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The Tassel on the Sleeve A further development of the Bishop sleeve or tho belled sleeve is to ap pend a silken tassel to its lowest tip, near the outside seam. One could have rather too much of such a mode If car ried to extreme, but it will probably be some tii^e yet before the fashion of wearing a tassel on y our elbow becomes generally common. In truth lt is a style better adapted to a negligee gar ment than for anything to be worn out side of one's own gown. Velvet Flowers. With the first touch of autumnal frost comes a change In our finery. They have had some sharp weather already at Bar Harbor, days when the northeaster without makes welcome a roaring fire of logs In the big fireplace. The sllk-petalled garden flowers are disappearing gradually from our mil linery corolla. Early autumn hats of black coarse straw show ? cluster of black velvet.roses, with yellow centres. These are massed well to the front The Pale Sapphire. For many years fashion has highly esteemed the beautiful "star" sapplstre of ultramarine hue among the precious stones. But now it seems there is a craze for paler sapphires, those which have a steely glint being preferred to the glorious depth of color seen In the darker stones. The pale sapphire is mounted in scarf pins, it is cut with intaglio coat of arms, as a signet ring for the man of the family. Pale sap phire " three in a row, are mouDter" on a slender gold bar for a lace pin. While Tips. A modish toque of mauve panne ls made up to be worn with a foulard gown In tender mauve varied by curl ing scrolls of white. The toque is en tirely covered with mauve panne vel vet The feature of the garniture being the ostrich feathers arranged in a panache in front, slightly to the left. These beauties are. of like .tint, but they have creamy white tips curling over. The effort ls excellent with a mauve and white toilet. Evidently the dyer's art has been developed to a pitch unthought of In former years. The Boating Cape. For cool evenings on the water use a boating cape of blue cloth, the shade ef which Is neither'dark nor light It is patterned after a golf cape, except ing In the detail that lt ls not volu minous, and is smartly trimmed with three bands of glace silk of the same color. These go dewn the fronts and around the bottom. They are slightly graduated In width, narrower over the chest and broadening as they make the horizontal turn. Three straps of glace silk over cloth .button the cape to the chin. The collar is high in the back. A Showy Gown. A showy gown is of fawn-colored India silk, made up with the front pan el . entirely different. The front breadth, which is narrowly gored at the hips, ls covered with a' long panel of rich openwork embroidery on fawn silk ground. The cartwheel pattern predominates. Around the incisions embroidery ls made with a darker shade of silk. Through the interstices you see a glimpse of sky-blue chiffon. The bodice of fawn-colored silk opens over a waistcoat of accordion-pleated blue chiffon. The hat is of white crin, trimmed with chiffon. A Woman's Charin. Flowers have a magic in their soften ing influence, and few people can resist the soothing effect of a dainty exquis itely served. These little preparations are merely the daughter's background. She must come to the front with a question to her father about some pub lic event in which he is Interested, or a story which will start a train of-con versation. A girl's first thought In this must not be to shine, but to please; not to put herself forward, but to bring the others out to be genuinely Interested In them, so that she may be au inter esting person. Interest is the salt which seasons life. Some of us regard almost with envy women of whom we hear, women who are spoken of by their acquaintances as fascinating and charming, and we wonder what their secret is. Well, lt is usually an open secret and nobody can monopolize lt; part of it is for you and for everyone who wishes to be in fluential and pleasing-forget yourself; think of others. Fashionable Mrs. Li. The diamonds of Li Hung Chang's wife are accounted to be the finest in the empire. She is a great leader of fashions, too, and is said to have achieved this reputation by Inventing 50 different ways In which her glossy black hair could be dressed, although it is probable that to the average American they would all look alike. Her feet are disfigured, as are those of all C'?'nese women of rank, and only by bemg carried three hours In the fresh air every day is she able to make a pretense at the exercise of European women. Oil ?f orange and acacia blooms are said to be the component parts of the bath which she takes twice daily, and out of the 50 coiffures her favorite is a style called "The Faithful Dragoneas," a beast supposed to be the guardian Of all good women. The hair Is twisted Into the shape of what might to the ardent Eastern imagin ation appear to be a dragon, and In what is intended to be Its mouth a white lotus flower ls placed.