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Shell Button and Spoons. The acquisition of the Philippines has begun to familiarize the American public with many of the odd wares and merchandise which are found in that archipelago. No part of the -world ls richer in shells, especially of the pearl and mother-of-pearl variety. For centuries there has been a steady dow of the latter to China, where they rare used in enormous quantities for household decorations. Outside of these shells are others almost as useful. One variety, a conch, ls cut through oblique ly, and according to the angle of the saw the resulting segment is a spoon, a ladle, a saucer, plate, cup, or bowl. After cutting they are clean ed and polished, making a handsome object. It looks like colored porce lain, but is far tougher and stronger. A shell spoon or bowl can be dropped without danger of breaking and will withstand hot water and cold as well .as wood. Another variety of shell is employed for buttons. The turbinates are the favorites. They range through a hun dred colors and patterns, and take a very high gloss. When cut by the na tives, beauty of surface rather than of outline appears to be the main object. The most popular shape is oblong. Next to this is an oval, and then follow such figures as the rounded triangle, heart, lozenge, star,'dumbbell, and tre foil. These huttons are a miracle of cheapness. Six of them well mount ed and supplied with eyelets are retail ed in Manila for five cents. A man in New York has turned out his 127th patented invention, ^consist ing of a finger ring that cuts twine and erases marks on a package. Still More Counterfeiting. The Secret Service hus unearthed another band of countorfeiteis, nnd secured n large quantity of bogus bills, which are so clever ly executed that tho average person would never suspect them of being spurious. Things of great value are always selected for imitation, notably Ho3tetter*s Stomach . Bitters, which has many imitators, but few equals for disorders like indigestion, dys pepsia, constipation, nervousness and gen eral diJilitv. lways go to reliable drug gists who hst ve the reputation of giving what you ask for. Mr*. Kewvred. "This liver ls awful. Maud," said Mr. New wed. '.I'm vory sorry,'' loturned the bride. "IT tell the cook to .s])c;.k to th? liveryman about 4s,"- Fun._ Tlie lieut Prescription for Chill? and Fever ls a bottle of Guovs's TASTKI.KSS tn JUL TONIC. lt is simply iron and quinlue to .> tasteless lorin. No cure-nc pay. Prloo U-J. Quite the Contrary. Eindliraan-What's the matter, my Uttlo man? You seem to be in great pain. Little Boy (groaning dUmall.O-No. I ain't, but Uoy B?om3 to be a groat pain lu me." Wanted-At Once ! Traveling salesmen wi: u or without oxperlenco SCO 00 and expenses. For part?cula s wrlto Pocahontas Mo onceo Works, Bedford City, Va. lu Theatric Parlance. Amateur-Wliat does lt mean In theatric cir cles wheu they say the "ghost wa ks?" Veteran Actor-lt menus tho rest of them don't have to.-Detroit Free Fresa. " I am so nervous and wre fly." How familiar these ei annoy you and make you irrit; unfit for ordinary duties, and z That bearing-down sensai miserable. You have backache and pa in top of head, later on at the 1 Such a condition points ' trouble. If you had -written to Mrs. perienced impaired vitality, ] these hours of awful suffering. Happiness will be gone out unless you act promptly. Pr Vegetable Compound at c help you. Then write to Mrs there is anything about your ( You need not be afraid to not explain to the doctor-you and is absolutely confidential, ence with such troubles enab best for you, and she will char Mrs. Valentine Tells of Hap Lydia E. Pinkham's " DEAS MRS. PINSHAM :-It is with I add my testimony, to your list, hoping others to avail themselves of the benef nable remedy. Before taking Lydii ham's Vegetable Compound, 11 was terribly nervous and tired, had sic no appetite, gnawing pain in stomach back and ri,rht side, and so weak I c stand. I was not able to do anything pains all through my body. Before I li a bottle of your medicine, I found m ing. I continued its use until I ha bottles, and felt so well that I did toke any more. I am like a new pen medicine shall always have my praia P. VALESTINE, 566 Ferry Avenue, Ci scimn Mm deposited with 1 which will be t testimonial ls a writer's special f FREE WITH SEEDS. ? ma-ftp N0 HOMET REQUIRED. Ve will sand yon 40 packages of choir* <c?cU?l?. rtccd* on oenrifrnmont. When you hare sold them you caa take *tnrefco)r* tit tn? pnnhtms, lar Indbj SUrti-MUd WaUi, ?aid Kural died CloA, tte. Stn J yoatal ?ccptlaj this oCr ?ad tr? will forwsrd I?