk pail ; the little Jersey is a .w ype of the very poor when it comes ri o being put on the butcher's block, tl Jo much is this thought to b? tfi? fact >y men whose main business is raising &? hoice beef ealtl? 1 hat they regard the |<> jenerftl introduction of Jersey blood id ts a serious blow to the best for their fe ndustry. Thus when Jersey cattle it Irst began to be brought to Kentucky g< kt all extensively this was the attitude, tl md they were much opposed and $ meered at, but in spite of that they 111 lave become established and repre- ti tentatively fill a great place in our ui igricultural and best food economy; [f fine cream and butter meet the 2 vant, then to the little Jersey we must si jo as the basis of operations best eal- w julated to secure our general-purpose 8 ;ow, making up for the loss ott beef w iccount at the end of it all by gains fe >therwisi5 made on tho way to that s< md. c< On many farms, Ott most farms, in- &< leed, thc milk and butter stand related g ?o direct home supplies onlyk add when b hat is the case then the trend should o dearly be itt the direction of beef, * this is mostly as we find it and mostly ti in the common interest as it should be. Beyond any doubt the nearest ap- ? proach to the ideal in this respect is the u Shorthorn or Durham breed of cattle P nore gentle and kindly than they. The tl beef they make ranks with the best, as p avidenced by show-rings results secured e: under this crucial test. In like man- t< a er have they earned rank with the best H when it comes to the production of i Srst-class milk and butter. To-day in h England there are dairymen who, h though compelled to make every edge sut to make their business pay, -will e have notliing but Shorthorns; And it a has long been so there. Cattle come to their beat and begin c ko decline as milkers some time before a they are really what should be regarded k as old; and when they do so, they are in good form .For fattening and making a into excellent beef, if of the beef breeds, n It is far different if they are of other s than the beef breeds. Then the males o of the beef breed, when r ot wanted n for purposes of increase, are made into o steers, that yield the choicest beef ! of the markets of the world. Millions of d dollars worth of just such beef leave I the bluegrass pastures of Kentuoky an- t nually, going to the great centers of p civilization, and not a little of it in the t live state across the sea. In imagina- v tion-let us compare a herd of such steers with a like herd made from the f best of the strictly cream and butter ' breeds. I There is, of course, room for all and 8 a place for all; only it is important to remember, in dealing with our general- - purpose cow, that if we would get a there all right, we should start right, t adapting the means to the ends, and c not putting a butter-and-cream cow t where a beef one will pay far better, 1 or vice versa. c Circumstances should also be taken t into account in considering this matter f thoroughly. The heavier and beef r. breeds of cattle need a fare and a pas- J turage than is generous according to their size. Whilst the case for the cream and butter breed is not to be 1 stated in terms the opposite of this- t the rule that something never comes ) from nothing always obtaining-it is t the fact that the smaller kinds often ' prosper and greatly strengthen family t resources where the larger would ine- i vitably starve.-Home and Farm. i - The common house sparrow flies at i the rate of ninety-two miles an hour. I WOMALS WORLD. A Hint Abont Diet. Cheese should be eaten once a day at least. It contains two br three times as much nutrition as the sam? money's worth of meat, and is, there* fore, tho most valuable animal food obtainable. The woman who imagines that a cup o: chocolate and a few crackers constitute a square meal, will do well to add cheese to her menu. An Extraordinary Advertisement. An extraordinary sign of the times ia the following advertisement} Which recently appeared iii a London paper: (VENTLEM?NWlS?n?dT? ADD TO ?N If inadequate income offers his services to ladles desi ring an escort fot theatres, amusements, social functions, of ?xfcensive traveling. Foi: terms and interview, ad dress "Confidential," 1921; M; Pi Offic?; Strand. Here is A m??? presumably young-, who will hire himself o?t to unattached womankind promiscuously, attend her to tea-parties, allow her to pay his supper bill when on duty after the play, and enact the role of tame cat, in fact, generally, "for a considera tion." About Perfumes. The perfunies which are most agree* able to the senses