Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TAUS exs ABOUT .0- ?o? A Dren? NrceBMty. Shirt waists of some sort have be . come one of the necessities of dress and their popularity has brought forth the shirt waist suit The shirt waist suit Is made of foulard, madras, mer cerized cheviots, surahs and taffetas, but the simple figured foulards and tho plain surahs are the most fash ionable. They are made with either plaited or box plaited skirts r.nd blouses without linings, and girdles pr belts of the same material, and with them is worn dainty turnover collars and cuffs. A charming com bination is that of nun's veiling and taffeta. A model of dark blue veiling is combined with a green and blue shot taffeta. The blouse of the veil ing^ has a little jacket of the silk, with short sleeves slashed over the undersleeves of veiling and eenie lace. Thc skirt is laid in tucks. ?- - :,-?*''* A French Prorttsry. - Paris critics are now enthusiastic over a 16-year old girl whose marvel . pus singing and acting seem to prom ise for her a great future. Her name is Marthe Pierat, and she made her debut at the Odeon. On the day after her first appearance the Paris jour nals eulogized her voice, her actiug and her beauty, until the name "Sec . ond Bernhardt" has come to be quite commonly applied to her. It is stated she takes her triumph calmly and al together as a matter, of course, but her friends say that she is in no danger of being spoiled by early ad miration. She is a conscientious artist, with ambition, energy and ten acity. Her beauty is said to be fas cinating, and the simplicity and nat uralness of her manners would have made her famous evpn had she not been blessed with the additional gifts of musical and histrionic ability. Tho Cure or the Nalia. ' A young woman who has been liv ing in Paris for a year says that no French manicure who treated her hands used a cuticle knife about her nails or a steel nail-cleaner. The little orange-wood sticks sharpened to a broad point were used to push back the encroaching cuticle, and to clean the nails after each washing of the banda. In this way the delicate en amel of the nail is not injured, and the under surface of the nail point is kept smooth. The French manicures, too, polish more often with a bit of chamois rather than a regular pol isher, and cut the nails with a clipper instead of curved scissors. These clip pers come in pairs, one for cutting the nails of each hand. Emery boards or a velvet file is recommended, for the little'filing needed to shape the nails. Never cut the cuticle around the nail, but press back lightly with the orange wood stick. Daily brief care when the nail is soft from the use of soap and water is all that is needed to keep the hands in good condition with a weekly manicuring. Use lemon juice instead of any other acid to remove stains,-Harper's Bazar. j "Hatless Girl" in Town? "The dean of Chicago university has pronounced against the 'hatless girl,' " said a woman at the seashore. *Tt is exceedingly difficult to see just Where the summer maiden vexes pro priety by her pleasant habit of going hatless on a warm evening, or why, ' when she carries a parasol, oe travels along country lanes or village streets in a covered phaeton on a summer's ?day, it is also necessary to burden her head with a hat Custom is a curious thing. A woman is urgently besought to remove her hat in the theatre, and reviled for, not doing so; and she may go to balls with a wisp of lace over her coiffure, or sit hatless in her own yard. But the air of the street sud denly renders the hatless girl improp er. No women in the world have been so chained to the hat as those of America. Women of the southern races have always been independent of a head covering when they chose, and summer heat throughout the "United States, though not as long con tinued, is as torrid as in countries nearer the equator. Furthermore, no hat is prettier, than a pretty head of hair, and nothing improves the latter more than sun and air.