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\ ?s FATE. The sky te clouded, th? rocks are bar*: The spray of the tempest is white in air; The winds are out with the waves at play, And I shall not sail th? sea today. The trail is narrow, the wood is dim. The panther clings to the arching limb; The lion's whelps are anroad at {lay. And I shall not join in the chase tojay. But the ship sailed safely e'er the sea. And the hunters came from the ehaso in . glee; But the town that was builded on a rock > Was swahowed up in the earthquake shock. ?Bret Harte. i Jsiry Mat's My Draw. < "Sec- that big, red-necked lellow siting on the baggage truck?" said the marshal to his deputy. "Just keep an eye on him. He got in mis morning with a laro layout, and I suspect he's up to as much devilment as anybody." It was the railway station at El Reno in. June. The open space about the depot was swarming with sweating humanity. Carriages, trucks, prairie schooners, vehicles of every class and condition were massed in the vacant lots or threading their ways through the streets. The dust ?~vmnr frnm the XUJC liXV.^ CI ? tllV " ? ~ trampled earth, covering everything, blinding and stilling the people and their beasts. The big, red-necked fellow sitting on the baggage truck was watching a new swarm of boomers just then sprawling peil-mell off a dust-covered freight train. Men. women and children, pushing, panting and trampling each other were struggling from the reeking box cars into the scarcely less suffocating outer air . * . f "What d'ye think o' them fur a bunch o' stampeded mavericks, Jerry?" asked a bow-leggel, weazen lit\ - tie cowboy, edging up to the man on the truck. But the big fellow only shifted his quid, smiled absently and V- said nothing . Presently through the jam a tall young woman in mourning edged her way to the truck, and seei? - ing_v?nr idling there said: "Could you please tell me what hotel to go to, sir?" The swarthy chap with the bandy legs guffawed in the woman's face. "Shut up, Hatton!" growled Jerry, furtively absracting his "chew," and, turning an unchasened but dignified countenance upon he woman, he * * " 1 J CO * toucnea ms siuucucu uai ouu |?v "Hotels are full, madam. There isn't " a lodging in town fit for?" ^ He paused as a scared look came Into her eyes, and the boy behind her thrust his arm round her slim waist. "But surely there must be a place where my boy and I can go," she said, her eyes appealing to tho awed ruf, * fian. He was about to explain when the deputy marshal approached and led the woman away. "Don't have nothin' to do with such P chaps as him. missus,'' explained the > deputy when they were clear of the spot; 'he's a bad 'un." But the officer couldn't give the lit. tl? woman any more encouragement than Jerry, and. with her boy lugging her "telescope," she trudged through the dust in a vain search for a room, a decent shelter, even a cot in some hallway. But the wild-eyed hotel , clerks only laughed and turned away. Men pushed her aside and more fortunate women nudged one another and smiled as ihey heard her outlandish Questions. At 8 o'clock that night the streets of El Reno were yet choked with the houseless crowds. The smell of wood fires and cooking victuals mingied with the stench of cattle and the reek of sweltering humanity. The j?* '-darkness seemed to rise from the earth with the now cumbrous dust. A few blocks from the station grouped about a torch-lighted tent there was a J x; OP11 JOSUlIig. SliUUllllg, acuuiiug mwu wjl hungry people. They were contending for a chance to buy villainous disks of dough and canned fruit that were being sold under the misnomer "pies." The widow and her boy at the outer rim of the swaying, fighting crowd were making feeble efforts to approach the vender. Jerry, sauntering along, saw them, and for a moment paused with a grim smile at their puny efforts. Then he shoved his way into the bedlam like a football player bucking the line. In two minutes he was face to face with the pieman v ' P roaring: "Give me six of those life-preservers, Simpltins, or I'll wreck your whole outfit!" "Price is gone up, Jerry," grinned Simpkins. "Confound the price. Six! Quick!" But when the giant walked off with - . his six pies and bellowed "Charge 'em!" everybody laughed at the baker and the scramble for his wares was resumed. "Here's some samples, madam," said Jerry, touching the woman's arm and handing the pies to her son; "hope you'll like 'em. This is my bakery, you see, and we're trying to build up a trade." There was fresh laugh at this, but the widow was too delighted to puzzle about the joke. Jerry followed her out of the crowd, and when they were clear said: "Find a lodging, madam?" She said no, and he asked her if sho had tried the Creek House. "I've tried them all, sir," -she said, her eye brightening as she watched her boy attack one of the pies; "but I couldn't get even shelter. I suppose we'll have to sit up under some porch, * or?oh, I don't know what we'll do." II juu urni i rniuu LIJH15 tuc: vicnv House again," he murmured, standing ? * apart, "I think, in fact I'm sure there's a small room. There was about an hour ago." And so the woman and the boy, munching pies as they almost ran after the big fellow, hurried to the Creek House, and after some whispering between Jerry and the mysterious clerk, were ltd up into a stuffy, dusty iv room about as commodious as a drygoods box. They finished their pies, exchanged the praises of the rough deliverer and all night dreamed of the home that they would make when the