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Feeding of Children. Many parents do not even have the instinct as to feeding +heir young that the lower order of actuals have, says Dr. J. A. Werk, of Elkhart, Ind. They do not seem to know that the in fant, as a rule, brings its natural life and health-sustaining food with it, but are ready to feed it with all manner of food which manufacturers have been actuated to invent from whatever mo tive. They know the child's stomach only^s a receptacle, and are slow to learn that any food will harm the di gestive apparatus, because they (the parents, or perchance the grand mother) are fond of such food. I have known well-meaning mothevs to feed theil* babies with mince pie. fried po tatoes, all kinds of fruits, meats, nuts, and all before the child had a sign of a tooth. And when the almost univer sal rational artificial food (cow's milk) has to be given, such kindness is be stowed that the child gets all that it wants and whenever it wants it, re gardless of the impaired condition of the digestivo organs. Often food is given where drink only is nee essarily required by the fretting child. In many instances, if not death, irrepar able injury is produced by urging children to fill or gorge their stomachs with fresh food, while a large portion of the former meal in a decomposed condition remains. The result of a continuation of this very common habit is obvions to the pathologist. Bicycle vs. Cow. A damage snit has just been insti tuted by Edson McCormack, a bicyclist of Monroe county, New York, against Charles Topliffe, a farmer of Brighton, .Sr. Y. The bicyclist wants $1,000 jdamagfM for injuries to himself and his wheel, causer1 by a collision with a cow on the bicycle cinder path at Churchville. Farmer Topliffe sent his hired man to bring home a COM-. It being dark, tho man drove the cow on the bicycle path. McCormack who was riding without a light, ran into the cow. The latter was frightened and tried to jump a fence, the hired man was knocked into the ditch, the cyclist was hurt and his wheel was wrecked. McCormack says Topliffe is responsible for the violation of the law by his hired man in driving his cowc Ihe cycle path. Farmer Top liffe says he was violating the speed or dinance and has brought a counter stat for damages to his cow. The hired man also tafks of seeking solace in court for his injuries. An Abominable LegacT. A tendency to rheumatism Is undoubtedly in herited. Unlike many other legacies, it re mains in the family. Tho most effectual means bi chocking this tendency, or of removing in cipient rheumatism, whether pre-existent in the blood or not. is to resort to l?os" otter's Stomach Hitters as soon us tho premonitory tw'.nces arc felt. Nullifying tho iuQucnces of cold, expo sure and fatigue, the Bitters not only for:liles the system against their hurtful consequences, but subjugates malaria, liver and kidney com plaint, dyspepsia and norvo disquietude. Tho man running for offlee often takes a mud bath without going to any of tho health resorts of thad description. A Prose Poem. EE-M. Mcdicatod Smoking Tobacco And Cigarettes Are absoluto remedies for Catarrh, Hay Fever, Asthma and Colds; Besides a delightful 6moke. Ladles as*vell as m?n iw " 'Comp.- ?s?&m Atlanta, Ga., _ And you will receive goods by mall, -"^v^-i SIOO*Keward. 6100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease *hac science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is atarrh. Hali's Catarrh t uro is thc only positivo euro known to the medical fraternity, ? atarrh being a constitu tional disease requires a constitutional treat ment. H all's Katarrh Cure is taken internally. ..cting directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of tho disease, and giving thc pa? tient strength by building np the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much fa th in its curative powers ?.hat they offer Ono Hundred Dollars tor any caso that it fails to enre. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. .1. I.??ENET & I o., Toledo, 0. Sold bv Druggists, T5c. Hall's Family Pills are tho host. Important Business News. We see from an exchange that the W. F. Mt?ln Co. of Providence, R. I., and Iowa City, Iowa, well known a* tho largest manufacturers of Jewelors' Show Cases, Music Boxes, Orchestral Boxes, Jewelry, etc.. in this country aro con templating opening a branch noiiso in Atlanta. They will show their full line of handsome gools there, and bo at home to oil their frlondsln this section. This will bo a great convenlenco to our merchants, as they will then havo all the facilities for buying hero at home, as they would have on a trip to Nev York or Provldonce. Tho W. F. Main Co. have built up a largo trade In tho South through their travellers, and havo made an enviable roputaUon. Our morchants will be glad to have an opportunity to bocomo more familiar with their goods. Women Look Here. If you want to learn about a Washing Ma chine ?vhit?h even a child can operate easily be sure to read advertisement ip this paper of H. F. Brammer Mfg. Co., Davenport, Iowa, To introduce their new Machine everywhere th?y will lor a short time only sell at whole sale price-where dealers as yet do not keep them in stook. The Arm guarantees every Machine first-class and to give satisfaction. Write them at once for circulars and price. They will bo pleased to hear from you. Fits permanently cured. No flt? or nervous ness alter first day's use of Dr. Kline's (?roat Nervo Restorer. $2 trial bottlo and treatise ?roe. DR. R. H. KUXE. Ltd.. *J31 Arch St.. Fhila., Pa. I could not got along without Piso's Cure for Consumption. It ulways eurea.