The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 01, 1901, Image 4
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' ?AFTER
THE DREAMS.
I awoke from troubled dreams and
blessed the glorious day;
The sun's warm, welcome beams across
the covers lay;
The world was bathed in light and in
the joys about
Grim memories of the night were
quickly blotted out.
0 shall I wake again, some morning
from the dream
'That comes to each and then behold a
brighter gleam,
Or shall no curtain ope, no bar fall from
the gate??
1 hope and dread and hope, and have
xnj urt-uuis jiiiu wail.
...? ?S. E. Kiser.
J jiiirairaij
He hadn't slept soundly. He rarely
slept soundly now. It wasn't his age,
surely; he was only 57; and it couldn't
be his business affairs, for all his investments
were sound and highly remunerative
and his large income was
rapidly increasing. No, he must look
for the cause elsewhere. Perhaps it
would be well to consult a doctor.
He arose and, lighting the gas,
looked at his watch. It was 4.30. He
went to a window that faced the east
?/ and raised the sash. The air came
cool and fragrant. Low down by the
h; far-away ridge streaks of pale blue
light were showing.
"I'll see this sunrise," said Amos
_ Brandon. "I haven't seen one since
l|"%, I was a boy." He hastily bathed and
% dressed himself. "I'll see it from the
outside," he added, and softly creeping
down the stairway, found his hat, and
opening the great door, descended the
stone steps that led to the street.
As he faced the east and moved
slowly along the avenue he snuffed the
air and found it good. He even took
off his hat and let it cool his head.
"It certainly seems to me that tnis
is better than tossing on that comfortless
mattress,V he muttered. "Won.
v der why I never thought of it before."
; The pale streaks in the east grew
broader, a pink flush rose behind the
V" wooded crest, the clouds became hazy.
Swiftly the flush deepened, spokes of
" light were flung upward and then came
H the sun.
Amos Brandon walked slowly onward,
eagerly watching those magic
changes.
"Oh," he said, "that's fine; it's
, worth the trouble. How many people
know anything about i: ? Precious
few. Look at the present audience.
x. One restless, lonely old man, and a
P night watchman or two. What a
gjr shame!"
He came to a street intersectioned
and paused and looked at his watch.
"Quarter to five," he muttered. "No,
; I'll not go home. I feel like a runaway
boy. I'll stroll down to the lake.
- I don't believe I've really seen the lake
p in a dozen years."
He walked at a leisurely gait,
SpF* breathing in the tonicky air and ever
and anon turning his gaze on the suntinted
clouds. His eyes were brighter
anrl hi? sten mnre ftlastif*. I^abor
: ing men, swinging their dinner boxes,
* looked around as they passed him. His
was an unusual figure at that early
hour. Once he heard a man repeat his
?>>;. I - name to his companions and they all
stared curiously at him as they
passed.
As he came within sight of the lake's
blue ripples a girl came across the
avenue and turned in on the sidewalk
! just ahead of him. She was a girl of
perhaps 14, rather slender, with a clear
olive complexion and thick, dark hair.
She was ntratly dressed, save her shoes,
which were dingy and frayed, and in
her hand she carried a basket whose
'if contents were concealed beneath a
white paper. Amos Brandon quickened
his steps a little.
"You are an early riser," he said to
c ^4he^girl. At the moment he was interested
in early risers.
"Yes, sir," said the girl, who showed
no surprise at his abrupt remark. "I
/- have to carry my father's breakfast
to him. He is a help at the mills over
- there." She pointed to a long row of
dingy buildings not far ahead.
She spoke well and with a lack of
v.V' - constraint that the old man admired.
Sp "Why doesn't your father come home
^ to his breakfast?" he asked.
"He goes to work at midnight and
> quits at noon," she answered.
"And how far do you come?"
"About a mile and a half."
She gave him a little nod and turned
to cross a vacant field that would save
si: her a few steps. Amos watched her
for a moment as she sturdily stepped
iurwa.ru.
"A good little woman, and her father
should be proud of her. I hope he is."
;< He sighed softly, as h^nlod
He enjoyed the l|JiBPfWits dimply
surfacegj^tKeewash of the littlc^a^^s
they struck the piling,
^^ ^^nathe black banner of smoke trailjk^^ing
after a far-away steamer. Presently
he turned and strolled over
toward the iron mills. Almost in a
moment he came upon the girl of the
lunch basket. She was sitting on a
low pile of boards and close beside her
sat a workingman, bare-armed and
sinewy, a swarthy man with small,
black eyes, and a short, black beard.
