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" THE PATH ACROSS THE FIELDS. 1 Around me was tho beauts Which only summer yields The shadow of the woodland. The bounty of the fields, The gleam of shining waters, The murmur of the sea The varied book of nature. All opened wide for mel Amid these scenes of beauty . I spied a pathway there, All flowerless and dusty, AU hard and brown and bare. No dainty gown swept over, No foot in dalliance strayed Along the narrow limit Tho tread of toil had made. But weary men and women At morn and eve did pass Beside thc way unshaded. Amid the sunburnt grass. Their step was slow and heavy ; Their garments bore the soil Of the liard world's grim workday. They walked the way of toil. Bo close against our pleasure Is the undertone of care, Of those who, all unsheltered, The heat and burden bear, And tho fair summer memory Sweet harvest to mo yields, Yet 'ever lives the picture , Of the path across the fields! -Harper's Bazar. A SOCIETY COUPLE. They had agreed to differ about it. Husbands and wires who agree without differing are a trifle old fashioned and grumpy nowadays Husbands and wives who differ with out agreeing are also somewhat be hind these times when a <3rtain calm independence ?E the fashion able keynote of marital existence, and Mr. and Mrs. Buller were emi nently up to date. ' The first two years of their mar ried life had been spent practically out of the world in consequence of the state of health of Mr. Buller's father. Then had come their succes sion to the property and a period of i?etireoient-they were a trifle old *Tashicmed in those days, it will be seen-and then they had launched out into the world bf society. They went with the stream with that en .thusiasm which not infrequently at tends new experiences. She was an extremely pretty and dainty little - personage, with charming wit, and a very few weeks of social life put quite ari extraordinary polish on her. He was good looking, too, not par ticularly clever, but quite capable of following the lead set him by his fellows and cheery arid good natured withal. There was plenty of money. They became immensely popular and found a thoroughgoing society Ufe altogether delightful. The head of each was a little turn ed perhaps by the end of their first 'season. They had become so very modern. But neither could have said how the idea first suggested itself to him or her that their relations with one another needed shortening up. They did not discuss the subject. Neither was aware, indeed, that it had presented itself to the other. But each was secretly convinced that the old "spoony" relations would not ? do. It was ridiculous to care for the society of your husband or wife. It was"' the thing" to live independent Kvea, Independent lives, however, are not a)ways, it appears, to be achiev ed at a word by two wholesome minded yoting people living in the same house and sharing the same round of pleasures. Delia Buller was a coquette, but there was a touch of delicate haughtiness in her and she was incapable of a vulgar flirtation. Also George Buller would have been incapable . of jealousy where she was concerned, old fash ioned traits in each which hinted ^hat their regeneration was not complete. So that when at last a tangible subject of dispute presented* itself husband and wife alike jump ed at it with avidity. The subject in question was thor oughly up to date, which was as it should be. At first, it cost Mr. Buller a pang to realize that the side he bad accidentally ' adopted was that behind the times. But he had an obstinate fiber in him, so he nail ed his colors to the mast like a man. The moot point was the bicycle craze. He* would have none of "t, in any shape or form ; he derided it where men were concerned; for women he declared it not unsuita ble-he knew his age better than that-but, what was far worse, ri diculously unbecoming. Mrs. Bul ler, on the other hand, threw herself into the movement heart and soul. Her bicycle was for her the center ! of the universe. Nothing could have been better. Tho husband and j wife agreed to differ, as lias boen said, in most approved fashion, and for the rest of the season they bard ly met. For people who bad arrived at KU desirable an understanding, how ever, they were arguing tho ques tion rather hotly as they sat over j the dinner table on a certain even ing in February. They were tete-a- j * tete, a state of things which each ; felt to be highly ridiculous. They c had come down for the hunting- . that is to say, Mr. Buller intended * to hunt ; Mrs. Buller no longer fol- ? 