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34 < jf ■C»n Out Comt be KKbrtiisIlj Blorkadedf I« confidence can be felt In the opinion of mllltarr ami naval officers In high plaoea at the seat of governments such is the vast extent eC- ,<m < 0,lst to blockade It effectually, ou . r nav Y R nd sea coast defenses could ™!J od a'«< resistance. seems to be im- yosilhlo. \\ Men a blockade of the bowels ™>»ve conatlnation with Uostettor’s Bitters, which conquers dysuepsla, malaria, rheumatism and kiuney trouble. ,,J*! 1 ® of parliament are partly lighted fry forty thousand electric lamps, which number is bolng constantly Increased. Fifty experienced olectridaus are employed to keep the system iu order. To (Jure n ('old In One Day. Tako Laxative Broino Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund money if It falls to cure. 25c. At its present rate of combustion It la thought the sun will last from 7.000,000 to 15,000,000 years before burning itself out. ■duente Tour Bowels With CsnsnUi SWW!®; ®. ur ® oonstipetlon fore ret. 10c, 26c. If C. C. C. full, druggists refund i Money talks, but the silver dollar meant only about kuif what it savs. Piso's Cure oured mo of a Throat and Lung trouble of threo years’ standing.—E. Cady, Huntington, Ind.. Nor. 12, 1891. .T. 8. Parker, Fredonia. N. Y., says: “Shall not call on you fur the $100 reward, for I be lieve Hall’s Catarrh Cure will cure any case of •catarrh. V\ a* very bad.’’ Wrtto him for par ticulars. ?^old by Druggists, 75c. Scrofula Swellings Health Wan Very Poor But Hood’s W •arnaporllla Has Cured Her. Mjr daughter had scrofula swellings on her nook and her health was very poor. She did not obtain lasting benefit from medicines until she began taking Hood’* Sarsaparilla. Threo bottles of this modi- oine entirely cured her and she has never been troubled with scrofula since I lmve great faith in Hood’s Sarsaparilla." Mrs. L. D. Eliner, lluth, M. Y. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America’s Greatest Medicine. $1; six for$». Hood’. Pill, cure all liver Ills. 23cento. Old M*rrli|e Customs. The wedding ring Anger of the Ro mans was the thumb. The wedding ring, worn on the left hand, la symbolic of obedience. Every Anger of the hand has, at some time or other, been used for tha wedding ring. When Mary Stuart was married to Lord Darnley, four rings were used In the wedding ceremony. At a certain part of the marriage ceremony In Java, the bride washea the feet of the bridegroom, Spanish peasants believe that tha water In which a wedding ring haa been dipped will cure weak eyes The Roman bride, when being dress- «d for the wedding, Invariably had her hair parted with the point of a spear. The University of Chicago expended more than $1,000,000 In the year 1897. Of this, $300,000 was In the salaries of the faculty. <{ I DO MY OWN WORK.” So Says Mrs. Mary Rochlette of linden, New Jersey, In this Letter to Mrs. Plnkham. “ I was bothered with a flow which would be quite annoying at times, and at others would almost stop. “I used prescriptions given mo by my physician, but the same state of affairs continued. “ After time I was taken with I a flooding, that I was obliged to keep my bed. Finally,* in despair, I gave dp my tor, and began taking your medi cine, and have certainly been greatly beneflted by its use. “Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com pound has indeed been a friend to me. “ I am now able to do my own work, thanks to you r wonderful medicine. I was as near death I believe as I could be, so weak that ray pulse scarcely beat and ray heart had almost given out. X could not have stood it one week more, I am sure. I never thought I would be so grateful to any medicine. “ X shall use my Influence with any one suffering as X did, to have them use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.” Every woman that is puzzled about her condition should secure the sympa thetic advice of a woman who under stands.* Write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., and toll her your ills. Lazy Liver M I hare been troubled a great deal with a torpid liver, which produces constipa tion. I found CASC A RETS to be all you claim for them, and secured such relief the first trial, that I purchased another supply and was com pletely cured. 1 shall only be too glad to rec ommend Cascarets whenever the opportunity Is presented." J. A Smith. 