Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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wammmmammmmmmmmammmmmmmmtmmmma MRS. DOLBY'S TALKS SHE HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY TO THE DEACON. He Is Told That He Is Going: to the Docs Rt a Very Rapid Pace, but Has Xothins to Say In Defense of His Case. [Copyright, 1902, by C. B. Lewis.] |m#l the postofiice after supper, Xt JL and upon returning he . ' found Mrs. Doioy seateu on the piazza with her spectacles on and a grim look around her mouth. He tender heartedly brushed a bug away that he might not crush it and sat down, with a sigh, and after a long . look at him over her glasses Mrs. Dolby said: "Zadok Dolby, I've got a few words to say to you. and you know I'm a woman who talks right out when she has ~| J "STAITDIN' IN FRONT OF A LOT OF CIRCUS PICTUlVS." anything to say. You are a deacon in thje church, but deacons want talkin' to now and then as well as other folks. Three or four mornin's ago you woke up and found a hog in the garden. You jumped for a club and ran him four times about the place, and just as he went through a hole in the fence you brought him a whack and said somethin' to yourself. What it was I dunno, but that hog turned around and looked at you in amazement, and I heard a boy laugh out and clap his hands. Zadok, I've got my suspicions? I've got my suspicions that after bein' a livin' example for forty years you are gettin' tired of your job and want to become wicked and go to hoss races orirl von+innc " Mr. Dolby hitched about uneasily and pulled at the leaves of the Virginia creeper running up beside him. but did not defend himself. He was allowed to have three minutes to do it in, and then Mrs. Dolby set her foot to trotting and went on: "One afternoon last week you was saunterin' about the back yard with your hands behind you and a contented look on your face. I was lookin' at you and thinkin' what a good man you was when you stepped on a blade of a hoe and the handle flew up and fetched you a whack on the head. You rubbed the spot, gave one look around, and then you kicked in the head of the old vinegar barrel and said somethin' as many as five times over. I couldn't catch the words, but my blood run cold for the next hour. Ever since then \Fve been askin' myself if I'm livin' With a man who may begin to chaw terbacker and bet on elections any mornin' in the year. Only last night I dreamed you had been churched for swearin' and that we was dividin' up the things and I was goin' home." Mr. Dolby started to sigh, but aw two grassnoppers engaged in c<\ d v combat on the ground and checked . . to watch the struggle. He was mentally putting up a plunk that the cock eyed hopper would win over the old baldhead when Mrs. Dolby put on a more severe look and continued: "I'm no hand to bring up things, Zadok, as you know, but I'm a truthful person and don't beat about the bush. You had never been to a circus when we got married, and you have never been to one since. You alius said that Satan and the circus was twin brothers. I know they have been postin' up bills for a circus that's comin' to town in two weeks, but I've been careful not to look at 'em. I've felt it my duty as your wife to turn my head away when I passed the pictur's, and if there had been any feelin' that I'd like to see the elephant I've come home and washed my mouth out with pepper sass. Yes, I've done all this, Zadok, but how is it with you? It wasn't three days ago that Mrs. Graham saw you standin* in front of a lot of circus pieturs, ana you was so wrapped up in | 'em that you didn't hear her speak to j you. She said she'd bet you'd sneak off to the performance at night if you . * ^ysn't afraid everybody would see you. She didn't tell it to be mean, but she thought it was her duty. When a deacon begins to go down hill, hii .wife had better look out. He's liable to murder her any day. Zadok, if Satan has got hold of you I want to know it I want to help you to wrassle with him. Have you a feelin' that you'd like to go to the circus?" The grasshopper fight was ended by this time, with cockeye as victor, and Mr. Dolby bad been asked a straight question. He didn't answer, however. There was a wistful look on his face, fV^A mAmArr r\f TkintnrAO rncfl I UilU LUC UiCiU\n J vi tijvov ui^o i vov, up before him, but he sighed softly and wondered if the hen that was trying to crowd under the gate would accomplish the feat. "And what did my brother Moses have to tell me three or four days ago?" asked Mrs. Dolby as a touch of pathos came to her tone. "Moses is no hand to tell things. When his cow died two years ago, he never said a word about It for weeks. He didn't . . ; tell this to me to make trouble between us, but he thought I ought to be ready If a calamity was couiiii'. He was goin' past the baseball grounds ona day last week, and there was a game on. I don't say that baseball is as sinful as hoss racin'. but I do know, and you have alius said so yourself, that it's one of the paths that lead down