Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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From the* ontslde the job of a sewing1/\/\Va/1 lllrn o foirlr UIKUIUUC U&CJJL lUVttUI liUV. u >H<VV pleasant one. The agents that drove our way rode In handsomely painted wagons, and the harness was , pretty well nickeled up. - I Questioned one of these agents one day. He told mo that for folks whQ liked that kind of a business It" would be just the hind of & business they would like. But that didn't discourage me. The general agent of a sewing-machine company came n jM^t spine ^ ; . old snags' of bills!* and t hired with him. Father and brother helped me by "going on" a bond ?h? thousand dollars. * The company fitted me out with a sairipie machine,' liorse and team, and-put me with another agent to learn the business. A man who couldn't learn the business with -that fellow wouldn't be frble to learn anything It sjlems otrtfnge that I never have heard from or about him iu late years. A star of his luminosity ought to be shining above the business horizon with an effulgence to be seen of all men. a dog's age, but they must have them. You would think, to hear the women talk, that they were buying the machine so as to tuck and ruffle and hem and furbelow1; 'So yufanJusb give them all the tricks of the machine. And you must also sew the babe's old shoe, and run a cigar-box cover through under the tread, aiM talte^a few stitches in a tin can, not necessarily because tin cans are to be fashionable articles of apparel next season, 4 but because K it is a guarantee of good faith. And It also gives the agent an .opportunity to talk. Never stop -talking. Keep your vocal treadle ?oing." ^ Sn. Well, after n few days of instruc tion. Carter?that was his name?took me out for a canvassing trip. He v picked one side of the street In the machin^^^^^"^^ I e wa s 'big enough to lug one of the old-fashioned hand- " crank ones into a country sitting > room. Therefore, like a dutiful pupn, 1 stood on the other side of the street and watched him. Cater yanked briskly on the door-bell knob, and it grated out yawkingly. I always was imaginative. The sound of that bellattachment made me wager in my .?-mind that tan ugly woman lived in that house. But Carter seemed valiant enough. He braced back his shoulders, tugged at the lapels* of his coat pulled out an advertising-card, cleared his throat and waited. The woman of the house rattled at the key inside, and then opened the door. She had one of those square heads with little wispy fringes of hair bobbing on her p." forehead. - "Good-afternoon, madam," said Carter, speaking clearly so that I might hear him. "This is lovely weather for this time of year. Here is my card. I have had a letter from my people in New York asking me to call and see you. I would like to explain our sewing-machine " The woman slammed the door In his face, and both of us heard the bolt of the lock go "click." She didn't say a word. Carter looked at the door a mAmant onH than tnmod nrnrmrl And iUV/UA^UV, UU\* W?VM v. ? looked at me. I laughed. I could feel the red go up over my face at the same time, because I was embarrassed for his sake. But Carter only grim^ ^ need. He grinned over at me as though were enjoying it. I wondered how ~ be could. &?,ve the heart to be chipper. / "Businei? woman, isht she?" he remarked, cheerfully. "Guess, I'll be obliged to sell her a machine now, anyway." He walked right around to the back door, and I sidled down the sidewalk so as to keep my eye on him. There was no bell at the back door, so he rapped good and hard. The woman yanked the door open, and said something short Then she tried to shut the door, but Carter stuck his toe in. He was smiling very sweetly. He had one of the most innocent and winning smiles you ever saw. "My dear madam," he said, "you must pismxterstooa me a moment agto? I'm sure a -woman of j your staJuiXK in the community would not be rude to ifgen&eman. r assure ' you I d^not ask you for a piece of cold pu napkin-pie. It may have sounded as tlH>ugh I said that, but believe me, thatsvas not the idea at all." The w&ian started to say something, but Carter didn't give her the opportunity. 5 , . "I praaf you don't ? don't apologize, madam,* he cried. "It's all right. Ladies do frequently think I am asking for obid pie. Perfectly natural mistake, ijassure you. You will note that whep I smile I have a real coaxing mouth for pie." Carter?!gave the woman one of his j sweetes&efforts in the smile line. "But ^mustn't bother you by talking about p|e," he continued. "You understand I*m really here on business. You kndnr there are different kinds of business. I would prefer to be running a New York department store, LOWER. Our eyes the vision cannot hold, So beautiful and fleet, The petals of perpetual gold, The perfume heavenly sweet. .And thus we know the wondrous flower, Ify dust of earth unstained, Was born in some celestial hour And called The Unattained. " ?William II. Ha yne, in the Independent. yiijgHJacliineiJgenL ^ =?- J* AN F. DAT. = it 4>? 'Adventureof A)* ng Man in ung the T I 'ade.. ] I I I I, .