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THE WORKING MAN.
He lays his band upon the stubborn soil,
And io! a mighty miracle is done;
It slows, responsive to his touch of toil.
Fruitful and fair beneath the golden sun.
At his behest the prairie is transformed;
He dies the desert and it disappears;
Before his plow the wilderness is stormed,
And leagues of corn lift up tueir splendid
spears.
Amid his sheaves he stands a happy man.
Nor seeks to solve the things beyond his
ken;
Content with the All-wise. Eternal plan
Of Him who shapes the destinies of men.
The sky that bends above him shows no
stars
At n'H>n; and yet lie knows the 1'ower
Divine
That shaped the Fleiades and fashioned
Mars
In their appointed time will bid them
shine.
Isp*'
His hearthstone is the altar, he the priest
Of home's sweet sanctuary, day by day.
In joy or sorrow, indigence or feast.
Where love unsullied keeps its gently
sway. i
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No narrowing envy occupies his breast.
No schemes of avarice distress his mind; j
By Heaven-sent peace hissimplelife is Mest,
And in his tasks he blesses all mankind.
His labor brings the harvest to the plain.
And through his bravo oxertious millions j
live;
He works the miracle that grows the grain
And all the crops that pregnant acres
give.
To him the crowded city looks for food;
From him gaunt famine flees and squaior
hides;
His energies sustain the multitude
And where bis blessings fall pale want
subsides.
For him the sun and star3 give forth their
light;
For him the restless ocean ebbs and flow*;
For him the radiant day. the peaceful night
Ana all things beautiful their charms disclose.
He builds the mighty ship whose progress
SDurns
The roaring tempest on the trackless sea;
His strenuous life the wheels of commerce
turn9
And cleaves a wider space for Liberty.
Oh! wonder-working toil! God's gift to
man,
What blessings follow where thou art
applied
In strict accordance with the Master's plan,
And what disasters where tbou art denied.
j|;_God
bless the honest toller, everywhere.
In mill and mine, in factory and ileld!
His life's ths antidote for dumb despair.
His sturdy arm the Nation's surest shield.
And may God keep the toller freo and brave,
From petty tyranny of clique or clan*
That seeks to dwarf his soul and to enslave
The free-born spirit of the Working Man!
?John E. Barrett, in the Scranton Truth.
11 PEPPERED THE BANDIT. |
I: - !! An Amusing Western Experience. X
"It's queer wiiat amerent ueas
"mea have as to how they'll act iu case
.they ever get involved in a train or
^ stage 'stick-up,' or hold-up, as you
oall it back this way. Myself, I've
been stuck-up at the point of one or
more guns on three different occasions
aud on each occasion I've pointed my
v' two mitts heavenward without any
?| fnss of feathers whatsoever, and delivered
the goods with nary a whimper.
But I never figured on doing :
5' anythiug else. Before I ever got heid
& up at all I always said to mysolf that 3
when the time arrived for some fellow <
to poke a gnn into my face and reg|
quest me to elevate my arms, I'd do <
. what he asked me to do without any <
question, at all,and let him have all he
could find on me without any side- 3
i| stepping or murmuring, I considered J
g| that that was the only sensible thing 1
to do, and I consider so yet. So, 1
while its cost me a heap more than I
40,. really could afford to fork over my <
little valuables on the three occasions 1
fij. the boys of the road have nailed me, <
I always patted myself on the back
d' anc^'to'.d-myself that, while I mayn't <
'p: have been very heroic or dare-devilish, ;
^ I did the wise thing in getting away 3
with a complete and unpunctured 1
hide. . ]
^ "But I've often met chaps who
Ja* were simply going to cut a dog in two 1
iin case anybody ever tried to stick
v. them np at the end of a gun. They
were going to decline to be held up, (
and teaoh the bandit or bandits a 1
I lesson, ivs remaruaoie tne Dravery
some of these fellows were goiug to J
exhibit whenever any bold, bad proposition
with a mask tried to coerce
them into handing over the 6tnff they '
had on them. In nine cases out of ten
these large and ample talkers are the
very first to cast np their paws when
the command riugs through the car or
coach, 'Hands up!' and the last to
take them down when the robber has
fired his little parting volley and taken
to the tall ca?tus. But you can never
tell how a man's going to act in a 1
stick-up.
"About six years ago I was riding
through southeastern Colorado on a
westbouud train. I was only making
a six-hour journey of it, and so I
took the smoker and stayed there.
r There wer8 about 25 or 30 men in the
smoker, all pretty comfortable looking
chaps. A dyspeptic-looking little man,
| - about 40 years old, with a Bostonese
dialect, sat in the seat ahead of me,
* and an hour or so after I boarded the
train he engaged me in conversation.
" 'Belong out this way?' he asked
me in a characteristic New England
HP: drawl. i
" Tep,' said I.
" 'Reason I ask you that,' said he, ,
sfrr Ss that I've heard there have been a ,
lot of hold-nps on the railroads out
this way lately. That right?'
" 'Pretty near,' said I.
" *Ever find yourself mixed np in
one of those affairs?'he asked me.