are not always the most helpful to the nerves, Anther* gris, for instance, is positively often' sive to many, yet it is said to possess a wonderful power of clearing the brain and driving away those evil spirits known as the "blues." On the oth?r h An cl, attar Of roses; with its suggestion bf glowing suns and gor geous eastern colors, predisposes one to tearsi A faint odor of musk acts as a tonio, while civet brings drowsi ness of soui, for which the best anti? dote is the pungent odor bf sandal wood. The fr?gr?nc? of citron and ?lo? wood is as soothing to nervous people As far-off music. Many perfumes delightful in the open air become particularly disagree able in a close room. A whole even ing can be spoiled by the presence of tuberoses or lilies in a reception room. Their strong fragrance has a very bad effect. Magnolia blossoms, too, have a delightful perfume in their native grove, but woe to her who sleeps through the night with a single blos som on her pillow. There are many fragrant, flowers, such as carnation) olove pink, sweetbriar and apple blos som, that are as beneficial as they arc sweet scented. A vivid perfunl? is nearly always bracing, while a subtle ori? is gener ally enervating: One may becom? positively itttoxic?te? through irihalr ing the odor of th? peach; almond,wild cherry ?nd other blossoms of the same class,? because they all contain a sug gestion of prussic acid.-New York J ournai. Money From Flower*. You can turn May flowers into money if you have the trick of doing it. Margaret Deland, John Strange Winter, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Amelia Barr, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Mary E. Wilkens, Mrfl; Humphrey Ward and John Oliver Hobbs All db it: They make a fortun? every spriiig out of th? bibssords bf May; ?nd they ac complish it riot by raising th? blos eov?iS; but by telling other peopl? how beautiful they are. People who cannot get out into the woods {? pick flowers are willing to pay considerable money to read how lovely is the shape and how sweet the scent cf the posies that bloom afar off. You who doubt this, have you never bought a spring poem? AMargaret Delan^L^aia^a^^^^ !etr7?lCb*?4?^ ?he has ? oman friend in Boston who loves her lymes and encourages her lo write w l?m. ?? Mrs. Humphrey Ward does up verses . i neatly as she does up prose. Of 11 te, however, she has given up the . lea of publishing her poetry in book " inn and contents herself with serving 11 to publications to be used and for- w jtten. James Pfi.yn estimates that in w ie last five years Mrs. Ward has cleared a 200,000 in fiction alone, which was as w nen as George Eliot made in her life- 0 me; so it is no wonder that she does rjt labor over rhymes? MrS: Kate Douglas WiggiUj Or "Miss * late," as she is called iii h?r Silver (J ?eet kindergarten in Sari Francisco^ 11 rites verses While doirig housework; he is one of those versatile womeri a ho can dance a plantation1 breakdown ? ?r yori; If your ears are tir?d sh? i? wthes thent with A song of heir owri n )mpositiort; If it is your head that ? ?heS) Sh? writes verses that tell bf JJ reeri hills far away: Some, of her " est work has been dorie bn the spur Jj ? the moment. She is th? wife bi! ? n .e?lthy gentleman who. divides his m? betwe?n London ?nd America. * Amelie Rives, as her pen name still Jj I, though she is an Italian princess, 11 tade so much with her miscellaneous 11 oems during the two years she wrote Jj lat her father, n wealthy Virginia *j lanter and trader, put a stop to the J normous sums paid her, and declined ? ) have her checks raised by the pub shers, It wa? too much for so young ?j nd inexperienced A writer to r^eirej 0 e said; Amelie Elves's spring poems J ad all A touch of lov? in them. John Oliver Hobbes is said to have v xhausted all her brightness long ago nd to be now repeating herself. Mrs. Burton Harrison is called a so- ? iety writer because she happen to be 1 woman of aristocratic family who has ept her place hi good circles. She J rrites, however, for money, not for ? mnsement, and has turned her May ' mae to a consideration of the sea and ea grasses. She writes off poetry to g rder, gets well paid for it, and she " iay truthfully be said to "make money \ ut of May flowers." \ John Strange Winter is noted for t oing things Up thoroughly; John tuskin, a dear friend of her girlhood, aught her the magic of a well-com- t jeted task. She writes little things j hat tell their story without many ( rords. 