2920 Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. CANDY CATHARTIC J CATfiaRTIC ^ Pleasant, Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do Good, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, 26c. SOo. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... StariUf Retard? Coatpoay, Chicago, Moatrcal, >*» Torh. W 5 Tobacco Habit. ST. ANDREWS FOR THU Liver CURES Sluggishness, 8U1LFQ&C College, N, C,K;s£!25TS: Tuition fort.no $13 r.rSW. Board $3 par month. In clubs So Scud lor free citulojfiie. The Preside.,. Inatructlon In Koad-Bulltllnx. With the building of better high ways there has nrisen a demand for practical road-builders aud competent highway engineers, not only for occa sional work iu constructing country roads, but for permanent positions as street superintendents aud road com missioners in towns and cities. This demand is beginning to be reob&nizod, and preparnrious made to meet it, by affording courses of instruotiou on the subject iu various instituiious, public exlubitious of the working of road machinery, and in other ways. As Massachusetts wns among the first to improve her highways, so she was about the earliest to provide in struction on the subject of road-build ing. In the Institute of Technology aud the Lawrence Scientific School, Har vard University, complete oourses of instruction are given; models, draw ings and photographs are used iu the the lecture rooms, aud, visits are made to works in jprooess of construction. Anyone may enroll himself in the course in highway eugiueeriug at the Lawrence Scientific School, by the payment of n small fee. But, however good the iustrnetion furnished to young men iu institu tions of learning, it will be some years before their training iaeompleted, and more years before thoyaoquire the ex perience that will make them meat valuable. Iu the meantime, roads must be built, aud those engaged iu ouilding them, and others who aro re sponsible for the care of them, require practical instruotion. To aflord this, iu connection with the construction of the State highways, has always been a feature of the work of the Massachusetts Highway Commission. In the last four yoars the State has expended nearly two million dollars on its roads. The work has boen lo cated in 125 different municipalities scattered throughout the State, out of a total of 853, or over one-third of the entire number. Fifty other muni cipalities have built modern roads, or 175 in all; so that almost exaetly ono half of the entire number of towns and cities have had experience in first- class road-building. As towns are given the first choice of taking eon trouts to oonstrnet State highways in their own territory, aud many have undertaken it, there are hundreds of men scattered over the Statu who have had actual experience in building some of tho best roads in the world. This alone has proved a valuable means of disseminating information. One result is that good foremen enn now be readily scoured whore, four years ago, it was a difficult task. High-class road-building, according to the most-approved, scientific meth ods,and the use of modern maehiuery, in so many widely-separated localities, has afforded town officials, whoso duty it is to look after the roads, opportun ities for obtaining information that they could get in no other way. These men ordinarily fill other offices and are engaged in business, aud have no time to leave homo to study road- building theoretically; but, when roads are constructed near thoir doors, under competent supervision, they are quiok to appreciate it. The Highway Commission employ about sixty resident engineers, one of whom is stationed wherever the State builds a rond, to instruct tho contractor in the methods to be em ployed, and he remains on the ground from start to finish. These engineers are, in turn, looked'after Jby five di visional engineers and a chief engi neer, to secure uniformity. At the end of the season, all the engineers aro called together, and discuss the year’s work iu detail. The meetings are lively and interesting, and anyone who has attended them will appreciate their value. Besides this, the Commission holds a public hearing iu each county every year. Town officials, aud all Jothers interested in the roads, attend them, and views nro freely interchanged. An association has also been formed, at whose meetings experiences are inter changed aud papcrB rend. By these methods tho youug nnd inexperienced man learus both theory and practice, and the older practical man beoomeB acquainted with modern theories.