Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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< ro A COYOTE. r>y Mary Aapry Han.. Away where the and the “loco' grows. Way out where the wind la high. Where the luaty weat wind always blows. You will see him loping by. And Just when the dusk and the darkness meet. You will hear him complain from afar. As he cries his woes, with uplifted nose. To the points of a lonely star. A shadow that slinks through the prairie dusk TUI he knows a herd Is near— Then breasts the strong old west wind s song To the side of a "locoed'' steer. And there his greedy watch he keeps. With a flaring light In his eyes. While the water drips from his thin gray * lips Till the steer lies down and dies. A ragabond thief in a tattered coat. Despised by all four-legg'd things. Yet we’ll wish him "speed.'’ though his pluck be greed. For the roving thoughts he brings. For he belongs where the world Is wide And your pony Is all you own. And your blood comes strong as you lope along On the "llappy Jack Trail' —alone. Where the creeks nin dry when the sun Is And flood when the great clouds burst. And you "kick” all day In a cheery way At the glare and the dust and thirst. Whefe you pnsh along with your hat jammed down _ „ Toward the "I.and-where-the-Bunsets- And buffet a trail through the west wind's wall „ To the shanty on Middle Crow. Bo here's "a good health" and a long "whoop-ee!” To the prairie thief in gray. As with ragged coat the thin coyote Lopes on his lonely way. LOST FOREVER. A flood of light streamed from the doors and windows of a fine old manor- house that fronted the sea, making a luminous path for itself through the darkness of the night. Rocks and cliffs were thrown into bold relief l*y the broad glare, and around them gulls, frightened from their nests by an unwonted light, circled with shrill cries. Beyond, a vessel stood up, tall and ghostly, against the dark sky. Tonight the Hiltons of Hilton Man or, gave a ball. A naval vessel was anchored in the harbor near by, and the officers had been invited to attend the ball. Through the open windows floated the sound of music, mingled with the tread of dancing feet and the ring of gay voice?; but the merriment around only deepened the gloom on Henry Linden’s face, as he leaned, in the moonlight, over the railing of the veranda. "What shall I do?” he said. “It is so difficult to choose,” and he looked at the ghostly ship, on which he was to sail tomorrow morning. Then he fell to pacing up and down, restlessly. Once he paused opposite an open window, and his eyes flashed as they fell on a group near him. Yet the sight of Alice Hilton’s paje. delicate face might have softened him. He only saw, through his jealous eyes, the crowd of young men around her, the looks of admiration directed toward her—heard only her dear, sweet laugh, and watched how she colored at some thing spoken almost In a whisper. “Fools!” he muttered, “to worship that insignificant face. There are a dozen handsomer women in the room.” Yet he would almost have cursed the ^ i n beauty that haAj^A, him on ' that summer, and now left him to choose between love and ambition. “Suppose I throw up everything, and marry Alice,” he resumed, “shall I be doing a wise thing, or making a fool of myself? I wish some one would tell me. What have I always most de sired? Love? No! Yet I was very near choosing poverty and Alice Hil ton tonight. I have been a fool all the summer! I meant to devote myself to Miss Hilton the heiress, and, instead, I lost my time ^ith Alice, the poor cousin, in her uncle’s house.” In his usual tone he explained to the hostess that he ha4 duties to at tend before the ship sailed, and he must be the first on board, but he faltered a little as he approached Alice, and tried to speak coldly, as if he had no remembrance of all the dreamy happiness of that short sum mer. It smote him to the heart to see how her face fell—to catch the sudden gleam of tears In her eyes; but he hardened himself and said a few in different words about a happy meet ing three years hence, when his ship would have returned, and as he ended he held out his hand with a smile. “Good-by,” he said. “Good-by,” she answerea simply, and she placed her hand in his. For a moment it lay there, then slipped out. She turned away, as he did, when he looked she was waltzing with Charlie Brand. “After all, I doubt if she loves me,” he said, to lessen his self-contempt. He did not note her white face or forced mirth—did not see her after ward, in her own room, she crouched down on the floor, hiding her face in her hands, crying out that she was very tired ajid wanted to die. The ship Albatross sailed next day. One person watched it till the