-Philadel phia Times. Ne? Occupations for Women. Some women in England have made a beginning at learning pharmacy. There is a school in this science iu London which begins lectures In Octo ber of each year. A preliminary ex amination in Latin. English and arith metic baa to be passed. After the lec tures the would-be chemist goes to a dispensary or druggist for three years' practice. At the end of that time, if found proficient a dispenser's certifi cate may be obtained. A London news paper sugests to women that any one with $2500 cannot do better than to start a chemist's shop In that city. Another suggested occupation for wom en is photographing babies. This is said to be the most difficult as well as remunerative part of a photographer's business. Mothers have their children photographed In a descending ratio, af ter the first few years, and to be a successful photographer of infants menus a rapid multiplication of busi ness. The number of duplicates of baby's pictures is one of the paying features of making pictures of little folks. Three dozen copies is a fre quent order for children's pictures, while a dozen usually satisfies the per son of larger growth. Oat Inc: Costaines. With the approach of cool weather athletic amusements will be renewed with the energy that has lain dormant through the extremely hot weather. The reign of organdies and mousse lines is practically over for the time, and the tailor made tweed and homespupn take their place. Severity instead of fluffiness becomes the order of the day. Louis Quinze shoes of dainty kid are exchanged for strong boots. The sportswoman, lu brief, is now in full possesslou. In addirion to tweeds and homespun?, Irish friezes are popular for sporting wear. The leading tones seem to be brown, green and violet, an many of the friezes are of deep purple tinting. The colors are never pronounced, as dull gray and black strands are so in terwoven that only a suggestion is given. The newest, feature in trimming these costumes is the use of leather for edg ing the skirt and strapping the seams. A handsome hunting gown made for a trip to the Rocky mountains is of warm brown homespun, with red fleck lugs. The skirt is edged by a narrow strip of scarlet morocco, cut in Van dyke points, and the capacious pockets on each side of the skirt have a but toned flap of the red. The Norfolk jacket ls belted with the same, and is cut V shape to show a scarlet cheml ' -ette. The brown Tam o' Shanter has a brown and red chou with a browu and a red quill. The large outside pocket is a dis tinctive feature of the sporting skirt, and is most convenient and sensible. The pocket opening should oe slanting, not straight A new golfing gown ls of grayhome spun, with white cloth strapped on hem and edge of the skirt and stitched in similar manner on the edge of the bolero. The blouse is of crimson silk, the cravat and belt of black satin. The golf cape is of dark gray with inner side of red, white and black plaid. The hood, which is detachable, Is made with the plaid side showing. Gray cashmere and black silk and sat in knickers, as suited to varying tem peratures, accompany the costume. The hat is a simple gray alpine, with knotted scarf of red and white silk. A more brilliant and audacious golf costume ls of bright red serge, with Eton jacket over a black satin shirt, whose collar is soft and turned over. A white silk handkercheif scarf, with red border, Is knotted in a four in hand under the collar. This form of shirt-the man's shirt with turned over, soft collar-ls quite the newest fad for sporting costumes. A box pleat is down the middle, with buttonholes for gold studs or buttons, and a breast pocket is stitched on the left side. The shirt Is worn slightly pouched all around, over a narrow belt It may be of silk or a fine woolen fab ric. Carhmere seems much liked for the purpose, being soft and light An English tailor has introduced a novelty in sporting skirts. They are furnished with small straps and buckles at intervals that enable the skirt to be looped np in a folded tunic when engaged in golfing or hunting, while lt may be lowered to ordinary length In the house. Such a makeshift is not likely to become popular, how ever, and is worth mention only as a novelty. For a sporting wrap, nothing even remotely threatens the supremacy of the golf cape. The new ones are long er than those of last season and of more ample width. Some wraps ap pear with the old fashioned "cape sleeve." There is nothing new in bicycle skirts. The simple "saddle back" with large pleats is still the only style seen, and the Eton jacket supplements the cash mere or French flannel shirt-New York Tribune. The Cat's Binn*. Everybody has seen a cat hump its back and hiss and spit at a dog. Even the youngest kitten instinctively rec ognizes an enemy and makes a show ing of defiance at its approach. This bluff at Intimidation is general among the species. It is a curious and re markable fact that many different kinds of creatures which have their homes in shallow holes have a similar habit of spitting when an enemy ap proaches. Furthermore, it is probable that the expression of a cat at bay ls part of the same instinctive stratagem. We know how. general is the-horror of the serpent tribe, throughout all na ture, and hence it seems likely'that the serpentine aspect of the head of an enraged cat together with Its threat ening hiss, might disconcert an enemy sufficiently to give an advantage to the cat Curiously enough^ cats of all species have their tails marked trans versely in a way which resembles the markings of serpents, and several na turalists have remarked how similar are thc sinuous, waving movements of the tail of an angry cat to the move ments of the tall as a snake In a state of excitement The true tabby cat when it is curled up asleep, has a cu . rious resemblance to a coiled serpent, and the same is true of many wild cats of different varieties and coming from different parts of the world. If this really ls an instance of protective mimicry it is possible that the chief foe guarded against was the