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THE GIRL WHO LAUGHS. TM iflrl who laughs-God bless her ! Thrice blesses herself the while; No music ot earth Hus nobler worth Than that which voiced a smile. The ?Irl who laughs-lifo needs her; There is never an hour so sad But wakes aud thrills To the rlppllne trills Of the laugh of a lass who's glad. -Ladles' Home Journal. END OF MONEY, j ^ BY BABBY PAIX. ^ . . "But does it never occur to you," asked the curate as h3 poured two teaspoonsful of coffee into his cup, "does it never occur to you to ask yourself what is tho good of it all?" "Never," said the millionaire with decision. "You never regret-you see, after all money is not everything, is it?" "That observation is frequently made," said the millionaire, thought fully, "and it is misleading. Money is not everything, but it is much nearer to being everything than anything else is. There is quite a good deal of cant talked about money. It is comforting cant, of course. One gets the same kind of thing about birth. Personal ly, I always mistrust anything that comforts." "But is it all cant? Take the ques tion of health, for instance. Money cannot give health, and it is better to be well than to be wealthy." "I often wonder why people go on saying that money cannot give health, when they must see every day that money does give health, and that pov erty cause? iiiness. If work is injuri ous to me I can afford to give it up. If I have to winter abroad I can do it easily, without considering the ques tion of expense. If an operation is re quired, I can pay the man to do it. and under the very best conditions. The poor man can do none of these things. My ordinary way of life is much more healthy than his. The food that I eat is of the best quality and in perfect conditio?, while he eats adulterated rubbish and stale garbage. His house is ill warmed and insanitary, and mine' is perfect in these respects. Thc poor man dies, and in nine cases out of ten it serves him right" "Isn't that rather a terrible thing to say?" said the curate, nervously, playing with his sp'oon. "In nine cases out of ten poverty is the result of stupidity. You Mame a man for his moral defects, and I blame him for his mental defects; one is just as fair as the other. And both the mental and moral defects aro about equally capable of remedy." "Surely not," said the curate, earn estly. "A sinner may be reclaimed, but you cannot give a man an intel lect" "You should use the same word in both cases. You may reclaim a man's intellect just as you reclaim his mor als. I have dont it. I did it in my own case. I admit that mental re clamation, like moral reclamation, is rare." "It all seems so dreary and fatalis tic," said the curate. "So it is," the millionaire agreed cordially. "As I told you, I don't like comforting cant The best fable that ever was written was the fable of the fox and thc sour grapes. Everybody's a gentleu.an who feels like it, and wealth is not everything. Oh, yes! I know these consolatory stories for those who are out of it But they are only stories, and, as a matter of fact, wealth is everything, as near as you can get it What wealth cannot do nothing else can." The curate seemed to reflect for a moment. "Tell me," he said darkly, "do you value the affection of your relatives and friends and those whom you have about you?" "Of course," the millionaire owned. "Perhaps one values that most of all." "And do you mean to tell me." asked the curate, flushed with triumph, "that that kind of thing can be bought with money?" The millionaire concentrated his at tention on his cigar with the air of a man who can provide a platitude with out troubling to think. "But, of course." he said, "you can buy affection as easily as you can buy c. pound of tea. and on almost the same commercial principles." The curate stuck to it. "Are you sure that it is genuine af fection?" he said. "There," said the millionaire, "I don't trouble myself. I get respect and subservience while I am there, and really I don't care what they say when I am not there. You see, I don't think about these people very much. It would annoy me if they showed hostility to me while I was with them. It would give one all the trouble of having to think of new things to say. But they are perfectly welcome to say what they like behind my back, because they haven't got any money worth mention ing, or any pesition, and they don't matter. But as a matter of fact, money can generally buy genuine -af fection, an affection that is just as real as that where there has been no value received." "Really, this is too cynincal," said the curate. "Not at all," replied the millionaire; "in fact, I am on the whole les cyn ical than you. I still believe in grati tude, and it would appear that you don't Generosity is an admirable and popular quality. You must admit that And it is very easy for a rich man to be generous; he just plugs in a few present, as a gardener puts in seeds, and afterwards he gets the fruits-quite genuine fruits, loo. I sometimes wonder hc<v anybody