Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ia a Modern Hotel '?. lady desiring.apartments in an up town hotel, a thoroughly modern es tablishment in Ney York city, on heJng shown through by the mana ger, remarked: "I rather like the gen eral arrangement, but there is one great drawback. You haTe no closets. What Tras the object in bulldln-g a hotel without closets? "Where are people to put their clothes?'* "Madam," he replied, solemnly, "it wis an oversight of the architect. No one discovered the omission until -the hotel was finished. Our tenants are obliged to use wardrobes."-New York Press. A Double Crop or Apples. On a Long Island farm is a"n apple tree which boro two crops of fruit tho past year, and the farmers aro taking unusual Interest In this peculiarity of nature. Just as much Interest has been shown in Hostotter's Stom ach Bitters, which has the peculiarity of cur ing dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation and blood disorders that other remedies fail to beneBt. In chronic caseB it raroly fails, and lt cures whenever a cure is possible. Nearly all skin diseases are supposed to be caused by microscopic insects. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lile Away. To quit tobacco easily and forevor, bo mag netic, full of life, norve and vigor, take No-To Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak n: on strong. AU druggists, 50c or SI. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or Now York. Tho pantries at Winder Castle contain gold*" and silver plate valued at $7,500,000. Pains and Aches Of Rheumatism Make Countless Thousands Suffer. But this disease is cured by Hood's Sar saparilla, which neutralizes the acid In the blood. If you have any symptoms o? rheumatism take Hood's Sarsaparilla at once and do not waste time and money on unknown preparations. The merit ol Hood's Sarsaparilla ls unquestioned and its record of cures unequalled. Hood's Sarsaparilla IsAmerica'sGreatestMedicine for rheumatism Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 25 cents. Taat Telltale Taj. She was a poor plain little woman, evidently just in from the country, and she stood looking longingly at a line of gaudy purses which hung Mong in a row by the notion counter. After a minute she stepped into a * corner, took out her own shabby little leather- purse and counted over the money carefully. She evidently found out she could afford it. as a great extravagance, and so at last walked shyly up to the coun ter, selected one with "pearls" set in along the chain, and a big emerald flashing ia the top, took up the box in which it was given her. and van ished in the direction of the waiting . room. Not more than five seconds later she appeared again-her old purse tucked out of sight and the new one hanging proudly round her neck. It was almost nltful to see her-she took so much pride in the gaudy thing T-and then, more pitiful, yet more laughable, there came into view be hind her the price tag, flapping gaily from its little pink string and pro claming to the world at large that that .I?artcular purse had cost jus* fifty cents! . Nobody who saw that saucy tag had "~ r*?r. and yet with which they did Palestine. Five minute stops are made at the holy places, and the Kaiser makes a speech and the Kaiserin nnaps a kodak, and then on they pass like a sightseeing whirlwind.-Boston Herald. JVEEVOUS DEPKESSION." [A TALK WITH MRS. PINKHAM.] A woman with the blues is a very un comfortable person. She is illogical, unhappy and frequently hysterical. The condition of the mind known as " the blues," nearly always, with wo men, results from diseased organs of generat;'.n. It is a. ?ource of wonder that in this age of advanced medical science, any person should still believe that mere force of will and determination will overcome depressed spirits and nerv ousness in women. These troubles are indications of disease. Every woman who doesn't under stand her condition should write to Lynn, Mass., to Mrs. Pinkham for her advice. Her advice is thorough com mon sense, and is the counsel of a learned woman of great experience. Bead the story of Mrs. P. S. BENNETT, Westphalia, Kansas, as told in the fol lowing letter: . " DEAR MES. PIXKHAM:-I have suf fered for over two years with falling, enlargement and ulceration of the womb, and this spring, being in such a weakened condition, caused me to flow for nearly six months. Some time ago, urged by friends, I wrote to you for advice. After using the treatment which you advised for a short time, that terrible flow stopped. "I am now gaining strength and flesh, and have better health than I have had for the past ten years. I wish to say to all distressed, suffer ng women, do net suffer Jonger. when there ia one so-kind and willing to aid yeu." Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound is a woman's remedy for wo man's ills. More than a million wo men have been benefited by it ".T?y wife had pimples on ber face, but she has been taking- CASCAKETS and they have all disappeared. I hud been troubled with constipation for some time, but after tak ing tho first Cascaret I have had no trouble with this aliment. We cannot speak too high ly of Cascarets." FRED WABTMAN, 5703 Germantown Ave.. Philadelphia. Pa Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Tast* Good. Do Good, Novor Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe .Oe, 25c, 50c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Sterling Eeaedy foopany. Coliseo, Hratrtat. Kew York. 311 EIi> Tfi ?Ai* Sold anJ guaranteed by all drug HU" 1 W"B?W cists to CUBE Tobacco Habit. AJV Y L 4 DY who can sew can earn Rood pay mak ing neckwear for ns at homo, work all cut sent by maifanv distance. S?nd Kc. fer particulars and seai MI contract for raiployroent HOME EMrl.()i MEKT?O . 13? Lincoln Street.. BATH. ME. TIT ANTED-Case of bad health that R I 1" A N S Vf will not benefit. Send 0 ct?, to Ri?an? Chemical Oo yewYork, fer lu samples ?nd low testimonials. UUR?S V/HEME ALL ELS? FAILS. " 3est Co?;ii Syrup. Taste? Gooa. use In tlrae. Sold by druggists. , C QN S UMPT IQN. _f GREATEST BICYCLE EIDE. FROM CATFORD TO KHIVA, ?N TH? HEART OF WILD TURKESTAN. An Kn SM sh Cyclist Covered 4500 Odd Miles Between April 16 and September 5-Some of His Stranjje Adventures His Narrowest Escape From T>ei?tiu The greatest bicycle ride ever ac complished commenced oh April 10 and ended on September 5 in the pres ent year of grace. The starting point was the cycle track at Catford, th? finish the city of Khiva-, right iii th? heart of wild Turkestan, ard the cy clist who between the dates specified covered the 4500 odd miles separating Catford from Khiva Avas Mr. K. L. Jefferson, F. E. G. S., the well known transcontiueutalist-w Before he started-, well-meaning friends tm the continent endeavored to dissuade him from undertaking what they characterized as a ride to certain death, but Jefferson had heard the same thing before, thanked them for their kind advice, completed his arrangements to go ahead, and on Saturday, April 16, set ont as special /commissioner for the Cycle, to which paper he communicated his experi ences in the form of articles. Belgium, Germany and Bavaria were successively passed through without any embarrassing experiences or thrilling adventures apart from a little wild I oar hunting on tue Ba varian hills, and, iudeed, it was Hot until he had left Hungary behind him and crossed the Carpathians into Ga licia that B?l\ Jefferson began to taste the bitters of his journey. Up to this point he had found the roads ridable, tho inhabitants, if not demonstratively affectionate, at most | passively indifferent, and had been generally welcomed wherever he stopped by the cyclists of the towu, who, as a body, treated him right royally. But it was different in Moldavia, where every fifty yards or so a deep gully intersected the roadway, so that he had of necessity to ride with care or smash his bike. It can be easily understood that tue cyclists of Mol davia are not scorchers, but the teamsters are, and they'want all the road. Their greatest amusement was to endeavor to run Jefferson down, aud many the time and oft he was compelled to hurriedly dismount and plunge into the ditch at the roadside to avoid their sportive designs. He owed the Galicien teamsters a big debt on this score, and one day, quite unexpectedly to himself und the other mau, he repaid it. Two wag ons were racing down a hill toward him while he was carefully descend ing a decline, at the bottom* of which ran a small stream, crossed by a wooden bridge. It looked as though cyclists* and wagous would reach the bridge together. To avoid this Jefferson spurted a bit and crossed the bridge first, aud as he was passing the leading team ster whirled his long-thonged whip around above his head and cut at the cyclist. His aim fell short. The second teamster also prepared to strike, but Jefferson rode straight afc the horses, which took fright and I dashed for the roadside. One of the wheels caught the frail posts of the sion. Woiu _ "barm" was stopping in a monj?a s hut, and the whole village paid him a' visit. One moujik even brought him two eggs, another intimated that for fifty kopecks a quart of vodki could be brought. The money was pro duced. Jefferson was