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Tlnefy info rm at lo a. The power of modem guns of heavy caliber is such that every projectile which does not hit a thickly mounted part, or strike at a very acute angle, must cause frightful destruction in the Interior of a vessel. But as the heavy armor covers hardly more than a third of all parts visible above water line, lt is more likely that an unarmored part is hit than that armor will be * struck. One lucky shot can disable a ship, a few lucky shots may decide a baattle. It is this consideration which causes the Germans to be so specially careful in the training of their marine artillery. But it is not very likely that the percentage of hits wil Increase in future. The increased speed, of the vessel prevents that Ship.-' armed with the heaviest ordnance can begin to fire at a distance of 6,000 to 7,000 meters (3% to 4% miles) ; with guns of a somewhat lighter caliber, at 5000, to : 6,000 meters. The heavy guns, indeed, carry much farther; but it would oe useless waste of ammunition to fire at a ship more than three or four miles away, and a modern ship cannot afford to waste its ammunition any moro than its coal. With modern facilities for loading, a battle ship could fire a way its entire stock of ammunition in less than an hour, and who can say that it will be quickly replenished? Trained for War. Dogs are trained in the French army to carry ammunition to the soldiers during a battle. Large Pyrennean sheep dogs are used for the purpose, and they are able to carry 500 rifle cartridges. They are terribly afraid, however, of the firing, and if wounded take good care not to run any risk again. Sailors and their Grievances. The grievances of sailors examined by the authorities in ports of entry, whore tho sea men belong, often turn out to be imaginary or greatly exaggerated. Bot there are plenty of cruel and conscienceless skippers who abuse their crews. Violence is always ob jectionable, and pointedly so M-hen it is exerted upon an unfortunate liver, stomach or bowels by dosing with drastic purgatives which weaken the Intestines. Uso Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters. Dublin amateur doctors are in distress, as the proprietors of the th reo city theaters threaten to enforce the monopoly of all the atrical norformanc-M granted to them hy an act ot King George ID, passed in 1780, To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists r?fund money If lt fails to cure. 25c. Bruksch ney has discovered the earli st records of illustrated comic literature in a panyrus of the twenty-second dynasty re cently found at Ton nari. Beauty Ia Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Casca rets, Candy Cathar tic dean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring np 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 laking Casca re ts,-beauty for ten cents. All drug gist*, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50e. The United States leads tho world as a su Sar consumer. B. B.B. Cures Mercurial Rheumatism, Serofnta, Syphilitic Rheumatism in its worst fora. Try it. f 1X0 per large Dottie, 8 for IU0, st druggists, or seat ou receipt of price, ex press pud, by Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, tia. BT'Booka of wonderful eui es sent free. Over 130.000 pounds of ivory were disposed of at auction sale in Antwerp recently. Hip Disease Had Five Running Sores-Could Not Walk Without Crutches. "I suffered from hip disease and had five running sores on one of my bips. I could not walk without crutches. I was con fined to my bed for weeks at a time. I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and- it - has accomplished a perfect cure. L am ?ow wei! and have no trouble"fronf Impure blood." Annie Bobert, id Fourth Street, Fall Biver, Mass. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six for $5 ( Hood's Pills cure biliousness, indigestion. A Novel Berber's Comb. For many years the best barbers in New York bought the combs used in cutting hair from several Germans who lived in the lower east side and devoted . JLhcJr time to the manufacturo of these articles. The Germans made the combs from bone, and to the unprofessional observer the combs showed no marked difference from those bought anywhere. In reality they possessed a merit which made them highly valued by the bar bers. They were so shaped that as they, were run through the hair it'was held up in a way that exhibited the slightest irregularity in length. It was this particular quality that made them valuable. Witt In the last few yearB several of the comb makers have died, and to-day only one is left to carry on the manufacture. As a con sequence the combs have greatly In creased in price, and the old man who still supplies them finds his work more profitable than it ever was before. No body else has learned the secret of making them, and so the art seems likely to die with the man who makes them now.