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THE WORKING MAN? Be lays bis band upon the stubborn soil, And lo! a mighty miracle is done; It slows, responsive to his touch of toil, . Fruitful and fair beneath the golden san. ' At his behest the prairie is transformed; He digs tbe desert and it disappears; Before his plow tbe wilderness is stormed, And leagues of corn lift up their (splendid spears. Amid his sheaves he stands a happy man. Nor seeks to solve tho things beyond his ken; Content with the All-wise. Eternal plan ' Of Him who shapes the destinies of men. The sky that bends above bim shows no v stars At noon; und yet he knows the Tower Divine That shaped the Pleiades and fashioned Mars In their appointed time will bid them shine. His hearthstone is the altar, he the priest Of home's sweet sanctunry, day by day, In joy or sorrow, indlgeuco or feast, Where love unsullied keeps its gently sway. No narrowing envy occupies his breast, No schemes of avarice distress his mind; By Heaven-sent peace h is si in plo life is Mest, And in bis tasks he blosses all mankind. His labor brings the harvest to the plain. And through bis bruve exertions millions live; He works the min?ele that grows th? grain And all the orops that pregnant acres give. To bim the crowded city looks for food; From him gaunt famine flees and squalor hides; His energies sustain the multitude And where his blessings fail pale want subsides. For him the sun and star3 give forth their light; For him the restless ocean ebbs and flowR; For him the radiant day, the peaceful night And ail things beautiful their charms dis close. He builds tbe mighty ship whose progress spurns The roaring tempest on the trackless sea; His strenuous life tho wheels of commerce turns And cleaves a wider space for Liberty. Oh! wonder-working toll! God's gift to mun, What blessings follow where thou art applied In strict accordance with the Master's plan, And what disasters where thou art denied. God bless tho honest toiler, everywhere. In mill and mine, in factory and Hold! His life's th? antidote for dumb despair. His sturdy arm the Nation's sure' ! shield. And may God keep tho toiler free and brave, From petty tyranny of clique or clan That seeks to dwarf his soul and to enslave lue free-born spirit of the Working Man! -John E. Barrett, In the Scranton Truth. I PEPPERED THE BANDIT. An Amusing Western Experience. 'It's quoer what different ideas men have as to how they'll act in case they ever get involved in a train or stage 'stick-up,' or hold-up, as you call it back this way. Myself, I've been stuck-up at the point of one or more guns on three different occasions aud on each occasion I've pointed my two mitts heavenward without any fnss of feathers whatsoever, and de livered the goods with nary a whim per. Bat I never figured on doing anytbiug else. Before I ever got held np at all I always said to mysoif Lhat .when the time arrived for some fellow to poke a gun into my face and re quest me to elevate my arms, I'd do what he asked me to do without any question at all, and let him have all he could find on me without any side stepping or murmnrin*^. I considered : that that -wa? the only -sensible thing todo, andi consider so yet So, w_.ile its cost mo a heap more than I really could afford to fork over my; little valuables on the three occasions the boys of the road have nailed me, I always patted myself on the back and told myself that, while I mayn't have been very heroic or dare-devilish,' I did the wise thing in getting away with a complete and nnpnnctnred bide. "But I've often met chaps who were simply going to cut a dog in two in case anybody ever tried to stick them up at the end of a gun. They were going to decline to be held np, and teach the bandit or bandits a lesson. It's remarkable the bravery some of those fellows were going to exhibit whenever any bold, bad prop-*! osition with a mask tried to ooerce them into handing over the stuff they bad on them. In nine cases out of ten these large and ample talkers are the very first to cast up their paws when the command Hugs through the car or coach, 'Hands up!' and the last to take them down when the robber hus fired his little parting volley and taken to the tall cactus. Bnt you can never tell how a man's going to act in a stick-up. "About six years ago I was riding through southeastern Colorado on a westbound traiu. I was only making a six-hour journey of it, and so I took the smoker aud stayed there. There were about 25 or 30 men in the smoker, all pretty comfortable looking chaps. A dyspeptic-looking little man, about IO years old, with a Bostonese 'dialect, sat in the seat ahead of me, and an hour or so after I boarded the train he engaged me in conversation. *' 'Belong out this way?' he asked me in a characteristic New England drawl. " .Yep,' said I. ."Beason I ask you that,' said he, .is that I've hear-I there have been a Jot of hold-ups on the railroads out this way lately. That right?' " 'Pretty near,' said L *. *Ever find yourself mixed up in one of those affairs?' he asked me. '. 