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i-e !,:': Tauin;;ws Clgars. Lo.iaa c:aims~ le honor of hav ihi her doiiinions Lhe oldest om'4'::a ::uw i-::ng i:1 this conutry, it not in the wo ;U, I thi erC-n ofL r.i-, who bo:tsiis o 111 years, a,-l f 1:vingacted as a serant of George W' n.ato. Jo c claims to have fr, niuenl!r blqcked th,_ boots of and light d egirs for ibe Father of his Cour irv. He Las a certiicate from Ed Crri-an,. h i fori,r jmuaster, certify ug that hi'! was 1.'uru 17(;. - -Ci CMV Iter-Oceaj. The Talo senior 'ass will war-a; an gow.vzs --v...ry 6und-ty tur-ugho-ut thlvae year. How's This? - We offer One Hundred D0lh3 Rorard for any aws of Catarrh that cannot be cured by HaLl's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CEtrzr & Co., Toledo, 0. Wo, thp undersigned, have known F. J. Che :oy for tha last 15 years. and believo him Per ecly honorabe in all bubiness traneactionh tad _ancially able to carry out any obliga Owln =:,do byr their 21r. WIM'- k Ta- , Wholsaloma ,Ted ht,Tld,Ohio. 47Ar-h Cur* tj takon ipteMa41V, tt in ly ? VVn the hea an =n104u at t Vtem, Totimon e.s tet fre. 75P . p; r bottle. Sold by all Dru;ia. A Happy Woman, At last I am aweIll dhap woman aa thanks to McEiree' ine of CardMu. I have suffered for four-- years from womb trouble of the most horrible kind. Twelve years ago I went tq the San Antonio Hospital where they performed an operation, but it left me in a w'rse state than ever. I went to Dr. Kinesley ani Dr. D. Y. Yotmz. but they gave me little rviief. After spending $125.i' 1 was not able it e my bed. and most of the time suffered pains to equal a thousand deaths. On the t-thLI of lost October my friend rs. Stevens a-'visd me to try McEiree's Wine of Cardui. The first bottle did ze go:d, and I got mort, and to-day I ama new voman;am a'le to do all my cooking and house-Iwork. I ar. running a boarding-house and doing all the work myself. I stilluse the Wine. and always keep it in tbe - hotue--it sa,ed my life. Appleby, Texas.. Mss. -1. J. METERS. Does Iots ofrzod-You Will Find It so if You Try It. Mrs. T. J. Meadir has kind words to say about Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy: "For many Vears I have suffered with dyspe sia and ner '-ousness. I have been taking Tyner's Dys Remedy and find that it is doing me Iots of good and I am now in better health than I have been for years. It relieves me in a few minutes of indigestion." If you are suffering with indizestion or dy pepsia of 9.n7 character whatever. it would be to vour interest to try a bottle of this rem. edy. *Price 50 cents per bottle. Fvr sale by all druggists. Now is the Time to Cure Your Cofts wIth Hindercorng. I takes them out perfect. ly and gives comfort. Ask your druggist. 15c. Stomachle means a medieine that strengthens th4 stom sch. or to be brief it means Ripans Tabules. df Vbu are troubled with a weak stomach and canot digest your food use Ripans Tabules. O e give relief. FITS stopped free by DR. LINE'S GREAT NERtt RESTonRL. No fts after first dav's use. Marrelous cures. Treatise and S2.0 trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline, 731 Arch St., Phili., Pa. -f'Tvery Mother Should Alvvays Havi a bottle of Parker's Ginger Tonic. Nothing so good for pain,wekans, colds and sleeplessness We think i's~ Cure for Consunmption is the only medicine for Coughs.-.-JEmCE P'rcuAnn. Springfieldl, Ills., Oct. 1, ]94. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for childreti teething, softens the gums. reduces inflammia tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. Nerves and Are insepara.y W.vncte-i. The former depend simi>y niely. solidly upon the - latter. If i. i' p 'u.thy are properly fed and there is~ I-.. "rosns. fliit is impure they are feda on refuso an-1 ti horrors of nevu pr'otration romit. Feed the nerves on purv: Gloxi. Make pure bid5d andl keep it nuro by taking~ Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True BlOO I Purifier. 00 S IllSfmu toi.m Mo2 -ney in Pecans () v~ MONIED MEN, tAmbitious Cler ks, Now Pecan Orchard in the World }ro,"r-u. *.ivi'-: ofi.r''I. inti f*i t-a: T.i turn ike road to L!ies through~ their ~mouths or I. mistake Buit the~z surest way to ge th~ere is I say, A.'A Buckw heat' ~very day. Werrid'. Po r'! 