*!?, sic., by mill. T. J. KINO CO., Saedsaea, Richmond, Vsw GT A nit of oMkss f?r ??1??? 100 pscsaf. . Mention this Paper1* ^.y/?V^lslThompton's Eye Waltr I GREAT STRENGTH OF FISH. Bj . .. *i " Their Remarkable Agility Remains the Despair bf All Scientists. "The flight of birds has been studied from time out of mind without yield ing the first syllable of its secret." said an enthusiastic amateur, naturalist^of this city, ubut it is not a whit more mysterious than the movement of fish in -water. Their speed, their sudden leaps from fixed positions, their abrupt turns in less than their own length, the extraordinary inertia that enables th^m to ?wiin n(?n,r?*t tremendous currents-these and. a hundred and one omer tnings nave been tue despair of every investigator. Wc know that such miracles are performed in some manner by movements of the fins and tail, but in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred those organs are altogether too small to account for the apparent power they develop. In less time than it takes me to tell it a three inch gold fish in a..;glas3 globe will upset every 4aw of dynamics in the text book. It does things that are thoroughly im possible. While I was in Washington on my vacation last summer," contin ued the speaker, "a relative of mine who is a designer in the Bureau of Naval Construction told me that the department experts had made exten sive studies of the movements of dif ferent fish, wi'h a view to Improving the hull lines of torpedo boats. What little data they had secured proved useless when applied to working mod els?- showing conclusively that the real secret had eluded the observers. I have a good sized tank at home, in which I keep a number of small fish, and at different times I have made some curious observations, especially as regards their speed. One of the fish is a young fresh water trout, about five inches long. On several eccasions I have vjatched- it with a timing in I strument while it was making plunges ?for flies on the'surface of the water. It would approach leisurely at not over six inches to th?*second, until about half a yard from its prey, and then leap straight for the mark like an ar row from a bow. The intervening dis tance would be covered in approxi mately one-tenth of a second. That doesn't sound very remarkable in cold figures, but imagine a steamship Jog ging along at about five knots an hrj". and then, in the twinkling of an eye, increasing Its speed to a mile a minute. The" feat would be no more astonishing than that performed by my little trout, and what makes the mystery all the greater is the extreme ly delicate and flexible character of its tail and fins. They seem to offer no purchase worth mentioning against the Water; it is as if an ocean liner had a propeller made of gauze; yet, comparatively speaking, they accom plish more than the most powerful ma chinery ever built by man. When Na ture gives up the secret, if'she ever does, we are apt to see the true snb marine boat."-New Orleans Time&?$ Democrat. ire subject to dizziness. fci?n helps to make you feel dns low down in the side, pain base of The brain. \ unerringly to serious uterine Pinkhara when you first ex rou would have" been spared of your life forever, my sister, ocure Lydia E. Pinkham's nee. It is absolutely sure to t. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., if ?se you do not understand, tell her the things you could T letter is seen only by women Mrs. Pinkham's vast experi- I, les her to tell you just what is 1 ge you nothing for lier advice. I py Results Accomplished by Vegetable Compound. pleasure that it may induce lt of yourval I E. Pink felt very bad, .k headaches, ., pain in my ould scarcely Had sharp i ad taken half yself improv ed taken four not need to ton, and your e."-MRS. W. imden, N. J. I |lf| ' Owing to the fact that cone skeptical I BC NH people have from time to time questioned a Slimy the genuineness of the testimonial letters we are constantly publishing, ire have tho National City Bank, ot Lynn, Masa.. $5,000, ?id to an/ person who can snow that the above st genuine, or was published before obtaining the .enniaiion.-I.YDIA E. PINEHAM MKDICXKB CO. .?4 M __||J _ Safest, surest ?treibt DT- Billi S?1! throat and lung ??