to perdition. Tin* players yell and whoop and swear and drink beer, and sometimes the game ends in a fight. Moses didn't think of goin' in, especially as the price was two skilim s admittance, and he was turnin' away from temptation when he saw you. You was star.din' +K/-W fiinrvn onrl Inntin' tlll'flllfl'h n UJ^> IU LUC ILliVL uuv. 1W...U ? knot hole, and he called your name seven times without your hearin' him. "Moses almost cried when he told me of it. He said the next thing would he a hoss race unless- you got hold of yourself, and the next after that would be a grand crash. You can't go on this way, Zadok?you can't do it. I ain't sayin' you've come to any great harm yet though I notice you pick out the shortest chapters in the Bible for family prayers. Do you realize that Satan is after you?'' The hen had got under the gate and gone, but Mr. Dolby had become interested in two hogs in the street. Both wanted the "same mudhole for a bed, and a fight was imminent to see which should have possession. Mr. Dolby's sympathies were with the spotted hog, and he took no heed of the woman behind him. She didn't seem to expect him to, but after a couple of minutes feelingly observed: "There's one thing more, Zadok, and I'm bound to toll you of it. One evenin' last week when you was milkin' the cow and I was in the barn lookin' for eggs I heard somethin' go 'spat,' and I looked out to find you in a heap on the ground. The cow had kicked you over. You got up and grabbed a piece of fence rail, and you lambasted her nine times, and every time you lambasted 3*011 inmped out a word. I don't know what it was, as I had my ears stopped up, but I know it wasn't 'sugar.' You was still mad when you come into the house, and you kicked the cat and clicked your teeth together. Zadok Dolby, the time has come when I must know what you mean to do. Are you goin' to keep right on this way and bring up in the fire and brimstone at last or are you goin' to stop, where you are and become a livin' example of goodness again? I want a plain answer." She didn't get it, however. The hogficrht was on. and Mr. Dolby was mentally cheering the spotted one to victory, and he didn't even hear the question. The scrap lasted about three minutes, with victory perching on the banner of the better porker, and when it was concluded Mr. Dolby arose with a yawn, brushed a fly off his nose and sauntered out into the -garden to see how the tomato plants were coming on. M. QUAD. Juvenile Lo^ic. Little Ethel?No, I shall never mar? ?-* T 11T\ ft 11 i j, uuu x Hi iciiu tu ui U1& up au uuj children not to marry either. niH Plan. City Man?Yes; we all need a rest once in awhile. Farmer?So we do, young man. An' if some of you city folks 'd foller my plan an' take yer rest from 9 at r'tht till 4 in the mornin' you'd be a deal letter off.?Puck. Ambiguous. "What I am afraid of," said Miss Primly, shaking her head roguishly, "is the man I married would not love me when 1 am old." "If he loved you when he married you," said Miss Candid, "he would."? Chicago Tribune. Vac&tiom Time. Hey for the out of town summer resort! Hey for the place where the lucky disport! Hey for the mountain and hey for the lake! Hey for the earwig, the ant and the snake! Hey for the beds that are lumpy and rough! Hey for the beefsteak so horribly tough! Hey for the skeeters, the chiggers and flies! Key for the joys that the country supplies! Think of the bliss that we shortly shall know! Think of the blisters we'll get when we row! Think of the blossoms in the woodlands so gay! Think of the hours we'll find in a day! Think how at dawn rise the cackles and crows! Think of the skin that will peel from your nose! Think of all this while beginning to pack! LJiiun. i-uw uiciiiiuu feicLU w rz aiiau uc lu bcc back! Sad is their lot who in town here must ! stay. Getting their eggs and milk fresh each day, Getting fresh fruits, also fresh garden sass. Going to shows their dull hours to pass, j Blighted with bathtubs, tormented with ice, Cursed with all comforts not barred by the price! It is sad to reflect that they're missing the sport That we lucky ones get at the summer resort. ?Chicago News. Sgst&ra^ss )M Blows out the gas and furnishes J W the newspapers with a jest and am. 1 an obituary notice. "Didn't /lm ?| ; know it was loaded" may be ffl\ B 1 an honest plea, but it never gl S |g| brought a victim back to life. | IS Those who let a cough run on, ?>& \ 5?| in ignorance of the danger, t\'/ M find no escape from the con- \ 'IjM sequences when the cough de- ! !j\ | velops into lung trouble. /l/A The best time to kill a snake i'l is in the egg. The best time ^dgjl i to cure a cough is when it | starts. Ordinarily, a few doses sjl w*. JLSX JL o vjviutu J Vfi(\ l*XJ j ical Discovery will cure a Kg ' cough at the beginning. But ml j1 fp j even when the cough is deepI seated, the lungs bleed and the ; body is wasted by emaciation, \ j Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Rs j Discovery will in ninety-eight nA ja cases out of every hundred effect ^ ||f I a perfect and permanent cure. " I " My husband had been coughing: for years and j people frankly told me that he would go into con! sumption," writes Mrs. John Shireman, of No. i 265 25th Place, Chicago. 