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HIA LESSON FROM BY AGNES 10 ' * i ? T CAXXOT understand what has I changed Nellie so." I Mrs. ?Howard spoke In trouA . l>Ic?l tones, her eyes on her ggjj?.;" daughter's empty i>iace at the table. ? Her husband shook his head. lie was r-:*~ getting a trifle impatient with Xellie. Tom finished his second plate ' of griddle-cakes and intimated that lie -could dispose of a third. Then he ang|^\ nour.ced his views ou the subject: "Now, mother, there's nothing the matter with Nell but pure airs. Slio has been away to school these two Kv years, and last vacation she traveled MBfev. with "Armt XpII and was "united ou un iil she was completely spoiled. Now she feels a lirtle too large fur 1\e . house. This morning she's late for breakfast again, and when she does trailing In she'll have on that ^^^^ ressing-jaeket thing that looks like ^^^^Bbnthrobe cur in half. It gives me ^^^^^^^>lues to look at it. I liatc these ^^H^^^^things! I suppose she doesn't worth while to dress up and H^H^^flQ^fining home." ^HB^^^owT Tom dear!" admonished his ^H^mothor gently. "You must not be uncharitable with Xellie. Remember that has studied hard this year. We HB will give her a chance to rest arul J ^^^Kthink she will soon come back to lier Tom shook his head unconvinced, lie fWpPwas a lively young gentleman just reKpt'torned from his sophomore year at | college, and Ids patience with his sis-^ Vter's new attitude was limited. i "Its a good thing to varv^brainwork with physical cxerc^r he sng: V gested'wisely. Is down late ' roomings, ojftf if there is anything she P mightyj^^Tround the house, she half it and forgets the rest, or else ^mbPRic gets a headache ;uid can't do anything. But she can spend hours writing fat letters to those girl friends of hers. "When the Ellis boys come you'll j^.. see her down stairs early, and not _ wearing that loose rag, cither." '> 4Tom, be careful!" . tvVj. Mrs. Howard's word of warning ^^_cahie just in lime. The dining room j^B^xloor opened and Nellie entered, looking a trifle sleepy about the eyes. Her W&-" hair combed somewhat less carefully than for more public occasions, and Br-; she wore the short, voluminous dressKfcing-sack which was Tom's pet abomHgHnation. *1^*- "Good morning," she said, smiling, h^i- hut stopping to cover a bit of a yawn t T with her hand.- "I'm sorry I'm so late." Nellie^ had been sorry a good many mornings since her return, but her 3=.regret had not carried her to the point of prompt attendance. She was a igS. plump, pretty girl, with a face usually sparkling with animation; but just now she looked rather listless, perhaps a trifle bored. Formerly she had found it a pleasure to exert herself to entertain her own family. Mrs. HowBprjjtrd. with a mother's charity, had heen Hp ., attributing her lack of animation to r " delicate health, but had been slowly | forced to admit that when strangers were with them, her young daughter as bright and charming as ever. Sw.' Doubtless Nellie herself had little idea r cf how far she had let herself drift into this indifference. There was a letter at Nellie's place, and as she opened and read it she gave an exclamation of pleasure. r_ "Oh, how lovely! It is from Joan Fairfax, mamma, and she says she Hk can come. Saturday afternoon?that's ^to-morrow. Why, that is when your ^^^^ollege friends come, isn't it, Tom? Oh, ^^^B^Hiso-glad she can come! She is up straighter and evinced ^ H^^more life, but ^^^m^^H^^^nishing coffee, answer her little a few TTO 4-/-.! * fT iiiux, cross the table at m hunted up his busy about ber f you have a lot k. I hear her at ite. Oh, yes, I an anything, but mean something. , only she's eareI you always did " > k her head and the affectionately her big son occa^ rd her. Tom had -- . r^-f ?v?, o make a bargain, : honor bright. If I undertake to cure J^ell with heroic treatment, will you ; aid, abet and encourage my nefarious ^^^schemes? You needn't do much; just stand by me. For instance, I didn't tell her, but I have received word that the Ellis boys will get here late tonight instpntl r?f tn-mnrrnw nffomnnii ?C? I want to smuggle them in so that Nell won't know they are here. Will you help me?" Mrs. Howard looked at him serious'? ly. "Tom. I do not wish to do anything to humiliate Nellie, at least un necessarily. Still. I think you art* right. It hurts me to think of causing her pain, but I do think it will be the - ? best thing for her. I have tried to speak with her gently, but I know she merely thought that I was carping and unkiad and that we do not quite un\ derstand her. She docs not realize how careless she has grown. Now, be careful, Tom!" "All right," said Tom, cheerfully, and he was off like a whirlwind. Nellie was not quite as late as usual to breakfast on Saturday