TWO POETS,
Two poets livod: their time came and they
died.
Silenced, they slept their long sleep, side In
side.
In memory of tho one with loud acclaim
Mon built a temple beautiful, of Fame.
'Mid richest canines splendidly enscroUed
His name shone radiant, embossed in gold,
And eren proclaimed him greatest of man
kind.
Tbe Master-singer and the Master-mind.
With lauds and praises did tbe temple quake,
But of the otber silenced poet no man spake.
Calmly surveying from his heav -n's height
The temple-builders in their puny might,
Unthroned iu splendour sate the Oversold:
And on eternal tablets did a name enroll
Upon the honour-list of heaven's hest:
In flaming colours it outshone the rt st.
But lo, the letters dU not spell the namo
Ot him whom men placed in their hall of
Fame.
A Vole:? spake: "Empty is the name yo
quote :
This poet lived the poetry the other wrote.
-Elizabeth B. Finley.
j AUNT MEG'S COLUMN. \
"Harry, I can sum up your case in
three words," said Lancaster. "The
fact is-and you cannot deny it
you'rp in love.
"How on earth did you find that
out?" he muttered.
"Experience and casual observa
tion," replied Lancaster, shortly. "By
the by, I saw Milly Holsworth today."
Then, with a grin, "Um, I thought I
wasn't far out. She's a nice girl.
Harry, and a clever one. Wemen
nowadays who are good looking and
can earn their own living are in great
demand in the matrimonial market, so
I'm told, and I can quite believe it."
"Yes," groaned Ellington, "but when
a man has only a paltry twelve hun
dred and fifty a year the idea of -er
er-even proposing to a lady who caa
buy him up might give rise to un
pleasant comments-h'm!"
"Personally; I should try my luck.
'Faint-heart,' etc., you know. You
never know what may transpire. Say
you decide to see how absence might
affect the case and to wait until
your return from England. She might
be snapped up in the meantime. Per
haps the steamer might founder, and
-and-"
"Don't Lancaster, don't!" shuddered
Ellington. "Your advice, old chap, I
fear has nri, advanced the improve
ment of the outlook at all."
"Then the only course that remains
open for you is to consult Aunt Meg,"
sighed Lancaster.
"Aunt Meg! Who is she? And what's
she got to do with it?"
rtAunt Meg is a lady connected with
a popular publication entitled "Thc
Daisy," whose official duty it is to re
ceive and reply to, through the col
umns of the aforesaid journal, all
questions that may be sui: bitted to
her notice on the all important theme
of love and its attendant trials, mis
understandings and vagaries in gen
eral."
"Consult Aunt Meg!" the words
seemed to ring in Ellington's ears for
some time after the departure of his
friend Lacas.er.
"A precious fool I'd be thought," he
-* "supposing I was idiot
:o trust my private affairs to
er mercies of a modern lady
st, if the story leaked out.
y one might write under a
plume or initials, but then I
..lieve in such rot."
an hour's meditation, however,
to put matters before him in a
it u?ui. -ile reflecieu tutti me
I in question bore a very high
ter, and he resolved to try Aunt
r due destruction of various
of note paper, his communica
vas at last fairly neatly Irans
. and ran as follows:
Aunt Meg,' Daisy Office, 420
et street, E. C.:
adam-I trust you may be able
iccessfully advise me as to my
ns in the following matter: To be
_ _____ , I am aged 30 and am in receipt
of an annual income of twelve hundred
and fifty dollars as private secretary
to a titled gentleman, who is about to
depart on a voyage of infinite duration
In three weeks' time for his health's
sake, and I am to accompany him. A
month ago I made the acquaintance of
a charming lady about my own age,
and "we have met at various intervals
ever since.
"As you will already have surmised,
I am deeply in love with her, though I
have not as yet declared my passion.
As far as I am aware, from the state
ment of a friend, she is in receipt of
an income exceeding mine by two hun
dred and fifty dollars per annum, de
rived from her employment, the ex
act nature of which, however, o~:ing
to the shortness of our acquaintance,
I am unfortunately in ignorance
beyond that it is something in a city
office.
"I have every reason to believe that
my attentions, such as they have been,
are not altogether distasteful. What
would you advise me to do? Ask her
now and risk a slender income, or
wait until I am in more affluent cir
cumstances, which chance is slightly
remote at the present outlook? ?
H. A. E."
Two Saturdays passed and left him
in the deepest depths of despair, ow
ing to the nonappearance of a reply
to his communication.
In the meantime he met Mildred
Holsworth on two occasions at the
house of a mutual acquaintance and
once was almost on the verge of a
declaration, but checked himself ia
time to save making himself an arrant
ass, as he termed it.
It was with feverish excitement that
he opened the last issue of the Daisy
published before he left England.
Eagerly he scanned the page sacredly
set apart for the benefit of "Aunt
Meg" and her amorous amblings.
Yes, it was there at last!
"H. A. E.:-Waste no time, but go
and ask her at once. If I judge
rightly from the tone of your letter,
you need scarcely have any apprehen
sion as to the nature of her reply. As
to monetary matters, a girl who can
not comfortably manage and be happy
on the united income doesn't deserve
a husband at all."