. '"Couple times," I told him.
" 'Did yon let them go through
you?' he asked me, with a searching
IKS k>ok.?
" *Don't you think otherwise for a
holy minute, said I. 'I am my sole
remaining support, and, in general, I
find life a pretty good game. It's the
best I know anything about, anyhow.'
" 'Well,' said the dyspeptic-looking
little chap. in his piping drawl, 'I'd
*' * *
just like to see the loafers get any of
my money, that's all! I'd just like to
catch them at it!'
r "I couldn't help smiling amusedly.
" 'Why, what would you do?' I
asked him, grinning right in bis teeth
?I oouldn't have helped it to save
me.
" 'Never you mind, sir, what I'd
do!' said the little man, choppily. 'I'd
take good care that they didn't get
any of my goods, however! I'd fix
'em! Yes, siree, the train robber
doesn't walk in shoe leather that's
ever going to relieve me of a copper
cent, and don't you fail to remember
that!'
"The little man, who, as I afterWard
ascertained, was on his way to
California for his health, looked so
puff-toady and fierce while he was
getting off these brave remarks that I
oouldn't help but laugh in his face.
That nettled him a trifle, but I
smoothed it over and made a remark
or so to him about the general matter
. v of train hold-ups.
" 'My friend,' said I in conclusion,
the only advice I can give you is, if
any of these chaps ever comes along
_
your *ray and asks you to call heaven
to witness with your hands pointiug
to the zenith, just you do it, that's all,
and do it in a hurry; do it a running;
be nice and good about it, ami don't
get gay. Don't eudeavor to be frivolous
with a man that's got the edge ou you
with a 4c > caliber lead-spitter.'
" 'Just let one of 'em try it with
me, that's all!' exclaimed the little
man fiercely, aud theu we chauged the
subject.
"Well, at about 9 o'clock that night
we pulled up at a little station called
Tyrone to give the engine a drink. We
only halted tbete about four minutes,
but it was loug enough. The traiu
hadn't got more tlnu live miles out of
Tyrone before we hum! a lot of shots
11 11 fnvward ? thr> <t.innL-?>r wns the
second car from the engins?and the
train caiue to a halt. The wheels had
scarcely ceased to revolve when tire
front door of the smoker was throwu
open with a hang, and the command
rang through the car like the crack of
a whip:
" 'Everybody put 'em np! Qnick!'
"A tall, raw-boned man, with a
straggling red innstarbe, stood in the
door calmly waving his gnn from side
to side with the characteristic movement
of au exj ert gnn-fauner. He
looked business all over. I decided
instautly ?I'd put my bands up before
I'd done any depidiug, however?that
he wasn't any amateur, and that he
was going to get all that was coming
to him. ['couldn't help but notice
that the dyspeptic-looking little man
in front of me threw up his hands
with the rest, although he did a little
44 4!'ou will try to appropriate wnat
doesn't belong you, bey, dog-gone
you!' the dyspeptic-looking little man
muttered, standing over the blinded
bandit, who was almost insane from
pain. We bound him securely, did
what we could to alleviate liispaiu.aud
pnt a guard over him. The robber
who was holding up the engiue, bearing
the agonized shouts of his partner,
concluded that there was nothing
doing, and, firing a few bluff shots,
scampered off the tender into the
darkness. We took the raw-boned
bandit to Trinidad, where he was
tried, as I afterward learned, and got
20 years. And that's one time I got
fooled up a whole lot in a stick-up."
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Doing good is the only certainly
happy action of a man's life.?Sidney.
Anger is like rain; it breaks itself
upon that on which it falls.?Clarendon.
The great end of all human industry
is the attainment of happiness.?
Hume,
He is the best acconntant who cau
cast up correctly the sum of his own
errors.?Nevins.
If yon would not have affliction visit
von twice, listen at once to what it
teaches. - Burgh.
To live a life which is a neruetual
falsehood is to suffer unknown tortures.?Victor
Hugo.
Tears are often to be found where
there is little sorrow, and the deepest
Borrow without any tears.?Johnson.
A woman dies twice?the day that
she quits life and the day that she
ceases to please.?Jean Jacques Weiss.
If you wish to live a life free from
Borrow, think of what is going to happen
as if it had already happened.?
Epictetus.
The greatest friend of Truth is
Time; her greatest enemy is Prejudice,
and her constant companion is Humility.?
Colton.
You may depend upon it that he is
a good man whose intimate friends
are all good and whose enemies are
characters decidedly bad. ?Lavater.
"Pertonnlly Conducted" Pupils.
In the kindergarten a child is taught
much through a system which is used
to mJke him think that he is playing
rather than working, but those imaginary
devices take away the manliness
of a boy who knows that work is work.
We must not teach the boy that his
teacher exists simply for his amusement.
There is a great tendency to
bring up children "along the lines of
least resistance." What we really
want is men of character, not those
who from childhood up have been
"personally conducted." The new
education deserves all gratitude for
taking the place of "woodeu" teaching
and "wooden" learning, but I am
afraid that the questiou of where the
new should stop and the old begin is
often lost sight of. ?(Address of Dean
Briggs of Harvard in Cambridge.)
