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MOTHER OP THE IMMIGRANTS. Un. Resina Stacklen's Distinctive Work (3 New York. John Gilmer Speed writes as follows fn Ainslee's Magazine: "Probably no two women in America come so close to a varied per sonal history as Mrs. Regina Stuck len, Chief Inspector of the Women's Department of the Barge Office, and well known ns the Mother of Immi grants, and her assistant, Miss Tay lor. No church in all the metropolis solemnizes so many marriages as the Barge Office, and no matrimonial agent on earth arranges so many weddings as dees Mrs. Stucklen; and beneath the majority of these there Is a sav ing proportion of romance that leav . eneth the whole heavy lump. Thus there are compensations even in the most arduous tasks and amid sur roundings that are repellent to a re fined feminine mind. "Personally, with great benignity and with slgnnl absence of official fus siness, Mrs. Stucklen regards the wants of all the women. She learns not only whence each comes, but "whither each wishes to go and what each purposes to do. Of the struggles ?with the great problems of existence in all countries and In all grades of so cial life, ?tfrs. Stucklen knows enough to fill volumes. The Mother of the Im migrants ls a woman of strong person ality, calm, firm and sympathetic under most trying situations, and to the would-be bride, who has arrived a stranger In a foreign land to meet her promised husband;''sh? ?? a\;b^?g??)m s?llori witness and friend. As about three hundred marriages take place annually at the Barge Office, or di rectly under its auspices-one solemn ization for every working day of the year-and as Mrs. Stucklen inquires into the intimate history of each mat rimonial affair, she has more than an ordinary opportunity to study this in teresting side of life. Whither ^thoy. go and how they prosper after : leav ing her-; gua. dian care, the Inspector has little.#opportunity ,.;ofv. knowing-, whether to found honorable and pros perous .families, or to fall and fill the pauper's grave. Barely one per cent, of them ever retains enough grateful memory of her services to inform her. But there are rewards in knowing one's duty well done; and If there is a seeming ingratitude on the. parj of brides and grooms alike; Tt.is1 because ?'. the Government, and the Barge Office as one of Its institutions. Is a thing of odium to the average immigrant-the tiling from which he fled when he for sook his native hills and valleys; and the sorrows and tribulations of the de tention pens the immigrant seeks to blot from his memory as speedily as possible." A New Bnsiness ia Boston. The Boston Transcript says that "store opening" is a new business in the Hub. It seems that enterprising real estate agents who have little stores to let in residential districts have discovered that an establishment In full running order, well stocked and presenting a clean, businesslike ap pearance, Is much more likely to at tract the eye of a-prospective tenant than an empty store with unwashed windows and a cobwebbed celling. . The agents therefore employ "store openers" - generally women - whose business it is to stock untenanted/ stores temporarily, (the capital being supplied by the real estate dealers) and to conduct the sa sic until .rent ers are found. Two Canals Binding Atlantic It Ls asserted that the future will see two canals binding tho Atlantic to the Pacific oe.'an. . The/value ot 'such ?oanectlon can not he too highly estimated. If will bring added pro3per!ty to the nation, as surely os Ho9t"tter? Stomach Bitters brings health to the dyspeptic. If you cannot get rid of your indigestion, constipation, dyspepsia or biliousness try the Bitters, and never accept anything La place of lt if you wish to get o rt y ii Heard. Patrice-I ?old Willi?.if ho klssnd.me I'd scream. ' . " Pattence-And what did he say? Pdtrlco- on, he said he thought I had a very musical scream.-Yonkers Statoaman. . To Cure n Cold in Ono Pay. Take LAXATIVE Br.ouo Qui NI NB TABLETS.' All druggists refund tho money If lt fails to. curs. E. W. Qaova's signature is on each box. 23c. His Tireless Labor*. ' "What aa active fellowTugby ls!" "Yes; he's novor happy unless be's doing, something or somebody. -Nt;? York Press.. If sarsaparilla and the oth?r ' vegetable ingredients that gb m ta the .best are good as a medicine, then Ay er's Sarsa . parilla is-.good. If not, we are humbugs. Your doctor will tell you o which, because he can have the formula of Ayers Sarsaparilla any timefor the asking. If yo? are tired, half, sick, half well, if one day's work causes'six'days' sickness, get a bottle of the old Sarsaparilla. Get AyerJ!?, and insist on AyerV whsn you want Sarsaparilla. J. C. AYER COMPANY, Practical Chemists, . Lowell, Mas?. Aye*'S Sarsaparilla Ayer's Fills .. Ayer*! Ague Curb. Ayer's Hair Vigor AyerVChcrry.. Pectoral. Ayer's; Conjatone Yoong mon and ladles to loam. For railroad positions.