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An Overworked Brain. From the liccord, JPierceton, Ind. Determined to rise in bis chosen pro fession ns au educator. Ernest Kemper, ol Pierceton, Ind., overtaxed himself men tally and physically, lie was ambitious, his mind was always on his work. From carly morn until late ?it night he eontiu ually pored over his hooks. Few persons, oven with tho strongest constitutions, ca . keep up under each straiD. In nddition to his studies, Mr. Kemper was teaching a suhool some three miles from his homo. Filially, lils excessive study and the exposure of going to and from school in ali kiuds of weather undermined his health. He was taken to his bed with pneumonia nnd his overworked brain almost collapsed. For several weeks he wai seriously ill. Catarrh had taken root in his system ami his mind was in a delicate condition. He was sont to C'doradowhcre lie spent throe months without r e c e i v i n g any benelit. Then a not ed specialist from Cleve land treated him without avail, and then a hospi tal in Chicago was tried, bat all abso lutely without boneilt. Finally his physician re commended Dr. Williams' Fink Ocerstudy. Fills ror Fale Peo ple, and from the first box he began to im prove. When he had taken june boxes lie was completely cured. This famous Mood and nerve medicine hail accomplished what all his former expensive treatment failed to accomplish, jil*. Komper says his ca tarrh has entirely left him: he ls strong again and weighs nine pounds more than he ever did. Se gives tho pills the entire credit. Ho is starting teach i tig again and feels abundantly able to continue the work. To prove that thu above is true in every respect, Slr. Kemper made an affi davit as follows: Subscribed and sworn to before mo this the 10th day ot Soptomber, 1897. It. F. WATT. Notary Publie. We doubt if these ?.ills have an equal In all the range of modlcine, fur building up a run down and debilitated system. Electrical Safo Breaking:. In recent experiments an arc of forty to fifty volts, with a current of 300 to 500 amperes, is said to have pene trated in throe to ten minutes safe walls from three to six inches thick. A rough steel ingot, perhaps six by seven by ten inches, was penetrated with a diagonal, jagged hole from one and a half to three and a half inches in diameter, the thickness of metal pierced being about eight or nine inches. Who will now warrant a bur glar proof safe? Sion Reward. SIOO. The readers ot" ih\< paper will bo pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science has been able to euro in nil Its si ages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medica! fraternity. Catarrh being ac stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh ('ure is taken inter nally; acting directly upon the blued and mu cous surfaces of thc system, thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and gl\ inc the patient strength by building np the con stitution and assisting nature in doiug its work. The proprietors have so mach faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for Hst of testimonials. Address !.'. J. CIIKNKY ?v Co.. Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists "te. Hall's Family Pills are tho best Fits permanently cured. No fit* or nervous ness after firet day's usc of Dr. Kline's iire-it Nerve 1 testo rc r. $ 21 rial bottles nd treatise frei DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd.. ?il Arch st.. Phila.. Pa. ENJOYS Both tho method and results when Syrup of Figs is token; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to tho stomach, .prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in SO cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not haye it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE. KY. HEW YORK, N.Y. ?<>?4>?*?$?<&?e-?<??$?*s*?*?9*? I Don't Neglect I Your Stomach. No Tnattcr how slight they may seem to yon, bul IMarrhoa. Dux", and appar ently insignificant Stomach Pains often lead to Gastritis, Nervous Dyspepsia, Dysentery, Typhoid Fever, "Appendi citis, and other fatal Discuses of thc Digestive ami intestinal Canal, if ne glected. Avert all dancer by promptly using Neutralizing CORDIAL, The on'.v safe Remedy, containing neither Opium, Morphine, Laudanum orChlorotorm. it is the sovereign spe cific lor DYSPEPSIA and ail Mo.tiuch Trouble::. At al! ilrmjuists and dealers 25 and 50 cents. The Norman Cutdial Co.. Proprietors, Charleston, S. C. ? ? S ti i ?? o norman's Indian Worm Pellets, ror Worms and the Liver. ::< ano 15 cents. PAYS saja ll Ita FRAYT ??3T SCALES- LEAST MONEY JONES OF BINGHAMTON N.Y. m S BISYOIH Htgii ?rade '?8 K ?U tc. $-10. .v GREAT CLEARt??C GALE of 17 and .?? models, crrt malic*, to SIS. Sent on fi)>prfl?al -Ultoiit a eenf j.':ij>i:ri:t. Srreu.c .f w bret lo our agents. Writ o for our reir ,l>lnn "Hew to I'ni-n a Blryrle" end mats _ \nx ney. S VT.C (AL THIS W EE K -40 li leh ?