'i ESiT AWA 'RD. 'fi[PERIAL4 43-IRANUM TVyluWllin the dlgCStlil~ ~is WEAK xa so F00D~ Sseems to niourish. Try it ReeA.p z.00P tE stomach! SS.old by DRUGms'i;S EVERYWI-ERE ! ~'Jolin Carls &~ Sons. New York. i UWiES W.thRE ALL ELSE ILS.~ NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOEN. Uncle Sam has 2.5,003 women sten o2raphers. Saco boasts of tho only women zn d-rtak~er in Maine. Queen Victoria has worn her crown only sixteen times. Queen Tictoria has gone to Scotland to remain until November. Some of the new fall jackets have roilin, collars which may be worn turned up or down. A simple costume may be made ver ceic by wearing it with a hat of . oidecliy contrasting color. Metal corsets are ihe thing in Paris. They nro described as a metallic lace work, very light and coo!. John Oliver Hobbes (Mrs. Craigic) has been elected President of the So ciety (f Women Journalists in Lou don. Mrs. Lois Eames Wood, of Worces ter, Mass . celebrated her 101st birth day iecently. She is sti a-tive and Tigor^Us. Virgir-% Fair is an emcpert ventrilo quit and freqtently uses the acaom. pIbuim t to play practio3l . ce. Afemriniza novelty iu eigas is VA Sixth avenue, New York City, and resds; "Ladios' mildto in 1311 dresses and other gowns." Mrs. Beretts Woodward, of Coll water, Mich., was aided by eight great-great-grandchildren in celebrat ing her recent 100th birthday. Iiss Ellen Spencer, known as the -irst woman who taught school in Ili nois, died at Jacksonville recently, lacking but a triile of being 100 years old. For exceedingly damp or warm weather an expedient for keeping the hair in curl is the use of alcohol.. The hair should be wet with alcohol and then curlc3. Few persons have ever seen Mr. Sargent's portrait of Mme. Patti. She never liked it, and it is hidden awa; in some disased corner of her castle at Craig-y-Nos. Dublin, Ireland, has a new paper called "To-dav's Woman." It is ed ited and written by a group of talent ed women, many of whom are univer sity graduates. Queen Victoria, like many women, is a good judge of character, being able to tell much about a person from the single piercing glance which she gives each stranger. The Empress of Japan is getting more and more Europc.,n in her ideas, and has for some past entirely di, carded. the National dress in favor of costumes mad- for her in Paris. According tB the London Fig-ro the only woman in England to be admired by the Shazada of Afghanistan Nvas an American, Irs. George N. Curzon, formerly Miss Leiter, of Chicago. M1rs. Eleanor Sedgwick, dean of Newnhamn, England's famous college for women, is a sister of First Lord of the Treasury Balfour, and famous as one of the best mathematicians in England. A prize of two dollars' worth of i-e cream tickets for the first woman who will rile a bicycle in bloomer costume around the public square in the even ing is offered by the Times of Clay Center, Kan. MIiss Alice Ireland, of New York, has graduated as a dentist. She claims to be the first woman to prac tice dentistry in Gotham, although there are others in various parts of the country. Mrs. Arthur Stannard, better knowa as John Strange Winter, claims that the Writers' Club, of which she has been President since its organizatiou in 189~2, was the first women's press club in the world. Tfhe Privy Council of Holland are begiuning to look around for a h us band foir their lifteen-y ear-old Queecn WXilhliu. She will not be allowed to exercis~e mfuchI of her royal prerog ative in the matter-. White satin was tho principal ua terial at the court ball at Euckinghamn P4lace recently, as it has been for the paist three seasous-satin shot with gold, with pink: with silver and with mother of-pearl tints. Buttons are surely growing in favor, and their size is certainly on the in crease. They are becoming <1uite a necessary accessory of a costume no0w aulays, and seriously increase the c:e pense of the garments. M1iss MIeFee, of MIontreal. has jusi. obtained the degree of Doctor ot Phi losophy at Zurich. She is a graduate of M31cGill University, anad studied phi-I 105opby at Cornell and1 under Pede-. sor. Wuindl, of Leipzig. 