drawings were over and they had settled upon the first land they had ever owned. They didn't see Jerry any more after that until the registering was all over and the final drawing was at Stand. Then Harry, the boy, saw ftim galloping in a cloud of dust with some of the soldiers from Fort Sill "and thought him quite a heroic figure. After that such strange, sad things happened to them that they almost forgot their rude friend. After standing through hot, hungry, anxious hours the poor woman had drawn her number. Meeting the deputy marshal, who always nodded to her, she showed him her ticket and almost fainted when he blurted: "That lets you out, missus. Your number ain't no good. It s too high. "But don't I get a farm, then?" she , gasped. a "Don't get nothin*. But don't take no. Thcy's a thousand 'r two in tho same fix." Sim asked a dozen men at the hotel. but they all told her the same thing, so that, convinced at last, she ran to her squalid room and. with her arms about her boy. wept as if her heart would break. The next day, I thin and dejected, she was standing : at the little depot among the crestfallen group of disappointed settlers waiting for the train that was to bear them back to the East. Bankrupt in purse as in spirits, the little woman | thought only of the sturdy boy who. | not understanding why. yet knew that j they had suffered, waited and hoped j in vain. He would have cried, but he | knew that his mother's grief was but : waiting upon his, so he gripped her j white hand in his brown fist and grit; ted his teeth like a man. "Going away, madam?" ?=aid a voice J behind her. She turned Lb out to Jerry, hat in hand, smiling at her j boy. She would have said yes, but her voice choked and she only nodded her i head. j "I heard you drew a blank," he 1 was saying, "and I just came over to j say?" He edged away from tho lit| tie crowd, and the widow and her boy ! followed till they were together in the } shade of the depot. "Oh. about the room?" she was i blushing now. "I didn't mean to go j away without paying for it. But I ; haven't enough to get us back to | Kansas City. I told the clerk I'd send him a check. I " I "It isn't about the room I was talk; ing." interrupted Jerry, feeling his I ears grow redder as ho stammered. "Fact is, ma'am. I was in that drawing too. I don't know what made me go in. because I didn't want a claim;* that is. I didn't want one till I met".? : anyway, to make a long story short, I I drew one of the low numbers. I'm j in for a good farm, and?" he paused i here as if with the pleasure of conj templating her expectant face. I "Would you mind taking the claim I off ray " j "But Mister?" said the woman. "Martin?Jerry Martin." he finished.. | "I have no money, Mr. Martin, at j least not with me." "That's just it," he said, smiling I delightedly now, "you don't need any ! money to speak of. I can't sell my j claim, but I can relinquish it over to ; you, and?your heart is set on getting i a claim, isn't it. Mrs. ?" "Yes. sir, for my boy. you know. I I'll do anything in njv power for you. j if you'll?if you really don't want your ! claim." "Haven't got the least use for it, i honestly. You see, I'm not a. farmer, madam." i "Oh, yes, you're a baker, aren't you?" They were walking * back to the | Creek hotel now to arrange this "relinquishment," which meant so much : to the woman and so little to Jerry i Martin. "Baker?" he repeated, smiling at his conceit. "Yes. ar.d a hanker." And he winked at the lc. in a wholly 1 unintelligible way.- John H. Raftery, in the Chicago Record-Herald. PEARLS OF THO JCHT. Love never loses. No reformation without informa tion. Search yourself before you censure another. * * - Purity opens the way to a world of gladness. Memory makes many payments for a good deed. No man is free until he has himself under control, i - The farm and the garden are the best gold diggings. Learn to be contented, and you will know how to be rich. Loving deeds are the best seeds; they bear in all soils. Care is the stumbling block in the pathway of happiness. Leisure hours are the best or the worst part of our lives. The merry-hearted have a fortune that thieves cannot steal. Honesty will succeed as a principle where it fails as a policy. Do your best today and you will be able to do better tomorrow. Airing other people's faults never made them smell any sweeter. The hero seeks out suffering; the demogogue the songs of praise. Adversity gives the great man a chance to show how great he is. The worst poverty is that of the man who is satisfied with plenty. Don't mix the cream of your charity with the pickles of your pessimism. The happiest people in this world are those who are at rest f"om themselves and at work for others.?Ram's Horn. Protection from Tan. * "We've got 'em on agaiu," remarked i a railway crossing policeman, referring to his whit0 gloves. "1 guess the major is afraid our hands will get tanned," the brown-top policeman added. "You certainly do look like a du-.io j today," ventured a pedestrian who en1 joyed a speaking acquaintance with the officer. "Yes," said the officer, "and I feel like one. These gloves are calculated to make a man feel almost like anyj thing except a policeman. If I should j get in trouble with a person while put! ting on so much style, 1 should expect i more trouble before I got him well unj der control." "Why are you required to wear the I gloves?" the officer was asked. | "To make me look pretty," was the i prompt response of the mar. wearing j the blue clothes ar.d brass buttons. "If there is any