who is not a millionaire believes in genuine affection; it is certainly a luxury for the rich." ' "Well," said the currie, with a sigh, "I must not let you off. We owe $250 on the Cnurch Reiteration at St. Bar nabas. I'll see if it makes me think more highly of you." "I never subscribe; I either do a thing or I leave it alone. I'll tell you What I'll do. I'll wipe out this debt for you altogether if you preach the opin ions you have heard from me from the pulpit." The little curate got quite excited. "I'd sooner steal the money and then cut my throat," he said. "If I could have all your money at the prico of having your views of life as weil, I wouldn't do it" The millionaire smoked for a mo ment or two In silence. "You're not a bad sort of fool," he said at last-Black and White. YVnmnn'K T.nst Arcninent. *he lest argument of a woman is suddenly to veer around and take your sido of it, declaring you have come around to her side.-New York Prebs. _ ODDITIES OF THE ARCTICS. How the Animals Chance Color - A Do? mestlc Tyrant. During the summer months much of the land becomes free from snow and ice under the joint action of sun and wind, and the snow that resists re moval is darkened by a deposit of Jin? dv?Kt particles. In this season the ani mals wear their darker clothing, and birds have, by way of change, a less gaudy plumage. The background against which they stand would betray their presence if the white dress of "s;inter were worn now; then, too. it makes it possible for the foxes, ducks, and other animals and birds to gratify a natural vanity by putting on, for a time at least, another coat. In wioter, white is again worn. The background is now snow and ice, and the only chance which the Arctic chicken now has to deceive the fox is to roll up ?ike a Sall, and simulate a lump of ice. The ice-br-- is equipped successfully to creep up'-i the ever watchful seal, because he looks like tho other blocks of white around him. He remembers, however, his black nose, and is said to be sharp enough to cover it with his paw while approach ing his dozing prey. Tho seal does not stop his search for food until he has completely satisfied his excellent appetite; then he takes a good nap, lying upon the very edge of the ice, or as close as possible to his breathing hole. The slightest sound will awaken him, and, without waiting to find out the source or direction, he rolls into the water. He can stay un der for only 35 minutes, but where he will come up none can tell. This no one knows better than the bear; and if the bear realizes that it is impossible to steal upon the leeward side of the seal, having his black nose covered with his paw and his bloodshot eyes closed, when the seal has his open and on the watch, he looks about for a fa vorable point of departure, dives un der the ice, and if he rightly judges the distance and direction, he comes up at the very spot where the seal had ex pected to go down. The seal's fate is thus settled, and the bear's shrewd ness earns its reward. The beautiful eider-duck aas often been cited as an ideal. mother, and touching stories are told of her pluck ing the down from her own breast to make the nest in which to hatch her young. It is also said that ifthehunters | take the down, she will despoil herself for the second time, not calling upon the selfish drake until she has literally stripped herself. The drake is de clared to be strict in keeping his mate to her duties, insisting that she shall attend to the work of hatching. Ii the duck ventures upon a walk, he does not offer to take her place while' she gees gadding about, but perhaps know ing she is to fond of idleness, cruelly drives her back to her household duty. The duck lays only five eggs, and ii she feels that her nest is large enough and warm enough to hold more, she boldly robs her neighbors, carrying the eggs, one at a time, under her wing, until she has seven or eight. However, when the brood is hatched, the drake becomes the teacher to. the young. Not in swimming, for that comes naturally, but in diving, which is a means of flight as well as for find ing food. Thc little duck, coming in to life above water, hesitates to risk it by going under, nor will he follow tbs oft-repeated example of his parents. When it becomes necessary to resort to force, the drake comes quietly neai the unwilling pupil, suddenly throws a wing over him, and dives down. Thc little one is let go under the water, Mfl rrrnjBj f" W? I'rfof^tv^rrr*^ even if somewhat startled, he is ready to start diving on his own account. St Nicholas. PEARLS OF TH H.. The busy have no ti. .e for tears. Byron. Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds -Socrates. What frenzy dictates jealousy be lieves.-Gay. Strong reasons make strong actions. -Shakespeare. Whatever makes man a slave takes half his worth away.-Pope. There is little influence where there is not great sympathy.-S. i. Prime. Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.-Sir J. Mackintosh. Great talkers are like leaky vessels; everything runs out of them.