-New York Tribune. Garland?? for the Hair. The hair is still raised in front a la Pompadour, slightly waved, and if the forehead be very high, it may be re leived by a few curls on the brow; while on the back of the head the re mainder of the hair is massed loosely in a light chignon or turned up in a catogan, in that careless manner that is, after all, the most dihicult to achieve without untidiness. Wreaths of real flowers were much . worn in the hair in Paris during the last days of the season. Of course, the idea of a wreath of natural blos soms is old enough, but it is long since ! it has been used. However, the fluffy looseness of the hair dressed at the back of the head, not too low down, with the high pompadour in front, seems exactly made for the floral wreath to come between. Natural leaves have been chosen in many cases; they are carefully wired In order that they may take the prop-' | er garland shape, surrounding the lobse coils at the back and rising well on the top of the head. Lilies-of-the valley, with their- long leaves, make a most successful wreath arranged round the loose chignon in this man ner; the foliage is the-most important portion of the adornment, a few white hells just giving a suggestion of color. ' Real violets and leaves can also be favorably used, and pink or scarlet geraniums with variegated foliage come out pleasingly. A Woman Home Decora'or. A clever New York woman, who has succeeded as a house decorator, ii now developing a, novel adjunct to her business, which is findir: hearty co-operation from the real estate dealers. To sell cr lease a house or apartment, agents have discovered that interior appearance at the time of inspection greatly facilitates. There is mere money to be made in proportion out of a rental of a fur nished" house or apartment than from those unfurnished. People who go to New York merely for a season or two desire artistic settings- which are out of their reach save at large expendi ture.... This clever woman has accu mulated large assortments of antique furniture, picked up at auction for a bong, and she is au acknowledged con noisseur. This furniture she leases to guaranteed parties. She co-op::* tes ! wi-h a firm of women real estate deal- I ere. The latter, for example1, have an apartment which rents unfurnished foi $50; the decorator fits it up with her antiques, which give the appear ance, of wealth, and the rent rises to say $100. Fifty dollare monthly soon pays the decorator for the outlay, and once the furniture is paid for, repairs excepted, it may be rented repeatedly at clear profit, lt is stated that the two apartments fitted up in this man ner paid for the furniture in ler.s than three months and increased the business of the agents to such an ex tent that they are unable to meet the demands for such apartments. DoW Fnfthinit* Ara Sot. Beyond peradventure fashion rules; but who rules fashion? This question Nancy Mi W. Woodrow seeks to an swer in tho Cosmopolitan. She ex plains that in England Queen Alexan dra is leader of the mode. When the Queen, then Princess, donned a high jeweled collar to hid? a disfigurement of the neck, almost every English woman of fashion "fitted her neck to the yoke like an obedient ox." "On this side of the water wo have no official arbiter of modes, no courts cr royalties to determine the disputed issues cf fashion. Nevertheless, there is in this country a standard as fixed as that of England or France. In each of our large cities one or more women are recognized as social leaders, whose fiat on questions of etiquette and pre cedence is all-supreme; but it is td a little coterie In the melropolist whose wealth, position, beauty and taste render then! independent of cavil or criticism, that we look for guidance in the matters Of fashion; "As much at home on one side of the Atlantic as on the other, these women are entirely free from the dif fidence of provincialism; and, gifted with unerring discrimination, they !n variably select what best accords with their own preferences, serenely re gardless of how the rest of the world may look upon the innovation. As a matter oP fact, the rest of the world usually tumbles over itself in its haste to follow in their footsteps. "These are the women who form the oligarchy of fashion in America, the supreme council before whose bar the conceptions of tailor and milliner and bootmaker must stand, to be either adjudged worthy or ruthlessly condemned and cast into outer dark ness." Ftnart Presses. Many dressmakers in England and Paris have exclusive modes in dresses-, and the womari is cleveres* who ca? find Out where garments are to be had which suit her best; Tall, slender women can wear shaped flounces which Would be fatal to one threat ened with embonpoint. A young, fresh face with light hair and tender coloring may adopt the fashionable greens without fear. Every one now adays has to be careful not only in her coiffure, but in* the manner in which she puts on her hats, for there is so much variety in them and they are so unusual .as compared with what we have been wearing that it is a matter of importance to set them at the right angle in order not to over step the narrow boundary which di