Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A BAD BEGINNING. "So the engagement's off?" "Yes; she advised him to practice economy, and he started In by getting her an imitation diamond."-Detroit Free Press. THE TRAMP LEFT. Tramp-Please, ma'am, I haven/t a friend or relation in the world. Housekeeper'-Woll, I'm glad there's no one to worry over you if you get bitten. Here, Carlo. CURES RHEUMATISM AND CATARRH B. B. B. Cures Doep-Seated Cases Especial ly-To Prove It B. B. B. Sont Freo. These diseases, with aches and pains in bones, joints and bock, agonizing pains in shoulder blades, hands, fingers, arms and legs crippled by rheumatism, lumbago, sci atica, or neuralg.a; hawking, spitting,nose bleeding, ringing in the ears, sick stomach, deafness, noises in the head, bad teeth.thin hot blood., all run down feeling of catarrh arc sure signs of an awful ppisoned condi tion of-the blood. Tako Botanic Blood BalmT* <B.B.B.) Soon all aches and pains stop, the poison is destroyed and a real permanent cure is made of the worst rheu matism or foulest catarrh. Thousands of cases cured by taking B.B.B. It strength ens weak kidneys and improves digestion. Druggists, $1 per large bottle. Sample free by writing BroOD BALM Co, 14 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent In sealed letter. Thc present head of the famous Krupp works represents the third generation of this family ot gun-founders. rr ? ''My hair was falling out very fast and I vas greatly alarmed. I then'tried Ayer's Hair Vigor and my hair stopped falling at once." Mrs. G. A. AlcVay, Alexandria, O. The trouble is your hair does not have life enough. Act promptly. Save your hair. Feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor. If the gray hairs are beginning to show, Ayer's Hair Vigor will restore color every time. $1.00 a bottle. All draggtits. Ii your druggist cannot supply yon, send us ono dollar and we will express you & bottle. Bo euro and give the namo of your nearest oxpresa ofhoe. Address, J. C. A Y Eic CO., Lowell, Mass. That's what you need ; some thing to cure your bilious ness. You need Ayer's Pills. Want your moustache cr beard Tl beautiful brown or rich black ? Use SOcti.otdfuggiittorR P Hail gt Co. , Nahua^N.H* ] ? year ago last June I was trou bled greatly with indigestion after meals. Often upon retiring at night I .would be seized with dizziness, Which often kept me awake for hours. I was recommended to take Ripa us - Tabales by one of my friends who had himself found use for them. I Immediately found re lief-in their use, and have since bad no return of my complaints. _ At druggists, rbe Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 00 cents, contains a supply for a year. ID Dragfbta Genuine stamped C C C Never sold io balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell J . "something jost as good." We boy Bounty Land Warrants issued to nh diera of the Mexican and other early Ware and ray foll Taine io cash. War rant? securod for those [titled, including heirs, rite for i'ar tl cul ors. The Collins Land Co. Atlantic Building, Was li ?it ?T tc ti, 5>. C. ofe ofeofe ott o io o:? O?3 O* Oil Ofe O* o fcoM X .j 8 FEVERISH CONDITIONS AND COLDS CURED BY CAPUDIINE Sold by all Druggist.. ttoitoHoi^ftoito??o8tostoitoito8tosio Free Test Treatment If ron bara no faith In mr m ot bod of troattaent, ?end me a sample of roar morning arin* for unalrsla. I will then Hnd yon by mall mr opinion o? four disease ?nd oneweek's treatment ICC OF ALI 895T. To? will then be oonvlnooa Ihne mr treatment oures. Mallina case and bottle for urlae sont free. DR. ?J. P. SHAPER, ?22 Penn Ave.. Pittsburg, Pa. WRITE FOR CAT. & SPECIAL RATES. Situations SECURED for uraduntos or tuition refunded. We pay B.B. Fare. y nonT BUSINESS Mm I COLLEGES BIRM?ICHAM.ALA. BICHMOND, VA HOUSTON, TEX. COLUMBUS, CA /W ? WWW w - - --TE Jlualneas, shorthand aud 1 ype writlng College, Louisville, Ky., open tho whole year. Studontscan enterany time. Catalog free. COMMERCIAL COLLEGE OF.KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY I,KX [MiTON. CT. I itrdal ovarded Prof.Smith at H'orid'iFjlr ] Kook-kseptog. Bmitik??. Short tasud . rp? kV "V riling sod T?l?fT*pbr taught. Situs tlou*. UnHuu? r?velT? Er. Unlvertltj diatom.. Blain now. ?adre?. WILKL'U li. bUlTH. I'res'i. J.tiInBton, Ky. HAMLIN'S WIZARD OIL SOREST ULCERS ALU* DftOGG'ISTf,-.. SEuL IT f 1 pc? ni V Easily made, at home, ILIM/Al malllog circulars. Nocan rnselng. The Honae Remedy Co., Austell Building; ATLANTA, OA. w "PI SO-S- CU R E . FOR, if ^S?Sm Thompson's Eye Water "I'M COINC 1 When you've set your head to do it, When your judgment 6ays you're right, When your conscience