111. "Ke had such terri, blc coughing spells we not only grew much j alarmed butlooxed for the bursting of a blood| vessel or a hemorrhage at most any time. After ! three days' coughing he was too weak to cross j the room. The doctor did him no good. I ! stated the case to a druggist, who K nded me a j bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical . iscovery. My husbands recovery was remarkacle. )n ! three days after he began using Dr. Pierce's j Golden Medical Discovery he was up and j around, and in two more days he went to work. Two bottles cured him." J The Common Sense Medical Adviser, | 1008 pages, in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay i expense of mailing o:ily. Address Dr. I R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. ? ? i SCIENCE SIFTINGS. ^ The sun's flames spring at times to a j distance of 350,000 miles from its surj face. I In dry air sound travels 1,442 feet j per second, in water 4,900 feet and in ! iron 17,500 feet. | The amplitude of vibration of the ; diaphragm of the telephone receiver in reproducing speech is about the onetwenty-millionth of an inch. Fresh air contains about three parts of carbonic acid in 10,000, respired air | about 441 parts,' and about five parts ! will cause the air of a room to become | "close." Holopbane glass is a pressed glass | resembling cut glass, having vertical i prisms on the inside for diffusing the | light and horizontal prisms on the out! side for directing the light The following are found to be the i densities of the planets, water being 1: | Mercury, 3; Venus, 5.14; earth, 5.50; ! moon, 3.34; Mars, 4; Jupiter, 1.35; Sa' turn, 0.G8; Uranus, 1.69; Neptune, 2.29. The star Arcturus, the hottest of ceI lestial bodies, gives us as much beat i as a standard candle six miles away, i This fact was ascertained by the ra| diometer, an instrument which will J oVirvTTT omnnnt r\f honf ?TiT*prt rvfiP ouu n uuavuui. v* v ? j from a man's face at 2,000 feet disj tance. Brain Food Nonsense. . Another ridiculous food fad has been branded by the most competent authorities. They have dispelled the silly notion that one kind of food is needed for brain, another for muscles and still another for bones. A correct diet will not only nourish a particular part of the body, but it will sustain every other part. Yet, however good your food may be, its nutriment is destroyed by indigestion or ! dyspepsia. You must prepare for j their appearance or prevent their - ? I . _ | ? _ I 1 ? coming oy laaiDg- regular aoses 01 Greens August Fiower, fcbe favorite medicine of the healthy millions. A few doses aids digestion, stimulates 1 the liver to healthy actioD, purifies j the blood, and makeR you feel buoyant and vigorous. You can get this reliable remedy at Kaufmann's Drug Store. Get Green's Special Almanac. Gently Sarcastic. The following church notice was recently exhibited: "The service on Sunday morning is at 11 a. m. The supposition that it is ten minutes later is a mistake. Young men are not excluded from the week night service. The seats in the fronf portion of the church have been carefully examined. They are quite sound and may be trusted not to give way. It is quite legitimate to join in the singing. The object of the choir is to encourage, not discourage, the congregation."?London Answers. Giving Her Light to Die. j A small farmer in Aberdeenshire, | having a wife that had been long ail| ing and confined to bed, was of so nigI gardly a disposition that he grudged | the poor woman so much as a light I She in a pet one night exclaimed, "Oh, ! isna this an unco' thing that a puir | body '11 nae get light to see to dee." ! The husband rises up and lights a can! die and, placing it at the bed foot, says to his wife, "There, dee hoo!"? Scottish American. A Deep Look. "Yes," said the lawyer; "there are many things to be investigated in this I case. The first thing to be looked into" ! "Is ray pocketbo^k," assented the client, with perfect assurance.?Judge. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box 25c. * / IGNORANT OF GEOGRAPHY. How a German Put Potters to an American Girl. "A thing about Americans which has surprised me more than anyfhing else," said a German artist who lias been visiting in New York city for six months past, "is that with all your patriotism 3'ou know so little about the geography of your own country, to say nothing of the rest of the world." There were several Americans in the circle, and they looked rather surprised. None of the men spoke. They knew that they were weak in geography and that here was a challenge which would have to pass. o rv r? w.