1 lowed the hounds, since it is not as 1 yet feasible to do so on a bicycle, j 3 And there was to be an unavoidable Kntcrval of two days before their \ * lonee would be full. < 8 "Where does th? fun come inf" ? \ Mr. Buller was demanding indig nantly; "tha-.'s what I can't make out! Of course, one wouldn't care about the thing being dangerous if the game was worth the candle. " Lady Buller was drawing patterns on the tablecloth with her dessert fork. "That's obvious," she returned with spirit, "or you wouldn't want to ride a horrid horse." "Horses don't 'skid'-or, what- J *j ever von call it. " "Bicycles don't shy-neither d they rear." Mr. Buller rose wrathfully an walked to the fireplace, taking up majestic position on the hearthrug "One thing is, you'll soon be tire of it," he observed. "You neve keep a thing up for long." "You made that remark las spring, " was the answer, given wit! remarkable heat, "and you wer wrong, you see." "Lots of women have got tired o it, though," said Mr. Buller shiftin; his ground disingenuously. "Ever one says it was a craze, and it's gc ing out. And I'm not so sure," h added vindictively, "that you are a keen about it as you wero. Th er wasn't half so much fuss over th confounded thing on the journey down as we had last time." Mrs.- Buller rose impetuously She appeared to have lost her tem per. "I love it more than ever," sin cried, "and I always shall," witl which incoherent observation sin withdrew. The breakfast room was emptj when Mr. Buller strolled down ai about half past 10 on the following morning. This did not surprise him, but the message delivered tc him by the servant did. "Mrs. Buller told me to say, ii you please, sir, "said the man, "thal she has ridden over to Fernhill or her bicycle, and will lunch there." "What time will she be back?" demanded her husband; "About 5 o'clock, sir," was the answer. . ' Mr. Buller unfolded his newspaper and ground his teeth. "The whole day!" he ejaculated to himself. ?'.Well, I must say However, she'll be tired. Forty miles there and back, and then she'll go to sleep all the evening. Well, hanged if I care! Wonder at what time she started, and how far she's got." As a matter of fact, though Mrs. Buller had started some time since, she had nbt made any remarkable progress. It was a delightful spring like day, but the state of the roads was not all that could he desired. At this identical moment she was walking along a particularly un pleasant combination of ruts and mud, wheeling her bicycle. Mrs. Buller had her detractors, as have all successful people, and there was those who said she rode a bicy cle because she looked so well ia the dress. Her short, tailor made frock and neat hat certainly suited her to perfection this morning, and her little feet, in the daintiest imag inable shoes, were a delight to be hold. But Mrs. Buller did not ap pear to be thinking of her appear ance just then-she was obviously taking no pleasure in it. Her pi quant face was rosy with air and ex ercise, but it was distinctly overcast in expression, and her every move ment, as she wheeled her machine with incredible carelessness ovex the mts, was expressive of boredom and disgust. The bad bit of road passed, she stood for an instant con templating her bicycle with an in describable expression. "I shall! never be able to give the thing up, " she said to herself de spairingly. "Never ! If I did, he'd think I wanted- Oh, what a bore it is*" She mounted as she spoke with a despairing sigh. Perhaps she was careless, perhaps the wheel slipped. At any rate the next thing ot which she was aware was a general upheaval of the universe, which left her lying in the road with a broken bicycle beside her and every bone in ber body, as it seemed, dislocated. "Oh, what a fool I've been!" she wailed despairingly, and then she fainted. It was not a lonely road fortu nately, and she was soon found and taken home. The doctor was sent j for and enjoined by Mr. Buller on his departure to come again in the evening, and on coming down stairs after his second visit he found Mr. Buller hanging about in the hall. The doctor did not wait to be ques tioned. "Going on splendidly," he said cheerily. "Feverish tonight, of course. But with a broken arm and j % very nasty sprained ankle that's Dnly to be expected." ( For a man whose sentiments to- . ward his wife are of an eminently I ? philosophical nature Mr. Buller ? i ivas looking extraordinarily pale | ; and wretched. Ho drew a quick j :igb of satisfaction; then bu said, ^vith an air of stern superiority ; i which ill disguised an undertono of i ferocious vindictiveness : "Wretched things, these bicycles! i I've always said so." Then ho added : 'Is there any reason why I shouldn't j ? iee my wifei Would it do any ' ; ?arin, ? mean?" ] i Tho doctor screwed up his lips j ' loubtfully. ! ' "Well," he said, "no; hardly i hat. But she is feverish, as I said, ? 