Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" f?KV/0/AA^S 1 To Make Clothes Last. Never in home dressmaking cut any .kind of woolen goods until it has been sponged, as cheap material is often not dampened before it is sold. To do this properly at L^me get an ironing board or table the width of the guods, and cover with tightly stretched calico. Spread your cloth wrong side up cover with a linen cloth that has been well rung out in water, and then press with a hot iron the lengthwise of the goods. Never let the iron be still, and while pressing allow the goods to fall evenly onto a clean cloth placed on the floor. New Shirt Waists. The nev/ shirt waists are nearly all in light colors and in white, many showing a printed floral design and all bearing lace in one way or another. The large square lace trimmed collar is still popular, the sailor knot be neath showing lace incrust, while the tucked sleeves form a puff at the wrist. The" new woolen muslin is an excellent material for the pretty new blouse, which is an essential feature of milady's wardrobe, and this comes in plain and printed, show ing the most delicate combinations of color. A pretty blouse in pale yellow Tuscan silk had the finely tucked col lar and sleeves of material, trimmed with lace of the same shade in ap plique, while the tiny vest of finely tucked white muslin was crossed with narrow bands of pale yellow velvet fastened on the left with small buckles.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Woman Cousin Taker. It was through the death of her hus band that Mrs. Daniel A. Button of Pontiac, Mich., became the first wom an census enumerator a number of years ago. She had been in the habit o? arranging and copying the work of her husband,' v J.O was one of the deputies appointed for census pur poses. v When left alone Mrs. Button applied for her husband's position, in due time receiving the appointment. It was decided by the government after receiving her reports that the manufacturing statistics should be compiled for the first time in the his tory of the census, and this work was placed in her hands. Mrs. Button found it a difficult task, as she had to visit personally every manufactory, large or small, in the district, and as certain the amount and cost of ma terial used, the value of the articles purchased, the expense of production, and the gain or loss per year. Upon sending in her final report to the su perintendent of the census bureau she received from him a letter of com mendation for the excellence of her work, and a deputy mrrshal's badge white silk in blue letters. One of the Chinese Empress's Cloaks. "There'll be an opera cloak worn here this winter that will make every woman in town turn green with envy," said a Washington woman who had just returned from a visit in New York." "'.'I saw If- last week, "and if I cculd have pulled my soul up by the foots I think I'd have traded it off for that dream of a cloak. The woman who bought it will spend the season here. I saw it at a tea-I won't say whose-in New York City. "The woman who sold it is th? sister of a naval officer-a surgeon, I think. The brother brought it from China, and-whisper-its loot. He found it in the Forbidden City, where a lot of Russian soldiers who were looking for secret doors and hiding places in the walls of a palace had flung it on the floor and were trampling it under foot. He brought it away to keep it from being carried off by some care less and dishonest person. '"Jt's^a long, kimona-shaped thing ,^isck satin, embroidered in a mar velous way, and it's lined through and through with the richest ermine, and if the Empress misses it, I'm sure she'll be glad to know it's in safe hands."-Washington Post. The Bloasn Beautiful. The reign of the blouse is by no means over; in fact, this long-suffering and oft misunderstood garment seems to have taken on a new lease of life for the winter. For wearing under neath heavy coats the blouse has not its equal for comfort and if the coat is removed indoors, it is quite as nice looking as anything can be. Most dressmakers are sending home with every complete costume a soft silk or velvet blouse which tones with the material, so that it can be worn with the skirt on occasions when the bod ice proper is not wanted, and yet look right with It The days when blouse and skirt presented a violent contrast to each other are past, except wedded to this form of toilette. Sev eral of the latest velvet blouses have narrow little fluted basques, which give them quite a Jaunty look, and pre sent our old friend, the blouse, under a new and more dignified aspect. "Very charming are deep cream-tinted satin or panne blouses, trimmed with bands of sable, and encrusted with ivory lace. These are in great vogue for smart luncheons, and one such was further embellished with antique sil ver buttons, these being attached to a wide centre box pleat down the front, bordering with sable tails on either side, and two cravat ends of .Venetian point lace at the throat were linked together with silver chains and heavy-headed pins.