Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 30, 1902, Image 4

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QUIITUS. Man and bis strife ! and beneath him the Eur.h ia her green repose. And out of the Earth he cometh, and Into the Earth he goes. O sweet at last is the Silence, O sweet at tho warfare's close ! ? For oat of the Silence he cometh, and Into the Silence goes. And the great sea round him glistens, and ab cv i him the great Night glons. And out of the Night he cometh, and into the Night he goes. -"William Watson. rip. ? HISS. ! i """" " * * - t Q Br SUSAN HUBBABD MARTIN. ^ She was waiting in Madam Jack son's dressmaking parlors, where the large easy chair nearly enveloped her small, shrinking figure. She was not old, not more than thir ty-five, but already the bloom and beauty of her youth had gone. There were streaks of: gray in her brown hair; fine lines revealed themselves under the sad eyes. The cheeks wera pal and a trifle 'sunken, and the hands, folded over a parcel in her lap, wera rough and calloused. Whoever she was, life had gone hard with her. Madam Jackson came in.- "You wished .to see me?" she asked. Madam Jackson was a large, Impos -ing-looking woman, clad in a rich black dress. The little woman rose timidly. "Yes'm," she answered. "I- want you to make me a dress If you will. I've made all my own clothes ever since John and I were married. They haven't been very many, either," she added. "But this is something differ ent. JWe live on-a tarra, and we raise fruit "and "vegetables for market Ev ery year John has said to me, 'Well, Lottie, I guess this fall we can afford that blue dress.' " She unrolled her package carefully and .-smoothed out the cloth it con tained with a tender hand. "I was to have had this blue dress the second year we were married," she explained. "I was young then but somehow something always hap pened. Often we'd have a dry year, then again we'd have to buy an extra plow? or maybe a cow would die, or something else would come up, so-I never was able to get the dress until now, and we've been married sixteen years. The last thing John said to me when he gave me the money was, 'Now, Lottie, don't buy anything but a blue dress, and just forget how long you've waited for if "I'm afraid, though," she added, with a wistful little sigh, "it's too late to look well on me. You see getting up at half past two in the morning to be ready for market will make any one old, and I've worked hard. Sometimes we have six men to cook for; that is in lr. the busy season." Madam Jackson, took the roll of cloth in her hands. It was a soft, beautiful blue, fine and rich in texture, but it could make a dress suitable only for a young girl ; some one with rosy cheeks and golden hair and dim ples. It was so far from being appro priate fer the little, stooping figure opposite. Madam looked Trindly at the pale little woman. "I'm afraid," she began, "you'll find this color a little trying. A black or a gray, or perhaps a dark brown would be more becoming. You understand-" ' . understand, but if you only knew how all these years I've wanted that blue dress! ' Something different from any thing I've had. Ah, you needn't tell me! I know I'm faded and old, but, oh, I do not want that bit of color for my own! If I can't wear it, I can at least look at it." A large tear shone in worldly Mad am Jackson's eye-and she was not much given to tears. "Very well," she answered; aDd then followed a discus sion of lining and thread. The woman came again in a few days to have the dress fitted, m one hand she carried a basket of purple grapes with the bloom still on them. "I've brought you these," she said to the Sressmaker. "I picked them myself "early this morning." "Thank you so much!" was the warm answer. "I de'arly love grapes, and those are especially fine." In a few minutes the blue dress went on over the thin little figure. Some how its bright hue seemed a mockery. /lt brought out so" clearly the rray ' hairs that would have been softened by a more sober color. The pale cheeks, too, looked whiter than be fore. ,. The little woman saw her reflection in the tall mirror opposite, and sighed. "You were quite right," she said, slowly; "a darker color would have been best, and yet-somehow I .couldn't give it up. I've thought about it so mucb all these years. Why, of ten when the work was nardest and the days longest, Tve said to myself, 'Never mind, Charlotte, some of these days you're going tb' have a beautiful blue dress,' and the hope of it some how kept me up." "I understand," Madam Jackson said, gently. In a few days the dress wa3 done. The customer came for it one morn ing, in a wagon driven by a tall, broad shouldered man