2.Trs. Jehun Scott, ia womn' of remark able intelligeuce aud str-an ;!h of char acter. was a resident of Naishville Tenn., for mnauy vears. er'b.1 wheu a yo'nug surzeein th r.' armyv, was the friend~ rloia -!aer Iurbau1 A Mohammsi~iedani 'idow; of I?umbnv rit-d Iiu a pilgri:umge to .'Oet reently, takmng her jcwelry with ben~r Afte-r ]lauding at Jeddahl sim wats i"rtee1 to trarry a Tuarkishi coldier whim she hail never seeni befr or d I.h di-appenred in a couple of days i bh aller loroper ty. The headdress of the reign of (Jouis XIV. were wonderfuliy reade. They were f rameworks of wire, from two ti four fcet high, divided into tiers ani covered with1 bands of muslin, ribbons. chenille, pearls, flowers andi aigrcttes MIiss Lillian Chandhler leads an orchestra in Boston, numbering forty-r. tive women. Threse women have thor oughly overcome the diflcoulty of the~ trombone. clarlonet and flute. anud hope soon to be masters of the horn , trumpets and bassoons, which men are Ueiw employed to pla1n MIiss Adelaide IIasse, who has just been selected by the Secretary of Ag rieulturo for the position of chief of thbe department of Governmnent docu ment z, is an expert fencer-. She i also ahs expert cyclist, and if she were a main wouild CI-mLe under the classi" cat ion of a "good fellow." A Europeau~ lady. ivin;g in Japan ae quir ed no fewer than '700 teapots ol vir iou-s patterns and kinds. Another Ilady had1 a hobby for collecting bon :nb She made a rule never to p;art vi' l one -he lha i ;vn.u tn-d, when she de-t left behind ther a wouderful col SELECT SIFTINGS. dly,~ ninety-fire per cent. of the opals obtained are of no value. The "old pine" in Dartmouth Col lege Park is no more. It was 200 years old, and a landmark. A man in Nevada has been cured of indigestion by a shock of lightning, sufficient to knock him over. Joseph Dashman, of 'Utica, N. Y., is 10S years old, and undoubtedly the oldest man in Northern New York. In Towortih, England, is a chestnut tree supposed t: be 10D0 vearG old. The trunk is Jifty feet in circumfer eice. A man in Unionville, Mo., claims hat saltpeter is an infallible cure for snake bites, and cites personal expe rience in support of his claim. Mis. Joseph Layden, of Malden, W. Va., has just given birth to her twen ty-eighth child. She is fifty-five years old and her husband is seventy. A Pennsylvania inventor has pro duced an explosive which in recent tests proved five per cent. moro pow erful than dynamite. It is 5afe from cncusin qnd Orplodo with a fasi Tho Emperor of AutOria, whilz ot deor-8tlkiag ia the nelghborhaoi of Ischl recetly, bagged to his own. gun in a single morning seven atago, cne of them having antlern with twelve points. The Adams Express Company, by bringing suit. against a Philadelphia bank, has called attention to the com mon custom of understating the value of money packages to save express charges. The.King of Siam now has white elephants, one of which is no larger than a pony. They are taken daily to the river for a bath. which is the only exercise they have, uuiesi they trtke part in some royal fuuetion. Old Uncle Charley Boso, who lives with his youngest boy, Isaiab, ou Pond Creek, near Parkersburg, W. Va., was born on a tiatboat ou tho Ohio in 1IW9, and was in early life a Kentucky hunter and Indian fighter. A train on the Great Northern Rail ay ran into a forest fire in the State oi Washington the other day and was stopped in the midst of tbe tire by a blazing tree, which fell acro-s t:he track. The heat was so great that the coaches were blistered and almost took fire. A marvelous thing is being done near Boston, in consequence of th3 raising of the New York, New Haveu and Hartford tracks. A factory build ing 350 feet by 5) is being moved a considerable ditance, in two section, without disturbing or interrpating work, which is done by electric pcw er, except on the lower floor. A11u11 Kee iln- Sho02s. I have before me aipir of shoes; one, save for the shapz of the foot having destroyed th.:. stilt outlines of newnes.s, looking a., if' it might hive just left the store; the other shoe looks as it even a tiamp might pass it by with contemiipi. Yet t by are mates. One has been c.lean,-] the other has not, is all the