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UFE IN OLD MOROCCO Mr.-Sill Talks Interestingly of That Distant Domain. CIVILIZATION IS UTTERLY UNKNOWN Ail Work Iii Done By Aced Women, Camels and Donkeys-A God Forsaken Country. Attorney William P. Hill,- of At lanta, who has just returned from a flying trip to far-off Morocco, which country he visited as the special rep resentative of the Atlanta and West Point Bailroad company, for the pur pose of securing possession of Thomas J. Hunter, the defaulting ex-auditor of the company, and bringing him back to be tried on the charge of embezzle ment, gives some interesting informa tion with reference to the country that he visited and the manner in which the people of Morocco live. He was accompanied on the trip by John W. Rodgers, ono of Pinkerton's best detectives, and they agree upon one point, that Morocco is the wildest and most uncivilized country upon the face of the earth. In answer to volleys of questions fired at him by a group of friends. Mr. Hill said: "Morocco looks as well as any oth er country on the map, but the map is as dumb as a soap statue when it comes to telling anything of this dis tant land where the people know noth ing whatever of liberty or what the word implies. Morocco is neither an empire or a republic. It is simply a great big uncivilized country owned by the sultan, who though only seven teen years of age, has two wives and according to the laws and customs of the land can have as many more as he desires. He lives at Fez, the capital, but he was at Morocco when I was there, where he spends a good deal of his time." Some member of the group ?of lis teners at this po'it remarked: "Well, you did not see him?" "Oh, no," resumed Mr. Hill. "Why, it would have taken me six weeks to have gone to where he was, as there is no way of traveling in Morocco except on the back of a donkey or a camel. I don't believe that there is a singla vehicle in the whole of Morocco, not even a wheelbarrow." "How big is the country?" was asked. "Well, from what I could learn, about the extent of its territory, I would say that Morocco is about as big as four or five of our states, but when you get to going over it, it is bigger than the United States, or at least you will think so if you had to rely on the speed of a donkey or a camel to take you over it. And the country. Yon should see it to appre ciate what I say. There are no roads, only paths running in every direction cut ont by donkeys, camels and people traveling on foot. Outside of the cities the country is one dense forest or jungle, and no one except a native could find his way through it The land is marvelously rich and grows ev erything in abundance without work ing the soil at all. This generosity upon the part of the soil has made the people indolent and lazy, and none of them will work unless compelled to do something for themselves that nature will not do. "The landis also rich with minerals of every character, and coal abounds in large quantities. With all this, however, Morocco gets her coal and mic erais from the outside world ; not that it is better than the home supply, but because it is considered sacrile gious and even criminal to disturb the deposits of the earth. The heaviest punishment, which is imprisonment, is imposed upon any one who will ven ture to disturb the wealth that is hid den in the soil. The people regard anything like this as a crime of the worst character, and if hanging was a punishment in Morocco for crime any man who would dig coal in that coun try would be hung without the for malities of atrial." "What about the courts?" "They have none. Here and there you will find a lawyer, but he amounts to nothing. Lawyers are not needed there, as they can do nothing for a man in trouble. The sultan of Moroc co IR boss and his will is law. If he decides that a man is guilty he is seut to prison, and the only way that he can get out is for his friends to get up a good purse and buy his pardon with it. The country is divided up into sections or states, and each of these is presided over by a pasha. He is king of his domain and holds his of fice subject to removal by the sultan. He purchases his office from the sultan with money and holds it by making handsome presents to the sultan every year. If he fails or refuses to send the sultan a present then he is fired out' of his office and into a prison, where he is held until his friends come forward and pay him ont, and if his friends fail to respond then the depos ed pasha is kept in prison until he dies. "Until a few years ago when a man was placed in prison he was starved to death, unless his friends fed him, as the government did not feed any one in prison. Recently, however, border ing countries have taken hold of this matter and demanded that provision be made for feeding prisoners, and now each prisoner gets a loaf of bread a day and water. This scant ration is barely enough to keep a man alive. There are no beds, cots or other com forts in the Moorish prisons. The poor creatures sleep on the floor, and as long as they live or are confined there mire up in filth and breathe the sick ening