-New York Commercial Advertiser. Margaret Fuller. It is due to a woman's effort that a tablet has been erected as a memorial to Margaret Fuller, who was drowned many years ago off the Isle of Pines, Long Island, and on this spot the tab let to her has been placed. Margaret Fuller's real influence among women is only beginning to be understood. Hundreds of women who today are reaping some results of her movement Ecarceij Lucre of her existence, or if they do, it is merely as a member of the set of literary persons in Concord, Mass., when Emerson, Alcott and those men were a unique coterie. As a matter of fact, Margaret Fuller was far less associated with them than seems to be thought. She did indeed kn?w them, as those men admired the type of women for which she stood, believing, as has since been demon strated, that woman was capable of ""mbracing more opportunities than v/ere than at arded her. Margaret. Fuller was In th* best sense of the word a broad-minded, In? tellectual woman, says a writer in the Home Magazine. The men of her day considered her their mental equal, and. what was equally to the point, treatel her as such. She lectured and wrote, and her opii Ijns were heard with respect. Her tragic death off the Long Is land shore on her return to this coun try with her husband and child, having married an Italian, is one of the events that has until recently been unmarked in any way. Her body was never recovered, and with the passing of time much that she did has been forgotten. It is Mrs. Lillie Devereaux Blake, who has at last done something to perpetuate her memory by raising money for the tablet that was put in place a few weeks ago. Although she has long admired Margaret Fuller, it was not until several years ago that Mrs. Blake, who spends her sum mers on the Isle of Pines, found that she was within a short distance of the place where the former was drowned. Mrs. Blake immediately set about having a memorial of some sort erected there. With energy that has remained unflagging she has interest ed persons in the work, has held sales, given teas> and resorted to other simi lar means to raise money, with the result that this season she found there was enough, and with simple ceremonies the tablet was unveiled. Rights of Turkish Women. The Turkish Princess who has be gun in London a sort of crusade against the wrongs of her country women declares that Turkish women would have all the freedom they wanted if the laws which have been made in their favor were only observed. No woman can be bought or sold or given in slavery according to law, but thousands of them are at this very day in slavery. A law exists which demands a girl's consent to her marriage, but thousands of them an nually are forced into marriages by their parents. A woman can take legal steps for a divorce if her hus band does not maintain her accord ing to his rank and wealth, or if his parents mistreat her. But the women are few who dare to take advantage of this law. Again, there is a curious religious law, which says a man muse house each of his wives so that she shall not see the smoke from tbe resi dences of the others. But in reality most of the men keep all their wives under the same roof and allow them to fight out their jealouses as best they can. The women of Turkey could be well educated if the Sultan and the reli gious teachers-who are his tools would permit. Bui they have recently banished the English governesses from Turkish homes, and they oppose tho foreign schools. Catholic and Protes tant, which have been established among them. The Princess speaks very highly of the American school for Girls at Constantinople, which, she says, is liberally patronized by the daughters of advanced Mussulmen, notwithstanding the opposition of the Sultan. Tbe priests try to keep the people, especially the women, in ig norance. These priests are in the employ of thc government, they are the official surveyers of the wards, and delegated by the municipality to arrange the marriage contracts. But the priest acts in this resepct more as a magistrate than as an official of the church, nd the marriage is mere ly a businel _ontnict. If the parents' pay him an extra sum he will deliver a long prayer at tho end, but other wise not. " The bride and bridegroom hold separate fetes in honor of their marriage. If either family bas a large house the fetes are celebrated on the same day in different apartments; but if not, they occur on different days. The only thing II which the women score in Turkey is in the "dot." The husband must give a dowry to his wife-if he marries her by law-but