'Couple times," I told him. " 'Did you lot them go through yon?' he asked me, with a searcntpg look. " Don't you think otherwise for a holy minute, said I. *I am my sole remaining support, and, in general, I find life a pretty good game. It's the best I know anything about, anyhow.' " 'Well,' Baid the dyBpeptic-looking little chap, in his piping drawl, 'I'd just like to see the loafers, get any of my money, that's all! I'd jnst like to catch them at it!' "I couldn't help smiling amusedly. - " 'Why, what would you do?' I asked him, grinning right in his teeth -I couldn't have helped it to save me. " 'Never you mind, sir, what I'd do!' said the little man, choppily. Td take good care that they didn't get any of my goods, however! I'd fix 'em! Yes, siree, the train robber doesn't walk in shoe leather that's ever going to relieve me M a copper cent, and don't you fail to remember that!* "Tb? little man, who, as I after ward ascertained, was on his way to California for his health, looked so puff-toady and fierce while he was getting off these brave remarks that I couldn't help but laugh in his face. That nettled him a trifle, but I smoothed it over and made ? remark or so to him about the general matter of train hold-ups. " 'My friend,' said I in conclusion, *tli8 only advice I can give you is, if any of those chaps over comes along your Tay and asks yon to call heaven to witness with your bauds pointing to the zenith, jnst yon do it, that's all, and do it in a hurry; do it a-runuing; be nice and good about it, and don't get gay. Don't endeavor to be frivolous with a mail that's got the edge on you with a 43 caliber lead-spitter.' "'Just let one of 'em try it with ine, that's alli' exclaimed the little mau fiercely, and then we chauged the subject. "Well, at about 9 o'clock that night we pull od np at a little station called Tyrono to give the engine a drink. We only halted there about four minutes, but it was long enough. The train hadu't got more than live miles out of Tyrone before we heard a lot of shots up forward-the smoker was the second cav from the engine-and the train came to a halt. The wheels bad scarcely ceased to revolve when tho front door of the smoker was throvu open with a bang, and tho command rang through the car like the crack of a whip: " 'Everybody put 'em np! Quick!' "A tall, raw-boned man, with a straggling red mustache, stood in tho door calmly waving his gun from side to side with the characteristic move ment of an expert gun-fanner. He looked business all over. I decided instantly-I'd. put my hands np before I'd done any deciding, however-that he wasn't any amateur, aud that he was going to get all that was coming to him. [ couldn't help but notice that tho dyspeptic-looking little man in frout of me threw up his hands with the rest, although he did a little bit of fumbling with his right hand before it went up in the air. " 'Seein' that my podner's busy keepin' tab on th' loco-driver,' said the raw-boned bandit-ho didn't wear any mask, and there was a certain twinkle to his eyes ns he spoke-I'll jes' ask you gentlemen to spring what you've got on you with one baud at a time, as I pass along, and I'll do tho rest.' "He wore a hickory bag, suspended by a striug around his neok, in frout of him-a bag similar to thoBe worn by carpenters or lathers for holding nails-and he jnst reached out his left hand aud droppod wallets, watches and chains aud loose rolls into thc bag as he passed aloug. Noue of the vic tims had a chance to hold on* any thing ou him, for ho was ouo of tho eagle-eyed species, and be seemed to see all hands in tho car at once. Ho walked sideways down tho aisle so as tc make sure that he wouldn't be plunked from behind after passing along. He was a scientist in his busi ness, all right, was that raw-boned man, and he didn't miss a trick. Every mau up forward unquestionably passed over his beiongings to be dropped into that roomy bag. The little mau with the Bostonose accent amused me, with his- hands sticking up there as rigid as poles, that I al most forgot to worry about what I was going to lose wheu it came my turu. He had gone ns white as a shoot aud he looked more ghastly as tho raw-boned robber approached him. Finally it came to his turn. Tho rob ber looked him over with a half grin. ** *Sorry, my sawed-off friend,' the robber started to say, when, pu B l the right hand of the dyspeptic-lookiug little mau opened with a cat-like rapidity aud the robber got a ?st-full of red pepper squavo iu the eyes! He let out an howl, and the little man dropped to the floor liko a flash. So aid I, for that matter. " *The robber, yelled like a mad mau, lowered his gun-hand and groped around with it, and half a second later lie was batted ia the stomach with all the force the little man from New England had in his hoad. That doubl?d the robber up, and a minute later-we were all on top of him at once. . " 'You will try to appropriate what doesn't belong you, hey, dog-gone you!' the dyspeptic-looking little man muttered, standing over the blinded bandit, who was almost insane from pain. We bound him securely, did what we could to alleviate his pain, and pnt a guard over him.' Tho robber who was holding up the ongiuo, bear ing the agonized shouts of his partner, concluded that there was - nothing doing, and, tiring a few bluff shots, scampered off the tender into tho darkness. We took the raw-boned , bandit to Trinidad, where ho was tried, as I afterward learned, and got 20 years. And that's one time I got fooled up a whole lot in a stick-up." PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.-Sidney. Anger is like rain; it breaks itself upou that on which it falls.-Claren don. The great end of all human indus try is the attainment of happiness. Hume. He is the best accountant who cnu cast up correctly the sum ! his own errors. -Nevins. If you would not havo affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches. - Burgh. To live a life which is a perpetual falsehood is to suffer unknown tor tures.