gives it sanction, Then pitch in with all your might. Don't let anv thing prevent you, Though the odds seem big and strong; Every obstacle must vanish As the swift days roll along If you set vour jaw and say: "Well, Fm going to, anyway!" What's this life that we are living, But a mighty hurdle race? Every obstacle encountered Mases vou quicken up your pace Till, with" mighty bound triumphant, You come safely to the goal You had toiled for, you had longed for, In the centre of your soul. When vou set your jaw to say: "Well, fin going to, anyway!' DWARD LESLIE kissed his wife fondly when she ran to '1 the door to welcome him home from business, but when ho reached their cozy kitchen he dropped wearily into thc easy chair by the fire and rested his iiead upon his hand. He was tired after a long day's work, with nothing but a couple of buns to stay the inner man-tired and worried. Th?y had been married now nearly twelve months, and they found housekeeping moro expensive than they had antici pated, and the better times they had hoped for seemed ns far off as ever. It was nearly the end of the mouth, too, and the vent would soon be due. The coal, also, had yet to be paid for, and then there was the interest QU some "tickets" which must be paid, or his little wife would lose the little jewelry she treasured so, but which she gave up so willingly to help the man she loved In the hard struggle to get their little home together. "Dinner is nearly ready, dearest," she said as she stroked his hair back from his forehead. "And you are hun gry and tired, dear, and worried." Presently the postmau's sharp rap caused him to spring up and run to the door. He came back more slowly. "It's from Uncle Mac," he said. "Well, I am surprised. He arrived in Englaild yesterday morning, and-oh, gQod heavens! Ave must put him off. We can't do it." Mrs. Leslie look the letter. "My Dear Godson Ted-I have come back to Eugland after fifteen years in Australia. As things are not too well with me, I propose to come and stay a few months with you. I suppose since you are married fortuue ls smiling upon you, and they say three cnn bc kept as cheaply as one. Expect me to night about 9. All news then. Your affectionate uncle, MAC." "Why, I always thought your Unelo Mac was doing so well. Ted," she said, slowly, as she finished. "So did I," said her husband. "But, then, everyone abroad is always doing well. I must write at once and put him off." "No, Ted, dear," his little wife said, bravely. "Because yon are married I don't want him to think we are quite so poor. We will manage somehow." But she sighed a little as she thought how quickly, even now, the weekly pay dwindled to a shilling or two before Fr!day night Barely an hour later Uui '.e Mac an nounced his arrival with r t erformance on the little brass knocker which start led several of Mr. Leslie's quiet neigh bors. "Glad to see you. rac boy. Glnd to see you. Nice little place you got. but awkward to find. Took the wrou? train at Broad streot, so had to come up on tile tram. And I say. Ted, my boy, why on earth don't they put the pave ment all the way along the street? Half way down I got mixed up in a mountain of mortar, quite lost my temper, and nearly my umbrella. As I said to a man who came down with me, 'That's nu infernally ugly looking thing-* Your wife, eh. Ted?" broke off Uncle Mac, as he caught sight of Neille in the hall. "Glad to make your acquaintance, Mrs. Ted," he said, walk ing into Nellie's dainty little drawing room-the pride of her life-bringing with him sufficient of the much-sized mortar on his boots to build a small sized villa. "Come over to the light and let me look at you." "Nice face, but tired." he said, quite audibly, although intended only for himself. "Smart girl, but no strength or backbone. Novel and the sofa and pretty fal-dal-lals. Wonder why he mnrried her?" . "Because lie loved me and I loved him," 6ald Nollie, proudly. "I beg your pardon," said Uncle Mac, hurriedly. "Silly habit, speaking your thoughts aloud. Learnt it in the lone ly bush. No offense. Hope you're happy and your love will last, but they do say when poverty comes In at the what's-its-name love skoots out of the thingummy." "That's wrong, my dear, isn't it?" said Edward, slipping his arm round ber waist. 