Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 18, 1902, Image 4
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.""
USS LAURA HOWARD,
President South End ladies*
Golf Club, Chicago, Cured by
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Too Little and Too Mg.
To-day I asked ray mamma if I could whittle,
Ye?, I did.
"Oh, no, my llttlo girlie," said she : "you're
too little."
So she did.
But Tom stepped so hard right on my toe,
I cried, I did.
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,
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Robert Ward, Maxey's, Ga., says: "I
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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
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Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold In bulk.
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell
"something jast as good."
Remington
Typewriters
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ural Interest in
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OPKS ALL TUE TEAR.
Endorsed by Bunkers, Ofliclals, lousiness Men.
R. K. Kare paid Board at coat. Wrlto Quick to
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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.
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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
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IMPROVED THIS SEASON.
Better than ever. Pays for itself
quick. For testimonials, etc., address
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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.
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fl.