He was eating with evident enjoyment
^^^"\the breakfast the girl had brought
him. Amos Brandon paused at the picture.
It pleased him. He nodded
smilingly to the girl, who nodded back,
and when the swarthy man looked up
he nodded to him, too. Amos leaned
against a pile of lumber.
"Your load will be lighter on the
way back," he said to the girl.
"Yes," she answered, "father always
has a good appetite."
The swarthy man looked up. He
nodded gravely to Amos.
'She's a good girl," he said slowly.
"Come long way."
"Yes," said Amos. "I'm sure she's
a good girl."
The swarthy man .looked around at
the object of his praise. There was
fondness in his glance.
"Smart girl, too," he said. "Teacher
say smartest girl in English school."
He said this with some difficulty, but
with evident gratification.
"Oh. father," cried the child, with
a swift little blush.
Then the swarthy man's rough voice
grew softer.
"She's all I got," he said.
"I see," said Amos Brandon.
"Mutter dead, brudder dead, sister
dead. Only Lena left." He turned a
little and softly stroked the girl's
hand.
Something rose in the rich man's
throat, and a mist swam before his
eyes.
^ "Father thinks I should wear my
best shoes," she explained. "He
fast this walk would
wear them out.^V<^
"Best shoes," echoed the swarthy
man; "yes, yes, best shoes." He
looked at Amos Brandon. Then he
softly touched t'he girl's shoulder with
a forefinger and struck himself sharply
on forearm, and chest.
"She's what I work for," ho smlfingly
said.
"I must go." remarked Amos Brandon.
hurriedly. He paused and
stepped forward. "I would like to
shake hands with you," he said to the
swarthy man. who met the advancing
fingers with a warm grasp. Amos
nodded to the girl and strode away.
There was a crosstown car waiting
for the signal to start. He caught it
and 20 minutes later opened the front
door of his house. The housekeeper
met him in the hall. Her anxious face
cleared.
"Glad you have returned, Mr. Brandon,"
she said. "We were beginning
to worry a little over your unusual absence."
"Out for an early stroll, Mrs. Emer
! son," he said. "Kindly nave DreanI
fast ready in half an hour."
He stepped into the library and
I opened his desk. For a moment he sat
j in deep thought. Then he rapidly in;
dited this letter.
"My Dear Mary?I find it is quite
impossible to hold out any longer. I
am growing old and I need you, dear
child. The door from which I turned
you two long years ago is open for you
and yours. You are all I have in the
world, dear. Without you the house
is cold and desolate. For what have
I been toiling all these years but for
you? Come back to me, daughter, and
all will bo forgiven and forgotten. Tell
your husband that a hearty handclasp
awaits him. Say to him that I confess
that I sorely misjudged him.
"Write to me, dear, as soon as you
receive this, and tell me when to expect
you and George. Your affectionate
father. Amos Brandon."
He looked at the letter when he had
finished it and shook his head. Then
he carefully read it through. Again
he showed his disapproval. After a
moment or two he raised the sher?,
and deliberately tore it to bit's of
jagged paper and tossed them into
the waste basket.
"Pshaw," he smilingly muttered,
"that's too slow. I'll hurry down and
telegraph Mary that I'm coming for
them, and then I'll follow by the first
train."
The housekeeper stood in the doorway.
"Breakfast is ready, Mr. Brandon,"
she announced.
The rich man whirled toward ner.
"Mrs. Emerson," he said, "I want
you to put Mary's rooms into the nicest
possible shape at' once."
The housekeeper started.
"Is Miss Mary coming home, sir?"
she eagerly asked.
"Yes," said Amos Brandon, "she's
coming home."?W. R. Rose, in Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
TROUT IN SHALLOW WATER.
The Qoention of How Lillle Water They
Can Swim In Not Setiled.
On Monday a gentleman wrote me
saying he had two ponds, artificial,
which he intended to devote to trout,
and desired to connect one with the
other by a channel that trout could
swim between them, and he wished to
know how little water it would take
for a 2-year-old trout to swim in comfortably.
