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' Household Pests. In-connection with the desired ab sence of the dreaded b?d-bug, a wri ter-to the-^June Delineator gives tne cor.nd ifci^mewhat Irish advice that "special preparations must ^3 made before his arrival." Beds are to be .tal en apart and washed at Intervals with carbolic water, and "Dalmatian powder" freely insterted in the cran nies. ' Frequently opening beds and bedclothes1 to the air.and sunlight and all ucanllness are also "enjoined, and tho triter assures the housekeeper that''unless one lives in an apart ment house and . has undesirable neighbors" all will be well with her and her beds, as?'"bedbugs cannot thnve where cleanliness exists.' Pre . cautions--against invasions of moth and silver bugs are also Included in the.article. As to moths, the writer says: 'The principal thing is to'use something that has a strong odor. ?Moths are overcome quickly by any powerful odor and will not enter a chest.' where it can be perceived." . Turpentine :s recommended as having a clean odor, not unpleasant in the attic and much to be preferred to. mothballs;" ano, best of all,, by hang ing the garments' out of doors for half an.<hour the, odor is removed en ifcj&y The Night Voyage. Silent we sailed the phosphorescent seas. Our ship a craft with shadowy masts . and ?pars. While gloomed above, in glorious gal .- axles. The phosphorescent stars. The breeza that breathed about us bore the balm Of coral cove and long land-lockea' lagoon, While glistened o'er the tall, lianaed - palm The Caribbean moon. A. distant pharos from Its hidden height Across the waters flung Its beckoning beam. And so we glided through the violet night, s Bound for the bourn ot dream. ? -Clinton ScoUard, In New Orlean Times Democrat. FIT3o9rmaaoatly cured. No Ats ornervous ness after Qrst-day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer.$2trIalbottleandtreattsefree Dr. P.. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St.. Phila.,Pa Thc man who thinks a good (leal of bis wife should not attempt to conceal his thoughts when lie is alone with her. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forohildren teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion allayapain.cureswlnd colic. 25c. abottle We often hear of a middle aged man, but never of a middle aged woman. A woman is either young or old. Piso's Cure cannot be to?"highly spoken ot as a cough cure.-J.' W. O'BKIEN, 322 Third Avenue, N.', Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6,1900. mm Vf fc^so* % Miss Agnes. Hille to young women al Menstrual Period - 1 suffering and ~remov< Lydia E* Pinkham's "To TOTING WOMEN:-*-I sufre rhea (painful periods), so .much so knew it meant three or four days this was due to an inflamed conditio by repeated and neglected colds. "If young girls only realized 1 this critical tame, much suffering w ipr Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetal medicine which helped melany. A\ take?t,' I.noticed a marked''improv the time of my next .monthly perioc ably. I kept up the treatment, and ' another person since. I am in perfect added 12 pounds to my .weight, m] happy."-Miss AGNES MILLER, 20 ' ' The monthly sickness reflec health. Anything unusual ; at and proper attention. Fifty tho that Lydia E. Pinkham's Tegel ?truat?on and makes those peri? READ WHAT MISS . ."PEAR 1 ham's Vegei fitted me. I trouble was j. month went severe bearii) men. . " A frien medicine. Ifl pain during : 1201 6th Stn FBI Rem invited t is anythi not understa Lynn, Mass., her advices is free ? lng woman who asks for it. B more than one hundred thousa it, my sick sisters ? 5000 FORFEIT If W9cannot forthw above testimonials, which will pro Lydl Could Ton Uso Any Kind of a Sewing Mn chine at Any Price T . If there is any price so low, any of fer so liberal that you would thiuk of accepting - on - trial a new high grade, elroy cabinet or upright Minnesota, j Singer. Wheeler & Wilson. 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The de cayed matter is to be remove.! and the cavities formed thereby are to be dis infected with coal tar and filled with cement. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Beward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. I". J. Casan & Co., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, hr.ve known F. J. Cheney for thc last 15 yeerd, and believe him perfectly honorable in ali business transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. WEST & TBOAX, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, 0, WALDXXQ, Ktss?X & MABVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. T ke Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Railroad on Cypress. The Island of Cypress in the Medi terranean, will soon have a railroad from const to coast The amount of S.000,000 francs has been appropriated for its construction. Engineers with their "staffs have already arrived on the ground. It takes a fast man to beat a board bill. . So. 21. W / & / WM #| ?j-. ^ ir ii *.** .?F s .*? M *' Pi /? m ? fe." tfpi Chicago, speaks Dout dangers of the low to avoid pain and i the cause by using Vegetable Compound* ned for six years with dysmenor that I dreaded every month, as I of intense pain. The doctor said ; a of the uterine appendages caused -| low dangerous it is to take cold at rould bo spared them. Thank God >le Compound, that was the only rithin three weeks after I started to ement in my general health, and at I the pain haa diminished consider was cured a month later. I am like health, my eyes are brighter, I have r color is good, and I feel light and Potomac Ave., Chicago, Ul. ts the condition of a woman's that time should lia ve prompt ligand letters from women prove ?able Compound regulates men ods painless. LINDBECK SAYS: ?RS. PINKHAM : -Lydia E. Pink table Compound has greatly bene will tell you how I suffered. Mr ?inful menstruation. I felt as each by that I was getting worse. I had ig-down pains m my back and abdo d advised me to try Mrs. Pinkham's did so and am now free-from all my periods."-'JESSIE C. LINDBECK, eet, Rockford, UL ** SE ADVICE TO WOMEN, ember, every woman is cordially o write to Mrs. Pinkbam if there ng about ber symptoms she does nd. Mrs. Pinkham's address is md cheerfully given to every ail [er advice bas restored to health nd women. "Why don't you try Ith produce the original letter* and signatures of ve their absolute genuine-ties*. a E. Plnkham Modlcine Co., Lynn, Mass. (COMPLEXION , u?-WILSONS. FRECKLE CURE - ff. GUARANI cet) ron rsccKUS.wt '-5#?-3 SUNBURN. MOTH Ptt*US ?*? CHAPS. 5O?AB0X. TRIAL 25-' IR WILSON {giCQwrasaBw* \ CHARLESTON. S. C ^trOWC \ fofl SALfL AT AU. PRU? lt Pi Ta THE MILL MEN MEET :_J *A Important Gartering of "Manufactur ers in Washington City EXISTING CONDITIONS DISCUSSED President Heath's Analysis of the Sit uation-The High Price of Raw Cotton and Small Returns for the Manufactured Product. Washington, Special.-The American Cotton Manufacturers' Association re sumed here Wednesday for its eighth annual session. The meetings are being held in the banquet hall of the Arling ton Hotel, and will last two days. About 200 members of the associa tion were present. The programme of the morning session included addresses by W. C. Heath, of Monroe, N. C., pres ident hf the association; Secretary Cor telyou, of the Department of Com merce-and Labor; R. M. Miller, Jr., of Charlotte, N. C.; Prof. R. C. Carpen ter, of Ithaca, N. Y" and J. W. Nor wood, of Greenville, S. C. President Roosevelt Is to receive the members of the association at the White House. President Heath in his address said the most serious condition now con fronting the cotton manufacturers is the high price of the raw cotton, coupled with the small returns for the manufactured product. The manufac turers are largely responsible for this condition, he said. When the price of raw cotton began to go up recently, they had told their customers that the increase was due to speculation and manipulation. This, he asserted, was not the case. The high price of raw cotton was due solely to a response to the law of supply and demand. The scarcity of farm laborers in the South, due to the migration of the negro to the cities, ls one of the serious condi tions to be met. To meet it the immi gration of Italian and other foreign farm labor will have to be encouraged. Touching on' the labor problem, Mr. Heath asserted that while, the right of labor to organize was not questioned, neither should the right of capital to combine be questioned. The power of labor organizatIons,The said, was being put at present tlmVto dangerous uses. It was menacing Individual rights; it was even asking tho government to fix the hours of labor. These develop ments, he concluded, threatened the very principles of the government. International Y. M. C. A. Buffalo, Special.