-New York Sun. THE DUTY OF MOTHERS. Daughters Should be Carefully Guided in Early Womanhood. What suffering frequently results from a mother's ignorance; or more frequently from a mother s neglect to properly instruct her daughter I Tradition says "woman must suffer," and young women are so taught. There is a little truth and a great deal of exaggeration in this. If a young woman suffers severely she needs treatment and her mother should see that she gets it. Many mothers hesitate to take their daughters to a physician for examina tion; but no mother need hesitate to write freely about her daughter or herself to Mrs. Pink h am and secure the most efficient advice without charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass. The following letter from Miss MARIE P. JOHNSON, Centralia, Pa., shows what neglect will do, and tells how Mrs. Pinkham helped her : "My health became so poor that I had to leave school. I was tired all the time? and had dreadful pains in my side and back. I was also troubled , with irregularity of menses. I was very weak, and lost so much flesh that my friends became alarmed My mother, who ls a firm believer in your remedies from experience, thought per haps they might benefit me, and wrote yon for advice. I followed the advice yov gave, and used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as yon directed, and am now as well as I ever was. I have gained flesh and have a good color. I am completely cured of irregularity. " If afflicted with sot? eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water MENTION THIS PAPERS5TTKS83S MEBB? CUBES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. SO'S c nest Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use la time. Sold by dru?itlsts. c-i First of Her Sex. I Princess Theresa, daughter of the ! Prince Regent of Bavaria, is a mem ber of the Royal Bavarian Scientific Academy, and is the first vornan to receive the doctor's degree in science j from the University of Munich. Both for Golf omi Wheeling:. The new reversible skirts made in the popular circular fashion and of I two-tone goods are so fiuished that i they may be worn either side out. j Ono side is for golfing, and is in tiny : checks, and the other side is plain for cycling.-The Bicycling World. Broad Side of an Apple Pie. Major Ennis said to a young woman in Chicago, who applied for a place as nurse the other day:"If I ke a nurse she will have to have a faco like the broad side of an apple pie, for you see the general would not stand it if all mv men were playing sick in the hos pital." The Bar Pin Revived. Bar pins are in again. About 15 years ago, says an exchange, uoarly every woman owned a bar pin.of one kind or another, and she who did not wanted one. This pin was very cou veuient, and held the gown together at the neck more firmly than thc more graceful aud smaller brooch of fancy design that succeeded it. The resur rected bar pin is somewhat sporty in desigu, the most fetching being a miniature coaching horn, riding crop or whip, a bunch of golf sticks or something suggesting outdoor sport Thi Correct Sleeve for Summer. Though sleeves are Binall they are ?ot perfectly tight, but retaiu a wide appearance at the top without any ex cessive fullness. The extra puff has disappeared in favor of the moderate fullness cut in one with tho two-piece sleeve,which is gathered ns nsual into tho arm-size. Before it is gathered, however, there are three to seven quarter-inch or smaller tucks run crossAvise just below the shoulder; or rows of lace insertion, braid, velvet ribbon, frills ot narrow edging? or whatever the gown is trimmed with; the tucks are used on all fabrics. Ladies' Home Journal. Jio Head Covering: for Girl's In Japan. Miss Ida Tigner Hodnett writes of "Tho Little Japanese at Home" in St. Nicholas. Miss Hodnett says: There is no special head covering in the nativo costume for girls. In deed, the mode of dressing the hair would not admit of hats and bonnets snell ns ours. There is rivalry among Jajmueso girls as to whose hair shall be most becomingly and artistically arranged, whose girdle be most grace fully tied, and whose robe show the most harmonious effects; and they are quite equal to their Western sisters in the taste for personal adornment. The Japanese parasol is used as a shelter from the sun, and the European um brella is gaining favor. For going out in the rain there ave rain coats and rain hats, made of oiled paper. The Picturesque Gainsborough. The very pretty and graceful Gains borough hat is one of the most popu lar shapes for the summer, and is tiimmed with a drooping effect, veil ing the flowers with chiffon, net or lace. Most of ?he hats are to be worn quite far over the face, while the small toque, turban and bonnet shapes are set back to show tho pompadour arrangement of the hair, which is dressed fluffy, with an occasional lock straying over the forehead. One of the best shapes in straw for general wear has a brim that rolls on either sido and extends out over the face, while tho back is quite short and fits the hair snugly. Entire hats aro made of a laco material woven of straw, some of them having rather fanciful bows aud rosettes of the same odd fabric. The smooth as well as tho fancy woven plateau of mohair is caught up in odd shapes with buckles or fancy pins, and is trimmed w ith wings,quills and severe looking bows, making altogether a suitable street or traveling hat. Heavy Mourning Again .'Popular." With the coming of tho spring have arrived several new ideas and novel fiats of fashion in the matter of mourning. It was said a few months ago that there were signs of mourn ing losing its popularity, and that crape would soon be relegated to the background, to the limbo of fabrics and materials that have seen their day. But the new styles and tbti new demands of themilliners and modistes point to precisely the reverse. Not for a score of years ha?? there been so much crape wor? ?isthe"sets" now display. Science -maj inveigh against its use and the swathing of head and body in heavy folds of black, but fashion is heedless of its protests. On tho occasion of tho death of a near relative,especially a member of the family,extremely heavy mourn ing is to be worn. The- mourning period does not now last so long, and one comes out suddenly-after, say a year-in bright colors, "second mourn ing being quite "out," but while mourning lasts it is more than usually severe. The newest thing in mourning is a shirtwaist made entirely of black crape, the sleeves being unlined. Such a garment was never known before.and has excited much interest. Skirts and waists are now trimmed with very broad bands of craue.