**![ f\\ I I ! I ! i find liave ray customers come to me, butxin the stress of present circumstances I am obliged to go to my customers. I do not enjoy transacting business on the door-step, for the neighbors are very inquisitive in all places. It is ridiculous what stories the neighbors will start sometimes. Once I was kept talking on the door-step for some time, and it got reported around the place that the So-and-sos were hard up financially, for an agent of a collecting firm had been at their place, 'and a real wrangle occurred on the door-step. I very much prefer to do all my talking in the house.**, Again did Carter lavish his radiant sniile. His manner was so ingratiating and his quiet waggishness so won- upon her that she relaxed her hold on the door. He took off his hat. and saying "By your leave!" he went in. As the door closed I could hear him start in on ms sewmg-macmne oration." I walked slowly along, pondering that in all probability the woman. would annihilate liim as soon as she got him cornered in the sitting-room. I couldn't understand the gall of a man who could do the thing that Carter had just maneuvered. I looked back once, or twice, half expecting Carter to comer fiying out through one of the windows. But whatever the tragedy that was occurring within, the outside walls gave no sign. ; Carter had told me that when he was safely inside the house I was to go and do likewise. "Just follow my hand,": was what he said. Really.n had half a mind to jump the whole business right then and "jthere. I couldn't picture myself brac^n^tfirough such an ordeal as Carter r|iad !&st faced so valiantly. I -^vomati &tting in the window of the first fiouse on my way. I hurried past fha't house, as I didn't have the heart M wollr ttr> n crtone Pnf coH11>or mv iv naia IUV oJUUV ct 11*^5 teeth, I went to the front door - Of the next? house, and rang the bell. I tried to get a smile on my face as I had seen Carter do. I am rather sour-visagpd. I was twisting my face around for the proper expression, wlien the door was suddenly flung open, and there stood the woman of the house. By the manner in which my face was working "she must have concluded I had St. Ettas' dance. She looked frightened. I was so embarrassed that my usually sour countenance, must have seemed demoniac. I had been thinking of Carter's speech to tlie other womaiS trying to remember.how funny it had sounded. I hoped to Ijring up a smile ih that way. Now, In my excitement, I blurted out, "Ah, goodmortttog, madam; this is a lovely afternoon;/ You may think by my-looks that I want a sewing-machine to eat, but" I assure you I have called merely I to- sell. you- some pie. I?that is?i > Well, you fought to have seen that woman look at me. I could, tell from. hoi* ova thot cho thAiifrht T llro/l in n uti CJ V fliff* 1 out tuviX 111 tu 1U u padded cell at home. But I kept my-, self from falling off the steps, and before the woman had time to escape, I blunderedr out the whole story?how I had been watching Carter down the street, and how I had mixed up what he had said to the other woman. It tickled her. She .was a brisk little woman, udth a snappy way of speaking, and she invited me right in, and wanted me to tell the story over to some women who ^tvere .calling. I made a real hit. > | % Before the latigh "died out.,the 5ff?m$n confided that it waa queer I i&ould come along that day,ifor she had" thinking ;^about getting a new machine. Oh, didn't I talk-to that woman then! If I could sell a machine, wouldn't I crow over Carter, the old ringer. When I had talked her around to the point where she said she would look at the machine, I concluded tbatfI had struck the one proper TOcifeoiiof my life. I hustled out, ran ctowtf to the hotel, and drove our team up to the woman's door. I uuloaded the machine, and ten minutes later had made arrangements to leave it three weeks on trial. The woman said she knew well enough she would like it, and would keep it. Then I' treated myself to a cigar, and waited at the hotel for Carter to show up. I walked to meet him with my hat on one side. "Well. I sold her a machine," said he, running his fingers around inside his collar, and then wiping his brow. "What? Not that royal Asiatic tiger!" I cried. "To that same rampageous femaie," he replied, with immense satisfaction. "We'll drive up and deliver it." "Well, I've been doing some business on my own hook," I said. "I sold the machine we brought with us, and I have delivered it." "Cash or installment?" Carter asked, looking at me in some astonishment. "Well, the whole trade isn't exactly clenched," I admitted, "but it's the same thing. She has taken it for three weeks on tri&l, and says she'll probably keep it." "Who?" "Mrs. Peter Scott?lives up nearly opposite your woman." First Carter sat down and laughed, then he made some remarks that were extremely ungentlemanly. I didn't like such talk, and I told him as much, "Vtam Womofl fnnl " Vio "that woman has worked every sewing-machine agent who has come along ?when he has been gullible enough. It's her old trick. She will never buy a sewing-machine, for she doesn't need one. She does her sewing each season 011 the machines that the fool agents leave there on trial. Now you go right up and take back that machine. She'll claw you down in good shape, but it will teach you to look out for the snides after this. You'll find as a general rule that the really good customers always cut up rough at the start-off. Now bustle right up and get that machine." I refused to go, but Carter insisted. 