Winhed for Military Glory.
General Sir Redvers Buller, when a
youth, had his choice among all professions.
His relatives pressed him to
take up politics, as he had a private
fortnne. "I'd rather be a private in
the least of the Queen's regiments
than England's prime minister," was
hi? answer
bit of fumbling with his right hand
before it went up in the air.
" 'Seem' that my poduer's busy
keepin' tab on th' loco-driver,' said
the raw-boned bandit?he didn't wear
auy mask, and there was a certain
twinkle to his eyes as he spoke?'I'll
jes' ask you gentlemen to spring what
you've got on you wi:h one hand at a
time, as I pass along, and I'll do the
rest.'
"He wore a hickory bag, suspended
by a string around his neck, in front
of him?a bag similar to those worn
by cavpeuters or lathers for holding
nails?and he just reached out bis left
hand and dropped wallets, watches
and chains aud loose rolls into the bag
as he passed along. None of the victims
had a chauce to hold out anything
on him, for he was oue of the
eagle eyed species, and be seemed to
see all hands in the car at oDce. He
walked sideways down the aisle bo as
to make sure that he wouldn't be
plunked from behind after passing
along. He was a scieutist in hi3 business,
all righf, was tbat raw-boned
man, and he didn't miss a trick.
Every man up forward unquestionably
passed over his belongings to ie
dropped into that roomy bag; The
little man with the Bostonese accent
amused me, with his hands sticking
up there as rigid as poles, that I almost
forgot to worry about what I
was going to lose when it came my
turn. He had gone as white as a sheet
an/1 Ua mrvro orlm^tlr US flm
Auu uy 4wa.y\% mwav ?
raw-boned robber approached him.
Finally it came to his turn. The robber
looked him over with a half grin.
" 'Sorry, my sawed-oflf friend,' the
robber started to say, when, pnff! the
right hand of the dyspeptic-looking
little man opened with a cat-like
rapidity aud the robber got a fist-full
of red pepper square in the eyes! He
let out au howl, aud the little man
dropped to the floor like a flash. So
did I, for that matter.
" 'The robber, yelled like a mad
man, lowered his gnu hand aud groped
around with it, and half a second later
he was butted in the stomach with all
the force the little man from New
England had in his head. That
doubled the robber up, and a minute
later we were all on top of him at
once.
CAdiVAAAA AA'AAA A
I FARM AND GARDEN.]
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Seasonable Milk Precautions.
. If you would have good and creditable
milk keep it iu small quantities
over night, and, when it can be
avoided, never mix the hot and cold
milk. If you send your milk to a
t- :l 1A -1. V nlcn tr?
IHO.OIJ II nuuiu Ul 3U WO U ^uuu (/litu .~
send tlio night's or morning's milk in
separate cans.
I'etroVmn In Kill S?n Jmc Scile.
Crude petroleum is said to be a
remedy which will destroy and prevent
the germination of tho San Jose
scale. It is said that it not only destroys
this pernicious insect, but it
also stimulates the growth of the tree
to which it is applied. It is thought,
however, by the best authorities that
the scale can only be eradicated by
destroying the tree infested with the
bug aud petroleum baths are apt to be
fatal to the trees.
Sow Some Kape for the Pic*.
Farmers not having a suitable
clover pasture for their brood rows
and young pigs will do well to sow a
small piece of mpe at oticcessive
/I in* in or Mm snrii*^ months.
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These may be pastured off in turn.
"When a plat is eaten off and the bogs
removed, the rape immediately starts
to grow again from the root and will
usually be ready to feed off again in
from six to eight weeks under favorable
conditions of soil aud season. In
the manner given the pigs (and sheep
as well) may be supplied a succulent
feed throughout the growing season.
Ponltrr as a Farm Crop.
If auy farmer can make his farm
pay a profit of $50 per acre he will do
more than can be claimed by the majority
of his neighbors, and yet this
would not be too large a figure to
credit to the hens that could be placed
on an arre, and tho ground could, at
the same time, be made to produce an
excellent crop of fruit, for both the
poultry and the fruit would bo benefited
by the combination.
An acre in grass ooght to give
ample forage for at least 100 hens in
summer, and they would not require
au awful lot of extra food from the
barn, so the eggs would be practically
clear profit, aud if each of these hens
couldn't turn out a clear profit of 50
cents at the end of the summer's pasturage
we are awfully mistakeu.?The
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tlCUAlT tT nugooi
Flf^hlinc IlaTrk* and Crowju
In my town, which produces annually
from 30,000 to 40,000 chicks, a
bounty of 25 cents per head is paid
for heu and chicken hawks, writes
P. H. Wilbonr of Rhode Island, in
New Englaud Homestead. The same
sum is paid for crows per head, they
being nearly as inimical if not equally
so to the career of the chicken. This
bounty is usually voted at the town
meeting. At times it had been loft
for the town council to affix the sum,
nevor to my knowledge being more
thau 25 cents per head, and some
years a lesser sum.