/? Ssv.'prane "W moil?!? glicht ly rhonwora], 810.71 ' JOHnCbi "Wi-niif Hu** A?he*l?M ? PGUTrnlr *3Uf bookOfarttxKRE f..rstainp while they Inst. K.F. MEAD CYCLE C03?PANY, Chicago, /nv OSBORNE'S Mt AII??MSHI.Ult. Actual l>'i~in-... Xo tai botan. Sr.orttime. Okaap board. Sand witts SHERI gu gnu FJU?S? 1 Best Cou^b ?yru;-. T&MCfGoM In timo, Sold byrirttggUU THE KLONDIKE FEVER. A. Drain upon California's Supply of Doss, Deans, and Coal. The rush to tho Klondike has al ready begun, and the excitement is growing greater with every departure of a steamship says a Sau Francisco letter to tho New York Sun. All over the State there is a great call for big dogs suitable for sled hauling in Alaska. The pounu master of San Francisco says that all such animals ave snapped up as soon as they ave brought into the pound, and that he could easily sell t.renty dogs of any large, long-haired breed every day for S3 apiece. It used to be the custom to shanghai men for service at sea, but since the Klondike boom set in it is dogs that are shanghaied. In San Francisco, and in all the cities of the State, as well as in the country districts, there has been loud complaint for the last month from the owners of valuable dogs. High-priced dogs have been stolen and hidden in out-of-the-way places, where they could be trained for thc work that will be required of them. In tho country districts there are many train ing stations where long strings of dogs eau be seen drawing sleds and small wagons. Thc demand for provisions that can be packed in small compass has al most cleaned out the coast supply of dvied fruits, dried vegetables, and beans. It is even possible that Boston may have a baked-bean famine, for the carloads of beaus that California has been accustomed to send to the city of the sacred codfish are likely to go to Alaska this year. A shortage of coal is threatened also on account of the Klondike boom. Tho bunkers of the wholesale dealers ave about empty, I and* it is estimated that all thc coal I that can reach this city from foreign I ami eastern mines during the next two j months will be less than 50,000 tons, while the normal consumption of thc city and its vicinity would be five times that quantity, Nearly all the : vessels that have been engaged in thc | coal-carrying trade have been chart- j ered for the Alaskan trade, and are j being changed from colliers to pas- j seuger and freight steamers. Men from South Afria. say that at I least 8,000 miners have planned to I leave that country for the Klondike, while twice as mauy are expected from Australia. The transportation companies have advices from England which indicate that not fewer than j 50,000 will go from Great Britain. Many ol' the large stores in this city j have devoted whole iloovs to the Alaskan trade or rented separate buildings for the purpose. The wool len miles are running at full capacity on orders for heavy blankets and gar ments for the outfitting of fortune j ' seekers. j; The vessels that have sailed from this port already have gone out amid the cheers of huge crowds that jammed tue pier from end to cud and ex tended far up the street. Thc ships carry motley crowds of men, women, children, dogs, horses, and burros. There ave men alone, men with wives and babies, and there have been two or three instauces of women starting out alone. The police have noticed, with much satisfaction, among thc Klondike passengers, a large number jf rogue's gallery celebrities. Endurance of Horses. Tho Vedette, the regimental journal ai the Twenty-first Laucors, gives au interesting account of a march carried Dut between Cairo and the Bitter Lakes and back-205 miles in five days. This was done to test the relative merits of the three classes of horses in use in the regiment, namely, Arabs, Waiora (brought from India by the Seventh Dragoon Guards), and Hungarian re mounts lately supplied to the regiment. The Arabs were six to ten years old, tue Walers fourteen years and upwards and tin Hungarians four to five years j old, "rather youug for such a trial." Thc verdict was that, even allowing fov age, tho Hungarian horses were j decidedly, inferior in breeding and ? stamina; and the Walers, though in a more temperate climate they might bc superior to the Arabs, under the pre vailing conditions of service in Egypt, "with short rations and plenty of saud, long periods without Water, aud the temperature at 130 degrees in the shade," were decidedly inferior to the Arab, which, in a desert march, showed itself well able to carry the British soldier, with his impediments. As thc weight carried was an average of nearly sixteen stone, thc marches were decidedly good, namely, thirty-five, fifty, thirty, fifty-eight and thirty-two miles per day. One Arab, three Wal ers and eleven Hungarians wove "laid up in the sick lines" after the trial. London Sketch. Seven Hundred Years of Coal. According to the most authentic his tory of the coal trade, last year marked tuc seven hundredth anniversary of the use of coal as fuel. Taking thc most moderate estimate of thc an tiquity of mau, and considering thc fact that thc coal was always here, it appears that wc were a long time in availing ourselves of this most valu able asset which nature placed at our disposal. Many civilizations* flourished and died out without its use, and it may ht said that its potentialities, as a factor in the progress of mankind, wine never realized fuily until the present century. Up to its dawn, aside from thc warming of thc body and the cooking of food, little import ance was attached to thc fuel question. For these purposes a few fagots or billets of wood sufficed. But in time we discovered that in the fire there was i giant a thousand times more power ful than the fabled monsters of an tiquity.-Pittsburg Times. ?rr Bicycle Tiros. Thi? ingenuity of inventors has been exercised to the utmost on bicycle tires that cannot be punctured in tho ordinary way. Various combinations of springs, plates and rubber have been made, and the number of de vices registered in the Patent Office in this linc runs far up into the thou sand. One of the latest models shows a series of springs placed underneath small metal plates and covered with a heavy rubber casing. It is claimed that a greater amount of elasticity is secured with much less danger of in jury to the rubber. In passing over very rough surfaces, the springs yield to sudden pressure, and thus insure more safety to the more fragile outer portion.