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SOOTHSAYERS. The winds that, gipsy-wise, foretold The fortune of today, At twilight, with the gathered gold Of sunset, stole away : And of their cloud accomplices That prophesied the rain. Upon the night-forsaken skies No vestiges remain. -Youth's Companion. ^ A AAAA-AA- A A A A AA J -A.. I ?MOGUL MAGNET.? www After the explosion of the Giant Powder Mills in Alabama, a party of Northern capitalists purchased the di vidends, and determined to erect an other factory upon the ill-fated spot, where, for every year for twelve years, the mill had exploded, causing terrific loss and many deaths. Thc president of the company re quested that I should visit Pittsburg in search of a magnet endowed with sufficient power to attract an object of friction at a distance of 50 feet. Fortunately, while prospecting through thc North and in Alaska, I ?ormed the acquaintance of Captain Laurence, late of the -Pacific Steam Whaling com pany, who kindly informed me that along the Yukon delta there existed a peculiar lodestone of wonderful maget ism. To me this information was in valuable, and i accordingly accepted his invitation to join the whalers, who were soon to leave on an expedition from Point Barrow. Twas a little dubious of this adven ture, in spite of the promising report of the delta, for ten years previous my brother Jim, my only surviving rela tive, sailed from Point Barrow with Bob Laurence, a brother of our cap tain. Wild fellows they were, too, and the result was the wreck of the reven ue cutter and four whaling vessels. Nine hundred men became castaways, and eventually perished from hunger and long exposure on the sterile coast of Greenland. Our voyage was replete with events, thrilling and dan^cr^us, and in my en thusiasm for the whaling business I quite forgot my lodestone mission, when it was brought to bear upon my mind in a thoroughly disagreeable vay. The captain and I were together on deck, discusoing the possibility of mak ing our return down the Yukon river, thus passing through the gold fields and lodestone ore, when the engineer ing crew appeared before us and an nounced that the machinery in tho power room refused to work. None of the engineers could explain the mys tery; it really seemed inexplicable. Soon the steam died away, but strange the vessel's speed increased, and be gan registering as high as 270 knots an hour. It was indeed a ship at sea. What direction we were going it was impos sible to tell, for the compass didn't show. But with a glass I saw at a dis tance a mountain of dark color, and the secret of our speed was revealed. We were within the precincts of the great Lodestone Mountain, that both the explorers, Ross and Franklin, be lieved to be near the Pole, surrounded by waters presumably unnavigable. I knew that when we arrived within a certain distance, the attraction of this Mogul Magnet would be so power ful that the vessel would be crushed . to pieces against it. A hasty examina tion'was made of the vessel; nothing could be done to avoid a disastrous landing, for the hull was of heavy iron, of the ordinary build, with fastenings of steel. We therefore tnought no more of the vessel's safety, but of how to avoid the death shock which most assuredly would come to us all. Necessity was the mother of invention in this case. An avenue of escape was suggested by a British sailor, who, through fear, had already suspended himself three feet from the floor by catching to a rubber strap that hung from the ceil ing. Within half an hour we had a strap each, aud were dangling in raid air when the crash came. It was a crash indeed, for one side of the ves sel was firmly embedded in the ada mant. With the exception of Good, who sustained a slight shock, every man alighted on the mountain bank unhurt. We succeeded in reaching the top of the mountain, where millions at grouse 'flew gaily enough around, and I, in advance of the party, stopped and nibbed my eyes, as well I might There, not twenty yards in front, placed in a charming situation, under a group of overhanging cliffs, was the cozy habitation of a cliff-dweller! ."What the dickens!" exclaimed I. "Can this be a mountain of cliff dwell ers?" Even as I said it, from an aperture in the rock there limped out a Rip Van Winkle looking fellow, clothed in a beautiful cloak of duck breasts, and with a glorious crown of white locks. I thought I must have got a touch of the sun. How did he ever get here? Be sides, he was alone, for we could eas ily see all over the mountain. I stared and stared, and so did the other men, and just at that instant the captain came up from the rear. "Here, Cap," said I, "is that a white man, or a North Pole joss?" Then