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Doer's Bntttlc frith a Cactus. Otto Kleemanu, who lives on 'Bel mont street, recently acquired a beau tiful cactus, which he established in his household, unmindful of the fact that his dog held the opinion that his master should have no other pets be fore him. Now he h?s no cactus and the dejected semblance cf a dog. The little animal espied the plant soon after Its arrival, and issued a challenge. In default of acceptance he gave battle, but retired at the first shock to recon sider. The enemy had more teeth than a battalion of bull terriers, and all of them were newly sharpened. He was no quitter, however, and with rising anger he renewed the attack. This time his opponent came down, landing on him heavily, und with the touch of a barb wire fence. The two rolled over and over in a death embrace, and the cactus was finally vanquished, torn Into shreds nnd scattered about the room. But it was a costly victory. The conqueror ls punctured in more places than his owner cnn count. He may live to fight another day. but It will not be with a cactus.-rPortland Oregonian. In those parts of Armenia where the massacres took place three years ago Turkish soldiers still Infest the vil lages and force tho impoverished na tives to support them. The Philippine "War. Thl? contest ls proving much more stubborn than TO had anticipated. It needs a vigorous contest to stralphten matters out. We should tackle the Philippines nnd overcome them RS Hoetetu*r's Stomach Hitters do?s dyspepsia. Indigestion, matarla, fever and ague, and ilver and kldnoy diseases. The t attle ls short and decisive, and ior Hfty years th? Hitters havo nlvrayn won. if you" ?Ve 111, and don't know what's wrong, try lt. Tour reputation shall be great to the ex tent that your wisdom and actions allow. No-To-Dnc for Fifty Cents. Cujirnntcod tobneco habit cure, make?weak nee? strong, blocd pure. tOc, ti. All druggists. It ls very unpleasant for one to find his ?elf-sati*t.".rtion depreciated. Deafness Cannot Bo Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There ls only one way lo euro deafness, and that ls by constitu tional remedies. Denlness is caused by an in flamed condition of tho mucous lining of tho Eustachian Tube. When this tubo gets In flamed yor. have a rumbling sound or Imper feet hearing, and when it is entirely dosed Deafness is the result, and unless the Inflam melon cnn bo taken out and this tube restored ? to its normal condition, hearing will bo de stroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten sro reused by catarrh, which is nothlnc bm an la flamed condition of tho mucous surfaces. Wewin give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. .7. Cn EXE Y & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold ?y Druggists. 75c Hall's Family Pills are the best. Every man is tho architect of his own character. _ ydncnt* Your Bowels With Cascnrer*. 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APCUTC1 SFECIALTT; sell to every ne AbLn ? o Afro; big money; dead easy; no laka; $10 paid for every caso proven that our goods do not give satisfaction In every resnect; agents coining money; everything legitimate; open and above bw"i; sond ?? cents stamps or silver for agents' ouflt and guarantee. Boston Chemical Company, Richmond, Vs. J?iflf Iff* FITZaSBALD(OA.tglwi rife ftTraypresoatel to 20 dollars. .Vf JUPTO Bend postal for porticulara. THUS MEN DISAPPEAR STORY OF ONE WHO CHOSE TO DROP OUT OF SICHT. Harvey IV. Rocera Left His Home Near Buffalo to Visit the Cenfennlal-of *7C arid Has Ju*t Returned-His Wander ing*-Slaters' F.-Torts to Find Ililli. Twenty-three years ago last July Harvey W. Rogers, n railroad station ageut at Hamberg, n suburb of Buf falo, N. Y., left his position, borne, friends and a comfortable fortuue to go to the Centennial exposition in Philadelphia. He bas since been a wanderer up and down the country from one extreme to the other, bat never returned to lits home. He bad no trouble or cause to remain* away, but, on the contrary, every induce ment was made to him to return home. Not once in that time did he commu nicate with, his relatives, and they, hoping almost against hope tnat he was still alive, have been steadfastly searching for him for more than a score of years. Their diligence was rewarded oue day last week, when a meetiug be tween Bogers and his family was effected at the office of his attorney, Mr. David I. Gitt, 023 F street, in this city. It was through the efforts of the latter that Rogers' sisters were enabled to find their long-lost brother and that they came hero from Buff.ilo to meet him. Their recognitions were mutual, and while the women wept for joy, ihe old man was so over come by emotion that for a few min utes he could hardly speak. The story of tb.3 eventful life of the old mau, now sixty-two