lnornmg. perhaps because she was expecting Jean Fairfax, and had awakened with a more lively interest in her every-day life. Her hair was a trifle reckless, and she wore the short, pink dressingsack as she came into the dining-room. At the door she started guiltily, and a wave of warier pink swept over her A ilVv UUU ucvauu UilpifU ill llltr > VI J edges of her mair. Two strange young men sat at the "table. laughing and chatting with her father and mother and Tom. They w were tall,?Nellie particularly admired tall men,?one of them slim, with 7y">gl?gses and shrewd, twinkling ej-es behind them, and the other broad and heavy, with a head of hair which proclaimed him to be none other than "Billy'' Ellis. Tom's football hero. ***- ^ Tom looked up innocently as Nell. ' of cruel necessity, came forward and took her place, giving an apprehensive twitch to her spreading draperies and wishing fervently that she were at the north pole, with that wretched Tom and his friends at the south pole. Tom apparently was utterly oblivious : BROTHER TOM. 1 j il , o)5ft UISE PRO YOST. ||| ; that anything was wrong, and cheerfully introduced his friends with an explanatory, "They came last night, you know." >cme sat uirougn ner ureaniasi m a far from happy frame of mind. Tom was horrid not to tell her, and she hated that dressing-sack! The Ellis boys were nice, though, and she brightened and tried to talk, but in some way Torn kept the conversation going so rapidly, only including his parents, that she found it difficult to say anything. Billy Ellis thought Tom's sister was "jolly pretty," only he didn't care for that loose thing she wore, and lie wop dor ed why she was so quiet. His brother Preston watched her reflectively from behind his glasses and concluded that there was some electricity iu the domestic atmosphere, and that Tom was probably the cause of it. > < Breakfast had never seemed so loijg , to Nell, and as soon afterward as rjic could find her brother alone, slic^or- , nered him indignantly. S "Tom Howard, I think '^was perfectly horrid of you! didn't you , tell me, instead of letting me come down to breakfast looking like this?" , There were vdumes of scorn in the ] tone in which she designated her gen- i eral appearance, lorn looked at tier ) in injurei surprise. < "That? Why, I thought you liked it, , although I must say I don't think . ,-Hiuch of it myself. Of course, I could ] have let you known, if I'd known you j felt that way. They just came late last night. Beside, if (hat rig is good ] enough for us, I guess it's good enough j for other people." 1 Brothers can sometimes be brutally ] frank. Nell colored, feeling that the 1 conversation was taking an unfortun- ] ate turn, but she had another, and to 1 her a very real, grievance. < "And you were actually rude, too! 1 You never gave me a chance to say a 1 word, and I had to sit there like a wooden doll. I know they thought ; me queer and stupid. You never used 1 to act that way." i "Well, I can't seem to suit you," ; said Tom, resignedly, and his sigh was eloquent of injured virtue. "I thought ; you were so worn out and everything i from school, and you've been so mopy i all along, that I just exerted myself to i take your share of the conversation off < your shoulders. You haven't talked 1 much to us during breakfasts, you know " 1 "Oh, you needn't bother explaining!" ; Xell interposed, and, marched away i with all the dignity she could com- i mand under such trying circumstances. 1 But there was a choking feeling in her i throat, and cnce out of her brother's i sight she lied swiftly to her room and 1 wept. ' "Oh, oh!" she wailed in the depths of a pillow. "Wasn't it just too horrid of him? And I saw the f-football one looking at this d-dreadful thing! I know he thought it wasn't nice, and I looked just like a balloon!" A flushed and tear-stained face rose suddenly from the pillow, the ohjec- ' tionable trarment was whisked off. 1 rolled into ail ignominous ball, and \ viciously stuffed behind the bureau. 1 "Oh, I just hate you. aud I'll never { wear you again outside this room, never, never, never!" The recollection that Jean Fairfax : would be with her that noon was a " faint comfort. Nell bathed her face ^ and began to prepare for her friend's 1 coming. N 1 At lunch Tom obligingly let the con- ^ versation go where it would, and ' Nell's spirits rose uutil Billy Ellis concluded that Tom's sister was a "jolly ! little thing," and turned his head in " her direction so frequently that her ' brother's eyes gleamed with delight. < But the wound still rankled, and No!- i lie could hardly wait to get Jean Fair- ' fax heme from the station before she poured her morning's woe into that 1 sympathetic ear. Jean looked a little 1 blank and paused with hat-pins half ' out. "Oh, do you wear your dressing- ( sack at breakfast, Nell?" ^^Vhy, yes, just at home. Don't . you?"