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Bridegroom Registered Improperly. "Well, how should I kuow they were married? They registered as Mr. -and lady, so I assigned one to a room in the third story and the other on the second floor," said M. E. Scott, proprietor of the Sylvan hotel, of La Porte, who placed a man and wife in an awkward situation one night last week. It was in tho corridor of the Hutchins that Mr. Scott was re lating the incident to friends. "What did they do?" "They remained np one half tho right in their respective rooms, wait ing for each other to come in." "How did it end?" "Why, tho mau came creeping down the stairs between V2 and 1 a. m. to see what was the matter." "Was he mad?" "Say, don't mention it. But I'll bet he doesn't register that way again. " -Honston, Texas, Post. Smart Burmese. Burmah grows a hard wood called pyinkadoe, which, the British have found, makes excellent railroad sleep ers. The wily Burmese, however, who sell the wood, having discovered that the British engineers know a little about it, have taken to dyeing cheap wood a reddish color and palming it off for pyinkadoe. That Terrible Scourge. Malarial disease is invariably supplemented by disturbance ot' tho liver, tho bowels, tho stomach and thc nerves. To the removal of both the causo and its effects Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is fully adequate, lt '"fills the bill" as no other remedy docs, perform ing its work thoroughly. Its ingredients are pure and wholesome, and it admirably serves to build up a system broken by ill health and shorn of strcntrth. Constipation, liver and kidney complaint and nervousness aro con quered by it. Ten tons of diamonds have been mined in South Africa the last sixteen years. A Prose Poem. EE-M. Medicated Smoking Tobacco And Cigarettes Are absolute remedies for Catarrh, Hay Fever. Asthma and Colds; Besides a delightful smoke. Ladies as well as men, usc these gooda. No opium or other harmful drug Used in their manufacture. EE-M. is used and recommended By some of the best citizens Of this country. If your dealer does not keep EE-M. Send 13c for package of tobacco And Gc. for pr.ckngc of cigarettes, Direct to the EE-M. Company. Atlanta, Ca., And you will receive goods by mail. Sioo Reward. 8ioo. The readers of this paper will bo pleased to learn that there is at least im? dreaded dis ease that science h?s been able to cure in all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the ouly positive cure nov.- known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh bein? a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, actina directly unon tho blood and mu cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing tho foundation of tho disease, and giving tho patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doinc its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it foils to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY A- Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists. 75e. Hall's Famib Pills are tho best. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first dar's usc of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. S- trial bi itt ! e nd treatise free. Dm K. EL KLINE, Ltd., ?51 Arch Sc., Phila.. Pa. After physicians had given mc up, I was aved by Piso's Cure.--RALPH EHI?G, Wil _was saved by Piso's Cure.- KA liamsport, Pa., Nov. 2* 1810. If afflicted wi th sore eyes uso Dr. JsaacThonvn eon's Ey e- wa tor. Druggists sell a t ?>c.pcr bottle, A pan of water stood in a hot oven will re duco tho beat. USE YOUR REASON And Profit by tho Experience of Other " -,-_ BumU. . . * . ' . been curod of nervous trouble, scrofula sores, rheumatism, dyspepsia, catarrh and other diseases by purifying their blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla. This great medicino will do the same good work for you if you will give it the opportunity. It will tone up your system, create an ap petite and give sweet, refreshing sleep. HnAfl?* tJtii? are the only pills to take HOGG S rllSS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Colonies of Ants. One mound in particular, a groined columnar structure was 18 feet high. This was not far from Port Darwin. The discoverer believes that originally the mound was conical in shape. The ?sides were smooth. It hus evidently Jbeen in use for many years, and tho columnar effect noticeable, he be lieves, is due to the fact that tho ants, incessantly traveling the pathways np and down the mound, produced the grooves that are seen, and re sulted in giving the ellect of a columnar formation. The eutranee to the mound, examination showed, had varied in location, for there was distinct evidence that apertures of this sort had been walled up in sev eral instances. The interior of the mound referred to showed as much ns anything the remarkable instinct of the ants. It was divided up very much after tho fashion of the tall buildings which are now becoming so common, with an immense court within the structure itself-that is, thero were hundreds 'of tiny cells built in from galleries which were terraced one above the other. The galleries wero connected by paths of stairways, each of these being consti neted with architectural exactness. The cells reminded one, the explorer said, of tho cell of a monk. The earth in each instance was as hard and smooth as marble and bore evidence of long-continued usage. A portion of thc ground floor, or basement, of the mound had been divided up into storerooms, and here it was evident the ants had carefully packed away the provender which they had secured from various points about.