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POINTED PARAGRAPHS. A self-made man never oeaseB to praise his maker. "When aotors quarrel they can resort to the make-up box. Revenge is always sweet when com pared to the bitterness of hato. The wise woman marries for protec tion as well as for revenue. . Matrimony often turps love's sweet dream into a horrid nightmare. It is seldom difficult to appear nat ural if you have no object in view. You can easily convince the man who has lost that it is wrong to gam ble. "When a man's sins find him out they're apt to hang around until he comes in again. Custom? Case? Decided. The general appraisers of goods passing through the Custom House havomade several decisions lately which, until pissed upon by the Secretary of the Treasury, W?ll hold good. But while there ls stability in that quarter, no system failing In strength can be proporly sustai nod without the aid of Hostetter's stom ach Bitters, a genial tonic and remedy for malaria, rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipa tion and biliousness. Prof. Tracy Peck, head of the Latin de partment at Yale, has been appointed direc tor of the American School for Classical *tudy at Rome for next year. He will leave for Rome next summer. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablots- AU Druggists rotund money lilt fails to cure. 26c Producers of poultry ?hould refrnin f:om enumerating their juveni.e fowls until after the period of Incubation has expired. Hon'i This? - We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props.. Toledo, O. "We, the undersigned, have known F. .1. Che ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per fectly honorable in all business trnnsactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. WEST & T RUAX. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Ohio. WALDINO, RINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cureistaken internally, act ing directly upon the blood ?'id macon? sur faces of the system. Price. 75c ner bottle. Sold by ?ll Druggists. Testimonials free Hall's Family Pills are the best. T am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungs by Piso's Caro for Consumption.- LOUISA LINDAMAN, Bethany, Mo , Jnnuary 8, 1891. The Romance of Palestine-The Greatest Book of the Day. "Written by Rev. J. W. Lee. D.'D. If'you want to make monoy send ?t oncu for circu lars and terms. Two large editions were sold tho first GO days. Agents are coining mom-y with this book. Highest endorsement by the clergy and press everywhere. Territory, be ing rapidly taken. If you want to make money this is your opportunity. Apply at once to The D. E. Luther Pub. Co., Atlanta, Ga. Fits permanently cured. No fit? or nervous, ness after first dar's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 tri al bottle and treatise free. DR. EL H. KLINE. Ltd., 931 Arch St. Ph ibu Pa. Oh. What Splendid Coffee. Mr. Goodman, Williams. Co.. 111., writes: "From one package Salzer's Germm Coffee Berry costing 15c I grew 8001b6.of better coffee than I can buy in stores at 30 cents a lb." A. c. 7 A package of this coffee and big seed and plant catalogue ls Rent you by John A. Haber Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis., upon re ceip* of 15 cents stamps and this notlco. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forchildren teething, softens thegums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2?c. a bottle. Conservativo InTestors Can largely Increase their income by placing their accounts in my hands. Twenty years of Wall Street experience, in addl?on to rollable INSIDE INFORMATION, enables me to advise you most successfully. Write for particulars, which are lnerestlnc to those leaving money to invest. CHARLES nUGIlES. Invest ment B-oker, C3 Wall Street. New York ' tty. as Nervous Troubled with Hor Stomach Could Not Sleep- Hood's Cured. "About a year ago I was troubled with rr y stomach and could not oat. I was nervous and could not sleep at night, grow very thin. I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and am now well ana BtroDg, and owe lt all to Hood's Sarsaparilla." MART PETERS, 90 South Union Street, Rochester, N. Y. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Ia tho best-in fnct the Ono True Blood Purifier. Hood's Pills care all liver ills. 25 cen ta. " Greater Xew York. 4 Ey taking in Staten Island, Brook lyn and a large area of sparsely settled country in Queens county, New York has increased it? area from 39 square miles to 320 square miles, and its popu lation from 2.000.U00 to 3,388,000. Loudon, with its population of about 6,000,000, is, of course, easily the largest city in the world, but the ag gregate ef farm land and city now call ed New York may claim the second rank. Paris, which recently held the second place, with a population of 2,539,000, is now relegated to the third place. The new corporation is made to include many ontlyiug villages -in fact, all the population centers tributary to New York, except those in New Jersey-Jersey City, Hoboken, New Ark and Elizabeth. The last mention ed towns, which can never be included, are in fact much more a part of New York than is Staten Island, which has been brought in by main force. The city as enlarged has 1,200 miles of streets, 466 miles of street railway, 65? miles of elevated railway and 353 miles of water front. BELIEF FK0M PAIN. Women Everywhere Express their Gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham. Hrs. T. A. WALDEN, Olbson, da., writes: " DEAR MRS. PnnuiAx:-Before tak ing your medicine, life was a burden to me. I never saw a well day. At my monthly period I suffered untold misery, and a great deal of the time I was troubled with a severe pain in my side. Before finishing the first bottle cf your Vegetable Compound I could tell it was doing me good. I continued its use, also used the Liver Pills and Sanative Wash, and have been