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ppvr - " _________ A SONG OF We are too much in cities pent, In crowds, we live in banishment; Of nature and her wondroils?ways, Which should excite our eager praise, Xo more than mysteries do we know, Such slaves are we to idle show. Observe the boasted works of man, Where art refines on nature's plan; A picture study, or a book. Or on some stately temple look, Perfection nowhere do we find, Ko thought so wistful as the wind. rv 1^ ' I 5rSiS jjjpg* Bj|* ^ Y T T HE Trio Reading Club met I at Mabel's tliat afternoon, I and Genevieve was the reader. Genevieve is the "pretty member," because she is pink and s^X' blossom-like and because that sunshiny hair which never will stay - - where she puts it makes her at once the envy and delight of both the other girls. Frances is the "stylish" and X Mabel the "intellectual member." Suddenly Genevieve laid down the book she was reading aloud. "Girls, I wish we had called ourgp selves the Trio Talking Club," she exclaimed. "I must stop and say somo H . things that are on my mind about our street. It's perfectly ruined, and it X. used to be so pretty, with its cozy SEsS? ~ lmma nn/1 ni/v? lnwns! I Inst think . there ought to be a law against spoilIng other people's places by sandwichg|--\ ing great, tall flat buildings in between them! We can't get a bit of light on that side of our house." "Tisn't so bad for you as it is for us, though;" put in Mabel. "The tower on your house and its yellow color l;" help it out, but our little olive cotP'r tage nestling down in the shadow of jpv that great monument?why, positively, gcP it looks * so sat-down upon that it's laughable." ^.V Frances was perched on the edge of ^ - a deep easy chair, with her black eyes pi;v shining through little rimless eye|?; glasses, as she turned her face first to ||?;f one and then the other of the girls. "I resent it as much as either of you, 3-;* If I don't live next door to it," she declared. "It's the view from our front g> ' window that troubles us. By the way, ^ some one told papa that the only reason Mr. Keith moved away was be S ' ^ ARMS ^ cause that apartment building was put op opposite him. Those new people that have moved into Mr. Keith's house are named Kirkland?did you know it? The girl is Hazel. Sweet < name, I think." "She's pretty, too," said Genevieve, "but, seems to me, she has an exclusive air. I wonder if we're going to like_ her?" * "'mat mases me turns or wnai^ij wanted to tell you," chimed in Mattel. |g. Mp\-e had the greatest surprise afraut : that girl! You know our co^Ms the. most sociable creature liyia^T and sho doesn't pro^sfc li> utt^l these flats, ^7"-?-?Jia^nrrtter what the rest o"? us'do. So py. 7 she was over in the kitchen of the ; ?7 first floor last night, and it seems the < woman who lives there is crippled < somehow, and has to stay in a wheel- ; chair all the time. Her husband is i away during the day, and she hasn't i ' > a soul with her but her maid. Well? " would you believe it??this aristocratn Ic-looking Miss Hazel Kirkland called f-\ on her yesterday! Their bell would < not ring, so they didn't know she'd been there until they found the card, Ir ; v but the wheel-chair woman was so T pleased with the attention that she actually shed tears. At least that's the way it came to me through the i kitchens. You see it went to her heart to think a young girl?a perfect stranger?had come to see her, and it went to mine, a little, too. You'd never think ft of that girl, would you?" "No. indeed," agreed Genevieve. "And if she felt as we do about those flats she couldn't have done it, no matter how sorry she'd been for the woman. I couldn't go to see any one that lived there?not Queen Victoria herself?and, as for a person crippled like that, it makes me too sad just to think of it. I couldn't bear to sit and talk with her." "She's cheerful, though," said Mabel. "Ellen says she's bright and liappy as can be." "Uncle Norman says cheerfulness is ^ % . getting to be a regular fad," put in Genevieve, with a wise air. "He says people put it on just for the style of the thing." , "Nonsense!" cried Mabel, with some warmth. "That doesn't apply to a case like this. I'll tell you what I think: It was sort of an angelic thing for that girl to do, and it makes me ashamed that I haven't done somethins like it myself, living right next door here." 4*Why, Mabel Farwell!" protested Genevieve. "Mamma says people that live in flats move in and out so often it wouldn't pay to call on them, aD.vway." "I don't care!" persisted Mabel, who generally grew stronger with opposition. "I guess that woman could en Joy a bunch of violets, even if she Ttfti going to move out next day. It Sfe: , CONTRASTS. Then mark the throstle, or the bee, The striped snake, or growing tree; These living works confess, admire, And trace perfection in desire. The small as finished as the great, For faultless laws on nature wait. Go, then, where fields or forests