-San Francisco Call. HALL'S Vegetable .Sicilian HAIR RENEW does for the hair just what its name says it does-it renews it. Facing, falling, thin locks are stimulated to look fresh and nevi-by its usc ; nature dV.?s the rest. SEND IO CENTS FOR ONE OF i GARDNER'S 1 Lamp Chimney Protectors. ; * )Guaranteed to prevent chimneys from beiiiir broken by the flames. c Agents wanted. Address ti GARDNER LAMP CF?IMXET . PROTECTOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. . b CHRONIC DISEASES ot all forms SUCCESSFULLY TREATED. Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Bronchitis, Palpita, lc tion, Indlpostion, otc. , p CATARRH of tb9 Nose. Throat and Lun ?rs. DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMEN. Prolapsus, Ulcerations. Leucorrhea. etc. 'rite for pami-hlet, testimonials and question blank, t*, UR. S. T. WHITAKER, Speciall it, Vi 203 Norcross Building, Atlan' Ga. 2( ii IQ D fi DC D ?? writing to adTer. Jj Huer?. AND 97-39 IJ FARMERS OF THE SOUTH. SECRETARY WILSON TALKS ON THEIR NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES. Benefits to Th ??m by thc Increase in Farm Products-Xew Crons and Afore Diver sified Farming Are Seeded-Dairy Farming Should Also lie Encouraged. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson bas been interviewed upon the subject of farming in the Southern Statss by a representative of the Manufacturers' Record, of Baltimore. Wo quote from the interview as follows: "How has the South been benefited by the increases in farm products?" "It has been benefited in propor tion as other sections of the country. What that proportion is cannot bo ap proximated. It is best to look at gen eral facts. The South produces crops peculiarly its own-fruits, all varieties of vegetables, to! acco, rice, sugar, cot ton, etc.-all of vhich ave in demand in their own, Western and Northern markets, and some in foreign markets. If times are prosperous, if the prosper ity of the people at large is augmented by the prosperity of tho farmer, are not the products of any one section, say the ?South, whether they are ne cessities or luxuries, more in demand everywhere, aud, therefore, are not their prices increased?" "What are the mo3t urgent needs of the Southern farmer?" "Oh! That is the question. All farmers everywhere may be said to need something. Everybody in every business or trade may be said to need something, though he may be getting along all right. There is room for im provement in every walk of life. I might answer your question in a gen eral way, as so mauy have auswered it. I have already spoken upon the needs of a resuscitated soil. I know the Southern people to be industrious. But I am going to find out and study thoroughly their needs, and I am go ing to satisfy those needs as far as it lies in my power. I am going all through the South in October. I am not going as a high commissioner or special ambassador, or special envoy, or anything of that style. I shall not go in a special car, viewing the coun try from a car window while traveling at the rate of forty or fifty miles an hour. I shall go as a plain American citizen. I want facts, and facts only. I want to see the farmer in his shirt sleeves, not the politician, with his high-sounding and plausible theories. I can get all of these I Avant right here in Washington." "What are the general needs of the Southern farmer as far as you have had au opportunity to observe them?" "New crops and lots of them, more diversified farming, inore up-to-date methods in some sections, more gen eral and liberal raising of cattle for market and for d'.riry products, and sheep for mutton and wool. "One general need of the Southwest is a closer relation and a more rapid communication with the European markets, and with this object in view I have already placed myself ir. corre spondence ?with several ocean steamship companies to induce them to establish lines direct between the ports of the Gulf of Mexico and those of Europe, the steamships to be provided with re frigerators, so that the fruits, vegeta bles, dairy products, poultry, eggs and other perishable farm products can be shipped expeditiously to all the markets of Europe.- - Just think of the vast territory to be benefited by such an enterprise-Southern Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,;^rk.anr_| ui i-fm.* .ju. mw mme* vu mo urtfiTthan | to the Atlantic seaboard. Why the farmers of thc Southwest will be nearer European markets than their brethren of the upper Mississippi valley. "The Southern farmer should pay special attention, and be is already be ginning to do so, to more crops. At least three-fourths of every farm should be grass, should be a pasturage, thus affording that relief, that rost, which the Southern farms needs most. Sheep can be raised advantageously because they can graze all the year round. Their mutton should command good prices, and their dowu should bo in demaud and could be marketed at a greater profit than heretofore. The projected closer communication with European markets should encourage dairy farm ing in the SouthAvest upon a large scale. Hogs should be raised only incidentally to other live stock. Un like cows and sheep, they produce nothing but their own meat for our consumption. And ye! hog-raising should be conducted profitably in the South. Already the ham of the Southern hog has gained a prominence world-wide. Wild fruits,* roots and nuts are in such prolusion in the woods that tho hog can be raised cheaply, and that delicious flavor is imported to Iiis flesh as can be gained nowhere else. The lard hogs should not be