It was all over. The last slipper
had sped its course in the air and dis
appeared through the window of the
compartments which had the honor of
accommodating the happy couple, and
the last handful of rice lay whitening
the platform like a miniature fall of
snow.
"I'm so glad it's all over at last,"
d?hsd Mildred Ellington as she threw
herielf wearily back among the cush
ions. "But the whole affair was a.
complete success and went off without
a flaw."
"Yes. darling, quite complete, except
for the absence from the ceremony of
one to whom I owe a great deal of my
present happiness-in fact one of ycur
bister ?trugglers in the fiel* o? liter
ature. Milly, 'I've a confession to
make. I know you'll think I'm "in
awful fool, and perhaps be angry, but
promise me, Milly, beforehand, that
you will forgive me."
"I'd promise you anything, Harry.
It-it can't be anything dreadful, I'm
sure," falteringly.
"Then read that and put me out -">f
my misery."
And taking from his inside breast
pocket a copy of the Daisy containing
Aunt Meg's advice, which he had so
successfully acted upon, he opened it
at the fatal page and handed it to her.
"Harry," she said quietly, pushing it
away, her eyes filling with tears th?
while. "I-I know what you mean now.
She-she was there, and-and you.
saw her."
"I saw her her, Milly?" ejaculated
Ellington, utterly taken aback by her
answer.
"Yes, Harry, and you see her now!
I-? was Aunt Meg at the time, and
knowing whom your question con
cerned replied accordingly. I, too,
meant to confess all today, and you
have made it easier for me to do so.
Kiss me, Harry, and say you forgive
me."-Waverly Magazine.
QUEER ARE WCM?N.
That I*. Some of Them Are, Says a Cyn
ical Masculine Observer.
"Women are critically curious creat
ures," said a cynical citizen, "and the
wonder to me is that they ever make
a wise selection in marriage. I do not
mean to say anything unkind, for no
man has a deeper or more profound
regard for women than I have, and I
admire Drummond chiefly because he
said that woman represents evolu
tion's, nature's, God's, highest achieve
ment, and that she was really the cli
max of all these forces, and they
reached their limit in her creation, a
result the forces had been striving
to bring about from the very begin
ning of time. I believe this is true.
Being of a cynical turn of mind, I am
not inclined to admit that the world is
wholly good, but what good there is
cn this old planet is to be found in
the other sex.
"But why is it that we are constant
ly confronted by the perverseness of
woman's taste in the matter of choos
ing between men as we find it, for in
stance, in the stage portrayals? Take
th?? average play, and we will gener
ally find the woman's love drifting
toward some fellow who is totally un
worthy, a fellow who is a vertitable
scalawag in all that the word means.
"in nine cases out of 10 it is neces
sary to kill a fi w men in order to pro
tect s'jme good woman-on the stage
from the fearful tortures of living all
her life with an unworthy man. At
least, one man will have to be of the
melodramatic kind, why, there is no
limit to the number of fellows who will
be sacrificed in order to get the woman
out of a bad matrimonial bargain. Are
men's ideals higher than the ideals o?
women? Is the heroic and the sublime
in man's nature more highly devel
oped and more delicately outlined than
these same impulses in the nature of
the fairer sex? Fiction, you know,
and fiction of thc standard sort,- is
filled with women of the kind I have
mentioned. Of course, they are not all
of the kind I have been discussing.
Shakespeare's women, for instance,
are made of sterner stuff, and histori
cal examples of the stronger and moro
thoroughly balanced kind are not lack
ing. lhere are the women of the
French revolution, who lowered above
the men like giui 'esses. There are our
own noble . w . .aen,. who struggled
through the blood end tears that
drenched the 'GO'S, and others might
be mentioned, for we may count all
around us the good examples of wise
women in all of life's relations.
"But I was just thinking lightly
r.bor.t the apprivently natural devotion
which a woman has for the scalawag,
and in a majority of cases, if she is
called upon to make a selection be
I tween two men, she will lean toward
the fellow who needs reclamation, iu
deed if she does not take him. If you
do not believe it, keep a tab on them
for awhile."-New Orleans Times-Dem
ocrat.
PEARLS OF THO JGHT.
The one prueeuce of life is concen
tration.
An aimiess life is commonly a name
less life.
Consideration is the daughter of
kindliness.
Time lost in menuing nets is saved
in catching fish.
Disgrace is not in the punishment,
Lut in the crime.
Riches are not an end of life, but
an inurnment of life.
Trust your secret to another and it
will return badly soiled.
A truth that one does not under
stand becomes an error.
Delicious rsst is inc fruitage cf toil;
it is strength's sweet restorer.
Success, if attained at all, must be
attained via the path of drudgery.
A good conscience is sometimes sold
tor money, but never bought with It
It is always a duty to enlighten con
science; it is never a duty to disobey it.
If thou suffer injustice, console thy
self; the true unhappiness is in doing
it.
The two great longings of a really
noble spirit are to be loved and to be
useful.
If you wish success in life, make per
severance your bosom friend, experi
ence your wise counsellor, caution your
older brother and hope your guardian
genius.
Sir William Ilnrcour.'s Success.
The most successful l.taiden speech
of recent times was that of Sir Wil
liam Harcourt. He v;is 41 years old
when he took his seat as a member for
Oxford on Feh. 36, ISfJ, and just a
I week later addressed the hous3 for
j the first time. The subject was hap
pily one in which ie wa? well versed.