-New York Ledger. Some Human Locomotive*. Tko simplest public railroad now operated is thought to be one be tween Atami and Odawara, in Japan. It is a narrow-guage road, and is run by man power. The cars have scats for four persons each, who sit back to back. A train cousists of two or thvec cars, and is drawn ivp hill by half a dozen coolies; at the top of tho in cline the coolies jump on the plat forms and thc train runs down to the terminus by gravity, with the speed of an express, It is said there ha* . MTW b&en nu ftttittant PH ihn md, | ? GOOD ROADS NOTES, Prodding Turnpike Companion. A law Las beeu passed by the Mic gan Legislature requiring tho tu pike companies in the State "to ci struct, reconstruct, repair aud ma tain their roads in good repair, a of the same material and in the sa manner a3 required by their chart within six months after \.he passage the Act." If they fail to comply w: the law, the roads aro tobccousidci as abandoned, and no further toll c be charged on them. How It Helped Hie Farmers. "Tho beauty of good roads was c cmplified Saturday," says the Quin (111.) Herald, "when the farmers Riverside and Ellington townshi came to town with loads of hay a straw and produce, and thc farmers other townships had to stay at hon The Riverside and Ellington townsh farmers came to town via the Loci; street telforded boulevard. The fan ers of the other townships had to 1 main at home, because tho roads we too muddy. To start meant to 1 mired, und so no start was made. Ai all because of lack of enterprise providing good roads." Power Itcjjuireil on Grades. American highways have often clos ly followed thc old Roman model, ai run straight ahead regardless of o stacles. It seems not to have occurn to our road-builders that less pow. is expended in goiug three illili around a hill than one mile up it, i that it is easier to- cut down a hill om than for all travelers to climb it thoi sands of tunes, or that no heavier lon can be hauled than can be drawn u the steepest part. To attain high? levels the precipitous sides of hil have been scaled, requiring extreir grades, wheu such could have bec avoided, and more circuitous course: not materially longer, would have a: rived at the same spot with less e: peuuiture of energy. Mountain road can be kept in order only with extrem difficulty. The work on them, th time and unnecessary energy waste in surmounting them, and the ha loads that only can be hauled on thci are sources of great and constant los.? In foreign countries every effort i made to keep grades down to four pe cent., that is, a risc of four feet i every hundred, as this has been show by experience to be the maximum o which loads can be advantageous! hauled, and even it necessitates th expenditure of as much energy in on milo as in traveling three on a level so that but one-third as heavy a loa< can be drawn. As the grade increase above this percentage the labor in volved becomes so excessive that ? maximum of ten feet rise in a hundre< is used abroad for mountain roads and on this less than one-half can b hauled of what is possible at four in i hundred, and but one-sixth as mud as ou the level. So little attention has been paid t< thi.s subject hero that a r o of ten ii one hundred is often r und on mail roads whi"1 **? constantly used b", heavy traffic, ..nd even twelve am fifteen in a hundred are by no meant uncommon. This is wrong. Tin courses of old roads could be slightly altered in many cases to their greai advantage, and in other cases new roads could be laid out. These ?minti ought to be thoroughly looked into bc fore making hilly roads pcrmauent bj macadamizing them.-L. A. W. Bul letin. TV\y State Aid is Necessary. In addiessing the Maryland Stat< Grange reccutly, General Stone spoke of conditions which may exist in other States as well. He said in part: "I find that the question of State aid is eliminated in Maryland by i constitutional provision which pro' hibits the usc of State funds for such a purpose. Get up a sentiment strong enough, and amend your Constitution, like other States are doing. It is o vicious system that requires localities to keep up thc roads. It is a work that concerns the people of the whole State, and is not a local question. Boads'nve of vital interest to the cities. Blockade your country roads to-day, aud to-morrow your city will begin to scatter. Thc benefits of good roads arc equally shared by the cities, but they must assist in thc work of con struction before they can reap the ad vantages. "About three-fourths of the prop erty interests of the country ave to be found in the cities,gand held by the corporations. Now, the farmers, repre senting about one-fourth of the prop erty interests, have been endeavoring to keep up the roads for the whole country. The result is obvious. The burden was too much, and bad roads are to be found everywhere. "There exist in some places strong objections to employing convicts upon public roa^s. A happy solution ol this difficulty, however, presents it self. Employ your convicts in pre paring material for buildinggood roads. This has been tried in a number of States, ?ind has proved to be aiveconom ical as well as a healthful wayo!' work ing con vieta. lam satisfied that Mary* laud could employ its short-term prisoners and House of Correction in mates in this way, aud deliver road material at fifty cents a ton in any part of the State. "You must convince your legisla tors that the State of Maryland is en titled to justas good legislation as any other State of thc Union. You must stir them at home, and follow them to Annapolis. * * * You can tell them what you want in a general way, that is: "First-A complete reform in the local road administration, so that you will get your money's worth for tho money you now pay. "Second-You want more money for roads, without more taxes on farm property. "Third-You want an efficient State supervision to make sure that the uew