raised to any great extent. They are not profitable in the South. "Speaking for myself, I might say that I have encouraged the raising of sugar beets in the South. I Bee that a wealthy syndicate of Virginians has been formed at Richmond to grow beets in their Stat**. A factory to re Quo the product is to bo erected ut Richmond. I expect to see other companies to conduct the same busi ness throughout the Houth. I nm j'oing to introduce the English walnut in some sections of the South adapted :o its growth. I shall also iutroduce he Bermuda lily. Wc import this product for decoration purposes from Bermuda to the value of $60,000 every Fear. Why should not our Southern' 'armers make this money? I shall earn during my visit what and where )i her new crops can be advantageously frown." Hi< Life Saved hy His Small Dog. John Van Der Wert', about thirty Ive years old, of Gloucester, was onnd buried up tu his neck in mud in . marsh near Newtown Creek Bridge, Philadelphia, recently, by Edward ?Jarey. Carey was walking along the racks when a small dog came rushing oward him, whining i a piteous aanner. It then rushed toward the narah, and finally Carey concluded 0 investigate the cause of the dog's lotions, and started for the marsh. When within a few yards of the aarsh Carey was startled to hear noans. Carey aroused Patrick Mea ey, his sou, Timothy Mealey; Daniel iane and Frederick Emminson, who ll reside within a short distance of be marsh. The seurching party soon discove red the cause of the small dog's ac ion s, when Van Der Werf was found uried up to his neck iu the mud. Had ie rescuing party been much longer 1 discovering the man's position lie ould have probably disappeared be >w the surface of the soft mud. hiladelphia Press. s lunn as Kock Discoverers. England's Hydrographie Office re dyed information of the discovery of )9 new rocks and shoals last year, renty-one of which discoveries were ade by vessels striking on the rocks. NEXT WORLD'S FAIR. Great Prostration* For the Exposition at Taris in 1900. Although the Paria Exhibition, which will mark the close of the nine teenth century, is still three years in the future, the French capital has ita preparations for the great event well under way. The remarkable extent and beauty of the World's Fair at Chi cago have stimulated the civic pride ol Paris, and no pains will bo spared to I make tho exhibition of 1900 surpass even that of 1893. In auticipation of the approaching event several grand public works, which will add greatly to the beauty of the city, have already been begun. A noble avenue is to be opened from the Champs Elyees to the Hotel doa Invalides, crossing tho Seine by the great Bridge of Alexander III., the cornerstone of which was laid by the Tsar during his visit to Paris last year. At the appel end of this avenue two beautiful art palaces, which are to be permanent additions to the public museums of the city, as well as fea tures of the exhibition, are ueing built. And finally, the Seine in the neighbor hood of the exhibition grounds is to be transformed into a sort of Venetian canal, lined with palaces, terraces and Italian gardens, and furnished with broad embankments for use as prom enades. All of these undertakings are now fairly begun, and upon the most mag nificent scale. The Pout Alexander III. will be nearly two hundred feet in width, and its single arch crowned by monuments of heroic size will oc cupy three y?ajs in the building. The exhibition itself is planned up on lines of equal grandeur, and there is every reason to expect that it will prove the most extensive and varied display of the products of civilization, useful aud beautiful, which the world has ever seen. Our own country has not yet offi cially accepted the invitation to take part, but will soon do so. It is to be hoped that the American nation will be represented by a display in all re spects worthy of itself and of tho oc casion, and that Americans who visit the great fair will have no reason tc blush at seeing the Republic outdone in the friendly rivalry.-Youth's Com panion. Thc "Autocar" Not Wanted. The true answer to the question i\-2 to whether or not the world wants the automobile car is prol vbly that it does and it does not. It seems to be quite clear that the world does not waut thc present car, as far ns it has been re vealed. Tho world is well satisfied with the horse. It has an affection for the horse that it can never have for any mere machine. The horse is sec ond only to the human form divine in the spectacular and the picturesque. The horse is in no danger of being supplanted except by an abler and a better servant, and this tho "autocar" must prove itself before it comes to bo wanted. The objections to tho present "auto car," distributed through the various examples of it, all the objections re siding iu no singlo machine, but some of them being found in each, are alto gether too numerous to mention, and many of them aro fatal. They cost too much, or they are too heavy, or they are noisy, or they have an un pleasant jar or a bad smell, or they will not run satisfactorily at different speeds and with different loads, or they are only good for tho smoothest roads, or they cannot climb hills, or attention and special and trained skill to operate, t It is not a difficult, thiug to imagine an "'autocar" without any of these ob jectionable features, and it can scarce ly be denied that we are steadily ap proaching it. Something cheap, handy, always ready and which any one can use without anxiety or dis comfort, would certainly make its way into common use, and only after its genera! and complete adoption would it be safe to say that it was wanted. That it will not in this way eventually bo wanted wc have not the hardihood to suggest.