all of a sudden the white haired man gave a cry and came hob bling toward me. When he got close, he fell down in a sort of faint" With a spring I was by his side. Great powers! It was my brother Jim! At the sound of the disturbance an other figure, also clad in sealskin, emerged from the cliffs and came run ning toward us. On seeing the cap tain, he, too, gave a cry. "Cap," he hallowed, "don't you know me, Bob, your brother? ' And he fell at his kinsman's feet and rolled over and over, weeping with joy. Meanwhile, Jim began, "Ten years ago, Laurence and I were hurled against this mountain. The ship and the other thirteen meu went into the deep. Since then, we two have lived like a second Robinson Cru soe and his man, Friday, hoping against hope that some explorers might help us away; Lat none ever came. And now you, of all people on earth, turn up, and find us where you least expected! Wonderful-and most merciful, too!" In a joyful manner we all set to talk ing, relating the main ft atures of our many adventures, till, exhausted from long exposure, we fell asleep; for here no day nor night came, yet the world around us was mellowed with the deli cate rays.of the Aurora Borealis. The preparations for our return voy age were arduous. From the wreck of our vessel we secured a sufficient quantity of timbers to build a boat, in which we conveyed ourselves safely to the port of Nuwuk, thence to Uncle Sam's "ice-box," rich in the knowledge of the great fortune that lay await ing our return-the Mogul Magnet of the Earth. But life is short at best, and If some ship, other than an iron sided whaling vessel is not secured, 1 shall not risk the magnetism pf che wonderful lodestone again. Truth is often stranger than fiction. -Waverley Magazine. YOUNG SOLDIERS OF FRANCE. Picturesque Seenas at Che Departu.ro of the Conger! pto. During the last three days 25,000 conscripts have left Paris for the vari ous military centres. IL is the annual departure of the "classe." There have been many picturesque scenes in con sequence. Bands of young men of all conditions of life and drawn from all parts of the country have been parad ing the streets, shouting military aire and blowing upon imaginary instru ments. It is their way of keeping up their courage, for the conscript, as often as not, has little stomach for Avar, and looks with a degree of dread i'.pon his barrack life. The district of Montmartre, especially, has been en livened during these evenings by the roystering "Blues," as Paris calls them and th? police have turned an indul gent eye on their proceedings, prompt ed, no doubt, by personal recollections of the days when they also formed part of the class. The town general ly, looks fondly after the lads as they go trumpeting along the boulevards. The purely rustic conscript is a less demonstrative person, and marches soberly along, under the direction of his sergeant or corporal, with his lit tle valise or package, containing his .worldly possessions, on his arm, cut ting often an odd figure in his rough civilian clothes. These are the grubs from which the butterfly of the sol dier will emerge in a few weeks. When the conscript comes among his friends again it will bc in the guise 0/ the familiar long blue coat and red trousers of the infantryman, or he will have blossomed into a cavalry man, a gunner, or, perchance, an en gineer. The first day In barracks is a trying one for tho young conscript. Civil life finishes sharply on the threshold of the caserne. The soldier in embryo is challenged brusquely by the ser geant major, and probably the latter has some idea'of imparting a little wholesome respect for military dis cipline at the very outset of the young man's career. Very often the conversation that ensues has its amus ing turn. Each conscript is put through an elementary examination. The candidate is always asked wheth er he can write. "But I am 'bache lier,' " perhaps he says. "I do not ask your occupation," responds the sergeant, grufliy; "but can you write?" And so on. When the parade takes palace before the adjutant, there are bound to be some few recruits who make a last despairing effort to be quit of military service. Their sight ?3 too bad, and they have not enough strength. But the adjutant is a hard hearted man; besides, he has heard all this before. And the military net is spread very wide. There is no my opic bar, unless the degree of short sight is very pronounced, and as to the question of stature, one often sees the diminutive sentinel handsomely topped by the fixed bayonet of his rifle. The man upon whom military life sits the lightest and to whom it may be positively agreeable is the musi cian. He comes under the class of "ouvriers d'art," which escape with one year's service. He is drafted into the band, so that he continues his studies, and he may supplement the sou a day which a grateful country awards him by giving lessons outside the barracks. And so we will leave our brave conscript Tonight be may put his head under the clothes in sheer wretchedness of being; tomor row he will hold his head up and cry: "Vive la Patrie!" "Vive l'Armee!" PEARLS OF THOUGHT, I He who flatters you is your enemy. -Cardan. Self-trust is the essence of heroism. -Emerson. Lying is a certain mark of coward ice.