white sails bore It out of sight, one who wrung her hands, when it was gone, with a low, heartbroken cry, and after ward rose and went away with a shadow resting thenceforth on her young life. Through stormy seas the great ship sailed safely to her distant port, and one on board bore ever with him the memory of a fair face framed in by dark brown hair, and lighted by ten der, fathomless brown eyes. ‘ At Smyrna he fell grievously ill— struck down by a malignant fever. In the weary night watches thoughts long banished would come crowding on him. Alone in a foreign land, with no one to care whether he lived or died, no ministering but such as chance stranger hands might render, he was haunted day and night by a memory. Often he fancied he heard a light tread beside him and felt a cool, gentle hand laid on his burning brow, or heard a soft voice singing old songs she had sung to him once. How long ago It seemed! And when he grew better and could walk again, on sweet Syrian nights, beside the sounding sea, and under the everlasting stars, his old hopes and desires fell from him, and in his new light—the light Death’s torch had thrown over his life—he saw how false and selfish had been his existence; how he had held the richest blessing that could crown his days, and thrown it away, forcing back the words that hov ered on his lips. He would go back, and, confessing all, entreat her to give him one more chance. That she still loved him he never doubted. False himself, he never questioned her truth. And so, after three long years* the Albatross sailed homeward. I happened that, though bourn) another port, the vessel touchea on its" way at the harbOt near Hilton Manor, thus giving Henry Linden the oppor tunity he desired. One bright autumn morning he started to walk to the Manor. As he neared the house it startled him u little to see no sign of life about it—no smoke curling from the tall chimneys. The great hall door stood open, and near it, sunning himself In the veran da, sat the old steward. The family had gone abroad, the old man said, and the house was shut up. Where were they? He could not rightly tell; those outlandish foreign names never stuck in his memory. They would not be back for a long time, that he knew. They were all well by last accounts. Henry Linden turned away bitterly dlsaflpointed. He had been so sure of meeting Alice, and explaining every thing. But it was some comfort to wajider over the ground, trodden once with her, alive with memories of her. He came, at last, to the pretty little church, nestling among drooping wil lows, and softly unfastening the latch, he entered the churchyard. How well he remembered the spot! He could look so clearly into that evening when Alice had brough* him there. The sun had^set, but the sky was beautiful witt* those soft tints that linger after day is gone—faint violet and salmon and gold; and in that dim light her face looked wonderfully fair and pure. He was standing now just where he had stood then, beside the white mar ble cross that marked her mother’s grave, and he thought how he had spoken with a shiver, of death. “I have never been afraid to die,” she had answered, softly; "perhaps be cause an early death has ever been present to my mind. How the memory of her words turned him cold with an undefined dread! A cluster of scarlet flowers grew close against the base of the white cross. He stooped to'gather them, and as he swept them aside, his eyes fell upon a name carved on the smooth base—a name not there before. It read: ALICE HILTON. And beneath: Aged 19. mm " vj • ■■■•.■Jr m 'm mmmmi About Flatrlrons. In using flat-irons. If they are rub bed on a piece of brown paper covered | with soap, and then a sprinkle of salt they will be found to run easier and ! stick. To Whiten the Hand*. To make the hands white, take a tablespoonful of scraped horseradish and pour on it half a pint of hot milk. Use it shortly before washing, ! allowing it to dry on the hands. A Chamois Hint. Chamois is one of the few things ; which come out smooth and soft from washing if wrung directly from the soapsuds without rinsing in clear wat er. The latter process tends to harden i it. MISS GEREVIVE MAY. ! unm of siciicii MED BF PE-BO-NI. Miss Cenevive May, 1317 S. Meridian ! St.’, Indianapolis, Ind., Member Second j High School Alumni Ass’n, writes: “I*erun i l* t >e flun' rv/ut itnr <>/• n tUttnrilrrel stoniac'i l luire ever i lou.nl. It osrt ilnlu Uemn've < high ! praixe, for it in skillfully jtrcjtnieJ. “I was in a terrible condition from a I neglected case of catarrh of the stomach. ! My food had long cea-ed to be of any good and only distressed me after eating. I i was nauseated, had heartburn and Iiead- I aches, and felt run down completely. Rut in two weeks after 1 took i'eruna I was a changed person. A few bottles of the j medicine made a great change, and in i three months my stomach was cleared of catarrh, and my entire system in a better condition.”