-American Machinist. Education and Teeth. Education is playing sad havoc with the teeth of modern generations. So m experienced dentist in tho Weat End says, and he ought to know. Formerly decayed teeth were generally tttribnted to a secret fondness for bon jons, but the idea is, it appears, quite i mistake. In fact, sugar is rather nourishing than otherwise. The truth s, that the ancient sturdy square jaw )f the English race is ohauging ihrough lessons and book learning to m angular or V-shape, which presses he molars one upon tho other, does lot give them room to grow, and will n time prevent some of them cutting it all. Indeed, this catastrophe is lot infrequent already. In many ;ases the original teeth aro becoming ess in number than they ought to be, md often the "wisdomers" fail to ap lear. This, in an "educated jaw," is amentable. The new facial form is, iccording to the dentist, much cu In rated by ladies, who find that it is jopular among gentlemen. The lat er like women with the "educated" ingle of chin, which generally carries vith it pearly, but very frail teeth. If he specialist be right, this process of election, aided by further lessons md more study, will, in the course of imo, produce a race without any ecth nt all. Then will tlje dentist uake fortunes, for people will require omplete artificial sets from babyhood inward.-London Telegraph. Two "Wire ireaktt. Wiro Commissioner Flood had on xhibition a section of n limb of a red >ak tree, eight inches in diameter, rhich was burned through, making harcoal of the wood, last week, at aniaica Plain, by a oable of the Su lurban electric railway line resting pon it. It was done during one of be heavy rain storms. The cable had ts original insulated covering, but tho overing becoming soaked with water eased to be a protection against the lectric current in the cable. Another cu isity, showing the dan er from electricity, is a heavy wire ny rope of a derrick that was burned ff, having fallen on a trolley wire of ie Wost End Company, on Center treet, near Heath street, Roxbury, a JW days ago.-Boston Herald. k'lou? Dlrarrttncea ? Man's Teeth.g On Saturday a farmer residing in | g io vicinity of Gibbon arrived at Den- ? st B. P. Allen's office to havo hie ! h i as ti ca ting organism repairbd. He . st ;ated that he had been the victim of j tl cyclone the day previous, which had j w iken him up, carried him about 100 I ri ?et, and hurled him head foremost st ito a pile of offal in the barn yard, di 'hen he recovered he found his mouth I la jparently full of chips, which proved ci i be a broken and badly disarranged tc it of false teeth. His residence and hi her buildings were considerably dis- . ranged kby the breeze.-Glenooe j linn.) Enterprise. . j o< OUB BUDGET OF HUMOR. LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. No IU Wind?-Tho Thirst for Lethe Improving - After the Verdict of "Guilty"-A Cool Welcome-Solved at Last-Too Sweet for Use, Etc., Etc. Whichever way tho wind doth blow Some heart ls Riad to bavo lt so; E'en architects and oarpenters Aro happy when a cyclone stirs. -Chicago Record.^ Solved at Last. Ja T,- kin s-"Why do they always call sailors 'tars?' " Pawkins-"Because they're so ac customed to the pitching of the ship." -Punch. _ Thc One Exception. "I suppose you were very muck surprised when I accepted you?" "No; why?" "Well, overybody else was."-Bick Me-Up. _ After tho Verdict of "Guilty." Judge-"After this you ought to keep away from bad company." Prisoner-"Yes. your Honor. You won't see me again for some time." Up-to-Date. Tho Thirst for Lethe. She-"I know that I am not good looking, but people forget my face when I sing." He--"Won't you sing now?"- j Fliesende Bhetter. Not to Ko Beaten. "My little sister is the best baby you ever saw. She sleeps twenty-four hours every day. " "Huh! our'n sleeps twenty-six." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Improving. Visitor (at the picnic)-"That music is rather indifferent. It isn't a full band, is it?" Chairman o? Committee of Arrange ments-"Xo, but it's getting full." Chicago Tribune. Appropriate Description. "How do you find business?" asked the kind old lady of tho man at the back door, with a pail on his arm. . "Everything's on the jump with me. Could I sell you some frogs'legs?" Detroit Free -Press. Dlng-a-Llng. Sanford-"Say, Wheeler's pretty ! badly gone on Miss Bloomer. I just saw him putting a ring on her finger." j Merton-"What of it? A man has j a right to ring his bicycle belle, hasn't i he?"-Boston Traveler. Too Sweet for Usc. "Have yon seen Maud's rainy-day j costnme? It's too sweet for any j use." "Why doesn't she wear it to-day? "It looks so much like rain." Cloveland Plain Dealer. A Cool Welcome, Mr. Bondy-"I thought I recog nized your back as you walked along." Miss Sharpe-"I should think you might by this time. It's been turned that way often enough."-Harper's Bazar. It Made Him Sich. Doctor ( i patient threatened with nervous prostration)-"Do you notice that you are- troubled with loss of memory?" : Jack Pott-"I .ss of memory, doc-: tor? No, sir; ifs memory of my loss *Tm^mm^m^wr?TR?is??r^'hj-. Jibson-"I thought you could keep a secret." Jabson-"So I can." Jibson-"Why didn't you keep the secret I told you the other day?" Jabson-"Because when you told it it ceased to be a secret."-Puck. Conjugal Amenities. "Do not insist, my dear! I shan't tell you what I am going to give you, for I want to surprise you on our wedding day." "Tell me quiok, then, for the great est surprise would be to see you keep ing your word.'"