As a 2-year-old trout is just
about as big as a piece of chalk, that
part of the question was easy, but I
really do not know the depth of water
a trout would regard as comfortable
to swim in. anu*. Jor this reason: On
the Saturday bef6r<rfi*>?-? Monday I was
with a foreman of i hatebe^>"-* i00king
at some trout fry~in^Cmei^.?onds,
the water flowing finally into a box
supplying a pipe to other ponds, and
the waste water passed through a spillway
into a wild pond. The spillway
was about 14 inches wide and perhaps
a foot high at the sides and from the
end this water dropped fully 18 inches,
perhaps 20 inches, to the surface of
the pond. As we stood on the cover
of the reservoir box looking into the
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spiuway we saw a trout m it, huu it
may have been 2 years old, also it
may have been only a yearling, for it
had jumped up from the wild pond
into the spillway, and appeared to the
eye to be about nine inches long. The
water was so shallow in the box that
the trout was from one-third to half
its depth above the water, but occasionally
it turned from side to side,
immersing its body completely. This
was a deliberate motion, as if to keep
the exposed skin wet; then there was
another motion as if rubbing its belly
and sides on the bottom of the box,
and perhaps that was what it was doing,
clearing its sides of slime. After
watching the fish for some minutes I
brought my heel down on the boarding
and the trout swam up and across j
the spillway as rapidly and as easily^
as though it had been in wat r a foot
deep, and finally out_,frf" the spillway
into the pmidi_J?he'water on one side
of^i&fc-^pfllway was deeper than on the
-other, for on the shallow side the water
barely covered the green mould, so that
in its efforts to escape it was at times
almost entirely out of water. Whether
this was comfortable or not I cannot
say, but the fish made lightning
darts with its body partly in the water
and sometimes almost entirely out,
with the same facility and apparent
grace displayed by a fish which swims
in waters that are over its head and
body.?Forest and Stream.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
The virtue lies in the struggle, not
in the prize.?Milnes.
Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.?Chesterfield.
Wisdom is to the mind what health
is to the body.?Rochefoucauld.
Celerity is never more admired than
by the negligent.?Shakespeare.
To rejoice in the prosperity of another
is to partake of it.?W. Austin.
An obstinate man does not hold
opinions?they hold him.?Bishop
Butler.
The seeds of our punishment are
sown at the same time we commit the
sin.?Hesiod.
Seeing much, suffering much and
studying much are the three pillars of
learning.?Disraeli.
Life is a quarry out of which we are
to mold and chisel and complete a
character.?Goethe.
That is true philanthropy that buries
not in gold in ostentatious charity, but
builds its hospital in the human heart.
?Harley.
Do little things now; so shall big
things come to thee by and by asking
to be done.?Persian proverb.
A proud man is seldom a grateful
man, for he never thinks he gets as
much as he deserves.?H. W. Beecher.
The reason why borrowed books are
seldom returned is that it is easier to
retain the books themselves than what
is inside of them.?Gilles Menage.
The flags to be hoisted at one time
in signaling at sea never exceeded
four. It is an interesting arithmetical
fact, that, with IS various colored
flags, and never more than four at a
time, no fewer than 78,642 signals can
j be given.
CAUSES OF NIGHTMARE.1
ESPECIALLY DISTINGUISHED FROM
DREAMS BY DEPRESSION.
Why Nightmare in Often Hereditary?
Ciiutrd by Gruesome Tales or Woful
Spectacles ? Affects Highly Kmotional
I'eople?The Treatment of the Trouble.
The nightmare has nothing to do
with horses, although they occasionally
have it; the word mare really
means, in this connection, a spectre,
explains the Indianapolis Journal. Ac- '
cording to the Bavarian popular belief J
the nightmare is a woman who ap- j
pears in the morning asking to borrow !
something. To keep her away at night
they promise her the three white gifts
if she will come for them the next
morning, and when she does come, as
she surely will, she is given a handful
of flour, a handful of salt and an egg.
In Morocco it is customary to place
a dagger under the pillow at night to j
ward off the nightmare, and in Greece
a black-handled knife is supposed to
have the same effect. The ancient
Germans believed that nightmare was
due to a demon, who. during sleep,
seated himself upon the chest of the
sleeper and oppressed his breathing.
The symptoms of nightmare are
variable, though they may be always
extremely disagreeable. It may be a
realisitc sensation of falling from a
high place, such as the summit of a
steep precipice; or one may suffer all
the horrors of a flood, or fire, or a
struggle with enemies superior in
force and number. Frantic animals
may attack or spring upon the sleeper,
and with all these visions there is an
j inexpressible anguish and pain, with
' a sense of imminent danger, escape
or defense seeming impossible, while
the victim is unable to cry out for
assistance or in the always present
struggle at last utters a groan or two
wV?inV? mov o n'O l*A Vl i m
invii iticLj o n uuv> unit,
Nightmare is especially distinguishable
from dreams by the sensation of
depression and suffocation. It is. in
fact, a true temporary, miniature delirium.