-New York Herald. . Forming Stamlin.sr Committees. A mooted point at the auuual meet ings of clubs, which are now in order, is that of the apportionment of tho members to the various standing com mittees. In very large clubs this matter is usually elective, and the membership is sufficiently numerous to insure by this means a good working force on every committee. In clubs of from 50 to 75 and 100 members the elective Bvstom sometimos producss vpvy much disproportion ed working se'? One committee will be strong beyond its needs, and another perhajjs weak to the point of inefficiency. In some clubs the allotment by a committee appointed for the purpose is the method pursued. This is also open to objection. It either croat? a tpo arbitrary standard ci selection, or it admits pf influence or change, to tho defeat of its purpose. A plan to which perhaps the fewest objections can be rniaed is to choose the committee membership by lot. Thc committees are numbered in regular order, and this set of numbers is re peated on slips of paper until the membership list is covered. Mem bers draw at the aunual meeting, and find themselves alloted to committee No. 1 or No. 7, as the case may be. To secure a prompt division, the sec retary may be appointed to draw for absentees. In this way, at the annual . meeting of April or May, the club is put into working order for the next year. It is of the utmost importanoe that committees should be elected in the spring, in order that each chairman may have one meeting for the discus sion of the following year's work of the committee before the members begin to disperse for tho summer. This method which most quickly and inpartially secures this is the one that will bo found most bonefieial to the club.-Harper's Bazar. Your Sunshade Must Match Your Frock. The swell shops have been filled since tho first display of s-; . ing goods with a gorgeous array of umbrellas and parasols, and the casual passerby has perhaps spared a moment from some more serious thought to wonder just who were going to carry those rainbows of coloring, and whether the ultra-fashionablo woman would buy such variegated sunshades and port able shelters. To the womau who follows the va garies of fashion the solution of tho problem was an easy and natural one. The mode today is to have the parasol match the costume; hence the enor mous variety to choose from. It is no longer permissible for tho perfectly gowned woman to carry the same sun shade with half a dozen gowns. The swell girl, in making these most important purchases for her spring wardrobe, has infinitely moro trouble this year than ever be fore in the selection of her sunshades Where she would ordinarily purchase a dark navy blue for every day use, a dainty white for carriage wear, a light one lined with green or rose for her summer promenades in the country, 01 perhaps a fluffy black lace one for Fifth avenue after church on Sunday mornings, she must now take pieces of her different gowns with her and match them as nearly as possible in the ready made stock or have her para sol made to order. Tue pretty foulards, which are BO much in vogue this spring, call for a parasol of the same material and pat tern, trimmed with flounces, or what are called "volants en forme," of the foulard or mousseline de soie of the color of the body of the gown. - The exquisite grenadines and lace dresses, ruade up over colored .silk lin ings, must necoeBarily have a sunshade oL tho' plain silk covered with the grenadine or lace, and elaborately trimmed with volants of lace, grena dine or mousseline. As white gowns of all materials promise to be the very swellest thing thiug this summer, of course there will be white parasols of every de scription to choose from. Certainly the flimsy elopes, grenadines and mousselines are no protection to the eyes; but then, who thinks of protec tion when it is a question of beauty? And what is prettier, daintier or more fetching than an eutire white costume and a dainty, flimsy affair of a parasol shading the fair faco? So to be de rigueur, fair maidens, choose your summer sunshades with due care for the colors and materials of your gowns.