1 md if she would rather bo quiet vhy, her wishes must be respected, i t rou know." Confound it!" ejaculated the hus- 1 )and, and, wheeling round, he stood i itaring into the fire. "Going out ] omorrowi" inquired Dr. Wi Hough- | )y as he drew on his gloves. The 1 lounds were to meet the next day. c "I don't know." < "I should, if I were you," was the ( tnswer. "There's nothing to be ? mxious about in your wife's condi- - ion, and she's better quiet, you mow." 3 A gloomy man was Mr, Buller, to udge from his appearance as be sat t n his smoking room thai night, and : gloomy man was he as he came c lown next morning. He had been I to mis. .Butler's aoor ana naa Deen j sternly denied admittance. He pull- 1 ed himself together, however, at the meet, and answered the numerous inquiries after his wife with an off hand nonchalance which did him credit. There was a long interval of standing about by tho cover, and Mr. Buller 's mare, a young one, j could not stand it. When they got away eventually, she bolted, rush ed at a fence, missed it and carno down heavily. "What a jolly good thing!" mur- j mured Mr. Buller as he sank into ? unconsciousness. It was Dr. Willoughby who un dertook to break the news of her husband's accident to Mrs. Buller. She was more feverish that after noon ancl dreadfully depressed, but beset about his tusk with the slight est possible circumlocution. "Well, Mrs. Buller," he said, "you're not to have the sick list all to yourself after all. Horses can play tricks, it seems, as well as bi cycles." Mrs. Buller turned her head sharp ly. She was a good deal bruised, and there was little else that she could turn. "What dp you mean?" she de manded as the color rushed into her woebegone face. "Not George 1" Then, as she read assent in the doc tor's face, she turned white to her lips. "Oh!" she gasped, with a sudden change of tone.' "He's not hurt badly ?" "Hurt badly? No, of course not," returned the doctor cheerily. "A very neatly fractured leg, that's all -a companion to your arm. Noth ing to faint about, I assure you." "I'm not going to faint," declared Mrs. Buller-indeed, a considerable amount o? color had come back to her cheeks, and her eyes were danc ing. "Poor old boy! I'm dreadful ly sorry." Her voice gave a curi ously different meaning to the words. "I know what horrid pain it is, don't I? But I've always told him that horses were quite as-I mean, I've always said that you run great risks with horses. How did it happen, doctor? Is he pretty comfortable? Is there anything I have for my arni that ho would like? Taku him some of those grapes, will you? He'll be so thirsty." During tho weeks that followed the respective attendants on Mr. and Mrs. Buller had a very busy time of it Each patient took quite an ex traordinary interest in the symp toms and progress of the other, and , each was, of course, confined to his j or her room. It was all quite im personal. Mrs. Buller's eyes were hardly oponed in the morning be fore her nurse must repair to Mr. Buller's door to inquire whether he had been able to sleep or whether his leg had felt-this, that or the other-as her arm had dono. Mr. Buller could not rest easily for an hour together without full and par ticular information as to the partic ular position in which Mrs. Buller ' found her ankle gave her least pain. Mrs. Buller had Howers sent her, and the lion's share had to go to her ; husband's uroona. Mr. Buller found ; something particularly entertaining : in the illustrated. papers, and it must .forthwith be taken to Mrs. Buller. Of course it was only hu-'1 man, as Mrs. Buller assured herself at frequent intervals, to take an in- j terest ia another fellow creature ] who was suffering just as you your- i self were suffering and in the very i same house. Of course, as Mr. Bul- 1 1er assured Dr. Willoughby more j than once, it was rather a lark to j compare notes. < The sprained aDkle mude progress ] quicker than the broken limbs. 