greatly helped. I would like to have yon use my letter for the benefit of others." firs. FLORENCE A. WOLFE, 5?S rialberry St., Lancaster, Ohio, writest "DEAR MRS. PTJTXHAM:-For two years I was troubled with what the local physicians told me was inflamma tion of the womb. Every month I suf fered terribly. I had taken enough medicine from the doctors to cure any one, but obtained relief for a short time only. At last I concluded to write to you in regard to my case, and can say that by following your advice I am now pefeotly \relL'* Hrs. W. R. BATES, nonsflcld, La., writes : "Before writing to you I suffered dreadfully from painful menstrua tion, leucorrhcea and sore feeling in the lower part of the bowels. Now my friends want to know what makes me look so well. I do not hesitate one min ute in telling them what has brought about this great change. I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enough. It is the greatest remedy of the age-" /\lYITTliT BaML NEW HOME CURE. Pables?. Np fl I Ml I Nil Detention (ron work. Gairtn?ee?. Write UriUlTl DR. PURDY, Hosstos. Texts. .A ? Pl SO'S CU R E FOR 5 I -lill ll I ll ll ? 111 I?T in ?r> C ON G l 'M PTI.QN "rVf^?'v O?E BUDGET OP EUMOE. LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. Talent-True Enough-Blow For a Blow The Point-No Returns-AVhnt He Was About-The Usual Fate-The Infant Idea-A Villanous Schemer, Bte, Bte. Congress gottln' ready Fur to make a stand, Legislatures meetlu' All around tho land. Young mon makin' speeches, Boys a-studyia' law; Girls learn elocution So's to jlne in tho hurrah. AVho could be distrus'iul, Losin' sleeD at night, "With all them folks in tralnln? Fur to run the country right? -Washington Stnr. Trne Enough. Edna-"Say, Tom, what is tho greatest curiosity in the world?" Tom-"A woman without any." Ko Returns. "Do yon think there is any money in politics, ?Timpson?" "You bet there is. That's where all mine went."-Detroit Free Press. Blow For a Blow. Ur. Oldboy-"Girls are not as handsome now as they were twenty ye ars ago." Miss Cute-"Well, are you?"-Chi cago News. _ Useless Worry. "I'm afraid Wizey thinks a little h?rd of me." "You're foolish. There's a man that can't think hard on any subject." -Detroit Free Press. What He Was About. Lawyer-"I'm afraid you will have a hard time proving your innooence." Bill the Burglar-"Well, hang it! that's what I hired you fer. "-Phila delphia North American. The Point. Old Mr. Million (passionately) - "Miss Gushly, if you were my wife, I would die huppy." Miss Gushly (calmly)-"Possibly; but would yon?"-Philadelphia Press. Tho Infant Idea. '"T" Tommy-"What is the guest of honor at a dinner?" Willie-"Don't you know? He's the one that gets the gizzard and liver saved for him."-Cincinnati Enquirer. A Villnnous Schemer. "Why have you decided to let your whiskers grow?" "I heard my wife's mother say the other day that she couldn't see a man with whiskers, eating without losing her appetite."-Chicago Becord. The Usual Fate. "Hopkins has quit telling funny stories." "Any special reason?" "Yes, he says whenever he tells one he has to listen to several poorer ones from tho other man. "-Detroit Free Press. Expensive. "Gobang has lost all his property." "Gracious! How did it happen?" "He was talking to his wife over the telephone wire between Chicago aud New York. They began quarrel ling, and each ono insisted on having the last word."-New York Journal. The Way lt Sounded. "What school of music does the Professor represent?" inquired Mrs. Cumrox. "I don't know," her husband an swered; "but from the way it sounds to me, I should say it was the kinder garten."-Washington Star. A Hoir.o Thrust. "No," said the rich old bachelor, "I never could find timo to marry." "Well," replied tho young woman with thc sharp tongue, "I am uuw sur prised to hear you say so. It cer tainly would have taken a good while to persuado any girl to have you." Chicago Record. Thc Pangs or Death. First Colonel-"Have youheard the news?" Second Colonel-"No; what is it?" First Colonel-"Our old friend, Major Fuller, has quit drinking." Second Colone-"Do von mean it sho'?" First Colonel-"Yes. Positive fact. " Second Colonel-"Deuced sorry to hear that. When does the funeral take place?" How Godsend Lufkin Got His Name. Perliaps Godsend Lufkin, of Tilden, has the distinction of owing the queerest name in Maine. Godsend's grandfather, old Peter Lufkin, owned about all the wild land in tho town. When he died he left his property to hi;? four boys in trust, the whole of it to go to the first grandson who should como into tho world. At that time none of the boys were married, but they at once remedied this fault, every one taking a wife inside of a year from the time the will of their father was made. Six years after his wedding the wife of George Lufkin presented to him a son, who was entitled to the great estato under the terms of the will. It was agreed that the boy's mother should bestow the name, but she neglected to tell the minister about it before the party had assem bled in the Church. Then when the clergyman asked what name he should bestow the child's father spoke np aud said: "I think you'd better call him a godsend, because he has proved that to my family. " The words spoken in jest were taken in earnest by the clergyman, who proceeded to formally christen the boy as " A God send Lufkin," a name which he bears to day. As he got nearly $100,000 worth of property along with his name, he is trying to stand it.