atmosphere of their dungeons, that are located for the most part un der the ground. All the time Mr. Rodgers and myself remained in Mo rocco we were in Tangiers, and of course most of our observations were confined to that town. We were told, however, that the same rtr.te of affairs existed all over the country." "How did you manage to get what you wanted?" "Ob, -we had an interpreter who spoke a half dozen languages, among them English, and we got along very nicely with his assistance. He went about with us ?nd did the talking for us. "How big is Tangiers?" "The population is about 50,000. The town is cramped to death, as it covers only a small area. A high wall surrounds ii The streets are from four to five feet wide, and all the houses are built alike. At night the streets are lighted with candles, or some other light about as useless for such purposes. We lived at the Con tinental hotel and got all we wanted to eat This, no doubt, was due to the efforts of our interpreter. He has lived in Tangiera for twenty years,and by reason of his I^ng residence there proved to be a valuable man." "What do the women look like?" ' "Well, all that I saw were, old hags, working about the town, carrying loads on their heads or backs. These old women divide the honors of being beasts of burden with the donkeys and camels. They do nearly all of the work and the men stand around and boss the job. Unlike the -young v?m;n, they wear nothing on their irejs but a mass of wrinkles, caused by old age and hard work. The young women, when they go ont on the streets wear masks on their faces so that yon can only see their eyes. They only go on the streets when obliged to, and at other times are kept in the house and not allowed to see any one or be seen by any one. "A native of the country can have as many wives as he can get. The pasha of Tangier bas twenty-two wives and can get twenty score if he wants them. If one of his subjects has what is thought to be a handsome daughter, he takes her to the pasha and offers her to him for a wife. If the pasha likes her he keeps her, and if he does not like her he returns the girl to her father as Boon as he be comes satisfied that he does not want her. It is considered a mark of dis tinction in society there for a woman, although rejected, to have been an in mate of the pasha's household. The object of the father in tendering his daughter to a pasha as a wife is for the purpose of winning favor with him so as to be rewarded in some way later on." "Are there any police or soldiers to do patrol duty?" "Only a few of them that I paw. Here and there yon would come across one. They looked to me more like brigands than keopers of the peace. "One of the funniest sights that I saw there was the Morocco barber shop. This outfit consists of a man and his razor, the shop being any where in the street that the barber happens to meet a customer. In Mo rocco they shave a man's head and not his face. The barber stands np while the customer stoops over and holds his head ia position while the artist mows the bair off with a razor that looks moro like a cheese knife than anything else. The barber uses his arm for a razor strop, and it is amus ing to see him suspend operations for a moment or two to whet the edge of his razor on his arm. ' "As these people never shave their faces, I suppose they chop off a section of their beard when it gets too long to suit them. "Another interesting thing that I saw was a family of apes, living about five miles out of Tangiera. Our inter preter and myself rode out on horse back to see them. There was the old man ape and the old woman ape and a dozen or so young apes. The old man was walking about his abode, which was made of logs, with an immense club in one hand and a rock in the other. They were real apes. There was no mistake about that. As neither of ns happened to be proficient in the ape langnage, our investigations were confined to observations only. I was told that this mammoth specie of the monkey tribe was harmless if left alone, but would fight to a finish- if molested, and this being so, we left the old man and his family undisturb ed in their county home. "There is on? thing I saw there that I wanted to b-ing home with me, and that was th? little donkey that brought our luggage down to the wharf. While he was the regulation size, he was not much larger than a pointer dog, bnt he was all donkey, and don't yon forget it Hunter had a trunk. 1 had two valises,and Rodgers had two also. Now, ?he owner of that donkey in some way placed all of this luggage on the back of that spun ky little creature and under this im mense load he walked from the hotel to the boat. I'fell in lovo with tho little follow, and would have bought him and brought him to Atlanta, had I felt satisfied that the freight on him wonld not bankrupt me. I knew I could 6tand the freight on his body and legs, but when I sized up his ears I trembled when I thought of the amount of excess baggage that would have to be paid on them. The ears were really immense. When I think of that donkey, I feel as if I left a friend behind mo in that distant coun try to hustle for a bare living during the remainder of his life."