*r ? ? mmw ? " w troubles. People praUe Cough Syrttp&^rr?e???t? Refuse substitutes. Get Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. ?SE CERTAIN gBFCURE.fi . ~CUBf5 WH?8T?I? EISE FAILS. " Best Cough Byro p. Tastes Good. Usa tn time. Sold by druggists. CON SUMPTION Kow to Ute Whitewash. When using whitewash, apply it as I hot as possible and have it thick, so it J will cover the cracks. It will destroy ; lice if put on properly, but the thin, watery stuff usually put on does little good. It also makes the interior of the house light and cheerful, as well as de stroying disease germs. Farmers Should Keep Accounts. If every farmer would keep accounts with his live stock and credit each ani mal with what it produces, charging against it all that it receives, there would be no difficulty in knowing which animals give a profit. The ani mals are, to.a certain extent, the cus tomers of their owner, providing him a market on the farm for a large share of the graip, hay, straw, etc. It may take up more time to weigh foods and keep books on the farm, but when the farmer can compare the profits from each animal, and at all seasons of the year, he will be able to cull out the unprofitable stock, as well as bet ter understand how to select for the best. An Excellent Hay for Slock. If you plant' stock peas at the last plowing of corn they will keep weeds down and hold moisture for the corn. They will also store nitrogen in the soil and thus feed the corn. Gather the corn and turn hogs on the peas. Hogs will fatten faster on peas than they will on corn, and you save your corn to sell, or feed to other stock. If the vines are turned under they make a splendid fertilizer. After wheat is harvested we stir the aground and drill in stock peas, which make excel lent hay for stock. All stock relish it, and will leave corn to eat it. You can make your land richer each,year, have fatter stock and more grain to sell. We know this by actual experience, having tried it for two years.-H. H. Higgs, in The Epltomist. Tim Blanket for the Horse. The blanket should be used when ever it is needed, for it is comfortable to the horse, saves feed, and if rightly used, is conducive to health. But it can be made the means of doing quite as much injury as its absence can pos sibly do under any circumstances. The horse can stand a pretty low tempera ture without suffering inconvenience. It is a mistake, therefore, to begin the use of the blanket too early or when 'the weather is warm. The tempera ture may seem uncomfortably low to us, but may not be low enough to war rant the blanketing of the horse fhat-* is standing in the street. ..The result of applying thc .bJsnlietV when the weather^ is^-osTy "moderately cold, is prettv-'^t to bc more or less perspira tion, and when the blanket is removed, in such case, the horse is very liable to contract catarrh and possibly infla matlon of the lungs. Protecting Ginseng Seeds mid Plant*. . Having finished setting roots and planting seed, we procured leaves from the woods and covered the beds about two , inches deep. Then we inclosed each plot with a board fence, leaving a gateway for entrances. The posts were 2xG inch scantling, set two feet deep - and six and one-half feet above ground. ; <T;he fence was made tight at the bot ; tom., to keep out woodchucks and chickens, using narrow boards above ? and leaving plenty of air spaces for free circulation of air, which is essen tial* for good growth of ginseng. Posts were also set along the walks six "and one-half feet above ground. At the top of the posts were nailed 1x4 in boards to support shade. Some growers use lath nailed together in square sections, and others lay poles across from fence to fence and cover with brush. We use sections six feet long and three feet wide made of strips three inches wide and three eighths of an inch thick, and placed three fourths of an inch apart If for cover ing young seedlings, better leave only one-fourth of an inch space between the slats.-John Fraser, in New Eng land Homestead. Market Value of Kn s ?lui; p. Professor Phelps makes quite an elaborate computation as regards a fair market value of ensilage, from which he decides that it is worth about one-third to one-fourth the price per ton of a good stock hay free from clover. He figures it in this way: There is about 480 pounds of water free or dry matter in a ton of ensilage and 1740 pounds in a ton of hay, but when the digestibility is calculated, there is 836 pounds of food elements digestible in the ton of silage, and about 1000 pounds in the ton of hay, being near enough to call it one third of thc food value. But we do not al ways compute the value to the dairy man by the nutritive value if the pro fessor does. The more succulent and easily digested silage when given as a part of the food ration will proddce more milk .nan one-third of its weight in hay. That is those who have tried it say that 30 pounds of ensilage a day with 10 pounds of hay will give bettor results than 20 pounds of hay. As those who have grown it for years say Ihe cost when in the silo is from $2.50 per ton with best machinery up to $3.50 when much hand labor is used, we think it is profitable for the farmer to put up his ensilage.