Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Epicurean Jack Tars. . While the volunteer Jack tars are in the city to take the monitors off to their defensive posts at Portland, Bos ton and New York, some curious social conditions have been observed. Many of these naval reserve men are of high social standing and wealth, but are serving as seamen and wearing the urlform of their grade. While willing to perform the lowly tasks of ship du ty-holy-stoning the decks, scrubbing paint, cleaning boats, scraping oars and scouring bright work-they are by no means ready to accept the dietary of their mess, and, vrheaever they get leave, hurry off to the swell restaur ants to order the good things they have have been used to from childhood " ?, which good things often include the big cold bottle and the little hot bird. Now, this desire on the part of these gentlemen seamen has caused the haughty waiters . .t such places as tne Bellevue and the Continental Hotel many moments filled with great aston ishment, for to hear from the lips of men in seamen's garb words indicative of deep knowledge of things gustato rial, in the opinion of the waiters, al most passes understanding. And yet these waiters have been told time and time again by the men in seamen's garb that the bird was overdone. Cause for astonishment, indeed, but the wait ers are gradually 'getting on" and act ing accordingly.-Philadelphia Times. A POP?LAK FALLACY. Whene'er a man attempts to drown His troubles, then I note He always seems to think they ar? Located in his throat. Colorado has a mining town named Wall Street_ The Chinese Fine. The standard of th ? Celestial Emp're is a ??ry queer looking affair, lt represents the most grotesque of green dragons on a yellow . ground. Tho latter is suggestive not only of the national complexion, but also of that of ' a sufferer from biliousness. To remove this unbecoming tint from the complexion, uso Ho-tetter's Stomach Bitters, which will speedily regulate yourliver. prevent malaria, j and remedy dyspepsia, nervousness, raeuma tlsm and kidney complaint. Charcoal is tho great Italian fuel, Naples alono consuming forty thousanc tons of wood charcoal, at a cost ot from sixteen to twenty dollar- p-r ton. tho national consumption being seven hundred thousand. To Cure a Cold in Ono Day. Take Laxative Bromo Q> inino Tablets. All Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. The highest price ever paid for a poem was 600 golden crowns, paid to Sannnzaro hy the citizens of Venice for his eulogy on their rltv. It ls a poem which contained only six lines. j Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tour Life Away, To quit tobacco easily and forever, be msg oetlc. lull of lifo, nerve and vigor, take No-To Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men ttrong. AU druggists, 50c or fl. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address . Sterling Remedy Ca, Chicago or New York. At a wes ern wedding the wedding march wa? whi;tlcd by 12 girl friends of tho bride. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens thc gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. The ccuthern Saw Works aro the leaders in the South. See their advertisement in thia issue. Their saws will suit you. Try Allen's Foot-Eatc, A powder to be shaken Into the shoos. At this season your feet feel swollerj, nor- i vous and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Al len's Foot-Ease. It cools tho feot and makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. IMieves corns and b .Ions of all pain and ?rives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Solu by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package' FltEE. Address, KU a 8 Olmsted. Lu Boy, N. Y._ Ippefifs^Jtap Without the First You Cannot Havo the Last. Hood's Sarsaparilla gives both. It gently tones and strengthens the stomach and gives digestive power, creates an ap petite and Invigorates tho whole system. By making th? blood rich and pure It strengthens the nerves and gives refreshing sleep. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is AmericVs Greatest Medicine, gi; six for $5 Heod's Pills euro ail liver ills. ?5cents. Two Peculiar Traged^s. Two remarkable fatalities have oc curred in the antipodes. An Auckland, New Zealand, lad named Johnnir Wright was shooting rabbits in a cemetery when he came across his mother's grave. He was overcome with grief and was weeping bitterly, resting on his gun, with the muzzle pressed against his heart, with his hands as a shield. When in this posi tion his spaniel trotted up with a dead rabbit in his mouth. He dropped the rabbit, put one paw on his master's knee and the other on the trigger of the gun. The gun exploded and the boy fell ''.ead over his mother's grave, with the tears still wet on his cheeks. At Malvern, New South Wales, a shooting accident took place under ex tremely sad circumstances. Bertie Douglas of that place is worth half a million dollars. A year ago Bertie's heiress sister was to have been mar ried. A sister died suddenly on the wedding day. The wedding was post poned one yerr to March 25th. On that day the car: lace bearing the bride was at the door. Bertie was missed. He was searched for