'Toverty only make our love the brighter. But come, Uncle Mac, my little girl has 6ome real old Irish ste./ for supper, and I'm sure you're hungry." "You're right, Ted, my boy," cried Uncle Mac. "I'm absolutely raven ous." "You won't mind the kitchen, will you, Mr. -er-?" Nellie began. "Mac, my dear, plain Mac; that is, of course, Uncle Mac, to you," he re plied. "Personally I prefer the kitchen." During supper he kept them nil merry with stories of his life in Aus tralia, but Nellie's eyes notci with ap prehension that his appetite was likely to be a serious strain ?an her limited larder. "Good tack, this," he said presently, with appreciation. "Knocks billy and damper hollow. But you're not eating much!" "Oh, I've plenty, thank you," she stammered, but Uncle Mac silently noted that the meat had been served to Ted and himself, while her plate made a brave show with "?tie else than pota io. * . * * * * Nearly a week pass. . nd one day Nellie was Just wondering whether she would have au egg or her lunch now. or wait till 5, when a ring came to the door, and she ran up to find-Uncle Mac! "Bit surprised to see me so soon, ah, my dear?" he says cheerfully, "but the fact is. I've run out of cash, so I thought I would drop clown earlier and have a blt of lunch with you." "Have lunch with me!'' cried Nellie in a horror-stricken voice. ' I'm afraid I have nothing in the house. Uncle Mac." "Oh, anything will do," he replied, carelessly, "and if you have nothing In the place, give me two bob, and I'll run rO, ANYWAY." While the whole world loves a lovel, Yet it loves a winner best; Loves the man who, till he conquer, Stops not e'en for sleep or rest. Oft he may be worn and haggard, Often he may weary be; Yet the lion heart within him Has been firm as rock since he Set his quiet jaw to say: "Well, I'm going to, anyway!' O the loose-hung jaws encountered In the cours? of but a day! O the lives devoid of purpose, That we find along the way! Thev the weaklings are, who know not What strong faith and will may do; Know not that the world's a servant To the man who's game and true And who sets his jaw to say: "Well. I'm going to, anyway!" -S. W. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald. , or HOME an Angel Unawares. down to the butcher round the coruer and ?et a bit of steak, eh?" "I'm sorry. Uncle IMac, but-but Ted die trent off In a burry thia morning, and-and he took my purse away In his pocket." "Silly boy! Silly boy! And yet he doesn't kuow lt," replied ?nele Mac ruefully. "For wheu I called at his Office to borrow five shillings off him he said he had left all his money at home. But there." he added cheerfully, "I have a sovereign, and we moat spend that. My lucky sov. must go." "Your lucky sovereign?" queried Net? lie. "Well, I call it my lucky sovereign," said Uncle Mac. "because it wa6 tho first sovereign I ever earned, and lt happened to have the date on of the very year I started to work as a hoy of fourteen. I've kept it all these years." "Oh, you mustn't spend that," cried Nellie. "To-night Ted will be paid and we shall be all right again. Come down stairs and have some more ba con." Uncle Mac said he had never enjoyed any meal so much as he djd that bacon, and after be had finished he proposed that they should go for a walk to gether. "As we can't afford a tram ride," he said, laughingly, "we will just walk round and think we are millionaires. Nothing like building castles in the air, my dear, when you are down Iq the dumps. If you can't actually en joy the things wealth would bring you can look round the shops and see all tho pretty things, and then by a little Imagination just consider they are your own. Now, os money's no object, where shall we soy we live?" "Oh, at Highgate," cried Nellie. "Why Highgate?" asked Uncle Mac seriously. "Because there's such a lovely house there to be let. It stands in its own ground, and I've often looked at IL long beforo we were married even. I think I told you about it one day." Finding the gate of the house open they ventured to look over lt. Nellie waxed quite enthusiastic, and os they went from room to room she furnshed them sumptuously in her imagination. Tho drawing room would be in gold and white with, Louis XIV. style fur niture. "Never heard of him," said Uncle Mae, with conviction. "You must show me 6ome of that on tho way home." Nellie replied with a laugh that she would show him the very thing she meant in Dormans & Brown's Empo rium, and on the way back she pointed out many things' she would like and have, "if only they had plenty of money." When they got hack Ted was walting for his dinner, and while the chops were grilling Nellie told him the ad ventures of the day. During dinner Uncle Mac. amid many bursts of laugh ter, described Uie wonderful home in which Nellie would .In imagination, live. Uncle Mac started off early next morning to get work,', or, as he said, "die In the attempt."-.