-Fourteen hundred delegates, including many prominent in al! walks of life, assembled here Wed nesday to take part in the thirty-fifth international convention of the Young Men's Christian Association of*North America. Two sessions were-held to-' day, at whichthe- delegates were wel comedto>-the city and permanent or ganisation was effected under the pres ident of the board of commissioners of the District of Columbia. This evening the delegates attended a banquet in convention hall at which 1,500 persons were present. The following letter of regret from President Roosevelt was read: "White House, Washington, D. C., May 9, 1904. "My Dear Sir: lt is a matter of sin cere regret to me that I am not able to be present at the international meet ing of the Young Men's Christian As sociation. I believe with all my heart in your work, for you have not con fined yourselves merely to talking about what could be accomplished, but have striven In practical fashion to realize in some degree on this earth the ideals of Christianity. I feel that every Young Men's Christian Associa tion throughout this land is a valu able adjunct to good citizenship. "With my best wishes, believe me, "Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "To the President of the Y. M. C. A International Convention." Five Men Killed. Carbondale, 111., Special.-In a?' ex plosion at the shaft of the Big liuddy Coal & Iron Company, in Herrin, five men wore killed instantly, five serious ly injured and twenty others slightly injured. Tho dead are: John Miller, Richard Reins, Fritz Seiberg. Evan Williams, Thomas Green. Six kegs of powder awaiting distri bution tn the men of the day shift ex ploded, having been Ignited, lt is sup posed, by the premature turning on of the electric current, which operates the machinery of tho mines. The bodies of the dead men were frightfully man gled. To Make "Corners" Impossible. London, by Cable.-In the House of Commons when asked If the govern ment would not co-operate with the Liverpool cotton exchange in the same way that the United States government was co-operating with the cotton ex- ? changes jut America, with the object of making "corners" Impossible, Premier Balfour, President of the Board of Trade, said no information had reached the government that the United States had taken such a step to deal with this form of gambling. Discussed Freight Rates. Atlanta, Special.-The discussion of freight rates occupied most of the time of the Southern Vehicle Association here. The report of the freight commit tee composed of A. D. Bellamy and J. B. Creighton, dealt almost entirely with technicalities and suggestions of interest to the members of the trade. Officers will be elected tomorrow and the convention will come to a close. Injunction Asked. Louisville. Ky.. Special.-Thc Wieat croft Coal & Mining Company filed a suit in the United States Court Wed nesday asking an injunction against the union miners of Hopkins county to prevent them interfering with non union men employed by the plaintiff company. About 50 union miners are made defendants. U. S. Marshals Placed at Mines. Madisonville. Ky.. Special.-The mines at Wheatcroft continue to run with a short crew of non-union min?is. A number of deputy sheriffs and Unit ed States marshals have been nlaced at the mines. Ordered Submarine oats. Newport News, Sperial.-From a re liable source romes the information that a contract has just been awarded the Newport News Shipbuilding Co. for the construction of two large sub marine boats desired for service with the Japanese navy in the war now go ing on lu the Far East. The shipyards here refuse lo confirm or deny the re-, port, but it is believed here that tht yard has been rushing work on war ships contracted for in :\u indirect way tor the Mikado's govornmeni for som? time past. -;---?,- ..J,. SOUTH CAROLINA CROP JULLL?f? i.. Conditions Reported by Department for Past Week. :v The week ending 8 a. m., May 9th,. had a mean temperature of 69 degreess which is slightly less than one degree] below normal, due to cool weather dur ing the first, and warm during the last of the week. There was more than the normal amount of cloudiness, and the deficiency in. sunshine was harmful to rice and cotton. The rainfall was below normal, and ranged from a mere trace to over an inch and a half. The western, and the second tier, from th? coast, of eastern counties had the largest amounts, the north central ones the smallest. The Bhowers were local, la character, and largely insufficient, but lt is safe to as sume that in one-third of the State the drought has been relieved, or nearly so, although more rain would prove beneficial in all sections. Hail occur-' red at a few places, doing no damage. The week was favorable for the rapid progress of farm work, and staple crops have been planted with the exception of bottom landa and late rice. As