-De troit Free Press. Stole the Funeral Ribbon. A novel industry was brought to light by the arrest of Nellie McConnell in New York City. It is customary for fashionable florists in that city to garnish their floral devices used at funerals with long s -reamers of broad ribbon of the richest silk or satin. It was for stealing these ribbons from the various cemeteries that Nellie was ar rested, and when sho was brought in to court she declared that she had no intention of stealing, but thought it was a pity that such lots of fine ma terial should be allowed to spoil in the open air. The occupation of gather ing the ribbon wa3 a profitable one, as the proceeds of a single morning's work were about $25. When Life Bogan on Earth. Lord Kelvin estimates that the time since the earth became sufficiently cooled to become the abode of plants and animals to be r.bout 20,000,000 years, within limits of error ranging from 15,000,000 and 30,000,000 years. From similar physical data Clarence King has made an estimate nearly agreeing with this. Warren TJpham says that geologists generally regard this period aa too ehor?. WORDS OF WISDOM. The noblest motive is the public good.-Virgil. Learning makes a man fit company for himself.-Young. The true art of memory is the art o? attention. -Johnson. One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.-Goethe. He hath riches sufficient who hath enough to be charitable.-Sir Thomas Browne. If a man be endue" Uh a gen erous mind, this is th J3t kind of nobility.-Pluto. Yon will never find timo for any thing. If you want time you must make it.-Charles Buxton. It is not what he has, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.-Amiel. Beautiful is young enthusiasm; keep it to the end, and be more and more correct in fixing on the object of it. Thomas Carlyle. Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest; there are a hundred persons of merit ior one who willingly ac-, knowledges it in another.-Hazlitt. There is a deportment which suits the figure and talents of each person; it is always lost when we quit it to assume that of another.-Rousseau. The one who will be found in trial, capoble of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing consid erable small ones.-F. W. Robertson. Some of the best lessons we over, learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom aud success of the futuro. Tryon Edwards. You must try to be good and amia ble to everybody, and do not think that Christianity consists in a melan choly and morose life.-Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire. Despair is the thought of the unan tainableness of any good. It works differently in men's minds, sometimes; producing uneasiness or pain, some times rest and indolency.-Locke. The loftiest souls art those who are conscious of the universal symphony, and who give their full and willing collaboration to this vast and compli cated concert which we call civiliza tion.^-Amiel's Journal. Eduoation and instruction aro tht means, the one by use, the other by precept, to make our natural facul ties Df reason both the better and the sooner to judge rightly between truth and error, good and "evil.-Dr. Hooker. ) Like alone acts upon like. There fore, do not amend by reasoning, but by example. Approach feeling by feeling; do not hope to excite love ex cept by love. XB& what you wish oth ers to become. Let yourself, and not your words, preach.-Henri Frederic Amiel. Wliy Russia Wants China. -v. ... The intimacy of China and Russia has most profound causes. The Chi nese have a very distinct feeling of their interests. Between Russia and Chinese interests there is no opposi' tion. England, the United States, Germany and France have only one object; to make of China an immense market for the product of their indus try, to impress upon it, by force if need bo, their merchandise. On the contrary, Russia and Japan seek to! faoilitate tho exportation into Europe, of Chinese products. Russia, with its railroad, will bo the middleman be tween producing China and consum ing Europe. The Russian provinoes produce nothing which China fur nishes; they have every advantage in being put in contact with tho innumer able population of tho celestial em pire. The immense current of exchanges ?which will bo established between China and Russia hy the new railroad will carry life and prosperity into the Siberian steppe. In exploiting China the Russians will with the same stroke throw Siberia open to improvement; they will rapidb' make it ono of the greatest centres of agricultural p/o duction in the world, In the econo mic development of China, Russia has nothing to lose and everything to gain. -The Chautauquan. . Tho English Walnut. Possibly few trees in tho old world are moro profitable than the English walnut, which thrives in England and all over the northern part the con tinent of Europe. The wood is es pecially useful for guustocks and for many articles of furniture, and is found profitable from trees of ten years of age and upward. There is always a good demand for the nuts, so that thero are two distinct lines of profit-by the timber and by the fruit. In our country they thrive in any por tion of thc.Eastern States, although as they progress northwardly the tips of the last year's shoots are destroyod by winter. The living portions push out again, however, and generally bear as abundantly as before. In the vicinity of Philadelphia there are numerous trees, planted by the early German settlers, which bear every year. Single or isolated trees sometimes fail to bear fruit on ac count of the pol!.en-bearing flower ma turing and scattering pollen before the nut-bearing flower is iu condition to receive it, and for this reason crops are more assured when a number of trees are planted together. In this way some of the pollen-bearing catkins are conditioned so as io be in bloom before the time that the nut-bearing flowers make their appearance. Meehan's Monthly. Notable Bridge For Japan. It is reported that Japanese engi neers are preparing plans for the construction of a bridge across the Straits of Shimonoseki, so as to unite the main line of the Kin Sun Railway with that of the Sanyo Railway from Shimonoseki to Hiogo. The Straits at the point referred to, aro about one mile in width, and the current through them is very rapid. The bridge, moreover, must