- A thorougtfkhowlcdgo quickly taught by PRACTICAL .methods. Situ; ?tions* secured. Tuition low. Day and night sessions. Call-or write for particulars. Souther* Telegraph CoUege, 117 .Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. SSE kt tl "no. ' JBOI A fcr.d rw?etn.<. ? irs j_ ss C ON.SU M PT ION The Caro of Fara. When furs are left off they should be well beaten with a small caue, then wrapped up In linen and brown paper with some camphor In small lumps, and put Into boxes well closed. TTarnlng; Tor Uon*ewiveft. Mildew should be carefully watc'ie.l for during the hot. humid weather. Jt la the most obstinate of all defile ueuts to get rid of. Prevention is far better than a cure. Do not allow gar ments to remain in a damp or wet con. dition over night. To remove mildew mix equal parts of powdered borax and starch, and half ns miich salt, moisten the whole with lemon Juki'. Spread the mixture on the spot, and place the garment in the sun on the grass. Renew the 'mixture every morning until the stain Is gone. To Remove Knst from Sioel. Rust upon knives or other steel goods ls difficult to remove. If very badly disfigured, nih with a fine file or sand-pa per. to" take off Jie worst of the roughness. Rub thoroughly with olive oil, and let the article stand 48 hours. At the end of this time rub again with oil and then with finely powdered^ unslack^.Jftne. .Tlu?^lll prove effectual lihiess' the article' ls very badly oaten; then there is nosh ing that will restore thc brightness. "When one has nice steel icnivc3, not in constant use, it is a good plan, before putting them away, ?o have them thoroughly dried, and then wipe the blades, with au oiled cloth. Lace Onrtnln WiwhlnR. The'greatest danger in washing lajee is'of tearing or hrcaklng the fine threads. Curtains will not !#a$' h?i?d rubbing; they must bo gently sopped up and. down in tepid, soapy" water. Before pirttmg't?io curtains Into thc tub* they should he thoroughly shaken, so as to rid them of dust. Allow the curtains to soak over night In tepid water; ;ln the morning, put. them info hot"suds and; continue. tb>'^ppirj[g aj^\ii^sj^gtprob?s' until the dirt has' been wftshed but. Rinr.e in clear tepid -water.. Squeeze out the water and stretch the curtains on dry stretchers. Flower Decor nt lon*. . It ls often possible to transform a commonplace-little "hall or landing window into an attractive nook by ju diciously contrived floral decorations. A dainty arrangement is made by throwing a length of Chinese, em broidery over a bamboo rod fixed ac ross thy window. The embroidery might be In dull blue and gold tones, draped in a single big festoon at the top of the casement, letting the rest of the stuff hanp down one side of the window in graceful folds nearly to the floor.- In front of this drapery ls then placed a stand of carved Indian black wood, which supports a big Japanese bronze bowl, holding tall reeds and yellow Iris. - A long, narrow corridor may- be greatly Improved by fixing across lt, near the ceiling, an : Imitation lance, and draping over it- ?.length of soft ielveteeu, Hneu-nliish or frieze velvet in a rich shade of golden brown. Im mediately In front of .this should be, on an oaken stool, a tail brown stone pitcher, filled with small branches of trees, reeds, grasses and. sprays of foliage. These should be grouped as'. v effectively ns possible.- . . "Winter table ' decorations are some times hard to arrange, as the variety is Apt to be .limited. Violets mixed with; ivy .leaves and /some moss covered twigs in green Venetian glass',; bowls .on a. mat bf pale mauve bro- ; crude made .a beautiful winter table decoration, .especially'ff a few white chrysanthemums In'tajler vases of the same :glass"-ore interspersed among them. ; - ? ? Creamed Tomatoes-Pare ami slice one quart or ripe tomatoes, put them Into-a. ?tewpan with pepper and salt - to taste and two teaspoonfuls bf sugar. Stew until tender, then thicken with one heaping tablespoonful of flour, rubbed with an equal "mount Qf but1 i t?r: -Add - one-'- enpfttl "?? 'hot cream arid remove from the fi' * immediately. Haye ready In a dlsli some .' smalT " squares of toast, poOT^th?'t?^at?eS over them and serve. ' "Bolled Salmon a ??'Motis^Wrap/.a twivf^?d? steak of salmba.-in ; clean cloth and boil in :r?ster to ?r^efii ad ding^ ? snee'of '"onion, a clove; eight j peppercorns. * BIX?^spMngs 'of parsley arid -two tablespoonfuls of vinegar.. Boll. 10' minutes' ?iic? 'drain. Strain the liquor, thicken with TI teaspoonful of 'cornstarch.