other reason I would like ; to know it. They do make the wearer i feel uncomfortable and irritable, and I cause an extra amount of laundry | work, for whichA of course. I don't j mind paying. "If the ponce officials had to wear the gloves one hot day," the policeman concluded, "the order would be prom.pt! ]y rescinded.?Washington Star. Opera Ola** Tliat FnUl*. i A pocket opera glass on an entirely | new principle has just been introj duced in Paris. It is known as "La. j Heine." When in use the lenses are 4T*irely protected against outside j lijfiit, and when folded it convenientJ ly -slips in the pocket., and here the ! delicate surfaces of the glass are also j protected from coming in contact with ! any foreign substance calculated to I injure them. When closed for the ; pocket it is perfectly flat, only one! half an inch thick, so th3t no carrying case whatever is required.?Indians' apolis Sentinel. As a result of experiments with a : new secret explosive, the Italian government. has decided to manufacture a new type of cannon for garrison artillery and coast defeuca. THE FLOUR WAS TOUGH. ' Mrs. Youngbride?I've come to complain of that flour you sent mo. Grocer?What was the matter with it? Mrs. Youngbride?It was tough. I made a pie with it and it was as much ! as ray husband could do to cut it.?- j Philadelphia Press. THE CURIOUS PAIR. Mrs. Rubba?I wonder why that I woman keeps watching me so? Mr. Rubba?Perhaps she's trying to J find out why you are staring at hcr.-^ I Philadelphia Press. Ladles Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot- j Ease, a uowder for the feet. It make? light I or new shoes easy. Cures swollen^ hot. sweating, aching feet, ingrowing hails, eorns and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores, I 23e. Trial package Fi-.ee by mail. Address Alien S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N. Y. When a man starts a conversation by saying he's a friend of yours look out for sofne impertinent remarks. J. S. rarker, Fredonia, N. Y?, says; "Shall not call on you for the $100 reward, fol* I lieve Hall's Catarrh Cure will cure aby case , of catarrh. Was very bad," Write him for | ......Unlniv Cri!ir<*IU4 7HA. The only way seme people could Hfcfe a tumble to Themselves would be be Walk in ; their sleep. FITS permanently eucyd.No fits or nervousness after llrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great XervoEestorer. ?2irial bottle Mid treatisefree Dr. K.H. KMXk. Ltd.. i'ol Arch St., Phila., Pa. The cook book is generally pretty heavy literature. Summer Tours By Land and Sea?E.t? cursion Tickets at Very lam* i.'ntes. I Central of Georgia Hallway and connee- ' tl ms are now se ling Summer Tourist i Tickets from all coupon stations to Xew York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore j via Savannah and steamship iines*. Tickets ' include meals and stateroom ;nrtli aboard ship; much less than all rail. For full par- j ticulurs. berth reservations, etc., apply to i * our nearest railroad ag -nt. F. J. Robinson, J A-st. Gen1!, Pass. Agent, Savannah, Ga.: J. C. llaile, Gen'l. Pass. Agent, Savannah, Ga. j People ought to air their opinions to keep them from getting musty. TBTiiir Mrs. Ionise M. Gibson Saya That This Fatal Disease is Easily Cured by Lydia E. . Pinkhanfs Vegetable Compound. 44 Dear Mrs. Ptxkiiam : ? I felt very discouraged two years ago, I had suffered so lon^ with kidney troubles and other complications, and had taken so much medicine without relief that I began to think there was no hope for me. Life looked so good to me, but what is life without health? 1 wanted to be well. - MRS. LOUISE M. GIBSON. "Lydfa E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured me and made me well, and that is why I gladly write j*ou this, and gladly thank you; six bottles was all I took, together with your Pills. My headache and backacho and kidney trouble went, never to return ; the burning sensation I had left altogether: my general health was so improved I felt as young and light and happy as at twenty." ?Mrs. Louise Ginson, 4313 Langley Ave., Chicago. 111.?$ZQ00 forfeit If above testimonial is not genuine. If you feel that there is .anything at all unusual or puzzling about your case, or if you wish confidential advice J 11 A ?+ r\ \(rc oi tne most i-Ajn.-in. ion.vi, >,4,1^ Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., and }rou will be advised free of charge. Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound has cured and is curing' thousands of oases of fermle trouble. UAII'l/r A CAMII V)^unr'*^rB1,'n^'^*^|,k'*T Mim Willi ? t "iL f ^'.MU.1. <?rWk V VV" WH Y REMAIN S t C K?' * j~ t>? ,..4 t. I fiiwiW. The Hoaae KemeUj Co.,Amtell illdg.,Atlanta.Oa. I Good 7^To' From Libby's famous hyaienic kitchens whero purity prevail*. All moats used in UBBY'S Natural Flavor Food Products Bit U. 8. Government Inspected. Tlie whole'ometiots and cecities* i>f every art icle is preserved in ite preparation /or yonr convenience. in the handy key-ouenlBR cans. A supply on your pnntry shelves enables yon to have always at hand the essentials te the very besj meals. The little book, "How to Make Good Thinns to fiat," tolls all about thorn? eent free. Llbby's Atlas of the World, mailed free for 10 cents postage. LIBBY, McNEILL ?St LIBBV, CHICAOO. r ^ ^ ^ I use Ripans Tabules for periodic headaches, always with quick relief. Only last evening a lady asked me what I thought good for pain in the stomach from eating rich food, and ! gave her a Ripans r'-' 1" cliif rlvo telle mo 1 ciUUlC. i u-uay iv/uj inv she has bought a package, the one I gave her helped her so much. At druggists. [ The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, to cents, contains a supply for a year. ^oarwit**^ /t\ am ,000 DEPOSIT. K. R. Fare Paid. A l.Obo FKKK Scholarships offered. All tj) Z. J gt adnates at Work ; many earn 91,000 to 93,000 per year. Write Quick! j (iA.