-Southey. We cannot always oblige, f?ut we can always speak obligingly.-Vol taire. He who loses his conscience has nothing left worth keeping.-Izaak Walton. Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another Joubert Next to the slanderer we detest the bearer of the slander to our ears. M. H. Catherwood. ' f The passionate are like men stand ing on their heads; they see all things the wrong way.-Plato. Misrepresent nothing. No perma nent success was ever built upon a foundation of fraud.-Insurance Press. His Explanation. The bookkeeper for a commission, house has lately .resigned to engage in a farming enterprise in New Jersey. "The life is not ? pastoral dream nor yet a charming madrigal," admit ted the amet?ur. "But I expect to en joy it more hereafter because there will be fewer tramps hanging around our doors at all hours of the day and night-a condition resulting from my wife's benevolent practice of keeping open house the year round. "I owe a debt of gratitude to the last imposter, since it was he that effected the necessary reform. The fellow was an artist. "He simply came and stood at the door and pretended to be taken with a violent chill. "His reward was all the available liquor in the house, of couse. When he was quite sure that we had no more whiskey he confessed that he was feeling better. My wife asked, in sympathy: " 'How did you ever catch such a dreadful chill, my poor man?' "He grinned with impudence. " 'I'll tell youse de true', lady he said, as he walked away, 'I caught d3 chill while standing up in bed to keep me feet, warm.'"-New York Times. A Well-paved City. Edinburgh is well-paved. Within an area of 16 1-2 square miles the city has 82 miles of gran ite streets, two miles of wood pavement and about 80 miles of the best macadam. No asphalt has been laid, chiefly because of the broken, hilly nature of almost tho whole area covered by the city, re quiring street gradients which would it is thought, render asphalt unsafe for ordinary traffic during most of tho year. T ni m ii ne. Mrs. Tompkins-Do you think your son's life is blighted by that cruel girl? 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Small crcps, unsalable veg I ctablcs, result from want of The wonderful medicine, Ripans Tabules, cured me in three weeks after having suffered for five years. My trouble was dyspepsia and as I believe came from eating too much sweet stuff. At druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for ah ordinary occasion. Thc family bottle, 60 conta, contains a supply for a year. WE PAY R. K. FARE AND UNDER $5,000 Deposit, Guarantee 200 MUCK SC ll OLA KS HI PK. BOA It ll AT COST. Write (?ulck to GA.-A I.A. BUSIKJCSS COM.Kt; K, M ACON, <:\. *.**t* s??? Capudine^i5? Headaches, s I LaGrippe, Colds, etc. | ?jj Money back If Itfalls. !!.&2JC.AH Drug Storr* te m CA TAIOO LAWS TEAT ABE LAPSED THERE SEEMS TO BE NO END TO SUPERFLUOUS LEGISLATION. Tlio American Has lo Obey More Laws Than D003 a Citizen of Any Oilier Country - This Multiplicity of Laws a Groat Unon to tho Many Lawyers. To be a law-abiding American citi zen requires, morn of an effort than is expected of the citizens of any Other country on the face of the map of the world. Not only does the American have to obey more laws, but he has more law-making bodies than any other country. He has his congress, the state legislatures and municipal bo: die's, all of which have power to make laws and enforce them. No lawyer knows how many laws there are :n the state of Louisiana, for instance, much less how many laws ihere are in the United States. When ever a question is submitted to a lawyer about the simplest proposition, it requires three or four days of stren uous investigation before he is ttle to form au opinion as to what the legislature did do or intended to do, and even then it is not a certiinty that thc law is as the lawyer thinks it is. There arc about 14,000 ordinances in force in the city of New Orleans alone. How many thousand laws theic are in the state no living man can tell. Citizens expectorating on the side walk are violating a law. Citizens throwing refuse into the streets aro violating a law. Motormen running their cars