vides the sublime from the ridicu lous. There are many new items in ma terials-champagne silk, for example, which is used for millinery as well as for dresses, and for the former re quires to be trimmed with flowers bf very subdued hue. Many beautiful gowns In Ihls shade are made with appliques of lace and vests of chine muslin. We ar? returning to an old stylo Of long ago, in which skirt and bodices alike are made of alternate stripes of *black velvet and lace insertion or rib bon and lace insertion, but intcrtlend ing with cordings and embroideries, sometimes in silks and sometimes with beads. Often scarfs or stole ends of lace are draped from the shoulders just covering the point, and a bertha of vclvei and beaded fringe falls over the blouse front in these velvet and lace gowns. A very pretty sleeve has a puff of gossamer tulle coming from the point of the shoulder to above tne elbow, where it ls held in place by a wreath of pink roses, from which a ruffle descends.-Washington Star. A linen crash gown is trimmed with large French knots. Shepherd check mohairs are includ ed in the season's collection of fash ionable fabrics. Gray silk hosiery ia very dainty with the open work fronts dotted with little clusters of steel, beads. Oriental embroideries for collars, cuffs and revers on canvas gowns have a most striking effect. Sheeriness of fabric is the special feature of the -season's linger.e. There are some pretty petticoats of china silk, lace trimmed. Night robes are mostly in the Empire style. Bands of fine linen, either white or colored, joined with a fancy stitch or a band*of lace insertion and inset di rectly in front with a lace medallion, are among the pretty things for dress ing the neck. Since the contrasting shades of lin ing have come in again grass lawns have blossomed out anew. They come in wide variety, some embroidered in different colored dots, others have vel vet dots woven in. Many of the waists blouse in the back- as well as in front. Of course, the fulness is by nc means as much as it is in front, and it never appears except in very thin, soft fabrics. The belt to be worn with such a waist is of medium width. Stones have been set in about every thing, it would seem. At present there are some very lovely oingle spoons of gold in the top of which are cut anethysts. The newest veil is of chif fon spotted with black velvet, in which the entire bead may be tied up as in a bag. Checked silks in black and white, brown and white and blue and white, made very simply, are used extensive ly for morning gowns. They have en tirely superseded the dark foulards, and some are trimmed very prettily with ribbon velvet or bands of plain taffeta. Things Hnva Clinngjcil. "And sha used to take dictation at 130 words a minute." "Great speed. But is she so slow now?" "Well, I guess! She's married." Baltimore News. It's all right to love yo?r neighbor, ' but don't let him imposo on you. BIRDS ARE BEE-EATERS. They Only Consume Stingless Drones -Working Bees Are Safe. A gardener complains to me about the loss he sustains owing to the fond ness of the pretty little bluetit for bees. "You'd never believe tho lot that little chap snaps up, right off the board in front of the hive." The spotted flycatcher, a charming sum mer migrant, whose pretty nesting and feeding habits I have watched with great interest, and whom I have found t? b? a very confiding bird and one true to his old nesting places, has also been most unjustly libeled and bersec?ted for the same reason. The fact is both these birds do take bees, but if thc complainants followed up the matter they would find that the birds dare not take a worker bea, because of its sting, and they only devour the stingless drones which are being turned out of the hive, or are destroyed by the work ing bees as no longer necessary to the economy of the hive, just at tho time when flycatchers are wanting these fat drones to feed, their young with. The swarming season is then over. Instead, of destroying the use ful insects the birds are actually helping the workers. And so they ard the best friends of the beekeeper. The ?rror of attributing the destnic tioh of working bees to the action of birds is ? very old one. In the fourth Georgie; Virgil writes to the fol lowing effect: "The bloody-breasted swallow bears away in her beak the bees while on the wing, sweet morsels for her merciless young." A writer in an old number of the Beekeeper's Journal says: "I saw a swallow fly up to another which was sitting on a telegraph wire and put something in its mouth, and then go away; the other almost immediately dropped it I found it to be a large drone." Pall Mat! Gazette. PIE. Waiter-Have a piece of pie, sir? Pincher-No, thank j-ou; I never eat pie. It doesn't agree with me. Walter-To every person who has eaten one order we give pie without extra charge. Pincher.