—Genevivc May. Write Dr. Hartman, I’resident 'of The Hartman Sanitarium,. Columbus, Ohio, for free medical advice. All correspondence i hel<l strictlv confidential. “DECOY” DOGS CATCH DUCKS. Strange “Sport” of Luring Birds Into Trenches Dug in the Bank. “Tiie cleverest of a 1 ! domestic ani mals except the elephant,” is what the London Spectator calls the decoy dog. This highly trained pet is taught to lead wild ducks into a fair way to be roasted. He appears on the bank of a lake where the ducks are feeding, at tracts their attention by performing strange antics, and gradually leads them to slaaghter. Ducks are utter ly a prey to curiosity when a decoy dog is about. Duck ponds where decoy dogs may be “worked” are becoming fashionable again in England. At one time only a few survived—44 in the entire kingdom. More are now being prepared, largely by a family named Skelton, who are expert decoy makers. The decoy owned by E. G. Pretyman, M. P., yields 3000 ducks a year from a pond of less than three acres. A screened summer-house is erected above each of the four “pipes,” or duck traps, so that the gentry, themselves ut «h»-the curious decoying. A decoy pond should be kept quiet, so that the ducks shall never see men walking near it. iSo the decoy-maker plants the pond round with a belt of trees, while an inner belt of shrubs runs close round the different pipes. In the simplest form of decoy four “pipes” are cat. These pipes are the ditches, netted over, up which the birds are eqticed, either by decoy ducks or by the antics of the decoy dog. The pipes, some 25 feet wide at the mouth, taper to two feet where the trammel net is attached. They must be long enough for the ducks on the pond not to hear the flapping of their comrades’ wings as they are driven into the trap at the end, and must have a gentle curve, so that the ducks are not within sight of those on the pool when they are caught. On the inner side of the curve at the mouth a flattened step is made, to entice the ducks to sleep there, other parts of the bank of the pond being up right, so that the birds shall “loiter" near the pipes. On the opposite side are the screens of reeds behind which the decoy-man works, and where the visitor can also watch the sport. The screen is prolonged beyond the pipe along the bank to a point where the ma,n can see down the curve. This place is called, the “head show,” be cause when the ducks are far enough up the decoy-man runs round by a back path and suddenly shows himself at the head of the pipe to the birds which have passed up. The high screen pre vents the other birds seeing him as he drives the first troop up to where the wire netting trap is prepared to secure them. All this in a country where it is not considered sportsmanlike to shoot a fox! For Preserving’, Purifying and Beautifying the Skin, Scalp, Hair, and Hands. Cttflcura Soap combines dclicnie medicinal end emol lient properties derived from Cuticura, the great Skin Cure, wilh the purest of cleansing ingredients and tha molt refreshing of flower odors. Two Soaps in one at ono price —namely, a Medicinal ond Toiiet Sosp for 2Sc. tetter Drug 4 Chem. Corp., Sole Props., Bo-ton. O-— Mailed ITte, “.Vi About the Skin, Scalp, and Hair,* Malsby & Co. 41 South Forsyth St., Atlanta, 6a. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Blindest of all in its judgment malice.—P. S. Henson. Life is repaid by the joy of living It.—David- Star? Jordan. Great thoiffehts are generally bought, not found bj^ chance.—John Milton. Half an evil eye can see more in- inquity than the whole of an innocent j one. A man must be short on character when he has to assert himself by clothes. The man who hates to see another happy is certainly safe from catching it himself. It may be a greater thing to lift up another’s heart than it would be to carry his load. The men who have lifted the world have never been too great to touch it with their hands. Whilst a second-rate man is con sidering how he should take the lead, a firsi-rate man takes it. Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us yet know what fairy palaces we may build of beau tiful thought—proof against all ad versity.—Ruskin. A man’s very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust and beats his breast and tells all the sins of his life.—Oscar Wilde’s last book, written in jail. Inward toward God we must go con tinually for spiritual force, outward toward humanity to exercise it. To have any real abiding energy of spir- ; Itual force we must go to God in j nraver.