be construct ed suificiently high to enable the largest ocean steamers to pass be neath. Thus the undertaking, if successfully carried out, would be one of the greatest engineering feats of its kind. The work will be under taken and supervised by Japanese engineers exclusively. High Prices For Old English Paintings. Extravagant prices are being paid in London for piotures by early Eng lish painters. A portrait by H. R. Morland, the almost unknown father of George Morland, whose pictures have usually sold for a few guineas, brought in ?16,500 at a recent auction sale. It represents a young woman ironing, in a blue and white dress, with a white cap and blue ribbons ou her head, and is usually called a por trait of Maria, Countess of Coventry, one of the beautiful Miss Gunnings. Several copies of tho picture by Mor land himself are in existence,-New York Sun, V POPULAR SCIENCE. In the hospital at Brisbane, Aus tralia, the use of the Brand method of treating 1902 typhoid patients has re duced the mortality from 14.3 lo 7.5 per cent. According to Nilsson, the zoologist, the -weight of the Greenland whalo is 100 tons, or 224,000 pounds, or equal to that of eighty-eight elephants or 410 bears. The skeleton of a mastodon, in a good state of preservation, was dug up near Corunna, Ind. It was found about six feet below thc surface. One of tho tusks measures seven feet eight inohes in length. A fibrous preparation of steel, made in the same manner as the so-called "mineral wool," by passing an air blast through molten steel, is coming into use for cleaning, polishing, etc., instead of sandpaper. A new electric propeller for pleasure boats sails ahead of the boat but is rigidly connected to it, the accumula tion cells and switch-gear beir.g on the boat itself. Tho vibration is less than in ordinary stern-propelled launches, but there is probably much loss of efficiency. Floating fish-canning factories are proposed in Sweden. The factory would be a sea-going vessel with full equipment for canning, and would be anchored near the fishing fleet. The factory could follow the migrations of the fish, the canning of the fish while really fresh being an important result. Among equine dwarfs the smallest is claimed to be a pony reared by M?rchese Carcano, a horse fancier of Lombardy. It is said to stand only six hands, or twenty-four inches, high, while the Shetlands are seldom under eight hands. The owner has a theory that small horses will return a greater amount of work than large horses for the? same expense in feeding. A Breslau surgeon, Professor Miku licz, wears gloves of fine thread in performing operations, and declares that this not only causes no incon venience or difficulty, but makes it easier to hold the tissues. The pur pose of the gloves is to reduce the chances of introducing troublesome germs. Several changes of gloves are necessary in long operations, and each pair is made thoroughly aseptic in steam, while the hands are washed aod disinfected in the usual way. A further recommendation is the use of a respirator of fine muslin as a safe guard against month bacteria. An artificial black marble is being made at Catania, Italy, and is said to be much cheaper than genuine mar ble, from which it is not easily dis tinguished. It is made by impregnat ing white sandstone with a mixture of equal parts of volcanic asphalt and coal-tar pitch. The sandstone blocks, cut into the desired shapes, are sup ported on gratings in a large square iron tank, into which the molten mix ture is admitted from an adjoining boiler, the liquid being kept boiling in the tank for thirty-six hours. After cooling, the stones are polished like other marble. It is claimed that the new material will resist acids, atmos pheric action, heat and cold, and does not favor the development of germs. Some Kentucky Superstitions. It would astonish you to know the number of persons in this State "who are not superstitions but who do be lieve in signs." While returning Erom 'Western Kentucky last week I sat talking with a party of seven men^ in the smoking compartment of a Pullman car, when one of them pulled from his pocket a "graveyard rabbit's foot" which, he said, had always brought him good luek. Another of the men exhibited the feather of an old gray goose which had been given him by a colored charm seller in the Purchase. The owner said he knew the thing was a mere trifle, hut he wouldn't part with it for any amount of money. A third member of the party had an old steel pen which had been used by the Governor of a South ern State in writing the pardon of a condemned man. This non-believer in "strange signs" said he prized the charm higher than anything he pos ! essed, as he had succeeded ever since he got it. The sleeping-car conductor carried in his pistol pocket an Irish potato, shrivelled to one-third its tolmer size, which "never failed on a rheumatism case." A fifth man had this to say: "Fellows, I'm no believer in those meaningless emblems, but I can't help feeling badly if 1 fail to see the new moon over my right shoulder." The only two members of the party who had not spoken left the car, smil iug at the "vapid follies" they, too, were doubtless believers in if they had only expressed themselves.-Louis ville Post. "Why Ice ls More Slippery Than Glass. Ice has the property-peculiar to bodies which expand on freezing-of liquifying under pressure and solidi fying again when the pressure has been removed. Consequently the weight of any body moving upon a sheet of ice causes the formation of a thin layer of water, which separates it from the ice, and thus, by reducing the friction to a minimum, enables it to move smoothly over the surface i. e., make the ice more "slippery." On glass, on the contrary, this liquid medium is wanting, so that the two solid and unyielding bodies come ir to actual physical contact, causing a friction, which, in spite of the smooth ness of the glass, considerably re tards tho motion of the body. If two smooth sheets of glass be taken and a few drops of water sprinkled over the one and the other placed about it, a thin layer of water will be formed, and until this layer has been pressed out the upper glass will move on the other as smoothly as if on ice. This peculiar property of ice is due to tho effect of pressure in lowering the freezing point of water, so that when ever ice ia subjected to great pressure it partially melts.