1 Mary E. Wilkins is said to have re- \ used to write a four-line stanza upon ( 'May" for $50 with as much ease as ] ?lizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward declined f 110,000 for a "snappy" life of Christ. Miss Wilkins"get3 $50 a line for her lay flower verses as readily as others ccept a cent a word. She is turning ( hem off with dizzy rapidity in her ( ountry home, fifteeu miles from Bos- | on, and she is fast reaching the Ame ie Barr standpoint in poetry when she an write: "I can't do a poem for you his spring, nor nes t spring, but the ollowing April, if the weather takes ae right, I will send you a rhyme for -our May issue." An uptown finishing school in New fork decided to call Mrs. Barr to de lver a series of talks upon poetizing, ?ut the following day the faculty found lalf the students scribbling rhymes ipon slips of paper and harmoitized .May" and "day," "ray" and "fay," o the exclusion of other tasks. Upon vhich the faculty agreed to forget, th^ esolution to call Mrs. Barr and to lee mtnre take her couse with the studenra n the matter of poetry.-New Yuri: sews ? ' GOOD ROADS NOTES. Strangely enough a railroad ia smoother than a plank road. "Honest Elections and Good Roads" is the platform on which Charles G. Richie, of Louisville, Ky., is standing for re-election next November as Judge of Jefferson County Court. Fred Harvey, thirty-five, a Barre (Vt.) teamster, was thrown from his wagon While driving over A muddy place in the road, and a wheel passing over his head forced his face down into the mud in ?uch ? way that he was Smothered before aid reached him; ? novel case w?s recently decided by A judge in Brighton township, near Sacramento; Cai The wheelmen of the totaishipi who ha\e a cy'ile path, were very mitch annoyed by the wan dering of Cows od the path; the ani mals preferring th? smooth path to the road. An Animal was impounded by the. county officials and a test case made. The cow came off victorious, as it was found that no pound ordi nance existed for the township, though most of the other townships had laws covering such. The fourth annual report of the Com missioners of Public Works of Ogdens burg, N, Y., gives an intesting detailed account of the Work done for road im provment during the past year? for which Work Si6,4f0 have been ex pendedi Ogdensbdrg is ndw provided tvith excellent facilities for. road con struction and improvement: The equipment; the Aggregate value. di which is ?bo?t fifteen thousand dol lars, will serve for years td come, td build and keep id repair ? superior class of macadam rodds. Many farms in this State have en tailed more labor than, was cheerfully bestowed in piling stones taken from the land, stone fences being seen for miles, yet right alongside of these fences of stone the farmers have driven fetlock deep in mud for years, when they could have used the stones to bet ter advantage on the roads than in any Dther manner, as they were encum brances. Now that the stone breaker quickly reduoes the stone for the pur - pose, muddy roads should be covered with stone. Philadelphia Saturday Post. "The wholesale trdde of the city has been undeniably light: ? humber of ??uses ?i?v? operated td this end, thc principal bne of which has been tli? we?ther; Country roads in much of th? tributary district dre little better thad impassable, ami act as ? bar to the Drd?ririg of goods ddt absolutely neces sary.'1. The dbov?; irdm the commer1 sid! column of the Chicdgd Tribune; is extremely interesting. It conveys a large J?p-welded ?fact, that, like a can cer, is eating into the prosperity of large tracts of our otherwise glorious country, says the L. A. W. Bulletin. Nearly twenty years ago General Grant, in enumerating necessary lines of public improvement, named the pub lic schools and highways. Once when he and General Sheridan were in a re miniscent mood, the old commander 'said to "Little Phil;" speaking of th? Jdtter's fdinous ride io the battle bf bedail,Creek: "Sheridan, if that bat tle had taken place, after d prolonged rain, dnd there had not been ? good pike ffoni Winchester, you would never have been promoted to the head of the United States Army. You would not have reached the battlefield to cheer your men, and there would have been a great defeat for the Union forces in stead of a great victory. That would have left Meade and Thomas a long distance ahead of you in the line of promot'on." ? great military dnthority says that hen a well-built man of six feet is icing the enemy he presents a surface ) be shot at of one thousand square iches. His face has an area of fifty-six iches, and his neck of twenty-three iches, and out of every hundred men ounded in battle fourteen will be .ounded in