University of South Carolina Libraries
HOW TO HELP, To have willing feet, > A smile that Is sweet, A kind, pleasant word For all that you meet? That's what it is to be helpful. In a mild, gentle way, To help through the day To make some one happy In~work or in play? That's what it is to be helpful. ?Humane News. X THE? J[ i BELLS of HULL, f MtM Olil Pflt^r TTarvev was a strancre man. After living 50 years a bachelor he astonished the little world in which j he lived by marrying a little old maid as strange as himself, ami all the little world laughed. But he was a good husband and a kind father to his only child, Annie. I After 12 years of married life he aud ; his wife, Elizabeth, were called away I almost in an hour, leaving little Annie ; to sob out the first great grief of her life. After the funeral, when Poter Harvey and his wife had been laid side by side in the old graveyard, aud the stern Covenanter minister had said his few solemn words of regret for the dead aud comfort for the living, little Annie Harvey went to live with her uncle, Andrew Mallory, until she should become of age. At 12 years old Annie Harvey was like a rosebud. One fears to see the bud expand into the magnificent flower, lest the delicate tiuts of the exquisite proportions may be lost. Such were the feelings of good Mrs. Mallory when she said to her husband: "I wish the lassie would just stay the pretty bairn she is now." MTnt ink mithoi" T minrl wlipn ta were a wee bairn yoursel'; and who says ye're not a comely body noo?" said the sturdy old Seotchmau. : That Annie Harvey should have other views than her aunt concerning herself is not strange. She was impatient for the time to come when she conld assume the long dresses and the acoom^uiying airs of riper years, and already she had faint dreams of the 'delights of beans, parties, dancing and that crowning delight, flirting. From 12 to 17! How slow the years move! It seems an age in youth, and - bat a moment in age. Little Annie Harvey had become Miss Harvey. She was exceedingly pretty, and she knew it. She also . knew that she was heiress to the lands and money of her prudent though odd father, and she had been told that the money had been donbled and quadrupled in the careful hands of Uncle ? ; |^;Mallory. . But another thing she had not been told, thst wonld have been pleasanter in her ears than all this. She certainly had lovers; but they were such * milk-and-water fellows that she conld not for the life of her help thinking of them as she did her uncle's oxen, great, harmless, good-natured animals ?good enough, but so dulL Among the friends of Peter Harvey was Robert Wallace, au honest, hardworking man, but singularly unfortunate. If a cow became choked eating turnips, it was his cow; if a boy : went to sleep in meeting and was marched out in disgrace, or warned - . from the pulpit, it was snre to be his boy. When the minister's b9es swarmed on Sunday and refused to go ; into the nice new hive, ont of a hun? dred heads present they selected his head and fonght sharply for a resting place there. His wife nailed a horseshoe over the door and he drove his oxen and horses with a witch hazel rod,but still tbe troubles came. nuauy oia Aizzie r-. Brock threw salt in his well, and from that day forward his troubles ceased. Within an honr after old Kizzie had settled the witches in the well, Peter Harvey came riding down the lane, singing his favorite song, "Comin' Through the Bye, "a sign that he was in an excellent good humor. After stopping to have a chat and taking a drink from the well, he proposed to Robert Wallace to sell the few animals and other things he could not take with him and emigrate to Illinois; and, drawing out his well-filled pocket book, he counted him $100 for the journey. E&- Great was the joy of the Wallaces at this unexpected act of friendship. "But," said Peter Harvey, when he y^::k had written out a note for the money, :|;%-made payable when convenient, "yon must give me security, and I'll jnst J: * take a mortgage on this colt" And he clapped his hand on the head of one of the half-dozen lads who called Bobert Wallace father. " With true Scotch humor the mortgage was executed and recorded and Bobert Wallace, with his household, started for distant Illiuois. r Like all emigrants to a new oonntry, he had his troubles, but in tho end prospered. He owned broad acres, and cattle and horses in abundance, and after eight years on the V prairies, he said to his wife: PI "When the crops are secured wo will go back to old Byegate aud take a look once more at the green hillocks of Vermont" ft "And mind yon cancel that mortgage and make me a free man," said John Wallace, now a young lawyer in i!?. Peoria. 