years of age, is an interesting narrative. His father was a well-to-do farmer in Erie county, and possessed a hue tract of laud in what is now a growing sub urb of Buffalo. "When Rogers, was a boy the land was reckoned to be worth about ?50 an acre; now SSO, OOO would scarce purchase that much of it. When a young man he enlisted in the Ninth New York cavalry aud served through out the civil strife. There the ro mance of his nature developed. The life was to him rather shiftless and aimless, and he became imbued wi'h the spirit of a wanderer. However, he returned home after the war was over and went to work on the rail road. His father died, some of tho estate was sold, and by economy Rogers managed to acquire a considerable sum of money. He kept au account iu a savings bank, loaned money on mortgages, had a good position as station agent and became well-to-do. Still he was never wholly conteuted. During the Centennial year he started for Philadelphia, fully ex pecting and iutending to return after spending a few weeks at the exposi tion. He took wish him only enough funds to pay the expenses of au econ4 omical trip, for he was never a spend thrift, but rather frugal and modest iu his wants. Weeks went by, and finally they lapsed into months, still no tidings (ame fi om Boger?. His sisters, with whom he lived, waited patiently aud anxiously for his re turn. Finally they wrote to Phila delphia and asked the authorities to find their missing brother. No man answering his description could be found; in fact, no trace of him was discovered and the family continued to hopo that he was -still alive. Still no message came from him, although they could see no rea son why he shonld remain away, and still less why, if alive, he shonld be silent. Year after year passed, but from time to time the family con tinued the search for the missing rela tive. Once during the first inaugura of President Cleveland some Buffalo people reported to Rogers' sisters that they had seou him in this city. Again their hope was revived and efforts were made to follow up the trail, but all to no purpose. The police in large cities were asked time and again to look ont for him. In his wanderings Rogers frequent ly came i?to Washington, and, in fact, he has been in almost every town of auy considerable size in both Mary land and Virginia. Upon ono of these trips he went to tho office of Mr. Gitt to have him intercede for him in ob taining a pension. The attorney, however, had no knowledge of his client's wanderings. lu this city Rogers also met Captain Wooley of the r ostofhec department, who was the commander of ono of the com panies in Rogers' regiment during the war. He, too, was iu ignorance of the fact that the former soldier was a wanderer from home and that his fam ily w:is endeavoring to find him. After laying his case before Mr. Gitt, Rogers again disappeared, and evett his a toruey did not know his whereabouts for a long time. One day, however, he learned that one of ihe B?llalo congressmen had received a request from Rogers' sisters, asking him to make inquiries concerning their bio her, whom they* had or.ee more learned had been seen. Mr. Gitt assured the cong essman that lt? go s was still alive an he hud made strenuous efforts to ! d him. ? For a lo ig time he was unsuccessful. Finally, he again found his client's trail a:i.l followed it to Danville, Va. There Rogers was discovered about a week ago and induced to couve to Washington to meet his sisters, who were advised ot' the success of the attorney's r ea ch, and hastened to this city to see their long-lost relative. Why Rogers never returned to his home and ucver wrote io his friends he is unable to explain, ne is a bright but somewhat eccentric old man, ami able but aimless. He tells many in teresting stories of his travels and his experience with people and affairs. For twenty-three years he has worked in one pince or another, both in cities and in the country, although r. large portion of the time he has traveled with the circus. For several seasons he was with Barnum ? Bailey, then with Adam Forepaugh, and again with two or three other traveling shows, nd thus wandered up and down the country, through many states and hundreds of towns. A phase of his carelessness is illus trated by a fact connected with his arrest while upon one of his periodical visits to this city. He was taken into custody aa a vagrant merely because he stood upon the street thought lessly gazing at one of the public braidings, and because he told a po liceman in answer to his queries, that he had no home and wasn't going any where in particular. When searched at the police-station lt large amount of money WAS found in his pockets. Notwithstanding, he was sent to the workhouse, from which place he was released through the efforts of Mr. Gitt. Still Rogers never returned to the police