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r: i St" i The ••Fier.dlah Hair-Pin.’• When will women discover how to dress their hair without hair-pins? Hair pins, one understands from a woman who has recently written a book about women, are the chief ob stacles to feminine independence. “How truly fiendish a hair-pin can be no mere man can ever know. When it presses against the skull and pro duces a local nerve-torture of an in describably vicious nature, a man might imagine that the easy thing would be to pull it out. A woman feels so tremendously at a disadvan tage if her hair is untidy. She can not even argue till it is neat again.”— Argonaut. A Strange Love Affair. A touching romance in the life of the late Bight Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, “Father” of the House of Commons, has been disclosed by his death. In early life he fell deeply in love with a Miss Hellish, and his af fection was returned as far as could be done by a lady who for some reason had taken a vow to lead a single life. Mr. Villiers remained true to his first love, and never married, and his con stancy so touched Miss Hellish that in her will she left all her fortune—a considerable one—to him absolutely. He, however, never touched the money, leaving it to accumulate with interest, while he lived very simply on his own modest revenue, supple mented by his Cabinet pension. By the time of Mr. Villier’s death the capital jriginally left by Miss Hellish had own to a sum considerably over a quarter of a million sterling. Of this total^he, by his will, left $75,000 to «ev. IMontague Villiers, Vicar of St. ™*«Pg JKnightsbridge, and a somewhat * ,n dlar^Miin to Mr. Ernest Villiers.— •London ^■elegraph. Th« Th iuctive dup ^ the a tween knickl and above is I vet with bi| streets this ifi shrouding bli cover their sian wome lower 'omen of Muscat, wear a garb which is that of other East- effect, though not in the men don brilliant a put on brilliant of compromise be ers and breeches, waistcoat of vel- ons, but in the hid by a long en- wl. They do not entirely as the Per nor do they hide the the countenance accord- ing lomme custom of the Egyptians. TheyMobey the Koran law of hiding the features, but the hiding is per- tory. Around the head, and, nsequently, stretched over the face, is black cloth with holes cut to see through, another to breathe through, and a fourth, if necessary, to sneeze through. These holes are frequently quite large; and, instead of the woman being a mystery, I could always tell at a glance whether she was young or old, ugly or beautiful. Around their ankles are big silver bangles; other bangles jingle on their wrists, and heavy loaded weights shake from the lobes of their tars. — Chambers’s Journal. ~ Watches For Shirt Waists. Everything seems to point to the fact that the shirt-waist girl will be greatly in evidence next summer. Not only are the shops filled with madras, percale, lawn, gingham, dotted swiss and silk shirt waists of all shades, designs and styles, but the art of the jeweller is also called into requisition to beautify these favorites of the up- to-date tailor made girl. Becognizisg the fact that the long gold chains now in vogue are entire ly out of place on the plain bosom of a stylish shirt waist, and that the stick ing in and pulling out of watches from the snng leather, velvet, ribbon and jewelled belts which are de riguer now is not only very troublesome, but eventually proves to be the de struction of many dainty Geneva timekeepers, the manufacturers set their wits to work to devise something which would do away with the long neckchain and the inconvenience of dragging a watch in and out of a tight belt, with the happiest result imag inable. Examining the novelties made in one of the leading jewelry stores, I came across what seemed to be a rather large sized shirt button. Close inspection showed that it was a min- aturo watch. Its face is no larger than an ordinary enamelled shirt- stud. At the back, connected by a short shank, is snother button, very much larger, in which the works of t|}* watch are contained. The girl H ho wears it has only to bend her head down to find out the time. ■ These little watches come in many ■out designs, and range in price $9.60 to $25 and $30.—New Herald. Fashion Notes. Clasps for cloaks are being restored to favor. White broadtail is used for vests in* cloth gowns. A combination lately seen in Paris is that of castor and violet. Black and turquoise-blue is another favorite combination in the French capital. Chiffon embroidered in bowkuot fig ures is especially dainty and pretty. Tiny buttons of rhinestone set in sil ver are worn on evening dresses of vel vet. Silver passementerie is a favoritt material for belts and baud trimmings. Some of the newest sash belts are of black silk net, edged with a fringe of jet. Some new and beautiful evening silks have tiny turquoise, pale green and light rose-colored stripes on a white ground, with baby rosebuds scattered carelessly about. Plush is making a vigorous bid for favor again, and used in combination with Venetian point lace, embroidered with gold and silver thread, it makes a very rich dress trimming. Organdie-sublime is a lovely fabric for summer wear. The color tones are exceedingly soft and beautiful, and the designs are quaint' and bi zarre, and thorougly artistic. Ombre effects will be seen in the newest silks for next season'. In Paris and Vienna these ombre styles are already popular, and an especially handsome quality of silk is shown. Narrow fringes