Sometimes, long after awakening.
it leaves the subject a prey to
nervous anxiety, violent palpitation
and unusual debility. In fact, it has
a marked analogy with insanity, and
if it is constantly recurring it may be
of serious portent, pointing to some
affection of the brain or mind. Not
that nightmare causes nervous disease
or insanity, but that nervous disease
j pre-existing causes, on the contrary,
this special disposition of the brain
| to temporary delirium,
j From this it can be understood why
I nightmare is often hereditary, just as
abnormal nervous impressionability
may be inherited. The child, too, sensitive
to the slightest impression, a
living bundle of nerves, is more especially
subject to Dight terrors, even
while awake, owing to the power of
the mind to project ideas into space
and with the eye to see them as actualities
imbued with life. Next in
susceptibility are women and some
men whose brains have remained in
the infantile state properly called
simple-minded. Anaemia, fever, disturbance
of the circulation, caused by
diseases of the heart or the large
blood vessels, disturbed respiration,
due to asthma or a full stomach, are
the most frequent predisposing causes,
and are as powerful as nervous disturbances.
such as hysteria and hy
pochondria, in causing nightmare.
Sometimes nightmare is due to prolonged
wakefulness, a radical change
in diet, or faulty position of the body,
such as lying upon the back or face.
Sometimes it is due to some mechani- |
cal interference, such as an aneurism
or even swollen tonsils. West has reported
a case in which, in spite of all
hygienic treatment, nightmare continued
every night for a long period,
due, as was discovered after careful
consideration, to a prolonged uvula,
which, during sleep, in the prone position
hindered free respiration. Cut- j
ting off the point of this mischievous
uvula caused the permanent discon- i
tinuance of the visits of the night- j
mare.
In nervous persons emotional in
character nightmare may be caused
by gruesome tales or woful spectacles,
grief, discouragement, hatred, anger,
etc. In fact, the most intense nightmare
is due to exaltations of passion,
due to the loss of dearly loved relatives
or friends, sudden and extreme
reverse of fortune, disappointed ambition,
the fear of disease, or even a_
shock of one's self love ami- esteem,
which, as has beeH~aptly~said, slays
more victirns-fhan love.
_J?he"'treatment of nightmare consists
in awakening the subject, and,
if there is perturbation of mind, giving
some mildly sedative potion, such
as warm water sweetened with syrup
of lettuce. Following this, care should
be taken to remove the supposed
cause, to prevent recurrence of the
nightmare. In the case of children
intense moral impressions, weird
stories and gruesome tales should be
avoided, especially before bedtime.
The child should be put to bed
early to avoid the exciting environment
of the social circle, of animated
conversation and convivialjollit}'. The
evening meal should be a light one,
both as to quantity and quality of
food and drink, avoiding highly spiced
relishes and stimulating drinks. The
chamber should be spacious and wellventilated,
the bed not too soft and
without too much bed clothing. Perfect
muscular relaxation, avoidance of
false positions and perfect freedom,
all compression interfering with respiration
or circulation must be avoided.
The feet ought to be warm and
lower than the head. The body should
be extended and not cuddled up into
a ball. When the bed is in an alcove
or surrounded by. heavy curtains nightmare
is sure to lurk within, for they
prevent the free circulation of air,
and the brain is stupefied, as it were,
by laughing gas produced by the
sleeper, the air vitiated by him being
breathed ovefc and over again.
The bed ought to be slightly inclined
from head to foot, but the proper
elevation of the head varies according
to temperament. Anaemic
people need to have the head quite
low. but full-blooded people rest easier
if the head is higher. An excitable,
1?3 rt Tf K/\ Kx*
congested uiam iuaj wc 1 tuv-iT,u u;
warm baths, tonics and antispasmodics
like the bromides and valerian.
If there is a tendency to palpitation
the person should lie upon the right
side; if the liver is disordered by
chronic digestive troubles, the person
should lie on the left side. The stomach
should be in good condition, especially
if there is flatulence due to
gastric torpidity, leading to fermentation
of food, and dilation of the
stomach should be energetically
treated.
In Bacon's "Natural History," which
is quaintly worded and based on very
crude knowledge of natural history, as
: it is understood today, the author
says, with a grain of truth, "mushrooms
cause the incubus of mare in
the stomach." The same might be
said of Welsh rarebits and similar indigestible
delicacies eaten just before
retiring; these lie hard on the stom-1
ach and cause more horrible dreams in
those not hardened to such gourmandism.