3 When Mrs. Buller was able to be i tnoved to a sofa, Mr. Buller being c still in his bed, Dr. Willoughby sug- j gested thal: Mrs. Buller should be < wheeled into his room and pay him i I little visit. i "I dare say he's very dull, poor j thing!" she said. "I don't know 1 that there is any reason why I ? should not go today." ! t "I don't know tint there is, " said I Dr. Willoughby. So that afternoon h :hero was great activity in both sick- , i :00ms. Mr. Buller's nurse had to irrange flowers, to put away this, \ :o straighten that and to shako up c the cusiiorts of tho armchair a doz- | in times. Mrs. Buller's nurse had ' fl o change her patient's dressing * ;o\vn twice, and her maid was requi- ! ^ ;itioned to do her hair. And at . ibout 4 o'clock a knock came at Mr. i 3u]ler'?; dour, and Mrs. Buller ap- j, .eared, leaning on a stiel: and es- - :orted by her nurse. She was ro :eived by thc nurse mai established -j( villi much circumstance in t hc arm :bair prepared tor her reception. "I'm awfully glad to see you." -, .aid Mr. Buller, with constrained 1 ?oliteness. He was rather pathetic n his enforced recumbency, and he vas looking very white and thin, j 'You must have had a horrid time. " _ "Pretty bad," she said, "and so lave you, I'm afraid." "Willoughby talks of sending me louth," said Mr. Buller. ^ The conversation thus far had leen characterized by the utmost lonchalance and composure, each larty having steadily avoided a ^ ;lance in the direction of the other. ^ 3ut at this juncture he, with a self confidence entirely unjustified by ivents, turned politely in hi? wife's lirection. She looked round at the ti ame moment. Their eyes mot, and h -it was all over. li "Delia, my sweetheart, how white jy; rou look!" t, "Oh, George, my old darling, how f) hin you are!" j. The ejaculations were simultane- j( ?us, and before they had died away t( dre. Buller, with a little bop and t, c me assistance or me taoie, nuu reached the sofa and had subsided on to the floor, with her face buried on her husband's breast. "Ob, George,:' she cried, "you were qui te right 1 Bicycles are horrid things, and so are horses. Oh, George, you might have been killed!" "I might, darling," he said in coherently. "You were quite right, too, Delia, dearest. It's been tho very deuco of a timo ! Do you know how long it is since you really kiss ed mer" She did not answer, but she lifted ber face and apparently she felt that the performance which ensued was a good deal in arrears. They went south together and each was so bus}' superintending thc complete recov ery of tho other that they quite for got to be up to date and are no more a strictly society couple.-Mary An gela Dickens in "Washington Post. Definition of a Poet by Wordsworth. What is a poet? To whom does he address himself? And what lan guage is to be expected from bim? He is a man speaking to men-a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature and a more comprehensive soul than are supposed to be common among man kind ; a man pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who re joices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him ; delight ing to contemplate similar volitions and passions as manifested in the goings on of the universe and habit ually impelled to create them where he does not find them. To these qualities he has added a disposition to be affected more than other men by absent things, as if they were present; an ability of conjuring up in himself passions which are indeed far from being the same as those produced by real events, yet (espe cially in those parts of the general sympathy which are pleasing and delightful) to more nearly resemble the passions produced by real events than anything which, from the mo tions of their own minds merely, other men are accustomed to feel in themselves ; whence, and from prac tice, he has acquired a greater read iness and power in expressing what he thinks and feels, and especially those thoughts and feelings which, hy his own choice or from the structure of his own mind, arise in him without immediate external ex citement. Boston Monuments. In the early days of no sidewalks people who were wont to take their nightly outings carried their own lanterns, and this custom was ad- ! hered to until 1834, when gas was introduced for street lighting. The old Latin school was built near King's chapel, and later on was re- 1 built on the site now occupied by the Parker House. It has always been thought that Bobert Newman hung out the lantern on Christ church for Paul Revere, but now it is believed that the deed was per formed by the latter's confidential friend, John Pulley. The grasshop per weather vane on Faneuil hall, built in 1742, had its origin in the writings of Plutarch.