money spent on roads shall be spent to thc best possible advan tage. "Fourth-You want to make sure for the future that all property, and all the people interested in or bene fited by good highways shall contribute their proper share toward building and maintaining those roads." Feeling tin; JCjirth's I'ulse. The fanciful notion which mon used sometimes to entertain that the earth is, in sonic sense, a living thing, would probably have derived support from the recent observations of Professor John Milne and others on ihc shivers and quivers that frequently run through its rocky frame, but escape notice ex cept when watched for with specially constrw./cd and exceedingly delicate apparatus. Professor Milne reports that apparatus of this kind has now been mounted in Canada, British Col umbia, thc United States, South Africa, New Zealand, Java, India and Argentina, as well ;v- in England and ct varions pinces ou tho coutiiieut of MAKE YOUR MARK. ?'In tho quarries should you toll, Make your mark. Do you delve upon tho soil? ' Make your mark. In whatever path you fro, In whatever place you stand, Moving swift or moving slow, With a firm and?lionost hand, Make your mark. "Lifo is fleeting as a shado, Mako your mark. Marks of som? kind must bo mado. Make your mark. Make it while thc arm is strong, In tho golden hours of youth. Never, never make it wrong; Malee it with tho stamp of truth; Make your mark." PITH AND POINT. "Au expensive hat? I should say BO! Everybody pities my husband." -Fliegende Blactter. "My hopes," he mused bitterly, "aro ashes!" Suddenly a great light caine into his face. "I will sift them!" he exclaimed.-Detroit Journal. Garber-"What does your son do for a living?" Nobber-"He's a scien tific boxer." "A pugilist?" "No, un dertaker. "-Boston Traveler. Bacon-"And he's kind-hearted, is he?" Egbert-"Kind-hearted? Why, I don't believe he ever said au unkind word, even to an alarm clock!" - She-"Now that we have been car ried two years, do you think I um an angel yet?" He (sighingly)-"No, not yet!"-Cincinnati Enquirer. "And you say tho hero wears the most striking costume in tho whole piece?" "Yes." "That's queer. What is it?" "Tights and boxing gloves."-Detroit News. Most of us aro unable to determine satisfactorily just why wo occupy the humble position that wo do; but it is quite easy to see why our friends are not more successful.-Puck. "That was a civrious caso of ihe bridegroom who was married on Tues day and hanged himself on Thursday. " "Yes. but why did he waste Wednes day. '-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dr. Molar (kindly)-"Now, does that.hurt?" Horspbiz-"I don't mind you working on the tooth so much, if you would only keep your sleeve but ton ou</ of my eye."-Roxbury Gazette. Chollie-"Would you believe it that I was threatened with serious brain trouble when I was young?" Dollie "Indeed? How did you succeed in having it removed?"-Cincinnati En quirer. Doctor-"Have you followed my advice in regard to eating plain food and keeping quiet at home?" Patient -"That's all I've been able to do since you sent, in your bill." Standard. Bass-"I suppose you think I'm a fool?" Cass-"That's what troubles mc. If your supposition is correct, then you are a mind-reader, and there fore you cannot be a fool ; -ah-d yet well, you understand."-Boston Trans cript. Snngazur, Sr.-"Lookhere! What's all this nonsense I hear about your wanting-to marry an-actress?" San gu/.ur, Jr.-"It's quito true, sir. But -cr-you ca J have no conception of how very pu^ 'y she p^ts!"-Londdn Punch". "They say 'oueswallow doesn'tmake a summer,' " said Sippler,na he drained his glass at a gulp. "That's right, too," replied Tippler, who spoke from experience, "but I can prove that it takes precious few of thom to make a fall."-Philadelphia Bulletin. A boy being asked to describe a kit ten said: "A kitten is remarkable for rushing like mad at nothing whatever and stopping before it gets there.". It must have been tho same boy who de fined scandal: "It is when nobody ain't done nothing, and somebody goes and tells."-London Tit-Bits. "It's funny how marriage will change a man," said Fogg, the other day. "There is Mousor, for example. Before he was married, a glance of May Taintor would intoxicate him, so he used tofsay. Now when he comes home late at night and meets Mrs. Mouser, nee Taintor, tho sight of her actually sobers him."-Boston Tran script. A Korean Procession. Tho procession of the King was led by tho General of the vanguard, su perbly dressod, supported by retain ers on his led pony and followed by crowds of dignitaries, each with his train, soldiers, mon carrying aloft frames of arrows reaching nearly across the road, and huge flags of silk brocado surmounted by. plumes of pheasants; servants in rows of a hun dred in the most delicate shades of bluo, green, or mauve silk gauze over white; halberdiers, grandoes, each with a retinue of banner men, carry ing yellow and blue silk flags emblaz oned; cavalrymen in imitation gold helmets aud mediaaval armor, and tiger hunters wearing coarse felt black hats with conical crowns and dark blue coats, trailing long guns. . With scarcely a pause followed the President of the Foreign Office, high above tho crowd on a monocyclo, a black wheel supporting on two up rights a black platform carrying ..a black chair decorated with a leopard skin, tho occupant of whioh was car ried by eight men at a height of eight feet from the ground. * * * After this, borno high aloft by forty bear ers clothed .in red, in a superb chair of red lacquer, richly tasseled and canopied, and with wings to keep off the sun, carno tho King, whose pale, languid face never changed its ex pression, as he passed with all tho dignity and slendor of his position through tho silent crowd.