- j "Well, rid;*?ii>f out of my room. You sec, papa aud the boys hate those loose j things so?most men do, I guess. Besides, there are a good many of us and . only one servant, so I am pretty busy helping mother mornings. If I didn't j dress before breakfast, I shouldn't get . < time afterward, iou don't have to do anything but amuse yourself, do you, you lucky old dear?" Nell did not have much to say. She ! was looking doubtful. By Monday morning the family had ^ already fallen into the habit of linger- . ing at the breakfast table. There was much to linger for. Three times in ! succession Mr. Howard had put his coffee down untasted, to laugh heartily at a lively skirmish between Preston ! Eilis and Jean Fairfax. "Would you two mind suspending '! hostilities for a few moments?" queried Tom. "I should like to plan a little gadding. How about a tally-ho party for Thursday? We don't own one of those swell things ourselves, , but I know of a first-class one we could hire, and pretend we owned it when once ^ve were out of town." "Oh, good!" Nell's eyes shone with excitement, but Tom suddenly looked doubtful. "Oh, I'm so sorry, sis, I really forgot you," he said, contritely. "Are you sure you could stand it? It's a long ride, you know, and you might find it tiring." "Why, of course I could stand It! What nonsense!" Nell turned to her brother in incredulous astonishment. "Well, if you really think it wouldn't exhaust you," he said dubiously. Then, turning to the others he added, in grave explanation: "You see, Nell's health has been very delicate since her return from school. I suppose she studied too hard, but she seems all worn out?just hangs around without any ambition at all, and we want her to be in better shape before she goes back." He said it with such frank innocence of manner, and turned toward her with such a touchingly solicitous air, that it was out of the question to take exception to this remarkable statement. Nell's cheeks burned as she remembered that she had never looked plumper and healthier in her life. She felt a hysterical desire to laugh as Billy Ellis turned to her with a wondering. "Is that so? Why, now, that's too bad." But after all. it was no ! laughing matter. Billy was reflecting that it was extremely disappointing that Tom's pretty sister should be one of the eternally tired kind. "Well, then, the tally-ho goes for Thursday," continued Tom, equably. wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmtmmmmmamtmmtmtmM "And Billy and I were saying yesterday that It would be jolly to have an ill-dav, out-of-doors, do-as-you-plense trip down the river, a sort of picnic with modern improvements, and take a load of things for the inner man. IIow about that, mother? Is Katie too busy? Would it be much trouble to get us up some stuff for to-morrow ?" "If it is going to make Mrs. Howard any trouble." announced Billy Ellis, decidedly, "it won't come off. and that settles it." "Why. I can do it!" quickly interposed Nellie. "Mother needn't do anything." "Yes, and I'll help. Mrs. Howard mustn't do a single thing but sit in a aIw^ ?? nn/1 AV/IavC? Vol! Oll/l uii; villi 11 uuu v viuuo. -.iv ii ti"u I can do it ail." Joan nodded her head conclusively as she made this statement, but Tom's anxious gaze was again bent on his sister. "Don't be reckless, sis. There will be a lot of extra cooking to do, you know, and it might give you one of your headaches. I know you used to make cakes and things, bux you're not used to it now, and we don't want you to overdo yourself." -'"O, Tom, how utterly ridiculous! Why, I am just as veil as?as you are!" Nell tried to speak lightly, but she could have cried then and there. It was too humiliating for a plump, rosy girl of nineteen to be held up before strangers as a dejected invalid. Tom's medicine was by no means exhausted, in fact, he considered that iiis heroic treatment was just begun, but Mrs. Howard had keener eyes than he for signals of distress, and she felt that Nell had been punished enough. Iler eyes conveyed a quiet warning to Tom, who responded gallantly and led tbe conversation promptly to less personal topics. When Mrs. Howard went into the kitchen a few moments later, she found her daughter and Jean already there, attired in voluminous aprons. Katie, more than ever busy with this liouseful of young people on her hands, Uad thankfully improved the opportunity to slip up-stairs. Nell was busy collecting materials for her cakes, but there were signs of a storm in lier [lushed face and unsteady lips. As Mrs. Howard opened the door, she recklessly dropped an egg and hurled lierself tempestuously into those everready arms, which closed warmly lbout her. "O, mamma, mamma, I think Tom Is