-?The Cultivator. An K nein y of the Squash. The large squash bug is very de structive, and as it lives by sucking the juices from the plant it cannot be destroyed by any poisonous applica tion. It must be circumvented by some obstructive method. The best the writer has yet found is the Bor deaux mixture spray. It adheres to the stem of the plant so tenaciously that a single spraying is sufficient. But the fight is still on, even when the vines have begun to cover the ground* and the fruit has begun to develop. Not far from August 1 the squash borer begins its deadly work. Its presence is surely detected by the drooping foliage, and on close inspec tion by a small hole where it has en tered the vine, always near Its root. Once within, it bores its way through the pith, sometimes for a distance of several feet, from its point of entrance. When matured it is about one inch in length. It is the larva of a moth that deposits its eggs near the growing plant. At planting time a handful of ground tobacco stems or one or more whole stems in each hill will assist in warding off the moth by its pungent, offensive odor. It ls, too, an excellent fertilizer. ? A still more effective remedy is found to be bi-sulphide of carbon. A few drops inserted in the soil of each bill and near the plants has in many trials proved a sufilcient protection. The process is simple and inexpensive. Puncture the soil with a small, blunt dibble to the depth of one inch, put In f* I I a few drops of the chemical, cover quickly and the remedy ls applied. Tnis should be done before the borer is observed. I* is an extremely vola tile fluid; also highly diffusive and very destructive to all insect life.' It has, too, a very unpleasant odor, and the moth seems to recognize its dan gerous qualities, or, if its eggs are de posited, they perish during incubation. -L. P. Chamberlain, in Connecticut Farmer. rattening Food for Sheep. This term fattening should be dropped. We don't fatten now, we feed the sheep for market. And in good feeding the sheep will take on as much at as may be needed to make the flesh succulent. Even now mutton eaters complain of the excess of fat, which ls a waste of good food, and no ene wants it. Feeding on the ordinary ra tions of alfalfa or clover hay, with a pint of corn a day, is sufficient for a lamb; for a two year-old or older sheep this ration may be increased to twice the allowance of corn, with as much alfalfa or clover hay as will be eate without waste. Over feeding to fatten an animal will put the fat on the intestines or about the kidneys, where it is a waste. The fat should be intimately mixed with the lean meat, and to do this fattening must be a part of the growth. This, necessarily, cannot be made in a few days, and thus the practice of feeding lambs all through the winter, slowly gaining good flesh, will be more judi cious and effective than to feed highly for a few days or weeks with grain food. All the successful experimental feeding tests have been made during some months, nine or twelve in the most successful and standard trials, and we cannot expect to gain similar proportionate results with a few weeks excessive feeding, the results of which may be to make fat where it is not wanted, and so throw away the money spent. The practice is coming into general use now for the shepherd to feed his own lamb's, and the Intermediate feed er for market is not being so much en couraged as he was when the owner of the sheep had not an easy opportunity to do the-feeding for himself. But every sheep man should know how to feed for himself, and now that rape and alfalfa are coming into general use, it is a very easy matter to bring the lambs up to the condition when the finishing may be done with cheap grain screenings and some corn. American Sheep Breeder. Ill1 Balanced Fertilizers. An ill balanced or incomplete fertili zer is one which does not supply all three elements . of plant food-phos phoric acid, nitrogen and potash. Sometimes a material may furnish one or even two of tho essential ingre dients, but if all three are not present the mixture may be regarded as in complete, and what the plant fails to find in the fertilizer it must look for in the soil, with the result that if the soil does not contain it the crop has to suffer accordingly. On the other hand, If the ingredient which is miss ing in the fertilizer is present in the soil it will gradually become exhausted through continued cropping, and the yield naturally falls off in proportion. It is an established fact in fertiliz ing that one element of plant food can not replace another. Each has Its special function to perform. To illus trate: If there is enough phosphoric acid and nitrogen in the soli to pro duce a 200-bushel crop of Irish pota.