depart ment to ask for his money, and it re mains in the hands of the authorities. Rogers has now made up his mind ?o return to Buffalo and secure pos session of the money and estate which naH long been held for him by his sis -, The interest upon the several thousand dollars which he had in the Erie County savings bank has caused the amount to his credit in that insti tution to double duriug his absence. His mortgages have been renewed by his sisters and his property held in- . tact, so that he will havo a comforta- ! ble fortune, tho income of which would | support him in luxury for the remain der of his years. He expresses his desire, however, wheu all of his financial matters have beeu settlol up, to como back to Washington and t ike np his residence in ibis city. Washington Post. THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. Now ViRor In tho Attempt to Check tho Advance or Thia nincnae. Disease ia nowadays being attacked i on every 6ide with renewed vigor mid in most instances with much success. The more rational methods in the . treatment of consumption, which have ? been pursued-the past few years have j already had the effect of considerably checkiug its ravage?. Vaccination has for long taken the sting from smallpox. Yellow fever vanishes j wherever efficient sanitary meaaures j are enforced, while it has been de monstrated that typhoid fever can be completely driven out by a strict at- j tention to the laws of hygiene geuer- j ally and by insisting upon a thorough ly pure water and milk supply. There is, however, one disease which has thus far baffled the skill of scientific men. That is cancer, lu spite of laborious research cancer still remains a mystery, and although at intervals within the past few years' scieutists have announced that i!s origin has boen traced home, upon a careful aualvsis of the various tbeoiies propounded it has always been found that wheu put to the test they were found wautiug. The theory of a parasitic origin is the one which ap peals most forcibly to the minds of medical men, and the search for the cancer germ has been, and is now being vigilantly and persistently car ried on. In the meantime the truth remains that no disease has made such rapid headway within tho past thirty years, aud especially in this country and state as caucer. Dr. Boswell Park of Buffalo, one of the most distinguished authorities on the subject, declares that the disease is progressing at so rapid a rate that it it continues it will cause more deaths in the state of New York thau consumption, small pox aud typhoid fever combined. In thirty years the deaths per 1000 due to cancer, have almost trebled iu the United States, and during the same period nearly doubled iu Creal Britain. Mr. W. lioger Williams in the Laucet of Aug. 20, 1893, shows that iu 1840 cancer caused 2780 deaths, the pro portion being one in 561(3 of the total population, and one in 129 of the total mortality. Ia 1890 the deaths duo lo it numbered 23,521, or ene in U10G of the total population, and ono in 22 of the total mortality. In this country statistics arc eveu more appal ling. Some statisticians have endea vored to explain away the increase in the mortality from cancer as mislead ing, and assume tba: the increase is only apparent, and is duo to improved methods in detecting the disease, but even if this io a certain extent be so the increase has beeu too rapid for explanation lo cover the whole ground. Fortunately, there is a bright side to this dark pic!ure. In this state, Dr. Boswell Park's statement on the subject hus aroused the authorities, and already a laboratory has been establi shed and c ^nipped at the expense of the state for the purpose of studying cancer and placed nuder the direction of Dr. Park. lu Great Britain, the literature, both lay aud medical,bear ing on the questiou is voluminous, aud ??he government of that country has recently decided to send a bacteriolo gist to Buffalo in order to ins) ect tho new laboratory as well as to gain fresh idea*. Thus it would seem thatthe light against cancer promises to bc as ener getically waged as that against con sumption, aud lhere is reason to hope with as good results.