-C. Sim mons. It is only reason that teaches si lence; the heart teaches us to speak. Richter. A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity. De Sales. Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds and the holiday of fools. Chesterfield. Waste of time is the most extrava gant and costly of all expenses. Theophrastus. The world is full of hopeful analo gies and handsome, dubious eggs called possibilities.-George Eliot. Tlio Minimi Gnmniln?. The Guaraites are a musical people. The well-to-do own pianos, and are fair musicians; others have organs, and many, many more possess accor dions. They enjoy singing and are fond of American popular songs, such as "After the Ball," etc. Their own songs are rather weird and mournful, though always harmonious. At night, the voices rise in sharp, nasal tones, singing the "novena," a term applied to nine days of special worship to some particular saint. Novenas are ever in evidence; for no sooner do they finish with one than it is time for an other to begin; consequently "neigh borhood sings" are frequent. The accordions are pleasing to the na tives at their dances and fandangoes or weddings. These latter always occur Thursday mornings at 4 o'clock. The names are cried in the church three times before the wedding: Wednesday evening there is a social gathering of the families and friends of the bride and bridegroom, with dancing and re freshments: guests accompany the happy pair to the church, where the priest unites them. Often there are three or four weddings on the same morning, and happiness reigns su preme.-The Independent. . Tainting on JH ninan Skin. Marcus Lorenzo, an Italian painter who flourished in the last century, one paid 200 francs for a piece of hu man skin no larger than a dinner plate, upon which to execute a landscape in oils. The skin, which was chemi cally prepared to receive thc paint, was taken from the back of an aged ? woman, whose boay had been sold to a medical man for dissecting experi- j ments. The human parchment waa ; drawn tightly over a metal frame, and j the artist spent nearly seven months ? ju producing a painting that was after wards exhibited in various salons and j ultimately realized 84,000 francs. Leeds Mercury. I A GATEPOST ORNAMENT. A pretty ornament for gateposts or piazza rail is made of a tiny nail keg. Have holes bored in the sides. As the soil is filled in and patted firmly down (using a potato masher for the pur pose plant the seeds of various vines at the holes. If the soil isn't well pounded down as you fill the barrel, when it settles after watering, the seeds will be buried below the holes, rinking with the dirt. Use coarse leaved vines sparingly, for the nail keg should be a mass of living green, I A.t the top plant vines and plants and set the whole where it will show off to advantage. A large barrel could bo utilized for beautifying the stump of a tree, if treated in the same way, but I have seen only thc small ones."" 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She said, ' Ob, you're too big a girl to cry out so !"' That's what sb?; did. Why can't I cry if I am little V Or, it I'm big, why can't I whittle? -School Jtecord. A Gcogrnpliicul Keeoss Gnme. There must be a leader, some one who is "prety good in geography" and i? capable of doing some quick thinking himself. Any number of players may take part in the game. When all are seated, and the leader takes his place In front of them and tells them that he is going to give them ths name of a slate and a letter of the alphabet, and is then going to count five slowly. While he is counting live, all the. players must be trying to think of a city or town in the state he called, whose namo begins with the given let ter. For example: Suppose he gives Maine as the state, and F as the lotter, then the players must all try to think of a city or town in Main.; thc name cf which begins with the letter F.- It is necessary for them all to do the think ing, for he has a right to ask any one of them for the answer, and they never Know which one of them it is go ing to i be. When he has received a correct an swer, he may ask another player to name some other town beginning with the same letter, or he may change the letter two or three times. Then he names some other state, and continues tho gamo as long as it interests the players. If the game is played at home, or by a little company of boys and girls, a prize should be offered for the most correct answers.