-Mrs. E. C. MOULTON, Needham, Mass., Oct. 22, '94. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens tho gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind coUc. 23c. a bottlo. If afflicted with floro eyes uso Dr. Isaac Thomp son's live-water. Druggists sell at 25c. por bottlo. BUCKINGHAM'S DYE For the Whiskers, Mustache, and Eyebrows. In one preparation. Easy to apply at home. Colors brown black. The Gentlemen's cr favorite, because satisfactory. S. P. 11 A i.i. ft Co., Proprietors, Xuoua. N. H. Sold by til Druggists. ARDS can ba saved with out their knowledge by Anti-Jag the marreloua cure for the drink habit. Write Benora Chemical Co.. M Broadway. >'. T. Full Information (in plain wrapper) malled free. fl WASHING., bi ..MACHINE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT ^ In WASHERS in 3? YEARS. PENDULUM WI ES HA Lr THF. WORK. . IaoperatediiltUnsoriituiMl I . IIIR. Par ?hort time, to In <, tr minn- them, we ?ell ?? WHOLESALE 1'KICE, 84*00 I F. 8?MME?I ?il?l, Savuport, \m THE DR Timo said: "In this-life's garden, Dream you a merry day." And so I dreamed while morning streamed Over the hills away. Over the golden hills Where the land of promise lay; And I heard the chime of the bells of Time Over the hills away: "Dreams-dreams-dreams! A little of right and wrong; Laughter and sighs and weeping eyes, And Silence after the song., Silence after tho song Silence lone and long! Stormy skies or starry beams Dreams-dreams-dreams!'' I 3 BEN WINSL( BELIEVE the time has como to build that house," said young Mr. Winslow to his wife. "That is, if we're ever go ing to build it." "Of coursewe're going to build it," answered Mrs. "Winslow, with the sureness of a wo man who knows ~-oiPflr'&%^. -whatever she de sires must come to her. The Winslows had been married two years, and from the beginning-and time for them began when they met each other at school and wore children -lovers-they had decided to have a home of their own some day. This decision had not been out of their minds a day in all that time. One of "Mrs. Winslow's favorite maxims was: "You are nobody in a rented house." This, she supple mented by such bits of worldly wisdom as: "Everyone respects a mau who buys a good homo for his family, "and "No woman can make a real home out of a rented house." Carrie Winslow was something of a beauty in her way. She had been the prettiest girl in her class at the high school, and had been graduated in clouds of frothy white skirts, sunbursts of blushes and* smiles and smothered in roses. When she arose to deliver her essay on "What Does the Future Hold?" more of the male portion of the audience saw than heard her. And Beu Winslow-well, Ben Winslow, who saw her every day and knew every ripple of her lovely hair-literally worshipped the air she breathed. After her graduation she went East to be polished at a young ladies' school, and to plf.y scales aud learn French and things, to afterward forget them. Ben wont to work, with Carrie's proph ecy that he would become one of the great men of the age. Sae was quite positive of this; for had he not already shown masterly ability in having won her love and promise to marry him? But,although she gave him her promise, she refused to wear his ring, because it wasn't proper for young women away at boarding school to be engaged -and. anvwav. hadn't they been cu <?^**?^^~??^protitable. Now, ?7^ sort of thing tells, whether a man be the president of a bank or the digger of ditches. His employers noted after awki'c-that youn.^ Winslow had ideas to give away; that he suggested innovations that looked queer, because no one had ever thought of them be fore. And queerer still, when some of his ideas were put into execution they were found so profitable, that Win slow's forerunners almost lost.'caste be cause they had not thought of them. One day Carrie came home from the school in the "East." She was so lovely that Ben lost his heart upon be holding her. Her year or two away from home had changed her from a pretty girl into a lovely woman. And Ben had, to lay at her feet a promo tion that was substantial and a future that was promising. Carrie "carno out" and society re joiced in lier. Men made onslaughts upon her heart, and these she cleverly repulsed. But she gave Ben plenty to think about. Ho saw all about him men of better positions aud established incomes, pay court to her. Their engagement had not been an nounced and would not until the com ing winter-providing everything went well. This spurred