-vimrp tVAmo n oy a Ui ? I'luau twenty, who rushed into the breach with her heau in the air. "We do know the geography of our country," she said decidedly. "Of course we do. Every child learns it in school." "Might I ask you a question or two?" the foreigner said quietly. "The names of the capitals of some of your states, for instance?" "Certainly. I'll be glad to answer." And she nodded confidently at the young American man who was already beginning to fear for her. "What Is the capital of Massachusetts?" was his first question. "Boston!" was the prompt answer from t'.ie trirl. "And of North Carolina?" That seemed to puzzle her a little, and it was r full minute before she answered "Charleston!" The foreigner smiled, but made no effort to correct her. "What is the highest mnnntn in in the United States?" he asked. "It's not fair to ask about mountains." she protested. "You said 1 didn't know the capitals." "The capital of Illinois is?" "Chi?Springfield, I mean." "Of Montana?" For the life of her she could not think of a town in Montana. "It's been an age since I studied geography," she explained. "Your answers were better than the average," said the man. "Y'ou got one right out of four. As I said, American geography surprises me."?New York Tribune. You Snow VThat You Are Mi ***?*?*? When you take Grove's Tasteless Chili Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle show mg that it is simply IroD and Quinine in a tasteless form, No Cure, No Pay. 50c ORCHARD AND GARDEN. It is safer to prune too little than too much. Moist earth and a cloudy day for transplanting. Gooseberries and currants are two easily grown fruits, and there is seldom an oversupply. The quality and size of fruit on old bushes is much improved by thinning of the fruit or severe pruning. The cause of moss appearing on the stems of apple and other fruit trees is wet, cold, undrained land or an excessively humid climate. In saving garden seed gather when ripe. Do not allow it to shell off. The first matured is the best, and the first matured will shell first A good rnuicn arouna iruir irees helps to keep down weeds, keeps the soil loose, moist and porous at all times, with little labor of cultivation. The time of setting out of fruit trees is of far less importance than to see that the right varieties are selected, the soil prepared and transplanting well done. Candle*. "I thought candles went with stagecoaches, but a good many people must use them yet," said a shopper who I pointed to a collection of candlesticks, I all of the utility sort, arrayed in a house furnishing department There were big and little, ornamental and plain, practical and unpractical ones. Some had broad trays, and others had none at all, and some had devices for lifting the candle, while others were ; made with deep necks. There still remain people who cling to the traditions of their ancestors and will have none of the modern lighting inventions for their sleeping rooms. Certain women prefer a hght in their bedrooms until they are asleep, and for this purpose a candle is just the thing, for it will put itself out at the time proportioned by its length.?New York Tribune. Saw No Reason For Swearing:. General Grant was asked why he never swore. He replied: "Well, when a bov I had an aversion to swearing. It seemed useless, an unnecessary habit, and besides I saw that swearing usually aroused a man's anger. I early had a desire to have complete command of myself. I noticed when a man got angry his opponent always 1 got the better of him. On that account also I determined to refrain from < swearing. Then the swearing men of my acquaintance when a boy were not the best men I knew. I never saw any reasons for swearing. All were against 1 it" it tftee&s a There are times when your liver needs a tonic. Don't give purgatives that gripe snd weaken. DeWitt'e Little Early Risers expel all poison from the system and act a9 tonic to tbe liver. W. Scott, 531 Highland ? eve., Milton, Pa., sa^s: "I have car- < ried DeWitt's Little Early Risers with me for several years and would not b* without them.'' Small and easy to take. Purely vegetable. They never grippe or distress. J. E. , Kaufcnann. * \ t \ * ^ THE BEST METHOD OF FRYING FOOD. Some Valuable Suggestions and How to Get Satisfactory Results. No Need of Having Dyspepsia. Most physicians, especially In the northern United States, say that fried food is responsible for most of the dyspepsia, especially in the south, where frying is most prevalent. This is no doubt true, in a broad and average way, but it is not necessary that it should be true. Too much grease of any kind, and in any way,-is certainly bad for the digestion; but the conclusion must not be too hastily reached that fried food is necessarily greasy. Grease for cooking should be looked upon merely as as a medium for communicating a high degree of heat. It is not usually possible to cook things in water to a higher temperature than 212 degrees, and hence in many casesit is necessary to cook meats, etc.. a long while at this temperature to get them done. But it is easily possible to r-n.V,r tliincs ommllv Wf>!l rlnOC in Urease in a much shorter time, on account of the higher temperature that may be reached?sometimes 300 to 