with a rugged, weatu er-beaten face. "Her husband," thought Madam Ja?kson, looking out of the window. The pale little woman came hurried ly in. "John came with me today," she said, smiling, "and the dress-oh, isn't it beautiful!" The blue gown lay across a chair. Madam Jackson had 3one well with it. It was finisled off with silk of the same shade, and there was a pretty lace collar and soft, fine ruffles of lace at the wrists. "You must let me see you in it be fore you go," Madam Jackson said. As the dress was being fastened, a faint color stole into the woman's . white cheeks. "Isn't it pretty?" she whispered, wonderingly. "The very prettiest thing I ever had! It seems wrong somehow for me to have it now. Some body young and beautiful ought to wear it. If only I could have had it years ago!" Madam Jackson's left fingers were busy with the brown hair touched . with silver, combed so severely back. "You must not wear your hair quite so plain," she said. "A looser effect softens the face wonderfully. There, that it is better." She straightened the lace at the t throat and settled he skirt. "Wait a moment," she added, stepping into the next room. When Bhe returned, she held a dainty lace-trimmed handker chief, fine as a spider's web. She tucked it into the rough little hand. "A present from me," she said, light ly. "When you wear C?e dresB you must carry that?" Over the thin latee there swept a beautiful flush. "Is that for me?" she said, in an awe struck voice. "Oh, thank you, thank you!" There was so much radiance in the Icok that Madam Jackson was startled, and then a wonderful thing happened. For the moment it seemed as if the years had rolled back, and the worn face shone with its lost beauty and its lost youth. $ The eyes were very bright, a tender smile hovered over the tremulous mouth, and Madam Jackson saw what the woman must have been long ago, before the hard years had robbed her of her bloom. "I wish John could see me," the lit tle woman whispered. As if in answer to her wish, there came a knock at the door. Madam Jackson opened it quickly. "Come in, won't you?" sne said, pleasantly. "Your wile is anxious to have you see her in her new dress." The man entered. When the blue gowned, radiant vision faced him. he started. "Why, Lottie, he said, "why my dear, is it really you?" "Do you like it, John?" s"'e said. "Like it! Why, you 100k just as you did when we were married, only somehow, sweeter and dearer." and then, regardless of Madam Jackson in the background, ho took the small woman in his arms and kissed her on her glowing cheeks. A few minutes later Madam Jackson stood at the window and watched them drive away with thc blue dress care fully wrapped up. The flush still lin gered on the little woman's f?ce as she waved a last good-by. Madam Jackson waved back. She knew that before long the flush would fade from her friend's cheek, the lines would come back, the cares re- ? turn. The burdens must be taken up again. There would come, too, the weary hours and the lonely ones that must be lived through. The blue dress would be folded away as something sacred, seldom worn, but never forgot ten. There would be'something beau tiful at least to look at in the bare old farmhouse. As the rattling wagon disappeared Madam Jackson turned away from the window with a smile that was half a sigh. "That blue dress-it as a success, after al!," she . murmured.-Youth's Companion. QUAINTEST VILLAGE IN THE LAND. Queer Little TOTTII in Ohio Where Knc linh Is Never Spoken. There is one village in the United States where no modern improvement has ever penetrated, where not the faintest echo of the rush anu overwork of modern life has ever sounded, where American newspapers are not read nor thc English language spoken. This is the little German village'of Glandorf, in Putnam county, Ohio, where GOO frugal and industrious in habitants have lived for years in a contented and idyllic simplicity. In the building of the town, as In everything else about it the people have held very closely to the customs of Germany, from where its founders came. There is but one street, and that extends for over a mile, general ly north and south. Quaint, durable and homelike are the houses scattered along either side, interspersed hero. and there by the stores. All th^-r?si dences have spacious anO?