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Lincoln's Estimate of Two Men. A delegation cf preachers from Chi cago waited upon Lincoln to urge the Issuance of the emancipation procla mation. The spokesman urged the claim with ecclesiastical dignity by saying: "The Lord sends this commis sion to you, Presideut Lincoln." "Per haps so," he replied, "but isn't it strange that He should send His mes sage by way of Chicago?" To another delegation uvjing immediate action he said: "If you call the tail of a sheep a leg, how many legs will the sheep have?" "Five," replied the spokesman. "No," sa'd the bothered president, "it would only have four. Calling the tail a leg wouldn't make it ene." vVnen a stately Congressman from New Jersey presented two of his constitusnts by saying: "It gives me pleasure. Mr. President, to present to you two of the wealthiest men from the southern part of our state," he endured patient ly S'une pompous compliments, and then, when they retired, said: "I should think that end of the state would tilt up when they stepped off lt."- Chicago Inter Ocean. TEACHER-"Now, Robert, substract two from seven." (Robert appears to bo very much puzzled.) Teachcr "For instance, seven boys wanted to go and play football, but two of them had been told by their parents not to do so. Now, how many played?" Robert (eagerly) - "Seven!"-Pear son's Athletic Record. Fabulous Wealth.' Tho "incalculable minera.1 ' wealth" ot newly found minin,' regions largely run bj syndicates a?id promoted hy transport-ttion companies is iu ty.) tunny inst incts really a Cable. Tao products of Industry inlegitimate fluids of enterprise nearer home are far surer nnd prorate more st:iblo rewards. 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NOT LIKE OTHERS IBS MORPHINE HABITS Tl treated on a guarantee. No ll pa*uncured. AddressB.H. VEAL, Mgr., Lltnla Spring Opium Cure Co., Lock Box 8, Austell. Ga. . I GOOD BQADS NOTES. Tbs Problem SolTod. "We wan: good roads," the cyclist erl . Said tho farmer, "So do we; With you of the wheel and saddle Do we ruralites agreo. Now, what shall we do to get thom? Here's a plan that's simple, quite We men of four whorls, yoa of two, Each one olaims an equal right To half the track; that is level, And each ought to have his share A road-bed should be wide enough For us both, with room to spare; It should be both hard and solid t With a gently rounded top; In short, it should bo perfect, And we'll build it so-but stop! Such Ano highways cost money You are asking half tho road- 1 When lt oonaes to paying for thom, Will you carry half the load? There's a growing army of vou, Sorao say halt a million strong, Will you each ohlp ina dollar, For to help Good Roads along? If you will, and do it yearly, We'll have solved the problem qultt. Ev'ry time you pay your 'mighty* We will also pay our mite, Which we'll pay instead of working, As our habit is to do, And when your aide is finished up, You'll And ours finished too." -Will Templer, in American Agriculture Recommended in Khode Island. Governor Dyer, of Rhode Island, a thorough believer in good roads, ai has done much to aid the good wo: for them in his State. He comes o in favor of a Highway Commission ai continuous work, in his message to tl legislature, as follows: "The question of improved hig] ways has ceased to be one that can 1 disregarded. Evory educational ar material interest of the State require it. Better rural schools, increase j vflue of farm products, increased vak ; of property, possible rural postal d livery, oheaper transportation-all ei ter as important factors into this que: tion. In short, the welfare of ot people demands that good roads shoul be made and maintained throughox tho State. The presence here of Mi E. G. Harrison, Government Koad Ei gineer, and his work of road-bnildin j at the Rhode Islaud College of Agr culture and Aleohanio Arts, has bee most helpful to the cause. Darin the fall and early winter months mee ings to consider the subject have bee: held in a great many of the towns an the greatest interest has been mau: feste d. "Under the provisions of Chapte 73 of the General Laws, three sampl half-miles of macadamized road hav been completed during the past year making a total of twelve, whioh hav been built at a cost of ?39,154.00, an applications for seven more have bee made to the Highway Commissionei The agitation of the subject of goo roads has brought out the fact tha the present law for the improvemen of highways is defective and expen sive. The State wishes no more sam pie half-miles. It cannot afford to ajp propriate any more money simply fo object-lessons. "Under a ? commission proceedin upon carefully considered lines, th work of improving the principal high ways of the Stato should be made con tinuou8. It seems to be the feelin; throughout the State that, in the im provoment of these principal high ways, the State should assume three quarters, and the towns through whicl the highways run one-quarter, of th expense. ' 'By making the work upon the high ? ways continuous the State will be in i position to secure more favorable bids and from large