University of South Carolina Libraries
CHURCHES. PECKED;. IN. PEARLS. 1 Rare Treas uros the Bay of Panama Yielded to the Spaniards. When the stranger arrives at Seville and Toledo and the guides conduct him to the cathedrals of those old cities, he is struck with their magnifi cence and the abundance of the'pearls which are their finest decoration. These pearls came from the Bay of Panama and date from the epoch when the Spaniards, at the zenith of their glory, made the conquest of America. These Panama pearls rival the most beautiful pearls in tue Orient. Quite recently, in the spring of 1S99 a lad of 15 years found an oyster containing a pearl which was sold at Paris for 50,000 francs. For his portion he re ceived 20.000 francs. A considerable quantity of pearls procured at Panama are sent to New York, where they do not. lack purchas ers. One consignment exceeded in value 750,000 francs. The island pearls are thus denominated on account of the archipelago in which the oyster fisheries are carried on. It is opposite the Bay of Panama. The archipelago is composed of 16 islets, in which are 30 or 40 small villages of negroes and Indians. The soil is fertile but the principal occupation is that at the fisheries. The large isle, called Rey, alone embraces half of the population. San Miguel is the chief place of the fisheries, and there there is a very fine church. The inhabitants are nearly all blacks. They, are descended from the negro population, from whom the Spaniards learned the advantage they could derive from the island riches. In certain of the islands there must have been , diamond beds. Some fine rragh diamonds were formerly procured. There are two systems for carrying on pearl fishing in the Bay of Panama. In certain spots, where the yield is the most abundant, it is necessary to pay the government a very high tax. At other points the tax is small, but a percentage on the pearls discovered is added to it. Generally, these pearls are rather small. They usually bring from 5 to 50 francs each. Those which reach 150 to 300 francs are already much less in number.-Jewelers' Cir-? cular Weekly. Proposed Alliance with England. If the United States and England should form an alliance;, the combined strength would be so great that there would be little chance for enemies to overcome us. In a like manner, when men and women keep up their bodily strength with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, there Ls little chance of attacks from disease. The ?ld time remedy enriches the blood, steadies the nerves, and increases the appetite. Try it for dyspepsia and indigestion. Th? Prevailing Idea. Little Jefferson Davis Soghaok (nu Arkansas lad) -Ptvr, what ls au enterprlMu' citizen? Old Man Sog-haek (his father)-ATV! A yan kee or some other sort of durned foreigner! If you want "good digestion to wait up on your appetite" you should always chew a bar of Adams' Pepsin Tutti FruttL Consideration For the Fluh??. Willie had been wiitchine hi? father fis1-.Inc. and prosentir asked: "Does the dampness over glvo tho Ashes coughs, da<Jdy?" Wanted-At Once ! Traveling salesman with or wlthoit exp?rience SGOOO-and cxp?nsar For part?cula s writ .? I'ec?hontas Tobacco Works, Bedford City, Va. Not L,lke It U*c<l to Ke. Mr. IIocorn-Havo any excitement while you was in New York? Mr. Mo.idergrass-Nono. Sence they put in those hero electric lights a feller hasn't much chanco t' blow out th' ga?. Tho great public schools of the largo cities Uso Carter's ink exclusively, lt is the b?c4 and costs no more than the poorest, tiet it. Prizes For the Helpless. "Edith, this last china plate you painted ls awful-awful!" "Now. never mind a?x>u:' tbnt. Edgar; I'll give a whist party oue of thefre days." Dyeing is as simple as washing when yoe uso PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Sold by all druggists. _ A Woman *8 Way. Ile-I'm eolug to tak? a day off next we?k lor tho purpose of celebrating the anniversary of my birth. She-When I celebrated mino last month I took a year oil. Mr?.Winslow's Soothing .cyrup for children teething, soften s the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. ::Zc a bottle. Plso's Cure for Consumption ls an Infalli ble medicine for coughs and cold?.-N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N.J., Fob. 17,1000. Her Definition. Asked what a nephew was. Molly replied. "It's when your niece ls a boy." HELP FOR WOMEN WHO ARE AJLWAYS 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 ; as often as you meet your friends just so often are these words repeated. More than likely you speak the same signifi cant words yourself, and no doubt you do feel far from well most of the time. Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis., whose portrait we publish, write . that she suffered f tr two years with bear ing-down pains, headache, backache, and had all kinosof miserable feelings, all of which was caused by falling and inflammation of the womb, and after doctoring with physicians and numer ous, medicines she was entirely cured by Mi-?. ELLA BICE Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. If you are troubled with pains, fainting spells, depression of SDI ri ts, 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 Mra Rice. Proof is monumental that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound is the greatest medicine for suffering women. No other medicine has made thc 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. PROFITABLE F:?PL0YME?T If you can (or think you can) solicit LIFE INSURANCE, Write (with references' for terms to local and special agents, to RF. SflEDDEN, Gen. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. THE MUTUAL LIFF. INSURANCE CO. of N. V. A?*et? Over S330.00O.O00.O0. i f M-' ? uivi.rr.ioN y ? ?9 4 The Lau Milk from the Cow. The last milk taken from the cow is much richer in butter fat than the first. It is important that every drop of milk be taken from the udder. Much depends upon thc milker and his treat ment of the animals. Some milkers will get more milk than others owing to their knowledge of the characteris tics of the animals. Turo Itred Sh??o;>. Thc increase in the use of pure bred rams to grade up the sheep is account able not only for thc larger clips of wi ol, but for the increased demand for mutton and lamb in our markets. To use a grade lamb is poor economy when the pure bred can be bought as cheaply as now, and the larger profit in both lambs and wool will soon re pay the cast of a really good sire to head the flock. There has iieen much said and written about the large profit to bc made in having lambs dropped in the fall or early winter and ready to sell in the spring, but unless one j has a place well fitted us so that the lambs can be kept warm we doubt if there is much more profit in them than in spring lambs. The extra care and extra feed take no small part cf the extra price. For Winter or Fprin? Pi?*? Figs coming in the months of De cember. January and February need thc very best conditions of warmth and are quite expensive on account of the', long time they must be kept penned ur before grass grows. Pigs farrowed in January, and February need a warm, roomy, well ventilated pen, which few farmers have. The two best months for litters to come, under or-. dinary circumstances, are March and September, and a good, thrifty sow can just as well have two litters a year as one. Thc sow, when mated, should be in good, thrifty condition. It is a mis take to breed when either boar or sow is in poor condition. When two litters a year are desired, the sow should be bred between Nov. 15 and D?c. 15. If only one litter a year is wanted, breed a month later. There is a decided advantage in not having pigs come until between April 15 and May 15. The weather is then quite warm and there will bc no dan ger of losing the youngsters by cold. Grass will then be obtainable, and the sows having access to grass will give little cr no trouble when farrowing. But those who mean to raise two lit ters a year must have the first litter come not later than April 1, so the sow can be bred in good time for the fall litter-J. A. McDonald, in Orange Judd Farmer. Improved Method* in the Dairy. American farmers are rapidly turn ing their attention to the utilization of ! farm products on the farms, in order ! to derive thc most that is possible to be obtained therefrom. Dairying is making great progress, but this is due j to the inrention of the cream separa ' tor and the improved churns ....d dairy appliances. Compared with the past a well-managed farm can support twice as many animals as fopmerly because of thc great saving of labor. In some communities the farmers take their milk or cream to the factory and bring back the skim milk to be converted into pork. If within convenient dis tance milk is shipped to the cities. Dairying entails tedious work during ! every month of the year and every day in the week, early and late, but no in dustry on the farm gives such large returns, which is demonstrated by the large number of farmers who are an nually being added to the list of dairy men. The dairy farm provides a mar ket for thc products grown, and the dairy farmer need not grow any crop that can not be used on the farm. Dairying gives the farmer greater con trol of his operations, and the work is also educational. It leads to the u:e of better stock, and the farms are gradually being depopulated of the j cernb cattle which have caused so J much loss in the past, ?.he pure breeds j rapidly coming into use over all por- ! tions of the country. Dairy farms must also necessarily be kept clean and in good conditiou. and they inc ease in attractiveness as each year comes in. Philadelphia Record. Mannering Mie Woodlot. Timber land in the section of New Jersey where I live is growiug