-New York Sun. VEGETABLE GEMS. Curious Op iK Found In th* Ilnmboo ol Manila. "Among the queer things found in the Philippines aro bamboo opals, a vegetable gem which is something dis covered by the natives in the stem of the bamboo," said a gentleman who has lived for a number of years in Mauila. "Not one piece of bamboo in a thousand, however, contains a specimen, as tho bamboo grown there, as elsewhere, is navally empty, but accident occasionally brings to light iu the bamboo stem a small, hint-like material which presents tho appear ance of a peafect opal. These nodules are known to the nathesas 'tobacur,1 and 1 have from time to time duriug my long stay on the islands seen feveial of these vegetable freaks of nature which reproduced the charac teristic lines of the opal so faithfully that experts wert! i uz/.led to know the difference between the vegetable and the real specimen. .'Besides the tobacur gem there is .requeutly lound in the inside of the iiiiliupine cocaunt a tiny substance resembling a sponge, which, when ex posed to the heat of tim suu for several days, will reveal the presence of sundry small spheres that have all the natural appearauce and lustre of the pearl. These cocoanut gems rauge from the size of a pin head to that of a small pea. They are very valuable, and, wheu not used by the natives for personal adornment, are sold to local and foreign museum? as curiosities. It may be interesting to know that the first chemical and mineralogical ex amination of these vegetable gems was made by James Smithson, whose munificence established the first of the scientific bureaus of the American government. The Disappearing Horse. On no less au authority than Col. Albert A. Pope, the statement is made that at no distant time a cart or car riages drawn by horses or other animals will be a curiosity in the cities of the world, and in most of the rural districts as well. Col. Pope foreshadows the reign of electricity as the power for horseless vehicles, and shows that a motor-carriage, while it may cost more than the ordinary car riage, costs far less for its care and keeping, can be recharged with elec tric power at small expense, and on the shortest notice, and will do as much work as two or four horses. Colonel Pope predicts the speedy su premacy of the horseless carriage, and tho change will be gladly welcomed not only by those who appreciate the economy of the new power, but also by all who favor the greater cleanli ness of our streets.-Leslie's Weekly. Unlike S?mil- Other Occupation?. Golfer -Don't yon ever get tired of farming? The Farmer-'Tain't no use of get an' tired of it, yonng mam Farm in' ain't no fad! SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. English men of seien?o are greatly interested in the uatnral gas lound at Heathfield, Sussex. The railway sta tion has beeu lighted with it. Among tho newly discovered Ameri can trees described by Professor Sar gent is an elm which has been planted in some Southern towns as shade trees. It is about -10 to ">0 feet hi ^-h, and from two to three feet iu diam eter, flowoiiug in autumn. It has been named Uluma Herotina. In the course of the last decade the manufacture of cotton goods has be come a firmly established industry in Brazih Vast areas of land aro avail able for the growth of thc raw mate rial, labor is cheap, water power is convenient, and can be utilized with out great expense for driving the nec essary machinery. Some naturalists have dcuied that fishes ever sleep, but iu a recent arti cle in thc Fischerei Zeitnng Dr. Theo dor Beer proves that they do sleep, some in an upright position, while others ou tho side. Sharks close their eyes when asleep, but most other fishes have theirs open, being without lids. Sometimes a tish sleeps so soundly that if the hand be moved up gently it can bo .seized before it wakes up. M. Armand Gautier claims that tho iodine in sea-water is almost entirely in the form of organic compounds. About, one-fifth of it is combined in alg:p and spore;', and the rest in solu ble orgauic compounds, some of which arc from the decomposed alg:c. The opinion geno .ally entertained by chem ists aud others was that iodine was combined with sodium or calcium,in the form cf sodium iodide or calcium iodate. An imitation gold that is not changed by exposure to ammoniacal and acid vapors has beeu patented in Germany. It is produced by mixing six parts of antimony with 100 of molten copper and overcoming a certain tendency to porosity by adding a flux of charcoal ashes, magnesium and lime-spa-. Tho product is an inexpensive alloy of great density and a permanent gold color. It can bo rolled, hu minored, soldered and polished like gold aud has the advantage of being harder. The effect cf slow cooling on the size of crystals was well shown at a recent teariug down of an open-hearth furnace which bad b en used in the manufacture of railway rails. At one time a large quantity of steel broke through the bottom and the repairs were effected without the removal of the metal, giving it a chance lo cool very slowly. The crystals found wore of extraordinary size, one measuring 1 3-S inches in length by 13-S inch in breadth. Hal the steel cooled in thc ordinary way the crystals would have been extremely small, no larger than a few hundredths of an inch in each dimension. It is not popularly known that a diligent observer will see about six meteors per hour on the average any clear night in the year. The number visible in the early morning hours is ranch larger than