But it is equally erroneous
to go to the opposite extreme and prohibit
all food before retiring, for often
a light repast is a most excellent
| nightcap, and the pleasantest and
j safest remedy against insomnia and,
in fact, against nightmare, for an
I empty stomach may cause it just as
j much as an overloaded one.
Not less important in the treatment
I of nightmare is an endeavor to neu:
tralize, as far as possible, all injurious
moral causes. This is often simply
a matter of good counsel ana caution |
against the dangers of poor hygiene j
and excess of passion. The friends
should especially endeavor to reassure
and render cheerful those unfortunate
beings who have a morbid fear of disease
(nosophobia, as it is technically
called), to discourage their broodings
and encourage them not to give way
to despair. Unfortunately, the physician
of today too often scorns and neglects
this animisolatio, this solace of mind,
which is none the less often far
superior to and more efficacions than
the most potent drugs.
ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR PHRASE?.
Well-Known Expression* That Have Started
in the Most Natural War.
To feel in apple-pie order is a phrase
which dates back to Puritan times?to
a certain Hepzibah Merton. It seems
that' every Saturday she was accustomed
to bake two or three dozen apple
pies, which were to last her family
through the coming week. These
she placed carefully on her pantry
shelves, labelled for each day in the
week, so that Tuesday's pies might
not be confused with Thursday's, nor
those presumably large or intended
for washing and sweeping days eaten
when household labors were lighter.
Aunt Hepzibah's "apple-pie order"
settlement, and originated the wellknown
saying.
It was once customary in France,
when a guest had outstayed his welcome,
for the host to serve a cold
shoulder of mutton instead of a hot |
roast. This was the origin of the
phrase "To give the cold shoulder."
"None shall wear a feather but he
who has killed a Turk" was an old
Hungarian saying, and the number of
feathers in his cap indicated how
many Turks the man had killed.
Hence the origin of the saying with
refernce to a feather in one's cap.
In one of the battles between the
i Russians and Tartars a private soldier
of the former cried out: "Captain, I've
caught a Tartar!" "Bring him along,
then," answered the officer. "I can't
for he won't let me," was the response.
Upon investigation it was apparent !
that the captured had the captor by
the arm and would not release him.
So, "catching a Tartar" is applicable
to one who has found an antagonist
too powerful for him.
That far from an elegant expres|
sion, "To kick the bucket," is believed
I to have originated in the time of
I Queen Elizabeth, when a shoemaker
named Hawkins committed suicide by
placing a bucket on a table in order
to raise himself high enough to reach
a rafter above, then kicking away the
bucket on which he stood. The term
coroner is derived from the word
"corph-connor," which means corpse
inspector.
"He's a brick," meaning a good fellow,
originated with a king of Sparta
?Agesilaus?about the fourth century
B. C. A visitor at the Lacedaemonian
capital was surprised to find the city
without walls or means of defence,
and asked his royal host what they
would do in case of an invasion by a
foreign power. "Do?" replied the heroic
king. "Why, Sparta has 50,000
soldiers, and each man is a brick."
I UAroa ffno rnQ noraHo in
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St. James' park, London, there is always
a lot of boys on hand to black
the boots of the soldiers or do other
menial work. The boys, from their
constant attendance about the time of
guard mounting, were nicknamed "the
black guards," hence the name "blackguard."
Deadhead, as denoting one
who has free entrance to places of
amusement, comes from Pompeii,
where the checks for free admission
were small ivory death's heads. Specimens
of these are in the museum at
Naples.
Bridegroom -Runs the Gauntlet.
"The custom of throwing an old
shoe after the wedded ctmple for
luck is a remarkably widespread one,
but it is not always as pleasant a
feature of the ceremony as one has ,
come to imagine," began a young '
lawyer who has a penchant for folk ;
lore. "The other day I ran across a
curious custom which is said to prevail
to some extent even yet in villages
of southern France.
"It's this way; after the ceremony
the bride is escorted to her new
home by her girl friends and left
alone; the young husband, also in
the hands*of his friends, is next led
to a point a couple of hundred feet
from the dwelling, where a halt is
made. There the girl's rejected suitor,
if there be such a one, arms himsolf
with an old sabot, or wooden
shoe, while the grooin, ducking his
head, makes a dash for the house.