-Korea and Her Neighbors, Mrs. Bishop. They Made Their Own Ice Bridge. We often hear mention of ioe bridges, but seldom of ono like that which tho Oxford County Advertiser describes. Two young mon from Bethel who were hauling birch, on reaching tho Androscoggin fonud a channel in thc middle of thc river that had not frozen over. Nothing dis mayed, they.went upstream, detached a big fiold of icc aud let it float down to fill tho gap. After ono night's settling into placo this improvised bridge was safe and tho young men went ahead with their business. Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Insect Hornes and Their Hiders.. At a recent meeting of the Ento mological Society of Washington some specimens of chrysopa, a species of golden-eyed fly, which had been col lected in tho White mountains, wcro exhibited as curiosities, because each carried on its back one or more minuto ceoidomyiid flies. Tho opinion was expressed that this was a true caso of a smaller species of insect using a larger species for the purposes of locomotion from place to place. Jerusalem of To-I)uy. Jerusalem is now nothing but a shadow of tho magnificent city of an cient times, It ia about three milos in oirowmforenoo fun] ir. ?itunted o? ? rooky jnpunt&irb COLOR IN ANIMALS. Food a Great Factor in Causing Changei or Modification in Hues. Observation and experiment go to show how large an influence food has In determining the color of animals. Everybody knows how easily the color of a yellow canary may be altered to an orange red by mixing cayenne pep per with its food, though it ls true that the color change may be produced only in very young birds whose feathers are not completely matured. It is also a ."natter cf experiment that all varieties of canaries are not equally suscepti ble to the influence of the pepper, and rt ls a very curious fact that if the pigment that causes the red color of t he'pepper be mixed with the food of the birds, without the other constitu ents, yellow colored canaries are not in the slightest degree affected by it, while brown feathers of j'ellow birds beccjme distinctly lighter in hue. Here is another interesting experi ment: The large tortoise-shell butter fly normally feeds upon the leaves of the elm, while the small tortoise-shell is addicted to nettles, but when some imagoes of the large tortoise-shell were bred from caterpillars that had been found upon nettles they showed a wonderful similarity to the smaller species, though the color was nearer to that of the larger. Quite in the ?me line is the observation that the thorn moth exhibits variations in color according as the larva is fed upon oaK, hawthorn, lime or lilac. Many other experiments have shown a similar ef fect of food in modifying or complete ly changing the color of animals. Among changes of color that are most perplexing, if one would refer their cause to utility only, is that of thc gull, which ls blue and white, and is therefore generally allowed to be of protective value. But for the first three years of their lives several com mon species of gull have a brownish, speckled plumage, which is totally un like that of the older birds, on which fact Mr. Bcddard remarks: "If one color bo advantageous, the other must be the reverse, and three years is eith- j er a considerable period or lt is n^.i lonp enough." Another perplexing part of the sub ject is the color of deep-sea animals. It is an established fact that marine animals can and do live at the enor mous depth of more ?han five miles below the surface of the water. It is also certain that thc sunlight does not penetrate to that depth, so that the animals that exist there exist in more than midnight darkness. Yet the fact is that brilliant colorations are gener ally found in them. Of what use can it be? It is true, indeed, that there may be phosphorescent light emitted by the animals themselves; and of this there are many evidences; but though the deep-sea fish may be guided to its prey by a series of natural "bull's eye" lanterns, thc color of its prey could have no protective effect, but exactly the reverse.-Our Animal Friends. Coffee as a Medicine. It is said that the first use of cof fee, by man was made by the prior of a convent. He was told by a goatherd of the exciting effects of the berries when eaten by his goats; so he thought he would try them and see if he could not keep his monks awake during what should have been their vigils. He succeeded admirably, and brought cof fee into the way of earning its world wide reputation. The most active principle of coffee is caff ein; lt con tains also certain oils, which, no doubt, has a share in its action. Many yetrs ago a claim was made that green, or unroasted berries, had a great value in liver and kidney trou bles. One enthusiast prefers a mix ture of two parts Mocha and one part Martinique and Isle de Bourbon cof fee. He puts about three drachms of this in a tumbler of cold water and lets them strain and infuse over night. The next morning, after straining, the Infusion is taken on an empty stomach the first thing after getting up. This medical authority cites many cases of kidney and liver colics, diabetes, nervous headaches, etc., which though rebellious in all other treatment for years, soon yielded to the green cof fee infusion. The remedy is a very simple one and well worthy of a trial. Another use of coffee medicinally is In nausea and retching. For that pur pose a strong infusion is made of the berries which have been ground and roasted, and it is sipped while very hot. A newly patented blacking brush has the base of thc dauber and polish mounted on "pivots to be reversed at intervals and equalize the wear on ev ery portion. Prayer nn<l Profanity aro all riuvitin their proper pince?, but if von hare Tetter or Ecxcmn, or Salt-Rheum, or Ringworm, hotter save your breath and buy "Tctterlne." ?U rents a box at dru;; stores, ol by mail from J. T. Shnptrine, Savannah, Qa. When a wife makes poor eoffee her husband has good grounds for divorce. .Chew Star Tohacco^The liest, ^niokc Sledge Cigarettes. No man would be willing to swear to every tbitig h?: says during courtship. Boll?nia KngiiioB, Ktc. Itead tho advertisement of Avery & McMillan in snottier column of this paper. After six years' su (Teri ng 1 was cured hy Piso's Cure-M A riv THOMSON. 