-Victor Hugo. Teal's aie often to be found where there is little Borrow, and the deepest sorrow without any tears.-Johuson. A woman dies twice-the day that she quits life and the day that she ceases to please.-Jean Jacques Weiss. If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to hap pen as if it bad already happened. Epictetus. The greatest friend of Truth is Time; her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humil ity.-Colton.. . Yon may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good nnd whose enemies are characters decidedly bad.-Lavater. "Por* o nal ly Conducted" 1'nplln. In the kindergarten a child is taught much through a system which is used to make him think that he is playing rather than working, bu' iLose imagin ary devices take away the manliness of a boy who knows that work is work. We must not teaoh the boy that his teacher exists simply for his amuse ment There is a groat tendency to bring np children "along the lines of least resistance." What we really want is men of character, not thoso who from childhood up have been "personally conducted." The now education deserves all gratitude for taking the place of "wooden" teach ing and "wooden" learning, but I nm afraid that tho question of where the now should stop and the old begin is often lost Bight of. -(Address of Dean Briggs of Harvard in Cambridge.) Wished for Military Glory. General Sir Redvers Buller, when a youth, had his choice among all pro fessions. His relatives pressed him to take up politics, as he had a private fortune. "I'd rather be a private in the least of tho Queen's regiments than England's prime minister," was bis answer ?FOR FARM AND GARDEN, j Seasonable Milk Precautions. If you would have good and credit ?blo milk keep it iu small quantities over night, and, when it can be avoided, never mix the hot aud cold milk. If you send your milk to a fnctory it would also be a good plan to s?ud the night's or morning's milk in separate cans. Petroloiun tn KUI Sm JORO Kcaln. Crudo petroleum is Baid to bo a remedy which will destroy and pre vent the gonn i uni ion of the San Jose aralo. It is said that it uot only de stroys this pernicious iusect, but it also stimulates the growth of the tree to which it is applied. It is thought, however, by the best authorities that tho scale can only be eradicated by destroying the tree iufested with the bug and petroleum baths are apt to be fatal to the trcos. Sow So m o Itupn for tho Pie?. Farmers not having a suitable clover pasture for their brood sows aud young pigs will do well to sow a small piece of rape at successive periods during the sicing months. These may be pastured off in turn. When a plat is eaten off and the hogs removed, the rape immediately starts to grow again from the root ?nd will usually be ready to feed off again in from six to eight weeks nuder favor able conditions of Boil aud seasou. In tho manner given tho pigs (and sheep as well) may be supplied a succulent feed throughout the growing season. Poultry as a Farm Crop. If any farmer can make his farm pay a profit of $50 per acre he will do more than can be claimed by the ma jority of his neighbors, and yot this would not be too largo a figure to credit to the hens that could be placed on an aire, and the ground could, at tho same time, be made to produce au excellent crop of fruit, for both the poultry and tho fruit would be bene fited by the combination. Au acre in grass ought to givo ample forage ?or ut least 100 hens in summer, and they would not require au awful lot of extra food from the barn, so the eggs would bo practically clear profit, aud if each of these hens couldn't turu out a clear profit of 50 cents at tho end of the summer's pas turage we are awfully mistaken.-The Weekly Witness. Flclitlnc II ii wk?, and Crows. In my town, which produces an nually from 30,000 to 40,000 chicks, a bounty of 25 centB per head is paid for heu and chicken hawks, writes P. H. Wilbour of Rhode Island, in New Englaud Homestead. The same sum is paid for crows per head, they being nearly as inimical if not equally so to the career of the chicken. This bounty is usually voted at the town meeting. At times it had been left for the town council to affix tho sum, never to my knowledge being moro than 25 cents per head, and some years a lesser sum. Varions devices to prevont the near approach of the above mentioned birds are noticed about here, among which may be mentioned the small windmill so arranged that at each revolution a rapid and noisy clapping is produoed. Another arrangement quite generally in vogue is to erect long poles about the chicken yard, a stoat cord extending from pole to pole at top, to which cord is appended multi-colored strips of cloth. This method, whilo it prominently adver tises the localiou of the tender mor sel, is supposed to intimidate its wary foe. The Hotbed Feedur?. Cold frames are chiefly of use as hot bed feeders, or for giving plants a slight start in spring. They niUBt be pre pared in August ready for early fall sowing. The seedlings aro hardened off and held until transplanted to hotbeds or to tho open ground. Such nearly hardy plants as corn salad aud lettuco may be raised in cold frames in the fall and early winter by pro tecting them slightly on frosty nights. Frames designed