-AIiA. lil'SCOIJiJCGK,Macon,Ga. 1! KSZM SMso Feverishaesp, Sick Haadaohe ? Nervous Headache etc. 15, 25 and f Jfi 50c. At Drug Stores. Jl ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT. THE BRITISH POSSESSION DEVASTATED BY A VOLCANO. It 1* Divided by a MoUntnirt l{idg;e ? It# I Copulation Almost Wholly Rural? KinjMon the Capital and Trading CinI tru ? Previous ?inbreak 6f *".\ Sohfricre. From the in formation received it woald ?eem that the present volcanic | eruption on the island of Pfc. Vincenc is almost exactly a counterpart of that of 1812, heretofore the greatest event in the history of the island, i-h* next in importance to it and in havoc wrought being th^ terric hurricane which ?? the 11th of September, 189S, fe\vept from Barbadoes across the Windward Islands, making St. Vincent its chief victim, although our own Porto Rico suffered severely-. A ridge of mountains crosses th'G island, dividing it into *>a%terh and western parts. Kingstowh, the capital. a town of J5-.DOO inhabitants, is on the southward side and stretching &lbhg th'e shores bf a beautiful bay, with fountains gradually rising behind it the form of a vast amp^ithe^.ffe. Three streets, broad and lined with good houses, run parallel to the vatorfront. There are many other interesting highways, some of which lead back to the foothills, from wnich good roads ascend the mountains. The majority of the houses have red tile roofing and a goodly number of them are of stone, one story higli-, ! with thick walls after the -Spanish Style?the same types of nouses that Were in St. Pierfo and which are not Unlike tine old Romar houses which in all "stages of ruin and semi-preservation are found in Pompeii to this day. Behind the great mass of the houses of the town looms the governor's residence and the buildings of the botanical gardens overlooking the town, Kingstown is the trading center and the one town of importance In theisland. It contains the churchc-s and chapels of five Protestant denominations and a number of excellent schools. Away from Kingstown the population is almost wholly rural, occupying scattered villages which consist of negro huts clustering around a few substantial buildings or of cabins grouped about old plantation buildings somewhat after the ante-bellum fashion in our own Southern states. The entire population of the island Is about 45,000, of whom 30,000 are African's and about 3,000 Europeans, i the rest being made up of Asiatics ! with a sprinkling of mixed Caribs. The j negroes in many cases are land owners, and arrow root, since the decay of the sugar industry now all but extinct, is the chief export. In an island only eighteen miles long by eleven broad there is not room for any distinctly marked moun| tain range. The whole of St. Vincent in fact is a fantastic, jumble of hills, culminating in the volcanic ridge ' which runs lengthwise of the oval | shaped island. Beautiful valleys at J various points, in fact, intersect this ! ridge. The culminating peak of the j g'eat volcanic mass, lor St. Vincent is J [ nothing more, is the Morne Garou, of I which La Soufriere is a sort of lofty ! excresence in the northwest and J flanking the main peak at some distance away. It may be said that all of the volcanic mountains in this part of the j West Indies have what the people call , a "soufriere"?a "sulphur pit," or "sul; phur crater"?the name coming, as in j the case of past disturbances of Mont j Pelee, Martinique, from the strong stench of sulphuretted hydrogen ' which issues from i.hem when the volcano becomes agitr.ted. j In 1S12 it was La Soufriere adja! cent to the Morne Glarou which broke j loose on the island of St. Vincent and it is the same Soufriere which now has devastated the island and is bombarding Kingstown with rocks, lava and ashes. The old crater of Morne Garou has long been extinct, and, like the old crater cf Mont Jfeiee, near si. nerre, it. had far down in its depths, surrounded by sheer cliffs from 500 to 800 feet high, a lake. ! Glimpses of the lake of Morne : Garou were difficult to get, owing to the thick verdure growing about the : dangerous edges of the precipices, but those who have seen it describe it j as a beautiful sheet of deep blue wa! ter. Despatches fro.n Barbadoes, 100 miles to ihe east of St. Vincent, stated that the explosions and mighty : volcanic cannonading at St. Vincent i were distinctly heard there, that the j sky was black with the great mass of i smoke and dust hanging overhead and j the entire surface of the Barbadoes j j was covered with a thick coating of ashes. This is precisely a repetition of , what happened at the time of the ' terrible St. Vincent eruption in 1812. , What amazed people then was that this smoke and the great dense clouds of ashes and impalpable dust should . be borne so far seaward in the very ' teeth of the strong trade winds which : blow toward the southwest. The ex! plar.ation of this phenomenon was ; then*as it is now, that the force of the explosion, from the volcano hurled ) the -smoke and litter miles high into ' the air until they were way above the trade winds and there met the reverse . air currents going in the opposite diI rection. Barbadoes is totally