Ben into business brilliancies that won him another pro motion, and old fellows who lunched long in the middle of the day and read their names on letter heads and sign boards, looked at him in a specu lative way and predicted great things for him. There is nothiug like a little uncertainty in love to goad a man to his best efforts. At length Carrie accepted Ben's ring and their betrothal was an nounced. Everyone declared him a fortunate chap, and wondered where his luck would -laud. His friends said, as friends will: "Who would have thought that Ben Winslow would turn out so well? Why, when I knew him at school, he was nothing but a big, good-natured boy with plenty of freckles, but that big, firm under lip of his is responsible for it-and his lnok, of course." When they were married society showered gifts upon th eui until they had enough to fill two houses, and they hadn't even one house. "This won't do," said Carrie, laugh ing. "Where is the house of our own we were to have?" "'Msure I don't know," answered Ben. "I'm not prepared to build the Carrie, "but I am beginning to think that we can do much better next time." After dinner Ben picked up his evening paper, and, after reading the news, turned to the real estate adver tising columns to see if he could find something for sale that would be likely to suit him. He had not read far before he looked up. "Here's the ve.y thing," he said. "My George, this ia lucky." "What is it?" asked Carrie, lower ing the magazine she had been read ing. "Listen to this. Some fellow wants to sell a perfect gem of a house, and if he doesn't want too much for it, I be lieve we ought to take it. I'll read it aloud: 'A gentlemo- has satisfactory reasons for desiring to sell his home. The house contains twelve rooms, in the most perfect arrangement, and decorated in the latest and best man ner. Spacious parlors, dining-room, with butler's pantry; large hall, that lends itself to much artistic furnish .ing, and smoking room on the first floor. On the second floor a beautiful hall, with southern window recesses; chambers connecting with bath rooms, a most comfortable and artietio den; sewing-room *&d servants' quarters, \ V EAMER. Ana dreaming In Ute's garden . Upon a couch o? May, There came a blight from lands of Night Over the hills away. Over the misty hills; And Time, in a mantle gray, With shadowed eyes, 'neath ruined skies, Passed over the" hills away. .'Dreams-dreams-dreams! A little of right and wrong; Laughter and sighs and whoping eyes, And Silence after the song. Silence after the song Silence lone and long! Bo it storm or starry beams Dreams-dreams-dreams!" F. L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution. i )w's HOUSE, Q Hard- ood finish, perfect heat and ventilation, and grounds not to bo surpassed on the south side.' Well, if that won't suit ns, nothing will, only it sounds a trifle grand." "Go and see them in the morning, the first thing," said Carrie, "before some one else gets it." "The chap that I have told to se. this miserable place has it for salt, also, and I will speak of it when ? drop in to urge him to hurry this platt off our hands." In the morning Ben hurried to his agent. "Say, old man, he said. "You've got tbs very thing I desire, What's the price and when can I take sort of gilded cage you deserve. Bat it will come all right." The day befo-,; Ben married the "firm" called aim into the private office. There it sat in awful con clave. The "firm" was composed of the "old man" and the junior partner, who had been cashier once upon a time and had been ' taken in" several years ago. "Ben," snid the "old man,"looking him in the eye, while the junior part ner smiled and lighted a cigar. Ben felt uneasy. "Ban, you've proved yourself au exceptionally good business man. Your growth has been rapid, and we've decided to give you the re ward you're entitled to. If everything goes well we will offer you a partner ship in the concern one year from now. Now, no thanks. At that time you will collect the dividends you've earned since you've'been with us." Then the ' 'old man" and junior part ner shook hands with Ben, and hu walked into the front' office with the picture of the house floating in the air before bim. That very night Car rie and ho s^t clown to plan it, after she had patted him on the back aud said, "I told you so," which is a woman's privilege among others. "I think ire should have a colonial house, painted white, with green blinds, like the Stcbbinses," said Car rie. "Oh? I don't know," said Ben. "Of course, it's pretty, and all that, but I believe that one of these French ren aissance houses would be prettier and odder. Or, even one with Dutch gables and gargoyles and things on the roof." "Colonial is much more tho thing," i suoject that hadn't vStUiou . them. To an architect, thercfoie. they went, and he, proving a you?ig man who knew his bxisiness, managed to satisfy them both. Ben bought tract of land and the house building began. One day the architect announced that the house was ready for him, so they packed their treasures and set