eagle. Eagles are very fond of cat's flesh, and lt has been remarked by naturalists in va rious parts of the world that these for midable birds habitually make war upon the smaller creatures of this kind. -Chicago Chronicle. Toople Who Live on Nats. In Italy almonds are eaten while green or soft as dessert by the well to-do, but the poor cannot afford them. Chestnuts are the only nuts that en ter Into the regular diet of the peo ple! Almonds, filberts and walnuts are more of a luxury and are served as dessert or with wine at social gatherings. The chestnut almost takes the place in Korea that the potato occupies In the western world. It is used raw, bolled, roasted, cooked with moat and I In other ways. In Syria nuts are not a part of the regular diet, but enter In the composition of some peculiar native l?hes. "Nuts in this country," writes our consul at Alexandria, "may be classed as a luxury, for use as a dessert, and for consumption by the natives at night just before going to bed." ' Lady Mary ?aurln, a daughter of the first Earl of Harrowby, died recently in her 100th year. Dolly's Danser* Oh, what do you think hus happened? Doll Daisy almost died! It frightened me so dreadfully, Of course I cried aud cried. I rocked her to sleep this morning, And laid her in a chair; Pearl, the pussy, didn't know That I had put her there. And so, when she got sleepy, What should she do hut curl Her great gray body in a ring Right on my little girl. About n Popular Foreigner. The doorynrd flower gardens are dot ted with poppies of all kiuds, from thc little single red fellows to ones that loo! almost like the big white-headed double chrysanthemums. Although the poppy ls quite a favorite in this coun try, none of the family is native to the soil. AH of our poppies came from the old world. In England, Scotlaud and Italy the graceful scarlet poppy blos soms in the wheatflelds and grows wild in waste places. Among the ruins of ancient Rome this brilliant flower blooms luxuriantly. It ls very hardy, and though an annual, scatters its seed so well that they c-ne up from year to year in gardens "iere they have once beeu planted. A Dog's Loj One of my brothers, n a young man, owned a handson. Tewfound laud answering to the nam of "Skuk kum," the same being Chiucook Indian for "good," and amply deserved. When my brother married, Skukkum was graciously pleased to approve of his choice, and extended a courteous but distinctly condescending friendship to the new member of his family, evident ly thinking that, perhaps, after all, three might be company in spite of the proverb. But he drew the line at four: and, when the first baby came, his courtesy gave way. He not only absolutely refused to come and look at the little tot, and be introduced to the new member of the family, but, if it was brought into the room would instantly either leave it or march off to the farthest corner, and lie down, with an air of offended dig nity. And yet the moment the baby was placed in his perambulator and started out through the garden gate for a con stitutional down the street Skukkum would promptly range up alongside of the carriage and escort it through the entire trip, keeping a most vigilant eye upon any stranger, canine or hu man, who ventured to approach his charge without a cordial greeting from the nurse-maid. The minute, however, that the gate was safely reached again, he considered his duty done, and re lapsed nt once into his former attitude of jealous contempt. He evidently felt that, no matter how much he might disapprove of the baby personally, and even feel free to express this feeling within the privacy of the family circle, yet the youngster was, nevertheless, de jure, a member of the family, and entitled not merely to defence, but to respectful attention before the eye of the outside world. As the baby grew older, he soon came to like him for his own sake; and they were the best of friends.-Contemporary Review. Tho Dali minn and the Durmins. Margaret, Joe, Kenneth and Patty live in the country. They haven't many playthings, but lots and lots of plays. "Making believe" is great fun for them, and they "make believe" so much and so hard, they really do be lieve in most of their plays. One of their finest plays is the Doh min and Durmin play. This can be played all day, or only part of the time, but Kenneth and Patty and Joe are Dahmins all the time. They say the boys are Dahmins aud the girl a Durmin. Margaret says mamma Is queen of the Durmlns, but Patty says, "No, she's Jack Bean's wife, and Jack Bean is king of the Dahmins." Mam ma is very proud of this honor, for she knows well what a fine man Jack Bean is. He ls the boys' hero, and Kenneth says he owns a gold boat and a gold engine, and is the strong est man in the world. It is ben-sen that makes him so strong. Ben-sen is somewhat wonder ful. You can take an iron rope ns big around as the water-tower and it isn't as strong as a thread of ben-sen. jack Bean eats a grain of ben-sen every morning, and that's what makes him so strong, Kenneth says. AH the boys say he is the best man in the world " 'cept papa." Sometimes papa says there ls no such man as Jack Bean, and oh, how the children punish him! They climb all over him, take off his glasses, rumple his hair, and say he can never, never be a Dahmin any more. Papa is glad enough to give lu before such determined foes, and promises to be lieve in Jack Beun as long as he lives. Patty and Kenneth have what they call "Dahmin dinner" and that means to save your cake and fruit from des sert, and all the licorice