dissimilar in its natural features to any of the volcanic chain of the Caribbean Islands. It resembles a pear in outline, with the narrow end pointing to the north, i<? siis-htiv concave on the east. In configuration the island is elevated, and yet not mountainous, the highest point, near the center, Mount Hillaby, being 1,100 feet, from which the land descends in a series of low terraces on all sides to the sea. The aspect of the country is that of a beautiful rural landscape interspersed with groups of neat houses and plantations surrounded by gardens and trees and dotted here and there with windmills, which resemble those that are so marked a feature of the landscape o! Holland. The whole area cf the island is occupied and of its total acreage of 106,470 every foot is under cultivation except 6,470 acres occupied by towns, J cliffs and highways. Almost its sole ! industry is sugar cane growing, and it has been said that if Cuba were as closely cultivated as Barbadoes it 1 would produce enough sugar to supply the entire world. The only foreign trip George Washington ever made was to Barbadoes, when he went there with his brother, I.awrence, and among other adventures caught the smallpox.?New York Sun. I'jul r.e);inii!n;<. A bad beginning makes a good ending?sometimes, but more often it makes a very quick ending.?Syracuse Herald. SCHOOL. SAVINGS BANKS. An Institution That Frts??*s?* Many Vi rttaet. AB person:?, especially parents, who have the good of the edmih* generation at heart will, nd doiibt, be interested ?n what Mrs. S. L. Oberholtiz'dr has to say on the subject of school savings banks. Mrs. Oberholtler, wh6 is well known among tie local women workers, has devoted several years to the study oi that institution, and has traveled considerably to proni'Ote its progress, her Addresses being invariably received with favor. After a inost interesting interview with Mrs. Oberholtzcr cne can but marvel that, this admirable idea is not ih operation in every school ih bur country. "Inclination dnd Senilis are inherited, blil character and fortune are made-," says Mrs. Oberholtzer. "The subject of school savings banks is one of great national interest, because as we develop in thrift and individuality the wealth and strength of the nation increases. In Europe it is admittedly one of the best educational factors of the age. but here in our own city, though Superintendent Brooks has ejo pressed himself in favor of it, there - *- * ' - ^ f K d AT4 are enougn aissenung vuices tu muaci the plan." The school savings banks System, which was introduced into mis coum try by Professor F. Hi Thiry-, in 1885; is now in operatirth in more lhaft 800 public schools in tft'e United States, while th'3 total savings of these young depositors nave amounted to $000,Ooo. These schools are scattered through 20 different states. The work was fir >?, taker, up in Long Island City, N. Y., public schools in 1885, and ever since 18S9 (by this time it had proved its worth) tne system has gained im*' petus and advocates. It is in operation in 100 Pennsylvania schools. Those pioneer children of Long Island City have saved and deposited since 3 885, $110,880. At instance, nearer at hand is our neighboring Chester, where, with a school population of 5000, there has been deposited since 1890, $03,51G. To Montgomery county, however, belongs the honor of adopting the system in this state. Mrs. Oberholtzer, then a resident of Norristown, became interested and made an address before j the Teachers' Institute in the fall of 1889. A resolution was passed to adopt the system in the schools at the option of the districts of the Norristown and Pottstown public schools, and the children of Norristown have, since January, 1900, deposited $87,237, the school children of Pottstown following with $67,647. These few figures will give one an idea of the money which may be saved instead of frittered away on cheap candies, disgusting gum and other stupid or harmful temptations. It is all very simple. The teacher is provided with the roll books and the copyright cards. She calls the roll Mnndnv mnrnine from this roll book, which is conveniently arranged, with a date for each Monday in the school year, and places the amount of the scholar's deposit, be it one or ten cents, opposite his or her name. The amount is also credited on tfte copyright card, which is then handed back to the pupil, who keeps it as a memorandum and receipt. This card is brought to school every Monday morning, when a deposit is made. After the roll-call the teacher counts the money, and sends it in a sealed en velope to the principal of th'e school, who in turn forwards the enveloped collections from all the rooms to the bank co-operating. At first the amount is accredited as a general school fund. When a deposit reaches $1 the depositor is individualized ami receives a bank book, and once the sum of $3 is deposited it draws three percent interest. On the last Friday of each month the children are given their bank books to take home, so that they may compare them with the cards. Many parents themselves open bank accounts. Camden's public school scholars, 499 in number, have deposited $G5,2S4 since 1395. Figure to yourseli just how well it would be for the average youth or maiden, upon being graduated, to have a few hundred dollars in bank. It would in some instances open the way to further study; it would give the budding merchant a needed lift; to others it would be the nucleus of a home and independent old <age. But, best of all, it is a remedy against pau* J ~ ?? nfovanfivo perism, ciim ciuid <x ^?v w crime and intemperance. It fosters thrift, economy, industry, self-dependence, and produces self-respecting citizens. No matter what the home condition, a child sees a way "to more content and less contention" in this saving of pennies that the dollars may have the chance to look after themselves. In case of sickness, too, or other misfortune, it is convenient to have a reserve fund to draw upon.? Philadelphia Record. The Hairpin In Science. A scientific writer in American Medicine pays a glowing tribute to the hairpin. He finds that it is of almost inestimable value to the surgeon, who can use it "to pin bandages, to remove foreign bodies from any natural passage, as a curette for scraping away soft material, to compress a blood vessel in controlling a hemorrhage, and to close a wound." In addition to these uses the gentleman has used the hairpin to probe wounds and to wire bones together in cases of fracture. But it is not in surgery only that the hairpin is useful. It miy take the place of a suspender button or help out when an automobile breaks down. Perhaps if the truth were known many a locomotive has been held together, at a pinch, by a hairpin, and we are not that ?hp writer for American lOtU VilUC Medicine suggests that it would always be well for man to cirry a supply of hairpins in his pocket. Such a practice would undoubtedly have important advantages, but there is a better and more p-easant plan. Tf it could be so arranged that a man might always have at least one companionable lady near him the highest usefulness of the hairpin might be developed. ! Men are, after all, but bunglers when they endeavor to use this delicate inj strument. For the best results from the hairpin, therefore, it is cheerfully ! recommended that the lady be taken I along.?Chicago Rccoru-IIerald. A Poetic Km pre*#. The Empress of Japan takes a great interest in all that concerns the nation, from the rice crops upward. Her Majesty is said to have a special talent for literature, and writes beautiful poetry. A poem of hers, set to music, i i'j sung in the schools all over the land. She is an adapt performer on the koto, a kind of large zither. It is a?: instrument which is much played and very popular in Japan. London Bridge, when widened, will be lighted from the centre, and not j from the sides. K^movlnC' Greano Spot. An obstinate grease spot on. tho kitchen floor may be removed by Spreading on the boards a hot solution of Fuller's earth and soda. Allow it to stand for some hours, that absorp: tion may take place. If, as soon as hot grease Is spilled oh the floor cold water is thrown over it to congeal it ftuickiy, it can nearly all be removed by scraping wan a knife. KftHtorinff Scorclied Linen. Here is a formula that it is said will restore scorched linen. Peel and slice two onions and extract, the juice by squeezing or pounding. Then cut up half an ounce of white sOafl and add two ounces Of Fuller^ earth; mix With them the OniOri's juice and half a pint of vinegan Boil this composition Well, and spread it when cool over the scorched part Of the linen, leaving it. to dry thereoii. Afterward wash out the linen-. and G?rm?". Cleanliness hhu health go hand in hand, whether cleanliness and godliness do or not. The way to keep a kitchen clean is to keep it free i'rora disease germs; that is, to keep our food which is cooked in the kitchen tree from unwholesome elements, which cause it to spoil and to be unwholesome when eaten. # The clothes we wear should be brushed free from dust, because the air is full of impure getms. Those who wore in dirty, dusty factories or other places j like them should have their clothes beaten every day after they come home. Grease spots should he carefully cleaned oft working clothes, because such grease spots hold dust, and may become culture places for impurities received from the air. If proper precautions are exercised and the house is kept as clean as it is possible to keep it the health of the inmates will be good. There is a great dnferonce between a thing being scientifically clean and clean in the ordinary understanding of the term. A house filled with the germs of tuberculosis may be clean to all appearances, and one which has just been disinfected scientifically may have indelible stains of previous wear, and tear on the walls and carpets; yet one is a wholesome dwelling and the other is not clean.?New York Tribune. Ways to Cook Beef. Food that is wholesome and well cooked is a boon. Beef, properly serv* ' ?- x J?: ? KU er, is one 01 me most u^auauie uicaw. Here' fire some recipes for preparing it in different forms: Baked Bullock's Heart?Wash and wipe the heart, cut it into four pieces. Season these with pepper and salt, chopped thyme and lay leaves, eight onions cut in slices, two ounces of dripping and four parsnips, also cut in slices. Place these in an earthen jar with a pint of water, put on the lid and bake in the oven two to three hours. Ragout of Beef?Melt and brown thoroughly half an ounce of butter. Add to it one ounce of flour, stir till brown and perfectly smooth. Pour in slowly half a pint of stock, the same quantity of boiled and drained Spanish onions. Stir until the sauce thickers; then add about a pound of cold roast beef cut into nice neat slices. Cook slowly till the beef is heated through. Remove the slices carefully and arrange on a dish so that one slice overlaps the other. Pour the Sfuce ov*r all, garnish with chopped gherkins, decorate the center of the dish with horseradish and