scarce, says Grant Davis, in the American Agriculturist. There is not 1 percent left outside of the mountains or rocky elevations which cannot be cleared for cultivation. Almost every farmer has his woodlot on the mountain, from two to 10 acres in size, and sometimes as far as 10 miles from the farm. Be fore the time of wire fencing, it was quite a feature of the venter's work to get out posts and rails. Considerable wood is still used for rail fences as well as for posts for wire fences. A good finished rail is worth 12 l-2c. and a holed post 25c. The original growth on these rocky slopes" was chestnut, 'and.it-still predominates, although on account of thc severe cutting the oaks and hickories have got a start and there are also some basswood and birch. Chestnut is the ideal fencing wood, as it splits neatly, and very lasting in the soil and to thc weather. There are three ways in which these woodlots are treated. Some are cut off clean and thc stumps allowed to sprout and are cut again in 20 years. This is the coppice method. A few are well cared for and only moderate im provement cuttings made. Again, there are many which are treated with no system at all. The coppice method de pends upon the sprouting from the stumps fo^ the reproduction of the wood cron. These sprouts grow rapid ly, but do not attain much size and are short-lived. There are lots which have been cut over two or three times where the chestnut is dying before it gets big enough to splitforrails. Chest nut is a good sprouter and will hold its own with the other kinds, but for best results in the long run some seed lings should bc lefL Cutting should he done in the winter or early spring. If cut in midsummer the sturm will usu ally die. The growing capacity nf timber and the high prices of fuel and lumber make the farmer's woodlot worthy of his careful attention. It should be so managed as to get tho most wood out of It every year without marring its future uscrulness. When to Slart tin; Incnb itors. December and January are the months when incubators should be started, and a few words now about their management will not be amiss. In the first place, don't experiment with ol^p or home-made lncubatoro. Select th? Und you prefer, and aft? having it set up, run It for a few day? in order to test the heat and familiar ize yourself with its workings. If af ter the second day, you find the re quired heat, about 102 ? degrees; i3 steadily maintained la few tlegr?es either way makes little difference), - then the eggs may be put in. Select eggs of uniform size that are perfectly fresh, certainly not over a week old, and those that have not been chilled, and lay them gently in the machine. It matters net in what position they are placed, as they must be shifted morning and night during incubation. The temperature in the incubator will at once go down, owing to the cold eggs, but will gradually rise, as thc eggs become heated. Don't attempt to force up the tem perature by applying more heat. Leave the lamp just as before, and the proper heat should soon assert itself. As be fore stated, a variation of a few de grees makes but little difference, though uniformity of heat is better. The strongest chicks are those hatched by machines kept at an even tempera ture. There is some question as to time of putting moisture in egg cham ber, each factory furnishing directions in thi% matter. After the first few hatches one will become familiar with the workings cf the machine, and need no further in structions. The principal point to look after in running an incubator is to ad here as nearly a^ possible to nature, and remember that it is not the clos est sitter among the hens that hatches the most chickens. Thc writer has seen hens sitting in the coldest months nf the year como off to feed when thc temperature was almost zero, and still they brought out fairly good hatches. A strong, fertile egg will stand quito a lot of apparent rough treatment and yet hatch, nevertheless, it is not advis able to encourage such habits Y/ith them.-Home and Farm. Wintcr-Mitclc rutter. You cannot produce first-class winter butter unless you churn often. To churn every other day is better than once in three clays, while to put it off till every fourth day is execrable practice. And yet-a vast amount of butter manufactured on the latter plan is marketed every winter, much to the disgrace of the dairy trade. i It is found primarily in country stores, where it has been exchanged by small dairymen at a second rate price for groceries. The tradesmen ship it in lots to the city market, where all the way through, whether it ends in the larder of a baker or cn the table of the poor workingman, it is classed as inferior and sells for a low price. And yet the original material from j which this butter was made was as good as that which is employed in turning out tho 25 and 30-ccnt article, j The inferiority cf quality and