-Brooklyn Times. The Seat of Medicine. The first medical college in this coun try was that of King'B College, New Yovk, founded in 1770, and tho earl iest famous physician was Dr. Samuel Macauley. He was sucoeeded in pop ular estimation by Dr. Samuel Bard, who attended President Washington during au ilness ir. this city. He also attended Fitz-Greene Halleck in his childhood, which gave rise to tho motto that "Halleck ought to be a poet, as he was cared for in his boy hood by a Bard." David Hosack, who attended Alex ander Hamilton after his duel with Burr, wa3 another of the famous med ical lights r-1 che beginning of the cen tury. He was the forerunner of Bergh and Gerry in founding a humane so ciety. Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchell was described by the sexton who buried him ns "a man who knew ovcrything on earth or under it, or in the depths of ocean." He was, in fact, a learned man, aud served at one time as a Federal Senator. Dr. John W. Francis was the friend and physi cian of most of the literary set, WOMAN'S WORLD --^ 'Jeweled Buttonhole*. A notion just shown in Paris is a jeweled buttonhole, sold in graduated sizes, for the front of bodices. Some are of paste, others in gold, steel and amethysts and steel and strass are put together. These sometimes resemble old drop earrings placed horizontally on the dress; others are of a lozenge shape, but all are novel. . The New Muff. The new muff of velvet is very large, and made with frilled ends and lined with satin or silk in some bright color. The latest fad is to make the sides dis similar. For example, one side has five narrow frills of velvet, lined with silk, and edged with a tiny puffing ot the same bright color, overlapping one another like the ruffles on a gown, while the other side has only one gathered heading. Lace is a feature of nearly all the fancy mufTs, and it is arranged in a knot with a fancy buckle on one side, or in frills at the ends to fall over the bonds. Dutch Women Progressive. More progress has been made bj women of the little country ruled over by Queen Wilhelmina in the last ten years than perhaps any other nation in Europe. In Holland women have learned the advantage of co-operation and organization, and instead of being divided against themselves, as in England, they have worked together, with a result that they are winning all along the line. . They have formed a large number of societies of a philanthropic charact er, thus showing the useful and prac tical side of the movement. There is, for example, a society for assisting work ing women to obtain homes of their own; a society for arning the children of poor working people; a society for making flower and vegetable gardens among the poor; a society for the aid of sick working women ; a society for the insurance of sick working women and girls, and a society for the educa tion of servants. Practical work of this kind among women is tho best earnest of the suffrage which will surely come. Last year the Government passed a law conferring almost au equal suffrage upon women and making them eligible to nearly all municipal offices. This year, in token of this progress, Dutch women will hold a world's fair at The Hague, which is to be devoted solely to the exhibition of women's activities and industries. Side by side with this progress of women's work there has been an advance in the political field. -Trenton (N. J.) American. Little Aldi For Vain Women. The young woman of the present jmoment need not go home when she Iwants to see if a speck of city soot has llanded upon her fair face-nor yet does she have to rush into the nearest ?store to find out by the elevator niir jrors that her hat is or is not on straight. ?Most of all, she does not have to go ipowderless through a windy day and ?a long walk or shopping tour, j Tba portable mirror has come to ?woman's aid. The blundering man .who thinks that all this distracting loveliness is kept in place by the mere fact of some sort of unknown law of gravitation is mistaken, for, as usual where a woman's wiles aro concerned, it is the tiny confidential mirror that does the deed. It is worn like a concealed weapon of beauty in every conceivable place that comports with a woman's street .dress. "f^Tirst of all, for I saw it on the street ibis week, there is the hair comb in which is set a small oval looking glass of about one inch by two inches, sur rounded by wrought silver and tor toiseshell pattorns that make it seem like some strange, colorless gem where it glitters in the coiffure. That is the latest and queerest, and is altogether the moat Oriental of nil the styles that ever struck a woman's fancy. They can bo worn as high combs for evening use or as serpentine twists in the hair, or yet as Mercury wings with the cheval glass either displayed to add to the ornamentation or hidden for use when the right moment comes behind some palm. No one n?eds to sniff at these deli cious tricks, for they are really a boon to every woman who has not grown so finely spirituelle that she has risen above coring whether her hat is on straight-a question that sho would probably ask in the face of appaling doom. Again do these adorable little things come in the tops of umbrellas. The top of the handle rises up at the touch of a spring, and behold! there is a fine French glass. In the space below a powder box lies coyly concealed, with a puff cosily hid in the midst. The chatelaine has a small, bevelled edge mirror, with a long handle (about three inches or four), and is most ela borately gotten up to aid and abet the destruction of hearts. And the innocent comfit box, or bonbonni?re, glories in o secret lid that when pressed back reveals the woman's most truthful friend. If one woman asks another, "Am I pale, dear?" or "Is there a spot on my eye brow?" ten chances to one that dear will answer "No," all regardless of the facts.