Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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XgBBiXBft HUHU XugMt, Beturaing from sohool with a p amp kin seed in her hand a little girl in- . formed her* mother that her teacher j had taught her that the seed was white but the pumpkin was yellow. The mother asked: "What is the color of the vines?" The five-year-old said her teacher had not taught her that. "But," said her mother, "you know, for you have 6een the vines in the garden." "Of course I have, but we are not ? expeoted to know anything until we have been taught. " The Death Kate. Walle lt ls quite true tbat the proportion of deaths from malaria as an immediato cause is proportionately small as cited in annual mortuary statistics yet physicians are thor oughly convinced that it oauses maladies of ? fatal charact r, and begets dangerous nerv ous prostration. This malady is eraci^at-d and prevented by Hostetter's Stomach Hit ters, which also cures biliousness, constipa tion, rheumatism and dyspepsia. Daring Christmas week there were sold at the central market in Paris 2.44rv$X) oysters. C7,(XK) chickens, 11.030 ducks, 53.000 bares, 82,000 turkeys, 177,000 pigeons, 16,000 goese. _ . To Cure a Cold In One Day, Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab' ,ts. All Druggists refund money If it falls to our?. 25c Thirty mill?n more postal cards were car ried in the German Empire dnrintr the past year. The total number was 467.000.CO0. Dont Tobacco Spit and Smote Tour l ifo Away. To quit tobacco easily and foroTor, be mag? oetic. fall of life, nerve aud vigor, toke No-To Bac. tho wonder-worker, that malees weak men Krong. All druggists, 50o or ft. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remody Cc, Chicago or New York. Bootblacks are seldom seen on the streets of Berlin. _ ST.VITUS' DANCE. SPASMS and all nerv ous diseases permanently cured by the use of Dr. Kline's Cireat Nerve Restorer. Send for FRKK 51.00 trial bottle and treatise to Dr. ti. H. Kline, Ltd.. ??l Arch Street, Phila.. Pa. Tao Southern Saw Works are the leaders la tho South. See their advertisement In this Is sue Their saws will suit you. Boilers, Engines, Etc. Read the advertisement of Avory & McMillan in another column of this paper. A Chinaman eats twice as much meat as a Japanese. _ No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak mea strong, blood puto. 60c, SI- All druggists. Thero are forty varieties of the tobacco plant. xperience And Not Experiments, Should bo Your Aim In Buying Medicine. Let others experiment; you should ba jruldod by exporionce. Experiments ar? uncertain in result; experionce is sure. Ex periments may do you harm; experionce proves that Ecod's Sarsaparilla will do you wonderlul good. Thousands gladly tell what Hood's has done for thom. They want you to know and they urge you to try lt. That is what is msant by the vast number ol testimonials wrltton in bohalf of Hood's Sarsaparilla. They givo the re sults of experience and provo thct _ _ _S J " Sarsa OOO S parilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. Sold by all druggists. SI; six for $5. Get only Hood's. Unnrt'c Pillo are gentle, mild, effec nUuU d rllld tive. All druggists. ?5c. Antics of Electricity. The mention of electricity of a frisky behavior will suggest to most people some of its actions on the trolley, or about the street cars, or In connection with electric light wires, when it breaks loose-which are all of too dan gerous a character to be amusing; not ing not at all its pranks on their own desks, though no "live" wire be within a mile of them. It doe3 not always occur to our minds that electricity ls playing a lit tle trick when we take a sheet of writ ing paper from a pile and find it does not come alone, but drags along an other sheet or more, "sticking closer than a brother." Similar action of the Immense sheets of book paper on a printing press in certain states of the atmosphere-when one is slid on to the form of type and has one or more others partially ad hering to it for a moment, then taking flight away from the press to some dingy resting place-frequently keeps the pressmen in an uncomfortable state of fidgets. Such action results from the attrac tion and repulsion of frictional elec tricity-the same kind that is produced by the chafing of the silk flaps against the rotating glass disk in the so-called "electrical machine." An experiment with the same kind of electricity, which can easily be tried, ls to apply gentle friction tc a thin piece of cloth or paper; when, on bring ing it near the wall of the apartment, it will be attracted thereby, and adhere to the surface-be it wood, plaster or paper-for a brief time.-Lippincoti's. Another Lebnff. The Tramp-Beg pardon, sir. I'm a stranger in dese parts The Farmer-Well, I dunno of any body that wants to git acquainted with ye.-Puck. OPEN LETTERS FR01I Jennie E. Green and Mrs. Harry Hardy. JE.*KIE E. GREEN, Denmark, Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham: '. I had been sick at my monthly periods for seven years, and tried almost everything I ever heard of, but without any benefit. Was troubled with backache, headache, pains in the shoulders and dizziness. Through my mother I was induced to try Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound, and it has done me so much good. I am * now sound and well." Mrs. HARRY HARDY, Riverside, Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham the story of her struggle with serious ovarian trou ble, and tho benefit she received from the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound. This is her letter: " How thankful I am that I took your medicine. I was troubled for two years with inflammation of the womb and ovaries, womb was also very low. I was in constant misery. I had heart trouble, was short of breath and could not walk five blocks to save my fife. 