a rule cultivation has kept pace with the growth of crops and fields are fr?e from grass and weeds. Cut worms, bud worms and birds continue to damage stands of corn on bottoms, and Col orado beetles have appeared on white potatoes. There is a general improvement noted in corn where showers occurred, in stands, growth and color, but where the rainfall was light, or where none fell, it remains small and yellow. Most of it has received its first cultivation, and some its second. Considerable re planting is being done. Cotton is coming up better, and stands have improved materially, dur ing the last week, and generally the plants have a healthier look, but on red, and clay lands germination and growth continue slow and unsatisfac tory. Early cotton is being replanted In many sections, while later plant ings are coming up to good stands on sandy lands. Some have received ita first cultivation and has been chopped in the southern,counties. Sea Island cotton was greatly benefited by the showers and humid, warmer weather. Tobacco transplanting is finished, but growth has been slow. The acreage is only from one-fifth to one-half that of last year. Oats are poor, and are head ing low In all'sectlons, except on moist bottoms. Wheat is more promising, and although low, ls heading well, and is In bloom. White potatoes are poor in the coast districts, and promising in the interior. Shipments have begun from the former sections, also of beans. Truck ls late, except strawberries that are hearing exceptionally well. Exces sive dropping of peaches is noted In all save the "ridge" sections, where from three-fourths to a full crop is In dicated. Early peaches and plums are ripening along the coast. Apples and cherries are promising In the western counties. Sweet potato sprouts are scarce,_Minor crops are in normal con dition, j; WT Bauer, Section Director. THE FUN-FLOWER CARNIVAL. Columbia People and Visitors Will Have a Great Entertainment. Columbia is preparing for a spring carnival which will exceed in attract iveness anything before attempted at at this time of year by the capital city. The Chamber of Commerce is back of the undertaking, and has re ceived assurance from a number otb ^ towns in the State which indicafelE^p, the attendance will be as large as the crowds which gather in Columbia fair week. The day of attractions on the streets will be one of the best carnival shows that could be obtained, and the great night attractions will be the fireworks-the fall of Pompeii -by the Pain Company, presenting a ballet of 300 people. But the great feature of the week will be the floral parade Thursday afternoon, May 26.-There will be two miles of vehicles gaily decorated, the procession being led by the king and queen in State. The coronation will take place at the State cr.pitol just before the gorgeous caravan proceeds up Main street. This feature alone will attract many people to Columbia, for the most beautiful feature of a reunion week last year was the floral parade. Thursday night there will be a grand ball, which will equal in pomp and circumstance the State balls of fair weeks. Indeed it ls proposed to make the Fun-Flower carnival an an nual fete, and the ball will be as much of a feature as the State ball ls fair week. The chamber of commerce has se cured reduced rates on railroads, ana has procured two of the best bands in the State. There will be a grand tournament Wednesday, and knights from all over the State will participate for the prizes in gold, aggregating $150, and for the silver cup for horse manship. Another feature which will draw many people to Columbia Is the gath ering of the Elks. There will be a meeting of all the lodges in the State, and a number of other secret orders are preparing for a like cele bration. Columbia is prettiest just at this time of year, and the people of that city think that a spring floral carnival is just the proper thing to give pleas ure to the people of the State at a big spring jollification. To Build Oil Mill. Walhalla, Speclah-Capt. W. A. Strother, of Walhalla, and Mr. Janies Phinney, of West Union, are preparing to build a 20-ton cotton seed oil mill at West Union. They have purchased all their machinery and expect to be ready for this year's seed crop. Mr. Robert H. Jackson, of Anderson, is here mak ing thc brick for the oil mill, Strother ? Phinney's store room at West Union anrl other enterprises. Bank for Santuc. Union, Special.