those parts. They are the lost exposed parts of the body, hether the combatant- be in a trench r behind a tree or wall. The trunk offers nearly four times as trge a target, but it is usually protect 1 by some form of defense work, and ij therefore, hit only nineteen times i a hundred: As Scraps says; it seelns extrdordi ary that th? arms have ds great ad rea almost ds the body. That is to ay? what the anatomist Calls arms; hich include th? shoulders: They ?eas?re two hundred and twenty-six iches, an.d receive thirty ont of the undred hits. The reason they are ftener hit than the body is that they ave to be exposed so much in firing. The legs, including the hips, have be largest surface of all, measuring our hundred and twenty-two square aches, or nearly twice as much as the rms. But they are nearly always pro ected by breastworks, rising ground, ranks of trees, etc., and so they are rounded only thirty-five times out of he hundred. When fighting at close quarters the lead and body sufi'er very severely, nd when fighting from behind trees he arms, having td be put fdrward to ir?; receive ad udusual dumber of rounds. A curious fact, which every veteran :nows to his cost, is that when the ground is hard bullets are reflected ipward and wound the legs and lower >arts of the body, while, if the ground rere soft, the bullets would bury hemselves in it. Phenomenal Runner. Maine is proud of a citizen who has preater speed and more endurance than k blooded horse. Ho is Edgar B. iVelch; He lives in the village of Vebb's Mills, in Casco County, says he Boston Herald. Mn Welch has lived at Webb s Mills di his life. He is tall, well propor ioned and weighs about 170 pounds. Efe does most of his running for the snjoyment of it. He is eccentric in his j labits, and when the notion to take fl rip strikes him he starts, he the time 1 lay or night. On a trip to the White \ Mountains his favorite dog started to ? iccompany him,'but died of exhaustion i >n the way. \ Some time ago Welch won a race of iwenty miles against a span of horses Iriven by C. G. Jepson. The race ( itarted at Raymond Village and ended ? it the principal street corner in Pert- j and. Welch was an easy winner, al- ? though Mr. Jepson urged his horses ? io the greatest speed, and they were j jovered with foam when they reached Portland. Welch was apparently as fresh as when he started, and seemed \ to be able to make a run of twice the distance. ? Though he has phenomenal speed ] and endurance, Welch is not a success j J in a race. Some years ago he entered | a twelve-hour race in a rink and took : fourth money, with 61miles to his credit. The shouts of the spectators annoyed him, and he could not bear to be crowded. When ofher contestants came near him he would leave the track , ind run along outside, which made the distance he had to cover considerably greater. Summer Care of Blanket*. , Blankets after the winter ase are rover clean, and should not be put away without being washed. Many housekeepers in view of the shrinking and discoloring caused hy washing, satisfy themselves with airing and shaking their blankets, but this is a great mistake, for if the work Is prop erly done the soft appearance and white ness may bo retained for years. The most important consideration in Washing blankets is to have plenty of soft Water and good soap. An Inferior cheap soap ls really the cause of the injury done woolen goods in washing, as lt hardens and yellows the fibre. When ready to begin the work, shako the blankets free df dust, AU a tab nearly full Of soft hot water, and dis solve a third of a cake of Ivory soap in it: Pat one blanket in at a time and dip up and down, gently washing with the hands. Never rub soap on blankets, or wash on the washboard: After the blankets are clean, rinse them in warm water until free of suds. Add a little bluing to the lost water. Shake and squeeze rather than wring, and hang on tho line until dry. Then fold and pack away in ? box securely to exclude tho moth. Blankets washed in this way will keep their original freshness and wear very much longer than it put away soiled year after year. ELIZA B. PARKEB. She Drives An Ostrich. Mrs. John Elitch, of Denver, Colo rado, drives a strange steed. Hei horse is not a horse, but an ostrich, behind which she rides in a light wagon. Mrs. Elitch is the only wo man in the world who owns a zoologi cal garden and manages it herself. Through it -she is known all over the Pacific coas*: "Whenever t want a change from driving hortes ? have an ostrich^*' she says, "the only pacing-bird Owned by a woman. . I drive it for amusement, never