21% Ohio Ave., AUt'ghany, J'a., March 1!". IS!),. CONSULTING A WOMAN, Mrs. Pinkham's Advioe Inspires Confidence and Hope. Examination by a male physician is a hard trial to a delicately organized woman. Slip puts it off as long as she dare, and is only driven to it by fear of can cer, polypus, or some dreadful ill. Most frequently such a woman leaves a physician's office where she has un dergone a critical examination with au impression,more or less, of discour agement. This condi tion of tho mind destroys thc effect of advice; and she grows worse rather .than oetter. In consulting Mrs. rink ham no "hesitation need be felt, tho story is told to a woman and is wholly confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass., she' offers sick women her advice without charge. Her intimate knowledge of women's troubles makes lier letter of advice a wellspring of hope, and her wide experi ence'and skill point tht way to health. " I-suffered with ovarian trouble for seven .years, and no doctor knew what was the matter with me. I had spells which would last for two days or more. I thought I would try Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. I have taken seven bottles of it. and nm en tirely cured."- MKS. JOHN FOREMAN, 20 Js\ Woodberry Ave.. Bait ?moro. Md. Tim above lotter from Mrs,. Foro wan iB?t?ly m Qt t?l?Martri???, PETRIFIED ARTICLES. K Huge Tree Slowly Sinking Into the Earth. Warda and the surrounding country are noted for petrified articles of vari ous kinds. I have on exhibition a petrified rock about two feet long and one foot and a half wide. It weighs forty-five pounds, and is without doubt a shoulder blade of a mastodon. It plainly shows the socket in which the bone of the leg revolves. It was found several years ago by a party while seining in the bed of the Colorado riv er. Within three-quarters of a mile from Warda there is a petrified tree, supposed to have been a post oak. It is about twenty feet long and at the thick end of the trunk it is about two feet in diameter. When first observed, about eighteen years ago, about half of its diameter was above ground, but, owing to its great weight, it is slowly but constantly sinking. All around in this part of the country a person can find speciments of petrified wood of many varieties. The writers has ob served stamps and parts of stumps plainly showing traces where they had once been burned and nov/ they are solid rock. It seems as though untold quantities of petrified wood could be found under the ground, for if a per son will make an examination of the banks of the local creeks, gullies and ravines, he can find pieces of petrified wood sticking out of the banks on ev.ery side. The writer, in examining some specimens in the surrounding creeks found several pieces of petri fied wood protruding from the banks, | *nich, although petrified, was so brit tle that it could be broken to pieces , with the hand. The cause of this ap pears to be lack of some kind of acid necessary in the course of petrification to make it solid. .One of the most curious and at the same time one of the most perfect specimens that the writer has observed is what is suppos- ? ed to be a petrified stomach. It plain- I . ly shows a quantity of petrified acorns I and other ingredients which can not I. now be distinguished. It is supposed j. tr: be thc stomach of a hog, or some other prehistoric, herbivorous animal. ! The writer has also noticed two other | very beautiful specimens, the one be- I, ing a prehistoric shell, known by the | Latin name of Nautilus lineaius. and the other a common pear.-Galveston ! j (Texas) News. The following is a characteristic Ilood's Sarsaparilla testimonial. Fncts like these have made Hood'? Sarsaparilla America's Greatest Medicino and endeared it to thou sands of homes scattered all over this broad land. . "We like to tell what Ilood's Sarsapa rilla has dono for us. Our four children had diphtheria. From the very first our little boy Ralph, then seven years old, was Is America's Greatest Medicino bei gold by all druggists. SI, six for the dreagi of the cotton grower, can be prevented. Trials at Experiment Stations and the experience of leading growers prove positively that is the only remedy. Wc will bo glad to send, free of charge, interesting and useful pamphlets which treat of the matter in detail. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. FRICK COMPANY ECLIPSE sfsENGINES Boilers, Saw Milis, Cotton Gins, Cotton Presses, Grain Separators. Chisel Tooth and Solid Saws, Saw Teeth, inspirators, Injectors. Engine Repairs and a .'ull line of Brass Goods. ttaTSendfor Catalogue and Prices. SOUTHERN MANAGERS. Sos. RI & Cl S. Forsyth St., ATLANTA, GA. EftUOY Li FE whllsuca? St. Andrew's Cold Tea AND BE HAPPY. . , For salo by Dealers. To sot freo onmple [MlckA?es send 2e. stump to y DRE WS MPft CO., Bristol fm XCatalogues sent free descriptive o? i Furniture, Itaby Carriage*, Stool Hanges, Refrigerators, Icc Cream Froczers, Oil and Gasoline Stoves. Wocl ? Seaascnt Steve t Fursituro Co., ?r, and 87 Whitehall St., ATLANTA, GA. .o?ev*,UM* j Thompson's Eye Water CCTn PORN Albemarle Prolific yields 136 1-4 jtLU wlinn bushelled era n te acre. Fori? nrnintion, or finn rricfetared stock ?rilo Annwlirn'l ?