- Boston Tran* scrint. _ Bot Enough. The elderly inhabitants of a little Stew Hampshire town delight in stories of the ready wit of the old minister under whose preaching ihey sat as l)oys and girls over GO ?rears ago. On the occasion of an "association linner" given in the town to tho ministers of the county there was a iberal feast, to be followed, as was :he custom in those days, by a "so ;ial pipe." The minister had taken a spoonful ! )f the rich pudding whioh closed , he repast, but when the spoon ? .eached his lips he decided that the ? ludding was too hot to be eaten. So ie adroitly and, as he flattered hini ?elf, without being observed re urned the spoonful to his plate, int one of his friends had spied him ind called across the table in reso lant tones: "Brother Williams, what ails your mdding? What aro you going to lo with that last mouthful?" "Save it to light my pipe with j ifter dinner," returned Mr. Wil- j iams, not at all disconcerted.- ! louth's Companion. Dr. 31 ?tu ric r's Limitations. li there had been no Charles ?eer.u (a terrible supposition both or Punch and its readers), 1 should lavo dono my best to illustrate thu : ower walks and phases of Loudon xisteuco, which al tract me as much s any other, lt is just as easy to raw a cosiernionger or a washer woman as it is a gentleman or lady -perhaps a little easier-but it is by \ o means so easy to draw them as ? [eeno did, and to draw a cab or an ? mnibus, after him, though I have ametimes been obliged to do so, is hnost tempting Providence. If there had been no Charlea leene, I might perhaps, with prac ice, 'have become a funny man my ??, though I do not suppose that ly fun would havo ever been of the roadest.--George du Maurier in farber's Magazin?? - ''I feel it my duty to give yon a ruthful statement of what Chamber lin's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea [eraedy did," writes J. S. Collins, of loore. H. C. 'I had a ohild about >vo yearn old that had the diarrhoa jr two months. I tried all the best nown remedies, but none gave the :ast relief. When this remedy came i hand. I gave it as directed, and in NO days the child was completely tired." Sold by Hill Orr Drug Co. ? AIR OF MAMMOTH CAVE. So Fare and Bracing That It Might J*? Utilized For a Sanitarium. ?n The Century there is an article on "The Mammoth Cave of Ken tucky''by John R. Proctor, former ly state geologist of Kentucky. Mr. Proctor, in describing the tour of the cave, says: Some distance on we come upon two stone cottages built against one of the walls of the avenue. These are the remains of a number that were built in tho cave in 184;] for the abode of consumptive patients. It was believed that tho pure air of the cavo would effect a cure, and 15 consumptives took np their abode here, and remained for live months without going outside. It is said that when they did go out three died before they could reach tho hotel. Something more than purity is re quired-sunlight. It is said that the saltpeter miners had remarkable health while working in the caye, and porsons with weak lungs are certainly benefited by short walks in this atmosphere. I believe, in time, that these immense reservoirs of dry, pure antiseptic air will be utilized for the cure of consumption and asthma, not by souding the pa tient into the cave, but by bringing tho air into sunlit sanitariums on the dry, well drained elevated sand stone plateaus above the caves. We know the air is dry, because the timber carried in in 1812 has not decayed, and iron hinges have been here since 1843 and show no sign of rust. We know the air is pure, be cause here animal matter does not decay, but simply dries up. The mummies found in the caves were not prepared mummies, but^simply desiccated bodies. The uniform temperature of from 53 degrees to 54 degrees the year round has been demonstrated. Consumptives take long sea voyages and visit high al titudes to get the benefit of aceptic atmosphere, but they suffer from variations of temperature, from storms, and at high altitudes exer cise cannot be taken, while the cave air predisposes one to take exercise with little fatigue. I have known delicate women to walk for nine hours in the cave, clambering up steep ascents and over rocks, and come out of the cave feeling no sense of fatigue until they reached the warm, .impure air outside, charged with the odors of decayed vegetation, when they would al most faint and would require as sistance in ascending the path to the ! hotel. We think the atmosphere in the glen at the entrance remarkable for purity before we have become sensi tive by hours in the pure atmos phere of the cave. I once went with a friend and a guide to Roaring river and several other remote places, which required remaining in the cave overnight. It