Various devices to prevent the near
approach of the above mentioned
birds are noticed about here, ahioug
which may be mentioned the small
windmill so arranged that at each
revolution a rapid and noisy clapping
is produced. Auother arrangement
quito generally in vogue is to erect
long polos about the chicken yard, a
stout cord extending from pole to pole
at top, to which cord is appended
multi-colored strips of cloth. This
method, while it prominently advertises
the location of the tender morsel,
is supposed to intimidate its wary
foe.
Tlve Hotbed Feeders.
Cold frames are chiefly of use as hotbed
feeders,or for giving plants a slight
start in spring. They must be prepared
in August ready for early fall
sowing. The seedlings are hardened
off and held until transplanted to
hotbeds or to the open ground. Such
nearly hardy plants as corn salad and
lettuce may be raised in cold frames
in the fall and early winter by protecting
them slightly on frosty
nights.
^ # ill
frames designed ior vegeiaDies
may be brought iuto further utility,
where the owner is so inclined, by
putting in a few easily forced flowers,
such as violets, pansies, bulbs, etc.
As to the making of the frames, it
is a'i easy matter. The chief requirements
are shelter, drainage, light and
proper ventilation, and, in hotbeds,
regulated temperature. A spot sheltered
on the north and west, free to
the sun, is considered ideal. If there
is danger of raine washing in, the bed
level must be raised, and earth aDd
coarse litter banked aronnd it. The
back, which will be towards the northwest,
should be higher than the front,
the slope permitting the water to
shed from the glass. The top is of
glass, fit in sash about four feet wide
by six long, made to slide back or
raise, by which means the beds are
ventilated.
The bed for a cold frame should be
finely pulverized lorrn, obtained from
the surface of some land that has been
standing at least two or three years;
or any good, light soil with which may
be well mixed some well-rotted horse
manure?a desitable addition in either
case. The bed should be from 18
inches to two feet in depth, and be
closely placed in the frame.?American
Cultivator.
A Clean Stable.
The greatest obstacle that can be
presented to the spread of any kind
of disease is a clean stable. This implies
not only cleanliness behind the
stock bnt in front of them as well,
and even in the mangers. Not long
ago a contagious disease broke out in
one of the large dairy establishments
not far from Chicago. Various causes
for the outbreak were assigned by the
veterinarians, but it was privately
known that the disease broke out
because filth had paved the way for
its advance. The drinking troughs
were filthy and had been so for
months. The mangers were unclean
and all the conditions were of the
best to help spread the disease.
The writer has seen mangers of
both horses and cattle in which there
were the remnants of many a feed.
The animals, of course, refused to eat
it and so "nosed" it into the corner
of the manger. The new feed was
put in on top of the old and when the
animal got the part of the feed on top
eaten the remnants were pushed into
the already mouldy bunch at the end.
Mangers of both horses and cattle are
found soured by the fermentations of
feed they have contaiued.
Tuberculosis is carried quite frequently
from one animal to auothet
by the rubbish that is pushed back
aud forth from one to the other. This
is especially a dauger where feeding
floors are used for fctock instead of
mangers. But in addition to tuborculosis
we have a great troop of disorders
thht are well known to most
Btockmen, such as lump-jaw and abor
tion. The man that keeps a clean
stable will have little trouble with
animal diseases. Germs may come
his way but they will not find a suitable
habitation. They will not, like
the devils in Scripture,establish themselves
in a house swept and garnished.
?Farm, Field and Fireside.
Soil and Grn*s.
There are soils in most of our states
1 that are not deep enough for culliva.
tion, but answer for grass, aud by a
little nursing will fiuuish a great
deal of pasture from year to year. At
all times, except in the droutliy season,
grass grows well ou sue k soils,
| and with occasional seeding and top
! dressing, may he made profitable.
1 Such soils are usually more generally
: found on the hills than elsewliore, but
i f
are frequently on level lands. Gras6
1 will make a luxurious growth upon a
soil that is not more than two iuchc?;
deep, if it has enough water, and it
will have plenty of water during the
first part of the season. In the cities
it is sometimes the practice to remove
and sell the rich soil from lawns, replacing
it with sand, which is covered
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Wim lWO or llllOB llliu?n ui guuu own.
Under the constant application of
water, which is possible in a city,
these Irwus keep in green, healthy
condition all summer.
]t will readdy be seen, however,
that if this thin layer of soil was
turned under and the sand was brought
to the top the lawn would be ruined.
But that is precisely what is done on
some farms with similar soil; aud when
it is done the land is practically
ruined. Of cottrao it can be brought
up, any soil cun be, but soils are often
so naturally poor that it costs more
thau they a- e worth to do it, ?omo
farmers seem to have a violeut prejudice
against grass. The sooner they
can get it turned under the better
4hey like it. It would appear as if they
begrudged the grass its footiug. But
the farmer who has a natural pasture,
watered by springs on his own land,
as sncb pastures often are, is exceedingly
fortuuate, especially if he has
enough tillable laud Sncb land costs
but little. In buying a farm,the hillside
pasture laud is pretty Dearly
"thrown into the bargain." I am acquainted
with a farm that has perhaps
100 acres of tillable laud and 200 of
just such pasture laud as I have been
describing,and the owner makes more
profit from the pasture, through his
dairy aud stock, than ho does from bis
cultivated area. Grass is king in this
country, and the kiug often sits on
what the casual observer would call
barren hills. It makes no difference
where it grows, if it is blue grass, and
that is the grass that will be found in
such pastures, to a very large extent,
it is a jewel of a possession.?Agrt
cultural Epitomist,
Short and Useful PointersBetter
110 fences at all tliau poor
ones.