forth. As they approached the houso they stopped and looked npo? it with the fulness of happiness and pride. It had all come about as they had planned when they were children, and just as if somo fairy godmother had waved her wand instead of being the work of a businesslike young architect and a bank account. Of course they had a house warming. The praise their house vrruug from their guests filled their cup and when the "old mau" looked'about and said lo Carrie, "That young man of yours is one of the best business men in town and is destined to great things," her eyes filled with tears and her lip quiv ered ever so slightly. After that they settled down to en joy their possessions. In a month, or two Robinson built a house less than a block away and copied their porch and two of their most original rooms. Jones stole the plan for the ground floor arrangement when he built. Brown took the upper hall and its window seats and the arrangement of the chambers and bath room. Smith took the den and library bodily. Ben sat down and wished he had Avaitcd until all the others had built before he had touched a stick of timber. "I don't seo why these fellows couldn'thave done something original," he complained. "I'm sick of this place now. As a matter of fact I never did like it. * "Well, I have always liked it," said Carrie. "It suits me down to the ground. But I confess I am getting tired of seeing our porch every time I pass the Robinson's, and beholding our parlors and dining room every time I visit the Joneses." "I'll tell you what we'll do," said Ben, springing to his feet. "We'll sell it and buy another house, now that they've built theirs. "That's a perfectly splendid idea," exclaimed Carrie. "What a clever boy it is." The following day Ben w at to a real estate agent, who had the reputa tion of being able to sell anything that was earthen, and told him to sell the house in double quick time. "What! that beautiful new house?" exclaimed the agent. "Why, you have not been in it more than five months." "I don't care for that," answered Ben. "You sell it in a hurry." That very day the agent put an advertise ment iu the paper, offering Ben's house for sale. "Well, I told him to sell Tie houso," said Ben, when he got home that night. "I shall be sorry to lose it," said possession?" and he pointed to the advertisement he had read to his wife. The agent looked at him thoughtfully a moment and then said: "Is it possiblo? .A Well, I can't sell that house to you. Any other man, now, might get it, but not you." "Why, what's the matter with me?" asked Ben, flushing. "Why, it's yoxirs already. Don't you recognize the description of your own house?" Ben read the advertisement again. "Ia that how my house strikes you? I guest) you're right, No mau can buy that- house, now, I've brought it myself. No, sir," he added fiercely.) "If any man wants to buy that house' tell him it's sold and kick him out. ' Oh, Lord, how close I came to losing it." When he got home that night he: read the advertisement once more toj his wife, and, looking around, said;; "So that's this house. I vote to stay, here as long as we can." And his' wife said: h "Why, you goose, I knew it was our house last night, when you read the description of it and wanted to sell i^ in such a hurry." A woman knows more about a house in a minute than most men ever learn. -Kansas City Star. A SNAKE RANCH. How Money Is Made by Dealing: In Dead ly Reptiles For Circuses. Along the upper Mississippi and its tributaries when a snake is caught the catcher knows that he can get cash for it by shipping it to O. W. Estes, the man who has developed a snake farm near Manchester, Minn. Mr. Estes is by nature and profession a snake charmer, and never, unless requested by his customer, takes out the fangs of the animals in which he deals, and to this fact he attributes considerable of the success ho has had in raising th?m. He will, without fear, fondle a rattler, a bull, or an adder, forco open its mouth and with his finger nail deftly expose the poison sac and fangs. In all his long experience in this sort of thing ho has never been bitten. His favorite method of captareis to grab tho rattler by the tail and dextrous ly swing the snake into a sack, but when one is found lying at full length Estes grasps it tightly back of tho head. Though he has many assistants among the farmers of the vicinity,there is no other man in that part of tho United States who dares to open snake Jaws with bare hands as he does, fear lessly. His little daughter Hazel, who is only eight years old, seems to have tho same power over tho reptiles, and can often be seen handling the most deadly snakes and allowing them to twine about her arms and neck. A large part of tho business of this Minnesota farm is ia rattlesnakes, as they are moro plentiful than any other variety. All that region used to bo overrun by them. A single day's re? ceipts of diamond-backed and other rut* tiers often runs up to several score, es pecially when an outside catcher for the farm brings in his sacks full and sells them to Mr. Estes. These