I Viscount Bury asked for leave to in
troduce a iucas.ure (iito.ed the vacating
seats bill, to repeal *iie statute of
Queen Anne which makes it necessary
for members ol' the house to seek re
election on ace*- ig office in the gov
ernment, on the und (hat it se".el
no useful purp. Mr. Vernon Har
court, as he v/.i :.en co Me I, protested
against leave being given even to
bring in such a bill. The speech,
which occupies six columns in Han
sard and was loudly ?pplaudr-.d
throughout, induced Viscount Bury to
withdraw his motion
Patience.
"I never lose my temper when a
man insults me," said Broncho Bob.
"Eut you didn't waste any time on
Coyote Bill."
"No. But I didn't lose my temper.
I've learned by experience that noth
ing keeps a man from sbnofng
straight like losing his temper, -
Washington'Star
WELL-DRESSED HORSES.
LAWS WHICH COVERN IN MATTERS
OF EQUINE GOOD TASTE.
Improvement in llio H?nning and Ap
pointment or Park Trap?-Some Trap
pings However, Like Diamonds at
Brrakfast - K ilea Not to Vo Violated.
To those who deplore tho extremes
to which it is pretty generally con
ceded the independent American citi
zen goes in matters of dress, it may
be comforting to know that the Amer
ican horse, at least, is coming to be
"looked upon as one of the best and
at the same time one of the most
'properly" dressed horses in the world,
?ays the New York Post. And. when
it understood that a horse without
the least difficulty on its owner's part
.nay appear in the park and on the
boulevards in attire as shocking as
diamonds at breakfast, it will be the
better realized what this means. That
there are still flagrant violations of
the laws which govern matters of
equine good taste goes without saying,
but they merely serve to furnish the
contrast by which the general im
provement is made more marked.
To the horse-show associations,
mort than to anything else, may ne
attributed this advancement in the
proper housings of thc American horse
of fashion and the correct appoint
ments for park traps and road turn
cuts. In establishing classes in which
the appointments of the entries must
betaken into consideration hythe judg
es in making their awards, the associa
tion has set a definite standard of
fashion. An owner, for example,
whore pair of brougham horses arc
turned down (after the judge has
weeded out the entire class down to
his pair and one other), because his
brass-mounted harness is equipped
with steel instead of brass kidney
links, learns next time to understand
thc importance of these little niceties
of detail. And it is the attention to
or the ignoring of these apparently
insignificant details that make a park
horse either "smart" or ridiculous.
The black rosettes, for instance,
when used on the bridle as emblems
of mourning, are considered improper,
unless a plain black brow band is
substituted for the ornament one orig
inally on the harness. The saddle
housings, if in color, should likewise
bc changed. In this city it has become
an unwritten law that the rosettes
shall be of the same shade with the
carriage trimmings, but in London and
in Paris this rule is not observed. In
those cities violets and other flowers
are frequently substituted . for the
orthodox silk rosette.
As in matters to masculine attire,
London likewise set.: the styles in
fashionable harnesser-. There l3 P
well-known importer (A horse-furnish
inga who has successfully introduced
several nev/ fashions into this country
by first making them popular in Lon
don, whei e he has another store. Pos
sibly the most conspicuous case of this
kind was that of the Swiss collar
which he offered as a substitute for
the English collar, which had original
ly supplanted former Swiss importa- j
tions. The new collar was made with
an extremely broad breast-plate and
two heavy brass terre ls. As a light
runabout harness, it has now almost
entirely succeeded the old one.
The French quarter-blanket made
of leather has likewise largely taken
the place of the English broadcloth
blanket. It is cut shorter than the
English affair, and is intended to
protect only the horse's loins, and
thus in no way impede the movements
o' his hips. Harnesses, according to
this Broadway importer, are divided,
like men's garments, into two classes
-dress ami undress-and to appear in
the park with a victoria and an un
dress harness-which becomes un
dress if the kidney links are of steel
when the other mounting is brass, or
when the bearing reins do not coni
form to the general ensemble-is as
unpardonable as appearing on tne
street in an evening coat and russet
shoes.
"Strangely enough," said the impor
ter, "I find that the tendency here is
towards ultra conservatism. There is
not the same latitude permitted hero
today that you will find in London.
This is especially true of the brough
ams and heavy park vehicles. There
almost any color is permissible in tho
trimmings of a victoria or landau.
Here no one seems to dare employ
any color other than black; and the
same thing holds true of the housings.
The use of pole chains here when a
servant is driving is an offence which
is unpardonable in any civilized coun
try. Pole-straps with polished buckles
are alone permissible. "he pole
chains were made with a view of
adding smartness to the turn-out, and
they should only be used to a trap in
which a gentleman may do the driv
ing. It is not good form either to
have quarter-blankets of ono color and
housings of another, nor is it any lon
ger the thing to use large monograms
on them. We cannot revolutionize
the styles in harnesses as a tailor may
with his wares. We are fortunate if
wc can change with every four or five
years."