-Come to think it over, you may bring me three pieces of pie two of berry and one of custard.-Bos ton Transcript. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,. 0., Props, of Hall's Catarrh Cure; offer $100 reward for ahv case of catarrh that c?nnot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for testi monials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75<v Germany's armv on a war footing now amounts to 250.000 officers and 5,783,000 men. FITS permanently cured.No fits ?rnervous hess after first day's U60 of Dr. Kline's Great N?rveBe6torer.$2'trial bottle and treatlsefree Dr. H.H. KLIXE. Ltd., 981 Arch St.. Phlla., Pa. In the German empire, exclusive of Ba varia and Wurtemberg, there are 3303 long distance telephone stations. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children t eething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion,allayspaln,cures wind colic. 25c. abottie Butter from sterilized cream is now made on a large scale in Sweden and Den mark. ] am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three rears atro.-MKS. THOMAS ROB BINS, Maple St., Norwloh, N. Y., Feb. 17,1900. Paper coal is a form of lignite found neat* Bonn, Germany. It splits naturally id films thin as paper. TO YOUNG LADIES. From the Treasurer of the Young People's Christian Tem erance Association, Elizabeth aino, Fond du Lac, Wis. "DEAR MRS. PIXKHAM: -I want to tell you and all the young ladies of the country, how grateful 1 am to you for all the benefits I have received from using Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vege table Compound, I 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. Pinkhain's Vege table Compound to everybody." Miss EI.IZAI?Ei a CAIXK, 69 W. Division St., Fond du Lac, Wis.-$5000 forfeit If above testimonial ls rot ger.uir.e. At such a time ihe 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 vromen who are lil to write her for free advice. Ad dress Lynn, Mass. I0t ?Sfc so?. in DrscfbU Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold io balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something jost as good," Fres Test Treatment If you havo no faith in mr method of treatment, send mo a Bumple of your morning urina for analyoifl. I will thoa send you by mail my opinion of Fourdlflor.*q and oneweok'R treatment REE OF AU- COST. You will then be convinced that my trentmont euros. Mailinqo??onnd bottle for urlnn lient free. DR.J.K.SHAPER, o?? Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. ofcofcofco?iotoostoisofco'iaofcouonoto a FEVERISH CONDITIONS AND COLDS CURED BY C APUDIINE Sold by nil Drtistrlut?. itolgoitoicoitoitoigoitoicoitoitoitoito DROPSY 10 CATS' TnWTHENT FREE. ^Havonade Dropsy andits com plication:! a specially for twenty roars wkh tho roost wonderful Rccoaes. Have cored many thous and C23?E. 12. niLOSEsirsccHB, Box B Atlanta, Ga. sr-Give the nama of this paper when writing: to advertisers (At. 37. '02) TlH?f IMizzlo Cashions, Now._ The latest cushion in the Gibson girl series shows her seated in a drawing room. A young man near by is bit ing his lips by way of fortifying his courage, while the rest of the com pany is socializing on the other side of a large screen. Under this picture we are admonished in the plainest of lettering to find the girl who is going tn bc kissed within ten minutes. The best part of this puzzle picture is that you don't have to stand on your head to solve it. furthermore, the char acters are of normal size, which is more than can be Raid of the mix-up* of Liliputians and Brobdignagians in most puzzle pictures. Tho Electric Lnmrt. The electric lamp has kept pace with the development along artistic lines that is apparent in all branches of household fitments. The incandes cent lamp is now admitted to the din ing table, although until recently the incandescent burner was thought to shed too pitiless a glare to be desir able for dining table illumination. The glare has been ingeniously softened, and at a recent dinner the electric lamp, which occupied the centre of the table was the most effective decor ation that could be imagined. The pedestal and supporting column were ot silver gilt, around which were grouped charming female figures In Fiench bisque. The incandescent burners were shaded by glass globes In soft hue of rose; these In turn were veiled with numberless strings of pearls in rose-white tint, and the light shone through with a softened glow that was delightful.