contrabtorsp-ffBl equipped with, tho latest road machin ery and appliances. In the genera improvement o' our highways th< rough labor, the manual work, shonlt be given to our own citizens and a fair and honest wages." Kural Slat! Dollvcrr and Good Hoads. There is prospect that the Nationa Government may get behind the goot roads movement in a peculiarly effec ti ve way. If tho price of free mail de liveiy to the farmers is to be the con struction and maintenance of mac adamized country highways it is be lieved that the thrifty agriculturist? will not hesitate to pay it. The indifference of Congress to ap peals for interstate highways and the disinclination of farmers to construe! roads "for the benefit of the city wheelmen" have nperated as serious handicaps to the good roads move ment in this country. In spite of these obstacles, however, substantial progve3s has been made in road build ing in Sta'.es where the farmers have awakened to the fact that while smooth highways may add to the pleasures of wheeling the greatest benefit is reaped by agriculturists in being brought closer to profitable markets. But tbs strongest stimulus to road building is yet to come. If the ex periments in free rural mail delivery inaugurated by the postal department are a 6uocesa, they will establish a basis of co-operation nail reciprocity between tho Government and the farmers that will lead to a general movement in the building of inter urban highways all over the country. With the view of testing the effi ciency of different styles of roadbed Postmaster General Gary has author ized tho opening of routes for free rural mail delivery through portions of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, which embrace macadamized, gravel, clay and common dirt roads. The routes aro intended to be experimen tal, and will show relatively upon what character of reads the best re sults can bs obtained in [the way of prompt and efficient fervice. There is little doubt that free mail delivery is just as practicable in many of our more thickly populated rural communities as it is in England. The continuance of the service, if success ful, should be dependent upon the proper maintenance of the roads. If the farmer wants his mail delivered at his door he must contribute his share to the building of passable highways. -Chicago Times-Herald. Decay Follows Neglect. A Columbus (Ohio) engineer states that his city has spent $5,000,000 on improving 111 miles of streets, but that they have been allowed to get into such shape that an expenditure of $250,000 for repairs would hardly put them ir decent condition, i Unless the roads are constantly watched and repaired, just as regular ly and carefully as tho great railway companies watch their road-beds, they will deteriorate very rapidly and prac tically have to be rebuilt every few years. There is no use in building expensive [roads, and leaving them to go to ruin from neglect. In a recent address, E. H. Thayer stated on this subject that "a man with one horse and cart, working eight months of the /ear, can keep seventy miles of good road in con stant, effective and complete repair at th? outside expense of $350. which is $5 per milo, while the cost of even at tempting to make passable the ordi nary country road exceeds $35 per tiile. ... A dirt cart is loaded with crushed rock or gravel. With a hoe?, a shovel and a rammer, the re pairer, as frequently as the task is as signed him will permit, starts ont on the road. Every washout he repairs, every rut he fills up, loose stones li6 throws oub, rough places he levels, obstructions in water coursos he re moves, and his tireless efforts day af ter day result in keeping the good road in good repair and making happy every man and woman who drives over the highway." It is only by following the example set by railway companies in the care of their road-beds, and acting upon such suggestions as those above given, that the highways can be efficiently maintained and properly preserved. Why Broad-Tirod Wheels Pay. A wagon going up hill requires more force to draw it than when it is moved on a level. "When r. wheel sinks in soft soil there is an elevation of the ground in front of it equal to the depth of the sinking. When a narrow wheel sinks thres or four inches in the ground the effect is pre cisely the same as if the wagon was going up the same incline whon the broad wheel is used, but if it does not sink in the ground this obstacle does not exist. The surface of the wheel does not interfere in the least with the draft of a wagon even on solidi hard ground, and it must be evident that the broad wheel will not cut into a road as a narrow one will, and thus on soft roads must be easier draft. By the use of a broad-tired wagon when a new road is being laid out, it will soon be rolled hard and solid, so that even a narrow-tired wagon will not cut in, but attempt to make a road during the average harvest, wiu ter or spring season with narrow-tired wagons and the pb will usually prove a failure.