was night when we came out, and we had be come so sensitive by our stay of 36 hours in the pure air of tho cave that we were almost overcome by the suffocating mephitic odors and oppressiveness of the outer air. We dreaded to inhale it into our lungs and returned again and again into the pure air flowing from the cave. Air freed from bacteria is one of the main reasons for success in modern surgery and a sanitarium into which this air could be pumped would doubtless be resorted to for difficult Surgical operations. Con sumptives in high altitudes are com pelled to remain indoors in winter weather and breathe tho vitiated air of closed rooms, while in sanitari ums supplied with cave air, by let ting the air in at the upper part of the rooms and out at the lower part, all exhalations would pass out and pure air would be constantly rush ing in <at a uniform temperature, winter and summer. Then it would be a boon if we could escape the op pressive boat of summer into hotels kept cool and pure by the air from these great dry oaves. Hospitality That Faid. Gambling clubs are being raided in London, one of tho complaints being that they greatly overcharge their patrons for tho uso of cards. It is curious that a century ago this was the cuse in private houses. It is generally supposed that hospitality was more largely extended in old timos, and, indeed, was their su preme virtue, whereas it would now , ho thought tho extremity of mean- i uess for a host to charge his guests with any such payment. In Tho limes of March 22, 1790", we l ead: ! "The tabbies of Bath are in a state of insurrection, in consequence of un example by Lady Elcho, who ? neither visits nor receives company j that pay for cards. This laudable j reformation is adopted so generally ' that many of the dowagers who ? tiavo so long fed on card money are [urning their thoughts to some more :reditable means of earning their ivelihood." A hopo is expressed :hat the ladies in London will follow :he examples of those of Bath and j 'exclude the odious and pitiful eus* om. We are afraid that many a )arty is formed rather to derive lenefit from the sale of cards than 'or the sake of hospitality."-San Pranoisco Argonaut. < - The two-year-old son of W. L. [ 'urgason, of Bolton, Miss., had whoop- i rig cough. "After several physi- < ians had prescribed for him. without 1 iving relief," writes Mr. Furgason, , ll persuaded my wife to try a 2? cent ? ottle of Chamberlain's Cough Reme y. The first dose had the desired ffcet, and in forty-eight hours he wad' f ntirely free from all cough. I con- i ider your remedy the best in the mar et, especially for children and recoin icnd it at all times." The 25e. and ; 0c. aizes for sale by Hill Orr Drug Co. Buchar.au Bead's Impromptu. "T. Buchanan Read, the poet who wrote the famous 'Sheridan's Ride,' was a well known figure around Washington during the war," said an old Washingtonian. "He was a brilliant man, a notable bon vivant and a high flier when he could af ford to be and perhaps a bit care less, too, in bis habits. One after noon in the summer of 1SG4 Read drifted into one of the committee rooms of the senate-he was on friendly terms with most of the big men up at the capitol-and, slump ing into a chair, fell fast asleep. While ho slept a couplo of senators came into the room to do some let ter writing. The two senators shortly became involved in a low toned but warm discussion as to the progress of the war. Finally one of them, who belonged to the 'peace at any price' party, permitted his tones to grow loud, and he slammed his fist down on a table and fairly shouted, 'We must have peace!' "Tho sleeping poet jumped from his chair like a mau electried. Tho two senators looked at him, rather astonished at the suddenness of his awakening. Read rubbed bis eyes for a moment and looked around him. Then he murmured these words: "Peace! Oh, that some white winged bird from the south Would build its nest in the cannon's mouth and stop its roar! "I don't remember ever having heard of a more charming bit of im promptu poetical composition than that."