snakes vary from three to six feet in length. Among the other varieties received and grown are spoltedadders, blowsuakes, thc beautiful turtleheads, thc sullen bullheads, the gentle blue racers, the spreading adders and many kinds of water, grass and garter 3nakcs. Alli gators from Florida and crocodiles from abroad, as well as some foreign snakes, aro constantly kept in stock for customers, mostly circus men. So far this year about 600 snakes of tho more valuable varieties have been shipped from this farm. Not only are circuses and menageries customers of Mr. Estes, but in many cigar stores aud saloons the reptiles aro displayed as attractions to custom. . WORDS OF WISDOM. Two captains sink the ship. Fine teeth beget broad grins. Tho money paid, tho work delayed. Merit does much, but fortune u_^? \ thousanc^orrows(^^n^^j| r--^~2*^fcvoutly and hammer on A lover railing is not far from for giving. It apparently pays best to preach to the few. He is no fool who can both spend and spare. There is nothing older than yester day's news. Pride often wears sackcloth under its dress suit. True love eau hope where reason would despair. Discipline is the art which teaches a mau not to run. A little hill iu a low place thinks it self a mountain. The best preaching is not always done in thc pulpit. Eat and drink with a friend, but do not trade with him. Falsehood, like a nettle, stings those who meddle with it. Excessive laughtor proceeding from a slight cause is folly. Virtue is a common property and may be acquired by all. He is a madman who, being rich, lives as.if he were poor. Negligence numbers one thousand victims to intention's one. Sheep are sometimes -taken over a bad road to a good pasture. Many a man wants better preaching who has no wish for better living. A man may bo a good talker and still have an impediment in his thoughts. The south-West. Rich Indians ol' 1 Julio. The Portland Oregonian says that an unusual condition exists on the Nez Perce reservation. The Indians are holding about $500,000 of idle money. The failure of banks in which the niMQey belonging to some Indians was deposited made the simple-minded shy of banks and bankers. On tho other hand, the Lewiston bankers have re fused to receive money on time de posit, with interest, in accordance with established custom. Theso bankers have all the money they can use profitably without taking interest deposits. The circumstances] have caused the Indians to hoard their money at homo. They have beon lib eral in their expenditures, as a class, but their receipts have been far in ex cesB of then- needs. Business men who possess the confidence of the In dians have been tendered the freo use of large sums of their money, without interest, and there are instances where the capitalists have effered to pay the white men to keep their money safely. These offers, however, are not made recklessly, although in all cases they have not been made wisely. Birth Rate and Death Rato. It is a . cause of great anxiety in France that the birth rate is less than the death rate, but the state of affairs in some portions of tho United States is even more serious. While in France the birth rate is 22 per 1000, in Nevada it is 16.30 per 1000; in Maine, 17.99 per 1000; New Hamp shire, 18.4; Vermont, 18.5; Califor nia 19.4; Connecticut, 21.3; Massa chusetts, 21.5; Rhode Island has 22.5 per 1000, and Oregon, 22.5. If it wore not for immigration the population would.be gradually falling off, and ac cording to statistics the inhabitants of New England and tho Pacific coast will be replaced by another race with in a period varying from sixteen to 200 years, -Chicago In ter? Ocean, fOTJE BUDGET OF H?lOE. i . ? LA?CHTER.PROVOKINC STORIES FOR LOVERS OF. FUN. The Art'Preservative-Easily Dpnc-Xut Hinch at That-Easily Discovered-His Reservation-New to Him-Locating Him-The Last Straw-Dead to All, Eto? "May I print a klsson your oheek?'' I asked, She nodded her sweet permission. So we went to press, and I rather guess I printed a large edition. -Puck. Worse and Worse "Our gas metre is ill, Tom!" "Wnat's the matter-gastric fever?" "No; galloping consumption." Judy. ' ' Easily Dane She-"What a beautiful name you have, Mr. Montrose:" He-"You like it, my lady. Take it."-Detroit Free Press. Kot Much nt That. Bighead (boasting)-"That dog of mine knows as much as I do." :. Killer-"I don't doubt it."-Phila delphia North American. New to Him. "Papa, how do tho peoplo in the Weather Bureau find out what kind of weather wc are going to have?" "I didn't know that they did, my 3on."-Yonkers Statesman. Tito Last Straw. Tommy-"Papa, may I ask you one more question?" Pa- "Certainly, my child." . Tommy-"Well, where is thc wiud when it doesn't blow?"-Punch. Delicacy Indeed. "Whatever made you make Brackins a present of a pocket comb? He's as bald as a billiard ball." "That's just it. I wanted to make him think I never noticed it."-Tit Bits. Easily Discovered. He-"They tell me that tho man Whom Miss Gi.dly married is a regular fool." She-"I knew that when ho picked her out of all our set? "-Detroit Freo Press. A Counter irritant. Slimson-"Some one gave my boy a drum for a birthday present, but it turned out all right." Twickenham-"How so?" "I gave him a pocket knife."