and candy balls you can get with the pennies you earn going errands and carrying coal for grandma's fire. Then you take these good things (brown sugar sand wiches are fine for Dahmin dinners) and set a nice little table and eat your dinner, and talk with a big voice like a workingman. Dahmin men are brave. One day mamma told Kenneth, who is seven, to go on an errand. He was having a beautiful time on Juck Bean's gold boat (made of dining-room chairs), and h' didn't want to go. But Patty, who ts five, said, "Go on, Ken, and don't cry. Dahmin mans don't cry." The Dahmins have more fun than the Durmins because there are more of them; but when Margaret invites two other girls to be Durmins, and they have a Durmin war, then it ls exciting. They make their cannon out of drain-pipe, and build foils out of boxes in summer nnd snow in winter, and have as big a war as Spain and America ! But alas! mamma is no longer Jack Bean's wife and queen of the Dah mins. Two little boys were naughty and had to be punished. As they snt in chairs on each side of the dining room till they could promise to be gvoi, Patty exclaimed, with the ears running down his cheeks: "Mamma can't be the queen, for she has de graced the Dahmins!" But mamma loves the Dahmins and Durmins, and spends many a happy hour watching: their happy plav. and ! I when she kisses the little boys at night she hopes they may grow up as good men as their heroes-real and make believe.-Youth's Companion. An Emperor's Adventure. The first Emperor Napoleon passed his youth ns a student in the military school at Brlenne. Like most lads, he was fond of fruit, and a certain re-j spec-table, hard-working widow, a fruit seller, took a deal of money from him; but sometimes he had no cash, and then the poor woman trust ed him with as much fruit as he want ed, and as soon as he had money again he paid her. But it so happened that at the time ' of his leaving the school his pockets were empty, and he was a dollar in debt to the woman. As she smilingly brought him the last plate of juicy peaches, he said to her: "I nm going away, good mother, and I have not money enough to pay you; but I will not forget your kind ness if you will trust me now." "Don't let that disturb you, young slr! God keep you in health, and make a happy mau of you! Take these peaches and welcome!" We all knew how in a short time the student of Brlenne became a gen eral and conquered Italy, how he went to Egypt, and returned to France through a sea full of hostile ships, and was made first consul, how he restored order and peace in France, and be came its most famous emperor. There came a time when the emper or returned to Brlenne. He was not unmoved at the thoughts of his boy- 1 j hood which the place called up, and often wandered about unattended. While walking in the street one day, he-suddenly remembering the friend ly old fruit woman-made enquiries about her dwelling, which was in a very low part of the town. He went 1 directly to it, accompanied only by one attendant. A narrow door led them into a small, poor, but very clean room, which , served as a shop, where an old wom an with two children knelt by the stove, preparing their scanty evening j meal. "Can I buy any fruit here?" asked the emperor, looking round at the empty baskets. "0, yes, sir," said the woman; "the ' melons are ripe." And she fetched I one. While the two strange gentlemen ate their melon, and the woman laid one or two faggots on the fire, one of j the strangers said to her: "Have you heard that the emperor is expected here today? You know him, don't you? He used to be at the col lege." "Of course I know him! Many a plate and basket of fruit did be buy of me while he was a student here, in the old days!" "But did he always pay you proper ly for what he had?" asked her visitor, carelessly. .'Why, to be sure he did, sir," she answered, going on with her cooking. "But, my good woman, you do not keep quite to the truth," said the other gentleman, laughing, "or else you have a bad memory; for, in the first place, I am the emperor, and in the second, I did not pay for those peach es, besides which, I am to this day one or two dollars in your debt, which j now I nm como to pay." ':-i i . In the meantime the second gentle- ' man counted out and laid on the table $240, capital and interest. The emperor gave orders that the miserable house was to be pulled down and another to be built for the poor, hardworking woman in its place. J "In this house," he said, "will I j lodge whenever I come to Brlenne, and it shall be called by my name." He extended his kindness to the children, for he provided well for the [ girl, and the boy he placed in the same military school at which he him. self had been educated. TWO WOMEN'S HUSBANDS. Why One Was Docile nnd the Other Was Rebellious. Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Deming are neighbors and visit each other quite frequently, and Mrs. Fuller has no- 1 ticed with surprise that Mrs. Deming's husband never scolds when he comes home and finds no supper ready. She asked Mrs. D. about it, and was told it was ns easy as rolling off a log. "You have only to use a little tact," she said. "Why, any man can be man aged by a tactful wife." Just then Deming came in looking rather tired and cross, but his wife took his hat, whispered something in his ear, and asked him If he was very hungry. He said he didn't mind waiting, and at her suggestion he took his paper and went into the other room. "There!" whispered Mrs. D. to her neighbor, '"didn't I tell you it only re quired a little tact?" and she went about getting supper while Mrs. Fuller went home to try how tact would work on her husband. She found him with a thunder-cloud brow, and at once began the new treat ment. "Flease go into the parlor and read the paper while I hurry the supper." j "Well, you have nerve! Do you s'pose I can satisfy my appetite with news from China? I like that. A mau might as well be a bachelor and done with it ns have a wife who is forever gadding to the neighbors!" "I was over to Mrs. Deming's a few minutes and he wasn't a blt cross, and her supper is late too." "Of course it is. Gossiping round and hindering each other, I wonder you ever get anything done." Mrs. Fuller had tried tact, but it didn't seem to work. Her feelings were hurt and her temper was rising. She concluded to .take heroic measures and see what would happen. She took off the white apron she had pinned on, and turned as only a worm can. George Augustus Fuller, if you want auy supper tonight you can get it for yourself. I'm going home to eat and will stay there until you know how to treat me. You should have married a cook." "Marla," piped Fuller feebly, "don't go." "Then will you bc more reasonable?" "Why, of course. I was only bluff ing." They made lt up, and got supper to gether like two turtle doves. Mrs Ful ler thinks it takes different kinds of tact for different men, but she doesn't know yet what lt was that Mrs. Dem ing whispered so sweetly to her hus band. It was this. "If you say one cross word while she is here I'll tell you how much money you lost on that last deal in wheat!"-Chicago Times-Herald. During the last three years moro than 000,000 Russian farmers have Bortlari in Siberia. / The Prank of College Girls. I ;'A pretty story has just come from Berkeley, Cal., of Low some of the university girls stole a march on one of their number who was about to be married. A week before the time set for the wedding, when the bride was I "up to her eyes" in work, there came one day about a half hour before I luncheon, a smart pull at thc bell, fol lowed by the entrance of a dozen of her classmates, who anuounced that they had come for luncheon. The nat ural consternation of the hostess at this unexpected addition to her family were assuaged when each girl pro duced not only the component part of a most delicious meal, but dainty in dividual cups and saucers as well. When the merry feast was ended the dozen cups and saucers were left be hind as souvenirs of thc occasion. Nor was this all. Carefully wrapped in tissue paper and tied with baby rib bon in the Berkeley colors, blue and gold, were all sorts of small kitchen conveniences-egg beaters, potato ricers, larding needles, a set of silver Skewers, and thc like. These were stealthily tucked into the interstices of the wedding chest, which was being packed, as other practical reminders of the happy college days comradeship. Washington Star. Didn't Quite Hench lt. When it was the fashion for young Englishmen to go up in balloons with Green, the well-kuown aeronaut, Al bert Smith, a friend of Dickens and j esteemed a wit, ascended one day be . fore an admiring crowd of on-look ers. Waving his hand to a young lady, an acquaintance of his, as he was starting, be said, "If I come down again, I will bring you a Skye terrier." Ho came dowu again, without the ter I rier. "Wo didn't quite make the dog ' star," he said in explanation. New Ocean Greyhound. The famous Deutschland cost $3,332,000; displacement 23,200 tons; accommodation 1,057 passengers; crew 525. It has estab lished a new record for ocean steamers. Among the great remedies of the world Hostotter's Stomach Bittors liolds therecora with its fifty years of cures of constipation, indigestion and biliousness. It gets ut the root of the disease uni effects u cure. Tho genuine has our Private Revenue Stump over the neck of the bottle. His Usual Trip. I "What is moant by a Sabbath-day's Journey?" I asked tho Sunday school toacUer. "from our houso to grandpa's and bock," replied Freddie 1 Foadlck, who know whore his family took din , ner evory Sunday. The Best Prescription for Chill* and Fever is a bottle of GHOVB'8 TASTELKSS CHILL TONIC. It ls simply iron and quinine ia a lasielc&d form. No euro-no pay. Pri?e Ste. Always to Be Trusted. Hoax-Is Hardluck tho sort of fellow ono could trust? Joax-Woll, if you trust him onco you'll trust him forever-Philadelphia Kocord. Salesmen Wanted. Two honest, reliable men; cxperlonco not abso lutely necessary; salary and expenses paid. PeorlesB Tobacco Works Co., Bedford City, Va. Ho Was lt. Mr. Woodby-"Mrs. do Swell cut quito a go fleurs on the promenade yesterday." Miss Cutting (who had hoard of tho incldont) -"Egotist. Who told you you had a good lig ure? -New York Journal. I We refund 10o for ovory package- of PUT NAM FADELESS DYE that fails to gfvo.satis faction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville7"5??>t 8old hy all druggists. I _ I j??_ i??- Promptly Answered. I -Tommy-Pop,-what ls an optimist?" Tommy's Pop-An optimist, my son, is a man Who lends money.-Philadelphia Record, i ______ ' Carter's Ink has the endorsement of the United States government and of all tue leading railroads. Want any more ovidence ? The Way-Back Grudge. "I have nlways hated the Chinese." "What for?" I "When T went to school I was kept in a wholo wook bcuauso I couldn't pronounce 'Yang-tsc Klang."-Indianapolis Journal. Happiness cannot be bought, but one of the great hindrances to its attainment can he removed by Adams' Pepsin Tutti Frutti. A Dashing Creature. "Is she a girl of tho period?" "Oh, no; sho nover punctuates with anything but dashes."