-New York Herald. Noted in tho Dry?oods Houses, Gray and lilac will be combined in the woolen and velvet materials to be shown during the season. The "scare" about the increased price of ingrain carpet has died out, for the old rate, it seems, prevails agaiu. A pretty way to trim a blue and white checked gown is with two widths of Vandyke Hercules braid stitchec" zigzag. A gown of green cheviot with pas sementerie arranged so as to for'n clover leaves is among the attractive spring costumes. Checked cloths in basket weave of wool and cotton will bo used by mo distes for making dresses that combine cheapness and beauty. Crcp?ns in dots and stripes, some in raised swivelled dots and some plain, will be used in tho making of cool summer costumes. Silk and wool jacquard poplin is one of the novelties for light outdoor drecses. Another is wool poplin,with sati. dots and sprays at intervals. Glittering effects will be worn in woolen goods, mohairs and white on a heliotrope ground,striped and checked effects being among those shown in the stores. The Russian blouses that will be worn again will be made of the woolen material and the velvet will be used largely for collars, rosettes andjother skirt trimmings. Faquin serge will figure this year among the dressgoods novelties. It is woven in long diagonal furrows. In the brown there is a heavy thread of turquoise blue that runs between the furrows. Rain coats will be made of light material mostly, and will have long capes and no sleeves, the back being made Watteau style, and either stitched to the waist or entirely loose. This will give a skirt shaped effect, to the lower part of the coat. The garments will be fastened together with tabs, which will hold it together over the bust. Pecans for Paris. A wholesale grocery company at Tyler, Texas, has this season made a uumber of shipments of pecans to Paris, Hamburg and other continental centres. These paved the way for an order from Liverpool for a carload of tho nuts. This is said to be tho first carload of goods, outside of cotton, grain and cattle, ever sent from Texas to England. The ability to profitably export pecans was made possible this season by tho low prices prevailing in the home markets,-Philadelphia Reo ord, EAENED EIS SOBRIQUET, "FIGHTING BOB" EVANS STOOD BY HIS MOTHER'S TEXT. The Commander of the Iowa Showed Hi. Belligerency tho First Day He En teru? the Naval Academy and Then nnd There They Gave Him His Nickname. Many reasons have been given for tho "Fighting Bob" sobriquet of Rob ley D. Evans, commander of the bat tleship Iowa. It is generally sup posed that this title dates back to the clays of the civil war. Persons, how ever, who knew "FightingBob"in his boyhood days, say he gained his title when, as a cadet at Annapolis, he de fied the entire staff of Academy offi- y c?ala, ns well as the war department, on the subject of a Bible text. In the old days at Annapolis a rule was promulgated that no cadet should hang pictures or ornaments on the walls of his room. The rule worked beautifully until one day there arrived at the Academy a youth from Virginia with a square jaw and the name of Robley D. Evans. After passing through the usual for malities a room was. assigned to him, aud ono of tue porters carried his trunk upstairs. About the first two things which. Robley D. Evans ex tracted from that trunk were a brass .headed nail and a large neatly franied Bible text. Taking the nail, and a convenient shoe, Cadet Evans stood on his bed and proceeded to carefully drive the brass-headed nail into the sacred Avails of the Annapolis Naval Academy. He then hung the framed text on the nail and stood back, with his head on one side, to see if the text was hung up straight. At this moment one of the officers, who had hoard the pounding on the wall, entered the room, and,on seeing the text suffered a shock that almost rendered him speechless. Finally he managed to gasp an indignant order to tue new cadet to "Take that thing down." "What thing?" demanded Evans, with his hands in his pockets, and his chin advanced. "That-that picture thing," splut tered the officer. "'Tisn't n picture," said Evans, ?onviucingly. "Take it down!" roared the officer. "Go to thunder!" retorted Evans. The young official looked at the s. ^ukily built figure of the champion of the text aud decided that dignity might be compromised if he tried to personally enforce his command. So he reported the matter to tho officer of the day. The officer of the day called Evans before him, explained that orders at Annapolis must be obeyed, and directed the new cadet to return to his room and at once take down the text. Evans politely, but firmly, said that his mother had given him the text and asked him to hang it up. He said that he had hung the text up, and he intended to have it remain there as long as he was a pupil at the Academy. The officer of the day referred it to the commandant. The com mandant referred it to the navy department, and an Assistant to the assistant secretary of the navy wrote to Evans, commanding him to at once obey tho rules of the institut tion and remove the text. In due course of time back came a letter from the commandant, saying that the text still hung high, and that Cadet Evans "stood pat." Other officials issued orders with no better success, a.ndv finally the secretary of the navy him self ordered" that the text be removed. While all these things were going on, Evans had written to his father and acquainted him with the circumstances surrounding the hauging-up of the text. Evans's father, a staunch church man, told his son to stand by his guns -or, rather, his text-and added the advice that, if his sou was compelled to take down the text, he should im mediately pack his trunk and come home. In the midst of his indigna tions Mr. Evans, Sr., told the church people about it. That settled ii The leaders of the church communicated with congress men. The congressmen asked ques tions in the House of Representatives, and indignant letters by the bushel drifted down upon the secretary of the navy. Finally the whole chnrch took up the matter of Bob Evans's text, and Virginia rang with the argument. Then it was that the secretary of the navy, who was an astute man, decided .that the best thing for them to do would be to give an official wink. Accordingly he winked, and that wink passed