-Santuc is coming. In addition to the $15,000 knitting mill reported In today's State, lt ls said on good authority that Mr. Wm. Stokes, a well-to-do man of that place, wiU\ organize a bank. It is to be hoped both the mill and the bank are assured, because one can't well get along with out the other. Premier Balfour declined to take part officially in the cotton congress at Zurich, Switzerland. ' Henry M. Stanley Dead. London. Special.-Sir Henry M. Stan ley, the African explorer, whose death wa.c announced in these dispatches early Tuesday passed away peacefully shortly after 6 o'tlock. He was quite conscious to the last and able to recog nize his wife. Before he died Sir Henry expressed a wish to be buried, at his. country seat. Furze Hill, Pirbr?gbt. Surrey. The question, however, ls be ing discussed of burying him beside Livingtone, In Westminster Abbey, I AUTOPSY IS HELD Body of Young Wentz Found to Be Perforated By Pistol Ball MANY THINK HE SHOT HIMSELF An Empty 32-Calibre Pistol was Found Near the Remains, While a Ball of the Same Calibre Was Found In the Body. Bristol.Va., Special.-The shrunken md decayed body of Edward L. Wentz was literally taken to pieces Tuesday afternoon by physicians and detec tives, in the course of the coroner's InqueBt, which was begun at four o'clock in the clark cavern of Black Nfc unta in, and was closed without a verdict by the coming of night. At 7.30 the jury was adjoruned un til 9.30 Wednesday morning, when the session will likely be held at ?tonega, and many witnesses were lieard. The startling feature of the Inquest was the discovery of a 32 :alibre pistol ball in the body, which might have been discharged from an ainpty pistol of the same calibre totltfd eighteen feet from the remains. The ball had passed through the fifth rib, entering in front, had penetrated the heart, a back rib and lodged In Jtie. mumscles of the backbone and a aalf Inches from the spine. Several holes were found in the clothing othe^ than where the bullets entered, but aeneath them the body was found in tact. The right hand was found n?Bsing and was probably borne awar jy wild beasts. A white pearl button, ivhich could not have belonged to the murdered man, was found near. There is littlo doubt but that the ball penetrated the heart, as the physi cians found evidence of hemorrhage n that portion of the body, and an mmense amount o? blood congested jack of the lungs. Detectives on the jcene made careful examination of ?Q pistol, finding lt to be a Smith & Wesson, No. 85-0-50. Two car midges were on either side of the lammer, but the chamber under the hammer contained an empty shell, is well as the two lower chambers. i loaded cartridge of 32 calibre was Sound several feet from the body. Many articles in his pockets were lound Intact. Honors Simonton. Richmond Va., Special-Chief Justice Puller of the United States ?Supreme 2ourt, sat with the other judges in the medal session of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals held here Tuesday n memory of the late Judge Simonton. The Judges, other than the Chief Eus tice, sitting during the memorial meet ing were Judge Purnell, of North Car olina; Judge Brawley, of South Car Mina; Judge Morris of Maryland; ludge Goff, of West Virginia, and Judge Waddilt, of the District Court ol' Virginia. Resolutions from the var ious districts in this circuit and from carious bar associations, city and State, ?vere presented, with appropriate re marks, the chief justice being among .hose who paid tribute to tho departed lurist. The flag on tho Federal build ing was at half mast during the'me morial exercises. Arrested for Fraud. Berlin, Special-Die Post publishes i news agency dispatch from St Pe tersburg which says that General Schwedoff lost, over half million dol lars through speculation lp stocks and took the money from the Red Cross treasury. In order to avoid a scandal :he Empress Dowager, who is the pro tertress of the Red Cross Society, and i friend of Gen. Schwedolf. reimbursed the Hums. The dispatch further says the IPrince Galltzln and Count Lansky ilso have been guilty of irregularities In connection with tho Red Cross man igement. May Give City to Chinese. New Chwang, By Cable.