-STEVE POSTELIJ in Macon Telegraph. St. Peter Corida"! Keep Hint Ont. "The brightest reporter I ever knew," said a newspaper man, "was Billy Gaylor, who died at Hot Springs in 1895. He was a most persistent fel low after an Item, and that reminds me of a little story abjnt the last inci dent of his career. He had been as signed by a certain Chicago dally to Interview an eminent bishop about a schism In the church. The bishop didn't want to talk and wouldn't see bini, but Gaylor bribed n. servant to let him Into the hall, and he waylaid the dignitary as he was coming through. He was ordered out for his pains, but next day he penetrated the house again on some pretext or other, and was again fired. "He repeated the exploit three or four times with similar results, and at last the bishop, coming home late at night, found Bily sitting in his study reading tho Bible. Nobody could explain how be got in, but the prelate wilted and told him what he wanted to know, on condition that he(would go away and ?tay away. "Shortly afterward poor Gaylor got galloping consumption and died, and, happening to meet the bishop at a church conference, I told him that the) young man who had once so molested bim would never do. lt again. " 'Let us hope that he ls in heaven,' said a clergyman standing by. "The bishop's eyes twinkled. He loved a Joke. " 'No doubt he ls,' he replied, gently. T don't think they could keep him out' "-Denver (Col.) Post Why the Cook Gave Notlcd. "I see you printed something the other day about the disadvantages of myopia-near-sightedness, you know," Bald the man with glasses. "Now, I'm afflicted that way myself. A few nights ago when I went home lt was raining hard. My umbrella was wet and I carried it immediately to the kitchen to drain. Casting about for something to stand it in my eye caught some sort of receptacle on the floor near the stove, which I took to bc- the coalhod, so 1 stood the umbrella in it and went to bed. The next morning the cook gave notice. She had found my umbrella standing In her shoe." Syracuse Post-Standard. Thirty years ago there were only about twenty-five explosive compounds known. Now there are more than 1.100. r II i ni i un. ir . An Urgent Case. Poor Patient--I sent for yon, doo tor, because I know you are a noted physician, but I feel it my duty to in form you tb at I haven't over $25 to my 'name. Dr. Biggfee-Very well, then, we must try to cure you up as quickly as possible. The Mystery of Dost at Sea. It is a puzzling fact that the decks of sailing TO?BOIB show dust at night, even if Uiey be washed In tho morning, and no work ls dono during the day. This is like indigestion, which creeps on ono unawares. Ilowovor it comep, the only way to cure lt is by tho uso of Ho.iteiter's Stomach Hitters, ft remedy which never tails to cure dyspepsia in all its forms, as weU as prevents malaria, fever and ague. Tho Illinois ?tate Board of I?ealth recom mends that a eanltarlum for consumptives bo erected. Beauty Is Blood Deep. Cioui blood means a clean skin. No leauty without it. Coscarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from tho body. Begin to-dny to tan iib pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, nnd that sickly bilious complexion by taking Casenrets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug fcitts, tntisfuction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c Fools Not All Extinct. In spite of th-j prevalenco of newspapers nnd coroner's Inquests people aro xtlll turning On the ga< and trying to blow out elc.-trlc lights 44 A Thread Every Day Makes a Skein in a Year. " One small disease germ carried by the blood through the system tw?l convert a healthy human body io a cond?ion of tn .oalidism. Do not <a>ait until you are bcd" ridden. Keep your blood pure and life-giv ing all the time, ?hod's Sarsaparilla Accomplishes this as nothing else can. Bouncers In New York Hotels. Many people have not understood why all the great hotels in New York city employ special detectives who are constantly in the main corridor. Some have had an idea that these detectives are employed as "bouncers." No such thing. According to one of the most Intelligent of these detectives the other night, th? work of a detective in a ho tel is arduous. "You have no idea."' he 6?ild, "how many spies and sneaks and 'rubbernecks' infest the corridors of the New York hotels. These spies are employed to watch public men und if possible to listen to their utterances when talking to their friends in thc corridors. These spies and sneaks are also employed to report on all sorts of matters. It is a remarkable fact that co many men acquainted with public affairs are so guileless as not to be aware of the presence of these 'rubber necks.' The detectives in the hotels quickly spot these fellows, but so long as they conduct themselves decently there is DO ground for ejecting them. Nevertheless, it is my opinion that well-known men who desire to discuss the secret things of politics and of finance and of religion, and who also desire to have business matters kept private, should be very careful to as certain who is sitting beside them In the corridors of our hotels, or they should discuss their matters else where."