-Philadelphia Bulletin. If you would have rich, dark, thick hair, your hair must be weli nourished. Gray hair, stunted hair, fall ing hair, is starved hair. Ayers Hair Vigor is the food for starved hair. Ir feeds and nourishes. J. C. AYER COMPANY, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Mass. ayer'a Sarsaparilla Ayer'? Pilli Ayer'I Ague Cure Ayer'? Hair Vigor Aycr's Cherry Pectoral Ayer'? Comatone Tbe Little Sister and the Sh nb. A pretty little story is told of the Shah of Persia's recent visit to Brug es. Hearing that a daughter of a cer tain Italian who was once a member of his suite had entered a convent at Bruges, he started out to find her. The young woman is a sister of charity attached to a small convent In one of thc suburbs. The Shah had some dif ficulty in finding the young nun, but when he did find her he took both her hands in his aud pressed them heart ily, saying that he could not leave Belgium without having seen the daughter of his old friend. The young nun, who, it Is said, ls far from un comely, replied in Persian, much to the delight of the Shah. The nun was given permission to show her Oriental visitor the chapel and the garden of tho convent where she had elected to spend her days, and he was so much interested In her accounts of the work done by the sisters that on his depart ure he presented the order with 2,000 francs. To Cu PICTURE FRAMG MOULDING. Thocsands of Styles Now and Additions Mede to the Variety Yearly. Picture frame mouldings, such as are manufactured and sold by "whole sale in strips to bc cut up as may be required In the making of picture frames, are produced in uniform lengths twelve feet. There are also produced cheaper picture frame mouldings in mitation of some of these woods, as of oak. These various mouldings are made In many widths and many thicknesses, and in great variety of form; great numbers of them with no ornamentation whatever, and many of them ornamented with a beading or other design, which may be carved In tho wood by the machine in which the moulding is made, or pressed or stamped in the wood. Sometimes this beading is gilded, or so treated as to look like oxidized metal, and sometimes a straight, smooth line or division of a wood moulding ls fin ished in the same manner. Many picture frame mouldings are finished in white; some in white with another color; some are made in com binations of colors, and some are made in single colors, and these last may be made in many shades. Then there ls a variety of mouldings in black. Many of these colored mouldings are plain in design. And then there are many of the colored mouldings that are highly ornamented. Of gilded picture frame mouldings the variety produced is very large. Some are gilded with gold; some with a lacquer laid oa over sliver leaf, and some are gilded with a cheaper mater ial. Picture frame mouldings, taking them altogether, are produced In thou sands of styles, and new styles are constantly being added, these being put on the market twice a year, for the spring cud the fall trade. A pic ture frame moulding manufacturer producing mouldings lu literally hun dreds of styles would still produce more or less new styles, twenty, per haps, or forty, each season. But ror all the great variety offered there are certain kinds and styles of picture frame mouldings that are staple goods, and that sell steadily; just as there are staple lines in all kinds of merchan dise. There are big factories devoted sole ly to the manuff-.turo of picture frame mouldings. Some manufacturers make a specially of gilt mouldings, some of natural wood and other mould ings, and in some factories all sorts of mouldings, and frames as well, are produced. Formerly picture frame mouldings were all made In the East, and mouldings are still made here; but the great bulk is now produced in the West, where the factories are nearer the sources of supply of the wood used lu their manufacture. As compared with twenty years ago, picture frame mouldings are now made in far greater variety; and thero are produced a far greater number of artistic mouldings than ever. And with the use of advanced modern ma chinery in their manufacture picture frame mouldings are much cheaper than they were lu old times; So that it -\ls nowadays possible to get from amoLg-.the great variety of mouldings offered sultabl*-a^d-~bttc<l6oeaa. trnmen at low prices. As compared with a year or two ago, the wholesale prices of picture frame mouldings are now a little higher than they were then, this being due to tho present increased cost of the lumber and other materials en tered Into their manufacture.-New York Sun. Queer Flights of Steps. Coming down tue main walks from the Capitol to Pennsylvania avenue, In Washington, there are groups of three or four steps that arc very con fusing to the average pedestrian, and there ls a queer Incident connected with their construction. For years there was a man about the Capitol who made the study of steps and per sons going up and down stairs a fad and a science. In watching crowds walking down the long approaches to the Capitol he discovered that by far a greater number of persons stumbled on those groups of steps than the record ought to show. The attention of the present Capitol architect was called to the matter, but he was incredulous at the idea. "Why," said he, "Frederick Olmstead, the ar chitect, took especial pains with those group of steps, I know." However, they watched the tricky groups of steps and