(fork Kn rai. S. B. Woods, Prop., Charil Kesv Ile, Va but have nM dire it sumer hr -? years file priiT?. taring dealer's pr^filr. Sli wlicro ff>r crviin Krervlhin- "-.n-ai 1H Uriel -f VeMcl SS Urta ?! ?:.->;::' Tor Bailies. ;:o: Barrara, SSO ta0l?k C J:K??, Fnaatonj, Trap?, \ ?Uss, SDriiL- Kiol a? V?iV, SsitSjrHarseti. Fri:-VVamnj, gt?Jft*larj . A? iou.) ti ?Fii4 [af f )j. Qfttft?|M ?>7 f.!! out ?'. ikftHART ?ARIMA?? mi R?wm WM W Seventy Years Married. Bark River, Delta County, thirteen miles from Escanaba, Mich., where the Northern Cedar company of Menomi nee has established its new mill, has claims to fame other than the posses sion of the greatest growth of cedar in Michigan. Mr. F. K. Baker, the President of the company, found there an old couple whose record is believed to he without a parallel in Michigan, ii not In the United States, and was led to secure the exact dates In their life history by his interest in the case. Charles La Fountaine was horn Nov. 1, 1800, near Montreal and his wife'was horn in the same locality on March 1" of the same year. They were married Feb. 14, 182S, and on Valentine's day this year "round out" their seventieth year of married life. In 1SS0, after over half a century oi married life, they came to this coun try, settling in Delta County. Up tc two years ago Mr. La Fountaine con tinued in steady employment, hut they are now living with the baby of the family, an unmarried son forty-eight years of age. Of their nine children all are living except one who died al the age of fifty-two. Mr. and Mrs. La Fountaine entei upon the seventieth year in the best ol health and in the full possession of al! their faculties. They hope to "round out" seventy-five years of married life before either is called to rest.-Mil waukee (Wis.) Sentinel. IRONICAL IFS. If a man is down with tho smnllpox lie is to be pitted. If a man isn't sober ho should never ittempt to walk a tight rope. Jf you would successfully argue with i woman just keep silent. If fish is good brain food, it seems a pity in some cases to waste so ranch Bah. If one-half the world doesn't know liow the other half lives, the other half is just as ignorant. If a man is too proud to beg "id too liouest to steal, the only thin'; 'eft for jim is to get trusted. Making a Name. Potts-I notice Brush is making {iiite a name for himself. Dobbs-Is that so? Potts-Yes; he's going to put it over iiis paint shop when he gets it fin ished. very sick and for several days It scorned as if lie- would never bo any better. After a while ho began to improvo and in a few weeks was able to go out, although weak and miserable. Then, gradually All Strength in His Limbs gavo out. Tho physicians told us It was pnralysls, which sometimes follows an at tack of diphtheria. Wo did overything for him, but ho grew worse until ho was iu a pitiful condition. Ho suffered terribly at night and complained continually of his hoad, and In what little sleep bo was able to get, moaned unceasingly. Ho lost nil control of tho muscles of his body and limbs. Ho had no appetlto and complained of feeling sick.at his stomach all tho time. After wo had tried many different remo dics ami had about given up all hopo wo commenced giving him Hood's Sarsa parilla. In a short time he ceased to com plain, his appotlto improved and at tho end of three months he was able to attend school part of tho time. Now he is well ?nd quite a strong and rugged boy. You :ause it accomplishes wonderful cut $5. Prepared only by C. I. Hood When there is any costiveness, move I ST. JOSEPH'S LIVER REGULATOR My daughter was suffering from a severe down" pains and back-ecbe dnring ber monthl ?produced a peculiar quivering and Jerkins sei HALB PAXACKA (0. P. P.) an? some ST. J0SKP ?lng her. All pains and biliousness were rcniov ' ever saw for young girls. GERSTLE & CO., Proprieti 250 Men Blom Hp. But that Has Not Changed Our UNEXCELLED HOME TREATMENT. This Includes conbultation, examination, ffiitment and all medicines. SPECIALTIES-Catarrh and all Diseases of I lie Kar, Nose. Thront and Lime?, Nervous Dis eases, Skin and Chronic UlseasfS. 53?ST" Write for Free Symptom Book. ?OPELfiND MEDICAL INSTITUTE. ' Itooms 315-.T10 Kilter Building, ATLANTA, GA. FARM , Saber's Seeds are Warranted to Prodnte. , , E. Walter. i.eRorirllle. ra.. MMBbhtd thc world i br ?rowlo|i5.V) bu'h'ls Saliers corn; J. Iirelder, SUf.hlcolt, Wi?., IU Sash, barler. end P. ."Innot, f Bandalla, Iowa, br grmv'.nK '**. 1"?,n- BalOT*! "?'. I per acre. If rou doubt, nrltetbeni. Wewlihtogaln IM',000 n?w cuitotr.or?, h-ncc will i-nrt on trial 10 DOLLARS WORTH FOR 10c. i ll p*s? of raro form ror i,, ??.ig Flea. Sand Vetch, .40c. Wheal.' KfcMf P.ane, Jeru.?al-r.i Com. ?lc. In cbhllne our rpr.mmoth Srp.l Catadine, telling all1 about tho ??00 roU p.-'.ica for bru nani? fur mr . new m.irr^lMU com and on'?. "Prodlilti," nympie of tamo, nil malled T.M upon olpt nf but l?e. po?taj.e. pojliirclj irth ?IO. ;o get n ?tart. 100.000 boll. ?ced Potiitooa al fl M a bbl. ai bte?, carllci \o.-ct.iblo ?codi, Jl.?. and Liquor Habit cure*, tn IO to 20 davs. No pay till euretl. Rr..f. L.Stephen?, Dept. A, Lebanon, Ohio. MENTION THIS PAPER??i Ko.tUBwHj, r.Hcf, wltb 5Brt?lai, Ina?, ma. JU?. ?pion MM iMQtrii J?, ?t;?c i; (.-;:? fer f.-.j. Two Showers of Plums. Six years ago there fell on the De jernett farm in an old field four miles from town about a barrel of small green plums supposed to be the South ern hog plum. They are to be found growing nowhere hereabout*, but were dropped there during a wet and stormy period, such as we have had for ten days past. I'eople came miles to see the wonder, but it had about dropped out of memor}', when on last Friday night during a like spell about one half bushel more fell In exactly the same spot. The remarkable part is that nowhere else were plums found on either occasion.