and found with a bullet in his head. The wedding was again postponed. The affair is a mys tery. STEONG STATEMENTS. Three Women Relieved of Female Troubles by Mrs. Pin Ich am." From Mrs. A. W. SMITH, 59 Summer St., Biddeford, Mc: "For several years I suffered with various diseases peculiar to my sex. Was troubled with a burning sensation across the small of my back, that all gone feeling, was despondent, fretful and discouraged; the least exertion tired me. I tried several doctors but received little benefit. At last I de cided to give your Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. The ef fect o? the first bottle was magical. Those symptoms of weakness that I was afflicted with,-vanished like vapor before the sun. I cannot speak too highly of your valuable remedy. It is truly a boon to woman." From Mrs. MELISSA PHILLIPS, Lex ington, Ind., to Mrs. Pinkham: "Before I began taking your medicine I had su.fered for two years with that tired feeling, headache, backache, no ap petite, and a run-down condition of the system. I could not walk across the room. I have taken four bottles of the Vegetable Compound, one box of Liver Pills and used one package of Sanative Wash, and now feel like a new woman, and am abie to do my work." From Mrs. MOLLIE E. HEBBEL, Pow ell Station, Tenn.: * 'For three years I suffered wi th such a weakness of the back, I could not perform my household duties. I also had falling of the womb, terrible bear ing-down pains and headache. I have taken two bottles of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound and feel like a new woman. I recommend your medicine to every woman I know." A Useful Sash. One needs but to buy a sash like the following to make the simplest gown presentable anywhere: Two wide handsome sash ribbons are joined to gether with a bla'dt or white lace .en tredeux, two inches wide. This forms one floating end, and has a double plisse flounce of mousseline de soie to match the lace at the bottom, and an other flounce to match nine inches above. The second streamer matches the first, and two rosette loops give the finish where they are joined to the belt at the back. The belt is of nar rower ribbon to match, and forms a bone corselet in front, with small ro settes up the centre where the points are indicated. Neckwear. A white embroidered yoke is one of the most tasteful things that can be worn upon a dark dress. There is a neatness about it that is almost hyp notic. As no white yoke will outlast a dark dress, the yoke must be detachable. It can be made of embroidered muslin or pique. It can also be made of white lawn. A pretty tie is of the same material as the yoke, and fastens under the chin. The yoke may be in the form of lapels that turn back from a tucked centre, in which case it is very easily detached from the dress. These white yokes will be a characteristic of the wool dress of spnng. Small Fans Out of Date. The little Empire tau so popular all winter and so convenient to handle, seems to have had its day. Faa fash ions have suddenly jumped to the other extreme, and the fan of the spring is three times the sizo of its predecessor. Closed, it is full 20 inches in length, and spread out it forms a truly huge expanse for the summer girl to simper behind and blush. Big fans will be from now on all the rage, and no one kuows how Urge they will grow before the fashion chauges. As it is, the woman who wants to be in good form can hardly get too big a fan. The new fan is being displayed in every variety, though it is too new a fashion to have gotten into all the shapes yet. The popular fans will be of feathers in every shade of color, spangled, for tinsel on everything is to be the fad of the summer,and gauze painted.-New York Herald. A NOW' * . .priencc. Twenty-eigut .vomeu art. living in a model workshop and lodgidg house in Chicago, founded by the women's clubs oi the city and suburbs. The institu tion is the outgrowth of the Emer gency lee gue organized by the Wom en's c^u^ during the Fair, which took care of nearly all the poor women in CHdagb during the trying winter that fui'^wtd. The plan is like those of the London lodgings. Any poor and destitute woman may come to the lodging for a night's shelter and pre pare her own food, thus reducing her expenses to a minimum. A night's shelter, a bath, a clean bed and night gown may be had for 15 cents, or if she has no money the woman may pay for her lodgings next morning by work in the house. Jewelry Aguin Fashionable. Among the dainty novelty articles that the New York girl is always buy ing for her chatelaine or chain are heart-shaj?ed lockets entirely covered with pearls, hatpins with amethyst head partly covered with a filigree of gold, a dual heart brooch tied with a bowknot, this last trifle hailing from Loudon. Bow-shaped brooches are appearing again in enamel and dia monds, pearls and amethysts. Watches set with double hearts of pearl and diamonds suspended fri a true lov ers' knot are among the gifts intended for bridesmaids. Lovely mufi' and lorgnette chains are of fine enamelled bars,and a costly adair for a gold lorgnette is of gold, set closely with tiny diamonds. "Dearest" io the bewitching name given to the newest bracelet. It con sists