-Journal Amusant. Ho Explains. Wife-"John, what's the matter 1 with you to-night? Hero I've been | talking to you for half au hour and all ! I you've done was grunt and occasion- ? j ally nod your head!" 11 Husband - "Well, I've found it possible to do that without interrupt ing you."-Cleveland Leader. But That Part Stayed. "I am afraid," said Maud, thought fully, "that Willie Wibbles will never come here again." "Did he go away in a pet?" asked Mamie. "Well, some of him did. Just be forehe startedmy dear little dachshund bit a piece out of him."-Washington Star. Fixing Up Terms. Husband (at 11.35 p. m.)-"What's di that racket at the back door, Maria?" Wife-"My gracious, John, I for got and locked the girl out! What jhall we do?" Hu?band-"Do? What can wo do jut offer her a raise of fifty cents a veek, and make it a dollar if she in sists. Another break of this kind and ?ve are lost."-Cleveland leader. A Battle For Life in ?ho Congo Rapids. "Cruelty in thy Congo Freo State" a the title of the final paper made up rom tho journals of tho latt E. J. jrlave, and it appears in the Century. Sir. Glave tells the following s'ory. Stanley Pool is a majestic pla'ie, and s well named, for it is a monster pool. Lt each end it is narrow, and widens tut in the middle. It is studded with slands and sandbanks, and encircled >y hills more or less timbered. A native of Kinsassa is said once to lava passed safely the rapids below . fi .leopoldville. He was in a canoe, and '? " ndeavored to cross the river, but was P wept into tho rapids. By dextorous v, addling he managed to keep his bark ft: float through two miles of tho wildest n raters; then she filled and swamped, it nd the native swam safely to a small o; dand. Here he remained six days. ? 'o cross the rapids and relievo him 31 as impossible. Every day he could P e seen waving his arms frantically, oi ad his cries for help could sometimes fr c heard above the roar of the waters, di fter six days he was reduced by hun- tl: er, and determined to risk his life, cr [e gathered together some light logs, tb [shed these with vines into a rude hi >rt of raft, thou dropped down from to ie end of the island, and, paddling T: ith a stick, was hurled about by tho tpids, which, however, aro not so . Tong as above, and although carried swn a great distance, he managed at If ,st, by working his craft into a back th irrent, to get ashore. Battered, in irrified, and almost dead with hunger, nc ? reached a fishing camp. in er Berlin, Germany, includes in its cr jpulation 60,000 Hebrews. ac GOOD ROADS NOTES. Views of ??ctv York's Lieutenant-Gover nor. In tho course of a recent speech at Binghamton, N. Y., Lieutenant-Gov ernor "Woodruff said: "Now that I have, through my participation dur ing one session of the Legislature, ac quired experience concerning the management of State affairs, it ia my purpose next winter to devote a largo share of my time and energy to the se. curing of good roads. Legislation in that direction failed during the legis ! lative session of 1897 because of tho opposition of the farm owners of the State, who naturally prefer to work the roads running through thoir farjns themselves, rather than pay the tax required for some department of the I State to do it. We all know that the I making of good reads requires a care ful study of tho subject and practical experience such as most of tho farm ers do not possess. I sincerely hope that the rural communities of our State may bo brought to a realization of the real situation, and another win ter acquiesce in a systematic plan for road improvement, not forgetting that over sixty per cent, of the cost of such improvement will bo defrayed'by the taxpayers of the cities. I believe that almost every farmer will save in the cost of getting his produce to market a sum greater thin his individual tax by the substitution of good roads for the very poor ones now so prevalent throughout the Empire State." A Muchly Road. One day this week, as a teamster was slowly working his way through tho quagmire commonly known as a country road between the Cummings hill and Fdosil, he espied a hat in one of the ruts in front of him. As the headgear appeared to be in fairly good condition he dismounted to pick it up. As he raised the hat he was aston ished to hear a voice coming from un der it exclaim: "Hold on! That's my hat!" Aa soon as he had gathered his breath and wits the teamster asked, "What are you doing down there?" which brought forth the reply: "I'm in big luck to be where I am. There's a horse underneath me."-Fossil (Ore gon) Journal. A Southern URO For Tramps. Visitors to the South have probably noticed that there aro several Southern States in which tramps are rarely seen. The reason why these States havo such ? immunity from tramps, while Massa chusetts is overrun with vagabonds of the criminal class, is simply to be found in the different methods of treatment of such criminals. In these Southern States, where tramps are HO seldom seen, it is the uniform practice to put all suspicious characters at work upon the construction of 2,uhlic roads throughout the States. When a State has more roads that need improvement than money with which to effect those improvements, the employment of tramps ns road makers has been found to work to the satisfaction of the general public. A criminal class is kept out of mischief, while at tho same time the value of the taxable property of the State is in creased. Farmers are benefited by being able to get their produce to mar ket with far less trouble and delay than were formerly expected as a mat ter of course. The State secures good roads at littlo expense. Of course, the tramps do not carst'o work day after day, toiling, away upon State highways; bvi?