just too horrid! I know I've been a mean, selfish thing, and I just hate myself, but I will help you all I can, ind I won't wear that horrid sack, or come down late, or be lazy and careless, or?or?oh, dear!" Mrs. Howard bent tenderly over the brown head laid in woe and repentmce on her shoulder. Tom came swinging in at the back door, thinking remorsefully that perhaps he had been a little hard, and wanting to make peace with 2sell. He stopped short as he saw them. Jean, ever tactful, motioned iiim to come in, and slipped quietly out of the door.? 1'outli's Companion. FORECASTING THE WEATHER flow the Government Indications Can Ef Utilized to Best Advantage. "Amplification of Weather Forecasts" is the title of an article by Alfred ?T. Henry, professor of meteorology, weather bureau, which will appear in the Year Book of the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Henry says: "The time at the disposal of the forecast official of the weather bureau it the central office in Washington city for the purpose of forecasting probable weather changes, cold waves tnd severe storms is about thirty minutes in the morning and forty at night, it is impossible in this short time to 3o more than express the character of the anticipated changes for each State or district east of the Rocky Mountains in any but the most general terms. The local or State forecast official, on the other hand, is concerned with but a single district. He is at liberty to amplify the national foretaste or to put forth a statement of his own. in which the antici>ated changes may be given in as much Llctail as the conditions seem to justify. Persons who use the forecasts constantly should cultivate the habit of carefully noting the weather changes in their respective localities, especially the sequence in which such changes occur, for it is only by acquiring a knowledge of local weather signs that they can use Government forecasts to the best advantage. "Persons whose working hours are largely spent in the open air soon become familiar with the changing aspects of the sky and the condition of the atmosphere as to its moisture content, viz.: whether relatively dry or humid. Tf en refill observers of natur Lil phenomena they note also the shift of the wind and the sequence of weather which follows. In this way and without special elfort a fund of weather wisdom is soon acquired which needs only to he properly correlated in order to serve a most useful purpose. The greatest advantage will naturally accrue to the individual who reads and accurately interprets not only the Government forecasts, but also the local weather signs." Mr. Henry devotes the remainder of his paper to a description of the local sign of falling weather.?Washington Star. Two Kinds of Porridge. How is it that the agricultural folk in the south of England will not take at all to porridge as the Scotch peasantry do? Possibly the explanation is that for the most part they know nothing whatever about this admirable food, which makes bone and muscle, nnd ic 1 nnronrnr cn wo! o to Vilo tr> tliu majority of people who have tried it for a while. The rural workers could not, it is true, often afford to take milk with their porridge, as the well-to-do people in the south of England who eat this food do, but Scotch peasants seem to prefer porridge and salt to porridge and milk. There was an excellent dish at one time in favor in the south, but which has gone entirely out of fashion?frumenty, or furmenty, as it was sometime s called. It was boiled wheat with milk, spice and sugar.?London Express. Oucen AYilhelmina's Successor. There is one peculiar feature of the Dutch Constitution which is not generally known. If a son is born to the Queen of Holland and survives to the age of eighteen he then becomes king. The consort will not have the slightest scope for political influence, nor any excuse for using it. The Queen represents the history of her house, nothing more. She is loved, and will be in af- j ter years, if she and the Dutch continue to agree, as the descendant of thosu princes of Orange who wrested the Netherlands from Spain and enaoled them to withstand Louis XIV.?The Howe Journal. ' '1">~ ' - s MILLIONS OF RAILROAD TIES. Ilow to Make Them Past I-onjjer a Problem iCailroad Men Can't Solve. It is impossible to estimate, except vaguely, the number of railroad ties in use in the United States, but a single road, the New York Central, replaced 1.S00.000 ties with new ones Inst year, the Erie 400,000 in New York State and 900.000 on its whole line, the Delaware-Lackawanna 1 .">0.000, and other New York roads in like proportion. On all the roads of the country fully 7e.00O.000 new ties are required for renewals. extensions and additions each year, and this entails a vast use of railroad materials, is