of a curb chain alternating with golden hearts, each heart holding a jewel, the first letter of the name of each jewel spelling the endearing word. Discard the Pillow. In an article on "Physical Culture for Girls" in the Woman's Home Com panion, Katharine E. Junkermann recommends exercises to attain a cor rect position of the shoulders and a stately way of carrying the head, add ing this word of warning against the seductions of the pillow: "The dear, soft, cosy pillow, whose soothing influence you miss, even when sound asleep, if it slips . away from you, ought to be permanently put away. It presses and pushes and insinuates itself, like the bewitching but evil-desigDing ihiug that it is, into all the cracks and crannies of one's make-up. While it seems to breathe out beautiful dreams, it is really be guiling your attention while it pushes your ears out of place. It is making wrinkles in your neck and deepening the hollows over the chest by forcing the head forward and the chest in. The same thing happening every night will eventually rob all the beauty the neck may have, and nullify the good of the exercise. "So one must either sacrifice one's neck or the pillow. It is true that the first time you try doing without it you feel as if you were at an inquisition and takiug an active part in the pro ceedings. B it perseverance here, as elsewhere, will accomplish wonders." Dress and Complexion. An artist's rule as to color in clothes is-choose carefully only those tints of which a duplicate may be found in the hair, the eyes or the complexion. A woman with blue gray eyes and a thin, neutral-tinted complexion "is never more becomingly dressed than in the blue shades in which gray is mixed, for in these complexions there is a certain delicate blneness. A bru nette is never so exquisite as in a cream colo!-, for she has reproduced the tinting of her skin in her dress. Put the same dress on a colorless blonde and she will be far froia charming, while in gray she would Le quite the reverse. The reason is plain. In the blonde's shallowness there are tjuta of graVf and iii th? dark woman'? pallor there are always yellowish tones, the same as predominate in the cream colored dress. Women who have rather florid complexions look well in various shades of plum and heliotrope, also in certain shades of dove gray, for, to a trained eye, this color has a tinge of pink which har monizes with the flesh of the face. Blondes look fairer and younger in dead black, like that of wool goods or velvet, while brunettes require the sheen of satin or gloss of silk in order to wear black to advantage.-The Ledger. Mnrrlage Schools In Germany. ' In Germany they have started a new idea-marriage schools. I was curi ous to know the working out of the scheme; it struck me as comical, so I ouly made inquiries. "Ah ! you will laugh, you will point the finger of scorn!" murmured a German friend. I tried to look grave. "I should very much like to hear all about it," I re plied. "So far," told my friend, "the undertaking has met with undoubted success. No girl is admitted to tj^i 'marriage school* unless she has fin ished her ordinary education. Her principal instruction is housekeeping, although she keeps up more or less the "cultivation of her mind. At a school where I have visited about 20 girls are admitted. Each has her own bedroom. At the opening of school, after term, the mistress singles out four girls, and tells them she expects them to take entire charge of the house. Two servants, housemaid and cook, are only to do the very rough work. The four girls, then, are ex pected to rise with the lark aud see that the servants get through their duties. Breakfast they prepare with their own hands. After breakfast they go the rounds and see that every room is perfectly neat. Dinner (under the mistress' tuition) they must cook them selves. Later on they prepare sup per, tidy up the kitchen and go all over the house to see that every door is properly closed. The girls off duty make and mend their own and their companions' clothes. The following week another quartet of girls is chosen. Walks and bicycling in the country eater into the day's program. Very frequently guests are invited to dine, and the girls in turn play at being hostess. They carve the joints, set the ball of conversation rolling, and so forth. Dances and musical parties, too, are given in the evening. Again tho girls act as hostesses and arrange the whole entertainment. Of ficers and professional men attend the soirees and are charmed at what they see and hear." My friend stopped to take breath. "And how many girls," I asked, "out of the 20, are supposed to capture au officer or professional man as husband while at the school ?" "At least eight out of the 20,"was the emphatic reply. Fashion Notes. Most of the new woolens are in fine, soft weaves. This year's checks are small and not clearly defined. Long capes with hoods will be in high favor this spring. Pinked ruches of taffeta silk are used for skirt trimmings. Foulard will occupy a prominent place among summer fabrics. The favorite plaids of the season will be those with the fewest colors in them. Appliques of black lace on white lisle are one of the features of the new