Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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! MR. BASSINGl UTSIDE In tho Temple the afternoon sun was shining gally, brightening with Its gold 1 tlie- grim. tluae-dnr'? ened bouses. But the ? cheerful rays did not pene trate within a certain room on the sec ond tloor of a house that looked even more sombre than those adjacent. What light there was came through the window as if reluctantly, and dimly showed a ligure bent over a desk engrossed in work. j If one could hove peeped In nt that room at tbo same hour auy day of tho year- one could have seen the same still ligure nt tin; some occupation: except during the vacations, when liichartl Basslngton left work and the 'emple for a timo and sought some lace where the air was fresher and j wee ter. It had been urged upou him that ? now he was a famous K. C. he should ? ?leave.the chambers he had first come to when-a struggling Junior, and rind n more imposing suite o? rooms. But he clung to th? old ones with an affec tion that was more the outcome of long association than of any actual beauty or convenience they possessed, for they were shabby and mean, and np two flights of stair? which clients grumbled at a good deal. Mr. Basslngton had had a busy day. and returning a few minutes ago from the courts was anticipating a hasty tea. and after that a long evening de voted to more work. Bui somehow he could not this nfter nooi-e?sllyh-?vet his attention, as long habit had given him thc power to do, on tbo work before him. There 9tarcd up at bfm from those dry, rustling papers, as If drawn upon them by ' invisible Augers, a girl's fair face, ; with gray, laughing eyes, and a tangle of wild, sweet hair; in a word, a face .from the past lie had hoped was dead -and done* with long ago had come to "-haunt and disturb the present. . ,He glanced up at the calendar above his desk." It was her birthday, ho renumbered". He supposed it was that which had brought her sp persistently to his mind to-day. He placed his pen doys? aucl half closed his eyes, Like di misremembered music, her voice . seemed to floUt to him across the gulf of years. . . . "Why did the aching memory of lt come back to him now? She had long ago passed out of his life, and even though some of the brightness of it hnd stolen away with her. she left him bis work. "I hove that," he murmured, half aloud; . "lt must suffice, now and al ways."- Yet in that moment the wealth and fame he had won seemed but as Dead Sea fruit, turning to ashes in his mouth. He thought of certain thousands that lay snugly invested. Of what use were they to buy back- the past or give him once more the chance tb win the only woman he had over cared or would over care for? With a self-indulgence that was un usual to him he was still contemplat ing this dream-sweet face, with thc laughing eyes and merry lips, when there came a rather imperious knock ot the front door, and breaking bia reverie he hastened _tq answer it. ?- Standing -outside- was allston la white. No figment of the brain this, hut a. vision of flesh and blood-a child, - a little girl with grave, inquiring glance and pretty face flushed with excite ment. "I told you I should come and sec you, Mr. Basslngton," she said to the astonished barrister, "and I made nurse bw?ng me this afternoon. I have sent her hack to the hotel, and told her to come back for me in an hour's time. I said I was going to have tea with you." She had crossed the threshold, and following the bewildered lawyer she stopped short In the middle of tho room, and looked at him with candid blue eyes. "I'm afraid," she said, pronouncing her words with delicate precision, "that you are not vewy pleased to s?o me, Mr. Basslngton. I believe," she added, with dreadful solemnity, "that you've forgot nil about asking mo!" But this terrible Indictment Richard I Basslngton hastened to deny. Ile re membered meeting tho child a week ago at a friend's house where a juven ile party was In progress. Ho did not know ber name, but lie had been at. tracted by her quaintness. After the manner of children she asked him a number of questions.