differenec; y et neither has ever been "blacked:" the shoes have never been? worn with ,ubber-, vet when cleaned the leather is soft and phiable as oine could wish; yet with all the spick and spauuess they are half worn out. How is it (lone? Have three smuall, eeu cloths, a basin of water. a botHle of cosmnoline. vaseline. petroleuum juliy, or wvhatever name von like to call ib. it is all the same,~and a clean shoc polishiug or cloth bnrusb. The shoes should. be lvii ed as~ free of mudI as possible before drying and shoul be hknig in a warmi current or air. say two or three )tet above a reg iter 'or stove-pipe, no. un-.erneath the kitchen range, whle:. the-. w4ill bei 'corced oin te and wet ned:.lrnedlb. When U the ... r:ty dry w Ii the mud staI.s ;iwn ajm .' e sure to ge thb alj l itnr hard with a r lo thu .1 1 with the brush, ling cariu bomit the stitching and: arjuad toe -uw - is best to do onlyv a part ait at time, say UJnless or shoes. hav be1'". suie-d and rotted by b)ad shou dress ig they will look tlmtt' 'L 4 e i,... Now r1.t>eosmnoliin' over'' tiiii t i" a clau cloth an i rub it wellto in ; us it liberally. for too litl w iol de stroy the polih, while plenity.n of co mnoliCe implroves it. Tn whole sno0 should he e:tretallyv dote, eve:n ;tton. the buttons and1 but'ouih2le. and piresto', you shoe nre so; t au-i p iabie, black, and just p)01Hshe mi:to look well ; will not stain yo under lothes or lin.aers wiiu pUt04.Me o,and a htti12 water wv: do~ ithe U:: hiarmt. Try it on3ce. qtna. you wlU:t want to do it anyi other wayi.--tiila Ausralia Sees P'rofit mn 1er Pla-gut. TRbbits may yet saive the~ counttry. The Secretary for Agriculture has re ceived a letter fcomt Mr. I-:rry of the te Agent-General's o!lice stating that it is expectedl durinmg the comfing~ sea son that the price of rabbits wil be frot twenty c2nts to twenty-two) cenits each. The charges for dlock dues cartage and couunuission at Londono are about two cents per rabbit, and to Hull or any other matnufacturing pro vincial cities about two cents extra. He adds: "There is not the slightest doubt tha. a very large trade mde.edn is open to Tictorian rabbits in the great manufacturing districts. such as Leeds, Manchester and Sheffiel, where all the members of a family work at the mills, and therefore have not much time to spare for cooking. Rabbits can be easily cooked, and are accordingly much favored by mill workers, and it is no unusual thing when rabbits arc cheap for them to be the soie local meat food eaten by the family during the week." He trongly urges Vi:4orian shippers to take a small p.rotit in order to assist in pushing trade in rabbits in these (is tricts.-Mebourno (Australia) Argus. When an umbreila is wet the water should be allowed to dirip over the handle end, as it soon rots the ferrale, where the material lie< thick when 3 'tuc HTawaija: 5.ta 1- ..' I..' ae di-"ct to Ne %- ___ V-i: -. er. tin fie ha callo.1l. Tf tit.t S o, ratil snakes that I h;ve me mu has b)een fleakP, fMr the-y ,:in r - wIhen lying at full la th ntan I evc wlheu wov,:. -is wel a in their cl The rat:ler when traveiig, vIi cr lakes aLd treans, and he swimas hv. his head at.d his rattles raisd above the water. The force r": which a rattiesnake ean strike iz rr r) that I onec teased one into striki;g r a piece of belting at least i gutiero an inch thick, and he sent his fanY clear through it."-New York Sun, -- --- THE INJURED IN BATTLFJ. EXPERIENCE OF A SURGEOr DUR ING THE CIVIL T.AR. How Some Patients Behaved Under the Knife-Different Degrees of Nerve Displayed by Soldiers. N old army surgeon says in the Detroit Free Press: "I well remember the first bat . tie I witnessed and the first operation I perforine. I do not hes itato to Eav that I felt a littlo difi dent, nor do I hriitat: to *.y that the cold chill ran up and down my back wbe the mini. balls whistled lose to where the field hospital was esteah lished. This was at the battle of the first Ball Bun, when the Union forces i had over 400 killed and more than 1000 wounded. One soldier in partic ular I remember, for he was my flirst patient. He was a perfect specimen of manbood, broad chested, muscular and well developed. A shell hal struck