millinery. Bunches of white violets freshen up many a winter hat, giving it a very spring-like look. Black and white edgings of lace and ribbon will often be seen on the nu merous ruffles that will adorn summer gowns. The new toques are larger than those of last season, but the difference is more noticeable in the width from side to side. There will be great care paid to flowers this spring, and among other conspicuous points are the bright hnes. Crowns and toques entirely of flowers will bo seen. Gloves of two colors have been suc cessfully introduced, as also a new gauntlet, with the cuffs lined with black silk. Large buttons are pre ferred on these gloves. Black taffeta silk gowns are well represented in the early importations of French models, and they are made very dressy with rows of lace inser tions showing the colored lining through its meshes. The latest veil is a scarf two yards long. It is edged with lace, finished on the ends with a flounce, ties in one knot at the back, and the ends are carried around in front and tied in a bow under the chin. Beige colored lawn gowns, trimmed with bias bands of tho same, stitched on and made with a guimpe of finely tucked white batiste, will bo very much worn for morning dress when the warm days come. Velvet belts studded with jewelled medallions and pretty leather belts dotted all over with turquoises and cabochons of various colors add their brilliant raiubow tints to the Jong list of novelties in fancy belts. In some of the latest novelties in neckwear, the high collar, instead of being folded or draped, is drawn up at intervals by cords; two in front, one on each side and two at the back suffice. Different kinds of cravats are adapted to collars of this sort-the double butterfly bow, the regatta, the plastron, etc. The new Scotch ginghams and French zephyrs rival the taffeta silks in pattern and artistic coloring, and the summer girl who dons a gown made of these charming fabrics, with the daiuty ribbon trimmings, and car ries the parasol to match tho goods, will look quite as pretty at half the cost as the girl who walks in silk at tire. Satin, as having greater lustra than s.;lk, is chosen for the under dress of the organdie and gauze dresses now being made for the summer. It is claimed, too, that satin will be the most suitable material for the sheath skirt. Taffeta is too light in weight and too bouffante. The satin mar veilleuse, once so fashionable, makes tho most durable of all skirts, whether for an outer or an under drei" TIE RESOURCES OF CUBA HER PROSPECTS FOR PROSPERITY WHEN A LASTINC PEACE COMES. The Choicest Lands In California Can not Approach tho Soil of Cuba in Fer tility-Tho Mineral Wealth of the IB lantl- It Is an Agricultural Paradise. Now that Cuba is assured of her freedom, it may be interesting to in quire into the resources of the coun try, and ask what may be her pros pects for prosperity when she is no longer restrained and overtaxed by the greedy government of Spain. The area of Cuba is about 42,000 square miles. Its greatest length is 7G0 miles, and its breadth ranges from 20 to 135 miles. Perhaps there is no space of earth the equal in size to Cuba that can begin to compare with her in the production of those things that are useful to man. Antonio y Morales, a noted authority, has pre pared a table showing the variety and quantities of the staples that can be raised on a tract of thirty-three acres in Cuba. A farm of that size in one year produces thousands of pounds of sugar, coffee, tobacco, cacao (choco late), cotton, indigo, rice* sage, bananas and yucca. The choicest landB in California-noted for the variety and quantity of their products-cannot approach the soil of Cuba in this re spect. With its mild climate, its ex uboraut vegetation, and the eagerness of the earth to respond to the slight est efforts iu the way of culture, Cuba offers an ideal home for the man in love with the agricultural life. The commerce of Cuba, even nuder the blighting rule of the Spaniard, has been great. In 1893, before the curso of war fell on the island, Cuba exported 718,204 tons of sugar, and produced 815,894 tons. Its exports of molasses to the United States alone in that year were 7654 hogsheads. Of rum the exports were 9308 pipes. In 1893 the Cubau exports of leaf tobacco were 227,865 bales. Of manufactured cigars 147,365,000 were exported, and of cigarettes 39.581,493 packages. These are only the main exports. They show what may be done with the exhaustless soil and climate of the is land, when its people were in a condi tion of virtual slavery, ata time when chattel slavery had beeu abolished only seven years. It is an axiom of economic s. ience that free labor is in definitely more productive than slave labor, aud the industrial growth of Jiie United States is an example of the expansion of industry when enterprise is unhampered by the curse of slavery, aud by foreign political interference. Cuba's chief industries were growing in spite of the drain upou her before the present war began, for in 1894 her total production of sugar was 1,054,214 tons, an increase of 238,320 tons over the preceding year. The natural resources of Cuba are infinite, oue may say, in variety. Of her area only 10 