clear down the lin? of officialdom, until it reached Evans himself, who cheerfully looked at his text and also winked. Robley D. Evans has been graduated these many years, but it is said that as long as he remained at Annapolis the text hung over the head of his bed, and that, be cause of his bulldog determination to stund by his principles, his fellow ca dets gave him the nickname of "Fight-. ing Bob." Bicycle Heart. Several well-known cyclists have lately, it is said, been rejected as un fit for- military service by reason of hypertrophy and other diseases of the heart. Medical men will be rather surprised that the numbers are so small. There must be few of us who have not seen the ill-effects of over exertion on a bicycle. The common est is palpitation and temporary dila tation ; but even this is sometimes very difficult to cure. In a case which occurred recently a lady, ordered for a fortnight's change of air after influ enza, chose to spend it in bicycling about fifty miles a day. As a result, she has had, ever since that time now nine months ago -a pulse which on the least exertion rises to 120, though she has not ridden again. That temporary dilatation occurs is enough to show the great strain put upon the heart, and it is an added danger that the sense of fatigue in the limbs is so slight. The rider is thus robbed of the warning to which he is accustomed to attend, und repeats or continues the strain upon the heart. As in other similar cases, the effect is to render that dilatation permanent, which was at first but temporary, and to cause an increase in .the muscle of the heart by repeated e xor tion. The heart pro duced is of large dimensions and of thick walls-a condition which may, perhaps, give little uneasiness to its owner, but which a medical man will view with considerable distru.it and apprehension. Weakly and elderly people cannot be too often told that no exercise is more easily abused, though if taken iu sensible measure few are more healthfni or enjoyable.-British ! Medical Journal. The Military Spirit. "1 have just come from the oil re gions," remarked the Casual Caller to the Snake Editor, "and I find that the war feeling has got into the pe troleum urodnciug business." "Howls that?" "Dulling is going on actively," Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph, WHfTE HOUSE WAR CHAMBER. The President's Facilities for Obtaining News From the Front. 1 -^gr chamber bas been established at the White Honse. A force of work men, deluding electricians, have been employed transforming the room for merly occupied by Private Secretary Porter-into a presidential war cham ber. The room faces south and it is contiguous to the president's business office and the cabinet-room. War maps of Cuba, the West Indies, and the en tire eastern and western hemispheres have been arranged upon the walls for the convenience of the president. Three sets of telegraphic instruments have been placed in the room for tLo transmission of information to the president direct from all points of the globe. While the war is going on c. new set of .rulesf will be in force at the execu tive mansion. The "war chamber" will blocked from thc inside, so that the doorway through which visiting statesmen have hitherto passed en route ?0 the president's room is block aded until further orders. Arthur Simmons, the sable messenger who guards Private Secretary Porter's door, is to bemoved down to the president's door, ioh.which a pass key und lock has been placed. Captain Loemer will continue as outside guardian to the cabinet room ns of old. A spring lock will also be placed upon the cab inet door, so that senators, represen tatives, and other privileged callers, who have previously had free access to these- rooms, will have to be an nounced or wait until the latch is lifted'before they are allowed to reach the president. The reason given for this new rule of practice and the precautions, which savor*-of exclusiveness, is that the president' desires every reasonable facility for obtaining information from the'front. The cabinet room, his pri vate office; and the "war chamber" are a consecutive suit. It is not always convenient-for the president to cross "the corridor to visit the executive tele graph'office. As a matter of conven ience to the president and tho mem bers of the cabinet, Private Secretary Porter vacated his office and moved over to the room ^formerly used as the. telegraph office. Now the president will have free and unobstructed access to the rooms running along tho south ern front of the mansion. The re strictions temporarily placed on offi .cial visitors will prevent the president and his callers from embarrassment at periods when it may be necessary for the president to deny himself to even his bett, friends. Hitherto it has been the" practice for senators and repre sentatives to walk right in to the pres ident's room without knocking. . The new arrangement may prove a little irritating at first, but it is believed that reasonable men will appreciate the necessity for the change under ex isting]; circumstances. - Washington Correspondence Charleston News aud Courier. In the Chilkoot Pass. General Western Passenger Agent R. C. Stevens of the Great Northern railway has returned to the city after a two weeks'trip to the c oast towns of Alaska. Mr. Stevens says that he had no unusual experience on his trip otherthan his participation in the acene pf rescue and recovery of bodies from under the snow avalanche in the Chilkoot Pass. There were many women along the trail in every im aginable kind of clothing except that of -VSC?