-Brooklyn Eagle. G!n*se3 Tor the Table. Nowadays the fashion is tb serve ? different type of glass with each course at dinner, and thereby display the varying beauties of shape, coloring and engraving of one's lavish store. Some hostesses, who do not go quite to these lengths, have adopted differ ent sets of glass to match their various sets of china, and a new and fashion able painted glass tor dinner parties has come recently into use. The crystal is very bright and thin, p.nd adorned with a green, red or blue band at the edge of the bowl and on the edgp of the foot, and the owner'3 Initial and some heraldic device are painted on the side of every piece. This is highly ornamented, but care must be taken not to use red-banded glass with a blue china service, else there will be anarchy in the carefully elaborated decoration of the table. Furthermore, it is not considered tasteful, to say the least, to use one Bet of, glass straight through a meal -Philadelphia Inquirer. Hot Weather Cleaning. For thc bot weather cleaning, when all unnecessary exertion should be avoided, quick and easy methods of keeping the summer cottage in order are in demand by the practical house1 wife: Use whiting or ammonia in the water for washing windows instead of using soap. If the preserving kettle is stained af ter putting up the berries, and wash ing does not remove the brown streaks use the kettle for boiling potatoes In. their jackets. Lemon and salt will remove stains from the fingers after peeling potatoes or working in the garden. To keep tinware bright and shining polish with newspapers occasionally. When frequently used, the tin will re quire no polish beyond that given by the daily washing and drying. It is well to remember that hot water will set grease stains in cloth ing. If grease is spilled upon aprons Or the white goods of the summer sew^ ing become spotted with sewing ma chine oil in the making wash out the spots with cold water before putting into the hot suds. Blood stains are also quickly ref moved by soaking and washing in cold water befpre using not water or soap; Summer heat and dampness will quickly cause mildew at this season, and it is difficult to remove it from clothing. Thc best plan is to use a weak solution of chloride of lime about a teaspoonful of lime to a quart of water. To clean brass bird cages, wash in cold suds and sprinkle with whiting, then dry and polish with dry flannel and chamois. To remove white stains and spots from furniture rub them with spirits of camphor, then with flannel wet with linseed oil, and finally with dry fiannel. < /$?!?i?v v ? . . . Chicken a la Maryland-Singe, drain and wash quickly one or two chickens; split them down the back; sprinfle with salt and pepper; dip each half in beaten egg, then in bread crumbs; put them in a buttered dripping pan and pour over a little melted butter; place in the oven and roast for 20 minutes; remove to a hot platter and pour over one cupful of cream sauce made with one tablespoon of butter, one tablespoonful of flour, one cupful of milk, salt and pepper; serve small corn fritters. Currant Flummery-This is nice for breakfast on a hot morning, as it is jut. art enough to give the zest one desi Add two cups of granulated suga o the strained juice of two qtiar ' mashed red currants. Stir until ir is dissolved. Take one pint o s juice and pour over a pint of gre rice and blend until per fectly einootb. Boil the remainder of the juice in the irreal kettle, and into this stir carefully the thickened juice. Cook until thick and then pour into molds large or small and set on the ice to stiffen. Patatoes With Cheese Sauce-Pare, boil and mash 12 good-sized potatoes; season with salt and pepper and moisten with a little butter and hot milk. Make a half pint of drawn but ter, season with salt and pepper and stir in two beaten eggs and two table spoonfuls of grated cheese. Put a layer of the potatoes in a buttered bak ing dish, and cover wi-th a thin layer of the sauce; then add another layer of potatoes, then more of the sauce and in turn more potatoes and sauce, heaping up in a mound and covering the top with the sauce; strew this thickly with grated cheese and set la ? quick oven to brown. THE UNDERGROUND MOISTURE. The Water Table Has Been Erought Nearer the Surface. One of the interesting developments which of late years have been at tracting considerable attention in con nection with irrigation is the charge in the underground water level of irrigated districts. Within the last