^wbevo ho lived, ? ni?d whether she might-como o seo him, with a grave seriousness that waa natural, to her, and be had replied in the same strain that upon any.after noon Jw would be prepaned to receive her. "Why should you not think I am . pleased at your visit?" be aektd, a little awkwardly. He wab unused to children and not ot ease with them. "Why I go to my fwiends they al ways kiss me," wo? her rndbxx* an swer. "Oh. I seo," be replied, with a laugh. "Well, that ls an omission soon reme died." aird catching tire child np In his strong arms he kissed the sweet \ baby lips. - That seemed effectually to break the ice between them, and in a few moments the little girl was. ox ? plaining how she had obtained per mission from her ount-a lady careless ' of children and whose brains were wooly in the af ternoon - to ..come out with her nurse to see Mr. Basslngton. Standing alone as be did In the world, with no tie, no one to love or care for him in return, with nothing to live for : but incessant work, In which be found his only dreary pleasure. Richard Bas sington was almost surprised to find that he was still human, and that this dear child with ber pretty ways seemed already to be claiming admittance to his heart. With quick, accustomed hands he took from the cupboard two odd cups I and saucers, a milk-Jug, sugar, and - ,plates, and bread and butter. He:bqd learned how to make his own. tea in days when to o to outside tea-sbops "'"Was a luxury beyond his means, and the habit had clung to him There was a gas-range in the room, ajd having placed upon it a kettle that had originally been polished brass, ho busied himself, much to the child's amusement, in preparing the tea. She insisted upon helping him, and, removing her fleecy cloak, she began to make herself useful in a manner t^iat betrayed early developed house wifely instincts! . It brought him a strange pleasure to see.how much at home she was, to follow the beautifully-dressed little f_ figure as lt moved about with dancing j> evfp and a gay song on Its Hps. "Do you always have tea alone?", she asked, setting the cups, and lg-j ON'S VISITOR. noring their cracked mid assorted con dition. "Always." "And aren't yon very lonely?" Slit forgot her occupation and, coining across to him, put her soft, childish hands ia his, and looked up with an expression that was wistful and filled with an understanding and sympathy beyond lier years. "Sometimes, little lady," lie said, with a short sigh. "But you know we dell, middle-aged fogeys have our day dreams like other folks." "What arc day-rtweams?" "Well, for instance, I might imagine one day that I did not live herc but somewhere quite different, in the coun try, perhaps, and that I had a i'ttlc ghi, like you, to tala to-and love aud work for, and that she was merry, just as you arc, and made the world seem bright, even when thc sun was not shining. Aud then, maybe, when I can almost fancy this to he true I wake and find lt was only a dream." '.'Is that a dny-dwonm? ' she asked. "I has them," she went on. reflectively, "hut-hut they are different all about f alrlee and gwent, big, enchanted castles, and forests "where there are twees of rf a I silver and gold, and a good fairy, and a bad fairy who wants to turu a little ghi into a nasty toad. Would you weaily like to have a little ghi like me?" she broke off. abruptly. A gentleness came over the man's somewhat stern fare, touching it into kindliness and softness. "Yes. little lady," ho said. "And now the kettle ie becoming angry with us." Slic laughed nt the fancy, as he, turned to the hissing kettle, which was Indignantly rattling Its lid to call their atteutlon to its: important self. Turning to the cupboard again, ho saw that it contained nothing to tempt a child's dainty appetite. Children liked sweet, jammy tilings, he remem bered, and he rang loudly at the bril. After n lengthy interval the iuiivl dual who followed the mysterious oc cupation of a laundress made her ap pearance, with husky apolosies, and was dispatched to the nearest tea-shop for a goodly assortment of sweet meats. He then gavo his attention to the child once more, poured out the toa, sugared it to stile her taste, milked it according to his own judgment, and looked after her wains in general. In a very short while Hie laundress returned with the cakes which mlgb4 have tempted an anchorite. It was quite a morry ten-table, and somehow the barrister felt years younger. The ma- of age which ?md fallen prematur ...ion him, ns it docs on most wbc ve no love to sweeten their da; .md keep them youthful, slipped suddenly away. "It must be vewy nice to live herc all alone," said the child. during a pause in her healthy attack upon the cakes. "No lessons, no horwld gov erness." "But I have my lessons, child." ho said, whimsically. "We all have our lesrons; those are mine." and he point ed to a pile of papers. "Are they difficult ones?" "Sometimes," he said, thinking of a -tirficlisTi case he. ought, nt that moment ' to have enmeshed his Intellect In. She seemed to ponder over this, and presently she slipped off her chair and climbed on to the barrister's knee. She looked into his eyes. They were som bre enough usually, but just now they were lighted by a smile. "Do -your lessons ever make you cwy like mine do me?" "Not exactly that, my pretty ono. Men don't cry; they mustn't, you know; all