what the wife brings remains siill her own. Her husband has no legal right to appropriate it. lt is probable, how ever, that the poor Turkish woman, as a general thing, fails to enjoy this right, as well as so many olhers which are hers in law, but not in reality. New York Sun. Flowers are used oa cold-weather hats. Large white wings are much seen on the new toques. Pretty afternoon gowns are made of the gay silks and liberty satin foulard now shown in floral designs. A new fancy in corsets is the use of white velvet printed in colors with floral designs. This is a step beyond the silk and satin of other years. The dog muff has made its appear ance in Paris. In the front is a deep padded pocket, in which the wearer's tiny pet can be safely deposited. Collecting scraps of lace to mount in an album is said to be a fad at pres ent among English women. Beneath each piece of lace is written the name and the date and place where it was obtained. Every now and again one sees jet combs, though they are not very uni versally worn and there are pretty things in jet brooches to be found. These come in fancy designs, fleur-de lis, horseshoes, and in more conven tional patterns. White Indian cashmere is utilized for elaborate evening coats and one notable example from a Parisian de signer is combined witu black chantilly lace. A broad puffing of white chiffon down the front is held in place by jet motifs. Very attractive is a brooch, a long spray of acorn leaves and 'iii., the leaves of diamonds, the 1 ~r part of the acorns each a sirgle pink pearl and the upper part, in which the pearls are set, of a bronze gold, set with small diamonds. In bags of various kinds, those to carry in the hand, chatelaine bags with silver frames and card cases are combined black and steel. Frequently the foundation of the bag or case will be of the jet beads and worked in will be a design of some sort in the steel beads. Beading plays an important part in handkercriefs. Very dainty little handkerchiefs have a line of beading -m the exact edge in lieu of a hem, nd Inside this a line of embroidery, tine and delicate-anything heavy vauld be out of keeping-a slender -ine with a little more elaborate work :n the corners. In some of the hand kerchiefs the beaded edge ia entirely ..traight, and in others it is slightly mdulated. Perhaps the former is tho most attractive. Capita! Punishment in Japan. j To those who do not fully appreciate the revolution In Japanese manners ! and customs, it may well seem strange ! that the sentence of the murderer of j Iioshi Toru, the ex-minister, should j be imprisonment for life with hard la j bor. They might have expected j "something with boiling oil in it." Sir . Rutherford Alcock, the first British ( minister to Japan, writing some forty j years ago, dwelt upon the severity of I the Japanese laws. "The code is prob . ably the bloodiest in the world, for death is the penalty of most offenses. ' The Japanese seems to proceed on the principle that he who violates one law ' will violate any other, and that a will ' ful violator is unworthy of life." Un ? der this regime it was considered a . special privilege to be allowed to exe ! cute oneself and commit hari-kari, but I this was reserved for people of rank. I The common people had to be content j with the executioner's sword. j Under the criminal code which came j into force in 1GS2, and which is found j ed on the code of Napoleon, death by hanging is provided as a penalty for I certain offenses, but of recent years j it has become rarer and may now be j considered obsolete. Probably the j Japanese, with their traditional con tempt for death regard penal servitude I fer life as a greater punishment. For I merly no conviction was made except on confession by the prisoner, and there was an abundant use of torture. That, of course, was officially abolish ed many years ago, but it was prac ticed occasionally at a much later date, and a case is known in which torture was undoubtedly applied by the police at one of the treaty ports in 1S91. ?hicago News. lid u cation i:i Cu'ou. Soms idea of thc imporiant educational re . orras brou ch: about and tho wonderful pro gress made pince the Ialsnd carnonnder Amer ican rule, can be obiained :r > n their exhibit a's tb" Pan-American exposition recently, for which they were awarded nine medals, 'i'here :s ulro a v cn or."ul record buck o!' Ho*tett?r'rt stomach Billers, and ono that has never been equalled. It is a speciS? remedy for dyspep 6'a, indigestion, pick-headache and malaria, ".ever and agu-i. Don't inil to try it. The tailor always sizes up his custom ers. - Best Fnr the BoweiR. Ko natter wbai ails you, headache to a rancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CASCAHETS heip nature, euro yon without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 j cents to utan getting your health back. CAS . CABZTS Candy Catbar.ic, the jennine, put up in metal bose?, every tablet ha* C. C. C. ? ttaaiped on it. Peware of imitations. Automobiles have established a milc-a ! minute record. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous nesM alter first day's usa Ot Dr. Kline's Great Kerr c Restorer. -V* tria! bottle ami treatise ires Lr. E. H. KLINE, Ltd., lal Arch St., l'hila. Pa. Some ?nea take time by thc forelock, while others hang on to his coat tails. Mrp. Window's Soot!'i:i<r Syrup for children teething, sotten the jjums, reduces inflamma tion, ailuyg pain, cures wind colic. 23c a bottle. Love letters arc eagerly scanned by the male inspectors. j ] arasure Piso's Cure tor Consumption sarei j my life tares years u?o.-.Mas. TUOIIAS ROB BINS, Jinnie at., Xorwion, 1\.Y.. Fob. 17, 1900. j Our owu misiortunes are always the I greatest. Hakes r.n Important Statement of Interest "to All Women. .'DEAn Mas. PISKIIAM : - Thc hon* | est, intelligent physician is above tho i 1 School.' Whatever is best in each case should be used, no matter to what school a physician belongs. I, as a matter of conscience, can only pre DR. WAX AT A, of Lansing, Mich, scribe the best, and as I know and hav? proven that there is nothing in Materia ! Medica which equals Lydia E. Pink ! ham's Vegetable Compound in 1 Be ve re cases of female disorders, I unhesitatingly prescribe it, and have never yet been sorry. I know of noth ing better for ovarian troubles and for falling of the womb or ulcerations ; it absolutely restores the affected parts to their normal condition quicker and better than anything <dse. I have known it to cure barrenness in wo men, who to-day are happy mothers of children, and while the medical pro fession looks down upon 1 patents,' I have learned, instead, to look-np to the healing potion, by whatever name it be known. If my fellow physicians dared tell the truth, hundreds of them would voice my sentiments."- Dn. WAN ATA, Lansing, Mich. 96000 forfeit If above testimonial Is^not genuine. The record of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cannot be equalled. Accept no substitute. Mrs. Pinkham ad vises sick wo men free. Address Lynn, Mass. ware removes from the soil large quantities of Potash. Thc fertilizer ap plied, must furnish enough Potash, or the land will lose its pro ducing power. Rend carefully our books on cro;i3-sen: /rte. GERMAN KAU WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. W. C. HOI.MKS Impr?v.<t Farm Level "Eellpse." Eost up-ti-dato lev?'l marte. Pi ?<: t4J?0 with io I. Writ? for ?lepcriptire circular. 1- North Forsyth St.. Atlanta, Ga. HPADCV^ff DISCOVERY; Rita, Lt* i \ \fi I O I ntuck r-li<rf and ouros worst mut,*. I ook o? t?! tiraoumlt mil IO <tny?' tr.,?: rn,--.! Inc Dr. H. H. QUEEN'S ROMS. Hoi B. .' tl?ot?, 0? Gold Medal at Muflido Exposition. WcILHENNY'S TABASCO HeotNi this Pap:rJn ^f^ggST* C'ONStlMPTlON m To Wash Jnpanned. Ware. Wash japanned ware with a sponge dampened in warm water and dry it immediately with a soft cloth. Sweet oil applied with a woolen cloth will remove obstinate spots. The Ironing oT Tablecloths. All housekepers like to have table cloths ironed with only one fold through thc centre. To keep them after this laundering they are best rolled on a stick. Each tablecloth hag iis own stick, as long as the cloth ip wide when folded lengthwise through Die centre, thc sticks being neatly covered with several folds of flannel and afterwards with muslin. When thp cloth is ironed in one fold, one end ts evenly pinued to the stick and tKfe cloth loosely rolled on it, so that ;it will not crease. Afterwards the whoTe is slipped into a long, narrow bag and laid in the linen closet, or in the long drawer of the sideboard, if that is kept for that purpose. -: Valuable Washing .Suggestions, A housekeeper makes some valuable suggestions about washing linen em broidered with wash silks. Embrolj^ cred articles should bc washed one at a time by immersing in warm suds, not hot, made of pure soap; the soap should be castil? or some white(*H??>. scented variety. Add a teaspoonful cf borax to the rinsing water, and the? article should not be rubbed, but simply rubbed up and down, and it should bc rinsed in several waters. Embroidered articles should be squeezed, not rubbed. To dry them wrap in a clean cloth, and remove it. in a few minutes and dry quickly in the air, but not in the sun. When perfectly dry lay the embroidery face down on a smooth, fine sheet, and carefully draw the edges into place. Dampen the linen sections with a fine sponge, pass a hot iron over the cloth in the direction of thc grain of the ma terial. The iron should be hot and should move very quickly. Thc Blending lhi*ke4. A small sum spent on a strong wicker basket at my green grocer's and then a coat of enamel paint to hide