In four-in-hand turnouts-no doubt
. from the character of its patrons- it
is probably easier to offend the pro
prieties than in any other department
in which the horse plays a part. There
are little niceties in appointment and
deportment, so finely drawn that to
observe or tc ignore them either
makes old friends enemies or strang
ers friends. There is one school that
believes in driving with the left hand
held on a level with the chest. The
other school drives with a low hand,
sneers at the former method and call3
lt "driving in front of your scarf pin."
The scarf pin advocates answer that
to work a four after this manner is
more difficult, and consequently is
more of an accomplishment. There
are the gentlemen whips who conten'1
that hip-straps or trace-bearers should
never be used under any circum
stances. Their opponents say that
such details of the harness are en
tirely warranted in the case of a horse
with a tendency to kick.
There are certain set rules, how
ever, that the owner of a coach must
observe to be in form. Ribbons and
rr.settes may not be used on a road
coach except cn the last day of the
season, then on the last stage into
town knots of ribbons on the horses'
heads and similar ones with long ends
or. the saddles may be worn. It is ex
pected that ti. ?se ribbons will corre
spond at all times, but on a road
coach only flowers in season are per
missible. The flower may be worn
in the cheek-piece buckle. The bridle
tj be used with, a park drag may have
a front piece ornamented with a sim
ple chain pattern; for a road coach
patent leather or worsted planted
a?ound a leather front is alone permis
sible. Another little nicety in four
in-hand appointments is the distinc
tion made in the bridle-bosses. On
the drag'.harness these bosses should
be on the inner as well as on the outer i
I
r
side of the bridle, on the coach har
ness only on the outside. The boss
is the only place where a crest or
an initial should be placed. For wet
weather work the harness should be
of black leather throughout, with the
metal parts covered-this rule applies,
however, more to team harnesses than
to fours.
A TRIP TO DAWSON.
Scenery Beaut!ful-Hardships of Travel
Aro i inners or tho 1'n.u.
It is n matter of surprise to me that
so few people travel through our north
v^est territory for pleasure and sight
seeing. The scenery is beautiful ani
the hardships of travel are things of
the past. The old-timers like to re
late their experience over the trails,
with their dog sleds, and their trips
on the Yukon, on rafts and in canoes,
their solitary tramps over the moun
tains, in search of gold, with scanty
provisions and how they were at
times in peril from the Indians, but
oftener from the weather. The rail
road over the mountains and the
steamboats on the river have changed
all this and have provided in its place
the usual comforts of travel.
The coast range of mountains is in
view of the steamers that ply along
the Alaska shore to Skagway. The
/.ills are green with pines and cotton
woods and an occasional cateract may
.be seen foaming down some steep
hillside, while above it lies the glacier
that feeds it. At this season of the
year, Aug. 30, there are a number of
small icebergs near Juneau, and they
are as treacherous as they are beauti
ful. Of a light translucent blue color
they rise 20 to 30 feet out of the
water and look like islands of glass.
They aro not easily discernible at
night and the face of tbe ill-starred
islander awaits a vessel colliding with
one of them.
For miles from the mainland of
Alaska the sea is full of islanjs, large
and small, covered with a luxuriant
vegetation. The sea in the inland pas
sage between Seattle and Skagway is
av. smooth as glass, except in a very
few places, like Queen Charlotte
Sound. Indeed it is somewhat like the
inland sr?a of Japan, which travelers
are so delighted to visit and tell about,
but it is all on a larger scale and with
the human life of it. In places of
tilled fields in terraces on the hill
sides and the evidences everywhere of
crowded life, in Alaska and the great
Northwest territory one is impressed
with the vast solitude. Thousands of
miles are uninhabited except by a few
tribes of Indians, some salman fishers
and prospectors for gold.
Skagway is not as busy a town as
it was in '99. Some copper claims
have been located between there and
White Horse, but if they ever gave
any promise that t?iey would become
mines they have not yet fulfilled it.
?My Norwegian friend, with a smile
that was "childlike and bland," told
me that he had sold a couple of them,
but did not think much of them.
But if there are no mines between
Skagway and White Horse there i3
scenery to gladden the heart of an
artist, and thc railroad between these
points ia a triumph of engineering
Skill. It winds around the granite
cliffs cn a grade of 4 percent in
places, and through the car windows
can be seen far below thc track over
which the train has circled. An ascent
of between 2000 and 3000 feet is made
from Skagway to Lake Bennett. From
there tho train runs along the lake
side and the banks of the Yukon to
White Horse. The length of the rail
road ls 100 miles. The current in the
Yukon river is swift; it runs about six
miles an hour, so the distance down
the river from White Horse to Daw
son, 450 miles, is made quickly. The
bc-st river boats make it in between
30 and 40 hours.-Mines and Min
erals.
Woman and tho Donrmal.
"Reginald," she said, "before we
go any farther I want you to tell me
something. At a meeting of some kind
the other day a woman said men look
upon women as doormats. Oh, tell
me-tell me, before it is forever too
late-is that your idea?"
"Well, darling." he said, looking far
down into her wonderful, deep eyes
and feeling around for her soft little
fingers, "to be perfectly frank with
you. I must confess that I do consider
women to be like doormats-in a
sense."
A pallor overspread her sweet face.
She sank down on the davenport or
the dubuque, or whatever the fashion
able name for it is, and motioned at
him to stand back.