in the evening, the reason being that from the earth's ro tation on its axis it follows that in the evening only those meteors which overtake our planet are seen, while in the morning not only these but the meteors goiug in the opposite direc tion to the earth are mot. When it is remembered that manyare never seen because they enter the atmosph?re in daylight, and others are never re corded because they would only be visiblo in desert and uninhabited regions, the estimate that twenty millions of these bodies daily add their dust to tho earth is not so incredible. Of course the same meteor is seen over only a limited territory. Tcstitd Hi* Stroiif-th. Charley M. was at home from col lege spending his vacation. The M.'a were people pretty well-to-do, and Charley was passing the forenoon very comfortably on the cool and shady veranda. Down by the barnyard fence, in a neglected place, a crop of strong, healthy weeds had sprung up and flourished nuder the summer sun. Left, unmolested in tho rush of work on the farm, they were fast becom ing a blot i-n the otherwise orderly premises, and that morning Charley's father-tho "old man" -had sallied forth, and was now making a vigorous assault upou the patch. Suddenly he left ott" his work aud came np into the yard. Taking a broomstick which happened to bo leaning against the veranda, he laid it on tho grass, thou turne 1 to Charley and said: l\'it down hee anil soe it you can pull me over that stick." He held in his h.vid a small chain, tn euch end of which was inserted a stout stick to serve asa handle. Then the tug began, and developed into ?jnite a spirited contes*. But at last Charley succeeded in dragging the old man across thc line. "There, that'll do," he said, drop ping his eud of the chain. "I guess you've got strength enough to pull them weeds down there by the barn." "I never said a word," said Char ley, telling the story afterward, "but before noon there wereu't any weeds left standing." Spokn KnfflUh Quitn Well. Several years ago when Admiral Kasnakoft'of the Russian navy visited Philadelphia to convey the thanks of the Czar for the generosity of tho citi zens in sending a cargo of wheat and other food stuffs for the starving peas antry in the Muscovite empire,a grand public dinner was given in the Union League club in honor of thc Russian admiral and his officers. Sitting in the midst of the Russians was Rear Admiral Oscar F. Stanton of tho United States navy-, now retired. A distinguished member of the Penn sylvania supreme court, thinking that Admiral Stanton was ono of tho Czar's officers, and wishing to show his good will to a supposed stranger, engaged him in a conversation. After a time >o supreme court judge said: 'And may J ask from what part of lia you come?" .lirai Stanton was pu/.zled .it the qn Ul Rilli replied that he was uol boi Ru.1 sm. '.i' you are in the Czar's service?" added tho judge. "Xo, I am in the American service .ind J was born on Long Island. I\Jv name is Stanton, Admiral Stanton of the United States navy." The supreme co i rt judge leaned back in his chair and g.ispe 1 for a few uiomentf. "Well," said he, "J thought yon spoke very good EngliVn for n li ir-. Biun;" ACTS GENTLY ON THI r,EAN5ES THE 5YSTEM U ^^EFFECTUALLY OVERCOMES ?"?riS * ' Ii*?!. PERMANENTLY 10 C?r "."trSifff** OUy THE GENUINE - MAH'" D by VO KY. *S " CAL. ?CA t*1" U.V. t rc? JA'.? tri'tu DRuWiUTi PS? sot nttartiL Mnaic'n F.fTect on Animai*? Tarantulas clo not dance to tho sound of the violin, but lot the people they bite do Hie dancing; scorpions, how ever? enjoy fiddling.'according lo the Quarterly Review, and lizards go cra zy for music of any kind. As for ser pents, tho boa constrictor aud python aro senseless to melody, but the cobra is fascinated by the flute and still more by the fiddle. Polar bpnrs enjoy the violin; so do ostriches; wolves will stop In the chase to listen to a cornet; ele phants are fond of the flute, especially the upper notes; tigers, while appreci ating the violin and flute, cannot stand the harmonium, while the musical seal shows no emotion on hearing any In strument, not even the bass drum. Could Not ne Othcrirliie. "'I hear Old Kasymark has failed in business. Lack of experience?" AXo. not that." "What, then?" "Well, you see, his wife is president of the Sisters of the Revolution, two of his daughters are in society, his son is president of a glee club, and his cook boards her family at his house." -Boston Herald. Beauty Is iilood Deep. ClPt.n blood means a clean skin. Xo beauty without ir. Cascarete, Candy Cathar tic clean your Mood and keepit clean, by stirring up the Inry liver ami driving- all im Euritles from the* body. Begin to-day to anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and th?u sickly bilious complexion by taking Cnscarcts.