—George Brown Portable and Stationary Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY Complete Hue Carried in stock for 1MMEDIA TE DELI VEE Y. Best Machinery, Lowest Prices and Best Terms Wiice us for catalogue, prices, etc., bjfore buying. BUSINESS EDUCATION ad h 134 FREE SCHOLARSHIPS^ Clip tlii« notice nn<1 present or send 1C to DRAUGHGN’S PRACTICAL BiSi ESS COLLEGE ATLANTA MONTGOMERY. COLUMBIA, KNOXVILLE OR FT. WORTH and you will receive booklet containing almost 100 mis-spelled words explaining that we give away, ABSOLUTELY F’RBE. 134 scholarships to those finding most mis-spelled words In the booklet. Most instructive contest ever conducted. Booklet contains hundreds of letters !rom bankers and business men giving reas ons why you should attend one of D. P. B. C.. Those who fail to get free schol arship will, as explained in booklet, get 10 cents for each mis-spelled word found. Let us tell you all about our great edu cational contest and our GREAT SUMMER DISCOUNT. ROLLING ROAD FOR HORSES. When Boiling Eggs. Avoid the dark circle around the yolks of hardboiled eggs by putting them to cook in cold water and allow ing them to boil slowly fifteen to twen ty minutes after the water comes to the boiling point. A New Pillow Cover. A length of cretonne laid over tho pillows is one woman’s solution of day bed dressing in these days when fashion has declared pillow shams quite passe. Of course, a spread of cretonne to match goes without say ing. Furniture Coverings. No one can really admire the plain brown holland slip coverings with which furniture is shrouded in sum mer. Chintzes and flowered linen taf fetas make better coverings, and they have the advantage of toning with the general color scheme of the rooms. Many of the new chintzes are exact reproductions of old English designs. Others are in conventionalized designs to please the taste of those who do not admire flowered surfaces. Proper Way to Iron Fine Linen. The doing up of fine underlinen is far more important in the^e days than ironing a shirt, and a good living awaits the woman who cares to learn this art and practice it in the cities. When these articles are washed and dried, the ruffles and trimming should be dipped into weak starch, and rolled down tightly, keeping all starched and fine portions inside. Iron in about an hour. First of all, iron the sleeves, then the ruffles at the bottom, then the back, and finally all the ruffles and trimming and the front. With skirts, the ruffles first, and then the body part. Any crimping or fluting must be done last of all, after slightly damping the riffles over again. "When ironing circular ruffles always iron “with the thread” of the goods and the ruffles will not sag. For white skirts and for dresses a skirt bohrd is a necessity; it should be about 15 inches wide at the bottom and narrow down toward the tip to about nine inches, and should be about five or five and one-half feet in length. It is miich better to purchase the folding s lM r t boards, being less expensive that hav ing a carpenter'make one. Cover wyth an old blanket fastened into place mu- derneath, but mer^ljtftfn the, jauftili -vvmar -te> Lka this very closely togetln ^ will hold the muslin cover s^nooth.Upd it is an easy matter to chanfKe it ev^tT week. irth Recipes. Buttermilk Scones.—Sift toWHu cr one quart of sifted flpur and one teaspoonful each of »alt and soda. Rub in three tablespoonfuls of lard and butter (mixed), thenWgiix to a soft dough with buttermilk, feoll out about an inch thek, brush milk, cut, and bake in a quick Crumpets.—Mix into a stil ter one egg, one-half teasj ful each of salt and sj one pint of milk, and one and] half pints of flour with two teas] fuls of baking pow’der have been and bake on top of range in muffin rings on a hot, greased die. Graham Gems.—Sift togethi cupful each of white am ham flour, one and < teaspconfuls of baking one teaspoonful of salt, and a of a cupful of sugar. Then egg and one cupful of sweet mil or oatmeal may be substituted graham flour. Prune Cornstarch—Set a milk over the fire in a d beat up two eggs with tn. cAble- spoonfuls of sugar, two of cornsts rch, and make thin with a little r illk. Add this to the milk, stir until it thickens; take from the fire, atji' Jig a litle vanilla, and stir in some prunes which have been soaki night. Stir well and pour into to cool. Tomato Pie—Line a pie p!sf| c (one of the deep kind) with a good P n< 1 not too rich crust. Turn the conf en Is of a can of tomatoes into a stew/^Q' and set over the fire. When boilji 0 ^j hot, add a little flour and allow | he {mix ture to simmer until it begins , to Sick en, then remove from the til cool and turn into the p Cover thickly with coarse crumbs, drop bits of butter and a dash of pepper, salt anjd s and bake. Cheese Spears—Four ounces one-half pint of cold water, 01 ae oiince of butter, two eggs, pepper, salt f and cayenne; three ounces of cheese. Dry the flour in a cAffl t »ven, then sift. Put the water aiSd better in a pan and let boil while aJi(jj n gr the flour. Stir well, then take ifrom tbe fire, and when nearly.