held as. a great man, a "bolshoi chelvack," the vodki was purchased, everybody drank of it excepting the women, and in the mon jik's hut cpaite a convivial evening was spent. It was a great night, such as the monjik experiences but seldom. Jefferson had much experience of the czar's Jewish subjects. They cer tainly know how to do one thing well, and that is charge for any ac commodation they provide. At Cher ikor, a town of H000 inhabitants, Jef ferson could only secure room in the house of a Jew. Thither he repaired, dined on three eggs and two pints of milk, and slept. Next morning he was asked for six roubles-thiiteen shillings. He ar gued; offered two roubles. The Jew stood firm for six. Jefferson asked for his bicycle. "No pay, no bicycle," said the Jew. Then there was a row and Jefferson went for the 2)0b('e The police master was asleep, so Jef ferson sat on the doorstep of the po lice station until he awoke. When he did awake and learned the facts of i the case and who the cyclist was, the officer put ou all his uniform, hailed 1 two sleepy-looking policemen, and went oft' with Jefferson to the Jew's | abode. The Jew wanted to explain; the policeman swept him into the roadway, the bicycle ives produced and Jefferson once more got under way. The intrepid cyclist's narrowest es- , cape from death occurred on the road to Vladimir. He was still twenty-live , miles away from the town when dark- 1 ness set in. The road was terrible, full of ruts and covered with hug'? stoues, and he bumped and banged along in a manner truly awful. , Then, after descending a long hill. ? Jefferson suddenly saw yawning at ? Iiis very feet a great bhrck gap. He realized that it was a gorge, the ( bridge of which had fallen, and flung j himself from the saddle on the very 1 brink of the precipice, not a moment . :oo soon. ] The r.ollinpr Tongue. J A curious-relic of bygone days may j he seen cn a house in Berlin, Ger nany. Two blacksmiths lived oppo- j ute each other in that city, whose :rade rivalry became the talle of tbs 1 ?eighborliood. One day the emperor, iVilliam I, who was fond of going ibout the city disguised as a farmer, n order to "feel the pulse of the peo- i ile," rode up to the door of one of j ,he blacksmiths to have his horse's < ?hoe fastened. A daughter of the i ival blacksmith, to show her contempt 1 br this customer, put out her tongue ? ind distorted her face with a horrible ' ;vin. The emperor called together ( he wood carvers of the city and of- 1 ered a-prize for the most hideous j ace of a woman they could devise,; s md when he had selected i ho most ugly specimen pro- t laced- one with a tongue lolling out j )f its wooden mouth-he rode over r vith it to the blacksmith's shop, s Chere, to the consternation of the <; roting woman, he ordered that fury's *? lead nailed over the door as a warning .= igainst petty spite.-Detroit Free c ?re3s. PRINCE OF ANTICOSTI. M. Menier, tho Chocolate Maker, Flies tho French Flus in English "Waters. Piospects of international trouble between England and France drew public attention at Quebec not only to the unconcealed protestations of sym pathy with France on the part oi several of the French-Canadian news papers, but also to the apparent efforts bf Fr?nch citizens tb control a strategic Stronghold at the entrance to the Gulf bf St. Lawrence. Two or three years ago li. Henri Menier; tho well-known chocolate manufacturer of Paris; pur chased from former Owners the whole islaudof Anticosti, 130 miles in length, on the 2Jreteuce that he intended to make of it a hunting preserve. He has since brought out a number of settlers from France, established a French colony ou the island, flies,tho French flag on the armed yacht, manned by men of the French naval reserve, in which he journeys to and from the island, and, finally, pays no duties upon imports from Europe or elsewhere lauded upon Anticosti. M. Meuier has added to his civil and military authority on the islam' by the appointment of a Parisian, M. Cormettant, as governor, Both he and Meuier have so ingratiated themselves with the French Canadian members of the provincial government of Quebec by lavishly entertaining them beth in Quebec and also at Anticosti that hitherto they have been permitted to do pretty much as they like, and the few English-speaking residents of the island, whom M. Menier is doing his utmosLto have deported, complain that the Fr?nch governor rules the island with a rod bf iron. At Fox bay, near one end of the island, seventeen English-speaking families from Newfoundland, belong ing to the Methodist church, have been In iug peaceably for the last twenty six years. Ever