1 said I'd throw up my job, but Car ter reminded me of some of the items in my bond. So there was no hell for it. and I set off up the street. 'I found the woman hard at worl at the machine. She was making tin most of the golden moments. I sup pose Carter, with his tact and knowl edge of the business, could have eased the machine away without the rio' that I percipitated. Carter told m< afterward that he could have pro vkled me with half a dozen little tricks that experienced agents play to gel machines away from suspicious par tics, but he wanted me to be dressed down in good shape. lie said it was the only way to learn the sewing-ma chine business. I learned right there in ten minutes with that woman more facts of a personal nature than some young men find out in a college course, When I discovered that I was no good in joint debate. I simply dared fate and picked up the machine. Did you ever see a kins-bird tackle a crow, and chase the big fellow down across the sky? Well, -that was it! She buzzed around me, and cuffed my cars all the way to the front gate. It was extremely amusing for the, neighbors and for Carter, who stood looking on. In the years since then I have tackled cross husbands, made collections under the guns, raced rival agents, steeled my heart and taken machines away from the poor and the wretched, forced by grim orders from headquarters, but under no circumstances have I ever felt so wholly like passing in my resignation as I did when I staggered up to the wagon with that hornet in petticoats giving mo things that are not served at five o'clock teas. Why did X stay in the business? Well, I belonged to the State militia, and the first principle of soldiering is never to resign under fire.?Woman's Home Companion. . :*** - . - fT- r< f% Ems r ? ; ;T??OLLEY AND_ FARM. Hie Quicken ins: of tlio Ways of Western Ttural life. No great war or political change ever worked nearly so great a revolution for the betterment of the people and the quickening of their ways of life as Is now being wrought throughout the, Middle 'Wfst by the trolley systems that are 'spinning their webs in every direction. Within the cities the change is already old. and we have forgotten how things were when we forI merly depended on the muie cars for such little transportation as wc had with in the city. Such a thing as pleasure riding on the street cars was then unknown, and the pleasures of the parks were available to those alone ? A*it n/I <mc IUUL L'UUIU iiuu:u uvioco uuu Moreover, the quickening of life that :CfinJe with rapid transit and the general broadening out to larger areas and more comfortable living come to be an old story in the city. But in the smaller towns, where the trodley is new nud the closer connection with the larger "and bnsier centres of life has but recently come, the changes are just now working, and It is interesting to observe their outward phases. Ride put over aDy line through a section where, a couple of years ago. there were old, unpainted houses and tumble-down fences, and you will see a sprucing up in the way of new paint and new buildings and general tidiness that is astonishing. And all the little old towns that were formerly sleeping in the summer sun seem to have been galvanized into new life. The cross roads store has been wiped out, but tire 'town was large enough to bave taken firm root as a cornmuniity.it has taken on .new life. The boys | can live at home and work in the city, instead of*deserting the village to live in a city, boarding bouse,and. tire folks*'$o find a way of making money off their poultry and garden" truck*' that was formerly impossible. They love, to spend the jnouey in. brightening up the.old hdnie, trimming the hedges and lawns and makiucr it look as if somebody lived there. No.'hnjnan prejudice ever disappeared so quickly as has that of the merchant -of the smaller town, who imagined that the trolley was going to take away his business. ? He is now clamoring for all the trolley lines he can get.?Indianapolis Journal. i?r ' . .? A Turtle's 5200 Breakfast. r a cat worth twenty-five cents swallows a canary worth $2.50, what is the value ,-of the resultant creature-?'' is one of the problems in the joker's arithmetic. *A goldfish farmer in Pennsylvania is wrestling with a somewhat similar ^nest$n. About 500 of his choicest,jjgoldl$b, and some silverfish besides,-Were placed fnr a small separate. ^?tto Jnjfcbt thrive andl wax;f4t... T^e fisif got'-o 11" swiinmingly until one night a week or so ago. The proprietor visited his pond in the morn? '?rwni ? V.l? A*aA lug oaiy- W'Uiia euiiie ui mo uou ucuu, some wounded, and another large number unaccounted for. Yet in a moment they ceased ,fo. be