The disgruntled suitor throws as
hard and true as possible, and the
crowd cheers or derides according to .
the success of the shot. A wooden i
shoe is a formidable missile in the ,
hands of an angry swain, and a hus- j
band is justified in having some mis- j
givings as he sees his defeated rival ?
practising up in anticipation of the
wedding day. Just think, though,
how great a relief it would be even ,
in this country to take a crack at the !
fellow who had done you out of your
best girl without having the police .
step in. Over there the custom has
a wider meaning. It signifies that
the last ill feeting is thus thrown
away, and it is the depth of disgrace j
for the man who has thrown the ,
shoe to harbor any further malice
against the young couple."?New .
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Traffic of the Seine.
Every one knows that Paris is on
the Seine, but very few people know, '
or perhaps care to know, the amount j
of traffic along its waters. The traffic
is much more than people imagine, j
The minister of public works has pub- .
lished some statistics which show that
during 1900 no less than 50,048 boats of
various sizes were at work on the i
Seine. The boats carried 10,000,000 ,
tons of merchandise, of which 649,037
tons were used in Paris. But what of .
the little passenger steamers that are j
seen gliding from pier to pier? Well,
they number 131. They can each carry
from 225 to 400 passengers, and last
year they conveyed more than 27,000,000
passengers;?Paris Messenger.
Buffalo's system of public schools,
numbering 60 separate school buildings,
is said to compare favorably with
any school system in the United
States.
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ffoVSEMOLD HINTS
Some Thine* Worth Knowing.
Whpn thprp is sickness in the family
there are so many extra steps to he
taken that one should so plan that all
extia work may be spared. There ara
Constant call for ice in many cases and
with the refrigerator of the ice chest
In the far distant cellar, a little hint
as to how ice may be kept almost indefinitely
will be appreciated. Put a
piece of ice, say five cents' worth, in a
kitchfn bowl. Stand the howl on a
pillow, cover the bowl first with a
large plate and then with another pillow.
In this way the ice will keep during
a whole night. If placed in an ice
chest, wrap it in several thicknesses of
??wspaper. During the sultry weather
ice that would not' last 24 hours may
in this way be kept from Saturday
until Monday morning.
Summer flint*.
Ice should be used, not abused. To
hack it way senselessly as do most persons
is sinful waste. Ice shavers are
cheap, in lieu of which a pin pressed
in will do the work.
Bowls of ice placed about in an invalid's
room will cool it quickly and.
incidentally, save the nurse; fanning
is weary work.
Flowers, even in pots or around the
city walls, carry to every heart a joyous
message, but upon suburban
nnrohos lot ereon run riot.
The beneficial hose plays a great
part in summer. It is too often used
carelessly. Water is almost as disastrous
as fire as a destroyer. Blow out
the hose and dry it daily.
Screens?house screens?are marvels
of use in summer. A summer cold is a
miserable affliction. A screen before
an open window is wisdom placed before
dawn, especially.
Charcoal used to heat water for
bathing is effective. Gallons may be
heated in a jiffy or two jiffies, and
there you are.?Philadelphia Record.
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The Odor of Feather*,
Properly cured feathers have no
odor. When there is a close odor to a
feather pillow it tells unerringly one
story. The feathers have not been
properly cured and have been spoiled
in the curing. There is no remedy for
such feathers. The small amount of
animal matter located in the quill of
the feather, instead of being destroyed
in the curing, has been allowed to become
decayed; and like any decayed
animal matter, it leaves a lasting taint
behind. The best feathers may by accident
acquire that taint by curing.
The best goose feathers have so small
a quill that thev are not as liable to
trouble as hens' feathers, that have a
heavy quill. It always pays to buy
the best goose feathers because they
are much lighter, bulk for bulk, than
cheap feathers, and th* lightest cost
very litle more than the heaviest,
though the price by the pound is considerably
more. It is generally the
cheap feathers with coarse quills that
are odorous. The odor will last as long
as the feathers?New York Tribune.
Dainty Dressing Tables.
Nowadays dressing tables of mahogany,
rosewood, white enamel, etc., are
preferred above all, and rightly, too,
without doubt, but the coquettish
draped dressing table is the favorite
of many women who like frills and
daintiness. The old "spot" muslin or
the pattern of tiny dots no bigger than
seed pearls is quaint and pretty. The
neatest way is to stitch the valance on
a piece of tape anl tie it at intervals
along the edge, the piece for the table
coming to the edge and being finished
off with a frill or muslin or lace. Then
we may yield ourselves to further lavishness,
and a very dressy way is to
tack on the colored linen or batiste
first, then placing over that the plain,
lightly gathered muslin, to take a second
piece and cut it in deep Vandykes,
edging these with wide Valenciennes
lace and tying it securely along the
edge of the tables. The upper flounce
should reach to within a foot of the
ground, and may be caught up bj^wws
of ribbon to match the color of tfie lining.