-New York Herald. Fashion Notes.' Gray silk waists are trimmed with white lacs and chinchilla fur. Gold-crown toques are trimmed with fur tails and tiny ostrich tips. Handsome gold and rhinestone but tons are popular for fancy silk waists. Blouses of red silk, with revers, yoke and collar of dark blue are worn Light cloth jackets have an inlaid collar and cuffs of contrasting velvet. Flannel petticoats are trimmed with flounces of white wash silk edged with lace. Black and white neok ruffs are edged with a cluster of vari-colored stripes. A novelty in veiling is black spotted net lined with white net, slightly tint ed with pink, which makes it very be coming. A very stylish finish for a cloth cos tume is one band of fur broadtail around the bottom and a collar band covered with fur. Velvet and lace complete your decoration, but no more fur. In silk moires will be in great de mand for the coming season. Light weight silks will be much worn, and the range of color and variety of de sign make it easy for one to select a charming gown. Dress goods showing braided effects are exceedingly popular. On colored grounds the designs are black, in wavy and zigzag soutache effects. .The mo erial is an all-wool satin finish. The avorite grounds are brown, green, heliotrope, blue and rod. Beautiful toilet sets, consisting of tray, brush, comb and mirror, j)owder box and hairpin receiver, are of deli cate china, decorated in dainty and picturesque design. They are newer than the silver-backed sets, and are thought by many to be far prettier, THE VIOLET, Here she is again, the dear, Sweetest vestal of the year, In her little purple hood Brightening the lonesome wood. We who, something worn with care. Take tho road, And unawaro Joy that heartens, hope that thrills, Love our cup of life that Alis Since in spring's remombercd nooks, Lifting fain familiar looks, Once again with curtsying grace, In tho same dear lowly place, God His manual sign hath set In the tender violet. -Margaret E. Saagstcr, in Harper's Maga zine. PITH AND POINT. Knox (looking over bill of fare) -"Suppose we start in with some Blue Points?" Fox-"Excuso me! I got enough of those from my broker this morning."-Boston Courier. Charming Widow-"And what are you doiug nowadays?" He-"Oh, amusing myself looking out for num ber one. And you?" Charming Widow-"Looking ont fur number two."-London Figaro. "Is your sister nt home, Willie?" asked Willie's sister's young man. "No; I heard her say she was engaged this afternoon-but don't be fright ened; I don't think it's a marrying en gagement."-Harper's Bazar. Old Gentleman (dictating indignant letter)-"Sir: My stenographer, being a lady, canuot take down what I think of you. I, being a gentleman, cannot think it; but you, being neither, can easily guess my thoughts."-Brooklyn Life. Uncle George-"So you think Mr. Caxton is a literary man?" Carrie "I'm sure of it. When ho wants to find anything in a book he wastes half au hour huntiug for it before he thinks to look at the index."-Boston Tran script. "I won't submit to being turned away," said the disappointed arrival at the hotel. "See here-I'm flush !" And he displayed a roll of bills. "I know," responded the clerk; "but I've gota full house."-Philadelphia North American. Precocious Juvenile-"Mamma, it isn't good grammar to say 'after I,' is it?" His Mother-"No, Georgie." Precocious Juvenile-"Well, tho let ter J comes after I. Whioh is wrong, the grammar or the alphabet?"-Chi cago Tribune. "Father, have you read my 'Ode to the Pines?' " asked the youthful poet. "No, Johu, I haven't; but you just take this here ax en' cut me down a few of 'em; the pines are owin' me about ten cords o' wood."-Atlanta Constitution. "Do you consider the eleotoral col lege a desirable institution?" inquired the man whose mind is on the nation. "Well," remarked the nervous friend, "I cau't help admiring it for the fact that I never heard of an electoral col lege yell."-Washington Star. Willie Smith was playiug with the Jones boys. His mother oalled him: "Williej don't you know those are bad boys for yon to play with?" "Yes, mother," said Willie, "I know that, but then I am a good boy for them to play with."-Household Words. Miss Antiquate-"This a young turkey! I don't believe you, sir." Butcher-"It is a young turkey, mum." . Miss Antiquate-"Young! Young as compared with what?." Butoher-"Tho pyramids er yer own sweet self, mum."-Harper's Bazar. "Ever notice," asked the stove, "what a modest creature the clock is?" "Bcferring, I presume," naid the wood box, "to her holding her hands before her face?" "Why, no, not so much that as to her habit of running herself down."-Indianapolis Journal. Mrs. Goodwin-"John,we will have to get rid of that parrot. His language is getting to be simply awful." Mr. Goodwin-"Well, my dear, you should have known better than to hang him where he could hear tho remarks the neighbors made about him." Chicago News. Languages Number SOO. The least learned are aware that there are many languages in the world, but tho actual number is probably be yond the dreams of ordinary people. The geographer Baldj enumerated 860, which are entitled to be considered as distinct languages, and 5000 which may be regarded as dialects. Adulguns, another modern writer on this subject, reckons up 3064 lan guages . and dialects existing and which have existed. Even after we have allowed either of these as the number of languages we must ac knowledge the existence of almost in finite minor diversities, for almost every province has a tongue more or less peculiar, and this wo may well believe to be the case throughout the world at large. It is said that there are little islands lying close together in the South Seas the inhabitants of which do not understand each other. Of the 860 distiuct languages enu merated by Baldi, eighty-nine belong to Europe, 114 to Africa, 123 to Asia, 417 to America, 117 [to Oceania-by which term he distinguishes the vast number of islands stretching between Hindoostan and South America.