a steady drain upon the available lumber supplies, and costs, moreover, a large sum for labor and hauling. Much Ingenuity b.as been expended on projects for retaining wooden ties longer in use than is possible at present. The standard American railroad tie j is nine feet long by eight inches deep j and eight inches wide, and a fairly j hard wood is required to prevent the , '' * Kn/?Amin<r . raus irom suikiu^ ;mu num ui-wluiu^ displaced. Oak, chestnut, locust and i cedar are the usual cross ties. Many attempts have been made to treat the ties ro as to prevent decav of I *" I the "wood. Some years ago the cross- : ties used en the Heading Railroad "were notched where the rails crossed them ' and their ends dipped in coal tar. It was supposed that the tar would pre-; serve the ends from decay. Since then another process by which, the ties were saturated with a solution of zinc has 'been tried, but it was found too costly. A railroad tie costs about fifty cents, and it is customary to add twenty-fivo cents for the labor of putting ties in position, or seventy-five cents for each new tie. Any plan whereby the durability of ties may be increased without) undue expense will be welcomed by railroad men, but so far the problem' remains an unsolved one.?New York' Sun. The Trocress in Electrical Science. As far as dynamos are concerned, the first patent in this line was grant ed by the United States to Saxton, n citizen. Since then, Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and others have proven to the world that American inventor./ are unrivalled in the construction oJ new electrical contrivances. { The greatest step forward in clectricity has. however, been in the pro' pulsion of cars. Here, again, th-J American blazed the way, for Profes- ! sor Henry, the inventor of the electromagnet, also constructed the first practical motor. Dr. Fage, another American. built the first electric locomotive, j which, in 1S51, drew a train from . "J ? ~ U>?/1/\nc.Unvor nf flip Washington 10 u.mcij^uui? 1 rate of nineteen miles an hour. To- ; day. there are in the United States ; about 20,000 miles of electrical railways. In electric lighting, too, America stands first. The greatest searchlight in the world is near Pasadena, Cab' It is one of 3.000,000 candle-power and can be seen for a distance of 150 miles,' The first incandescent lamp we can 1 also claim, being the invention of a Mr. Starr. Moses G. Farmer lighted his home at Salem, Mass., with electricity in 1S59, being the first in the world to put electricity to such a use. Since then, electric lighting has be?u so developed and has become so popu-1 lar, that to-day there are about 500.000 arc lights and 25,000,000 incandescent lights in active use in the United States.?Collier's Weekly. Puzzling Height of a Tower. A great mystery invests the electric tower at the Tan-American Exposition. Nobody kuows how high it is. At any rate, that is a fair inference from published descriptions. A long i account of it in the Industrial and Architectural Review says: "From! the water to the feet of the figure of j 'Electricity' is a vertical distance of 331 feet. The ugure is seventeen feet in height." To verify this we turn to certain Pan-American publications at hand.; One official looking book in a gray-blue;! cover informs us that "the electricj tower is 391 feet high." On the same ! page with t~is statement is a cut of i the tower labeled "Eiectric Tower, 37$ feet high." Another exposition fold-; er?a green and yellow one?gives th? height of the tower as 409 feet, and of! the goddess as eignieen ieer, uul whether or Lot she is included in the! 403 feet, is net'stated. The builder of the statue informs the Express- that' her height is twenty-fo.r feet Still another exposition booklet with : an esthetic sage-green cover says of j this marvelous construction that it is "a stately tower of soaring height." i Just how 'ugh a thing has to be before it is of "iring height" we do npt know, but we ihink in this case the i statement is correct.?Buffalo Express. ' Bleaching hy Electricity, Some information as to the advantages of a new method of bleaching textiles by means of electricity is given in a recent communication to the State Department by Ernest L. Harris, ; United States Consular Agent at Eibeustock, Germany. The new method, which has been invented by a German professor and a firm of electricians in Saxony, consists of passing currents of electricity through brine, producing a; liquor strongly impregnated with sodium hypochlorite, which, it is said, advantageously replaces chloride of lime for all bleaching purposes. The advantages of this new agent are that it possesses the highest' M..o/>1,inn nnn-nv thorn nn illilirv OT*' uiva^iiai^ ^v/ 11 v i ) v io ?v j ^ loss to tlie weight of the