- ' toes, and only enough' potash to make a 100-bushel crop, the yield would not go above the latter figure. The ele ment present in the smallest propor tion is -ghat regulates the extent of the yield. In other words, we meet, in feeding plants, the old maxim, "A chain is not stronger than its weakest link." From what has been said it can be seen that at once that it is both wise and economical to feed crops like ani mals. No one would think of giving a horse or cow a one sided food and expect to get a full day's work from it Every hard working animal must have proper food and plenty of it As said before, the three ingredients to make up a complete food for plants are phosphoric acid, nitrogen and pot ash. Manufacturers embody all three in their mixtures, and the proportions vary to suit the crops, some requiring more of one than another. The principal point to bear in mind is that one sided fertilizaton seldom, if ever, pays in the long run. It is much easier to keep up the fertility of soils by using what is needed annually to meet the demands of the growing crop than to build up land which has be come run down or exhausted.-George K. Wilson, in Fruit Growers' Journal. Bogus Heads oT Incas. If any stranger offers to sell you un canny-looking objects and tells you that they are heads of Incas, who were great warriors long ago, says the New York Journal, beware of him and hand not over your good dollars, for the chances are a thousand to one that the man is an impostor and that the so called heads are really the product of some factory. Genuine mummified heads of Incas there are, but they are rare and costly. The warlike Incas, it appears, were accustomed to suspend from their sad dles the heads of their conquered en emies, but before doing so they sub jecter them to a certain process with the object of rendering them as light as possible. First, the bones of the skull were re moved, after which the head was soaked fn a certain hot liquid, the re sult being that finally there remained nothing but a very small yet wonder fully lifelike countenance, of leathern consistency and of nverely nominal weight. A few such heads may be found in Ecuador. How old these heads are no one knows, but many centuries have cer tainly passed awa? since their owners flourished. The price of such a curi osity varies from $250 to $1000. The demand, however, has always been greater than the supply, and this fact recently emboldener? some enter prising but unscrupulous gentlemen in Ecuador to open a factory for the purpose of supplying enthusiastic col lectors with all the mummified heads that they might need. Odd Privilege*. Some of the privileges of members of foreign legislative bodies are unique. Danish M. R's can hpve a free seat In the Royal theatre at Copenhagen when ever they like. The lawmakers of Nor way receive free medical attention and nursing if they fall ill during the ses sion. The M. P.'s have extended thsir privilege to include courses of gymnas tics, massage, baths, drawing and stopping teeth-all gratis!-London Express. A plan has been prepared for pre-; serving the greater part of the Rue des ' Nations of the Paris Exposition for tett'^ years. Twelve of the palaces will be . retained and turned into special mu Jsnny Lino Letters Found. A large number of letters from Jenny Lind have just been discovered In Rome, written to a lady friend resi dent In Italy, and covering a period of thirty years, from 1845 to 1874. It is said that there nre more than a hun dred in all, and are in the most inti mate and unconventional terms, giv ing the. great prima donna's candid opinion of much of the music and many of the musicians of her time. The letters have beeb purchased by an Italian publisher, who proposes to Issue them to the world very shortly. It is hoped, however, that they will be judiciously edited. It will add a hew terror to life if private letters, never intended for the public, and probably written with a freedom adopted only in correspondence with an intimate friend. can be printed without suitable. revision. In this country it ls assumed the copyright would be with the deceased singer's executor, namely, her husband, Mr. Otto Goldschmidt.-London News. CURES RHEUMATISM OR CATARRH IN A DAY. TREATMENT F-EE. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) cures the worst cases by drnloing the poison ont of the blood and Loue*. Aches and pains ID the bones or joints, bot swollen muscles, swollen glands, ?ci?tica, droppings in the throat, hawking, spitting or bad breath, impaired hearing, etc., all disappear promptly and permanently. B. B. B. cures through tho blood where nil else falls. B. B. B. makes blood pure and rich. Drug gists, 81. Treatment free by writlntr Blood Unlm Co., 31 Mitchell St., Atlnuta Ga. Medicine sent prepaid. Describe trouble, and free medical advice given until cured. S0?0 testimoni?is of enies by B. B. B., so don't give up hope, but try Blood Balm. . A BIJ OF LACE. Napoleon S.apped Josephine's Face Be cause She Cut lt For ?2,000 has been sold in Paris a piece of lace which was the cause of a -, quarrel between Napoleon and Joseph ine in which the cheeks of the empress were slapped. It had been the proper ty of Mlle. Perusset, daughter of a fa vorite maid of the flighty empress. Na poleon Md brought the lace from Italy. He often brought her beautiful things on his return from a successful cam paign, and Josephine never asked him how he had got them, for she thought that perhaps he would not care to tell. It was a large square of the finest j cid point de venise, and Josephine as ' soon as she bad it in her possession ' sent for M. Duplan, her man milliner, ; and asked him to make with it a cer- ' tain fichu and a peplura. "Impossible, your majesty," answer- | ed Duplan. "The piece is too large, I and we could not arrange it graceful- : ly." "Well, cut it thin!" , "Cut a treasure such as that! Oh, madam, I could not do such a thing." j "Nonsense!" cried Josephine. The lace was draped on her shoulders. She knew how she wanted it. So she calm- ' ly took a pair of scissors and in a sec- ! ond had it sst right, while long, har ? row pieces of the priceless stuff fell round her. j At this moment the emperor entered the room. "Cannibal!" he cried. And he gaye her a sounding s'ap on hem violently rouged cheeks, which were soon covered with tears. Duplan dis creetly withdrew, and the lace was thrown Into a chest of drawers. Jo- ' sephlnf' could not be<:r the sight of it after that and at last gave It to Mme. Perusset, her favorite maid. The odd bits bf - it have now been sold for ' $2^0JV Anothei- bunch fetched $1,000. ? The.passion of Josephine for lace, caused frequent scenes between ber j and Napoleon. She would have lace, and she seldom let anything stand-in the way of acquring it. It is even said., that this frivolous fancy helped to. bring about her downfall, for ?apo- I leon, who at first would not hear of ; forsaking her, one day said to the . Prince de Wngrnm: "The cup is full now, prince. What do you think Jo- j sephlne did lately? 'Nobbled' one of ? my young generals and made him pass lace for her in his top boots through my own frontier! Her soul 1s made of lace, prince, and that is too fragile a stuff for an empress's soul!" " Best Vor the Bowels? No matter what alls you, headache to n cancer, you will n*ver Ret well until your bowels are put right. CASCAEETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, ?iroduco easy natural movements, cost you oat 10 cents to start getting your health >aok. CAHCAUETS Candy Catknrtlo, the genuine, put up In metal boxes, every tab let bas O.O.C. stamped on it. Beware ot Imitations. The i:onson. She-1 wonder why they hung that picture? He-Perhaps they couldn't catch the arilst. Beware nf Ointments for Catarrh Thnt Contain Mercury, ns mercury will surely destroy tho sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when onterlng lt through the mucous surfacos. 1 Such articles should never bo used except oh ' prescriptions from reputable physlclans,.as tho . damage they will do ls ter. fold to tho good you i cAn possibly derivo from thom. Hall's Catarrh ? Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., | Toledo. O.. contains no mercury, and ls taken ; internally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Curo be sure to got the genuine, it is taken Internally, and ts made in Toledo, I Ohio, by P. J. f'h-ney Jfc Co. Teotlmonlalsfreo. . ?ar-soki by Drucclsts: price. 75c. por bottle. Hall's Family I'jlls are tho bose. A Centenarian. Dr. Graham, of Kentucky, who lived to be ono hundred yenrs old. attributed his long lifo and ' fiooiiom trom lUnees to the usn of Crab Orchard , Water, lt was his only medicine. An Ancient Congregation. One of tho olden congregations in the coun try ls that lu Savannah, Ga., whore some Jews settled as carly as 1773, just altor tho city had rocelvod its name. Indigestion ls a bad companion. Get rid of it by chewing a bar of Adams' Pep sin Tutti Frutti after euch meal. Mutual Concessions. "Has Scribbler, tho author, and his wlfo made up?" .'Uh, yes; sho now roads what ho wrltos, and ho eats what she cooks. Piso's Curo canuot bo too hlehly spoken of as a couch cure.