Dairy cows should have an allowance
of salt.
Feed all stock punctually, as it will
pay big in the long run.
Corn and the silo is the solution of
the dairyman's feed problem.
Time given to cleaning and washing
the horse's feet is time well spent.
Turkeys make a good drought crop.
They thrive best in dry seasons.
Breed with an object in view. Then
watch the improve i ent in your stock.
Too much feed and too little exercise
will soon put the hogs on the
"sick list."
Anything that disturbs a cow's
nervous condition is sure to reduce
the flow of milk.
Whcu pota'ocs, turnips, or beets
are cooked for fowls it is not necessary
to mash them.
Allowiug the bushes to grow too
high is why so many get such poor
crops of small fruits.
Experience has shown that an elevated
spot is qnite necessary to be
successful with peaches.
The soil will respond in a large
measure according to the treatment it
receives. This accounts for the large
difference in yield between neighboring
farmers.
All stock should be put into shape
to market as soon as possible. When
they are where you want them turn
them into money immediately, and
thus overcome useless feeding.
Machinery is bound to take its
place on the favm the same as if is in
every other business. Tbe man who
cannot see any use in adopting it is
the one who will be at the "bottom of
the heap."
According to the idea of working
out the road tax every man is a born
road-maker. According to the way
some of them loaf the day out it appears
that they do not take much interest
in their calling.
There is no getting over the fact
that out west alfalfa is no experiment.
The Kansas station is authority for
the statement that "uo grass equals
alfalfa for hay for steers, dairy cows,
young stock-hogs aud sheep, nor for
pasture for horses and hogs."
Myriads of Snns.
There is quite evident conspiracy
on the part of the telescope and camera
to belittle this infinitesimal speck
of cosmic dust on which we live, and
they are succeeding. It was bad
enough to knock the earth out of his
position as the centre of the universe,
but now he is being relegated to a
position that, astronomically, seems
worthy of very little attention. Professor
Wadsworth of the Alleghany
observatory is now showing, on a
curved plate, a photograph of the constellation
Orion and adjacent region,
covering 1000 square degrees, or a little
patch measuring less than 33 degrees
on a side, or about one-eleventh
of the great circle?and what do you
think? It shows 50,000 blazing suns.
The professor says he has ouly been
able to catch the light from the larger
of the suns in that patch, and that
these planets are yet beyond the joint
power of the two cyclops, the telescope
and camera.
A Mammoth Tret?.
In Nassan, the capital city of the
r? _ V T _ 1 .1. 11 * . i.
joauuma jsinuus, luey say xue tree
iu the public square," not the trees.
Now, the public square of Nassau is
quite as large as that of most cities of
the size, but there is only one tree in
it, and that tree literally fills the
square-and spreads its shade over all
the public buildings in the neighborhood.
For it is the largest tree iu the
world at its base,although it is hardly
taller than a three story house. It is
variously known as a ceiba, or a silk
cotton tree, but the people of the low
islands of the West Indies call it a
hurricane tree. For no matter how
hard the wiud blows it cannot disturb
the mighty buttressed trunk of the
ceiba.
An organized corps of nurses belonging
to the army does not ejist in
Germany, the nurses being supplied
in time of war by the religious communities
and by the Red Cross association*
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or three weeks notice how Li
4 much younger you ap- TJ
A near. ten vears vouneer V1 I
f ~? I J * - I
at least. ,
Ayer's Hair Vigor also < I
< cures dandruff, prevents ^
\ falling of the hair, makes
hair grow, and is a'splen- i ,
4 did hair dressing. * \ ;
It cannot help but do
* these things, for it's a 4
hair-food. When the hair <
< is well fed, it cannot help \ '
i but grow.
It makes the scalp 4 1
4 healthy and this cures \
< the disease that causes
\ dandruff. ^
^ $1.00 ? bottle. All druggists. 4
. " My hair -was coming out badly, 4
4 but Xyer's Hair Vigor stopped the
. falling and has made mv hair very
thick and much darker than before.
4 I think there is nothing like it for
the hair." Coka M. Lea, 4
i April 25,1899. Yarrow, I. T. >
< Welt9 thm Doctor,
* If yon do not obtain all tho benefits *
i you desire from the use of the Vigor, ^
, write the doctor about it. Address, 4
^ Da. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Mass. ^
\ V v vvwwwf?
Row Slate Pencils Are iMtde.