for vegetables may be brought into further utility, where the owner is so iuclined, by putting in a few easily forced Howers, such as violets, pansies, bulbs, etc. As to the making of the frames, it is an easy matter. The chief require ments are shelter, drainage, light and proper ventilation, and, in hotbeds, regulated temperature. A spot shel tered on tho north and west, free to tho sun, is considered ideal. If there is danger of rains washing in, the bod lovel must be raised, and earth and coarse litter banked around it. The back, which will be towards the north west, should be higher than the frout, tho slope permitting tho water to shed from the glass. The top is of glass, fit in Rash about four feet wide by six long, made to slide back or raise, by which means the beds aro ventilated. The bed for a cold frame should be finely pulverized loam, obtained from the surface of some land that has been standing at least two or three years; or any good, light soil with which may be well mixed some well-rotted horse manure-a desirable additiouiu either case. The bed should be from IS inches to two feet in depth, and be closely placed in the frame.-American Cultivator. A Clean Stable. The greatest obstacle that can be presentad to the spread of any kind of disease is a clean stable. This im plies not only cleanliness behind the stock but in front of them as well, and even iu the mangers. Not long ago a contagious disease broke ont in one of the large dairy establishments not far from Chicago. Various causes for the outbreak were assigned by the veterinariaus, but it was privately known that the disease broke out because filth had paved the way for its advance. The drinking troughs were filthy and had been so for months. The mangers were unclean and all the conditions were of the best to help spread the disease. The writer has seen mangers of both horses and cattle in which there were tho remnauts of many a feed. The auimals, of coursj, refused to eat it and so "nosed" it into the corner of the manger. The new feed was put in on top of the old and when the animal got the part of the feed on top eaten the remnants were pushed into tho already mouldy bunch at the end. Mangers of both horses and cattle are found soured by the fermentations of feed they have contaiued. Tuberculosis is carried quite fre quently from one animal to another by the rubbish that is pushed back aud forth from one to the other. This is especially a danger where feeding floors are used for stock instead of mangers. But iu addition to tuber culosis we have a great troop of dis orders that are well known to most stockmen, such as lump-jaw and abor t? on. The man that keeps ? clean atable will have little trouble with mumal diseases. GermB may come his way but they will not find a suit able habitation. They will not, like the devils in Scripture, establish them selves in a honso swept and garnished. -Farm, Field and Fireside. Soil and Grow?. There aro soils in most of our states that are not deep enough for cultiva tion, but answerfor grass, and by a little nursing will furnish a great deal of pasture from year to year. At all times, except in the drouthy sea son, grass grows well on such soils, nud with occasional seeding and top dressing, may bo made profitable. Such soils are usually more generally found on the lulls than elsewhere, but are frequently on lovel lands. Grass will make a luxurious growth upon a soil thut is not more than two inche? deep, if it has enough water, and it will have plenty of water during the first part of the season. In the citias it is sometimes tho practice to remove and sell tho rich soil from lawns, re-, placing it with sand, which is covered with two or throe inches of good soil. Under the constant application of water, which is possible io a city, these lawus keep in green, healthy condition 0*11 summer. It will readdy be scon, however, that if this thin layer of soil was turned under and tho sand was brought to tho top tho lawn would be ruined. But that is precisely what is done on some farms with similar soil; and whou it is done the land is practically ruined. Of course it can bo brought np, nny soil cun be, but soils are often so naturally poor that it costs moro than they are worth to do it Some farmers seem to have a violent preju dice against grass. The sooner they can get it turned under the better they like it. It would appear aa if they begrudged the grass its footing. But the farmer who has a natural pasture, watered by springs on his own land, as such pastures ofteu are, ?3 exceed ingly fortunate, especially if ho has onongh tillable land. Such land costs but little. In buying a farm,the hill side pasturo laud is pretty nearly "thrown into the bargain." lam ac quainted with a farm that has perhaps 100 acres of tillable land and 200 of just such pasture laud as I have been describing,and the owner makes more profit from the pasture, through his dairy and stock, than he does from bis cultivated aroa. Grass is king in this country, and the king often sits on what tho casual observer would call barren hills. It makes no difference where it grows, if it is blue grass, and that is tho grass that will be found in such pastures, to a very large extent, it is a jewel of a possession.