-J. W. O'BKIEN. 8? Third Ave., N., Minneapollo. Minn., Jan. C, 1000. A ("on vi relner Explanation. Tommy-Pop. what's a subsidy? Tommy's Pop -Well, my sjn, If I should glvo you a quarter not to ask any moro vpiestloiiM, tliat would be a subsidy. 'li. Cure II Cold In (?ne Dav. Take LAXATIVE BKOMO QtnyiNB TABLETS. All druggists refund the money If lt falls to euro. K. W. GKOVB'S signature is ou each box. A'w. Ho Know The Touch. "John," said Mrs. Stubbs, "you snored so lound that I touched you." "Is that so. Maria?-' said Mr. Stubbs, and she wondored why h? examined hts vi st that had boon hanging on tho chair. It requires no experience to dye with PUT NAM FADELESS DYES. Simply bolling your goods in tho dye Is all that's necessary. Sold by all druggists. Au Important It.w tj,>. Tho t?ovcrnoBs-Why did tho Normans and Saxons ficht at Hastings? Llitlo Mi-s Uptodate-To decido whosn de scendants sluxilu marry American borlosscs. Two hundred bushels of po tatoes remove eighty pounds ?of "actual" Potash from the i soil. Unless this quantity S|S?' is returned to the soil, tfic following crop will materially decrease. We have books telling about composition, use and value of fertilizers for various crops. They are sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. Mere Mutterings. Character is sometimes lost before a reputation is attained. Knowledge is what we learn. Wis dom is what we remember. Poems and babies are alike. Their parents always think they are clever. "Children and fools speak the j truth." Is not this au attempt to put ! an age limit on lying? We always look so pleasant when being photographed that lt seems a shame to get the bill for the pictures. The tender-hearted coal dealer weeps at the high price of coal. He grieves that it was so cheap last sum mer. _ _ No country in Lurope is said to have worse managed railways than Belgium. The recent accident, when a car at tached to an express train simply dropped to pieces, owing to a moder ate jolting, is cited as an evidence of official carelessness. Gold gam:e is used to cover the en tire front of the bodice and to form a yoke. , ? An exquisite evening gown is of white crepe de Chine, trimmed with gold lace. The daintiest little vests are respon- j sible for the smart relieving note in many of the simpler outdoor cos tumes. . . There seems to bo no way of elud ing the bolero effect. It appears In some way, shape or form on all thc winter toilettes. A Swedish turnip weighing 26 pounds and a yellow weighing 23, pounds, both grown by a Forfarshire *? farmer, have been on exhibition In ' Dundee. "Ni FACTORY Ll No black powder shelfs on the market ci io rm i ty and strong: shooting qualities. Sun WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. A LUXURY WITHIN THE REACH AKE no mistake I See that my head WMj^S every package of >-1^i _ Y iW* AA you buy. It guarantees its purity? No coffee is unless it is in a ? pound sealed packet with thc head of a lion on the front? Then you get pure coffee-the highest grade for the money. Watch our next advertisement. .Li every package of MON COFFEE you w?! find a list. No housekeeper, in fact? so woman? man? boy ot girl will fai wkiok wtH' contribute to their happiness, comfort and convenience, simply cutting- out a 'certain number of Lion Heads from the wra paeka^es (which is the only form in which this excellent coffee i Gives a Foothold and Unaided Nature Is Powerless* Blood anil Nerve Remedy at Every Stage and vt EEL GREENE'S NEE VUR A is the untiring foe of the Grip. It wards off the at tack in the beginning, and it drives the germ from the blood. Do not think these are mere statements. They aro abso lute facts. For the condition which fol lows Grip-the weakened,pros trated condition so well-known every where-Dr. Greene's Ner vura is the true and certain restorative. It provides those elements in the blood which have been preyed upon by the Grip germ, and restores full strengthening vigor to the cir culation. Mrs. F. W. Grant, 490 Cen tral Ave., Dover, N. M., *ays : "I was severely attacked bj ?rip, which, after a long period of illness, terminated in a complete case of ner vous prostration. Having heard of the wonderful curative properties contained in Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, I concluded to give it a trial. After taking one bottle I was greatly improved, and before the third bottle was gone I was able to bo about my work as usual. I can speak- only in the highest terms of Dr. Greene's Ner vo ra blood and nerve remedy io all sufferers from Grip