unaccounted for, since on. the bank a ten-poundIsnap-* pin^turjjl ygtfi sunniiig himself with an air that iSdicV: "Fate cannot touch me. I hare dined to-day." It has been computed that the very "fanciest" of the fancy goldfish, the "celestial telescopes" and their ilk, are worth something like $150 a pound. In this instance the pond's roll of casualties showed that the turtle's late supper or early breakfast represented approxi-. mately $200. For that sum he could just as well have had a bower of palms to eat in and an orchestra to play the while. It may be doubted if even the celebrated banquet of the monkey at Newport cost any more. The turtle had even been so fastidious as to reject the silverfish, which were swimming about unharmed and in undiminished numbers. The story teaches that the chicken farmer who dreams all night of hawks, foxes and defective incubators is not the only fancier who has natural enemies to contend with.? New York Evening Post. Largest Auto in the World. tfThe largest automobile ever built is J a harvester and "auto" combined and is used in Southern California. It is ' -J ?J 1 1 ? 4- +V,,, 6QUU1 TO SlXiy nurses ULiu j^uus <11 hjc rate of three and a half miles an hour, mowing a swath thirty-six feet wide, putting up the grain in finished shape, threshing, etc. The machine is sixty feet long and thirty feet wide. The motive power is furnished by oil. It is such an expensive . ."harvest hand" that one farmer cannot, of course, own it alone, but Is the property of a company, and oes from one farm to another. Eight lhen are required to run it. As the machine starts off the grain begins falling in sacks on the opposite side from where it is cut and the straw drops into a cart behind. Three machines sent to Russia for work on the steppes were delayed in China and captured by the Eoxers. There they remained for a couple of years, but they are now in Russia and considered an American wonder.? Washington Star. Nearly every man in Russia wears a beard. At one time it was the general belief in Russia that a man without a beard was soulless. 3 j HAND HOLDING IN KANSAS; ) | The Etiquette of the Evening Call Laid Down in Emporia. . { i I An Important ques.ion was up for ] discussion last night at the regular . i meeting of the Amalgamated Handj . holders' Union. Ray Witherington, t j who holds a high office in the national , j organization, was accused by a certain ] j west side girl of being "slow," that be , had called at her house a few evenings j. ago, and after making a few shy at. j tempts at holding her hand had given I : up, and hadn't done a thing but talk . the remainder of the evening, and that in her opinion he wasn't a fit or com, ' petent person to hold the place he did , in the ^landholders' Union. , j The story reached the ears of With! crington's enemies in the union, and [ j they at once brought charges of "ln, ! competency" before the "exalted ! I strnngleholder," who decided to investigate the charges. Witherington was called before this official and told , his "side." He said that he had made . a conscientious effort to hold this girl's ; hand, and when she refused the sixth time and had threatened to call her - father, he had desisted, that further effort would be rude and uugentle. manly. ' The west side girl was then called on the witness stand and asked to testify. She said that Ray had tried six times, but that none of the girls in her crowd thought of letting a young man hold her hand under eight trials. She said she had hear of certain girls that did, but that she thought no lady who cared anything for her reputation would do a thing like that. She admitted having threatened to call her father, but that the young man ought : to have had better sense than to think that-she meant to do it. When her testimony was completed V a long discussion arose as to how long a young man could persist in trying to hold a young lady's hand without being considered rude and ungentleiuan ly, and Low soon a seir-respecting young lady could give up without acquiring the reputation of being "easy." It ended by the exalted strangleliolder giving his opinion that three attempts .were enough, and that six was too - inany, and that any girls with a ipelting l>oint either above or below these figures was to be boycotted by the union. The question of how long a young gentleman should know a young lady before he held her hand was also brought up for discussion. After considerable debating and deliberating by the officials it wa*^eck3ed that a yotmy^ man ought to call on a fvl at least two. times and not more than fonr times "be-1 forejhe was entitled to sit in the ham-1 mock with her and hold her hand.Emporia Gazette. I ; WORDS OF WISDOM. ^ ^^ Ingratitude is treason to mankind.?J x uuzuauu. Victory, belongs to -the most perse-vering.?Napoleon. Poetry comes' nearer . to vftai '^u$& than history.?Plato. v Wealth is nothis that haattt, but histhat enjoys it?franklin. ; In-pention tbe.'tSeht ofLyouth, as judgment is of age.?Swift. Heptbat never leaves bis own country is fu$! of prejudices.?Goldonl. Jolting often loses a friend, and never gains"an enemy.?C. Simmons. What leads to unhappiness is making pleasure the chief aim.?Sbenstone. It never occurs to fools that merit andgood fortune are closely united.? Goethe. ,v?