^^^^^^ the egg?, then th" cheese. ^^H^^HPady some boiling fat and o^Pk.^^^|K>ou- fuls of the mixture into i.u^./Yy den brown and drain on )>apffer. topped Id pver niould of l^our, A Novelty in Transportation Recently Put in Service In Cleveland. A novelty in the war of transporta tion has been iccently put in service at Cleveland. In that city most of the freight houses, coal yards, lum ber yards, and many manufacturing plants are located in the flats along the Cuyahoga River, while the. city at large is on a level 65 feet higher. A vast amount of teaming is done from the flats, wagons following a roundabout course up the various hills, and carrying much lighter lo^ds than the same horses could easily pull on the level. It requires thirty minutes to an hour to make the climb, the strain on horses and wear and tear on vehi cles and equipment being excessive, A rolling road was designed by CoL Isooc D. Smead, of Cincinnati, to ob viate this. It is probably the first of its kind in the world, and was built at a cost, exclusive of preliminary models and designs, in the neighbor hood of $100,000. The rolling road is located on the shortest and most direct line from the flats, with a rise of 65 feet In 420 feet. It consists of an endless belt and platform made of planks eight feet long placed transversely of the roadway and bound with angle Irons. They are securely fastened together In trucks of two planks each, adjoin ing trucks being connected by heavy links to form the continuous road way. The roadway runs on some four thousand small wheels in which, to reduce friction and wear, a special type of Hyatt roller bearing was suc cessfully introduced. At the upper end fae roadjvay revolves around an immense sheave, the returning belt running underneath (and wrong side up) on idlers to a similar sheave at the lower end. Loaded wagons drive on the road way at the foot of the hill, the wheels being securely clamped to prevent backward sliding. After a signal has been given to the operator in the con troller house at the top, the road is started, horses and wagon remaining stationary on it till the top is reached. At the summit the roadway again slows down, and the wagons drive off. The unconcern with which horses mr.^e the trip is surprising. They are seldom alarmed even for the first time, and after two or three rides take it quite as a matter of course. The rolling road attains a maximum speed of three miles per hour, and Is driven by four electric motors placed at regular intervals along its length, the belt is endless and can betaoin operated by a single controller. As the belt Is endless and can be at any point (and as frequently as desired) several wagons can be han dled at once; indeed, it is somewhat in the nature of a “continuous per formance,” one driving on at the bot tom at the same time one goes off at the top, others standing mean while at various points along the road. As many as six wagons have been on the road at one time, and single loads weighing 18,000 pounds (iri;ludlng weight of wagons and bovses) have been handled simultan eously with others almost as heavy. The average time for a wagon from bottom to top, including stops made for others to get on and aff, is from three Fo four minutes.—Scientific American. TH E DAISY FLY_KILLE R comfort to ev®rr homo—in dliwng room, sleeping room ii»«i &U where file* are tronble- fluine. t lean, neet an«l will not toll or injnre anythin*.Try them once and you will never be without them. If not kept by dewler*.eenlprepa l 4 Ate., Brooklyn, Jt. 1. FOR ALL SEWING MA- CHINE*'. Standard Good* Only. Free < mnl-Jne to Denier*. BLELOCK MFG. CO.. 913 Locust St., ST. LOUIS. MO. ler SO,. IUUOLD MXLHS. 140 D'k.lb NEEDLES, SHUTTLES, REPAIRS. Where He F^ “I haven’t heard o: long time. What has bei “He has quit. Don’t you he got in the way of an aufltomotile a year or two ago and was »injured to such an extent that the ow ner of the machine finally had to giv^ it tc him to satisfy his claim for danjages?" "Yes.” “Well, he tried the same Aame kfter- ward on a locomotive, amf it |idn’t work.”—Chicago Tribune i rrri , _ WHERt ALL ELSE FAILS. i West touch Sjr ip. Tvtes Goo-1. U*t> | In tlnm 6olJ by ilrnssleta. ixtSm Asked and Answe The Maid—What is lov The Bachelor—Love is Jthe pijelude to patrimony. The Maid—And what is inri^kAapy? The Bachelor—The preyude $>'ali mony.