"Don't touch me! Don't come near
me!" she cried when at last she could
trust herself to speak. "Thank heav
en I have found you out in time. Ugh!
And they say this is an enlightened
age! Oh. why did I let you kiss me
before I knew!"
"You see," he said when she allowed
him to continue, "if it were not for
women and doormats I'm afraid some
of the men wouldn't always leave so
much of their coarse clay outside as
they do or try to do under the cir
cumstances."
In a mcmeut she was pinioned
against his breast and words had
ceased passing between them.-Chica
go Record-1-Ierai?.
Tim Earth's Bandin?*.
Little bendings are in progress all
the time the world over. The "im
movable" hills are bowing and scrap
ing to each other constantly. Every
evening, as the dew settles in the val
leys between them, they nod to one
another. So, liKewise, do the moun
tains, even to a greater extent. Grav
ity is tugging all the time. And in
London, too, where earthquake sensa
tions are practically unknown, the
earth bends daily, and the building;?,
like the hills and the mountains, nod
to their friends opposite when the
morning traffic begins. On Sunday,
usuany, their manners take a rest,
excepting in such places as Petticoat
lane, where business flourishes in as
lively a fashion as in Taris. Heine
said that even the trees made obei
sance to Napoleon the First when he
entered Berlin. This was imaginative
yet truthful, for the weight of .he
crowd along Unter den Linden made a
tilting sufficient for Professor Milne's
pendulums to have recorded distinct.}'.
One mignt say the crust of the ear?
acts like a steel spring, it bends so
easily.-Everybody's Magazine.
Jntclllcpico and tho Suffrage.
Symonds- o you object to woman
suffrage. . ould like to know upon
what grounds, if you have any reason
able ones.
Belcher-I've heard moio than a
hundred women say the men are all
alike. With such an idea in their
heads, how can you expect an intelli
gent use of the suffrage from themf
Boston Transcript.
The bones of a mastodon recently
found in Missouri indicate that the
beast had a turoat six feet in diam
eter.
ELASTIC BANDS OUST STRING.
Cheaper Than String In Some Uses
Tons of Them Sold.
"No," said a rubber goods dealer,
who had been asked about the sale of
elastic bands, "we don't exactly sell
them by the ton, but there are tons
of them sold In the course of the year.
"Originally designed more especially
for a convenient binder for bundles of
documents and that sort of thing, they
are now used for a great variety of
purposes in place of string. They are
used to put around packages and
bundles in stores, more especially
small packages, as in drug stores.
"They are used by many manufac
turers to put around things of various
kinds, which otherwise would be tied
up. If many of these uses, aside
from their convenience and their at
tractiveness as a part of the parcel,
they are cheaper than string, because
the use of them saves so much time.
A rubber band can be wrapped around
a package in much less time than it
can be tied up.
"Rubber bands in old times used to
be sold by the dozen, now, as you
know, they are sold by the pound, but
you don't have to buy a pound, you
can buy an ounce, or a half ounce, for
that matter.
"How many bands to a pound? Well,
that depends, of course, on the size
of the bands. The biggest, heaviest
bands used run only twelve bands to
the pound; tho smallest, a tiny little
band called an election ring, from their
use around bunches of ballots, number
thousands to the pound. Most people
buy bands of gray rubber, but nowa
days there are not a few who prefer
the bands of tho more modern terra
cotta color.
"I never heard an elastic band play,
but there's sure to be music in the air
when the small boy gets out with his
beanshooter, which he makes by at
taching a rubber band to the prongs
of a wishbone-shaped handle; this be
ing on of thc uses of elastic bands that
I forgot to meutlon."-New York Sun.
Let Us Hope Not
Johnny was spelling his way through
a marriage notice in the morning pa
per.
" 'A.t high noon,' " he read, "the
clergyman took his stand beneath the
floral bell, and to the music of the
wedding march the contradicting par
ties moved down the- "
"Not 'contradicting,' John." inter
rupted his elder sister. " 'Contract
ing.' "
"Well," stoutly contended Johnny,
"they'll bo contradicting parties after
a while!"
New Uso For Petroleum,
?cienti?c investigation has proven that
petroleum is far superior to coal for fuel, so
that wo need not worry should the coal sup
ply give out. lu nearly al! of Nature's prod
ucts we And that sa so?u a?> one material be
comes scarce another is discovered to take
its rlace. There is one exception, however,
and that is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It
is Nature's own remedy for dyspepsia, indi
gestion, constipation and malaria, fever and
ague. Don't fail to try it.
The prodigal son of the hard-working
hen ?3 generally a had egg.
A Noted Teacher.
Prof. Walter Wilson, ot tho Savannah High
School, says: "I feel it my duty to testify to
tho wonderful curativo properties of Tcttor
ine. It cured in a few days my son.whose feet
were affected with stubborn skin trouble,
afteruslL'gotherremcJieswithout any bene
fit." COe.a box by mail from J.T. Shuptrine,
Savannah, Ga., If*your druggist don't keep lt.
If ignorance were bliss, what a lot of peo
ple would be happy.
Their's T)yari?rAoi n j}p;ijj>?y CUTOS Sf UT
stomach and"Headache. At Druggists, COc.