- add ti tob?es?won'ful ' of^ strained tomato and one of butter andu half a teaspoonful, of pepper. Pour over fish and garnish with cress. / Filbert Cup Pudding-Butter . well and dust inside- with 'sugar five 'or six small cups; fill three-quarters full with.the following mixture: Four tablespoonfuls of- breadcrumbs, soaked in one cup of hot milk, two tablespoonfuls of ground rice, ditio.of sugar, same amount of blanched and grated filberts and two eggs-well beat en. Mix all thoroughly, set the cups In a pan of water and. bake in a brisk oven for 30 minutes. Serve hot with custard or lemon sauce. :* . . Pickled Blackberries-Nine . pounds of fruit, three and one-half pounds of sugar, one pint of cloves and cinna mon. Put the spices in a bag and boll them with the vinegar ^and sogar until a syrup is formed; th^n add {he berries and coote 10 minutes.' ^hen done, skim the berries Into ? Jar and boll the syrup down until there is Just enough left to cover the fruit, then, pout lt over. When cold, tie a double fold of cloth and'n'.thicR--paper over the jar, or can while, hot . Corn Cake-Sift together, two cup fuls bf flour, one s^nt^t?aspoonful of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of bak ing powder. - Scald oii?, pint - of corn meal -?Ith just enough-boiling water to" morsten, covers lind, let stand until, cooled. Add. three. well-beaten, eggs,, two tablespcronf nifty of butter, meltedj the dry mixture abd sufficient sweet milk to mix to ft drop batter. Pour i ri to.- shallow well-greased 'pans so '.that -the flrilahed cokes wfil;.nQ^bV'more than two inches thick and bak? in-a quick oyen, ;>. - : - . '-. " . -:-;-.' .. ? A{>?'. ??: ; illce bave a strong dislike- to the "od or of peppermint SOME Tiri?LY SUGGESTIONS. How to Produce a Profitable Crop of Wheat. The Charlotte Oil & Fertilizer Com pany and the President of the Com pany, Mr. Fred Oliver, of Charlotte, N. C.," have again demonstrated on their farms what can be dene towards -profit able wheat raising. The 250 acres which they had in wheat this year gavo an av erage yield of 30 bushels per acre; one field of 30 acres gave an average yield of 84 bushels, another field of 90 acres gave an average yield of 33 bushels per acre. A field of 60 acres that was in wheat a year ago, sown by the former owner of the laud, and which last year yielded only eight bushels per acre, this year gave au average yield of 24 bushels to the acre. With such an il lustration of what oan be dono by pro gressive farming, why will the majority of farmers continuo to be satisfied, or, if not satisfied, continue to curso theil' luck when their crop of wheat tarns out only five to ten bushels per acre? Tuero is no reason, and in fact, it is a crime for any fanner to throw away his time and land by growing such a poor crop, as the most of them now raise wheu thoy could treble aud quadruple tho yield by intelligent aud progressiva farming. They must use better mules aud ploughs to prepare tho soil, using tho best disc grain drills, having fertil izer distributors attached to plant and fertilise the wheat, using the best seed wheat even if it does cost a few cents per bushel moro money, using not les3 than -100 lbs. high grade complete fer tilizer per aero instead of 103 lbs. of low grado acid and acid potash goods. Seed .wheat that is free from broken and de? fectivo wheat, and above all almost ab solutely free from oockb seed is worth twice os much for seeding as the scod wheat usually used. Still more im portant is the fact that seed wheat from a crop that gavo a yield of 30 to 35 bush els per acre is superior to seed wheat from a crop that gave only five to ten bushels per acre. No farmer will at tempt to raise mules and horses to 'weigh 1,400 to 1,600 lbs. each and ex pect to succeed if he uses for breeding, stock that weighs from 500 to 800 lbs. ; no brooder of high grade milch cows will expect to succeed except by using high grade stock. Last, bat not least, they must use nigh grado fertilizer if tho farmers expect to receive proper re turn's from land and labor. Why be satisfied by using WO lbs. per aero of ?cheap, low grado fertilizer when 400 lbs. of high grade fertiliser will givo au iuoreaso of 15-. to 25 bushels per acre? It costs no more, or very little moro, to prepare the land ? for a good crop than for a poor one; it costs no more to drill in good .seed wheat , aud 400 lb3. of high grad9 fertilizer, per acre, th au to drill in poor seed wheat and 100 lbs. of poor, cheap fertilizer per acre; it costs no moro to cut au acre of good wheat with ? reaping machino than it; doe3 to run the machine over nu aero of poor wheat, and tho reaping machine leaves less wheat'iu'tho field uugaihored if the crop is a'good ono than it does if the crop is a poor one. Tho farmers of tho south" have the best market for their wheat, corn and hay of any section iu the United States, as they cnn obtain tho same prices us the western farmer pins the freight that is charged from the