few months the United States Geologi cal Survey has issued in ita series of Water Supply and Irrigation Papers a report of J. B. Lippincott, resident hydrographer by the Survey for Cali fornia, on the water storage possi bilities on Kings River, which con tains Interesting information regard ing the underground water conditions found in the irrigated portion of the Kings River Valley near Fresno. The height of the ground water, or the "water table," is the distance be neath the surface at which the soil is found to be saturated with mois ture. In the Fresno district the strik ing fact has developed that, while previous to the practice of irrigation there in ?870 the water table stood at 60 feet below the surface, at tho present time it ?B found at from 10 to 15 feet, and in places even from 4 to 6 feet. So high has the water risen in certain sections that some ol the cellars near Fresno were flooded and had to be abandoned, and the ground water at present stands so near the surface that roots of alfa fa, vines and trees readily penetrate it and soils are kept continually moist. Surface wetting has become unnecessary in many sections. This condition of saturation repre sents the use of an irnmeuse amount of water in irrigation. The total quantity of water brought to the vi cinity of Fresno, as indicated by the report, during the seventeen years between 1879 and 1896 would, at a very low estimate, have covered the 50,000 acres, to whose surface water is applied in irrigation, to an aver age depth of iYz feet per annum, er to a total depth of 73 feet. Some of this water has, or course, been consumed in sustaining plant life;' mor? has been evaporated; but the most of it stiii p?rmeates th? subsoils of the irrigated region and of the ad; joining lands. The abundance of underground water has been widely taken advant age of bj the Inhabitants of the region, and over 850 wells have been sunk, whose individual capacity varies from a small discharge to over a million gallons. Th.se wells are used largely for domestic purposes and for stock, but they ard also em ployed for irrigation, street sprinkling and city supply. One cf the largest pumping plants draws water from a well 600 feet deep, driven in a city lot 50 by 150 feet, for the supply of a city of 12,000 inhabitants. THE SECRET OF SOARING. A Naturalist Claims to Have Discov ered lt at Last. The power of the condor, the hawk, the vulture and some other birds, to soar without a single motion of the wings for hours at a time has never been satisfactorily explained An English .naturalist, Mr. J. Lancaster, claims to have discovered the secret and by accident. He had been study ing the subject for 15 year? without arriving at ? conclusion, when the killing of a yellow tailed hawk on the Flat Top Mountains of Colorado gave him the solution. A furious for est fire had been raging in that region ?.End had filled the air with smoke and ashes. While he was examining the hawk's feathers he noticed a pe culiar stain on the sides of the quill between the spicules. Examination with a powerful nicro scope showed that the stain extended along each spicule between the plates. The downy filaments filling the dodble wall-structure of the wings had the same discoloration. He scraped off the stain, and found that it re sembled soot from a stove-pipe, which showed that the smoke-filled air had been going through tho wings In an in cessant stream, carrying the carbon particles with it; Here was the secret of soaring re vealed to him. ? feather is ?ti air engine consisting of a quill and two vanes, made of spicules, between which are the plates. The spicules make a channel about one-fortieth of ?n inch in width, and the plates cross lt There are about one thousand of them to the inch, and they are lo cated at the outer surface, filling about one-fifth part of the depth of the channel. About nlneteen-twen tieths of the space of the channels is open to the passage of air. The mechanical service of the plates, he says, is obvious. The curve impinges against the air-cur rent through the feathers and drives the bird to the front. Pressure pro duced by the normal factor of weight is thus made to serve as the motive Dower of flight. THE ONE-SHOE RULE. Experience Teaches in the Retail Boot and Shoe Business. , The proprietor of a little shoe store on the East Side was alone in his place yesterday when a short, stout young man walked in and asked to look at a pair of shoes. He had tried on a number of shoes when the shoe dealer looked at him and said: "Ve alvays deal square mit people like you. I am acquainted with your