Slate pencils were formerly all cnt
from solid slate just as it Is dug from
the earth, but pencils so made were objected
to on account of the grit which
they contain, and which would scratch
the slate. To overcome this difficulty,
Col. D. M. Stewart, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., devised and patented an ingenious
process by which the slate is
ground to a very fine powder, all grit
and foreign substances removed, and
the powder bolted through silk cloth
In much the same manner as flour Is
bolted. The powder is then made into
a dough, and this dough is subjected to
a very heavy hydraulic pressure, which
presses the pencil out tlie required
shape and diameter, but in lengths of
about three feet. While yet soft the
pencils are cut into the desired lengths
and set out to dry in the open air. After
they are thoroughly dry the pencils
are placed in steam baking kilns, where
they receive the proper temper. Pencils
made In this manner are not only
free from all grit, and of uniform hardness,
but are stronger than those cut
out of the solid slate. For these reasons
they have entirely superseded the
old kind.?The Manufacturer.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 1st, '99.
Allow me to thank you for the good
your Tetterine has done me. Four
boxes cured me of a case of Tetter,
after trying specialists and spending
several hundred dollars and getting no
benefit from them.?Henry W. Johnson,
281 \ Marietta street. 50 cents
oox at druggists, or by mail from J.
T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
FACTS ABOUT PERSPIRATION.
A Function Almost Peculiar to Men, Monkeys
and Horses.
Perspiration is almost peculiar to
men, monkeys and horses. Horses
sweat all over the body, and so do
human beings, but monkeys, It is said,
sweat only on the hands, feet and face.
The use of perspiration Is mainly to
cool the body by Its evaporation, although
it is generall believed that
waste materials are also excreted
through the sweat glands when the action
of the kidneys is interfered with.
In animals that perspire but little, the
cooling of the body is effected by
evaporation from the lungs, as we see
in the case of a panting dog.
The amount of perspiration varies
greatly, according to the temperature
of the stw#0undlng air, the condition of
health, the degree of exercise taken,
the amount of fluids Imbibed, etc. The
average amount of perspiration Is
thought to be about two pints a day,
but this Is of course much Increased
In hot weather.
In damp weather evaporation from
the skin Is lessened, and so one seems
to perspire more profusely than in dry
weather; but this Is only apparent, for
really transpiration is lessened when
the atmosphere Is charged with moisture.
Hyperhidrosls Is the medical term
used to denote an abnormal Increase In
perspiration. This Increase may be
general from the entire body, or confined
to some particular part as the
face, the hands or the feet. Profuse
sweating Is very common in cases of
debility and in excessively stout ersons.
It occurs also in connection with
rheumaitism and certtain nervous disorders.
Sudden emotion may cause increased
perspiration.
The opposite condition, a great diminution
or absence of sweating (anhidrosis),
is mush rarer, and occurs usually
In connection with some disease
of the skin. Sometimes the character
of the secretion is changed, and cases
of black, blue, gray, yellow or red
sweating have been described.
The treatment of profuse perspiration
depends upon the -cause. Tonics,
cold or cool bathing, aspeclally salt
* ' * - - .-,1
bathing, temperate exercise, uuu ruirbiug
of the skin are useful in cases
dependent upon general debility or
obesity. Spraying or sponging the body
with brandy and water, vinegar and
water, or a solution of tannin or of
boric acid is useful.
Certain drugs which have a tendency
to diminish perspiration are sometimes
employed to reduce the night sweats
of consumption, when these are so excessive
as to weaken the already debilitated
patient and to prevent muchneeded
sleep.?Youth's Companion.
ia
Frills of Fashion.
A bullet of gold, tipped -with a tiny
French brilliant, is one <?f the novelties
in expensive dress buttons.
Gourrha aigrots, which resemble a |
bunch of daisies blown by the wind, j
are one of the fashionable hat trimmings.
Eighteen sets of undergarments are
considered by the Englishwoman necessary
for her trousseau and twelve
skirts.
The rose-tinted shades in violets and
velvet pnnsios are the most favored In
the season's purple millinery. The ;
flowers are very life-like in shape, and i
the coloring Is beautiful.
Chamois skin is valuable for keeping ;
linen goods and fine lingerie which is j
laid aside for some time from turning
yellow. Well wrapped around the goods
to be perserved, it keeps out the air.
Eton Jackets and boleros are a boon
to the mother who likes to dress her
half-grown girl becomingly. There is
nothing more jaunty and becoming to
her Immature figure. It Is quite as becoming
to her as to the older sister.
It takes a certain kind of ribbon to
get the proper effect and fold just right
in the new belts and hatbands. They
are wide and soft, and are draped in
even folds, which bring the stripes, if
there are any, in symmetrical lines.
The bell sleeve, which is seen so frequently,
is pretty and comfrofable with
the negligeo gown. The undersleeve,
worn with a light gown for morning
wear, with a turned-back embroidered
or lace cuff to the bell-shaped sleeve, is
particularly pretty. Undersleevcs suggest
in seme ways the house gown.
| Beautiful summer evening toilets are
m3de of white India silk mull or white
Italian crepe, elaborately decorated
with black applique patterns ana both j
wide and narrow insertions of black
Venetian or Chantilly lace. Row* of
finest lingerie tucking alternate \rith
these trimmings on both skirt and lodice.
j White foulard, spotted with black,
makes a very striking gown with a
blouse waist fastened at one side with
a rosette of pale green Liberty silk
jand a belt of the same silk. A wide
I collar of foulard Is covered with black
!lace, and the skirt has a deep-tucked
j flounce with insertions of black Chantilly
set In in squares.