conse quent loss to dairymen follows because they ignore the right principles of but ter making. Suppose tba: a farmer after raising | a fine crop of potatoes and digging ; them should allow the tubers to lie a j clay or two in the sun before storing them in the root cellar? Could he ex pect to sell the green, bitter vegetables for full market quotations? Most cer tainly not, and even the most obtuse are thoroughly well aware of this fact. And yet those who use common sense in this respect with inconceiva ble folly will spoil good Gream and ; butter by wanton neglect, as outlined above. . It is pretty costly neglect, too, as it forfeits from S to 10 cents on every pound of inferior butter. This could bc obviated by churning cream when it is fresh and pure, i. a., i slightly matured, but not bitter, and [ manufacturing it into butter according to modern principles. Cream should all he secured from the milk in at ".east 24 hours, and then the cream should be matured and ? churned within the next 24. This can be dene usually by keeping it at a temperature of between GO de grees and 70 degrees. It is where cream is kept at near 40 , degrees and for several days that it i develops that bitter flavor ruinous to j butter quality.-George E. Newell, in American Cultivator. Improving .CO?IR In order to get at the true condition | of things today we need often to take ? a back track and note the condition j of things at the beginning. Old soils ; arc not new soils. Thc growth of for- j ests for centuries had prepared the soil for man's particular use. Being a j New Hampshire farmer I refer now to \ New Hampshire lands. The glaciers : centuries ago came grinding clown i from the north and left the debris they had taken on board or shovelled up by the way suited for forest growth, while the water from the melted ice cut its way to the sea coast. We are not told from whence the seeds of the forest trees came, but the first settlers in New Hampshire found ail of forest they cared to deal with. ; They fo';nd their lands lumbered up with giant trees not easy to to deal with. Vet wita the courage of the pi oncer they ''laid thc axe at the root of thc tree," it came crashing to the ground. All but enough for their cab ins was converted ir?o ashes and strewn over ?.he soil. Hundreds of cords to the acre of the roots decayed in the soil, furnishing humus for the farmers' benefit for many years after. Tho ashes, too, were there io clo their work, and the farmer had but to plant his seed, bc it corn, wheat or potatoes, and he was ?ure of a large yield. In my boyhood days the failure of a crop of wheat, corn or potatoes was hr.rdly known. The first failure was thc wheat crop, when attacked by the weevil. I remember the sad havoc that pest made. Acres and acres were ruined en tirely and wheat raising in New Hamp shire soon became impossible. No fault of the soil, for the straw was all right in length, but often injured by the rust. Many years went by before any fertilizer but barnyard manure was talked of. The demand for some thing to grow crops was urgent. Chemistry was ransacked, and one en thusiastic student declared that thc time would come when a farmer could carry enough fertilizer in his vest pocket for an acre. A wag standing by replied, "Yes, and he will carry off tho crop in the other pocket." We want to get right back to first conditions. Fill the soil full of humus if it be only sawdust and shavings; and apply the needed elements, hard wood ashes if you please, or their equivalent, and crops will grow again. Plowing in for age crops is a cheap way of putting New Hampshire soils in a good me chanical condition by separating the solid particles of the earth one from the other, also furnishing plant food. There is an A B C in farming fur nished us by nature, and it is well for us to go back to first principles now and then.-Z, Breed, In New England Farmer, Noticeable Among the Weak and Ailing. | SM tie Time Death Reaps Its There is a Way of Eluding tho Grim Dastroyer. Every Spring it i.3 noticeable how many people aie taken away that we have been accustomed to see in our dally life. Statistics show that at no other sea son of thc year docs so many deaths occur. Especially large is the mortality among weak and sickly people. The reason for this is apparent. The body that is weakened by ago or dis ease has much to contend with during the Winter months. Insufficient exer cise frequently has been taken. Too much starch/and fatty foods have been eaten. Thc: system has been allowed to become run down, and when Spring comes 'with its bright, sunshiny days, older people will begin to realize that their vitality has become very low. j The same thing is true of people who j are natu; ally sickly and weak. This is the season of the year when even a itrong person feels at his worst. That tired, restless feeling is experienced by leo many. There need not bo as