thrive, ( Learn wisdom from the busy hive; Approves the rose, or daffodil. And know how false our boasted skill; Or look upon the ocean wide. And mourn the foolishness of pride. ?Charles Lusted, in the Queen. i 1 I t A .1 t Isn't her fault the ugly old flats are < built. We needn't punish her for that." > "Oh, well," said Genevieve, with a r grand air of yielding something. "I'll I tell mamma about her, and may be t she'll send her some blanc mange or t something." e "I'm going tp see her to-morrow," 1 announced Mabel, suddenly. "Per- c haps I can lend her books." ^ "I'll go with you," volunteered a Frances. And. to the surprise of all s three, Genevieve added: "Why, so will I, then, if you really mean it. You s two nedn't think you are going to leave me out." ? Meanwhile it happened oddly enough "v that, at the very time Hazel Kirkland's call was being discussed in Mabel's house, the same matter was be- T ing talked of in the large gray house across the way. "The idea, mamma!" Hazel Kirklnnd j was sputtering, "that any one should t think I'd be calling on strangers over , in those fiats, when we've just moved in here ourselves. Of course it was different, going to see an old teacher of mine, like Sirs. Germain. And how did that woman get my card, anyway? I put it right over Mrs. Germain's own ^ speaking tube when I found that she was out. I didn't want to climb clear ' up to the top flat, of course. It was J just presumption in any one else to claim that card. There's no excuse ^ for it. And then sending her maid j over with a message of thanks! And you thought perhaps I really had . called ou her! Well, I don't intend to * let her think I came to see her?would you?' Mrs. Kirkland was silent. "Well, say it," remarked Hazel, at ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t! last, more mildly. "I suppose it will a be one of your six-word sermonettes n that make me ashamed in spite of t! myself. Would you let her think I called on her, mamma?" "They said it made her happy," answered Mrs. Kirkland, finally. c ' ?? -1- - .1 XT 1 <(T "un. dear: * sjgneu nazei. j. wisu j I could be an angel, like you, mamma." f That finished it for the time being, j; but about a week later Hazel came j flying into her mother's room with a ^ new grievance. '"Mamma!" she cried, tossing her j brown turban into one chair and her T gloves into another; "she's done it a again! You know I tried to make 0 another call cu Mrs. Germain yester- X] day, and that woman has taken my card a second time. And this time I c put it in Mrs. Germain's mailbox. It's j glass in front, you know, and the card showed right through, and these peo- f pl? must have fished it out, thinking ^ I'd made a mistake. It never occurs a to them I could want to see any one ^ else! And now she's gone and written a me a note?Mrs. Hunter's her name? g to say she can't understand why I did r not get in yesterday, and to ask me a to come and see her this afternoon. c Isn't It too ridiculous? I won't go a step?would you?" , Again there was the pause before the *c "sermonette." Then Mrs. Kirkland an- c swered very gently: "You must ask j( your own heart, dear." And the end j. of it was that Hazel went. Or rather, that wasn't the end at all, but just a the beginning, for instead of having V the awkward, depressing time she ex- ^ pected that day. Hazel found three of the "loveliest girls," as she afterward told her mother, all visiting like old friends with a little woman who sat t in a shabby wheelchair and looked so happy as any queen in a fairy book. Good times had begun for the lone- j( sone little lady of the flat. From that ^ afternoon the four girls seemed to be trying to see which could give her ^ most joy. Flowers and fruit and magazines and books began to cover the tables in the plainly furnished little parlor. The Trio Reading Club expanded to the extent of two more members, and began meeting twice a a week with Mrs. Hunter. Mothers be- r gaii to take an interest in the girls' ti new friend and to call and sympathize f( and go again. o "The kindest, sweetest people I ever f( saw live in thts block," said Mrs. tl Hunter to her husband one evening 1 as they sat alone together. h The words were scarcely out of her n mouth when the doorbell rung and d half the neighborhood came filing into t< the Hunter fiat. It was a surprise par- C ty. Indeed, and the reason for it was a that four happy girls had discovered o the date of Mrs. Hunter's birthday and b had planned to give her a beautiful o hew wheelchair, with cushions and springs and rubber tires, and an adjustable table and every contrivance you can think of. Mr. Hunter's face! glowed with tremulous joy as hp lifted his invalid wife into her new throne. "It's so that we can take yon out in the park." cried Oenevieve, almost dancing with delight. "And I shall push the chair," added Mabel. ! "Oh! oh! oh!" cried Mrs. Hunter, and then her face went into her hands and the tears came trickling through her