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 ai imitation diamond."-Detroit Free Press. THE TRAMP LEFT. Tramp-Please, ma'am, I haven/t a friend or relation In the world. Housekeeper-Well, I'm glad there's no one to worry over you if you get bitten. Here, Carlo. CURES RHEUMATISM AND CATARRH ii. B. B. Caret Deep-Seated Cases Especial ly-To Prove It B. B. B. Sont Freo. These diseases, with aches and pains ic bones, joints and bock, agonizing pains in shoulder blades, hands, fingoxs, anns and leg9 crippled by rheumatism, lumbago, sci atica, or neuralgia; hawking, spitting,nose bleeding, ringing in the ears, sick stomach, deafness* noises in the head, bad teetb.thin hot blood, all run down feeling of catarrh arc soso, nigns of an awful ppisoned condi tion of.-the blood. Take Botanic Blood Balm*.1* .(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 Bealed letter. The present head of the famous Krupp works represents the third generation of this family of gun-founders. -MW wmuaexaassaxsssBKgassaB .'My hair was falling out very fast and I was greatly alarmed. I then "tried Ayer's Hair Vigor and my hair stopped falling at once." Mrs. G. A. McVay, 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 t bottle. All dranUts. If your druggist cannot supply yon, send us ono dollar and we will express you a bottlo. Bo sure and giro the namo of your nearest oxpress oftSoe. Address, J. C. AYEIt CO., Lowell, Mass. That's what you need ; some thing to cure your bilious ness. You need Ayer's Pills. Want your moustache or beard a j beautiful brown or rich black ? Use 3 JOct? ot druggist! or R P Hail St Co., Nashua, N. H \ ? year ago last June 1 -was trou bled greatly with Indigestion after meals. Often upon retiring at night lUwuuW- be seized with dizziness, which often kept me awake for hours. I was reconnut*"Jed to take Itipaus Tabules by one of my friends'who had himself found use for them. I immediately found re lief in their use, and have since had no return of my complaints. At druggists. Fhe Five-Cent packet is enough for an c.dinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cent?, contains a supply for a year. Genuine ^stamped C C C Never sold in bulk, Beware of the dealer who tries to seU 4 ? _ "something jost as good." I We buy Bonnty T.aml Warrant* issued to Nh ! dien of tte Mexican and 1 other early Ware and pay foll value In casa- **? ar rant? socurod for those lentltled, including heirs. |Wrlte for r articular?. i The Collins Land Co. Atlantic Building, ,1 Washington, D. C. ofeofcofeofcoMofeo?ofeofcofeoMoMofc M ?I * FEVERISH CONDITIONS ? AND COLDS CURED BY b CAPUDIISE o Sold by all Dragfflatsj. ?OltOl(OltOStOI(0?10StOCtOl(OKOStOlt5 If ron har? no faith in my mw Sod of trojtmoat, ee-ume a sample o' ronr morning arina for analysis. I will then send you by mail my o pin. wi of yonr disease and one week's treatment FREE Of ALL 605T. Too will then be convinced that my treatment cures. Mulline eas? and bottle for orine sent trw. DR. ?J. F*. SHAFER, ts? Penn Ave. Pittsburg. Pa. TO WRITE FOR CAT. & SPECIAL RATES. Situations SECURED for graduates or tuition refunded. We pay B.C. Fare. BUSINESS COLLEGES BIRMIHCHAM.ALV BICHMOND, VA. HOUSTOK, TEX. COLUMBUS, CA liJolneaa, tliorthand aud i'ype writing College, Louisville. Ky., open tho whole year. Stndentscan enterany time. Catalog free. roinMERCIAL COLLEGE OF.KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY LKXINUTON. ST. I ?trial avarded Prof.Smith al World'iFair Book-ktrpiag. Builu?t*. Bborl band Typ?. ' Writiug ami Ttl.graptiy taught. Situs Usu?. 0rs4aaaAi r?cetTi Ky. VaUeralty ?BMSM. Eejtn now. Adlnu, W LL lt Lit ll. hil I TU. Pnst, Lexington, Ky. HAM LINS WI ZAR D OIL ' " SORES.?LCERS ALI.-"- r>?'?cr-G'isT.r?*. S?CL IT ' PEE? DAY EB,,,J" tnado.st home, I LP, Uni malling circulars. No can rsealng. The Horse Remedy Co., Austell Building.' ATLANTA, GA. 0tt;S&?S$?? RE FORM Or, CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. I . pd Best Congh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use fsa EEL In time. Sold by druggists. r*f '.'I'M COING When you've set your head to do it, When your judgment says you're right, When your conscience gives it sanction, Then pitch in with all your might. Don't let anything 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, I'm going to, anyway!" What's this life that we are living, But a mighty hurdle race? Every obstacle encountered Maxes you 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, I'm going to, anyway!' -Pl in i II N i A HEROINE Kow She Entertained DWARD LESLIE kissed his wife fondly when she ran to 'I the door to welcome him home *^ from business, but when he reached their cozy kitchen he dropped wearily into the easy chair by the Ore and rested his head 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 bad been married now nearly twelve months, and they found housekeeping more 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 tho mouth, too, and the rent would soon bc due. The coal, also, had yet to be paid for, and then there was the interest on 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 postman'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 