many deaths this year as usually take place. A lit tle care will ward off many Spring fu nerals. If one is weak or ailing they should take time by the forelock and take Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. This sreat medicine has boen in many cases, and will con tinue to be. tho means by which the black angel of Death bas been driven from the threshold. !t dispels the grim destroyer in a scientific way, for it purifies th? blood and gives strength and vitality to tho nerves. It tones up and restores to a healthy con dition all of th? great life-giving or gans cf the body. Dr. Green?':? Nervura blood and nerve remedy will enable those who take it to throw oft" little ills that prove dangerous only when they at tack a system already wasted and weakened. From many people, who have ex perienced benefit from this greatest of all life-lensftbeners comes the fol lowing from tho famous General Long-, street of 1217 New Hampshire avenue, Washington, D. C. He says: "It gives mo great pleasure to add my testimony with many others for Dr. Greene's Remedy, which I have used with highly beneficial results and I am able to recommend its virtues from experience. I hove used it fov catarrh and have derived lui?." Mr. Wellington Hynes. F/lizal'eth town, N. V.. writes: "I feel it my duty to tell how much good Dr. Greene's Nervura has done, me. I was so run down that I could not sleep at ni?ht and everything wor ried me. I had no app?tit; and could not work, my head ached all the time and there was an all-gone feeling in my stomach and I was always looking on the dark side of everything. I be gan to take Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy and In less than three weeks I felt like a new man. I can now do as much work as Is expected of a man my age. I advise any one who ir. troubled to take Dr. Greene's Nervura. Do not go to a doc tor, but get a bottle of Dr. Greene's Nervura. It is cheaper than a doctor's bill." The latter pr.rt of Mr. Hynes's ad vice might be profitably disregarded, however, if you should feel you would like the advice of a physician. You can have such advice and have It free If you v.'ill writs or call on the great est known blood and nerve specialist, Dr. Greene. ?.5 W. 14th St.. New York City. A Naturalist's Bill of Fare. In Mr. Tuckwell's recently published reminiscences of Oxford and of well known Oxford mon there ls an amusing account of Frank Buckland, the natu- ' raiist, who surrounded himself so com pletely with the objects that most in terested him as to make a visit to his rooms at Oxford or to his house In London a rather formidable affair. At breakfast his guests had to make their way to thc table amid monkeys, chameleons, snakes and guinea pigs; in other parts of thc house wera .to bc found eagles, jackals and pariah dogs, upon which one stumbled unex pectedly: while in the little yard out side the house was picketed a bear. Buckland's fondness for experiment led him also to play strange culinary tricks upon bis guests, before whom he set at different times such unusual viands as kangaroo ham. horse's tongue, bison steaks and elephant's trunk. His brother-in-law used to quote with glee from the diary of a departing victor this terse passage: "Tripe for dinner; don't like crocodile for breakfast."-New York Evening Foot. Watch our next advertise In every package of LION COFF] fact, no woman, man, boy or girl wj comfort and convenience, and whie the mappers of our pne pound sealij I ' CATACOMBS OF ROME, I' How They Were Constructed and Changes That Have Bsen Made. The model in which the catacombs [ were constructed and the changes , which they underwent at different (.periods is very clearly illustrated by I the example of the catacomb of St. j Callixtus, whose discovery is one of I the most important which Di Rossi has made. The Christian proprietor secured a site of 250 feet frontage to the road and 100 feet deep from front to back. The staircase wa3 sunk into i the soil at one corner to a certain depth, and gallery round three sides of the area, with another staircase at its further extremity; two other gal leries also extended from front to back, and still four ether galleries extended 'part of the way across, all on a rather higher level than the main passage, ! and therefore approached by an ascent I of a few steps, and at the extremity ? of one of these shorter galleries three chambers were formed; all these pas sages and chambers were occupied by graves. After a fresh set of cubicula were formed opening out of the main passage, only on a rather lower lever, and so approached by a descent of a few steps. At the same time another series of galleries stretching across the area was constructed at a lower level, gained by another staircase. Still later an endeavor was made to reach a still lower level, possibly for the parp?se of constructing a third set of galleries, but after sinking a