since faking posses sion of Anticosti, M. Menier has done bis" best to rid the island of these peo ple, who gaiu a poor livelihood by fishing oil' the dangerous coasts. Other means of driving them from their homes having pioved unavailing, Governor Comettant had recourse to the government. Upon being falsely told that, the Fox bay people were not bona fide settlers at all, but simply pirates, smugglers and wreckers, the government, without making any in quiries, sent down a detachment of police to enforce the French demands. Armed with clubs, revolvers, and hand cuffs, the police, aided by M. Menier's men, surrounded the s;-itiers and ordered them to quit the island imme diately, although no shadow of legal proceedings had been taken, and none of the cjectiug party was in posses sion of writs or Warrants of any kind. Though the offer was made to the set tlers to laud them on either shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, they de clared that they had nowhere to go and could not leave in such a hurry. They were compelled, however, be cause of their ignorance of the world and its ways, to sign a document prom ising to quit the island at an early date. Now that the facts have be come kujwn nt Quebec the utmost in dignation has been caused against both M. Monier and the government; the document signed by the settlers nuder compulsion has been declared illegal, and a test case has been etc., and also the um.,_ particular shocks.. The result is a history of earthquakes on tho Pacific coast,the disturbances being arranged chronologically and brieily discussed in au introduction. As many of thc earthquakes of Cali fornia are very local phenomena,which depend,upon local causes for their production, no very definite conclu sions can be found with regard to them. An arrangement of the shocks according to seasons shows that for California, Oregon and Washington at large shocks occur with about equal frequency in the wet and iu the dry seasons. Tl e records indicate, how ever, that in San Francisco and San Jose shocks are more frequent in tho rainy.soason than in the dry. Dr. Holden suggests that' in any future study of California earthquakes special regions ought to be selected for exam ination, with the object of .\;termin ing tho origin of the local shocks. The data he has obtained seem to in dicate that the greater number of Cal ifornia earthquakes have been thc re sult of faulting in underlying strata, rather than duo to volcanic causes di rectly, With regard to damage to life and property caused by the earth quakes recorded, it is concluded that the earthquakes of a whole century in California have been less destructivo than the tornadoes or floods ?f a sin gle year in other parts of the States. - Buffalo Times. Thc X-Itay Photograph in Court. Th'e earliest reported instance ol the use of the X-ray process in evi dence seems to have been in the dis trict court of Arapahoe county, Col orado, in 189(?. More recently in Tennessee it was held that an X-ray photograph, showing the overlapping bones of one of the legs of the plain tiff, broken by an injury for which suit was brought,taken by a physician md surgeon familiar with fractures und with the process of taking such photographs, who testified that it ac enrately represented the condition of the leg, is admissible in evidence The court said: "The pictorial repre sentation of the condition of the broken leg of the plaintiff gave to the jury a much more intelligent idea; of that particular injury than it would bave obtained from any verbal de scription of it by a surgeon, even if lie had used for the purpose the sim plest terms of his art."-Law Notes. Wns Bismarck Musical? During the many years he resided in Berlin Bismarck hardly ever went to au operatic performance or to a concert, save on state occasions, and in his official character. He-took a iking, however, to Pauline Lucca,and id mired her greatly in Nicolai's 'Merry Wives of Windsor." But iveu the fact that a photograph is ex ant in which the iron chancellor ap jears "grouped" with the brilliant >oug bird cannot make him a musical n di vid nal. Scaria, too, was for a ime a great favorite of Bismarck. 3nt, disinclined to sit through au >pera,Bismarck frequently invited the linger to his house, and there the treat basso was invariably a^ked to ing a number ol' German student ;ongs-a kind of music which the mau )f blood and iron immensely enjoyed. -Musical America. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. The young leaves and roots of forns supply a considerable portion of the food in the mountain districts of Japan. A Hamburg (Germany) chemist has succeeded with the aid of oxide of aluminium in creating ? heat of up td 30; OOO degrees; Although the brain ia perpetually active, yet the whole of it is never at work at one time.. The two hemis pheres; or halves; (to not operate sim ultaneously; but alternate in action: A turnip seed increases its own Weight fifteen times iu a minute. On peat ground turnips have beeu found to increase by growth 15,999 times the weight of their seed each day they stood upon it. Circular or elliptical halos fount? the sun indicate violent storms, espe cially if the halos are dark in tint or of a large diameter. Lightuing and magnetic disturbances may also be ex pected from these signs. It is computed that the death rate of the world is 67 and the birth rate 70 a minute, anet this seemingly light percentage of gain is sufficient to give a net increase iu population each yeal' bf almost 1,'200; OOO soitls; The phenomenon of the milk-white sea, much more luminous than thi starry sky, is reported by a corres pondent of Nature. It was witnessed ou the morning of August 21 iu the Indian oceau, and .continued to be seen throughout 50 miles of the ves sel's course. The sea was calm, while a bucket of th? water showed" nothing unusual. WILL WEIGH 150 TONS. Giant Scales Just InotuIIed in the Gov ernment Guiisliops in Wiishinglou. Everybody is perhaps aware that the large scales upon which the entire freight cars with their loads of many tons are weighed nie considered im mense, but with all their immensity Uncle Sam has goue all the railroafls in the country one point better by in stalling at the navy yard, Washing ten, one of the largest pair of scales in the country. This machine can outweigh thc largest railroad weigh ing machines by hf ty tons, aud its re sults must be accurate to a 25?Hlud? while railroad scales are considered good if they approach anywhere'near fifty pouuds of being correct. The new scales are placed on the traci going south from the great gunshops and just opposite the forge shop. They are -18 feet long and 12 feet wide and rest upon a cement base built upon long piles. The ground is somewhat low, and it was neces sary to utilize the services of pile drivers to secure a stable fouudatiou, which is one of the requisites of au accm ate weighing machine. The cost was about ?1200. Much Qf its line and sensitive bal ancing apparatus was mannfactureu for special use in the new machine, and the completed structure is con sidered a model and marvel of modern mechanism and American ingenuity. In order to illustrate the accuracy of the counterpoise of the machine to a reporter, the superintendent of yards and docks . pic'""1 - brick whi-L ueaf by alic. ""?.Ml Qf -he famous guns?op witu !ie chance to weigh an j former. The capacityeof the new scales is 150 tous, or double the capacity of the old scales, which have just been replaced. A 13-inch gun weighs about fifty five tons, and it may be readily seen that the new scales can weigh two or three monsters, reclining on a -48-foot car track and not tax its capacity to any great extent. All thc big gnus of the davy will be weighed upon these collossal scales. Kieling on Turtles' flacks. Having had considerable experience ! in turtle catching, I know a swimmer 1 can frequently approach a sleeping turtle from behind and leap on its back before it awakes. The creature's first impulse is to dive, but if its rider knows his business he can instantly bring it to a standstill by -forcing his fiugers into its horny eyes, when it nt ouce fioats motionless upon the sur face. In the case of a midshipman whom I know of, ho got on a turtle's back and enjoyed a ten minutes' ride, sometimes ou the surface of the water, sometimes under, before he brought ihe animal to a standstill. Three things are certain-first, the ibility of a man to get on a sleeping turtle's back; second, by sitting fa' back on its shell to keep it near thf lurface; third, to instantly stop itj career by reducing it to blindness Saving regard to the brevity and sim1 dicity of Rougemont's account, I c.ii juite well believe that lonely man, oil ais coral saudbauk, with all his ir dincts preternaturally sharpened, dil iclually ride and guido the turtle ts ie has stated.