-New York Herald. A Journey to the Moon. One day in the winter of 1864, I was sick, staying home from school. I thought I would like to see how they manage things in the moon. Pretty soon ater this I shut my eyes, because I was rushing through space. Having arrived safely at a palace called the Palace of Space. I knocked at the door. It was opened by a giant half a mile long, with a beard reaching to his knees. I was frightened quite a bit, but said bravely, "May I walk in and visit the palace?" He replied, "Yes," and I walked in. I asked if I could see King Sun and Queen Moon. The giant said, "Maybe," and went to see. Pretty soon I was urhorel in to see them. Strange co say there I saw my teacher and the class in school. After I went out of the hall in which were the king and queen, I asked the giant if I could see the pal ace and what office he held. He told me that he was the porter, and that I could sec the palace. So I went round with him, seeing the stars, and in fact, everything. When I was ready to go home, I asked him how to go. He said he didn't know. I was in a fix. Here I was stuck up in the sky, with no way to get down. But, as luck would have Jt^.a wiso star came along, called Sat urn; and he told me to go to Mercury and borrow his slippers, and he would tell me thc rest. It was pretty hard work finding him. but at last I did. He gave me them, and told .me to fly by swinging my arms. I did fairly well, and soon I was back in bed. I stopped to take off thc slippers; but they weren't there! Mercury had come and taken them a^- \ I told mamma, and she said it a dream. I don't believe it-Christi, i Register. Tlie Cheatnnt In linly. lt is said that thc chestnut was dis covered by thc old Romans at a place called Castanca. in Thessaly. They called it the Castanea nut, whence comes our name of chestnut. Strange to say. they hold it in light esteem, and the patricians would not eat it, leaving it to the common people. And the common people soon founcc out how goor1 and nutritious it was, and it be came a regular article of food with thom. In Italy today the nutting time is one of the important seasons of the year, for many of the people almost depend on the chestnuts for their food. So important is it that tue schools are required by law io have a vacation at that time, so that the children may.go out and help thc older people gather the nuts. It is by no means a pleas ure excursion, but a regular industry. Whole families go out into the hills and camp there for a month. During this time they scour the woods every day-men. women and children-each person having a canvas bag suspended from the waist, into which are put the nuts as they are picked up from the ground. They do not throw sticks and stone into the trees to knock the nuts down, as thc bojs in this country do, but gather only those that have fallen out of the burrs. The nuts ripen un der thc combine action of the sun and the frost, and the burrs then open and the nuts drop to the ground. The crop is so abundant that the gatherers al ways find cuough to keep them busy. Sonii of the nuts are saved to be oaten as nuts, but most of them are dried and ground into flour, from which a kind of porridge called polen ta is made. Little cakes, called nec ci, are also made out of it. The drying is done in huts built out on thc hills spec illy for that purpose. The nuts aro spread out on the floor, and a low fire is kept in the hut to give a certain degree of heat, which soon dries them. The drying is mere ly tho evaporation of some . of thc water from tin- nut by means of the warmth.-New York News. Hirn. PppcUlenpot. Mrs. Specklospot was so worried who wouldn't be with 14 children to take care of? She had never done such a thing before, for it was only a year ago that she was a little chicken herself, waiting for her mother to show her whore to find the best things .0 oat. She almost wished now she had not run away from the chickeu yard and stolon a net out in the weeds behind tho barn. She had done this because it was almost impossible to get together a nico lot. of eggs; some one ciurio and stoie them every day. She nad once complained about it to Mr. Cock-of-1 ho-Roost. Ile didn't appear a blt disturbed about it. but told her to cheer up and "Cock-11 do what he can do." He didn't do anything, and so Mrs. Specklospot took matters into her own hands (of foot), moved out of tho chick-in yard and started a nest strictly her own. .-' 'Unlike most hens, Mrs. Specklespot knew how to hold her tongue, and not a single cackle did she say to disclose .the hid Jg place of her eggs. She did not even tell any of the other hens and roosters, for she did not want them prying abouV. "The hens are a little short in their laying," said the farmer's wife, as she gathered the eggs each afternoon. When Mrs. Specklespot had 14 fine eggs in her new nest she decided that was all she could possibly keep warm with her feathery wings, and it was quite a stretch, indeed, to do that. But she persevered, and her reward was. as you saw in the beginning of this story, 14 beautiful little downy chicks-the prettiest babies you ever saw. When she discovered that they were pecking their way through their shells she was too delighted for words, so she just said "Cluck, cluk," softly. The first Hiing to be done was to find them some food, and she knew that the . big worms that she thought so deli cious would choke the babies. It was all cozy and warm in thc nest, and the suu shone down upon the chickens so kindly that the mother ran oft fer a few minutes to find something to eat. "Baby chicks are usually fed with soft food." she said to