^vell-kept dooryards. Back andjf!vay from this principal street-^f^o near that the lab?orei>T.w^-.a#e seen and heard at nuTeir work, in the fields-stretch the thrifty farms of*the German country folk. It is not an uncommon sight to see women and girls at work in tae fields with tho men, and the whole population shows that rugged health so characteristic of the race. Among themselves the people con verse almost entirely in tho German language, and, indeed, there are a great many in the community who can speak no other. They are generous and clever, and the stranger who goes among them always finds a hospitable welcome, and is impressed with their simple kindness. Nowhere can be found a more devoutly religious peo ple. They are of the Catholic faith, and possess one of thc finest church buildings in Northwestern Ohio. This edifice has in itself been means of making Glandorf famous, because of its size and the beauty of its archi tecture. Although most of the work of construction, the quarrying of the stone for the foundation and the haul ing of the material was given gratia by members of the parish, the cost outside of all this was over $50,000. The structure is of brick and is orna mented with white sandstone. Back of the church is the convent, and all of the work of the farm con nected with it is looked after by the sisters. The people, of the parish are very strict in their church duties. PEARLS OF THO JGHT. Each man his own fortune in his own hands.-Goethe. It is wonderful how near conceit is to insanity.-Jerrold. National enthusiasm is the great nursery of genius.-Tuckerman. He that may hinder mischief, yet permits it, is an accessory.-E. A. Free man. ' Fixed to no spot is happiness; 'tis nowhere to be found, or everywhere. Pope. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Johnson. Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.-Blair. No man ever became great or good except through many and great mis takes.-Gladstone. The first duty of life is to be calm; for the calm mind seeks the truth as the river seeks the sea.-Lawrence. If you resolve to do right you will soon do wisely; but resolve only to do wisely and you will never do right. Ruskin. There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world to get a good name or to supply thc want of it.-Bulwer. - A Query. The latest scientific proposition is to shock the consumption bacillus to death with electricity. Eighty thous and volts are to be disseminated throughout his diaphragm, and this no doubt will prove a settler; but we are somewhat at a loss to understand how the effectiveness of this dose of chained lightning can be administered to a microbe without shghtly disar ranging the placidity of the body that acts as a storehouse for the microbe. If the body can stand this tremendous current when it is turned on gradual ly, why can't the hitherto indestruc tibi? bacillus stand lt?-Memphis Com mercial-App*al. PIGEON-HOLES OF STEEL? Tho Modern Prison Apartments to Defy Jail Breakers. A prisoner in the new section of the Tombs, in Now York is ticketed and placed in a steel pigeon-hole until his time is served. He may console himself with the fact that he is rest ing in one of the most modern cells in the world, for the recently-complet ed wing of this famous prison em bodies all that is new in prison-cell construction. The walls, ceiling and floors of the cells are of special tool proof steel, made under strict super vision, and tested by drills every six inches and on the edges by saws. Each cell ls eight feet long, six feet wide and eight feet high, and resem bles nothing so much as a steel pigeon hole, the several cells being arranged in rows in tiers, four high in each story. The walls between the cells are composed of two quarter-inch plates, betwaen which .is riveted a sheet of lead-to deaden sound and pre vent Intercommunication between the prisoners. The floors are covered with two-inch bluestone slabs, in two pieces, with rubbed upper surfaces. The stones are imbedded in cement and mortar and the points packed with hemp and then run full of molten lep.d. Each cell contains a steel bunk fastened to the wall, a hinged steel table, a steel shelf ano! two clothes hooks riveted to the wall. The in terior of the cell is painted white and cream. The doors are fastened with three locks-a dead lock, a snap lock and a lever lock, all of which may be used separately or together. An airing court is provided on the fourth story, which is used for an ex ercising place for prisoners. NECLEUS FOR NEW FUND. "1 found eighteen umbrellas in the church yesterday," said the sexton to the minister the day after a rainy Sunday. "Oh, well," said the dominie, "take them to my study; they are probably intended as contributions to the con science fund.-Yonkers Statesman. AS TO GIVING. "I was one of the earliest subscrib ers to your fund, and here you are asking me to subscribe again." "Well, he who gives quickly gives twice, you know."