-Admiral Moresby in London Daily Chronicle. . j Strands Symplons in u Glass Bye*. Tue Cincinnati Enquirer tells of a nan who went to a doctor and said 'Will you kindly look into my ey< ind tell me what is the matter?" "Certainly," was the quick reply Dhen the physician opened up the re ractory optic aud began in a hurrier nauuer: ' ? "I see at a glance that you hav jeen suffer iu g from kidney troubh iTour liver is out of order, and there ; . langer of your having au attack ? t j gastritis unless tho matter is quicks , orrected, From the distended pnrl ! should say that your nerves are im lebililated condition, and that"- ? "Hull up, there," came the voie ?f the patient. "What's the matter?" * "Dad burn it! You're looking ito ay glass eye!" 1 Sweet Sleep. He had come upon her dozing i a ?am meek, and when she woke up he ccused him of stealing a lftss. "Well," he said, "I will admit tat he temptation was too strong to be esistsd. I did steal one little kii." "One!" she exclaimed indignanly. 'Icounted eight befoie I woke v." -Chicago Post. Champion Insurance Policy. The insurance record of the wrld ias just been broken by the issnnco I a policy for $2,000,000 in Chicgo. ?he first premium was $101100. nd the holder of the policy isoin nown, as one of the conditions othe rausaction is that his identity bepre crved inviolate. We know of nothing better to tear the lining cf your throat and lungs: It is better than wet feet to cause bronchitis and pneumonia. Only keep .it up long enough and yod 'will succeed in reducing your ?weight, losing your appetite, ?bringing on a slow fever and ?making everything exactly right for the germs of con sumption. I Stop coughing and you will get well. cures coughs of every kind. An ordinary cough disap pears in a single night. The racking coughs of bronchitis are soon completely mas tered. And, if not too far along; thc coughs of con sumption arc completely cured. Ask your druggist for one of. Dr. Ayer's Cherry Peciora! Plaster. It will aid the action of the Cherry Pectoral. If yon KIV?> .".ny complaint what ever nntl desiri? tba beat medical advice yon ran posslblv obtain, .write ns freely. Yon will receive a prompt reply that may bo ot great value to vou. A'ddrcM, PB. J. C. AXER, Lowell, Mas?. OUR BRITISH ALLY. Howflc Received the Surrender of a Porto Rican Town. Wien Capt. Padget, the naval nt taclp of tlie British embassy, was ma^ng a speech at the Gridiron din ner) in Washington recently, three fourhs of the people who beard1 him -inlfact, everybody who docs not en joy he pleasure of fl persouel acquain tance-supposed that he was trying to mime thc typical stage Englishman andjwas ready to admit that he did it pry successfully. L?O his military colleague, Capt. Lee Capt. Padget's sympathies with theAraerican army during the recent wai were unconcealed. Like his col le?'Sie, he used the word "we" both In conversation and in his official rerxrts, regardless of the laws rf neu . paper: ing:ooic me roan to mo rignt, as uu visd by his scouts. Capt. Padget, witi the sfubborncss that character ize many Englishmen, took the road to the left, because, accordlug to lils mtp, it seemed the shorter and better on, and so turned out to be. Thc cor repondonts, thinking they would hn"e more l'un with Fn?et than with itt soldiers, accompanied him. and trien they roached tho town were as tonished to find the alende, or mayor, find the members of thc common coun cil in dress suits, with white ties and gloves and silk hats, standing in thc middle' of the road ready to surrender i to tlie Yankee iuvaders. As Capt. Tad- j got was the only member of the party who wore a uniform, the mayor mis took him for the commanding general and supposed that the correspondents composed his staff. Nobody know enough Spanish to explain the mis take, and the newspaper men insisted that Padget should take advantage of the opportunity and accept the sur render. He did so with groat reluc tance, and as an officer of her maj esty's navy received the surrender of a Spanish town. Fortunately the ad vance guard of the army arrived in a very few moments and Padget was relieved of his embarrassment, al though tho boys still insisted that he captured the town. The Czar's Slavery to Duty. Thc Czar's, melancholy visit to Co penhagen is nearly over, and soon he will bo hurrying across to Europe to rejoin the Czarina at Li vadla. Apart from the occasion itself, h'.s slay Ju the Danish capKal appears to have been marked by exceptional trloom. The young autocrat occupied throe modest rooms in the overcrowded pal ace of Bernstorff. and is said to have passed almost his whole day in his little study reading or writing dis patches. Every nimming a courier ar rived from St. Petersburg with a fresh batch, and every evening an other set out thither io take back the result of the day's work. After break fast he walked for au hour with his mother in thc park, that being the sole recreation he permitted himself, besides joining the other members of the family for a short time at and after meals. Ho must often have look pa back with a sigh to the time when be'roamed about the place a careless boy in ibo company of his stalwart Cather.