400 degrees. The true way to cook in grease is to get it very hot before introducing the. i meat or other article. When it is dropped in the higher degree of heat immediately chars the outer surface and closes the pores, so that the grease cannot get inside. It is important to keep the heat up, and not to put the articles into the grease so fast as to lower the temperature. When done, they should be immediately removed and laid on a cloth to absorb the adhering grease. Many cooks take a frying pan off the fire with the eggs or meat in it, all cooked, and leave it so until served. This is the next best way to let the grease soak through to the centre. The very best way to soak the grease in. and the very best way to promote dyspepsia is to put the articles in the frying pan to cook when the grease is not hot enough. Frying is generally a most wasteful manner of cooking, for the reason that so much of the grease is thrown away after the article is cooked. This is generally unnecessary. . If the frying has tjeen property Clone, 111*2 iji fast- lias uui taken up much from the article cooked. The grease may be poured from the frying pan into a vessel of hot water, when most of the foreign matter will settle and the pure grease will float, after somewhat washing itself in the water. It may then be used again and again with the best results. There is naturally a smell from any frying grease. In Europe, where many kinds of grease and oils are used for frying, people become accustomed to the different smells, and do 'not mind them. In this country all are accustomed to the smell of frying hog lard. When it was first proposed to cook with cotton oil the new smell was objectionable, especially the smell of badly refined oil. and thus there grew a prejudice against its use. Another cause for bad results with the oil wa3 the fact that often times the cook would not wait for the oil to get hot enough before putting it in the articles. When using lard, the cook would natur.."lit fny it tr> molt nnr! it would CLilJ ?> UiU 1U1 A c tv v, get hot without provoking impatience. But the oil looks ready when it is first put in the frying pan, and there is a temptation to use it too soon. There has been much steady work done by these who make cooking compounds from cotton oil, with a view to reducing or disguising the smell. The result has been most gratifying. There are several concerns making a specialty of oil refined for use in cooking, without further manipulation. The Wesson Process company of Savannah, Ga., has been very successful in this line and will be glad to mail cook books. There are also a number of highly satisfactory cooking greases made from cotton oil and beef fat, such as "Palmatena" and "Snow Drift," both of which products are extensively manufactured by the Southern Cotton Oil Company of the Carollnas and Georgia at their works in Savannah. They are both high class and reliable products in which the pure cotton seed oil is used and they resemble lard in appearance and results, but are mora satisfactory and healthy, and which are superior to hog lard from every point of view. * That they are much more healthful there can be no doubt. . , J ??? * 4mL JB KISSING THE HAND. The Practice Wan Instituted by the Early Hoiuan Rulers. The practice of kissing the hands was instituted by the early Roman rulers as a mark of subjection as much as one of respect, and under the first Caesar the custom was kept up, but only for a time. These worthies conceived the idea that the proper homage due to their exalted station called for less familiar modes of obeisance, so the privilege of kissing the emperor's hand was reserved as a special mark of condescension or distinction for officers of high rank. No such restriction, however, was placed on the emperors themselves, who, if they wished to confer signal honor on any of their subjects, kissed either the mouths or the eyes of those they wished specially to favor, the kiss generally intimating some promotion or personal satisfaction for some achievement Roman fathers considered the practice of kissing of so delicate a nature that they never kissed their wives in the presence of their daughters. Then, too, only the nearest relatives were allowed to kiss their kindred of the gentler sex on the mouth, for in those days, as now, kissing was not a mere arbitrary sign, but it was the spontaneous language of the affections, especially that of love. ^ ? n iP A l'l rr A/1 LUUtfr Lilt? XWULlttlJO 11 a. r ci uiootu his betrothed before marriage she inherited half of his worldly goods in the event of his death before the marriage ceremony, and if she died her heritage descended to her nearest relatives. A PANTHER'S DEN. Clean and Brigrht, In Decided Contrast to the Popular Idea. It was my good fortune to discover the newly abandoned lair of a cougar family and further and to me new evidence of that fastidious cleanliness which is a marked characteristic of the animal. This retreat was not at all the typical "panther's den" of tradition, but a bush