England yesterday morning, and-oh, gqod heavens! we must put him off. We can't do it." Mrs. Leslie took the letter. "My Dear Godson Ted-I have come back to England after fifteen years In Australia. As thiugs are not too w?ll with me, I propose to come aud stay a few mouths with you. I suppose since you are married fortune ls smiling upon you, and they say three can bc kept as cheaply as one. Expect me to night about 9. All news then. Your affectionate uncle, MAC." "Why, I always thought your Uncle Mac w. s 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 yo" ore married I don't want him to think we are quito 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 Friday night Barely an hour later Uncle Mae an nounced his arrival with a performance on the little brass knocker which start led several of Mr. Leslie's quiet neigh bors. "Glad to see you, mc boy. Glad to see you. Nice little place you got, but awkward to find. Took the wrong 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 nil the way along the street? Half way down I got mixed up lu 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 au infernally ugly looking thing-' Your wife, eh. Ted?" broke off Uncle Mac, as he caught sight of Nellie 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-briuging w:th bim 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-daldals. Wonder why he married her?" "Because he loved me and I loved him," 6ald Nellie, proudly. "I beg your pardon," said Uncle Mac, hurriedly, ' -illy 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 conies 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 her wai&t. "Poverty only make our, love the brighter. But come, Uncle Mac, my little girl has some real old Irish stew for supper, and I'm sure you're hungry." "You're right, Ted, my boy," Tied Uncle Mac. "I'm absolutely xii ven 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 all merry with stories of his life in Aus tralia, but Nellie's eyes noted with ap prehension that his appetite was likely to be a serious strain on ber 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 little else than potaio. . ..**** Nearly a week passed and one day Nellie was just wondering whether she would have an 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 s' -u, nh, my dear?" he says cheerfully, "but the fact is. I've run out of cash, so I thought I would drop down 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, nuytbing will do," be replied, carelessly, "and if you have nothing in the place, give me two bob, and I'll run TO, 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 course of but a day! O the lives devoid of purpose, That we find along the way! They 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. : OF HOME an Angel Unawares. down to the butcher round the corner and get a bit of steak, eh?" "I'm sorry, Uncle Mac. but-but Ted die went off In a hurry thia morning, and-and he took my purse away in his pocket." "Silly boy! Silly boy! And yet he doesn't know it," replied ?nele Mac ruefully. "For when 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 must spend that. My lucky sov. must go." "Your lucky sovereign?" queried Nel lie. "Well, I call lt my lucky sovereign," said Uncle Mac. "because it wa6 the first sovereign I ever earned, and it happened to have the date on of the very year I started to work as a boy of fourteen. I've kept it nil these years." "Oh, you mustn't spend that," cried Nollie. "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 ns he dbi that bacon, and after he 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 the pretty things, and then by a little Imagination just consider they are your own. Now, as money's no object, where shall we say 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 it long beforo we were married even. I think I told you about lt one day." Finding the gate of the house open they ventured to look over lt. Nellie waxed quite enthusiastic, and ns 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 Mac, with conviction. "You must show me some of that on tho way home." Nellie replied with a laugh that she would show him the very thing she monnt 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 back Ted was waiting 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 the wonderful home In which Nellie would .in imagination, live. Uncle Mac started off early next morning to get work,', or, as he said, "die tn the attempt." -Toward tire end of the second week Uncle Mac ob tained a "?ob." "Of course, lt 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 down nt 5. and Nellie and he still amused themselves by "building castles lu the air" and with looking Tu the shops. At last, when everything seemed so happy, Edward came- down one r>ight with a hard, drawn look upon his face. He kissed bis wife with great tender ness at the door, and,:with a shake In his voice said: "Come into rh'e kitchen, Nellie." "What is it. Ted?" she asked anx iously. ".Tva got the sack. Nell!" he said, with a sob. For some moments they stood lia 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 matter?" In a few. broken words Nell told him of this last and greatest trouble. "Weil, well," said Uncle Mac, when she bad 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 t>alk matters over." 