and nervous prostration." Fortify Your System Against Grip with S m BLOOD AND NERVE REMEDY, Whloh NEVER FAILS to Ward Off GRIP'S Attaokm Robert J. Tox, 935 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., says : "Three 'Kittles of Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy entirely cured me of a complication of Grip and bilious fever. I had long been a victim of Grip and its attendant agonies. I could not at tend to business on account of the intensity of the pains in ray limbs and back, and was a daily sufferer from severe attacks of nausea, dizzi ness in the head, and extreme weak ness. The pains in my back, my limbs, and my hoad were overpower ing and almost beyond endurance. My wife had frequently urged me to try Dr. Greene's Is ervura, and finally yielded to her entreaties. I can as sure you the effects of the first bottle of Nervura were marvellous. My head becamo clear, and my appetite began to assert itself. I continued to take the Nervura and soon was out attending to my business again, and bet?re long I was entirely well. Mrs. Fox and myself consider it a great preventive for Grip and bilious troubles." CPE CI AL ADVICE FREE to QR1P SUFFERERS.-Write to Dr .Grce nc, or call on him at his office, 35 W. 14th St.. New York City, If you are suffering from drip or the run-down condition which follows lt. You will get Dr. Greene's advice absolutely free, and lt will point out to you the shortest road to health. Don't put off doing this, but write to-day. Premiar ? 9 m TEN CENTS Libby's soups are as good as soups can be. Some cooks may know how to make soups as good. Nope can make them better-none so cheaply. Six plates of delicious soup for io cents - and think of the bother saved! Oxtail, Mulligatawny, Chicken, Mock Turtle, Tomato! Vegetable, and Chicken Guiabo. At your grocers, in cans ready for instant serving-just heat them, LIBBY, MoNEILL & LIBBY Chloago Write for oar booklet, "How to Make Good Things to Eat." Hl?<niLOQV NEW DISCOVERY; B.T \J |% \Jr I CP 1 quick relio' and euros wont cate?- Book of testimonials and IO dava' treaimo.it Free. Dr. H. E. GREEK'S SONS. Box E. Atlanta. 6a. ZW RIVAL " JADED SHOTGUN SHELLS ampare with the "NEW RIVAL" lo ard s Are and waterproof. Get the genuine. New Hafen, Conn. Why has , LION COFFEE tri now become the leader* >*1n of all package coffees ? ja And why is it used in uM millions of homes ? Because it does not sail under false colors? It is an absolutely clean? pure coffee? No glazing, no coating with egg mixtures or chemicals in order to hide imper fections. Just try a trackage of LION COFFEE and you will under stand tlie reason of its popularity* fully illustrated and descriptive 1 to find sn the list some article and which they may have by ppexs of our one pound sealed s sold), WOOLSON SPICE CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. AGENTS WANTED SSJR? "Booker T. Washington," Written by himself Everybody buys; agents nre now making over 8100 per month; best hook to sell to colored people ever published. Writ? for terms, or send 24 cents for outfit and begin at once. Please mention this paper. Address J. L. NICHOLS & CO., Atlanta, Georgia. Malsby k Company, 30 S. liroad St.. Atlanta, Ga. Engines and Boilers Menin Water Kentern, Steam Pntnps and Penberthy Injector?. Manufacturers And Doalers in ?S^L^7\7" MILLS, Corn Mills, Feed Mills. Cotton Gin Machin* ery and Grnin Separators. SOLID and INSERTED Saws. Saw Teeth and l ocks. Knight's Patent Dogs, Birdsall Saw Mill and Engine Repairs, Governors, Grat? Bars and a full line of Mill Supplies. Price nnd quality of goods guaranteed. Catalogue free by mentioning this paper. 500202CC, yields to nature's medicino, lt easily cures Dyspepsia and all stomach, liver, kidney and bowel disorder*. An un rivalled aperient and laxativo; invigorates and tones the whole tyntem. A natural water of the hignett medicinal value, con centrated to make lt easier and cheaper to bot'.ls, ship and use. A ii-oz. bottlo is equal to ! callous ' of uncondonsed water. 8old by drnpxinta everT-w^E I where. Crab apelo trude- "--a mark on crerr bottle. CRAB ORCHARD WATER CO., Louisville. Ky. Qrtstesi Cheapest Food ea Earth fer Sheep. Swine. Callie, Poultry, etc WTIl b? worth 1190 to TOT tt rwd waa* Balarr'a catalog lay? about rap?, BiSllon Doilar Gras* will po.uiT.Ij maka you rieb; IS tera ot bay anj Iouo!pattorej)eracT?,ftoala? Urorr.uv l'taoai, Sp-ilu (100 ba. com,SO bo. cat? par a,,) eta,, ?tc. / For this Netloo and 10e, w? natl I kr c. iL ta and 10 farm SMC Kor.ltka, tully worth 110 to (tl aaUif. For t lc. 7 tplandld vtrrfabl* aaa S brUllaa I flo-wtr aeid package* aod catalog. JO1?N"A3LZER SEED GpaHll