There arc still districts in Italy where
the peasants live on chestnut's and acorns.
There is moro Catarrh in this section of tho
country thro all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For a great many years'doetors
pronounced it a local disease and prc-seribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
curable. Science has proven Catarrh to bo a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Curo, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co.,
Toledo, 0., is tho only constitutional cure on
thc market. It is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts direct
ly on thc blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer ono hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address F. J. CHEXE? ?fc
Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are tho best.
Ship rata, which are propagators of tko
plague, have been thoroughly exterminated
at Marseilles by the use of liquid carbonic
acid.
l?est For the Boirels.
No matter what ails you, headache to a can
cer, you will never get well until your boweifl
oro put right. CASCABETS help nature, euri
you without a gripe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10cents to
start getting your health back. CASCABETS
Candy Cathartic, thc genuine, put up in metal
boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on
lt. Beware of imitations.
The rich man traveling abroad doesn't
have to bc a linguist. Money talks in
every language.
Thc average man returns a borrowed um
brella when it's worn out aud he wants an
other.
FITS permanently cured. No fits ornorvcus
ncss after lirst day's uso of Dr. Kline's Groat
NerveP.estorer.ir2 trial bottle and treatlseiroe
Dr. R. H. KLIKE, Ltd., 931 ArohSt., Phlla., Pa.
Practice makes perfect, but it doesn't re
quire much practice to make a perfect fool.
H. H. GREEN'S Boss, of Atlanta. Ga., aro
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertlso
mcnt in another column of this paper.
When a fellow carries a picture in his
watch there is usually a woman in the case.
We refund 10c. for every packago of PCT
5AM FADELESS DYE that fails to give satis
faction. Monroe Drug Co., Unlonville, Ifo.
New York City is the chief manufactur
ing city in thc United States.
Piso's Cure cannot bo too highly spoken of
ns a cough cure.-J. W. O'BBIEX, 322 Third
Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. C, 1900
That man is lacking in diplomacy who
t:-?r? to rr?"?i a woman's are.
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"My wife had a deep-seated cough
for three years. I purchased two
bottles of'Ayer s Cherry Pectoral, |
large size, and it cured her com- |
plctely."
J. H. Burge, Macon, Col.
Probably you know of ?
cough medicines that re
lieve little coughs, ail |
coughs, except Jeep ones I
The medicine that has
been curing the worst of
deep coughs for sixty
years is Ayers Cherry
Pectoral.
Tbreo tires : 2!c" EOc, SI. AU inebria.
Consult your doctor. If lia Bays InHo lt,
thou do e.? ho wy?? li 1?3 tell* you not
to uko St, thon don't tako it. Ho lmowa,
Loavo lt with him. WK ?VII willina/.
J. C. AY?li CO,, bowell, Maia.
A Novel "Work Knfkot.
The familiar work basket now ap
pears under the name of work jug and
the possession of a work jug is nec
essary if one would be up to date.
Siender scrap baskets r.re employed for
mis purpose. The latest note with re
gard to me genuine scrap basket is
lc provide an inside lining that may
be lifted out without disturbing the
interior of the highly decorated straw
catch-all.
The Klee!ric flock Kow.
The electric clock is a convenience
that the traveler and the stay-at-home
individual aiike appreciates. By
touching a button at the side of the
clock the face of the time recorder
is brilliantly illuminated so that the
hour may be easily seen at any time
of the night. A dry battery is con
cealed in tho base of the dock case
and a small glass bulb appears in
front of the face. The battery with
care will last for some months and
renewal costs but little.
Novel Uso for OM Mn^izino*.
A new way of saving Ibo spacial
magazine articles in which she is in
terested has been lound by a woman
who considers it a waste of money to
have such periodicals bound. When
the other members of the family have
finished reading the magazine she re
moves the wire or cord ibat holds
the leaves together and takes out the
articles she wishes io preserve. These
are then sorted into envelopes marked
"history," "verse," "fiction,*' etc.
When she has collected enough arti
cles to form a thousand page book on
any subject she numbers the pages
over, writes out an index and sends
the books to be bound. In this way
ehe ha3 collected several volumes on
subjects of special interest.
Glaze Tor Collars.
A glaze for linen collars may be
made- by dissolving an ounce of best
white gum arabic in a quarter of a
pint of boiling soft water Strain, and
bettie for use. Put a small teaspoon
water starch made with two ounces
of white starch and a tablespoonful
of turpentine. Mix; and dip each ar
into cold water again; wring out, and
lay separately on a dry cloth, and cov
er with another dry cloth, roll up
tightly, anu leave for two or three
hours. Iren slightly with a box iron
on the wrong side until dry and stiff.
Have a well heated polishing iron, and
uso it with both hands to give weight
and polish; then pass the box iron over
the wrong side, giving the corners a
curl round, and air before the fire.
Novfirin-? lu Bronx?.