White taffeta silk parasols of handsome
quality, but with no sort of decoration,
is the prevailing fashion for
general use with light summer gowns.
And an addition to these are the foulards
and plain gray, blue, and fawncolored
satins and silks for greater
[ services. The conspicuous Rumchunda
j styles with gay handkerchief waists to
j match, are quite in evidence in the
I shops, but they will be rare in fashioni
able circles.
A Setting of Eggs,
| Most people, when ordering a setting
j of eggs, ask and expect the seller to
s send fifteen, and when they arrive the
j entire lot is placed under one hen, re;
gardless of her size.
Now, this Is a great mistake, and the
j seller would have less complaint if he
j would refuse to send more than thiri
teen, and twelve would be better.
A hen that wiii cover more than this
| number Is too Iprge to set, and will
! break some of the eggs during the first
i few days, while the smaller hens can|
not cover all of that number, and some
j of the eggs are left unprotected and
; get chilled.
| Hens that will weigh from four to five
; pounds make the best setters, and one
of that size will cover not more than
eleven eggs; and I venture to say t^iat
they will hatch out more strong,
healthy chicks than will a hen that is
given from thirteen to fifteen eggs.
Increasing Crowtfi of Fruit Trees.
Barnyard manure increases the
.-vf noirlv nil fruit trees.
| nwu giv/M IU VA UVWAV
while potash tends to increase the fruit
growth and flavor as well. Without a
new growth of wood every year the
prospect of getting a crop of fruit
would be greatly reduced. All this
shows that in order to get the best
fruit we should look out for the interests
of the tree by applying the proper
amount of barnyard manure and to
U>ok out for the quality of the fruit
as well by supplying the correct
amount of potash to the soil.
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"Daughter, I notice that Harry Isn't a bit gallant
to other women."
"No, Indeed, ma; I broke him of that right
after we were married.' ? Indianapolis Journal.
Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease?
It Is the only cure for Swollen. Smarting,
Tired, Ach ng, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease,
a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures
?at nil Timtrorfatfl and Shoe
Willie u nma. a*,? ? ~q-i
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Iiittle Encouragement.
He?Would you mind a little temporary inconvenience,
dear; a few years of poverty when
you marry me?
She?Good gracious! Don't you expect to live
any loDger than that?"?Life.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Broxo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If It falls to cure.
E. w. Grove's signature is on each box. 2.5c.
How It Happened.
"So you wero defeated for the senatorsblp?"
"Yes." "How did It happen?" "Oh, It was a
pure case of forsetfulnes*. I had my plans all
made, but when I got t-> the capitol Jnst before
the voting began. I found I'd forgotten mv
checkbook, and I hand't more than $15,000 or
$20,000 In my pocket."?Chicago Evening Post.
Uncle Sam usea the best of everything.
Uncle Sam uses Carter's Ink. He knows.
Natural Sequence.
"They say Robert Grant's story of 'Unleavened
Bread' 1. selling exteusively."
"Yes, It naturally brings In the dough." ?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness
after flrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phlla., Pa.
T6b eyeba 1 Is white because the blood vessels
that feed its substance are so small that
they do not admit the red corpuscles.
Atlanta College of Pharmacy.
Well equipped laboratories; excellent
teachers. A free dispensary where hundreds
of prescriptions by the best physicians
are compounded daily by the students. Students
obtain first-class practical Instruction
as well as that of a theoretical nature. There
is a greater demand for our graduates than
we can supply. Address Dr. GeorgeF. Fayne,
Dean, 43)^ Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
E. B. Walthall <fc Co., Druggists, Horse Cave.
Ky, say; "Hall's Catarrh Cure cures every
one that takes It." Sold by Druggists, 75c,
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens The gums, reduces Inflammation.
allays pain, cures wind colic. 23c. a bottle.
B
Sampson's Unearned Increment.
Admiral Sampson receives $8,33
for being ten miles away when Admi
ral Schley defeated Cervera. This i
$833.50 per mile. Admiral Sampso
doubtless regrets that ho did not hav
the forethought to take a trip to Chin
about that time. At this rate per mil
he could have returned a millionaire
?Baltimore American.
World to End This Year.
Tliis is the recent decision of one of tb
prominent societies of the world, but the ei
act day has not yet been fixed upon, an
while there are very few people who believ
this prediction, there are thousands of othei
who not only believe, but know that Hoste
ter's Stomach Bitters is the liest medicine t
cure dyspepsia,Indigestion,cons.tipation.bil
ousnees or liver and kidney troubles. A fai
trial will certainly convince you of itsvahn
Slightly Mixed.