-Of the five Russian regiments which were in gar rison here, four have left and the other received orders tow today, bot? th is arder was cancelled aa hour later. The Russians are strongly entrenched at An Ping, where the guns from the New Chwang forts have been sent. Colonel Muenthe, the military adviser oE Vice toy Yuan Shi Kai, commander-in-chief Df the Chinese forces, arrived here this afternoon. It is believed he came to New Chwang lo confer with the Rus sians regarding the proposal to turn New Chwang over to the Chinese. The Russians are known to be communi cating with the Chinese brigands and to be stirring up a state of terror imorg the native*. Fight on American Lumber, As a means of keeping American [umber-out of Canada, lumbermen of the Canadian Northwest have agi ?ed to reduce the price $1 per 1,000 feet, providing that, the railroads would also reduce rates from '|0 cents a hun dred tp ft ?ej)t8, j Form Topics 5 THE POULTRY BUSINESS. A careful study ol' all thc details of the poultry business is essential to the success of every fancier or breeder. Even the matter of caring for the eggs that are to be hatched is of greatest importance. The little life germ within that prison ls a very delicate thing and. is very easily destroyed. A sudden movement will often separate the ?toms that form this germ of a new creature of its kind, hence in gathering the eggs that are to be hatched the greatest cave should he observed. They should be taken from the nest and placed in the egg basket very gently, and if they arc to be set within-a few days they should not be touched. WATER FOR SHEEP. Sheep need water most in dry sum mer, but when the grass is .'resh and growing well less is required. You might as well expect .your dairy cows to produce milk, some seventy or eighty per cent, of water, as to expect your breeding ewes to raise lambs that are drinking milk on grass alone. In win ter when they are eating dry feed more water is taken than when they are sup plied with roots or silage. Ordinarily a sheep should have from one to six quarts of water daily, according to weather and feed. There is no place In which sheep will take water with more zest than in a shed. In such a place water does not freeze nearly so rapidly as outside. A shallow trough is best, and In very cold weather, if the water ls not wanted after the sheep drink, It may be drawn off to prevent the accumulation of icc. lt is a mis take to try to water .them in the same trough in which cattle drink. GRUBBING OUT STUMPS. Grubbing out stumps or trees ls a hard job. if all the roots are removed. It does not pay to dip out all the roots except in road building or digging eel-, lars. The best way to remove smalt trees from the soil is to cut them down six or eight inches from the ground. Dig the soil away from the stump, from four to six inches deep, cut a length of stove wood from the stump and cover the roots with soil. It is much easier to cut the tree twice than cut it through the tough roots the first time, as it is a hard job to work out a chip long enough to fell the tree ex cept hewing out a little nt a time by taking tiers of chips. When cutting the stump the blocks may be split off in thin pieces working around the stump to get the narrowest side each time. The roots remaining in the soil will decay in a few years, causing the soil to settle a little, which may be filled and reseeded.-J. H. Andre, ir Tho EpUomist. LEVEL FOR IRRIGATION DITCH. Thc little level shown in tho accom r,unyin~ illustration! use in surveying irrigntlm ditches on my ranch, says an Orange Judd Farmer correspondent. It ls /evy simple and accurate and first Ci?SB work can be done with it. It is made of a long piece of one by four inch board, sixteen feet long, with a straight edge. On one end nail a leg one by four by twenty-four inches long flush with the top. On the other end 1 ..." THE LEVEL. nail a similar piece three-eighths of an inch longer than the other. This makes a good grade. In the middle ot the long piece nail on either side short pieces so as *o hold a common carpen ter's level. Place the short leg on the starting, point of the ditch and move the other end until the bubble is level. In this way you will have a ditch with a three-eighths inch grade to the rod. Continue this throughout the entire length of the ditch. COST OF KEEPING HENS. The cost of keeping hens depends" not only on Intelligent care in feeding, but on whether the feed is bought or raised, says an exchange. The ration for laying hens should be such that the nutritive ratio to the egg produc ing properties should be about one in four. This can best be produced with cut clover, middlings, bran, com meal, for a morning mash, with grain in variety, corn, rye, buckwheat, wheat, millet, etc. A fair amount of green food, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, etc., should be mixed in in the mash oc casionally or fed raw every few days. On such rations a hen may be kept at a cost of ubout seventy-?ents a year, less if the food is raised. Buckwheat is one of the best of grain foods for fowls and adds great ly to egg production. Kaffir corn and millet are also good if they can be raised or bought at a low price. On the rations specified two meals a day ls sufficient, the mash in the morning and whole at night, fed among the litter on the floor. It is sometimes a good plan to cut the night ration a lit tle short, feeding the portion reserved about the middle of the afternoon among the litter on the floor of the scratching house to keep the hens >usy. This question of food and their .ost needs to be studied closely, es 'ccially in sections where the eggs all as low as ten cents a dozen dur .ng the summer.