their crying ls done inwardly. Do you understand?" She nodded a solemn head. "That's like what mummy does. She sits in her chair sometimes so quiet, and looks just like little girls do when they want to cwy and can't. I 'speet it's 'eos daddy's gone *o heaven, and isn't likely to como back, nurse says. Have you ever been to heaven? And ls lt far away?" "No; I have never been, dear; and it la so for away that when ono goea there one never, never comes back again." "I s'poso it's vewy bootu], like fairy land." she remarked thoughtfully. . This reflection seemed to give birth to ? new idea. "Tell me a fairy talc," she pleaded. "I am BO foud of fairy talca" The barrister looked nt the flushed, tender face and cudgelled his brains, i Tho law's grave study docs uot much lend Itself to tho cultivation of the fancy, nnd he lacked the gift of fic tion. Then there came to him a way out of tl>e difficulty. He would relate to her something of hie own life in the guise of a" fairy talc. With a preliminary cough he com: monced. "Once upon a time," he enid, and his listener's eyes grew wide with delight, "there was-let me see-a woodman's son. The fairies had not been Invited to his christening, so that there were no good gifts to help him tn life; he had to fight hts own way unassisted. "His father and mother were not kind to him-they had so many chil dren and they were very poor-aud his life would have been altogether very sad but for a little playmate be had, of whom ho was very fond. She was a little, fair-haired ghi very much like you. She was pretty and gay. and he was so very fond of her that he never dared to tell her of his fond ness. "But he used to have a dream-one of those day-dreams that I told you of -that one day he would go out into the big world and win n great fortune, with which he would go to certain miserly fairies and buy from them a handsome palace, to which he would bring this little girl, and live with her, there forevermore. "But: one day, whilst he was still walting for this dream to come true, still believing and hoping In it, there came the son of a very rich king, who. seeing this little girl, fell at once in love with her, and took her away with him to a real palace, not one that was formed of dreams, and the woodman's son never saw her again." They were interrupted at this point by a hasty rap at the outside door, which was divided from the sitting room by an apology for a passage. Placing the child down, Bassington went to open it, in a kind of dream, and to complete the dream, there when he opened the door-wns the ghpst of the past that had peered up i at him from his papers. She was a little older, a little grnver. but lt was still the sweetest face he had ever seen. She flushed uncomfortably when she caught sight of him. "I returned unexpectedly to town this afternoon," she said, "to flud that my little girl hod gone off to pay a call upon n mysterious gentleman." v "Your little girl! I did not know?' "Nor I that lt was you that she hnd come to annoy." Seeing her mother, tlie child came forward and rapturously greeted her, and commenced a confused account of the fairy talo tho latter's advent had Interrupted. "Won't you have some ten?" he eald, confusedly. He could hardly believe thnt tho woman he had never censed to love through all the years was here before him. , "My little Isobel has wearied you quite long enough, I am sure," she mur mured. But the child had hoard the invitation and pleaded lu a breathless fashion for her to stay. Mrs. Courtenay consented, and in response to her puzzled glance Rich ard, not without hesitation, explained how he had been entertaining Isobel. Ile would have liked to get out of going on with the story. It was an embar rassing position but tho child would not hear of it. Whilst he was making fresh tea for the last arrivai, IsoM was giving her mother a summary of what had gone before, and Mr. Bnsslngton's embar rassment was added to when lie saw by the sudden flush which stained thc fair white face that she recognized the characters in his little story. But he was l>ound to finish lt. though in a rather halting fashion, it ls true, and when he reached the oin1 which wa? very shortly, tire child insisted upon hearing her mother's opinion. She was silent for a few moments. "I think." she said at last-*ind she looked at the barrister with the half mocking expression which made the years that separate! past from present scorn but as one day, he remembered it so well-"I think that (hp woodmnu'f son onght to have spoken and have told the girl about his dreams of the futuro. She-she might have waited for him-If her mother had let her. . . . Now, iDobel, we must really go." she finished, rising to her feet. "Thank Mr. Basslngton for your pleasant hom -and-and for his fairy tale." Somewhat reluctantly Isobel obeyed. Mrs. Courtenay held out her hand. "Good-by," she said. A thrill passed through Richard Bas slngton ns he clasped lt. "Are you staying long lu town?" be asked. "No; we return home to-morrow nf tfrnoon." "May I call to say farewell?" She paused for a moment, under standing what he meant by the simple question. Indeed, now wns no time for further misunderstanding: there had beru too much of that in the past: since pbe had heard the finish to the fairy tale she saw things with clearer eyes. "If yon enve to-yes," was her reply. -Tit-Bits. REINDEER MIGRATIONS. Devout lng llortls Which Match Over ih Country. During the cour -e of a paper ou th .'Mammals of Mount Katahdln, Maine.' read recently at Washington, D. C. Captain B. H. Dutcher, of thc Uuitcc States Army, gave some Interesting facts relative to the remarkable migra tory ways o? the reindeer. Th? caribou or reindeer, is an animal that bolong! rather north than the uorthcumosi point of Maine, that ls given to migra tions at irregular intervals, and withil i ho memory of people living in the Mount Katahdln neighborhood there have been two such migrations within the last eighty years. In both instances Mount Kn (alidia bas formed tho southern terminus of the reindeer u ration, tho immense herd halting o reaching that point, and, on the approach of spring, return ing northward to Now Brunswick. Canada lind Labrador. The last mi gration of caribou within thc memory of the Mount Katahdln residents oc curred late In the fall of 181X5, when a herd of thousands of caribou that had attracted attention by their migration through Labrador, Canada and Now Brunswick suddenly appeared in thc forests about the famous mountain. All that winter the natives of the region feasted on juicy reindeer steak, but with the first sigus of spring the herd gathered together and left the neighborhood as suddenly ns they came, returning to their homes in bleak and inliospltable Labrador. Two days after the herd got \inder way there was not a reindeer to bc seen nor found lu the entire Mount Katahdln district, nor have any been seen there since. This propensity of the reindeer sud denly to gather iu large herds and mako long journeys covering thousands of miles ls a phenomenon that has long puzzled naturalists, and has never ticen satisfactorily accounted for. Un like the bison, or buffalo, which animal migrates north In summer and soul li In winter, thc reindeer has no ntate,< time nor season for migrating, nor. so far as naturalists have been abie to discover, is there any good reason or cause for such action on their part. Xordeuskjold, during his famous voy age along the Siberiau coast, from Dergen, Norway, to Bering Strait, wit nessed one of thc largest reindeer mi grations that, according to the Ya kuts, Samoyedes and Burlats, had taken place In Northern Siller?a In two centuries, there being nothing in the native traditions covering that period to indicate a like migration. Accord ing to Nordeuskjold, the herd numbered close to half a million, and the region over which lt passed was swept bare ol reindeer moss and other plants upon which these animals feed. Ohlobt Public Ituliaiiijr. If we seek the oldest chic build ins in tile United States we shall lind our selves In tlie ejualnt old adobe palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, N. M. This long, low structure, In the second oldest city of the United States, has been the seat of government under flit Spanish, Mexican and America i: regimes for nearly three hundred years. It now contains tbc museum of the New Mexico Historical'Society, of which the Hon. L. Bradford Prince, a native New Xorker and former Gov ernor of New Mexico, is President. Governor Prince considers this "the most historic building in the United States."-The Chautauquan. Origin of Word AKKARMII. .The native drinker In India swallows on extract of yie hemp plant, which produces a species of mania in its de votees. While under its influence the drinker will kill all and sundry with whom bc comes lu contact. This is what is known as "running amok." The drinker is called "hashassln." that is. one-who drinks "hashln" or Indian hemp, hence our word assassin.-Lon don Express. . The St. Janies district of London, al though but seven-tent lis of a square mile, has 471 policemen. our Hair "Two years ago my hair was falling cut badly. I purchased a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and soon my hair stopped coming out." Miss Minnie Hoover, Paris, 111. Perhaps your mother had thin hair, but that is no reason why you must go through life with half starved hair. If you want long, thick hair, feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor, and make it rich, dark, and heavy. 