—L. A. W. Bulletin. Free Delivery Depends on Kontl.. To promote the business, social and educational interests of the people are the objects of the Bond Inquiry Bureau and the Postoffice Department of the Government. Having those things in view, they desire to extend the system of free rural postal delivery, and will test it under all conditions. Koutes have been selected in New Jersey and Pennsylvania over stono, gravel, clay aud dirt roads, and the results in each case will be carefully noted. It is ob vious that they ranst prove most satis factory where the work can be done most rapidly and regularly in all weathers—thnt is, on the best roads. In considering this question, E. G. Harrison, the Government road expert says, “the advantages of delivering letters to factories and other industrial establishments, particularly where large nnmbers are employed, need not be dwelt upon. The mails left at pub lic schools can be distributed to a great nnmber of families through the pupils living remote from postoffice and carrier routes. Letters brought to the nearest school for mailing can be col lected by the rural letter-carrier to the nearest postoffice for mailing. Teach ers can use these letters as object- lessons in giving suggestions and in struction in regard to proper, plain and neat addressing, etc. In schools re mote from postoffices, the teacherB might, with advantage, be made stamp agents, and in this way families far away from postoffices can be supplied with stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards. This will promote letter writing and ase of mails, and will also insure more regular school attend ance. The rural distriots are anxious for free postal delivery. They need it. It will come with good roads and be a practical advantage which they will realize and appreciate." Circulation Is I.iffe. The roads and highways of a civil division are as the veins nnd arteries of the human system, says tho Suffern Independent. Life aud health, that is, busiueBS and prosperity, of each part can bo bad and secured only by the freest circulation, and the conduits must not be nllowed to clog. While the limb would wither if the oironle- tiou was interrupted, tho heart would also suffer. Whore would the proud city of Now York be without her mag nificent rnilwnys, and what would have beon her condition if the great blixxerd of 1888 bad continued a mouth? The village with its paved streete nnd flnggod walks may say, “let the farmer build bis roads; he is the pasty benefltted. ” Tlie|lord of the manor who surrounds his grounds with a high wnll and morass, and thou beautifies his place for bis own 'enjoyment nnd benefit, may be wise if he has within himself nil be requires to satisfy his needs. The villnge which has placed its streots in perfeot condition nnd has negleoted the highways leading there to, has arranged, liko the lord of the manor, to live in seclusion. Has the village nil it requires? Does it depend upon anything or anybody for its existence, growth and pfoBper- ity? Is it, not, in fact, most depend ent? Does not every village depend upon the extent of the accessible area of whiob it is the oentre and metro polis, and tho prosperity of that area? The village cannot shift the burden upon the farmer, nor tho farmer upon his brother farmer. Each 1b interested, and the contiguity of the highway is but an inoident. Suppose the Erie Bailroad were abandoned; whoBe loss would be the greater, that of the far mer living within one-half mile, or the one a mile distant? Effect of the New York Law# The road improvement bill passed by the New York Legislature is valu able for what it makeB it possible to accomplish, and as opening the way for notive work by the State. It de pends for aotual results, however, on, first, State appropriations to make Stnte aid a reality; second, publia sentiment in the counties which shall be strong enough in favor of making improvements to force the supervisors, or property owners, to apply for them; and, thirdly, sympathy with the move ment on the part of the State engineer, in order that when applications are made for improvements