't .. . 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 she 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 ?ind found herself in the house at Highgate, fur nished just ns she always pictured lt, and Uncle Mac and Ted were there, and they were talking and laughing joyfully. "Isn't lt a lovely dream?" she said, turning to Uncle Mac. "It is not a dream, my dear," he said, softly. "I am not poor, -as you think. I nm very rich. I have bought you this house and furnished lt as you de scribed, and we brought you here in your sleep. We shall <aU live here now -that is. if you will tolerate your old uncle-and to-mon\ .". Ted wjll come up with me as managt 4o my business in the city " ... ? "Is it true, tuen, Uncle Mac?" she cried. "It is all true, little woman, and you must forgive an old man's deceit, but I wanted to see 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. MORGAN PERMITS. They Aro All the Itasre In London at Pres ent-A Fevr Snmplea. They take J. Pierpont Morgan very seriously in London, and they nibo 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 ludicate tho prev alent Idea that he is the supreme ruler of the world:', .These cards find eager purchasers. For lustance, wheu the head of the family is detained In tho city to an unusual hour, he presents to his indignant spouse one of these cards, bearing the words: *-* Permit bearer to bc late to j dinner on alternate Wedues- j days in August. J. P. MORGAN. The staid Briton who seeks au ex cuse for sn American cocktail at the "Cecil" hands this card to au acquaint ance: *->< Bearer has permission to j treat one frleud dally between j 5 and G.30 p. m. J. P. MORGAN. I At a game of bridge a player whose rashness gets his partner into difficul ties produces this justification: *-.-* I Bearer is to be allowed to j go no trump without an ace j j in his hand. J. P. MORGAN. I Good for one baud only. One of the card.-; would probably find a readier sale in America than in England. It r?ads: *-* I Bearer may take all pots in j I which his bluff ls not cnlled. j j I ofteu do so myself. J. P. MORGAN. But the card that is most ofteu seen, since it fits all occasions and expresses the Morgan idea most completely, ts this one: r Permit bearer to walk the face j of thc earth and draw breath, j J. P. MORGAN. Purity of tho German Lnngnaco. In 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 in 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 tho equivalent 'Fahrrad.' Secondly there arc tho words that are written ns in English, but pronounced lu Ger man fashion, such as 'shawl.' 'tram way' and 'beefsteak'-which latter be comes 'befsteck.' With these the Ger man writer classes the mysterious words 'koaks' and 'shlips.* 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 tis to call a necktie a 'shlips.' 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 Ibo 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 arid even ping-pong are terms as well known and commonly used in Ger many as lu England. The English hames of dishes are used far less ac curately. ninnie In Sickness. A correspondence has been proceed ing in a contemporary on the interest ing subject of music as a therapeutic agent. It is claimed, as it was afore Ame, that music hath charms-charms other than those which enthusiastic people .seek even during midsummer heat in concert-hall and drawing room. One of the correspondents declares that a beautiful air, even 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 thnt there ls possibly "something in lt,." but we ''io 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 diann away worry and anxiety in the case of healthy people, how much more should lt soothe 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 tolerable to the sick person.-Loudon Globe. Bead-Uress of tho Fijiuns. The Fijians are a stalwart race; very tall and muscular, for the most part, their skins ?oft as velvet from anoint ing with cocoanut oil, their counte nances strong and in most cases pleas ing, rather than forbidding. A thlny that at once impresses the visitor is the varied aud striking manner in which both meu and women-the former es pecially-arrange their hair. Here a mah 16 seen whose pate seems covered with a thick coating of whitewash; there another, whose locks, radiating In every direction from his skull as it they were electrified, cp.uld hardly be inserted in a bushel basket. The for mer state ls but a preliminary to the second. The natives plaster their lia ir with a kind of paste made of powdered coral mixed with water, which, after baldening and then broken up, stiffens the hair and bleaches It from ils nat ural black to odd shades of red and dull-yellow-thus producing strauge 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 ?3 an earthly paradise in ita outward aspect, it has always been subjected to the wildest convulsions of nature. The first white Invaders were told by the na tive Caribs