51.00 a bottle. All drenisti. If your druggist cannot supply yon, send us one dollar and we will cxr.ross ?you a bottle. J?e eure and give thc name of your nearest express oflioc. Address, J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mats. THE JULY SMART SET. "The Metempsychosis of the Og dons," by Edward S. Van Zilo, the nov elette with which the July number of The Smart Sot opens, is as humorous a piece of fiction as has recently ap peared, and for summer reading lt will be found delightful to while away a pleasant hour. The father of a beauti ful young society girl, through the in strumentality of an apparently harm less Oriental curio which ho possesses, is forced to assume, for a short time, his daughter's identity. The adven tures which befall them are ludicrous id the extreme. There is a laugh in ev ery line of the story* The same issue ?3 rich In the num ber and variety of short stories. Cy rus Townsend Brady contributes a strong talc of the plains, entitled "How 'The Kid" Went Over the Range." "Jane's Gontioman," oy Owen Oliver, is a charming bit. "Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary," by Guy Wetmore Carryl, is vivid and drnmatlc. "The Fatter Calf," by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins, ls a striking epis ode from the page of a woman's life. Other stories of equal merit are: "Fayal, the Uuforgivlng," by Miriam Michelson; "Blue Blood," by G. B. B?rgin; "At the Year's End," by Mar tha Fishel; "Tho Beautiful Woman's Narrative," by the Baroness von Hut ten; "Exhibit A." by Kate Jordan, and "The Blue Thorn of Kashgar," by Ed ward Boltwood. Alfred Henry Lewis, in his usually happy vein, writes a re markably distinctive article under the title, "Break a Heart and Make an Ac tor." The verse In the July Smart Set Is musical and seasonable. There is the usual abundant supply of light quips and jests. All in all, the July Smart Set is ono of the best numbera ever Issued. PITS permano: itrcd.Xo fits or nervous ness ttftor first Ht. Uso of Dr. Kline's Great NerveFestoror.i^.rial bottloand treuti3ofreo Dr, lt. II. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Area St., Phila.,V?i When a bashful young man fails iu love he generally expects the girl to act as pace maker. ._ Usn Allen's Foot-Kasi?. lt ls tho only euro for Swollen, Smarting, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet.Corns and Bunions. Ask for Alan's Foot-Ease, a powdor to bo shaken into thc shoes. Cures whilo you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Store.?, 25e. Don't accept any substitute. Barn plo sent FREE. Address,Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy^.Y,. The Himalayas have several peaks over 2S,000 feet, ami more than 1000 which hive ween measured exceed 20,000 fret. Fiso's Cure- cannot bc too highly spoken ot PS a cough euro.-J. W. O'Bnii*. 322 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6,1000. 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NATIONAL CANCER MEDICINE COMPANY, Austell Building. Atlanta, (ia. HANGER cartridges and shot'shells are made in the largest and best equipped ammunition factory in the world. AMMUNITION of J. M. C. make is now accepted by shooters as "tho worids standard" for it shoots well 'n any gun. Tour dealer tells it. Tho Union Metallic Cartridge Co. Bridgeport, . . Conn. 9 Rootbeer ' Thc roolent drink for hot weather ? packago makes tlvo (rallona. Sold everywhere,or by mall for??c CHARLES E. HIRES CO., Malvern, Pa. .toHoHo?ono?o*ono*ostOB?.o*iono 11APUDINE Indigestion, g ?, J Effects felt Immedi- H * _' atety. O lu. 2.1 and SOc. at Drugstores- 9 otooMofcofcofcofcofcofeofcofcofeofcoii 'S CURE. - ^PHOTOS MILS. Dost Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Uso In time. Sold by drojreluta. CONSUMPTION , OIL ON THE WATER. Report on the Uno of Liquid Fool Under Marine Bollen. The result of experiments in burning oil as fuel made by the Bureau of Steam Engineering, ?. S. N., appears In a recent- report of the Chief of that Department. Thc conclusions reached are as follows: 1. Oil eau be burned lo a very uni form manner. 2. The evaporative efficiency of near ly every kind of oil, per pound of com bustible, ls probably the same. While the crude oil may be rich In hydro carbons, lt also contains sulphur; so that after refining, tho oil lins*probably the same calorific value as the crude product. 3. A marine steam generator cnn be forced to even as high a degree with oil as with coal. 4. Up to the present time no ill ef fects have been shown upon the boiler. 5. The firemen are disposed to fnvoc oil, and therefore no impediments will be met in this respect. 0, The air requisite for combustion should bo heated, if possible, before en tering the furnace. Such hunting un doubtedly assists the gasification of thc oil product. 