Tho flounce of lace on the table
piece should be fairly wide, and a novel
way is to add a smart flounce of
narrow lace; but very often the top is
of looking glass framed in
with a fulling * of lace and
reflecting prettily the toilet
pieces of ivory and silver. Pincushions
should bt of the daintiest description.
It is a capital plan to have one
for black pins, another for white and
a third for jewelry and hatpins. Hatnins
mean destruction to a pretty pin
cushion. Old decanter stands of silver
or Sheffield plate fitted with the pincushions
are most appropriate to a
dressing table, whereof the accessories
are all silver metal.?Montreal
Star.
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Pickled Cherries?Stone ripe cherries
and cover with vinegar. Let them
stand for 24 hours, then drain off the
vinegar and add one pound granulated
sugar to one pint of the fruit. Mix
thoroughly and put in jars. They will
keep perfectly without sealing and are
delicious.
Club House Potatoes?Cut one pint
of raw potatoes in fancy shapes or
cubes; parboil three minutes. Drain,
add one-fourth cup butter and cook
until soft, then add one cup thin white
sauce and one tablespoonful meat extract.
Sprinkle with finely chopped
parsley and serve.
Pineapple Sandwiches?Cut the pineapple
in thin slices, and these again
quite small, dust with powdered sugar,
and arrange between thin slices of buttered
bread. Cut into small, dainty
shapes. Another way is to mash the
ripe pineapple as smoothly as possible,
sweeten, and spread on buttered
bread. These are for afternoon tea.
Spinach Souffle?Take a cupful of
spinach whioh lias been prepared and
mix with it the beaten yolk of an egg
and stir over the fire until the egg is
set. Let it cool. When ready to serve
stir into it lightly the well beaten
whites of three eggs. Fill individual
buttered paper boxes half full and
place them in a hot oven for 10 minutes.
Serve at once.
Maple Cream?Dissolve one-half
package of gelatine in cold water. Pour
over it one cup of boiling maple sirup,
being careful that all the gelatin is
dissolved. Add one cup of scalded
milk thorough' beaten with two eggs.
When it begins to stiffen, pour it
slowly into one pint of whipped cream,
stirring it gently until all is well
mixed. Turn into a mold that has
been rinsed with cold water and set on
iee four hours.
The Chief Juetloe Apologized.
Even chief justices arc betrayed Into
6lang occasionally. Sir John Madden, ;
the chief justice and lieutenant govcr- !
nor of Victoria, angry at the absence of
all the barristers in a libel case that was
down for hearing, characterized the proceeding
as a "fake." This is a piece of
pugilistic slang and is understood to ;
mean a make-believj fight, both boxers :
having previously agreed as to the final
issue. London and New York have witnessed
many such "fakes." Next morning
the three leading barristers concerned
appeared in court, explained their absence
and indignantly repudiated any j
idea of a "fake." The chief justice then
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had permitted himiclf to use such a (
word, and adding that the bar would un- i
dcrstand how such expressions sometimes
slipped out without due regard :
to the surrounding circumstances. A
bland assurance of his belief that the
parties in the case were animated by |
the "fullest litigant animosity" raised a
laugh and agreeably closed the incident.
?Loudon Chronicle.
White Blood Corpuscle*.
Physiologists have long been puzzled
ever the white corpuscles of the blood.
It was onlv recently that the nature
aud function of these were determined.
It was startling to the scientist as
well as to the layman to discover that
these corpuscles are really living organisms.
moving about independently of the
red blood corpuscles and behaving like
the amcebre found in stagnant water.
There corpuscles, it was found, are produced
by the spleen, and their function
is one of absolutely vital importance?
namely, to destroy the bacteria and disease
germs which lead to disorder and
death.
These curious organisms are called
leucocyte. Their manner of dealing
death to germs is extremely interesting
to watch under the microscope, but it is
likely that there is much more to learn
about them.?New York World.
Queer Tongue Tripping in Court.
Lawyers often make queer slips of
the tongue. The other day one in the
Supreme Court said to a witness: i
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1NOW, con.-cci<uc jruui iiiuiu vii mui. j
; Of course he meant concentrate, and the !
witness understood him and tried to do
as he was requested.
Another lawyer in asking a witness as
to a certain dance said:
"Did you pi-rute?"
After some explanation the witness1
learned that he meant "pirouette."