^D. There were between three and four thousand packers on the trail, aU endless procession from day light till dark, winding its way among the hills like a black snake np the in clines and out of sight. At one stage iu the route for packers a return to the bottom was made, by leaving the trail a few. feet. Then the packers would fold their coats, sit down on them, and toboggan down to the start ing place, the return being made like a flash of lightning. Occasionally there will be a tired horse.in the line that will stop a moment to regain his wind. 5 When this happens the entire procession, comes to n standstill, and everybody following the tired horse keeps the air warm with profanity. The line of march is again taken up, and the horses, dogs, oxen, cow3,meu and womeu continue the interesting panorama toward the summit and the land of. gold. All along the way are restaurants, which are liberally pat ronized, most people pref erring to pay the prices rather than break their own package.-Seattle Post Intelligencer. Revival of Creosote. Little by little, for years, creosote has been making steady progress in the physician's regard as a favorite remedy in certaiu pathological condi tions. But, suddenly, and . almost without intimation of its" newly ac quired force, it han sprung into re markable prominence. Everywhere the men of standing' in the medical profession are using it and for a variety of diseases which no one would have believed possible in its early therapeutic history. Admitting, as in the case of all remedies that come to the front with a rush, that the extent and variety of its usefulness is overstated, there still remains a sufficiently extended field in which it can be successfully em ployed, to- constitute it one of the most effective agents known to medical science; One of the most interesting facts about creosote is that it has a wider range of usefulness therapeutically than is commonly believed. In spite of the fact that it is iu large doses au irritant in the stomach, in small doses it is one of the best antifermentatives known. It is invaluable in the treat ment of constipation and its powerful antiseptic qualities make it unsur passed in the treatment of either in ternal or external abscesses or ulcers. -Publio Health Journal. ? Et Iq not to of the Fan ta Japan. Miss Ida Tigner Hodnett writes ir? St. Nioholas of "The Little Japanese at Home." Misa Hodnett says: The fans canried by little girls and among all classes are the open, flat fans called uchiwa (oo-chee-wah), while those carried by boys and mer are the folded ones called ogi (p-gee, g hard). The ogi are used even by.policemen, who scatter crowds by striking right and left with tim folded fau, certainly a more merciful weapon than the club. In national costume the gentle man carries the ogi in his girdle or in some part of his dress at all seasons except winter, while the lady carries the uchiw?. It is considered to be a breach of etiquette for a gentleman to appear with an uchiwa or a lady with an ogi. The Dear Friends. Maud-If that young Spoonamore had been coming to see me as persist ently as he's been coming to see you I'd have made him declare himself long before this time. Irene--Yes, dear. I presume that's the reason why he never went to seo you,-Chicago Tribune. '** " I A Fatality Avoided. From (he Democrat, Goshen, Ind. Wbea neuralgin ls accompanied by a dall, beary pain near tho heart, frequently"be comlng Intense, Jt generally terminates fatally. Mrs. Nancy Flynn, who llvos near Goshen, Indiana, survived such an attack and her advice ls worth hooding. "In the fall of '92," sho said, "I began to have trouble with my heart. There was a sharp pain In my breast which became rapidly Vorse. The doctor was puzzled and put mo under the influence of opiates. These sharp attacks followed one another at intervals and I became weak and had a haggard look. I was constantly in pain, seldom slept and had no appetite. "At tho end of two years I was confined to my couch most of the time and the doo* tors agreed that my death was only a mat ter of a short time. "One day I noticed in a newspaper an item about a woman nav lng been cured of ?neuralgia of the heart by Dr. Will iams' Pink Pills for Pale People and 1 con cluded t o A Serious Time. try tbom> "When I had finished one box I noticed an improvement la my condition, and when I lind taken twelve boxes I was completely cured. 'Those pills have done for you what wo could not do,' said one of my physicians, 'they have saved your life.' "That was two years ago and my heart has not troubled me slnoe. I believe I owe my life to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and I take pleasure in telling oth ers about them." Among tho many forms of neuralgia are headache, nervousness, paralysis, apoplexy and locomotor ataxia. Home of these were considered incurable until Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People were formu lated. To-day thousands testify to having been cured of such diseases by these pills. Doctors frequently prescribe them and all drhgglsts sell them. NO SAILOR PRESIDENTS. Bid Farewell to Political Ambitions at tbc Water's Edfe. England has had a "sailor king" within the recollection of many of our older readers. When did the United Slates ever have a sailor President? When, at any time, was a sailor seri ously talked of by the politicians and newspapers for that ofiice? It's really worth thinking about this discrimination against our