herself as she hur ried toward, the house. "I'll just see what I can find. Grains of cern arc too large' for them." Pink and Posey, the twins, were sit ting on the doorstep, each eatiug a beautiful fresh aupar cooky, which mother had just taken from thc oven, and they -were delicious: ':he only trouble vas tiiat Posy's cookie looked bigger than Pink's. "You ougi?t to give me a bit to make it even," said Pink. Posy didn't agree. - "You're a greedy boy," she said, not very politely. "Your're selfish!" cried Pink, "eat ing all that great cookie by yourself. Why, it's twice as big as mine!" And just as he said the last word he felt a little tug at his hand and in a second Mrs. Specklespot was almost frying toward the barn with a beauti ful, sweet, soft, warm cookie in her bill,' followed by several of her neigh bor's children. "Cluck, cluck, darlings!" she cried as she broke it up on the edge of the nest. "That stupid boy was so impolite he deserved to lose his cookie. Wasn't it lucky he didn't follow me?" The little chickens thought so, as they pecked daintily at the crumbs. Pink shook his fist at Mrs. Speckle spot as she disappeared, and Posy, and Posy, breaking his cookie in two, gave Pink the Digger piece.-New York Mail and Express. When Johnny Wont to School. Johnny Newton's first day at school was very hard. The first day at school is apt to be tiying when you are a 7-year-old boy who has always been too delicate heretofore to go lo kinder garten even. Johnny felt so lonely and so homesick as he sat there, try ing to catch up with the other chil dren, who had all entered school in the autumn instead af waiting until well along toward spring, that he simply couldn't help crying. And of course, after that, a bigger boy in the same room laughed at him at recess, and Johnny, who was only to attend schol half of each day for some time, ran homo to his mother, crying harder than ever. But Johnny's mother was firm in de claring that he must go lo school reg ularly, just the same. Her promises that he would surely like going to school later doesn't console him much, but the big hug and kiss she gave him .HiflPJL hf starter] off after JimcJi^Qjrx=-I forted him greatly. And four days lat er th-e promises about liking school later came true. For three long, long days Johnny was the newest pupil, and as lonesome and wretched as ever. But on the fourth day there came a little girl who had been too delicate and sickly to at tend kindergarten, and she, too, was so lonely and so homesick that she cried. Johnny felt so surprised and queer to see any one cry in school, even though he ha.l been attending only three days, that he quite understood how strange and amusing he must have seemed to thc bigger bo-, who had laughed at him. But he was so sorry for the little girl that he walked horne with her after recess, and when it was time- to enter sc hool in the af ternoon he met her at the door and went into the big, quiet building with her. Next day as she was a nice little girl and very sweet and gentle he went to her house and walked to school with her, and the next day the teacher let them have seats together. And after that Well, after that a lot of things hap pened, all of them pleasant, and it wasn't until Johnny's mamma had company to luncheon,nearly twoweeks afterward, that Johnny remembered that he hadn't always known the lit tle girl. "Well, Johnny," asked the visitor, "how are you getting on at school?" Johnny blushed and was silent, but his mamma answered for him. "Johnny didn't like school very well at first," she said, smiling, "but I haven't heard so much about it of late. You do like school now, don't you, Johnny?" "Why, yes, mamma," answered Johnny, slowly, surprised when he came to think of it. "I do-I do like school-a whole lot. mamma. And I'm learning lots and lots of things there, too!'" "I know you are, dearie." smiled his mamma, patting his shoulder. "I know of one very nice and useful les son you learned the fourth day." She didn't explain, as company was present, that she was glad because he had learned that to try and make some one else comfortable and happy is the surest way of being oneself, but you and I know that she meant it. And Johnny, although hp doesn't yet know how much he learned when he made up his mind to try and comfort the lonely, homesick little girl, knows just how he will try to act next time he is wretched and unhappy himself.-Chica go Record-Herald. Sorry She Spohc. "Thank you, my little man," said Miss Passay to the nice little boy who i ad given up his seat in the car, "and have you been taught to always give your seat to ladies?" "No'm," replied the bright boy, "only to old ladies."