-De troit Free Press. Dead to AU. "What is apathy?" "It's a strange and dangerous con dition that a man sometimes falls into -a condition in which ho has even been known to lend his bicycle." Chicago Record. His Reservation. George-"I just saw you coming from tho conservatory with Miss Goldie. Eather handsome girl, but too reserved for me." Thomas-"Yes. I've just reserred her for life."-Fun. Locating Him. Farmer Honk-"You are from Bee ton, ain't ye?" Summer Boarder-"Yes, sir?" Farmer Honk-"Wa'al, now, do you live righten the Hub or out in one of the hubbubs?"-Puck? ? J?. Uii?nimons; \ The Fend Mother-"Everybody says ?h^is^s^di^ajr^t? ! the poet was right when, he said that 'Heaven lies about us in our infancy.' " The Unelo (unfeelingly)-!'But he should have added, 'So does every body else!' "-Life; trans? bf th? Commotion; Husband-"What did you think when you heard the chandelier fall in the night?" Wife-"I thought that you had been detained on 'business' again, and were getting upstairs as quietly as you could."-Journal Amusant. In Training. 'Tm going to be a contortionist when I grow up," said little Johnnie, proudly; "I'm in training now, so 1 want you to tell me what is tho best thing for me to eat." "Green apples, my boy," chuckled the old man.-Demorest's Magazine* Rough on. the Humorist; "You have injured my reputation, young man. Yon said in your papei that I got off a new joke." "Begging your pardon, doctor,' said the soft-eyed reporter, "you arc under a misapprehension. I said you got the joko off for the first time-." Indianapolis Journal. Slow Time-. "Come up to my house to-morrow night," said Herr Pantoffel. 'Tun going to celebrate my golden wed ding." "Golden wedding! Why, man, you've only been married three years. " "I know it; but it seems like fifty eo everything is all right."-Fliegende Blotter. _ Snnil Farming. Snail farming formsapecular brand of agricultural industry in France and other countries, and the consumption of them in France is very large, Bays f contributor to Chambers's Journal. Edible snails vary greatly in size; the large white ones are the real escargotj bnt this term is usually employed*tc designate ali edible snails adapted tc table purposes. But in the marketSj besides escargot, there are two othei varieties known as limaco and lima ?on, the former being of medium size, .and the latter quito small. Though the great majority of the edible snails produced in France are of natura! growth, then* artificial cultu.'e is car ried on to a very considerable extent, They are propagated from August tc October in ground especially prepared for the purpose, and fed with cabbage, clover, etc. During the winter thej are sheltered in houses composed o? brick or wood, and they are gathered and marketed from April to June. In the Tyrol from June to the mid dle of August the snails are collected from every available damp place and taken to the feeding ground near thc owner's dwelling. This is a bit ol garden ground, free from trees and shrubs, and surrounded on all sides by running water. In this feeding ground aro little heaps of mountain ppihe twigs, mixed loosely with wood moss, and these twigs when dry arc replaced by fresh ones. Every daj they are fed on cabbage leaves anc grass, and when cold weather sets in they go under cover-that is, thej collect under the heaps of twigs and bury themselves up for the winter, When this has been successfully ac complished they are collected, packet in perforated boxes lined with straw, and sent off to Paris and other towns, . Systematic efforts for the enforce ment of the game laws in Ehude Isl and are about to be made. j GOOD ROADS NOTES, . _ i The Road Question In Virginia." The Norfolk (Va,) Pilot ia urgi the road question with its usual for and earnestness It recently said its State: "We want no more me road talk; we want more than me legislative acts; and we must ha laws that will direct and comp efficient action-actual work of ii provement on th? roads." It urges the nae of convicts and tl "jailbirds" as well. It insists th this, or an equally good syster "should be inflexibly imposed on evei county, without exception, with fu liberty, however, to supplement it i may seem best by the Supervisors i evsry county.