7. Thc oil should be heated, so that it can ho atomized more readily. 8. When using steam, higher pres sures are undoubtedly mote advnn lagoons than lower pressures, for atom* izing thc oil. 0. Under heavy forced draft, partic ularly when using steam, it has not yet been found possible to prevent sinok? issuing from the stack, although all connected with the tests made special efforts to secure complete combustion. 10. Thc consumption of liquid fuel probably eau not bc forced to as great au extent with steam as the atomizing agent, as It cnn when compressed air is used for this purpose. Tills is probably due to the fact that the air used for atomizing purposes, after entering thc furnace, supplies oxygen, while lu the case of 'steam the raiilied vupor dis places air that is needed to complete the combustion. 11. The efficiency of oil fuel plants ?will he greatly dependent upon the gen eral character of thc installetlon of auxiliaries und fittings; and therefore thc work should bc entrusted only to those who have given careful study to thc matter and who have lind ex tended experience In barning thc crude oil. Thc form of the burner will play a very small part in increasing thc use of crude petroleum; for where the burners are simple In design and are constructed In accordance with scien tific principles, they will differ but lit tle in efficiency. Consumers should sec to it, carefully, that they do uot pur chase appliances that nre untried, and have been designed by persons who have had but limited experience in Dperating oil devices. WORDS OF WISDOM. Doubt.ia brother evil to despair. Idleness ls the key of beggary and the rdot of all evil. The best cure for a man's conceit is a woman's laughter. A man who always acts hos time afterward to find rensons. Fearlessness burns Its bridges be hind; fear, the bridges before. No man was over discontented with the world if ho did his duty in it. Man regards human nat a? as a packmule on which to pile his sins. Some things that nre received as gifts are really intended as invest .mcut*. When you conquer your enemy by force his better part rcmutns uucou qucrcd; Every wise man has a parachute Of prudence attached to his balloon of enthusiasm. Thc foundation of self-respect is work. Work ls the parent of enter prise; Idleness ls the parent of vice. Tho Color of (?hosta. Gray, rather than black or white, -ap pears to bc the prevailing color worn by the latter-day ghosts. Two houses, one In England and the other In Ire land, are persistently hauutcd by what are called "gray ladles." The Irish Bpook of this category recently Btood lu front of a bust of Shakespeare; hid den by her form; A pair of shoes, thrown nt her opaque substance, pene trated it completely and ,crashed against the marble bust. A third gray ghost haunting the ancient dormitory of nu English college is, on thc other hand, transparent. The panels of Win dows can be seen through its 'oral. A fourth gray ghost appears as a shadow, singularly distinct and showing all thc lines and features of a human being. Still another spook, that of Colonel Av Mclnandc-r, seen in St. Petersburg, le o gray shadow. In fact, there are toe many gray ghost for enumeration. The "sheeted dead" appear to be In a small minority nowadays. Even black ghosts seem to outnumber them. The black shade of nu ancient clergyman often seen In daylight upon an English coun try road sometimes wears a white film of vapor enveloping his sable raiment. The phantom of another clergyman, ;een in church, la described ns "a black, clear mist with the outline of a mau." That of "a little old woman lu brown" lias long haunted the front yard of a certain cottage, while that of "an old lady In green" bothers n miuister of the gospel-Washington Star. Balloon TH. Automobile, Eight automobile enthusiasts have formed a volunteer corps to be Used by the Government In time of war for carrying dispatches and bringing Into communication distant points not reached by thc railroads. Of late, to get themselves lu training, they have organized several balloon pursuits. In these novel chases an aeronaut starts skyward lu a balloon, carrying some dummy dispatches, while at thc same time the automobiles start in pur suit of the huge gas bag on terrai firma. If n good breeze rs blowing tho aeronaut gives the automobiles a lively chase, while if he ls aided with clouds In or above which to hide himself hq keeps the modern "knight of the road" guessing as to his whereabouts. Tho one who reaches him first after his de scent is declared thc winner of thc chase, which is said to bp much more exciting than "hare and hounds" or ii fox hunt-Aeronautical World. Tho 1'Iilllppliio Jungle. Thc sportsman