-Philadelphia Press. A V?lnnl?le View. A story is told of a man in Massa chusetts who sold a scrubby farm for $12.000 although its value was not more than $1000. "How did you do it?" a friend asked him. "Well," he replied, "I had $1000 worth of farm and $11,000 worth of view." In Java there is an orchid, the gram matophylium, all the flowers of which open at once, as if by the stroke of a fairy wand, and they also al! wither together. GEOGRAPHIC SCULPTURE, Scheme to Make an Exact Model of the United States. An exact model of the United States on a scale of two and a half inches to the mile is one of the pos sibilities of the future as an added attraction to the national capital. While this possibility is, strictly speaking, as yet only In the air, it nevertheless has some zealous advo cates who see in it not only a great educational function, but a feature of attractiveness to the people of the country not equaled by any piece of natural scenery. 1 It will be recaller- that several years ago there was a project for an outdoor map uf the United States on the Potomac flats, through which vis itors could walk as through a park. Bills were introduced in Congress for this project by Senator Cannon, of Utah. The idea was also zealously advocated by Mr. Gardiner Hubbard, president of the National Geographic Society. The present plan, however, contem plates a much more perfect repro duction than would be possible in an outdoor map. The country would be produced in strictly the same manner as the city of Washington has been in the models prepared by thc park commission and now on exhibition in the Congressional Library. This scheme carried out delicately and ac curately would make it possible to re produce every building, road, bridge and railroad in the United States, as well as the physical features of the country. A model of this character and on the same scale is now being made of Switzerland. This model will be the first production on a large scale of what is known as the new school of model making. The new idea differs from the old in that it eliminates the exaggeration of certain lines which was supposed to be necessary in or der to convey to the eye the impres sion a person supposedly gets by see ing the original subject. To accom plish this the scale in elevations had to be made different than that of the surface modeled, which fact has tend ed to destroy popular confidence in pie accuracy of the old models. The new modeling is really "geo graphic sculpture," as some of its devotees call it. It aims at absolute accuracy and is made possible through the perfection in mapmaking and of dry-plate photography. There is no attempt, at exaggeration of ele vations or any other illusion. The new park commission models arc ex amples of tho new school, only on a considerably larger scale than that proposed for the model of the coun try. It would be necessary to house this model in a well-lighted building, which would have to be about 800 feet long and half as wide. Visitors could seo it by walking over glass paths. These paths would be made on sliding sup ports, capable of being pushed side ways, so as to allow of an inspection of the whole surface. One of the possibilities o? such a model which would maXe it appeal to statesmen as a practical proposition would bc that of having any section desired removed and replica produc-(i tions made, as we!! es changes made in the model to suit changed condi tions, which might occur at any time. These replica sections could he made of paper pulp or any other light sub stances and used in school work, just as the maps of the geological survey are now done, and sold at cost. He Had Six Months to L?v?? "^* The early life of Cecil Rhodes was frequently endangered by illness, and the slender boy gave little evidence ol' tue sturdy, lion framed man. Even his own physician did not believe at one time that the youth would ever live to grow up, and tob! the boy if he ever expected to live he should go to the Cape. Before leaving England ho again called on the doctor, and was informed that the physician was dead, and that his son was conducting the practice. The visitor then made him self known to the latter, who, on con sulting the register of bis father's cases, said: "Yes, here is thc name, Cecil John Rhodes; but lt can't be you. for there is a note after it which reads, 'Cannot live more than six months."* TO WASH BLANKETS. Pour into a tub half a pint of com mon household ammonia, lay a blau ket lightly over it. and immediately pour in enough warm water to entire ly cover the blanket. This sends tin fumes of thc ammonia through thr fibres of the wood and loosens th dirt. The blanket should then bc pressed and stired about with a stick until the water seems to have acquired its darkest hue, when a second tub o! clear water cf about the same 'em perature as the first should be use:! in thc same way; then thc blanket should be run lightly through thr wringer and hung out to dry. Enormoni cont or War. To successfully defend on. country dur ing tho past century wc spent many millions of dollars for wnr purposes. There was als i a large sum of moneyspent ly the peopJo i: a vain search for health until H?8tetter*> Stomach Bitters was introduced fifty year ago. To-day thousands of people owe .heb.' good health'to its use. lt will cure head ache, belching, indigestion, dyspepsia am! malaria, fever and agUo. A fair trial wili convince you of its value. Since the accession of President Diaz in 1S7? Mexico's trade has increased nearly COO per cent._ Chronic Tetter. Dr. James C. Lewis, Tip Top. Ky., write?: "I have au invalid friend who has had greai bcnellt from Tetterine in chronic tetter. Send a box to above address." 