for tho public. It hauls ? light wagon, and I've just got a new one, with pneumatic tires. Ostriches don't drive like herses. It is all very well if he doesn't catch sight of a banana peel, a stray orange-skin;, or some thing equally attractive. If he does he'll stop in his fastest gait and dive sideways for the tidbit. He isn't guided by 'he reins, but by a long whip, with which I hit him on the side. It takes a hard blow, too, to han dle him. If I should pull on the reins it would break bis neck. " I raised him from a baby. He hates reins, but once harnessed is very tractable. It looks odd to see him in such a rig. His legs, of course, are immensely strong. He seems never to get tired, and goes lik( tho wind." A Turtle as a Fox trap* C; B. Perry, of Herrick; Penm, has been fattening a twenty pound snap ping turtle. Ohe Sunday his turtle ship was tak ?n out of the bartel and allow tb wander about the yard. Early on Tuesday .norning Perry was arous ed by" the no .se of a scuffle in the yard. Repairing there; he found the turtle hanging to the nose of a big fox, which had been stealing from the henneries in the vicinity for a month. Br'er Fox was nea:-- the fence endeavoring to get over but Farmer Perry followed and shot him dead. The turtle all the time retainer his hold and refused to let go until tie fox's nose was cut off. Then it crawled back to his home, carrying the nose with it as a trophy. THE HEAT VLAGU. Mrs; Pinkham's Explanation of th Prostrations A The great neat plague of August, ll lesson. One .:ould not fail to notice the dead throughout this country, thai the victims were women in their thirtii women between forty-five and fifty. The women who succumbed to the pi tracted heat vrcre women whose energi were exhausted by sufferings peculiar their sex; women who, taking no thoug of themselves, or who, attaching no ii ,^>oj^anceJt? ihst&y??jptdmsi allowed th? ema?e ?systenTto become ruh cToYFEru-~ t Cohstipation, capricious appetite; restle: orebodings of e ril, vertigo, languor, and less, especially in the morning, an itch ensation which suddenly attacks one light, or whenever the blood becomes iverheatcd, arc ?ill warnings. Don't wait oo long to build up your strength, that s now a positive necessity! Lydia E. Mnkham's Vegetable Compound has spe :ific curative pov ors. You cannot do better han to commence a course of this grand ?f first symptoms you will see by the foll came to Mrs. Cn "I have taker pound and thinl the world. I was I could not live f: lapsus uteri anc ing into cohsumi I would die. I h lng sensation do\ feelings. Pee w woma?. i)oct given Up when 1 got a bottle. I thought I would ne. ? wish ? could get every ??dy in thc loctors could not do. "-MES. S??XIE ORA ftAKlNG and health making arc included in thc makit?g of HIRES Rootbecf. The prepa ration of this great tem perance drink is ah evcut Of importance in a million well regulated homes. HIRES Rootbeer is full of good health. Invigorating, appetiz ing, satisfying. Put seme up to-day and have it ready to put down whenever you're thirsty. Made only by The Charles E. Hires Co., Philadelphia. A pack age makes 5 gallons. Sold everywhere. MOHAROTIMESI? rou caa Kot th? list dollar, tf necessary, st any home. Ye hare workers ^ ., -. _ _ _ ?> n * > hst ?re makin* (5* M ff* BS El H fl V Irenes ?ix application. Wo have about l'ive Hun Ired Wurl:ei?.now, niak ri<r uhr money, and we want _ -\n J% tr\ jg Wo offer the chance of 100^9 HORE?fSl^ tomeof thfcinr.st snceeskful worker?. No talkimc ro inirwl. Simply show our magnificent premiums ind take thinr HubSCMPtisUS. Wo wan'Axer.ts iii Every Town in th? ?. 8 and Canada. We aro now lUtriWirw *IOO,OtK) it? Prcwinnis, Prizes and L'ash. Wo trivo Bicycle*, d?neras. Gold Watohes, ftiins, Pi ?nos, Organs, Dssks or Dollars for a fow lionrs work. Psrmanont ?mploymcnt If yon want it. Now is the ti?1.0. A lue UKwdns and Premium List /roe hy addressing CHEAM PU?. 00., Box A, Belfast, Maine. WFRO'RE 3t0t$*uue In Actual Business. lUllroad Fare Paid. Positions Guaranteed. Students of both, sexes admitted dally. No vacations. Average .