-New York Sun. The Six Day Walktnc; Mutch. Thc last day of the recent six day walking match found tho men suffering terribly from exhaustion brought on by their long strain, loss of sleep und irregular meals. To bc strong and healthy we marft take good care of the stomach and sleep regularly. If you cannot eat or sleep thero is nothing in tho world will do you ns much good ns Hostet tor's<Stomach Bitters. It restores the appe tite, olds digestion and promotes sound sleep. Try it. The egotist who ?3 all wrapped up iq himself should never complain of the cold. King Worm It outed. "Send box of Tetterino. lt's the only thing lim* makes any impression on a stubborn King Worm."-Mrs. Kntio Oldham, Mon lalba, Anderson County, Texas. 50n. by moil from J. T. Shuptrino, Savannah, Ga., if your druggist don't keep it. Some people couldn't brealt_irAtO society with a burglar's kit. Tyncr^sJ^yspepsia Remedy Cuites Sour Stojp&S??aud'lic.ndacho. At Druggists, 50c. Most men like to be told that they are working too hard. The average girl has her wedding all planned long before she gets her first pro posal. ?O YOUNG_L?BIES. From the Treasurer of tho Yoimg People's Christian Tem perance Association, Elizabeth Caine, Fond da Lac, Wis. "DEAR MRS. PIXKHAM:- I want to tell you and all the young ladies of the country, how grateful I am to you for all the benefits I have received from using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound. 1 suffered for MISS ELIZABETH CAINE, .ight months from suppressed men struation, and it effected my entire system until I became weak and debil itated, and at times felt that I had a hundred aches in as many places. I only used the Compound for a few weeks, but it wrought a change in me which I felt from the very beginning. I have been very regular since, have no pains, and find that my entire body is as if it was renewed. I gladly recom mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound to everybody." MISS ELIZABETH CAINE, 69 W. Division St., Fond dn Lac, Wis.-$5000 forfeit If above testimonial h not genuine. At such a time the greatest aid to nature is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, lt prepares the young system for the coming change, and is the surest reliance for woman's ills of every nature. Mrs. Pinkham invites all young -women who are Ul to write her for free advice. Ad dress Lynn, Mass. fluences Profit; growing insured only when enough actual is in the fertilizer. Neither quantity nor good quality possible without Potash. Write for our/rifbooki giving details. The Duster. Put away that feather duster! What's the use of sweeping if you are going to throw the dust back on the floor? Get a yard of cheesecloth common quilt lining will answer hem it, and then you have a duster that is of some use. Wit it you can wipe up the dirt and shake it out ot doors. But don't depend on one dus ter; make two or three, so that they can be put in wash and you can have a clean one occasionally. Proper Wny to Koli tritton To boil water is an apparently sim ple operation, and yet it is said ihat many people do not know how to do it. According to an authority the se cret consists in putting fresh water into a kettle already warm and set ting the water to boil quickly. When thc boiling point is reached the water should be used at once for making tea, coffee or other drinks, and not allowed to steam, simmer and evapor ate until the good water is in the at mosphere and the lime, iron and dregs only left in the kettle. Water boiled in thc manner described and flavored with a little lemon juice is often rec ommended to those suffering from loss of appetite. Thc Decorative Pluto Shelr. An attractive addition to dining .room or den is a plate shelf, eight or ten inches in width. In the dining room it may extend all around, if de sired, to hold ornamental china, steins, pitchers or other objects of which the housekeeper has a collection. The height should conform to the wall decoration, and the shelf may be as high as thc door casing with ad vantage. In a den or sitting room, where it is Intended for bric-a-brac, photographs and such trifles, it is better not to put the shelving entirely around the room, but in sections, and even at irregular heights. There is room for the display of a good deal of taste in the placing of the plate rack. The articles that are to stand upon it, the furniture of the room, tho arrangement of doors and windows, all have to be taken into con sideration. Thc finish of the shelf, too, is of importance. Ijt is better to match the woodwork vi the room, if possible. Snve the Scrnpn of Wnll I'nper. No scraps of wall paper should be thrown away. They can be utilized in a dozen different and pretty ways. One of the charming things makable from them is a lamp shade. Cartridge paper in old rose, oak, yellow, stone brown, sage green anti regiment?.