'Tm thinking the lad intends to marry and wants to make a clean record," said his mother, laughing. But Bobert Wallace and his wife never saw their Scotch friends in uld Byegate, nor the green hills of Ver mont Before the crops were gathered man and wife were cut down by the harvester Death, and their neighbors laid them side by side under the tree3 . their own hands had planted. John Wallace, the son, with whom this story has to do, with that restlessness common to western life, had gone still further west, and finally located in Denver, and there he prospered slowly, as young lawyers in new places generally do. K;-' * _ Annie Harvey was ailing. "A breath of sea air might do her good," said old Dr. Goodwillie; and to the seashore she went The little steamer Rose Standish carried its load of passengers safely through all the windings of that V. crooked channel which leads to the dock of ancient Hingham. Mrs. Helen Sackie and her invalid charge, Annie Harvey, were glad to accept the offered aid of a gentleman fellow-passenger, who plated them in a carriage, which conveyed them over to the beach at Nantasket The sea wrought wonders in Annie Harvey. Before three days she was flirting outrageously with young Perkins of Boston, whose mother had learned from Mrs. Sackie by sharp cross-questions the undoubted respectability ^id est, dollars aud cents) of her charge. Miss Harvey hac1 also condescended Ip-Sv. lipfe I, : to smile graciously upon her fellowpassenger ou the Koao Standish, Mr. Wallace of Denver. But when thai gentleman invited her to ride she was ei:gaged for the same pleasure with voung Perkins and his mother. Let him make what advances he would, Perkins was continually in the way; yet Perkins was, to use the plain but expressive language of John Wallace, "an infernal fool," still, none the less troublesome for that But John Wallace was in love for the first time in his life, and he was not a man to let t ides or simpletons staud long in his way if he could help it. Ho he persevered in his wooing, and at last thought he might venture to propose to that most fickle lady, Annie Harvey. Moreover, his business demanded his speedy return, for he was yet too * ? i ? u a pwr iv ttuum RUY IUU^ taiauuu. iig found Miss Harvey ou the veranda busy with crochet or some other feminine employment. He invited her to ride; but Mrs. Perkins reminded her of a prior engagement. Mr. Wallace expressed his regret, for it was his last day at the beach. That informa-. tiou seemed to startle Miss Harvey, for she at once laid aside her work, and, saying she would be happy to ride with Mr. Wallace, went to her room to dress. ? Ancient Hull has, or had. 19 lawful voters. Potation in office would permit each voter to represent his dis tinguished constituents in the general court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at least once in his lifetime. The wise politicians of Hull weighed carefully the probabilities au l possibilities of politics; aud so skilled did they become that Bostou, the concentrated centre of ail wisdom, looked anxiously for the returns from the elections of Hull, saying, resignedly, "as Hull goes, so goes the state." John Wallace and Annie Harvey rode over the long stretch of firm, sandy beach from Nantasket to Hull. They talked of the sea of old wrecks, of Minot's lighthouse aud the white waves forever dashing against its > sides; aud John Wallace described bis bouse in far-uwav Denver, the little city surrounded by its giant peaks, which, in the clear mouutaiu air, seemed so near, yet they were many miles away. The lady was silent, thoughtful, reserved, almost demure. So is a certain domestic animal vhen approacmng cream. I John Wallace tolil his story as all others have told it, and it fell 011 willing ears. "But," said he, "tomorrow at this time I rntist be on my way to Vermont to pay a debt of my father. 1 am mortgaged and have been since my childhood. When that is canceled I can with honesty offer you my hand and heart." A little laugh followed. Ringing out sweet and clear across the beach came the bells of Hull, telling the little world around it was 12 o'clock. "They sound like wedding bells," said Miss Harvey, quietly. "They do, indeed," was the reply. The old preacher was sitting in hia door, his coat off, thinking dreamily of his unwritten sermoD. A vehicle drove past, but he was still in the clouds. "Will you please step over to the church, sir?" startled the preacher from his reverie, and he hustled ou his coat and hat, wondering what the gentleman could want at the little old church. When he entered the church, he found the sexton talking with a gentleman and lady. "We want you to perform the marriage ceremony," said the gentleman to the astonished preacher; and he handed him a card with the names of John Wallace and Annie Harvey written on it The old preacher laid aside his hat, and, brushing down his white locks, walked to the desk, followed by the others. The school children, seeing strangers in the church with the* minister and sexton, gathered round the door, and whispered to each other their curiosity at this unusual sight In a few solemn words the old minister prononnced John Wallace and Annie Harvey man and wife, then gave them his blessing and kissed the bride. John Wallace kissed her also, j and as he did so was told in a whis- 1 per: "That cancels the mortgage." The old sexton, forgettiug that he had rung his midday peal, set the bells again in motion,anil the wives of Hnll looked out in wonder. "This time they are wedding bells, indeed!" said .Tohu Wallace, as he helped his wife into the carriage. "Yes?onr own wedding bells," was the happy answer. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. None but beggars live at ease. Onr pride misleads or timid likings kill Nature's tears are reason's merriment. Let them obey that know not how to rule. A life without humor is like a life without legs. A house without woman and firelight is like a body without soul or spirit. Precepts often heard and little regarded lose by repetition the small influence they had. Too often when Cupid registers marriage vows he falls into the modern habit and uses the cash register. The gust of passion having passed, vindictiveness disappears with it in all natures except those without moral sense. Will you have me bear poverty? Come and see what poverty is when it strikes one who knoweth how to play tlie part well. Goodness and love mould the form into their own image, aud cause the beauty and joy of love to shine forth from every part of the face. The man or woman that has never known sorrow may be forgiven a life that is callons and selfish. There has never been a touch of anything better. It is an utterly immoral desire to usurp the functions of the Almighty. The recognition of this fact should warn us all against the nursing of malice and should put us on our guard agaiust those who exhibit a vindictive disposition. They are morally unsound and upon occasion are liable to develop into criminals. Monarch* a* Horsemen. It is curious that while nearly all the royal women of Europe are excel- , lent and picturesque horsewomen, few of the reigning raonarchs are even tolerably good riders. His crippled arm partly excuses the German emperor's poor seat. The king of Italy if famous for his falls; the emperor of Russia is not an expert horseman; while the kings of Sweden, Greece and Denmark are seldom seen astride, and the king of Portugal is too stout to enjoy riding. [for farm and garden, j Number of Sl?eei?on Kape l*a?tnre. The number of sheep that one acre of rape v.ill sustain, and the period through which it will sustain them, will, of course, depend upou the charactor of the growth Or' the rape. But an average crop will sustain from 10 to 15 animals per acre for GO days. At the end of the 60 days they should all b* in condition to "take the market," even though lean in form when put upon the rnoc. ? Professor Thomas Shaw of the Minnesota Experiment Station. Watering Slork. If ono figured up the time spent every year or even every winter in driving cattle a quarter of a mile to the brook aud back again, twice or eveu once a day, aud computed it at a fair price for labor, and then added to it the value of the milk lost aud the extra food consumed to keep up the system to its normal lempei ature, he would find that from even a few cows it would not take long to reach the cost of a good cistern, or some other method of having tho water light in the yard, or even in tho stalls so that the cattle could drink without man or beast going out of doors. Breaking the Surface Crnst. Very often a heavy dashing rain falls upon the lately sown field before the plants appear. The soil if of a clay formation forms a hard crust and often is so dense that the plaut cannot break through. If it does get up, it is doubled an I twisted aud not healthy looking as it would be if the conditions were normal. All the farmer can do is to in some manner break this crust. A light, slanting tooth harrow will do it, but perhaps the most effective tool is the field roller. It not only levels the surface in a proper mauuer for harvesting the crop, but the pressure of the roller breaks the surface soil in small atoms. liie plants mat are already mrougu tlio soil now have plenty of room to grow without pressure, but those not through come up at once. There is plenty of air and sunlight admitted, and rain can easily reach the roots to give the plant new life and vigor. The Ariny Worm. Few insects are more dreaded by the American farmer than the army worm. Although it becomes destructive in a given locality only at rare intervals, it then does great damage to cereal and forage crops, feeding especially upon the members of the great grass family. The parent iusect is a light browu moth which deposits.eggs in gras3 lands. The young worms hatch soon after and feed upon the grass loaves, growing slowly for about five weeks. The army worm is then about an inch and a half long and is striped with brown. The full grown army worm burrows a short distance into the soil, where it changes to a pupa, and again two weeks later it changes to a moth, like the one which laid the eggs. It is only when these insects become extraordinarily abundant that they move from field to field in armies. At such times, however, they do great damage. Probably the measure that is most generally useful in preventing outbreaks of the army worm is that of burning over grass lands in fall, winter or spring. Large numbers of the insects may thus be destroyed. The migration of the worms from field to field may bo prevented by plowing :leep furrows with the perpendicular :idoa nn-iir f rnm til a trrvrms r>r liv so} ting long boards on edge, loaning a little toward the worms, and smearing the upper edge with coal tar. The herbage ahead of the moving army may also be dusted or sprayed witli Paris green or some other poison. Xestn for Layers. Many claim that the ne3t should be on the ground, but all claims that hens should have their nests on the moist ground are but theories, and unsupported by facts. What is required for the hen in winter is a snug, warm location, while in the summer she should have a cool place. The best material for a nest is dry earth ou the bottom, with chopped hay over the earth. Then dust the ne-d, hens and eggs with iusect pow.ltr, put a small quantity of tobacco refuse in the nest aud clean it out thoroughly should au egg become broken or the nest foul. The broken eggs will cause lice quicker than anything else. But first see that the hen has no lice, then give her good eggs aud she will bring off a brood if she has a warm and comfortable nest. The uest should be made movable, so as to be taken outside for cleaning, and it should never be placed where any of the fowls can cause it to be filthy or roost upon it. It should upver be so high as to compel effort to reach it, as the large