-Hawesville (Ky.) Clarion. Hypnotic Wonders. No one need pro to P.iris now to see all that is marvelous in hypnotism. In thc hypnotio wards of many hospitals of this country are hypnotic subjects That a mere glance, it ls said, throws them into the trance state. But In order to overcome that obstinate kidney tronlile. the persistent usc of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is necessary. Uso it also systematically for malarial." bilious, dys peptic, rheumatic and nervous diseases. The bazar held in tho grounds of thc Yildlz kiosk for the benefit of the Turkish sol diers wounded or disabled in tho war witli Greece, has realized a sum of over 5200,000. _ To Cure a Cold in One Day. Tnke Laxative Bromo Quinine Tableta. All Orugsists refund money if it falls tocure. 25c It takes it. is said, the tu-ks of 75.000 d? pliants a year to supply thc world's piano keys, billiard balls and knife handles. DVSPEI'SIA. IvniOKSTiox and all Stomach troubles rnn-d by Tailer's J'ep-in Compound. Sample bottle mailed free. Write Dr. Taber Mfg. Co.. Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forcbildien tee thine softens thc gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 35c. a bottle. Oh, What Splendid Coffee. Mr. Goodman, Williams. Co., III., writes: "From one package Saker's German Coffee Berry eo.-.ting 15c I ?row 300 lbs. of belter coffee than I can buy in stores at 30 cents a ll?." A. c. 7 ? A package of this coffee and big seed and plant catalogue ls sent you by John A Salzvr Seed Co., La-Crosse, Wis., upon re ceipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice. rs. B. B. Uns St ,od tho Test. IV r 30 years. It's a sure euro for Rheumatism, Catarrh and Scrofula. 11.00 per large bottle,I for fL50, at druggists, or cent for price, exprees paid, by Blood Balm Co.,Atlanta,Ga. Car?oo'j of wonderful cures sent free. If G. Washington was never asked hy a fond mother what he thought of her cute baby, then it may be truo that he never told a lie.-Chicago nre at liberty to use this testimonial If you desire, ns wo feel wo cannot say coo much in praise of Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and building up medicine." MES. B. E. AXDEHSOX, Cumberland, Maine Economy is also a chnracterlstio of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Every bottle con tains 100 Doses, and heneo there is a solid 'act concisely stated in the familiar line, 100 Doses One Dollar. es when all other medicines fail. & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. io Womanhoods ON'T LET YOUR DAUGHTER^ have a wrong merging into womanhood. Tho greatest crisis in every girl's life isl at this Stage when the menstrual func-? s are being established, ?ind she should" e every provision obtainable forestablish-j this period properly, without which she never become a perfect woman. Mothers.^ teach your daughters to confide in you. Explain their condition toi them and watrh over them as you \would the most delicate plant, and' as this most critical age draway near commence giving her ^ CERSTLE'S Female Panacea.' T"*oe(Gr. -F. p3, )-*??. It will establish the menstrual, functions, restore the strength and' give life and energy to the entire* being. PK1CR ?1.00 l'Bk B0TTLB.' :he bowels gently with moderate doses of^ bilious ?Hack, together with emt "bearing y periods. Sbe bad violent nervous spellswhlel isation. I bought a bottle or GEK&TLE'S FE< H'S LIVER REGULATOR and commenced treat ed and tbe jerking was stopped, lt ls the best< il A KY - ars, ELIZA BEKES, Beniah, Ala. Chattanooga, Tenn. ARKANSAS LADIES DON'T LIE. Malverr., Ark., says: Have used Dr. 31. A.Si'.nmons Livor Medicine Uveara, and find lc a great deal better than "Zeilin'a Regulator" eud" Black Draught." Ic has been of groatbenent to my Daugh ter and Niece during their monthly troubles for Ob structed menstruation. There should bo no homo without it. _ The Turn of Cifs. _ - Thc cessation of the menses uSHauyoO* caro between the ages of forty and fifty. Great irregularity takes place in the periodlo discharges for some timo before the final cessation, the female usually experiencing sudden flashes of heat, fullness in the head, headache and other evidences of constitu tional disturbance. The nervous system sympathcticallyrcsponds.and there is great irritability and melancholy, tho patient is discouraged end has a sense of fullness or suffocation. At no time in her life does a woman need moro constant care and watchful tender ness, nor has moro need for a remedy to invigorate and strengthen her. The bowels should be kept regular with Dr. M. A. Sim? mons Liver Medicine,and if Dr. Simmons Squaw Vine Wine is used daring thc whole) cf this critical period, it will invigorate ana enrich her blood, soothe and strengthen ber nerves and tans relieve the suffering and enable her to pasa safely through the dan gers, prolong her Hf e and afford nor SttCDgU. Sad joy in her declining years, Pino Bluff, Ark^ writes: Dr. Bi. A. SI ramo ns Liver Medicino has been a God send to myself and family for 20 years. It cures Chilla and Fevers, Billons 3Tev? or*, Sick Headache. I think there is no compari son between it and "Black Draught" and "Zeilin's Liver Regulator.* Fullness of Blocd in Head. .. Where there ia great determination O? blood to thc hoad, tho blood-vessels of tho brain become greatly congested, and there exists flushed taco, giddiness, especially on stooping, and throbbing pain in the head, increased by movement. It may bo caused bv living too freely ; too late rising in tho morning, combined with au inactive life. Menstrual derangements in females will often occasion lt. Dr. Slmmani Squaw vibe wiae le especially mm lop M?