-Wilmington (N. 0 Messenger. Road Building in North. Carolina. . North Carolina sets her conviots ? the work of road building, and tke e: p?riment is successful from all poinl of view. The prisoners do good goo work, keep healthy, show no repuj nance to the occupation, and do n< try to get away. It costs six cents day'less to feed them while engaged i outdoor work thajj when they aro i the prison. It is announced officiall that they are more efficient than hire workmen. Privileges are accorded t them for good oonduct-in some case they are allowed to stay at their home from Saturday night till Monday morr ing. So far not one of them has vic lated his parole by trying to get awaj Tho North Carolina experiment is valuable and interesting o"bjcct Ie3son and its success is likely to lead to it application elsewhere. - New Yor] Tribune. Good Roads Necessary,' There seems to have been awakonei among American farmers a Bpirit o competition to supply both home am foreign markets. We wish to competi with Holland and Belgium for the mar ket of butter and cheese in the Unitei Kingdom of Britain tod with German; and Prance in supplying our own mar ket with sugar. And when we taki into consideration only our resource! for producing butte, and milk au< cheesoj and now tho facilities witl which we can raise the sugar beet, wi can easily con vince, ourselves that wi ought not ouly to supply foreign mar kets with butter and cheese, and meat too, besides feeding all Europe witl our wheat and corn; but that, after do ing all this, we can raise our own beet! and make our own sugar. It is eas} to demonstrate this on paper, but i does not always foot up according t< our calculations. The sugar beet fever has spread al ovi>r our country,' and we believe thal in the end it will bring a chaage in the amount of sugar imported to this corni' try from Germany and France; but we must not overlook the fact that thej have advantages over us which wi may overlook and which belong tc some of thc things which we must get ready. Good roads havob?en so often urged upon the Attention of formers by per sons interested iu them> and who know their value, that the subject seems au old song-. But if we are to raise and td haul td the manufacturing plant b?ets foi pillar, and to haul the pulp back tc feed our cattle, as we have ali calcu: lated to do* the. bad roadsj lik? Banq?o's ghost, will ?lw?ys be od liane, j??t when we do ?ot want to see them. It will be interesting tc compare the cost of hauling farm products to mar ket in foreign countries, as furnished States_in. response to a circular issued by th< Agricultural Department at Washing tori; Two' things will be especially notec id these reports; First, that the road; in all tho "principalities" of Europe are about as good as they can be made where there happen to be hills, th< grades are reduced on the roads mud in use, so as not to interfere witt heavy hauling. And as a result o: these good roads much more of eveTj farm product can be hauled at a singh load than with us. A team with tWc horses will haul sometimes as much a: five tons; three tons being a mod?r?t* load. One thousand kilograms, whicl is something more than our tc J, is con ! sidered a small load for ono horse t( ? haul fifteen miles aud return witl load the same day. The rates of haul I ing are, therefore, much lower than ii this country on account of their gooc roads-. The cost per mile per ton rate; atfroni-li to ll-, 8cents; the lower rate! for the heavy loads. Comparing these rates with the cos of hauling over most of our roads, in the regions where the sugar beet is ' expected to be raised, we can re?diljj i see that in this respect th? foreigner! ? have much the advantage of us, and so indeed iii handling all their mar keting. Their better roads enable them to do their work at less cost. This is one item of expense whicl L must be reduced if we would compete successfully with them either in dairj products or in thc manufacture of ' sugar. . It is perhaps too much to say thai good ronds and civilization advance . with equal step; but if we look a little 1 into the history of England and of om own ancestors, wc will be convincec that without good roads civilizatiot must halt with tardy step. Macaulay i in his history of England says: "Ol all inventions^ the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distances? have done most for civilization of oui ' species. Every improvement of the 1 means of locomotion benefits mankind, ' morally aud intellectually, as well as ' materially, and not only facilitates thc [ interchange of the various productions of nature and art, but tends to remove national and provincial antipathies, ' and to bind together all the branches of the human family." ! In this he has summed up almost all the elements of civilizatk n. The graphic descriptions which ho gives oi some of the roads in England in the | latter part of the seventeenth century, when a viceroy on his road to Ireland, ' spent five hours in traveling fourteen . miles, aud was forced to walk most ol tho way, whilst his lady was "carried in a litter," cannot fail to be under stood by some of our good farmers, dwellers on our prairies and black ; lauds of our States. It is time we get out of the mud and become civilized, ! or we will never save our $100,000,000 I by raising our own sugar or compete successfully in the European markets ' with our dairy and live stock products. . -Farm News. I Have Fish a Memory? I A distinguished Germau professor r thinks he has succeeded in proving I that fish have no memory. The seat i of memory in man and other animals r high iu the scale of being is supposed ! to be certain cortical centres of the brain. The learned professor has - shown that no such things exist in I fish, and he regards that as conclu , sive. Yet the layman may venturo to inquire whether all animals depend for the same functions upon the same , organs, Perhaps fish are distinguished s professors, for instance, who do not , think with their heads, 4 A Beaut i Tul Skin ls ono of the chief requisites of an attractive ap pearance. Rough, dry. scaly patches, little blis tery eruptions, red and unsightly ringworms these would Bpoll the beauty of a veritable Venus. They are completely and quickly cured byTettetlno. 