fabric; lime ami magnesia salts are not deposited on the cloth?a valuable point in the subsequent dyeing and printing processes?the liquor is always of one strength, and the cost of production is less. Rock salt or sea salt may be used for the mixing of the brine, provided it contains 110 material injurious in the subsequent processes. The Germ Theory. The origin of disease was formerly a subject of mystery. It is now pretty thoroughly established that almost every form of disease is caused by the introduction into the human system of certain poisonous minute organisms, i Thus one kind of germ breeds small pox, another scarlet fever, and so on. As it is the function of the leucocytes to destroy these and all other germs, the perfectly healthy body is really immune. It is only when the system becomes weakened that the leucocytes j are unable to do their work and the i unchecked germs get a hold on the or- j ganisin, multiply and proceed to de- p stroy it as fast as they can. A widespread understanding of these incalculably important doctrines would do much to raise the general standard of health.?New York World. Invention of the Pneumatic Tire. It is of considerable interest that the pneumatic tire, to which the bicycle owes a large share of its popularity, was invented by an American, R. W, Thompson, in 1847, m Poor Hetty Creen r'~'i There is a shoemaker who lived at one time in Fjr Rockaway, who has a stock story to tell of the melancholy time when he cheated himself. There j li\ cd in his neighborhood a poor woman who had rented one of the summer cottages which she was able to hire at a low sum for the winter because no one else would take it. She lived in only a few rooms of the house, the kitchen I anct a littlp room out of it. a rlininer room, i where she had a small smoky stove which had gradually darkened the walls I to a cloudy gray. Everything about the | house was of the simpdest, even of the I poorest, and the kind-hearted shoe- | maker felt sorry for the poor woman j who lived in this uncomfortable fashion. She brought him a shoe to mend one day. He did the work in his best fashion, and when she came lor it refused the money. I "It is nothing, madam." he sai*d, cheer- I fully. "I was glad to do it." The wo- j man thanked him and left. "Why did'nt you charge her?" asked j an astonished witness of the scene. "She is such a poor woman I didn't ! like to," answered the shoemaker, apolo- I gctically. "Poor!" cried the spectator. "She is the richest woman in this country. That was Hetty Green."?New York Times. Flammarion on the Inhabitants of Mars, j "As for me," says M. Flatnmaricn, j speaking of the inhabitants of Mars in < The National Magazine, "I rather envy j them. A world where it is always beautiful, where there are neither tempests > nor cyclones, where the years are twice j as long as ours, where the kilogram is j 01* 376 grams, and where, therefore, men j and woiv.cn who here weigh 70 kilos ! there weigh only 26, and where, in a ! word, everything is lighter, more deli- j catc and more refined." And in another ! place he gees further, pointing out that j if the Martians wished to communicate ; with us thev would doubtless have made ! the effort many times in the past and ; probably long ago r.bandoned it, dccid- j ing it a hopeless business to attempt j communication with a planet so stupid. ; CHEERED BY IT. "You are sure you can support my j daughter in the style to which she has 1 been accustomed?" asked the Heavy Father. "Sure, Mike," answered Our Hero, with the assurane of youth. "Well. I'm glad to hear it. It's more than I can afford any longer."?Indianapolis Press. A?k Tonr Dealer for Atlen'a Poofc-Tt^ie. A powder to shako into your ehoss: rest* ths frtt. Cnres Corm, Dnnions, Swollen, Soro, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makcj new or tight ahos3 easy. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. 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A wren lives three years, a goldfinch fifteen and a sparrow as much ns forty. j I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption Has unequal for coughs and colds.?John F. Botek, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900. Gold was first discovered in California in 1848. Thirty minntcs is all the timo required to dyo with Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by all druggists. Holland has nine miles of canal for every 100 square milc3 of surface. 2700 miles in all. A man's conscience often depends upon the condition cf his liver. *}*'$?'$< ?* ?*? ?? >J? *J? ij? ?J? *< ?J? ? "A BAD EYE." f X There is only one kind I X which cannot be cured ? | by qjtchell's Eye f X Salvo. That's a blind eye, mor- i 4 ally or otherwise. Having the 4 curable kind, try " Mitchell's." | X You will be satisfied. Price, &3c. X I Mitchell's Eye Salve I ? By mail, 25c, llali & Racket, New York City. ij. ?j, *j? a <j< ?j? ?j? ?j< >ji >$, ?j? ij? >*< ?