certain j number of steps the excavators found themselves below the stratum of tufa and in a stratum of friable pozzolana. They strengthened their wall with brick, and made a few graves in the walls of brick, but seem then to have abandoned the further progress of their work in the unsuitable stratum. The tiles and bricks used in this latest por tion of the work bear the imperial stamp of Marcus Aurelius, and there fore must have been made between the years 160 and ISO A. D. Some time after, precautions were taken to conceal the entrances to the cemetery by blocking up the staircases and making entrances through an adjoining sand pit. Still later the .cemetery was further enlarged, and made to communicate with others ad joining, and finally the galleries, which had been lined with dead in the graves made in their sides from top to bot tom, were filled with earth, probably to conceal them and preservo them from violation in the Diocletian perse cutions. The discovery of this interest ing cemetery is due to Di Rossi, who found part of an inscription on marble in the cellar of a vineyard, which he conjectured-rightly, as it turned out to be part of the tomb of Pope Cor nelius, which was known historically to be near the cemetery of St. Callix tus. At his suggestion the Pope pur chased the vineyard and one adjoining, excavations were made, and were re warded by this valuable result.-Lon don Architect. British Royal Succession. In Great Britain the royal succes sion is in the direct line of de scent, males and the descendants of males being preferred to females or their descendants of the same degree of consanguinity. It would have made no difference, therefore, if the Empress Frederick of Germany, who is the eldest of the children of the late Queen Victoria, had remained unmarried; the oldest male child of the queen, who was the Prince of Wales, and the issue Of his body would nevertheless have been the heirs to the throne. The older daughter of Queen Victoria could have succeeded only if all of her brothers had died before their mother and without leaving any descendants. The German constitution makes the rank and powers of the Kaiser hereditary in the royal house of Prussia. The rule , of succession in Prussia not only pre- j f?rs males (as does that of Great ? Britain), but excludes females alto- | gether._ Journey of a Ticket. A recent number of the Railway Journal contains a well-authenticated story of a railway ticket which took a sudden journey on its own account. As a northbound train on the Colo rado ft Southern road passed one of the stations a passenger in a forward car raised a window and in an instant his ticket was blown from his hands out of doors. Thc passenger naturally gave it up for lost, and was very much surprised j when thc baggagemaster handed it to i him a little while later. I It appears that when the ticket flew through thc window a southbound train was passing. The suction of that j train, which was moving at a rapid j rate, drew the ticket along with it, and ! as it passed the rear end of the north bound train it blew into the door of the smoking car. There it was found by thc baggagemaster. |Y WITHIN THE REACH e 11 ?j i ? ' mn*, MUM i unnm g H^TT goes on e Make sure th a on every packa That tells you that it is g If you don't see my hca If not at your gr All leadir mont.1 is now the I and is used ii EE you will find a fully illustrated and dc ill fail to find in thc list some article which l they may have by simply cutting out a ci id packages (which is the only form in whi< VY0QL3QN SPICE CO., TOLEDO. OHIO, Dark Substances Cood Heat Radiators, The tendency of heat to diffuse it? self is effected by radiation, condue-v tion and convection. Nearly all dull and dark substances are good radia tors, while bright polished surfaces radiate badly. Some substances conduct beat more freely than others, silver among the metals being the best conductor, and as a unit of measurement is taken at'1,000. Com pared with silver as a conductor, gold is 031, copper 845, zinc G41, tin 422, steel 397 and wrought iron 430. Glass, wood, gases, liquids and re sinous substances are bad conduc tors. Water is such a poor conductor that if heat is applied to the top it will boil at the top while the bottom will remain cold.-Newcastle (Eng.) Chronicle. Best For the Borrel?. Ko matter what nils you, headache to fi oncer, you will never Ret well uutil your oowels aro put right. CASCAKETJ help nature, euro you without a gripo or pain, produce easy Batumi ruovotnents, cost you ;uat 10 couts to start getting your health .back. CASCA NET.! Cundy Cathartic, th? genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab let has C.C.C. slampod on it. Beware cl notations. _ Hi? riiviiosro. Jaspor-You ns Rocky spends his money In lumps without enjoying lt. Junipuppe-Well, that's rtll rieht Hts fath inadc lt in lumps without earning lt.-Lifo. There ls moro Catarrh In tn!