-London Chronicle. Indefinite Information. Old Folger: "I've got a letter from mv son out west. " Golfin: "So? What's Tom doing aow?" Old Folger: "That's what I can't make out. He says he is engaged iu the destruction of weeds. Now, that may meau he's smoking a good many cigars or that h? is trying to iuduce some widow to make secoud venture, ir it may simply mean that he ia doing :arm work."-Boston Transcript. "La Creole'' New Criminal Game. The tragedy actually took place In Liverpool. He was wearing what is known as a "top hat," and one many sizes too large. . Entering a shop where, among other delicacies, treacle was vended, he asked to be supplied with so many pounds of the same. "Have you got anything to put it In?" asker J,be shopkeeper. The" customer, With, ali abstracted look common to forgetful people, re plied that he had not, but, as though the ingenious Idea had just struck him., added, "Xever mind; put it in this/' at the same time handing over his old chapeau. The grocer, sniggering at the ridicu lous situation, proceeded to weigh out the treacle, and then bent forward to count the change for the sovereign the buyer put down. An instant later and the "customer" had fixed the vender's head within a sticky prison. "Stop thief!" the latter screamed, but before he could? grope his way to thc street, the eccentric purchaser had possessed himself of the contents of tho till and walked leisurely, away.. The treacle ran down to his ears, and passers-by were too much amused at tho grocer's "strange freak" to promptly render "first aid."-Tit-Bits. 'A Bad Break. "Well, they all break," said thc bride of a few weeks, "and I don't know what you are going to do about it?" "But why don't you get a better brand?" said the young husband, not any too sweetly^ "It seems strange, Marian, that every time I sit down to read the lamp chimney breaks into a thousand pieces!" Next night he came home with a small package, under his arin ...Marian," said he with a tone of superiority, "I have bought a chimney that will last." '.How much did you pay for lt dear?" ..Fifteen cents. I don't want any more of your iive-cent things in the hons?. You see you women haven't a right understanding of the word economy. You think just because you get things cheap that you are sav ing money-whereas-" and he con tinued thc effusion all the time he was putting the chimney in place. .There!" said ho. turning up the light "There is a chim-confound the - !-!! well, I wish all thc glass blow ers and grocers in seven counties were lied up and hung over a clothes linn to lc'it ii out. You can bot I'd bo there to coach the scrap!"-Detroit Free Press. Thc World's Greatest Crop. The average man if asked what is tho most important crop of the world would unhesitatingly say "Wheat." This ls true of the United States, but far from the case In the world as a whole. The first place nust be given the potato. Of all tho staple crops of the world the iota to takes first place, the annual crop being more than 4,000,000,000 bushels, against 2.500.000.000 bushels >f wheat and 2.000,000,000 bushels of :-orn. Of the total potato crop Eu .ope produces fully seven-eighths, and me-half times as much as her wheat, ind all the cereals together are but 50 -ft-^Opor""? TC Waldron, in . Ind them matcing long tramps Into lie country; but that is probably a .eligious duty, for when they tramp hey wave sticks into the air, nobody ?nows why. They have no sense of llgnlty. for tiley may be found walli ng with women. They even sit down it the same table with women and the after are served first." Apprehension. Burglar (on trial)-I don't like de oohs of dis jury." Friend-"No; dey looks as if dey vas prejudiced agin burglary."-Puck. Beauty Is Blood Deep, ("loan blood means n clean skin. No icauty without it. Cascare ts, Cundy Cathar .lc. clean your blood ; nd koep it clean, by stirring np the lazy liver and driving all i Ol in ri tics from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boil?, blotches, blackheads, ind that sickly bilious complexion by taking -aseareis.- beauty for ten cents. All rinisr cists. satisfaction guaranteed. 10c. 25c. 50c. . I - Tho American Bible Society has sent .1..V? Spanish New Testaments to Santiago, Cuba. I ;TATE OK On rn. CITY OK TOI.KDO, ) " LUCAS COUNTY. FRANK .f. CHENEY makes oath thathe is the enior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & ?O., doinir business in the City of Toledo, ""minty and State aforesaid, ami thatsaid Arm ni! nay ?hcsum'ofoNEHi'NnHE'nrjoi.i.ARSfor ach and every case of CATARRH that cannot ? ir cured by thc usu of HA M/S CATARRH CURB. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before nie and subscribed in my f -' -) presence, thistilh dav of December. I sr.A i. - A. D. 1S.SU. A. W. GLEASON. ('-.-') Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and 1 nfrdirectlyonthehlood and mneouaaurfaces 1 'f the system. Send for testimonials, free. . F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggi*t>-. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are thc best. If a man were toleap a? far in nroportionto is size as a flea, he could jump TO miles. To Cure Constipation Forever. Ta! . Cascareis Candr Cathartic. 10cor Ti ;. '.(.'. L". fall tocar", druggists refund money. It renn I res over $300. GOO a year to mn thc 'rystal Palace in London. Pits permanently eared. No ni? or nervous ess nfter I'rst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great 'erre Restorer. $- trial bottle and treatise free. >?. lt. U. KURE, Ltd.. 0:J1 Arel St.. Phlla., Pa. Over 100 persons disnnnear in London every i . ear without leaving the -.lightest trace. Educate Your Bowels AVI th Cascareis. Candy Cathartic, caro coastloatlon foreror. )e,25c. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refand moaoy. In one of thc Canary islands them is a tree f tile laurel family that occasionally rains owns-in the early evenings-patten conious lower ol' water drops from its tufted foliaire, be water comes out through innumerable, ttle pores situated at tho edge of the leaves. To < uro a Cold in Ono Day. Tako Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Intgg Iris refund money if lt falls to cure. 25c. Those who regret the decadence of the Ba uti fni Santa Claus myth should reflect mt the modern style of chimney imposes [together too severe a strain, even upon the redality of chi ld rca..-Boston 'f ranscri pt 1 have found Piso's Cure for Consumption i unfailing medicine.-F. R. L?TZ, 1305Scott, t.. Covington. Kv., Oct.l. J801. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup foreb'ldren 'Cthincr.softens the gum*, reduces in flam m a ou.allays pain.cures wind coiic. 2is. a bottle. A London tailoring magasine complains int. tailors themselves seldom dross well. >"o-To-Uuc for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak icu strong, bleed pure. 30c,tl. All druggists Some one has csnorsod a ton of Irish turf ir an Irish fair at San Francisco. Hair Restorer is a Perfect Every farmer's wife knows how necessary it is that the milk buckets, pans, churns, and other implements of the dairy be perfectly clean and free from taint. A com mon yellow soap that smells of rosin should never be used for washing these. Such soaps are made of materials that you would not use for any purpose. Besides, they are sticky and the soap will get info the cracks and corners and stay there. Ivory Soap'is pure, it is well made, and only sweet, clean materials are used. Then it rinses readily. IVORY SOAP IS 99?x?? PER CENT. PURE. ? .4 Copyright? 3 by TU Vtecta ft.O&sblt Cs, Clnttauti. ^mnrTHT c. g g g <t ca A ic g E 't Tvr^jEiaiTTT O a a m M JULH ? GERSTLE'S emale Panacea Cures AU Diseases of Women. ANY women are under the impression that thc diseases peculiar to their sex are natural and incurable because so any suffer constantly from them. Tl?is is a ?stake. Few women are so badly diseased that they cannot be cured. It is true, that hnd they taken a remedy that waa efficient when the first symptomsof dis ease appeared, a more rapid cure would have been the result. No woman should neglect herself. When the monthly pe riod becomes too frequent, painful, pro-' fuse, obstructed, or irregular in anyway, or i f she suffers from faJfi nz of the worn b. whites, or any other female trouble, she should at once resort to the use of Gerstle's Female Panacea T"*"(Gr. F\ iE3. )"*"K Which is absolutely the best female remedy ever offered her. Even if she has been negligent and allowed disease to fasten itself upon her she should not de spair of being cured. This medicine is a purely vegetable tonic, containing those ingredients intended oy nature as a remedy for suffering women. It mat ters not if other remedies have been tried and proven failures-Gerstle's Fe male Panacea will not fall. If there is any tendency to costiveness, indi digestion or biliousness, move the bowels gently with a few mild doses of St. Joseph's Liver Regulator. If your druggist does not keep these medicines write us and we will send them to you, all charges paid, upon receipt of price Panacea, $1.00 per, Bottle. 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