discovered that it was real ly astonishing the number of persons who stumbled going up and seemed in clined to fall In descending, hut they were utterly at sea for any explana tion. Olmstead went there later. The sub ject was brought to his attention and he went down to watch the steps him self. He was simply amazed at the way people behaved when they reach ed those steps. He said, "I can't ac count for it. I spent weeks arranging the proportion of rise to tread for them. Wooden models of them were put down for use at my own place and I walked over them day after day till I felt sure they were perfect." "Olmstead, isn't one of your legs a trifle shorter than the other?" the step savant inquired. Olmstead was dumbfounded when it flashed on him that owing to the in equality in the length of his legs he had made steps to the Capitol that were suited only to people similarly afflicted. STATF. OF Onio. ClTT OP TOLEOO. I" LUCAS COUNTY. I ' FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he ls the senior partner of the Arm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., iloinj: business in the City ot Toleilo. County and State aforesaid, and thatsaid Arm will Day I he sum of ONE HUNDKED DOLLARS for each and every caso of CATARRH that cannot be cured by tho use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my (-?- 1 presonce, thi.? ?th day of December, { SEA I. > A. D. 1880. A. W. O LEASON. (.'-?-J yotary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0. Poid by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Tills are tho best. IT. H. GREEN'S SONS, or Atlanta, Ua., are tho only successful Dropsy SpeclaUsts in the world. Seo tholr Uboral offer in advortlsomont lu an. other column of this papor. Mrs- Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cares wind colic. S?c. ? bottle. Plso's Cure for Consumption ls an Infalli ble medicine for couch? and colds.-N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J-, Feb. 17, 1900. RHEUMATISM, CATARRH ARE BLOOD DISEASES-CURE FREE. B. B. B. cures deep-seated cases after all else fails. If you have aches lu bones, Joints of back, swollen glands, loose control of muscles, tainted breath, ringing in ears, mattery, slimy dis charge, sores on lining of the nose or throat, or thin blood, then take B. B. B., which cures to slay cured by mak ing the blood pure and rich. Over 3000 positive cures to perfect health. Try B. B. B. Druggists, $1. Trial treat ment free by writing B. B. B. Co., 1 Mitchell street, Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble, and medical advice free. Holding in to Let Ont. "Thcopbrastus Jones ti( cs :'t seen to toko any interest In politics doua ne?" ..No; ho wants to bj tl sod &i that whlcUovcr way tho eloctlon ?oes ho can say ho felt sure lt would como out that wa.v.-Indianapolis Jour nal. Wanted. A traveling eales.nan In each Southern State: ?50 to 800 per month and traveling expenses; expeiience not absolutely necessary. Address PKNJCKS TOBACCO Wonxs Co., Peuleks, Va. A Puitnorslilp Concern. "Are you lutorosted lu your wife's Irr!?an cornor?" "Yes; I got off war whoops over tho money I sho spends."-Chicago Record. To Cure a Cold in One Day. l ake LAXATIV ? BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All druggists refond th? money If lt falls to euro. E. w. tinorE's bijrnaturo is on each box. -io. Keserved. Sho-Our neichbors are dreadfully reserved. lie-Yes? She-Yos, we've had our new hat rack two days now, and not a soul of them has been over to seo how much lt cod ! Best For the Bowels. No matter what alls you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels B-.e put right. CASCABCTS liolp j naturi, cure you witbout ti gripe or pain, ! produce eusy nalurul movements, cost you I just 10 cents to start getting your hnaltb I baok. C Ase A EETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab let has C.C.C. stamped on it. Boware of Imitations. A Ji>?tlfl(l Effect.. Nan- KL./, what docs tho now bookkocpor look Uko? Klity-Well, ho looks Uko a man who always had to put on his ncektlo vhllo running to catch a train. FITS permanently cured. No Ats or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Groat Nerve ltestcror. Si! trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. R. U. KLINE. Ltd.. 031 Arch St.. PhlU., Pa. Tho Science of Medicine. Dr. Catnip-After all, there aro only two kinds of disease. Tho Student-Surely; doctor Dr. Catnip (flimly)-One of which you die, and tho other of which you don't. Dr. Buirs Cough Cures a cough or cold at once. Conquers croup, bronchitis, grippe and consumption. 35c. FACTORY Ll No black powder shells on tho market a lonni ty and s tro nu shooting qualities. Sun WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. .?.?.?.?.?.I ? There is n ?OldVirg mi -to waste, ^4hcf?