-Toward tire end of the second week Uncle Mac ob tained a "Job." "Of course. It Isn't ex actly the thing I wanted," he ex plained, "but then, beggars can't be choosers. I'm to get thirty-five shil lings a week, so I thought. Nellie. I could pay you a pound every Wednes day toward the housekeeping ex penses." Matters were so arranged, and Nellie began to feel quite rich. It was sur prising how much help that extra sov ereign was, and Nellie's nightmare of the end of the week began to vanish. Uncle Mac continued to come dowp nt 5. and Nellie and he still amused themselves by "building castles In the air" and with lookinglu the shops. At last, when everything t omed so happy, Edward came- down one night with a hard, drawn look upon his face. He kissed his wife with great tender ness at the door, and/Avlth a shake In his voice said: "Come into the kitchen, Nellie." "What is it, Ted?" she asked anx iously. ?"I've got the sack, Nell!" he said, with a sob. For some moments they stood I'D si lence, then he sank on a chair and buried his face In his bands. "Well, my little love birds," cried Uncle Mac, entering from the garden. "Why, what's the mattel'?" In a few. broken words Nell told him of this last and greatest trouble. "Weil, well," said Uncle Mac, when she had ended, "keep a brave heart, my dear, and things may be all well yet. I think Ted and I will take n lit tle walk up the street and talk matters over." When they came back she was lying on the bed. where she had been crying bitterly, but she tried to meet them with a smile. After dinner Uncle Mac produced a bottle of Australian wine .from his bag, and they each had a glass, but it seemed to make her tired and heavy, and sbc felt as though she must go to sleep. Presently her head nodded, and as she lost consciousness she thought she hear Uncle Mac say: "Carry her to something." Presently, in her sleep she had a beautiful dream. She thought that she woke up sind found herself lu the house nt Highgate, fur nished Just ns she always pictured it, and Uncle Mac and ""ed were there, and they were talking and laughing joyfully. "Isn't it a lovely dream?" she said, turning to Uncle Mac. "It ls not a dream, my dear," he said, softly. "I am not poor, -as you think. I am very rich. I have bought you this house and furnished It as you de scribed, and we brought you here in your sleep. We shall -all live here now -that ls, If you will tolerate your old uncle-and to-morrow, Ted wjll come up with me as manager to my business in the city " "Is it true, then, Uncle Mac?" she cried. "It ls all true, little woman, and you must forgive an old man's deceit, but I wanted to se? the metal my boy's wife was made of, and-and that riches would not turn her head. But I know now, my dear, that as wealth has come In at the thingummy, love will not fly out of the what's-its-name."-New York News. J. P. MORCAN PERMITS. They Ar? All tho Hatto la London at Fros ont-A Few Samples. They take J. Pierpont Morgan very seriously in London, and they also get a good deal of fun out of his supposed ownership of the earth. The street venders arc selling littlo printed cards bearing legends tliat indicate the prer nient Idea thai he Is the supremo ruler of the worioV .These cards find eager purchasers. For lustance, wheu the head of the family ls detained in the city to an unusunl hour, he presents to lils indignant spouse one of these cards, bearing the words: *--* Permit bearer to be late to j dinner on alternate Wedues- j days in August. J. P. MORGAN. I The staid Briton who seeks an ex cuse for an American cocktail at the "Cecil" hands this card to an acquaint ance: Bearer has permission to j treat one friend dally between | 5 aud G.30 p. m. J. P. MORGAN. I At a game of bridge a player whose rashness gets his partner into difficul ties produces tnls justification: *-* Bearer ls to be allowed to j go no trump without an ace j j in his hand. j J. P. MORGAN, j Good for one hand only. ?-* One of the cards would probably find a readier sale lu America than In England. It reads: * ? j Bearer may take all pots in j I which his bluff is not called, j j I often do so myself. J. P. MORGAN. But thc card that is most often seen, since it fits all occasions and expresses the Morgan idea most completely, ls this one: Permit bearer TO walk the face I of thc earth and draw breath. J. P. MORGAN. Furlty of the German Language lu spite of official efforts to maintain the purity of the German language the English words are creeping In. Says an English journal referring to a recent article lu Die Nation: "The English Importations aro of three classes. First there are the words that .are both written and pro nounced as In England, such as 'Inter view," clown, and 'bicycle' - though for this last the German often uses the equivalent 