fingers. But she had to stop that in 1 minute, for four pairs of arms be- t ? ? ? *- - t- -- ? t. a *\ /I f *? /I n J n rf hnn/1_ ' f$aii 10 uug utTt iiiiit lvin Miimij liiiiiw kerchiefs wiped lior eyes and four sweet voices in a chorus bogged her I lot to cry. So she sat and smiled instead, with eyes all wet and sparkling , md pink spots glowing on both her inle cheeks. "It has been the happiest birthday ; >f all my life," she told them as they vent away. . I "Mamma," said Hazel Kirkland, nfer they were at home that night; "I ust found out to-day that the girls lilnk I deserve the credit of all we've lone for Mrs. Hunter. They say It vas the example of that first call of j nine?the one I never made, you mow?that made them think of going o see her in the first place. And all his talk was right before Mrs. Hunti t. so that I couldn't explain to them i low it really was. but I've been tin- ' omfortablo about it ever since. If it f vere only true, and I were as sweet ; ind good as they think I am, I'd be j o happy!" Mrs. Kirkland smiled down into the i weet, wistful face. "Make it true, dear heart," was her j :ood-night sermonette.?Grace Ethel- ' ryn Cody, in the Chicago Ilecord. THE THEATRE IN PERSIA. (elisions Performances In the Month of ! TlTonrnlnir Attended bv Women. Tlio Fersian theatre like that of : European countries, presents both ragedies and comedies. The serious [ramas are the menus of religious and tolitical propaganda, while the comic lays deal with the evils in public j ife and the weaknesses and burdens i f the powerful. The religious' dramas are an inUeri- \ ance from the old Fersian rites, and i re similar to the old English miracle lays. They are called in Fersian j Thasieb" or holy plays. They at irst consisted only of . songs of la men- j ation in memory of the murder of j Inssan and Hussein, the sons of Ali, j on-in-law of the Prophet. Then they J eveloped into tragedies that continued o treat always of the troubles of he house of Ali. The festival performances continue j lways for nine days and during this j ieriod the strict rules of the harem re relaxed and the women are al- : awed to attend the theatre. The wives i f the Shah also attend In an enclosed (OX. The theatre in Teheran looks like a | ircus, the performance taking place i n a stage in the middle of the build- j ag. which Is not supplied with either j urtain or scenery. Great expense is, n the other hand, lavished on the eosumes and processions that are a large art of the performances. These "Tha- j lelis," which take place only in the lonth of mourning, Moharrem. have | Imost the character of a religion.; ! eremony. The admission is free, and here Is no applause. There Is, on the j ontrnry. frequent lamentation from he audience, which is likely to 1)0 loved by Its emotion to sudden outreaks. In addition to the principal theatre ! t Teheran during the month of lmirninff thorn nr<i In fttllW citlPS mid t the other small courts, performnces of the religious plays. Every lous Persian of tlie necessary wealth ; hlnks It his duty to provide for these erformantes in the improvised thea- ; res and public squares for the benefit f the poor and others who cannot see he official performances at Telieran. j Farces are, on the other hand, acted i urlng the entire year by wandering ; roups of actors, who, like the aero- j ats and animal tamers of other lauds, itch their tents in the public squares. ! 'hey play extemporized farces larger, which deal with the important nd wealthy persons of the town. The candals of the town, *.nd politics also, nter into these pieces In addition to hese two kinds of dramatic performnces, there are traveling troups of 1 larionettes that are very popular with he people.?New York Sun. The Lion and the Mirror. Possibly a lion's wife would appre- j iate a looking-glass, but a small miror iu the hands of a small boy so " Tightened and excited Big Ben, the j argest lion in the zoo, that, says the *ress, the keepers feared he would j lo violence to himself. Ben had been in an angry mood all lay. The presence of the small boy ras particularly distasteful to him, nd the lion raged and stormed as nly a big lion can. The lad waited mtil the tirade was ovefr, and then row a hand-mirror from under his j oat and held it directly in front of ten. The lion looked. Then he jumped j or the intruder that dared to face j iim in such a fashion, but brought up gainst the bars with force enough o throw him to the floor. Surprised it the appearance of the lion in the lass,'he filled the house with his oars. The keepers ran to the qpge nd endeavored to quiet him, but he ontinued the uproar until exhausted. In the meantime the adventurous outh had disappeared, aud was dis- , overed in front of the wolves' cage age trying to excite them. He was ed from the garden and warned to ;eep away. About a year ago a serious disturb- | nee at the zoo was due to the flash- j og of a mirror in front of the lion's len. At that time the lions, with