faster than six miles an hour violate an ordinance. Trains which block a crossing longer than five minutes violate the law. People driving horses rapirlly on any of tho streets can be arrested by thc police and fined. Men or women lingering on the street corners are guilty of a misdemeanor. It is a penitentiary of fense to open a letter without a stamp on it, which is addressed to anoth3r. It is a penitentiary offense to open a letcer addressed to another under any circumstances. It is an offense to sell goods on Sunday. Gambling and lot tery games are crimes. Taking money from another for the purpose of shield ing him or his business is a very ser ious crime. It is a misdemeanor for a farmer to permit his hogs to run at large in certain districts. The list might be prolonged indefi nitely. It would fill a strip of paper as wide as the ordinary railroad track and reaching from New York to Plong kong. Lawyers say that there is hardly a man in this republic who does not* at some time during the year violate some law, state, national or city. The reason why so few arrests are made is that most of these statutes are more honored in disuse than in their rigid enforcement. Laws are changed with every suc ceeding session of the legislature. As great a lawyer as Mr. Kruttschnitt said he did not believe a person could take the statute books of 1855, or about that time, and find a single lav/ which is in force today as .it was thea. The beginning of many of the present laws are there, but they have been amended and amended until they ha/e completely lost their original shape and effect. Mest of the acts of thc legislature as recent as ten years ago have been repealed and changed so that they are not all what they were in .the beginning, lt is apparently the passion of. every legislator, for reasons political or otherwise, to try to get the entire regulation of the affairs of the citizen changed to suit his parti cular notions of political economy, and so he go?s ta the capitol with a bunch of bills in his pocket and he begins introducing them the first day of the session and keeps hammering away at them till he manages to get one or two of them through. Then there is tlic man in the legislature who does not care how much legislation some of the other parishes get so long as they let lum and his affairs alone. He is perfectly willing to vote for the other man's bill if the other man will vote for one of his bills and vote against some bill for him. It was something of this condition of affairs which made the legislature of a state not very far from Louisiana seriously debate for four or five days and nights the pro position to incorporate a brass band and make every member thereof ex oifieio justice of the peace. The gen tleman who proposed the measure, When asked why he wanted to make thc horn blowers and the banner bearers officers of the law, replied that it was necessary to give them this power in order to enable them to pro tect themselves against the populace, which was in thc habit of going early to bed and which manifested a decided objection of being waked up by a bras3 horn just as they were beginning to get their fi? st good sleep. Bills just as foolish as this have been proposed in other legislatures and have served a rather good purpose in the eyes of thc lawyers, in that they consumed time which might have been spent in a way much more in jurious to the interests pf the state.. It is a fact that every legislature j passes more bills than it repeals. The new laws cover hundreds of pages. Thc lawyers have to try to familiarize themselves with thc most important legislation. It is an absolute impossi bility to try to absorb all of the acts ? of the Solons, because that is a task which would send a man to an asylum before he sot half through. As showing the number of laws , passed by congress, a bill was passed three years ago providing for a com mission to recodify thc statutes of the United States. That commission has been steadily at work every day of the . year, and is not half through with its j job. It is thought that by the time . th? present generation is grown and the lawyers now living have reached their rewards there may be an end to this work. Certainly the work will J go on for" five or ten years longer. Yet congress is supposed to pass few- ' er bills than the ordinary state legis- , lature. One man resigned his seat in congress to get on the commission, on thc ground that it was a life job and he did not have to make any effort to Ret reelected. Another member of the commission has died during his term of office, but still thc commission goes on, and when the present mem bers die there will be a new set, and when Hie new sot gets old it is ex