-New York Sun. A have been relieved of female troubles by Mrs* Pinkham's advice anti medicine* The letters of a few are printed regularly In this paper* If any one doubts the efficiency and sacredly confidential character of Mrs* Plnkham's methods, write for a book she has recently published which contains letters from the mayor of Lynn, the post? master, and others of her city who have made care? ful investigation, and who verify all of Mrs* Pink ham's statements and claims* The Plnkham claims are sweeping* Investigate them* THIRTY YEARS OF CURES tiJly wife had pimples on ber face, hut sho has been taking CASCARETS and they have aU disappeared. 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Hos tho largest sale of any ink in the world. JTHEMiLU0N D0UARP0TAT? Most tai lc i'd of potuto un earth ! Oar, Catalog tel Ix-ac Rino about Sal ler's Earliest Hlx Weeks' Potato. ' Largest farm and veritable seed growers lu UJS. Potatoes. ?1.2?i and ? ap a bbl. Rend tbls notice and Zc\ . (tamp tor Rl| Ca?alo?, r' J0HNA.3AL2ERSEED(Hr\CRQ! "IN THE FACE OF DEATH." HOW BRITISH SOLDIERS HAVE WON THE VICTORIA CROSS. Colonel Inn Ilmnllton of the Gordon llichlandera Was the First to Bo Ko Deco ruted In the HOP r-British War. -The American AledaV of Honor. If every soldier who earns tue Vio-. loria Cross or its American medal equivalent lived to wear it the decora tion through its very commonness would lose much, of its significance and value. One man in ten wins it and lives; the other nine die in tho striving. It has been Baid authorita tively that alter the institution of the Cross of the Legion of Honor, the Victoria Cross and the Congressional Medal of Honor, individual deeds of daring increased nearly fouriold. It perhaps is probable that the exist en e of the decorations and the known fact that they were to be worn simply calle;! the attention of officers more sharply to the duty of reporting all acts of valor which came under'tbeir nolice, and that this more thau any hope for reward accounted for the ap parent "re-enforcement of courage." . The intriusic value of these badges of bronze is about one cent, yet for the privilege of wearing them the soldiers of three countries seem always.ready to tvoad Gray's "paths of glory." The French decoration was first granted nuder Napoleon in the eaily part of the present century; the Vic toria Cross was instituted during the Crimean war, and the American medal, was first struck off to reward acts of heroism performed during the war of secession. The French cross may be. won by civilians; the English and American crosses are piuued only up on the breasts of soldiers and sailors. In the armies of all three nations officer and privat'*, peasant and pi ince, have equal chances of wearing that' which nothing hut attested bravery ma}' buy. The first Victoria Cross granted for bravery in the present South African war was given two weeks ago to Colouel lau Hamilton of the Gordon Highlanders for conspicuous gallan try at the battle of Elandslaagte. A perusal of the Gazette list, which tells something of the deeds for which the Victoria Cross has been awarded, shows that fully one-half of the most striking exhibitions of heroism have been ?hown by men whose shoulders, bore no insignia of rank. One English publication states that perhaps with ono exception the bravest thing done by a British soldier was the at:t of a drummer boy. That drummer boy, if living, is now a man 60 years old, and for 45 years of that time he'has been wearing the Victoria Cross, and has had tho right -which, by the way, ; he has never exercised-of writing V. C. after his name. The boy, in the year 1857, amid a perfect shower of shot and shell fastened bags of gun powder ou the gales of Delhi. He carried doath in his arms that day and carried it in other forms- all along his way. Others helped him and were killed; he lived and wore the cross. It was another British drummer boy'who, while acting as a field bu gler for Lord Napier of Magdala in the Abyssinian war, left the general's side and dashed first iuto the strong hold of "Theodore the Tyrant." It would seem that by common con sent the British authorities give the palm for surpassing bravery to a pri vate named Kavanagh, who Bucceedett" iu reaching Colin Campbell's column., aud by telling of the dire need of Lucknow spurred that officer to' its relief. Lucknow was besieged and tba garrison was starving. The little band of devoted men, with the women aud children who were cooped up at tbe residency, expected'soon to be at. the mercy of 60,0U0 savages, for the evidence grew that the place could not much longer hold out. The commandant called for a volunteer who would disguise himself as a Sepoy, mingle with the enemy and watchiug his chance, escape to carry the news of the garrison's stiaits to Lord Colin Campbell. The com mandant said that the service almost certainly meant deatb. Many men volunteered. Kavanagh was chosen because he knew the language of the Sepoys. He staiued his skin, changed his costume and