of the fierce wind storms which swept the island 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 walls of stone sev eral feet in thickness. The door was of thick plank, there were no windows, and the air within, if the storm was of long duration, became most oppres sive. The great hurricane which destroy ed the property of the father of tho futuro Empress of the French occur red on the 13th of August, 17GG, 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 ladles-in waltlng by vivid descriptions of that day of terrors. She had been snatched from her morning bath by her father, who had only time to wrap her in a large both towel, and the full fury of the storm burst upon them as M. Tascher and his baby daughter pass ed through the door of the case-a-vent, where Madame Tascher and the terri fied household slaves had already sought refuge Scarcely had tho ronqslve door been closed and bolted than the hurricane was upon them in all its fury. The tall palms wnthod and bent beneath its blows; mango and calabush, or ange and guave trees were quickly stripped of their limbs 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 bars stretched across it. The air within the cave became hot to suffocation; moans and cries from the terrified negroes; 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 it to open it a little way. Carefully and slowly the bolts were drawn and day light admitted. All was quiet without. The darkness that had accompanied the storm, caused by the dence cloud3 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 6apote trees had been up rooted and cast to the ground. But the mont mournful spectacle was the palm avenue, for in place of the columnar trunk?, with their waving plumes, was a ragged row of shat tered stumps. The huts of the negroes, which had been 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 all the buildings per taining to tro estate. To this struc ture the now homclofw family fllrort ed their steps. Its walls were of stone some two foot in thickness, Its raft ers heavy and covered with eartueu tiles, the doorways wore broad, with granite lintels. Above the ground floor, where 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 La Pagerle never re built tlie grent house, and thus fate, or fortune, willed that Josephine should know no other place of residence wnite 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 Tull eries and cheerful Mal maison, in whose gardens she cherish ed the riants 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 been needed. And a dog costs but 3d. a day to feed. The training of the animals is found far less troublesome than was supposed, out care ha3 to ho taken in selecting dogs with a suitable disposition. They are specially employed in searching dark out-of-the-way placea 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. M. Priest, Druggist, Shelbyvllle Ind. savs: "HnH's Catarrh Cure gives the best of satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials, as il cures every ono who takes lt." Drug gists soil lt. 75c._ lt would be silly for the cornet player to blow his brains out. FITS permanently curod.No fits or nervous ness after first dav's use of Dr. Kline's Groat NerveRestorer.?t?trial bottle and treatlsefree Dr.R. H. KLINK, Ltd., 9.11 Arch St., Phlla., Pa. . A child may be spoiled and still be too fresh. H. H. GnEEN's 8oss, of Atlanta, Ga., aro the only successful Dropsy Specialists In tho world. Seo thoir liberal ofTor in advertise ment in another column of this paper. The chronic kicker seldom practices upon himself._ Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teetlilOE.softnn the gums, minces Inflamma tion,allays pain.cu 163 wind colic. 25c. a bottle Ita all right to kill time, for time will eventually kill you. I do not beHove Tlso's Cure for Consum-i tionhasanequal fore mgimund colds-Jon? F. BOYER, Trlulty Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900. An average sized pineapple yields nearly two pints of juice. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling. In eighteen months the boa 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. It 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 is 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, the snake family is experiem-ing great hardship. A dealer in line snake skins said: "There is a steady demand for the more beau tiful kinds which we are never quite able to fill. Some varieties aro so popular that they bring ridiculously high prices. The coral snake of South America, which, by the way, ls 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 ars shipped to .the Far East, where they enjoy even a larger popularity than in the Occident. "The most beautiful snake skin in American ls the marsh diamond-back rattler of Central and Southern Flor ida. It is the king of American ophidia. Its colors are almost metallic in their lustre, aud ihey ere arranged so as to form about as brilliant a harmony as can be 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 turned 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." 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