-, gray makes especiaU^s??utftTshades of the plain^j^?fK?ial or Empire pat terns.^gEi?^f" a yarn and a quarter ot J,hP-fla.per and cut from it a wide strip on the bias. Fold it around the wire Empire frame and paste up one seam as invisibly as possible. Bind the top and bottom o? the shade with a nar row strip of smooth paper, paper bor der or ribbon. The binding may be either darker or lighter in tone than the paper of the shade itself. The re cults gotten by this simple means are so good that many women now buy or hog scraps of wall paper from papering establishments. When car tridge paper is used, it can Deirecor ated in any one of a dozen different ways-water colors, magazine pic tures, old prints, marine views, pho tographs, etc.-Good Housekeeping. starch rollah. "Where's thc starch polish?" called the new girl on Monday, after the manner of "new girls" who take it for granted that all the special require ments of "my way of doin' things" must be at hand when demanded. This particular variety of starch pol ish was not on hand on this occasion, however, and the process of prepar ing it was watched with interest. One ounce of pure white wax was mixed with two ounces of spermateci and a large pinch of salt. When melted anl thoroughly blended this was poured in to a cup to become cold, and it soon formed a hard white cake that will not mould or sour. A piece about the size of a grain of corn is put into sufficient hot starch for two or three shirts. Then, in iron ing, after pressing well once, the ironed surface is dampened with a clean, soft, damp cloth and rubbed with the iron until glossy. The iron .must be moderately hot-if too hot the shirt bosom will become yellow during the polishing; if too cool it will take longer to give the right pol ish.-Philadelphia Recori. ?*$K RECIPES. Meat Pies.-Line patty rings with a good short biscuit dough. Mince pine any left over meats (fresh), and to one pint add one cup of stock or gravy, one beaten egg, two tablespoons of bread crumbs, two-thirds teaspoon of salt, half as much pepper, and a few drops of onion juice; fill rings, place strips of the dough across the top and bake in a brisk oven 15 to 20 minutes. Spanish Rice Pudding.-Cook one cup of rice in salted water until ten der; then drain and line a mold; fill center with a pint of flaked salmon mixed with a cup ot thick white sauce, seasoned with half a teaspoonful each of salt and horseradish; add a pinch of cayenne; cover with more rice. Bake in a pan of water for forty min utes. Garnish with pickles, parsley and cloves. Beef Broth.-Wash well two pounds of lean beef cut In small pieces, and put to boil in three quarts of cold water. Skim frequently while boll ing, and when reduced to one quart take from pot and strain. Return to pot with half a pound of lean beef chopped fine and well mixed .with three raw eggs. Beat all together and return to fire. Boil half an hour, or until clear, then strain and seas.on to \ taste. , Frijolc Croquettes.-Boil one cupful of brown beans until well done and I dry. Rub through a colander. To this pulp add one cup of breaa crumus, one onion minced, a tablespoonful of minced parsley, one teaspoon of salt and two well-beaten eggs. Mix well together, form into cylinders, dip in beaten egg, then In cracker dust and fry a golden brown on both sides in deep fat:'drain. Serve with a tiny red pepper stuck In top of each.- - ^ The most populous ward In Chicago, the Thirtieth, has twice aa many na tive-born ns foreign-born inhabitant?? Why Some Men Fall. Thousands of well-meaning men de prive themselves of needed nourish ing, force-giving food by trying to economize. They stand at a lunch counter and hastily swallow a sand wich and a glass of milk, to economize time and money; when they owe it to themselves, and to their highest well being, to go to a good restaurant or hotel, take time enough to eat a nu tritious, properly cooked, and properly served meal, and give the stomach time to begin the process of assimila tion before resuming work.-Success. HOW THE SECRET GOT OUT. Jack-Everyone in town is talking about your engagement to Fred. Mabel-How do you suppose they knew of it? Jack-You must have told some one. Mabel-Nc, only the members of our sewing circle who were here yes terday.-Chelsea (Mass.) Gazette. THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE. "Papa," said the small boy, looking up from his book, "what is a curio?" "A curio," replied the father thoughtfully, "is something that, costs ten times what it's worth."