roached the enemy's camp. Breaking away from the im mediate besiegers, he made across the country. On the way he fell in with many bauds of the enemy. He slept with them, marched with them and ate with them, escaping SUB piciou, as it were, by a miracle! Fiuall}*, leaving the last of them be hind, he went- into the jungle and dared starvation and the tiger's lair for days. He reached the English outposts, aud, being mistaken for an enemy, was shot at and almost killed. Kavanagh told his story to General Campbell and the relief of Lucknow followed. A year afterward Private Kavanagh, at the forefront of a battle with tlie Sepoys, was killed by a bullet, wbich, in entering his breast-, touched the edge of the ribbon wbich\ held iu place tho Victoria Cross given him "For Valor." Private Kavanagh's- deed has a par allel in the American army. In the year 1876, during the Sioux uprising, General Terry, whose camp was on the Big Horn, wished to communicate with General Crook on the Powder river. The country between the two commands was infested with hostile Sioux Indians. Trained plainsmen, scouts who had been Indian fighters all their lives, abandoned the courier task as hopeless. Then Private James Bell, Co. E, Seventh infantry, came forward and told General Terry that he would carry the dispatches. Terry gave Bell the papers and told him he was riding to his death. The scouts said "suicide," Bell said nothing, but went He rode principally at night, hiding in the daytime. Twice he was within earshot of the thumping hoofs of the Indian ponies bearing their riders by his hiding-place. A neigh from his horse meant capture ai d death. Yet Bell got through and gave Terry's message to Crook. Some years ago, when the Coman ches, Cheyennes and Kiowas were on , the warpath along the Wichita river? Texas, Sergeant Zachariah T. Wood hall, with four privates of Troop L, Sixth cavalry, agreed to carry disr patches through the very heart of the i redskins' country. The troopers were I attacked by a baud of 125 warriors of the allied tribes. Woodhall and his men held an advantageous place, with water and food and with an ! abundance of ammunition. They could j have hold off the reds probably until I relief arrived, but Woodhall said td ? his men: "Those dispatches must go through." Accordingly the little band j cut its way through the circling horde. Woodhall was desperately wounded but clung to his horse and his dis patches and succeeded with his fol lowers in reaching their destination. They pinned a medal of honor on his blouse while it was hanging alongside his cot in the hospital. & Space forbids ns giving detailed ac counts of the courageous deeds whifch won medals for oilier enlisted men in the United States army. There was Charles Bessy, a musician, who, thongh wounded himself, went or.t under a scathing fire nnd tended two wounded comrades. There was Ser: g?ant Forsythe of tho cavalry, who, thongh dangerously wounded by tho \ Indians, left cover and rescued his commanding officer, who had been ?^at down by the Sionx in the open. Thia Forsythe did nnder the direct fire of 50 rifles. There a- o some 25 other cases, all of them well worth the reading. It has been said before that tho right to put V. C. after his name is given every man, officer or private, who wins the Victoria Cross. There is no case'on record where a British enlisted mau, sailor or soldier, has made use of the privilege. The officers use it invariably. The English papers anti magazines say that the officers have always discouraged the use of V. C. by tho men. As a result of thia action by the men of raak they havo bean called upon to uudergo as scath ing a fire of British press criticism as those of them who wear the Cross stood from the enemy's rifles when winuiug the decoration.-Edward B. Clark, in the Chicago Timca-Herald. - TRAINING LUBBERS FOR THE NAVY - The Department's New Method of Klt tiiif; Mon Tor tho Service. A new policy has been inaugurated by the United-States uavy department .for securing capable and well-in structed men for the enlisted forces in the naval service. The enlisted men of the navy, including all grades, have heretofore Leen taken from tho merchant service and the apprentices' school and from men picked up any where, who were enrolled with the rating cf landsmen. Tho landsman, as a rule, was a greenhorn and igno rant of all details of life on shipboard. They were taken on men-of-war and broken in, sometimes after great trouble. Often it was two or three years before they were entitled to bo ranked as ordinary or able seamen. Coal heavers were enlisted from all sections without regard, as a rule, to competency or sea experience. Now the navy proposes taking men without any experience on shipboard, .instructing them in all the details of the dnties required of men on the largest ships, and after they have be como qualified to distribute them as seamen or Bond them to the engine room force of regular ships as they may be required. As a result of- the disposition of experienced sailors to engage in private work the navy is now short over 2000 men and several hundred apprentices, but in the latter case