they may be granted. The measuro is conservative in na ture nnd permissive iu form. While opening up great possibilities, it is not mandatory in effcot, nor does it force any improvements on any sec tion, A local initiative is required in order to seoure Stnte aid and start work in nuy locality. The peoplo have it striotly in their own hands to decide whether any road work shall be inaugurated. Under those circum stances it seems strnngo that it should have encountered any opposition. It merely opens the way for work to be done, if the people favor it, aud it leaves the poople entirely free to say whotlior they will enter upon it. It is n long step forward for the Empire State to make practical road improvements possible in this way, but the work does not end here. Public sentiment must be educated up to the point of demanding work, and in order to aocomplish this the ngitation for hotter highways must be proseouted with unabated vigor. Unequal Axles WUh Wide Tlrea, Wide tires are uot only good things, but their value is much increased if they are nsed on axlos of different lengths, so that four distinct tracks are made by tho wheels instead of two. A concern in central New York does muoh heavy hauling with four- inch front and five-inch near tires, and rear axles fifteen inches longer than the front ones. It carries four and five-ton loads and keeps the road sur face good and smooth. Hliot* at Had Roadn. A Pennsylvania paper says that a Mississippi steamboat could have steamed along the placid bosom of some of the roads in the State recently without fear of grounding. Tho State-aid appropriation for roads iu New Jersey is 8150,000 for 1808. The counties add $300,000 to tliiB, and enough local expenditures ore made to foot up a considerable sum. Many students of-the highway ques tion believe that there ore more publio roads in the country than are needed and that hard roads, in enoh direction, two miles apart on the average, would meet every possible requirement. Wheelmen and farmers with ad vanced ideas in New Jersey have been endeavoring to persuade Governor Yoorhees to sign the bill increasing the road improvement appropriation of that State by 850,000. They have not yet succeeded. The State Organizer of the Missonri Good Roads aud Publio Improvement Association is a woman. She visits all the county seats, organizes road improvement societies, sees all the voters and secures a good membership list. Her work is reported to be very successful. A study of sixteen French railroads seems to show that branch lines con tribute to the main line gross receipts 1 4-10 times greater than those which the main lines earn. If this be cor rect the importance to tho railroads of good highways is simply enormous, for the country roads are the feeders of the railways. Hu Forty Uvlai CMIdrca. A short ride from Mooeup, In what Is known as the Sparks District, in ths eastern part of Klhlngly, lives Levi Bradshaw, whose record for populating the earth Is auch that he deserves to become famous. Bradshaw emigrated from Canada, and has lived in that vi cinity about thirteen yoars. He la now In hie seventy-first year. He has been married three times, and he Is tho father of forty-one children, forty of whom are living. By hla first wife he had alx children, Including a pair of twlna. Hla sedond wife bore him twenty-four children, half of whom were twine. Hls\nreaent wife has pro- sented him with etaren children. Bradshaw waa not fourteen yeara old when he was married the first time. The eldest son Is now forty-four and has several children nnd grandchildren. Twenty-nine of the old man's sons and daughters are married, and all have children. The grandfather docs not know Just how large his family of grandchildren and great-grandrhlldrcn has become. He can enumerate up to 100, but is In the Bark as to the re mainder. He estimates them up to 200 or so. , The Kllllngly patriarch was married to his last wife in Danielson thirteen years ago. Only one of her eleven children has died. The death occurred at birth a few months ago. The rest are healthy and robust, like the father. Mr. Bradshaw is believed to be the banner father of New England, and the banner grandfather of tho United States.