-Farmers' Home Ju orna). Obeyed Orders. Capt. Hank Spurrer, of Pittsburg, an old Ohio River steamboat captain, was in the lobby at Seelbach's Hotel for a while last night. "I remember well my first trip up the Ohio," said Capt. Spurrer. "I was in command of the Sally Ann. Mr. Comstock, the mate, was at his sta tion in the frort. According to bis notion of things the steamer was get ting a little too close to certain flats which lay along the larboard side. So up he comes to me and, with his hat cocked on one side, says: " 'Cap'n Spurrer. you're gettin' lcetle too close to them flats. Hadn't you better go about?" " 'Comstock.' I replied, 'you just go forward and attend to your part of the boat, and Til attend to minc.' "Comstock went fov'ard in high glee and .veiled out: *' 'Boys, see that thar mudhook all clear for letting go?' * " 'Ay, ay, sir; all clear.' "Let go, then,' said he. "Down went the anchor, out rattled tho chain, and like a flash the Sally Ann was brought up to a standing. "Comstock walked aft to me, touched his bat and politely said: " 'Well; enp'n, my part of the boat is al rend ?d to, li's |n anchor,"-Louis ville Hernia, SOCIETY WREC In Society. A woman in society in obliged io keep late boura. She must attend receptions and balls. She seldom allows herself a quiet evening at home. Her whole time is taken up in keeping engagements or en tertaining in her own home. Her pystem becomes completely run clown as a consequence. She soon finds herself in a condition known as systemic catarrh. This has also been called cn tarrhal nervousness. If every society woman could know the value of Pcruna at such a time, ii they could realize the invigorating, strengthen ing effect that l?eruna would have, how much misery could be avoided. | Jettera from society women all over the United States testify to the fact that Pe lora is the tonic for a run down, depleted nervous system. For all kinds and irfzes of ! Into the construction of & Ink- no'l state dimensions i CHARGE, on elegant B price on one of our populi Beaut Modern Store Fronts. W< Chic ?KO store ut moderst? SOUTHERN FOUI ??la12? ELIXIR 1 BABEK CURES MALARIA, CHILLS and FEVER.. "BABKK" H the oldest. surext ' and best remedy In America for ma:- ! adie? of malarial nature. Its a noM ... Uve cure for MALARIA, CHILLS ! SSSBUUsil mid FEVER, only SUc. bottlo KLOCZEWSKf <tt CO.. Washington. D. C j I2r~Wrltefor testimonials. Cotton Gin achinery PRATT. MUNGER. WINSHIP. EAGLE. SIMTH. We mai? the molt complete lino ot u; concern in the world. We also maleo ENGINES and BOILERS, LINTERS for OIL MILLS. Wc sell every thin? needed shoat a Cottea Gin Write for Illustrated CatoJogue. Continental Gin Co., Birmingham, Ala. A Large Trial Box and book of in structions absolutely Free and Post paid, enough to prove the value of Poxtine ToiJet Antiseptic Paxtlrie 1? In powder form to dissolve la water - non-poisonous o nd far superior to liquid antiseptics containing alcohol which Irritates Inflamed surfaces, and have no cleansing prop erties. The contents of cveiy box makes more Antiseptic Solu tion - lists longer goes further-has more uses In the family and doeunoregood than any antiseptic preparation you con buy. The formula of a noted Boston physician, and used with threat success as a Vaginal Wash, for Leucorrhcea, Pelvic Catarrh,'Nasal Catarrh, Sore Throat, Sore Eyes, Cuts, and all soreness of mucus membrane, In local treatment of female ills Paztine is Invaluable. Used as a Vaginal Wash we challonge the world to produce its equal for thoroughness. It is a revelation in cleansing and healing power; it kills all germs which cause : i: ilancmat ?on and discharges. All leading druggists keep Paxtino; price, 60c. abox; if yours does not, send to'as for it. Don't take a substitute- thorois nothlngllkePaxtine. Write for the Freo Box of Paxtlne to-day. E. PAXTON CO., 7 Pope Bldg., Boston, Ti ess. "I write to let yon know how I tppreeiate your Cascarees. I commenced taking tl.em lut Novem ber and took two tan cent boxes and paned a tape worm 14 ft. lone. Then I commenced taking them ac&in and Wednesday, April 4th, I passed another tape worm 29 ft. lone and over a thousand small worms. Provlons to my taking Coscareis I didn't know J had a tupo-wonn. lalnays had a imall appetite." Wm. F. Brown. 