breeds will prefer to lay on the ground rather than to reach a high nest, even when a footway is provided, to say nothing of tlis fact that some of the hens learn to fly over a fence by first leavniug to reach a high nest. Never have the nest in a barrel, or so constructed that the hen must jump down to it, as broken eggs will be the consequence, but rather to place the entrance as to permit her to walk in upon the eggs. The nest should be placed in a dark position, or so arranged that the interior will be somewhat dark, which will be a partial protection against egg Bating. For a flock of one dozen hens four nests will be sufficient.?American Gardening. Burning Orchard Brush. Many a good orchard has been rendered largely unproductive from year to year because the owner did not keep the old dead trees and limbs cleaned up. A good fire of orchard brush once a year will have a wonderful effect in proteetiug the fruit trees from insect and fungous diseases, and this will be especially the case if the m-n^ord ho at. a onnsiflornhlfl distance V* VUU* vv **v M ? from other orchards. Of course, when there is an orchard over the fence that is permitted to become a harbor for jiests, it is discouraging work trying to keep one's own premises clean. Nevertheless, in any case it must be done, but it can be doue with more hope of good results in the one case than in the other. In human diseases of a contagious nature, it has been found that the greatest barrier to their advancement is cleanliness in all surrouudings, and the same is true in the orchard. Jf the work has not been done in the fall before the leaves fell, the dead limbs should be cut off in the spring and burned, together with all the dead wood that has fallen in the orchard during the wiuter. The orchard should be more carefully raked over than the lawn, for the reason that 3ome of our orchard pests live over on those that have fallen. This gathered brush should not even go to the woodpile, if the latter is near the orchard. The writer remembers a woodpile that was a part of a great orchard, and to that woodpile was brought all tho limbs and other material that came out of the orchard. The piles of brush would remain for more than a rear sometimes, and the enemies of tho orchard found in them a safe harbor. Where trees have been killed with the scale it will uot be sare to try to use them for firewood, and the same i might be said of peach trees that have i yielded to attacks of the yellows. Let the lire do its work, for it is a safe agent. >~o scale or fungus germ can stand its purifying effects. It will | cat h many euemies that the eye of , man never detects.?Farm, Fiel.l and i Fireside. Corncrib mid 5*u<hel Cr;?f<M. The first thought that comes iuto one's mind in building a corncrib is, where is the nearest convenient place to the nlace of feeding? Second, to { build a crib that can be kept free or nearly so from rats aud mice, for tkoy j not only eat the corn, but they m-ike I the corn they do not eat unlit to be fe k I have seen corn that has been ; taken from a crib where ruts and mice ! have been that horses would refuse to ; eat. When mice once get a harbor in | n corncrib they breed Aery fast and i cause great waste of corn. I here de: scribe a corncrib and one that I think very good. The place to build is ou tbe side of the hogpen. ]f the hogpen and corncrib are both built at the same time they may be under one roof. Have the alley in tlie pen ou the side of the crib. Have an opening the whole length of the bottom of j partition between the corncrib and j hogpen, and wide enough to let the corn come out sufficiently to shovel. | Have the shovel and basket or crate ' handy. If the place of feeding is in the hogpen tie corn is right there. If the feeding placo is in the hogyard at the back of the pen, make a door in the back ond of the alley. By taking the corn from the bottom of the crib all the corn is stirred which keeps it from moulding, if soft, and rats and mice will smother to death if they get ' A- i it- :u Ill tue criu. X56 sure 10 nave mu eiiu so fixed that the com can be emptied into it from crates, for bushel crates are a necessity on every farm, in handling corn, potatoes, roots and apples. They can be bought ready made or the material can be bought and nailed together on *aiuy days. In husking corn, put it in the crates as husked. It will dry out much quicker and will save picking, aud then it is uot ou the ground to get wet and dirty when it lains. Ill picking up potatoes with crates set them 011 a sled made one crate wide and six or eight crates long. Hitch a horse to the sled. Go between two rows of dug potatoes, pick up from both sides of sled. If the potatoes are to be sorted put the small potatoes in the middle crate. The potatoes can b8 stored away in the cellar in the crales, then there is no picking out of bin when ready to sell. Soft corn can also be kept in the crates when it will not bo kept iu the crib.?Burton Shingleton iu the Epitomist. How to Snccesd in (irowlnjj Onions. At the outset, I would like to say that success in growing the onion crop is not possible without well-directed effort. This means that the soil must be well supplied with plant food,either ? ~ 1 maavo s\( vr> o n 11 r naiurauy ui imuu^u jcaio ui ^uum ing and fertilizing. I do not mean to say that there can be no good results where.the ground has not been especially prepared. I have succeeded fairly well where I have begun to fit the ground the first season of planting crops, but when this ii done I would