west to the south. Why not then farm on a' profifnMo plan and not an unprofitable ono? Use good stock and tools, good seed and fertilizer, good judgment and skill iu handling labor aud machinery, and abovo all work yourself ns au example to your hired help, aud you will find farming profitable The Courtesy of " Bobs." Here la a story Illustrative of ''Bobs's" courtesy which I have receiv ed from an officer, in Pretoria. The greatest difficulty (he writes) has been experienced here lh finding remounts for the cavalry and mounted Infantry, and the officers entrusted with the duty of fiudlng them has been reduc ed to sending men out to scour the town and neighborhood for all sorts and conditions of horses, from those that drag drays to those that ladies make pets of. One of the Pretoria Jad?es, whose husband ls at present a prisoner at St. Helena, has two such magnificent carriage horses that the exigencies of the service made the men who discovered them turn a deaf ear "to their owner's .remonstrances. Whereupon she had them put Into her curriage, and drove off to tho 'British residency and sought an Inter view with Lord Roberts. She spoke of herself ns a defenceless woman, whose husband w:.3 a prisoner in the hands of the invaders, and how she had driven thc Boer commandoes away from her house with a pistol. Then she Invited. his lordship to go out and see for himself whether they were not too good for the veldt. Ha went, and five minutes afterward she drove nwny triumphantly, with her 'protection'' signed by Roberts, field marshal.-Mainly About People Get?nz Jurors in St Lon's. It was not an easy thing for a man drawn on a Jury to escape serving when he had to deal with Judge Lind ley of "St. Louis. The story runs that -a- raw German was summoned for Jury duty, and' wished to get off. ..i'Schudge," he said plaintively, "I rsm nicht goot, English . understan'." "Oh, "joli can serve," said Judge Lindley, cheerfully. "You won't have to understand good English: you won't hear any such in this court." Tlie liest Prescription for ChilU 'and "Fever ls a bott', o of G MOVE'S TASTBI.KSS t un J. TONIC. It is simply iron and quinine la it tasteless form. No euro-no pay. Price 55o. it ' ? S I ?. IClrilcitlons Claims. ? "Tho Camel Claims to be self-made," said thc Hippopotamus to tho Giraffe. . "'D?os ho7" "Yea; says he humpod himself." 8100 ICevrard. 8100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to .learn that there is nt least one dreaded tlls f ase?that science lias been able to cure in all lt* stage*, and that ls Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cu roi is the only positive cure now known to tho medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure lu taken luter n*lly, acting directly upon tho blood and mu CQUS BurfaceB of thesysiem. thereby lestroy fng the foundation ot tho disante, and giving the p ?tient strength hy building np the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith In Jtseiirativo. powers that they offer One Hun dred. Dollar.- for any case that it fails tocure. Send for ifct of testimonial!). Address . r.? P. J. CHRKET & Co., Toledo, O. . Poftl by Druggists. 75c. - Hall's Family Pills are the best. A Case In Point. . V?ome men have no Judgmont." . "F??r fnstahco7" ? '-'Tpero's old Moneybags. After making a million ho became a vegetarian and a prohibi tionist.' . KITS, permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day'u uso of Dr. Kline's Great Nor vr Kostorer. $?? trial bottleand treatise free. Dr. H.H. KLINE, Ltd., 031 Arch St... Phlla., Pa. .An Ohl Debt. St. Petor-There is an "X" marked oppostto to your nanto; ean yon explain that? . O'toole-Most likely that's lutm ton dollars Ol bdrrld from MlStbor O'Grady.' i, Plsb's'.t uro cannot bo too highly spoken of ois a-cough cure.-J. W. O'BRIBK. 8?! Third Avo ; N , Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0,1'JOO. .Mts. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children ' teething, softens ibo gUms, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. -Oe a bottle. Kind-II,-nrled Linly. . Mr. Brown-I guess 1*11 tnrn off this electric fan do wu.st air. Mrs. Brown-Uh! David, don't; lt some poor burglar got in he would simply stifle.