-Washington Star. - A North Carolina man has set tled the war question in a novel man ner. "Whether they have war or not," he is quoted as saying, "it has made a good man of me already." "How can that be?" he was asked. "Well," he went on in dead earnest, "they tell me if there is to be war the government will call out the regular army first, then the militia is to be called, and after this the Baptists, because they can fight on water and Methodists can't. I went right straight and joined the Methodists." -Atlanta Constitution. - We do not now remember where we heard it, but it is so good we re peat it without authority. It was ?D an Illinois Court; :"Haveyou." asked the judge of a recently convicted man, "anything to offer the Court before sentence is passed?" "No, your honor," replied the prisoner, "my lawyer took my last cent." - Why should a tenant insist on a lower rent when all rent is hire ? - Money is not affected by prohib i tory laws ;. it gets tight. - When creek meets creek look out for spring freshets. THE 0AN6ER to which the Expectant Mother is exposed and the foreboding and dread with which she looks for ward iq the hour of woman's severest trial is appreciated by but few. All effort should be made to smooth these rugged places in life's pathway for her, ere she presses to her bosom her babe. MOTHER'S FRIEND allays Nervousness, and so assists Nature that the change goes for ward in an easy manner, without such violent protest in the way of Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy forebodings yield to cheerful and hopeful anticipations-she passes through, the ordeal quickly and without pain-is left strong and vigorous and enabled to joyously perform the high and holy duties now devolved upon her. Safety to life of both is assured by the use of .?Mother's Friend," and the time of recovery shortened. ! ] "I know one lady, the mother of three | \ children, who suffered greatly in the j i birth of each, who obtained a bottle of i \ 'Mother's Friend' of me before her:' fourth confinement, and was relieved jj quickly and easily. All agree that their j ? labor was shorter and less painful." ? i JOHN G. POLHILL, Macon, Ga. | { _ I $1.00 PER BOTTLE at all Drug: Stores, ; j or sent hy mail on receipt of price. - A R?MK? Containing invaluable information of . \ POPP interest to all women, will be sent to ? A ritte any address upon application, by * THC BRADFIELD REGULATORCO., ATLANTA, GA. ' HUE RIDGE RAILROAD i. i. H. C. BEATTIE. Keceivi r. L L Table No. 7. -Effecti vo March 1.J 898. A A l?rtweeti Anderson and Walhalla WI:>T!:"INI> RASTHOUWH Sn. \'2 STATIONS No. ll s. Kir.* I Chu*, First Olasn, Dailv. Daily. S. P M. -Leavu Arrive A M. w s :\ .">5. Anderson.ll 00 t :; ?d.Denver.10.40 1* 4 ;?5. Auton.10 31 j s 4.14.P?iidiHiiji.10.22 f 4 '^:;.Cherry's Crosj-ine.10.13 j f 4.29.Ad.M?'s Crossing.10.07 ? / s 4 47.Seneca.9.49 [ * s 5 ll.West Union.11.25 ! s ?1.17 Ar.WHlhHlla.Lv !).'.<) No. (I, Mixed, No. 5, Mixed, j F Daily, Except Daily, Except Sunday Sunday. K.-vsTiiorNH. WBSTWOUND. t P. M.-Arrive Leave-P M. j Ql ? ?.Ki.Vtulerson.1110, f r. 55.Denver.1138 t 5.4:5.Autno.1150 i 5 31.Pendleton.12 02 f 5 19.Cherry'a Crossing.1214 f 5.11.Adams' Crossing....1?.22 j 4.47 ?.Seneca.J J2 46 ? 4 10 ;.Seneca.< l 45 i 8 38...West Union. 2.09 , ;i.30.Walhalla. 2.19 \H) Hetular siation ; (f) Flag station Will also stop at the following stations o tah? on or let off passengers : Phin lev?, -Intrus' and Sandy Springs. No 12 connects with Southern Railway So 12 at Anderson. ?iufii No. ti connecta with Southern Railway S^os. 12, .'?7 und :iS at Spneca. J. R ANDERSON, Supt. - Bicycle manufacturers continue to assign. The Somerville Journal asserts the purchase of bicycles by people who could not afford them has done as much as any other one thing in the last five years to make hard times. *?*eething ll ehildren Are generally Puny. Stomach upset, Bowels out of order-do not rest well at night. The very best remedy for children while teething is lt cures Diarrhoea, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, cures Wind Colic, softens the Gums, cures Chol era Infantum, Cholera Morbus, Grip ing, and acts promptly, lt is good for adults, too, and is a specific for vomiting during pregnancy. Sold by all Druggists, 25 and 50c. DOUBLE DAILY SERYICE TO .ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON, NEW ORLEANS AND NEW YORK. BOSTON. RICHMOND. WASHINGTON, NORFOLK. PORTSMOUTH. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT FEB. 7, 1896. SOUTHBOUND No. 403. No. 41. Lv New York, via Penn B. B.*ll 00 am *9 03 pm LT Philadelphia, " 1 12 pm 12 05 ant LT Baltimore " 3 15 pm 2 50 am LT Washington, " 4 40 pm 4 30 am LT Bichmond, _ A. C. L..'.....12 56 am *1 39 am LT Norfolk. Tia S. A. L... LT Portsmouth, " *8 30 pm *9 05am 8 45 pm 9 20am LT Weldon, Ar Henderson, Ar Durham, LT Durham, Ar Baleigb, via S. A. L.. Ar Sanford, " . Ar Southern Pines " Ar Hamlet, " , Ar Wadesboro, " Ar Monroe, " ..*11 28pta*ll 55 am 12 56 a m *1 89 pm rt7~32 am""|4 09 pm . tS_20 pm fll 10 am , *2 16 am *3 31 mn 3 35 am 5 03 pm . 4 22 am 5 55 pm , 5 10 am 6 58 pm . 