60c. a box by mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga., if your druggist don't keep lt._ The average woman's words don't have as much weight as her biscuits. A?lc Your Dealer For Allen's Foot-Hane, A powder. It rests tho fee*. Cures Corni, Bunions,Swolleu, Sore, Hot, Callous,Aching, Sweating Feet and IngrowlngNails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes now or tight shoes easy. At ul! Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Ac cept no substitute. Sample mailed FBEK. Address Allen t?. Olmsted. Leltoy, N. Y. What a pretty girl wants is a full com plement of compliments. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O., Props, of Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer ?100 reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for testi monials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75c. The spendthrift can easily make a $10 bill look like thirty cents. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first dny's uso of Dr. Kline's Great Nervcltestorer.t2trlnl bottle and treatiscfreo Dr. ll. H. KLINK, Ltd., 1)31 Arch St., Phila., Pu. People in the smart set believe that all's well that ends swell. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children fret hing, soften the gums, reducesinflamma tkn.allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle The one crop that never fai'a in the dead heat crop. 1 am sure Flso's Cure for Consumption saved DIV iifo three years ago.-Mus. THOMAS Iton Bisn, .Maple St., Norwich, N. Y.. Fob. 17,1000. A ten-cent accommodation often makes a. Jollar friend. _ _ One Cow Skin. An Instance of military thrift and of a red-tape system which ls not pe culiar to Germany comes from the Prussian war office. In I860 the guards were breakfasting hurriedly. They had, on thc previous day, fought the battle of Soor, and had accom plished, altogether, a nine days' march. This was not the era of can ned meats, aud to each regiment had been allotted a certain number of cat tle, which had been killed, skinned and cooked; but while the men were still eating, scouts came In with the news that the Austrians were near at hand. The men got into marching order, and in a few minutes were in rapid advance toward the enemy. The Grenadier Guards, conspicuous ar ways for their dispatch, hurried to such purpose that they failed to se cure the skin of a cow which had been made over to them for rations. When the official who was respon sible for the value of the hide came to ask for it, it had to be reported missing. Inquiries were set on foot, evidence was collected, and a vol uminous correspondence lasting four teen or fifteen months failed to ac count for the skin. There had been a cow. She haJ been made over to the guards. She had a hide. The hide was govern ment property, representing a sum fixed by official tariff. The govern ment must be credited with that sum. The hide was not forthcoming. Who should be responsible for its cash value? It was at last decided that the col onel of the regimi it should be held accountable, and a year and a half after the conclusion of the Seven Weeks' War he was requested by the war office to remit the sum of three thalers, the price of one cow skin lost by the Grenadier Guards. When the sum was paid, the subject was at last officially dropped. HOT OVENS. If the oven is too hot it can be cool ed by putting in a dish of water. If it is too hot on the top, lift the lids which are over the oven. Corea Blood Folson.Cancer.Uloers.Eczema, Carbuncle*, Etc. Medicino Free. Robert Ward, Maxey's, Ga., says: "I suffered from blood-poison, my head, face and shoulders were one mass of corrup tion, aches in bones and joints, burning, itching, scabby skin, ulcers ou leg, was all .run down and discouraged, but Botanic Blood Balm cured me perfectly, healed all tile sores and gave my skin the rich glow of health. Blood Balm put new life into my blood andnewambitiou into my brain." Botanic Blood Balm (B. B B.) cures all malignant blood troubles, such as eczema, scabs and scales, pimples, running eores, carbuncles, scrofula, etc. Especially ad vised '"or all obstinate cases of Bad Blood. Druggists, .