-Hoy Stone. Bad Roads a Continuous Tar. Favorable results aro reported from all the States that have systematically taken up the work of road improve ment. The subject is one that will make its way if earnestly considered. No one can say exactly what a good road is worth, but all who use roads know that a bad one is a heavy con tinuous tax.-St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. Millions For Beads. Senator Hoar recently introduced * by request in the United States Senate a bill appropriating $10,000,000 to be expended by the Secretary of War in constructing military and post roads, the purpose being to relieve the exigency of the times by giving em* ployment to labor. Tho Growth of City Populations. The sudden growth of great cities is tho first result of the phenomenon of immigration which we have to note. We think of this as essentially au American problem. Wo comfort our selves in our failures of municipal ad ministration with that thought. This is a grievous deceptiou. Most of the Eu ropean cities have increased in popu lation moro rapidly than iu America. Shaw has emphasized the same fact in his brilliant work on "Municipal Gov ernment in Europe." This is particu larly true of great German urban cen ters. Berlin ha3 outgrown our own metropolis, New York, in less than a generation, having in twenty-five years added as many actual residents as Chicago and twice a3 many as Phil adelphia. Hamburg has gained twice as many in population since 1875 as Boston. Leipsic has distanced St. Louis. 1. o same demographic outburst has occurred in the smaller German oities totwall. Cologne has gained the lead ^er Cleveland, Buffalo and Pitts burg, although in 1880 it was the smallest of tho four. Mcdgeburg has grown faster than Providence in the last ten years. Dusseldorf has like wise outgrown St. Paul. Beyond tho confines of the German empire, from Norway to Italy, th9 eame is true. Stockholm has doubled its jjopulation; Copenhagen has increased two and one-iulf times; Christiania has trebled its numbers in a generation; Borne has increased from 184,000 in 1860 to 450,000 in 1894; Vienna, including its suburbs, has grown threo times over within the sama period. Paris from 18B1 to 1891 absorbed four-fifths of tho total incre'ase of population for all of Franca within the same poriod. Professor Eiplcy, in Popular Science Monthly. Idle Quirks. A timely plant-the four o'clock. Bright, pretty dairy maids aro stars in tho milky way. Grammatically speaking, the sun sets and the daughter sits. The argument of an opera is not al ways worth discussing. The fisherman may not bo at ail ex pert in scaling a mountain. The treating candidate hopes that he is dispensing winning smiles. Tho traveling man needn't lose his grasp just because he loses his grip. In playing his organ, the street musician always knows which way to turn. The owner of the merry-go-round makes money in a round-about way. There may not be any ghosts in tho Park, but there are lots of animal spirits. In a barber shop the workmen never think of cutting tho door's bangs. Shin plasters are no longer made, but the molders of cheap images still make plaster shins.-San Francisco Examiner. Wild Interior of Pataijonla. Professor J. B. Hatcher, of Prince ton university, has lately returned from a remarkable trip of exploration in a hitherto unknown region of South America-namely, the wild interior of Patagonia. He visited Washington for the purpose of depositing with the bureau of ethnology a rich collection of objects illustrating the mode of lifo of the various tribes of aborigines in that part of the world. Their coun try, too, is more than ordinarily in teresting, being associated since tho oarliesfc times with rumors of gigantic human inhabitants and an astonish ing fauna. Quite recently some skele tons of birds that had heads as big as those of horsea have actually been dug up. They stood at least nine feet high, and had short wings, claws Uko an eagle's and a beak like a con dor's. It is likely that they attacked with success tho largest mammals con temporary with them, being tho big gest fowls of prey that ever lived. Public Opinion. Food and Drink For an Average ?>Enn. An averago man requires fifty-nine ounces of food per diem. He needs thirty-seven ounces of water for drink ing, and in breathing he absorbs thirty ounces of oxygen. He eats as much water as ho drinks, so much of that fluid being contained in various foods. In order to supply fuel for running the body machine and to make up for waste tissue he ought to swallow daily the equivalent of twenty ounces of bread, threo ounces of potatoes, one ounce of butter and one quart of water. The body is mostly water. The body of a man weighing 154 pounds contains ninety-six pounds or forty-six quarts of water. OUK BUDGET OF H?MOE. LAUCHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR COVERS OF FUN. Ho Feared Bankruptcy-And Postas? ls High-Didn't Want to Dlo-"Wanted Everything Clear-Disproved-Ho Gets tba Drops on People-In Puris, Etc. "I am in debt to yon, I know. A world of owing thia isl But if you'll call to-morrow, Jo?, i I'll pay you off in kisses." And, knowing she had lovers right And left (yes, to his sorrow), He said: "You'd better pay to-night; . 