*?: *f )}? AGENTS "fl? 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Bindad?Well ? Bindid?Well, he brought it back and said he liked the story tip-top because it i was continued, and wanted the other I twenty-nine volumes.?OJiio State Jour| r.al. I Up-to-Date Illustrating. "If," says a floating paragraph, "there is a battle in Europe, Asia or Africa a I hundred years hence kodak pictures of it will appear in American papers the same day, the outline being sent by ocean cable." But what is there re-, markable in that? We already have; papers which give us pictures of battles I cn the other side of the world the same day they are fought, and sometimes | when they are not fought at all.?Louis-! ville Courier-Journal. FOREVER TOO LATE. "How much did your baby weigh?" "Oh dear! Do you know, I'm so provoked! They forgot all about weighing the dear little thing until it was nearly two hours old, so we'll never know."? Chicago Record-Herald. ACCEPTED. "I am a self-made man," said the pompous individual with his chest expanded." j The other looked at him critically. ! "Your excuse is satisfactory," he said. ?Brooklyn Life. I One Hundred Tears Is a long time, but Crab Orchard Water has been in use for that length of time, and each year adds to it; reputation. It is no artificial compound. It is prepared in Nature's laboraiorr as a certain remedy for Dyspepsia and Oomt'pation. The sun's diameter decreases at the rate ! of five miles in a century. Its present diameter is SCO,000 miles. Friends by t he Thousand. Thousands of women owo tlieir he'alth to riekoy's Fema e Tonic. It cures painful and difficult menstruation, weak Lack, ulceration of womb, and all female diseases. New Yorkers will invest in a $1,000,000 I winter resort in the Island of Bermuda. I I $ Speedy, Pr< 9 /s. Acts quicker, nev than any laxative kno tByjmKBaBKCTI lisocuuu isiiJBi vc No remedy will c >?r quickly and with abso BP Huny nHBr Average*Dose: One-half g m/Tyam Every druggist and general b/&& A C if *or tiie ^ nam?j B&in> "Hunvadi Janos. Sole Importer: Firm of ANDRI j A LUXUR J Lion f ,s& I Coffee GLAZED. COATED, of otherwise treated with EGG | mixtures, j chemicals, I gj?e> etc^ etc. ; i Lion II Coffee | is a Watch 01 I Pure Coffee. Just tr7 a pack,| and you will u: g mmmmmmmmmm?mmmm popularity. 1 LION COF I lions of homes 0 In every package of LION COFF fact, no woman, man, boy or girl wi N comfort and convenience, and whict g the wrappers of our one pound seale 0 ig food remnants, in the mouth ar >o repulsive as to cause a halt rerpowering stench, ana it is a c e way to cure it?disinfect the dij I stimulate the lining of mouth 2 ^ASCARETS will bring about the de< 4ter ens-?Detroil illlllaol Vce CWs carets we BHkW *re a grc a. **&t 1137 8111 REST FOR BOV all bowel troebles. aapmileltto, MBwnw, l the itoaueht bleated bewela, foal Manih. alu after eatiay. liter troable, aallaw ooaa or bowels don't rtcalartr yon are ore Maple thaa all other dlaeaeee wtether. iaeiu aad loaf years of nfMof that eoae o yon, start taklof CAJCAJLKTt today, for well all the tlaae aatll yea pat year bowels 1th CAfCAX|ril today, udcr aa ahoolato idctL m 4 % ^ HIS ESTATE. The count only laughed. "I still have left," he gaily exclaimed, "enough of my patrimonial estates with which to do a neat song and dance!" Saying which, he drew a paper of Westmoreland sand from his bosom and scattered it over the stage. "Oh. Bevis!" faltered the deceived girl, taking heart? Detroit Journal. millions For Baseball* A million of dollare are cpent every year upon the game of baseball, but large as this sum Is, it cannot begin to equal the amount spent by peonlo in search of health. Ihere is a suro ! method of obtaining strength, and it is not a coitly one. We urge those who have spent ranch and lost h jpe to try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It strengthens the stomach, makes digestion easy and natural, and cures dyspepsia,cons .ipatlon.bil ousnees and weak kidneys. Seven-year-old tea plants yield four ounces of leaves apiece, or 700 pounds of tea to the acre. Gray Hair " I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for over thirty years. It has kept my scalp free from dandruff ana has prevented my hair from turning gray."