w?o chances to try his luck In the Philippinns caji lind plenty of pood snooting nt wild pigeon.l and wild doves; and there are loriots, woodcock and many specimens of mag pie. A trijj through a Philippine Jungle, even In times ol' pence, is one never to be forgotten. There is always some thing new and interesting passing be fore the eyes, and while one is always seeing some kind of animal Ufe, be ?? never just certain whether the next ste)) forward will not bring to view an Immense anaconda, a ferocious boar, a great antler, or some other uf the great animal tribe of thc islands. - Free Medical Every sick sod ailing woman, Every young girl who suffers monthly, Every woman who is approaching maternity, Every woman who feels that life is a burden, Every woman who has tried all other means to regain health ? .? .asa, Every woman who is going through that critical time - thc change of life - is invited to write to .Mrs. Piakham, Lynn, Mass., in regard to her trouble, and the most expert advice telling exactly bow to obtain a CURE will be sent abso lutely free cf cost. Tho one thing that qualifies a person to give advice on any subject is experience-experience creates knowledge. No other person hti3 so v/ide an experience with female ills nor such a record of success as Mrs. Pinkham has had. Over a hundred thousand cases come before her each year. Some personally, others by mail. And this hus been going on for twenty years, day after day, and day after day. Twenty years of constant success - think of the knowledge thus gained ! Surely women arc wisc in seeking advice from a woman with such an experience, espscially when it is free Mrs. Mayes, of Boston, wrote to Mrs. Pinkham when she was In great trouble Her Totter shows thc result? There are actually thousand;, of such letters in Mrs. Pinkham's possession. DEAR Mas. PINKHAM : - I have been under doctors' treatment for female troubles for some timo, but without any relief. They now tell mc I have a fibroid tumor. I cannot, sit down without great pain, and the soreness extends up my spine. I have bearing down p.iius both back and front. My abdomen is swollen, I cannot wear my clothes with any comfort. Womb is dreadfully BWollen, and I have had flowing spcll3 for three years. My appetite is not good. 1 cannot walk or be on my feet for any length of time. " Thc symptoms of Fibroid Tumor, given in your little book, accurately describe my case, so I write to you for advice." - MRS. E. F. HAYES, 2O2 Dudley St. (Boston), Roxbury, Mass. " DEAB Mns. PIN'KIIAM: - I wrote to ye: describing my symptoms, and asked your advice. You replied, and I followed all your directions carefully for several months, nod to-rhiy I am a well woman. " Thc usc of'Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, together with your advice, carefully followed, entirely expelled the tumor, and strength ened thc whole system. I can walk mile6 now. " Your Vegetable Compound is worth five dollars a drop. I advise all women who arc afflicted with tumors, or any female trouble, to write 3'ou for advice, and give it a faithful trial."- MES. E. F. HAYES, 252 Dudley St (Boston), Itoxbury, Mass. j Mrs. Hayes will gladly answer any and all letters that may be addressed to her aslting about her illness, and how Mrs. Pinkham helped her. FORFE5T If ve cannot forthwith produc? tba original lotter and signature ol above testimonial, which trill provo Its absoluto iTonulnetieMi Lydia ]?. Plukhain aiodicino Co., Lynn, MAIS. Vulcanized Timber. A considerable amount of interest, says Scientific American, has been aroused by thc announcement, as the result of a prolonged scries of experi ments, of a mpthoil of so treating tim ber as to secure even from soft wood a largely increased toughness and hardness. Thc process is described as one of vulcanizing, comparable in some respects with Bessemer's pro cess of converting iron into steel, and ls the invention of Mr. Po ell, a Liverpool merchant. The treatment to which- the timber ls subjected is, roughly" speaking, that of saturation at boiling point with a solution of sugar, the water being afterwards evaporated at a high temperature. The result is to leave the pores and Interstices of thc wool filled in with solid matter, and the timber vulcaniz ed, preserved and seasoned. The nature of moderately soft wood, it ls claimed, is In this way changed to a tough and hard substance, without brittleness, and niso without uny tendency to split or crack. It ls also rendered remark ably impervlor.3 to water. Hard wood similarly treated derives similar bene fits. Moreover, it ls claimed that thc process may he completed and timber turned out ready for use In a few days. Features of Ainslee's for July. 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