per cent, is under cultivation, 7 percent, is not reclaimed, and 4 per cent, is under forests. Great tracts of the island are practically un explored. She had in 1894 a popula tion of a little more than 1,500,000. Of these nearly one-third have been starved to death during the present war. Cuba could support in plenty a population of 10,000,000. Her for ests are stocked with the finest wood in the world-wood, several speci?? of which are as hard as iron, turning the edge of the axe, and remaining imper ishable under water. There are found woods invaluable for the dye industry, ebony, cedar, fustic, lancewood, ma hogany, rosewood, jocuma, acana and many others. There are fifty varie ties of palm. Her fruits are valuable and little cultivated. The climate is admirably suited for theolive; and the orange, the lemon, the pineapple and the banana are indigenous. The mineral resources of the island are great, yet the mineral industries are iu their infancy. Almost alllthe metals are found in Cuba. There.are gold, silver, mercury, copper, dead, and all the forms of asphaltum; anti mony, maguesia. copperas, gypsum, red lead, ochre, salt, arsenic, talc and many others. Copper is abuudant in all the metamorphic rocks of Cuba, It is true that coal is yet undiscovered, but nuder a free republic capital would flow into the island, and there is no doubt that true coal would soon be found to replace the bitumen that is now used, and which is found in springs and miues in great quantities. Cuba is rich iu marble, awaitiug the capital of the speculator. Great deposits of this rock are found, and in the Iule of Pines there is marble of a quality as fine as the best of that ma terial used by the sculptor. Beau tifully colored marble and jasper are commou. On the coasts are immense deposits of rock salt, and there are also unlimited quantities of the purest white saud, capable of being convert ed into fine earthenware. Even the illustrious Humboldt was amazed at the ri mness and variety of the mineral wealth of Cuba. How much of this wealth has been utilized may be gath ered from the fact that at the end of 1891 the total number of mining titles issued in Santiago district was 296. Of these 138 were iron, 88 manganese, and 53 copper. .As a pastoral oouutry Cuba was more productive a century ago than she is now, but her pastures are broad and rich, and the possibilities are un limited. Cuba, with her grand natural pastures, was just beginning to raise fine Durham and Devonshire stock when the ten-year war desohted the country, and put ? stop to the indus try. The millions of acres of free land iu Cuba are ready for the agricul turist, the cattle, sheep and hog raiser, the cotton and fruit'grower, the miner and the reducing plant, and even for the silk grower and manufacturer. The mulberry tree grows to perfection in the island. Silkworms,' according to Dr. Auber, are more prolific and productive in Cuba, than in any other country on tho face of the globe. Here is a land prepared to yield up utilities that will add immeasurably to the happiness of the world; waiting to blossom into a garden, and to swarm with population; to develop almost every art of peace; to be converted iuto an industrial microcosm ia the macrocosm of the world at large. Cuba is waiting the hour when the capitalist, assured of peace and unin terrupted growth, may safely enter aud reap the harvest which nature has prepared for mau iu the misruled, throttled and neglected Pearl of the Antilles.-Chicago Times-Herald. A >"ew Instrument. Thora has been discovered among the Ute Indians of Colorado a sort of clarinet which is a sweeter and more plaintive tone than auy of our orches tral instruments. The effect of its sound, wafted up the mountains from the Indian villages, is described as being magical. His Preference. The Infaut Prodigy-What shall I piny for yon tonight,Uncle George? Uncle George-Oh, 30 and play dead for a while -that's a good girl, STARTLING PILL STATISTICS. Some Idea of the Consumption of Medi cal Pellets by Ute English. The British appetite for pills can only be ganged from the revenue re ceipts relating to' the stamp dnties paid for proprietory medicines (which last year in the aggregate amounted to almost a quarter of a million ponnds) and by making allowances for the pills, dispensed by doctors and chemists, which are not dutiable. An allowance of a trifle over half au ounce of pills for each inhabitant ol the United Kingdom, for the year can not be said to be an extravagant esti mate; indeed, such an allowance means but thirty-two doses a year, or one and a half pounds of pills to last a lifetime of sixty years. Placed in a straight line, says Tit Bits, the pills of a lifetime would ex tend through some forty feet, and there would be some 1920 of them. The latter fignre may seem rather large, but if sixty years of pills were combined into one sphere, it would have a diameter of less than four inches and a circumference of under one foot. It is not until we make calculations regarding the pill as a national deli cacy that we arrive at any figures ol magnitude, and then we find that something like 1,280,000,000 pills are swallowed annually. If these British pills were put in a straight line