—Columbus Dispatc u\ ADDS TO SPLENDOE. MEN OF BUSINESS RECOGNIZE ADVANTAGES OF ACETYLENE. Famona bummer Hotel, the Grand Union of Saratoga, Ha* Installed ThU Beat of Alt Arttflciat L.i(ht*—Wean* In- «Te**«d Comfort and Haalth. Saratoga, June 27.—The very name, “Saratoga,” brings to every mind health-giving springs, unsurpassed ho tels and beautiful drives. It has been for many years the Mecca for all who admire nature, enjoy good living, and are searching for health, or are simply taking a vacation. The Grand Union, tho largest sum mer hotel in tho United States, set among green trees with its long wings enclosing a court with fountains and flowers, grass and trees, music and light, is throughout tho season thronged with guests. With the progressive spirit always shown by its manage ment, the Grand Union has again add ed to its attractiveness by introduc ing acetylene gas to make still more brilliant the evening hours. The genial proprietors believe in furnishing their guests with the best of everything, and now, after investigating and find ing that Artificial Sunlight can be bad, they have installed a complete acety lene gas plant to produce it, and have connected upwards of six thousand Acetylene burners in and about the plant. Like many discoveries of recent years, which are coming into popular favor, acetylene, one of the most re cent, is very simply produced. It is adapted for use wherever artificial light is needed and the necessary ap paratus can be understood and oper ated by any one. The generator in which Acetylene is produced by the automatic contact of carbide and water might be termed a gas plant, as it performs all of the functions of a city gas plant. The acetylene generator can be purchased for a few dollars and in any size, from one adapted to furnish acetylene to ten or a dozen burners for a cottage, up to the large but still simple ma chine such as is now’ furnishing Acet ylene for six thousand burners in the Grand Union. Outside of large cities the use of Acetylene is quite common. The own er of the country home now demands running water, gas and other conveni ences which a few’ years ago were con sidered as luxuries, and acetylene gas has met his requirements, and gives him a better and cheaper light than is ordinarily furnished in cities. It is well known that rooms lighted with Acetylene are more comfortable, because cooler, and more healthful be cause the air is not vitiated. backache, “The Blues Both Symptoms of Organic Derangement irv Women—Thousands of Sufferers Find Relief. fITS permanent 1 Iv ollts or neriAis- A Monentary Problem. A man in Chicago has 500 cents which he can’t spend, can’t sell, can’t melt up, can’t give away, and which he can’t even keep. At least if he does any of these things he is break ing the law, and he hasn’t figured out the answer yet. He is proprietor of a number of penny-ln-the-slot ma chines, and the SCO pennies are the mutilated coin that the machines have accepted in six months without his consent. He can’t sell them for junk copper, because they are bad money; he can’t pass them off as pen nies for the reason that they are bad pennies and might cause him to pass some time in jail, and if he keeps them he is liable for carrying bad money. Technically, the owner of the pennies violates the law whatever he does with them.—Kansas City Jour nal. r^;F2t rialtv>ttie^Indtreatis<5jrc6 Ei2«K,Ltd.,931 Arch St., Phils., Pa. Carl Beers, of Bangor. Me., runs a worm farm. He raises them for bait. AGONY OF SORE HaNDS Cracked and Fecloil-Watar and Heat Cnnaed Interne I'hIii—Could I>oNo Housework—Very GratefnI to Cutlcurn. “My hands cracked and peeled, and were go sore it was impossible for me to do my housework. If l put them in water I was in agony for hours, and if I tried to cook the heat caused intense pain. I consulted two doctors, but their prescriptions were utterly useless. Now after using one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment my hands are entirely well. I am very grateful. (Signed) Mrs. Minnie Drew, 18 Dana St., Roxbury, Mass.” Yale s football team made $70,000 last season. » The Oldest Nurse in Georgia. Mrs. S. E. Kennedy, one of the oldest and best known nurses In Georgia, states that in ail tier experience with bowel troubles and children teething. Dr. Diggers’ Huckle berry Cordial is the best remedy. Sold by all Druggists, 25 and 50c. bottle. Charity covers a multitude of sins, but it doesn’t remove them. FREF TO OUR READKRS. Botanic Hlood Balm for the Blood. If you suffer from ulcers, eczema, scrofula, blood poison, cancer, eating sores, itching skin, pimples, bolls, bone pains, swellings, rheumatism, catarrh, or any blood or skin