the fruit stains on it, added to a very little trouble, and the result was a most useful and commodious mend ing basket. If you have not started a mending basket hitherto, let me recommend you to do so at once. There is no doubt about the exceeding value of "the stitch in time." but when once you let torn articles be put away till a convenient season arrives for mend ing them, the chances are that they will bc used again unmended, thereby very likely becoming damaged beyond repair. If, however, you systematical ly inspect the clothes when they re turn from the laundry, and consign all that are in any way damaged to the mending basket, then when you are able to spend a little time in mend ing you will find your progress ex pedited and your task lightened by having all your work at hand, instead of having to search for it in various parts of the house. Directly an article is mender" it should be put away in its proper place, and supposing it to be one of a set of garments, it should be laid at the bot tom of a heap of its fellows, for then, if their owner always takes from the top, each garment of the set will be worn in turn. Never fall into the errcr of thinking that the torn lace or embroidery! on an undergarment won't be seen, and I therefore, don't matter. Fineness of 1 trimming and daintiness of texture ! are minor matters, and may be dis j pensed with cherfully by those with small means, but perfect cleanliness ? and wholesomeness are indispensable [ to any ono with refined tastes.-Homo i Notes. rt?C/P?S Oatmeal Fritters-One cup of cold cooked oatmeal, one egg, two-thirds of a cup of sweet milk, one cup of flour, one teaspoon baking powder, two tablespoons sugar, pinch of salt. Drop in spoonfuls into a fat, well greased skillet. Cover, and when brown turn. Ten minutes will cook them. String Eean and Tomato Salad Peel the tomatoes, cut out a round at the stem end, scoop out the seeds and fill with cold cooked string beans mixed with a little mayonnaise. Or just sprinkle a bit of salt over the out side of the tomatoes and dress the beans with French dressing. Have the vegetables both ice cold when serving, in either case. Parisienne Potatoes-With a cutter cut large potatoes into balls like mar bles. Cool slowly in boiling salted water about ten minutes, or until you can pierce them easily with a fine skewer without breaking them. Dr^in and shake carefully until dry. Pour over them one tablespoonful of but ter melted, and roll about until all are buttered; sprinkle with salt, pep per and minceu parsley. Pot Roast of Beef-Take a piece of lean beef, lour or five pounds, put in a vessel with enough cold water to half cover the meat; after it has come to a boil and the scum taken off, put in ono small onion, pepper and salt, also a little celery; set it back on the stove so it will boil gently for four or five hours, or until tender; thicken the liquid with brown flour. Serve hot in a dish with gravy poured around it. Rice Mufilns-One pink of milk, one quart of flour, one pint of boiled rice, three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of su gar, one teaspoonful of salt, two heap ing teaspoonfuls cream of tartar,- thor oughly mixed with thc flour, two even teaspoonfuls soda dissolved in the milk. Beat the eggs, sugar and salt together, and add to the milk. SuV in the flour gradually. When a smooth light paste, add the rice. Beat thor oughly. Bake 5 minutes in buttered pans. Quince Pudding-Boil eight large quinces till very soft. Peel, core and mash them, then add the yoiks of five eggs well beaten together with a pint of cream. Sweeten to taste and s^dd a dash of powdered ginger and cinna mon. Butter thc edges of a pie dijsh, put a strip of puff paste around the edge, pour in the quince mixture and hake in a moderate oven for an ho!ur. Probably no sauce will be necessary with this pudding, but a bit of whipped cream served with it nay cervc to make lt more delicious, i EATING BETWEEN MEALS. The Apple ls Par-Excellence the Food For This Period. The practice of eating between 1 meal? ls sternly discountenanced by many well meaning indivuduals who ' are of dyspeptic habit, or perhaps do better without any additional nourish- ! ment in the course of a sedentary life. ' They are apt to enforce obedience from their children on this point on the ground that what suits the moth cr's digestion must be equally suitable to the digestive apparatus of the chil dren. The case is very different. Growing children of active disposition are apt to be hungry most of the time and are willing to acept the proffer of anything '"good to eat" (from their own point of view) at almost any hour. Indeed, the boy who is getting his growth rapidly frequently eats as if his legs were hollow, or as if he had as many cavities to be filled as those that occur in the complex stomach o? a