'Suffered very much with my back, had headache all the time, was nervous, menstruations were irregular and painful, had a bad discharge and was troubled with bloating. I was a perfect wreck. Had doctored and taken local treatments, but still was no better. I was advised by one of my neighbors to write to you. I have now finished the second bottle of Mrs. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, and am better in every way. I am able to do all my own work and can walk nearly a mile without fatigue; something I had not been able to do for over two years. Your medicine has done me more good than all the doctors." OUB BUDGET OF EMOH LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. Tho Stropsle of Life-And Fino Piny Too - About Matrimony - A Tennli Episode-Looking Also For Trouble Handicapped - A Dissembler. Etc. How hard a struggle 'tis to live, And satisfy our inner oravlngs; An p.ctor may live "on the boards," A barber must exist on shavings. And he who kneads our dally bread May need bis own someday most sadly, While he who has the oure of souls May, to his boots, want new ones badly. Yet rich or poor, or high or low, The end's tho same, to nil intents; The beggar lives upon his rags, The millionaire upon his rents. -Life. And Fine Play, Too. He-"What do you mean by saying that your friend's work is all play?" She-"Luoy is a professional pian ist. "-Detroit Free Press. About Matrimony. Dasherly-"Marriageisn't fora day, old boy; it's for a lifetime." Flasherly-"Don't yon get anything off for good behavior?"-New York Journal. A Dissembler. "He said he would kill himself if I wouldn't marry him." "Well?" * "He didn't do it; the mean thing!" -Chicago News. Handicapped. "What? Resigned the position I got you as collector for Jones?" "You bet! Why, I owed money to most of the men he sent me to dun." -Harper's Weekly. A Tennis.Episode. Mr. Frank Ball-"What's the mat ter, Jim?" Mr. Jim Ball-"Oh, Mr. Racket ?B such a high-strung fellow that he gave me the bounce a few minutes ago." J udge. Looking Also For Trouble. Hojack-"Why are you consulting the dictionary? I thought you knew how to spell?" Tombick-"I do. lam not looking fer information, but for corroboration." -Tit-Bits. _ An Aqueous Lady. She (to the doctor)-"How did you find old Mrs. Dawes?" The Doctor-"I found her head nearly submerged. She had a water fall behind and cataracts over both eyes."-Judge. An Amendment to the Code. First Citizen-"Of course a man is entitled to his opinion." Second Citizen-"Of corrse; and if he's a politician he's entitled to as many kinds of opinion as he may need in his business."-Puck. His Deep Wisdom. Sally Gay-"That fellow Grimshaw knows more about v omen than any other man of my acquaintance." Dolly Swift-"How so?" Sally Gay-"He understands that he doesn't understand them."-Judge. She Heard It All. He-"They say that Jack Crumley has been talking a good deal behind your back lately." She (turning pale)- Td like to know what he's been saying." He-"Oh, you know well enough. It was all done on his tandem."-Tit Bits. _ A Painful Dilemma. Miss Dazzi-"I'm afraid you must think me very unconventional, Mr. Tuaxpar. Tell me honestly, now." Mr. Tharper-"Please excuse mo, Miss Dazzi; you know only children and fools speak the truth." "But you are no longer a child." Life. _ An Affectation. "I believe," said Willie Wishing ton, "that you don't like classical music." "I don't mind telling you," replied Miss Cayenne, "that that is a polite fiction. I have to say that sometimes in order to avoid hearing it murdered." -Washington Star. A Noir Use For H Igh-Te m per cd "Women, Salina (to Dorothea, noted for her readiness for repartee)-"Ah, dear, it's a lucky thing you aro going to marry Professor Theonine. A chemist will find you very handy." Dorothea-"What do you mean, Salina?" Salina-"Why, you will always have 6 retort ready for him, you know."-Judge. Tommy's Idea of lt. Little Tommy-"Sister Lillian likes to have you come here." Mr. Simperling- "Aw, indeed! How do you know that?" Little Tommy-"Well, people always like what makes them glad, don't they?" - . Mr. Simperling-"Generally. But how do you know I make her glad?" Little Tommy-"I heard her tellin' one of the other girls to-day that she just had to laugh every time she looked at you."-Tit-Bits. Fallings of Great Minds. "I don't know what to do with that clock," said Professor Thinkard, look ing up in a perplexed way at the time piece that hung on the wall of his study. "The servant carelessly let it run down yesterday and it stopped. I wound it myself this morning, but it won't go." . "Why don't you start the pendu lum?" asked the caller. "Sure enough!" exclaimed the pro fessor, rising to carry the suggestion into effect. "I never thought of that." -Chicago Tribune. A Condition Explained. "Yes," said the man who is gen erally to be found with his feet on a desk, "there's no doubt about it; col lections are terribly hard." "Do you speak from personal ex perience?" inquired the friend. "Certainly. I haven't been able to collect a dollar in three weeks." "Have you tried?" "No; I knew it was no uso. That is-er-well, to tell the truth, I daren't boen feeling muoh like work lately, and when I come to think of it, there isn't any one who owes me a dollar."