> Hope is so sweet with its golden wing^that, at bis last sigh, man still implores it.?De la Tena. It is.better to suffer wrong than do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.?Samuel Johnson. It isf a great misfortune not to have enough wit to speak _ well, or not enough judgment to keep silent.?La Bruyere. The chiefest action for a man ot spirit Is never to be out of action; the soul %as never put Into the body to standstill.?Webster. An Accident. "Wtiat's the matter, Johnnie?" asked a small boy, as Johnnie emerged from the House crying. ."Frightful accident" replied Johnnie briefly 1 "Kol What was it?" '-Well, you see, I was talking jto mother and I got mad and sass'ed ie^f" g "Yes." ' "ADid then she started after me." ; "Yes." "Arid I ran all over the house, and down into the yard, and round that; and then into the woodshed, you know?" "Yes; go on." . . . ; "Well, I was nmnin* under full*< steam, you see." \ "Yes, yes; of course." X "And I ran Into an open switch..The old gentleman was in the wooilwith one. Terrible accident on that road, I can tell you. Tracts ain't cleared yet. No; I don't believe I'll sit on^flie fence."?Chicago Post. A Question of Titles. The: City Treasurer of Edinburgh, Colonel Sir Robert Cranston, who has lately-been knighted by King Edward, was called upon recently by a cominer; cial traveler, who wished to see the colonel on business. As Sir Robert like most of his associates, is of the l Volunteer Corps, not of the regular army, the traveler's inquiry was fol* Mr. Cranston. Colonel Cranston, he was informed, was out. "Oh, very well; can I see Mr. then?" (mentioning another meml>er of the firm). "Major is out, too." "And is Mr. out also?" "I am sorry to say that Captain ? has Just left to attend a musketry class." The exasperated traveler turned to go, when he was recalled and asked if he wished to leave any message. "Well," he replied, "it's of no consequence, but you might just say, if you' think of It, that Lord Wolseley looked in." -i The Tamed West. "Why don't somebody get born, get married, or die, or run off with some, other man's wife^.kifcs the hired girl, get drunk and shoot up the town, kill j one of the valuable town dogs, burn out some place of business so as to j get the insurance, or commit suicide? I or, in fact, do any old thing so as; to j liven up matters?be metropolitan, the J same as in cities, as elsewhere?gosh! ' but this is a dry old burg, no excite- J ment of any kind?hasn't been a list- j to-skull encounter for so long that the boys have almost forgotten the manly art of self-protection. Gee! but this is ; getting to be a tame affair for the ' wild and wool;.* west! If we go on be- I having in this manner what do you suppose our dear friends in the elite east will think of such conduct out here among the wilds of the Great American desertV"?Spokogee (I, 1\) Journal. . i f ftii lA titt\ ^ ^ ^ Hd D&t calculation that can be | Aade shows that the average number I of children in the white native family | a Century ago in the United States was more than six; in 1830 it had ; fallen to less than five; in i860 to less ' tfcan four; in 1872 to less than three; in 1800, among the "upper classes" in Boston, to less than two. jgj How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any Case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Jr. J. Cexvby a Co., Toledo, 0. I We, the undersigned, have ltnownF. J.Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him peri leotlf honorable in all business transaction? and financially able to oarry out any obliga! tioas made by their firm. West A Tanax, Wholesale Druggists,Toledo, Ohio. Wannxxo, Kx*naw amanviy, Wholesale Drngj gists, Toledo, Ohio. Ball's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, aot! tag direotly upon the blood and raucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. ?rlo?. 75o, per bottle. Sold by all Druggists j Hall'a Family Pills are the best. Wealth of Languages. The English language, according to a i German statistician who has made a } study of the comparative wealth of j languages, heads the list with the ! enormous vocabulary of 260,000 words; German comes next, with 80,000 : words; then Italian, with 75,000; French, with 30,000; Turkish, with 22,i 500, and Spanish, with 20,000. Too Small for Its Age. A gentleman who had employed an j old colored carpenter to do a piece of | rather delicate cabinet work for him 1 was pleased beyond his expectations with the result. Wishing to show his* satisfaction, he ?after paying the price the old man asked?took from the sideboard a botj tie of extraordinarily fine whiskey that had just been sent him and poured a i little into a glass. 0 "Uncle," he inquired, "have jjou ever tasted whiskey fifty years old?" | "No, sah, I never has," replied the i old darky, his voice-' trembling -with* anticipation. "Well, try that, then," said his employer, "handing him the glass, "and tell me what you think of it." The old fellow received it reverently, took one sip, and raised his eyes in ecstasy. . . ' . -? : . "Oh, sah!