suggest a liberal application of barnyard manure. Plow this under deeply, using the joiuter. This is a good beginuiug, and when the roots of the crop reach the manure the plants will grow rapidly, if the ground is fairly moist. This stable manure, however, will not be sufficient, and it will be necessary to apply some quick-acting fertilizer, as nitrate of soda, to the surface when the plants most need it. Be sure to get ba -nyard manure that is free from straw, as unrotted material interferes with cultivation. Where an application of fertilizer is made to the surface of the soil, it must be well worked in to give the plants a rapid growth. After the ground is plowed, great care must be taken to pulverize the suriace thoroughly, for several reasons. During the dry season, unless the soil is well compacted and finely divided, the air will get into the upper layers and remove all the moisture, so that there will not be any left to germinate the seed. Then clods choke the tender sprouts until they are smothered and never get to the sur- | face. The grouud must also be well draiued,- for if water accumulates daring a wet time the seed will rot. Next secure good seed, for failure will surely result if this is not looked after. I would suggest obtaining seed of the latest improved varieties. Drill in the seed as early as the ground 1 cau be safely worked, as I find that early sown onions are the best, especially where blights, mildews and rusts are abundant. My onion field - Pu/vr\\ 4 h AC A nflcfo 11.18 UtJCLl H UUIIJ 1ICCIIUIII IUCOO ' but any field is apt to be attacker!. Ail extra effort must be made after the seed is in the ground to keep down the weeds, for if they once get started it is almost impossible to eradicate them, because of the small- 1 ne&s of the young onion plants. Go over the ground often so as to form a J soil mulch and thus conserve the i moisture and keep the hard crust broken up. ? B. F. Underwood in American Agriculturist. Polo and War. The cheerful and uudaunted spirit that can play polo at such trying times is doubtless admirable, but all the same after the war is over, or possibly before, the British may ask themselves whether this universally cultivated love of outdoor amusement so excellent in itself, has not been largely responsible for the inferior professional training unquestionably hampering the British military leaders. Has there not been too much polo, or other things of its kind? Has not civilian play taken time that should have been given to military J work? And has not play filled the minds of its votaries in the jbntisil army with thoughts of cups and matches and how to win them, instead of with the serious problems which soldiers must expect to meet and be trained to solve? We incline to think it has. We are satisfied that the British army would today be a vastly more efiicient fighting machine than if its officers there had been less polo and more "hay-foot, straw-foot." Wifely Encouragement. "My dear." said Mrs. BIykins, "I wish you would pay more attention to baseball." "You want me to be a baseball crank, ek?" "Yes, dear. That's it I don't! see why you should miss anything in your line; and you really aren't as versatile as you used to be."? ! Washington Star. 1 I His Rcveofc. ^ Two Joneses lived next door to each other, and having to call on one of them, Brown, of course, went to the wrong house. A crabbed servant answered the bell, and on Brown asking, "Is this Mr. John Jones's?" she replied, snappishly, as if she had been bothered | with many such inquiries. "No, it | ain't,' and slammed the door in his face. Brown walked on a few yards or so, when a bright thought struck him. He returned at once and rang the same bell again. Again the crabbed servant appeared, "Who said it was?" asked Brown, triumphantly, mil walked awn v.?Tit-Bits. Revolution in Water Travel. Experiments have proven thai vessels, fitted with propellers whuh Imitate the toll's fln. develop a renta kat-Io propelling power. It will can?e a revolution In water travel. Men gradually learn that Nature's ways are best. One <-au?e of the remarkable suco?ss of IIostottor's Stomaoh Bitters s trine* from the fact that it Ls a harmless, natural tnedbine, made of Nature'smoat strengthenine herbs. It is a sure cur? for constlpati >n, in lirestion, dysp-p-ia, bilious less or weak kidneys. An Alternative. "I will die." said the reje ted suitor, "and then she will see ln>w much 1 loved her!" "Don't eo to extremes." sa.d hi3 friend, soo hlngly. "Couldn't you indicate your feeling by taking to dtink?"?i u-k. The I'est Prescription for Chills nt:d Fever is a bottle of ftiiOVF.'s TASTKf.FSS t mi I. Toxic. It Is Slinply iron ami quinine In .? tasteless form. No euro?no pay. Price 30e. Makes It Escape. riggs?Miss Cheepstor says every time she irets out in her rain-day skirt the weather el a?s. fco;g8 lo/ir out, the means. Ever see it?? New l ork Press Happiness cannot bo bought, but one of !h : gr -at hindrances to its attainment can be removed by Adams' Pepsin Tutti Frutti. His Opportunity. Mis? Elderly?I'm very s >rry, Mr. Woodby, but I run never be anything more to you ilmn a? Wood by (inter: uptlng)?Yes, tint's Just my beastly luck?and I've got two grandmothers already. ?Chicago News. Carter's Ink Is Used Exclusively by tho schools of New York, Boston and many other places, and they won't uso any other. Side Lights on History. ' Crossed In love!" exclaimed Leandcr, as he looked ba-k at tho Hellespont, shook the water fioin his hair, and made a bej llue for Hero. ? Chicago Tribune. Straight Road To Health Is by the way of purifying the blood. Germs nnd impurities in tho blood cnuse disease und sickness. Expelling these impurities removes the disease. Hood's Sarsapnrilla does this nnd it does more. It makes the blood rioh by increasing and vitalizing the red globules and giving it poweV to transmit to the organs, nerves and muscles the nutriment contained in digested food. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is tbe Best Medicine Money Can Buy. He Doesn't Mean It. When you hear a young man say: "1 don't believe in a woman having anything to do but sit and read, or manicure her finger nails all day. I don't want my wife to be busy about anything," why, of course, you know that man lo clmnlr tnltllld | LI1U UUH^ luau ao anu|/(j against time. He doesn't mean a word lie snys, and it is safe to warrant that lie is the first man who would be bored to death by such a girl. This young man may like to fancy that he is a believer in such false sentiments, and perhaps he does believe in them foi the moment of saying. But this may more than likely be only his way of protesting against the wave of energy which the girlhood of to-day is ro sponding to, out of which perhaps may come salvation even to man. Or else, possibly, there is nothing more than sly method in his old school assertion -Philadelphia Inquirer. From Louisville, Ky. 'T take off my bat to a 50o. box of Tetterine. It has cared me of a longstanding skin disease, which doctors in seven states failed to cnre. May the manufacturer live long and continue to make such a blessing to humanity. "W. C. Cantrell." 50c. at druggists or by mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. Daring. This man is not in the habit of flirting, but he really could not resist the temptation the other day when he entered a corner grocery in the outlying district. The pretty, red-cheeked girl behind the counter looked so demure - - - - and said, "Certainly, sir," 10 sweeuj when he asked if he could use the tele* phone that he was-tempted to use the electric couverser as the means of throwing a complaint. Besides, had not she encouraged him by a slight arching of the eyebrows and a coy glance in his direction? She was waiting on a neighboring housewife, who was herself attractive enough to cause more than passing attention. They both laughed when he made a facetious remark to his friend at the other end of the line. "Where are you now?" asked the friend. ' "Why," replied the audacious fellow, "I'm out here in an east-eud grocery watching a pretty girl sell a dozen eggs -to a customer. There was a sudden plunk and splash, as the confused girl allowed the paper sack into which she was counting the eggs to fall to the floor. The proprietor of the grocery came in from the rear at that moment, and the young man escaped during the confusion?Detroit Free Press. The Canary Islands have a weeping tree, and it is wet even in a drought, constantly distilling water in its leaves [ Sand-blinded sufferers who have not heard of the efficacy of Mitchell's Eye Salve should know that this reliable Salve is in constant demand wherever the comprint is prevalent. Price 25 cents. All druggists. HALL & RUCKEL, New York. 1848. London, Mention this Papjr'"wr,^7/J)fsr,"'ri 'V. 1 -otkr; ... ' 4 J ~i? The Turn This Is a critical period In the life of every v/cman j antl no mistakes should j be matte* The one recognized and | If-tl- X I reinaana nuvp i ur wumon w/?o are approaching and passing through this wonderfui change is Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound That the utmost reliance oan be placed upon this groat medicine is testified to by an army of I gratefui women who have been heiped by it, Mrs, Pinkham, who has [ the greatest and most successful experience in the world to qualify her, will advise you free of charge. Her address Is Lynn, Mass, Write to her. An Adven'.nrous Infant. Although the son of a residept of Wycombe Marsh is only two years and five months old. he appears well on the road to make himself a name. At the age of seventeen months he toddled upstairs, took the top off a small lamp and drank the contents. His greed for "low flash"' did no harm, and shortly after he was as lively as ever. His next exploit ended in his falling into the river at Wycombe Marsh. Again he escaped from the jaws of death. A short time afterward he walked once; more into the same stream?another rescue, and more anxious moments for the parents. This week the little fellow has experienced another remarkable escape. His mother sent him into the garret with the other children while she performed her household duties. All went well for some time, till George's keen eye caught sight of . the window catch, and in his usual in| qulsitive frame of mind, lie proceeded to open the window. With all his j ' inight he pushed back the window, and j being unable to balance himself, he ! fell to the ground, a distance of twenty-five feet! The youngster, however, , is apparently as hard as nails. - To ' everyone's astonishment, he was soon seen running about as lively as ever, . the result of his latest exploit only producing a small scar on his leg.?I.on don Daily News. United States Transports. There are thirty-nino transports , on the service of the United States ' armv. of which thirteen are chartered. j The Thomas, Meade, Logan, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Sumner are considered the finest in the world, being thoroughly equipped with electrical appliances and all modern conveniences for the comfort of their passengers. They have an average carrying capacity of about sixteen hundred troops, with their baggage, equipments and supplies. These vessels are used for the transportation of troops to and from the the Philippine islands. Other transports owned by the government are the Buford, Burnside, Crook, Egbert, Han cock, Ingalls, Kilpatrick, Lawton, Mc Clellan, McPherson, Port Stephens Rawlings, Rosecrans, Sedgwick, Seward, Warren, Wright, Relief and Terry, which are used for the transportation oi freight and animals, but have an average capacity for 1,000 troops and are well equipped. The Relief and Terry are hospital ships. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen. Smarting, Tired, Aeh ng, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Temptation Resisted. St. Peter?Editor, eh? What good things have you evor done? New Arrival?I once took the blam-* for one of my own mistakes instead of throwing It on the Intelligent compositor. St. Peter?Go up head.?New York Weekly. % To Cure a Cold In One Day. ' Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money tf It falls to cure. E. WT Grove's signature is ou each box. 25c. Behindhand. 11 Mrs. V' n Blumer?What is the latest news? Mrs. Witherby-I don't know. I haven't seen a fashion paper for two days ?Puck. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. <2 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. R. 11. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phlla., Pa. I J. S. Pai ker, Fredonla. X. Y., says: "Shall not call on you for the $100 reward, for I believe Hall's Catarrh Cure sill cure any case of I catarrh. Wa< very bad." Write hlin for par, tlculars. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. [ Plso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.?J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., X., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. New York City's Elevated Roads. f ' In 1871, the first section of the ele' rated system in New York ity was 1 constructed, but put in operation in i the following year. In that year the i number of passengers carried on ail the surface and elevated railroads was 138,867,000. In 1882, the total had risen to 252,800,000; in 1S92, to 453,200,000; while in 1809 it was still further increased to 528,228,437, and rapidly growing. These figures are for the old city of New York, now known as the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, and are for paying passengers only. In 1S99 there were transferred passengers amounting to 159,560,822, not included in the above. It is interesting to note in comparison that for 1808 the United States Inter-State Commerce Commission reports that there were carried on all the steam railways of the United States, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the St. Lawrence to the Rio Grande, passengers to the number of 501,060,-, 081, or 5 per cent, less than the numi ber carried by the New York city sur face and elevated railways alone.? Scribner's Magazine. The Traasvaal and the Wertd*f Pair. The visitors to the Paris Exposition will see some curious exhibits in connection with the South African exhibit, among them models of mines containing ore glittering with diamonds and gold. It is commonly supposed that diamonds and gold constitute the backbone of South Africa's mineral riches. As a matter of fact, nearly every mineral known to science and nearly every precious stone used by the jeweller are found in that country. In truth, South Africa is a mass of mineral from the Cape to the Zambesi River. In the Ivimberley district and east to Bloemfontein, diamonds and natural iron abound. To the northwest of this district are the Witwatersrand gold fields. On the Vaal and Orange Rivers magnificent asbestos, some of it six feet long, can be bad ror tne troume or urging. Silver exists in all parts of the conntry, but is mined only near Pretoria. Copper has been mined in Namaqualand since the seventeenth century, and recently fine deposits have been found in Mashonaland. Load Is found in conjunction with other metals in all parts. Zinc exists in the Malmani district and antimony has been mined near Barberton. Tin is being mined at great profit in Swaziland, twenty-one pounds of the pure metal being taken from every ton of ore. Quicksilver has been discovered in the north of the Transvaal. Mica can be found in the Zoutpansburg district, between the SelatJ ant> Great Letaba Rivers. Salt Is plentiful at Uitenhage, in the Cape Colony, at Craddock and near Bloemfontein. In Rhodesia sulphur is being mined and In Xatal oil has just been discovered. Nitrate deposits have been located in the Doornberg Mountains. Besides diamonds, amethysts, beryls, garnets, sapphires, opals, olivines, topazes, carnelians, tourmalines, rubies and turquoises have been found.?Collier's Weekly. Jacky's Prayer. At the battle of Trafalgar a sailor found kneeling by liis gun, as bis ship was about to engage the enemy, -was asked by the first lieutenant !f be were afraid. "Afraid," answered Jack, with an expression of the utmost disdnin; "no, your honor; I'm only praying that the enemy's shot may be distributed like the prize money?the greatest among the officers." rr A Fact Explained. Miss Jones?It seems to me that all the nicest men are married. Mrs. Brown?Well, dear, they were not always so nice, you know; they have only been caught early and tamed, GOId Medal Prize Treatise, 25 Cts. The Science of Life, or Self-Preservation, 365 pages, with engravings. 