they would extend from London to Luck now. The placing of the pills in a lengthy line of 5050 miles would afford occu pation for a pair of idle hands during eighty-one years, at the end of which time the owner of the hands would probably find the task of laying down three pills every second during au eight hours' day something monoton ous. If in place of putting them into an extended line we placed the pills in rows of 1085 pills, and having ar ranged the same number of rows as there were pills in a row as a base, we could use the rest of the pills in mak ing 1085 similar layers, the resultant cube would have each of its dimen sions rather more than 22 1-2 feet. Having performed this feat, wo could proceed to stir up the lot in a gigantic mortar, and having thorough ly mixed the ingredients-and what a mixture it would be!-roll the mass into one splendid spherical pill weigh ing 637 tons, and posesssing a diame ter of over 28 feet, and a circumfer ence of 88 feet. Five men six feet in height, standing on one another's shoulders-not heads, that would bo too painful, especially for the one on the ground-would require the ser vices of a small boy to crown the human Eiffel tower in order to get level with the top of the monster pill." Cautions, He walked into the apothecary shop with an hesitating step, and glanced nervously at the rowa of bottles with a scared look in his pale blue eyes. After fidgeting about uncertainly for some time, he at last caught the eye of the clerk, and beckouing mysteri ously, led the way to a secluded corner by the cigar case, where the clerk was surprised by finding a trembling fore finger hooked tenaciously into one of his buttonholes and au eager face thrust suddenly almost against his. "What's the matter" asked the clerk. "I s'pose you can lay your hand right on the morphine bottle, can't yon?" said the stranger, in an anxious whisper. "Yes, sir. Certainly, " replied the astonished salesman. "An' I reckon if you was pushed you could find the strychnine in a minute or two?" "Of course." "Mebbe the arsenic hasn't got lost or mislaid clear beyond finclin', if you just had to, has it?" "Assuredly not." "An' the sugar of lead bottle couldn't get away from you if it tried?" "No, indeed." "An' chasin' up the vitriol to its lair would be just play for you?" "My dear sir,of course I am familiar with all the drugs here." "But s'posin' some of the other fellers had been chaugin' them around, just as a joke, you know?" "What do you mean?" "Suppose the bottles had got mixed?" "Impossible. Besides, everything is plainly labeled." "An' there ain't no chance of your palmin' off prussic acid for pepper mint?" "Not the slightest." "Well, I've-half-a-notion-to risk-it. Yes, you may give me two ounces of peppermint, young mau." i -Harper's Pound Table. Prince of WHIO*' Dinner Table, Good taste reigns over all the ar rangements. Thus the luulecloths are severely plain, though of the finest quality, and simply worked with the royal arms-the rose, the thistle, and the shamrock-while the table nap kins are invariably folded into a small square to hold the bread, and never in the fancy shapes in vogue elsewhere. To each guest two forks, and no more, are provided, and these are placed prongs downward. In addition, there are one large tablespoon and one large knife, for in no circumstance are two knives together given to any guest. A great many reasons have been as signed for this rule, but apparently no one has summoned up the courage to ask their royal host and hostess. It has been asserted that his Boyal Highness has the old-fashioned dislike of seeingknives inadvertently crossed. Small water bottles are used, but the Princess holds to the Hanoverian hab it of never having finger bowls. At Marlborough house dinner be gins at 8.45 o'clock, and is never al lowed to last much more than au hour, Occasionally during dinner soft music is played. The menu is always served a la Russe-that is to say, nothing is carved in the dining-room. Mule Shipped in a Crate, Santa Fe No. 6, north bound, re cently carried by express a large mule crated just as chickens might be. He weighed 1250 pounds, and was billed for Abilene. He stood majestic and grand in his narrow box, which was filled with straw and made comfort able for his transportation. A large force of men was required to load the crate in the express car, and when his long ears hit the door jambs he squealed as though he was shot. Wichita (Kan.) Star. Flies Killed by AVanpfi. An entomologist says he has known a common garden wasp to kill 1000 flies in a day. If we have ever said anything in derogation of the wasp and his heated terminal facilities, we frost that it will be considered as uever having been spoken. Anybody or anything that will kill 1000 flies in a single day is worthy of all praise,and the wasp will henceforth be persono grata auiong the bald headed fraterna ity, A Remarkable Case. The following case was printed originally In The Monitor, a newspaper published at Meaford, Ontario. Doubts were raised as to its truthfulness, consequently a close watch was kept on the case for two years and the original statement has now been completely verified. Mr. retch had been a hopeless paralytic for five