-Washington Star. Two Curious Clocks. The ingenuity of the scientist who establislred a "dock cf flowers" by planting in regular order specimens whose corollas opened at specified hours has been matched by a German who has composed a "clock of birds." This is especially a night clock. The birds and hours of their songs are as follows: The chaffinch, 1.30 to2 a. m.; the titmouse, 2 to 2.30; the quail, 2.30 to 3; tho redstart, 3 to 3.30; the ousel, 3.30 to 4; the warbler, 4 to 4.30; the marshtit, 4.30 to 5; the sparrow, 5. . This arrangement is, of course, good only in the Old World and not In America. i POPULAR SCIENCE. MOT? than 800,000 series of aro lamps aro in use in thia country now. - In Bielefielr", Germany, there is a colony of epileptics, numbering about 1500. The colony was established in 1868, and patients from all parts of the world go there for treatment. Large fish can be killed or stunned to prevent trouble in getting them into the boat by using a new spring pistol, which has a chisel-shaped point, to be released by a trigger, and shot out by the spring to sever the backbone of the fish. That a caterpillar secretes wax to line its cell is a known fact. It now appears that a geometrid moth covers its eggs with silk, It is contained in a pouch at tho end of the abdomen in the form of dense bundles about two mm. long, and resembling in miniature locks of wavy flaxen hair. Projectiles used for the United States Army for its great modern guns oost as follows: Solid shot, 8-inch, $69.80 each: 10-inch, $144.50 each; 12-inch, $212 each; 12-inch mortar shells, weighing SOO pounds, $114 each, and 12-inch mortar shells, weigh ing 1000 pounds, $195 each. Victims of "roae fever," "hay fever" and "ragweed fever" will be interested to learn that a German doc tor has added "bean fever" to the list of these popular summer epidemics. His discovery has been christened "Favismus," and the cure for the dis ease is to beware of bean fields. A German paper maker has recently obtained letters patent on bottles made of paper, for use on board ship. The new bottles are made of a compo sition which, with the solution in which they aro mado water-tight, is still the inventor's secret. After be ing impregnated with this fluid the paper bottles are slowly dried in gas stoves. A doctor in Paris has made the dis covery that a solution of ono part pic ric acid to seventy-five parts of water will cure quickly the most serious burns. The pain of the most terrible burns is instantly removed without blistering or irritation, and healing takes place in four or five days. There is left a yellow tint on the skin, which can be removed by a solution of boric acid. The collector of butterflies may not know that specimens are sometimes made up of two or three different species, and even ordinary insects are often dyed and made to appear as if they had been native to the tropical forests. The collectors of butterflies are also orchid hunters, the flowers and insects that so closely resemble each other being alike denizens of dangerous and inaccessible jungles. Calline "Wild Fowl. The difference between the notes of invitation made by various shore fowl -stints, gray plover, golden plover ringed plover, knots and saudpipera -is so slight that no one but a fowler would notice them. Yet to theso tho difference is as great as that be tween the sound of French and Eng lish. A realty first-class gunner will sit in a creek in August and call tho birds up, if within hearing and in clined to move, in any order j.m like to name. Even such closely allied birds aa the curlew and the whimbrel have different notes. We once saw a large mixed flock of gray plover, knots and stints flying past on the muds, at a distan?a of some ninety yards. A gunner noticed that thero were two or three golden plover among them. The gunner whistled the golden plover's not?, and from tho big flock of some sixty birds the pair instantly flew out, wheeled and passed within fifty yards, answering the call in their own language. Perhaps the best instance of tho aptness of tho gunners in learning b"rd language was recently recorded in the West minster Gazette. It is credited to a fowler who shot the only specimen of the broad-billed sandpiper 6ver killed iu Norfolk. When down on the muds listening to tho notes of tho shoro birds ho distinguished ono which he did not know. He imitated it, the bird answered, flew up to him and was shot. Starlings, which 3eem al most to talk and certainly can imi t?t? other birds when engaged in their curious "song," which seems so Uko a conversational variety entertainment, arc all the time enjoying a monologue. Starlings, wheu they have anythirg to say, as when nesting, or quarreling for places when going to roost, use quite different notes. Of all bird voices the song of the swallow is mest like human speech-not our speech, but like the sougs which the Lapp or such outlandish races eing. A Lapp woman sings a song just like that of a swallow at dawn. -Washington Star. Japanose Indoor Games. The indoor sports and amusements for evenings at home are mainly card games and story-telling. The father tells his sons the tales of the mighty heroes of the past ages, relates Japan ese history, and teaches reverence and obedience to the Mikado, tho "heaven-appointed ruler;" or tho grandmother gathering tho little ones in a circlo around tho brazier filled with hot ooals, tells thom the wonder ful fox-stories, the stories of demons and gnomes, and the clever fables about animals. Their game of goman is like our checkers, but it requires three hun dred and sixty pieces, instead of twenty-four. It is played on a raised stand. In tho game of chess they have forty pieces. There are several ways of playing kbackgammon, and it is very popular. Private theatricals are a very common form of amuse ment among both boys and girls, and, like most of their sports, are frequent ly shared by their elders. As the children are often taken to the thea tre, th"y readily imitate what they have seen there.