Bronze, the favorite modern metal,
has undergone several changes. By
acid oxidation lovely colors are pro
duced in the metal, as dead brown, a
patina like green and several violet
shades, awong thom heliotrcpe. The
material is then gilded, but the colors
fc?iil faintly shimmer through. Won
derful female heads, which rest upon
a broad basis of chest and shoulder,
display in the snimmering hair iris
in its natural colors, while tho_ finely
modelled neck rises from drapery , in
green or violet tones. Newest in all
these genres, however, are the orna
ments ot" gold, snver or bronze mount
ed in glazed earthenware. By chem
ical process the stoneware receives a
rough, shaded surface, giving it the
character of some highly interesting,
unknown ttone, the colored tones of
which cause it to appear a. rarity. The
fans this year are adorned with costly
paintings or are enriched with gold
and silver pallcttes. The old fash
ioned fan cases to hang at thc girdle
have also ieapneared. The glass cases
and table; clasped with bronze are in
empire style, whi.e inlaid tanks with
three grauuntpd shelves for paintings
or photographs have often exquisite
inlaid work.
Sago Souffle with Cranberries-Place
in a double'boiler four ounces of
cleaned sago, a pound of sugar and a
pound of cranberries in alternate lay
ers and cook without stirring for half
an hour, then let it cool; stir in the
stiffly beaten whites of six eggs. Serve
in a glacs competiere with cranberry
sauce around it.
Waldorf Potatoes-Pare, wash and
dry eight potatoes of medium size. Cut
them round and round in curls In the
same manner in which apples are
pared, having the piece as long as
possible. Lay in cold water an hour:
drain dry. Fry in deep fat in a bas
ket until brown and tender. Drain on
soft paper, sprinkle lightly with salt
and serve as a garnish for the roast.
Have the platter hot.
Grape Pudding-Soak one-half a box
of gelatin in one-half a cup of cold
water, until soft; add one cup of boil
ing water, juice of one lemon, one
cup of sugar and one pint of grape
juice. Set aside to cool until it begins
lo stiffen, then fold in the stiffly beaten
whites of two eggs. Run into a mold.
When ready to cerve unmold and gar
nish with whipped cream. A bunch
of grapes may be placed on the top
of the mold. This will serve eight
persons. Recipe may bc doubled, as
it will keep if not used.
Rice Croquettes-One-half cup of
rice, one-half cup boiling waler, one
cup scalded milk, one-half teaspoon
salt, yolks two eggs, and one table
spoon of butter. Wash rice, add to
water with salt, cover and steam until
rice has absorbed water. Add the
milk, stir lightly with a fork, cover
and steam until ri?e is soft. Remove
from fire, add six yolks and butter;
spread on a shallow plate to cool.
Shane in balls, roll in crumbs, then
shape in form of nests. Dip in egg.
again in crumbs, fry in deep fat and
drain. Put a cube of jelly in each cro
quette. Arrange on a folded napkin
and garnish with holly.
rrince riuls?ian a Landow.
Prince Christiau of Denmark, who
is on terms of close intimacy with the
Duke of Cornwall, has moro than onco
demonstrated his coolness and per
sonal strength. Thc other day the heir
to the Danish crown war, driving with
the princess, when the bells on their
hnrees startled the animals in an
other sleigh, which was overturned,
the occupants being entangled in their
rugs. The startled horses bolled, and
the unfortunate passengers wore in
great danger, but the crown prince im
mediately leaped out of his sleigh,
seized the runaways and brought Hiern
to a standstill.
USELESS. - ?
Mr. D. Speptic-My dear, 2 wish.
you'd prepare something occasionally
to tempt my appetite.
His Wife-The idea! Why. you
SHARP ENOUGH FOR THAT.
"You've had some acquaintance with
Miss Withers; is she really as dull as
most people seem to think her?"
"Dull? Well, I should say not Sho
haven't any appetite to tempt.-Oath- j cuts me every time we chance to
olic Times. | meet."-Richmond Dispatch.
HIS TASTE IN REFURNISHING.
"Bigson says he has had his house
refurnished during his wife's ab
sence."
"As a surprise to her?"
"No, as a shock."-Detroit Freo
Press.
SWEET MARIE UP TO DATE. -
There was a sweet maid named Marie,
Whose motto was "Take all you see."
She went into a store,
Purloined things by the score,
Then an officer said, "Come with me."
-Chelsea (Mass.) Gazette.
Mrs. L. A. Harris, a Prominent Member
of a Chicago Womans Political Club, tells
how Ovarian Troubles may be Cured with
out a Surgical Operation. She says :
" Doctors have a perfect craze for operations. The minute
there is any trouble, nothing but an operation will do them ; one
hundred dollars and costs, and included in the costs are pain, and
agony, and o? ten death.
"I suffered for eight years with ovarian troubles ; spent hundreds
of dollars for relief, until two doctors agreed that an operation was
my only chance of life. My sister had been using Lydia E. Pink
Iiam's Vegetable Compound for her troubles, and been cur&.i,
and she strongly urged me to let thc doctors go and try the Com
pound. I did so as a last resort ; used it faithfully with the Sana
tive Wash for five months, and was rejoiced to find that my troubles
were over and my health restored. If women would only try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound first, fewer surgical operations
would occur."-MRS. L. A. HARRIS, 278 East 31st St., Chicago, Ul. '
$5000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENTILLE.
When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful
menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoa, displacement or ulceration of the
womb, that bearincr-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, back
ache, bloating (or iiatulence), general debility, indigestion, and nervous
prostration, cr arc beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness,
lassitude, excitability, irritability, nenrousness. sleeplessness, melancholy,
"all-gone " and " w.r.it-io-be-left-alone " feelings, blues,and hopelessness,
they should remember there is one tried anal true remedy. Lydia E.