ruminant. ? It was on this account doubtless that the immortal "autocrat" laid down his golden rule for ascertain ing the youth of an individual, namely, to offer the suspected person a bun immediately before dinner and then to note whether it be accepted. i Since active children need frequent refreshment and assimilate it with out difficulty, it is well to give them the most suitable food. Cakes and sweets generally are not desirable be cause they take away the appetite for a regular meal, to which they apper- j tain as a kind of dessert. The better i plan is to keep a generous supply of fresh fruit constantly on hand in the house. When a child becomes hungry between meals and asks for samething to eat, give him apples, grapes or a peach. It seems to be a well-ascertained fact that apples, while satisfying the "empty" sensation of a hungry per son, do not interfere with enjoyment of one's regular meals. The apple ls par excellence a health food. It helps to keep the digestive apparatus in good working order, and the weak ! subacid of thc fruit appears to act ? a3 a lubricant to the machinery of the human body. Therefore, instead of refusing to allow your children to "eat between meals," or instead of permitting them to cram sweet bis cuits, crackers, of cakes, it is the part of a wise mother to lay in a supply of apples and allow the children unre strained access to the fruit-Pitts burg Dispatch. His Humble Beginning. There is a certain great man here In town who hates nothing quite so much as answering personal questions. He dined out on one recent occasion, and the guest of honor was an Eng lishwoman who is filled with the keen est and most ingenuously expressed in terest in America and Americans. "I find you perfectly wonderful over here," said she between the salad and the dessert. "The lives cf your prom inent men read like romances. Your poor boys grow up to be millionaires ?i\' your great men have had the most extraordinary beginnings. One of your Presidents, I am told, was actually a butcher, and the father of a newly made French princess was a tailor. Now you, Mr. Blank," turning smiling ly to the great man at her elbow, "I am sure your history must be most in teresting. Do please tell me, at what did you begin life?" The great man started at her in dis approval. "Madam," he said, "I began life as a baby."-Washington Post. THE ERA OF THE BARREL. "Diogenes was a great man," said the contemplative person, "and yet he bad no use for money. He was con tent to confine his possessions to a single tub." "Well, answered Senator Sorghum, "a tub might have been all right in those days, but what a man wants now is a,bar'l.!'-Washington Star. A Schoolboy on Shakespeare. A correspondent sends us a school boy's answer to the question: "Who was Shakespeare? Name one of his works." It ran thus: "Shakespeare a great poet he. Wrote Ivar ho West wer ho and Lambs Taiis." After all he did not give himself away quite so much as thc boy wha attributed the "Aenid" to Mr. Bohn.-London Globe. Tetter la Terrible, But Tettenno curen it. " jfy wife has had Tet ter for twenty ye.ire, and Teicerino is the only thing that docs Uer good. Scud a box."-A J Crane, C'rano, Miss. 50J. a box by mail from J. T. Shuptrins. Savannah, Ga., if your drug gist don't keep it. Londoners each give on an average twen ty-two shillings to charity. H.H. GBXEX'8 Sox?, of Atlanta, Qa., ar? tho only successful Dropsy Specialists in the world. Seo their liberal offer in advertisement in another column of thia paper. Only five in 100'J crimin?is are under twelve years of age. i-v advertisement of EE-31 Catarrh Curo lu another column th? liest remedy mada. The ratio of mortality in Switzerland baa decreased one-fourth in thirty years. PCTNAM FADELESS DYKS are fast to sun light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all drug gists. Norway's coast line is 1700 miles in a straight ?inn. but over 12,000 if followed round the fjords. STATE OF OHIO, CITT or TOLEDO, I LUCAS COUNTY. f *" Flame J. CHENEY makes oath that ho is tho penior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY k Co..doinglmsinesRintlio City ofToledo, County and State aforesaid, and that faid firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHEN^.?. Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my ?-'-, presence, this Gili dav nf Decembor, j SEAL [ A. D. 1335. A. W. Gi BASO*. 1 ->- Xotory Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and nets directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces of thc system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY AI CO., Toledo, O. Fold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family rills are tho best. Some fellows arc ready to stand up for the fair sex until they (ind themselves in a crowded car. Brooklyn, N. Y., .Tan. 10th.