-Indiana polls Journal. SCIENCE NOTES. The insect Vedalin cardlnalis, Intro duced to California to feed on scale insects, has succeeded 80 Well ih its work that there is nothing left for food, and they tlrfe "now in danger of disappearing through starvation. Professor Newcomb has calculated that in f?.OOO.OOO years the sun will have contracted to one-half its present diameter, and it ls unlikely that it can continue to radiate heat sufficient to maintain life upon the earth longer than 10,000,000 yean tn the future. The Bight ls much less keen tba* thought. When revolved at a speed no faster thal. "4 timen n second, a disc, half white and half black, will appear gray? We a'so hoar more rapidly than we cnn . count If a clock-el Icking movement runs quicker than 10 to thc second, we ran coital four clicks, while With 20 td tho second we can count Only two of them. Mr. Beddard, in his new book on whales, reminds readers that although the imagination is apt to picture the giant reptiles of the Jurassic and Cre taceous animals, yet In fact then; ls no evidence that tho carib lum ever contained, cither on the land or lu the sea. creatures exceeding the whale in bulk. The mammoth was larger than the elephant, but the Ichthyosaurus, could not match the Whale for size, al though with Its terrible jaws lt would doubtless have beeb thc whale's mas ter. Mastication does not separate fresh bread, but condenses lt Into ll soft, doughy, glutinous Mrt*s. Very difficult for the saliva to affect. In weak stomachs, the saliva-coated ball, like any foreign body, irritates the stom ach and brings on indigestion. If the person is strong and has plenty of out door exercise, thc new bread is Anally digested, but the effort of digestion ls greater than it should be, and ls liable to overcome the strength and produce more or less of trouble. Stale bread ls more "crumbly" and does not stay to gether so firmly In a sticky mass. . Cyclones or general storms mny bc 1000 miles in diameter. Hurricanes operate on a path averaging six to SOO miles wide. Tornadoes are very much' smaller. They may be only a mlle wide at the top and but a. few feet at the bottom, but they arc much more dangerous than either a cyclone or a hurricane. They form in all parts of the temperate zone-at sea they are water spouts, and'on the desert they are sand storms. Sometimes a whole family of tornadoes will be born at once from the same cloud. As many as 15 tubes have been observed at ono time. THE MOOS! HUNTER. now tho Sport or tho Maine Woods Trlei a Man'? Mettle. There is no better test of what there is of a man than to strip him of the conventionalities and accessories of civilization and leave him to his own resources in the heart of a wilderness like that of Maine. Some of those whom the world esteems great and wise would starve forthwith, while many of those who live and die un known to fame would "wax and grow fat." There ls one denizen of tho Maine woods that stands pre-eminent In the time, patience, labor and skill in volved in his capture, and pre-eminent in power to thrill the steadiest nerves and cause tho blood to flow In quick throbbing beats like quicksilver in the veins. The sportsman who has not con fronted a bull moose In his native wil la has missed an experience which is worth thc b3St year of his life. I spoak.advlsrdly. for I have been there. Imagine, if you cnn. a huge bundle of muscular power, reared on great, stiltlike legs to a height of seven feet, with bristling mane, and eyes which gleam viciously from beneath broa I, massive antlers which sway with the huge head eight to ten feet above the ground. Imagine yourself standing. If you have strength to stand, in front of this frightful apparition, and only a few yards distant, with the knowledge that if you don't kill him he will very likely kill you, your heart throbbing so painfully that your ears fairly ache with Its pulsation, the blood racing through your veins like molten lend, the sweat starting from ever-y pore in your skl?>, while your brain labors In vain to regain control of the wild tu mult which possesses you. Imagine all this, If you can, and then multiply the sensations which lt calls up two or three million times, more or less, nnd you will have aresultwhrch approaches the reality in magnitude. The man who sends eveiy bullet straight to the mark under such conditions ns these should be excused If he brags a little about It afterward. He should also bj excused if he docs some very foolish things when he sees the awe inspir ing monster collapse under the para lyzing shocks of the well directed bul lets-1. e., dropping his rifle and trying to hug himself, attempting to turn somersaults which only land him on his head, trying to shout the good news to everybody within a hundred miles, and only succeeding in making a poor little squeak somewhere down In his throat, trying-but let us drop the cur tain. The ethics of sportsmanship for bid me to disclose all the absurd things even the most sedate and dignified of .our craft will do on such an occasion. Forest and Stream. A Watchmaker. The late Aaron Dennison was callad "the father of American watchmake lng." He was interested in his work, because he hoped thereby to benefit his fellow-man. Often he worked late Into the night, so late that his loving wife would go and beg him to "walt until tomorrow." One night she said to him: "Are you not going to bed