disease, we advise you to lake Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B>. Especially recommended for old, obstinate, d->ep-seated cases, cures where all else falls, heals every sore, makes the blood pure and rich, gives the skin the rich glow of health. Druggists, $1 per large bottle, 3 bottles t2.50, 6 bottles S'S.OO, express prepaid. Sample sent free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent In sealed letter. Medicine sent at once, pre paid. Cadets at West Point and Annapolis are to be taught jiu-jitsu. II*«* Allen’s Foot-Rase. It Is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allcu’.s Foot-Ease, a powder lobe shaken into tho shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Don’t accept any substitute. Sample sent Fbbf. Address,Alton S. Olmsted, LoTtoy, N. i\ The record for rapid typewriting is 26,000 words in seven hours. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, soften the gums,reduces inflamma tion,allays pain,cures wind colic, 25c.a bottle. Count Cassini, the Russian Ambassador, wears a single eyeglass. Piso’s Cure for Consumption Is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Fob. 17, 1900. The average salary of a professor in Harvard College is a little less than $4000. Itch cured in 30 minulu by Woolford’s Sanitary lotion. Never Fail*. Sold by all drugginU, $1. Mail orders promptly filled by Dr. K Detchon. Crawfordsville, Ind. Norway is about 250 miles wide in the south. ORGANIZED A QUINTET. “An Oklahoma youth proposed to five different girls within an hour.” "What was his hurry?” “He wanted to have all the fun he could before Oklahoma was admitted to tbe Union.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. INFORMATION WANTED. Tess—I’ve got a new way to tell a person’s age. Jess—Really? Will you tell any one’s age. Teas—Yes, any one at all. Joss—Tell me yours, then.—Phila delphia Press. IN DEEP WATER. “Mind you,” observed the party who was talking, “I’m speaking meta phorically now.” “Ah!” rejoined the other, “I thought you were getting a bit mixed.”—Chi cago Journal. Railway Rate Legislation. At the biennial convention of the Order of Railway Conductors, recently held at Portland, Oregon, resolutions were unanimously adopted voicing their sentiments as to the effect of pro posed railway rate legislation on the 1,300.000 railroad employes, whom they in part represented. These resolutions “indorse the attitude of President Roosevelt in condemning secret rebates and other illegalities, and commend the attitude of the heads of American rail ways, who, with practical unanimity, have joined with the President on this question.” They then respectfully point out to Congress the “inadvisabil ity of legislation vesting in the hands of a commission power over railway rates, now lower by fa” in the United States than in any other country,” lie- cause such regulation would “result in litigation and confusion and inevitably tend to an enforced reduction in rates, irrespective of tiie quesMori of the abil ity of tiie railroads to stand the reduc tion, especially in view of the Increased cost of their supplies and materials.” They further protester against such power being given to the present Inter state Commission because “the pro posed legislation is not in harmony with our idea of American juris prudence, inasmuch as it contemplates that a single body shall have the right to investigate, indict, try, condemn and then enforce its decisions at the cost of the carriers, pending appeal, which is manifestly inequitable.” The conductors base their demand for only such legislation, if any, as would “secure and insure justice and equity and preserve equal rights to all ; parties concerned” on the ground that the low cost of transportation “is tiie ! result of the efficiency of American railway management and operation which have built up tiie country through constant improvement and de velopment of territory, while at the same time recognition has been given to the value of intelligence among em ployes in contrast to foreign methods, where high freight rates and lowest wages to employes obtain.” In pressing their claim against legis lation adverse to their interests, they point out the fact that “the freight rates of this country average only two per cent, of the cost of articles to the consumer, thus making (he freight rate so insignificant a factor in the selling price that numerous standard articles are sold at the same price in all parts of the country.” / How often do we hear women say: “It seems as though my back would break,” or “Don't speak to me, I am all out of sorts?” These signi Scant remarks prove that the system requires attention. 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