~?5 cut off and throw buy three Old Virg five cents, you have and of better qualil when you pay fiftec Five Cent cigars. .Three hundred million Old Vir o year. Ask your own dealei The bund is the name grven In al most all eastern seaports to the street fronting on, the water. This street ls usually thc trade centre, and rumors that are likely to affect trade or po litical conditions fly thick and fast about lt. As most of these rumors are unfounded, lt Is the habit in the Orient to call a story whose authenticity Ia doubted "bunder." Now is the best time to Paint. THE TRIPOD PAINTS are the best to use, as THEY OUTLAST ALL OTHERS. If your dealer does not handle them, write for color-cords and information to THE TRIPOD PAINT CO., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. PD H Ul PT AV makes a specialty of FEMALE WU HAlfiriVll TROUBLES, and euros thom, too, without medicine or surgery. Ho also success fully treats all the ills that flesh ls heir to. Do not de spair If you have tried all other remedies and failed. Tho Doctor 1ms made his reputation on such cases. Ho will treat you at your home, and it ls just as ef feotlvo and permanent, though not so speedy in re suits, ns personal treatment. Wrlto for the Hoalth Messonger, a 32-page pamphlet contain ing unqualified endorsement of character from Judges of the Supremo Court. City Court. Court of Ordlnary.Mayor. Insurance and Bank officers. Professors of the University, and leading busi ness men of the stato. besides a long list of tes timonials from thoso who have been successfully treated for worst forms of dts-aso. Address DB. R. I. HAMPTON, Athens, Ga. Mention this paper. Malsby & Company, 30 S. ?road St., Atlanta, GA. Engines and Boilers Stemn Water Heaters, Steam Pumps and Penberthy Injectors, Manufacturers and Dealers In s-^xxr MILLS, Corn Mills, Food Mills, Cotton Gin Machin ery and Grain Separators. SOLID and INSERTED Saws, Saw Teoth and Locks, Knight's Patent Dogs, Blrdaall Sav? Mill and Engine Repairs, Governor?, Grate Bars antila full line of Mill Supplies. Price and quality of goods guaranteod. Catalogue free by mentioning this poper. ere ha nt. so W HY Noi T>Y lt ? Pr HELP FOR WOMEN WHO ARE ALWAYS TIRED. "I do not feel very well, I am so tired all the time. 1 do not know what is the matter with me." You hear these words every day ; aa often as you meet your friends just so often are these words repeated. More than likely you speak thc same signifi cant words yourself, and no doubt you do feel far from well most of the time. Mrs. Ella Rice, o? Chelsea, Wia.. whose portrait we publish, writes that she suffered for two years with bear ing-down pains, headache, backache, and had all kinds of miserable feel?ngo, all of which was caused by falling and inflammation of the womb, and niter doctoring with physicians and numer ous medicines she was entirely cured by Mas. T?IXA BICE Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. If you are troubled with pains, fainting'spells, depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere, headache, backache, and always tired, please re member that there is an absolute remedy which will relieve you of your suffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Proof is monumental that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound is the greatest medicine for suffering women, Ko other medicine has made the cures that it has, and no other woman has helped so many women by diitct advice as has Mrs. Pinkham ; her experience is greater than that of any living per son. If you are sick, write and get her advice ; her address is Lynn, Mass. CATALOG OF FREE! SPORTING GOODS. RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS COMPANY, 620 lioensrst., ST. LOUIS, MO. JIT ^ "W ?T R ?W RS WAL 99 JADED SHOTGUN SHELLS impere with the "NEW RIVAL" In uni c fire and waterproof. Get the genuine. . .- - New Haren, Coan. nil nmrrm i rrinmnnri-un-r .?.?.?.?.I?" o end of a Cheroots 8 noini?hcdcJid pray. Wien you ;inia Cheroots for more to smoke, y, than you have :n cents for three * ginia Cheroots smoked this r. Price, 3 for 5 cents. UGI?8 SHOES UNION MADE IT. ?on hare been pay ing ** to So tor shoe*, a trial of W. L. Doug las S3 or S3.50 shoes will convince you that they aro- Just as good in every way and cost from 91 to Sl.no less. Over 1,000,000wearers. One pw of JW. L. - *?3or$3.50 sheas will Tl positively outwear two palra bf ordinary S3 or $3.50 shoes. Wo are the largest makers of men's 83 and 93 ?0 shoes in thc world. We make and nell more 93 and 83.50 shoes than any other two manufacturers in tho U* 8. BEST $3.50 SHOE. The reputation of W. L. Douglas $.1.00 and $3.34 shoes for style, comfort, and wear ti known everywhere throughout thcworld They have to pr? better satisfac tion than other make* because thc standard liai always been placed to Inch that th* wearen expect moro for their money than they can pet clscvhcre. BEST; $3.00 SHOE. TirE JC BASO? more W. L. Oouglaa ?3 nod S3J9 {hoc? arc told than any oilier make ia because THEY ARE THE WEST. Yoar dealer ahoutd keep them ! wo give one dealer exclusive ?ale in each town. Take no substitute ! Iniist on har ii,' W. L. Douglas .hoe? with name and pr.ee stamped o_ bottom. If your dealer will not get them for yon. lend direct to factory, enclosing price and 2Jc. estra for carnage State kind of leather. lite, and width, plain or capto?. Our ahoea will reach yon any whir?. Catalogue Free. XV. li. Douglas Shoe Cu. Brockton, .Ina?. WHEAT and OATS FOR SALE ! Rod May seed wheat from a crop that yield ed S3 to 35 bushels per acre, rocieaned by a special seed wheat cleaner, in now two bushel bags,pri?e $1185 per'bushel. Seed Oaia grown ia North Carolina from Texas Red Rust Proof Seed, the North Carolina crop yielding 80 bushels per acre, price 50e per bushel. Prices on cars at Charlotte, N. C., freight to be paid by buyer. Terms cash with oraer. CHARLOTTE OIL & FERTILIZER CO., FRED OLIVER, CHARLOTTE, N. C. nDODCY NEW DISCOVERT; firm <Lgi> ij% \# B *M? I quiet relief and cares wont cases- Hoot of testimonia'., ?nd 10 days' treatment Fr??. Sr. E. B. GREEN'S EONS. Box B. Atlanta. 0?. That Little Book For Ladies, ?? ALICE MASON, KOCHXSTIB, N. t,_ _J Mention this Pap5rmwr'^^i^rii5flr* ?? .'PISO-S COrR CTOR CUKES WHERE AU -ELSE EAILS. [ Beet Cough Syrbp. Tastos Good. Use Intime. Sold bydregsrlsts.