of silk, jet spangles and beads are for wraps and edging cross tucks ou blouses and skirts. Deeper silk fringes will be sewn on capes, flounces and as a basque to blouses. Silk-figured djalmatta is a lovely fabric much like an East Indian weave. It is fine and soft, of light weight and suitable for late spring and summer wear. It may bo had in seventy dif ferent colorings. Veiling tulles in the best taste are in black and white. The most fash ionable mesh is as tiny as’possible. A double veil of Mechlin tulle, in pure white, is shown in Paris. Over the white tulle an almost invisible mesh of black is worn, showing small dots of chenille. "Cat Shako*,’* Not Cake-Walk*. Now. Cake-walks are now out of date, if the latest news is to be trusted, as “Cat Shakes” will supersede them in popularity and wild hilarity. The first one was held at a Baptist Church in Jeffersonville, Ind., for the pur pose of raising the debt, and im mediately caught ou, although there was some difficulty in catching the cat. The director of the shake was a minister, who stood in the pulpit with a gunnybag in which was a large, able-bodied black cat. First he shook the bag vigorously to arouse the ire of the cat and limber him up, and then to the music of “Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Loose,” he turned the oat loose into the audience, who immediately joined in a frantio though zealous cat hunt. A football rush would have been child’s play compared to the scrimmage which ensued, and every thing was in order, there being no penalties for foul tackling or holding on the line. The one who catches the cat gets fifty cents reward. Now, in stead of champion cake-walkers we shall doubtless have champion cat- catchers unless the S. P. C. A. steps in and interferes, for while this amusement many bo fun for the people who join in the chase it is not ex tremely joyful for the cat.—Boston Traveler. Some Common Mistake*. It is a mistake to work when you are not in a fit condition to do so; to takelofjf heavy underclothing because you have become overheated; to think that the more a person eats the health ier and stronger he will become; to believe that children can do as much work as grown people, and the more they study the more they learn; to go to bed late at night aud rise at day break and imagine that every hour taken from sleep is an hour gained; to imagine that if a little work or exer cise is &ood, violent or prolonged ex ercise is better; to conclude that the smallest room in the house is large enough to sleep in. Sleep, Nature’* Medicine. Menander said that all diseases were curable by sleep—a broad statement, in which, nevertheless, there may be something that is trne, for good sleep* ers are ever, as I think, thq most cura ble patients, aud I would always rather hear a sick person had slept than had taken regularly the prescribed medi cine during sleeping hours.—Sir Ben jamin Bichar dson. _ , OLDEST RAILWAY MAN. He la a Character and Poeeeasee a ■Wonderful Memory. The oldest railway man in New Ko- gland if not In the country is Water man Brown, who, though 80 years old. is still employed at Woburn, Mass., as gate tender, having been employed by the Lowell road sixty-six years, lie lost an arm in an accident while firing on the road in 1850. He is eoreutric and is so renowned as a collector of curiosities that people all over Now England send him presents of queer things. Among the curiosities he has Is a bit of the first ran laid on the Low ell road in 1834. He has a model of the Stephenson, the first locomotive, land he owns the first engine bell ever toade. He has 400 circus tickets in a trunk. They were given to him in the last thirty years and he never used them. It was only a few weeks ago that Mr. Brown received a small box con taining a solid silver elephant, ar ranged with a pin to fasten It to his lapel. In the box was a note, unmis takably written by a woman. He was told the other day that there Iwould be an assistant to help him soon and that then whoever was in charge must be there every minute right at the gate. “Railroading is getting too kilce for me,” he said. “I have to be bere from 5 in the morning to 11 at night and Sundays. I can eat my din ner in just seven minutes. I have my cap right by the chair where I can get it and the house is right over there side of the track.” 1 His memory, especially concerning the history of the road, is wonderful. He said: “I guess people don’t know that the Boston and Lowell railroad was built more to carry freight than for passen gers. You see it was this way: In 1834, I guess it was, two men were driving around in a buggy. They were looking over the ground with an idea to build a fifty-foot macadam road from Boston to Lowell, to team cotton over. The old canal wouldn’t accom modate all of It even then. Well, just about that time they got wind of the engine Stephenson had mads and they turned to that Instead of their mac adam road. But I ran the first gravel train, yes (laughing), you can say that I ran the first gravel train on the road with oxen.”—Chicago Chronicle. Women and th* Wheel. From Ifit Gazette, Delaware, Ohio. Tlis healthfulncsa ot blcycls riding fsr women is stiil » disputed question between eminent physicians and health reformers. Used in moderation it su.