laurel ed victors whose victories are won on the water. Our wars have made many Presidents. The Revolution gave the country President Washington. The" War of 1812 gave it rresident Jackson. The Indian wars gave it the first Presi dent Harrison. The Mexican campaign gave it President Taylor. The Civil War gave it President Grant. Hayes, Garfield, Benpamln Harrison and Wil liam McKinley were helped toward the White House by their war records. Every man of them did his fighting on land. In the early years of the republic the "stout bid commodores" contributed much more glorious pages to its his tory than the generals, and a good many more of them. Yet, which one of the commodores ever got within seeing distance of the Whit? House? Which one of them, for that matter, so much as dreamed of casting an am bitious glance in that direction? Far ragut, the Admiral, was as illustrons a figure as Grant, the General. He had a far more striking and picturesque personality. His fame ie no less im mortal: The people wondered delight-1 edly ?t his wonderful exploits-the riv er fight, the bay fight. They honored him in their hearts as he deserved to be honored. But they never even thought of making him President, nor did he ever dream that they would. The man who goes Into the American Navy for life bids an everlasting fare well to political ambition at the water's edge. Why it should be so the reader can puzzle out for himself at his leis ure. That it IB so cannot be disputed. Who is the most popular of living 'u Americans just now-the man whom we are all talking about and hugging In our hearts? Does any of U3 ex pect ever to hear George Dewey's name mentioned for the Presidency in a na tional "convention? If he had won a victory of corresponding Import, and brilliancy on land, that would have been a. different matter. - Hartford Journal. Way to Kill Mosquitoes. Two and one-half hours are required for a mosquito to develop from its first stage, a speck resembling cholera bacteria, to its active and venomous maturity. The insect in all its phases may be Instantly killed oy contact with minute quantities of permanganate of pottassium. It ls claimed that one part of this substance in 1500 of solution distributed in mosquito marshes will render the development of larvae im possible; that a handful of permangan ate will oxidize a ten-acre swamp, kill its embryo insects, and keep it free from organic matter for thirty days at a co?t of twenty-five cents; that with care a whole State may be kept free of insect pests at a small cost. An effi cacious method is to scatter a few crys tals widely apart. A single pinch of permanganate has killed all the germs In a thousand-gallon tank.-The Pub lic Health Journal. That Everlasting Irritating Itch. That describes Totter, Eczema and other skin diseases. 50 cents will cure them-stop tho Itch ar once. 50 cents pays for a box of Tetterine at drug stores or postpaid for 60 cents la 6tamps from J. T. Shuptrine, Savan nah, Ga. _ The importation of madder root is chiefly from Uollaud. Educate Toar Bowell With CascareU. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10cr25c. If C. C. C. foil, druggists refund money. Tho exports of glass from Furth. Bavaria, to th3 United States aro growing largely. Try Allen's Foot-Eaae, A powder to shake in the shoes. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Al len's Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy, "ures swollen and sweating feet, blisters ana callous spots. Believes corns and bunions of pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists und shoe stores for 26c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. In a civil service examination In England there wero 1,866 failures in a class of 1.072. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cent?. Guaranteed tobacco babit cure, makes weak men strong, blood pura 50c, tl. All druggists Bicycles are in general use in Canada. In 18IT,' the sales were very large. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic 25c. a bottle. Lyon dc Co's ?Pick Leaf" Smoking Tobacco ls the "best of the best." 2 ounces and cigar ette book for 10 conta. Try it After physicians had given mo up, I was saved by Plso'e Cure.-RALPH ERIEO, Wil liamsport. Pa., Nov. 83,1893. S. K. Coburn, Mgr. Clarie Scott, writes: "I find Hall's Catarrh Cure a valuable remedy." Druggists soil lt. 76c. Thc Southern Saw Works aro the leaders In the South. * Seo their advertisement in this issue. Their saws will suit you. Antwerp is the principal market of Belgium for paints and colors. To Care Constipation Forever* Take Cascare ts Candy Cathartic 10c or 230. If C. O. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money. Cape Colony's diamond proiuotlon daring UH amounted to 133,881.000. . TRAIN'S RACE WITH A CYCLONE An Exciting Contest Io Which the Fora? er Came Oat '.finner. Thomas. Snlvely of Columbus, Ohio, a passenger on the Union Pacific train which ran a race for an hour with' a tornado through Nebraska relates his experiences in a highly interesting marmor. "It was the grandest sight I ever saw," said Mr. Snlvely. "I have had cyclones pas3 over me and under me and around me, but I never before beat one in a race. It was about 3 o'clock, twenty-five miles west of Wood River, Neb., that the cky began to darken. It became so dark I could not read. Look ing over the prairie to the southwest, I saw a black funnel, reaching from a heavy cloud to the earth. It seemed to be about five miles away, coming in our direction. The thing looked to be about