'Fahrrad.' Secondly there are the words that are written ns in English, but pronounced in Ger man fashion, such ns 'shawl,' 'tram way' and 'beefsteak'-which latter be comes 'befsteck.' With these the Ger man writer classes the mysterious words 'koaks' and 'shllps,' which he explains to mean respectively the English 'cokes'-that is, coke-and 'necktie,' though it is by no means easy to understand how Germans learned from us to call a necktie a 'shllps.' Thirdly come the loan-words that are written and pronounced in the German way-such as 'streik,' or, in Austria, 'strick.' for a strike, and 'lori' for lorry. Most of the words of the first class relate to sport and food. As the Nation remarks, English tends to become the international code of sport, as Italian is of music, and jockey, handicap, match, goal, racket and even ping-pong are terms as well known and commonly used in Ger many ns in England. The English hames of dishes are used far less ac curately. Music lo Sickness. A correspondence bas been proceed ing in a contemporary on thc interest ing subject of music as a therapeutic agent. It is claimed, as it was afore time, that music hnth charms-charms other than those which enthusiastic people .seek even during midsummer heat in conccrt-hall and drawing room. One of the correspondents declares that a beautiful air. eveu when played on a barrel organ, will frequently suf fice to. mitigate or charm away pain. Then 'there are cases quoted of rabid fever cured by use of a violin, and Sir Andrew Clark and Sir Richard Quain are mentioned as supporters of the Guild of St. Cecilla, All this may help to persuade the professional unbeliev er that there ls possibly "something in lt" but we do not ourselves quite see what examples are needed to prove that distracted nerves and feverish blood must inevitably by soothed by gentle strains of music. It ls a fact self-evident. If music can charm away worry and anxiety in the case of healthy people, how much more should lt Boothe the sufferer on a bed of sick ness. If this fact were more generally believed, We have no doubt that many a sick-bed would be rendered less in tolera, le to the sick person.-London Globe. Head-Dress of tho Fijians. The Fijians are a stalwart race; very tall and muscular, for the most part, their skins Koft as velvet from anoint ing with cocoanut oil. their connie nances stroug and lu most cases pleas ing, rather than forbidding. A thin? that at once impresses the visitor Is the varied and striking manner in which both men and women-the former es pecially-arrange their hair. Here a mifii is seen whose pate seems covered with a thick coat!. of whitewash; there another, wilt locks, radiating In every directiou from his skull as it they were electrified, could hardly be Inserted in u bushel basket. The for mer state ls but a preliminary to the second. The natives plaster their luiir with a kind of paste made of powdered coral mixed with water, which, after hardening and then broken up, stiffens the hair and bleaches lt from its nat ural black to odd shades of red and dull-yellow-thus producing strange ef fects in combination with the dark brown skins of the people. _ JOSEPHINE IN MARTINIQUE. An Account of the Great Hurricane of 1766. Although Martinique ia an earthly paradise in Its outward aspect, it has always been subjected to the wildest convulsions of nature. The first white Invaders were told by the na tive Caribe of the fierce wind storms which swept the i?land at unexpected times and the French planters soon learned that a case-a-vent, or hurri cane house, was an indispensable ad junct of every plantation. These were not unlike the "cyclone cellars" of the Western plains, though they were usually built Into or under the side of a hill, with walla of stone sev eral feet In thicknesa. The door was of thick plank, there were no windows, and the air within, If tho storm waa of long duration, became most oppres sive. The great hurricane which destroy ed the property of the father of the future Empress of the French occur red on the 13th of August, 17CG, some seven weeks after Josephine's third birthday. Young as she was at the time it mado an indelible impression on her mind, and after she was Em press she used to thrill her ladies-in waltlng by vivid descriptions of that day of terrora. She had been snatched from her morning bath by her father, who had only time to wrap her in a large both towel, and thc full fury of the storm burst upon thom as M. Ta8cher and his baby daughter pasa ed through the door of the caae-a-vent, where Madame Tascher and the terri fied household slaves had already sought refuge. Scarcely had the massive door