-whenever they are caught within, euch a State they cannot heir;.themselves. The conse ay^?Xl?^'^?Ji majority of tramps give the State a wide berth.-Boston (Mass.) Advertiser. Cost of Und Roads. According to statistics collected by the orifice of road inquiry of tho De partment of Agriculture, the amount of loss each year by bad roads of the country is almost beyond belief. Some 10,000 letters of inquiry were sent to intelligent and reliable farmers throughout the country, and returns were obtained from about 1200 coun ties, giving the average length of iiaul in miles from farms to markets md shipping points, the average ?veight of load hauled and the average length per ton for the whole length of the haul. Summarized, it appears that the jeneral average length of haul is twelve' miles, the weight of load for two horses 2000 pounds, and the aver ige cost per ton per milo twenty-five :ents,. or $3 for the entire load. Allowing conservative estimates for ;onnage of all kinds carried over pub ic roads, the aggregato expense of his transportation is figured at $91G, 114,000 per annum. Those in a posi ion to judge, calculate that two-thirds, nr nearly $631,000,000. could be saved f the roads were in reasonably good iondition. At $1000 r er mile a very jood road can be constructed, and if in amount equaling the savings of one 'ear were applied to improving high vays, 157,000 miles of road in this lountry could be pitt iu condition. The offeet of this would be a per nauent improvement, and an exchange ays not only would the farmer be stonished in tho sudden reduction in L?3 road tax, but he would also wonder t the remarkable falling off in the ost of transpoi'tatiou. He would also . ind that he required fewer horses and sss feed for them. Ho could make wo trips to market a day instead of ne, when ability to get his goods here at a time when high prices aro tiling is a matter of great conse uence. Farmers aro beginning to apply a ?tt?C ?imple arithmetic to some of these tatters, and it is not too much to cx ect that in the near future we shall ee a decided revolution in the condi ion of our rural highways.-Farm, 'ield and Fireside. The Expert Distributor's Feat. John E. Wallace, who for the last ' fteeu years has heeu employed as 1 expert distributor" in tho Chicago 1 ostofiice, on his return from a recent 1 acatibu, found a large amount of mail ; massed that, through lack of street ! umber addresses or misspelled names, h?3 been impossible for tho post- [ [fice officials to deliver. In two days Cr. Wallace disposed successfully of c ?io pieces of this accumulated mail. ". or years he has made note, mentally f by memoranda, of deaths, removals om the city, odd names, and other ita that might be of use in tracing ? ie addresses of letters sent to Chi- [ igo. In scores of cases he has learned ie names nf executors of estates and _ is handed over to them letters seht ^ persons who havo died.-Chicago j libune. _ Fails liiii n full. From records extending back to D 180, M. Camille Flammarion finds |, at the rainfall of Paris has gradually n creased about thrco inches, being n >w a littlo moro than twenty-two jj ches a year. Tho amount of differ- c ice seems to indicate that tho in- "\ ease is real and not due to greater \{ curaoy bf observation. j n THE MAD WORLD. Tho mad world rushes along the ages And forward! forward! ie still the err. No time to rest, for the battle mses: Then hurry and worry and struggle and die. No time to rest by tho fountains, flowing Through shady groves, where tho po<??3 sing, With fresh winds blowing and wild flowers growing, And Pan to pipe for our pleasuring. Tho sun goes down in a blazo ot splendor, And the moonlight trembles along tho seas; The nightingale's sonpr is sweet and tender, But the world is too busy to eare for these. O foolish world, in your greed for tronero You aro talcing the husks and leaving the grain; You aro missing thc sweets that make life a pleasure, And getting the trouble and labor and pain. -D. H. Morehead, la Easton Transcript. PITH AND POINT. May-"Did you and Cbollv Lave any luck fishing?" Maud-"Ho did I didn't." May-"Then you're no engaged after all?"-Puck. Philanthropist-"What was the im mediate cause of your fall, my good man?" Tho Good Man-"My sweet heart dropped me."-Boston Traus cript. He-"If people said just what they thought, it would do a lot of harm wouldn't it?" She-"Well, it would re duce conversation about nine-tenths." Puck. Penelope-"What did he send yon for a wedding present?" Pauline "Cut glass." Penelope-"Ah, table ware, I suppose?" Pauline-"No-a necklace. "-Truth. Prisoner Reformer (to convict) "Have you any complaint to make?" Convict-"Well, I'd bo better satis fied if I wasn't locked up."-Philadel phia North American. . Ethel-"And when ho said he was willing to dio for you, what did you do?" Penelope-"Why, I nearly fainted! The idea of the only man'at a summer resort talking of dying." Puck. Teacher (in kindergarten)-"You've omitted something, Mabel, in making your letter Ts.' What is it?" Mabel -"I guess I forgot to put eyebrows over them."-London Household Words. "That man wants a design for a laundry advertisement," remarked the artist, thoughtfully. "What is it to be?" "All he said was that he wanted something appropriate. I guess I'll fix him up some sort of a wash draw ing."