-Agrt cultural Epitoniist Short ttnd Useful Pointers. Better no fences at all than poor ones. Dairy cows should have an allow ance of salt. Feed all stock punctually, as it will pay big in the long run. Corn and the silo is the solution of the dairyman's feed problem. Time given to cleaning and washing the horse's feet is timo well spent. Turkeys make a good drought crop. They thrive host in dry seasons. Breed with nu object iu view. Then watch the improvement in your stock. Too much feed and too little exer cise will soon put the bogs on . the "sick list," Anything that disturbs a cow's nervous condition is sure to reduce the flow of milk. When potatoes, turnips, or . beets are cooked for fowls it is not neces sary to mash them. Allowing the. bushes to grow too high is why so many get such poor crops of small fruits. Experience has shown that an ele vated spot ?3 quite necessary to be successful with poaches. The soil will respond in a large measure according to the treatment it receives. This accounts for the largo difference in yiold between neighbor ing farmers. All stock should be put into shape to market as soon as possible. When they aro whore you want them turn them into money immediately, and thus overcome useless feeding. Machinery is bound to take its place on the farm the same as it is in every other business. The man who cannot see any use in adopting it is the one who will be at the "bottom of the heap. " According to the idea of working out the road tar every man is u born road-maker. According to the way somo of them loaf the day out it ap pears that they do not take much in terest in their calling. There is no getting over the fact that out wost alfalfa is no experiment The Kansas station is authority for the statement that "uo grass equals alfalfa for hay for steers, dairy cows, young stock-hogs aud sheep, nor for pasture for horses and hogs." Myriads of Sans. There is quite evident conspiracy on tho part of the telescope and cam era to belittle this infinitesimal speck of cosmic dust on which we live, and they are succeeding. It was bad enough to knock the earth out of his position as the centre of tiie universe, but now he is being relegated to a position that, astronomically, seems worthy of very little attention. Pro fessor Wadsworth of the Allegheny observatory ?B now showing, on a curved plate, a photograph of the con stellation Orion and adjacent region, covering 1000 square degrees, or a lit tle patch measuring less than 33 de grees on a side, or about one-eleventh of the great circle-and what do you think? It shows 50,000 blazing suns. The professor says be bas only been able to catch the light from the larger of the sun s in that patch, and that these planets are yet beyond the joint power of tho two cyclops, the tele scope aud camera. A Mmnmotli Tren. In Nassau, tho capital city of the Bahama Islands they ?ay "the tree in the public square," not the trees. Now, tho public square of Nassau is quite as large as that of most cities of the size, but there is only one tree ia it, and that treo literally fills tho square and spreads ita shade over alt the public buildings in the neighbor hood. For it is the largest treo in the world at its bane,although it is hardly taller than a tbreo story house. It is variously known as a ceiba, or a silk cotton treo, but the people of the low islands of tho West Indies call it a hurricane tree. For no matter how hard the wind blows it cannot disturb the mighty buttressed trunk of the ceiba. An organized corps of nurses be longing to the army does not exi&t in Germany, the nurses being supplied in time of war by the religious com munities and by the Bed Gross associ ation. . -* .... 1 ? Look in your mirror today. Take a last look at your gray hair. It sure ly may be the last if you want it so ; you needn'tkeep your gray hair a week longer than you wish. There's no guesswork about this; it's sure every time. To re store color to gray hair use YEARS h. After using it for two or three weeks notice how much younger you ap pear, ten years younger at least. Ayer's Hair Vigor also cures dandruff, prevents failing of the hair, makes hair grow, and is a splen did hair dressing. * It cannot help but do these things, for it's a hair-food. When the hair is well fed, it cannot help but grow. It makes the scalp healthy and this cures the disease that causes dandruff. $ 1.00 a bottle. All druggists. "My hair was coming ont bndly, but Aynr's Hair Vigor stopped tho fulling and has made ruy hair very thick and much darker than before I think thore 1B nothing liko it for tho lialr." COUA M. LEA, April 25,1830. Yarrow, I. T. Vir Ita tho Doctor. If you do not obtain all tho benefits yon deMro from tin: nae of tho Vigor, ?write tito doctor about lt. A'idrenn, Du. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Maas. 4 T y T v TT*TT!T^ How Slate Pencils Are Made. Slate pencils were formerly all cut from solid slate just as lt is dug from the earth, but pencils so made were ob jected to on account of thc grit which they contain, and which would scratch the slate. To overcome this difficulty, Col. D. M. Stewart, of Chattanooga, Tenn., devised and patented an in genious process by which the shite la ground to a very fine powder, all grit and foreign substances removed, and the powder bolted through silk cloth in much the same manner as flour ls bofted. The powder ls then made into ii dough, and this dough ls subjected to a very heavy hydraulic pressure, which presses thc pondi out the required shape and diameter, but In lengths of about three feet. While yet soft the pencils are cut Into the desired lengths and set out to dry In the open air. Af ter they are thoroughly dry the pencils are placed in steam baking kilns, where they receive the proper temper. 