pected hy thc lawyers that the work will bc finished. This multiplicity of laws is an ele ment of law > ors' foes. When a law yer knows it is going to take him three days to find out if a man's cow can eat (he grass on thc pasture of another man in a certain parish he must charge about the value of the cow for an opinion, because he will have to contribute services worth the value of the cow before he is through with his investigation of the question. , As showing the differance in the number of laws it is set down that there is only one lawmaking body In all the kingdom of England, and that is the House of Commons, or rather the House of Parliament. They make all the laws, both the larger and the smaller ones. They make the laws regulating the running of cattle at large, as well as laws providing the means for carrying on the govern ment. There are no distinct legisla tive bodies. All the legislation cornos from one source. Consequently, there is very little of the confussion appar ent here, because there is n^ed for lit tle local legislation. There is only one law-making body in France and only one in Germany. All these great bodies consider the smallest local questions when there is occasion for it, but when there is no necessity for a violent change they go ahead. Laws have stood for hundreds of years in these countries without a change, an j the probabilities are that they will stand for centuries more. They were made on broad lines that were care fully considered and elastic enough to fit changing conditions. The lawyers in this city who dis cussed this question are at a loss to know how to stop the craze for making new laws, unless it be to have a spe cial session of the legislature called for the express purpose of repealing some'few hundred acts which are now on the books and which should not be there. In the meantine the average man proceeds daily in his career of crime. -New Orleans Times-Democrat. CONDUCTORS' TRADE SECRETS.. How They Know Wlioxo Faro Ha? Not Keen Paid. "How ?lo I know what passengers haven't paid their fares?" said the str?i car conductor. "To tell thc truth, I don't know; but conductors are onto a few little tricks. "While we glance at the passengers as they get on it is not true that we depend on our memory for faces to pick out the right ones. Conductors are just like any other persons, and have no better memories for faces. Still, we are able to tell pretty nearly who hasn't paid his fare. I don't know whether I am giving way a trade secret, but this is how we man age to get almost all the fares that are coming to us "It's easiest on a light snowy day, but a rainy day is just as good, or even a windy day in summer. The worst kind of weather in which to pick out a man or woman who owes you a nickel is on a calm, still night in sum mer. I know this sounds as if I were talking of some peculiar kind of game that needed to be stalked in certain kinds of weather, and that isn't a bad guess, for some of them do need stalk ing. "It's easy enough, though. For in stance, when there's a light snow falling, the latest person to get on a car, or the last half dozen, for that matt?r, have snow on their hats, clothing or shoes, haven't they, where it has melted into little drops of moisture on other passengers who had been sitting in a warm car. Then the men will stamp their feet every time, and the floor shows it. Thc women won't do that, but the snow drops on her hat give her away. The man may shake them off his, but she won't take off her hat for that, so wc have a sure thing either way. "On a rainy day it's the same way, except we can't tell exactly who is the latest in, as on a snowy day, but we can get cluse enough to make a guess and ? bluff that usually pro dhl'cea the nickel. Still, an umbrella ii always a sure Indication. No matter how hard or how little it is raining, all the water seems to run off an um brella in, say, two minutes, so we get a good line on them, too. "On a dusty day a new passenger flecks the dust off his coat or hat, while a woman does no such a thing. I don't know why she doesn't, but she doesn't. Usually, though, she has her veil half raised, and is either using her handkerchief on her little nose or to remove the dust from her eyes. Then she may be smoothing her hair, which has been ruffled by the wind, so it's all easy guessing if you are observant. "Only on very calm days, with no snow, rain or dust, are we completly at sea. Then wc must depend on memory or the quick glance a passen ger may give at another who hasn't paid, when we say 'Fare!' sort of sharp like. "But you don't suppose we go to all this trouble only to prevent passen gers from beating their way, do you? That is the least of our troubles, be