little attempt has been made to increase tho force on account of the lack of sufficient quarters at tho .training stations. The total strength allowed by law is 17,500 men and 2500 boys of which there are now about 14,500 men and only 1000 boys. To provide in future for the enlisted vacaucies three training ships have been designated on which men are to be instructed in sea life and after serv ing a required period are expected to be qualified for any duties on ships of the highest class. Attached to this little fleet is the old Hartford, which has been completely rehabilitated and, except in appearance, has little of the characteristics of Farragut's flagship. This bid vessel has left the Mare Isl and navy yard, California, with nearly 300 men on board, gathered upon the JPacific Slope, who will be broken in as seaman, seamen gunners and men of other naval ratings. It is a queer anc strange collection that the Hart ford has on board, fow, if any, know ing starboard from port, when they enlisted. This collection, however, has been drilled for two months, and Captain Hawley, who commands the ship, is confident that, with the as sistance of a small crew of experi enced sailors, his command will bring the old ship safely to Hampton Boads, by April 15. The voyage of tho Hartford will be roundabout, including Hawaii, thence across to some island lu tho South Pacific, to Callao, Valparaiso, through the Straits of Magellau, and up the South American coast, through the West Indies. Few will recognizo tho vessel on her arrival, with modern bat tery, increased speed aud immense spread of sail. By tho time sho arrives the naval officials expect tho crew to be well drilled, but a few months' more experience will be re quirod at sea before they would be regarded as veterans fit for active ser vice. Another ship that has been ordered on this duty is the old corvette Lancaster, now cruising in the West Indies with a class. The Enterprise has another class on board. These vessels in future are to bo devoted to the use of tho training service, inde pendently, however, of the appren tice system, which will have its own vessels. The delay in. completing the new structures at Newport, where provi sion will be made for increasing the facilities for quartering apprentices, and the unfinished condition of the new station established at Goat Island, San Francisco, have prevented tho authorities from making active efforts to bring the number of apprentices up to the limit allowed. At Newport barracks are being constructed that will provide for at least 1000 boys, and on the west coast 500 will be cared for on shore, the rest of the 2400 being kept at sea on training ships. With two apprentice stations in full operation and three training ships en gaged at all times in instructing men for the navy, Admiral Crowinshield and other officers of the navy expect no trouble in a year or two iu main taining the authorized enlistod force at its full strength.-Baltimore Sun. Practical Use Found for Megaphonen. Megaphones, which have generally been looked upon as a sort of semi useful playthiug for yachtsmen or by announcers of bicycle races and field sports, are now being put to a thor oughly practical uso by builders. Two of them are in constant use by tho contractors for the cathedral of St. John the Divine, now being erected on Iu'-rningside Heights Now York City. With them a man at the top of the arches, about 150 feet above tho street level, converses with the stone cutters and handlers of other mater ials below. So useful have these ex aggerated speaking trumpets become that their general uso by builders is certain to follow this innovation. Megaphones for such purposes have been found better than the telephone, as they are inexpensive and there is no danger of their getting out of re pair. _ An orchid sold the other day at auction iu Now York city for one hun dred guineas is thus described in the auctioneers catalogue: "Odontoglos sum Cri8pUm. True pacho variety, petals and sepals blocker1 with very deep red spots, in the v. ay of O Cris pum Peetersi, but larger; six bulbs, two with leads, and six leaves in flower-" A Lucid Description. "I had a bad cough for six weeks and could not ?nd any relief whatever. I read what a wonderful remedy Aycr's Cherry Pectoral was for coughs and I bought a bottle. Before I bad taken a quarter of it my cough had entirely left me."