11 ? ? a **.> nfAffi?am a
fi IJO r ~" '* rii, uatc } vu iuv v^4 w. - - M
fixed for next Monday's concert?"
Assistant?"Tho program's all right, bi
there's another row among the artists."
Manager-"What are they ftisslug about?"
Assistant?"About whose turn It Is to be t<
111 to appear."?Tld Bits.
The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever Is a bottle of GhOVE'S TASTBLEf
c'bii.l Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine 1
a tasteless form. No cure?no pay. Price 50
Vice Versa,
A railway hrakeman does both the coupllr
and the switching, wbllo a clergyman does <>
ly the coupling, and tho coupled ones do U
switching later.
Dyeing is as simple as washing when yo
use Putnam Fadeless Dies, Sold by a
druggists. .
TnK Pennsylvania railroad is said to haro 1
eyes on the south a< a flno field for railroad e
tcrpriso. T. is Indicates that the Pennsylvan
peoplo know a good thing when they see It.
If you want "good digestion to wait u]
on your appetito" you should always che
a bar of Aaams' Pepsin Tutti Fruttl.
The average duration of marrliges In Em
land is twenty-eight years; In France and Ge
many, twenty-slx; Norway, twenty-four; Rubs!
thirty.
I nm sure Pl9o's Curo for Cousumptlon sav<
my life three years ago.?Mrs. 'Ihos. Ro
bins, Maple St., Norwich, N. Y., Fob. 17, 1900.
When Courage Fails,
The bravest man m ine woriu wa
probably never brave enough to adm
to his friends that he knew it.
What a relief from the pain an
inconvenience of diseases of
the eye when
Mitchell's EyeSalvi
has been
properly applied! Sufferers
have felt it was worth a hundred
times the slight cost of
this Salve to experience such
relief.
Price 25 cents. All druggists.
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S There i:
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to waste, as there
cut off and throv
2 huy three Old V
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See our Agent or write direct.
A Royal Gift
It was a genuinely royal act, that <
King Leopold of Belgium, who on h
sixty-fifth birthday presented to the n
tion the three palaces and their groun<
which were his private property. T1
principal of these is the chateau
Laeken, situated In a suburb of Bru
sels. It is a splendid and convenie
royal residence, in an extensive pai
that has been improved by large e
penditures, and with the best taste ai
skill that royal resources could coi
mand during two generations. Anoth
is the royal seaside residence at C
tend, understood to have been a gi
from Queen Victoria. The third
Clergnon, a luxurious hunting lodge
the heart of the Ardennes. In a
nouncing his gift, the king explaii
that these estates "contribute to tl
charm and beauty of the localities 1
which they are situated, and that he
anxious lest their purpose should be d
stroyed, to the detriment of the beaut
and salubrity of various populous 1
calities."?Boston Herald.
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TO WOMEN WHO DOUBT,
5 ?
'* Every taihrlBf Woman Should Bead!hW
S Lettor and bo Conrlacod that LydJa !
D Pinkham's Yefotablo Compoud DnC
c Core Female Weaknran.
a "I have been troubled with female
e weakness in its worst form for
K about ten years. I had leucorrhcsa
and was so weak that I could sot
do my housework. I also had fall*
ing of the wonjh and inflammation of
e the womb and ovaries ,
i- and at menstrual [
g periods I suffered ter- !
ribly. At times my
back would ache
very hard. I could
not lift anything ]1
or do any heavy i
work; was not able
to stand on my feet.
n My husband spent
hundreds of dollars
for doctors bnt ,'^K
they did me no
gVAS%B* AIWA MAMV I
I concluded to try your medicine end
.3 I can truly say it does all that yon
u claim for it to do.
Ten bottles of Lydia B. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and seven pack*
lg ages of Sanative Wash have made a
n- new woman of me. 1 have had no
le womb trouble since taking the fifth \
bottle. 1 weigh more than I hare in
u years; can do all my own housework,
sleep well, have a good appetite and
now feel that life is worth living. I
n- owe all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta*
la ble Compound. I feel that it has saved
my life and would not be without it for
P- anything. I am always glad to reeomw
mend your medicine to all my sex, for I
know if they follow your direction*,
it- they''will be cured."?MbsJ 'Axxa
? Thompson, South Hot Springs, Ark.
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is no finished end to
v away. When you
'irginia Cheroots for h
ave more to smoke, 2
ality, than you have
fteen cents for three < '
v;'"l
i Virginia Cheroots smoked this a
dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. a m
IIAIIICIilili
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n we can sell the best at oolj a dollar oriol
lao cheap work is because we make so many H
o. We averaged last year a complete boggy I
lutes sad 14 ssepads. $1.00 per job profit I
jouuta. Why pay big profits when the MSt I
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ROCK H1LL rock TuSSicJ
? His
Sew Life,
of "Madame," said the tramp, "I eras
lis | oucet a member of the legislature."
a- ; "And are you sure," she asked, iiijg
i clined to believe him, "that your re-ae
' formation is complete?"?Philadelphia
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1(j One Mniton. Tirr* Hurdrrd
Mind. One Hundred end Sixty P?*?ds <d
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