at all? What are you doing?" And he turned and slowly answered, *T am trying to make it possible for every poor man to have a watch"-a result which he very nearly accom plished. - ^ Intelligent 1'et White Knr. A pet white rat that does tricks like a little dog and shows real affection for its mistress ls one of Hie attractions, especially to the children, of a White Mountain resort. The rat traveled with Its owner nil the ways from Philadelphia to enjoy the cool breezes. The little fellow answers promptly to the name of Babe, and. enjoys the freedom of the house while nt home. His faith in human nature has as yet received no shock, and lie knows no fear where people are con ceited. IIlRh Farm Waffen. It Is a noteworthy fact that farra wages run highest in Scotland, where schooling bas long been better than elsewhere, , Hw Mothers may Help, ? Every mother p?ss?sseB ?nforitiati?n of vital value to her YO?Tig daughter, ?hat daughter is a precious legacy, and the responsibility for her future is largely in the hands of the mother. The mysterious change that develops the thought less girl into the thoughtful woman should find the mother on the watch day and night. As she caros for the physical woll-being of her daughter, so will the woman be, and her children also. When tho yoting girl's thoughts become sluggish, when she. experiences headaches, dizziness, faintness, and exhibits an abnormal disposition to sleep, pains in the back and lower limbs, eyes dim, desire for solitude, and a dislike for the society of other girls, when she is .a mystery to herself and friends, then the mother should go to her aid -promptly. At suen a time the greatest aid to nature is Lydia E. Phik hrim's Vegetable Compound. It prepares the young system for tho coming change, and is the surest reliance in this hour of trial. ,The following letters from Miss Good are practical proof of Mr3. Pinkham's efficient advice to young women*. Miss Good asks Mrs. Pinkham for Help. June 12th, 1899. { "DRAB MR3. PINKIIAM :-I have, b?en very mu ch. bothered for some time with my monthly periods being irregular. I will tell you all about it, and put myself in 3*our care, for I'havc heard so much of j-ou. Each month menstruation would become less and less, until it entirely stopped for six months, and now it has stopped again. I have become very ner vous and of a very bad color. I am a young girl and have always had to work very hard. I would be very much pleased if you would tell me what to do."--Miss PKARL GOOD, Cor. 29th Avenue and Yeslar Way, Seattle, Wash. The Happy Result. February 10th, 1900. " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM :-I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enough. It is just simply wonderful thc chang? your medicine has made in mc. I feel like another person. My work is now a pleasure to me, while before using your medicine it was a burden. To-day I am a healthy and happy girl. I think if more women would use your Vegetable Compound there would be less suffering in the world. I cannot express the relief I have experienced by tising Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound."-Miss PEARL GOOD, Cor. 29th Avenue and Yeslar Way, Seattle, Wash. Ovring to the fact that some skeptical people have from time to time questioned the genuineness of the testimonial letters we are constantly publishing, we have deposited with the National City Danie, ot Lynn, Mass., $5,000, which will be .paid to any person who can show that thc above testimonial is not genuine, or was published before obtaining the writer's special permission.-LYDIA ?. PINKHAM MZDICINE Co. t\Ve are meat cookers and canners. ?3$ Our business is the largest of its kind in America. We hare tried to learn /5jh everything that anybody knows about Qf? ft& makin? cooked meat good. That is ?fr our business. We ccaUho product in ^9 -A key-opcnin?; cans. Turn a kev and you /fo ? find inc meat oractly as it left us. We put up in tliis way Potted Nam, Beef and Tongue, Ox Tongue (whole), Veal Loaf, Deviled Karn, Brisket Beef, Sliced Smoked Beef, and two dozen other specialties. It Is impossible (or anybody to make lunch eon meats any better. Your grocer should have them. Libby, ?ftXtiii 6* Libby, Chieap?. "How to Make Good Things to Eat" will be Bent free.ii you ask us. I CATALOG OF PORTING GOODS. RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS COMPANY, 020 Locum St., ST. LOUIS, 11XO. . Tho Red Haired Lac/y. Bed hair is a gift of the gods. Tho woman to whom this rare endowment has brought the accompanying gift of a fine, close-grained skin and a clear complexion, with glorious brown eyes, need ask no odds of auy one. She be longs In the line with the historic beau ties of the centuries. Red hair and blue eyes are a charming combination, but red hair and brown eyes are be