grown harborage under the edge of a rock with just enough of shelf to keep off the rain. I should not have found this breeding place but for a certain well gnawed array of bones scattered over a little smooth bench above a creek channel. From this boneyard there was a very traceable path leading through grass and brush to the retreat where the dam had housed" her young. The evidence here told plainly of the cougar's long immunity from annoyance and attack and of a thoroughly cleanly habit of life. There was no bone or other sign, of feasting about the lair. The dam had carried her kill to the creek bench in every instance, and the children had been called to the dining room. As bones which would have been crunched or eaten by grown animals had been perfectly cleaned by the kits I was able to judge of their summer's diet This had consisted mostly of minor game, rabbits, marmots, grouse and the like, with an occasional small deer. At least one whole family of badgers, old and young, had been served, pussy having probably lain for them at their hole until they were all in.?Franklin Welles Calkins in Out- i ing. v ' - K The Ilorse Is Useful Even If Dead. The whale can be put to a great number of uses when dead, as can also the horse, the various parts of which are utilized as follows: Hair of mane and tail for haircloth, stuffing mattresses and making bags for crushing seed in oil mills, etc.; hide and skin tanned for leather for covering tables, etc.; tendons used for glue and gelatin; flesh for food for dogs, poultry and man; fat used for lamps, etc.; intestines used for covering sausages, making gut strings, etc.; heart and tongue for food; hoofs for gelatin, prussiate, fancy snuffboxes, etc.; bones for knife handles, phosphorus, superphosphate of lime and manure; blood for manure and shoes for reuse or for old iron.? Spare Moments. In Suspense. "So you don't know whether you want to go to work or not?" "Well, suli," answered Mr. Erastus Tinkley, "I'd like de refusal ob de job < a little while." "But I need somebody right away." "In dat case I'll have to let it go by. . I'ze jes' bought a policy ticket, an' I'll hafter wait till aftuh de drawin' to see whether I'ze gwine to work at all or not."?Washington Star. Tlie Time Honored Spanker. Once my sister Floy was sent on an errand for some things for my mother. There was a traveling man there who was selling carpet spankers, and ^ he asked her: "Has your mother got one of these spankers?" "No, sir," she replied. "What does she use?" he asked. "Her hand," was the prompt reply.? Chicago Chronicle. 3Iade His Mark. "Hivens, Moike, th' eye av ye! Phat's the matther?" , "I sthruck a man yisterday an' he gave me a receipt for it."?Ohio State Journal. His Favorite Remedy. "Mamma," said Tommy, "does sugar ever cure anybody of anything?" "Why do you ask, my boy?" "I thought I'd like to catch it," said Tommj*. A Way She Has. Inquisitive Neighbor ?I hear that your sister is engaged. Is that true? Small Boy?I dare say. She generally'is. a ... It is every man's opinion that he would have been a great man had he ? ? j* mi? A uvea nicy years ago.?Aioaisou uiuue. All Were Saved. tkFor years I suffered such UDtold misery from Bronchitis," writes J. H Johnston, of Broughfcon, Ga, "that often I was unable to work. Then, when everything also failed, I was wholly cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. My wife suffered intensely from Asthma, till it cured her, and all our experience goes to show it is the best Croup ' medicine in the world." A trial will convince you it's unrivaled for Throat and LuDg diseases. Guaranteed bottles 50c and $1 00. Trial bottles free at J. E. Kaufmann. H? Wsi "In the Sonp." "Mon ami." said the Marquis de ( Croisic the other day, "the hotel keeper's life is an unhappy one. If he does not look to the least little detail, the whole thing goes?what do you call it? Ah, yes, on the blink. "Here is example of what I say. When I had the Logerot, there waa once a dinner there at which Chauncey Depew was a guest. I told the chef to put in the menu some dish in honor of him, and I forgot to look at the menu before it went to the printer. "What do you think that imbecile of a chef had done? There"? And the marquis produced an old, menu card on which among the "soupes" appeared the following: "Puree de marrons a la Depew." The Best Prescriptiaa for Malaria Chills, and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and quiDine in a tasteless from. No cure, no pay. Price 50c. Homo Life In Encrland and America, The decay of the home life is to be attributed partially to the influence on society of the invasion of Americans. In the United States home life is almost unknown. The meaning of the word "home," as understood to Britishers, is a mystery to Yankees. To a certain extent we have always envied you your home life, and 1 certainly agree with some of your correspondents that it would be disastrous for your country to lose the elevating and refining influences of the home.?Anglo-American in London Mail. r