-beauty for ten cents. AU drug gists, satisfaction "guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c It was Keats who said "A thing of beauty is a Joy forever." DR. MOFFI (Teething Pou Costs only 25 Cents, |f C. J. MC Only Sn TV Her Ovrn Joke. Aunt Hannah-Of course, you ought not to go if your husband does not want you to go. You know you prom ised to oboy him. Mrs. Darling-When I promised to obey him, of course, I looked upon lt as a Joke. You could not think seri ously of obeying a man who had been telling you for nearly a year that be desired only to bc your devoted slave. -Boston Transcript. Thousands of Itchy People llave been curra quickly by Tetfrlno. lt cur es any form of skin cl?sense. Mrs. M. K. Latlmer, BUexi, Mis-*., had .rn ltcby breaking out on her skin. She Bend? SI for two boxes postpaid to the manufacturer. J. T. Shuptrlne, Savannah, Ga., ?nd writes, "Tottorine ls tho only ihlng tbnt gives me relief." Send fifty cents In stamps for a box If your druggist doesn't keep lt. Constancy ls tho complement of all other human virtues. Arc You Using Allen's Foot Ease? It ls tho only euro for Swollen, Smarting, Tired. Aching. Huming, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot Euse, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Sold by all Druggists, Grocers nnd Shoe Stores, 26e. Sample seht FUEL- Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeKoy, X. Y. Cures are nf ten more difficult to throw off than sorrow?. To <'?re Constipation Forever. Take COM*?rets Candy Cathartic. 10c or Ste. li c. C. C. loll to cure, drugglstsrefund money. A man of integrity trill never listen to any reason a^.iinst conscience. I Cures all Throat and Lung Affections. Gel tlie prfnuiiie. Refuse substitutes. Dr. Mull's Pilli cure Dyspepsia. Trial, io JOT ?e. Willing to Risk Them. She was shy of germs lu the water, She boiled and killed them by steam; She was shy of germs in the butter And microbes that flourish In cream. She was shy of germs In the sirloin, Of germs In the marrowfat bone, She was shy of germs on her money And germs that you meet at the playhouse, Of germs on the enr transfer slips; But she wasn't a blt .shy of the micro bes, If there were any on Archibald's lips. -Chicago News. Police Conrt Trial and Judgment. Jurigo Andy E. Calhoun, nf tho police court of Atlanta, (?a.. recently pnssed a sentence of much Importance lo dyfpeptles. flore lt ls: "I am a great mi^r.r'r'irom nervous Rick headache and have found no remedy so effec tive as Tynor's Dys pe peta Remedy. If taken when the hendache first begins lt Invariably cures. A. I?. CAi.norx." PrlcoM ceniH per bottle. At all druggists, or sont for price, express paid, hy Tyner Dys nepsta Remedy Io., HA Mitchell St..Atlnntn. ila. Send Fire Cents in stamp* for Sarnpte, FREE. Xnthing costs loss nor in cheaper than tho compliments of civility. Now ls the Time lo Plant Strawberries. Oar free Publications tell how lo ranko money on th*?m. C. 1'. Co.,Strawberry Specialist*, Klttmll,N.C A man's vanity te. 1? him what ls honor, a man's conscience what, is justice. Chinese History. Authentic history and biography in China embraces a period from the year 122 of our era back to the remote per iod of 2,107 years bef?te Christ. The historian., of China embrace a succes sion or uninterrupted series of more than 2,400 years. The full and con tinuous history of the empire was com piled in the second century of our era. The great libraries of peking contain volumes of books numbered by the hundreds of thousands. In the ar chives of the government nre still to be found tke n?eient predictions of eclipses made with great accuracy, to gether with works on astronomy which show a fair knowledge of that Inter esting science. Biographies, very suc cinctly written, of the emperors of the most ancient dynasties still exist, and written works of learned men are as voluminous as those of European na tions. And all this learning and lore of learning has been acquired without help ot suggestion from any foreign people. If their authentic histories teach back to nearly Ave centuries ago, mythical history ronches still further back into the very night of time. When Nineveh and Babylon Wore in the splendor of their might, men In China Were predicting eclipses, making catalogues, ano giving names to the stars. But Nineveh and Babylon were mero mounds of enrth and rubbish when China was great, and lo this dato the civilization and life of tho empire is the Wonder of the world. The Shrnpc Bnchclor. The Sweet Young Thing-Did you know there is a mau in the moon no longer Some one has discovered a woman in the moon. Savage Bachelor-No wonder the man left.