-L. H awn, Newington, Ont., May 3,1899. ligif>ffl"i'?,:aBt?iTf!fgg Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis which pulls down your general health and deprives you of sleep: or they end in genuine consump tion with all its uncertain results. Don't wait, but take Aycr's Cherry Pectoral just as soon as you begin to cough. A few doses will cure you then. But it cures old colds, too, only it takes a little more time. Wc refer to such diseases as bron chitis, asthma, whooping-cough, consumption, and hard winter coughs. If you've just taken cold a 25 cent bot _Io is all you'll need. For barder cases a 50 cent bottlo is better. For chronic troubles, and to keep on hand, tho $1.00 bottle is most economical. The Hilling Passion. Wife (who has been out shopping all day)-"Ob, dear, how tired and hun gry I am." Husband-"Didn't you have any Innch in town?" Wife-"A plate of soup only; I didn't feel that I could afford to have more." Husband-"Did you find that hat you wanted?" Wife-"Oh, yes; it is a perfect dream, John; and it only cost 828." Collier's Weekly. B. B. B. CUBES BJiOOD POISON. Bottle Free to Sufferers. ' Blood Toison, producing Falling Hair. Itcbing Skin, Swollon Glands, Enting Sores, Ulcers, Eruptions, rimples, Sore Throat and Mouth, Bono Pains, cured to stay cured by B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm), made especially for nil terrible Blood Troubles. Sold at drug stores SI per largo bottle. Trial bottle sent free to sufferers- Write for it to Blood Balm Co., C Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga. Advanced One Number. "Does your wife let you sit in the easy chair she gave you Christmas?" "No; she sits in that; but now I get to sit in the ono she gave me last year." -Chicago Eecord. Fd neate Your Itowels With Cascnrets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. Kc. >6c. ll C. C. C. fall, druggists refund mouey. Marshall Centenary. February 4th. next, will bo celebrated by lawyers and judges In various parts of the country as the centenary or John Marsh-H's appointment to the chief Justiceship of tho United state.). Komi This. Tho Peerless Tobacco Works Co., of Bedford City. Va., wants traveling sales men in each stnte. Writo them for particulars. Experience not absolutely necessary. "Whales' Teeth as Money. Whales' teoth form the coinage of tho FIJI Islands. They aro pnlnted white nnd red, tho red teeth bolng worth about twenty times as muchas tho whlto. Mrs. Winslow's Foothlng Syrup for children teething, softens tho gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c n bottle. Tho UnttPd States enpromo court decides that tapioca flour ls admissible free o? duty. How Are Toar Ul dr. er a f Dr. Hobba'Spaniens Pills cure all tldnejr Ula. Han* ploxreo. Add. Sterling Comedy Co.. Chicano or N.?*. Dreyfus' counsol, M. Liborl, will lecturo for thlrteon wocks in tho United States next au tumn. _ liaware of Ointments for Catarrh That -Contain Mercury, ns mercury will surely destroy tho sense of smoll and completely dorango tho wholo system when entering lt through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should nover be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the dnmngo thoy will do ls ton fold to th? gcod you cnn possibly derivo from them. Hall's Catarrh Curo manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and ls taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of th? system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure to get the genuine. It ls takon lnternallv, nnd ls made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Ch'.-ney & Co. Testimonials free. f5* "Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. por bottle. Hall's Family Fills are the best. I have found Piso's Curo for Consumption an unfailing medicine. -F. R. L?TZ, 13U5 Scott St., Covington, Ky., Oct. 1,1831. Pays Over Half tho Taxes. Now Orleans represents more than the total valuation of Louisiana, and consequently pays j more than half tho taxes. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascnrets Candy CatbarMc. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fall to cure, drugglstsrofund money. Thc "Kids" Bepcat lt. Father-History ropoats Itself. Son-It don't in our school. They mako us kids do lt -Judge. PUTNAM FADELESS DTKB do not stain tho bunds or Bpot the kettla Bold by oil druggists. _ Slate Pencil Industry. Pencils from slato dust molded by hydraulic pres-mro are now made in large quantities. They are much moro popular than the solid cut pencils. One factory last year mado 25,. 000.000 molded pencils. ron'l Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lite Away. To quit lobacco eoBlly and forever, be mag netic, full of lifo, nerve and vigor, take No-To Tac, tho wonder-workor, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or $1. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and samplo freo. Address Sterling Bemody Co., Chicago or New York. French manufacturers demanded tho rejec tion of tho roclp:oclty treaty with the United States. _ VITALITY low, dobllitr.tcd oroxhaustod cured by Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. FBBK $1 trial bottlo for 2 rooks' treatment. Dr. Kllno, Ld., 031 Arch St., Phltadolpha. Founded 187L n. II. GKKEN'8 SONS, of Atlanta, Ga., aro tho only successful Dropsy Specialists in the world. Seo their liberal offer in advertisement in an other column of this papor. An Old Grant. Mrs. Edgar A. Sto-er, wife of a Columbus (O ) bankor, bas found among old papers a grant signed by ono of Washington's generals for eighty thousand nc res of land located in Kansas. ,,gDR^B?,LL-S?GDU(?H SYRUP Cures a Cough or Cold at once, Conquers Croup without fall. Birg Is thc best for Bronchitis. Grippe.L__ Mm Hoarseness, Whooping-Cough. and ftjH for the cure of Consumption. Motherspraiseit. Doctors prescribe it Small doses ; quick, sure results. FOR ALL LUNG TROUBLE 1 ile Dh? 1 