the mt1/1 xception or one or two or uie ? uu st, were kept in one cage. A visitor held a mirror In front of hem one afternoon, and the beasts rere thrown Into panic. They fought nd dashed at the bars with such vioence that it was feared several would ; lie as a result of their frantic strug:les. It required the efforts of all the :eepers for several hours before they ould be quieted. The Hammock's Evolution. The evolution of the hammock is progressive wonder. There is no i emote corner of the country where tie old unevolvcd swing arrangement ' or being uncomfortable and falling ut has not penetrated. It can be ound in the fastnesses of Idaho and tie furthest corners of Porto Kico. , "he well-supported, all-comfortable ammock of recent years follows lore slowly on the track of its preecessor, but it also is finding its way j o places afar off from Nantucket. r >n that wise island the pattern of 11 comfort in hammocks is made out f sail cloth by old sailors who know y inheritance what these sea beds uglit to be, even for use n shore.? lew York Mail and Express, UNHAPPY CITY PLANTS. Many Foroos Which Conspire to Retard Their Crowth. "I have been giving some study lately to the question of affording better protection to the vegetation of cities," said a local botanist several days ago, "and as a result I have found myself out in deep water, but still with a rather interesting series of facts to deal with. At first I had no idea where the line of thought would lead me, and when I began to figure on the various influences which tend to arrest the growth of vegetation in the cities -they simply multiplied with startling rapidity. My - L- - uusci \ ?tiiwii5 nave convinceu mc that these inferences not infrequently give birth to a flora so much at variance with the original as to make a new classification necessary. "In the first place there is the matter of noise in all its forms, and the vibratory rumblings which go with the various activities of an augmented population. Flowers need sleep. Trees sleep. All forms of vegetable life must at regularly recurring intervals be allowed to lapse into a condition of repose, else some radical change will take place in the form of the plant. But ncise is not ihe only disturbing element, so far as the restful condition of flowers and plants is concerned. Light is no inconsiderable factor. Plants and flowers and all kinds of vegetation sleep best away from the glare. So the lights of the city, which blind all through the night, must contribute somewhat to this interference with the vegetable sleep. Dust and i moke and other things that fill the air unquestionably have a very great influence on vegetation in the cities. Electricity, independent of its uses for lighting purpose*, has a bad effect on city vegetation. "The overcharged condition of the earth because cf the electrical currents that are constantly finding their way back to the point of generation cannot 1 e healthy from a viewpoint of vegetation. The construction of large buildings interferes with the natural flow of air currents, and the plants of a city are, in a measure, smothered because of a lack of proper and natural ventilation. The flower loves and craves the kiss of the breeze. The joints of the 1_ - 1 - - - odK must dc loosened by the heavier blasts. The dead leaves must be blown away in order to facilitate the growth of the bud and twig. Dead bark must be shaken from the v*nbs and the trunk in order to insure a healthy growth. I might go on and multiply these influences indefinitely, but it is not necessary. Every man has observed the effect. for we have seen the toughest plants, plants as hardy as the oak, wither and die in cities cn account of these very influences, and the matter at least affords a vast field for botanic speculation, and, as speculation is the forerunner of solid, logical, philosophic deductions, much good may grow out of these musings."?Nezv Orleans Times-Democrat. HIS JUSTIFICATION. "I can't see what a man of his size wants to be crowding women away from the bargain counter for!" snapped one of the crowded. "Madam." plaintively spoke the large man, turning his head to address her, "I am here as the representative of a family of eleven daughters."?Chicago Tribune. A LONG STORY. Ned?If you want to marry an heiress, why, why don't you propose to Miss Elderly? She's rich." Ted?Yes; but I object to her past. Ned?Why, I thought that she was above reproach. Ted?It is. but there's not much of it.?Town and Country. Gibraltar's Cisterns. Gibraltar has four huge rock cisterns, holding five million gallons of water, and made mosquito-proof by gauze wire. The Tmrt Problem. To a thoughtful mind, the trust problem Is ono of serious import. It must be firmly grappled w't i, for it creeps upon society before you are awrr> of its eiiitance, in this respect much resembling the Tarious disorders which attack the ttunach, euoh as constipation, ind gest'on, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver and kidney troubles. Hostotter'a Stomach Bitle 8 is the one relii b'e remedy for all such ailment s. Be euro to give it a trial. A new French steamship line is to be established between Dominion and French ports. Nature Needs Assistance only. Many of the cases of serious illness could be checked at once with a dose of Crab Orchard Water, taken in time. The man who has the greatest confidence in himself has the least in other people. Sec advfc. of Smithdevi/s Business Coiaeos Time flies, but the bandmaster can beat it. , Each package of Fctnasi Fadeless Dtx colors more goods than any other dye and colors them better too. Sold by all druggists. Of 2000 pigeons set free nt Spandau, the majority reached Hamburg, a distance of 100 miles, in throe hours. Some people act like fools and other people don't have to act. Ladies Can Wear Shoes Cno fixe smaller after using Allen's FootKa-e. a powder for Ihe feet. It makes tight rr n* w shoos easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweatin?, aching f- e . ingrowing nails, corns and bunion?. At all Or grists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address A im S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Myrrh, which comes from Arabia and Persia, was used as medicine in the time of Solomon. Rest For ihe Rowel*. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascahets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produoo easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet hew C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. The frog is a kicker, but the fish gets along swimmingly. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, -f 2 trial bottle and treatls# free Dr. R. H. Kline. Ltd., 981 Arch St., Phila. Pa The self-made man never thinks of apologizing for himself. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften tho gums, rsduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a botbt* It is easy to fail into a fortune without hurting yourself. I am pure Pi6o's Cure for Consumption savod my life three years ago.?Mas. Thomas Robbins, Maplo St., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17,1900. It is easier to pay compliments than to pay debts. Albert Burch, West Toledo, Ohio, says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure saved my life." Write hi-n for particulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c. An uncertain temper is better than one that is certainly bad. II. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga., are the only successful Dropar Specialists in the world. See their liberal offer in advertisement in another column of this paper. It takes a pointed remark to get into some heads. Speaking of women wjbo cry, the Eskimo women fairly live on blubber. V/irJU | Th?mjio?'? ty Wltw NEARLY SUNK BY A RIVET. A Little Thing: That Came ??r Causlnc the Loss of a Steamship. The strangest story I ever heard of the sea relates to a copper rivet which was accidentally left in the bilge on the bottom of a ship by the builders, between two ribs, which it rolled back and forth with the motion of the vessel until it had worn a hole through the plates. Tills remarkable event took place off the coast of Peru. Some years ago n vessel loaded with guano worth several thousand dollars caught fire in the South Pacific and was abandoned by the captain and crew, who came ashore in the small boats and reported the disaster. "Jack" Eyre, of the firm of W. R. Grace & Co., New York, to whom the guano was consigned, is a daring fellow, and determined to save that cargo if possible. He knew that guano would not burn, and it was his idea that the hulk of tlie ship might be found floating somewhere at sen, and the valuable cargo recovered. He. therefore, chartered a small English tramp that happened to he at Cnllao and started out to search for the derelict. After cruising for two or three weeks he found her. just as he had expected, the woodwork burned to the water's edge, but the hull sound as a dollar and the cargo all right. They towed her into Cnllao, but the day before reaching that harbor the tramp they had chartered began to fill very rapidly, and the pumps could scarcely keep her afloat. They narrowly escaped sinking with all on board. The leak was a mystery. They had met with no accident, and there was no reason to suspect anything wrong with the plates, for the ship had been in the dry dock shortly before she left Liverpool and was rated Al, being only between 'wo and three years old. They managed to get her to Cnllao only by the greatest exertion, and many a time they feared they could not keep her afloat so long. When the ship went into the dock and was examined It was found that one of the plates about the centre had worn through. Further investigation demonstrated that the damage had been done by a little copper rivet which had been accidentally left in the bottom and had rolled back and forth over the same spot so often and so long that the Iron plate had heen worn thin, and the pressure of the water had broken through. The misohipvnim riv< * was th?