-St. Nicholas. A New Railway FOR Signal. A curious railway danger or fog signal has been invented in Chiswick, England, which has been adopted by the Southwestern Railway. It con sists of a large wheel placed at the side of tho track near a station and containing around its circumference thirty-two barrels, each holding two cartridges. A lever placed along tho ! rail is depressed by the passing train, j and it in turn pulls back aud then re leases a hammer which explodes two cartridges. After the train has passed tho hammer automatically returns into position to fire the next barrel. It is connecte?! by electricity with the sig nals, and tho man in the box can set or disconnect it by pressing a button. The disconnection is worked by a magnet, which draws down tho ham mer and prevents firing. It is ex pected that tho contrivance will ehoitly do away with the clumsy de? ; tonators now in use. Paper Motiles. Bottled now aro being made of paper under a German patent. They are for use particularly on shipboard, ??hero heavy weather works havoo amoiig glass receptacles. WORDS OF WISDOM; Brevity is tho great charm of elo quence.-Cicero. Where the speecli is corrupted the mind is also.-Seneca. Ho -who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.-Napoleon. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.-Emerson. He that is good for making excuBes is seldom good for anything el?e. We can do more good by being good than in any other way?-Hilh Not to enjoy life, but to employ life, ought to be our ?ini and inspir ation.-Macd?ff -, Envy is ? pdssiod so full of coward ice and shame that nobody over had the confidence to own it. - Rochester. Esteem cannot be where there is no confidence; and there can be no con fidence where there is no respect. Giles. Wc should never make enemies, if for no other reason, because it is so hard to behave toward them as we ought.-Palmer. The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it - skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.-Epicurus. Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and the laughter abundant.-Washington Irving. Every man ought to aim at emi nence, not by pulling others down, but by raising himself; end enjoy the pleasures of his own ' superiority} whether imaginary or real, without interrupting others in the same fe licity.-Johnson. Goliath and David. Like Goliath and David it is to witness Cyrus Adams Sulloway and Frank Gay Clarke, the New Hamp shire representatives in'Congress, go striding down the corridors of the Capitol. Mr. Sulloway ia massive, and is known among his constituents as "The Tall Pine." About six.feet six inches in height, his large head is surmounted with a crop of tangled lock.;, that stream out from under his broad slouch hat. His voice is heavy and powerful, in perfect proportion with his immense body and huge limbs. His communications are out spoken and abrupt. He swings along the mosaic floor of the Capitol with the natural gait of a rural statesman, and his "long legged" boots of cow hide clatter as ho treads. Representative Clarke is shorter in stature. He could waljt under Mr. Sulloway's outstretched arm with head erect. Both are nativo Yankees, but Mr. Clarke is a polished man, companionable, and possessed of the rare gift of gracefully adapting him self to his surroundings. His voice is pleasing, but forceful enough to be heard all over* the Hcuso when ho makes a speech. In contrast with the big slouch hat and huge black Prince A lbert of Representative Sullo way, Mr. Clarke's attire is a neat derby and a veil-made business suit. The latter is probably the only mem ber of the House Who has presided over as large a legislative 'body as Speaker Reed. He was Speaker of tho Granite State Legislature for tho term beginning in 1891, and the little State of Now Hampshire, with | but two representatives in Congress, has a lower house of 357 members^ the same number as the national House.-Washington Post. - ?? , Primitive Agriculture. % The bnilders of a new country ar? of necessity agricultural in their pur suits and tendencies, and the products they wrest from the desolate barren ness of tho land give life to new indus- ! tries that form the business fabric and B^oial sustenance of a nation. In the primeval forests they toil endlessly, against unfavorable conditions that either warp and destroy lifo or develop character and sturdiness; tho fields, reclaimed from watery wastes and the wilderness of untamed nature, respond sullenly to their repeated efforts, and barely return sufficient crops to pay for all the back-breaking, heart-rend ing labor; and the very meadow lands and prairies seem to grudge the plo vers n living, as though they consid ered them interlopers como to rob them of their pristine virginity. Un derneath the broiling summer sun that dries and parches tho scanty veg etation that they have nourished into sickly growth, and in tho teeth of wintry storms and icy blasts that freeze and congeal the blood of the body, they work out the destiny of a new nation, imparting vigor aud de termination or weakness and imbecil ity to future generations, according to whether they conquer their environ ments or permit themselves to be mas tered by them. The conflict extends through many years of desperate dis couragement, and the end is not fore seen even by those who die at a ripe old age in the rank and file of the army.