* section of tim country than all oilier diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to bo Incurable. For a great ninny years doctors pronounced lt a local disease and prescribed local remedios, and by constantly falling to euro with local treatment, pronounced lt In* curable. Science has proven catarrh to bo a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment, linn's Catarrh i 'ure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney ?fc Co., Toledo, Ohio, ls the ouiy constitutional cure on the market. It ls taken Internally In doses from 10drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. They offer ono hundred dollars 1er any caso lt falls to cure. Send for circulars and tesil montals. Address F. J. CHENEY & Co., Tolodo.O, Sold i>y Druggists. 7"?. Uall's Family Pills aro the best. Dyspepsia In Its mest aggravated form has boen effectually cured with small do?cs of Crab Orchard Water. Patting tho Ocean to use. A poor little city child whoso mother was a washerwoman, seeing the sea when It was very rouen for tho first, :iine. exclaimed: ..My mother ought to bo here. My, what a lot o' puds!'' Dr. Bu I Ps Cough y rup Cures a cough or cold at once. Conquers croup, bronchitis, grippe and consumption, :5c. To produce the best results in fruit, vegetable or grain, the fertilizer used must contain enough .Potash. For partic ulars see our pamphlets. We send them free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nassau St., New York. 9 A natural medicinal water-cnnrentralefl. ? Aperient, laxative, tonic. A specific roy all 9 liver, kidn?v, stomach nnd bowolalforuers. S It cures-TfriU l-l? cr, ?illou?ni??, Jntiii. A ?Uve. Chronic PUeaMM sf thc Kli.iuy., S Pyvrpmlu lli-art li 11 rn, Jflefc Headarhe, S ?/?entrry C???tl??tlon. I '1'*-., . "". ? VrabOrehiird Water is themoitefll S cacinus or the natural mineral wadere;_most ? convenient to take; most ? economical to buy, ? The wnulne ls sold by A all druggist* With Crab_ ? Appl trade mark on TRADE I S every bottle. ^ S CRAB ORCHARD WATER CO.. Louisville. Ky. " _ Collection ruL No BOM y r. <|nired ID MfttCt. Soll . GO plisi of our teed* at !>c raih Lad re whlsenJ youourbljjll.CUco?ce cititlJ.i vce-tabUi Mcdifieoorcholcc of 8 other Including Silver.1 Dllcil wa?c? ?od nuit of cloth?. Wr'.U) l>o,t,luc.)il!n2 tc!? o?tr jud nc "Ml forwnrd cerd?, eitV.uci:?. etc., by IUfrrtnct-Ciij BanUef H?\*nmd. Ti j, J?..VQ CO.,IIIc?rnon(I,Ta I (waa Our Seeds Are l-l ort he rn G ro wn i =? Mention this Paper7" ,PS;;r,te OF ALL! very package of t there is a lion head ge before purchasing. enuine, and not a glazed coffee, d on the package, don't buy it. seer's try another store. lg stores keep it. ender of them all, 1 millions of homes. iscriptivo list. No housekeeper, in i will contribute to their happiness, :rtain number of Lion Heads from. :h this excellent coffee is sold), CURES BLOOD POISON. TREATMENT FREE. Have yon eating, festering sores, mucous patches, sore throat or gums, ulcers, pim ples, itching skin, aches In bones or joints, falliug hair, bolls, cancer, scrofula, offensive catarrh or old rheumatism 1 Then you have contracted or inherited blood poison. To cure, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. E.) which is -..ado especially to cur? the worst and most deep-seated cases, even when the bones are affected. B. 15. B. heals every sore, stops nil aches, makes now, rich blood. Riving the rich glow of hca th to the skin. B. B. B. improves the digestion. B. B. B. thoroughly tested for 30 years. B. B. B. kills or destroys the poison, drawing it from tho system. Drug stores, 91. Treat ment of B. B. B. sont absolutely free by writing Blood Balm Co., 25 Mitchell St., At lanta, Ga, Describe trouble, and free medi cal advice given until cured. Costs nothing to tty B. B. B. Medicino sent prepaid. AVise Hird. "Givo ni a prorf of your boasted wisdom," cried n lot nf chattering magplM to tho owl. "1 will," he said, and llew away. ? a 7Mtr-si jt?. ? rt ti V ?BOPPi .rtrPn* J&JZ KttrL peidTON:!, perv Greatest Cheapest Food on Etrtfc lor Sheep, Swiss, Celtic, Pool try, etc. WOl la) worth eiOO la yea (o nul ?kat 11 '? ter 'i catalog 3.1 y i abeu i tape. BiHion Dollar Grass will peaitlrely maka you Heh; 12 tool et hay ?id kia of pi? lu rt par acre, io alio Jlramiia,Pe*oal, Spell* (100 bo. eora, SM bo. oata per a.,) etc., ?lc. | For this Notico and 10o. ?a mail tl? cata'oc arni 10 Farm See4 J?oTtllSee, folly worth 110lo pt satan. F?-r 14o. 7 efilcadld rejetable ind 8 brill Lint Hewar i tod packafti asd catakf. Jflfi?A3AUE?SEElCa^S DROPSYNE _ quick roliof and curat worst .n*eS. BooTof test.reoniaN and IO days' treatme-at I ree. Dr. B. H. CBEEM'S SONS. Box B. Atlanta. 0*. If SO ia !SE CERTAIN ?CURE, DON'T RUIN YOUR STOMACH WITH MEDICINE. 