him on the right arm just be low the elbow, shattering the bones and necessitating amputation. He was laid on the bare earth-we had no op erating table-and a sponge satarated with ether pIlaced at his nostrils; but he objected very enexgetically: 'No, doctor,' said he, 'I won't be made in sensible. Cut off the arm, if yon must, but I want to see you do it.' Je had his way. anid during the operation he never uttered a muraiur or scar-ely moved a muscle. When all .was ovet he coolly thanked me and- said he would go to the front again, with the left arm, if he recovered, if the Gov ernment needed him. "It was an interesting study for me to observe the difference in soldiers when sulfering from wounds before bei)g treated by the surgeon, and while on the oper-ating table. Somio were cool and seemingly iuiiifferent to pain. while others would beg to be made insensible, and often thosc who were slightly hurt made more noise than those that were fatally injured. Two serious cases out of the many I dealt with occur to me. I remember them more realily, perhaps; because they were Michigan men, with the rank of Captain I belie-ve. You re member the battle of Winchester, September 19', 18SMY Yes?' Well, ou the morning of the tight the cavalry brigade to which I was attached made an attempt to effect a crossing at Burns's Ford, sonme miles below Win chester. The hospital had beeni es tablisihed in a little piece of woods on the east side o,f the Opequan, near the ford. Three times did the brigado try to cross before success crowned their efforts, the sharpshooters on the bluiu~ opposite being very hard. to dislodge. In a short time the weun lea begatn to conmc in, seome slhghtly and others se verely hurt. AmIong the latter was one of the oficers I have mentioned. A sharpshooter's bullet had struck him on tho point of the elbo-v. pass ing u p and emecr;ing about three inches from the shoulder, shatterin~ I the bone in its pasi;e. It was a bed wound. and ai di:liult one to deal with,, thci airm havinig to be cut oK so near the shIouler. H-owever, I dc terminea to do the best I could, aud soon the patient was ready for the kifc. I anted to give him chloro for.n, but he wouild have none of it. Ue assured me that his nlerves were good, and that he needed nothing to help him beair the p:ain. I was afraid of him, but at last concluded to let him have his way. He was true to his word. Duaring the entire operation he never uttered a groan nor made nu- mntimation that he suffered in th3 lest. This was the best exhibition of erve I had ever seen inl my ai-my1 pracice, not excepting the one I have ureiotuslyv imntioned. "The othber o'tilcer ali".ded to was o a different type, int not a whit less brave than his companion in arms, He was broui:ht in later on with a gunshot wound in his arm, which had sattered the bone anal necessitated amputation. When lie arrived at the hospital he was struggling like a mad man to release himself from the at tedants who had placed him in the ambulance. I saw~ at once2 that the pain of his wound had made him crazy, and. directing the attendant to lay him on the op,erating table, I soon hl hum under the influence of an an e:hetic. Hie was very stubborn and it required a good deal of chloroform to quiet him, bat finally he sucumb,ed and I cut off his arm. When he came to his senses he scarcely seemed to realize what had happened. He looked at me, then at his arm, and finally it came to him that his arm had been amuputat d tad .he could ight no more for many a day. With ' sudden bound he leaped from the table, and seizing a carbine that was lying on the ground near by, lhe start ed on a run in the direction of the. firing in front. He ran like a deer for a short distance, when the pre vious loss of blood told on him and he. suddenly collapsed and fell to the carth. He was picked up by the at tendants, broughit back, placed in an ambulance anid started on the way to the rear. 