-Lippincott's Magazine. An Electrical "Water Forgo. Great as aro the possibilities of electricity their full scope is probably only feebly comprehended. One of the latest devices is a water forge. The details are as yet the secret of the inventor, but in effect the method is as follows: A tank shaped some what like an iron sink is filled with water, which is highly charged with electricity. The piece of iron to be manipulated is held by a pair of pin cers which are attached to an electrio wire. When all is ready the iron is dipped into the water, of course caus ing the positive aud negative poles to come in contact. It takes from ten to sixty seconds for the iron to become hot enough to be bent or worked as required. An interesting and impor tant fact is that the heat manifests it self ouly upon that portion of the iron that is covered by the water, thus rendering it much more controllable than forges of tho ordinary pattern. If one inch is under water, only one inch will be red, and so on with any submerged length. Pearla. As yet tho origin of pearls is a mat ter of moro speculation. The old theory that they were "congealed dew drops pierced by sunbeams" was sup ported by naturalists as late as 1684, and is evidenced in a Venetian medal bearing an open oystershell receiving drops of rain, with the motto, "By the Divine Dew." Later conchologists, however, contend that the pearl nuc leus may be some minute particle, as a grain of sand, or the frustule of a diatom, or a tiny parasite, or perhaps one of tho ova of the pearl oyster it self. This particle of foreign body is gradually surrounded by thin layers of nacre until it is completely encysted and tho pearl formed. The consecu tivo layers may vary in brightness and color, and a defect may be caused by contact with auother foreign substance, thus changing tho value with eacbnew i.^yer and sometimes causing a "lively kernel" or "seed" to be inclosed in an apparently poor pearl,-Lippincott's. LOST GLORY. Oh, war hns loBt its romance! There's nothing in a fight But vessels blown to lands unknown With deadly dynamite! No long and glorious battle On ocean lists mado dim By tho cannon-smoke nnd rattle Of the frigates taught and trlmi No shouting of tho captains No sabers flashing free; ND battling, man to man, to gain Tho glory of tho sea! But dynamite from left to right QUlek death in carnage dim; And nothing of tho romanc? Of the frigates taught and trim! -Frank L. Stanton. PITH AND POINT; "How dogs it happen, David, that yon haven't finish-.-d your work?" "Why, you see, pop, th' boys have been helpin' me."-Judge. "Mrs. Blims, how is it that you know everything about Mrs. Sims?" "Oh, my hired girl worked for her threo years."-Detroit Free Press. Drummer-"Who presented tho play at the town hall last night?" Rural ville Merchant-"A gang of people disguised as actors."-Judge. Klondike Kit-"Say, what sort of cuff-buttons is them?" Dawson Dave -"The real thing, my boy. They are carved from genuine corned beef." -Cincinnati Enquirer. "You and the new boarder,'* said the landlady, "seem to be hand-in-1 glove;" "Why not?" he replied; "Didn't you know that we were kids together?"-Indianapolis Journal. "What i' a song recital, Uncle1 Christopher?" "A song recital? Well; somebody sings all afternoon, and au audience of women talk through the whole performance."-Detroit Free Press. First Boy-"My papa knows more than your papa does." Second Boy -"I bet he doesn't. Did you ever see my papa? His forehead reaches down to the back of his head."-Lon don Tit Bits. Miriam (skeptically)-"I wonder if Mies Antique exclaimed, 'Oh! this is so sudden!' when he proposed to her?" Melicent-"It is more likely that he thought it when she accepted him."-Puck. "Well, little boy, what's your name?" "Shadrach Nebuchadnezzar Yocts." "Who gave you that name?" "I don't know. But if I find out when I gets older they'll bo sorry for it." London Punch. Miss Oletimes-"I am not quite sure whether he loves me or not. He hasn't asked me for a lock of my hair yet." Miss Newbudd-"Why, of course, he loves you-if he is so con siderate as that."-Judge. Fuddy-"Do you really think that Baskers cares much for his wife?" Duddy-"Cares for her? He dotes on her. Scores of times I've known him to make faces for his wife when she had to take nasty-tasting medi cine."-Boston Transcript. Tramp (in the country)-"Yes. I once rode er wheel, but Iliad ter give it up." Biker-"Why?" Tramp "Well, yer soe, the owner wnz coram* down the road behind me, and the policeman had a rope stretched across in front."-Loudon Tit-Bits. "Yes," said Miss Passeigh, "I en joy the society of Mr, Airylad. He ?keeps- mo interested. He is always saying something that one never hears from anybody else." "Really!" rejoined Miss Cayenne.. "Has he been proposing to yon, too?"-Washington Star. . "Talking of office boys," .said the mah in the checks, "what a nuisance they are!" "Right," said the man in stripes. "A new one isn't well enough acquainted with the businessj and an experienced one is too well ac quainted with his boss."-Cincint?ati Enquirer. j "I'm afeared," remarked Farmer Corntossel; "thet the period of use fulness fur that politician is about to be drawee! to a close." "What's the matter?" inquired his wife. "Is it a case of overwork?" "No;" was the answer; "'tain'tnolhiu' so onusnal as ?overwork. It's a plain, old-fashioned case of overtalk."