mother. She alvays gets her shoes here, und dot is vhy you can have dot pair for $2." The man laced up the shoes and was about to tie the shoestrings when another young fellow came in. "You stiff," he growled to the cus tomer, "why did you insult my sla ter?" "You go back to that place or I'll punch you full of holes," replied the man who had the shoes on. The next minute he received a punch on the cheek and the fellow who had done the punching ran out. The mar. with the new shoes ran af ter him shouting. They disappeared around the comer. The owner of the store waited half an hour and then called his wife from their apartments in the rear. "Becky," he said, "I tink mebbe dot man is a swindler." v "Swindler," repeated Becky, "vhy I heard you say his mother vere a customer." "Ach, dot vere only a business lie, but it cost me $2. Der next man viii only get one shoe to try on be fore he pays cash down Dot's der new rule; understand?" FRESH AIR IN COAL MINES, Tho Quantity the Mljiers Need and and How lt Is Supplied to Therm In -the operations of coal mining, which, in the United K'ngdom alone, produce something ' over 235,000,000 tons a year, and find employment for nearly three-quarters of a mil lion of people, there is nothing of more vital importance than the con tinual supply of a sufficient volume of fresh air for diluting the noxious gases prevalent in the mines and for enabling the underground workers to breathe a comparatively pure at mosphere. It may be said of modern mines that the efforts to provide this air have. In the majority of cases, been attended with so much success that the atmosphere of a modern coal mine is superior to the atmosphere of the forge or factory on the sur face. The particular amounts of air re quired at the various collieries de pend somewhat upon the nature of the mine, whether non-gaseous, or slightly gaseous, or very gaseous; al so upon the number of human beings and animals employed In the mine; and on the amount of coal produced which is not always in proportion to the number of persons engaged there in. Taking all classes of coal min?s, d fall- and liberal consumption ls from 500 to 1,000 cubic feet of air per minute for each human being employ ed in the min?; . A?thoriti?s differ very much as to the quantity, and even the lesser of the amounts stated will, in many quarters, be considered excessive;, but they are not exag gerated amounts, and there are ex ceptional easer where even the larger quantity could, with advantage, be greater rather than less. Taking the total number of persons employed in and about the mines of the United Kingdom as three-quart ers of a million, nearly 600,000 of this number will be employed under ground, and the consumption of air, on the lower basis stated, for such an army of workers will amount to something like eighteen thousand million cubic feet per hour, represent ing in terms of weight more than half a million tons. Making a comparison between the weight of the coal raised and the weight of air which passes through the mine In the length Of a year, it has to be remembered thai while coal production is not continuous, and in many cases occupies less than half of each twenty-four hours, and not always six days in the week, gocd ventilation at collieries means that the current is practically continuous from January 1 to December 31, day and night, Sunday and week day. Fol lowing out the figures given above, it is fe und that the weight o t air which ought to pass throught the' mines cf the United Kingdom in a year ls not less than four thousand million tons, or something like twenty tons of air for each ton of coal pro duced. It is not too much to say that, tak ing the coal mines of the world, the weight of air passing through them for purposes of ventilation exceeds the weight of all the minerals raised even if the generous, although neces 'sary, maximum estimate of one thou sand cubic feet per minute per indi vidual be reduced one-half.-C. M. Percy, in Cassier'? Magazine. The Frisco System Offers to the colon.sts the lowest rates with quick and comfortable ser vice to all points \n the west and northwest. Thirty dollars ($30.00) from Memphis. Tickets on sale daily during September and October. Cor respondingly low rates from all points iu the southeast. For fu'.l information address W. T. Saunders, G. A. P. D.; F. E. Clark, T. P. A., Pryor and Deca tur streets, Atlanta, Ga. A Mexican Railroad's Record of Safety Considerable prominence has been I given in the press of the world lately to the fact that not a passenger on the English railroads has been killed during the year 1901. it may prove of interest to know that the Mexican National Narrow Gauge Road, from I Corpus Christi through Laredo to the 1 City of Mexico, with its branches; amounting to more than 1,200 mile? of operated road, for more than twenty years, has never killed a passenger. This, in the face of the fact that this road climbs more mountains, turns more curves, than any r?ad in the United States.