SMOKING Tobacco on Earth is NOT in theTRUST IS THE BRAND. Union Blade! ?wnHn EACH r MAXUVXCT?RBD BT BROWN BBOS. CO.. WINSTON, If. C ave Your Hair witt And light dressings of CUTICURA, purest of emollient skin cures. This treatment at once stops falling hair, removes crusts, scales, and dandruff, soothes irritated, itching surfaces, stimulates the hair follicles, supplies the roots with energy and nourishment, and makes the hair grow upon a sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp when all else fails. Millions of Women Use C?TIC?RA SOAP exclusively for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stop ping of fallir7 hair, for softening, whitening, and healing, red, rough, and sore hands, in the form of baths for annoying irritations and dialings, or too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weak nesses, and for many antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women? and especially mothers, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. No amount of persuasion can induce those who have once used it to use any other, especially for preserving and purifying the skin, scalp, and hair of infants and children. CUTICURA SOAP combines delicate emollient properties derived from ?UTICURA, the great skin cure, with tho purest of cleansing ingredients, and the most refreshing of flower odors. No other medicated soap ever compounded is to be compared with it for pre serving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands. No other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thu3 it com bines, in ONE SOAP at ONE PRICE, viz., TWENTT-FIVE CENTS, the BEST skin and complexion soap, the BEST toilet and BEST baby soap in tho world. All that has been said of ConcuaA SOAP may be said with even greater omphasis of CnriccRA Ointment, tho most delicate, and yet most ejective of emollients, and greatest of skin cures. Its use in connection with ConcuaA SOAP (as por directions around each package), in the "ONE NIGHT CURT, FOR SOBE HANDS," in the. " INSTANT RELIEF TRJSATMENT FOR DISFIGURING ITCHINGS AND IRRITATIONS," and in many uses too numerous to mention, is sufficient to prove its superiority over all other preparations for the skin. 4?WStf>iii'a Complets External and Internal Treatment for every Humor, fi Uli. fl SJ (Lin ?JS c0nsi8,LN? OF CUTICURA Heur- ?2?C.L to cleanse the efcln bf crusts and ^?^..^"?.s* ?.* r.ales and soften the thickened cuticle, CUTICUKA OINTMENT (60c.), .w. e . At AK 10 ii*tanUy allay Itching, Inflammation, and irritation, and soothe and J nO 30?, ?fti. ?ZO heal, and C?TICTTRA RESOLVENT (MC), IO cool And cleanse the blood. A SntOLB SET 1B often sufficient to enre the most torturing, dinflgurln;, and humiliating skin, scalp, and blood humors, with lo?s of hair, when all else falls. POTTER DEUO AND CHEM. Goar., Sole Props., Boston. " All about tho Skin, Scalp, and Hair," free. T^OTASH gives color, * flavor and firmness to all fruits. No good fruit can be raised without Potash. Fertilizers containing at least 8 to io% of Potash will give best results on all fruits. Write for our pamphlets, which ought to be in every farmer's library. They are sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. B BYANT & STRATTON (Bookkeeping BnsiiiessCo!lege^uif;nioii?i^rp? Cost no moro than 2d class school. Catalog freo |iurrn/lRHEUMATiSM TABLETS. POS? U n LC.UH UWe relief, new falls. Sample box, 3M. Address Hector Street Book Store, N. Y. City Mention this ?mln^im?%!.??r'' FOR 14 CENTS S We wish to cain this rear SOfuOTO 9 new o ust ora ITS. and h once offer m 1 Pkg. Cur Garden Beet, . Ito 1 Pkg.Earl'st Emerald CncumberlCc I " Ls Cronan Market Lettuce, 15c 1 " Strawberry Melon, 15c I " 13Da? llsdi-h, loo 1 " Early RI po Cabbage, loo 1 " Earl/ Dinner Onion, 10c S " Brilliant Flower Soda. Ito Worth 01.00, for 14 COU. Si-HO Ab oro 10 rkgsTVorth $1.00, we will mail yon free, toe ether with ocr great Catalog, telling all about SAUER S MILLICH COLLAS POTATO upon receipt of this notice Aide, A I stamps. We Inri te yonr trade, am S nM?aJfflti'cnowwhcD *on oncc tT7 Sailer's ** wSc5Pr?*aeoclw you will aoTci do without. m HWPBji PrUvScn Sailer's 1HUO-rar S est earliest Tomato Giant on earth. C Z JOH* J? BALZER BKCD COn Ll CROSSE, ?Il * A DON'T STOP TOBACCO SUDDENLY It Injure? nervous system to do so. BA CO CITKOIH the only caro that REALLY CURES ?nd notifie* yon when to 6top. Sold with a guarantee that three hoses will cure ?ny case. RAfi?l.ftlIR?i is vegetable ?lid harmless. It euro you. At au druggists or hy mall prerwid, 81 a box; 3 boxes $2.?. Booklet free. Writ? ECKER A CH KM IC AL CO., Lacrosse. WU DROPSY^ cases. Book of testimonials and : Free. Dr ' DISCOVERY; eves relief and cures worst IO days' treatment H. rr. oKEEN'S SONS. UOX B. Atlanta, fla Toa caa earn (SO per roo. hamtrUg oar Portraits ami Frames, write for ferma, ?. B. A^crsjoa ft Co? 873 Elm St, T>oKas, tex. MlXLIrVEl :Y Pel f Inc sh t tn o few Pf? ya for Pl Also valurible information about woora ting ni> terlol. reathrrs. etc. Hu.ML' MILLI \ KR Y CO., ?M Washington Street, Constantine. Mich. Beat /pES WHERE ALLEiSE FAILS. Cough S intime. Uso PH CONSUMPTION ' ^