'There's the difference be tween two wounded men." A London newspaper recently con taed the following adv ertisetdent: "Nine young bIdies want to rent eie gant apartnmeut-: with co:ivenicnt rooms for their bicyecs. Conditions --neither eats nor men in . the ucigh br hood.' German wonmn singers. aiccordiog0 to Le Menestrei, have a hard lot aOs a iule. When they find empldoymaent in ~ue of tie "venuty theatres they; r e Pire t~ first .31 a month,i andife 'e sIiul reach $1'.:' a month .'or evr vacncy there are thirty conservatory irauates who upply. Th le concert ,iners arc still ,"urse oli. The State of Arkansas is valued at IWAYS OF RATTLESNAKES CONXON YERRORS nREG.ArD1N 71.IP. FIGHTING A3ILITTEZ. They can't Bite, But Kill by at -on't Have to Coil Before -tric " ODODY wts ever bitten . a rattlesnake. Pua n]ob0 cver will be,'" said -a ia:i iho has studied them. "An th _()L re nIs the beSt that conld pu - Sibiv be. A rattlesnake can't Iizn. it iut likely that any creature 'hat lin and is pruvidel with tecth : l ja., hiu less power of bitin-. T: a'-: J;ams are r:ot hinged. They nr attached to each other by au es eairtLia:. Thus the snake has no l1 er- " utcver in clozin2 OneJ: ni en )tst i her, and if it attempted I to f 1ct injury by bitiua, it coul1'L Wo mucle s pierce the skin. Tie fan-;s of a rattlesnake are driven into the flsh lv P. stroke, not a bite, as IS well ioson by the fact that punett-s are Ide onlv by the arman:ent of thei uippe:: jaw. The lower jaw has nol b -ing to dc with the ach A inaa tri, IU" R beat hliok into P log sa! e.t repesentat;-n of the manne) in wi the att1ale e bites. So wheneer tuy o-e tolls you aboiat soime vine3 e!e being bitten by a rattlesnake, bet him it isn't so. You'll win. It's an impossibility for a rattlesnake to bite. "But, although the rattlesnake can't bite, if you're fooling around in a country where he is spending the summer, you want to keep your .ye peeled. And there is one particular thing you don't want to forget. Tt is a common and widespread fallacy that a rattlesnake is entirely harmless so long as he is uncoiled. I believed that once, and found out by t startling persomal experience that it wasn't Lo. It is true that when a rattlesnake is stretched at full length, with the muscles extended to the utmost, he could not strike an inch fcr ward, but from that position he can strikc back ward his full length, and with light ning-like velocity. One day I dropped a big stone on the head of a big rattler that lay in this position, crushing the head, the stone lying partly on the head. After gazing for some tiie at the quivering reptile, so suddenly taken from life, I stooGed down to re move his rattles. I had ao sooner touched his tail than Hs -.autilated head flew back, and almost grazing my cheek, struck the sleeve of my coat just below the shoulder, where both fangs were buried, pulling ont ol the jaw and remaining in the sleeve as the snake fell back to the ground. They had not missed my check by more than a hair's bre:Ith. With precaution I have made that test of a rattleshake's capacity of striking in that way many times since then; and the snake always struck. The instinct is so strong in this reptile that I have known a rattler, two hours after its head was sevo J from its body, to strike back fiercely with its bleeding stump the instnt its ti11was touched. "There is at least one case on record where this belief that a rattlesnake couldn't -strike uutil it was in coil resulted fatally. The man was work ing in his garden, when ho discovered a rattlesnake lying with only its rattles and two or three zuches of its tail projecting from under the bottom rail of the fence on the side next to him. The moan, being unable to give the snake a blow that would kill it while it wvas in that position, t.h.ught he would seize its rattles and pull it quickly out into full view and kill it with his hoe. IIe crept up and seized the rattles, but had no sooner touched them than the rattlesnake doubled back over the rail and saak its fangs in the hand that held its tai!. The man killed the r,nako and hurried to the house, where he died in a short time. "But the typical position of the tattlcsnake when intent on deadly a, saiult is the coil. This is not always a symmzetrical spiral, bt the boly is nmassed in more or less regular folle the muscles arc contracted, and the reptile is literally an aniniato s;et. spring. From this position the raxt tIer can spring from one-half to two thirds