-Galveston Dally ??*'s\ Moth er 4'My mother was troubled with consumption for many years. At last she was given up to die. Then she tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and was speedily cured." D. P. Jolly, Avoca, N. Y. No matter how hard your cough or how long you have had it, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is the best tiling you can take. It's too risky to wait until you have consump tion. If you are coughing today, get a bottle of Cherry rectoral at once. Tlirce tires : 25c, 50c., $1. All dranists. Consult vour doctor. If he says take lt, thon do ss l:? says. If ho tells you not to tak?. lt, thon don't talc?, it. He knows. Liare lt with him. Wo ar willing. J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. Pills That's what you need ; some thing to cure your bilious ness. You need Ayer's Pills, Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black ? Use Buckingham 50cts.otdrugg?it?orR P Hall&Co., Nschua.N.H HAMLIN5 V/rZ?RO OIL .- ALL-- DRUG''GV??T& - ?eLL i r M$??.K'Mo'KeVRtfun?eii?'-bV Voitr PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR PRAISES PE-RU-NA. I 'M ,,/r^^**~,B"* J J First Presbyterian Church of Grcembovo, Ga., and Its Pastor and Elder* THE day was when men of prominence hesitated to give their testimonials to proprietary medicines for publication. This remains true to-day ot most proprie tary medicines. Eut l'eruna has become so justly famous, its merits are known to so many people of high and low stations, that no one hesitates to see his name in print recommending Peruna. The highest men in our nation have given Peruna a strong indorsement. Men representing all classes and stations are equally represented. A (iigniried representative of the Pres byterian church in the person of Kev. IC. G. Smith does not hesitate to state pub licly that he has used Peruna in his family and found it cured when other remedies failed. In this statement the Kev. Smith is supported by an elder in his church. Rev. E. G. Smith) pastor of the Presby terian church of Greensboro, Ga., writes: "Having used Peruna in my family for some time it gives me pleasure to testify to its true worth. "My little boy, seven years of age, had been suffering for some time with catarrh of the lower bowels. Other remedies had failed, but after taking two bottles of Pe runa the trouble almost entirely disap peared. For this special malady I con sider it well nigh a specific. "As a tonicm/or xceak and worn out ?pennie. lt hus'a Jew or no equals.'' Jlf'V. E. G. Smith. Mr. M. J. Jtossman, a prominent mer chant of Greensboro, Ga., and an elder in the Presbyterian church of that place, has used Peruna, and in a recc;it letter to The l'eruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, writes as follows: "For a long lime I was troubled with ca tarrh of the kidneys, and tried many rem edies, all of which gave mc no relief. Pe runa was recommended to me by several friends, and after using a few bottles I am pleased to say that the iong looked for relief was found and J OKI now mijo lng better health than 1 have for year?, and can heartily recommend Peru ? na- to all similarly afflicted. Ilia certainly a grand medicine.''-M. J. Housman. Catarrh is essentially the same wherever located. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the use cf l'eruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your ease and he wilfbe pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Situations Secured for graduates or tuition refunded. Write at once for catalogue and special offers. Business Colleges Louisville, Ky. Montgomery. Ala. Heal ton. Tex. Columbus. Ga. Richmond, Va. Bi/m!ngham, Ala. jacksonville. Fla. ?Y? PI SO'S G M five EAitc lar . CURES WHERE AU ELSE FAILS. 1 ??Sst Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use | fn limn. SAM hu COMMERCIAL COLLEGE OF KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY LEXINGTON. KT. Medal airarded Prof.Smith al n'orla~iFa<r Ilm.k-kreplng. nuilue??,Sliort.bind Tjpe VVritin? ?n<1 Teleer?phy taught. Situa* tum?. ?r?>lu?tr> rocelve Kr. I'nlvcriliT diplomi. Btjtn nov. Addrcji, Wi LULU K. SMITH, rrcst, Lexington- Ky. Business. 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