-Washington Star. "A great many people go beyond their means trying to make a show," declared tho sage philosopher. "That's right," assented Chumpley; "I blew in $10,000 trying to make a show, and it busted the third week out."-Detroit Free Press. "It won o be long," said the man who loves to talk science at the table, "before all our engines and that sort of thing will be run by the heat of the sun." "But," asked his wife, "if they go to using up the heat of tho sun that way, won't it make the weather too cold to grow crops?"-r Cincinuati Enquirer. Now it chanced that tho pilgrim ac costed an inhabitant of the town "through which he journeyed.. "It seems to me," remarked the pilgrim, "that there are a great many muddy crossings in your town." "Mere illu sion, old man," answered the inhabit tant. "You get that impression from_ erbockers or short skirts."-Detroit Journal. Small boy dashed breathless into a merchant's office. "Is tho guv'nor in?" "Yes; what do you want?" "Must see him myself; most partirder." "But you can't; he's engaged." "Must see him immejit; most pertikler.*1 The boy's importunity got him in. Well, boy; what do you want?" "D'yer want a orffice boy, sir?" "You impudent young rascal! No! We've got ono." "No, you ain't, sir; he's just bin run ; aver in Cheapside." Boy engaged. Tit-Bits. Rifting an Ostrich. "I don't believe the stories told about the natives in Africa aud Aus tralia riding ostriches," said a Califor nia man the other day. "Americans are the best riders on earth, but they cannot ride ostriches. I saw this pretty thoroughly tried on ono occa sion. A cowboy who had vanquished every pony ho ever undertook to break in was induced to try an ostrich. Af ter an hour's hard work ho succeeded in mounting the bird, which at first tried to shake him off, then to get away by running, but these tactics, of course, had no effect upon tho cow boy. Then, in spite of all the mau could do, tho ostrich succeeded in getting its bead around and seizing the man by one leg. He doubled his [cet nuder him, and the ostrich succeeded in getting a good hold of his back, throwing him heavily to the ground and trampling on him. It took three of us to chase the infuriat ed ostrich away, and we accomplished it barely in time to save the man's life. E don't believe the nativo Australians ride ostriches."-Chicago News. Fumons Cheese Doomed. Franco, and through Franco the whole civilized world, will probably suffer in the course of a few years an irreparable calamity. Roquefort, ono of tho most famous of cheeses, is threatened with speedy extinction. No part of the blame for this disaster rests with nature. Man's greed alono can be held responsible. The milk of tho sheep that browsed on tho thyme-clad banks of tho Larnoo and Aveyron lias long since ceased to suffice for the mar ket. Flocks were accordingly fed in thc grassy pastures, and yielded more milk, but of an inferior quality. Worse still, cow's milk was mingled with that >f tho sheep, the cheese being artifi cially ripened, and speedy deteriora tion ensued. Buyers now IOOJC ask ince at what ia called Roquefort, and i business worth nearly one million lol lars every year and employing (30. )00 people .seems likely to perish. A drong effort is being made by the ocal authorities to revive old methods >f production, but a name and an art ince lost are with difficulty recovered, j Fi jondon Chronicle. Inrilitns untl Animals In J?ronzo. Indians and animals typical ol ' f Linerica are to he perpetuated in bronze | g or the National Zoological Garden at ? j Vashington, if the plans of certain j nen of public affairs at the National | g Japital ave carried out. And Edward ? Carneys, the Chicago sculptor, is the ! J rtist who is to execute the statues of i ? he fast disappearing red man and tho inna ol' America. Congress will bo siced for an appropriation for the par i?se, and it is expected that that body .ill respondas generously forthepur ose as it has heretofore in tho beau ifying of tho great National park. ?apt. Kemeys has returned to his Bryn Iawr residence after a six weeks' visit 3 Washington and is at work on the j |j roject. '? ' ! fjij A Check for Perspiration. To clieck profuse perspiration steep one pound of oak bark in two quarts of boiling water for half an hour; strain and bottle for use. When, de sired for use, take two-thirds of a cup of it, with two teaspoonsful of pow dered borax aud three of powdered starch in a basin of hot water and bathe the parts in it. Warts are fre quently removed by applications of bakiog soda moistened. SPOTS of iron rust are taken from liuen by squeezing lemon juice on them, and then covering them with a good coating of table salt and hanging in the sun; after washing, if a trace of the rust remains, add more lemon juice and salt as of ton as required, while the garment is hanging in full sunshine. Very deep rust spots will soon disap pear by this process. IT ?3 asserted by thoso who have given both methods a fair trial tba* brain workers should eat meat. Rare roast beef and juicy steaks, butter and cream! It is said that nothing else will fuel tho brain furnace so well as beef, and that eggs are next in value. Fake Duels. Duellists have no idea hoir often they fire blank cartridges. One of the recent fake duels occurred near Paris between a nephew of oar Chilian minister, Don Domingo Gana, and a druggist. It was a very serious affair with Gana, but all others concerned with it were in the joke. There wera the nsual chemical blood spot over the heart of the enemy when the Chilean fired the fake ball and death rattle. Gana was kept in hiding for months under the belief that his antagonist was dying, whereas the young fellow, without so much as a scratch Was amusing all Paris. When G?n? learned of tho joke he set out with a stern purpose to kill, and he would surely havo had his revenge if the chap had not left France.