1'ou may be broko to-morrow." -James O'. Chainas, in Puck. Didn't Want to Dio. Fair "Visitor-"What a lovely par rot!" (To parrot)-"Polly want a cracker?" Polly (cautiously)-"Did you make it yourself ?"-Truth. And Postage ls High. Sykes-"If you can't getany of the American papers to print your jokes, why not mail them to England?" Scribes-"I'd cali that carrying a ]"oko too far."-Harlem Life. Wonted Everything Clear. Editor-"I shall want about five hundred words on the subject I men tioned." New Reporter-"Yes, sir; about what sizo do you want the words?" Puck. _ In Paris. First Citizen-"Have you ever had any unpleasantness with Monsieur Allons-Marchons?" Second Citizen-"Nothing worth mentioning. Nothing more than a duel or two." A Question. The Infant-"Maw, a grown np elephant's no3e is his trunk, ain't it?" The Mother-"Yes, my son." The Infant-"Why ain't the nose of a baby elephant called a satohel, then?"-Syracuso Herald. Ho Get? tho Drops on People. J^Jorkius-"Drugged and robbedl Why don't you have soma action taken in the matter?" Jobson-"I can't. I suppose the follow had my permission. "Yon see, he was my doctor."-Puck. Disproved. "They say if you fix your gaze on tho back of any person's neck you can hypuotize them." "Not so. The other day I tried it on a tandem for an hour, and the girl didn't work any harder."-Lifo. timr A Striking Observation. Villainous - looking Character - "Wofs ther time, guv'nor?" Mr. Bluff (hitting him over the head)-"It's just struck one!" V. L. C. (groaningly)-"I 'opeyour watch ain't a repeater!"-Tit-Bits. Dangerous Knowledge. "So he is a Frenchman? Anda fugi tive from justice?" "Yes. In his own country he is un der suspicion of haring guilty knowl edge of tho innocence of one who has been convicted and imprisoned." Life. _ . An Ablo Man. "Ye3, sir. Bleeker would j make money out of anything."J "Is ho so lucky?" 1 'I should say so. Why, ho married a penniless girl two years ago and he got her a position that bringa him in $1200 a year;"-Life. WeU Turned. He-"Who is that disreputably, ugly old fellow there?" She* (haughtily)-"That is ?yhns band, sir!" . L He (coolly)-"How true it \is that homely men always secure the hand somest wives!"-Judy. / Rivalry. ?! I First Klondike Boy-"Huh, iiy fath er's richer than yours; he's got nearly half a barrel of gold dust." Jj Second Ditto-"Poohl Whaf'stbat. My father's got three cans of ; baked beans, and nearly four pounds of bacon."-Brooklyn Life. Headed Off. "Hore," said the philanthropist, "is a clime. Now, let mc give you a little advice. Never-" "Hold on," interrupted Slouchy Simpkins, "take back your money. My lowest price for listenin' to ser mons is fifty cents."-Chicago News. Through Other Spectacles. Moth-"We're getting up j a 'So ciety for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Insects and to Accomplish the Weed ing Out of Camphor.' Will you join us?" .Potato Bug-"You b3t your boots I will!-it there's a clause in it against Paris green!"-Puck. Named With Reason. Dole-"I hear that you've gone into the bicycle business." Hale-"Yes, I'm making the *V wheel for racing mon." Dole-"Tue what?" Hale-"The *Y.'" Dole-"Why do you call it that?" Hale-"Because it goes so fast." The Widow. His Clever Scheme. "I have come," said tho young man, "to ask you- to let me have your daughter." "Never!" shouted the millionaire. "Thanks," answered the other, as he hurried away. "Up to this time she has refused to smile upon my suit. When I tell her that you object to me she will be mine."-Chicago News. In Danger of Being Omitted. "So," said the Chinese Emperor's friend, "you have decided to open the gates BO that in the course of time every nation on the globe will be per mitted to transact business in your territory. " "Yes,"replied tho Emperor, gloom ily; "every nation, with the possible exception of the Chinese."-Washing ton Star. _ Fatigue. "How is your husband?" asked one of two women who had met at the bar gain counter. "Very much run down," was the answer. "Perhaps he works too hard." "No, he doesn't. But he loses sleep and wrecks his constitution trying to figure out some way to live without working at all."-Washington Star. Phonographic Reports. A phonographic apparatus is to be installed in the hall where the Muni cipal Council of Etampes, a little town in the forest of Fontainebleau, in France, meets to take down the official record of tho proceedings. The man who advanced the scheme charges the city only for the register cylinders, which are to be kept in its arohives. How the names of tho various speakers are to be recorded by the maohine is not stated, but the French official stenographers are looking forward to tho experiment with some interest.' MORAL: EFFECT OF PRUNES; Sold to Havo a Soothing Eftcct on tho Nerves-Useful as a Medicine. European authorities on dietetics are discussing tho discovery of "a wsll-known physician of Chicago," ?who claims that he has proved the prune to ho a moral agent. He says that ho has made the prune tho sub ject of spacial study and has conduct ed a serios of experiments with a view to testing the prune as a preventive of crimo. At one time conneoted with n