$1. To prove it cures, Blood Balm sent free and prepaid by writing Br.oon BALM CO., 12 Mitchell Street, At lanta. Ca. Describe trouble and free med ical advice sent in sealed letter. Tho tot?l number of passengers arriving in Xcw York from Europe last year was 567.011. Pin min Ttmn " I have kept Ayer's Cherry Pec toral in my house for a great many years. It is the best medicine in the worJdJoTffnigiis and colds. C. Williams, Attica, N. Y. All serious troubles begin WA".I a tickling in the throat. You can stop this at first in a single night \v*.h Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Use it also for bronchitis, consumption, hard colds, and for coughs of all kinds. Three E?ICB : 25c. 50c, fl. All drufgUts. Consult vour doctor. If ho says take lt, then do i i lie Mjr? Ii ho tells you not lo take it, then ihai't take lt. Ho knows Leave it wita I lin. We ?irn willing. J. C. A Y Ki: CO., Lowell, Mass All Pt Hilsts Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold In bulk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something jast as good." Remington Typewriters ON RENTAL Per month d up. Good work and prompt service guaranteed by our superior fa cllltlesond nat? ural Interest in the reputation of our machine. WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT. (R?.'inl:.gton Typowrlter Co.) 327 Broadway, ... New York. *-J in 5.000 Deposit back of our Guaranty of Positions. OPKS ALL TUE TEAR. Endorsed by Bunkers, Ofliclals, lousiness Men. R. K. Kare paid Board at coat. Wrlto Quick to GALALA. BUS. COLLEGE, Macon,Gu. rFADlTniWC0Cure?l K o ie 0 O fAPUDlNE ? _/-Ti\ifMvr? ? Headache, o LaGRIPPE, COLDS, ETC. o Does Not Affect thc Heart. ? ^ Sold by Druggists, 15 and 25c bottle. ? ola ofe oVt o* oM oM oMo ?? ofc ofe ofcofc ott Oh, my honey, No time ter lose, Save yo' money Fer de Red Seal Shoes. QR. mm% ?# THC HOME RTMCDY CO AfTER - DINNER PILL" '.II ha u.U. os r... I? DmtfU ta . FREE SAMPLE. , AUSTELL llLlHJ. , ATLANTA,OA. Mention this Paper HOSPITAL SECRETS. A Nurse Says : "Pe-ru-na is a* Tonic of Efficiency." MRS. KATE TAYLOR. Mrs. Kate Taylor, a graduated {n?i rsc of j>rom tnence, gives her ex \perlence with Venina in an open {ferrer. Her position in society iand professional standing com ibine to give special prominence ito her utterances. vvvvv\/*vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv*vvvvvvvvvvv% p.HICAGO, ILL. 427 Monroe St.-"As \.J far as I have observed l'eruna is t lie finest tonic'any man or woman eau usc who is weak from the after effects of any serious illness. "I'have seen it used in a number of con valescent cases, and have seen several other tonics used, but I found that thoso who used Peruna had the quickest relief. "Peruna seems to restore vitality, increase bodily vigor and renew health and strength in a wonderful ly short time, "-ilRS. KATE TAY hOlt. In view of the great multitude of women suffering from some form of female dis? ease and yet unable to rind any cure, Dr. Hartman, the renowned specialist on fe male cntarrhal diseases, lins announced h La willingness to direct tho treatment of as many cases as make application to him during the summer months, without charge. Address The l'eruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. ?F WOSVSEN Preserve, Purify, and Beautify the Skin, Scalp, Hair, and Hands with Mnxiovs QT Woura ase CmcrrB? SOAP, assisted by C?TICD?A OINTMENT, for beautifying tho skin, fur cleansing the scalp, and tho stopping of falling hair, for BOfteniligi whitening, and soothing red, tough, und SOM han?3, for lady rashes, hellings, and irritations, and for all tho purposes of the toilet, hath, and nursery. Millions of women use CUTICURA SOAP in baths for annoying irritations, inflamma tions, and excoriations, or too freo or offen sive prospiration, in washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative, anil septic purposos, which readily suggest themselves to women, especially mothers. Complete Treat ment Tor Humours, $1. Cunsutingof CUTICURA SOAP(j0c.),toclaaaM thc skin ot crusts and scales, ?mri soften the thickened cuticle, Ct; rrcoRA OI.STMENT(50C.), to Instantly allay Itching. Inflammation, and Irritation, find soothe and heal, and CUTICUKA RESOLVENT TILLS ("J."*:.), to cool and cleanse thc blood. CUTICUHA RESOLVENT PILLS (Chocolate Coated ) arc a new, tasteless, odorless, economical. substitute /or thc celebrated liquid CUTICORA RESOLVENT, an well as fer all other blood purl, fiers and humour cures. 60 dose?, 25c. 8oM throughout the world. Britl?h Depoti 27-18, Charterhou? MI.. landon. P?TTES DB?O ISO CazM. UOEC, Sole Vrop?., iioitoa, U. S. A. I have been a sufferer from dys pepsia and sick headaches. I was many times compelled to leave work and go home. Our druggist told me to try Ripans. I am now in much better health, I can eat -al most anything, have no headache and work steady. I also was greatly affected with constipation, and Ri pans gave me relief from that. At. druggists. The Five-Cent packet ls enough for t,n ordinary occasion. The family bottle, CO couts, contains a supply for a year. A SIMPLE, DURABLE Band Power Hay Press. IMPROVED THIS SEASON. Better than ever. Pays for itself quick. For testimonials, etc., address WATKINS HAY PRESS CO..East Poinf.Ga. mm CUKKI) IN SO TO ?O DAVv for particulars and IO days' tment freo. O. E. Collum -v Mod. Co., Atlanta, Ua, Healthy Exercise Is conducive io Good Health and Long Life. No woman can take proper exercise unless she wears a cor rect corset. The Straight Front Royal Worcester end Bon Ton Corsets conform to every movement of the body. ^s]t vour (jeajer to order for you. Royal Worcester Corset Co., Worcester,Mass. fl.