cause there isn't one out of a hundred that isn't willing to pay. The reason that we must watch so carefully is that it's a bad break to ask a passen ger for his fare when he has pai.1 once. "Both men and women resent this instantly. The men make some insult ing remark and the women stare until we fade away to the rear platform. The secret of being a good and popu lar conductor is in never asking the wrong person for a nickel, and not in preventing a passenger from beating a ride once in a long time. The dead beat doesn't write to the company toll ing all about it, but the person who thinks he has been insulted Joes." New York Press. Men for General Housework. In West Philadelphia, the other day four men answered an advertisement calling for a man to do general house work. Of the four men who made applica tion for thc place, one was a China man, one a colored man, who had been porter in a club, one a retired sailor md the other a widower. The man who advertised would not tell which of the men he engaged, but he was not loath to express his pre ference for a man to do the work rather than a woman. With his wife and daughter he had lived in Japan and in China, where they depend en tirely on men servants. Five years ago they brought a Japanese servant with them from abroad, but when he had saved enough to live in comfort at home he went back. Women tried in his place did not give satisfaction to the family, and so advertisement was made for a gen eral housework man. A Clever I.nnrilord. Some owners of property in the poor er districts of Glasgow give rewards to tenants who behave themselves, keep their property in good order, and pay their rent regularly. D?ring the past few years a great deal of slum property has been pulled down or im proved, and the landlords in question also wish to better the condition of the people, anti the following novel plan has been adopted: All tenants who are prompt in payment are al lowed in summer to live rent free for a fortnight, so that when they take their holiday they need not pay double rent. The idea has "caught on." and over 60 percent of the tenants mauage to secure ihe landlord's prize. Butler's Obstinacy. A story told to illustrate tho charac ter of Sir Redvers Buller is worth re peating. During the last Nile cam paign, while on board a river steamer descending some dangerous water in one of the higher cataracts, Sir Red vers entered into a discussion with Lord Charles Beresford as to the proper channel that should be taken. Each obstinately defended his own course, but in the end that which Sir Redvers recommended was adopted, with the result that the steamer got through without accident. "You see I was right," exclaimed Sir Redvers, triumphantly; "mine was the proper channel." "That was mine, too," coolly replied Lord Charles. "I only recommended the other because I knew you would go against whatever I said." LABOR. "Do you thing a member of Con gress really earns his salary?" asked the inquisitive person. "Of course I do," answered the new ly elected statesman. 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All brnnr hes taught. Full information cheerfully furniBhe:!. B"^ EB ?Tn !Q Q V HEW DISCOVERY;???? \j If l~ G) i .imck relief and cures worM cane?. Book of toilimmua >. and IO ?In j H' treetmrn" Free. Dr. fl. H. GLE1N S SOUS. Box B. At anta fi? Gold .TInial at M?flalo Exposition. fllcILHENNY'S TABASCO A.N INTERLOPER'S EXPLANATION. "Now, then," cried the deep-voiced woman," what has made female suf frage possible?" "Male sufferance," replied the rude man who had no business to be there at all.-Philadelphia Press. B. B. B. SENT FREE Cares Blood and Skin Diseases, Cancero, Bone Paine, Itching Humors, Etc. Send no money, simply try Botanic Blood Balm at our expense. B. B. B. cures Pimples, scabby, scaly, itching Eczema, Ulcers, Eating Sores, Scrofula, Blood Poison, Bone Tains, Swellings, Rheuma tism, Cancer, and all Blood and Skin Troubles. Especially advised for chronic cases that doctors, patent medicines and Hot Springs fail to cure or help. Druggists, $1 por large bottle. To prove it cures B. B. B. sont free by writing BLOOD BALM Co., 12 Mitchell St, Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and freo medical advice sent in sealed letter. Medicine sent at once, pre paid. Ail we ask is that you will speak a good word for B. B. B. when cured. Health For 25 years I have never missed taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla every spring. It cleanses my blood, makes me feel strong, and does me good in every way." - John P. Hodnette, Brooklyn, N.Y. Tho average run of people are vastly ! pleased when their friends elope. It saves I a wedding present. Pure and rich blood carries new life