—New London (Conn.) Day. Six Months Without Food. John Babcock, an old resident of Galien, Mich., is dead, after a fast w hich probably breaks all records. He had not tasted food since October laet. Mr. Babcock was In a runaway acci dents year ago and received Injuries which affected hla head. In October he became worse, and for some readfta which the doctors cannot explain he could not eat a mouthful of food. Every effort was made to give him nourish ment, but In vain, ami Anally ttys medi cal men gave up his case as hopeless and left him to die. He continued to live, however, week after week, lthout food, until death came after he had gone 180 days without a morsel of food having passed his lips. About two months ago Mr. Babcock’s 8kin began to harden and to all ap pearances It was turning to bone. At his death his body was hard’and did not seem to have had a drop of blood In It.—Chicago Chronicle. IVoiubii In llu*lne*e. From the Free Frees, Detroit, Mich. A prominent business man rnoontly ex pressed tho opinion that thorais ona thing that will prevout women from completely Ailing man’s place in the business world— they can’t be depended upon beoause they aro siok too ofton. This is refuted by Mrs. C. W. Mans Hold, a business woman of 68 Farrar 8t., Detroit, Mich., who says: "A complication of female ailments kopt mo awake nights and wore me out. I could get no relief from medicine nnd hope was slipping away from me. A young lady iu ™, y otnploy gave me a bo* of Dr. Will lams’ Pink Pills for Palo Poople. I took them aud wus able to rest at night for tho first tirno in mouths. I bought more nnd took them and they cured mo as they also mired several other people to my knowledge. I think that if you should ask any of the drug gists of Detroit, who are the best buyers of Dr. Williams'Pink Pills they would say the young women. These pills certainly build up tho nervous system and many a young woman owes her life to them. "As n business woman I am pleased to recommend them us they did more for methan any physician and I cun give Dr, Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peoplo credit for my general good health to-day." Suddenly Prostrated. No discovery of modern times has done so munh to onuble women to take their 1 >roper place In life by safe-guarding thoir teaith us Dr. Williams’ Pluk Pills for Palo People. Acting directly ou tho blood and nerves, Invigorating the body, regulating the functions, they rostore the strength and health to the exhausted woman when every effort of the physician proves una vailing. For the growing girl they are of the greatest benellt, for the mother indispensa ble, for every woman Invaluable. For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, nnd other dlseunoH long supposed incurable, these pills have proved their efllcacy in thousands of oases. Beaut? la Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarcta, Candy Cathar* tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im- K untie* from the body. Begin to-day to anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackhead*, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarcta,—beauty for ten cents. All drag- gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. Mrs. Winslow’* Soothing Syrup for children teethin'/.softens the gum*. reduces inflamma tion, allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. u bottle. ST.VITUS’ DANCE. SPAHM8 and all nerv ous flli*oas»*H permanently cured by the uho of Dr. Kline’s Groat Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE 81.00 trial bottle and treatise to Dr. R. II. Kline, Ltd., 961 Arch Street. Phi la. t Pa. T« Car* Constipation Fortvtr. Tako Coses rets Candy Cathartic. 10c or So. If C. C. C. foil to cure, druggists refund money. Tho Now York Lodger is now successfully sold by bright boys aud girls, who thus earn many valuable premiums. Two cents profit on each copy sold. No money re- tjuirod in udvauce. Send name an/1 ud- dross for complete outfit, including Prem ium List, to Robert Bonner’s Hons, Ledger Building, 160 William Ht., N. Y. City. No-To-Dm for Fifty Cent*. Guaranteed tobacco habit oure, makes weak men strong, blood pure. 50c, |1. AH druggista. Lift Isn't Worth Living toons who suffers tho maddening agony of Kcsoma, Tetter and such irritating, Itching skin diseases. Every roughness of the skin from a simple chan to Tetter and Ringworm even of long standing is completely, quickly and suroly oured by Tetterlne. Is comfort worth 50 cents to you? That's the price of Totterine at drug stores, or by mail for pries iu stamps from J. T. Hhuptrlne, Savannah, Ga. Dent Tttscee tplt anl Barts Tear Ltfb Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be ma#> oetlo. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To- Uac, the wonderworker, that makes weak men ttrong. All druggists, BOo or 21. Cure guaran teed Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Oa, Chicago or New York. Try Ailea’e fsshliii A powder to ho fhakaa lato r At this soason your feet foil f vous nod hot, and get tired oil j have smarting feet er tight ' Allen’s Foot-Base. It sooli the feet i makee walking eeay. Cures swollen i sweating feet, blisters sad callous ip Relieves corns and bunions of all Min i gives rest and oomfort. 10,000 tsstlmonlnllu Try It to-day. Sold by all druggists an4 shoe stores for 25c. Trial pgoknge FRES* Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Boy, M. 1. Fits permanently cured. No fits or n*rvone» neM after first day’s use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $3 trial bottle and tree tine free. Dr. K. H. Klinx Ltd., 931 Arch 8k, Phlla., Pa. Lyon * Co'* '•Pick Leaf”UmohlnsT*h*ce* give* tho consumer* th* very best Tobeoeoi they can get. S ounces for 10 oentc It Is fasti winning its way to publio favor. Try it The “ Ivory ” is a favorite shaving soap because it rriakes a profuse rich lather, which softens the beard to be removed and leaves the skin unharmed. It costs about one-fifth as much as the so-called shaving soaps and many who have used it for this pur pose for years, will not have any other. The vegetable oils of which Ivory Soap Is made, fit it for many special uses for which other soaps are unsafe or unsatisfactory. A WORD OF WARNING.—Tbtrt er* uny while ceepe, each represented to to "Just at good at the ’Ivory V' they ARB NOT. teal like ell counterfeits, lack Ike peculiar and remarkable qualities of its genuine. Ask for " Ivory " Soap end leelet upon getting it. Climbing Up^fDown Stairs e ARRYING heavy burdens, washing, iron ing, scrubbing and other laborious dutlos are productive of an enormous amount of I suffering among women w$o era already weak and prostrated by tha ravages of female dls- ; eases. The performance of these heavy labors , Is obligatory to many women, but the suffer- j; lug is not. This feature of tha household bur- dens may soon be removed if women will only |j take the trouble to ltarn how. A Aw bottles of PCDCTI PC PEflALE btlfo I Ltd panacea will regulate all menstrual Irregularities, and restore the entire female organism to Its proper condition. Take St. Joseph's Liver Regulator in small doses If there is any ten dency to constipation or indigestion. BED-FAST FOR A YEAR. Oarstle’s^Female Panace wlfc.of one ol our tnnnnts. t uedlclno bus cured her and i ’anacea fins marie a most wonderful cure on the . She lmd been bed-feet for twelve montbi. but rour d elm le loud in her prsjwj of uni. . .. ill a ON BItOa!, Claiborne, Ala. Get this medicine from your druggist. If he does not keep It, send us fl.00 and we will send you a Dottle, all ohargei paid. L. GERSTI.E & CO., Props., Chattanooga, Taan. YELLOW KVEIIQIN REPAIRS PREVENTED takino w* ■ mm saws, ribs, if A ii i* il L ll BRISTLE TWINE, BABBIT, &o., Our Native Herbs” THE GREAT Blood Purifior, Kidney and Liter Regulitor. aoo DAYS’ TREATMENT, SI.OO. Containing a Roglsterofi Guarantee. By mall, postage paid, 32-page Book and Test imonials, HIKE. Hold only by Ag*ut* for THE ammo 0. BUS8 CO., Wi»Hnjtoii,D.C. r il you li*v« money due you la Te Atlsors. Anu 98-24 Itest Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. U«c| ■ In time. Sold by druggists. M FOR ANY MAKE OF Q1N. ENGINES, BOILERS AND PRESSES And Repairs for same. HhnfMng, Pulley^ bolting, .Injector*, Pipes, Valve* and Fittings, LOMBARD IRON WORKS & SUPPLY CO., AUGUSTA, GA. BRDVE5 TASTELES9 CHILL TDNIC 18 JU8TA8COOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICE OO ots* Galatia, Ills., Nov. 16,2S98. Pari* Medicine Co., St. Lout*, Mo. Geutlomen:—We sold lut year, €00 bottle* og GROVE’S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and hsv« bought three gross already thi* year. In all o*r e* perience of 14 years, In the drug business, bar# icn universal* truly, All.NXy.CAHB St COb OPIUM N.Mt. NEW HONE CUBE. PilBl.li. We Dtlc.tl.. Inm w*rk. OurulHd. Write OR. PURDY, Mom!,.. Tmu.