-oureo three months. Georgia Business College. . MACON, GEORGIA. Tmnroved Hunter Fnll Circle Hay Presses. . "vTes Greatest eapsruy Chswesl. Writ, for catalogue and prints. M. B. klFVYIS, Leasee, Meridian JUe?hlae Shep?. Mttfdlaa, S?ss. HOW MEAT IS SLICED. The People of the World Can Be Classified by the Way Th?y Do lt _ i A member of the Professional Wo man's League, who has traveled ex tensively in foreign lands, said the other evening that you can classify the peoples of the wor ld bj* the way they cut their meat. The powerful physical nature of the Angle-Saxon is Well illustrated by tho tugo rib roasts and the immense shoulders of mutton? The more artistic nature of the Frenchman is shown by his cutting his meat into thin slices of fillet? into epigram and into the filmy affairs ha calls "rosbif." The Arab cuts his meat into & thin ribbon^ wraps it around en iron skew er, broils it over a charcoal fire, and; lo and behold! there is the famous ka bob. Strange to say, it is very-rare for the Anglo-Saxon to cut his meat ?fcHkr-^ just as it is rare for the eastern races to serve it in massive portions. Yet we could improve our daily bill of iare, especially in the summer sea son, by adopting many of the dishes and methods of ihese other races. Thus the kabob system may be ap plied to any kind of flesh or fowl, and ?troduces a crisp, palatable and nour shing culinary creation. Another series of very pleasant dishes are made by cutting meat into long strips about the size of a lead pencil and frying them, after they have been salted and peppered, in either their own fal br in olive oil. The iiquid should b? very hot before the meat is put in, sd fis to close up all the pores and keep the juice within the fiber. These pen cils, when cooked properly, are clean, delicious, brittle and very appetizing. Still another system comes from Italy and Spain in that very attractive pre; paration known as fritas. These con1 sist of little pieces of meat ?bout the' size of a hickory nut. One will Lt? made of beef, another of lamb, a third, of chicken, a fourth of duck, a fifth of corned beef, a sixth of cold beefsteak. The greater the variety the more suc cessful the dish. These pieces are very well seasoned, they being rubbed with a clove of garlic, salted, peppered, and usually touched with a drop or two of onion juice. They are then dipped in batter and fried over a very hot fire. When they come out all look alike, so that the guest has the additional attraction of novelty, variety and surprise;-New Orleans Picayune; A Good Holiest Doubter is a person we like to meet. We Uke to hat? such a man try Tetterlne. He will be more eil? thnsloritio than anybody ?IST once be'scurodand convinced. Tetterlne ls for Tetter. .Eczema; Ringworm and all sUln diseases. 50 cenu ? box at drug stores or by mail from1 J. T. SUuptrtde', Savannah, Ga. The Jewels which ornament the klag of Por tugal's crown are valued at *M,,V?,000. S. K. Coburn. Mgr. Harto Scott, writes: "I And Hall's Catarrh Curo a valuable remedy." Druggists sell lt, 73c. If afflicted with sore eyes nae Dr. Isaac Thomp ron's Eye-water. Druggists seU at 25c. per bottle. B OF AUGUST, 1896. e Unusual Number of Deaths tail Jiiongr Women. 896, was not Without its in the long lists of b so many of es, and medicine. By the neglect lowing letter what terrible suffering tig, and how she was cured : i Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com? : it is thc best medicine for women in i so weak and nervous that I thought rom one day to the next. I had pro l leucorrhoea and thought I was go? ->tion. I would get so faint I thought ad dragging pains in my back, burn? vn to my feet, and so many miserable ?pie said that I looked like a dead ors tried to cure me, but failed. I had ; heard of the Pinkham medicine* I did not have much faith in it, but try it, and it made a new woman of > land to try it, for it did for me what io, Baker's Landing; Pa% TASTELESS CHILL TONIC IS J U ST AS COOD FOR ADU LTS. WARRANTED. PRICE 50 cts. GALATIA, ILLS., Nov 16,1833. ?aris Medicino Co., St. Louis, Mo. GonUemen:-We sold last year. 600 bottles of SROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and have xmght tbreo BTOSS already this year. In ali oar ex* >erlcnce of 14 years, In tho drag business, bava sever sold an articlo that save such universal satis Action as your Tonic. Yours truly, ABNEY, CABB 4 CO? Bicycles_J-, "ALET ANDER SPECIAL".... S 30.00 "OVERLAND".?40.00 WAVERLEY.?45.00 ELECTRIC CITY.?50.00 Ton have no excuse now for not buying a hicycl* if lt's tho prico yon have been walting [or. Agent? wnnted. Wrlto for Bargain Llstof second-band wheels. W. D. ALEXANDER, 09-^71 N. Pryor St., Atlanta. Ga. lifl's Spic Taits Curo Bright's Disease, Diabetos, Stricture, Gleet and all chronic or acute affections ot the genltc urinary system. Restore weak organs and Im part vigor to both body and mind. One box ?1.00: throe boxes S2.50, by mal'. Prepared by HAGGARD SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. Wholesale by Lamar Si Rankin Drag; Co. CURtS WHIKE ALL ?IS? FAILS. Best CottKh ?yrup. Tastes Good. In time. Bold by druggist*.