serve very hot. Fillet of Beef?Proc re two pounds of nice fillet of beef and cut into neat round slices half an inch thick. Sprinkle with pepper and salt; also cut the fat off the beef into nice pieces. Heat two ounces of butter in a frying pan and fry the fillets for five or seven minutes, then brush over each with glaze. Place a border of rr.ashed po'a iocs on a aisn, iay uie jmcis uu h with alternate slices of baked tomato and the fried beef fat. Also have a piece of maitre de'hot-1 butter on each fillet Fill the center with nicely cooked vegetables and pour round a little good beef gravy. < V 1 O ? Hot Bananas?Put four tablespoonfulf of sugar, four tablespconfuls of orange juice into a saucepan; stir in six peeled bananas; cook five minutes and serve with lady fingers or sponge cake Walnut Cream Salad?Roll small balls of cream cheese, on each press two halves of an English walnut. Lay on lettuce and sow with French dressing and thin br ad and i utter which has been put in the oven and crisped. This is decidedly odd and also delicious. 9 French Lamb Chops?Pr:pare chops by roiling them in melted l?utt< r; season with salt and pepper. Dressing: One cup bread and one cup milk cooked to a past*1; add to this a large tablespoonful of chopped loasted almonds, mushrooms, ham an 1 pursiey. one-half teaspoon of salt and one-quarter of pepper. Broil chops, roll them in dressing, then egg a?i-1 bread crumbs. t^?... v. /%< /\j1 at? rrr*/\a r 17 in nut uii vi y Escalloped Asparagus?iill a baking dish with alter ate layers of boiled asparagus and chopped ha. a -?iled eggs, sprinkle the eggs with a se.is?>? ing of salt, pepper and grated cheese; have a layer of asparagus on top. Make a well-seasoned or^an sauce and pour over the whole, letting it soak through to the bottom. Cover the top with bread crumbs and a -light sprinkling of grated cheese and bake in the even until a light brown. Lemon Fruit Jelly?Gt '-half box gelatin soaked for one-haif hour iu onehalf cup cold water. Tour tw? and one-half cups boiling water over gelaI tin; add three quarters cup lemon j juice and one and one-quarter cups sugar. Put mold on ic? add four tablespoonfuls of liquid, let it stand until it begins to form, then add a few slices of bananas, walnuts and eh- rries. Aud : liquid and fruit alternately until mold j is filled. Serve with whipped cream 1 Delicious. Fricasee of Beans?Put a pint of harj icot beans to soak over night in cold i water; in the morning drain, cover j with two quarts of soft water. As sfw.11 as they boil set where they will sim: mer for two hours or until they are tender. Put two ounce? of butter in a saucepan, with a tnblesp:;.;nful of ! minced parsley and the juice of one lemon; when quite melted add the beans; stir them about for a few minutes and then serve with a border of plain boiled rice. SELECTING OOOi) dEEiX Iteplanting in the field is obnoxious to farmers, hence they should select good seed-, ^heii plants are missing In the hills or frows the appearance of the field is not attractive, it is better and cheaper to bdy; selected seed than to perform the labbf of replanting that Which Would be un- ! necessary, and which could be prevented by making a proper, beginning. . The failure to properly prepare the ground,. .t8o little care,given the covering of the seeds -ind economizing in the use of seeds are alsc muses of loss. ALL THE SAME. Mrs. Minks?I did write. Mrs. Winks?Then I suppose you gave the letter to your husband to i post, and he is still carrying it around j in his pocket. Mrs; Minks?No { I posted the let- i ter myself; Mrs; Winks?Ahj then> it is in my husband's pocket:?Buffalo Exprfcss: New ieraey Skin Tirotiblei fcan't resist Tetterine: "! have been troubled with Eczema four years; Tetterine has done me sd much godd that I gladly^reo'ommemi it; Send another box.'.'?w; c: JEuuer, oemino!/* Cottage,.Sea Cliff, Nl 50c. a box bv mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga., if your druggist don't keep It. The production of tea has been so great | that nineteen out of forty-five companies in London could not pay a dividend this year. The Oldest Nurse In Georgia. Sirs. S. E. Kennedy, one of the oldest and best known nilrtes ih Georgia states that in all he? experience With bowel troubles <ihd children teething, Dr. Biggers' Huckleberry Cordial Is the best remedy. Sold by ail Druggists, 26 and 60c. bottle. An epidemic of scarlet'fever has been traced to tame pigeons in Cincinnati) Ohio. Mrs.Winslow's Sc othlng SyrUp for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation,allays pain,cures wlndeolic. 25d; a bottle A little bit of a weak woman can often raise a pretty big row. Plso's Cure for Consumption Is an Infallible medicine for coughs and colds.?N. W. Samuxl, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Any woman will tell you that trying on a new dress is also trying on the nerves. "Summer Elsewhere, Via Seaboard Air-Line Railway" Is the name of a Summer Tourist Booklet just issued by the Seaboard Air-Line Railway, giving complete information relative to the various seaside and mountain resorts of the Carollnas and Virginia. Copy o: same can be obtalued from any Agent of the Seaboard Air-Line Railway or upon application to C. B. Iiyan, Gen. Pass. Agt., Portsmouth, Va , or W. E. Christian, Ass't Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga. No matter where a man was born, he swells up and claims to be proud of it. ?Beauty is Skin I g and correct dressing g deep. The foundatic g 6et dress the prop I Royal & Worcester I ?nd Bon T V Corsei tt Straight front, % Are the best t.iade. Ask your dealer to show then \Royol Worcester Corset Co., w?c $20.00 TO $4< Being Made selling "500 g| book of legal and business 5^2^ Compendium of plain and A Am\ Calculator and Farmer's R A complete aet of ltteree f^Swa ments of CI8TETRNS. Tim i onc voIumo- Over 472 pa I /BBm It Is a complete business 1 SIMPLE, PRACTICAL nn<1 can as wal1 One agent in the country week. Agents hare canvs BaSSBBBfiglSI Selling price SI.50. Liber Isfactlon guaranteed (or m Circulars free.. SOUTHERN DENT If yon are interested in obtaining a d of full instruction. Address Dr. s. W. Pruffkt. Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold In balk. Beware of tbe dealer who tries to sell "something jast as good." i $3&$3*29 SHOES? : W. L. Douglas shoes are the standard of the world. This is the reason Hr. L. Douglas makes and sells mow men's $3.00 and $3.50 shoes than am other two manufacturers. W. L. DOUGLAS $4 SHOES ! CANNOT BE EXCELLED. Jl,lfl3,820i!;o/:-.'.V $2,340,009 Best imported and American leathers, Heyl's Patent Calf, Enamel, Box Calf, Calf, Vict Kid, Coror.a Cdlt, Nat. Kangaroo. Fast Color Eyelet* ukiI. Caution ! Tbe genuine have W. L. DOUGLAS' name and price stamped on bottom. Shoes by mail, 25c. extra. J'Iji*. Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. HEDICAL DEPARTMENT Tnlane University of Lonisiana. Founded in 1834. and noio has 3,894 Graduates It* *dv.inta(r?s for practical instruction, both in arnplt laboratories and abundant hospital materialsare nnoquailed. Free access i* giron to tbe great Char.ty Hoe pita with $*)?> beds andSt.UOOpatientsannualljr. Specia on ,? ri.en dai y at the bedside of the kick The neit eo-sion beeins October CSd. 1S03- Uor cat* logueard information rddrew Pbof. 8. E- ChatLLX, M. D-. Dean. P. O. Drawer Ml, New Orleans, La. Cim Repairs m B wB Bristle Twine, Babbit, B ulftc , for any make of Gin . ENGINES, BOILERS AND PRESSES And Repairs for same. Shafting, Pulleys I I eltlug, Injectors, Pipes, Valves aud Fitting? f LOU ItAKO IKON 1VORKS AND StTFLl COM!'ANY, Augusta, Ga. ! ilR JOHNSON'S StfC Iglil u 251-u. a-t. rate sample, | ii? THE HOME remedy co..austku.fcu>o.ailaxra,oa. FreeTMfJrg^ggJjJ ! m J* ussssiSAags$B convinced 'J 3^K1'KX pfsHAPER; .yiar^T^yl 0Ji pena Ave^ PitUbvrg. Pa. :v* YourHair |- r - ' ! Ill - - r?T '/Two years agd tny iiaif Wii failing out badly. I purchased a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and soon my hair stopped coming out." Miss Minnie Hoover; Paris: 111; amm~ Perhaps your mothc* - had thin hair, but that is no reason why you must go through life with halfstarved hair. If you want long, thick hair, feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor, and make it rich, dark, arid heavy* g jlil a bottle. All draglm. I .Jf joar druggist cannot snpplj jon, fl Mad Us one doUat and vo will express I you a.bottle. Be sare aildgive tbe nalne I of jour nearest express office: Addreis? I I . Jt C. A YER CO., Lowell, Maaa. | Cross? Poor man! He can't help it. It's his liver. He needs a liver pill. Ayer's Pills. Want your mQristacltt or beard a beatitiful brown or rich black ? Use Buckingham's Dye 50et?.of dfuggiitsor ft. P. Hall&Co., Maiflut.M.h. 1 I CASH FOR CORDWOOOI jfl We want Maple, Beoeh or Birch round I I wood. Will pay a good price nnd take all I you havo. A chance to clear money dtlrlnffS E the dull summer months. Write to E > ..v.- H I. B. BAIL MFG CO., Atlaata, te \ J DROPSY 10 OATS' TaEATEEIfr FBEfc Hate made Dronsf hud its oat* ^cations a specialty for twestag sors with the most troaderlQ iccess. HaYc cured maay taen* 1 cascj2. s. 8. aaoifS teA 33 Bex U Atlaata, Qiu B? n^KnilKf9!fTEniniS Bla tkgialMillllLlMaUMiiliKW Mention this hper S^SSSgESg* M * *-. A <SJ )^0"PER WEEK Loaeons in Business." It Is a complete haade form?, A complete Legal Adviser?a complete ornamental Penmanship; a complete Lightning ee.coner. ;s, Grain, Lumber and Cotton Tables; measurebe", Lumber, Logs and Bins of Grain, etc., in *"* : ges, 250 Illu titrations. i educator; brought home to every purchaser. ; *8 anl PLAIN; 500 agents wanted at once. Boyts at men and women. ild 45 copies in one day. Another 210 In OM wised all day and sold a oopy at every b?06-' " . al discounts to agents. 8end 25c for outfit; sat* , ' oniy refunded). J. K NICHOLS & CO.. ATLANTA. OA. ./ r. " AIT COLLEGE, Atl<?;^ ental education write for free catalogue Foster,Dean, 01 Inrnan B'.dg.. JHlanta,Q*b < Avery & McMillan, 51 and 53 S. Forsyth St., Atlanta, <2*. j- j ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY Reliable Frick Engines. Boilers, all Sizes. Wheal Separators, all Sizes. - r } BEST Large Engines and Boilers supplied - .-p| promptly. Shingle Mills, Corn Mills, > Circular Saws, Saw Teeth, Patent Dogs, Steam Governors. Full line Engines and Mill Supplies. Send for free Catalogue. : . , . - Hand Power Hay Press. ! IMPROVED THIS SEASON. ".; \\ Better than ever. Pays for Itself * ? ; | quick. For testimonials, etc., address ; WATKIWS HAY PRESS C0??ast Poiat, a. HOME STUDY. RffiffifSfc PENMANSHIP, etc., snccessfnlly "ggf7 , tang-ht by mail (or no charges] by gg/ |H > Draughon's Bus. Colleges Nash-gE? BV ? i Tille, St. Lonis, Atlanta, Montgom- fig ^Ja I ; ery, Fort Worth, Galreston, Little I Rock, Shreveport. May deposit money in bask ^ i till position is secured. 10,000 students. For ? ..TTT <Sf?W ?1. gOOKifll ua Javmc j w* , Dep. 69. Draughon's Bus. CoIL Nashville, Tub. : Lily lookin' mighty pale, * " . Violet got de bines, : Des bekaze dey wuziTt bailt ; for wearin' Red Se-al Shoes. ' ?