-Tit Bits. An Odd Prelate. By the death of Mgr. Dnsserre, Archbishop of Algiers, the French Church loses a very remarkable per sonality. He had not only been a soldier before he entered the Church, but had fought in several campaigns. His manners were a singular mixture of the sacred and profane. He enjoyed the company of soldiers, and especially of young officers, whom he would fre quently invite to dino with him, and afterwards, throwing off his long soutane, amuse himself and them with fencing and broad-sword exercises, in which he excelled. This estimable prelate and whole-hearted man was greatly beloved in Algeria by all classes and creeds. He succeeded to the Archbishopric of Algeria in 1892 on the death of Cardinal Lavigerie. He had, however, been Bishop of Constantine since 1878, and was, .therefore, as he used to say, "almost an Algerian."-London Chronicle. Longest Fence in tho World. The longest fence in the world is probably that which has just been fin ished by the Erie Cattle Company along the Mexican border. It is sev enty-five miles in length, and separ ates exactly for its entire distance the two republics of North America. The fence was built to keep the cattle from running across the border, and falling easy prey to the Mexican cow punchers. Although it cost a great deal of money it is estimated that cat tle enough will be saved in one year to more than pay for it. lt is a barbed-wire fence, with mesquite and cottonwood poles, and for the entire length of it runs as straight as the wow flies, A Vigorous Battle. From the 2Jevo Era, Qreehsburg, Ind. The following 1B a straightforward statement by a veteran of the late war. No comrade will need " further proof than their friend's own words, as here given. Squire John Castor, of Newpolnt, Ind., ls tho narrator, and an honest, respected citizen he is too. He said: "X have been troubled with rheumatism in all my joints ever slnoe I wont to the war. It was brought on by my exposure there. It carno on rae gradually, and kopt getting worse until I was unable to do any work. I tried several physicians, but they did me no good. They said my trouble was rheuma tism resulting in diseaso ot tho heart, and that there was no cure for it. Neverthe less I had lived nnd fought tho disease for thirty years, and did not Intond to die simply because they snld I must, so 1 I Want lo Swear to That. hunted up some remedies for myself, and finally happened ou Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People. I asked somo ot my neighbors about tho mo-.liclno, for it had boon usod by several persons In tho com munity, ?nd they recommended it very highly. I procured a box. Tho pills helped me right a ray, and I continued taking them. I commenced taking them last fall, aud llnlshed taking tho sixth box a few months ago. I am not bothered with the rheumatism now-tho modlclno has curod mo. I can most certainly rec ommend Dr. Williams' Pink Tills for Palo People." These pills "aro not only good for rheu matism, but ara valuable for any diseaso that arises from Impoverished, or bad blood. They do NOT act on the bowels. Blowing Springs. "I have seen a few blowing springs, and I could never understand how they are formed or Hie cause for the outward current of air," said Bert Magoffin, of Kentucky, at the South ern. '"There is one at Brandensburg, Ky., where the water coming from the spring is strongly impregnated with salt. There is sufficient breeze blowing from the spring to be dis tinctly felt and to blow a handker chief quite violently. This breeze is intermittent. There is another one in Walker county, Ga., where the water is fresh and the breeze is con siderably stronger. It can be dis tinctly heard for some distance, and in the hottest weather it is sufficient to keep a person cool and comfortable around the spring. The opening in the mountain where the water flows is small, and when an-ear is placed to this opening the wind can be heard as though a strong breeze was constantly blowing inside, while out side not a breath of air may appear to be stirring. I have never heard a reasonable explanation of these phe nomena."-[St. Louis Globe-Demo crat A Beautiful Blotchy Face. Right oil you say. "Impossible!'' Anrlsoltl*. Tettor. Eczemn, Klngworm or any other scaly, uniy ? .in disenso makes thc hand??mest taco hideous. " Tetterlne" will cure them. lt's tho only cure-certain, safe. eure. 50 cents at drug gists, or by mull int prlco In stnmps. J. T. Shuptrlno, Savannah. Ga. An easy lesson in bookkeeping-don't lend them. _ Che-v Star Tobacco-The Best Smoko Sledge Cigarettes. The hairon a horse's neck is his mane pro tection. For roultry, half cost of Netting. Also bc.? t Kann Vard, Cemetery Fences, Iron Posts, Gates, etc. I can save you money. F reign t pa id. Catalogue free K. L. SH?LLABARGER. 46 F. St., Atlanta, Qa. CHOLERA ls a mild type of Asiatic Cholera and is one of thc most painful and weakening diseases. It sometimes kills before a physician can be summoned. How necessary lt ls to have a remedy at hand. There Is nothing better than NORMAN'S NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL For Cholera Morbus and all Stomach Troubles. IT ABSOLUTELY CURES DYSPEPSIA. EVEN IF NO WOR?V.S EXIST NORMAN'S Indian Worm Pellets Will cure the child as they act on the liver, remove bile and regulate all the organs. SOLD EVERYWHERE. ?1 Howdy do! Hilve you used St. Andrew's Cold Tea? Greatest on earth. For sale by dealers. To get free sample package send 2c. stamp to Andrews Mfg. Co., Bristol, Tenn. T.arxett Seed POTATO arenen la Amrrlea. The "Karal New?Y arter" ?ITe* ?.Uer'? ?arlj MTLrcaala ? 