-Indlauapolls Journal. Tcn't Tcbscco Spit und S moke Your Life Away. To quit tobacco ensily omi forcror. be mag netic? fall Of lifo, nerve atiri vico-, take No-To Bac, tho wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 20c or 41. Curo guaran teed. Hook let mid sam?lo free. Address (Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. If We do not fasten oar attention on what wo lack, very little wealth is sufficient. We think Pl so's (.'urn for Consumption is the only medicine for Coughs-.IKNXIUI'I.NCK Alil), Springfield. Ills.. Oct. 1,101 His permanently cured. JCo lits or* nervous, ness niter first diiy's use of Dr. Kline's t?reat Nerve Restorer, ts trir.i bottlenndtrcAtiaefree. I)K. H. ll. KUM:. Ltd.. Ml .Aren St.. I'hila.. !'a. Lookatyourtonguel lilt's coated, your stomach Is bad, your liver out of Order. Aycr's Pills will clean your tongue, cure your dyspepsia, mnke your liver right. Easy "to take, easy to operate. 25c. All druggists. Want your moustaclio or heard a beautiful brown or rich black V Thou uso BUCKINGHAM'S DYE MA. Bj. cTjk ??BSBB8L??VES J ' ?m ? -ilL-'^_^.0_'-i!!ii*^ ?' ir *_ !!? H * u DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; give, nnick reHef ?nd cures werst ?lei- Book of tent.imoninlb and 10 tlnvit' tioitmont Fr?e. Sr. H. H. GUEEll'S SONE, Box D. Atlanta. Gr.. ?TT'S filers.) Prof.Char?es P. Curd, A. M., ? Washington Uulverslty,St.I.ou. ls, Mo..says: "We unhesitating ly atrrlbuto tho recovery and continued gocd health of our little boy to TEETH IN A. Upon these powders ho seems to fat ten and thrive." not found at your Druggist's, mail 25 cents to )FFETT} M, D" St Louis, Mo, When Yea Take because the formula is showing what it contase advertise their formula is becau their medicine if they knew its Every druggist in the Unitec TASTELESS CHILL TONIC NO PAY. Price, 50c. Your druggist has sold GRC GROVE'S is a press National Reservoir??. One of the obstacles in the way of State ownership of the arid lands, and their Irrigation, should not be over looked by those who favor that policy. This Is that caters which originate in one State frequently flow through sev eral other States and Territories, and for one of these States to impound such waters would lead to endless com plications. For instance, in Wyoming the head waters of streams exist which flow into or through seventeen Stales and Territories. The water supplies of Ne braska cannot be preserved except by reservoirs in Wyoming. Nebraska can not build them in Wyoming, and Wyo ming will not. Nevada must be largely irrigated from watersheds lying in California, from the eastern slopes of the Sierras. Ono of the largest arid regions in the United States is the Colorado Desert, In Southern Cnll fornla. This great expanse of fertile soil, which only needs Irrigation to make lt productive, could only be Irri gated by water from the Colorado Uiv er, every drop of which flows lu other States than California. Nor would tho question end here. Even Mexico would have to bo consult ed in considering plans for an extensive system of irrigation. The only way out of the difficulty ls for the Federal Government to store tho water and to distribute it, under proper restrictions, upon the lands which the (Joverumeui now owns.-Los Angeles Times. money refunded by ftpuv i O EVERY woman suffering from any female trouble can bo helped by Mrs. Pinknam. This statement is based on sound reasoning and an unrivalled record. Multitudes of America's women to-day bless Mrs. Pinkham for competent and common-sense advice. Write to her if you are ill. Her address is Lynn, Mass. Absolutely no charge is made for advice. "I suffered seven years and would surely have died but for your help," writes MRS. GEO. BAINBRIDGE, Morea, Pa., to Mrs. Pinkham. "It is with pleasure I now write to inform you that I am now a healthy woman, thanks to your kind advice and wonderful medi cine. I can never praise it enough. I was a constant sufferer from womb trouble, and leucorrhoea, had a continual pain in abdomen. Sometimes I could not walk across the floor for three or four weeks at a time. Since using your medicine, I now have no ?nore bear ing-down pains, or tired feelings, and am well and hearty. I shall recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound to all my suffering friends as the greatest remedy for ail female weakness." MRS. SUSIE J. WEAVER, 1821 Callowhill St., Phila-*^ delphia, Pa., writes: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-I had inflammation of the womb and painful men struation, and by your advice I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound. Have taken four bottles and used one package of Sanative "Wash and feel like a new woman. I thank you so much for what your medi cine has done for me." MRS. M. BAUMANN, 771 W. 21st St. Chicago, llb, writes: "After two ^--E^SaaS months' trial of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I can not say enough in praise for it. I was a very sick woman with womb trouble when I began its use, but now I am well." 