-Chicago Post B. B. B. SENT FREE. Cures Blood and Skin DUeaHiv, ('mirers Boue l'a I n s, I whim; Humor*, Krc. Send no money, simply try Botnnic Elood Balm nt our expense. B. B. B. cures Pimples, scabby, scaly, itching Eczema, Ulcors, Eating Sores, Scrofula, Blood Poison, Bono Pains, Swellings, Rheuma tism, Cancer, and ali Blood and Skin Troubles. Especially udviscd for chronic cases that doctors, patent medicines and Hot Springs fail to euro or help. Druggists, $1 per large bottle. To provo it cures B. B. B. sent freo by writing BLOOD BALM Co., 12 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga. Describo trouble and free medical advice sent in scaled letter. Medicino sent at once, pre paid. All we ask ls that you will speak a good word for B. B. B. when cured. An electric carriage call has been de vised, which is to be adopted at London theatres and other public buildings. Fee advertisement of EE-M Catarrh Cure In nrother column-the best remedy mado. Ninety-five tons of gold and 520 of silver are mined in a single year. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's uso of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRostorer.92 trial bottle and treatisef rea Dr.R.U. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. The Metropolitan Police of London look after 8200 miles of roads and streets. It requires no experience to dyo with PUT NAM FADELESS DYES. Pimply boiling your goods in the dye is all that is nocessury. Sold by all druggists. It takes sand to propose to a girl, but it takes rock? to marry her. Pieo's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of os a cough oure.-J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Avenue-, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. ti, 1900 _.The man who keeps pace with his good indentions must be quite a sprinter. Catari li Cuiinot lits Cured With local applications, ns they cannot reach the seat of the diseaso. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to euro it you must take internai remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and ants directly on tho blood and mucous surface. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. Itwas prescribed by one of tho best physi cians in this country for yearn, and is a reg ular prescription, It is composed of the ?best tonics known, combined with tho best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu cous surfaces. Tho perfect combination of tho two ingredients irf what produces 6uch wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY ? Co., Props., Toledo, O. " Solbrbytrruggists; pm:?, 73c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Coventry, England, thc centre ol the British bicycle industry, reports a revival of business. Bent For the Rowels. Nomntterwhat alls you, headache to <* can cer, you will never get well until your bowel? are put right. CASCAUETS help nature, cure you without rt gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start gottin< your health back. CASCABETS Candy Cathartic, tho gonulue, put up in metal boxes, every tablet hos C. C. C. stamped oa it. Beware of imitations. The Krupp factory, the biggest iron working concern in the world, uses up 500 tons of steel a day. . I suffered terribly and was ex tremely weak for 12 years. The doctors said my blood was all turning to water. At last I tried Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and was soon feeling all right again." Mrs. J. W. Fiala, Hadlyme, Ct. No matter how long you have been ill, nor how poorly you may be today, Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the best medicine you can take for purifying and en riching the blood. Don't doubt't, put your whole trust in it, throw away everything else. $1.00 a bollte. All drafts. AA youl doctor wh.it he thinks of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Ht knowsall about this grand old family medicine Follow his advico and we will be satisfied. J. C. ATSa CO., Lore'.l, Mass. I have used Ripans for several years in my general practice as a first-class extempore remedy for late dinners' distress, and have carried them in my vest pocket in the little paper cartons. At ban quets and at lodge meetings I have often passed one to an adjacent brother. At druggists. The Five-Cent packet ls enough for on ordinary occasion. Tho family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. CapudlneS j Headaches, s I LaGrippe, Colds, etc. | S Stoner bock lflt foils. 