50 cents a box at drug stores or for 50 cents In stamps from J. T. Shuptrlno, Savannah, Ga. He Knew, 1 A snort time ago a -well-known yachtsman had among the crew of his cutter a young German sailor who spoke very broken English. One night, in Long Island Sound, while the yacht was sailing along the shore ?with a light breeze, a heavy fog shut out the view. Carl was ordered to keep heaving the lead, so that too closo an approach to the shore might be guard ed againt. Poor Carl was in a dilem ma, for he did not know enough Eng j lish to pronounce the different sound I ings. However, he got the lead and line and went to the side of the yacht, determined to do his best. The breeze had died away, and although the yacht was kuown to be near the land, danger was not apprehended. When Carl hove the lead he discovered shal low water, and knew that a current was setting the boat inshore so he called/ but in rather a low voice, for he was a littl? afraid that his language would be made fun of,. "Nod much vasser here!" No one appeared to pay attention to him, soho threw the lead again, and advised, "Bedder get oud of here!" Just then tho yacht slid up on the beach, and Carl, with a triumphant ring in his voice, shouted, "Didn't I tole yer so?'-Harper's Hound Table._ Bismarck and the Emperor. - Bismarck, who had worn himself out in the service of Gefrmauy.-and.hisJ Emperor, rarely referred to his labors for the Fatherland. One morning lie and the Emperor William wbro riding together-in the park. They had.not gone far when Bismarck complained of fatigue. The Emperor,, who. was quite fresh, b?id, somewhat, testily: "How is it that, though I am an older man than yourself, Prince, I can always outride you? " Bismarck's reply was as reproach ful as it was epigrammatic. "Ah, sire," he said, "the rider al ways outlasts the horse."-Bismarck's Table Talk. S?FFERIN?^VOMEN. How Many of Thom Have Quietly Obtained Advice Tbp.t Made Them WelL My sister, if you find that in spite of following faithfully your family doc tor's advice, you arc not fretting well, why do you not try another course ? Many and many & Wamali h?? Quietly written to Mri Pi?kh?m, bi Lynn, Mass., stating ncr symptoms plainly and clearly, and takeii her advice; which was promptly r?fcfeiv?c?: Th? ?ollow ^^j^j^ a. would get well. I had female troubles in their worst form, suffered untold agonies every month ; my womb tipped b?bk to_my backbone^_hadJie^djtche^ hysteria, fainting spells* itcMng,lcu-~ fcorrficfclU ,, * .. ? j 1/v . .- n ?'? " My feet and. han?s were cold all the time, my limbs were so weak that I could hardly walk around the house; was troubled with numb spells. I have taken four bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, one bottle of her Blood Purifier, one pack age of her Sanative Wash, and am entirely cured. I have not had one of those numb spells since. Can you wonder that I sing the praises of a medicine that has cured me of all theso ills ?"-MRS. LOUISA PLACE, 650 Bel mont St., Brockton, Mass. pROWC DISEASES W Of All F?riits Successfully' Treated. Rheumatism, ?*cttrnlgio, Bronchitis, ?nlpita ? Mon, Ihdigestio: , &o. CATARRH;.Di NoSoj Throat and Lungs. DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMEN: Prolapsus. Ulcerations, Loucorrhei: ??fcc. Write giving history of your caso, and it will receive Immediate attention. An opinion, prloo of treatment, pamphlet and .tostimpnlnls will ut? sent you ./Vf-r. 1>K. S. T. WHITAKER, 205 Nbrcross Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. MONEY GIVE-AWAY ? Wi 15 NOT APPRECIATED; iitTt...... , . When you can earn lt easy and rapidly, it, l? a good thing. For HOW T? DO IT. .address THE H. G. LINDERMAN CO., 101 Gould Building, Atlanta, Ga. A ? fini IT f\If n I inalado on yonr Sail ll ri r 1YHlIr k[tcht?n Btove> BWl tm bm Vii I U ? by a new pro tg w Berns, In a few minutes, costing 25 cts. and selling at 81.00 per gallon. "Also Maple Sugar made from same. "I want to thank you for the Maple Syrup recipe which I And ls excellent. I can recom mend lt highly to nny and every one."-REV. SAM P. JONES, C'artorsvlllo, Ga. 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WEAK MEN HW Are fully restored by HAGGARD'S SPK CIFIC TABLKTS. 1 box, $1.00; 3 boxes ' $2.60, by mail. Address, HagOT's Specific Co., ATLANTA, GA. Full particulars sent cy mall ou application. CD RED AT HOME; lend ?ump for book. Dr. J. B. HABEIS & CO, TttO BullJius, Claelnn?U. Oblo. . MEN?iON'THIS mivism PISO.'S'CURE: FOR' ?UKfcS Wri tnt ALL fcLSE FAILS. I Best Cough Byrup. Tastes Good. In timo. Sold by druyglats.