been closed and bolted than the hurricane was upon them in all its fury. Tho tall palms w/ithod and bent beneath its blows; mango and calabash, or ange and gu ave trees were quickly stripped of their Umba or forcibly up rooted; roof-tiles from the mansion, boards from the negro quarters and branches torn from trees were hurled through tho air. The door of the case a-vent groaned on its huge hinges, and strained at the iron bara stretched across it. The air within the cave became hot to suffocation; moans and cries from the terrified negroea; but little Josephine uttered not a word. Close clasping her arms around her father's neck, and clinging also to her mother's hand, she lay quiet and calm. The hours passed slowly; but finally the door ceased to strain at Its fasten ings, and M. Tascher commanded the huge negro who had charge of lt to open it a little way. Carefully and slowly the bolts were drawn and day light admitted. All was quiet without. The darKiOss that had accompanied the storm, caused by the dence clouds and sheets of rain, had been dispelled by the sun. which was now shining brightly. The wind had died away to a moan; exhausted nature lay pros trate, torn and bleeding. Hardly a tree was left standing; huge ceibas, cedars and sapote trees had been up rooted and cast to the ground. But the most mournful spectacle was the palm avenue, for In place of the columnar trunks, with their waving plumes, was a ragged row of shat tered stumps. The huts of the negroes, wbich had boen grouped about the sugar mill, were entirely destroyed, and soon a hundred despair ing beings were groping in their ruins. But the crowr/ng desolation of all waa the total destruction of the Tascher mansion. Only the great sugar house remain ed standing of nil the buildings per taining to thc estate. To this struc ture the new homeless family direct ed their steps. Its walls were of stone some two foot in thickness, its raft ers heavy and covered with eartneu tiles.'the doorways -.'ere broad, with granite lintels. Above the ground f?oor. whore the machinery was placed, were two large chambers. The beams supporting the floor were sound and strong, and the floor itself Intact, nnd there the family took up their abode. M. Tascher de Ea Pagerie never re built the great house, and thus fate, or fortune, willed that Josephine should know no other place of residence wiuid she lived In Trois-Dcts, unless visit ing at the house of a friend, or at school. But she was to live to know still stranger places of abode; the grim Carmelita prison, the stately pal ace of the Tuileries and cheerful Mal maison, In whose gardens she cherish ed the plants of her native isle. Dog Police. For some time the Ghent police have been using trained dogs to aid them in their avocations, and the plan has been attended With much success] It has, too. this advantage about it that the use of dogs nas enabled the municipality to dispense with the use of more men who would otherwise have bean needed. And a dog costs but 3d. a day to feed. The training of the animals is found far less troublesome than was supposed, Dut caro ha3 to bo taken in .selecting dogs with a suitable disposition. They arc specially employed In searching dark out-of-the-way places difficult to reach, where dangerous characters may be concealed. Their leaping pow ers In scaling walls are found of great use. They are trained to pursue per sons taking to the water to escape, and those who take to their heels. London Chronicle. A. II. Priest, Druggist, Shelbyville Ind.. says: "HHII'S Catarrh Curo gives the best of satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials, as it cures overy one who takes lt." Drug gists soil lt. 70c._ lt would be silly for the cornet player to blow his brains out. FITS permanently eurod.No Ats or nervous ness after ilrst dav s uso of Dr. Kline's Groat NorveRestoror. Sit rial bottle and treutlsefrea Dr.R. H. KLINK, Ltd., !)-11 Arch St., Phlla., Pa. . A child may be spoiled and still be too fresh. H. H. GBEBN'S 8ONB, of Atlanta, (in., aro the only successful Dropsy Specialists in tho world. See their liberal offor in advertise ment In anothe . column of this paper. The chronic kicker seldom practices upon himself._ Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chihl.'en to?tliiog.softfin tim Rums, reluces inflnmina Uoniallays pain.oures wind colic. 25c. a bottle It's all right to kill time, for time will eventually kill you. I do not behove TIso's Curo for Consump tion has :in?qutl for coughs and colds-Jonw F. BOTEII, Trlulty Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900. An average sized pineapple yields nearly two pints PI juice. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling. ' In eighteen months the hog population of the United States can double itself. ALLIGATOR AND SNAKE SKINS. Extinction of the Animals Threatened by the Demand for Their Hides. A new fashion in a modern city may mean the decimation or even extinc tion of an entire species of the lower animals. The craze for alligator skins during the past twelve years came very nearly making that hideous rep tile as dead as the dodo. When a large animal brought two dollars in the open market every lazy darky down South who lived within ten miles of a pool or bayou was out after "gater" from dawn to dusky eve. They killed so many that the market was flooded after a time and then the price began to fall, lt has gone down steadily, and the latest advices from the Louisiana bayous and the Florida swamps give fifty cents for the raw hide of a saurian of more than ten feet in length and only twenty-five for a chicken "gater." This hardly pays for their killing, and tho supply ls running down in consequence. The alligator has now a chance for his life, and in many districts is increasing in num bers perceptibly. On the other hand, thc snake family is experiencing great hardship. A dealer in fine snake skins said: "There is a steady demand for the more beau tiful kinds which we ?re never quite able to fill. Some varieties are so popular that they bring ridiculously high prices. The coral snake of South America, which, by the way, is not, as currently believed, a red creature, but a beautifully mottled scarlet, black, rose-pink, and brown one. has gone up from ten cents to a dollar for the raw skin In Brazil, and it is almost impossible to get it in this city. The few that are caught go to Paris and St. Petersburg, and now and then some are shipped to .the Far East, where they enjoy even a larger popularity than in the Occident. "The most beautiful snake skin in American is the marsh diamond-back rattler of Central and Southern Flor ida. It ls the king of American ophidia. Its colors are almost metallic in their lustre, and they are arranged so as to form about as brilliant a harmony as can bc found. The skin tans easily, and when thoroughly prepared will last almost as well as a third-class leather."-New York Post The Naughty Nations. Mr. Crosland, who has succeeded In creating a sort of interest in his book "The Unspeakable Scot," has quite a wide field awaiting him. After allow ing the right to reply the author of "The Egregious English," attention might be turn-jd to other nationali ties, and the following are some of the suggested titles for new volumes: "The Indolent Irish." "The Wily Welsh," "The Absorbing American," "The Jubilant Jap," "The Cheerful Chinee," "The Fickle French," "The Grasping German," "The Riotous Rus sian," "The Arrogant Austrian," "The Brutal Belgian," "The Humble Hol lander," "The Doughty Dane," "The Haughty Hungarian," "The Sorrow ing Spaniard." "The Pugnacious Por tuguee," "The Sturdy Swiss," "The Irate Italian," "The Greedy Greek," "The Truthful Turk."-Pall Mall Gaz ette. Curious Census Statistics. Germany's census yields curious language statistics. Of the 66,367, 178 inhabitants of the Empire, 51,883, 178 can speak only German, 3,086, 480 only Polish, 141,061 only Danish, 65,930 only Italian, 33,032 Wendish, 142,049 Masurian, 100,213 Kassublan, 64,382 Moravian. 100,038 Dutch and Frisian. 52,033 Czech and Russian, and smaller numbers Swedish, Span ish, Portuguese, Walloon and Magyar, 252,918 persons are billingual the greater number, 169,634 speaking both German and Polish. 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"Then my two children had bad coughs accompanied by gagging. My wife had stomach trouble for years. She took Pe nina and now she is well. "I cannot express my thanks in words, but I recommend your remedy at every opportunity, for I can conscientiously say that there Ls no medicine like Peruna. Nearly every one in this town knew about the sickness of myself and family, and they have seen with astonishment what Peruna has done for us. Many followed our example, and the result was health. Thanking you heartily, 1 am." - L. J. Scherrinskv. Mrs. N annie Wallace, Tulare, Cal., President of the Western Baptist Mis sionary Society, writes: f * "I consider l'enina an indispensable ar ticle in my medicine chest, lt is twenty medicines in one. and has so far cured every sickness that has been in my home for five years. I consider it of special value to weakly women, as it builds up the general health, drives out disease and keeps you in the best of health."-Mrs. Nannie Wallace. 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