'Pen cils made In this manner are not only free from all grit, and of uniform hard ness, but are stronger than those cut out of the solid slate. For these rea sons they have entirely superseded the old kind.-The Manufacturer. ATLANTA, GA., Oct. 1st, '99. Allow me to thank you for the good your Tetterine has done me. Four boxes cured me of a case of Tetter, after trying specialists and spending several hundred dollars and getting no benefit from thom.-Henry W. John son, 281$ Marietta Btreet. 50 cents oox at druggists, or by mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. FACTS ABOUT PERSPIRATION. A Function Almost Peculiar to Men, Monkeys and Morses. Perspiration is almost peculiar to men, monkeys and horses. Horses sweat all over the body, and so do human beings, but monkeys, it ls said, sweat only on the hands, feet and face. The use of perspiration ls mainly to cool the body by Its evaporation, al though lt ls generali believed that "waste materials are also excreted through the sweat glands when the ac tion of the kidneys ls Interfered with. In animals that perspire but little, the cooling of the body ls effected by evaporation from the lungs, as we see lu tho case of a panting dog. The amount of perspiration varies greatly, according to the temperature of the surrounding air, the condition of health, the degree of exercise taken, thc amount of fluids imbibed, etc. The average amount of perspiration ls thought to be about two pints a day, but this ls of course much Increased In hot weather. In damp weather evaporation from tho skin Is lessened, and no one seems to perspire more profusely than In dry weather; but this ls only apparent, for really transpiration ls lessened when the atmosphere is charged with moist ure. Hyperhidrosis Is the medical term used to denote an abnormal Increase In perspiration. This Increase may be general from the entire body, or con fined to some particular part, aa the face, the hands or the feet. Profuse sweating Is very common in cases of debility and In excessively stout er sons. It occurs also In connection with rheumatism and certtaln nervous dis orders. Sudden emotion may cause in creased perspiration. The opposite condition, a great dim inution or absence of sweating (anhl drosls), ls mush rarer, and occurs usu ally In connection with some disease of the skin. Sometimes the character of the secretion ls changed, and cases of black, blue, gray, j'ellow or red sweating have been described. The treatment of profuse perspira tion depends upon the cause. Tonics, cold or cool bathing, especially salt bathing, temperate exercise, and rub bing of thc skin are useful in cases dependent upon general debility or obesity. Sprnylng or sponging the body with brandy and water, vinegar and .water, or n solution of tannin or of boric acid ls useful. Certain drugs which have a tendency to diminish perspiration are sometimes employed to reduce the night sweats of consumption, when these are so ex cessive as to weaken the already de bilitated patient and to prevent much needed sleep.-Youth's Companion. Frills of Fashion. A bullet of gold, tipped with a tiny French brilliant, is one of the novelties in expensive dress buttons. Gourrha aigrets, which resemble a bunch of daisies blown by the wind, are one of the fashionable hat trim mings. Eighteen sets of undergarments are considered by the Englishwoman nec essary for her trousseau and twelve skirts. The rose-tinted shades in violets and velvet pansies are the most favored In the season's purple millinery. The flowers are very life-like in shape, and the coloring ls beautiful. Chamois skin is valuable for keeping linen goods and fine lingerie which ls laid aside for some time from turning yellow. Well wrapped around tho goods to be perserved, lt keeps out the air. Eton Jackets and boleros are a boon to the mother who likes to dress her half-grown girl becomingly. There JJ nothing more jaunty and becoming to her immature flgure. It ls quite as be coming to her as to the older sister. It takes a certain kind of ribbon to get the proper effect and fold just right In the new belts and hatbands. They are wide and soft, and are draped In even folds, which bring the stripes, If there are any, In symmetiic.il lines. The bell sleeve, which Is seen so fre quently, ls pretty and comfrotable with the negligee gown. The undersleeve, worn with a light gown for morning wear, with a turned-back embroidered or lace enff to the boll-shaped sleeve, is particularly pretty. Undersleeves sug gest in some ways the house gown. I Beautiful summer evening toilets are made of white India silk mull or white Italian crepe, elaborately decorated with black applique patterns ano both wide and narrow Insertions of Mack Venetian or Chantilly lace. Row* of finest lingerie tucking alternate xl th j these trimmings on both skirt and bod ; ice. White foulard, spotted with black, makes a very striking gown with a blouse waist fastened at one side with a rosette of pale green Liberty silk and a belt of the same silk. A wide collar of foulard lb covered with black lace, and the skirt has a deep-tucked flounce with Insertions of block Chan tilly set In In squares. White taffeta silk parasols of hand some quality, but with no sort of deco ration, is the prevailing fashion for general use with light summer gowns. And an addition to these arc