of his length. Uieforo the stroke the mouth is opened wide, the faings falling down from thie:r soecet ini the upper jaw anId statndiing iircmly in their position. The head is thrust forward, the half coils below it being straightened out to lengthen the neck and to give power to the strike. The.re is no preliminary motion. The sta' is made with abrupt swiftneOSS that de fie s epe of the victim. There is but one strike. The sniake passes back into its coil a-::in with the same swift Iness that it threw itself out. As the fanus euter the fiesh thieveuuom is1 yond the rattler's reach, the snake has the power of squirting its venomn ini jet.= which it canl da to a distauco of four fecet or more. Dr;. WVeir Mitebell had 'a narrow escape once. An iniv monso diamond-back rattter he had ini his collection th - -w i teaspoou ful of its venjom in itu. way int the doctor's face, from a distauc~e of four feet. ft struck hint on theoforeheaid. Ifit h tere:l his eyes, certainly blhnding him,. and perhaps killing himt. "'Sonmetimues a rattle nake loses~ ifs faugs in the flesh of the objct. it st:ikes, but that dces only temporary) damnage to its deadly armory. Thero are plenty of incipient fangs lyin.' in the aew, only waiting for a chance like that to come forward and be in line for business. They grow very fast, and in the course of two or three days a rattlesnake that has lost its faugs is refitted with abraud new pair. This is a good thing to remember, for it is t:he popular belief that a rattler' is made harmless by extracti" its venom fangs. The only way to ren dler one of thbese reptiles harmless, be sides killing it. is to apply re:1-ho iron to the cavities left by the fags This will destroy all the vitality of these dangerous parts andi new faugsI will not come in. "The rattlesnake never pursues his pray ; he waits. Hie will not go out of his way to attack anythiinz. l~Ie will invariably kcop (In his coamrso if not cornered or teased. You may step within four inches of a rattle-snake and will no.t be disturbed by it if you keep) right on your way. If youtstop, the snake at on1ce will take it for a5 ebcallenge and hit you only too quc. It is said, as if by authority, that the Highest of all In Leze2ing Po OIM ABSOLUT Ar rime xiinister' Body Guaid. The World told somn tim a of! the coat of chain m1ail which Co-;i,i the Prliue Miniter of J11y. weari to protect ]imnself against a stiiett- or piptol in the handg of some woald-bo assassin. An itaiina neonpaper has recently publihel in detail the daily expenso incurred by the Government in guarding King Iumberre Minister of State, which i probably the first time that unpopularity has been meaq ured by a pecuniary staudard. According to this paper Ciispi's person is watched over by two com mi6soner( of .olice at 81.60 a day, twenty-two "agentb" or detectires:. a a little over iincty coat3 P day for CaOb and two vice-brigadiers at .0!ty ceuts e (one would suppose from their titles that vicc-briga,Uers would cost more). A carriage at $2.5') ASO figures in the bill. The total, reduced to American money, is $26.10 per day, $9526.50 per year. This, however, is only during the time when the Prime Minister is in R ome. W);.en he travele the expenses are three or four times as great, which bring the annual amount up to about S12,000.-New York World. C r.e ; Te ' -ier a-n: The honoe hev as a lerc:rr cr M . novel ide: whia 1r ., it taken frm,in tle hive. a *ir i i by micro-photograpLy is 1.4ti. t its back and it is then throwFX i L1 air. After t little tr.aining t.. waid to p erorm Jis w,rk sat i ;a r I. OE ' EN'O-J Both the method and results when Srup of rigs is taken; it is pleasaht and refreshing to tho taste, and acts genly yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys temn effectually, dispels coids, head aches and fevers and cures habitual cnstipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, plezasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its manv excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. D)o not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CA. L0UI$VWUE, XY. NEW YORK, M d . SFertilizers fi should contain1 a high i insure the largest yield ar 0of the soil. Write for our "Farmers' Guid is brim full of useful information fo will make and save you money. GERM. 0 -F YCoT-. KNOW HOW 'r kep .m,i..i been. eflt4 b.I tem: ONE HUNDREO -and Sdition o to wasi the to o rr *s er 1an ever. grows an. ts patro:s mee wntr to make wshingr (*'. Fe.