year*-. His case has had wide at tention. Ho was confined to his bed, was bloated almost beyond recognition, and could not take solid food. Doctors called tho disease ?pint 1 sclerosis, and all said bo could not live. The Canadian Mutual Life Association after a thorough examination, paid him his total disability claim of $1,650, regarding him as forever incurable. For three years he lingered in this con dition. After taking some of Dr. Will iams1 Pink Pills for Pale People there was a slight change, a tendency to sweat freely. Next came a little feeling In his limbs. This extend ed, followed Pai? His Claim. f?ggg*] until at last the blood began to course freely aud vigorously through his body. Soon ho was restored to his old time health. A reporter for The Monitor recently called on Mr. Petch again und was told: "You may say there ls no doubt as to my oure being permanent. I am in better health than when I gave you the first in terview and certainly attribute my cure to Dr. Williams' Pink Tills for Pale People. "To these pill? I owe my release iroin the living death, and I shall always bless the day I was induced to cake them." Such is the history of one of the most re markable cases in modern times. In the face of such testimony, can anyone say that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are not en titled to the careful consideration of every sufferer-man, woman or child? Is not the case, in truth, a miracle of modern medi cine? These pills aro sold by all druggists and are considered by them to be one of the most valuable remedial agents known to science._ A DIPLOMATIC BOUNCER, Unique Position Held by Eddie Savoy la the State Department at Washington. "One of the most interesting charac ters in the Government service," said an official of the State Department, at Washington, "is Eddie Savoy, the col ored messenger of the assistant secre tary of state. He has been employed in that department for the past 27 years and is thoroughly imbued with all its customs and traditions. A per fect diplomat in his way, he never sees anything he should not see nor knows anything it is not intended he should know. At least that is how he impresses the people who do business with him-his superiors as well as those desiring to communicate with them. His position is a strictly confidential .?ne, and fr -ently puts him in poeses sion of hi ; f important state secrets, the prem e disclosure of which, in ..several ) it instances would have seriously ?arrassed the Government. .But neve ince he first entered the foreign oi , back in the administra tion of Se tary Fish, when the State Department, was located in the build ing at the corner of 14th and S streets, now used by the orphan assylum, had he been known to betray a trust or to tell anything whatever about the af fairs of the State Department that he was not personally authorized to tell. I am reminded of this by the impor tant part he played In the events at tending the recall of Sackville West, the British minister, during Cleveland's first administration, as well as those In the more recent case of Senor Polo, the Spanish minister. He acted as the trusted messenger between the Secre tary of State and the foreign minister in both cases. Secretary Bayard se lected him to personally hand Mr. Sackville West his passports and Sec retary Day confided to him the import ant duty of handing to Senor Polo, first, President McKinley's ultimatum to the Spanish Government for the evacu ation of Cuba, and next the official pa pers insuring him safe conduct out of the territory of the United States. 'Ed die,' as he is familiarly called, was ful ly impressed with the importance of these missions and adopted a simple but shrewd method to satisfy the head of the department, of their successful execution. When he nanded Minister West the package containing his pass ports, he asked him as a favor to show that they had been properly delivered that he write his autograph on the of ficial envelope and give it to him. Mr. West did as requested, and Eddie took the envelope with its autographic in dorsement and broken seal back to the department and showed it to Mr. Bayard. He followed exactly the same course with equal success in delivering the ultimatum to Minister Polo. The two envelopes are now 'Eddie's' pri vate property, having been presented to him by Secretaries Bayard and Day, and are treasured by him as relics of important events in the diplomatic his tory of the United States." No Use to Cry. No uso to fret and worry and itch and scratch. That won't cure yon. Tetter!ne will. Anv sort of skin disease, T tter. Eczsim, Snit Rheum. Ringworm or mere abrasion of thc skin. At drag stores, or by mail for 90c. in stumps from J. T. Shuptr ne. Savannah,Ga. The most offensive thing you can say to a Tuscan is that die is ignorant or ill-bred. To Care Constipation Forever. Take Cascorets Candy Cathartic. lOo or 25a. If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund monej*. Michael Angolo's hook of medical recipes has been discovered in the vatican. Hall's Catarrh Cure is ft liquid and ls taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Write for tes timonials, free. Manufactured by F. J. CHENEY ?fe Co.. Toledo, 0. ST.VITUS1 DANCE. SPASMS and all nerv ous diseases permanently cured by the use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE S1.00 trial bottle and treatise to Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd.. 9dl Arch Street, Phila.. Pa. I use Piso's Cure for Consumption both lu my family and practice.