15&25C.A11 Drugstores * MADE EASILY AND RAPIDLY. We want men with energy und Kilt; will gire them .. Munition In wlil.'h thor cnn make mono rnpidly-tho labor heine; llglit And emplo ment tho year m ound. It ro qulrea no ennitrf- or great eduoatlon. Sonni of our beat aoieamon are rou nt ry boya 1'rnllt ?ulck and eure. Wrlto at once for partlculni s l?DOINt? PUB. CO., Kieor Ill'dg. Atlanta, (li. IWS?XtSl Thcmpion'8 Eye Water SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. Prussia has 200 meteorological sta tions fully equipped, 2,200 rain-gauge stations, and 1,400 stations that re cord storms and unusual phenomena. The results of their observations are reduced and published for each week, for each month, and for each year. Provided little tin is present alumi num is an exceptionally useful In gredient in yellow brass. It makes the useful metal run more free?y and enables mucL cleaner and sounder castings to be made. The best bras* founders are accustomed to use alumi num for all cheap yellow brass work that is to be used for sand castings; it is not a desirable ingredient in brass intended for rolling. Railway traveling in Russia is pro verbially slow, but has not the com pensating advantage of safety, judg ing from some statistics furnished by the ministry of ways and communi cations. The latest compiled data are for the year 1900, in which year there wero 4447 accidents; that is, on an average, about a dozen per day. Ol this total 1362 were derailments, 750 collisions and 2335 of various other descriptions. Altogether 1226 persons were killed and 6933 injured. Dr. C. K. Leith, who is preparing a monograph on the great Mesabi iron range of Minnesota for the United Slates Geological Survey, says that the rapid development of this range, since its discovery 10 years ago, has, in itself, been sufficient to give Airlr ican steel manufacturers the advan tage in foreign markets. It is the greatest iron range known in the world, and tho amount of ore In s'.ght on the Mesabi is roughly estimate 1 at 500,000,000 tons. Several of the mines are shipping more than 1,000, 000 tons of ore a year. Tho xerophytic, or drought-resistant, wheats of Russia and Algeria were the subject of discussion at a recent meet ing of the Biological Society in Wash ington. There are several groups of this species of wheat, and they differ from ordinary wheat not only in their ability to resist the effects of drought, but in their appearance. The heads are big and flattened, with much chaff, long beards and very large yellowish white grains, which are extremely hard and vlteous in fra- .ure and often somewhat transparent. It is found that these wheats are especially adapt ed to the semi-arid plains from North Dakota to Texas. They make excel lent bread and aro particularly suit able for macaroni. Within the past year the population of tiie so-called Colorado desert in southern California has grown from nothing to about a tnousand persons, and a still more rapid increase is looked for in the near future . Irriga tion is turning the desert into farm lands. It is calculated that 1,000,000 acres will have been reclaimed in this manner, In southern California, Ari zona and I-?wer California, within two ur three years. These lands lie In the basin of the Colorado river, where the great heat and extreme dry ness of the air are not unfavorable to human beings, provided that plenty of water is at hand. Most of the water used in the new irrigation enterprises comes from the river, but in southern California much is also supplied by Artesian wells. The irrigated land is very fertile. . QUICK CROWTH OF ELECTRICITY. It IIin Twenty Year? Revolutionized Trade. Marvellous progress has been made in the industrial applications of elec tricity in recent year. It is little over 20 years ago since electric lights first were used commercially, and one light only could then be obtained from each dynamo. Scientific discoveries were followed by American inventions of the greatest importance. The man ufacture of machines for the distribu tion of the electric curreut made rapid strides, and improvements were af fected gradually until the types now employed were reached. The fact that machines which in the early days of electric lighting were sufficient for all requirements have had to be re placed by more recent ones has great ly developed this line of manufactur ing, and in the construction and re pair departments a large business is constantly being done. Long-distance transmission of pow er is an element of much consequence in electrical industrial developments. Through this water power can be utilized in places hitherto inaccessi ble. In late years there have been erected several important waterpower plants at Niagara Falls, Montreal, Blue Lakes and other places, and lhere will soon be in operation at Massena Falls a plant of 75,000 horse power. In the Pacific coast mining districts and elsewhere, long-distance electrical transmission has made It possible to work mines and Industries requiring power which, on account of great expenses of fuel, otherwise it would have been impossible to op erate. Electricity ls gradually