-New York Press. , A Ked Handed Maro--er. Tetterine kills the germs of Tetter, Eczema, Salt-Rbcum, Rinsrwonn and other 6kln dis eases. Most o? these arc catiscd by the exist ence of infinitesimal nnamalculae. Tetterine minders them at once and stops the agonizing itch, then it soothes and heals the skin. At drug stores, or hy mail for 50 cents in stamps. .J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. The New York woman who killed a bear up in England was not properly tested for cour age. Give her a mouse. NEGLECT IS SUICIDE. Plain Words From Mrs. Pinkham, Corroborated by Mrs. Charles Dunmore, That Ought to Bring Suffering' "Women to Their Senses. If you were drowning and friendly hands shoved a plank to you, and you refused it, you would be committing suicide! Yet that is precisely what women aro doing ii they go about their homes almost dead with misery, yet refuse to grasp the kindly hand held out to them! lt is suicidal to go day after day with that dull, con stant pain in tho region of tho womb and that bloating heat and tenderness of the abdomen, which make the weight of your clothes an almost intolerable burden to you. It is not naturr.l to suffer so in merely emptying the bladder. Does not that special form of suf , iering tell you that there is inflammation somewhere? 'Shall I tell you what it is? It is inGammaticn or thc womb! If it goes cn, polypus, or tumor, or cancer will set in. *"* Commence thc usc of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Thousands of women in this condition have been cured by it. Keep your bowels open with Mrs. Pinkham s Liver Pills, and if you want further advice, write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., stat ing freely all your symptoms-she stands ready and willing to give you the very best advice. She has given tho helping hand to thousands s-d?Tcrin;: i u st like yourself, inucy of whom lived milcsaway from J^^^a physi cian. lier marvelous Vegetable Compound has cured many thousr.nds of women. It can bc found at any respectable drug store. MRS. CHARTAS DUNUCRE, 102 Fremont St., Winter Hill, Somerville, Mass.,says: "I wis ia pr.lndayand night; my doctor did not rccm to help me. I could not soorri to find any relief until I took Lydia E. rink-' ham's Vegetable Compound. I had inflammation of ?^)^>?e , the womb, a. bearing-down pain, and the whites very badly. The pain was so intense that I could not sleep at * ' ^l?'fc3?^' night I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for eight y\y months, and am now all right. Before that I took morphine pills for my pain; that was a great mistake, for the relief was only momentary and the effect vile. I am so thankful to be relieved of my sufferings, for thc pains I had were some thing terrible. I am, indeed, very grateful for the good Mrs. Pinkham's reme dies have done me." GET THE GENUINE ARTICLE! .'s aster oaKer reakfast COCOA Pure, Delicious, Nutritious. Costs Less than ONE CENT a cap. Be sure that the package bea. s our Trade-Mark. Wafter Rai?or ft Cn. I ^n?fpfr. (established 1780.) Trade-Mark. Dorchester? Mass. SOUTH CAROLINA LADIES DON'T LIE. Inman, S. C., says: I har? used Dr. M.A. Simmons tiver Medicino for years, with thc best of ro suits for Sleeplessness, Nervousness, Indigos, lion and Swollen Poet. lt cured Miss S. Hammett of a complication of dis eases; she saysit saved her life. I think it far excels "ZeiHn's"and the "Black Dr?uet" inodiciao. Falling of the Womb. The cases of uterino displacement are Very numerous and constitute a nrohflo canse of intenso and wide-spread Buffering. Its symptoms arc bcarh.g-down or dragging seusatioi'S, pain or wj.ikuc3s in the hack, sometimes a sense o? gonencs9 at thc pit ot thc stomach. It may result from too fr? quent childbearing, wearing garments that compress thc waist and abdomen, over lifting, standing oa thc feet too long, and general debility. Wo would .siVongly urgo thc uso of Dr. Simmons Sqitntv Vino YTine which Will pnri fy and vitalize tho blood, give tone and strength to tho mu?;clcs of lot uterus, SO that it will bc kept in place. To facil?talo a qnickand complete recovery, wc recom mend 33 an injection oar Mexican Female Remedy, which will produce thc haDDieeS results. cn ut 6%<zmfa%'tC ?&Sfe. Walhalla, S. C., writes: I *A have used Cr. M. A. Sim? 11 mons Liver Medicine W$ t"/^ uiorc than 20 years, for Tor? / , ijiy Pid Liver and Dizziness, b fifis? I tako a doso every two weeks and feel all right I know it is far Superior to ??? "Zcil'In's Regulator," ia my ?ojease._ Womanhooa."" Tho health and well-being of mankind depend npcu thc physical health and per fection of womanhood. Among tho diooascs w.nich most impair the female constitution arc leucorrhc?, irregular and painful men struation, falling of tue womb, chlorosis, 6cauty or too profuse menstruation. These diseases can be cured. Dr. Sixnmona Squaw Vino Wine ?3 a delightful remedy to take, entirely harmless, free from nar cotics, purely vcgetnblo and prorinceo no unpleasant after-results. It is unequalled as a uterine tonic and curative agent for all female diseases, a3 it is impossible for weak ness of tho uterus and generativo organs to erist wbeu it is faithfully and persistently used, Constipation is another bane of woman's life which can be cured by using Sir. ?1. A. ?imuou3 Liver Medicine. "Success' Lotto.*?. 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