-A very timely md practical snggfB'ion comes from a physi cian o' this city; bc says. "Take Garfield Tea. the II r^> .Medicine. It ?H especially needed at this season, waen the SA stem is apt tob out of ord- r rrom eating rich food. This wonderful remedy cleanses tho system and requinte i tho liver, kidroya, stomach and bowe*.'. It ts simple, pur-- and offectivc, and is gocd for young and old." Four per cent, of sailing vessels and two and one-half per cent, of steamshipa are lost iu a vear. DO YOU S H 001 If you do you should send your i GUN CATALOGUE. It illustrates and describes all the dil Ammunition, and contains much vt Winchester Repeating Arms Co. The English Wasp. The common wasp, as a rule, keeps Its sting for self-defense. It will bite a fly in two with its jaws, if lt gets in Its way on a window pane, but it does not use irs sting even when try ing to rob a beehive, and "tackled" by theh bees. The latter will push a wasp away five or six times, hustling it off the footboard, without provoking lt to sting. Dut if a bee endeavors to sting the wasp lt then grapples with it and stings back, killing or be numbing the insect almost at once. British wasps are fussy and excitable, but not vicious, like many of the In dian wild bees. However crowded or uncomfortable they may be, they very rarely quarrel with or sting each other, as, for instance, when a num ber are on the same window pane, fretting and anxious to get out. Only when the entrance to their nest is threatened do they become actively aggressive, and then as a rule the at tack ls not begun till the person who excites their fear interposes between them and the entrance to the nest. A setter dog was noticed to turn and bite itself, whimpering with pain, just as the party were sitting down to a shooting luncheon by the side of a wood in Yorkshire. The dog bein.: 1 tired, had lain down on the hole of a I wasps' nest, and five or six of thc yellow insects were stinging it at once; but they did not touch the per sons sitting close by.-The Spectator. X-Rays in a fost Office. The post office at Buenos Ayres has furnished a striking illustration of the value of X-rays in detective work, says the Electrical Review. Jewelers have found that smuggling in registered let ters from Europe was very safe, as the government officials could not le gally open such letters on suspicion, and it was finally resolved to investi gate the evil without violating the law. The X-ray promptly revealed watches, chains, rings and other valuables in astonishing quantity. This evidence was sufficient for a court order to open the packages and more than $20,000 of property has been confiscated in a single week. LIKE MAN LIKE DOG. "My!" exclaimed Mrs. Numkins; "just see that dog tearing up the street! 1 wonder what's wrong." 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Crane to the effect that vhen he was last in London he vas invited to dine in the House of Dominons restaurant, anu his-host or lered a bottle of Irish whiskey, from vhich he poured frequently and copi ously "Say," said Mr. Crane, "do all you English statesmen partake as liberally ind as frequently of that liquid as ibis?" "We do," said the host. "Well, all I've got to remark is that I'm not surprised that the Boer war continues," said Mr. Crane.-Boston Herald. Those Same Cigars. "As we grow older our tastes :hange," remarked the observant per son. "I remember when I was a boy I couldn't bear the taste of cabbage." "And now'.'-' asked a friend. "And now," continued the observant jne, "I can smoke my wifey's Christ mas cigars and never turn an eye lash." " I was given up to die with quick consumption. I then began to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I improved at once, and am now in perfect healti.."-Chas. E. Hart man, Gibbstown, N. Y. It's too risky, playing with your cough. 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Price fifty cervta per bottle The offer in our Premium Booklet expiring January 2,190?, ia hereby EXTENDED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 1902 (except Present No. rao) PRESENTS WILL BE GIVEN FOR TAGS delivered to ns during thc year igon, taken from the follow ing branda of our tobacco : R. J. Reynolds' 8 oz., Strawberry, R, J, R., Schnapps, Golden Crown, Reynolds' Snn Cured, Brown & Ero.'s Mahogany, Speckled Beanty, Apple Jack, Man's Pride, Early Bird, P, H. Hanes & Co.'s Natural Leaf, Cotter and 0, N, T, To appreciate ont offer, these facts should he considered : That we are giving $aooo.oo per day for tags, to ?x the mem ory of chewers on our trade marks placed on tobaccos, to iden tify our best efforts to please chewers, and prevent them from being deceived by imitators. Full descriptions of Presents offered for our tags will be furnished upon request to J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO GO., WlltSTOH-SALEM, 10.