- dat am sho'ly de fines' ; bev'rage dis chile evah taste. But;" | with an anxious glance at the very ; slight quantity in the glass^"don't you ! t'Ing, sah, it am jivs'. a Jittle small for MM?'" , It is, perhaps, needless to add that gfentfe criticism had the desired effect. ?October.Lippincott's. . . > , Ambassador Andrew D. White's reminiscences are to continued in future | numbers of The Century Magazine. In November will be printed an account of Dr. White's relations with" Prince Bismarck. At Seductive Odds. [ ^pCisker?Kichcs take wings, you ? %ocker?Yes, but tney can go just as quick on horses.?Brooklyn Life. \NoHair?\ * My hair was falling out very fast and I was greatly alarmed. I then tried Ayer's Hair Vigor and my hair stopped falling at once."? 1 Mrs. G. A. McVay, Alexandria, O. 3 The trouble is your hair jj does not have life enough. I Act promptly. Save your | hair. Feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor. If the gray hairs are beginning to show, Ayer's Hair Vigor will restore color every r'tkne. $1.09 1 bsttle. All drntfsts. If your druggist cannot supply yon, J*. .IXIU. Tvlll ATTirMI BOUU US UUU UUiMi aiiu ttv ? v-4'?w _ I yott a bottle. Be sure and give the name I *; of-.your nearest express office. Address, B J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass. 9 IS lIM^WK^WEFjlS &sm \ \Vs\A reputation extending over I 'vv(^ aixty-aix years and our : ; \\aO guarantee are back of *V^r?\ every garment bearing the SIGN OP THE FISH, nrhk N^There are many imitations. ? Be sure of the name \?! T\TOWER on the buttons. /C^/NX ON SALE cYEBYTfHERt ^ ' A. J. TOWER CO. BOSTON. MASS.U.?. A. TOWER CAN APIAN CO. Limrt**. TORONTO. CAH 1 Straighten Your Hair Take th? curls out of It. make It aoft an4 glossy 5 : 2 f'J ^rtwl# Jr i&I 9 Carpeier's OX MARROW POMADE m sSaSSKwJft. *- - -i (BKWAUK OF IMIT ATIOJfS.l Use a little once a we^k?that Is all that Is necessary. Soft, silky hair and healthy scalp are the results. Makes the hair grow, too. . < || PRICE. 25 CENTS/ Buy It of your drncrgist, or send us the price in stamps. Address" CARPENTER & CO., ? :; Louisville, ICy. 1 . : ? GAPUDINE I 8 fi"* F? ?") Also sea sickness and wUb\wi^ Travelers Nausea, diz? - Aimmmm effect cb brain or hea 10c, 25c and 50c a bottle. (Liquid.) - Tk Effervescent Stomach Cleanser j prefents- headache*^ < -if billousuess. consttpgttDii; ?1 At DrnKg^ts, ftOc. nnd 81, | I'sed by American TARRA XT CO. Pliyslcians since 1?44. 81 Jay Street. Set* York : vaeok eyos, u?e Thompson's Eye Water To cure, or mo \ . J# ? ? Mdtfern Ivories. The r sndid collection of modern Ivorlee In the Musee Galliera, Paris, Is - till open to the public, and comprises many pieces of rare beauty, forming part of private collections.. One of the most noticeable of the exhibits is Froment Meurice's surtout do table, made for Prince Demidoff in 1854, and now belpnging to Count PUlet Will, tho modeling of the groups being of remarkable grace and purity of design. Any work of this gifted family Is of interest to the amateur of art. The founder of the house gave that impetus to artistic design of which the outcome haB been the production of the exquisite jewelry which forms such a feature of our own timeo, and is such a rej lief to the eye after the ugly necklaces and still uglier bracelets of our grandmothers, who yet contrived, as their youthful portraits prove, to look beautiful in their barbarous gauds. In fact, it seems impossible to really disfigure a pretty woman, ineir beauty rlse3 not only above the bad taste of milliners and dressmakers* but even above the cumbrous and Inartistic designs of the jewelers of the second quarter of the nineteenth cen? tury. ROMANTIC. She is engaged, oh, lovely maid! What ratpures thrill us through! What happiness hangs on your word! What hopes are fed on you! We pledge our lives to serve your wish. 'Twill surely make a stir! This pearl of girls, who is engaged To cook at fifteen per! ^ ?New Yo*k Perald. A COMMERCIAL CRITICISM. "You say you admire poetry?" "Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox; "there's only one trouble about poetw <,n'' la frVioi an rrmr?h la xprit. ' J( OUU lUltb JO VUHb uv trie which doesn't advertise any* thing." FITSpermanently cured. No fits Or nervousnew after flrSt day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRes torer.? 2 trial bottie and troatisefreo Dr.B.H. Klinu, Ltd., 9S1 ArehSt., Phila.,Pa. t Sawdust and other ..mill- waste, is. now used in paper making in Texas. Mrs.'Winslow's Soot'oing Syrup for children teething, gotten the gums, reduces inflammation,allays pain,euros wind colic. 