-AteSt 1Ub . Govt Reprt Powder ELPU E The Do- Was Wearing Rer Teeth. Mrs. James Herring, living a few raies fromni Lancaster, Ky., is the p s-sor aofa fine full set-of artificial ieel i, and in some way lost the lower :~lae. After a diligent search she c:netit to the conclusion that they could ,tot be fonud. Imagine her consterna tion this moruing when she found the ii teeth in the mouth of her house dog. The dog had evidently found them, and thinking them a good thing, proceeded to appropriate them to his own use. He had got them fast-ened in his own mouth, and it was with much diTiculty they were re moved. H13 had lost several natural teeth, and it lokCd very' much s though he walta.e to replace them withartiEcial ones.-Courier-Jornal. - --ImN - - EXpe.SiTC Fire Alarms, "Some people think when they see the fire engines turn out to answer a false alarn that it all amounts to noth ing except a little inconvenience to -the men and horses,"-said an attache of the electrical bureau, "but in this' they are mistakn. By close figuring and taking every detail into consider ation, we e6ti-nate that it costs the city in the neigh'borhoolofSl3Oevery ti"u the com-anies go out to answer M1 airu. This is made up on the wear aud tear (:n the inachines and ti:c amount of coal used and other mlinor details, to aay nothing of the work of the horses a,nd me."-Phila. de! phia Call. Ec!cetic, Ala. 'Sz--. it Rhe:m.:i::m andI ani in-le . n.. :.03 ofh 5kin :li'l S.-3i. l' r ~i p ' c-rib--a nyl hinz -! in: ::i kintro'>les. M - rj. 'T. Shuptrin. S.-cnnah. Ga. 1U -DSON '5 1U-INESS UNIVERSITY Cli.LOTTE. N. C. ,:t. A 9C.':3 for Comaplete Business e c 'urse. Aetuai Ddiness from - r u.-:. Tfi:m onily Bu rsiness College in a::.t yo.u enn try before paying iw- te n. A f.r Catalogue. .. E. HUDSON, Prin. SS LL CORIN AND. SAW FEED MIlLLS. Water Wheels and Hay Presses. BEST IN '11:E MIaL-KET. DeL oachs~ll .31111 . o., 395, Atlauta, Ga. JOUINSON'S CHILL AND) FEVER TONIG Com: you 5) cents a bottle if it core" you1 is':. Chi!ls and Fe-er. 2nd. T:liou.s Enrer. 3rd. TyrOlpI FgVa:n. 4:h. Hemuorrhagic Fever. 6th. Deng':. Fever. 6th M.ule's. - 7th. Seu--as:ia. sI,. La.Grippe. Money back if one bottle frai's. Ask your dea'eruabout it. A. B. Gla.u:DL.U, savannah, Ga., Proprietor.. S A DAY SURE SEN inuk-~ a day: ab-.olutely sure; wo fur - - nishI the werkc and teach you tree ~ou. work in the locality where von i ve; sen. usayour nddressand wecwillexphln th- business fully: rememne: we guar. /a: ee a clear protit of 33 bor every sa' work: ab-'o!utely sure: write at !OYaf,MsTCTURlIG co)IrAN, Box LB3, Detreit, -~ PARKER'S HAMR BALSAM SC7eL-sad beutfiesthe ar. Prmtsaluxuriant growth. Curesscaip di,eses hzaifa g. 5Sand$1.3zt Drug! S. N. U.--41 )r Fall Crops ~ercentage of Potash to3 da permanent enrichmrent e," a 142-page illustrated book. It Sfarmers. It will be sent free, and K.ALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New Yotk. Chickens. a man who devoted 25 years of his life to CONDU'CTNG A POULTRY YARD AS A N. BUSINESs. not as a pa. t ime. As the living of him - self and family depended on it, he' Zave the subject r-ach atterition as. only a need of bread will comn randl. and the result wa ~randr euccess. after he had I ne::I much money and lost h'undreds of valuable chick .u n experimenting. WVhat he' l"rned in all these years ~ ~' I~- emb1~od'ed in this book. u Wb :e ed poat paid for - tem h:ale onhow to etect -and Cu:re Di'easec. how to '* F--ed for Egg and also for Ffir-n:n:. nhieh Fowls to on'~ ~--. i tis subject. Tl BUt. HOUSE. ---. mi! : r,d SI, N. Y.City. )ut of sorts ao wonder. Think of the cond those poor women who have Iclothes and clean house in old-fashioned way. They're tired, vexed, discouraged, out of~ sots, with achino- backs. hymust be out of ; the r wits. Whyw don't the ue Pearline ? That cvwpay cycry wnan who s her a 1 strength n hi're l coming I c e r me Ss ame n':: mired.s of b --- omen who