Behool for the reform of unruly boys who had reboiled against all former attempts to civilize their conscience, he fed them for a week once a day, and at tho end of that time they were mild-mannered and bidable. The prune, he claims, has a certain medi cinal property which acts directly on tb.9 nervous system, which is where the evil passions have their seat. However good tha physician may make h's claim, one thing ia certain, that the prune in Germany has beau a household medicine for the last hall century. There is daily at the dis posal of tho members of the family a stone jar of very nicely cooked prunes, from which the household eut a few at any time in the day, dipping into it, as one may say, as a lady in France does her ornamented box holding sugared almonds. It is well to know at a time when there is so much grip in Chicago that prunes made into a drink are very good food and medicine for the patient. They are prepared for niedi ! cal practice and nursing thus: They ! must be of a good (but not "fancy") I quality, washed in a sieve under run : ning water. Then put them in a basin and cover with cooled boiled water closed from air and dust, allow ing them to stand until swollen. Then oover them tight in the samo basin anc" let them simmer for three hours. They will bo sweet enough. The pruno drink for fever is made in tho same way, but to every pint of prunes a quart of boiled water should be added and they should ba allowed fco simmer to rags. Strain and then give the patient to drink. Lemon juice may be added if desired.-Chi- ? sago Times. Toads at Dinner. The toad does not take dead or mo tionless food, says tho Popular Science Monthly. Only living and moving insects, centipedes, etc., are devoured, while worms and other larva) dis turbed by their hopping are safe sc long as they remain curled up; but as sooh as they move they aro captured. The toad's tongue, its only organ for seizing food, is soft, extensile, at tached in front but free behind, and is covered with a glutinous substance that adheres firmly to the food seized. So rapid is the motion of this weapon fchat a careful watch is necessary in arder to soe the animal feed. At night, soon after sunset, or even be fore on cool evenings, the toad emerges from its shelter and slowly hops about ia search of food. Something of a regular beat is covered by these ani mals, whose sense of locality is strong. In the country this beat includes for age along tho roadside, into gardens and cultivated fields, and wherever insect food is abundant and grass or other thick herbage does not interfere with getting about. In cities aud suburban villages the lawns, walks and spots beneath tho electric lamps are favorite hunting grounds. At Amherst, Mass., Mr. A..H. Kirkland, from whose paper we derivo these ob -aervattonB7^m33_ccTmted~*elgnT;~nrrge, well-fed toads seated under an arc light and actively engaged in de vouring the insects whioh, deprived of wings, fell from tho lamp above. At Malden, Mass., a colony of about half a dozen toads sally forth on summer evenings from under the piazza of a citizen's house, go down the walk, oross tho Btreet and take up their sta tions under tho aro lamp, where they feed upon the fallen insects till tho current is turned off, when they re turn to their accustomed shelter. Dogs In W?;r. A singular phase of rivalry between the armies of Germany and Franco is impending. The extending use of oy?les in military maneuvers has in duced the German military authorities to put themselves in a position to de feat the onslaught of attacking cycle corps in tho time of war. To this end they are training dogs to distinguish between German, Austrian and Ilalir.n uniforms from those of French and Russian soldiers, and when their edu cation in this respect is sufficiently advanced they are taught to throw themselves on tho cyclists who wear the uniform of the supposed enemy. Wheelmen clad in various uniforms and so guarded by pads that they are protected against bites ride past OJ among tho dogs, which instantly rush at men costumed as French or Russians, and throw them over. If a dog should maka a mistake and at tack a regresentative of the triple al liance he is severely whipped, while a reward is given him for assailing tho man who pvajNUites an enemy. The dogs selecte^Hrgreat Danes, which, from their w^rght and strength, are specially fitted for tho service. But the German officers, while actively pushing the drilling of this novel corps, are understood to dread the employment by the enemy of dogs in a similar capacity,- fearing that in this case the animals amy fight among them selves, and, losing their sense of dis tinction between friends and foes, be as dangerous to the one as to the other. The French military authori ties have become alive to the import ance of such an issue, and are urging the training of dogs on their own ac count, as he readiest way of circum venting the intentions of their neigh bors on tho other aide of the Bhine. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Boxing a Bride's Ear. In Lithunia, a province of Russia, it is customary that the bride's ears should be boxed before the marriage ceremony. No matter how tender hearted the mother may be, sho al ways makes it a point of administer ing a hearty smack to her daughter in the presence of witnesses, and a note is made of the fact. Thc mother's in tention is a kind one, though the cus tom itself is bad. The reason for it is to protect the bride should her mar riage provo an unhappy ono. In that case she will sue for a divorce, and her plea will bo that she was forced into the marriage against her will, and on that score the verdict of the judge will be in her favor. An A ii cl.; nt Ballot. One of the ballots for Themistocles has just been found by German exca vators in the Areopagus, going back to a date earlier than 470 B. C., as that was the year in whioh that cele brated worker of tho Athenian pri maries was banished. It is an in scribed potsherd bearing his name, and, with proper care, is good for an other 2500 years. There are only three such souvenirs of thc old Greek eleotions in existence and only this one bears the name of Themistocles* STRATEGY OP A GRIZZLY. Rakes Corn Near the Bara and Tben Pulls Chickens In. Nat Wetzell, a St. Louis commission merchant, has a huge grizzly bear, caged behind strong iron bars in the rear part of his place of business. The bear was sent to him hy some friends in the Sierras. Within a few days after the bear was imprisoned on the premises, Wetzell missed one and then another of the chickens he had turned out to fatten on the scraps and refuse and for a time he was at a los3 to know what was taking them off. When the number had increased to a point where patience ceases to be a virtue he set a watch for the miscreant, and in due time discovered that the big grizzly was devouring them as fast as he could lay paws on them. The brut's process of capturing the luckless chicks would do credit to certain classes of mammals that do not go about the earth on all fours, and when he discovered how the thing was done, Wetzell had a hearty laugh in spite of his loss. Corn had been thrown into the bear's cage in great quantities. As it disap peared with due regularity, it was supposed that bruin was enjoying U immensely, but the shaggy-coated old fellow was wiser than his keepers knew. He learned before he had been imprisoned a single day that chickens liked corn pretty well, and as he liked chickens/ hetter than corn, he decided that a fair exchange would be good for his constitution. Acting upon this theory of tho case, the bear scraped together the corn as fast as it was thrown into the cage and pushed the piles out close to the bars, where the chickens could pick it up. When no one was around he wouid set his great paws down upon the head of an unwary chick and drag it into the cage, to be devoured at his leisure. Not so much as a squawk ever escaped his victims, and for this reason his little game was not discovered until his thievery had so decimated the poultry yard that discovery could no longer be avoided. Yesterday, when Wetzell entered thc store he found old bruin sitting on his haunches, and in such apparent good humor that he at once attracted atten tion. Going back to the cage, the pro prietor found that the bear had scrap ed a pile of chicken feathers fully a foot deep over into one corner of the inclcsure, and had evidently made his bed there the night before. The quizzi cal smile on bruin's face seemed to ask what more could a good bear want than plenty of tender chicks to eat and a soft place to sleep. Now ihe old fellow's rations of corn have been cut off, and it is Wetzell's determination to give him to Fores! Park for the zoological department, provided the city will have him.-St Louis Republic. Boanty Ia Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascareis, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascareis,-boauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c There is enough salt in the sea to cover 7,000 square miles with a layer 1 milo In thickness. Chew Star Tobacco-The Best. Smoke Sledge Cigarettes. ' Among birds Are few bettor fighters' than a goose, or a gander, more particularity. Bdacato Your Bowell With Casoarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money. It has been demonstrated that African ele phants can be domesticated. Dvsr-Er-siA. INDIGESTION and all Stomach troubles cured by Taber's Pepsin Compound. Sample bottle mailed free. Write Dr. Taber M fi;. Co.. Savannah. Ga. The Southern Saw Works aro tho loaders in tho South. See their advertisement in this is sue Their saws will suit you. Lyon V Co'? "Pick Lcnf " Smoking Tobacco stands at tho top for its delicious aroma. Good as cnn t e made. Try it Bombay is the leading pearl mart of the world._ To Care Constipation Forever. T.^H? 9?8CARET3 Gandy Cathartic. 10c or 25c If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund mouey. An attempt to cross the Alps'in a balloon, starting from Italian side, will be made soon. Boiler?, Engine*, Etc. Bend the advertisement of Avery & McMillan In another column of ibis paper. Fits permanently cured. Xo flt? or nervous ness alter first dav's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. S3 trial bottleand treatise free. DH. Ii. H. KLINE, Ltd.. ?il Arch St.. I'hila.. Pa. Hairs Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken internally, and nets directly upon the blood and macons surfaces of tho system. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists. 75c. F. J. CnENEV <fc Co., Props.. Toledo, O. YOUNG AT SIXTY. Ser i comfort and happiness in ad vanc ears arc realized by compara tive! w women. Tl .lard lives, their liability to se rious- ubles on account of their pecu liar c nism and their profound igno rance mcerning themselves, all com bine t - '.horten the period of usefulness and fill their later j'ears with suffering. Mrs. Pinkham has done much to mako women strong. She has given advice to many that has shown them how to guard against disease and retain vigor ous health in old age. From every cor ner of thc earth there is constantly com ing the most convinciug statements from women, showing the efficacy of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound in overcoming female ills. Here is a letter from Mrs. J. C. Orms, of 220 Horner St., Johnstown, Pa., which is earnest and straight to the poiut : " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I feel it my duty to tell all suffering women that I think 3rour remedies arc wonderful. I had trouble with my head, dizzy spells and hot flashes. Feet and hands were cold, was very nervous, could not sleep well, had kidney trouble, pain in ovaries and congestion of thc womb. SiDce taking your remedies I am better every way My head trouble is all gone, have no pain in ovaries, and am cured of womb trouble. I can cat and sleep well and am gaining in flesh. I consider your medicine the best to be had for female troubles." Thc present Mrs. Pinkham's experi ence in treating female ills is unparal leled, for years she worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and for sometime past has had sole charge of tho corrcspoadcnco department of her great business, treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women during a single year. CATARRH .. ASTHM A .. SKIN DISEASES 85 A MONTH IS ALL for consultation, ex amination and medicino. What a small sum to insure coed health and happiness. Wrlto for froo symptom book. COPELAND MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 315-316 Klser Bldg., Atlanta Ga. If afflicted with sore eyea, UM Thompson's Eye Waler MENTION THIS PAPER SSTE?? ufljfcl?lSssaH?ii UUHES WHERE ?LL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tosses Good. UEO In timo. Sold by drucRlste. BsMkWB?BmBSSz Source of tbs Mljhtby .Niger. An English officers thus describes the tiny source of the mighty River Niger: "Cutting our way through the undergrowth, we crept and clambored down the slippery slopes till we reach ed the bottom, and same to a moss covered rock from which a tiny spring Issues, and has made a pool below. The foliage at this spot is green, most 'lux uriant and beautiful, and as one .-joke on the birthplace of the Niger it ls easy to imagine one's self at a dripping well in some wood in England." . Alaska's Great Glacier. The front end of the great glacier of Alaska presents a wan five hundred feet thick, and its oreaba varies from three to ten miles, whne its length is 150 miles. If It Only Ilolpod a Little It would bo worth 50 cents. One hour's free dom from the terrible irritating itch of tetter is worth moro tlwn a Whole box of Tetterino costs, lt will euro-sure, and it's tho only thing that will nure. 50 cents at drug stores, or by mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah,Ga. A man's reputation is what people think of him; his character is what God knows of him. B. B. ii. Cures Rheumatism, Scrofula and Catarrh. One bottlo will convinca tho most skeptical of its merita. 11.00 per largo bottle,:) for *?50, at druggists,or aent on recoipt of price, empresa paid, Oy Blood balm Co., At lanta, Go. fcB^Uuoks of wonderful eurea free. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing ?Syrup forchildren teething, softens the frame, reduces inflamma tion, allays paii:. cures wind nolie. 25c. a bottle. Both tho method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta 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 tho only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly b?n?ficiai in ita effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable 6uhstancea, ita many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have 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. NEV/ YORK, N.Y. EASY PAYMENTS. It is ?asy~T?T?t)tain a piar?o our way. Where no dealer sells them, we will send a piano for a small cash payment, balance in monthly pay ments. Three years' time to complete pur chase if desir ed. We would like to explain our method. Will send piano guaranteeing satisfaction,- or piano may be returned to us at our expense fer railway freights both ways. Ocr CATALOGUE, FREE for the ask ing, tells all about them. Special prices and full information, if you write. Ivers & Pond Piano Co., 114 Boylston St., Boston. ISAAC S. no YD, Presiden.. (Pres. Boyd & Baster Furn, l'act'y.) SOUTHEF