-ro and was tak en out and preserved as a curiosity. Shipbuilders tell me that this is not an uncommon thing. It is always customary as a precaution to make a thorough search of the bottom of a new ship for rivets and copper filings and other loose metal. Copper filings are especially dangerons, because under certain conditions they are apt to set up a little galvanic battery and,do an immense amount of damage.?Chicago Record-Herald. WORDS OF WISDOM. Try and understand your neighbor, and you will be understood. Noble natures pay confidence with gratitude, ignoble ones with treachery. Time is a grateful friend; use it well, and it never fails to make a suitable requital. It takes a genius to compel himself to like the disagreeable tasks he has to perform. Buffoonery is the corruption of wit, as knavery is the corruption of knowledge. The business of the head is to form a good heart, and not merely to rule an evil one, as is generally Imagined. Some persons' virtues are so disagreeably self-sufficient that they make their friends more charitable to humbler vices. Raise not your wit's credit at the expense of your judgment Many a friend has been sold for a jest with l'oiiy lor uuuiiuucci . Prejudice and partiality limit attention to what favors our side, and thus, as It were, makes us deaf In one ear 1 and blind In one eye. Have as little as possible to do with 1 people you cannot trust; when on marshy ground tread lightly, and get over It as rapidly as you can. It is harder and often finer to endure the injustice and caprice ?f the world than to die for it, for the world needs noble lives more than noble deaths. A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart Into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. Exclude the exclusive and they will but knock the harder. Men and women are like shadows; follow your shadow and it will keep just ahead of you; turn and flee and it will follow you. Courtesy opens with her silver key doors which even the golden key of wealth fails to uulock, and tact succeeds where even truth fails if she forces her way, and discretion is the perfection of reason. -? Books Brought to the Boor. Home delivery of library books, as an experimenter, is now being tried in Springfield, Mass. It is said to be the first time such a scheme has been attempted In this country, although ? + lo nmntrtvud in nifinv KlllTllsh HtieS. n is vui^ivj cu 4i? ??0 One hundred persons have agreed to pay five cents a week for ten weeks for the delivery and collection of their books from the public library. The plan is for each of the 100 patrons to have a list of ten books at the start, and each is expected to have another list ready for the messenger on his weekly visit. All books can be kept two weeks, and except some recent fiction, can be reserved for two weeks more. The messenger can renew all renewable books at the door. Supplementary lists can be sent in on postals.?Municipal Journal and Engineer. Mistake the Trojans Made. "The trouble at Troy," said the professor, "appears to be that a feeling of inaction seemed to take possession of the Trojans. They were, so to speak, seemingly under the influence of a fate from which there was no escape. This was plainly shown when the wooden horse was discovered outside of the walls. What is it, Mr. Blinghorn 'r "As I understand it, sir," said the brilliant young junior, "just as soou as tliej' got the -wooden horse inside all the Trojan women rushed away to get on their loveliest clothes, aud all the men toddled off to get their tall hats and their Inverness overcoats." "And why should tiiey do that?" cried the astonished professor. "Because they thought it was a horse show," replied the bright youth. ?Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Atchinon Girl* of Experience. An Atchison girl who is in love for the seventh time says she doesn't notice any difference in the attacks, except that she calculates more than she used to iC the trouble iu curling her hair U going to pay,?Atchison Globe. 5" 1 More Women Are Needed. There seems to be a shortage of women in the British colonies, if the reports of the census-takers are true. In two of them alone?Canada and Australia? there is a chance for 500.000 more to gain husbands and homes. According to the latest figures the population of New South Wales consists of 729.000 males and 628,000 females . Here is a deficiency of 100,000. In Victoria the discrepancy is not so marked, but in other colonies the difference is proportionally larger. In New Zealand, for instance, there is an excess of 50.000 males. Perhaps if the women realized how much they are needed there they would go in bevies. It is said, however, tbnt t'npv arp too timid to venturp into strange lands and are waiting for the colonists to come and take them. Students of conditions think something could be done to equalize the sexes, both in the colonies and at home?Yonkcrs Statesman. A CENTURY HENCE. "You say that man conquered in spite of his lack of early opportunity?" "Yes. He was bom in a humble threestory house and he had to study his lessons by gas instead of electric light."