yond all things fascinating. The girl with red hair should avoid lavenders, purples, yellow-greens and Indeterminate browns and grays. She may not wear pink in any of its shades but deep ruby red and any of the wine tints which omit purple are very be coming to her. Black suits her, If lt be opaque, and so do dark shades of green.whlle white ls her especial choice and sets off wonderfully her radiant style and glowing beauty. Improving Common Hog?. A herd of common hogs may be quickly and cheaply improved by in troducing a boar of any good breed, but of pure blood. Select, a new one of the same breed each 3'ear, but not a near relative. Such a course will give a herd all the characteristics of that breed in a few years. But If each year a new breed ls selected, the at tempted Improvement will prove a failure. In-and-in breeding is another and fatal error in perpetuating our best breeds und families, ns no animal 'shows deterioration from that causo as. soon as thc hog. ? Fashion No?e?. Gold fringe Is used extensively Insh the ends of sashes. Sleeves are constantly grow arger, not only at the elbow but at top. Broad sleeves, or shoulder cffe< ind full skirts assure us that br< effects In coiffures will reign. The popularity of the^ bnlf-slee1 sn'both Jackets and dress waists, n ligces and tea gowns, is constantly creasing. ' Sleeves- of Liberty silk, chiffon, 3ne silk-tissue should never, be appl plain, on account of the sheerness material. K Tho sleeve of th? moment ls mi erately full at the top, and ends the elbow, where it ia frilled w lace or plaitings. A bca?tiful belt is mafle of a st jf cluny lace insertion laid' over white g'ros-graiil ribbon*.' These are < aulsltely dainty. Very, small Empire fans are all t vogue again> and they must be citl white encrusted with gold or of soi very bright color. Gold bands will be used with ban of lace, ribbon, embroidery and op tvork stitching for yokes, collars ai girdles, also let in the seams of skin The autumn brings forth' a gre number of mixed wools In which the ire gold threads, stripes and even do which will be used for the sleeves ai trimmings iii combination with pla stuffs. Empire girdles are very attractP and they are.made of cloth of gol taffeta silk, panne velvet and ribbo The popular fastening Is a series < gold buckles. Shirring or gathering are favori modes of disposing of the: fullnei upon a close fitting lining. Tl wrinkled sleeve ls really very prett In Liberty silk. It looks exactly as j a too-long sleeve had been pushed ii in the lining. In most of the gowns of quiet shade a little color ls put in at the neck I the form of a stock and vest. Th color ls not carried out at the wais ind sleeves in many of the goods a earlier in the season. Very little or n velvet is used, with the exception o ribbon velvet. A Flabby Compliment. The greatest compliment that can b paid to a Brazilian lady, lt ls said, I to tell her that she grows fatter an fatter every day. Thirty minutes is all the time required t dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DTZS. Sold b ?fl dr?selst". ?IVOB Himself Away. "I want to say to you that Mr. Wollkopp ls rood tloRl nldor thah he acknowledges. Flora-Why? "Oh. ho ls so tickled ovory tl mo Fitzslramon fflns."-Indianapolis Pross. A Colonel in the Brlti-h South Afrloai trray says that Adams' Tutti FruttI was leasing to his mea whilo marching.' \ Wino Guy*. ". Sunday School Toachor-Now. Thomas, wh nrero "tho wl>*o mon ot tho oa-v?" Thomas-Thoso who loft l'eklu before th< Ix.xors got thoro, ma'am.-Judge. The Best Is always used as a basis for Comparison. ii Ha tl asteless Chill Tonic Is the standard prescription of America for Malaria, Chills and Fever. How often do you hear, imitators say "Our medicine is just as good as Grove's" or "It is better than Grove's". Do not be satisfied with the "just as goods". There are no "just as goods**-Grove's is the best as such com parisons admit-Grove's is many times supe rior both in merit and popularity to any other chill preparation manufactured, and* is thc only Ghill cure sold to jobbers in car load lots. Every druggist in the malarial sections pf the United States and Cuba sells Grove's on a No cure, No pay, basis. Price 50 cents. Grove's Tonic broke up a 10 days' spell of fever which a physician thought would last several weeks. '" During my recent, illness your Chill Tonic proved of beneficial effect-it. being highly endorsed by my family phy sician, 3. bottles broke up a io days' spell of fever which at first, was thought by the doctor would la9t for several weeks. Your excellent remedy is having a tremendous sale through out this section, more so than all other Chill Tonics combined, as-I am informed by various druggists." " Yours truly, A. ROSCO WER, Goldsboro, N.C. Tho Horse Fly Pest. Tho ordinary flies are