25c. a bottle . A stock of Indian corn uses up thirtyone pounds of*water during its season. Ptso's Curs for Ponsumptlonls aa lnfalllbls medicine tor coughs and oolds.?N. W. Bamotcl, Ocean Grove, N. J.. Feb. 17,199). France spends thirty-five: per cent, of her resources on military preparations. ,. Putnam Fadeless Dyf.s produce the brightest and fastest colors. . * 3 , / ' 1 " ' ' Banking institutions have no use for the "no account" man. 1 ' USE OF CORN AS FUEL. J. . I t' Has Been Burned for Many Years In Western Farming Districts. Substitutes for coal have for many, years commanded< attention, and especially so during the past' eight or. nine months in the United States, with coal prices at abnormal figures, as a result of the anthracite miners' strike last year. Peat and briquetted sawdust, wood, oil and many other substances have been under consideration, and among them also corn, this last particularly having been spoken of as something quite new, though, as a matter of fact, corn has for a long time been used as fuel in the farming districts of the Western sections of the United States, and that, too, ,with~ very satisfactory results. 2 -. r .. In a general way it was recognized there that when corn was abundant and cheap and coal was expensive, the former made a cheaper fuel than the latter, although no scientific de* termination of their relative ciency had been made until a short time ago, when tests were made by the Department of Agriculture of the University of Nebraska. These showed, among other things, that of corn, which, if burned, will yield from 22," 512,000 to 45,024,000 units, not counting the heat that could be obtained from the stalk. Since a ton of good /vu>i uMiT oivp un from about 20,000, 000 to 26,000,000 units an acre of ground in each year capable of pn> ducing fuel which is equal to from 0.87 or 1.28 to 1.74 or 2.56 tons of coal.' The stalk will probably increase this amount by one-fourth or one-third. . The experience gained from boiler tests with corn fuel made it appear doubtful whether corn would be practicable fuel for the generation of power, unless it were burned in some special furnace that would insure the perfect combustion of the volatile matter which forms so large a percentage of the whole corn, and wnich I ie driven ofT at a "comparatively low heat. Some form of automatic stoker would also be desirable, since ;the corn burns rapidly and must be frequetly fired, making the work of the fireman very arduous, and at the same time tending to cause incomplete combustion by the excess of rnTrf air entering through the fire door. Undoubtedly, corn may, at times, be a cheap and economical. fuel for domestic use. It is cleaner and more easily handled than coat *ma contains but a very small amount of ash. It burns rapidly with an Intends beat, and this is apt to be destructive to the cast iron linings of '-the ^ stove. Here, again, therefore, 1 somd special form of firebox, that will not ?be injured by the hedt, and that wiirjutilize as much of the heat as possible, should be used.?Cassier's Magazine. There is civilization, enlightenment and ^economy in good roads. Good roads lead to prompt and steady attendance upon church services, school roonfc duties, neighborly ^ intercourse and social advancement Bad roads lead^to profanity, worry, trials and tribulations and the loss of teams, ve - - a hicHjf, patience, opportunities tor goon i marifets and lots of time. " * Century is to nave a group of papers under the title "Perils of the Republic"?the object of them being to call attention by expository papers to* V few of the more important unfortunate tendencies of American life. The title of one of the early papers is "The Daily Walk of a Walking Delegate." .. . > **? ALL TIRCO OUT. The weary, wcftnout, all-tired feel- MB ings come to everybody who taxes the tfr kidneys. When the kidneys are overworked they fail to tjf (V J perform the duties J* m nature has provided A 7*\m for them to do. /*\ i JP* When the kidneys / j^,/ jaA fail dangerous dis- //y JMT eases quickly low, urinary disor-^y*M^^H|^H ders, diabetes, dropsy, rheumatism, | lHIp Bright's disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney and bladder ills. Read the following case: Veteran Joshua Heller, of 706 South Walnut street, Urbana, 111., says: "In the fall of 1899 after getting Doan's Kidney Pills at Cunningham Bros/ drug store in Champaign and taking a course of treatment I told the readers of the paper that they had relieved me of kidney trouble, disposed of a lame back with pain across my 1/vUn +1% A VvlA iLfiup uuu ucucauj iuc duuuiut'i uiau^. DuriDg the interval which had elapsed I have had occasion to resort to Doan's Kidney Pills when I noticed warnings of attack. On each and every occasion the results obtained were just as satisfactory as when the pills were first Irought to my notice. I just as emphatically indorse the preparation today as I did over two years ago.A Free Trial of this great kidney medicine which cured Mr. Heller will be mailed on application to any part of the United States. Medical advice free; strictly confidential. Address Fos. ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. ' ... _______________ i An Exception to the Rule. When Helen went abroad last year, Her many, friends averred It was to read her title clear In Burke?a duae preierred! ' For Helen is a beauty?tall, With gray eyes full of mirth? While Helen's bank-account is all A coronet is worth. But now she's back again^ despite The. titles to be ,soJd, . Her wealth as countless', *6eautjr quite As peerless as of old. * - '11/" i ?Florence Kiniball Russell, in Octo- *1 ber. Smart Set.. ; .. ?? 