Box A 385. Al We Manufacture Solid and Inserted Chisel Bit Circular Saws. We Repair AU kinds and makes of Solid and Inserted Tooth Saws. Make Burnt Saws prac tically as good as new. After you have ti other preparations, ; to relieve you, then FEMALE T"*DC(Q\ 3 IT WILL C FOR SALE BY ALL DE L. GERSTLE & CO., Sole Manufacturei bat lura sold din sucer for 23 jan ule prices, uria, doil.r's profits. Thors far exam Ererrthlnf var IIS atjlts of Yet 55 sirles of Bi>r Top Busbies, f36 S a rr. j j, Sib to 1125. ".'gc;. Phaetons, Traps ettes, Spring-Road ; ??.IT. BnrreyHarness. Price, |1?.W- W?I?M- Seniferl As go?a as sells for I?. Catalogo? of ?ll oar ELKHART CABJUAGE ?si) BABNKS5 FRICK COMPANY ECLIPSE*:* ENGINES Boilers, Saw Mills, Cotton Gins, Cotton Presses, Grain Separators. Chisel Tooth and Solid Saws, Saw Teeth, Inspirators, Injectors, Engine Bepairs and a full lino of Brass Goods. tiSFScndfor Catalogue and Prices. AVERY & MCMILLAN, SOUTHERN MANAGERS. y OB. 51 & C3 S. Forsyth St., ATLANTA, OA. Alabama Marries Mississippi Oxford, Ala^ writes: Har? used Dr. SX. A. Simmons Livor Medicino 25 years. I leuow it cures Dizziness of Head, Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, and manyother diseases. I tried ..Thedford's Black Draught," but did not fini it to bo half os good as the M.A.SimmonsaioOiclno. Leucorrhaa-'Whites." Thia is a disorder from which fow woniefl escape at some period of then- lives, lt is in the nature of nasal catarrh. In a hes:thy condition the lining membrane of thc genital organs secretes sufficient mnccs to moisten thurn, but ii ttie mucca membrane is con gested or inflamed, the secretion becomes profuse, irritating and offensive. Tho ocst results will follow the Uric of oar Mohican Female Kemedy 23 an injection, and a dose twice a day for somo timo of that great uterine tonic, Dr. Simmons Squaw Vina Wino, will care thc complaint. ?J --?mr -- t^- - ?J Energy, Miss., writes: H. A. Simmons Liver Medi cine has been used~0 years in my Father's family for Nervousness,Sick Head ache, Dyspepsia, Bil iocsncss. My Sister waa confined to bcd formonths from Enlargement of Liver. Our Doctor gave her up to die. She began , taking M. A. 8. L. M. and I was soon entirely well. ' There ia no 1 ust comparison between M. A. S.L. M. and Zeilln'a Liver Regulator. Tho latter by careful test hav ing boen found not so reliable hos been dis carded. Menstrual Irregularities. Puberty ?3thc period when menstruation ls established. It ?3 thc timo when thc girl becomes a woman, and also thc timoefrom which many female diseases date. Tho menstrual flow usually continues from three to six days and comes on about every twenty-eight days. The quantity exuded venes from two to cigut ounces, but the amount consistent with the health of one person may bc excessive and wcakeniE?rin another. The function is regarded as being regular when ita effect upon thc system is favorable. Thc departures from healthy menstruation are nnmcrons and should ba corrected by using Dr. Simsions Squaw Vino Wino. Wo delight to do KU early friend l gixxl turo. Tue working pirti af ANY AERMOTOR^ EXCHANCED FOR A ROLLER B E A RIN C, zephyr-run. j nine, ever-goini, cverlntin.-, power _ doubling, UP-TO'DATE '98 MOTOR,8 PT. FOR S6; ?-lt.for?i2;l6.tt. for *3U. They run like a bicycle, tad ere made like * witch, every movible pirtoa rollen. Doubles teared mill power. Tho Aermotor rsa when ill other raille ?tood mil, and nada the ?tee! windmill business. THE NEW BEATS THE OLD AS THE I OLD BEAT THE WOODEN WHEEL. On receipt .>{ amount, revised motor (but not ?beeil or vane) will be sent to replace old one then to bel returned. Offer subject to cancellation at any time. [ It jour old wheel is not an Aermotor, write fer J terms of swap-new for old-to pi on old tower.^ You caa pul it cn. Aermotor Co., Ca'csc.*. 7000 B?Cf OLES carried over from 1S?7 must be sacrificed now. 3iew ilUgk tirad;, all stries, pest equipment, (ruaran Heed. 30.75 to 317-00. L'aeii wheels, late models, all make?, S3 to Sta. Vr'r.nl.ip on approval icii.V _ fouf acentpapwr-f. Writ* - jrraln Hat ?nd ?rt ctttalosroo models. BICYCLE FREE for lesson to advertise them. Send for one. Rider asenta wanted. Learn how to ?r.rn c Bicycle andniake money. K. Fe M ll Al) CYCLE COMPANY, Cltlca?c. THE FREIGHT. BEST SCALES. LEAST HONEY. JONES OF BINGHAMTON.N.Y OSBORNE'8 Antxnsrn. tin. Actuai buunoax. ?Totaxi books. Short tune. Cheap board. Mod 'or otveloctM. and Liquor Habit cured in 10 to 20 days. No pay till cured. Dr. J. L.Stephen., Dept. A, Lebanon, Ohio. YT. G. RAOUL, Vice "ros't, (Pres. Mexican Nat. R. It. Co.) WORKS TLANTA, GA. We Carry ?3 mm te in Stock Belting, Files, Emery Wheels and other Mill Supplies Bits and Shanks for all makes of Inserted Tooth Saws, ?ed Doctors and all and they have failed use TLE'S ?URE YOU. .ALERS IN MEDICINES. Chattanooga, Tenn. ?s and Proprietors. et to the eon 's at whole e him the Ship any ?nation, ranted, l?eles, ness. to?;;. Carina , Wajon ind Milk irje, tree Ko. CM Surrey, Price, with curial ni, lamps, eua. Itylee. ibsdo, aproa ani feeder:, SCO. Aascadu?ells fsrPfc 00. IT. & PBATT, eco'i, J?LKHABT. Ella i?