-Dr. G. W. PATTER SON, Inkster, Mich., Nov. 5, 1894. A new kind of cloth ic made in Lyons irom the down of hens, ducks and geese. Edncate Toar Bowell With Canea ret*. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money. Railway engines are not allowed to blow their whistles within the city limits of Berlin. BAD BLOOD "CA9CAKETS do ail claimed for them andar? a truly wonderful medicine. I have often wished for a medicine pleasant to take and atlast bavo found it in Coscareis. Since taking them, my blood bas been purified and my complexion bas im proved wonderfully and I feel mucb better In every way.'* Kits. SALLIE K. SELLAOS. Luttrell, Tenn. CANDY I ^^gtW CATHARTIC ^ TP ADZ MARK RUiSTOKP. Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 25c. 50c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Sterling Rtmtdr Conpanr, Ch Ira io, Uoatml, Hf w Ti.rb. 318 lin TD 0 ? fl Sold and guaranteed by all drug IUI" I USDAW gists to CUKE Tobacco Habit. tr LURES WHERE ALE EtSe FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Uso] In ttmo. Fold by druggists. CONSUMPTION Mexico Priendlr to the rialto j States. C. Greenwood, Jr., has arrived from a *sree montr's visit to Mexico. "Ninety-per cent, of the Mexicans are heartily In sympathy with the United States in the approaching con flict with Spain," said Mr. Greenwood. "The remaining 1 per cent, representa thc sons of Mexicans who fought against the United States in the war of 1847. , "They have not forgotten the awful thraashing Mexico got in that war; thc fathers of some of them were killed by our troops, and it is but natural that they should be resentful against us. As they are but one in a hundred, however their disfavor Is not appreclaable. I did not hear of any of these Mexicans contributing to aid Spaain, but I had several opportunities to learn that the Spanish residents of the republic are Intensely bitter against the United States, and are evincing their loyalty to Madrid by the most substantial con tributions to the war fund." Novel Bridge. Russian Don Cossack regiments are being drilled in crossing rivers on a novel sort of improvised bridge. Seven or eight lances are passed between the handles and tops of a dozen cooking kettles, and are held firmly in place by the handles, and are besides tied to gether by forage ropes. A dozen bun dles of these lances fastened together form one section of a raft or floating bridge, which it has been found will support a half a ton of weight. A sec tion can be put together in twenty-five minutes. _ Heating Capacity of Wood. Heretofore it was generally believed that the heating capacity of hard wood was greater than that of soft wood, but this is not so. The greatest power is possessed by one of the softest woods, viz: the linden. Taking its heating capacity for the unit, the sec ond best heater is'also a soft wood fir, with 0.99 heating power; next fol low the elm and the pine, with 0.98; willow, chestnut, larch, with 0.97; maple and spruce fir, with 0.96; black poplar, with 0.95; elder and white birch, with 0.94 only; then comes the hard oak, with 0.92; the locust and the white beech, with 0.91, and the red beech, with 0.90. Hence hard wood heats the best-Self Culture. Beauty Is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. Ko beauty without it. Cascareta, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the bodv. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascareis,-beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c The population of Egypt has increased by 4S per cent, in the last fifteen years. Lyon A- Co'i "Pick Leaf" Smoking Tobacco stands at tho top for its delicious aroma. Good as can te made. Try it. Sent free, Klondike Map From Gold C ommission's official survey. Ad dress Garduer&Co^CoboradoSprings, Cola The New York Ledger is now successfully sold by bright boys and girls, who thus earn many valuable premiums. Two cents profit on each copy sold. No money re quired in advance. Send name and ad dress for complete outfit, including Prem ium List, to Robert Bonner's Sons, Ledger Building, lGd Miara st., N. Y. City. B. B. B. Has For 50 Years Stood the test and demonstrated tho fact th/?t Syphilitic and Mercurial Kueuuiatism can b . cured. Try ic $1.00 per large bottle, 3 for $2JJ, at druggists, or sont on receipt of price, express paid, by Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, (ia. t-S~ t?ook? of wonderful cures sent free. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, %'i trial bottle and treatlsef ree. Diu R. H. KLINE. Ltd- 931 Arch St. Phila.. Pa. Mexico is the richest mineral country in tho world, not excepting Peru. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cent?. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, blood pure 60c, CL All druggists. Out of 260,000 farms in Denmark, only 1,900 are more than 2?'J acres in extent. 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