? Washington Star. CLEARED TEN DOLLARS. "By hard, hard work I cleared $10 today." "How?" "I resisted five people who wanted me to join five new clubs at $2 dues each." A Real Fiinny Story* O'd Tim Linkins, the barber of Wabash Avenue, Chicago, is a great student of proverbial philosophy, and ho sometimos entertains bis j customers, in tho interval of a "scrape" or j " haircut," by his apt applications of tho well- ! knovn proverbs of the past to the conditions j or requirements of the prosent. His regular J customers know his strong point, and many a J man who apparently goes in for a shave, is : really in searoh of a rest in a cosy chair, and has a dosiro to hear "Tim" hold forth pro- ! verbially. One day last week a stranger came in for a shave, and as ho stretched himself wearily in tho chair, Tim prepared to lather him. Tho man ineidontlv remarked that ho had intended coming in earlier in the day but , had been prevented. "Well, it's better late ' than never," said Tim, smilingly. "Not al- j ways," roplicd the stranger, slowly. "How ; about losing your pocketbook ? I never lost i.M 1 1 ? A;A 1,?1 T uuo until YUMtrimj?iivvw vuu, uut x nvuiu j RooneT have kopt It. Now, why was it batter for me to lose it lato than not at all ? " Tim ; acknowledged that he was wrong and the man : continued: "Don't know what I would have dono in ray predicament, only on old acquaintance of mine on thb Lake front let mo have twenty to go on with." "Ah," chipped in Tim, "that was good! A friend in need is a friend indeed." "No, he isn't," snapped the man who wm being shaved. "Thore you're dea i wrong again. How can a friend in need bo a friend indeed? I have a good many friends who are always in need and tnev are a nuisance tD mo. Always on tho borrow." Tim thought the problem over in his mind and roluctantly admitted that the man wte right. Ho had almost made np his mind not to speak again when tho stranger continued, "Yes sir, they arc nuisances. Why, ono of them fellows has been calling on mo for tho past year and threatens to get oven with mo somo way if I do not loan him fifty dollars. He threatens nic at everv xidt." "Oh, I wouldn't mind that," replied Tim unconsciously, "you know tbo old adago 'A barking dog never bi'??.'" > "Thero yon aro again," said the "ehavee " as ho wiped a littb lather from tho corner of his mouth. "f>ay, what do you know about dogs, anyway, that you talk in such a silly 9traia ? Ilavc you ever ventured to go too close to a barking do<,?and if yon did, what diil he do to you ? Did you ever know a barking dog that didn't bite if ho got the chance?" Tim said he con'dn't exactly call to mind any canine acquaintance that strictly fulfilled tho claim in the provorb, and there was a# silence for a few minutes while his razor was'gliding over the man's face. Then the barber smiled to himself as hc^bethonght him of a good joke. "I snpposo," bo*said, as ho applied the bay mm, "I suppose you don't boliovo in tho barbers' prorerb at all?" "What's that ?" asked the stranger, rising. "Two heads aro better than ono," answered Tim. "Of course you can understand why they aro, in ray business, but I know you would like to say they would be bad for a man with the headache or?" "Nothing of tho kind," put in the other, smiling. "Ono of your proverbs, at least, is right. I happen to know that two heads aro better than one." "Then you don't object to that old adage ?" "Not at all. It 1j dead righL And I would thank you very much if you havo any stray Lion heads at hand?those taken from tho Lion Coffee wrappers. My wife is collecting them and she is about six shy of the number required to get a Lady's Gold Watch. You see in this case "two heads arp better than one, and twenty are better than ten." "Just so," added Tim, cheerfully, "but you see, my wife is doing the same thing, and expects a premium in a few weeks. So to her also,'two heads are better than one.' " "Well, in that case," said tho stranger, as he paid Tim for the shave and prepared to depart, "you had better tell your wifo to do the same as muie is doing, gave up the Lion heads until after September 1st next, whon the new Preminm List is issued. Then if she sends them to tho Woolson Spice Co.,Toledo, Ohio, she can have hor pick of some very choice presents." . The man with a weak chin sometime* raises the heaviest whiskers. Is the oldest and only business college in Ya. own. ing its building?a grand now one- No vacations. Ladies & gentlemen. Bookkeeping,Shorthand, Typewriting, Penmanship, Telegraphy, &c. ' Leading business college south of the Potomac river."?Phtla. Stenog-mfMrr. Address, G. M. Smlthdeal. President. Richmond. Va. NO MORE Spoiled Fruit. 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