'ASK EVERYBODY; TO SAVE THEIR TIN TAGS FOR YOU. xi*?. The Tin Tags taken from SCHNAPPS ar|d R, Jj, R0 Tobaccos will pay for any one or all of this list of desirable and useful things, and you have your good chewing tobacco besides. Every mfiD, woman and child can find something on this list that they would like to have and can havu-FREE. Write your unme and address plainly und send the tng9 to us, men tioning tho number of tho present you want. Any assortment ot the diflerent kinds of taffs mentioned above will bo accepted. m 9? m TAOS. 1 Match Cox, quaint design, import ed from Ja pun.40 3 Kr. fe, one Mude, ??i'd ?el. 4U a .Vim TB. 4H inch. g<?od ?tee].as 4 Child'- Set. Itiiile, F.irk anil npoon 34 b sall and Pepper, ouu cacti, quad. tuple plat? on white metal. 70 6 Razor, hollow ground, Am English s eel. 76 7 Iiiittrr Knife, triple plato, host qnclUy.loo 8 Suplir Sholl, triple plate, iwst qnaLJU) 9 Stamp Bm. corling silver.leo in Knife, two elude*.IOU ll Bulcher Kalie. S-lnch blade.HO li .-heans 8-inch Heitel.leo 13 Km Set, (,'iacker. 6 Picks, sliver.... ? 14 Six Roners Tuble Spoons.46? 15 Six each Rogers Ki ives ?iud Forks .800 16 Revolver. .12 or S8 calibro.1000 17 Ba?o bnU, "Association,". l&u 18 Vtateh, stem wind and set, guaran teed good time keeper.250 19 Alarm Clock, nickel, warranted_ 2Cd :0 Carvers, buckhorn handle, good steel. 220 TAUS. Six Rogers' Teaspoons, best qnal. ??0 Knives and rnr??, eU each, o;ick horn handlea.250 Clock. 8-day, Calendar, ?hcTiuom etor, Barometer. KO Remington Rifle -No.4, 2J cr S2 ral .louu Tool Set, not playthings, but teal ti/uis. 760 Teilet Si?:, decorated porcelain, ve.-v handsome. coo Wa'ch, (olid mirar, full jeweled...looo Sewing Machino, Urse cltss, with ali attachments.2?C0 tV lo chester Repeating ?shot Gun, 12 puago.??C0 hine, Winchester, lfi-shot, 22-cal...20U0 ?'.ci Gua, double-barrel, h?mmer te?? .souc Guitar rosewood, Inieul with moth er-of-pearl.20C0 Blcrclo, standard make, ladies or gents.3000 After Dinner Coffee Spoon, solid silver, gold bowl. loo Briar Wood Pipe. 40 This offer expires November 30th, 1900. Address all your Tags and the correspondence about them to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., WINSTON, N. C. pSaSnly printed on each hott?o9 S3* The reason the imitators do not se they know the people would not buy ingredients. 1 States is authorized to sell GROVE'S on a positive guarantee of NO CUr^E .VE'S for years. Just ask HIM about it. ription that does cure .'Both THv wlt'o arid i?yself have been USIKS CASCAKE'rS and they arc the bett medicine wo have ever 3?:id in tho house. Last week my wife was frnntio with headacho for twod?ys. she tried some of yonrCASCARETS, and they relieved tbt- pain in her head almost immediately. Wo both recommend Cascarets." CHAS. STEWEFORD, Pittsburg Safe a Deposit Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Plcarnnt. mintabie. Potent. Tnste Good. Do Good, Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, 2?c. 50c. ... CURE CONSTSPATiON, ... BlorMiiy Itemed/ t'ompnn.T. fMrnjo, Meatrnl, Kew Tori. 317 B/lf? Poid and p'.irantecd bv alHrug 'S.'l'iJ g!wt? tn if-TRKTorriccG Habit. _. _ mn nair- . SAWS, RIBS, BRISTLE TWINE, BABBIT, &o, FOR ANY MAKE OF GIN. ENGINES. BOILERS AND PRESSES And Repairs for same. Fhnftlng. Pulleys, Belting, Injectors, Pipes, Valves and Fittings. LOMBARD IRON IRKS & SUPPLY CO, AUGUSTA. GA. TO S0BQ0L. jjgSl --tai _ TulUon low. All Booka rar.E. I fc?fl?Sa??SsiTUfl'flOrlS GU?ftflnTf.ED Over 90 Remluston und smith l'rrmler type writers. SM students last year from 7 Stale?. 6t?. year. Send tor catalogue. Xddrew. Dtp'tZJ. STP.AYE.TS BUSINESS COL'GE. Baliimore.Md. EED WHEAT 42SJ??1 We again offer the cleanest soed w.'ieat on the market, and from probably the largest crop yield in the State, if not tho United Statue. Wo had 356acres in wheat this year, and tho crop averaged '20 bushels uer acre. Whore we had a good Htand, not winter kil led, wo had over 10 bushels per acre. Ono hundred bushels of our wheat will contain less cockle teed than ono bushel of ordinary seed wheat. Prioo ?1.15 per bushel on carp at Charlotte. J ines hold two bushels and uro new-DO charge for bags. Terme: Cash with order. CHARLOTTE OIL & FERTILIZER CO. Per Ff I BU HL.lt Kll.Pres'i CnARl.<IT9 Hi..rv. C. $3&$3.50 SHOES gjjgjg Worth $< to ?6 compared with other makes. Indorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES TUR CSSCm hi.? W. L. Draft?' DU? and prit* ttaaped oo bottom. Take no substitute claimed to lie as good. Largest maker? of ?3 and ?3.50 shoes In tra world. Tonr dealer should keep them-If not, we will send you a pair f>n receipt of price. State I bind of leather, size and width, plain or cap toe. Catalocue C Tree. V/. L DOUGLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton. Mass. If airlifted wi tn i sor? ayes, "?? i Thompson's i>e Water ? MENTION THIS PAPER In writtng to adver tisers. .ANC 80-41 merchant* so why not try it? .Price 50c<