Still another lawyer in all earnestness
told the Court that he would have
to ask an adjournment of his case "because
my client is suffering from bivalvular
fracture of the heart."
The Court thought this disease sufficient
cause for granting the application.
?New York Times.
Fish Bite a Cable.
A Melbourne special runs: The fault
in the New Zealand submarine cable,
which was repaired some days ago by
the steamer Recorder, is stated to have
been caused by the bite of a fish.
It was almost bitten through, a broken
tooth, half an inch long and apparently i
Kalnnninn to !1 fish of larCTP S17P hpinC !
" ? o- ? o
found embedded in the strands, which
rested 330 fathoms below the surface.
Experienced cable workers say that
this is a very unusual depth for a mishap
of this nature.
Sponee Cure For Stubbornness.
A mule in a pack train which was
usually loaded with salt discovered that
by lying down when fording a ecrtain
stream and allowing the salt to dissolve,
he could lighten his burden. The muleteer
once loaded him with sponges instead,
which absorbed water when he
lay down in the stream and made his
burden four-fold heavier. The mule
was cured of his smartness.?San Francisco
Argonaut.
An Appropriate Suggestion.
"What is the remedy for poverty?" |
demanded the lecturer in thunder
tons.
He paused for a reply, and during
the pause a man in the rear of the hall
cried out:
"You might try the gold cure."?Detroit
Free Press. Mn.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation,
alleys pain, cures wind colic. 25o a bottle
It seems queer that bad habits grow
strongest on the weakest man.
Piso's Cure is the beet medicine we ever nsod
for all affections of throat and lungs.?War.
0. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind., Peb. 10,1900.
France bought $809,200 worth of toys !
of Germany in 1900. j
Rev. H. P. Careon, Scotland, Dak., pave:
"Two bottles of Hall's Catarrh Cure complete- j
lj cured my little girl." Sold by Druggists, 75c.
No one has invented any summer miliinery
for the automobile. i
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Hamlet by Signs.
Very useful work is clone by the Adult
Deaf and Dumb Institute in Manchester,
says the Lancet, in keeping up a link of
association and interest among deaf
mutes scattered over a large area. Some
travel great distances to take part in a
reunion in Manchester that has now become
an annual event. This year it took
place at the Hulme Town Hall, where a
tea party in the evening was followed
by a performance of "Hamlet" by deaf
mutes. Probably the feeling for dra
matic representation is as strong in tnem i
as in others, but to those who can hear
and speak it is difficult to imagine that
it can be fully satisfied with signs and
gestures, more especially when they are
trameled with the rapid and complicated
movements of the finger language. The
performance was, however, a great success.
Last year the same "actors" gave
"Romeo and Juliet," so that the success
was not altogether due to novelty.
The dressing of the play was effective,
the scenery was good, and there was
spirit in the acting and the audience,
judged by their attention, felt a real
concern in the development and the incidents
of the play.
Automobiles as Transport Wagons* '
Experiment* in France have proved con- 1
vincing, and the French believe they are cer- '
tain to play a role of much importance in
modern warfare. It is odd to note the different
uses to which nature and science are put.
On the bcttlefleld they fight for the destruction
of life, while throughout the country
llostetter's Stomach Bitters fights to preserve
it. For fifty years the Bitters has been curing
dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation and biliousness.
It will also prevent malaria, fever
and ague.
In Sweden purchase of medicines from
abroad by individuals is forbidden by law.
It requires no experience to dye with Putnam
Fadeless Dyes. Simply boiling your
goods in the dye is all that is necessary. Bold
by all druggists.
The man who reduces salaries is a sort
of revenue cutter.
From a cliff 1000 feet high one with
clear vision can see a ship at a distance
of forty-two miles.
Laaiei tail near auues
One size smaller after using Allen's FootEase,
a powder for the feet. It makes tight
or new shoes eaav. Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores, |
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Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
A sugar-coated compliment is often hard
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Beat For Ibe Bowels.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascabets help nature,
cure you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. Cascahets
Candv Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has C.C.O.
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
The lawyer believes in words, but the
real estate man is known by his deeds.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. 11. H. Kline, Ltd., 981 Arch St., Pbila. Pa
The man who stutters knows all about
the parts of speech.
See advt. of Smithdeal's Business College
Scientists say the sun is moving farther
away fron> the earth.
The Hose Tint of Health.
I Dickey's Female Tonic clears the skin, brightens
the eye, and brings the rose tint of health
to the polo and emaciated face.
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Silence married Mary Peace in a
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