the foul ards and plain gray, blue, and fawn colored satins and silks for greater services. The conspicuous Rumchunda styles with gay handkerchief waists to match, are quite In evidence In the shops, but they will be rare In fashion able circles. A Setting ot Eggs. Most people, when ordering a setting of eggs, ask and expect the seller to send fifteen, aud when they arrive the entire lot is placed under one hen, re gardless of her size. Now, this ls a great mistake, and the seller would have less complaint If he would refuse to send more than thir teen, and twelve would be better. A hen that w?i cover more than this number ls too ls>rge to set, and will break some of the eggs during the first few days, while the smaller hens can not cover all of that number, and some of the eggs are left unprotected and got chilled. Hens that will weigh from four to five pounds make the best setters, and one of that size will cover not more than eleven eggs; and I venture to say that they will hatch out more strong, healthy chicks than will a hen that is given from thirteen to fifteen eggs. Increasing Crowth of Fruit Trees. Barnyard manure Increases the wood growth of nearly all fruit trees, while potash tends to Increase the fruit growth and flavor as well. Without a .new growth of wood every year the prospect of getting a crop of fruit would be greatly reduced. All this .shows that in order to get the best fruit we should look out for the Inter ests of the tree by applying the proper amount of barnyard manure and to look out for the quality of the fruit as well by supplying the correct amount of potash to the soil. Medical Book Free. "Know Thyself," a book for men only, sent Free, postpaid, sealed, to any malo reader mentioning this paper; Cc. for post age. The Scioneo of Life, or Self-preser vation, the Gold Medal Prize Treatise, tho best Medical Book of this or any age, 370 pp., with engravings and prescriptions. Only 25c, paper covers. Library Edition, full gilt, 81.00. Address the Peabody Med ical Institute, No. 4 Bulfinch St., Boston, MSHP., tho oldest und best in this country. Write to-day for these books; keys to health. Quickly Subdued. "Daughter, I notlco that Harry isn't a blt gal lant to other women.'1 "Ko, Indeed; mo; I broke him of that right after we wero marriod.'-Indianapolis Journal. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It ls the only cure for 8wollen. Smarting, Tirod, Ach ng, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen s Foot-Easo, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoo Stores, 2Cc. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen H. Olmsted, LoRoy, N. Y. Llttlo Encouragement. He-Would you mind n llttlo temporary In convenience, dear; a few yeara of povorty whon you marry me? She-Good gracious! Don't you expect to live any longer than that?"-Lifo. To Cnre n Cold in One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All druggists refund the money If lt fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 33a. How It Happened. "So you wero defoatcd for the senatorBhlp?" "Yes." "How did lt happen?" "Oh, lt was a pure case of forgetfulness. I had my plana all mado, but when I got to tho capitol Just before the voting began, I found I'd forgotten mr checkbook, and I hand't more than $15,000 or $??0,000 In my pocket."--Chicago Evoning Post. Uncle fun m. .4 the best of everything. Uncle Sam uses Carter's Ink. He knows. Natural Sequence. "They say Robert Grant's atory of 'Unloavon od Bread' I* soiling extensively." "Yos, it naturally bringa in tho dough." - Cleveland Plaln Dealer. FITS permanently cured. No fltaornorvoua noaa aftor first day's uso of Dr. Kline's Groat Nervo Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise froe. D% R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 031 Arch St.. Phlla., Pa. THE eyeba lls white beoause tho blood ves acla that feed ila aubatancearo so small that they do not admit tho red corpuscles. Atlanta COHCRO of Pharmacy. Well equippod laboratories; excellent teachors. A free dispensary where hun dreds of prescriptions by tho best physiclnns are compounded daily by the studonts. Stu dents obtain first-class practical instruction aa well os that of a theoretical nature. Thero is a greater demand for our graduates than wo can supply. Address Dr. George F. Payne, Denn, i3% Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. E. B. Walthall <fc Co., Druggists, Horse Cave, Ky., say: "Hall's Catarrh Cure eurea every ono that takes lt." Sold by Druggists, 75c, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chlldron teething, aoftena the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allaya pain, euroa wind colic. ->c. a bottle. Sampson's Unearned Increment. Admiral Sampson receives $8,335 for being ten miles* away when Admi ral Schley defeated Cervera. This is $833.50 per mile. Admiral Sampson doubtless regrets that he did not have the forethought to take a trip to China about that time. At this rate per mile he could have returned a millionaire. -Baltimore American. World to End This Year. This is the recent decision of ono of the prominent societies of tho world, but the ex act day has not yet been fixed upon, and while there aro very few people who believe this prediction, there are thousands of others who not only believe, hut know that Hostet ter's stomach Bitters is tho best medicine to cure dyspepsia, Indigestion, constipation .bili ousness or liver and kidney troubles. A fair trial will certainly convince you of Its value. Slightly Mixed. Manager-"Well, havo you the program all fixed for noxt Moudny's concert?" Assistant-"Tho program's all right, but there's another row among the artists. Manager-"What are they fussing about?" Assistant-"About whoso turn lt l? to be too Ul to appear."