Pinkfcam's Vegetable Compound at once remove.-: pitch troubles.
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If you do you ?fccuid send your name ?nd address cn a postsl card for a
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The ir.? I ?rt (nu of Ilia ??un. W. are Ul? in trod neera U9 tit .
il? larg* jcro w* of unt tor prri ia America. Wa a"e heAdqaartare. y|
rOor Kranial riaMt C lo?, .rbtrud Int* ud lota of pa -larar* h*-id"t per
?Tr. lt v.? KT?* whrr"r- roll I? (rand. Il 1. an ?jrrl.!ulu]r?l wonder.
Irrrr farmcrocfai to fl*"* lt I? a nwDty BiaXer. Tr/ lt (sr 1X7.
c*ix>r? t-iu. SPELTS
Th? trent eur al, prododne (ron 00 to SO baaholi of (raia ?nd i Ima
af har, aa good a? limeta j, prr acre. Wa are Uta Introducer*.
TRIPLE INCOME CORN
9H**VKSS Hoir would150 baaael? prr aere ?ait rou at Ute prr^nit prieta efrora?
V*J*^**'t^ S?ltcr'aeuro "rt* *lu prod"* for yon io 1*B. t?atalor ttl li.
f% Fcddsr Plants, Grasses and Clover
i t\?^t We hart the lartert arrar of fodder plaaU (band in any eaulorae
fj^i^ In Artierle?. We n??c tba" Onrrl varleticr?. th* bisect rlrl?fr? and
mirent rn.pperr. Oar Clam loearo.tr Orr- pevdotva acr..p
h?s:i in Ms wrei? afler aofilne. Oar Pea Oatpi.r? Bun? ofb
?cf: our Tetanic 1? jrotd frrOOtou. af ?.rem ??ddcr: o*r T:poa?.id
Hr.,.:- : Kale atd Dwarf Victoria Oap? ailie ?hrep au.l .wine abai eat?a
(pwwiagmi le. . ponnd po.illik. Wcwarract av (rn*, roliiuret to
f'uriil.h a Injuriant erop nf har an rerrr tall where planted.
(Orer 2,000,000 pound? ?old thc put few y carr).
VEGETABLE SEEDS
W> tr.- ?.
L ',n? iasa^aftasaasanwai
Nt M
* 'sm
(Um
removes from the soil
large quantities of
The fertilizer ap
plied, must furnish
enough Potash, or thc
land will lose its pro
ducing power.
Read c.trc;" l?y cur bsclis
cn crops-scot /rt*.
GERMAN KALI WORKS
?J ?o NaSsau St., New York.
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E., J. Vawier's Carnations are the Desi
CHOICE Fr m tho ramona "Vawter
Aili nD NI A Carnation'Kleids,*1 Ocr an
?Dv?T.nLv'''rli' AL Had.- rooted
AKNATION5C:,tr!nK?. propagnierl with
out art:flcial heat, fcut postpaid, on receipt
of price. 5 Car nat Itt II Planta for '25r; 5
Prince nf Wu l cv Vin lei ?for 2 .Sr; 3 Canna
Bu lb? for'.25< ; 3 ? nil? !.Hy Bulb* f ?.. 2.>r
Orders Ailed In rotation. Orrternou-. Address OCKAX
PAKX y I., ic. I. co.. [Inc.]. OCCAS PABK. CALIF, HM*.
THE LANIER SOUTHERN
MACON. GA.
Thorough In at appointments Business
men re. ogntzo our I'lplom/ts a? A test'mo
nial of ability nnd worin. All br:m hes taught.
Full Information cil?orfnlly fuinishe.i.
DID YOU EVER
Consider thc lascll of?e-eil thc Iniellltrenco of
thinking people wbon the clnlm U Blltdl th nt
any one remedy will cure ail dj teases! No,
well, think o'lt and aenfl for our book telling
all shout Special Remedies for s;>ec!?.l d!s
e.iRed conditions, KIKI our Family Tated (elna
dues. A postal card will 6oeuro ihe book
and ? sample of l>r. JohnflOH'a "After D nner
Plll.n ?Atwtts warned. Tba Home Remedy
Co., AuHtull Building. Atlanta, t?a. fi
Self-Threadinjr Sewing Kschine Ksedie!
Sind T.r .-jud we wlU .?sad you sample pa tape assorted
needles. Gire nome ot tcschine. Acents wanted. Ni
tionil Automatic >eeUle Co., lao Nassau St., N. ?. C 'y
Mention this Pap;r1,1 "T$.?2S^'
??PifrPQV NEW DISCOVERY; El.et
Oofi U\L AT> t 'w) H quick re?ef and enren worst
ca.es
Free.
Booi of tettimutiia t and IO dnyt' tmatment
Dr. li H. OmiN'S SCKS, BoxB, Atlant?, Ga
rold Medal at HnlTalo Exposition.
McILHENNY'S TABASCO
CUBES Wntat ALL tLbE FAILS. E
Dost Cough Syrup. Tastes t?ooU. Cse r~
In time. Sold by druggists.
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