184 Franklin St., Brooklyn, N. T. ?.asan*. Palatable, Potent. Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe, 10c, Kc, Mc. Never .old In bulk. The genuine tablet i tamped CC C. Guaranteed to cure or yonr money back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 394 ANNUAL SALE. TEH K, 'ON BOXES John We Atkinson <& Co., RICHMOND, VA. Paints, Oils, Va rn in Um, *;D. Try Their ! "Standard" Ready Mixed Boue? Paints. 2S?%?tf& Thompson'? Eye Water -TS* KED HER LIFE,; Tired, Nervous, Aching, Trem bling, Sleepless, Bloodless. Pe-ru-na Renovates, Regulates, Restores. A Pretty New York Woman's Recovery the Talk of Her Numerous Friends. Mrs. J. E. Finn,- 83 East High street, Buffalo, N. Y., writes: Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen:-"A few years ago I hail to give up social life en tirely, as my health was com pletely broken down. The doctor advised a complete rest for a year, ,4's this was out of the question for a time, I began to look for some other means of re storing my health. -1 had of ten heard of Peruna as an excellent tonio, so I bought a bottle to see what it would, do for me, and it certainly took hold of my system and rejuvenated me, and in less than two months I was in perfect health, and now when I feel worn out or tired a dose or two of Peruna is all that I need."-Mrs. J. E. Finn. Mrs. .1. Wv Reynolds. Klkton, Ohio, writes: "I owe my health and life to .Peruna. We rarely call in a physician; in fact, it has been years since I have taken any other medicine than yours. I am afraid of drug*, and although^ I have been sick many times I have taken only youi* medi cines. They are wonderful, indeed. We have a very large hoi'te and entertain a great deal and I do all my own work, thanks to Peruna."-Mrs. ; W. Reynolds. Free Treatment for Women. Any woman wishing to be placed on the list of Dr. Hartman's, patients for free home treatment and advice should imme diately send name and sympt?me, duration ?if disease and treatment already tried. Directions for the first-month's treatment will he promptly mailed free of charge. No free medicine will be supplied by the doctor, but all necessary directions will be furnished. Read what the above ladies h?ve to say of Peruna as a cure for these cases. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. . store Buildings. We furnish all material entering ?tore Fronts. Wrlto us about your propowd build ind ?ty le of front and we will send you, -FREE Ol* lue Print Flan, and quote yon nn extremely low ir lful, Bverlaeting ?(CiT? you all the style of an eleguut New York or : cost. Send for Cntalngin-. A DRY co., Owensboro, Kentucky Every child born into the world with an inherited or early developed tendency to torturing, disfiguring humors of the Skin and Scalp, becomes an object of the most tender solicitude, not only because of its suffering, but because of the dreadful fear that the' disfigu ration is to be lifelong and mar its future happiness and pros* perity. Hence it becomes the duty of mothers of such afflict ed children to acquaint them selves with the best, the purest, and most effective treatment available, viz.: the CUTICURA Treatment, con sisting of warm baths with CUTICURA Soap, and gentle anointings with CUTICURA Ointment, the great Skin Cure. Cures made in childhood are speedy, permanent and eco nomical. Gold throughout th? world. Cullalla Seas. Vc, OtaW men!, Mc, RctolYent, Mc (in form of Chocolat? Coat** Pilli, 35?. p?r TUI of 93). Dtp^i: London, 2T Charter, liutuo Sq. i Parir, t Rm de lt Pula, Botton, 117 Colo?, bui Ave Potter Drug * Ch*nj. Co rp., Sol? ProBrlttora. .V8?nd for " How to Cur? Torturing, OiiCfurtij Humori from Infancy to Agc" CURED G?V98 Quick Belief. Removes all swelling in 8 to 30 days r eiTects a permanent cure In 30 to todays. Trial treatment given ftee. Nothi?gcan be faire' Write Dr. H. H. Green's Sont, Soeclallsta. Box B Atlanta. CS, So. 21. USA W MILLS! I Our Latest Im-i , proved Ci reu-1 . . _ _ J lar Jaw Milla, with Hege's Uni renal Lop Beams.RectiUn ear. Simultaneous Set Works and the Heft eoek-King Variable Feed Work* are anax oelled for AOCUBACT, ?IMPLICITT, DtrauftL ITT AND BASI OP 0PMA?I0H. Writ? for full o?"rtptlt? olreulan?. Manufactured by she SALES IBON WQRKB.Wlnrtori-flalen; -