-Washington Star. Hodgkins' Disenso. Hodgkins' disease, which caused the death of a Yale student, is a curi ous, but, fortunately, a comparatively rare affection. It is characterized by tho appearance of glandular tumors, | first appearing iii the neck and arm- j pits aud extending in groups through out other portions of the body. Young j adults are the most frequent subjects. The malady is always associated with impoverishment of the blood and tho relative increase of its white cells, also with marked enlargeiuDut of the spleen and changes in the bone marrow, and generally ends fatally within two years after tho first appearance of symp toms. The swellings, which are at first ifiolated, vary from the size of a bean to that of a hen's egg, and final ly multiply and coalesce, forming an almost continuous chain of growths, those encircling the neck being often larger in circumference than the head. Tho early removal of tho primary enlargements is sometimes beneficial and occasionally curative, but, as a rule, the fundamental error of nutri tion, which is at the bottom of all tho . trouble, is scarcely possible of correc tion by internal remedies. The pre disposing causes of the disease are not hereditary in character. In a fair proportion of cases the initiatory swelling of tho glands is caused by some comparatively trivial ailment, suchas au ulcerated tooth, an inflamed throat or a "running" ear. Life is terminated by exhaustion. Some times, however, death resuits from suffocation or from starvation in con sequence of obstructive growths in the throat.-New York Herald. Bats. Dr. Clifton F. Hodge, of Clark Uni versity, has been conducting investi gations iuto the habits of toads and other small creatures. One of his ex periments was with bats. Dr. Hodge took half a dozen of the bats home with him, and installed them in his parlor. At first they greeted any friendly ad vances with chattering auger. After a little while, they became quite tame; and, whenever their jailer entered the room, they would fly to him for food. They never reached the point of allow ing themselves to be handled, but they were friendly. Their home was in the folds at the top of the window draperies; and, when night came, and sometimes j in the daytime, they would spend their ] time flying about the room, regardless ; of the presence of members of the i family. Dr. Hodge would occasion- : ally feed them with insects in the ! evening, releasing netful after netful j of the night-flying varieties; and never \ a bug remained in the morning. They took everything, from a spider to a polyphemus moth. One morning tho doctor counted while one bat devoured sixty-eight house-flies. Ho believes the bat would be almost as suscepti ble to taming as tho monkey.-New York Sun. j A Cheerful Woman. From th6 Democrat, Brazil, Ind. Every woman oannot bo beautiful, but? cheerful face often supplies tho deflolenoyj But no one can bochoerful and bring Joy to others unless they havo perfeot health. Fortunately, solence has plaoed this price less boon within the reach of every woman as the following inoldent provost . Mrs. Amanda Robinson, wife of William Robinson, farmer and stookman, near Howesvllle, Clay County, Ind., ls thirty two years old and had for 'several years boen in declining health and despondent. For three months she was not only unable to attend to her domeatio duties but too feeble to bo up and about. To-day she is in good health and able to attend to her housohold affairs, ?ho relates har ox porlonco as follows: "I was afflicted with female troubles and was la a delicate 6tato of health. I lost my appotite, grew thia and was greatly deprosscd. After taking various remedies without being benefited I was induced by a friend to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "Early In the summer of 1397 I pro cured (ITO boxes of them and before Un ishing the/ 8ocond box I " began to Jm-"*^ provo and by ?C>.V. the timo I had titkon the five boxes I was a bl e to go about my A Priceless Boon. usual work and stopped taking tho pills. "Our daughter Anna, twelve years old, was also afflicted with declino and debility. She lo3t flesh, seemed to be bloodless aud had no ambition. 8ho took two boxes of the pills and they restored ber appetite, aided digestion and brought color to her oheeks. Sho is now ia the best of health; I think Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pals People the best modlcine we dvor had in our family and recommend them to all needing a remedy for toning up and re? building a shattorod system. No dl3oovdry of modern times has proved suoh abl&sslng to women as Dr. Williams* Pink Pills for Palo Pooplo. They restore stroogth and health, to oxhaasted women when every effort of tho physician proves unavailing. These vogetabio pills are everywhere recognized as a speolae lor diseases ot the blood and n?rvea. A Conjurer's Story. The Ceylon Independent, In some re marks in connectios with a proposed visit of Carl Hertz, the well known conjurer, to Colombo, tells this story: "It was at a quiet party, and Carl Hertz, the famous conjurer, had been delighting the company-especially the ladies-with many of his finest trlck3. AU this time one of the parlor maids had been passing in and out with cups, cakes, glasses, and so on. She was much Interested and when the hostess gave a sign that nothing more was ' needed, tho girl still lingered on to see the completion of the trick Just begun. "Will some one oblige me with a heavy shawl cr cloak?' he said. 'Now,' he went on, selecting a big cashmere shawl, 'you observe the thickness of the shawl?" they all did, breathl :ssly, including the maid at the door. 'Now, ; will one of you be good enough to 1 write a number of three figures on a piece of paper, being careful not to let me see what is wrltton.' With trem bling fingers one of the girls did no, while the maid at the door leaned for warid and began to breath hard. 'Now, place the written paper, with the Agares on the upper side, under thg ! shawl as I hold it.' It was done, tho thickness of the shawl Oeing between Carl Hertz and the paper as he look ed down toward it. There was breath- j less silence. Then he said: 'Surely, the number ls 7CL7 It was. He had f apparently seen right through the thick | shawl. Every one was dumfounded and amazed. Then upon the silence brok9 the shriek of the maid at the door. With one final gaze at the shawl and one at the handsome conjurer, she hid her rosy face In her hands, yelling .at the top of her voice, 'What's the good bf-me clothes?' and - fled.'