-lld nits. The Best Prescription for Chilli and Fever ls a bottle of GKOVB'S TASTBLBSS t un.L TONIC, lt ls bi inply irou and quinine In a tasteless form. Ko euro-no par. Price OOo. Vice Versa. A railway brakeman obos both tho coupling end tho switching, while a <-. lo rv y mau does 'in ly tho cor.pling, und tho coupled ones do tho switching later. Dyeing ls as i-imple as washing when yon use FUTKAM FADELESS DIES, Bold by all druggists. _ TUE Pennsylvania railroad ls said to have Its eyes on tim south n? a lino field for railroad en terprise T;. 1B Indicates that tho Pennsylvania pooplo know a good thing when they sob lt. If you want "good digestion to wult up on your appetite" you should always chew a bar of Adams' Pepsin Tutti Fruttl. THE avorago duration of ranrrliges In Eng land ls twonty-elirht yoars; In Franco and t?or many, twenty-six; Norway, twonty-four; Russia, thirty. _ I nm suro Plso's Curo for Consumption saved my lifo three years ago.-MRS. TnOB. ROB BINS, Maplo St., Norwich. N. Y., Feb. 17, 1000. Wlien Courage Falls. The bravest man In the world was probably never brave enough to admit to lils friends that he knew it. 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A Royal 01ft. It was a gonulnely royal act, that of King Leopold of Belgium, who on his sixty-fifth birthday presented to the na tion the three palaces and their grounds which were his private property. The principal of these Is the chateau of Laekcn, situated in a suburb of Brus sels. It ls a splendid and convenient royal residence, In an extensive park that has been Improved by large ex penditures, and with the best taste and skill that royal resources could com mand during two generations. Another ls the royal seaside residence at Os tend, "understood to have been a gift from Queen Victoria. The third is Clergnon, a luxurious hunting lodge in the heart of the Ardennes. In an nouncing his gift, the king explains that these estates "contribute to the charm and beauty of the localities in which they are situated, and that he is anxious lest their purpose should be de stroyed, to the detriment of the beauty and salubrity of various populous lo calities."-Boston Herald. TO WOMEN WHO DOUST. Every Suffer lng Woman Should Bead thia Letter and be Convinced that Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound Docs Care Female Weakness. ? "I have been troubled with female weakness in its worst form for about ten years. I hod leucorrh?e? and was so weak that I could not do my housework. I also had fall* ing of the womb and inflammation ci the womb, and ovaries and at menstrual periods I suffered ter ribly. At times my back would ache very hard. I could not lift anything or do any heavy work; was not able to stand on my feet; My husband spent hundreds of dollars for doctors but they did mo no good. After a timo I concluded to try your medicine' and I can truly say it does all that you claim for it to do. Ten bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound and seven pack ages of Sanative Wash have made a now woman of me. I have had no womb trouble since taking the fifth bottle. I weigh more than I have in years ; can do all my own housework, sleep well, have a good appetite and now feel that life is worth living. I owe all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. I feel that it has saved my life and would not be without it for anything. I am always glad to recom mend your medicine to all my sex, for I know if they follow your directions, they '' will be cured."-HTRSPANNDJ THOMPSON, 8outh Hot Springs, Ark. * Malsby & Company, 30 S. Ilroad St., Atlanta, Ga. Engines and Boilers Steam Water Heater*, Stenin Fnmpi and Penberthy Injectors. Manufacturers and Dealers in SAW MILLS, Corn Mills, Feed mills, Cotton Gin Machin ery and Grain Separators. SOLID and INSERTED Saws, Saw Teeth and I ockB, Knight's Patent Dogs, Hlrdsall Raw Mill mid Kngtne ltepnirs,Governors,Grate ISnr* nra a full line of .Mill Supplied. Price and quality of poods guaranteed. Catalogue' free by mentioning this paper. ACENTS WANTED For Cram'? 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When you 59 rginia Cheroots for 2 vc more to smoke, Jj lity, than you have . een cents for three . . ? . g? Virginia Cheroots smoked this ? aler. Price, 3 for 5 cents. . mm JTES.T4 SECONDS! we can sell thc best at only a dollar or BO 1 cheap work is because we make so many We averaged last year a complete buggy tes and 14 seconds. $1.00 per job prout mts. Why pay big profits vhen the best on? ROCK HILL1 ROCK MILL.S.CJ His New Life. "Madame," said the tramp, "I was oncct a member of the legislature." "And are you sure," she asked, in clined to believe him, "that your re formation is complete?"-Philadelphia North American.' One Million,Three Hundred cndTwenty-eleht Thoo .and. One Hundred and Sixty (i^aS.iOo) Pounds of "OOOD LUCK" Baking Powder was sold and shipped to the wholesale trade during the month of December. 1899. or at the rate of sixteen mlllloo pounds a year. fe?tMrtd bj TBS SOOTHERS HAKDFAMG C0,RJdaud, ft ROILER EUEC Pipe AND Fittings ?ix Car Loads in Stock. 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