-ely creates for women a means of out-door exercise, the benefit of which all physicians concede. Ustdto excess, like any other pastime, Us effect is likely to be dangerous. The experience of Miss Bertha Reed, the Seventeen-year-old daughter of Mr. J. R. Reed, 335 Lake 8t., Delaware, Ohio, may point a moral for parents who, like Mr. and Mrs. Reed, have experienced some concern for their daughters who are fond of wheel ing. In the fall of '96 Miss Bertha who had ridden a great deal, began to fail in au alaVming manner. She grew steadily paler and thinner, and it appeared she was going Into consumption. Rest and quiet did her absolutely no good. A physi cian found her pulse at 104 —a very high rate. Thinking this may have been due to tempo rary nervous- uess when he She Ride, WrlL fx«>nined her, ho watched her closely, hut her pulse continued at that rate for two weeks. Ho was satisfied then, from her high pulse and steadily wasting condition that she was suffering from ausemia or a blood less condition of the body. She became ex tremely weak, and could not stand the least noise or excitement. In this condition of affairs they were recommended by an old friend to get some of that famous blood medicine Dr. Williams’ Dink Pills for Palo People. They did so, and almost from the first dose Bertha began to improve. She continued to take the pills and was by means of those pills made entirely well, and more grateful people than her parents cannot bn found inthe whole State of Ohio. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have proved a boon to womankind. Acting directly ou the blood and nerves, they restore the req uisite vitality to all parts of the body; creating functional regularity and perfect harmony throughout the nervous system. The pallor of the cheeks is changed to the delicate blush of health; the eyes brighten; the muscles grow elastic, ambition is created and good health returns. THE KEELEY CURE* i GREENVILLE. 6. C. ! ALCOHOLf „ opium. 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AU druggists. * It is intimated that the incandescent lamps in use in all parts of the world have over 400,- 000,000 candle power. Should send at one* f*r FACTS con cerning th* Jackson African Limbless Cstton. Positively NO genuine seed of this wonderfully prolific variety has been sold this year. AH anll»fn1i«’Mtcd seed was IMircImwed l»> Ihla Company mid rcaerved for planting the present aeaaon. WRITE NOW GEORGIA LADIES TELL THE TRUTH. Qffravcn Dullards, Ga., write cil —, write*: Eight r »r» ago 1 had Slow Fever months. Five Doctors at tended me, but I continued to grow worm until 1 com menced taking Dr. M.A. Simmons Liver Medicine throe times a day, and I was well before one Package wo* taken. Have taken e few dose* “Black Draught,” hut did not think it cleansed my Liver as well as Dr. M. A.S.L. M. For our Great offer to PLANTERS. IT WILL NY YOU TO M SO. Premium* for thoae planting genuine Jackson African $5000 CASH Limbless Cotton Meed next year. BEWARE of Spurious Seed offered by others. Send for particulars of our great Co-operative olfer to planters of guaranteed seed to be delivered next Fall. LIBERAL TERMS TO AGENTS for Immediate work In every cotton growing state. ADDRESS JACKSON AFRICAN LIMBLESS COTTON CO.* 9V Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. Baltimobb, March 26th. A writer in the Southern Progress, of Phil adelphia, commenting upon the services of the Old Bay Line, says: I confess I find no little pleasure in taking the trip from Balti more to Norfolk on one of the steamers ofthe Old Bay Line. Few transportation compan ies in this country have so lavorable a bold on a fault-flndimr public as this corporation of the Chesapeake. The accommodations, the conveniences and the management of the steamers meet a cordial recognition from a pnbile—too often entertained as cattle rather than human beings—alwaysglad to receive a little more than they pay for. Ills not ea>y to form an exact estimate of the number of passengers carried yearly by the Old Bay Line steamers, but I have been informed that it reaches nearly half a million. I think that fact is a hettei recommendation than any 1 could possibly write of the Old Bay Line. : The hanghty young type-writer drew herself to her queenly height. “George JVermlUlon,” she said, in icy tones, “no once could mistake your attentions to pie. My lawyer says I have a beauti ful cose. Either I will sue you for breach of promise or else you must ^ive me the legal right to write ‘Mrs. George Vermillion’ on my calling cards.” “Write it?” gasped the un- lia|>py employer; ’great Caesar, girl, you can’t even spell itr’—Cleveland Plain Dealer, ^ To work worthily, man must aspire worthily. His theory of human attain ment must be lofty. 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Simmon* Liver Medicine In my family for 90 years with suc cess in many case* of Indi gestion and Som Stom ach. I think it superior to “Thcdfnrd’i. Black Draught” and “ZeiUn’s Regulator.” and I shall recommend Dr. M. A.8. Im IS, M long Ml 11V* Hy4teria Is caused by natural or acquired fe of constitution, mental sufferingand/ dcranxomenta of the sexual system, such an menstrual irregularities, delayed develop ment of the generative organs, or too strong sexual propensities. During a fit. the patient’s clothes should be loosened; she should have nn abundance of fresh air. The sudden, copious and continuous appli cation of cold water to tho head and face will cut the lit nhort. Between tho paroxisms. Dr. M. A. Simmona Liver Medloineshoolil be token to correct torpidity of the bowels, and a course of treatment with Dr. Sim. monfl Squaw Vine Wlno which Is specially adapted to rruno-s the -iera* C HARLOTTE COMMERCIAL ’ _ OLLEGE, ClWllom, H. c. 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