-'-Jjondon-L Chronicle. Unwarranted Distrust. First Office Boy-De ole chap I work fer is .de most suspicious ole cod ger I ever seen. Second Office Boy (who has dropped in) -Is he? First Office Boy-Yes; I've been here free weeks, an' he never gave mo de combination of de safe. The Oddities of Language. "She actually flung herself at hi head!" "H'm! What did he do?' "Ho flung himself at her feet."-Bos tou Transcript. Scanty Is Dlood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascareis, Candy Calhar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by Btirring up the lazy liver and driving all ?nv Eunties from the body. Begin today to an ?sh pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascnrctfl,-beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lUc, 25c, 50c. It is estim?t-d that 1,130 passenger trains arrive and leave Chicago daily. DYSPEPSIA^ IKWOESTIOK and nil stomach troubles cured by Tuber's Pepsin Compound. Sample bottle mailed free. Write Dr. Taber M fg. Co., Savannah. Un. Shako Into Tour Shoes Allon'a Foot-Easo.a powder for the feet. It oures paint ul.swollen.nervous.smarting feet and instantly takes tho sting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis covery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all drug gists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FBEE. Address Allen S.Olmsted.Lo Roy.N.Y. B. B. B. Never Falls to Cure All manner of Blood Troubles, Syphilitic and Mercurial Rheumatism. $1.00 per large bottle, S for W.GO. at druggists, or sent for price, ex press paul, by lilood Iluim Co , Atlanta, Gs. J Unhooks of wonderful cures sont free. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. S3 trial bottleaod trentiscfrce. DH. P.. IL KLINE. Ltd.. 031 Arch St., Phila., Pa. Tho number or vesse s that passed tn rough the suez cnnnl last year was 2,02U. Educate Toar Bowels With Cascarete Candy Cntliartlc. cure constipation forever. 10c, SSc. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money. In Ireland nn aero comprises 7,840 squaro yards, whilo in Scotland 0,140 go to the acre. " I havo been usine CASCA I? F.TS and as a mild and ejective laxative they aro simply won derful. My daughter and 1 were bothered with sick stomach and our breath was very bad. After taking a fow doses of Cascarots we have Improved wonderfully. The*- aro a great help in the family." wi .'.ur:.M i.VA NAGEL. 1137 Blttcnhouso St., Cincinnati, Ohio. CANDY CATHARTIC TRADE MARK RIOISTtRID Pleasant, Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do Good, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Grlpo. 10c. 25c, 50c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Starling Rtoedy Company, Chicago, Sontrtal, Hew York. SIB BIA.TH Hai* Bold and guaranteed by alldrog ?IU" I U"BAU gists to CURE Tobacco Habit. BEST SCALES- LEAST MONEY JONES OF BINGHAMTON N. Y. and Liquor Habit cured in IO to ZO davB. No pay till cured. Dr. J.Xi. Stephens, Dept. A, Lebanon, Ohio. Saving the Day. An eide de camp rode hurriedly to ] the general's side ?nd gasped, ''Gen eral, the enemy's , bicycle corps is pre paring to charge." ''Ah," replied the general, with great satisfaction, "now we haye ?ri opportunity to see what prir tack; throwing mortars can do. Let them" open fire at once." In three minutes the intervening ground was strewn with' tacks; ?nd the attacking corps was obliged to re treat in confusion. The day was saved. -Judge. What ls Tetterine? It is a fragrant, unctuous ointmentof srreat cooling and healing power. It 1B good for Tot ter, Ringworm, Eczema and all roughness of tho skin. It stops pain and tching at o nee and If properly used will positively euro eren the worstof chroniccases. 50contsatadrugstore or by mail for 50 cen s In stamps. J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, tia. It has been figured out that ono man of Berlin, Ont., has 272 relatives in the town. To Cure Constipation "*oreweT. T.^?HS 9>8Cnrets Candy Catbama lOo or 25a, II C C. C. fail to oure, druggists refund money. New Jersey was tho first state permitting thc right of suffrr^e to women. M. L. Thompson & Co., Druggists, Couders port, Pa., say Hall's Catarrh Cure is tho best and onls sure cure for catarrh they oVor sold. Druggists sell it, 75c. Lyon ?t Co's "Pick Leaf*' SmokingTob&cce Is tho "best of the best." 2 ounces and cigar ette book for 10 cents. Try it Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the KU m s,. reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. I could not get along without Plao's Cure for Consumption. It always cures. Mrs. E. c. MOULTON, Needham, Mass.. October22,1894. 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 the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the 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 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 FIB SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL WUmiU?. KY. t/EW YORK, K.i. thc dread-o? the cotton grower, can be prevented. Trials at Experiment Stations and the experience of leading growers prove positively that is the only remedy. We will be glad to send, free of charge, interesting and useful pamphlets which treat of the matter in detail. GERMAN KALI WORKS, . 