?Mrs. F. A. Soule, Billings, Mont. There is this peculiar thing about Ayer's Hair v Vigor?it is a hair food, not a dye. Your hair does not suddenly turn black, look dead and lifeless. But gradually the old color comes back,?all the rich, dark color it used to have. The hair stops falling, too. SI.M a bottle. AU drsggists. If your druggist cannot supply you, send us one dollar and we will express you a bottle. Be sure and give the name of your nearest express office. Address, J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. HDADCV NEW DISCOVERY: i>m \J | \ | vP I Q?iok relief *ad own worst rum, Cook of te.tiaomals r.nd 10 days' tr?f ont Fr**e- Dr. E. H. QRIEW'SaOBS. fx B, AtUari. ompt and Sure. ( er gripes and obtains better results wn. Ions, its effect immediate. :ure constipation and biliousness so i iutely no discomfort as , adi Jdnos lassful on arising in the morning. 1 wholesale grocer In the world sells it. I DI IIC Label with J BLUE Bed Centre Panel. 2A3 SAXLEHNER, 130 Fulton St., N. Y. I VVI Y WITHIN THE REACH ur next advertisement. *r^e 1 age Of LION COFFEE From" aderstand the reason of its So a There And P ?- j _ IS HOW useu m um- bo to I l# Sinc< EE you will find a fully illustrated and d .11 fail to find in the list some article whicl 1 they may have by simply cutting out a c :d packages (which is the only form in whi ireath id stomach, giving off pestiferou in friendship, affection, love,? ause of terrible misery to those gestive canal with CASCARETS ind stomach, and put it in shap< ;ired result BE SURE YOU GET t Free Pi. .a. * i or It been mine ClMiBBlf thro aad effective laxative they are rfuL My daoffeter sod I were lew si ok stomach aad oar breath Alter totting a few dotes of bare improved wonderfully, see at help In the family." riLHEUfTKA Nagvl, teahouse St., Cincinnati, Ohio. age, mo*' E lad to kno^ -hot,* ;t." VELS AND LIVER. ilallar m41<Im la tta warM. TkUH afe< ear beat tMtlaaaiiaL Wa kare fluSi aa4 ? pmaalail tm care ?r way rtteadeii fla ttwa ttfttri kaa^tr^a>??ito^?mt as fey *!b3?artka tranMTNa wk??7aa 1 saEffisSigsss J ' ! * Sozodont A Perfect Liquid Dentifrice for the Teeth and Breath 25? 4 Sozodont Tooth Powder Both forms of Bosodoat at the Stores or by Mail; price, 35c. each; LamSUee, together, Tm HALL A RUOKCL, Hew York ? | DYSPEPSIA I J yietofl^to^ j| w\ M Iteanlly cure* Dyspepsia and all stomach, Ji! 1,1 liver, kidney and bowel disorders. An un- , II rivalled aperient and laxative; invttroratea V I" I and tonea tbe^rhole system. A natural I l I | water of the highest medicinal value, ooo* | V i-i eentrated to make It easier ? _ |'i ? and cheaper to bottle, ,1 > t ship and use. A 6-ox. , ',1 bottle w equal to 2 jrallocs^^^W V 1,1 of uncondensed water. ~ m|a <,' CI 8oldby druggists erery-ewarc CW>? I.I f | where. Crab apple trade. I ^ If ,?, mark on every bottle. (11 QCRA8 ORCHARD WATER CO.. UcWBv. Ky. ;, __ I ? SJ Malsby & Company, 89 8. Broad St., Atlanta, Oa. Engines and Boilers steam Water Heaters, Steam Pomp* Mad Penbertlty Injectors. Jt J8y iPjftifffl j^j^SagfajiSs^am^K -'^tSsfyt Mannfactnrare and Daalara In SAW MZIiZitt, Corn Mil)*, Feed Mills,Cotton Gin Machiaery and Grain Separators. 801.11) and INSERTED Saws, Saw Teeth and >;; locks. Knight'* Patent Dogs, BtrdsaH Saw Mill and Engine Repair*.Governors,Grata Par* and a lull hne of Kill Supplies. Price ' " end quality of goode guaranteed. Catalogue ' g tree by mentioning this paper. * ' . UseCERTSIK ^'CURE.fi ; _01__ 1? time. 8o4d bydrosglrta. "* Moatmrt tliJcPaaoc In renting to advertiser*. oivouvu IUUI ?|ivt axr-Twenty-three 1901- ^ -tee] OP ALL! 'AYS YOU TO BUY LION COFFEE" Icoto give housewives a few reasons why ys them to buy LION COFFEE, jrand upon which they can always rely, H A* it pays them to buy LION COFFEEL e purest and the cheapest, the wholesomcst, ;\J|| s satisfaction the whole country through, rOT glazed or colored, has natural hueit pays you to buy LION COFFEE, i your quantity full, and your quality right, pays you to buy LION COFFEE, i also some other inducements is sight pay you to buy LION COFFEE. 1 ncaa on cvaj imppcr juu u uuvif iackage is with a big Premium List lined, points out nice presents of every kind? J ;.*'* : pays you to buy LION COFFEE. in get Silver Spoons. Thimbles, Scissors or pays you to buy LION COFFEE, ting or-Gold Watch that your praises well . ins, y ft *&$(? pays you to buy LION COFFEES lias or Pictures, or Cutlery fine, , Handkerchiefs, Belts?things in every line, ch use and ornament often combine; pays you to buy LION COFFEE, are toys for the baby, the girl or the boy, : pays you to buy LION COFFEE, Dolls up to Kites?each a suitable toy, E pays you to buy LION COFFEE, are Household Utensils for everyday use, < ~ ictures as pretty as Art can produce; ack all such goods you have no excuse, r it pays you to buy LION COFFEE, escriptive list No hotisekeeper, in 1 will contribute to their happiness, ertain number of Lion Heads from * v eh this excellent coffee is sold). WOOLSON SPICE CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. ?. _____ is gases, are the cause W /jS any form of intimacy, afflicted and their dear >! Clean it out, keep it 5 Jo work naturally and ^ mtM! NEVER SOLD IN SULK. ^ aaptaps |