'eld of 730 bu.hrl? per ?ere Price? dirt cheap. Oar croat Seed Heek, ll ran? Be?d Hniapleii, worth ?IO t* eet ? ?tart, f.r 10c. peitace. ?Oil A. 6AL7?J18KBD CO., UOMM-VTII. <*?**tt?UVn??t^a?a?WWWfff%)1WW't>'??V Ladies Wanted. TO TKAYIil.for old established house. Permanent posit lon. ?40 per mont h and all expenses P.W.ZIEGLEK k CO.. gt Lrcust St., Philtuielplito. s month -will be paid an ener- . _ getic, trustworthy man in ' this county to appoint and control ogents Willing- r ness to work the principal requirement. Address , with references. J. DERMODY, sui E. 116th St., X. Y. I MENTION THIS PAPER ?S"? One of t F Did yoi cause for ness is g form of Painful, ] either of in all of i Gerst] you will ness aud If costi doses of. I HAVE SUFFERE With painful menses, attended with sour and occasional whites. I also have severe bad I cannot rest. 1 have used various fen no relief until about two months ago. wh< Female Panacea and ST. ioSBPt?'S LT more good than all others. I shall contin Glenmore, Ga. If your case is complicated, wri formation regarding the uso of this gist. If he does not keep it send all charges paid. L. QERSTL -.- -m Cotton, like every other crop, needs no'flrishment. A fertilizer containing nitro gen, phosphoric acid, and not less than 3% of actual safely througr, ly regulates will increase the crop and im prove the land. Our books tell all about the subject. They are free to any farmer. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nassau St., New Yolk. TEXAS LADIES Don't Lie. Quitman,Tex.,writes: After 12 yearn' cuffcrlng from Dyspepsia and Hick Head, acho I v>ns cured by Dr. M. A. Simmons i.ivor medicino. It cured my Husband of Constipation, , our little Girl of Nervous ness, and our Sen of Ca? tarrh of tho Bowels. It cured Sirs, Newman of Painful Menstruation? j and carried MrB. Fields i Chance of Lifo. It perfect thc Liver, Stomach and Bowels, and leaves no bad effects, while both "Dlack Draught" and "ZelHn's Liver Regulator" did not leave my bowels In such Rood condition. 1 found more of lt in tho Package, and lt only required half thc quan tity for a dose, ana I had rather pay 25 eta. per Package for it than use "ZeUla'S" or .'Black Draught" as a free gift. Bad Tasia in tho Mouth. Digestion is tho grand process by which nature repa'rs the wasted tirsaes of the body, which, when tho individual is in health is performed with groat faithfulness and regularity, and without giving-rise to any disagreeable sonsatlors. Indigestion ia a disease which consists of a deviation from this ordinary mode of health and in tho deficiency or vi timed character of these secretions which are essen:!"' to the conversion of food into blood. Tho bc3t cor rective for tais complaint ls Dr. M. A. Sim? mons Liver Medicino a fer,-doses o? which Will remove the offensive taste. Randolph, Ky., writes: I will never bo'without Dr, SI. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. It cured mc of Chronic Constipation and Torpidity of ?'"iver afterseverol Physiclansand many Patent Medicines had failed. I took three times as much "Black Draught" ns tho directions said take, and lt bad but little effect on me, and I don't think it bad much strength. Backaches Common to Mofliera. Tho busy mother sometimes feels an In ability to perform her accustomed duties, fiho fools inactive, weary and depressed. lier back, oh, how it aches! When she Bits donn sho fools aa though sho must get right up, and when she stands, that che mest sit down. Tho truth is, thc capacity of her ner vous system has been overworked, it has becomo exhausted and thoro is n breaking dorm. What sho ncods is a coarse of Dr. Simniona Squaw Vino Wine to restore healthy functional activity and givo tone and vitality to her nervous system. ! Jj Vb UUIj 298 Marietta St,, Atlanta, Ga, CASH BUYERS OF HIDES. TALLOW, * * WOOL AND SHEEP PELTS. Merchants and butchers will do well to get our prices before selling. References: R. G. Dun & Co., Bradstreet's, or any bank ar banker in Atlanta. FOR ?4 GEHTS We with to rain UO.OOO new cus tomer*, und hence ?Her lPkc. BDaj KadUh, 10s Pkg. Karly Sprinr Tamip, lOi " E?rliest Rod Beet, loo .? Bl?marclc CncamV-.r. 10o " Queen Victoria LtttOCC, Ito Klondyke Melon, Wo " .Tombo Giant Onion, lfa " Brilliant Flower Seed?, lio Worth 81.00, for 14 ceatc . Aboto 10 p'-egs. worth $1.00, we will O mail yon ire", together with ocr ? great Plant and Seod Catalogne jg . npon receipt of thia notice and Ac. 9f postage. We in?lte yonr trade and JJ know when yon once try SaUer/a . "aeedayon will ne7er get alon?with- Q ? ont them. Pornroe? at pl.oQ aBbl.CatalogaloaeSc. >o.*c jojrx x. gii-zr.a mi co., ta ?toMt, ms. fFIELD, \GARDEN [AND FLOWER.... SEED CORM and CANE SEED. Large stock. Choice varieties. Write for prices. O. Baird cfc Co., 910 Market St., Chattanooga Tenn. 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In women Nervous, generally the forerunner of some ' female disease, such as Whites, Profuse or Irregular Menses, etc., j which will produce Nervousness ts distressing intensity. If you use, Id's Female Panacea TRA0C(Gr.F.!aP. )"*"". very soon be cured of Nervous all other female troubles as well. | ive, move the bowels with mild I St. Joseph's Liver Regulator. ID FOR YEARS stomach, rushing of blood to the head. I nervous spells and heart palpitation so isle remedies for a long time but found i Si? ?ommrnoed using your Gerstle's | \ik\i REGULATOR, and they are doing me I ue their use. MRS. SARAH JENKINS, , te us and wo will give you full in- ! medicine. Get it from your drug-" us ?1 and we will send a bottle, E & CO.. Chattanooga, Tenn. ?