93 Nassau St., Nev Yera. ISAAC S. BOYD, President. (Pres. Boyd & Baxter Fora. Fact'y.) SAW Box A 885. A' We Manufacture Solid anti 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. FOR NAME throughout the co on try ai ers of this pa per ctn tell th' educate voa In knowing SI nj OFFERS: Theso li lilt ?" walch represents ll weU t S5C0. IN CASH FOR THE 12 HAMES. First letter-of ?eh fe ?ire to tft* tho number cf mh. All except one ?re natur cclvosFour Dollar Prise by return mall. We wart yo tola educating wed offer to know wLcthor you know ga annd 2B cents (rtWor or money order) and wa win ? Smowfol SHS be selected from our cat* pgue ?ny tin Von can't lote 3 cent: If you don't know ?ll 12 seeds yoi uro mire of tho Wc certiflcavo. Doa't mis? this offer. A HEALTHY Thii her sn produ naturi If there is any costiveness, m doses of St. Joseph's Liver Regt MY WIFE WAS ALMOS With female troubles, She has teker PANACEA and it has cured her. She is well as slio ever did and weighs more th SOLD AT DRUG STORES. L. QERSTLE & CO., Proprietc MISSISSIPPI GIRLS . NOT AFRAID. Crape, Hiss., says: i har? usea pr, 51. A. Slmmoni Liver medicino 18 year? It ls the best , of all Lire* Regulators. It cures Sick Headache, and ia & greaj deal nore popular than "Black Draught" or an j other, liver medicine in this counttyi: Menstrual Non-Appearance. Absence of thc flow may arise from some organic defects or from abnormal condition cf the blood or nervous ??TS te a. As thc timo approaches there axe- many symptoms that should be apparent to an intelligent mother. When they arc tardy, tho attompt to estab*. lish chis fonction is attended with pain in the head, loins and back, chilliness, nausea ? and bloating of the abdomen. Thc* treat* ment necessary ls moderato oat-door exer cise, the nae of Dr. Of. A. Simmons Livor Medicine to correct the action of tho diges* tire organs and a dose twice a day for como weeks of that great uterine BUmnlant, Dr. Simmons Squaw Tine Wine. Mite Postmaster.Merchant and First Assistant Principal Hebron Korata) High School, Fuller, Miss., writer; I am 25 years old, anu my Father, who died when ho was 75 years old, bad been using and selling Dr. BI. A; Simmons Livor Medicine ever cinco , I could remember. It ? 7I"~T;""doesallthatlsclalmcd xor lt, and Is as staple as Sugar, Flour and SSSSi, I;Considor it much Superior to "Zeilin's Medicino/' which I don't use et any price; . . . Girls Approaching Puberty. Frequently sn ?er from url lability, restless ness, smothering sensations; palpitation of heart, depression of spirits, nausea, consti pation and sometimes fainting spells. Dr. Simulons Squaw Vins ?Vino, taken With the original Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine, quickly relieves these and other distressing symptoms and assist? nature in performing Ita natural function- at *?O proper time. Look Ont.-Dont let the preparation called "Black Draught" como into your house on tho fraudulent pretension u? being "just the same".as M. A. S. L. M. It is '"not" the same .If tho component perts were the same thero is as much di if ere nco between them as between day and nigh?. Beware of all imitations. FRICK COMPANY ECLIPSE-I-ENGINES Boilers, Saw Mills, Cotton Gins, Cotton Presses, Grain Separators. Chisel Tooth and Solid Saws, Saw Teeth, Inspirators, Injectors, Engine Repairs and a full line of Brass Goods. &'Sendfor Catalogue and Prices. AVERY & MCMILLAN, SOUTHERN MANAGERS. Nos. Bl & S3 S. Forsyth St., ATLANTA, GA. tWe delight lo do an ear!? friend a good turo. Til? working parts ot ,ANY AERMOTOR EXCHANCED FOR A ROLLER BEARINC, repbyrrun. g, ever-going, everlasting, power line, UP-TO-DATE '93 MOTOR, 8 PT. FOR SC; ? ft. britt;litt. for 130. They run lik? a bicycla, and sro mide lileo s witch, ?rerj movable paitoa roller*. Doubles geared aili power. The Aermotor ran when all other milli itood still. and mado the steel windmill business. THE NEW BEATS THE OLD AS THE OLD BEAT THE WOODEN WHEEL. On receipt of amount, revised motor (bet cot wheel or vane) will ha sent to replace old ono then to be returned. Offer subject to cancellation at au y time. If your old wheel ls not ac Aermotor, write for * terms ot swap-nsw (or old-to co on old tower. "Yon ema put it on. Aermotor Ce?, Chicago. 7000 uiniuoTv r rro ra lSi? mus! be sacrificed BOW. Kew .Hieb. Grade, all style?, bett equlpniem,-ir>n.. lrced.S9.75 toSI7.00. Uacdwb cola, lato inodr-U, all -nates, S3 to $ 12. Wet Mp <n\ approval tcith _'onfacentpaipr.tnt. Write) _-rain Hat "nd art catalog . ...._models. BIOTGLE FREE for leason to advertise them. Send for one. Rider asenta wanted. Learn how to Earn a Bicycle ard make money. !?. F. 3 IE AD CYCLE COMPANY, Cklca?*). OTHERS. ST. ANDREWS For the Liver Regulates tho Lifer. For snle hy dealers. To ees freo sample WUJkJWO scud u:. Stamp to ANDREWS MFG. CO., Bristol, Tenn. If ?filleted with BOW ?jes, u*e Thompson's Eye Water MENTION THIS PAPER , in writing to nrtver \ Users. ANC OS-19 W. G. RAOUL, Ylc<*-Pro**t, (Pres. Mexican X.it. Ii. R. Co.) TLANTA, GA. We Carry in Stock Belting, Filos, Emery "Wheels aud other Mill Supplies Bits and Shanks for all makes of Inserted Tooth Saws. c 12 SEEPS. 0a^Enlw? V VruJyJ2a?dwe^ntt?know if the read i Seeds that Crow "zSSSSnhi^r. w" want to c names ortSe twelTeaeeflasnownori J _ eens and therefore haTO reade the roiiOWinp?jlj?Mj io Utrl^mTname them Uko talc:Corn. i .i.. ri?>rY rjerson rivlne fl name? of tho Med? wui TZ MOTHERS Make APPY H0ME5. W can a woman be cheerful and lappy when she is weak? nervous, .nd suffering the excruciating tor ures of Female Diseases? It should 3 expeoted of her. When she is ing from Deranged Menstruation, is, Falling of the Womb, etc., 6how sympathy for her in a practical y providing her with SSRSTLB'S male Panacea. THAOC((J, p. PJMAHK. 3 splendid tonic will soon relieve Hering and CURE the disease, thus cing the desired result through il channels. Only fl .00 per bottle, ove the bowels gently with mild ilator. Price 25c per package. T fi COMPLETE WRECK I six bottles of GCR8TLE'8 FEMALE now on thc last bottle and u feeling as tan ever before in lier life. B. R. LEGGETT. Broxton. Ga. >rs, Chattanooga, Tenn.