15 A NATURAL LAXATIVE MINERAL WATER. Endorsed and used by the most prominent physicians in the world as the best and safest remedy tor di? ordered stomach, biliousness, liver troubles, gout and rheumatism. It Cures Constipation! Take one-half glassful on arising in the morning and you will feel t ho remarkable effect? in half an hour. ASK SSSSii . I LOOKI'^*^ ri .. ,luny.dl jinos." I *-'Vf v " Centre Panel. Sole Exporter, Firm of AndreasStulehner, 130 Fulton St.,N.Y. ,.f|A .A.ajA.A.A.A.A.A.A i^iAiAiAiAiAiA-aiAi?iAiAiAiAiAi?lAiAi?iAlAi?lAiAj 3 B m m/s M ^ FJ? sr & < j WW FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS < 1 "MewRSvai,99 "Leader/'and "f?epsafep \ Insist upon having them, take no ethers and you will get thc best shells tiiat money can buy. 4 ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM. _ 99 Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thick ened cuticle, CUTICURA OINTMENT to instantly allay itching, irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT to cool and cleanse the blood, and expel humor germs, A SINGLE SET is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring skin, scalp, asl blood humors, rashes, itchings, and irritation:, with loss of hair, when the best physicians, and all other remedies fail WONDERFUL CUBE OF PSORIASI AS a sufferer for thirty years from the worst form of Psori asis? finally corea by Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, I wish to tell you my experience, that others may benefit by it. I was so grievously afflicted that thc matter that exuded from my pores after the scales had peeled off, would cause my underclothing: to actually gum to my body? After remaining* in one position, sitting or lying: down, for an hour or two, the flesh on my elbows and knees would split, so thick and hard would the crusty scales bec/ ne.' The hurniliation I experienced, to say nothing of physical agony, was something frightful. r The detached scales would, fairly rain from my coat sleeves. - I have read none of your testimonials that appear to represent a case so bad as mine. But as to the cure? I commenced bathing in hot Cuti cura Soap suds night and morning, applied the Cuticura' Ointment, and then wrapped myself in a sheet. In two weeks my skin was almost blood red in color, but smooth1 and without scales. Patches of natural colored skin began' to appear, and in less than a month I was cured. I am now' passed forty years of age and have skin as soft and smooth' as a baby's. Hoping that others may benefit by my experi ence, and regretting that sensitiveness forbids me from dis-?1 closing my name, I am yours gratefully, \ J. H. M., Boston, Mass., Sept 30, ?900. illions of People Use Cuticura Soap A Milted by Cutlcnra Ointment, tho great ekln cure, for prescrvln beau*"' purl fy Inp, and eautllying the ekln, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, ecales, and dandruff, and the' ping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and healing red, roujrh, and sore hands for baby ra6hei>, itchln?s. and chaflnjrs, and for all the purposes of tito toilet, bath and nursery. Millions of Women use CUTICURA SOAP in the form of baths for annoying irrita tions, inflammations, and excoriations, or too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, and especially mothers. CUTICCHA So.u? combines dell cate emollient properties derived from CUTJCUKA, the great 6kln cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients, and the most refreshing of flower odore. No ?mount of persuasion can Induce those who have once used these great skin purifiers and beautifiers to u?e anr others, especially for preserving and purifying the skin, scalp, and hair of infants and children. >o other medicated soap ls to be compared with lt for preserving purifying and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands. No other foreign or domestic toilet e'oaD however expensive, ls to bo compared with lt for all the pnrposes of thc toi'et bath and nursery. Thus lt combines In Oh"E SOAP at ONE PBICR, tho BEST ekln and' c?mDle'xlon soap, and the BEST toilet and baby soap in the world. Sold by all druggists UNION MADE. Tho real worth of W. L. Douglas 83.00 and ?3.50 shoes compared vrith other makes is 84.00 to 85.00. Our 84.00 Gilt Kdpro Line cannot he eqtinllcd at any price. AVe tn ?ike and soil more 83.00 and 83.50 shoes than any other t wo manufacturers in the United States. THE REASON moreW.L. Douelaa $3 and f-TM ahoes ore told than MIT other make ia becauee THE Y A RE THE UE8T. Tour iii '.'.cr Miould keep them i we gtvo ono dealer exclusivo aale ia each toxn. Take no an M .tit ii tc ! Inalit on, baring W. L. Dourlai ahnet witlx name ind price etamped on bottom, if youl dealer viii rat set Utera for you, tend direct to factory, eno'oalnt prioe ?nd Mo. extra (or oarrlire, Btatq kind ot leafier, ile?, and width, plain or e?o toe. Our ihoci will r'ach you or.ynVk }TrHt fO' CCIaitigut lAouinr/ new Sprit>t l.-tikl. Wo rta* r<t?tlnPl' We Hemelns Shoo Co., Hrochton, Ma?.*, Eyelets m or? ?unes. -