25 eta., paper cover; cloth, full gilt, $1. by mail. A book for every man, young, middle-aged or old. A million copies sold. Address the Peabody Medical Institute, No. i Bulflnoh St., Boston, Mass., the oldest and best institute in America. Prospectus Vade Meeum free. Six cts. for postage. Write to-day for these books. They are the keys to health, vigor, succosa and happiness. Best in the World. The Base Girl?I thought you would marry a title, dear. I The American Girl? i aia. The Base Girl?Oh, did yon? What la It? Th* American Girl (with emphasis)? Mlater. I ?Phi adelphia North American. All roods are alike to Putxax Fadeless Dyes,as they color all fibers at one boiling. Sold by all druggists, A Handy Panacea. "I wish you would do something for my husband," said the :-nxlous wife; "he seems to be worrying about money." "Don't be alarmed, madame," returned the doctor, reassuringly; "I'll relieve him of that." ?Philadelphia Record. Virginia has fumtsh?J many feeders for In the Baking Powder line, she lua fornls^ "OOOO LUCK." In sales and popularity. ^WW LUOC^aceeds in the South all other brands combined. Highest Leavening Power, Wholesome and HaalthfuL "More* Shoe" on every can. .aimKMbTKKn>MaMncniMcs.MMV OPIUM ? MORPHINE habits cured at home. NO CURE, NO PAY. Correspondence confidential. GATE CITl SOCIETY, Lock box 715, Atlanta, Ga. pHEUMATISM positively cnml by "Rheumatol" -Ll$1.25. Rheumatol C0..60 tV.lQ4th St.. New York. Q Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use gf C3 In time. 8okl by druggists. P"f 1 l AfiNC WW BUM CM Tells all atatWioc Send name and address on a postal no WINCHESTER REPI xSo WINCHESTER AVENUE Cigar Dee 5 to have their regulai S Old Virgini because they know gl starts smoking the and that he will ha\ with him trying tc - ? -* + 5 different kinds ot ? Three hundred million Old V w yetr. Ask your own deil "jtlMflll I I that way? m I i *<? See our Stent or write direct " - ; /- :"v ^ PF^' streak fv.vi:: ^ older than you are? < J Yet it's impossible to \ 1 look young with the > color of 70 years in * < the hair. It's sad to < \ see young persons * look prematurely old / in this way. Sad be- ! r ' -? ?? T; cause it s an unneces- it \ sary; for gray.hair rJ may always be re- * ; co'lor HMlj vigorl For over half a cen< tury this has been the \ standard hair prepara- 4 tioft. It is an elegant < / dressing; stops fall- \ < ing of tne hair; makes \ the hair grow; and f cleanses the scalp < from dandruff. \ 4 $1.00 a bottle. AO dragftots. 1 *4 " I havo been nsfng Ayer's Pair ^ Vigor for oyer 20 yean end I cen ' heartily recommend it to the pablie 4 4 *& the best hair tocio in existence." . . Mrs. G. L. Au>lMOK, ' ^ April 24,1830. Ector,Tex. 4 0 If yo? do not obtain ell the beaedts 4 4 too ezpeetotf. from the Visor, vztto k the Doctor eboot it. Address, ' . :r? Da. J. C. AVER. 4 ; Malsby & Company, SO 8. 11 road St.. Atlanta. Go. Engines and Boilers Steam Water Heater*, Steam gamps aad Penbertliy Injector*. Vanufactinen and Dealers In SAW MlliliS, Corn Mill*, Feed Mill*, Cotton Gia Maebla* ery and Grain Separator*. SOLID and INSERTED Saws. Saw Teeth and I ocks, KnlrhtV Patent Don, Blrdsall flaw 91111 and Engine Repair*, Governors, Gtatn liar* and a fall Una of Mill Supplies. Pries and quality of poods guaranteed. CataloflSS free by mentioning this paper. Good Men Wanted One of the great life insurance companies* desiring to extend its agencies and the bta> fit of its policies to erery county and town ia the State, is ore oared to make exceptionally good contracts with local agents end county . a or district managers, and wonld be fried be -?? hear from interested readers regarding an agency or Insurance. Fine opportunity. With promotion and enlarged territory for?080?' \ fol representatives. Experience, desirable, bat not necessary. No better opportunity to largely increase yonr yearly income can present itself, 'ihe company issues all desirable forms of policy in amounts from fflDO to V $30,01X1. Inquiries will receive careful at tea- , . tion through correspondence, or personsllnten-Jews if desired. Address P. O. Box T4A - ' Atlanta, Ga. Why Go To Hot Srafflfis? Is yoar blood poisoned? We can cure yen at . Ja home of rheumatism, syphilis, and all chronic sores and blood troubles. 8ole makers of Dr. Howard's Boot Bitters. Has no equsl for Blood, .? Lirerand Kidneys. Absolute cure for SypWlls. \ If taken In time and np cure effected, we will refund money paid One month's treatment by mall 93.00. Sample package 91-00. Addf-SS OCOEE MEDICINE t O , CHATTANOOGA, TBJtX. agents!!!! jyn County. 909 in Charleston, 1,189 in Memphis^ One agent sells 250 in one week, 94.00 to 919.00 per day ?re. In answering atato your experience, if any. J. L. NICHOLS * CO., So. 913-939 Anstell Bnlldlag, Alton?, Q? ftDODQV NEW DISCO VSKY; jrfeee UKUrQ I qntok relief sad earas went case*- Book of testimonial* tad 10 days' tre?st Free. Dr. X. K. QSEES'SBOSS. Box B. Attest*,? m???? ?? Mi " HESTER talooue race tester Rifles, Sbntgras, aad A?ittos w. Don't delay if you are interested \ EATINQ ABM8 CO. ' ! NEW HAVEN, CONN. "'$? MBMMOB??? tiers Like customers smoke * a Cheroots # that once a man m he is "fixed," m re no more trouble J| i satisfy him with Five Cent cigars. * _ m irginii Cheroots smoked this J , cr. Price, 3 for 5 cents. smmwm'H 1 tmvc cn/m^ M-WMIJ ,ri I a peat is not the beat, bat the bsst is M isspsst* sod the best Baggy is none g >od. Then why practice economy at l| rong end? For a dollar or so more jM as can be made, and yoo might as well I ; as not. Did it erer occur to jhio tfi H