troublesome enough to the dairyman, causing the calves to lose flesh and the cows to shrink in their milk, and the ox or gadfly ls worse, hut when lt comes to what are called the horse fly, we sup pose them to be a worse pest than all the others, states the American Culti vator. We here republish the formula given by tho'Kansas Experiment Sta tion, which they say keeps off all flies at a cost of one-fourth to one-half cent a day for each animal, It is as follows: Pulverized resin, two parts, by measure; soap shavings, one part; water, one-half part; fish-oil, one part; water^ three parts. Place the resin, soap shavings, one-half part of water and fish-oil together In a re ccptable and boll till the resin ls dis solved; then add the three parts of water, following with the oil of tar mixed with the kerosene. Stir, the mixture" well and allow lt to boil for fifteen minutes.- When cool, the mix ture ls ready for use, and should be stirred frequently while being applied. From one-eighth td one-half pint ls sufficient for one application. To apply i the mixture, a brush ls used. We find nothing more satisfactory than a large painter's brush.- At first it ls well to mn kp an, application for two or throe days in succession. Afterwards an ap plication every other day will suffice. It ls often, more economical not to at tempt to protect the entire animal, but only those parts not reached by the head or tall. It ls perfectly safe, and in no case has lt appeared detrimental to tile health of thc calf. It ls estimated that the world will consume 11,000,000 bales of American cotton this year. 1 ? The r-Jiil worth of onr S3.00 nn<t 63.?O .hoMcumpRrril -.rilh othfrmnkct U <K.OO to S...OO. W? tn th? larre?t m tit rn and retallen o? mra'i fi Wand ?.1-lUrhoea in Uie world.. Wa mike toi tr\l more ?4 9XM apoet thar. (07 other two manufacturen in tho V. S. JSctablUhod la lt)7G. -fr . iWhy do yon pay $4 to > A VA 55 for shoes when yea TRIAL YA?anbnyW.L.D?agtlii ?hoes^for $3 and [C0rMNCE\??^^ $3.50 which aro Jost ai ^ good. TIT F. KF, ASON mo rp W. 1. Dontfliu $t and ?.W ?hoc? nre .old limn any othrr maro lt becMM THE? A Et j: T1I? HEST FOB ME.V. THE 1 Mud. cf th? bett Imported tndJ THfe 1 ,MT American leithen. Th? work- ' j ?_ mnothlp it undefiled. The ?trie ____ PCOT i, ^nn^ io |4 rn,i ?j ohoej'cf REST DLOI olhtrmakct. They tit like en* DLOI tom made ihoes. They .viii out (JO Cf) ?eartwo ptin of other makeaat 0V% Aft V<3.uU th? ?am? priera, thst har? no rep- vpJiUU atati'tl. You can tafelr recoin ni] np mend them to yonr friend? i th?y nit fit* OiiUfci El??S rvrprl'"?y 'f'ct wran them. Qn(jrL TOOT dealrr thoald ke?p them i ve girt one deal?* txcloatrt tait tn each loira. Take no enhetltntet Tntltt on hiring W. Jj. Don;!ta thora with name and price ttamped on bottera. If yonrdnler wilt not (ttl them for yon, tend direct? tactor?, eneloeinr. prie* and :'.<-. extra for carriaxjt. State kind of leather, tire, and width, plain oe cap tot. Our tho?? will retch yon anywhere. Catalogue rrtt, W. L DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mat WHEAT and OATS Now is the best time to Paint. THE TRIPOD PAINTS are the best to use. as THEY OUTLAST ALL OTHERS. If yonr dealer docs not handle them, write for color-cards and-Information to THE TRIPOD PAINT CO., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. nD/rOGY 'NEW DISCOVERY; ?iroV U(\VI C I quick relief and ccrea word ra'ev Hook of testimonial? and IO dnya' tr04tlBe.il I rec Dr. H. E. .OBEEif'880K8. Box B. Atlast*. Qa That Little Book For Ladles, ? ALICE MASON. BoORlTll, X. X. FOR SALE! Bed May seed wheat from a crop that yield ed 38 to 33 hu sh el s per acre, roc lea ned br a special seed wheat cleaner, In new two bushel bap?, price $1.25 per Dannel, feed Oats grown la North Carolina from Texas Bed Bast Proof Seed, the North Carolina crop yielding 80 bushels per acre, prlco 50c per bu?hfl. Prices on cars at Charlotte, N. C., freight to ot paid by bayer. Terms cash with order. CHARLOTTE OIL A FERTILIZER CO., KKED OLIVER, < HARi.OTTK, N. C. -AND ENGINES BOILERS. Bgg Tanks, Stacks, Stand Pipes and Sheet-Iron work; Staffing, Pal? levs, ?earing, Boxes, Hangers, etc. 20" Tast ere ry day; work 180 hands. LOMBARD IRON WORKS AND SUPPLY COMPANY, Augusta, . - Georgia. rflentioG this Paper The man who smokes j Old Virginia Cheroots J? has a satisfied, "glad I have got it" 0 expression on his face from the time J he lights one. He knows he will H not be disappointed. No matter ?j where he buys one-Maine or Texas, Q Florida or California-he knows they Bj will be just the same as those he gets Jj at home-clean-well made-burn . even-taste good-satisfying I gt Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this pj year. Ask your om dealer. Price, 3 (or 5 cents. .?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.I*