5 54 am 8 H pm . 6 ii am 9 12 pm Ar Charlotte, ?8 30 am ?10 25pm Ar Chester, " LT Columbia, C. N. & L. B. B.T. ?8 10 am 10 47 pm .... f6 00 pm Ar Clinton 3. A L. _ Ar Greenwood " ArAbbeville, Ar Elberton,' " . Ar Athens, " .... Ar Winder, " .... Ar Atlanta,S A L. (Cen. 9 45 am ?12 10 am 10 35 am 107 am _ll 05 am ....... 12 07 pm ....... 1 15 pm .? 1 59 pm Time) 2 50 pm 1 40 am 2 41am 3 45 am 4 30 am 5 2#am NOBTHBOUND. Kn. 409,. No. 38. LT Atlanta.S.A L.(Cen. Time) ?12 00 n'n *7 50 pm LT Winder, ' " _. 2 40 pm 10 42 pm LT Athens, " . 3 IC pm ll 28 pm LT Elberton, ** ...._ 4 15 pm 12 83 am Lv Abbeville, " . 5 15 pm 1 40 am Lv Greenwood, " . 5 41 pm 2 09 am Lv'Clinton, " ......... 6 31 pm 3 05 am Ar Columbia, a N. AL. B.B."*4 30 pm *7 45am Lv Cheste t 8.A.L .. 8 13 pm 4 33 am Av harlotte. " ...*10 25 pm *8 30 am Lv Monroe, " ". 9 40 pm 6 05" am" Lv Hamlet,_" .ll 23 pm 8 15 am AT Wilmington_" .^5 30 am 12 30 pm LT Southern Pines, " ."_ 12 14 am 9 20 am Lv Raleigh, " ......... *2 16 am ll SS am Ar Hendeasop_** ..... 3 28 am 1 00 pm Ar Durham, " .t' >2am |4 Oypm LT Durham_" .f5 20 pm fll 10 ?r A- Weldon, u ....... *4 55 om *3 06 pm Ar Bichmond A. C. L. 8 1(5 am 6 50 pm Ar Washington, Penn. B, B. 12 31 pm H 10 nm Ar Baltimore, " 1 48 pm 12 48?m Ar Philadelphia, " 3 50 pm 8 45 aor Ar New York, " .?. ?6 23 pm ?6 58 ap. Ar Portsmoath 8. A. L....."". 7 30 am 5 50poi As Norfolk " _*7 60am 6 06 pu 'Dully. fDaily, Ex. Sunday. jDailyEx. Monda;. Nos. 403 and 402 "The Atlanta Special.-' ??lid Vestibuled Train, of Pullman Sleepers ana Coach es between Washington and Atlanta, also Pull man Sleepers between Portsmouth and Cheater,S Nos. 41 and 36, "The S. A. L Express,." Solid rniin, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between Portsmouth and Atlanta. For Picket-, Sleepers, etc., apply to I*. A. Newland, Gen'l. Agent Pass Dept Wm. B. Clements, T.P. A.,6 Kimball House Atlanta, Ga. E. St John, vice-President and Gen'l. Manger V. ?. McBee General Superintendent. H. W. B. Glover, Traffic Manager. T J. Anderson, Gen'l. Passengor Agent. General Officers, Portsmouth, Va. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AUGUSTA AND ASHEVILLE SBOB r LINE In effect February 7, 1997, Lv Augusta.. ir Greenwood. Lr Anderson.... LT Laurens. Lr Greenville. Ix Glenn Springs.... Lr Spartauburg.. Lr Saluda.. kr HendersouTille. VT A8hcTille. 9 40 am 12 17 pm 115 pm 3 00 pm 4 05 pm 3 00 pm 5 23 pm 5 51 pm 7 00 pm 140 pm 6 10 pm 7 00 am 1019 am 9 ?5 am JT Asheville. > Spartanburg.... jv Glerrn Springs. JT Greenville. JV Laurens. 'jr Anderson. jr Greenwood. Lr Augusta. .T Calhoun Falls.. ir Rule i ph. lr Norfolk. ir Petersburg. tr Richmond. 8 20 am 1145 am 10 00 am 11 55 am 130 pm 4 00 pm 4 00 pm 7 10 pm 7 00 am 2 23 pmi. 5 00 pm ll 10 am 4 44 pm ju. 2 16 am j.. 7 36 am j?_ 6 00 am ?. 5 15 am . ?T Augusta. 2 55 pm >r Allendale. 5 00 pm .r Fairfax.>.. 515 pm irYctuassce. 9 30 am 6 20 pm x Beaufort. 10 35 am 7 20 pm x Port Royal._. 10 50 am 7 30 pm x Savannah.?. S 00 pm r Charleston.:. S OS pm v Charleston.I. f> .50 am -. S3 vari uah.j. 6 50 am T Port Royal.". lip m S 15 am v Beaufort.j -j ) ?> a S 25 am v Yemassce.? 3? p m 9 25 am v Fairfax. '.. 10 32 am v Allendale.j.? 10 47 am r Augusta.1.? 12 55 pm riot-: connection at Callion;) Falls tor Athens, tl intaand all poiots on S. A. L. Close ?iounection at Augusta for Charleston, wannah and all points. Close connections at Greenwood for all points ou A. L., and C. & G. Railway, and at Spartanburg ith southern Railway. For any information relative to tickets, ratei. bedale, etc., address W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Fsss. Agent, Augusta, Ga. E. M. North, Sol. Agent. T. M. Emerson, Traine Manager._ ATLANTIC COAST LINE. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 20, 1897. ast Line Between Charleston and Col ombia and Upper South Carolina, North Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. DINO WEST, .No. 52. GOING EAST No. 03. 00 am 26 am 35 am 55 am 58 am 10 pm 50 pm 10 pm 2D pm 10 pm 12 pm 20 pm 09 pm 00 pm LT_.Charleston.AT LT. Lanes..Ar Lv...Sumter.Ar Ar.Columbia......Lv Ar.Prosperity.?LT Ar-.Newberry.~..Lv Ar.OHnton.LT | Ar.Laurens.LT Ar....-...~Gre#nTllle."...LT Ar_Spartanburg.LT Ar.Winnsboro, S. C.LT Ar.Charlotte, N. C.LT Ar...HendersonTille, N. C-.Lv Ar.Asheville, N. C...Lv 9 15 pm 7 36 pm 6 20 pm 5 00 pm 3 13 pm 2 67 pm 2 10 pm 1 45 pm 1030 am ll 4b am 1141am 9 35 am 918 am 8 20 am ?Daily. Sos. 52 and 53 Solid Trains between Charleston d Columbia,8. C. H. M. EmutaoH, Gen'l. Passenger Agent. J R. Eciur, General Manager. W.fuwtsox.TrarBo Manager