to every part of the body. You are invigorated, refreshed. You feel anxious to be active. You become strong, 1 steady,courageous. That's what Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do for you. SI-CO a bottle. Ail Jrerjlsts. Ask your doctor wb.it ho think? of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. He knows all about this grand old family medicino. Follow his advice and wo-.viii bo satisfied. J. C. AVER Co., Lowell, Mass. T ? N ? SI ? S ? LEADER" and "REPEATER" SMOKELESS PO V/DER SHOTGUN SHELLS are used by the best shots In the country because they are so accurate, uniform ar ' ;liable. All the world's championships and records have been on and n.a?. by Winchester shells. Shoot them and you'll shoot well. USED BY THE BEST SHOTS, SOLD EVERYWHERE n ? v v n i_ n i_ ?* '(SOD* ??sit evrry land and everywhere will find, re well Informed, have neither the time im pleasure boat OT business, to usc those ive purgation and tbea le:'.vc thc internal rion. Syrup cf Fig3 is not built on those ictively, cleanses, sweetens and strengthens them in a healthy condition, ?dy thc most excellent is Syrup of Figs, bat tivc is required the safe aud scientific plan clan and not to resort to those medicines of diseuses. is the first to manufacture a laxative remedy all; a laxative which physicians could I to anotiier ; BO that today its 6ales probably . In some places considerable quantities of nations arc still sold, but with the general st medicinal agents, Syrup of Figs has come rmcd, because lt is a remedy of known valuo due not only to thc excellent combination of pies of plants, known to act most beneficially refreshing aromatic liquids, but also to tho [n order lo get the genuine and ita beneficial full name of tho Company-California Fig every package. CLEM THE TR ACM Here's Ult monarch-nothing like ll OD ?nh. Sailer's New 20th Century Oat takes Ike cake, eanlra first pr?tes as the bl jgcjt yielder ercry where. The fae! is Saker's oats aro bret to produce. The U. S. Depart raentof Agriculture claims thrtoulofseer ?00 samples aa* kinds testet, Balser'* vere t'.o best. How do ron like that. Mr. Farmer? Our newWib OtBlary Oat ls bound to completely rerolutlonlze oat growing iilrtctpnt dncsiol farmers to report yields In lSPlrnnnlng from 800 to OOO bushels per ter?. Price ls din cheap Bo Io the swim and bur this variety this spring to .ell ta your aeichbors tho coming fail for seed. It will surely pay you. Salseas Marvel Wheat-42 bus, per Rere 111 yield a paying crop north east. Math, sa. We al? hare tbs celebrated Utc:t isbcls per acre. The only spring wheat oa earth tba aO'l we*t and In erery state- In the V rani wheal, yielding on esr farms. C3 SPELTZ The most mar ?el ms cereal and hay food on earth, pradodng from 60 to 80 keshela .f crain and * tons of rich kay per acre. VEGETABLESEEDS > the largest growers and oar nock of earliest Peat. Beaut, Sweet oom and ney making regtlablv ls enormons. Prices art very low. Onion eetd CC aad op a pound. Catalogue tells. For tOc-Worth $10 r great catalogue contains full dtaoription sf our Beardless Barley, ridding 10* bushell; ear Trlplt Income Corn, going ion bu.heit; our potatoes, yielding 600 bushels per acre; our grass and ciorcr mistures, producing 6 teas of magnlscest bay; cur Pea k Oat, with Its 6 toss of bay, and Teocinte ?Ith 80 tom. By of green fodder per aero. Hailer's great catalogue, ;r$V srorth $100 to any wide awakt gardener or farmer, with 10 farm teed samples,-worth $10 M gel a start-ls malled yen on receipt ?i 10;. pottage. wm E. J. Vawter's Carnations are the Best CHOICE From tho famous "Vawter AI 11 <"> D NJ i A Carnation Fieldn," Ocean ?nL?TinLcI'"rk' rAl- Hftrdy roottd ARNATIUN5cuttings, propagated with out artificial heat, kent postpaid, on receipt ofprldo. 6 Carnation Plain? for 25cj 5 Prince of Wale* Vlolelefor 25cl3 Canna nulli* for 25? ; 3 Talla I,tl} Bulb* for25c Ordern tilled lu rotation. Ordernow. Address OCKAM PAUK FLOUAI. CO., [Inc.], OCKAN PARK, CAIJFOBSIA. Mention this Paper "lrZ!v'^'?^t'rs DID YOU EVER Consider tho Insult o!T?red tho intelligence Of thinking people whon the nlalrn Ls ms tl o that any ono remedy will cure all dl'eascs* Ko, well, think of lt and sena for c-nr book telling all about 2(i Special Romcdles for special dla. cased conditions, ami our FarrtUy Medicina C??o8. A postal c?rd will 8c?ur? tao book arid a sample of Dr. Johnson's "Atter Dinner PHI." Afrento wanted. The Home Itemed/ Co., Austell Building. Atlanta, Oa. ?COMMISSION salesmen,having time for side Une.fetaplegoods. MAMJFA< TLIIEK. BojrlM, COTlngt-.n. Ky LARGE ENOUOH TO PRO DUCE Heart Failure for CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Uso In time. Sold by druggists CON SUM P TION . F"