establishing itself in heavy railway work. At pres ent heavy freight trains are haulei by electric locomotives on a number of railroads. It has been taken up with success in what had been long the undisputed field of the steam locomotive. Electrical development has been steady and continuous, and immense progress has been made by it In the manufacturing field. ' The capital employed in the various electrical industries is difficult to ap proximate. It is enormously large, however. Thousands of skilled work men are kept busy. All branches of the business are in a flourishing con dition. They Jo much to help along other kinds of manufacturing, vast supplies being needed for the con. struction and installation of the ma chinery In use.-New York Times. linnrfit of Kxnrclne. Next to bodily cleanliness, exercise may ue reckoned as the greatest aid to beauty. In fact, exercise is almost necessary to cleanliness, for it is a great incentive to perspiration, which is nature's way of throwing the impu rities of the body to the surface of the skin, from whence they ure then re moved by the use of water. Open-air exercise should be taken every day, but according to strength. One shouk' return home after walking, riding JC cycling with a sense of being pleasant ly ?i-Mmied, but without any feeling of exhaustion. Exercise should be taken reguW.y, and, if possible, dumb-bells should be used night and morning. The corset should not be worn while exer cising with dumb-bells. Skipping is an excellent exercise for the figure, and it is one of which our grandmothers were fond. It is usual with children to throw the rope forward when skip ping, but lt ls far better to throw it bacKward, fer lt expanda th* chest much bettor, DAN NOR SAYS: "Pe-ru-na is an Excellent Spring Catarrh Remedy-I am as Well as Ever." HON. DAK. A. GROSVENOR, OF THE FAMOUS OHIO FAMILY. Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Auditor for the War Department, in a let ter "written from Washington, D. C., says: " Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the benefit derived from one bottle of Peruna. One week has brought won? derful changes and I am now as well as ever. Besides being-one of the very best spring tonics it is an excellent catarrh remedy." -DAN. A. GROSVENOR. In a recent letter he says: "I consider Peruna really more meritorious than I did when I wrote you last. I receive numerous letters from acquaintances all over the Country asking mc if my certificate is genuine. I Invariably answer, yes."-Dan. A. Grosvenor. A Congressman's Leiter. .Hon. II. W. Ogden, Congressman from Louisiana, in a letter written at Washington. D. C., says tbe following of Peruna, the national catarrh rem edy: "I can corine tenuously recom mend your Peruna as a fine tonic and all around gond medicine to those who arc in need of a catarrh remedy. It has been commended to me 01/ people who have used it, as a remedy particularly effective in thc cure of catarrh. For those who need a good catarrh medicine 1 know of nothing better."-11. W. Ogden. Trent Catarrh In .Sprlnj;. The spring is the time to treat ca tarrh. Cold, wet winter weather often retards a cure of catarrh. If a course of remua is taken during the early spring months the cure will be prompt and permanent There can be no fail ures if Peruna is taken intelligently during the favorable weather of spring. As a systemic catarrh remedy Pe runa eradicates catarrh from the sys tem wherever it may be located. It cures catarrh of the stomach or bow els with the same certainty as catarrh of the head. If you do not derive prompt and sat? isfactory results from thc use of Pe runa write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will bc pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address" Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? -USE MIXED PAINTS The standard for quality in the South for the past 20 years. If dealers in your town do not han dle it, write us for color card and prices. F. J. COOLEDGE & BRO., Atlanta and Savannah. Wholesalers of Window Glass. EE-M Catarrh Compound Cures Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchi tis and Colds. A MILD;PLEASANT SMOKE, PURELY VEGETABLE We give an iron-clad gunrnntee that lt* proper uso will care CATARRH* or your money refunded. For tobacco users we make EIC-M Medicated Cigars and Smoking Tobacco, carrying same medica Jpropertie? as tlie compound. Sam pl?? Free. One box. one month's treatment, one dollar, postpaid. Your druggist, or EE-M Company, - Atlanta, Qa. DID YOU EVER Consider the ln?ult offered the Intelligence of thinking people w hu . tho claim ix made that any one remedy will cure all (Uneases? 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