six feet in diameter, but I pre sume it was several hundred. I knew at a glance what it was and what it meant if it struck that train. Soon everybody in the train knew what was following us, and there was almost a panic in our car. "Between the cyclone and our train there was hardly a blade of grass to impede its progress, and it seemed to be chasing right after us. Fifteen minutes after the funnel ap peared, it seemed to gain three or four miles on us, and when we passed through Wood River it did not appear to be half a mile away. The train was going at a great speed, but our prairie flyer was going faster. The cyclone was preceded by a gale that seemed to be destroying everything In its path. Flocks of birds could be seen flying ahead of the funnel. Some of these came so near the train in their flight that they struck the -window through which I was looking. "We went through the little town of Wood River like a shot. There was not a person In sight in the town. Evi dently everybody had taken to the storm cellars. The funnel that had been following us now seemed to be losing ground, and we began to breathe more freely, but our joy was short-llv ?d, for the thing soon began to creep up on us again. The train seemed to increase its speed every foot. When we were some distance from Grand Island the cyclone fell back and seemed to change its course to the south. Finally ls disappeared entirely. The number of soldiers on duty In the Federal army during the Civil War is given as follows: July 1, 18G1, 183, 588; January 1, 1862, 527,204; Jandary 1, 1803, 098,802; January 1, 1864, 611, 250; January 1, 1865, 020,924; May 1, 1S05. 707.807._ Don't Tobacco Spit ind Smoko Tonr Lift Away. To .quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic, full of lifo, nerve and vigor, take No-To Boo, tbe T?nruler-worker, tbat maizes weak men strong. All drujplBts, COc or 11. Curo (ruaran* teed. Booklot and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Ca, Chicago or New York. In Brazil a single pineapple has never at tained a greater growth than seven pounds. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness alter flrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nervo Restorer. &5 trial bottle and treatise free. lin. R, H. KLINE. Ltd.. 931 Arch St.. Phila.. Pa. ?????? TfiE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup bf Figs is manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the CALI FORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence oi its remedy It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on thu kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Col. LOUISVILLE. ET. NEW TORC 2?. T. < W( dr to he in cb in ilit is w cc GERSTLE'S FEM regularly as directed a few weeks t its use until the organs are restor hours of labor will be shortened, t complete. If there is any costiven mild doses of St. Joseph's Liver I SOLD AT DRDQ STORES. h. QBE! ISAAC S. BOYD, President, (Pres. Boyd & Baxter Furn- Fact'y.) SOUTHEE S AV BoxA 385. Ai We Manufacture Solid and Inserted Chisel Bit Circular Saws. We Repair All kinds and makes of Solid and Inserted Tooth Saws. Make Burnt Saws prac Moally AB food ai new? ' Im Hua&einnr to tam?. For the asking we mail you our Litho graphed Carpet Cata logue, showing goods la lithographed colors. Foream pies,send eight cent?. ALL CARP BTS SEWED FREE, AND FREIGHT PAID TO YOUR STATION. $3.95 Buys this (exact) Solid Oak Refriger ator. Our 112-pa?8 Catalogue of Furni ture. D ra pe ri o s, Crockery. Baby Car rlago s, S t oves, Lampe, Bedding, Mirrors, Pictures. &c, is malled to all who ask for lt $7.45 kX BuysaMade-to-your-Measuro #1 All-wool Cheviot Suit, EX PRESS PAID TO YOUR [? STATION. Catalogue and Irv Samples Free. Address 9/ (exactly as below.) (S JULIUS HINES & SON, (? 0) Dept. 301. BALTIMORE, MD. &) "I have used your valuable CASCA? RETS and. And them perfect. Couldn't do without them. I have used them for some time for indigestion and biliousness and am now com Stately cured. Recommend them, to every one. nee tried, you will never be without them In the family." EDw. A MARX, Albany, N. Y. CANDY V CATHARTIC ^ TRAD" MMN MOWTSMO "Pleasant. Palatable, Potent. Taste Good. Do Good, Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe, 10c. 25c, 60c ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... 8!crilng n.ra.dy Caaptay, Cb l?t (JO, Xrjitml, B*wT*rk. SQ ft fl.TH.RAP Sold andjnjaranteed by all draf HU" IU DHU ?lata to CV HE Tobacco Habit YELLOW FEVER PREVENTED TS>. 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Y Vlotherhood^ THIS event in the life of a wo- ^gjw V man is looked forward to with a feeling akin to horror-not because the little one is net . ale?me, bat because the mother Hi cads the direful consequences ^Ir Those Jong hours of onizing labor stand out before ir like a hideous nightmare. An iproper delivery, followed by yftj l?d-bed fever, may end the scene a few short days, leaving the ??/ itle one motherless. But there Tlf another side to the picture. If /|\ omen who are expecting to be ?me mothers will commence the gvk ie of the great female tonic, %f ALE PANACEA * '. 3P.) lefore confinement, and continue /.% ed to their normal condition, the J he pain lessened, and recovery Jt?k ess, move the bowels gently with 3 Regulator. Jji STLB ft CO., Propn., CHATTAXOOGA, TESN. W. G. RAOUL, Vlce-Pres't, (Pros. Mexican Nat. R. R. Ca) m - / WORKS TLANT?. GA. We Carry in Stock Belting, Files, Emery Wheels and other Mill Supplies Bits and Shanks for all makes of Inserted Tooth Saws,