1 The Day They Celebrated. ' "Miss Carrie, do you have any doin's on Christmas?" Asked a new ser rant. ; "Why do you ask? We usually have a family dinner, but you can go out early in the afternoon and remain through the evening, if you choose/' "I wanted to- go home. My aunt's come, and we have an oyster stew and a supper. My grandmother was buried on that day," was the startling reply. ?C. A., Huling,,.in October Lippincott's. < . . l i '> ;/ A Personal Bill of Fare. A Squire, of Andover, once hired a brother of Patrick, who was in his employ. The terms were made 'with Pat before his brother's arrival/ and the following conversation ensued: Squire?Til pay yotfr brother one fifty a day, Patrick." . , = Patrick (bowing and smiling)?"Yts, \ sot, yis, sor, and wlJl he ate himsilf or will ye ate him, sor?~ The squire thought that Dennis had better eat himself.?October Lippincott's. . . : .1 . 1 . t .4 ., , i. .it The Wear and Tear. Great souls arise to great emergencies, But falter often in-Hie lesser fray, Unnerved, distraught, by life's small urgencies-? The rasping wear and tear of every 1 day. ?Carrie Blake Morgafi, in October Lippincott's. f?T? r i LDCC S1UAKI S . rntc GIN and BUCHU To all who rafter, or to the friends of thoee who srffer with Kidney, Llrer, Heart, Bladder or Blood Disease, a sample bottle of Stuart's Gin and Bachn, the great southern Kidney and Lirer Mediolne, will be sent absolutely free oi cost. Mention this paper. Address STUART" DRUG M'FG CO.. X Wall St.. Atlanta. Ga. ; BSaBiy^l S M HfJ ?y iJ fMPni reSSraSB^H^^a ^I ], Owe ^wJU/lfM ilonal trc ^THACHER MEDKIWE 80.,mmw /Q BEST FOR' | GUARANTEED CUR^b^Il^ow?^oaW?| I blood, wind on the stomach. bloated bowels, fcfl I pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow akin an J I regularly yoa are sick, Constipatioo bills morl I starts chronic allmeats and long years of suffer] _ ^ A QO A dp~o r?T imq will never ret wel 1 right Take our advice, start with Cascarets I money re funded. The genuine tablet stampet jj booklet free. Addreas Sterling Remedy Compa I Bromo-' 1 Promptly < I Heads 9 wWwawwwawaw Malsby & Co, 4| Seatt Fsnjft St, ittaata,fa. J Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills AND ALL KINDS OF IACB1HEW 1 Complete line carried in stock fir IMMEDIA TJC shipment Best Machinery, LovMt Prlca# and Bwt T?raa Write us for catalogue, prices, etc., before buying. * f'' -r liSAWMILLSHSl with Hege's Universal LogB??nu,RecUHD-* ear. Simultaneous Set Work* and the Hea-B I cock-Ring Variable Feed .Works are unex-m celled for acccxacy, iixpucitt, dpxabiI/J ITT AND zaiz or o?rRATION'. Write for fnlfS descriptive circulars. Manufactured by thag ? #RlpansTabnIesaro .? medicine ever made. .? -- MA. hundred millloni year. Every illness arising from a disordered stomach'is " relieved or cured by their use. So common is it that diseases origin**# from the stomach it may be safely : ' serted there is no condition of^ health that will not be benefited? oe? > cured by the occasional use of Rlpans ^J||| Tabules. Physicians know them and * speak highly of them. All'-diugg^itS' ell them. The five-cent.packkge' Is " enough for an ordinary occasion, 'and : the Family Bottle, sixty cents, contains a household supply for a year. CM * general); gives relief within twenty Bilious? ru?,;o ; 'ISa* gteQsira* - *? E&ttiui &f?i& UILL.) : liwuavuRirr* j jack of your eyes? Itfe your iver! Use Ay^.^te.' Gently Iaxaifvec aHve^lawe. Sold for60yeaifs. &$&? Wantyour moiBtacheor bttrfi a beautiful brown or rich black? One BUCKINGHAM'S BYE W. L. DOUCLAS 3.3 4 '3 SHOES UK Yon can tare from $3 to $5 y$9OT ( ; we? nng W. L. Douglas $S,50. or $3 show.' ?x& nfaSSS Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, Broektoa, ffa?< A l- r^' -- <; The Great Eut and Wert tfa? SIEIIWi KO TBOtTBL* TO AK8WKB QUMTIOVt. ' ' Thirty-Ave miles Shortest Route Shrrreport tf K&SUHfl Dallas. Write for. netr bookon Ttrw-ntt B. P. TURNER, Gen. Pass. AgU, Dalian, Texna. , ffpropsyi liu y d^h/wm oil urrlliTia in ttosa giwnfree. Nothingcan befai?r jUg1 SpKUUlft? Bo^gTlawtife. Give the name of this paper when vritlng to advertisers?(At4V3) , : >V < t J X' Off. THACHER'S . . or and Blood =Syrup?= s by Removing ike Ommm < . ; :b-FOLD REMEDY for aU Ills dec to Tone- . % 3j?Sg lubies. Acts on the LIVER and KIDNEYS sad , ' ^ ?3 IIFIES THE BLOOD - r -' '%SBKKa 1 * 1 ISA. TMR. tsaislelMttfekyiMllfrMi' :For ?le *U all Senlfrv, *-'i r * ^ CATHART18 (J^^pendfc^s^MiOTisnessT^oT^^^^^^S^l ml mouth, headache, iadiiMtioD, fipp|M|a- ? t-...-" i dizziness. When your bowels doo't aqv# 1 > : > people than all other diseased together. It B " ' ^ ;s log. No matter what ails yon, start taking-4 11 and stay well until you yet year bowels Ij today under absolute guarantee to cars or 1 C C C. Never sold in bulk. Sample and iny, Chicago or New York. geo -' a '. it . r* * * : ' -' 1;/ ''" * mm insures all 1 iches I ujiS fl a iliia II Hill fJ fJ i Vi Hill ^ I ^^1 JLJJJaJLJLJB ^SmSSSSmSSmSmm-3lMfo^?3 Prloe SOo.